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liY WILLIAM S. JONES.
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
fJ ' 3~t* *i (£SC£Sla
Til K WEEKLY
I. rnl.il.l.m every UedocaJiy
AT TWO DOLLARS PER HJIi
IN advance.
T.) CI.CB* or INDIVIDUALS tending »• T« DoßAfi,
•1 \ r |. r. Os th- Paper I I 'K Mat for one year, thaifor
b.4!.,rig the hi the rate of
nIX COPIKtt rBX DOLLAR*,
>r x f oof.y to all who may procare a. five mbwriberl,
and forward as ihe money.
CHRONICLE b SENTINEL
daily and tri-wkkkly,
Are Al.o puW.fhea a. thl« office, and moiled to eubecribeo
It "foil. win* ratea, namely:
liailt Faria, if eeotby moil, |7 per ana am.
*
l'Eftn-t OF ADVERTISING.
, V.r.iLT.—Sqyeoty-fiteieoU per »qa»re(lo linee or
arst hwertlon, and fifty ceaU for o»oh entire
|aer.t Inrertion. _
NOTICE.
UrVXTKD, »t Newton Factory, 0a.,»» experienced
WK.A' KX, to take charge or the Weaving Depart
■tent. Ala,, ten or twelwe YOUNG LADIEfi, to operjji.
I I ntnt. Experiensed hand* would be pre-
U-. t-l. jI : place D healthy, and good Board can be had
on very moderate terms. For fortheM^ticiiUre^addreM
P- ddeat of the Newton Manufacturing Co.
Newton Factory,Oa., Feb. 2*d, l»8. febfifi-wtf
20 DOLLARS REWARD.
Rt \ t W t V from the .ahaeriber, near Hawkins- Wj.
»-ft,, fix ,on the Zlth November laat, my Ne-J»
x; ,; ; AI L lie is about W years old, B feet,
or 1 , -or w. .-Its about 170 or 175 Ibt., —no .of
i. , r -xx ks'al, .utkirn recollected, except a very high
ur • ,so ,lo ad, and black. He la probably making
h \ t. ,Ir e .tate when laat seen. He waa travelling
si , .uknown Iriahtnon. The above reward will be
r “Tw^adfoed.
THE PECTORA' ELIXIR
1- ill-,. OMME.A'DKD and prescribed by many of the
io ,it eminent physicians In the fioutb.
t xt r ■-,ns of toe Throat and Lungs, It hae no equal,
a- I. , I -l» of teetimoniala in our possession will prove.
Ii i-ry oi-a-ant to the taste, it la pe ullarly adapt
e>l ■ children, torwhiek class of diseaae, panic
ul ,ly < 'roup, it la especially recommended.
It may be bad in Augusta of
BAILBETT A CARTER,
WM. K. KITCHEN,
VI. 11. A J. TUKPIN,
PHILIP A. 'IOIBE,
marlß-dAw WM. H. TDTT. _
STONE MOUNTAIN TEMPERANCE HOUSE.
rs -111. I 11. l Itllilll takes this method of notify
-1 11, ■ll public, ll,at he Is prepared to entertainNiJi
th . ■ «1., may all upon him during their visits to ibis ro
fnaooo ... m n of the country, renowned fer the salubrity
of i atm rtphere, and the purity of water.
p . . my part shall be spared to render visitors
eon, .I-du mg their slay. L. DEAN.
t- i. mp' ranee Banner will pleaaecopy three months
and .‘-[id tlo-ir account to me. L, D.
ICE! ICE!! ICE!!!
I'llll KI.LIH Ml'llltur ICK COMPANY have re
deed he great, r part of their supplies of ICE for Ihe
sc a ~i now 'Ter It for sale: first selling from the Jack
sou Street les House by retail, at 8X rents per pound, or
by to- |li w. rib tickets at 8 cents, at which prices not less
than l p ,un I, will lie sold at a time.
At wl. -..1e to Hotels, Bar Rooms, Soda Fountains and ,
Ot r .ms liters by the s2ll of tickets at 2 cents, fur
„ ith i, .Mi pounds will he delivered at a tlrni.
i . . . b, on d. livery. ,
AI id iir the country, directed to A. Dais, Agent ,
E1.,, dm ,-t Ice Company, Augusta, will receive prompt at-
Uintio-i. pucka yes and Bankets furnished at the custom
ary I .■ an I the Ice carefully packed, to be sent by Rail-
IWad. if desired. ,
; SP* i H .use ,will be opened from sunrise to sunset,
Oth,from 7 until 10 o'clock, A. M., and
f, ~i ’ ,'cl.s-k until iP M. Tickets may be purchased
from the agent. Mr. A. I)has, at the Ice House. (
apt Id dCAwtJyl I
CARRIAGES.
llfl; l|\\K ON II \.\D, and are receiving a godd
rrtruent of CAKKIAOBS; UOOKAWAYB; BA* ,
R.il'C E-. 11l tllilEd, and Light CARRYALL!!. Also,
11 . I, t lined IV AdONH, together wllh an assortment of
IIAItM , Itl llflY ; UMBKELLAB; WHIPS; TRUNKS:
CA Ill'll It AS IS. VALIOES, CHILDRENB’ CABtS and
WAUiiN.o, CARRIAfIE BOLTS, by the package or single
on. . allot which will be sold no reason ,ble terms, at the
■tor.* formerly oc upied by the late H. 8. Uoadlby.
nr RKI'AIKINO done at short notice.
Au is'a, April T, 1853. WYMAN A DARROW.
aprvwly
AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STONE MANU
factory.
'l'llK »uhwriber, thankful for the kind patronage heretofore
1 r , tetr !>-.l u> the late Arm of Bchirm** A Wioawn, would
mi> . trolly Inform hit* friend* and the public, that he contln-
J. ,1, nnfUtf order* for hi* well known Warranted French
Ul’Kll MILL STONES, of every ileilrable*l*e, at th*lowe*t
price and jliorte*t notice. He alao furnishes
K.HOIHM and COLOGNE STONKH,
SMUT MACHINES, of varlon* pattern*,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the beet brand,
CEMENT, for Mill u»e.
And every other article necessary in a Mill.
Al.o.for Planter*, small GKIOT MILLS to attaoh to Ola
Sear*.
All order* promptly attended to.
WM. R. HOUIRMER,
lala wtf Surviving partner of Hchlrmer A Wljand.
*I,OOO REWARD.
Ptl. UINTHII'H celebrated SPECIFIC,for theoure
„f iinnorrh ea,Strictures, (licet and Analagoua Com
plaint- ,f the Organ* of Generation.
*T "! all remedies yet discovered for the abovecom
platnl, this I* the most certain.
It inakea t speedy aud permanent onrewlthout re
iirlct.cn to diet, drink,exposure, or change of application
to
HTU it perfectly harmless. Gallon! oflt might be
la'. n without Injuring the patient.
*<y — 1 1 h put up in bottles, with full direction! aocom-
a 1 v hi, i it, sm that persons can cure theraselTeewithoutre
ortliiK . » physicians or others for advice.
«it i, .til* -a/ugh to perform a certain cure. Price $U
l in ‘Approved and recommended by the Royal
4.ti -of Physicians and Surgeons of London and has
clr certificate enclosed.
dritis sold by appointment in Augusta, Oa., by
PHILIP A. MOISE,
.It the new Augusta Hotel, and by W.H. k J. TURPIN.
Orders from the country promptly attended to. Jett
SIOOO BEWABD.
rptlli % 110 l II IMS W AIM will be paid to any one
1 who will iwo'luco a prep tration superior to
Oil. Flt AMOK’S SPBOIPIO,
por tin cure of Honorrhcea,Gleet, Syphilis, Strlotures and
*ll -i . the Kiduici and Bladder. It la preferable
to all others, Iwmiae,
l»» Iti iitain* no mineral, whatever.
‘in I. It is purely vegetable.
Bd. It reqttli tM no change of diet.
4*h l ■ .. no had odor on the breath.
f>i*t It h pHm-sntte take.
r.;i». • hua full directions, thereby obviating the neces
sity of consulting a Physician.
7: .. ' t generally cures in four or five days.
Bth It d >e« not injure the stomach.
P:* It promotes healthy digeetlon.
1 . It is a general purifier of the blood.
T • Specific prepared by the most able Physician In
L. ••! ! »ld by WM. H. TUTT,
Mi.'— ts * Sole Agent in Augusta.
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM
PANT'S IRON WORKS.
M • lOMI'RV, ALABAMA.
II AAI PM'TI HE, in superior stale, llortiontul and
.71 U-lillit .■‘TEAM ENGINES, of all else*: Steam
BoU.l'l.f lOUOMOTtYRS; Cast Iron WATERWHEELS;
Bur ir M 1 Ly.; fl itt aad lilist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty : ig llnxie'scoutinuou* feet for Saw Mill*;) En
, 1 Hand LATHI*; Iron and Bran CASTINGS, of all
kln ls, Ac., Ac.
All orders 3'ded with despatch.
GINDRAT A CO.
rRANCK’B spionno,
PMKP&ItHD BT
noornT pranok, m. d.,
LOVDOK.
Im a certain, speedy and permanent cure for OBRTAm
DIStAHEH. It is sold by WM. H. TUTT,
mar - Sole Agent, Augusta.
PIAFO FOBTEB MUSIC, AC.
Cm Ull.Fri IVTLII A CO., near afcn
■ t m itf# Hotel, Augusta. Ga., |HgO®gg[||
arc the oul> tut honied Agents for Chick-
IRON FRAMED PIANO FORT®,
Also, for those made by Nunn A Clark, and Adam Stod
dard
The superiority aud widespread celebrity of these In
v , .■ i:11 reference to them unnecessa
ry. riit* univ 'rsal satisfaction that they have given In this
m%rv ~ for more than Iftyears, is good evidence of their
V. r kis always Urge and full, comprising every
▼a-i. tv iud style of 6, 6 X and 7octave PIANOS,
v will sell at the lowest factory prices, (varying
rom ♦- *o to $500.) and war rant them sound and perfect in
▼cry respect.
r . rut kof MUSIC Is large, and they receive fresh
a. v,. y week of all new as soon asthey
are issued.
A!. . I ?rs for Hanoi, Music, Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Ac
anWous,A ~ Ac., will receive prompt and careful atten*
on. and will be warranted to please in every respect.
MKLODEONS.
t” v have also a complete assortment of Prinee A oo.*i
MKI. » DROSS. The Key Board is precisely the same as the
piano or Organ ; atvl the tone closely resembles that of
h«* Flute stop of the Organ, and is sufficiently loud for
snail Churches. They vary in price from SSO to SIOO.
JEWELRY.
CHARLES CATLIN keeps for sale at the same place, a
arg Mock of line WATCHES, JEWELRY and SILVER
W v RE, to which he invites tne attention of the public.
»hJ-
P. BRENNEB,
PIANO MANUFACTURER,
Quality Rang*, Broad Street, Augusta, Oa.,
It* ready to execute all orders for PI-
Avs fa!' kwriptioni, which he war- ■fcg£jggp||
rants i? be c<jual in tone, quality and du
th' lily to anv that are brought from the w *w •
North. The following Is one of various testimonials, which
have h’vn k odlvgiven to P. B. by gentlemen in this city.
Having bought a Piano of Mr. P. Brenner last year,
Which was of his own make, l take great pleasure in testify
ang uv ]M*rfect approbation of it in every respect. It is very
Meh m tune, easy of touch, elegantly made and keeps in
■m. •tn >st admirably. From what I have seen of Mr. Bren*
s Pianos, l have no hesitation in recommending them
Uu- - mperiur quality, to ail who maybe in want of a
b and durable i <truraent. J* ®*
Augusta September 15, lbss.
: Rev. Mr.Ford,Mr. J. Setae, Mr. H.
B. Fraser. U. Rignon, Mr. Wm. R. Schirmer and others.
P Organs and other musical instruments tuned and
•kiilfully repaired, at the shortest notice.
P. BRENNER,
’<V-ly Broad-st, above McKenni-st.
PIANO FORTES.
TH K would respectfully OftQ
•• '■«: of their friends and the
E-r of Rosewood and
U. my PIANO FOKTES, from the well * 11 W II *
kn »v mdjiwUywfcbrfttcd Man ufftctorke of Bacon A Raven,
A. U vi «i»* A Co., and Dubois A Seabury, Naw York, which
are warranted in every respect, to be at least fttihr equal to
any nstramem* manufiu-tured in this country or Europe.
The > ibvnbers would also state than the instruments now
cm • »n i are «f the latest patterns and fashion, and fresh from
th ivJifvt irrrs. Por sale at very low prioes for cash or
citv MropHMn,«t GKO. A. OATES k CO.’ft
nvl \ Piano,_Book and Music Depot, Broad-st.
W. H. A J. TTOPW.
tnoomum to w. h. Tram.
n OFPKH ro PHYSICIANS, Planters, Mer- A
fTYJ chants, and the pnbtie at large, a choice and AHP
Vis well assorted stock of DRUGS AND MEDI- \W
Uk CINK<. OILS, PAINTS. DYESTUEPB, Glass A
nd Putty, Brushes of every description, Straw Brooms,
pints Turpentine, Ac., Ac.
W« purchase our goods for cash, and are prepared to sell
nth most advantageous terms. Merchants will find it to
heir interest to took at our prices. All articles warranted
•be what is represented. Give us a call and satisfy your
elves. sBS
S6O REWARD.
RAMAWAY from the subscriber, on Sunday, h.
Ist dsy of May, my Negro boy SAM, about 25 j®
yean old, five and r half feet high,of a dark copper
! r; hi'* lower lip is b dly disfigured, having lost JO.
a part of it in alight, the upper lip seemingly very promi
nent. He was wearing a cap when he left me.
I bought said boy last December of Mesers. Nelson a
b, Negro Speculators from South Carolina. He may
be id..king his way back.
The above reward will be given for his apprehension and
delivery. ' C. 0. KING.
Any information thankfully received, addressed to the
Postmaster, Baiubridge, Geo. mayS4-4t
EXECUTORS ADMINISTRATORS AMD GUABr
DIANB,
RECOLLECT, that the time limited by law, to make
Return, to theCourtof Ordinary, empire* on the lat
JULY. LEON P. DUGAS, Ordinary E. 0.
JanrS-wUyl
NAILN, BACON, Ac.—7oo ken NAILS, on ooniiyn
ment —ALSO—
BA hhdi. prime Bacon SIDES
b hales EiebmondPactory STUPES. For lale br
juuS dMwd j, o. J AMO.
s
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
MISCELLANEOUS.
“book bindery.
Tub PROPRIETOR of theCHRONIC LE k SENTI
NEL would pspeet/ullj notify hi* friend* »nd the pub
[lcfthAt he hM idded to hie eeUhUshmenta complete
BOOK BINDERY,
and he Yin g tecared the lerrice* of an effleitnt end compe
tent workman, Ii prepared to execut* ail order* for BIND
ING in the heat atjle, and at short notice. Hayingaleoa
moat approved
RULING MACHINE,
aU order* for BILL READS, BLANK BOOKS, Ac., will be
Ruled to any given pattern, with neatneea and despatch.
He flatter* himself, therefore, that he will be able to exe
cute every variety of work in a most satisfactory manner.
JOB PRINTING.
The JOB PRINTING department of the CHRONICLE A
SENTINEL Office is now complete in all its part*, havini
been reoently re-fitted with a most extensive supply ant
great variety of New Type, of the latest styles and mo*
approved patterns. The Proprietor would therefore re
spectfuHyfnvite the orders of his friends and the public,
feeling insured that his facilities, and thesuperiorskill and
taste of his workmen in that department, wiil enable him to
sxecuteerery variety of JOB PRINTING in astyleeqnal
to any establishment in the South,and at mostsatisfactorj
prices. mh2o
LAFAYETTE COURBE—AUGUSTA, GEO
£LL
TUB a\\ KEPHTA KVM to be run over the LaFayette
Course, Augusta, Georgia, at their next meeting, com
mencing on the second TUESDAY in January, 1854, clos d
the Ist May, 1 53 with the following entries :
Sweepstakes for ii year olds, two mi e heats—entrance
#2CHJ— half forfeit, if two or more start, the Club to add
|sou, to be run on the Tuesday of Race week.
¥. G. Murphy A Co. enters Bay Colt, by Boston, dam Tran
byanna, by Impot ted Tranby.
John Campbell enters Piliy, by Glencoe, out of Cub, the
'lam of Monte.
Fam'l. J. Carter enters Bay Colt, by Epsilon, dam Nanny
Keliun, Imported.
Ilill A Myers enters Ch. filly, out of Minerva Anderson,
by Boston.
John Harrison, Sr. enters Bay Colt Gris Edmonson, by
Childe Uarrold, out of Mary Elizabeth, by Andrew.
John Belcher enters Ch. Colt, by Alamode, dam by Sir
Charles.
John Belcher enters Ch. Killy, by Harrold, dam Imported.
Sweepatukes for three year olds, mite heats—entrance
?200—half forfeit, to he run Friday of the Race week.
John Belcher enters Ch. Colt, by Alamode, dam by Sir
Charles.
John Belcher enter* Ch. Pilly, by Harrold, dam Imported.
John Campbell enters Colt, by Altof,out of a Tran by
Mare.
Sam'lJ. Carter enters Bro. Filly, by Epsilon, dam Beta,
by Leviathan.
Bara’l J. Carter enters Ch. filly, by Ambasgador, dam
Kate King, by Priam.
John Harrison, Sr. enters Bay Colt Gris Edmonson, by
Childe Uarrold, out of Mary Klisabeth, by Andrew.
R. D. GLOVER & 00., Proprietors.
%£T Charleston Courier will give the above 8 insertions
and forward the account. june!s-w8»
TOTHEPEOPLE OF N. ORLEANS AND TEXAS.
IK FORM ATIOiV WAN TEII of one THOMAS A.W.
HURRY. Said Hurry is about 45 years old, (if living) is
abuot 6 ft. 10 or 11 inches high, dark complected, black hair,
dark eyes, rather round-shouldered, has an impediment or
stoppage in his speech, and is a mechanic by trade. The
said Hurry was taken prisoner at the time of Fannin's sur
render, in Texas, but was released sometime afterwards.
When last heard from, he was in New-Orleans, in the year
1887 or *BB, but expected to return to Texas again. Any
information respecting said Hurry, would be thankfully re
ceived by WM. FLANIGAN.
Letters addressed to Waynesboro’, Burke co., Ga.
my-wßt*
TO COTTON PLANTERS^
HAVING secured the services of Mr- G. T. OGLESBY
as the superintendent,together with other experienced
mechanics, I have established a large COTTON GIN FAC
TORY, at the Shoals of Ogeechee, -a., where I am pre
pared to make and furnish the Planter wltii the best arti
cle in the way of a COTTON GIN now produced in this
country.
Mr. Oqlbsbt’s time,devot d exclusively in the shop, and
iieenig to the putting up of every Gin under his special di
rection, and attaching all the improvements which he (Mr.
Oqlbsby,) has gotten up within the last two years, I am
satisfied I can supersede any made heretofore, in quantity,
quality and durability.
All old Gins, (when sent to the shop,) will be repaired,
and all the improvements attached if desired, at a reason
ble charge.
The new Gins will be delivered at the Planters’ nearest
depot, or at their residence if desired, free of charge.
Prompt attention paid to all communications addressed
to me at the above office.
THOMAS J. CHEELY.
SHOAL? OF OGEECHEE, GA.. 1
Marob 5, 1868. f
TO MT OLD PATRONS AND FRIENDS.
As there has been some complaint of my Gins, made du
ring the last two years: an explanation to you in relation
to this matter is due Mr. Chbkly.
I have been absent a i reat portion of this time, on a
visit to the North, experimenting and getting up a new
Gin, as well as improving, the original Saw Gin, together
with suitable machinery for this business, to its highest
perfection, as will be acknowledged by all who have used
them, both in durability and quality of Cotton.
I shall now devote my individual attention in the shop,
And see that every part of each Gin is put up in the neat
est possible manner: in short, I shall make the original
Oglesby Gin, which has been so celebrated for its durabil
ity and fine Cotton, having taken the premium in this State
as well as that of South Carolina in every instance except
one, and then it was said by foreign dealers that my Cot
ton was of a superior quality. In conclusion, my late im
provements added to my former Gins, cannot fail to give
entire satlfaction. I will alter any old Gin (not too much
worn) to do better work than it ever did before.
Yours, most respectfully, G. T. OGLESBY,
mar 8
GLENDINNHIG A CO’S
\f ARUIiK WORKS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia
Ivl Where we have on hand and will continue to keep a
Urge stock of both Italian and American Marble, for
Monuments,Toombs, Head Stones, Ac., to which we res
pectfully call the attention of those wanting work in our
ine. We are now prepared to fill all orders at short no
tice, in as good style and as low as work of thesame.qu&litgr
an be furnished for from any establishment in the United
States. Plans and prices will be sentthose who eannotca
and examne for themselves.
P. S.—Orders from the country executed with neatnes
and despatch. d 27
COHUTTAH SPRINGS.
THESE SPHINGH, located in Murray county, M*t
eighteen (lb) miles from Dalton, at the foot of Jgjl
Cohut tab Mountain, celebrated fo>* their almost inimitable
scenery, and for the abundance of game, will be opened for
visitors by the 16th June.
The waters, whioh are highly medicinial require no de
scription, as their restorative and curative p>*' ies are
well known, both in Georgia and neighbor' fts. A
regular line of Hacks and Carriages will p persons
and baggAge from Dalton, (on the State j to the
Springs and back over a fine road.
The House has been newly furnished, and no effort will be
spared to make those who visit this delightful watering
place comfortable and at home.
Juncll-wgt JAa. 11. BARD.
GEORGIA, MADISON COUNTY.
CLERK’S OFFICE INFERIOR COURT, 1
May 26th, 1868. f
ALU PERSONS interested, are hereby notified, that
Allen C. Daniel, of the 204th District G. M., tolls be
fore Wilson J. Bird,one of the Justice’s of the Peime for
said district, a* an Estray, a small Sorrel, Pacing HORSE,
about eight years old, valued by Uurdy T. Sanders and
Guatavua 11. Bird, freeholders of said county and district,
to be worth sixty dollars. The owner of said Horse is re
quired to come forward, pay charges, and take said Horse
away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.
A true Extract from the Estray Book.
CRAWFORD M. STRICKLAND, Clerk.
Junel, 1868.
COMMENCEMENT EXEBCISES.
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
THE COMMKiVCKMRNT SERMON wUI be Preach
ed by Rev. 8. LANDRUM, of Macon, on SUNDAY,
July Bd.
Annual Examination commences Monday, July 4th.
Janior Exhibition, Wednesday, July 6111.
Annual Concert, Wedneeday Evening, July Oth.
Commencement and Address, Thursday, July 7th.
The public are Invited to attend.
UENRY M. HOLTZCLAW, Sec’y. Fac.
Madhon, Oa., June l»t, 1866. Jeß 8t
PARHAM’S HEW HOTEL,
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.
M. J). HOGAN, Proprietor.
rj’Hli HUBBCKIBKR beg* leave to inform hi*
A friend* and the travelling public that the above WBL
establiehment I* now open for the reception of viMtor*. It
I* located in the centre of Business, commanding a beauti
ful view of the River and surrounding country.
The Interior of the House has been constructed with a
strict view to the comfort of Hi patrons—affording impor
tant conveniences rarely met with in country Hotels.
As the chief object of the Proprietor will be to give gene
ral satisfaction, his gneats may be assured that no exertion
on his part will be wanting to make their stay with him
worthy of their patronage.
There will be an Omnibus in waiting on the arrival of
the Rail Road Oars and Steam Boats, and a trusty, careful
man to take care of Baggage. M. D. HOGAN.
Chattanooga, May, 28,1862. my29-dtf
NOTICE.
THK BUBBCRIBKK, having purchased the Stable
recently occupied by J. M. Simpson, ia now prepared
ta accommodate his friends, and hopes, by strict personal
attention to his business, to merit a libera! share of public
patronage. CAI RIAGES and BUGGIES for hire at all
hours, with good careful Drivers,
juneto dIUAwS _ W. A. MCCONNELL.
HOTICE.
THK COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under
the name of KINNEBREW A GAINES has been this
day dissolved by mutual consent. GAINES A CO. will
contiuue the business at their old stand, at Indian Hill,
and will settle all demands against the former firm.
JASPER KINNEBREW,
•GEORGE GAINES.
Indian Hill, Geo., May ISth, 1868. may24-w6*
CARDS, CARDS.
COTTON, WOOL, Jim-Crow and Horse Cards of tha
above celebrated stamp*, an of unequalled quality, and
wherever introduced take the place of all others. They an
manufactured on our new improved machinery, and each
pair ia warranted in every respect. Our inferior cards, the
common M Whitemore’’ stamp, are of the usually well known
quality.
Sold by the Hardware houses in all the cities, and country
Merchants,and to the trade by the Manufacturers.
JOS. B. SARGENT,
mylO wly* 24 Cliff Street, New York.
PLANETTS DYSPEPTIC BITTEBB.
Testimony from o Practising Physician.
CHETHAM, April 2nd, ISSB.
DEAR SIB Having my attention called by afriend
to the article of PLAN EPPS BITTERS, 1 <u in
duced to try It. effect, upon a patient, who had been suf
fering for >ome time with Dyjpepei.,, attended with a very
impaired appetite,—great difficulty of digeation, and ex
treme coativenes*. 1 gave him of these Bitters a small
doee after each of his meata, which seemed to impart relief.
I found they corrected the acidity of the stomach,—in
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POETRY.
Washington Alston’s grand picture of Belshaz
zar’s Feast cannot be finer than this:
Prom the Louisville Journal.
BELSUAZZAR’d FEAST.
Twas night in Babylon. The summer day
In orient splendor had departed; soft,
Sad twilight with her purple wing had fanned
The busy earth to rest, and whispered tales
Os darkness to the blushing eye, until
Her cheek grew pale, and all her glowing charms
Had faded into moonlight loveliness.
Nature's warm heart was full of love and joy,
Yec, as the night breeze wanders lightly through
The airy garden** of that fated city,
Wafting along sweet messages of bloom
And stooping low to kiss the c yriad flowers
That waved in beauty on those verdant walla—
There was ade*y tear in every bell,
As if the fragrant spirits in their dreams
Had caught the music of its song—and wept.
And eve > as the earth was bright with bloom,
W’hen darkness waved her wand, as if beneath
Some po.ent sped, the sapphire fields of Heaven
Grew bright with splendor—blooming with soft light
As if some angel from the Aideno far
Had swiftly fled athwart the sky and dropped
The shining blossoms from his starry crown.
And then the moon looked forth through fleecy clouds
As pure ami beautiful as s >me young nun,
W T hose pale, sad face is but half shrouded by
The dim, soft shadows of her snowy veil;
And, holy as her smile, the moonlight fell
To earth, and floated in a silvery mist
Upon the fragrant air like fairy dreams
That rise and weave their spells around the soul
Os some young sleeper; or caught softly on
The spray of fouutains, ever gushing up
Prom teds of purest, loveliest Parian stone,
The night-beams gleamed and glitter d in their play
Like sparkling fancies that flit wildly through
The haunted chambers of a poet’s brain.
Evsq as the grim and ghastly images
Which impious hands had reared as ’twere to mock
The Eternal God, that radiant summer moon
Looked calmly down, as if the spirit of
The univerte were all too beautiful
To frown—though e’en upon idolatry.
Forth from Uelshaszar’s palace came the sound
Os music and of mirth—they needed not
The moonlight th*re % for courts and columns were
All crimsone i with the rosy light that stole
From the high windows of the banquet hall,
As if the cold and stainless marble in
Its purity had blushed to hear the song
And jests and laughter of the impious feast.
Vases and costly cups were on the board,
And King Belshazzar in his glory stood
Before a thousand lords, and quaffed red wine
From out a jeweled goblet, giving praise
To gods of gold, of silver and of stone.
Belshazzar ! woe unto thy wicked pride,
Thyself the idol of ainimi ious,
Vile multitude. Dost dream tkou art immortal?
Vain man! dost think thyself almiqldy in
Thy wild, fierce reign of glory and o’ power?
What is thy greatness, o ! misguided king,
Before the God whom thou hast deemed thyself
Too powerfull to fear? What are thy gems,
Thy palaces, and glittering vesture now
Within His sight, whose everlastir g home
Is in the uiue and airy chambers of
Immensity; whose treasures are the stars
The countless systems, and the burning suns
Os heaven ; whose smile illumes the universe
Which sprung from chaos at His awful w»rd:
Wnose breath unfolds the lily’s silvery bell,
And stirs the mighty fountains of the deep ;
Wftose love is life to saints in heaven, yet falls
To earth unsullied in its purity!
Frail, mortal man I what seemest thou to Him
Whose life-time is eternity ?
And mark!
Thy doom is writ in fiery letters on
The wall, and thou dost see that spirit hand,
For lo ! the cup has fallen, and the wine
Is spilled. Where is thy pride, thy glory, and
Thy greatness now t Why doer the crimson tide
Os life seem frozen round thy heart, and why
Does thy tail, noble form now tremble like {
A frail and b asteo tree that quakes beneath
The fury of the whirldwind’s chainlets wrath ?
In vain thou callest the Chaldeans now ,
To read that strange and burning prophesy, j
For see, they too stand tremblingly and pale,
As, dumb with terror, they gaze eagerly
And fearfully upon those wonts of flame.
Thy soo hsayers are full wise, Belshazzar, yet
What is their boasted wisdom worth, when called
To selve the mysteries of the Eternal God ? <
Vain as a flickering taper held aloft
To light the darkened air at miduigbt hour,
Bend for the man of God, that he may read
The monarch’s doom: M Belshazzar, woe to thee,
Thy King and Ju Ige Supreme has weighed thee well
AnJ found thee wanting , and thy kingdom
Shall pass from thee away.”
The moon went down,
But when the bright and laughing moon awoke
With balmy breath the myriad lovely flowers
Os Babylon and stirred (he silken folds
Os her high marble halls, there was a sound
Os mourning in that fair and regal city,
For her proud King Belshazsar was no more.
Canton Placb, La. n oeA#
♦The hanging gardens of Babylon.
The Young Lady and the Inebriate.
A young lady who had often laid to heart the
inquiry, “Whatcan Ido V 1 heard a temperance
lecturer say that young ladies could do much good
by thoir endeavors to reform the poor degraded
inebriate; and in the lullnoia of Christian love
aud zeal she hastened to the dwelling of a misera
ble drunkard who lived near. He was alone.—
His wife being on a visit to her parents, the
wretched man had embraced the opportunity to
get thoroughly intoxicated. For throe days he
had given himself up to the influence of strong
drink. Now he was sutfering the effects of his
folly. He sat upon the bed, pale and haggard,
longing for help, but he knew not whenceto seek
it. He then folt that “the way of transgressors is
hard.’’ As she entered, ho lookod up in surprise,
but she said kindly, “You are very ill to day, Mr.
If ; will you not come over and drink a cup
ofcoffeo!” They wore the first kind words he
had heard for many a day. Accustomed to scorn
and contempt, how soothingly they fell upon his
dejocted ana oonscienoc-snutten spirit. He at first
murmured some objection, aud glanced at his
soiled and tattered garments ; but no promised to
oome. And when ho at length made his appear
ance, she was surprised to see what offorts he had
made to render his person rospectablo. Ilia mat
ted hair was combed, his beard cut, and he had
even attempted to mend his clothes.
Gathering courage from her success thus far,
the young lady sat by him at the table to help him
to tno refresh incuts, of which ho eagerly partook,
and to watch a favorable moment to make serious
impressions upon his mind. At length it came.—
With tears in his bloodshot eyes, he thanked her
for her kindness ; but said he, “How came you to
think of such a miserable wretch as I? When
you came to me, I was so very wretched, I had
oven thought of killing myself.” “But you will
not thiuk of it again,” said she ; and tnen with
kiudnoss and fidelity sho spoke of the cause of
liis misery, und its remedy, earnestly entreating
him to attend the lecture the next evening ana
sign the pledge. This he promised. And then
she warned him of his danger as a sinner, and
begged him to floo from “tho wrath to come.” “I
thunk you,” said that poor miserable inebriate,
while the fast-flowing tears attested his sincerity.
“1 thank you for your friendly warning. I have
often wondered why Christians did not talk to
mo; and I verily thought it was because they
considered me a lost man, that no one in this
place over spoke to me of my sonl’ssalvation. But
I shall remember what you have said 10 me.”—
And be did remember it. That night he joined
the Temperance Society, and took the pledge,
which he faithfully kept. Ln a few weeks he be
came a Christian ; and from that time till his
death, he lived a consistent Christian life. S.
“1 Will not Trade Horae* on Sunday.”
An instance of the influence of a deceased pious
mother upon a wayward and impenitent son,
lately come to my knowledge. A young man came
to this place with a drove of horses for sale. On
the Sabbath morning after his arrival, while sit
ting in the bar-room of the hotel where he stopped
he was urged by those who were desirous of pur
chasiug to bring ont his horses that they might
trade. But this he refused to do. “Why,” said
they, “do you not want to sell them J” “Yes,” he
replied, “I want to sell them, but not to-day—to
day is Sunday, and 1 will not trade horses on Sun
day.” “Whatdo you care for Sunday f” was their
inquiry, accompanied with a look of mingled soorn
and astonishment, “Nothing myself,” was hlsre
ply; “tut 1 had a mother once who did and I will not
trade horses on this day.” All entreaties were
vain; he could not be induce ito exhibit his horses
on that day. Surely that mother’s prayers and ex
ample were not altogether lost. G. H. W.
• Charity.
“Dear children," once said a considerate moth
er, you must always remember the poor, after you
and I, and father have feasted, and you have fed
the chickens, the pig and the cat, if there is any
thing left that ain’t fit for soap-grease, give
it to the poor; it’s despot good to be oharita
ble and prndent, and feed the hungry with
what's left. ‘Twould been a site better for the
rich man, if he’d saved the big pieces and agin
the little crumbs to Lazarus.”
What n' truthful picture of the world’s charity—
there is no soul, no heart in it—nought is given
that can possibly be appropriated to individual
persons, and yet the donor thanks God that
be Is not like other men. We know novir
tues, the true nature of which is so little ap
preciated, as that called charity. It consists not
of the crumbs that drop from the rich man’s table
—services reluctantly rendered in seasons of dis
tress, or aid given with the expectation of future
servility from the beneficiary. True charity views
all mankind as brethren who, if they so need,
have a iutt claim upon onr abundance. Its eye
is watchful, its hand is ready, and its favors are
oonferred with promptness and without request.
It is not ostentatious ; it seeketb not to be seen of
men, it letteth not the left hand know what the
right hand doeth.
Charity that is not liberal and cheerfhl but giveß
only “after you, and 1, and father have feast
ed, and you have fed the chickens, the pig and the
cat.” fit for soap grease, is but a base counterfeit
with which hypocrite* would pay their passage
over the river Styx. How much of this latter kind
is now current! Let Pharisees answer.—J tadieon
Tieitor.
Ship Building Extraordinary. —Mr. F. Hanna
ford is now building a schooner of 125 tons bur
den, on his farm at Cape Elizabeth, more than a
mile from the shore. She is set on shoes, and
when finished, which will not be till next winter,
is to pe hauled by oxen to the shore. Mr. H. has
built two or three vessels in this wav, bnt we
donbt if any one bnt a Yankee wonld Lave con
ceived of such a project.
Don’t Speak all at Once. —Venezuela has sent
forward a motion to be admitted into the Ameri
can Union. A correspondent of the United States
Gszctte, writing from Porto Cabello, makes the
following exclammation: —“Would to Heaven that
Brother Jonathan would in the excess of his re
publican generosity, take this beaufifnl country
under the cover of his big guns, and add another
star to the glorious American constellation !”
The Dahlia is a native of the marshes of Pern,
and was named after Dahl, the celebrated Sweed
ish Botanist it is more than thirty years since its
introduction .nto Europe, and is now the univer
sal favorite of florists. The number of known va
rieties is 500.
The editor of the Norwich Courier wss lately
one of a party of some thirty gentlemen, who par
took of a feast in a soap ooiler’s kettle in that
place. The kettle is fifteen feet in diameter, and
the table was set in its centre, on a raised platform
with' seats for thirty persons around the rim inside.
It seems to be an ancient custom, with soap-boil
ers, and is called “ dedicating the kettle.”
Successful W halers —The Whalesmen’s List
says the barque Favorite, Capt. Pierce, iuat ar
rived at Fairbaven from a three years’ cruise, has
made one of the most profitable voyages on re
cord. The total amount of her catchings 4800 bar
rels whale, 880 barrels sperm oil, and 72,000
pounds bone. The most successful whaling voy
age, and the one which amounted to the most
money, is that of the ship Montreal, Captain Fish,
recently arrived at New Bedford. She was ab
sent thirty-two months and fifteen days, and
during that time she obtained a cargo which sold
on her return for sXß6,o2B.l».— Boston Journal
AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1853.
MISCELLANY.
From the Journal of Oummtrce.
Speech of the Be*. Or. Bow.
On a formeijoocasion we made some allusion to the
adroit manner in which the inquisitorial resolutions
ottered in the New School General Assembly sit
ting at Buffalo, by the Kev. Dr. Thompson ot that
■ dty, from the Committee on slavery were parried
by the Rev. Dr. Roes, of Tennessee. Imperfect
versions of his speech on the oooaaion have been
published in some of the religions papers, though
-none of them do him full justice, and all are more
or less marred with inaccuracies and misapprehen
sions. We are happy in being able to lay before
our readers this eminently, good-natured, witty,
and talented spccb, as written out by Dr. Ross
himself. It carries the war into Africa so effectu
ally, that, although the committee’s resolutions,
passed in a modified shape, whereas Dr. Boss’s
substitute did not pass, and probably was not
even put to the vote, every body secs ihat the vic
tory is on his side. The committee’s resolutions,
although adopted, will bo essentially inoperative,
while Dr. Boss’s, which were not adopted, will
go over the country, carrying conviction with them
that there is quite as much need of investigation
North as South. We hope our brethren of the
Sreas will for once, give the Bouth a hearing.—
[any of them rarely do such a thing. They ex
hibit one side of the picture, but not the other.
Here is something rich, and racy, good-natured
and sparkling—direct from the South—which even
our “abolition brethren” cannot read without
laughing. Give it wings, then, and both the North
and thfßdbtb and the interests of truth will be
bonefltted thereby.
SPEECH OP THE BET. DB. EOSS.
Buffalo, Friday, May 27,1858.
The order of the day was reaohed at a quarter
before seven, and the report read again, viz :
1. That this body shall reaffirm the doctrine of
the second resolution adopted by the General As
sembly, convened in Detroit in 1860, and
2. That with an express disavowal of any inten
tion to be impertinently inquisitorial, and for the
sole purpose ol arriving at the truth, so as to cor
rect misapprehensions, and allay all causeless irri
tation, a committee be appointed of one from each
of the synods of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri,
and Virginia, who shall be requested to report to
the next General Assembly on the following
points: 1. The number of Slaveholders in con
nexion with the churches, and the number of
slaves held by them. 2. The extent to which slaves
are held from an unavoidable necessity imposed by
the laws of the States, the obligations of guar
dianship, and the demands of humanity. B.
Whether the Southern Churches regard the sa
credness of the marriage relation as it exists among
the slaves ; whether baptism is duly administered
to the children of the slaves professing Christianity
and in general to what extent and in what man
ner provision is made for the religious well-being
of the slave, &c.
Dr. Boss moved to amend the-report by substi
tuting the following:
With an express disavowal of being imperti
nently inquisitorial, that a committee of one from
each ot the Northern synods of be ap
pointed, who shall be requested to report to the
next Genera! Assembly :
1. The number of Northern Church members
concerned directly or indirectly, in building and
fitting out ships tor the Arioan slave trade, and the
trade betweon the States.
2. The number ot Northern ohurch members
who truffle with slaveholders, and are seeking to
make money by selling them negro clothing, hand
cuffs and cowhides.
8. The number of Northern ohurch members
who have sent orders to New Orleans and other
Southern cities to have slaves sold to pay debts
owing them from the South. [See Undo Tom’s
Cabin.]
4. The number of Northern church members
who buy the cotton, sugar, rioe, tobacco, oranges,
pine apples, figs, ginger, ooooa, melons and a
thousand other things raised by slave labor.
5. The number of Northern churoh members
who have intermarried with slaveholders and have
thus become slave owners themselves, or enjoy
tho wealth made by the blood of the slave ; espe
cially if there be any Northern minister of the gOß
pcl in such a predicament.
6. The number of Northern Church members
who are the descendants of the men who kid
knapped negroes in Africa and brought them to
Virginia and New England in former years.
7. Tho aggregate and individual wealth of mem
bers thus descended, and what action is best to
compel them to disgorge this blood-stained gold,
or to compel them to give dollar for dollar in
equallizing the losb of the South by emancipa
tion.
8. Tho number of Northern churoh members,
ministers, especially who have advocated murder
in resistance to the laws of (he land.
9. The number of Northern churoh members
who own stock in underground railroads, running
off fugitive slaves, and in Sabbath-breaking rail
roads and canals.
10. That a special commission be sent up Bed
river to ascertain whether Legree, who whipped
UnoleTomto death, (and who was a Northern
gentleman) be not still in connexion with some
Northern Church in good and regular standing.
11. The number of Northern church members
who attend meetings of Spiritual Rappers or
Bloomers, or Women’s Bights Conventionists.
12. The number of Northern church members
who are cruel husbands.
18. Tne numbor of Northern ohurch members
who aie henpecked husbands.
[As it is always difficult to know the temper of
speaker and audience from a printed report, it is
due alike toT>r. R. to the whole assombly, and the
galleries tossy that lie, in reading these resolu
tions, and throughout his speech, evinced great
good humor and kindness or feeling, whioh was
equally manifested by the assembly and spectators ,
repeatedly, while he was on the floor.]
Dr.B. t'.ien proceeded : Mr. Moderator, I move
thisameudmentinthebestspirit. I desire to imi
tate the committee in their refinement and deli- ]
cuey of distinction. I disavow all intention to be
impertinently inquisitorial. I intend to be in- 1
quisitorial, os the oommittee say they are, but not
impertinently so. No sir, not at all; not at all.—
[Laughter.] Well, sir, we of the South, who do
sire tne removal of the evil of slavery, and believe
it will pass away in the developments of Provi- '
dence, are grieved when we read your graphic,
shuddering pictures of the “middle passage”—the
slave ship piling up her canvass as the shot pours :
after her from English or American guns ; see her
again and again hurling hogshead, after hogs- 1
head, filled with living slaves into the deep, and 1
thus lightened, escape. Sir, what horror to be
lieve that c ipper ship was built by the hands of !
Northern, noisy, abolition churoh members!—
[“Yes, I know some in New York and Boston,”
said one of the orowd.] Again, sir, when we walk '
along your Broadways, and see as we do, tho soft
hands of your ohurch members sending off to t'-e
South, not only clothing to the slave, but manacles
and whipß manufactured expressly for him—what
must we think ofyour consistency of character? '
[True, true.] And what must we think of your
self-righteousness,'when we know your church \
members, order tho sale of slaves—yes, slaves, '
such as St. Clair’s, and under circumstanoes in
volving all the soperations and all the loathsome
things you so mournfully deplore. Your Mrs. 1
Stowe Bays so, and it is so without her testimony.
I have read that splendid bad book—splendid in
its genius, over which I have wept, and laughed,
ana got mad, [hero some one said, “all at the
same time?”]—yes, all at the same time. Bad
in its thoology, bad in its morality, bad In its
temporary evil influence here in the North,
England, and on the continent of Europe: bad
because her isolated cruelties will betaken (wheth
er so meant by her or not) as the general condi
tion of Southern life; while her Shelbys, and St.
Clairs, and Evas will bo looked upon as angel
visitors, lingering for a moment in that earthly
hell. The impression made by the booh it a false
hood.
Sir, why, do your Northern church members
and philanthropists boy Southern products at all?
You know you are purchasing cotton, rice, sugar,
sprinkled with blood, literally, yon say, from the
lash of the driver I Why do you buy? What’s the
difference between my filching this blood-stained
cotton from the outraged negro and your standing
by taking it from me? What’s the difference?
You ysurselves say, in your abstractions, there is
no difference; and yet von daily stain your hands
in this horrid trafflo. You hate thetraitor, bntyou
love the treason. Tour ladies too, 0 how they
shun the slave-owner at a distaia* in the abstract.
But, alas, when they see him in the concrete; when
they see the slave owner himseff, standing before
them—not the brutal driver, but thesplendid gen
tleman, with his unmistakable grace of carriage
and ease of manners—why 10, behold, the lady
says, “0 fie on your slavery; what a wretch you are I
But, indeed, sir, I love your sugar; and truly,
truly, sir wretch as you are, I love you too.” Your
gentlemen talk just the same way when they be
hold our matchless women. And well lor us all it
is that your good taste and hearts can thus ap
preciate our geDius, and accomplishments, and
fascinations, and loveliness, and sugar, and cotton.
Why, sir, I heard this morning from one pastor
only of two or three of his members thus intermar
ried in the South. May I thus give the mildest
‘rebuke to your inconsistency of oonduct ? [Much
good-natured excitement.]
Sir, may we know who are the descendants of
the New England kidnappers? Wbat is their
wealth I W hy, here you are, all around me. Yon,
gentlemen, made the best of that bargain. And
you have kept every dollar of your money from
the charity of emancipating the slave. You have
left us, unaided, to give millions. Will you now
oome to our help ? Will you give dollar for dollar
to equalize our loss ? [Here many voioes cried
out, “Yes, yes, we will!”] Yes, yes ? Then pour
out your millions. Good! I may thank you per
sonally. My own emancipated slaves would to
day be worth greatly more than twenty thousand
dollars. Will you give me back ten thousand dol
lars? Good! I need it now.
I recommend to you, sirs, to findont your advo
cates of murder —your owners of stock in under
ground railroads— your Sabbath breaker* for
money. I particularly urge von to find Legree,
who whipped Uncle Tom to death. He is a Nor
thern gentleman , although having-a somewhat
Southern name. Now, sir, you know the Assem
bly was embarrassed all yesterday by the inquiry
how the Northern churches may find their absent
members, and what to do with them. Here, then
sir, is a chance for yon. Send a oommittee up Bed
river. You may find Legree to be a Garrison,
Phillips, Smith, or runaway husband from some
Abby Kelly. [Here Rev. Mr. Smith protested
against Legree being proved to be a Smith. Great
laughter.] I move that you bring him back to lec
ture on the cuteneet there is in leaving a Northern
church, going South, changing bis name, buying
slaves, and calculating without guesting what the
profit is of killing a negro with inhuman labor
above the gain of treating him with kindness.
I have little to say of spirit Rappers, women’s
rights-Conventionists, Bio-mere, cruel husbands,
or hen-pecked. But, if we may believe your own
serious as well as caricature writers, you have
things up here of which we down South know
verylittle indeed. Bir, we have no young Bloom
ers, with hat to one side, cigar in mouth, and cane
tapping the boot, striding up to mincing young
gentlemen, with long curls, attennateJ waist, ana
soft velvet face, the boy-lady to say, “May I see
you home, sir?" and the lady-bov to reply, “I
thank ye, no; pa will send the carnage.” Sir, we
of the South don’t understand your women’s rights’
conventions. Women have their wrongs. “The
song of the shirt”—Charlotte Elizabeth —many,
many laws tell her wrongs. But your convention
ladies despise the Bible. Tee, sir; aad we of the
South are afraid of them, and Jor you. When women
despise the Bible, what next? Paris — then the
City of the Great Salt Lake—then Sodom, before and
after the Dead Sea. Oh, sir, if slavery tends, in
any way, to give the honor of chivalry to Southern
young gentlemen towards ladies, ana the exqui
site delicacy and heavenly integrity and love to
Southern maid and matron, it has then a glorious
blessing with its curse.
BSir, your inquisitorial committee and the North,
so far as represented by them, (a small fraction I
know,) have I take it, caught a Tartar this time.
Boys say with us, and every where I redoes. “Yon
worry my dog, and I’ll worry your cat.” Sir, it is
just simply a Jaed fad; the couth will not submit
to these questions. No, not for an instant. We will
not permit you to approach us at all. If we are
morbidly sensitive, you have made ns so. But you
are directly and grossly violatingjfce Constitution
of the Presbyterian Church. The book forbids
you to put gnat questions. Thi book forbids gen
to btoies discipline. The book forbids your send
ing this oommittee to help oommon feme beer tes
timony against us. The book guards the honor of
our humblest member, minister, church, presby
tery, against all this impertinently inquisitorial mo
tion. Have you a prosecutor, with hie definite
? chargee and witnesses? Have you common fame,
“ withjier specified charges and witneases? Have
' you a request from the South that you sends com
? miuee to inquire into slanders ! No. Then hands
off. As gentlemen, you may ask us these ques
: tions; we will answer von. Bnt ecclesiastically
1 yon cannot speak in this matter. You have no
1 power to move as you propose.
1 I beg leave to say, just here, that Tennessee will
be more calm under this movement than any other
1 slave region. Tennessee baa been ever high above
the storm, north and south—especially we of the
mountains. Tennessee, “there she ia—look at
her”—binding this Union together, like a great
long, broad, deep stone—more splendid than all
in the temple of Baalbep or Solomon. Tennessee,
there she is, in her calm valor. I will not lower
her by calling her unconquerable, for she has
never been assailed—but I call herever-viotorious.
King’s Mountain—her pioneer battles, Talledega,
Emuclau, Horseshoe, New Orleans, San Jacinto,
Monterey, the valley of Mexioo. Jackson repre
sented her well, in his chivalryfrom Sooth Caro
line, his fiery courage from Virginia and Ken
tucky, all tempered by Scotch Irish Presbyterian
Erudence from Tennessee. We, in bit spirit,
ave looked on this storm for years nntronbled.
Yes, Jackson’s old bon** rattled in their grave
when that infamous disunion convention met in
Nashville, and its members turned pale and fled
aghast. Yes, Tennessee, in her mighty million,
feels secure, and in her perfect preparation to dis
cuss this question, politically, ecclesiastically, mor
ally, metaphysically, or physically, with the ex
treme North or South; she is willing and able to
persuade others to be calm. In this connection, I
wish to say, for the South to tho North, and to
the world, that we have no fears from our slave
population. There might be a momentary incur
rection and bloodshed, but destruction to the
black man would be inevitable. The Greeks and
Romans controlled immense masses ot white
slaves, many of them as intelligent as their lords.
Scbool-mastors, fabulists, and poets were slaves.
Athens, with her thirty thousand freemen, govern
ed half a million of bondmen. Single Roman pa
tricians owned thirty thousand. If, then, the
phalanx and tiie legion mastered such slaves for
ages, when battle was physical force of man to
man, how certain it is that infantry, cavalry, and
artillery could holdin bondage millions of Africans
for a thousand years.
But, dear brethren, our Southern philanthro
pists do not seek to have this unending bondage.
Ob, no, no; and I earnosly entreat you to “stand
still and see the salvation of the Lord.” Assume
a masterly inactivity, and you will behold all you
desire and pray for. You will see America liber
ated from the curse of slavery.
The great question of the world is, What is to
be the future of the American Slav* t What is to be
the future of the American Master t The following I
extract from the Charleston Mercury gives my view 1
ol the subject with great and condensed particular- I
ity: '
“ Married, Thursday, 26th inst., the Hon. Cash
ing Kewang, Secretary of State of the United
States, to Laura, daughter of Paul Coligny, Vice
President of the United States, and one of onr
noblest Huguenot families. We learn that this
distinguished gentlemen, with his bride, will visit
his father, the Emperor of China, at his snmmer 1
palace, in Tartary, north of Pekin, and retnrn to 1
the Vice President’s tea pavilion, on Cooper river, 1
ere the meeting of Congress.” <
The editor of the Mercury goes on to say:
“ This marriage in high life is only one of many |
which have signalized that immense emigration i
from christanized China during the last seventy- j
five years, whereby Charleston haa a population of i
1,250,000, and the State of South Carolina over ]
5,000,000—an emigration which has wonderfully )
harmonized with the great exodus of the negro
race to Africa.” ]
[Some gentleman here requested to know of Dr. 1
Ross the date of the Charleston Mercury recording (
this marriage. The Dr. replied, the date is 27tli <
May, 1958, exactly one hundred years from this i
day. Great laughter.] i
Sir, this is a dream, but it is not all a dream. <
No, I verily believe you have there the Gordian i
knot of slavery untied. You have there the soln- <
tion of the problem. You have there the curtain <
up, and the last scene in the last act of the great f
drama of Ham. t
lam satisfied with the tendenoy of things. 1 i
stand on the mountain peak, above the clouds. I c
see, far beyond the storm, the oalm see and blue i
sky. I see the Canaan of the African. I like to t
stand there on the Nebo of his exodus, and look <
across, not the Jordan, but the Atlantic. I see the c
African crossing, as certainly as if I gazed npon i
the ocean divided by a great wind, and piled np in 1
walls of green glittering glass on either hand—the
dry ground, the marching host, and the pillar of t
cloud and of fire. I look ever upon the Niger, i
black with death to the white man—instinot with t
life to the children of Ham. There U the black i
man’s home. Oh! how strange that yon of the i
North see not how yen degrade him when you «
keep him here. You will not let him vote. You t
will not let him rise to honors or social equality. (
You will not let him hold a pew in your ohurches.
Send him away then. Tell him begone. Beur- 1
gent like the Egyptians; send him oat of this t
land. There, in his fatherland, he will exhibit his t
own type of Christianity. He is of all raoes the i
most gentle and kind. Tho man, the most sab- t
missive; the woman, the most affectionate. What 1
other slaves would love their masters better than
themselves; rock them and fan them in their era- 1
dies; caress thorn, how tenderly, boys and girls;
honor them, grown np, as superior beings; and in
thousands of illustrious instances be willing to
give life and in fact die to serve or save them! i
Verily, verily, this emancipated race may reveal t
the most amiable form of spiritual life, and the 1
jewel may glitter on the Ethiop's brow in meaning I
more sublime than all in the poet’s imagery.—
Brethren, letthom go; and when they are gone— t
aye, before they go away—rear a monument; let it i
grow in greatness; if not on your highest moun- 1
tain, in your hearts, in lasting memory ot the e
South; in memory of vour wrong to the South; t
u memory of the self-denial of the South, rnd her t
ohihntbropy in training tbe slave to be free, cn- ’
ightened and Christian. i
Can all this be? Can this double emigration i
civilize Africa, and more tban re-people the South ? t
Yes; and I regard the difficulties presented here, <
in Congress, or the country, as little worth. God t
intends both emigrations. And, without miracle, i
he will accomplish both. Difficulties! These are t
no difficulties. Half a million emigrate to our
shores from Ireland and all Europe every year, c
And yon gravely talk of difficulties in the negro’s f
way to Africa I Verily, God will nnfold their des- t
tiny as fast and as fully as he sees best for the I
highest good of the slave, the highest good of the e
master, and the gloiy of Christ in Afrioa. 1
And, sir, there are forty thousand Chinese in *
California. And in Cuba, thia day, Amsrioan gen- t
tlemen are cultivating sugar with Chinese hired
labor more profitably than tbe Spaniards and tbeir e
slaves. O! there is China—half the population of c
the globe—just fronting us aoross that peaceful c
sea. Her poor living on rats and a pittance of red c
rice; her rich hoarding millions in senseless idols- 5
try, or indulging in the luxuries of birds’ nests t
and roasted ice. Massed together they must mi i
grate. Where can they go! They must oome to t
our shores. They must como, even did God forbid
them. But he will hasten their coining. They
can live in the extremest South. It is their lati
tude—their side of the ocean. They oan cultivate 1
cotton, rice, sugar, tea and the silk worm. Their i
skill, their manipulation, is unrivalled. Their <
commonest gong you can neither make nor ex- 1
plain. They are a law-abiding people —without 1
oastes—accustomed to rise by merit to highest die- 1
tlnotfons, and capable of the noblest training, when ’
their Idolatry, which is waxing old as a garment, 1
shall be folded np as a vesture, and changed for <
that whose years shall not fail. The English sm- J
bassador assures us, that the Chinese negotiator of <
the late treaty was a splendid gentleman and a di- ’
plomatist to move in any court of Europe. Shem, i
then, can mingle with Japheth in Amerioa.
The Chinese mast come. God will bring them <
He will fhlfil Benton’s noble thought. The railroad 1
must complete the voyage of Columbus. The I
statue of the Genoese, on some peak of the Rocky 1
Mountain, high above tbe flying cars, mast point 1
to the West, saying—There is the Bast; there is i
India and Cathay.
Let us then. North and South, bring onr minds
to comprehend two ideas, and submit to their Ir- |
resistible power. Let the Northern philanthropist i
learn from the Bible that tho relation of master j
and slave is not sin perse. Let him learn that God
nowhere says it is sin. Let him learn that sin is «
the transgression of the law: and where there is !
no law there is no sin; and that the golden rule may 1
exist in the relations of slavery. Let him learn I
that slavery is simply an evil, in certaineireumsiaes
ces. Let him learn that equality is only the highest 1
form of sooial life—that subjection to authority,
even slavery, may, in given conditions, b a for a time,
better tban freedom to the slave of any complexion.
Let him learn that slavery , like ail stile, has its 1
corresponding and greater good; that the Southern
slave, though degraded compared, with his master,
is elevated and ennobled compared with bis brethren
in Afrioa. Let the Northern man learn these 1
things, and be wise to onltivate the spirit that will
harmonize with bis brethren of the South, who art 1
lovers of liberty as truly as himself. And let the
Southern Christian—nay, tin Southern man of
every grade— comprehend that God never intended :
the relation of master and slave to be perpetual. Let 1
him give up the theory of Voltaire, that the negro
is of a different species. Let him yield the semi- 1
infidelity of Agassiz, that God created different
raoes, of the same species, in swarms, like bees, for ]
Asia, Europe, America, Africa, and the islands of
the sea. Let him believe that slavery, although 1
not a sin, is a degraded condition; the evil, the
corse on the South; yet having blessings, in Its
time, to the South and to the Union. Let him
know that slavery is to pass awsy in the fulness of
Providence. Let the South believe this, and pre
pare to obey the hand that moves their destiny.
Ham will be ever lower than Bhem, Shem will
be ever lower than Japheth. All will rise in the
Christian grandeur to be revealed. Ham will be
lower than Shem, because he was sent to Central
Africa. Man south of the equator—in Asia,
Australia, Oceanica, America, especially Africa—
is inferior to his Northern brother. The blessing
was upon Shem, in his magnifioent Asia. The
greater blessing was upon Japheth, in bis man- J
developing Europe. Both bletringt will be com
bined in America, north of theaoneAn oommingled
light and life. I see it all in the first symboliesl
altar of Noah, on that mound at the base of Ararat.
The father of all living men bows before tbe in
cense of sacrifice, streaming up and mingling with
the rays of the rising snn. Hib noble family, and
aU flesh saved, are grouped round about him.
There ia Ham at the foot of the green hillock, stan
ding in his antediluvian rakish recklessness, near
the long-necked giraffe, type of hia Africa. Hia
magnifioent wife, seated on the grass, her little feet
nestling in the tame lion’s mane, her long black
hair flowing over crimson drapery, and coverd
with gems from mines before tne flood. Higher
np issbem, leaning his arm over that mouse-oolor
ed horse, his Arab steed. Hie wife, in pure white
linen, feeds the elephant, and plays wild his lithe
probocis—the mother of Terah, Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, Joseph, David, and Christ. And yet she
looks up and bows in mild humility to her of
Japheth, seated amid plumed birds, in robes like
the sky. Her noble lord, meanwhile, whigh above
all, stands, with folded arms, following that eagle,
which wheels np towards Ararat, displaying his
breast, glittering with stars and stripe* of scarlet
and silver, radiant healdiy, traced by the hand of
God. Now he purifies his eye in thesnn, and now
he spreads his broad wings in symbolic light to the
West, nntil lost to the prophsthic eye of Japheth,
under the bow of splendors set that day in the
cloud—God’s covenant with maßl Oh, may the
bow of covenant between us be here to-day that
the waters of this food shall never again threaten
our beloved land.
In the Dublin Exhibition there are, it appears,
only two articles from tbe United States, Colt’s
revolvers and Hayden’s sewing machine. The lat
ter excites much attention and no little astonish
ment _
At a meeting of the stockholder* of the Chatta
nooga, Harrison, Georgetown and Charleston Rail
road Company, held in Chattanooga, on th# *Bth
inst., V. K.Btevenson, Esq., was elected President,
and Ksr Boyce, James Williams, Robert M. Hooka,
Wm. Williams, Robert Cravens and James A.
Whiteside ware elected Directors of the Company.
- Prom the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer.
■ THI VOIOI or THI BEREAVED.
“Thou const not come—or thus 1 should not weep I
' Thy love is deathleM—but no longer free!
Boon would Its wing triumphantly o’er sweep
i The viewless barrier, If such power might be!”
, [Hus. Hzhaxs.
i My mother!
Tbe weary hoars have passed all gloomily,
Slnoe thou art gone from earth. The South wind's dreath
Hath quickened into bloom, the itoghing flown,
That slumbered long in hoary winter’s arms.
But now arouse, with a new glory dress’d.
To grace the festival of bpring. They ware
In beauty, ’neatb the Hairy smiles o! night,
And with the floating sephys dance, to strains
Or low, aweet music by the soft winds breathed.
The wild bird pour* his voice of song once more
Within onr lilac bowers, and night, loved night I
Beams in her wonted spiendor: veil’d and crown’d
With a tiara of bright stars, she sweeps
In regal glory, o’er the arch of Heaven,
And watching, bends aoove the sleeping earth.
Bat wearily, oh wearily! thy child,
Thy lone and sorrowing child, my Mother, turns
From alt these once loved joys; for thou art gone,
And deeply o'er my spirit, far and wide
Hath fallen night, —and night without a star.
All sadly here, in life’s wild woes enwrapt,
I sit by theold lonely window, where
The wile rote twines, and my warm spirit now
Would faiu communion seek with th ne. Oh, come
Dear Mother I in this lonely hour, and clasp
Within thy gplritarms, thy monrning child,
And lay her weary head upon thy oreast,
And tooth her. with thine angel sympathy
•As thou didbl hereand let thy spirit blend
Itself with her’i, and bear it upward to
Thy home of bliss, —and oh! if in that bright
And far off home thou hast the guardian power,
To shield from earth’s dark wiles, then Mother lead
Her from the paths of sin! Let not her heart
Wander ’mid labyrinthian wastes of doubt
And unbelief; hut, as the sunshine fulls
Oh the bare surface of some frozen spot,
And ’neath its kindly warmth the spring flowers start
To life and beauty there, —to on my soul
Let now thine holy influence rest, and wake
Within its depths highyearnings for all good;—
And may pure feelings w. U and rise therein,
As waters gush from fountains.
Thou art gone
far fr«n my gaae! but, oh I may not thy freed
And heav’n-winged spirit earthward bend once more
And let me feel thee near ? List to my prayer I
While in this world my parted spirit su ays,
Wilt thou not come, in each dark trial hrur,
To strengthen, comfort, and console! As falls
Tbe stir-light from the heavens, serenely sweet,
O’er the droop’d flowr’s, parch’d by the noon tide sun,
E’en so come thou, and soothe my ac ing heart.
Mother! thou answerest not thy pleading child!
Thus, ever thus my spirit calls to thine,
But winneth no reply.
Death, Death! thy chain
Indeed is mighty! so to hush and bind
In thy cold adamantine links the strength
And fullness of a mother’s yearning love.
The arms, that once were wont to circle me
from every harm, lie motionless and low;
And the late fondly throbbing heart is still
And senseless to my tears. The sumrn-r winds,
Low murmuring to our own household leaves,
float musically by, Dor heed the wild
And mournful accents of thy name, as now
I shout it te the night. The winds sweep on!
Thou answerest not I but from the far off woods
There oomes a tone, as if a demon mocked
My agony, and echo wildly shrieks
“My Mother!”
Kmtuckt, April 1858. E. L. S.
A Glance into the Crystal Palace.
The New York Tribune, of Ibe 16lh inst., says:
From a casual glance at the interior arrange
ments of the building, and of the classification
and entry of articles intended for exhibition, we
are satisfied that the publie have no adequate con
ception of what will be the extent of the variety,
the richness, and the intrinsic value of thia groat
display of the industry of all nations which is about
to open in New York. Every available square
inch of room in and about tho Palace, and the ad
joining building, has been long since appropriated,
and more than five hundred applications for ad
mission—many of them of high merit—have been
necessarily refused.
A glance at the list of articles entered lor ex
hibition will show that many of the most valuablo
produots and inventions, and some of tho highest
specimens of artistic labor and skill from almost
every civilized nation, will be collected together
and brought into comparison with the products of
American genius and industry. England, of
course, will be a chief competitor and particularly
in her manufacturing industry and tho products
of the loom. A glance at the entries, admirably
classified under the supervision of the superin
tendent of that department, Mr. Webb, shows
that the United Kingdom sends tothc Exhibition
a largo and choice collection of manufactures of
cotton, wool, silk, flax and homp. The silk and
velvet fabrics are entirely of English manufacture;
the flax and hemp mainly Scotch and Irish. The
cotton and the woolen are indifferently from oach
of the three kingdoms—the looms of Belfust vying
with those of Manchester and Leeds, Glasgow and
Dundee. . , . ,
Os agricultural and horticultural implements,
thongh the English collection will not be extensive,
it win contain many of rare attraction to those par
tioularly interested in that branch of industry;
among them are sovoral specimens of reaping
msohmes, patent mills, cloaning machines, &c.,
and a curiosity in the way of an engine plow, con
sisting o’ five plows propelled by a steam eugine
of 100 horse power.
In naval architecture and military engineering
England sends some modelß of ships, boats, <fcc.,
and a few guns and pistols, but in these last men
tioned articles, since the triumphs ot Colt’s re
volvers at the Londou exhibition, it is presumed
there will be no serious challenge thrown down
by British mechanics to our American inventors.
In the articles of tapestry work and carpots,
however, we shall doubtless have a splendid dis
play from the English looms. Some specimens of
Jdinburgh tapestry, and tapestry volvet carpots
are entered; laces, embroideries, pictures wonted
in Berlin wool, and what is more elegant, a por
trait of Queen Viotoria worked in wool by one of
her laithful subjects, Mrs. Jane Williams, ofDub
lin. .
Our space would fail to mention, or even briefly
to glance over tho great variety of articles compris
ing the valuable collection from England alone.
Hsr contributions, under the head of fino arts,
sculpture, paintings and engravings, would, ot
themselves, furnish the materials for a more ex
tended notice than our present limits will permit.
We cannot refrain from mentioning in this con
nection, a group in marble representing Ganymede
and tho Eagle, and also the Marble Temple and
Sleeping Child, which are spoken of as rare works
of art. The London soulptor, Carew,in addition
to his magnificent colossal statue of Wclsster, which
is to stand in one of the main aisles, sends over a
beautiful oarved altar-piece.
The Tower of London brings out from its re
oesaes eight complete suits of uncient armor, manu
factured by artisans centuries ago, and some of
them going back to tho times of Richard Cceur de
Lion—each of them, we understand, is of a diftcr
ent ago. They will be placed in tbe galleries over
looking the centre of the building under the dome,
where ia to stand Maroohetti’s celebrated eques
trian statue of Washington.
To the lovers of the heraldic art, if any such
exist in this Republican country, it may be also
of interest to know that in tho English collection,
are some very curious heraldic ciassings. Among
other articles of viri/a from England, is a beautiful
Shakesperian shield, with designs in industrial
art. Also a miniature silver tea and coffee ser
vice, made from a single dime, weighing only for
ty-two grains!
» A-■ ■ ♦
Wood Gas. —The oity of Wilmington, North Ca
rolina, is now, for ite size, the cheapest lighted city
in the United States. The wholo apparatus inclu
ding mains, gasometer, Ac., cost but J 18,900. This
includes their transportation from Philadelphia,
with also, the pay and passage of workmen. By
reference to Urs’a Chemical Dictionary, a standard
work, it will be found a ton of coal or thereabouts
yields about 10,000 cubic feet of gas. This is after
eight hours distillation from the best selected coal.
By actual experience it has been found that a cord
of wood will produce 98,000 cubical feet of gas. It
will be perceived at once this renders wood gas
muoh cheaper. Besides, it is a well ascertained
foot that wood-oils In the production of light ure
as 7tol in favor of ligneous oils over coal. Odo
reason that they bavebeen so little used is, that
they rsqnire to be distilled from wood previous to
use ; bat this difficulty, it is said, bos been obvia
ted by a simple and cheap apparatus invented
and patented by Dr. McConnell. This invention
places the use of gaß witbin the reach of ail rural
villages, and will render every one, who cbooaes
to be so independent of the gas companies, for by
its means they can mannf&cture their own gas, at
a muoh cheaper rate than it can now be supplied
by any oompany chartered within the United
States. This gas has nolthe offensive smell of that
produoed by coal, and can be passed directly from
the retort through the washer or condenser to the
gasometer without further purification.
Thi* discovery promises to open a new field of
commerce ; the vast amount of pine wood i
Lower Virginia and North Carolina,now considered
of no value, will be brought into market for tho
purpose of manufacturing gas, and thecbarcoul left
after destructive distillation will pay the whole ex
pense for manufacturing. Wood can be purchased
in North Carolina, and delivered at Wiiminaton, r
in Pimlico Sound, for one dollar per cord; the
transportation, Ac., would not bring the cost up
beyond four dollars. Wood at five dollars per
cord, yfolds 93,000 cubic feet of ga 1 ; coal, at six
dollars per ton, only 10,000 cubic feet. An appa
ratus for manufacturing wood gas canid be pul up
for one-*eventh the 00-t of that for manufacturing
ooalgas. It is estimated that the city of New York
might be lighted for one dollar a thousand feet,
ana yield a handsome profit to the manufacturers;
whereas the city now psys three dollars per thou
sand feet. We understand that a company has
been projected in this city by W. D. Porter, Esq.,
aaon of (S»mmodore Porter, for profitable employ
ment of the patent.-—A’. Y. Post.
Population of the Principal Cities in Ecbopz
and North Amrbioa. —The Boston Transcript com
piles from Weber’s Volks Kalender, (People’s Al
manac) for 1858, published annually at Leipsic, the
following table of tbe population of the largest
cities in Europe and North America. As the Ger
mans are proverbially accurate in their statistical
statements, says the Transcript, it is to presumed
that this table may be relied upon as correct. It
will be seen that New York stands fourth on the
list, Philadelphia ninth, Baltimore twenty-firet,
and Boston twenty eighth. As a matter of curiosi
ty and reference, the table may be worth cutting
ont and preserving: .
1 London 2,868,141 184 Perth, ...125,000
2 Paris, 1,i53,262 35 Prague 124,181
8 Oonrtantinople, 786,920 36 Barcelona 12u,000
4 New Tor* .VTI 522,766 87 Genoa 120,000
fl fit. Petersburg. 478,457 88 Cincinnati 116,716
g Vienna . 477,846 39 NewOrleane... H 6,84«
7 Berlin 441,971 40 Briitol 115,000
8 Nanles 416,4 6 41 Ghent 112,4’ 0
9 Philadelphia... 409,854 42 Munch 106,776
10 Liverpool 884,263 43 Bre.lau 104,00”
11 Glavgow 867/<(JO 44 Florence. 102,154
12 Moscow 850,000 46 Ronen 100,265
18 Manchester.... 296.000 46 Belfast 99,660
14 Madrid 260,000 47 Cologne 92,244
15 Dabiin 254.9. D 48 Dreeden 91,277
16 Lyons 249,825 49 Stockholm 90,:23
17 Lisbon 241,500 50 Rotterham .... 90,000
18 Amsterdam ... 222,80” 51 Antwerp So,Boo
19 Havana 200.000 52 Cork 86,485
90 Marseilles..... 195,257 53 Liege 77,587
21 Baltimore 189,064 f 4 Bologna, 75,100
22 Palermo .... 180,000 55 i-eghom 74,530
28 Borne .... 172,8*2 56 Trieste 70,846
94 Warsaw ..... 162,597 57 Konigvoerg ... 7”,i98
95 LiUta ’ . 152,000 53 Sheffield 68,960
26 Milan 151,483 59 The Hague.... 66,000
97 Hamburg 148,764 60 Leipsic S’?!?
98 Boston 186,788 61 Oporto 62,000
W Brussels 1»«>8 62 Malaga 60,000
80 Turin™. 185,000 63 Danttic 58,012
81 Copenhagen... 138,140 64 Frankfort 57,M0
82 Bordeaux. 13”,927 65 Magdeburg.... 56,692
88 Venice 126,768 66 Bremen 58,156
We may remark that there are several cities in
India, China, and Japan, which are reported to
oontun a larger population than that of Pans, bnt
not being in Europe or North America, they^are of
coarse excluded from the above list; in which al
so is omitted the city of Mexioo, (which should not
have been omitted,) containing a population of
about 200,000.
Ship building is in a promising conditional
Frankfort, Maine. There are on the stocks two
large ships, one of 1800 tons, affd the other of 1800
ton* burthen; also two brigs of 200 tons each.
A negro man died in New York last week from
eating strawberries. A wager had been laid that
he could not eat ten baskets full. He soomplished
th* fast, won the wager, and died almost immedi
ataly after,
POLITICAL.
The Nomination for Governor, Ac.
In another place will be found the proceedings
of the Convention of Whigs and Conservative
Union Democrats, which assembled in Milledge
ville, on the 22d inst, to nominate a candidate for
Governor. These proceedings will speak for them
selves, and require no special endorsement at our
hands. The resolutions are plain, intelligible,
statesmanlike, and eminently worthy of the en
lightened body that adopted them. Os Charles J.
Jenkins, the nominee, it is almost useless for us to
speak. Hia name is familiar to every man and boy
in the State. His ability as a statesman, his in
tegrity as a man, his purity and patriotism as a
citizen, his demotion to the Union of the States and
the rights ot the South in that Union, the meanness
of political malice has, we lelieve, thus far never
ventured to question or deny. We gladly then
hoist his name at tbe head of onr columns, and
will uerve onr arm, feeble though it be, to raise
him one step higher towards that still moreolevat
ed position, which we trust his countrymen will,
in uuo time, assign him.
The conventions, representing tbe views of the
two parties into which the people of the Stato are
divided, have now held their meetings and nomi
nated their candidates for the Chief Magistracy of
this good old commonwealth. It is not our pro
sent purpose to draw invidious comparisons be
tween the standard bearers thus placed at tho head
of the columns, or to examine very minutely the
distinctive political characteristics that have mark
ed the past history of either of the gentlemen, who.
from this time until the day of the election, will
have to pass through the ordeal of public abuse and
private slander. The progress of the oanvass will
develope all the good and evil, omitted, or com nit
ted by the candidates during their past lives, and
probably enable the people to form a tolerablo cor
rect opinion as to tho principles and polioy which
as governed the respective candidates in times that*
are past and gone. It is to the past history of men
that we are to look in order to ascertain what may,
in all probability, be their future conduct.
No wise and considerate man has a right to ex
pect a tree whioh for years has brought forth the
fruits of bitterness and death, will suddenly change
all its accursed nature and be found yielding the
swoot and sustaining food of life. So, also, it & fol
ly to hope that a politician whose principles, as ex
hibited in his past career, were ot war with the
safety and very existence of our politioal institu
tions, will, from the mere fact of beooming a can
didate for tho office of Governor, be transformed
into a patriot devoted to the integrity of the Union
and stability of the government nnder whioh we
live. Snob a hope is as rediculous as it will prove
ruinous, if indulged in by the people. Tho man
who gained a bad erainenoo by flinging the woight
ofhis extended influence into the scale of disunion
a year or two Binco, is, from the very constitution
ofhis sonl and the temperament of his mind, unfit
to hold in his dirty hands tho destinies of the
lauding Stato of tho South. He may pretend that
he yields to the decision of tho people; that on the
10th of December of a certain year he resolved to
be an honest man, and abido by what honest men
had resolved. But what of this ? The people will
look back to his past oosduct and enquire, why
this sudden clianzo has passed npon him? Cun
such a man give a Atisfactory answer ? Why did
ho discover that at a given hour on a given day, it
was best to change his system of wartare and pre
tend to join the friends of his oountry ? Here is
the answer. He was beaten down in bis disunion
conflcts; the people had risen in the majesty of
their power; the sentence of condemnation had
been pronounced; and suddenly the poor miser
able mistaken dependent on popular favor wakes
up and finds himself prostrated by the storm of
public indignation. From that hour he oonoludes ■
to change his polioy, and abide the decision of the
majority. What credit is due him for such a
swindle ? In what is he better, now, than when
he stood forth boldly the champion of disunion,
the reviler of the measures intended to bring peace
to a distracted country, the heartless slanderer of
every man who was unwilling to witness the hor !
rors of civil war, and fraternal bloodshed.insepar
ab'o from a dissolution of the Union? We never .
had much faith in death-bed repentances. The
hardened sinner, in what he deems his last extrem
ity, makes many promises of reformation, bnt we
have alwayßfouna that should health return he for .
gets his vows made in anguish, and goes back
with the redoubled enorgies of his hogish nature
to his wallowing in the mire again.
Wo turn from the contemplation of suoh a pic
ture, all b’urred and blotted as it is by tonohes ot 1
a politicians brash who warred as long as he was j
able against the best interest of his oountry, and 1
only backed out from his ruinons polioy when ‘
oompcllcd to do so by stern, imperious, political 1
necessity. We turn from it to one of brighter aud J
more beautiful proportions. It is exhibited in tin J
past politioal history of the man who is justly re- *
garded os one of Georgia’s purest, ablest, most dis
interested patriots, whose private life is an exem- ’
plification of all the social virtues; and whose pub- *
lie course has been marked by a modesty, and 1
stamped with an honesty, upon whioh his frien s
can look with pleasnre and to which the minds of
his present opponents will turn with admiration,
in tne ooming evil hour so fearftilly forsbawdowed
in tho political reoklsasneßs that surrounds us. 1
There may not be as muoh importance rightfully '
attached to tho oanvass before us as wo have sup- ‘
posod. And yet it seems to us that the interest *
and honor of the State are deeply involved in the :
result. Was the contest, so gallantly waged in 1
1850, of any value ? Didjjthe viotory, then won, 1
conduce to the preservation of pezee and orush the j
many-headed monster of disnnion whioh so inso 1
ientfy reared itself in the southern States ? The !
universal assent of every patriot of the country 1
has given an affirmative answer to those questions.
Georgia and her noble sons, fsarlsssly, wisely, tri- ;
umphantly, led tho way. Her examplo was follow- ,
od by tho conservativo majority of all hor south
ern sister states, aud th# evil spirits that had '
thoughtlessly we fain wonld hope, attempted to 1
pull down tho bulwark of our freeaem and strength 1
and national glory, were driven back diseomfitted, 1
defeated, ana literally crushed, by the voice ot an !
intelligent people. But the hopes of the fallen !
have been recently revived by the breath breathed j
into their dry carcases again from tho nostrils of ’
the President. Offices and honors are showered J
upon them, and they begin to foel that they have 1
strength to avenge themselves by punishing every 1
man who dared to stand by the Union of our fore- [
fathers. Henoe they nominated the most rabid of j
the crew to bear their re raised etandard through *
the oontest for Governor. Tho same course ispnr- f
sued in reference to every nomination. From Go- 1
vernor down to oorporal'a aid, tho nominee must j
be no other than a full-blooded, unadulterated, 1
original disunionist. Is this true, or not!
There is something significant in all this. There
is something whioh warns ns of evil, and points
distinctly to the intentions of onr opponents. Ib
there not enough, them involved in the straggle t
before us toarouseto effort, and oall to duty, evory t
friend of the groat measures of 1860, the passage of t
whioh every thinking man now admits saved the i
country from the perils of the most fearful crisis t
through whioh it ever passed ? We think thero is. ■
Well ; the whole matter ib in the hands of the peo- '
pie. The author of the Georgia Platform, the i
clearest, most conclusive and most patriotic docu
ment that ever emanated from any assemblage of j
Georgia’s sons, has been seleotod, by the consorva- (
tive portion of the great constitutional union par
ty, to bear their standard through the present
struggle. Is ho worthy of their support, aud con
fidouce? Can Charles J. Jenkins bo trusted in the
higli position to which his friends desire toelevatc
him ? Or shall he be thrown asido to make room '
for another, whose vindictive “hatred pursued, Up
to the 10th of Dooember, 1850, and wonld still pur
sue if he dared to indulge it, every friend to the
union and constitution of his oountry ! These are
some of the questions which the voterswill ponder
well before they approach the polls. Many, very
many honest men are beginning to discover, ana
have indeed already discovered, the hidden mean
ing of reorganized democracy. Murphy, and others
throughout the State, have m their dying convul
sions opened tbeir eyes only to dUoover tbe hor
rors of the slaughter house. Judge Warner, on a
very recent and interesting occasion, had an op
portunity to realize the sufferings of the victims
sacrificed to apprease th* Moloch of disunion.
Experience is s sore teaoher; but its leßsons are
instructive, and lasting. It is no fault of ours if
they are forgotten.— Columbus Inquirer.
Our Foreign Policy— Cabs— Great Britain.
Under this headthe Washington Union of Satur
day has an article occupying a ooluiun, two-third*
of which are employed in an elaborate eniogiumon
the yet undeveloped foreign polioy of President
Pierce. That policy, we are told, was sketched in
the inaugural address of the President and has
been embodied in the selecting of such “tried
statesmen os Marcy, Buchanan, Soule, Welker,
Gadsden, not to mention others, for the manage
ment of onr intercourse with the most important
foreign powers.” As so much of eulogium might
prove nauseating without some compensating Bit
terness, the late administration is then assailed,
and we are told that “the popular heart had tolerat
ed, with some degree of impatience, the negative
—not to say the feeble or timid—polioy of our late
foreign intercoarse.” Having aooomplished its
allotted task of praise and detraction, tbe Union
then proceeds to the point thst is involved in the
latter part of the caption to its article, and says—
“We have alluded lately to one of these questions,
growing out of the rumored policy of great Britain
in regard to Cuba, whioh stands out at this time
with imposing prominenoe. If the publio rumors
which attribute to Great Britain a design, in con
nexion with Spain, to convert Cuba into a govern
ment of free blacks, shall prove to be well-founded,
tbe high position taken by the Executive will be
put to a severe trial. Tbe proximity of this island
to our southern oosst—the facility of the inter
course—the charaoter of the population—the posi
tion of the island in regard to the month of the
Mississippi—these and ether considerations of no
less moment at once suggest themselves as consti
tuting elements upon which our policy must be
sol ved. If there was nothing in the paHt history
ofGreat Britain to excite our watchfulness, we
should be reluctant to give tbe slightest credence
to the rumors alluded to. Wearonotnow prepar
ed to believe that she has deliberately determined
to provoke an issue which may be fraught with the
most disastrous consequences.
“But there is at least enough in hei past policy to
wards ns, in the distingushed honors she is paying
to one of our citizens who owes all her prominence
to her assaults upon the integrity ol our Union, as
well as in her known policy in regard to some of
her own islands, to indace as not to disregard and
dismiss these rumors too inconsiderately. It may
not be the policy of (ur Government to take the ini
tiative in regard to Cnba, although the consider
ations looking to ite acquisition involve almost ne
cessarily the question of our self-preservation; but
it is unquestionably our duty, and we certainly
hope our policy, to he prepared with one voice and
with’all our strength to prevent any interference in
that quarter which threatens the happiness or per
manence efeur own Government. The adminis
tration cannot be, and we are snre it is not, too
vigilant in guarding this point of attack upon our
institutions. With our knowledge ofßritiish di
plomacy, and the spirit of aggressions whi«h has
marked the career of that government, we may be
excused for listening to rumors which are in con
sonance with her past oondnot. If we listen to
them too readily, Great Britain should remember
that her own policy has been such as to make us
readily suspicious. But, at ail events the adminis
tration has staked its character npon the mainten
ance of a purely American policy; and we arc con
fident that the whole American people are pre
pared to see that policy maintainedlwith the same
energy, fidelity, and boldness with which they
hailed its announcement on the fourth of March.’’
If the Union is sincere in its remarks it would
seem to attach more importance to the ramors of
the combined action of Spain, Britain and Mexico,
than that very apochryphal story has succeeded
in enlisting in other and perhaps not less intelli
gent quarters. The rumor itself wss preposterous
as scarcely to survive the eolat of its birth. Even
the Journal of Commerce, which stood godfather
to it, has deserted the suspicious bantling, ami
though it has excited the remark of the curious, ii
seems to have nowhere secured the belief of the
diacreet end considerate. We doubt, however,
whether the official organ places more reliance it
self in the rumer than enables it to make it the
text of an article which presents a popular aspeot.
“Bunoombe" haa been heard of before to day, and
every one is aware of the peculiar value of the
inflated appeals which pass current with the con
stitnents of that district. When England oom
b.nes with Spain, with Mexico, or with any other
power to effect objects that may threaten the rights
and the dignity of our country, or the perma
nance of it* republic*!} institutions, the polioy to
VOL. LXVI.-NEW SERIES VOL. XVII.---NO. 27.
Ge pureaed will bo nationid—the property of no
President or Cabinet—but springing spontaneous
ly from the popular boart. and belonging in its in
ception as much to the wnolo people as it muat re
i ly on them lor the means whioh will give power
and effect to its maintenance.— BaU. Am»r.
Judge Johnaoo’i Letter.
We find in tho laet Federal Uniou, this gontle
man’s letter of acceptance. It is in perfect har
mony with the principles and taotics cf “Re-organ
ised’Democracywno, to attain an ulterior end.
are, at this particular timo, willing to “become all
things to all men.”
The Judgo opens his letter with a reference to
the Democratic creed, which, he says, originated
with Jefferson and Madison, and “owes its most
brilliant illustrations to tho Administrations of
Jackson and Polk.”
Now it will bo romomberod, that tho Southern
Rights wing of tho Democratic Party, (whioh in
cludes many secession Whigs) declares that tho
Democracy of Jefferson amt Madison inculcated
as a cardinal article of its creed, tho constitutional
right of secession, by any and every State, when
ever they felt themselves aggrieved, or their in
terests eteined to require it. It was under this
erroneous interpretation of the Constitution, aud
the Virginia aud Kentucky Resolutions of '9B and
'99, that South Carolina passed her nullification
ordinance in 1882; it was undor this view of State
Rights and State Remedies, that the Nashville
Convention was called and twico assembled in
1850, and a Southern Congress and Southern Con
federacy proposod aud urged by these same dis
union Whigs and Democrats, who now would
sholtor themselves and tlioir ultorior designs un
der the honored name ol Democrat.
But how did “ Old Hickory” treat this “ political
creed” in 1882? Ho issued his proclamation
against it—sanctioned tho Force Bill, and sent a
fleet to Charleston hurbor, and had not South
Carolina receded from hor hostile attitude he
would have given her rather a noixy and imvret
live, as well as “ brilliant illustration” of his “ po
litical creed.”
And how Mr. Polk “illustrate” Mr. John
son’s ‘ political creed f Why, by sanctioning,
among other monstrosities, tho Wilmot proviso.
But, says tho worthy Judge, “it achieved its
last victory in tho election of General Pierce.”
Now tho peoplo of Goorgia will recolleot tho posi
tion of Messrs. Rhott, Colquitt, McDonald, John
son and the Southern Rights Party gonerally, in
1850, and ’sl. It was in open and avowed hostili
ty to the doctrines of Prosidont Jackson, Polk
and Pierce- The latter in hiß inaugural says—"/
hold that the laws of 1850, commonly called the
“ compromise measures ,” are strictly constitutUmal,
and ought to be unhesitaiinyly carried into effect.
Judgo Johnson and his coadjutors declarod the
Compromise unconstitutional, and pledged them
selves to resist it “at every hazard aud to tile lust
oxtremity.” And yet this Democratic orcod, he
tolls us, aebioved its lust victory in the election of
Genoral Pierce.
But tho learned Judgo informs us, that to har
moniso tho Democracy, he has “ unceasingly labor
ed from the 10th of Docembor, 1860, down to tho
present day.” But how has ho labored? Did not
10 and his dis-union compeers ent themselves
loose from the Democratic party in 1850—form a
distinct organization, and avow their determina
tion no longer to affiliate with the National Demo
cratic Party, or act with it in Convention? What
says father Ritchie? What say thoso Union
Democrats, who on the memorable 10<A qf Decem
ber, 1850,” assombiod in thiß city, and in Conven
tion with Union Whigs, gave uu extinguishing
blow to tho fell spirit of disunion; and who for
tbeir patriotic efforts woro olassically styled, by
Mr. Johnson, as wwaro informed, a “ contemptible
pack."
The Democratic nominee very naturally desires
that the past should he forgiven and forgotten.
Ho knows that unless ho cun eonciliato the feelings
of some of this “ pack of loose submission traitors,”
whose feelings have been outraged by secossion
ists, no spirit of divination is so nccossary to pre
dict his political doom, in Octobor next. Indeed,
it is “ road and known of all men” who havo ob
served the genoral dissatisfaction that has attendod
the announcement of his candidacy.
But we leave his letter for the present, com
inonding it to tho eareful perusal of all admirers
of political patch-work and oharlutanism. It is on {
the whole a tolerable fair personifloation of “ Mod- ]
orn Re-organised Domoftraoy.— Southern Recorder.
Gun. Pierce’s Appointments.—A very distin
guished Democratic Souator now in Congress, it is
reported to us, remarked, that he did not see what
the country gained by turning a Union Whig out
of offico, and putting a Free Soil or Disunion De
mocrat in. We have nothing to do with this re
mark, though there is meaning in it; but what we
have a right to do with is the principle on whioh
Goneral Fierce was clouted, and the pledge of his
Inaugural. The principle and pledge are Whig as
well as Democratic property, for they were plodgcs
to the whole public, and without distinction of
party.
The "Union," in apologizing for these Free-Soil
and Secession appointments,—composing, wo sup
pose, four-fifths of the Piorce nominations—says,
in substance, these appointees have chnngod their
principles, and are now pledged to the Baltimore
(Union) platform. We have no proof whatsoever
of this allegation; but if it wore fact, it only
amounts to this, that Pierco gives his offices to
traitors to the principles of his nomination and to
the pledges of his Inaugural, nnd that his defend
ers in office are to bo men at hoart against the prin -
ciples and pledges that»roado him President. To
honor and roward new converts at the exponso of
old friends is as unnatural as itis unjust,—but that
is nothing to us.
What, howovor, as Whigs, we have particularly
to comment upon, is the vory important fact that
Secessionists South and Abolitionists North can
bring, by their course, the Union and the Consti
tution the vory borders of perdition, and then,
when they are beaten by a combined people of all
parties, roeeivo the highest honors of the Govern
ment. If the Federal Government will take up
nnd reward such men, after they have done all
they could to overthrow that Government, of course
it is patronage in advance, for such disloyalty, and
treason in all time hereafter. Gen. Pierco was
nominated upon the oxpross ground that he was
faithful not only to the Compromise Bills, but to
the men of those Bills, (in his own party, at least,)
and, what is more, to the great leading, and ever
to-bo leading principles more or less involved in
them all; principles ever to arise under our Con
stitution, and ovor to be maintained, if the Union
is to stand as it is, in defiance of the very man to
whom General Pierce has beon giving the very
highest offices. —New York Express.
Seventh District Convention.
Milledgeville, June22d, 1858.
Delegates from the sovcral counties composing
the s venth Congressional District, assembled at
the State House to-day, for the purpose of nomina
ting a Union Candidate to represent the District
in the next Congress of the United States. On mo
tion, Dr. Charles L. Eidley, a delegate from the
county of Jones, was called to the Chair, and K.
T. Daviß, a delegate fiom the oounty of Putnam,
requested to act as Secretary.
Tho counties being called, the following Dele
gates reported themselves, and took soats in the
Convention:
Nowton—T. M. Meriwether, E. L. Thomas, W.
W. Clark.
Morgan—C. E. Nisbet, 11. M. Harris, A. 8.
Wingfield, E. P. Zimmerman.
Greene—John F. Zimmerman, H. H. Watts, A.
T. Scott, Geo.O. Dawßon.
Jasper—W. W. Anderson, John Jackson, Jas.
Jackson, H. 8. Glover.
Putnam—R. T. Davis, Samuel Pearson, C. 8.
Credille, F. S. Jenkins.
Hancock —H. G. Evans, Linton Stephens, John
R. Binion.
Jones—Ghas. L. Ridley, Jas. Godard, Honry
Brown, Thos. O. Bowen.
Baldwin—D. R. Tucker, F. S. Grantland.
Washington—E. C. Williamson, Silas Floyd, J.
H. Gilmore, J. B. Turner.
On motion of A. 8. Wingfield,' it was unani
mously agreed that the Delegates present pledge
themselves to support the nomineo of this Can
vention, and that thoy will use all honorabla
means to procure his elcotion.
On motion.
Resolved, That we adopt the same basis of re
presentation, this day adopted by the Gubcnatori
al Convention, and that a majority of all the votes
cast shall be necessary to a choice.
On motion, tho Convention proceeded to ballot
for a candidate, and on counting out, the result
was as follows:
Dr. D. A. Reese, of Jasper 82; A. 11. Kenan, of
Balkwin, I.*
Whereupon, Dr. David A. Reese was declared
tho Candidate of the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict.
On motion of C. E. Nisbet, Esq., a Committee
of throe was appointed, composed of C. E. Nisbet,
John Jackson, and Thos. 0. Bowen, to apprize
Dr. Reese o‘ his nomination, and request nis ac
ceptance of the same.
On motion, it was
Resolved , That the proceedings of this Conven
tion be published in the Southern Recorder.
On motion, the Convention adjoured.
Ciias. L. Ridley, Chairman,
Richard X Davis, Secretary.
*Mr. K.’b name was not before the Convention for nomi
nation.
Political Wire Polling.
Our readers are aware that in tho Fifth District,
there are some five or six candidates for Congress,
and nearly half a score of aspirants for judicial
preferment. The politicians at Rome have under
taken to reduce the list of candidates to something
like reasonable proportions. They accordingly pro
pounded to each aspirantaseries of interrogatories,
in which they require them to give their opinions
upon almost every subject, except “Infant Bap
tism.”
The consequence is ? that a whole broadside of
the Rome Southerner is filled with responses from
thirty lines to three columns in lengtn. Some of
theae are amusing—some absnred, and some of
them very much upon the “forcible, feeble order.”
One may declare that his political principles are set
forth at iargein tho "declaration of Independence!'
Another quotes a nondescript document, known
as the Floyd platform, accompanied by a disserta
tion upon State mvereingnty! All agree to abide
by the decision of the proposed caucus or conven
tion, with certain qualifications and certain con
ditions which arc not likely to be observed.
The correspondence, upon the whole, is one of
the most striking illutrations which we have seen
of tht stratagems to which men are dridbn by the
oaucus system.— Savannah Courier.
Railroad from Eatonlon to Covington.
At a Rail-road meeting held at Shady Dale, on
Saturday, the 10th inst., the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resohed , That a Rail-read bo built from Eaton
ton to Covington byway of Shady Dale and New
bero.
Retailed, That wc apply to the next Legislature
for a Charter to run said road
Retained, That we regard with interest and pica
are the commencement of the Rail-road enter
prize connecting Lawrencoville with Covington,
which is but au extension of the route we now pro
pose building, and which we regard as tho com
mencement of that ohui.n of intercommunication
developing and connecting Northern Georgia with
onr own seaboard.
Retained, T hat a Committee of throe be appoint
ed to open a correspondence with the Central Rail
road Comphny to ascertain what aid and co-ope
ration they will give in this undertaking.
This meeting was numerously attended, and the
above resolutions, after full discussion, were a
dopted- E. F. W. Campbell, Ch’n.
R. G. Harper, Secretary.
Crime in Boston. —The rand Jury of Suffolk
county, Mass., havo muden presentment, in which
they state, as the result of their examination into
the criminal calenderfof Boston, that three-fourths
of the crimos committed thero is caused by intem
perance, und attributable, in a great degree, to tho
swarms of illegal dram shops infesting the purlieus
of tho city; and thoy severely rebuke tho Mayor
and Councils for not diminishing the evil.
We learn from Detroit, by telegraph, that the
city of Detroit gives a majority of three hundred
iu favor of the Maine liquor law. Judging from
the returns thus far received from the interior,
Michigan will give a majority not fcr short Os teS
thousand, or lour to one in fever of ihe lew.
THE SERENADE.
translated from cbland.
beautiful theme tones
That rouke me from my sleep l
Oh, mother, see! Who pours sweet strains
Into the night so deep*
No sound I hear, nor :-ee I aught—
Then slumber on in peace!
All serenades fbr thee henceforth,
Poor, sickly child, must cease I
The music springs not from the earth
That makes my heart so light;
Angels are summoning me with song,
Oh, mother dear, good night.
u Tn £ WA ? 18 . °* A **»*°*» Ladies.—'The unnatural
lengthiand ridiculous smallness of thoir waist,,
baffle dosoriptiou. A waist that could be spauded
is anlEuglishmetaphorical expression used in a
novel, but it is an American (act; and so alarming
does it appear to an Englishniau, that mv first
sontimont, on viewing the phenomenon, was one
ot pity for unfortunate beings who might possibly
breah oil in the middle iik flowers from-tno stalk,
boforo evoniug concluded. No less extraordinary
ift the size of tho ladies arms. I suw many which
wore scarce thicker than moderate size walking
sticks. Yet strango to say whou these ladies puss
tha ago of forty, they frequently attain an enor
mous size. The whole economy of their structure
is then reversed, thoir wrists ami-arms becoming
the thiokor parts of tho body. Hero is a subject
worthy the contemplation of the ctliouologist. flow
ooraositto puss that tho English typo-which I
presume has uot, in ovory caso, boon so affected by
the admixture ot others us to lose its own identity
phow oomes it to puss, I suy that tlio English tvpc
ih so strangely ultcrod in a few generations? I li'ino
hoard various hypothoses: amongst others, 'ho
?',‘ bo P°oplo—-tho dry elimato. Tho t ~eet
ot tne latter on a European constitution would
have appeared to mo sufficient to account for tho
singular conformation, if I had uot boon persuaded
by natives of the oountry, that the small 1 waist is
mainly owing to tight lacing. This praotioe, it is
said,is persevered into an alarming extent • and if
ro ;; i °f t b ?.* r “ e >. it ’» 10 ho sewed that theVffcot
will bo felt by future generations to a greater de
gree than they are at present .-Dublin UnUertiu
Magazine. *
Paupers at Auction.—Wo mentioned a few days
since, the oustoin of receiving bids for keeping the
Sublio paupers which prevailed in some parts of
ow Jersey. Wo wore not thou awuro that in
some parts of New England— that land of schools
and I untans—the same custom prevailed. In
K. Island and Vermont, the poor of somo towns
may annually be seen at tho “auction block,” to
be struck off to the lowest bidder, who thinks he
can getsomo little compensating work out of them,
or feed them on tho refuso of his table, and many
time on that which he never thought fit to bo
brought into his house. It is not a year since
some of tho papers of Uhodo Island and Vermont
called attention to somo outrageous abuses in this
Mint ter. Would it not bo woll fur some of our
Now. hnplanri orutorw to tuko tticasurcN for pro
venting the solo at auction, of boiiic of tho mothers
i>Jt° W k n l? ,an< U —Philadelphia ( Va.) lUguter, <ilh
That storling paper, the Now Orleans EulUtin,
copies the above paragraph, and adds:
The foregoing is from a paper of tondoncies
any thing but favorable to the South or to the in
stitution of slavery. Whether tie statements
made are truo or not, we aro unublo to say, not hav
ing the laws of the Stutes alluded to before us.
Coming, however, as they do, from a guasi, if not
nu absolute froesoil organ, wo do not feel it inoum
bent upon ourselves to question their absolute
truthfulness. Therefore, wo would cull the atten
tion of Greoly, Seward, Garrison, Dix, (Rub-
Trousurer of Now York,) McClelland, (Cabinet
Minister,) Peaslee, (Collector of Boston,) and fonr
fltths of tho officeholders of tho North appointed
by Gon. Pierce, (freeaoilers all) to this horriblo
condition of things, as mado known to the world
through one of their own organs.
Wo have no negro paupers among us. Stringent
laws prevent such a oontmgohcy; and when a slnvo
beoomos old and helpless, those samo laws compel
his mastor to provide for him woll and comfortably,
in his old age. Those laws aro m vor broken. At
least, no instanoo has ever come to light.
However, it is all right, wo suppose, to sell free
white paupers in Vermont and Rhode Island, but
it is an awful thing to sell negro sluves in the
South, under legal provisions that prevent them
from suffering, or from boooming a charge to the.
community.
Thaokkrat and America.— A letter dated Lon
don, Juno Bd, written by an Englishman, says:
“ Mr. Thackeray seems much tho better for his
Westorn trip, and says he has realized £5,000 by
his leoturcß. Having been so very favorably re
ceived ha means to return, and I trust ho will
always continue grateful to tho country thut has
shown him so much ooufldonce and kindness, as
somo of his oountryraon have boon formerly so
ungrateful, that I used to say that you shalfiako
bail from English travellers not to u«o pen und
ink while in Amorica. Now, howovor, tho c un
trios understand oaoh other hotter, and do each
other more justioe.
"Thaokcray says that Amorioa will bo equal in
all things to Great Britain in 10 years, nnd surpass
us in 20 years; bet we must keep on all our
stcamors to rotnain ahead as long as wo cun, for
your authors, sculptors, actors and divines, uro
already snatching tho palm of victory from ns,
and oven your yaohts aro outrunning us in our
own seas."
The Debts and the Property ok TnK United
States.— Tho Cincinnati Railroad Record recently
gave an artiole in relation to tho indebtedness of
tho United Statos. Tho aggregate was neuriy
$1,700,000,000. But this included not only tho
National and State debts, but the debts ot corpora
tions and individuals. A later number of tho Re
cord contains an estimate of the value of tho pro
perty of the United States, from which wo oopy tho
following figures:—
Assessed value. $0,010,000,000
60 per oent. added, 8,606,000,000
$0,616,000,000
Increase from 1849 to 1858, undor .
the increased currency, 40 per
oent, 8,846,400,000
Valuo of tho property In the Na
tion in 1864, $13,462,400,000
The writer contends further, that the ou rrency of
the country amounts to $800,000,000; the debt to
$1,700,000; nnd tho property to $18,000,000,000.
llis conclusions are as follows:
Ist. That there U convertible proporty enough in
action to pay off tho entire debt of the country, (if
such thing is supposablo whioh never happens,)
without making sacrifices, or materially disturbing
oommerco.
2nd. That the actual currency of tho country is
sufficient for this purpose, and that tho amount of
currency is rapidly Increasing.
Bd. That in suoh a condition of things no gen
eral bankruptcy can happon; but that it is quite
possible, in oaso of pressuro, there may bo many
cases of individual failure, and also that some rail
way undertakings hastily and imprudently under
taken may fail.
4th. Thut prices will bo maintained, and the
capital of the country continuo rapidly to accumu
late, as its vast undertakings, its increasing popula
tion, and its rioh harvests continue to go on.
Tie Fbhxiuis.—Tho Boston Transoi ipt roitorutes,
from personal knowledge, a statomont whioh has,
before been made, that some of our fishing v< seels
will this season go out armed and prepared to de
fend the rights secured to them by tho fishery
convention. Thero can bo no doubt that many
of the American fishermen were last year odered
off and their voyages broken up, or their vossels
eapturod when they were not within three miles
of the shore. This has aroused n deep feeling of
indignation among tho parties interested, and un
less Government takes immediate moasuros to
piotect tho fisheries and to pieserve the peace,
serious collisions may result. Wo do not learn
that any thing has os yet boon dono to secure the
rights which indisputably belong to our fishermen,
or to restrain them from infringing upon thorights
reserved by Great Britain.
“Forgot hbr other Name.’’— “Tom, who did
you say our friend B. married ?” “Well, ho mar
riod forty thousand dollars— l forgot her other
name."
An old preaohor onco took for his toxt “Adam
where art thou I” and divided his subj co t
three parts:
Ist. All men are somewhere.
2d. Somo men are where they ought not to bo.
Bd. Unless they take caro they will soon find
themselves where they would rather not be.
A sprig of the law, expecting eoon the appoint
ment of Judge, was questioned as to bis qualifica
tions, ano the penalty he should attach to tho
crime of arson, he replied with profound gravity:
“ Arson, arson ! I would mako tho fellow pay a
hundred dollars and marry the girl.”
Sister Bwisnho!tn says that “ a man in regimen
tals always makes her feel os if somebody had lost
a monkey.”
The man of thirty who withstood tho sly glances
of a beautiful rich young widow, without flinching,
offers himself up as a target at fifty paces.
“My Brodors,” said a waggish colored man to
crowd: “in all infliction, in all ob yonr trubblcs dar
is one place whar you con always find sympathy I”
“Wbar! whar I” shouted several. “In do dictiona
ry,” replied Sambo, and rolled his oyes skyward.
Epitaph in Denmoro Churchyard Ireland :
“Here lies tho remains of John Hall, grocer. Th#
world is not worth a fig, and I have good rauint
forsaying so.”
“Tho candles you sold mo last were very bad,”
said Suett, to a tallow-chandler. “Indeed sir,
lam sorry for that.” “Yes Bir„do you know they
burnt to the middle, and would then burn no
longer." “You surprise me ; what air, did they
go out I” “No sir, no; they burnt shorter."
Legal Definition —“An attachment,” says
Lord Coke, “is a compulsory process to bring a
man to court.” After rending this fact, as we did
in an old law book which fell under our notice the
other day, wo were struok with the rnoroiful char
acter of the law in confining this arbitrary power
to the discretion of the wiso and discreet judgos,
instead of loaving it free for the use of impatient
widows and desperate spinsters. Wouldn’t the
bachelors have a pretty time of it, if they were
subjects to auch “ attachments” as these—“ com
pelled tooourt," and then compelled to marry, or
punished for courting by a breach of promise suit.
Steam fob the Sandwich Islands.— A now
steamer, recently built in Philadelphia, called the
Peytona, is now lying at one of onr piers where
her rigging is being adjusted; upon the comple
tion of which she will sail for Sun Fruncisco, for
the purpose of running from there to Honolulu.
The keel of another boat has just been laid in
Philadelphia, and is intended to follow her. The
Peytona is six hundred and fifty tons burthen,
owned by Mr. Williams, of Philadelphia, and goes
out under command of Captain Nash. She will go
aronnd under canvass, and will probable reaoh
San Francisco in about one hundred days.— Aim
York Herald.
Col. A. E. Mill*, at the reoent meeting of the Di
rectors of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad at
Memphis, was re-elected Pre ider.t of the mod
without opposition. Col. M. makes a most excel
lent officer and gives very general satisfaction to
tho Stock holders'. His devotion to the roud is un
tiring, and his labors unremitting and onerous—
Ilunteville Advocate.
■ When the late Major Gen. Rilev went to Mexico,
he was only a colouol; but burned for a chance to
distinguish himeeif, that he might obtain higher
honors. He is said to have used the exprcMiom
« Major General Riley or death.” Ho got both; tha
title os a reward for his brilliant achievements
and ’death in conaequence of his haidasip and ex*
petal*