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‘ f , ' lO mins rays creeling
’ ,:!t ' t ' , ' ss was received with all
v worship from the Orientals.
[a host of them]—A hiss is sn em
■WTion by which the bending of the heavens to
MRrth is designed to be symbolised.
Philosopher.— A kiss is that protruding the
circle of the lips, whereby the quantitative difference
0 f the sine of one is placed in suob- relation to the
quantitative difference of another, that thereby the
identity of the subject-object with the ideal-real is
proved.
The Printer. —A kiss [kuss] is the gnsh [guss] of
one to another. The pressure of the letnon into the
insipid beverage of life. This pressure is the expres
sion of the impression which impresses the heart. It
is the only press with which no censorship can inter
fere. Here we still have ‘freedom of the press.’
The Lawyer.— The kiss is a nullity in law, being
neither a right in posse, nor a right in esse. Some,
however, have considered it as a family right, and would
treat it after the analogy of the dos. But ‘L. 74 D. de
dote constitf does not treat of the kiss at any length.
Still, in the married state, we may venture to consider
a kiss in the light of a donatio intervivos.
Mr. Webster and his Old School Master.
We learn from the Gloucester News of the sth inst.,
that Col. Jas. Tappan, a venerable citizen of that town,
now eighty-four yean of age, lias the honor of being
one of Mr. Webster’s earliest teachers—it was more
than sixty years ago. The old gentleman regards with
an honest pride the fame of his illustrious pupil, end a
few days since addressed to him a letter, recounting, to
him some incidents of boyhood, and the leading events
of his public life, with a brief sketch of his own ups and
downs since he taught school at “New Salisbury.” The
letter was promptly answered, and enclosed with a fifty
dollar bank note.
“We doubt,” says the Gloucester News, “If any
letter that Mr. Webster has written to public bodies,
er any of the thousand great and noble acts of his life,
reflect more credit upon him than this kind letter and
generous gift to his aged, and unfortunate old school
master. It was only by suoh persuasion that we in
duced the old gentleman to allow us to make public an
act which was expressly intended to be private, and he
only yielded because convinced that it did honor to the
character and heart of his distinguished pupih”
Washington, Feb. 26, 1851.—Master Tappan: I
thank you for your letter, and am rejoioed to know that
you are yet among the living. I remember you per
fectly well as a teacher, in my infant years. I suppose
my mother must have taught me to read very early, as
I have never been able to recollect the time when I
could not read the Bible. I think Master Chase was
my earliest schoolmaster, probably when I was three
or four years old. Then came Master Tappan. Most
of those whom you know in “New Salisbury” have
gone to their graves. Mr. John Sanborn, the son of
Benjamin, is yet living, and is about your age. Mr.
John Colby, who married my oldest sister, Susannah,
is also living. On the “North Road’’ is Mr. Benja
min Hunton, and on the “South Road” is Mr. Benja
min Pettengall. I think of none else among the living,
whom you would probably remember.
You have indeed lived a chequered life. I hope you
have been able to bear prosperity with meekness, and
adversity with patience. These things are all ordered
for us, far better than we could order them for our
selves. We may pray for our daiiy bread; we may
pray for the forgiveness of sins; we may pray to be kept
from temptation, and that the kingdom of God may
come, in us, and in all men, and his will every where
be done. Beyond this, we hardly know for what good
to supplicate the Divine Mercy. Our Heavenly Fath
er knoweth what we have need of better than we know
ourselves, and we are sure that his eye and his loving
kindness are upon us, and around us every moment.
I thank you again, my good old master, for your
kind letter, which has awakened many sleeping recol
lections; and w ith all good wishes, I remain your friend
and pupil, DANIEL WEBSTER.
Mr. James Tappan.
SOlind DOCtrillC.—The Boston Daily Bee con
cludes an-able vindication of Mr. Webster, and a se
vere excoriation of the Boston Atlas and its clique, by
quoting the following sound doctrine from the N. Y.
Mirror, and adding “that the President may follow the
advice it contains, is our siucerest orison in favor of the
true Whigs of Massachusetts.”
Says the Mirror:
“The offices- of the Government must be filled by the
friends of the Government. The laws of the country
must be administered and executed by men who ac*
knowledge the authority of the Laws, and yield allegi
ance to the Laws. And the time has come for the
winnowing of die wheat of patriotism from the chaff of
fanaticism —for the separation of conservatives from
dlsorgauizers—and, to use the current epithets of New
York State, to draw the line distinctly between the ‘Sil
ver Greys’ and the‘Woolley Heads.’
“The great, the only question of the campaign will
be: Who is for the Union, the Constitution, and the
Laws ? And this question will be pressed home to ev
ery man’s reason and conscience, with as much ear
nestness and severity as the cry that rung through Is
rael of Old: ‘lf the Lord be God, serve him; but if
Baal be God, serve Aim.”
Advertise. —He is a shrewd man who adver
tises. This is proverbial, the world over. It is simply
putting your goods, wares, merits, plans, suggestions,
bargains, &c., into the eyes of the universal public.
Everybody reads the papers now-adays. A good ad
vertisement is like taking every man and woman in
society by the vest, button hole or arm, and privately
whispering to them important matters.
Who are they that succeed in business ? The one
who stirs up the public, or those who make no more
noise than a church mouse? Os course the former.—
The man of enterprize and intelligence always puts him
self and his merits straight before the public eye, and
keeps them there. It is the only way to make money,
get a reputation or be any body.
Advertise, then. Do it generously. Spend five
dollars and get twenty.. Do it judiciously, and you
are sure to make money by it.— Boston Bee.
TTiram Powers, the sculptor, writes to his brother
in San Francisco, that he has in hand anew statue to
represent California. lie describes it thus:
An. Indian figure crowned with pearls and precious
stones. A kirtlo surrounds her waist and falls with a
feather fringe down to just above the knee. The kir
tle is ornamented with Indian embroidery, with tracings
of gold, and her sandals are tied with golden strings.
At her side stands an inverted cornucopia, from which
is issuing at her feet lumps and grains of native gold,
to which, she points with her left hand, which holds
the divining rod. With her right hand she eonceals
behind her a cluster of thorns. She stands in an un
decided posture —making it doubtful whether she in
tends to advance or retire-—while her expression is
mystical. The gold about the figure must be repre
sented, of course, by color as well as form. She is to
be the genius of California.
Mean Things. —lt is a moan thing to borrow your
neighbor's paper when you are too stingy to take one
of your own.
It is a mean thing to subscribe for a newspaper and
never pay for it.
It is a mean thing to steal the exchanges from an
editor’s sanctum.
It is a mean thing to look over an editor’s shoulder
when be is writing, but meaner to wateh him when he
is acissormng. -
It is a mean thing to read what you may find written
in a newspaper
Senator Cass.-*
Committee of New York, General Cass expressed b.m
*elf in the following of Congress
“The Comprom.se tow of the
are now upon the statute • inv i o lable
* theif e Tlf LetTthem be considered
as the Constitution itself. Let tnem
ns the great national arrangement of the vano
jects vhieh they
ii there be a cor ff aTiltaorted mar
as the crow flies, it is that oi
riage. . .
Correspnnktre.
LETTERS from MEW YORK.
Mareh 9i, 1859.
Number vii.
Dear Doctor, —You spoke some time ago, in one of
your papers of the New York Day Book , edited by
Foster ; but from what I can learn, and more particu
larly from an exposition recently made by the Eve
ning Post , it is not more friendly in reality, to the
South than that paper, which is a professed abolition
meet—although it is forever speaking in our favor a
gaiust the Abolitionists. In my opinion, it is not a whit
better than the Sun, which is worse than the Tribune ,
inasmuch as its Editor is a Donkey, with not one
lithe ot the taleut of Greely. It has nothing to re
commend it but the length of its ears.
It is the opinion of this pitiful anil narrow-souled sta
tistician, that the prosperity of a states dependent upon
the thickness of the population, and the consequent
increase in the revenue from the accumulation of the
production. It this be the case, then, England ought
to be the happiest country under the canopy of heaven.
A Ills he teaches in the columns of the Sun , when com
paring the revenue of the Southern States with that of
the North. \\ ho cares what the revenue of a coun
try may be, if it in its bosom an equal amount
of misery. This ia'just precisely the case with the
North. It is not the amount of revenue in a State
which causes its prosperity ; but the ability to enjoy
it. The poor fellow had forgotten the old moral adage,
” Better is a dinner of herbs eaten with content, than
a house full of victuals with strife.” Abolition logic is
all false. They premise what is borrowed from Hell,
and what follows must necessarily be hellish. —
They have a false Theory of slavery, and concludes
with as lying a reality. All this comes from a want
some of thing good to do.
The editor of the Day Book wants money, and he
knows he can get it no where but in the Sokth. This
is the reason why he pretends to be an enemy to the
Abolitionists. We want no hypocrites —but friends
who believe what they say. If they do not believe in
a thing, we do not wish them to say it. We all pro
fess to be, south of the Potomac, inatter-of fact people;
persons who never meddle with other people’s business
and will not permit other people to meddle with ours.
You know what overtures the Devil made to Eve in
order to tempt her to eat of the forbidden fruit ?
Well, tins is j ust the kind of language which the Abo
litionists use to seduce the “ Nigger ” from his fealty
to his master. told Eve a lie—which, the
Theologians tell us ruined the whole human family.—
The Abolitionists repeat the same ruinous lie ; although
in language which would shame the insidiousness of
even the Devil himself.
Did yon ever read W illis’ description of the stooping
down of Signorina Parodi in the character of Romeo
in the Opera of the Capulets and the Montagues ? —
If you never did, you can never know what it is to de
scend into the deepest deep of vulgarity—that is, a
vulgarity which flaunts in all the superfluity of osten
tatious millinery. He never touches anything that it
does not immediately become the flying ensignium of
the author—the Sardanapalus—the Sybarite. He
makes the vulgar obnoxiously seductive, as the Devil
did Hell by paving it with jewels.
The case of Willis against Forrest, for assault and
battery, will be tried before Judge Oakley, in the Supe
rior Court, to be held on next Monday. Forrest ac
cused Willis of intimacy with his wife, and whipped
him in Washington Parade Ground. But, what any
woman of Mrs. Forrest’s nature, could want with N.
P. Willis, is beyond my comprehension—except for a
mere plaything— -for lie is certainly not the ninth part
of a man.
The Mirror finds fault with him for publishing what
he calls “ Returned Love Letters ” in the Home Jour
nal; never dreaming, 1 suppose, that these same love
letters are just no lpve letters at all, but Willia’ own
unlovely cogitations^—for nobody but just such a man
as he is, ever wrote any such letters. Love letters are
natural — not artificial—as these are. They are all
artificial , without possessing a particle of the Art of
Love. He must be bad off for matter to publish such
stuff as this, in the Home Journal.
I went to David Boits’, 375 Broadway r the other
day, to purchase a vest chain. He is pale-faced, dark
whiskered young naan, of middle size, but huge pre
sumptions. lie is what may be called a New York
Yankee— full of impudence, and running over with ig
norance. After running on one whole hour, at the
rate of nine knots to the hour, about the beauty of his
jewels and the honorableness of his dealings, he made
a sudden pause and said, in a very distressful tone,
that his time was precious, and he must come to a
close. When I told him his cliains appeared to me to
be alloyed with copper, he said “No, they may have a
little silver in them.” After a little, in older to try
him, I objected to another article, under the supposi
tion that it was alloyed with silver . “No,’’ said he,
“it may be a little alloyed with copper. ’’ 1 then bought
one of the chains and left him.
There are more lies told in this city in one day than
will be told in the State of Georgia in the next three
thousand years.
There is a book binder in Fulton street, by the name
of Johnson, who made three different prices for doing
one/job for me—his only excuse for telling a lie three
finnes being that he had make a mistake.
I went into Polione’s store in Catharine street, the
other day to look at some Crape Shawls, and a dark
skinned fellow, whom the other merchants call Po
lio ne's nigger told me ten thousand lies before I
left the house, and sxWfor nothing-- for I did not boy
a thing.
I went into a Jeweller's store, not long ago, to buy
a Cameo with the bead of llebe on it, one that 1 par
ticularly admired. The jeweller asked me $7 for it,
and swore he would not take less. Well, said I, if you
will not take $5 for it, I must take the one offered to
me just now in Fulton street for the same money.—
“ Well,” said he, “ if he can sell you his for $5, 1 can
sell you mine for the same.” So he let me have it.—
The design is the most beautiful I ever beheld.
Signor Saulini, the first cameo cutter in Rome, lias
engraved a beautiful head of J upiter, on an Oriental
Onyx, three inches in length, for the World's Fair. It
must be beautiful. I will describe it to you when I see
it, which will be before long.
The store of Messrs. Tiffany, Young & Cos. at the
corner of Chambers street and Broadway, blazes with
jewels of the purest water, They have some of the
most beautiful diamonds ,in America. Some of their
unset diamonds aro like liquid lumps of glory. They
have, also, some necklaces of great value.
I noticed in one of the windows the other day, a
breastpin, representing a rattlesnake, the rattles of
which were a cluster of perfect brilliants. A beauti
ful diamond which sparkled like the evening star adorn
ed his head. His eyes were Oriental rubies. They
have restored the old Egyptian patterns for Charms.
You may walk Broadway from morning until night,
and you will not meet with a single English face.—
The inhabitants of this city are more multifarious than
any, perhaps, on the earth. lam now in a boarding
house, where the English language is not spoken by a
single individual---yet, they all believe they speak it
perfectly.
There are but few men of real talent in the city, and
not one real genius. Duganne is, perhaps, thb best
poetical critic here. lie is the author of anew work re
cently published, entitled Parnassus in Pillory , about
which I spoke in my last. It is well written, but the
theme is a bad one, not at all suited for poetry. Byron
wrote his English Bards and Scotch Reviewers in
a fit of spleen; but Mr. Duganne, professes to have
written this book in cold blood. There is some excuse
in a legal point of view, for Byron having been so much
mistaken in the legitimate offices of poetry • but none
for Mr. Duganne. No man can make anything out of
any such Thesis. He may express his indignation or
disgust, for the presumptuous littleness of the rising
hurdlings of the day, but this is not the subject for Po
etry. Satire belongs to the province of prose—not to
poetry. ,
I could quote some beautiful passages from the book,
but none that belong to the sphere of the satirical.-
No poem can be poetical , that is only satirical. Then,
why attempt to write a critique on the poets of Amer
ca in verse, when it can be better written in prose.
Ihe Lite) at y World quotes a passage from it, as a
specimen of its gentility, which is the very worst one
in the book, merely I presume, to shew (what every
body knew before) that the Editor knows nothing at
all about poetry. He puts me iu mind of an old jaded
mill-horse. His paper is a perfect platitude, and ever
will be, until it changes hands—-which, for the good
of fcdmmunity, it bught to soon.
He recently purchased Holden's Magazine , and
changed the name into The Dollar Magazine —no
Very great improvement in the name; On looking over
the April No. I find still less improvement in the mat
ter. iti s Duykincke —or, kinked in the dye —warp
and woof —and no baptism of spiritual fire can ever
wash the dingy colors out.
The criticisms which appear in the columns of the
Literary World, from the pen of Taylor Lewis, arc
th<yf>oorcst and most servile specimens of moral plati
tude that ever appeared in any paper. He declines
answering Prof. Bush’s Letters to u Trinitarian. —
The task is too great for one of his calibre. Professor
Bush, is a giant in intellect —he, a mere pigmy. In
fact, I do not know of a single biblical scholar in A
inerica, to be compared with him.
I spoke to you in one of my letters, some time back,
about, a certain Signor Giovani Francesca Secclii di
Cassali di Yagabondi di Billy Goati. Well, he is still
living, and edits the same little shinplaster, called L’
Eco d’ Italia ; but cannot write a line of English, and
but very poor Italian. T. 11. C.
LETTER froan AHEKICIS.
Americus, March 25, 1851.
Dear Doctor: —l send you the money for another
year's subscription to your interesting and valuable
paper. For indeed I hope it may go on prospering and
to prosper. The Rail Road is (in prospect) extending
its influence throughout the surrounding country.—
Southwestern Georgia is advancing in wealth, num
bers and intelligence equal to any part of the Empire
of ihe South.
Our Village is fast improving and our Inferior Court
is now proposing to build a Court House, that will do
honor to the flag county in the second Congressional
District; which will be ever ready to do battle in the
great cause of the Constitutional Union Party.
Doctor—l discover the Fire-Eaters have quit
eating fire apid brimstone , but are endeavoring to tat
up the Hoi JJowell Cobb. Instead of being fire-ea
ters, they are becoming Cobb-eaters.
such efforts gre vain, for instead of eating him
will only oat up themselves, lienee, fire-caungivn
will be no more.
In truth Mr. Cobb is a living monument of wisdom,
virtue and patriotism ; and the good people know it.
The Cobb-eaters might as well try to shoot down the
Stone Mountain, and turn DeKalb against the Union,
as to destroy the well earned popularity of that hon
ored son of Georgia. The day of his reward is at hand
if he will accept of it, for if is now ready for him.
It appears by tiie late indications that the Southern
Rights Party, who are now trying to deny that they have
any party, arc not satisfied alone with the unjust at
tack on Mr. Cobb, but they have in the progress of
these affairs actually jumped the Elephant ; yes Sir,
they have according to their presses ‘“the peoples ”
candidate ’’ out for Governor. There have been sev
eral such Elephants exhibited before.
Should the lion. Hugh A. Ilarralson consent to be
dealt with in the manner suggested, of course he would
have to entertain opinions such as would meet the views
of the whole people, lie would then take no side
and act the part of “ Daddy's old brindle Cow'’ to be
on both sides of the branch at the same time. Not
only that, but he would have to prepare himself to an
swer such as the following questions (as suggested) in
a dignified manner, that is to say : Mr. Hugh A.—
Arc you iu favor of the Nashville Convention? ( Ans.)
yes; the Georgia Convention ? yes; the South Carolina
Convention ? yes. Are you in favor of Uhelt’s grand
drama of Disunion ? yes. Arc you tor preserving the
great National Democratic party, by refusing to act
with the Northern Democracy ? yes. Are you in favor
of preserving the Democratic principles by acting with
the Southern Rights Whigs 1 yes. Are you willing to
show your devotion to Southern Rights, by treating
the Southern Right’s Y\ liigs with contempt in trying
to fall back on old party lines ? yes. Are you willing
to act as above and eschewing all party, for the sake of
the party ? yes.
Jf the submission men desire you in a party, now
being formed by your friends bearing the name of—
“ Union Rights, Democratic Whig Slates
Rigfits Disuniok Party. Will you join it ? Why
yes. Now DoctoE such a candidate may do for some
parts, but he will not do for Southwestern Georgia.
Accordingly wo have instituted divers enquiries as
to when and where the lion, member from the 4th
could be found, but we have been driven in despair, to
the perpetration of the follow’ng couplets.
We have sought our Hugh to find,
But ah! His path is kept so blind,
In vain, we have tried to see,
Which side the fence our Hugh might be.
But enough of the Elephant. Let us turn our at
tention to our own side of the question. We discover
one or two of our Union friends in response to the
celebration of Washington’s birth day, did not come up
to the Rack, but failed in distinctly giving their adhe
sion to the Constitutional Union Party, but there was
evidently such a manifestation in belia sos the good
cause, as will enable us to move forward, in the career
of triumph. The Bible tells us that u he that is not
for us is against us, ” at least if they continue to
stand out. Should such be the case, they will not ex
pect a nomination at our hands. For we will not run
any Elephants on our side of the question. Our
cause is too good for that. We would otherwise be un
faithful to the patriotic cause which we have with our
united hearts espoused. We will not extend our con
fidence to those who will not extend their confidence to
us. W e would in couplets, say:
Those who will not act the part,
To give this Union hand and heart,
Nor faith to our platform give,
And by its fate thus die or live,
We will let them pass on by,
But those devoted to the Union try,
For the cause we'll join all hands,
Caring not for boots or brogans.
I am glad to see several counties are moving forward
to appoint delegates to our next Gubernatorial Con
vention. It has been suggested that Sumter will ap
point her delegation during our Superior Court week,
commencing third Monday in May next. The Union
and the Constitution should be our motto. Organiza
tion shou'd be our watch word. Every county should
be represented in the Convention in order to give cour
age, unity and power to the friends of the Union; every
county should endeavor to stand to the majority given
in ’SO. Sumter is burnishing her armor for from sto
700 majority. Every Congressional and Senatorial
district should be preparing for their respective Con
ventions. All party differences shou'd be “in the
deep bosom of the ocean buried ßy so doing it
should seem that we could look forward in confidence,
that victory would perch upon the standard of the Con
stitutional Union Party, so that millions yet unborn,
may be able to eat the fruit thereof.
Yours most Respectfully, SUMTER.
The Horrid Affair at Pittsburg. —We published
a statement, a few days since, of a mother, at Pittsburg,
having received from her daughter a mortal blow with
a poker. The facts are melancholy enough, but not
quite so bad as that. The Pittsburg American says:
Some of the children were quarreling in a room—
the daughter was parting or reproving them, and had
the poker in her hand when the mother came in, and,
reprimanding the children, took the poker from the
daughter, and turning round, and in something of a
ruffled and excited state of mind, stumbled and fell,
the poker entering her 6idc, penetrating between three
and four inches. She died almost immediately. The
unfortunate sufferer was Mrs. Riddle, the wife of Squire
Riddle, of Robinson township—one among the most
worthy and respectable families in the country.
South Carolina and Secession.— The Richmond
Enquirer looking forward to the possible not to say
probable secession of South Carolina, remarks :
“If the General Government shall show proper pru
denee and wisdom, allow South Carolina to withdraw
peaceably and to maintain her isolated position, the
rest of the Confederacy may move on quietly, and all
may yet bo well in the Union, partially mutilated though
it be. Should force be resorted to foolishly, to subju
gate the seceding State, the other Southern States may
interpose in her defence, civil war and bloodshed ensue,
and the Union be snapped into atoms.”
For the Georgia Citizen.
The place where I was Born.
BY T. H; 7HIRERS, St. .
You may talk of those green grassy Isles
Which the Tritons have strewn with their Coral,
Which the Day-God impregns with his smiles,
And the seasons forever are floral;
Os the vales of the rich Arcady,
Where the Evening is just like the Morn ;
But the prettiest place in the world for me,
Is the place where I was born—
Where my father's dear children were born—
In the soft sunny South where my parents were boru.
You may talk of the bright Cyclades
Which Oasis the Deserts of Ocean —
The three fairest nymphs that inhabit the seas
Which the Moon keeps forever in motion;
Os that Beautiful Land far beyond the sea,
Where the Evening is just like the Morn;
But the prettiest place in the world for me,
Is the place where I was bom—
Where my father's dear children were born—
In the soft sunny South where my parents were born.
You may talk of those Gardens of Gul
Where the maidens make Cupid their treasure,
Where the Zephyrs bear Venus at full
Os the Moon to the Islands of pleasure;
Os that Beautiful Land far beyond the sea,
Where the Evening is just like the Morn ;
But the prettiest place in the world for me,
Is the place where I was born—
Where my father’s dear children were born—
In the soft sunny South where my parents were born.
THE GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR.
MACON, GA. 1851.
To Correspondents.*
. To T. 11. C.—-Package of Books found in Savan
nah, where it had been stored for over three months !
At what price shall they lie sold.
Another Letter from New York and a piece
of poetry just received. We shall be compelled to de
cline the latter and to omit some passages in the former.
Reasons in a private letter.
Glad to hear of the safe return from the land of
Ophir, of an old friend D. J. B. Would like to get a
series of Letters descriptive of the countries he lias
seen and the incidents which lie has encountered, for the
Georgia Citizen.
Macon Cotton Market. —Prices range from 6 1-2
to 9 1-2 for extremes. It will take Ally fair to bring
the latter price. I
Later from Europe (by Telegraph.)
The “Baltic” lias arrived at New York with Liver
pool dates to 2Jd ult. She brings the unexpected in
telligence of Bd. advance in the Liverpool Cotton mar
ket, with sales for the week ending 21st, of 40,000
bales.
Our New Volume.
Encouraged by the flattering success which Ims at
tended our labors thus far, in the conduct of this Jour
nal, we this day, make our appearance in an enlarged
form and a style somewhat improved, trusting that this
increased effort on our part, to enhance the value and
interest of our sheet, will be met with a corresponding
approval on the part of the community. As yet, all
our mechanical arrangements for the “Citizen ’’ are in
complete, but, in a few days, shall have everything
in good working order, and will do our prettiest to make
the Citizen the model Newspaper of the South, in
every essential particular. To furnish the opportunity
to many, who have hitherto been strangers to us, to
judge for themselves of our claims upon their friendly
consideration and support, we will send a copy of this
and succeeding number to their address, with the hope
that they will pfcnit us to continue our weekly visit, on
terms and plen
get
and wc ehall
Theatricals —Our play-going community has
been vastly entertained for a month past, with the se
ries of dramatic entertainments which have been given
by Messrs. Jefferson & Cos., at Concert Hall. The
Actors are respectable, gentlemanly men, and the Ac
tresses are Ladies of talent and refinement. We have
had Mr. Jefferson to do up the comicalities—Mr. Linden
to do up the tragics, which he does in a capital manner;
Mrs. Ellsler to do up any and every thing which she
undertakes, in fine style, and Mr. J. W. Crocker to
play well his part in any gentlemanly character. To
night, the latter, assisted by the company and Mrs. Jef
f< rson, will take his benefit. Mrs. J. through indispo
sition, has not before appeared on the boards here, and
will, doubtless, contribute not a little to give Mr. C. a
bumper.
Broke ! —One of our well-to-do financiers lately
returned our slip of last week to us through the Post
Office, with postage unpaid, thereby causing such a
serious deficiency in our sub-treasury, that we contem
plate taking the benefit, next week, if someone will
not come to our rescue immediately.
A New Head. —The Griffin American Union
comes, this week, with anew home-made Frontispiece,
and anew motto taken from the writings of St. Paul.
The design of the head is patriotic enough, but the exe
cution shows that the art of wood engraving in Pike,
is yet in its infancy. However, “the world was not
made in a day,” and this initiatory step in the arts, may
be the harbinger of that “good time coming” of which
we Southerners have sometimes dreamed of in our
prospective philosophy of true Southern Independence.
Be that as it may, the “American Union” is sound at
heart and Union at the core, and we wish it every
success. In the approaching Canvass, we are sure it
will do good service in the cause and will be able, in
truth, to say, “Now by St. Paul , the work goes
bravely on!”
Chesnilt Business!—The Atlanta Republican
says that Chief Engineer Mitchell “keeps a negro con
stantly on the cars, riding backwards and forwards on
the State Road, selling chesnuts and apples, and the
meanest kind of chesnuts at that.” Well what of it,
Mr. Republican ? lie has been in the “small potato”
line long enough to make any change in his speculations
that will yield as good a profit.
Virginia. —This gallant State sends sympathy and
words of condolence to South Carolina, but repudiates
the Southern Congress proposed by the latter, and
affectionately appeals to her to “desist from any medi
tated secession upon her part, which cannot but tend to
the destruction of the Union, and the loss to all of the
States of the benefits that spring from it.”
Cold comfort that for the chivalry !
Bribery and Corruption. —Two or three of
the “Higher Law” rascals of the New York Legisla
ture, have lately been detected in extorting “black
mail” from sundry individuals, in lieu of services to be
rendered by these Legislators in their official capacity !
The tool employed in this dirty work was Geo. W.
Bull, Sergeant at arms, of the Senate, a low black
guard member of the loose dirt firm of “Seward, Weed,
Greeley & Cos.” of (hat empire State 1
New Wail Route.— a petition is in circulation
to have a semi-weekly mail direct from Macon to Ma
rion, Jeffersonville, &c., instead of the present cross
route from Gordon. We hope it may be allowed by
the Department, and that it may be extended to Ilaw
kinsville.
Caught . —lloge, the thief, who personated anoth
er at the Nashville Post Office, and who took out a let
ter and drew SSOOO on a draft enclosed therein, has
been caught and all the money recovered,
Defining his Position.— our neighbor of the
Journal and Messenger, in consequence of some
badgering of the Fire-Eaters as to his papet being a
“Fillmore Organ j” Ac. lias made a suitable reply in his
last Week’s issue, and very clearly ‘defined his position’
on the question of the next Presidency. After paying a
marked compliment to Mr. Fillmore, who, he under
stands, will not, under any circumstances, be present
ed for the succession, he avows a preference for the
lion. James Buchanan of Pennsylvania for the
Presidency, associated with Crittenden of Kentucky,
Bates of Missouri, Jones of Tennessee, or some dis
tinguished son of Georgia, for the Vice Presidency.—
All lie asks is that “the nominee, whoever he may be,
shall be a sound Constitutional Union man—free from
ultraisms—in favor of the Compromise—pledged to a
faithful execution of the law and to the equal rights of
all sections. Such a man—and such only—be he
Whig or Democrat, will receive the support of this
Journal.” What will Mrs. Grundy, of the Albany
Patriot, say, now ? Instead of the Messenger and
Journal, by its blandishments, seducing Democrats
from their former ranks into the ranks of the Whigs,
here we have it that the Editor of that print is out in
favor of a distinguished Democrat, for the Presidency 1
\\ ill not the Democracy of Georgia respond to such
liberality, with a hearty plaudit ? We believe the rank
and silo will do it. For such men as Buchanan, Cass,
Dickinson nnd Dallas, they have a great respect, and
should one of these distinguished men be selected as
the Candidate of the Constiutional Union party of the
country, will they repudiate the nomination because the
\\ higs arc liberal enough to support it, despite of for
mer prejudices of a party character? On the leaders
we count nothing. For opposition’ sake they will
probably oppose even Mr. Buchanan, if the Whigs
support him. But all reasonable men of the old Demo
cratic party can certainly see nothing in that event
which will justify them in following so suicidal an ex
ample.
Where is it ?
Wo have not seen the cheerful phiz of the Georgia
Citizc n,for two weeks—and we really begin to feel
some solicitude for its safety. Dear Doctor, what can
ail ? Have’nt “pegged out” on Southern Literature,
have you ? We had hoped that the pabulum on which
you luxuriate was sufficiently nutritious to have pre
vented such a fate. But if gone, requiescat in
pace Madison Family Visiter.
Our friend of the Visitor need not be uneasy. We
are not so fool-hardy as to attempt to live like the Alli
gator on light-wood knots. We have returned to “first
principles--that is to the bacon and long collards of eve
ry day life, leaving the whipped syllabub and blanc
mange of literature to those of weak sensibilities and
effeminate appetites. Hence the reason, why we hav’nt
“pegged out,’’ but are still “in the land of the living and
place of hope!”
State Politics.
The political waters of our good old Commonwealth
are becoming considerably disturbed, in view of the im
portant elections which are soon to take place within
our limits. Never perhaps will there be greater occa
sion for zeal and animation in a political campaign than
in that approaching, in which a Governor, members of
Congress and Legislature have to be chosen as our law
makers and Rulers, for a season. The elements that
will entur into the contest will give to it an absorbing
interest. Ori the one hand, the factionists and the dis
organizers of every phase and character will labor to
maintain the power now in their hands, and make it
contribute to the success of their treasonable schemes.
On the other, the conservative portion of the people,
the friends of law and order, and the lovers of the
Union as it is are not unprepared for the occasion.
They will not shrink from duty, in an emergency like
the present, when there is so much need of all their
noblest efforts in behalf of the Union and of the Suite.
Apart too from notional politics, there are State matters
which imperatively require renovation and reform.
The Rail Road interest of Georgia is now in a dilapi
dated condition, and will need a radical change in its
adminstration, or an entire transfer of the*same to a
private company. The latter we deem the wisest plan*
as it will ever be made a party engine to place and
eras long as it is in the hands of the State
ment, elected on party principles.
The- intcrovU of th® Mechanic® and working
of the citizens will also engage public attention, with a
view to legislative reform in several important particu
lars as shadowed forth in an article on our last page,
from the American Mechanic.
The subject of Common Schools for the whole peo
ple and the developcment of the Agricultural and Man
ufacturing resources of the State should likewise form a
leading feature in the discussions which will be elicited,
during the summer. On all these topics we shall be
found ready and willing to co-operate with those who
go for a general cleansing of the Augean sUiblc and a
general reformation of existing abuses, political, social,
and moral.
The Union Platform.
The Messenger and Journal of the 2d inst. gives, as
the concluding letter of a series which that print has
been publishing for a several weeks past, an admira
ble letter to the Union Committee of Macon, from our
fellow citizen, Dr. Robert Collins, an extract from
which we subjoin, with our hearty endorsement of the
sentiments therein contained. The sterling democra
cy of Dr. Collins will not be questioned and his high
character will not be impugned. Sufficient is it to add
that his name has been spoken of, favorably, in connexion
with the nomination of the Union Party for Governor,
and that, in our opinion, his claims to that station are
not surpassed by those of any other individual. But
to the extract. The Doctor says:
“I was a Clark man of 1825—-a Union Jackson
man of 1832—and a Union Democrat of 1850.
From my earliest manhood 1 have given my vote
on that, side of all great political questions of the
day, and I have not changed my opinions or posi
tion. I stand upon the same platiorm I did in 1832,
and so do all the Union men of that day who are
Union men now.”
Further on, after describing the dangers of disun
ion and its insufficiency to give peace and prosperity, he
concludes with the following plain language:
“Who are the prominent actors in this disunion
movement? Look back to the records of 1832-
’33, and you will find their names arrayed against
Andrew Jackson, and in favor ot South Carolina
nulitication; and strange, and unaccountable as it
may appear, there are many of the former Union
men, now’ found follow ing them into the very doc
trines, they once so much condemned. Why any
former Union man has so completely changed his
course and opinions, is hard to understand; but
many have their object, and others are honestly de
ceived. Fortunately, however, the Democrats as
a party did not fall into that stupendous error; for
a large portion of them yet stand firm on their old
and lavorite platform, which has for its foundation
and principles,— The rights of (he people —the execu
tion of the laws—the Union of the IStates, and the
Government as it is. And we ask all true Demo
crats to rally with us upon these grounds, under
the broad banner of the Union with its thirty-one
stars, and help us <o elevate to the Presidency of
this great Republic, that true and faithful Demo
crat, James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania.
I am in every sense a Southern man—all I pos
sess is here—my greatest interest is in the protec
tion of Southern property, and all my efforts shall
be devoted to that end; and in my solemn judgment,
the best way to do so, is to swear allegiance to the
Constitution and the Union of the country. To sup
port for office men whose fidelity to the Union is
beyond suspicion. To give the right hand of fel
lowship to all I meet on the platform of the Union
party. And to object to no man on account of the
section from which he comes, or the
he bears, be it Democrat or Whig.
And although 1 would not follow the example of
the great Carthagenian General, by swearing my
children to eternal war upon the opponents ot the
Government, yet so important, and so sacred do I
consider the cause of the Union, that should it ev
er be my fortune to present a son at the altar of
any Church for its Christian rites, l should desire
the font to be filled with the mixed waters from the
four quarters of the Republic, that ho might be bap
tized truly, in the elements of the Union, sp that in
all after life the association most deeply impreseo
upon his mind, should be the Union of his country
with the worship of his God.
Very respectfully, Your most obedient servant,
ROBERT COLLINS.
Messrs. A. 11. Chaitell, and others, Coni’t.
Trip to Sayanaah.
Wo made flying trip to this ancient city of Ogle
thorpe, a few days since, and found her arrayed in her
beautiful spring livery of buds aud blossoms, and flour
ishing in her lovely garniture of green. All nature
seemed to be revelling in the perfumes of “ Araby the
blest,” as we walked through her leafy squares and
shaded streets, on an April day of smiles and tears or
alternate sunshine and showers.
Savannah has improved much within two or three
years past, and we t; ust has thoroughly waked up to
the importance of continued effort to keep pace with
a proud rival city in the career of improvement. By
means of her very superior Railroad, which is under the
management of an en ightened Board of Directors, and
an accomplished and energetic President, her facilities
of trade with the interior have been vastly increased,
though yet but in the infancy of its development. Al
ready has Savannah expended near five millions of dol
lars in Rail Road improvement, say nothing of her mag
nificent line of steamers to New York, her shipping to
Ibreign ports, her Gas Works, and Manufactures of
Iron, Bur Mill Stone, Ac. Ac. And she is beginning
to reap the reward of her enterprise and public spirit,
in a rapid increase of her population, business and re
sources.
We had not time to visit all the places of interest in
the city, as our stay was brief, aud a portion of the time
devoted to a renewal of “auld lang svne” friendships
with a few of the congenial spirits of the olden time.
With a couple of these, “ Jimmy O'Soolivan ” and
Charley O'Hallery, we cruised all along shore and
looked into several places of note in our seaboard city.
The B’hoys seemed resolved to put us through with all
the honors, and the “ Editor on a bust” seemed to be
the title of a Drama, which they in vain tried to bring
to a successful denouement. Though Strouse's ‘smiles’
were inviting, and Luce’s juleps and fine arts were fas
cinating to look upon, yet they could’nt quite bring the
Doctor to a state of such reckless imbibition as not to
know a “ lemonade ” from a “ brandy-smasher ” ora
glass of ale from one of-whiskey punch. Their ex per
periment was therefore a failure, which they might have
known before they commenced the conspiracy against
our sobriety ! \V e, however, owe them no grudge,
for their kind attentions aud honied endearments. Un
the contrary, we have been placed thereby, under such
an overwhelming avalanche of gratitude, that we shall
not rest easy, till we return the compliment intended
for us, with interest
Our cotemporaries of the Press, in Savannah, seem
to be alive to the glorious destiny in reserve for their
city. With Mr. Alexander, the talented junior of the
Republican, we had a few moments of pleasant inter
course. He battles manfully, with his senior, Mr.
Locke, in the cause of sound principles aud conserva
tive measures, for the State and the South, and for the
Lnion, against disorganizes and disunionists of the
1 uncAinello stamp, et id omne genus. Asa commer
cial paper, too, the Republican is in the front rank and
is well supported. The Morning News is a very suc
cessful example of what enterprize and tact will accom
plish in the matter of journalism. In its brief existence
of a year or two, it has become a formidable competi
tor with the oldest papers in the city and shows on its
face, decided marks ofvjgor and prosperity. Mr. John
M. Cooper is the Proprietor, and Wm. T. Thompson,
Esq. alias “ Major Jones” the Editor, and in all save
its politics, which are on the dubious order, the “News”
is a first rate paper. T\ ith both these personages
we formed a slight acquaintance, and found them cour
teous and pleasant gentlemen, though one was just out
from a spell of sickness and the other was laboring un
der a physical disease akin to a moral malady which
sometimes afflicts the profession--that of a stiff” neck.
If the latter wrote his editorials in that vein, we sus
pect the Morning News of the next day was somewhat
bilioiig in its diagnosis.
Ambng the business men of Savannah, we were
pleased to find a friend from Columbus, Wm. P. Yonge,
Esq. who is so well known to our western and south
western readers, as a merchant of integrity and capa
bilities. A reference to our advertising columns, will
reveal the nature of his avocation, and we lake pleas
ure in commending him to planters and others, who
have consignments to make to that city. They will
find Mr. Yonge prompt, faithful and sagacious.
subject of increased Hotel accommodation in
is commanding much attention. Next fall,
HMwiil be two larga Hotels opened for the aeeom
of -Wm One, *lf\|a ~*- u •• 1 j
already under way. Besides third
cent design and proportion is in contemplation by stock
subscription. All these are absolutely necessary to
meet the growing wants of the travelling community.
At present, there are but two Hotels of any note in
the place—the Pulaski House and the City Hotel, both
f which are constantly crowded as well as the many
private boarding houses. But neither of these houses
are up with the times. The Pulaski is the resort of
the aristocracy, while the City Hotel caters more for
the business man and plebian. The one furnishes
Champaigne in coolers at private rooms—the other mix
es “sugar that is sweet ’’ at the bar. If this feature
could be dispensed with, the worthy Proprietor would
find his account in it. At least, it would bejnore jdcas
ant to such men as myself, if the liquid"administrations’
could be removed to a rear apartment, a little more
out of public view.
In passing through town, we unexpectedly came up
on a nondescript character of the genus homo, whom
we had long ago consigned in imagination to the “tomb
of the Capulets.” It was no other than our quondam
acquaintance, the immortal Peter Laurens, the artist,
the man of infinite jest—the impersonation of all that
is jocose; and the “jewel of a lad” with the ladies. —
We intended to have a long chit-chat wih Peter, about
his “ hair breadth ’scapes ” and perils by laud and la
goon, at Appalachy and other localities, but time and
opportunity postponed the repast to a more convenient
season.
The Gas W orks in Savannah are now in the full
tide of successful experiment, and doubtless will be as
profitable an investment to the company, as they are
already an indispensable comfort to those needing much
light on any given subject, especially printers. The
Company uses chiefly the bituminous coal of Liverpool
and Virginia.
The Custom House is a splendid specimen of archi
tecture and will soon be ready for occupancy, when, we
understand the Post Office will be removed thither, as
well as the city offices. There is much dissatisfaction,
however, among the mechanics of Savannah, as to the
course pursued in building this edifice. These mechan
ics had no share in the work. It is also said, that £
wealthy capitalist of that city, who builds many fin<
houses, employs invariably workmen from the North
even to putting up a tin gutter to the eaves of his build
ings ! Such a policy is unjust and Deeds reform.
Mr. Cuyler, President of the Central Rail Road \va3
absent at Washington, eudeavoring to get the great
Southern Mail changed to this route, and we are pleas
ed to learn, with some hope of success. By means ot
anew line of steamers between Savannah and Charles
ton, and a change of schedule on the Central Road, this
mail can be expedited from 12 to 20 hours in its trans
it from Charleston to Mobile. Mr. Cuyler will make
a liberal offer to the Department, as to transportation
of the mail, and if successful, the enterprizo will be of
essential importance to Savanuah as well as Macon and
other places on the route.
On our return hero, we had an eye to the manage
ment of the Rail Road, its accommodations and capa
bilities, and will now make some annotations on the
subject. The Superintendent, Conductors, and A
gouts are all of the first class, and the equipment of tin.
road of the best. Every thing is in apple-pie oi er ;
no clashing of locomotives; no jawing and confusion,
but all moving on systematically and harmonic us y , t e
freight trains taking two days for each tiip an aung
their appointed stations at certain hours, so as not to
interfere with the passenger trains in their semi-daily
transits.
The eating department at the breakfasting house is
only in tolerable order. A large quantity of victuals
was placed upon the table, enough for 50
about one tenth of that number partook. Although 20
miles from Savannah and in the midst of an extensive
range, the Landlord did not think It worth while to
furnish his customers with milk to their coffee. True,
its weakness would not bear much dilution of that
kind, nevertheless, for appearance’ sake, be should have
had some ooloring fluid for the coffee, even at the ex
pense of a pound of Chalk. We understand that he
avers that the Rail Road oars have killed oft*all his fine
stock of Burhams , and that he cannot afford to buy
any more, It is a great pity, indeed, that such a fine
“f, 15 ”' 11 ”™ -l™ ing roamed , h . *. ~ ‘
range, should be thus exterminated And
the pity as the celebrated Wilkinson “ I} rrk ! . m °* *
was (he martyr pioneer, under the ernshh, *” R n
“ , however, wi th „„, ha ,™ 8 * he,,
the same kmd of stock which was sub*®,?,, , *° rne ° f
ferred to Jchiconnee, near that S*"*
Western Rail Road, designated as >he “V
[Note. “ Hereby did hang a tail * or
be unfolded or rather uncurled hereafter T*
landlord aforesaid, some travelling wags l.T'j’
funny trick. One of the victims nJ *1
straCted two biscuits and they held a council * ‘
at the dinner house, when it was resolved
to the World’s Fair and the other back b*'*-!**
whence it came, accompanied by a
‘as is biscuit” from Griffins table! I t w ’ “ ISCQIt i
accordingly, much to the chagrin of prJ'jj and( ‘ De r
prides himself upon knowing how to do all a- ’ * ho
to editing a daily newspayer ! Yes s ," ng *’ e,,e n
veritable newspaper, emitted the ‘EffingW a
of the 20th nit. and edited by ‘‘thete an Ter >’
shown to ns by a passenger, who chanced ***’
copy at the Hotel. We noted a few of so PK * Dp a
the benefit of our readers and here they
ing Trips,” 2d “Wood, meals and water ”
in favor of a strike among the Light-wood
Dealers. 3d. “Killing Stock” or breaking **?
backs as easy as ajug of whiskey. 4th. ‘Hi<df
—a contagious disease which the Editor never w-
culated for, having taken it the natural wav
“catching shad,” a descriptive account of an Sir
heller” and other amusements of those diggi ns
respectfully solicit an exchange with this spri u h,l v 6
temporary, if we are not presumptuous in the
of a daily for our weekly. 1 **
But, however, matters may be cooked at the H>
mile House, we found that there was a balm f,, r j
peeticstomachs at the 90. Here that prince of < !. an j*
Landlords, Mr. James Griffin, is “mine host” an/r'.Z
well does he, aided by Madame Griffin, prepare- tfle
conaiments, and in such variety as to please the „
fastidious. Not only the substantantials of li| f .
as Bacon, Turkey, Pig, Roast, Flesh and Fowl, but a]!
the delicacies of the season, are served up in a genv j
style. “May his shadow never be less,” nor hia {„
tunes less sure! But u tempo, fugxt.” So mueb far
our trip to tide water. Its remembrance will be peas
ant to us until we have a chance to repeat the reality !
A \eat Room,
“A neat, clean, airy apartment, with a vine growing
around the bright window, and a flower-pot upon tW
easement, with a green vigorous plant in it, lifting it*
broad leaves to the sunshine ! What better Parade
need man covet? But in that room, let there be good
books, and now and then let it echo with the laughter
of childhood and the cheerful conversation of a friend
In winter let the hearth glow with a cheerful flame.—
And who is there in this wide country, who might not
with proper care and exertion be made the happy pos
sessor of such a room ? This is a labor paying world.
True, sometimes a great deni of labor is demanded far
a little pay. but a little pay buys many sources erf en
joyment, and even of luxury. And then the free air
and the sunshine—the flowers and the birds—the
bright rain drops and the gentle breeze—the gar
winged insects with their music, and the glorious sun
shine and sunset ? Are not these free for all to enjor,
without money and without price ?’’
We are indebted for the above to the Lady Editor
of the Madison (Ga.,) Family Visiter, MissC. W. Bar
ber, so well aud favorably known as a successful con
tributor to the standard Magazines of the day. Every
one will see that she has a just appreciation of the beau
ties of domestic life, yet strange to say, her precept doc*
not accord with her practise, on this very subject. She
doubtless is the “happy possessor” of the “neat room.”
embellished, as in her picture, with its flower pot and
plant, its good books, etcetera, but there is one thing
lacking to the completeness of the * ‘paradise.” Par
don us for the hint that “now and then echo” is
not heard to resound w ithin the fairy castle of domes
tic felicity which she has reared, unless it is a borrotetd
echo!
Cadets of Temperance.
On Thursday evening last, the Installation of ther
Officers elect, of the Section of Cadets, S. of T.,eame
at the division Room, before a respectable assem
blage of citizens.
Avery appropriate and highly instructive address
was delivered by Rev. J)r. Capers to the young pi
oneers in the Temperance cause, after whieh the
mony of installation was duly performed. The follow
ing are the names of the Officers, for the present
term:
Dr. 3. W. Benson, Worthy Patron.
Master W. B. Cotton, Archon.
“ B. 11. Wriolkt, Vice Archon.
“ T.G. Holt, Secretary.
“ C. Anderson, Assistant Secretary.
“ Loval Cowles, Treasurer.
“ Henry Flint, Guide.
g W. H. Ross, Usher.
G. C. Freeman, Watchman.
Old Sumter Bristling.— A warm Union
writes us from Sumter county, as follows :
“Old Sumter is always ready and especially for the
: coming contest for Governor. Let the Convention pot
up a man that is sound on the subject of the l nion,
and who has been so from the beginning, and we
go in for him, the whole hog, the tail, and the LrifiUc*
Eonch’s of Kilby. —We have received a supply
of this unique and brilliant Book of Poetry, from th*
pen of Dr. Thomas 11. Chivers, of this State, now m
New York, which we cannot too highly recommend to.
the notiee of the literary public. There is an orignah
ty, fervor aud profundity in thewritings of Dr C.
show him to be a man of rare genius and fine
erudition. Gems of the purest water sparkle all throng
the little volume before us, “
“ Like orient pearls at random strung,
hut it takes the eye ui a menu y ui.pidarj
their intrinsic valqe and justly appreciate them- L •
the Dramas of Shaksßeare, tho “Roach* Ru *
will develope ne w beauties at every reading, ong _ *
a passing glance, it might be voted dull and uniate*'**”
ing by the mass of readers. For sale at tbs Boo*.
and at this Office. Asa specimen of the author
we would refer to a Poem, in to-day'6 paper,
“The place where I was Born.” If Is, we *
tiful production.
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