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ALVIN O,
At three— * ‘ -
The Duke is sitting noW- in Council.
LfiONI.
Newt
Then let ns fly 1 Alvino! why delay T
The icy fingers of the hands of death
Are togging t my bearutrings— now they pall,
! And stretch beyond enduranoe !
ALVINO.
Hash, tny lore 1
| An officer is ooming with his guard!
LEONI.
Then, fly ! Leoni will be with thee—/y .’
ALVINO.
[ I cannot, dearest! all is over now !
It is too late ! Don Pedro haa been false !
And now, forsaken as we tire, on earth,
Remember that we have two friends in Heaven !
And as we are united here on earth,
So let us be, when we shall meet in death !
LEONI.
In death ? Thou will be dearer to me then,
Than thou hast ever been in life I No, love !
They cannot separate us in this world !
And, come whatever bitterness there may,
They cannot do it in the World to-come !
For that which prompted me to hate the Count,
Has only made me value thee the more.
And love thee better in the hour of need!
And, therefore, dying at whatever hour,
The pleasure, that my life shall end with thine,
Will blot away the terrors death may bring 1
But look! they oome 1
ALVINO,
Now reconcile thyself!
Enter Officer and Guard
OFFICER.
Seise on him, Guard!
ALVINO.
[Draining hit etcord.
Stand hack, t bedient doga!
Your mothers bore your fathers no such sous!
In Lombardy the Axeman says, that when
The storm is .raging loudest on the hills,
The tallest trees bend lowest to the ground !
And I would spill thy blood upon the earth
Like raiu!
[To Leoni.
u Now. like the Prrsiar. Shepherd, when
lie wandered through the desert of the East,
And from that wilderness beheld the glimpse
Os [real’s Gardens, never to behold
The beauty of that paradise again ;
So do we turn away fr<*m <ll things dear,
And from the radiant vision of that hnp
Whose glory hurst upon us yesterday,
To gaze u|>on the icy shape of death !
- [Turning’ to the Officer.
Bind me in chains!
[They bind him.
LEONI.
Oh ! re, of little souls !
How ye. in office, love to ehoxo your power!
I do despite you from mv very soul!
ALVINO.
[Aside to LEONI.
Leoni! recollect the vow we made!
[To Officer.
New we are ready to abide the law !
LEONI.
And if the Duke’s decision be thy death,
The sentence of thy guilt shall be my death!
For if the Tift* that is in thee shall die.
The dying of that life shall be my death !
ALVINO
Leoni! that ha%symk deep in my heart!
[Exit Alvino and Leoni, attended by Officer and
Guarp.
* ‘ I *
j SCENE VI. -
The eame apartment in Don Carlos’ Palace—En
far Don Carlos to Elvira.
ELVIRA.
Dear Carlos! are yob tree,
* DON &ARLOS-
Aa free as air.
ELVIRA.
Who set you free 7
% ... . ■ DON CAELOS/
That letter vrMcl t-our friend
Do* Pedro, brought to me.
’ ‘ ELVIRA-
Then. Carlos, let
Revenge now sleep.
v. DON CARLOS.
It has been sleeping long—
Juat now waked up- never to eleep again !
ELVIRA.
You hate him still. Reward him for his pains.
DON CARLOB.
1 1 Dill reward him for his pains ! He is
My creditor for vast arrears! The debt,
If nothing happens, will be paid to day !
He lent me ruin —l mean to pay him —death !
ELVIRA.
Where go you now ?
-"bON CAKLOB.
I go to do my work!
The raging fever of my heart for \ ears,
Parching my soul with an immortal thirst—
Will soon be medicined to coldness now !
The last Act of the Drama then will close
With the redemption of uiy uoblest friend !
[Exeunt severally.
SCENE VII.
THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
The Duke and his Council assembled—Enter Al
vino, attended by Leoni, and followed by Officer
and Guard—Enter afterwards , Count RonoLrn
and Theresa.
COUNT RODOLPH.
[ With a paper in hit hand.
My Liege ! before you, for rii awful crime,
The murder of Count Alvar in the night—
A ivino stands, accused of that foul deed !
That hew&murdered in the dead of night,
When God'a*!l-seeingeye alone could see—
Is sworn to is tins sacred writ of mine.
And that the murderer stands before you now,
Ts proven by this letter, which he sent
To Carlos, by ‘Don Pedro, while sn chains, /
To prompt him to the taking of my life ! /
And by this handWerchiaf which \ou behold,
Which Ceri.a says ,he found upon his bed ;
The which, if not sufficient to convict,
Shall be confirmed by evidence of both.
DUKE.
[To Officer.
Then bring them forward—they shall both He sworn.
..[Exit Officer.
Alv no! if you have a word to say ,
Agiinstthe evidence advance*), speak out!
ALVINO.
My Liege! that innocence may plead, without
Disguise, her own truth-telling cause, there is
No mon than truth in what the Count has said.
That, in the dead of night. Count Alvar fell,
When some life-taking hand drove off his soul,
And left him sleeping in the arms of Death-
May all be true—hut that this thing was dons,
And by A. 1 vino's hand—must yet be proven !
[Re-enter Officer , bringing in Don Carlos and
Pedro. ’ ‘
COUNT RUDOLPH-
Now, that the evidence may be adduced ,
4 charge you. Carlos, by an awful oath,
To say if this foul lfctu-r oame from him ?
DON CARLOS,
it did.
COUNT RODOLPH.
. And that this handkerchief was found
Upon bis bed T
■ DON CARLOS.
. • ‘t it was.
, • ALVINO.
- - {To Carlos.
■ Oh!' man! frail man!
art false. thotvartTujdees£Tmoaf r£7s ‘ ] ’
Vhers stands the injured cause* of alHbis guilt—
b A Sanctuary perfect—pure ! * •. .’ .
p trm that bright, bush he the sweetest rose
# virtuousaweet# hq stole—
*Prned her—that ah# had no more to steal J
-h* last soft tendril of the dearest vine ‘
That ever wreathed the pillar at aftsotion !
The rest are gone to an untimely grave 1
And now that we are destined to that place,
Where all our ills shall be forgotten—we
Shall be the first in this assembly who
Shall covet no remembrance in this world !
And now. whatever lot may fall on one,
1 crave this boon—-that it may fail on both !
DUKE.
Alvino! that the law is blood for blood—
That justice may be given to whom ’tis due-
That human passion may rich lesson learn—
But, more than all, that Heaven may be appeased ;
I now pronounce thy sentence— lT Is death 1
May all good Angels guard thee to thy home 1
LEONI.
Have you no tongue to speak the same to me 7
Oh! if you have, pronounce it now—yes, now !
ALVINO.
[Aside to Leoni.
Leoni! recollect the vow we made !
LEONI.
[Taking a phial from her bosom and drinking.
What! think you that Count Rudolph has the power
To take revenge upou such love as this ?
ALVINO.
[Aside to I.koni.
Revenge ! Thou hast revenge upon them all!
Yes! deeper than the depths of Hell from Heaven!
[He takes the phial from her hand, and empties it.
LEONI.
[Aside.
The sweetest death that ever mortal died !
I have another friend, if that should fail!
It sleeps beside the beatings of my heart,
Counting each anxious sorrow, one by one !
And when the curtains of dark night shall fall
Upon the eyelids of the Day—tbe last
Os all that is now spoken, be known 1
ALVINO.
Ye Gods! behold the power of my revenge,
And pity all that has been done in hate !
End of Act Fourth.
, Cortrsponknrp. •
L LITE it FROM NEW YORK.
New York, May 27, 1851.
Mr. Editor: —The opening of the Rail Road, from
this city to Dunkirk, on Lakv Erie, a distance of near
five hundred miles, has been the oceßsion, as you are
doubtless aware, of a grand jollification, in which
President Fillmore and several members of his Cabi*
net participated. Indeed, it was an event worthy of
especial note and ceremony. The road bus been con
structed by individual enterprise, at a cost of about
twenty five millions of dollars. It is the greatest road
in the world, surpassing even that in progress, by the
Autocrat ofßu-sia, destined to give him in sooth, the
keys of all Europe and Asia. Though opposed tu mo
nopolies ami to granting of especial privileges t any
class of men. I nevertheless cannot but view this Rail
r>aJ as calculated to be of immense advantage to the
city of New York, and indeed to the satire country,
the great Mississippi valley and the Western Sitates
especially. New York,from its peculiar position, must
ever remain as it were the heart of the American
Union. 1 lure must ever be the focus of all intelli
gence, political, literary aud otherwise, and hpve the
influence and power which shall control for ihe ime.
perhaps, the destiny of the American people, for weal
or wo. The wedding of the Old Atlantic to the Queen
of the Lakes, by bonds of iron, will serve tu make the
inhabitants of the Western States as next door neigh
bors to New Yorkers and the pcopleof the N. England
States, which very intercourse and interchange of com
mercial interests must tend more to the Fiabiiity of the
Union than all the laws and compromises of statesmen
and sages that have already beeu devised, or are yet to
he. conceived for this purpose. The nearer you bring
the pcopleof one section of country to that of anoth
er, by means of lightning aud the iron horse of tie
Railroad, just So you cement the disjunctive elements
“f discord, aud bring the. whole American fainily into
a proper, reciprocation-of the sentiments of amity and
fraternity.- ft Were as natural to expect an individual
to pluck out his eyjs or cut off his nose, because of any
palsy or defect in Aliy - other member ol the human
frame, as to expect that ‘brethren of the same family’
would go to work to cut one another’s throats b.vau*e
of any inh'e'rMU defect’ in the'TStws nr Constitution of
the land. From'the ycvV, nature *if things, it is irnjYos
*ible to devise governments adapted precisely to all
conditions of the people. There must ever be burdens
and grievances to be borne, and it is the duly of all to
make certain sacrifices for the well beingof communi
ty at large, since by concession and compromises even
in the details of every day affairs, the children of Adam,
are able to make life supportable and worthy of per
petuation. Indeed, were there no other sentiment in
herent in the human bosom than that of avarice or
self-interest, it is evident that the more you facilitate
the appliances of trade and oon neroe, the less likeli
hood will there be of competition or revolution and the
greater prospects for pece, prosperity, and happiness
m the nation. The time ia evidently at hand when
the whole American people will be ready to re
spond most heartily to the sentiment of knowing ‘no
North, no South, no East, and no West’ but the
UNION only —one. an I indicis ble, so far, at least,
as our great social and political compact is concerned
The idea of a dissolution of the Union has always ap
peared to me preposterous and absurd. No single
State certainly could if she would, pluck her Star from
the American galaxy, and shine respletidently alone, as
a distinct people, or nation ; and I am well convinced
that a Southern Confederacy could not be formed of
sufficient adhesiveness to exist even fora single y-ar.
In fact, the interests of no two States are identical;
even in regard to the question of slavery they are dis
similar, as evidenced in tlie relative condition of Dela
ware. Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Louisans, and
Missouri, in this respect.
While our people have been gratified to have Presi
dent Fillmore among us for a brief interval, it has been
sufficiently apparent that he has felt himself quite a
’small potato,’even on his own compost hill, compared
with Daniel Webster. ‘The man in the white Hat,’
appears .o have been the ‘cynosure of all eye#,’ while
his speeches at Buffalo, and Albany, bearding Seward
ism in its very den, have won for him ‘golden opin
ions’ from all parties and all sorts of people. The God
like, perhaps, may be baiting his hook for the next Pre
sidency ; nevertheless as politicians now go, he might
prove acceptable*’to many of the Northern States,
while the Suites of the South may yet find it advisa
ble to put their Elioulders to the wheel in his behalf,
especially should the ‘eminent statesman’ remain con
sistent to his present Union principles, and prove him
self a little more energetic in stiring up the British
lion ’with a long pole/ in regard to the Nicaraguian
difficulty and other matters of an international charac
ter. Johney Bull's pleuipotentionary. Sir II nry Bui
wer,is evidently a ‘whole team-with-the-little dog-under
-the-wagon,’and may prove more than a match for the
(rod-like in intrigue and diplomacy. He is certainly
gifted with the gab, ami” his blarney is well calculated
to lull suspicion of evil intent, did we not see that spir
it of the ‘London Times’ falsifies all the professions ol
amity nud friendship on the pari of ihe accomplished
liploiuat of her political sovereignity Queen Victoria
I’lie *A niericau Eagle may spread her wings over a
solitary waste, in the language of the official organ of
he Kriiish throne, but the ’Lion dog’ is not likely Ur
venture within the lie its of hr talons, with all her
angry roar and growling. Notwithstanding, however
it becomes us to watch narrowly the‘Queen's Servants
vho may sojourn among us. that they do not get the
better of us in political treaties, and bring a'mut uu
;>lca*at consequences of the American Ration. Tin
next Preaideiit moat therefore be at onoe a sagacious
statesman and patriot, and perhaps Webst.-r in all good
time, may be trusted with the guardianship of th>
Union and commonweal.
From certain indications in this quarter, it would •
■*eem that General Winfield Scott, is beginning to rank
as ‘some pumpkins’ among those named in connection
with th* Presidential Chair,'at the ensuing canvass
V new paper indeed is already contemplated, to adv<•-
tutte aqd pretensions of the gallant” Wertior
to bo oalted ‘The American Patriot’— !nd there art
loabtless very many now wilting to forget that ‘hasty
plate of “fire in' the rear,’ in consideration ol
his service* since, in conquering Mexioo’ *nd* afitujine
Yank***-Doodledom to revel in the Ha.ll* of the Monte
zuma#.’ A.i *ll events the Prospectus commits the
war-worn hero, to ‘progress *od the extension of Amer
ican Democratic M big principles, until the boundless
continent shall be ours'—till the Islands of the oceans
shall become as glittering jewels' of Republican Hones
ty and Justice,’ &c. This is certainly taking a very
comprehensive sweep, and probably may be the bait
to catch the adventurers of the South and other parts
of the United States who would revel in the spoils oom
ing from revolution and oonquest. ‘Cuba and Canada’
are alliterations more likely to become the rallying cry
of the ‘fierce Democracy,’ even at the next Presiden
tial election, tlmn the now thread bare watch words ol
Union and Disunion .’
Speaking of new papers anew one has just been
started in this citv called ‘The White Min's News
Paper,’ intended to support the majority of number*
in their rights aud immunities—-the interests and ad
vance of twenty millions of white men. in preference
to the pretensions of the four >r five millions of black
amoors in the land. The publication is splendidly got
ten up in its typographical arrangement. presenting an
appearance very similar to that of the world renowned
London Times. It is unquestionably ably edited, bar
ing the large space devoted to puffing merchants and
business men, probably with a view to its longevity,
since the ‘tickling system’ has become largely practise*!
in this community. The editors Hre said to be Charles
Edward Lester, late Consul at Genoa, and (editor ot
Brady’s Gallery of Illustrious Americans,’ a pictorial
map. containing portraits and biographical sketches ol
the great men ot our nation) anil G. G. Foster, a poet
aud popular prose writr, now editor of the Day Bowk,
an evening penny paper of this city.
Since this hebdomidal sheet has made its appearance,
it is said that an opposition will be started to be eall< and
‘The Black Mans News Paper,’ to be edited by Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, and Rev. Theodore 8. Purker,
both of the cantankerous school of negroisin.. The
celebrated ‘coloured gemman’ Mr. Downing, the oys
ter opener of this city, (who is reported to huve amassed
a quarter af a million of money in serving bivalvous.
testaceous and pisciverous delicacies for the dainty
throats of <>ur gourmands and epicurean philosophers.)
is to throw his wool, ivory and money into the scale
which is to weigh negrndoni and to determine whether
it really be ‘found wanting’ or otherwise. Os course
fun is anticipated. GOTHAM.
LETEERS FROM THE NORTH-NO. 11.
New Haven, May 24. 1851.
Dear Doctor ;—Th>* Boston Museum quotes the
following imiuortally-bitter satire on the people of Bos
ton’ rom the Yankee Blade. It is a deeper wound
than Brutus ever gave to Ca>*ar. ’See what a rent
the envious Casea made!’ *A sweet little girl in
New Haven, only three years old, was promised one
evening that she should accompany her parents to Bos
ton the next morning. She was much clatvd at the
prospect of the journey, ami when she had finished
repeating her little prayer, as she laid down to sleep
she said, with the most exquisite simplicity—good—
good bye, Jesus Christ, lam going to Boston in the
morning.’
1 called this a satire, but a subliiner curse was nev
er uttered by the indignant prophet against the mother
of all abominations, Babylon the great.
Among the many very little things that may be found
in ami about Boston. 1 must not, in duty to the world,
forget to mention that infiuitcuimulity of littleness, the
Editor of the aforesaid Museum. From the diffuse
ness of his 1< ngthy editorials, he, no doubt, thinks lull
lie is profoundly sapient; but a more prosy and pointless
driveler never wasted ink on paper. He publishes in
his paper, dated May the 12th, a Poem entitl.-d ‘ The
Slave.’ by a person whj/cal!s herself Amie. This
lady has. no doubt, beeN crossed in love by some de
cent white man. and, in order to take revenge out of
thu Caucasian race, she* intends to do baitle, for the
future, in favor of the Africans. From the present
specimen of her Poetry, I am led to conclude that her
heart is not only on the wrong side of her body, but
her body is on the wrong side of itself. Docs this l.t
tle souled editor suppose that he can admit such stuff as
this into his papeh, and the Ten\ drift of his argument
not b * known 7 If he does, he is very much mistaken;
and in the very next prayer that he utters —if he ever
should utter one—i would advise him to say in the lan
guage of the little child— ‘ Good bye. God—good bye,
Jesus Christ.—l am living rtf'e in Boston !’
I went the other day, to witness the operation of
burning of D<sr Knobs in the Ixok Factory of Messrs.
Pierpont sort Mallory, in this city. These Km>b an
first made (if finely kneaded clay brought from Long
Island, in New York. The clay is part red and part
pipe. But this cannot be seen before they are burnt.
I hcy are then moulded in the oval shape, dipped in
the glazing fluid, and set away to dry. After they are
dried, they are then taken and placed, at regular inter
vals, in earthen bowls, which are then taken and
placed, one upon the other, in lofty piles, in the circu
lar kiln to be burnt. In this Hell-fire they undcrgolhe
operation of glazing wlmdi gives to them a most/ per
fect polish, displacing the variegation caused by the
union of the two different kinds of clay, and making
them resemble, very much, crotchet mahogany turned
and varnished. It is impossible to convey anv idea of
the metamorphosis which they tfndergo by being sub
jected t a white heat for one or two days. The glaz
ing which, at first, looks like grey mud rubbed over
them, iscaused by the excessive heat, to run over litem
equally and render visible th° variegation in the elav,
wttfeh appears, through it, perfectly polished and of
divers brilliant colours. The beauty of these Knobs
may be enhanced, at any time, during the process of
being made, by merely changing the position of the
layers of ‘lie clay—making them either zigzag, or par
allel to each other. Thirty thousand of these Knobs
or burnt at a time.
The rooms in which the various parts of the Locks
are made,cannot be described in one letter—although
die process of making them is very simple. Every pari
of the look is cut out by a machine made for the
purpose. Each part is cutout by a steel punch made
■expressly for it. The various pieces are then taken and
polished on a swiftly-revolving emery-wheel, from
which the fire flies with blazing intensity, caused by the
ignition of the particle# of metal ajKtiey arc thrown off
The whole operation of making the looks is not only
ingenious but beautiful. About one hundred of theoe
are made every day.
I saw two German Canary birds in a Fancier’s Store,
the other day, that had been taught to sing by a Night
iugale. !Ie had also an English Bulfinch which whis
tled two very pretty tunes—several Goldfinches aud
one Java Sparrow. These birds sometimes bring from
fifty to a hundred dollars.
In my Letter, No. 10, your Printer has metamor
phosed my ‘hot-bod lettuces, that were as big ss rabbit's
ears,’ into those that are as hig as rabbits themselves
—(a thing that was never h'-ard of before) —thereby
making me assert an absolut impossibility. I, there
fore, correct the sentence here for him and your
readers also.
I met with a friend to-day who had seen many sor
rows. Under the languid boughs of a lonesome wil
low whose verdant limb# swept the ground with a per
rennial sorrow, we sat down and wept over the long
cherished remembrance of our departed joys! After
lie had wept the fountain of his tears all dry. he
lifted up his bowed head an I said, * Oh ! World ! Oh!
Life! Oh! Death ! what are we. and what are we
to become ;’ Said Ito him, ‘M/ friend ! a warm of
this world, then spake to the butterfly that ie to be
in Heaven.’
‘The path of sorrow, and that p ith *lon, /
Leads to the p'aeo where sorrow is unknown.* /
Ina M. 8. work, which I now have before me, en
titled Hirtus Deliciarum ; or The Garden of De
lighte, I have shown the difference between the polite
ness of the French and the Mus*nlme'n of the East.
I have therein shown the difference between real and
irtifieial ufbanity. It is not mv object, on the present
occasion, to give you any extracts from that work, but
nefely to copy, for your consideration, an Oriental
Letter (nun Nesohid El llaesan Pasha to Dr. Ayer, of
liowel], Massachusetts, which I now hold in my hand,
dv object Avr doi..g so. .is, to show you how Car it is, in
■very respect, above any thing ever written on asimi
ar occasion-—this tide of the Mussulman dominions
Hie diplomatic correspondence of our great statesmen
appears absolutely ‘stale and unprofitable’ when oont
aared with it. The fact is, it is a beautifttl little Epia
jiifatory Poem. -•• . t . -
El Hassan, the author of it, is the ruling Pasha of
rrelpzond, at Ezeroum. Uis thus addressed to Dr. A.
C. Ayer, the proprietor of the Cherry Pectoral t—
‘To Dr. J. C. Ayer; the Chemist of rare learning,
at Lswel, in Massachusetts of the United States.—
Gon is great forever I have received your
letter of affectionate love, with the present of choice
Essence in Bottles, by which your excellent sl*ill teach
es to cure the afflictions of my children, y’
As the life of one of ray people is radre dear to me
than Camels and Gold, we shall pray for you in our
heart when they are raised up from the tent rs sorrow
by this product of your deep learning and beautiful
wisdom.
For this gift of love to your friend, so distant over
many Seas, and for this rare invention of your skill,
may you be pluced in such seats of honor and dignity
among the great in knowledge, as we should offer to
you in our own dominions.
Given in this central city of our power, express by
command of N ESC AID EL HASSAN PASHA.
Willis may now hide his ‘diminished head.’and nev
er attempt again to write *‘ Returned Love Letters ”
for the Home Journal. Why, if this man had been
writing to one of the Hourisof Paradise, he could not
have written a more perfect Love Letter. Did you
ever see any thing to be compared with it ? Bulwer
could not write such an one to save him. Byron never
wrote such an one. Even the divine Shelley and Keats
have failed to leave behind them any such example of
epistolatory excellence.
When I first read it. the tears of delight swelled up
in my eyes. Would to God that I could see this man
—for he is a true Poet, every inch of him.
I have just returned from a visit to East Rock, situ
ated at the mouth of a very fertile Valley, us it appear*
tome, whicly spreads out into the beautiful plain on
which thisX-ity now stands. It is a barren-looking
Mountain, cinctured, at intervals, by dwarf-looking
hrown-foliaged trees, and crowned at the top with ev
ergreens, which look, at a distance, like Cedars.
At the foot of this Rock, is situated the little Town
called Whitneyvilie. after inventor of the
Cotton Gin. At thiis villagA ‘icy manufacture Guns
and Augers. T. 11. C.
Texas and the Texians.
To the Editor of the Georgia Cititcn :
I transmit you the following letter for publication in
y<ur valuable paper. The writer has returned from
Texas, and l as no objection to its appearance in print.
I have several more of similar character, which 1 may
send you. Let Texas have a “ hearing ”
Yours, <tc., TWIGG9.
Galveston, March 20th, 1851.
Dear Sir :—Your request that I should write you
after seeing enough of Texas to form an opinion of it*
agricultural resources and people, has been fresh in mv
mind, notwithstanding the seeming tardiness with
which it has been fulfilled.
1 took a steamship at New Orleans for G ilveston.
and was about 48 hours in making the passage. It is
made generally in 30 to 40 hours. The owners <i
the line have u eoinraet with the Government to carry
a tri-weekly mail between the two ports, and so far a*
I have heard, they are very regular ill tin ir arr.vals;
yet tin-re exists, no doubt, a Well founded complaint
against the Post Office at New Orleans for negligence
m attending to the Texas mails. Bevt*ra! steamship
arc talked ol V run in opposition to the present line,
and Maj r lleiss. formerly of the Washington Union
is said to be at the head of one, and preparing to mea
sure arms with the long established and wealthy hous.
ilatris & Morgan, of New Orleans and New York.
Galveston is estimated to bv about 1300 miles from
Macon, aud you can, by the present schedule, travel it
ill 6 days. M bat *av you to coining out next winter
to .-e* this young and flourishing Suite 7 You cun
purchase a horse at Galveston or Houston, or at ati)
other point on the coast you may be inclined to disem
bark for the iutei’ior of the State, lor the examination
of the lands. Travelling on horseback is the only
way you can form an adequate idea of the lands, and
is the ouly way you oan see the people in the light tin y
should be seen to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion ol
the morals, manners and social condition of the Tex
ians.
1 passed from Galveston to Houston, once the Cap
ital of the Republic as, and took lodgings alth*
*’ “hi Capitol,.” wh y lr [ *, long since been converted
into a Hotel, aii 4 eomrol of a txLiFO 11,11
from Nashville. XMBMfloiv ii parlor was^rniw-t.V,
Representative's C .Vibe dining room the 8 rn
ate, and the of Government,
sleeping rooms.—. Capitol remained here a short
time, (two or three yeaps.) when the Congress of the
R. public thought proper to remove it, and after loca
ting, it at various pUces.it was filially removed to
Austin, and by a recent vote of the people, has been
made permanent for 20 years. During my passage to
Houston, I saw the battle-field where the 700 Texians.
“ the forloru hope of the Republic, ” boldly confronted
Gen. Saifta Anna, the self siyicd Conqueror of the
West. There exists, at this time, many relics scat
tered over the ground to convince one of the carnage
and destruction of that day. But how changed is the
field from the battle and blood of that day, for the high
and ennobling purposes for which it is now appropria
ted. The pioneers of the Gospel have taken posses
sion of it, erected a camp-ground, aud last September
thousands of people assembled to hear the Gospel
preached upon the very spot where was beard com
mingling in the wildest accents the thunders of Texian
and Mexican artillery. The “ Loue Star ” had been
unfurled, the standard of revolution erected upon
many a field, had beeu torn down and scattered to tb<
winds by the great Conqueror of the West. It was
reserved, as if to humble ihe pride of the Mexican com
mand, r. the army under his command, and the nation
he represented, to be scattered by a mere remnant of
the Texian army, like leaves upon the plains of Val
lambrosa. But lam inadvertently straying from tin
purpose. of this letter, and must beg a truce to the
Rcvolutiou, aud the struggles and trials incident there
to. *
From Houston I went to Montgomery county, and
attended the District Court of that county, aud had
the pleasure of hearing many members of the bar in
the argument of principles familiar to the student ot
the Common Law. Cue of the most prominent mem
bers is a Georgian. ‘lhe Texas Judiciary is almost an
anomaly in Jurisprudence. Her Legislature of 1846
lused all the principles of Law aud Equity, and every
suit is instituted, it matters not how complex the riglus
nor intricate the remedy, by petition. The defence is
generally brief, but ample forthe purposes of a decree
There were many doubts expressed by the members ol
the bar of the practicability of the change, and yet s>>
far as I heard opinions expressed, relating to the merits
of the two systems, the present has gone into univer
sal favor. During my stay in Montgomery county, I
spent several days at Major Green Woods, who re
moved from Laurens county. Georgia, to Montgomery
county, Alabama, in 1816, and a year ago emigrated
to Montgomery, Texas. Major W. informed me that
lie visited Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, before
he purchased ; saw and examined the richest lands ot
these States, lie had ever planted Cotton, ami deter
mined toadhere to it, so he preferred Colton lands. —
He bought 1400 acres in the woods for $1 per acre.—
Since then he has added 600 more, and 200 of it a few
days h tore I saw him, at 60 cents per acre. In
coining to Texas, he was unfortunate in the route, and
lost several valuable negroes hy Cholera. He had t”
build his houses, which greatly retarded hisagrioultura,
operations. He planted sufficient corn, but only ab.ni
100 aoreg in cotton, ami that in the raw prairie. He
gathered ff of it 87 bales, weighing 500 lbs. per hale
He thinks his laud will produce a bale, or 40 bushel*
of corn per acre. His lands are a mixture of wood
and prairie. i and has many advantages which a settler
will soon learn to appreciate. It is n..t the fertility
the lands that impresses Maj. W. so favorably with his
region of Texas. It is the go.*d water, fine breeze*
from the Gulf, and the high healthy condition of tha>
region of thu State, that caused him to give it the pre
ference over lands infinitely richer. In Alabama, he
luiid annually to the physicians Iroin 500 to SI,OOO.
In Texas, he has not had a case of siekn.-ss on his
plantation, though there is about 100 in number. The
lana# of Folk, Wilson, Montgomery, Grimes an I
Washington counties, belong to what is called the up
country cotton lands, and can be bough’, when unim
proved, from 50 Cents to*sl per acre, and when im
proved, from 2’ to $3.
I saw Gov. Wood, and conversed with relation tu
the lands, olim*te, $o„ of Texja. . He lives and ‘plants
on the Trinity River, and declares, unequivocally, that
his lands will produpe 5,0(0 ihf■ *m4 cotton’ pea acre,
but that 1 1-2 te 2 bale* t* ss much as he can save of
it. Snoh lands, he aays, can be bought aaimproved for
Itos2 to per acre. Gov. W. a Georgian, from
Randolph county, and settled in Polk county in 1838,
He began life in very humble circumstances, but has
risen by his good senw, tact and chivalry. He com
manded the Texas Regiment at the storming of Mon
terey, and aeted the part of a brave and chivalric offi
cer. The war made him exceedingly popular, and at
the first election for the most important office within
the gift of the people, he was elevated to the guberna
torial chair of Texas. He left Georgia greatly embar
rassed—-he is now rich.
From the cotton region, I made a visit to Oyster
Creek, which said to be the richest lands in Texas. It
is affirmed by many, and denied by none, that these
lands will produce 4 hogsheads of tugar per ac e.
which, at the present prices of the article, would pro
duce 225 to $275. This creek r : Bes3 or 4 miles from
the Brazos River, runs parallel with it for 61) or 70
miles, and flows into the Gulf. It is supposed to have
once been the bed of the River, and there is no little
evidence to support that opinion. These lands are
better adapted to the growing of sugar, which is much
more profitable thna in the cultivation of cotton. Yet
1 was told by Mrs. N . a widow lady of great ce
lebrity among the Oyster Creek planters, on account of
her excellent sense and great energy of character, that
she made generally 1 1-2 to 2 bales cotton, and from 80
to 9(1 bushels corn per acre. The planters on the creek,
without scarcely an exception, would gladly turn their
attention from cotton to sugar, were it not for the
heavy expenditure necessary tube made.and the prac
tical knowledge essential to its successful cultivation.—
These lands can be bought in an improved condition
for $lO per acre. In Louisiana they would readily
sell for 60 to SIOO per acre. Chilis and fevers are
rife on the Creek itt the fall Reason of the year. They
are said to be easily managed, and a death among ne
groes is rather uncommon. I have no doubt the
planters would use cistern water, the chills and fevers
would soon cease to annoy them. A s'rotig breeze
blows daily from the Gulf, and it invigorates and re
freshes one to ride out on the adjacent prairie.
Circumstances are rapidly tending to the settlement
of these lands. The overwhelming flood of the Mis
sissippi and Red Rivers, have driven away many plant
ers, and is destined to drive many more before those
streams can be controlled. Some of the Louisiana
planters are now coining ovtr to examine the sugar
lands of Texas, and I should not be surprised that in
10 years from this, if these lands were worth SSO per
acre.
Texas has perhaps the greatest variety of sail and
climate, woodland and prairie, mountain and valley,
ever presented to the choice of nil agriculturalist from
whieh to select, and if you should feel inclined to turn
your attention from the cultivation of the soil to the
raising of stock, there is perhaps no region of this vast
continent so well adapted for it as Northern Texas.—
There the prairies are boundless, and the mu>keet
grass grows and flourishes through all seasons of the
year. There is no interest in Texas that prospers more
ihan the Ranch when diligently watched. 1 have
heard of persons who have grown rich in a very few
years by engaging in stock raising. New Orleans pre
sents the advantages -f a goo<l market, and the Tex
ians are shipping weekly hundreds of cattle to supply
it.
I almost forgot to mention the quantity of game. I
•ravelled one day with six or seven gentlemen, and the
(Uestion was asked at night by one of them, how many
deer had been seen during the day ? The first re
sponse was 1,000; the next, 800, and after some time
spent in a friendly wrangle as to the number, it was
agreed by all that there were between f>ur and five
hundred. Wild geese were seen in great numbers
upon every pool ol water in the prairh s. Snipe and
quail, and various other birds were seen in such quan
tifies that if accurately put down in this letter, you
could scarcely give me credit for telling the truth
There arc hundreds of persons scattered over Texas
who draw the most of their daily subsistence from the
neighboring forests and prairies. It requires very litlle
exertion to live. Those living in the older States, .'ho
are fortunately free from all sordidue® and the corrupt
ing acquisitions of money, would find ample room for the
indulgence of their favorite views, and a people here
ready and anxious to fraternize.
The cities,, towns and villages generally have, good
schools, SWI ik* country as well supplied, as somey'-’
of Georgia. Austin College will soon go into opera*
■lon at Huntsville, Walker County. The Constitution
of Texas provides that one-tenth of all of her reve
nues shall be set apart for educational purposes. If th
late Compromise, by whieh she accepted teu millions
of dollars for the adjustment of her boundary, should
be considered of this character, she has at her dispo
sal already one million. Another institution is rising
of a wholly dissimilar character, and yet is as import
uit to the well-being of society as the University. It
sail institution that no State in the Union could dis
pense with without justly incurring the charge of “lin
gering in the rear’’ in the progress of improvement.—
Carolina stands solitary and alone in adhering to
the criminal jurisprudence of the “ dark ages. ” She
would do well to follow the example of Texas, and
establish a Penitentiary. Lest you might misunder
stand some of the foregoing remarks, I will sav. that
I never before in my life saw a more soberly and or
derly p*oplc than the 7Vxian*.
I have sketched at considerable length such subjects
as I conceived had a practical bearing for your espe
cial benefit, and for the benefit of other friends to
whom you may wish to show this letter. At some
other time, when I shall take refuge from a Tex a
*• Norther, ’’ and the conveniences of pen.nik and p i
per shall he placed at my command, I will dwell ii|inn
the subject of Texas Internal Improvement. Curren
cy, &e„ and inform you what she has done, and what
she proposes to do. to promote the commerce and the
settlement of the State. For the present, adieu.
Respectfully, your friend.
THUS. PINCKNEY SMITH.
LETTER FRJU COLUMBUS.
Columbus, May 26th, 1851.
Dear Citizen: —Since my List communication,
there liait not much of any thin); occurred to mar, in
the least degree, the honest and peaceable intentions of
the goodly citizens of this ** Lowell of the South. ”
True, *• Buttle Row ” still retains her pugilistic
standing, and many residents therein continue to wear
their own peculiar epectacles, but as they claim thi
exclutive privilege, their daily occurrences pass unno
ticed by the peaceable and the godly.
The Superior Court has been in session in this
city tor the last two weeJks, and it is thought will con
tinue until the end of next month.
The negro man that was tiied last Fall for commit
ting a rape on a white child, was tried last week, an I
again found guilty. The Judge has not passed sen
tence upon him, and rumor says that his attornies in
tend to take his case before the Supreme Court—thu*
giving him. in all senses of the phrase,” a white man's
chance. ” Wonder what Northern ■* Piety ” will
call it?
The lad Bently, who was-placed on trial for the
murder of young Clark, was found guilty of involun
iarv manslaughter, and sentenced to the ull extent o’
i In-law—three years imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
Tite case of this youth should be a warning to parents,
and all others having boys in charge. Striet discip
line should be enforced, and wayward youths kept
withiu a proper sphere. This way of permitting them
to visit grog-ships, and Pinal's of ill fame, is a disgrace
to the age we live in. Indeed, in thiseity, (and proba
bly the same in Macon,) it is nothing uncommon to see
a stripling, who should be kept within the reach of his
mother’s apron-strings, strutting along the side-walk,
hat cocked on one side, for the purpose of exposing as
ouch as possible a head of long, well greased hair,
puffing a tine “ Havana. ” of *• favorite brand. *’ as
suming the air and gait of some bar-room favorite of
thirty years stan ling. aetuniehed that there should b*-
so many hlastod old fool* in the world; or lounging
around bar-room*, listening to. and sometimes enter
ing into conversation with men of the worst of habit*
who take pleasure in tutoring them in the school-room
of the drunkard and vagabond. Young Bently was
permitted to indulge in Christmas frolics, get drunk—
and finally killed young Clark. ’ Such misfortune will
inevitably follow boys who ire permitted to pursue their
own will, who will steal before they will work, get
drunk whenever an opportunity offer*, kill some re
speoptble person, or get killed themselves. Parent*
should not always tie held aooountahle fur the coaduot
if their children, neither should the slightest stigma he
cast upon a whole family for the bad conduct of one
unruly member, and as a wiae people will always gov
ern their future conduct, by reflecting ou the errors of
the past, I intend these remarks for the benefit of
the community.
Quite a rich scene took place in the Court room on
Friday, whilet the Judge was calling over the State
Docket. A number of true bills had been found
against persons living in Crawford and Bridge streets
for selling liquor to, and carrying on a general traffic
with negroes. All the retailers on ** Rattle Row, ”
commencing at the corner occupied by his Excellency's
Aid-de-camp, down to the Bridge, assembl'd in th
Court room to witness the trial of their pv nquted
brithrin. I presume that you are personally acquaint
cd with Col. Mel)- , who I believe to be a ©lever
gentleman. His good nature frequently places him in
rather disagreeable situations, and on this occasion wa
the unanimous defender of the “Battle Row ” law
breakers. The Judge had scarcely uttered, “ Th.
State of Georgia r t. H. 1) , ” when a general
rush was made for the desk occupied bv their talented
counsel—‘ Col. McD——, ‘'said the Judge. “On<
moment, may it please your honor,” r< plied the Colo
nel— *• Or A. Allic. jewel ! fur the love s/ knit,
Mary, put it off! Och, Col., dear, faut will Ido ?
Sure, the Jidge will call me nixt, murther ! murther!
Bad luck to the day I lurat saw a nager! Ye's a jin
tleman. Kurnal! The curse of Cromwell on “em, sure
they niver saw mo sell a dhrop to a nager in theii
lives, faith ! They ve brought me here to the sislmn*.
and the divil a betther raised boy thin myself, ye’d find
•tween Dublin and Limerick !’’ Many other such re
marks were whispered by the parties, in a tone h>u
enough to be heard, which made stern Justice housel
crack a smile. The cases were laid over for nex
Court, to the great satisfaction of the parties iimnedi
ately interested. They then retired on the outside o
the railing, to await he issue of the case p-nding be
tween the State of Ceorgia r*J. D —u, for calf steal
ing. It appears that when the Deputy MasduiJ wa>
inforuted of the calf’s whereabouts, be reduced to th
premises of Mr. ]>., told him his business, and rv
quested him to turn the calf loose—which request, at
ter a little persuasion, was complied with. Assuan a
the calf was restored to liberty, he slatted in a run.
“head and tail up, *’ and bellowing like mad, to th
residence of his owner. The case, however, was is l ”
over for the present, but will be ealled up again arbci
an important absent witness return* front- Aksbama
A man by tike name of Jordan was arrested yestenbn
for the murder of old inatt Wilson. They were both
residents of the river District, and as the ease wiH uu
dergo a judicial investigation, further remark* at pres
ent are unnecessary.
1 notice that some of your Macon people are dissat
isfied with tlie Premium List of the Central Associa
tion Committee f.r your approaching Fair, and 1 think
they have abundant cause for dissatisfaction. Th.
ground assumed is, that none but members rs th
Central Association have any business to meddle with
the matter at all. And especially are mechanics de
ti ou need for putting in any claim to the Premiums, o
for complaining of the injustice done to the mechanical
interests, in the distribution. I should have suppose'!
that every citizen of Macon was interested in the sub
ject, and entitled to respectful consideration, from th.
fact that they have proposed to pay $4.00.> for the priv
ilege of the hair at Macon ! It that does not give a
right to speak, I know not what will. But that is no
I lie point where the shoe pinches. The same gann
was played off by the Russell and Muscogee Agricultu
ral Association, at its late Fair in this place. A straw
berry embossed silver Urn was given to one of our Horti
culturists, and a fine silver Goblet for each of the Priz
Song*, while a paltry Medal, worth from 50 cents t..
$3, was given to each of three mechanic* who pre
sented valuable products! One youth who offered a
(Meant Engine, of his own construction, received om
of these medals, uninscribed at that, while another
who presented a beautiful peace of Casting from a Co
lumbus work-shop, was honored with a medal worth
l>erhaps half a dollar! And yet there are mechanics
amongst us who are still disposed to kiss the rod that
has smitten them to ths dust, and which is yet being
well laid on, while they are in a recumbent position !
Shame on such dastards, say f.
ißy the way, I wish you tvould inform me what two
ri J chieftain* have, of late, fe-oornu con
‘-'I ed with the Editorial corps, one in Louisiana, the
‘vther in Alabama? 1 never recollect of having heard
any <>t the great men that left these diggings say tha<
they ever saw a hostile Greater; but these chieftain?
laud each other so, that a common sense man would a’
once think of the hero that went a ditch digging, ano
Pillow was his name, O !
J must close with the promise of writing to you
*cmi-oceasionally—that is, when time and npportnnit\
offers, und lam in tow n. Yours, respee fully.
OSC\R
TOE GEORGIA CITIZEN.
1. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR.
MACON, GEO. JUNE 7, 1851.
UNION NOMINATION,
FOR GOVERNOR,
HOI. HOWELL COBB,
OF CLARKE.
To I'orretiptxidfiits.
‘ Subscriber” from Atlanta will havo hi* suggestion
attended to.
The “Dying poet” on file, also a letter from T. II
C. No. 16.
W. M. S. (Fort Early) received, but neoesaril\
deferred.
Stanzas to E. by Z. ditto, ditto.
Letter from Lanier on hand but respectfully declin
ed.
To P. M. Fort Mitchell Ala.— Ml right now. It
was our oversight, in transcribing List.
Will be glad to get “Feodora” and the “lhankfu
sou” from our up-country correspondent.
Gubernatorial Nomination.
Hon Ilowell Cobh having been duly nomi
nated as the Standard Bearer of the Union
Party, in the coming contest, we take plea*
ure in hoisting his name at the head of ou
columns, with a determination to keep it then
fill the day of election and triumph. Sec pro
ceedings of Convention in another place.
The Dedication.
The new and beautiful Methodist Chnrch in th : s
city was dedicated to the service of the Almighty, or
Sunday last, with the usual ceremoui<-s of such ore*
■dons. Rev. W. T. Branham delivered the Dedicators
**rtnon from the Text.—"TAt* it none other than the
hou*e of God,” in which he sp<Jco of the nature and
••haracter of Jehovah as an object of love and venera
tion. and the great purposes designed to be ?cowiplilt*d
Sv the erection and occupancy of such tempi** <*f wor
-hip, to the community, to smiety at large, and to the
worshipping assemblies themselves.
Much prai*e is due to those who have finally sue
feeder! in completing this ta*t--fu! edifice end presenting
it. paid for, to the service of Jehovah. The build in •
• ■xteriorly is on the Doric order, 6i) by 80 feet in di
.tensions, and 25 feet high Interiorly k is divided into
116 pews 7 1-2 feet each long on the lower floor. 21 in
he gallery each 17 feet in length. The pulpit is built on
: he front of a recess 14 bv 15 feet in length and heightb
tnd 6 feet deep—with one large fluted lonic oolumn on
each side of the desk, giving a massive finish to thn
iirt of the Church. There are three aisles and circn
!r altar surrounded by heavy mahogany railing, with
-ther suitable fixtures. The whole cost of the building
including the furniture, oarpot, <fcc., will not fell short of
113.000.
The wood work was executed by Mr. James A
Knight, an l is highly creditable to his skill as a master
builder. Mr. Doyle was the contract**- for the plas
tering and has made an excellent job of k. We eon
grate late-the society and pastor on the aospicioes pros
pects under whioh they hare opened their new House.
and trust that great good may result from their ‘lakers
df Uf*D Aswsie ftf bs|)mm| mmA mnnlifr
LATE! FEOI ECEOPE.
Baltimore, June 4—10.30 P. M
The steamer Atia has arrived at New York
Liverpool, May 24. -Cotton has declined a quar
ter. Fair Orleans is quoted at 61-2. Sales of th
week 4U.0Q0 bales.
Grant Lodge I. 0. 0. F. ts Geergia.
This body convened, in annual Communica
tion. in this city, on Wednesday last, M. \V. (;
M. Elisha H. Rogers, presiding, and adjouruei
late on Thursday evening.
There were present 47 Officers and Meml-ers,
thirty Lodya having been represented in
Council. The business of the session was con.
ducted in much harmony and good fellowship
On Thursday, an election of Grand Oflieer* for
the ensuing year took place with the Allowing
result: *
P. G. Geo. W Adams DeKalb Lodge X ot 9
Savannah, M. W. G. Master; P. G.\ F. W*
Andrews, United Brothers. Lodge No. 6 Mseun
U W. D. G. Master; P. G. John I). Butt.
l-r Lodge, Augusta No. 10, R. W. G. Warden*
P. G. Geo. Patten, U. B. Lodge No 5 Macon*
R W. (v. Secretary ; P G. James M. liivins
B. No. 5 Macon, H W. G. Treasw* r; P. (J g
Conley, Washington Lodge No. 7 Augusta, R
W. G Representative.
The follow lug sultordinate officers were appoint
dby the M W. Master: • 11 1
P. G Rev C. W. Kev, W. Grand Ch| Ui n •
I*. G. W M Dibble, W.G Marshal; I’. G S J
Mutineer. VS . G. Conductor : P. G.SLLa*,) ’
W. Guardian. **’
DISTRICT DEPUTT GRAND MASTERS.
Ist. District. P. G. Jhs W White
2d - “ “ W.B Harris.
:**• u 44 j.g.m’lw
4tb - “ “ R.LM’WhunVr.
11 u Peter Fair.
th - “ “ J C.F. Clarke.
7th- “ “ J. B. Cobb.
th. w “ J. A. Robert.
*dh.\ u ** James Thweatt
l Otli. “ 44 A. Merritt.
“ * E.11.W Hunter.
12th. “ S. L. Bell.
Floyd House.
The recent arrangements and imarwtmmts ia thu
Imig estalAshed ami deservedly popular Hotel deserve
a pa**ig notice. The reeeptkm room for gentlemen
smd Bar Room adjacent. hare both been thoroughly
reie • vated by anew papering, painting and cleansing,
ontil they look ss cheerful and pfeasaut a* any nmu to
tound in the city. In addition, the 3<i room on ths
ground floor on 3d street has been newly panftVd ud
papered and furnished with two Billiard fables, he (1m
convenience “f those who take pleasure in such pstiiae
Die whole Hotel is one of ihe largest building* iu ike
being 3 stories high and having a front ontwe
of the most central streets—f 420 feet. There ara
7f> large.a.rv and cnuforiably lnrui*h**d room* ir, th..
house, with double Parlors and ail other con vrnit nets
<>f a first class Houd.
In the Ladies’ department, which is verv retired, Mr.
Williams, the geiitk-maniv |Topriet*ir.has been fortauate
iu securing the U|>eriiiMidnee f Mr*. James, a lady
of high character an i qualifications, who ha* M muck
experience in the but-iners. and ha* long been fa
vorably known n, the travelling community. Ladies
and families will here find every reasonable wish grati
fied and every comfort and luxury which may be need
ed. In the Ealing department, few Hotels can excel
ilie Floyd, as ia testified by the large number of regu
lar boarders always in the House and the great num
ber of strangers who put up tb<Teat.
Besides ilie above attractions, Omnibuses run regu
larly to and from the Hotel and the office for the South
Western Liueof Stages is kept (here. And to crown
the work of accommodation, Mr. A. B. Hartwell, ths
efficient and courteous eoperinteud'-nl of th* establish
ment, is ever nt his post, doing the agreeable and tks
useful for the public, in the blandest manner and ruu*V
capital style.
All Irrffit. —Ou Wednesday last k voting
tnan of the name of J. W. Clifford, who ha*
been, for a few months past, a resident of this
vicinity was arrested ou a charge of attempting
to abduct negroes from their owners. Infor
mation had been forwarded from Virginia that
a man of the name of Crawford hail there been
arrested on a charge of theft, in whose posses
sion a letter was found post marked Macon, and
signed by J. \V. Clifford, which was a detail of
some plans meditated to “raise the wind” by
running off negroes. We have not seen the copy
of this letter which was sent out, but und'-r-tand
that, taken literally, there is sufficient evidence
in it, to show a felonious purpose. After ex
animation Iwforea Board of Magistrates, Clifford
was sent to jail to await the receipt of the orig •
inal letter which has been written for.
We have had a slight acquaintance with Mr.
Clifford, a- an occasional poetical ami miscel
laneous contributor to our columns, under the
eigualure of ‘ J. W. Clifford, U S. A.’’ lie hav
ing been once, as he says, a in -mher of th* Ca
det Corps at West Point N. Y. He say* he it
a relative to the Lion. Mr. Clifford, late At
torney General of the U S. and has other
friends who will Ik* willing tosja-ak and act in
his b'haif. In our judgment, the young man
is a misanthropic and in rb;dlv sensitive indi
vidual, of some Considerable smartness, but of
.visionary notion-’ in general, and we think it will
turn out that the letter in question is a foolish
and gaxpy production of an erratic and way
ward youth to a chum of the same kidney, with
out any thought of carrying out the scheme*
apparently concocted therein. The young mao
Craw ford is said to be. a relative of the distin
guished family of that name, in Georgia. I ut.
we cannot understand, for certain, that such is
the fact. Gen. J . W. Armstrong is the own*r
of one of the negro-s tampered with, who
is now absent, without leave, frorolho service of
his master. It is, therefore, due to all parti**,
that Clifford should have a fair trial and a jut
recompense according to his deserts, and wc ara
sure he will git it from our authorities.
f ease, ?. r T!— “a hsve had our attention cad
•*d to a paragraph in a late number of the Atlanta “/a*
telligencer wherein the editor seeks to create the im
pression that we have stigmatized Atlanta by using th*
terra “Snake nation city’* in referenoe to a
e.ality iu that bargh. Our numerous readers in Atlanta
will do ns the justice to believe that we have the great
-st possible respect for their town and people. In
playful “squib” in reply to the depreciating remark* of
the Rome “Southerner’’ eonc*-rnihg MaCon. weonly at
tended to bint the particular kind of haepitelity which
that individual must hate received within the limit*
\tlanta, and which so endeared the place to hi* deligh
ted senses, as to cause him to make invidious compan
ion against this city. That was all! No more, n*
les*! And the contemptible puppy wb<> has sought to
iinke other use of our remarka, had better travel back
i*on to the sneaking kennel whence he was lately im
ported, and no longer yelp at he heels of passer* hr. R*
i* too insignificant for any other notie*- than that which
gentleman may give with the flexor and extent*
nuscle* of kia leg to any snarling our that crototo b*
path.
Onr Book Table.
Mewrs. J. J & S. p Richsr.Uhavs laid tm tmr •
via, Stringer and Townsend’s “International Mag** lo *
for June. It is a Urge Octavo monthly of 144
etter press exceedingly well printed and
with a variety of wood cut embellishments. I’ “
tainly one of the best Magazines of tbs kino n<
liahed. Price $3 per annum. To be had of Ra *
From the same boose (J. J.46.P- R I .
neived “the Glenns, a family history, by J-. h
neli, number. Jfa arias of Books design^ lo !“V f l
the peculiarities of Western and Southern
Life and Mannet*.” _ to
Also, a aopy of “Grand mother's
E. A. Rodasun dtsignsdan rtory
by whom* wtß On dan into** - *** ’