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From the Marshall Expounder.
Gen. Cass in Kentucky.
The following is an extract which we have been al
lowed to take from a letter received by a citizen of this
village, from a gentleman in Kentucky :
‘As you know I was born in the neighborhood of the
venerable Henry Clay,, I grew up his friend and ad
mirer, and as a matter of course, became, and have
since been,a Clay Whig; although my feelings and
principles have always been democratic. You must
well remember, that in 1547 and ‘4B, you always told
me that my political principles were not whig. As the
favorite Son of Kentucky is now out of the question
as a Presidential candidate, political integrity and pa
triotism compel me to exercise all the judgment and
discretion with which I am endowed, in deciding
who shall receive my support for the next. And who
shall I take? I have decided. If Gen. Cass is the
nominee of the democratic party, I shall give him my
undivided support. My judgment admonishes me to
do so. I love my country, and [ never will knowingly
assist in placing in power one who is capable o( jeopard
ing tbo glory or permanency of the Republic. lam
satisfied that few men have done as much as Gen. Cass
lias, to extend the influence of the American Govern
ment. Wise, firm, patriotic, and independent, he
stands as a pillar of Strength, supporting our Republi
can form of government; notwithstanding the envy
and jealousy of the crowned heads of the world. His
course since 1848 fully confirms all you had said to me
at different times about him. Having been a member
of of the last Legislature, 1 have had a much better op
portunity than I should otherwise have had, of leani
ng the secret feelings of many of the Union Whigs in
•very part of the State; and whose feelings in fact ac
cord with my own, in relation to Gen. Cass.
From the N. O. True Delta.
Gen. Cass and his Slanderers.
A stupid story, which, we believe, first re
cieved the honors of type from the New “York
Evening Post, has been running the rounds of
the papers, in which it is set forth that Gen. Cass
wrote a letter to Mr. Nicholson, ot Penessee,
assigning as a reason for not voting for the Fu
gitive Slave Law, the fact that it did not con
tain a jury trial clause. This stupid falsehood,
we notice, has been reproduced in journals
where respect for the Compromise and its tried
and true supporters, ol whom Lewis Cass was
not the least conspicuous, we should have sup
posed to be superior to party behests or parti
san zeal, but we regret to be compelled, to
say, that we have good reason to believe, should
that distinguished patriot come before the peo
ple as a candidate lor the presidency, that de
traction and falsehood, the most ruthless and un
sparing, will be resorted to against him.
The Nicholson letter falsehood, is thus set at
rest by the Nashville Union:
We are authorized by Mr. Nicholson to
state that he has no such a letter in his poses
sion, and never had. Indeed, Gen. Cass could
not have written such letter without contradic
ting the records of the Senate. It is maiter of
record that he voted against a proposition to
to insert such a provision in a letter to Mr.
NichoUon would have been contradicted by the
records. He wrote no such a letter, however,
and never was in favor of giving to the slave a
a jury trial when arrested in a free State ; but
he. was willing, as would any Southern man
be, that when returned to the State from which
he fled, if he claimed to be free, he might there
have a jury trial. This right is already secured
to the slave in every slave State, and such a
provision in the Fugitive Slave Bill would have
been unobjectionable to every Southern man.
Gen. Cass was willing to insert such a provis
ion in the bill, not because it was neccessary
to secure the right to the slave, but because he
was of opinion that it would make tKe biil less
obnoxious at the North.
It is due to Gen. Cass that we state fuither,
that he was the first senator to suggest the im
portance of efficient fugitive slave bill in the
Senate, andthat he gave no vote during its pen
dency calculated to make it less efficient, but vo
ting against every proposition ofthe kind, and
was known by all to be in favor of the enact
ment of such a law.
Mr. Buchanan’s Antecedents.
As an historical item of some interest, though of
but little importance, we lay before the reader the fol
lowing proceedings of an anti-slavery meeting field in
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1819, and published
in the Lancaster Intelligencer of November 27, of that
year:
Opposition to Slavery.—At a large and respecta
ble meeting of citizens, held at the court couse in the
city of Lancaster, on Tuesday, the 22d instant, con
vened pursuant to public notice, calling on them to take
into consideration and to consult on such measures as
may best tend to prevent the introduction of slaves into
any territory or State hereafter to be formed or admit
ted into the Union, the lion. Rafter Franklin was
called to the Chair, and William Jenkins appointed
Secretary.
The object of tho meeting being fully explained, it
was moved and seconded that a committee of three
persons be appointed to frame Resolutions, expressive
of the sense of the present meeting.
Whereupon, James Hopkins, James Buchanan,
and William Jenkins, were appointed a committee for
that purpose, and made reprt as follows :
Whereas the People of this Slate, pursuing the
maxims, and animated by the beneficence, of the great
Founder of Pennsylvania, first gave effect to the grad
ual Abolition of Slavery by a National Act, which lias
not only rescued the unhappy and helpless African,
within their Territory, from the demoralizing influence
of Slavery, but ameliorat- and his state and condition
throughout Europe and America; and whereas it
would illy comport with these humane and Christian
efforts, to be silent Speclators when this great Cause
of Humanity is about to be agitated in Congress, by
fixing the destiny of the Domains of the U. States:
Therefore
Resolved, That the Representatives in Congress
from this District be, and they arc hereby, most ear
nestly requested to use their utmost endeavor*, as
Members of the National Legislature, to prevent the
existence of Slavery in any of the Territories or new
States which ntay be created by Congress.
Resolved , As the opinion of this Meeting, that as
the Legislature of this State will shortly be in session,
it will be highly deserving their wisdom and patriotism
to take into their early and most serious consideration
tho propriety of instructing our Representatives in the
National Legislature to use the most zealous and stren
uous exertions to inhibit the existence of slavery in any
of the Territories or States which may be hereafter be
created by Congress ; and that the Members of Assem
bly from this county be requested to embrace the car
pet opportunity of bringing the subject before both
Houses of the Legislature.
Resolved, That, in he opinion of this Meeting, the
Members of Congress who at the last session sustained
the Cause of Justice, Humanity, and Patriotism, iii
opposing the introduction of Slavery into the State,
then endeavored to be formed out of the Missouri Ter
ritory, are entitled to the warmest thanks of every
Friend of Humanity.
Resolved , That the proceedings of this Meeting be
published in the newspapers of this city.
James llotkins,
Wm. Jenkins,
James Buchanan,
The foregoing Resolutions, being read, were unani
mously adopted. After which the Meeting adjourned.
(Signed) WALTER FRANKLIN, Chin.
Attest: Wm. Jenkins, Sec'ry.
The Pennsylvanian, Mr. Buchannn?s chief organ,
having denied that he had any thing to-do with these
free soil resolutions, a notarial copy of the same has
been furnished the Washington Republic, agreeing
word for word with those above. The resolutions were
originally published in the Lancaster Intelligencer and
Poulson’s American Daily Adveriiser of 1819. The
notarial copy is taken from the latter, vnl. xlviii, with
the following notarial certificate attached to it s
City of Philadelphia,
State of Pennsylvania, ss :
This is to certify that the above is a true, full, exact,
and complete copy of the whole of an article published
in Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser , volume
xWiii, No. 13,419, published in Philadelphia, of the
date of Monday morning, November 29, 1819, and
which copy has been compared carefully and faithfully
bv me, from bound volumes of said Poulson’s Ameri
can Daily Advertiser , now deposited in and belonging
to the Library Company of Philadelphia.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
[l. s.] and affixed my notarial seal this fifth day of
- May, A. D. 1852.
EDMUND WILCOX, Notary Publie.
From the Columbus Enquirer , 25 th inst.
The Recent More.
There seems to be a desire, among a portion of oui
political friends, to send delegates to the so called na
tional whig Convention. In this desire we do not par
ticipate, and with the movements, looking to such an
event, we have had nothing to do. The State Con
vention, recently assembled at Milledgeville, we take
itlor granted fairly represented the wishes and feeiiugs
of our political friends, and we see nothing in recent
developments which justify us in believing that we
should depart, for a moment, from the line of conduct
then laid down. If any is Ike to result from a
departure from the course ot the party, as plainly
marked out bv our Convention, we candidly confess
that thus far, we have been unable to discover it. The
ground assumed was high, and safe. I hose who had
stood by the Union and the Constitution in the hour of
their greatest peril, were left free to rally on the man
for the Chief Magistracy of the country, whose life in
the past and whose position at present gave assurance
of his fidelity to the great principles on which the Gov
ernment was based. Such a man might not be selected
by either of the self-constituted national Conventions;
yet he might have been the choice of the great body of
the people, and elevated to the Presidential chair in
spite of the wire-pullers who almost look upon it as a
right to control the will and mould the opinions of the
freemen of this country.
We confess that we are somewhat at a loss to know
what our delegates will do when they get to the Con
vention. Will they lay down a platform, and require
the delegates North and South to stand up to it ? Or
will they, after the fashion of our opponents in this
State, fall back on the obsolete and worn-out vote
catching partizan clap-traps of the past, whilst the pre
sent and the future will be sacrificed in a low and con
temptible struggle for power and pelf? From presont
givings-out this is to be the course of wliilome exclu
sive friends of the South, as they were wont to term
themselves. They are going back to their wallowing
in the mire again. They have resolved to go into the
democratic National Convention, and take their chan
ces, for the sake of dividing the spoils, with abolition
ists, freesoilers, and every other kind of human demons
that may mingle in that dirty mess. And what is
worse, they are anxious to do so, and are going about
throughout the land begging to be received into this
family of mixed and mingled spirits on any terms that
will entitle them to a share of the public plunder. This
example on the part of our political opponents, we have
looked upon as scarcely worthy of imitation by our
friends. What have we to gain by following such an
example? Is there anything in it should recommend
it to those, who have thus far scorned to be enticed by
persuasion or driven by threats to depart from the line
ol policy sanctioned by prudence, and sustained by the
good sense of a majority of the people ? We confess
that we can sec nothing of the kind.
The only plausible reason which we have seen as
signed for the recent movement is, that by sending
delegates to the Convention the nomination of the
present Executive may le secured. Why has this
discovery not been sooner made, and what signs have
recently appeared above the political horizon indicating
the probability of such a result ? The truth is, that
there are some men who always make discoveries just
in time to do mischief. All their faculties appear to
lie dormant until matters are likely to settle down in
peace and safety, when al! of a sudden some life-giving
principle stirs within them arousing them to efforts
which, if properly directed, might result in immense
good to their friends and their country. But their ef
forts are too late at all times, and generally misdirected
at best. Mr. Fillmore’s friends have been wrong from
the first in urging him to place his chances of a nomi
nation before either of the Conventions, lie should
have planted himself on the ability, the honesty, the
impartiality, the prudence, and the acknowledged na
tionality of his entire administration.
The people are judges of the faithfulness of their
public servants, and they were prepared to give to
their present Chief Magistrate, not a party but a na
tional support. They knew that he had dared to face
the whole vile tribe of fanatics, of every hue and grade,
from the most malignant and bloodthirsty abolitionists,
down to the truckling and w hining disciples of Kos
suth. In short, that he had proved himself in his re
sponsible office, a man above the little dirty tricks o:
partizan tools, and stood upon the high broad grounds
of patriotism, publie worth and private virtue. It is in
such a position the good men and true, of all parties,
desire to see their chief Executive stand, and it is to
osuelt a man that they will rally, in times like these,
whatever may be the wishes of Conventions, or cau
cuses, or cliques. But if lie takes his chances before
the Convention and his friends are outnumbered, as
they likely will be, what will then be his position, and
their course ? Will they turn round and repudiate their
own doings ? Will they refuse to support the nominee
let him be who he may? With what face can they
do so ? Our opinion is, that if delegates attend and act
in the Convention they are bound by every honorable
principle ta abide by, conform to, and support the de
cision. Hence wc have been and still arc opposed to
sending any. And as our State Convention deter
mined not to be represented, we shall pursue our own
course in reference to the matter, leaving others to do
in the premises as may seem best unto them.
From the Savannah Republican of May 17.
Arrival of the* State of Georgia.
The splendid new steamship State of Gsorgia,
Captain John F. Walton, the pioneer steamer between
Philadelphia and Savannah, reached her wharf early
Saturday morning. She arrived in the river at an
early hour Friday evening, making the trip in sixty
liours, but the pilot did not think it prudent to come up
to the city in the night with an unfavorable tide. We
are indebted to Capt. Walton for Philadelphia papers
twelve hours in advance of the mail.
We have heretofore laid before the reader a full dis
cretion of this superb steamship, and need not re
peat it here, A personal inspection has satisfied us,
that she is all that has been said of her. Too much
commendation cannot be bestowed upon her general
arrangements and appointments, To describe her in as
few words as possible, would be to say she is a floating
palace, combining strength and elegance in the high
est possible degree. Every part has been designed
and produced with tfie most exquisite skill and taste,
and taken as a whole, the steamer reflects the highest
credit upon the Philadelphia artizans.
She was built at Vaughan and Linn’s ship yard,
Kensington, is of about 1,300 tons burthen, Custom
house register, or 1,700 tons carpenter’s measure—is
214 feet in length, 34 feet beam, and 21 feet depth of
hold. Iler engines, which are by Merrick & Son, are
of 72 inch cylinder, 8 feet stroke, and 500 horse pow
er. These works display a remarkable degree of neat
ness in tlu-ir appearance and arrangement, while at the
same time they are of the most substantial description.
Her paddle wheels are of 30 feet diameter.
The steamer is capable of accommodating 200 pas
sengers with comfort, and the saloons, state-rooms,
and other apartments for these are sumptuously fitted
up and furnished. In the after and upper saloons the
floors are covered with tapestry carpeting, the sofas are
of rose-wood and figured velvets, and the pannels of the
saloons ol solid zebra, stain, and rosewoods. The ta
bles are marble topped, and at the head of the com
panion way entrance to the upper saloon is a large slab
of Sinai marbl beneath an expensive mirror. The for
ward dining saloon is furnished with Brussels carpet
ing, as are all the cabin and staterooms, and the tables,
etc. are of polished black walnut. In the bath room
provision is made for supplies of hot and cold water.
Two family state rooms located aft are fitted up elegant
,ly with French hedsteads, lace curtains, etc. All the
cabins and state rooms, however, are large, comfortable,
and exceedingly neat in their style. Indeed, we do
not know of any part of the vessel which does not merit
praise, and the highest credit must be nwarded to those
who planned and devised all her arrangements. Upon
her hurricane deck is a promenade superior to any
thing of the kind that can be found in any other sea
steamer.
* We have said sufficient to enable the reader to per
ceive that this steamer is a very attractive one. For
passengers, especially, she is admirably calculated, re
sembling more a sea palace than a packet. For health,
comfort, and convenience, no better steamer can be
found; and her speed is sufficient to make her a de
sirable line for travel and for freight, which have al
ways been considerable between Savannah and Phila
delphia, and must with the advantages of this line
greatly increase.
The reader is referred to the Card of the steamer's
passengers in another column. It gives ns pleasure to
add. that Mr. Vaughan, the builder, and Mr. Merrick
who furnished the engines, eaine out as passengers,
and that they, as well as Capt. Walton, are highly
pleased with the working of the machinery and the
entire performance of the steamer. Capt. Walton, a
stranger thus far amongst us, comes highly recom
mended as a courteous and obliging officer, and skillful
seaman.
The colors of the steamer were presented by Gov.
Cobb. It is tie- custom lor the State after which a ves
sv 1 i nan to uriiish her with colors, and it was in
conformity with this custom that Gov. Cobb acted. A
magnificent flags floats from the mainmast, w th an
elaborate painting of tho coat of arms of Georgia,
and bearing the noble inscription of‘Justice, Prudence,
and Moderation’ —sentiments which should ever be re
membered both in the government of a State and the
command of a Sieamship.
Lola Montes —A Graphic Picture.—The
New-York Herald says:
“The Countess ofLandsfield (Lola Montes)
arrived in town yesterday noon, and took mag
nificent private apartments in Warren-street.
She left Rochester at eight eclock on Sunday
night. During her visit to Western New-York,
she has performed eleven times, danced thirty
has, made eight speeches, smoked fifty-five
cigarettes, delighted ten towns, astonished ten
railroad conductors, blown up six hotelkeepers
for had fare, denounced the Jesuits forty times,
quarrelled with two managers, and lectured
tour love-stricken youths. She appears to
night at the Broadway, and will soon play in
the new piece which has been written for her,
in which the good King of Bavaria, a pair of
Jesuits, Kossuth, and three red republicans, will
all be put on the stage in full character. None
of the wandering princes, counts, baronets, or
chevaliers from Europe, with heavy moustach
es, need call upon her. She keeps a stout
Irishman, six feet six, at her door, with orders
to knock down all such visitors at. their first ap
pearance—price fifty cents a piece, for every
clear case of deliverance.”
A Yankee Ckitic. —The farewell concert
given by Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt in
Northhampton, Mass., on Thursday night, is
said to have been attended by 12A0 persons
The editor of the Springfield Republican asserts
that—
“ Jenny never sang better in the best of her
Tripler Hall days, as several New York peo
ple present declared. Boquets rained upon the
stage in fragrant showers, and in their frag
ranee, died the voice of a flesh and blood angel
in the Connecticut valley. We have not time
at present to be more sentimental.”
Passage of the Homestead Bill.
The Homestead bill passed the House of Repre
sentatives yesterday, by a vote of 107 to 56. The fol
lowing is an abstract of the bill:
The bill as presented provides that any person who
is the head of a family and a citizen of the United
States, or person who is the head of a family and had
become a citizen prior to the Ist day of January, 1852,
as required by the naturalization laws of the United
Suites, shall, from after the passage of this act be enti
tled to enter, free of cost, one quarter section of va
cant and unappropriated public lands, or a quantity equal
thereto, to be located in a body, in conformity with the
legal subdivision of the public lands, and after the same
shall have been surveyed.
2d, The person applying for the benefit of the act,
to make an affidavit that he or site is the head of a
family, and is not the owner of any estate in land at the
time of such application, and has not disposed of any
estate in land toobtain the benefit of the act.
3d. Section refers to the duties of the Land Regis
ter.
4th. All lands acquired under the provisions of the
act shall in no event become liable to the satisfaction of
any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing to the
paient therefor.
sth. If at any tim ■ after filling the affidavit requir
ed, and be i"i v; ; hi of five years, it shall be
proven that the t: eating on iuch lands sfiall have
changed ■ residence, <>r abandoned the said
entr\ jOr .*s <- than six months at any one time, then
the land to revert back to the Government, and be dis
used ot a.s other public lands are now by law.
6th. If any individual, now a resident of any State
or Territory, and not a cititizen of tho United States,
but at the lime of making application for the benefit
of the act shall have filed a declaration of intention so
to do, as required by the Naturalization laws of the
United States, and shall become a citizen of the same
before the issuing of the patent, as made and provided
for in this act, he shall be placed upon unequal footing
with the native born citizens.
7th. No individual is permitted to make more than
one entry under this act.
Interview with the Hon. Henry Clay.
—A correspondent of the New York Express,
who visited the room of .Mr. Clay, and found
him in company with two friends from New
York, a few days ago, thus describes his ap
pearance :
“There is hardly strength enough in his
hands to convey food to his mouth, and he is
helped to and from his bed like a feeble child.
He rises very late, and as he told me, has not
known for a long time what it was to enjoy an
hourofsweet, refreshing, natural sleep. But
like an old forest oak, beautiful even in its de
cay, the lustre of his eyes is undimmed. He
both sees and knows his friends. The grasp
of his hand is as fervent, earnest and kindly im
pressive as ever it was. His voice continues
to he all sweetness and melody, except when its
tones are moved by that bodily weakness which
makes it painful for him to speak—and it is al
ways very painful for him to speak lung. But
the greatest blessing which God vouchsafes to
a dying man is his.
“He has that peace of mind which the word
can neither give nor take away, and an intel
lect as unclouded as in the day of its greatest
brilliancy. Most of his thoughts are devoted
to that change of existence from which none'of
us are exempt, and that change may come in
an hour or a day, or it may bo postponed till the
spring or summer flowers fade, and die. In
the meantime, Mr. Clay is tranquilly prepared
for the messenger whenever he comes, and he
remarks of his death in a confiding, Christian
spirit, that (hough it may be presumption in
him to say so, he he looks forward to the world
beyond the grave with faith in God, and trust in
a better life. He is a member of the Episcopal
Church, and among the few books in his room
the word of God occupies the most conspicuous
place.”
Criticism. —We overheard, not long ago,
the following fragment of a dialogue between a
couple of ‘country bumkins,’ seated with their
admiriag fellows, around a big stove in a vil
lage tavern. For convenience, we shall call
them ‘Gray’ and ‘Blue,’ according to the color
of their coats.
Gray. Well, you may say what you like a
bout improvements in machinery, such as steam
boats, and railroads, and telegra/?.?, but there’s
one thing they don’t make no improvement in.
Blue. And what’s that ?
Gray -Poetry. Take Byron now f r instance.
I should like to know what modern poet can
write such poetry as Byron.
Blue. Well, p’raps there ain’t any, but in
my opinion Tapper comes plaguev nigh him.
Gray. (With a look of unaffected astonish
ment) Tucker? who the d—l is Tucker ?
Blue.—Tapper., hanv’nt you heard of Tup
iperfr He’s the author of the ‘Moral Philoso
phy I bought it at an auction, and it’s a great
book, I can tell ye.
Gray. Cussed if ever I heard of him before.
Blue. (A little piqued that bis favorite should
be ignored in compaftyd Well) p’raps you nev
er uid; but other people have, if you hain’t. I
have read Byron dc Tupper, and Byron ain’t a
touch to Tupper, no how yoti can fix him. (At
this point several of the bystanders came to
the rescue of Tupper, and we sloped.’ —Boston
Post.
Some girls in kissing, convert their mouths
into eyelet holes just as if they were going to
suck a straw or give “ went” to a “ vistle,” as
Captain Cutler would say. Let it be reformed.
Further advices from the city of Mexico, at New
Orleans, announce that the Mexican Congress were
still engaged in discussing the Tehuantepec ques
tion. The Mexicans now demand two million dollars
for the right of way.
THE GEORGIA CITIM.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR,
MACON, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 29.
Macon Cotton Market. — Prices range in
this market from Bto 9 cents. This quotation
is on tho authority of a Cotton Broker, for
yesterday.
Town Agfnt. Mr. J. A. Sloan has been em
ployed as a Collector of monies due this office, in Ma
con and vicinity, and we hope, that for his sake, (being
disabled from usual labor) as well as for ours, that those
on whom he may call, will not put him off, by telling
him to ‘call again’ when they will tell him when he
may again call for u settlement!
To Correspondents.
OCT E. A. J. and J. M. G. Columbus, are respect
fully informed that their papers are regularly mailed,
with others, to that city. We can’t imagine the reason
they have not been received,
‘Jack B.’ Buena Vista, has our thanks for the
extra dollar he is willing to pay for the Citizen. We
shall not, however, take advantage of his kindness, but
place the amount to his credit for volume 4.
Mrs. C. S. 8. Columbus. We should be
quite willing to make the desired expose’ of the bad
treatment received by the lady from a couple of Doc
tors at Milledgeville, were it in our province and bail
wick so to do, but as she has a ‘liege lord’ to redress
her grievances which are also his, we must be excused
from meddling with a matter which has no interest of
a public nature.
D. A. C. Atlanta. Paper stopped, because ordered
so by somebody. Ilis 2d year’s subscription is about
out.
M. and V. ‘Not knowing can’t say’ whether
the ‘young clerk’ will defend or not. On his applica
tion, leave was granted, on the usual conditions.
Anna’s Poetry to Cloe is a gem, in its way.
The last verse reads thus :
“ Be wise and make yourself a wife
To sooth a poor man’s cares,
And with him cease from honest strife
When gloomy niglit appears. ’’
We Lope the daughter Cloe will take her mother
Anna’s advice, as quick as possible, as some poor man’s
cares will, otherwise, we fear, be uncared for.
Pub. Doc. —We tender our thanks to the Hon.
A. 11. Stephens, for a pamphlet copy of his speech be
fore the Maryland Institute of Baltimore, on the occa
sion of the last commemoration if the Birth day of
Washington. Also for a copy of the proceedings ot
the Congressional Banquet at Washington city, on the
same day and occasion, in honor of Geo. Washington
and the principle; of Washington.
Errors Exrcptfd.— in sending out our bills
to subset ibers, in arrears, we may possibly commit some
errors as to amounts due Ac. but in all such cases we
will cheerfully make all needful and proper corrections,
on receiving the necessary iritbrmaMon. Certainly we
desire nothing but our ‘just dues, which being in hand,
we would have no occasion to remind delinquents of
their indebtedness,
‘ —-n
Lalfst from Europe.—The Cambria arri
ved at Halifax on V\ ednesday last, with nearly
a weeks later intelligence from Liverpool to the
loth. 112,000 Bai<*s of Cotton sold in Liver
pool week ending the 14th. l’lices stiffer but
quotations unaltered.
State Fair. Y\ c have the pleasure to announce
that it has been determined by the joint Committees of
the Southern Central Association and the. State Me
chanical Institute to offer the handsome sum of SIOOO,
in Premiums for tho M- -finnicn! Department alone of
the next exhibition <u Fair, in this city. In a short
lime the list will be published and the names of Judges
announced. Let the mechanics of the State and ad
joining States now go to w'ork with a laudable zeal to
upbuild the cause of mechanic arts in the South, by a
generous rivalry for excellence in their respective call
ings and in generous competition for the honors which
await the skilful and tho enterprising. By the co-opc
ration of the State Mechanical Institute with the Agri
cultural Association, in the coming Fair, we predict,
that a greater impulse will be given to industrial pur
suits, in Georgia, and greater attractions presented to
visitors in attendance on the next fair, than has hereto
fore been offered, in all the South.
jy The Board of Directors of the State Mechani
cal Institute are requested to meet, this evening, at 8
o’clock, at the Hall of the Mechanics Society, for the
purpose of selecting Premium Committees, and confer,
ring upon other matters of interest.
The Weather —After several weeks of dry ,
weather which began to seriously threaten the growing
garden and field crops, we were favored on Thursday
last, with copious and refreshing rains. The blessing
wast not, however, unalloyed, as the rain was accom
panied with a strong wind which destroyed a number
of shade trees in the city, leading us to fear some dam
age from this cause to the Corn and Cotton,
St. Mary’s Bank.
We acknowledge the receipt of two letters, from
the same Columbus correspondent, touching the affairs
of this Institution—ono on the eve of our last publica
tion and tho other at too late an hour for our present
issue. We will, however, give a condensed statement
of the allegations contained in these communications,
although wc know of no right by which the author
claims of us that which he says is denied him by the
Journals of Columbus.
Our correspondent declares that the Directors of
the Bank have made no showing of its affairs—that
none have acted since the bank was removed to Co
lumbus—that there is no property responsible for tho
debts, all being owned by the Winters and they refu
sing the bills of St. Mary’s Bank in payment of rent
for said property —that the hills of the bank are now
selling at 60 cents on the dollar—that drafts drawn by
said bank on the day of the announcement of its sus
pension and which were to be ‘promptly met at maturi
ty’ have since been returned under protest—ono of
S6OO being sold for $450 to get rid of it—and that pro
ceedings have been instituted by Col, Bonner, or at his
instance, in due form, praying the Governor to appoint
a Receiver to settle the affairs of the Institution and that
the appointment of such an officer is expected, imme
diately, when a full investigation will be had.
Our correspondent also alledges that every means
have been taken by the Winters, to give a fictitious
value to tho bills of the bank, by cancelling a large
amount of them, by tho process of cutting out circular
pieces therefrom and showing them about—none of the
said pieces bearing, however, the signature of the Presi
dent of the Institution.
This, we believe, is the substance of the story, which
we give on tho responsibility of our correspondent
and subjeot to Correction by the parties concerned, if
any errors have been committed. This we say, be
cause we do not wish to do any injustice to Col. Wjnter,
in whose integrity we still have much confidence.
“Ten Cent Jimmy.” —See an article in ano
ther place, showing up the anti-slavery opinions of
James Buohanan of Pennsylvania, who is a favorite of
soiqo Southern, editors as a for the Presidegcy.
The Tillnore Movement.
The sudden spasm , that has seized a few of the
Union Whit's of middle Georgia, does not seem to be
of so alarming n character as to endanger the body
politic or prove fatal to the existence of the Constitu
tional Union organization of the State, as may have
been apprehended by some.
Thus tar, but four counties have responded to the
call to form a real Fillmore party in our midst, to wit:
Bibb, Baldwin, Monroe and Macon, and but two Pres
ses of any influence have espoused the cause. Os the
meeting in Bibb, we have only this to say, that it was
a small nftiiirand but one remove from an absolute fail
ure. Probably some 60 persons Were in the house, of
whom not more than one-third were friendly to the ob
ject of the meeting, the rest being'lookers on in Vien
na.’ The Chairman, lion. J. 11. R. Washington,
made a clever speech, laudatory of Mr. Fillmore, as
also Mr. James A. Nisbet, our city Postmaster, who by
the way, was the moving spiiit of the meeting, he
having called Mr. Washington to the Chair, made the
motion to appoint a Committee to report his ‘cut and
dry’ Preamble and Resolutions—was chairman of the
same who offered them to the meeting and supported
them afterwards ! To all this we have no objections,
and merely state the facts, in order that the Union Par
ty of the State may not be deceived by the magnilo
quent descriptions which they may see of the ‘ great
Fillmore Meeting in Bibb’ and be led astray thereby.
The ‘ bull was putin motion’ as the Chairman re
marked, but it was a ‘mighty small’ one and not pro
pelled vvitlt any great deal of projrctile power, what
ever may be its ultimate size and force.
One thing is very certain that very many of the
most reliable and substantial Union Whigs of Bibb have
nothing to do with this movement here, and we have
the same accounts from Baldwin and Monroe. The
people are not alive to the measure, notwithstanding
the givings out to that effect in the Journal & Messen
ger and Recorder, and we shall be very much mista
ken if the anticipations of the Journal of a thin atten
dance on the proposed Convention are not fully realized.
This, in part, will be owing to the shortness of the
time, but more, on account of a want of interest in the
movement.
By the action of the late Union Convention we feel
committed to the policy of waiting for the action of
National Conventions, and do not like to stultify out -
selves by shifting position at each lunation, without any
intervening cause to justify the gyration. A personal
regard for Mr. Fillmore should not lead the Constitu
tional Union party to sacrifice their high position to ex
pediency, neither will the secession of Fillmore Union
men from the party be excused because some of the
Democratic Union men previously thought proper to
slide off from their allegiance to the party. Two
wrongs never made a right, neither in morals nor poli
ties, as these seceders, of both classes, will probably
find out before the ides of November have come.
But passing nil minor matters, let us see what these
Fillmoreites have to say, in explanation of their move
ment
Says the Messenger & Journal :
“ Timid men, of course, will not aid us—expectants
of office, who are nervously awaiting the denoue
ment of the strange and anomalous position of parties
in this State, will deprecate it—and many honest Union
and Fillmore men will stand aloof from it, and with a
consistency which we must admire, will abide by the
action of the Union Convention.’’
* • *
“ We declare, that that Convention has no position
which is maintained by the Constitutional Union Party
of Georgia. That party does not occupy the position
of its Convention.”
“ The action of the Union Convention was in ac
cordance with the principles of the Union Party.— i
Those principles lead it to neither Nation.-xi Cuoventw.
It should stand aloof from both. It should preserve
and perfect its organization, and under it maintain the
Constitution and the Union against Free Soil, as it has
against. Secession and Disunion. But it does not stand
aloof—it does not maintain its organization. It min
gles jn the Baltimore Democratic Convention ; and it
stays at home inactive to watch the result of that Con
vention. Th< so-facts are the justification which we
offer for our change of"policy, in advocating the Fill
more movement.”
The views presented in the foregoing extracts, are
to our mind illogical and inconclusive, if not unjust to
the opponents of the movement. The allegation is
made that the ‘third and the expectants of office who
are nervously waiting the denouement of the si rang
and anomalous position of parties in this state depre
cate it.’ l’ -i li lj s Hie nervousness of some bol< l*rs of
office may have suggested this idea, mi the principle
that of ‘out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh.’ Be this as it may, the assertion that the
‘Constitutional Union party does not occupy the posi
tion of its own Convention’ is palpably erroneous and
disingenuous. By what authority does the Messen
ger declare that the Union Convention did not express
the will of their constituents ? Did not the people np
proveof the position of said convention ? Tea, verily..
Nearly all the Union presses of the State, the Mes
senger included, did approve the action of the majority
of that body, ami yet we are now gravely told that the
members of that body proved recreant to the trust re
posed in them and resolved upon a ‘masterly inactivity’
on the subject of the Presidency, in despite the wishes
of the people whom they represented in that body ! This
is a charge of too grave a magnitude to be made for
light and trivial causes, and we therefore demand the
proof of the statement.
Nor is it correct to charge tho Convention with the
conduct of the supplemental democrats and whigs who
afterwards met and resolved to send delegates to Balti
more. That was tho act of seceders and not the act
of the Convention, and the latter is no more responsible
for it than it is for the present move of the friends of
Fillmore. The Union party did vol then send dele
gates to Baltimore, nor can their declining to do so be
considered or tortured into an approval of that act of
the supplementals. If our neighbors deemed it right
to rebel (to use their language) against the action of
the Convention, it is a little singular they did not do so,
a month ago, instead of endorsing the proceedings at
the time, and afterwards slumbering over their rights,
till the present late moment. And wc hope to be par
doned for saying that it, in our opinion, it savors more of
presumption than modesty, for a handful of men in
three or four counties to attempt thus to nullify the
recent action of the party, in Convention assembled,
and should be treated accordingly.
‘Give me one of your lasi papers!’— it is
not very seldom that we are addressed, in this or simi
lar language, by visitors to our sanctum, in search
after the latest news or some racy article to be found
in our columns. But frequent us is the fact, it is near
ly as often, that tho visitor, on being accommodated
with a copy of the paper puts it into his pocket and de
parts, without supposing for a moment that he ought
to offer payment for it! Now, we would have such
persons understand, that a fresh newspaper is as much
the property of the publisher as a pound of Sugar is
the property of tho grocer who makes a living by sel
ling it, and of like value.. It costs money to print
the paper and the publisher cannot afford to gire it
away, without an equivalent, of some sort. No one
should therefore expect a paper to be given to him,
unless he is entitled to it by regular cash subscription
or other patronage to the office.
Os the same doubtful honesty is the practice of many,
of regularly borrowing the ‘Citizen 1 to read, who nev
er have contributed a cent to its support. They will,
meanly and surreptitiously enjoy the fruits of our la
bors, although well able to pity for the privilege and
receive it in a legitimate way. We know that in many
cases, this arises from want of thought on tho part
of borrowers, but it is nevertheless a practice which
robs an editor of the just remuneration for labor, men
tal and physical, bestowed upon his Journal, and
ought to be discontinued. Let each one, then, of the
borrowing class who reads these remarks, consider
whether strict honesty between man and man doth not
require him if able, to send 82 to tho printer, or cease to
seek amusement or profit by perusing a Journal for
which he renders no quid pro quo ! If the former is
the conclusion, we will be happy to enroll his name on
our list of cashing paying customers, and serve him
with his oxen paper, regularly !
New Orleans Press.— Persons wishing a good
paper from the Cresent city cannot err in sending for
the Bulletin, edited by Col. Isaac‘Seymour, formerly
of this city, or the True Delta , by Jno. McGinnis,
& Cos. The latter is independent in politics, though
inclined to derqocrqcy, as we think we have discovered.
The former ij a high-toned Whig and Commercial
Journal, and is coqdqcted with marked ability.
Printing Offices for Sale.
An interest in the ‘Columbus Times,’ a Se
cession print, is offered for sale.
&T The whole of the Madison ‘Family Visiter’ a
neutral paper is offered by the publisher, Mr. Liddon,
to be disposed of at a reasonable rate.
&4T Mr. Stephens of the Witumpka (Ala.) State
Guard, an ultra democratic print, wishes to part with
his moiety of that concern to the highest bidder.
GOD. CaSS.—As an offset to the many hard things
said of Gen. Cass, in the anti- Cass Journal of Cherry
street, we give a few words in defence of that gallant
old patriot, from a Western paper, and will follow it up
with something better, after a while.
Why not ?- —lt has been suggested that the friends
of Gen. Scott, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Crittenden do
respectively get up meetings in one or two counties of
Georgia and nominate Delegates to the National Whig
Convention of the 16th June. The suggestions meets
our approval as much as the movement of the friends
of Fillmore. They have the same right, and would
bo entitled to as fail a voice in that body as the Fill
more delegates.
And supposing they could not muster 10 delegates
each, what matters it? In Mr. Rucker of Tenecssce
and Gen. Commander of So. Ca. we have illustrious
precedents to show what power is sometimes conceded
to one man to throw the vote of a State. The tiling
can be done, as easy as ‘failing oft’ a log,’ alter a
shower!
Scott or Douglass. —‘Which King Benzoni?'.
Neither if we can help it, but Seott before Douglass,
all the time. Cause why ? Gen. S. avowed himself
a L nion man at the Union Castle Garden meeting in
N. Y. in 1850 and now declares himself favorable to
the Compromise measures. Douglass dodged a vote
thereon—and is known, besides, to be a ‘Filibuster’
of the first water, who, if President, would go for tak
ing Cuba, Mexico, and Canada. lie is a third rate
man of great brass and every way an unsafe person to
trust w ith the destinies of the nation. Gen. Scott is
a brave man and pure patriot. He has done ‘.he State
essential service and deserves all the honors that can
reasonably be bestowed upon him. He, too, iea con
servative tnan —knowing the evils of war he would
not rashly run into difficulties. If therefore we are
confined to a choice between Seott and Douglass, give
us Scott.
State of Parties in Georgia.
Faction rules the hour. ‘Noise and confusion’ ex
tensively prevail. The ‘blind lead the blind* and the
slough of despond and the ditch of destruction are
wide open to receive their victims !
Os the number ot parties now in Georgia, we are
scarce able to make due record. Os the many changes
which politicians undergo deponent cannot keep just
tally, because his paper is only published once a treek!
•We will make the effort, however, to vkcteli the promi
nent features of the landscape, in a brief enumeration
of existing juntos and their future prospects.
Ist. We have Constitutional Union men, wlmstand
by the action of the late Convention in its ‘watch and
wait’ policy.
2d. We have the supplemental party, composed of
a few dozen whig and democratic Union men who were
led off by the cry of ‘Ho for Baltimore’ and its con
vention of the 2d June.
3d. We have the Southern Rights and Secession
democrats and whig*, calling themselves the true demo
cratic party, who have sent delegates to the Democra
tic National Convention.
4th. We have the Fillmore Whigs who ;*t. ii to
send Fillmore J.I.H II ’ rr "' n a few counties to repre
sent the whole Whig Party of the State in the Whig
National Convention of June IGth. This will suffice
for the present.
Now, if No. 2 doe* not succeed in getting a Com
promise candidate, it will fall back and take posi'ii n
with No. 1. If No. 3 dors not succeed in throwing
Cass overboard and getting a Fillibustcr. it will burst
up tilings and fall back upon rerolntion as the rightful
remedy, and if No. -I cannot g t Fillmore it will also
join No. 1 in starting a third candidate, whom ail
Southern patriot., of ail parties, can and will >upjor:.
and trith the aid of honest men at the North elect to
the Presidency. Well, after all, we don't see but that
all things will come out right, vet. Out of evil good
often eometh and a kind Providei.ee is yet bring ng < r
der out of confu.-t til and ruling in benignity the affairs
ot men. So mote it be.
Manufacturers’ Hank and the Mandamus
(ase.
The following statement of the facts of the ease re
cently brought before the Superior Couit iohv siltiug
for the County of Bibb, by writ of Maxidata us, torch
ing the subscription to the Stock of the new A{.-mu£ic
lurers’ Bank about to be started in this city, lias be.n
fur nisi ted us by a gentleman conversant with the points
of controversy :
The Bank was chartered by the Iv'gWlatnre of 1849
aud ‘JO but the stock was not taken up until about the
Ist March last, when Mr. Alexander and bis party
subscribed for the wind.- amount of 2500 shares, and
in paying the It) per cent, required by the Charter to
be paid to the Coinmissioneis they gave a draft on a
house in New York for $20,000 payable at 30 days
date in specie, which the Commissioners received aud
gave their certificates accordingly. So far there was no
difficulty, but some Bor 10 days, thereafter, Mr. Solo
mon and his friends made an effort to obtain the Stock.
alledg’Dg that Mr. Alexander's subscription and pay
ment was not a legal one, because he had paid part us the
10 per cent, in a draft on New York, instead of specie
or specie paying bills, ls they said was required by the
Charter, and thercufmii they tendered to the Commis
sioners the 10 per cent, in Bank bills and demanded
the Stock to be issues! to them, buttliu Commissioners
declined to receive their money upon the ground that
tl*s Stock had already been taken, and said they could
do nothing else, unless the draft on New York which
had been sent on for collection by the Commissioners
was dishonored. So Mr. Solomon and his party kept
their money aud had no other showing than a certifi
cate that they had tendered the money, and roo< ived
an answer as above stated. Thereupon they com
menced the present proceedings, on a writ of Man
damus against the Commissioners, to compel them t’
issue the stock to them, but before any bearing could be
had on flip case, the Commissioners received notice that
the drafts on New York hud been paid in specie, and
it was at their disposal, where it lias since remained.
So the whole matter came down to this simple ques
tion, whether an order on New York payable in specie
which was received by the Commissioners, and which
was paid in specie, promptly, was a legal payment and
a compliance with the spirit of the Charter; or whe
ther a simple tender of Bank bills afterwards, which
was refused, gitfes a better claim to the stock.
On a hearing of the ease Judge Powers decided that
the specie draft on N. \ . which was paid at maturity,
in specie, was a compliance with the provisions of the
Charter and dismissed the suit. The Bank will, there
fore, we presume, go into operation, immediately, and
from the intelligence and business capacity us the offi
cers elect, wc have no doubt of its being a sound and
well conducted Institution.
Tint Cos NTRAvr.—The Oasis, after stating
that Kate Y. Poole pleat! guilty and was sen
tenced to the S'ate Prison for life lor the murder
of her child, draws the following contrast be
tween her and her seducer:
“She goes to prison for an act committed
when despair had overthrown reason, con
science and maternal affection—goes heroi
cally, with no lie in her mouth, willing to expi
rate her sin and suffer her heavy sorrow alone,
not daring to ask again human sympathy, for
it was denied her in hours of bitterest anguish,
but hoping for tho mercy of God ! He, in the
eye of Heaven doubtless far more guilty, is
basking in the smiles of the social circle, and
possibly the welcome and accepted gallant ol
scores of fastidious belles, who quarrel for the
honor ofhis attentions.”
This, we believe, is the verdict of society
the world over. Poor Houses and Prisons
and graveyards, are peopled with the victims of
men who hold their heads high among their
fellows. The haunts of poverty and crime are
thronged with the once loved and lovely, mean
while their betrayers move in honored circles.
Long arrears these last will have to settle, if
the inequality in this world’s punishment is to
be righted in the future world.
A LITTI.E OF EVERtT^
The Raleigh (N. C .) Standard ]
meeting of the Council of State t
Thur^aylas^twasdctcrmi^ lo^^
eral Assembly of North Carolin, DVeDe th tr N
of October next, to take action
TI,o Protestant EpixcopM -
Mnnntencd if ana*,, rs y
Richmond, on Wednesday T h ’ Pi,l *Vl
preached by the Rev. Mr Smss 6 openin g sen* *
Alexandria. BW,
m fttvor of establishment by 1 J
VI
The complimentary dinner given at V *
t ie 17th inst. to Wni. Sidney Smith
the Bn,,*!. Consulate at Havana
of the ill fated Lopez expedition, was Jr
a magnificent affair. Arnold Harris
was supported bv Col. S. W <>,L„
Winter and Vangltt as Vice P,Je m .
the even,n B M „ the right hand „f ,|„ p, ‘"M
tx-Gov. ymtman. of M-i-ip* M ki> £**,J
Sant'S, Preparation, are mat
springs for the accommodation of more ,| ‘M
age number of visitors. The IV*, ,i <
which has been materially enlarged ill ,W |
proved during the spring,!, to be opened
mst. several weeks earlier than usual T M
tels are also being overhauled. * W j
The new Captain General of Ravins
etly. Ilis firs* official order m fertile si,
on Sundays and two cross days. *,,1, T ** * j
those which sell food, which will (*.,!- ‘*
nnuMOA.M. TM. ■„ ■*J
that it must not be broken under a large fil e H
A farmer, who recently had hi, b„l ’ .
derk of the market for stun weight BV e ‘
that the cow from which the butter vt-,* * ‘***’
ject to the cramp, and that earned tbeboi “VT’
in weight. ■
The lion. John McPherson Berrien U
his scat in the Senate of the United “
Citizen of Savannah, the Hon. Robert M (_■) ,’ ,
been appointed by Gov. Cobb, to fill *
Lying, says the Boston Post, i, an e,ceding „
gar vice—ye! often practised by g.nteel people
vers lie professionally; editors lie
merchants lie liabitually. and the Telegraph lie. pi ,
tually—but then it don't kuo-.v any better ’
hardly be said of mendacious character, i D
As I* distaff says, ‘Lord! bow this wurl ij.
lying.’
It is said that charcoal placed ar.aiad rue bU
and other flowering plants, lias the effect to.
ly to the rielines, of the flower.
Mr. Alfred Buiac, of Baltimore, distinguished
artist, has proposed to the *sly authorities of VV*j J
ton to make a Copy of Bouden's statue of W,
ton in bronze, to he jdaml in the vestibule of th- *
Hall.
A Mr. Pond, of Rutland, Vt. has invented a®,
chine to make pill*. The ingredients ate fed j, K
end and the pills tome out ready-made at the eihc?
Exchange.
If Mr. Pond would now invent a machine aHu
his pills, he would lea public benefactor.
fi arreii Felch, of Walpole, N. 11. V-* Wr citing
to the Insano Asylum, at lirjatlleboro’, raring**].,
a victim of the spiritual rapping* excitement.
All Indiana paper tells a story of a dog
Spring having his jaws frwcii together while b;*
water at a brook. This explains Goldsmith'* line—
‘And winter lingering,chills the lap of Bpr:u;.’
A \\ ashington paper says : ‘An industries i:--;
lately returned from a two years’ residence in
nia, has made twenty thousand dollars—in expei>.,:t
and brought back with him sixty-twocents!’
Put no faith in boasters.
The rich man oft< ner wants an spp, fte u&
than the poor man wants food and a bed to lie wt.
The Pittsburg \ isitor auaoauees that ty.'lojo I
of the Journal, is to take climge cf its columns
Mrs. Swisskelin is nursing ‘muzzy's uuctv pi'-:*
baby !
Cambridge, Mass. May 19—A telescopiceomei*
dicovered this mofahg by (i. V. Betid, at the L'>
\atury.
A lvug as. a ssah grts six J>.x week, he tas life]
and get along rather quietly aud ewiti ultd; 1.
soon as lus wages reach twelve dollars a :•]
needs twenty-four—gets in debt, and *bu->:
that'. M-m is a high pressure engine, vauuvs l
sttatTV.iiiotu.-y tlw luxl—apply tlw principle *tsi .|
liave the facts. Make a note ou’t. i. range, is. ti
Ik Marvel says after hearing a dull sermon pret.vd
by a dandy, la- asked a friend what he though: ‘■ j
discourse. He replied in his usual quaint, queers j
‘lt they goon preaeliing this way, th grass wiis l *
be knee-deep in the street of Heaven.’
Iyekc was once asked Uow h*.- lukl acquiwd w |
extensive knowledge. ‘1 ne ver’ answered thepli"*’
plier, ‘was ashamed toak for iuh>t uiatiou.’
In tlie Natbmal C-onventiou of Printers, bv ■ ‘
at Cincinnati, the subject of Sunday-icork cjik s
Air. Rodgers, a delegate from New Yolk city ‘ •
that he had often stood at his ease all Sunday - ’
noon, setting up a sermon that was deVtvertd bib
morning, from the manuscript of the Clcr;
himself. In one instance, he said, the matin*:
was fresh from the pulpit, the subject of which x* ‘
strict abserrauce of the Subbath day.
A bill has passed the Virginia House of Pc t>’
authorizing the city of Wheeling to subser 1 ’ -
capital stock of the Marietta and Cincinnati L 1
Company.
Anew cask-manufacturing machine is in 1
in Kngland. A laborer, by its mean*, is able a!*”
out 3,500 staves a day, infallibly correct iu r®**
curve.
m. W ilkinson, aged 92 years, a soldier of
volution, and the oldest living graduate of llrown 1*
versitv, died at Providence, It. 1. on the Itiili P -
The block of native copper contributed by thf*-
of Michigan to the National Washington M
was formally presented to the Monument A->
in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington <®
19th it.?taut.
The Dutchess of Sutherland’s daughter was ‘
on the 29th ult. The income of the Duke *■ •
a little over a thousand pounds per day. Tin
gave his trades |>eople an entertainment, costing
2:230 to 2.‘300.
It is said that 100 letters addressed to Jenni b*
were lately sent to the dead letter office, from A 1
ampton (.Mass.) post-office.
A printer from Albany, New Vork.nn 1> *
the National Conventional Cincinnati, was ru
8175, nea- Cleveland, a few days ago .
Twenty-five thousand dollars worth r<
antiquities were entered at the Custom-house u
ton on the 3J instant.
An effort is now being made at Cincinnati t<
Kossuth bill at the Burnet House by v
seription.
People in Maine no longer ask each < • lt l
swallow, or smile.’ The invitation no” ‘-j
violate?*
There are two reasons why we show. < r,ot
an editor when he is writing. One is it •- I
him out—the other is, pm might get put 111 ,
especially if lie has got thick boots on. j.
The most delightful and healthy employt*”
dies, is the culture of flowers. 4he #
inter.dence of a garden is generally sou
health, by leading to frequent exercise ,n 1 * ‘ r
and that combining with nature whiei is f r
freshing to the heart. The tending ■ ,L ‘
er appeared a fitting care for the young a:l
They then dwell, as it were, among their 1 ft*
and many a voice of wisdom breathes 011 ,Ic*
those sweet blossoms, to w hich they ap}K'r
and the sun-beam. . #
A coward is a bad friend ! and
privy councellor.
Fire in Savannah.— About 50, 0°ofr|
worth of propei ty was destroje j %&■
Savannah on Wednesday last. r en^ ,;r ”
her of families have thereby been
homeless.