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JamitolMor -o Pl - BI.I6HEr BT BENJAMIN G. LIDDON. 1\ A. BURKE, EDITOR. MADISON, GA.: SATURDAY, OCT. 4, 1856. News of the Week. The steamer Baltic lias arrived from Eu rope since our last issue. She left Liver pool on the 17th ult. The Cotton market is quoted “ dull but steady.” Sales of three days 17,000 bales. Fair Uplands, 6 3-4 to 6 7-Bd. Middling, 0 l-4d. Fair Mobile, 7 7-Bd. Middling, 6 l-4d. The Flour market is active. Wheat has advanced; Pork lias declined; Indian Corn is firm. Tlie political intelligence is not. impor tant, and contains but few items of inter est. Napoleon is about to visit Spain. A diabolie.nl attempt was made to destroy the Royal Amphitheatre, at Liverpool—in what way we do not learn. The culprit was arrested. The Steamer Quaker City arrived in New York on the 20th nit., with Havana dates to the 24th. The healtli of the Island is reported excellent. The stock in the new Railroad to Matanzas, had all been taken. From Nicaragua we have several inter esting items. Gen Walker remains quiet at Grenada. Loon is in the hands of the iiivuding army, numbering about 1,500 troops. The people of Somoto bad risen against tlio Leon faction and assassinated several prominent members of it. Gen. Walker Ims declared tbe property of the Transit Company forfeited to tbe State, and bus since transferred it to Morgan &• Cos., for $400,000. Bchlossinger is nt Mat agalpn. lie denounces Walker as a trait or, accuses him of dishonesty and offers protection to Such of W.’s men ns will join him. Late advices from Kansas report things tolerably quick Gen. Lano was at Ne braska city on the 18th ult. Col. Harvey bad captured tlio Lone Star Hag of South Carolina. Mr. Edmund Rhott, Jr. has declared himself tbe author of tbe articles in the Charleston Mercury , signed ‘A Nulliflor,’ which caused the deat h of Mr. Taber. Tlio Cassville Standard reports that snow and sleet fell in that place on Tues day last. It was pretty cold here, but wo have no such unseasonable antics to re port. Sad Accident. We regoet to learn that Mr McGatiirey, a citizen of this county, was killed in At lanta, on Thursday last, by n fall from the Liberty pole, lie bad ascended the polo to cut one of the ropes, which had become entangled, and either became exhausted or fainted, and fell a distance of about one hundred feet. lie was horribly mangled and died in about two hours. Tlio deceased was an industrious, steady i man, and bad boon for sonic time in the j employ of Mr. John Drrdkn, at bis Mills, ] about ten miles from this town. We learn 1 that a subscription was taken up in Allan- i sa for tbe relief of his family. To Correspondents. Oconee.- -Your reply to These Lam- ] m Ki.t. came too late for this week. It shall appear in our next. Mona’s poem is received and will bo published next week. Many thanks. Editor of the Mercury killed. The Charletton Mercury , of Friday last, comes to us draped in mourning, on ac count of the death of its junior editor, Wit. R. Taber, Jr., Esq., who fell on Mon day afternoon, in a duel withCapt. Edward McGbatu, also of Charleston. Tbe facts in the ease, which wo gather from the Charleston papers, are about these: A se rios of articles have appeared lately in tbe Mercury, reviewing tbe political course of /lon. A. S. McGrath, at present a candi date for Congress in the Charleston dis-, trier, to till Gov. Aikin’s place. These ar ticles were remarkably severe—so much so that Capt. Edward McGrath felt him self aggrieved, and peremptorily challenged the editor of the Mercury. The meeting took place near the city. : The weapons were pistols, and the dis- J tance, at first fire, ten paces. We learn from a gentleman, who left Augusta on \ Wednesday, that it was agreed between ! the parties that each should advanco two paces, after every successive fire, and that they were within four paces of each other when Mr. Taber fell. Mr. Taber was a voting man of fine tal ents and gentlemanly manners, lie was universally esteemed by his editorial breth ren in Charleston, and in fact by all who knew him. Ilis partner, Mr. Heart, con cludes a notice of tbe distressing affair with the following words: u It is not now that we are called upon to pursue the merits of the question in volved. In tlio presence of death—the death of ono who has been intimately associated with us for years, and who breathed as true a heart as ever beat on the soil of Carolina—we bow our beads in sorrow and in suffering, and pass by all considerations of party conflict, in the sense that we have lost a friend, truo and tried, and a brother in the hard duties that make up a connection witli the public life. It will not be easy to find a braver and more self-sacrificing spirit- it will not be often that the community will be called upon to mourn over the extinction of a more brilliant and generous intellect.” fill MASIS#!! I&1I11 flilSSEe A Glance nt the Past. We have before us several nnrnlicrs of the Augusta Chronicle, published during the month of October, 1793, just sixty-three years ago! It is a little, dingy looking nffair, something larger than a foolscap sheet, aml»in appearance hut little like the handsomely printed Chronicle of the pres ent day. There were, at this time, two papers in Augusta: the Avgusta Chronicle and the Georgia Centinel. When they were uni ted, wo do not know—nor do we know when the first daily paper was issued there. The Chronicle in 1793 was a week ly paper, nnd the numbers before ns hear the dates Oct. s—Oct. 12—Oct. 19—and Oct. 20. The entire title and imprint read thus: “The Augusta Georgia Chronicle, and Gazette or the State. “ Freedom of the Tress and Trial by Jury shall remain invi olate.”—Constitution of Georgia. Augus ta: Printed by John E. Smith, Printer to the State ; Essays, Articles of Intelligence! Advertisements, &c., will ho gratefully re ceived, and every kind of Printing per formed.” The greater portion of the first number is occupied by tlio “ Constitutional Act of the Republic of France.” The second number contains particulars of the assas sination of Marat, “the friend of the peo ple,” as he was called, and the trial of Charlotte la Corde, who was convicted of the crime and executed. The Paris cor respondent of tlie London paper from which this account is taken, speaks of her as “a very pretty woman, of well known republican sentiments." Tlio wliolo ac count is interesting, and vve may republish it at some future timo. Captain Jonas Faucho writes from Greensborough to Colonel Melton, of Augusta, giving some interesting Indian news. His letter is dated September 28, 1793. “On the 7th inst. the Indians stole some horses, fired on the owners ns they were following the trail, and killed one of their horses.” Capt. F., with “30 men, commissioned officers and privates,” ac companied by 14 mounted men under Capt. Melton, pursued them. “At or near Jack’s Creek, on tlio Oak mill gee, wo formed a junction with Lieut. Col. Alexander, who had eight mounted riflemen, and Lieut. Col. Lamar, with a party of 25, | chiefly officers of his own regiment. We I started from the Oakmnlgeo on tlio 17tli, I and by two o’clock on tho morning of the 21st discovered that the trail had led us to a town, covered by a largo river, at, least 000 yards wide.” This was doubt less tlio Chat tahoochie. After some delay, they succeeded in fording it, attacked tho town, killed six warriors, took eight wo men and children prisoners, burned fifty huts, and captured “50 lb. powder and a quantity of lend.” Tliero are several interesting letters da ted “Fort Fidins, on tlio Oconee,” giving accounts of Indian depredations in Groeno and other counties, and a long communi cation, dated “Augusta, Oct. 12, 1793,” from Lieut. Col. Melton, detailing quite a number of skirmishes witli the Indians in tho neighborhood of Fort Clark, on tho Oakmnlgee, and other frontier points. Long accounts are given of the ravages of yellow fever in Philadelphia, which seems to have been of a very malignant type. Stages from that city to Baltimore were not allowed to pass through the in termediate towns, nnd tlio stages to New York were stopped by tlio c.tizens el' Bur lington and Bordentown. “ Indeed,” says the paper before us, “ any person traveling on those roads from Philadelphia, though in ever so sound a state of health, is shun ned like a pestilence, and viewed with tlio same eye ot horror, as if ho was bearing with him all the evils of Pandora's box, to distress and desolate mankind.” Hero is a lick at “certain fellows of the baser sort,” who infested the region round about Philadelphia. We guess thoy rather “bristled up” nt such a compliment: “There are certain swine settled near Philadelphia (says a correspondent) who deny citizens in good health tlio satisfac tion of crossing tlio water, for fear of tr: n unitting into their delicate nostrils the infection prevalent in some parts of this city. It is certain their fears are ground less, as it is well known that twine are a species of animals that the contagion rare ly or never affects!” Hero is an item of news, which will he read with interest, even at this day: “Petersburg, Sept. 27. —0n Wednes day the 18th instant, one of the grandest Masonic Processions took place in tho city of Washington, which, perhaps, ever was exhibited on a similar occasion. This pro cession was for the purpose of laying tho corner stono of the Capitol of tho United States. Brother George Washington was present on this solemn occasion, and took a distinguished part in depositing the plate and placing the corner stone.” The ent ire number of counties in Geor gia at this time was eleven: Burke, Chat ham, Columbia, Effingham, Elbert, Frank lin, Greene, Liberty, Richmond, Washing ton, and V ilkes. Wo have here a com plete 1 st of their representatives to the Legislature, and county officers. Purls was represented by James Jones, Jonathan Camp, Levi Barrow and Isaac Walker, Esqs. Chatham : John Millcdge, Senator; James Jones, William Gibbons, senior, Samuel Hammond, George Jones and Jacob Walburger, Representatives. Columbia: James Sims and James Mc- Neill, Representatives. Effingham: Ben jamin Lanier and Calep Ilowel; Elbert : William Barnett; Franklin: Russel Jones, and Harden; Greene: Robert Greer and Henry Graybill; Liberty: Col. Daniel Stuart, Jonathan Fabin, Pctc-r Winn, and Col. Wm. M’lntosh: Richmond: Robert Watkins-and Samuel .Jock; Washington: John Rutherford and Reuben "Wilkinson ; Wilkes: Joel Early, George Mathews, Richard Wortham and Arthur Fort. It will be seen that this list includes hut one Senator—John (afterwards Gov ernor) Miilodge. Whether or not he con stituted the entire Senate, we are unable to say. Has the following “Notice" anything to do with the celebrated Ga’phin claim? “To all ami singular the creditors of Mr. George Galphin, now in confinement in virtue of a copies atl satisfaciendum, that tho said Galphin is about to make application to be allowed the benefits of the statuto made and provided for the re lief of insolvent debtors, in terms thereof. ROBERT WATKINS, A ttorncy fur plaintiff. Oct. 10,1783.” Our forefathers seem not to have been a very funny people, We have carefully looked through tho numbers of the Chron icle, and find but two anecdotes—but they are both well worth republishing. Here they are: “ People who are resolved to please al ways, at all events, frequently overshoot themselves, and render themselves ridicu lous by being too good. A lady going to cat plumb cake and caudle at a friend’s house one morning, ran to the cradle to see thefine boy as soon asshccamc in: un fortunately the cat had taken tho baby’s place; but before she could give herself time to seo her mistake, sho exclaimed, with uplifted eyes and hands* 1 Oh! what a sweet child! the very picture of his fa ther!' ” “A gentleman, whoso wife was vory unhappy in her temper, finally bought her a horse, which fortunately broke hor neck. A friend of his, troubled with the domes tic evil, begged to purchase tho horse. ‘lndeed,’ says the other, ‘I am on the point of matrimony, and may want it again.’ ” For the Visitor. The Secret of Influence' The question has often been asked, how certain military commanders have acquired such influence over their soldiers, that at their bidding they would rush heedlessly into battle, and meet death without fear. This question seems difficult of solution, when we consider how strongly the love of life is implanted in tho breast of man, and that tho troops of this same nation, possessing tho same natural bravery , under a different leader, of equal military skill, have been easily overcome in battle or ignominiously retreated when the hour of danger approached. To illustrate' our meaning, and give a satisfactory answer to the question, we have only to refer to a few well known cases in history. What enabled Leonidas, at Thermopylae to hold his threo hundred Spartans at their posts when the countless host of Xerxes came rushing like locust legions upon them? Would tho love of country, of home, of kindred, and of lib erty, have kept them there, when thoy knew by delaying, their heart's blood must soon redden the soil of their beloved land, had tho commander been cowardly and traitorous? Tho history of the world an swers negatively. The words and actions of Leonidas cor respond. Ho stood by his Spartan band in that “death-burdened” hour, urging them to perish nobly contending for Gre cian rights, and bit the dust at. last him self in convulsive and unyielding despair! The world has pionounced him one of lib erty’s bravest champions, and even nature herself, seeming to anticipate tho event . prepared beforehand her towering cliffs as monuments to his courage and patriotism. Again: llow was Alexander the Great enabled to instil such fearlessness into his troops, that no danger was too groat for them to incur, no foo too numerous for them to attack, and “ with but a handful” to conquer tho world ? Was it because lie had physical force enough to punish tho entiro army, if ho had detected signs of cowardice? Could mandates or threats alone have wrought this effect? This hy pothesis is utterly preposterous. Tlio reason is that Alexander himself did riot fear death. When a mere hoy, ho mounted tho fiery steed Bucephalus, a deed of heroism which not one in the court of Philip dared to attempt. At Granicus ho entered the thickest of the contest—was unmoved amid bloodshed, carnage and death. During ono of his wars of con quest, when ho and his troops were almost dying of thirst; when all the horrors of such a torturing death wore before him, liia courage increased with tlio dangers of tho hour. Although lie urged ins soldiers to rush heedlessly into battle, despise death, triumph at the cost of life, by these deeds of daring he showed clearly he did not fear to stand by them in all the dan gers of war. “Ho practiced what he preached.” Tlio world has been amazed at the influ ence which another great commander had over his soldiers, at tho rapidity with which ho moved them, at the brilliancy of his triumphs—Napoleon Bonaparte. llow did he acquire such influence over the French troops? Can it be attributed to the justness of his wars—to Lis kindness— solely to his visiting the wounded in the agouies of death—to his efforts to liberate tho downtrodden of Europe? No. Tho secret is, Napoleon was brave, ho was insensible to danger. At Lodi, with demoniac energy, ho headed tho impetu ous charge through showers of bullets, dealing mutilation nnd death into his ranks, his soldiers sabering the Austrian gunners at their posts, while a dozen hos tile swords glittered around him. In his Egyptian campaign he left his charger and led his desponding columns across that dreary, boundless ocean of shifting sand. At Eylan’s “dreadful revelry,” the most frightful spectacle eartii ever witnessed, he was calm ainid woe, blood, and “ moun tains of dead,” while the missiles of deatli were whistling o’er him. On iiis return from Elba lie traversed France alone, routed her armies, and re-established him self upon her throne. Every act of his life has proved him destitute of cowardice, “lie, too, practiced what he preached.” We need not go farther in enumerating instances to prove that none but brave leaders can inspire and sustain tiie courage of their troops, for the three examples brought forward sufficiently establish that fact. Wiiat we have shown to he true of com manders, applies to every profession in life. A sermon from an infidel, however profound, logical and eloquent, could never influence a Christian audience. They would know that his designs were base, his heart corrupt, his professions false. Change the speaker—let him he pure and pious— his hearers now listen witli kindling admi ration to the great truths of the Bible—to the announcement of man’s rising in the great day from the silence of the tomb, putting on the garb of immortality, and entering, with a shout of praise upon his lips, “God’s eternal sun-lit kingdom.” Tims man has been so constituted by his Creator that lie spurns him who speaks one way nnd acts another, lint cannot hold himself aloof from the influence of him whose words and acts correspond. By taking advantage of our nature, any con sistent, conscientious man can entrench himself in public confidence, and throw around him a shield which the poisoned darts of malice cannot penetrate. Such a man may exert an influence for goud whose consequences will not cease witli time. Owing to this peculiarity of our constitution is given such potency to the words of the hoary headed man, upon whose lingering visions tiino is waning, and upon whoso forward gaze eternity is dawning. For, then, the world knows that every prospect of deception is cut off, every motive to dissimulation removed. But let a political demagogue mount the rostrum, whose motto is “availability,” who cares more for party than country, no permanent influence is exerted. Ho may succeed for tho moment in exciting tho multitude; hut no sooner ims the sound of his eloquence been hushed, than his words, when remembered, only increase tho contempt in which he is held. Thus we seo tho great secret of influence is, “Practice what, you preach." Only through this path can man enter the field of true greatness. Armed with this mighty weap on, the orator can hold enchained the at tention of “listening Senates;” can im pose, while ho speaks, a breathless silence upon spell-bound multitudes, and none save the arm of Deity can check his influ ence; nothing hut unending eternity re veal its consequences. Fred. Oxford, Ga. Pen-and-ScissorinKs. The next Georgia Fair will commence at Atlanta on the 20th October, nnd close on tlio 25th ... .Pleasant—To dream you nro worth n million of dollars, nnd wake to find yourself an editor of a'uewspapcr. .... All tho tobacco in the neighborhood of Lynchburg, Vn., has either been killed or severely injured by the Into frost... .John G. Saxe, the poet, is said to ho now en tirely prostrated by paralysis, from which lie has suffered for many months... .The mechanics and workingmen of Now York have nominated John N. Genin, the hat ter, as their candidate for Mayor. So much forGenin’s investment in the choice scat at. Jenny Lind's concert.... Senator Douglas will, it is reported in private cir cles, shortly be married to a lady in Wash ington City. ...Tho London Herald is of opinion that Mr. Marcy’s maritime circu lar was designed to aid Russian intrigue against England’s naval supremacy.... Tho New York Herald has como out against tho nomination of John A. King, tho Black Republican nominee for Gover nor of that State, on tho ground that lie opposed Fremont’s nomination.... Love is tlio strongest, of all passions—so says our devil Tlio number of convicts in tho Washington (D. C.) Penitentiary is reduced to 73, of which there are but eight fe males Why is a deputy sheriff like the first Roman Emperor? Becauso he’s a ‘seizor.’... .Thomas If. Benton, jr., son of “Old Bullion,” has taken tho field for Fremont and Dayton iu lowa, where he resides If you want to see a black squall, just look at n negro baby attacked with the colic The Memphis and Charleston Railroad is now open to Clia walla Station, eighty-four miles from Mem phis Born to rise—Beople who tease bulls during the continuance of “fly time.” Hon. Henry R. Jackson is suggested as a suitable President for the State Univer sity, by several exchanges The most dignified, glorious and lovely work of na ture is woman, tho next is man, then Berkshire pigs.... Mr. Charles Roweraft, late British Consul at Cincinnati, dismissed by Secretary Marcy, died on the voyago homo to England... .To cool tho atmos phere—praise of another woman’s good looks before your wife The grand jury of Coweta county do not recognize tho ne cessity for the Supremo Court of Georgia. “Sir,” said a man defending a rather notorious character, “I assure you it is all pure innocence.” “ I quite agree with you,” replied tho other. “It is pure in no-sense.”... .It is said the Tonnessee and Virginia Railroad was to he completed to tho Tennessee lino by the Ist of Octobor. ....Permanent cures in all affections of tho throat and lnngs aro constantly being male by Wjstar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry. Great as is its reputation, its works are greater. Many physicians speak of it in the highest terms “Go to thunder!” is now rendered thus: “Take your depar ture to abode of the reverberating echoes of heaven’s artillery!” Hon. Mike Walsh has returned to New York. He has been absent in Europe for some time, and visited St. Petersburg, where he made a long stay “ Charity covereth a multitude of sins.” So does calico.... The Mansion House, at Glenville, Ala., kept, by Mr. Barnett, and recently sold to Mr. Dinkins, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 22d ult Ladies wear cor sets from instinct —a natural love of be ing sqneezed.... Gov. Polk, of St. Louis, Mo., Gov. Pratt, of Md., and Gov. John son, of Georgia, were on a visit to New York on Monday tha 22d ult Praise, to be valuable, must come from a good judge... .Fred Douglass has kindly conde scended to make a speech on behalf of Fremont... .The mind has more in it than most people think, if you would furnish the apartments... .The Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat relates a case of poisoning by strichnino cured by emetics and chloro form .... “ Sonny dear,” said a fond mo ther, “you have a dirty face.” “Can’t help it, mam, dad’s a Black Republican.” .... Mathew Copeland, accused of the murder of Capt. E. P. Howell, at Eosaca, Gordon county, some time last year or the first of this, has been found guilty.... Why is a pretty young woman like corn in time of scarcity ? Because she ought to he husbanded... .Capt. John Lipscombc, one of the most prominent and wealthiest citizens of Edgefield, S. C., died on Tues day morning, aged 67.. Mrs. Parting ton’s Ike lias bought a horse that is so spirituous, that lie always goes off in a de caliter... .The Montgomery Mail of tho 23d ult. says the Alabama river is lower than it Iris been for a year... .When does a young lady wish to win more than seven beaux at once? When she tries to fasci nate (fasten eight.).... A pleasant travel ing companion, and one that no traveler should he without, is Perry Davis’ Pain Killer. A sudden attack of diarrhoea, dys entery or cholera morbus can be effectual ly nnd instantaneously relieved by it.... To catch mice, place sweetmeats in your mouth on going to lied, and keep your month wido open. When you feel the whiskers of the mouse, hito.... Fifty per sons lost their lives by the burning of the steamboat Niagara on Lake Michigan. ... A young lawyer trying to establish him self in business is in one respect like a young physicin . —lie needs patienco.... It is estimated that there arc now 80,000 Mormons in Utah The old fogy who poked his head out from behind the “times,” had it knocked suddenly by a “passing event.”. ... A writer in the Pro gressive Age, a Fremont paper in Belfast, Ate., says: “I affirm Land I do so with honest convictions of the truth) that the North will not submit, if they are defeat ed.”. ... What is the worst kind of fare for a man to live on? Warfare.... An electoral ticket for tho State of Maryland Ims been agreed upon by the Fremont men in that State, nnd will bo published in a few days.... None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them ; such persons covet secrets ns a spendthrift does money, for tho purpose of circulation. .. .Hon. Lewis (’. Levin, former repre sentative in Congress from the Ist district of Pennsylvania, has been taken to the insane asylum “Thanks!” muttered our bachelor friend, “no more women in heaven—they can't get in. Their hoops are so broad, they will have to go the broad road! Some of these fashionables can never crowd through tho narrow gate.” The democrats of the 3d dist. N. Y. have nominated Hon. Hiram Walbridge for their representative in Congress Th; re lias been an enormous advance in prices ot silks in Paris, owing to a dimin ished production nnd increased consump tion. Silk, it is stated, which sold in 1848 at 48f., and advanced a short time ago to 80f., now brings 160f. We commence a beautiful story on tlio first page, from the pen of our corres pondent, Sii.vna. Don’t fail to read it. Later from California. New Orleans, Sept. 26. —The steam ship Illinois, Capt. Boggs, lias arrived with California dates to the 9th inst. About $2,000,000 in treasure was received. Business was generally dull and un changed, and matters were resuming their usual course since the disbanding of the Vigilance Committee. Politics are warming up, and a Fill more electoral ticket has been nomina ted. There had been great silver mines dis covered in Sonora. A revolution has broken out in Peru against the government. Gen. Walker has seized all tho prop erty belonging to tho Transit Company. Mr. Speaker Banks addressed, on Thursday afternoon, an immense assem blage of citizens of New York, from the front of the Merchant's Exchange, in Wall street. The Herald savs there was a mean and ineffectual attempt made todisturbo the meeting by politi cal rowdies. The same paper says, the crowd in attendance numbered 15,000 persons.— A telegraphic dispatch says tho speaker was loudly applauded. Mr. Banks was invited to New York by a committee of Merchants and citizens. Language of the North. Here is (.lie language of tlie North— the appeals by which the public mind is inflamed against slavery and slave States, or, in the alternative, against the Union. This is the brotherly contempt with which an ex-Judge of the Supreme Court of New York invokes the courage of New Yorkers to “fear not” to assail slave property, assuring their nerves that they will only have to deal with cowards who dare not risk the Union, who are compelled to adhere to the North, because they are spiritless semi-barbarians, without arts or arms— because the slave power must stay in the Union and behave itself! Now, how can a proud people bear confederacy with contumelious hostility like this ? And, above all, bow are we to bear much longer such speeches as those of Botts and Henry \V. Davis, to our own people, when such are the sentiments in unison with theirs in the North ? Would Hulbut not be a Botts or a Davis in the South ? Would a Botts or a Davis not be a Ilurlbut in the North ? If Richmond is so unsound as to permit such incendiarism in the Metropolis of Virginia, how long will the planters in the country remain quiet at home and not march to the capital to save it from the conflagration which such speeches are kindling ? The following is an extract from an oration delivered before the citizens of Herkimer county, at Little Falls, New York, July 4th, 1856—by E. P. Hurl hut, late Justice of the Supreme Court: “Citizens of the Emfire State!— You can afford to ho brave, magnani mous and just! You are masters of an Empire, which, compared with the Con federated Colonies at the period of the Revolution has as large a population— far greater wealth and resources, and pos sessing to a larger extent all the ele ments of immediate national success. “You now supply about one-third of all the revenue of the Federal Govern ment. “ You have in your great City, the Metropolis of America. “lu your sons you will yet find— though slumbering now—all the sacred fires of patriotism and love of liberty, which once warmed the bosoms of their sires. “ You can alone maintain your flag on any sea. “ You can alone maintain the dignity and sovereignty of a separate and inde pendent State. Then ‘be just and fear not !" “Around you, in a crisis, will gather all New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and all the great, growing and beautiful West; and, together, you would present to the world a spectacle of natural strength and prosperity, equal to the virtue, justice and honor of vour iinbelmished national character. I Be just, then, and Oar not! 1 Be true to theinstincts of humanity, and fear not; and‘let justice be done, though the Heav. ns fall.’ “ Does this savor of disunion ? Yes— or no—as I will explain. “ Rather than lend the resources and power of the present Confederacy, to the propagation of African slavery into the territory now free, I would dissolvo our present political union. “Rather than admit another slave State into the Confederacy, I would dis solve it. “Rather than endure the curse of such another four year’s governmental infamy as Pierce, Douglas and Com pany have inflicted on us, I would dis solve it—so help me Heaven !”— Rich mond Enquirer. Inagural of Gov. Geary. The following extracts are from Gov. Geary's inagural: I cheerfully admit that the people of this Territory, under the organic Act, have the absolute right of making their municipal laws, and from citizens who deem themselves aggrieved by recent legislation, I would invoke the utmost forbearance, and point out to them a sure and peaceable remedy. You have the right to ask the next legislature to revise any and all laws ; and in the mean time, as you value the peace of the Ter ritory and the maintenance of future laws, I would earnestly ask you to refrain from all violation of the present statutes. I am sure there is patriotism sufficient in the people of Kansas to lend a will ing obedience to the law. All the pro visions of the Constitution of the United States must be sacredly observed, all the acts of Congress having refeience to this Territory must be unhesitatingly obeyed, and the decision of our Courts respected. It will be my imperative duty to see that these suggestions are carried into effect. In my official action hero I will do justice at all hazards. Influenced by no other considerations than the welfare of the whole people of this Territory, I desire to know no party, no section, no North, no South, no East, no West nothing but Kansas and my country. Pacification of Kansas. The St. Louis papers of the 22d in stant contain later intelligence from Kansas, by which it appears that the people of all parties in the Territory ac knowledge the authority of the new Governor, and that the armed companies from Missouri are disbandin' and re turning to their homes. We extract the following items, from the St. Louie Republican : The steamer David Tatum arrived here yesterday afternoon from St. Jo seph. She left that port on Wednesday last. At Kansas she took on board about 350 citizens of Missouri, who, in obedience to the proclamation of Gov. Geary, had given up their military or ganization and returned to Missouri. They were principally from the counties of Howard, Boone, Saline, Cooper, and Franklin. Lawrence was in possession of tho United States troops, by whom ninety of Lane’s men had been made pris oners. Lane fled from Lawrence with the remainder of his men, and was in Nebraska. The train from Jefferson City last evening brought down several gentlemen direct fiom Kansas. They were passen gers on the Aubry, and bring the latest news. From one of them we learn that the whole of Gen. Reid's force had been disbanded, and had returned to their homes. Gov. Geary was at Lecompton with 1000 United States troops, and de termined to maintain the peace and exe cute the laws. Under his orders ninety men had been taken prisoners at Law re nee. The report of Lane and bis band having fled to Nebraska is confirmed. It is very gratifying to bear these tidings, and to know that the violence which has so long prevailed in Kansas is at an end. Gov. Geary began right and like firm purpose to preserve law and order and to punish all offenders against it, will soon make life and prop erty as secure in Kansas a; in any State of the Union. Gordon County Molasses—lm portant Discovery. We recently visited the model farm in this neighborhood and found the ur bane proprietor, Mr, Peters, engaged in a novel enterprise. He, with his hands, was employe'! in making superior mo •asses, or syrup from the stalks of sugar millet, or what most persons would call chicken corn—lt is of that genus, if not the same. He had planted a quantity of it for fodder, to feed his cattle upon, and being of an enterprising turn, he determined to experiment oil this millet, and has succeeded in making an excellent article. The stalks being stripped of their fodder are crushed between two iron cylinders which are turned by a crank drawn by two mules, the juice runs in a reservoir beneath and from thence into buckets, which arc emptied into largo boilers, and being reduced by boiling to about ane fifth, becomes an excellent syrup fit for table use. \>e were informed by Mr. Peters, that although but little at tention had been paid to its cultivation, not intending to make such use of iti j and it was raised upon inferior land, yet from the experiments already made, he expected to average about 320 gallons of syrup per acre. This is doing a prof itable business. He intends another year to plant 100 acres, believing that upon good ground with proper cultiva tion it might yield from 400 to 500 gal lons per acre. Sixteen stalks will yield one gallon of juice, and 5 gallons of juice one gallon of thick svrup. Two mules and two hands will press out juice enough for 100 gallons of syrup per day. We call tbe attention of farmers to this important and valuable discovery. We have seen the operation, and we have tasted tho syrup, and know it is no humbug. Its manufacture is in the power of every farmer, and what a saving of ex pense, when syrup is now selling at 70 cents per gallon, the syrup is that much extra, for you have the fodder and the seed besides. Instead of .importing, wo might export it in vast quantities. — Calhoun ( Ga .) Statesman. Tom Thumb and Babnum. —A pri vate letter from Paris says that M. Vattemaro has received a letter from Barnum, in which tho latter asks V'l advice about tho project of his bringing Tom Thumb to Europe again on» speculation, whether bis autobiography has not injured any speculation, &c.— Vattemare replied that, on the contrary, he had now more reputation than ever, so much so that ho would, perhaps, make more to allow Tom Thumb to exhibit him , Fremont Ticket in Maryland.— The following Fremont Electoral ticket i» said to have been nominated in Maryland: For tho State at Large—Francis P- Blair, Wm. Pinker Ewing. For the Congressional Districts—lst, James Bryan ; 2d, John Lincoln ; 3d,G. W. Mar tenet ; 4th, Francis F. Corkran; sth, David I Gamble : 6th, Josua Switzer,