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A Marriage on ail l'. S. Ship of
War—Unmiial Scene.
An extraordinary scene was witnessed on
board the U. S. Sloop of War Saratoga, ly
ing at Vera Cruz, on the 19th ult., being
nothing less than the marriage of Mr. Dew
hurst and Mjss Markoe, both Americans,
who had obtained the permission of Capt.
Turner, to be united on board a national
ship. Invitations were sent to the officers
of all the foreign war vessels in port to at
tend the ceremony, and the officers and crew
set to work, fitting up the Saratoga for so
unusual a ceremony. A letter describing it
says:
“ The quarter-deck, by the aid of awnings
and Hags, was formed into a pavillion, from
the mammast aft to the taffrail. The flags
of the different nations to be present were
entertwmed with each other in the most
conspicuous places forward and aft. The
mainmast, the mizenmast and the capstan
were wrapt in a Joseph’s coat of brilliant
variegated colors; the sides were curtained
by flags, gracefully dra;>o l, and festooned to
the deck, whilst the polished surfaces of six
sixty-eight shell guns protruded their heavy
breeches some few feet upon the decic. re
flecting almost like a mirror the corruscation
of arms and tinsels of uniforms and burnish
ed blades which are paraded on the quarter
deck of a ship-of-war.
An arras ceiling, made of different en
signs and flags, was fitted to the under sur
face of the awnings above, somewhat arab
e-que in its effect, so that above, forward
and aft, and on either side, it was one display
of pennons of brilliant colors, softened, yet
heightened, by the rays of the sun which de
scended upon it, and which gave to the
whole a mellow twilight shade, most becom
ing to the picture at large, and not unlike
the effect produced by looking through, stain
ed glass.
The cabin on the same level with the spar
deck, its doors thrown open, and prettily car
peted, looked as though it were but the con
tinuation of the quarter deck, or rather the
dais of the lordly pavillion of some distin
guished oriental. It was difficult to con
ceive that you were placed and moving
amidst the grim batteries of the ship-of-war.
The decks were spotless and almost as white
as marble, contrasting strangely and strik
ingly with the rows of black polished can
non balls arcund the hatches, which, like
the cannon planted on both sides, threw off
their radiations of bright reflected colors.—
On the starboard side of the poop deck was
placed a large chair of reception. A table
upon which were tastefully displayed the
wedding cakes and wine, occupied the other
side of the poop, whilst below in the ward
room a feast had been prepared to entertain
this large company, and a collation in the
cabin for the bridal party especially. I give
you this most imperfect sketch of the space
as it appeared prepared and dressed off tor
the bridal service.
The hour fixed was four precisely. The
boat had been dispatched for the bridal par
ty, and was in sight on its return as it ap
proached the ship. Our officers assembled
on deck to receive the bride, and as she
came over the side, American ensigns were
flown from the fore and mainmasts, and a
large white flag, emblematic of the occasion,
from the mizen.
She appeared dressed in white, with the
utmost simplicity, accompanied by her fath
er, the bridegroom, several friends, and two
sisters, a wreath of white flowers encircling
her head, without a jewel of any descrip
tion except bracelets. She looked rather
a pretty woman, but more remarkable for her
gentle, lady-like, high-bred air, of slight
tigure, with a very graceful carriage, snd
most pleasing, winning manners. They’
were invited to the cabin, and retired at once
to the adjoining staterooms. The offices of
the chaplain of the English frigate Tartar j
had been secured for the occasion, and Capt. j
Dunlop (commanding) had kindly volunteer
ed his band of mnsic.
At half-past three the boats of ihe whole
fleet—English, French, and Spanish—began
to arrive with large parties of officers. As
the commanding officers came over the side
they were received with a full guard, the
band at the same time playine their respec
tive national airs, all the guests being imme
diately conducted to the poop as they passed
over the side, constituting, I should think, a
group of at least fifty officers in full uniform.
Everything being ready, and the hour at
hand, the crew, neatly dressed for the occa
sion, were called to muster; they took up
the entire port side of the quarter deck.—
The Marine guard was drawn up just abaft
the mainmast, entirely across the deck, from
side to side. The loreiga officers were invi- i
ted to descend from the poop to the quarter j
deck, and the Captain repaired to the cabin i
to announce to the bride and the groom that
their presence was only necessary to proceed
with the ceremony. A wide passage was
m- de through the throng of officers to per
mit them to pass, through which they ad
vanced, accompanied only by the Captain,
who had been requested by her father to
give her away. As they reached the open
space allotted to the ceremony, immediately
in front of the company and abaft the ma
rine guard, the guard presented arms, and
remained at present during the entire service,
which was most touchingly and impressive
ly read by the English Chaplain.
As soon as it was over the Captain reques
ted the English commanding officer to escort i
the bride to the chair of reception, and then
turning to the crew he said, “ Now give her
three hearty cheers, my boys;” and such
another shout went up at once from our jolly
tars as made the “ welkin ring again,” and
every one felt that it came from their very
hearts. At the same moment the First
Lieutenant fired a salvo of cannon by divi
sions, and the band played “Ilail Colum
bia.” The crowd of officers again repaired
to the poop to offer their congratulations,
ad then to the festive board, to quaff in
numbers full to the long and happy life of
the groom and bride. The afternoon passed
away in one continued scene of revelry and
merriment, champagne and wine flowing
like water, while the crew spliced the main
brace at the bull (grog tub.) The evident
delight and gratification of every one at the
novelty and beauty of the scene were con
spicuous, and what gratified us most was
the constant remark, “in what beautiful or
der you have the ahip above and below. At
sunset the flags were removed, and the awn
ings furled, and once more we felt ourselves
on the decks of an armed ship. A boat
was mounted to convey the bridal party to
the city about dusk, the crowd of officers
feasting and drinking below, were requested
to reassemble on the poop; the men were
ordered to lay aloft; a brilliant full moon
was shiniDg in the firmament above, and as
the boat shoved off from the ship’s side,
three deafening cheers were given by every
sou! on board, whilst at the same time blue
lights flashed trom the forecastle, gangways
aad poop, enveloping the ship in one brilliant
spectral blaze, which made her look for the
moment a thing “ less of earth than heav
en.” Thus passed this gala day—for a gala
day it was. A large number of officers
staid till late at night, enjoyiDg the festiv
ities of the occasion; forming themselves
into sets, they danced quadrilles on the quar
ter deck, without a petticoat among them,
to the music of the band, whilst forward in
the gangways the happy crew were kick
ing up their heels in jigs, reels ami fandan
goes ot every sort, showing their own par
ticipation in the merry making of a wed
ding on board a national ship.
Solomox’B Temple. —Mr. Williams,
the editor of the l tica Herald, has reach
ed Palestine in the course of his Eastern
w anderings. The following is an extract
from his last letter,describing the “Holy
City”:
“ There was one ‘ Holy Place ’ in Je
rusalem I sought in vain to visit—the
site ot the Temple of Solomon. It is, as
you know, occupied by the principal
Mosque of the city—the Mosque of
Omar. Including the enclosure, it occu
pies the whole south-western portion of
the city, and appears to be one of the
most imposing edifices I have seen in the
East. Hitherto strangers have been per
mitted to visit it by paying a modest
backsheesh of from five to fifteen dollars
eab > but late the vkammedana have
been ‘growing no better fast’ in the tol
eration, and this year have saucily shut
the door of the sacred edifice in the teeth
of the whole squadron of‘Christian dogs.’
I attempted to look into the enclosure,
but a Turkish sentinel offering to make
nie a present of a very rusty musket,
while an old vagabond who stood near
suggestively drew his finger across his
throat, indicating by such suggesture
that in case I should enter I should for
the future be relieved of the bore of car
rying a head upon my shoulders.
“These rascally Mohammedans have
also placed some sacred edifice or other
over the tomb of David, so that no Chris
tian is permitted to see the resting-place
of the great Psalmist. And 1 may here
remark that there is no sadder spectacle
in all this curse-stricken land than that
of Arabs, and, if possible, still more de
graded Turks, lording it over the sacred
city. The* ground once pressed by the
feet of Solomon, and David, and Christ,
now echoes to the tread of Moslem and
Janissary and the drivelling Dervish. —
While the Jew is cowering in an obscure
place, the Moslem struts with the air of
one who treads on thrones ; while the
Christian begs permission to kneel at the
tomb of his Saviour, the Turk disdain
fully proclaims himself monarch of all
he surveys. W hile the 4 Holy Sepul
chre’ is nominally in the hands of the
the Christian, Turkish soldiers keep
guard at the door, and a Turkish Pasha
keeps the key.”
Do Toquoville on C’omieolimt.
In ths February number of Lester’s “De
mocratic Age,” the following capital story is
told. Our “ Connect-de-coot ” friends will
please clip it out and preserve it as an heir
loom:
A considerable number of years ago, hap
pening to be in Paris on the 4th of July,
with many other Americans, we agreed to
celebrate “ the clay,” by a dinner at the Ho
tel Meurice. We had but one guest This
was M. De Toqueville, who had then ren
dered himself famous by his great work on
Democracy in America. During the festiv
ities of the evening, after the cloth had been
removed and speechifying had commenced,
some gentleman alluded, en passant, to the
fact that he was born in Connecticut. “ Con
ned-dc coot,” exclaimed Mons. De. Toque
ville, as he suddenly arose with the enthusi
asm of a Frenchman, “ Yy, Messieurs, I vill
tell you, vid de permission of de presidante
of this festival, von very lect\e story, then I
vill give you von grand sentiment to dat lit
tle State you call Connect-de-coot. Yon
day ven I vas in de gallery in the House of
Representatif, I held von map of the Con
federation in my hand. Dare vaz vone lit
tle yellow spot dat dey call Connect-de-coot.
I found by the Constitution he vaz entitled
six of his boys to represent him on dat floor.
But ven I make de acquaintance person elk
vid de members, I find dat more dan tirty
of de representatif on dat floor vaz born in
Connect-de-coot And den ven I vas in de
gallery of de House of de Senat, I find de
Constitution permit Connect-de-coot to send
two of his boys to represent him in dat leg
islature. But vonce more ven I make de ac
quaintance personri/e of de Senators, I find
dat nine of de Senators vaz born in Con
nect-de-coot So den, gentlemen, I have
made my leetle speech; now I vill give you
my grand sentiment:
“ Conned-de-coot, the leetle yellow spot
dat make de clock peddler, de school-master
and de Senator. De first give you time; de
second tell you vot you do with him, and de
sird make your law and your civilization,”
and then, as he was resuming his seat amidst
roars of laughter, he arose again, and with
that peculiar gesticulation which characteri
zes all Frenchmen in moments of excite
ment, he shook his finger tremulously over
the assembled confreres, and exclaimed at
the top of his voice, “ Ah! gentlemen, dat
leetle yellow State you call Connect-de-coot,
is von very great miracle to me! ”
A Canute Lecture for the Souk
of Malta.
Dr. “Rogers.” of Buffalo, has joined the
Sons of Malta and the B. B. D.’s. His wife
is in the habit of reading curtain lectures.
The one which follows is reported by the Re
public of that city:
Now tell me about the Sons of Malta.—
Won’t you ? Do that's a good dear. What
do you do when yougei in ? Is it the same
as the Masons and Odd Fellows? And
then there are what they call the B. B. D.’s.
You know all about them, too. Well, now,
what don’t you know about? It is just as
1 expected. You know all about every se
cret society in existence, and your poor dear
wife is not allowed to know a single
thing that is going on. Sons of Malta; a
literary and scientific society; learn the art of
painting, statuary and mathematics. The B.
B. D.'s; a relgi’ous society: and none but those
of a strict moral and pious persuasion are ad
mitted! Well, I’m beat now. And you a
member! Now it’s my turn to laugh. The
B. B. D.’s a moral institution! Ha! ha! hal
Look me in the face. Didn’t you come home
the other morning as drunk as bose ?—yes,
drunk—and I asked where you had been at
that hour of the morning, and you said, Oh,
nowhere, you were but taking a little recre
ation with the B. B. D.’s—and that’s
what you call a moral inititution. Wasn't
drunk \ Well, then, the bed was, for you
went around it three or four times before
you got into it; and when you got in, you
held on to the side for fear of being tumbled
out You can’t cheat me, old fellow, I've
seen too much of the world to not know
when a man’s drunk.
Didn't drink anything but fifteen glasses
of Buck beer. In the name of Jupiter Am
mon, what are we coming to ? and a moral
institution at that; only fifteen glasses, you
say ? ‘ What are the strong minded women
about, that they don’t petition the Legisla
ture to have these secret societies abolished ?
And how many glasses do they drink at the
Sous of Malta? Unless conditions are good )
don't drink at aIL Don't allow such things.
Conditions; I’d like to know what conditions
have to do with it ? Cant be a Son of Malta
without conditions. Well, I would like to see
the conditions and see how it looks. I sup
pose it’s a piece of statuary ? Turn over
here; what under heaven are you laughing
at ? Can't help it. I’ll make you help it
You haw, haw, like a wild Jackass; what’s
the matter with you? Chronics and Bheu
matics. What! have you got Chronics and
Rheumatics ? I never would have married
you if I knew that. What do you mean?
Arc you crazy or drunk ? Say, do they
blindfold you when they take you to the
Sons of Malta?—And do they put a cable
tow around your neck, and set you on a hot
gridiron ? Have you any mark on you ?
Can't divulge any secrets. Yes but you can
lie there ard laugh like any other fool.
Noble Words from Beecher.—Hen
ry W ard Beecher gives utterance to the
following, in the “ Independe.it ”:
“If we see men, of a heretical turn,
practising Gospel virtues and churities,
we shall jertaioly encourage and help
them. For men do not derive the right
to do good from the Thirty-nine Arti
cles; nor need they go to the Westmin
stcr Confession for liberty to recover
the intemperate, set free the bond, feed
the hungry, clothe the naked, educate
the ignorant, and give sleigh-rides to
beggars’ children that never before laugh
ed and cuddled in a buffalo-robe! It
seems to us a great deal better business
for a Christian to encourage men in well
doing than to punish them for wrong
thinking ! ”
“ What a pitiful thing it is to see men
who have the chance of saying what they
believe, who do say it two hundred
times a year, who write it, sing it, speak
It, and fight it; who, by all their social
affinities, by all their life-work, by all
positive and most solemn testimonies,
are placed beyond misconception,—al
ways nervous lest they should sit down
with somebody, or touch somebody, and
so lose an immaculate reputation for
soundness! Therefore men peep out
trom their systems as prisoners in jail
peep out of iron-barred windows, but
dare not come out, for fear some sharp
sheriff of the Faith should arrest them!'’
Aii Important Movement.
A letter has been received from Lt. Beale
by his family residing at Chester, dated at
Santa Fe, on the 3d of February last. He
had just returned to that place from Tao?,
where be had been upon a visit of a few days
to his old friend Kit Carson, who returned
with him. On his arrival at Santa Fe, he
found dispatches from his camp, stating that
a delegation of chiefs of the Camanches—the
formidable Indian tribe with which our Gov
ernment is now at war—had come in,express
ly to see and talk with him upon terms of
peace and amity—that they had pitched
their camp near his own, and having confi
dence in him, would wait his arrival, and be
governed by his subsequent action. Carson
determined to accompany him to council,
and in the afternoon of the day they arrived
at Santa Fe they left for the plains to chat
with the “Bedouins of America.” What
will be the result of the conference we shall
know hereafter.
♦ e-
Damages. —Mr. Beale, wishing to go from
Galion (Ohio) to Crestline on the C. C. & C. R. It.,
some two years ago, got on the train and ten
dered the conductor fifteen cents in paymont of
his fare lor the four miles travel. Twenty cents
was demanded; five being added to the fifteen,
because he had not bought a ticket.
This Mr. B. refused to pay,and the conductor,
stopping the train, ejected him from the cars.
Mr. Beale brought his action for damages in the
Court of Common Pleas of that country. The
case came on for trial at the present term, and
and resulted in a verdict of plaintiff of SBOO.
Pri*o of Making Men’s Caps.
The Superintendent of the House of In
dustry, New York, in his rounds last week,
visited a widow, whose case is thus entered
in his report:
“We found her hard at work, making boys’
black cloth caps, trimmed with braid, and
bow, and buttons, lined inside glazed muslin
and washed leather, and with patent leather
front; for the making and pressing of which
she received two shillings per dozen, or two
cents a piece. I did not believe it, and asked
to see her pass book. It was true. “In
good times,” she said, “I used to get three
and sixpence a dozen, but now the price is
reduced!’’
Hope and Fortcne. —lt is amazing in
what unsubstantial indications the sanguine
find grounds for hope. As the powers of
the microscope convert the mould of some
decaying object into verdant forests and
bowers of bliss, the eye of youth discovers
promise in the evening of a cloud, and its
buoyant heart dances for joy at the broken
strain of distant and unattainable music. To
such a degree of fallacious hope, how
ever, is not that which is based upon some
surer and firmer foundation. Such for in
stance, as investing the small sum of ten
five, or two and a half dollars in Wood, Ed
dy & Co.’s great legalized lottery. By for
warding either of these amounts to Wood,
Eddy & Cos., either at Augusta, Georgia, or
Wilmington, Delaware, the wooer of dame
fortune at the shrine of her favors will insure
a chance of realising his hopes in a prize of
fifty thousand dollars.
Life is hut death’s vestibule; and our pil
grimage on earth is but a journey to the
grave. The pulse that preserves our being
beats our death march, and the blood which
circulates is floating it onward to the deeps
of death. To-day we see our friends in
health, to-morrow we hear of their decease.
We clasped the hand of the strong man
but yesterday, and to-day we close his
eyes. We rode in the chariot of comfort
but an hour ago, and in a few more hours
the last black chariot must convey us to the
home ot all living. Oh, how closely allied
is death to life! The lamb that sporteth in
the field must soon feel the knife. The ox
that loweth in the pastures is fattening for
the slaughter. Trees do but grow that they
may be felled. Yea,greater things than these
feel death. Empires rise and flourish but
to decay, they rise to fail. How often do
we take up the volume of history, and read
of the rise and fall of empires. We hear of
the coronation and death of kings. Death is
the black servant who rides behind the char
iot of life. See! life and death is close be
hind it. Death rcacheth far throughout this
world, and has stamped all terrestial things
with the broad arrow of the grave. Stars
die mayhap; it is said that conflagrations
have been seen far off in the distant ether,
and astronomers have marked the funerals of
worlds —the decay of those mighty orbs that
we imagined set for ever in sockets of silver,
to glisten as the lamps of eternity. But,
blessed be God, there is one place where
death is not life’s brother—where life reigns
alone, “to live” is not the first syllable which
is to be followed by the next “to die.”—
There is a land where death-knells are never
tolled, where winding-sheets are never wo
ven, where graves are never dug. Blest
land beyond the skies! To reach it, we
must die.
Be Gentlemen at Home. —There are
few families, we imagine, anywhere in
which love is not abused as furnishing
the license for impoliteness. A husband,
father or brother will speak harsh words
to those he loves, and those who love him
best, simply because the security of love
and family pride keeps him from getting
his head broken. It is a shame that a
man will speak more impolite, at times,
to his wife or sister, than he would to
any other female, except a low and vi
cious one. It is thus that the honest af
fections of a man’s nature prove to be a
weaker protection to a woman in the
family circle than the restraints of socie
ty, and that a woman usually is indebted
for the kindest politeness of life to those
not belonging to her own household.—
Things ought not so to be. The man
who because it will not be resented, in
flicts his spleen and bad temper upon
-hose of his hearth-stone, is a small cow
ard and a very mean man. Kind words
are circulating mediums between true
gentlemen of society, and nothing can
atone for the harsh language and disre
spectful treatment too often indulged in
between those bound together by God’s
own ties of blood, and the still moae sa
cred ties of conjugal love. —Life 111 us
paled.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, MARCH 18,1859.^
Macon Cotton Market.
March 17.— There is a good demand for
Cotton, at 9 to Ilf; but little selling, as
holders are not disposed to sell at these fig
ures.
To Correspondent*.
Kfeg"’ Col. S. It., Cmlloden, Ga. The di
rection of your paper lias been ehanged, ac
cording to direction, several weeks since.—
Hope it is all right, now.
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€ , cn*u* Takers for Bibb County.
The Inferior Court have appointed the
following gentlemen as Census takers for
this County :
J. C. C. Burnett, for Yineville, the two
City Districts, and East Macon.
W m. Bone, for Ilowurd, Ilazzard, War
rior, Rutland and Godfrey’s Districts.
Tin* Ravel*. —The celebrated Blondin
and Marinetti Family have been perform
ing at Ralston’s Hall, nightly, since Mon
day last. These performances consist of
Tight Hope Walking, &c., Tableaux, Panto
mine and Fancy Ballet Dancing. The lat
ter is a little too extravagant to he modest
and becoming, and the Pantomine cannot
he appreciated without an interpreter. The
Tight Rope performances exhibit great skill
and physical power, hut there is neither in
struction nor amusement in them.
The “Blue*” and Macon, Ga.
We understand that the Montgomery True
Blues, Capt. Lomax, hold their next annual
encampment in the city of Macon, G- The
Blues will leave our city on Monday, 2 4 day
of May, on the 9 a. m. train, and arrive in
Macon the next day morning train.
This gallant old Corps are determined to
keep up their reputation abroad for good
drilling and gentlemanly and soldierly bear
ing, as their armony is open every night, and
the drills are well attended. We predict tor
them a pleasant journey, and a “ gay old
time ” generally. The Georgia boys know
well how to do the agreeable, and will, of
course, make the Blues feel “at home.”—
Mont. Mail, 14 111.
We venture to guarantee sucli a welcome
to the “ Blues,” as to make them feel entire
ly “at home,” during their stay in our
midst. They are a gallant set of boys, and
they will find a warm reception from their
brethren in arms of our city, as well as from
the citizens, generally.
Tlie Montliiie*.
Godey for April, contains the full amount
of literary matter, illustrations, Ac. The
engravings are 04, the chief of which are
“ Returned,” a domestic sketch, full of inter
est and beauty, and the “ April fool.” Fash
ion plate of the season—five figures colored.
Philadelphia—s3 per annum.
Peterson's Ladies’ National, for April,
contains 42 articles and 65 embellishments.
The “April Shower” is a gem of an engrav
ing. Philadelphia, at $2 per annum.
Ladies’ Home Magazine, by T. S. Arthur,
for the same month. Philadelphia, $2 per
annum. This is one of the best family Mag
azines in the country. Always neat, chaste
and beautiful.
Happy Home and Parlor Magazine. Bos
ton, C. Stone & Cos., at $2 per annum. This
is a handsome monthly, of a moral and re
ligious caste, and deserves a liberal pa
tronage.
Religious Stars of America. —Tho “Ban
ner of Light ” —a weekly paper published in
Boston, furnishes its readers every week
with verbatim reports of Henry Ward
Beecher’s and E. 11. Chapin's sermons.—
Terms, $2 per year, and in the same propor
tion for a shorter time. Sample copies sent
free, with club terms.
A Now Southern Book. —Our
friend and contemporary, Dr. J. C. C. Black
burn, of the Lumpkin Palladium, proposes
to publish a now work, to be entitled the
“Southern Literary Compend,” or a collec
tion of articles from the pens of well known
Southern writers, such as Wilde, Sims,
Judge Meek, and others. If the Doctor
will arrange the contemplated work as a
Reading and Oratorical book for Southern
Schools, he will do the public a great service
and more effectually remunerate himself for
the expense of publication, than otherwise.
We wish him every success in his important
undertaking. /
—
Tlio Lecture on Moriiionism.
—On Saturday evening last, Miss Helen
Dresser addressed a tolerable audience at
Ralston's Hall, on the subject of Mormon
ism. We agree with our cotemporary of
the Atlanta “Confederacy” in the follow
ing criticism which lie has given of the per
formance of the same lady, at Atlanta. It
was the same performance here, only “a
little more so.”
The Lecture was a commonplace Yankee
production, deceitful in tone, sickening in detail,
disgusting in incidents, demoralising in effect,
and warning in female chastity. It is simply a
Yankee swindle, a base speculation, and a hu
miliating spectacle of female depravity. We
have not the most distant idea that she was ev
er outside of New England until she prepared
this lecture and started South. She, however,
professed to be a Southerner, but that “sweet”
Yankee pronunciation could not bo disguised.
To evidence the trickery of this female Mormon,
during the dolivery of the lecture, she gave the
audience a specimen of her vocal powers by
singing a short stanzas of a Mormon hymu.
Her voice was musical. The lecture concluded
whereupon a Mrs. Smith, an accompauiment
in the speculation, arose, and delivered a short,
nice little cut and dried speech, in which she
Bpoke of the purposes of the lecturer; it was to
raise money to purchase the old homestead.
She, in the name of humanity, appealed to the
“warmhearted and chivalric Southerner, to
oometo the rescue. The hat was carried round,
and mot with considerable hard sympathy.
The lecturer thou sang a Mormon duet, to the
glorification of the audience.
That this lecturer is a base impostor there
can be no doubt, and is not iu the least an titled
to Southern sympathy.
About to Leave.— George W. Nor
man, Esq., of Knoxville, Ga., being about
to remove to a distant State, the members of
the Bar of the Macon Circuit, at the March
Term of the Crawford Court, held a meet
ing and passed the following complimentary
resolutions, presented by Col. Geo. R. Hun
ter:
Resolved, That we cannot dissolve the
connection that has existed between our pro
fessional brother, George W. Norman, and
1 ourselves without expressing our unfeigned
regard, lor him as a man, and our esteem for
liis abilities as a lawyer, and hereby tender
him our best wishes for his success in the
new field of professional labors which he has
chosen for himself.
Resolved, That the Judge presiding be re
quested to order these proceedings to be en
tered upon the minutes of the Court. And
it is further ordered that a copy of these res
olutions be furnished Mr. Norman, and pub
lished in the Macon papers.
Death’s Doings.
JSsiP” The sudden and violent death of our
fellow-citizen, Col. Joseph Bond, in Dough
erty County, on Saturday morning last, is
already’ well known to most of our readers.
His remains wore brought to Macon, on
Sunday night, and interred, on Monday
evening, in Rose Hill Cemetery', with mili
tary honors, by the Bibb County Cavalry',
of which deceased was a member. The death
of such a liberal-hearted and public-spirted
gentleman is generally and deeply deplored,
in this community.
The following statement of the particulars
of this awful tragedy is copied from the Co
lumbus “ Times” of Tuesday, and is, in the
main, correct, so far as we have been able to
learn:—
COL. JOSEPH BOND’S DEATH. —PARTICULARS.
In our yesterday’s paper, we noticed the
tragic result of the encounter between Col.
Joseph Bond, of Macon, and Lucius Brown,
of Dougherty County. Since making that
announcement we have learned the follow
ing particulars from a gentleman who has
visited the scene of the homicide since its
occurrence. It appears that Mr. Brown
was employed by Col. Bond as an overseer
upon one of his plantations in Dougherty
County during the year 1858, and was dis
charged from his service by the latter on ac
count of objectionable and con
duct. The circumstances under which his
discharge was considered necessary, were
thought, by Col. Bond, sufficient to justify’
his refusal to Air. Brown to visit his planta
tion, or to have anything to do with his ne
groes. A day or two before the fatal meet
ing, a boy belonging to Col. Bond stopped
at the blacksmith shop of Mr. Jerry Beall
to get a drink of water. While there Mr.
Brown, who was the overseer this yenr for
Mr. Beall, came up and made an attack on
the negro. The boy, after receiving a se
vere whipping, and after making one or
more ineffectual attempts to get away, final
ly succeeded in obtaining protection from
Mrs. Beall. Brown desisted from his casti
gation of the negro, and the latter went
home to his master and made complaint of
the above treatment.
On the morning of the 12th inst., Col.
Rond rode over to Air. Beall’s, a plantation
adjoining his own, to inquire into the mat
ter. He entered the field in which he was
informed that Air. Beall was, but before see
ing him he was met by Air. Brown, who
was also on horseback. A conversation in
relation to the difficulty with the negro en
sued. This, naturally enough, led to insult
ing language, which Col. Bond resented
with several blows from a cane he held in
his hand. In a moment both parties were
on the ground grappling with each other.—
During the conflict Air. Brown drew a pis
tol, and presenting it to the breast of Col.
Bond, fired—the ball taking effect in the
lower part of the right breast, passing
through the body and out at the blade of
left shoulder. Col. Bond, fainting under
the effect of the wound, staggered back
against a fence, and, drawing a revolver,
fired two random shots at his antagonist.—
The latter fled without receiving further
damage than the wounds inflicted by the
cane. He was pursued, arrested, and, at
the date of our latest information, was in
the custody of the proper officers, awaiting
a trial for commitment. Col. Bond lived
but a very few minutes after receiving the
pistol-shot wound.
Such is a brief statement of the facts as
detailed to us in Alacon on the night that
the lifeless remains of Col. Bond reached
that city'. The melancholy event shrouded
the entire population in gloom, and sent
through every heart the pang of sympathiz
ing sorrow for his stricken and desolate
household. Col. Bond was a man of large
wealth, generous spirit, and was distinguish
ed for his liberal charities and fine social
virtues. He possessed both ample means
and will for doing good, and difficult it will
be to supply his place in the circle whence
he has been so rudely snatched.
On Monday night, about 9 o’clock,
Air. We Gamble, an old and well-known
citizen, was attacked in the streets with a
fit of apoplexy, and expired immediately
thereafter. Air. G. was in his usual good
health in the afternoon of Alonday'. On
Tuesday, he was buried with the honors of
Odd Fellowship, about GO members of the
order attending his remains to the grave.—
He was in the 54th year of his age, and
loaves a wife and several children to mourn
their sudden bereavement.
esr Capt. James Daniel, an influential
citizen of Madison County, Ga., died of
pneumonia, at the Flint House, in this city,
on the sth inst.
City Council.— We are glad to see
that the City Council have deferred action,
one week, on the Ordinance published in
our last paper, authorizing a general nar
rowing of certain streets of our beautiful
city, and we hope that at the next meeting
a quietus will be put to a measure fraught
with so much evil to the owners of lots,
without any public necessity calling for the
enactment. We are aware that the City
Council has been besiegod with applications
from indsviduals to allow of encroachments
on the public streets, till it has become a
nuisance and a bore to the Aldermen, indi
vidually and collectively. But this is no
reason why they should pass a law author
izing a general encroachment, to get rid of
the difficulty. The fact is, in our opinion,
that the Council have no right to grant any
privilege of the sort. If they have the right
to reduce the original width of any street,
one foot, they have the right to reduce it
100 feet. The principle is the same, no mat
ter what the extent of the encroachment.—
Now, we contend, that the streets are pub
lic property—the property of the whole peo
ple. Individuals have bought lots and im
proved them, in view of certain advantages
of wide streets or narrow, as the case may
be, in their respective localities. But for
such streets and alleys, the lot-owners would
not havo purchased. This condition was
named in the bond or laid down in the plan
of lots. By what right, then, does the City
Council assume the prerogative of encroach
ing upon the reserved rights of individuals ?
But granting the right, is it good policy
to contract the width of the streets, and thus
mar the beautiful appearance of the town ?
We think not, and unless the City authori
ties havo power to compel each citizen to
move out his lines according to the new
limits, will not the result be greater irreg
ularity than now exists? We think so, and
therefore protest against the proposed en
actment as one that ought not to be thought
of, for a moment.
movements of flio Politicians.
Hon. Mark A. Cooper and Col. Wm.
Chambers have been named as suitable per
sons from whom a good Governor can be
made, at the next election in Georgia.
James T. Nisbet, Esq., Editor of the Con
stitutionalist, is spoken of as a fit successor
to the Hon. A. 11. Stephens, in Congress,
from the Bth District.
The Democratic Gubernatorial Con
vention is to assemble in Milledgeville, at
the usual time in June—the 3d Wcdnes-day.
Hon. A. Iverson has been tende red
the compliment of a public dinner by the
citizens of Griffin and Spalding County, a nd
has accepted the same.
jyg’ Some of the Democratic papers hav e
got out an opposition ticket, with Crittenden
for President and Lane of Indiana for Vice
President, with Seward, of New York, nd #
Hamlin, of Alaine, as members of the Cab
inet ! This is done to make it appear that
that sterling old patriot, Crittenden, is allied
in sentiment with the Abolitionists and Free
soilers of the North ! Put up Crittenden,
of Kv., for President, and Fuller, of Pa.,
for Vice President, and elect them, and we
will take the chances of getting an able and
sound Cabinet, without any help from the
Abolitionists.
The Atlanta Confederacy’ nominates
Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, for Pres
ident, and Daniel S. Dickinson, of New
York, for Vice President.
A writer in the Atlanta American
lays down a platform for the American par
ty in the next campaign, which repudiates
the opening of the African Slave Trade, or
removal of restrictions upon the free trade
in the peculiar labor of the South. We
cannot support that platform, in toto.
Lectures on Spiritualism.
Prof. S. B. Brittan, one of the Editors of
the “Spiritual Age,” of Boston and New
York, is expected to arrive in Alacon, on
next Wednesday, the 23d, for the purpose
of giving a Course of Lectures on the Facts,
Philosophy, and Aloral Bearings of Spiritu
alism ; together with its Relations to, and
Influence on, the existing Institutions of the
Church and the AVorld. The course will
comprehend in a general way the following
subjects:
1. Relations of the Visible and Invisible
Worlds.
2. Relations of the Soul to the Body.
3. Nature of the Intercourse between
Spirits and Men.
4. Laws of-Spirit-mediumsliip.
5. Classification of Spiritual Phenomena.
G. Philosophy of Life, Health, Disease,
Death, and Life in the world to come.
7. Spiritualism of the Bible and Philoso
phy of Aliraeles.
8. The Spiritual Idea an Integral Ele
ment in all Religions.
9. Fundamental Principles and Legiti
mate Claims of Christianity vindicated, and
Popular Alaterialism subverted.
10. Claims of Science and Religion har
monized.
11. Religion made philosophical and Phi
losophy invested with a Religious impor
tance.
12. “ The Unity of the Spirit in the bonds
of Peace,” on the broad basis of a Natural
Theology and a truly Spiritual Worship.
The first Lecture of the course will proba
bly be delivered on Thursday evening, the
24th inst., if a suitable Hall can be procured
for the occasion—of which, however, due
notice will be given.
As the public will thus have the opportu
nity of hearing Spiritualism expounded by
of ability, would it not be ad
visable for the opponents of the doctrine to
procure someone or one dozen of their
champions to meet and demolish the argu
ments of Professor B. ? We have no doubt
he will be willing to meet Bro. Parks or
Bro. Landrum, or any other respectable
clergyman in fair and honorable discussion
of the important subject. “Come now and
let us reason together, saith the Lord.”
“ Atlanta American.”—With the
commencement of anew volume of this ex
cellent newspaper, the proprietor have en
larged the borders of their Tri-weekly to the
size of their Weekly, thereby giving token
of their prosperity’ and good luck. We re
joice to witness such evidence of the popular
appreciation of their labors, and trust they
will meet with no stumbling-blocks in their
path of wholesome progression.
We have, however, to take exception to
the following paragraph from the address of
the Editors, as too sweeping in its own
laudation at the expense of some other jour
nals :
The American, it says, “has been the
onlg one to refuse admittance to its columns
of villainous medical compounds, and de
nounce their humbuggery and imposture—
the only one publicly to refuse aiding North
ern publishers to practice deception upon
the reading public, by publishing the first
chapter of a Story, that such publishers
might thereby circulate their journals to the
detriment of as ‘good or better Southern
journals.”
We can speak for ourself, and say', that
we have, time and again, refused the publi
cation of indelicate advertisements, but pre
fer not to give the Quacks the benefit of
such a notice as the American has given one
Hoyt, in declining their offers. Nor have
we failed to publicly denounce the practice
of publishing the first chapter of a story at
three or five cents a line, for the benefit of
Northern flash papers! The American is
not, therefore, the only paper which has
been guiltless in these two particulars.
The Georgia Telegraph on Spir
itualism.
The “French Dutchman or Dutch French
man” correspondent of the Georgia Tele
graph having evacuated all his filth, through
the columns of that decent journal, its Edit
or has resorted to the billingsgate columns
of the New York Herald for the needed am
munition to keep up the “fire from the rear”
against Spiritualism! In the last issue of
this print the most gross licentiousness is
charged upon all Spiritualists—directly up
on those of the Northern States, but indi
rectly upon all others wherever scattered—
without a particle of proof to sustain the al
legation, save the assertions of one infamous
individual, Dr. natch, who is now engaged
in the work of general defamation !
Now, we beg leave to ask Mr. Clisby, why
he has thought proper to endorse the slan
ders of Bennett and Hatch, by giving pub
licity to the article, “Revelations about
Spiritualism” from the Herald? Does he
mean to make a local application of the sen
timents and charges of said article to the
Spiritualists of Macon ? Os course, this is
pr'una facie evidence of his intention, for he
cannot plead ignorance of tho fact that Spir
itualism has “a name to live” at least in
this city—that we have had a course of lec
tures delivered on the subject, here—that
there are regular circles held, almost night
ly in our city, and that many respectable
people participate in the same. By the pub
lication of the article in question, which is
too filthy for us to quote from, the Tele
graph has stigmatized the Spiritualists of
Macon as Roman Bacchannalians, as guilty
of the most shameful orgies which would
disgrt?ce tho worst houses of ill fame in the
locality of the “Five Points” of New York!
This, Mr. Clisby has deliberately done, by
copying the Herald article! And the pub
lic have a right to know the why and where
fore. The Spiritualists owe it to themselves
—to the reputation of their wives and daugh
ters, to demand the proof of such inlamous
charges or an ample atonement for the out
rage perpetrated. In their name, therefore,
and in our own name, for we consider the
publication a gross personal assault, we ask
for the evidence on which this most atro
cious libel is based. If the evidence is not
forthcoming, the public will take it for
granted that the Editor of the Telegraph
has made himself responsible for the truth
of tho calumnies published, and that he
holds himself justly amenable to the conse
quences which may follow such an act of
uncalled-for malignity.
♦
If a cigar makes a man ill, will a cheroot
make a Mam-ilia ?
The New Project.— There was a
Railroad meeting at Fort Valley on Wed
nesday, and another is proposed at Knox
ville on Saturday, for the purpose of consid
ering the project of a Railroad from Fort
Valley to Barnesville. We do not exactly
see the necessity of this last named measure,
and have no idea that it would pay if consum
mated. It will be well, however, if the peo
ple of Alacon are wide awake to their inter
ests in this matter, before it is too late. It
needs no prophet to tell that these interests
” ould sutler immensely, were a Railroad to
be built from Barnesville to Brunswick via
Fort Valley and Hawkinsville. Can there
be no compromise made, in which the ]>eo
ple of Houston can have the benefit of the
Macon & Brunswick Railroad, without go
ing out of their way after Quixotic enter
prises which promise nothing of benefit?
We hope so.
Rather Savage.—The N. Y. Ob
server, a religious journal, has the following
savage judgment respecting the late Wash
ington Tragedy :
“ The daily press is discussing the right
and wrong of the affair, some defending one
party, others condemning; but the Christian
judgment is, that a scoundrel died like a dog
by the hand of a murderer. There is no
need of mincing the matter, or writing long
columns to determine which was the most
guilty. The wretch deserved God’s wrath
and curse, and has it. It was not the right
of man, even ol a wronged and ruined man,
to inflict the judgment. Rut it came , swift,
terrible , and true. Its lesson unit be whole
some.
T® Ordinaries.
A copy of the following circular letter
has been addressed to each Ordinary in the
State, showing what facts and statistical in
formation arc required to be returned to the
Governor before the Ordinary can draw for
his county the Educational fund of 1859:
C I R CIILAR.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, )
Milledgeville, Ga., March 2d, 1859. (
Sir:—
By the 7th section of the Educational Act,
passed 11th December, 1858, the Governor
is authorized “to draw his warrant on the
Treasurer for such sums as may be in the
Treasury subject to distribution under” said
act, in lavorof the Ordinary of each county,
on the third Alonday of November of each
year: Provided the Ordinary shall have
first furnished the Governor with,
Ist, “ The number of children in his county
betiveen the ages of 8 and 18 years.” This
includes all free white children between
those ages, whether poor or rich. The Or
dinary is expected to obtain this information
from the digest of the Receiver of Tax Re
turns of his county, after such digest has
been examined by the Grand Jury, and the
names of such children as may have been
left out by the Receiver, shall have been ad
ded to the rest, under the provision of the
last clause of the 3rd section of the Act.
2. “ The number taught the elementary
branches of an English education.” For the
purpose of having uniformity in the return
of the Ordinaries, under this head you will
give the number taught Reading , Writing ,
and common Arithmetic , in your county the
present year, including all that have been,
within the year, or are at school at the time
you make the return.
3d. “ The number taught the higher
branches of education.” In this class, for the
sake of uniform classification, include all
such children as have been taught in any of
the branches higher than Reading, Writing
and common Arithmetic.
4th. “ The rates of tuition in the elementa
ry and higher branches.” In doing this set
down the highest and lowest rates, and the
average rate, for the scholastic year, or other
periods of months, paid in your county for
teaching the elementary branches as above
enumerated; also give the rates —highest,
lowest and average rate—for teaching the
higher branches, in the same manner.
The information embraced in the above
four particulars, is especially required by the
Statute, to be furnished to the Governor by
each Ordinary; and in addition to this, he
is required to furnish “all other facts and
statistics which His Excellency may require
said Ordinaries to obtain and return, and
w’hich he may deem useful in future legisla
tion.” Under this latter clause information
is required of each Ordinary, on the follow
ing points, viz :
stb. What per cent (if any) upon the
State tax has been assessed by the Grand
Jury and Inferior Court of your county,
this year, for school purposes; and what
amount of money will such an assessment
probably raise.
6th. In giving the number of children
taught in the elementary branches in your
county, in the present year, you are requir
ed to state what number of them are male3
and what number females; and also to make
a similar statement as to those taught the
higher branches.
7th. State the number of children in your
county who are under 8 years of age, w’Lo
have attended school within the present
year in the county; and make a similar
statement as to persons who are over 18
years of age, and who have attended school
in the county. In giving this information,
state what number of each class, (whether
under 8 or over 18) are males and what
number females.
Bfh.8 s h. How many school-houses are there in
your county, and how many schools have
been, or being taught in your county, this
year ?
9th. Is there a County Academy in your
county. If there is, state whether not there
has been a school taught in it this year, and
for what period of time; also to give the
number of scholars taught therein.
10th. Whether there i3 any College or
High School in your county. If so, is it for
the instruction of males or females or both ?
And what number of students are being in
structed in each College, or High School, in
your County, at the time you make your re
turn ; giving the number and sex in each so
taught.
11th. If any College or High School in
your county is under the exclusive direction
and control of any religious denomination,
state what such religious is.
12th. Have the Justices of the Inferior
Court of your county appointed a Board of
Examiners to examine teachers in your
county ? If so, state the number and name
and sex of all teachers in your county who
have been examined by such Board, the
present year, and have received from the
Board of Examiners certificates of compe
tency to teach the branches of education
contemplated by said Act, and also of good
moral character. State also, what number
of such teachers are heads of families, and
what number are single persons.
13th. Whether the Grand Jury and Or
dinary of your county have devised any
plan for the advancement of education in the
county, or whether they have left the fund
to be distributed according to the Poor
School laws, as heretofore. If such plan has
been devised in your county, you will please
transmit to the Governor, with your return,
a plainly written copy of such plan on a se
parate sheet of paper, duly certified to by
you as a true copy thereof, under the seal of
your office.
You will take up the foregoing thirteen
items, in the order in which they are above
placed, and write out a plain and full state
ment or answer to each, and send by mail
to this Department, in time to reach here by
the Ist of October next, first copying such
return in a book to be kept in your office
for that special purpose.
To enable you to obtain the information
necessary to make your return correctly, it
will probably be necessary for you to vist in
person, the different schools in your county;
and as a failure on your part to perform the
duty imposed on you by the Statute in fur
nishing the information required, will deprive
your county of its part of the fund, with a
knowledge that this is the penalty imposed
by the Statute for such failure, it is not doubt
ed but that you will be prompt, and that
you will not permit your county to suffer by
any neglect or oversight of yours.
By flie Governor.
H. H. WATERS,
Qtv'j Lx. JDep’t.
A Good Move.
We notice a call for a meetino- 0 f r.:t
of all parties, in Spalding county” to f or w
a movement for the reduction of the n, °
her of members of the Georgia
The object is a desirable one, and th,. re l’" 6 ’
two important considerations
this reform— “ ‘ ln o
Ist Economy.
2d. Equality.
The Legislative bodies of Georgia are
large for the dispatch of business and e l°
House might well be reduced to oneTfr
its present members, without detnm ‘
to any sectional interest. By this rwl t 6nt
a saving perhaps of $30,000 p er !° n
might be effected. flQuia
But the other
Equality—is a matter of principle dD \ °
therefore more essential. Under the nr 13
system each county must have one
and one Representative, no matter h ow \
considerable the number of its vote* 10 ”
Counties polling some 300 votes only
a Senator and a Representative, while
cogee, voting some 1500 or 1600—say m
five times as many as the small counties-.; 7
only a Senator and two
This appointment is manifestly unjust'"'7
demands correction. It is not Deiuoc’Jif
for under it county organizations, and acr
people according to numbers, rule.
To bring about the desired reform
amendment of the constitution will C
cessary. But when the constitution *!’
framed, the vast increase of the number r’
counties, that has since been effected *
not contemplated. Then each couniv co'm
be allowed a Senator and Represen tati
without glaring injustice to those of hear!
population ; but now, when 300 voters j n
number of counties are allowed aB, !
and Representative, the representative eq-r”
ity of the constitution is subverted auj"’
return to “first principles” seems to he h
manded to correct an inequality establish !
by insidious partial legislation.
Speed the Spalding movement!
[ Columbus Enquirer
Correspondence of the New Orleans Pice, n ,
Cuban Coofy Trade.
Havana, Feb. 24, ISs9.—The intro,
duction of Coolies into the Island ofCuha
for the purpose of furnishing the needful
hands of labor, is, as to social effect, yet
a problem. By many persons of sound
judgment, it is anticipated that the future
is laden with evils, originating i n the
superior intelligence of the Chinese over
the African race, which is already per.
ceptible in every part of the Island where
the two races mingle in the same toil, i n
the same field. A certain degree of V
subordination has originated in this un
fortunate association that has compelled
the planters to more watchfulness, and to
measures of prudence for proteetion.-
The cause and necessity will gather in
numbers and strength as time rolls on.
unless some superinfluence should come
over the “suerte” of Cuba.
The whole number of Asiatics intro
duced into the Island, up to the Bth day
of this month, amounts to 37,280 souls.
They were brought to this port by 103
vessels, including 5 steamers (2 French
and 3 British.) belonging to Great Brit
ain, 36 ; United States, 17; Spanish 13;
Dutch 14 ; French 9 ; Peruvian 5; P or ’
tuguese 3; Bremen 2; Norway 2; Chi
lian 2.
Perished on the various voyages 6,704
—or the loss on the 43.984 taken on
board amounts to a little over 15 pr. ct.
The contracts for importation still con
tinue, and as long as the public safety
will permit, in the estimation of our rulers.
this industrial want of the Island will be
supplied from the same source, openly;
while the usual trade for better material,
more hardy and docile will continue to
be supplied from the coast of Africa.—
We have news of a cargo landed to the
eastward of Cardenas, from an American
built vessel, last week, 357 healthy sub
jects. The vessel got off the coast after
discharging, leaving her Spanish Captain
and four Spanish and Portuguese sailors,
who, having reached this city, are now
ready to enlist for anew enterprise.
Kiel.
Sons of Jlalla—Their Financial
Condition.
From the report of the Grand Treasurer
of the Independent Order of the Sons of
Malta of the United States, made to the Su
preme Grand Council of the United States.
Mexico and Cuba, recently in session at
New Orleans, we make the following extract,
showing the vast financial influence this
mysterious order has already attained, and
is destined to hold in this country:
The balance in the bands of the Treasurer, Julv 1.
1858, as per revert, was $180,152 JO
Total receipts for the month ending January 1,
185't, was 129,184 5?
The interest account and profits of the funds of
Uie Grand Lodge for 6 months, C 7.534 -
Total expenses, which consist in Printing *:-7.6-1
Traveling expenses, rents, etc., for 6 montns,.. .. SS,rC
Balance in hands of Grand Treasurer, a
Os the receipts, the large amount of $38,-
172 29, is from Cuba, and $33,784 72, from
New York city alone. The report show
the receipts from 129 lodges, but as no
lodge is required to contribute anything to
the Grand Lodge until it has been in opera
tion G months, it is safe to say there are now
over 200 lodges, and their membership ra
pidly on the increase. When it is under
stood that only 25 per cent of the net pro
ceeds of subordinate lodges is paid into
treasury ot the Grand Lodge, howimmea
the sura that passes through the coffers o.
this order. The remaining 75 per cent, of
net receipts can only be distributed in char
ities, in the city or community in which tie
lodge is located, each Lodge having its owl
charity committee, whose duty it is to re
lieve (if found worthy) all cases of distress
which may be brought to the notice.
It may be asked what is to become c
this immense fund, which must be accent
lated by the Grand Lodge in a few years”
as one of the grand secrets of the Order,
course only the members, and only such
those as have taken the Oriental degree, a
- passed the “Yale of Mysteries,
permitted to know.
Suffice it to say, however, that it will -
eventually appropriated, and when tee p- -
per time arrives, to some scheme as mag -
cent as the charities of the Order are
that it will contribute to the spread o* -
glorious principles of American liberties -•
Christian charities, in every nook andm---
of this great continent.
We also learn that the Supreme Gr*-*
Council ordered the securities of the *-
preme Grand Treasurer to be increa:
£300.009, which hus been promptly com
plied with. Next year it is presume* -
securities will be increased to halt a m*--
of dollars.
A Peculiar Convention.— A fe' v
since the citizens of Oshkosh, Illinois, a
ed two houses of ill-fame to the
and lodged the inmates, twelve in EUffl
in jail, from which they were dich*fe
after trial. A few days after, a con ' e i
of that class, from Fon du Lac, BerhO)
pon, Beaver Dam, Portage, Steven?
and Wanpun, met in council at ( -'-n
with their fellow laborers, and
ened revenge by burning the city- “
ful are the Oshkosh people that the clt
be fired, that they how hare cig * 1
watch to protect them.
He that hath a good book in his
not a lesson of it in his heart or life,
ass that carrieth a burden, and feeds up
thistles. i