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stationed at different points around the scene,
here and there sending a jet of water, half
listlessly, against some refractory pile which
threatened to burst out anew. Numerous
policemen, with the glittering star of office
conspicuously worn, were posted at intervals
along the outline of the fire, and were forcing
back, now and then, the gazing bystanders,
as they pressed forward with impatient curi
osity. Among these stood Giles. But those
who had seen him the evening before, would
not have recognized him now. Ilis face was
haggard with mental suffering. The fatal
blow which had shattered his fortunes, had
fallen also upon the most vulnerable point of
his affections. If he had a god, it was mo
ney ; if lie had a besetting sin, it was avarice.
Yet, in a few brief hours, he had been de
spoiled of his god, and his voracious appetite
for gold had been deprived of its aliment.
His restless and unhappy eyes wandered over
the spot where smouldered the wreck of his
property ; while silent tears—tears which ut
tered the intensity of his feelings —rolled un
regarded down his cheeks. It was the strong
man yielding to his agony. 1 enable indeed
must have been that suffering which could
wring from one like him, such tributes to its
influence! Alas for his golden dreams! they
were disappointed forever. Ihe world, tor
him, was now a desert, without an oasis.
But it is unnecessary to dwell turther.
Time moved on with his accustomed chan
ges. The fire ceased to occupy public at
tention. Debt swept away all the remaining
property of Giles. On the site which had
marked his store, a stately edifice, through
the enterprise of the new owners, soon rose,
Phceuix-like, from the ashes of the first.—
Meanwhile, a burning fever, the consequence
of his intense excitement, ravaged his sys
tem. Slowly he stole back into health, but
when he was once more able to leave his
Led, intellect was dethroned. He reasoned,
he planned, he executed, no more. Ilis
whole nature seemed to be changed. lie
had been fierce and vindictive; he was now
mild and gentle. With feeble and tottering
gait, he haunted the scenes of his former tri
umphs. Fed and clothed by charity, he dai
ly wandered from place to place he had own
ed. gazing mournfully upon them, and mutter
ing to himself, while the unbidden tear rolled
(silently and piteously down bis emaciated
•cheeks, “a poor old man—a very, very poor old
man.” Occasionally, some passer-by would
be induced by his strange conduit, to make
inquiries about him, and to place within his
willing hands a piece of coin. At such times,
his whole manner would undergo an instant
•change. He would clutch the money con
vulsively, and give utterance to a low chuckle
as he concealed it about his person, while a
look of coarse delight would spring to his fea
tures—a cunning, avaricious joy, disagreea
ble beyond description. Then muttering, “a
poor old man—a very, very poor old man,”
be would extend his palm covetously for more.
Once in awhile, ho would have an almost lu
cid interval. Whenever this was the case, he
would frequently raise his hand confusedly to
his forehead, as if to assist in recalling some
forgotten circumstance, or he would glance
imploringly into the faces of all he met in his
walk, as if for some chance consolation. Thus
slowly dropped away the sands ot his life.
One evening, when winter was drawing
near its close, Mrs. Winsby was surprised by
bis unexpected appearance in her little shop.
He now looked more haggard than ever. His
eyes were fearfully sunken, his features unu
sually emaciated, and his whole frame shiv
ering with cold. She kindly brought him to
the fire, and set a chair tor him. He refused
to eat any thing, but in silence gazed into the
ruddy embers. He had not long occupied
this position, beforo she was startled from
her household affeiirs by a loud groan. 1 urn
jng suddenly, she beheld him staggering
towards the door. Ere he could reach it.
however, he fell heavily at full length upon
the floor. Her husband instantly hurried for
medical assistance, while she sought to re- j
-vivo him. When the physician arrived, the j
patient was removed to a bed, and various j
means employed for bis recovery, but none of ;
them seemed to produce any important ef
fect. He gradually lapsed into delirium, in
which condition ho continued, tossing his
arms wildly, and muttering to himself, until
towards morning, when it became evident he
was dying. A great and rapid change now
began to take place. His body grew cold in
difl’erent parts. His breathings were quick,
short and gasping. His head was thrown
back upon the pillow. A difficult uplifting of
the chest accompanied every respiration.
Ilis eyes wore that peculiar glassiness of ap
proaching dissolution. At length the fatal
moment arrived. There was a sudden quiv
ering of the whole frame; the mouth and
eyes closed convulsively with an expiring ef
fort; the lips dropped asunder ; the parting
breath escaped chokingly ; the distended
chest fell in like a broken arch, and the soul,
which had been the scene of so many strug
gles, and hopes, and sufferings, released from
its home on earth, was an inhabitant of that
eternity, of whose secrets we know nothing.
While the hand of benevolence laid him
within the grave, and erected upon it a fitting
memorial, no heart was flooded with grief for
his departure. Miss Malinda, who, in her
indignant exclamations to her companion so
| opportunely met, at the beginning of our
story, had called him “the old monster,” was
now a wife and a mother. On learning his
sad fate, she murmured some ejaculations of
pity, and, with moistened eyes, turned towards
the cradle where slept her first-born babe, she
prayed that the darling of her hopes might
never grow into sueh a man. The young
physician who befriended Mrs. Winsby in the
days of her sore trials, has siuce attained an
eminence in public estimation, which will
be forgotten. In his errands of
t he is still the same; and when, in the
of nature, he must pass through “the
vrfll’e* of the shadow of death.” his Joss
shall be felt at an hundred family hearth
stones ; his narrow resting-place shall be the
resort of many sympathetic hearts; and chil
dren shall be taught, by the parents he visit
ed in their afflictions, to lisp and to reverence
his name.
But while there are a few such noble in
stances, we have still to lament the world’s
great lack of benevolence. In a thousand
places on our globe, live the counterparts of
Giles. They are born into life in the midst
of poverty; at a tender age, they are left as
orphans; inhumanity thrusts them forth,
while children, to seek their fortunes; their
hearts are hardened by unkindness; their
judgments are perverted by unchecked evil
j influences; and thus, neglected, uneducated,
{ misanthropic, wickedly ambitious, they grow
into manhood, blights to society and curses
to themselves. Or perhaps they are rescued
from starvation, to be consigned to the house
of charity; thence, to be bound out, where
hope and mercy never come to them ; hound
—to he beaten, and to endure it uncomplain
ingly; hound—to cringe before a dictatori
al master and mistress; bound—to submit,
without a murmur, to the cruel taunt and the
unfeeling sneer; bound —to pillow the weary
head in the dark and desolate garret; bound
—to grow old in misery in the days of youth;
bound—to pine for love, for kindness, for
sympathy, for heart-communion; bound—to
drag out this unnatural bondage—this terri
ble martyrdom of childhood ; then bound—
to go forth upon the world’s wide theatre, ;
crushed in spirit, lost to ever y throb of benev
olent impulse, living in unhappiness and dy
ing in despair. \et all this might easily be
remedied. Touching gentleness might win
them ; mild persuasion might iead them ; and
early instruction might direct them—into the
path of rectitude. Thus won, thus led, thus i
directed, from youth to manhood, they would
become ornaments to their country, useful |
members of society, and a pride to their j
friends. Had a suitable maternal influence I
moulded the mind of Giles; opened within it j
the sealed fountains of sympathetic emotions;
kindled the flame of unpolluted ambition,
and educated him for his celestial home—he
might have been a blessing to his fellow-be
ings, instead of a curse. Upon our own
shoulders rests the Weight of such terrible
responsibilities. For every seed of evil thus
sown by mankind’s neglect, a field of moral
desolation must spring up into a full harvest
of wickedness, to be gathered and garnered,
sooner or later, into an hundred human
bosoms!
Getting Rid of Bores.—Wits ap
pear to have a happy faculty of getting rid
of bores. The old men of the sea that sit
so heavily upon the shoulders of the Sinbads
are cast adroitly into the mire by a dextrous
movement of these nimble gentry. Most
men of talent are now and then condemned
“for want of company to put up with trum
pery.”
George Selvvyn had tolerated a prosy old
gentleman in the country, that, in Dogberry’s
phrase, “would have been most tolerable and
not to be endured” in London. In London,
therefore, George hurried past him in the
street.
“Surely,” said the gentleman, stopping him,
“you remember me?”
“Yes,” replied Selwyn, breaking away,
“and when next we meet in the country, I
shall be happy to renew the acquaintance.”
Sheridan’s persecutor was an elderly twad
dler of the fair sex. He escaped her by main
taining that the weather was too bad to go
out, and when she caught him returning from
a walk, and accused him of inconsistency,
“It cleared up,” he said, “enough for one, but
not for two.”
The suspected feint of Smith, the author
of the “Rejected Addresses,” is more amus
ing than either. He was laid up with gout
at the house of a country ’squire. A friend
proposed a stroll in the garden.
“A stroll,” exclaimed Smith, “look at my
gouty shoe.”
“Ah,” replied his friend, “I wish I had
brought one myself, but our host is out of
the way now.”
“What difference does that make?” in
quired Smith.
“You don’t mean to say,” rejoined the
friend, “that you have really got the gout!
1 thought you had merely worn that shoe to
escape being shown the improvements.”
But nothing ever surpassed the ingenuity
of Lord Nor bury. He once, in Dublin, out
of formal civility, told an elderly couple that
they must pass some time with him at his
country seat, which was many miles distant.
He espied them one day coming down the
avenue in a chaise and pair, the roof loaded
with a mountain of luggage. He was at the
door to greet them—seized their hands, shook
them with Irish warmth, and exclaimed with |
rapture, “This is kind—this is kind, indeed! [
Now, I’ll take no denial—none whatever—you
shall stay and dine with me!”
When the Abbe Coyar intruded upon Vol
taire, with the intention of remaining some
weeks at the least, the great man endured
him till the following day. But the torture
of a story interminably long and intolerably
dull, induced him to cut short the narrative
and the visit by this interlocutory speech :
“Do you know the difference, Monsieur
l’Abbe, between Don Quixote and yourself?
Don Quixote mistook inns for castles, you
mistake private houses for inns.”
There are myriads of Monsieur l’Abbes
who have notyel learnt that “brevity is the soul
of wit,” and for their benefit we repeat a fa
vorite story of Franklin, which shows how
much verbiage may be pruned away by those
who study the art. A hatter setting up busi
ness consulted his friends on the inscription
for his shop:—“John Thompson, hatter,
makes and sells hats for ready money,” with
the sign of a hat. The first friend suggested
that “hatter” was superflhous—the second,
that it was better not to mention “ready
money,” for it was sometimes prudent to
give credit—and a third, that the purchaser
of a bat cared not a fragment of nap who
made it. The inscription was abridged in
obedience to these criticisms, and read “John
Thompson sells hats.” “Sells!” exclaimed a
fourth, “why, who would expect you to give
them away ?”
Upon which the last two words were ex
punged, and all that remained of the original
device was “John Thompson,” with the sign
of a bat.
It is said that some planters in Cuba have
contracted with an English house for the importa
tion of eight thousand Chinese laborers, who are
to receive four dollar? a month for eight J
Southern Btnixnd.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA :
FRIDAY MORNING,... JULY 23,1852.
Our Washington Correspondence.
Our Washington correspondent’s letters have
reached us. for the last three weeks, just one day af
ter we went to press. We hope he will, in future,
mail them in reference to our publication day.
“Thomas Giles & Cos.”
We finish to-day the publication of this beautiful
novelette. The incidents of the story are not exci
ting, but in touching pathos, and minute description,
it is equal to anything we have ever read, even in
the works of Dickens. The author is a Georgian,
and we predict for him an enviable fame in the
world of letters.
O* All letters on business of til’s Office must
be directed to T. Lomax & Cos. We hope our cor
respondents will bear this in mind, and cease to trou
ble- Mrs. llentz, either with subscriptions, commu
nications, or any other matter of the kind.
U” Wo have surrendered a goodly portion of
this and the preceding number of our journal to
“One of the Old Guard.” We are willing to hear
both sides—and hope our readers are far enough
above the petty jealousies of part}’ polities, to read
with patience the honest opinions of a Constitutional
Union Whig, upon the exciting political issues which
now distract the public mind. We dissent, of course,
from many of his positions, but have found bis com
munications instructive. We protest, however, against
their inordinate length.
Large Pears.
We have received from Chari.es A. Pearody,
Esq., a basket of very superior Pears, one of which
measured ten inches in circumference.
Wanted,
At the office of the Southern Sentinel, for pub
lication. all authentic letters, speeches, and conversa
tions of Franklin Pierce, which will tend to prove
bis unsoundness on the slavery question. We want
our readers to know “the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth,” about every man who
presents himself before the American People for their
suffrages—and will esteem it a great favor in friend
or foe, who will furnish us with any of the above
described documents. We have not been able to
lay our hands on any such, though we bear in street
conversations that some sueh are in circulation.
The “Break-up” ofthe Constitutional Union
Party.
Conventions are fatal to the Constitutional Union
party in Georgia. At the rally in the Spring, the
Democracy almost in a body deserted the standard,
and posted to the National Democratic Convention.
They left the old ship in time to save themselves
from the dangers of her total wreck—and were suf
fered to oreep into the Democratic ark out of sheet
pity, we suppose, for their utter helplessness. Tin
last Convention was still more calamitous—even old
sailors who had trod her moth-eaten dock from the
hour she was launched, became alarmed at her shat
tered condition, and every tnnn of them abandoned
her to her merited fate. May she sink so deep that
no fragment of her timbers may ever float upon the
waters again !
One portion of the deserters have run up the flag
of Pierce and King, and nominated another Elec
toral Ticket in their favor. What they expect to
accompli.-h by this brand new and original movement,
we are at some loss to comprehend. It will inevita
bly result in the defeat of their ticket, and decrease
the chances of carrying the State of Georgia for
the Democratic nominees. Wo do not covet the
position of the Electors of this Fragmentary Party.
With the Democratic Electors in front, the Scott
Electors on one side, and the Webster Electors on
the other side of them, in a long and lu-ated can
vass, they will inevitably become as snappish as curs
before the fight is ended. Like Ishmael, they will be
wild men ; their hands will be against every man,
and every man’s hand against them.
Another portion of the deserters have had the
bad taste to nominate Mr. Webster, after be bad
allowed bis name to go before the national Whig
Convention and had been fairly beaten by General
Scott. Daniel Webster! a man who has devo
ted h s life to build up the sectional interests of Mas
sachusetts at the expense of the South—a man who
has denied the right of the South to occupy one foot
of the National Territory acquired in great part by
her treasure and valor—a man who has doubted, if
not denied, the Constitutionality of slavery in the
new States—a man who is known throughout the
whole world, as the ablest and most unmitigated
Federalist that ever lived on the continent—and who
has, in every contest between the Federal Govern
ment and the States, upheld the former in all her
loftiest and most absurd and dangerous pretensions,
even to the Proclamation and Force Bill—and whose
only claim to Southern support rests upon his advo
cacy of the Compromise measures ! Measures by
which the nearest and dearest rights of the South
were sacrificed at the shrine of Northern Fanaticism.
Tite Lord pity the blindness of Southern politicians,
who can find anything to admire in Daniel Web
ster except his transcendent talents !
We confess that we looked with great interest and
some faint hope to the assembling of this Constitu
tional Union Convention ; but we acknowledge, in
deep humility, that we have been wholly disappointed.
The men who composed it were lamentably unequal
to the crisis. The emergency demanded bold and
decided action. They have given us instead, a ridicu
lous farce. One part of them give the South a
W ebster for a Scott. The other part of them have
set up candidates for Electors in favor of Pierce,
with the perfect certainty that every vote their ticket
is able to get will lessen Pierce’s chances for the
Presidency. What unmitigated tom-foolery !
The Constitutional Union Convention.
The Constitutional Union Convention, which met
in Milledgeville on Thursday 15th, adjourned on Fri
day night. Its action resulted in the nomination of
an electoral ticket for the support of Pierce and
King, composed of an equal number of Whigs and
Democrats. In the commencement of the session
a proposition was made to dissolve the Constitution
al Union party, which proposition was voted down.
The nomination of a third Presidential ticket was al
so proposed, but was disapproved by the majority.
A portion of the Whig delegates then withdrew,
when the Convention proceeded to the nomination
of the following electoral ticket for the support of
the nominees of the Baltimore National Democratic
Convention:
For the. State at large.
W. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham.
R. R. CUTLER, of Chatham.
For the Districts.
1-—Peter Cone. s.—Geo. S. Black.
2. W. H. Crawford. 6.— W. 11. Hull.
3. —A. H. Chappell. 7.— James Thomas.
4. —L. J. Glenn. B.—A. J. Miller.
The action of the Convention was not satisfactory
to the Whig minority, who held a supplemental meet
ing, at which they determined to hold another con
vention in Macon on the 17th of August, for the
nomination of a third Presidential ticket.
The seceders suggest the names of Daniel Web
ster, of Mass , and Charles J. Jenkins, of this State,
for President and Vice President. It remains to be
seen whether the Whigs of Georgia will adopt this
third ticket or rally to the support of the nominees
of the Whig National Convention,
Several of their leading men and presses have ex
pressed their disapproval of the nomination of Gene
ral Scott, and it is very certain that a large portion
of the party in this State would prefer Mr. Webster.
Kentucky and the Presidential Election.
Cassius M. Clay writes, “We will run in this
State the ticket nominated by the Pittsburg Con
vention.”
Henry Clay,
The great Patriot and Statesman, is dead. In
pursuance of the proceedings, at a large and re
spectabl.- meeting at the Temperance Hull, on the 7th
inst., tiie committee of arrangements have adopted
the following as the Order of Proceedings on Thurs
day the 29th inst:
A procession will be formed in the Court House
square at 9 o’clock, A. M , under the direction of
General Charles J. Williams, Marshal of the
day, which will move down Oglethorpe street
to Thomas street, thence to Broad street, up
Broad street to Bridge street, thence to Ogle
thorpe street, and down said street to the Tein
: perance liall. The meeting to be organized by pray
; er from the Rev. Chas. B. King, alter which the
Rev. Tims. F. Scott will deliver an Eulogy on the
life and character of Henry Clay, after which the
ceremonies of tiie day will be closed by prayer by
the Rev. Wm. M. Crumley.
The citizens ofthe county and State, and adjoining
States, are earnestly requested to unite with us in this
proper tribute of respect.
The following will be the order of procession :
Music.
Military Companies.
Fire Companies.
Free Masons.
I. O. O. F. Society.
S'-ns of Temperance.
Young Men’s Lyceum Society.
General Officers and Staff.
Members of Congress and distinguished strangers.
Mayor and City Council.
Reverend Clergy.
Speaker and Committee of Arrangements.
Citizens.
Minute guns will be fired from sun-rise until 9
o’clock, and the bells of the city will be tolled during
tiie moving of the procession.
The citizens are requested, by the Mayor and Coun
cil, to suspend business from 9 o’clock A. M. until 1
o’clock P. M.
E. J. HARDIN, and
A. J. ROBISON,
VVM. DANIEL, Committee
R. C. SHORTER, )■ of
JOHN QUIN, I Arrangements.
R. R. GOETCHIUS, |
E. G. DAWSON, J
Columbus. Ga , July 21, 1852.
Congressional.
Washington, July 14.
The U. S. Senate was engaged on Wednesday in
discussing the bill for granting lands to California
for educational purposes. Some general business
was disposed of.
In the House of Representatives the Committee
on the Judiciary reported the Senate bill relative to
the apportionment of Representatives.
The Committee oil Printing reported a joint reso
lution to elect a Printer and fix the prices of work.
The Deficiency Bill was then taken up, and with
the amendment granting aid to the Collins line of
steamships, finally passed. The Bill goes back to
the Senate with the addition only of some unimpor
tant amendments to the Senate amendments respec
ting custom houses.
A lull authorizing the President of the United
States to call into service live hundred Texan Ran
gers for the protection of the Rio Grande frontier,
lias been reported from the Committee on Military
Affairs in tiie Senate, with a report earnestly press
ing the passage es the bill.
Wasiungtcn, July 15.
The U. S. Senate on Thursday took up tiie joint
resolution providing for the adjournment of Congress
on tiie 16th of August. Tiie Hon Robert M. T.
Hunter, of Virginia, moved as an amendment that
the adjournment should take place on the 30th of
August, which was lost. The consideration of the
original resolution was then postponed for a week.
The Hon. David Meriwether, who has been ap
pointed by tiie Governor of Kentucky to fill the seat
of Mr. Clay until September next, appeared and
took his seat.
The House of Representatives took up the bill for
the appointment, of a Printer to Congress, and after
considerable discussion, postponed the further con
sideration of it until tiie following day.
The Appropriation bill was then considered, and
tiie House adjourned.
A subscription of SIO,OOO lias been raised in New
York for the relief of the sufferers by the great fire
in Montreal.
Congress. —The House of Representatives, on
Friday, rejected the bill granting land to Florida
and Alabama for the purpose of constructing a Rail
Road from Montgomery to Pensacola.
The Senate’s amendment to the Deficiency Bill,
appropriating fifty thousand dollars for payment of
constructive mileage, was rejected on Saturday.
The Bill introduced in the House by Mr. Mace,
of Indiana, to admit railroad iron duty free, was
laid on the table by a vote of yeas 68, nays 69.
The steamship Washington sailed from New-
York for Bremen on Saturday, with sixty-four pas
sengers and ten thousand dollars in specie.
Reciprocity with .Spain.
Baltimore, July 16.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury has issued
circulars to the Collectors of Customs, to admit to
the ports of the United State®, Spanish vessels upon
the same terms, as regards tonnage, as American
vessels. These circulars were issued in consequence
of a Royal Decree of the Government of Spain, da
ted January 3, 1852, putting American vessels en
tering the ports of Spain on the same footing with
Spanish vessels. This is done in a national spirit of
reciprocity.
From California.
Arrival of the Steamship Illinois.
Charleston, July 16.
The steamship Illinois arrived at New York to
day, with San Francisco mails to the 18th June.—
She brings three hundred passengers, and one mil
lion six hundred thousand dollars in gold on freight,
and five hundred thousand in the hands of passen
gers.
When the Illinois sailed a large number of pas
sengers were at San Juan waiting for the steamer
Pioneer to take them to California.
The Panama Railroad has been completed to the
crossings at Gorgona. The river was rising.
Business at San Francisco was moderate. Inter
nal trade prosperous and settled. Stock gold litnite
ed. Clothing scarce. Flour and provisions scare
and advancing. Money easy. Exchange unaltered.
News from the mines was satisfactory—miners
prosperous.
Reports from Gila state that Col. Craigh, U. S.
boundary Commissioner, has been murdered, and
that a bloody rencounter had taken place in the Court
of Sacramento between Judge Wilson, John
McKinne and Henry Caulfield. Wilson stabbed
McKinne, and Caulfield shot Judge Wilson and Mr.
McDonald, who will die—the others, it is thought,
will recover.
Nathan 11. Crist has been found guilty of
murder in the first degree, in Mobile, for having
willfully and maliciously killed Theodore Nye, at
the Eutaw House, on the night of the 25th of Feb
ruary last. The jury attached the penalty of death
Washington Correspondence of the Sentinel.
Washington, July 10, 1552.
Georgia now is the pivot on which politics turn.
Nobody believes that the State will go for Scott,
since Toombs and Stephens have pronounced openly
against him, and Dawson has backed water. Your
Mr. Johnson also, writing himself down a Whig,
and repudiating Scott in the seceders’ protest, proves
that Georgia cannot be had. But it is thought that
Toombs is after some artful dodge to split the Demo
cratic ranks and retain the control of the State for
self and friends. Whether Mr. Cobb will back him
and his plans or not, you best know. But the Gov
ernor lias been on here again, “negotiating,” in the
last week, and his reputation as an intriguer is well
established here. Everybody suspected him of be
ing after something. What, nobody pretended to
know, and those that tried the pumping process, went
away none the wiser. Your Governor understands
the secret of keeping his own counsel. The session
of your Convention is looked to with much interest,
for on its action much depends, If an effort, and a
successful one, to harmonize and reunite the Union
organization be made, then the result of the eanva-s
in four of the Southern States, at least, will be doubt
ful. For it now looks probable that the Northern
union men would like to coalesce with such a party,
in supporting an independent candidate advocated by
Mr. Toombs, and by Mr. Stephens in his recent
letter; for by this means, they could succeed in
throwing the Presidential election into the House ;
and probably by no other. Why they would be
willing to do this is perfectly obvious. They a e
outsiders at home, and still would be, were the reg
ular nominations to prevail. They therefore prefer
taking the chances. Why Mr. Toombs and his
friends would join in such a cause must be equally
obvious to you. They are also outsiders as to the
National parties. They want anew organization.
Their obi one has served a temporary purpose, but
is now functus officio. Hence this Convention to
save the pieces, if possible. It does not look now
as though the Cobb wing would go in. Yet oven
without it, that party is not to be-despised, under
such leaders, and in the present state of torpid feel
ing at the South, with mutual jealousies subsisting
between the two wings of the Democratic party at
home. There is to men wearied with the old par
ties, a charm in anew organization, and anew name,
especially when its objects seem to s tar beyond mere
party purposes, and assume the shape of patriotism.
Even taking up the Democratic nominee, and un
furling the oritlamme of an independent party with a
new Electoral ticket, the Toombs men might carry
the game. - They might succeed in throwing the
election into the Legislature, and there the Union
party control a majority, and would have things their
own way. This consummation would be more pro
bable, if, as is supposed, a separate Scott ticket is
also run by your acquiescing Whigs.
A political cocked hat is the hardest kind of bow
ling to bet upon. Each of the/angles of that trian
gle is equal to the ot er. Therefore, whether an
independent candidate or an independent ticket bo
run by these gentlemen, the move/will be equally
strong. It is the only play left /to these aspiring
leaders, unless the party would take
them in and promote them. They never can con
sent to go to the foot of the class and spell up.
Every man in Georgia knows that. Toombs’ speech
lias been a perfect bombshell in the camp, but it has
bad a double effect: while it fixed the Whig seced
ers against Scott, it helps him in the North.
Gentry now refuses to frank his own speeches,
thousands of which have been republished at the
North f>r circulation there, and the same disposi
tion has been made of To imbs’ speech. For those
two are the strongest Southern protests aga-nst
Scott’s soundness on the slave question, and just
reverse his position with the North. Thousands of
votes will thus be reettred for him, which otherwise
would have been lost. While Toombs was blazing
away, one of the free soil supporters of Scott slapped
his hand on his thigh and exultingly exclaimed,
“This gi'cs him Ohio ” And probably it will. So
very “national” are we becoming ! For what kills a
man at tile South, revives him at the North. Since
Toombs’ speech, we have been wading along through
the fiats, day after day. Speaker after speaker has
been driving dismally over the Collins Line appro
priation, which it is thought will pass. If indefatiga
ble log-rolling and colloquing could do the business,
then Collins will carry bis point, for he spares neith
er trouble nor expense to do it. His agents swarm
about the lobbies and hotels, and it is reported that
ho is ready and willing to pay liberally for votes in
anticipation of bis profits. Your Georgia men all
stick out against ltis project. Some of the Southern
men have gone over to him, seduced by the specious
idea of thus fostering a steam Marine to supersede
the regular Naval service, which they abuse roundly.
Collins understands his business, and so do Irs
agents, which is much more than can be said with
truth, of the members of the House generally. As
this is one of the features us the Deficiency bill, that
interesting document is retarded in its passage, and
the Government and its employees kept out at the
elbows accordingly. It is now rather an apptopria
tion than a Deficiency bill, for the regular fiscal year
terminated on the 29th June. It is a bad thing for
Uncle Sam’s Department to have r.o shot in the
locker, and the grumbling and grunting is very
great. Mr. Collins and his claims, however, are
more important than the want of the good faith of
the Government to its officials and employees. Its
promises to pay are now being hawked about the
streets of Washington, and shaved at five per cent,
per month interest., by disinterested accommodation
men. This is rather a serious reduction, and a vil
lainous imposition on inen who cannot afford it. The
members, however, get their per diem, without such
drawbacks, and drone away contentedly.
The House is doing next to nothing. The Sen
ate absolutely nothing. That is the difference be
tween the two Houses. To go into either, a stran
ger would suppose them to be wonderfully busy ;
but look at the record, and what a beggarly account
of business it gives, and yet for seven months both
bodies have been in session.
As regards Presidential prospects, things look
hazy. Thus far no enthusiasm or excitement has
been manifested on either side. The abolitionists
show more spirit than any others, except Webster’s
frieuds, who elevate their tails and snort. His re
ception in Boston was an ovation, and he was much
.affected. The old man feels that his day is past, that
“reluctant lags the veteran on the6tage.” It is hard
to give up the hopes of a life, and his speech betrays
the bitterness of his disappointment. Ilis allusion
to his want of military services cannot be mistaken.
There is the arrow that pierced the old statesman’s
side. To be postponed for a child of the camp, and
for his last great rival to live long enough to witness
it ! Well, said the dying Douglass, “Earl Percy sees
my fall.” These were the bitterest pangs that wrung
that stern soul. The feeling inspired now by W eb
ster is anew one. What it may lead to, no one
knows. For the usual impression in regard to the
relative character of West and South is erroneous.
Recent events have proved that the Northern are a
far more excitable and impulsive people than the
Southern, and less easily held in party harm ss.
Webster has touched the true chord at last. Had
he found it earlier, the great aim of his life might
have been accomplished. Now, it is almost, if not
quite, too late for him to profit by it.
Letters received here from the South, represent
everything as torpid there. The sullenness of apa
thy, if not of despair, seems to brood over those who
have so recently returned from a stern struggle,
waged against those at home a* well as abroad.
The attempt to galvanize the torpid body into a
state of energetic action Vrill be attempted, so soon as
the Congress shall adjourn, and constituents call
their members to account.
The printing quarrel has been again renewed,
and Mr. Forsyth of your place is again implicated in
it, By reference to the Southern Press, you will
see that the Editors of that paper have defined
their position. They have agreed to disagree, but
for the present Mr. Fisher’s policy of “masterly in
activity” prevails. Mr. DeLeon is for supporting the
Democratic nominee, under the circumstances. Ne
gotiations are pending for Mr. Fisher to le ire, t o
party concurring with Mr. D. On this subject,
more ANON.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Masonic Celebration.
Qbincy, Fi.a., June 27, ISJ2.
Col. Lomax :
I know not whether the ancient and honorable
brotherhood of Masons celebrated the birthday of
their tutelary Saint, or not, in your city, but here
it was commemorated in a manner so interesting, we
venture to send you a brief description, in the con
fidence that it may give a moment's pleasure to some
of your readers.
The day was clear, blue and serene, and its sul
triness tempered by a refreshing breeze. The Ma
sons, adorned with the brilliant paraphernalia of their
order, marched in procession to the Presbyterian
church, where an address was delivered to them, by
t!ie Rev. Mr. Hendee, our presiding pastor. Th--
Oration was admired for its chasteness and simplici
ty, and for its plain and beautiful exposition of the
principles of Masonry. The inspiration of music
was not wanting, as those, who listened to the invo
cation to the “mysterious, glorious science” of Ma
sonry, can well attest.
We should have mentioned that, the previous
evening, an interesting ceremony took place in the
same church. A banner was presented to the Knight
Templars, by a young lady, who acquitted herself
with self possession and grace, in a task where even
failure would be no disgrace. The gallant Knight
who received this badge of their order, responded
with a fire and enthusiasm seldom felt or expressed,
in these dege-nerate days. The reply was worthy of
the chivalrous institution of which lie stood the rep
resentative.
During the terrible storm of last August, the Ma
sonic Lodge was blown down, and the fraternity
wishing to erect anew one, the ladies and gentle
m nos the place resolved to assist them in the en
terprise, by giving a Concert and Festival on the
evening ot the celebration, the proceeds of which
should be devoted to the erection of an edifice, con
secrated to the genius of Masonry. There are mu
sical taste and talent enough in this small, but beauti
ful town, ft*, adorn a great city. If diluted , it would
fill a much larger, grander space. It is no won
der that Quincy is noted for the refinement of its Soci
j ety, when the most exquisite refiner of the heart and
! soul is so highly cultivated. The sweet notes of the
j Violin, the delicious w-irblings of the Flute, the in
spiring strains of the Piano, formed the richest har
mony, to which vocal melody added the crowning
charm. The sweet voice of woman, and the deeper,
stronger one of man, mingled and alternated, deriv
ing a greater charm from the effect of contrast.
\Y e do not recollect any Concerts which gave us
moie pleasure than this, except those where the
Swedish Nightingale lifted her matchless voice,
while listening angels leaned from Heaven to hear.
Immediately after the conclusion of the Concert,
the audience repaired to the Court House, in which
ja Festival was held, where Flora might have presid
ed as the goddess of the scene, so beautiful were the
flowery decorations which adorned the Hall. The
coup and ceil was enchanting. So many given arbors,
twined with garlands, where ice creams, cake and
various luxuries were served up by the band of beau
ty and taste, might well tempt the delighted eye. On
one side was a beaulilul arching bower, festooned
with vines, redolent with fragrance ; on the other a
pavilion, where the glorious national colors, red,
white and blue, formed a rainbow tent, contrasting
well with the floral ornaments of the scene. In the
centre was a post office, wearing the rural livery
of the hall; on the right the Fate lady performed her
mystic rites.
It is not strange, in a town abounding, in pastoral
beauty, that taste should likewise abound, but the
industry, which in so short a time could convert a
cold hall of justice into a bright, floral palace, is even
more to be admired, than the taste which prompted
it. Two days after, the garlands were withered and
thrown aside, and the voice of the politician resound
ed where mirth and festivity had so lately reigned.
Celebrations, and anniversaries, and Concerts and
Festivals are pleasant things. Union of purpose is
pleasant, and anything which calls it into exercise
has a happy influence on society.
If the time should ever arrive, when the birth
day of Washington and the anniversary of our In
dependence sh. uld be neglected and uncommemora
ted, we may then know that an boar is approaching,
when we shall be called to celebrate the obsequies of
patriotism, for the feelings inspired by these grand
and solemn festivals are the life-blood of its veins.
No matter if the themes have Called forth the elo
quence of a thousand orators. Tlu-y need no labor
ed eulogy. When patriots meet in gathering
bands, from one end of the broad Union to the oth
er, to celebrate a common cause, there is eloquence
enough in the act to awaken national enthusiasm.
The simple remark ot Webster, when he made
his great speech, on the completion of the Bunk r
Hill monument, as pointing to the lofty obelisk, he
excl limed—“there stands the orator of the day”— I
contained volumes of eloquence. Had lie not ut- J
tered another sentence, he might have made him
self immortal. Great ideas, clothed in few words,
make an impression that never o.m be effaced.
We have no doubt that the approaching gala-day
of freedom will be celebrated with due reverence
and eloquence. We may be permitted to give you
another description, if you are not weary of this.
*C. L. 11.
Baptist Female College in Randolph.
Cuthbert, Ga., July 13, 18.32.
Messrs. Editors: The following remarks in re
! lation to the Baptist Female College in this place,
I its condition and advantages, are induced by no sel
; fish promptings, no feeling of pecuniary interest—for
I am not at all connected with the institution, have
■ no daughters to educate, no property in the vicinity
ito sell, and am not a merchant. But the encourag
ing beginning, the present circumstances and flatter*
ing prospects of the college, lead me to give this
humble tribute, and herald its praise. The imrin di
ate occasion of the letter is the gratifying evidence
of progress made to the citizens of Cuthbert and
visitors at a Concert given by the faculty and pupils,
at the close of the first term of the scholastic year,
it being also the first term of its existence. To have
held a public and formal examination in all the stu
dies taught in the college, so soon after its founda
tion, was not expected—indeed, was impracticable.
Laboring under the disadvantages incidental to an in
stitution just struggling into life, no faculty could
have prepared to make one of those general and
credible exhibitions of scholarship always preceding
the commencements in older and better established
schools. But the idea of breaking up for a summer
vacation without some excitement, some manifesta
tion of regard for patrons and people, was not to be
tolerated by teachers or pupils ; so, some two or three
weeks before the close of the term, preparations
were begun for a Concert on the last night. And
let me here remark, that most of the girls were but
beginners in the musical art, and had also to carry
on their other branches of study during the prepa
ration. This seemed to make no difference; for
the display of talent and training manifested by eve
ry one of them, from the almost prattling child to
the blushing maiden, would have impressed an acci
dental and unacquainted visitor with the idea that
be was listening to the efforts of maturer years and
longer practice. But to particularize : On last Thurs
day 7 night, the citizens turned out en masse, and as
sembled in the Presbyterian church to enjoy the ex- j
peettd treat of vocal and instrumental music from
the eighty or hundred girls in the college. Enter
ing the door, the spectator was dazzled by the array
of beauty which literally covered the stage prepared
for the occasion, and the novelty of the thing in our
town was tar from being the chief cause of interest
to a delighted audience.
The Concert was opened by a song from the en
tire school, accompanied with music on the Seraphine,
by Mrs Clarke, one of the faculty. T. me, a very
susceptible creature, the effect of so many tuneful
vo ces swelling in unison and harmony, joined with
the full toned melody of an instrument which grow,
eloquent from the magic touch playing o'er its keys,
was animating in the extreme, and the round of ap
plause greeting this first performance fully testified
the approbation of the whole assembly, whilst it must
have been indeed gratifying to the fair instructress.
Succeeding this was a series of songs, varied by
pieces on the pianos, tasteful in their selection and
splendid in their execution. It were unfair, nay,
difficult, to specify or instance in such a number ; all
happy in their assignment and performance, who
could tell whether the small girl, tripping up to th
piano like a little lairy, and scarce high enough to
touch the keys, yet playing through a piece of mu
sic without a fault or blunder, or the stately maiden,,
approaching with ease and grace, and causing it to
ring out strains of heavenly music, charmed the more T
It may seem extravagant. I speak but what I felt.
The Concert was closed with a magnificent and
affecting song called “The Ship on Fire.” ’Twas
new to me, as to most of us. but in the progress of
the song the hearer felt all that terror and conster
nation which the cry of fire must raise on board a
vessel far out on the “dark blue sea.” Scarce* less
I soul-stirring were the words, “A sail! a sail!
! thank God! we are saved.” So the evening passed
| away • the audience dispersed, interested, delighted
| charmed. Music truly hath power to soothe the
savage breast. No one can withdraw himself from
the busy scenes of life to listen for a few hours to
such innocent and elegant entertainment, without
being improved and made a better man. For a time,
all hate and malice and envy and ambition and ava
rice are laid aside, a feeling of charity and love
steals over the soul, and the confession is made, that
the world is not always a hell. The cold, calcula
ting. grasping and groping miser, may remain “un
moved by a concord of sweet sounds but lie is “tit
only for treasons, stratagems and spoils“let n<
such man be trusted.” Music is said to be the voice,
the language, the life of Heaven ; ill n let not man
despise what seraphs love s > well. The progress in
this study shown by the pupils of our college, is sat
isfactory evidence that others have not been neglected.
It is unnecessary to speak of the advantages of
this school, and its claims upon the community for
patronage and support, to any who have ever visited
the place But that others may be induced to lend
a helping hand, I give a short notice. It is recom
mended by being in a healthful locality. Cutli 1 ert
is noted for its freedom from any cause of sickness,
and consequently from sickness itself. As toils
beauty of situation, it is unrivalled in this part of the
State. At the head of the institution stands a mail
j of talent, dignity, character and moral weight, un
like those humbugging principals, rearing ephemeral
high schools by their loud puffing and incessant
drumming. President Holmes relies on the firmer
foundation of merit to build and make permanent a
college, adapted, designed and destined to do good.
Associated with him are a faculty, equally calculated
to instruct in their several departments In process
of erection is a sp'endid college edifice, which wi 1
be an ornament and an honor to the town. All
these things give earnest of a prosperous career.
Fair is the bud her vernal morn puts forth,
And fostering gales have yet the nursling fanned
Collected here, are girls from all parts of this
country. In them, centre the hopes and affections of
pan n's and friends. Acting as so many moral and
si citil and intellectual con luits to ramify the body,
commune they must, and will attract wealth and re
finement and good society. Surely the citizens of
Cuthbert ought to feel a lively interest in the pros
perity of the rising school. I cannot close this com
munication without paying a tribute to the worth of
the man who first set on foot the undertaking, ami
almost by individual effort lias raised into being this
common blessing. Virtue is its own reward ; so good
deeds are repaid by a happy consciousness of having
done them. Long may the Baptist Female College
of Southwestern Georgia, stand as a monument of
the noble and praiseworthy exertions of Thomas
Muse. A CITIZEN.
THE THIRD PARTY PROPOSITION.
To the Editors of the Southern Sentinel —
Gentleman: In my c mmunic-ation of last week,
I presented, and alluded to, the first part of Mr. Ste
phens’ letter, in which he gives Ins objetcions to
Gen. Scott. And I think I successfully showed that
Gen. Pierce, being entirely opposite to Gen. Scott, iu
h’s course upon the slavery agitation and the Com
promise measures, since their passage, be was fully
entitled to the support of all true Union men of
Georgia, and that he ought to be, above all others,
the candidate of the Union party of Geor is. I
will now call attention to the latter part of Mr. Ste
phens’ letter, ft is as follows :
What then is to be done ? perhaps you may be ready to
a-k. In reply to such a question at this time, 1 have only
’ to say, that my present object is not so much to give a:i
Opinion touching what should be done, as to point out
what should not bo done. Our Convention is soon
to assemble; the whole subject will be before them.
And 1 can but believe that their wisdom and patriotism
will dictate such course as will be consistent with the
rights, honor and dignity of the State. Geor
gm, by her firmness and integrity of purpose, has al
ready gained a distinction never before attained by any
Ft ite of the Union. She has compelled both the two
“great parties,” as they are called, to incorporate into
their creeds the principles upon which she planted her
self in the memorable conte tof 1850. Whether this
has been done from policy or from choice, it is imma
terial now to enquire. But the duty which that State
owes to herself and country, in mv judgment, does not
end here. It is important that what nas been acknowl
edged in theory, (whether from policy or choice,) shah
he performed in practice. Our mission will be but half
fulfilled until that is done. This is the great end and
object to which the Convention should look. And its
action should be governed by p.o motive but a desire to
pur-ue the surest way and to adopt the be t means o
accomplishing that purpose. How can the successful
maintenance of our principles be best secured ? Ought
we, with this object in view, to support either of the pres
ent nominees, or should we run an independent ticket *
These are the practical questions.
Besides what I have said already, there are other con
siderations which present themselves, beiore deciding
the first of these questions. Botn the parties at Balti
more, it is conceded, Imve, by majorities in each, en
dorsed our principles; but both ot them permitted the
association, affiliation and fellowship of Freesoiiers m
their councils—the Freesoiiers, it is true, were in a min
ority m both, but thev were a minority ot considerable
strength • and whether either of thee parties, so organ
ized and so constituted, can efficiently maintain and
i carry out in Congress the pnnciples set forth in their rc
j ?p eclive platforms, if brought into power with their pres
ent discordant materials, is a question yet to be solved,
and one which we should gravely consider before we
think of committing our destiny to the. guardianship and
protection of cither ot them. Notwithstanding the en
dorsement by the Democratic party 7 ot the Compromise,
yet Preston King, Mr. Van Buren, and others of iike prin
ciples, are recognized in the party as good Democrats
though they have changed none of their opinions upon
that ’subject. The same is true of Seward and ms
allies in reference to the Whig party. Why then should
we be hasty to fall into the ranks of either ot tnese par
ties] For myself, I assure you, I have no such inclina
tion. What can any man hope from any such alliance f
Would it not be better and safer to maintain our ground
and stand aloof from both, at least until we have some
practical evidence that some good object is tone ga
by our co-operation with one or the other . Some, i<-
haps, may say, that if Georgia should stand out and ca
her vote for some other man, then the election may
thrown into the House ! Suppose it should be . 1
is just where the constitution has provided that it sna
be determined, in ease the electoral college snail tan m
make a choice. And would it not be one ot the tx*
things for the country at this time, it the election cou
be brought into the House ? It would be a decisive step
towards putting an end to these party conventions ■
irresponsible bodies of men, who now virtually n.
choice of our Chief Magistrates, to the entire
of the theory of the constitution. And it wouki greatly
aid in the formation of parties in the Government upon
legitimate and correct principles, bymon tlic
act together in the administration, whorhsree vpon the
leading questions of the duv, irrespective of those outside
organizations which now so much obstruct sue P
have said more on this point than I intended.