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Cooper coulJ doubtless easily settle this mat
ter if lie would, by producing one of these
certificates, or a sac simile, and giving you
an opportunity to judge for yourselves
whether they look like “ paper monoy,” or
were “ intended for circulation ” —which he
has not ventured to do, but chooses rather
toshclter himself under a denial, in the con
sciousness that none of them are now in cir
culation, or accessible for inspection) 1 wish
to show him doubly condemned out of “ his
own month.” He says in his address that
these certificates were not intended for cir
culation, but were only given “ upon a de
posite of gold and silver os at: evidence of
it"—never exceeded the sum of $4,000 or
$5,000; that this “ was the daily business
of hanks, and yet such was never before
construed into circulation.” Now read the
following from the statement alluded to;
“The Company went into operation the Ist
January. 1839, after paying 10 per cent,
premium for the clear charter. Since that
lime they have made dividends of 49 per
cent, on the capital stock, leaving, alter
paving for their charter, 39 per cent., or
from 9to 10 per cent, per annum. They
commenced winding up theii hush-ess about
the Ist of April, and on the 25th of May
had reduced the deposite list ftorn $90,000
to near $3,000.” Now from these two
statements one thing is clear, either that
Major Cooper erred in saying that the
■mount of certificates of depos fe issued by
the Company never exceeded $4,000 or
$5,000, or the Company had different kinds
of certificates given to those who deposit
ed their “gold and silver” with them as
“an evidence of it For up to the Ist of
April last, they had $90,000 deposited with
them, for which some kind of certificates
must have been given as evidence to tho u
who had made the depositc. They could
not have been ibe kind to which 1 alluded,
for they. Major Cooper says, never exceed
ed $4,000 or $5,000. Then why. 1 ask,
was there any difference between the kinds
of certificates issued nr given ? The in
ference is too forcible to he resisted, The
issues of $4,000 or $5,000 were intended
for circulation, la pass from hand to hand
as money, as Dr. Chipley and others tereiv
cd them, while the other kind were such as
■re ordinarily given by banks upon the re
ceipt of deposite. And this is in accord
ance with the statement of Dr. Chipley, and
in Columbus is well known to be true. —
Whoever heard of the ordinary certificates
of banks given upon the deposite of money,
being engraver! on silk paper, with letters,
numbers, and specific amounts, like hank
hills! For how could art institution know
beforehand what particular or specific a
mount would be tendered for deposite ?
The idea is too preposterous to bear an ar
gument. Anri Major Cooper’s statement, !
that the certificates alluded to I y mo as j
having been issued by his company were
such ns are ordinarily issued by hauls upon
the deposite of money, anti not intended for
circulation, where the facts ate known, can
but excite the pity of his fr iends and the
contempt of his enemies.
Anti now, having noticed the four instan
ces of untruths so gravely laid to my charge,
I might peihnps properly dismiss the sub
ject without further comment or remark.—
lint before doing so, 1 ask your attention
while I allude briefly to some oilier matters
stated in his address, which stru- k trie as
peculiarly strange, coming from a man oc
cupying the station of Major Cooper. For
it was to he presumed that, however little
he might be influenced by personal consid
erations, or a regard for himself, n due
sense of obligation at least to that large
and respectable party in the State, who had
for the lime being given him such promi
nence itr the country as to place him at the
head of their ranks, would have restrained
him in some degree in the latitude of his
assertions.
Tr. the first place he siys, that “ eighteen
months ago the stockholders of the Compa
ny determined to close their business for
the simple reason that, after all the slanders
end lies told of them, they did not realize
more than eight per cent. Therefore the
Company closed its office, drowout the cap
ital, paid off all obligations, and actually
rptit business before the nomination.” Now
how does this consist with the fact publish
ed above, that the Company commenced
winding up nbnut th e first. of Airil last ?
Or how does this statement tlint the Com
pany determined to wind up lot the *’ sim
ple reason” they did not realize more than
eight, pet cent., consist with another part of
the same publication made by the officer
before alluded to, in which lie says, in
speaking of its business, that “ the Compa
ny went into operation on the Ist January,
I 839, after paying 10 per cent, premium
for the clear charter; since that time they j
have made dividends of 49 per cent, on the j
capital stock, leaving, after paying for their j
charter, 39 per cent., or from nine to ten per j
cent.per annum that is, they realized in i
a little over four years, neaily ten per cent, j
per annum independent of the amount they
paid for the charter ; which according to a
memorial to the Legislature in IS-10, signed
by Mark A. Cooper, that I now have before
me, was firty-three thousand eight hundred
and fifty dollars! And yet be says, for the
II simple reason” they did not make moie
than eight per cent., they determined to
11 quit business !” Quern Deus rult perdere
priusquam dementat. Why, I have in try
possession a letter from as respectable a
man as lives in Columbus, staling “ that the
usual rates of that Company in doing busi
ness was 16 per cent, discount, which is
equivalent to about 19 per cent, fuiily cal
culated—that is wlmt they charged him
when they got a paper of his without his
consent, anti that he paid it!”
But again he says, “ Mr. Stephens must 1
have known this, (that the Company had
quit business,) for his own Whig paper ;
(The Columbus E'tquirer) published the
fact long ago, and complimented the man- \
agers of the Company in the warmest man
ner for their conduct and management.”-
Now how docs this consist with the follow
ing extinct from that very compliment to
which he alludes: “We have,” said the >
editor ot that Whig paper, “ from the first 1
freely condemned the organization of this i
Company, We have honestly believed the !
charter was founded upon improper princi
ples, arvl granted undue privileges, while it
held out temptations to the creation of a
dangerous monied monopoly. We are re
joiced, therefore, whatever may have induc
ed it, at the winding up of the institution ;
we sincerely hope another of such charac
ter w ill never be established.” Now 1 sup
pose that it will require nothing short of
another extraordinary effort of Major Coop
er’s peculiar powers of logic to convince
ordinary understandings that there is much
in ilie above extract of warm compliment
towards his institution or its management.
Again, Major Cooper says that he had
nothing to do in obtaining that charter ; that
my “ Bunk Whig friends mainly procured
it.” Now how does this consist with the fact, j
(see l ire journals of the Legislature of 1536, (
when it was granted,) that it was presented j
by a Demorratie member, (the late Mr. CSor- i
don, of Chatham,) was passed by a Demo
erotic House, con fit met! by a Dimoeratic j
Senate, sanctioned by a Democratic (Jot an- j
or, and out of the thirteen otiginnl corpora- i
tors, or persons immediately interested in j
the passage, eight were Demon (its, and but I
free Whigs!
But.ll will pursue these incniisistemies i
no farther; and in directing your attention j
to them, i sliali not imitate the example of ,
Major Cooper in characterizing them ns
“falsehoods and lies,” however justly and ;
properly such terms might he applied.— j
The use of such chaste and elegant Inn- j
gunge seems to be his favorite prerogative,
well suited to his dim after and taste, upon |
which 1 have no disposition to encroach.— !
For however little respect I may have for j
him, 1 nevertheless feel too much for you
and myself to resort to such a course. 1
therefore only present his statements con
tiastcd with fails, and leave you, so far as
terms or epitl-els aie concerned, to make
the proper application.
ALEXANDER H.STEPHENS.
Washington, D.C., January £0,1644.
Mr. Van Burn on Free Negro Snffuigc.-
Tlint Mr. Van Burrn voted for Free Ne
gro Suffrage in the New Yoik Convention
of 1820, even Loci focoisrr. intimidated by j
the Record, is comptlled to admit. It is, j
now, a painful admission which it is plain
they would not make if there was any way
to avoid it. They get over it as well as
they can, and their method of doing so is
curious, namely, by vndemocratising the lit
tle Magician. They say, tine that Mr. Van
Buren did vote for free negro suffrage, but
he did so with a qualification. What ? Why
that Cuff, if he presumed to vote, should
prove himself to be worth two hundred and
fifty dollars! O! most lame defence for a
| •* Democrat” jar eaccl/ence ! You Pomp
and j you Ca’sur and Br utus shad not vote,
because you have not the money, the prop
! ertyj, the peirttr to qunl fy you for the exer-
I cisij of that high and sacred franchise; but j
yoii Crassns, you are a qualified man, and j
as you are worth $250, you thereby furnish j
iiiefingible evidence id'your competence
for self government !
If this argument lays well in any man’s
month it certainly does not in that of him
who is put forward as the Chief of Demo
cracy ! Richmond Whig.
The President’s Message, which was car
ried out by the packet-ship Independence,
has been vt ry unsparingly analyzed by ll'.e
Englishnewspnpeis. ‘1 lie Liverpool l imes
says : ‘• It has given little satisfaction on
this side of the water. Os the various pens
to which it has afiiuded employment, all,
within,t exception, find fault either with the
tone of its morality or its ovetteaching ani
mus. Ihe absence of all censure of the
ri-pudinlitig Stales, in so elaborate a docu
ment, is held to lie one of itr ptimaty de
fects ; the style in which it recommends tlie
election of American military posts on the
Oregon, w bile the tenitoty itself is in dis j
pule, lias given much greater offence ; and ;
the manner in which the President hints his (
wishes fin the annexation of Texas and |
the hard words he bestows upon Mexico
(from which it is evident that he desires to
! proceed to blows with that toileting Re
public) lies been held to indicate a vety low ;
standard of moral feeling. All these points j
have been shat ply criticised.'’
Kendall's Expositor is exhorting all i
Demon at* to unite on Mr. Van Buren, not- |
withstanding the injuries inflicted on the ;
people, and meditated against the Constitu
tion, by the despotic Jacobin club, which, [
as Mr. Btownson says, is the instrument of
! his creation.
W e regard the approaching contest as j
one not for “ principles arid a man” but, j
on Mr. Van Ilmen's side, for the perma- j
netil ascendancy of a monstrous machinery, 1
which is to dictate candidates to the people, ;
through all future time, and to compel nomi
nal majorities to ratify its selections. It is |
| not Mr. Van Buren. alone, who is striving j
| to grasp the Presidency—but a set of the j
j most degraded political hacks that has cxis- j
; ted since the “Reign of Terror.” And rath- I
I er than support their pretentions, we would j
make a sacttliciiil pyte of our printing os- j
tablislimcut, and apply the torch to it with
our own hands. For years past we have ■
been called a“ lorofocoif to be a loco- i
foco, is to sanction the unprincipled mea- j
sures of the Jacobin Club, let no man,
henceforth, apply the epithet to us.— Modi- >
son ion.
We see it stated, says the “ Columbus ;
Enquirer, that DuflGreen has returned from i
Europe, and intends establishing a free
trade paper in New Yoik. It is further
stated that lie has been furnished with funds
by manufacturing capitalists in England, to
aid him in this enterprise, and enable him
to destroy the interests of his own country,
and build up the tottering power of a for
eign land. Free trade would he the enrich
ing of England, whilst it would make the
citizens of this growing republic little bet- |
ter than hewers of wood and drawers of/
water for the purse-proud Jorillings hevonil j
the seas, Biitish gold may, for a time, sus- !
tain such a paper, but neither British gold
from abroad, nor British influence at home,
can fasten such a policy on the country.
ft/ 5 * Why will the approaching locofoco
National Convention be like a Court of Or
dinury ? Because it will appoint a guardian
for the locofoco party.
SCDUVUHBIBSt mHß<olß!b]bAlt'?r
WHIG PYRAMID.
OHIO,
MAINE,
GEORGIA,
VERMONT,
1N DI ANA.
DELAWARE,
KENTUCKY,
M A RYLAX I),
LOUISIANA,
T E N N ESSE E .
CONN E C T 1 C U T ,
R H ODE-ISL A N I).
P E N N S Y I, V A N 1 A .
MASSACII U S K T T S .
N O R T H - C A It O L I N A ! ■
Here, arj put -; ’, n States, entitled to 1
ONE lII'N’DKKD AND FIFTY’ ONE El.l i TOItAI. 1
Vines, every one of v. bull is morally cer* j
tail, for Henry Ci.ay ! In this estimate we j
have not claimed a single Stale which any I
unpiejndiced Locofoco will not readily
| grant ns. We assume nothing which is not
; ours, and yet we start out in May next, with
| a positive and available capital of S•> E
ELECTORAL VOTES — tiiiri i.en nnne
1 than ate required to elect.
And now, where are the States our ad- j
: versa tics can claim with equal certainty? j
f Van Buren will get New Hampshire ce r - |
tain; Calhouu is sure of SoulhCninliiia.niid j
Col. Johnson care carry little Arkansas, il he j
try ! Cass is its good for Michigan as if her j
vote was already cast. Where can either !
of these Presidential aspirants name another j
State, with, perhaps the exception of Mis
soni i and Alabama ? One of them is for Van
Buren, end the other claimed for Culfcout: !
We pray our Whig friends to look at this j
state of things— cast all your doubts to the
wind—act like men—fight like soldiers— •
! and the battle is ours !— Jonesboro’ II lug
There is a man in Cite t int street, second
door above third, Philadelphia, tlint has got
one thousand Over Coats and Sack Coats,
that he will sell very low, and with reason
able use, will warrant them to wear until
Henry Clay is elected Piesiilcnt of the U.
States. If they do not went that long he
will return the money.— Adrertisemint, U.
S. Gazette .
m ll© <0 tLLA NY ■
From lire South Carolina Temperance Advocate.
Home Industry. —The Agricultural Sur
vey now in progress in South Carolina, has
deservedly excited much interest, and the
results cannot fail to produce ‘lasting advan
tages, but, however enthusiastic a few indi
viduals may be on the sulject of the im
provement of the soil, and the advancement
of Agriculture in South Carolina, the great
mass of our people will not come inter the
measure, while there is an absence of other
stimulants than the prospect if mere in
crease of such Agricultural products as ate
made by the relative system of farming,
adapted to the improvement of land. A
home maiket at every man’s door is a stim
ulant desired, and ibis can only he brought
about by domestic manufuctim s ; diversify
ing pursuits, thus stimulating emigration of
population and capital to, instead of per
mitting it to leave our .State. If this be the
case we should not he unmindful of its im
portance, and while we are endeavoring to
excite the cultivators of the soil to action on
the one, we should not he forgetful of the
necessity of laying before mir capitalists, the
advantages to be derived from t! e other, and
at least in the abseuce of a I novvlcdge of
facts, abstain from unjustly disi n ditirig :lds
sot t of entei prise.
To those who have investigated the sub
ject, it is a matter of wonder and surprise,
that the manufacture of Cotton was not first
established in the Southern instead of the
Northern States. To such, tl e conclusion
is irresistible, that our advantages, (in cli
mate, water power, slave labor, so admir a
bly adapted to such pur|o‘c9, and above
all, the raw material on the spot) are such
as to secure .success with an ordinal y share
of enterprise. Let the manufacture of this
article be fairly intinduced, and every other
branch of mechanism w ill follow. As in
the improvement of out land, so in the es
tablishment of manufucluies, we have much
to contend with. ‘1 lie indi tnitalde tbiist on
the part of our planting capitalists, fin in
vestments in land atid negroes, and a dispo
sition on the patl of those of our trading
community who have had the good luck to
uinass fortunes, either to transfer their stocks
to other countries, or he content to lock it
up in interest-heating stock, will operate to
its ptejudicc until it can be demonstrated
beyond a doubt, that such puisuits ‘may he
entered into with a perfect certainty of sue- j
ccss. We may approximate to this by a
reference to the past, and compnting the
cotton growing States with countries that
have grown iich by manufacturing. This
will at least show, that those engaged in
this branch of business at the South, have j
sustained themselves fully as well as in nth- ;
er countries.
Your leaders are aware of the immense
sacrifices of this kind of property in the
manufacturing ilistiicts of Europe, and ’.lie
Northern States after the great commercial
convulsions of 1537. Many fine establish- j
merits were put under the hammer, and sold j
fur onc-tenti) of theii cost, many large es- |
tahlishments were closed for long periods, !
and others run on short time only to keep |
those dependent on them from starvation, j
Not so with us. During this period, out of j
25 Cotton Factories in North Carolina, 15
in South Carolina, arid 19 in Georgia,
from the best information at hand, hut two !
have changed hands The Saluda Mills near j
Columbia, one of tltem, which brought un
der the hammer, sixty thousand dollars,
(GO.000) not by any means a sacrifice con
sidering the times, for it is n sum within j
twenty thousand dollars (20,000) of what it j
would cost to erect and put iti operation !
such an establishment, and I believe I may
safely make the assertion that throughout j
Virginia, North Caroline, South Caroline,
at.d Georgia, with probably a single excep
tion, there was not a Factory closed or put
under the necessity of running short time.
Thus much for the stability of manufactur
ing investments at the South. All the South
ern Cotton Factories are now doing a profit
able business, and 1 believe 1 will be sus
tained by those engaged in it in the asser
tion, that this particular occupation has not
had more than its share of the embarrass
ment. that has recently attended every other
pursuit.
The erection of the first Cotton Mill in
South Carolina, except one, may he dated
in 1833. Since which period, fourteen have
been erected, and I believe there has been
no instance of failure to produce fair re- j
turns for c|>ital invested where the parlies j
were not emhartassed by indebtedness for
j the establishment of such property, and j
gave the business a jiroper share of personal ‘
attention. It is true that, this species of
property is not as convertible into money as i
land and negroes, but it is more productive j
and less liable to depreciate in value.
It will appear from the above that four- i
! teen Cotton Factories have been put into
! successful operation in South Carolina in
the last ten years, five years of which time,
we may say, has been lost to all enterpiise. j
From this showing, 1 think w e may fairly j
come to the conclusion, that the ice is now j
broken; atui what may we not anticipate j
as the result of the coming ten years? Al- j
ready we learn that a Company of English j
gentlemen, possessing some millions of cap- I
ital, have recently purchased large water j
privileges in the upper port of this State, j
for the purpose of establishing mnnnfacio
ties, and it is said, that a wealthy and en- <
I terprising gentleman of Char lest on, is now !
: having estimates made ir: Paterson, N. J.,
i preparatory to erecting a latce Cotton Fac
tory, to be located in Charleston, dtiven by
| Steam-power. These ate truly cncoutng
-1 ing signs of the times.
A Friend to Home Manufactures. j
I The Door School Fund. —As frequent in
) quit ies are mode about the Poor School
Law, and the time when the Fund set apart
for the education of the Poor will be dis- !
tiibuted by the Executive, we take this oc- !
cusinn to make the following statements for J
the benefit of our readers, and particularly |
; for those who have or will have an interest j
J in the distribution,
i Immediately after the adjournment of
I the Legislature, the Governor fin warded to j
j the Justices of the Inferior Courts of each i
; county in the State, a copy of the “ Act to j
I provide for the education of the Poof”— \
j Aliy one, therefore, desitirig to see the pro- |
j visions of this Act, can do so, by culling up- i
on the Justices, or Clerk of the Inferior I
Court of his county.
The Act, by section 3rd, sets apart, for |
il;e purpose of aiding in the education of
the poor, seventeen hundred nndthirty-three
shares of the capital stock of the Bank of j
the State of Georgia, eight hundred and (
, ninety shares of the Bank of Augusta, and
| all the available assets of the Centra! Bank
after the payment of its debts; the annual
income of which is to he distributed to the
several counties.
The only fund which can be distributed 1
this year by the Governor, will he the divi
dends received front the Bank of the State
of Georgia and the Bank of Augusta ; and
this will be distributed early in the month
of December next. It must lie bon ein
mind though, that by the first Monday in
November next, the Justices of the Inferi
or Court of each county are requited to re
port to the Governor, the number of poor
children in their respective counties, he- 1
tween the ages of eight and sixteen years,
whose patents are unable to educate them, j
Front this, it will be seen, that the differ
ent counties in the State will receive no
portion of poor school money, until idterthe !
first of December next. What amount will ;
be distributed is also uncertain. It de- 1
pends altogether upon the dividends which !
the Banks may he able to declare.
As for the amount due to teachers of
poor children in 1842 anil 1543, section the
stb, of this same Law, requires that the
Justices of the Inferior Courts of each
county,shall,as soon as practicable, ascertain
the amounts due to them, and report to the
Executive, who shall cause the same to he
paid out of the proceeds of the sales of the
j public lands that may revolt to the State, as
I soon as practicable, which payments shall
be made by the Agency of the Justices of
the Inferior Courts of the several counties. ;
It is left though to the discretion of the Jus
tices to apply the funds received under the i
piesent Law, to the extinguishment of any
such claims, which may afterwards be reirn- .
I hutseil by receipts from the revetted lands, j
These are the main features of this Act, j
1 which, as before observed, is in the jmsses
sion of the Justices of the Infciior Courts 1
i of every county in the State, and can readi
ly be referred to.— Georgiu Journal.
National Foundry at the South; —Why .
; should we not have a national foundry at the j
1 South? We know a locality where there j
is unlimited water power, inexhaustible |
beds of iron ote, labor cheap, and prnvis- I
ions nhuuiiaut indeed where, so fat as our
knowledge extends, all the requisites of
such an establishment me at hand. From i
thence, across rail-roads now in progress, i
the Atlantic can be reached in 4$ hunts, j
and the whole Gulf Coast and Mississippi
Valley in a few days. Such a point pos
sesses it seems to us unrivalled advantages,
and such’a point is to he found at the Eto
wah shoals 2 miles above the crossing of
the State Rail Road. This idea is not oiig
irtal with us. It is in contemplation to in
ti odticc a resolution at the present session
of Congress for the establishment of a
national foundry at the South. We indi
cate lire point above mentioned because we
know of none other comparable to it for
such a purpose. It combines most favora
bly the two great pre-requisites the ore and
an easy transmission to the points ofsupply, i
A southern location for a national tstab- j
lishmentof this kind stiikes us as most rea
sonable. Hetetofore the thing would have
been impracticable with no convenient ac
cess to the Sea-board. But the completion
of our rail way system is now beyond ques
tion, and it is a natural consequence that !
Bur icsourcei should begin to be developed.
It is just anil right, that the patronage of
the Government should he divided among
the several sections of the union, as far ns
possible. The South feels that she has
been neglected—she feels that she has not
had the benefit of the expenditutes of the
government in proportion to her part in its
support. It is then proper that whenever <
expenditures can he made with ns much ad- j
vantage here as elsewhere, we should have ;
the preference. Os the vast sums that have j
been appropriated to works of a public na
ture. bow little has been expended at the
South. We have no disposition to dictate
to tho proper judges upon such matters, but
we feel that our section (and by this we
mean Noitli Alabama and Ea>t Tennessee
as well as north western Georgia) has vast
lesources undeveloped. By State and pri
vate enterprise large sums have been ex
pended in making it easy of access to the
Sea-board —and we therefore feel itourdu- !
ty on every opportunity to insist upon its
advantages. Much more might with pro
priety be said upon this subject, and we
will perhaps return to it at another time.— j
Rome Courier.
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(
Western Rife. —But few Eastern people i
know anything of the perils of the settlers
of the West. The following hummus ex
tinct fiom a woik called the “New Pur
chase” will give a little idea of it :
Turrifyhtg the Par. —“ When we fust
i settled,” said he, ‘* down on Higginses bot
tom, there was no mills in these parts, and
so we packed all our bread stuffs from over
1 there tit Wood'll, about once a month or
thereabouts, me goin one day and coming
; back the next day, and my ole woman n
j staying in the cabin till I gits back. The
I injins were mostly gone, but straglin ones
kept cumin on and off, but though they
were harmless like, folks was a little dubua
and din’tit want their company; and my
. ole w oman she always shot the door at night,
and sort o’ draw'd the headslid agin it.—
i Well, so one night 1 was away for meal,
ami she bethought as how she’d render off
her fat; and so she ons with the great pot ]
—that one your ole woman, neighbor Ash
ford borrowed last year to bile sugar in—
! and she puts in her fat and begins lieatin it;
1 when what does she bear all at once on a
| sudden, but a poweiful tramplin round the
cabin ! “ Maybe,” says she to herself, “it’s
j some pool injin wants to come in !” when
j all at once the tramplin stopt and she spies
1 through a crack if it warn't a powerful bar
i after the fat ! And she know'll the varmint
| wasn’t goin to tyst till he klirn down the
* chimhly; and that she’d have to put out and
maybe lose all her fat ! Well, my ole wo
i man was, to be sum, u Icetle skat’d, lut
I she didn’t lose her presentiment of mind
j —she only let the fellow hack down as
j near as was convenient and then she jerks
a handful of diy grass out of her tick, and
set file to the whole on the fat ! And she
says ’mas most poweiful hilly to hear the
j burr go up tbe cbitnbly agin—and how be
j was beerri a growliu and innkin tracks fin
the timbers! And that’s the way she tarri
! fieii the bar and sort o’ scoi tched his biiteh-
I es.”
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A Heroic TI ‘oman. —Mi*. Child, in giv- j
j ing nil account of an inteivicw with Miss
Dix, the heroic woman vvlm has visited so
many piisons and alms houses in this State
and New York, relates the following anec
dote as illustrative of the power of the ru
; ligious sentiment over insane people:
On one occasion this missionary oftner
| c.y was earnestly cautioned not to appmuch
a raving maniac, lie yelled frightfully day
and night, tent his garment, plucked out his
hair, and was so violent that it was suppos
ed that he would murder any one that ven
tured within his reach. Miss Dix seated
herself at a little distance, and without ap
pearing to notice him began to lead, with
serene countenance and gentle voice, cer
tain passages of Scriptuie filled with the
spii it of tenderness. His shouts gradually
subsided, until at last he became perfectly
still. When she paused, be said meekly,
“Read me some, it does me good.” And
when, after a prolonged season of worship,
she said, “ 1 must go away now : be eager
ly replied, “ No, you cannot go. God sent
you to me ; and you must not go.’’ By
kind words, and a promise Income uga : n,
she finally obtained permission to depart.— j
| “ Give your band,” said he. She gave
it, and smiled upon him. The wild expres
, sion of bis haggard countenance softened to
! tearfulness as lie said— ” Inu treat me
\ light. God sent you.”
On another occasion she had been lend
i ing some twenty or thi l ly maniacs into
worship, anil seeing them all quiet as lambs
1 gathered into the Sheperd’s fold, she pre
-1 pared to go forth to other duties, in leav
ing the room, she passed an insane young
man, with whom she had sevetnl interviews.
He stood with hands clasped, and a counte
’ nance of the deepest reverence. With u |
1 friendly smile, she said, “ Henry, are yen
1 well to-day?” “Hush! hush!” teplied
lie, sinking bis voice to a whisper, and gaz
i ing earnestly on the space around her.—
! “ Hush! there are angels with you ! They j
have given you their voice.
Reduction of Postage . —The bill introduc
ed by Mr. Merrick, in the Senate on the 22d,
and which was ordered to he printed, pro
vides that all letters not exceeding one-half
ounce in weight, for any distance under one
hundred miles shall he taxed five cents; for
any distance greater than this, ten cents. —
The flanking privilege is taken away from
all postmasters and subordinate officers. It
is retained only by the President, Vice-Pres
ident, and Heads of Departments. Some
functionaries of Government are allowed to
keep an account of letters received and
chat ge the same. Members of Congress are
to be furnished by the Department with a
cei tain limited number of free stamps. The
hill also proposes a large-reduction of post
age on newspapers, pamphlets and periodi
cals.—Savannah. Republican.
What's in a Name. —lt is recorded in
Trumbull’s History of the I r niled States
that one of the most decisive victories gain
ed over the Indians in South Carolina in the
early settlement of that province, was se- i
cured by Captain Chicken , at the head of j
the Goose Creek Militia.
The Georgia Conference. —This body has
been in session in the city since the 17tH
inst., Bishop Soul, presiding, and is expect
ed to close its lalKjrs probably about Friday.
The inclemency of the weather, and the
had state of the roads have prevented the
session being as full as usual, though we un
; derstnnd about one hundred itinerant Min
isters are in attendance. We have had
1 preaching from them regularly, once a day
j or nftener, both in the Methodist and Bap
tist Churches; and it is hut justice towaid
these zealous Heralds of the Gospel, to say,
that their Conference is composed of men
of the highest intellectual wnttli and relig
ious usefulness. An occasional visit to
Lyceum Hall, where they transact business,
has satisfied n, too, that he “ who shall he
able to stand’’ before this body, in the ex
animation of his claims to the Ministry, will
thereafter present himself to the public com
j faience under vety strong guaranties of be
ing “ well qualified.”
Bishop Settle, is a venerable old gentle
man, said to he about 70 years of age, and
to have been engaged in the Ministry now
| going on 46 years. He is a native of Mas
j sßcluisctls, and resides in the State of Ohio,
I if a man may be said to live any where who
I lias “gone into the world” so often and so
j long. Added to his clerical talents, and
; deep personal piety, lie seems also to be a
i man of striking business habits, fulfilling in
| an eminent degree tiie Quaker maxim, that
w benever he speaks he has something to sav-
The appointments to Circuits, ic. will
j not be read out until near the close of the
| Conference, anil will appear in our next
week’s pnpci.— Columbus Enquirer, Jan. 29.
STATIONS OF PREACHERS
In the Georgia Annual Conference, 1844.
Avgusta District —Ja’s.E. Evans, P.E.
Avgusta. —G. F. Pierce, S. J. Turner.
Columbia. — W. D. Arnold.
Lincolnttm. —James Jones.
Washington. — W. J. Sasnett.
Wilkes. —A. J. Lent.
Louisville. —J. VV. Knight.
I Waynesboro ’.—J. C. Simmons.
Won niton. — W. H. Evans.
Springfield. —E. White.
Bulloch. —David Blalock.
Savannah. —J. Lewis.
Jefferson mission. —J. J. M. Mupp.
Buike “ J. W. Farmer.
Srriven “ R. It. Rushing.
He of Hope Sf Savannah Mission. —L. G. R.
Wiggins.
Osahaic. —John Jones.
Athens District —Jnn. W. Glenn, P. E.
Athens.— W. J. Pinker.
Covington Sf Monroe. —J. P. Duncan, J. B.
’ Jackson.
Watkinsville. —R. Lane, A. D. Russell.
Elberton. — W. M. Crumby, A. J. Reynolds.
Madison. — Walter R. Branham.
Carnesri/lc. —J. B. Chappell, VV'. H. Craw
ford.
Greensboro. — Win. A i mild.
C’aiksrille. —D. Thompson.
Oxford. —W. Knox.
Emory College. —A. B. Long-street, Presi
dent ; A. Means, G. VV. Lane, Pmfes-
Bnrx ; VV. D Martin, Agent.
Kingston mission. —To be suptilied.
Cherokee District —VV. D. Mathews,
r. E.
Newnan. —J. VV’. Yarborough, M. Bellnli.
McDonough. —A. Pennington, VV. A. F.
Lawrence.
GriJJin. —C. Trussed, J. B. WarJlaw.
Carrollton. — B. E. Lucas; one to be sup
plied.
Decatur. rA Neese.
Cassri/le.— George Blight, J. M. Vestal.
Marietta —ll. P. Pitclifiird, R. A. Johnson.
Dahloncga. —R. Stripling.
Lawreneerille. —E. Bennett, Thomas Fow
ler.
Macon District— J. VV. Talley, P. E.
Macon. —J. B. Payne.
Mil/edgetilfe. —E. H. Myers.
Clinton. — D. Kelsey.
Ealonlun. —lsaac Boring.
Forsyth. —VV. VV. Robinson, C. R. Jewett.
CuUodcn. — B. W. Claike.
Twiggs If Wilkinson. —F. D. Lowry, J. R.
Danfort li.
Sparta. — A. T. Mann.
Sanderscillc. —C. Raifoid, R. VV. Bigham.
Mon t ircllo. —H. Craw fi >rd.
Wesleyan Female. College. — W. 11. Ellison;
S. Anthony, Agent.
Columbus District. —Thomas Samford,
P. E.
Columbus. —Daniel Curry.
Lagrange. —J. A. Wiggins.
Thomuston. —James Hunter.
Troup. — E. VV. Reynolds, A. Dorman.
Harris If Talbot. —J. P. Dickinson, J.Scaife.
Greenville. —N. Smith, G. W. Farraby.
Muscogee. —C. L. Hays.
Talbot ton. —C. VV. Key.
Franklin. — VV’. Graham.
Meriwether Sf Troup mission. —To be sup
plied.
L. Pierce, ageet of the American Bible
Society, for the Slate of Georgia.
Fort Gaines District—l. F. Steagall,
P. E.
Blakely. —S. P. Richardson.
HawkinsviUe. —T. C. Colman.
Tazeucll If Americas.- —W. D. Bussej, R-
M unifee.
Cvthhert Sf Fort Gaines.—J. T. Tally.
Lumpkin. —T. D. Peurifoy, VV. Foster.
Albany. — VV. Hall.
Perry. —S. M. Smith, James Harris.
Fort Valley mission. —James Dunwoody.
Chattahoochee “ J. T. Turner.
Ocmulgec “ J. W. Carroll.
Tallahassee Diitrict—P. P- Smith,
P. E.
Tallahassee. —G. J. Pierce.
Qnincy. —R. H. Luckey.
Gadsden. —R. H. Howren, F. A. Johnson.
Leon. —J. Wooday.
Waculla. —A. Graham.
Thomasrille. — A. Martin.
Troupvillc. —J. T. Smith.
Madison. —A. Peeler.
Hamilton. —N. R. Fleming-
Monticcllo.— John M, Milmer.
Lake Jackson mission. —To be supplied-
Gadsden “ J- J- Richards.
Newnansvillk District. —T. C. B* n I
ning, P. E.
Newnansville. —V. H. Shelton.
Columbia. —W. VV. Griffin.
Osen/wn mission. —To be supplied.
Camp King “ E. L. T. Blake.
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