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EDITED AND H'BLISHCD WEEKLY, BY
W n . It . HARRISO N .
CITY P RIXT ER.
[written for the SOUTHERN MUSEUM.j
They h«T« left nit »11 alone !
BY YVM. P. HARRISON.
In mv childhood in the wildwood,
How I roamed the forest o'er,
With my gun, till the sun
Escaped the cottage door :
Then returning, fairly burning
With the burden of the day,
With a hnre, and a pair
Os pheasants for my prey.
Then mv sire, by the tiro, would admire
How 1 sought, how 1 fought, how I brought
The welcome booty home.
But a graceful weeping willow
Is now growing o’er his pillow
Beneath the silent tomb ;
And his soul, in the goal
Os the Christian 's hope forever,
Oft replies, to rny sighs—
Happy now !
And tny mother, and my brother,
And my sisters, too, are fled :
For they sleep in the deep,
Among the silent dead.
I remember, in December,
When the wintry air was keen,
That a pall seized them all :
They never more were seen !
And a form, scarcely warm, thro'the storm,
In the floor, by the door, shivering o'er,
Gazed thoughtfully at me.
In his hand with measured threading,
With its branches gently spreading
Arose a cypress tree,
Where a name in a flame
On each leaf and bough was written ;
And a tongue shrilly rung—
Far away !
My decision of the vision
I have borne along through life,
Till each leaf, filled with grief,
Has withered in the strife.
And in sorrow till to-morrow
I am w aiting the command
Os that voice to rejoice
In Heaven’s blissful land.
For the near, and the dear, and the fair,
And the lay of the gay in my day
Forever here are flown ;
And my kindred, from the youthful
To the prudent and the trpthful,
Have left me all alone !
I have none, ’neath the sun,
To lament me broken hearted :
None to sigh, when 1 die—
He is gone !
Nov. 16, 1840.
[CORRESPONDENCE OK THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM.]
Mkxedgeville, Nov. 12. 1849.
The following Resolutions were simul
taneously introduced hy Mr. Clayton in
the Senate, and Mr. Gartiell in the House
this morning, which were made the order
of the day for to-morrow week.
Whereas, the people of the non-slave
holding States have commenced, and are
now apparently persisting in a system of
encroachments upon the Constitution and
rights of a portion of tite people of this
Confederacy, which is alike unjust and
dangerous to the peace and perpetuity of
our cherished Union—be it
1. Resolved, l>i/ the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia, in
General Assembly convened, That the Gov
ernment of the United States is one of
limited powers, and cannot rightfully ex
ercise any authority not conferred by the
Constitution.
2. Resolved, That the Constitution
grants no power to Congress to prohibit
the introduction of slavery into any Terri
tory belonging to the United States.
3. Resolved, That the several States of
the Union acceded to the Confederacy
upon terms of perfect equality, and that
the rights, privileges and immunities se
cured by the Constitution belong alike to
the people of each State.
4. Resolved. That any and all Territory
acquired by the United States, whether hy
discoverey, conquest or purchase, belongs
in common to the people of each State;
and. thither the people of each and every
State have a common light to migrate
with any property they may possess, and
any restriction upon this right which will
operate in favor of the people of one sec-’
tion to the exclusion of thoso of another is
unjust, oppressive and unwarranted hy
the Constitution.
5. Resolved, That slaves are recognised
by the Constitution as property, and that
the Wilmot Proviso, whether applied to
Oregon, California, New Mexico, or Terri
tory hereafter to be acquired, is unconsti
tutional, and should meet with the deter
mined opposilion of the Southern people
whose rights are thereby affected.
6. Resolved, That Congress has no pow
er, either directly or indirectly, to interfere
with the existence of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
7. Resolved, That the refusal on the
part of the nonslaveholding States to deliv
er up fugitive slaves who-.have escaped in
to such States, upon the demand being
made therefor, is a plain and palpable vio
lation of the letter of the Constitution and
an intolerable outrage upon Southern
rights.
8. Resolved, That, in the event of the
passage of the Wilmot Proviso by Con
gress, the abolition of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, or the continued refusal
on the part of the non-slaveholding Stales
to deliver up fugitive slaves, as provided
for by the Constitution, it will become the
immediate and imperative duty of the peo
ple of this State to meet in Convention, to
take into consideration the mode and mea
■uie of redress.
9. Resolved, That the people of Geor
gia entertain an ardent feeling of devotion
to the union of these States, and that noth
ing short of a persistence in the present
system of encroachment upon our rights
by the non-slaveholding States, can induce
us to contemplate the possibility ol a disso
lution.
10. Resolved, That his Excellency the
Governor, be requested to transmit copies
of these resolutions to each of our Sena
tors and Representatives in congress, to
the Legislatures of the several States, and
to the Presidentof the United States.
Mr. Chisolm, reported a bill in the Sen
ate to authorize the Central Railroad and
Banking Company, the Macon & Western
Railroad Company, and the South-western
Railroad Company to unite their roads in
one common Depot at or near the City of
Macon.
Mr. Nisbet, reported two hills, one to
consolidate the claim laws of Georgia, and
the other to authorize the South-western
Railroad Company to construct their road
through the Reserve at or near Macon, to
construct Depots, &c.
Mr. Jenkins, introduced a hill to appro
priate mon»y for the improvement of the
navigation of Coosa river.
Mr. Harrison, introduced a bill to incor
porate the Methodist Episcopal Churches
in the City of Savannah.
Mr. Howard—To authorize the Gover
nor to subscribe in the name of the State
for 500 shares of stock in the South-west
ern Railroad.
Mr. Ramsay—To authorize the Su
preme Court to sit at Columbus instead of
Talbotton and Americus.
Mr. Riley—To instruct the Committee
on the Penitentiary to report a bill for the
removal of the Penitentiary from Mil
ledgeville to Atlanta—and to reduce the
number of Justices of the Inferor Court
to one, and compensate him by fees, &c.
Mr. Jones—To regulate freights and
fare upon Railroads, and to direct the man
ner to ascertain the same.
The following hills passed the Senate :
To alter the 9th section of the 3d Arti
cle of the Constitution, (passed at the last
session,) so as to allow the Legislature to
declare what shall be a sufficient cause of
divorce.
To authorize the Magistrates of Savan.
nah to reside and hold their offices and
courts anywhere within the corporate lim
its of that city—and to authorize them to
appoint Constables, See.
November 13.
At 11 o’clock this morning both Houses
convened in the Representative Hall and
proceeded to the election of Judges,
which resulted as follows :
Judge Supreme Court. —Hiram Warner.
Eastern Circuit. — Henry It, Jackson.
Middle Circuit. —Ebenezer H.Starnes.
Northern Circuit. —E. H. Baxter.
Western Circuit. —James Jackson.
Southern Circuit. —A. Y. Hansell,(W.)
Chcrolccc Circuit. —John H. Lumpkin.
Chattahoochee Circuit. —Alfred Iverson
Flint Circuit. —James 11. Stark.
Ocamulgec Circuit. —H. X. Johnson.
Alexander Drysdale was elected J udge
of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer
and Terminer for the city of Savannah.
November 14.
Both Houses of the Legislature, and the
Supreme Court having adjourned over un
til to-morrow, in order to attend the exer
cises at Oglethorpe University, the attend
ance was very luige and respectable. Af
ter the conferring of degrees upon the
graduating class thirteen in number, who
acquitted themselves remarkably well,
prizes were delivered to the successful
contestors in the Sophomore declamation
, by the Rev. E. P. Rogers of Augusta, ac
companied by an eloquent and very ap
propriate address. After which W. H.
Crawford, Esq., addressed the Literary
Societies, in a strong practical discourse on
our great interests as a people—the'nat
. ural advantages, resources, capabilities,
and present condition and future prospects
of our State, he contended should urge us
forward to improve the great blessings
which a kind Providence had so munifi
cently bestowed upon us. The entire
proceedings were highly creditable to all
concerned, and reflect credit upon Ogle
thorpe University, which already stands
deservedly high amongst our literary in
stitutions.
November 15.
The House met this morning at 10 o’-
clock.
Judge Jones of Paulding, introduced a
hill repealing all laws preventing the free
introduction of slaves info this State,
which is under discussion at the time of
closing this letter.
I herewith send you the following state
ments of the Keeper of the Penitentiary
and the Treasurer of the Western & At
lantic Railroad—
A Consolidated Account Current of Wil
liam H. Williamson, Principal Keep
er for the Political years ending on first
Mondays of October, 1848 and 1849.
1848. DR.
Oct. 1. To balance of Materials remain
ing on hand on the Ist Monday of October,
1847, as per A. W. Redding, late Principal
Keeper’s Report, 821,230 75
Amount Materi
als received from
Inspector dur’g Po
litical years 1848
and 1849 : : 30,084 71
E x n e n se Ac
count p’d by Book
Keeper same time 21,008 72
Error in Ac
count against Uni
ted States, March
31, 1849, : : 2G 52
Making $72,350 70
1549. DR.
Oct. 1. By amount manufactured articles
and job work turned over to Book Keeper
during the political years 184 Sand 1849,
ending October 1, §56,534 73
Accounts against
the United States
in same time : 1,054 00
Interest received
on notes due Peni
tentiary in same
time : : : 35 42
Old debts con
tracted by previ
ous administration
and p’d by present
Principal Keeper 8,797 57
Overcharge for
Leather issued
from the Tan Yard
during the politic
al years termina
ting Ist Monday of
October IS4B and
1849 : : : 5,341 14
Loss on 4500
brick turned over
by A. W. Redd
ing, former Pinci
pal Keeper, found
to be broken and
worthless, at $6
per M : : : 27 00
R ed u ction on
stock old and new 273 11
Balance of Mate
rials on hand Oc
tober Ist, 1849 : 21,631 32
Making $93,704 29
Total of Debts, 72,350 70
Balance in favor
of Profits : : 21,353 59
Total $93,704 29
Statement of the moneys of the Western 5f
Atlantic Railroad, received and paid out
hy E. R. Mills, Treasurer,for the year
ending 30 th September, 1849.
Rfxeipts.
Balance on band
Sept. 30th, IS4B, $20,07S 35
From Freights, $152,529 58
“ Passengers, 36,045 46
“ mail services, 7,830 08
“ Miscellaneous, 575 48—196.950 60
$217,058 95
Disbursements.
Conducting Transportation.
Stationary and printing, loss and damage,
stock killed by trains, board of hands,
hire of negroes, provisions and clothing
for same, wages of laborers and watch
men, agents, clerks, and conductors,
repairs to Depot buildings, inciden
tals, 822,963 20
Motive Power.
Engineers, fire
men and repairs
of Engines, wa
ter stati ons,
wood for Loco
motives, oil and
tallow for En
gines, hire of ne
groes, provis’n,
clothing, &c. for
same, incidental 16,850 29
Maintainance of way.
Wages of super
visors and men,
hire of negroes,
provis’ns, cloth
ing, See. tools,
iron, spikes,
stringers and
cross ties, re
pairs of bridge
es and culverts,
incidentals, 37,013 30
Maintainance of Cars.
Oil and tallow,
repairs and rent
of Cars, 3,545 57—80,372 36
Chief Engineer's Draft.
Sundry drafts of
Chief Engineer, 49,774 78
Interest on Rail
Road Bonds, 6,883 39
Georgia R. R. Freights.
Freights collec
ted for Geo. R.
R. & Banking
Company. 53,547 16
Macon &j JF. R.R. Freights.
Freights collec
ted for M. & W.
R. R. C*. 2,465 40
Miscellaneous, 130 00—112,800 73
193.173 09
Balance, 23,885 86
8217,058 96
E. R. MILLS, Tr.
Atlanta, 29th Sept., 1849.
M A CON, G A .
SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 17,1?49.
(tyThose in want of good DagucfrearJ like
nesses of themselves are referred to the adver
tisement of Mr- Wood, in another column. We
have seen his specimens and think they are very
fine. Give him a call and examine them.
Terrible Explosion. — We learn by a Tele
graphic dispatch from New Orleans that the
steamboat Louisiana burst her boiler at the wharf
in that city on Thursday evening last, just as
she was leaving for St. Louis, by which accident
one hundred and fifty persons were killed, and
many others scalded and injured. Two other
boats were landing their passengers at that point
at the time, consequently there were many per
sons present, some of whom were materially
injured. The Louisiana is lost, and this sad
disaster has carried sorrow tothe heartsofthous
ands in that community and elsewhere.
Latest krom Europe. —The steamer Amer
ica has arrived bringing Liverpool dates to the
3d inst. A decline of Jd. per pound had taken
place on the lower qualities of Cotton and the
sales of the week amounted to 42,000 bales.
Another Murder. —On Wednesday night
last about half past 9 o'clock, a most wilful mur
der was committed in this city by a man named
Thomas Burge from Marion county, upon Rich
ard Altman from Crawford. The former had
load of cotton to market, and the lat
ter had come to Macon for the purpose of haul
ing goods—putting up at different yards. A dif
ficulty occurred in theevening between Alt
man and a negro belonging to Burge’s father,
whom he accused ofhaving stolen a half dollar
from him and threatened to whip him for it.
The negro complained to Burge, who, in com
pany with the negro, and two or three other men
went to tile house in the yard in which Altman
had gone to eat his supper, and told him to
come out of the house and he would give him a
whipping. Altman then stepped near the door,
when Burge stabbed him in the right breast,
inflicting a wound several inches long, which
caused his instant death. Burge then went to
his waggon, got a horse and fled before any ef
forts could he made to arrest him.
An Inquest was held over the body of the de
ceased on Thursday, and a verdict rendered-in
effect that the deceased came to his death hy a
cutfroma knife inflicted hy Thomas Burge,
on the evening of the 14th inst.
A reward of two hundred dollars is offered for
the apprehension of said Burge, who is repre
sented as being about the ordinary size, rather
active and good looking, with dark skin and hair,
hazel eyes, and about 25 years of age. He has
a father, wife and child living in Marion county.
A ltman is said to have been of good disposi
tion, about 20 years old, and has a mother, three
brothers and two sisters living in Crawford
county in this State.
Father lUatlicw.
Through the kindness of the State Temper
ance Executive Committee, we have received a
manuscript copy of the correspondence of Judge
Lumpkin, President of the State Temperance
Society, with Father Mathew. The length of
the article, however, precludes its publication
entire. We shall therefore give a brief state
ment ofthe matter noticed in it, as it is due to the
friends of Temperance in Georgia.
It appears that the State Temperance Con
vention, assembled in Marietta in June last, re
quested Judge Lumpkin to invite Father Math
ew to Georgia, as the guest of the Society. He
did so, and received a favorable answer from
Mr. M , who promised to specify the time of
bia visit at a convenient season. Since that
time,however, Judge L. was shown an article
in which Father Mathew was charged by
Garrison of Boston, with having published,in
concert with the late Daniel O’Connell, a cir
cular to the Irish residents in the U. States, ex
horting them to join the Abolitionists in Amer
ica. Judge Lumpkin wrote to Father Mathew
immediately to know if the charge was true,
and if so, if his mind had undergone any change
in relation to the subject of slavery. He re
plied that lie did sign such a document, and that
his opinions were unchanged in respect thereto,
but marked his answer to Judge L.'s inquiry, as
private. Os course the letter could not be pub
lished. On the 12th ultimo, Judge Lumpkin
wrote to Father Mathew, requesting him to
withdraw the injunction of secrecy upon his
last letter. To this reasonable request no reply
has been received, and therefore, the invation
has been withdrawn.
We have no doubt in the world, but tlict the
prompt action of Judge Lumpkin will be en
dorsed by every unprejudiced man in the Stale.
The interests of Temperance would be blasted
by the reception of an abolitionist as an associ
ate and co-worker in the reform movement, and
as sucli Father Mathew could not receive the
welcome of any right minded man in the South
ern States. The interests of slaveholders are
paramount to ail others at this present time, and
we must not shake the fraternal hand in our
own midst with those who seek to destroy our
rights and render our property worthless.
By the late Northern papers we perceive that
Fathew Mathew is on his way to the South.
The manner of his reception, how ever—unless
he explains himself satisfactorily on the sub
ject of abolition, —is plainly indicated by the
action of Judge Lumpkin.
Elections. —The elections in Louisiana have
resulted in the citoice of La Sere, Democrat, in
the first district, and Conrad, Whig, in the se
cond; W’alker, Democratic candidate for Gover
nor is elected, by a small majority. Tlie Le
gislature is Whig.
Quitman, Democrat, has been elected Gov
ernor of Mississippi by a large majority. Tlie
Democrats claim tlie election of all four Con
gressmen —being one gain.
In Massachusetts Briggs lacks 1200 votes of
being elected Governor, hut the Legislature be
ing Whig, will elect him. Palfrey, free soiler.
has been defeated for Congress by 3000 ma
jority. No change in that district.
The Destiny of Europe.
The history of European politics for two, three,
or four years past, has been scanned by the far
seeing prophets of the United Slates, and nu
merous predictions have been predicated upon
it. The spirit of liberty, breathing freely and
purely in our own country, awaited the first
dawning of light in the Old World to proclaim
the irrevocable mandate that Kings and Kingly
powers have been overthrown. Alas! that we
are compelled to say that Europe is not yet free !
Aye, that France, the grand mover of the ball
of Liberty, now sits weary and palsied by the
sickly efforts of her own misguided enthusiasm !
That which threemillions of population, poor,
unskilled in »ar, and suffering from internal
distractions have done, France, with her forty
millions, a harmonious military force, and the
example of America for her guide, has failed to
accomplish.
The people of France are not prepared for
the privileges which they enjoy. Their noted
activity and excitability have disqualified them
from a thorough comprehension of the true na
ture of Liberty. When the oppressed of her
land first rose tip in opposition to tyrannic rule,
even to the most credulous of the innovators, it
appeared an exceedingly rash experiment ; and,
indeedit failed—not by the treachery of anv
one man, or body of men, but from the errors of
popular power. When, less than twenty years
since, the populace again demanded their free
dom, they asked and obtained that which they
knew not how to use : and, as a consequence,
they gave it away to one who despised their
tights and destroyed their privileges. Now-, she
has the semblance of a Republic without the
real advantages and enjoyments proceeding
from such a state of existence. France is not
free ! And why ? Because, when she ponder,
cd over the entailed blessings of Liberty, she
promised herself many things which it would
be unreasonable to expect. In the fervor of a
glowing imagination her starving peasants saw
peace and plenty springing up around them as
if by magic The laborer put aside his plough,
and ceased to plant his grain ; for, said he, we
shall be free ! —and then, in truth, I shall not
have to toil for my daily bread! The manufac
turer was forced to stop his factory': his hands
were in a state of mutiny, demanding exorbitant
prices, and even scorning then to accept em
ploy ment, because Franco lias become a Repub
lic! The merchants were in consternation;
trade was destroyed; the confusion of clashing
interest increased; every department of busi
ness paralyzed,—and for what? France had
proclaimed from the housetops of her hamlets,
towns and cities, that she was free- and inde
pendent, and what more does she desire ? Why,
the people demand an extraordinary change in
their circumstances; the poor must become
rich; everybody must be wealthy ; every man
must be a ruler, because all are equal I Alas !
that the wisdom of Lamartine should be con
founded and eclipsed in this chaotic disorganiza
tion ! But so it was; the first sentinel upon the
ramparts, the man to whom should have been
confided the government of the country which
he had befriended and rescued from anarchy,
was hooted from her councils, and the mosj dan
gerous enemy of French Democracy hailed Pres
sident of the Republic! If we mistake not,
this imprudent step will not be savingly atoned
fur, until France becomes in name, what she
now is in reality, a Monarchy.
We have thus extensively alluded to the po
sition of France, because we believe that the
destiny of the whole Continent is included in
her Fate. Had she displayed the true charac
ter of Republican institutions, the noble Kos
suth would not now be at: exile from his coun
try, and asking protection from the merciless
hand of an unprincipled Emperor. Hungary,
nerved to action by toe herursm of French in
surgents, braved the Austrian and Russian for
ces until France drew hack ; until Louis Na
poleon offered to strengthen the hands of North
ern warriors, and then she fell !
Turkey, at first offering the protection of a
generous hospitality to the Hungarian refugees
now threatens to deliver them up—fearing the
combination of her powerful neighbors against
her, provided they fail to shield her under the
provisions of international treaty, by renouncing
their religion, and becoming Mussalmen !
We fear that Liberty is yet far distant from the
people of Monarchical Europe.
The Mammoth Humbug. — We copy the fol
lowing from the N. York Scientific American :
“Thursday last week was general training
day in our city. These scenes are always fool
ish exhibitions to us All the good they perform
is negative, hy delighting youngsters and making
then, play the truant from school. The affair
was very showy but nothing American about it.
Some of the companies were without breeks and
wore the kilts, like the Scots Guard in the Brit
ish Army- Some were in the red coat array of
other British regiments Some wore the Aus
trian uniform, some the French, some the Ger
man, some the Italian—and some were indescrib
able. Their appearance was harlequin enough.”
We are decidedly of the opinion, that the pre
sent militia system is the Humbug King of our
country, quack doctors, patent medicines, &c ,
not excepted. Anybody who has witnessed a
Georgia Milrtia parade cannot doubt the fact
that the system is the very quintessence of non
sense and martial buffoonery. Time is lost, bu
siness stopped, a man’s feet blistered, trudging
about in the most admirable confusion with
walking-sticks, corn-stalks, and other valuable
fire-arms, for half a day ; and all for the comfort
able reflection that you have made a fool cf
yourself! We sincerely trust that the present
Legislature will amend the militia laws of the
State so as to make them more efficient.
Cotton on Red River.— The Washington
( Ark.) Telegraph states that the whole amount
of cotton shipped from above the raft this year
will not leach 6000 bales. Last year over 25,-
000 bales were shipped. If the crop had not
been destroyed by the overflow, the amount of
cotton raised in the region above the raft would
have reached 40,000 bales.
(O’ The City Council of Savannah have ap
pointed . hursday, 29th inst , a day of thanks
giving for the mercies of the past year.
Tlic Great Discovery.
The thirst for something new and startling
its nature is daily leading men of science and
distinguished literary and philosophical attain,
ments into the most ridiculous speculations s ~i
theories. Indeed, modern “progress” j s
ting so exceedingly avaricious as to grudge tl e
smallest particle of information or common sens
to any established custom or usage. When
wish to make war upon u neighboring
we must not descend to the exceedingly vu | ’
antique custom of raising nn army and sendin
troops to the seat of war,—transporting th c *
over terra firma —but we must get a great 4 a /
loon, load it with bomb-shells, and deadly mis
silcs, steer it right into the enemy’s couihk ■
stop it perpendicularly over their fortification,’
drop the bombs and blow them up! This ij’
proved and highly prac.icable plan of warfare
costs a great deal less ilian any other, and savej
a quantity of bloodshed and trouble.
If a man wants to pay half an hour’s visit to
a city a thousand miles off, lie must not go i nt |, e
cars and the steamboals-it is too mdel, behind
“the times’* to travel in such dull, ploddin.
snail-paced, ancient conveyances,—he niustg°!
into a fiying-car and make the trip in fifteen or
twenty minutes. ,
It lias been discovered some time since that a
man has no right to possess his own property
it belongs to hi* neighbor—that there are no in
diriduals in a community: every body j s rjj,
people”—that there are no separate interests in
society : every man’s rights belong to his nci«h.
bor, etc. But it is reserved for Col. Du Coure t
of France, to make the wonderful announce!
ment, that all men once had tails ! The scien.
tific gentleman does not venture to tell us how
the unfortunate genus homo came to lose this
desirable appendage, but it is to be inferred from
his very reasonable arguments that Mr. £ S( , p
explains the mystery, where he tells us that a
certain ape had lost his tail in a steel trap—there,
fore the present vulgar specimens of human ns.
ture are the descendants of this cur tailed per
sonage. The most reasonable i chtrcfore for
this delightfully interesting hypothesis is, that
ever) thing else lias got a tail except a man, and
ergo, lie ought to have one, just to be in the
fashion ! There is, however, a little reasonable
conclusion to be drawn from the actions of this
new-light physiologist—he lias set out on an ex.
pedilion in order to find some of hj s tailed
brethren, thousands of whom he asserts are now
living in Africa: our readers will doubtless see
in this Frenchman’s visit to his apish friends a
verification of the old saying, “ birdsof a feather,
flock together!”
No matter how strong circumstantial evidence
may be to prove Monboddo’s assertion, we,un
like Col. Du Couret, and Alexander Dumas,
have no particular inclination to claim relation
ship witli these” tailed ’’ gentlemen. We,have,
it is true, often heard it said of a man noted for
voracity in enjoying creature comforts, that ho
only lacked a tail to make him a hog ; and now,
it may be relied upon, that difficulty will soon
be removed, so we shall have a sicine-ocracy\n
full blast before long. This improved stock of
folks will doubtless be introduced among us, and
tlie “ tail-ites will enjoy a universal celebrity
in tlic “animal shows,*’ and wc may liavet
sight at Du Couret with his kindred apes beini
“stirred tip by a money-loving Jonathan for
our especial gratification.
The World’s Exhibition.— The Londt: I
people are about to have a great exhibitionof I
aits and industry, in which they propose to hie I
represented every nation upon the globe. IV I
clo Jonathan will assuredly have his finger:: I
that pie, and he [will he apt to get the gieatr I
portion of the j*>loo,ooo to he offered as prene I
unis.
Is A Divorce Lawh/L. — This >s a quesli:: !
of great importance, and one upon which a do I
versity of opinions exists. The Supreme Court I
ot Georgia lias decided that the divorce la#i* I
unconstitutional, therefore the pointis settled so I
far as we are concerned. The court which di-1
voiced Fierce M. Butler and Mrs. Francis I
Knmble Butler gave them the liberty vo roar-1
ry agatn. This seems to be in direct oppesi'.iwß
tothe plain declaration of the Savior, that who-H
soever marvieth one divorced commilteth add I
tery : so says a contemporary. The scripts#M
say, “what God hath joined together, let# I
man put asunder,” but is it not possible than I
marriage ceremony may be performed accord:';!
to the requisite form’s and requirement ofld*!
law without having received the
God? Men and women are fallible cream*!
and are liable to be mis-matched, even alien 11 !
necessary precaution, and it is not to be ms - !
posed that the Giver of every good andpa^ l '!
gift would ratify any agreement which w°
bring evil consequences and misery ini’/ P or '!
tion of the human race. But if divotces 9re !
allowed, it is argued, they will give occasion f» r H
dissatisfaction and domestic feuds. \'I'° C,II H
decide when Doctors disagree ? I
Sf.minolf. Ambassadors.— The Mobile
ister of the stli instant, says : “ Maj. Duvall*- I
Mr. Bright arrived at New Orleans on
morning last, with thirteen Seminole limJh-B
on their way to Florida for the purpose ol
suadingthe remnant of their tribe, now in |
peninsula, under Sam Jones and Billy
to join the main body of the nation west of
Mississippi. Among the chiefs and w» rrll ■
composing this delegation, we
names of several who were conspicuous i®
firmer Seminole war.” K
XT’ Mr. R. W. Walker,- a represent 9
the Alabama Legislature, from Tuskeg te > H
given notice that he will early in the scsi H|
bring forward a bill authorizing the state
chase 100 negroes, to be sent to Califor 1
work in the gold mines, and the profit
labor to be devoted to the pay ment of ik#' K
debt of Aliiliiima. E
XT’ La Presse, of Paris, which acron*P*'
more for the election of Louis Nap"l ,; " n
Prince
any other journal, now sets up toe •
Joinville as its candidate for the next occ '
It bousts of having still the largest subset I ■