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Frou th* MilledgeiiU* Cor.of the Sar'ah BepaUican.
Gerfia LfftalHrtrr.
Milledoeville, Dec. 2, 1859.
SENATE.
thi caoici bu mo.
Mr. Lawton, iixntil that thr nxiuunuoition and
tall for Um pardon of Chek* be taken up. Mr. L
then propoaed that the Dnatr do propped to art
on Hia Excellency's menage arcutnpanvmg that
bill. Tbe communication being read. Cot. Lawton
■aid. thattnoee .Senators who had heard him oe tins
bill in the few remarks be had made befcxv, would
remember that he deprecated all excitement. and
wished solely to enter into this question coolly- u
be folt ao then, how much how waa he impressed
with tbe aolemnity of the occaawn today ! sihall
William A. Choice be pardoned ? That waa not the
question to-day ; it miaht be incidentally ao. but Uw
question of the pardon had been deternuned. and it
remained now to determine whether or not that par
don had been constitutional He would make l**id
to say it had been, and that ao long as oar present |
eoasutauon remained a a it “. there
power on earth that had tka to resoke that
decision- Hi. Excellency n hammrr
he had doubts as to whether he had the power to
veto this pardon or any other pardon. It was a.-!
hia province or desire to interfere with any other !
department of the Government, but that of which lie I
waaa member ; but he must say that he did think
we were more capable of deriding such a question;
we had the conflict of intellect with intellect. Ac.
The pardon of Choice had been granted by the
(waste and the House ; the question now was not
Jp. a the original bill: the question waa. whether or j
im, the judgment of the Senate should stand as it
was, or should it be reversed ! The question of the ;
yeas and nays on the original bill was among -the
things that were.”
Mr. Lawton read that ctao*e of the Constitution .
relating to the powers of the Executive, and argued .
that any general clause was over-ruled by a special ;
clause. The General power of revisit® given to the j
Executive waa over-rules! by the special power gran- 1
to the Legislature to pardon, and be contmuedthat
the Governor had not the right to renew a par-ion.— >
The eommotatioe of a punishment except in cases of
impeachment and murder, belonged to the Govern- |
or. The UfidWirr had once undertaken to inter
fere with Die power of the Executive, and lie had
vary property rebuked them fur tlua assumption of
power, and tie now called on the Senate to do the
same in return. This pardoning power was ksiged
kart, and he hoped the Senate would sustain it* own
dignity, and maiatain its own decent®.
The Executive trad the power under the ft®atitu
bon to sanction, or veto all bills, which were to be
e-line tka harnof tt* land. Was this bill to become a t
law t So ‘ it was MinpJy a prrdoa, mU a la* of the
load. The enstr-m had been to pardon by bilL but
ha coatended that it was only custom, and he held
that it was just as proper for the Legudatarc under
the Constitutional powers granted in regard to pnr
don. to meet and tad lot nsntly aa they do for l. ii
Senator, Judge of the supreme Court, lc. Who
ever heard of the Governor's vetoing the action ot
the General Assembly in either of those instances.
This pardoning power waa the name aa those alluded
to, and the question was not for the par-ion of
Choice, but whether or not the Senate tlie General
Assembly, would submit to this assumption of pow
er. It was eminently proper tuat each i-ranch oi tiie
-e.verameat should protect itself, and he called up
on Senators to protect their own action. Tin- was
like the power to change the t'onstituta® : It was
not necessary for the Governor to sign falls for that
■non, because the Constitution expressly granted
that power to the General AssemMy. He did hot
wish gentlemen to stultify themselves, anti he would
tike to see it entered on the journals, that the ques
tion waa not on the pardon, hut s n.ply whether or
not the Senate would sustain its own judgment. .
If there were members who had any doubts on
the question of Col. Lawton's ability, clearness, cool
ness, and eloquence, I think 1 nay loldly say with
out fear of contradiction, that any lurking duul-ts
they may have had. have vanished like ®ow in the
sunshine, after this naif masterly effort on the con
•tituuonalitT of the exclusive legislative power to
pardon, and the logical force with which he main
mined his position.
Mr. Hill, of Troup, argued at length on the Gov
ernor's putting his opinion against the i-worn testi
mony or eight physician*. The respect that he cn
tetauned for the denate would not allow him to re
new the case on its merits. He would take coasti
tutional ground*. If the Governor had the power
to veto, should he have done ao in this case ? The
primary question la conferring the power to veto on
the Executive, was simplv to allow him the opportu
nity to defead himself. It was to give the Governor
the power, Ist, Tr. prevent the ocher two branches of
the Government from intruding upon the power* of
the InMKw. How thispardon did not encroach
on the powers of the Executive. 2d. Tbe veto
power was to correct hastv legislation. There was
no such question here. The bill had been read three
times, a -lay had been aet apart for its solemn con
federation, it had been calmly, and <** y and delib
erately discussed, until the Senate unsuimoudy de
clared that they wished no more arg imenl. It was
not therefore f.a-iy legislation ; cousequently that
feature could not stand, and the veto could not be
sustained on that ground.
Mr Hill, now went into an elaborate argument,
which he handled in a masterly manner, reading
authorities Ac, on the origin of the veto power, Un
reasons for and against a. came to lie engrafted ,®
our constitution, and lodged with the Executive.—
He explained tbe difference between thin power in
the President of the I'm ted States, and the Govern.*
of Georgia. With the view* lie had presented. i.e
left it to the candor the Senate, whether or not
this attribute despotism, thi* power to veto, would
ever have I wen used for sueh a purpose :i* to send a
poor, and contrite man to the galiow* after the <4-
mn expression by the Genera] A serin My lliat he
should be pardoned. He did not heictale to say
that such an exercise of the veto power by the
queen of England would -Ictbrooe her ;n a twink
ling of an eye. American*, huve you Wet even the
spirit of English freemen in pw**itig through the
are# of the Revolution* (Much applause.)
Tbe 2d posits® of Mr. HilL was that assumed by
Mr. Lawton, that the Governor had no right to inter
fere with this pardoning power. Black-ton,- called
it the prerogative of the Crown. Hamilton-peaking
of thaU.S.-'alU it the benigD prerogative <>t the PresT.
In Georgia this benign prerogative was vested and
lodged in the Legislature. The moment thi* power
is assumed or passe* out of the place where it is
lodged by the constitution, it loses tie perogative
feature; and the essence of pardoning is, Uisi. it is
a benign prerogative power. It is lodged in the
Legislature here, and is a t-enign prerogative ; other
Mates have lodged this power in Uwir Legislatures,
but he had never heard of the Governor* of those
Mates interfering with il It is not lodged as a legis
lative, but a* a prerogative power. This r-.int es
•sblialwd. and the last plank of the opposiuon was
gna
Tine pardoning, however, Mr. H. illustrated in this
wiee; it was like the prerogative to adjourn: that
Wan a power lodged sp* tally with the Legi*iatiire,
and with which the Executive had d-klnng to do.
Mr. Hill thought we had better before we met
again have the expression of the’ •overnor'a opinion,
as to what laws we mu® pass, and if His Excellency
shall my none, why we need not meet at ail, and ao
avoid expense. Ae.
Mr. Hill was Wmdly and frequently interrupted in
hie speech by applause, and closed, as he always
does in a most eloquent and limiting period.
Mr Collier believed that lh* wa* the fir*t time in
the history of this Government that either branch of
the < tenoral Assembly had lefn called upon to <le
nds the cuoatituta naiity of its own a--t*. That
CvUoa waa usually taken to another tribunal if
question needed not the Executive sanction,
why consume the time of the Stale in discussing
this question. If it did n--t need Hi* Excellen.-v's
view*—if it was the law twfore signed it, why it was
the law now, and there was no need of its l-etng dis
cussed again. The legislature has the power to
make law*. Who has the power to pardon ! Tbe
Constitution decides that also. Mr. C. read from the
ConatiUitK® and contended that the power to pwr
dou waa qot different from that granted to nuke
laws. He could not see any distinct*® l-etweeu the
power* of the Executive to review Mil* or pardon*,
soalending that all the pardon* to be f<*ied aii-.ng
the records of the State, were effected by tall, aye,
which received the modem of the Governor. The
bill ow your table preeuie*. that when ■- shall nave
fa saw rend three mnee in each branch, and passed
both branches of the ••eneral Assembly, received the
signature of ita presiding ofheer*. and the -auction
and mgnature of the Governor, then a certified <-opy
sent to the sheriff of Fulton would enable him to
release this unfortunate individual. Mr. K-'ober en
large, 1 upon the idee that pardons were like any oth
er nils and nee.led the sanction of the Governor.
Mr. CL said if this fall dal not need the mud ion of
tbs Governor, it was the law already, and the wav
to bring this unfortunate man out wa* to sue out a
wit kabaoa corpus under thi* act twfore the proper
tribunal. The sole question was on the ment* of
the bill, for og the vole, the question would be. -hall
this Mil n->w pass, and it wa* solely on the question,
ahall Choice ne pardoned ’
Mr. Holt offered a Resolution.
Mr. Jones, of Newton rose to a point or order.
Mr. Guerry would not decide the point ami refer
red to the Senate the question whether or mg the
Resolution wa* in order. The genets decided it was
WA
Mr Holt, then said, that he would reply to one
Cnt of the gentleman front Fulton. Choice had
■a pardoned, it mattered not by what majontT.
and the Senate should sustain its decision. Tlie
Constitution distinctly declares that tbe Governor
shall not have the power to respite minor offen.-e*
It does not leave to the sympathies of one man this
power to pardon, and will it then give him the power
to deny what what it denies him the power to grant.
Here the Governor comes into this Hail, with the
admission that be once doubted whether he had thi*
power, and brings into your chamber the e\i<le*ee of
hia doubt*. The gentleman from Fulton eoMaaded
that the pardoning powerrequired the same tall and
rour-e to pursued as ail other bills are passed.—
This Mr. H denied and read from the the <*®*utu
tion. That instrument declare* tiiat.the Legi-lature
shall have the power to pardon, but does mg say. that
it shall be done, by hill, resolution or otherwise.—
It doe* not present- the **i* by which iltese par
doneTEa.. be granted. The custom lukl been to do
it by bilk but inis custom was within the memory of
maa. and did not therefore alter theCdestituth®.’
He referred to Judge Story—Thi* power u> par.h®
must tie lodged in one of the three distiuct Icam-hes
of the Government; mi, not three, nor two. but ear.
Mr Holt reviewed the lV*titnti<®, supporting aMy
the position* aaeumed by the gentleman from I hat
ham nod Troup.
“Law is a rule of action” Ac: A pardon is not a law.
an order, a resolution *r a rule. No Sir. it is a re
pneve, a forgiveness for the oonißumion of a wrong
deed, not commanding or prohibiting, which is a
law. Pardon ta not a law. but pardon fur tbe tran
gresek® of a law.
Mr. Holt elaborated thi idea of the joint action nf
both branches As in <-ase of the etecta®* of l’. 8.
Jewels. Judge* of thfl Supreme Court Ac, Ac.
He alluded to the tsi that (governor Brown, in his
veto message iaterimed it with the asserts®, that
from his own personal knowledge of Choice he
•bought the le-®.lst ß re had no right topanh® Chnsre. r
1 haveaot atmped to report Mr. Holt's ,gd*. I j
bare aeeegerlv given hi* leading ideas. I would Dot (
I * 0 * 1 •“t beautiful an address by an at
tenud to synopsis., jt Cnt to* inure osmiihvM titan
Toothful reporter* have concurred in the opinion
the fine*, effort .* .be J*.*®. I
touching.
*■* •ow*” 1 *h Mgunam. of any thai |®, j
made on Uua quests®
Prom the Milledgeville Recorder, IX-c, ft,
Thf Bond l.audv
The Bond plantations were sold on Toes,
day last, in Albany, as follows :
The “Fowl Town” place m Lee, contain
ing 4,756 acres, was booght bj CoL L A.
Jourdan, at $25 per acre.
The “Wilkins Place,” containing 1,301
acres, was sold at $lB per acre. Bought by
Jere Beall, K*>.
The “Oak L wn or Royster plane,” con
taining 2,077 JU,res, was sold at $24.12* per
acre. Bought by Thomas lioughon.
The “Mud Creek plantation, containing
2,830 acres, was sold for $27 per acre.
Bought by Wm. Moughon.
The “Ducker” plantation, containing 2,-
500 acres, was sold at $21.50 per acre
Bought by John Jones.
The “Hickory Level” place, containing 4,-
500 acrea was bid off for Mrs. Bond, at $24
75 cents per acre.
Common negro men were sold at eigh
teen and nineteen hundred dollars, belong-
U) difereot estate*.
From tbe Milledgeville Recorder.
AcU Hiniicd by the* <ivtm*f.
1. To change the time of holding the Su
perior Coarti in the counties of Brooks,
Lowndes and Thomas.
2. To authorise the State Treasurer to
make certain advances.
3. To remove the county site of Lowndes ]
ccunty and to change the tine between said .
county, and the county of Brooks.
4. To pardon Francis I. Smith, of the j
county o( Campbell, under sentence of death,
for the crime of murder.
5k To repeal so much of an act in refer
ence lo the incorporation of the town of
Hamilton, and other places named, as re
lates to tlie incorporation if the town of
Trenton, Dade county, approved February
18th 1854.
G. To authorise the inferior court of Pierce
county to assess an extra tax for building a
jail.
7. To authorise .the Inferior court of the
county of Murray to increase tbe tax for said
oonnty.
8. *o provide for the compensation of
Sheriff* for the summoning of Grand and
Petit jurors, in the county of Dougherty, j
and to levy a tax for the same.
9. For tbe relief of teachers of poor chil- j
dren in the connty of Mucogee.
10. To change the lines between tbe coun
ties of Coffee and Irwin.
11. To change the line* between the coun
ties of Hall and Banka.
12. To amend an act entitled an act to
incorporate the Savannah and North Ala
bama railroad company, assented to 11th
February, 1854, and to repeal sections seven,
eight aud nine of sai J act, and to substitute
two additional sections in lieu thereof.
13. Fixing the times of bolding the Su
perior courts in the county of Coffee.
If- To legalise the holding of Carroll Su
perior court* at its last term, and to make
valid tbe proceedings of said court.
15. To authorise the Mayor and City Coun
cil of Atlanta to take possession of the en
closed ground lying between the general
passenger depot and Decatur street, in said
city, for the purpose of beautifying and or
namenting the same a* a railroad park.
16. To incorporate the town of K'.laville
in Schley county.
j 17. For the relief of the secureties of
George F. W ing, former Tax Collector of
M Intosh county.
18. To repeal the seventh section of an
act to incorporate and grant certain pnvil-
V s ,and pow er*, to the Newnan Guards,
in tbe tow not N**wuan, Coweta county, and
for other purposes: and to repeal the fourth
section ot an act to regulate the compensa
tion of jurors, in the county of Jefferson, and
for other purposes.
51 To ai:i'-nd in act entitled an act to in
corporate the ahoola River and Cane
Creek Hydraulic and Hose Mining Compa
ny: assented to December 11, 1858.
52 To incorporate the Trustees of the
Presbyterian Church in the town of Perry,
Houston county; aud to incorporate Amer
ica Lodge, No. 13, of Free and Accepted
Masons, of the city of Americus, Sumpter
county.
i3 To incorporate the Etowah and Aura
ria Hydraulic and Hose Mining Company ;
also, to incorporate the Cedar Creek Lum
ber Drifting Association.
54 To alter the time of holding the Supe
preme Courta of the county of Effingham.
I and lor other purposes therein mentioned.
55 To alter and change the tune of bold
ing the Superior and Inferior Courts for the
county of Dade.
56 To repeal an act to authorise the Geor
gia Railroad and Banking Company to build
a Branch Road to the town of Eetonton in
Putnam county, and to increase the capital
stock of said Company.
57 To change and fix the time of holding
tbe Superior Court* in the counties of Heard,
Carroll, Campbeil, Paulding and Floyd ; and
to change the time of holding the Inferior
Court in the county of Heard; and to add
the county of Paulding to the Tallapoosa
j Circuit.
1 58 To constitute and declare Margsrette
Marsha l H*relay, the adopted daughter of
Mary M. Marshall, of the county of Chat
, ham, the heir of the said Mary M. Marshall,
. and to enable her to inherit the property of
I the said Mary M. Marshall, and for other
purposes.
59 To incorporate the town of Hawkins
ville, in the county of Pulaski, to appoint
Commissioners for the same, and to confer
certain powers upon said Commissioners.—
Also, to incorporate the town of Groover
ville in Brooks county, and fur other pur
poses.
GO To allow additional compensation to
the bheriffs of Hall, Cas* and Dade coun
ties.
I . Cl To incorporate Georgetown, in Quit
man county, and to define tbe boundary of
said incorporation.
02 To alter and amend an Act en
titled an Act to appoint Trustees for tbe
Jackson County Academy, and to incorpor
*,e ‘b* same. Assented to 29th November
1818. and lor other purposes therein express
ed.
63 To incorporate Herman Lodge No.
189, and for other purpose* tbereiu mention
ed, of Free and Accepted Ms.-on*.
G 4 To incorporate Etowah Lodge, No.
222. of 1 ree and Accepted Masons, at Daw
aonville, in Dawson county.
65 To reduce the Sheriff*s bond in Dooly
county.
G 6 To consolidate the offices of Tax Re
ceiver and Collector of Wilcox county.
G 7 To authorize the Inferior Court of
Ware county to asv-ss an extra tax, for the
purpose of building a Court Hoitee in said
county.
68 To authorize and require the Ordina
ry of Warren county to pay Miss Harriet
L. Dennis the sum of eighty-seven dollar*
and si x cents out of any StAiool Fund in his
hands tor educational purposes.
69 To change the name of the Montrose
Manufacturing Company of Sparta and Han
cock county, to that ol the Montour Man
ufacturing Company, and for other purposes.
70 To amend an act entitled an act to
incorporate the Orphan’s Home of tbe Prot
estant Episcopal Church, in Chatham coun
ty-And ior other purposes therein named, j
1 1 To incorporate the town of Thompson,
in the county of Columbia, and to appoint
Commissioners for the same, and to point ‘
out the mode of electing Commissioners and
other officers of said town, and to confer
certain powers on the Commissioners there
of. and for other purpose* therein mention
eJ.
72 To repeal an act to amend the Road
Laws of this State so far as relates to tbe
county of Coffee.
73 To incorporate tlie towa of Dawson- J
vilie. ir. tbe county of Dawson, in this State j
and for other put pose*.
74 To amend the Laws of this State ,
so tar as relates to th uc auties of Cherokee .
and Columbia.
75 To add a<iibt.,nv? sections to the act
incorporating the ton of Dalilonega, in the
county of Lumpkin.
7C To protect the legacy left by the last
will and testameoSof Wrn. D. Martin, de
ceased, for the benefit of the society at J.jf
ferson. Jackson county, G , of the Method
ist Kpi-copal Church. South, and for otlMer
purposes.
77 To amend an act to incorporate a
Corps of Infantry, in the town of Fort V|-
tcy, and also, to incorporate the Og!etb< irpe
Light Infantry of Savanuab, and to cc nfer
certain privileges upon the same, afpro ved
Dec. 11th. 1858.
78 To incorporate the Bainbridge Volun
teers and to confer certain privileges i .pon
the same, also to incorporate the A Jao
ta Grays, in the city of Atlanta, in the
county of Fulton.
Tub Kexst El-pemext.—No tidings s rbat
ever have been received of the Rev. K eesy,
who eloped with Minnie Server, from his
home in \\ estmoreiand county, Pa., a cou
ple ot weeks since. His wife has given up
all hopes of his return, and, at the request
of her father, she has gne to her homo in
Mifflin county, taking her five children with
her.
-
A Clkhctmax ix the Memphis Cbaix- j
Gako.—An old sot named Thomas Quinn, !
who has repeatedy beeo before the Recor
der for intoxication, was sentenced in Mem
phis. on Monday, to thirteen days on the
chain-gaug for being drunk. Quinn was
formerly a clergyman, and was ra sed and
spent a great portion of his Urns in New
England.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
I*. F. W. ANDREWS: j
CITY PKIYTER.
MACON, GAv,7 DECEMBER 16, ’59.
Georgia Citizen—For Sale.
Having determined to retire from my pres
ant avocation, for reasons of a private and
personal nature, I again offer for sale, my
whole Printing Establishment, including
the Subscription Lists of the Semi - Weekly
and Weekly Georgia Citizen, with advertis
ing patronage, good will, Printing Ma
terials. lease of building to Ist October
1861, Ac., Ac. The material* in the Office
l are nearly worth the cah price I will take
for the whole interest The subscription is,
perhaps a* near the cash basis as any other
I Southern Newspaper, so long and well estab
lished. Tbe paper is in its tenth year, and
will only lack one quarter of that term when
I propose to give possession, on the Ist day
of January 1860.
If not disposed of, at private sale, before
that time, I will offer it at public sale, on tbe
Ist Tuesday of January. My terms will be
half eaah and half in six and twelre months,
bearing interest and well secured in unall
nates. .
This is a rare chance for an enterprizing
man to step into a business which will pay
at once and continuously, a good percent,
on the investment.
My Brethren of the press will do me a fa
vor by giving notice of my wish to sell.
L. F. W. ANDREWS.
.11 aeon Cotton .Market.
We quote 8 to 101-4 cent", for yester
day's iraosacti on, with a brisk demand.
Sudden Death —Mu. Ww. Cowlks,
son of our former townsman, Jerry Cowles,
E-q., of New Yoik, died suddenly, on Mon
day night last, in this city.
Maalripal Eiectiaa, 9atirday Ue 10.—Official.
roa axToa, Rr/'irm Ticket.
O. G. Spirts, SOI turn matos.
ros sLiisissx. Or. Nottin<ba.ni *X
G. H*rr'.-n 44.'. rt.s ,U'UH■*.
J. V. Grier 49s Sbinnel Hauler 569
I). T. ItrUUcn. _....40'i U- L. Jceett, Ml
J. 1. Botfcutllet... Ml J. H. Loiijr'e), XU
V. M. K'sixers, 44ft D. F. CUik, 2H3
T. A. H*<ri. 4*l O. F. Ail.m* .Ift
‘lho*. DoucLteily 417|D. T. I*r**er* ITS
W. 43! ;h. F. Jubrson,
ri-rmn A tikxmtkxk. E. Ssult'auiy 209
Rick ml card. 49 I
DiNHcnterN.— Fifty-two Democratic
members of the Legislature have issued a
card protesting against tbe action of the
Democratic meeting of the Btb, which nomin
ated Cobb Delegates to the Charleston Con
vention. The “ unterrified” are not very
harmonious in this matter.
Magic and Ventriloquism. —Pro-
fessor Love is in town and exhibits
at Ralston's Hall, for the balance of
the week. See advertisement.
PropoMltiou to Sell.
Having received numerous letters
of enquiry as to the sale of the
“Georgia Citizen,” we take this
method of informing all concerned,
that we are not disposed to sell our
establishment at a ruinous sacrifice,
nor on long time. The Office will
pay for itself, in two years, and that
ought to lie inducement enough for
a purchaser to make the necessary
cash investment. We will not sell
on a long credit, as that will not an
swer the purpose we have in view',
of discharging all our own personal
liabilities. If we do not therefore
meet with a cash customer before
the Ist Tuesday of January, we
shall make arrangements to prose
cute the business, with all the ener
gy of which we are capable.
Intolerant Legislation.
On Saturday lant, a* we learn from a pri
vate letter from Montgomery, Ala., a Bill
passed both Houses of tho Alabama Legis
lature, impoeing a penalty of SSOO line, or
tax, upon each and every “Spiritual Mani
festation” made in that State. The Bill on
ly waita the signature of the Governor to
become a law !
We have no words to express our sense of
the unmitigated nonsense of Buch an enact
ment, and in the absence of any informa
tion a* to the ground* taken by thi* wise
legislature for the passage of such a bill, we
cannot nay whether ignorancoor bigotry, or
both combined, have had most to do, in the
work of intolerance. We presume, howev
er, that the Legislature was profundly ig
norant ot what they were doing. Tliay
were, perhaps, under the influence or St.
OUrd or St. Monongaliela, and did not feel
averse to relax a little from the grave du-
Itieas of legislation to become dramatis per
sftwo in as broad a fares as was ever played
j out by a company of Circus Comedians !
i We will tell those fools and madmen
j wbat they have attempted, by thi* ridicu
lous legislation. They have violated the
Constitution of their State by prohibiting
the religions exercise* of a portion of their
people. Spiritualism is as much a religion
as any other system of faith ever entertain
ed. Its manifestation* have been wrought
! out, in various wavs, at Camp Meeting*
J Class Meetings, in Spiritual Circles, and in
j the silent inspiration of private devotion.—
’ The lata revival in Ireland was jieculiarlv
marked by outward physical manifestations
far more wonderful than those given by
Spiritual Mediums. Heuce, this law is a
blow against all inspiration —whether ofthe
pulpit, of the Bible or of the family altar.
2dly. They have violated, by a prohibi
j tory act, the rights of a citizen, to give Lec-
I turesor Fxhibiiionson any branch of science
■ or philosophy, in which mind or spirit has
! any thing to do.
i .Idly. They have, in tho plcntitude of their
1 iguorance, attempted to veto the doctrine of
sn immortal He which lift- been f*lal>li-htd
1 by the phenomena of Spiritual Intercourse,
k while at the parnc time they freely admit
Jugglers, Buff oons, Ballet-dancer. and the
It/bolc tribe of Mesiiierisers, Biologists and
Ethiopian Carr icaturists to show otf their
folly and their -nakod persons to the gaze of
their wives and -daughters—in any part of
| their common wet Ith !
j In fine, this Alat amalegislature has “writ
ten themselves down asses” of the longest
kind of ears, white they were thinking that
they were very snuart conservators of the pub
| lie weal!
ii We shall be anxious to see the debate in
full, on this iniquitous bill, in order to ascer.
tain whether there id a single man in the
Legislature of the noble State ot Alabama,
who had the manliness to rebuke the insan
ity with which the majority of that body
seem to have been afflicted. We have no
apprehensions, however, as to any evil ef
fect of this legislation upon the progress of
j Spiritualism. A. more effectual method to
* disseminate this sublime and glerious faith
could not possibly have been adopted.—
The public mind wi.'l, thereby, be called to
the subject, and th ough ail “Rome may
howl” and all the pha’ * of religious bigo
try may wax wioth ytt wii the truth pre
vail, to the terror and dm*y of wh o
place themselves in the w*y of l be over
whelming tide of progre. ‘f trhieh is now
•weeping over the wer'd. ,
To Mr. “South” of the “Journal A
Messenger.”
The gross personal attack you
have made in the last “Journal and
Messenger’* upon the Editor of the
Citizen, stamps you, not only a “vil
lanous mischief-maker,” but also, a
miserable liar and slanderer ! For
proof of this deliberate judgment, I
will sift your last communication
and shoxt up its vile calumnies.
Ist. I have been an intermedler
(you say,) with things that did not
concern me. Lie Xo. 1.
3d. I have for the last year or two
made the Citizen and Spiritualist
subservient to my hatred of religion
ists who fed and clothed me. Lie
Xo. 2 ; made out of irhole cloth —as
the several religious denominations
here know', that I have never assail
ed the religion of any one, but have
defended my own, only when assail
| ed. My gratuitous advertising and
other contributions to charitable *
and religious purposes, of all sects,
; bear me out in this declaration.
3d. I have assailed the religion of
‘South’s’ Fathers and the Christi an
Ministers. Lie Xo. 3. I have only
rep ied, occasionally to the thousand
| and one assaults of some ministers
! upon Universalism and Spiritualism.
4th. I have invited northern men
and women of doubtful antecedents
to visit Macon for the purpose of as
sailing religion, &c. This is a vile
fabrication for which I have no an
swer but indignant scorn and con
tempt. Mittatement Xo. 4.
sth. My “whole course has ten
ded to bring the Church of God into
disrepute,” says South. Miserable
libeller ! Point to a single instance
where I have done, this or stand
convicted before the public as a low,
sneaking assassin of character, that
has not the moral courage to own
himself the miscreant that he is !
Against the Church of men and de
vils I may have spoken, but never
against the Church of the living
God—never. Misrepresentation Xo. 5.
Oth. I have mado piteous calls for
patronage and through sympathy
received it. Lie Xo. 6. If “South”
will reveal himself and show that he
ever patronized me to the value of a
red herring, I will pledge myself to
pay him back with interest and dam
ages ! I believe “South” to be one
of those sponging, worthless vagabonds
that will patronize every paper in
town to the extent of his name, but
of whose money not a red cent ever
went into the coffers of the swindled
printer !
7th. “South” says I am the apolo
gist of an abolition sheet, when in
the same Citizen in which he finds
this apology, I have unsparingly
denounced, not one but three- papers,
on account of their abolition pro
clivities. For months and years
past, too, as far back as 1834, I have
the proof to show that I, as a South
ern man and public Journalist, have
again and again denounced my re
ligious brethren Xorth, for their ah
alitionism. Lie Xo. 7.
Bth. “South” asks me to tell how
many Spiritualists papers and lead
ing Spiritualists, North, are not abo
litionists. I answer, I suppose there
are about as many in proportion to
their number, as there are among
the Methodists and other religionists
North ! The Spiritualists, however
have this advantage over others.—
They have no leaders to make creeds
for them, nor “Spiritual Lords” to
tyranize over their consciences.
In fine, “South” repudiates all re
sponsible inspiration for his religi
ous fraternity. Had he lived in the
days of Pentecost, he would have re
pudiated the ‘irrepressible invisible*
agency which descended like‘cloven
tongues of fire” upon the multitude.
Wc have been aware that the preach
ing of the day lacked in Holy Spirit
influence, but did not expect so pal
pa bjo a confession of the fact from
one of the devotees of “ atrfuldoxy .”
To the readers of the Citizen, I beg
leave to say, that this writing i*
made necessary to reach the eye of
those who will not otherwise see my
defence from the scurrility of this cor
respondent of the Journal and Mes
senger. This is my apology, for in
troducing such matters into these
columns. To “South,” himself, 1
would recommend the prayerful stu
d}’ of the following passages of holy
writ—“ Judas went out and hanged
himself “GO THOU ANI) DO
LIKEWISE.”
L. F. \\\ ANDREWS.
Our \Vautn.
A Virginia (’oteniporary says
under tlis head :
“We want money, meat, meal,
flour, lard, butter, cabbages, turn
ips, potatoes, turkeys, chickens,
ducks, geese, candles, oil, gas, wood,
water, dried apples, peaches, pears,
coffee, sugar, tea, cheese, cakes,
crackers, and all other eatable
things, except fish, oysters, crabs,
turtles, tarrapins, frogs, tad-poles,
and all such Jike aquatic animals
Vhidi are only fit to be used on
certain occasions. We want a hat,
Ih>o(s, coat, pants, vest, and all other
wearables peculiar to the race of
the males brotherhood. There is
more point in this paragraph than
many of our readers might sup
pose.”
We could sum up our wants
more briefly than the editor afore
said, by simply saying that we want
all our delinquent patrons to pay us
at once —‘immediately if not sooner,’
what they are owing us for subscrip
tion and advertising. Send us the
MONEY, friends, that belongs to us
by right of hard service and cash
outlay for your benefit, and we can
easily buy the potatoes and the
cabbage and the other etceteras which
may he needed, as well as pay our
debts.
We fear that many of our patrons
hare forgotten that the Chriemas
Holidays are approaching, anu they j
are in blissful ignorance of the fact
that vve have not a single pullet or
Turkey in the coop, to make glad the
stomachs of our household ! Let
all true patriots then wake np and
come to the rescue—as there, else,
will soon be a crisis upon us !
[Frmn theßeim-Werkly Citiwn 10th inst.
“Spiritualism aud Brow iiisin.”
Some villaoous mischief maker has used
the columns of that unscrupulously sancti
fied sheet—the “Journal an d Messenger,”
of Wednesday, to assail the “Spirtiualists”
of Macon, by a lying and malicious insin
uation that there is some connection between
Spiritualism and John Brvwnism! This
j is done by parading before the readers of
that print, a prayer made at Cleveland,
Ohio, by a man of the name of Stirling, (who
is said to Ire a Spiritualist,) in behalf of Os
sawattomie Brown.
Now, as an offset to this delectable piece
of logic, we have only to quote from the
New York Express of the 3d December,
some of the sayings and doings of the North
ern brethren ot Mr. Joshua Knowles and
Brother Simri, as to this same John Brown,
on the day of the execution of the old thief
and murderer. .
The meeting was held, Friday morning,
at Dr. Cheerer's (Congregational) Church,
New York. Brother Harper (Methodist)
prayed as follows :
Out of the depths of humiliation and sor
row, we cry unto Thee, O ! Lord. We are
in deep grief, because of sin and the power*
of darkness. We come to Thee in behalf of ,
the servant who is now under penalty of
death, not because of any act of cruelty or of
crime perpetrated by him, but because of
bis love of justice, truth and righteousness,
and because of his sympathy with the poor
and the oppressed. Be with him now, O! j
Lord, in this hour of darkness. (Amen.) (
Oh ! Jesus, who wast once crucified for him,
and who snidst ‘My soul is exceeding sor
rowful unto death and, ‘Father, if thou •
wilt let this cup pass from me. nevertheless
not my will but thine l>e dona’ —support j
him now. Thou dost sympathise with Thy
servant in his hour of deep suffering : we
beseech Thee be with l.im ; stand by him,
and give bint the assurance of Thy love and
presence. May lie stand on the gallows as
on Pisgah’s top, till he descry the promis
ed land. May he see the Saviour, and hear
him say those words of approval of his acts,
‘Well, done, thou good and faithful servant,
enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. We
beseech Thee enable him to rejoice as did
the Apostle of old, and enable him to say
with him, ‘I have fought the good fight, I
have finished my course : henceforth there
is laid up for me a crown of glory, which
God the righteous Judge shall give me'this
day.’
And, O Lord grant that this terrible event,
so affecting to Thy children, and so dis
graceful to this nation, will awaken the
sympathy of all the people in the North and
throughout the world (Amen! amen!) —
We beseech Thee awaken us to the continn
al thought of opposition to all oppressors
and tyrants, and grant that the people of
this land may awaken to a sense of their
responsibility in (his matter, and that Thou
mayst overthrow this terrible system of ini
quity, and use the power whft-h is iu Thine
hands for that purpose, and for the attain
ment of this object. May this servant ac
complish his mission by showing those Pha
raohs their iniquity : and may wn all labor
to see this accomplished : occnmplubed iu
our own day, (amen,) so that this curse may
be swept away from among us, (amen.) —
Haer us and grant u all we a>k for Christ’s
sake. Amen.
Brother Lewis Tappan (Presbyterian)
i praved thus :
We are reminded. O ! God, of the time
when thou wast led forth and put to death
upon the cross. Oh God grant that the
spectacle taking place to-day in this land
which is called civilized, but over which an
gels weep, (groans) may wring the hearts
of the people (Amen :) and that this tragi
cal event may be sanctified to the people of
the land, for the good of those who trample
on the rights of their fcllowmen, [Amen]
and may it work for the good of the op
pressed and down-trodden, [Amen.] \V
pray Thee be nigh to thv servant, surroun
ded as he is by infuriated enemies, with no
wife or child to comfort him. Be gracious
unto him and let him feel Thine arm around
him. Lift him up above the multitude,
which are thirsting for hi* blood, and let
him say as Thou did’st, ‘Father forgive
them, for they know not what they do.’—
[Amen.] We feel happy that he lias been
permitted to laydown his life for his fellow
men in imitation of Thee, although he took
wrong means to accomplish his work, ret
he was actuated by a love for the blessed
Redeemer and for the honor of Jesus Christ
and the good of his country. Let him be
immoveable on this trying occasion and not
dishonor the cause of’Jesus Christ and the
came of freedom. [Amen,] and may he so
conduct himself by Thy Grace, that the mul
titude around him may feci that he is a
Christian—a Christian martyr, standing on
the verge of eternity, and about to deliver
himself into the arms of the blessed Savior,
[Amen.] Have mercy on the poc,r slaves ;
j encourage, give them patience and resigna
-1 tion to let them know that in good time,
thou will perform thy promise.
Rev. W. S. Hall, a Baptist Brother then
prayed :
He prayed for dear servant, their
brother in bonds, whom a little while would
! deliver up his life a sacrifice to’tnuh, prihei
ple and right. He thanked God that in our
j sin-cursed land there was one who would do
i right, when all did wrong, and who reduced
to practice the principles of our holy reli
gion. He thanked God that he had united
Brown’s spirit with that of Jesus. He prav
i ed that that spirit might fill the heart of
John Brown to-day. [Amen.] And as he
stood up for the principles of primitive reli
gion let him feel the presence of his Lord
and Master, while surrounded by those who
‘gnashed on him with their teeth,’ while
they thirsted for the warm blood of his
; kind, honest and benevolent heart. He
trusted that h : s deportment. to-day would
I carry conviction to this guilty land, ( Amen.)
i Tho executioners, the Judges, and the Lnw
i vers who pleaded against him and the Yir
i ginian authorities. Oh ! might God troub
| ie them to-day (amen ;] and let them feel
i that they had raised their puny arm against
Heaven [Amen.]
A MKTHODIST MINISTER'S VIEWS.
Professor Mattcson said he was a Metho
dist minister and approved of Dr Cheever’s
principles ns given from the pulpit. He
did not represent the Methodist Ministry,
but he wished he could see twelve ot his
ministers there to night, and would he g ad
to see it so noted in the Tribune, Times,
Herald and Express.
Rev. Mr. French, [Methodist.] said Amen
to that.
“Rev. Mr. French (Methodist) said that the
! difference between Lafayette and Jno Brown
, whs that the former bionght his men with
him ; the latter had his men to come, and
they would come. (Applause.) They said
John Brown was dead. He never had such an
: exi'tence as he had to-night. (Applause.)—
He believed that John Brown was permit
ted to show enough weakness, that they
i should not canonize him, but give glory to
God for his death. People talked of im
prudence. He thanked God there was then
a pulpit and*a ministry that was, in a world
ly sense, imprudent; (Applause) and church
es and ministers like to these were wanted.
“Rev. Dr. Sloan protested against any
ore saying that John Brown was guilty of
rashness, or had any hallucination. The
world had never made a martyr but they
wrote treason as his crime. Jesus of Naz
areth had written over His cross that He
was “King of the Jews,” and St. Stephen
was pronounced guilty of blasphemy. In
dossing, he said if lie had to choose between
the Liberater and the New York Observer,
give him Wm. Loyd Garrison. (Great ap
plause, which was repeated, women and all
clappiDg bauds and stamping.)’’
Now, in the language of “South,” (the
scribbler in the “Messenger and Journal” we ’
would not cast any imputation or suspicion j
upon resident Methodists or Baptists, (f 1
there are such amongst us f) but if the above
is a correct exposition of the Methodisticai
or Baptistical or Presbyterian “orthodoxy,”
the invisible intelligences that control and
direct the movements of these fanatics may
send among us those w< o may raise au im
proper spirit iu the South.” And if ail we
hear is true, this class of men have already
been detected in preaching up insurrection
among the slaves of the South. Lh them
be watched !
In conclusion, parmit u* to say, that it
was only a wet k or two ago, that the E lit
or of tbc Macon ‘‘Christian Spiritualist”
took occasion to rebuke a northern Editor
of a Spiritual paper for his abolition views
and assults upon Southern Spiritualists for
being pro-slavery ! Such men receive no
countenance from tho Spiritualists of Macon,
“if there are such amongst us,” as, “South,’’
says, by which parenthetical phrase he
proves himseif tp be a hypocrite of the first
water. If he knew there were hundred? of
Spiritualists in Ma -on, then his article, proves
him malicious. If he did not know there
were any such, then be had his trouble for
j his pains, because hit article, otherwise, has
no pith, point or baaring.
Spiritualism vs. Slavery.—The
Madison (Ga.,) Visitor blows up the “Spir
itual Age,’’ of Boston, an abolition sheet,
and cautions the public against its incendi
ary teachings. We do not believe the “Age”
is an abolition sheet, though we noticed that
it lately admitted a very rabid article from
a Maine correspondent, calling upon Spirit
ualists, North, to wage a war of extermina
tion ag*inst the S >uth aud its peculiar In
stitutions. This, however, we apprehend,
should not be taken as any proof ot the ab
o ition tendencies of Spiritualism. Because
the northern Spirituals papers and writers
are tinctured with the fanaticism so preva
lent in their section, is no evidence whatev
er, that the doctrines of Spiritualism are
responsible for such an outside attachment.
On the same principle Christianity itself
will be utterly condemned as incendiary
and revolutionary, for the reason that north
ern Methodists aud Baptists, and other de
nominations, mix up political abolition with
it. But Spiritualism is Christianity subli
mated. The doctrine of Immortal Life,
which Christianity teaches, and which all
Christians receive by faith , is verified and
made profound knowledge by Spiritnaisra !
The latter is an amplification aud demon
stration of the former—aud in no way, an
tngenistical thereto. Therefore we should
discriminate when we come to pronounce a
judgment npon the subject, and not make
Spiritualism and Cbristiauity amenable for
the folly of their professor?.
We agree, however, with the “Visitor,”
that the “Spiritual Age” should cot be pa
tronized at the South, so long as it indulges
its abolition proclivities. And we would sav
the same respecting two papers published
at Ilopedale, Mass., entitled the “Practical
Christian,” and “Rtdical Spiritualist.” They
are both anti-slavery, and should not be al
lowed to circulate through the South.— lb.
The Greatest Show Out!
Robin?on & Like’s Circus, which w4s
here, the other day, and which will pass
, through So. West Georgia, soon, is decided
ly worth sewing. The wild beasts are splen
did specimens of the *avage animals, while
I the equestrian jierformances are unsurpass
j ingly beautiful. The riding of a little fairy
creature, only eight yean of age, was pro
nounced to be inapproachable. This little
girl is indeed a wonder, in her line. The
walking Ac. on the wire, by a lady, was al
so a fine performance. Persona who read
this, just enquire for the Great Circus of
which Col. Tidmarsh is General Manager,
and go in—with the assurance that you will
get your money’s worth of amusement, be
fore the show is half over.
Municipal. — On Monday evering
last, the old Board of Aldermen and City
Officers, vacated their seats, and the newly
elected Mayor and Aldermen were sworn
in, according to law. On the same even
ing, an election was held for Bridge Keeper,
j Clerk of the Market, Marshal and Deputies,
&c, which resulted in the re-election of tha
j Officers of the year just expired, with the
exception of the Guard House Keeper. W.
P. Amkrson was elected in room of Mr. J.
B. Arnold, who will be transferred, we un
derstand, to the Police Department, not yet
organized.
There was no election for City Printer,
and we take occasion to say, that as the Tick
et elected was not pledged to “reform,” the
present incumbent of that station should not
be reformed out of his position, for the benefit
of others who have received several thous
and dollars of /tarty patronage, annually,
without doing the work of the party ! This
is as much as our modesty will permit us
to say, at present.
Late Mews Itemx.
Mr The Legislature adjourns to-dav,
F rid* y.
fej-Dr. Robert K. Martin, of Milledge
vill, Clerk of the Supreme Cos irt of Georgia,
was found dead early Tuesday morning last,
at the foot of a stair-case, opposite the Mil
ledgeville Hotel, with his head fractured
near the top of the spinal column. He was
insensible when found and remained so to
his decease at 12 o’clock of tbe name day.
akiyThc Post Office at Athens, Ga., was
robbed on the night of the 9th, of betwcei
S3OO and S4OO in money and postage
stamps, and an attempt made to fire the
building. A young man of the name of D.
Palmer, jr., a Daguercotrpuist, lately from
St. Louis, who had recently rented roores
over the P. 0., wa* suspected, arrested and
the money found npon him. Palmer has
confessed the robbery.
|®“The following i* the result of the
Municipal Election, held in Colttuibus:
Mayor—Willis S. IloUtead.
Marshal—. James M. Hughes.
Dep. Marshal—G. A. Hucktsb*.
Clerk —Calvin Stratton.
Treasurer—K. G. Mitchell.
Sextan—Henry Harris.
ALDKRME.N.
i Ist Ward, E. Barnard. J. 11. Merry.
2nd ** Edward Croft. J. W. King.
3rd “ J. M. Birins, W. L. Wornum.
4th “ John Ligion, Win. L. Salisbury.
oth “ John ljuin, I). B. Thompson.
<lh “ Jas. T. Daniel, John Durkin.
New York Mayor’s Election.—
At the election, Thursday last, for
Mayor of N. York, the vote stood as
follows :
Wood (Mozart Dem.) 30,339
Havemeyer (Tammany Dem.) 26,813
Opdyke (Republican,) 22,715
Wood s majority over Havemeyor,
■ 3,526 ; over Opdyke, 7,624. Total
vote for Mayor, 79,868. Vote in
November for Leavenworth (Repub
lican,) 18,142 ; Jones Democrat and
American,) 38,217 : total, 56,359. —
Increase in four weeks, 23,509;
about 40 per cent. The vote Thnrsu
I day, however was 6,000 short of
that cast for Tiemnn and Wood two
years ago.
Hon. Theodore Sedwick, IT. 8.
District Attorney for the South Dis
trict of New York died on the Bth
instant, at his residence in Stock
bridge, Mass. He was in his forty,
eighth year at the time of his death.
Food for tbc Hind<
Mr. Boardmax is ever mindful of the lit
erary wants of his customers, as is evinced
by tke ample supply cl intellectual pabulum
which he has always in store, at his Book
Emporium, corner of 21 and Mulberry
streets. We are indebted to his courtesy
for a considerable pile of new books, su : ted
to the varied capacities and tastes of our
mixed household—ranging ‘ from grave to
gay, from lively to severe,'’ and from the grat
ification of juvenile fancy to the more solid
aud practical wh;eii matured adolescence
craves. We give the titles of a few of the
beautiful volumes on our table:
“ Mary Stantonor the Pupils of Marvel Hull,”
by thsauthor of “ Portraits ofmy Married
Friends.” An interesting Novel
, “ The Boy s own Toy Maker ” —a Practical Il
lustrated Guide for the useful employ
ment of leisure hours. This is a beauti
ful Book for boys and girls, and furnishes
much pleasant pastime.
“ History of the Four Georges Kings of En
gland, by Samuel M. Smucker, L. L. D.,
an elegant Historical volume.
“’Leaven from an Actor's Note Book , by G?o
Vandenhoff— containing very pleasant
reading, concerning the “ Green ro-m and
the stage,” reminiscences of actors, Lj. Ac.,
‘Loss and Gain, or Margaret's Home,” by
Alice B. Haven, a Novel suited to Christ-
mas times.
‘I he New Night Caps'’ This is a book of sto
ries for juveniles. So is “Marthas Hooks
and Eyes.”
Physiology of Common Life, by Geo. Henry
Lewis, author of “Life of Goethe, Aj - -a
valuable Book.
‘ Dynevor Terrall, or the Clue of Life,’ a
novel by the author of the “ Heir of Red
dy ffk”
All these books are from the prolific press
of D. Appleton A Cos, New York, and are
gotten up in the best style of the publisher s
art—and are, with a thousand others, on sale
at Boardmans.
Correspondence of tbe Citizen.
Boa Ton, Dec, Btb, 1859.
Mr. Editor— Dear Sir : It was my plea
sure to witness, to-day, what would rejoice
the heart of any southern-born citizen. The
citizens of Boston and vicinity, assembled in
that old “cradle of liberty, - ’ Panes if Ilall,
this morning, for the purpose of denouncing
the late attempt made by certain citizens of
Massachusetts, to make a martyr and a saint
of that man, John Brown, who has so lately
forfaited an unworthy and murderous life.
They came together to prove to the South
that there were men yet left in Massachu
setts, who detest the principles of a few fa
natics here, and are ready to take the hand
of the South with brotherly affection, and to
do all that in them lies t crush tbe blight
ing sentimants of tho.e “one iuea’d men,”
the self styled Abolitionists. They feel that
they have slumbered and slept too long, and
now that this last outrageous attack has been
made upon a sister State without a cause,
they have aroused in their might, aud are
determined to graan the throats of these
fioiidish idealists, and say: “spill another
drop of our brother's biood and you die.”—
They say that out of the 120,000 voters of Mas
sachusetts, only 58,000 exercise the privil
ege of the elective franchise, therefore they
call upon the remaining 02,000 voters to
come forward and prove to Southern men,
that Massachusetts, bad as site it, has still a
heart, large enough to love them as fellow
countrymen.
Oh ! it would have thrilled the heart of
every true Georgian, (ah. that noble name.')
had they stood where I stood, in that sacred
ball of Liberty, to look upon that vast assem
bly, over inch of ground occupied, every
part of the floor, the galleries and the entries
crowded to excoas, and people hanging, with
eager ears, from the balconies within and
without tbe hall, indeed, every available
spot, could they but plant one foot, was
densely crowded as it wa* never known be
fore with human hearts, men ! Could they
have listened with me, as the venerable lips
of Ex-Governor Lincoln said “of the mo
tives of John Brown, and the manly traits
of his character, we had nothing to say.—
We left to the excusers and defender* of a
man, whose life had been justly forfeited to
the laws of hi* Country by atrocious crimin
ality and could their hearts have throb
i bed and theircheeks tingled with mine, when
! that sentiment was echoed by tbe most deaf
'■ cuing applause, could they have heard tho
occasional timid hi** of some deluded man,
answered bj the shout cry, of “ Down with
the negro worshipper! Down with him!”
or when allusion was made to fanatic Garri
soriane, to hear the cry go up: “Hang
; them too and then th e realty earnest voice
j ofa man, who cannot even approach the
door: “Let me in, let mo in, I want to help
save the Union.”
And, then could they have heard the long,
loud and re-echoing peal es tremendous ap
plause, as it trembled from floor to ceiling,
when *he noble word* uttered : “If they
urill fight, they must first meet the blade of
their wen fellow citizens of Massachusetts /”
Could they have heard all this, they would
have boon astounded ns I was, to think that
there was *o much of the spirit of true love
for u* in the State that we have so long looked
npon, as our bitterest foe. These facts speak
volumes, they prove to us that ere long, a
reaction in to take place here, and it needs
but a little encouragement and kindness on
our part, to ronse the pure blood of even j
Massachusetts.to aid in crushing our wrongs.
Then few will be the days before the fanatic’s
voice will echo in empty halls.
One singular incident, if you permit it, I
would like to add :—The throne of grcce,
I on thi* occasion, was invoked by the Rev G.
W. BUgden, senior pastor of the Old South,
1 who is a near relative of that terrible fanat
ic and opponent Wendel Philips : and, but
a few evening* sine#, hi* colleague,tliejunior
p>tor of the Old South, was guilty of the
treasonable art of a : dbgtwo or three fanat
ics in calling together men. and a?suring
: them that John Brown was the greatest
martyr, hero, saint, angel'aml madman that
ever lived, sentiments they dared not utter
’ in Faneuil Hall, and half of whom they ad
dressed, only went to listen to their “vitu
| jierative eloquence.” and came away to
laugh at their madness.
At the meeting of this morning, the pas
tor* of the Methodist Episcopal Church here,
1 were almost unanimously represented, be
sides many of others of different denomina
tions, who, although feeling no right to join
in the political words that were said, came
determined to show their people that their
i convictions were, that the God of mercy
; frowned upon violence.” YV.
■w ■
Obituary. —Mrs. Fernando Wood,
w’ife of the Mayor elect of X. York,
| died suddenly at an early hour on
Friday morning last. She was a
lady who was widely known for her
benevolence and virtues, and her loss
will be deeply felt. Her age was
about thirty-six years.
a
Estimates for 1860-’6l.— lt issta- j
ted that Secretary Cobh's estimates
for the next fiscal year are a frtic- !
tion over forty millions dollars, and 1
the estimated expenditures are fifty
three millions. i
Wm. R. Heifer or Helpe r ,
The Abolitionists endorsmg this no!o*ion
villain endorse a scoundrel who, for tb
roguery, ought to be in a penitentiary tv'!
lUleigh (N\ C.) Mandat and of Sunday ? n
speaking of b says: u *
“This man Hsufon R. Heifer, We j,
said, is a native of this State. IJe i3 atl *f
and a scoundrel While employed ,
V< ars since in Salisbury as a cie k he
bed his employer. The fact wa* proved f
him, and we beiieve he himselt admitted -t
and offered somi lame excuse for his ‘nick*
h'K * r -d stealing.’ lie was exposed some
two years ago in Congress, by one of o u r
Senators, Mr. Briggs, whose statement,
where he is known are implicit*- relied on .
That exp- sure is a part of the Congression
al records, at and may be examined by jj ( .j
fer s Abolition friends. We cannot just now
lay our hands npon it, but we will rep ro .
dig* it in some future number, to show ho*
and by what high authority ibis miserable
traitor ha? been exposed aud branded. p a .
mean as he is, Leis a very good Abolitionist’
Heifer stole money, and Greeley and Thttr.
low Weed would steal and run off slaves
from their masters. Heifer turns upoa tag
spot that gave him birth, and seek* to de
stroy its material; Gov. Morgan aids him iu
his work, and hugs the traitor to Lis ho o n
Nsy more—the Governor of a Sovereign
State, whose chief city ha? been mainly bu-.lt
up by Southern trade and slave lab->7, has
subscribed money to aid in lightning np th e
flames of civil and servile war in fifteen
irtatea of the confederacy ! 1$ this the m.
sage of affection which New Yo-k sends
greeting to North Carolina? Is this a
common Union?
Latest from California.
New York, Dee. 12.
The steimshin Atlantic has arrived from
A spin wall, with mail?, paesengi rs, and a
million eight hundred thousand dollars in
treasure.
Th* San Jjan island is now in the virtual
occupancy of England and the United
States.
There are but few United S ates troops
at San Juan. The matter of sending tn
equal number of Britj.-h troops is left to the
discretion of Gov. Douglass.
Tuitr Hitndred Bales of Cotton
Burnt.
Providence, R. TANARUS., D<c. 10.
T ere were four hundred bales of Mobile
c>fton burnt here last evening, in the store
ot Jines Rhodes. The Uss is about fifty
thous.ind dollars.
Loss of a Cfoveruntcut Vessel.
Nnv York. D*c. 12.
lnte liger.es has b*H*n received here, an
nouncing tl e wreck ot the United S'ateg
government's surveying oj o eer F< nr.iTiO-e
Coop-r. in tbe hart or of K insgatnee, Japan.
She ie a total loss, but the tfiieera and crew
were saved.
ftoßth-ern O|jpo#ition iTlove
meulx.
WA*rrr*nTai*, Dec. 10.
P. M.—The Southern Opposition confer
ence, which met to night, came to the con
clusion that, under pri sent a?p-.-cts, it is in
expedient to rnak - preposttiot s tc other
pwties in the House relative to the election
of speaker.
Kentucky Senatorial Election.
Fraxkeort, Kt.. Dec. P 2 Hon. J.
C. Bre< kenridge w?.?, to day, rlccttd Uni
ted States Senator, by twenty-nine majori
ty. lie succeeds the Hon. J. J. Crittenden
whose term expires in ISGI.
SPECIALJIOTICES.
NOTICE.
rpHF. r.egiilar Meetings of the MACON
JL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIA
TION, for Payment of Du*-* and Loaning,
are on the Ist Miondav in eaeh Month.
A. K. FREEMAN,
feb 11—ly See’y A Trea*
NOTICE.
THE Regular Meeting? of the 8188
COUNTY LOAN ASSOCIATION,
fer Payment of Dues and Leaning, are on
the 3d Thursday in eaeh Month.
A. R. FREEMA X,
feb 11—ly Sec’y & Trea*.
tr*r We are authorized to announce
Solomox R. Johnson a? * candidate for the of
fi<:eol Receiver ot Tax R-tnms of B bb co.,
at the ensuing January elect on. nov 2G
are authonz-d to announce Wm.
T. M AB3KV, as a Candidate for re-efoctioa aa
Judge of Ordinary, for the County of Bibb,
at tbe ensuing election. nov ‘26
Tax Cos Hector ship.
WE are authorized to announce
Jghx T. Wootks a,i a cand date for Tax Col
lector of B bb County at the ensuing.election
in Jnnnuary. dec 16 tde
Clerk Inferior Court.
W< ar ; authorized to announce
~ E. D. Williams, as an indepen
dent candidate for the Clerkship of the In
ferior Court, of Bibb County, at the ensuing
election in January next. nov 18 tde
Tax Receiver.
“ ri! aul h“rized to anoounca
the name of Sterl’XG Ticker,
as a candidate for receiver of Tax Returns
of Bibb County at the ensuing election in
January 18G0. jn 4. ’s9—tde
Tax Collector.
are authorized to announce
Capt. Wm. Bose as a candidate
for Tax Collector of Bibb County at the en
suing election in January next,
oct 29—?w<kwide
Coroner.
are authorized to announce Hks
| p.t S. FimmoNS, as a Candidate for Coroner
of Bibb County, at the ensuing election in
January next. dec 9 tde
Tax Collectorship.
I We are authorized to announce Rich.
ard A. Bkssok, ass candidate for Tax Col-
I lector of Bibb Coum.y, at the next election
I in January. dec 10 tde
DYSPEPSIA.
There is perhaps no iines.se which destroys the
’ happiness and comfort of idiriduxLe. and families,
j to the same extent ah Ibiepepna. or ItuHgntion.
IYeviously to the discovery of the
Oxygenated Bittern.
! There existed no medicine accessible to those suf
’ faring from this wide spread disease, which relieved
. it in any marked degree.
The power of these Bitters OTer the above named
: disease as well as over all those lutving their ongi*
i in imperfeet digestion, nnd functional diseases of the
’ stomach, as wall a. AeU.r.to and General Debit lu isie
j yond all question.
■ Its speedy and permanent cures of some of the sc
-1 rarest and stuliborn eases on record is sufficient con
tinuation of this fact.
j C on or a Lima raon a School Txachzb is Dxraorr.
Detroit. Mich- June 16.185 -
Memr*. 8. W. Fovie ts- Vo.. Boston:—ln reference
, to tiie Oxygenated Bitters. I can .-‘ay, that alter hn
j ins; the Dyspepsia for several months, and almost
dying with pain and heaviness in hit stomach. J *'**
prevailed upon by a friend who had la-on cured by
( the same medicine to try a bottle of Green's Dxjgeo
ated Bitters. Before using half a bottle I felt great
. It relieved, and by the time I hßii used two .Kittles
and a half I was e'ntirely well, nnd still remain so.
I know of several cases more distressing even than
i my own. which have been entirely cured bv tnia iu-
Taiuablt- medicine: and ic gives me great pleasure to
recoin mend it to any and all who may be Buffering
front this dreadful malady.
W. A. BADOk, .
Teacher of Detroit Select School.
I Prepared bv 9. Fowls* ('•„ Boston, and sold by
E. L. JlTßOßßrxra. Druggist. dec T
CAUTION.
T*e artle's af Whiskey. nw so wtll knowa a* “Daly’s
AroawticVally Whiskey,’ hits established a reputation so
i universal aa rentiers It dilficnlt for th e raiaufacturer to keep
1 peace with the demand. Thin is the result of persevrr.ag
mergy la its Introduction. sustained by a determlastion
adopted at the outset aad nev sr for an instant departed from,
that lta original purity aad unrivalled exceiloace rhonld
eoutiauato the end.
Th* common fate, attendant rpsn all uch sucewofol ef
fort-, has orertaken the manulactnrer. It 1* Imitated oy
nnecrupulons la.postora, And itu inferior Ld spurious article
is palmed off at cm the ommualty. to the Area’ detriment nr
lb* public as well as injury to the manufacturer, bathi”
emo.unient and well enrmd :pute. Every effort baa been
ma le to xuard against tht* piracy by a Copyright of the ba
bel, and b) peculiar shape of the bottle.
i Caution the pu.ulc agaimt this im position upon term
and upon m rights, and I ei.meetly deeire such inform
tion from tnoee who may pcaen* It, by hawing been vtcum
iwd or otherwise. a wfii entbie me to protect the pm te
and mvself bv prosecution, to the utmost extent o. theiaw
l'ae Uecnine “Daly’• Arc malic Valley Whiskey 1* ”5
fn case* of JS boities each, with light yellow üb **r
see id wilt yellow aax, with the proprietor aUtsp OB “•
wax, and! : cmite s'goature af the proprietor on th*
All other nr ieie* are imi atloua. ....
tW~ Consume!* can d.pm.d upon getting a puia aruei*
when thoy buvthe v si ey Wh.dsy, m It Is sold by the ltt.
enlal ‘ v>M H. DAL I'. ,
1* South William st„ New York, Sole proprietor.
Fev skiru'lUfr n, by CREEK A FRKKJ-ASt