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r p i'jliihc-li every Saturday morning, in Macon, Ga. on tho follow
CONDITIONS :
If paid strictly in advance - - 8 J SO per annum
If not so paid - • * * 300 u “
Lf;il Advertisements will bo made to conform totiio following pro
ems of the Statute: —
mitt of i-and and Negroes, by Executors, Administrators and Guard
ana, are required by law to bo advertised it: a public gazette, sixty
rfiys previous to the day of sale.
These sales must be held on the first Tuesday in the month,between
h* hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, nl the
t.i irt House in Use county in which the property is situated.
The sales of Personal Property must be advertised in like mannerfor
•ij day*.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estato m ist be published forty
•days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for
. :>vc to sell Lind and Negroes, must be published weekly for four
’month*.
Citations or Letters of Administration must bo published thirty days
_fv Dismission from Administration, monthly, six months —fur Dis
ni’#*ioa from Guardianship, forty days.
Halts for foreclosure of mortgage, must be published monthly, for
Jmr ninths —for establishing lost papers, fur the full sfi.ee of three
months —for compelling titlesfrom Executors or Administrators where
.a Son ‘1 ha* been given by the deceased, the full sp.icr of three months.
Professional and business Cards, inserted, according to the follow
sg scale:
>'r 4 lines or less per annum • * 85 BO in advance.
•* 0 lines “ “ * - - 7 00 “ “
**lo “ “ - - 810 00 “ “
Transient Advertisements will bo charged Si, per square of 12
IHses or less, for the first and 50 els. for each subsequent ’nsertion.— ’
On these rates there will be a deduction of -0 percent, on scUlcmo,iit
when adveriisemeuts are continueci3 months, without alteration.
sry All Letters except those containing remittances must be post\
;pr,id or free.
Postmasters and others who will art as Agents for the “Citizen’
:'i<y retain2o percent, for their trouble,on all cash subscriptions for
warded.
OFFICE on Mulberry Street, East of the Floyd House and near the
Market.
jprnfrssitnial Curb.
KELL 131 & BELL,
AUenuys at Law and General Land Agents,
Atlanta, .Ca-,
Will practice in DeKalh ami adjoining counties; and in
lit** {Suprewie Court at Decatur--—t! 1 also visit any part of
the cnmitrv for the settlement of claim*, tj-c. without su'd.
H r Ho-’vrr Leva Ct.vius pttssKt.'UTCD with DF.srATCtt.
Office on White Ilall St., over Dr. Denny’s Drug Store.
A. !t. XKLI.VM. M. A. CELL.
g.’"& IL ?. HALL,
Attorneys at Law,
3lr.com Secrsia.
PRACTICE in ?hVs Cmwfor.*, lTous‘*n, Upson, Me-.,ws, Macon,
|yid|y, T.vigg?.'t' r xiev And Pike counties; and the Supreme
V-wrt at Mvcw, DecatUr, Talbotton and Americus,
J'JF’OrrtrK ovkr *-oott, Cvkuart it Etorr.
Apr;’ 4. 1350. 2—ly
Udi kV clttFTaffenr kid,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law.
MACON, GA.
Cw” urrtCS MULBERRY BTEF.T, XF.AHLY orPOSITB WASItIXOTOX
hall.
March SI, 18SL I—'>>’
john” W. mille¥,~”
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SAV AN X All, GEORGIA.
Jnae IBth, 1830. 14—ly
SAirm li£ l7s t 5?
AND XoTAUV PUBLIC, —MACON, GEO.
/ 10MMISSION ER OF DEEDS, &0., for the States or
V, Alabama, l/misiana, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee,
Kentucky, V’irginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Flori
da . Missouri. New \ ork, Massachusetts. Connecticut. Pvnn
-sylvsnia, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Arkansas, Maine, &c.
Depositions taken. Accounts prebated, Deeds and Mort
drawn, and all documents and instruments of writing
prepared ami authenticated for use and record, in any of the
.above States.
Residence on Walnut street,near the African church.
IT Public Offick adjoining Dr. M. S. Thomson's IJotan
te Store—opposite Floyd House.
Macon, Juno 28, 1850 11 —lv
REDSE&BER!
AITH.nN in your extremity that Dr. 31. S. THOMSON i*
V V still in Macon, CrGOrgia, and when written to, sends
Medicine by m til toaxy part of the country.
Hontii-.e up all hope without consulting him.
Jane 7, li?50- 11 —'-f
BOUNTY LANDS,
TO OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS
Who served in the war of 1812 icitk Great Britain , the
Indian wars of 1 TOO, and 183d, and the tear with Mex
ieo of 18-17-8.
’ r pilF, U.NDKIIB IfJNED has received from the proper Dc-
L partition!*, tho necessary papers to establish nil or nnv
*>t the nhove claims, under the recent acts <>l Congress. He
“ill also maVenut claims under tlic Pension Act, ns well as
all others agaitirt the United Slates lor Loti Horses, Hug
gage, etc.
Information fit rnished cratis. Charges modernte.
Claims of WiJjws, Heirs, Sic., particularly uttended to.
IK i |[ gt JOSEPH A. Will IK.
sj)f poft'o Conan;
Two Years Old.
BY C. S. PERCIVAL.
Flaying on the carpet near mo
Is a little cherub girl;
And her presence, much I fear me,
Sets my senses in a whirl;
For a book is open laying
Full of grave philosophying,
And I own I’m vainly trying
There my thoughts to hold ;
Rut in spite of my essaying
They will ever more be straying
To that cherub near me playing,
Only two years old.
With her hair so long and flaxen,
And her sunny eyes of blue.
And her cheek so plump and waxen,
She is charming to the view.
Then her voice, to nil who hear it,
Breathes a sweet, entrancing spirit—
O ! to be forever near it
Is a joy nntold ;
For ’tis ever sweetly telling
To my heart with rapture swelling,
Os affection inly dwelling—
Only two years old 1
With anew delight I’m hearing
All her sweet attempts at words,
In their melody endearing
Sweeter far titan any bird’s ;
And the musical mistaking
Which her baby lips are making,
For my heart a charm is waking,
Firmer in its hold
Than tho charm so rich and glowing,
•£ P rom the Homan's lips o’erflowing;
Then she gives a look so knowing—
Only two years old 1
Now her ripe and honied kisses
(Honied, ripe for me alone,)
Thrill my soul with varied blisses
Venus never yet has known.
M hen her twining arms are round me
All domestic joy hath crowned me,
And a fervent spell hath bound me,
Never to grow cold.
O ! there is not, this side of Adenn,
Anght with loveliness so laden
As my little cherub maiden,
Only two years old I— Louisville Journal.
3Miorrllniii(.
Letters to a Voiiuar R ife from a Married Lady.
LETTER 11.
My Dear Lizzie : —I hardly know whether pleasure or
pain was the uppermost feeling of my mind, while reading
your reply to my last letter. You have some secret disap
pointment preying upon your young and thus far happy heart,
and although you speak favorably of your new duties as a
wile, still there is not that eouleur dc rose about your de
scriptions of the present which used to tinge those of the
future.
Aou have felt already, have you not, that tho world has
interests for your husband other than those connected with
yourself—that he can be very happy even when you arc not
prereut to sh are his happiness. You are not the first, dear
Lizzie, who has been thus awakened from an exquisite dream
of love; yet do not repine nor fret, for that will only :.,i
----crease yeur sorrow, but reason with yourself, Tlir .it how
msny claims there are upon your husband’s time und society
—claims to which he must bow if lie wish to rfdain the posi
tion he now holds Before your ma-riar-}, you were the all
engrossing object of his illoughts-r.II th'.tlic depended upon for
Happiness, lucre was all the eXcii.emcnl of winning you for
.ns wife, “inch caused h r .u for n time to forego every oilier
pleasure which might- interfere with this one great object
Lut now that is nil over. Like all others, he must proceed
onward, at;d ever look forward to something yet to be at
tained,
nu Liftl lie has left yon alone one whole evening, and
that von punished him for it by appearing very much offend
('d \v non he returned. Now, dear Lizzie, was that the way
to cure him of not appreciating your society ? By making
yourself tints disagreeable upon his return, would he not
rather delay that return another time?
Think over what I have written, and when he is obliged to
leave you again, w< a: - no sullen frowns, nor gloomy looks, but
part from him with smiles and pleasant words ; amuse your
self during Ids atacnec with your books, your music, your
work, make everything around you wear a cheerful look to
welcome him borne; and believe tno, he will appreciate the
kindness which is thus free from selfishness.
A man’s home must ever be a sunny place to him, rind it
should be a wife’s most pleasant duty to drive forever from h s
hearth side those hideous sister spirits, discontent and gloomy
peevishness.
This way that young wives have of punishing their hus
bands, always comes back upon themselves with double force.
Any man, however unreasonable he appears, may be influ
enced by kindly words and happy smiles, and there is not one,
however affectionate and domestic, that will not bo driven a
wny by sullen frowns and discontented looks.
D< no', allow, mv dear girl, these fellings of gloom and sad
ness to grow upon you. Relieve me, yog.ean overcome them
if you will, and now is the time for you to exert all your pow
er f self-control.
I know there is much to make a young married woman
sad. Ere many days of wedded life arc past she begins to
feel the difference between the lover and husband. Site mis
ses that entire devotion to every whim and caprice which is
so delightful; that all absorbed attention to her every trfling
word ; that impressiveness of manner which is flattering and
pleasing, she almost fancies that she is a most miserable, neg
lected personage.
This is a trying moment for a young and sensitive woman,
but if she only reason with herself, and resolve to veld no
place in her spirits to feelings of repining,, site will be hap
pier—far happier with her husband as he is, than were lie to
retain the devotion of the lover.
I know this seems difficult to believe, but reflect a moment.
Suppose your husband should remain just the same as he
was before marriage, should give up nl! other society for you,
should be constantly repeating his protestations of love, con
stantly hanging around you, watching your every step, living
upr n your very breath, as it were ; do you not agree with me
in thinking that all this would after awhile become very tire
some ? Would you not get weary of such a perpetual dis
play of affection, and would you feel any pride in a husband
who made no advancement in the world, even though it were
given up for you? No, no! Think this all over, and you
will see that it is just as well for you to relinquish his society
sometimes, that b, if you welcome his return with a happy
face.
Try my experiment, dear, when next lie leaves you, and
write me tho result. Adieu for awhile. —Carie Morton.—
Arthur's Home Gazette.
HmVODK33XI
The f haiiccs of Marriage*
We have before us some curious statistics in relation to mar
riage. These have been gathered from various sources. Ac
cording to the ‘Register General of England,’ a lady’s time for
getting married is, at maximum, between the ages of twenty
and twenty-five ! Before twenty, a lady has but one fifth
and from 20 to 25, one third of that maximum chance. Af
ter thirty, her chances gradually dwindle away, and hence
we may infer that there arc so few ladies who ever go be
yond that age. Men, it is urged, marry later than women ;
and vet it appears, according to the figures, that the great ma
jority of marriages are contracted while both parties arc un
der 25. This, however, will not excite surpritc with any one
who has paid the slighest attention to the progress and de
velopment of feelings, the affections and impulses.
The young arc generally sanguine and enthusiastic ; and
inasmuch as the “sexes'* are apt to associate more intimate
ly and more confidentially between the ages of 20 and 25
than at any period of life—inasmuch as that is emphatically
tho marriageable season, and that men generally determine
upon soriq 1 regular and fixed occupation by that time, the
chances of marriage, within tho period alluded to, aro of
course, more numerous. But, let even the susceptible pass
over 25—let them experience one or two disappointments of
the heart—let them grow ambitious of wealth or of power,
and matrimony immediately becomes a secondary condition.
The heart, grows cold—the disposition cautious—and thus new
tastes, new habits and new associations are imbibed, the so
ciety of the gentler sex is comparatively neglected. Itapp.ar.,
however, that men retain the power of contracting matrimo
ny to a later age than woman ; for out of 27,-18.* single per
sons—we again revert to the statistics —who were mat 1 ied in
England in 1848, there was only one spinster nbovo CO years
of age, whereas there were twelve bachelots.
A widower , it would seem, selects a more u steady age
than a bachelor ; while on the contrary, a widow prefers that
her “second husband” should be younger than herself. It
thus appears that of widows above fifty, who contract a se
cond marriage, more than three-fourths are united to men
J under fifty. “ Samivel! Samivd ! be careful of the vidders!”
“Jnfcpenfcnt in ail tljuujs—Neutral in Notljing.”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1850.
Lut it aiso appears, that ns the chances of marriage decrease ,
Lie ages of the new partners aro found to increase. On a
rough calculation, the number of marriages “in which wid
ows appear ns principals is about nine per cent of the whole
annual number, and those in which the bridegroome arc wid
owers about fourteen jter cent of the whole. It might be
supposed, therefore, that more widowers contracted alliances
with spinsters titan bachelors with widows; but, independ
ently of this, it apprars that more widows found widowers
for partners than found bachelors, a fact which illustrates
the old apothegm, that “Tis sympathy makes friends,”
Many other curious facts are given, to which we may refer
hereafter. The subject, we are aware, is always interesting,
lit France, “tho business of matrimony’, is, iu many cases,
systematized, and on very mercenary and calculativc princi
ples. Thus there avo 11 marriage brokers'’ jus; the same
ns wo have u stock brokers.”
1 his modern feature of civilization, if It maybe so called,
bus not been introduced into this country. Wo have often
been surprised that a work lias never been published in relation
to tills strange and fantastic matches that have from time to
time taken place, in high life as well as in low—and to tho
curious and romantic circumstances in which the parties were
brought together. Sucli tt “chapter of real life’’ would teem
with interest; moreover, the materials for its compilation aro
abundant. It sometimes happens that a confirmed bachelor,
apparently, will pass by fifty tempting chances, will turn a
cold and passionless look upon tho “brightest beauties of the
day,’ and yet will bo “caught at last by same plain, and to tho
general wotld, unattractive woman, in whom he will discover a
divinity. ’ It is well that it is so. Beauty is in the mind, in
tho sympathies, in the associations, and we arc often remind
ed ol ;he lines of the old poet:
“ Wlmt tare I how fair she be,
If site be not fair to me.”
wwwnj namsvmaam
The Musical Marriage.
A TRUE STORY.
After having passed the summer in visiting the principal
towns in Germany, the celebrated pianist, Listz, arrived at
Prague in October, 1810.
Iho day after ho came, his apartment was entered by a
stranger—an old man, whose appearance indicated misery
and suite, mg. The great musician received him with a cor
diality which perhaps he would not have shown to a noble
man. Encouraged by his kindness, his visitor said: “I come
to you, sir, as a brother. Excuse me if I take this title, not
withstanding the distance that divides us ; but formerly 1
could boast some skill in playing the piano, and by giving in
struction I gained a comfortable livelihood. Now I ant old,
fueble, burdened with a large family and destitute of pupils.—
I live in Nuremberg, but I came to Prague to seek to recover
the remnant of a small property which belonged to my an
cestors. Although nominally successful, the expense of a long
litigation has more titan swallowed up the trifling sum I re
covered. To-morrow I set out for homo penniless.
“ And you have come to me? You have done well, and 1
thank you for this grot..- of ...t0e...,, a\v hli -*,+> r
professor is to me more than n duty, it is a pleasure! Ae
t:sts should have their purses in common, and if fortune
lects some in order to treat others better than they deserve,
it only makes it more necessary to preserve the equilibrium
by fraternal kindness. That’s my system, so don’t speak of
gratitude, for 1 feel that I only discharge a debt.”
As he uttered these generous words, Listz opened a draw
er in his writing ease, and started when he saw that his usual
depository for his money contained but three ducats. lie
summoned his servant.
“ Where is the money ?” he asked
“There, sir,” replied tho man, pointing to the open draw
er.
“There! Why there's scarcely anything!”
“ You see, my dear brother,” said Listz, smiling, “ that
for the moment 1 am no richer than you; but that does not
trouble me ; 1 can make ready money start from tho keys of
my piano. However, as you are in haste to leave Prague
and return home, you shall not bo delayed by my present
want of fu yds.”
So saying, he opened another drawer, and taking out a
splendid medallion, gave it to the old man.
“There,” said he, “ that will do. It was a present made
me by tho Emperor of Austria, his own portrait set in dia
monds. Tho painting is nothing remarkable, but the stones
are fine. Take them and dispose of them, and whatever
they shall bring shall be yours.”
The old musician tried in vain to decline so rich a gift.—
Listz would not hear of a refusal, and the poor man at length
withdrew, after invoking tho richest gifts of heaven o;t his
generous benefactor. He then repaired to sell the diamonds.
Seeing a miserably dressed man anxious to dispose of mag
nificent jewels with whose value he appeared unacquainted,
tho master of the shop very good naturediy suspected his
honesty, and while appearing to examine the diamonds with
close attention, ho whispered a few words in the car of one
of his assistants. The latter went out and speedily returned
accompanied by several soldiers of police, who arrested the
unhappy artist, in spite of lih protestations of innocence.
“ You must come to prison,” they said ; “afterwards you
can give an explanation to the mag'sirate.”
The prisoner wrote a few lines to his benefactor, imploring
bis assistance. Listz hastened to the jeweler.
“ Sir,” said he, “you have caused the arrest of an inno
cent man; come with me immediately, and let us have him
released, lie is the lawful owner of the jewels in question,
fur I gave them to him.”
“ But, sir,” said the merchant, “ who are you ?”
“ My name is Listz.”
“ I don’t know any rich man of that name.”
“That maybe; yet I am tolerably well known.”
“ Are you aware, sir, that these diamonds arc worth six
thousand florins—that is to say about five hundred guineas,
or twelve thousand francs 7”
“So much the better for him on whom I have bestowed
them.”
“ But in order to make them a present yon must be very
wealthy.”
“ My actual fortune consists of three ducats.”
“ Then you are a magician.”
“ By no means, and yet by just moving my fingers, I can
obtain as much money as I wish.”
“ You must be a magician.”
“ If you choose I'll disclose to you the magic I employ. ’
Listz had seen a piano in the parlor behind the shop. He
opened it and ran his fingers over the keys; then by sudden
inspiration improvised one of those soul-touching symphonies
peculiar to himself,
As he sounded tho first chord a beautiful gill entered the
room. While the melody continued she remained speech
less and immovable; then as tlio last note died away, she
cried with irrepressible enthusiasm.
“Bravo, Listz! ’tis wondrous!”
“ Dost thou know him, then, my
jeweler.
“ This is the first time I have ever had the pleasure of see
ing or hearing him,” replied she; “ but I know that none
living, save Listz, could draw such sounds from the piano.”
Expressed with grace and modesty, by a young person of
remarkable beauty, this admiration could not fail to be more
than flattering to the artist. I lowevcr, after making his best
acknowledgments, Listz withdrew in order to deliver the
prisoner, and was accompanied by the jeweler.
Grieved at this mistake, the worthy merchant sought to
repair it by inviting the musician to supper. Tito honors of
tjie tabic were done by his amiable daughter, who appeared
no less touched at the generosity of Listz than astonished at
his talents.
That night tho musicians of tho city serenaded their illus
trious brother. Tito next day the nobles and most distin
guished inhabitants of Prague presented themselves at bis
door. They entreated hint to give some concerts, leaving it
to himself to fix any sum lie pleased as a remuneration. Then
tho jeweler perceived that talent, even in a pecuniary light,
may be more valuable than tho most precious diamonds.—
Listz continued to go to his house, and to tho merchant’s
great joy, he soon perceived that his daughter was the enuso
of all these visits. lle began to love the company of the mu
sician, and the musician, and the fair girl, his only child did
1 not hate it.
One morning the jeweler, corning to the point with Ger
man frankness, said to Listz:
“ How do you like my daughter?”
“ She is au angel.”
“ What do you think of marriage?
“ I think so well of it that I have tho greatest possible in
clination to try it.”
“ What would you say to a fortune of three millions of
francs ?”
“ I would willingly accept it.’’
“ Well, wo understand each other. My daughter pleases
you, you please my daughter; her fortune is ready—be my
son-in-law,”
“ With all my heart.”
And this according to the chronicles of Prague, Is the true
nccJunt of tho marriage of the great and good pianist, Listz.
Tiif. School Mistiiess and her Canine Friend.
—A young lady of oho of the northern towns of
this county, while engaged in teaching school, tho
past summer, a few miles from her home, was sin
gled out, towards the close of her engagement,
without any apparent inducement, by tho dog of
one of her employers, as the peculiar object of his
regard, x\hicli soon unaccountably increased to such
a degree that ho could scarcely be beaten from her
side, or prevented from entering the school house,
to which lie daily repaired. At the termination of
her school, which she left in failing health, when a
bout to start for her parental residence, the dog gave
signs of his determination to follow her, which per
ceiving she turned to the owner, and soon effected a
purchase of the animal, which now joyously attend
ed her home. Her first words, on entering the
house, were —“Mother, I have come to die, and
have brought a friend here to watch over my grave.”
After making this announcement, she immediately
took to her bed, and sunk rapidly in a typhoid,
which in about a week terminated in her death.
During her whole sickness, the faithful and evident
ly sorrow-stricken dog, never, but for a few mo
ments at a time, left the siek room, constantly ly
ing dejectedly near the head of her bed, and seem
ing but too blest when permitted to lick her fever
ed hand, which was occasionally extended for his
li<*r final hour drew near, lie
became indifferent about food, and soon refused u
altogether. Alter her death which ho seemed to
comprehend, he continued to watch by tho corpse,
only at one time leaving it and that was when the
coffin case, it having arrived with the coffin,
was carried and placed by the side of the grave pre
viously dug in an enclosure near the house. He
then, having somehow been made aware of what
was going on, came out of the house, went to the
case, and with his paws on the side, looked in, and
scorned to exarxine it attentively. He next jumped
down into the grave, and appeared to inspect that
also with equal care and attention. lie then eaino
out, and hurried back to his post by the corpse,
which he continued to watch, till it was brought out
for interment, when lie lelosely followed the coffin,
and looked sorrowfully on, as it was lowered to its
final resting place, and the gravo filled up. When
his human fellow mourners retired, however, lie re
mained behind, and lying down at tho head of the
grave, could not be induced to leave the spot, refu
sing, for the first few days, all food, then, for a week
or two, sparingly receiving it when brought to him,
and, at last, going occasionally to the house for it,
but only to despatch in haste what was set before
him, and return to his sad and lonely vigil, which,
night and day, lie still continues to keep up over
the remains of his beloved mistress. — Vermont
Freeman.
tT.-fe.wuron ‘■ ■ ■■
apolitical,
c T. .-.'-7—’ .... —■- - •
\ Leaf from the Past.
To show what our Revolutionary Fathers thought of eom
liinations to defeat tho law, the Washington Union has hunt
ed up and published the following Proclamation of General
Washington, in the days of the Pennsylvania Whiskey In
surrection. Let the “ powers that bo ” ponder well upon tho
document, and take a hint from its teachings.
Proclamation of President Washington.
Whereas combinations to defeat the execution of the law
laying duties on spirits distilled within tho United States and
upon stills have, from the time of the commencement of those
laws, existed in some of tho western parts of Pennsylvania:
and whereas the said combinations, proceeding in a manner
subversive equally of the just authority of Government and
of the rights of individuals, have hitherto effected their dan
gerous and criminal purpose by the influence of certain ir
regular meetings, whose proceedings have tended to encour
age and uphold the spirit of opposition by misrepresentations
of the laws, calculated to render them odious; by endeavors
to deter those who might be so disposed, from accepting
offices under them, through fear of public resentment and
of injury to person and property, and to compel those who had
accepted such offices, by actual violence, to surrender or for
bear the execution of them ; by circulating vindictive men
aces against all those who should otherwise directly or indi
rectly aid in the execution of the said laws, or who, yielding to
the dictates of conscience and to a sense of obligation, should
themselves comply therewith, by actually injuring and de
stroying the property of persons who were understood to have
so complied ; by inflicting cruel and humiliating punishments
upon private citizens, for no other cause than that of appear
ing to bo tho friends of the laws ; by intercepting the public
officers op the highways, abusing, assaulting, and otherwise
ill-treating them ; by going to their houses in the night, gain
ing admittance by force, taking away tlicir papers, and com
mitting other outrages —employing for these unwarrantable
purposes the agency of armed banditti, disguised in such man
ner as for the most part to escape discovery; and whereas
the endeavors of the legislature to obviate objections to the
said laws, by lowering tho duties, and by other alterations
conducive to the convenience of those whom they immediate
ly effect, (though they have given satisfaction in other quar
ters,) and tho endeavors of the executive officers to conciliate
a compliance with the laws, by explanations, by forbearance,
and even by particular accommodations, founded on the sug
gestion of local considerations, have been disappointed of their
effect by the machinations of persons whose industry to ex
cite resistance has increased with every appearance of a dis
position among tho people to relax in their opposition and ac
quiesce in the laws—insomuch that many persons in the said
AVestern of Pennsylvania have at length been hardy
enough to perpetrate acts which I am advised amount to trea
son, being overt acts of levying war against tho United Slates;
the said persons having,on the lGtli and 17th of July past,
proceeded in arms, (on Iho second day amounting to several
hundreds) to the house of John Neville, inspector of the rev
enue for the fourth survey of tlio district of Pennsylvania,
having repeatedly attacked the said house, with the persons
therein, wounding some of them ; having seized David Le
nox, marshal of the District of Pennsylvania, who previous
thereto had been fired upon while in the execution of his du
ty, by a party of armed men, detained him for some time pris
oner, till for the preservation of his life and the obtaining of
his liberty, he found it necessary to enter into stipulations to
forbear the execution of certain official duties touching pro
cesses issuing out of a court of tho United States; and hav
ing finally obliged tho inspectors of the said revenue,
and the said marshal, from considerations of personal safety,
to fly from that part of the country, in order, by a circuitous
route, to proceed to the seat of government —avowing, ns the
motives of these outrageous proceedings, an intention to pre
vent by force of arms tho execution of the said law; to oblige tho
said inspector of the revenue to renounce his said office ; to
withstand, by open violence, the lawful authority of tho gov
ernment of the United States, and to compel thereby an nl
tciation in the measures of the legislature, and a repeal of the
laws aforesaid:
And whereas, James Wilson, an nssociato judge on the
4th instant, by writing under his hand, did, from evidence
which lias been laid before him, notify me that, “in the
counties of Washington and Alleghany,. in Pennsylvania,
laws of the United States aje opposed, and the execution
thereof obstructed, by combinations too powerful to bo sup
pressed by the ordinary coarse of judicial jwoceodings, or by
the powers vested in tho marshal of that districtand where
as it is in my judgment necessary, under the circumstances of
the case, to take measures for calling forth the militia in order
to suppress the combinations aforesaid, and to cause tlio laws
to be duly executed ; and I have accordingly determined so
to do, feeling the deepest regret for tho occasion, but withal
tho most solemn conviction that tho essential interests of the
Union demand it, that the very existence of the government
nnd the fundamental principles of social order ore materially
involved in the issue, and that the patriotism and firmness,
all good citizens aro seriously called upon, as occasions may
require, to aid in the effectual suppression of so fatal a spit it.
Wherefore, nnd in pursuance of the proviso above recited
I, George Washington, President of the United States, do
hereby command all persons, being insurgents as aforesaid,
and all others whom it may concern, on or before the first
day of Septoinbcr next, to disperse and retire peace..b'y to
their respective abodes. And Ido moreover warn all per
sons whomsoever against aiding, abetting, or comforting the
perpetrators of the aforesaid treasonable acts, nnd to require
all officers nnd other citizens, according to their respective
duties and the laws of the laud, to extrt their utmost endea
vors to prevent and suppress such dangerous proceedings.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the Un
ited States of America to be affixed to these pres
ents, nnd signed the same with my hand.—
e.] Done at the city of Philadelphia, the seventh day
August, one thousand s£ven hundred and nine
ty-four, and of the VndepeiKteito. r♦, llnitt*d
States of America the nineteenth.
GEO. WASHINGTON.
From the Richmond Republican.
ABOLITION ill ORALS.
A Clergyman advocating Murder and Per
jury.
T 1 ie Rov. Theodore Parker is tho lending intellect i
of tho abolitionists of this country. We think wo
sre safe in saying that ho is by far the first mind a
mong all the able clergy of Boston. AVo know of
no stronger proof of tho blighting influence of fa
naticism upon even the strongest brains than is fur
nished in an address recently published by this cler
gyman, in which he discusses tho reciprocal obliga
tions of civil and moral laws, with special reference
to the fugitive slave law. Ho sets forth in this ad
dress the paramount obligation of every man to o
bey tlio dictates of his own conscience, irrespective
of what may seem right to other people, and re
gardless of any human laws to the contrary. —The
conclusion to which Mr. Parker argues from his prin
ciple is, “in substance,” according to tho N. York
Evening Past, (the leading free-soil journal of New
York, and we givo its own language,) “that every
man has a right to compel all other men to give
precedence to whatever be thinks morally right un
der the penalties of personal violence.” Even the
Post is forced to declare that Mr. Parker’s conclu
sions, “if carried into action, would make him one of
tlio most dangerous criminals in the land,” and adds:
“Were his sentiments as to to the right of resist
ance universally entertained, society would at once
be convulsed by revolution, and anarchy and blood
shed would arrest the progress of civilization, des
troy cities, and scatter tlio surviving races of men
over the face of the earth like tho descendants of
Ishmael, their hands against every man and every
man’s hand against them.”
In the following extract tho Reverend Theodore
Parker preaches Murder:
“One thing more I think is very plain, that the
fugitive has the same natnral right to defend him
self against the slave-catcher, or his constitutional
tool, that he lias against a murderer or a wolf. The
man who attacks me to reduce me to slavery, in
that moment of attack alienates his right to life,
and if I were the fugitive, and oould escape in no
other way, I would kill him with as little compunc
tion as I would drive a musquito from my face. It
is high time this was said. What grasshoppers we
are before the law of men; what Goliahs against
the law of God! What capitalist heeds your law
of usury when lie can get illegal interest ? How
many banks are content with six per cent when mo
ney is scarce ! Did you ever hear of a merchant e
vading the duties of the Custom house ? AA'hen a
man’s liberty is concerned —wo must keep the law,
must we ? betray the wanderer, and expose the
outcast.”
In tho following extract, tho Reverend Theodore
Parker preaches Perjury, plump and plain, justify
ing the violation of an oath, taken not under du
ress, when the observance of it would aid in carry
ing into effect a law contrary to a juror s idea of jus
tice. Read this, and imagine how a law would
work to give fugitive slaves the right of trial by
jury in the free States;
“Let me suppose a case which may happen here
and before long. A woman flies from South Caro
lina to Massachusetts to escape from bondage. Mr.
Greatheart aids her in her escape, harbors and con
ceals her, and is brought to trial for it. The punish
ment is a fine of one thousand dollars and impris
onment for six months. lam drawn to serve as a
juror and pass upon this offence. I may refuse to
serve and be punished for that, leaving men with
no scruples to take my place, or I may take a ju
ror’s oath to give a verdict according to the law and
the testimony. The law is plain, let ns suppose,
and the testimony conclusive. Greatheart himself
confesses that he did the deed alledged saying one
ready to perish. The judge charges that if the ju
rors are satisfied of that fact then they must return
a ■■■• - ,
that lie is guilty. —This is a nice matter. Here aro
two questions. The one, put to me in my official
capacity as juror, is this: ‘Did Greatheart aid tho
woman ? ’ The other, put to me in my natural char
actor as a man, is this: “Will you help punish
Greatheart with fine and imprisonment for helping a
woman obtain her unalienable rights?’ If J have
extinguished niy manhood by juror’s oath, then I
shall do my official business and find Giwntheart
guilty, and I shall seem to be a true hum ; but if I
value my manhood, 1 shall answer after my natural
duty to love a man nnd not to hate him, to do him
justice, not injustice, to allow him the natural rights
he has not alienated, and shall say ‘not guiltv.’ Then
men will call me forsworn and a liar, but I think hu
man nature w ill justify the verdict.”
Again, the Evening Post, rank frccsoiler as it is
stands aghast at a doctrine fully as abominable as
any ever imputed to the Jesuists. Says tho Tost:
“AVe would certainly call such a juror ‘forsworn
and a liar,’and deserving all the penalties which be
-to the most flagrant form of perjury. Aside
from the sin of breaking an oath, the. tendency of
the act itself would be most disastrous. If every
juryman were to be at liberty to determine wheth
er the penalties of the law, in a particular case,
were too heavy, or whether the judge was likely to
be too severe, and should take it upon himself, to.
find a verdict rather upon t xj justice or injustioe of
law, than upon the facts w hich it applies to, the tri
al by jury w ould be a farce. Indeed, to state the
proposition of the speaker is enough to demonstrate
its criminal absurdity.”
Rut the editor of the Evening Post is only an ab
olition layman. Should he over take the degree of
L>. D„ w hich, in abolition theology, must stand for
Double Devil, he w ill speak a different language.
And well may ordinary abolitionist* shudder at
the conclusion to whi h they are brought by follow
ing out their own principles. Murder, Perjury, ev
ery crime forbidden by the Decalogue, can l>o ‘justi
fied by their theology. And recollect, good reader,,
this Rev. 1 heoJore I arker is no ordinary preacher.
110 is, as we have said, one of tho most original and
powerful intellects in any profession of tho whole
North. lie professes to be a minister of tho Holy
Bible. Os w hich Testament ? The Old oi the Mew \
“Thou shalt not kill,” says the Old Testement.
“Thou mayest kill,” says the Rev. Thcodoro Parker.
“Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but perform unto
the Lord thine oaths,” said the men of the old
time. “Thou tnagesl forswear thyself,” says Par
ker. “Love your enemies, bless them which curse
you, pray for them which persecute you,” says tho
New Testament ‘■'‘Murder them,” shouts Parker.
Go back, says St. Paul, in substance, to the fugitive
slave Onesimus —go back to your master, and I
will pay him for the loss he may have suffered by
your misconduct. Kill him, yells the Paul o£
UontoTv —Will lii=a4f K< lays his hand on *yu. Wo
ha\ e heard much of modern degeneracy, bat till tvo
saw this sermon of Parker’s, we had no idea that
the Prince of Darkness was getting in hte dotege.
When lie deceived our good mother Ere, he wore
the entire uniform of an angel of light But when
he preaches from Parker’s pulpit, we can me horns,
hoofs, tail and all, sticking from under his elerical
garments, to say nothing of a strong sceut of brim
stone w henever he opeiLs his mouth.
In striking contrast with this new moral codo of
Audition is a sermon which we have lately read
with great pleasure in the Richmoud Enquirer, de
livered in Trinity church, New York, by Rev. M. P.
Parks. The text was, “ Whose is this image and
sujicrseription ? ’ The sermon urged obedience to
the laws by the most conclusive appeals. Tho ex
ample of our Saviour in enjoining Ids followers to
render tribute unto Caesar, was most happily set
forth, and powerfully enforced. In such instruc
tions we recognise the gospel of the Saviour of man
kind—the great volume of Law and Love. In those
of Parker, wo see tho results of that self-conceit,
which sets itself up as wiser than Inspiration, and,
starting under the banner of Conscience, end by ad
vocating any crime at which a Christian conscience
revolts.
From the New York Express.
Last words of Washington. *
As appropriate to the hour, we extract tho fol
lowing from the farewell address of the Father of
his country. AA ords like these aro “as apples of
gold set in pictures of silver.” They deserve to be
written upon tho memories and treasured in tho
hearts of all our people :
“Profoundly penetrated, I shall carry it with mo
to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing
vows, that Heaven may continue to you the choi
cest tokens of its benificence; that your union and
brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free
Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may
be sacredly maintained ; that its administration, in
every department, may be stamped with wistkun,
and virtue ; that, in fine, the happiness of the peo
ple of these States, under tho auspices of liberty,
may be made complete, by so careful preservation
and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquiro
to them the glory of recommending it to the ap
plause, the affection, and the adoption of every na
tion which is yet a stranger to it.”
“The unity of government which constitutes you
one people, is also now <,lear to you. It is justly so;
for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real in
dependence, —the support of your tranquility at
home, your peace abroad, of your safety, your pros
perity, of that very liberty which you 60 highly
prize.
“It is of infinite moment that you should prop
erly estimate the immense value of your national
Union to your collective and individual happiness ;
that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and im
movable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves
to think and speak of it as tho palladium of your
political safety and prosperity; watching for its
preservation with zealous anxiety discountenancing
whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can,
in any event, be abandoned, and indignantly frown
ing upon the first dawming of every attempt to ali
enate any portion of our country from the rest, or
to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together
the various parts. 1 ’
‘ The Higher Power.**
The northern nnllifiers have declared their determination
to be controlled by a higher law than that of the nation, and
to appeal for justification of their treasonable course to a high
er powor than the constituted authorities of the land.
For the especial benefit of these misguided individuals, al
low mo to present you with a few extracts from the highest
authority, the Holy Scriptures, which most decidedly settles
the question as to who constitutes the higher powers so fer ao
the government of the people is concerned.
The eminently learned and inspired Apostle Pall, m hia
epistle to the Romans, writes thus in the thirteenth chapter,
and verses number one, two, three and five:
NO. 37.
