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For the Georgia Citizen.
prof morris s grammar.
Dr. Andrews, —In his reply, M’
“Black Hawk” has descended ‘ a
kind of tit-for-Ut game in w’ 0 |* aN e
.... . in, to nave
no Mnbition to excel. 1*
. . , . .. controversy from
borrowed bis ideas - ,
... .. -*.ion, in which he is
schoolboy
, an rehearse the hardest
victor, wh', . , , r .
-a the greatest volubility. Let
‘“"'“.Wte in the honors which, he
Vinly) hopes, will be lavished upon
his vulgar lampoon. As for me, when
ever I shall propose an opinion to the
public, 1 shall not do violence to public
taste, by interpolating coarse and wan
ton personalities. All the advantages
of such a style 1 leave to those who are
destitute either of proper cultivation,
or of more substantial matter. Let the
reader recall a few of the soubriquets
with which he dignifies his humble op
ponent. “Understrapper,” “long ear
ed,'’ Arc., are conspicuous links in his
concatenation of calumnies. What high
encomiums upon his literary taste, will
such flippant vituperations procure 1 —
But this plumage is the appropriate garb
of a black hatch t and he flourishes his
motley feathers with as much pride as if
he woie the peacock’s gaudy colors!
In reference to me, he says: “ The
idol of a fool’s hea. t is to see his name
in print.” 1 suppose then the reason
why Mr. “ B ” has withheld his real
name, is that it is not the “ idol of his f
heart to see his name in print”; and that
the fame which Mr. “Black Hawk”
might attain, would not be an objec, of
idolatrous devotion to Mr. Ransome. —
This is indisputable evidence that he is
by no means a “ fool.”
i will now dismiss his glutig, and ad
vance to more important considerations,
in my last article I alluded to a Mr.
ltansome, who, at first a friend, became
a foe to Morris’s Grammar. Mr. “Black
Hawk ’ appropriates this charge to him
self, and pronounces it a “ base
come from what source it may.” I re
fer the public to Prof. Morris, Auburn,
Ala. I might adduce additional author
ity, which not even Mr. “ Black Hawk”
could gainsay; but I will not em
broil a disinterested party with a man
who, under a petition* name, would not
hesitate to exercise all the license and
impunity of fiction. Besides, it is well
known to the citizens of Americas, that
<*ne of the grounds upon which Mr. R.
denounced the Gramma**, was that he
was not allowed to adopt it as a text
book in his school!
I will now consider his objections to
the Grammar. He launches out with a
sentence that he has almost worn out
with repetition. “It is made up of ex
ploded theories, from obsolete authors.”
In my former communication, I had oc
casion to say that Prof. Morris’s work
contained an improvement of the com
mon rules for forming the plural of
nouns. Mr. “ Black Hawk” retorts that
this excellence is “ borrowed word for
word from G. Brown.” Mr. “ Black
Hawk ihen would have us believe that
G. Brown is an “obsolete author” ; and
that his system is an “ exploded theo
ry ”! Thus in his ellorts to overwhelm
Prof. M., he finds himself at sea, with
out sail, rudder or compass !
Mr. “Black Hawk” accuses Prof. M.
of inaccuracy of expression. Nothing
but its frequency of repetition entitles
this allegation to the slightest notice.—
He instances the following as exam
ples of poor style in the Grammar.—
Speaking of how easy it was to learn
his system, the Prof, says: ‘At least,
this task has been accomplished time and
again, by many others as well as the au
thor. Now does the author have to
learn his system time and again?” The
most superficial attention to the context
will show that the author was not speak
iDg of learning , but of teaching his sys
tem. \\ hen the misrepresentation is
removed, the absurdity entirely disap
pears. Mr. “Black Hawk” further
avers that “ Prof. M. makes himself say
he is older than Murray’s Grammar,”
Ac. This pungent criticism utterly ig
nores the plain punctuation of the given
sentence. Thus, in attempting to prove
Prof. M. ignorant of rhetoric, in the one
case, he proves himself ignorant of punc
tuation, and in the other, guilty of a
manifest misrepresentation.
“ Black Hawk ” labors with intense
zeal to develop an absurdity in Prof.
M. doctrine of Participles. Hear him :
“On page 15,‘Participles are derived
from veros, and partake also of the na
ture of descriptives,’ Ac.; and thin on
page 00, he says * Written is not a verb,
neither is it any part of a verb.’ ” Our
critie contends that these quotations con
tain a direct contradiction. But in what
does it consist ? We are not informed.
Is it inconsistent to say that “ Partici
ples are derived from verbs,” and yet
are “ neither verbs nor parts of verbs ” ?
If so, the nouns, adjectives, conjunctions,
Ac., which are derived from veibs, are
also “ verbs, or parts of verbs,” for the
very same reason! Every scholar
knows that the mere derivation of a word
does not determine its office as a part of
speech. It may be that Mr. “ Black
Hawk’s’ imagination has conjured up an
absurdity in teaching that “participles
partake of the nature of verbs,” and yet
should be considered a different class of
words. Mr. “Black llawk” then be
lieves that participles are verbs, becau-e
they partake of the nature of verbs. He
has the same reason for considering the m
adjectives; for his favorite authorities
teach that they “ partake of the nature
of adjective* .” According to his logic,
therefore, participles are either veibs or
adjectives. —nonsense for which there is
no apology. I would advise Mr. “ Black
Hawk ” to bestow some attention upon
logic, as well as Grammar. The only
escape from these difficulties is to accept
the arbitration of true science, and call
ing participles neither verbs nor aojec
tires, and erect them into a distinct part
of speech. Mr. “ Blatkhawk s” com
rants upon this peculiarity of Morris’s
Grammar, serve only to exhibit its sci- .
entific character. The Grammars which
my friend of “Liberty Hill” would;
doub fcVßs reeommend, inculcate the old
graa—\hat the participle is a verb, or
a form of the verb, (which comes to the
same thing.) “To verbs belong mood,
tense, number, and person.’ The parti
| ciple then is not a verb, since it never
i has mood, tense, number or person.
Mr. Black Hawk’s remaining argu
ments I will discuss next week.
11. G. Turner.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
MACON, MAY 6, 1859.
To Corr*N|K>iidc‘Uta.
“ Berrien” in reply to the Atlanta Ameri
can* comments on an editorial in the Fede
ral Union is unavoidably crowded out It
,h*l! appear in our next
Poetry to the soldiers at Camp Oglethorpe,
received too late for insertion to-day, and it
will hardly keep well ti l next week.
Fire.—The fire, on Tuesday evening, was
on the premises of Berry Rogers, near the
Fae.ory. The kitchen only was consumed.
Cotton Statement.
Receipt*. April, 1859 2,395
“ “ 1858, 1,838
I norea.se 337
Stock Ist Mav, 1858 14.301
“ “ 1859 13,237
Decrease 1,0G4
Total receipts Mav lt. 1859 95,102
“ “ 1858 58,118
Increase, 37.044
The Concert.
The grand vocal and instrumental Concert
of the Messrs. Schreiner, came off at llal
’ ston’s Ilall, on Tuesday evening, before one
of the most brilliant audiences we have ever
seen in the Hall. The Professors’ classes
showed great proficiency under their instruc
| tioo, and several of them exhibited remark
able skill in vocalization and on the I’.ano
Forte. The entertainment was much better
than sonic of those given by Foreign artiste*
during the past season, and proves very sat
isfactorily tliat we have abundance of musi
cal genius and taste at home, which are now
being cultivated with great care, and with
a promise of a rich return of pleasurable en
joyment to our citizens, whenever they please
to call for it Prof. Schreiner was ably as
sisted by the Philharmonic Society of this
city : also, by the Macon Lieder Tatel, a
society of our German fellow-citizens that
are enthusiastic lovers of music, and have
well developed vocal powers. We have
not space to-day, to particularize the per
formances. Suffice it to say, that every
thing was well done while some portion of
the programme was executed with great
power and beauty.
Our Military Geests.
According to previous announcement, the
Baldwin Blue?, Capt Doles, and the Mont
-1 gomery True Blues, Capt Lomax, arrived
in this city on Tuesday morning, as the
guests of the Floyd Rifles and Macon Vol
unteer?, and were received with the custo
mary honors of such occasions by our mili
tary. both horse and loot. The Baldwin
Blues arrived first and were received in line
until the arrival of the other company, an
hoar later. The battalion was then formed
into a hollow square, with the Bibb Cavalry
on the south, when the honored guests were
welcomed to our city and its hospitalities in ■
an eloquent speech from Capt. Hardeman
of the Rilles, on behalf of our citizen sol
diery, to which a brief but felicitous response
was given by Lieut. Holtzclaw of the Mont
gomery Blues, and by Capt Doles of the
Baldwin Blues. They were then escorted
to Camp Oglethorpe, where they pitched
their tents between those of the Ritles and
Volunteers. Iu the evening, both of the
visiting companies turned out lor drill parade
on the ground, and elicited much admiration
fiom the crowd present for their fine appear
ance and the accuracy of their military evo
lutions.
On yesterday the whole Battalion turned
out in dress uniform and paiaded through
our principal streets, under command of
Capt. Smith of the Volunteers, and then re
turned to Camp in season to get ready for
the “ picnic” provided by the ladies of
Macon, at seven o'clock in the evening. Os
this entertainment we need not speak, for
we doubt not the praises of our wcinen will
long l>e in the mouths of our gues's, for whom
they have catered, with such good will and
efficiency.
The scene last night, at the Encampment,
was unusually brilliant. Wo never saw so
many people on the ground before, even
at the time of the State Fair. And when
we left, at the steady hour of 10 o’clock, the
young people had just got fairly into the
mazes of the Ihi nee, in the large room,
tastefully prepared for the purpose, which
amusement was kept up to a late hour.—
There was also a display of nn-kets during
the evening, which, with strains of martial
music from every quarter, contributed vastl
to the general interest and enlivenment of j
the occasion. *
To-day, the Bibb Cavalry will give a 11 pic
nic,” and to-morrow, something more of the
kind may be anticipated, as our boys are de- j
termiued not to let their soldier-guests go
empty away.
Bibb Democracy.
At a meeting of the Democracy of this ;
county, on Tuesday last, CoL De Graffenried,
P. Tracy, T. R. Bloom, Wni. G. Harris and
Win. C. Wilson were elected Delegates to
the Gubernatorial Convention in June next—
and Col. L. M. Lamar, Sami. Hunter, W. F.
Welborn, John J. Gresham, E. C. Rowland
aud C. A. Tharpe, Delega es to the Con- ;
gressional Convention for the 3rd District
The Lucas Case.
The Supreme Court of Georgia, at its re
cent session, at Atlanta, granted anew tria
to the plaintiff in error, in the celebrated
will case of Lucas, taken up from Monroe
This is the case which elicited such au able
speech from the Hon. B. 11. Hill, one of the
Counsel in the case, at the Fall term of the
Monroe Court
■ .urge I'egelabk**.
We acknowledge ourselves indebted to
Mr. .1. W. Knott, for a bountiful supply of
Iri.-h Potatoes, Cabbage, Peas, Turnips,
Beets, Onions and Horse Radish, raised at
hi.- place near town. These are magnificent
specimens, considering the backwardness of
the season, and Mr. Knott informs us that
he owes hi* great success in their culture, to
the skill and energy of Mr. Harney DoirJe,
a worthy son of “Green Erin,” who has
only been in this countiy about four years,
and who now meditates an curly return to
his native land.
—Why are ladies the biggest thieves in ex
istence? Because they steel the petticoats
bone the stays and crib the babies. ]
Fertilizers.
* From an article in the Savannah Repub
lican, we learn the gratifying fact that two
millions six hundred and eighty-nine thou
sand pounds of Guano and other fertilizers
have been transported over the Central
Railroad, in the four months past, begin
ning December Ist, 1858. This shows well
for the enterprize of the Planters of Geor
gia, and reflects high credit on the authori
ties of the Road for making the proposition
they did, a few months ago, to carry fertil
izers at merely a nominal rate over said
Road. At the rate this system of renova
tion of our exhausted lands has commenced,
the Central Road will soon have the reward
! of their libral foresight in greatly augment
ed transportation of cotton and other pro
ducts over their line, and the State, at large,
will be vastly benefited by the impulse thus
given to Agricultural industry. Let the
ball be kept in motion, until every old field
of Georgia shall “blossom as the rose” with
the rich and varied productions of an en
lightened culture.
Editor* in Town.
M e have had the pleasure of taking by
the hand, several representatives of the
“ fourth estate” of the realm—the Press,
during the present week, to wit: Editor
Shorter, of the Montgomery Advertiser;
Editor Coyne, of the Montgomery Mail;
Editor Burr, of the Griffin Independent
South, and Editor Urm, of the Milledgeville
Recorder. There are, perhaps, several others
in town, but we have not met them.
The .tinder Koll*.
Through the politeness of Ist Sergeant
Doles, of the Baldwin Blues, and 2d Ser
geant Hughes, of the Montgomery True
Blues, we have been favored with the fol
lowing Muster Rolls of the officers and men
of each of these companies now encamped in
this city.
ROLL OF MONTGOMERY TRUE BLUES.
Officer*.
Tennent Lomax, Captain.
W. Green Andrews, Ist Lieutenant.
Janies T. Holtzclaw, 2d “
Justus E. Wyman, 3d “
Benjamin S. Theiss, 4th “
Jno. F. Johnston, Surgeon.
Charles R. Hansford, Quartermaster.
Nicholas Marks, Assistant “
Harry Gatchell, Ist Sergeant.
Wm. B. Hughes, 2d “
Sani’l Cowles, 3d “
Sherman Stevens, 4th “
Benjamin Washburn, Ist Corporal.
Albert Thornton, 2d “
Nicholas M. Carter, 3d “
George Fletcher, 4th “
Private*.
Wm. Allen, Edgar J. Lee,
E. E. Atkinson, John Ledyard,
I Eugene Beebe, Mims,
Stephen Beasley, James Marks,
Benj. F. Blount, Samuel B. Marks,
Wm. Bellangee, Eliphalet McWhorter.
Louis Cardinal, W. C. Moore,
John Carter, Charles Matthews,
George Cowles, James W. Powell,
Frederick H. Cobb, Anthony Sackmeister,
Benj. Elberry, Edward R. Spalding,
Edward Fletcher, Augustus Underwood,
Julius Hagertv, Jas. H. Van Alstine,
Stephen Hutcfiings, Charles S. Virgin,
A. B. Hutchings, Jno. F. Whitfield,
Win. 11. Harrison, George W. Whitman,
James Hinkle, Thos. F. Williamson,
Alfred G. Knight, W. F. Williams,
Henry Lee, John T. Woodruff.
Edward Oleott, Marker.
James Belser Wyman, “
Honorary Members.
Gen. Sam'l G. Hardaway,
Wm. G. Farley,
James Y. Brame,
Thos. McDougal,
“Uncle Roney” Stoddard.
02 Rank and File.
COMPANY ROLL —BALDWIN BLUES.
Officers.
G. P. Doles, Captain.
J. Haas, Ist Lieutenant.
L. H. Kenan, 2d “
L. 11. Briscoe, 3d “
M. D. McCombs, Ensign.
C. Ogden, Sergeant Major.
E. H. Doles, Ist Sergeant.
J. Caraker, 2d “*
H. J. Williams, 3d
C. M. Attawav, 4th “
W. H. Paine, sth “
C. Kramer, Ist Corporal.
C. A. Conn, 2d “
J. Smith, 3d “
J. Staley, 4th “
J. B. Fair, sth
Privates.
T. Bivens, L. McGregor,
J. Bout well, S. McCombs,
W. Butler, J. N. Moore,
T. Caraker, J. H. Nisbet,
W. Caraker, J. Nelson,
A. Cone, J. Robertson,
W. 11. Ellison, A. W. Randolph,
W. J. Ellison, l l '. Shoenbein,
M. Edwards, J. Strother,
P. Ferrell, G. Tuttle,
R. E. Gardner, H. Treanor,
M. Grieve, Jr., W. Wall,
J. Gumm, L. Wall,
W. Hodge, W. T. Williamson,
T. Jenkins, R. Williams,
E. Lane, J. Worsham,
P. H. Lawler, T. D. Wright.
Master E. Williams, Marker.
“ Wm. Scott, “
52 Rank and File.
Candidates.
Col. 0. A. Lochrano has been named in
he “ State Press,” as a suitable candidate
for Congress, to be supported by the Demo
cratic party of the 3rd District.
Dr. S. W. Burney and Dr. Roddy, of Mon
roe county, have also been named in the
same connexion.
On the other side, we see the name of P.
W. Alexander, Esq., of Upsou, announced,
in the “ American Union,’ of Griffin, for the
same office. Also, we huve heard the names
of two prominent and worthy citizens of
Bibb named for the place, provided the Hon.
R. P. Trippe insists upou staying at home
We have reference to T. P. Stubbs, Esq., and
Capt. Thomas Hardeman. All these gentle
men are eminently deserving of the honor.
Sufferers from Scrolula and Scrofulous af
fections, clean up! Why wear your pim
ples, Blotches, Ulcers, Sores? Why have
the life twisted out of you by Dyspepsia,
Rheumatism, and Gout ? Why sutler Syph
ilitic and Mercurial diseases to rot the bones
in your qody, or the flesh off your bones ?
Why let your sluggish blood drag, and scat
ter its distempers through your veins ?
Ayak's Comb. Kx’t of Sarsajiarilla cures
these complaints, and cleanses them out of
the system. Use it faithfully and you bring
to society a healthier, cleanlier, and far
more acceptable member.— Democrat, Haiti
more, Md.
editorial Notices.
The following san extract from an address
before the Ohio Edetorial Convention by R.
Brenkerhoff, E*q.:
There is still another matter which should
not be neglected by advertisers, Editors and
publishers. Editors “are mea with like pas
sions with you,’ - aud are subject to the same
influences. They have also a power and posi
tion which may be wielded for or against you
as the circumstances may direct. If you treat
them liberally—it is human nature to do so.—
My observation teaches me that editors, as a
class, are generous to a fault, and they never
fail to reciprocate a proper liberality. In fact,
ninety-nine times out of a hundred, an editor
repays a favor with compouud interest.
Every one knows that an edetorial notice of 1
a dozen lines is worth a column of ordinary
advertising, and yet there is only here and
there a merchant who has liberality enough to
procure it Then ugain, there are some mer
chants who expect an editorial notice every
few months as a gratuity, and grumble if they
do not get it.
An editor has just as much right expect from
the merchant a donation of the most valuable
article in his store, as the merchant baa to ex
pect the donation of an editorial flotice, as it is
the must valuable of all advertising. ‘
—An Alderman having grown enormously
(at while in office, a wag wrote on bis bsck,
“Widened at the expense of the Corporation.” ,
Planter*, Attention!
We invite the attention of Planters to the
advertisement of Patten & Miller, of Savan
nah. agents for the sale of various prepared
fertilizers now in the market. The follow
ing analysis of three of these manures will
be interesting to the scientific agriculturist,
who. by a little study, can easily ascertain
which preparation is best for the particular
, soil which he cultivates.
Rhcstes’ Phosphate.
Lime, 22,31
sfcda, 3,94
Phosphoric Acid, 17,42
Sulphuric Acid, 27,75
; Sand and Animal Carbon, 4,85
Per Oxide of Iron, 0,78
Water, 22,95
100,00
Somhre>-o Guano.
Water, 7,07
Sand, 0,69
Potassa with Soluble Silica, 81
Lime, 44,66
i Magnesia, 1,50
Alumina 4,97
Phospheric Acid, 34,65
Carbonic Acid, 2,80
Chlorine. 0.35
100,00
National Fertilizer.
Moisture, 8,00
Nitrogenous Organic Matter, 20,50
Mixed Phosphates, 12,25
Potash and Soda, 9,00
Sulphate of Lime, 7,50
! Carbonate of Lime, 2,25
Oxide of Iron and Alumina 2.15
Soluble Silica, with Potash and Soda, .20,35
1 Insoluble Silica, 18,00
100,00
| Proportion of available Ammonia, 5,75
i Soluble in Water, 21,00
Tlie Proof Forthcoming.
The Editor of the Atlanta Confederacy
has commenced the publication of the proof
of the charges preferred by that print against
his Excellency, Gov. Brown, Hon. John 11.
Lumpkin and Hon. Howell Cobb, of Bargain
and Sale of the public offices, for the sake of
personal aggrandizement. Several letters
are given, giving color to the a'legations of
the Confederacy, which we w ill give our
readers, in our next paper.
The following from the same paper is a
very significant indication, also, of favoritism,
on the part of the authorities of the State
Road:
Dr. G. D. Philips, Auditor of the IF. J A.
11. R.
Sm:—[f within your knowledge, will you
please answer the following queries:
1. Was there not a large amount of waste
and scrapt iron sold by the present Superin
tendent of the W. A A. R. R. to Hon. Mark
A. Cooper, to be paid for in three months
from day of sale? And did not the sale of
that waste and scrapt iron amount to some
where in the neighborhood of £20,000? aud
does not the Hon. Mark A. Cooper stand
charged at lies time for the full amount of
that, purchase?
2. Is there not a large amount charged at
this time at the Etowah Depot for freight to
the Hon. Mark A. Cooper ?
3. Is it not a rule that is rigidly enforced
in the management of the W. & A. R. R. to
collect dues on the delivery of freight ?
By a compliance with the above you will
confer a favor upon a respectable minority
| of the Democracy of Georgia.
Homicide.
We are much pained to learn of the death
of Mellville C. Jones, son ot the distinguish
ed “Uncle Dabney.” We are sorrowful be
yond all expression. The father and son
, were our friends. We knew Mell. Jones to
be a brave true-hearted man. The circum
stances, as we learn them, are about these:
On Monday last, a Mr. Penn and Mell. Jones,
and others, went fishing, near Palmetto. A
difficulty occurred between Penn and Jones
a fight ensued—Penn struck Jones on the
side of the head with a hatchet, resulting
fatally.
We offer our sincere condolence to the
family of the deceased.— lh.
Manufacturing: at the South.
A steam fire engine is in course of con
struction at Charleston. We regard this as
a favorable sign of the times as concerns our
friends of the South. Heretofore they have
not sufficiently taxed their ingenuity and
developed their resources. Let them pay
some attention to manufactures and less to
politics, and the results must prove of the
most beneficial character. We notice with
pleasure tlut a cotton mill is about to be put
in operation at McMinville, Tenn. Section
, alisrn will soon die w hen men learn the
principles of public economy by practically
testing them. Let the South spur industry
and enterprise by her capital. Good results
will fellow for the whole country. — Phila.
Inquirer.
Sad Carnality.
On yesterday afternoon, the 4 o’clock
Pat-senger train froiat Macon ran over and
killed a man named Henry Spellers, near
East Point. The care passed over his head
between the mouth and nose, completely
severing the upper part of the hea l from the
body, which fell over the rail and remained
; in his hat.
On rounding a curve, emerging from a
cut, the Engineer observed something on the
track with several dogs near it. liis first
impression was that it was a hog, overrun
by a preceding train, which had attracted
the dogs, but a second thought or closer ap
proach, which was iustautaneous, suggested
that it might be a man, and he immediately
reversed the Engine, but too late. The un
fortunate man was seen some hours previ
ously, on his way to East Feint, so much
under the influence of liquor as to be almost
unable to walk. The dogs proved to be his,
and would allow no approach to the body,
until they were driven away by throwing
stone? at them.
The body was brought to this city and an
inquest held, alter which it was decently in
terred.
Mr. Spellers was an old resident of this
county, and leaves a son—an only relative—
to deplore his sad fate. —Atlanta American.
A French gentleman, an amateur in chemis
try, ha? discovered anew mode of making pa
per. It is simply by boiling slices of wood
with a certain quantity oi mineral and veget
able alkali. If we may rely on the statement
of the iuventor, who intends to practice his
method on a largo scale, he can produce from
54 kilogrammes ot slices of fir wood aud 5 kilo
grammes of alka]i one ream of very large paper
as w-ite as snow and as fine as silk.
Tom Marshall Outdone. —My country, Oh
my country. —lt is pleasing to meet, iu these
degenerate time?, anything breathing the pure
spirit of patriotism, and to listen sometimes to
the lofty tone of the cultivated statesman. —
Hear one of them iu the Missouri Legislature,
who, in a recent speech—it matters little upon
what—said:
“What do gentlemen want? Is corn so dear
or hoeeake so sweet as to be purchased only at
the price of having the State garrisoned by our
enemies? Forbid it, Jeremiah! I>o you want
the institutions of your State reduced to the
condition of affairs away down in Georgia,
where a plantation consists of two overseers
and oue nigger? As the poet says, ‘l’d rather
be a long, mangy, strange, yaller dig, with a
bob tail, and bay at the mooD. than not to say,
This is me own, me native State.’ And I will
defend the institutions so long as grass grows
and water runs.”
The Drug Business.—Messrs. Menard
A Castlcn are young gentlemen of skill ard
experience in this business, and are now
prepared to supply the public with the
, purest pharmaceutical and other prepara
tions in their line. See advertisement, and
then look in upon these dealers, nearly un
der Ralston’s Hall, Cherry Street.
May-Day Celhmution. —The celebra
tion of the Sabbath Schools of Macon, n
Saturday, was a very iui|>osing affair. The
morning was cloudy and threatening o
rain, but cleared away about 10 o’clock,
when the grand Procession of 885 scholars,
with their teachers and superintendenU,
took up their line of march for the Fair
Ground, which was selected ns the plaoo of
the festival. The exercises at the ground
were very interesting, we are told, and they
were closed hy a participation by all hands
’ in the bountiful collations prepared for each
division of the organization. The number
of banners—the gay dress of the children,
&c., made the occasion one of surpassing
beauty.
Deaf and Dumb. —We are indebted to
some friend for a copy of the By-Laws of
the Georgia Institution for the Education
of the Deaf and Dumb, at Cave Spring, Ga.,
adopted March, 1850, to which we shall re
fer hereafter.
Death of the Kentucky Giant.— James
Porter, the celebrated Kentucky giant, was
found dead in his bed at Stiippingport, Ky.,
on Monday morning last. He was about 49
years of age and 7 feet 9 inches high. His cof
fin was the largest ever made in Kentuky, being
over nine feet in length, and two feet across the
breast.
From the Memphis Enquirer.
EXPLOSION OF THE ST. NICHOLAS.
Forty-Three Persons Killed!
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE BOAT!
The Steamer St. Nicholas, Capt. McMul
lin, bound from St. Louis to New Orleans,
left this ]>ort Saturday evening, 23d April,
and while under way near the foot of St.
Francis Island, (No. 60,) about half-past
nine o'clock Sunday night, her boilers ex
ploded, scattering death and destruction in
every direction. Soon after the explosion
the boat caught fire and was totally destroy
ed. By this accident some forty-three per
sons lost their lives, and sixteen were badly
wounded, several of whom are not expected
to live. About half an hour after the disas
ter, the steamer Susquehanna, Capt. Ovid
Williamson, arrived at the scene, and by
the light of the burning boat succeeded in
rescuing forty-one from a watery grave —
three of whom, however, died before 2 o’-
clock yesterday. The survivors were land
ed here from the Susquehanna, and the
wounded were taken care of by our citizens.
Fourteen took passage yesterday in the
Philadelphia, for St. Louis. We are in
debted to the clerk of the Susquehanna for
the following list of lost, wounded, and
saved.
KILLED AND MISSING.
Capt. O. McMullen, of the St. Nicholas.
M rs. Benj. Gline, wife of the Clerk.
M iss Dunmiea, clerk’s niece.
Mrs. McKnight.
Mr. and Mrs. Crispe.
One lady with babe—name unknown.
One lady—name unknown.
Win. Falkner, McGregor’s Lauding, lowa.
Wm. Few, Ist engineer.
John Jenkins, 2d engineer.
Z. D. Armor.
Mr. Alexander.
One gentleman from Baton Rouge, La.—
name unknown.
Edward Stephens, pilot, St. Louis.
James Wood, Ist cook, Hillsborough City,
Pa.
James Bond, cabin boy.
Barber, name unknown.
Miss Jackson, chambermaid, St. Louis.
Pastry cook, name unknown.
Two Derth-inakers.
Joseph Diter, pantryman.
Thirteen deck-hands and firemen—names
unknown.
Jno. Lumbeck, fireman—died on Susque
hanna.
Five slave women.
SERIOUSLY SCALDED.
Beri. V. Gline, chief clerk, St. Louis.
Miss Ella Kennedy, niece of B. V. Gline,
Brunswick, Mo.
.1. S. Acuff, Warrentown, Miss.
Jacob Langhorn, Pittsburg, Pa.
B. B. Stewart, Staunton, Va.
Thomas Carter, Tamagua, Pa.
Rose St. John (colored), chambermaid, New
Orleans.
Wm. Pennybaker, watchman, St. Louis.
Fred Miller, fireman.
O. H. Reynolds, Sioux City.
Geo. Mirglc, fireman.
1). Capps, Farrington, 111.
Andy Stick, fireman.
SLIGHTLY SCALDED.
Jno. McAlpin, barkeeper, St. Louis.
G. H. Gillem, second clerk.
Joseph Wolf, passenger.
NAMES OF SAVED.
1 Christopher Monsimer, second cook.
Gus Helslev, mess-room tender.
Daniel Hester, second steward.
James Chilscn, second pantryman.
Andrew Woods, third cook.
George W. Chysup, passenger’s cabin.
P. J. Casey, texas-tender.
Geo. H. Gild, striker.
Lewis Shafer, fireman.
John Blaze, first mate.
James Reid, pilot.
John R. Butler, cabin pas’r, Decatur eo.,Ga.
Thos. F. Maxwell, “ “ “ “ “
Edward R Ferris, cabin passenger.
Joe Hamilton, colored sorter.f orter.
Joseph Kaco, fireman.
! Andrew Mentel, fireman.
Wesley Marer, deck-hand.
Jacob Cerror, fireman.
Boyle, Traverse, passenger.
Joseph Reip, fireman.
Mr. Murdoch, passenger.
G. W. Jennings, passenger.
Mary A. Breen, Nauvoo.
Mary J. Donohow, “
L. C. Brown, “
James Purl, Franklin, La.
Geo. Michael.
James 5. McKee, Rochester, Pa.
W. B. Linch, Saline county, Mo.
Fred. Miller, deck-hand, St. Louis.
John Pennybaker, second mate.
B. I. Fair worn, cabin boy.
Fred. Miller, fireman.
John Grousk, “
Jacob M. Leonard, second steersman.
Jabob Wagner.
Win. Miller.
Several of those, whose names are given
as saved, had their faces and hands burned,
some of them pretty severely, though not so
much so as to justify their being classed
among the wounded.
Every one we conversed with spoke in
the highest terms of the noble conduct of
Capt. Ovid Williamson, of the Susquehanna.
From the moment his boat came within
reaeli of the suffering, he seemed to have no
thought but for them, and he bent every
energy to the task of rescuing and alleviat
ing their sufferings. No exertion seemed
to be too much for him, and no sacrifice too
great. Everything his boat contained was
at their command. In this it is but just to
say his officers and crew ‘participated, and
they lent him all their aid in carrying out
his benevolent purposes. All praise, then,
to Capt. Williamson and his crew.
The Hon. Edward Everett and Lot
teries. —In his eloquent discourse on the
career and character of Thom>u< Downes, the
Hon. Edward Everett mentions the interest- j
ing fact that the subject of his eulogy drew
a prize in a London lottery, which enabled
him ko lay the foundation of his fortunes, or
which promoted them in an extraordinary
degree. In the onslaught upon lotteries, it
is well to note this fact; and, particularly,
to remind our readers that, by sending $lO,
$5, or s2], to Wood, Eddy A Cos., Wilming
ton, Delaware, or Augusta, Georgia, they
will receive in return a ticket in their legal
ized lottery, which, if successfttl, will win
the prize of $60,000, or its proportion.
From the N. O. Picayune.
Latest from Mexico.
The arrival of the Tennessee, at New Or-
I leans, puts the Picayune in possession of the
! following intelligence:
Total Route of tlie Liberalist*.
City of Mexico, April 18, 1860.
I avail inyselfof an express, about setting
out for Vera Cruz, to send you a narrative
of late exciting and important events in this
I capital.
Miranmn has managed to make his escape
’ from the Constitutional forces who held the
cumbres of Aeulcingo. He forced the lines
of TraconU, and arrived here ou the 11th,
with two aids-de-camp, just in time to con- !
grutulate Gen. Marquez on a great victory
i over Gen. Degollado. His army also came
In the next day or two, most of them in
i good condition. The following is a sunufta-
I ry of events. *
Gen. Degollado, as you already know, ur
| rived before tin* city the 22d ult. He might
then have entered the city when and where
he pleased, especially at night. But he suf
fered himself to lx* bamboozled, deceived by
the millionaire Escandon, (at whose palace
in Taeubaya he was living,) Madrid, and
others of the Robles party, who made him
believe that he had a large party within the
walls of the city, ami that his great personal
popularity would be damaged by violent
measures!
Why, everybody here would have torn
him to pieces. For all suspected even of lib
eralism were and are still in dungeons.
He was so completely gulled, even, by
i those wolves in sheep’s clothing, that he
actually sent off the Pintos (old Alvarez’s
j men) lest they should commit outrages.
This weakness of the General, and the
sport that was mado of it, was well known
here at the time, and afterwards became a
publie jest, especially among those who had
part in the game. And foremost of them
was the British Minister, Mr. Otway, the
greatest and worst foe of the Liberal party,
because not the most open one. This un
worthy representative of liberal England
even sent Degollado word that he was doing
injury to his own personal standing and the
cause he represented, by cutting off the wa
ter ; and, would you believe it, he was fool
enough to let it all on again !
Moreover the garrison of Toluca, and
other places in the vicinity, even Gens. Mejia,
Callejo and Marquez, with their forces, ar
tillery, wagons, Ac., were all allowed to
l come in without opposition—without even
i a show of it.
When, then, the city could have been tak
| en with little or no resistance, nothing was
done; but when it had become strong in
men and artillery, then it was that an attack
was made, in the face of our strongest bat
tery, in broad daylight, by some gallant
riflemen, as if it had been designed to get
° 1
rid of the bravest men. [This was the bat- !
tie of the 2d inst., already detailed to our
readers.] The night before this attack was
made, indeed, it was known it would take
place the following day, and in expectation
of it 4,(MX) men were concentrated at that
very point.
In a word, Degollado has been throughout
deceived by villains whom he believed to he j
friends, and by traitors at his side, in whom ;
he reposed unlimited confidence.
Everything that passed in the councils of
Degollado, and every despatch sent off hy
him was known, even to its minutest con
tents, three hours after in the city. How,
then, is it to bo wondered at that he should
be defeated, completely routed, soon after ?
This brings me to the closing up of the
affair.
On Sunday night (the 10th inst.) prepara
tions were made for an attack upon Degol
lado’s headquarters, by a force of 6,000 men
under Marquez. During that night they
were allowed to flank the enemy’s positions,
and on Monday morning and the following
day, the force of Degollado, though fighting
like tigers, were made to feel the superiority
in number and efliciency of that very artil
lery and those very men whom their stupid
chief had allowed to come unmolested to the j
aid of the city. The traitors and cowards
of the chief fled early in the fight, and left
their brave soldiers to make what feeble re
i sistance they could afterwards. The result
was, of course, a total rout.
The only officers who behaved well were
Gen. Pueblita and Col. Lane, a gallant Eng
lishman, who retreated with the remnant of
the army.
After the action, and upon the field, deeds
of horror were committed, ueh ascui hard
ly be believed, lnit which can nevertheless
be true. The cavalry of Marquez, urged on
by several priests, amused themselves by
lancing the wounded, with whom the field
was covered, none of whom were spared. j
Three doctors, a Mexican, an Englishman
and an American, whose names I have
not yet ascertained, with two young students
, and a lad of twelve years, who were found
by Marquez in the hospital, dressing or help
ing to dress the wounded of both parties,
were, hy orders of this blood-thirsty villain,
dragged out and shot; but before being shot
received, at the hands of a priest to whom
( they appealed, instead of comfort—curses.
Gen. Marquez returned to the city of Mex
ico two days afterwards in triumph, with 180
j prisoners drugged after him, to give greater
splendor, no doubt, to his entry.
The night of the day ou which the battle
was fought, all the convents and the private
i houses of the Spaniards, residing in Mexico, |
| were illuminated.
It appears that such deeds of blood and
murder were not approved of by all the mem
bers of Miramon’s government; for the
Minister of War, Castillo, and the Minuter
i of Justice, Sagusita. have resigned, and Co
rona has been appointed to the former post.
Gabriae. the French Minister, a Jesuit, is
I believed hy all to be the instigator to these !
I acts of crurlty, which can only be called
i assassinations.
Mr. Black, our Consul, has had his pass
ports sent to him. He applied to Mr. Ot
way, the English Minister, to take Aineri
can citizens and property under his protec
tion, in the absence of any representative of ,
our Government in the capital, and his re
quest was denied. This behavior I leave ;
for the American people and world to com
ment upon. I cannot believe even that the j
English Government will approve such
I conduct. * * *
Hr. Black's Prayer for Hanußity’s Sake.
Consulate of the U. $. of America, )
Mexico, April 13, 1859. \
Bir: —l have just been informed that an
Englishman by the name of George Selby,
in the employment of Mr. Geo. L. Hemme
kin, on American citizen, proprietor of the
i Taeubaya Railroad, has been sentenced to
be executed by military authority, having
been apprehended at Taeubaya under the
pretext of his having joined the Constitu
tionalist party; but lam assured his only
crime is poverty; that after the cars were ,
stopped running by order of the Govern
ment, he was under the necessity of finding
other business, and undertook that of selling
food to those who offered; that he has been 1
allowed no defence, but is to be executed
only to satisfy the caprice, or unbridled ven
geance of military despotism.
Asa consular representative of a civilized
and friendly nation, I take the liberty of
addressing you, in the name of humanity
and justice, as the diplomatic representative
of a great and enlightened, a law and justice ,
observing nation; and request that your J
Excellency may be pleased to address the
Mexican authorities, and interpose your
official remonstrance, in order that that the
lives of innocent persons may not be sacri
ficed ; and that these violent, atrocious, and
inhuman executions, not only of foreigners
but of Mexicans, without trial and the right
of defence, may be prevented, as leaving an
indelible stain, not only on those who com
mit thenj, but on those who can look on with
uneoneern, and not to do all they can to re
strain sucli wanton exercise of power, and
: thus subserve the cause of humanity and
j justice : a question in which the civilised
world is deeply interested, and to which it
j cannot be indifferent. If I have erred in
! thus addressing your Excellency, be it as
sured it is an error of the head and not of
the heart: as lam fully persuaded it is my
i bounden duty to east my mite into the scale
of humanity and justice.
I have the honor to be, with great respect,
Your most obelient servant,
[Signed] JOHN BLACK.
I To His Excellency, Loftus C. Otway, Esq.,
C. B. E. E. and Minister Plenipotentiary
of Her Britannic Ma’csty, Mexico.
In reply to this creditable and proper note,
Mr. Otway is said to have replied that he
could not officially interfere in behalf of
Mexicans. As to poor Selby, he was forced
, not only by Mr. Black’s note, but by the
prayers of others, to make some exertions,
and Selby was saved. If he had exerted
i himself a little more, others might also have
been rescued from the unbridled fury of the
religious assassins. For his neglect on this
melancholy occasion, he is certain to meet
with the just rebuke, not only of Americans,
but of his own countrymen. Every Eng
lishman in 3lexico, Mr. Otway excepted,
felt as 31 r. Black did when he addressed
that note.
Old Line IVhigs in Democratic Camps.
! A great deal is said in newspapers about the
Democratic party being to some extent con
trolled and led by old line AVhigs who struck
their colors and went over to the enemy.—
Stephens, Toombs, Benjamin, Ac., are prom
inently mentioned in that connection. 3Ve
have no complaints to make, but will take ■
the liberty of transcribing one of Jusop's
fables to illustrate the relative ]>ositions of
these renegades and the Democratic party: ,
“ The Porcupine and the Snakes. —A por
cupine wishing to shelter himself, desired a
nest of snakes to give him admittance into
their cave. They were prevailed upon, and
let him in accordingly; but they were so
annoyed with his sharp, prickly quills, that
they soon repented of their easy eompli- ,
ance, and entreated the porcupine to with
draw and leave them their hole to them
selves. ‘No,’ says he, ‘let them quit the
place that do not like it: for my part, lam
well enough satisfied as I am.’ ” — Brandon
Republican.
Rational Profligacy.
At a time when the people of this coun
try are studying economy, and when the
revenues of the Government are inadequate
for the most carefully regulated expendi
tures, our rulers should be held to a strict
accountability for their administration of
the national finances. They require to be
watched in small things as well as great, for
when profligacy becomes a habit, its abuses
are general, and correction must be applied
at every point. .Some items where lass mon
ey in the aggregation is wasted, may serve
to show the prevailing vice in even a more
impressive light. For instance, the two
front doors of that remarkable building, the
Capitol, with their side trimmings, cost
$40,072. In addition to this, the designs
and models for these doors cost $12,006.
By the original estimate, these doors were
put down at §OOO. One of the bronze doors
leading into the new Representative Cham
ber will cost, according to estimate, $14,416
—the design and model having already cost
$8,900. It is no wonder the ancients had a
i high idea of the position of a “doorkeeper.”
Euch window has cost about $2,000 exclu
sive of glass. “ The spread eagle hand rails
for the private stairway, in both wings, cost
$12,000,” and yet they are in such dark
, pluees that it is proposed to tear away one
! of the committee rooms, in order to let a
little light shiue upon one of them. So
much by the way of detail, merely enough
to prevent any wonder, when we state that
the appropriations for the Capitol already
reach $5,075,000, and yet it is estimated
that the building cannot be completed on
the present plans for less than $8,000,000!
The same inordinate expenditure also ex
tends to the furnishing of the various rooms.
Thus, the furniture of the Speaker’s room
alone cost $5,500. Everything is on a grand
I scale of expense, at least. 3lr. Speaker Orr,
for instance, withdrawing from the arduous
duties of the Chair, refreshes himself by sur
j veying his portly person in a mirror which
cost $1,350. If the light is not sufficient,
lie arranges tire broeatelle curtains for which
the “dear people” have paids9oo. Should
he discover any dust upon his brow, he re
pairs to a wash-stand worth SBS. He can
then select some interesting work from a
book-case which cost $668; take his choice
between a S4B and a $96 chair and a S9O
lounge ; and thus enjoy himself till a $145 1
j clock tells him it is time either to write a
note from a SSO inkstand on a $94 writing
table, or else take his coat and hat from a
$47 clothes rack and temporarily absent
himself from a room of such “republican
| simplicity.”
And so it is without the Capitol. The
. room of the Committee of Ways and 3leans
is furnished at an expense of $2,740 —one of
I the items being a “fine book desk and ease, j
$000.” The desks and chair- of the Rcpre
j sentatives’ hall cost $45,000; and merely
the cleaning and varnishing of them last
fall cost over $2,100. Carpets, enrtains and
i lounges are on the same scale. The mem
bers of the last session even brushed their
| shrewd financial heads at an expense of $425
I to the people, and combed them (the peo
ple's heads also) to the tune of s22o.—Bos
ton Journal.
The Cuban Filibusters.
The Havana Gazette , the official paper o
the Cuban government, thinks that the state
ments relative to a filibustering expedition,
directed against the island of Cuba, are not
without foundation. It is reported, it says,
that at the island of Santo Domingo, there
are collected odc thousand men. consisting
of Cubans, Americans and Frenchmen ; that
they propose to embark at Cape Santa Ma
ria, the nearest place to Point Maisi, and
that on the 21st of March a schooner left
New Yoik having on board two Lundred
men bound to St. Domiugo. It is also re
ported that an expedition of five thousand
men is preparing at different points of the
Union, which will rendezvous out of the
jurisdiction of the United States, citing the
day add hour of the embaikation of a part
of said force, and the name of the leader
who is to command it; and the names of
Gen. Henningsen, and some others ot the
generals and chiefs who have been distin- j
guished in filibustering expeditions, are men
tioned. The Gazette, however, concludes
that the authorities of the island have a force
at their command sufficient to annihilate any
filibustering expedition, however numerous
and well organized.
The London Tones in an article on the Wash
ington tragedy, attributes the savage justice ot
Sickles to the savage condition of American so*
ciety. The Tones should remember that when
a gentleman in England discovers a poacher on
his manor he shoots down the trespasser w ith j
impunity. Is not a man’s wife a more sacred
piece of “private property” than his sheep pas
ture!” 1
From the Atlanta Confederacy.
The Bargain and Sale—The Proof.
We have chitrged repeatedly through the
columns of this paper, that a bargain and
sale had been effected in the town of Dalton
between 3los#rs. Howell Cobb, John H
Lumpkin and Joseph E. Brown. 3Y ( > have
also repeatedly stated that we had ineon
testible proof of the bargain and sale, and
challenged Gov. Brown and his followers to
a denial. There having been no publie de
ni*! made, for obvious reasons, we have de
termined to give to the public a part of the
authority upon which we have predicated
these charges. 3Ve shall commence in this
issue of the Confederacy the proof in two in
stances by the publication of a letter from
Mr. E. V. Johnson, snd also from Samuel
V. Pheats. 3Ve hope the reading public
will give these letters a careful and impar
tial examination.
Kingston, April 25th, 1850.
Dr. James P. Hambleton, — DemrSir': l n
reply to your letter upon the subject of tlir
bargain and sale between Gov. Joseph ]•’
Brown nnd the Hon. John H. Lumpkin I
will •unhesitatingly and unequivoeallv -av
that I was offered the agency at Kingston
if I would cease my opposition to the re
nomination of Gov. Brown, which otf, r was
made after the Dalton meeting, and a few
days afterwards Judge Lumpkin seeing the
offer was not acceptable to me, said he could
not give me the Depot Agency at Kingston,
in consequence of a discrepancy against me’
on the Books of the road, (against which
discrepancy I have an account, according to
my understanding with Col. Ppullock. which
will very nearly balance it. and which bal
ance I have held myself ready to pay at any
moment.) but that I could have a route mail
agency upon tiie Western & Atlantic Rail
road, if I would accept it, at the recommen
dation of Gov. Brown and Dr. Lewis, if I
would stop my opposition to Gov. Brown.
I told Judge Lumpkin that I could not, un
der the circumstances, so sacrifice my self
respeet as to accept it. His reply was, “hv
not? they all do it.” I told him he might,
but I could not. My reason must be obvious
to all. / looked upon the otter as a bribe.
I will here state, in justice to myself, that
if the above had not been overheard and got
into the public prints, it would not have
been made public by me.
You have my eousent to use this as may
seem to you best.
I am, very respectfully,
E. Y. JOHNSON.
Kingston, Ga., April 25, 1859.
Dr. James P. Hambleton : 3 our favor
asking information with regard to the re-
Ijorted “Bargain” between the Hon. John
EL Lumpkin and Gov. Joseph E. Brown,
has been receiviHl, so a proper understanding
j of my connection in this affair, vou must
! permit me to premise by saying, that (with
a co-partner) I am extensively engaged in
the manufacture of Lime, about two miles
from the village of Kingston, Cass county,
that we have erected an improved perpetual
1 kiln, at a heavy expense, within some 300
yards of the line of the AYestern A Atlantic
Railroad capable of producing, daily, more
Lime than the other two kilns in this coun
ty; anil inasmuch as sideling- had Ix-en con
structed by the authorities of the W. A A.
Railroad, for the convenience of shipping
Lime .t these kilns—neither of which is as
far from a regular Depot as our ow n. it was
our confident expectation to obtain like priv
ileges ; in this, however, we have, thus far,
been disappointed.
Now to the facts. Soon after the meeting
of the Hons. John 11. Lumpkin and Joseph
E. Brown, at Dalton, there being a current
report with a general belief from the very
sudden change in the minds of some who
have been violent in their denunciations of
Gov. Brown, that an arrangement had cer
tainly been made, by which a complete re
conciliation had taken place, 1 called on
Judge Lumpkin, and asked him how he and
Gov. Brown stood now—he replied “he was
satisfied.” 1 then said to him, that such
being the case, he might benefit me in exer
cising his influence to obtain a sideling at
our limekiln. He stated that he had asked
a favor himself, and upon my asking if he
had succeeded, he replied he had—and that
was to erect near his plantation in Tennes
see, a Depot for his convenience in sending
off produce and receiving supplies.
This was substantially the conversation
which took place between us, and you are
at liberty to use it as you like.
Very respectfully, yours, Ac.,
S. V. SHEATS.
3Vhat do the letters of Messrs. Johnson
and Sheats prove ? That after the Dalton
plot was concocted, John H. Lumpkin, Gov.
Brown’s bitterest enemy in all Cherokee
Georgia, is authorized tosay that iflie (John
son) will cease his hostility’ to Gov. Brown,
he (Johnson) should have tliwDepot Agency
at Kingston. This was an effm tto purchase
a respectable gentleman. By what author
ity did John H. Lumpkin propose to make
an im|K>rtant appointment upon the 3V. A
A. R. R.? Is John 11. Lumpkin Governor
|of Georgia? Is he superintendent? Or,
has he the appointing power by and through
the consent of the Legislature ! Upon what
authority, then, did he propose to purchase
E. V. Johnson ? Why, upon the authority
of Joseph E. Brown. It could not be oth
erwise. But, says 31 r. Johnson, a short time
after the first proposition was made, John H.
Lumpkin said to him, as there was a discrep
ancy against him (Johnson) at the King.-ton
agency’, he (Lumpkin) could not give him
this agency, but if he (Johnson) would ac
cept a Route Agency upon W. A A. R. 8.,
through the recommendation of Gov. Brown
and Dr. John W. Lewis, he should have it.
The question is, who was there in Washing
ton City to attend to the application of a
Route Agency for E. V. Johnson, endorsed
, bv Gov. Brown and Dr. Lewis, if be (John
| son) should have acceded to the purcha-e?
That individual was Howell Cobb. Lump
kin knew what Cobb could do before the
projxisition was made. Which of the three
mail agents on the State Road would have
been sacrificed, had the proposition carried,
we cannot say, hut wc believe Grier, a re
lation of 31 r. A. 11. Stephens’ would have
been the sufferer.
Here is proof conclusive that offices of the
State and General Government are nothing
more than barter when it is necessary to
serve such men as Joseph E. Brown and
Howell Cobb.
Ai.d poor Lumpkin is the instrument to
serve Joe Brown. What humiliation ! We
believe John H. Lumpkin naturally an hon
est gentleman ; but bis faith and confidence
in Howell Cobb has, and will bring down
upon him the indignation and scorn of an
outraged people.
The letter of S. Y. Sheats is given as con
firmatory of minor details in the bargain
ami sale.
With this evidence, what does the public
say? What says the Intelligencer, the* o
lumbus Tunes, Enquirer, and Federal Inion
We hope the press of the State will lay the
foregoing facts before their readers,” • 1
such comments as is thought to be accessary-
Brunswick.
The following is an extract from a letter
of a recent Northern traveler, communicat
ed for the Charleston Courier:
Brunswick, Ga., April, 1859.
Having just made a visit to this place, tor
the first time, I propose tosay a word about
it. I was disappointed in many particulars.
I had supposed the city contained two or
three hundred people, whereas it has a thou
sand. I supposed the soil was only unpro
ductive sand, whereas I found beautilu gar
dens and coin-fields. The whole a PP eal j
ance of things was better than I e *P tc ‘ e . ’
The harbor, one of the largest and best i
the United States, has deep water, sAbcu;
at low tide, to anchor the largest sb'P*
Turtle river allows vessels to load at , l “ e
per end of the city ; and
veniences seem more abundant at B.nr -
than at any other part of the Southern coast.
Why the wise plans of Gen. Oglethorp -
not Len carried out, and that spot made the
centre of Southern trade I c * Ulio ‘’ ar e
When the unfinished canal and rall b r
completed, business in cotton fld lunibe
must begin, and the City take its I