The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, November 08, 1855, Image 2
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LAW, OIDU, ABD TUB MIWtlTCTIW.
SHALL THE CONSTITUTIONI tion; which holds in its embraces—hugs
BE PRESERVED? fondly to its bosom, ANY ONE who
Uudcr this caption, the Washington adheres to National Democracy. Such
Union, in a “ Buncomiziug” and father; an inspection, we are persuaded, is what
la .forth an address to has caused him to ponder the safety of
5e<J” ‘and “ patriotic the Constitution. We would ask, can
these realms. We iier- the Constitution be preserved ? Only
every reader does, from the j in one way—let every patriot at pre-
caplion) that it is ta act in the capacity I sent, in our ranks stand firm—and let
I of a *' drummer,” to stir up and enlist others now enrolled among National
THURSDAY MORNING, NVV. 8, 1855. | the sympathies of these patriots of the Democrats come out from this amhi-
land, who are ever ready to respond to tious, selfish and dangerous foe to Re-
thc calls of their country; and who, publicanism, and assist in the grand
too, are so -frequently imposed upon by struggle going on for the preservation
4th. That it how requires between
two and three hundred cars over and
above the present number, to carry the
freight on the State Road. For this
number of cars, it is now dependent on
the Company Roads below. And when
ever one or all of them withdraw their
cars, the trade of the Road compara
tively ceases.
5th. That it will require an expendi-
0T The editor has returned to his
post, after a brief absence, but not in
rimeloprqMretIminatthost such froth as the remarks of the 1 0 f the Constitution, and the safety
issues of the paper, he is much indebted Unitm - I, jni B ht P rofitab,e ’ and continued prosperity of the Union.
to the kindne&a of a friend, wh~e arti- , ^ or notb ‘ n S e,s ® bu * ,be n ° v ty ° . TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
- - —“I We most Cecfell, gi,e piece to the
■hepeWemste. . , . 1*^/^
With undimmishcdconfidenoe in their . . fe _ Q f as a tribute of respect to the memory ot
soundness we shall battle.with renewed the Union, acting under fear of 1 - ft d
* nd i " 0,Msed eM, » r “™’ " f rZ'Tt wm" tothTqoi Callaway Larmton, whose deeply
principles of that party which seeks to wrung from it, in answer to tne q ea , , . . .
perpetuate .kjftLp’of ci.il audreli- tine which, for . /.urutamu, upheave.I"?*** *•* we auuounced a the
rrious liberty liy placing the reins of end supports the American Party, an llrne It occurred. We happenea to be
government in the band, of native Amer* affirmative answer. Bet the simple Present m Courtwhen the vem.luuons
fenns. We hope onrTriends will work avowal, we opine, will not satisfy the P*"* »" d «*•
on, and work zealously-not suffering patriotip Ameriemt. who have felt ant «•> «•' ’° d (though brief) enlo-
the temporary victory achieved by the expressed their indignation at the reck- 8 ,c ’ U P°" *•» ch,raclerth ® de “ a!cd '
enemy by tnenn. of the grossest dec p- l«»»eee ofth. very part, whose hr,sen l™“”““ d b J C. Peepte and
tion ever practised upon any people to front ttlone enables them to hide the »• ». H«ll and by hm honor Judge
damp their ardor for 1 single instant- deep blush which would mantle a moreU-kaon. Although the, »«***■"
With a consciousness of our recutode sensitive cheek-of the^ party which hu ^ whos e untimely end
let us battle f,»r the right—confident of grown wanton from the fat of public f ° . . et - .
office—which has trampled in the dust] 13 mounled b y alarge number of friend
At the conclusion of which, Col. Smith,
having got .back .from the grocery, de
livered a regular war speech 1 In con
sequence of his frequent visits to the
grocery during the day, his voice was
very dry and husky, and his articulation
indistinct, accept the speaking of the
Inst sentence of his sublime peroration,
which was an iuvitationto all present to
adjourn with him to the grocery, and
ture of $100,000, for the purchase of I take a drink of good whisky I This
cars, before ibe Road will be fully was distinctly heard even on the out-
equipped for the business that offers. skirts, and the invitation promptly and
6th. That when the lower roads took generally complied with; whereupon,
off their cars, Wheat was brought down divers rough and tumble fisticuffs en-
in open trucks exposed to all the vicissi- sued, and the crowd started in the direc-
tudes of the weather. | tion of home, which some of them did
not reach that night however, in cousc-
AREA °TER™IoITk TES AND |<.- c e°f
Very few of our people, we .aspect, > ion *°
have any definite idea of the extent of
our country—especially of the new ter-j Revolution in Montevideo .-By
SHADE OF SEBASTOPOL.
ritories which have been recently organ- wa y 0 f Southampton, we have dates to
ized. In order to place before our rea- the 1st of September from Montevideo,
ders a condensed view of the size of On the 28th August, Flores was driven
the States and Territories, which at from his position, and on the following
present oompose this mighty confedera- day hoisted the banner of another Prc-
cy, we give'the following statement from sidency. The British Packet says:
the census report. The area of the Flores is reported to be at the bead
United States is2,036,166 square miles. ( >f 500 or 600 cavalry, a force against
The following table taken from that I which the town of Montevideo can easily
document, but transposed so as to give defend itself, but a force more than suf-
But he does understand tho way to ex-j opinion in the army ; made known every
ecutive favor, and be knows well enough wan t; supplied every information; ex*
that if I had wanted office, I had only to i erc Ueil, inspired, and animated every
stoop to the meanness which is a part of heart. Had the Americans been in
his nature to obtain it. I had only to I t he Crimea they would have had daily
swear that Washington never approach- p aper3 a t Balaklava, Eupatoria, Yeni*
ed Pierce in administrative ability j that hale, and Constantinople; and these I
Jackson had never been half so ‘open, j p a p er s. reflecting the humors, incidents,
frank and manly,’ in his dealings with nn( j j,f c Q f the camp, would have ranked
his countrymen; that squatter sovereign- amon g the best historical documents on
ty was a direct visitation from Heaven ; the war. As it is, our soldiers in the
that the burning of Greytown was an Crimea are indebted to the London«
achievement worthy of Napoleon ; that journals for authentic information of
the shameless backing out from all the w j, at occur3 j n the camp itself and with-
administration’s Caban blustering was j n a m j| e or two of their tents. Jona-
the perfection of foresight and courage ; than is far ahead of us is some respects.
that its double dealing with Soule and London Athenaeum. \
Quitman was candor and honor; that
the appointment of Dix and Cochrane TR y AR BORDER TROUBLES,
was the essence of southern rights, and . O o,i
the wisdom of the selection of Delmont j Tire Galveeten New., of the 2Sd.
was viudicated by the fact that old has the following intelligence:
clothes had fallen full twenty per cent. A gentleman from San Antonio in-
These, and a few like things, would forms us that Capt. Callahan was re- .
doubtless have won for me the sunniest cruiting a ranging force in San An
smiles of the Executive, and saved me tonio, with a view of marching again
from- the charge of having ‘repudiated j ; nto Mexico and chastising the Indians
principles,’ ‘severed ties, and ‘forsaken an( j Mexicans, whom he recently engag-
associations j* words which it is easy to ed in battle. Volunteers were plenty,
use, but somewhat difficult to prove. I and a strong camp bad been established
have repudiated no principles.” | a short distance out of town. Callahan
demolished the town of Piedras Negras,
One of the 44.—Before the recent before quitting the west bank of the Rio
election in the Territory of Kansas, at I Q ran It was reported that the famous
which Andrew H. Reeder was selected chief> wnd Catj had crossed int0 Xexa3
as Territorial Delegate to the next Con- atthehead ofone hundred and fifty
gross, the Free State Party detailed warriors> The chivalry of the West is
orators to visit the different portions of roil8ed and wild Cat will have to re-
the Territory, to present his claims and treat _
. - , - , . , Our informant believes that the
to denounce slavery^ and its advocates. ran gj n g forces will certainly ch&stiso
Among those^appointed to canvass the those who may oppose them in their de-
each its proper rank shows the area of fi c ; en t to form the nucleus for a war in section of the Territory north of the river termination to punish the Mexicans and
each State and territory :
ultimate success—for
•*T ulb ct uslieti io'cit :h suam. rise agaiu!”
. this very Constitution by . suffering the
and admirers, we think they barely
jy We had expected to meet ‘'face
to face” most of our friends at the Fall
Courts of this Circuit, but having found
it impossible to attend some of them,
and failed to see one half our subscri
bers at such as we did attend, we adopt]
this mode of reminding all indebted to
us that we need money. We trust, there-
most audacious and r.mpaet Abolition-18“”' hi,n ^for in ,11 the
ists to hold an honorable and equal place
in their ranks-which has done this was equal to any young man we have
and will do yet more, unmindful of prin- known > whilsl U cannot be questioned
ciple and National good, for the reason lbat in h,m were combined in an extra-
that it preserves the good National! binary degree all the elements of a
Democratic Partv. g reat ,aw y er and 3 d reat man *
The Union, unlike its namesake, of FeanklinSuperior Court, >
our own State, admits that the Amcri-j * ***** " .
can party is still alive, and that the J °* a ^’. °
1 The Honorable Superior Court of
Franklin county, met pursuant to ad-
fore, that every one of our subscribers
will cheerfully respond to this call, and I Dem o Cra t iC par t y| will ,r have its hands
send us the amounts they severally owe full „ ^ the ptruggle Wlth it in 1856.— TT
at their earliest convenience. Dunning Bjjt whi]e we give hig admissions, as to J ournment » H,s Honor Jud g e Jackson
is, to us, an ungracious ta>k—an abom- the stren „ th and respectability of the Priding.
inahle to the reader-and we Americaa ly> it becomes us to state I ^ U P°” m r °!:° n ° f Cinc ' a ™*» P * e P le8 ’
trust we may,not be compelled to say that the 3 lrenglhf according to the' Esq ” the foUow,n g preamble and reso-
another word on the subject. Those of is derived from il8 connection
our readers who are not indebted will with the mack Republicans of the North;
please “ skip” this parragraph, and those We thus Uallci8e th * e expression, in the
who are will please place themselves in j fif8t p i aC6| because wo do not fear to
a position to do so with the next one we let t v, e world know with what we are
may insert of a like character. This I charged; and secondly, because we do I ' n tbe P iade b * s y° un g manhood, our
they can readily dobyforlingover “ the! desire that every one may understand I promising brother,-Pleatant C. Lang-
needful.” J how unscrupulous our enemies are; and I 8TON > Esq., an attorney of this Bar,
also to show up the desperate means to who had recently settled and commenc-
lutions, upon being read, were ordered
to be placed upon the minutes—
Whereas, we have heard with deep
and painful regret, that since the last
Term of this Court, death has smitten
Parish, Louisiana.
. DEATH OF AN EDITOR. . . - . . . . . #k . , .
We regret to learn that Mr. Sted- which a once respectable party is rcsort- H Practice here under the most flat-
MAKE Coburn, formerly Editor and ing to upholdwhat we hope are its failing and hopeful circumstances.-
Pubiisher of the Rome drier, is no fortunes; for we do hold that
more. “He died on the 4th Sept of lived to do all the good it was ever de- lute > manl y and m J ts c » h,s entrance
Yellow Fever, at Marksville, Avoyelles signed to accomplish; and each hour it “P on 1 estru gg e orproessiona emin-
survives henceforth, it will be the rotting, ence » g ave a38urance tbat he wou,d
putrid corpse of t hat which was once I soon attain the hi g hest rank araon g st
fair and lovely—sending forth its poison-
00. ..per. until it. infection, presence “ err,nd ,he "‘ os, in ™"8 “> tbe
shall do for our country, to whose pro* “ »" d be,,er reeli "8 s <* ,he h “"' a "
nrrity it has earl, contributed, what >“"0 and was snddenl, stricken down
the brute oftep dee. for it. young- !" death-gtrieg « donbl, solemn warn-
- .. W. , me to the living, to be ever mindful of
brings forth but to devour. 1 6 B
But it is' eomething bordering on
novelty, as the candid reader must con
fess, to Charge affiliation betwixt two
parties, as completely antipodes as the
Charlestonian and the queued imbiber
of the genine Ifyson, in Pekin or Nan
kin. Wha;! charge the American par-
Costof the war.—The cost of the
war in Europe for the first year, is set
down at the enormous Bum of one Bil
lion and five hundred million of Dollars.
England started with a debt of $3,869-
515,000, and has since borrowed 500
million! ..France had a debt of $1,165,-
000,000 and has borrowed 140,000,000.
Russia has borrowed 600 million and
added the sum to her previous debt
of 330,000,000. t .
Senator Toombs addressed a Kan.*as
meeting in Columbus, on Saturday
tbe country districts.
Nebraska Territory,
Utah Territory,
Texas,
New Mexico Territory,
Oregon Territory,
Minnesota Territory,
California,
Washington Territory,
Kansas,
Indian ’Territory Kansas,
Missouri,
Virginia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Michagan,
Illinois,
Wisconsin,
Arkansas,
Iowa,
Alabama,
North Carolina,
Mississippi,
New York,
Pennsylvania,
Tennessee,
Ohio,
Kentucky,..
Indiana,
Maine,
South Carolina,
Maryland,
Vermont,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
Massachusetts,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Rhode Island,
District of Columbia,
Hie Brazilians 1 Kansas, was C°l. James H. Lane, °f I Indians who have pillaged and murder-
yUe,I^. 0 „ e , 7thu ,„ pin , heTh . y t r -
209170 m,sht have upbeld thtf legal P res,denc y four Northern Democrats who voted for from j nvad i ng Mexico, but he will barfly
237 503 > n tbe capital; they cannot put down the Kansas Nebraska Bill, and who are able to do so. The Rangers, we
207,090 legal presidency in tho camp. They SSSmS ffSwh! presume, will be across tbe Rio Grande
185 030 n Southern Rights! Whilst Messrs. Toombs before Gen SmUh can co „ ect a force to
166 025 h P , d themSCl . eS m * fd,Se pOS1 * and bt t,P ben3 1 - . and Democratic orators detain them> and „ b usele8s , Q make ^
155*980 tlon ’ and 11 ma f re q u,re man y sacrifices generally in this State, were eulogising I aUempt> although we presume Gen.
123*022 a “d much blood to retrieve the error. tbese forty-feur Northern Democrats in Smith would be censured if be failed to
iia’-toq T* .■ . .* . e.\ the recent canvass m this State, one of doit
114,798 lit appears tbat tho President of the I .j, • I uo 11, v
SS dM,iMd provisional pre.1- Heeder bote & 5 ,k. TeW i$5
61 380 deDC 7 * n consequence of which Don Lui *y ot Kansas, denouncing southern men berea ft erf
59,268 Lamar was proclaimed by popular vote. and Southern slavery, and adverting a ^ Tfae gan ^ Q(0n ; 0 Led of the 2Qth
5AOOO11, j. Mid J t some of Ike depertmeeu Xe'sSZ m °' f ° ll ‘‘» i °8p.* g r?pk»
SIMPLY RIDICULOUS
Some of the friends of the Hon. A. H.
I Stephens, in Oglethorpe county, recently
have declared for Flores and others for
55,405
53,624 1 0nbe ’
52,198
50,914
50,722
50,794
47,156
47*000 bls 8erv ‘ ces ' n tbe campaign,
46*000 re Ply to tbe presentation address, Mr.
30,954 Stephens is reported to have said, em
37,680 I phatical/y, that the late victory of the
*7^6 •^■ nt *'^- mer * can iP art 7 * n G eor g' a > was a
29*385 ‘‘ tr * um P b °f civil as well as religious
11,124 [liberty.” What- ridiculous nonsense!
Great excitement prevails in the dif
ferent counties around us, in regard to
tbe depredations on our frontier by the
Petty Revenge.—The Rome Cou
rier gives a striking instance of the I IndianV^and some two hundred citizens
pitiable spirit of revenge that animates I are now collected in and around San
the bosom of our present Chief Execu-1 Antonio, prepared to defend it..
"““J, | tive . It appeara that Mr. Howard, ofl n . corn cribs of Mr. J Weir,on the
presented him with a cane, incompliment K -. f . f f F .. Cibolo, were consumed by fireon Friday
: j n Kingston, a heavy manufacturer of lime, morning last, destroying several tkous-
met Gov. Johnson, in a public discussion | and bushels of corn.
The papers in all parts of the State
10,212
9,289
8,3l0j
Who but a fit subject for a mad-house,
could delieve that onehalf of the free
a short time before the election, at
which bis Excelled —. ,o b *«
taken mortal offence. According to the f or having crossed the Rio Grande to
Courier he has adopted the following fight the Indians. Treaty or no treaty*
method of avenging the severe castiga- “J 8 tbe ^ onza J ea Inquirer, the first law
. , . " / • of nature is self-preservation,
tion he got on that occasion : 1
[Savannah Republican, j k ANSAS CONG RES3IONAL ELECTION.
... . “Since the day of this discu-sion not St. Louis Oct. 22.—The Kansas cor-
7*8901 American citizens of Georgia are oppos- a single car has been suffered to stop at respondent of the Missouri Democrat
4*674 ed to civil and religious liberty ? No, the Mr. Howard’s kilns. The day after says, the returns from twenty-two pre-
2,1201 American Party of Georgia is opposed to * be e ^ ec *’ on * ^ b ® switch for turning cars I cinets give Reeder, for Congress, 1,985
1 305 „.. , . , .. T . , i to these works was taken up, under votes. There were still 29 Drecincts to
561 ° des P ol,sm * Itseeks the rescue prom i se t h a t it should be replaced. hear from, and it was thought his vote
of the Government from the despotism This promise, it will be noticed, was would exceed 3,000.
2,036,166 j of foreignism and demagogueism, and j made while the result^ of the election | The election passed off peaceably.
The Nebraska Territory is large enough its restoration to its primeval purity and h?? 8 J? 1 un kn°wn. A few days since and no persons were permitted to vote
j e s t. .i. i j-a* • ,1 Mr. Howard was informed by the super-1 unless they had been actual residents of
to cut up into seven States of the size of S^ 01 T* D seeks the general diffusion of v j sor tbat tb ; s switch was to be destroy- a city or town for 30 days preceding the
New York and leave a surplus of terri-1 American sentiment—>the best and only ed, and of coarse his buisiness entirely I election.
tory large enough for a State of the size I guaranty of civil and religious liberty, stopped. This vindictiveness Js ^anj The Free Soilers are getting up docu-
erening last, and one thousand Dollars ty with sympath y for Aboliti^iism?
was subscribed to aid the object of the d^ our owo beloved Berrien, if we
Kansas Emigration Society just formed are al , owed ^ mention the two ia c6n
in that city. | nec j; onj aympathise with Seward 1—
Hard Hit.—An exchange paper Then Americans Iraternise with Abo-
says; “Gen. Jackson's cabinet was a litionists. So grave a journal must in
unit, but the cabinent of Geo. Pierce is deed be an extensive dealer “ in the
a cipher.” A Western editor thinks it 1 ridiculous,” and he who can attempt an
is composed of rulgar fractions. argument to support it, argues himself
worse ■ than unknown; he places him-. ,. . ... . . „ ,
self in as unenviable a position as the I 8 7 m P atble3 » thl3 dee P and W*™
dicates the growing demand in contl- party not f ar ft om US| w hich closes its
neotal Europe for American books, that | to faul|S| . and sapporta its candi .
the sure approach of death. And leav
ing to his brethren of the Bor, a warm
and feeling recollection of his many
good, and ennobling qualities.
Be it therefore,
Resolved, Tbat in the death, of our
brother Langston, we feel that our Cir
cuit has lost One of its most promising
young men, and our immediate circle,
one of its most generous souled broth
ers.
Resolved, That, weshalMongchvrish
his memory, as one endeared to ns, by
his promise of future usefulness, and
his many social virtues.
Resolved, That we tender to his
bereaved family and friends, our sincere
is an
of Connecticut Kansas Territory has I We have yet to learn that these great I oatrage ’ no ^ onl £ to Howard but ments wherewith to contest Whitfield’s
01 ^onnecucui. ivansas x erruury uaa j ....... 6 also a number of poor men who are by seat m Congress, They profess to be
an area sufficient to make two States of boons are imperilled by being placed in ^jg mea ns, thrown out of employment, able to prove that there were only four
the size of Indiana. Texas will make | the custody of those who gave them birth. | Comment uponjuch conduct as this is | legal pro-slavery voters at Franklin,
tour States the size of Alabama, and j —Southern Recorder.
one of the size of Indiana; and Cali-
| unnecessary. We only wish to lay the while Whitfield received 61 votes there ;
facts before the people that they may that out of upwards of 200 votes cast for
DIERSHIP.
fornia has sufficient area to convert into
sixStatesofthesizeofNewHampshire,. The Baltimorc S un makes a flattering
and have a surplus to make one about I comparison between the operations ot
the size of Massachusetts. j the Allies before Sebastopol, and what
an American army would have achieved
For die Southern Watchman. | with the same means
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH SOL- know lh ® course P ursued by their Chief Whitfield at Wyandott only 30 were
Executive
eyes to __ .
Messrs. Harper and Brothers recently dates> even though found wilh the sheep
received a very large order from Rome, I ^ ^ f^k! Why, every one is
aware that tho American platform em-
| braces in it rao?e of hostility to Aboli
tionism. and stronger ■ assurances of |
A Good Toast.—Womvn.the morn
ing star of our youth ; v tlie day star of
our manhood.; the evening star of our I protection to the slaveholder in his pro-
old age. God bless our stars,
Novel Case.—-Some months ago, a
matronly lady was passenger on the ferry
boat between Covington and Cincinnati.
Th« boat in its passage run
against another, but apparently no
damage was donp. The lady- has, how
ever, iastitnted • suit agaitnt tbe owners
of the boat, claiming damages to the ex
tent of $ 10,000, on the ground, that had
perty than any other party has ever
dared do. it was weeks after its
appearance, before even those who
would fail to acoord parity to an angel
,'y J °f light, could discover- the slightest
' grounds upon which to attack it. And
it needs nof, at this hour, that the
Washington Ckiion should ask the ques
tion, as though that sacred instrument
affliction.
Resolved, That his Honor Judge
Jackson be requeued to have these pro
ceedings entered on the minutes of this
Term—and tbat the Clerk furnish the
Editors of the “ Southern Watchman,”
and the “ Southern Banner,” each with
a copy of these proceedings, with our
request, that they publish the same, in
their respective papers.
A tree extract from the minutes of
the Court.
JOHN H. PAYNE, Clerk.
INCREASING THE TRUE PA
TRIOTS.
legal; that out of 250 cast at Osawata-.-
mie, not over 60 were legal; tbat at
Baptist Mission, which gave Whitfield
over 100 votes, there were but 17 legal
TL M v t r ., I voters, and only 13 of them cast ballots.
The New York Express says that | and finalljr that not 1000 legal votes.
th the same means i during the present year one thousand WPPP V._ m..,. ,, ° roiea.
‘•The contrast between the English foreigners, a month, have been natural- wbo i e Territory r0U ^ out tbe
WAR IN.THE CRIMEA ! | -xne contrast oeuvueu tue x^ngiisn | toreigners, a monin, nave oeeu natural- i wbo le Territory
Ma. Editor : I acne. —-w|S“E£ I t 7.h, CWUu.loeal Coe.
, * , c ...... m 3 distinctly marked in the current history appears that iweive mousanu votes wm i vent ion had h P pn 'n, a „ »:n
versed in a knowledge of Military Tac- 0 f tbe seige of Sebastopol, and the record be manufactured from t**~. raw material f orm _ Stat „ r m *
tics to know whether they have here- of our Mexican war. Under the same in that single city during this year. Jf and apply for admission into the Unio“
tofore be p n numbered among the sci-1 loose discipline and systematic manage- this species of preparation, which the Ujr Reeder will be the bearer ofth^
ences or not. If they have not, they raeDt of affairs which have characterized Duke of Richmond said the despots of Co n8t i llUion and petition t0 Washins.
, . . , . . everything British in the Crimea, onr Europe intended to send to this country ton p °
ought to be so regarded now, certain. Mexican war might have been protract- be a blessing, then will New York after '
I have been driven to this conclusion jed with variable success to |this day, or | a while be a perfect paradise. Her| In Paris.—Among the Americans ia
from having witnessed a General Mus- brought to a close only, at an expendi- prisons and her poor houses, however* p ar ; 8> * the nMa- of the Bteamep
*. , Pnmmina t?__ I lure of men and the material of war, not bespeak a language somewhat different I n _°. _ *•
ter, winch came off « Cumnneg.For- [o ^ ^ Sebastopo| . '^,1^ , he b „f r ® 0 falaehoods of lb J Hon. Mr. S,u,or, ex United States,
syth county, on lnursda) last, Ucto- j w ith such men as Taylor and Scott, with I anti-American Party. The felons and I to Nicaragua; Governor An-,
her 25. Gen. Wilson, of the county j skillful engineers, officers from the ranks paupers crowded upon us by «he infa- thony, of Rhode Island; Lt, CoL Tevis
of Hall, and brevet Col. Smith, of of people, and the material of the mous policy of foreign governments, are a pradtla t ft n f ‘
OI nail, anu | army filled with the zeal of an honorable | a3 much felons and paupers here as they | graduate °J ^ st i Point » who beea
Forsyth, comma g. ^ nationality, no number of men, no form were at home, and are more trouble I serv,n S in the Turkish army in Asia t
Whenthe men got properly into line, I Q f defence or fortification, no ‘impregna-1 and expense to our people than the na- Dr. Turnipaeed, of Sooth Carolina, a
at is, scattered about all over the ble forts, could withstand them. tive population of two times their num- Surgeon in the Russian service, who is
that
‘We do not intend any vain Jboast in her- And t yet the doctrine of the day I tying ill. g 0 l Seaton, of the National
disparagement of the achievements of | > 8 to l et _ them come; one rogue from I A ]lyr _ * D _
field, in huddles of ten, fifteen and twen- _ _ _
„ uu uul BhfnTL wSth “two | Inte Bigencer, and Mr. Kennedy, for*
counted on their shoulders three shot p re t en dthat Mexican fortifications or the honfest men born on the banks of the I mer v °f the Census Bureau, Washing-.
guns, five umbrellas, and thirty-one green defence of them were to be compared wilh Chattahoochee. “ Them” are not our I ton.
hickory clubs, cut fresh from the woods! the Russian. But we mean to say that sentiments.—Col. Enquirer.
After “sloshing” about through tbe the economy andsteadfastness of purpose.! .. —n - I A dangerous counterfeit $50 note
1 O 0 I anil 9oa1 nf ovnnnfinn tvhinli nharaAfamwn
streets for a couple of hoars, the ** hoi-
on
CONDITION OF THE STATE
ROAD.
•‘ Cass,” a correspondent of the
Chronicle & Sentinel, states the follow-
were placed under the special guardian-1 ' n S facts touching tne present condition
i.'"t,. “ T V lfT „ r lhe S[ateof
• An * I Shall the Constitution of our forefathers I lst * lhe P ro P erl y 01 ine t>tate ot
r’rt A Tr \orthe higher law of Seward pr<mari? Geor g ,a h*» bean sold by a Sheriff of
joymg the comfort and consolation of an ^ ^ ^ at Tennesee, to pay its defat*
heir, and a person to transmit her name ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ 2d, The Georgia, Central and Macon
^^rTwl I 0 n P o °t hT L illThTtoverboard, and in solemn coJ Roads have been loaning the State the
°f the suit iwll not be had before next they declared| in lhe spirit of use of transportation cars at the rate of
UffipatCthe Court at Qovmgton. Lhe Con8titu Uon, that “ the people have * l0 J Kir da > each - far evcr >’ da 7 such
the right to manage their social and cars are detained over ten days on the
domestic concerns for themselves.” State Road.
It would perhaps be well for the Un- That these Companies have be-
ion to givejthe rnotely crew which com- j co,no dissatisfied and withdrawn
J prises the Democratic party—an inspecj 1 cars from the State Road,
*. .utiftl s-fl ttiI in'wq *. .< •• on .-«&i J
rr
A Fuit for $3,000 damages has been
brought by Mr. Iloditeyof Mo., against
tho Illinois Central Railroad company
lidjng bis slave to
W-.-tt* sk
4 eli WiyVi
their
and zeal of execution which characterize ] Military Literature.—American the Augusta branch of the Bank of the
an American army f would with the same papers are remarking on the absence of u tate e r; An - n ^ ,
low squarei” was formed, Gen. Wilson, J resources, have follow ed up successes j literary effort in the Crimea, and are j 0 ° * 3 “ a
mounted on a black, bold-looking an <* pressed an entrance into Sebastopol therein noting—very much to their own 1 ou •
. . . . I at an earlier day and at an expenditure I S^ory—a characteristic difference be-
charger, conspicuously occupying the ^ jjfo and-means infinitely less than that tween the surroundings of an American If girls will kiss, let them perform the
center, and Col. Smith in the grocery, 0 f tb e Allies.’ and of an English army. The contrast I ceremony as if they loved it. Don’t let
near by, taking a horn ! The General — is fair ; the self laudation is not unjust, them sneak about the thing as if they
proceeded to address the soldiery in q | Ex-Senator Clehens and Cqu I ? he read er3 ka ow that when the “Yan-| were purloining cheese, nor drop their
proceeuea io auuieM kees” mwubrf into Mexico they car- heads ‘ like lillies oppressed with the
long harangue, complimenting them Forney.—In^ the recent electionijn Ala- L ied whh them a printing press> and rain.' On the contrary, they should do
highly on the facility and regularity bama, Col. Clemens, who had joined the published a paper along the line of in- *1 vvitK an appetite, and when they let
with which they had performed the vari- Know Nothings, was defeated as a mem- vasion. Across prairies, through dan- g°>’ should give rise to a report that wtti
ous revolutions of the da,, aed winding . Le S is J al “ t ?. ! *' he , re , u l“" r h , !, l gerous passes, over mountain ranges, make the old folks think somebody ia
Up with a high-wrought eulogy on the
character and sarvieps of the immortal
Washington, and his brave compatriots
in arms, all of whom, the speaker de
clared, were furriners, who him over
here, and font, and bled, and died for
our liberties ! ( Jared Sparks, Wash
ington Irving. George Bancroft, rise
up and give an account of yourselves ! )
old associate, Col. Forney, of the Wash-1 sometimes on mules, oftener on men’s firing pistols around the house. So our-
ington Union, says that he is glad of it. shoulders, occasionally in wagons, trav- Eevil says—he knows.
The remark has disturbed the equanimir elled press, paper, type and ink, editors,
ty of the valiant Senator, who replies as contributors, compositors and pressmen “Sally Madder safe T’ said Mrs.
follows: —fighting, foraging, writing, working Partingtqn, as her eyes fell upon an ad'-.
“Independence of thought or action is | onward. Infinite were the uses of the | vertisement. ‘‘Do tell me, Isaac, who.
something which the editor of the Union press. It carried orders through the I this Sally Mender island what she’s.beeoi
nnrpr nnrlnrsfrtrvl onn ll.nrt nnmn . : it ..1 J! I »l. n » iL I V n il
never understood, any more than he un
derstood morality and honor when he
sought, through an agent, to induce a
drunken man to utter the foulest calum
nies upon the reputation of a woman.
camp. Every morning the soldier read doing that they have got her
| flip
in it the story of the previous day. Ii j don't know what site s been doing,'’ said
anticipated the gazettes : it disserainat- Ike, but I guess she's sister to Jerry.”
ed orders .of the day \ it perpetuated “Jerry who, Isaac?” “Why Jerry Man-
the gossip of the camp; reflected public der.”