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VOLUME 10.
FALL GOODS!
tmt STOCK!
Cheap Pi ices aad
ELEGANT GOODS
AT
HE COLEMAN & BOSS’
“BAZAAR OF FASHION”
ll’ B liar* *n•* ft aiul r ■] .My rcrrtiriuj tlic largest
11 auU m at atlrac ive rttc* us nc*. elc**ut
DRESS GOODS
that ft ha* tee* mu t In**** aad privilege tu ufftr to a fort
lulaUt worst. To toy that
OUR STOCK
IS RICH AND GORGEOUS
tewed deacrlptlnfi. la a troth nail Y corroborate <l, and aaU
|xg i* afadnl bt U.~ ia .Lt of the
LATEST GEMS
tv call aad me for t ban. aim. Our aUk af
STAPLE GOODS
*n never ba'ort ao con p;rtr, aad when vc add oar
lIRPET DEPARTMENT,
whira di-plara tcljt gr<> ai. J .‘jic, wr are pit-par ad ta
aay that
OUR STOCK,
% * prvsrviU a sc* it a vanni a* it ‘j
LARGE & ATTRACTIVE.
CALL Uml aih> u the ;-.ruurt to aLo<r vim >ar rioct •
RCJ63S, GOLEM Ai” & BOSS.
Cotton A rnw,
Saat I< -wtf. >iacua.(la
Zr “Va-arry r."and “Tr'rjtat h” < if,
$10(> REWAItD!
HORSE STOLEN!
STOI.I' ; Ir*’Tit by <t it, ll'.r t m lf# *r at Hue 41, on the
*•* K >4. on l?r n cki .if tl.e I'b ln*t., a iaik bay
M’ f-e. ill *hi’r • u toe i.r. * .tL jc aM *y**. taro
• - Aor I > carr fd. ac4fa
ate. very r u? <2 Tl.e ai- re r* * .rtl I be fuUI :ar
Ua thief >*S Done with V'ktrMt Ntfitiebt to a-avic, UT I
Ttu f lit iHiaitrt tajc the U’- aim.* .
ml K-**_ KlittT. 11. fr/SUINGToy.
TO THE PLANURS UF GEChGIA.
WEST & GODFREY,
AGENTS OF THE
Planters’ Association of Ga.,
I Ft// continue to represent their friends
in tks sale of Produce at Savannah.
fiaHANKFt~L*nrhr utmniie of tb* td uw. Dot
I Uha thlata caaioa fa lnf.-na ih Hauler* itiaapiM
t ry art now mad. l. aai > tb.ni (cr the rr. uiu* Na- I
tt-a. and trat ny ai.n t and t. th I att.i t.> u, s-inr##. tu
r. ui Ive, a. I aa'i fa. ;■ n t ail wb< luay Jar.. tltem .1 f. !
ar withConatjnn er. aof I’oJU n, ion . Me. 4c.. or with ,
rd.r.for the |>n-cKnae if Fan.iiyr.nd Ih’ tat nr pptlea
.V It —CinniubaitHi Iter .r of <’,4 •>*,So ieui* per bale,
ad cuatoinary rate*(orother produce.
I'AAO C.WE'T.
JiHt’ E GoDFRET.
Sa.xanah. lay r.'bflff.-to Jaa. 1.1-r.
-ANOTHER WANDERER NEGRO.’
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD!
f WILL *ie Fl*▼ T*olUr for the ajtpretotu'io* ami safe
1 !eiive*b to me of tnv man who bt been M a
a;tdlerrr * r or the lani tt ve moatha* ami an ntual aiuou&t j
f r the e-uvietif n-f ar.r mhite nan who bart.or* Lim.— 1
J *■ > i ‘ * . - ‘
Uei aloe iMin hi*;h. I* rtmt ant auiMiiiar. iuaavttr heat v
cL ts. ar.l h - mho .i *ly W iur. These ii av- usidenabte
•:■ : - *fa M \ +
nar be Meot.fird by *lzLl corb iiniicitint the p*iiiUfr*m
h!vh (luv a* Iwu attach* and by a mere cuti
cle. wj, e:i{.|*a,! fn rr. -wh burnt thirir.f hU Lu'ancy. It ia
pe>babie tlut he ii hiring in the vicinity of liunio. but he
mar have he** ilcontil off to >u*e d.-tunt t>v *
• Lit* man. WM. LI’KST.
April £2, laid—ls. (Teie*m|rh cv*py.)
The Drigga’ Patent
PIANO FORTE.
T am now ready *o .u.wer the .ft repeats “ ho
■ makre ihe iirt FlaarwF* I anaarr, nm,na.:#ilT.
DRitKin. PARMELEK a CO, of New York. 1 have 1
b-n tuning Ptan-d *5 year., and claim tv nr.deratand the
inurnment Uwroaghif. 1 have bm North upeea-lr to
aortiiii whusakeatne beat Phan.. 1 have ma rv.ryr
ton if tAe l-rhcca Ptano, and aevermi other celebrated one.,
la pn<ceae< f brtaranle. The Ihnu far eictba l
arkera ia two very in.,-.rtn:.t iiarMca a'., vt': volume aid
ivtnra nl ton*, and a|nritr !■ r utavinc In tune. The
tour I* pnalncvd aa itioch a. yawdtie like the V i-lin. there
helnctwo auandlritt hoard, cunres outward*. The heavy,
thick alaaka, touch, and bnce* are dime auay with, ao a
chanibertafi rued foruu.l. Trr I.'.rr and .wcetuaaauf
tone Id vi,la! to that of the feat Grand Piano.
intone d-ymda na n newly In
vrnt.il Iron Frunie. or tied t late, which au.lafn. alltkeatra a
and ia entirely flee thorn the vibratory |mit o* the Intern
ment. Th’ r<- la<rrvt tB., ruvemei tln lie .uai nrr us ,ut
t bjur iheMri! p. thrv avt brine liable to mat orto |ar at
their beartaf*. and ia the arratfrurl.t of the dampen, the
*■•■#**. haem,era. lock catchrm. and every [rt of th# actlua
ta made in a man t.er that cannot be excelled. The folio wlae
la ftoui Thnlriere:
“Mr. . B. lia -.oe—l have rxamined year r#w Plano
Forte, and eurdialiv approve of lu ayetem of cor d-action;
he prlnrlpien by which fiervt 1> rrvunr of vthrmtmy power la
obeaiaod, l r * vrrv da.p'e and perfectly phtew | h cal.
The to#* la (randand nulue. It haarre*! rapmitT for eoa
tain :.{the round or ri icirr. and Ita roiuiur WUK or power,
(havenever heard excelled la depth.purtir,andavntnrthrtL
•wetteem. It TRAI.KKRG.'*
Mr.liar certllcatee have been recetv. il frit, liotarhalk.
Mrackoach. Ma- n aad many .-trier rndreni aeurta.
IN# of there i a.tnam* n. mar be aeen at Meeary Vlrglea.
Weefcai he able euoa bill 1 order* tot only with them pi
ha• a. tmt . there of a ran Beat tatlriiv- four Urge ruaad
tvmera. got h e leg.. r>f. -d. • ibvm ao arr.nged that
piec e .-* be pfaynt on thou the .am* a* ea the T octave pi
.- - •• be lower ho-o actra. 41*.. T*c vr* plaama
afu.ra.bi. mar aad pattern, which wr will aril ...rprMngiy
eheap. The Dr*.i ptaao iU U aoid at about tba a.me
price* a* i-taer piano*, arc.# ding to intar. • fever.
I ka> e the agracy f. r th* *.* of tar** ptaau* *ar the Mat.
atOen-a'a. unfrit ftueu an) part of the >chi* wtii I*
pe- B>pt r alt ended to. U. IS. KICK.
jMvtw Macao. M> idwtf.
HUM BIBB.!!.
Pa—im ■mihi r~i “ ri ~n—mnrir*~’“
MR. RI'RGHARD hya returned from New Tack with
ta* Inert aafretn B us
WATCHES. JEWELRY
and I'auc}’ irticli'N
ever brought •* Oe—rt>. and th#* me *>w opened aad *x
pu-cd • Bhie at r
H*>intiful Start an Ckrrry Street, Tiro door*
from the Telegraph Building, at the
Sign aj the
810 WATCH,
Thereto* w* ,ni** all to call anl *** the Iniert n-,*altie*.
Her eetcctkma embrace
RICH, RARE AKO CORGEOUO
111 ORiIAMENT*
MSS, KINtiS. UKWELETJf, CHAIXA UW&
OAME3J.FD k KUMONI* WATVHES,
I>IAHtM, PtTVUL. UR.U-f AK-
Ul MU mud dther full and
ica.i aa-ta us Jcariiy,
a*-nii* of new
rtewi^n
jß*t
oaf
•rfainto caTaarßcularaUfatlaniaearatnek -f Waich
?fh. ce.ebra ed m nr-, Corder>y. Hodd - . Mudda-,
fvoto. hr . made mordceexieverty for aa. Wehaveaiaoua
“Jf lhihyviuU, -lurget am .ud hardia t humotaeteta.
* variety i# and cka— ui.et gy!t.
**•'■•-* him aad PUtcd Tea hetfa PUch*ra. Gutnet* K
Musical Instruments
* f "” dmcripti-A. fall aad hx* at our varied atock 0
1 HII.IXM.
** alao call th* atlrnti. a of Ike !:vdoto our Mock df
OOLtD
Tf 4 # farrwt and led aelec 100 ever bivoght to tela market
t4-Pllg|\(, Prsaptly Donr aid Uirmld.
M4_Xaßl> * bUP.'iHARI>.
- Mga of the Wg Vetch.
Valuable Plantation for Sale.
f *"T.'’* rT ’ n * “T* *T ptuatoUoa ta Joaoa Couaty
* oboe* Mao n. oa the Ucmuifee River, cou-
Attached to th* piece t. SOO acre*
Land., iriver button). Teem* om aad tar* yeaef
lotiJ w ' Jfe;n porch**, vaiaobia Lauda. wfUdo toll
‘edandaxamio. th* above a* 1 am IMumtaad to aall.
KOBUT lcnlt
Wit. LITTLE’S
VERMIFUGE.
In LARGE Dottles and Yials.
X Ithinir elae i* mjaired to reiiero childrea of
Worm*; aad beaidea beiug one of the cheapeat and
beat Vermifuge* ever off.-red to the public. Ita fre
quent ue in faniilte. will nave much trouble and
eipvftw. aa well aa the lire* of many children—for
eight out of every ten cave* generally require it.
i.iTTr.iv*
ANODYNE COUGH DROPS.
A certain cure for Cntd , (high*. Bronchia*,
AmOuoo . /Vi fn in the II rout ■ alto Croup,
Whooping Ooiighx, kc., Ac.,
amongst ChiUlrtn.
Thi# ia n plena*ut medicine to txko, producing im
mediate relief, and ia nine out of tea cane* a prompt
care. It exercieea the moat controlling iniaeac*
over Cough, aad Irriiatiou of the Lnoga of any re
medy known, often atopping the moat violent la a
few hour*, or at moat iu n day or two. Many caaea
thought to be decidedly couaumptive, have been
promptly cured by uaing a few bottleu. Aa auodyn*
expectorant, without aatringing the bowel*, it ataada
paramount to all cough mixtures.
LITTLE’S
FRENCH MIXTURE.
Thin la prepared from a French Recipe (ia th*
form* of No. 1 and S; the Ar.t for the acute, and
No. S for the chronic aCkge, i and from ita unexampled
•uceeoa i likely to supersede every other remedy
for th* cur* of dmeneea of the Kidney* and Bladder,
Goaorrhiral, Blennorrhaeal. and Leuchorrhaaal or
Fluor Albu* affection*. Thia exteasive compoand
Combine* properties totally different in taste sud
chsraeeor fruin nay thing to be found in the United
italas Fbanuacopmia ; and in point of safety and effl
cionsy U not rivnUod in Aitwrica.
LITTLE’S
RINGWORM & WTER OINTMENT.
FORTH, No. 3.
Hundred* of casco of ChroaieTetters, Scald Head*,
aad disease* of the skill generally, bare been cared
by (hi* remedy; aad since the introduction of tba
No. 2 preparation ■ being stronger’ scarcely a can*
has been found that it will not eii- <omßly eradicate
lo a short timo Fur th* cure of Uancerva* Sore*
hud Ulcer* it la applied ia the form of pUst*rs, sud
1* aim. -t infallible
in more thaa ta * haadred place* in Georgia, and
ia the Southern States, they are to be had ; aad a*
there ara era ups shut who are counterfeiting his
remedies, by palming off their own or something
elae. by using the same ur similar names for no pa
lest ia wauled or secured amid the absurd patent* of
the day.) let all be cautioned t* look well for th*
signature of th* Proprietor, that: —
aad also his name blown into th* glass of each bottl*
MAT All orders ud letter* to be addressed to
LITTLE & BRO.,
Wholesale Druggist*, llaeui, Ga
For sale by K. L. Strohecker, Menard &
Castlen. Mucon.and bv Mt-rcbunuand Drujj
gi<U every whtre.
Sepr 23
FOR NEW YORK.
FAKE iIEDUCFI),
—————
Freight arul P<jsrage as Lena as by any other
fSTiiyVMETKi.
Cabin Passage. :::: sls.
B) tLe #;l#ii*nl and commodious
Side u licel Steanicn
AUGUSTA. 1 M) tun* (.'apt. M. 8. WoodhuU,
FL RIliA, IJhJO •* “ iwtac (‘rowell,
ALABAMA. 1.3U0 “ “ Geu. R. Scnenck.
Ai-! Brat class Propeller
STAR OF TH E SOUTH. I,luo Capt. Thomas Lyon.
— These tean,*hip* belong
—a. s FT i the old established and
UMK t -I, .avortte line, known aa th*
dßvJdlKjUvSv htcam Navigatic* Com pa- j
si\ i-Av niudatioa aad fare, cannot be
_JQan?~Br w”C,vnl. They are r.m,
mauded by axperttneed,
RUtil, careful and polite nffi<-er*
a JOHN R. WILDER A QALLIK.
Agent*. Savannah.
SAMUEL L. MITCHILL A SON.
Inly I—ts Agents, New Turk.
MARBLE WORKS!
J. B. ARTOPE A SON,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
AND DOYILNTIC
MARBLE
MONUMENTS.
TOMB STONES,
MANTLES.
FURNITURE,
SLARS. &c..
Corner of !lrl and Plumb Sl.
MACOX, GA.
hpj ll— ts.
‘laiOH S,HONaUd
On tbc Luroprnn Plao*
CITY OF MIX TORE.
Siiiflr llbows 50 Cents per Day.
City Hall Square, corner cf Frakfort Street
(Orp-ul* City Ut!L)
Meals, as tLe) mss le ordered ta the spacious Rrfrc
tnrv. There u a Caiit a chop and Raih kt>,ma attached
to the 11-*rl
N. I! - Beware of Haulier* and Ilackmem.
’ who a*> we aie lull.
R. FKL.K li. Proprietor.
Augu.-t 9. 18u9.
SAVE FREIGHT AHD COMMISSIONS
tp Carhart A Card,
AL sol* soil’s ros
FAIRBANK S SCALES.
A FULL Aw rmeet of Platform sad Counter Scale* now
A in atur* aad for sale at their price*. NO FREIGHT
ADDED. OrUer, las, n for Ksihoad Ware i .use and other
large Seale*. W* will wc Ihsn. pruperi) put up.
may ll—ts-
DR. ABBETT’S
VEGETABLE LIVER AND DYSPEPTIC
Modioin®.
A SAFE and effectual remedy for all kind* of Liver Dli
ease* and that < •rig tia’e from * Jtaeaeed
state ’V Inactivity of the Uver; *l**. nl Wood Hll. ul*
has! ofZeiita A rtanl. Druggf* A corner of 4d A Uherry Sta..
Maeoa. lia. and of J. N. uu*. Eaq.. near Paweravllle. Houa
j ‘■ZiPii..-,, L - “
JUST RECEIVED.
AT R. P. McKVOVS. n large lotof SELF-SEA LING
CANS. En i ve# and Fork*. Carton and Tent Seta. AM*
C PTTUHKM*, cheap for CASH.
—T V~Xt
G-sls Fixtures.
I riHhNDAUERS. PENDANTS ami BRACKET* ofal
l R,*vyl*a lart received and for toe by
mlyfl-B 1, P. RO3S A C*.
MACON, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1856.
THE GEORGIA CITIZEN
,S PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY
L. F. W. ANDREWS.
Office —ln Horne's Building, Cherry Street,
Two Doors below Third Street.
TKRYlia:— £2.30 per annum, ill adtnncr.
Adsrrtlsrincnta id the rcgu’nr charge will be One D<Mar
per -quart- of one hundred words or less, f. r the first inser
tion. and F\ftv Cents for each subsequent insertion. All ad
vertiseiu nts not specified as to tune, will l published un ll
forbid, and t liargetl accordingly. A liberal dlsoiunt allowed
to those who atlvertisc by the year.
LiV-ntl arrangements liiade with County Ofßccrs. Druggists,
Auctioneers. Mcrchaut*, and others, who nut) wish tu make
limited contracrs.
I’rof.-ssioual and llusiueu Card* will be inserted un
der thi* head, at the following rates, viz:
For Five lines, per annum, $ .’> 00
For’-even lines, do Bio
For Ten lines. do 10 00
No advertisement of ti.is class will he admitted, unless paid
for ia advance, nor for a leas trm than twelve moxtha. Ad
vertisements lit over ten lilies will l charged pro rain. Ad
vertisements not paid tor iu advance will be charged at the
regular rates. t
Gldi liar) \ollccs of over tenlinst, will he charged at the
usul nt- s.
Announcement* of candidates fur office to he paid for n
the usual rates, when Inserted.
Ftaleanf l.nud and \cstroea, by Executors, Administra
tors and Guardians, are required by law to be adverti.ied in a
public gazette, forty days previous to the day of sale. These
sale* must be held on the lird Tuesday iu the niun-li. tietween
the hou’sof ten lu the forenoon and three in the afternoon,
at the Court-house m the county in which the property is situ
ated.
Rales of Personal Property must be advertised In like
•tanner, forty days
Notice lu Debtor* and Creditor* of an Estate must he
published forty days.
Nut ire thrt atudica’ ion will be made to the Ordinary for
leave to sell Laud and Negroes, must he published weekly for
two month*.
Citations for Letters of Administration, thirty days; for
Dismission rotu Administration, monthly, six month*; for
Di*mt**ioa from Guardianship, weekly, forty days.
It tiles fur Foreclosing of Mortgages, monthly, sou
months; for establishing 1 st paper*, fur the full space of tlire
months; for compelling titles from executors or adnilnlstra
ors where a bond has been given by the deceased, the full
pace of three months.
LIGHT.
BY WILLIAM PITT PALM 18.
Fr m th* quicken* it womb of the pr'.uial g'oom.
The aul rt-iifrd lL*ck and bve.
TIN I wove him a ve*t or h* E hloi* br a*t
Os tl.p thr< of my z lnei hair;
An i wheu <he tnd leuL of the flriuAiiiPnt
A roue on iu Airy Aprs*
I pei curd the hue of Its ma cMpm Mu
Ana ep.4i glod ii round with ata's.
I the fl wm of Ut Fden bowers,
Aid llidr Ittvei of liY.ujc trieen.
And mine were the iu the alnlMß eyes
tis Eden's viifia queen. m
Au ! when the fieurt Art <u the trus fal heart
ii ud fattened i A moitAl Ape 1 1,
In th *1 verv uphere of the nr<-b*rn tesr,
To the tretiibai f vaith I fell.
Ik ben the wtovea thht hurpt o'er* world accurned
Thß'.r work f wtstii fcptd.
Ard tLe Ark t loß* few, tr.eil and true,
(’im foith Aiiiouv tLe dead
M i htrp wiitidrmißkleniiS of my bridal beams
1 their teriori cere.
At I wrote < u h • r<dl of the storm** dark acrcll
Uod*A co vtnaut 01 peace !
I. .k a rail at re-t oa a hreaat,
ftiserai >balo% lept
ben phph*rd •wain*, n lteth‘thiii' j lain*.
Their k*i.e y kpp*~
WLf a I flatbed on the r* ht the hera d< bright
Os Hb y€l*b rede*-niiriß pi n,
A* thev ciiauicd the in uu of a Sariour born—
Joy, Joy to ue outcoat maa !
£qi al favor I how to tbr 1 -sty and low,
* *ii the jut and uijußi i de*ei*4
EVn he b ind, wboac vain sphere , i*U in darkness and tears,
Fbci iajt an -*e tne ktfll mm lu sf a tffcet and.
Nay, tic fli.aer of the waste bv my love U embr^cßd.
Ah tne roa • in ft e garden of ktiig* ;
At the Clu)>aliA bier of tLe w rm i a; fear.
And lo! tae gay butte fly wiag*.
Tke dem.ia'e ti'orn, like a mourner forlorn
Conceal* all the of her iharms.
Till I bid t e bngiit hour* UiAiw the mgtit fiom her flowers,
And trad the \otif a oy to her arc !
Abd wLeti tor Ray rover Nccks Lvc lor his lover
And fir.Ah io L(r haiiuT rt p *e,
1 wrau the soft rest by tba Hepl.yr-faumd west
lu curtaius of aiubar and lose !
From mj sentinel sleep by the night trooded deep,
I ga/.r wbh uutoluiid>eiliig eye*.
Hlkb th- on- furt Hsr id the mailner
I* bio.ted from out Uiv sky!
And gaidcd by me th otijth the mere’less tea.
Though aped by ti.e hurr.cai.c'a wiua.
Hi* conipaMHiCNi. dark, lone, weltering bark
To tb Laveu Lome safely be brings.
I waken tLt flowers In tlicl* dew*panglcd bowers.
Thi bird* iu tseir diMBUw of frees.
And mountain and plain glow with beauty again,
A* they ta*k in the manual aheeu.
Oh. If anch the glad worth of my j r *. nce on earth.
Though fretful and fl.etmg the while,
i hat glories moat rest on the home of the bleat,
Kver hrglat with the Ihity'a roiLt!
Editorial Life—▲ True Picture.
Did it ever occur to you, most agree
able reader, that editorial life is not an
unrutiLd fcea ? D and you ever yause in i
looking o’er a newspaper to think cf
the ceaseless toil that is neevtwary to pro
vide for you the columns and paragraphs
you -easily scan ? This editorial writing
—what a ceaseless tapping of man’s
brains it is! No matter how he feels—
the paper must be out at the appointed
time, and his uiual contributions must
fill tbc accustomed niche.
The limited space of a newspaper col
umn does not allow the editor to treat
any subject at large. He must not at
tempt au extended discussion, no matter
what he writes about; but he is expect
ed to touch on a variety of themes every
week, and to just touch them—nothing
more ; so that his readers may not be
wearied by long articles. To write a
long essay or seiies, would sometimes
be great relief. Hut it he docs either,
ten chances to one he will hear of it. —
Once or twice, in a long editorial service,
we have ventured to do thia dangerous
thing. Fortunately we heard no com
plaints, th >ugh we have no doubt many |
wereuttend. Now and then, however,
we have been complins nted by .1 broth- <
er saying to us : “That was a very good
article of yours in last week's paper, as
far as I read ; but it was so long, 1 was
called off before 1 had time to fmish it.”
Editorial writing is pleasuut enough, :
and easy enough to a man accustomed to
it —when he has once determined what
he shall write. Hut this selection of
topics is not easy. For a single paper
or two, any inan will find subjects at
hand ; but when it comes to writing to
the Mime readers year iu and year out —
when one calls up the subjects already
presented, some briefly, others more
elaborated, either ny himself or by cor
respondent-*, the difficulty of selecting so
as to avoid eels-repetition, is quite ein
barrassing. As to waiting till some
thing suggest itself:—till it comes to you
—that is out the question. The respect
able but ill-named boy is at your door
already. He is calling for copy. You
must sit down and write at once. What
if half a dozen persons in the offlee are
earnestly discussing Church matters or
politics? What it you are interrupted
every moment or by some irrelevant in
terrogatoiy, urged with singular indica
tion of obliviousness of what you area
bout? You must hold to the thread of
an idea, if you happen to have one, and
still do the agreeable to your friend ;
you must write with some appearance of
understanding what you arc saying,
whether, in reality, you know what you
are about or not; you must feel your
way through, like a man walking in a
narrow pass during a dark night; and
having reached the end of your sheet,
you may take a long breath, and turn
ed away in search after soma other sub
ject. And there i* no end to this, for as
soon as you have succeeded in arranging
for one number, the burden of another
is upon you, from the first week in Jan
uary till the last in December.
But to the writing if editorials is to
be added the agg egate of o’her duties.
Here is correspondence well meant and
full of sensible sayings. But it is badly
written, perhaps badly spelled, perhaps
poorly put together. You must go over
it. on must dash an unnecessary word
here, and put in an omitted word yonder.
\ou must be a grammarian for the writ
er, whoeiiher has never leurned grammar,
or has permitted himself to write with
’ out revision, you must in short, prepare
j his irregular composition foi the press,
and, when you cannot make out precise
ly what he intended to w rite, guess at it,
and let your readers have the benefit of
your guessing.
To read a newspaper for passtime is a
very inviting employment. Hut here
are twenty received by the morning’s
mail. You take the scissors in hand and
glance over them. What a treat would
these be to some people-people w ho have
leisure to n-a i them through. But your
business is to se'ssorise. You are looking
for scraps. Here is one, but you had it in
your paper last week. Here is another,
but it is too sectarian. Here is a third,
but it is one of last year’s creation that
has lodged a while ou the shores of for
getfulness, and is now swept ngxin on
the tide of news to float until it can find
another standing place. After another ,
hour or two of search, you gather up the
re;-uit. It is your column of clippings,
from the exchanges. W hat a search for I
so meagre a reward.
W’ell, done? See, there is
a roll of proofs. ‘The fype is set, and the
foreman w ishes to make up the form. —
Here is a letter up side down—there is
a word )ou never saw before-—here is a
sentence without meaning. W hat are!
you to do ? Look at every letter, read
every line—mark every intended cor
rection, and send it back to be printed af
ter your alteration shall have been made.
You must do this ut once. ] Mays are
dangerous. You must not tako Haifa
day, for it. Drop every thing y<u have I
before you, and read your pr .of’s. The !
press will be wailing for you, and unless
you are in time, your place will beta- j
ken by another, and your issue delayed
Happy the editor who, when his sheet is
out, dots not .ind a dozen errors that he
cou.d not find bcfoie. Thrice happy he !
who, besides all this, does not find many
that he did not see still glaring upon
him iu all their ugly deformity and pro
voking calmness, despite of all his care.
lia It. U. S. Journal.
[Fromtbe Memphis AvaUncheJ
Tlii* Arkansas Traveler.
In the earlier days of the Territory of
Arkansas, when the settlements were few
and far between, an adventurous traveler
from one of the old States, w hile traversing
the swamps of thut portion of the country,
gets lost, on a cold and rainy day, in the
autumn of the year. After wandering lill
evening, and despairing of finding a habita
tion, while searching for a place to camp,
strikes a trail which seems to lead somewhere,
and also hear* in that direction the noise of
a fiddle. Accordingly he takes the trail and
soon discovers, ahead of him, rising above
the timber, a light column of smoke, which
he knows comes from the cabin of a squat
ter. As he approaches, he finds it to be a
log cabin, ten logs high and about ten feet
square—one side being roofed, and the other
only half covered with boards. He also sees j
the proprietor seated on an old whiskey
barrel near the door, sheltered by few
hoards which the eaves, play
ing a tune, or rather the first snatch of a i
tune, on an old fiddle.
After surveying the habitation and sur
roundings of’ ‘cotton-head’ children, the
traveler ridea up to see if he can get lodg
ing, when the following dialogue ensues.—
The booster, however, still continues to play
the same part over and over again, only
•topping to give short, indifferent replies t
the traveler’s queries :
Traveler.—‘Good evening, sir !’
Squatter.—‘How d’ye do, sir !’
Trav.—‘Can I get to stay all night w ith
you ?’
Squat.—‘No, sir.’
Trav.—‘Can’t you give me a glass of
something to drink ? I am very wet and
cold.’
Squat.—‘l drank the last drap this morn
ing.’ ,
Trav. —‘I am very hungry ; ain’t had a
thing to eat to-day. Will you let me have j
something to eat ?’
‘Squab—‘Hav’nt a darned thing in the
house. ’
Trav.—‘Then can’t you give my horse
something V
Squat.—‘Got nothin’ to feed him on.’
Trav.—‘How far is it to the next house ?’ j
Squat.—‘Stranger, I don’t know. I’ve
never been there.’
Trav.—‘Well, where does this road go to?’ j
Squat.—‘lt’s never been anywhere since
I’ve lived here. It’s always here when Ii
get up in the morning.’
Trav.—‘As 1 am not likely to got to any
other house to-night, can’t you let me sleep
in vours. and I’ll tie my horse to a tree and
do without anything to eat or drink ?’
Squat—‘My house leaks ; there’s only
one dry spot in it, and me and Sal sleeps on
that.’
Trav. —‘Wbv don’t you finish covering
your house and stop the leaks V
Squat.—‘lt s raining.’
Trav.—-Well, why don’t you do it when
it is not ruining !’
Squat.—‘lt don’t leak then.’
Trav.—‘Well, as you have nothing to eat
or drink in your house, and nothing alive
about your place but childrea, how do you
do here, anyhow V
Squat.—‘Putty well, I thank you. How
do you do yourself?’
Trav. —( After trying in vain to extract
gome satisfactory information from him.) —
‘My friend, why don’t you play Ihe whole
of that tune V
Squat.—(Stops playing and looks up for
the first time.) *1 did’ not know there wm
any more to it. Can you play the fiddle,
stranger ?’
Trav.—‘l play a little, sometime*. ’
Squat.—‘You don’t look much like a fid
dler (handing him the fiddle.) Will you play
i the balance of that tune ?’
The traveler gets down and play* the
tune.
Squat.—‘Stranger, come in. Take half a
dozen chairs and sit down. Sal, go round
into the holler, where I killed that buck this
morning. Cut off aome of the best pieces
aud fetch it and cook it for me and this gen
tleman directly. Raise up the board under
the head of the bed, afore you go, and
the old black jug I hid from Dick, and give
ui some whiskey ; I know there’s some left
vet. Dick, carry the gentleman’s hone
round to the *hed, and you’ll find some fod
der and corn there. Give him as much as
he cuu eat. liuru me, stranger, if you can’t
stay as long as you pleas- 1 , and I’ll give you
plenty to eat and drink. Hurry, old woman.
| If you can’t find the butcher knife, take the
, cob handle or granny's knife. Play away,
j stranger. You shall sleep on the dry spot to
night’
After about two hours’ fiddling, and some
conversation iu which the squatter shows his
characteristics, the stranger retires to the
dry spot.’
The Immortality of tlie Spirit!
Picture to the eye of the mind a mid
night summer scene. A majestic river
■ is rolling by, peacefully rippling on its
long journey to a distant ocean. It
washes the base of a lofty bluff, against
which a ceaseless volume of waters mur
murs in comparatively silent depths as
it passeth on to fulfill its destiny. A
neighboring village lies wrapped in the
still repose of night. All is hu-hed. No
sound is heard, save the occasional bark
ing of the f lithful housedog, the distant
tinkling of the roaming cattle bell, or the
rippling, tremulous, yet deep rolling of
the waves. Nature seems quieted in
profound repose. The sun’s rays are
long since gone. The new infancy of
silvery moon hath also sunk to rest. —
The sky, however, is clear, and the firma
ment is spangled with heaven’s own
rosary, the gems of brightness from un
told and innumerable worlds. Yon vil
lage shows no light save the dim taper,
where an angel spirit on earth is watch
ing—perchance thedeuth bed of all that is
dear to her, that light of the chamber of
mortality in sad contrast with the bril
liancy of the starry host. Or, it may be,
a faint gleam is burning before a Chris
tian altar, betokening in its ardor the
quiet yet z alous waiting of a soul to go
tar beyond those stars.
Wrapt in contemplation, a mortal rests
upon that bluff at tint lonely hour. God
has blessed him, perhaps, with the happy
intercourse of a lovely family ; and hath
also given him the means of enjoying
that solitude. Solitude, did 1 say ? It
w.xs an error. To the educated intellect,
the m*nd is never less alone than when
unaccompanied by cither mortals.—
Through darkness the beauties ofcrea
tion stib surround him. llis soul is not
only con-c oii* ■ 1 the fragrance of the
floweret he ha oru-hed in reclining <>n
the gras-, but in ar. instant it extends its
unlimited rang, beyond the regions of
the starry spheres of heaven. That
mind recognizes one important fact,
Tempora mulanlur el nos mutamur cum
ill is. All nature —all matter, Is in com
stant change. The articles composing
the gram of wheat, after burial in the
ground, arise anew in a brighter form.
The muterial of which our body is crea
ted is utterly gone and recreated in eve
ry period of seven years, dhe foe’ us be
comes the infant, the youth, the man.—
All its first particles ure thmgel, yet
there is an identity. There is some
thing within which recollects the past
and early years, notwithstanding the
change of matter, the chemical elements
of mere earthly body. What does this
recollection —this identity teach us?
Oh. ye unclothed, y* naked spirits.
Hear this my sotil speech! Tnou, that
Talkest to thyself. wh:t art thou!
Know ye what ye are? Know ye what
Thou shalt be,’when thi* dress,
This sleeping frock fall off thee,
Lika a garment torn to pieces? Whence
Contest thou? Where goest thou? And
AU is darkness before and behind
Thee? Knowest thou that we are?
Or what we shall tie in eternity?
Tell us olt! tell us, what is death?
True it is, the figure of this world
passjth away, yet that inner being, not
of this world, must still exist; it must
continue. But, how easy does God’s
holy world reply to this question. God
breathed into man’s nostrils the breath
of life, and man became a living soul.—
Here originated the image of (rod con
tained in these earthen vessels. And
when the earth shall return to the dust
as it was, the spirit, ( spiritus animus,
the breath of life,) shall return to him
who gave it.
Our husk of wheat shall assume a
higher form. Non omnis mortar !—
Then, turn once more to the reflections
of our philosopher in the midnight scene.
Will he not exclaim—
Observe thi* midnight glory i Words on worlds un
told!
Unspeakable nmnzc! Redouble thi* amaze
Ten thousand add ! and then, ten thousand more,
< tne soul out weighs them all! and calls
Th’ astonishing magnificence of unintelligent
Creation, poor!
Wc know that ifour earthly house of
this Libernacle be dissolved, we have a
building of God, a house not mane with
hand*, eternal in the heavens. Now,
lie that has wrought for us the self-same
thing, is God, who also hath given us
the earnest of the spirit. That breath of
life cannot die. No! Shall it not, if
we will live with pure hearts and lives,
by his blessing, out of our present chry
salis existence,
Soon from ttiis cell of clay
Burst forth a seraph in the blaze of day.
A Question in Optics.—At
College, the senior class was under
examination for degrees. The pro
fessor of Natural philosophy was
badgering the boys in optics. The
point under illustration was that,
strictly’ and scientifically speaking,
we see not objects but their images
depicted on the retina. The worthy
professor, in order to make the mat
ter plainer, said to the wag of the
class, “Mr Jackson did you ever ac
tually see your father? ’ “No, sir,”
Bill promptly’ replied. “Please ex
plain to the committee why’ you nev
er saw your own father.” “Be
cause,” replied Mr William Jackson,
very gravely, “he died before I was
horn.”
There is a phrenologist up town who
can tell the contents of a barrel by ex
amining ita head.
The lady who mended her dress
with the “thread” of a discourse, hung
it out to air upon a steamboat line.
The m*n who was run over by the
wheel of fortune, is supposed to be io
jured for life.
Stir Beautiful poetry, such as this, is rarely found
in .he colun it ■ of a newspaper. It is sweetly, brauti
ly sad.—Eds. lUllstix.
Written for the Memphis Bidl*tiu.
B Adi Dvnu.
Raise my pillow, husband dearest—
Faint and fainter comes my breath;
Ami these shadows, stealing slowly.
Must, I know be those of death.
Sit down close beside me, darling,
Let me clasp your warm, strong hand;
Yours that ever have sustained ine
To the borders of this land;
ForyourOod and mine —our Father,
Thence shall ever lead me on,
Where, upon a throne eternal,
Sits His loved and only Sou.
I’ve had visions, and been dreaming
O’er the past of joy and pain;
Year by year I’ve wandered backward,
Till I was a child again.
Dreamed of girlhood, and the moment
When I stood your wife and bride—
llow my heart thrilled with love’s triumph
In that hour of woman’s pride!
Dreamed of the<—and all the earth-cord*
Firmly twined about my heart—
Oh! the bitter burning anguish
When 1 first knew we must part.
It has passet]—and God has promised
All thy footsteps to attend;
He. that’s more than friend or brother,
He’ll lie with thee to the end.
There’s no shadows o’er the portals
Leading to my heavenly home—
Christ hath promised life immortal,
And ’tits He that bills me come.
When life's trials wait around thee,
And its chilling billows swell,
Thou’lt thank Heaven that I am spared them,
Thou’lt then feel that “all is well,”
Bring our boys unto my bedside ;
My last blessing let them keep—
But they’re sleeping—do not wake them—
They’ll learn soon enough to weep.
Tell them often of their mother,
Kiss them for me when they wake,
Lead them gently iu life’s pathway,
Love them doubly for my sake.
Clasp my hand still closer, darling.
This, the last night of my life,
For, to-niorrow, I shall never
Answer, when you call me “wife.”
Fare-thee-well, my noble bust,and.
Faint not ’lieuth this chastening rod;
Throw your strong arm round our children,
Keep them close to thee—and God.
Memphis, Tain., Aon. ;Ut. KATE.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin S'.li in3t.
.Tfagiiificcut l iio;i Demonstra
tion —tiraud Gathering at
Jaynes’ Hull, Philadelphia.—
A Second .Vlectiug on Chestnut
81.— • Teas of Thousands of
Persons Present.
Speeches by Messrs. J. 11. layer soil, Judge
King, 11. M. Fuller, J. Randall, J. Hazle
hurst, Robert ‘l'yler, K. K. l‘t ice, B. 11.
ltrncster, Charles Inqersoll, Col. Page,
Ex-Mayor Yaux, E. )l. Horn, C'o!. Ra n
ken, W. Bann, Ben}. Gerhard, J. C. Bui
lift, 11’. A. Edwards, Isaac Qebhart, and
others.
Tim Union rally at Jayne’s Hall, last
evening, proved to be one of the most tre
mendous gatherings of the people which hat
been witnessed iu this city for years.—
Counting by heads, tens of thousands of
people were either within the hall or ns
neur it as the vast multitude could get. In
the morning, salutes had been tired, Hags
raised und placards and transparencies ele
vated in various parts of the city. In the
evening, the bells of a number ot churches
and engine houses were rung.
By 7 o’clock the doors of the hull had
been opened. The decorations were quite
handsome, comprising on the front of the
building a huge transparency with the
names of all the States, und the Keystone
at the head of the column, with the inscrip
tion, “The Union and the Constitution.’' —
On either side of these transparencies were
gas jets burning brightly—one for each
State of the Confederacy.
Within the vast Hall the scene was im
posing. The upper gallery has recently
been removed, thus increasing the space
and seeming to add to the height of the
immense room. At the Carpenter street end
of the Hall, the semi-circle of boxes was
beautifully adorned with double festoons of
fiags, extending along the whole length of
the pannels. in the centre, just behind and
above the seat of the President, was a por
trait of the Father of this Count jy. On the
right and left of this picture, and draping it
in their folds, were the National and State
colors ot Col. Lewis’s Ist Regiment Penn
sylvania Volunteers.
Disposed about the hall, and pe idant from
the boxes, were many flags and banners,
which thus added a gay and brilliant aspect
to the scene. Among them were no less
than four flags belonging to the Scott Le
gion. Two of these flags were borne in the
battles of our country during 1812, aud were
seen waving over the ranks of our country
men at North Point. The other two flags of
the “Legion” were truly magnificent and
costly. They were presented to the “Le
gion” in the city of Mexico.
A handsome banner was presented to the
Committee of Arrangements by Mr. Wm.
A. Edwards. It figured among the decora
tions of the Hall.
THE CROWD AT THE HALL.
We have never seen anything to surpass
the rush to Jayne’s Hall. As soon us the
doors were opened, thousands ot persons
(toured up the stairs in a solid column, mor*
like a mighty army than u gathering of ci
vilians. Every trade, profession or occu
pation hud its representatives, and the spir
it sparkling from their eyes and vocal in
their speech was hearty, enthusiastic and
national. At the hour for organization the \
crowd was packed aud jammed clear up
against the platform, and the crush was
dangerous to weak ribs.
OFFICERS.
Mr. James S. Gibson, Chairman of the
Committee of Arrangements, called the
meeting to order, and on his motion the fol
lowing officers were selected to preside:
President—lion. Joseph R. lngersoll.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
lion. J. Campbell, Hon. II M. Fuller,
“ J. Randall, “ H. M Phillips,
“ 1. Haxleliurst, “ KliK. Price,
“ Wm. B. lteed, “ Peter McCall,
“ G. S Intro wood, “ G. M Wharton,
“ Ellis Lewis, “ John C. Knox,
“ Kicbard Vaux, “ Edward King,
“ James Page, Morton McMiehael,
und sixty or seventy others.
SECRETARIES.
J. W. DcCoursey, Simon W. Arnold,
and somo thirty others.
The following gentlemen were selected as
the Committee on Resolutions : Hon. Wm,
B. Reed, Hon. Edward King, Hon. Josiuh
Randall, John Welsh, Charles Macalister,
Benjamin Gorhard, Esq., Hon. George
Bharswood, Peter McCall, Esq., Stacy B.
Bancroft, John C. Bullitt, Esq., William C.
Ludwig, Richard C. Dale, Eli K. Price.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
lion. Wm. B. Beed, Chairman of the
Committee, ottered the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted :
The citizens oi Philadelphia, assembled in
general town meeting, desiring, at this
juncture, to express an earnest sympathy
with their fellow-citizens of Virginia, re
cently threatened with an attempt to pro
duce a servile revolt, have
1. Resolved, That the longer the govern
ment of ihe Union exists, with its manifold
and inestimable blessings, the more is it con
secrated bv the affection and devotion of
those who’ as we do, “know North, no
South, no East, no West, but one common
country,” whose integrity the Constitution
alone secures, and wht>se varying interests
the Union harmonizes and protects.
2. Resolved, That, in the judgment of
the citizens of Philadelphia, this sentiment
of fiJe'ity to the Union would be fruitless,
did it not imply an obligation, implicity and
practically to recognize every duty which
tho Constitution prescribes, and obey and
carry honestly into execution, all laws of
Congress, enacted under the Constitution.
3. Resolved, That no part of the Consti
tution of the United States, or of the laws
of Congress, are more obligatory on the cit
izens of the Republic, than those which
prescribe the duty of restoring under judi
cial process, fugitives from labor, anc that
all attempts or combination, to defeat or
frustrate those provisions, and all State
legislation to the same end, are condemned
by thejudgment of this community.
4. Resolved, That in view of what has re
cently occurred in Commonwealth of Vir
ginia, the citizens of Philadelphia disavow,
as they have always done, any right or wish
to interfere with the domestic institutions of
their shiter States.
5. Resolved, That they reprobate, in the
strongest and clearest terms all attempts,
whether by invasion, secret instigation, or
the promulgation in any form, of fanatical
opinions, to excite servile insurrection, or to
arouse those who are lawfully held in servi
tude to do violence and bloodshed.
0. Resolved, That, looking merely to the
past, they delibeiately express their appro
val of the recent administration of justice in
the Commonwealth of Virginia, by which,
according to the forms of law, strictly ob
served, the commission of a great crime has
been judicially proved, and the punishment
awarded by law to that crime has boon in
flicted.
7. Resolved. That it is a simple matter
of duty, to express the scase which the citi
zens of Philadelphia have of the energy
and fidelity with which the Executive au
thorities of Virginia have discharged, from
first to last, the painful and responsible du
ty which the emergency imposed.
8. Resolved, That the Executive of Penn
sylvania, in promptly surrendering, on the
requisition of the Governor of Virginia,
those fugitives from justice who sougnt re
fuge within our borders, discharged his duty
to the Constitution, and for doing so merits,
and has received, our hearty approval.
9. Resolved, That the prompt suppression
in the first instance, of the Harper’s Ferry
outbreak, is now, and it is hoped will al
ways be regarded as a most marked illustra
tion of the value of the Union, and the etli
cieney of its Executive authorities in furn
ishing, on the spot, and at a moment’s no
tice, the military means to suppress a local
and dangerous revolt, and relinquishing to
the State authorities the vindication of the
violated law.
10. Resolved, That earnestly assuring
our brethren of the South that there exists
among the people of Pennsylvania a deter
mined spirit to assert and maintain the Con
stitution of the Union, aud the rights of the
States under it, we ask in return, confidence,
and that dignified moderation which confi
dence and patriotic sympathy inspire.
11. Resolved, That these resolutions, em
bodying the sense of a vast majority of the
citizens of Philadelphia, without distinction
of party, signed by the officers of the meet
ing, he published in all the newspapers of
Philadelphia and Washington.
Speeches repb-te with patriotic eloquence
and devotion to the Union and the consti-’
tution, were made by Hon. Jos. R. Inger
soll, Judge King, Henry M. Fuller, Charles
J. lngersoll, Ex-Mayor Vaux, J. Randall,
and a number of others. We shall give one
or more of them hereafter.
liiuendiary Publication* ill tlic
Mail.
YV e invite attenti n to the following letter
of the Postmaster General, as containing in
formation highly important to postmasters
aud the public generally at the present time:
Post Office Department,
December 5, 1859.
Sir : I am in receipt of your letter of the
2d instant, in which, after referring to the
opinion of the Attorney General of Y’irginia
sustaining the constitutionality of the statute
of the Stale, denouncing, under heavy pen
alties, the circul&uou of books, newspapers,
pamphlets, &tending to incite the slave
population to insurrection, you ask to be in
structed as to your duty, in reference to
such documents, should they be received
through the mails for distribution at the post
office of which you have charge.
The statute alluded to is in the following
words:
Sec. 23. If a free person write or print,
or cause to be written or printed, any book
or oilier thing with intent to advise or in
cite negroes in this State to rebel or make
insurrection, or inculcating resistance to the
right of property of masters in their slave3,
or if he shall, with intent to aid the purposes
of any such book or writing, knowingly cir
culate the same, he shall be confined in the
penittyitiary not less than one nor more
than five years.
“Sec. 24. If a postmaster or deputy pos
master knew that any such book or other
writing has been received at his office in
the mail, he shall give notice thereof to some
justice, who shall inquire into the circum
stances, and have such book or writing burn
ed in his presence. And if it appear to him
that the p-rsons to whom it was directed
subscribed therefor, knowing its character,
or agreed to receive it for circulation to aid
the purposes of Abolitionists, the justice shall
commit such person to jail.”
“If any postmaster or deputy postmaster
violate this section, he shall be fined not ex
ceeding $200.”
The point raised by yonr inquiry is, wheth
er this statute is in conflict with the act of
Congress regulating the administration of
this Department, which declares that ’’if any
postmaster shall un'awfully detain in h;s
office, any letter, package, pamphlet, or
newspaper, with the intent to prevent the !
arrival and delivery of the same to the per
son or persons to whom such letter, pack- i
age, pamphlet, or newspaper may be ad- !
dre?sed or directed, in the usual course of
the transportation of the mail along the
route, he shal’, on conviction thereof, be
fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, and imprisoned for a term not ex
ceeding six months, and shall moreover be
forever thereafter incapable of holding the
office of postmaster in the United States.”
The question thus presented was fully de
cided by Attorney General Cushing in
the case of the Yazoo City post office. (Op
inions of Attorney General*, vol. 8, 459.) He
there held that a statute of Mississippi, in all
respects analagous to that of Virginia as cit
ed was not inconsistent act of Con
gress quoted, prescribing the duties of post
masters in regard to the delivery of mail
matter, and that the latter, as good citizens,
were bound to yield obedience to such State
laws. You are referred to luminous discus
sion of the case for the arguments urged
by that distinguished civilian in support of
the conclusion at which he arrived. The
judgment thus pronounced has been cheer
fully acquiesced in by the Department, and
is now recognized as one of the guides of
his administration. The authority of Y irgin
ia to enact such a law rests upon that right
of self-preservation which belongs to every
government and people, and which has nev
er been surrendeied, nor indeed can it be.
One of the most solemn constitutional obli-
NUMBER 37*
nations imposed on tlie federal government
is that of protecting the States against “m
----surrect o 1,” and ‘’domestic violence”—of
course, none of its instrumentalities can be
lawfully employed m inciting, even in the
remotest degree, to the very crime, which
involves in its train all others, and with the
suppression of which it is especially charg
ed.
You must, under the responsibilities rest
ing upon you as an officer and a citizen, de
termine whether the books, pamphlets, news
paper’s, &a, received by you for dissribution,
are of the incendiary character described in
the statute; and, if you believe they are,
then you are not only not obliged to deliv
er them to those to whom they are address
ed, but you are empowered and required, by
your duty to the State of which you are a
citizen, to dispose of them in strict confor
mity to the provisoes of the law referred to.
The people of Virginia may not only forbid
the introduction and dissemination of such
documents within their borders, but, if
brought there in the mails, they may, by
appropriate legal proceedings, have them de
stroyed. They have the same right to ex
tinguish fire-brands, thus impiously hurled
into the midst: of their homes and altars, that
a man has to pluck the burning fuse from a
bomb shell which is about to explode at hi
feet.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. HOLT.
Mr. Cn arles A. Orton,
Postmaster at Falls Church, a.
Pcplit (Slavery) Agitation. —A Hew
Haven correspondent of the Hartford Cour
ant says that the Rev. Dr. Bacon, in his
Thanksgiving sermon administered a whole
some rebuke to what he denominated an
“ unmanly, unpatriotic, unchristianlike spirit
manifested at the North in regard to the
tragical affair, at Harper's Ferry.” He spe
cified three particulars in which we were in
the wrong. “First—ln deriding the fear
occasioned by the invasion. Second—ln
blaming Virginia for maintaining her laws.
Third—ln sympathizing with the insurgents
in their unlawful act.” On each of these
points the Doctor spoke with much plainness
and solemnity, and nearly all of the large
congregation present felt that the reproof
was .justly deserved.
The Parker, Cheever and Beecher pulpits
have done much within the past few years
to stir up an intensely bitter sectional feel
ing among the people of the North. But,
as the Hartford Times observed, political
preaching is begining to work its legitimate
effect. Conservative men are beginning to
withdraw their countenance and support
from pulpits in which the place of the gos
pel is supplied by politics. Political preach
ing will eventually bring every church,
which tolerates it, into the condition of the
Church of the Puritans—dependent upon
foreign contributions to defray its current
expenses. The Harper’s Ferry affair is one
of the fruits of pulpit politics, and Dr. Bacon
in rebuking the North, for its course in re
lation to it, has dealt to these fanatical cler
gymen an admonition which they will do
well to heed.
Beecher on Free Negroes.— How are
the free colored people treated at the North?
They are almost without education, with,
but little sympathy for ignorance. They
arc refused the common rights of citizen
ship which the whites enjoy. They cannot
even ride in the ears of our city railroads.
They are snuffed at in the house of God, or
tolerated with ill-disguised disgust. Can a
black man be a mason in New York? Let
him bo employed as a journeyman, and eve
ry Irish lover of liberty that carries the
hod or trowel would leave at once, or com
pel him to leave. Can the black man be a
carpenter ? There is scarcely a carpenter
shop in New York in which a journeyman
would continue to work if a black man was
employed in it. Can the black man engage
in the common industries of life ? There
is scarcely one in which he can engago. He
is crowded down, down, down, through the
most menial callings, to the bottom of so
ciety. We take them, and then refuse to
allow their children to go to our public
schools. We tax them, and then refuse to sit
bj r them in God’s house. We heap upon them
moral obloquy, more atrocious than that
which the master heaps upon the slave.—
And. notwithstanding all this, we lift our
selves up to talk to the Southern people
about the rights and liberties of the human,
soul, and especially the African soul.
A Romance of tiif. Plains. —The Fort
Scott Democrat announces the arrival of a
Cheyenne chief, rejoicing in the startling
soubriquet of “Wild Bill.” Though a white
man by birth, he has always lived with the
Indians. Hi* visit to Fort Scott was on the
score of “love.” In a “Pike’s Peak” train
he happened to See a woman with whom he
proceeded to fall in love after an expeditious
manner. She reciprocated, (so runs the sto
ry,) and it was mutually agreed that tho
chains of wedlock should be forged at Fert
Scott. “Bill” was true to his word; the fe
male wasn’t, f “At lovers’ vows Jove laughs.’)
No Miss “PiKo’s Peak” was to be found,
and the naturalized red-skin was forced to
return to his wonted haunts “disconsolato
and alone.” Quite pathetic, isn’t it ?
Arr Insurrectionist Arrested in Alex
andria. —A mun named J. H. Thompson,
was arrested in Alexandria on Friday even
ing, charge! with obtaining money under
false pretenses. He has since turned out to
lie one of those concerned in tue Harper’s
Ferry affair, and is recognized by Mr. Mitch
ell, who is nuw engaged in business in this
city, and was one of Brown’s prisoners at
Harper’s Ferry.
It appears from the evidence, that Thomp
son has shaved off his beard, and had bis
hair cut close : which rendered a pretty
close inspection’necessary to identify him.
Thompson is now in jail, and Justice Sum
mers of Alexandria who had him arrasted,
telegraphed on yesterday evening to Gov.
Wise, for authority to summon Mr. Wil
liams, the watchman at the Bridge at Har
per’s Ferry. It will be investigated.
A requisition is to be made upon
the Governor of this State, under the Fu
gitive Slave law, for the surrender of H. R.
Helper, author of the Impending Crisis, and
Professor Hedrick, expelled from North Car
olina University, where he held a Professor’s
chair prior to'conferring the degree of L.
L D., on Dr. Buchanan. — New Yorlc Cor
respondence of the Independent Democrat.
The Supreme Court.
In the House of Representatives, on Tues
day, Mr. Ely, of Dougherty, offered a reso
lution that tho matter of abolishing the Su
preme Court be referred to the Convention
of the people to meet in ISGO, which was
adopted by 24 majority. The Southern Re
corder states that this was a substitute for
that of Mr. Gibson, of Richmond, who had
offered a substitute to repeal the act of De
cember 10, 1845, and all other acts organis
ing the Court
Fanct Balls.—Sugar coated pills,