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KELL.I3I & BELL,
Attorney* nt Law anil General Land Agents,
Alla tin, *Ca.,
Will practice in DeKalb uud adjoining counties; and in
th‘* Supremo Court at Decatur.—Will also visit uny part oi
the country for the settlement of claims, cj-c. without suit.
]T Bounty Land Claims phosk< itk: with despatch.
Office on White Hull St., over Dr. Denny’s Drug Store.
a. a. kkll tu. M - A ‘ BtML ~
S. & R. p. HALL,
Attorneys at Law ,
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laliinnation furnished gratis. Cltnrges moderate.
Claims of Wid rws, Heirs, See., particular! v attended to.
act 11 Gt JOSEPH A. WHITE.
Cljd •pi.nfii £mm,
Wife and Home.
ron THE LADIES.
I>et rakes extol a roving life,
Os freedom prate, and all that;
Os noisy brats, a scolding wife,
And doctor's bills, anu all that.
Though fools may rail, and jest, and scoff,
A w ife's the thing, for all that:
The time, they'll find is not far off,
When so think for all that.
’Tis true, when youth and fortune smile,
Aud health is firm, and all that :
When wine, and song, and dance beguile,
Variety, and all that;
When every place, where’er you roam,
Has jolly friends, and all that; —
You want for neither wife Lor home,
Nor sympathy, nor all that.
Hot age comes on with stealthy paee,
And sober vhoughts, and all that:
Trouble will show her frowning face,
Sickness and pain, and all that.
The feast, the bowl will lose their powers,
And revelry,and all that:
Then shall we need, to cheer
A wife aud home, and all that.
Oh ! “ when misfortune clouds the brow,
Disease and death, and all that,
Then, “ woman, then an angel thou,
To soothe, aud cheer, and all tliat.
Thy gentle cares beguile,
Our sleeping nights, and all tsiat;
Thy voice the singing soul sustains,
With hope, and trust, and all that.
BACUCLOR.
I . -V *- At ,
From the Asiatic Journal.
A Home Scene*
A WIFE WAITING FOR IIER HUSBAND.
The noonday sun has set, and still she stands
(1 hough oft-read letters rustling in her hands)
Gazing aslant along the glimmering lane,
Her prest lip breathing on the clouded pano;
The evening shadows darken round—and—see!
AV ith misty lantern twinkling through the tree,
The pondrous wagon rolls its weight along,
Cheered by the rude gladness of a rustic song.
High in the air the swinging canvass flows,
Bn ‘ shf tM it.ght foliage as it goes;
Ntr det p’ning fast as on an attentive ear,
‘* 4 x p4h*k&reen path near _
And winds he now beneath those branches dim ?
Noj; other eottago-faces look for him ;
A ijd ‘ottage-cars his steps await ;
Hark ! down yon field rebounds his garden gate,
badly she shuts again the parlor door,
And t rough the parted shutter, on the floor,
The pallid rays of autumn moonlight fall,
And the quick fire-light flickers on the wall.
XuwpMve, in theciiair, she thinks awhile
parting sweetness of his smile !
window and now
dies away, and now it burns.
book she so. it bos tile hour of grief,
every rustle of tile leaf—
— tearful past,—
echoes now—he comes at last!
0 Com* Not Yet 1
THE MENTAL APOSTROPHE OF A LOVELY WIFE TO HER IN
TEMPERATE, BRUTALIZED, ABSENT HUSBAND,
i O come not yet!—so calm is home without thee,
No longer now thine absence makes me mourn;
_For while thy vices cling like chains about thee,
I cannot, must not, pray for thy return
Then come not yet.
O come not yet!—Though crowds should chide thy staying,
Heed, heed them not. Thy presence once tvas dear;
liut now no grief attends thy long delay ing;
No wife, child, friend could wish to sec thee here,
Then come not yet.
Come not yet!—Once did I watch thy coming,
As evening shadows stretched o’er morn and dell:
When the wild bee had ceased jts busy humming,
And silence hung o’er all things as a spell.
O come not yet.
watch not. Eyes, with weeping, mourning—
■Hi beaming miee—are now grown dim and dull.
SsSSjg|&B[ fear thy once again returning
agom too full,
• \ -r .ft-'; -A‘ :*{ ‘V jv; ,C
-\s• ’. Mr MM
r<s > quick
—u.,s -. d< mtiiv. Milcnm, while wewl^Bs
and when I told him I wanted ro peep
rooms, he looked as sober and nervous as a priest •, I could
not make him laugh—Do, not even smile. He seemed as if
lie really believed the “all-seeing eye ” painted can
vass above him, took cognizance of his actions. I am confi
dent there is something dreadful about the whole of it, and I
would not have Fred become an Odd Fellow for the world;
I should never want him near me after being in those myste
rious rooms.”
“And these arc your objections to the Order, Mrs. Ash
ton, are they? inquired Mrs. Belmont, seriously.”
“Yes.”
“ Then the good originating from them has no influence
whatever upon your mind. If you will go home with nte, 1
will show you some periodicals containing excellent address
es on different occasions. I have “ The Symbol,” ‘ The In
dependent Odd Fellow,” “ The Golden Rule,” and two
beautiful annuals called the “ Odd Fellow s Offering.” Aon
will find much in them to admire; one oration in particular,
on the “ Supremacy of Pri’fot ‘V’ by the Rev. E. 11. b hap
in, who is a favorite of mine, aud in whose words you can
sec his soul, and feel your own thrill as you read his address
es. I will show you a statistical account of the immense
sums distributed by the various societies in our country;
showing how many widows and orphans they have relieved;
how many children have been raised from want and degra
dation, liow many strangers have found an asylum from a
cold unpitying world; how many sick have been comforted ;
how many parched lips have been moistened by the kind
hand of charity ; how many eyes closed ; and how many de
cently buried', honored and mourned by the members of
these societies.” .
“llow long since your husband became united with
them ?”
“Six years.”
“Is he as kind and attentive to you as he was before M.
became connected with this band ? ’ ,
“ More so; he loves me better —I love him more; he is
so consistant, so correct, so prompt to do his duly when calle
upon to administer to the necessities of a brother; and how
he loves the little boy we have adopted ?”
“ Ay, I recollect hearing something of that foundling.-
Where did your husband pick up that friendless thing ?”
“ In Ilavanna, when he was consul there.”
“ Frav tell me the particulars.”
“Jnbcpcuknt in all tilings—Neutral iu Nothing.”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1850.
“ As we are near my home, and fatigued, you shall go with
me; we will have a cup of tea, and in the evtnlng I will tell
you a simple story. Mr. Belmont has gone to Washington.
I am lonesome, and shall be glad of your company for a fbw’
days. It is a long time since you have been in the city, und I
have much to say.”
Mrs. Ashton cooneluded to accompany her, parity promis
ing to spend the night. As they entered the parlor, a sweet,
rosy faced boy came jumping in, and ran directly to Mrs.
Belmont, who stooping down kissed him again and again
ere she removed her veil; and parting the rich curls that
shaded his beautiful brow, and turning bis eherub face to
wards Mrs. Ashton, she exclaimed : “ This is our pet.”
Mrs. Ashton gazed upon the little fellow with evident Sur
prise ; taking his hand, she drew liiqi nta> pr, and
the'sofa'cried : ’
“ Merciful God ! how like someone I have
tell me wher„ \oa got those soft blue eyes t” ;
“ Come here, Julius,” said Mrs. Belmont, much surprised
at Mrs. Ashton’s emotions; “ conic tell me what you have
been doing since my absence.”
“ I have been ’iding my ’ittle horse, mamma.” .
“ What do you call him ?”
“Jimmy Grey : hero is my ’ittle whip to make 1 hhn go
fast.”
“ Which do you love best, your horse or your maUma?”
“ I love iny horse best, and my mamma best?” aild jump
ing into Mrs. Belmont's lap, lie wound his ehubl arms
around her neek, and kissed her forehead, cheeks, and lips,
as she pressed him to her bosom.
Mrs. Ashton sat confounded ; a strange sensati ,n took
possession of her breast. Was it possible that Mrs. Belmont
could love a child so well. He was a dear little fellow), truly
—quite an uncommon child. She had no children of her
own, and often said she did not wish any ; they werj trou
blesome comforts, pulling and hauling curls, ruffles; tiothing
could be kept in its place where they were. Still a more
lovely picture she never beheld than the one before her. Mrs.
Belmont was a handsome woman; the glow upon her coun
tenance was heightened by exercise, her eyes beumjfll with
delight, her countenance was heightened by excrMe, her
cap was united and her curls fell in beautifitßtsorder
over the rosy face of her little protegee, as turn
ed her endearing caresses. Tea was the
statistics were read, the books looked the
little b>y carried to bed, after saying his prtas l o
knelt,’ like a young cherub, at the feet of Mrs. Bi^^M —the
true personage of love bending over its idol.
“ Now for story of that lovely child,”
as she drew her feet upon the sofa, and
behind her.
Mrs. Bcimor.t. quietly seating herself
rocking chair, began. |
Wheii my husband was consul at 1
11., it I'liysieiar. coming in one morning
dkils visited a verv interesting family, winiHK’rvg&K&l rSS
111 ‘ 111
H - H
in uis arms, followed by Colored woman
was his nurse,” Bj
Mrs. Belmont stopped, while Mrs. Ashton, who had
moved from the commencement of the story, lay gazing
tcntly into Mrs. Belmont’s face, as if waiting a further
vel >p meat of the little boy’s history.
“ Why are you silent?” inquired Mrs. B. SB
“ Ido not know,” replied Mrs. A.; “hut I feel like
in a state of mesniarism. That child's looks have
my very souL_ I have seen him ever since. Pray tell
his name; I OTl£4okow, for he so much resembles
dear to me.”
“ His father's name w&Lllenry Benton, his—” seciW
Mrs. Ashton turn deadly pale%Jminquired tlio cause. H
“ Proceed,’’ said the excited ‘ell me his mothc^H
name, if you know it, before her marriagcJ^U^
“ Julia Crawford.”
“ Merciful God ! my sister,” exclaimed Mrs. Ashton, ahd
clasping her hands she wept bitterly.
Mrs. Belmont tenderly inquired into the cause of her agi
tation, and sweetly soothed her. After Mrs. A. became
calm, she informed Mrs. B. “My elder and only sister mar
ried contrary to her father's wishes, and thereby incurred
his displeasure. She loved her husband with all the strength
of her young heart, nor was he in any respect unworthy of
her affections. My father is it proud high spirited man, aris
tocratic in his views, and fixed as the north pole in Ins poli
ties, has an idea he is right, and every one opposed to him
wrong. Mr. Benton was a firm democrat, and as fixed in
his principles as my father, and as unyielding. During the
contested election of IS—, in conversation, one evening, they
became very warm ; many words passed between them, and
tny father, being highly excited, in au unguarded nm /fit
grossly insulted him. Mr. Benton could not brook the of
fence ; he had borne much for my sister’s sake, but this was
a point ‘ beyond which forbearance could not be called a vir
tue.’ He thought a separation of all parties, for a few years,
would allay the bitterness of my father's hateful, vindictive
temper, when he would again return with my beloved sis
ter, and all would lie well. They embarked ort board a
packet ship for Europe, and arrived. He had a haul
some capital, which he invested in goods, and entered the
mercantile business in Liverpool; where they were when I
jast heard from them. I wrote her often, and oh! how have
’
I longed to soc her! Although my father never has men
tioned Mr. Benton’s name, I know he is sorry, and would
give all the world, did he possess it, to see Julia. When I
entered your house aud beheld your child, his expression was
line a flash of lightning across my soul. I see him still, my
sister’s own image.”
Mrs. Ashton covered her face with her hands and wept.
She begged Mrs. B. to lead her to the child. Kneeling by
bis bedside, she gazed ujwn his sweet face, as he lay uncon
scious of all evil, kissed his forehead, cheeks and lips, with
all of a mother's tenderness, raised his little hands to her
lips, pressed them to her lips, pressed them them to her heart,
nor could Mrs. It. prevail upon her to leave him. She slept
u ith him • and when Mrs. Belmont arose, she walked softly
to themed, and found the little boy sleeping upoif the bosom
of his aunt, her arms closely encircling him. Wer face was
pale With weeping, and her long, loose curls were wet with
teavs of sisterly love. Mrs. B. bent over them until they
awoke ; her first words were :
“ What think you now of Odd Fellows?’’
“Oh ! I will go directly home, and tell my husband to be
come one immediately; for where would this sweet child
have been, but for the blessed institution ? You will surely
permit me to share with you in the pleasure of bringing him
up; we will together instil into his opening mind the princi
ples of “ Friendship, Love and Truth ?” and we will make
his regalia when old enough to be initiated into the Society
of Odd Fellows.”
The Proof.
Trauslatud for the Boston “Journal from the French.
In Dupleos street, which leads to Versailes, a young man,
named Leopold Detillule, was half concealed behind a gate,
waiting with the greatest impatience, like a spoiled child, to
surprise his nurse. At length the door of an elegant house op
posite was opened, and a young officer, in the uniform of the
hussars, descended the stops, and disappeared ; he was soon
followed by an aged gentleman, and the Monsieur Leopold,
who felt like most lovers, sprang across the street, and was
soon admitted to the presence of bis beloved Ceeile, whom he
had long sought to find alone.
She was in a most richly decorated parlor, seated near the
fire, with a book in her hand, of which she was turning over
the leaves instead of reading, and appeared wholly indiffer
ent to every thing else. At his approach, she put the book
aside and looked steadily at him.
“ Well, Ceeile,” said he,
“ Well, my dear Leopold,” replied the young girl, in a
meluncholly tone.
“Answer me, Ceeile, have I nothing to hope for—am I
Kilo you love me ?”
u doubt it,” answered site casting down her eyes.
, no, but lam afraid your father will not accept
-in-law, though he must see our love.”
, his looks, his attitude—all spoke the most vio
as he pressed her hand to his.
e, LeojKild. My father Monsieur Dubois loves
, and wishes me to give my hand to the man that
.he most suitable, by his position and his fortune
happy.”
ik of my love,” exclaimed the yountfbf^^Ka
and
iniiH.'y MB’
I -*” >;” ■!<l, greati v ; ‘^i
“I shall explain notliing^^^m t
right to question me, nrul so g<■<
When Monsicr Detilale found ltiinself ;iy ,’fzm
reflect deeply. What could induce a vou
quisli so favorable a match. And he expected ttWHH
lie certainly would not fear a duel no; there inns
thing against her character; some mystery—sonSHl
perhaps another lover ? Whilst thus busied
meditations a letter was put into his hand from thenl^B|J||||
“My dear Leopold,” said she, “come to me ; 1
my father is beginning to he reasonable; he has cither
ed his opinion of Monsit ur de Marsan or being convinced tliar
his daughter is truly beloved, he means no longer to interfere
with her happiness. Come, the moment is favorable.’’
“The moment is favorable.” Yes ! exclaimed this feeble
minded and fickle man ; one lover has rejected her, and she
wishes to make sure of another; Iter father has lost the
prospeet of one son-in-law ; and he wishes to secure anoth
er. Ah Ceeile, you are rejected, and you know the reason.
You forget tliat you told me yesterday that it would kill your
father if you did not marry the son of his friend.” .■
Leopold thought he was betrayed, deceived, and
eile was a thousand times more to blame than any one^^^
tkZiM ... ■* mKk
In this state of mind lie made the necessary arrangements,
threw himself into a post chaise, and was carried to the
house of an old uncle, in the city of Touraine.
Three months after, as he was walking one morning in a
magnificent park, he met an officer of die hussars, whom lie
immediately accosted.
‘‘My dear Monsieur de Marsan, I am most happy to see
you, and hope you will now do me the furor to explain.”
“I am not Monsieur do Marsan,” interrupted the officer ;
“my name is Dubois,” added lie, laughing immoderately;
“but I recollect you as Monsieur lXtillule ”
“What does this conduct mean sir?”
“If you do wish for information, you could not address
yourself to one more capable to give it than 1 am. My sister
did love you, but her father and myself considered my fi -“ud
more worthy of her hand; she thought nothing could weak
en or subdue your affection. I proposed proof, which she
readily accepted. I played the part of De Marsan towards
you. and your conduct proved to her how little she could
count on your constancy; you shall now hear what followed.
“Eight days after your departure from Versailles the true
De Marsan arrived; he is handsome, amiable, and intelligent,
and being sincerely attached to Concile, did not find much
difficulty in gaining her affections, and one month since they
were married. Are you satisfied with these explanation-,
sir?”
Detillule ws not cured, but lie dared not provoke a duel,
as the result would, of course expose him to more censure.
He established himself in Touraine as Versailes had no
longer any eharms for him.
Intellect in Rags.
A, STORY EOR®Y'OL'NO AND OLD.
Two proud children were tripping along the streets
of Boston, one sunshiney day, on their way to school,
chatting as they went, and apparently enjoying
themselves right merrily.
A late rain had given a coating of mud to the red
brick sidewalks, so the children trod daintily j the
older one, a slight and delicately formed girliwitli a
merry dark eye, and full rich ringlets, carefully lift
ing her soft, shining garments, that they mi”ftt not
be soiled, by contact with the wet earth. >
And now, their way led through a dark, d|pip al
ley 7 , where the sunbeams grew sickly, and paled into
dimness, as they touched the heavy and tainted at
mosphere, through, perchance, long times between,
they melted into shadows upon the golden hair of
some poverty clad infant, for many such sat in th 4
broken doorways of that comfortless city lane. R
The hoy and girl moved slowly
white brows bent downward, their bright
mg for the hidden pave stones ; yet e\HBHHH|
some quick laugh at the ludicrous tigjHBHHHHj
ted across their path, would
cheeks with dimples.
‘Don't you hate such
the boy, as ;i Dw drops,
glossiness of his rich
hoy of some tliir
and with very scant
mass of patches. 11 is
over his downcast eyes
rough with labor, gnisp-
Mrewspaper, which lie had ev
jne mud. So absorbed was he
and not notice the fair and high
, whostood regarding him with
ued mirth.
his brown face on his deii
jij.'V m consciously aloud—‘b-1 e-n
no’—a deep drawn sigh, tb.-n
■• i long pans* —‘oh ! dear— 1 shah
life Barney.’
child exclaimed tlms, hr* lifted his
IfslgPw^' ll ll y, from the tattered bit of printing;
WEBBBfc\\ upon the listeners, whose beautiful lips
■HSHnrlod with scornful smiles. A Hush of crimson
ivhMrd to his swarthy cheeks, mounting to the top
forehead, as lie threw off the mass of tangled
■urls, and his bold black eyes fell before their famil
iar stare.
‘lla ! ha !’ said the richly clad youth carelessly,
U’ve got a brother only five years old at home, who
hi read better than that. JHflHMjßvou ought
■■bast to know you
I.
he
shoul^i’ to speak with him, but
:i K.”
( YKall have that pleasure,’ said the ex-presi
dent, smiling; and turning, ho presented the beanti-
Jm\ and fascinating wife of a millionaire to the talen
™d stranger.
| ‘Wc have met before, madam, 1 said the gentleman
L>. . v- .
‘.■Tint
no
t^l, ‘ v ar,;
HR rich.’
to excite
m a boy larger
Rking out the
hear him; we
yoli -lip
his name
’ r tliinjt;’
b‘ ’} • i r< ss-
W
i, sprang to
si>t< r, such
Hmd scorn, that
the girl
Pel, and gave utter-
lunded—wounded to
lifter them, his full
uish, his black eye
Kg trembling on his
Hnvould scathe and
children;
steps into
and entering
unovon floor,
r a'Mtiin, v,. r,.
: princely
; ‘!/kprnb
■sj.icn-
; y V.r'.'^W'sidcnt
; , Wl a noble
- .hoc].—
bowing low, to concttail a strange expression that/
stole over his features.
‘I have forgotten,’ tLe lady made answer, is her
sweetest tones.
‘I have not —we have met before ; just twenty
years ago/ he continued, still keeping his piercing
eyes upon her face --‘we met in a little lane, a nar
row, repulsive place, where the cries of hanger re
sounded often upon the still air, and where rags,
misery and tilth met t lie traveller at every step.’
lie paused—and she gazed more curiously upou
him.
‘Perhaps you do not remember the place— r>re
haps you do'not remember Row two pampered chil
dren of wealth passed along that lane : it may bo
you forget the poor outcast, grasping at science
(though then scarcely conscious.) with his untutored 1
mind. The laugh of derision that was then flung up
on this lonely heart—for lam that child—roused the
latent tire of ambition within my breastand/ ha
continued, more softly, ‘I thank you for the tuant,
and the scornful word; they were ever my incen
tives in my upward path to honor ; I had but to
think of them, and my soul war nerved anew. I
thank you for them / and a triumphant smile illu
minated his splendid countenance.
The lady, faint, mortified, glided aw ay from her
rebuker, and in less than an hour sat, humbled and 9
weeping, in her own proud mansion. She had wish
ed, nay, coveted, just cue little word, from the be
ing w ho, in her haughty childhood, she had derided
and despised for his poverty —and she had been re
paid with contempt, though smoothly worded and
delicately expressed, by the neglected boy, whoso
name now rang the world through.
Have a care, then, sons and daughters of plenty.
Scorn not the child of poverty, who with pensive
eye and lifted hands, toils up tho rugged heights of
Parnassus, uneared for and unaided. Though clo
thed in rags, he may gain the dizzy heigth, w hile
you, decked in the meaner paraphernalia of wealth
humbly grope along tlie mountain’s base, and under
the very feet of him whom you disdained.
political.
The 1 hloe.
ci rev. dr. ojsjuy; op s. c.
Freedom's shrine ?
he invidious lines
one spot be mill*!,
Hi ‘ ai is ah tile Vest—
MBHBHHfIHB! ab.’s fair Sand,
... ‘
£p,yg<i V^H' l : vutibun band,
nl 8 rooky strand,
- r ‘ i’foat .e.i West,
raid free,
■; -rooted tree.
By our common kindred tongue,
A By our hope*—brqjlu, buoyant, young,,
V liy the tie (4 count:-]! strong,
\ Wt still be one.
Fathers ! have you bled in vain f
Ages, must ye droop gaiu f
Maker, shall we nwlmf staiu
BkniMUgJs sent by Thee X
Now receive our tok-rpn vow,
W hil# before thv throne we bow,
Ever/to maintain, a3 now
“ Giion-—Liberty.*’
Mr. t rittendem’s Opinion.
The following is the opinion delivered by Attorney Gener
al Crittenden, in reference to t i-.* conduct of the Marshal of
Massachusetts, against whomc targes had been made, lor his
conduct in the Crafts case in Boitou.
Office O ‘ Attorn kt Gekcral, )
NovenrV-r 25, 18bt>. (
To the President :— As requested by you. L liaye care
fully examined all the papers placed iu iay bands resoling to
complaints made against Cltarks Devons, Fsq , the Marshal
of Massachusetts district, for alleged negaei and dereliction
of duty in failing to execute a warrant dhk-h came ts bis
hands for the arrest of William Crusts, a fulitivo slave.
Those papers, consisting chilly of the affidavits of Mr
Dovens, the marshal, his deputy, Mr. P. Ritev, Ja’e. Dickson*,
George T. Curtis, Esq. and Wi lis 11. Ilughse. ager-Wk-r the
owner of the slave, with letters from Mr. Fayaod Mr. Curti*,
are herewith returned. Having perused them with care, and
certainly without ar.y bias or prepossession in favor of tho Mar
shal or his deputy, 1 most say that, though I can see no **i
denee of any particular activity and energy or their part, it
sc-ems to me there does not eufieieatly appear any cauo* fcr
the censure of their conduct or the removal of tho marshal
from office. 1
A more commendable activity and energy might probably
have been exerted by them 5 birl they seem to hat® acted, to
n considerable extent, upon consultation and in <*>flert with
Mr. Hughes, the agent for the owner of the* fugitive, and,
wlmt might otherwise appear to be blameable in them, may
have been the result of that consultation and aoMrrk In
this uncertain state of the case, the declaration mad? by Mr.
Hughes, at the conclusion of vh transaction, that he no
complaints to make against then, r? or words to that (effect, is
entitled to, and has had sonic intluenee on my judgment.
If I could have discovered any satisfactory t-ridenci of the
neglect or evasion of daty by these officer*, in thisWese,
it would have been no less consonant with mj’ feeling* than
wiih my judgnK*nt, to have retommended their instant d*-
mission from the public serviei. ® * V
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours, &c.,i
J. J. CRITTENDEIf-
The language of Mr. Ilnghes as quoted by Mr. Crittetif en >
does not comport very well wi h the document prepared^ l ”
Mr. Hughes in Macon, to operate on the recent election,
which was circulated with so n ueh avidity by the organsvL
the disunlonists. Perhaps Mr, 11. can explain the disere
ey—now that the election has jassed. It certainly behcov<H
him to do so, if he values his rej n tat bn for veracity. —Chro
<p Sentinel. 1
Sound Patriot!; Sentiments. |
At a recent very large and imposing meeting of the
of the Union in Cincinnati, the following resolutions, errtfflß
dying sound, conservative and patriotic sentiments, amonM
others, were unanimously adopted :
w ßesolved , That we appro-e and will support the ntea A
sores of peace and compromise relative to the admission of
California as a State—theestabl sbmeut of territorial govern-
Mttts of New Mexico and Jtah—the settlement of the,
of Texas—t ie abolition of the slave trade
nt 1 the provisies) the more ef
*n ?c of the constitutional <isjty
to deliver - <Jn
“ Resolved, -—, tnM nn if nT
forcible resistance to of tbslwr of the
Government f>r llic* recapture 1 1 ThjSjfiw* erv<e>
labor —-that we r-gard such law as ootwidtiiiti tjp’ ‘ °‘
anee with the compromise which formed the
we will sustain and unforce it by ail propgp “j
as a matter of constitutional Cos; n pr°mfes
NO. SB.