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tiro , an Urn surmounted by an Eternal Light, the
o flowing curious epitaph may be seen :
‘Behold and see, as you pass by,
As you are now, so once was I;
As I am now, so you must be—
Prepare for death and follow me!’
On an old Tomb Stone, erected to the memory of a
man who died ill 1779, is the following very curious
epitaph:
‘Tho’ I now in Tort do ride,
With the rest of our fleet,
Yet, once again vve must set sail.
Our Admiral Christ to meet.’
On the Tomb Stone erected to the memory of a be
loved wife by her husband, is the following very pret
ty and chaste epitaph:
‘Lo ! where this silent marble weeps,
A friend, a wife, a mother sleeps !
A heart, within whose secret cell,
The peaceful virtues loved to dwell.’
The following is the very unpoetieal epitaph on the
ToinbStone erected to the memory of two sisters :
‘Here two sisters lie enitombed,
Like blossom? nipped just as they bloomed \y
On another, not far off, ereccted to the mernoiw of
Anson Todd, is the following very chaste epitaph :
‘So fades the lovely blooming flower—
Frail smiling solace of an hour!
So soon our transient comforts fly,
As flowers that only bloom to die !’
Ou Abigail Russell's Tomb Stone, I read the follow
ing :
‘Thesweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when they sleep in dust.’
Ou Joseph Russel’s I read the following :
‘When thy dear Saviour makes the dead,
And bids thy dust arise,
Then shalt thou leave have thine humble bed,
And meet him in the skies.’
On Mr. Uriah Thompson, who died in 1778, is the
following epitaph :
‘.No gift of Nature, Art, or Grace,
Exempted from the burying place :
All must obey the solemn call ;
Before the ty/ant till must fall!’
The follow ing I saw on a Tomb Stone erected by a
fond husband to the memory of his beloved wife :
*This the last tribute love to love can pay ;
A fond farewell to virtues passed a\vay. !
On Levi Pardee’s Tomb Stone 1 read ttfefollowing
very expectant epitaph :
‘My flesh shall slumber in the ground ;
Till the last Troumpel’s joyful sound ;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour’s image rise.’
Ou Mr. Elisha Andrew’s Tomb Stone I read the fol
lowing very singular motto: When this you see, think
on me.’
On the Tomb Stone of Miss Sarah Andrews I read
the following lines.
‘Oh! may my humble spit it stand
Among them clothed in white ;
The meanest place at his-right hand,
Is infinite delight. ’
One of the most curious in the whole Cemetery, to
the following, which I read on the Tomb Stone of Mr.
Amos Thompson:
‘Praises on tombs
Are trifles vainly spent;
A man’s good name
Is his only monument.’
There is a good deal more truth than poetry in this
—although poetry is the most true of all things.
On ihe Tomb Stone of Stephen Thompson, I read
the following lines :
‘I hear the voice, ye dead arise
And, lo! the graves obey
The waking Saints, with joyful eyes,
Salute the expected day !’
On an old Tomb Stone, I read the following old-time
epitaph: ‘Here lyes interredye boddy of Mrs. Da
sire Street, the wife of ye Rev. Nicholas Street, who
departed this life Jan’ry ye 27th, A. D. 1765, and in
the 20th year of her age.’
‘Here my dear Desire lies,
Obscured in the dust!
Thus all but virtue dies,
Whose memory cannot rust.’
The following lines I read on the Tomb Stone of a
young lady who died aged 16 :
‘Lay the sod lightly
Over her breast
Calm be tier slumbers —
Peaceful her rest:
Beautiful, lovely,
She was but given
To bud here on earth,
And blossom in Ilcaven.’
What I wish you to observe here is, the religious
pathos which pyvades all these epitaphs particularly
those on \hao\iy Tomb Stones. They appear to have
been written by the near and dear relatives of the de
ceased—and not by poets, or any one at all competent to
write epitaphs. From the religious fervor which per
vades nearly all the Epitaphs on the old Tomb Stones,
they appear to me to have been inspired by the remem
brance of some old Hymns with which the author had
been familiar in early life. If this be the fact, it is
quite curious, as well as instructing, to contemplate
them, inasmuch as it will give us an inlight into those
sacred Songs which would otherwise have remained
eternally forgotten. Os this lam almost certain, from
the crudeness of the Art with which they were manu
factured—as they arc not only deficient in rhyme but
also in rhythm. This would not be the case had they
been written by other than persons of limited abilities
in verse making.
Now, contrast these old Country Epitaphs with
those which I sent you some time ago from the City.
and you will see the difference between them, not only
in regard to the Art by which they were constructed,
but the spirit which invests them. All these are im
mortal records of the qualities not only of the then
living, but also of those who were dead. H hat a world
of wonderful love and fervent piety do these marble
pages unfold to our view ! Here is a large Library of
imperishable Books giving the pathetic history of per
sons who now inWfibit another world, but whose hopes
au4l aspirations, while in this life, were just as bouyant
and joyful as mir own. Not only bad they the same
desires that we have, but they lived in the times that
tried men’s soul’s. No mail can read those Epitaphs
without coming to the conclusion that ‘all flesh is grass,
and that if all ‘flesh’ he ‘grass,’ and man is not, in his
ipsiety, more than flesh, he is infinitely worse off.
There must be a better world than this, or man was
made in vain—for it is utter vanity that any being
should be made to long for that which it is impossible
for him to possess. It is this u nicer sal belief in the
boundless charity of God which makes all men, in all
countries, believe in the immortality of the soul.
T. 11. C.
P. S. Yesterday, as I was crossing the Toll Bridge,
•n my way from New Haven to East llaven, I receiv
ed, in change, a copper cent, which I value a good deal
higher than the money I paid for the toll. On one
side of it is a full length likeness of La Fayette, with
his hat in his hand leaning on his cane. Over his
dress coat is thrown a largo surlout coat. On the
margin and surrounding his head, as with a halo of
glory, are the following words:— La Fayette, a
ftiend to America and freedom. Died May 20,1834.
Ositho opposite side are the following words: //. M.
and E. J. Richards, Manufacturers oj Jewelry,
near the Uuion House, Attleboro, Mass.
Ireland. —\Yc gather the following from the latest
foreign papers:
Another Potato “ Panic" ’ Coming. —lt is impossi
ble to conceal, or even to palliate the matter any long
er ; the potato crop has, within the last ten days espe
cially, exhibited the destructive effects of the blight to
an extent hardly equalled in the experience of any for
mer season-since the fatal year 1846. From every
quarter of the country the most desponding accounts
are transmitted to us; and, though we are anxious to
encourage, as well as to indulge a hope that no actual
scarcity will occur, yet, as a simple matter of fact, the
loss which has already taken place in the potato crop
alone amounts to a large proportion of the whole rent
of- tl.a land itself. Several correspondents also inform
ue that in many districts a fatal disease has appeared
among the pigs, tmd has caused sv rious losses to the
farmers. 0
Scarcity of Laborers.— The Roscommon Jour
nal states that laborers are extremely scarce in tha*
locality, and so extensive is the demand for them, that
not a single able-bodied pauper over fifteen years of
age has remained in the work house. The present av
erage wages are from Is. to Is. 3d. per diem, and even
at this rate the farmers complain bitterly at the short
supply. Higher terms have been offered, but the
hands are not to be obtained.
Immigration. —The tide of immigration, especially
from the southern ports, continues as brisk as if it were
the beginning, instead of the elose of the year. The
greatest number were, according to a local paper,
“comfortable farmers, taking with them the harvest
gains of a country which wants them more than any
other one on the face of the globe.’’
The Christiana Affair.
The Philadelphia Ledger of yesterday has the follow
ing :
More Arrests. —The U. State Commissioner, In
graham, U. S. District Attorney, Asiimead, and U. S.
Marshal, Roberts, were at Christiana, yesterday, and
examined two colored persons, who had been arrested
on Wednesday night, at the Welch Mountains, upon
suspicion of having participated in the recent outbreak
in Lancaster county. One of the parties was discharg
ed for want of evidence, and the other, whom officer
Klino recognized as one of the party that resisted
the officers in attempting to arrest Pinckney and Nel
son, was brought down to this city and placed in pris
on.
The U. S. District Attorney represents the vicinity
in which the recent murder oeeured as quiet, and only
nine officers remaining. The Lancaster officers have
all retired, leaving the field clear to the officers of this
city, under Lieut. Ellis.
Marshal Roberts started to Williamsport in the after
noon train yesterday, in search of Pinckney, whom the
telegraph announced as being in that neighborhood.
Ho will remain there until such a time as Pinckney is
found, or the rumor of his whereabouts is ascertained
to be incorrect. The further examination of any per
sons arrested at or near Christiana lias postponed
until Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
The Baltimore county Jeffersonian lias the following
paragraph:
“We were glad to learn, as wc are going to
press, that the negro Noah, who goes by the name of
Jim Scott, and who belonged to Mr. Edward Gorsueh
was caught on Thursday some sixty miles above Lm
• caster.
Means of the Government. —The following is a
statement of the financial condition of three Depart
ments of the Government at the commencement of the
present fiscal year, (the Ist July)
The balance remaining, over and above
expenditure, on tho Ist July for the
War Department - - $1,070, 573 52
Appropriation for current year, from
July 1, 1851, to July 1, 1852 - 7,834,594 19
Resources of the Department $11,905,467 71
Similar balance for the Navy Depart
ment - - - $4,220,898 28
Appropriation for the current year 7,838,814 71
Resources - - $12,059,712 99
Similar balance for the Department
of the interior - - $3,003,036 51
Appropriation for the curreut year ~ 3,108,276 46
$6,111,313 07
The balances of the civil and diplomatic branch of
the expenses of the Government have not been struck.
The appropriation for that service for the current year
was $7,070,617 20.—Nut. Intel.
The Revolution in Mexico.
The N. O. Delta says : The intelligence will excite
profound interest throughout the country, and particu
larly in the South, where the necessity of counteract
ing the ambitious designs of the Northern portion of
this Confederacy, by the acquisition of new territory
friendly to, and identical with, the South, lias been felt
as the only security against the final destruction and ov
erthrow of our institutions. We have been cognizant
of thedes : gn, which this news would lead us to believe
and hope had been consummated.
Tile Mexican government has not been able to extend
the protection which was due the people of the North
ern States of her weak and nearly dissolved Republic,
and our government lias neglected to fulfill the solemn
obligations of tiie Treaty of Guadalupe, which bound it
to protect the frontier States of Mexico from the depre
dations ofnumerous bands of savage and warlike Indians,
who have nearly rendered this beautiful country a
waste. Actuated by this strong necessity, as well as by
a desire to open this rich and productive region to
American emigration and enterprise, a plan has for
some time occupied the minds of the leading men in the
States of Tamaulipas, New Leon, Coahuila, and per
haps others, to revolutionize those States and declare
them independent of the Republic of Mexico. Several
of the most prominent citizens of Western Texas are
connected with this movement.
The Country embraced in the scope of the designs of
the revolutionists, from one of the richest and most val
uable portions of Mexico,and is admirably adapted to
the production of our staples, as well as for grazing and
other purposes. It would constitute an immensely
valuable accesion to the Southern portion of this Union.
Recent experience has demonstrated the insecurity and
perpetual announces to which our people are subjected,
from the want of a good, safe, and proper natural bound
ary, separating our territory from that of Mexico. The
Rio Grande is no boundary at all. Savage tribes and
lawless robbers can commit their depredations on one
side, and pass to the other, with a facility, which gives
perfect impunity to depredation, and keeps tho whole
frontier in a continual state of disorder and distur
bance. A more secure and effectual boundary will be
found in the Sierra Madre, the passes of which can be
easily guarded. When the treaty of Guadalupe was
under consideration, we strongly advocated the Sierra
Madre line, and demonstrated the impracticability of the
Rio Grande boundary. There is not a man who has
travelled in the valley of the Rio Grande, who lias not
been painfully impressed with the utter insecurity, of
that line, and with the necessity of acquiring the terri
tory north of the Sierra Madre.
We rejoice that a movement has been started with
that object. It will command our cordial support. The
extraordinary proofs of hostility to the acquisition of
Southern territory, which have lately been at the north,
in tluir opposirion to Cuban independence, have im
pressed us more strongly than ever with the necessity
of prompt and antagonistic action on the part of the
South. In the bitterness of their sectional hostility to
the South, they were ready to forswear all the cherished
principles of our Government, and all those human
sympathies and feelings which have heretofore charac
terized our whole population. Let us be warned by
these manifestations, and take care of ourselves.
The Delta of the Ist inst. say* several gentlemen of
reputation, as military men and revolutionary chiefs,
have left New Orleans in order to take part in the rev
olution.
From the N. O. Bulletin, Sept. 30lA.
The Revolution in Mexico.
Tho papers received by the steamer Yacht, last eve
are filled with the details of a very serious com
motion, looking very much like an incipient revolution,
which seems to prevail through the Mexican States
bordering on tho Texas frontier. The antecedents to
these movements were of course a series of pronuncia
mentos, but unlike most of that kind of missives, the
documents in question seem to contain real matter of
grievance, and declarations which look as if the authors
were in earnest in the intention of obtaining redress.
The two most important of these documents issued
from the citizens of Guerrero and Camargo, both de
clarations agreeing in substance as to the subject of com
plaint and the mode of remedy for the alleged griev
ance. From the similarity in tone and substance ot
these declarations, it is inferred that there has been
some preconcert of deliberation and action. We learn
from the Rio Bravo, that there has been a spirit of dis
affection prevailing for some mouths past iu all these
frontier States of Mexico, and that there is scarcely a
State of that Republic, in which open manifestations
have not been exhibited of disaffection with the Federal
Government, and of a restive, uneasy spirit of submis
sion to its authority. Popular discontent has been ev
ery manifest, and all that was needed to give vent to
the confined flames, was a bold, resolute leader, to strike
the first blow. Arista is represented as having been
deserted by this feeble cabinet —his treasury is empty
—his scheme of summoning the Governors of the re
spective States, is a disgraceful failure—poverty, wretch
edness, clamorous necessity, stare him in the face on
all sides, and what can he do? He has neither armies,
money, nor patriotic feeling, on which to rely. lie is,
politically speaking, as powerless as an infant. On the
part of the reformers or revolutionists, there is zeal, a
keen sense of wrong, and confident hopes of success
against the imbecile attacks of the Federal Government.
The chief leader, thus far, is Col. Carvajal, an active,
enterprising, and efficient partizan captain. lie knows
the temper of the people of this frontier —he is a good
English scholar, and is well informed on the general
principles of our Government. He is admirably suit
ed to ferret out and expose the abuses and iniquities of
the Mexican Government, and to aid in devising plans
for the prevention of such outrages. The Rio Bravo
learns that he has some four or five hundred determin
ed men, well armed, under his command, who arc ready
for any emergency that may arise. The causes which
have led to these movements may be reduced to three
classes, to wit:
1. The utter failure of the Federal Government to
protect the northern Mexican States from Indian depre
dations.
2. The unjust, unequal, prohibitory system of duties,
which operates most destructively on the interests of
the people of this frontier.
3. The despotic power exercised by the Federal
Government, over the rights and representation of the
several States.
The following particulars we take from the Rio Bra
vo of the 24th:
THE WAR BEGUN !
Intelligence, on which we rely, ha* jußt been received
from Camargo, that a sharp skirmish has taken place,
between the troops of Col. Carvajal, and the regulars of
that city, in which a number of men were wounded, and
which resulted in the triumph of the patriots. We are
not informed of the details. There is no doubt, how
ever, that Camargo is in the hands of the victors, and
that they are in march for Reynosa atiu Matnrnoros.
The Government has so weakened itself, by sending
reinforcements to Camargo,that these places will fall eas
ily into the hands of the revolutionists. We learn that
General Avalos, commanding at Matamoras, received
the reports of three couriers yesterday, but what news
they brought, has not yet transpired. As there was
no demonstrations of success, no boasting, and as the
last company of cavalry, at the disposal of the Gen
eral, was despatched last night, towards the seat of war,
we infer that the patriots are sweeping all before them.
Thus has commenced a struggle, that may regenerate
Mexico, and secure for her people j ustiee and prosperi
ity. The people of the United States, will not stand,
with folded arms, indifferent spectators of this animating
scene.
We just hear that the commandant of Artillery, on
the side of the Government, was killed, and some thirty
other persons, military and civil. Camargo is taken.
The fight is up !
We have just received by express several letters which
wc give below, giving the details of the battle at Camar
go. By a postscript in a private letter vve learn that
Mier and several other towns are in the hands of the
liberators.
Rio Grande Crrr, Sept. 20—11. a. m.
Dear L. : The battle has been desperately fought
and Carvajal has been victorious. It commenced yes
terday at 2 o’clock, and only ended this morning at
nine. The Mexicans done bravely, but were at last
forced to surrender, with some sixty odd killed and
wounded. Four officers killed, among whom was Mo
rales. On Carvajal’s side none killed, and only seven
wounded. The military surrendered at discretion.
Carvajal is now occupied in forming new laws and reg
ulations. There was no artillery with the insurgents,
while the government troops had one or more pieces.
But the eaunoniers werc'picked off by the rifles until they
could tio longer stand it.
This I send you by express, and have no time to say
more. Yours in haste, J. 11. P.
Ttio Grande Citt, 9 o’clock, Sept. 20.
Dear Sir: You have, ere this, received niv short
communication, per steamer Corvette, which informed
you that the “revolutionists,” as they are termed, were
contemplating an attack on the evening of the day on
which that letter was written. It was, however post
poned until yesterday. Tile attack commenced yester
day at two o’clock P. M., and the military were com
pelled to seek refuge in the church and customhouse.
The whole force under Col. Carvajal were three com
panies, amounting to three or four hundred men, if 1
am rightly informed. One company from Guerrero,
under command of Don Jose Maria Canales, was placed
in front; the second command, almost all Americans,
was placed in the centre, under command of Capt.
Tremble; and the third company, from Camargo, un
der command of Don Thomas Cabazos. These were
led to the plaza by Col Carvajal, in spite of the cannon
and every other mode of defence which the Mexican
troops could adopt. The houses on the plaza which
afforded them protection, were soon taken, and every
Mexican soldier who dared to make his appearance
above the houso tops was immediately shot by the Tex
an rifles.
The battle has not yet closed, though I feel every con
fidence Col. C. and his party will take the place. Yours,
truly.
P. S. —12 o’clock, M.— A messenger has just ariv
ed from Camargo, who informs us that the city has just
been taken, and everything surrendered to Col. Carva
jal. The customhouse has been taken, and all the
goods which have hitherto been seized, including a con
siderable lot of mantas, imperials, etc.
Ilio Grande Citt, Sept. 20 1851.
Messrs. Editors: I write to you in haste to say
that the revolutionary movement on the other side of
the river lias commenced in earnest. The two parties
have been fighting since the night of the 18tl) The
Government party have one piece of artillery, and arc
fortified in the church—the beseigers have only small
arms. A courier, who was in the fight, just arrived,
reports that about sixty on the Mexican side, including
four officers, have been killed, and four Americans and
six Mexicans, of the revolutionists, are wounded, but
not mortally. A small reinforcement left hero last
night, and another this morning.
Amongst the knowing ones at this place, it is said
President Arista is at the head of this movement, and
that he is now en route from Mexico to the Sierra Mad
re, his object being to revolutionize all the Northern
Mexican States. BOON.
[From the N. O. Picayune.]
The Drought.
So far as we can learn by inquiry of the old
folks,and by reference to tins meteorological ta
blesot the late Dr. Tooley,there is every reason
to believe that the drought of last summer and
fall (1350) and that of the present season have
been the most injurious ever known to this
region of country. In digging to the depth of
four feet there is scarce a trace of moisture.
Every thing is parched up. Springs and wells
dried that have never have been dry before,
cisterns empty, the pastures burnt tip, trees
dying—not only in the gardens and orchards,
but forest trees apparently in full vigor. Some
of the oaks seem most affected. Fall gardens
we have none. Seeds will not vegetate ;or
where passing showers may have caused them
to sprout, they have been immediately burnt
up. Very few have succeeded in growing
turnips; sweet potatoes are a sorry crop ; corn
is light; and altogether the prospects ahead
for provisions for man and beast are
enough. We believe that this portion of the
Southwest has made enough if used economi
cally ; but some have a superabundance,
whilst others have a short supply.
And there is no appearance whatever of
rain. The air is loaded with dust, and the
roads almost impassable from that cause. The
Poor teams suffer sadly.
I his county (Adams, Miss.,) will, it seems to
•>e generally conceded, make about as much
cotton as last year. But the accounts from all
parts of the country became daily more dis
couraging to the prospects of a large yield.
YVe cannot yet venture upon a guess as to
the probable aggregate, further than that in
weighing the accounts, both private and from
the papers of the day, the conclusion we have
come to is, that the prospects are not in favor
of a heavier crop than that of last year.
Washington Miss.
Bibb County.
City. Hazard’s. Rutland. Warrior. Total.
For Governor.
McDonald, 475 17 100 191 783
Cobb , 593 57 51 14 715
Congress.
Bailey, 436 15 96 ISB 735
Chappell, 502 56 50 16 684
Senate.
Harmon, 444 16 97 185 742
Burney, 536 58 50 15 659
Represe.nt's.
Atkinson, 434 15 98 181 728
Morehouse, 412 16 93 182 733
Holt, 553 57 50 15 675
Armstrong, 527 56 48 16 047
Union men in Italics.
———iwnrifiin ■■mi ■!■——
The Tobacco Crop in Ohio, says the Com
mercial, is larger and finer this, than at any
previous season. “Ohio State is fast rivaling
Kentucky and Missouri in this great staple.
It is fast becoming one ofthe principal crops
in the Miami valley. Ohio tobacco ranks A.
No. 1 in the Baltimore market.”
A lady in New York city stopped her paper,
beause the editor, speaking of an orator who
made a political speech, said ho stripped the
subject of all its false coloring.
THE (PRAIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR.
M ACON, GEO. OCT. 11, 1851.
To (orrespondnits.
The gentleman of whom our ‘Ellerslie’ correspond
ent enquires, is still absent from the city.
‘llibcrnicus’ received, but too late for the present
issue.
Mechanics’ Society.—a meeting of this As
sociation takes place, this evening, at the Library Room,
on business of importance.
TllC Fine Arts. —The attention of the Ladies
and Gentlemen of Macon is respectfully called to the
sale, advertised for this evening, of a splendid assort
ment of carved Vasts, Bohemian Glass, French China,
fce.
Catholic Fair. — We are pleased to learn that
our Catholic fellow-citizens are to have a fancy Fair,
in aid of Christian Benevolence, during the week ofthe
Agricultural Fair. The Ladies connected with the
Church and others friendly to the cause, are actively
engaged in preparation for the occasion, and have hope
of making it an interesting feature of the great week.
The Campbells. —The lovers of melody have a
fine treat in store for them during Fair week. That
splendid company, the original “ Campbell Minstrels’’
whose fame is co-extensive with the Confederacy, and
beyond it, and whose popular exhibitions have won gol
den opinions, every where, will be in Macon oil the
27th inst. The lovers of fun, comicality and fine music,
will be delighted, we are sure, to read this announce
ment.
The Fair Grounds.
We were gratified, the other day,at a visit lo the
grounds being prepared for the approaching Agricultu
ral Fair, in this city. The arrangements are ample and
in exceedingly good taste. All the buildings are erec
ted and every provision for tho comfort and accommo
dation of visitors will be completed some days in ad
vance of the opening of the Fair. Messrs. Freeman &
M’Carthy have erected two Saloons of entertainment,
one for the laidics, handsomely carpeted and furnished,
and another lor- frjpJtyiirn, whol e refreshments, on the
cold water prinei] v ai!d the substantial of life in the
line of eatables, cin be had by the multitude who may
give them a caff.
New Seminary. —Our friends in Sumter should
liberally sustain the Rector of the New Female Semi
nary, just opened at Amerieus. The qualifications of
Mr. Strobel as a teacher, are undoubted, and we hope
bis services will be appreciated in his new location.
Beautiful Display.—r lie public will find some
thing very interesting at Mr. Johnson’s Jewelry
Establishment at this time. In addition to his own bril
liant stock, there can now be seen about $2500 worth
of Silver Ware ordered by the Southern Central Agri
cultural Association as Premiums for the coming Fair.
The Silver Pitchers, Goblets and Cups are gotten up
in fine style and do much credit to the taste of Mr.
Johnson, under whose supervision the work of em
bossing, &c. was done. The Ladies, especially, should
look in upon Mr. Johnson and inspect the goods.
Dr. Putnam.—The new Dentistry Office of
Dr. Putnam in the Arcade, is neatly fitted up and very
accessible to visitors. The Ladies’ Room is a quiet re
treat in a public place and just the thing desired.
Brown’s Saloons.— To night Mr. Brown opens
his magnificent Saloons to the public. A fine Colla
tion wiil be served up and a free and cordial invitation
is given to all, ‘without respect to party,’ as the politi
cians say, to participate in the ceremonies of the occa
sion. We warrant that things will be done up Brown,
in every sense of the word, wlien‘Liph’ opens.
Not SO easily done.—The Ala. Journal grave
ly contradicts a report said to have been circulated in
North Alabama, that Col. John G. Winter of We
tumpka had been run aicay with and killed ! The
Colonel was then alive in Montgomery and as well as
usual! The killing might have taken place, but his
being bodaciously toted off was altogether too big a
story to tell about our young friend the Colonel.
Latest from Columbus.
The following dispatch has reached us from the office
of the Columbus Times. The victim of the “horrerble
axerdent’’ was a Ilalloca Fire-Eater who mistook
“ konyac” for “ball-face” to which he was accustomed !
EXTRA.
Horrerble Axerdent Jist as our shoat was apyearriu’
a xerushyatin nffar kum off down town. Akntry fel
ler takin’ a born swallcred a point of konyac and
had'nt kum tew at last akkounts.
Too lons a name! —One of the wags of our
village Bays we had too long a name to succeed with
at the late election. The boys eould’nt spell out the
name of “The Constitutional Union Party Platform
and Chappell and Burney Association” fast enough !
That’s the how the Fire-Eaters beat us, so bad !
Homicide. —On Saturday evening last about dusk
a negro boy, Johnson, the property of Charles A. Ells,
shot Austin, a boy belonging to Stephen Collins, in the
head, of which he died early Monday morning. John
son gave himself up on Sunday and was committed to
jail. Johnson designed to shoot another boy with
whom lie had quarrelled, and left to get his weapon,
when Austin followed to prevent mischief, but was mis
taken for the other and shot iu mistake.
\\ bile on this subject, it may, perhaps be well to en
quire why it is that the negroes are permitted to carry
pistols, big sticks, colts, Ac, in cruising about tho city,
by day and by night ? The praotise is a common one,
we understand, and should be inquired into, diligently,
by the city authorities, with a view to its prompt sup
pression. There is also another custom which is a
sure road to the demoralization of negroes, viz: that of
permitting women to hire their own time and to live by
themselves in tenements remote from the oversight of
owners and employers. Asa consequence of this ha
bitual violation of law,negroes become saucy, indolent
and thievish, say nothing of other corrupting influences.
1 he evil should be remedied in season, or a worse thing
may come upon us ; before wc are aware of its insidi
ous approach.
Election Ret urns’
1 he following returns of the late Election are given
from various sources, by letter, Telegraph, and other
wise. The \ are cs near an approximation to the truth,
and as full as it is possible for us to obtain up to the hour
of going to press, last evening.
Our summary is as follows : Cobb is elected Gov
ernor by a majority of from 18000 to 19000. Six out of
eight members of Congress of the Union Party art
elected, ihe First and Second Districts have elected
Disunionists by meagre majorities. James Johnson
beats Henning in the Second District near 1500 votes.
1 lie Senate will stand about three-fourths Union
and one-fourth, Disunion. In the House, the Union
party will have a good working majority of about sixty.
1 bus may it ever be, when this “Glorious Union’’
is in danger. The Country if safe ! LA US DEO !
IIALLELUIAII !
Upson 330 Twiggs 91
lalbot 176 Dibb 68
Morgan 150 Cobb 84
Talliafero 280 Crawford 48
Warren 248 Wilkinson 58
Newton 600 Jasper 102
Fayette 56 Jones 50 1
Houston 11 Bulloch 275
Walker 550 Butts 212
Henry 311 Meriwether 43
Gordon 276 Baker 388
Cass 512 Dooly IS4
Murray 464 Carroll, 200
Chatooga 400 Campbell 36
Cherokee 550 Thomas 150
Lee 251 Scriven 147
Pike 48 Camden 160
Dekalb 727
Chatham 82
Muscogo* 178
Floyd 616
Monroe 48
Stewart 170
Troup 761
Richmond 220
Mclntosh 46
Greene 540
Clarke 203
Coweta 32
Murray 200
Walker 500
Forsyth 81
Macon 165
Sumter 440
Baldwin 51
Washington 426
Walton 325
Burke 103
Wilkes 125
Bryan 24
Effingham 21
Liberty 44
Marion 154
Pulaski 303
Gwinnett, 191
Laurens 503
Harris 386 I
Glynn 26
Lincoln 89
Hancock 260
Columbia 163
Dade S8
Gilmer 1000
Paulding 303
Putnam 71)
Lumpkin 800 *
Jefferson 404
Mad ison 524
Jackson 414
Decatur 195
Randolph 4
Early 4
Hall 356
Habersham 778
Rabun 55
Franklin 604
Oglethorpe 210
SENATORS ELECTED.
Districts. Counties.
1 Chatham, J- W. Anderson.
2 Liberty and Tattnall, G. W. Walthour.
3 Mclntosh and Glynn, R. Spalding.
4 Wayne and Camden,
5 Ware, Lowndes and Clinch,
6 Montgomery and Appling,
7 Bulloch and Scriven, Peter Cone.
8 Bryan and Effingham, Wm. Butler.
9 Burke and Jefferson, P. B. Connelly.
10 Laurens and Wilkinson, James Ross.
11 Telfair and Irwin,
12 Decatur and Thomas,
13 Early and Randolph, Woolf.
14 Stewart and Muscogee, S. W. Flournoy.
15 Lee and Baker, A. E. Harris.
16 Harris and Troup, David Read.
17 Houston and Pulaski, Hugh Lawson.
18 Macon and Marion, W. N. L. Crocker.
19 Dooly and Sumter, J. Tomlinson.
20 Twiggs and Jones, Joseph Day.
21 Washington and Emanuel, Maj. Hicks.
22 Richmond and Columbia, A. J. Miller.
23 Warren and Taliaferro, John L. Bird.
24 Hancock and Baldwin, B. T. Bethune.
25 Putnam and Jasper, Wesley Griggs.
26 Monroe and Bibb, Z. Harmon.
27 Upson and Crawford, 1 bos. Flewellen.
28 Talbot and Merriwether, Wiley P. Burks.
29 Heard and Carroll,
30 Campbell and Coweta,
31 Fayette and DeKalb, J. M Calhoun.
32 Butts and Pike, R. IF. McCune.
33 Newton and Henry, Wm. Mosely.
31 Greene and Morgan, N. G. Foster.
35 Wilkes and Lincoln, B. B. Moore.
36 Franklin and Madison, Wm. Little.
37 Oglethorpe and Elbert, B. F. Hardeman.
38 Clarke and Walton, Wm. Stroud.
39 Forsyth and Gwinnett, J. P. Simmons.
40 Cass and Paulding. Lew is Tuml'm.
41 Cherokee and Cobb, M. G. Slaughter.
42 Jackson and Hall, P. M. Bird.
43 Habersham and Rabun, Coffee.
41 Lumpkin and Union, J. P. Wellborn.
45 Gilmer and Murray, Geo. Chappell.
46 Walker and Dade, Samuel Farris.
47 Gordon, Floyd, Chattooga, Joseph Waters.
REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED.
Appling.
Baker. Nelson Tift.
Baldwin. M. D. McCombs.
Bibb. R. A. L. Atkinson , A. C. Morehouse.
Bryan. Wm. H, Edwards.
Burke. W. Nasworthy, Joseph Shewmake.
Butts. Burnett.
Bulloch. McJjean.
Columbia. E. S. Harrison, D Ratnsey.
Camden.
Campbell.
Carroll.
Cobb.
Clinch.
Cass. W. T. Wofford, W, IT. Felton.
Chatham. F.S. Bartow, Cltas. S. Henry.
Chattooga. Robert Cameron.
Cherokee. L- J. Ailred, S. C. Dyer.
Clarke. Y. L- G. Harris, Rich. Richardson.
Coweta. R. M. Hackney, J. W. Powell,
Crawford. Fowler.
Dade. Robert Tatum.
Dooly. Cobb,
Decatur. B. F. Powell.
DeKalb. J. N. Bellinger, Jno. M. Born.
Early. Roberts
Effingham. John G. Morel.
Elbert.
Emanuel.
Forsyth. Erwin.
Franklin.
Fayette. Wm. B. Fuller.
Floyd. Wm. T. Price.
Glynn. F. M. Scarlett.
Gilmer.
Greene. Dawson, Armstrong.
Gwinnett. Levi Loveless, 11. D. W inn.
Gordon. Thos. Byrd.
Habersham.
Hull.
Heard.
Hancock. John T. Smith.
Harris. James M. Mobley, Geo. W. Cobb.
Henry. Calvin J. Fall, Thos. G. Barnett.
Houston. P. D. Cullers, Nathan G. Lewis.
Irwin.
Jefferson. Moses Brinson.
Jones. Dr. Holland.
Jackson. S. P. Thurmond.
Jasper. J. M. Williams , E. W. Baynes.
Laurens. Robert Robinson.
Lee. W. W. Gilmore.
Lowndes.
Lnmpkin. A. M. Russell, R. 11. Pierce.
Liberty. Enoch Daniel.
Lincoln. Henley.
Monroe. R. P. Trippe, Jno. L. Woodward.
Morgan. Stewart Floyd.
Muscogee. Alx. MeDougulu, T. F. Woodridge.
Macon. W. 11. Robinson.
Madison.
Marion. Shadrach Bivins.
Merritcether.
Montgomery.
Mclntosh. James M. Harris.
Murray. Bailey, Laugthridge.
Newton. Harper, Kendrick.
Oglethorpe.
Pike. S. T. Bloodworth , John Gardner.
Pulaski. Willis B. Reeves.
Paulding.
Putnam. J. A. Merriwether, P. 11. Dawson.
Rabun.
Randolph.
Richmond. John Millcdge, A. C. Walker.
Scriven. Carr.
Stewart. James M. Clarke, John Williford.
Sumter, W. J. Bartow.
Talbot. John Wallace, Jas. \V. Castens.
Talnall.
Talliaftrro. Linton Stephens.
Thomas. James L. Seward.
Troup. B. 11. Ilill, —— Turner.
Twiggs. Joseph Wall.
Telfair.
Union.
Upson. A. J. McAffcc, Duke Williams.
Walker. Y. G. McFarland.
Walton. Levi S. Moon, James Z. Locklin.
Ware.
Wayne.
Washington. E. S. Langmade, Wm. Hall.
Wtlkes. I. T. Irwin, Edwin R. Anderson.
Wilkinson. E. J. Gilbert.
Warren. Thomas L. Latimer, C. G. Lowe.
The Eloction in Bibb.
We are not disposed to murmur at our late inglo
rious defeat in this county, or detract from the victory
achieved by our opponents, so far as they have triumph
ed by superior activity, greater vigilance and a more
prodigal expenditure of means to accomplish the end.
In these respects they have gallantly won the triumph
and deserve the honor. They went to work like men
determinc-d to succeed and arc entitled to all the credit
of the achievement. But we do not think they should
have used the dishonorable means, tlu-y now admit
having used, of inducing minors, aliens and illegal vo
ters to swear through the ballot box, for the sake of a
temporary triumph. It is notorious that several youths
of 17 and IS years of age voted at the ‘Warrior’ pre
cinct on Monday last. It is also a faet, as stated by
one of the leaders of the Southern Rights party, that
an inebriated Irishman was picked up Sunday evening
before the Washingnfti Ilall, put into a wagon, hauled
out to Warrior and made to vote on Monday. When
this mau tame to himself and looked about him, he was
amazed at his position. He had travelled from the
West on foot, the same road and had dined at the house
where he found himself, on the Friday proceeding, but
how he got back therefrom Macon he knew not. It
was all a mystery to him, till duly explained. Many
more such instances can be proven, and it seems to us
that enough evidence of fraud and illegality can be col.
lected to change the result. If so, it ought to be
done.
But apart from this disgraceful proceeding, we have
no exceptions to take to the victory of the Disunionists.
Nor will we join in denounciations of our friends for
their want of zeal ill the Union cause, nor complain of
mismanagement of the campaign, or treachery on the
part of some who were supposed to be with us, heart
and soul, in the work. Indeed we know that there were
honorable exceptions to such sweeping charges, in our
ranks, who did all that men could do to secure the
victory in Bibb. Dr. Robt Collins, for example, was
indefatigable, throughout the whole campaign. He was
liberal in bis means to diffuse correct information broad
cast among the people, while some, who now complain
of bad managemement and treachery were absent, for
months, at watering places, writing dictatorial letters as
to the formation of a ticket and busy in disarranging
well devised plans to ensure a successful result.
But it is bootless now to trace further the causes of
our defeat. The fact is a palpable one which has brought
disgrace upon our escutcheon that cannot be removed
by general denunciations and bickerings among our
selves. Let us rather, throw aside all impediments
which exist in the way of our future prospects, and
unite, in a cordial spirit, to recover our former position
and maintain the glorious principles which the State of
Georgia has once more proclaimed, in tones of thun
der, to be her unchangeable doctrines and decrees.
“ fast down, but not Destroyed.”
It is the boast of the “Fire-Eaters” of Bibb that
they have got the “ submissionists” down, in this coun
ty, and mean to keep them down ! Arrangements,
we learn,are already making to carry all the county
officers at the ensuing January Election, in order to
perpetuate the iron rule of faction and disunion, over
the friends of “ Law, the Constitution and the Union !
Well, perhaps they will! They may be able to count
the number of their chickens before the hatching pro
cess is completed. but sometimes people reckon without
their host. The next legislature may possibly put a
veto upon the “ pipe-laying'’ system of fraud and il
legality practised at the Warrior” ballot box, before
the next election, by abolishing the precinct and thereby
save our Fire-Eating friends the trouble and expense
of carrying out waggon loads of inebriated sovereigns,
unnaturalized foreigners, and beardless boys twelve
miles distant to exercise the elective franchise which
belongs to freemen. But even without any change in
this respect, we think the Union men of Bibb are so
thoroughly ashamed of the fact that onr county is
now the darkest spot, and almost the only dork spot on
the political map of Georgia, that they will realize the
necessity there is laid upon us to cease our bickerings
and mutual criminations —throw off our coats, un
loose our purse strings and go to work, determined
to redeem the county from the reproach under which
it now rests. Otherwise, the threat thrown out, that
the Union men shall be kept in the dust, will stand a
fair chance of being verified to the letter.
Benson Eagttsb. —The following notice is tak
en (Kim the Springfield, Mass. Daily Post, of the Ist
inst. It has reference to the extraordinary perform
ances of Benson English, infant son of our fellow towns
man, B. T. English, who is now at the North with
his mother and uncle :
“ A MUSICAL PRODIGY.
Well, we have witnessed the ne plus ultra of na
ture’s wonders—a child of less than three years per
forming upon a drum with all the accuracv -
° .VT™ drUnlmcr ’ We attended
at W ashing ton Hall, on Tuesday evening
heard the Infont Drummer, and were
ed, overwhelmed with wonder at his extraord
ormanees: We shall not undertake
feelings we cannot it requires a for °* r
language than we have at command, to L, n *** *
an adequate idea of what we saw, and’
have been scarcely possible to make u , be]i J ° uU
had not seen. In the thousands of times 1“*
heard the beating of the drum, never has it *
upon our ears more skilfully, and with m r S ° BD ®* i
precision, than on Tuesday evening.” * nsa **l
Twiffgs County.
Talk about ‘Banner Counties’ and all that
moonshine, but for one, we think that the paU m* *
rightfully, on the present occasion, to our neicT. Dp
county of Twiggs. In that hot bed of w* 7°"*
Salamanders and ‘knock down and
nionists, the Union party have ; out
that honest ‘overseer’ and ‘wheel-right’ jJ” i
to the House of Representatives, by three
Hardy Durham! So it seems that the ‘rwT
short horns’are not always A No. 1. Hurrah -1
say, for the Union party of Twiggy aU( j threl I*’
for the Lion of the day, the honorable * eni
JOSEPH WALE,
Representative elect from the dominion of T&rr
dom and Company ! * r ~
A Nat for the “Certifiers.”
The Columbus “Certifiers’’ may find, in the fellow
ing extract, how their late conduct in retailing pr, r „ (
conversations for party effect, is viewed by konorabi
men, in every section. But if that is not rebuke ni
ficient, the people of the 2d District, in allowing M r
Be lining to stay at home, have fastened the i,y a „, T
upon them, too indelibly ever to be erased .
Gov. Aiken’s Conversation.— Mr. Editor:—!},
it come to this that party spirit already runs so
that gentlemen retail through the public press
of casual conversations, whkh they have accident’
over-heard T
In all seriousness, I cannot, Mr. Editor, but<k-,\ in ,
the indiscretion which has brought a matter J
kind into newspaper discussion.
What a check upon the freedom of social intereonr*
if a man is subject at any moment, to ham each
remark torn from its context, unaccompanied with Th*
look, gesture and surrounding circumstances, thru.r
before the public eye ? Weary indeed must he who.
feels himself subject to such a censorship; if |, e
to beware not only of w hat he says, and to whom In
says it, but must modulate his voice on aeeouat of by
standera.
The disclosure in the late letter is tl>
fiable, as I conceive, on account of ,hc absence of ih,
party speaking, and the party spoken to, who l, m ,
could kuow the attendant circumstances. —Char letter
News.
Easiness Notices.
Smith & Mitchell, new beginners in business, ] :n , e
a very select assortment of every description of gentk
men’s wearing apparel. “Neat cheap and tatj” „
their motto, and they are bound to please. Store Cut
ton Avenue side of the Triangular Block.
Worthington, Barnum A Cos., have opened anew
Ilat establishment right uuder the office of the Georgia
Citizen. They arc gentlemen of taste and apprecia
tive talent, as evinced by the compliment paid us, o*
election day, of a splendid specimen of their warm.
May their shadows never be less.
Id the same department, Mr. Briden still holdsfur.k
many attractions at his old stand, Mulberry street. 11
cannot be headed off well in his line.
In the Clothing Department, John L. Jones tj- C*.
Mulberry street, and 11. Filch <f- Cos. 2d Street are
well supplied witli new and fashionable goods, which
they offer at fair prices. But if the reader prefers to
have his measure taken and a suit made that will be
sure to fit, Mr. Thomas F. Newton, Draper and Tai
lor, a door or two above us, or Mr. C. 11. Baird, anew
beginner on Mulberry street, can supply all demand,
in an artistic manner.
In the Grocery Line, Smith, Oliver A Cos; Carliart
A Bros.; S. F. Dickinson, L. Cowles, C. A. Ell* &
Son, and W. S. Williford will supply their customer,
with the sweets of life as well as the necessaries. Mr.
J. S Gray bill, Tyner A Flanders and J. 11. Damonrare
also well supplied in the Provision and “Family store*'’
department.
In the line of Jewelry. Silver Flate and fancy arti
cles E. J. Johnson and Messrs. Virgins are always it
home to their friends and the public, especially the La
dies.
In the Boot and Shoe business, Mix A Ivirtland at
the sign of the “bigbimt’’ look well to the understand
ings of the community. So do W. B. Ferry A Cos.
on the 2d street side of “i riangular Block.
Persons wishing articles in the Hardware , Store,
Cutlery and House-keeping line can be accommodated
by calling on Bray, Carhart & Cos., E. B. Weed, or 11.
A. Wise. All these houses arc well tilled with f*s
sonable and desirable goods.
In ‘.lie Indies’ Fashion Mirt, Mrs. Worthington,
Mrs. Audoine and Mrs. Dainour, are prepared to fur
nish the latest de la Paris’ and Neic York,
for the equipment and adornment of their fair custo
mers. So also is Mrs. Dessau.
In the China and Crockery business. Mr. Goo. JoOrt
stands unrivalled —yea unapproachable in this latitude.
He has some beautiful articles to exhibit to customers.
In the line of Furniture, Messrs. M ood & Bradley
can now equip the lordly mansion as well as the hum
ble cottage from garret to cellar, without sending to the
North for a single article either of use or luxury.
There are many other dealers whom we shall be hap
py to introduce to the acquaintance of our readers.
soon as we can speak, by the pattern card, of the
ty and quantity of their merchandize. But we ii*t f
not space, at present, for further notice.
“A Paragraph on Yankees.
Some weird of wisdom has discovered that our ar
ticles about ‘Onions and Cheese” will lose the South
ern Rights party 20 votes! Fiddle-sticks!
should like to see the man whose principles sit to
lightly on him that he can put them off for such *
reason. We will give a fine bunch of WeathcrsorW*
(on the rise of the river and the arrival of the fkt
cargo of Yankee notions,) for every voter who can hr
produced who has changed his vote for this eauw.
We reckon every one brought up will be found t h®
that ‘same old (onion) coon.’ We understand a par
ty of charming Yankee ladies met at a milliner's shop
the other day, and rather roasted us for that expres
sion. Place anx Dames, is our motto always,
and we take this earliest occasion to vindicate our gal
lantry, by disclaiming everything like an on on a
sion to them. One of them, we hear, said—Ar necdn t
to talk ; he has got Yankee blood in himself.’ ‘^ r *‘
bill;’ we acknowledge it. On the maternal side, *
admit, and are proud of it, that the little red straw”
in our veins flow right straight from old Stratford
in Connecticut —the land of nutmegs, notions. **“
blue-laws. But it is not (thank God!) of the •* -5 ®
sort.’’ —Columbus Times , Oct. 4.
The above is the confession of John Forsyth on be
ing ‘cornered’ in relation to his late abuse of the ci.? £
eating, onion-smelling Yankees.’ lie is liimst ■ *
scendant, by the maternal side, from a Stratford D u
kee, but‘thanks God’ that the Tittle red streams *
veins’are not of the‘on'on sort! Bah!
cal process has he contrived to separate the on.on c
buies from the mass of the blood? The fact is, that
has been caught in the net he laid for others. 1L
of the ’foul birds’ that he, a few days * IUCC ’
had ‘defiled their own nests.’ As to the rezo
ry blood of which he boasts as being of
‘resistance’ sort’—it is all gammon! It
known fact that the purest blood will often run
become scrub ! And if there is any merit in ■
resistance blood coursing through ones vtl ‘
mule stands pre-eminent among anima , (o> y
royal Andalusian quality ! That s all we
on the Philosphy of hereditary descent an
comitants, except to enquire what amount \
ance’ blood courses through the veins 1
Hatchers’ ‘Big Mule’ since Monday 1*
spo ik at once,’ Boys!