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Tiie Posltioi of the Fiici Drmrrary of 1 The Xoden Petee-Saker.
GtOrfiS. «« Blessed are the peacemakers, for they
When we speak of the Union Democracy of shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven”
CASSVTLLE, GEORGIA:
Thursday, May 13, 1852.
THE LARGEST CIBCULATXON IN CHEBO-
KEE GEORGIA.
\nv Type.
The present number of our paper, it w ill
be observed has some new features about it,
which we hope will prove acceptable to our
many readers. . It is not only improved in
looks, but it is considerably improved in its
prospects, condition, &c. There is still a
few more vacancies, if persons wish to sub
scribe; and we shall always be glad to sup
ply them.
We send this number to several of our for
mer patrons with a desire, if acccptiblc to
them, of renewing our acquaintance with
them. If the paper is on examination, con
sidered unworthy the subscription price, we
shall not-feel hurt at any one for returning
it. Do not wait until you have received half
a dozen copies and then return one—return
this at once—if you do not want the paper,
as wc do not wish to force it on any one.
The Chattanooga, Atlanta snd Augusta
markets arc worth more than the subscrip
tion of our paper, and we hope no one will
lie so much dissatisfied as to return the pa
per sent.
Distressing Arcident.
We learn with regret that a Mr. Bowles
was accidentally shot a few days since near
Cartcrsville, by E. D. Puckett, Esq., and
that he died from the wound on Friday
last. Bowles was lying in the woods asleep,
nonr the residence of Mr. P. who was out
shooting at a wild turkey, when part of a
load aimed at the turkey entered the body
of the unfortunate man. An inquest was
held by the Coroner, and a verdict rendered
in accordance with the circumstances.
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Our Railroad.
It will be gratifying, no doubt, to the
friends of this project to learn that Mr.
. v^ Geo. G. Hull, Resident Engineer of the
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• State Rond, is expected up next week to lo
cate the track of the proposed change; and
that inmedintcly thereafter proposals will be
received for the grading. We trust that in
a few months now, the old hills around Cass-
villc will re-echo the sound of the steam
this State, we inclnde all of those who unite
in carrying oat the action of the Union dem
ocratic State Convention lately assembled in
Milledgeville. In that number we find the
names of many Union Whigs—who cooperate
in this movement, under the patriotic con
viction that it affords the only practical
j mode of giving permanent success to the
i great constitutional principles, upon which
the U nion party of Georgia was founded.
I In extending the right hand of fellowship
| to the sound Northern democrats, we have
j given the highest evidence in our power, of
j our fixed purpose, faithfully to maintain the
! principles,upon which we have stood througli-
' out this bitter and angry contest on the
slavery question. From the first to the pres
ent, we have adhered to the position that the
South should look, to a sound national or
ganization, for a proper and efficient protec
tion of her rights—and that the elements of
such an organization was to be found in the
ranks of the Northern democracy. It was
on this account that we have urged and still
urge the policy adopted by our State Con
vention. Me state in plain and candid lan
guage to our Northern friends, the reasons
which compel us to seek an alliance with
them. It is because wc are assured that the
Baltimore Convention will affirm the finality
of the compromise, thus giving to the South
the pledge of the national democracy, that
the fugitive slave law shall be preserved and
enforced, and the constitutional rights of
the South, duly protected, that we have ap
pointed our delegates to meet them in con
vention, and then unite in laying down a
platform broad enough to hold all good and
true men, who are willing to stand by the
constitution of their fathers, in good faith.
Wc do not expect to conciliate the narrow
minded scctiona lists, who can see nothing
beyond the limits of his own immediate sec
tion, worthy of his support and maintenance.
We neither expect nor desire the co-opera
tion of Rhctt and other disunionists on one
hand; nr r of Van Burcn and Rantoul on
the other. If we could for a moment, be
lieve that such men would hold a place in
the councils of the democratic party, and
their principles be recognized and carried
out, we would spurn their cooperation, with
loathing and disgust.
The Union democracy have plainly set
forth in the resolutions of their Convention,
their terms of political fellowship with the
Northern democracy. Happily for them and
fortunately for the country those terms arc
in-accordance with the views and principles
of an overwhelming majority of the demo
cratic party, we present no conditions, which
require at the hands of our Northern or
Southern friends the sacrifice of any princi
ples, to ensure our co-operation ; our de
mand extends to the declaration of well set
tled and true democratic principles, nothing
more do we ask, nothing less wi 11 we accept.
How cheering it should be to the stead
fast friends of these democratic measures in
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village. So mote it be.
* More Vegetables.
Wo arc indebted to Mrs. James Milner,
for a mess of fine English Peas, which came
in the best of time, as our pig had cat down
all our vines—and wc were cut off from all
‘hope of Peas.
The Masouir Journal.
Wc have before us the April number of
this valuable work on Masonry. It should
be on the table of every lover of the Mystic
order. Address Messrs. Randall & Loomis,
Marietta, Geo., enclosing £2.00.
whistle, as the engine takes a view of our . , . ._ ...
^Georgia, to Bee the evidence, which is now
Mcrwr University.
A catalogue of the Officers and Students
of this flourishing Institution has been sent
us by 9omc friend. It represents tbc Col
lege in a most flourishing condition.- The
faculty consists of:
Rev. J, L. Dagg, D. D., President and
Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theol
ogy-
Rev. N. M. Crawford, A. M., Professor
of Ecclesiastical History and Biblical Liter
ature.
S. P. Sanford, A. M., Professor of Math
ematics.
Itcv. P. II. Mell, Professor of Greek and
Latiu Languages.
Rev. S. G. Hillyer, A. M., Professor of
Belles Lettres.
Joseph E. Willett. A. M. Professor of
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
Number of Students in attendance, 136.
We append the'following account of the
origin and history of this Institution :
In the year 1829, Mr. Josiah Penficld, of
Savannah, bequeathed to the Baptist Con-
ventiou of the State of Georgia, £25,000, to
aid in the education of poor young men pre
paring for the Gospel Ministry. Other funds
were obtained for the same object; and in
January, 1833, a Literary and Theological
Institution, with a department for manual
labor, was established. In its progress, the
character of the Institution became elevated,
and, in 1S38, it received a charter from the
Legislature with the title of Mercer Univer
sity. In 1844, the manual labor was dis
continued, and the present Theological in
struction was commenced.
j being offered by the concurrent sentiment
— of the whole country, of the truth and jus
tice of the course and policy of the Union de
mocracy. When this mighty struggle was
going on, and the passions of the people were
inflamed, we were denounced as traitors to the
cause of the South, and renegades from the
democratic fold; but now, that the storm
has blown over, and men begin to think
calmly and reason justly, wc find in the al
most universal expression of public senti
ment, the evidence of the correctness of our
past course, and of our present policy. In
looking to the past, wc have nothing to re
gret ; in looking to the future, we have eve
ry prospect; that our hopes will be realized
and our predictions verified.
A word to our Southern rights friends.—
There are many, very many of you, who
have throughout this contest felt, that you
wore placed in a false position, by following
the lead of your wild and visionary leaders.
When you united with them, in the unfortu
nate effort, to organize a sectional party up
on the basis laid down by the Nashville Con
vention, your better judgment reproved
the act, and you felt in your hearts, that it
was wrong, but you yet- permitted your-
readeth the Scriptures.
It would seem that our friend John For
syth of the Columbus Times, has produced
a new reading of this sacred truth. Accord
ing to John, it should read ™ Blessed are the
peace makers” for they ought to have a
part of the public printing. Our cotempo
rary has lately been on a visit to Washing
ton City in the enviable character of .< peace
maker.” After having been instrumental
to the extent of his ability, in denationali
zing the democratic party, and breaking up
its organization in this State, be goes to the
Capitol, and seeks compensation in the way
of public printing. The offer of his valua
ble services, is indignantly rejected by the
organ of the national democracy, and our
amiable peace maker returned home to pour
forth fresh torrents of bile and venon, on
the true democracy of the State and Union.
The readers of the <« Times” will feel at
a loss to account for extraordinary terms of
capitulation, offered by this secession advo
cate and expounder. After all his denun
ciations of the Compromise, as a badge of
fraud and corruption, which had brought
upon the South dishonor and degredation;
and which in his opinion, justified resistance
even to a dissolution of the Union, we find
him, according to the published debates, pro
posing to become the organ of a part of the
national democracy, upon the basis of ac
quiescence in the Compromise, provided
they would give him a part of the public
printing. What disinterested patriot would
not he willing to become a peace maker on
the same terms ? IVas there ever before
manifested such a self-sacrificing devotion ?
We have been taught from our earliest rec
ollection, to love and venerate the character
of the peace maker—its loveliness and puri
ty—so kind, gentle, and disinterested—hut
wc have never before been permitted to. con
template it in its new and captivating aspect
as presented in the picture of our cotempo
rary in pursuit of the public printing.
How frail is poor human nature. As soon
as our modern peace maker discovers that lie
can get no part of the public printing, he
forgets the amiability of his late character;
his mission of love and peace is thrown a-
side, and the vials of his wrath are again o-
pened to pour forth fresh streams of bitter
waters. We venture to say that no one
would ever have supposed from reading the
late editorials of the Times, denouncing the
whole system of public printing as a fraud,
and all connected with it as corrupt and un
worthy of public confidence, that its editor
had just returned from Washington disap
pointed and chagrined with mortification,
because of his failure to get a part of that
very public printing. Our cotemporary of
the Constitutionalist £,• Republic, grows
quite petulent at the fate of his friend, the
peace maker; and indulges his impotent
rage in the declaration, that by such con
duct the democratic party .< will deservedly
sink down into a position - of despised feeble
ness and inanity.”
What an idea to be seriously put forth by
a man, possessing the intelligence of the ed
itor of the Con. tf Rep. What docs he think
the democratic party is composed of, and in
what estimate does he hold the patriotism
and moral worth of its organization, to sup
pose that this great party, with its high mis
sion, to carry out the republican principles
of our fathers, is to be brought to this low
estate of i< despised feebleness and inanity,”
because John Forsyth failed to get a part
of the public printing. So far from such a
result being jusfly anticipated, wc venture
the prediction, that it will not produce a
ripple upon the waters. The old democratic
coach will roll on, in its onward course, un
conscious that its wheels have crushed one
of the smallest pebbles in its road.
But we have called the attention of our
readers to this subject, for another purpose.
These givings out, from the Southern Rights
press, arc nothing more nor less, than the
foreshadowing of the opposition, which the
democracy will have to encounter from them
in the next Presidential election. If they
intend in good faith, to abandon the heresies
of the late campaign in Georgia, then we
call upon them to cease their complaining
May Bay at Cartmvillf,
We cheerfnlly give place to the following
communication, and wish our friends at and
around Cartcrsville many such happy days:
Cartersville, May 5,1852.
Mr. Burke:—As your valuable Journal
has an extensive circulation in this County,
and particularly in this place and vicinity,
Gei. Can’ Claim.
A delegate to the Baltimore Convention
from Tennessee, writes a long letter to the
editors of the Union, urging the claims of j premium of five per cent, is a fact intereet-
Gen. Cass for the Presidency, We make the j ing not only to capitalists, but to politicians
Gtargia Bonds—literal vs. Patriotism. I A Baifrnu Fellow Eitrapped.
The sale of £525,000 worth of Georgia j We have a letter from a respectable eit'*
Bonds, some days ago, in New York, at a | zen of Thomasville, Ga„ dated the 22d in
stant, which furnishes an account of the de-
following extract from the letter:
likewise- It shows that the capitalists of
Gen. Cess has claims to the presidency i the North, the most sagacious men in the
which to my mind are paramount. No man I country, are not afraid to invest their mon-
I propose to furnish its readers with an item ; in the nation combines more of the elements 1 cy in the stocks of slave holding States—that
they have confidence in the stability of our
which may be interesting to a portion at ; essential to a Chief Magistrate than this dis-
least. i j tinguished statesman. He has been tried in
The purpose of this communication is to ; every relation of life, and under every cir-
congratulate the citizens of Cartersville and I cumstance and in every condition he has
the immediate vicinity upon the advent of a proved himself a man and a statesman,
new and interesting era in the history of j “A purer moral character adorns no man
this section of the country. I have refer- ! in the nation ; a higher and more enlighten-
encc to the May celebration which came off j ed patriotism fills thejieart of no statesman;
on the first inst. | and a deeper devotion to the Union of the
It may possibly, be important, in the out- States animates the bosom of no patriot than
set to state that an Academy has been estab
lished during the present year, under the
charge of /. D. Cottrell and lady, whose
character aHiTqualifications as teachers are
selves to be carried along with the current, j tirades against the national democracy.—
until in the dismemberment of the democrat- I Their sins of late have been many andgriev-
ic party, you found yourselves isolated frbm j ous > but we arc prepared in the abundance
your national friends, and overwhelmed ! of our generosity, to forgive them all, and
with defeat. At present, what is your po- J wo would study to forget them too, if their
sition .’ Arc you determined to act in good j mutterings and discontents would cease.—
faith with the national democracy ? If so, ! Now, we say to these gentlemen, if you wish
why do you withhold your assent and appro- i to co-operate with the true democracy of the
val from the position we have taken ? Arc Stale and the Union—come and do so in
our terms of association with Northern dem- | good faith and in good spirits; but if it is
ocrats, too onerous for your sanction r Do ' your purpose to fly off upon some miserable
Oh, dont!
It is amusing to witness the desperate ef
forts of the Maoon Telegraph to put down
Gen. Cass. His whole issue of Tuesday last
is filled with abusive articles against this
great statesman. We suppose the General
would feel very bad if he knew of it; still
he would pursue his onward course as un
disturbed as docs the silver orb of night at
the harmless baying of a fice puppy.
ftmnidnun.
Why is the editor of the Macon Telegraph
like a man who has a bad case in court ?
Because he will be east (C<u*-ed) in spite
of nU his JSajr-vings.
Grind Division.
The Semi-annual session of the G. D. of the
Sons of Temperance of the State of Georgia,
was held in Savannah, on the 28th and 29th
alt. There were upwards of forty Repre
sentatives in attendance; and, for the first
timer all the officers were at theirpoeta. The
usual business of a semi-annual session was
transacted with a good degee of harmony.
you object to the policy we have marked out
because it will drive from the democratic
rauks such abolitionists as Preston King,
Rantoul, &c., &c. ? If such an objection
does not exist in your minds, then there is
none, and we shall expect your cordial co
operation in our future action.
Grn. Cass.
The Baltimore Sun has the following par
agraph :
“ It is stated in the New York Post that
Mr. A. O. P. Nicholson, of Tenn<
letter in his possession from Gen.
taining his reasons for not voting for the
Fugitive Slave Law, one of which is that iV
did not contain the Jury clause.”
There is no probability in this theory, urn-
less Gen. Cass has changed his views since
the passage of the law. It is doubtless p
part of the game of the Douglass wing to
assail the General at the South. With thi<,
however, we have nothing to do, and feel
quite as indifferent as the wife in the fight
between her husband and the Bear. It fe
bat justice though, to Gen. Cass, to state j
pretext, then unfold the banner of your op
position at once, and let the notes of war be
sounded. Many of the proudest victories of
the national democracy have been won with
out your aid in the past, and we doubt not
the future promises to the true and loyal
advocates of republican principles a still
richer harvest. We will accept your enlist
ment on fair and honorable terms, but tee
have no public printing to give yo\
.— — information of 1 persons interested,
yie give below a letter received-from Senator
^Dawson, on the subject of land bounties:
. Washington City, May 1,1852.
Dear Sir—By the Act of Congress passed
the 22d March 1852, the soldiers culled out
by the State authority and subsequent to
June 1812, paid by the United States, are
entitled to Bounty Lands.
The soldiers (in Georgia) engaged in the
removal of the Cherokee Indians in 1837-38
are entitled, and it has been so decided by
the proper authority-
well known; and I am pleased to find appre
ciated, as there arc at present, about sixty
pupils in regular attendance, composed of a
respectable number of young Ladies, who
are progressing finely in the higher branch
es of study, together with music on the Pi
ano Forte.
The young Ladies of the institution not
wishing to risk, at so early a day in the his
tory of the institution, the full commemora
tions of the anniversary of her Floral Maj
esty, thought best to omit the ceremony of
crowni- m Queen, and devoted their atten
tions to everything else besides; extending
a general invitation to all who might feel
disposed to unite with them and partake of
the good things prepared for the occasion.
Saturday evening arrived, and at candle
lighting were assembled to the number of
not less than three hundred persons at the
Academy, as joyous a throng as ever met on
a similar occasion.
The night was one peculiarly favorable
for the occasion, as extensive preparations
had been made in the grove, to-wit: a table
which literally groaned with everything that
was calculated to please the eye and gratify
the taste, presenting one of the most accu
rate and elegant personifications of regal
luxury ever witnessed, at least by one who
has been at not a few similar celebrations.
In addition to the mildness and serenity of
the weather, the ,Moon, as if an invited
guest, « O'er the dark her silver mantles
threw,” and made pleasant and safe the
approach and withdrawal of the assemblage.
The exercises were commenced by an air
on the Piano, by one of our most interesting
and accomplished young Ladies, and an ex-
tempore address by Mr. B. W. Edwards, who
had only the day before been requested to
perform that duty. A more chaste and ap
propriate address, it has seldom fallen to my
lot to hear, notwithstanding the great dis
advantages under which Mr. Edwards labor
ed, from so short a notice, as it is known it
was a mere accident that he was enabled to
attend at all. His address was listened to
with profound attention, interrupted at the
close of each period by enthusiastic applause.
After the address was delivered, at the sug
gestion of same, Mr. Cottrell, the principal,
ployed a short interval between the Music,
in one of the happiest impromptu efforts,
and played the Orator in a style and gestic
ulation which showed plainly, that he can
not only teach the art, but practice it too.
After the audience had been entertained in
so appropriate a manner by the speakers,
and the formality of the ceremonies were
spontaneously laid aside, one after another
of the young Ladies enlivened the audience
by discoursing sweet music on the Piano,
which not only added to the interest of the
occasion, but gave evidence of the proficien
cy of the young Ladies, and the success of
their accomplished Instructress, who graced
the soiree with her presence.
The table being in readiness, and the in
vitations extended, the line of march thith
erward was taken up and the beautiful
grove resounded with the social throng
whilst the Ladies were served respectfully
by the gallant young men, who seemed to be
mindful- of the .opportunity they had of
claiming their acknowledged preference on
this, the 1st of May. After full justice had
been done to the viands and the tete-a-tete
with promenades, and alternate musical per
formances by both single and married La
dies had employed the remainder of the eve
ning, the good people resorted to their re
spective houses, e'er the approach of the
Sabbath, well pleased with themselves, and
with praises and compliments on their lips
to the Principals and Students, for having
doi so much for their entertainment.
5 -^B, Mr. Editor, I have given your read
ers a short account of our May night cele
bration, and I will add that not a circum
stance occurred to mar the harmony of the
occasion, but good order, good feeling, good
music, iind a good influence was exerted to
such a degree that it will long be remember
ed as a green spot in the desert of the past,
to be re-enacted on successive May days, I
trust, as it is the intention of our people to
up a flourishing Institution at Carters
ville. A PARTICIPANT.
that of Gen. Cass. The North and the South
can compromise upon him, and feel secure
institutions, and the integrity of our people.
While the abolitionist is seeking to weaken
the bands which hold us together, the far-
seeing, practical man, is taking our bonds
and subscribing for stock in oar steam navi
gation companies. The evil which the one
intends is thus counteracted and neutralized
by the common sense of the other.
It may be unfashionable, if not unroman-
tic, to say that interest is stronger than
patriotism ; such, nevertheless, is our belief,
in their rights and constitutional privileges , at least of the people of this generation. It
under his administration.
•< But it may be urged that he has once
been defeated. So once was Thomas Jeffer
son, and likewise General Jackson, and so
also was General Harrison; but on the sec
ond race they were respectively triumphant
by overwhelming majorities. There is no
strength in that objection ; but if there was,
it applies with diminished force to General
Cass. In 1848 he ran under every disadvan
tage—at the close of a war in its achieve
ments the most brilliant in the annals of our
history—against a military chieftain fresh
from the gory-field, with no civil virtues to
reward or political sins to answer. *■ Every
thing was carried in the glare of Gen. Tay
lor's military glory; and in the madness
that ruled the hour, the civil claims of the
great statesman whose pretensions I now
press were overlooked. Times have changed
—“ the sober second thought” has again re
turned in the public mind. The glory of no
Mexican war has just closed, and its daz
zling victories do not now, as in 1848, be
wilder the understanding and blind the pub
lic judgment. All is calm and quiet, and
the nation sees and feels the importance of
a statesman at the head of the government.
“ Besides, General Cass, since the presi
dential contest in 1848, has done enough to
entitle him, through the nation's gratitude,
to the presidency. His poble and self sac
rificing exertions in support of the Compro
mise are enough to immortalize his name,
and endear him in all time to come to the
heart of every true patriot and sincere lov
er of the Union. In his ability, in his in
tegrity, and in his pure character, the whole
country can confide; and if he is the nomi
nee of the Baltimore Convention, the whole
nation will rally to his support; and I
would look upon his election as a fixed fact.”
The Artesian Well in Charleston.
—The Charleston Courier in answer to the
inquiry of our cotemporary the Republican,
respecting the progress of the Artesian Well
in that city, states that the Well has already
been excavated to the depth of between nine
hundred and one thousand feet, and that
Mr. Weldon, the operator, is now in Phila
delphia, awaiting the completion by Messrs.
Morris, Tasker & Morris, of that city, of
1200 feet of iron tube, to enable him to pro
ceed in his descent. On the arrival of this
Mr. Weldoa will resume the work with, as
he states, every prospect of success.
Gen. Bishop, the Agent at Chatta
nooga.—The Chatanooga Gazette says :
The Savannah Republican, last received,
intimates in unmistakeable language, that
a communication from this place, over the
signature of a «< Commission Merchant,” pub
lished in the Chronicle & Sentinel,« couched
in moderate and respectful language,” « re
quires some attention from those in authori
ty.” We know the Editors of the Republi
can are seeking for truth not victory. If
he cannot sustain himself, we have no inter
est to subserve, nor shall attempt to prop
him up. Towards him, Mr. Wadley, the
Commission Merchants of Chattanooga and
all others concerned, wc have the kindest
feelings, but belong to no one of them.—
Our columns are open to all of them, but we
believe that the cauldron having boiled over,
has quenched the fire, and that the present
actual operations will soon bring all parties
eye to eye.”
Mysterious Affair.—We understand
that a negro man was found in the Oconee
River, near what is known as White Bluff,
in this county, a few days since, and on
being taken out, it was thought to have been
a bullet hole discovered through his head.
Coroner Hansell summoned an inquest, and
Drs. Brantley and Jernigan made an exam
ination. The Doctors say that the body
must have been dead ten or twelve days,
and the'body is identified as a negro who
belonged to Gen. Sanford, of Milledgeville,
who ran away about that time, was seen by
may well be doubted whether the Union
would continue twelve months, if held to
gether only by a feeling of patriotism. Fa
naticism would soon snap all such “ ropes of
sand.” But interest is far more potent; it
grapples the South to the North, and the
North to the South, not with < hooks of steel,’
but with hooks of gold. This feeling too,
like gold, is more elastic, more malleable,
(if we may so express ourselves,) and may
be drawn out and spread over a greater sur
face, and may be made to cover and enbracc
greater and more powerful interests, than
that of mere love of country. What does
Seward know of the divine inspirations of
patriotism ? If it were the interest of him
self and his section, he would move the dis
solution of the Union to-morrow. The poet
must have had him in his mind when he
wrote the following:
Thou smooth-faced Demagogue! Outbraving
all
Of worth and honor with thy new found
claim
To a quick conscience and a higher aim
Than weal of native land, which aye may
fall,
So thou dost rise, or rather snake-like crawl,
To some bad eminence which men call fame :
Impassive Cataline! in whom no flame
Of the rash Roman's temper shows thy call
To ruin and betray; who still can'st smile
While arming faction for the deadly strife
Which stabs thy hapless country; thou, the
while,-
With bland and goodly talk, dost whet the
knife
Of sacrifice, and calmly fire -the pile
Which lights thee onward by a Na
tion’s life !
But we have wandc-- ’ .'_\un our subject.
The bonds alluded to above bear six per
cent interest, and are redeemable in twenty
years. They are the same that Gov. Cobb
visited New York to dispose of, and for which
certain jaundiced presses in this State found
great fault with him. They will doubtless
be disappointed when they learn that the
bonds were taken at a premium of five per
cent. We presumed at the time, that Gov.
Cobb knew what he was after, and the re
sult proves that the presumption was well
founded. It was a good day's work of his
Excellency, and should he continue
serve the State, as we doubt not he will, th
people will say to him as he leaves
Well, done, thou good and faithful serv
ant.” Having discharged his duty to Geor
gia, they may seek to make him <• ruler over
many things.”—Sav. Rep.
j2-S~ A maiden lady, suspecting her female
servant was regaling her beau upon the cold
mutton of the larder, called Betty and in
quired whether she did not hear some one
speaking with her down stairs ? <<Oh, no
mnam,” replied the girl, <«it was only me
singing a psalm J” «You may amuse your
self, Betty,” replied the maiden, «with
psalms, but let's have no hints, Betty. I
have a great objection to hints.” Betty cur-
tesied, withdrew, and took the hint.
The New Capitol of Texas.—The first
sod has been dug to make way for the cor
ner stone of the new State Capitol at Austin.
jZSJ* What requires more philosophy than
taking things as they come ? Parting with
things as they go.
Brutal and Terrible Outrage.—Yes
terday about 1 o’clock, a young lady walk
ing along the canal, near this city, was as
saulted by a negro man, who having thrown
her down aid choked her until she was in
sensible, violated her person. Having com
mitted the fonl and fiendish outrage, the vil
lain made his escape.—He was, however,
pursued by a party of gentlemen, with dogs,
who it is earnestly hoped, may have accom
plished his arrest. If so, however, we have
no tidings of the fact, np to the time of go
ing to press.—Savanah Georgian, id inst.
The Methodist Episcopal General Confer
ence met in Boston on the first inst., 138
members out of 177 elected were present.—
tection and arrest of a confessed abolition
emissary—but more probably a pure Mur
rell te. The writer has forgotten the name
the man hailed by, and we suppose from the
terifir of the account, that he is an entire
stranger.
On the 21st instant he went to the House
of a free negro woman, where seem tc havo
been, perhaps accidentally, collected several
negroes, and to them he opened his business.
He was full of commiseration and fired with
the benevolent purpose of taking them all to
St. Domingo—a country where they could
enjoy freedom. Urging them not to disclose
the interview, he apointed a rendezvous at
the same house, after night, tolling them to
collect as many as Could be relied on with
safety, as he wanted to take with him all he
could, both bond and free.
This conversation, by mere accident, was
overheard by a lady, who communicated it
forthwith to Messrs. W. A. Ivey, P. A. Love
and William McClendon, and they at once,
took measures to entrap the rascal. Love and
McClendon secreted themselves in the house,'
and other citizens lay in wait outside. Tho
negroes collected and acted as decoys. ,
True to his appointment, the rascal made
his appearance at 9 o'clock in the evening,
and found a hearty welcome. The evening
was chilly, and they all drew round tho fire.
He threw down a large bundle of cooked pro-
visions, and called for something to eat.—
At first, he was exceedingly apprehensivo
and suspicious—listened very closely—de
clared with an oath that there was some
thing wrong—somebody lying in wait. Tho
negroes told him it was impossible—the dogs
were too severe and watchful for any body
to approach without their knowledge. He
then sent out a servant to reconnoitre, who-
returned and reported all right—whereupon
he made the doors fast, and proceeded to
business. He questioned the servants closely
as to their dispositions to follow him, and be-'
coming satisfied of this fact, he talked of liis-
success in previous operations of the kind.
He said he had carried off thirteen lots of'
slaves—all of whom were now free and hap
py, as they would be, if they followed him.
To an inquiry of the servants, as to whether
he sometimes did not meet with difficulty, he
replied that he had got into one scrape,
which cost him eight hundred dollars but
was too smart to be caught again; and if de
tected, he could not be taken, as be consid
ered himself equal to any twenty-five men
that could be put upon him. Here, to test
the point, Messrs. McClendon and Love sud
denly made their appearance, well-armed,
and he submitted to arrest in silence. After
the arrest, he avowed himself an abolitionist
—perhaps preferring that character to a
Murrelite, which he evidently seems to be—
although no very experienced one, as we
should judge from his proceedings in this
cose. After some consultation as to what
disposition should be made of the fellow, ha
was surrendered to the civil authorities, and
lodged in jail.—Floridian.
! n Saturday morning last, about 1 o’clock,
the Engine house in this place, belonging to
the State Road, was discovered to be on fire.
Gen. Bishop with his hands hastened to the
spot, and by great exertion, got out a heavy
Engine. A large number of Cars loaded
with Cotton, &c. were much too close for
safety. A sufficient force was thrown upon
the Cotton Cars to put out fire that might
fall, while others were stationed on the De
pot house, in which there was more than
£50,000 worth of jfreight. By this prompt
measure ttKfctpfl|ftgpgrtion, all was saved
from deotf^fgk^H the Engine House —
The fire ea^ju^rom a spark that lodged
near the top’(m$he chimney of the house.—
The loss, we suppose will not exceed £1000..
But it was a narrow escape from an expen-
sive fire.—Chat. Gaz.
Death from Mental Excitement.—
A most singnlar instance of death from tho
above cause, occurred in this city on Mon
day of last week. The circumstances, as re
lated to us, are these :—The child of Mrs..
Butler (a widow lady, the sister of Mrs. Bell
of the Oglethorpe Hotel,) was taken sick—
vomiting and hemorrhage of the lungs en
sued, which excited the sympathising mother
to such an extent as to produce lipothymy,
from which all efforts at resuscitation were
wholly unavailing. She died in syncope.—
How deep must have been the anguish of that
mother's heart, how prevading the excite
ment of her mind, to have produced such an
affecting, melancholy and fatal result!—
Oglethorpe Democrat.
some gentlemen, who got dogs and chased
him into the swamp. One young man who I Bisho P Wacgh presided, and J. M. Trim-
was in the chase ran to the river side but! BtE was ®t*®t*d Secretary.
You will please give this information
that, during the progress of the Bill in the , which will serve as a reply to the numerous
Senate, Mr. Dayton, a Frecsoil Whig ofj letters I have received, and oblige many of
New Jersey, whose place we rqjoice to know fyour readers.
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•; Bead tfce article signed Cherokee,
ktVtotber part of this paper.
has been filled by Com. Stockton, offered I
an amendment to the bill, providing for the*!
right of trial by jury, where the fugitive
was arrested, and Gen. Cass voted against
the amendment. Whether he afterwards
changed his views we know not.—Chronicle
if Sentinel.
Our readers will recollect that we. pub
lished an article last wed, in refutation of
the slander above alluded to, from a corres
pondent of the Union.—Ed. Standard.]
Very respectfully,
WM. C. DAWSON..,
Ed. Cassville Standard. /
£ The following gentlemen have been
ed as a Board of Visitors, for the State
sity, by - the Governor:
Cel. William Cumming, Augusta.
I^>n. Rob’t.M. Charlton, Savannah.
IRm. Hines Holt, Columbus.
Cfl. Washington Poe, Macon.
I*. Henry Hull, Athens.
Nahum Wood, do
5fr. John Crawford, do
Stevens Thomas, do
Rev. Mr. Smith, do
Mr. B. H. Overby, Jefferson.
Rev. Alfred T. Mann, Athens,
Rev Washington Baird, Milledgeville.
■Rev. S. G. Hillyer, Penfield.
' Rev- A. H. Means, Oxford.
J Dr. IL V. M. Miller, Rome.
The Anti-Slavery resolution some
time since introduced into the Massachusetts
House of Representatives wore indefinitely
I postponed on Saturday, by a vote of 178 to
162. 3v,
A committee of the Virginia legisla
ture has reported against the adoption of the
Maine liquor law.
JSR* Rev. Dr. King, the American ex
pelled from Greece, was at the last accounts
on his way to Constantinople.
It is said Mr. Clay never in his life
made a personal explanation in either House
of Congress
.. It is curiosity to find a physician who hav
ing restored you to health, does not wish
you to think he performed a. wonderful cure.
saw nothing of the negro, and the dogs after
swimming about some time, came out. This
young man, Mr. Ennis, saw no gun in the
i crowd—knew of no pistol—heard no report
of fire-arms, and think he would have heard
any that might have been discharged.
After such testimony the jury returned a
verdict that the negro came to his death by
a gunshot wound, which entered the left
temple and passed out just above the right
ear, and that said wound was inflicted by
the hand of some person unknown to them.
Such is the information which we have de-
The U. S. Senate was not in session on
Saturday.
The House of Rcprentatives took up and
passed the bill for the relief of Osborn
Cross, This gentleman is a quartermaster
in the army, and in 1842 he was robbed of
6600 dollars in Treasury notes. About half
of this amount was subsequently recovered
from the thieves. The Bill authorizes the
Secretary of the Treasury to credit him with
the full amount.
Mr Clay.—The following paragraph from
the New York Expresss will be read with
heartfelt sorrow by tens of thousands;
Mr. Clay, we hem* from Washington, is
sinking rapidly. Some days since there were
some symptoms of renewed strength, but
these, alas, are now giving way to the surest
indication of an early dissolution, and of this,
we hear, none are more conscious than the
venerable patriot and statesman himself.
Fnorr Bimj.—A Miss Frost, in M«m
chusetts, has recovered £865 of a gallant ,
for wrench of promise. He courted her a
year.aadjms to pay-at the rate of a dollar
a day for it.
Hon. T. H. Benton.—This gentleman is
. , . . _ , , . making speeches in the St. Louis Congress-
nvrf from the officers and persons who at- j ional Djstrict) and it is said, will be sure to
tended the inquest.-SandersvtUe Gear- j m for the United Sutea House of Repre .
gian, st instant. ! sen t a tj Tes at the coming election.
Minnesota.—The Legislature of this Ter- ; Mr. Clay’s health is better, and there is
ritory recently passed the Maine Law, and j n ® danger of his speedy dissolution.—May
submitted it to the people for approval or j
rejeetion at a special election, on the 5th ! ^ £ *’ [xy Lind’s Munificence.—The Home
ult., and they have voted to ratify and sus- Journal says that the last instalment of Jen-
tain the law. The vote was very heavy, and Lind’s munificent gift of #160,000 to-
the majority quite decided. The law toil ^ th e endowment of schools in her native
take effect on the 1st of May. The election country, has been despatched.
Power or Imagination.—A few years
since, Elijah Barns, of Pennsylvania, killed
a rattlesnake in lus field without any harm
to himself, and immediately after pat on
his son's waistcoat, both being of one Color.
He returned to his house, and on attempting
to button his waistcoat, he found to his as
tonishment that it was much too small.—
His imagination was now wrought to a high
pitch, and he instantly conceived the idea
that he'had been bitten imperceptibly by the-
snake and.was thus swollen from its poison..
He grew suddenly very ill, and took to his
bed. The family in great alarm and con
fusion, summoned three physicians, and tho
usual remedies were prescribed and admin
istered. The patient, however, grew worse
every minute, until at length his son came
home with his father’s waistcoat dangling
about him. The mystery was boor unfold
ed, and the patient being releived from his
imaginary apprehensions, dismissed his phy
sicians and was restored to health.
was a very excited one.
It is reported that the Governor of
South Carolina has appointed the Hon.. J.
P. Richardson to the seat in the U. S. Sen
ate rendered vacant by the resignation of
Croup.—The following is said to be an
effectual cure for this dangerous complaint
in children: A teaspoonful of the solution
of a piece of indigo about the size of a pea,; Hon. R. Barnwell Rhett.
in a pint tumbler of milk-warm water. The j Monument to the late Thomas
juice pressed from onions is said to be exc*l- ; Moore —A meeting of Irish citizens, it is
ent, givfin in molasses until vomiting is pro- | gt^ed, toU be held at an eariy day in the
; city of New-York to co-operate with and aid
Gen. Cass a? Home.—The Democratic ; the society recently organized in Dublin,
convention of Michigan has unanimously !« for the purpose of erecting a public testi-
reeemmended Gen. Cass to the Baltimore ! monial, in his native city, to the national
Convention fog, the Presidency. t poet of Ireland.’’
Dancing with Spurs.—Mr. Kendall,
writing from Paris, says a fight occurred at-
Lonis Napoleon’s great hall, between a
Frenchman and a Spaniard, 'because the
former tore with his spurs the dress of the
lady with whom.the latter was dancing.—
Mr. Kendall says:—yet I presume there,
were at least a thousand pair attached to the
heels of thl French and other officers pres- '
A.;'*’"
ifgr Colonel Thomas IL Benton (hrte Sen
ator from Missouri) has been nommatetPas a
candidate for Representative jn I
the Democrats of Jefferson county, Mo.
\ countryman at Burnley, being
asked how he knew that a man,'of whom he
had been complaining, was drunk, indignan
tly replied, u Aitet ceukl he be else, when
he asked for the shee-bom to put his hat' on
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