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to witness the unwrapping of the baby. Anxions expecta
itons Fat on every countenance, and as the jealous lady tore
away rag after rag from the body of the foundling, the vigo
rous movements of which astonished every body. “ It’s full
of the devil already,” said Mrs. S., that shows it is his, you’ll
soon see that it is like him in every thing.” At last all the
swaddling clothes being removed, out jumped the baby and i
made his escape through the open door.
It was a big tom cat. The SUnsburvs’ had been victim!/.- j
ed by a practical joke, the contrivance of which was traced to j
a female neighbor. Mrs. S. who lias no taste for fun of that
kind, [made her complaint against the suspected party, but J
as the trick appeared to be without malice, no binding over !
took place.— Phil. Pennsylvanian.
Great Excitement in Boston.
arrest of another fugitive slave, and his rescue dt
A MOD.
About noon, at Boston, on Saturday the 15th in.itaut, Bnvs
the Baltimore Sun , Deputy Marshal Riley, and assistants, ar
rested at the Gornhill Coffee-house, an alledged fugitive slave, |
one Frederick Wikins, or Shtdrick, a negro waiter, on a
warrant issued by the United States Commissioner, G. T.
Curtis, on a complaint that -the accused was the property of
John Deßree, Purser in the U. S. Navy, of Virginia. He
was taken with no opposition, and carried immediately to tho
U. S. Court room. The Traveller gives the annexed par
ticulars :
The news of the arrest spread rapidly, and the Court
room was speedily filled with a large crowd of rather excited
spectators. The examination, however, went off quietly.
Seth J. Thomas appeared for the claimant, and Messrs. Small,
Elias Grey, Coring, and others, for the defence.
The counsel for the defendant desired a postponement,
upon the ground that the time would be wanted to get through
evidence and prepare for a defence. Tho Commissioner said
he was disposed to grant this. In the meantime, for the in
formation of defendant's counsel, the documents upon which
the warrant was issued were read by Seth J. Thomas, Esq.,
counsel for claimant. They consisted of various deposi
tions, taken before the United States Judge at Norfolk, to
the effect that Sbadrick was the true and lawful slave of John
Deßree, and that he escaped on the 3d of May 1850. Oth
er documents were put in to show how Deßree came pos
sessed of tho alledged fugitive ; one deposition was to tho ef
fect that the deponent had seen Shad rick in Norfolk as the
slave of Deßree, and afterwards in Boston, where Shadrick
toll him that he had escaped from Deßree. Other deposi
tions were to the effect that they had seen Shadrick in Nor
folk as the slave of Deßree.
At the conclusion of the reading of the documents tho
Commissioner postponed the further consideration of the case
to Tuesday next, at 10, A. M.
The Deputy Marshal then ordered the room to be cleared
of spectators, which was gradually done. The prisoner re
mained in the custody of a dozen men, as by a law of the
State, the jail cannot be used to imprison fugitive slaves.
His counsel wishing to consult with him, they were readily
admitted to the room to the number of half a dozen. They
remained.about an hour, and in the meantime a large crowd
of negroes gathered upon the outside, blocking up the en
trance to the court-room and, as the door was opened to let
the last lawyer leave the room, the mob from without rushed
in, seized and knocked down the officers in keeping, and
tilled tho court-room. The prisoner himself was frightened
at their demoniac appearance, and fled, with a cry of murder,
to the further end of the room.
He was, however, secured by the mob, who had speedily
silenced the opposition of the few officers in the room, and
taken in triumph down the stairs and into the street. The
officers did not attempt to follow, and with shouts of triumph
the mob hurried off with the fugitive, and was last seen
in the vicinity of Belknap street, where negroes chiefly con
gregate.
‘While the mob was in the court-room, the sword of the
Marshal, hanging in the sheath over his desk, was drawn by
one of them and flourished over the heads of the officers. It
was afterwards found in the street. The mob showed no
weapons, though a number of the negroes boasted of having
revolvers in thir possession. One negro, in his flight, dropped
his knife.
There were several white persons in the mob, but they did
not appear to act in the rescue. The rescue, of course, caused
great excitement throughout the city, as one of the tnost dar-,
ing outrages upon law and order ever enacted. It is bought
impossible to re-arrest the fugitive, as his friends lst no, l
doubt hurried him off, ere this, to the Canadian frontier.—
United States Marshal Devat is absent in Washing^,
Tho prisoner is of dark copper complexion, aboulty feet 8
inches high, of rather stout build. He has been employed as
a waiter for about three months, at what is known is Corn
-1 i.U Coffee-house, kept by Mr. Taft. At the time of the ex
citement relative to Craft and his wife, the prisoner left the
city and went westward, but afterwards returned. He ap
peared in Court with his waiter's apron on, and seemed calm
and composed.
Measures for the Public Safety. —lt is some consola
tion, amid the regret and mortification occasioned by the af
fairs of Saturday last, to perceive that the city government has
began to move in the business of providing further safeguards
■for the public peace. The Board of Aldermen yesterday pass
ed an ordinance which will have the effect of removing what
ever doubts the City Marshal might entertain of the proprie
ty or ‘legality .-of rendering assistance to the United States
officers, m their execution of the laws. It is quite certain,
that no citizen can feel secure at his own fireside, so long as
he distrusts the power or the inclination of the city police to
suppress tumult, riot, and resistance to law, in all cases—
and to preserve the public peace and guard against public
danger, in all circumstances. It is notorious that we have
• 1 among us, who look with unboundedgx=-
at.on on the and hope for a speedy
1 [ [7 wm. These are the men whose public de
euira'.i os of contempt for the constituted authorities, and
♦hose infhmotary anneals to the base passions and blind pre
i udiee of the multitude, have stirred up the mob spirit to its
present alarming height.
A Catahne’s conspiracy is not more wicked and detesta
ble than the determination of these men to cast firebrands
throughout the .community, and bring destruction upon our
whole social fubrie, sooner than give up one of their obstinate
and absurd political dogmas. The late successful act of resist
ance to law has greatly encouraged them in their hopes of or
ganizing a permanent disturbance of the public peace; and
nless our citizens are contented te live at the mercy of a
mob, they will hardly think the city government have gone
beyond the necessity of the case, ia adding one precaution
against the recurrence of the scenes of last Saturday. We
subjoin the ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen
yesterday:
City ok Boston.— ln Board of Mayor and Alder
men, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1851. Whereas this Board has
learned with deep regret that the integrity of the laws and
lhe dignity of the Commonwealth and city, have been great
ly impaired by the forcible rescue and abduction of a prison
er from the hands of an officer of the U. S., who had him in
legal custody, therefore it is
Ordered , That the City Marshal, under the instructions
of the Mayor, be directed, whenever he shall be properly in
formed by a public officer of the State, or the United States,
that there is danger that he shall be unlawfully obstructed in
the performance of his official duties by a mob, and that he
needs lus assistance—immediately to repair to tho place
where it is apprehended said riot will be hail, and there, faith
fully and truly, with the whole police force under his control,
use the same, in the most energetic manner possible, in sup
port of the laws, aud the maintair.ance of the public peace.—
Boston Courier, Feb. 9.
The following despatch appears in the N. Y. Tribune:
Boston, Feb. 19th.
It is a well ascertained fact that more warrants have been
issued for the arrest of fugitive olaves.
The colored citizens are aware of this stale of things, and
at is believed are thoroughly organized and armed.
Anew military associatian is about feeing formed here cal
led the Liberty League. More than 100 of the most influen
tial and able bodied young men in the city are pledged t ojoin
it. The association is opposed tothe Fugitive ave Law and
the aggressions of slave hunters. Shadraeh, the fugitive, is
by this time safe in Canada He left this city by private con
veyance, and reached the house ~f an afc.4iticnist, in a certain
town in the western part of Massachusetts, on Sunday morn
ing. There he was welcomed The fuu’ W ere at break
fast. He was asked to partake, and fjjeelm|, saying his
first duty was to return thanks to God for his deliverance from
slavery. He knelt down and prayed most earnestly for con
tinuance of God s mercies.
Shadrach is a member of the Methodist church. On
Sunday evening he attended an Anti-Slavery meeting, in fe
male attire. He remained unsuspected by the audience, llis
■ arrest and rescue were the subject of discussion among the
speakers. Among the speakers were members of theSuf
: folk bar.
He was very calm, and said that lie had determined to sac
; I'ificc his life rather than be taken back into slavery, llis
i t ight name is Sherwood.
■i in i ■ —■iimii.
A Fair Hit. —The New York Dry Goods Reporter,
speaking of the choice made by the Legislature of Rhode Is
! land of United States Senator in the person of Gen. James,
! whom that paper claims as a protectionist, says: “We wish
j wo could say as much in favor of Massachusetts. She, though
i interested to a greater extent than any other in the prosper!-
! ty of manufactures, lias sacrificed all to the protection of wool
. and ivory .”
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iE'lje Georgia Citium.
li. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON,- GA. MARCH 1, 1851.
Special Notice.
jt-gTREMEMBER that all subscribers who will send us
$2 each on or before the first day of April ensuing, free of
expense, will be entitled to the Citizen for one year, there
after.
£3§TREMEMBER that this proposition will not ho con
tinued after April Ist, except to old clubs of Jive who may
renew their subscriptions, or to new clubs who may avail
themselves of the privilege of club cash prices.
ZW Those owing for Vol. 1, by sending $4 50, by the
period mentioned, shall be supplied with the Citizen for an
other year. Each of these is now indebted $3, on the pre
sent volume, but $2. 50 will be received from each until the
close of his Yearly subscription, after which $3 will bo ex
acted.
As we intend to enlarge our sheet and publish the
cheapest and best Family Newspaper in tho South, as well
as the most piquant, varied and readable, we anticipate an
increased patronage commensurate with the industry, tact,
and zeal, which we shall, unwearicdly, bring to bear upon the
enterprize.
The Constitutntional Union Party
Os Bibb, are requested to meet at the
Court House, on the first Tuesday in
March next, at 12 o'clock, M., to ap
point Delegates to the Gubernatorial
Convention.
itli all due deference to tho opinion of those
who have called this meeting, we would suonresl that
a more extended notice be given to our citv and
country friends, before the matter of election of Dele
gates to a State Convention is gone into. Asa pri
mary assemblage for consultation and preparation
for the approaching Canvass this proposed meeting
’ is well enough, and should he by all Union
Vnen who^caß—inakfe.it but wd^ffusf 1
it will only take measures to organize the party,
throroughly, through the county, and authorize a
more general meeting, a month or two hence, for the
election of Delegates.
Masonic Journal.— The first No. of Vol. 3d of this
Journal has reached us from Marietta, Ga. Dr. J. B. Randall
has associated Professor I. N. Loomis, A. M. with him in
its proprietorship and Editorial conduct, and the work, un
der their joint auspices, will doubtless become still more wor
thy of the support of the Fraternity whose cause it advocates.
Subscription price $2 per annum, in advance. The number
before us is a creditable specimen of printing from the press
of R. M. Goodman & Cos. Marietta.
A Perilous RidC. —On Thursday last we accepted
an invitation to take a ride on the South Western Rail Road,
some 14 miles distant, to view the progress of the work.—
Accordingly at 2 o’clock, P. M. in company with a party of
ladies and gentlemen, we started from the Depot, and were
pushed ahead by the Locomotive, at the rate of 10 mil s an
hour, for about. S miles, when all of a sudden, all but one of
the freight cars (which were heavily laden with TtvXjpgfi’
■cted from the engine, and w ; ,.
inoroiisiiifr \ * n '** , j*[ ] M| ~j, ~1 of over
nnles length, this side of lchtconnee Creek, whirled over
the tressel-workcd bridge and ran forward half a mile on the
ascending grade before flie momentum v. is am. ted! It was
indeed, a fearful and imminently dangerous scene, which all
on board will not readily forget. A ship in a tempest without
a rudder, or a wild horse without a bit, was’nta circumstance
to it. A train of 50 tons weight, descending a grade of forly
five feet tothe mile, at an uncontrollable speed of forty miles
the hour, and liab/e every moment to meet with obstacles or
short curves which would almost inevitably have thrown the
whole off the track, over a precipice or oft’ a bridge, into owe
general ruin of the whole concern, was certainly not a desira
ble mode of travelling or entitled to the name of a “ pleasant
excursion ” to the passengers on board, say nothing of the
extra chance of us all being impaled with the iron rails, or
crushed under the massive accumulation of a score of tons’
weight, in ctise of sudden obstruction. But, thanks to Provi
dence, no injury to the passengers or train oocurred. After
passing the bridge, the velocity of our motion gradually les
sened and expended itself. Perhaps we owed our safety in
this perilous ride, very much tothe stable and excellent man
ner in which this road has been built. On a rickety railway,
the cars would not have kept the track. The superincum
bent weight of iron also added, doubtless, in keeping the car
wheels down upon the rail. Soon after, being joined by tho
locomotive, we pushed ahead two miles further to the term
inus of the finished road, where tho iron was unloaded, and
then returned in good style to the city.
To avoid such accidents for the future, the superintendent
will immediately affix breaks to each car, so that in ease of
disconnection with the Engine, sufficient controlling influence
will be exerted upon the train on the heavier grades of the
road, to cluck undue velocity.
Snpreme Court Decision.
Allen, a Slave )
vs. > Indictment for murder from Bibb.
The State. )
Where a slave or free person of color commits a “capital
: offence” during the Term of the Supreme Court, he may be
| tried atuhe same term.
2d. It is error, to set forth in the bill of indictment, and
give in evidence, the order or judgment of the Magistrates,
i in the preliminary investigation, and which by them has been
transmitted to the Solicitor General, in compliance with the
act of 1850.
Hall and Hall, and Hardeman, for pl’ft. inerror; Pocand
Nisbet, and Glenn,- representing tho Solicitor General, for
d’ft. in error.
Making Lies their Refuse.— The ‘Federal Union,’
Augusta “Republic,” and several other prints of that stripe
continue to propagate the lie that there are but two Union
Democratic prints in Georgia
sis iiiiiia ® i nil if 7
Dr. Hcndrec’s Entertainments. —The Scienti- j
sic Lectures and exhibitions of this gentlemen have been
continued every evening this week before respectable
assemblies, and will be brought to a close to-night. A com
petent assistant having arrived from New York, the Doctor
will be able to illustrate the theory of the polarization of
light and kindred topics in a more satisfactory manner than
heretofore. His apparatus is very fine and he is master of
the subjects embraced in his interesting and instructive enter
tainments. “W e trust that so deserving a gentleman may be
liberally encouraged, to night, to the extent, at least, of pay
ing expenses, which we are sorry to say is rarely done by
those who essay to enlighten our public on matters of Science
and Art. Let the just reproach of being greater patrons of
Buffoonery and humbuggery, be wiped from our escutch
eon.
Abolition Triumphs.
We have a word to say concerning the second disgraceful I
outrage in Boston, the refined Athens of America, announced
in our last, in which the sanctuary of justice was invaded in
broad day-light by a mob of negroes and whites, and a prison
er rescued by violence from the legal authorities of the Uni
ted States. Our readers have the proclamation of the Presi
dent before them, and they will find, in to-day’s paper, some
further particulars of the affair which is denounced even in
Boston, in tones of indignation and astonishment.
Our own opinion now is, that the Fugitive Slave Law can
not be enforced in Massachusetts. President Filmoro’s Pro
clamation is derided, scoff* iat and set at naught. The State
and city authorities of that Commonwealth will not aid in the
execution of the law, until the power of the Federal Govern
ment is brought to bear with proper severity upon the ring
leaders engaged in the daring violations o? the United Sf tes
Laws. But will this be done ? Is there any frojujl tlgUfdWj.
President has nerve enough to have the laws
Has he shown the proper spirit in relation to the faithlessness
and dishonesty, or incompetency of his officials in Boston, on
the previous occasion, when Crafts and his wife were secreted
and sent ont of the country ? We answer unhesitatingly,
that he did not. lie has not dared to dismiss his faithless
Marshal and Commissioners, and hence this second outrage
upon the laws, which, like the first, will probably “go un
wliipt of justice,” and all owing, us we verily, believe to the
pusillanimity of the U. S. Government. We are aware
that this may be deemed Heterodoxy in one who honestly
claims to be an humble member of the Constitutional Union
Party of Georgia, but when great questions like this are pre
sented to our mind, on which rest the safety of the republic
it-self, we shall not allow ourselves to be awed into silence by
the fastidiousness of those who go for party and for favorite
men at all hazards.
The truth is, if the Federal Government will not make
an example of all those engaged in this rebellion, from Com
modore Downs down to the most menial Deputy Marshal,
there is no use in having a President at all. They should all
be made to walk the plank at once, and better men be put in
their plaoes. The President should also order a naval and
military force to that point, sufficient to batter down the walls
of Boston and lay it in utter ruin, unless Massachusetts will
do her duty, as a member of the great confederacy of States,
and enforce the laws and Constitution of tho Union, in a sum
mary manner. It is her first duty to hang the ringleaders in
the riot, white and black, Elizur Wright , Lawyer Davis
• and Theodore Parker, lfang them all, we say, without ben
efit of clergy. Wo have been opposed to capital punishment,
but in a case so attrociousas treason , we would waive all ob
jections, even to the guillotine mode of disposing of sueh
rascals. If the State of Massachusetts does not purge her
self of the iniquity practised within her borders, by all the
means within her power, we would have her ports blockaded
and her commerce cut oft'. This would probably arouse her
people to a proper sense of duty and compel her to put down
and keep down all disturbers of the public peace.
In the mean time, what is the South to do ? Will she con
tinue her traffic with Massachusetts and receive her products?
Will she continue to lick the hand that is raised but to rob and
pillage. We answer no. When a sovereign State, will al
low treason to stalk like a demon, through her streets, aud
permit a wretched mob of negroes, led by villunous whites,
to invade her Court Houses and nullify the laws of tho land ri
with impunity, it is high time that all intercoiAso on the pari? j
of aggrieved sovereign ties should eeaso witl Jahe 1
wealth, whether North or J>eSe
“cfetbrmination of every patriot to *JL>,~feommcV
cially or politically, with any state [f • ‘Whether adja
cent or more remote, that will counWHmce, aid or abet, iff’
fail to put down unlawful conspiracies, within their limits
against the general government. Such, at least are our con
victions on tl*c subject, independent of all considerations con
nected with polities or party. We feel that it is no time to
use the language of adulation to the “ powers that be ” or that
are to be, while anarchy and mob rule are in the ascendant.
Nor do we feel it right to sing psalms longer to those in au
thority in anticipation of a faithful performance of duty,
which may never bo realized,and which, judging the future
by the past, will never be realized, under the present dynasty!
Macon Cotton Factory.
We paid a visit, the other day, to this establishment, and
were pleased to find it in such a state of forwardness as to
justify the belief that the works will he in successful opera
tion early in May ensuing. 1* is not yet quite a year since
the Factory buildings and tiio dwellings were
Commenced. In Jiat tnq e hav'> been erected 11 double two
story residences 47by 20leet each, the Factory building, 160
feet by jjO qr eet dimension, 3 stories high besides basc
- Rn-nt, attio and tower; one wing, two stories high, and 75
by 32 feet; an Engine room, 24 by 26, and a Boiler House
42 by 38 feet. The company own 10 acres of land which will
be enclosed and divided into lots for garden and factory pur
poses, An upright Beam Engine of 100 horse power with
3 boilers, each 28 feet long and 44 inches in diameter, and
having two 16 inch flues in each, is now being put into its
place, all the heavier part of the machinery except the Cylin
der being already secured in the position designed.
In the basement, 10 feet 6 inches in the clear, will be the
machine shop, where the Lathes, Planes, Engines and other
mechanical devices will be set to work. In the Ist 2d and 3d
stories, there will be 128 Looms, 60 Cards, 2 drawing frames
with 8 deliveries each, 6 speeders two of which have 68spin
dles and four of them 128 spindles each. The whole No. of
spindles will be 5200, and No. 14 sheeting is tho fabric de
signed to be manufactured.
The machinery is of the first class and latest improve
ment, part being from Manchester, England, and the balance
from the North. We have been in many establishments of
the kind but have never seen mach'nery, before, that can com
pare with this in strength, beauty of finish and elegance of
design.
Tho whole arrangement of the Factory, selection of ma
chinery Ac., has been conducted under the superintendence
of Mr. P. 11. Pond, a highly competent and intelligent gen
tleman, who has had much experience in the business of
cotton manufacture, and who, withal, is himself a skillful
machinist. With the force at his command ard the delays
incident to an undertaking of sueh magnitude, he has accom
plished more in the same space of time, than is usually accom
plished at the North, where the means and facilities of ope
ration are more abundant In point of convenience, dur
ability of structure &c. Macon Cotton Factory will surely com
pare favorably with any other establishment in the South. It
is indeed a monument to the enterprize of the company and a
credit to Mr. Pond, the architect And what is better still,
it will redound to the prosperity of Macon, and, we have no
doubt, amply remunerate its projectors for the liberal invest
ment which they have made.
Infamous but Natural. —The Tribune of this morning
parades the royal proclamation of Governor Gage in 1775,
and compares the rebellion in Boston atthattimeto the negro
riot last week. Our revolutionary heroes put side by side
with a band of nigger villians and rioters ? This is pure
Grcelyism, but his audacity in proclaiming it is equalled only
by that which asks the merchants of this city to support the
Tribune. The principles of our country people are at a pret
ty low ebb when they will take such stuff in a newspaper
and swallow it for love of freedom and justice. When a news
paper comparing our forefathers with a band of nigger riot
ers and vagabonds can boast of a country circulation of thirty
thousand copies, it is about time for every sensible man to
look about him and see that he is not one of them. If such
principles are the prevaillingones of the State, the property of
this city is not worth ten per cent of its assessed value.— Day
Book.
The constitutional Union Party of Monroe county, arc
requested to meet in the Court House in Forsyth, on Wed
nesday, the sth day of March next, to appoint Delegates to
the Convention in Milledgeville, in June next, to nominate
a candidate for Governor.
The Fine Arts —We are gratified in being able to :
announce the arrival in this city of Mr. J. R Lambdin , a cele
brated Artist of Philadelphia, who, with his son, also an ar
tist, contemplates a sojourn of several months with us, in the
business of their profession. We congratulate the public on
the event, being satisfied that so rare an opportunity of ob
taining first rate pictures was never before afforded in this city.
In the line of female heads Mr. L. is specially gifted, and we
are sure that those of our citizens who favor him with a sit
ting will be delighted with the faithfulness and exquisite finish
of the portraits which are pencilled by his band. Mr. L.
bears with lain testimonials of the highest character from dis
tinguished gentlemen of Philadelphia; in addition to w hich
he will shortly have exhibited numerous specimens of his
style, as an artist, which, after all, are the best commenda
tion of his capabilities in his profession. Mr. L. has taken
rooms at the Bank Building, on 2d street, in the rear of Mr.
Charles Campbell’s Store, aud opposite Mr, Plant’s Carriage
establishment, where he will be ready, in a few days, to re
ceive visitors.
fol. Powers’ Speech.
The Telegraph says that Col. Powers, in his speech on the
22d, read Messrs. Buchanan, Dallas and Cass out of the
great Constitutional Union Party. We did not hoar this J
part of the gentleman’s speech, but If it were so, we presume
that the Colonel d’.d not mean to speak iu the name of the
Union Party of Bibb comnty, but in his own
° ‘name. Cortes, we are not prepared to read out or denounce
those gentlemen because they refused to sign the Pledge
lately gotten up at Washington, and know of no other rea
son, why such devoted and faithful Union Democrats should
be proscribed. They have even been true to the South and
arc not more superanuated than are Messrs. Clay and Web
ster. Why then read them out? We pause for a reply.
Message from the President,
On the 13th inst. the President sent in a special Message
to the Senate, in answer to a call from that body, in relation to
tile late negro riot in Boston. We have not room for this
document at length, this week, but the following is the sub
stance of it. The Senate’s Resolution requested the Presi
dent “to lay before that body if not incompatible with the
public in’erest, any information I may possess in regard to an
alleged recent case of a forcible resistance to the execution of
the laws of the United States, iu the city of Boston, and to
communicate to tho Senate, under tho above conditions, what
means I have adopted to meet the occurrence; and whether,
in my opinion, any additional legislation is necessary to meet
the exigency of the case, and to more vigorously execute ex
isting laws.’’
To these inquiries the President replies, by sending in the
affidavit of Deputy Marshal Riley, detailing the facts of tho
ease; also an abstract of tho existing laws of the United States
on the subject of the safe keeping of prisoners of the United
States, in the Jails of the States, and of tho Act of Massa
chusetts contravening the Federal Laws, in this regard, and
asks that Congress so modifies the existing enactments as to
dispense altogether with tho necessity of issuing a Proclama
tion in advance of the use of the military pow T er of govern
ment to suppress insurrections and put down violations of law.
Ho also intimates that Congress should define more clearly
the rights of the United States Marshal to call out, as posse
comitatus of a State Militia, any organized body of citizens
under its own appropriate officers, without the consent of
such officers. The President then concludes the message
with the assurance that “so far as depends on him, the laws
shall be faithfully executed and all forcible opposition to them
suppressed.”
This is all very fine, and very handsomely expressed, but
we fear that it is “all talk and no cider.” One thing is very
clear, that the President has too many conscientious scruples
as to the powers entrusted to him, ever to become a General
Jackson in a case of emergency. Ilad that glorious old he
[ in the White House last fall, we should not now be
lb fffouru over violated
Constitutions. As it is, we almost “despair of the repub-
lie.”
aß3u£Sctaßaafiui
IVice youn? men • —There were a number of these
gentry at Concert Hall, on Monday night, who seemed to
have lost all respect for themselves as well .as for others who
wished to give attention to the Lecture of Dr. Hendree, on
that evening. At a circus or Ethiopian Dance, such conduct
mightbe tolerated, but on occasion of a scientific lecture, it is
to audacious to be endured. Some of these genteel rowdies will
wake up one of these fine mornings, and find themselves sold
to infamous notoriety, in the public gazettes, by such disgrace
ful disturbance of a respectable stranger and his respectable
audience of ladies and gentlemen, if the offence is repeated.
It is a disgrace to any place that permits such a violation of
courtesy and good breeding, to pass unrebuked and unpun
ished, and as far as in us lies, we shall endeavor to arrest the
annoyance, by a prompt publication of the names of the par
ties gudty of such misconduct.
Bridge Street in Mourning.
The sickly “ Tribune”—the rickety “ Tribune ” —that has
had “a local habitation and a name ” for a year past, on
Bridge Street, has broken down by its own superincumbent
gravity. Its last edict has gone forth, and the people are
called upon to mourn their irreparable loss. Stupid people of
Macon, how could you permit so great a calamity to come to
pass! llow suffer so august a Tribune al as that occupied
by a Howard and others of noble blood, to totter and fall
into inglorious ruin ! “’Tis pitiful, ’tis wondrous pitiful,”
that genius, talent, worth, eloquence and virtue can find no
better appreciation and reward, than is here exemplified.—
But so it ever was. “ A Prophet is not without honor save
in his own country,” and hence it is that our seer of the Tri
bune has shaken the last particle of dust from his sandals a
gainst the stiff-necked generation of Ocmulgeo, preparatory
to his descent upon the inhabitants of Tide Water! Weep
and howl, all ye people, at the sore evils your own ingrati
tude and ineffable stupidity have brought down upon your
heads. “Ye that have tears to shed, prepare to shed them
now!”
<• I'liceblis ! what a name!”—A new Daily paper
is to be started immediately, if not sooner, in Savannah, un
der the title of the Evening Delta. The meaning of this
word is thus given by a Lexicographer:—“ An alluvial tract
of ccuntry between the diverging mouths of a river often
subject to inundation.” Os course, then, such a name for a
Savannah paper, is the ne plus ultra of appropriateness
and exactly according to the fitness of things. And when
we consider further, that the editors have floated down from
the interior and have added their own free soil alluvion to
the general deposit, and that their diverging mouths have
often been subject to a muddy overflow, who can doubt the
exquisite tact they have shown in the selection of a name?
Albeit, dame Nature makes no delta in that locality, her
strange omission is thus in a fair way to be remedied by the
hand of art, provided the good people of Oglethorpe city do
not prefer their sterile and sandy soil to any alluvial mud
which may be imported within its borders.
Light Literature —The ‘Madison Visitor,’ in a first
rate notice” of the “only Literary Journal in the entire
South,” which is Edited by a modest son of John Bull, at
Charleston, relinquishes the field gracefully to his competitor
in the line of light Literature , declaring that lie has tried it
and that it will not “feed an alligator” much less a human
reptile ! This compliment is rather equivocal to the “only Lit
erary” Gazette in the South, which, it is insinuated, does live
by its monopoly of polite Literature. The Visitor has, how
ever, never reached the lighter regions of literature in which
its cotemporary soars, and cannot consequently be a good
judge of the aliment necessary to feed one of so ethereal a.
temperament. That the Gazette’s literature, is light enough,
in one sense, is conceded—as light p.s the down on the wings
of an eider-duck, but we do not exactly comprehend the af
finity between its vital principle and that of the Alligator to
which it is unless it is in the fact, the latter can go
to sleep, for months, on a stomach full of light-wood knots
and pino boughs! Will the “Visitor,” please explain the per
tinency of his allusion ? :
Congressional.
‘Washington, Feb. 24.
The Fortification Bill has been rejected by the House,
; and the Civil and Diplomatic Bill is under consideration.
A duel has been fought by Stanly, of North Carolina and
; Inge, of Alabama. After the exchange of two shots the mat
; ter was amicably adjusted.
Griffin Fire—Error Corrected. —lll speaking of
the late fire in Griffin, last week, ry; said that Mr. J. R Mar
tin was-a brother of Mrs* Morris, and one of the parties ar
rested on suspicion of firing the premises occupied by Mrs.
M. By a letter from Martin, we learn that Mr. Kennedy was
the person spoken of, and not Mr. Martin. Mr. K. is a
brother of Mrs. Morris, and not Mr. Martin. Mrs. Morris
and brother were insured, not Mr. Martin. To obtain this
correction, however, Mr. Martin, if he had valued his own
reputation as much as five cents, would have paid bis postage,
lie must have known the error was unintentional on our
part. !
•
Where are the Sympathizers?- —Some time hist
fall the hire Eaters of Georgia were so delighted with the
expositions of Abolitionism made by Klizur Wright o r the
Boston “Chronotype ‘ that their papers were full of extracts
from the columns of that sheet, in opposition to the execu
tion of the Fugitive Slave Law, in Boston, and in defence
of those who aided in ‘ho escape of Craft oiid wife from their
I pursuer*. Now that M right has headed a second mob and
| thus placed himself in the custody of the law, what ought
his Southern allies and confederates to do touching his case?
Cannot the Columbus Times, Telegraph Arc. get up an in
dignation meeting and adopt resolutions of condolence
and sympathy in his behalf? Surely, they will not desert
their friend in his emergency 1
Union Celebration of the 22d.
According to previous arrangements the Union Party of
Bibb county, celebrated the Birthday of the immortal Wash
ington, on Saturday last, in a becoming manner. At 11 o’-
clock, A. M. the Farewell Address of the Father of his coun
try was read by John J. Gresham, Esq. and an oration de
livered at the Presbyterian church, by Col. A. P. Powers, in
honor of him who was “ first in war, first in peace and first in
the hearts of his coHiitrymea.”
At 3 o’clock, P. M., a large company sat down to a plentiful,
aye, bountiful board set by mine host of the Lanier House,
in his own unsurpassable style, at which the Hon. A. 11.
Chapped presided, assisted by J. 11. R. Washington, L. O.
Reynolds, and J. A. Nesbit, Esqs. as V ice Presidents.
After the cloth was removed the following regular toasts
were offered :
REGULAR TOASTS.
1. The Birth-Day of Washington. —lts anniversary is a
fit and proper occasion 4ur all true patriots to assemble and
contemplate his virtues, to study his admonitions, and to de
vise ways and means to perpetuate that Union, w hich he con
tributed so essentially to establish.
2. Washington's Farewell Address.
3. The Union. A rich legacy from our forefathers—let
us transmit it unimpaired to posterity.
5. .4 Constitutional Union Forty: The only effectual or
ganization which can destroy Abolitionism at the North, and
Disunion at the South. . It appeals to the honor, the virtue
and the patriot.sm of the whole country, and hence is assail
ed both North and South.
5. The Union Forty of Georgia: It has blotted out all
past party distinctions, and declared that it will fraternize on
ly with those who occupy the bxoad platform adopted by the
Georgia Convention. The main tests for all candidates
should be, are they honest ? are they capable ? and are they
faithful to the Constitution and the Union ?
6. The Union men of the North: All honor to the manly
firmness and patriotic devotion of those men at the North,
who have broken the fetters of party, and rebuked fanaticism j
and treason wherever they have shown their deformed heads.
i. The Old Forties: The hotbeds in which are grown A
bolitionism at the North, and Ultraism at the South. It is
vainlor a rational pe.LL>!e_to nuarr.l .limtit n- 1 -[>^ n
he/are in danger of having no !1 * ° * ’
to apply their favorite theories.
8. Georgia: V\ hile others have preached against tariff's
and internal improvements, she has practiced building facto
ries and rail roads.
9. The North and the South: Sections of one great
country, blessed by the same noble institutions and laws. Il
the schemes and counsels es malcontents in both sections are
defeated by the firmness and virtue of the people, our Union
will be perpetual.
10. The friends of Compromise in Congress , of all
parties and all sections: The muse of history will delight to
hand their names down to posterity, unctuous with the prais
es of the people.
11. Southern Chivalry: A perverted term, which now-a
days is made to cover disaffection to our Government. We
prefer the Chivalry of Washington, Jefferson and Madison.
12. The Georgia Contention: Composed of wise, prudent
and sagacious men ; its deliberations were eminently w ise,
and patriotic, and have placed Georgia in a position where she
receives the plaudits of all, exrept the Abolitionists and l)is
unionists. The praises of all such would be the greatest cen
sure.
13. The Ladies: Always steadfast friends of Union.
After which, letters were read from the lion. Henry Clay,
the lion. D. S. Dickinson, lion. Howell Cobb. lion. Rob't.
Toombs, Hon. Mr. Brooks, and other eminent public men,
two of which are subjoined, that of Mr. Clay and Mr. Dick
inson—that of Mr. Cobb being too long for insertion this
week. Speeches were delivered by J udge Nesbit, Col. Chap
pel, Mr Cuyler, (of Savannah.) Col. Kennan, (of Baldw in,)
and Col. Poe. And the fine spirit manifested by the company
was a death-knell to the visionary hopes of some “ whose
wish is father to the thought” that the Constitutional Union
Party of Georgia is “dead and buried ” so low that “ flic
hand of resurrection can never reach it.”
The following Volunteer Toasts were drank on the oc
eas:on, for a copy of which, as well as for the foregoing, we
are indebted to the courtesy of our eoteniporary of the Jour
nal and Messenger:
By Hon. A. 11. Chappell, President of the day.
Our country , our ‘ whole eountry: When the good old
ship of the Union which Washington labored so migh
tily to construct, launch and get under way, is beset with
perils, let us not run her nor permit her to bo run on the
breakers of dismemberment and destruction, but let all
hands patriotically join in working together for her deliver
ance, and in keeping her on her glorious career.
By J. 11. R. Washington, Ist Vice President:
The Constitution and the Union: —Upon their maintain
ance the preservation of Liberty depends. May no factious
or fanatical spirit ever prevail against them !
By L. O. Reynolds:
The Hon. James L. Pottigrue of South Carolina, and the
small band of patriots who with him, have the courage to
raise their voices against the torrent of disunion and revolu
tion which threatens to overwhelm and destroy their State.
Honor to their names, and success to iheir efforts.
By James A. Nisbet:
Robert 1 uombs, Hoicell Cobb, and Alexander 11. Ste
phens, the rising Statesmen of the South. —A noble tri
umvirate of talents and true chivalry. Let them continue
true to their section, illustrating at the same time the dignify
and nationality of American Statesmanship, and the high
est honors of the Republic await them.
Sent by the lion Howell Cobb:
The memory of Washington and Jackson. All ho'nor
to the memory of Washington, he was the father of the l -
nion. All honor to the memory of Jackson, he taught us
botli by precept and example that the l nion id \\ asiiing
ton must be preserved.
By ITon. Robert Toombs:
The Constitutional Union Party of Georgia. Its ene
mies shall be our enemies, its fiiends shall be our friends.
By Judge £. A. Nisbet.
Mr. Fillmore. —A plain, strong honest man, we rely up- 1
on him and bis able Cabinet to defend the Constitution, en
force the Laws and maintain the Union, whomsoever and ‘
wheresoever assailed: i
By A. U. Kenan: i
The Constitutional Union Party of Bibb Co. —First in ;
the field, as flying arlilk ry-ber light has disp^- f
of disunion. 1 ‘
By 11. R. Cuyler :
Georgia s greatest veed.-\ liberal and ext. r
tern of public Edneation. ead^j^
: By Dr. Robt. Collins :
The Banner of our great National Uni#,
i Thirty-one Stars- May their number be
; reduced, and may it be the protecting flag of (ur
it has been of our Fathers, and ourselves, nwy
der it as citizens, and if necessary ; mav tW “li
as soldiers. • ‘ J
By lion. Eli 11. Baxter:
Washington. —llis valor and his wisdom c ,
much to our Independence, and the adoption of oar
ment. and his Valedictory Address, directs us L ,
serve them. * to Ft-
By Isaac Scott:
Massachusetts may Nullify, and South Carolina
cede, but Georgia will abide by the Constitution anl ’i
of the United States. *****
By Thos. Hardeman, jr.s
The American Flag. —Uncle Titus’ rag with a b\)
on it. May no traitor hand ever tear it from the Mav- ]
our noble Ship of State—but may its stirs ar ,d s tri •
over a people, prosperous and free, so long as j **
around their motionless centre.
By John B. Lamar:
The Feople of Georgia. —lt is their nature to
exercising their rights, to brooding over imaginary wr 1
The proud position of Georgia, in the Confederacy .
worthy testimonial of “ Wisdom, Justice, and modv r !. *.*
of her Sons. ’ l "*”
By Hon. A. Mcrriwethcr:
The late Convention.— The Union of Democrat,
Whigs, for the maintainance of our glorious Union
triumph of patriotism over party, of wisdom over iarti,„ >
May both Unions be perpetuated.
By Joseph Bond :
Daniel Webster and Hon. S. A. Elliot: They bare- „
■ our confidence and regard, by their noble stand for the L,
and Constitution. May the people of Boston, eatchinir
spirit of these worthy citizens, of that degenerate city . ur
themselves from the deep damnation of mobs and fanatk.il
misrule.
By F. S. Johnson :
The Memory of the lien. Thomas Spaulding.
By Gen. B. Mitchell, of Mississippi:
Georgia: ‘Die Empire State of the South. Iler raHrtad s
and manufactories speak to the Northern States in argenants
of thunder tones, louder than the battle’s blade and cannon',
roar.
By Alexander McDougald :
The Bulwarks of the Constitution and the Union: TL
good sense to understood the life, character and service*
Washington, the bold and honest heart ever to venerate t!*
latter, and forever defend the former. The mildest ptiL •’
Georgians is to hare to have his name enrolled as one of th*
army of seventy thousand Constitutional Union voterr-evb,.,
the nerve to understand and defend the w hole-.
By O. 11. Prince:
The romproni’se measures of the last session of Cozgrtv
The country owes a debt of gratitude to those patriotic Sena
tors and Representatives, who forgetful of party and self
promoted their passage into laws.
By E. Russell :
Georgia : She stands the Atlas of the South, for why?—
site stands by the Constitution, being right she is invincihk.
By John B. Harris :
“ The star-spangled Banner loh long may it wave
O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave 1”
By Iv. Tyner:
Washington's Birth Day : Let it be forever cmwemti-J
to Freedom's cause, and to the reviving of the memories yf
the Revolution.
By S. Dawson :
The Union of the States: The Ark of onr safety, and
! liberty; Georgia will be the last to give it up.
By 11. C Freeman :
“ American Citizenship The invaluable privilege guar
anteed by the Union ; sovereign at home, respected broad,
mgy beJiis nho/fcT-y„ n Ma;ne f.u )\\aj
e.„tto hill, Yorktown, King's Mountain, New Or
li-ansmid Mexico, authorize him to glory in the name.
By A. P. Powers:
The lion. William C. Dawson .- Ills support of the Peace-
Measures, was early, c-ontant and invaluable He hu* t-irr
been a favorite with Georgians—new and unhiding laurels
now- crown his brow.
By Charles A. Nisbet:
The United States: “Distinct, like the billows—erne
like the sea.”
By J. B. Stow :
The memory of Mary the M>ther es W ashington :—
She whose watchful care fitted him to become the “ Father
of his Country.”
By S. T. Chapman :
Secession : Temporary or permanent, is but another name
for disuuMui; lie who advocates the former, does so. Ix-cau-o
lie has noWcrve to proclaim himself in favor of tlie latter; or
believes tffit the people are too honest and too patriotic to
sanction his treasonable designs.
By a Guest:
The Coffin Regiment • It was drafted by Towns drilled
by- Colquitt, and most essentially dressed by Cobb, hike
the Indium Regiment at Buena Vista, it is now among the
missing, as both officers and men swear they never belonged
to it.
By W. Iv. DeGrafll-nreid :
The Union Party of Georgia: May its destiny in tlie
future, be as magnificent, as its past success has been glori
ous.
By S. P. Kare :
T e Keystone State : With her manufacturers sacrificed,
and her laborers prostrated in the dust—yet always willing
and ready to sacrifice her sons for the preservation of Law
and Order.
By Mr Chamberlin:
The last Congress: Honor to those Senators nud Rep
resentatives whodiy their support of a system of adjustment
have restored quiet and confidence to a distracted country.
They hav£!ie approval of their own consciences: let th*"u
also enjoy Ov plaudits of a grateful people.
By Dr. Li F. W. Andrews:
Massa and South Carolina: The Soy 11a and
Charvbdisff our political coast. Under the guidance of
skillful pilot* and manned by patriots, the National Hag
iShip shall yJf clear the black whirlpools of the one und the
threatening breakers of tlie other.
Letter from Mr. flay.
A Washington,* Feb. 13, lSol-
Gentle An •* -I have received, with more than ordinary
pleasure, tf Q invitation which you did me the honor to trans
mit, to attend the celebration of the Birth-day of Washing
ton, by the .friends of the Union at Macon. To no place in
the States wi>uld 1 go, if I could, on such an occasion, with
more satisfaction than to Macon ; with no friends of the
Union, any (where, would J more gladly unite than with
(hose, who spall assemble at Miteon, in feelings and demon
strations of joy and gratulalions for the safety of the Union.
To that safety* Georgia has greatly and gloriously contri
buted.
Os the Compromise of the last session of Congress, I think,
it may be justly said, as it was said by Washington of the
Constitution itsetr: . _
“ That it will meet the fuffamTefcd.e approbation of every
State is not, perhaps, to be expected; but each will doubt
less consider that, laid her interest alone been consulted, the
consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or
injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as
could reasonably have been expected, we hope and be
lieve; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that eoun
try, so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness,
is our most ardent wish.”
Upon the adjournment of Congress, after the last session,
when the calm judgment of the people was to be passed
ujxjii tlie Compromise, all eyes were turned to Georgia, and
all hearts palpitated with intense anxiety as to her decision.
Ultraism had concentrated its treasonsonable hope upon that
decision. I never doubted it. I knew many of her eminent
citizens, their patriotism, und their devotion to the Union. I
knew the manly and decided course taken by her Representa
tives in Congress, of {Kith parties. At length Georgia an
nounced her deliberate judgment. It was worthy of her,
and of her eminent position in the confederacy. It dis