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For the Georgia Citizen.
Original Essay.
BY LILLY MAUD. I
l -Fashionable society trill not give to an educated
female who is poor, the standing she merits.' 1 ' 1
Education unravels the mysterious web of the hu
man mind, refines our thoughts and feelings and teaches
us the respect due ourselves and others.
It also unfits a being that is poor and possessing a
proud and aspiring soul for that society with which ,
her circumstances in life compel her to associate—so
ciety which is too insipid to be congenial to a female
who is sensible of every finer fee.ing which education
alone can give.
The milk of human kindness circulates too freely
aronnd her heart to feel amused at ignorant people.
They can excite her sympathies, but coarse, uncouth
manners cannot attract the admiration of one who has
been refined by an enlightened cultivation.
A female that is poor and dependent possessing the
accomplishments that are calculated to adorn her sex,
has no share in this unfeeling world, let her be who
she may, you will find a most unhappy, yea, even
wretched being.
I have not a finished education, which you can easi
ly detect from the perusal of these simple remarks
which enme unembellished from a guileless and noble
heart.
Cut I have learned just enough to unfit me for my
humble life, and make my mind thirst for knowledge
and strive to equal any, and to be excelled by none.
To obtain it will I be happier ? no—for knowledge oft
brings wretchedness, ignorance is happiness.
I cannot say I have realized my wish, but I can
say this much. My days of close application to study,
my nights of thought and research have only had a
tendency to fill this onee gay and happy heart with un
guisii, lui ttie reason that society will not give to an in
\ Uectual female that is poor the station in life she
merits, even when the laurels of learning encircle her
brow, when she, too, possesses a heart which is the
casket for the gems of purity and truth. But with
thus and this alone (unadorned ly the solid charms,
ns money is called) she is considered only a cypher, a
mere supernumerary in the world.
Fashionable society will not let her number in its
mnks. Tiny will not grasp her honest hand and wel
come the blooming flower of intellect to the society of
their gay and golden homes. And if, by chance, she
is thrown among them, it is to be met with frowns and
disdain from her sister sex who envy and hate her.
Every look and act from them if expressed in words
would say “ how dare you—you poor child of care to
aspire so high as to intrude yourself with the aristo
crats of the land, to chill our circle with your presence
which is even contaminating.’’
If there be a stranger among this glittering throng,
that is ignorant of the unfathomable gulf that sepa
rates the frail flower of poverty from the golden
winged butterflies of wealth, and is attracted to the
former by her grace, case and dignity, her sylph-like
form and intellectual lace, where the hand of the great
Omnipotent lias jior'rayed in every feature puritv, inno
cence and truth if attracted by these outward ap
pearances and he finds the flower not only beautiful
to U ■ told but also filled with fragrance, if he listens to
the sweet accent of her tongue pouring out knowledge
that comes from a fount which never ceases to flow, and
dazzled by the brilliancy of mind and vivacity of spirit
lie is filled with wonder and admiration at the purity
ot thought and feelings expressed by one who seems a
celestial being ora flower selected from theelysian fields
and transplanted in the gay parterre offashion-if such
I say,be the thoughts and feelings cherished for the child
ct poverty while he is in ignorance of her station in
life, r.ot thinking that she is queen only of an honest
and humble home, and perhaps toils with those soft
\\ hite tapering lingers for the necessary comforts of
life* But acting from the impulse of the moment she
pours out the inmost feeliugs of his heart which
are at the time sincere, and these feelings are respond
ed too by the poor child who feels grateful to think
she has found one at least who knows how to
appreciate her value, how often, alas is she doomed to
disappointment and woe. Her friend looks around and
wonders to find so few worshipers at so rare a shrine.
Soon he detects the sneer that curls the lip of his ac
quaintances while gazing at this faultless being and
wonders when her name is mentioned to hear an un
generous remark connected with it. lie thinks there
must be something wrong. “What can it be ? I will
inquire of my friend who is a woman of wealth and
standing.” She replies, “why, the girl is not respecta
ble I believe, for 1 have never met her in a fashionable
circle before, and am very much surprised to see her
present now.”
That is enough to east a sable cloud over her. But
if h< be a man of thought and feeling, he will ask
why she is not, if he dare presume so much. lie
receives an answer, “She is poor and not much ac
count, so they say, but as to myself I know nothing of
her, only that she has originated from a very poor
stock, or I have seen her in the city ever since she was
quite a child, but never had any acquaintance with her
and do not wish to have.’
This envious woman has carried her point. She
has stained a pure and spotless name, and planted the
seed of suspicion in the bosom of her friend who ever
afterwards views tbo child of innocence as an unwor
thy object. She sees the change in the once enthusi
astic being, and cannot account for it. Os course it
makes her unhappy, even wretched. She does not
know that because she is poor, she is not considered
respectable by her own sex that is in affluence.
She knows not how to construe the harsh treatment
that is received from their hands, for she feels she is
their equal in every respect except that of wealth.
But poverty, she will say, is no disgrace. It is not
my fault that I have not been made a favorite of blind
fortune. By the will of the great Omnipotent I am
but a clay-built tabernacle, possessing the power of
locomotion, like (lie rest of my fellow beings. 1 had
no say in directing the will of God, who made me
poor. I have only inherited from his estate a mind
and capacity which I daily strive to improve, and I find
but few that number the same years that have stored
their minds with its much useful learning. And if my
accomplishments have been home-taught, they never
have as yet been excelled by even a collegiate gradu
ate, and it is strange, surpassing strange, that even my
own sex will not give me that respect which is due a
pure, high minded noble hearted woman, one too who
would seurn to stoop to word or act beneath the digni
ty of a lady. And how can I expect it from the oppo
site sex when they from instinct are blind to every virtue
unless when enveloped in a jeweled robe. Show me
a man that is prompted by his own feelings to treat fe
male virtue in rags, with the same respect as a fash
ionably dressed doll of society, and I will show you
the man made of the best material that Heaven can
afford.
She cannot solve the mystery but experience will
teach these simple facts —strange yet true—that those
green eyed monsters, jealousy and envy, have taken
possession of many hearts. When they behold the
frail flower of poverty that has been, from infancy, cir
cumscribed by the want of means, from purchasing
that education which they have had every opportunity
to grasp; then see her step out on the gay carpet of
the world, adorned with the blooming flower of intel
lect, which will perfume her own heart with happiness
os a reward for the days and nights of toil to obtain it,
they envy that intellect which will shine forth like the
resplendent sun, and decry its brilliancy, for fear it will
dim the simple taper of learning which they hold forth
to attract the silly moth.
Forties of wealth waste their time and opportunity.
They are taught that money is the key that unlocks all
things, and satisfied with the possession of that, they
care for nothing more. Like a fine ship whose rig
ging is of more value than the hull, they launch out
on the world’s ocean with not even a cargo of brains,
expecting to capture a prize in their voyage of pleasure.
Looking out they see a frail bark even more beautiful
than their own, with her pure white sails unfurled to
the breeze, gliding calmly and quietly along with her
jeweled treasure aboard. With laughs and sneers they -
hai! the tiny craft with the taunting words, you are ano- ,
ther victim for the lights of the reef. And it is with
hatred, in the superlative degree, they gaze on the little
bark stemming the storm and tides of life, and still
keeping pace with the proud flaunting ship after they
lmye done all in their power to sink her. Yet like the
queen ol the waters she deviates not a particle from her
path, and 1 have nofear that she ever will, till sheeros- ,
ses the gulf Os eternity and is safely moored in the
-taven of theeelestia world.
CONSTITUTION
OF TIIK
GEOEGIA MECHANICAL INSTITUTE,
FOR THE PROMOTION OF
Art, Mechanical and Manufactured
Industry.
ARTICLE I.
Sec. 1. Ibis Society shall he denominated
“The Georgia Institute, for the Promotion
of Art, Mechanical and Manufactural In
dustry.”
Sec. 2. Its object shall be the promotion of
Arts, Mechanics and other Industry and Ingen
uity, through an Annual Fair, and other appro
priate means.
ARTICLE 11.
Sec. I.—This Society shall consist of an un
limited number of members, who shall be divi
ded into two classes, namely, regular and hon
orary members. Regular members shall be
composed only of Mechanics or Manufacturers,
or those personally engaged in Mechanical or
Manufactural pursuits.
Sec. 2.— Persons wishing to become mem
bers, may apply at the Annual Meeting, (or du
ring the vacation, to the Board of Direction,)
and till candidates having a majority of the
votes ot the members present, shall be declared
duly elected.
Sec. 3.—Every person becoming a member
shall subscribe this Constitution, and upon pay
ment of the entrance fee, shall receive a card,
which he shall produce, if required, as proof of
membership.
Sec. 4. —Every person on becoming a mem
ber, shall pay as an entrance fee, the sum of one
dollar: and every member shall be subject to
an annual payment of two dollars, which shall
be paid on or before the Annual Meeting, in
each meeting, in each year, and no member
shall be entitled to the privileges of the Insti
tute, whose dues shall be over one year in ar
rears.
Sec. s. —The Institute, by a vote of a major
ity of the members present, may expel any mem
ber whose dues have remained in arrears for a
longer period than two years.
Sec. o.—Every person becoming a member,
after the Annual Meeting in each year, shall
pay the same arrears as persons admitted to
membership r.t the Annual Meeting.
Sec. 7.—The entrance fee may be increased
in proportion to the increased value of property
belonging to the Institute ; but this cannot be
done, except by a resolution, passed at a Gen*
eral Meeting.
©
Sec. B.—Every person paying ten dollars,
may become an honorary member, provided he
is recommended and chosen in the same way as
regular members, and such honorary members
shall not be called upon for any annual pay
ments, and shall be entitled to all of the privi
leges of the Institute, except voting, speaking
and holding office in the Institute.
Sec. 9.—No member of the Institute can re
sign, except by letter, directed to the President
and Board of Direction, and no letter of resig
nation shall be accepted, unless accompanied by
a certificate from the Treasurer, that the ar
rears of the member, so desiring to resign, are
paid in full.
ARTICLE 111.
Sec. 1. — The Officers of this Institute shall
be a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Secre
tary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer
and fifteen Directors, nine of whom shall consti
tute a quorum for the transaction of business, Lo
be elected at the Annual Meeting in each vear,
by ballot; the persons having a majority of the
votes, for these offices, respectively, shall be de
clared duly elected : Provided, however, that
no member whose dues shall remain unpaid for
more than one year, (unless he shall be exemp
ted from payment by a vote of the Institute,)
shall be allowed to vote at any such elections.
Sec. 2—lt shall be the duty of the President
to preside at all meetings of the Institute, and
to preserve order and decorum : and in the ab
sence of the President, the Vice-Presidents shall
perform his duties, in rotation.
Sec. 3.—The President, Vice-Presidents, Sec
retary, Treasurer and Directors, shall constitute
a Board of Direction, with full powers to man
age the funds of the Institute, to elect mem
bers during the vacation, and generally to con
duct its affairs during the intervals between the
meetings.
Sec. 4.—The Board of Directors shall have
power to make such by-laws and regulations
for the management of the Fair, as they shall,
from time to time deem necessary, and to es
tablish such premiums, as they shall deem prop
er and the funds of the Institute shall warrant.
And it shall be their duty to report such by
laws, regulations and premiums to the Institute,
at the next Annual Meeting,alter their adoption
when, if approved of bv a majority of the mem
bers present, they shall become part of the by
laws of the Institute. And it shall also be the
duty of the Board of Direction, at every An
nual Meeting, to make a full report of their pro
ceedings during the vacation, of the manage
ment of the funds, of the general affairs of the
Institute, and of such premiums as shall have
been awarded at the Annual Fair, and the
names of the persons to whom awarded.
Sec. s.—The Secretary shall engross in a book,
to be kept for that purpose, the minutes of the
transactions of the Institute, the names of the
members, of donors, and all other matters re
quiring to be recorded. He shall also conduct
such correspondence as may be ordered by the
Institute, or the Board of Direction, and shall
keep such correspondence on file, to be report
ed to the Institute at every stated meeting.
Sec. C.—The treasurer shall receive all dues
and donations,in money, and give receipts there
for : pay all drafts on him when furnished bv
the Secretary, with the Order of the Board of
Direction, authorizing such payment: keep a
regular account of the financial concerns of the
Institute, an abstract of which, accompanied
with proper vouchers, he shall exhibit annually
and at such other times as shall be required :
and for the faithful performance of bis duties, be
shall give a bond to the President, with good
security, for the sum of five hundred dollars.
ARTICLE IV.
Sec. I. — There shall be an Annual Meeting
of the Institute in October, of each year, at such
time as the Board of Directors may appoint.—
And such occasional meetings shall be held as
the Board of Direction may think necessary;
provided, however, no such meeting shall be
held without at least one month’s notice in the
papers of the State.
Sec. 2.—Hie Institute shall not be open for
the transaction of business, unless there be at
least fifteen members present, but a smaller
number can adjourn from time to time, until
a quorum can be had.
ARTICLE V.
Sec. 1. —An Annual Fair shall be held du
ring the week of the Annual Meeting in each
year, and shall be under the management and
control of the Board of Direction.
ARTICLE VI.
Sec. l.— The funds of the Institute shall con
sist ot the arrears of the members, comprising
both entrance fees and dues, and of such dona
tions as may be made, and shall be under the
management of the Board of Direction, for the
purposes and intents of the Institute.
Sec. 2.—The Institute will gratefully receive
donations of money, books, apparatus, models
Ac., for the promotion of the objects of the In
stitution.
ARTICLE VII.
Sec. I.—The Institute being formed for the
purpose of fostering and promoting Art, Me
chanics, and other industry and ingenuity, no
religious, political, or other irrelevant subject
can be admitted for consideration or debate.
ARTICLE VIII.
Sec. 1. Ihe by-laws of the Institute shall
be such as shall from time to time be adopted,
and shall be altered or amended in sueh manner
as the Institute shall provide.
ARTICLE IX.
Sec. 1. This constitution shall not be alter
ed or amended, except at the Annual Meeting,
and by a vote of two-thirds of the members
present.
OFFICERS OF TIIE INSTITUTE.
For the year ending Oct. 1552.
PRESIDENT,
HON. M. A. COOPER, of Cass county.
VICE-PRESIDENTS,
Ist. JAS. D. LESTER, of Dooly “
2d. JASON BURR, of Pike’ “
3d. A. D. BROWN, of Jones “
4th. J. VAN BUREX, of Habersham co.
SECRETARY,
WM. TAYLOR, of Macon, Ga.
COR. SECRETARY,
BEXJ. F. GRIFFIN, of Macon, Ga.
TREASURER,
ROBT. FINDLAY, of Macon, Ga.
DIRECTORS.
Israel F. Brown, of Columbus, Ga.
Win. U. Anderson, of Newuan, “
S. D. Irvin, of Albany, “
E. J. Jones, of Savannah, “
W. 11. Pritchard, of Augusta, “
L. Lawshe, of Atlanta, “
Chas. P. Oliver, of Athens, “
Sam'l. Griswold, of Griswoldville “
Charles P. Levy, of Macon, “
A. F. Sherwood, of “ “
Jas. Taylor, of “ “
Geo. W. Adams, of “ “
L. F. W. Andrews, of “ “
Wm. B. Parker, of “ “
E. J. Johnson, of “ “
CiPThe Board of Direction will hold their
first Meeting on the Bth day of January, 1 852,
ill/ the city of Macon.
THE GEORGIA CITIZEN
L. P. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR.
MACON, GEO. NOV. 29, 1851.
For President,
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
OF KENTUCKY.
For Vice-President,
DANIEL S. DICKINSON, of New-York.
SUBJECT TO TIIE DECISION OF A NATIONAL OR STATE UNION CON
VENTION.
To Correspondents.
13?” Correspondents will please bear in mind the
following Rules of the Printer.
Ist. Write plainly on one side only of a leaf of paper.
2d. Write succinctly— the grain of wheat, with as
little chaff as possible. 3d. Pay all the postage required
by law, and do not send an ounce letter with only a 3
cent stamp affixed. 4th. Always send enclosed a pri
vate note giving name and residence of writer, unless
both are well known to the Editor.
(Ar For failure to comply with these indispensable
rules several valuable papers from Hamilton, &c., will
have to lay over, indefinitely. We have no time to
copy manuscripts, nor have we space for long-winded
dissertations, no matter how interesting in themselves.
Pay Ip!- —We cannot offer the same reason that
a cotemporary does, to our delinquent subscribers to
pay up, to-wit: that he, (a late small-pox patient,) will
•‘visit them in person' 1 ' 1 if they do not send, but we,
nevertheless, would be glad that all who know them
selves in arrears to this office, for Subscriptions, Job-
Work, Advertisements, Arc., will remit to us something
on account, to enable us to meet our many engage
ments during the coming month. As we have no offi -
cial privileges at the public corn-crib, we hope our
friends will remember us in kindness and justice, in the
mattter now suggested.
Macon Volunteers. On Wednesday last,
Lieut. James M. Bivins was unanimously elected Cap.
tain of the Macon Volunteers of this City. This was
a just compliment to the man, whose experience, sol
dierly bearing and gentlemanly qualities eminently fit
him for the position to which he lias been called by this
fine Military Company. We congratulate the Cap
tain on his promotion, and hope his ‘.hadow may never
be less,’ unless it should become inconvenient to himself.
Georgia Mechanical and Maniifactnral
Institute.
In another column will be found the Constitution of
this newly organized Institute and a list of the offieers
elected for the year ending Oetober, 1852. Persons
wishing to become regular or honorary members, or
otherwise to aid an enterprize so useful and important
to the permanent welfare of the State, can make ap
plication to either of the officers of the Association. A
meeting of the Board of Direction will be held in this
eity on the Bth day of January, next. Already a large
number have been admitted members and the prospect
is that the names of several thousand will be enrolled
before the time of the first Annual Fair in October of
1852. Editors, throughout the State will “do the
State service’’ by giving publicity to the Constitution,
for general information.
Plank Roads.—w e would call attention to the
letter ot one of our Columbus correspondents, on the
subject of Plank Rands. Columbus is up and at
work, and Macon should follow the good example.
Page’s Circular Saw.—There is one of these
celebrated patent Circular Saw mills in operation, 8
miles below Macon, near the S. W. Rail Road, which
cuts upon an average 6000 feet of lumber per day with
one saw, 9000 feet having been cut in a day, on several
occasions. Persons desirous of seeing the clean and
speedy operation of this Portable Baltimore Patent
Machine,are invited to call out and examine its move
ment and work.
Prohibition of Slave Traffic -Col. Mc-
Dougald's billon this subject is short, pithy and effec
tive. It strikes at the root of the evil and destroys all
value in the trade on a credit. If the investment is
rendered unsafe to the dealer, it will not be made, ex
cept for cash sales, exclusively. The bill of the Com
mittee, offered as a substitute, is long, suggestive of
endless litigation and full of temptation to perjury.
Perhaps, however, out of both, the Legislature may
adopt a just and rational law on the subject.
Report on Public Education.
Rev. G. F. Pierce, Rev. S. K. Tallmadge and Dr-
L. B. Mercer, a Committee appointed by Gov. Towns,
to make a report to the Legislature on the subject of
public education, have discharged that duty through
the hands of his Excellency Gov. Cobb, who has pre
sented the Report to the Legislature, a copy of which
is before us. From a cursory glance at this volumin
ous document, we find it to look like a grand mam
moth scheme to “give aid and comfort’’ to the State
University and the three denominational Institutions—-
Emory, Oglethorpe and Mercer Colleges. A large
amount of money is to be expended in educating young
men as Teachers at the public expense, at a sum not
exceeding S3OO each, per annum, who shall give bond
to teach four years or refund the money spent in their
behalf. VVe will examine this report and bill annexed
more at our leisure. In the mean time, it will be well
enough for the guardians of the public treasure of the
State to beware of all schemes which are sectarian in
their character and designed to build up any particu
lar theological interest in the State, at the expense of
ihi.se not favored. If we are not very much mistaken,
the law proposed will be found to contain insuperable
objections of a constitutional nature, which forbids its
adoption by the Legislature.
•
Sale of Lots.— The sale of Lots advertised
by Messrs. Carharts, in Oglethorpe, was, by
mistake of ours, put down in this paper for the
7th December, instead of the 17th, which is
the proper time.
Chronicle and Sentinel and Cultivator.
We are glad to see, that Dr. W. S. Jones, of Au
gusta, has resolved to remove the rubbish of the late
fire and proceed at onee to the erection of other build
ings wherein to commence operations, again, in the
publishing of his valuable papers.
The Cultivator, the ablest Agricultural paper in the
South, will be changed to the Octavo form of 32 pages,
if ever, lend a helping hand to enable the Doctor to
rise ‘like the Phoenix from its ashes,’ and goon his way
‘prospering and to prosper.’ His late loss by fire was
near $15,000, and no insurance-—yet he says, there
is ‘no such word as fail iu his vocabulary,’ if he is
not wholly deserted by his thousands of friends. Don’t
name it. He must be a friend without the letter r
who would desert a faithful servant, in an extremity
like that.
Look Out!
One of the conditions of the agreement, between
the three Railroad Companies and the oily of Macon,
in respect to the connexion of said Roads at this p'ace,
was in these words:
“ That from and immediately after the crossing and
connexion, herein contemplated shall take place, the
rates of freight, between Griffin and Savannah, and
between Oglethorpe and Savannah, shall be and remain
always one fifth more in the respective eases, than the
rates of freight, between Maeon and Savannah, so that
no improper discrimination shall be made against Ma
con, by said Railroad Companies in favor of either of
said towns or cities.”
We are informed that sueh discrimination is now
made by the South Western Railroad Company against
Macon, iu the fact that a bale of cotton shipped from
Oglethorpe to Savannah through Maeon pays only 15
cents to this place while a bale shipped from Oglethorpe
to the Macon market is charged 25 cents ! How is it ?
We ask for information. If Maeon is thus to be treated
in her hour of “sack cloth and ashes,” we would like
to know it, in time to sell out and quit, before bank
ruptcy becomes universal among us.
The Child re-Christened,— The ‘ Southern
Rights,’’ alias Fire-Eating,— alias Secession, — alias
disunion party of Georgia had a meeting at Millcdge
ville on Tuesday last, and baptized themselves anew by
the cognomen of the “ Democratic party of Georgia.’’
The “Coon-Killer” and the “Coffin Colonel’’ were
there in all their inimitable glory. The former offered
a Report and a series of Resolutions, embracing the
following propositions:
Ist. The question of submission to the Compromise
Measures is settled. 2d. The Northern Democracy
gives in to this idea and are more to be trusted than the
Whigs. 3d. The Democratic party is the only true
Constitutional party of the country, and 4thly said
party in Georgia must be represented in the next Bal
timore Convention to nominate a candidate for Presi
dent, Are., and sth!y a State Convention must be pre
viously called by a Committee, to consist of nine of the
faithful, to wit: R. A. L. Atkinson, S.T. Bailey, 1).
C. Campbell, B. S. Jordan James Gardner, jr., C. J.
McDonald, Joseph E. Brown, Thomas Purse, and L.
B. Mercer.
We have not time this week for extended comment,
but must say, that the Democracy of the North and
West, such as Benton of Missouri, Chase of Ohio,
Wilmot of Pa., Van Burensof N. Y., and Hale of New
Hampshire, etc., are very reliable fi iends of Southern
Rights, with whom to unite, in a Baltimore Convention
to nominate a President, say nothing of the impudence
of a movement which coolly steals all the Constitution
al Union thunder of Georgia and puts the great de
feated party of “Southern Rights’’ iu the vanguard
position of dictation and direction, to the victorious
inaji rity 1 After that, talk about the “impudence of
old Nick’’—you'll need anew edition of that charac
ter to find a personage that can hold a loeo-foco match
to Messrs. Johnson, Colquitt, Campbell & Cos. in that
particular.
Rfmovk* of of Government, &r.
A frierja wriiin|~. v lfrn Griffin, says that he is with
us in relation to the views expressed last week, on the
subject of requiring a plurality of votes to fix upon the
site for tlie State House, iu ease of removal, but not in
the same way. lie says:
“I want the solitary question left to the people, by
general vote—to say “removal’’ or “no removal!’’—
Strike out all names as to place and time. Let an elec
tion be held for that purpose alone, say in next July.—
If “removal’’ is elected, then in thirty days thereafter,
let the Governor advertise an election of Delegates
from each county, by some equitable rule as to num
ber, either population, or taxation, to be held within
30 days after this publication. Let the Delegates so
elected, meet and determine time and place.
I have an abhorrent notion in respect to the business
of the Committee which is also alluded to, in ascertain
ing which ot the three places will give most for its re
moval. This, sir, is the offer of a bribe to the Legisla
ture —a palpable, plain, bare-faced bribe to the State
Legislature—that without regard to the convenience
of the people, they will locate the State of Government,
where the most money is given.
Suppose Columbus or Savannah or the people of
Dade should oiler to build and equip the house for no
thing, would that justify a removal thither, even if we
know they would do it. Surely not. Then away
with the bribe idea for me. I want it not.
I am with you as to the ground to be occupied by
the Union Party, both North and South. Let the
friends of the Union refuse to go into a Convention,
with Whigs, Democrats or abolitionists, as such, or
with any one else till they see who is nominated, and
if they are not pleased, then let them louk to it, and
put out a candidate of their own or otherwise send Del
egates to Louisville, Ky., or some other point and nom
inate a man of their own as early as possible. Such
are my views upon the subject. Yours, P.
We take a differerent view from our friend P. as to
the bribe spoken of. The idea is simply this. The
sovereign people of the State do noi wish nor care
to be taxed for budding a new’ State House, &c. unless
absolutely necessary, but if any eity, in a central and
convenient position, will raise money enough to pay ex
penses o( removal, they would not object to, but be in
lavor of it. We do not much like the idea, however
on the score of State pride. It is admitted on all hands
that the accommodations at Milledgeville are misera
bly deficit nt for the Government of a State like Geor
gia. It is also conceded that Georgia is rich enough
to build as splendid a Capitol and Government Build
ings as any other member of the confederacy. If re
moval then is decided on, we would say—sell the pres
ent public buildings for a college or some other Insti
tution requiring the blessings of privacy, and for as
much as they will bring, and then appropriate one or
two hundred thousand dollars to build a State House
which will do our people credit and the State honor, in
the most central and accessible position to the people,
generally. T his will, or ought to satisfy all parties. It
satisfy us, even it the Capitol is removed to Griffin or
Atlanta in preference to Macon, provided there is no
j u n"H n n f,n d bribery put in operation against what we
consider our paramount claims over all other places,
on every principle of convenience, accommodation, cen
trality of position, etcetera and soon and likewise !
Fur the Georgia Citizen.
Berrien County.
M bile the Legislature of Georgia is engaged in the
lormation of new counties, it seems appropriate to ren
der “long deferred justice” to the distinguished States
men, Civilian and Jurist, whose name heads this article.
Ihe writer of this would respectfully suggest to the
Legislature the propriety of naming one of the new
counties in honor of him whose eloquence in the
American Senate and in the Superior Court of the U.
S. has stood unrivalled, for more than a quarter of a
century. Let not the Legislature of the State be too
chary in honoring him whose commanding talents have
elevated her among the American sisterhood, and not
let her be behind that of the State of Michigan in honor
ing the distinguished Southern Senator.
A. GEORGIAN.
Lyceum.— We are requested to say, there will
be a meeting of young men of the city this eve
ning, at Amaranth Division Room, for the pur
pose of forming a Lyceum.
That Premium List.
a Ye can call Spirits from the vasty deep, but will they come ?”
Mr. ‘Enquirer’, ‘H’and other ‘mourners’ of
the Telegraph, had as well wait, in patience,
for the wagon. It will be along, bye and bye,
as soon as the promised discretionary premium
List can be made to tally with the Cash and
Cups. ‘Don't fret your gizzards’, because the
‘Citizen’ got a month ahead of you in that en
terprize. It is not the first time, by half a
hundred, that your friends of the Telegraph
and Messenger have been beaten in the race of
competition by the ‘Citizen,’ nor will it be the
last, if we have good luck. So take it easy!
“Festina lentc'’ is a good maxim, if you can
find out its meaning.
Letter to the Editor,
A gentleman of enlarged experience and splendid
talents, one of the incorruptible few great men of the
State, writes to us as follows, from Milledgeville, under
dat • of the 23d inst.:
“Future moves on the political chessboard are shad
owed forth very ditnlv. The enemies of the Constitu
tional Union Party pollutes and contaminate it,
and sooner or later sounds its death knell. Ido pro
test againstdisunionists representing mein any nation
al convention. They wear not the wedding gar nent,
neither have they oil, (of the right kind) in tiieir lamps.
The true policy of the Union Constitutional Party, to
all men of common sense and common honesty, is for
the Representatives of that pSrty at Milledgeville to
meet in convention here in Milledgeville, and select one
Delegate from each Congressional District in the State
and two others for the State at large, to meet such a
national convention as shall pledge itself to run any man
for the Presidency who has been an early, constant and
honest advocate of the compromise measures, as a fi
nal settlement of the Slavery Question.
This is the true and only issue that can or must be
submitted to the sovereign people, at the next Presiden
tial election. The affirmative of such an issue, by the
consolidated wisdom of American heads, and the incor
ruptible purity of American hearts will be triumphant
ly sustaiued. Success, upon such principles, will give
anew lease to the life of the Constitution, perpetuate
the best government ever devised by the wit of man,
and constitute the best evidence before the civilized
world ol man’s capacity for self-government.
If good men—the middle classes of society—the great
industrious, producing class shall be let alone, and mere
place-hunting politicians be made to know their prop
er places, the object before mentioned, can be attained
W ith much gratification, I notice your demonstra
tion in favor of John J. Crittenden. Few men have
remained in public life so long and retained such a spot
less reputation. Individually, he is the strongest man
in the Union, saving perhaps, the present incumbent.
Such strength however, is always ruinous, because
weak, petty politicians, who are ever foremost in such
conventions, lean to, and prefer a man of their own
calibre. It is to be hoped, however, that in the ap
proaching Presidential campaign, the people will rise
in their mighty majesty, as they have heretofore lisen,
and take the lead in this business, designate and elect
a man President who will adhere steadfastly to the
whole compromise, for the stability and safety of the
Union. Yours truly, SOJOURNER.
Nomination.- -The following Ticket was put in
nomination on Saturday last, to be run by the Union
party of Bibb county at the ensuing election, in Janu
ary.
For Sheriff. WILLIAM COLLINS,
n -a- ) Maj. HENRY WOOD,
Deputy Sheriff. - J
1 J “ j WILSON HARDY.
For CIA S. Court, MORTON N. LURCH.
“ “ Inf'r “ RICHARD A. BENSON.
“ Tax Receiver , BENJAMIN RUSSELL.
“ Tux Collector ,
“ Coroner , DOMINICK GARAI'GIITfU
Complimentary.
The other day a respectable gentleman from Co
lumbus sent to C>l. A. McDougald, a member of the
Legislature from Muscogee, a splendid Gold Pencil
Case and Pen,as a token of his regard for the Colo
nel's patriotic services, in behalf of the great interests
of the Commonwealth. The donor is unwilling to
have his name given to the public, but the following
reply of the recipient will more fully disclose the design
of the compliment so handsomely paid to the Repre
sentative:
Milledqevilt.k Nov. 15th 1351.
Dear Sir : —Your note of the 12th inst., wherein
you beg me to accept the very handsome Gold Pen
and Pencil therein enclosed, presented to me by
yourself, as a testimonial evidencing your appreciation
of my recent effort in the Georgia Legislature, to pro
hibit hereafter, the introduction of negro slaves into
this State, from other States, reached me yesterday.
It is with a deep sense of, and a due regard to, my du
ty as one of the people’s servants, that I accept the gift,
in the same spirit, I trust, that actuated you in its
bestowal. Your generous nature will pardon me, I
am sure, while I say, that this testimonial of approba
ion of my public conduct, is to me, peculiarly conso
ling, inasmuch as my motives have been, for years, by
hollow-hearted politicians, misrepresented, and my
character grossly traduced. Asa servant of the peo
ple, my first aim and end have ever been, and so
shall be my hist on all questions and measures which
may coine before me to give my vote and so conduct
myself, as may in my judgement, appear, most con
ducive to the interest and prosperity of the Slate of
Georgia.
For the gift itself, and the kind complimentary terms
which you have used towards me in its transmission,
by way of encouragement to me to continue to so la
bor as “ to give an impetus to Georgia’s prosperity, a
permanency to her interests, and a political security
that cannot fail to realize the most sanguine expecta
tions of her warmest friends;” allow me, after a sol
emn pledge on my part to that policy, to tender you my
most sincere thanks. \\ ith the utmost respect lam
\ our most obd’t serv't,
ALEXANDER Mac DOUGALD.
Somethin.!? of a Cabbage.— Mr. Richard
A. Benson, ofVineville presented us, on Thursday, as
fine a specimen of Southern Cabbage, as we ever recol
lect seeing in this latitude. It is a solid head, weighing
16 lbs. and a half, with only 6 inches of the stalk. Had
Mr. B. shown this at the late Fair, he would have cer
tainly been entitled to, and obtained a premium, lie
has given evidence, at least, that there is no necessity
whatever for the large importations yearly of this vege
table to the South, nor for our longer dependence up
on that miserable apology for cabbage—the insipid Mong
coilards.” If Mr. B. will give us an aeeount of his
method of cultivation, we will take pleasure in layin” it
before our readers.
Penitentiary -Bro. Rcneau says-, in reply to our
‘Compromise’ proposition, that the Penitentiary, if re
moved, should be located ‘where there will be most
customers,’ and asks us to say, ‘where we think that
will be ?’ That's easy enough, Where that ‘cen
tre of convenience and the voting population of the
State is,’ which in the opinion of Bro. R. should decide
the question of removal of the State House. By
that rule,‘Snake Nation’ is bound to succeed in getting
the Penitentiary if it gets the Capital! Don't you be
lieve it ?
The American Prisoners —The Madrid corres
pondent of the London Chronicle thinks the American
prisoners who have been brought to Spain will be am
nestied by the Queen to grace an approaching festival—
probably on her Majesty’s approaching confinement.
Kossuth. —The late New York papers are filled
with accounts of Kossuth’s reception in England.
The Great Case Decided.
That important Trial which has, for some weeks, oc
cupied the attention of the public mind, in this section
of the State, in which the County of Bibb was the
plantiff, and one Mr. Simri, defendant— commonly
known as Scabies Varioloid or Small Pox rnisdeiman
or ease, was concluded on Wednesday morning last,
by the defendant putting in the plea of guilty, without
malice aforethought, and throwing himself upon the
mercy of the Court.
The indictment charged the defendant with having,
maliciously, designedly, and by violence and force of
aims, not having the fear of Dutbolus before his eyes,
gone out of his way to visit a Small Pox patient, three
miles from the city, in the latter part of October An
no Domini 1851, and did, then and there, approach the
bedside of the suft'erer, and cause him to open up to his
vision the tonsil region of said victim’s throat, to see
whether the attending Physician had not spread a false
ahu m of tile disease, for filthy lucre's sake—whereby
said defendant inoculated himself with the pestilence
and brought it into the city, to the great danger, of the
public health and beauty . ns well as to the damage, in
8100,000, more or less, to the business of the city of
Macon, the present season ; all of which was a high
misdemeanor against the sovereign people and worthy
of the severest penalty ever inflicted upon a malefactor.
The defendant in putting in his plea of guilty plead
that his quo animo , or intention, was good—that lie
was, in truth, one of the oldest inhabitants of the place,
having, for thirty years been a denizen-—that his gen
eral behaviour had always been honest and praisewor
thy-—so much so as to have had his name ‘‘indelibly’
cut in wood or marble, at the expense of the public,
which had also given him a final resting place, free or
charge, in the Cemetery; that be had filled many offices
of honor and profit in the Corporation, and did wish
much that the monopoly lie had enjoyed should not be
taken from him, for one venial error, and at the in
stance of those whose ‘public services have only been
to find fault with its most laborious and faithful ser
vants, and who are actuated by a bad motive to‘crawl
into public favor,’ &e.
In view of all the arguments and justificatory cir
cumstances thus set forth in the plea of the prisoner a!
the bar, the Court charged Ist, that as ‘llell is paved
with good intentions,’ that part of the defendants’ plea
was inadmissible. Neither was the man's previous
officious (or official) good character any excuse for com
mitting the crime of murder or other grave offence
against the public interests, yet, as this was the first
serious charge ever brought against the defendant, the
Court felt disposed to be as lenient as possible, and, in
view of the suffering of the defendant by his own
misdemeanor, causing himself and family to be so long
in duress, on the account thereof, would only fine him
the amount of the Doctor’s and Druggist’s bill and costs,
in the lawful sum of $250. and require him to give
bonds in the further sum of SIOO,OOO, to keep his nose
clean for the future, and not to engage in any quixotic
sanitary schemes for the good of Science, without first
showing a regular Diploma or License to practise,
from a duly appointed Medical Board or Incorpora
tion.
This sentence having been passed, the defendant was
released, and immediately left for a more salubrious
clime. l Gid save, the Commonwealth.’
From the Easton [Pa.) Argus.
Free Negroes on Free Soil.
“On Saturday evening last, officers Snyder and
Ilutman, aided by a posse , made a descent upon
the house of Herman Nash, who keeps a sort
of boarding house on the banks of the Lehigh,
for the entertainment of colored folks. They
succeeded in arresting twenty-two, of both
sexes and all ages, including the proprietor of
the house and his lady. Some of the party
had helped themselves to a sheep belonging to
one of the neighbors, which was slaughtered
and made quite a feast for the hungry darkies
who had been fed on nothing but cold victuals
for some time—and a scarcity of that. Thev
were taken before Esquire Buck, and sentenced
to thirty-six hours’ imprisonment in the old
jail, except Mr. Nash and his family, who
were committed to answer the charge of keeping
a disorderly house. All the others were dis
charged on Monday morning, with directions
to leave the place in two hours, under penalty
of being recommitted for thirty days.
“ We never saw a more pitiable sight than
these poor blacks presented, when they were
turned out of the prison into the storm. Their
bodies were covered with rags; one woman had
an infant in her arms, some of the children
were shoe less and stocking-less, and in this con
dition they stood in front of the jail, not know
ing what to do or where to go.’’
\\ e are requested, by a valued friend, to present the
foregoing with appropriate comments, to our readers.
The facts set forth are only a confirmation of what our
own eyes have often seen in passing through South
wark, Philadelphia, and through some sections of New
\ ork, Pittsburg. &o. We have, many a tirlie, witnessed
more abject suffering and loathsome wretchedness in
one of these Northern cities, among this class of black
humanity, than we believe it possible to be exhibited
elsewhere out of free-soil dominions, if you were to
concentrate all the “horrors of slavery’’ and all its
“blighting curses’’(as hypocrites call them) from the
fifteen slave States into one grand focus of sweltering
corruption and misery. No, Sir! Fanatics may
howl ! Pseudo-christian Professors may whine about
the great evils of Southern slavery—they may refuse
Southern clergy the use of Northern pulpits to preach
the gospel of pence and good will—they may raise
thousands and tens o( thousand of dollars to seud mis
sionaries to the heathen of foreign lands,
“ From Greenland's icy mountains,
To Indias golden strands.”
and yet, so long as thousands of poor whites and blacks
are found festering in moral and physical pollution at
iheir very doors, and under their very eyes, and the
stench of which they inhale hourly, without seeming
to care for the “immortal souls,’’ or the perishable
mortal bodies of these victims, and without furnishing
them with even the crumbs of comfort which Dices
permitted Lazarus to pick up from beneath his table
of fatness and prodigality, what else can we say of such
and speak truth, but liars and hypocrites are ye all!
“ How can ye escape the damnation of Gehenna.'’
If God Almighty ever did prepare a boiling tophet
of melted brimstone for the vilest of sinners , wc are
quite sure that in the hottest corner of such a place
will be found all fanatical abolitionists and hypocrites
who make merchandize of Christianity, steal niggers
and shoot masters, and do other monstrous deeds un
der the influence of “higher-law” scoundrelism !
Proceedings of ihc Legislature.
We will confine ourselves, this week, to nn account
of what has actually been done by the Legislature since
our last issue, of a public nature.
On I hursday the 20th the following Bills were passed
by the Senate.
To incorporate the town of Marietta.
To incorporate the town of De Soto, in the county
of Floyd.
To change the name of Andrew Jackson, of Telfair,
to that of Andrew Jackson Passman.
To amend the act incorporating the town of Bain
bridge in the county of Decatur.
This bill appropriates SIO,OOO as a contingent fund
for each of the years 1852 and ’53: and also S4OOO
to settle up the outstanding debts of the last year
against this fund.
In the House, the sitting members from Jasper Cos.
whose scats were declared vacant, on account of fraud,
retired and Mr. Lane, one of the contestants appeared
and took his seat.
Mr. Hill of Troup, moved to abolish Slaughter’s
Precinct in the county of Jasper.
A message from Gov. Cobb covering Report of
Committee on Education was received and ordered to
be printed.
Judge Henry from the Judiciary Committee report
ed a substitute for Col. McDougald’s bill prohibiting
the slave traffic ; both ordered to be printed,
Mr. Bartow, Chairman Committee of Internal Im
provement, made a report, recommending $5,000 to be
appropriated for the improvement of the Coosa River.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED IN SENATE.
To appropriate a contingent fund for the years 1852
and ’53, and for the payment of arrearages phargeable
to the contingent fund of 1851.
Nov. 21. A message was received bv the
from the Governor, tmitamittirijr th t . voteb
tlir l.te efeefto. a. to m 0.!,. „f ~0
01i0.., By 37,443 by ,h Lr s U,„„ e
Rill to ohango the time of hoMittg Cos„„, j„ - .
and Bulloch co„,i„, „„ Allo , k
8.1 l to appropriate $4,000 4n rrpai, ,h, Gov
mansion. Also the Uona. Bill t, htend the .
of the Bank of the State of Georgia. ler
In the House a proportion was made to increase th
annual appropriation of .$4,500 to the Deaf and n !
■ *W22ri
The bill to form two new JudicUl Circuits was m A
by a vote, yeas 97 nays 15. One composed
Twiggs, Houston, Dooly, Crawford and Macon
other of Campbell, Paulding, Cherokee, For* A
Lumpkin,Cobf) and Union.
Aot>. 22. In Senate, a bill was passed to in.-oriv,
rate the Ogeeehee Plank Road Company.
Also, a bill to incorporate the Savannah F.m i
Asylum Society. emale
In the 11.m.0 the e, of Mr. p.ut er „„
e.ect from W ayne, who lives in another county
discussed, but ou motion postpone.!. “ aS
Much new matter was introduced into the H O , &
of Athich the following is the most important.
ratify Gov. Town's Railroad Iron Contract with Path!
ford, Fay <k Cos. To alter the judiciary system soas
have one law Judge of the Inferior Court, instead 0 f
live, as at present. To incorporate the Saltilla P| an k
Road Cos. To authorize the Governor to subscribe
$250,000 for extension of S. Western Railroad. &c
To lay out anew county out of Talbot. Macon, and
Marion. To provide for the election of Judges bv the
people.
Nov. 24. Mr. Floyd of Morgan was elected spes
ker of the House in the absence of Mr. Merriwclher
Several important bills introduced. To incorporate’
the S. W. Bank of Georgia at Fort Gaines. To pun
ish adultery with negroes. To incapacitate Sheriff, and
Deputy Sheriffs from re-election till two years at r
term has expired. To empower the S. W. Railroad
Company to build branches to Albany, Fort Gaines
&c. To alter the time of holding the Superior Courts
of Bibb. In Senate, Mr. Anderson introduced a bill
to authorize the several R. R. Companies of the State
to establish through rates f„r freight and passengers.
The apportionment Bill for the amendment of the Con
stitution, giving one member of the House to each
county and to the 37 counties having the largest popu
lation two members, was taken up and passed unani.
mously. The bill to refieal law of last session about
publishing Sheriff's and Clerk's advertisements in their
own county paper was lost.
Nov. 25. The special order of the day in the House
was the case of Brinkley Bishop; House adjourned
without coming to a vote.
The Senate set apart Wednesday the 25th at 12 M.
for the election of Julges and Solicitors for the vacant
and new Circuits, which was concurred in by the
House.
Nov. 2fi. Ci'l. A. P. Powers was this day elected
Judge of the new Macon Circuit and Col. W. K.
DeGraffenr'ed, Solicitor.
David Irwin, of Cobb, was elected Judge nf the
Blue Ridge Circuit, and Edward D. Chisholm, Solici
tor General.
Judge Ed. A'. Hill was elected Judge of the Coweta
Circuit and Judge Wm. Taylor was elected Judge of
the S. W. Circuit.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
Columbus, Ga. Nov. 20. 1851.
Dear Sir : —Our famous city is awakened
at last to her true interests, and with alnn*taa
unanimous voice, the demand, that the
works of internal improvements longsince jtro
jected shall be carried out and at once’ Last night
was the first inhering on the subject of Plank
Roads, t < day the cheerful intelligence is abroad
that $40,000 ot private subscriptions have al
ready been made to the good work and plenty
more expected. The City Council, have l*een
instructed by the people to subscribe 80,000.
of the city Bonds, and unless some untoward
event occurs to mar the plans of the projectors,
the beginning of the new year will see the com
mencement ot tw'o roads, one to Merriwether;
and the other to Stewart county. Plank roads
here are no novelty. There has been one in
operation from our Wharves to the Warehous
es, for near two years, which by charging toll
on Cottons alone and no other freiglN, has been
able to declare and pay forty per cent, per an
num dividends, making eighty per cent, in two
years, besides repairing the road and leaving a
surplus in the hands of the Treasurer. As to
the durability of the roads, there can be no
doubt. 1 his road after transporting upwards
of 100,000 bales of Cotton over it, (at the rates
ot 5 and G bales to the horse; or 12 bales, with
two horses,) and other freight and vehicles to
nearly double that tonnage, shows that the ori
ginal planks, have in two years, worn less than
a quarter of an inch, and exhibits not the
first symptom of decay. On this road I have
seen two horses and poor ones at that, taking
14 bales ot Cotton in a trot (on level ground)
from \\ arehouse to Boat, and 1 have also seen
two horses, on the Plank road at the Wharf,
pulling a load of over 5000 pounds, up the
hi]|, which was a rise of one foot in sixteen.—
W ith such lights before them, the people can
not help believing, and it is only wonderful
that their faith has not sooner been evinced.
W ith the facilities of transportation afforded
by these roads, our streets will once more be
tilled with ‘Bull Carts’ and teams of all sorts.
1 he merry jingle of the bells, will infuse more
life into our commercial community, and the,
still merrier jingle of the almighty dollar, will
of course foilow.
Ihe wagon trade is what we want. A good;
easy road will secure this to us, and with the
Muscogee Railroad connecting us w ith the East,
the river with the Gulf, (securing a good outlet
for our produce,) the Plank roads, are alotui
needed to bring the trade and country people
to us, and make us what we ought to be a city
as is a city.
Besides all this, these roads should be look
ed to as a profitable source of investment by.
the capitalist- in the State of New York alone
over 3000 miles are in operation, and while,
some are paying a great deal more, none are
paying less titan zQ per cent, per annum, over
and above repairs. Mr. John G. Winter, the
great projector of Plank roads in the South,
assures us that although the Plank roads in
Alabama are in an unfinished condition, (not
being as yet connected together,) of seventy
miles in the neighborhood of Montgomery and
Wetumpka, now in operation, none are pay
ing less than from 15 to 20 per cent., with the
travel largely increasing and must eventually
pay at least 25 per cent, per annum , char
of rejxiirs and all expenses.
There are many of these roads in North
Carolina, and all are paying very harid-otn<’
dividends. The city of Fayetteville, cut off
from Railroads, had four Plank roads runuing
into the country from her and unlike the gener
ality of towns off the line of Railroads, is large
ly increasing her trade, and the result will be
the same wherever they are tried.
W hen next you visit our city I hope to have
the pleasure of taking a pleasant airing with
you over twenty or thirty miles of Plank road
arid to show you that although we have been
napping for a long time, we are now fully
aroused. VIATOR.
New Clothing Store.
H FITCH & CO. have removed a part of
• large stock of Clothing to a |>art of the store lat< ‘j
cupied by Freeman & Roberts, nearly opposite the oki sta
and purchasers of Clothing wilt find a good assortment *< l
ther place, at the lowest prices. nov29-
I AIMES’ CLOTH CLOAKS.—A few
j Cloth Cloaks, received and for sale by
nov->9 —3t H. FITCH & 1
ORDERS.
HEAD QUARTERS, MACON VOLl’NTfci"-:
Macon, Ga., Nov. Sft
ORDERED that an election be held at the Oompanj
in the city of Macon, on the 9th December, u
superintendence prescribed by law for a Ist, iu an
nan*, and Ensign of the Macon Volunteers. -,-ndinr-
J. M. BIVINS, Capt. Com®** 1 *