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About The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1854)
™ JWEWMAN. GRIFFIN. SEPT, 28, 1854. New Goods. Messrs. Piper & White, Joseph Engel, McWilliams & Cos. andC T. &J. F. Den pree have received their new goods, and we refer our readers to their advertise ments in the advertising columns. Their stocks appear to be large and well select ed. Cox on Temperance. Owing to lameness in the hand, which prevented Judge Cox from writing, these articles have been discontinued for some weeks past, before being finished. They will be resumed next week, and concluded with the least possible delay. We refer to tlic Governor’s Proclama tion, which will be found among the ad vertisements. At a meeting of the Directors of “ The Interior Bank of the Stale of Georgia, held on the 22d inst. J S. Jones was elected President, and P. Geodes Cashier of said Bank. ” \ We call the attention of the Receivers of Tax Returns to the advertisement of a bill to require them to ascertain the num ber of children iu their respective counties between the ages of eight and sixteen years; and the Clerks of the Inferior Court and tlic Graud Jurors to their re spective duties therein contained. The Atlanta Examiner , speaking of the Rail Road routes, says, “we promise to castigate all omissions of duty, from any source toicards this city. We wish they would castigate some for omissions from the city as well. Why are the eastern papers by the Georgia Rail Road for Griffin and Macon detained at Atlanta twenty-six hour*, before they can get any farther ? Give it to your Post Master on that sensa tion. It is well known that the fruit in Middle Georgia was almost totally lost this year by late frost. Rev. Mr. Dean, living near this place, contrived, however, to preserve many of his delicious Pears; how, we do U)t knew. He seat us a beautiful one last week, merely as a specimen. Mr. D. by skillful cultivation, raises the finest Pears we have ever seen, either North or South, and shows that it only requires skill, care and attention to make them as fine here as any where. We hope Mr. D. will send some of his fruit to the Agricul tural Fair, to be held in next month at Augusta. The Prohibitionist. We ask a thousand pardons of oar co temporary down the street, be. ause of our neglect heretofore to call public attention to his proposed temperance publication, wh : ch he expects to issue shortly, under the above name. Bo it known, then, that A. G. Murray proposes to publish, on or about the first of next mouth, iu the city of Griffin, “The Prohibitionist,” a week ly temperance paper. We are pleased to *ee this proposition, and hope friend Mur ray may succeed in his good intentions.— He is indeed somewhat indebted to the temperance cause, for we well remember, when many good men thought something might and ought to be done in this behalf, he threw no slight obstacles in its way.— We trust he is disposed to make amends for the time when the b’Jioys went about siugiog, “ColJ water imy da far the Loco?, Ot a liUle vinegar stew ; B if ive us hir-1 cider and whisker, To drink to ‘Old Tippacanoc.’ ” The Acknowledgement. The following letter, acknowledging the receipt of the monies forwarded from Griffin by the acting Mayor, to the May or pro tem. of Savannah, iu aid of the sick in that city, came to hand Tuesday morn ing : Savannah, Sep. 22, 1854. Hon. C. H. Johnson, Mayor pro tem. of Griffin. Dear Sir : Your esteemed favor of the 20th iust. is at hand, enclosing sight draft on the Marine Bank for Six Hundred Dol lars, two hundred and fifty dollars thereof contributed by the City Council of Grif fin, and three hundred and fifty dollars by citizens of Griffin, for the relief of suffer ers by yellow fever in this city. lie pleased to present to the City Coun cil of Griffin, ami to the citizens of Grif fin, our most grateful acknowledgements for their very generous contribution in aid <’f our suffering population, and for their .~Tm pa thy iu the afflictions of this city. I have the honor to be Ve:y respectfully, Your ob’t serv’t, J. P. SCRIVEN, Mayor pro tem. City of Savannah. Ritual Loan Association. Griffis, Sept. 23d, 1854. Agreeably to previous notice, a number of ciiizeus of GriSn assembled at the City iiaii.totake into consideration the pro priety of forming a Mutual Loan Associa- On motion, Charles 11. Johnson, Esq. wa-s called to the Choir, and A. P. Burr re |u ted to act as Secretary. After some discussion and explanation wi'the object of such an association, by several gentlemen of the meeting, Dr. J. X. Simmons moved, that a committee of lire be appointed by the Chair to ascer tain the number of shares that cun be sub scribed to the above named association. The Chair appointed Dr. J. N. Sim mons, Capt. 11. I*. Hill, W. J. Jossey, J. S. Jones, aau W. W. Woodruff, Esq’rs. On motion the meeting adjourned, sub ject to the call of the Chair. C, II JON SOX, Ch’ian. A. P. Burr, Sec’ry. The Yellow Fever. The indications arc, that this pestilence is slowlv abating, both in Savannah and i - 07 j Charleston. It does not appear that it ( has yet been checked in Augusta. It will ’ bo prudent to remain away from all these j cities awhile yet. Should a warm spell, set in, it may make the disease more viru-1 lent tliau at its commencement. Major Ward was expected to resnme his duties as Mayor of Savannah last Monday; da ring his sickness Dr. Screven discharged the arduous ond dangerous duties of that office. In Charleston, last week, the tele graph office was closed, the operator be ing prostrate with fever, and no one to supply his place. In Augusta the office was also closed, the operator having be come alarmed and deserted his post. The Post Master in the latter city cannot dis tribute aud send on the mails f<Jf want of help, all the clerks having fled from the Post Office. The Savannah Georgian of Sunday morning remarks:—“Yesterday was a splendid day—cool, bright and bra cing, with wind from the North. Though the number of interments reported is still comparatively large, they are mostly cases which have been lingering for some days. Taere can bo no doubt that the sickness is subsiding to a most gratifying extent; conclusive evidence of which we confident ly anticipate, in a falling off iu the inter ments during the present week. Much, however, may depend upon a continuance of the present anspieious weather.” The same paper of the same date an nounces the death of Mr. Isaac P. White head, of the firm of Rabun & Whitehead, merchants, of Savannah—a gentleman highly esteemed for his many excellent qualities. Dr. Brantly and Bacon, from Augusta, woro announced as both quite sick of the epidemic. Drs. Hamilton and Redwood arrived at Savannah from Mo bile on Sunday, accompanied by five nur ses. Dr. I|. A. Hoxey, of Coiumbus, had also arrived iu Savannah. The whole number of interments in the city of Savannah, for the week ending Sept. 19th, was 188; died by yellow fever 134; an average of 19 per day by yellow fever, or 27 of all diseases. There is a society in Columbus, auxilia ry to the Young Men’s Relief Society in Savannah, which are doing good service for the people of Savannah, and are wor thy of high commendation. Last week they sent down, for the use of the sick, 10 coops chickens, 8 boxes bread, 1 bag po tatoes, 2 jars butter, 1 box eggs, 50 bags grits. These are articles which cannot be bought in Savannah for money, and are worth more than the cash itself. THE RIOTS. Perhaps it might not bo strictly correct to charge every street riot that daily comes to our hearing, to the Know Nothings, but it is marvellous what a number have sprung up since these gentlemen have formed their organizations. Where do they all come from so suddenly? In New Orleans half a dozen men, or more, have recently been murdered in street riots. The Irish are always on one side, and the Lord knows who on the oth er. Are these riots got np aud fomented for the purpose of stirring up strife be tween the foreigners and these godty Know Nothings? In Mobile it has been the same. The Irish have had one side of the fight, and somebody else the other. It i3 not said they are Know Nothings, bat if not, who are they? New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, have all had their riots, Pat on one side, and his opponents on the other. Tl.e Irish have heretofore been a peaceable people, except a little brush among them selves occasionally, by way of a frolic: If they are not provoked to fight by tLe Know Nqthings, for the purpose of excite, ment and violence, how is it that they are so often lately found engaged in street fights with others, when heretofore it was unknown except among themselves? Will the Know Nothings enlighten us as to thi3 sudden change? The New Orleans papers contain most deplorable accounts of the mob and law less spirit now rampant in that city. Wo make the following extracts from the Delta of the 17th inst. For nearly a week the city has been a prey to civil disorder, assassination and bloodshed. Armed bands have traversed our streets, making night hideous with their cries, their discharges of fire-arms, and other violence.’ Men have been shot in their doors and in the public highways, the police have been driven from their posts, and crowds of lawless characters appear to have taken possession of the city. It is altogether untrue that any partic ular. class of our people arc responsible for these acts. Several of the murders and outrages have been committed by bad men among the Irish. The Irish embrace the largest class of our poor and laboring population j they arc excitable, credulous and often violent. Flattered by dema gogues, as a distinct class, they have been induced to mingle too prominently and vi olently in party contents. For that, who are to blame but our own native dema gogues? Still, in our large and various population, it must b3 admitted that there is a very great proportion of this race who are good citizens—industrious, peaceable and patriotic. On the other hand, in that section of our city where the Irish reside, some of the most shameful outrages have been committed. In several cases, their own countrymen havb been the victims of their bliud fury. Peaceable ciiizeus have been fired upon in their own houses, and a gene ral pauic has seized many Americans resi ding in that section. Not a few arc ma king preparations to move out of the dis trict. This is a lamentable state of af fairs. How should it bo met? We an swer—let the peaceable and orderly citi zens of Irish origin, of whom there arc thousands iu that vicinity, undertake the J maintenance of the peace in their disti’icts; let them go further, and arrest tlic ruffians who have committed the outrages which j have already Stained and disgraced the | character of our city. Iu a paragraph penned subsequently to the foregoing, the same paper says: The city is, at the present writing, in the hands of a city police, regularly sworn in, composed of about two hundred citi zens, who came forward, responsive to the Mayor’s proclamation, and enrolled them selves with the determination of restoring quiet to our distracted city. May their efforts be successful 1 Tranquility seems to veign throughout the city, and no fur ther disturbances were anticipated. Tlic American Uuiou’s Construc tions. Wc have no particu’ar objection to be held accountable for vvliat wc say, but to be held bound for far-fetched and illogical construction is another affair, which we cannot so readily accede to. The Ameri can Union ot late days, has gotten into quite a habit in this particular, and seems to be disposed to give our words just any meaning that may suit him. With all due deference to the superior acumen of the learned editor, we must demur to this ha bit of his. When we said, in reference to Col. Lochrane, that lie had been appoint ed Aid-de-camp to the Governor, and “in military phrase, let him be obeyed and re spected accordingly,” wo did not say “wo are bound to obey an officer formally re cognizing no allegiance to the country,” and the American Union perverts and fal sifies our words in its last issue when it says so. Our language will bear no such construction, not even the most strained. Again wc have said, in reference to Mr. Chandler and his rejection by the Know Nothings, and renomination by the Whigs proper, that “while they (the Know Noth ings,) gain a few discontented and dissat isfied Democratic bigots, they lose the Catholics, the foreigners, and half the Whig party.” The clear-sighted editor of the American Union sees in these words abundance more than any body else can. To his enlightened mind we say that one lialf of the Know Nothings are Demo crats, while our own words speak of “a few,” and they discontented, dissatisfied and bigoted. But then, because we say that only one-half of the Whigs will ad here to the Know Nothing clique in oppo sition to Mr. Chandler, while the other half will fall back upon and vote for him, it is out of the reach of the editor’s men tal penetration how that can be, unless the chasm made iu the Know Nothing ranks is filled up with Democrats, aud so down it goes that “the other half must necessarily be Democrats ” We do not bcl.eve wc could ever make a school-master; for try ing to teach this one dull animal some of the elementary principles of ratiocination, perplexes us not a little, and we are sure we should lose all patience if we had a room full to teach. But we wish tlic ed itor of the Union to be more careful, try to spell out our meaning, understand what we say, and give our words their legiti mate construction. Tlic Cotton Business We find the following advertisement in the Columbus papers: Notice. —At a meeting of the Cotton Shippers of this place, it was resolved, that from and after the 22d day of Sep tember, inst. we shall, in all instances of our purchasing any cotton stored in Ware houses, require the whole storage and ex penses, and all charges for reweighing to be deducted, and on all cotton purchased from the wagon, we shall require a deduc tion cf 30 cents per bale for weighing and marking (in conformity with the late law of the Legislature,) and all cotton that has been stored, we shall require to be rc weighed. Columbus, Sept. 22d, 1854. Maine Election. The Augusta Age (democrat) concedes the election of Morrill, the fusion candidate for Governor, by a majority of 5,000 votes. The coalition party have carried every congressional district. The present dele gation iu Congress stands 3 democrats to 3 whigs. Both Houses of the Legisla ture have also been carried by large ma jorities. All this puts our Southern whin friends in a queer fix. They are rejoiced” uo doubt, at this result, but dare not “h0110r, ,, because they know the triumph has been obtained by a coalition of the whig, abolition, freesoil and know-nothing vote, and is less a triumph ol Whiggery than of these factions. The whigs them selves had out candidates for Governor and Congress, but the fusionists beat them worse than the Democrats. Iu reference to the recent result of the Maine elections, the Portland Argus says:— ‘ We wish our political principles and party had prevailed in the recent con tests; bat we had rather go down tempo rarily with them than to go up by any sac rifice of them. The democratic party has failed to elect its candidates, but it has preserved its identity, its principles and its self-respect. Oar confidence iu the dem ocratic cause was never greater than it is now. It will emerge soon from its tem porary obscuration in this State with more than its old brilliancy and strength, and will eclipse its ancient glories in the Union by new aud brighter victories which it is destined to gain iu the future. The men who stood by it on Monday will yet count that day as one of the proudest of their lives; and when the ill-assorted congrega tion shall have crumbled to pieces, and the honest voters who have been led into it shall have left it in disgust, more the de mocratic party will remain erect, pow erful, and beneficial, than it has been for so long a period of time siuco it was original ly organized. Change of Editors. —The Atlanta Re publican has been solclout to Dr. James 11. Smith, late of the Central Georgian, of Wilkinson county. Dr. Smith is an excellent Whig aud first rate Know Noth ing. Any one wanting such a paper, would do well to afford him their patron a6°* Railroad Accident. We regret to learn that a collision oc curred on the Georgia Railroad, on Thurs day night, below CaVnak, between the up passenger train and a down freight train, by which the Engineer, Robert Spencer, and a fireman, whosji name we did not learn, was instantly killed. We were unable, at the time of writing, to obtain any other reliable particulars, though we fear that others may have been injured. The accident was caused, we learn, by the freight train being out of lime. It'so, the parties should not escape unpunished. LATER. Since the foregoing was in type, the passenger train has arrived, by which we learn that Spencer, the Engineer, and Charles Marsh, thq; fireman, on the up train, were instantly killed, and that Hen ry Dorsey, Engineer, and Thomas Gib son, the fireman on Uie down train, are seriously njuriid, AjdftiJotwfc Baldwin,! a machinist in tl e Company’s service in this city was badly scalded. A negro, belonging to one of the trains, was also injured. Some, others * received some slight injury. None of the passengeis sustained any damage. The name ot the Conductor of the freight train that was.running out of time, is Francis Golding. Cass Court—Tiie Murderer of Col. Cuyler Convicted. We find the following paragraph in the Cassville Standard, of last Friday: “The Cass Superior Court adjourned on Satur day last. The only criminal case of im portance taken up was that of “the State versus John D. Wester,” for the murder of Col Cuyler, which occupied the court most of the week, the argument closing on Friday night about 10 o’clock. Oo Saturday morning the juiy rendered a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy, the evidence being circumstantial. He was sentenced by Judge Lumpkin to imprisonment, at hard labor, in the Penrenliary, for life. A large amount of business, both on the ci vil and criminal dockets, was continued. President Pierce. We hedrit said, ifi^tPierce is removing KnowrMothmgsTmm ’office. This is correct. Every man who has so little of the spirit of Republicanism in his political that he refuses to iiis neighbor what he* demands, tor him self and children in religion, is not a wor thy recipient.of General Pierce’s official favors, and he ought to be removed.— We proclaim it—turn them out, from the fourth corporal of a militia company, up to the Secretary of Stale.— All, Ex. Tiie Foreign Accov uts. The foreign accounts, a summary of which will L-e found below, give no indi cation of a speedy peace. The Atlantic has arrived, bringing dates to the sth inst. No change in tne cot.on markets. Flour and breadstuff's declined. General Intelligence. —Russia has unconditionally rejected the propositions of the Four Powers. Imimdiately on the reception of the reply from the Czar a Cabinet Council was held at Vienna, and it is believed that the result of its deliberations was that the Austrian Min ister should be immediately recalled from St. Petersburg. The Swedish Minister at the Russian Court, will, alsil, it is said, he recalled. The Austrians, however, will probably not declare war but increase their army in the Principalities. The chuleia has abated in the army. Tne Russians were concentrated in various parts of Moldavia. It is doubtful whether the Black Sea Expedition against Sebastopol or Anapa had sailed. The siege artillery for the French army had arrived at Constantino ple. All the Turkish vessels of war on the coast of Asia had been put in requi sition for the transportation of troops from Varna. General Guyon has been placed in command of the Turkish army in Asia, Mustapha Pacha having been disgraced. The Russians had captured and taken another vessel to Sebastopol. Boinersund had not been dismantled. The Russians had blown up the forts at Hango. In the Baltic vessels were cons antly reconnoitering the coast of Finland. Pnnce Albert, aud the Kings of Por tugal and Belgium were with Napoleon at Boulogne. The Queen-Mother Christian quilted Mad:iJ on the 28th uTt.,* paCorteii by a guard of cavalry. It is reported that she was insane from excitement. Her chil dren had arrived in England. Views toy Gas Light. The Quaker City. —The Philadelphia police last Friday night made a descent upon nine houses of bad repute, and ar rested fifteen men and fifty-eight women. The males consisted of professional men, merchants, clerks, farmers and blacklegs, and females, single and married women of every description, including a large num ber of servant girls employed in respecta ble families. Two or three of the farmers had brought their products to tile city, and their wagons were standing in the market. Puritan Decency.— Eighty persons were arresied by the police of Boston du ring the twenty-four hours ending on Sat urday morning, and fortyvthree of them were committed to prison. Complimenta ry indeed for the Puritan city 1 Would it not be well for the 3,000 ministers to rest awhile from polities, and mead up their morals? A Criminal Pie. —Sixty-four simple drunkards, four common drunkards, seven assaulters, ten card players on the Lord’s day, three store breaker, one hotel thief and two pet ■ ty thieves were tried in the Police Court yesterday. The entire party figure up one hundred and sixty strong, ‘and’ were as dirty a looking crew as one could wish to see. —Boston Courier sth. Old Sodom.— The record of crime in the city of New York has become appaling.— A man named Charles Callagan, a driver of a beer wagon, was killed on Wednesday by a gang of ruffians in the first ward, by, it is supposed, a slung shot. An attempt was made to assassinate a Mr. Adum Shoffer, in the Bowery, on Tuesday night. On the same night Mr. Cornelius Ham> mond was assaulted by a party of ruffians iu the open street and left to bleed to death; and auother man was shot in the lower part of the city. New , York must be one of the most unsafe cities for human life, cither in the old or new world. Crime appears to.be on the increase a gaiu, scarcely a day passes that wo do not hear of murders or attempts at murder.— Yesterday two men were stabbed and in stantly killed, and daring the week, no less than five murders have been recorded. The Chief of Police has just made his semi annual report, from which it appears that over twenty-five thousand persons have been arrested for criminal offences, during the past six months, being an increase of 2,184, over those of the previous six months, and an increase of 1,301 over those of the corresponding period last year. For the Georgia Jeffersoniar. Alii put,ant alia. Different men have different ways of thinking. The year 1854 will be notable and long remembered for its forgeries, robberies, frauds, riots, murders, wars, fires, storms, shipwrecks, heat, pestilence} atpl death, from which men escape as from the sangui nary battle-field’ Some of these evils, (men call them judgments,) are the re sults of political corruption; some of reli gious persecution; some of false ambition to be rich; others are the workings of Providence. If so, the land is very wick ed—the people become immoral. It is to be hoped that there is a sufficient number of righteous left, for whose sake mercy, with healing virtue under its wings, will return to us. As to God’s judgments, I have nought to say, but quote the poet: “Let not tliis weak, unknowing han I, Presume thy bolts to throw ; And deal and lmna ion round the land, On all I deem thy foe.” For all these disasters, no doubt, there is a cause, either in nature, morals, or Di vine dispensation. I shall not presume to search into the secret councils of Deity, but ask leave to make some cursory re marks on human action under present af flictions. The emporium of our beloved State is nearly blotted out by removal, disease and mortality. Some good and pious man, 1 don’t know who, in Griffin, deeply afflicted and sorrowful for his own sins, and for those of the people in our metropolis, suggested the propriety and duty of observing a day last week, of fasting, humiliation and .prayer, that the sufferings of that city jriight be mitigated, and the present fatal pestilence exorcised or allayed. ‘‘Suppose ye, that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileaus, because they suffered such things ? 1 tell ye, nay : but unless ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”- The occasion has called forth a most beau tiful and generous display of human char ity, covering the place like a flood of its own waters. But is it not dimmed by the vapor of empty and noisy praise in the public papers ? lam doubtful of the pro priety of this —it contrasts the givers as well as the sums given in the eye of an envious world. ‘‘When thou cfost alms, sound not a trumpet before This is a positive precept. Madra one whose name will never be earth, gave as much iu heart as others’ did in amouut. But I am not a judge—at mo3ta very poor one—in such holy ministrations. One thiug I know, the people of the whole State are experiencing the sad the destructive pestilence in that devoted city. Much of the commercial business of the country is stopped or greatly retard ed; consequently all suffer mire or less in their interest, and therefore arc proper ob jects and subjects of the above religious movements. Some, and good men too, are opposed to fasting altogether, as not being a posi tive Christian institute, and therefore a work of supererogation, but left to the dictate of private conscience at home and in the closet. An opinion may be entertained by some that the religious community of Griffin offer a gratuitous and unsolicited service iu this case; that its altar of sacrifice is too dis tant from the scene of sorrow; that the calamity is partial and local; that where the distress is, there should be the sin offering To show the error of such an opinion, there is an anecdote I know to be a fact. A good old pious Presbyteriau Elder had a family of industrious sons and daughters, but one boy was rather wild and profane at times. He made a reaping fro lic to gather in a rich harvest. Ilis daughters prepared an abundant dinner in best style—served it up in dishes before the fire to keep it hot. They set the table in neat order, and announced all was rea dy. Their father was accustomed to have every thing on the table before he asked a blessiug, all standing up. When he 1 and the company took their respective pla ces’ he evinced some hesitancy and unea siness; kept looking from the table to the fire. His wild boy. being impatient, he cried out, “oh, father, ask a blessing; I wouldn’t give a button for a blessing that wouldn’t reach from the table to the fire place.” Nor wouldT give a bit more for a fasting, humiliation and prayer, whose efficacy would not reach from Griffin to Savanliah. One attribute of Deity is übi quity—the hearer and answerer of prayer is omnipresent. Were I sick or distressed, as I often have been, partaking of the common lot with my fellow-beings, I be> lieve the prayers of a righteous one staud* iug on Cape Dorn, especially Good Hope, would do me good I believe that the in fluences of the prayers put up in life, of pious, parents, long since mingled with the dead, still fall, like gentle dew, over and around their surviving children “The prayers of the righteous availeth much;” and from the diffusive power, like the ex pansive air and ocean, spread over earth and heaven, from the subdued aud faithful heart to the bright throue of love and mercy. If this be not true, why do min isters of the gospel, every Sabbath iu the sanctuary, pray for the conversion and salvation of all Adam’s posterity that liv eth ? The spirit qf prayer, next to the Holy Spirit himself, is the most powerful moral agent, because lie imparts to it all its unction. Without this it is but a tink ling cymbal and sounding brass. I give only two instances of its potency, both at the dying moment o.i the cross. The mal efactor cried, “Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.” He was saved; Jesus said, “Father forgive them, for they know not what .they do.” Os coarse they were forgiven, as 1 hope my self and all iny readers will be, as wo all have crucified him. Finally, the prayer of faith fixes the spiritual eye of the be liever on the glorious scenes of heaven, aud with the rays issuing from the bright ness of the throne, takes, on its retina, the daguerreotypes of his Redeemer making intercession for him, and of the angels, saints and just men made perfect, enjoying unutterable felicity. F. D. 0. “Love your neighbor as yourself.”— Fredrick says he does, and more than ev er, since Mary lives next door. i From (Jhiaa-Mr. McLaue’s Visit to Nankin. The New York Times has a letter from China giving an account of the visitof the American Commissioner 1 , Mr. McLane, to Nankin The visit was made in the steam frigate Susquehanna, preceded by a steam er of light draft to sound the channel. The progress to Nankin was effected with but slight delay. Arrived there Mr. Mc- Lane demanded an interview with Tai- Ping Wang the great chieftain of the in surgents. What followed we let the cor respondent state: An answer was received to-day to Cap tain Buchanan’s communicatioi. It inti mated amongst other things, that an in terview might be granted the United States Commissioner by Tai-Ping Wang, on condition that he would approach him according to their own ceremonial. He must prostrate himself in his presence, and acknowledge him King of the world under God our Heavenly Father. That he would expect to receive tribute from the outside State the Commissioner represented, in the shape of gold, silver and precious stones, as none durst ever come before him without, valuable presents. This re markable docuraeut came from two high officers of State. In substance, Mr. Mc- Lane’s reply to this was that we eoulcl not possibly recognize the rebellious subjects oj an Emperor with whom otir Government was on terms of peace and amity, and had forme Ia commercial treaty, even as e q ials; and we must therefore, leave them without further intercourse. Several of our officers, with Western pertinacity, encouraged and advised by Dr. Fabs„ the assistant surgeon, succeed ed in pushing their way through one of the gates into the city, aud visited the celebrated porcelain tower. Immediately after their entrance, objections were made to their proceeding, and at times their path was obstructed. But the perseverance of Dr. Fabs, backed by the determination of his companions, accomplished their object. They were taken before magistrates, but always demauded aud obtained their re lease; they refused to kneel to some very high officer, telling him that they kneeled j to God alone, and were finally guided to the river side, where a boat was procured to carry them aboard ship. One of the midshipmen scaled the walls, and after e luding a party of soldiers who tried to de tain him bv knocking one down and jerk ing suddenly from the rest, was surround ed, taken aud held a prisoner all night, though not unkindly treated. We had all along been refused admis sion into the city, until a passport could be obtained from the Eastern King; but becoming tired of waiting for this, it was determined to push through some of the gates if we could. After the receipt of the letter from the authorities this morn ing, in regard to our Commissioner’s in terview, the Chinese were allowed to visit the steamer again, and permission was giv en the officers to go on shore, and wander wherever they conld get, which led to the adventures narrated above. £ After leaving Naukiu the Susquehanna steamed sixty miles up the river—forty five miles further than any other vessel be longing to a Western nation has ever been. She returned to her anchorage at Shanghai on the 4th of June. Professorship of Agriculture. The Trusteess of the University of Geor gia have the high.gratification of announ cing to their fellow-citizens, t hat, through the munificent liberality of Dr. William Terrell, of Hancock county, a Professor ship of Agriculture has been established at Athens. A donation of twenty thou sand dollars has been made to the Univer sity by that gentleman, the interest of which is to be applied to the support of a Professor, whose duty it shall be to deliver iu College, and during its terms, a gratu itous course of lectures to the students, and to such other persons as may choose to attend them, “on Agriculture as a science; the practice and improvements of different people; on Chemistry aud Geolo gy, so far as they may be useful iu Agri culture; on manures; analysis of soils;and on Domestic Economy, particularly refer ring to the Southern States.” Dr. Daniel Lee, an accomplished agri culturalist, favorably and extensively known, has beeu nominated by the endow er, as the first incumbent, and duly elected by the trustees of the University; aud the course of Lectures of the Terrell Profes sorship of Agriculture will coinmcuce on the 15th of January next. Since Saturday list the Savannah Re lief Committee have forwarded to that city every morning by the cars to the Central Railroad, 500 pounds of bread, piepared at bakeries in this plice, to he distributed to the sick and the poor. In this connection we may mention, (as we rarely have the pleasure of chronicling anything so noble and disinterested,) that Mr. Isaacs, one of our poor citizens,who makes his bread by thesweat of his brow, and who was for several years at the head of the cuisine of the Lanier House, when he learned that the people of Sa vannah wanted bread, promptly came forward, offered his services to the com mittee, free of charge, and has beeu em ployed ever since, during the day and night, in getting ready the regular supply of 500 lbs., for the morning train on the Central Road. Such generous conduct surely deserves a passing notice, and we Would commend it particularly to the attention of those who have reluctantly doled out a miserable pittance from well filled purses, to relieve the distress of Savannah, and are yet no doubt thanking God every day that they are not as other men. —Macon Messenger. Largest Receipt of Cotton.— Since last night wfe have had the largest quan tity of cotton brought in which has yet reached our levee during the present sea son, within the same space of time. — The Southern Belle, from Vicksburg, brought 2,381 bales, the Louisa, from the same point, brought 1,830 bales, thß Frank Lyon, from Princeton, 1,613 bales, and the B. E. Clark, from Alexandria, 336 bales. This makas a total of 6,240 bales. —Y. O. Picayune , 1 Gth inst. The Purchase oFj CuBA.--The New York Express says if has it from authentic sources ikat Mr, Soule has been renewing the offer to Spain for the purchase of Cu ba; ami that he agreed to give more than $100,000,000, the sum said to have been tendered during President Polk’s admin istration. The Spanish Ministers, who are greatly in want of funds, although sorely tempted by the jingle of so many millions, gave the proposition some little / attention, but only to reject it. SUMMARY. A Dollar’s Worth of Wisdom. —“A Sufferer” writes to the Herald, that he sent a dollar to “J. Burlmount” who ad vertises in that paper that he has valuable information for sale at that price, and got the following answer. It will be worth many a dollar to him, we dare say : Boston, Sep. 5, 1854. Mr. , Dear Sir : Yours of the 31st of Aug. and post marked the 4th Sept, is at hand, and in reply, if you will take a horse aad waggon and pcddel seg gars, you can do as well as l told yon.— I made some seven hundred dollars in 1 months last year. yours Truly, J. Burlmount. There is a great deal more in the above than meets the ear; for there is certainly more imposition at the .present day in the fc&fe of segars, than irf any other commo dity that we-know of. Much the larger portion sold for Spanish segars, have nev er been near Cuba, and hundreds of thons sands sold for from twelve to thirty dol lars per thousand, would be well sold at five dollars per thousand. The profits on them must be immense. The large con sumption keeps up the imposition. TnE British Government Aiio tiie San Juan Affair.— On the 15. h inst. a special bearer of despatches to the Bri:- ish Embassy arrived in Washington, direct from London, with the British gov ernment’s first communication to their Minisier there on the Greytown affair. Foreign Troops in Mexico. —A letter from Vera Cruz says:—“Every vessel from Havana now brings us small detach ments of Spanish troops. These distin guished strangers are looked upon with great disgust by the natives, and it was an evil hour for II S. 11. when he listen ed to the proposition. It is J that there are six thousand foreign mercenaries in all to arrive, oi whom two thousand are Swiss. One million of the indemnity from the United States goes in this way. (“Plenty of money, plenty of Swiss.”) — j And, by the way. but one million of the entire seven remains unappropriated.’* Appointment by the Governor. — O. A. Lochrane of Macon, Shirley Sledge, of Troup County, B. R. Danie l, of At lanta, have been appointed Aids de Camp to His Excellency, Gov. Johnson, with the rank of Colonel. Homicide. —We are pained to state that a young man of this place, by the name of T. F. Hodge, but more familiarly known as Fort Hodge, came to his death on Wednesday morning, the 20th ins!., bv wour.ds inflicted upon him on Monday, the ISth inst., with a knife in the hands of Hiram Woodall. Woodall has flad. — Both parties, we understand, were drank. —Milledgeville Recorder. It is stated that the election of the Hon. J. C. Dibbin, as United Sta'ei Senator from North Carolina, has been definitely arranged, and that Mr. Mallory, of Florida, will succeed him as head of the Navy Department. Emory College. —A lgt ter from Dr. Means to the Southern Christian Advo cate states that forly eight new students have already made application for admis sion into this institution for this term. Extensive Robbery. —A despatch i from Cincinnati, dated Ist inst., says-: The United States Express Company vv s robbed of between $10,030 an 1 $40,000, at the Hamilton Railroad Depot last night The yellow fever is committing sad rav ages in Galveston. Eighteen was the highest number of deaths in any one day during the epidemic of last year. This year it considerably exceeds this number already. The symptoms of Cholera among the negroes on the South Carolina side of the Savannah river, was occasioned by the brackish water caused by the storm of the Bth inst’ Since the waters have sub sided, all apprehensions of Cholera have ceased. A- meeting of citizens was called in Augusta ou Saturday last, “for the pur pose of devising means to alleviate the distress which is or may he occasioned by the visitation of the epidemic, which has appeared in that city. Health of Knoxville.— The cholera seems to have left Knoxville, though a few cases of what is regarded as cholera morbus occasionally (occur. ■ Three More Territories. —A plan, it is said is on foot for organizmg three new territorial governments in the Indian coun try south of Kansas, to consist severally of the Cherokees in one territory, the Creeks in another, and the Choctaws and Chickasaws in a third. This plan has been sent out to he canvassed by the tribes concerned, and who, under it, are to be constituted citizens of the United States. At the last session oftheSanate a bill was presented by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, which embodied the features of this scheme. The first territory will be Cherokee, and will include the Cherokees, Osages, Senecas, Shawnees and Quapaws; the second is to be Muscogee, and will include the Creek and Seminole tribes; and the third named Chah-ta, and will include the Choctaws and Chickasaws. Homicide. VVeheara gentleman nam-* ed Pannel was killed near Fairburn last Saturday. We have not heard the facts. The murderer has fled to parts unknown. Will murder never cease in Georgia?— Atlanta Examiner. When the Hindoo priest is. about to. baptiza an infant, he utters the following beautiful sentiment I “Little babe, thou, enterest the world weeping, while all arouud thee smile; contrive so to live that you may depirt iu smiles, while all around you weep.” r \ • ■ - * * _ W, ..‘W , The Mobile Daily Register The is sue of the Register, of the 13th, comes to ha id in its new dress, and sparkling with the genius of John Forsyth. We learn that tho subscription list of the paper has. increased 4A per cent in advance of the is sue of the firsts number of the uew’ firm. Now is the l time for Georgians to sub,-, scribe. Daily paper $lO per annum.— Weekly $2 50 Columbus Time*. The Athens Banner s a ys, the Hon. Francis Burt, of S C., the recently ap pointed Governor of the Territory of Ne braska, passed through that place on Wednesday week, m ‘route for Nebraska, accompanied by,a number of gentlemen who are also on their way to the far West. They contemplate reaching their Jestina- lion about the fust of October,
