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LEAK IX.
) \r>K-r.“v>ss, —The whole tram of errors to which huuvan-
Ity is addicted, might be diligently sought from beginning to
tnd, without finding ajo railed with deceit. It Ls an impossi
biiity to derive oy pleasure wliatever, when unforeseen cir
cuuHtaoem place us in a position that we are compelled to as
sociate and converse with personage who are treacherous in
th* jr acts and speech. It is n remarkable tic!, that no insidi
ous m.'n, whatever his position in life may be,can ever attain
unalloyed and lasting rt>pcet. The men who are most trea
sord in society are those whose sentim- nts are earnestly spo
ken, and acted up*<n when the requisite occasions fcr action
are ushered before them. There is no sin’ mere glaring than
deceit. The voices of just men arc against it, and God, in
his revealed word, condemns it. This evil manifests itself in
bvery race, from the sceptered king to the lowest peasant
ard brief indeed is the distance we journey without finding
an insidious man. Sometimes the noblest filing on earth, is
.assumed by those between whose Keeell and 3C . tiong th , : . e is
£ m "f “ tere exists between day and night..
. too often, WC see the sacred desk polluted by
those whose acts are not in keeping with the honor of their
calling. We must not judge rashly or harshly of those who
are deceitful, but rather attribute it to the weakness of tlieir
understanding. It seems that a majority of the persons who
become habituated with deceit mistake their calling; and
rather than the world should know their inadequateness for
the honest performanceof their duties, they call in the aid of
insidiousness to sustain their reputation. The hearts of men
are only visible to the eye of God, and he alone can judge of
their evils. Results, however, sometimes will show how sincere
a man was when they were planned. Minute indeed is the
scrupulousness of conscience a man must possess, if his ac
tions are averse to the words and precepts that fall from his
tongue. Sincerity, like the diamond, is often counterfeited,
but in the end, the imitation will prove unavailable.
SENECA.
Leaf .a.
Jocundity. —There is an avenue of moral duty, if pursu
ed aright, whereby there is much to be gained, and nothing
to hazard. It is simple; easily to be learned, and when judi
ciously inculcated, it insures for the bearer a kind reception
and appropriate appreciation wherever lie may go. It is agree
ableness. Wherever it is practiced, and held as a natural ob
ligation between parties, we can infer, forsooth, tliat there is
rnueli happiness -, but wheresoever it does not exist, the clam
or of discord is heard, and the inharmoniousness of action is
visible. It is no wonder to us, whatever, why so many per
sons have complained in cynical tones, of the formal manner in
which they are received, when they are so blind as not to per
ceive their own destitution of jocundity. We have often seen,
in vast or minor assemblages, persons whose remarks and de
portment were any thing but agreeable, and have wished
them in some place where such frailties are reverenced. The
wisest philosophers of every age, have generally observed
the maxim “That it is better to speak and act agreeably, or
not to speak or act at all.” In the observance of this rule,
they have never been mistaken for disciples of Diogenes.—
History informs us that Vntisthencs, the Athenian, was found
er of the Cynici, whose appellation was derived from their
canine propensities ; and we imagine the delight of Antisthe
nes would be immeasurable, if he could arise from his grave
and view bis numerous and successful proselytes. This is an
evil unworthy of adoption, and its appearance should be dis
countenanced, no matter what phase it wears. The Bible says,
“a soft answer turncth away wrath,” and again it says “a
word fitly spoke n is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.”
Those no doubt, are applicable to our subject as any other,
and so we apply them. There are perceptible marks of favor
paid to pleasant men, and are such recommendations, that
they never know the want of a friend. If these remarks be
true, therefore, to be agreeable is to be wise. SENECA..
[For the Georgia Citizen.]
Selections from my Scrap-book.
ANECDOTES OF 17 91.
A School exercise was lately given to one of the students
at'Westminster school—the word was Saratoga: On which
lie immediately wrote an epigrammatic couplet in Latin, of
which the following is a translation : •
Burgoyne, alas! unknowing future fates.
Could cut his way through woods, but not through Gates.
An old American savage, being at an Inn in New York,
met with a gentleman who gave him some liquor, and being
rath.< r lively, b >;u>ted he could read and write English. The
gentleman, willing to indulge him in displaying his knowl
edge, begged leave to propose a question, to which the old
man consented, lie was then asked who was the first cir
cumcised ? The Indian immediately answered, father Abra
ham: and directly asked the gentleman, who was the first
Quaker ? Ile said it was very uncertain, as people differed in
their sentiments exceedingly. The Indian perceiving the
gentleman unable to resolve the question, put his fingers in
his mouth, to express liis surprise, and looking steadfastly,
told him, that Mordccai was the first Quaker, for he would
not pull offhis hat to Hainan
A Bostonian lately meeting a British officer at a Coffee
house, in London, the conversation turned on America.—
The sou of the sword, said, “There was nothing in America,
like St. James’ Turk.” “O, yes,” said the Yankee, “we
have a fine common and as elegant a mall in Boston, as any
you can boast of here, I’ll assure you.” “Well,” asked the
other, “is the country thickly inhibited, and have you good
roads &c. ? ” “Yes.” “Well, what road do youcall the
best?” “Why,” returned the A r ankee, “we esteem the
road leading from Saratoga the best in America.” Farther
the enquirer did not ask, but vamosed shortly.
llow much modern times are like days of yore!
The Bible, sail the late King of Prussia, is a staff which
God put into the hands of blind ruen to guide their steps. —
But they, instead of applying it to that use, immediately began
to wrangle and dispute about its length, breadth, and thick- ■
ness, and concluded by knocking each other over the pate
with it.
The above might have done well enough for a joke when j
spoken, but there ** too much truth in it in our day to be
very amusing: unless it be to some stoic Philosopher, who
cum laugh at the ignorance, folly calamities and misery of the
world, and say it’s well, they might have had more sense,
and better luck.
Fk.eenoi.ogy, or the Advantages of a Thick Cranium.
—After Professor Person’s death, his head was.dissected,
and to the confusion of all craniologists, but to the consolation !
of all blockheads, it was discovered that he had the thick<ust •
skull of any Professor in Europe. Professor Gall, on being ■
called upon to explain this phenomenon, and to reconcile so !
tenacious a memory with so thick a receptacle for it, is said l
to have replied, “How the ideas got into sueli a skull is their
business, not mine. I have nothing to do with that; but
let them once get in, that is all I want; once in, 1 will defy
them ever to get out again.”
A Broken Heart. —The female heart, as for as my expe
rience goes, is just like a knew India Rubber shoe; you may
pull and pull at it till it stretches out a yard long, and then
let go, and it will fly right back to its old shape. 1 heir hearts
are made of stout leather, I tell you, there's a plaguy sight
of wear in ’em. I never knowod but one case ofa broker;
heart, and that was in tether sex—one W ashington Banks,
lie was a sneezer, lie was tall euougli to spit down on
the heads oi your Grenadiers, and near about high enough
to wade across Charleston river, and as strong as a tow
boat. I guess ho was somewhat less than a foot longer than
the moral law and catechism too. lie was a perfect picture
ofa man; folks used to run to the window when lie passed,
and say, “There goes Washington Banks, beant he lovely ? ”
Ido not believe there wasn’t a gal in the Lowell Factories
that warn’t in love with him. Well, wlxn I last seed him,
he was all skin and bone, like a horse turned out to die. lie
was teetotally defleslied, a mere walking skeleton. “I am
dreadfully sorry,” says I, “to see you, Banks, looking so
peeked; why you are like a sick turkey-hen, all legs; wliat
on airth ails you ? ’
‘ I’m dying,’ says he of a broken heart ! ’ ‘What,’ says
I, “have the gals beenjiltin you?’ ‘No, no!’ says he, ‘I
beant such a fool as that neither.’ ‘Well,’ says I, ‘have you
made a bad speculation?’ ‘No,’ says he, ‘shakin’ his head,
‘I hope I have too much clear grit in me to take on bad lor
that.’ ‘Wliat under the sun, is it then?’ said I. ‘Why,’
says he ‘I made a bet the forepart of the summer with Lieu
tenant Oby Knowles, tliat I could shoulder the best bower
of the Constitution Frigate. I won my bet; but the anchor
was ho eternal heavy it broke my heart.’ Sure enough ho
did die that very full, and he was the only instance I ever
heard tell of a broken heart. I
Corresjuinknrp.
BETTER from OKIFFO, Gn.
Griffin, May 18, 1850.
.M/x Editor - Y on. as one of the citizens of Georgia ,
mar possibly feel some interest iu knowing what happens in
our midst. W I have no objection to your taking princi
pal as well as interest. Now for the principal ;as I said
once before, late break fast, better than n< >ne at all. We had a
glorious exhibition of Temperance—the Daughters ot Tem
perance making, or rather presenting a banner already made
by them, to the I t*. vision of this place. On this migh
ty occasion,aii th’j Divisions were out to sec the presentation.
Ad nu-.t according to notice at the Baptist Church, where
•Le flag was presented., and very well done. Whereupon Mr.
Matther made e. few remarks or. behalf of laiwson Division.
Then the Ladies sung a neve song, on Temperance, Where
! upon, on this occasion, the Rev. Mr, Hinton made his appear-
I ance as orator of the day, Ac. To say all in a word, his exordi-
I uin was rich, chaste, elegant and disinterested. But we
i cannot say as much for all his positions, nor for all his speech ;
1 a portion of which we think bordered on the ludicrous, per
i Imps not. This is only our opinion. But “here is a brief”
: synopsis of his speech. Will the Methodists or Baptists ad
| here to it ?
The speaker referred to the cases of Noali and Lot as dis-
J graceful, without mentioning what happened in their eases.—
! Next he said, “There are 500,000 drunkards in the United
i States. Next, he defies any man to show that wine ought to
jbe used in the sacrament. His next position was, that the life
iof the drunkard was short. Next, he assumes that we ought
to oppose drunkenness, because of the political and moral
j evils resulting therefrom. Argued that the evils were not on
ly temporal , but spiritual —even f.ter.nal. Says that the
wine spoken of in the scripture as fa cor able, or rather to be
used, would not intoxicate. That there are 0 different words
in the Hebrew translated wine in English, when but one of
these nine Hebrew words refers to the sort of wine tliat ought
to be used ; while the other eight referred to, wines that
ought not to be used, the latter possessing intoxicating quali
ties. That no wine ought to be used which will produce
drunkenness, &c. Tliat the wine spoken of as favorable for
use would not produce intoxication. Says there is 195 differ
ent kinds of wine ; and that only one kind was ever used by
approbation of the M ord of God. Next, of the wine made
by Christ; says that Christ did not make intoxicating wine,
but that it was the other kind of wine, which had no intoxi
cating qualities about It. That Paul did not mean intoxicat
ing wine, when lie wrote to Timothy to take a little wine for
his stomach s sake—that lie only wrote this because Timothy
was a temperate man and not in the lmbit of using any sort of
wine. So ended this matter concerning of which so much
preparation had been made.
Well, the next item of much moment, and one which we
all have an interest in, is the removal of the Mercer Institute
to this place. A subscription is out to raise money for that
object. There are several thousand dollars subscribed in this
place. I suppose that some 12 or 15 thousand dollars will be
subscribed here. Someone has been careful to get an idea
into circulation that there arc legal impediments in the way of
the removal. These, it is hinted, are found in the will of Mr.
Mercer. To this objection, it is sufficient to mention but two
facts, viz: Ist. That Jesse Mercer was opposed to the loca
tion of the Institution at that place. And 2dly, That his will
had no witnesses, and was only established so far as personal
property is concerned, and could not pass real estate. So
much by way of answer to the legal impediments in the way.
One word in relation to the removal: No place enjoys more
advantages as to health and accessibility, than this, in Georgia.
And if we understand the question right, there are no two
things more needed in looking out a place whereon to locate
an institution of that description. We have mentioned so
much on the subject, that the friends of removal inay every
where be prepared, not only as to the argument, but with
their money also, to be paid by instalments, on condition that
the Convention shall decide that the Institution may, or shall
be removed.
Mr. Haley is going a head with the Plank Road from this
place to West Point. Yours, &c.,
TROCHANTER.
LETTER from COLLUDES.
Columbus, May 19th, 1850.
Dear Sir: —The Superior Court of this county commen
ced on Monday last, the Hon. R. B. Alexander presiding. It
will be a long session. As yet there have been but few civil
cases tried. On Wednesday last, the trial of \Yin. B. Mar
tin for the killing of Duffie commenced. The evidence clo
sed on Friday evening, and on Saturday evening, after a vigi
lant prosecution and able defence, the jury retired to tlieir
room to make up their verdict. The chances are and ought
to be on the side of the accused.
You have, perhaps, ere this, seen the long letter in the
“Times” of the lfith inst. also the notice and long list of
names to get up a Southern meeting, so called. You will
perceive from this Proclamation that the “High Priest” has
assumed the Papal robes and upon the text, “upon this rock
will I build my church (if I can,) and give to thee the keys of ;
(our kingdom, if we can have one) and the Guns of “Old i
Zack” shall not prevail against it.” Thus goes the figure,!
and wliat a profound mistake! These Fire Eaters and dis- 1
unionists, no doubt, think it is and will boa “long time be-|
tween drinks,” or, in the words of another, “these waiters on \
Providence, have lost all hopes of having their aspirations i
satisfied, and have also lost their Independence.”
The “Southern meeting” was held at Concert Ilall. The
show opened about nine o’clock. It was well attended with
spectators; sublimity farce disunionists, and open rebellion- !
ists—and it is well the more feminine sex were not present,
lest they might have been carried away by the usual enthusi
asm of a camp meeting, or be fainting and screaming
“where is my baby,” &e. Not knowing that the proceed
ings will be published, it is well not to lose it, and I will there
fore hand it over to your devil for safe keeping.
On motion, Dr. lloxey was tailed to the Chair and Col.
Forsyth, in like manner, to act as Secretary. The object
of the meeting was mentioned by Dr. 11. and Col. 11. L.
Denning then moved that a committee of sixteen be appoint- 1
ed by the Chair to draft and report Resolutions for the action
of the meeting. The question was put, and before the nays
answered, Jas. Johnson, Esq. was on the carpet, and said
there was no necessity for any such a committee, as there
was, he apprehended, many persons present who had resolu
tions already prepared to offer. Mr. J. was called to order by
Col. .Tones, backed up by Capt. Seliley, (whose parliamenta
ry knowledge was not to be confounded,) and said that Mr.
J.’s proposition was a negative one. Capt. S. was also called
to order by Col. Jones, on which loud applause ensued, and
the floor was left vacant. Judge Iverson then arose, with his
usual gravity, and proposed that no undue advantage be ta
ken, and that Col. Benning again introduce his first proposi
tion, so as to leave the question open for Mr. Johnson to
meet it, which was done. The motion of Col. B. was ably
opposed by as(>eeeh from Mr. Johnson, but talent here was :
naught compared to numbers. The question was put by the ’
Chair and decided to be in favor of Col. B.’s motion. The !
committee was appointed; they retired, and amongt them :
were seen G. Thomas, Esq. and the Senator of these parts.
So much for consistency. They were absent but a few min
utes, and returned, with the report and resolutions, which
were read by the Secretary. They were as long as an Irish
mile, as greasy as a cook's apron, well chopped, hashed and
dried, and highly seasoned with humbuggery, dissolution and
rebellion, with all the horrors of the reign of terror and the
decrees of “La Force.” The chairman of the committee
wished to premise, but he had his share of office, and they
called him down as out of order. Poor old man, he was like
many others, did not know wliat he had done. Col. Holt
then moved, as a substitute, a set of resolutions, breathing
forth union, harmony, and a full, fair and amicable |
adjustment of our rights by Congress, without being in the.
feast submissionists. But the last word was scarcely finished, ’
before a motion was made to lay them upon the table, without j
note or comment. Hie motion was put to vote as quick as a j
minute, and the C hair was about to determine it in favor of i
the ay as, before Col. 11. could get himself seated and on the
floor again the fire eaters thus showing their great anxiety
either to demolish or conceal every tiling that would have the i
least tendency to show the public that there was any opposi- 1
tion, or tliat any one was for peace and the Union. Col. 11.
cquld scarcely get an opportunity to be heard upon hisreso- *
lutions, they endeavoring to put him down as being out ofor- I
?is isiiiil ” 1 1 sil mH.
; dor when he was not. When the noise subsided, the call was
j for Col. Holt, and his right to be heard before action on his
resolutions. He obtained the floor ami explained clearly and
;ityy the object of liis resolutions, and the state of the country.
IBs speech called forth much applause and mauy thanks.—
The fire eaters seemed routed, the current was against them
—a flourish of loud shouts brought forth the champion, to
urge his cause, though bad. The High Priest, in imaginary
robes, followed Col. 11. in a speech of two hours or more, lie
i mostassuredly, in point of talents, is extraordinary; his meta
’ phorsand figures were of the boldest and most vaunting ehar
i after. Call him gently, the “Mlrabcau” of Georgia, in talent,
:in action, and in factious spirit. If there be a name less mild,
1 give it him, for it best becomes him, for so daring and so
glaring were his intimations, that they would make men in
• robes and mitres rebel and use all the deeds of civil war not
only against the intrusive North, but also the sunny South
! who oppose his action, for he held forth, in bold relief, the
| fact, “tliat there were men now iu Columbus who could, with
| impunity, talk that, which if said, fifteen years ago, would
bring them to the jibbet without Judge or Jury, or entitle
them to a genteel coat of tar and feathers.” Is this to be the
scene to be enacted on the stage ? or was it only for effect ?
The w hole tenor of the first resolutions and the speech of
this “Mirabeau” was such as to make one ask himself who
are to be the Marats, the Dantons, the Robespieres, and where
’is safety to be found ? lie urged tliat the people who formed
! the Constitution and ask for admittance of California, as a
! State, were not citizens. Will he please tell what they are,
1 and who were or who are to be citizens of California? He
further urged tliat California was to be admitted as a State
prohibiting slavery, by and through the agency of the present
Administration. It certainly is not forgotten tliat neither the
present Administration nor the present Senators from Or
egon had aiij- aid or agency in sending Stephenson and his re
giment of 1200 “frec-soilors” from New York to California,
to take possession and colonize it—that the present Adminis
tration did not conquer it and next purchase it. Who were
then the Senators and Representatives in Congress from
Georgia ? Who, then, not only lost but gave up the inter
ests of the South ? And who permitted, peaceably, and qui
etly, and calmly, yea, submissively, the Wilmot Proviso to be
extended over Oregon ? Would a dissolution of the Union
bring us California, Utah, Deseret or New Mexico? Would
it bring us greater protection of our rights or property ?
Would we be stronger and happier ? Would it make the
North submit? Would it give us auv greater territory to
make Slave States out of? What is to be made by dissolu
tion or civil war ? Wliat is to be lost or won by it ? Mho
are to be the losers and gainers? and who in the eye of the
Law, is the guilty one, the offender ortho defender ? These
are all grave questions for churchmen and statesmen. fo‘t
them be answered honestly and without garble or false colors,
and you will do much for a people who will not do wrong if
| they know it. It is sufficient to stand upon our reserved and
j constitutional rights when they are attacked.
Again it would seem that there were no other rights and
| property to be protected in the South but the rights to bold
| slave property and carry it where the owner pleases. Bc
; ware of such fallacies, lest sooner or later, you will find a
j cause and advocates to oppose such doctrines, fearlessly
1 and boldly ; for there are rights superior to the l ights of prop
j ertv, and rights in property equal in magnitude.
‘“ War D the game of Kings,” and not of a Republic.—
There is scarcely ever one who engages in internal broils that
has got much to lose or much to leave, but all to gain, if gain
they do. Look at the whole list of fire-eaters, hot-spurs and
disunionists,see who they are, where they are, where did
they come from and what they have to lose or gain, and see if
many of them are not these self-same men, who in the days
of Nunification and now, call the old and present lovers of the
Union submissionists because they will not now, as then, cut
the cord tliat binds tiicse States together and extinguish for
ever the last hope of liberty. Again, see where fathers, broth
i ers, unefts, nephews and cousins, even to the 81st degree rc
j ceived the name and gain of the last desolating war. Look
i for them and point them out, and see if war is not their ope
! rating capital ? Beware of them, and pause ! The whole af
! fair is to make perpetual places for thrown oft’ placemen, that
j they may rule forever. Let us not be led astray, but reflect for
, ourselves, and depend u[k>ii our honest, cool and deliberate
I judgment, and tlie result will be that by disunion and a /civil
i war all is to be lost, yea, the nearest, dearest of political rights
i —that of being a Georgia Citizen and an American Freeman.
I When all these are lost there is no oilier soil on earth where
! they can take root and generate. Col. Holt followed our
; “Mirabeau” in a speeceli of a half hour, and before the cluiir
j man could take the ayes and nays upon Col. Holt’s resolutions,
; the Sabbath was in order. The two seta of Resolutions were
| finally laid on the table and signed by those friendly thereto,
I respectively, the disunionists having a majority of about
j thirty. So concluded this great force. Nearly all were satis
| fiedat its results, for peace was in their hearts, and “not all
j the Howards of this land” can make the rampant lion roar,
i Our Representative, the Hon. M. J. “Wellborn, left for Wash
| ington, before the meeting. Ills voice was not therefore heard
i in its councils. This morning, men asked if the Union was
not dissolved last night, and the side way talk seemed to be
where would the air-built Capital be located. Some seemed
to say it would be here in this city, and urged it as a cause
| for dissolution. Hoping then that this may be last of the mcet
; ing, as it is thought it will, there is yet no danger of having to
proclaim aloud, “God bless Lord Barebones!”
Yours, &e. AMICUS.
LETTER from SAVANNAH.
Savannah, May 22, ISSO.
Dear Doctor :—Since my last some interesting little mat
ters have transpired, but 1 have not been able to give you all
the “dots” for want of leisure. Geo. J. Bulloch, former Cash
ier of the Central 11. R. Bank, was brought back to this city
in custody of a Basting Police officer, A. O. Butman. The’
particulars of his arrest are these : As soon as the news reach
ed Boston, Butman proceeded in the first steamer to Liver
pool, and soon after our worthy Sheriff', Pendergrast went al
so, both hard after the SSOOO reward. Bulloch had left here
on the schooner Abel, for an English port, at which port
both officers had arrived (unknown to each other) before the
vessel. Butman secured a Pilot boat and cruised in the har
bour and arrested liis man, seven miles from land, while our
worthy Sheriff’ was quietly awaiting the arrival of his distin
guished friend Bulloch. The Sheriff stamped and swore (of
course,) but the Yankee took it easy, and with liis hands in
his pockets informed him that when they arrived in Chatham
county, in the State of Georgia, on the other side of the At
lantic, he should have the exclusive honor of taking charge of
Mr. Bulloch, and not before, which was accordingly done,
and Mr. Butman received the SSOOO (with due thanks and
modesty no doubt) the reward, for his services, lie informed
me that this city was one of the finest places he. had ever
seen, and 1 expect whenever he looks at that SSOOO he will
think so. Thus Bulloch was brought back and neither of
| these men had the authority to arrest him. He lias appear
ed for trial, and liis counsel have invented the novel plea, that
because some of the Grand Jury were stockholders in the
Bank and therefore interested parties, they did not have the
right to indict him. But few think he will be punished, and
; thus it goes ; the man who steals thousands, goes unpunished,
and the poor boy, who would steal a loaf of bread for a for
| saken widowed mother, must be sent up to Blackwell’s Island
! for three months, all for the good of morality.
The Theatrical season lias just closed here, after doing a j
fair business since January last. The company was an excel- i
lent one, and among other things, got up “Major Jones’ i
Courtship,” a genuine Georgia piece, which, with little ex- j
coption, was well done. But as the above Theatrical season j
has closed, another in the shape of a revival lias opened.— |
One of those four days meetings, which lusts about two or
three weeks, has started and is now in full blast, yelling, sing- j
ing and handling included.
New Brick buildings have been started in the burnt district, j
and when it is all built up will add much to the beauty of
the city, as well as supply the increasing demand for substan
tial stores in that part of the city, and particularly on Brough
ton street. There are many buildings going up iu different
parts ot the city, as well as dwellings on the commons, and gen
erally the city presents as much improvement as could be wish
ed for. Savannah upward and rising and will yet outstrip all
envious opponents. But it is “Young Savannah” that IS
doing it, not the plodding “old ’uns” of thirty years ago. It*
is tlie young and entu prizing mechanic and merchant and
others, tliat have supplanted the old stock of business men,
and these are the men who destined to bring her to the ze
nith of success and prosperity thereafter. That they can and
will Jo it, I have no doubt. I will refer to this subject hereaf
ter. Yours, truly SEABOARD, i
T- S-—Mojor Jones says this is where the girls always put
the best part of their letter—but I only wish to say that Col.
Sos the Savannah press, supposes Dr. Andrews writes
all his correspondents letters. Now this is to assure him tluit
such is not the fact, that I am authorized to say that “Mr. Sea
board writes Ins own letters ; the Col. knows bint very well,
yet by another name •, but then “what's in a name,” Ac. —
But really, Colonel, “don't go to talking that-a-iray” or
you 11 1 He the Doctor. Come, Colonel, let us go down to
Our llousk and take a “todd.”
EETTER from AIIOUSTA.
Augusta City, May 20, ISSO.
Dear Doctor :—The week past has been one of consider
able excitement in onr town. The Convention of the Geor
gia Rail Road Stockholders took place last Tuesday and
i \\ ednesday. Hie Company furnished an extra train of cars
! to convey such as resided along the line of road and were
i share-holders, free of charge, and others at half the regular
rates.
ihc city was literally crowded with people for three or four
days. Hie display of beauty among the fair sex was really
creditable to that- portion of our State. The number of In
dies was unusually large attending this Convention. As is
customary, the young Gentlemen and citizens, generally, gave
those from the country, that is, the Ladies particularly, a
splendid Pie Nic, at the City Ilall Park, which came otT last
Wedneday night. 1 lie whole city turned out en masse , those
that belonged to the church as well as those that belonged no
where. Leery body seemed desirous to see or participate in
! the amusements of the night. An excellent band of music
was engaged and the dancing was kept up until after the short
I hours had begun. Among the Ladies from the country
i wlneli took part in the doings , wc noticed the young, beauti
ful and accomplished Miss A and her sister from Wilkes
: county, who drew around them quite a bevy of admirers.—
| Misses M and II from Athens, created quite a sen
! sation among a certain number of Gentlemen. The Lely
1 present, perhaps possessing the greatest beauty, was the ac
complished Miss M yof Augusta, who seemed to engage
the attentions of a number of the upper ten. The whole affair
was well conducted, and very agreeably to all concerned.
The report of the Superintcndant of the Road, Mr. F. C.
j Arms, was highly satisfactory, showing quite an increase in
the receipts of tlie Road, both from freight and passengers,
i The Road is in an excellent condition and laid with heavy iron
I nearly or quite the whole extent. Besides, the debts and
| bonds of the Company arc being paid oil’ as fast as possible,
after which the whole income of the Road, after paying the
expenses, will he applicable in the way of paying divivendsto
the stockholders and improving or extending the Road. There
was much harmony exhibited in the Convention. The Con
ventionists left on Thursday morning for their respective
homes, highly gratified with their visit.
Some astounding disclosures have boon made, lately, in our
midst. It is said that the Pastor of the Church has
been acting rather Turkish l>/ for some time past, so much so,
that suddenly his health became bad, and he left for the North
to recruit, leaving a part of his family behind. It is deplor
able, if true, to set himself up as an example to bis flock of
sheep and then himself turn out to be a goat. The woman
implicated was a member of his own church, which makes
the case an aggravated one. How humiliating to the pride
of the church must it be to have one, who was hut yesterday,
i as it were, so eloquent in defence of all that was good and ex-
I cellent in the Christian character, enjoying the confidence of
his churcli and the community, casting all aside for the life of
a common sinner. We hope the report may prove false, but
we have much reason to fear that is too true !
Miss Frcdrica Bremer of Swedish notoriety, is on a visit to
our city, and is having considerable attention paid licY by the
Literati and elite. I hope she may make her visit to our State
both pleasant and instructive.
O: r manufacturing improvements are going forward with
a rapidity really surprising to one unaccustomed to northern
enterprize. Capital appears abundant for all and every entcr
i prize which promises the creation of wealth and the building
up of our city.
, The remarks of the 1 lon. A. 11. Stc pliens, our Representa
tive in Congress, the other day, are eminently true as respects
the resources and greatness of the State. Wittfcoal beds and
iron ore side by side, with a climate well adapted to the pro
| duetion of cotton, wheat, and corn, and almost every tropical
fruit, with endless water power to propel every kind of ma
chinery, and mountains of gold for capital, who shall prescribe
j her limits or her greatness ?
Respectfully yours, RICHMOND.
<II)C ('xcor.gifi Citizen.
IL. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, GA., MAY 24, 1850.
To Subscribers in Columbus.
The Editor expects to be ill Columbus on Monday next,
i and will be happy to afford the opportunity to his numerous
subscribers there, to settle their subscriptions and save fifty
cents, each. New subscriptions also respectfully solicited.
Persons indebted on old account, will likewise have the privi
lege of lifting their “promises to pay” and receipted bills, so
that tlie aftiiirsof the old concern may be finally adjusted.
Commission Business. —Wo invite attention to the
card of Messrs. Patten & Collins, offering their renewed scr
-1.. , - |
vices to the public in the Ware House and Commission busi- :
ness. Confining themselves exclusively to the interests of con
signees, and being obliging and faithful men, Messrs. P. & j
C. will be almost sure to give entire satisfaction to their cus- 1
tomers. Our planting friends will find it to their advantage \
\ to give them a call.
Macon Hotels
On next Monday week, Mr. Lanier thinks he will be able
| to open his well appointed and splendidly furnished New
Hotel to the public. “We looked through the house, a day or
two since, and were delighted with the exceeding neatness
and comfort manifested in all the arrangements of the estab
lishment. It is indeed a perfect Bijou of a public House, not
is large as some, but sufficiently so, with the other fine Ho
tels of Macon, to accommodate the travelling public who may
pass this way.
The “Washington Ilall” and “Floyd House” Proprietors
are determined, however, not to be behind Mr. Lanier in rea
sonable endeavors to retain a shaft of public patronage. —
Both these old and well established houses have recently un
dergone an thorough repair and renovation, and will doubt
less be able to cope successfully with the new Hotel. In
i truth, there is no town in the South, of the size of Macon,
j which can boast of better Hotels or more accomplished land
; lords. They all deserve, and we hope will receive sub
i stantial encouragement.
The Collation , —On Tuesday evening, tlie public
spirited proprietor of the Floyd House gave a handsome col
lation to the volunteer military, who bad been out out on pa
; rade during the forepart of the night. We were present,
by invitation, at the festive board, and are able to certify that
I the entertainment provided was highly creditable to the im
promptu skill of Mr. Buford, as a caterer for a refined public
appetite. After we retired, as wo understand, Mr. B. re
sponded in handsome style to a compliment tendered the
“Host of the Floyd House”—thus proving that he is at
home in every department of his establishment, and not less
capable of administering to the intellectual pleasures of his
guests —the “feast of reason and the flow of soul"—than lie
is to their epigastric sensibilities.
Strawberries ami Cream. —Friend Peabody, the j
prince of Southern 1 loi tieulturists, is already supplying the Co
lumbus Market with bis fine 1 lovey Seedling Strawberry, at
tlie rates of 200 quarts per day. 1 say, Charley, can't you
send us a few, preserved with lumps of frozen water?
1
Sword Presentation. —The sword which the Leg- j
islature of Georgia instructed the Governor to have prepared
and presented to Brev. Lt. Col. W. 11. T. Walker, was ready
for presentation, yesterday, to the gallant Colonel, at Augusta.
This sword was voted as a tribute to the gallantry of Col.
M alker, in the military service of the country, in Florida
and Mexico. The duty of presentation was delegates! by his
Lxccllency, to James Gardner, Jr. Esq. and was to have
been done in public, with suitable ceremonies.
Mr. Clay’s Compromise.
M e gave, in our last, a tolerably full synopsis of the Bill
proposed by the Committee of 13 through Mr. Clay, their
Chairman. Since then, we have carefully examined the
provisions of the proposed “compromise” and must confess
that we are somewhat disappointed at the result of the com
mittee's deliberations and conclusions on this vital question.
M e had hoped that the new State- of California would be
shorn ot its large limits and confined to the Missouri com
promise lino of 36 30 as its southern boundary. Also, that
the question of slavery in the District of Columbia would be
j left undisturbed. Nevertheless, we are not sure but that
i the Bill is as unexceptionable as eould have been expeeted. I
j It certainly might be a great deal worse and as it Is, the
; strange fact has already developed itself, that it is equally
! obnoxious to the two extremes of party on this question.—
j Ihe “free soilers” of the North and ultras of the South are
i a hhe opposed to the settlement of the question, on the basis |
| proposed ! \\ hat then is to be done ? Will Southern men j
persist in pushing matters to an extremity ? Will they unite, j
with the abolitionists in an attempt to dissolve this glorious .
confederacy? We trust not. We hope that the moderate
men of all parties and sections will have power to check t
rashness on the one hand and fanaticism on tlie other. But we !
will not dwell uj>oii the unpleasant topic, preferring to give j
the following calm view of the question, from that leading •
Democratic Journal, the Augusta Constitutionalist, of the j
13th instant, accompanying it with our endorsement, in
nearly every particular. Let the people—the sober, conser
vative people of Georgia read, ponder and prepare them
selves to answer the question which heads the article
‘"The Compromise—What will the South gmx by
orrosiNG it ?— Before Southern men decide to reject the I
Compromise, unjust as it is to the South, it may be well to :
contemplate calmly the consequences of its defeat. We pro- ,
; pose to utter a few plain thoughts on this subject, and to ask
j a few plain questions. Let us not too hastily condemn the i
I course of those Southern members of Congress who feel on
| strained to give, reluctantly, to this compromise, so called,
| their acquiescence.
“it is not in itself a desirable adjustment for the South. It
i has very objectionable features, and to tlie eye of a Southern
man few, if any, that are comely. But it is the best the !
South can get, and it will be by a close vote that she gets it, j
|it at all; for however little we at the South may consider it
i concedes to us, there is a large majority in Congress from
tlie free States who consider that it concedes too much.—
W e do not propose to discuss now what terms the South
ought to have, and what she has a right in equity and good
faitli to expect. W e view the subject in its practical bearings.
We form our opinions upon the facts as tlu-y stand, and their
results apparent to the most common-place sagacity. Mem
bers ot Congress should not aim to defeat a measure without
a practical object in view. They should not vote against it
simply because it is unpalatable—because it does not ac
complish all they want. They should have a definite pur
pose for their votes. The purpose which Northern liieni
hers of Congress have in desiring to defeat the compromise
is known. m It is avowed and declared. That purpose is, in
order to bring (Jnlifornia in by itself, and then stop for the
present. Next, in the fullness of time, to bring in New Mex
ico, and next 1 tali, as free States, as they successively ap
ply for admission.
“ This will surely be the result of the defeat of ihc Com
promise.
“ V\ hat do Southern men propose, and expect to gain sot
i the South by the defeat of the compromise ? That is tlie
| practical question. What can they gain? Better terms ?
; W e have not heard or seen any better terms named as in
j the least probable.
“ 1 lie admission of California with lier present organization
and boundaries has been, and is greatly obnoxious to the
; South. To a large party among us it is tlie most offensive of
i all the ingredients of the compromise. But it is to be borne
j in mind, that on this question vve are divided among ourselves.
But defeat the compromise, ami they must swallow this bitter
| ingredient unadulterated, and by itself. There is no doubt
ion this point. The members from the North are unanimous
in favor of the admission of California. Many Whigs from
the South and some Democrats are also in favor of rt. It
will command a decided majority in the Senate. It vvii!
command a majority of at least sixty votes in the House.—
We prefer to take the draft, if we must take it, sweetened
by oilier ingredients of the compromise, though there is pre
cious little of the sweet, and a good deal of the bitter in all.
“By the compromise we get territorial governments an 1 non
intervention on the slavery question for the territories. That
is something. Democrats—supporters of Gen. Cass, should
not complain of that. But we will forbear urging at this time
considerations why Democrats should not desire in the face
of the certain consequences, tlie defeat of this compromise.—
We prefer to speak of it as a question interesting to the
South, and the whole South.
“There is no sufficient potency in Southern votes in Con- ;
gross to get a better compromise. There is m > sufficient mor
al force in the Southern Convention movement to extort a
better compromise. There *is no feasible mode that we see i
i to prevent measures still more weakening to Southern in
fluences in the confederacy, and destructive of Southern rights !
if this compromise is defeated. There is a mode, but the
| South cannot be united upon it. That mode is a union of all
parties—a Southern Convention, sustained by the voice of the
Southern people, with authority to say to the North, ‘The
South demands justice, or independence —chose ye. Give j
the South equal rights in the Union or she will take care of ;
herself, out ok the i nion.’ The South could not be rallied :
to this point, and cannot be now, and the North s.esit. If
the former therefore rejects the compromise, she must expect
to put up with terms which are still more palpably a mockery
of her rights.”
New Taper at Washington.—Anew paper is to
lie commenced, shortly, at Washington, to be the “exponent
of Southern principles” and advocate of Southern rights.
About one half of the Southern members of Congress have
given the plan their cordial co-operation, and have promised
to give it their substantial support. Already $40,000 have
been subscribed towards the establishment of the press, and
Ehvood Fisher is spoken of as its conductor.
The following extract from the address of the Committee,
Messrs. Butler, Morton, Tombs, and Thompson, appointed
on the subject, will explain the object of this movement.
“ There is no paper at tlie scat of Government through
which we can speak or be heard fairly and truly by the coun
try. , There is a paper here which makes the abolition of sla
very its main and paramount end. There are other papers
here which make the maintenance of political parties their
supreme and controlling object, but none which consider the
preservation of sixteen hundred millions of property, the
equality, and liberty of fourteen or fifteen States, the protec
tion of the white man against African equality, as paramount
over or even equal to the maintenance of some political organi
zation which is to secure a President; and who is au object
of interest , not because he will certainly rule, or perhaps ruin
the South, but chiefly for the reason that he will possess and
bestow office and spoils.
* * * * * *
“It rests with ourselves to alter this state of thing’s, so (ar as
the South is concerned. Wc have vast interests which we
are bouud by many considerations to defend with all the mor
al and political means in our {tower. One of the first steps to
this great end, is to establish a Southern organ here, a paper
through which we may commune with one another, and the
world at large. We do not propose to meddle with political
parties as they now exist; we wish to enlist every Southern
man in a Southern cause, and in defence of Southern rights,
be he Whig or be he Democrat. Wc do not propose to dis
turb them, or to shake him in his party relations. All that
we ask is, that he shall consider the constitutional rights of
the South, which are involved in the great abolition move
ment, as paramount to all party and all other political con- i
sid(.rations. And surely the time luts come when all South- i
ern men should unite for purposes of self-defence. Our rela
tive power in the legislature of the Union is diminishing
with every census, the dangers which menace us are daily
becoming greater, and the chief instrument in the assaults
upon us is the public press, over w hich on ing to our su
pineness, the North exercises a controlling influence. So >
far as the South is concerned, we can change and reverse this
Ktale of things. It is not to be borne that public seuUincnt at
the South should be stifled or controlled by the party press.
“Let us haven press of our own, as the North has, both
here and at home—a press which shall be devoted to Southern
| rights, and animated by Southern feelings; which shall look
i not to the North, but the South, for the tone which is to p, r .
I vadeif. Claiming oar share of power in Federal legislation
j let ns also claim our share of influence in the press of the coun -
j try. Let us organize in every Southern town and county,
so as to send this paper into every house in the land. Let ns
take, too, all the means necessary to maintain the paper by
subscription, so as to increase its circulation, and promote tfio
spread of knowledge and truth. Let every portion of the
South furnish its fall quota of talent and money to sustains
paper which ought to be supported by all, because it w iIH be
devoted to the interest of every Southern man.”
The Compromise—a Test vote.
i On the 15th, the Senate took up M r . Clay’s bill, and Mr,
Douglass moved to lay it on the table as a test question.
The question being taken, it resulted ns followed :
V eas—Messrs. Baldwin. Benton, Bradbury,Chase,
Cooper, Corwin, Davis, of Mass., Dayton, Dodge. ofWis.
| Douglass, Feleh, Green, Ilale, Miller, Norris, ‘ Seward,’
j Shields, Smith, Spruauoe, Wales, Walker, Webster, Yu
-1 lee—24.
Nays—Messrs. Atchison, Bell, Berrien, Borland, Bright,,
j Cass, Clay, Clemens, Davis, of Miss., Djwson, Dickinson,
i Dodge, of lowa. Elmore, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter,
Jones, King. Mangum, Morton, Pratt. Rusk, Soule, Sturgeon,
j Turney, Un ierwood, Whitcomb—2B.
i And the bill was not laid on the table.
Every Southern Senator, except 1 ulee , voted against, laving ,
the Bill on the table. Butler was not present, or at hast did
not vote. Ah \\v>free-soil Senators voted in the affirmative,
and among them Senator Webster. So'it stems that the ul
tras of the South and the ultras of the North now stand on
the same platform.
Case of Balloth.—T lie Savannah News of the 201 l
states that Judge Jackson lias over-ruled the motion for
challenge of J nrors on the part of Bulloch's counsel, as tiny
late. “ 1 here was no prect dent lor challenging a juror prop--
ter affectum, or for any other cause, after he had been sworn
and empannelled.’ ihe grounds of the challenge again**
the petrlt jury were these :
Ist. llicy were directors of the Bank whose- funds ri'i- pris
oner was charged with embezzling.
2d. That they were stockholders of the Bank.
Bulloch's counsel also chalk’aged the army of the Grand
Jury, because they were all citizens of Savannah, wliioli city
; owned worth of Stock in the Bank.
The Grainl Jury, says the News, “have returned six frwo
. Bills against the prisoner,’ ’* tor embezzlement and larceny—
the offences charged.
Agnniiiurp.l Society*—On Saturday Last an Agri
cultural Association was organized at Columbus, for the coun
ties of “Muscogee, ( *a. and La.- .Ala. by the ck-etiou of the
following officers: —
JAS. M. CH AMBERS, Ih sid. it.
J. R. JONES-, Ist. V. President.
AUG.-HOWARD, 2d Y. Pr silent.
B. A. SORSE l ,3d \ . President.
Dll. R. W, CARNES, 4tli Y. President.
N. NUCIIOLB, r>th Y. President.
W. 11. CHAMBERS, lice. Secretary.
C. A. PEABODY, Cor.Secretary.
JOS. W. WOOLFOLK, Treasurer.
Duel in .\ew Orloa IIS* —Dr Kennedy, a contribu
tor to of the “True I )elta,”and Judge Walker of the “Delta.”
j fought a duel near New Orleans, on the 13;h inst. Tlie woi
j pons were pistols and the distance 12 paces. After the first
I fire, neither party being hit, the friends of Judge W alker ex
! pressing themselves satisfied, the parties left the ground. A
j second duil is on the tapis from the same cause of difficulty
—a newspaper article 1 How ridiculous for Editors to quar
rel except with their appropriate instrument—tin? pen ! We
j consider the pistol inode of settling disputes a moit abomina
ble and barbarous one—a custom “more honored in the breach
. than in the observance.”
Washington Republic— Msm kuil a Fargeaut,
j late Editors of the “Ripubfio ’ at M asliingtoii Citv. have re
tired from the concern, on account of aqu irrcl with the Cab
mi u.id In?. e been sueoccdc*i by Allen A. Hall, Esq. former
ly of tin- “‘Banner,” Nashville.‘There is trouble in the “wig
wam of the Mctropo.is and considerable excitement among
t.ie policians, tlie end whereof is not yet. Let alll good m< n
ami patriots pray for the preservation of the country from the
evils ot anarchy and civil commotion !
•
A comprehendvc Call.
At nrsf we wondered, some, at die great array of names
appended to the cad for the Lite meeting in Columbus, but on
examination of tlie names an! terms of tlie call, our surprise
vanished. Among tlie signers to the same, amid a large
number < i tlie m. \>t respectable citizens, we notice the names
of some that ;;re minors and absquatulating apprentices. One
of these heads thecal! as printed in the Times 1 The invita
tion, too, was to a < in favor of Southern S< nutors in oppnsi
j tion to the compromise report—to all in favor of a fair divis
ion of tii public land between the North and South, Ac. and
to all others who feel an interest in the great question in
volved. Tokrably comprehensive tiap Unit! all were fish
that were caught in the net ? not a solitary eel in the whole
batch!
The Gaiphin Claim - -The Committee on this claim
reported on the 17th inst. There were two reports besides
separate statements from different members of the Committee.
The majority report condemns both prlne'pal and interest.
Tlie minority report, that of Burt's, the inti rest alone. Burt’s
report concluded with the following Resolutions :
“First, That the claim of the representatives of George
Calnliin was not a just demand against the United States.
Concurred in by Messrs. Burt, Disney. Keathi rstone, Jack
son, and Mann. Non-eoneuned in by Messrs. Conrad,
Breek, Grinnell, and King.
“Second, That the act of Congress made it the duty of
the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the principal of said
claim, and it was, therefore paid, in conformity with law and
precedent The full committee concurred in this.
“Third, That the act aforesaid did not authorize the Sec
retary of the Treasury to pay the interest en said claim, and
its payment was not in conformity with law anil precedent.—
Concurred in by Messrs. Burt, Disney, Featherstone, Jack
son, and Mann. Non-eoacurrcd in by Messrs. Breek, Con
rad, and King.’’
out BOOK TABLE.
Graham’s Magazine.—We hare received the Juno
No. of this old established and popular Monthly, again under
the charge of George R. Graham, Esq. accompanied with a
“proof impression” of the portrait of Jenny Lind , intended
for the July No. of Graham. If this picture of Jenny is a
correct one, and we presume there is no doubt of the fact, ihen
indeed is she as beautiful in person as site is everywhere rep
resented to be amiable in character and gifted in song. She
is pictured as she appear* “in la somncmbula ,” and ihe en
graving, by a London Artist, is one of the most exquisitely
wrought specimens of art, we have ever seen. It is indeed
“a diamond worth more than a thousand pebbles.” Graham
paid 100 guineas in London fertile engraving alone.
The Literary contents of “Graham” are of superior order,
and the Letter-press execution, all tint the most fastidious
taste can desire. Price, $3 for a single copy, per annum, $5
for two copies. To a club of ten persons, ten copies of tho
Magazine will be sent for six months, commencing with the
July No. for ten dollars. We shall be pleased to to aid iri the
formation of such a club, in this city, and will take charge of
the transmission of subscriptions to the Editor. Persons de
sirous of seeing the portrait of Jenny Lind can be gratified,
by calling at this office.
Introduction lo (he Water (ure —A pamphlet
of 46 pages, of this title, from the ]K?n of Thomas L. Nich
ols, M. D., lias reached as, from the press of Messrs. Fowlers
& Wells, N. V’. We have not had time read contents, but
cursorily, though sufficient to lead us to bdives that the pam
phlet contains much valuable information concerning the
“principles, practice, adaptations and results of hydrojmtky *
in the cure of disease..
