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ATHENS, JA.lSnjA.ItY 15, 186
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NUMBER 42. ’1
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YANKEE DOODLE At TOE RACES.
From the Richmond Whig. •
Yankoe Doodle b«d a mind
! i To lick tbq Southern traitors,
Because they didn't choose to lire
On codfish and potatoes. ’
Yankee Doodle, doodlc-doo, Yankee Doodle dandy,
And so to keep his. courage up, he took a drink of brandy.
Yankeo Doodle said he found ....
By all the census figures,
That he could starve the rebels out
If he could steal their niggers.
Yankee Doodle, duqle-doo, Yankee Doodle dandy,
And tlien he took another drink of .gunpowder and
braudy.
Yankee Doodle, made a speech,
M. WYNG & GO., Dealers in
> hardware. crockery, china and
, Rrnail Street, Athens, (la. 4 tf
IIKNS STEAM COMPANY.-
R. NICKERSON. Agent and Superintendent.—
eturers of CircnIftrSaw Mills, Steirm En*
Forcing nnd l.iliing PUMPS, Suafhso aud
inkiiy : Mii.l. tits and all otl-f.r kinds of UEAR-
Iiion and lln.tss Caktwos, >:f every deteriptioni
tHING, Repairing and Finishing prnm jitly exe-
Solect pattern* of Iron Fencing. Terns, cash.
W,& hTr. J. LONg7Wholesale
nnd Retail DRUGGISTS, Athens, Ha.
W. LUCAS, Wholesale and Re-
tivil Dealers in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
WARE, Ac.. No. 2, Broad Street, Athens.
L. McCLESKEY, M.D., having
permanently located in Atbons, will continue
tioe of Medicine and Surgery. Residence, that
■ occupied by Mr. Chnse—Office, at homo, where
bo found. _ ; tf ’
A. LOW LANCE, Surgeon Den-
j TIST, A tb on 8, Ga- Office on College A venue,
bo Jewelry utorc of Mewrs. Ti.lmHiljje A Winn.
GILLELAND, Dentist, Wat-
kinsville, Ga., respectfully solicits thu patron-
’ tlio summuding country. Full satisfattiou will
^en in his profession. tf_-
II. KENNEY, (next door to the
Dank of Athens.) constantly keeps on hand STA-
nnd FANCY DRY GOODS, and Choice Family
tries, cheap for cash, or to prompt custom Jrs.
M. MATTHEWS, Attorney at
I,AW, Danic-lsville. Ga. May 1.
>HN H. CHRISTY, Plain and
Fancy ROOK AND JOB PRINTER. Broad 8k,
tia. Office corner Broadand Wall streets, over
■« ' Sansom ft Pitturd. __ tf_
MES A. CARLTON, Dealer in
ilk, F’uncy and Staple DRY GOODS, Hardware
ckery. No. 3. Granite Row, Athens.
W. H A N G O 0 K, Attorney at
LAW, Danielsvillo, Gn., will practice in Jnc«-
jiurpe and Elliert. i
iotograph"and
lytaon Broad ant
Sg streets, over the ntnrn nf R. Matthew*
r a. \ Mur8-tf 1
lS. M. LOYAL, Harness-Maker,
(head of Wall streot, nearly opposite the old State
k) Athens, Ga.', kec|>« always on hand a general as-
uoat of articles in his line, and is always ready to
filers in the host style. tf
It. DAVIS, Land Broker, Collec-
TOR and GENERAL AGENT, Augusta, Ga.—
•ess attended to in any county of the State. Office
• of Jackson and Ellis streets.
U\ MASON & CO., Bookbinders,
paper Rulers and Blank Book Manufacturers,
hall street, Atlanta, Ga. J. H. Christy, Agent,
july22-ly_
ICIIOLSON, Reaves & Wynn,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in STAPLE and
_ GOODS, G ROOERIESj HARDWARE, Crock-
[, lurge new llriek Store, corner Bridge and Broad
Athens, Ga. tf
TMAN & SUM ME Y, Dealers in
’ HARDWARE and CUTLERY, corner of Broad
,11 streets, Athens, Ga. tf
[TNKrTeNGLAND & FREE-
MAN, IVIiidesale and Retail Dealers in GROCE-
| DRY GOODS. HARDWARE, SHOES ft BOOTS,
[street. Athens, Ga. tf
iARRY. Fashionable Boot and
SHOE-MAKER, llroad street. Athens, Ga., is
i in readiness to fill orders in his line.
IB1SII0P & SON.-Wholesale and
Retail Psaler** in GROCERIES, UAUDWAllt
TAI’LE DRY GOODS, Na.l, Browd at., Jithena.
WI. L. MARLER, Attorney at
LAW. Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.
ItcnKKCKS.—J."M. McLestcr and W. S. Thompson,
f Jefferron: J>. W. Spunvc anil T. M. Peoples, Esq.
kneeville; John It. Newton and J. H. Christy,
1 tf
M. G. DELONY, Attorney at
LAW, A then*, Ga.. will attend promptly to all
t entrusted to his care,
, M. Kenney's storo.
I fear, says he, I cannot fight, '' '
'-’But I axr good at stealing.
Yankee Doodle, doudle-doo, Yankee Doodle daudy,
Hurrah.for Lincoln, ’ he’s the boy to. take a drop of
«, brandy. >A»fSt • «*-'•: 1 . . "t
Yankee Doodle drew his sword, .
And practised all tbe paste*, -
Conte, boys, we’ll take another drink
When weget to Manassas. ,iy
Yankee Doodle, doodlc-doo, Yankee Doodle dandy,
They never reached Manassas plain) and never got thd •
brandy. ...
Yankee Doodle *ooufound ovftt ,. ,
That Bull Run was no trifle,
For if the North knew how to (tea), .
The South knew how to rifle.
Yankee Doodle, doodlo-don, Yankee Doodle dandy,
'Tis very clear I took too much of that infernal brandy..
Yankee Doodle wheeled abont,
And seumperod off at full run,
And such a race was never teeu
At that be made at Bull Run.
Yankoe Doodle, doodle-dob, Yankee Doodle dandy,
I havn’t time to stop jnst now to take a drop of brandy.
Yankeo Doodle, ob ! for shame,
You’re always intermeddling,
Let guns alone, they’re daogerons things,
You’d better stick to peddling. *
Yankee Doodle, doodle-dou, Yankee Doodle dandy,
When next I go to Bally Run, I’ll throw away the brandy.
Yankee Doodle, you had ought
To be a little smarter,
Instead of catching wooly-heads
I vow you’vo caught a tartar.
Yankee Doodie, dood’v doo. Yankee Doodle dandy,
Go to bum, you’ve bad enough of rebels and of brandy.
From the Sontberu Field and Fireside.
CATCHING A SUNBEAM.
A PLEASANT SKETCH.
Office on Broad street,
tf
[. PHILIPS, Attorney at Law,
Marietta, Ga., will practice in all the counties
j Blue Ridgt Circuit, in the county of Fulton, of the
■ Circuit, ia the .Supreme Court, and in the U. 8.
, Court at Slarie-.ta. ' tf
HITE & lUTCH, Wholesale &
Retail CLOTHIERS and MERCHANT TAI-
I Broad street, Athens, Ga.
M. N. WHITE, Book.selkrami
STATIONER, and Newspaper and Magazine
-Dealer in Music ft Musical Instruments, Lamps,
utlery, Fancy Goods, 4c., corner Broad Streot and
> Avenue. Orders promptly filled at Augusitarates.
PLANTER’S HOTEL,
Atlanta, On.
(OPPOSITE THE PASSENGER DEPOT.)
illOUGIILY renovated and re-furnished, mid in
he very ceutre of tho business portion of the city.
rl2 WM. 0’HA1,W>RAN.Proprietor.
GLOBE HOTEL,
Augusta, <r». • • g ; :
[AUSTIN MULLARKY, PROPRIETOR.
riCE.—Passengers holding Through Tickets, will
' carried to and from this Hotel free of Omnibus he
: F _±’ii’-iz_ Ho
PASS THE WORD
let the people know
|p Mills are found at the Athens
tine Works.
The sun is always shining in the sky of
oor lives, aiiti his bright beams coming
down to gladden the earth. But into how
few hearts do they find their way? Tho
earth upon which our minds dwell, like the
material earth, has its dense forests, its
deep, dim valleys, its dark caves and cav
erns into which the sunlight rarely, if ever,
comes. It would seem as if many persons
loved these gloomy shades, and hid them
selves, of choice, away from the bright and
beautiful sunshine. They carry shadows
in their hearts and shadows on their faces.
When they come into your presence it
seems as if the air was suddenly darkened
by a passing cloud.
Mr. Hickman was one of those men who
walk, for the most part, in dark valleys, or
sit in dreary caverns. Hardly, if ever, on
returning home, did he bring light into
bis dwelling. If there was merry laugh
ter among the children on his entrance,
their voices wore hushed; if love’s light
beamed from the countenance of his wife
as she sported with her little ones, it faded
away, giving place to a sober, thoughtful,
half troubled look, lie al ways came home
bringing a shadow with bun, and sat, for
the most part, in this shadow, through all
the cheerless evenings..
\V by was this? Was there a great trou
ble in the heart of Mr. Hickman ? Had ho
passed through some depressing misfor
tune, or sutilred some terrible affliction?
No. It was as well with him as with most
people—better than with a very large num
ber. His business was prosperous, and
every year he added many thousands of
dollars to his rapidly accumulating fortune.
But be was not a man possessing an order
ly adjusted mind—was easily disturbed by
trifles, andaunoyed by incidents t hat should
not Live affected him any more than the
buzzing of a fly. But the real cause lay
deeper and more bidden, grounded in an
inordinate selfishness, that robbed him ot
tbe pleasure which might have attended
success, through envy of others’ good for
tune. He was jealous of his compeers in
business, and always experienced a disa
greeable sensation when he heard of them
as successful. No wonder that sunlight
could not tind its way into his heart. En
vy and ill-will, burn in what heart they
may, always send up a black smoke that
obscures the heavens. The stm is there,
shining as brightly ns ever, but his rays
cannot penetrate this cloud of passion. No
day passed in which something did not oc
cur to disturb or cloud the mind of Mr.
Hickman; and so, evening after evening,
be came home, bringing wfth him shadow
instead of sunlight. Oh, w hat a desecra- j Mr Hickinan
tion of home was this; home,-where the j *'
heart’s sunlight should ever dwell, and a |
heart-warmth pervade all the mveet atmos
phere. Nothing of external good was de
nied by Mr. Hickman to his family. They
had all of happiness that money conld buy.
Yet how fur from happiness were his wife
and Children. They were drooping for
eunshiue—tho sunshine of smiles, and pleas,
ant words, and joyous laughter. But these
canto not from Mr. Hickman. He sat
among them grim and gloomy, fbr the most
part, like some sombre heathen divinity—
half dreaded,, half propitiated.
Mr. Hickman was not so stolid but that
in this the existence of a wrong.
his wife and children, desired
nod, and was ready to make almost
-‘’ee lor them that he knew how
Ere’n as he sal moodily in his
' his that his presence . rested -
tare on the spirits of his wife
Id say to himself—
I should bring home
smiles. 1 ’
iis would lii>
ei.t of the j
,-e power to j
aid go off
himself. Often it happened that his chil
dren sought, in the outgushing gladness of
their hearts, to break the spell that was on
him—but almost always be repulsed them
—sometimes coldly, sometimes fretfullj*,
and sometimes in sudden anger—so that,
at last, they rarely came near or spoke to
him, as he sat through his silent evenings.
“ Wrong, all wrong-,’* Mr. Hickman oft
en said to himself, as the shadow fell dark
er or his home. But a knowledge of the
evil did hot bring a knowledge of the cure,
or rather, that self-conquest which must
f (recede a cure. He mast let the sunshine
ntohis own heart ere he could pour forth
its rays on other hearts, lie. must qomo
out of th© dcqsq. forests.and! ; gIo.omy val
leys and dusky caverns, into the clear Sun
shine; but how was he to comeout ? Who
was to lead him forth? : ' t. • - ■
Oneday,»8 Mr. Hickman satin his count
ing room, conversing with a .gentleman, a
lad came in from the store to ask him some
questions about . business. Mr. Hickman
replied in a curt way'arid the tad went out.
“ What is that boy’s name?”. asked -the
gentleman.;, .
“ Frank.Ed.wardtC’’ was replied... ,
“ I^hqught so.'. Tie’s a fine boy. Hpw
long has'he been with'you?” ‘ ‘
‘‘About three months.”'-f ' : ’
“ Does he give satisfaction ?” v.f
“Yea.”
“ I’m pleased to 'hear it. His mother
lives in oiir neighborhood, and my wife has
taken considerable interest in her. She is
very poor, and in teoble health. She main
tains horself by sewing; but that kind of
exhausting toil is wasting her life rapidly.
Frank is her only child, and the only oue
to whom she can look for any help. 1 am
glad you like him.”
Nothing more was Raid on the subject,
but it did not pass from the mind of Mr.
Hickman, lie had taken the lad a. few
mouths before on trial, and it was under
stood that if he gave satisfaction, he was
to be put on wages after six months.
“ The boy’ is faithful, intelligent and ac
tive,” said Mr. Hickman, speaking to him
self. If it is so with his mother, ho must
be put on wages now.”
This conclusion in the mind of Mr. Hick
man was attended with a sense of pleasure.
His heart bad opened just a little, and two
or three sunbeams, with their light and
warmth had gone down into it.
“ What shall I pay* him for his services?”
said Mr. Hickman to himself, still dwelling
on thu subject.
“ There are plenty’ of lads to be obtained
at a couple of dollars a week, for the first
one or two years; or even fur nothing, in
consideration of the opportunity for learit-
ing a good business in a good house. But
Frank’s case is peculiar, and must bo con
sidered by itself. -There is a question of
humanity involved. His mother is poor
and 6ick, and she has no hope but in him.
Let me see: shall I make it three dollars
a week? That will help them considera
bly. But,dearme! threedollnrswill hard
ly’ pay for Frank’s eatiug. I must do some
thing better than that. Say four dollars."
Mr. Hickman dropped his head a little,
and sat turning the matter over in his mind.
He had once been a poor boy, with a mo
ther in feeble health: and ho remembered
how hard it was for him to get along—how
many privations arid hardships his mother
had to endure ; and yetlheir income was
nearly double the'amount he thought of
giving Frank. Mr. Hickman had always
loved his mother, and this memory of hur
softened his fecliugs still mure toward the
poor w’idow, for whom an appeal had come
to him so unexpectedly. •
“ Frank is an unusually bright boy,” said
Mr. Hickman. “He has an aptness for
business; is prompt and faithful. I’ll pay
-him six dollars now, and if lie goes on im
proving as fast as he has done so far, it
will hot be long before I can make it bet
tor for him.”
Mr. Hickman arose, and going to the
counting-room door, called the lad, who
came in immediately.
“ How do you like our business, Frank?”
asked Mr. Hickman, in a kind way.
“ Very well,sir,” replied the boy, prompt
ly.
“And you would like to remain?”
“Yes, sir, if I give suti^faetion.”
“ You have done very well so far,” re
plied Mr. Hickman; so well, that I have
concluded to put you on wages uow, in-
stead of waiting until the six months of
trial have expired. '
The boy started, and a quick flush of sur
prise and pleasure went over his face.
“ I did not expect it, sir,” he said, grate
fully. “ Yon are very good.” f
“ Your mother is hot well, I hoar,” said
i eyes Sold
what was in his heart, and Mr. Hickman
understood them. ^ ^
There are many ways to catch sunbeams,
if we could only set traps for them. Nay,
there is no occasion to go to that trouble.
The air isfull of, sunbeams, and wo have
drily to open the doors and windows of our
hearts, and they will enter in countless
multitudes. But the . doors and. 1 whitlows
of most people’s hearts are shut and barred
as was the heart of Mr, Hickman. How
are they to be opened ? Just as the doors
and windows of his heart were opoftted—
by kindness to others.
When Mr. Hickman took his way home
ward, his step was lighter and his feelings
more buoyant than tuey had been ifor a
long time. Though conscious of this, and
of the sense of pleasure that was ne W to
him, his thought did not'go directly to the
cause. Nut that he had'forgotten Frank
and his sick mother; or the-glad fac'd that
looked into his wucn : HeTtold' the boy of
hi* generous decision in his favor; all” this
was present to him, {liotigh He had n.otyet
connected the kind'act arid the pleasant
feelings in his consciousness as cause and
effect.
Thera was po soyind of pattering feet on
the sfaira as Mr. Hickman came in. ’ Time
Was wheri lilA fl’rsi 'step lii /the-pfcisage'
awoke the echoes with tarighing voices and
tho rain of eager-footfalls, .Bnt: th»t.-tiine
had passed Jong ago-. Tho ..father .came
home so often in a cold,, repellant mood,
that his children had ceased to Be glad at
his return, and no longer bounded to meet
him. Sitting on the stairs were a little
boy and girl, of the ages of five and six.
As he advanced along the passage, they
neither stirred, nor spoke, nor smiled,
though their eyes were fixed upon his face.
Mr. Hickman stood still when he came
near to where they were sitting, and look
ed at them with a new feeling of tenderness
in his heart. He held out a hand to each,
and each laid a hand in his, but with an
air of doubt as to whether this condescen
sion on thu part of their father were to be
accepted as a token of love. A moment
ho stood holding their hands, then stoop
ing he threw an arm around each and lift
ed them to his breast.
“Hasn’t Ediea kiss for papa ?” said Mr.
Hickman, with so much warmth in his
voice, that the little girl now uuderstood
that all was earnest.
“ Yes, a hundred kisses!” answered Edie,
flinging her arms around her father’s neck,
ami kissing him over and over again in 5 ®
childish fondness.
At the head of tho first landing, opened
the sitting-room. Into this Mr. Hickman
came with tho two children in his arms ;
both of them hugging and kissing him in
a wild, happy way.
“Blessme! what’s the meaning of all
this?” exclaim:d Mrs. Hickinan, rising
and coming forward, her face a-glbw with
sudden pleasure at a, sight andt souDds so
new, yet all .welcome to her heart.
“ These little rogues are hugging and
kissing tbe very breath away from me,”
said Mr. Hickinan, laughing and straggling
with the children. ;
“ Ho asked me for oue kiss,” cried Edie,
‘and I’m going to give him a hundred.” •
Mr. Hickman sat down with a elrild on
each knee, and Mrs. Hickman came and
stood by him, with a hand resting.ou his
shoulder.
“ Oh, you must kiss him too,” said Edie,
looking up at.her mother.
Mrs. Hickman did not wait for a second
invitation.
The old pleasant face of her husband was
again before |ier, and her heart vvas leap
ing with the old loving impulses. She
bent down arid laid a warm kiss on his lips
which he felt as a sweet glow through nil
his being. c Vi-- .
This was an ovening long to be remem
bered in the household of Mr. llicknian.
He had cauglit a sunbeam and brought it
home with lutn,and light and warmth were
all around them. All were happy, arid
Mr. Hickman tho happiest of thorn a J, for
he lia.l the sweet consciousness in his heart
of having made another and humbler home
than this happy also.
There ia an obvious moral to this story.
all her resources in support of the common
cause, &c.—Milledgeville Recorder.
From the Chronicle ft Sentinel.
The Degradation of the North.
The correspondence between tho British;
Minister and Seward, in reference to the
Mason and Slidell imbroglio, has been pub
lished in the Northern papers. The part
borne by the British Government in the
correspondence is very'sraali, being con
fined to two brief letters, the first from
Lord Bussell, demanding the prisoners;
the last from Lord Lyons, acknowledging
their surrender. Seward’s letter is a very
long ope, in which ho argues that the Unit
ed States were right in capturing tho pris
oners, yet that Wilkes did not go far
enough, in that he did not carry the Trent
into port for adjudication andcohdemtia-
tton,anid upon this pitiful quibble he yields
the whole ground of the controversy.. We
areof opinion that, liad Wilkes proceeded as
} far as Seward contends ho should, there
would have bperi a dilemma for Seward to
get out rathor more serious than that be
Jias with e.omuch cunning ovaded for a time.
. t The following. 1 iat-RusaelV letter of in
structions to Lyons to make the demand
for reparation : . ,
Foreign Office, Nov. 30th, 18(>i.
.Cfhe Lord Lyons, K- G. t $. r &c.^&c.
Ui My- Lpra ‘ I ■■■■■■
nature has rcae
Client,, , . pBPIPUP.^UPPUpPBIB
Tho intelligence was conveyed offieially
to tl»e knowledge ot the Admiralty by
Coriununder Williams, agent for the mails
on board the contract steamer Trent.
It appears from the letter of Command
er Williams, dated “Royal Mail Contract
Packet Trent, at sea, Nov. lDth,” that the
Trent left Havanna on the 7th instant,'
with Her Majesty’s mails for England, hav-.
ing on board numerous passengers. Com
mander Williams states that, shortly after
noon, on the 8th, a steamer, having the ap
pearance of a man of war, but showing no
colors, vvas observed ahead. On nearing
her at 1.15, P. M., she fired a rou nd shot from
her pivot gun across the bow of the Trent,
and showed American colors. While the
Trent was approaching her plowly } the
American vessel discharged a shell across
the bows of the Trent, exploding half a
cable’s length ahead of her.
The Trent then stopped, and an officer
with a largo armed guard of marines,
boarded her. The officer demanded, a list
of the-passengers, and a complia nce wi th,
the demand being refusefi, the officer said
ho had orders to arrest Messrs. Mason,
Intenigepce of a very g
,ehed Her Majesty’s Gov
rave
vern-
official, except in one or two unimportant
points. He denies that a round shot or
shell was fired near the Teent, but asserts
that it was directed at such a distance from
her as to be harmless—he denies that Lieut.
Fairfax boarded tho Trent with a large
guard of marines, and that ho used force
to remove the passengers. He furthor de
nies that tbe. Captain of the.Trent was at
any time required to go on board the San
Jacinto.
The question, ho says, involves the fol
lowing enquiries, which, if answered in the
affirmative, the British Government would
have no claim for reparation.
1st. Were the persons named and their
supposed dispatches contraband of war?
2d. Might Captain Wilkes lawfully stop
and search, the Trent for these contraband
persons aud dispatches ?
3d. Might ho exercise that x’ight in a
lawful and proper mannor ?
4th. Having found the contraband per- ,
sons on board, and in presumed possession
of the contraband dispatches, had ho a
right to capture the persons ?
5th. Did lie exorcise the right of capture
in the manner allowed and recognized by
the law of nations?
The first he answers in the affirmative,
the Commissioners were contraband of war,
according to international law, though that
law deals with things, not with persons.
Yet he contends all writers have agreed to
consider naval and military persons con
traband, and Vattel and Sir Wm. Scott
agree that the ambassadors of an enemy
are contraband. Seward takes these dicta
as law and pronounces ambassadors con
traband, r y5jth, about as mach reason as
Butler pronounced negroes.
The second question he answers in the
affirmatity‘ a *.The third question must con
sequently JaP, answered in the affirmative.
The foufth question he answers in the
affirmative. ,
The fifth question is the knotty one,
and in it is the gist of the whole matter.
Though tho affirmatives are vastly in the
majority, this tremendous fifth question is
weighty enough to decide the whole mat
ter in the negative. Majorities don’t gov
ern in Seward’s logic—one beats four. This
question being decided in the negative, he
concludes to give up the prisoners.
The conclusion of Seward’s letter is as
follows:
In the present ease, Captain Wilkes, af
ter capturing the contraband persons and
making prize of the Trent, in what seems
to us a perfectly lawful manner, instead of
sending her into port, released her from
the capture and permitted her to proceed
with her whole cargo xipon her voyage.
He thus effectually prevented the judicial
examination which might otherwise have
'debarred" * * u “ \
Now. the capture oftlie contraband per-
Slidell, McFarland and Eustis, arid that he ’dub
had sure information of uieir being pas- > . i
sengcrSin the Trent. VVliilo- some parley sons and the capture of the contraband
was going on upon this matter, Mr. Slidell Vessel are to be regarded, not as two separ-
stepped forward and told the American" '’rible'or distinct transactions under the law
officer that the four persons lie had tiatoed' ! ’ bf nations, but as uifc ifansaction, one cap-
werc then studding btsfore hi id.* Thdijont- -j tui’o only;, tlieii' it follows that the capture
mauder of the Trent and camTnan'det’ Wif- f’ fn thi# citse was left' Unfinished or aban-
liamsprotestcd
! by force, out of tlie
that, time only two haiutoed yards frbiii tlie ■’Vvtirdep’e'tVd’upoiiDie prelrnftindry qudslion
Treat;dier_sHjp’S : 6p n ty*by at k
ports opeii and tonipTbns 6ut, v ftes’istafice 7 '
was therdfql*e‘oufc cf the q'ties|iori,¥ntl tkd'
four gentlemen before^named;' were forcibly
t.,l.-»ii mil nttli* shin A DivHibr rfcivt.-lnd
taken out of the ship-
was made, that the commander of the
Trent should proceed on board the Sap
Japihtd, fiut ue w’ould riot giv uri-
less fqvcijbly compelled,, likewise;
demand was not insisted tipon.
It thus appears that. certain individuals
have been forcibly taken from on board a -}'/
Britisli yessel* the -—-- * “
while Such vessel
suppose, must; b^ohree/W'Biv^’fih^ delect
•A tUvthei;'dcittdritI ‘ and^the conseqiieiit fatlure of the ju- 1
diciai rcmciJv- On .tlie other iiaiiid, it i-.
not seen how the .UnitetlSiates can insist
'on thd vvai'^ef” of 'that judicial' re’medy, if '•n
and the U ’^he defeet of the captuks feTmlted from the
act of Captain Wilkes, which wdtifd be a’
fault on their own side.
cibly taken from oh hoard a’f ,’ # Cs!j>i. Wilkesliris presented to this^Gpv-" 1
,'the ship of. anentral power, ' ernment hisreasphs for reluasifig the Trent,
essef Was’ pursuing a lavyful ’ “Iforebore to seize her,”' he saj;-sJ’iiycohfce-
and innocent voyage, an act ot violence .j ‘qoenee Of my being So reduced in. ^officers
which was an atfVoat to the British flag,
and a violation of icitcrnational law.
.1 WI MIJ UGlUf, O'*
; and crew, and this defuiignient would cat
Frank’s ttyes glistened as lie answei*etl,
“ N <». sir; she’s been sick fur a good while;
and I'ni so ghid to be pul on wages, for
now 1 can help her.”
“ Will you give all voir wages to yonr
mother?” v Ja.-.'V"
“ Oh, yes, indeed, sir; every cent, if it
was ten dollars a week.”
“ I sue you’re a g«*od boy, Frank,” said
Mr. Hickman,hisheartsiillsoticniiig, “and
your wages shall he six dollars.”
The boy struck his bauds together with
sudden joy, exclaiming:
“ Oh, mother will be st&glad—so glad !”
As ho went hack into thu store, Mr. Hick
man sat quietjj’ in liia chair, fueling hap
pier than he had been fur a long time.
When the sou went down, and Frank earner
in to shat the’ windows of tho counting-,
room. I r. Hickman handed him a sealed
envelope, raying:
It contains
“Take this to yonr mother,
thirty-six dollars, as your wages, at
dollars a week for twelv
you have fwe“ -
ther that y»>
oUm bov, and
r rank took
his feelings \v
Public Resolutions.
From Waters’ pamphlet, we givp the
substance of the following resolutions,
which have the authoity of law, adopted
by the late General Assembly: j
1. Directing tho Comptroller t.) prevent
the sale of lands for taxes, owned by-pi ion
enemies, until further action by the legisla
ture.
2. Tho Inferior Court may certify what
amount of taxi» on lands belonging to each
count3’, and an producing said certificate,
the Tax Collectors to be allowed credit on
the book* of the Comptroller’s office.
8. With the full consent of the troops
now in State service, the Governor shall
tender them by companies, battalions or
regiments to the CmifedehUo Government
for local defence, by 15th January, a
not accopted, they shall remain in se
as State troops under the terras of
enlistment. . .
4. Requesting the members of Co
from Georgia to exert their irriluon
upon the ports of the Confederate St;
free of duty, to all friendly nations di|
.tho present war. , V: ^
5. Assorts the paramount, right of
in virtue
ller Majesty’s Goyornnicnt; ’ bbariiig
mind the friendly relations which have 1 have been put i
long subsisted between the United States j ened as well as diSappointmoril; frofii the
and Great Britain, ate willing to believe i interriiptiar. It would ha vocalised them, in
that the United States officer \yKo (*oin- i l not beih^ tlbfe to join; the M,cantor from •
mitted tlie ;: ag^’d^i»ii/
compliance ivith any
government, or that if he conceiveu nimseii *
to bo so authorized, he greatly misunder- j
stood the instructions which he had re-J
ceived. For the Government of the Unit- j
ed States must be fully aware that the I
British Government could not allow such j.
tin affront to the national honor to pass ’
without full reparation, and her Majesty’s
Government are un willing to believe that I
it could be the deliberate intention of the \
Government.ot the unitpd States unnisces- !
sarily to force into discussion between the [
two governments a question of so grave a
character, and With regard to which the me reasons are suusiaci
whole British nation would be sure to en- | ernment, so far as-Capt.
tertain such unanimity of feeling. *'• eeriied; it could not desire
Her Majesty’s Government trust, there- Jacinto, t er officers and Cl
fore, that when Ibis mattershall have been
brought under the eonsideration of the
Government of the United States, the gov
ernment will, of its own accord, offer the
nt such redress as alone
rifishnation,namely: the
lie four gentlemen, and
a I a
under no eirc
position from
have for its o'
strnction of
or Conditions
her to proceed, after the detention neces
sary to effect the transfer of those Com-
inbtooncrsjrtft'bstderiiig I had obtained tho
important ond I had in view and which
artccted the interest Of our tiimntry, and
interrupted the action of that of tiifl Con
federal OS.”' ' -
1 shall, consider first how these reasons
ought to affect the action of this Govern
ment, and secondly how they ought t«> ho
espected to affect the action of Great Bri-
j :ri -r;v.^."s-:
The reasons are satisfactory to this gov-
-Capf. “Wilkes is con-
‘ire that s tbe San
crotv should f» ’
exposed to danger aniHoss by Weakening
their number to detach a prize crew to go
on Board the Trent. Still less could it
disavow the humane motive ofpreveot-
inginconveuieut tosses and perhaps disas
ters to tho several laindvol innocent pas
sengers found on board the prize vessel.
Nor could this -government receive any
mar swaiff 'to placed ’ under the Brittoli. ground for questioning lite fact that these
protection, and a suitable apology for the reasons, though apparently incongnioiis.
in her 1
' seqtr—
lie same
i. the a
which has bee
sfi
Mr.
Y«»u are at
to the Secretary oi
desire it, you wi
l am, &o.
Seward’s reply is o
our columns. It i s cl
fence lor Ids pusillanh
his own people, than
influencing the course
eminent. We can
tracts. As to the
in the mind of Capt. Wilkes
him 'to release trie Trent,
gem i ally proceeds ftoiu
nnetitucs couflicdlng mo-
sacrifices which hi*t
li manilostri . hoes
not occur to him that beyond
orifices oftlie private jotcre^ls, as he
s them, of his c-flicev-' !l tu! crew, there
might also p< >rilu.Y l j u sacrifi‘-e even yf
liie chief ip>\\ pt\hHr object ot hi- capture,
n.iiiteiy ; ;l.o vigh.o I.is (Jove-, 'nent I<»
use. he I tho cusioily atltf (nsposllion of the t-aptur-
