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. CorrecpuJenm
for the Georgia Citizen.
Eonclis of Ruby.*
BY J. Hl'.VtT, JR. . ‘
Ock. iii'si aoquaintaucffwith Dr. CliiveYs,'as a litera
ry man, commenced in 1813. It was at a period when
the Broadway Journal, under the editorial manage-
iilent of the late Edgar A. Poe, stood in the zenith
of its power. It was in this Journal that we met with
a critique oti a Poem, by the doctor, entitled “The
JA>it Pleiad .” Mr. Poe spake in the highest terms
of its merits, and, in order to prove whether what he
sard was true or not, ho gave several extracts from the
hpqk. Much as we had read of what we called genu
’ ■ iae poetry, no passage ever took such a deep hold on
”, our feelings and affections, as the following, which we
take mure than ordinary pleasure .in copying for the
especial benefit of our readers:
“When thou wert in this world with me,
Bright Angel of the Heavenly lands,
Thou wert not fed by mortal hands, •
But by the Nymphs, who gave to theo
dhe bread of Immortalitt;
Sneh as thy spirit now doth eat
In that high realm of endless
While walking with thy snowy n*t
Along the Sapphire-paven street
Before the Jasper walls above,
. • And list Cuing to the miisie sweet
• Os Angels in that heayynly .hymn
■ . yLung.by’ the lips of Cherabim
• • In'Paradise, before the fall,
In ‘glory bright, outshining till
In that great city of Pure Gold j
The Angels talked about of old.
“Because of thine, untimely fate,
“Atri I thus left dis'ooiisolTi'e t . A”
Because thou wilt return to be.
’ No more in this dark world with mo,
Mus{ these salt tears of sorrow flow “ *
Out of my heart forever more.
Forever more, as they do now, ...
Out of my heart forever more!
Thou wert my snow-white Jessamine,
My little AngelEglantixe
My sainted Lily, who didst grow
•Upon thy mother’s arms of snow, —
*Of whom tliou wert the image true.
Whose tears fell on thy leaves for dew, t
All but those deep blue eyes of thim^ —
They were the miniatures of mine,
Thou blossom of that Heavenly Tree,
Whose boughs are barren no-.v for thee!
The sweetest bud she ever bore 1
“Who art transplanted to the skies,
To blossom there forever more,
Amid the Bowers of Paradise.’’
We make, no hesitation in asserting that there is
nothing in the wide scope of Literature, where Passion
and Pathos are combined more touchingly tender, than
the passage aliove quoted. They are one succession
of glowing and elevated ideas, and the earnest pour
ing forth of bereaved affection. The lines haunted us
continually; and at no period, particularly when aione.
were they from our tongues’ end. Our first endeavor
was to find out aud form the aeqauintance of their gif
ted author. All eflbrts, however, proved unavailing,
until about a twelve-month since, on writing to Mr.
Charles J. Peterson, of Philadelphia, he very promptly
and kindly forwarded us the Doctor’s address.
The first request we made was, for him to furnish us,
at the earliest possible convenience, with a complete
copy of the “Lost Pleiad. .” In due season, the little
volume came to hand. It was read, re-read, and, in
it measure, committed to memory. The hook contained
other “gems of Thought,” besides the* passage's which
we have already quoted,—among which, was the
•“150u1.9 Destiny.” Had Dr, Cilivers never written
.mother line in his life, latter mentioned poem
would place him on thoorighest spat, among the min
strels of Parnassus. We will establish our opinion, by
quoting a portion of the poem :
“Then shalt thou leave this world of sin
And soar into the sky,
Where Angels wait to let thee in
- To Immortality,
And those \nio had no where to re*?
Their wearied limbs ftt night,
Shall lay their heads upon God’s breast,
And sleep in calm delight.
“No pangs shall there disturb the thrill*
Wlnch animate tb_v breast.
But Angels on the Heavenly Hills
Shall sing thee into rest.
Xo slanderous tongue shall there inflame
T’hy hcarU with words of gr.il,
For ail shall be in Heaven the same
And God shall be :e all.”
Xo person, having even the most distant aunih.v
tion for the love of the True and the Beautiful , will
for a moment, despute with us that our admiration for
the genius of Dr. Chivers, is any other than one based
on a good foundation. Thus far, we have spoken only
of first imprtssions-, and it inay, perhaps, be said that
we have deviated from the object we first had iu view
in writing this criticism. This, by the way, is far from
being the case. Our chief desire is/to inform our read
ers, as briefly as possible, upon \/hat arc predicted our
arguments iu favor of the extraordinary abilities of the
author in question. In other words, we wish to de
monstrate that the cause is well worthy the effect pro
duced.
In the rolume before us, the most lengthy poem is
•ntiiled the “ Vigil in Aiden Wo trust we shall
be pardoned from making any lengthy extracts, for the
lcoson that it is impossible to oonvey a very definite
idsa of it, without giving it entire. We deem it suffi
• c.c-ht, therefore, to sav that no person can read it with
that attention so justly its due, and fail to see that in
aiir>eet every respect, it stands without a parallel ill
English Literature. It is not only unique in its very
nature, but tbe most extraordinary specimen of versi
fication .we have had the fortune to meet with. Orig
inality, ir. any department of the arts and sciences, we
ever kail with a smile and a welcome, ha it come trom
whatever source it may, more particularly, when coup
let! by a genius able to conceive, a talent capable of
unfolding its varied beauties.
The next poem, in point of length, and singular for
its versification, is called the “Mighty Dead lts
principal feature is an elegy on the death of some of
these sainted men who have rendered themselves im
mortal by deeds of generous gretUness, and whose names
and fame “cover the ear;h/fis the waters cover tae
sea.” We cannot forbear faking one extract. How
sublimely the Doctor pictures that unfading clime, to
which tlie souls of good and great men are wafted,
when this mortal shall have been clothed upon with
immortality. He says:
“These streams forever (low
Os crystal purity, which wind among
1 he la>vy, labyrinthine aisles, where blow
1 nfading flowers, where birds of various song,
Ting through unending day, the song of love,
Awl all that singling sweeter than the dovo.”
Wo hove the desire, but not the space left to point
>ut all the geuuine beauties contained in this truly no
ble and admirable poem. Were the privilege g-anted
us, we should certainly quote it entire. Enough, how
ever, lias been shown that few. indeed, of those whom
the world has been, pleased to denominate the “Great
Masters,” aver produced any thing equal to it, so far as
Regard? conception and execution.
M e think that we have shown in a somewhat lucid
light, that Dr. Cbiwuw is not only a “born poet,” but
that his njind is well stored, with images of the very
highest order. We now surmise that someone will
ask of us the question, “what do you really consider to
be genuine poetry
Well, we will endeavor toauswer the same, in a spir
it of hojiest sincerity. We cmjsider poetry, to be that
wlijcjr tends to elevate our thoughts, feelings and affec
tions, above the sordid, selfish gratifications of every
unhallowed desire; which tends to otherialize the sud-;
deness of our natures, and raises us up from the com
mon walks of a mere animal life into those beautified
regions, where joy and peace are nurtured and-cultiva
-ed fy corrrsponding influences. Again, wo believe
. but to be poetry, which . induces us, by a something,
M ‘ we K * ow of no ianguage capable of explaining,
. ‘ Nt; A ttift of Love. By T. H Chiv
* Shepherd, 189*
to yearn for a more close and intimate acquaintance,
with all that is grept and” good and glorious, and above
all, which gives without soliciting u, a knowledge and
foretaste of that conscious blessedness, which the fleet*
ing and evanescent pleasures of this world cannot give,
nor the power to coMode and take away, hold it,
therefore, as an argument, not to be refuted, that, a po
em whieh takes immediate hold on tbe better part of
our being, leaving, as it were, a deathly impression on
the tablets of memory, and which forces us to feel that
during this pilgrimage ‘‘of pain,” there is in ieserve
fur us bright, sunny spots, when the soul may shake
and quench her thirst, ; n a fountain of purity, contains
within it, the real essence and germ of immortality; and
thus, by a prophetic sense, opens to oor perception,
through the “inner sight,” those calm delights laid up
in store for every .holy heart,,in that world, whose
bounds cJUend outside the battlements of time. Nor is
this all. We believe the mission of tbe true God, to
be a mission of vital undying inportance; and further
mare/tliat he will-be hailed in that day when the
“jewels of paradise’’ are harvested, the foremost among
the “faithful servants,” provided he has so touched the
lyre, that the harmonious tones he has been the means
of awakening, Wave persuaded men to become, from an
unyielding sense of principle, the subservient devotees,
and unfaltering votaries of truth.
In conclusion, then, we will merely add. that we look
to Dr. Chivers with a,hope that he will continue his la
bors of usefulness, in the path which he has 60 propi
tiously marked out fur himself. A9 the “Poet of
Hope.” he has. materials, ample in their nature, to leave
foot-prints in the snhds of time.
“Foot-prints that, perhaps another
Sailing o’er life’s stormy main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother
Seeing, may take heart again ‘’
Banks of the Ohio , May ISSI.
pplilknl.
Letter from the Hon Bin, B. Wolford.
Clarksville, March 12, 1351.
Gentlemen : Your letter did not reach me until the
day of your meeting had passed—l could not, therefore,
accept your invitation, but will comply with your re
quest to interchange with you, views on the exciting
questions of the day. “It is hardly necessary for me to
say that I have always been a strong Union man. I
believe that we have the best Government in the world
conferring more happiness upon the people, and protec
tion of their rights, with greater security than any oth
er Government, ami I will not consent, for any ordina
ry cause, to abandon the Union that Washington and
his associates have given us—and which has been, to
this time, preserved by the intelligence and patriotism
of the people. It was with these feelings that I entered
into the contest of last year, when I believed that an
effort was being made to destroy the confidence of the
people in their Government, and ultimately to dissolve
the Union, for the purpose of building upon its ru'ns a
Southern Confederacy. My experience and observa
tion of the course of conduct by a certain class of poli
ticians in Georgia, forewarned me of the dangerous
tendency of their dark and ill-advised counsels. I op
posed them at every step they took, and feel, to-day
that throughout this controversy l have been actuated
alone by what I believed to be the best interest of our
own State and the whole Union—and the result has
shown that I was right, and that an overwhelming ma
jority of tiie people entertained the same opinions.
It is said that the danger is now passed, and that,
therefore, it is unnecessary to consider the question of
the safety of the Uuion any longer. I eanuot agree
with that opinion, and will use this occasion to give my
reasons for it. The Convention of Georgia adopted
certain resolutions, in which they agreed to abide by
the compromise measures on the slavery question. On
that bash the Constitutional Union Party urts founded—
its object and purpose was to maintain the position
whieh the people of the State lnd taken in their Con
vention. I knew that it is said, by those who desire to
break up the Union party, that every one is willing to
stand upon the platform; but is this true? If the Edi
tors and leaders of the Southern Rights party ore in fa
vor of the Convention, I would like to know how it hap
pens, that before the Convention met, those Editors and
leaders always opposed the principles which the Con
vention adopted—that their members in the Conven
tion (for there were a few of them; voted against the
resolutions—that they still declare that Georgia is dis
graced by submitting to the action of Congress on the
slavery question, that they still denounce the men,
both at the North and the South, who voted for the Com
promise bills—that they declare they will not support
any Northern man for the Presidency, because the best
of them approve of the- Compromise—and finally, thru
they oppose, with the greatest bitterness, the Union par
ty — which party has be. 11 organized to carry out the
very principles which they say that they aro willing te
stand by. It may be that these gentlemen understand
their position better than I do—but I confess that I can
not reconcile their professions with their course of con
duct. It seems to me that they wish to get the power
into their own hands, by making false appeals to the
people, and when the power is thus obtained by them,
they will use it to carry out their designs and purposes,
which the people have condemned.
I perceive by the papers, that some of them are try
ing to organize a Southern Rights party, and I believe
that that is the name by which the great body of our op
ponents desire to be known. I have no objection to
their use of that name. 11 is their owu right and prop
erty, though ive are as true friends of the rights of the
South as they are. That name warns the country of
their designs. It shows that they are looking to a
Northern and Southern division of the country, and
are carrying out the old idea of the disuniouist*, to pre
pare for a Southern Confederacy. If they can get tin
people to sustain them in thut object, wo must submit
to it—but they must look to some other section of tile
State than this, for votes to uphold suelt principles.—
Others of their papers are trying to prostitute the name
of the Democratic pat ty to the use of this unholy cru
sade against the Uuion. It will be a strange state of
things,to seethe old Union party, which is the same
as the Democratic party, so suddenly converted into
a nullification or disunion party by a few restless poli
ticians, who have been the pest and annoyance of every
party to which they ever belonged—and I believe that
they have generally taken a chance in every party that
has ever existed in the State. But they will fail in this
deceptive appeal to the real Democracy of the State.—
W e see that it is no? the cause of Democracy, but of
disunion, which they have at heart. If they were good
Democrats, as they profess to be, why do they abuse
General Cass and other Democrats whom they hereto
fore praised ? Why do they refuse to associate with
Northern Democrats, and to support them for office?
Why do they unite in every disunion movement made
in the State, and why don’t they support, in good
faith, the action of the Convention, aud come at once
into the Constitutional Union Party, where they will
find the best Democrats of the State—and where they
will have an opportunity of showing their faith by their
works, in supporting the decision of the Convention,
and preserving the Union.
I repeat, gentlemen, I am a Union mau, and shall
sustain, as far as I can, the Union parly of Georgia, and
in doing so, shall feel that lain sustaining my princi
ples and honestly serving my country.
1 am, respectfully, yours &e.,
W. D. WOFFORD.
To Messrs. A. 11. Chappell, and others, Committee.
Mississippi in a Good llumok. —The Vicks
burg Whig says: “It will probably be a relief
to-tbe world in general, and to the other United
States in particular, to know that Mississippi is
as calm as summer sunshine, and as bland as
the breezes of a delicious spring. She was fret
ted slightly at the pranks of tbe extra session,
and se**m<rtt’uring their enactment, and for a
short tune afterward, to wear a decided frown
upon her countenance. That has been removed
however, by the soothing influence of time, and
she is now rather inclined to laugh than scowl
at the remembrance of the cause ot her ill-temp
er. She owes this healthy condition to her own
good sense, which hat prevailed over all at
tempts to provoke her into a dyspeptically wrath
ful aud iudignant frame of mind.
Mississippi is a gallant State, ani we rejoice on
her restoration to good humor. A Stftto, whose
sons stand foremost in the light of glory which
streams from Buena Vista’s famous battle
ground, is under no necessity of showing her
“spunk ’ by an abjured quarrel with her sister
States.— Bulletin, “ -
The Basis Question —The Compromise.
Our readers, we are sure, will be delighted to per*
oeive by the synopsis of proceedings in the Convention
yesterday, that the “long agony’’ may now be consid
ered over, by the insertion of the report of the Com
promise Committee. We hail this event with great
gratification. We expressed ourselves thoroughly sat
isfied, at toe time when this Convention wns called by
the Legislature, that this question would have to-be set
tled by Compromise, and probably on a plan similar to
that whieh hasjust been sanctioned by the Convention.
And, it has been more and more evident, since the
Convention commenced its sessions, and especially from
first to last of the Basis debate, that eaclt section must
make sacrifices, and meet on middle* ground, or the re
f. rotation of the Constitution, demanded by the people
of Virginia, would be defeated and overthrown.
We rejoice most heartily that a Compromise, honor
able mid fair to both East and West; a Compromise,
in which neither surrenders any principle, and
neither can claim a victory, has passed the Convention
of Virginia. It is our common mother, this glorious
old Commonwealth, who alone can claim to be the con
queror in this contest. Honor to those Eastern and
those Western patriots, who have aided in bringing
about this consummation, who have surrendered pre
judices for the common good; who have acted in the
spirit of concession and compromise displayed by their
forefathers in the formation of the Federal Constitution,
and have looked not to section or locality, but to all Vir
gin a. They deserve our admiration and gratitude, as
wide and genial as their own elevated views
Richmond Republican, 17 th inst.
Father Cleveland and Mr. Webster.
An incident occurred in the Revere parlors after Se
cretary Webster's speech that is worth noting Mr.
Webster’s triends shook him by the hand, by hundreds,
and among others the venerable and Reverend Charles
Clevejand who has been for nearly a quarter of a centu
ry a voted Boston City Missionary. Mr. Cleveland,
on tafing the Secretary of State by the hand, said i
substance:
“Mr. Webster, when you have saved the country
from foreign war several times more—when you have
delivered us from a few more domestic wars—when
you have preserved the Uniou again and again—then
the majority will begin to appreciate you—Sir, I shall
always think ofvou—l shall always pray for you.’’
Here several in the room cried out “good, good.”
Mr. Webster .acknowledged the compliment by a ve
ry low* bow, and said, “your words are like apples of
gold in pictures of silver.”- Boston Christian Observer.
4, 1 Tread no Step Backward.” —Daniel Webster,
in reply to the invitation of more than five thousand cit
izens of New York, to visit that oity and give its people
his views upon public affairs, says : “One tiling, gen
tlemen, is certain, that isl address you atany time, vou
will hear no change of tone, nor any faltering voice, in
support of that cause which is so dear to your hearts
and to mine.”
Daniel W ebster. —The St. Louis Reveille pays a
warm tribute to the patriotic character and course of
Daniel Webster, and expresses a desire “that the peo
ple. in selecting a candidate for the Presidency, may
keep in view the name of one who has given undoubted
proof of possessing, besides great intellectual power ajid
ample devotion to his country, an anxiety
for her prosperity, and an attachment to her constitution,
whieh does not yield either to the requirements of par
ty, the influence of a powerful section, or the advance
ment of private interests.”
THE GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR.
MACON, GEO. MAY 24, 1851.
Information Wanted.- -The gentleman who
lately sent us $5 to pay for the Citizen and Gooey's La
dy's Book, will please inform u, immediately, of the
subscriber’s address, as the letter has been accident
uPy mislaid.
Our Stamps —One or two of our subscribers
seem to have taken offence at our stamping the amount
due us on their respective papers, because of the publi
city of the thing. We can't help it if they do. Our in
tention was simply to give information to subscribers
themselves, of the state of the accounts concerning which
we have frequent inquiries, and we adopted the most
convenient plan to accomplish the object. If not agree
able, it can easily be avoided, by each one who desires
the paper, complying with the terms of cash payments.
Revival. -Quite a religious excitement is now
prevailing at the Methodist Church in this city, under
the pastoral care of Rev. J. E. Evans. Daily and night
ly meetings have been held for some time, and with llat
teiing results. So we are informed.
Splendid Engravta?.- —We return our thanks
to Messrs. Paddleford, Fay & Cos.. Savannah, for a
handsome Engraving of the Steamship Alabama , (one
of the Savannah and New York Packet line of Steam
ers.) fowarded to us through the politeness of Isaac
Scott, Esq., of this city.
The H arm H eather and Hie Springs.—
The very warm Weather which has been upon u*. for
two or three weeks past, caused many of our citizens to
begin to prepare for removal to the various watering
places of the country, as retreats of refuge from the
Summer solstice. Among the most delightful of these
retreats, in our own favored Georgia, wo may mention
the Warm Springs in Merriwether county, under the
charge of John L. Mustian, Esq., and the Indian
Springs in Butts county. Both these are very conve
nient to Macon, and will allow heads of families tS pass
backward and forward to see to business which may re
quire attention.
Sad Accident —Col. Thomas Mouglion of Jones
county, was thrown out a buggy in which he was ri
ding with his son in law Col. Joseph Bond, of this city,
on Monday evening last, by the horse becoming restive
and running away, from whieh accident Col. M. was
so severely injured ihat he died on Tuesday night at 10
o'clock. Col. B. was also thrown out, but sustained
no material injury.
Another. —On Tuesday afternoon, Charles J.
Rogers, a tinplate worker, in the employment of Messrs.
Bray, Carhart & Cos. in attempting to get from the stag
ing on to the roof of the new Episcopal Church, where
he was employed in roofing the building, fell to the
ground a distance of some 35 feet, breaking his thigh
and otherwise bruising him very much. Ilis injuries
arc not thought to be mortal, as he was much better on
yesterday.
Still Another. —Deputy Marshal 11. W. Shaw
was thrown from his horse yesterday, by which one of
his arms was badly fractured above the elbow.
Senator Foote. —This gentleman has accepted
the nomination for Governor of Mississippi, tendered him
by the late Union Convention, and is now canvassing
the State, before the people. His election over Quit
man or any other man that can be started in Mississippi,
is beyond doubt.
State Mechanical Institute. —O no of the
leading objects of the meeting of Mechanics at Atlan
ta should be the establishment of a State Mechanical
Institute, to developc the industrial resources of Geor
gia, in all that appertains to Manufactures and Mechan
ic Arts. An annual Fair should be provided for, and
liberal premiums awarded, for skill and ingenuity. Let
the Mechanics only take hold ppd the thing can be
done and will be done !
Paper Agency.- •We are pleased to learn that j
Mr. tV. 9. Williford ha* been appointed Agent in this
city, of the Rock Island Paper Mill, of Columbus, and
will keep on hand a good assortment of news, wrapping
and commercial paper, for the accommodation of cash
customers; The sample of letter paper sent us by the
Agent is 0 fair article.
A Delicacy —Our citizens have been regaled the
present week, with a taste of fine fresh Halibut , brought
in ice from the North, per Steamer to Savannah, and
thence to this city by Rail Rond. Qno of these fish
weighed about 100 lbs. and was a very pretty specimen
of the finny tribe. They were imported by Messrs.
Ells and Sou, who seem disposed to do all in their pow
er to keep our citizens supplied with every delicacy that
indefatigable industry and abundant means can com
mand.
Agricultural Premium List. — w* have de
ferred the publication of this Lift until we can ascer
tain whether the Committee will not review the same
and make some additions deemed of importance to cer
tain interests which have been overlooked.
fol. Webb and Nat Willis,— Quite a stir i*
making, in New York, by these two champions of the
quill. Col. Webb charged Willis with seduction and
kindred erirnes, and Willis retorts, in set phrase, and
denounces the Colonel as a libeller. Between them the
old adage is likely to be verified— ” when Rogues fall
out,” &c.
Second District, Alabama. —We are grati- j
Red to learn that the Hon. James Abercrombie has
been unanimously nominated by the 2d Congressional
District Union Convention of Alabama, as the anti-dis
union candidate of” line Union party for Congress, in
room of Hon. 11. W iV'llianl, declined. Mr. Yancyis
the nominee of the uut it is rumored thut
he will not accept, iu'the certain prospect which is be
fore him of being dreadful beaten, in the race, by the
“big captain.’’
Virginia. -—The Unsis question in the Virginia
Convention is not yet sottled—the friends of the white
Basis system having voted down all measures of com
promise which had been offered. Hopes are, howev
er, entertained that some satisfactory settlement of tile
vexed question will yet be made before the Convention
adjourns.
This difficulty in Virginia is one of the legitimate
first-fruits of that policy which the extreme Southern
States have adopted, in relation to the slave traffic, be
tween the States. The door being opened wide for
“speculators, 1 ’ the whole South has been flooded with
this species of property, and Virginia and other bor
dering States, have been drained thereof in the same
ratio. Consequently, the Institution lias been weakened
at both ends. In Virginia its vigor, youth and strength
are fast being transferred to the more Southern dis
tricts, while its decrepitude left is behind,to compete with
or succumb to free labor which supplies its place. In
Georgia it is weakened hy its excess of concentration,
causing lands to be wasted in rapid and destructive
culture, and the staple products increased at a ruinous
depreciation, say nothing of the increased disposition
produced to bring servile labor in competition with that
of white mechanics, to remedy the evil. Thus J'reesoil
ism encroaches on the North and the interests of a val
uable class of citizens, are trenched upon, in the South;
whereas the true policy is to keep Virginia, Maryland,
*fcc., as they have been, a cordon of protection to the
Institution, by being interested in its perpetuity, which
can only be done by denying them the privilege of be
coming ‘‘free Slates” at our expense. More anon.
One of the Letters.
Editor Georgia Citizen — Dear Sir : I am reques
ted bv Mr. R. J. McClary, to inform you to stop his
paper.
Daniel L. R.ieh has moved from this neighborhood
to Florida, near Quhicy Post Office.
Yours, Respectfully, AI. G. TIERCE, P. M.
The aforesaid Mr. JR. J. McClary and D. L Rich
arc each indebjt A “fus £“'1,00 which says must
be paid
meo, no *
Gen. Wcuord --a very sensible letter from this j
gentleman will be found in another column. lie has
long been one of the pillars of the Democratic Temple
of Georgia and by a long course of service in the cause
of the people has acquired an enviable reputation for
inflexible honesty and elevated patriotism. In token
of the h'gh estimation in which he is held by those
who know him best, he is uow spoken of as a prominent
candidate for a seat in Congress from the district lately
represented by Hop. Howell Cobb. We are sure that
the mantle of the late speaker could not (all upon shoul
ders more worthy to wear it.
White Man's Newspaper.— No. 1 one of
this new paper has been sent us. It is a magnificent
Quarto of 8 pages, handsomely printed and published
semi-oecassioiially. A dollar sent will procure 10 copies
as fast ns published. Address “ White Mau’a News
paper,’’ New York.
Atlanta Agricultural Fair,—instead of use
less grumbling about the removal of the State Fair
from Atlanta to Macon, the people of the former place
have formed a county Agricultural Association, and
have determined to hold a Fair in the fall, ami annual
ly, lhercWU-r. This is a sensible view of the subject,
which will prob-d.lv be aided by the proposed Mechan
ical Stale institute, if one should be formed.
Didn’t find it —One of the victims of the late
“important default,’’ (as the phrase is) in this city,
started, a few day* since, on a cruise after his missing
cotton, but “couldn't quit*, conic it.” lie discovered
that a lot of cotton, answering to the marks, weight-,
&e., of his Ware House receipt, had been shipped on
the Central Rail Road, to Savannah, one week or more
after the defalcation come to light, here, whieh induced
him to hasten on to the seaboard witli a view to the
recovery of his property. But on his arrival there and
exa n n itiou of the consignees’ warehouse, the samples
and biiles bad been accidentally mislaid , so that they
could not be found ! Avery sudden rise in the foreign
n arket had probably just, been received at Savannah
by telegraph , which induced immediate re-shipment to
Liverpool! We understand that some very important
law-suits are likely to grow out of this whole affair,
touching the right of Factors to sell cotton without or
der of owners,and the validity of the title to property so
acquired by the purchaser. A clear and definite set
tlement of the law of the caso would be very accepta
ble, at this time, to the commercial and planting com
munity.
Meeting of Mechanics.
We are requested to say that a meeting of the Me
chanics of Maoon has been called at the Council Cham
ber, on Monday evening next, at 5 o’clock, to take in
to consideration the expediency of sending Delegates to
the Atlanta Convention, to convene on the 4th of July.
This meeting is designed as a general one for nil classes
of Mechanics, and is not to be confounded with tbe Ma
con Mechanics’ Society, whose nation on the question
of representation at Atlanta has already been taken, as
will appear from proceedings in another column.
United States rs. Kimbrough.— We understand
that the jury were unable to agree on a verdict in this
ease, and consequently that they were discharged
yesterday afternoon. The Jury had been out from 7
o’clock Saturday evening until 2 P. M. yesterday.—
Sav. Republican 17 th.
Facts to be Noted. —" Within the last two weeks,”
says the Memphis Eagle of the 24th ult., “at least five
fugitive skives have been brought back to this city from
free States, with as little trouble as would be had in re
covering stray cows. We occasionally receive letters
notifying us that a slave, said to be the property of some
one in this vicinity, has been lodged in jail in Illinois
or Indiana for his owner , who will please call, pay
charges and take him away.”
Such fact* these are worth forty eolums of angry
rant.
Any farther DeYclapcmentsl—This u the
question asked and answered a hundred times a day, in
reference to the late failure iit this city, and which for
the benefit of distant renters, tve answer thus publicly,
by saying that we have heard of nothing further, of
much importance. Mr. Conner is vet,-at large, no
tidings of his whereabouts or clue to it yet having been
received by the authorities. Mr. Taylor, the Junior
partner has been sick, ‘nigh to death’ for two or three
weeks, but is now better. He has been held to bail
both on the civil and criminal side of the Court, though
the general belief is that he is blameless in the unfor
tunate transaction. The public opinion, here, is very
decided ajjninst Capt Conner, as all feel that a great
wrong has been done to our city by the amount and
manner of this failure. But we have hope that rea
sonable men will not judge all the people by the stan
dard of one man’s morality. If a bad man has been
elevated, surreptitiously. to a position where he had it
in his power to do mischief, and did it, let the blame
fall upon those who have knowingly aided in such ele
vation. Sueh a one, in a moral point of view, is par
ticeps criminis. and should not be permitted to evade
the just responsibility incurred in the ease. It would be,
however, manifestly unjust to confound innocent persons
with the cuiltyor visit upon tfocformer the punishment
or opprubiutn, due t e latter. Lit our neighboring
planters recollect that the defalcation of a Judas to his
trust, constituted no good reason to suspect the remain
ing disciples of a like disposition to betray the confidence
reposed in them. The treason of Benedict Arnold did
not tarnish, for a moment, the fame of Washington.
Let a candid judgment then he formed of Macotl and its
business men. on these principles, and we have no fear
t hat any permanent injury awaits our city, by reason of
the late astounding developments.”
Mechanics’ Society of Macon.
At a regular meeting of this Association on the 17th
inst. the following report of the Committee which had
previously been appointed to draft Resolutions expres- (
give of the views of the Society, in relation to the pro
posed Convention of Mechanics at Atlanta, wa9, after
some discussion, unanimously adopted :
REPORT.
The Committee appointed by this Society to draft
Resolutions expressive of the sentiments of this body,
in relation to the proposed Atlanta Convention of Me
chanics on the 4th July next, beg leave to report the
following Preamble and Resolutions to the Association:
Whereas this Society was formed for the promotion
of knowledge among its members and the brotherhood
of Mechanics in general, and whereas our Constitution
strictly forbids our taking any part as a Society, in po
litical matters, but is confined in its objects to mutual
improvement in Science and Mechanic arts. There
fore be it
Resolved, That in electing delegates to the proposed
Convention in Atlanta, this Society is actuated solely
by a desire to take counsel with the fraternity of Me
chanes throughout the Stale in all that pertains to intel
lectual and moral improvement of Mechanics as a class,
and disclaim all intention or wish to interfere w ith sub
jects of a political character.
Resolved, That should any other purpose be devel
oped, contrary to this just avowed, our delegates are
requested to decline acting as Representatives of this
Society.
Resolved, That we earnestly invite the Mechanics
of the State to be represented in the proposed Conven
tion at Atlanta, in the sincere belief that such a coun
cil of working men by an interchange of opinion and fel
lowship, may do much good in furtherance of the lau
dable object of advancing the Mechanical professions in
the scale of dignity ami importance, and thereby pro
moting the general prosperity of our whole common
wealth.
Resolved, That the Mechanics of the State be reques
ted to prepare and send up to the Annual Fair of the
State Agricultural Society which will be held in this
city on the CSth of October next, and succeeding days,
sueh specitn ns of machinery, handicraft, and mechan
ical products as they may have it in their power to pre
sent, and hat we pledge ourselves as a Society to do
all that we can to make their visit ou the occasion both
pleasant and profitable. o
Resolved, That we nppr> date the kiud compliment
paid us by the Mechanics of Augusta, convened in that
city, on the 3oth April, wherein they desire that the
Macoti Mechanics’ Society shall have the appointment
of an Orator for the Mechanics’ Convention at Atlanta,
and should such desire be seconded by the Mechanics of
Athens, Atlanta and other places, by common consent,
this Society will endeavor to discharge the duty so dat
teriugly assigned them, of selecting an orator for the
occasion.
Resolved, That Editors in the State, friendly to the
object, be respectfully requested to publish these pro
ceedings.
CHARLES P. LEVY, \
L. F. W. ANDREWS, > Com.
WILLIAM MONDS )
On motion, Au election of the Delegates to repre
sent tliis Society in said Convention was had, which re
sulted in the choice of the following delegation:—G.
0. Douglass, C. P. Levy, Win. C. Wilson, Robert
Findlay, A. F. Sherwood, J. .J. Harris, David Toucey.
B. F. Griffin, Win. Monds, and L. F. W. Andrews,
with power to fill vacancies.
Bigotry.
Wc see by the Plainfield, N\ J. Gazette, that the
clergymen of that place have held a meeting and re
solved that tiny will not officiate at the funeral of any
member of the Order of Odd Fellows, or any other se
cret society, w here the rites and ceremonies of such
societies are performed.---iV. Y. Tribune.
All right! The religion of such preacher* is s<> op
posite of that which “ ihinkcth no evil.” that we do not
wonder at their unwillingness to join a cAari<ri>/e socie
ty, in paying honors to the dead. Os such it may be said,
“there is no religion in their charity, nor charity in their
religion.” ,
Blacking.—Messrs C. A. Ells and
Son have on hand, for sale, some of that superior arti
cle of Blacking known as * Legrnnd's Composition of
Neatsfoot Oil and Ivory,’ which lias the rare qualities
of making leather soft and pliable and preserving its
vigorous properties, besides making it susceptible of u
tine polish which will not rub off on clothing. On
trial of a Box, we find it unequalled in these respects.
Accommodating—very!- —For a rich Gentle
man living without the corporation, to have a cow or
horse to depart this life, and to eaue the carcass of the
animal to be hauled into the city anil safely lodged down
town, right under the olfactories of “poor but repocta
ble’’ citizens, in weather as hot as “ blue blazes,’’ does
manifest considerable regard for the trade in drugs and
coffins, that's a fact!
25th Senatorial District.
Mr. Editor : —Permit me to bring before the pub
lic the name of our able fellow-citizen, Dr. S. W. Bur
ney. ;rn suitable candidate to represent the counties of
Bibb and Monroe, in the next Senate of Georgia.—
W ith Burney on our ticket for Senator, and Chappell
or Powers for Congress from the 3d district, a sweep
ing vote may he expected for the Union, from old
MONROE.
University of North Carolina.—Wo ac
knowledge the receipt of an invitation to a Compli
mentary Party to be given to the Graduating Class of
this Institution, at Chapel Hill, N. C. on the sth proxi
mo, and were it possible, would gladly avail ourselves
of the privilege thereby Conferred, of participating in
the pleasures of the occasion. As that, however can
not be, we have only to thank our friends for the com
pliment paid us, and wish them, one and all, a happy
jubilation.
Advice to the Ladies.— An exchange paper gives
the following advice to the fair sex. which will doubt
less be treasured up for future reference:
“If ladies would eat meat but once a day, pickles
once a week, and sweetmeats but once a year—if they
would take a cold bath every night and mopping, and
walk five miles a day, they would have no need of cos
metics to make them beautiful.
Rampant! ••
Oar neighbor of the ** Telegraph’ ’ has got bis dander
np. That same organ, in days gone by, was the ardent
Triend of the Union—-the devoted supporter of General
Jackson,—his Force Bill, Proclamation <Sfcc. in the days of
.South Carolina nullification ! now it discourses the mu
sic it once condemned and prates of “ fools, tyrants and
cowards” who would “ attempt to coerce a sovereign
State” to behave itself! Was President Jackson a
“fool, tyrant or coward” when be attempted to suppress
treason in a sovereign State? The advice of “Samivel”
toothers to “burn their files” if they would not convict
themselves of inconsistency, had better be heeded by
himself! He has the biggest sort of a beam in his own
eye which obscures his visiuu, sadly ! Hear how he
talks :
“ It was a war cry in the revolution that “the cause
of Boston was the cause of all.” So will it be in this
controversy should the Federal Government attempt to
employ force to subdue South Carolina. Should tins
be essayed no true man w ould tail to feel that the cause
ol Carolina was the cause of himself aud of his poster
ity- None could fail to see that what was cause of war
upou one Southern State then, would in turn, be war
upou each other Southern State, for the same reason,
at some future time. It South Carolina or any other
State in the exercise of iier Bovcieiguty secs proper t
have the Union, ail that the General Government and
the rest ot the States have to do is to let her alone. Co
ercion will only precipitate an event wh.ch is hastening
with the certainty of destiny. The Union will vanish
and sink in darkness, forevermore, like some passing
cloud after the illuminations of the ligbtuing have passed
away forever, with the smoke* of the first oanuoa that
shall be fired by the Federal Government to coerce a
seceding Statu. The day on which blood is spill iu such
a quarrel with South Carolina will range every
slave holding State, on the side of the oppressed and
bring beneath her banner every man in their bounds
who is aught but the tool and slave of despotic power.
‘But if the issue is to be made the sooner the better.
’We are ready for the emergency. The right of Se
cession will be sustained by arms if necessary. And
should the Federal Government in the hands of fools,
tyrants and cowards ever attempt to coerce a sover
eign State as it now threatens to do, no doubt will re
main whether or not the Union exists.”
A Fraternal Embrace!
The anti-slavuy Convention, at Syracuse, N. Y.
composed of a motly crew of inen, women, negroes and
mulattoes, passed the follow ing Resolutions, from which
it will be seen that the allies of Fred Douglass and the
representatives of niggerdom, at the North, have given
their Suutiieru friends a very frulernal hug ! A “fellow
feeling” of dissatisfaction with the Government has
made those extremists “wondrous kind” to eaoh oth
er.
On motion of Rev. Mr. May,
“Resolved, That our controversy is with the exis
tence of slavery itself on American soil ; that we in
dulge in no dreams of its limitations, modification, or
gradual removal; that nothing is gained, but very much
is lost, by attempting to conciliate its demon-spirit by
evasion, procrastination, or compromise; that tv talk of
resisting its aggressions, or holding it in check, while
tolerating it as a system, is a most lamentable delusion ;
that any political or religious alliance with it is sinful
and suicidal—“a covenant with death and agreement
with hell :” and that the only standard under which the
friends of freedom can consistently rally, is that which
bears the inscription, ‘No union with slaveholders.”
On motion of Mr. Quincy,
“ Resolved, That while we regard with abhorence the
inhuman purpose of the present secession movement
in South Carolina to wit: the greater security of slave
ry, we cannot but perceive that its leaders and constit
uent members art the only public men and the only po
litical body in the country that display a courageous de
termination to maintain what they esteem to be their
rights in the face of tremendous odds, and that while
wc detest their object we canno\ but admire their spir
it.
“ Resolved, That, odious as have been thi governing
principles of South Carolina for the last twenty years,we
cannot withhold from her praise justly due to her consis
tent maintenance of the great cardinal doctrine of the
rights of secession by the single State; a doctrine vital
to liberty, and the only safeguard ks sover
eignties from The tyranny ofa crushing centralization.”
The resolutions were unanimously adopted 1
That Memphis and Charleston Rail Road.
The Charleston Press is urging a liberal subscrip
tion to the Tennessee Delegation now on a visit to that
city, iu aid of the Rail Road project which commences
at Memphis and terminal’s at Chattanooga.
Several writers in tiic Courier seem to think that
Charleston will gain all the benefit of these improve
ments and are amazingly tickled at the idea of the ear
ly completion of that * Memphis and Chaileston Rail
Road,’ about which there lias been so much vain glori
fication in certain quarters, at the expense of those out
side barbarains, the Georgians ! Well, w*e have no ob
jections to the Charleston people spending their money
in this way, if they choose. But that the investment
will be a profitable ono to Charleston, alone, is another
question. When South Carolina secedes from the
Union there will bsomething for Uncle Sam to do in
the matter of building Custom Houses at Augusta and
ali along shore, to prevent Rhett’s corps of smugglers
from carrying on a contraband trade with Georgia, and
the latter will also have something to say about the
trade over her own roads, which happen to constitute
an important link in the chain in said 4 Charleston and
Memphis Rail Road,’ of which, however, Paliucttodom
seems to have no conception whatever. Already the
Georgia Rail Road has taken an important step of pre
paration to meet the exigency which *eces.<i.m will
br.ug about. ‘ Coming events cast their shadows be
lore,’ it is said, and we have the shadow of secession
plainly outlined in the late subscription of the Georgia
Road to the Waynesboro improvement. So far; so
good. And the “ event,’ which is as sure to follow, if
Sesession lakes place, as the Sun rises in the East, is
the diversion of all the Western trade which passes
over the State Rail Road and other avenues of the kind,
within the limits of Georgia, to our own Seaport, Sa
vannah. Charleston will get but little, if any of it, if
South Carolina becomes a foreign State or Nation.
The eoncluaiou then is irresistible, that South Caro
lina will not secede , at present, if she subscribes to the
.Memphis and Charleston Rail Road, unles X3ST mark
the alternative £3?” her subscription is paid w
South Carolina 1 promises to pay,’ and she calculates
to dissolve her connexion with the Union, about the
time some millions of such currency have been circu
lated through the Western aud South Western States,
and in lieu thereof, specio, or its (Equivalent, to the same
extent, is safely locked up in the vaults of their Batiks,
wherewith to meet the National expenses of the New
Government they propose to establish ! So look out
Georgians, Tennesseans, dec.! If you have any South
Carolina Paper on hand, be sure that you exchange it
for good money, before the act of Secession takes
place!
Death. —We are grieved to announoc the death of
Mr. Harper Tucker on Sunday evening last. Death
could not have robbed us of a better citizen, or a w or
thier man. We knew him well, and prizing as we did
his kind and generous nature, his scrupulous integrity,
and his fine moral influence, we, as well as our whole
community, may well regret his early departure from
the stage of action, on which lie so well performed his
part.— Milledgeville Recorder ’2oth inst.
Sta(6 Fair —The Home Southerner speaking of
the removal of the State Fair from Atlanta, says:
“Atlanta is the most accessible point in Georgia, and
is able, and docs atford as ample accommodations as
Macon. For the entertainment of so large a crowd as
frequent this annual exhibition, and in generous hos
pitality on the part of the citizens generally, Atlanta
surpasses Macon. But more anon.”
Well, that is cool! What have the citizens of Macon
done to excite the ire of the “Southerner”! Wbereiu
have we failed in (i generous hospitality” to interesting
strangers ? We have always thought before this, that
Macon was just the place where such verdant youths
as the writer of the above foolish paragraph were ever
duly honored by “being taken in and done fsr,” in a
style, surpassing all other plaoes, not even excepting
“Snake Nation” city! We now stand corrected, how
ever. A Roman Knight speaks differently, and of
, •'cmroe lie knows!
A
graph W ster Carrier TfU
conveying water from springs, well, or ”! ‘***
any distance and with the greatest *p<vd n
bor. We saw one of these “ carriers” ’ h ’
the other day, at the residence of Dr
Bibb county, by which, in two minute nJ
the watch, a vessel containing three or f„„ r
was sent empty from the house to a
distant, down hill, and returned hll f
the light labor of a boy not more than *- v ’
years age! The contrivance is i„ *
tisement in to-day’s paper, and will be found , n *
and more than HI that is claimed for it. Th ° . 1
cry w simple, effective, easily put np *nd n* el' B ‘
in order, nsauy oneenn see who will examine • • ‘
practical application. In those sections of mid n ‘**
tern and upper Georgia, where •pringsaredi*,,’***’
dwellings, this water carrier is the very thin.
labor and time of domestics. On wash-day, ~
an admirable auxiliary to the good house*
ment, as well as exceedingly useful i„ filling
cisterns with pure water for stock and f,. r pur * * * Dl *
irrigation <fcc. The inventor is a Virginian n “ f
the agents, Messrs Bower and Burrow*, ‘the
who,,, may Ik* Consulted at the resido,Kv
Hughes, Court llou-e square.
SfNOIIS Affray —On Saturday mnrnin, h*
serious difficulty occurred between R. F. Benn.i. t , *
Cassville Standard, and Mr. John Fulton C.J’
on one of the Freight trains, (on the W.’* \ T*
Road,) growing out of the remarks made in Ivt T*
Standard with regard to the running off of the cd‘
Ringgold. iar
Wc ,„a,r. l nJ rtut.hc, k.,1 ;
when Bennett drew a revolver and discharged it th ’
or four times taking effect on the cheek, in , hr
der, in the side, and in the groin. W e are ka m
state that the wounds are not considered dang?/,, 0
and that Mr. Fultou is fast recovering *’
Republican , 22 d. K ’ * MU
Georgia Railroad Conreniion,
The Georgia Railroad stockholders held their
nual meeting in Augusta on Tuesday and WdneJ
of last week, at which a full and detailed •tatemeot **
the affairs of the company was submitted by their I* r .
ident, Col. King, from which we glean the ULT
facts: “*
The gross earnings of the Road and Bank for the x m
ending on the Ist of March last, have
n : it $*84,40$
Deducted all expenses, say 3635*23
The handsome su m of
equal to 10 1-2 per cent profit on the $4,000,000 etp.
tel. ’
Seven per cent., however, was paid to the nod.
holders, and the balance, $140,885, carried tetbc cn-d
----it of surplus fund, which, added to a previou* fur...
Isaves that fund at $202,002. The company ky
$797,270 seven per cent, bonds outstanding; but, ou
increasing their capital to $4,000,000 about two yc-srs
ago, they carefully provided for the redemption of him*
of these bouds as they fall due, by the stockholder* h*.
ing to pay a yet remainder of $546,743 of Uti* new
slock. This amouut of stock being from time to tim a
paid up in cash, the bond debt, as above stated, will b*
diminished that sum—and, of course, will leave but
$250,527 of bonds outstanding. These bond* r*
now worth, and are selling in the market at Augusta,*;
par to 1 1 2 to 2 per cent, premitfhi.
Asa Bank, they ow ed on the Ist March laat—To
Corporations. 725
“ individuals on Deposit. 163,022
“ Bills iu circulation. 657,327
Making together $822,974
Their means to pay the above smn, could be fwuA
in-
Bills receivable $1,24”
Bills of Exchange Discounted 71,310
Notes Discount* and 294 522
Notes of Banks in other States 11,197
Balances due by Banks in Savannah,
Charleston, Baltimore, Philadel
phia, New York and Nashv.lle. 146,774
Notes of specie paying Banks iu Geor
gta, on baud. 39,5a
And Gold and silver in Bank. 185,801
Makiug. $750,703
leaving still, balances due by other Corporation* to
them, of $270,940, and Stocks iu other Corporation
amounting to $137,643, and $10,500, State of Geor
gia Bonds—ample nivuus, comer table, to pay all they
uwc.
They are also Stockholders in the Nashville and
Cliattunooga Railroad, to the extent $250,000 and Ike
wise for a large sunt in the Atlanta and West Puiat
Railroad. On this latter Road the cars run (ruin At
lanta towards Lagrange, 25 miles, and ere lung, will ex
tend to \\ est Point on the Chattahoochee River, aud
then of course connect with the Railroad from
there to Montgomery, the seat of Governmeut iu Ala
bama.
The Georgia Railroad Company at this meeting, au-
thorized her Board of Directors to subscribe JIOO,MO
towards the completion of the Railroad through
M aym sboro to Augusta, from the Central Railroad,
but declined subscribing any thing more to Roads out
of the limits of the State of Georgia.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Baltimoxe, Mat 19—1.27 P-M.
Aejc ior k, Mjy IJ— The American w.'a.Wiip
Frankl’n hasjusi arrived with Liverpool dates to Ms)
.iiti. The sates of Colton to the stii last, in L:vr|>o.
were live thousand bales, at advance <>! an 1 -2 since the
Cambria sailed. I'he accounts fro n the iiuiiiuaciu**-
mg disir.CvS are favorable. Brca.istuifi* steady. Tb
Franklin sailed from Havre May 7.
The Washington arrived at Cowes May 3d; the
Africa at Liverpool May 4th.
’The anniversary of the proclamation of the French
Republic passed otf w ilbout disturbance.
A Carlist conspiracy bad been discovered in Caled'*’
nia, Spain, and seven persons were shot.
The Dresden Conferences are not yet terminated
The new law in relation to the press in Prussia is very
severe.
The insurrection in Portugal is spreading.
Saldanha’ inSSkakcn possession of Oporto.
There is great terror in Lisbon,and the Queen vi l
probably be compelled to abdicate, and proclaim
gency. ** t
A Spanish army is collecting on the frontier.
Markets.
Liverpool, May sth. —Breadstuff's firm;
unchanged. Five thousand hales Cotton sold to-d*J
at an eighth advance.
An improved feeling is reported in the manufactur
ing districts.
Coffee is sixpence lower.
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA-
Five l>ays Later from Europe—l* 1 ”
cliuc in Cotton.
New York, May 21, 3 P-
The steamship Africa has arrived from Li'-
erpool, with dates to the 10th inst., five d*? 5
later than those brought bv the steamer Fran
lin.
The steamer's accounts report that in t *
Liverpool market, Ordinary and Middling qn*’
ities of Cotton have declined one eighth t°° n ’
quarter of a penny, (1-2 a l-2d.)
The sales of the week hare been thirtyt*
thousand seven hundred bales, three thou?-a n
of which were taken on speculation.
Fair Cotton six one-eighth, (6 1-BJ.)
The Anti-Slaveet Conflict in New Y.* o1 *
—We notice that the Legislature of Connecticut
by a resolution, approved of the compromise
aud of the course of the President and cabinet id *
forcement of the provisions of the Fugitive
We also notice that the Legislature of M
has passed resolution* directly in opposition
defying that law. Here, indeed, is a contrast.
which will redound to the honor of Conn fCI ' c
first State North of Pennsylvania and LaR
which has showed the first sympt'mJ of true
to the ITniro-c-fthoae States.—f* *’