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LETEERS PROS THE NORTH—NO. 16.
New llaven, May 29. 1851.
Dear Doctor : —I went, a few moments ago, into
Mr. Finch’s Book Store, to buy a copy of a collection
of old Travels in Palestine, lie bad a very beautiful
copy of Bobu's edition; but l declined baying it, be
cause. I perceived, on turning over the leaves, that the
editor had m<derniz<*d the orthography. The folio
edition of Sir John Mandevill's Travels in Palestine,
etc., in four Volumes, cost the Library of Yale Col
lege upwards of §l5O.
There is more real civilization hero in New llaven
than in the entire State of New York ; and, in fact,
more useful learning. There are, alas, amid all this
learning, the greatest number of loafers that I over
saw any where. I have just found out the secret
of their going to Church so often here. It is to coun
teract the tendency of the people towards intid lity.
It is morally impossible for any man to preach as often
as they do here and preach an eloquent Sermon, for
they have a meeting, in all the Churches, every night
in the week, and three times every Sunday. This,
i presume, they do in order to keep up that devotional
excitement in the minds of such a lukewarm people, as
there are, neqpssary to salvation—for it is my candid
opinion that/were they to leave off for one week, the
whole would be worse off than when they commenced
The Preacners here are shrewd men—they know, ve
ry well, that when Michael gets Satan on his back, the
best way for him to conquer him. ist a keep him there.
1 spoke to you, in a former letter, about the disagree*
bleni'ss of the continual ringing of the bells here ; and
1 willnow tako the liberty to mention, that this oily,
in iiiv opinion, would be a perfect paradise, were it not
for th's.
The lightning in his ponderous chariot of thunder is
now rolling down, on bickering adamantine fire wheels,
the cloudy stairs of Heaven—the echoes of whose
billowy rumbling are uow dying away in the far off
fields of space.
The lain is now pouring down in torrents, in emula
tion of the deluge which overflowed the ancient earth
i heNiobean Heavens, like the pathetic Rachel when
she filled Bin nail with her lamentations for the loss of
r beautiful children, seem pouring out of her break
. art the entire fountain of her tears in sorrow for
and generate children of the earth I Bend your di
. :•* wings, oil! ye Dove-like mother of the universe,
r the bowed head of this repentant world, and re
re her with the new Baptism of your tears, into
am*>cont calm. Bow down your head, oh !ye
id Heavens! that the fountains of iiviug water may
■ h and green the desert world with anew
>• . e nun-like trees droop, in their religious peni
t . in ler the perpetual washing which is to intro*
■n into anew life of greenness in this beauti
rsal Clmreh of God 1 They seem now weigli
v.i In math tile joyful burden of the newly rea
■atiiudes. Clap your hands, oh !ye Stars of
-.Vi :i and ring aloud, yc beautiful sons of God ! for
■ legroouiof the earth is now ready for his bride !
I am now standing at the corner of College and
f age streets, near the spot where Eaton, Davenport
■ 1 h)pkins pitched their tent, on what the Indians
o called Quininipiack, in 1638, under an oak true
tile purpose of establishing themselves as citizens
tli.s place. It was on this spot that they built log
‘uses, and, after purchasing land from tile Indians,
.id out the town of New Haven.
This city contains now about 20,000 inhabitants, and
is rapidly increasing in population. The editor of
the Journal and Courier , of this city, who is an able
writer, in his icay. in speaking of the multitudes of the
. dead who are now lying under the Centre Church in
the Green,’ says that it would very much impress
tlie members of this Church with the mutability of
human nature, were the minister to mention this fact
occasionally in his Sermons. From this we are, no
-doubt, to in fop, that lie believes that all the persons
whose bom-afire lying there,,are dead. But is this
the truth? ’ Why if there is a particle of truth in the
scriptures, they are, every one of them, living and far
above mutability. What an idea this man must have
of the sou's of the righteous. But what better can we
expect from an individual of the Old Church skepti
cisrn ? Suppose there are a million of bones under the
Church, what have they to do with th ■ souls of the
persons who have passed away from the earth ? Pre
cisely just nothing at all; yet, if we were to press this
subject upon him. he would end in proving himself
a bone fide Egypt ian of the days of Cheops, This I
infer, and this I have a right to infer, from his re
marks in a late number of his paper. Will he pretend
to ask me, why I say so? My answer is, that these
bones were placed here under precisely the same cir
cumstances that the Egyptians were placed in their
spacious Catacombs after being embalmed. The very
belief which actuated the one people, actuated the oth
er—namely, the expectation of a a future tevivifi
cation of the defunct bodies. Is not this so ? Cer
tainly it is. Then what precedence has the modern
over the ancient belief? None at all. As the ancient
belief was built up out of an erroneous view of tin
dignity of human nature; so is the modem—which
will, eventually, go the way that the Egyptian doc
trine did. /
Man/fnank God ! happens to be a good deal more
of an Angel in his piety, than most Theologians b>-
lieve: and it is rather to vindicate the legitimacy of
the glorious crown which God lias placed, with his own
right hand, upon his head, that I now make these re
marks, titan to write a homily upon the resurrection
Therefore, I will permit this subject to rest where it is.
for the present.
I went last night, by the invitation of the Students
of Yale College, to witness the ‘ Presentation of t!t°
Wooden Spoon.’ ‘From the Enrignium on the first
page of the Programme , I supposed that I was going
to witness something truly excellent, hut I had not
been there long before I found out that I was totally dis
appointed. The truth is, the whole performance w.i
as ridiculous, in its very nature, tut want or talent and
had themes could possibly make it. But, at the same
time, in justice to the young gentlemen connected with
it, I must say that it was no less innocent.
The salutatory, in Latin, by A. C. MeKissaek, o’
Tennessee, was really amusing, from the manner in
which he introduced Euglish words, and the novel us<
which he made of the Batin terminations. The Ora
tion on the beauties of Cntsby's Greek Grammar , by
C. M. Bliss, of Hartford, was as ridiculous as want of
talent and the insipidity of the subject could possibly
make it. /
‘ The l/ce of beauty and the beauty of love.’ by
E. Sterling, of Bridgeport, although a beautiful sub
jer.t, was handled precisely in the same manner. How
any young men can, for the mere love of fun, so de
i -e the nature which God has given them, in debas
ing as sacred a theme as this, is 1> yond all comprehen
sion. Any persons who would do so, arc either total
ly ignorant of the mission of mind, or wilfullv prodi
gal of the gift yvhich God has bestow’ed upon them to
do good’in doing that which can on'y make the An
gel* in Heaven weep!
Fun does not consist in making that which is truly
in i'svery nature, divine, ridiculous; hut in giving a
well known version of a well known thing. This is
the province of satire. It is amusing to us to witness
tlie exposition of the Cockney pmnonneiation of Loti
d-Hi—not for the sake of a misapplication of the Eng
!s i language, but because it is thus misapplied by
those who ought to know better. Bill was this the
object of the presentation of the Wooden Spoon ?
Precisely the reverse. If they deny that their sole ob
ject was to degrade that which is acknowledged, bv
all the good, to be good, my reply is, that they did it,
and can have no reprieve. But this is the. great fault
with the world. People are not so often mistaken
in the execution, as they are in the choice of, a theme.
The truth is. it requires just as much genius to choose
a theme as it does to execute it, after it is cjtosen. This
was the mistake with those young men. I
Then they may reply, why you are snore serious
about the matter than the entire subject deserves.
The reason of this is, because I was sent here in this
world to be serious. The very coming, ns well as the
sending of me here, is a serious matter —a very se
rious thing indeed. Therefore, it is not the business
of any man to make mirth at a funeral—nor is it his
vocation, in the very least thing, to treat with levity
anything appertaining to the dignity of mind, for
it is in this respect that man is an image of God. It
h s: man's business to laugh when he has any thing to
laugh at —just as it is his business to weep when he
has any thing to weep for. But what would be thought
of that man who yvould laugh w hen he ought to weep,
or even weep when it was not weeping time ? \\ by,
every body, of any sense, would say that he was mak
ing a so 1 of himself —that is all.
The Vignette, as I have before asserted, on the title
page, prophesied Letter things than came to pass in the
performance. Over the top of the Ensignium, is an
arm yvith a hand holding a Spoon in it. On the bor
der of this design, is the following will known saying
in French, Horn suit qui mat y pense. On a scroll,
running diagonally through this, is the following sen
tence, Super sinistram Lugemas , w ith a hand thus
Git another scroll wreathing a pair of scales, is
the following inscription taken from .Bclshazzer’s wall
Mene, mcne, tekel upharsin. At the boj/om of it
is another scroll moving geutly. in a serpentine coil,
around a wooden Spoon, on which arc these words—
In hoc signo rinces.
Now all this i nothing more nor less than yvliat
Shakspeare calls an ‘ infinite deal of nothing,’ en
veloped in the smoke ol a greater amount of ‘sound
and fury’signifying less. So much for the ‘presenta
tion of the Wooden Spoon.’
Since the advent of Spring upon this oartli, this
city has become as beautiful as the ITranotolis which
the Angela built fir Adam in Paradise. It ought not
to be called New Haven, but Sylvanopolis —the city of
the W nods.
The tr ••es are all in full leaf, and the flowers are
blooming most beautifully. This city never appeared
to me so beautiful as it does now.
I w ent to see the College Library, and a most beau
tiful building it is. It is built in the gothic style, and
looks very much, on the outside, like a Church. No
body would ever take it fora Library. It is most beau
tifully finished on the inside—containing between
tlie lofty pillars which support the building, many A!
coves filled with the most valuable works upon almost
all subjects. These Alcoves are square, but, in my
opiitiou, would look better if they were oval. The backs
of tilt books, with the titles on them, would then pre
sent themselves more immediately to the eye,/’
Old Y'ale looks very ancient —pretty nrrfch like an
old man, who has more soul in his body than that body
will be able long to bear. The style of the architec
ture is very simple, and a pretty good sample of the
purinmistic times w hich gave it it ‘local habitation and
a name.’ The intellectual Paetolus which has flowed
down for a hundred and fitly years from its auriferous
fountain-head in this city of Theseus, has watered, as
a river of life, with tlie priceless baptism of knowledge,
the four corners of the New Jerusalem of Liberty.
This city is really tho Violet Queen —more so than
Athens was in the palmiest days of the IVricleiaft age
crif Grecian Glory. All the- difference between her
and Atheus is, she has wooden in the place of marble
palaces. There is also another difference—Greece was
the birth place of Iter present Parthenon.
How I long to behold the long-familiar hills of my
own native land again ! The more I think of Georgia,
the better I love Iter. Like the blue eyed, beautiful
damsels of her own fruitful clime, site is a friend to
Union. She is entirely too warm hearted, and too
much of a ahil< 1 of the Suit, to desire separation from
the beautiful Sisters of her heart—although, on many
occasions, they may be petulant and cold. When I
think of the congeniality ofiGter clime—the fruitfulness
of her soil—the variegation of her geography—the
vast variety of Iter internal resources—and the overflow
ing bounty of her annual revenue—l thank God that 1
was born under her cerulean skies, and brought up to
man's estate on her maternal bosom. U alike most sons
towards their mothers, 1 have been more mindful of her
welfare, among her sisters of the Union, than she has
ever been of me. But theie is this thing that cheers
me, even in this eold North where I now write, that no
son was ever yet dutiful to his mother, that the kind
ness was not returned sooner or later.* But never,
while I live, repay me or not repay me, will I ever be
false to Iter, or forget her.
Land of the South ! the land of my own birth!
Land of the sun ! the richest land on earth !
Land of the beauful, the brave, the free !
Bind of my Sires! my spirit turns to
T. 11. C.
LETTER FR'J'fl CiILOBES.
Columbus, June 19, 1851.
Dear Sir: —The boy .Tatar.i is to be publicly hanged
until he is dead oil the 12th day of August next. —
W in n sentence was about to be passed upon him, In
kept his countenance, ami not a muscle relaxed until lie
was admonished by his Honor, the Judge, to prepare
for death, as there was no hope to preserve his life.
The Superior Court is about to close for the present
term, after six weeks mental and corporeal labor by the
Bench and Bar, though without many great benefits to
the litigants at Court.
The Hank cases yet stand still. Tt is a pity that the
vat bidden treasures of the Carpet Bag, the work of
the modern Alchemysts, sin old be again locked up and
permitted to wend its way to the land of “ Pigeon
Boost,” there to remain for the next six months or
more, a shapeless, worthless mass. It really looks.
r rom its tension, that all the broken Banks of tlie State
had been emptied into this modern pocket, which stood
ready for either word, wink or nod, to disgorge itself
ot its pelt’ and peculation. We will let it rest until the
pedestrian “ Strap ’’ raises his proboscis like a pig in a
hailstorm, and takes up bis line of tramp to sustain his
amiable reputation of walker.
. It is a shame that individuals, of borrowed capital
should he allowed to sptculate upon honest industry by
issuing three dollars for one, and afterwards buying it
up for ten or twenty-five cents in the dollar, though it
may be all l ight if the people will submit to it, as they
do here everyday, taking such rags for their labor. It
is their fault and folly.
The Supreme Court i3 entitled to thanks and im
mortality on tlie earth for tlie judgment given by them,
determining their “ unwavering confidence in the cor
rectness of their decision in tho Dana cases then be
fore th>m.” These are modern decisions, and such
as no .Judge ever gave before. They are blazing the
way for other Judges to walk up to the light that was
hidden under the bushel, and which they have taken
out arid placed on top. The evil will now be remedied
They have found the way to bring these men of “ pe
riodical madness ” to feel in their purses. But it is
feared that they will plead the madness by way of de
fence. They have laid down rules to govern the saga
cious Yankee, the Southron, and the men of the far
west. They have ascertained that broken Bank Bills
are of more injury than spurious coin. But thas is not
the case here, for neither will pass. They have come
to tlie conclusion that banking holds out more tempting
prospects to steal themselves rich than any other busi
ness. This is the fact, for there are many- hire who
revel in luxury on the proceeds,and feel so secure in its
possession that they have the coolnessand impudence
to sue others whom they have already plundered !
They have made the discovery, hut have not yet dis
closed the means which are “ calculated to secure for
paper currency a substantial basis to rest upon. ” This
is valuable, if we can only avail ourselves of it against
the agents and hills of foreign Banks. Banks are like
all other bubbles, creating excitement, which gives im
petus and energy to all great movements; but it is not
the Batiks or their bills that build up “ our most mag
nificent works of improvement, prosperity and glory.’*
It is human’ labor that has done it. and will always do
it—and it is that which suffers all the losses arising
from failures. It is strange that so much glory should
come out of so much evil.
The prospects of litigation are on the increase. All
the old broken Banks of the State are to be disinterred,
and again brought before the public, hideous as they
were. Ihe estates, of dead men are to be ransacked
and robbed, and the widow and the orphan are to be
turned into the sewers of society, naked, hungry and
disgraced ; for here, it scents, there is no repose, bv
custom or by “ statutes of repose or limitations.” let
loose the blood-hounds, the time has cerne ! Take heed
oh ! ye Banks of Darien. Pigeon Roost,. Western old
M icon. Merchants’ and Planters’ of Augusta, alias the
VY heeler Bank, which will also be wheeled into line
the Hawkinsville Bank, and the old Ocmulgee, whose
stockholders were of South Carolina. The old Colum
bus B;mk Bills have already gone up in value from five
eents in a dollar to five cents premium, giving one hun
dred and five cents for one dollar. The bills of the nu
merous broken Banks are now the most profitable
stock jobbing business known, provided you could ar
range it so that the stockholders or bill holders could be
judges, jurors and witnesses to the eases against the
broken Banks
Be not astonished if the Executive, Judicial, Legis
lative, ministerial and other citizens of Georgia, were
all to be sued for the forty per cent depreciation of the
Central Bank! Then stand from under every body,
for tho “ purer eye of morality “ is making a tour in
Georgia. But the question would be, who would then
be judges, jurors and witnesses?—for it is somewhert
said that “ no man can be a judge or witness in his
own case. ”
Iti all nefarious transactions, the innocent and weak
suffer the most, as it is in tho Bank cases. Those who
have mado the most ol them, and who are beet able to
pay, are wot sued. So much for the truth of the saying,
that money is power.
Criminal Law —ll. Wilson was the fee simple
owner and in possession of his land. Jordan was tear
ing down his fence to go through his field. Wilson
told him not to do trespass on his property in that way.
W ilson at the time had picked up a piece of a rail.—
Jordan took it from him, and broke Wilson’s skull.—
Jordan was arrested, and upon examination, the physi
cians who attended on Wilson said lie could not live.—
Jordan was discharged u]vm a three thousand dollar
bond to answer to the charge of assault with intent to
murder. W ilaon died fourda>s afar,and Jordan was
non est inventus, or “nulla bonaf’
The steam-car and steam-boat intend having a
w histling rac**, as they practice all hours in the day.—
One cannot now tell which w ay you arc to sail, by land
or water.
T lie storm and hail came along on Monday last, the
hail breaking the glass in the windows, and the wind
tearing off the roofs of the factories nnd houses, blow
ing down trees, and carrying off shanties. The corn
•s blown down, and it aud the cotton cut to pieces.—
Strange to say, it did not blow away the Court, or
Court-house rather, and all that was in it!
Polities do not run high yet —but it is like Christ
mas, a-coming, and will be here altogether.
I lave the people of Georgia to bear in mind that at
the next elections for members of the Legislature, they
are to endorse on their tickets whether or not they are
in favor of having the Judges of tlie Superior Courts
elected by tlie people. That is to be the test sign
manual whereby it is to be determined whether or not
the people are as big fools as the man or men who in
troduced and voted for such a law.
Keep it before the people, that they are more compe
tent, honest, capable and careful of their rights and du
ties in the selection of all public servants, than any set
of venal, corrupt political hucksters. It will cost no
thing to elect them by the people, and it costs the people
ten thousand dollars or more for the Legislature to
elect them. It will prevent further infringement and
usurpation of the rights of the people, an well, also,
any further gross and palpable violation of the Consti
tution of Georgia!
Speak out to them that Cobb is the Simon Puri
Union candidate, and that McDonald is the same mail
who was President of the notorious Secession-Chivalry-
Dissolution Nashville Convention !
CASSIO.
For the Georgia Citizen *
Heraldry.
A Hand Book of Heraldry, by G. YV. Gevilt Ma
plecon, Esq., has been recently published by the house
of J. Wiley, New York. The professed object of tlie
work is to throw light upon the subject of Heraldry
generally, and to awaken an interest in the public mind
ah- ut a matter in which well informed gentlemen in
other respects are lamentably deficient. The author
exhibits the Coat of Arms of Washington, and his
pedigree—from which it appears he th rived his descent
from William de Hertburn, Lord Mayor of Washing
ton, ii the English county of Durham, in the 13th
century. The author proceeds to trace out the illus
trious ancestry of the great American chief, and to de
duce from it his right to assume the Coat of Arms
which it isalleged was that of his family.
A Book of Heraldry on the other side of the Atlan
tic will answer very well. It chimes in handsomely
with the notions of those “ who have been booted and
spurred to ride upon the backs of the people. ” It
will not do in this repnfoliean country. We do not
legislate inen respectable whether they will or not, and
make the ttiled of the greatest vagabond, because, for
sooth, he was distantly connected with my Lord Spoo
ney, who was a legitimate descendant of the great and
illu-trious house of Crockery. The popular sentiment
of this country was preferred by tlie founders of the
Republic to the heraldrie blazonry of old aud deerepid
Europe; and Washington, and Jefferson, and Hamil
ton and Adams stood forth the champions of these re
publican principles by appealing to the sword to sustain
the dogma that all mankind were” free and equal. ”
A Book of Heraldry in this country might, never
theless, throw some light upon our cod-fish aristocracy,
and awaken a spirit of emulation in the minds of the
young. The claim of this aristocracy is not lost in the
twilight of past ages. There are persons now living
who catt attest the illustrious deeds by whicli the Aim r
ieun Aristocracy loomed above the beads of their fel
low citizens. In other words, a Book of Heraldn
properly gotten up and introduced to the public, might
dt-velope some pleasant truths to the young and aspi
ring of the land. It could trace out how persons have
risen in life by pursuing an honest, industrious, saving
Course to the end. We have only to look around upon
our own State, to be convinced that the wealthy, be
they who they may. are descendants of those recently
poor, and that their claim to the appellation of aristoc
racy springs from the successful use of the hammer,
the loom, the spindle and the plow, &c., at all ol which
they now turn up their snub noses in lordly contempt.
I will send you, ere long, if I can lay hands on it,
Mr. Jefferson’s view of Heraldry, and o’ European
I leraldry especially—good authority, say you.
A JEFFERSONIAN.
Atlanta, June 19, 1851.
LETTER FRIER COLUMBUS.
Columbus, Ga., June 24, 1851
Dear Citizen : —The duty of a faithful chronicler is,
to give a fair and impartial description of persons and
things ; to record and publ sh, all things that are prop
er to be recorded and published, asking neither the fa
vor or the affections of any. Such being my senti
tnents, it becomes my duty to inform you, concerning
the acts of persons, and the appearances of things in this
great city.
Just let me ask, what lias become of your Columbus
Correspondents ? You will probably answer. They
are whetting their ideas and preparing themselves for
future usefulness.
I see, daily, your ‘friend of many travels,’ and have
of often wondered w hy, he does not give to the readers
•he Georgia Citizen,’ an account of the ‘tnov'ng acci
dents by flood and field,” and ‘the hair breadth scapes’
through which ‘green utis’ pass on their route to, and
from California. I hope, your Correspondent ‘Roderi
go,’ has not worn out his pen and used up all his paper,
in exposing the huinbugery practiced by strolling Pro
fessors, about whom we know nothing, and care less
Come, come, Mr. Roderigo, yon must not give it up so.
You wield a spirited pen; sehet your subject and—
take a fresh start. Mr. ‘Oscar,’ had better keep away
from ‘Battle Row.’ The old man at the corner is angry,
ax helves are cheap, and D. has a number for sale.
Word to the wise is sufficient.
We have had many refreshing showers here lately,
to the great benefit of the planter, and the no small
gratification of the ladies, (God bless them) who have
been confined to their homes, by the long, dry dusty,
flea biting spell, but now promenade our streets like—
or—like a—Angels! ns they are!
The Superior Court, after a long tedious session,
closed its labors last week ; a number of cases were dis
|KJsod of, and some very important decisions made. The
last case of importance was— Banks vs. Banks, or
Bill Holders vs. Stock Holders. This case presented
many knotty questions, and drew forth many able legal
arguments on both sides, the Judge deciding sometime*
in favor of one, and then the other, according to his
views of the questions before him. It did not require
an extraordinary power of vision, to enable a looker on
to form a correct opinion, as to who the parties tnos
interested were. An expression of countenance a sud
den dropping of the under lip, a restlessness in sitting,
which sometimes brought the party on their feet; a
raising and lowering of a cane which sounded like‘spir
itual knocking;’ now, an old lame man unable to walk
without a crutch, again requiring two, and, at the close
of tbe trial, feeling like a young colt in a clover patch.
All these symptoms and many more unmistakable signs,
in partes who thought themselves secure behind the
curtaitiß were so plain to the eyes and understanding of
your humble chronicler, that he has resolved, within
hinuelf, to have as little to do, with those lame unspe
cie paying Banks, as possible. The Jury found a
verdict for the plantiff, but not for the full amount. My
impressions are, that, if the parties, urging the Bank
eases, succeed, they will have as large a field for ‘ope
rations,’ as the defunct Banks ever had, in their palmi
est days. This verdict however does not govern other
Bunk eases, which will, in course of time, be brought
up lor tuture jurors to decide upon.
Mrs. Duraug, and Signor Novelli assisted by Mr.
t’ease, have given two Concerts to the few lovers of vo
cal music in this city ; the last, which, in all bumau
probability we would not have heen favored with, had
it not been for the warm, and pressing solicitation, ol
your old friend ‘Soprano’ of the ‘Times,’ came off last
evening before a slim audience.
It is said l>y some, who profess to be goodjudges
ol vocal and instrumental music, that Madame is a
good songstress ; indeed, 1 think she sings very well—
and that s not ail. She is a right pretty little woman.
Signor Novelli, assisted by Mr. Pe ase, does very well,
but lie has his faults. When on the stage alone, some
thing transpiring in th dressing room attracts his at
tention more than his notes and the audience. It may
be a part of the music, which, to a novice like myself,
would seem much better after a familiar acquaint
ance.
For the life of me, I cannot understand how it is,
that we plain, simple Americans should differ so much
in our social relations from the foreigners who travel
through our country, and sometimes honor us with a
faint exhibition of their musical skill! Indeed, 1 feci
much like the landlord, who asked Monsieur *‘ Why
he and Madam laid different names, w hen they sup
ped and slept in the saHt- room?” But it may be a part
of the music ! 1 don’t Rmderstand it!
1 he next peiNoiiHge,jP’ho cat boast of noble parent
age, is the distinguished gentleman - ‘ Buniray. ” Poor
‘‘ Bummy ” has been in trouble. What a pity to ac
cuse such a nice youth of the low, vulgar crime of
uading with negroes! “ I would have you under
stand, ” said Bummy—but not in hearing of a certain
magistrate—“ that 1 don't live on ‘ Battle Row.’ ”
Well, that fact was something in his favor. He was
dismissed after p yiug costs.
A man by the name of James Johnson was charged
w ith forging the name of E. T. Taylor to an order on
” John Smith. ’’ lam in earnest! it was on our veri
table Deacon John, for clothing. Ido not know what
created suspicion ; may be the prices agreed upon.—
However, he was arrested, and committed to await his
trial next Court.
A civil suit— the “ Devil vs. Biology, ” or Emmet
vs. Hale, for debt—stirred up the ink and type of tho
‘“ Times ” Office. It appeared on trial, that Professor
Hale had employed tlie “ l imes Devil ” to keep door,
(quere? when the Devil keeps dour, what is doing in
>ide?) stick up and circulate bills for twelve or fifteen
nights’ performances, for which services tho Devil,
aforesaid, claimed the sum of twenty dollars. The suit
was decided in favor of Plaintiff, of course, in obedi
ence to the old saw, “ the Devil should have his due. ”
A distinguished “ Filibuster ’’ front South Carolina
arrived here a few days ago, and put up at the Ogle
thore Hotel, where he indulges in the pure Filibuster
style in cursing every thing in the shape of a Union
and law-abiding citizen. True to ilia instinct of his
clan, he sees there is danger in the Falstaff kingdom,
and is now looking for a suitable place, a short distance
from Columbus, where he can rest secure from the
attack of the overwhelming battalions that his fire
eating imagination pom-trays advancing upon the land
ol his birth. h e believe, if he is not too far gone in
this malady, that by placing him under the care and
instructions of a Georgia schoolmaster, he will, in the
course of time, become a rational and a decent citi
zen. u
Union men here are much indebted (o the* Citizen ’
for informing us that the Hod. Howell Cobb is a candi
date for Governor, and are pleased to see his name at
the head of its columns. We are unable to say why
tho * Enquirer ’ does not do likewise. YVe have the
utmost confidence in its Editor, and believe that before
long, he w 011 hi* armor, lead the Up ion host
of 01.1 • the field, unt/irl to the breeze the
‘ stars and our glorious Union, and proclaim
to the worl.l^^P’’- his mind and pen shall never know
rest so loh'.CjJßp traitor s head can be seen through a
knot hole.
I must close, with the promise that if others will not
write to you, I will. Y'ours, &c.,
TIMOTHY TITUS.
Later from California.
Another destructive Fire at San Francisco
t>l5UO houses consumed ! (fee.
The New Orleans papers received last night
contain the particulars of the great fire which
occurred in San Francisco on the 3d of May, the
anniversary of the great tire last year.’ The
news was brought in Mexican papers by the
Alabama, from Vera Cruz.
The tire, which broke out at 11 o’clock at
night, and lasted for the space of ten hours, was
the most destructive one ever known in this
country, consuming nearly the entire business
portion of the city. Never, says the Aha Cal
ifornian, has such a terrible conflagration occur
red since tlie burning of Moscow. Nineteen
squares of houses were destroyed. It is not
easy to estimate the number of houses consum
ed, but it amounts to at least fifteen hundred.
I he total loss is supposed to be between twelve
and fifteen millions ; fifteen millions about a
fair estimate.
The spectacle during the fire was frightful.
1 housands ol nn*n, women and children, scarcely
clad, and seemingly in a state of delirium,
crowded the streets. The city was filled with
people, wandering about without an asylum.
The horror of the scene was increased bv the
sight of the unfortunate persons who, from time
to time, were compelled to rush from the midst
of the flames, and precipitating themselves into
the streets, were at last, after vain efforts to es
cape, crushed by the falling buildings, in full
view of bund reds of spectators, unable to render
assistance. Fwo persons were in this manner
burnt alive in the streets, and six others perish
• and in the iron stores of Messrs. Taafl'e <fc Me-
Cahill.
I he number of persons known to have been
killedas eight; twenty others were more or less
severely wounded. After the fire two men were
killed by the falling ruins. The Custom House,
all the newspaper offices in San Francisco, with
the exception of that of the Alta Californian,
two theatres and all the principal hotels were
consumed. The offices of the Steamship Com
pany; and the ship Fantic and Gen. Harrison
were also burned.
Ihe list of sufferers hy the dreadful fire in
San h rancisco fills six columns of the Alta Cali
fornia, and even this is not complete. Very
few business houses, either in San Francisco or
Stockton, escaped destruction.
I’rices of Merchandise, which were very low
before the fire, suddenly were quintupled, and
rents rose in the same proportion.
The house of Burgovne tk Cos., after the fire,
found $1 500,000 safe in their iron chest.
The employees in the custom-house saved all
the funds that it contained, a nounting to a
million of dollars, by throwing them into a
well. J
A fire also occurred at Stockton, on the
night of the sth of May, which consumed the
business part of the city. This fire, taking the
relative size of the place into consideration, was
quite as disastrous as that of San Francisco. The
loss is estimated at $1,200,000.
Both these fires are supposed to be the work
<>f incendiaries. Suspicion rests upon a num
ber of Australian convicts who have infested
the cities, as they are known to have matured
a plan to burn and plunder San Francisco some
two months ago.
The New York Express—The entire rev
enues for the fisral year, ending June 20,
1851, will exceed the estimates by five mil
lions of dollars, and will reach (incuding.
he receipts at California for a par]he pastt of
and the whole of the present fiscal year) FIF
TY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! Os this sum
two millions will he credited to Calitornia. and
$48,000,000, at least, to the Atlantic ports;
and of this $48,000,000, New York will have
received an enormous amount, the revenue
collected here for only nine months of the year
being $ >4 375.012!
THE GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR.
MACON, GEO. JUNE 28, 1851.
UNION NOMINATION,
FOR GOVERNOR,
IKW. HOWELL COBB,
OF CLARKE.
Mr. (obh*s Appointments.
Mr. Cobb will address the people at
llawkinsville, on Tuesday - - Ist July.
Perry, on Thursday - - - - 3d “
Lanier, ou Saturday .... sth “
Buena Vista, on Monday - - 7th “
Columbus, on Wednesday - - 9th “
Lumpkin, on Friday - - - 11th “
Cuthbert, ou Saturday ... 12th “
Fort Games, on Monday - - 14th “
Blakely, on Tuesday .... 15th “
Bain bridge, on Thursday - - 17th “
Thoinasville, on Saturday - - 19th “
Newton, on Monday ... 2let “
Albany, on Tuesday .... 22d “
Stark vi lie ,on W ednesday - - 23d ,l
Amt-nous, on Thursday - - 24th “
Vienna, Dooly county, Saturday 26th “
Terms of tbe Citizen.
Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, payable
within three months from the time of subscribing, or
Two Dollars oash in hand, are the conditions of sub
scription to this paper. Subscribers who have not yet
paid for volume 2d. owe each $2 50, which they will
please settle without delay.
Thanks —We return our thanks to the of
ficers of the Steamer Florida, and to the Con
ductor- of the Central Railroad, for copious files
of New York papers, brought by that steamer
to Savannah, on Tuesday la-4.
Delegates to the Convention.— would
suggest to those Delegates to the Mechanics’
Convention who have occasion to pass through
Macon, to arrange the time of arrival here so
as to unite with the Macon Delegation in taking
the cars to Atlanta which leave Thursday eve
ning, July 3d, at 1-2 past 8 o’clock. Tty so doing,
they will he entitled to participate in the pro
posed reduction of fare from this city.
To Mechanics I
An adjourned meeting of all the Mechanics
of Macon and vieinty is requested, this evening
at the Council Chamber, at 8 o'clock, to provide
lor filling up any vacancies which may occur in
the delegation appointed to attend the Conven
tion, at Atlanta, on the 4th July, as well as to
consider the propriety of appointing an addi
tional Delegate to represent each and every
branch of Mechanic Arts and Manufactures of
the city in that body. Per order of the Chair
man. D. Tolcey, Secretary.
TV ill Do It. —The Macon Mechanics’ So
ciety, in obedience to the call made upon it have
selected a Speaker to address the Atlantic Con
vention, on the 4th proximo, who will endeavor
to discharge said duty, in as full a manner as
the very limited time allowed him for prepara
tion will permit. The brotherhood of Atlanta
will please make the necessary arrangements as
to place and hour of the meeting of Conven
tion, <fcc.
Our Candidate for Congress.— Before the
date of our next issue, the Congressional Con
vention of the 3d District, will have met in this
city and presented a candidate for Congress to
the support of the friends of the Union. We
humbly ask that all things may be done in har
mony and for the good of the cause and nothing
for men.
Nominations.— Hon. Charles 11. Hopkins has
Iwen nominated as the Union candidate for Congress
in the Ist District of this State, and the Hon. Charles
Murphy in the4tli. Both very g<>od nominations.
Hon. R. Toombs has been nominated as the Con*-
stitutional Union Candidate for Congress, from the
Bth District.
Trying to bum him out. —Three attempts
within sixty days, have been made to set fire to the
office of “ Ned Buntline’s Own,” in New York—the
last on Monday night, the 9th inst. That is one way
of puttingdownun independent Press which is “ more
honored in the breach than in the observance. ” Ned.
however, defies his enemies to do their worst, and tells
them, in a manly way, to ‘‘come on,” for he is ready
to meet all such *“ dastards, serpents and n urderers”
as they deserve to be met!
Offensive. —Certain young larks arc in the habit
of smoking segars at the doors of the churches in this
city, which, when the wind is favorable, is any thing but
agreeable to the inside worshippers. The practice, as
well as that of spitting tobacco in the pews and aisles,
is most abominable.
Some of the same kidney attend concerts, occasion
ally, and other genteel exhibitions, where they can be
recognized by a simultaneous and concerted movement
to disturb tbe audience, by striking the floor with
sticks, and otlu r annoying deviltry. We'll Daguer
reotype some of these chaps ere long, so that their
ugly physiognomies may be clearly delineated to an
admiring public.
Omission . —The name of James W. Green, was
inadvertently omitted in our last, from tbe list of citi
zens, living on the Houston Road, who were exhoner
ated from all suspicion of being engaged in the drug
ging and robbery transaction referred to, some time
back, iu the Georgia Citizen.
Slandering Mr. Jefferson —The “Fiiiibus
ter” prints have been claiming Thomas Jefferson as a
secessionist, but *‘ State Rights ” in the last Southern
Recorder, thus puts an extinguisher upon the slander:
“ Mr. Jefferson never supported any such doctrine.
The whole republican party always opposed secession.
They opposed it under Mr. Jefferson’s administration,
and under that of Mr. Madison. At the time of Mr.
Jefferson’s last election, on the day when the electors
met at Richmond to cast the vote of the State of Vir
ginia for him, a public dinner was given the electors.
Judge Roane, the great friend of Mr. Jefferson, pre
siding. The regular toasts were prepare! by his
friends, and that his opinions and those of his friends
might be distinctly known, the following regular toast
was drunk with overwhelming applause: ‘Secession —
It is Treason !’ ”
The Federal Ruin ” man calls this ihe “ loose and
disjointed views ” of Mr. Jefferson !
The Fugitive Law in Indiana.—The Hon.
Mr. McGaughey, whom the whigs have put up
for Congress, is the member who voted for the
Fugitive Law.
Hon. Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, the other whig in
the north west who so voted, is re-elected.
And if Hon. Mr. Elliot, of Boston, the third
whig, had consented to run again, he would
have been triumphantly elected
Great Cry and little Wool.— For lack of
argument some of the Filibusters are quoting the sen
timents of the quondam whig journals r.ow supporting
Mr. Cobb, as proof of their inconsistency in the matter.
Well, what of it! Did not the Disunion whigs who
now praise McDonald to the skies once abuse him with
out stint as a rabid Locofoco ? For example, Smythe.
of the Republic, was the temporary President of thr
late nameless Convention of the Fire Eaters, at Mil
ledgeville, and it has been his “ meat, drink, washing
and lodging” ever since he assumed the Editorial tri
pod, till very lately, to abuse every thing that savored of
Democracy.
On the other hand, such atra-bilious prints as the
Federal Ruin, Georgia Telegraph, Constitutionalist,
Columbus Tunes and Bav. Georgian, have been accus
tomed, in days past, to praise Mr. Cobb as the Magnus
Apollo of the great democratic party of Georgia, and
second, in soundness, ability and honesty, to none, not
even C. J. McDonald ! In the name of all consisten
cy, why then cry “stop thief” when you are all in tin
same category I It is acknowledged, on all hands, that
old party lines have beeu obliterated—that former whigs
and Democrats belong now, to bt th the Union and
Disunion parties of the State. The use of such a wea
pon is therefore foolish. It is a two-edged instrument
that will out both ways quite as keenly as one. The
inconsistency then charged lies at the door of nearly
every journal in the State, except the Union Demo
crats, aud is therefore a contemptible, ‘‘small potato”
warfare to engage in.
A Daniel Come to Judgment!
A writer over the classic signature of “ Auehum
kee,” in the last “Federal Union” makes invidious com
parisons between McDonald and Cobb, against the lat
ter. Hesays:
‘‘The approaching gubernatorial canvass will present
an anomaly in the history of party warfare iu this State.
The opponent of Gov. McDonald is the lion. Howell
Cobb, late Speaker of the House of Repreutatives, and
who has ever professed, and still professes to be a dem
ocrat. A democrat, and opposed to C. J. MoDonall !
“Y r es, it may be told in Gath, and published in the
streets of Askelon, that Howell Cobb, a man whom
the democrats have honored and distinguished, is now
the opponent of the regular nominee of the democratic
party for Governor, and the candidate of the whig sub
mission party!!”
In anwer to that, Gov. McDonald, says that the late
nameless Convention was composed of both “ Whigs
and Democrats!” Ilow then can Howell Cobb be the
opponent of the ,l regular nominee of the Democratic
party"?
Again “ Auchamkee” says of Mr. Cobb :
“And Howell Cobb is the candidate of these sympa
thizers with the northern frecsoilers and abolitionists!
Now. I ask you, who like myself, belong to the rank and
file of the old fashioned, real Union party, can you
sacrifice your State Rights principles as democrats, and
your regard for the rights and interest of the South, to
support this representative of the north for Governor ?
Will you abandon that true republican and friend of the
South, Chas. J. McDonald, to support a mail who has
sold and betrayed his party and his section ? Can
honest whigs reconcile it to themselves to vote for one
for Governor who has just come among them and still
boasts of his unchanged democracy?”
Again, we ask, is McDonald, in deed and in truth.
the Democratic candidate? What say the Athens
Herald and Augusta Republic and the d'sunmn Whigs.
of the rank and file, to that declaration ? Have they
placed themselves in the position which this audaciou
scribblcr has dared to place Mr. Cobb and the hundred
of U nion Democrats in the Stale, as sellers and betray
ers of their parly and the South ? Let them answer
those questions if they can !
As to the comparative soundness of Messrs. McDon
ald and Cobb, in devotion to the interests of the South
and to Democracy, wc have but a work to respond. On
thing is very certain —'lit. COBB NEVER
HATCHED TREASON AGANST IIIS COUN
TRY, NOR PRESIDED OVER A, SECOND OR
THIRD EDITION of the “ Hartford Conven
tion”! Mr. Cobb never alio wed the ‘stars & stripes’
waiving over his head to have theory of“DiSUNION’’
“DISUNION’’ spit upon its folds, in contempt and de
rision 1 Mr. Cobb never sat in silence as Chairman, and
allowed the gag to be placed on the mouth of an ex-rep
resentative from Georgia, and an Ex-United State-
Minister to a haughty European power—liimrelf an in
vited guest---because the latter chose to speak in pr.iist
ot that Flag, and its power to protect, mid tile diu ot
battle, and roar of artillery, in a foreign land ! No !
no!! no!!! Whatever, of sins political, Mr. Cobb may
have been guilty, his garments have never been stained,
after that fevhion, and never will!
Secession the Same as Disunion.
That those who are clamoring for the right of seces
sion are Disuniouists at heart, there is the most indu
bitable testimony.
A* V'oioe from Georgia, ’’ in the Charleston Mer
cury thus speaks of some of the people of Georgia :
“ Restrained by some of the motives mentione •
above, they cannot yet be persuaded to become di un
ionists; they are wavering, stung by a sense of wrong
and injustice, yet held back by a vague fear of the tvit
of disunion. All that is wanted to secure their aid is
a practical and successful demonstration of secession.”
• ****
“ In conclusion, let me beseech you and your party
not to flag in your exertions; let no stone remain un
turned to forward the cause of immediate secession.—
Tlie Southern Rights Party of the whole country ar
looking anxiously with fear, with doubt, yet with hope,
upon your gallant State. Our hands are tied by the
will of the majority, but you are yet free. See to it
that you remain so. South Carolina is now the only
champion of Southern liberties, she will be the last;
yours is the only battle-ground for Southern patriotism,
and will be the last. ”
Another, in the “ Telegraph ” of Columbia, S. C ,
writes as follows from Georgia :
“ The secession of South Carolina. I honestly be
lieve, is the last limp upon which the South can hang
a hinge of hope; if she falters, all is lost. We look
to you to stand tirm. If that monster of iniquity, the
Federal Government, dares to attempt coercion, it will
rally to your standard from the Southwest not less than
fifty thousand as gallant spirits as ever picked a flint.—
In such an event put us down certain, as claiming a
place in the line. It steam will carry us so soon. I wili
be with you before the reverberation of the first can
non shall have died away in the distance.
*******
‘"lf your secession is painful, so soon as the first panic
is over, you must begin to enter upon anew and untold
state of prosperity. With your own raw material, to
gether with that which must flow into your borders
from this Slate, North Alabama and Tennessee, in
spite of the restrictions and cordons of the Federal Go
vernment, I cannot see what is to prevent your attain
ing great wealth in short time. Holland, with not
half the advantages of South Carolina, attained great
commercial prosperity—was in fact, mistress of the seas
at one time. With free trade or a moderate duty upon
importations, nothing can check your march to great
ness.,?
Another writing to the “ Spartan, ’’ says:
“ I have but one idea on the subject now agitating
the country, and that is that South Carolina holds the
destiny of the South and of slavery in her own hands.
If she backs out, then is slavery doomed, and that
at no distant day. But if she will secede from the
Union, she can save the South and protect slavery.—
Either the Government will let her go out peaceably
and quietly, or will endeavor to force her into subjec
tion. If the Administration permit her to goon with
out interruption, then three-fourths of the cotton
States will follow suit in less than two years; for they
are only restrained now through fears of an intermina
ble civil war.
“ The people of Georgia do not love the Union, as a
sentiment * * * * I tell you the
Southern Rights Party (I don't mean the State,) would
back you with life and fortune, from the Savannah t<>
the Mississippi river. If we had a bare majority in
Georgia, we would have seceded ; and as you have a
large majority in South Carolina, why do you hesitatt ?
Delays are dangerous—hesitation is ruin. ”
The Alabama confederates of the Georgia Fire Eat
ers are equally decided on the subject. The “ Atlas
and Secession Banner, ” a paper prn'ed at Montgom
ery, hs for its motto—
“ the ***
10. That the question of the secession of \i. u
from this Government, is reduced to th . , ma
only. ” ,at of hm,
Again : Col. Cochran, Disunion candidate N, r
gress in the 2nd District of Alabama, tb Us 1, °°’
Father Ritchie: to
“ the action of the Government at Wj •
in passing tiro bill to admit California, an d “ ni?ton
sures which seem to have added so much to - nK ’ a *
piness, leaves U3 without hopt they perfect U
danon of the South in the Union, and nt ! ‘
redeem her but Secession .” ‘ CBa
*****•♦.
“ I do not think the Union will be delved
atcly; but 1 believe, and rejoice in the
this moment there is amongst us here a leav.n J** *
union, which by a more or less rapid, but
tain process, will leaven the . hole lump. J ® l ' r ‘
“ \\ e led that in the confederacy we are dem*,’ •
and have no remedy but secession.” *
The Convention at Montgomery, Ala on
inst., reported through tlicit Chairman, l’lun \y 104
\ ancey, the following Preamble aud Resolu v', °
Whereas, in the opinion of this Convene,
of recent occurrence indicate ll.at one of il‘. ’ UCW ’
States of this Union is placing herself in a •
secede, aud will secede from the Union
“And whereas, in the opinion of this
State Las the right to secede, and Irotn the Vw .
of the case, is-the only judge of the
pricty of such an act. * ‘ u **'”
“ And whereas, it is not improbable tlat tie n •
of such right by the seceding State will l*
with arms, by the General Government
be it ‘
“ Resolved, That if in the event of an s mj,
State, in the exercise of ito own
proper, for causes which now exist, to sect de f rol , |T
Union, in the opiniou of this Convention, ft J.
wane the duty of this State, as of all lhe uth- r h .’
to oppose with force any attempt upon the pirt
General Governii cut to coerce such seedici; State >.
And still further:
“At a meeting of the people of Scriv* Dtv
Georgia, held at Station No. 6 Central Rail R :l j J ’
the fourth Monday of May, after sleeting
■or tlie State Legislature, the following rtvilation
offered by S. B. Ilayne, was unanimously adopted- ‘
“ Resoled, That iit the event South Carolina Re
cedes from the Union of the North, and that thi-Gur
eminent of the majority should try to iaii.i,t TVr
ftoin her j ust right to do so, we the mem ben cump*
ing this meeting, do pledge ourselves in the tice of k
world to support her cause, if necessary, with ournfe
to the death. ”
Gov. McDonald expresses himself thus:
“ The right of a Stale, in virtue of its indewnd -nc
and sovereignty, to secede from the Union, v.
the people thereof, in their sovereign capacity.
determine such a step to be necessary to effect their
safety and happiness, flows necessarily from the- nttur
ot our govern mental organization. ”
The Columbus Sentinel says:
“ We have no patience with men who believe th-:
tbe Constitution lias beeu violated—that Georgia nda
graced—ami yet say, 4 we submit—we are vtilh. gti
get upon the Georgia platform. ’ Such subauaKo
would do discredit to a slave. ”
The Federal Uuion repudiates both Jefferson at;
Gen. Jackson on the subjeet of secession! The Edit t
speaks as follows of a communication suiting forth Jef
ferson's opinion against secession:
“ Our space is too precious to be occupied, at such a
period as Ibis, by such protracted disquisitions --j wj
• übject, and least of all, by a repetition of the Ims
and disjointed views of Mr. Jefferson on the right*’
secession !*’
J udging from these and other demonstrations, tb*
can be no doubt that the McDonald “ FiliibusUn’
mean to split the Union, if they can !
Interesting to the Ladies
The A ppalaehicola Advertiser a.'ii-mccs that th
Ladies of that place “ have made arrangements fori
course of Lectures on subjects in which they are nnrt
particularly interested. They propose giving two la
tures each week. The following list embraces a pur
lion of the subjects, which will be brought before tb
public daring the course :
Husbands, —their uses and duties.
Servants, as confidential spies and reporters.
Beaux— the use of—liovv taught.
Curtain L- dun s—necessity of, when tobeused.
Tears—their advantages—best mode of applying.
\lu>D—bow muchi- u c s-ary toe.tich a flat.
I Vt tin sms—their beauty and comfort.
Bachelors—their whims—best bait for, Ac.
t’romenudiug and Poetry.
| Scolding—tbe science of, nse, Arc.
Proper mode of ascertaining who calls on tbt-y<®s
lady over the way.
Calls—personal and pasteboard—how to bt- retarrt-r
Pin money——quantity of, —how to be used.
Cotton—as a component <>f the female form.
Serenades—ihe pl< asures of.
Babies — their beauty—spoons as a machine forf-cLt
Tickets for the whole course, (admitting a bJj ***
her beau ) $lO ; for a single lecture 25 cents.
Strong Language.—The n r
the following language as having been used at the Fa
ioul supper at Chelsea last week :
“‘lf a slave hunter came to my house I *" u ‘ 1
him. taKe the Constitution for his sheet. *|
burv him in In II !*’
The fellow would do better to bury him r j
home; he might become a stink to the land. —
Neica.
THE NEW COSTUME
The editor of the Louisville Jotirna’ i' l i
ply to the question whether he is f ,,r ! \
gainst the short dresses for tli* Indies. “■
‘Oh. we are and cidedly a short dre-- ■
•ml in our power to puss much time i |!l .
ladies, and vve wish, during our Uriel “PP J
uity, to see as mueh of them as we csHi |
propriety.’’
Washington Uonaiy.
The Mechanics of Washington county I
meeting in Sandersville on Saturday
appointed John Pate, Oliver P- 1 ,r35! ' n yj
11. 11. Davis, R. Mayo and H- C. LaC
gates to the Atlanta Convention. The
Resolutions were unanimously adopted”
Resolved, That we heartily anand
prove of the call for a Mass meeting and “'‘'l
j ics at Atlanta on the 4th of July. .1
Resolved, That an organized State •
ic’s Institute, with subordinate ‘fl
each county so far as practicable,
pose of disseminating useful inform
set ting and maintaining equality iu I' - - H
and for our general improvement * n
edge, would meet with our united a c “
approbation. -t-andM
Resolved, That we contemplate with r?- ■
mortification, the system of
our State prison, by instructing them ’
of Mechanism ; thus placing a
men in competition with the honest
•rent artizans of the State. An
earnestly recommend that the j: D
should be so regulated as to
tion with capital, which can a rtil .
itself, instead of mechanical skill
Resolved, That the Mechanics
loyal to the institutions of the SuUt ‘'iJ.tf J
er ready to defend them when
utmost of their ability and at al
while they are thus ready t0 ! 111
tain our peculiar institution, they
to disapprove of the discriniinub
structing slaves and tree ‘‘f”. 1 " 1 * w ’ M
mechanical arts, and sulieniy
about without the protection <* e'd S
Mechanic, because it is pro . ofl Df r ’ M
only evil, to the slaves and m ■
has a tendency to degrade tS
which they are instructed