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r ansient or fiermauent boarders, than this same Ho
*,.} j n the Universe. The Bill of Fare is not only
sum ptuous, but of the very best quality—tho Nectar
and Ambrosia of the Greek Symposium not surpass
ing. if ever even equaling , the deliciousness of the
Dessert.
8 mthern gentlemen, coming to the North, ought
never to fail to stop at this splendid Hotel—for a finer
locality for a summer residence, cannot be found in the
world. It is not only the Tontine —by name—that is,
a Hotel for the higher classes of society—but, also,
bv actual precedence.
The editor of the Journal and Courier, of this city,
published an article in his paper yesterday, which he
The beauties of the Fugitive Slarc Law—r’
insidiously reflecting on tho operation of that Haw.
This he does in noticing the ease of a fugitive slave re
claimed from Pennsylvania by her Master, who, during
her residence in that State, h id a child which the State
claims from the owner as being free-born. This claim,
it is asserted, will be carried up to the Supreme Court.
Now it is a notorious fact, known to every body in the
South, that the oflspring of a slave belongs to tho own
er of that slave. If the slate belongs to the owner,
taauscshe owes him a terra of service in the State, the
children, also, belong to him. This is the law of the
slave States —the very law by which the mother is
claimed. As the mother is claimed by a law of the
slave States, so is the child, because, by a law of
these States, the-children, born of a slave, arc
slaves. Their being born in a free State has nothing to
do with the matter, precisely because that State has
no business with either the mother or the child.
The Rev. Mr. Foster, of Concord, it is said, bellowed
like a California bull, as Simms, the fugitive slave, was
taken on board the Ship Acorn to be conveyed to Sa
vannah. Poor fellow 1 what a pity it is that he did
not have money enough to buy his dear black brother
from his Master ! From all that I ean learn about the
matter, he ‘took on’ a good deal more for the ‘Nigger'’
tbanthe Nigger’ did for himself. We are commanded,
in Scripture, to ‘love our neighbor as ourself,’ but hero
was a cold blooded hypocrite who loved a ‘Nigger bet
tor than the ‘Nigger 1 did himself. W hat sort of a
place is this Concord, that this Ninnyhammer could
not find somebody to love ? Have they no poor devils
there, as in all the New England Towns, upon which
this Pharisaical Samaritan could pour out the vials
of his cold water sympathy ? I wonder this pitiful
Levite did not follow the p*x>r slave all the way to the
South, aud buy him of his Master. I should think that
any man would rather do that than suffer as he has
done. I, for one, will believe that lie is in earnest,
after he has given this proof of sincerity —but never
until then.
It is also stated that Abby Folsom slept in the streets
of Boston the night after his departure. This I sup
pose she did in order to pay penance to the Devil lor
the obligations under which she rests towards him.
L'he only bell that tolled in Marblehead at the depar
t of this Negro for the South, belonged to the
Church whose laws prohibit Negroes from occupying
pews. What do you call this ? Is not this outher
iii,g Herod ? Is not this acting the hypocrite l with a
v ingenues? 1 What ought, to be done with just such peo
ple as these? Oh.’ ye generation of Vipers!’ all
the harm I wish you is, that you may visit the South
. one time before you die. x
The Emperor of Russia has presented the King of
. Prussia with a chain of perfect brilliants worth a million
Thalers—s72o,ooo. I wonder what he did that for?
Something bad, you may know—or he would have
followed the advice which Christ gave to the rich man
when he told him to sell all that he had and give it to
the poor.
The people of this State have re-elected Seymour,
Democratic Governor, who is now presiding at Hart
ford.
I understand that an old antiquated libertine, of Mid
dletown, who has been stuffing his pot-belly for the
last fifteen years with Official Suekertash, has left the
Democratic ranks, and is now tapping for admittance at
the wicket of the Wigwam of the Whigs.
A viler libertine, or a more abandoned profligate, nev
er crawled, leaving his pestiferous slime, upon the of
fended Earth. The only gift which he ought ever to
receive from the hands of the people, is, n strong rope
He is the coward, who, one evening, took unlawful
liberties with the person of a married lady, begging
her at the same time, not to tell her husband. No
wonder he has left the Democratic ranks, when his
lawless goatism is ‘rank and smells to Heaven,’ aud
even outstinks the ammoniacal funkiness of the great
Ilarlet of Babylon herself. There is but one man in
the world who can match him, and he is of the same
place—a hog by name as well as by nature —although
his meanness is of a different nature —mercenary.—
•He goes‘a longing’ after the ‘Mammon of unright
rttitsness,’ while thß oilier fellow is after married tt o
nicti.
The only drawback to a man's felicities here, is the
continual ringing of the Bells. Before one gete done
another begins. The following is something like the
perenxiiitl monotone which they incessantly ring out
here:
Bing, bang, bong,
Bong, bang, bing;
Sing, sang, song,
Song, sang, sing.
I think it very wrong
You should ring so long—
Bing —bang—BONG !
Song, sang, sing,
Sing, sang, song;
Bong, bang, bing,
Bing, bang, bong.
I think it very wrong
You should ring so long—
Bing —bang—BONG !
Cling, clang, clong,
Clong, clang, clingy/
Ding, dang, dong,
Dong, dang, ding.
I think it very wrong
You should ring so long—
Ding —dang—DONG !
For the song you have sung,
All the whole day long,
With your great iron tongue,
Is, bing, bang, bong,
And bong, bang, bing ;
And cling, clang, clong ;
And I think it very wrong
You should l ing so long—
A-bing —bang—BONG !
And a-bing —bang—BlNG !
We bad Asparagus to-day for dinner for the first
time this Season.
The Sun of Seward, the patron of humbugs, and the
Abolition candidate for premature damnation— has
gone down behind eternity to rise no more.
The wooily heads of all the New England States have
received his and John Van Buren’s late letters with
rather lukewarm copamendations. It is now just a
bout time that BiJJy7 humbug , and John, the prince,
had shut up shop.
Sir Henry Bulwer, the little-great Plenipotentiary
of England, is on his way to visit the San Marino of
the South. South Carolina may, probably, permit him
to sop iu her hospitable dish, but let her beware of
his kiss.
The Mormons have recently held a great Council, at
which they have issued a proclamation to all the Saints,
rbiddiog the use of wine and tobacco. What will
he hypocritical sectarians of all Christendom think of
“ ? Will they not open their eyes and months, too,
• n they find this out ? Here is a step made in civi
-aiion which puts to shame all that has ever been
<tone by the Pharisees of self righteousness for the
past eighteen hundred years. Well done for the Mor
mons ! I wonder what will be said about poor Joe
Smith nou> ? If be is not in Heaven for this, what
chance have these ravenous ‘wolves in sheep's cloth
ing,’of ever getting there? None— less than none!
Poor Joe! you were shot dead —not because there
were not others living who deserved it a million times
more, but because there always has been, and always
will be more Hell than Heaven upon the earth.
I have jast received, from London, a book which I
would not exchange for its weight iu gold. It is an
fcidplay, in Five Act*, written by John Lily, who was
one of the greatest geniuses that ever lived, and is
-70 years old. He was a wild Swan who. wound his
pliant neck in amorous delight, aronnd thafof his milk
white mate upon the waters of Anderida ; but is now
gne to circle on the Lakes of Heaven. lie was one
of the sweetest singers that ever raised his clarion voice
to the gates of Gcd.
The belle are now ringing louder than ever The
bellowing of the Bullgine’ and the ringing of the
bells make this city, at times, quite a Babel. Children,
brought up under the continual sounding of bells, will
be melancholly people when they are grown-—distin
guished principally for their groaning.
A young College lark, who is paying his court to a
young lady, in this oity, said, the other evening to his
dulcinea, ‘suppose two such planets as you and I were
to come together, what would we make ? ‘A little
Son, I guess,’ said she, evidently thinking nothing, but
‘remaining as innocent as a lamb all the while.
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LETTER FROM DOOLY.
Fort Early, Dooly Cos., )
May 25, 1851. J
Dear Doctor A voice from the land of shepherds
desires to greet you on many subjects, to speak from
tho precincts of the above named beautiful region to
one who has Kittled so successfully in the cause of re
publicanism and the Union—the voice of one who has
battled with you in patriotic efforts (though in a limited
sphere) for Americanism and our glorious confedera
tion, congratulates you on the triumph of your exeel
lent and independent paper, and the brilliant prospec
tive of its fame in the support of its cardinal principle,
the Constitutional Union.
Our Inferior Court is passed, tho litigauts and friends
of law and order have returned to their respective avo
cations, to await the Fall Session. Nothing worthy of
note occurred during the term, except the manifestation
of the diminution of crime and indictment In our midst,
together with diminished immorality and neglect of
wholesome ministration of laws. Numbers of intel
ligent and worthy strangers are moving to our pro
ductive cotton land, to stimulate the already industri
ous and rapidly growing population, giving tho hope
that old Doolv will ere long wipe all stains from her
escutcheon, and be elevated to the first rank of coun
ties in the State.
The drought has continued here in the neighbor
hood of three weeks, and if it does not rain shortly,
there is some danger of late oats being cut off, and of
some distress on this account, connected with the fail
ure of the last corn crop and the over-planting of cot
ton. However, as Dr. Postell said, on last Sabbath, I
am “In hope that God may avert the evils that pend
over us, together with those that threaten our beloved
country. ’’
The people here have due regard for the proper edu
cation of their children, being conscious that they can
not be free if slaves to ignorance. They have not
only evinced their interest in the cause by previous acts
of liberality and exertion, but many of them assembled
during Court, according to the recommendation of the
Grand Jury, and appointed delegates to the Common
School Convention at Marietta on tho Btli of July next.
May I remark in regard to old Dooly, that judging
of the future from the past and the signs of the times,
she is preparing to give a round majority in the next
election for the Constitutional Union candidate. She
is making the necessary arrangements, by appointing
delegates from each Militia District to nominate candi
dates for the ensuing election. The first Saturday in
August next is the day for nominating a Senator for
the Senatorial District composed of the counties of
Dooly and Sumter.
We have had some few eases of Scarlatina Angino
sa, and indeed several have proved, through *eglect,or
otherwise, fatal. Its constitution was asthenic, parta
king of a congestive typhoid character. Tho health of
the community is otherwise generally goo*].
W. M. 9.
Important from South America.
Severe Earthquake in Chili—atteirrpted Rcrtilu
tion, tyc.
On the second of April, at a quarter past A. M.,
Valparaiso was visited by one of th*e calamities so fre
quent in volcanic countries.
The severest shock ever felt since tho great earth
quake of the year 1822, when Valparaiso was almost
totally destroyed, has created a panic not equalled by
any former event.
A severe trembling of the earth, of fifteen seconds
duration, prolonged by less violent after shocks, to two
minutes, which two minutes appears as so many hours
to those whose lives ar.d property were endangered, lias
in so short a time destroyed several hundred dwellings,
and has made a great number of persons houseless.
The temperature during the earthquake was hot and
oppressive, but no alteration took place iu the thermom
eter, which stood 62.
During the eventful fifteen seconds, the houses rock
ed to and fro as so many vessels at sea.
Not a breeze was perceptible during the whole of the
day ; and slighter shocks continued at 6 46 minutes,
6 56 minutes, 8 55 minutes, 10 55 minutes, and have
continued ever since, of more or less strength and du
ration.
There was an abortive attempt made to overthrow
the government of Chili, on the 20th of April, which
the Reporter thus notices :
At three o’clock in the morning of the 20ili inst. the
battalion Valdivia marched out of their barracks, head
ed by Colonel Urriola, and hoping to be supported by
the populace of the city, endeavored to take by assault
the barracks of the artillery, for the purpose of procur
ing arms for them. In the meantime the President,
with a large nnmbcr of the national guard and half the
battalion of Chaeabuco, together with many volunteers
of the highest respectability, put himself at their head,
and put the insurgents to flight.
Letters from Guiaquil state that tho presidential
election took place on the 24th of February, and that
sir Diego Novos had been elected with 23 votes out of
29.
His election seetns not to meet with the satisfaction
of the greater number of the inhabitants of that republic,
and the province of Guayaquil is particularly dissatisfied
with the nominotiou of their governor, Signor D. Man
uel Carbo a nephew of tiie President, who is consider
ed to be a man of no merit and much presumption.
If this is the case we shall hear of further revolutions
and bloodshed, and New Grenada, which is daily in
creasing its forces on the frontiers, will find it very easy
to incorporate the same under its own government.
Executive Committee of Thirteen, --The
following gentlemen have been appointed by the Presi
dent of the late Union Convention, the Executive
Committee of the Tarty :
Messrs. Merriwether, Murphey, Sanford, Thomas
J. Burney, Thomas of Hancock, Hardeman of Jones,
Armstrong of Bibb, Andrews of Wilkes, Williamson
of Newton, Bigliam of Troup, Poe of Richmond,
Johnson of Muscogee, and Flournoy of Washington.
— Milledgecille Recorder, June 10.
Georgia Baptist Convention. —This Ec
elestastieal body closed its annual session at
Perry, Houston couuty on Monday last, after a
sesssioii of four clays. lion. Thomas Stocks of
Green presided on the occasion.
“Among its various matters of important bus
iness, was the election of anew Board oflrus
tees of Mercer University, whose funded en
dowment of $120,000 and Theological fund of
$30,000, are entrusted to this Convention. Be
sides these, there are two other Academies be
louging to the Convention, with liberal en
dowments. Upwards 0£50,000 for educational
and benevolent objects, this year passed through
the hands of the Treasurer, besides the manifold
local charities, of which no account is given,
within the bounds of the several Associations.
The number of Associations reported for the
previous year, was 57; churches, 1,132; ordain
ed Ministers, 628; and church members, about
70,000. Os these about 53,000 are directly
connected with the Convention, and 14,207 are
colored members.”
The Convention also appointed three Dele
gates to the Educational Convention, at Mari
etta, on the Bth of July next, a movement was
also made to remove the publication office of the
Denomination paper —the Christian Index-to
Savannah.
Noah was the fir3t Ak-itcct of whom we
have any record.
The New Female Costume.
For the gratification of our lady readers we
this day give a graphic illustration of the New
Costume, in one of its phases, together with
such comments and explanations as will enable
them to understand the merits of the interesting
question.
From the (i\. Y.) Sunday Morning News.
Eureka! we have found it! Our artist has
seen one of the angels in Turkish and here she
is. “Haraara of Ilaroun,’’ as T. D. Smith says,
“Tob!”
To Mrs. Bloomer of an interior village of New
York State is the world indebted for the discov
ery that ladies may wear the Trousers in pub
lic as well as in the sanctity of the domestic
circle. Mrs. Burleigh and the two Misses Bur
leigh, were about the next to follow suit. Next
Mrs. Stvisshelm let out, arid there is little doubt
when old Ma’am Mott, and Abby Kelly are
next seen they will be buttoned up in the most
approved style. As far as our reporter has been
able to investigate, the fashionable cut consists
of a short robe reaching to the knees or upwards
according to fancy, the skirt gathered in as
usual, and swelled out by the “customary
means” to give sufficient fulness in the rear; and
no use for a whalebone boddice. But the trou
sers remain yet to be described. The fair young
creature pictured at the head of this column
has hers made tight, although many of her sis
ters employ what husbands will be apt to think
an unnecessary quantity of gauze, —we are told
on creditable authority about fifty-three yards
for a lady of ordinary understandings. These
“ extended garments’’ reach from the waist to
the ancles where they are gathered into a band
and buttoned round the ancle, or what is pret
tier, gathered or plaited up about two inches in
deptli and left sufficiently wide for the foot to
pass through.
Mrs. Bloomer, of “The Lily, ’’ a leader in the
movement, thus describes the new dress:
Our costume is yet by no means perfected;
there is a lack of harmony in the dress we now
wear, which is nothing different from the reign
ing fashion, except that our skirts have been
robbed of alxrat a foot of their former length
and a pair of'oose trowsers of the same mate
rial as the dress, substituted. These latter ex
tend from the waist to the ankle, and may be
gathered into a band and buttoned round the
ankle, or, what we think prettier, gathered or
plaited up about two iuches in depth, and left
sufficiently wide for the foot to pass through,
and allow of their falling over the top of the
gaiter. They may be trimmed to suit the wear
er. Instead of tho whalebone bodies, the dress
should be made with a sack front, entire front
the shoulder to the knees, and a tight back, with
the skirt gathered in a3 usual: or cut the
whole in the sack style—fitting the form to the
waist, and then let it swell out, giving sufficient
fullness to the skirt. Shawls must be abandon
ed, and a sack ot mantilla take their place, n
nice fitting boot or gaiter, and a round hat
would make the whole unique.
Our dress is, thus far, a mere experiment, and
not what we think it should be. It takes time
to revolutionize one’s wardrobe, as well as one’s
opinions.
The New Costume.—A Lowell correspondent
of the Boston Bee says quite a large number of
young ladies in that city have made arrange
ments to attend church in the Bloomer cos
tume. It is stated that over a dozen young
ladies in Haverhill adopted the new costume
this week, and we hear of individual “pioneers’’
in various directions. Who doubts notv that
the world is “progressing ?’’
Boston*, May 28.— Although the new cos
tume for ladies has been worn in our streets but
in one or two cases, the matter has excited a
deep interest in the social circle, and I have
understood that many of our most respectable
ladies seriously intend to adopt the new style.
A shop keeper in Washington st. has displayed
for several days past atjiis window a wax fig
ure beautifully dressed ala Bloomer , which has
attracted general notice, and, I do not hesitate
to say, general admiration. Crowds stand
around the window from morning till night, and
I have several times stopped to listen to the
comments which the notcl exhibition calls forth,
particularly from the ladies. In no instance have
I heard an expression of disapproval, but many
have uttered exclamations of admiration. This
dress will yet be popular. lam glad that you
have given place to the favorable notices of it by
journals in various parts of the country. A
friend of mine in Providence, a lady of high so
cial position, as is about to adopt it.
Tue New Costume.
A Blumer of ‘sweet sixteen’ appeared on
Washington street Saturday afternoon, and at
traded a degree of respectful attention. She
wore a Gipsey hat, tastefully arranged, a tunic
of rich, bright blue material, reaching to the
knees. It fitted snugly around the neck and
opened in front to the waist, exposing a neat
muslin habit shirt beneath a laced bodice in
the Tyrolean style. Around the wait was a
neat belt of the same material of the tunic. The
skirt hung rather full to the knees. The trou
sers were of rich white muslin, hanging full
from knees and suddenly tapering at the ancle,
and closely fitting around the top of a handsome
laced kid boot. A young lady with a Gipsey
hat, pink tunic, and white muslin trousers, was
also out on Saturday. The young lady in blue
was accompanied by her mother; the lady in
pink walked with a gentleman. These dresses
are fast coming info vogue. We think decided
improvement may he made in the style of the
art. This costume will he found most conven
ient for those ladies who intend climbing the
White Mountains this season.
LATER FROM ELROPE.
New York, June 10.
Cotton firm. Sales 51,000 bales. The America
which left Liverpool, on the 31st ult., arrived at Bos
ton, on \V ednesday [?] morning. Cotton was firm at
the same rates that were prevalent at the sailing of the
Asia on the 24th ult. The quotations are Fair Up
lands 5 3-4d., Orleans 6 l-2d. sales of the week amount
ed to fifiy-one thousand bales, of which Exporters
took five thousand. In the Havre Market on the 28th
olt., Cotton declined three or four francs. Sales had
amounted to 3,000 bales. The stock on hand was
116,000 bales. Ten ships, however, were then due.
THEGEOBmcmm.
L. F. W; ANDREWS, EDITOR.
MACON, GEO. JUNE 14, 1851.
UNION NOMINATION,
FOR GOVERNOR,
HOI. HOWELL COBB,
OF CLARKE.
Terms of the Citizen.
Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, payable
within three months from the time of subscribing, or
Two Dollurs cash in hand, are the conditions of sub
scription to this paper. Subscribers who liavo not yet
paid for volume 2d, owe each $2 50, which they will
please settle without delay.
Dry Weather- -We hear complaints from all
quarters of the State, of the extreme dry weather,
which threatens total ruin to the growing crops, unless
there is a change, soon. At Columbus on Sunday last,
they had a fine shower, and an occasional sprinkle has
been vouchsafed to some other localities ; but nothing
like a general raiu has yet blessed the labors of the
planter. The corn crop nrast inevitably be short iu
the region round übout.
City nsst OtlLc^.
The appointment ojtyA>st Master for this place,
in room of Capt. Conner, has been conferred on
James A. Nisbet Esq. He is a gentleman of
fine business qualifications and undoubted in
tegrity, and should he accept the honor, so flat
teringly conferred, will doubtless make an effi
cient and popular officer.
He probably knows as well as any man what
the public convenience demands from the Post
master of a placo like this, and knowing his du
ty, will be likely to perform it, with credit to him
self and satisfaction to the community.
Have Patience.- -Our Correspondents must ex
ercise patience. We liopo soon to be able to give a
showing to all we deem worthy. Our protracted si
lence in relation to others may be considered conclu
sive evidence that we decline their favors, for various
reasons—some on account of illegibility and want of
proper preparation tor the Press, and others because of
objections inherent in the contributions, or in the style
and manner thereof.
Dr. Olivers’ Drama.
We conclude this fine specimen of dramatic writing
in the present number, and hope our readers have been
as well entertained with it as wo have been. Its beau
ties can, however, be better appreciated by a continu
ous reading than in detached parts. In tho 3d Act,
published May 31, there are some errors which, injus
tice to the author, we will here correct.
In Scene 2*l Act 3*l, 6th line of the text, for
“ Which gazes from the bottom of the soul, ”
read “ which oozes, “ &e.
In Alvino’s speech, same Scene, 30th line from top
of column, the word my is omitted. It should read—
“ But stronger tlian my fear is iny revenge. ”
In Scene 3d, 20th line from top of column, the word
“ Alvino” should bo “Behold,” and in the 4th lino
of text below in Count Alvar’s speech for the word
Revenge read Vengeance , thus: “ Alvino, may the
vengeance of the Gods,” <fcc. In the 11th lino from
top of same column, for thet horn read the thorn.
Military Excorsion.— The‘Floyd Rifles’ Capt.
Ross, left this civ A: ‘'JTdnesda y morning last, on n
trip to Mad; ‘
TSIC WO V. 11* —'Through the politeness
of MoiisiourM. A. Andrieu, Captain of the new and
spiendid Barque Diorama of which 11. Lnvi is Mate,
we took a trip on Thursday evening last, to the World’s
Fair, London, —saw Ilyde Park iu all its glory,—
London tit sons* ! with the arrival of the Birmingham
train—and visited the magnificent Ckrystal Palace 4 n
all its glorious and gorgeous boanty, besides seeing
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria Ao. aud returned home
to Macon, in less than an hour by the watch ! Those
desirous of taking a like trip can Jo so, this evening,
at tho very low rate of 50 cents the passage, See Ad
vertisement.
Opening of (he S. W. Rail Road.
On Saturday last, a large party of citizens, by invi
tation of the officers of the road, took un excursion to
Fort Valley to celebrate the opening of the S. W. 11.
Iload to that point. On arriving at the Fort, a large con
course of the citizens of Houston and adjacent counties
were convened to welcome the visitors and join in con
gratulations on the interesting occasion. 1 )r. Green made
a welcome address which was responded to in a feli
citous manner by Col. Reynolds, President ot the Com
pany. Alter which, feasling, dancing, promenading,
&c. were the order of the day till time for the return of
the Cars to Macon. Judging from the notices given
by our cotcinporarics, of the affair, (for we were depriv
ed of the pleasure of being present) every thing went
off in fine style, especially with those who dined at the
Hotel. One of these cotemporaries must have dined on
Ambrosia and sipped of Nectar, such as the gods do
use ! Hear him !
“ The effects of the change from the dust and pent
up dwellings of the city to the broad surface of the
country were very perceptible—in the light kindling
eyes,—the red cherry lips,—the rosy lined cheeks, and
the animating glances of our fair passengers.
********
“ These ceremonies being over, in a little while cotil
lion parties were formed in the Railroad warehouse,
and whilst the graver of the party employed themselves
in social intercourse and promenading on the adjoining
ground, the more youthful and vivacious joined in tho
animating dance. Thus delightfully whiled away the
time until the hour of dinner arrived. A barbecue,
composed of every luxury which the hospitable and
abundant neighborhood affords, was then served up, to
which the company did full justice, being well prepar
ed with appetites, sharpened by the invigorating exer
cises of the day.”
A friend at our elbow, asks “ Samivel ” how he
liked the Potatoes, long Coiisrds and other vegetables
of the barbecue ?
The Secession Convention,
The secesiouists of Georgia, at their late Convention
at Milledgeville, wore unable to agree upon a name by
which they should be known, and designated in the
present canvass. The name.* of “Southern Rights,”
“Democratic Southern Rights” “Democratic Whig
Southern Rights.” “ Fire Eaters’’ and “ Republican
Southern Rights’ r scre all rejected as inappropriate to
tho existing political conglomeration that n-et at
Milledgeville, last month. We are v liowever, not with
out evidence, whut name would suit this party to a hair.
Their Resolutions do not, it is I rue, shed any light
upon the subject, Kit their nomination of a candidate
does. Charles J. McDonald was the V. President of the
Ist Nashville Convention and President of the 2d. lit
is identified with the principles avowed by that treason
able Cabal, and must stand or fall, therefore, on the is
sue thus presented. It is, then, a fair presumption, that
the nomination of McDonald by the nameless Con
vention, is a full endorsement, on its part, of all of bis
principles and political conduct. Judging, then, by
the latter alone, the Convention aforesaid has commit
ted itself, soul, body and breeches, to the cause of dis
union and secession ! Its leaders, moreover, being
mixed up with the late Cuba Expedition are entitled to
the expressive name given to the latter, by general con
sent, —to wit that of “ Filibusters'’ and by that de
signation shall hereafter be known, in our columns, in
contradistinction from their opponents, the Constitu
tional Union men of Georgia.
The issue then is fairly made. It is Union or Disun
ion—the laws and compromises of tho Constitution vs
the horrors of secession and dissolution 1 What pa
triot is not ready, to meet the question, at once and for
ever? “To your tents of Israel!” The nncircumeised
political Philistines arc upon you!
Mr. Webster.— Thongh differing, radicall y
from some of the sentiments of Mr. Webster, as given in
his late Buffalo speech, in reference to the extension of
slavery into new territory acquired by the blood and
treasure of the whole United States, we take pleasure
in giving publicity to the views of that great statesman
touching the duty of Congress to carry out, in good faith,
all the Compromises of the Constitution in favor of the
South. In liis Albany speech, Mr. W. thus expressed
himself on this subject:
“W ell, under this state of things, in 1850, I was of
opinion that common justice and good faith called upon
us to make a law—fair, reasonable, equitable, just—
that should be calculated to carry this constitutional
provision into effect, and give the southern Stages what
they were entitled to, and what it was intended origin
ally they should receive—that is, a fair right to recover
their fugitives from service from the States into which
they have fled. I was of the opinion that it was the
bounden duty of Congress to pass such a law. The
South insisted that they had a right to it, and I thought
they insisted justly. It was no concession—yielding
nothing—■ gives up nothing. When oalled upon to
fulfil a compact, the question is, will you fulfil ? And
for one, I was ready. I will fulfill it by any fair aud
reasonable act of legislati m.”
Cobb’s Nomination.- -Some of the “Filibus
ters” have got a now kink in their heads about the
nomination of Mr. Cobb, and boldly charge that it ivas
only a submission ratification of President Fillmore’s
edict long since proclaimed at Washington ! Bah ‘. But
a few weeks ago this same uominntion, with others, was
charged upon tho “Macon Regency,” that was affirm
ed to have been organized in this city, for the purpose
of controlling all political matters in the State of Geor
gia ! Both cannot be true aud hence the conclusion
that neither allegation has the semblance of tru to
support it. Wonder if tbo “Filllbusters” did not get
their orders from Palmettodom, in the nomination of
McDonald ! And, wonder, tao, if the South Caroling
Bank “ promises to pay” will not be as extensively
strewed through Georgia as ‘tho leaves of Vallambrosa,’
just previous to the election in October,in order to secure
the success of their man ! Patriot* of Cherokee Geor
gia, beware of conspirators and emissaries who may trav
el your section this summer, from tbo border “nation”
north of the Savannah ! It will do no harm, at least,
to watch those, closely, who aro endeavoring to throw
dust into your eyes, as to the honesty'and patriotism
of their opponents, while they have not the moral cour
age to boldly avow their own nefarious schemes. Wit
ness the hypocrisy of the 11th Resolution of their Con
vention which professes devotion to the Union , and
ask yourselves if a body of men whose boast has been
the wish to destroy said Union, (which had be
come an accursed thhig in their sight,) are not
gross deceivers when they declare they “yield to none
in their attachment to thcUnioa’’? Again, we say, be
ware of those hypocritical politicians who with their
mouths profess to be as good Union men as any, and yet
are, in heart, the bitter enemies of the General Gov
ernment, and sworn conspirators against its existence.
“When Greek meets Greek,” &c.— Cobb
and McDonald are the cornets of the two great parties
now existing in Georgia. Personally, they are unex
ceptionable men, in character and moral worth. Both
have long been leaders of the old Democratic party and
shared largely in its confidence and honors. We shall,
of course, then have to decide between those two gen
tlemen upon other grounds than that of private worth
or personal virtue. We must view upon them as
standard bearers, merely, and look to the flag they car
ry for an exposition of their political creeds. One is the
flag of the “stars and stripes,” of the “American Ea
gle” and “Constitution”—the other, the black flag of
disunion, secession and anarchy. In point Jf talents
Cobb is tho superior of McDonald who is a very dull
and prosy* genius. Iu point of executive experience,
however, the latter has probably some advantage over
the Ibnner, but w hether that cau be made available to
him remains to be seen. It may, on investigation of
his administrative powers, be proved, as “Toots”says
of “no sort of consequence.” One tiling is certain, at
least, that he never “set the river on fire” or distinguish
ed himself, by any equally difficult performance, and
never will.
The Census.
Full returns of the late Census have been received
and yffieially published from which it appears that the
total population of the United States is 23,267,408, of
which there are 3,179,589 Slaves. The Ratio of Rep
resentation will be 93,702, which will give to Georgia
an additional member of Congress for her 77,534 frac
tion over that ratio, to make up the 232 members of
the House of Representatives established by Law. Os
course then there must be an alteration of the present
District system sons to give us our quota-of nine Rep
resentatives.
AnOtllCT Duel.- Savannah is getting to be
“ some” in the way of getting up sham
and real duels, and the shore opposite will be
soon renowned in story, as tho bloody ground
where men of honor meet to shoot at each oth
er, and jt?rehaps draw claret and />rehans not --
then adjourn home —all dishonorable stains on
the escutcheon of each being fairly wiped
out by the satisfaction given and received.
One of these combats came off on Tuesday
morning last, between two of the young bloods
of Savannah—both manned—and of the “f. f.
s.” or first families of tho ancient city of Ogle
thorpe. The parties met. fired twice at each
other, with rifles, at 25 paces distant, and did
no damage ! The matter was then reconciled
—the supposed aggressor giving a writen state
ment that he had not committed any dishonor
upon the conjugal relations of the other—Ac.
Ac. There are also various rumors afloat as to
the lady taking Laudanum and throwing a dirk
at tho Doctor who fooled her into taking an
emetic which discharged the poison, but as the
.Savannah papers do not give details of this
strange affair in uppertendom, we will not en
large upon its merits or demerits. Oh! what
potent things are wealth and high station to
muzzle the speech and the press ! It would not
have been so, if Tom tbo blacksmith had shot
Bill the Tinker for grazing in pastures not his
own.
Liberal Premiums —Weil done, Atlanta i
The infaDt Agricultural Association of that place Ims
offered a Premium of SIOO, in the shape of cash, a
Medal or Goblet, as may be preferred, for the best
Steam Engine of Southern manufacture! That is
the way to excite the spirit of industrial competition in
our State. The other Premiums are also on a liberal
scale. Fair commences on the 13th day of August.
Dr. Dodge'S Card— -If any of our Southern
friends should need the services of a New York Dent
ist, whilo sojourning in that commercial emporium,
they will find an accomplished and reliable practitioner
in the person of J. Smith Dodge, M. D., No. 27 Bond
street. Wo have known Dr. D. for years, and speak
understand!ugly. Iliscard will be found in another
column.
Correction.— ln the Georgia Citizen, ofthe 24th
May, we published the mime of R. .J. McClary, as a de
linquent subscriber who stopped his subscription with
out settling. We have since had the most indubitable
testimony *tliat Mr. McClary was not guilty of the
charge. In justice to him we therefore make this
amende honorable and take upon ourselves the
mistake committed. By some accident, the proper
credit was not entered on our Books, against his name.
Ilenoe the error, which being unintentional, we hope will
be excused by Mr. McClary and relieve him from any
necessity to use harsh epithets, at least until he found
us unwilling to do him justice.
Congressional Interference —Did not the
*‘ Filibusters ’’ acknowledge the right of Congress to
interfere wjth the question of slavery when they passed
a resolution in Convention, asking that body to induce
California to out itself in twain to make a slave State ?
That seemed to have been their own “ sober second
thought, when they reconsidered the resolntion and re
scinded it, but not nntil the “ cloven foot” was fairly
exhibited.
The Fair and its Premium List.
The apologißfs for the ill-digested and badly arrang
ed Premium List of the Fair of the Southern Central
Association, seem disposed to crowd down all expreaion
of opinion on the subject as meddlesome and imperti
nent. Those who dissent from the views of the Com
mittee are gravely informed that their objections are
“ trivial”—that they are interfering in matters that “do
notooncern them,” and are peremptorily told by high
authority to shut np their traps aud no longer med
dle with the Fair and its Premium List! Such dogmati
cal gentlemen are respectfully informed that we cannot
thus bo moved from our duty, in the premises, which
is to expose partiality and favoritism, wherever we may
find it sticking out, in reference to the Premium List,
without regard to consequences which may ensue. If
the Fair is a failure, as is now generally anticipated,
we shall endeavor to place the responsibility of that
failure upon those who have, through an illiberal and
contracted spirit, or through vulgar swell-headed pre
judice against the mechanical interests of the State,
brought about such a result.
Says the Columbus Sentinel, “ We think the objec
tions which we have heard ure not very well founded.
The principal of these is the apparent disparity be
tween the amount of Premiums offered for essays and
those offered for the exhibition of articles of skill, in
the various branches of industry. There is we think,
really no disparity. An essay, for instance, which shall
teach the cotton planters of the State, how to improve
the culture of their great staple production is worth
more than the exhibition of a superior bale of Cotton ;
so of an essay on every other product of the soil. An
essay, (if really valuable) on the improvement of our
exhausted soils, is worth more to the country at large,
than the exhibition of a finely finished specimen of me
chanical ingenuity.’’
Now mark how a plain tale will put dowu all such
flummery as this. By the terms of the Premium List
itself, “ Competitors for Premiums for agricultural pro
ductions must produce a full statement of the mode
of cultivationalso, “Applicants for premium* must
pay attention to the directions attached lo the list of
premiums for fat cattle, fat sheep, butter, cheese,
field crops, &o. aud the statements required from ex
hibitors of these articles must bo lodged with tho Sec
retary before the 20th ol’ October.” Now, are not
these statements of the mode of cultivation, &c., the
very best Essays that can be written on the various
subjects embraced —tbe very best , because the most
practical and reliable? Most assuredly. Yet the
plain farmer has no premium offered for his ‘statement ’
which may embrace his experience for years, except the
paltry $1 or S2 for his best sample! While to the theor
etical closet Essayist who may steal all the ideas he has
from the writing of others, SSO Premium is to be given
by the Committee ! If there is any sense in such dis
crimination against the, perhaps unlettered, practical
farmer, in favor of a “ fancy sketch ” essay of an ex
quisite, horticultural Essayist, we confess we have not
been able to see it.
Again, says the‘Sentinel.’ “ The Premiums were
arranged, not with reference to the exact amount of trou
ble or expense which it might cost the competitor, in
the preparation of any particular article for exhibition,
but with an eye to the good which was to result there
from to the public.” *****
“The premium is designed merely to stimulate indus
try applied m that particular channel,and the successftrt
competitor is to find his rewird , not in the silver cup
which he may receive, but in the real valne to him, of
this public and quasi official recommendation of skill.
This will be worth more to him, than a premium ten or
twenty times as large as that offered in the Premium
List.” Very well, Sir, but it is a “poor rule that will
not work both ways,’’ and you should reward the gen
tlemanly and educated Essayists in the same way you
do the practical farmer with his sample crop and ‘state
ment.’ But this you have not done nor intended to
do. For, using the language of tho ‘Sentinel, ’ if an
essay is ‘really valuable’ the writer of the Song or Es
say should look for his ‘reward, not in the silver cup
which he may receive, but in the real value to him of
this public and quasi official recommendation of his
skill’ as an Essayist or Rhymester ! Whether that value
be much or little, will depend something, it is true,
upon tho character of the prize Committee who make
the award. If a committee of Flutists and Cabbage
growers be called to sit in judgment upon the merits
of several Steam Engine* prt-sentod to their considera
tion, the value of their verdict to the manufacturer
would not be incalculable! Nor would the Essayist be
likely to have a monument of fame erected to his Agri
cultural acumen, if a Committee of hard fisted plough
men tuid mechanics were to sit in judgment upon his
production. The pretended object then, ffi the existing
adjustment of the Premium List—to‘stimulate indas
try’—i*, in either case, a palpable failure, because of its
injustice and inequality as well as its application of a
different measure of award to different classes of con
tributors and competitors! No such one-sided and
odious discrimination should have been adopted, bat as
it has, and the publishing of the same is deemed an in
superable bar to any alterations and additions demand
ed by the public voice, why, so be it. Sorry as we may be,
if the result of the whole matter is adverse to our fond
anticipations, at the outset, as well as fata! to the cause
of agriculture, we shall have nothing to reproach our
selves for, in our honest, though unsuccessful effort to
remove all objections to the Fair and make it as widely
popular as practicable.
Atlanta Agricultural Fair.
Our neighbor of the Messenger and Journal thus
speaks of the movement at Atlanta to have an inde
pendent Agricultural Fair in that place in August:
“ DeKalb county has epjoyed all the advantages re
sulting from these annual exhibitions ever since tlieir
origin. They were first held at the Stone Mountain.—
There the preparations were wholly inadequate to ac
commodate the crowd of visitors. Hundreds and even
thousands were compelled to sleep under the trees,
upon the rocks, and in open piazzas. Their meals were
taken at random—at the hotels, if they were enabled
to crowd in, and at the camps in the woods if they
were enabled to find any thing there to eat. These
facts are well known by all who attended any of these
exhibitions. They were especially urged by the people
of Atlanta, when they desired to remove the Fair to
that place. It was also urged by them and by others,
that the exhibition ought not to be kept in any one
place—that in other States it was migratory—that in
New York and elsewhere it was always awarded to
that town or city which offered the best accommoda
tions, and the largest pecuniary consideration to the
Society.
“ According to these views, the Fair was located at
Atlanta for the year 1850, for the reason that the peo
ple of that place offered the largest inducement. Even
there, however, the accommodations were not found
sufficient. Though the company was large and the
profits to the place immense, it is generally understood
that the authorities refused to pay the whole of the
money promised to the Association, and that the latter
will be compelled to resort to the courts to secure the
balance of say $250 to S3OO. Under such circum
stances, there existed no obligations on the part of the
Executive Committee to continue the Fair at Atlanta.
Maeon offered for this year four times as much as At
lanta had promised to give the year before. She con
tained nearly three time the population, and three times
the hotel accommodations. The Committee were then
wise in designating Macon as the proper place. Should
any other place have held out greater inducements, it
would have been their duty to have awarded the exhi
bition accordingly. ’’
We think tho ? charge of default here preferred
against the authorities of Atlanta, is at least gratuit
ous— especially so at the present time, when an addi
tional thousand dollars is now needed to make good the
proposition of our Mayor j and there are some doubts
whether the amount can be raised without an uncon
stitutional resort to the City Treasury. Better wait
awhile, then, before you begin to cry out default against
others, lest the rebuke of Nathan to David be hereafter
applicable to ourselves. As the Mayor says, such “ petty
jealousies or indiscreet meddlings with matters that do
not strictly concern us, ’’ should not “ be allowed to
subtract from the reciprocal pleasures and profits of the
occasion. ’’
25th Senatorial District —As our politi
cal friends of Monroe have resolved to hold the
next Senatorial Convention at Stalling’s Store,
on the 2d Tuesday of July, the Delegates from
Bibb, it is understood, will acquiesce in the ar
rangement and be in attendance, accordingly-
Laftier P. o—We have received frequent
PW B that the P. M. at Lanier does not
dunes of his Office, the same being owf
hours together, while persons from adi sl * 0( ! **
reasonably detained waiting far letters £££ ‘
these complaints are well founded, the P v , If
either resign or attend better to hi 9 duties ’
A Great Troth ! a “g^^
a •ommuincatiot! to the Savannah lb-public
week or so past, has the following pithy p, ra a
the subject or teaching the Mechanical* , ““
convicts and malefactors :
“1 he negro mechanics nil make moner ,
uro time, and indulge in great
theivish, lazy impudent and licentious-f 1,,, k ° n ’
•lie slaves in our domestic circles, and even m ■ op *
minds of the happy negroes upon the farms an M **
turns, i heir name is legion i n l}la Wofk .
and villainy. Gov. Hammond, of Souvb Car,
hie address before the Mechanics’ Institute in IT\ *
ton, in 1819, said, “The first Blcp in the ’
emancipation is the elevation of negroes to,! 01
mechanics lf considerations Buc h as t|, *
“show that the State is put in jeopardy ” o **
1,0 Atoned, ‘‘by the employment of
in the mechanic arts,” lam at a loss to’ ima „ lno
would be sufficient, short of an overt demo,, stratum “
1 here are other considerations which shout l .
attention. Mechanical employments should recei ”7*
tering support from legislation, or at least
bv legally and' S rM. A. this r, ni , cn , ““
v.cta— the assassins, thieves, Counterfeiters, and*.’
malefactors of the State-are employed in mechanical
pursuits, or in other words, practically sentences
learn a trace as a punishment for their outrages >
Slaves are l.kwisc employed as mechanic; Can hL
wondered at, that thestandard of meehanieal repo**.
IS low, or astonishing that mechanics should f,rl an • .
tercst :n elevating the dignity of their pursuits V* U
Pilfering Editors. —There are tw u kind* o f r '-
giarism common among Newspaper Edit *
sistiug of pilfering the editorial items of a couni n r rv
verbatim et literatim, without creditthe o th er j
stealing the ideas of each cotemporary and work- ’
them up into editorial paragraphs, without any hint
as to the source, whence tho information was obtained’
We have been serve.! just so, time, and again, even bv
respectable journalists, and have half a mind to ctm
pluin about it, but for the fact that our loss is a decided
gain to the readableness aud interest of the papers
which are thus flavored from our Spice Box!
Our Book Table
Graham’s Magazine for July is this time in advance
of all competitors in point of time, and will doubtless
equal all in excellence. It is a magnificent number.
Hydropathic Encyclopedia -Fowlers’ and
W ells, of New York have just commenced the pubi -
eation of anew and highly valuable work, under this
title. It will be a complete system of Hydropathy and
Hygiene, edited by R. T. Trail, M. IX, and published
in eight numbers at 25 cents each or 82 for tha whole
work of 800 pages.
Frnfts and Flowers.— A neat volume has
just been published, under the title ofthe “trait
Flower and Kitchen Garden, by Patrick Neill,
L. L. I). Secretary of the Royal Caledonian Hoi
ticultural Society,*’ which has been adapted to
tbe L nited States, and is spoken of as an &bi
treatise on the subjects specified. We would
recommend the volume to the special attention
of those who mean to compete for the prize for
the best Essay on Horticulture at our ap
proaching Fair. They can borrow some good
ideas therefrom, without much danger of being
detected in the plagiarism.
The ‘ Schoolmaster Abroad.’
We have lately had visitations from learned pro
fessors of Biology, Psychology, <fee. but we think that the
following verbatim and literatim copies of noliots
which have been sent us, by a friend, as bona fids
specimens of writen Handbills of the Professors named,
will throw all others in the shade in respect to “ Ortho
graphy, Syntax and Prosody,” and prove, very clearly,
that the “School master is abroad” or should be, im
mediately, if not sooner!
Notice that
We will notify public that thare will be
A Ideology performance at the Counsel Room
Over the market house on Monday tho
Eleveth Nov 1850 by, Holt A Cos.
by which we expect to stop the Coman
action of man and change the taste of water
from cole to cole, hot, green posinous, vinagar
& brandy and many other motion too tedious to
motion.
anterance as follows Wm. R. Ilolt
Grown persons 25 ets
Boys 12
to the Ladvs & Jentlemen
of Girard
W. II & J J penn
will Lecteur on and
perform some of the wornderful Experaments of
Psychology. At f. K. Nixs thursuay Evening 21 imt
1-1 pas 7 o’clock,
persons when under ouriufluance are made to
ferget their nearest friends & become intoxacated
Drinking cold water & will appeare as if tliay
ware gathering S: Eatting fruit & inaney other
wornderful Experaments without the slightest damage
to the eistetn of the subject
Dores open 1-2 ps 7, Admittance 25 cts
To The Citersons of Girard & Vercinaty
\V. 11. & J T. penn
will lecture on
and perform some of the wornderful
experiments of Psychology At J. K, Nixa
thursday Evening 24 inst 1-2 past 7 o’clock
A subject under our influanoe can be made
to forget theer nearest friends Become intocccated
Drinking cold water & to the Audeauce appearo
to gather & Eat fruit whare lhare is none &
uianey other wornderful Experaments without the
Slights Dangeer of affecting the person or person*
we my perform on,
Dores open 1-2 pas 7, ock Admtance, 25, ci*
Art Tnion Bulletin. —The April number t'f
the “American Art Union Bulletin” has been receiv
ed from the corresponding secretary, Andrew Warner,
Esq., containing several fine illustrations, also a gener
al statement of “the affairs and plan of the institution,
with interesting varieties of art-literature, including es
says, descriptions, anecdotes, criticism, and foreign and
domestic correspondence, —also a Dietiouar) of Art,
embracing Biographical Notices of Artists, ancient and
modern, American and foreign, living and dead, tech
nical terms of Art and Science connected with art, and
brief artic topics alpliabetically arranged, to be comple
ted in the future numbers of the Bulletiu. Each num
ber is also to be illustrated by several original engrav
ings, outlines, and prints of an interesting character.
The whole will form, annually, a beautiful and quart*
.volume, for amusement, instruction, and reference.
A Valuable Tree.- -We received, lately,
from our old friend, Pleasant Heath, Esq., a fine speci
men of Apricot, from a tree on his premises, near the
city. Mr. 11. lias disposed of about S2O worth of the
fruit, from that one tree, this season!
Discharged. —Mr. W. C. Connelly, late CV*
of the House of Conner and Taylor, whose arrest
Savannah, the past week, was chronicled in our ‘
(in an extraot from the Republican) returned to th* B _
on Friday. His case came up before his honor Ju
Jackson, by writ of Hebeas Corpus , when on fe ‘
of evidence, he was discharged from custodt.
Political Manceuverinff.-it was report‘d
Washington, June 6th, that “powerful Southern
enee is being brought to bear upon the
Convention, to influence the nomination of Mr
anan.” v - fluent
We would like to know whether that rn
comes from the Union or Disunion w ing of
politics! Will one of the ‘Regency’ answer ■