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About The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1854)
THE CROPS, This being the first week in September, the time has arrived when a pretty fair estimate of the crop of corn and cotton may be made for the year. In Griffin and its vicinity, taking the season altogether, it has been hot and drv; the rains have been quite partial,- affording pretty fair seasons in some pla ces, when, perhaps not a mile distant the rain has been so scarce and the season so dry as to afford hut limited vegetation.— It is useless now to cry *‘short crop t} or “long crop” The cotton buyer investi gates and examines for himself, and a genta are annually sent from Liverpool nnd New York to perambulate the cotton growing States. There may be a dozen or more al. eady at the South, for aught we know; if there are not now, there will be shortly. A newspaper paragraph has mo effect on the cotton market now. We slate then, that in this section the corn crop will be sufficient, but not much to .-parr, the crop being below a medium average. Owing to the drought and ex treme heat, cotton has matured earlier than usual—the stalk is small, the bolls ■*re small, and the staple shorter than common. The farmers are already [dik ing out rapidly, and a hand cnn do a fait day’s work. But the crop will not av erage more than two thirds, unless the season should be extended later than usual, and more bolls come to maturity late in the season than is common. In the South Western counties of this State the rains have been more abundant, and the corn and cotton crops both are consequently better. In the Cherokee counties they have been drier than in middle Georgia. Their corn will be short and their cotton shorl- A late Columbus Times and Sentinel ■;> >nounces as the universal opinion, that . o cotton crop wiil be cut off fully one t.urth in Georgia and Alabama. The recent drought, succeeded as it was by’ i.eavy rains, caused the forms to shed as tonishingly, and was followed by rust in i.any places. In Barbour county, Ala the average yield upon the best lands is .->et down at 500 Weight per acre. This is ~ falling off of one half. “There will be barely corn enough made to meet press ing wants. ‘1 here will scarcely be a bushel surplus. The late corn was en t .eiv ruined by the drought. It struck •t m the tassel and made a clear sweep.” A correspondent of the Mobile Adver tiser, under date of Montgomery, 21st Angus*, says:—“l he cotton crops from Atlanta and Columbus to this place are . o better than in other parts of Georgia, i have never seen so poor a prospect for cotton as it is now certain will be made in ibis portiou of Alabama on the same land; still the early corn is good, if not better than usual. I learn from a triend just on fiotn New York, that the cotton crop across South Carolina Railroad via Columbia, is good for the lands, but thinks the Georgia and Alabama crop is not worth picking, and says that every plan ter would make more to take his laborers to Louisiana and Mississippi and pick out oa shares, and I have no doubt of the truth of his remark. Rumor says North Georgia will have no corn to sell this year and scarcity there is feared. I find here several friends who have been travelling over Georgia and Tennessee, and they report the crop of cotton poor everywhere, and the corn iu the latter State east of the mountains poorer than ever before known. Many planters east of this say their trash gang can more than save thir crops. I learn that crops near Marion and Selma are better, but beyond Marion and across to the Tombigby river, the drought has proved as ruinous as in Georgia, with inferior com crops also. The report I have from the country, from Enterprise, Miss., up to Pontotoc, is that the rains have been good until recently; in places there is some suffering from drought, but ci* the w hole, the cotton crop in that sec tion is promising. I shall in a few days cross over to the Bigby valley and see all the prairie crops in that section, and will write you my views on personal exami nation. I know all the crops of that re- | gion are later than usual by say three’ weeji s , and unless the fall is propitious, I do not expect as heavy a crop of cotton as is expected from the newspaper ac counts. Private letters received here are not as favorable to the crop of East Mis sissippi as are newspapers and general rumors.” Ts at is a “short crop ” man evidently, and although his statement, in the main, may he true, it should bo taken with ma ny grains of allowance. The Drought in Kentucky.— The Louisville Courier is in receipt of the most diftres.dng accounts from all parts of Kentucky with reference to the terrible drought that has prevailed. In Marion county hundreds of acres have not a shoot us corn on them, and people are cutting the stall; to feed their cattle. Stock is worthieis, and mule colts cannot be cash to ui S2O. Tobacco is not yet above’ the cl ids, and the small timber is d_y ing : Bourbon the corn crop will not be halt * average, and the intluence of the fail ure is already felt in the depreciated val ue of oil kinds of stocks. In Pulaski county there will be very little corn, and meal is now selling at $1 per bushel at •tua country mills. i rue Condition of Crops in Tennes see.—The Chattanooga Advertiser, cays: —From reliable sources we learn that the crop in upper East Tennessee, on a bounds of Kentucky, will fall far be tuv/ uha if yield. Instead of raising a ; surplus some farmers will not have ough for home consumption, and some ‘■•ole sections hitherto sure for good I will utterly fail. We speak Urusi authority, having conversed with .'m semen who have just returned from <v. .section, and we nave it from letters 1 --.tly r eeived. In our own vicinity we .-annul expect to have anything like a •.mum yield, tho rains came too late, i.j ! yet on our bottom lands along the .;ver where tne drought couldt not so ma terially affect the development of the grain we iudulge the hope of a tolerable fair crop. ‘i ns Corn Crop.— The Athens (Tenn) Post of the 25ih inst., says:—l he late rams have brought out the corn consider aoly, aud although the crop will not l e an average one, yet the yield will be pretty fair. I he Crops in Alabama.— The Greens boro’ Beacon of the 18th says, that the weather has been very warm there and dry. Not enough rain has fallen in the town to wet the ground two inches deep Miibe the Sth of J uly. “ The crops,” ii | says, “are burnt up, almost, except ear ly corn, which was made before the dry spell commenced.” The Claiborne Southerner of the 10th says: “Our exchanges from the most parts of the State, bring us unfavorable accounts of the crops, caused bv drought. In this country there are similar com plaints, and crops have sustained serious injury from want of rain, especially in the upper portions of it. Copious show ers fell here on Thursday evening, but we fear too late to benefit a great deal of the cotton, even if they were general.” The Camden (Wilcox) Republican of the 19th says: ‘‘The Spring was an unusually late one, cotton and corn both being killed by frost on the 18th of April. After that time, however, we had good growing weather, with very flattering prospects, until the middle of July, at which time a severe drought set in that caused the sandy lands to shed off everything except a few,grown bolls. The rust has also attacked every weak spot, so that between the two evils the probable yield has been materially cut off from what was promised one month ago. Even the bottom lands *\ hich generally do best in dry weather have suffered from th t sudden change, and, wi.h but few exceptions, we hear of no one having the prospect of a full crop. We have had some fine rains late ly, but they will do no good in old lands, iu fact will be a positive injury. In some parts of the country the yield will, in any event, fall short of that of last year, while in odier and fresher lands we learn that the propcot is good for an increase. From present appearances vve think we can safe'y say, that the cotton crop will be barely equal to that of last year, al though it is uncertain, and in a snort time vve may be compelled to modify our opinion. Many planters are now suffer ing seriously in their low lands from the effects of the heavy showers which vve now have.” In some sections of the county a super abundance of corn has been made. THE JEBPERSONIAN. GRIFFIN. SEPT. 7, 1354 ... .. . . - - —t. Ordinary or Pike Covnty. We understand Dr. Joseph C. Beck ham was elected Ordinary of Pike county, on Tuesday last, in place of Wiley 0. Mau gham, ‘resigned. We regret to state that Berrien B. M. Burroughs, Esq., Col. Samuel W. Bowen, Joseph Bancroft, Esq., and Blake B. Sto rey, are numbered in late Savannah papers as among the victims of yellow fever in that city. We much regret to notice, among the names of the victims of yellow fever iu Sa vannah, our old friend and fellow citizen, John N. Phillips, Esq. who died on Mon day last. In the words of the immortal bard, “there crack’d a noble soul.” Cotton- As we stated in our last, inconsequence of the warm, dry weather, the cotton bolls continue to open rapidly. Several other bales have come to Griffin since those announced last week. A fully fair article will bring Sand a half cents, and middling fair, the quality usually brought to this market, 8 cents. From that price it ranges down to G, according to quality. Most of the merchants have received their fall supplies, or are receiving them by every arrival. The sickness at Savannah is no impediment to them, and they a'rc duly forwarded as soon as received. Statemciit of Cotton. Received and forwarded from Griffin from Ist September, 1853, to Ist Septem ber, 1854 : Forwarded by M. &W. R. R., 24,054 Stock on hand in Warehouses, 1,275 Bales, 25,329 The Tri-Weekly Examiner. We are in the receipt of anew paper, published in Atlanta, bearin $ the above cognomen. Published by R. R. Daniel & 11. A. Ramsey. Politics, State Rights Republican. It is well printed, with good specimens of editorial matter. We extend to these gentlemen the’right hand of broth erly affoction, and without detriment to their elder brother of the Intelligencer, wish them abundant success. “Esquire” is inadmissible for several reasons. It does not come within the perview of this paper, as ours is a political and not a religious paper. Theological doctrines we have nothing to do with, any further than they bear on politics. But above all save us from sectarian contro versy; men have so mucli religion in that wag now a days, that a dozen swords would leap from their scabbards upon its publication, and contend through columns of ink to the death before they would give up a point in the con troversy. Our paper should probably be in for a six months’ campaign, if wc were to publish the article. ‘‘The American Organ.” We have received the prospectus of this organ of anew party now forming upon the basis of the Know Nothings, with sundry odds and ends of other and elder parties dove tailed in with it. It is to he published at Washington city. When the Know Nothing party was first start ed, it was intended to operate solely, we have no doubt, in favor of Native Ameri canism and against foreigners and C’atho lies. But already the “Hards” and wliigs of New York have seized upon it to give it a wider scope, and the leaders have ses cretly united under the name to form a national party to oppose the present de mocratic administration. A party against foreigners and Catholics alone, it is alrea dy found, is repugnant to the American people and will not succeed; even the New York Tribune and Boston Jlllas oppose such an organisation. But a union of “Hards,” Whigs, Freesoilcrs, and Natives, will form a monstrous strong party, and until they quarrel over the ap pointments and nominations, may prove formidable. The “American Organ” is to be the organ of this party at Washing ton. We have been requested to publish the prospectus, but have not got the room to spare, and do not know that vve would be so courteous as to comply if wc had. Marietta and the Yellow Fever. We have read a letter published in one j of the Savannah papers, in which it was stated that four or five cases of yellow fever existed at Marietta. We have no doubt this is a mistake. We hear from Marietta often. Nothing of the kind is mentioned, cither in the gazettes or our private letters. Wc have heard of no ca ses of yellow fever out of Savannah, and if cases should be brought from there, they would not bo contagious or epidemic in the pure air of the up-country. The Yellow Fever. Wc understand a report has spread quite extensively, that yellow fever exists in Griffin, and that there has been a case or cases at the Georgia Ilotel. The edl* tor of this paper takes his meals at that house, is there daily, and has had the best opportunity of knowing the facts in the case. They are simply these : John Bos ton, Esq. Collector of the port of Savan nah, arrived there with his family about a week ago, having, previous to his leav ing that city, had two cases of yellow fe ver in his family, one his child and the other a servant. Both have recovered— the child before, and the servant after lie left home. Shortly after the arrival of his family here, Mrs. B. wes taken sick, with symptoms of fever, but so mild that Mr. B did not, and has not yet called iu a physician. If Mrs. B. lias had symp toms of yellow fever, they were certainly in its mildest type. She has been sick but three or four days, and is now fast re covering. This is the only case wc have known in Griffin bearing the least affinity to yellow fever, from which none of the inmates of the Hotel have felt the slight est apprehension. Yellow fever is wholly unlike small pox in its contagious proper tics, and is governed iu violence alto gether by the atmosphere the patient may breathe while tinder its influence; in a pure climate like ours, it becomes a com mon bilious fever, and loses all its power of contagion. If there were twenty cases of yellow fever brought here from Savan nah or Charleston, we should not have the least fear of its becoming epidemic, or being communicated to other persons, not even by contact. Yellow Fovea* isa Savannah. We regret to state that we cannot sec any abatement of the yellow fever in the city of Savannah. We see that Dr. Wildman, of that city, has discovered what he deems a specific for this alarming contagion, in Muriated Tincture of Iron. He speaks of his practice and experience as follows: 1. “I have treated over one hundred and fifty cases of Yellow Fever since 21st ult., and of that number not one has died who commenced this remedy prior to “Black Vomit.” And 2. Since 21st ult I have not adminis tered five doses of any other medicine. I give the Tincture in doses varying from 20 to GO drops every two (2) hours in a tablespoonful of water for adults; and smaller doses fur children. The cure is generally perfected in three days. This preparation of Iron acts by medicating the blood and exerting its styptic quali ties upon the coats of the stomach. I would respectfully call the attention of the medical profession to this prepara tion of Iron, as an invaluable remedy for the Yellow Fever. In conclusion, I would suggest that 10 drops of this medicine in a little water be taken by every citizen remaining in Sa vannah, three times daily, as a preventive of the Yellow Fever. Should Dr. Wildman’s theory prove cor rect, the discovery is invaluable, and no reward in money can fully compensate him for the recipe. It will deserve a statue of gold. We trust it may suc ceed, and like the invaluable discovery of Jenner, make the disease upon which it operates almost innoxious. The Savannah Republican, in allusion to this discovery, says they have received a communication from Dr. G. N. Harris, confirming Dr. Wiklman’s statement. 1 It also remarks as follows: Allusion having been made by the “Georgian” to the marvellous success with which Dr. Wildman had administered “Muriate Tincture of Iron,” as a remedy in cases of Yellow Fever, that gentleman has furnished that paper and ourselves with the following note for publication.— We need hardly say, we lay it before the public with the greatest pleasure. Should the Muriated Tincture of Iron be estab lished as a specific for this dreadful scourge of Southern latitudes, the discoverer of its efficacy in Yellow Fever will reap an immortality second to no man living We would state for the information of those at a distance, that we know Dr. Wildman well—that he is a man of truth and ability, and as great an enemy to quackery in all its forms, as any physi cian in the United States. We may fur ther add, that Bishop Elliott,, who has been most devoted iu Ids attention to the sick, has watched the new treatment close ly, and in cases corning under his observa tion,. he informs us that its success lias been most gratifying. r I lie Know Nothings and Central Georgian. There is a paper printed at Saundcrs ville, in Wilkinson county, called the “Cen tral Georgian .” This paper appears to be edited by one of the numerous family of Smith—not John, but his relation James It.—who says he is a South Carolinian.— We wish to be particular, because, al though wc were under the impression that he was a preacher, it is clear to be seen that he belongs also to the “chivalry.”— He is a spicy little fellow, and is down upon us, in his last issue, “like a thousand of brick. ’ If we thought it would mollify his ire any, we should: tell him that we too belong to the “chivalry,” but wc do not believo it would do a bit of good in the way of stroking. ; <lowu his bristles.— We do not see what lie is so mad about either. He says we endorsed the exposi tion of the Know Nothings. Now there is one little error of the gentleman here, certainly; wc merely endorsed the fair stauding of the editor who first published the exposition. Then lie says our wit ness is “a convicted, perjured liar,” (what terrible words!) when we introduced no witness on the stand. As to whether the witness is a “perjured liar” or not, is no business of ours, but to make the most of his testimony, may be. Wc shall think about that. Now hear our “chivalrous” brother on he anti-Babvlonish garment sensation. Hear him: “To us, as a protestant, and acquaint ed with the nature of popery—its grasp ing lust for secular power,—to us, who rc gard Popery as .anti-Christ, as opposed to Christianity, the spread of the Gospel, the freedom of thought and speech, iu truth as a moral upas, which poisons the mind and heart wherever its influence is felt—there is nothing so very terrible in this professed expose of the Know Nothings.” Is not that awful? The poor man has been reading all the publications from the anti-Catholic mint at New York, from Maria Monk clean down. Ilis brain must be loaded with the “periloffo stuff.” We have not got much room, time or inclination to devote to this severe casti gation, but wc cannot pass over a little winding up paragraph, in which the edi tor indignantly repels the charge of heresy and heathenism by the Romish against the Protestant church. Wc have no doubt the gentleman intends to deal per. fectly fair; and wc ask him, docs he not make precisely the same charge against the people of the church of Rome? Docs he say no? Let us sec. By the descrip tion which he gives ho l’tainl y means that they are any thing else than Christians. Well, if they are not Chris tians, they are certainly not Mahometans, and as all the rest of mankind arc class ed as heathans by the Protestant Chris tian church, the Roman Catholics must be of the number. Does the gentleman see where he has placed himself? Now the only question which remains is, which speak the truth, when the Catholics and Protestants call each other heathens; and will not the gentleman meet us half way, and agree that much may be said on both sides on this question? That much, too mrch ,has already been said, and that both sects have behaved more like heathens than Christians in their unchristian warfare a gainst each other? Will lie not grant us .this? “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” j “Who art thou, O man, that judgest thy | brother? to his own Master he must stand j or fall.” “My kingdom,” says the Sa- ! viour, “is not of this world.” That is all j good Bible scripture; and whenever we see j gentlemen or sects quarrelling amongst | themselves, as to who is the greatest and ! most orthodox in that kingdom, we take it for granted they are quarrelling for something below it, such as a high seat in the Synagogue, worldly power and gran deur, to be called Rabbi of men, the pe cuniary emoluments of the church, and the like; but we do hope our dear brother is not so verdant as* to think that the king dom of Christ has any thing to* do with the matter! If he does, lie is certainly more mistaken than if he had burnt up one of his best new shirts for tinder. If men could think, as they ought to, that all this sectarian quarrelling and fighting and calling hard names bears the same relation to religion that the vile and nox ious parasitic vine does to the graceful and stately oak, entwining itself with its deadly grasp only to destroy, and that the very life of the tree depends upon the destruction of the poisonous vine, we might hope to sec the cTay when it would be said, “see how those Christians love one another.” But the present “cut throat” spirit has to be removed from the church first, before that hope can be real ized. This is rather plainer preaching than wo usually hear from the pulpit, but wc think the above quoted paragraph re quires plain talk. t4 Tlie know Rioilaing.’? This is the name of a newly proposed paper to be published in Sandersville, in this State, monthly, at fifty cents a sub scription, for we do not know how long, perhaps as long as it lasts. The proprie tors only want the name now, but no mo ney until they send the paper. They say they will give both sides- a hearing, pro vided the articles arc brief ami well writ ten. The editors will pay particular at tention to Know Nothingism. Wo do not know but that this prospectus is the pro duction of some wag after all, to alarm the editor of the Central Georgian for his business. It is signed Argus & Bria rcus, the one having a hundred eyes that he may sec all, and the other a hundred hands, that he may grab all ! But it was accompanied with “please give us a notico,” and wc have done the agreeable. Perhaps they thought wo would lampoon them into popularity, as the Know Noth ings arc serving the Roman Catholics, but wc cannot afford that. The Southern Know Nothings niidtlicii- Northern friends-, Wc suppose the Southern Know Noth ings, as soon as they find how handsomely the tariff has been laid upon them by their Northern brethren, and that they have been linked in with the “Hards, ’’ Frccsoilers, anti-Nebraska men, and the like, will come back with their fingers in their mouths with great humility, and claim to be good Southern Whigs and De mocrats again. With regard to the whigs, their party can do with them os they! think best; but as democrats, we hope the party will treat them as renegades and j traitors to its principles. They saw and ( knew, as soon as they got into the society, J that there was not a principle held there j in commof with those of their old party ;i and remaining there, oath or no oath, t, showed that they had no love, respect or; reverence for their old principles. They | have forfeited every claim to respect from j the old party. Even to turn them down i and suffer them to spell up again, would . be treating them too kindly. They should j be treated as marked men in all time to come. They knew the society was of Northern origin, that should have made them cautious; they saw that the main body of the Know Nothings were whigs, and that told them where t hey had got to. If they did not, after that, walk right out of the concern, there should be no political salvation for them now. They never should be recognized as De mocrats again. The most Ancient and Venerable Christian Church in the World. We startled some of our Protestant friends almost out of their breeches when we made use of the above expression, or something similar to it, in regard to the Roman Catholic Church. But this is not half. The oldest Republic now in exis tence is Roman Catholic; we mean San Marino, lying adjacent to the Pope’s tem poral dominions in Italy, and at the mer cy of the Pope for the last five hundred years or more. The only remaining Re public in Europe is Switzerland, a large majority of the inhabitants of which it is said arc also Roman Catholics. Hold on, gentlemen, do not get alarmed; we will tell you something more of the “red-coated old harlot.” The chivalrous republican Poles are almost wholly Roman Catholics, and not a few of the Hungarians. But whew I worse than all, hero is a writer in the Washington Union , who ar gues “that the Roman Catholics arc the authors of religions toleration in Arni ca;” the first that started it, and have ev er held on to it. Just thing of these things; and think how egregiously one’s confidence may be abused by listening to hard names from slanderous ana interest ed tongues ! Look at the extract from the Central Georgian, if you want to sec what one may come to from long harden ed prejudice. Obstructions on Rail Roads. We had no opportunity last week of calling the attention of our readers to the advertisement of the Macon & Western Rail Road, offering a reward of a thousand dollars for information, to conviction, of any one violating the act of the Legisla ture making such obstructions a penal of fence. YVe cannot speak in terms too highly commending the President and Di rectors of the company in their laudable and praiseworthy efforts to detect these I murderous demonstrations to destroy life and property. The company is well aware that these efforts are the miserable off spring of malice and animosity harbored against themselves. But grant for argu ment sake that some have been treated unjustly by the company, is that a warrant lor the obstruction of their property, much lesa the lives and property of innocent pas sengers. Onr Savannah papers, just come to hand, bring information that “the down train on the Central Railroad, Sats urday evening, run against a log of wood, about GO miles this side of A! aeon near the 130 mile post. It had doubtless been placed there intentionally by some villain ous rascal. No damage of consequence was done to the engine or cars, and no person was injured.” This log was no doubt placed upon the road for the same purpose—out of malice towards the company, and to injure its pro perty. Fortunately, no person was injured and little damage done. Unt suppose the life of an innocent individual had been de| stroyed—suppose half a dozen lives had been lost, which might easily have occur red, would the worthless life of a villain or two who could be guilty of such an enor mity, forfeited on the gallows, atone for the crime? Not if such a murderous wretch was hung, to every telegraph post along the whole road. The man who could be -guilty of such an act should not be suffered to live in a civilized communi to. He is too dangerous. Such acts, we understand, are common on the roads, and we fear will not be discontinued until life is destroyed, and the perpetrator atones for the offence, as far as lie can atone for it, by being publicly executed. That such would be the result, there can bo no doubt, for neither community, jury, judge or governor would have any sympathy or compassion for such a wretch. Hanging would be too good for him. Destructive Fires. There have been two very destructive fires lately at the North, both occurring on the same day, the 25th of August last. One at Troy, N. Y. which destroyed as much property as about eight blocks of buildings in the heart of the business part of the city. The destruction, it is esti mated, will amount to a million of dol lars. The other at Mihvaukic, in Wisconsin, which also swept over a large portion of the business part of the city, destroying property variously estimated at from five hundred thousand to a million of dollars. Just as we expected. We stated in our last paper that this Know Nothing frusade now going on against Roman Catholics, would arouse more spmpathy on their behalf, and do more to promote their religious doctrines, than all their Popes, Cardinals, Nuncios and Priests could do together. As proof j of this, we find in last week’s Weekly j Union, printed in Washington, of wide ] i circulation, a long, closely printed article, i I occupying an entire frnge, and running | over to another, written as the author hiin jself%ys. by one “attached to that divi sion of the Episcopal Church supposed and charged to have least charity for Roman ists,” to prove that “the Roman Catholics are the authors of religious toleration iu America.” The writer appears to be a gentleman of ability, and promises to show, First, That the great toleration act of Maryland, f 1G19) was passed by Roman Catholics. Second, that, even if it was not p issed by them, religious toleration in Maryland is not the less to be ascribed to the n. It w.ll be recollected that the Puritans have been running off Baptists and burn ing witches long since that time. The article is too long for publication by us, as it would entirely fill one of our papers. The author takes this position, that it is an admitted fact, “that on vari ous occasions, from the foundation of the Colony, [Maryland,] down to the Dcclar-I ation of Independence, when the Govern ment of the Province was iu the hands of the Protestants, laws persecuting Roman Catholics were passed, and that on no oc casion, when the Government was in the hands of Roman Catholics, were laws passed infringing the liberty of conscience of Protestants.” But then, say the Know Nothings, all this is very reasonable and quite right, as the Catholics were worthy of stripes, and the Protestants had no need of them. Burning poor old women for witches was innocence ! “We understood Mr. Campbell to say that the Almighty permitted war and blood shed, but he certainly did not convey the idea that they were the acts of God.” — American Union. Certainly not; but he permitted them to work out his designs and purposes. Now if the editor of the American Union will just inform us how they will work out Ills designs and purposes any more than Sa tan’s, without his direction and control, ho will much oblige us. We do not wish to prolong a profitless discussion, particular ly as wc understood, and cheerfully con cede, that the reverend orator’s second ex position was altogether different from the first; but still we feel some curiosity to understand the argument; and to say the Almighty permitted certain events, to car ry out certain purposes, looks to us as if He designed, willed and controlled them. Now wc believe that the finger of God is in this Itusso-Turkish war, and in all the other great national events which arc transpiring, and that He permits, wills and directs them, war, bloodshed and all, and has a wise, just and good purpose in so doing. So far the reverend gentleman is correct. But whether for the weal or wo of Catholic or Protestant, Greek or Ma> hometan, none of us know; and our argu ment is, that none of us should pretend to be wise above that which is written, to carry out our jfreconccived prejudices. It is that that we object to. Mexico. There seems to be some stirring news in Mexico, but the various accounts arc so wholly unreliable and contradictory, that it is out of the question to know the facts or what to depend on. Some accounts say that the force of Alvarez is entirely defeated and dispersed, while others state that he not only holds his own, but is gaining strength. On the Rio Grande, Carvajal is again in the field. Tamanlipas is in and Matamoras taken by the insurgents.—■ Camargo, it is also said, has been taken. Wc get these things from bloated Mex ican accounts, who have a talent for ma king a mountain of a molehill of all deeds of valor. These Mexican battles put us much in mind of a boys’or firemen’s street fight in a Northern city : A mob is gath ered, clubs and brick-bats arc put in ac tive operation, a few noses arc set to bleeding, and a head or two broke, and then the combatants run off and pro claim a glorious victory on both sides. The Shelby Stanc. Oar cotemporary of the A v.crican Union referred, last week, to the visit of the Rev. John Brooks to Griffin, with an assortment of his truly valuable hones He did us the honor of a visit on Friday last, and exhibited the capacity of his hones, for sharpening edged tools. He took our razor, aqd in less than one min ute’s rubbing on the hone—indeed with a few strokes—put it in elegant order. One of the youngsters in the office, always full of fun, then brought in an old, cast-off ra. zor, and presenting it to the old gentle man, cried, “there, try that,” supposing he had him. Mr. B. carelessly took the razor,gave it a few rakes, and returned)! in “first rate order.” The stone- is with out grit, somewhat resembling a bard soap stone, out takes hold at the start as if brought up to it, and gives an edge at once. Mr. Brooks may be found at. Dr. Wm. B. Soay’s Drug Store, Hill Street, where we would advise every one with a beard to call arid seo him, and purchase a hone. W-i I-ct C-a-t. There is quite anew mode of attack lately gotten up to smash any thing that is not agreeable. If is just to give it a bad name. If anyone preaches apoliti cal doctrine you do not like, call him “Old Fogy.” If his religious principles are not sound to your notion, call him “hea then,” ‘ heretic,” or “foreigner.” And if he is in your way in the money market, or likely to be, call out “Wild Cat,”’ ‘Owl Creek,” or “Pigeon Roost.” “ ihl Cat ’ is quite the go now, by those in Augusta and Savannah, who wish to engross the circulation of the State, and make ten 01 twelve per cent on many millions of dol lars, without returning one again into the public treasury. The banks could and should support every Poor school in tne (State from the profits of their circulation, instead of which they do nothing but cry “Wild Cat” whenever they see anew in stitution about to divide a few dollars of the profits with them of the circulatdon Merchant’s Bank of Mac>x. Die following note from Isaac Scott, Lsqr President of the Merchant’s Bank, will explain itself: Merchant’s Bank, / Macon, August 31st, 1854 $ Editors Savannah Republican : Gentlemen —I see that you publisn an extract from the New York papers, in which doubtful reference is made to this Bank. The rumors as published first in New York, arc without foundation, ihe notes cf this Bank are, and have been I since its late organization, promptly re deemed at the bank of the Republic, and at the office of Wadsworth & Sheldon, 20 Wall Street, New York, at 1 per cent, discount; at the bank s counter iu tins city in gold, or sight exchange on New York at current rates. Respectfully yours, Isaac Scorr, President. One of the ‘ Wii.d Cats.” — A Broker from the West made a run on the Atlanta Bank, one day this week for six thousand dollars, for which the Cashier forked over the dimes and no grumbling. This is “wild-eating” in the right style . Atlanta Republican. That is the right sort of Wild Cat Wot dcr if it would iMt have pushed some of the “solvent” to the wall, if they had been called on for that amount? What say you, Mr. Chronicle 4* Sentinel ?. rhs Unioi! Bank. The name of the Bank of Brunswick lias been changed by the Legislature to “The Union Bank,” and all bills in future will be issued under that name. Wm. E. Jackson, President pro tern., will sign all bills under the denomination of five dol lars. Wc do not sing out “ IPi ld Cat,’ though wc see no less reason in this case than in others, in which it has been done- For tiic Georgia JefForsoiiian. Giiffln Lyceum. Discussion came off Saturday, the 2d instant, at 3 o’clock, p m , according to public notice, before a crowded house of aerial personages—myself the only palpa ble body present, and exalted to the great dignity of President and Chairman. Question Du- cussed : “Would the tri umph of Russia over the Allied Powers be advantageous to the world ?” Previous to my decision, I asked leave to make an excerpt. Without virtue our Union will become a mere rope of sand— the victim of knaves and kings ; self-gov ernment will become an enigma withmon archs, national liberty a paradox, and ;i republic the scoff of tyrants ! Let every freeman look to this matter in time. The crowned heads of Europe arc watching with Argus eyes, every opportunity to wea ken our Union. Every year of our pros perous existence endangers their power— the story of our liberty is reaching and en rapturing their subjects—the tenure, by which they hold their crowns, is becoming more frail as time rolls onward; and if wo arc true to ourselves, if virtue predomi nates, if the voice of wisdom is obeyed, if pa riotism, discretion and honesty guide oar rulers, our government will increase in strength, beauty and grandeur, and eclipse Greek and Roman fame. By our example we will conquer the world more effectually, and far more glo riously, than Alexander, Ctesar or Bo naparte did by the sword, by regenerating the minds of the millions upon its surface. But we must practice ou the principle, that eternal vigilance is the price of liber ty. The towering waves of political in trigue and demagogical influence must bo rolled back, and the love of country, that warmed and actuated the hearts of the heroes of ’76, must influence those of our rulers and our people. I Dec sion ; Much ability and great in telligence extending over a vast historical and political field, have been displayed by gentlemen on either side of the important and interesting question. But fffcre are leading considerations, the interests, pros perity and independence of onr own coun try, the last resting place of human liberty, to be looked at. Russia has never done us any injury, has always been a friend to the U. States, and from her geographical posi tion, cannot, if she were disposed, exercise a prejudicial influence on our commerce or nationality. The reverse is true of the Al lied Po wers. Therefore, her triumph over, at least her equilibrium in power, with thoso nations now iu hostile array against her, would prevent the Lion and the Cock from trespassing on our rights and territo ries, and with their claws rending to flin ders the wings of our commerce, which now whiten every sea, and are the mes sengers of peace and good will to All peo ple that dwell on the face of the globe. -Such is the opinion and decision of your Chairman. 1\ D. C. Sop 2, 1854. Common Sense. —“ The Churchman, [organ of the High Church Episcopali "ans,) published in New York, comes out iu a strong three column leader, denuncia tory of the Know Nothings, and calling upon the good and the patriotic of all classes to set their faces against any and all such organizations.” It is not to bo supposed that the Churchman cares much for the Catholics, but he well knows that any crusade against them of the Know Nothing character, is calculated to. double their numbers iu this country.
