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ll T. F. AV. ANDREWS,
AMress, ‘ Macon Ga.
*fjjg POETS CORNER.
The *‘Loag Ago.”
BT L. VIRGINIA SMITH.
You ar* fur away, my LiJa,
And the April breezes blow,
O'er the hills of “Allaquida’’
Where we wandered long ago;
When the sunny hours of childhood
fc.vept like singing streams along,
Ar.il the valley and the wild wood
Echoed to our merry song;
When we used to run bright races
With the sun-shine on the hill—
O’er those old familiar places
]),ies the sunbeam linger still?
]),,, u aver think, mn mig norms,
Oi that pleasant long ago,
yi.Hiug l.ke a fairy’s pinion
With its evanescent glow ? j
Winn our little hearts kept beating
Still a loving music-chime,
Like two tiny wavelets meeting
In some happy Eden-clime,
And the thrill of gushing gladness,
Springing up we knew not h>>w,
Jitter tinged with aught of sadness—
Dots it thrill your bosom now ?
Do you ever wander, sister,
By that lonely bushy lank,
Where the crimson lilies cluster,
’Mid the rushe.long and lank?
Where whene’er we went a nutting
We would rest at even tide,
On the rocky ledges jutting
From the bosky dingle side*
Robins buill beneath the arches,
And a blue-bird in a bough
Os the over-hanging larches—
Do you ever hear them now ?
Can’st recall tho legend olden
Os that shadow-haunted dell,
Where the sunlight green and golden,
Most fantastically fell ?
And the range of ‘'mossy mountains’’
Where sweet “Allaquida’s bower,”
Rose beside the forest fountains,
’Neath a jewel-dropping shower
Os the hazel's pearly tassels,
And the maple’s ruby sheen,
Which the wind, her fairy vassals
Poured around the ‘‘lndian Queen ?”
Then the jolly rides of morning
On the pony sleek and old,
Every danger proudly scorning
On the upland bleak and Ixild.
And the search for silver fishes,
Wading in the crystal pool,
(.lust the spot to suit our wishes,)
At the noontide clear and cool.
How the tiny billows tinkled
O'er the pebbles and the net,
And your little white feet twinkled,
Oil! I think I see them yet!
Yw, 1 see them often, Lida,
As you used to look when wo
Hw. lt at “bonuie Allaquida’’
M ith the bird and breeze and bee,
Laughing eyes of limpid azure
And as the snowy baby-brow
Peeping from the gold embrazure
Os its curls—l see it now !
riiui l wish th it God had laid us
Hewn to slumber in the wild,
lor His love would then have made us
LacA Hit little angel-child !
Kindness.
A .tie spring had lost its way
Amid the grass and fern :
A passing stranger scooped a well,
” eie weary men might turn;
j He walled it in, and hung wi.h ear*
A ladle at the brink.
He thought not of the deed he did,
Lut judged that toil might drink.
He passed again—and !o! the well,
Ly summer never dried,
Ha l cooled ten thousand parching tongues,
And saved a life beside.
„ I'll 3b£ LA L MY .
P r ’"’ CicieMO History of Alabama .]
GOVERNOR TROUP,
r “P Mclntosh Family-Incidents in tlie
Mississippi Territory.
thatl! / °* e our kst chapter, it was stated
w ,, American court held in Alabama,
thew ! L ntos h Bluff, which is situated upon
confli-’ M 1 die between its
St S-. i ’ the Alabama and the town of
is.to ui’ ie " S ’ onnp cted with this bluff, there
AlalaV l eas ' D historical reminiscence. —
of Geo -r \r onor being the birth-place
anj ’*• ‘ 1-0,1 p, late Governor of Georgia,
Pres.;. ‘ i°” e °t the most vigorous and ex
a.,e ! LHitical and epistolary writers of the
Aite Pi: ‘ ‘, ran dfather, Capt. John Mclntosh,
Uehgi 1 "’ °. 1 1G Mclntosh clan, was long at
-1 y alu a t j u 1 . arm y of West Florida, and his
! of £„,'[* serv ' c . es were rewarded, by the King
le B ran t of Mclntosh Bluff,
sippj_ tracts of land upon the Missis
°ffieer I a son ’ W!ls a ' so a
Mieiaitf a au Lter, a native of Georgia.—
an f ’ r ‘ ‘ vl ‘ile on a visit to England, married
CLt army, named Troup.—
ti n " lan( l t0 * Mobile, and,arriv-
Went u- i , er place, entered a barge, and
her f a .i : * e m bigby river to the residence of
of a | 1
overcor Troup was born, in Sep
eri c lj G . She had an uncle, named Rod
lijr| y. ‘ Ca ]| l^, oS^l ’ or l Llld Rory,’ as he was fami
a kind Vn a J nos * extraordinary character,
anj r. 0 , , °. n Quixote, old Arab Chief Scottish
be on V the Saladin and Coenr de
hi* cL ', valr y. He was long an officer ol
aa. r v s arna y, in Georgia and East Flori
baoj i Us father, brother, uncle and hus-
T ro 0 la ‘ s lady, the Mother of George M
“ 6re officers, before the com
from r “ “ nt °f the revolution. Being removed
j K; ” ceri esof that revolution, none of then
0 “aid to have taken sides against it, ex
cept ‘Old Rory,’ who, during the war, was fre
quently in Georgia and East Florida, and, al
though far advanced in years, was at all times,
ready to storm any whig fortress that might
present itself. Before he came to America, he
had been the champion of his native glen, in
Scotland, and was strongly attached to the Stu
art family. In 1<77, he was over sixty-five
years of age. He was tall. His form was ad
mirably proportioned for strength and activity,
ilis complexion was ruddy, and his hair was
white, frizzled and bushy. In walking, or ra
ther striding, his step ordinarily embraced the
space of four feet, lie was not rich, but lived
m ease„and comfort, when not engaged in the
actual service of the King. He cared nothing
lor money. During the Spanish occupation of
Last Florida, he sold a drove of cattle in St. Au
gustine, and, receiving payment in specie, placed
it in a bag, on his horse, and rode towards home.
Chi the route, the canvass gave way, and many
ot Li’.e dollars fell upon the path. He secured
those which were left, and pursued his journey,
giving himself no concern about those upon the
ground. Some years afterwards, being in want
ot money, he recollected his loss, went to the
place, picked up as many dollars as he wanted,
and returned home. He was fond of dogs.—
He once laid a considerable bet that he could
hide a doubloon, at three miles’ distance, and
that his setter, which he had taught to take his
back track, would find it. Luath presently went
oft on his trail, was gone some time, and re
turned panting, with bis longue out, but came
■v thout the doubloon. ‘Treason!’ vociferated
iio’ V, and he walked rapidly to the place where
(1, ‘ had hidden the money. He turned over the
l-'g, and found that Luath had torn up the
earth in search of it. A man was seen, some
distance off, engaged in the splitting of rails.
W ithout ceremony, Rora drew his diik, advanc
ed upon him, and swore he would put him to
death if he did not give up the doubloon. The
man, very much alarmed, immediately handed
him the coin, observing that, having seen Me
lutosh put something under ihe log, he had
gone to the place, and found the gold! Rory,
tossing him back the money, said, ‘take it, vile
caitiff; it was not the pelf, but the honor of my
dog, I cared for.’
In IT 78, a portion of the garrison of St. Au
gustine, under General Provost, marched, by
land, to join a force from New York, to attack
Savannah, then in the occupation of the whigs.
Rory was a captain of light infantry, upon this
expedition. On the maivli, (hey passed near a
small whig fort, commanded by Captain, after
wards Colonel, John Mclntosh. Early one morn
ing, when Rory had made rather free with the
morning glass, he insisted on sallying out to
summon the fort to surrender. 1J is friends were
unable to restrain him, and he presently ad
vanced, with claymore in hand, followed by his
faithful negro, Jim. Approaching the gate of
the fort, he said, in an audible and command
ing tone, ‘Surrender, you miscreants! how dare
you presume to resist his majesty’s arms!’ Cap
tain Mclntosii knew him, and forbidding any
of his men to fire, threw open the gate, and said, ]
‘Walk in, cousin, and take possession.’ ‘No!’
said Rory, with great indignation, ‘I will not
trust myself with such vermin, but l surrender.’
A idle was fired at him, the ball of which pass
ed through his face. He fell, but immediately
recovered. lie retreated backwards, flourishing
his sword. His servant, seeing his face covered
with blood, and hearing the shot falling around
him, implored his master to face about, and run
for bis life. He replied, ‘Run yourself, poor
slave, but lamof a race that never runs.’ In
this manner, he backed saf-ly into the lines,
flourishing his sword in d.fiance, and keeping
his face to the enemy.
Upon a certain occasion, Rory rode from St. j
Augustine to Savannah, and applied to his j
friend, Couper, for money to defray his expen
ses from tliut place to Cuarleston. Couper saw |
that something of an extraordinary character
agitated him, and with difficulty learned the
cause of his excitement. ‘That reptile in
Charleston, Gadsden, has insulted my country,
and I will put him to death.’ ‘What has he
done?’ said Couper. ‘Why,’said Rory,‘on be
ing asked how he meant to fill up his wharf, in
Charleston, he replied, ‘by importing Scotch
men, who were fit for nothing better.’ With
great difficulty, the friends of Rory prevailed
on him to return homo.
It would be an endless task to enumerate all
the anecdotes in our possession, in relation to
this remarkable Highlander, the grand uncle of
Governor Troup, lie was often in the Creek
nation, and was the father of Col. W illiam Mc-
Intosh, a half-breed Muscogee, of high charac
ter, whom the Upper Creeks killed, for his
friendship to the Georgians. Rory always
dressed in the Highland costume. 11c was
perfectly fearless in spirit, while his broadsword,
weilded by one of the most powerful arms,
caused streams of human blood to flow in many
desperate engagements. Although engaged
in the rebellion of ’45. King George was never
theless much attached to him, and Rory was
ready to die for that monarch, at any moment.
There was another branch ot the .Mclntosh
family —all, however, close connections of Gov
ernor Troup, by consanguinity —who were con
spicuous whigs iu ihe revolution, citizens of
Georgia, and men who occupied high ranks in
the army. One of these was General Lachlan,
who came out to Georgia with Oglethorpe,
when a little boy, and. the other, Colonel John
Mclntosh, who also fought for liberty through
out the war. In later times, Col. John S. Mc-
Intosh, one of the same family, became a dis
tinguished American office', was in the wars of
1813 and 1814, and recently, in the Mexican
war, was wounded at Resaco de la Raima, and
afterwards at Molino del Rey, and died in the
city of Mexico. The Mclntosh family was com
posed of people of marked character, all of
whom were born to command. The blood al
ways exhibited itself, even when mixed with
that of the Indian. After the revolution, the
father of Governor Troup established himself
in Georgia, becamo an American citizen, and
was much esteemed and respected, to the day of
his death. Ilis body is interred at Belleville,
Mclntosh county, and that of his wife in the
family vault of General Lachlan Mclntosh, at
Savannah.
Average Mortality of Mankind. —The
population of the whole earth has been various
ly estimated at between eight hundred and a
thousand millions of souls. If we fix upon an
intermediate number, say 940,080,000 and as
sign thirty years for the continuance of each
generation, we shall find that the ‘children of
men’ come into the world and go out of it as
the following average:
Every moment, 1
“ Minute, 60
“ Hour, 3,600
“ Dav, 24 hours, 36,400
“ Week 7 dav3 604,600
“ Year. 365 days, 31,536,000
“ Generation, 30 years, 946,080,000
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1852.
Trying to be Genteel.
I once boarded in a ‘penteel boarding bouse,’ in Lou
isvi.le. There were two ladies and a piano in the
house ; hall and parlors handsomely furnished. The
eldest joung lady, tlie belle, wore a summer bonnet at
ten dollars a silk and blondo concern that could not
last more than three months—-silk and satin dresses at
two, three, and four dollars per yard, and five dollars
a piece for making them ; and the entire family, wo
men, boys and babies, slept in one small room, with
tw'o dirty bags of pine shavings, two straw bolsters,
and three dirty quilts for bedding, no slips ; and there
on the wall hung the pea-green and white satin, the
rich silk lawn dresses. These ladies did not work;
hut played on ihe piano, aceordian and cards ; and
nearly broke their hearts, the week we were there,
because another—who, I presume, lived just as they
did ceiled on them, with a great clumsy* gold chain
on her neck. None of them had one, and Miss La
blinds, the belle, could cat no supper, and had a fit of
sulks to console her for the want of a chain.
We fear this description would suit the latitude of
other places besides Louisville. The endeavor to be
‘genteel’ is the curse of too many of the inhabitants of
our cities and villages. eak mothers will frequently
do the most menial oftices, and deny themselves com
forts absolutely necessary to health, in order that sel
fish daughters may dress above their means, and spend
their time in idleness and in fashionable gossip. The
inducement to all this is, that the daughters may make
splendid matches 5 in other words, marry young men
with more money than brains, and more credit than
either. In nine cases out of ten, the effort fail®, and
the girls remain unmarried ; thus increasing the num
ber of those discontented old maids who mistakenly
think a single life possesses nothing honorable, but
who have only themselves to blame for their fate, since
they despised the honest men who would have had
them, in the vain hope to get others who scorned them
iu turn.
There is nothing more foolish, indeed, than this try
ing to be ‘ genteel.’ The word itself is vulgar, and
has no real meaning, at least, in a republican country.
We have no gentility here, as they have in England.
Every man is on an equality*. The honest day labor
er, who serves his God, pays l.is debts and does his
duty to his neighbor, is as worthy of respect as the
richest citizens. A respectable operative, though poor,
is far more estimable tlmn either the fashionable dandy,
who lives by cheating his tailor, or the extravagant
merchant who spends more than his income. In com
mon parlance, ‘genteel people’ more generally belong
to the spendthrift class than the really wealthy ; to the
vain and empty fools who live for show, than to the in
telligent, honorable and worthy. To endeavor to ape
the rich, by an extravagant expenditure of narrow
means, is what most weak persons do who wish to be
considered ‘genteel.’ It is our deliberate opinion that
no young woman can live this life of petty hypocrisy,
this constant struggle to seem to be what she is not,
without losing that strict regard for truth, which is one
of the brightest ornaments of a female’s character.—
Better, far better be frank and honest. Poverty is no
thing to he ashamed of, while deceit and extravagance
are. If we were a young man, we would avoid all
which vve detected this effort to be ‘ genteelfor we
should be sure we would run great danger of marrying
an extravagant and foolish wife, if nothing worse.—Ex.
paper.
Popping the Question.
Here are a few ‘ Hints on Popping the Question,’
which may be commended to the bashful, the hesita
ting, and the ignorant, as well as to the ‘instruction’
of our lady readers ;
l ‘ll you call on the ‘loved one,’ and observe that
she blushes as you approach, give her hand a gentle
squeeze, and if she returns it —‘all right.’ Get the
parents out of ihe room ; sit down on the sofa beside
the most adorable of her sex, and talk of the ‘joys of
wedded life.’ If she appears pleased, rise, seem exci
ted, and at once ask her to say the important, the
life-or-death-deciding, the suicide or happiness-settling
question. If she pulls out her cambric, be sure you
are accepted. Call her ‘My Darling Fanny,’ and ‘my
own dear creature,’ and this completes the scene. Ask
her to name the blessed day, and fancy yourself al
ready in Paradise.
“ A good plan is, to call on the ‘object of your affec
tions’ in the forenoon ; propose a walk : mamma con
sents, in the hope you will declare your intentions. — j
Wander through the green fields; talk of ‘love in a I
cottage,’ ‘ requiited attachment,’ and ‘ rural felicity.’ j
If a child happens to pass, of course intimate your j
fondness for the ‘dear little creatures;’ this will be a
splendid hit. If the coast is clear, down you must fall
on you knee, right or left, for there is no rule as to
this, and swear never to rise till she agrees to take
you ‘for better or for worse.’ If, however, the grass
is wet, and you have white pantaloons on, or if your
boots are tightly made, of course you must pursue an
other plan—say, vow, you will blow your brains out or
swallow arsenic, or drown yourself, if she won't say
yes.
“If you are at a ball, and your charmer is there
captivating all around her, get her into a corner and
‘pop the question.’ Some delay until after supper, but
‘delays are dangerous. (Round-hand copy.)
“ A young lady’s ‘tears’ when accepting you, mean
only. ‘I am too happy to speak.’ The dump show of
staring into each other’s faces, squeezing fingers, and
sijxhing, originated, wc have reason to believe with the
ancient Romans. It is much practiced no v-a-days,
as saving breath, and being much more lover-like than
in talking.’’
Advice to Young Men.— Socrates did not
urge his friends to enter early upon public em
ployments; but first to take pains for the at
tainment of the knowledge necessary for their
success in them.
Are you stepping on the threshhold of life;
Secure a good moral character. Without virtue
you cannot be respected ; without integrity you
can never rise to distinction and honor.
Be careful lest, a too warm desire of distinc
tion should deceive you into pursuits that may
cover you with shame, by setting your incapaci
ty and slender abilities in full light.
People who have the rashness to intrude into
stations without proper authority and the requi
site preparation for the service of the public,
not only involve others in loss but subject them
selves to ridicule.
The tricky, deceitful, and dishonest are rare
ly prosperous, lor when continence is withdrawn,
poverty is likely to follow.
The shortest and surest way to live with
honor in the world, is to be in reality what we
would appear to be.
When once a concealment or deceit has been
practised in matters where all should be fair and
open as the dav, confidence, can never be re
stored any more than you can restore the white
hlooiu to the grape or pluin that you have once
pressed in your hand.
OCT Let’s see ! there is the fore side and hind
s jj e the riMit side and the"leftside, the inside
aud outside, and last, but not least, the blind
side of the Democratic party, and every side is
for itself, and against all the others.
There mav be more water in a flowing stream
only four feet deep, and containing more force
and more health, than in a sullen pool thirl}
yards to the bottom.
How to Render Assistance in Accidents.— In
a case of a fractured or dislocated limb, let the sufferer
lie on the ground, until a coach door, gite or blank
can be procured, for, in raising him up ho may die
from faintness or loss of blood. When procured,
place the door or gate alongside of him ; cover it
with something soft, and let men convey him steadily
home, but do not put him in a vehicle of any kind.
In Fits, if a person fall, in one, let him remain on
the ground, provided his face be pale ; for should it
be fainting or temporary suspension of the heart's ac
tion, you may cause death by raising him upright, or
by bleeding—but, if the face be red, or dark colored,
raise him on his seat; throw cold water on his head
immediately, and send for a surgeon and get a vein
opened, or fatal pressure on the brain may ensue.
In hanging or drowning, expose the chest as quick
ie as possible, and then ibrow ice-water over it, whilst
the body is kept in a sitting posture.
In ease of children in convulsions, deluge the head
with cold water, and put the feet into warm water,
and put the feet into warm water, till medical aid can
be procured.
In case of poison, give an emetic of a tenspoonful
of warm water every ten minutes, till vomiting en
sues, or medical assistance is obtained.
In case of burns and scalds, let the burnt part be
batlu-d in a mixture of turpentine and olive oil, equal
part-, till the pain abates; then dress it with the com
mon cerate and defend it from the air.
Infallible Remedy for tiie Bite of a Mad
Dog. — The following facts which occurred in
the county of Powhatan, in August, 1797, may
be relied on as veritable history and establish
beyond question or doubt, the sovereign effica
cy of mercury in obstructing and eradicating
the awful consequences of bite from animals
infected with hydrophobia. The writer of this
was personally present about the time specified,
and saw a servant boy of his father’s seized by
a mad dog which bit him in a dozen places, in
flicting ghastly wounds. An eminent Physi
cian being sent for, had the wounds washed
with castile soap and a plaster of mercurial oint
ment applied to each wound. Calomel pills
were administered in the interim, causing sali
vation. The boy recovered, and was living a
few years ago, never having manifested the
slightest symptom of hydrophobia. A horse
and two cows known to have been bitten by the
same dog the ensuing day, went mad and died.
So well satisfied is the writer that calomel is a
specific in such a case, that he would be under
no apprehension of the deleterious effects if bit
ten by a dog known to bo mad.
The above is written by a gentleman of un
questionable veracity.— Ed. Pittsburgh Va.
Democrat.
The Cure for Deafness.—We mentioned
in a brief paragraph that a young lady of Ver
mont has been cured of her deafness. It seems
that about three years of age she became very
deaf of both ears. In conversation it was diffi
cult to make her hear, and she continued in this
wretched state until about eighteen years of
age, when an Indian doctor chanced to see her,
who told her mother, Mrs. B. that the oil of
onion and tobacco would cure her if prepared
as follows:
‘Divide an onion, and from the centre take
out a piece the size of a common walnut; fill
this cavity with a fresh quid of tobacco, and
bind the onion together in its usual shape ;
roast, then trim oft’ tho outer part until you
come to that portion slightly colored or pene
trated by the tobacco; put it into a vial. Three
drops of this oil, Mrs. B. informed me, she
drpped into her ear after her daughter had re
tired to bed, which immediately gave her consi
derable pain, which lasted sometime. Before
morning, however, her hearing was so extreme
ly del cate and sensitive, that she suffered by
the sound of common conversation ! This she
overcame, and for more than three years past
her hearing has peen entirely restored, to the
great joy of her parents and friends ! Having
been acquainted with the family for many years,
the case is so miraculous arid gratifying that I
cannot, in justice to the afflicted, refrain from
making this simple and effectual remedy for
deafness known.’
The following recipe, used by a French physi
cian, is said to be a preventive of hydrophobia :
‘Take two table-spoonsful of fresh chloride of
lime in powder, mix it with a half pint of water,
and with this wash keep the wound constantly
bathed and frequently renewed. The chlorine
gas possesses the power of decomposing the
tremendous poison, and renders mild and harm
less that venom against whose resistless attack
artillery of science has been so long directed in
vain. It is unnecessary to add that this wash
should be applied as soon as possible after the
infliction of the bite. From 1810 to 1824 the
number of persons admitted into Breslau Hos
pital was 184, of which only two died; from
1783 to 1824, into the Hospital of Zurich, 233
persons were bitten by different animals, (182
by dogs,) of whom only four died.’
■Miwin rm
A Cheap Disinfecting Agent. —A corres
pondent in the Cleveland liei aid gives the fol
lowing piece of intelligence, well worth remem
bering :
Heat a shovel not quite to redness. And
then place upon it a teaspoonful of freshly
burned coffee and let it burn in a room where
the air is impure. At first you will not perceive
the peculiar odor of the coffee at all; in a few
moments, however, you will find that the room
is tilled with the smell of the coffee, and that
every impurity of the atmosphere has been to
tally destroyed, not smothered. Let some of
your scientific readers try it, where the air is
peculiarly foul, and note the results and explain
the modus operandi of the disinfecting process.
Remember the shovel must be only so hot as
to cause the coffee to burn with a copious white
smoke, and the quantity indicated above may
be needed. To the sick the odor of the coffee
is peculiarly grateful.
An Electric Engine. — Ihe Poughkeepsie
American states, that lately, hundreds of visi
tors have thronged the Dutchess Iron Works to
witness the operation of the electro-magnetic
engine, the invention ot J. b. Gusten, of lren
ton‘ New Jersey, a thing so simple, that the
wonder is that its invention has been left until
now, for Professor G. to bring out, and at the
same time so successful that no room is left
for doubt that electricity as a motor has a prac
tical value. The battery of Prof. G. is that
commonly approved in operating the magnetic
telegraph, and with some twenty-four jars a
power was produced, sufficient to drive a Napier
press at its highest rate of speed.
Black and White.— Jefferson noted seven
teen points of difference between the white and
black man. They differ in color, in the color
and shape of their bodies; the black has less
beard than the white man; he perspires more
profusely ; there is a slight arrangement of the
lungs by which the black has more exhaling
force than the white; the black man requires
less sleep; he is more adventuresome; his love
is more ardent but less imaginative than the
white man ; his grief is more transient ? he
reflects less ; his reasoning powers are decidedly
inferior; his memory is equal to the white man’s
but not his imagination, which is dull iu the ex
treme; the black has less originality; he has
no turn for the arts of painting and sculpture;
lie has as good an ear for music as the white
man, but no skill in composing ; and lastly, the
black has no poetcal tendencies.
~TZ
From the Delauvre Journal.
Wait ’Till November.
Tune —'‘Wait for the Wagon.’
The Locofoco party, boys,
Are crowing mighty fierce,
Since they have nominated
Their ‘last man’—General Pierce.
They say he’ll be elected,
In eighteen fifty-two,
And march into the White House,
But he will not do.
Chorus —Wait ’till November,
Wait ’till November,
Wait ‘till November,
And they’ll all turn blue!
The whigs have settled on a choice
The people will approve—
Old Scott and Graham are the boys
To make this nation move ;
The Locos say they’ll floor them
In eighteen fifty-two,
And march into the White House,
But that they’ll never do.
Chorus —Wait “till November,
Wait ’till November,
Wait ’till November,
And they’ll all turn blue !
Ob, come along, my gallant boys,
We’ll shout aloud hurrah,
As we introduce our Champion,
The brave old Chippevvu.
The Locos think they’ll beat him,
In eighteen fifty-two,
And march into the White House,
But that they oonnot do.
Chorus —Wait ’till November,
Wait ’till November,
Wait ’till November,
And they’ll ail turn blue!
Old SCOTT’S the boy, my hearties,
To bringdown Loco game,
lie’s sure to beat both Pierce and King,
For WIN-FIELD is his name.
The-)* know they cannot crush liiin f
In eighteen fifty-two,
Then he’ll march into the White House,
For that lie’s bound to do.
Chorus —Wait’till November,
Wait ’till November,
Wait ’till November,
Aud the Whigs will put him through.
Life of Pierce.
TI3“C mi ier” reviews the very imaginative life of
Pierce by Hawthorne. The editors say :
“Simonides is said to be the fust author that ever
wrote for pay; Nathaniel Hawthorne, though coming
a great way after, is an apt disciple. * * *
How did Nathaniel Hawthorne make a hero out of
Franklin Pierce ? That is the question. We believe
it admits of an answer; aud, mysterious as are the
operations of the “ faculty divine,” we think we give
our readers a rudimental notion how the thing was
done.
‘‘He begins with Franklin at an exceedingly ten
der age ; iu fact before he had reached any age at all.
Franklin’s father was a hero, and Franklin was ush
ered into the world solely on condition that lie would
be a hero himself, “If any man is bound,” says Mr.
Hawthorne, “if any man is bound, by birth and youth
ful training, to show himself a brave, faithful and able
citizen of his native country, it is the son of such a fa
ther.” And the little lulus accepted (he terms.
“When lie was a few mouths under eight years of
age,” he imbued himself, orelse his father imbued him,
or else Mr. Hawthorne, we (Tan hardly tell which, but
at all events he was imbued “with the principles aud
sentiments of Democratic institutions,” and soon after
wards he grew to be “a beautiful boy with blue eyes,
light curling hair, and a sweet expression of face,” and
afterwards, thanks to his heroic parentage and to Mr.
Hawthorne, “a youth with the boy and man in him,
vivacious, mirthful, slender, of a fair complexion, with
light hair that had a curl in it;” and yet, afterwards,
as the heroic clement began to glow and expand be
neath the classic shades of Bowdoin, he became in
Mr. Hawthorne’s eye “ a slender and youthful figure
with the air and step of a veteran of the school of
Steuben, as well became the sou of a revolutionary
hero, who had probably drilled under the old baron’s
orders,” by this time, Mr. Hawthorne was, we are told,
‘ as sure of bis courage, while yet untried, us now,
when it has been displayed so brilliantly in famous bat
tles.’ ”
A Column for Catholics to Read ! \
GEN. PIERCE ON CATHOLIC EMANCIPA
TION.
Franklin Pierce stands charged with the very seri
ous fault of suffering the disgiaceful provision to re
main oil the Constitution of New Hampshire, which
excludes all Roman Catholics from being eligible to
the office of Governor, or to a scat in the Legislature
of that State. The Democratic party have been con
scious of the importance of the accusation, to which
their candidate is obnoxious, and accordingly, George
M. Dallas, of Philadelphia, and Charles O'Connor, of
New York, among others, have exerted themselves to
palliate, if not deny it altogether. It was alleged that
Gen. Pierce had spoken eloquently in favor of erasing
this blot from the Constitution, and had even descend
ed from the chair of the presiding officer, to enable him
to do it. .
To bring this matter to a point, Mr. William E. Ro
binson, of New Y ork, has made a visit to New Hamp
shire, examined the records of the proceedings of the
Convention called to amend the Constitution of that
State, and made inquiries nt Concord into the fountains
of Democracy. He has returned, and given the re
sult of his investigations in a speech at the North
American Hotel iu New Y’ork, to the Scott and Gra
ham Clubs of the 4th, 10th, 6th and 14th Wards. We
have published that speech, and intend hereafter to
make further references to the important disclosures
which Mr. Robinson has made. Among the assertions
made by Mr. Robinson are the following, lor the truth
of which, he pledged himself, challenged ihe most tho
rough investigation, and announced that he would de
posit in the hands of Simeon Draper one hundred dol
lars, to be forfeited and given up to any one, who will
prove that in one of the propositions he misstated the
lacts ; the decision to be left to Robert Emmet:
1. Franklin Pierce did not speak at all in favor of
Catholic Emancipation daring the whole time the Cath
olic test was before the Convention.
2. He had nothing to do with “ bringing forward”
the subject. The resolution abolishing ‘he tept was
drawn by Mr. Parker, of Nashua, a Whig, and was
“brought forward” by Mr. Parker, November 14, when
it was discussed in Convention.
3. It was known throughout New Hampshire, that
Catholic Emancipation was finally defeated by an
overwhelming vote soipc eight pr ten weeks before Mr.
O’Connor spoke in Tammany Hall.
4. When Religious Liberty needed a champion,
Gen. Pierce was found—wanting. Though after Cath
olic Emancipation had been carried iu Convention he
found time, while making a speech on the Property
Qualification, to excuse and apologize for the test bigo
try, by saying that it was a dead letter and blank,
which was simply stating that Catholics would per
jure themselves to get into office, by swearing to sup
port a Constitution which expressly shut them out from
office.
5. That so far from all hi* “ antecedents being
right, his father, Benjamin Pierce, voted (o put the
A^ti-Catholic clause iuto the Constitution, and voted
for the Alien and Sedition Laws of old John Adams.
6. That so far from Catholic Emancipation failing
only for want of a two-thirds vote, it had not one-fifth
of the votes cast throughout the State at the same elec
tion for Governor, and did not come near a simple ma
jority of the small vote cast on this question.
7. That in place of there being any high confidence
in New Hampshire of Catholic Emancipation being
carried, the general opinion is, that unless we draw a
line around New Hampshire, saying, that while the
plague spot is on her, and the ship is unputrified, no
man, captain nor crew, shat! land, and thus by the de
feat of Gen. Pierce, bring his bigoted party to their
senses, the Catholics in that State stand no chance of
being emancipated r or half a century.
8. And in a word, iu fine, that the father, Benjamin
Pierce, was a red hot enemy of the Catholics, and a
supporter of the Alien and Sedition acts; and that
Franklin Pierce, the young chicken, learned to crow
so glib!y from the old one, that he raised not a voice
in favor of abolishing his father's bigotry during the
whole time the subject was under discussion in a Con
vention of which he was a leading member end Pre
sident.
It is thus abundantly apparent, that Gen. Pierce, did
not care enough for removing this persecuting clause
from the Constitution, even to make a speech against
it, though he held forth on almost every other object
great aud small. That the uncharitable test still
stains ihe fundamental law, because the Democratic
party of New Hampshire would not vole to its erasure,
though the Whigs gave large majorities to expunge it.
Tli© Catholic Test.
Hillsborough, where General Pierce was born, and
which he represented in the Legislature, is Locofoco in
politics. The vote there for and against abolishing the
Catholic test, stood as follows:
For abolishing the Test, 15
Against abolishing the Test, 101
Either the General’s “ efforts” were not very “ ear
nest” among his old constituents, or his influence is
very restricted.
The town of Concord, where the Locofoco candi
date for President now resides, is in the strong Locofo
co county* of Merrimack. The character his “efforts”
aud the extent of his influence, may be inferred from
the result of the vote:
For abolishing the Test, 1,163
Agaiust abolishing the Test, 1,292
Majority against abolishing, 1,292
O* There is a great deal of force and justice, right
and truth, in the following extract from a communica
tion which we find in the American Celt, a Democratic
paper, published at Buffalo, N. Y., edited by a warm
lieai ted Irishman of considerable talent—Thos. D’Arcy
McGee. We invoke especial attention to the senti
ments it conveys:
“But you will a6k what has Franklin Pierce to do
with that? I answer, personally, perhaps not much,
but socially and politically, as the representative of a
persecuting and intolerant State, a great deal. I frank
ly acquit Mr. Pierce of all censure on the ground of
sanctioning or sustaining the law complained of, and
give him full credit for liberality on the subject in ques
tion. But this is not the true issue. It is one between
the State of New Hampshire and four millions of
American citizens, whom she degrades, or attempts to
degrade, below all other classes, because of their re
ligion.
“Why do I say that the issue lies between that State
and the Catholic body of this country ? Because that
State, in January last, in her sovereign capacity, in
convention, put Mr. Pierce forward as her representa
tive and choice for the Chief Majesty of the Union;
and, in so doing, appealed all facts to those whom
she degrades as unworthy of holding office within her
limits—even the most menial—to endorse by their
votes such sovereign recommendation. The Baltimore
Convention have responded to her call, aud it will be
seen whether the Catholic body of the country will
honor her also, and add by their act a degree of self
abasement to this standing insult of New Hampshire,
for which I am not prepared to give them credit.
“ You have known niv poiit cal partialities long
since, and that this difficulty would not have occurred
had a different man been selected in the place of Mr.
Pierce by the Baltimore Convention ; but I have de
termined as a citizen of these United States, not to
sustain, either by my vote or influence, any man.
Whig or Democrat, put forward by that Stale for pub
lic favors, so long as she holds that infamous penal
code on her statute-books. The alternative between
non-action andpositiveopposition to Mr. Pierce’s claims
for election is not of our choosing, but circumi-tances—
not anticipated so soon by the sovereign lights of that
State—have forced it reluctantly upon us.”
From the Dele war* Cos. (Pa.) Republican.
A Visit to Gen. Scott.
HIS OPINIONS— HABITS AND APPEARANCE.
Friend Walter :—Two of your subscribers being
on a visit to Washington last week, and be-ing good
Whigs, of course felt in duty bound to pay their re
spects to the Whig nominee for the lYsideuey—the
gallant Gen. Scott, whom they found at his office, iu
the War Department.
Although they were entire strangers to him, with
out a letter or an introduction, they were most courte
ously received ; and, although they had read and heard
much of the noble bearing and the agreeable, gentle
manly manners of tho valiant old hero, yet they were
led to say, as the Queen of Sheba said, when she vis
ited King Solomon, “that half had not been told.’’
Gen Scott soon commenced conversation in such a
bland and agreeable manner, that Jritnds very
soon felt themselves quite at home in his “company. —
He listened to their remarks with great attention, and
answered their inquiries with promptness and a degree
of very unusual candor.
In the course of conversation, one of us remaned
that it was the received opinion that would
get the largest share of the Irish vote;
his opinion ou this fact: that one strong of
the Irish character is, that they enthusiastically
a brave man ; that they will he sure to fight, for,
vote for a brave man in preference to all others.
The General smiled, and replied that he very well
knew how the Irish soldier could, and how he would
fight. He said that Irishmen were among the best
soldiers in the world ; they had fought valiantly under
him in every battle in the war of 1812, and since; he
never knew an Irishman under his command to desert;
they were always among the first and foremost in the
fight, and among the very last to leave the field.—
Wherever I ordered they were sure to go, without re
gard to fatigue, or fear, or danger. And, continued
he, with considerable emphasis, as well as feeling, my
Irish soldiers loved me. And, said we, General, we
believe the Irish people all over the United States love
you. Y'es, said he, with a significant look, and rising
up from his chair, “ / never knew an Irishman to turn
his back on his friend or his foe .’’
Y'our friends were exceedingly pleased to find Gen.
Scott so hale and healthy, though he has received sev
eral dangerous wounds, from the effects of which he
still suffers—one of them in his shoulder, which has
prevented him from using his left hand in dressing him
self for the last thirty years. No doubt his present
good health, and uninjured constitution, owing to his
regular and temperate habits and his early rising. The
day we visited the General, he had risen about five
o’clock, and, though he had been up the night before
reading and writing till one o’clock, yet he was at mar
ket at the early hour above mentioned. We were in
formed that Gen. Scott was in the habit of only al
lowing himself five hours for sleeping out of the twen
ty-four,
There is every thing in the personal of Gen. Scott
to recommend him. He stands a full head and shoul
ders above others. Noble and dignified iu his appear
ance, intellectuality, as well as benignity, is strongly;
marked on every lineament of fiis countenance. Tfej
is every thing in the character of Gen. Scott
to recommend him to the American people. . _
commanded thejr armies; be has the
he has occupied a most conspicuous e(?n mar jj.
nation, for forty years, and those year ‘ ,
ed with circumstances of tin hip* r ' inb c \ ’
, h, b„ tbrooyb .11 *
difficult!™ of . long and ‘*■ ** “' d
. furn.ee. lie h been .*•
“Pe,f,enter,” the “ we ” ** the MMC “’
ful General. A~', M'> >* ,n ‘*"?
he has occupied, he has done honor to his country.-
With the exception of the Duke of Wellington, Gen.
Scott is the greatest military chieftain now living, his
fame is in all lands ; his name is better known all over
the continent of Europe than that of any other Ameri
can, except Washington ; and further, he stands proud
ly before the world, without a single stain on the fair
escutcheon of his greatness or his military glory. And
the nomination and the election of Gen. Scott to the
Presidency of the United States, will be regarded all
over the world as a triumph—an honor to the cause
of Republicanism ; and it will place our institutions
and our government in a very elevated position in the
estimation of all intelligent men, and before the nations
of the earth.
The Whig Convention at Baltimore, in the act of
nominating Gen. Scott as the candidate for the Presi
dency, has done the country a great honor, and them
selves great credit, by presenting tuck a man for the
suffrages of the people.
Gen Scott and the Compromise. —The Frankfort
Commonwealth, in its notice of the Whig ratification
meeting held in that place last week, says:
“The Hon. Charles S. Morehead stated at the meet
ing on Monday night, as a fact within his own per
sonal knowledge, that while the compromise measures
were pending before Congress, and while Gen. Scott
was Secretary of War pro. tem., under Mr. Fillmore,
he (Gen. Scott) exerted his influence openly, energeti
cally', and efficiently in favor of the passage of all those
measures. This, we take it, is an end to all cavil on
that subject, in this region at least; for nobody wall
think of questioning Mr. Morehead's statement upon a
matter of fact.”
Mr. Morehead was a member of Congress from this
district when the compromise measures were passed,
and be speaks of his own knowledge of Gen. Scott’s
position.— Lexington Observer.
From the Richmond Republican.
Democratic Freesoilers.
It is announced by the New York Evening Post,
(a zealous leading Pierce organ in the Empire State)
that, among a number of others, the following mem
bers of Congress have avowed themselves as hostile to
the nomination of Scott and Graham, and “ that they
mean to make their hostility effectual,’’ viz :
CHARLES ALLEN, of Massachusetts, JOSHUA
R. GIDDINGS, of Ohio, JOHN W. HOWE, of Pa.,
(we invite the special eye of the Richmond Enquirer
to this name,) HORACE MANN, of Mass., and
EBEN NEWTON, of Ohio. These five members
of Congress are, all of them, notorious Abolitionists,
and refuse to support Scott and Graham, because tbs
latter are in favor of the Fugitive Slave Law !
AH these men would, no doubt, vote for Pierce if
Hale was out of the way. Does not a statement like
the above, asks the Petersburg Intelligencer, emanating
as it does, from a Democratic Freesoi! journal, speaks
volumes in favor of the soundness of the Whig candi
date upon the Compromise ?
The same Democratic Freesoil paper, which goes
its death for Fierce, in referring approvingly to the
Democratic State policy as declared by the late Syra
cuse Convention in one of its resolutions, used the fol
lowing language:
“But we regret that it was thought necessary to tack
to it the inconsistent and lumbering platform hurried
through at Baltimore—a platform which no one re
gards, and from Messrs. Cass and Douglas both , im
their speeches at Tammany Ilall, last evening, wide
ly departed
A Sign in Pennsylvania worth Recording.
A meeting of Democrats, who have never voted a
Whig ticket, bnt who now go for Scott and Graham,
was held in Hellam township, York county, on Satur
day, the 21st ult. One hundred and twenty Democrats
were present, who raised a pole over one hundred feet
high, to which was attached a flag, on which it inscrib
ed in large letters, “SCOTT, GRAHAM AND THE
CONSTITUTION.”
The whole affair was conducted exclusively by the
Democrats. Not a Whig was allowed to participate in
it, although a number were present to witness the per
formance.
Scott and the Naturalized Citizens.
B; way of practical commentary upon the labored
efforts of loeofneo papers to prejudice Gen. Scott in
the estimation of naturalized citizens, we extract from
Mansfield's life of Scott, an authentic account of a
thrilling passage in Scott's history, during the war of
1812, which shows him to have been the undaunted
champion of the rights of adopted citizens, in the hour
of trial, as lie has ever been the champion of oppressed
humanity in all emergencies.
‘The battle of Queenstown closed with the surren
der of Scott and his small force to the greatly superior
number under the command of General ShcafTe,—
These prisoners were sent to Quebec, thence in a cartel
to Boston, and soon after Scott was exchanged. When
the prisoners were about to sail from Quebec, Scott,
being in the cabin of the transport, heard a bustle upon
deck, and hastened up. There he found a party of
British officers in the act of mustering the prisoners,
.and separating from the rest such as, by confession or
the accent of their voiee, were judged to be Irishmen.
The object was to send them, in a frigate then along
side, to England, to be tried and executed for the crime
of high treason, they being taken in arms against their
native allegiance! Twenty-three had been thus set
apart when Scott reached the deck, and there were at
least forty more of the same birth detachment. They
were all in deep affliction, at what they regarded as
the certain prospect of a shameful death. Many were
adopted citizens of the United States, and several had
left families in the land of their adoption. The mo
ment Seott ascertained the object of the British officers,
acting nnder the express orders of the Governor-gene
ral, Sir George Provost, he commanded his men
answer no more questions, in order that neither
tion should be made by the test of spee^ 1 - He
manded them to remain absolutely
strictly obeyed. This was done int* 1 * ** ga
of the British officers, and not ate^|
parated from his companions. jCotl was n eBSBe( j
commanded to go below, and a 'terce . them
lie addressed the party select a °d ®*r ,
fully the reciprocal obliga>" sos would
tection, assuring them, tP 5 fltk Mul soldiers-,
not fail to avenge emn man
and finally pledged to* ‘* . refusal togiv.
ner, that retail, the execution of any
quarter in battle, midstof tfcb MUMkte i ha
one of the uent]v by lke British
r £c” Ue i* e W ”gh uHarmed, c.uld not be silenced.
0 T*’ were pot in irons on board tlie frig-
TbC to England. When Scott landed in Bos
a,e ’ to Wasbiugtoa, and was duly ex
chang'd- We immediately related to the president the
which occurred at Quebee, and was by him in
structed to make a full report of the whole transaction, h
writing to the Secretary of wat. This was d ‘' wo
the 13th January, 1813.
As ths letter is an important and authentic portion
of the history ts the discussion which subsequently en
sued, in regards to the rights of naturalized ciliaena
under the code of the international law, <• insert it
in this place.
Lieutenant-Colonel Scott to the Secretary of War.
Sir: I think it my duty to lay before the department
that, on the arrival at Quebec of the American priso
ners’ of war surrendered at Queenstown, they were
mustered and examined by British officers appointed t<>
NO. 27.