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™ 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,