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THE WATCHMAN.
J. H. CHRISTY, KWTOR.
Terms at Subscription.
TWO HOLLARS urr snfltitrt, if paid strictly in n.l
aifci: olhWji*. THREE HOLLARS wHl he rtmr#*d.
in order ill lit ilie price of the pap®' miy »n>t he in
war ofd largis circulation, Clubs will be supplied
lie lulh>wiN|Io«f,niUiA.
::: JiSr^Cr
At IMin lets rates, lie Pit* must «ee»ia)wey tkr tinier.
'.he
at the
brought as slaves to their (then) colo
nies, or which were obtained by the .-ante
means, in the same cuuutry, and sold to
us by the people of Salem, Boston, Pro
vidence, New York and Philadelphia,
after the revolution—we have made
good laborers and good Christians; a
race whose ^ancestors, for twenty-five
centuries, were barbarians and contri
buted to the promotion of civilization or
Christianity, But we are told that
since their labor is so valuable, we should
set them free without lands, or houses,
or food,' and pay them foe their labor;
this is all absurd—-the African man does
not voluntarily work steadily or continu
ously at any thing, nor ever did, as is
proven by his present barbarous con
dition and the history uf his race for
twenty»fivc Centuries.
But we are moreover told lhat free is
cheaper than slave labor ; let us enquire,
for a moment, how the cose stands be-
D1SSOLUTION:
rpHE copartnership in the Franklin Job Office, hete-
1 tofore suiting, under the flrir of Christy fc Kels#»,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The business
wilt be codtiabed by J. tt Christy—by whom the debt*
of the late concern will be paid, and who »*one is au
thorised to collect the demands due to it.
JOHN IL CHRISTY',
Athens, Jan It. 1855. WILLIAM KELSEA.
PLAIN AND FANCY
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
C: OUTHURIfCENTRAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
A»*tttJStJtf Ga., Dec. 6th, 1854, (
Executive Committee Room S. C. A. 8. J
The Secretary of the Society having
laid before the Executive Committee a
letter received from Dr. Wm. Terrell,
of Sparta, tendering his resignation as
one of that Committee. .
Col. Daverson, of Woodville, moved
that Messrs. Benj. E Stiles, W in. M’An-1 tween the free labor of Europe and slave
tignac, and J. S. Linton, be appointed labor of the Southern States, and whether
a Committee to respond to the address j 1 .' 3 'J 0 . 1 diat dlu <d,lve •=> better paid for
i r n ... I „ , his labor, than the free laborer m
received from Dr. 1 crrell, and to pro- Europe . The price of labor in Europe
pare resolutions expressive of our regret in the different currencies, differs a good
for his resignation. The Committee deal, but the result is about the same,
reported the following resolutions which ro,n *?£ daily wages of the laborer, he
i • _.i . must save enough to buy his clothes—he
were an,dousIj adopted: Last have ■omeil.in- like bedding-.
■‘“■toIced, 1 lint we deeply regret the place to lodge—and he must have liis
•11-health of our much respected Chair- clothes washed and mended, which leaves
ntan f Dr. Wm. I errell, and deplore the j a rule, all he recieves. Now the slave
Providential cause, which has deprived musl bave , at i t . astf half a pound of meat
us of his wise admonitions and valuable H day , and a pound and a half of bread,
services. t to which may be added sweet potatoes,
Jicsovcflp, That Dr. W#n# TcrrcH s ngna turning colhirds and milk • hp
letter ot resignation be published in the must have his house, his clothes, bedding, favored with* libera) share of public pmuonage.
«ity papers with a request that all ga- firewood, physician and nurse, in case of
zettes, friendly to the great interests of sickness, sugar, coffee, &s , while sick,
the South, will copy; that the Southern j,e must have a small allotment of land
States may be enlightened by the wise] to make something for himself, or instead
admonitions he so clearly sets forth.
James Cam \k, Sec., S. C. A. S.
[ Published by order of tlte Socirty.]
Letter tram Hr. Terrell,
TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
SOUTHERN CE.YTR L AGRICULTURAL SO
CIETY.
Gentlemen:—As my health is so very
his master makes him a gratuity in money
at the c.*d of the year. He would, in
deed, be a costly laborer, if he things he
consumes were bought in market, but
the slaves, besides the staple crop, make
their own bread and meat and whatever
vegatables may be needed.
The slave bolder has been so constant
liuitjjmt ‘Mcjjinan.
ATHENS, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 18,
*M** h,r 1 n i ■ 11-
MHI
THE MYSTERY OF THE HARD
TIMES SOLVED.
We copy from a late ntimbeF of the
Savannah Journal &, Courier, the fol
lowing remarks, in explanation of the
mystery of the ‘"hard times,” which we
commend to the attention 1 of our fair
countrywomen. Whit t it is due to
FIRST KNOW-NOTHING MES
SAGE.
The first message of Mr. Gardner,
the Know-Nothing Governor of Massa
chusetts,has been published. The Nation
al Inteliigeneer furnishes the following
abstract of its contents :
The principal topics of the Governor’s
them to say that we do not believe they Message are the foreign population, the
have, as a general thing, been guilty of I
EL OT&OSW*
C“Solltary and alone,’’)
I S now prepared to exec ale any and all kind* of Let
ter press PRINTING, either plain or in colon, at
bis targe and extensive Book and Job Printing Estab
lishment, Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
No establishment in the State possesses superior fa
cilities for executing Printing of the kinds usually in
demand in tbis country—each as
Book*, Pamphlet*, Newspapers, Magazine ^Cir
cular*, Card*, Tucket*, Labels, Chcck*,Notes,
Pouter*, Bill-Head*, Catalogue*, Hand-
Bill*, Way, Stage and Horse Bills,
Blank* of every description,
And indeed almoat every thing likely to be called for.
He will indulge in no extravagant promises, but
content himself with the remark, that hereafter as here
tofore, he will endeavor to execute all work entrusted
to him in a superior style punctually—correctly—ex
peditiously. and at modsrstb raica .
Grateful to his friends and the public for past favors.
the dangers apprehended from them.
,85S ‘ such abominable ratra.agance as their I He S'ih^r'^tTncreas’eTf imreT
Northern sisters, candor compels us to gration, and the beggary and crime inci-
admit that they have not shown them- dent theret0 * He urges that wise states-
euiv^a»« hr. „ , manship should interfere, within the
selves to be patterns of economy, dur- , imUs £ lhe Constitution; to direct,
ing the last few years, And they are ameliorate and control these elements;
less excusable than others, for the ex- and contends that the dominant race
travagance in dress they have indulged I™ 81 ^gulate the incoming class. Next
... . 6 I he recommends that all schools aided by
in, as, in le beautiful and oft quoted I tbe State should use the same langaage;
language of 2'homson l I the disbanding of all military companies
-Beauty needs not the aid of foreigu orna- founded °“ * nd developing exclusively
meat, I foreign sympathies ; the retaining the
But is, when unadoru’d, adorn’d the most.” [ Bible in the schools, and opposition to
But to the article in question. Our Sa- every measure Ending to a union of
. . Church and State. He is particularly
vannan coteinporary says: I „ , . r J
• r J severe on imported demagogues, agra-
•‘Onevof the editors of .the Home rians, red republicans and others, and
Journal lately addressed a note to a la- opposes tbe easy way to naturalization,
dy in the highest social position in New He holds that foreigners ought to enjoy
York, to ascertain “ for what sum a la-J all the blessings of the country, bnt that
dy can clothe herself during the year, the nation should continue to administer
without attracting observation, either the laws according to its own judgment,
for extravagance or parsimony, and He recommends an amendment of the
more in the highest fashionable circles.” Constitution of the State, so that the
To it the lady replied (in part) as I alien elective franchise be restricted to
Athens, January 18,1853
tf
Pay up! Payup !-=^r
T HE undersigned most earnestly requests all persons
indebted to the late firms of Chbistt, Kelsejl &
Rusks, and Christt& Kelsea—as also those owing
him individually—to Pay up at once: Many of
these claims have been outstanding - long time, anu all
must absolutely be settled without delay.
He trusts that a sense of right and justice will lead
every one indebted to set tie up immediately. 1C how
ever. it shall turn out tha: he is mistaken in this, h .-ill
be forced, however reluctantly, to “ try what virtue
there isin” law ! jan!8 J H. CHRISTY.
bad that it is not possible for me to meet ly mi . r ,,p re5ented a „d re grossly abused
you at the Fair and as I fear it u.not U at it ^believed it may be useful to! «
i ey o eanv e ter, think it my duty give a minute statement cf the general:. 1
t ° ffer C my res,gnat,0n aS a ,ncraber condition of slaves, that ignorance may
° y° Ur .i r . no longer be an excuse for misrepresenta-
Gentlemen, I pray you never to give tion ; It 5s often a5ked> by ' of re .
up the earnest prosecution ol your no- proachf do you m(;ail |0 pe rpe (uate
ble enter.,rise— Tbe Improvement of slavery in thc Ulllted States v Tllis is
od ern .:,4^ r,cu i. ,,,re ' There are not a question upon which we can make no
scvenmdlions of pcop.e who live, or I sensible answer, and have nothing to
* ,V ?J 1 ‘ - . ma ^ P exert sa<dl an say. We mean at present to keep them
ence on the affairs of the world, by I ; n a . s t a j e G f servitude, and to provide
peaceful means, as the inhabitants of the tor their wants. Whenever the time
out iern Slates. The labor of their comes that their labor is not needed, or
Work-people, produces an annual sur-1 may be superseded by other labor, he
plus of one hundred and twenty millions Ubo permitted their introduction among
worth of exchangeable products, which u3 w ju prov ide for their removal, and
turnisnes the means of the great com- use the ways and means best suited to
mercial operations of the United States. His great purpose. The populations in
It is your interest, it is your duty, aud all Europe are disposed to heap abuse
ought to be your pride, to take cure of on American slavery, and to boast lhat
such a patrimony as that left you by your they have no such thing as slavery. Let
revolutionary ancestors. Then, let the u 3 inquire, for a moment, if this is true.
Southern people, as one great family, In pas-ring through the towns in England
never halt in this common enterprise, you will In different streets or stations,
unti. they have not only put iheir lands observe a soldier with a musket,or bay-
in a condition to be preserved, but im- onet, standing or walking a few steps to
proved by cultivation. The above ad- and fro, day and night; now this is only
dress being directed to the Southern one of fifty thousand, whose duty it is to
States, might seem to be of a sectional I obey orders as a slave obeys them,
character, unci intended to disturb the without being allowed the least discre-
harmony of Union ; such, however, is tion, or liberty.
it* l J b ®^ ac,, directly the contrary. He cannot leave his post or barrack,
Iftne Cotton, Rice, and Tobacco-grow- or be absent on the most urgent occasion
iDg States should so improve their pres?- without permission. There are many
eut cultivated lands, as to increase their laborers, mechanics, and manufacturers,
products even tea per ; cent., will it who think they do not receive a just
not be perceived by every body that the compensation for their labor. This
resources of the country will be, to that I man of the bayonet informs them by bis
extent, increased, and that the means of I presence that they hail better be quiot
Commerce, Agriculture, and all the In-1 and earn their wages; this man is not
dusirial Arts, which constitute the wealth only a slave himself all his life, to a des
of nations, will equally share the benefit; I potic lair administered by a despotic
and so in proportion as you increase your I officer <»f almost unlimited power, but is
surplus exportable products will your I willingly employed to suppress every
wealth and power increase. 1 act of the people that indicates liberty
A |>oliticnl economist who may attempt I and freedom of opinion. Let it here
to give direction to the lending policy of J membered her« that the labor of every
a nation, and who tails to understand the | man ami woman who earns bread is re-
permmicnt sources of its wealth, whether J quired to furnish the means of his sub-
agriculiiinil, manufacturing, or com-1 sistence and clothing. Now, wluitcver
mercial, cannot po-sibly succeed in giv I is true in England of the military sor
ing it its greatest security, or the bes I vcillance of thc people, is especially
means to its inhabilantsuf providing for J true in France, Austria, Prussia and
their necessities and comforts. Russia ; we will, therefore inquire how
1 hat we may understand something | many of these defenders of liberty and
' the peoples’ rights each of the Five
$3*Mr. William Dosteb. of Atlanta, Lour au-
thortxed Agent in Cherokee Georgia.
q^-ThispaperLfiled, and ni«v at all time* be seen
uio Reading Room of Prof Hullowat, 344 Strand,
London
We are again indebted to E. J
Aston, E-q, bookseller, Rogersville,
Tennessee, for another beautiful musi
cal composition of Prof. Schwing’s.
GEN. SCOI
The Washington correspondent of
the Charleston Mercury, gives the fol
lowing outlines of Gen. Scott's opinion
of the war, from which it would ap
pear that the old hero does not consider
the taking of Sevastopol by the Allies,
as, by any means, a “ fixed fact
“ The Allies committed a great blun
der in delaying the attack apon Savas
topol as long as they did ; that imme
diately after the raising of the seige of
Silistria they should have attacked Se
vastopol, at which time there was t
comparatively small force in the Cri
mea ; lhat the Allies cannot take Se
vastopol unless they receive reinforce
ments giving them a superiority of force
to the extent of from 30 to 60 per cent;
that the Russian regular soldiers are
the best troops in the world for de
fence ; they never fly, but perish un
less ordered to retreat. He thinks the
Allies labor under a great disadvantage
in having two commanding Generals;
that the road to victory is through unity
of design. The inference I would
draw from General Scott’s ideas, is that
Sevastopol will not be taken; for
doubt whether the Allies can throw
such a preponderance of force there, as
is necessary. The General further said,
that the Allies could not re-embark
now, without immense lo»9 of men,
and all the materials of war in camp,
except the weapons in their hands
follows:—
twenty-one years after naturalization,
There are on our exchange list
sundry and various papers which we
receive only semi-occasionnlly. We
wish it distinctly understood by our co
temporaries that if they want an ex
change with us, they must send their
papers regularly. We are just as punc
tual in sending ours to exchanges as to
subscribers, and we have a right to ex
pect similar treatment from them. Such,
therefore, as are received once a fort
night or once a month need not be sur
prised to find their acquaintance cut.
We know we can do as well without
their papers as they can without ours;
and we would prefer having a paper not
at all rather than to receive it irregular
ly.
of the position which the United States
oecupy, in regard to the permanent*
sources of her wealth, we will refer in a
general way to the five leading Powers
ol Europe, probably the most stable,
and certa nly the most powerful. In
Franee the sources of nernianent wealth
are wine, silk, oil, -"heat, and other
grains. England, the productions of her
cotton, linen,wool andiron manufac
tories. Austria, clih fly agricultural.
Prussia, agricultural. Russia, all de s
criptions of agricultural products—wheat
and-uth*r grains, hemp. flax. In
the United States, besides Indian Corn
and oilier brendsiffs, wc have, as before
observed, one hundred and iwentry mil
lions worth of products available for ex
port or exchange; and here, let it be re
membered once for nil, that the single
article of Colton, of which it is believed
that three millions of hales will be re
quired by the markets of the .world, to
be furnished from the United States,
cannot he obtained anywhere else. This
single article, and the. busines connected
with its manufacture, furnish the means
ol life to many thousands in England
and other parts of Europe, who would
otherwise perish.
llul w*e are charged wiih producing
these articles, cotton, rice and tobacco,
of such great value and indispensable
importance to advancing civilization, by
slave. Ia'<or.
We admit it to be in part true, for nbt-
' withstanding the three millions of slaves,
much white labor is appropriated to the
production of cotton aud tobacco. But
the great charge of compulsory labor,
against the Institution of American
Snvery. upon which er*- foreign and
dom. -tic enemies delight to dwell, we
do not attempt to palliate { but, indeed,
boast, that with (he descendants of a race
of barbarians, whom the English bought
with rum and calico,’ on the coast of
Africa, or captured by armed bands and
Powers own. We w ill set down Eng
land at 60 000 for the island; 600,000
India and the colonies; France, 600,000
Austria, 500,000; Prussia, 121,GOO,
and Russia 700,000. Added together
you thus have a standing army of2,370,-
000 slaves, who are not only absolute
slaves themselves, but willing to keep
others in the same condition.
But if the Southern Suites require
auything to stimulate them in their great
enterprise, let them look at Spain. Two
Or three centuries ago, the most wealthy
and powerful nation in Europe; her
agriculture neglected, she has now no
surplus to send abroad, save a little wine
and fruit. Let them look at Turkey
At one lime so powerful as to threaten
the overthrow of western Europe ; now
so poor as to have no resources for the
defence of her national existence. Her
fields are exhausted and worn out by
neglect and bad tillage; she has nothing
to ex|tort but figs, some fruits and oil
and some of the light wines of the islands
of the Grecinn ; archipelago. To con
clude this most unsatisfactory address
let the Southern people keep before
their eyes the fact that' there are no
worn out lands in England, France,
Prussia, Belgium. Holland, or Switzer
land, and tha* these are the strong and
stable nations of Emope.
Iam, gentlemen, mpst re-pectfully,
your friend and servant,
WM. TERRELL.
Smne idea of the rapid strides that
•‘Young America” is making may be
gathered Prom the fact that just fourteen
years ago but a sihg'e house, mul that
a log. cabin, stood upon what is now the
site of St. Paul, Minnesota, ‘a city that
supports < four daily newspapers, and
vdrcre upwards of forty-three thousand
passengers have been landed within
year.
OUR GEORGIA EXCHANGES.
OtrWe again welcome to our list the
Savannah Journal & Courier, and to the
fraternity thatablc writer and accomplish
ed gentleman, R. B. Hilton, Esq., who
lately retired from the editorial chair of
the Savannah Georgian. The Journal
& Courier looks u as natural as pig tracks,”
and is conducted with marked ability by
Messrs Hilton & Cubbedge, editors and
propretors—pecuniarily we wish it suc
cess.
The Central Georgian, published si
multaneously at Sandersville and Spar
ta, has been materially enlarged and
improved lately—is a good paper—and
we wish it abundant success.
O. A. Myres, Esq., offers for sale his
interest in the Rome Southerner, on
good terms.
Messrs. L. D. & J. W. D’Lyon hare
succeeded F. W. Johnson, Esq., in the
publication of the Thomasville Watch
man.
M. Dwinnell, Esq., has become asso
ciated with S. E. Coburn, Esq., in the
editorial department of the Rome Cou
rier.
»s to what it cos;s to dress a lady, and not to be extended then unless the
now-a-days, (your question) different alien can read and write the English
persons would answer very differently, language. In regard to tbe present.de-
I should think the least, for the mere pressed condition of the country, he says
dress of one who goes out a great deal, that our remedy is not so much in legis-
might be a thousand dollars a year, and lative enactments and tariffs, as in cul
that spent very carefully. Two thou- tivating a feeling of patriotic nationality-
sand is nearer the average, probably, and a united determination to encourage
though even this is without including the skill and industry of the American
furs and jewelry. Russian sables and laborer by consuming home products of
diamonds are bought, of course, but the shop, factory and field, in preference
once in a lifetime, and yet there are oth- to imported fabrics and foreign produc
er adornments upon which a woman lions.
who dresses at all thoughtlessly may When, we would ask, since the be-
easily speud three or four thousand.” I . . „ . , . .
Ag„i n . ginning of the slavery agitation, has
It is reported, says a Boston paper, Governor of Massachusetts suffered such
“ that a lady in this city has spent, du- an occasion to pass without lecturing
ring the year 1854, at a lace and em- tbe ^ nQ (he subject of s[
broidery store, the sum of $2,000, and I J ,
that several ladies have each contracted w,d tbe Southern wiseacres, who
billsat thedry goods stores varying from have so boldly asserted that the Know-
85,000 to $6,000 each. I Nothings and Free Sellers are leagued to-
“ Do not statements like these, illus- «■ . 9
’ J getlier against the South say to tins r
tratmg the extravagance ot the great I ° ° . f
commercial centres, furnish a solution jit no d o°bt & great disappointment to
of the mystery of the “ hard times,” them. If they could only get one par-
much nearer home than that given by I j, c ( e Q f evidence to substantiate their li-
those who charge them to the account!, ,, . . ,, ,
of the -ar in Europe 1 The example Wlous cUar S ts - “ ' v0 “ ld be “. rehef “
»l New York, Boston and Philadelphia I them. But,unfortunately for their claims
affects more or less every town and vil- to candor and fair dealing, they cannot
lage in the Union. But even were not ob|ai|| a g ; , e fact ; to prove
the extravagance of these great empo- , . „ , , „ .
riums of trade and influence imitated ,he,r “"founded "Heg^on. Oh, Mr
elsewhere, yet would their commercial Gardner, why didn't you take pity on
embarrassments affect the whole coun- these poor fellows, and “skin” the South
lr y- r ' „ . , a little—just a little—to give some color
“ Another fact is worthy of attention, l . . , ,. . . .
and has already attracted it: the dis> f truth and fiurness ,0 the sa J ,n g 8 of
position of the free labor oi the North these peculiar friends of Southern
to desert the fields for thc work-shops, institutions.
Labor in thc shade is found more at- . —
tractive than labor in the sunshine.— Horace A\ ATERS, the great
Hence, while the factories and machine I Music Publisher, Manufacturer, and
shops have been crowded with workmen, j Dealer in Piano Fortes, of No. 333
it has been difficult, in the absence of Broadwitv, New York, has sent us the
any compulsory process, to obtain la- 1
borers to till tbe earth. To this cause,
us well as to the drouth of last summer,
is attributable thc limited supplies of
provisions and breadstuff*—in other
words, of what men eat. Mother Earth
will not suffer herself, with impunity, to
be thus slighted by her children. The
great interest of all, is the agricultural
interest
Tho partial accession of Mr. E. Ever
ett to the principles of the Know Noth
ings is announced. He goes no further
than to advocate an extension of the pe
riod of naturalization, which he regards
os the conservative ground for the whig
party to stand on.
Cotton Growing in Maine.—The
Farmington (Me.) Chronicle was shown,
a day or two since, a perfect and fully
ripe pod of cotton, raised on a cotton
plant cultivated in Farmington.
A letter from the French and Foreign
Bible Society to the American Bible So
ciety, repeats the assurance that the
government of France still permits the
free circulation of the Holy Scriptures
thYoughout the country, and asks in
creased aid in the prosecution of the
work.
Many lives might be saved by tbe
knowledge of this simple receipe. A
large teaspeonful of mustard mixed in a
tumbler of warm water, and swallowed
as soon as possible, acts as an instant
emetic sufficient to remove all that is
lodged in the stomach.
“ THEM’S OUR SENTIMENTS.”
Somebody—we don’t know who—
gives utterance to the following senti
ment, which all men of discriminating
taste will fully endorse:
“ A pretty woman is like a great
truth or a great happiness, and has no
more right to bundle herself up under
a green veil or any other similar abomi
nation, than the snn has to put on green
spectacles.”
following sheets of popular Music, pub
lished by him.
“The Sparkling Polka.” “T. e Rush
of Waters.” and ‘‘Birdling My Hessen-
»*
ger.
Mr Waters will present as a New
Year’s Gift for 1355 One dollar’s worth
And thongh the manufactur-1 of Music, to be selected from his exteu-
ing and mechanic arts are admirable I s j ve and popular catalogue, to all who
in their place, yet they must rest upon purcbase 0 f him the same amount pre-
the cultivation of the soil as their basis, . ,«-,«¥ ,
vious to the 2otk ot January, anu will
$100,000 FOR ADVERTISING
We can cheerfully adopt every word
of the following notice of Prof. Hollo
way, of London, (whose Pills and
Ointment are advertised in this paper,)
which we copy from the Griffin Union
‘‘We have lately received a letter from
Prof. Holloway, in which he states that
his advertising bills in the United States
alone, amount to the enormous sum of
$100,000 per annum ! This amount is
distributed among 1300 papers, all of
which are filed in his Reading Room
244 Strand, London. A praiseworthy
feature in this system, to which we can
testify, is his prompt payments. The
consequence of this expenditure has
been a more extensive popularity of his
really meritorious Medicines than has
been obtained by any other patent med
icine in the world. He has recently
estaldished a manufactory at No. 80
Maiden Lane, New York, from whence
he will supply every section of the Uni
ted States with his Ointment and Pills
See his advertisement in another col
umn.”
A NATIONAL DISGRACE.
If the following item, which we find
in our exchanges, be true, what a burn
ing shame it is to the citizens of the
“ model Republic
It is said to be an indisputable fact,
that taking tbe whole United States to
gether, much more money is expended
for lhe single article of cigars than for
all the common schools in the Un'.on.
•A King of Shreds and Patches.”
—A geutleman in a private letter from
the Sandwich Islands, speaking of King
Knmeharaeha, says: “He loafs around
the town of Honolulu—peeps into a
tavern, and is ready to take a ‘nip’ with
anybody that asks him. He isn’t worth
a continental,’ and auctioneers won’t take
his bid at an auction.”
It is now thought that the preposition
for the -reorganization and increase of
the army will pass the present session cf
Congress, either with or without the
provisious for a retired list and an in
crease of pay. Gen. Scott was summon
ed befot-e and consulted by- thc military
committee of the two houses of Congress,
last week, aud it is understood that Gen.
Jessup, and other distinguished army
officers, will likewise be requested to
give their opinions respecting the pro
posed alteration.
One young lady in Albany, N. Y., re
ceived four hundred and eighty calls on
New Year’s Day, not counting four
military companies, one fire company, a
host of poor relatives, and a call to bed
by her mamma at 12 o’clock at night.
or woe to the nation that cherishes and
promotes them!”
SOUTHERN COMMER C1ALCON-
VENTION.
This body, which met in New Or
leans this year, has adjourned, after
passing various resolutions in favor of
the acquisition of Cuba, improving the
navigation of the Mississippi, &c. La
mar, of Texas, presided. We have I ingPost of this city has received a pri-
not vet received any detailed reports of vate letter by the Baltic, stating that
thep:oceedings. When these come to tbe Hon. John Y. Mason, United States
hand, we may refer to this subject again. Minister at the Court of France, had
t been seized with paralysis on the 27th
@*We have been urged repeatedly j
FIRE—ALMOST.
An alarm of fire on Broad street,
aroused our citizens on Monday night
last—which was found to proceed from
the store of Messrs. Hill & Thomas.
The fire is supposed to have been com
municated from a candle to a lot of
fancy goods on the counter, which were
consumed. Loss estimated at $500.
When will those engines be bought
and fire companies organized ?
FRANKLIN COLLEGE.
Our ears were saluted on Tuesday
morning last, by the familiar sounds of
the old College bell—which reminded
us that the venerable halls of Old
Franklin were again thrown open to
the aspirants for literary fame and the
votaries of learning. We have not % as-
certnined the number of students in at
tendance.
Missouri U. S. Senatorial Elec
tion.—St. Louis, January 13.—No
election for U. S. Senat’ r has, as yet,
been effected. Seventeen ballots have
taken place. Doniphan, Whig, is lead-
itig-
forward both Gift and Purchase postpaid.
A most liberal offer! One, however,
characteristic of the great Publisher and
Dealer, and of which we would advise
our readers by all means to avail them
selves.
Dangerous Illness of Mr. Mason.
—New York, January 13.—The Even-
The Press and the Pulpit.—Three
ex-Ed itors and two Journeyman Prin
ters (says the Macon Citizen,) have re
cently exchanged the quill and compos
ing stick for the active duties of the
Christian Ministry, under the auspices
of the Georgia M. E. Conference. Their
names are W. J. Scott, late of the Rome
Courier, John W. Burke, late of the
Cassville Standard, andT. T. ChristiaB,
late of the Dalton Times, and O. P.
Fitzgerald and Wm. Davis, late employ
ees in several offices in this city.
HON. ASBURY HULL.
In an article in the Savannah Repub
lican of the 4th inst, under the head of
“ Whig Reveries,” we find ti>j following
well-merited allusion to one of Georgia’s
best and ablest men :
•‘ And who shall be our leader in tbe
next Gubernatorial contest? My mind
looks to the Hon. Asbury Hull, of
Athens. A man of correct principles
in private and public life, son of the noble
and devout Hope Hull, the founder of
Methodism in Georgia,—he is himself
a man of lofty patriotism, intelligence
and political forecast, with none of that
paltry political quibbling dogmatics, of
which we have all seen too much io these
latter times. With such a standard
bearer as Asbury Hull, the Whigs of
Georgia can march on to honor and to
victory.” |
We have thought, and still think, that
it is too soon to agitate the Gubernatorial
question. If our noble standard-bearer
in tbe last election will consent again to
head our columns, he will be supported
with enthusiasm by the Union Republi
cans of the State. Should he decline, no
man would be more acceptable to us than
Mr. Hull. But we say again, let us not
be in too great baste in pressing thc
claims of any one upon the consideration
of the ptople. We are satisfied that
they are heartily tirtd of the present
Executive incumbent, and regret that his
chair is not filled by one who would more
fitly represent the dignity and secure the
weal of the State. But patience under
present inflictions and afflictions, may be
necessary to secure the future against
the same, or similar, ones.—S. Recor*
dcr.
of late to write a “scorching” and “slash
ing” artielp in reference to the daily
iolations of the liquor laws in our town
If we thought any good -could grow out
of it, we should do so—provided there
wasnootber way of abating the nuisance;
The Tribune says he was dead, but
the latest advices received, up to the
28th ult., report him still alive, but in
a very critical situation.
Mr. Clingman, last Saturday, made a
but we are under the impression that if I personal explanation in thc house of Re-
“all and singular” our public officers dis- presentatives, respecting the proposed
charge their several duties with fidelity, mediation of this country between the
these flagrant violations of law, of w hich belligerent nations of Europe. He
we have lately heard so much complaint, stated that neither himself nor thc other
will be brought to a speedy termination,! members the committee on foreign
A convention of gentlemen who have affair5 > were aware that overtures c>f the
hitherto acted with the democratic party, ki « d had already been medeby tbe pro-
and who profess that they are still de-1 department of the administration,
mocrats lately assembled at Selma, Ala., and that further interference was not
and nominated Col. Robert A. Baker, deemed necessary. Mr. Clingman. how
for Governor. This is considered an ever, did not consider that this move-
ilicritimate proceeding by the friends of ™nt of the administration altered the
Gov. Winston, and from present indica- propriety of Congressional action on the
tion.*, there is likely to be a serious flare subjecl.
up in the ranks of the party before the Outrage on an American Con-
dispets is finally settled. | SUL .—New York, January 13.—Private
Rule for Punctuation.—A stran
ger in a printing office asked theyoun-
Jetters to the editors of the Courier &
Enquirer, state that Mr. Bennett, the
gest apprentice what was his rule of American Consul at Botoga, had been
punctuation. “I set up as long as I can attacked and fired upon by a party of
hold my breath, and then put in a com- soldiers, bul escaped injury. His ser-
ma; when I gape, I insert a semicolon J vant, however, h id his arm broken.—
and’when I want a chew of tobacco, I Mr. Bennett has forwarded full p uticu-
make a paragraph.’* ' lhe affair to Washington.
OLD SOLDIER’S CONVENTION.
The convention of the surviving offi
cers and soldiers of the war of 1812 as
sembled in Washington City on the 8th
inst. We glean the following particulars
in ‘ reTcrence to their proceedings from
a Washing on letter:
The Old Soldiers mu-tered about
1590, and were escorted by the Wash
ington Battalion tc the President’s
House.
A speech was delivered by the Presi
dent of the Convention, which was re
sponded to by the President of the Uni
ted States.
They hold- a convention this evening
at 5 o’clock.
Four Indians from the Six Nations
were in the procession, in war costume,
who attracted much attention; also, G.
W. P. Custis.
Messrs. Cass, Houston, Shields, Van
Renselear, Benton and Leslie Combs, all
Genei als, were present
Judge Sutherland presented the Con
vention to the President, who made a
speeck.
Tbe Chief of the Six Natic n also spoke
for the tribe as soldiers of the United
States:'
A vote of thanks was passed to Mr.
Brodhead for his exertions in their be
half.
Eulogies were passed upou Messrs.
Madison, Clay, Lowndes and Calhoun.
The completion of the National Mon
ument was also urged, and a committee
was apvomted to mcmoralize Congress
on the e subjects.
[From tho Chronicle &, Sentinel.]
GEORGIA GOLD MINE.
Mr. Editor :—One of the richest
gold veins in the South was discovered
a few days ago by a Mr. Jas. Brown, in
Hart county, on his own land. It is in
mieaccous shite, about five feet wide,
and the ore I saw washed out yielded
$10per bushel ,and some parts of the rein
give from $20 to $50. The develop
ments as yet are very superficial and
only at two points; but if it prove ex
tensive of like quality, it will eclipse the
celebrated Dome Mine in South Caro
lina, which has produced in thelast two
years over $400,000. It appears to be
a special God-send, for no worthier man
and wife live any where, and they have
now living twelve sons and eight daugh
ters, one having died, making her the
mother of twenty one children, which,
she has raised to be respectable and an
honor to the country! Such a mother
certainly deserves a pension from Gov
ernment, and under Roman or Spartan
rule would receive it. M. S.
Passing Aw at,—The soldiers of the
Revolution are dropping off one by one.
The report of the Pension Bureau states
thc whole number of those entitled to
pensions as one thousand and six^nire.
Three hundred and twenty-five died
during the previous year, lu a short
period there will not be a single living
witness of “ the times that trird men’s
Souls,” - ' ii V
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