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The Correspondence ol the
Hammond Dinner.
Among the letters of distinguished
gentlemen, invited as guests to be pres
ent at the Beech Island dinner on the
2*2d inst., which are published in the
Charleston Mercury of the ‘27th inst., we
find the following from ex-Governor
Johnson:
Spier’s Turn-Out, Jefferson Cos. Ga., )
July 17, 1858. f
Gentlemen : I have duly received your
note, inviting me, in behalf of the citi
zens of Beech Island, to a public dinner,
to be given to the lion. James 11. Ham
mond, on the *22d inst.
I regret that it will be out of my pow
er to attend, for I would delight to unite
with his immediate neighbors and fel
low citizens in so deserved a tribute to
his talents, patriotism and devotion to
Southern rights- His Clarkson letters
in early life attracted universal notice,
and were prophetic of distinguished use
fulness and renown. His late services
in the Senate of the United States is an
earnest of ample fulfilment.
The occasion is suggestive of high con
siderations. It must elicit communion
and the interchange of opinion touching
public affairs. % Looking at our porten
tous surroundings, how can patriots—
southern patriots —turn from the con
templation of the great political topics
that press upon their attention 1 I low
can they be indifferent when events, with
panoramic rapidity, are precipitating the
issue, upon the solution of which are sus
pended the fate of the Union, and the vi
tal interest to the South 1 I allude to
labor. It is the basis of all civilization ;
it gives motion and vitality to commerce
manufactures and agriculture. The great
question of the age is, whether that la
bor shall be voluntary or involuntary —
free or slave labor. The issue is made
up. Old and New England unite for
the former, and the South for the latter.
They may whine and simper as much as
they please over the African race of the
South, and make long prayers at the
corners of streets for universal liberty ;
but God knows they are hypocrites. So
far from being the true friends of the ne
gro, under the garb of devotion to free
dom they seek his emancipation, as the
means to secure the monopoly of the
world. If they can abolish slave labor,
they would soon get silent about Afri
can freedom.
The world can no more dispense with
sugar, rice and cotton, than with bread.
They can be produced in sufficient quan
tity to supply the world’s demand, only
by African labor. This is demonstrat
by the character of the climate and soil
in which they are grown. The white
man cannot live in the sugar, cotton and
rice fields ; the negro can, and be happy
and healthy.
These products cannot be succesfully
grown by hired labor. First, because
hirelings are too uncertain. No man
would engage extensively in their culti
vation, if his title to his tabor rested in
contract. He would never hazard a
“ strike' 1 for higher wages in the midst
of plantation operations which would be
fatal to the profits. Secondly, because
they require, for their successful produc
tion, gang labor— i. e., where the move
ments of the operatives are regulated and
controlled absolutely by a single presid
ing mind. Without this discipline, meth
od, constant perseverance and skill, are
impossible.
If, then, the world must have sugar,
rice and cotton ; if they cannot be pro
duced in quantities to supply the de
mand, by white labor nor by hired la
bor, they must be by African slave la
bor. But the products are the principal
southern staples, to which the South is
peculiarly adapted, and which cannot be
sufficiently grown in any other part of
the globe. Therefore, southern slavery
is a great necessity of the civilized world,
and consequently, those who wage war
against it are hostile to the welfare of
mankind.
us have done with talking about
slavery as a constitutional question. We
have discussed it in that aspect. The
argument is with us. Truth, justice and
good faith are with us. Let us have
done talking about it as a moral ques
tion. \S e have met all Christendom,
and vanquished our opponent with wea
pons drawn from the Bible, and the ex
ample of Christ and his disciples. Forc
ed to consider it as a politico-economical
question, our position is equally impreg
nable. France admits it by her appren
tice; and England by her Coolie sys
tems.
President makers and President seek
ers (Lord deliver the South from their
course!) since the passage of the En
glish Lecompton bill for the admission
of Kansas, promise us repose from slave
agitation. But we shall not have repose.
Fanaticism, like the tide, never rests;
but, unlike the tide, it never ebbs. Then
it behooves the Southern States to pre
pare to maintain their rights, interests
and their honor. They should cherish
unanimity of sentiment and harmony in
action. Backed up by these, the ques
tion is strong enough of itself to achieve
its own victory. When it shall be seen
as ultimately it will be, that the triumph
of Abolition will cut short the world’s
supply of sugar, rice and cotton, civili
zation itself in the name of humanity
will fight our battle, muster all its ele
ments of power to shield from destruc
tion the only labor that can produce
them successfully, and demand its increase
to any extent which the exigency may
require.” The Union may fall in the
struggle. That would be a calamity ;
but far more tolerable than the prostra
tion of the Southern States and of their
peculiar form of labor, so essential to
the well being of mankind. If the slave
ry question was merely one of sentimen
tal philanthropy against the circumscrib
ed, selfish, local interests of the territory
that bounds it, the result might be dif
ferent. But it involves the weal of
universal commerce; it connects itself
wHI the civilization of the age, and con
cerns all nation.! and all future genera
tions. It must, therefore, be finally set
tled in accordance with the best interests
of mankind. It will be controlled by
causes stronger than party combinations,
or even political organization ; for slave
ry has its protection and guarantee in
tire omnipotence of necessity—that ne
cessity which looks to the feeding and
clothing of civilized man. Hence, if
true to her mission, the South must
finally triumph; and, whether in the
Union or out of the Union, command the
homage of all nations to her exalted civ
ilization and productive energies.
Allow me, in conclusion, to offer the
following sentiment:
Southern Slavery: It is recognised in
the Federal Constitution and essential to
the well being of mankind ; those who
seek its abolition are enemies to the Un
ion, and recreant to the best interests of
humanity.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
llekciiel V. Johnson.
Messrs. G. B. Mills, W. 11. Atkin
son, James Panton, Committee.
Leaguers of the South.
We find in the Montgomery Advertis
er, of the 23rd. instant the proceedings
of a meeting held at Estelle Hall, in that
city, on Tuesday evening, the ‘2oth inst,
to form a League of Southerners, upon
the plan leeently proposed by Colonel
Yancey.
W e subjoin the Constitution reported
by a committee appointed for that pur
pose, and adopted by the meeting :
Constitution'of the Montgomery League
of United Southerners :
Believing that the South is in need of
some efficient and organised mode of
concentrating public opinion upon pub
lic men and measures, and of influencing
and guiding political parties, with a view
to the advancement and protection of
her constitutional rights; and that the
want of this has enabled all political par
ties to sacrifice those rights to their own
necessities ;
And believing further that it is the
duty of the South to use all proper
means to maintain her rights within the
Union, with a view to being justified be
fore the world in resuming the powers
she has delegated to the General Gov
ernment, in the event she fails to obtain
justice in the Union, we organise our
selves under the following Constitution :
Art. 1. This association shall be known
as the Montgomery League of the Uni
ted Southerners.
Art. 2. Its officers shall consist of a
President, \ ice President, Secretary and
Treasurer, who shall hold their offices
one year, or until their successors shall
be elected.
Art. 3. Election of all officers shall be
made annually and be by ballot.
Art. 4. Any person may become a
member of this League who shall pledge
himself to carry out the objects and shall
sign the Constitution.
Art. 5. The object of this f.eauee is,
by the use of proper means, to create a
sound public opinion in the South on the
subject of enforcing the rights of the
South in the Union. Among its prima
ry ideas are ; 1. No more compromise of
those rights either in party platforms or
in national legislation and maintenance
of those rights, as paramount to the
safety of the Federal Administration
or the success of national parties : 3.
The elevation to the public councils of
the ablest arid purest southern men.
Art. G. The League will nominate no
candidate for any office, State or Fede
ral—but its members are pledged to use
all honorable means to secure the nomi
nation, by the respective parties to which
they belong of sound, able and pure men
of the Southern rights’ school.
“ Leaguer* of I'uited Southern
ers.”
Leagues of this name, to be discon
nected from party politics, are forming
in Alabama. lion. Win. L. Yancey is
one of the prominent advocates of the
movement, and as any movement so
strongly advocated is likely to attract
attention, we extract from Mr. Yancey’s
speech at the barbecue given to him and
Gen. \V alker, in Montgomery county,
on the 10th inst., the following explana
tion of the objects and views of these as
sociations:
Mr. Y. said, he should prepare for the
consideration of the South, the formation
of “ Leagues of United Southerners,’’ all
over the South, pledged to diffuse, and
maintain pure constitutional views of the
the rights of the South, with the design of
preserving the Equality of the South in
the l nion ; or as a last resort, of aiding
the South to resume her delegated pow
ers, r~id to become a Southern Confede
racy.
W henever five men or more agree, let
them form such a league—form them in
every beat. Form, too, a State league,
to be composed of delegates from the
primary leagues. Form, too, a great
league of the Southern States, to be
composed of delegates from the State
leagues. Raise money, by voluntary
contributions, gather and distribute in
formation ia the shape of popular politi
cal tracts. Meet often. Bring into your
ranks every true, earnest Southern man
—keep party aloof from your leagues.—
Let it be a fundamental law of the
leagues, that no league shall ever nomi
nate a candidate for any office, State or
Federal. Let their members preserve
their old party relations, voting with
their old parties as heretofore on all par
ty questions; but considering it their
highest duty to purify those parties as
tar as they can; to urge the nomination
bj their respective parties of high toned
Southern Rights men for all offices, leav
ing each leaguer, if his party fail to do
thi-, in such event to vote as his own
convictions and sense of duty to the South
shall dictate under the circumstances.
Such leagues, acting upon such prin
ciples, will, in time, embody such a mass
of earnest, pure, patriotic men, that in
an emergency in which the South shall
have her right! at stake, by iuean* of
their efficient organization, they can give
force, tone, energy, and embodiment to
the public voice, which will go far to
strengthen and support the many true
men in Congress against all mere party
influences.
Again, the South has heretofore look
ed to the action and influence of the
Congress to guide and give tone to its
opinions. History has shown that such
influence has herefore not been hereto
fore beneficial to the South.
The annual Congress of the Southern
Leagues embodying the patriotism and
ability of the people, and freed from the
baneful influence of National Party ne
cessities, will rise up and vie with our
Federal Congress in its influence on the
public mind. There, pure Constitutional
truth will be freely uttered —our wrongs
laid bare—their causes and their reme
dies. This healthy influence will be as
strong upon Congress as upon the people
at home.
The effect all this must be to create,
if possible, a change for the better in the
political position of the South in the
Union. It will be to crush the small
arts and tricks of the political trickster
—to elevate your most earnest and able
men to your councils. In short, it will
be either to save the Union, if it shall
prove worth saving; or by the same
mighty and concentrated organization, to
aid and to maintain the States of the
South in assuming the independent posi
tion out of the Union.
In this matter, continued Mr. Yancey
we are not without a great precedent.—
Long before the Declaration of Inde
pendence ; long before it was dreamed
(save by a few) that the colonies would
be compelled to withdraw from the Bri
tish empire—while the provincial Con
gress were even yet discussing the phra
seology of their petitions to the King to
redress their grievances, the colonists,
acting on the wise practical principle of
“ Pray to God, and keep your powder
dry,” formed committees of safety all
over the country. Those committees
were active in forming a public opinion
—and giving voice to that opinion—in
gathering up munitions of war—and in
every conceivable way, organizing our
ancestry into such an array, that when
Independence was declared, they were
able to crown it with the triumph of
Yorktown. The lesson and example are
eminently suggestive.
Joliu A. Washington and .Mount
Vernon.
We have read Mr. Andrew H. H.
Dawson’s defence of John A. Washing
ton, but it has not in the least tended to
change our heretofore expressed opinion
of that individual. Indeed, the more we
think of and think about that person
and his negotiations with the Mount
V ernon Association,the more thoroughly
are we convinced that he is an exceeding
ly small specimen of human nature, and
a disgrace to the great name he bears.
Iit:l uo Ivn/k fui m bLw U/tio
upon which this gentleman has sold
Washington’s Home to the Ladies’
Mount Vernon Association. The price
of £‘200,000 is to be paid in the follow
ing manner:
♦IS.OOO 00 cash paid to Mr. John A. Washington.
57,000 00 to be paid on Ist January, 1859.
4l,<F'6 60to be paid on3-2d February, 1260.
41,066 66 to be paid on 2-Sd February, 1861.
41.666 60 to be paid on 22d February, 1862.
9UUOOO 00
The deferred payments are to carry
interest from date, and ‘possession and ti
tie to remain with Mr. Washington till
paid in full, with the proviso of obtain
ing possession at any time, by thirty
days’ notice, when the Association is
prepared, and does pay the entire amount
of purchase money. The £IB,OOO has
been paid to Mr. Washington, and the
suin now in the treasury of the Associa
tion, contributed by private persons and
public bodies, and gathered from the
lectures of Mr. Everett, are sufficient to
meet the January payment; but, we are
told, the means necessary to meet the
interest on the notes, and the three subse
quent payments, are yet to be raised.
Are not the terms of this contract a
disgrace to the name of Washington ?
Not content with charging for his prop
erty eight or ten times its real worth, he
must needs drive a still harder bargain,
when it comes to a settlement of the
terms of the trade. The simple pay
ment of 200,000 for a piece of property,
the intrinsic value of which is les9 than
$20,000, does not satisfy his greedy na
ture, but he retains possession, rent free,
until the last dollar is paid, and in the
meantime, collects from the purchasers
between $25,000 and $30,000 interest.
In other words, Mr. John A. Washing
ton has the free use of Mount Vernon
until the 22d of February, 1802, a pe
riod of four years, with the power to
sell ofF all the timber he can possibly
dispose of, up to that time, to Yankee
walking-stick and snuff-box manufactur
ers, he receiving for this privilege a clea r
bonus of $25,000. To make the case
clear, we will give the figures:
Original amount of purchase money #IOO,OOO
Interest after Ist payment, 9 months 8,190
“ “ 2d “ 1 y*r Irn 8.589 50
“ “ Sd “ 1 year 6,000
“ “ <ll “ | year 2,500
Total amount of Interest 24,254 50
This calculation is based on the sup
position that the interest will be paid up
promptly at the time of making each
payment on the principal. If it is not,
the interest will amount to a considera
bly greater sum, as may be seen from
the following figures:
Original amount #200.060 00
Deduct first payment 16,000 00
” 182,000 00
Interest to Ist January, 1859,9 months.... 8,190 00
190.190 <lO
Deduet second payment 67,000 00
133.190 00
Int. to Feb. 22, D60,1 y’r, Im. 21 days.... 9,143 51
142.318 51
Deduct third payment 41,680 67
100.616 84
Interest to Feb. 23, ‘61,1 year 6,038 84
106.685 66
Deduct fourth payment 41,666 66
65,019 CO
Interest to Feb. 22, ’62,1 year 3 901 14
68,9-20 14
‘ Deduct last payment 41 666 67
*27,263 00
We are surprised that any one pre
tending to the least regard for his repu
tation, should undertake a defence of this
miserable Virginia Shylock —a man who
■pwulaw* on On ton* of hi# m#U>r,
and unblushingly swindles the nation in
doing so. The best thing he can do is
to apply to the legislature of Virginia
and have his name changed. There will
certainly be no danger of a failure be
cause of a want of signatures to his pe
tition, if he will get up one. We’ll
warrant him a greater number of names
than there are contributors to the Mount
Vernon purchase. Change your name,
Mister Washington.
[San. News, July 30.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, AUG. 6, 1858
By Telegraph.
The Niagara, with Atlantic Cable, arrived at
Trinity Bay on the 4th inst. Perfect commu -
nication throughout.
To Correspondent*.
Anonymous Communications are inad
missible under our rule.
To various applicants. We have not
time nor inclination to answer the many letters
which we receive, from printers, enquiring for
situations, especially when we are subjected to
a tax of postage, in so doing.
A correspondent who asks us to notice
the fact that several of our citizens have lately
become remarkably distinguished abroad, who
were only common people at home, must ex
cuse us, for the reason, that we see no great
harm in allowing the parties named to ventil
ate themselves, after this fashion, if their vanity
or ambitien is thereby gratified.
tf* “Taylor” will find in to-day’s paper,
some Information as to the “ Southern League”
recented started in Alabama. From the Con
stitution published, together with the explana
tion given by Mr. Yancey, as to the object of
these Leaguers, we are inclined to look with fa
vor on the movement. The Constitution of
“ United Southerners” denies the charge of dis.-
union. It also disclaims the intention of form
ing anew party, in opposition to those exist
ing. The object then being to make the Con
stitution the fundamental law ot all parties, and
to create a stronger and healthier tone of pub
lic sentiment in its favor, we see no objection
that any Southerner can make -to the organiza
tion proposed, whatever doubt we may have of
of its feasibility or expediency.
Cotton Bolls. —We have been shown
two full grown open bolls of Cotton, from the
plantation of Mr. C. M. Lucas, of Crawford co.
The crop of Mr. L. is maturing rapidly under
the present heated term.
Dr. Nisbet. —At the late Commencement
of Mercer University, the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws was conferred upon the Hon.
Eugeni us A. Nisbet, of this city. The Faculty
and Trustees could not have selected a man
more worthy of the compliment.
A Word to EnqHirers. —ln answer
to very numerous enquiries, made of us, for a
few days past, what opportunity is now afford
ed, in Macon, for the investigation of the Spir
itual Philosophy, wo are authorized to say, that,
at present, there is no opportunity, but, after
the lapse of a week or two, arrangements will
be made by which honest seekers after truth can
have personal interviews with the mediums, and
as full and free an investigation of the subject
as they may desire. We cannot, however, lend
our aid, directly or indirectly, to afford such
Interv iows to those who have already “V
their minds that Spiritualism Is a ‘Turnbug” or
delusion, or who intrude themselves upon the
Circle, witli an intention to ridicule the phe
nomena or impugn the integrity of the medi
ums. To gratify a reasonable curiosity, every
facility will be afforded, but.it cannot be expect
ed that any countenance will be shown to those
who are determined to disbelieve, and who, to
an unreasonable scepticism, add the meanness
of ascribing mercenary or other improper mo
tives to those who are trying, without lee or
reward, to enlighten their ignorance.
KeliKioii and Rascality.— -One
Geo. P. Edgar, of New York, Publisher of a
new revival paper, called the “ Way of Life,”
and leading member of the “Young Men’s
Christian Association” of that city, has been ar
rested on a charge of swindling or getting goods
under false representations of his solvency. He
is the same chap that swindled the P. Office
Department, by enclosing business circulars to
the press, inside of copies of his “ Way of Life.”
Citizens’ Meeting, Columbus.—
A public meeting was beld in Columbus on the
28lh July, to consider what course should be
pursued, in relation to raising money, to pay off
the interest accruing on the bonds issued by
the city to the Mobile and Girard and the Ope
lika branch of the Montgomery and Wost Point
Rail Roads, the Supreme Court, at its last ses
sion, having decided that the city had no au
thority for levying a tax upon its citizens for
that purpose. Mayor Wilkins was called to
the Chair, and R. E. Dixon, Esq., was request
ed to act as Secretary. After several speeches
by prominent gentlemen, the following Resolu
tions offered by Hon. James Johnson, were
passed with but two dissenting voices:
“ Resolved, That ia the opinion of this meet
ing the bonds issued by the city to the Mobile
and Girard Rail Road were negotiated in good
faith and purchased for a valuable consideration
and that their prompt payment is required by
every consideration of morality and justice.
Resolved further , That for the purpose of pro
viding means of such payment, our Senator and
Representatives in the Legislature bo requested
to urge, at the next session of the Assembly,
the passage of a law conferring authority on
the City Council to levy a tax sufficient in a
mount to meet such liabilities.”
This puts an extinguisher upon the idea of
repudiation, on the part of the good citizens of
Columbus, as we were sure would be the case
when we first heard of the decision of the
Court.
Medical C atalogue. —We have re
ceived the Annnouncement and Catalogue
of the Penn. Medical University of Phila
delphia, for 1858, 1859—for Males and Fe
males, from which we learn that over 20 la
dies have recently graduated at this Institu
tion and have gone out to practice their
Profession. There were also about 20 male
Graduates at the last session. The Lectures
are given to each sex, separately, during the
same course. This is certainly an interesting
feature of the age—that of educating women
scientifically, for the Medical profession—and
ought, we think, to meet a great want of
the community. We presume the Lady
Doctors will attend, exclusively, to the ail
ments of women and children, and we see
no reason why the area of female usefulness
may not profitably be enlarged, by the pro
cess instituted by the Penn. University.—
Success we say, to the Women Doctors,
professionally qualified for the duties of their
calling.
Removal. —Charles H. Baird, Draper
and Taylor, has removed from his late rath
er obscure situation, on Thrid street, up in
to the center of civilization, at the Corner of
2d and Cherry street®, even “under the drip
pings of the Sanctuary” of the Telegraph! —
Having now a most eligible location and el
egant quarters, and having a Steam engine
close in hia rear, Charley is “bound to go
afeaad, w# caleuUu f
A Test of Spiritual Intercourse.
While in New York, a week or two since, the
Editor of this paper embraced the opportunity
afforded him by the politeness of Charles Par
tridge, Esq., Editor of the Spiritual Telegraph,
of that city, to visit several Test Mediums, in
order to ascertain whether he could obtain such
manifestations of the Spiritual Phenomena as
would amount to a personal couviction'and in
disputable demonstration to his own mind of
their truth. He had witnessed sufficient mani
festations at home to satisfy him as to the gen
eral truth of spirit intercourse, but had never
received such evidences of identity of person in
those communicating, as he desired, to thorough
ly remove liis rather obstinate scepticism on this
subject. Accordingly he set apart a few hours
to the investigation, and will briefly state the
result, using the first personal pronoun for great
er convenience, instead of the third or the Edi
torial “ we.”
I entered the office of the medium, without
any acquaintance or introduction, an utter
stranger to him, and almost immediately was
put into communication with my father and el
der brother—also with a friend who departed
this life in Macon, a year or two since, and
about whom I was not thinking when he sent
me a message. Os course, there could have
been no influence of mind operating to produce
such a result. The communications received
were such as to prove unmistakably the fact of
spirit intercourse.
On a subsequent day, I visited another medi
um, who is a lady, and made my entrance in
the same manner, a perfect stranger and with
out any introduction. She is what is called a
rapping and writing medium—using the alpha
bet and writing down the letters signified by
three raps, as they were successively called over
from A. to Z.
In this way I obtained a communication of
some length from my parents, also the follow
ing decisive test:
First, I felt the pressure of a hand upon my
knee, as distinctly as it was possible for such a
pressure to be felt. This was unexpected, and
not understood until it was written out, that it
was intended to give me a sense of Spir it Fbrm.
I then called for the names of my mother and
sister which were immediately rapped out, cor
rectly. I then called for my own name in full,
and the medium went through the Alphabet
twice without her getting any audible response.
At this she expressed surprise, when I stated
that perhaps I had received the raps on my knee
having felt something like the pressure of a fin
ger three times on my knee, while the medium
was calling out the Alphabet. She then pro
ceeded, and I was enabled by the raps on my
knee to designate the letter intended. But I
could not get the name I expected, to wit:
Lewis, but my third name, Wilson, was spelled
out. It then occurred to me that this was the
name by which my mother always called me,
from my youth to manhood. I never knew her
to call me Lewis. My first name was then call
ed for and given, when I asked for the second.
At this there was some hesitation, when I re
quested my mother to ask my Father to recol
lect the name of his friend after whom I was
called, at the Baptismal font, when the word
FeUau was spelled out. I then remarked that
there was one letter wanting in the name as I
was taught to spell it, when the letter x was
immediately added, completing the name by
which my father used to call me, in my boy
hood —Feltaux being short for Feuilleteau,
which is the real name.
I subsequently received a communication
from a brother, quite as conclusive to my mind,
from the nature of the details, that I had been
blessed with the privilege of Spiritual commu
nion, fuce to face, though invisible to my mortal
sight, with my departed relatives and friends.
And this, too, without any hallucination or ex
citement whatever, and without anv chance of
option, ownuse it was absolutely impossible
for the medium to have known any thing in re
ference to my relatives, who lived hundreds of
miles distant from New York, and who left the
earth form 10 to 25 years ago I
The following is a specimen of the communi
cations purporting to come from the Spirit of my
Father:
“ You ask for a test that you may know that
we are present. What can we give ? I know
of nothing that I can say, further, than that I
am hero with you, not the old man I once was,
but a youthful, happy, progressive spirit.”
“ You shall see positive evidence of spiritual
intercourse between the two worlds. You will
have manifestations at home, and you will re
joice to know more of the life beyond your life.
Your mother lingers near you and your must not
neglect her. Your should speak to her. [This
was done and the manifestations immediately be
came tenderly affectionate and joyful.]
“ I have put my hand on your knee to bless
you with the sense of spirit form. lam very
happy, and we are all united in one sphere and
family. I have much to say to you when you
get along a little further. I live in all the dif
ferent spheres, and it is my delight to manifest
to you in this way. You must not neglect to
get a few points in this Philosophy which I find
1 can give you here—to wit: that echoes are
made independent of the medium, and that we
(the spirits) have forms corresponding to the
natural form. Think on your spirit friends when
sorrows assail you, and know that we are ever
ready to give you our forces to sustain you
when all else shall fail you. Then you shall draw
nearer to the home of your ancestors in heav
en, where the weary rest evermore.
Your Father,
JOHN ANDRKWS.
I have not space to give further details of the
manifestations obtained, but they were such as
were amply sufficient to satisfy my reason and
convince my judgment of their truth and deep sig
nificance. My lingering scepticism was scatter
ed to the winds, and I was brought humbly to
acknowledge my implicit faith in the new
and mysterious philosophy designated Spiritu
alism.
On my return home, I found that the promise
made to me, prior to my departure for New
York, that my progress and health would be
reported to the home circle, by an attendant
ministering spirit, was strictly complied with.
I had two or three spirit telegraphic messages
from home, and my friends, at home, were kept
informed of my whereabouts and condition, du
ring my absence, by the same mysterious mode
of communication ! All this I verily believe,
and of its reality I am fully persuaded, and am
free se to declare, albeit, I know that by so do
ing, I subject myself to the charge of self-delu-;
sion or the suspicion of mental derangement, on
the part of those whose bigotry and ignorance
over-ride their knowledge and charity. None
of these things, however, move me. I know
that my perceptive and reasoning faculties have
not been impaired by these investigations, but
on the contrary, they have been quickened and
invigorated to a more elevated comprehension
of spiritual things. Moreover, my experience
has been benificent, serene and joyful, and I
have no doubt, such is the legitimate effect of
the reception of the same degree of spiritual
truth, in every candid and honest mind. Still
I have no disposition to obtrude these opinions
and views upon others. I would have every
one “ persuaded in his own mind.” Even what
I have here recorded is to be considered as giv
en in deference to the wishes of friends rather
than in a proselyting spirit. L. F. W. A.
Piscatory. —The “Old Ming Hall Club”
of Augusta are to have a “Grand Haul” at
“Big Cypress,” to-morrow, to which the Ed
itors of Macon and other cities are invited.
VVe would enjoy that sort entertainment,
hugely—did we not belong to the “cant get
away club” of this ilk.
A Woman Licensed to Pueach.— At the re
cent annual Session of the Ontario Association
of Universalists, Mrs. Lydia A. Jenkins receiv
ed a letter of fellowship as a preacher of tho
gospel. Her husband is also a minister. This
is supposed to be the first female who ever re
ceived a letter of fellowship from any eodesiaa
tieal body/
Improvement*.— Mr. H. Horn is now
putting up a fine two story building, for busi
ness purposes, on Cherry St., uext to Asher
Ayer’s Corner.
Messrs. Freeman & Roberts are digging out
the cellars, for a couple of store houses on the
same street, but higher up, and just below the
office of our neighbor of the “ Telegraph.”—
These buildings will be ready for occupancy, on
the Ist of October.
There are also other evidences of a revival of
business and the coming of the “ good time,”
which we have not space, now to notice. All
look forward, hopefully, that with the abundant
crop which is every where promised,—the en
suing season, in Macon, will be one of unpar
alleled prosperity.
Favor* to the Editor.— We have
again to acknowledge our obligations for kind
tokens from several friends.
T. W. Sharman, of Vineville, sent us a large
basket of delicious peaches of the Crawford va
rities—crowned with specimens of the white
and blue plum and the luscious grape. Mr.
Sol. Johnston and Mr. Tinley, of Bibb, have al
so favored us in like manner. Mr. Tinley’s
specimens were larger than any we have seen
this year, their extra size being owing, he says,
to the fact, that he thinned out the superabun
dant crop, immediately after the last spring
frost, more than one half. This hint may be
useful to other horticulturists, when the pros
pect is good for an unusual quantity of fruit.
The Horror* of Spiritnali*m.
One Ariel Martin lately shot and killed
two citizens of Calais, Maine, without provoca
tion. He is said to have committed the deed
while under the influence of his mother, who is
a /SJpjWfualist I
A man, in Cincinnati, named Wm. Ral
ly, was arrested on the 26th July, on the charge
of attempting to starve his own child, by a for
mer wife, to death. The child’s step-mother
was, of course, a Spiritualist.
Thomas Peterson, a married man, of
Truro, Mass., lately eloped from that place to
Boston, bound for California, with a young girl
18 years of age, named Miss Huldah Atwood.
Peterson left a wife and four children! All
owing to coming under the inspiriting influence
of a hooped circle!
Albert G. Eldridge, of Toledo, commited
suicide by jumping overboard, from the screw
steamer Northern Light, because of the longing
of his spirit after a pretty young lady, who, he
supposed, had slighted him !
On the 14th ult., Wesley Fisher, residing
in Ottawa, Lassalle county, Illinois, shot his
wife dead at her mother’s house in that town.
He then made an attempt to escape, and jump
ed into a canal, but was dragged out and put in
jail. This is another clear case of spirit influ
ence.
Emma Evans, a girl fourteen years of
age, died suddenly in New York, on Sunday
evening, from fright. It appears that on the
evening named, deceased went with her father
and others to a saloon to get supper, aud on re
turning to Mr. Martin’s house she went in the
basement way, followed by her father. As she
entered the hall the'servant girl called out ‘halls,’
or something that sounded like that word, and
Miss Evans became suddenly frightened and
fell to the flagging. Every effort was immedi
ately made to restore her, but she continued in
a swoon and died in a few minutes.”
Miss Evans saw a ghost or spirit, and was so
frightened as to burst a 1 flood vessel and bleed
to death.
Such terrible cases are recorded for the bene
fit of all “weak brothers and sisters,’’ and of all
old granny ‘Fossils’who believe in,and have more
awe of the Devil than they have faith in the
Almighty. The country is surely to be ruina
ted by this awful “Demonology,” called Spirit
ualism, unless a stop is soon put to me ucumvi.
Howard of Geiiiu*.
The recently published life of George Steven
son, the great Railroad Progenitor of England,
gives the following interesting incident of the
alleged origin of this now common power:
de Caus, who was shut up for his
supposed madness in the Bicetre at Paris,
seems to have been the first to conceive thq
idea of employing steam for moving carriages
on land, as well as ships at sea. Marion de
Lormo, in a letter to the Marquis de Cinq Mars,
dated Paris, February, 1641, thus describes a
visit paid to the celebrated madhouse, in the
company of an English Marquis of Worcester:
“ We were crossing the court, I, more dead
than alive with fright, kept close to. my com
panion’s side, when a frightful face appeared
behind some immense bars, and a hoarse voice
exclaimed:
“I am not mad I lam not mad ! I have
made a discovery that would enrich the coun
try that adopted it.”
“ What has he discovered ?” asked our
guide.
“Oh I” said the keeper, shrugging his shoul
ders, “ something trifling enough ; you would
never guess it; it’s the use of steam of boiling
water.” I began to laugh. “This man,” con
tinued the keeper, “ is named Solomon de Caus;
he came from Normandy, four years ago, to
present to the King a statement of the wonderful
effects that might be produced from his inven
tion. To listen to him you would imagine
that with steam you could navigate ships, move
carriages; in fact there is no end to miracles
which, he insists upon it, could be performed.
The Cardinal sent the madman away without
listening to him. Solomon de Caus, far from
being discouraged, followed the Cardinal, where
ver he went, with the most determined perse
verance, who, tired of finding him forever in his
path, and annoyed at his folly, shut him in the
Bicetre.”
We find the above in one of our recent ex
change papers, and appropriate it, as an apt and
apropos illustration of the proneness of the hu
man mind to denounce as “ humbug” and im
posture, that which is incomprehensible and
mysterious. Solomon de Caus was called mad
for announcing the discovery of steam as a mo
tive power, and was incarcerated in a mad
house for what was deemed his folly. So of
Modern Spiritualists. They are called crazy ,
because they give their assent to truths which
are confirmed by the most unquestionable evi
dence, simply because dull and prejudiced per
sons cannot understand the philosophy of the
matter. Nevertheless, Solomon de Caus was
right and the world now gives credit to his
great genius. The Apostle Paul, too, was call
ed a crazy man in his day, for preaching spirit
uality and immortality—but still he was right
in his far-reaching conceptions of'the after life.
Who then does not see that the world is under
more obligations to crazy men than it will ever
be able to pay I
Happy Home and Parlor
Magazine. --The August No. of this Bos
ton Monthly has reached our table. It is
always a welcome visitor to our family cir
cle, abounding as it does with chaste and
moral reading.
For the Georgia Citizen.
Not l r nder*itood.
Mr. Editor : —I would most respectfully in
form a “Delegate to the Montgomery Conven
tion,” that it was not my intention to divert the
attention of the public from the great subject
now under discussion, to wit: the constitution
ality of the law that makes the external trade
of slavery murder and robbery. He misappre
hends me entirely when he thinks and says I
wish to make false issues. It his authority,
bearing upon the subject matter in dispute, is
unsound, it is his fault and no misfortune. My
object was not only to fasten, but to ri\et the
attention of the people of the South upon the
proposition and argumentations of a ‘Delegate to
the Montgomery Convention”—l wished to call
the attention of the people to the fact that
Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Curtis believed slavery a
moral, social and political evil, and so believ- |
ing, they were unfit and ought not to be cited
as authority, touching the rights of the people
of the South upon the external trade of slave
ry, BBftftlKK, i
Manual of Agriculture, or the ‘
Farm.— A beautiful and useful produc- I
tion from the press of Fowler A Wells, New
York. Price in paper covers, 30 cents in |
muslin 50 cts. This is an indispensable
Manual to the young farmer, worth ten
times the price asked for it.
Arrival in Savanna li.
Col. F. S. Blount, wife and daughter, whose
names have been lately much mixed up, in
the inew York papers, in connection with .
that oi Capt. Deßiviere, or the French Zou -
a\e, arrived in Savannah, per steamer Ala
bama, on Tuesday, and took lodgings at the
l ulaski. It was rumored that Riviere was
a passenger on Ixnrd the Huntsville, expect
ed to arrive the same day. Col. B„ was cm
route to his home in Mobile.
P. S. Riviere did arrive on Wednesday,
and was immediately arrested at the instance
of Col. Blount
—
The Aequi*itioii of Cuba.
The Richmond Sndh regards the present mo
ment as peculiarly favorable for the acquisition
of Cuba by our government The motive of
pecuniary profit which has hitherto persuaded
Spain to repel every overture for the cession of
Cuba, will be very much impaired by the abo
lition of the Slave-Trade, upon which the great
Powers are are evidently intent. At the same
lime that she thus loses her interest in the re
tention of the Island, she lias forfeited the sup
port which enabled her to resist the urgent so
licitations of the United States Government.—
It was the alliance of France and England and
the assurance of their succor, that sustained
Spain in her obstinate defiance of our threats
and entreaties. But that alliance is plainly
broken up, and that succor will no longer avail
to thwart the imperious necessities of American
expansion. In consequence of peculiar dynas
tic relations, France might still persist in the
guaranty of the Spanish dominions, though
hardly to the point of war with the United
States. Great Britian, on the contrary has en.
tirely renounced its obligations of protection to
Cuba, and would now rather assist in wresting
the Island from the grasp of its former ally.—
Upon this point the language es the London
Times is significant of a complete change in the
feeling and policy of the British Government:
“ The time has arrived when we are called
upon to review our policy in this matter. We
will not follow the example of the idle brag
garts at Madrid, and prattle about visionary in
vasions. Why, even if we had the will, should
we be at the trouble of applying direct pressure
to Spain ? This much is clear—that if Lord
Malmesbury were this day to give Mr. Dallas
the faintest hint that England would stand neu
tral in the matter, Cuba, in three months’ time
would be a State of the North American Union]
Let us look this question in the face. What in
terest has England in the integrity of the colo
nial dominions of Spain ? What is it to us if
Cuba be to morrow an American in place of a
Span ish possession t Our only interest in the
question for a long time past has been a moral,
not a material one. Nay, our material interests
have been in direct opposition to that line of
policy which we have pursued on the grounds
of humanity. Cuba, in the hands of American
citizens, would be a much more productive mar
ket than at present. Our manufacturers and
m erchants could buy and sell more with Amer
ican than wit h Spanish Cuba. If it is to remain
a slave importing country we had as lief, nay,
rather that it should pass into American hands.
Patience and forbearance have been tired out,
aDd the time has fairly arrived when we may
consider if we should not be playing our own
game more wisely by standing still while the
Cabinet at Washington carried our the long
cherished designs of the American people upon
the island of Cuba.”
vr mu is spam to us that we should inter
fere further to protect her colonial possessions ?
The only arguments which we are disposed to
consider, after the treatment we have met with
from successive Cabinets at Madrid, are those
which apply to our own interests and well-be
ing. Looking at the question from this point
of view, two arguments might be urged, but
there is probably no great weight in either. It
might be said, in the first place, that it would
be short-sighted policy in us to stimulate the
progress of the United States in wealth and
power, for the time may come when they may
prove formidable antagonists to ourselves.—
This is but a paltry policy after all; for whatev
er we may do, the vast Confederation on the
other side of the Atlantic will go on increasing
in strength and extent of dominion. We do
not look grudgingly on this progress; on the
contrary, it is the best thing that can be wished
tor this country that the States should be a pros
perous and a growing power. If the statesmen
who guide the destinies of the Confederation
have but the forbearance to abstain from vio
lating public law and the canons of public mo
rality, God speed their work! But to us, in
any case, what can it signify whether they con
quer a province from the Desert, or from the
Gulf of Mexico ? As long as we retain our
naval power they will not interfere with us;
and, that once gone, the presence or absence of
Cuba in the scale would signify but little indeed.
It might be said, in the second place, that it
would be unwise for us to stand still, as lookers
on, while Spain was weakened by the loss of
her colonial possessions from considerations of
European policy. The Pyrenees are not higher
than they were in the days of Louis XIY and
Napoleon Bonaparte, Here, again, the argu
ment does not appear to have any considerable
weight. Spain derives substantial strength from
her colonies, which would help her to resist an
invader: and if she did what is that to us ? We
know the sacrifices we made for the preserva
tion of the Spanish Monarchy in the first years
of the present century, and was has been our
reward? What advantage, to the extent of
one shilling, or the faintest element of power,
have we derived from the Spanish alliance ?
We can point to a long list of unsatisfied claims
of unpaid debt, of obligations disregarded, and
of violated faith; but of help when we needed
help, or of common gratitude for services of the
most vital importance, there has not been one
tittle. Let us at length consider this question
on its own merits. Is it possible that, with re
ference to English views and feelings, Cuba
could he in worse hands than it is at present t
Assuredly, remarks the editor of the South
these are weighty words, uttered, as they are,
with all the authority of the journal which most
faithfully represents the passions of the British
people and the policy of the British empire.—
They announce the removal of the chief obsta
cle in the path of American ambition. They
proclaim the withdrawal of British protection
from the Spanish possessions in the West In
dies, and declare that so far as England is con
cerned the United States may proceed to con
summate their long cherished policy. In a word
the American Government is assured that now
is the time for the acquisition of Cuba.
So extraordinary a signal will hardly escape
the vigilance of the Administration. Mr. Bu
chanan will seize the inviting opportunity; and
though there be nothing in the present rumor
from Washington, the country will soon be ex
ultant with the prospect of attaining the object
of its most ardent aspiration.— Sav. News.
Cincinnati, July 30. Ohio Politics.. —The
Democratic State Convention of Ohio met at
Columbus yesterday, and nominated Mr. Thom
as W. Bartley, Supreme Judge; Mr. Jessie
Durbin Ward, Attorney General; Mr. S. W.
Gibson, Comptroller; and Mr. R. H. Hendrick
son, Member of the Board of Public Works.
Hon. John Sherman has been unanimously
nominated to Congress by the Republicans of
the Thirteenth District of this State.
Indiana Politics.— The Democratic Conven
tion of tho Sixth Congressional District of lodi
tm, t*r
Capl. Uyndcr, and Ihc
After receiving news of his brother^. **’
cal dissolution in California, Capt R Pby *’
company with Col. Hall, paid a v Jt tT’ *
Conklin’s room, for the purpose of ,Jj * r
communication from his brother’s spirit ‘ ‘
Many questions were asked by the i
and were satisfactorily answered. Fi n „n PUit
od the Captain: a
“Where is your body now?”
“In this city 1” was the reply.
. ‘That’s a damned lie!” rejoined the Ca
with emphasis; but the spirit insisted T'’
truthfulness. On their way from t),
the Captain says to the Colonel: *
“It beats the Devil that such an
should be given to that question. All the **
were answered right but that one. Ph a **'’
all a damned humbug 1”
Thus the matter ended. But the next
as the Captain was walking down Broad*
he was accosted with—“ Captain, why don t -
go down to the vessel and get your broil
body?”
“Why, it hasn't arrived—has it?”
“Yes,” was the reply, “it has been wait,,
for you these two days!”
Sure enough, the vessel had arrived with t
body much in advance of the time it was exp,. •
ed. and the Capt. had to acknowledge the truth
fulness of an intelligence in opjiosition to >,
own positive convictions at the time of recc
ing the communication. —The Principle.
Wheel of Fortche. —We see by our ej
changes that a gentleman in Philadelphia
secured the capital prize of $65,000 in Sam.
uel Sivan A Co’s lottery, drawn at August!
Georgia, on Saturday last, and thus realiz!
a large fortune at the risk of ten
W e havecome to the conclusion that “Punch
was wrong, and our suggestive friendof tin
u Marion (Miss.) Republican ” is right in jj*.
ing that the “Wheel of Fortune” is in t[
possession of Samuel Swan & Cos, of August
Georgia, who by constantly putting outpil*
of “rocks” in the shape of large prizes to
their customers proved most conclusively that
they are in possession of the “genuine
wheel.
Solicitor General's Ap
pointment.
The Rev. Mr. Hanks, of Dalton, ha? bee:
favored with the appointment by the Elec
tive to fill the vacancy occasioned by th
death of James C. Longstreet, Esq,
have no acquaintance with the appoint*
but presume he is well qualified for the p.
sition assigned him, as we learn that he his
been in the practice of law for fifteen
twenty years, and has a good standing wit:
the bar in this Circuit He will hold the
office, however, under the appointment bat
a brief season, as his claims, together wifi
others must he submitted to the legal voter?
of the Circuit for preferment on the Is
Monday in January next.
This appointment, though for all we kno*
a good and prudent one, when contempla:
from the stand point that we occupy, an
coupled with the past policy of the admin
istration in the distribution of the loaves sr
fishes incident to his office as Governor i
the State—and further, when evidencing*
it does to us the sagacity of the opposit
who charged upon Gov. Brown, before tb
election, as being an uncompromising sect;
an, and if elected, would control the adm
tages conferred on him to the emolume:
and preferment of these belonging to his pe
culiar sect and denomination compelsusasi
public journalist, to protest against such i
policy, and denounce it as wrong, illiberal
and beneath the exalted position of the cbie:
magistrate of the Empire State of tie
South.
The alandcr (as then denounced by him
self and friends) was satisfactorily explaint-:
away and we entered heartily in his supper
believing he would not be thus influence:
but was of that liberal and expar"’'” ”
that was willing to concede to <
privilege (assumed to himself) ol
ing God “as to them seemeth bes
any to molest or make them afrt
the evidence as we have it, and as
ing developed in almost every apj
forces the conviction on our mind
charges made by the opposition v
and that the patronage and prefei
Government during the term of hi
istration are secured to those of his
faith—to the relatives and particula
of himself and the Superintender.
Western A Atlantic Railroad, and
rants to office in Cherokee coun
have no war to make upon the de
tion of which he is but an humble
(for we would as readily condom n
nounce such a policy if pursued by a
utive from any other branch of the C
church.) Nor do we believe the
minded and candid members of his o
suasion will endorse more than we c
will ever claim for themselves and a
ses of their countrymen the heave
privilege or worshipping God as they
and hold him who dare attempt the
duction of such a fire brand into the
of our State to a rigid accountability.
The policy pursued by the adminii
in distributing the offices on the Wes
Atlantic Railroad has nearly robbed it of in
individuality, as in this section of our Sti#
it is even now as well or better known t 1
the Cherokee Baptist Railroad. Titf*
things we resolve to pass unnoticed chi'-
ging them rather to the bitter oppos- •
manifesting itself on the entire line of tb
Railroad—but when on the day succeed*’
the death of our worthy Solicitor we hears
the remark sneeringly made on severaloccr
siens by the opposition, that if there was l
“Baptist preacher lawyer”on the circuit,*
would get the appointment, and so *> ;:
thereafter (on Tuesday following) learn ttf
truth of the predictions, we thought it ti®
at least to surrender our prejudices in bis >
vor. and declare our opposition to the
policy being pursued.
Our just condemnation of the hot haste J
which the appointment was made (then
not having been more than forty-eight bo*
between the interment and the appointing
is due the memory of our worthy and
pected friend and the interesting family l *
he has left behind him. Ordinary court*-,
to the deceased would have suggested sp®’
ponement of the appointment, and espe a
so as there was no passing necessity f° r ”
short of one month. We have no do*-
that the Governor can reconcile these tbjop
to himself but we must claim the p^* 1 -
of questioning the policy pursued until o*
mind is disabused of the impressions ■-
made.
We trust our position will not be m' sa
derstood : we do not condemn Gov.
administration in toto —but we do
nestly protest against this dragging re £
into politics. We are rejoiced as s
any one to know that under his manage®”
the State road is beginning to be F 8 - “
institution —but we do not see the nece j
or propriety of appointing member y
particular branch of the Christian
office, to the exclusion of others.— f - 11 ’
Standard.
Ayre's Cherry Pectoral is a m° st ® KCt fj Te
remedy for Coughs and Colds. ”°
had occasion 10 try its virtue repeate
ring the w inter just closed, and alwa) 5 *
its use attended with beneficial res*
Those who are afflicted in this way, f
well to try it It can be had at ‘
of the Drug Stores. —Bollidaysburg tW
Fm.