THE JEFFERSONIAN j
GRIFFIN. JULY 11, 1053.
FOR GOVEKNoIt
HERSCIIEL l JOHNSON, j
FOR CONGRESS
DAVID J. BAILEY, Third District, j
W. B. W. DENT, Fourth District.
A Lecture will be delivered before the
Griffin Lyceum, at the Baptiet Church,
at 8 o’clock this (Thursday) evening, by
A. L. Borders, Esq. A general atten
dance is respectfully solicited.
D. N. MARTIN, Sec’ry.
Col D. 3 Bailey,
We hoped to present our reader* to
day with a copy of Col. Baile\ s letter,
accepting the nomination for Congress,
but it has not yet come to hand. We
expect to be able to publish it next week.
Our Osalside.
We present our readers to-day with a
communication in reply to one which ap
peared in our paper last week, of a reli
jrjoiis eharacter. Also the very able let
ter of Mr. Chappell, and Judge Warner’s
letter of resignation, to which we respect
fully invite attention.
To Correspondents.
A communication in reference to the
examination of the Weston Masonic In
stitute, Col. A. Alden, principal, an arti
cle over the signature of Observer, and
one from G. G. West, as well as several
editorial articles are unavoidably crowd
ed out. They will appear in our next.
Brother Neighbor;
Is it true, that your Algeria* candi
date has sold all his negro property; to
move to a higher latitude, to inhale more
freely the Webster atmosphere? If so,
you had better caution him to be a little
more discreet than your brother Poe was
in his W ashington proclivities, or he will
be 2'ripped.
Good News.
Every breeze brings to us glorious ti
dings of certain victory. The Algerine
and Webster forces fly before the Democ
racy, like Philistians before the jaw bone
of an ass. We are getting out of the
woods boys, hollow, Hurrah for the
Coon Killer!
RAIN! RAIN!! RAIN!!!
After a long drought, wo have for ser
ral days past, been favored wjth abun
dant showers of rain. The farmer’s
hopes have revived, the face of nature
looks gay, and with the large surplus of
grain left over fiorn last year, a heavy
crop of wheat, nnd two thirds of a corn
crop this year, the neighboring counties
will have bread in abundance. Good
luck!
One® a Coon and now a Peasant.
Tho Whigs 6eem to havo doffed the
skin, as well as their renowned fondness
of this famous animal of 1840, since the
introduction of tho Coon-killer upon the
turf, and betray an equal attachment for
the peculiar characteristics of the possum.
When they are treed and over-hauled by
the enemy, with no apparent escape, in
order to eludo the adversary they affect
to be dead, that they may continue to live.
We caution our friends against this de
ception, they are neither dead, until you
bear thpir nec!;s crack.
The Weather:
Mr. Editor: —We have not had any
rain in Griffin and its vicinity sufficient to
wet the earth, since the last of April.—
Clouds would rise at erery point of the
compass, but their winds werß not strong
enough to force them over our high situ
ation. Their edges would reach us, and
pass away, to the great disappointment
of our hopes. Every thing in the gar
dens and fields, even man and beast,
seemed sinking under the excessive aridi
ty and heat of earth and air. Yesterday
afternoon, the clouds gathered in their gi
gantia power with the wings and artillery
of the storm, and deluged our city and
country round. Its violence terminated
in a gentle rain all uight. All is refresh
ed by the down pouring blessing, and now
we breathe a pure elastic atmos
phere. During the storm an electric phe
nomanon wa3 exhibited to the view of
some of our citizens which is worthy of
note. A flash of lightning struck the iron
track of the railroad in to wo, and was
seen to rioochet .for some distance along it,
just as the passenger train was coming in
and was followed by succassivo peals
like the sharp cracks of a rifle, and one
tremendom peal of thunder. This fact
shows that railroads are a protection to
places through which they pass.
July 12th, 1853. F. D. C.
Grifiln Histrionics.
On Friday evening, the Bth inst, this
recently organized association made its
first appearance on the stage in our city.
The piece presented, was the Tragedy of
Douglas, concluded with an after piece.
The different parts were admirably sus
tained, when we take into consideration,
the fact, that some of the actor3 had nev
er before appeared as delineators of the
histrionic act. The auditory was large,
composed of all classes of our community,
“the old, tho young, the grave, the gay
and the beautiful of the land.” Wo be
long to that class of moral philosophers,
that look upon such exhibitions with much
more favor, than sqmo of “the iron-jacket
tensors,” of public morals- For our part,
we could never see any harm in a number
of respectable intelligent young men asso
dating themselves together in this capac
ity, for their im proreraent in manners and
elocution, as well aa for the amusement and
entertainment of their fellow-citizens. In
this association are to be found men of the
first standing in our community, both as re
gard.? intelligence and moral worth. Wo
understand the proecods of ther public ex
hibitions, after defraying current expen
ses, are to be give* to some charitable
purpose. This is indeed laudable. We
wish the Histrionics great success, in their
charitable, praise-w<3rfchy enterprise. (
Our Neiglibor
Having smashed our platform into cin
ders, is now down upon us like a thousand
of brick for Gen. Pierce’s appointments,
nnd gravely asks: ‘do we approve them.'’
Now while we go it neck and heels sot
every thing the President has yet devel
oped, even to Ins moving his quarters in
to the North end of the White House,
we doubt the right of any man to ques
tion our fidelity to the South, until he has
purged hirnseif or otherwise obtained ab
solution, for bis advocacy with the North
ern freesoil whigs; an exponent for the
Presidency, under the auspices of V>ill
iam Seward, and which even Toombs
and Stephens promulgated as unsound
and anti-Southei n.
It is an old adage, that }-ou must fight
the devil with fire, hence we might retort
upon our neighbor, how did he like Mr.
Fillmore’s freesoil appointments? Thomas
Corwin and eueh kidney. But at this
game, we can’t win. Our neighbor was
in perfect ccstacey over all the sainted
tribe that belonged to the outgoing admin
istration. And if he snuffed treason in
the Southern breeze upon the nomination
of Gen. Scott, and denounced him—and
before a cat could lick her paw was found
shouting hozannahs to the crown. What
consequence could it possibly be to him,
whether the appointments of Gen. Pierce
were freesoil or slave soil?
To his interrogatory, however, we
most cheerfully respond, that, so far as
our knowledge -or we have any authen
tic sources of informntion, Ke are not
ouly content, but delighted with tho ap
pointment of those distinguished gentle
men, who tho President has summoned
to bis support in the administration of the
government. So far as it is intimated
that Gen. Pierce has selected agents hos
tile to either his domestic or foreign poli
cy, I hold to be an ignoble slander, of Lis
enemies, and is not entitled to a courte
ous denial from his friends. We have
his publie and repeated avowal as a gua
rantee to our constitutional rights nnd
our domestic tranquility. In that pledge
I have a sacred and abiding confidence,
and it strengthens with every hour of
the administration; and in defiance of the
traductions and imputations es the South’s
pretended friends. Further, we are proud
to believe, that no man, holds his pass
port to honor or emolument from the hand
of the Prescient, bat that will give his
cordial aid in vindication and maintain
ance of his principles as foreshadowed;
and the moment they hesitate in their
prompt fulfillment, they will be hurled
from authority.
Wh en Gen. Pierce’s friends took un
qualified positions on the democratic plat
form, and contributed their abilities to his
success, they were entitled to a respect
ful consideration of any claim they might
present, and he had no tight to proscribe
any wing of the party from the patronage
of the government. Whatever offices he
had the power to confer, he also had the
power to withdraw, whenever the incum
bent acted in violence to his administra
tion.
The odium sought to bv attached to
the administration, the efforts made to
cripple and retard its success, is founded
in tho most uaqalifiad ingratitude. It is
iu accordance with the promptings of
northern fanaticism, with the British
anti slavery celebration of Exeter Hall,
to defame anJ denounce our chief magis
trate. But how shameful for thosi*, from
off'whose heads he has raised his patriot
arm and rolled hack the turbid avalanch
of fanaticism; and in his own native Stile,
in the midst of our enemies offered him
self a sacrifice for our protection.
Is it true that honor, dignity, age, or
truth, raises no barriar to the foul detrac
tions and malignant criminations of parti
zan presses and trafficing demagogues,
when bouyed by the hope of success, or
goaded by the alarms of defeat These
infamous assaults and impious aspersions,
so gratuitously made against tho adminis
tration will recoil with double injury, up
on his heartless, polluted assailants.
Asa southern man, wo would hesitate to
join in chorus with that motley, execrable
swarm of anti-slavery emissaries of both
continents, who are pouring their anath
emas upon Gen. Pierce, because of his
unceasing maintainance of our honor and
rights.
GrifHa CoUesiata Seminary.
We present our readers to-day with the
Report of tho Board of visitors, selected
to witness the examination of the pupils
of this institution, which closed on Thurs
day last. We were unable from pressing
engagements, to be present but a short
time during tho interesting exercises of the
examination. Wo had the good fortune,
however, to liavo leisure to witness Iho
exercises of commencement day, Thursday
7th inst.
It was to us indeed, an intellectual
feast of “good things.” Tho graduating
class, consisting of Misses Antoinette
Colbert, Mary A. Andrews, 11. E. Bled
soe, Cathorino R. Fears, Nancy Allen and
Mary A. Bledsoe, acquitted themselves in
a manner, highly creditable to them and
tho institution, under whose fostering care
they had trod the mazy labyrinths of lear
ning for several years past. The exercises
were interspersed with vocal and instru
mental music, by Professor H easier, and
a number of the young ladies of the
institution. The address of President
Morrow to the graduating class, was a
master piece of its kind. Rich in thought,
fervent iu feeling, beautiful iu conception,
it seemed to gush up fresh from tin* foun
tains of a heart full of affection and pa
rental solicitude, which none can more
deeply feels, or pathetically express, than
a Scion from the “Green Isle of tho O
ecan.” And it evidently reached the
heart of those to whom it was addressed,
as well as many others who heard it. The
tear was secs to glisten iu many an eye,
as the tones of farewell admonition fell j
from the lips of tho speaker. The Griffm j
Collegiate Seminary, is indeed a great;
School, an l will favorably compare with
any in the State. We hope to sec it con
tinue to enjoy its well deserved prosper
ity.
npo. a Mutantur.
Our ears are scarcely quiet from the
bitter tirade of calumny which the
whig republican citizens have continued
to heap upon the democratic platform,
and their high turgid laudations of their
long cherished principles.
But now how mighty is the change!
A new song is put in then-mouths. That
loathsome democratic structure once so
odious, is now the bean ideal of the re
publican faith, and tho sinequanon of all
national happiness.
In this convention, not a voice was
raised in defence of way-worn, war-worn
whiggery, not a tear of sympathy over
the silent sod of their forsaken bantling
intered side by side with the gho.st of
Mansfield and Ashland in pleasant forgsl
fu!ness.
If the revered name of the whig party
was ever mentioned in the programs by
its projector and its architect, it was as a
confirmation “of a violation of its often
repudiated pledges.” The moving spirit
of that convention was determined', that
the temporary bark in which he has com
mitted his hopes, should not be wrecked
upon those same cliffs and craggs upon
which he has so often been standing.—
We ere not surprised that there should
be so great desire for a temporary con
cealment, if not a final obliteration, of all
those federal heresies which hava been
condemned and execrated by the Ameri
can people.
Bui what is marvelous as well as lu
dicrous, is that, like the fabled bird, they
are exhibiting their deformity in the bor
rowed plumage of their opponents, that
this may decoy and entrap some of our
most guileless friends.
But this is 100 transparent! it is no
Mr. Republican citizen—the caudal ex-
Lremeties of that same old coon sticks out
too glaring. Shinney your own side, fight
upon your own hook, you are ashamed of
your company and your principles, you
are spitting upon your own progeny, you
are deserting your own altar*, and now
that the democracy has trampled under
its heel the last vestage of your federal
schemes, you are seeking to escape under
the smoke of the battle into the ranks of
the loyal friends of the country. If you
havo abjured whiggery, embrace democ
racy, if you sanction the doctrines of
Gen. Pierce, give it your confidence by
your works. Do not with the profes
sions of friendship, invite its confidence
that your betrayal may be more signal.
SIOOO Dollars
Air. J ciski ms’ Algerine Law,
Section 2. And be it farther enacted,
That no person shall bo allowed to vote
for Aldermen, who in addition to tho quali
fications now required of voters, docs not
own real estate to the value of one thou
sand dollars, according-, to the annual tax
assessment next previously made by the
authority of the City Council, or has ac
tually paid a tax to said city of twenty
five dollars on real or personal estate, or
cither, within tho same year preceding
such election, and no person shall be eligi
ble as Alderman, who does not possess the
qualifications herein prescribed for vo
ters.
Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That
said Aldermen, when elected, shall take a
similar oath or affirmation to that pre
scribed for members of Council, before the
Mayor of said city; shall form a seperate
board; appoint one of their body chair
man ; meet at such times as they may fix,
and make all the necessary rules for the
transaction of their business; and if any
vacancy in said board shall occur, the
same may bo filled by such board.
Sec. 4 And be it farther enacted, That
said board of Aldermen shad have tho
control of the finances of said city, and
that no loan of money or contract for the
payment of money, shall be made by the
City Council of Augusta, nor any tax as
sessed by them, nor any salaries of officers
fixed, without tho concurrence of said
board of Aldermen.
Tho above i3 tho most important sec
tions of the Algerine law, of which the
whig candidate for Governor, has the hon
or of paternity. It will be perceived, that
by tho provisions of this odious law, the
poor man who did not have the good for
tune to pO33CS3 err thousand dollars of this
world’s wealth, was not allowed to share
in the choice of those who were to rule o
ver him. lie was not even permitted to
have a voice in the disbursement of the
funds raised by tax ition oat of his hard
earnings. No money could be paid out of
the city revenues, unless this “swell head”
board of Aldermen gave their assent. Air.
Jenkins’ special organs have made a feeble
attempt to shield him from the odium just
ly deserved for his support of this iniquit
ous law, by saying that ho acted under in
structions from his constituents, the people
of Augusta. This is but adding insult to
injury. It is virtually acknowledgeing
that tho honest mechanics and laborers of
Augusta were not his constituents, but
that lie was the spedil represea tad ve of
the swell-head aristocrats of Augusta. If
Mr. Jenkins was carrying out the wishes
of his constituency, how was it, that the
very next year, that constituency, indig
nantly refused to return him to the Legis
lature. Will his friends please account
for this? llis support of this measure cv
ideutly shows, that ho has no sympathies
with the common people of the con airy; |
that his a filiations and sympathies are
with the purse-proud nabobs of the land. ■
Honest moohauic.s, and working men of
Georgia, will you trust your destiny in the
hands of such a man?
Not Much ov a Curiosity. --The wo
man who is in the habit of leaving her own
h alf-naked children at home whilst she (
attends the sewing society to make
clothes tor the heathen, has been sent (
to the worLL fair, it is thought sho will 1 1
not he much, of a curiosity. I 1
Theatrics. I <
Mit. Editor:—T am glad to sec so many <
means gotten up by the public spirit of the ■
place, to improve the youtli and draw them ,
off from sensual pleasure and the orgies of
nocturnal dissipation. 11 never was intended
that the world should always be clothed in
drab or sackcloth and ashes. If it were so,
why is it we have so bright and beautiful
a one to live in? The human mind needs
amusement, which I admit should be inno
cent. Among the means now used, is the
“Thespian Corps” composed of respecta
ble citizens married and single, and ol all
professions. Their emulation irq mutual
improvment, at the same time, giving ra
tional entertainment to their audiences,
especially such a polite decorous and intel
ligent one as they had last night, (Friday
night) js highly laudable. They learn us
*• L'o citwi tlie living inannon a3 they rise,
And shout to!!y as it fl.es.”
I attended a short time, at the dramatic
: hall, found the parts of the play judiciously
j cast among the dramatis persona, and each
j one on the stage performed his part with
| spirit and to the best of his ability, for j
which all should have due credit, without]
invidious discrimination. The perform an- ’
co fur surpassed my expectation, With- j
out disparagement to others, 1 will men- i
tioa Lady Randolph, that was well done.
Bui a woman even protein, now a-duys
never fails to attract, if, as in this case,
she is covered over with California dust.
Why did not Lord Glennalven who
courted Iter, pull all the gold oft her, as it
was all ho wanted, and let her go. The j
orchestra played well. j
Here the scone was entirely shifted from j
that of the examination a few. days previ- j
ous —there the young gentlemen burst!
their eye3 with admiration —now on this;
occasion, the young Indies winked and
blinked their eyes at the young man al
most to blindness, from the same cause.
One good turn deserves another. I saw
the ray of feeling-shoot from tlicir warm
and generous bosoms, in sympathy with
Lady Randolph and her lordly suitor. —
My turn comes next, was probably in their
wishes. When the young warriors came
upon thp stage? I also saw sparks of fire
Hash from their bright eyes, at which Lord
Douglas might have lit his pipe, which,
: as his truncheon and ensign of authority,
i he carries about him on ordinary occasions,
( in his pocket. I hope these performances
won’t be, as a voting lawyer, in a burst of
eloquence, said of justice, like angels’ vi
sits, very scarce and very, wide apart.
I I tell you Mr. Editor, and it is a fact
• beyond contradiction by any one of the
j- least intelligence, that the impereevity of
ns Griftiuites have risen to such a hifo of
1 natnr, ’tis a most omposslblc to stop or
- comprehend it. I don’t know, I can’t tell
f what will take place next among ns. Et
, ther a brinjer or sub-binder I have no
doubt. . F. D. C.
Who are the Asitatora?
This interrogation while at a single
glance, may seem unmeaning, it is never
theless suggestive and pregnant with an
important and alarming response. It is a
mutual admission, that, at the Baltimore
Convention, both of the national parties
engrafted upon their respective platforms,
an acquiescence in the compromise mea
sures. Tho intent of this bond, - was, a fi
nality to she slavery question, outside of
tho pale of future legislation, and at home
of future agitation. Has this obligation
been observed? II is it not been repudi
ated an 1 violated by the parties to the re
cord?
While they were open questions, we had
no opinions to withhold now that they
are res adjudHila, and we having solemn
ly hypothecated our integrity upon their
observance as a party, would be criminal
ly false, to forfeit our fidelity. Wo have
notl Wo will not! There shall be no
panic treason upon our records Asa con
firmation of this avo .val, I appeal to the
columns of our journals, and wo offer the
past as security for the future.
Is this true of our opponents? It is
not. There is not a press of tho opposi
tion, but what lias industriously paraded
all the foul and filthy excrement, that the
heated collision of the contest of eighteen
hundred and fifty and fifty-one engender
ed. The bitter irritation, the personal
criminations, the painful divisions of friends
and kindred, are all exhumed from the
past and viciously diffused through the
public mind, that repo3e may not fallow,
that wounds now cicatrized may be re
opened, and friendships restored may be
revived into hostility
But not content to rob tho social circle
of its quiet and conftatmcat, they seek to
set public opinion in wild commotion by
constant appeals upon tho compromise
measures, disunion, and the slavery ques
tion. When there is not tho slightest in
timations, of any opposition to tho compro
mise measures, or to renew discussion up
on issues growing out of them by the
■Democratic party of either wing. And
that too, when there never was a crisis
since the foundation of the government;
when life, liberty, and property, had a
safer guaranty in the healthfulness of pub
lic opinion, or more potently fortified, in
tho soundness, wisdom, and firmness of the
chief magistrate of the union. When has
any Democratic press even alluded to any
discontentment growing out of the com
promise measures? Where have they gi
ven the slightest indications to liar or w up
the feelings of any of its supporters? We
challenge the opposition to present a sin -
gle iustvio of the Di.noentic elitori
al corps, who arc obnoxious to so base a
treachery of their plighted faith; and who
still with demoniac spirit falsely arouse the
jealoases and alarums of the country
upon their domestic tranquility.
Instead of inviting peaco, instead of in,
Yoking harmony in our councils, oultiva
vating confidence in the bosoms of our poo-
I>le, their whole vocation, is to disseminate <
distrust in our councils, in the integrity Os ‘
onr people, and again to sound the tocsin 1
of internal strife and hostility; and I do 1
not hesitate to declare, that were it not for
the restive, malignant partizan policy a-1
doptcd by our opponents, indccbrous.y
dragging these inflamatory elements before
the country, where there is no alarm to be
apprehended, the agitation of our domestic
affairs would cease forever; and we might
then indulge a ‘happy reflection, that the ;
British Christians of Exeter Hall, who j
have been denouncing and hissing the name
of Franklin Pierce for his-Slnveocfficy, an
tecedents would have no comfort froiii this
side of the waters, and cease their detain a*
tion and slimy disgorgement upon the peo
ple’s ruler. Why this resurrection of the
compromise? why inflate vitality and again
array the friends and opponents upon mea
sures the repose of which, is the tranquili
ty and security of the South? Why forge :
for onr abolition adversaries, an argument j
to resume their attacks upon our divisions, |
and again distract a people begging their j
peace?
Why not as Well revive the question of
the Missouri compromise? Why not re
vive the question of the admission of Tex
as into the Union! Why not revive the I
justice of the Mexican war, and marshal
in battle array the patriots of those days,
l as jermain to the project of the Pacific
| Railroad and the Executive appointments
No readers with patriotism, nor moral
1 promptings form an attribute ti> this un
holy crus-de, upon the Democracy and
that shining statesman, whose deeds have
! hewn him a name upon the gorgeous tab
i let of fame, as imperishable as that of his
I country. These belligerent spirits, these
gambling politicians, who resist repose,
who are angling upon the placid surface,
upon the bitter waters of strife, are nei
ther the friends of national tranquility,
nor reliable safeguards for Southern sen
timent.
To tl\s Union Mesa of SpaDH.sas
Coma*/.
Be it remembered, that every man who
was a Webster man, and did not de
nounce the present administration of Gen..
Pierce, was in the convention held in this
place, denounced as uncertain, and giving
aid and comfort to the Pierce party. There
was not a man who voted the Webster
ticket, but what was proscribed by the
action of the convention that nominated
the present Scott ticket as candidates for
the Legislature of this county. The
claims of a Webster man, was not allow
ed to be spoken of in that convention, but
every thing was done in the way of cKqne
and trick, to nominate a S olt man for j
the Senate, viz: James X. Simmons.-
What is Dr. Simmons’ claim upoa the j
people of Spalding county, and what has
lie ever done to merit the honor conferred
upen him, and how long has he been a
citizen of the county, and how docs he
stand on the liquor sensation? These are
all questions of vital importance to the
citizens of this county, and should bo well
deliberated on before any man gets his
consent to cast his vote, for the present
Scott nominee. I, as an humble individu
al, can speak for myself, and say’ that I
will support no man that accepts the nom
ination of the convention held In this
place on Tuesday last. That convention
bears the name of a Whig convention, and
is so spoken of by the milk and cider edi
tor of the American Union. Tiffs same
principle of Scott Whiggery, was strongly
manifested in the convention that nomina
ted Col. Robert Trip} e, as a candidate for”
Congress in the Tnird District, here is an
other milk and cider horse before the peo
ple, one of Sandy’s own sons, but very
recently adopted into the Scott and Se
ward family, and is now the most promis
ing boy of the whole family. This little
refugee, in 1852, was an un-compromising
Webster man, and figured largely, both,
in the convention at Milledgeville and
Macon. He then and there stated that
iie would never act with the Scott party*
and denounced them for being led off by
the Seward influence, and now since his
nomination has declared himself in bitter
■.opposition to the administration of Gen.
Pierce, a good Union man, and who has
fully and fairly carried out the principles
contained in the Georgia Platform of
1850; and who,has proved true and faith
ful to the South, so far as he has gone;
and having the best of reasons to believe
that he will continue so to do. 1 now de
clare myself favorable to the Pierce ad
ministration; and in opposition to all the
hipocritical, so called nnion conservative
whiggery, I always did abominate men
and parties, of two f;ces, but now they
have got three faces; and God only knows
how many sets o r principles, I don’t
I therefore declare a non-fellowship with
any such men and parties, and will pursue
the course that 1 think best calculated
to promote and carry out the true Repub
lican and State Rights principles. WMn
the Union Party was formed, we all de
clared tlmt whiggery was dead, dead, for
ever dead; and that wo would never a
gaia return to that obsolete name. I
for one have Ions: sinco made my solemn
vow in this matter, and let me livo or die,
survive or perish, I will stand up to my
integrity, and go for the interest of my
country, let them call me by wbaf name
they l(lease.
A REPUBLIC AX.
Zebut.on, July Glh 1553.
Pursuant to appointment the Delegates
from the various District in this county
mot this dav to nominate Democratic
candidates to represent Pike county in
the next Legeslature of Georgia, Wm P.
Irwin Esqr. was called to the Chair, and
Nathainel P. Daniel, requested to act as
Secretary.
I'he names of the Delegates were call—j
cd, when it appeared, that each District,
in the county was fully represented
On motion, resolved that it take two
thirds of all the votes cast to nominate
the candidates.
The meeting then proceeded to ballot
ing lor candidates, when Hartford Green
Esq. was nominated for Senate, and
William W. Arnold and Thomas G. Trice,
Esqrs. were nominated for Represent*-,
tires,
Ordered that the proceedings cf this
meeting be published ir. the Macon Tele
graph and Georgia Jeffersonian, and give
a vote of thanks to the Chairman and
Secretary for the able and efficient man
ner in which they discharged their vari
ous duties and adjourned &'inf. die.
WILLIAM P. IRViNXVm.
N. P. Dani ex., Seery, j
Griffin Callegiate Seminary< 1
Having as a Board of visitors attended j
the anual Examination ol the pupils of
this Institution, it affords us much'pies
ure 1o submit for the consideration of the
public nrrn 1 the result of our observation.
The Examination commenced with a
sermon by the excellent and venerable
Bishop Andrew on Sunday the 3d inst.,
His discourse was of a most useful and
practical character and the sentiments
proclaimed well woithy the highest ap
proval by all liie good and virtuous,
which they no douht received. As it is
beyond our powei in this brief sketch to
do any thing liks justice to this most ap
propriate and truly wise (Recourse which
had relation to Female E lucation, and
the true position of woman, the
mental, uioial, and physical qualifications
of the female sex, we will therefore only
remark Ih,nl we are truly thankful that
it was our good fortune to listen to truths
i so needed so useful and yet so sublime.
In regard to the Examination of the
smaller and most youthful classes and the
excercise* through which they wero car
ried, we cannot express other than the
highest approbation. The Teachers who
havech .rgeof those clases are deserv
ing no small degree of credit for their a
bility and attention s exib'ted in the de
cided and marked proficiency of their
scholars who acquitted themselves well
and it was quite apparent that their
youthful mi.ids w ere in a proper course
of training
The vaiious Exercises of the Junior elas-j
ses garedecisive evidence that the instruc
tion given in this Institution is of the tight ;
kind and character. Thorough in is
nature desending from the higher branch
es of moral and intellectual sciences, to
the more minute points in rudimenta! In
structions, we perceire with much pleas
ure that the young ladies in this institu
tion while rapidly advancing in intellec
tual eulture were by no means deficient
in moral and reiigiom training. Here
the system of Education is as it should
he; the hoad and heart are equaly culti
vated and each advance hand in hand* the
purity of the heart rendering incompara
bly giexter the bright and glowing attrac
tions of the in.ml.
On Monday evening the GRi inst , the
‘Concert together with tho reading ol the
Junior Compositions took place in the
following ord*r
Song by the Class, — “ll>#u, home, can I
f or gel Ikti .”.
MISS EMMA LAWSON,
“ W h<t i. man, that hi* hope* should not he Mast
ed?”
Music, ( Labitzky's California Galop) b}’
Miss 31 ATT JoHXSoN.
Song, (Qmrtdte) On tht Mountains airy
summit —by Mis*e E. Law mis, M. Bi.ed
sok, J Black, C. Pout kr.
MISS FANNY GOB DON,
liWportaniic of a knirwVcdjjc of the Science*,
lluric, ( Borde.auM (ktlopjtde.) by Miss M .
BledsOe-
Smg, (Katy Darting) by Misses C. PeR
-KH, J. Black, aud 31. Bledsoe.
Music, (.Spirit Polka) by Misses 11. E.
Bledsoe, and J Black.
MISS UXXrB STARK,
Frwmlstsp, th-vw snl'tpmp’ihoii’ pjww,
Sweet rsyrnl o,fhi *oeial li#ur,
j •y, nor tiailursfoo I
Hid by tin: virtUiiiia and the “inid.
Song, {lndians Prayer) by Misses M.
Bledsoe, E. Lawson*, J-. Black, and C.
Porter.
Music, (Griffin and Decatur It. R ., ()uiek
Step) by Miss 11. E. Bledsoe.
MlB3 MATT JOHNSON,
The grief that do l '* not speak,
, Whispers to the o’er fraught'heart
And bid* il brtak.
Music, (Nicholson's Quickstep) by Miss F.
Gordo x.
Song, ( Quartette) Oh, Pays carry me ‘long
by Misses E. Lawson*, A. Porter, M.
Bupqsof., J. Black, C. Portkr and 11.
W ai.k hr.
Music, (Ogden Polka) by Misses IT. E.
and M. Blf.dsoe.
MISS KITTY 0 HATFIELD,
Be what you seem to lie.
Song, (Askme not ichy) by Misses M. Bled
soe and E. Lwso.v.
Music, (Azalia Polka) by Miss Matt
John sox.
MISS MARY MURRAY,
Passing away.
Song, (Quartette) He arc happy and free,
by Misses E. Lawson*, J. Black, M.
Bledsoe, and 01 Porter.
Music, (Mad'm Sontag's Waltz) by Mis
ses Matt Johnson* and J. Black.
( Let Dnu remember ) by Misses J.
Black, and M. Bledsoe.
MISS JENNY KING,
Is il ri "lit.
Music, ( Isabella Polka) by Miss Matt
Johnson*.
Song, (Ihave something street) by Misses
F. Gordon, J. Black, and M. Bledsoe.
.Music, (Le Rese Quick Step) by Miss J.
Black.
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMSON,
Things withtftil Remedy, should be without Rr
grd.
Song, (Quartette) ‘Hark tht Vesper Hymn ’
by Misses E. Lawson, J. Black, M.
Bledsoe and* C. Porter.
Music, (Coral Schottisch) by Misses 11.
E. Bi.f.dsok and J. Black.
Song, (Evening Parting Hymn) by the
Class.
The music was well selected and Ju
dicious, exhibiting fine taste and great
proficienoy in that art and the professor
truly deserves the highest credit and praise
for the great attainments of his scholars
in this delightful and charming sceince.
The selections made by the young
ladies of the subjects for their composi
tions evidenced super : o> Judgein< nt taste
and rafinsment. And what was still bet.
ter, we obsrvel that their subjects were
all very welt treated and tided with
pure mural sest’urtents, worthy out
warmest commendations.
We must no ice the commencement
exceroißee which wore in tho following
order to wit.
// Wisdonfi you toi.tr/y trofe,
Five tlm igsr obierve with carl;
Os whom you apeak to w'iohj yvt iptak,
JiAduu\v-~Mil whim —<*a<f wuaui#
‘Song by the Glass, “ Gk*d hearts to that wt
bring? Prayor by Rot. Tmnus C.
Stanley.
Song, (Quartette) Morning ’ Song— *by
Miss as E. Lawson, M. Bi.kosox, J.
Black and C. Portkr.
MISS ANTOINtfirTK COLBR-ITV-Saluta
tort .
Music, (Hyacinth Galop) by Miss Matt
Johnson.
“Song, (Mountaineer's Rire.well) by Misses
E. IfAwson, A. Porker, M. Bledsoe, J.
Black, C. Totter and M. Walker.
MISS MARY A. ANI RE-.VF,
The Midi mare and the Pei a it Contrasted.
Music, (Queen's Own) by Miss’ J. Black.
Song*, (Ben Bolt) by Mr sc jM. Bledsoe,
and 0. Porter.
Music, ( Waltz, Duct,) by Misses 11. E.
Bledsoe and J. Black.
MISS tl. H. BLIiPS N5,
’fis D's:aiic|h:nd linel.antmo.il to tlir: View.
Song, (Quartette) We roam through For
est Shades—by Misses E. Lawson, M.
Bledsoe, J. Black and C. Porter.
MIS S OATH SKINS R. FISA ft S.
Tr fl -h are ol much Importance. M
Song, ( Willie my Brave) by Miss E. Law
son .
Music, (Schottisch) by Miss Mat. John
son.
MISS NANCY ALLON.
Tli? cares of life .iml flic tPcciifulnosß of riche I*, 1 *,
hove choked the sco iof Virtue io many a p:om
ismg mind,
Music, (Sentimental Waltz) by MissJ.
Black.
Song, ((Quartette) Late one. lovely summer
evening —by Misses E, Lawson, M. Bled
; soc, J. Black and C. Porter.
| MI M Alt Y A. BLISAS )E— Valepictort.
! Song, (Meeting of the H aters) by M iSSCS
I M . Bledsoe and J. Black.
* Music, (Fairy Bell Polka) by Miss F.
Gordon.
Song, ( Quartette) Il>mz Again —by Mis
ses E. Lawson, 31. Bledsoe, J. Black,
! C. Porter anl M. Walker.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
j Music; (Farewell March—composed for the
occasion, and afedionatcJ y inscribed to
I the graduate :) by Prof. W. L. Hf.n'sle::,
Song, ( Regret) I wish thou vrert not going
by Misses E. Lawson, J. Black and V.
Porter.
We scarcely know how to express toft
exalted splendi 1 noble ao i graceful at-
Uinments of the graduating class. They
indeed attracted u fivers and admir t ion.
The character of their compositions whs
of the fnest and brightest order. And
the noble and generous sentiments which
pervaded them as a whole, were only
equalled by the modest gracefulness with
which they were delivered. Well may
the Patents and Friends of tht-su young
ladies as well as the noble Institution
whoso high honors th'v bear, bo proud
of them and rejoice at the happy and sue,
sessful termination of their Ci’legiate
courso. They go f >rth well qualified to
assume most useful stations in sicioty,
au 1 with their blight moral and religious
as well as Inlelkclunl attainments to
adorn and beautify any position in life,
they may be called to fid, happiness, and
honors, but blessings attend thorn and
may the juiro pi incudes of morality and
religion imbibed from their Alma mater re
main fixed and Indelible so long as hope
itself shall endure.
After degree? were confered the prin
cipal of the Institution Mr. 11. E. AI •■-
ror addressed the graduating class in a
very happy and appropriate manner.—
I'lie sentiment of this chaste and excel
lent must have a tendency to ad
vance s’.ili farther the already eminent
position of this most useful and deserving
Institution.
In closing this report we feel no ht-si
tntionwhat ever in iecumme .ding toe Gr.i
ftn Collegiate Seminary as one ot tiie
fi st and most worthy and conimeudatilc
Female In-Kitutions which tills country
allords, and in every way entitled to the
confidence and patronage of its friends
and the public generally.
A. A. GAUL DING,
J. C SIMMONS,
W. H. EVANS,
J. Q. A. ALFORD,
A. LUOKiN Kit,
W. W. WIGGINS,
R. W. McCUNE,
J. H. CAMPBELL,
A. G. MURRAY,
A. L. BORDERS,
Board of visitors.
GiifiinJuly llth, 1853.
The WliigConyetiUon ai ForsyJla.
If wo hoi? correctly, there were so in
cemie feats at thiso j.igrorn vial no nina
tioa, in the way of overboarding dcle
gvte?, a:i 1 fist voting. A couple of our
qaill bretiirea were certainly vastly mis
taken in themselves, or the texture of
the convention, an 1 roturne 1 home with a
. tuek in their spinal vertebrae, they couldhit
j shine. ‘Lhiey were n >t of the powers behin i
the throne. The suavilrc in mvlo aspirant
I from Macon, before he agiin strikes for
0-Ingressional honors will learn to lie
more discrete as to IPs re norals, an 1 the
General of the Wire grass, to make fewer
speeches for criminal defences in so high a
latitude, or they will a 1 ways be Trip pc V
But be cool gentlemen, you are still juve
nile, an l can survive sueh rebuff?, aid it
is infinitely better to h ive the dabs knock
ed out of you at a little miniature Conven
tion, than by the sovereigns on the first
Monday in October.
Fail a Snake friend Slakely;
Now the fact is, tlie publication is void
of truth; and we fear the author of the
article is no good friend to our Literary
Institutions. For more thin 2J years
LaGrange has been famous for her super
ior Institutions of Learning; and during
that timo upwards of 5000 students have
graduated ut her Schools.
We clip the above from the LaGrange P.o”
porter 5003 graduates in 20 years 230 grad
uates peranunm! This beats all cilur. Try
again Brother Blakely, there must he a
mistake in the figures, we dont now be
lieve the Fish story.
A reward of one hundred dollars is
offered by the LaGrange Reporter for any
community that can produce a better
percentage of health than Lagrange,
and fifty dollars to any person who will
show that less amount of sickness exits
in other schools thin tho.a of LaGrange
in propotion to the number of scholars,
I claim the reward for Griffin, and hope
the e l.tors will send over the amount to -
his Hon. Wm. R. Phil ips our worthy
mayor to ho appropriated by him to the
improvement of on; city. The Phy
sicians of LuGringe report 17 deaths from
the middle of April to tho last of Juno
thcro has not been one half the number
of deaths in this city, and not one single
death in any of our schools or colleges
this year. I will go a little further. In
a population of over thenty-five hundred
we have not had 17 death from the first
day of January last up to the present
time. Wti en brag again friend JJ,
to always except Griffin, T*
