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THE FATAL BECEET.
Dr. M. lived in ft village some dis
tance from Coi-ne, in the south of France.
One of his mo-t intimate friends was a
M. Ambroise R.. with whom he had
been acquainted some considerable time.
The doctor had married a young girl
from the neighborhood, who had brought
him a portiou of about a hundred thou
sand francs, which was given to him by
the marrixge conti act in case of her dy
ing without children. At the end of ten
months the young woman was confined
with a child, and the doctor appeared
equally delighted as a husbaud and a
father.
Three years glided by. All at once
it was said abroad that Madam M. died
suddenly. Ever/ one rushed to the
house of the dead, as is customary in the
province*. The hu-band was found in
de-pair; he was embracing tns daughter,
and said that he alone Could now enable
him to support life.
Three months afterward the child fell
sick in its turn, and in spite of the at
tention lavished tip<>n it by its father,
died. For three more months no one,
for ten leagues aiound, spoke of am
thing but the misfortune* of the poor Dr.
M. It was a lo ig time before he ap
peared even at the houses of his best
friends, and wh-n he was seen again,
every one considered him terribly alter
ed. For the rest, the interest which
every one took in him was very profita
bly to him ; in J-s than a year his prac
tice had doubled.
It was nearly eighteen months since
Dr. M. had lost his own wife, when
Ambroise’s wife was on the point of be
ing confined. Ambroiae immediately
mounted a hoise and rode in the greatest
haste tor Dr. M. Dr. M. also mounted
his horse, and came back with Ambroise
to Marsilly. It was about two o'clock
in the afternoon.
At seven in the evening Ambroise’s
wife was confined of a pretty little girl.
On seeing the child Dr. M. almost faint
ed. It was thought that this sight had
re called his own loss to the poor father,
and the joy of his friend had redoubled
his own grief.
At dinner, the doctor scarcely ate any
thing. At nine o’clock, Ambroise’s ser
vant, who had received the order in the
course of the day from the doctor, sad
dled the doctor’s horse, and announced
to him that when he wished to return
home everything was ready for hitn.
The doctor rose, and almost immedi
ately sat down again, turning at the same
time very pale. Ambroise noticed this,
and took his hand. 11 is hand was cold,
notwithstanding which large drops of
perspiration were rolling down his fore
head.
Ambroise asked him what was the
matter; the dt>ctor smiled, and said it
was nothing. Ambroise also heard hi*
friend say how necessary it was for him
to return home the same evening, and
invited him, somewhat undecidedly, to
pass the night at Marsilly. The doctor
took some steps toward the door, but
when he reached the threshold he stop
ped, and, falling back, said—
‘Yes, I will stay.’
‘Do you feel unwell ?’a-ked Ambroise.
‘No, but 1 am frighteued,’ replied the
physician.
At this strange answer, Ambroise
looked bis friend in the face. lie had
known him for twenty years, and had
known hitn to be a brave man. A hun
dred time* in the c<urse of the year pa
tients called him from home at all hours
of the day and night, and he had never
shown the lea-t sign of weakness o fear;
though certainly, since the death of hi*
wife, several of his patient* had com
plained that when they had required him
during the night, although the case* were
urgent, he had always (bund mean* un
dei different pretext* not to go w hen he
was wanted. Ambroise recollected thtse
complaints, and remembering, beside-,
that there was a wo< and to cross at a quar
ter of a league’s distance from Marsilly,
he offered either to have him accompa
nied, or to lend him his pistol* in case
he feared be ng*topped. But the doctor
shook hi* head, and repeated twice over:
‘lt is not that! It is not that !*
An broise, who required nothing bet
ter than that he should remain, in case
his wife might require fresh attention,
did Dot pres* ihe point any more, and
gave his servant orders to prepare a bed
tor his guest. The doctor then asked
him whether he should have anv objec
tion to the bed being made up in his own
bedroom. Ambroise having no reason
to oppose this, consented. He then just
went to his wife, f .und that she was
asleep, desired that he might be awoke
in case any thing occurred, ar.d, leaving
her in charge of the nurse who was at
tending her, came back to the room
where he had left the doctor.
He found him walking about in an
agitated manner and taking enormous
steps, but at the moment he and and not pay
any attention to this. Taking up one of
the light* which had been burning all the
evening, he invited the doctor to take
the other, and went with him into the
bedroom, where, in accordance with the
request of the doctor, both were to pass
the night.
Ambroise got into bed and blew the
light out. The doctor also went to bed
but left the light burning. Ambroise
soon fell asleep.
In the middle of the night he was
awoke by groans. Except by a faint
moonbeam, which pierced through the
blind, and cast a feeble gleam of light ou
a portion of his bed, all the room was in
darkness. He thought at first that he
had mistaken some dream for a reali
ty, but the groans recommenc-d—they
proceeded from the doctor’s tied.
‘l* that you moaning, so Louis?’ in
quired Ambroise. A fresh sigh was the
only answer to this question.
‘Are you in pain?’ be continued; but
a species of sob wa* all the inquiry pn>-
duoed.
‘1 say ! Are you awake or asleep ?’
asked Ambroise, with a certain impa
tience, a* he gi-t up in the bed.
‘lam awake,’ replitd the doctor; ‘for
the last eighteen months I have not
slept.’
‘What do you mean?’ inquired Am
brose.
‘Listen ! It ha* been st fling me too
long. I must tell you all or it will be
my death.
‘What! are you mad ?’ said Ambroise
>\ hat can you have to tell me?’
‘Wait,’ said the doctor. ‘lt „ lUst
told in a low voice.’
In the voice of his companion there
was a tone so ptofoundly deep, that Anv
broise felt all hi* limb* shudder; he
looked underneath the table fr a match,
but the and >ctor hearing him move, and
guessing hi* intention, cried out—
‘No, no! no light, or I will not speak!’
same time Ambroise heard him
come down from his bed, saw him go to
the window and draw the curtain, so a*
to intercept the moonbeam which fell
upon the tied, after which he heard h'm j
feeling his way toward* his pillow. He
stretched out his hand and it met that of
the doctor. The doctor’s hand was as
icy a* a hand of marble, and at the same
time covered with perspiration. Am
to withdraw hi* own, but
doctor retained it with bo much force,
! pressed his lips to it, and at the same
time fell on his knees.
‘What, in the name of heaven, is the
matter?’ cried Ambroise.
‘Do you suspect nothing V asked the
, doctor.
‘W hat do you imagiue I should sus
pect?’
•Do y ou not suspect that he who now
hold* y<>ur hand —who is on his knees
1 close t your bed—is a wretch, a villain,
a murderer—worse than all that even —
a poisoner V
Ambroise made so violent a move
ment that he drew his h md back in spite
of the firmness with which the doctor
held it.
‘Wretch!’ he cried, ‘and why come and
tell me that? Who forced you to do
so ?’
‘Who forces me? How do 1 know
myself? Is it God, is it remorse, is it
my wife, is it my child?’ And he pro
nounced these la-t words in an almost
extinguished voice.
Ambroise shrunk to the other side of
ihe bed with horror.
‘Yes, yes, I terrify you, do I not? But
no matter. I must tell all, it stifles me
Wh<n 1 have told everything, I shall feel
relieved. Ambroise, 1 have poisoned
, rnv wife! Ambroise, I have poisoned
my daughter !
Ambrose raised his two hands to
Heavt-n, and could only utter an ejacula
tion of horror.
The doctor then continued :
‘No one knew’ it. no one had any sus
picion of it, no one would ever have had
any ; but 1 have found my accuser with
in myself; at each moment the fatal se
cret is on my lips. Without doubt, it
was some great criminal who first insti
tuted the confessional, for it was appa
rent to me that if I confessed iny crime
I should find solace. Ibis morning.when
you came for me, 1 thought of you ; it
appeared to me a warning from Heaven,
and from that moment 1 was decided. It
is true that for a moment I failed, and
that I was on the point of going away.
If it had been daylight I would have
gone; but it was night, and at night— ’
(The doctor strebhed hi* hand out and
• seized that <f Ambroise.) ‘And at
night,’ he continued, ‘I am frightened.’
‘But why do you come and tell* all
these frightful things to me ? lam not a
priest, and cannot absolve you.’
‘But you are my friend, and can console
me.’
‘Well, listen, then,’ said Ambroise,
approaching him ; ‘I am going, then, to
speak to you as a friend, ana not as a
priest, since it is advice, and not absolu
tion, that you ask for.’
‘Speak, Speak!’
‘One day or other, your crime will be
discovered.’ (The doctor shuddered.)
‘lt will be tin scaffild, the prison, or per
haps wor>e—the hulks. You have a
father and a sister ; your father will be
dishonored, your sister will be despised
by every one. Take my pistols, and go
and blow your brains out in the corner
of the wood of Marsilly. I will accom
pany you there, and bring back the wea
pons. To-morrow it will be said that you
have been attacked by robbers and as
sassinated.’
‘And if, at the moment, my courage
‘hould fail, and I wound, without killing
myself V
‘Then write on a piece of paper that
you are your own destroyer, place it be
beneath your pillow, and if you fail—
why, I will complete the work ’
The doctor uttered a groan, let go the
hand of Ambroise, and fell back.
After a moment’s silence, Ambroise
said :
‘Well, 1 see you are a coward ! Go
to bed, and say no more about it.’
‘And—and—nothing of what I have
confessed to you shall ever come out of
your month?’
‘Wretch!’ muttered Ambroise, ‘do
you take me for a scoundrel like your
self V
The doctor crawled on hi* knees to
bed. Ambroise left the room, and went
into his wife’s chamber.
The next day he aked what had be
come of the doctor, and was told that he
had gone away at daybreak.
Ii was six months before he saw him
again. At ibe end of that period he
learned that the doctor had been arrested
on su-picion of having poisoned his
wife an* 4 daughter. The doctor’s ser
vant lodged above him, a-tonished t<> !
hear him walking about, going to bed
and getting up again ; instead of sleep
ing, came down stairs one night, looked ‘
through the keyhole, saw hi* master on
his knee* in the middle of the room, and
heard hitn ask for patdon from his wile
and child. This servant was one who
had come front his father-in-law’s, and
who was very much attached to his old
master. He related everything to the
old man, who was left entirely without
family by the death of his daughter and
grand daughter. The old man had hid
his suspicion*, but these suspicions had
disappeared fir want of proof. He had
cea-ed to visit hi* son-in-law, and that
was all. He was isolated and dying like
a tree withering away in a corner, when
the tale of his old servant served to
wake up hi? former doubts He asked
the servant if he could let him hear and
see for himself that which he had wit
nc-sed. The servant replied that noth
ing could be more easy ; that he would
conceal himself in his room, and, as the
I ►line thing wa* repeated every night, he
would only have to observe and listen
in ord. r to see and hear in his own turn
that, whit b he had seen and heard.
The plan was carried out according to
the arrangement. The old man, con
vineed more by the paleness of the mur
derer than by hi* own words, went the
same night to the Procureur du Roi. and
made hi* deposition.
The next day the doctor was taken ,
into custody.
He had ?< arcely been arrested, when i
he acknowledged everything, and narra- 1
ted himself the scene which had taken
place at Marsilly, telling the Judge, as
he had already told Ambroise, that a
moment had arrived at which he felt so
much the necessity of speaking. that, in
fluenced by a superior force, he had con
lessed everything. On the night preced
ing the day fixed for his trial, the doctor
committed suicide, in prison, by opening
•he carotid artery; and thus escaped the
public execution to w hich he would cer
tainly have been condemned.
OUR OWN PUBLICATIONS.
Th* Weekly (icorgia Citizen.—
A lr* gr-tda*-. FamUv Xewap*p*r. welt fi ‘! with
c*k4ct r-'adißg ng >ll mi. ect of ral'nc Bfi Lilrra
inr. ScielCv. rt, P liUv. Apiculture and General Intel-
I pnce. I'ubUebed ev.-<y f ridar.
TERMS—#i TIM ASJOI, Os ADVAXO* !
Semi-Weekly Georgia Citizen.—
Mied every llorttl it and r burmlay, on a d’ tible-medl
?* ra *“” ; dev.Aedd irtv to ie CB'iuenial aid bead ln
tete-t. of Macon, ard .e-tan .as a Mercantile AdTenlser
tßVwa** *• Jo " r ’ *J
ri * av-svm , r* advaVc*.
The “ Christian fcpirilualint.'’ A
Sf oie rhU*~Vh°°^wC!ii r }** Mrt.ce and IIuHtbII-b
and relaiioi■ a w tA? 2"*”* In lie f hrlJlai. an-t*
m.e £L* rv ?' ru , , 'L t 0 Phen.tt.ena which <le
tie fact* r*f Ml.lt orr..mni !<•. the
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ThUMS-ai srtn ak™..w*loo nutubira ah
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tr Aaehaenaopte<lttcC4SHayMem. nocrderwUl
he attend, and In unleaa the iwbtcrtptlna h paid to advance
A. drreS . L. F. W. A.MjRKWs ‘
Macon. April— ts. Macon. Oa.
Mfor rent,
A DWILMSO HOUSE, with Seven R. oma
altua'ed n the hi ~ rear the res d.noe of i . p,
ntuoua, Aaq. Apply at thir Office. May 11—It*
Wit f, BU. c AABI.Es W. ZLU.
From the ChrOn. £ Sentinel.
Governor* of Georgia.
A list of the Governors of Georgia, from
1732 to the present time:
James E. Oglethorpe, 1732
William Stephen# 1743
Henry Parker, 1751
John Reynolds 1754
Henry Ellis, 1757
James Wright, 1700
James
William Irwin, 1775
Archibald BuUoch,,., 1776
Button Gwinnett, 1777
J&hn A. Treuitlen, 1777
John Houston, 1778
John Merriat. 1778
George Walton, 1779
Richard Howley, 1780
Stephen Heard, 1781
Nathan Bronson, 1781
John Martin, 1782
Lyman Hall, 1783
John Houston 1784
Samuel M. Elbert, 1785
Edward Telfair, 1780
George Matthews 1787
George Handly, 1788
George Walton 1789
Eedward Telfair, 1790
George Matthews, 1793
Jared Irwin, 1795
James Jackson 1798
David Emanuel 1801
John Milledgo, 1802
Jared Irwin 1806
David B. Mitchell, 1809
Peter Early, 1813
David B. Mitchell, 1815
William Rabun 1817
Matthew Talbot, 1819
John Clark 1819
George M. Troup, 1823
John Forsyth, 1827
George R. Gilmer, 1829
Wilson Lumpkin, 1831
William Schley, 1835
George R. Gilmer, 1837
C. J. McDonald 1839
George W. Crawford, 18i3
George W. Towns, 1847
Howell Cobh, 1851
Herschel V. Johnson, 1853
Joseph E. Brown 1857
The Democracy of Crawford.
We arc glad to see that the democracy of
the neighboring county of Crawford are
“right side up” on the African Slavery
question and in reference to Senator Iverson.
The following Resolutions were passed at a
recent meeting in Knoxville. If the meet
ing had also ignored Joe Brown, we would
have given them the right hand of fellow
ship, but they spoilt all by their ineffably
stupid lickspittleisin, ou the immaculate
j Joseph :
“ W e, the people of Crawford county, in
our sovereign capacity, assembled, acting up
on the universally admitted principle that it
is the doty of the Representative to cam
out the expressed will of his constituents, do
announce the following resolutions to be the
expression of the principles of the Democrat
iic Party of said County.
1. Resolved, That Congress has no Juris
diction of the Slavery question, except to pro
tect the right of property in slaves.
2. Resolved, That the foregoing resolution,
being a proposition universally admitted at
the South, leads to the following undenia
ble conclusion, to-wit:
Ist. That a restriction of Slavery by Con
-1 gress, either by interdicting the Slave' Trade,
’ Domestic or Foreign, or by declaring the
trade a crime, is an unwarranted assump
tion of power which we will resist so long
as such unfriendly legislation may exist or
make it necessary.
2d. That it is the duty of Congress to pro
tect the rights of the slave-holders in the
j Territories and other places over which Con
gress has jurisdiction, against the adverse
legislation of the Territorial Legislatures,
i and against the adverse regulations of any
, local police or corporation: not because
slaves are slaves, but l*ecause they are pro
perty, the right to which is as much entitled
to protection as the right to any other pro
perty.
3. Resolved, That while many of us, per
sonally, prefer an another than the Hon. A.
Iverson, weall agree that justice to the South
demands of us our support as an evidence of
our endorsement of the principles so timely
uttered with such marked abilitv by him, in
his speech upon the Pacific Railroad Bill.—
We congratulate our Senatorial Representa
tive for the very able, manly. State Rights
Speech, which he so happily delivered upftn
the occasion referred to, and beg him to be
assured that it meets our most hearty appro
bation, and entitles him to our warmest sup
| port.”
Rev. Alexander Gregg, of South Carolina
has been unanimously elected Episcopal Bishop
ol Texas, by ihe Episcopal convention at Gal
veston. The new bishop is in the prime of life,
says the News, has highly respectable connec
ons, and is spoken of as gentleman ot great
nergy of character and zeal in hia profession,
A Mode to Prevest the Ignition of La
dies’ Dresses.—A correspondent writing to ua
ou the above subject says, after mentioning the
recent death of young woman in Richmond,
by the extended use ofcriooline, (which had ta
ken fire,) that such things may be expected to
occur every day as long as tyrant fashion cau
ses the women to hedge around their persons
as they are now called to do. The only way is
to try and mitigate the evil by finding out some
preventive when the catasthrophe occurs.—
Oar correspondent, an eminent medical gentle
man. says on this subject:
“Several hundred stuffs have been recommen
ded to guard the texture of linen, cotton, etc.,
against combustion, but, as the safest and sur
rest, and not injuring the cloth, (like borax and
alum will do.) the best German chemical au
thorities have lately suggested the phosphate
of ammonia—a stuff which can be obtained
from the drug store —and will secure all kinds
of texture, even paper, from ready ignition and
blazing combustion. Two ounces dissolved in
one quart of water and applied to the cloth,
either alone, hv saturating the same with the
mixture, or by admixing it to the starch, will
answer the purpose. llow many lives that fell
the victims of exploding cam phene lamps could
have been saved by the general use of a simple
remedy like the above meniioned, we leave the
reader to imagine for himself.”
Petersburg (la.) Press.
New Whkit. —We yesterday saw at the
counting rooms of Messrs. R. Habersham A
Sons, a sample of new wheat, from the rice
plantation of Dr. Daniel near this city. The
tenth day ol May fr new wheat is very early,
and we suppose beyond preced-nt This wheat
is of the kind called southern white, and weighs
G2ibs. to the bushel. It had not been injured
or affected by rust, of which so much complaint
lias been made throughout the State.
In Middle Georgia, the rust has been called
mould. It seems to be confident to the leaves
of the plant alone. Recent reports from the
uplands induce the opinion, that some wheat
will still be made on fields now irjurtd by the
rust or mould; but the universal opinion is,
that the wheat will lie light.
Savannah Republican.
New Wheat.—We were shown yesterday
some samples of very excellent and matured
wheat, cultivated on Mr. N. B. Moore's farm,
near this city. We understand that Mr. Moore
will comtmnce cutting in a few days, and the
crop will be ground during next week at the
Granite Mills in this city. The wheat crops in
this n< ighborhood appear generally very tine,
aud will soon be gathered and placed on the
market. —Augusta Constitutionalist.
The Weather.—The weather has been dry
or the last two weeks and the mornings almost
cool enough for frost. This has operated very
injuriously upon the young cotton, and the late
j’a iud corn and cotton as we!! as upon other
crops. We have seen a field upon which there
was a full stsnd of healthy cotton more than
three weeks ago. and we doubt now, if there is
a stand left, and we suppose there are many
more fields in a similar condition. In addition
to the drought, it has been very windy,—far
more so than usual—which baa, iu sandy land,
destroyed much of the youDg cotton.
Cheraw Gazeltt.
Some lucky chap say 9, if there is a hea
ven on earth, it is on a soft couch by your
<>wn fire-side, with your wife on one side
and a smiling baby on the other, a clear con
sci*-n e, plenty to eat, and a knowledge that
you are out of debt and don't fear the prin
ter, tailor, sheriff, or the^devil.
From the Mont. {Ala.,) Adv.. April 27.
The Compromise of 1850 as carried out
in Pennsylvania.
It is but a few days since we chronicled
a case of judicial negro-stealing in Phila
pelphia, and we purpose to offer a few
more remarks upon the subject in illus
tration ol the beliif so often expressed
by us, that the South can never more ex
pect that any Constitutional or legal ob
ligation upon the North to fulfill its ob
ligations with the South will be fulfilled
by our Northern brethren ! The late vio
lation of the fugitive Slave Law in Phil
adelphia presents circumstances of unu
sual atrocity. For here it was not by a
lawless and infuriated mob that the Vir
ginia owner was depi i ved of his property
nor was it by the stealthy rascality o
the conductors of the l nderground Rail
road. A fugitive slave, after having
been at large for five years, is discover
ed by his master in Philadelphia, arrest
ed and brought before the United States
Commissioner. There half a dozen res
pectable w hite citizens of Virginia swear
to the Identity of the slave, and establish
beyond reasonable doubt the truth of his
reputed master’s ownership. On the
other hand, a few- of the degraded and
miserable colored population that infest
the purlieus of all large cities are brought
forward to prove that the prisoner was
n Philadelphia prior to the year 1853.
at which date his master claims that hi*
slave absconded. The testimony of these
wretches is positively contradicted by the
officers who arrested the prisoner, who
.swore to the fact that he had declared to
ihem when arrested that he had never
been in Philadelphia until a short time
previous to his discovery by the Virgin
ia claimant. In face then, of the positive
testimony of respectable citizens of Vir
ginia, and the very police officers of Phi
adelphia, Mr. Commissioner Longstreth
yielded to the outside pressure of the ne
gro mob that was infesting the court
room, and set free the fugitive Daniel
Webster. Mrs. Lucretia Mott, the ven
erable wet nurse of Abolitionism, is said
io have been seated by the side of her ne
gro brother while he underwent the mock
ery of a trial, a.nd it is perhaps to the ef
fect of her example that Mr. Commissioner
Longstreth yielded the claims of her duty.
One thing, at least, is very evident to
the most skeptical Southerner, that the
J Fugitive Slave Law is, in practical effect,
a nullity not only in the bleak and bar
r*-n New England dens of fanaticism, but
in Pennsylvania, and most probably in
the entire North. Hereafter, when pa
triotie Southern orators descant upon the
Keystone of the (Jlorions Arch of the
Union, let us remember Mr. Commission
er Longstreth’* first fugitive Slave case,
and consider whether National Demo
cracy is not a humbug, a delusion, and a
snare, so far, at least, as the rights of the
South are concerned. For Mr. Long
stretn is, we doubt not, a Democrat, a
good and true Northern National, office
holding, tide-waiting Democrat. His
recent appointment to office perhaps in
dicates that in the opinion of Mr. Buch
anan, w ho certainly ought to know, he is
as good a Democrat as can be found in
the Quaker City, if not better. It i* up
on the efforts of such men as these, few
and far between as they are, that the
time-servers of the South would have us
rely fur the maintenance and protection
of our rights. It is to these faithful Noth
ern allies that the timid Southern heart
turns an appealing glance, as each suc
cessive victory of abolitionism proclaims
the speedy approac h of a complete Re
publican domination.
How long will the South continue to
pursue these false gods of nationalism
and expediency ? How long before the
State i lights Democracy of the South
will learn to trust their own right arm
in defence of rights that are our own ?
And with such instances of gross infrac
tion of the law at the hands of a federal
officer while the government is conserva
tive and Democratic, w hat may we not
expec-t when Mr. Buchanan shall be suc
; ceeded by Seward or Chase ? As the
Crescent well says : No matter how right,
legal, constitutional and inoral a nation
al law may be, which enures to the pro
tection of Southern property, the ‘‘North
will not suffer its operation within its
borders.” Recent events in Philadelphia
and Cincinnati, to say nothing of the re
cord of the past, dark as it is with deeds
of disloyality and bad faith on the part
of the North, confirm and strengthen ihe
pionunciamento oracularly put forth by
the New York Times , of which the fore
going extract is the most significant para
graph. The fact is, and it is injudicious,
if not positively dangerous, for the South
ern people to delude themselves with a
i contrary belief, our common organic law
wiiich was framed for the protection of
all is as waste paper or a rope of Kind
when, in anywise m their behalf it con
flicts with the inteiests, prejudices or
caprices, of an overwhelming majority of
ihe Northern people. In other words, it
possesses no vitality at all, except when
it is construed to enforce and subterve
the pecuniary advancement of the North,
and is made an instrument to further, and
give efficiency totheaims, ends, robberies
and fanaticisms of the masses there. The
laws of Congress enacted in pursuance of
the Constitution, the decisions of the Su
preme Court, and the power of the Exec
utive department of the Etderal Govern
ment, have all been tried and found ut
terly wanting when opposed by the black
hordes of abolition. This may be deem
ed strong language, but it is just as true
as it is strong. No man having a parti
cle of reputation worth preserving will
dispute a solitary allegation brought for
ward. All is truth —melancholy truth—
dismal truth.
The laws being inadequate to their
own enforcement now, when we have a
Congress, a Supreme Court and a Presi
dent to back them up—and all the vas
and various influences of the government
ot support them—it Is not very likely,
we imagine, that they will go into active
“operation” in Northern “border*,”
when all this is changed, as it probably
will be in loss than two years, and open
and avowed enemies to all such laws ad
minister the authority of the executive
and legislative.branches of the Govern
ment at \Y J’he Supreme
Court may remain true to the laws and
Constitution some time longer. But the
grand old Judges wall soon die off’ or
the infirmities of extreme age will com
pel them to resign, and then the Court
may be ‘ reorganized,” by regular ap
pointment of men who will not scruple
to obey the behests of bigotry, instead
of discharging their duties according to
the laws they have sworn to support.
Hayti.
Mr. James R. Redpath, well known as an
anti-slavery writes ol some celebrity, has re
cently been on a visit to Ilayti, and is writing
a series of articles for the New York Tribune,
which give a most unfavorable account of the
morals and the condition ol the people of that
country. It is certainly time for home improve
ment on this state of things, if there is ever to
any hope of the elevation of the negro race, and
the new government it is to be hoped, will set
about the work in earnest.
Mr. Redpath's account of the low state of
morals is truly deplorable. He says marriage
is almost unknown. The woman who lives in
the house with the man is regarded'as his wile,
but each mau who can afford it is expected to
support several concubines. And this promis
cuous intercourse degrades neither the man or
women in the estimation of society. Indeed,
the mother tint gives her consent before the
daughter assumes the relation of concubine.—
The correspondent says the doctrin 3 of tree love,
as applicable to the present position of society,
has had free scope there for many years; and
a more utterly demoralizing system, or or>3 better
adapted to drive out all purity there is from
the earth, can scarcely be conceived of. There
are some indications of improvement, most of
those who have had their education in Europe,
having returned with more correct ideas of the
marriage relation.— Boston Traveler.
Public Expenditures.
Time rolled on, and Gen. Pierce succeed
ed Mr. Fillmore. Still the expenditures in
creased, but even with all his extravagance
the amount expended fell far below the
amount so much dreaded by Mr. Buchanan.
Gen. Pierce retired from office, and this
same Mr. Buchanan became President. The
expenditures were swelled to a higer figure
in his own hands than they ever reached be
fore, and came within eight millions of the
sum predicted by him as the probable amount
of expenditures, “unless arrested in their
advance by the strong arm of Democracy.”
We have not at liar.d the official docu
ments, but the National Intelligencer sup
plies us with the following figures, which
will show the precise amount of expendi
tures of the Government for the year ending
30th June, 1868.
The actual expenditures of the year were
as follows :
Civil, --- - $26,887,822
Interior, - 6,061,923
War 25,485,383
Navy, - - - - 13,976,000
Texas cred’ors, bounty land stock
and old debt, ... 30,018
Redemption of public debt, - 3,864,520
Premium on the same, - - 574,443
Interest on public debt, - 1,567,055
Payment of Treasury notes, • 3,639,300
$81,585,467
Add deficiency provided at last
session, - 10,784,994
Real expenditures for the fiscal
year ending 30th June, ’SB, $92,330,461
This is the manner in which the “strong
arm of Democracy” arrests the advance of
the public expenditures. The sum of fitty
millions was an “enormous” amount for a
Whig Administration. Mr. Buchanan was
sorely troubled for the future of the country.
Nothing but the strong arm of Democracy
could prevent its reaching a hundred mil
lions! Well, the “strong arm of Democ
racy ” was interposed, and instead of arrest
ing, it hurried on the crisis, and the econom
ical Mr. Buchanan is the man who carries
the expenditures to a point but little short of
the predicted hundred Millions !
Would it be believed, after reading the
Union and American's denunciations of Mr.
Fillmore forspending fifty millions, (a slight
mistake, by the way, as our figures will
show,) that it would not have word to say
against Mr. Buchanan? Yet such is the
case. It will not even admit that Mr. Bu
chanan is responsible for the extravagance
of his administration. Since Mr. Fillmore
went out of office one would suppose that
the constitution of the United States hud
been changed, and that the President had
been deprived of all his power over the
purse of .the nation. Fillmore was the re
sponsible party when he was President, for
all the money expended ; now that a Demo
crat is office, Congress alone is alone respon
sible. Mr. Fillmore spent less than fifty
millions, and he was abused for his extrava
gance. Mr. Buchanan spends more than
ninety millions, and not a word is uttered
against him. The alleged extravagance of
a Whig was a crime; the extravagance of a
Democrat is a virtue. O, tempora! O,
mores !
To afford the reader a fair idea of the
enormous expenditures of Mr. Buchanan,
look at the following table:
$92,330,461 per year!
$7,694,205 per month!
$1,795,811 per week!
$256,473 per day!
$10,686 her hour!
$l7B 10 per minute !
$2 96 per second !
Nearly three dollars spent at every ticking
of the clock! That is more than a dozen
men could count, (if it were all in dollars)
working ten hours a day. No man could
throw away money as fast as our government
spends it.— Nashville Banner.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS. Editor.
MACON, MAY 21, 1859.
Change of Days of Publication.
For the greater convenience of our sub
scribers, we shall hereafter, issue the Semi-
Weekly Citizen on Tuesday and Thursday of
each week, and the Weekly Citizen on Satur
day.
Odd-Fellows’ Soiree.
On Wednesday afternoon, June Ist, the
Odd-Fellows of Macon design having a cele
bration in honor of the M. W. Grand Lodge
of the State, which convenes that day, in
annual communication. An address will be
delivered by Bro. Rogers of Griffin, and a
supper given the same evening, atone of the
Hotels. The members of Franklin and
United Brothers Lodges are requested to be
punctual in their attendance at the meetings
of their respective Lodges, prior to the day
specified, to aid in the preparatory arrange
ments for the approaching festival.
————
A Patent Article.
Messrs. Richards have placed on our desk
anew Inkstand, with stand and a rack for
pens, which is a novelty in its way. The re
ceptacle for ink is made of India rubber of
semi-globular shape, and having a glass tube
with funnel top to screw into the top. By
a gentle pressure of the fingers near the top
of the rubber, the ink flows up into the fun
nel top, and by a like pressure at the bottom
of the rubber, it falls back into the cavity.
When one gets the hang of the thing, this
ink apparatus will be found to possess sever
al advantages over the ordinary inkstand, in
general use. They can be examined at Rich
ards’ Book Store.
American Meeting.
The Proceedings of the Monroe county
meeting will be found in another column.—
They breathe a truly patriotic spirit, and
manifest a very decided disposition to
“pitch in” at the approaching Congres
sional and Legislative canvass. No cow
ardly fear influences the Monroe Amer
icans, nor are they inclined to let the next
election go by default. The endorsement of
their fellow citizen, the Hon. R. P. Trippe,
, as a Representative in Congress, is hearty
and complete, and though mention is made
of Mr. Trippe’s determination to retire from
private life, as if it was a foregone conclti
, sion, yet we think we see a hint expressed
| that he may be prevailed on to be his own
! successor, if such should be the unanimous
voice of the nominating convention.
We regret, however, tosee that no expres
sion has been given by our Monroe friends,
on the subject of a Gubernatorial Conven
tion and nominee. They surely do not in
tend to “give it to Mister Brown!
Suppose they induce friend Trippe to run
the race for Governor. We know of no
man who would make Joseph tremble in his
shoes sooner than Robert P. At all events
let us have a full organization. We are
bound to vote for somebody for Governor, i
and that man is not Joseph E. Brown!
Named for Cougreti.
For the honors of a Congressional race in
the Third District, each party seems to have
a host of suitable men to take the position.
On the Democratic side, we have heard
the following gentlemen spoken of:
Col. O. A. Lochrane, Col. A. M. Spear,
Col. Wm. K. DeGruffenried and lion. E. A.
Nisbet, of Bibb; Col. Smith, of Upson;
Dr. McGeehe, of Houston ; Dr. Burney and
Dr. Roddy, of Monroe; Col. Bailey, of
Butts, with divers others, not now recol
lected.
On the American side—Col. P. W. Alex
ander, and Col. A. G. Fambro, of Upson ;
Col. L. T. D*yall, of Spalding; Col. Pike
Hill, of Harris ; Gen. E. Warren, of Hous
ton: Dr. A. J. Simmons, of Monroe; Judge
Worrell, of Talbot, and Capt. Thomas
Hardeman and T. P. Stubbs, Esq., of Bibb,
besides a few others.
In the other Districts, they seem to be
equally fortunate in having plenty of candi
dates. So that we are likely to have a tol
erably warm canvass for Congressional and
Legislative position. Would that we could
say as much for the Gubernatorial race. For
shame, Americans! Are there not 40,000
good and true men in the State who would
scorn to supjmrt Joseph K. Brown? Aye,
and are there not ten or twenty thousand
Democrats who arc anxious to throw off the
yoke of tyranny imposed upon them by his
“sir-re-bob” Excellency? W e think so, and
therefore go in for a Gubernatorial Conven
tion and for an Opposition candidate to
Brown, (if he be the nominee,) even if wc
have to take some middle man, like Judge
Nisbet, for our candidate. But we have a
number of men in our own ranks who could
not be injured by a race with Brown, even
if defeated. There is the gallant and in
domitable General Jno. W. A. Sanford, of
Baldwin; the noble hearted Judge Trippe,
of Cass; the popular and high minded Wor
rell, of Talbot; say nothing of Col. Wright,
Col. Milledge, Col. R. P. Trippe, Gen. War
ren, and others. Did Ben Hill, “our Ben,”
lose political status, character or influence,
by running the race, two years since, with
Brown, and being defeated ? Most assured
ly not. On the contrary he came out of that
canvass with a brighter escutcheon than he
ever wore before, and is now the most popu
lar man in the State, outside of mere party
politics. He gained reputation and lasting
renown by the manner and ability of that
contest, which will yet lead to his political
elevation. Why not then let someone else
have the opportunity of leading our forces,
even though it be considered a “forlorn
hope.” We know of no reason which would
not reflect shamefully upon the manhood and
chivalry of the Americans of Georgia.
Time and Plare of Holding the Convention.
Monroe accepts the suggestion of Craw
ford sis to the time and place of holding the
next American Congressional Convention of
the 3rd District, and we suppose other coun
ties will concur. It makes no difference to
us, and we therefore withdraw our proposi
tion to have the Convention held in Macon,
and yield to the wish expressed to hold the
same at Forsyth, on the Ist Wednesday of
July.
“ llarp of a Thousand Strings, or, Laughter
for a Life time.”—This is a volume of fun,
just published by Dick & Fitzgerald, No. 18
Ann Street, New York, sent us through
Messrs. Richards. We can give no better
idea of the work than is given in the title
page, where it says that it was “Konceived,
Kompiled, and Komically Konkoeted by
Spavery, aided, added, and abetted by over
200 Kurious Kuts, from original designs,
Karefully drawn out by McClendon, Hop
pin, Dailey, Hennesey, Bollew. Gunn, How
ard, Ac., to say nothing of Leech, Phiz,
Cruikshanks, Meadows, Hinc and others.”
The book is profusely illustrated, and con
tains, among other things, two likenesses of
the preacher who preached the famous ser
mon entitled “ The Harp of a Thousand
Strings—the Sperits of just men made per
fect”
Drowned.
We learn that a valuable negro man, the
property of Col. Osborn of this city, was
drowned in theOcmulgee near town,on Mon
day night. He was alone in a boat, fishing,
when the boat capsized, and being unable to
swim, he was drowned. His drowning was
witnessed by a few negroes assembled on the
. banks of the river. —Stale Press of Wednesday.
The Obf.run Rzscue Case —Bushnell, one
of the Oberlin slave rescuers, has been sen
tenced at Cleveland, (Ohio) on the llih in
stant, to sixty days imprisonment in the
county jail, S6OO fine, and costs of the Ken
tucky officers arrested for kidnapping. Lang
don, another t f the rescuers, was tound guil
ty, but has not yet been sentenced.
Refcrm in the Mcthcdist Church.
An important change is discussed among
the Methodists, in repaid to the governmen,
of the church, itineracy of the min
isters. The Layman’s Association of the
Cincinnati Conference, recently in session
resolved that it would conduce to the wel
fare of the whole church so to change the
present system as to allow of lay tepreseuta.
tion in the general and other conferences.—
They object to being so exclusively govern
ed by ministers. They further say that “the
good of their children, the chutch, and the
world loudly calls for a more intimate rela
tion between pastor and people, which can ,
only be obtained by a more protracted stay
of the pastor with the people.” One of the
reasons they urge against the present sys
tem of itineracy is, thit it is a grievous and j
unnecessary burden upon the church.
They calculate that in displacing their
4,000 ministers from fields where they have
just begun to labor with success, and in re- ■
moving them to new ones where six months
will be required to make acquaintances, an
expense is incurred every twoyearsof Sl2O,- |
000 for removals, and another $120,000 in
the depreciation of household goods, making
an aggregate which exceeds the whole sum
contributed by missions. They also reckon
that every two years of a thousand years
ministerial labor are lost in the process of
removal, and argue that that the system is
“extravagant.” They also protest against
the absorption of the time of ministers in
editing, teaching Latin and Mathematics,
and directing book concerns, and holding
that laymen may be found to attend to
many things which now divert many of
their ministers from their proper work. In
church matters, the Presbyterian system
seems to work best.
Under Conviction. —A worthy clergyman
from one of the neighboring tow ns not long
since officiated for two or three Sabbaths in
the State Prison. Shortly after, when he
was leaving church after the Sabbath servi
ces, he was accosted by a friend and neigh
bor—a most incorrigible wag—who recal
led to mind his recent ministrations in the
State Prison, and with the utmost gravity
informed him that < very one of the men to
whom he had preached was under convic
tion ! The clergyman, thrown off hU guard
by the sanctity of the day and the apparent
seriousness of the wag, expressed his great
pleasure at the news, and warmly shook
hands with his friend. It was not until
some time after that the truth dawned upon
his mind. We do not know what his feel
ings were when he made the discovery, but
venture to guess that he would have deem
ed conviction and sentence to-tbe State pri
son a punishment none too harsh for so at
rocious a pun.— Boston Journal
Gov. Wise on th* Power or Congress |
OVER TIIE Tkritories. —The Richmond Dis
patch thus condenses the opinions of Gov.
W ise, s expressed in his late elaborate let
ter to Mr. Samford, of Alabama :
The Government maintains generally that j
the doctrine of nonintervention by Congress
iu affairs of the territories is an absurdity ; j
and that the Federal Government is bound
to intervene for various purposes, and among
them for the protection of the rights of prop
erty in slaves, should that be molested or
placed in jeopardy in any territory. This
obligation he contends is imposed by the
Constitution. He admits that Congress has
no right to intervene to regulate “domestic
institutions,” but a territory, he contends,
has no “domestic institutions,” all her insti
tutions a-e Federal or national, deriving au
thority and form from the Federal Govern
ment ; “domestic institutions” are those of
the separate sovereign States of the confed
eracy. The territory has those only, when
she frames a Constitutionjand becomes a State
and “at the time of her admission and not
before,” (he argues) she “may elect to have
slavery” “or not, as her State Constitution,
not her territorial laws may prescribe.”—
L’ntii then he contends Congress has power
over the territory and is bound to see that
the rights of all its inhabitants under the
Constitution are protected.
“Don’t Stay Long.”
A look of yeurning tenderness
Beneath her lashes lies,
And hope and love unutterable
Are shadowed in her eyes,
As in some deep unruffled stream
Are clouds and summer skies.
She passed to early womanhood,
From dreamy, sweet girl life,
And crossed the rosy threshold, but
To find herself a wife ;
Oli, gently should he lead her steps
* Along the path of life.
And as she clasped her small white hands
Upon his arms so strong,
How often, like a summer sigh,
Or a sweet pleading song,
She whispers, with a parting kiss,
“ Beloved one, don't stay long.”
It’s almost always on her lip.
Her gentlest parting woras,
Sweet ns the fragrance from rose leaves
When by the soft zephyrs stirred,
And lingering in the memory
Like songs of summer birds.
And in his heart they nestle warm,
When other scenes amid ;
He stays not till she weary grows,
And her fond eyes are hid,
In tears which lie in bitterness
Beneath each veiling lid.
And oh, how many hearts are kept
By that love uttering song!
There’s scarcely one who on life’s waves
Is swiftly borne along,
But what has heard from some dear lips,
Those sweet words—“ don’t stay long.”
Fortune not so CArßcious After All!
Fate is less capricous tt an is imagined. Near
ly all men have through life, in their several
grades, the same average of opportunities.
It is he who can seize and connect them,
and by keefi sight and ready experience,
calculate on their recurrence, for whom men
have their applause and fortune her garland.
One of the opportunities of fortune, if prop
erly seized hold of, is to enclose to the ad
dress of Wood, E ldy & Cos., Wilmington,
Delaware, or Augusta, Georgia, $lO, $5, or
s2|. These amounts will secure you res
pectively a whole, half, or quarter ticket in
their legalised lotteries. These lotteries are
guaranteed by the respective States in which
they are established. All dealings with
them are based upon an honorable and legal
foundation The names of Messrs Wood,
Eddy & Cos. are a guaranty in themselves
that all communications forwarded to their
address will meet with prompt and bflsiness
bke attention.
They are now the established and great
lottert operators of tins country. —A. Y.
Dispatch.
From the Southern Watchman.
Mr. Editor.: —There is considerable dis
cussion among the Americrn journals, as to
whether we should hold a Gubernatorial
Convention or not. Some think it best to
let the people select their candidate withou t
reference to the dictates of a convention
and upon the other hand, may think it is>
our policy to hold a convention, composed
of all who contemn the position of the “Na
tional Democracy,” (national, in a horn ) ta
taking the president as its legally constituted
exponent, to be called the “Opposition.” 1
think the latter is by far the best policy,
i from the fact that it is only by means we can
become thoroughly organized, which is abso
lutely necessary to make a vigorous contest.
In the adjoining States, the opposition to
misrule, corruption and a reckless expendi
ture of the public money, have assembled
in conventions, put forth good reliable can
j didates men in whom the people have con
fidence, upon platforms to wmch no good
j citizen could object, and they are to-day, like
Joshua of old, before the walls of Jericho,
blowing the trumpets of truth around strong
holds ot Democracy, and its walls are begin
ning to crumble, its foundations to give way,
and all the omens speak in thunder-tones of
is speedy downfall, and the entire destruc
tion of the old monster “with a thousand
sins upon its hoary head,” and the gold-dust
l of the national Tr easury falling from polluted
hands.
Never, in the history of Democracy, have
the salient points been left so open and ex
-1 posed to the shafts of their enemy; never
was there a time in which the leaders were
i so busily engaged in the greedy scuffle for
the spoils, forgetting that the day of reckon
ing was hastening on ; hence, they have
I neglected to make the usual preparation;
that is, springing some issue on the people
just before the election for a hobby, and
make that a test question, overshadowing all
others. It is true, they attempted to make
Cuba a hobby, but it fell still-born upon
the masses, arid its advocates sneaked back
into their dens, ready to say they did not
say anything about it. Now is ovr time for
action, now is the time to marshal ourhos s
and lead them on in one unbroken column
upon the divided and scattered ranks of the ;
foe; and, it is only necessary to organize
thoroughly, fight with the determination to
conquer and with the vantageground we oc
cupy, victory is ours. Then let us hold a
Convention, and send delegates of the right
stamp to it; let them nominate the proper
man ; let us make one grand rally—let truth
be promulgated from the “housetops ’ and
success will crown our efforts. One victory
is enough I Their ranks are already divided,
and contention is the order of the day—the
spoils will be gone.the prestige of their name
will be no more; and this corrupt organiza
tion will just eke out, and no tear will be shed
over its grave. GWINNETT,
Remarkable Memory. —John Franklin
was a native of Canaan, Litchfield, Connecti
cut. An instance of remarkable memory,
when a lad of seventeen, will show’ that he
was no ordinary boy.
Having accompanied the lamily to the
place of worship, the meeting-house leing
only closed, but neither ceiled or plastered
the beams and rafters were all exposed to
view.
John saw that his ausfere father sat
through the sermon with great uneasiness,
but could, not divine the cause.
On returning home, “John,’’ said his fath
er, “it ij my duty to f>ive you a severe thrash
ing, (common in old times.) and you shall
have it presently, so prepare yourself.”
‘But you don’t whip me father, without
telling what for?”
“No, certainly—your conduct at the meet
ing, sir, is the cause. Instead of attending
to the sermon, you were all the time gaping
about, as if you were counting the beams
and rafters ot the meeting-house.”
“Well, father.can you repeat the sermon ?”
“Sermon, no. I had as much as I could
do to watch your inattention.”
“If I tell you all the minister said, you
won’t whip me?”
“No, John, no; but that is impossible.”
Young Franklin immediately named the text,
and taking up the discourse, went through
every head of it with surprising accuracy.
“Upon my word.” said the delighted pa
rent, “ I should not have thought it-”
“And now, father,” said John. “Ican’tell
you exactly how many beams and rafters
there are in the meeting-house.”
BILLIARD BALLs7
CD* • KATHEKB, Wax, Ac., alway* on hand and so I
sale at low pncea, by
apr 7-aAwtf, *. J. JOHNSTON A CO.
M obile sind Ohio Bail Road.
This road is completed and in operation from
Mobile, Ala, to West Point, Lowndos county
Miss., a distance of 232, miles, and from Colum
bus, Ky., (on the Mississippi river, and within
twonty miles of Cairo) to Jackson, Tennessee a
distance of 87 miles—makinrr 319 mileacompie.
ted, and leaving : gap of 154 mdes unfinished
between West Point and Jackson. Tie grad
nation, masonry find bridges on this 154 miles
are so nearly finished that the progrers of track
laying Will not b3 interrupted. The rails and
fastenings required to complete the entire mam
trunk, iucludtng the Columbus branch ii y
j sissippi, have been contracted for, the means
provided for their payment, and they are ran
idly coming forward.
It is expected by the officers of the Comply
that the operation of trsck laying on thesomh
ern end of the unfinished portion will ten sure,!
early in May. and on the nothern end in the
fall, and they hope to continue until the rails
are united.
At pri sent, connections are formed between
the two fiuished portions of the line by menus
of a line of stages and cross lines of railroad
The present time from Chicago to Mobile, over
the Illinois Cental road to Cairo, and thence by
the route we have indicated, is only four dm,
When the gap in completed, the time will
less than three days. Indeed, by making all
1 connections, and allowing twenty miles an hour
the distance can be passed over in forty-eight
hours, and that, we presume, will finally be the
time between Chicago and Mobile.
The Mississippi Central aud Tennessee Rail
Road, begining at Jackson, Tenn., coimetu
with the Mississippi Central, thus formings
through line to New Orleans.
The Chief Engineer states in his last report,
that the Mobile aud Ohio road is the shortest
line that willever be constructed from the Gulf
of Mexico to the Ohio river, and the only one
that will be owned and controlled by one com
pany.—NashtUk Union.
Albany and Biunswick Railroad.
The people cf Albauy lieid a meeting on
last Saturday, when the following resolutions
were passed:
Whereas, the representatives of the B uns
wick A Florida Railroad Company have ex
pressed their intention to enter immediately
i upon the continuation of their Road, from
1 its intersection with the “ Ma>n Trunk'* Road
t® Albany if the citizens of this section shall
give reasonable encouragement and aid, and
have reque.-t-d that Delegat* s be appointed
to attend a meeting of the Stockholders of
the Company at Brunswick on the 12th inst.,
for the purpose of conferring upon this sub
ject; therefore,
Resolved , That the Chairman appoint ten
Del. gat* s to attend the meeting at B-uns
wick, on the 20th inst., of the Stockholders
of the Brunswick A Florida Railroad Com
pany, whose duty it shall be to ascertain the
condition, intentions and prospects of the
Company, and at a suitable time after their
return to report to a meeting of citizens to
be called by themselves at this place.
Resolved , That in the opinion of this meet
ing, every interest in this section would be
benefited by the proposed Road, and that
the business and profits of the Road would
be greatly increased by its connection with
Albany.
Resolved , That the construction of Rail
roads and the aid which may be rendered
by the people, like all other business transac
tion?, are questions which are determined
by the pecuniary interests of the parties, and
judging by this rule, we believe that thepeo
ple of this section will furnish liberal aid to
any Railroad which will give them a shorter
and cheaper outlet for their productions upon
the seaboard.
The chair then appointed the following
Delegates to attend said Convention:
Nelson Tift, W. J. Lawton, N. W. Collier,
F. K. Wright, T. F. Hampton, T. A. Janes,
G. M. Duncan, C. E. Mallary, A. J. Macar
thy, T. H. Monrighon.
The Patriot aud?:
We learn that arrangements have been
made by the Brunswick A Florida Company,
to extend their Road to the line of the Main
Trunk in Wayne county, sixty-eight miles
from Brunswick. The distance from this
point to Albany is one hundred miles, and
is nearly in a straight line between Albany
and Brunswick.
Southern Wheat Crops.— We have ad
vices, says the New York Courier, from Geor.
gia and North Carolina, which we regard as
more than usually reliable, respecting the
wheat crop. In Georgia, the crop has suffer
ered some from the rust, but, on the whole,
will yield a fair average, and new wheat may
be expected in June. In North Carolina,
extensive damage is reported to have been
done by the rust. The high price which is
expected will r ule for good wheat in June
and July, will probably induce every effort
to get the Southern crop early to market—
which raiioaads and steamships greatly facil
itate. as compared with former years. ’
JcIF” A young colored gentleman, named
Tanner, was summarily ejected from Fanny
Kemble’s reading, at the Masonic Hail in
Pittsburg. Pa., last week, and the entrance
fee paid back to him. He has entered suit
for the indignity, and a prominent lawyer
has taken the case in hand. The cause of
the ejection appears to have arisen from the
refusal of the ebony colored gentle to take a
seat in that part of the hall allotted to the
sons and daughters of Africa, and who took
a seat in the dress circle near some white
ladies, in a very defiant manner. We are
not surprised at his elevated notions, how
ever, when we consider the great blow
Piitsburgers are constantly making about
the “down-trodden” but really well-provi
ded for, slaves of the south. Mr. Tanner
has simply mistaken the drift of their hy
pocrisy.
One of the inoet prominent, and at the same time
trouble-iome aLd j a .nlul diseases that attend the hum:, u fleet
I Is the Fever and A true. Fora long time the medical world
have been continually bringing forth numerous spec.flctLr
te permanent ture; bnt all without effect. Dr. j. Hot*n
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j Its ingredients, which arc mingled after the true principle
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uownod Balsam.”
Caarnu, (1a- February H, 1838.
Messrs. Sitth W. Kowle A Cos., B-wt n, Mass.,
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for* ‘oughs and Colds in children, I knov it to be an excel
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Respectfully yours,
JOHN It. RICE-
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And all who suffer the tortures which this disease inflicts .n
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manently and speedily by using
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The “ Weekly Novelette,” of Sept. 13, says:
Dyspepsia U one of tbe prevailing diseases of our c
This is owing both to climate and the almost uni.ersal
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But in spite of these advene circumstances, this disease, even
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From the Publisher of a widely circulated Magaxlue.
Boston, July 1, j
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complaint. JAMES KOBINMJN, of the
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From Gen. A. C. Dopge, our Minister to Spain
Washington, D. 0 . Ms’ .
Da Geo. B. (’.anew .-Dear Sir:-1 he Oxygenated
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