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the Columbus Enquirer.
Cobb’s Embargo.
The interdict of volunteer passenger
transit from Africa to the United State*
by Secretary Cobb in his ruling upon
the application of Lafitte & Cos , is anoth
er strong instance of the entire control
which northern politics and social econ
omy have obtained in our Government.
The learned and industrious Secretary
takes a full month to review all the acts
of Congress in reference to the slave
trade and transportation (a labor entire
ly gratuitous, for the opponents of the
African Apprentice bill in the Louisiana
Legislature had fully exhausted that re
search last winter, without convincing
the body that any law prohibited it,)
Mid can find notning more nearly ap
proaching a justification of his arbitrary
ruling than the following :
The first section of the act of 180*
provide, “That from and after the first
day of January, one thousand eight hun
dred and eight, it shall not be lawful to
import or bring i~to the United States
or the Terretories thereof, from any for
eign kingdom, place or country, any ne
gro, mulatto, or person of color, with in
tent to hold, sell or dispose of such ne
gro, mulatto, or person of color, as a
slave, or to be held to service or labor.”
Messrs. Lafitte &i Cos., did not propose
to do anything of the sort. They mere
ly applied for a clearance to a vessel to
bring free African passengers to this
oountry, with no “intent” of the kind
prohibited whatever. And after they
had landed them in this country, the
laws of the State in which they were de
barked would have jurisdiction to pre
vent any unlawful disposition of them.
To say that, because the law of the
States or of any particular State, forbid
the importation of negroes for sale as
slaves, therefore the United States , must
forbid the clearance of a vessel to bring
them to such a State at all, under the
assumption that they are to be disposed
of in violation of the State laws, is to
bring the General Government in as a
voluntaay and unbidden administrator
of the laws of a State. Massachusetts
prohibits the sale of spirituous liquors
within her borders, except by & few li
censed druggists under stringent regula
tions. Does this state law of Massa
chusetts authorize the General Govern
ment to withhold a clearance to a Bos
ton vessel chartered to sail for France
and return with a cargo of brandies and
wines for a Boston grocer ? Certainly
not —the laws of the State of the vicin
ago have sole jurisdiction over the gro
cer and the disposition of his imported
liquors, and the Federal Government
has no authority to estop him upon the
presumption that he intends to violate
the laws of Massachusetts. And how
long has it been since the Government
at Washington became impressed with
an anxious solicitude to preserve the
State laws of South Carolina against
infraction ? South Carolina has a stat
ute forbidding free negro sailors to be
landed from a northern vessel in her
ports. Did anybody ever hear of the
Federal Government aiding her to exe
cute this law ? Was ever a Boston ship,
with negro sailors on board, refused a
clearance for Charleston because a law
of South Carolina forbade such persons
a landing in Charleston ? Who does
not remember the imprisonment of some
of Massachusetts’ free negro “citizens”
in South Carolina, because they landed
as sailors from a Boston vessel, and
the fuss Massaahusetts kicked up there
upon—the mission of Hoar, and incidents
connected therewith ? And yet, who
ever heard of the General Government
restraining Massachusetts from sending
such forbidden persons to South Caroli
na ? And yet Secretary Cobb, unable
to find any law of the United States,
which authorizes him to forbid the land
ing of free African passengers in a port
of South Carolina, falls back upon a law
of the State and conceives it his duty to
guard against an infraction of that! —
South Carolina ought to be duly thank
ful to the Federal Government for its
very tardy awakening to the propriety
of enforcing her laws for her !
Admitting that, as a general rule it
would be wrong for the Government to
presume that a citizen intends to violate
the laws when he avers that he has no
auch design, the Secretary nevertheless
assumes that in this case the facts fully
warrant him in so doing, because every
appearance indicates that the laws (na
tional or local) may be violated by La
fitte A Cos. Two or three years ago,
dearly-beloved Massachusetts was busi
ly engaged, by the agency of emigrant
aid societies, bogus preachers, die., in
organizing companies of lawless men to
be sent to Kansas, arming them with
Sharp's rifles, Colt’s revolvers, Ac. In
this case, was not the purpose both ap
parent and avowed to make a violent and
illegal raid into Kansas for party purpo
®nd sectional propagandism ? Yet
the Federal Government lifted not a
finger to arrest these armed expeditions,
although Kansas was peculiarly under
its jurisdiction and care, and had no State
laws or officers to defeat the machination
of these abolition armed ruffians ! Here
w ha\ e a striking example of the man
ner in which our impartial Government
declines to stop an abolition State in her
proceedings, even when her purpose is
both evident and confessed to violate the
laws. The South must be restrained on
bare suspicion; the North must not be
interfered with, though the proof is clear!
Lafitte A Cos., have as yet published
no answer to the Secretary, and we are
not advised of the particular African port
for which thay wished a clearance, or of
the landing in this country which they
would have selected for their passengers.
We do know from newspaper accounts,
however, that the free negro African col
ony of Liberia (a disgrace to Christen
dom, and to the United States in partic
ular,) is in a very unthrifty and disor
ganized condition ; the negroes are en
tirely too lazy to work for a decent living
aod those of them who art ablt, hart
slaves to work for them ; they are, as a
nation, below the standard of some of
the native tribes, and misery and indo
lence are their general condition. Many
of them, it is said, ardently desire to re
turn to this country; and only a week or
two ago two of them did return to Vir
ginia, (probably in a Northern vessel,
or without Secretary Cobb’s knowledge,)
and applied to be taken back again into
servitude, saying that they infinitely pre
ferred slavery and plenty in lrginia to
freedom and misery in Liberia. These
were negroes who had been emancipated
some years since and sent out to Liberia
from Virginia. Not only these, but a
number of other negro passengers have
been brought by our vessels from Liberia
to the U. States among others, Roberts
the Governor of the colony. Now, if
Lafitte di Cos., wished to send a vessel to
Liberia to bring back dissatisfied eman
cipated negroes as passengers, what law
of the United States can be cited, which
forbids it ? Secretary Cobb has not been
able to find 6uch a law, and therefore un
dertakes the task of guarding against an
infraction ofthe laws of South Carolina —
not even knowing that the negro passen
gers are to be landed in South Carolina!
The laws of the United States, then, do
not forbid the voluntary return of these
negroes (or voluntary emigration by any
! negroes) to this country ; and after they
shall have arrived here, is there any law
’ to prevent them from voluntarily engag
-1 ing themselves for a term of service or
labor, if they prefer that to a return to
Africa ? None —State or National.
The proposition that African negroes
—especially those of Liberia—have no
money wherewith to pay for their pas
sage, is the most probable of all the Sec
retary’s numerous assumptions ; but sure
ly he need not trouble himself about
that, unless he wishes to go into the spec
ulation himself, and is, therefore, solici
tous to know that it will pay. It is none
of his business whether a merchant
wishing a clearance for a vessel to a for
eign port is sure to get pay for his pas
sengers or freight or not; —that is the
look out of the adventurer—not of a gov
ernment that has to borrow money or is
sue shinplasters every week to aid its
$45,000,000 of yearly income to pay its
$75,000,000 of annual expenditure.—
Could not the Secretary of the Treasury
more appropriately address himself to
the state of the national finances.
There being, then, no law of the United
States prohibiting the bringing and land
ing of free Africans into this country,
and the Federal Government not being
the rightful administrator of State laws
—it being, moreover, a fact that negroes
from Africa are often brought to the
United States, and landed here, some of
them returning to slavery—it follows
that the Secretary’s ruling is unauthor
ized, intermeddling and impartial. And
it is equally clear that he has given every
other excuse for his high handed act but
the true one, that one is, that a portion
of our Northern “natural allies” might
be offended by a contrary course, and
the Northern policy of systematic ag
gression upon the institutions of the
South might be thwarted, to the chagrin
and party rebellion of Freesoilers in
everything but the name.
The policy of a Southern State admit
ting free negroes from Africa into her
ports, is not involved in this controversy.
But the simple question is, shall a South
ern State be as free to admit any persons
whom she may choose, as a Northern
State 1 And Howell Cobb, of Georgia,
says no !— Columbus Enquirer.
The Kies at the door.
The clock struck ten, I seized my hat,
And bade good-night to all,
Except the lass I courted, who
Came with me through the hall.
i She stood within the portal,
And I gazed upon her charms,
And oh 1 I longed that moment
To clasp her in my anna
She gpok e about the moon and stars,
How dear and bright they Bhone;
I said I thought the crops would fail
Unlest we had rain soon f
Then I edged a Utile closer,
Put my arms around her waist,
And I gazed upon her ruby lips,
I longed so much to taste.
Said I, “My dearest Sally,
I’ll never rest contented—
-1: I leave to-night without a kiss
I’ll surely grow demented!”
Then up she turned her rosy mouth,
And every thing was handy,
Quick from her lips I seized a kiss—
Oh! Yankee Itoodls Dandy!
Then off for home I started,
I could no longer stay,
With a heart light and breeches thin,
I whistled all the way.
Hence learn thia truth, each bashful youth,
Who seeks for wedded bliss,
No lass will love until you move
Her feelings with a kiss.
Tomatoes. —A correspondent of the Gen
esee farmer gives his mode of growing to
matoes. Ee forwards his plants in a hot-bed
or green house, and grows them in pots until
thny are a foot or a foot and a half high,
turning them out about the second week in
May. He plants them three feet apart in
rows. When planted he drives down a few
stakes, six or eight feet apart, leaving them
about four feet, high the whole length of the
rows, and nailing a atrip of wood all along
the tops, and tying one or two lower down
the stakes, to make a trellis. The ground
should be dug deep and made rich with ma
nure. and a spoonful of guano mixed with
the soil round each root. We quote:
“When they have grown sufficiently long to
tie to the trellis, I select two or three of the
longest shoots and tie them losely to the trellis
cutting away all other small laterals which
may grow on the main branches. I let these
main branches grow until they have come
in flower and set the first bunch of fruit,
then I pinch out the top, one joint above the
fruit, leaving the leaf'entire. I then allow
>t to go on again until it has flowered and
set another bunch of fruit, when the top is
pinched out one leaf above the bunch, the
Mme as the first, and so on of all the rest, ta
king care to cut all the laterals which may
grow on the main branches down to the ax
els of the leaves, as often as they are produ
ced, but leaving the leaves entire. If any
one will take tliis little extra trouble, he wil
be amply repaid and absolutely astonished
at the immense clusters of fine large tomat
oes he will have. If planted in a favorable
situation, they will ripen at least as early as
these grown in any other way out of doors,
and frequently three days or a week earlier
Wh ripe they wi& ka| Wtgwr • the
vines without decaying. The situation can
hardly be too sunny. Deep, light, loamy soil
suits them best.”
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
U-etter from Texas.—No. 3.
Dear Dr. Andrews: —ln speaking of the
resources of Texas, it would not be fair to
pass her minerals by in silence.
Not much of the precious metals have as
yet been found, but from the natural fea
tures of the more northern portions, and
from its geological formations, it is more than
probable that it abounds in valuable minerals.
Iron and copper, I learn, have been discov
ered in several sections, and in considerable
quantities. Coal, of a very excellent quality
abounds in many places, and is bound to be
come a source of great wealth to the State,
as timber is scarce, and railroads are perme
ating the country in every direction. I have
already alluded to the vast amounts and al
most universal distribution of marl and lime,
which must become, indirectly, a source of
inexhaustable wealth to the planter, (and it
is agriculture that makes a nation great,)
and no doubt but it will be exported abun
dantly into less favored States.
Texas, east of the Trinity, is heavily tim
bered. Pine, of an excellent quality for
sawing, and other valuable timber, abounds.
West of Trinity, pine, or in fact any kind of
timber suitable for building porposes, is de
cidedly scarce. The Western portion is the
best farming country, and the most pleasanb
besides, it is the portion where stock is now,
and can always be raised to advantage. It
is destined, therefore, very soon to be set
tled, and a large portion of the lumber for
building must be brought from Eastern Tex
as. This will cause our neighbors, whose
lands are not quite so rich, to eke out of us
a fine price for their lumber, and will make
thai portion of the State equal to the Wes
tern.
Post-oak furnishes the western part of the
State with rail-timber, &c. This part of
the State also abounds in live oak, the finest
I have no doubt upon this continent, which
is destined to find its way to our navy
yards, as soon as rail roads are completed
through the interior.
I have only alluded to a few of the re
sources of Texas, and have not exaggerated
any, while of many, much more might just
ly be said, but to avoid prolixity, I pass on.
to say a few words upon “her probable fu
ture.”
Here I am really at a loss for language to
express my honest convictions. Just take
& map of Texas, and pass your eyes along the
coast and observe her bays, inlets, etc., and
you cannot fail to be convinced that she is
destined to rival any State in the Union, in
point of commercial interest. Who could
look at our country and see its fertility, and
its adaptedness to agricultural interests, and
not be convinced that Texas would not vie
any of her older sisters, as a producing State.
Who could enjoy, even for a short time, the
pleasant, balmy breezes of her delightful cli
mate. and look round at her fertility, her
commercial advantages, and her facilities for
stock raising, and not believe that a dense
population would be invited here. Her a
bundant fertility cannot fail the planter here;
her delightful climate the rich pleasure seeker;
her commercial advantages, the tradesman.
Can Texas fail to be great? No ! her banner
is already unfurled to the breeze, inscribed
to honor, fame, and magnificence—her watch
word is excelsior. This “lone star,” that in
its infancy attracted the gaze of far off na
tions, ere it had fairly ascended above the
horizon, will as it reaches its zenith send
forth a light of such attractive brilliancy, as
to astonish every kingdom of this earth.—
She cannot fail to be great; she has every
element within herself necessary to make a
nation great Her noble hospitality, her lib
eral system of laws, her unbounded natural
advantages, all are inducements that invite
the enterprising and the good to settle here.
No State produce* so many draught ani
mals, while few, if any others, furnish so
large an amount of edible animals, and at so
small a cost; no other State
is so well paid for raising them. But where,
say you, is our market? I answer, at the
pheiiphery of our State, nearly everywhere.
Mexico makes constant demands; California
must be supplied ; Utah makes her regular
demands, and New Orleans draws upon her,
anon; consequently the raiser obtains fine
prices all the time. You are aware, that in
the old Spates, planters are tied down, princi
pally, to one thing —cotton—to raise money.
It is not the way here. Every planter is to
some extent a stock raiser, and if he fails to
make cotton, he can sell a few cows and
calves, or a few yoke of oxen, or a mule or
two, or a few ponies, or he can drive a wag
on a few months. In any of these ways he
can raise money. If he has failed to raise
corn he is at no sort of a loss ; his horses
and oxen will live and do fine service, upon
the grass, while his hogs will fatten upon
acorns or pecans. Our butter and cheese
finds a ready sale at fine prices, and costs
nothing but the trouble of milking and man
ufacturing—no one would think of milking
a cow here that had to be fed.
But, my dear sir, you will please to ac
cept my invitation to call at Vercena Vale
on your flying visit to California, when the
Pacific road is completed, and I will amuse
you to the best of my ability, and show you
all our good things, and bad ones to, and we
will drink together a goblet of the finest but
ter-milk you ever saw. But then, Dr.-you
must not tell in Georgia, what a fine country
Texas is, how many advantages she possess
es, how much corn and cotton per acre, our
lands will produce, or every tight-fisted old
curmudgeon will be pressing into Texas; —
Say not s word about our delightful climate,
our balmy breezes, our splendid fish and
game, or every lazy invalid and epicure in
the land, will be tempted right here. Never
breathe to living mortal a hint of the exqui-
site beauties of our flower-bespangled prairies,
our richly-plumed and delightful singing
birds, our clear evening skies, and sweet
moon-light nights, or you will have every
sickly lover, and simpering maiden, either
‘‘off to Texas,” or in hysterical paroxysms.
Be sure that you do not intimate the fact
that we have at least two bachelors for every
maiden, and that girls must either marry or
back out, almost as soon as they reach here j
or every old despairing maid in Christendom
will at once be off for a home and husband
“in the West,” and our population will be
multiplied so rapidly that the “range will
break and we will have to move to grass.’’
I hope the ladies will not think that we ob
ject to their coming to Texas; no, far from
it We only hope that they will not press
this way faster than Morgan & Cos., can trans
port them across the Mexican Gulfj m their
magnificent steamers.
I have given the bright side; in my next
look out for something very frightful.
Very respectfully, yours,
w W. A BBOWN. I
Teibaoa Vato, Jn* 3d, ISM <
From the Tuskegee (Ala.) Southern Baptist
The Inevitable Dilemma.
Mr. Graves declared, a short time
since, that our “insinuation” contained an
implied charge of abolitionism. We have
proved our “insinuation.” We have
proved that J. R. Graves, editor in chief
of the Tennessee Baptist, avowed to the
late Rev. John L. Waller, “his intention
to leave Kentucky on account of slavery
—that he mentioned its many evils, and
severely animadverted on them—that he
was advised to leave if such were his
feelings —and that he did leave!” We
have proved thaL when he desired to re
turn South, he wrote to Dr. Waller in
regard to the natter, and that Dr. W.,
refused to answer his letter on account of
the previous conversation —i. e. he could
not consciencionsly invite a man whom
he knew to be an abolitionist back to the
South. We have proved that Mr. Graves
has “repeatedly denied that he ever had
a scruple of conscience on the subject of
slavery.” Now put these facts together
and in what light do they present this
man? Why thus— Mr. Graves is either
guilty of a plain and palpable falsehood ,
or he is guilty of falsehood and is an ab
olitionist today. If his mind has under
gone a change he is guilty of falsehood,
for he avers he “never had a scruple of
conscience on the subject.” If his mind
has undergone no change, he is both an
abolitionist, and is guilty of falsehood,
for we have proved, first, that he left
Kentucky and went to Ohio because he
could not remain in a slave State and be
silent; and secondly, as above shown,
that he never had, as he repeatedly de
clared, a scruple of conscience on the sub
ject of slavery ! ! If he is guilty of false
hood upon so vital a question as this, he
is not to be trusted ; much less if to this
is added abolition sentiments.
We wish to ask our readers a practi
cal question : —Suppose a northern man,
a school-master, should, in any town or
neighborhood in Alabama, Georgia, Mis
sissippi, or any other Southern State, a
vow just the sentiments that J. R. Graves
did to Dr. \Y aller, now how long would
he be permitted to remain in such acom
munity ? This is a fair practical test of
the whole matter. And yet this moral
incendiary lives amongst us, to shoot his
poisoned arrows at the purest and best
men we have in the South! But thank
Heaven ! the eyes of our brethren are
beginning to be opened all over our coun
try.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, JUNE 18, 1858-
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of the publishers, or losses through the mail,
there have been frequent failures to supply cash
orders, and much complaint on the part of those
for whom we have transacted business. We
therefore relinquish the agency, where all the
responsibility and loss fall upon us, without
any profit for the risks incurred.
Tomatoea. —On Wednesday our garden
furnished us a mesa of ripe tomatoes, which puts
ua again ahead of most folks in this latitude.—
Tomatoes and green corn are not hard to take
when properly served; are they, reader ?
Godey’s Book Tor July.— This No.
of Godey commences Yol. 57, and the 29th
year of the continuous publication of the work,
by the same proprietor, whom the Syracuse
Journal denominates the “portly and big heart
ed Godey.” The same Journal says that Mr.
G., has “made more maidens and matrons hap
py than any man now living, and if all the
blessings that rosy lips have invoked in his be
half; should be put on record, they would form
a volume as big as a meeting house.” The No.
before us oontains a fine original engraving from
a picture by Rothermal, entitled “Worship in
the Wilderness,” besides being otherwise pro
fusely illustrated. Price $3. Address Louis
A. Godey, Philadelphia.
Peterson's Magazine —The July
number of Peterson’s Ladies’ National Maga..
zine, reached ua several days since. Mrs. Steph
ens’ new monthly has been merged into it, and
Mrs. S. will hereafter devote herself entirely
to the Ladies’ National. Price $2 per annum.
Address Charles J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.
Church Music.— The Messrs. Everett
of Virginia, who visit Macon with the highest
recommendations from Richmond and other
cities of that State, as Professors of Sacred Mu
sic and efficient and thorough teachers of vocal
melody, are bow in this city, endeavoring to
form classes in each of tho Churches for instruc
tion in Congregational Music. For this purpose
there will be a meeting this evening at the Lec
ture Room of the Presbyterian Church, where
all who desire, can have the opportunity of im
provement in the Divine Art, under the most
favorable auspices.
Planters’ Convention.— The pro
ceedings of this body not having been furnished
to this office, and not having seen a copy, till
a few hours before going to Preas, yesterday,
we are utterly unable to make room for them
to-day. From the exclusive manner in which
the publication of these proceedings has been
ordered, we presume the convention did not
calculate for any other Journal than the “State
Press” to be the organ of the body, or to pub
lish any report of their doings. Otherwise, the
Secretary should have been directed to furnish,
simultaneously, to each press in Macon, a copy
of the proceedings We suppose it is all right,
however. So, drive ahead!
Bargains Ottered —W. W. Parker
& Cos., are now presenting rare inducements to
the Ladies, to visit their extensive mart of
Fashionable Dry Goods, and lay in their sup
plies. They offer to sell their large spring and
summer stock, at New York cost, and we have
reason to know that the offer is a bona fide one,
which will be verified to the letter, on applica
tion at their counters. Let the Ladies put them
to the test and see if there is any bogus in that
ooncero. To all appearances, and we believe,
in reality, the house is comp osed of some of the
most solid men of Macon.
ar Governor Harris, of Tennessee, offers a !
reward of SSOO for the arrest of Dr. N. Burton,
lat* Secretary of State, and • defaulter to the
amount of $99,000,
Lectures on the French Revo
lution. —Dr. T. D. Mathews, of South Caro
lina, is now in our city, and proposes to give a
brief series of Historical Lectures on the French
Revolution of 1791-1794, embracing the life
and times of Louis XVI, and Maria Antoinette,
Danton and the Princess Lamballe, Marat and
Charlotte Corday, Madame Roland and Robes
pierre, together with the causes of the Revolu
lution which brought the Royal family to the
block and drenched France in human gore.—
From the very flattering testimonials exhibited
to us, by Dr. M, from the Professors of the
Colleges at Greenville, S. C., and from the citi
izens of other places that he has visited, we
have no doubt that he is a gentleman of rare
ability as a lecturer, and will be able to furnish
our people with an intellectual entertainment of
surpassing brilliancy of elocution. Dr. M’s
second lecture will be pronounced this evening
at Concert Hall, and we take pleasure in com
mending him to the kind consideration of all
who have a taste for historical literature, pre
sented in the glowing language and rich thought
of cultivated genius. Tickets for the courso,
SI.OO.
17th June.- -The battle of Bun- J
ker Hill Anniversary was duly celebra
ted, on yesterday, by our Military, the
Macon Volunteers, Floyd Rifles and
Bibb Cavalry. No troops make a bet
ter appearance, on parade, and no city,
of the size of Macon, has more Military
spirit and genuine patrotism than ours.
We are especially proud of the fact that
Bunker Hill has not been forgotten as
one of the brightest spots in the revolu
tionary history of our country, though it
does happen to lie North of Mason’s and
Dixon’s line.
Prepare to Laugh !—The
Young America Dramatic Association
of Macon present a rich bill to-night, to
wit, “Day alter the Wedding” and the
“Swiss Swain.” Asa good laugh is bet
ter than “blue mass” to promote diges
tion, those who need physic had better try
on the Thespians. See advertisement.
Catoosa Springs. —This de
lightful watering place, In upper Georgia
is now open for the reception of guests.
As Catoosa is the Saratoga of the South,
a fashionable crowd will soon fill its sa
loons. -
Academy tor the Blind.—
Preparations are in active progress in
this city for the erection ofthe new State
Institution for the Blind, for which a lib
eral appropriation was made by the last
Legislature. The Corner Stone of the
edifice will be laid about the middle of
July, under the auspices of the Masonic
order, the particulars of which ceremo
ny will be advertised in due time.
Poets and Poetry of tbe South.
—The N. Y. Leader speaks of a project of M.
V. B. Moore, Esq., of East Tennessee, of pub
lishing a collection of extracts from the works
of Southern Poets, with Biographical notes, Ac.,
under the title of the “Poets and Poetry of the
South.” Accompanying the notice, is a list of
Southern Poets, in each of the Southern States,
from whose writings these selections are to be
made. From Georgia, Hon. R. M. Charlton,
Hon. H. R. Jackson, and Rebecca Sonthal Ha
grai (7) are alone deemed worthy of a place in
the proposed work. This is sufficient for us to
prove that M. Y. B. Moore, Esq, is not equal to
the t*ir h i>.a undertaken. There are scores
of peetical writers in Georgia, who should not
bo omitted in a work of this character, and if
Mr. Moore will properly inform himself, he will
not report our State so meagre of the true poet
ical fire and inspiration as the above list would
represent it In fact, we could name several
who, in our judgment, are as far superior to
those mentioned as Milton or Byron are to the
least of the tribe of newspaper Poetasters, whose
ambition rises no higher than the jingling of a
couplet with “dove” and “love,” “hearts” and
“darts” or like unmitigated trash.
Theoplillus Walton, a reply to
Theodosia Ernest, by Rev. Wm.
Harrison, of the Alabama Conference.
This volume has been placed on our table by
the Rev. J. W. Burke, agent for the Tract and
Book association of the Methodist Conference of
Georgia, located in this city. It is a controver
sial work on the subject of Baptism, in reply to
one of the same character, issued by the Baptist
Denomination of the South, and for sale at the
Baptist Depository in Macon.
We have not read Theodosia Ernest, and it
would not, therefore, be fair to pronounce a ver
dict upon the comparative merits of the two
books, or upon the ability with which the ques
tion is discussed by the parties. “Theophiius
Walton” is an able and interesting work, and if
“Theodosia Ernest” is its equal iu these respects
seine light must be shed on the subjects em
braced in the discussion. Let both then be
read and let “every one be persuaded in his own
mind.”
Whiskey Swill, again.— The Atlan
ta American takes for granted that the “whis
key swill” of the “Empire Distillery” is unlike
the same article manufactured at New York,
baoause of the “villanous compound of various
drugs” of which the latter is made. How hap
pens it, then, that at Chicago, Cincinnati, and
other places, the same results invariably follow
the use of whiskey swill ? It would appear
that the residue of a whiskey distillery is invaria
bly poisonous. The “Empire Distillery” may
turn out a pure article. We do not pretend to
question the fact alledged, that they do not use
vicious drugs in their manufacture. But, we
apprehend that the difficulty is inherent in the
swill itself—not after it becomes “decomposed
and putrid,” but as it comes fresh and warm
from the “worm of the still.” This, at least,
is the testimony of the Chemists and Medical
men who have analysed the substance and wit
nessed its deleterious effects upon animals.—
Surely, a pure stream of swill cannot be expect
ed to flow from an impure and poisonous source.
The whiskey is itself a poison, and of course
the swill is. Cows fed on these slops become
diseased and putrid—hence the secretions from
the udder must partake of the same character.
And we would just as soon, if not a little soon
er, recommend mothers to mix the whiskey, at
once, with the water given to their children,
than to tell them to feed their little ones on
milk drawn from the lacteal fount of a swill-fed
cow! In the former they may get the alcohol
in a comparatively pure state, but in the latter
it is mixed with a large per centum of animal
corruption! We then u reiierate” that whiskey
is a poison—that whiskey-swill is a greater poi
son, and that the milk secretion from cows fed
on whiskey slops is the greatest poison of all
three 1 .
Latest from Kali.
By Telegraphic Dispatches to the Sa
vannah papers of yesterday, we learn
the important news that Brigham
Young has received Governor Cum
ming as the lawful Governor of Utah and
that the Mormons, to the No. of 40,000,
have left for Sonora or some other place
South!
Exchange Bank broke
Augusta, June 15. —It is reported,
heie that the exchange Bank of Griftin
to broke,
A Wist for Homebody to crack. —
The N. York Journal of Commerce has the fol
lowing paragraph concerning the “sweet smell
ing gruel” called whiskey swill. Atlanta Amer
ican please copy:
Prof. Hedrick, of the Mayor’s office, has ana
lyzed the mysterious compound into which some
milk was transformed, as described in this paper
a few days ago. He applied tests to detect the
presence of sugar, starch, gum, chalk, and color
ing matter, and ascertained that nothing of the
kind was there. The ash, or salts of the milk,
was found in considerable quantites, but as the
milk had been boiled down, the presence of a
large amount of this matter would naturally be
expected. The microscopic examination was
more successful—showing that the milk contain
ed fibrous substances, as if the fluid had been
strengthened with sheep’s brains, and it had the
additional appearance of having been taken from
a cow with a recently born calf.
Our Merchant Princes.
If we have none of such merchants in our
midst, as yet, we bid fair to have several of them
in a year or two more, provided they continue
to sell as much merchandise as they have been
doing for a few months past. Across the way
from our sanctum , Messrs. Ross, Coleman A Ross,
have been doing a business which is unparal
lelled even in the “flush” times of years gone
by. And the secret of their great success lies
first in the fact that they have always a Repre
sentative in New York who is ever on the
watch to take advantage of the market and to
profit by the necessities of the jobbers who are
obliged, at times, to make great sacrifices of
goods, to raise the neadful. Os course, therefore,
Messrs. Ross, Coleman A Ross, can sell as cheap
as the cheapest. Secondly, they are gentlemen
of exquisite taste and great experience in their
business, and know exactly how to purchase,
when to purchase, and above all, what to pur
chase, in order to meet the wants of the hun
dreds of beautiful ladies who throng their mart
of fashion from Monday morning till Saturday
night. And they are polite and courteous, and
keep a polite and courteous set of clerks and
salesmen, with whom their customers find it a
pleasure to trade, especially when they know
they can always get the best of goods there,
and the best bargains. Finally, as the preach
ers say, we add a word of exhortation. “Don’t
all go at once” to this establishment, for fear
their fine fabrics will all vanish before you have
a chance to see them 1 They have provided a
gainst any such calamity by chartering the Ex
press Lightning line, to keep their assortment
fresh and complete, at least twice a week, and
oftener if necessary I In the language of the
Minstrel of Alabama, then, we say, “Take your
time, Miss Lucy,” and you shall not be disap
pointed.
Columbus. —We were in Columbus, on
Monday last, and found the place unusually dull
in a business way, but in the midst of a religious
awakening, the like of which was never known
before. Churches crowded every day and night
and nothing else hardly talked of but the revi
val in progress. Over 300 additions, we learn,
have been made to the various churches and
the interest suffers no decrease.
While there we saw the new military compa
ny, the Greys, out on parade. The company
is composed of youths from 14 to 18 years of
age, and is commanded by Capt. Andrews.—
Their appearance was very line and their evo
lutions would have done credit to a veteran
corps.
We also had the pleasure of examining a
new Cotton Gin recently invented by J. T.
Brown, Esq., the foreman of the establishment
of Clemons, Brown A Cos. This Gin is compos
ed of two rollers and. two sets of saws one a
bove the other, whereby a hundred saw gin
can be compassed in the space usually taken up
by one of 50 saws, and a saving of 25 per cent,
is effected in the power, over a hundred saw
gin of the old style, besides doing better work
and requiring only one feeder. Mr. Brown has
entered a caveat preparatory to taking out a
patent for an improvement which is destined to
supercede the old clumsy gins of 80 or 100
saws. The large planters who have seen it,
are delighted with the invention.
Iron Hoops and Tien.
The use of Iron Hoops instead of Rope,
for putting up Cotton into Bales, is becom
ing quite common in the We9t, and some
information, in regard thereto, may be of
service to our planting friends in Georgia
The cotton producer is interested in every-,
thing that cheapens and facilitates the deliv
ery of cotton in Liverpool. Hence it is claim
ed for the Iron Hoops and Ties that they are
better than rope in the following particu
lars.
Ist. One-fourth saving in insurance. 2d.
Greater permanency and perfection of pack
age. 3d. Greater weight in smaller com
pass, and 4th, the substitution of iron for
rope will reduce the price of bagging, ma
terially.
So much for the advantages of hoops. The
chief objection arises from the supposition
that the iron ho ops and ties will rust the
cotton. But the following letter from Mr.
Platt, agent for the Carver Gin Company, to
Mr. Beattie, agent for Ingersoll s Hoop Lock,
at Montgomery, Ala., will set that objection
to rest Mr. Beattie says since the advent of
iron ties into Montgomery, bale rope has de
clined two cents per lb.
The Ingersoll Lock and Hoops sell at 8
cents per pound or 64 cents per bale, while
the rope is at 10 cents per lb.
Mr. Pratt’ Letter.
Exchange Hotel, )
Montgomery, Ala., May 31, 1858. )
J. Beattie, Jr.— Dear Sir : At your re
quest that I would “ furnish you with writ
ten of what I know in regard to
the use of hoop iron as a tie for cotton
bales"—made this day, verbally—and “ es
pecially what effect the rust from hoops has
upon the bales.’' —I have to say : That lam
Agent for the Carver Cotton Oin Company
—that my business, for the last fifteen years,
has required my residence in the States of
Louisiana and Mississippi—that I know, of
my own knowledge, that Hon. John Per
kins, of Somersett, Ashwood Landing, La.,
John Routh, St. Joseph, La., Francis and
Surzette, of Natchez, Miss., have, for many
years past, used hoop iron exclusively for
tyiDg their cotton bales. Until the inven
tion°of the “Homes & Churchill Tie.”
they and hundreds of others now
use ) these gentlemen used rivets for fasten
ing’ the hoops. They, for the want of such
convenience, had to employ powerful press
es on their plantations, to compress their
cotton; and now the use of such presses is
spreading, notwithstanding the use of new
devices for fastening obviates the difficulty
at the New Orleans presses.
Since the introduction of the “ McComb,”
the “ Holmes & Churchill,” and other devi
ces for fastening, the use of hoop3 is be
coming general on the Mississippi river.
Amongst others who use iron, I give you
the names of E. B. Bennett and John Routh,
Jr., of Ashwood, La., Jas. Hollingsworth
and Jeff. Briscoe, of St. Joseph; Gabriel
Shields, Natchez ; John Murdock, estate of
Dr. Jenkins, Benj. Roach, Jas. Metoalf and
Alex. Henderson, Natchez. I have beard
the Hon. John Perkins say that he was the
firs', to use iron hoops : that at first he
thought it necessary to dip his hoops in tar
to protect them from rust, but that many
years he had used nothing on his hoops, and
had never had a pound of cotton stained
by rust . . ,
The Holmes <fc Churchill Tie is made by
inserting iron buttons at one end and per
forating holes with slot at the other end ot
the hoop, to suit them. The McComb you
know. These are considered the best,
among others, in use in the Southwest.
As you copsider my opinion of value,
from the fact of my having seen so many
others, I have to say, that I believe from
the slight examination I have made, that the
Ingersoll Lock, which you now have is su
perior, in many particulars, to any I have
gppn ’ Respectfully,
’ WILLIAM F. PRATT,
Agent & Carver Company.
Modern Spiritualism.
No. I.
In Reply to the “ Index.”
We enter upon the task assigned us, of
replying to the assaults of the late Editor of
the “Index” upon “Modern Spiritualism,”
with great diffidence in our ability to do
that justice to the subject, which its impor
tance demands. This distrust of ourself
does not, however, arise from any supposed
strength in the arguments presented against
the new Philosophy, or any weakness in
the arguments which its friends have offered
in its favor, but simply from the fact, that
we have not yet arrived at that point in our
investigations ofthe subject, which will jus
tify us to speak, personally , our own estab
lished convictions of its truth. We are still
an humble enquirer into the hidden myste
ries of the spiritual theory. We are still on
the threshold of the Temple, and only a no
vitiate in its outer courts. It would there
fore, be presumptuous in us to volunteer as
the advocate and defender of the manifesta
tion, from the implied intimation that we
have encompassed the whole subject involv
ed. and thoroughly understand the why and
the wherefore of its teachings. This we
disclaim, at the outset, lest we should be
justly chargeable with the “ shame and folly”
of answering a matter before we hear o r
comprehend it On the contrary, we shall
rely, chiefly, upon the labors and experience
of others, for the defence which we shall
make, without assuming any credit for the
work done save what is due to the compiler
of facts and the collator of principles, and
their appliciation to the case in hand. And
all this, at the instance of many conscient : ous
and devout persons, whose devotion to spir
itualism has evoked the scorn of bigots and
the ridicule of scoffers and unbelievers.
The Editor of the “ Index” is not very
slow in the use of epithets against spiritual
ism and its believers. In his first article of
May 26, he calls it an “ exhibition of human
•folly,” a ‘‘pernicious delusion,” “shallow non
sense” of “infatuated persons, Ac., and though
he admits the existence of the phenomena,
he thinks they may all be attributed to “mag
netic influence or electrical excitexent.”
At any rate, he is sure they “do not ema
nate from the spirits of the dead,” for the
reasons given.
Let us examine these reasons and see if
they will stand the light of reason:
“ Ist. Such comunications through such
channels do not comport with human ideas
of spiritual dignity.”
It is not reasonable says Mr. Walker, that
beings of the spirit world and an advanced
state of existence should “ come down from
their lofty spheres into a hotel saloon or
some tallow lighted chamber to entertain a
circle of spiritualists,” Ac.
To this we answer in the language of
Paul, “There is nothing unclean of itself;
but to him that esteemeth any thing to be
unclean, to him it is unclean.” And God
said to Peter, when he protested against the
command to eat of such “ common and un
clean things” as were, in vision, let down
to him in a sheet, “ what God hath cleansed
that call not thou common or unclean.’ Be
sides, the Editor must recollect that the Al
mighty did not think it undignified to aHow
his son to be born in a horse-stable or man
ger, and to undergo all the “lowness, un
couthness and vulgarity” of infantile human
ity. Why not object, then Mr. Walker, to
such undignified manifestations of God's
wisdom ! You can do it with equal pro
priety. Again, “ look at mans generation,
birth, nutrition, excrementition, medication
and dissolution.” “ Are not all these undig
nified demonstrations ?”-
If so, Mr. Walter will perceive that he
has a quarrel to settle, first, with the Crea
tor, for making man so undignified an ani
mal, before this reason can have much force
against table tipping, &c. To the spiritual
ist however the latter appears as natural and
proper—merely the A. B. C. of the science
and useful to attract the attention of the
world to the developments which they in
dicate and foreshadow.
“ 2d. These “ spiritual manifestations” do
not add to our present stock of ideas nor
increase our knowledge.”
This is a mere assertion unsupported by
the fact 9of the case. Doubtless, in the lan
guage of another, “ Our allwise and benig
nant Father in Heaven has left no essential
TYuth or righteousness dependent on the
mere pretension or wwcorroborated testi
mony either of departed or undeparted spir
its.” “ Nevertheless, fundamental truths,
and duties may be re-affirmed, clarified from
error, philosophically elaborated and power
fully commended to the embrace of mankind,
by fresh spiritual communications.” In
proof of this, it is stated that many confirm
ed Deists and Atheists, who have become so,
through the conflicting opinions of Christian
sects as to what the Bible teaches of the
resurrection, miracles, Ac., have been con
verted to the belief of Christianity, through
the manifestations of spiritualism.
“ 3d. These manifestations do not improve
private or public morals.”
The Editor of the Index says, under this
head, “ Did ever any one come out of those
circles a better man, than when he went in?
Were his profanity, debauchery or intem
perance abandoned by these influences?
“ Never.” Now we have no reply to make
to such assaults against the morality and
character of spiritualists. We know of
none who are profane, debauched or intem
perate. Therefore we cannot answer a
question so manifestly dictated by a spirit of
self-iighteou3ness. But this we can say,
that we have known persons come away
from these circles with their hearts warmed
with divine love and their souls spiritually
elevated and inspired with new purposes o:
devotion to religious duty. We also know
that the greatest scoffers of spiritualism are
to be found in that class alluded to—the
profane and the ungodly, who hold it in al
most as much abhorrence as Bro. Walker
himself!
“ 4th This Harmonial Philosophy tends
to mental
be counted by hundreds.
To this we reply, if spiritualism makes
hundreds crazy, it is news to the spiritualists
themselves. ‘Such cases may occur, occa
sionally, but if so, it is only one of the many
causes which produce derangement. Other
religious creeds are liable, in a thousand fold
degree, to the same objection, as the records
of your Luuatic Asylums abundantly prove
and demonstrate. For example, see the fol
lowing summary of the Report, for 1856, of
the “Indiana Hospital for the insane,'’
Table No. 9. in relation to the religious pro
fession of the patients, as follows: Metho
dists 227, Presbyterians 77, Baptists 90,
Caropbellite Baptists 69, Quakers 46, Catho
lics 69, Lutherans 27, Episcopalians 15, Re
formers 11, United Brethren 18, Universal
ists 7- Not one spiritualist in the whole
crowd!
“ sth. This spiritual agency furnishes op
portunities for deception and fraud.”
A Bank in Chicago was under spiritual
diraotteo Md broke) ▲ medium at the
North beguiled a relative out 0 f J
and never paid back the money! I
So says Bro. Walker ? If the , ( . .
be so, we should judge there were * e
many banks under spiritual influ,.!
over the country. And if all who Zh v
loDg to the same class, their “nam e ,
gion,” an exceeding great army. 13
“6th. Another proof that all these m.
testations do not proceed from the s; ’
the dead, w their enmity Z *
iers of the Gospel,” (except Universal! jv*
’stersas Bro. Walker says, subse^^
Now there are two false statements b
this last reason. It is not characteristic 1
these manifestations that they are all *
posed to Ministers of the Gospel, and 7
part were, it could be accounted for 0
admitted principle that there are evil ZZ
as good spirits in the spirit-world, and*’
evil may hate ministers there as well a= h
until they progress beyond the first dI v
And 2d. so far from Universalists ben* *
cepted in this hatred, we have a docuL
before us from the pen of a J
denounces spiritualism as “ atrocious f 0 ’
ery,” an “ impious farce,” a “ blaspheme
&c., Ac. This document appeared i n
‘ Gospel Banner” of Augusta Maine. 1
fact is, that thousands of all classes of Z
gionists have embraced the new philosophy
and it promises fair to make sad havoc Z
the worm-eaten creeds and commandment
of Sectarians, while its teachings inculcat
the purest morality, the highest faith -
Christianity, and the most consoling hopj
to mankind.
Thus endeth tbe first lesson. Amen!
You can-1 come it.—A fellow cal -
ing himself Dr. S. H. Burns, of New York
sands us a two square advertisement to be
inserted four times for one dollar—said dol
lar to be sent to us, on receipt of a copy of
our paper having the advertisement insert
ed therein. “ Thank you, for nothing,” Dr,
Burns, but we cannot accept your proper,
tion. You will have to send us $4, in&j.
vance before we can publish your card.
Cheating Incle Samuel.
The present Post Office law taxes letter
postage, we believe, in all circulars, secs
through the mail, in a clandestine manner, or
enclosed in a newspaper. Hence we were
not a little surprised, the other day, at re
ceiving a copy of the “Way of Life,” pur
porting to be “a Weekly Christian paper,’
published in New York, enclosing a long
printed Prospectus and the following short
“ supplement-
Office of the Way of Life. (Confide.vtul.,
Mr. Editor —Dear Sir : Should you feel
disposed to insert the accompanying Circu
lar in your paper, or extract from it, we will
gladly place you upon our exchange list, on
receiving a copy of your paper containing
said advertisement.
Please notice us if you can do so consist
ently with your interests. The magnitude
of the enterprise demands the attention o!
all throughout our land.
Yours Respectfully,
EDGAR A HERRIES.
New York, June 12, 1858.
Notwithstanding the “confidential” c
this circular, we give it to the public, an
stand ready to testify against Edgar A Her
ries for swindling Uncle Samuel, whenevei
the Post Office Department may think prop
er to summon us, for the purpose. Nic<
commentary this transaction upon the hon
esty of the puplishers of a profesedly Chris
tian newspaper! Where is Mayor Tie
man n ?
Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OFTHE
Halifax, June 15. —The British and
North Amercan royal mail steamship
Europa, Capt. John Leitch has arrived,
with Liverpool dates to Saturday, Jnne
6th.
Commercial.
Liverpool Cotton Markel- —The sales
of cotton for the week reached 49,000
bales of which speculators took 2,000
and exporters 3,500 bales. The market
opened at a decline of 4<3, but the Van
derbilt’s news caused a partial recovery,
and the market closed with a decline of
l-16d. to on the lower grades.
The following are the authorized quo*
tations :
Fair Orleans 7fd.
Middling Orleans 7 l-16d.
Fair Mobile 7 8-Bd.
Middling Mobile 6 15-I6d.
Fair Uplands 7 5-16d.
Middling Uplands 6|d.
The sales on Friday were 10,000 bales
without change in prices.
State of Trade. —Manchester advices
were more favorable, as prices were fir
mer, and holders demanding an advance.
Havre Cotton ‘ Market. — Prices have
slightly declined and Orleans tree onh
naire is quoted at 104 francs.
London Money Market. — The rates
for money are unchanged, but consols are
reported lower—97f a 97£.
Liverpool Breads tuffs Market. —Bread-
stuffs are very dull and exhibit a declin
ing tendency.
General Xem.
The Atlantic telegraphic cable fleet
had returned from their experiments in
deep water, and the electricians were well
satisfied with the working of the apparat
us employed, and the general success of
their experiments. It was announced
that the fleet would leave on the 9th June,
for the purpose of laying the cable per
manently in the ocean.
In the House of Commons the govern
ment has formerly announced that if the
alledged outrages on American vessels
are well founded, immediate explanations
will be made to the government of the
United States.
The house ofR.AWsoN <t Son, London,
India merchants, have suspended. Their
liabilities are seven hundred thousand
pounds sterling, but their assets are re
garded abundant to meet all their liabil
ities.
Nothing later from India had been re
ceived.
The News from the Continent is unin
teresting.
The stock of cotton in Liverpool at
the end of the week ending June 3d was
662,000 bales, of w T hich 570,000 were
American.
Circulars report the flour trade very
dull at a decline of 6d. to Is. heat
dull, declining, and 6d. lower. Rice hea
vy. Rosin steady, and fine quoted from
13s. to 16s. Spirits of Turpentine stea
dy at 48s.
Latest from Liverpool. — Saturday af
ternoon. —The Cotton market is steady,
Holders are offering their stocks freely,
but show no disposition to press sales.
Latest from London, by Telegraph.—
Consols quoted at 97$ for money.
Havre Market. —Sales of Cotton for
the week 3,500 bales, and all qualities
slightly declined.
Adjouinnieut of tlie Senate.
Washington, June 16. — The Senate
to-day passed the British Aggression res
olutions, unanimously, and then adjourn*
ed tint die,