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About The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1854)
FOREIGN NEWS. Three days later from Europe- On our first page “'ill be found n synop sis of the state of affairs in Europe, ns con nected with the war between Russia and Turkey, brought by the packet steamer Africa’/with Liverpool advices to the 28th nit. Since then the America has arrived, with three days later intelligence, from which we select’the. following items: Liverpool Cotton Market, —Since the departure of the Africa on the 28th, the Liverpool cotton market was slightly easier. The sales of cotton for the two days, ending on the 31st, were 11,003 bales. Breadstuff's were quiet, and prices Lad undergone no change since the depar ture of the Africa. Political I .vtkllig f.kck. —Despatches from Paris state that a great battle has lieen fought between the Russians and ‘Turks at Kalafat., on the 2Gth nit., in which the Turks were completely victori ous. The Turks have also retaken two islands in the lower Danube. The Turkish Con voy reached Batoum safely. Hostilities in Asia are to be immedi ately resumed. The London Times anticij ated nothing favorable from the Orloff mission. It is behoved that the Russian ministers, failing to obtain a declaration of neutrali ty, were withdrawn from London and Paris. The Times thinks that the four powers cannot want for fresh propositions from St. Petersburg. Still Latf.r.—'l he packet steamer Can ada has arrived at Halifax from Liver pool, having dates to the 4th inst., three days later than by the America. ‘The following items we draw from the despatch of the Savannah Evening Journal of the 18th inst: ‘The cotton Market at Liverpool remain es uncharged. Havre cotton murk it quiet. Baltimore Flour was worth about $9 30. Wheat had declined two shillings. The political news was very warlike.— The British Queen, in her speed* in Par iinient, on the 31st tilt., makes but slight mention of Russian and Turkish affairs, ! ut congratulates the country on its al liance with Franco. She recommends an increase of the army and navy. The departure of the Russian Minister?, from London and Paris was hourly ex pected. It is rep rted that the French and En glish Ministers had been recalled from St. Petersburg. France sends 80,030, England 10,000 men to Turkey. It is rumored that Austria and Prussia will cooperate with France and England Count Buot, of Vienna, has drawn out a declaration of neutrality, with a strong leaning towards the views of the western powers, giving the same to Count Orloff as a final answer. Count OrloiTs mission has, therefore, failed. The Czar’s proposals were to form a defensive league with all the German powers— and if the western powers attack ed any one thereof, Russia would make common cause with them, and would not concede any peace without consulting their interest. The German powers through Austria definitely refuse, and Russia is therefore isolated. The western powers are immediately to demand the evacuation of the Principali ties, and will comp* l it forthwith. The Russian Min'iter in London has paid his final formal visit to the foreign departments. It was reported, at the latest moment, that Austria and Prussia had declared for the western powers. It is now clearly ascertained that a great battle was fought at Kalafat on the 25th, in which the Turks are reported to have been victorious, although the Rus sians had 50,000 men engaged. Gortschakoff has been dismissed and orded to return to his estates,and General Shilder has been appointed in bis place. Fresh insurrections had occurred among the Walbchian peasantry. Austria has renewed her demand for the extradition of foreigners in the Turk ish service. The Persians are friendly again with Turkey. The financial statement of the French Ministry is favorable. The latest adv.ces state that Count Orloffhas arrived at Berlin, and that the Cabinet has been summoned to meet him. He goes to Vienna. Advices from St. Petersburg to the 20th ult. have decidedly a warlike tenor, and state that the Czar is resolved on extreme measures, unless the reply of France and England be favorable. The London Times says that the reply is couched in firm and decided terms. It is rumored that a collision has occur red in the Black Sea. Great excitement still exists in Scrvia. The whole of the Russian fleet left Seb astopol on the 11 th ult-, and sailed to wards Batomn. Prince Napoleon has been sent to Bel gium by the Empcfrorof France, to impress upon King Leopold the necessity of act ing fir uly with the allies of Turkey, in as much as Belgium cannot maintain a neu tral position without incurring the dis pleasure of France. The Prince will also visit various German Courts on a similar mission. At a council of the French Cabinet, held on the 33th ult., it was decided to send 80,0 )0 troops into Turkey. Count Orloff's mission to Vicuna was, it is said, for the purpose of asking permis sion for the Russian forces to pass through Hungary, and it is also reported that if the Count should tail to obtain the conseut, the Czar will visit Vienna in person The Count’s interview with the Emperor is stated to have been brief and unsatisfacto ry. Count OrlofT is dissatisfied with his re ception at Vienna, and it is farther report ed that Austria will regard the crossing the Danube by the Russians as equivalent to a declaration of war. There are rumors afloat—which, how ever, require confirmation—that a naval engagement had occurred in the Black Sea, in which the Russian fleet was de stroyed. The Turkish fleet has gone to Egypt forthepurpo.se of shipping 12,00) well trained troons. A!! th<* a!I:H -• luivr re'ttnrd to Bcyoos Bay, causing much astonishment. Tie temper of the Swedish people against Russia fs increasing. ‘I he latest accounts front Persia state that English influence predominates t here. Correspondence of the Washington GloV, Liverpool, January 25, 1554 I) rk clouds are gathering around the Eastern question, and it is not itriproba tile, before our next letter) we shall have intelligence of the commencement of ac tive hostilities between Russia and her ally against ll.e combined forces of En gland, France, and Turkey, to be suc ceeded by a junction of the Austrian Pow er with Russia. Ihe development of this question is precisely what I have previously suggested, and the result will also he in conformity with mv foreshad ow ing, namely, a long and difficult war, in which fiesh assistance w 11 gradually fall to the side of Russia; because every day discloses some ne w f ict of the tioai.ci I and commercial poverty of the. Fieich Government; and therefore an alliance with it is s tar dangerous that some vio lent imminent might renew the same disorders and the sen e sudden changes which appear to occur regularly every feur or five years. Our junction w ith Fiance lias iliettfuro, doubtless, been I m ire from necessity than choice with our ■> Ministry, who have beep compelled to adopt ill's course from the puteid© prei su'e. In estimating the power of ot r cue: y in the coming struggl ■, 1 must again re peat iny conviction that Persia at this moment has a treaty cih nsive and defen sive with Russia, notwithstanding the rcj cated assurance by the English press that our consul is reinstated at the (Joint of Telman, and that the previous inter ruption to official intercourse is amicably adjusteJ. From tfie knowledge of that country, I have previously expressed a complete disbelief of this peaceful settle ment, although appear ing in the ministe rial prints, and the Borsen ilallc, publish ed in Hamburg, of the IS'.h inst. confirms me in this disbelief. Tabs journal gives t'.e su! stance, which I translate, of a let ter dated Beyroo', 233 December, at.d by t the reasons for certain latge military preparations going f.r.var l there am in consequence of important news from Per ia, by way of Daii.a.-cus and Bagdad, to the ttftcl that tire Shah was drawing to gether three armies, one in Azerderda chari, to or crate in Georgia, in combina tion with a Russian corps under P.iuce Wirar.zow; the second is to advance to the western boundaries, opposite Bag tad, m order to attack the Turkish iVshaiik, and tire third would have a position on the coast of the Persian Gulf, to oppose the landing of Englishmen. Reacted Pasha, the Governor of the Tui kis!) province I: t.k-e'-Ai alia, whose capital is Bigdad, has scctely mule the most extensive preparations in order to meet the expected attack from (he Sadi of Persia, yet lie is deficient in regular tr< Ops and arlitleiy, whilst the Nej.un ot the Persian Government has been assisted since 1850 by Austrian officers. Persia w ill, no thiubt, j lay a most itn poilant pait in the coming struggle.— By lor remote posi ion she can suffer little from the attacks of England and France, t xcept in the Persian Gulf. She cau dtaw from various tr lies ex sting throughout her il irninions, though not skirled, large, courageous, and active army. Ti e san e feeling which makes the Turk si gcod&oldier, teligious fanati cism, operates equiliy upon .lie Persian; and as there is quite as wide a schism between these two in religious distinction as between the Calln 1 c and Protestant, the con lit cl will not lose a - y ofils fierce hostility when it begins. The last telegraphic despatch announ ces the air.val ot a courier from S’. Pe teisbu g with instiunions, so it is staled, for the ambassador instantly to lea/e upon the reply of our Minister announcing support in die Black Bea of Turkish ves sels. Markets with prices calculated at the present rate ot exchange, IjO Cofn Market. — With an unexampled : arrival into Liverpool of 150,b00 barrels i of flour, and G6,i)<jo quarters of w heat, during the past week, prices nrght have suffered an important fall if the market had not been firmly supported by the various wants of this country. Ihe principal feature in this market, as well as i in other markets, is a great demand for ! wheat by millers from remote districts, in j order to supply their immediate localities with flour; so much is this the fact, that wheat is much dearer in proportion than flour; but as the farmers arc bringing u much diminished quantity of wheat, to mar ket, the millers are obliged to buy in the various ports. lie deliveries from fann ers for the past week are 00,000 quarters against 111,000 quarters last year; and as the returns are only from some fifteen market towns, the deficiency throughout the country must be much greater. The stocks in this po: t, not withstanding the recent arrivals, are con siderably less than they were three months ago; ancl with tnc probable stoppage of our supplies from the northern ports of! Europe, the tendency must be a further diminution in stocks. Under these circumstances it is useless to discuss the question of next harvest, as there is a positive scarcity before us. To day, flour, Philadelphia and Baltimore, is quoted at $11; western canal $lO 9J; wheat, 70 lbs. Genessee, $3 17; Ohio, and other sorts, $3 12 Indian corn, 480 lbs., sl2 37. In France the breadstuff's, after a temporary depression, arc tending up wards, and sack Hour, first prime quality, is now 107 r". per 15/kilogrammes, (S2O 70 per 345 lbs.;J and although the arrivals at Havre were very large, from Ist to 15th January not less than 42,000 qrs. wheat, and 05,9 )8 bbls of flour, prices had advanced 4f. 1 he cotton market is probably affected by political events, and to day is very heavy, with prices tending downwards, anl sales not over 3,000 bales. The Manchester market, is by no means satis factory; and in some description of yarns there is a fall lc. per lb., from the previ ous week. No doubt unless political mat ters assume a totally different aspect, there will be a serious fall in cotton, as well as in the manufactured article. This demin ished demand for goods applies with great er force to French mannfacturies. By Parisian accounts, there appears a total absence of orders, and the position of man ufactories, as well as workpeople, is daily getting worse. With an increased rate of interest to five Jcr cent., just establish ed by the Bank of France, we apprehend verv bad resnlt? shortly. The latest Foreign InteUi-i gence. J Ihe Baltic steamer arrived .it Now i fork on the 20lk bringing dales from L.- i varpool to the” Bth i\%\ ‘ Oott-ou market firm, but .no change. ‘ The political news was war, and no-j thing but war. ff'he Savannah Courier j says—l he < zur’s last proposition has j been rejected. Negotiations are broken j off. The Russian Ministers have hit Lon don atul Paris. The English and French .Ministers have been recalled from St. , Petersburg. Count OrlotPs nTssion has tailed England and France are openly 1 preparing for war. Several ( una <1 . {ea rners have been taken By the British Gov ernment, to carry troops to the -cat of war. The Allied Flecks are at Beyoes Bay. The Russian fleets is consent,rated at Kaff'u. Omar Persha has crossed tiie Danube with 53,030 irrtops. GRIFFIN. FEBRUARY 23 IG3I | PdOBKEi LS'GS OF COUR iL. The metier of the last meet'ng of the City Council occupies so much space, and was received at so late an hour, we have been obliged to postpone it till next week. I ‘ We return our ti tanks to lion. W. B. \V. Dent for valuable documents trans mitted to us from Washington l ily. Mo rey! Money !! Money I! 1 I We shall be at Meriwether Superior j Court, Providence willing, on Monday next, and at the Spring Courts of Coweta , : Fayette, Butty, Henry, Pike and Epson , Our object will he to collect mo -ey due us, I and obtain new subscriptions and other 1 business. None need font’ of interrupting us, but as sooa as seen we trest they wifi j walk up boldly, if they owe us, and de mand their accounts for settlement. Our patrons frequently know us when we do not know them, and a self-introduction will j not be considered an intrusion We have , found, in attending Courts to ra ik i codec- I lions, the greatest difficulty was to find the persons indebted to us. Wm. J Josskv, Esq. was elected Alder man on Monday last, in place of Mr. John J. Lovejoy, resigned. Cotton. The uncertainty of European affairs, and the great, probability of a sanguinary if not a long struggle, in which most of the European powers will be engaged, has a bad effect npo i the price of Cotton. It requires a good article in this market to command 8 1-2 cents notv. It is we'l known that our market is governed by those at the north, as these again by those in Europe. A late New York Express says, —“Oar conviction that a long, bloody war is inev itable, an all along expressed to you after the first gun was fired, grows stronger dai ly, and is beginning to exercise a baneful inftnencc o:r Cotton, which must continue to decline, perhaps considerably. The r ties on tiie {lags are smaller and smaller, still much is going ex ship into the interi or. The new crop is pressed for sale be fore half landed, and is 1-81 to 3-lGth down since Friday ” For a day or two past the market Ims been looking up in Griffin. ‘Flint Fista. We know it is not an indication of the best breeding lo be boasting of your din ner after it ias been demolished. But some things ere so good you cannot help talking about them. Mr. Joseph Sherrill, opposite the Depot in Griffin, lias made arrangements for a constant and rcgul r supply of fresh fish from the Tennosssee river, to be brought down by the cars, air.l last week invited us to step up mid partake. We found an excellent and de licious fresh water Drum served up, as sound as if it had just been taken from the water. Wo need hardly say wo made a hearty dinner ofi of it. Mr. .S. informs us he will keep them constantly o:i hand du ring the season. Saddles and Harness. We have heretofore made a boast of the fine Saddle and Harness establishments in this city. Wc call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Jas. L Jouxson. We have looked over his assortment, and find it very complete, and of all qualities from the most elegant to p’ain. Some of his Saddles are got up in, the finest style, ai l are well workny of examination. The .Legislature. This body adjourned on Friday last, after disposing of all the business of any consequence which had been brought be fore them. We expected to receive a list of the most prominent acts for to-days paper, but have been disappointed. We copy, from the Macon Telegraph, the close of the proceedings, and will furnish a list of the acts next week. New Counties Tie following new counties have been made by the late legislature: Catoosa, from Walker and Whitfield. Calhoun, from Baker and Early. Clay, from Randolph and Early. Chattahoochee, lroin Muscogee and Ma rion. Coffee, from Telfair, Irwin, Clinch and Ware. Dougherty, from Baker. Fannin, from Union and Gilmer. Fulton, from Dekalb. Hart, from Elbert anrl Franklin. Charlton, from Camden. Kiuchnfoonc, from Stewart. Dickons, from Gilmer and Cherokee. W’uMli. frontJ)oo!j: and Irwin. Ft hit and Coweta Circuits- The following arc the times of holding the Spring Superior Courts of the Flint and Coweta Circuits: ’ ‘ FLINT CIRCUIT. lion. James 11. Stark, Judge. Joskpiy A. Thrasher, Esq. Solicitor. Monroe, 4th Monday in February. Butts, 21 Mondiy in March. Newton, 4th Monday do Pike, Ist Monday in April. Henry, 3 l Monday do. Upson, Ist Monday in May. Spalding, 31 Monday do. ‘.-sT’Tlie Courts in this Circuit are held this year without change of time from last, except Newton, which is changed from the 31 to The 4th Monday in March. * 4 : COWETA CIiiCUIT. Ho t. Obf.diah Warner, Judge. L E. Bleckley, Esq. Solicitor. Meriwether, 4th Monday in February. Coweta, Ist Monday in March. Fayette, 3d-Monday do. Fuiton, Ist Monday in April. Dclvalb, 4th Monday do. Heard. Ist Monday in May. Troup, 31 Monday do. Carroll, 2d Monday in June. j£6sf*Cnrrcll county lias been taken from tiie Biuo Ridge Circuit and added to the Coweta Circuit. ‘fi'he Plants. Road Case The Supreme Court, now in suasion in Macon, has, we uriders.ami, brought tins long delayed ca-=e to a final close The case was brought by the Justices of the Inferior C uirt of Pike county v*. I he Gnmu and \V est Pmiit Plank R itvl Company, and had for is obi* ci a perpet ual Injunction against tli<* Company’s oe copying portions < f the Flat Sima! road with their p! ink road. The right to occupy'tl.fTpublic tool had been a war 1- td to them by aibitrators appointed un d- r It,c charter, sod ihe bit! sought to set aside (hi. ’wards of the arbitrators for fraud. At mC. April term of Pdso Su perior Court the . ’se waa tried before a jury, who sou id in v ‘->r of the rom panv. T’ 1:e cose was fttveu up to ths Supreme Court on thitny-six , “'inis of error, as ve understand, aile-iged to ..'VO been committed by his honor, Judge Sauk, in th.i course of the trial and in his charge to the j i: v. Uie Supreme Court, aftet a pitie -t and laborious invtS igntion of tiie whole matter, oecu ‘ring t.vo days, delivered their opinion on Friday morning lastj holding that the C/rcu't hid ncUd correctly on oil t'is jinn's before them. — Perhaps a more striking decision lias never before been nude in tills State.— It has established for Judge Stark a high character i'ur legal learning, and a just and fearless administration of the law. i he-e has been a great deal of censure and personal abuse heaped upon the friends of the PUnk Ilo;ul, as well as Judge Stark, who with tie President of the Com pany, Judge Reid, came in ffr their full share. Every Court at which there has been a hearing has sustained the Pia.nk Road Company and declared there oppo nents in the wrong; and we hope they wall now be convinced that they were wrong. Thus ends, we trust forever, this profit less and unpleasant course of litigation.— The Circuit Court ot the United S fttes and the Supreme Court of Georgia have both sustained the decisions of Judge Static, arid we look to the termination of these suits as the harbinger of a letter state of feeling amongst those who ought al ways to have been friends. The hest tliinjj yet. j Gen. Jackson, it was said by the Whigs of his day, did not know how to spell hi s ! own name, but spelt it Jockson; and wc ; can bear them testimony that we have seen it a number of times so written; but < then we tl;might it was just a way the old gentleman had, and we knew that the Whigs loved to tell stories on him. Some desperate splurges too have been made by these same old coons at Mr. Pierce and his Cabinet, but none, as far as we recol lect, which can beat the following. Mr. Pierce, wc have always understood, had re ceived a collegiate education; certain it if, at least, that the Whigs have again ,nd a gain stated that he ins father how to spell “but,” he (the President) was a lad, To say nothing of the Pressi there is Mr. Attorney General Cush ing, one of the best linguists of the coun try, a walking polyglot, whether of the living or dead tongues; and we have never heard any thing else than that all the oth er members of the Cabinet were proficient scholars - not until now. In the face of all this, we read the following in a late Whig paper: It is said that Bedini’s difficulty in this country all arose from the fact that his credentials and letters from the Pope and Cardinal Antenelli were in Latin, and no one in the. Cabinet could read them. Now ii its quite probable that no one in the Cabinet put himself to much trouble to understand them, but as to not being able to read them, that is all fudge. Cheap Daguerreotypes. —When in Philadelphia, lust summer, we saw a iium lur of Daguerreotype likenesses which were lakcn for thirty-seven and a half and fifty cents, and one set of five children which were taken an 1 framed all for one dollar end fifty cents, or thirty cents a piece. We thought that was cheap e nough for the most thrifty, but we see pri ces are still declining, and in Boston the may now lie had at twelve au'J a hal t uerdi. Complimentary. At the close of the late sess'oa of the Legislature, the Clerks of the Engrossing Department of the House of Representa tives presented one of their associates, Thomas W. J. Hum, Esq. of Decatur, De- Kalb county, with a handsome Walking Cane, in testimony of their appreciation of his attentive and gentlemanly deportment towards them during the session. In making this presentment, so honora ble to both donora aal receiver, 11. J. Merrill, Esq. of Carrollton, was called to the Chair, and on presenting the donation made the following remarks: Brother Hill — I have the honor, in the name of a por tion of your fellow-clerks of the Engross ing Department, of presenting you with this cane, in testimony of our regard for your polite, courteous, and gentlemanly deportment towards us during the present session of the Legislature, and while en gaged as a co laborer with us ‘1 here is nothing, sir, which could have afforded me more pleasure than to be the instrument of presenting the same to one so deserving. By your kindness of heart, honesty of pur pose, and polite and social intercourse with those by whom yon have been sur rounded during the present session, you have made many warm and devoted friends. And may those iucstiiniblc qualities of which you are so eminently characteristic, be the means of securing you the goodwill of all your acquaintances. And with my best wishes for your prosperity and happi ness through life, let me ask you to ac cept the same. To which Mr. Hill made the following reply: Gentlemen of the Engrossing flep'irhnnit — During our short acquaintance, the ap probation of my conduct which you this evening manifest towards me, is to me a source of consolation better felt than I can express. It is always a pleasing reflec tioa to have the esteem of friends, but more particularly of those with whom we have immediate intercourse. Although we have fora short period been thrown together from different parts of the Stale, the most of us strangers to each other; yet 1 trust that the cord of friendship which now binds oar hearts together, may never be severed. The valuable present as a token of your regard, which you have thought proper this evening to present to me, is with plea sure accepted; and though wc may never meet together again, 1 trust that the same gentlemanly and upright conduct which has characterized you here during our in tercourse, may attend you through life. YTiti: my best wishes, both individually and for your future prosperity and happiness r kid yon farewell. Cassville Stanclu ‘"l and Atlanta Inlelli g*:.ar, pleaso copy. Nebraska. The extent and importance of the terri tory proposed to be embraced in this new territorial organization, is described in the abolition address, lately published by Chase, Sunnier, Wade and others, as fol lows The proposed territory of Kansas, we pre-ume, is embraced in the same lines. “From the southwestern corner of Mis souri pursue the parallel of 30 deg 30’ North latitude, westward }’ across the Ar kansas, acro-s the North fork of Canadian, to northeastern angle of Texas; then fol low the northeastern boundary of 1 ex.is to the western limit of New Mexico; then proceed along that western line to its northern termination; the i again turn westwardly, and follow the northern line of New Mexico to the Rocky Mountains; then ascend northwardly along the crest of that mountain range to the line which separates the United States from the Bri tish Possessions in North America, on the 49th parallel of North latitude; then pur sue your course eastwurdly along tint line to the White Earth river, widen falls into the Missouri from the north; descend that river to its confluence with the Mis souri; descend the Missouri, along the western boundary of Minesoia, of lowa, of Missouri, to tiie point where it ceases to be a boundary line, and enters the Mate to which it gives its name; then continue your southward course along the western limit of the fc>t tie to the po at from which you set out. Tou have now made the cir cuit of the proposed Territory of Nebras ka. You have traversed the vast distance of more than three thousand miles. You have traced the outline of an area of four hundred and eighty-five thousand square miles; more than twelve times as large as that of Ohio. This immense region, occupying the very heart of the North American'Conti nent, and larger, by thirty ; nr ec thousand miles, than all the Existing Free States, excluding Cb’domic—this immeuse region, ’"ell y;titered and fertile, through which the middle and northern routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific must pass—this immense region, embracing all the unor ganized territory of the nation, except the campavativcly insignificant district of In dian territory north of Kcd River and be tween Arkansas and Texas, is the subject matter of the bill now pending before Con gress. Captain Gunnison. —It will be recol lected that the celebrated explorer of the North Western Wilds, Capt Gunnison, was lately murdered iu the Utah territory, near bait Lake, vviih all but two of the entire party who accompanied him. In a postscript lo the Salt Lake News of the 12th of November, it is stated that Ihe note books of the party, and all the in struments used by them, except the odom eter, had been recovered from the Indians. They were given up voluntarily. Every Indian concerned in the massacre was known After the murder Walker and his baud fought one another, and split up and Walker lias go .e to the Navajocs. Steam collision. On the night of the 13th inst. a3 the steamboat Magnolia was passing down the Alabama river and the Weiumka up, they ran afoul of each o*> ther about 10 o’clock, by which the latter was so seriously damaged that she su..k immediately, with all on hoard. Two or three lives were lost, the others escaped loshoie. Tne boat and loading is n total loss. The accident happened neai C mis’ Bluffi Santa Anna is said to be fitting out a command of 1,500 Then to march against/ the fillihuitejs iu. S itiora. ; pur tii J. th rsoman. SABBATH READING “At the annual session of our Grand Lodge in May last, a committee was ap pointed by that body to petition to the Le gislature to have our Grand Lodge incor porated. ‘That petition was presented to the Legislature by Mr. Collier, Senator from DeKalb, and after being opposed by the Reverend (?) Mr. Moseley, of Spalding county, in two or three speeches, the peti tion was granted, and our Grand Lodge and Subordinate Lodges arc now incorpo rated bodies. “We hope all Knights of Jericho will re member the Rev. gentlemen, and never permit him to go unscathed when an op portunity may present itself. We would like to know what were the Reverend gen tleman’s objections to incorporating our Grand Lodge. We can see no reason, ex cept that he is opposed to every thing good that may emanate from Temperance institutions; or, if not, his innate desire to render himself popular (?) by making himself as odious as possible to friends of temperance and virtue. Just think of such a man preaching repentance and for giveness to sinners! lie might as well try to teach mathematics to monkeys, as to make people who are disposed or incli i ned to better feelings and better manners, listen to him with any sort of complai 'fiance. “We shall, hereafter, call him Old Bill Moseley, instead of the Rev. Mr. Moseley -because we think it a desecration of the ho'v title!” Cairns’, Sabbath morning. ) 19th February, 13.34. \ 3Lij r Clive , Du.vn Si a: —The above extract is taken from the “ Knights of Jericho ” printed and published in Atlanta. Is this- a true specimen of their temperance? Does this verify, to those they wish to reform, the truth of their motto, “’Faith, Jhpe, Chiri tyV’ This is the language used, of Rev. Wm. Moseley, a man, however he may err in judgment, is known by all acquaint ed with him, to act and speak, both in his private and public character, from the most pure and conscientious motives. He is too independent and fearless to do oth erwise. In the last Legislature, he has proved himself to be one of the most intelli gent., active, vigilant and us ful members, always in his seat, never failing to attend to the duties of a Representative of hi-■ county and his State. Yet this man is to be “scathed on every opportunity by the Knig >ts of Jericho!” Is it in this way they expect men to be induced to enter their honorable order of knighthood?— Pursue such a course, and their walls will meet with the same fate of their ancient prototype, which fell under the curse of Heaven as a heathen place, by the blasts of rams’ horns. All efforts to reform and ! ring-back wanderers to the paths of wis dom aivl virtue, arc laudable; but abuse will never be followed by such happy re sults, nor will acrimony produce them.- Thcrc arc more souls damned, by the scorn and haughtiness and orer-righteonsiiess of professing Christians, than directly by s;n Sinners stand afar off and look at thud* behavior, in resentment at their pride, •"•-' q ecution and vituperation. A sinner never v.v'* converted, nor a backsli der brought bad',. > insult, evil speaking or neglect. .Volomoi,, m his w Join, tells us, the righteous man fulitd.b times, yet he shall be lifted up again; and LA v, d was forever praying that his feet night be out of fcbe mire ah<l planted; on a rock. ‘1 his is done by grace, charity and mercy—not by execration, or personal vilification If you wish to keep a man, especially if he is known to be endued with generous feelings, forever a drunkard, forever abuse him. If you wish to keep a sinner old or young out of the church, for ever abuse and pass him by, with an eye askance, a countenance averse and a look contemptuous. Jesus of Nazareth did not do so. He reproved the Pharisee, but sat with, pitied, and called to repentance, the poor sinner. He invited all to come to him, for he would turn none away. He did not “scathe every opportunity” only the haughty, the proud, ami the hypocritic. He condemned sin, but did not abuse the sinner, the workmanship of his own hands, before his incarnation. He honored men’s persons, by assuming that form while on earth, because man was made in the image of God; when lie might h ive assumed any other, angelic or spiritual, iu his Messiahship. To-day, in his morning discourse on Ist Cor. Bth chap. 13th vcr. the Pastur of the Presbyterian church of this place, deliver cd the ablest, best and mest eloquent and demonstrative temperance lecture I ever listened to. lie clearly oxhiVued the true principle, lie 50 thoroughly convinced me, that \ ruaoived never to use ardent spirits “while the world stands.” lie , “scathed” nobody, told no drunken an ecdotes, but planted the principle on the highest grounds of moral and Christian duty Yet it is to be feared it can never be carried out in our country, until the . National and State governments, with the consent of the people, prohibit by penal statute, the importation and manufacture of the article as one of commerce and traf fic, within their respective bounds and ju risdictions. Secret societies have but little influence; at least, only for a few years. They spring up, die out and pass away, as experience proves. None have endmed the “experimentum cruciC of time and persecution, except that of the Ma sonic fraternity. Temperance is a matter of public morals, not of secret combina tions, and must show itself in open day as Christianity docs, to the whole world. F. 1). C. For the Jeff.-Muiiian. ! Job Slocum, Esq again- Well now, look at that darned printer! Did you ever; only think of it now! He has gone again, and put .lob's name i.i print again! Not only Job’s, but me and all the family, every skin and hoof of ns, and made fools of ns all. Idoin my very soul, wish there was nary printer in these diggens. Boforc he came, wo all got a long quietly—none was better nor anoth er. Now every one wants to be thought better nor his neighbor. Every one blows his own horn, and makes that printer his trumpet. Well, darn blast me, if I don't blow too, if I should crack, split and burst for it, at both eends of me. I’m detai min’d to have company euough in our printed greatness. I horeforc, by virtue of my authority, as Job says in his sum monses, 1 now nominate for Mayor and Aldermen, every man in town, and be done with any more nominations. So ma ny nominations by this and that one, this and that meeting, are all in my eye, Bet t.y Martin: Mis rcolioklous; makes Grifiin ** * ‘ I look foolish’ 1 hu>*£ hoarn of nnnin’ ft thing into the ground, but this is worser it is runnin’ it into a 51 £7,1 c. If the candi dates now nominated will come down, my univarsal ticket will embrace the whole of ’em, and give all an equal chance. Some of my ticket will be ’bleeged to be ’lected, if they don’t all vote every man for hisself, and perhaps my Job will be one on ’em. I have beam say, there is luck for a lousy calf, and Job’s lousy enough goodness knows. That was an honest person, a very scarce article, who signed himself, Pro Bono Publico. 1 like him and what he said. One in a hundred would not have the independence to make the honest confession lie did. *ll’ i understand Ha sig nature and there is any certainty in Latin, pro bona publico, it means his ticket goes for picking the public’s bones. But my univarsal ticket is better nor lus. ll goes for crushing and swallowing the flesh, blood and bones, in’ards and all, cf the public, without any marcy at all. Mem: That old lady in Besting enquires why they don’t elect horses as well as marcs for the government oi the towns and c.ties? Well, here goes. Hurra for Job .Slocum, Esq for Mayor of Griffin! Now I v,ilL give you a song on the success of Job. Job Slo'mu Cos Jt'cd Di'iy Hrovve, fo!-ro!- tr;-rlil'ilt: Ic-I'jL The prcuiesl sc in a l our town, !o!-i'jI- >t-!erol. And tie fates preserved onr lev'* thread, tot rol— ic id Klie-01-ilo-rol. U ili! -.ve did got nwr-n-ed, tu’-r.jl-du-n 1 lle-ai-.l - >! i-i Very goal song and very well sung. Your sarvant, Sir, DOLLY SLOCUM. The Gatßica Treaty l*r ivishi n Washington, Feb. 13. The following are the principal provisions of the Gads den treaty, now before the Senate: Ist. the new boundary commences two marine league i north of the mouth of the Colorado, giving us no access to the Gulf of California, and goes between laid tude thirty one and thirty two to the one hundred an l derenth degree :>f longitude west of Greenwich. 2d. 11 abrogates the If tit article < f the treaty of Gandalupc Hidalgo and cancels ail claims of Mexican citizens under that article to date of ratification. | 1 Iris is the section which guarantees the protec tion of the frontier of Mexico from Indian hostilities, under which it is said the Mexi cans have already set inn claims against this government to the amount of twenty millions of dollars ] 3d. The United States pay fifteen mis sions of dollars in monthly instalments of three millions each—the first pay able on ratifying the treaty. 4th. Reserves live millions for claims of American citizens in Mexico, including the Gary Grant. sth. Both governments agree to put . down Filibustering, and pursue the Fili busters with army and navy into the other’s territory. 6th. Agrees to refund goods and chat tels stolen by Indians from, the cl i/or. >f other’s country, The President amends No i> by >.r khtg out the pursuit by land and sea into the , other’s territory, and he amends No 4 by not mentioning any particular claim. ‘The amendments are very import mi. The treaty wili be ratified in its new form. i .. _ Storms r.t Sea. By aecou its received recently from the European eoist of the Atlantic, we infer that the storms about the 2lt it of Decem ber last, an 1 from that oi till the mid lie of January, were as severe there ason this side or on the ocean. A letter ad Ire-set to the Charleston Mercury, bearing date at London, Jau. 10th, states as follows: List week we had the heaviest snow storm that we have experienced for many years. Several railroids hid to stop run ning the trains in consequence, and m the coast the damage done to shipping has been terrible, owing to the snow having, been attended by a violent gab. Upwards of fifty vesse’s have been driven ashore on the eastern coast, and most cf the crews have perished. A large foreign vesse was wrecked in the British Channel, and ail on board sunk with her. Not even the name of the ship is yet asccrt fined though from portions of the wreck washed ashore, she is supposed to have been of Dutch build- A f>r*a<2ful Occureacc About a week since the dwelling of MY. James Harvey, of Bulloch county, was consumed by fire, together with his wife and infant, only three years old. Mr li. had gore out to work in one of his fields after breakfast, leaving h s wife and child in bed, and after he had been gone for some time, looking in the direction of ins house he saw it enveloped in flames. Hur rying to the rescue of his little family, lie discovered neither sign nor sound of them. A few charred bones of the wife were the only sad evidence of the melancholy fate of herself and child. It is supposed that, after Mr 11. left the house, a log or stick rolled from the fire to the floor, thus set ting fire to the house, and that Mrs 11. being asleep became suffocated with the smoke and was thus unable to escape her dreadful death. —-Savannah Heirs. Ex-President Fillmore, we see it sv ted, is about to be married to an only daughter of a gallant U. S. Officer deceas ed, and a lady of rare talents, superior accomplishments and large fortune. The lady is said to be Miss Elizabeth Porter, of Niagara Falls, only daughter of the late Genera! Peter B. Porter, a hero of the war of 1812, and secretary of war un der John Q. Adams. Arrest of tie supposed .Hurds?revs of Jidui S Blount Two men calling themselves John Mo ran and John Ford, alias Divine, with the murder of John S. Blount, an account of which was published in the News of the 7th inst, were arrested on board the Stale of Georgia, on her late arrival at Philadelphia, bv officers Wood and Morrell of that city; < apt-. E M Pendcrgast.,’ of this city, having instruct; and them by telegraph to make the crest Through the indefatigable cxi rtious of oik fleers Prouder gust and Wiring ihi-.Ji, ‘the latter of whom bids fair to rival the character of the celebrated Jack li-*ys in his profession) to ferret out the perpetra tors of this terrible deed, sufficient evi dence was produced before the Grand Ju ry to warrant that body in- finding a true bill against the accused.and. justify their arrest.— Sav. Xnrs,
