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VOLUME 10.
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In lie a C lii'iwliaii f
BT T. ?. ARTHUR.
‘ls he a Christian ?’
The question rtachetl my ear as I sat
conversing with a triend, and I paused in
theseuteuce I was utteiing to note the an
swer.
‘Oh, yes; he is a Christian,’ was re
plied.
‘I ain rejoiced to hear you say so. I was
not an are of it before,’ said tue other.
‘Yes; he has passed from death uuto life.
Last week, in the joy of his new birth, he
united himself to the church, and is now in
fellowship with the saints.’
•What a blessed change ! I
‘Blessed, indeed. Auother soul saved—
another added to the great company ot those
who have washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb. There is
joy in heaven on his account’
‘Of whom are they speaking Y I asked,
turning to my friend.
•Os Fletcher Gray, I believe,’ was the re
p'y-
‘Tew men stood more in need of Chris
tian graces, ’ said I. “If he is indeed num
bered with the saints, there is some cause tor
rejoicing.’
•By their fruits ye shall know them,’ re- j
sponded my friend. ‘I w ill believe his ;
cia m to the title of Christian, when I see
the Iruit of his good living. If he has truly
parsed from death unto life, as they say, he 1
will work the works ot righteousness. :
A sweet fountain will not send forth bitter
waie-s.’
My friend but expressed my own senti- !
me.its in this, and all like cases. I have j
learned to put small trust in ‘professionto ,
look past the Sunday and prayer meeting
piety of people, and to estimate religious
4'iahty by the standard of the Apostle
James. There must be genuiue love of the
neighbor, before there can be a love of God;
for ueighbory love is the ground in which
that higher and purer love takes root. It is
*ll in vain to talk of love as a mere ideal
thing. Love is an active principle, and, ac
cording to its quality, works. If the love;
be heavenly, it will show itself in good
deeds to ihe neighbor; but, if infernal, in
ficts of selfishness that disregard the neigh
bor.
I will observe this, Mr. Gray,’ said I, as
I walked homeward from the company, ‘and
see whether the report touching him be true.
It he is, indeed, a ‘Christian, as they affirm,
the Christian graces ol meekness aud chari
ty wiil blosom in his life, and make all the
fix firound him fragrant.*
Opportunity soon came. Fletcher Gray
was a store-keeper, and his life in the world
was consequently, open to the observation
oi all men. He was likewise a husband
and a father. His relations were, therefore,
o! a character to give, daily, a test of his
true quality.
It was only the day after, that I liappen
to meet Mr. Gray under circumstances fa
vorable to observation. He came into the
store of a merchant with whom I was
transacting some business, and asked the
price of certain goods in the market. I
moved aside and watched him narrowliy.
There was a maiked change in the expres
sion of his countenance and in the tones of his
voice. The former had a sober, almost sol
emn expression ; the latter was subdued,
even to plaintiveness. But, in a little while,
tb<*se peculiarities gradually disappeared, and
the aloretime Mr. Gray stood there unchang
ed—unchanged, not only in appearance, but
in character. There was nothing of the
yea, yea,’ and nay, nay,’ spirit in his bar
gain making, but an eager worldly effort to
gain advantage in trade. I noticed, that in
the face of an asseveration that only five per
cent, over cost was asked for a certain arti
cle. he still endeavored to procure it at a
low er figure than was named by the seller,
find finally crowed him down to the exact
‘•ost, knowing, as i e did. that the uiercaant
had a large stock on hand, and could not
well afford to hold it over.
He’s a sharper!’ said the merchant, turn
ing toward me as Gray left the store.
•He’s a Christian, ttiey say,’ was my quiet
remark. *
‘A Christian!’
“Yes; don't you know that he has l*ecome
relisrvtiis and joined the church?’
ou re joking!’
Mot a word of it Didn’t you oliserve
v subdued, meek aspect when he came
m?’ r
f by. yes; now that you refer to it, I do
a certain peculiarity about him.
“econie pious! Joined the church! Well,
*m sorry.’
lor what?’
for the injury he will do a good
‘'’ The religion that makps a man a
husband, father, man of business,
* Wer > doctor or preacher. I reverence for it
it F enuiw ’ 15 the lives of tnose who accept
o testify. But your hypocritical pretend
erV find execrate.’
♦v 1 ‘ S ’ almost too strong language
applied to Mr. Gmy,’ said l.
C 1 a ' r . aat 13 a hypocrite?’ asked the mer-
Chr^J n * D w * u> P uts on l be semblance of
sess.’ D v * rtue9 w hich he does not pos-
* t * ttt ‘ s w^at Mr. Gray does when he
IT religious. A* true Christian
dm a “ * s .^ le j us t to me when he crowd
own in the price of my goods, and
robbed me of a living profit, in order that
he might secure a double gain ? I think not.
There is not even the live and let live prin
ciple in that. No—no. sir. If he has joined
die church, my word for it, there is a black
sheep in the fold; or, I might say without,
abuse of language, a woll therein disguised
in sheep's clothing.’
‘Give the man time,’ said I. “Old habits
of hie are strong, you know. In a little
while I trust he will see clearer, and regulate
hisliie from perceptions of higher truths.’
‘I thought his heart was Cuanged, an
swered the merchant, with some irony in his
tones. ‘That he had been made anew
creature.’
I did not care to discuss that point with
him, aud so merely answered:
‘The beginnings of spiritual life are as the
beginnings of natural life. The babe is born
in teebleness, and we must wait through the
periods of infancy, childhood and youth,
before we can have th** strong man ready for
the burden and heat of the day, or lull arm
ed lor the battle. If Mr. Gray is in the first
effort to lead a Christian life, that is some
thing. ll t * will grow wiser aud better m
time, I hope.’
‘There is vast room for improvement,’
said the merchant “In my eyes, he is, at
this time, only a hypocritical pretender. I
hope, for the sake of the world, and the
chinch both, that his new associates wiil
lnak,* something better out of him.’
I went away pretty much of the mer
chant s opinion. My next meeting with
Mr. Gray was in the shop of a machamc to
whom he had -old a bill ot goods some
mouths previously, lie had called to col
lect a portion of the amount which remained
unpaid. The mechanic was not ready for
him.
‘I am sorry, Mr. Gray,’ lie began, with
some hesitation of manner.
‘Sorry for what?’ sharply interrupted Mr.
Gray.
‘Sorry that I have not the money to settle
your bill. I have been disappointed ’
‘I don’t want that old story. You prom
ised to be ready for me to-day, didu’tyou?
And Mr. Gray knit his brows and looked
augry and imperative.
‘Yes, I promised. But ’
‘Then keep your promise. No man has
a right to break his word. Promises are
sacred things, aud should be kept religious
ly-’
‘lf my customers had kept their promises
to me, there would have beeu no lailure
in mine to you,’ answered the poor me
chanic.
‘lt is of no use to plead other men’s fail
ings in justification of your own. You said
the bill should be settled to-day, and I cal
culated upon it. Now, of all things in the
world, I hate trilling. I shall not call again,
sir!’
‘lf you were to call forty times, and I
hadn’t the money to settle your account,
you would call in vain,’ said the mechanic,
showing c msiderable dismroance ot mind.
‘You need not add insult to wrong.’ Mr.
Gray’s countenance reddened, and he looked
angry.
‘lf there is insult in the case it is on your
part, not mine,’ retorted the mechanic, with
more feeling. ‘1 am not a digger of gold out of
the earth, nor a coiner of money. I must be
paid for mv work before I can pay the bills
I owe. It was not enough that I told you
the failure of my customers to meet their
engagements ’
‘You’ve no business to have such custom
ers,’ broke in Mr. Gray. ‘No right to take
my goods arid sell them to men who are not
honest enough to pay their bill#.’
‘One of them is your own sou,’ replied the
mechanic, goaded beyoud endurance. ‘His
bill is equal to half of yours. I have sent ;
for the amount a great inauy times, but he
still puts me off with excuses. I will send it
to you next time.’
This was thrusting home with a sharp
sword, and the vanquished Mr. Gray re
treated from the battle field, bearing a pain
ful wound.
‘That wasn’t right in me, I know, said the
mechanic, as Gray left the shop. ‘l'm sorry
now that I said iL But he pressed me too
closely. lam but human.’’
“He is a hard, exacting, money-loving
man.’ was rny remark.
‘They tell me he has become a Christian,
said the mechanic. ‘Has got religion—been
converted. Is that so?’
‘lt is commonly reported; but I think
common report must be in error. St. Paul
gives patience, forbearance, loDg-suffering,
meskness, brotherly kindness, and charity,
as some of the Christian graces. I do not
see them in this man, therefore common re
port must be m error.”
“I have paid him a good many hundreds
of dollars since I opened tuy shop here,’ said j
the mechanic, with the manner of one who j
te!t hurt. ‘lf I am a poor, hard working
man, I try to be honest. Sometimes I get
a little behind hand, as I am now, because
people I work for don’t pay up as they
should. It happened twice before, when I
wasn't just square with Mr. Gray, and he
pressed down very hard upou me, and talked
just as yon heard him to day. He got his
money, every dollar of it; and he will get
his money now-. I did thiuk, knowing that
he had joined the church and made a pro
fession of religion, that he would bear a
little patiently with me this tune. That as
he ha*l obtained forgiveness, as alledged, of
his sins towards Heaven, he would be mer
ciful to Lis feiiow-maD. Ah, well! These
things make us very sceptical about the
honesty of men who will call themselves re
ligious. My experience with ‘professors’ has
not beeu very encouraging. Asa general
thing I find them as greedy for gain asother
men. We outside people of the world get
to be very sharp sighted. When a man
sets himself up to be of better quality than
we, and calls himself by a name significant
of heavenly virtue, we judge him, Datur&lly,
by his own standing, and watch him very
closely. If he remain as hard, as selfish, as
exacting, aud as eager after money as be
fore. we do not put much faith in his profes
sion, and are very apt to class him with
hypocrites. His praying, and fine talk about
faith and heavenly love, and being washed
trom all sin. excite in us contempt rather
than respect. We ask for good works, and
are never satisfied with anything else. ‘By
their fruits ye shall know them.’ ’
Oo the next Sunday I saw Mr. Gray in
church. My eyes were on him when he
entered. I noticed that all the lines ot his
face were drawn down, aud that the whole
aspect and bearing of the man were solemn
and devotional. He moved to his place with
a slow step, his eyes cast to the floor. Ou tak
ing his seat, be leaned his head on the pew in
front of h:in, ard continued for nearly a min
ute in prayer. During the service I heard
his voice in the singing; and through the
sermon, he maintained the incst fixed atten
tion. It was communion Sabbath; aud he
remained after the congregation was dis
missed to join in the holiest act of worship.
‘Can this man be indeed self-deceived ?’ I
asked myself as I walked homeward. *Can
he really believe that Heaven is to be gained
by pious acts alone. That every Sabbath
MACON, (;A., FRIO AY, SEPTEMBER 16, 18 59.
evening he can pitch his tent a day’s march
m-arer Heaven, though all the Week he may
have fared in the commonest offices of
ne ghborly love?’
It so happened that I had many opportu
nities for observing Mr. Gray, who, alter
joining the church, became an active worker
in some of the public and prominent chari
ties of the and iy. He gave a good deal ot
time to the prosecution of benevolent enter
prises in which men of some posirion were
concerned. But when 1 saw him dispute
with a poor gardener, who had laid the sods
in his yard, about fifty cents—take sixpence
off a weary strawberry woman, or chaffer
with his boot black overall extra shilling, I
could not think that if, was genuine love lor
his fellow-man that prompted his ostenta
tious charities.
In did I find any better estima
tion of him in business circles; for his reli
gion did not chasten the ardor of his selfish
love of advantage in trade, nor make him
more generous, nor more inclined to he'p or
befriend the weak and the needy. Twice I
saw his action in the case of unhappy debt
ors, who had not been successful in business.
In each case his claim was anion** ilu*small
est, tut he said more unkind thines,arid was
the hardest to satisfy, ol any man among the
creditors. He assumed dishonest inteution
at the outset, and made that a plea for the
most rigid exaction; covering his own hard
selfishness with offensive cant about mer
cantile honor, Christian integrity, and a
religious observance of business contracts.
He was the only man among all the credit
ors who made his church membership a
prominent thing—few of them were even
church goers—and the only man who did
r.ot really make concessions to the poor,
down-trodden debtors.
‘ls he a Christian?’ I asked, as I walked
home in some depression ot spirits, from the
last of these meetings. And I could but
answer, no —for to be a Christian, is to be
Christ-like.
‘As ye would that men should do unto
you, do ye even so to them.’ This is the di
vine standard. ‘Ye must be born again,’
leaves to us no latitude of interpretation.
There must be a death of the old, natural
selfish loves, and anew birth of spiritual
affections. Asa man feels, so will he act.
If the affections that rule his heart be divine
affections, he will be a lover of others and a
seeker of their good. He will not be a hard,
barsb. exacting man in natural things, but
kind, forbearing, thoughtful of others, and
yielding. In ail his dea-ing-s with men, his
actions wi'l be governed by the heavenly
laws of judgment and justice. He will re
gard tiu: good of his neighbor equally with
his own. It is in the world where Christian
graces reveal themselves if they exist at all
Religion is not a mere Sumlty affair, b t
the regulator of a man’s conduct a uong his
fellow-men. Unless it does this; it is a fa'se
religion, and he who depends ffiion it for the
enjoyment of heavenly IV-licites in the next
life, wiil find himself in e ror. Heaven can
not be earned by mere acts ot piety, for
Heaven is the completn- iit < f ail divine
affections in the human sou'; and a man
must come into these—roust be born into
them —while on earth, or he can never find
an eternal home among the angels of God.
Heaven is not gained by doing, but by tiv
>ng.
A Black Republican’s Opin
ion ol Douglas.
The Republic—the organ of the Black
Republicans at Washington—gives its
opinion, briefly but, clearly, of Douglas’
last effort for the Presidency. We ful
ly agree with our cotemporary that, in
his efforts to swindle both sections of
the Inion of their votes, the little dem
agogue has failed on both, and will find
himself, m the end, “sitting down be
tween two chairs.”
Here is the Republic’s opinion, aud
we consider it a very sen-ible one :
“The Douglas Doctrine. —The only
thing like a consistent theory that we can
eliminate from the late disquisition of
Judge Dougias on the subject of “Pop
ular Sovereignty in the Territories,” is
this :
“The Constitution establLhes slavery
in the Territories, but subject to the
power of the people to control it through
their Territorial legislatures. lienee,
in the absence of arty legislation on the !
subject by the Territorial Legislature,
a slaveholder would have a constitution
al right to fake his slaves into the Ter
ritory and hold there. But this would
be a mere abstract right , without any
remedy fur its infringement ; for he holds
that the courts can afford no protection
to slave property until the Territorial
Legislature shall pass Jaws “providing 1
remedies, and imposing penalties, and
conferring jurisdiction upon the courts, !
to hear and determine cases as they
may arise.” r l'he mere refusal of the
Legislature, therefore, to pa*s laws pro
viding such remedies, and conferring
such jurisdiction on the couits, will
operate as a practical exclusion of slave
ty, altnough the constitutional right to
hold slaves will exist.
“If this is not a fair statement of the
doctrine advocated by Judge. Douglas,
we shall be greatly obliged to any one
who shall point out its error. It is a
doctrine which will not be likely to find
much favor either in the North or in the
South.
“The North will never accept a doc
trine, which admits that the Constitu
tion establishes slavery anywhere, in
any sense whatever, or rec*'guises its
existence any where, except as a State
institution, existing in a State “under
the laws thereof,” wholly independent of
Federal authority.
“The South will be as little disposed
to accept a doctrine, which, while it ad
mits their constitutional right to take
slaves into the Territories, denies any
power to enforce and protect that right.
“The distinguished Senator will pro
bably find himself, in the end, “sitting
down between two chairs.”
A Large Family.—The Nashville Advo
cite, in speaking of a large camp meeting
recently held in that vicinity, says that
among the persons present was a church
member named Lynch, a man of wealth and
of great liberality. “He bore the burthen
of teedieg and lodging” a large number
who who were on the camp ground. This
Mr. Lynch must be a remarkable man ; he
has now nineteen children, and his father
had thirty-two, and atone time during the
last war, thirteen of his sons were iu the
army. The State of Virginia, where he then
lived, passed an act releasing the patriotic
patriarch from all taxation.
Who is Stephen A. Douglas?
It is possible lh.it even in this age of
j railroads, tel*graph*, and eiihghtment
generally, there may be some persons
who need to be inform* and on the question
which heads this article. It w. uld be
ail interesting ta*k to look fur an*wer
! to the fries of Democratic papers eigh
teen months ago, when scarcely a voice
i was raised among them to defend the
traitor Douglas, against the just de
nunciations of an outraged party and
I people.
After months of struggle and blood
[ shed in Kun-as, the friends of law and
order in that territory succeeded in se
curing a majority in the Convention
which met at Lecompton, to forma con
stitution for the prospective State. The
pro-slavery delegates to that Convention
succeeded al*o in obtaining the insertion
of a clause in the Constitution recognis
ing the institution of Slavery ; and
Kansas presented herself to the Cm gte*s
of the United States with an rtnjit:atiou
W be admitted into the federal family.
Her application v as endorsed by the
President, who rtc umoended that her
request should be granted. Abolition
ism was stirred to its very depths by
the proposal to extend the area **f slave
ry, and increase what they call “the ag
gressions of the s!av4 power.” The
Black Republican legions were set, in
motion to resist the mea-ure, and all
along their lines resounded the trumpet
notes of defiance to the Administration,
which was regarded as trie advocate ol
the Lecompton Constitution. But the
friends of the administration were not
tew, nor backward in rendering it their
support. They rallied almost to a mail
in its aid on that great question—the
question whether the application of a
territory for admission into the I uion
as a State, shall b'e granted or rejected
merely on the ground that its constitu
tion recognizes or prohibits the instim
tionof slavery. The struggle commenc
ed. The Administration and the Demo
cratic party were about to achieve a tri
umph. and Kansas was on the eve *>f ad
mission. Bit in that cutical moment,
there was one matt who', contrary t<> iff*
expectations of tin s* by whom b,- hid
been pelted ar.d praised, deserted the
party which had been acctiMomed to
took up to him as a Rader, ui cl Litre-*
the weight of his great, talents on the
side id its toes. There wax one man who
leagued hiin-'elf w ith liie enemies of ihe
South and the Constitution, in order ‘ to
perpetrate a monstrous w ong < t the ;
eountrvj he tv was one ruan ( w ho iden
tified l irnseii with tin- B.ack Republi
cans, and went over “with his lutle cli
que of fieesoiieis” to the ranks of the
enemy. That nan was Stephen A.
Douglas, of Illinois. Ilis treason was
successful: the AdiDiuistrati**n wl* de
le ited, and the Lecompton Constitution
rejected. But his .defection was not wit
nessed in silence by the party wh eh he
had deserted, and the Southern people
whom ha had outraged and betrayed, j
A mark of shame, like th** g'arig irria
riiy of the “Scarlet Letter’ had been fas
tened upon the South, and she demand
ed that he who had been foremost in the |
act of wiong should be driven from ihe
party which depended upon her aid f li
lts greatest tr.umphs. And he was ex
pelled from the party. At least it was
declared, by those who considered them
selves authorized to sp ak, that he had no
longer lot and share with the Democra
cy, and must thenceforth stand on his
own platform, and move in his own or
bit. 11l pro**f of this fact, v.e refer to
the Mobile Register of 1858, which
spoke as follows:
“As for ourself, we do not recognise
Mr. Douglas as belonging any longer to
the Democratic party, and more espe
cially do we rtgard him as having shown
himself the enemy < f the South, whose
cause he betrayed with a view to sub
serve his personal ambition. We can
not join the Richmond South and En
quirer in deprecating aud 1 eprehending
the course of the true Lecompton D-*ino
cracy of Illinois, in their warfare upon
Mr. Doug as and his anti-Lecompton
faction. We applaud their course,
whatever may be the cons* quences. A
party never gains anything by tempor
izing with deserters and traitors. As
much as we should rej >ioe that the Illi
nois Democracy should remain powerful
and triumphant as of yore, we yet. h.*art- j
ily hope they will continue to repudi I
ate all affinity with Mr. Douglas and his
followers, at least until these latter shall
have made confession and atonement for
their late treason, and placed themselves j
fairly and unequivocally upon the plat
form of the D* mocratic party m connec
tion with the Kansas question.’’
The Montgomery Confederation, al*o,
joined in denouncing him, and in point- i
ingout Stephen A. Douglrias as a deserter j
from, and a betrayer of, the Democratic ;
party- It called loudly upon the friends i
of the Administration to rally to its sup
port against “Douglas and his liuie
clique of frecsoil Democrats.” It gloat
ed over the flagellation which a Rich
mond paper had administered to Doug
las, and gloried in the fact that Piyur
had “< Topped him, branded him, and
turned him loose to the scorn and indig
nation of the South !’’
Has Douglas changed since then 1
Has he receded from the position which
he th* n took in opposition to ihe Dem
ocratic party and the South ( No ! not
one inch, lie stands to-day where he
stood in ’sß—where he stood w hen the
Confederation denounced him as an ene
my of its own section, and an ally of
of the Biaek Republicans—the most bit
ter assailants of that section and its
rights. And yet, oh, jewel of consisten
| cy, and embodiment of patriotism ! it is
1 now willing to support for the Presid*-n
----|cy that very man—the enemy of the
j Souih—the traitor Stephen A. Doug
■ LAS !
If the question then is akrd—who is
Stephen A. Douglas ? L*>t it be an
swered—he is ihe man who, according to
the C'tifi and ra'ion. was in 1858 ‘ckor
PEI>, •mtAXDP.n. A NT) ‘turned loose to toe
SCORN AND INDIGNAHON OF THE 8•■CTII !’
[Afoul. ( Ua.) Daily Advr.
Gov- B own and the Fan'*s.
K KLIMT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
That Joseph E. Brown, notwilli
! standing all his bluster against the
! Banks — his Veto of the Bill intended
lor their relief, and his efforts to
i crush them and cripple the t'om
! mere-** of the State, by bis senseless
war upononrcurrency, weretly coun-
I srled with certain Hank officers as to
the mode of evadintf the Late passed
by tne Legislature over hi-* veto!
K EEP IT BEFOR ETI [ E PEG PL E.
That this infamous transaction
was first publicly charged upon llis
Excellency Joseph E. Brown, fully
two weeks ago, and as yet neither
j the Governor or any of the papers
in bis interest have dared to deny its
truth !
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the charge referred to IS
TRIE! and that we have in our
possession a verbatim copy of the
original letter written by His Excel
lency to an officer ol a Bank, in
which, “as a personal friend, and not
as a public officer,” the Governor
gives bis opinion us to how the Law
may be evaded, and actually pre
serhes the form of the oath to be
taken !
KEEP IT BE FORE TIIE PEOPL E,
That such is t o man who asks
their suffrages for re-election to the
office of Governor of Georgia. Will
the people continue him in office?
We do not hesitate to answer, NO !
—A tfahta A merican.
The Mdwankie Wav* Contains an Re-
Count of a Siil*r who, after a five years
cruise, return* and t<> that city. We i*-t
til News tell ihe lialiai.ee oftlie st.<ry ;
Ile left a wife it* and two * h.ldreri u hen
he w*nt away, and the lust fliiffg on
his return was to seek < ut hi* family.
He found iheiu in ih • ffd Ward, a'id af *-r
kissing h : • ‘ ‘fe, saw wi hMsioi isliment
that his cm dr.-n, like sheep in the Et-f,
had doubled in ihada-t five years, as in
the place of two there were now f) nr,
a*id one quite simll. He looked at ms
wife. lie then l- lit Ins babies.
Then at his wife, who stood silently by.
Ba k and forth, from one t<> the other,
lull five minute* h gaz- and, then broke out
with, “ Well, Mary for a small woman,
without help , you ve raised children
amazingly l
For the Girl* to Read—A good
wife exhibits her Kve for her husband
hy try ing to promote Ins welfare, and
by attendi go* hi* comfort.
A poor wife ‘my and ars uni m v loves’
her hu-band, arid wouldri’nt sew a but
ton on his ih'.rt to keep hint from fre*z
ing.
A sensible wife looks for her comfort
and at home, a si I y one a broad.
A wise girl wottld win a lover by
practicing those virtue* which eciread
miration, wfiii u personal charms have
fa.il* and.
A fintpie girl endeavors to recom
mend hereell’ y the exhibition <>l frivo
lous accomplishments and a mawkish
sentiment which is as shallow a* her
mind.
A good girl always respects herself,
and then fin e always possesses the re
spect of o hers.
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Important Discovery. —One of the
startling discoveries of the age has ju*t
been made, and its effect, up* n the com
mercial affairs of the world cannot be
foretold. We allude to the late dis
covery in the process of making or
smelting of anew metalcallOi the Byrne
ore, or Bvrne metal, which has bent
named after the inventor. This metal
is of such a nature that either an imita
tion of gold or silver can be produced
which would defy detection by more th m
niiiestenths ol the dealers m waresmm
ufactttied ot pure g"ld and silver. Ihe
rno*t astonishing part of the discovery
is that of being so valuable as to be us* and
in the manufacture of every article in
whioh gold or silver can be used.
New Native Fine —On th** grounds
of C *l. Bull, near Charleston, S C.. not
far from th*’ house, is a pin* —Pinus
glaber of Walter, who described it
ab* ut 100 y * ars ago, since w hich it has
been strangely overlooked by botanists.
It is a well mirked species, is there
called the S .rue.- pine, attains a height
at least 100 feet, and a diameter of more
than 3 feet, a-s I have tested by measur
ing. It is abundant in ‘ho vicinity of
th-* Ashley, where Col Hu 1 and lap* n't
part <fa day riding through the woods,
searching for the largest. Mr. R.ivenel,
the botanist, fir*t re discover, and it a few
years ago, hut it ha* not been described
in our modern Floras.
[Country Gentleman.
Attack ox a Baltimobk F.ditou.—A
Baltimore despatch, of tt.e 2olh says :
Henry M. Fitzhugh, < ne of the proprietors
of the Daily Exchange, a paper which has
been fearless and unsparing in its denuncia
tions of the brutal rowdy duns of this city,
was assailed in nn omnibus this afternoon hy
n notorious ruffian named Paul Placide.—
Mr. F. d r ew a revolver and fired three times,
the bait taking effect in the hand and arm
of his assailant. The affair created consid
erable excitement.
■'“Jim Jackson and John Underwood will
he Geutgi*’ 3 brightest light-* in the next
Cpngr. s?. We say this not. to disparage
olheej but it’s true.” —Horne Southerner.
Yea. and a iruuth that slum and t-e Lumiii
atiug to every Georgian.—Ed Rki\
In Austria n<> nan is allowed tn mar
ry who can’t write his name. If such
a law was enacted in this counrrv, the
breed *>f Democrats, at least of legiti
mate ones, would pretty nearly run put
in some sections.
Gov. Brown and the Banks.
No mail can deliberately sot t >
i work t deceive the people ami build
j np a false reputation for himself.
without meeting, sooner or later the
( day of retribution. It is in the or
der < f Pro vide net* that the guilty
! shall not go mnvhippe I of justice.—
! Their sins will find them out. and
! they wi 1 be called to nice them, in
the presence oi an injured people.
The whole course of Gov. Brown
in Iris apparent war upon the Bunks
of Georgia, Ims been characterised
i by the most unprincipled duplicity
and unin itigated fraud lie Las hob!
llimseb up to the people as th ir env
oi*, denounced the honest men who
control them as guilty of perjury
and fraud, and lias boasted of his
achievements in bringing them to
terms and compelling them to obey
tlie laws. W’o have known all along
liow disingenuous and hollow-heart
ed were all su.-li boasts ; and though
it has been in our jower at an* day
to expose the iniquity, we have pre
ferred to wait until the accumulated
proofs could be made to stand forth
as the sun at noon-day, and over
whelm the deceiver. That day has
arrived, and we begin the disgraceful
exposition to-day with an article
from the Atlanta “American.” The
editor speaks with the letter oi
brow n befo e him, and defies contra
diction. Let the voters of Georgia
read it, and hlush, that such a mau
was ever allowed to desecrate the
Executive Chair of this noble State.
We have < ther evidences of this
game of duplicity, which- we shall
bring forward before the public shall
have recovered from the shock o, the
present exposure.
We may add that we have no
kno* ledge of the letter which has
fallen into the hands of the “Ameri
can” editors. If a similar on** ad
dressed to t* e Ba* k officers of this
city, we feel sure that the suggest on
with regard to the time of making
< ut their returns, only met t e scorn
it deserved. —Sav liege
Lyncti Law in K \-ti cky.— Jes
sie Williams an old and wealt'y eiti
zen of i aldwell county, who has been
under guard at Princeton, charged
with murder, stealing and crue t io
his slaves was taken from the jail on
Thursday night, and after being car
ried off a distance of seven miles,
hu gby a party of citizens. His two
sons, John and .James, who a e also
guiltv of numerous crimes, escaped
death by absconding. About the
same time Dr. Si gleton, and Messrs.
Mansfield, Morse arid Strangmal, sup
posed to be connected with Williams
in his villanies, were severely punish
ed mid ordered to leave the county.
Georgians in Canada.
Montreal Gan ada, )
Aug ..s 2D u, 1850
Mr Editor: —Y<ui wn; p **xse pub'i-h ilie
olii’ivmg 11 **i]i*-s, as a list of Guo/gums Irom
Lome. ( v in M >i*tr* .*i:
M B Clayton, M cun; Dr C B Xotinghnrn.
Macon; Miss S II Noting! am, M-on; W J
Eve jti.'t Ihdv, Augusts; Miss E It E-*-. Att
ansta; R A R-i -, P un in co; M ss AC R *il,
Putnam co.; MissJ F li-irl. Troup co.; W
\V Titi v-t-r, W H Tarver ami lady, M*ss \ II
Hardaway. F O Vs piberly, J C Solomon, A
V Bacon, all of Tu *g. s ceutvy; D A Jo da ■,
Baldwin co.; M E K-e * , M P lGnow, G.
llusMey, Dr T"1 vt-r Dilla’d, A R Harper,
WW B *rt, YV R GigritH’.ar, of Glynn unity;
Mrs. Cul er, M .-s Glider, M Tharp, J T Col
li* r. R E Hose, 0 K. Webber, U. 8. A.; Mks
M C W ebber, A Hung* tf.*.-*i and son, J N.
Eli.vv is and lady, A T Newsome arid laoy,
P A Herd and lady, Miss Ware, Mi-s B ii,
M s* Cox, R G Humbbcr, J Fain, A Sander
son, W r Ilovv md.
<tc.. T. D.
[A ugustn Constitutionalist.
The Slave Trade.—The Sr,. Aiqms*
tine (Eia.) Ex.-iiiuri* r n -erts positively
Unit cargoes of A ricen negroes nre con
stantly landed in ih • United S ates, and I
publishes a copy ot an agreement enter
ed into between n Rhode Bland captain,
one M'l'er F. Wickham, commanding
brigg Favorite, and a tri m on th * African
ena-t, tor the delivery of eighty “fair
and merchantable negroes. ’ ihe Ex
aminer a ids that tins cargo has be-n
safely landed on the Southern coast, and
the negroes found a ready market.
Commercial Intercourse between the
United States and France. — Tl
Department at Washington is row prepar
ing some interesting smti-ri’ al tables relat ve
to the United Stales aud France, exhibi iny,
by comparison, the amount if du i< s pmd by
em*h on the imported products of the o-h r
These tables, it is und* rstoo.l, ere designed
to facilitate the regulations of a Unity be
tween the two countries, bv which oar com
mercial mt-rests w ill be extern-ed.
Etcnrn District.—Bp*- king of the con
test -iu this Hi'trict, the Augns'a Di-patch
savs; “Cos Wright is making large gait s n
Wtikes and OgietR >rp, to our certain kuo*l
edge, and sun iar r* ports reach us from all
parts ol the Di-t.’ict. ’
Our own private informa'inn from jhose
counties entirely corroborates the statement
of the Dispatch.
. A Good Tick t. —The Opposition in
Clatke O'unity, have nominated Cos!. Jno.
Billups for the Seiia’e, and Thoma** W.
Walker and Elward P. L .mpkiu, for tue
House. The ticket is sure io be elected.
The prospect is that ihe next Georgia
Legislature, especially the Senatorial branch,
wt I be the ablest that has convened in the
Stale tor twenty y-ars.
The widow ot Mr. Austin D. Moore, who
recently died in F orida, leaving SISOO a
year, recently app- aled to the S u regate ot
New Yoik to set, aside the wifi, on the
ground that the Lws ol Florida give a widow
one third *>f the property. The Surrogate
ha* decided in her favor. The estate is worth
$300,000. ~
■ —.
Frost in Massachusetts. D -.ring the
nights ol the 29tn am. 30;n ult. there were
liuht trouts in various parts **f Ma-sachusetts.
No ii j uy has been done to the com or buck
wheat crops, however.
Will he Stick to it ?
Col. Speer, in Inss;*--oh hi Gnlfiu, ?*'d h*
wo id not support IXuiiLs, n‘ non mated
at Cimrlrstou. Mr. GarXted, <>i the 4ti
Disirct Ires said the same ttdng : and Sen
ator Tounff s<-ays he will not suck to hi* as
ee tion. The question now f*>r tin* people ot
til- Third District is, will Col. Sp or stick?
We think l e will not, but w li yet r-nppor
Douglas. The reason why we thit k s**.
i* tins. Cut. Spe* ris so wed*ted to his par
ty ihit he can s* e in tlin g wiong in it.
T e leaders of that party premised the peo
ple of the South, Koisas, d'riiey would S'.p
port Buchanan. The people put confidence
in the promise, ar.d voted for ‘Buck, B eck,
and K iri* X>w * Very body knows that
instead ts Ivins;**, rie* Eng'i-h Bill is all the
S uth. got aud Col. iSp* er is slid trying to
and lend the same pai y leaders. His at
tael uncut is too strong tor hts party to per
lint him to condemn eveu th t swindle, and
a man who can endeavor to smo ch over
such a p ilpa'ile cheat as that was, runras ly
find some license to withdraw his Mj-ctions
to Doug'as, when the m*t cutnes and he has
to support him or quit !. s parly,
Tue people of ttje Third i) strict mr.y.
then, set it (1 ovn as certain that, ev-ry vote
(hty cast lor Col. Speer, isa vole, indirectly,
for D uglas, and it will woik in this way :
In ail reasonable probab lity, the n*-x* elec
non oi President will go to the Home of
Repres* tuiitives. And snpposc the contest
should be between a Nortnem R publican,
Dougi. sand Wtn. C. Riv**p of Virginia, as
tin* oppositionist, can any one doubt that
Mr. Sp er, elected as a democrat, will In si
tale t> go lor D>mi>!las iu that case? No
on**, can reasonably d*-übt it.
Then ir you vote f -r Speer, yon are indi
rect y supporting Douglas.
[Amrican Union.
Stock of Sugars in New York.
—The stoeh of sugars, now in New
York, is said to consist of 73,000
hinds., 23,000 boxes, and 70,000 bags.
The Poet., of Thursday evening,
savs :
i bis is a larger supply than wc
anticipated, and consequently, some
holders are anxious to realize, and
have i ielded Ito J iC. to-day to effect
sales. The anticipated liberal supply,
both of hogsheads, boxes and bags
yet to come forward before the close
of the season, with stock now on
hand, leads many to believe that we
shall enter the new year with a very
considerable surplus of stock, iff I
prices do not in the mean time rule
so low as to induce very free eon
sumption.
Protection to Naturalized Citizens.—
A Case in Posjt—By me i.*t amvni frem
Eur.pc we find tht; Iu 1 -wmg, winch will
be received with pleasure by all classes of
cii z ■’ s, especial y bur G mi m friends, says 1
the R ehmot.d E qmrer :
The Americ n ambassador, Mr. Wright,
has o'u.-nn* and from tb*‘ Prince R ‘gent of
Prussia full pardon for Franz Hoff nan, of
Cnicago. Mr. Ib'ffrnan leit Prussia when
lie was twenty yea's old, without, having
!u fill- and hi* military service. Wnen be re- j
turned a short lime ago,‘ be was imprisoned, |
and senfot.ced to p-*y a hea'.y fine, (for, i.f
retard for the United S ate-, the Prince R -
gent has annulled ill se prn shtnents.
Oaytno In.—The Brown Democ
racy, so light-hearted and gleeful
only a month or so ago, are now i
sorrowful and dejected ! The Akin
aphrevitis, which has swept off so
many of their late gallant associ- j
ates, is after them also! So long
have their faces grown within u week j
past, that we learn our Barbers have
been forced to exact an additional j
half-dime for shaving them! —Atlanta 1
American.
A Son of Marehnl A! edonidd, one of
those great captains who filled bi rope with
ri'eir renown during the career of the firet
Napoleon, is now residing in India. He is
represented as a g*-rnl*-man ot wealth aud
standing. His son, and of course the grand
son of the Marsh *!, now resides in St. Louis,
lie is a young membiT of ti e bar, ol fine
person ,1 i*pp-arance, and stated to be premi
sing m Lis profession
The metnoiy <t L ip* z was duly observed
yesterday by the Cubans resident in this
* ity. A morning cannonade, aso'emn mass
at the Cathedral, guns fired every fit eeu
miniitis throughout the day, and, J*n even
ing cannonft’h —th* so _w*-re tbe s ghts aud
sounds which spok - to the cty of ore ot
Cuba's Crushed In pc*, and her new h< pes ol
the better day comm?.
[A’ O Orfsent, Sept. 2.
Com. Stewart—C’ m. Cuarirs Stewart,
the sen : or captain of the American navy,
and, one of the most illustrious of its com
m*rulers, lias returned from *his European
tour. Tbe venerable captain, we learn, with
all the weight of eighty years upon bisbrow, j
looks as active and as crave as when h** trod
the decks of the Old Constitution, nearly
fifty yeais ago.
The New York Hehald ox tiik Person
alities of the Press. —“The go* and taste
and cultivated intel ig*-r)ce of our times con
demn the gr*t fi. anon of a prurient curiosi
ty through ihe medium of the press, and no
journal that has ihe le.'.st pretensions to ie
so co.b.lity ventures out of us way to in
dulge it.”
Sickles offers to Resign. —The N. Y.
Evening foist says : “It is understood, tha f
upon certain conditions, wiiah have b n
i’ulv cons dered by h personal fr end?, Mr.
Si kies w ill Yii’uninrily surrender his claims
to represent the Third Congressional Dis
trict ol N-w York.”
Sad Yacht Accident. —Oo the ev*ning
of the 31*t ult., during a squall of wind, t; w
yacht E :d;>, owned by Mr. R svelt, of New
Yo lc was cap* zd in the Sound. Two
y< ting Indus were drowned, one o* whom
was Miss Ju :a Waterbury, daugh'er of
Lawrence Waterbury, ot tnat city, and the
other Axis* Craven.
Scotland—Tne grain crops in Scotland
are light, ad wifi be rather b low the aver
age, but rhe qnali y promises io be very fine.
H *rv*-st has commenced in s me of the di-e
tr.ct*. Ihe potato crop i- gX and ad free
from riis-a.se. The hen in g tribe y, at latent
dates, was a failure.
A Good Sentiment.—The Troy Budget
say*: “An independent piess may be ot
: Set vice to its friend*, but a mere instrument.
k* pt tor a time by or© man et and t en y
j a'.other, until it pollutes and ci.easesali who
1 touch it.” v -
NUMBER 25-
Tlie Swindler who Carried off
15 Ladies.
W ashington, Sept. 2, ISSB.
The man who recently b'ought lrom
I Piiihuielphia to New l'oik filteeu young la
de s, under pr. teuce of taking tlnm South as
school and music teacher.*, and theu robbed
| ihem of their money and baggage, wa ar
• rested here to-night by Chief of Police God
dard, and lieutenant of Police McHenry.
He was recognized as Hiram P. L-she,
he re to lore tempi r oily ernployt das a laborer
in the Patent office. 15 mo ol our own
I citizens had beeu swindled byiiim.
H s valise contained a large number of
I letters from various parts of the eouotry, the
| contents of some of which showed that he
bad traveled in the South, and was exten
sively engaged in dishonest schemes. He
has a wife living in Washington. Two
large traveling trunks claimed by him are at
the express office, and are supposed to con
tain lui.uy valuab'es belonging to his vic
tims. lie lias been committed to jail to
await a requisition from the Governor of
JsewYo k.
L sue had no person with him when he
was ane<red He took lodgings last night
with Ids \\ ife at her r* science, and there is
no probability that any of his victims came
South with him.
Crossing Lake Ontario in a Balloon.
The well-known icronant, Prof, Seiner,
. crossed L-ku Ontario, from Toronto, on
Friday last, in Lis balloon ‘Europa.“ The
: weather wa* exceedingly favorable for the
excursion. Scarcely a breath of air was
stirring. The sky, beautifully dear, a few
white fleecy clouds, at an immense height,
| fce nd alone visible, seemed, in its serene
! splendor, to invite inquiry into the mysteries
of boundless space. At a quarter past four
| the car was attached. ‘ The car having been
! securely fastened, the Professor, at twenty
minutes past four, jumped inside it,
: gave the Signal to be loosened, and up he
went. The balloon was driven, at-first,
southeast by east, but alter a while it appear
| ed to change its course a little more to the
tSouth, in the direction of Rochester, where,
Prolessor S. desigt eJ to land. But be was
Goomed to dis ippouiiment, and Came down
I near Oswego.
YYoilk for the Next Congress.
The National Legislature, at its
next session, twill have considerable
service to perform in the way of
| creating new governments, Stateand
Territorial. No less than four Ter
ritories and two States will ask ree-
I ognition. The people of southern
Nebraska, disappointed in gaining
annexation to Kansas, are moving
for a State government. The Gov
ernor is about to call an extra session
of tbe Legislature, that the work
may be regularly commenced. They
! intend to” apply for admission in
company with Kansas. In addition,
the people of Jefferson, Arizona,
Dacotah, ad Nevada, are also anx
ious fur Territorial governments.
Fire in Thomasville. — The pre
mises of Mr. K. Braswell in the Past
ern part of Thonunsville, comprising
hi-residence, built some four or five
years ago, and a tine ne * dwelling
just finished, with out buildings, were
totally consumed on the morning of
the Both ult. The fire, which was
discovered a short time before day
light, is supposed to be tbe work of
i an incendiary, Mr. Braswell having
been burnt out twice before. The
loss its computed at five thousand
dollars. No insera nee. — Troupville
Watchman.
The Effects of Brandt. —Brandy some
times has a singular elf ct. A lady of New
Yoik leit her servant girl in charge of the
3nnimer house in Orange, N. J. Mary found
a botile of brandy, and helping herself to
“a little” of it, she says she “felt9o good she
thought sheshoulr) like to see how she wou ! d
look when dressed up as a lady. She took
the p> ker and went up stair*, where she
smashed in the lid of her mistress’ trunk,
and put on her S4O silk dress, a SSO shawl,
a s2O hat, and other apparel to match, tak
ing altogether about $l5O worth of clothing
and j iwelry. Thus attired, she set off for
the depot, took the cars, and went to New
York, where she was arrested on Saturday,
on the Five Points, by officer Goulden, of the
Sixth Ward. — Union GazttU.
Mrjor John Biddle, a brother of the late
Nicholas Biddle, died suddenly of apop'exy
at the White Sulphur Springs, Vo., on
Thursday, the 2oth uIL He entered the ar
my in 1812, and on the close of the war was
retained on the peace establishment. After
many years servise on the frontier he re
resigned. and fixed his residence at Detroit,
Mich,, where h held several important pub
lic p si lions. In his character, courage and
capacity united with the most amiable social
realities, and his death will be lamented by
a wide circle of relations and friends.
The ShortE'T Time Vet. —Says the New
York Herald, of the 30th ult.:
Tne United States mail steamship Colum
bia, C mmodo’re Berry, from Charleston, ar
rived at this port Satnnday at 3 P. M., m k
ing the passage in 40£ hours, being the
shortest on record. She brought the even
ing Charleston papers ol Thursday, 25ih, a
lull freight and heavy passenger list, hhe
has also the first bale ot cotton of the new
crop. Ti e commodore thus lens his form
er time o’’ 47f, and confidently expects to
make the passage this summer in 42 hours.
Addressing Newspapers. —We have re
ceived a circular giving a description and
engraving of a machine for addressirgnews
patieis, invented by James Lord, ot Paw
tucket, Mass. The Sen utific Amere ansome
months ago had a full account of it and
praised it highly. The Pawtucket Gaz tte
and Chronicle has seen it in operation and is
eonfi lent it will arvwer the puriiose for
which it is designed. Ine invention strike
us ass mole and ingenious, its usefuine*?,
if entire!v practicable, is evident, at least to
a.l newspaper men.— AT. (cleans Pia y xnt.
Ora Relation* with Central America.—
The Washington States Biys th it our new
minister to Costa R ca and Nicaragua, who
was to sail from New York on th*-srh inst.,
takes out full and specific instructioi S on
every subject connected with his mission.
As legards tl e Nicaragua transit route we
are assured that the instructions are under
no ciicuinstances to consent to the mono
poly, conceded to Mr. Belly, in the exclu
sive right of the old transit road from Vir
gin Bay, on Lake Nicaragua, to San Juan
del Sur.