Newspaper Page Text
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
SAffl’L B. CBAFTOJf,
COUNTY PRINTER.
TERMS—For the paper in advance
If not paid in advance,
$1 50
$2 00
Thirty-Third Congress.
TERM COMMENCES FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1853,
AND TERMINATES MARCH 4, 1855.
SENATE.
The Senate consists of two Senators from
each State. There are thirty one States,
represented by sixty-two Senators.
SENATORS HOLDING OVER AND ELECT.
Whigs in Italics; Democrats in Roman.
Those marked F. S. are Free Soilers, or Ab
olitionists; U, these elected as Union men;
S. R., those elected as Southern or States
Rights men.
President William R. King.
Secretary
Expires. Expires.
ALABAMA. MICHIGAN.
B. Fitzpatrick* 1855 Lewis Cass 185V
Vacancy 1859 C. E. Stuart 1859
ARKANSAS. MISSOURI.
Solon Borland 1855 D. Atchison 1855
W. K. Sebastian 1859 H. S. Geyer 185V
CONNECTICUT. NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Truman Smith. 1855 M. Norris, Jr. 1855
Isaac Toucy 185V C. Atherton 1855
CALIFORNIA. NEW YORK.
W. M. Gwin 1855 W. Seward f.s.’55
John B. Weller 185V H. Fish, 185V
DELEWARE. NEW JERSEY.
James A. Bayard 185V J. R. Thompson’5V
J. M. Clayton 1859 Win. Wright 1859
NORTH CAROLINA
1855 G. E. Badger 1855
185V Vacancy 1859
OHIO.
1855 S. Chase (f. s.) ’55
1859 BenjF. WadelQbb
PENNSYLVANIA.
1855 J. Cooper 1855
185V R. Brodhead 185V
RHODE ISLAND.
1855 C. T. James 1855
1859 Vacancy 185V
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1855 A. Butler (f.s.) ’55
1859 J. J. Evens 185y
TENNESSEE.
1855 J. C. Jones 185V
1859 A whig 1859
TEXAS.
1855 T. J. Rusk 185V
1859 S. Houston 1859
VERMONT.
185V A whig 1855
1859 S. Foote 185V
VIRGINIA.
C. Sumner, (F. S.) 185 V J. Mason (s r.) ’5 V
Edward Everett 1859 R. Hunter s. r. ’59
MARYLAND. WISCONSIN.
J.A. Pearce 1855 I. P. Walker 1855
185V
FLORIDA.
Jackson Morton
S. A. Mallory
GEORGIA.
Wm. C. Dawson
Robert Toombs
INDIANA.
John Pettit
Jesse D. Bright
ILLINOIS.
James Shields
S. A. Douglass
IOWA.
A. C. Dodge
Geo. W. Jones
KENTUCKY.
Archibald Dixon
J. B. Thompson
LOUISIANA.
P. Soule, (S. R.)
J. P. Benjamin
MAINE.
Hannibal Hamlin
Vacancy
MASSACHUSETTS.
SANDERSVILLE. GEORGIA
TUJGSBAY HARCH 19, .1953.
Pub. Doc.—The Hon. Stephen A. Doug
lass, R. M. Charlton and -JNO. P. Hale,
of the U. S. Senate will accept our thanks
for valuable public documents and speech
es.
A two-days meeting will be held at
this place on Saturday and Sunday next.
The Rev. G. Jefferson Pierce, Bible agent
will preach on Sunday.
A Large Egg.—Our friend Thos. B.
Harrison of this county has sent us an Egg
weighing upwards of 3 oz. Thanks to
friend Tom for this specimen from his poul
try yard—Eggs is skace, but such as he
sends are skacer.
Tornado.—We learn that Columbus
was visited by a frightful tornado on Thuis-
dav last, and that many of the houses in
that City were unroofed, and blown down,
and an immense deal of injury done, we
hear of no lives being lost.
E3T We had the pleasure of hearing
that eminent divine, Dr.? George F.
Pierce on Sunday last. He delivered two
able and eloquent Sermons which were lis
tened to by large and attentive audiences.
He is at present acting as an agent for Em
ory College, and is soliciting the aid of the
friends of the Institution and the public
generally, in building and reconstructing
the College edifice. We are glad ta learn
that the project set on foot by its friends is
likely to succeed.
Thomas G. Pratt 185V H. Dodge
MISSISSIPPI. ♦-
Stephen Adams (U) 185V
B. YV. Kinyon* 1859
*By appointment of Governor.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House will consist of two hundred
and thirty-four members and six territorial
delegates, two new territories having late
ly been formed, viz., Washington and
Nebraska. The delegates, however, have
no vote. There have been elected to the
thirty-third Congress, 142 Representatives;
of which 88 are Democrats, 50 Whigs and
4 Free Soilers. There are 92 members yet
to be elected.
. Despearte Affray.—We have the par
ticulars of a desperate and fatal affray
which occurred in Monticello, Jasper coun
ty on the 1st of March; the parties engaged
being citizens of that place, and three broth-
ers by the name of Slaughter, of the same
county. The Slaughters made their first at
tack upon Wyatt R Smith, Esq., striking
at him several times with a Bowie knife.
Failing in their attempt, they started home
but meeting a gentleman named Leverett,
Jus tice of the Peace in Monticello, they
again drew their pistols and told him they
ihtended to kill him. At that moment
Mr. Thomas J. Barlett interfered and at
tempted to prevent the spilling of Blood.
The Slaughters then turned upon him, and
fired; the ball grazing one of his ears. Sev
eral persons had by this time joined the
parties, among whom were Messrs. G. T.
Bartlett, Davis Lane, H. Dickinson, and R.
J. Loyall The affray ended by Thomas
R. Slaughter bsing shot down, and shortly
after expiring—his brother Isaac, danger
ously if not fatally wounded, and the third
brother cut to pieces with a Bowie knife.
It is not known precisely who killed the
Sloughters, so many jiersons being engaged
in the fracas. It is certainly a mournful
tragedy.—Home Gazette.
Severe Storm.—On Monday evening of
last week, there was a very heavy fall of
rain, accompanied with severe thunder and
lightning, iii this vicinity. For six or eight
hours, a more constant fall of rain, we have
never witnessed. The west wing of Col.
Robert McComb’s Hotel was struck by
lightning. The charge first struck the
chimney, passed down from the roof of the
building to the wire that conn- cted the front
of the Hotel with the stable lot, passed down
the wire to -the bell post, a distance of a hun
dred yards, and thence down the post in
to the earth. But little damage was done
to the building. The bell post was shatter
ed. So heavy was the rain that serious in
jury was done to the Railroad. For two or
three days the cars could not pass over it.
The mails, however, were daily transmitted.
The damage has been repaired, and the
Irains make their trips as usual.—-Federal
L hion } 8 th inst.
I’ll be hanged if I patronize that line,”
said a Uaveller to a steam boat runner.
“Then, sir,” replied the runner, “patron-
Ze some-other li-iii and be hanged.”
Wliat Ought to be Bone ?
Last summer, when a brick yard was
about being established within the limits of
our ‘thriving and flourishing town,’ it was
suggested that the holes which would ne
cessarily be dug out in the manufacture of
brick, if left as they usually are, to hold as
much water as will fall into them, would be
apt to breed sickness and fevers, and there
fore would become a mischievous nuisance,
but as it was all to be done on private prop
erty, it was thought advisable to leave it to
the justice and propriety of those who own
ed it, and we learned that it was agreed that
the holes should be filled up after finishing
the work. This has not been done, and it
behooves all citizens who value the health
of the village, (and who is it that does not,)
to take immediate steps for the abatement
of tne nuisance. It will take but a few
dollars, either, to fill them up, or to cut a
ditch by which they can bo thoroughly
drained. We say it would take but a few
dollars compared with the doctor’s bills
which individuals, perhaps the whole com
munity will have to pay, if these holes be
left untouched. Who does not remember
the difference between the health of this
place now, and before the ponds lying near
were ditched off and drained f For four
years back there has not been a healthier
village in middle Georgia than this, and vet
if it had been let alone, if no trouble or ex
pense bad been incurred to preserve its
health, it would have been a perfect fever
and ague depot, and all the attentions of our
skilful and assiduous medical corps, with
Brandreth’s pills thrown in to boot, would
not have made it any better. We all know
that the prosperity of our village is depen
dent upon our excellent schools, and their
flourishing condition is attributable (not on
ly to the efficient, teachers who have charge
of them) but to the general health of the
place. Let us preserve it. We therefore
suggest to the citizens the propriety of ta
king some early action in the matter.
The President’s Inaugural.
We publish bn the first page of this Pa
per the Inaugural address of President
Pierce, which will commend itself to the
attention of the reader. The address is
something different, from the general char
acter of inaugurals, and it seems to us, a de
cided improvement, as the President there
by some what specifically marks out his
course, and gives the country the outlines
at least, of his administration. The address
is a candid and manly expose of the Presi
dent’s views on the different topics discuss
ed, an able and interesting paper, which
will ever be worthy of its distinguished au
thor. It is highly spoken of by men of all
parties, and all agree that the policy indica
ted by it, tallies remarkably well with the'
past history of the President. No body
has been deceived by him, and he gives no
one an opportunity of miscoustrueing his
position on questions of great public inter
est Every one. will honor him for his can
dor and fraukness, and but few will deny
him the merit for talents and abilities, of
which every thing so far show, him to be
eminently possessed. He goes into the ad
ministration of the Government with the
full confidence of the people ; and especial
ly does he commend himself to the South
ern people, by the manly declaration that
their rights guarantied & recognised by the
Constitution shall he protected by the Exec
utive. We ask no greater protection than
the Constitution affords, & with an Execu
tive who evinces such willingness to defond
all will be right, let the North perform her
duty and there will be no “factions” to put
down at the South.
Col. Benton not Pleased.—It is said
that Col. Benton is quite displeased with
the appointments of Messrs. Marcy and
Cushing to seats in President Pierce’
Cabinet, and that be will probably take an
early occasion to express his opinions upon
Matters and things in general, and Cabinet
making in particular. It will be recollected
that he some time since remarked with be
coming modesty that as Clay, Webster
and Calhoun bad been gathered to their
fathers, the country naturally looked to
him / The failure of Gen. Pierce to con
suit him, will therefore be regarded as suf
ficient cause for eternal hostility.
The New Cabinet.—President Pierce’;
Cabinet has been officially announced a
follows :
Raiu jlaiu !
There seems to be no end to the ‘rainy
season,’ it falls in sprinkles, and pours in
torrents, until every place from a inudhole
up is perfectly flooded. The water courses
are all high and almost impassable ; on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday we learn
that Buffalo could not be crossed at any
point, on Sunday the rains continued, and
at night seemed to have been heavy. Ou
Thursday evening and night it was a con
tinuous and heavy fall. We learn that it
washed up the Milledgeville & Gordon
Road, and that business was suspended for
a few days. Col. Long’s Mills narrowly
escaped from being broken by the rains of
Thursday, he has just repaired it from the
injuries of the November rains, we are glad
to learn that he was able to save it from any
further casualty. From all appearauces
the rains have not yet ceased, the appear
ancesofvesterday were indicative of their con
tinuance. The weather has been warm, aud
but for the extreme moisture 5 of the earth,
a good part of the corn crop would have
been planted, as it is, we hear of some plan
ters who have commenced, and one
near this place who has planted near his
whole crop. The planters have been con
siderably hindered in their operations, and
will doubtless be backward in pitching their
crops, as most will wait for fair weather,
and those who have planted have every
prospect of boingcompelled to replant.
William L. Marcy,
James Guthrie,
Robert McClelland,
Jefferson Davis,
James C. Dobbin,
James Campbell,
Caleb Cushing,
Secretary of State
“ Treasury
“ Interior
“ Wat.
“ Navy
Post Masteit General
Attorney General
Tiie Rush for the Treasury.—The
Charleston Standard says: “All accounts
agree that the rush at Washington, for office
is a downright Niagara. Secessionists, Co
operationists, Union men, and Democrats of
every hue, all join to. make up the torrent..
To crown all, the correspondent of the Car
oliuian says, that the Palmetto Armory,
built to manufacture arms to fight the Gen
eral Government, has received a contract
from the War Department to make arms
for Uncle Sam. He also says, that they
will be better than those the Yankees-sent
South Carolina in nullification times, a por
tion of which, though good looking guns,
had no touch holes. Successs attend the
Southern Armory.”
Hold Your Nose.—The New York
Tribune says : “The Southern Slaveholder
has made the very name of America an of
fence in the nostrils of the world.” Then,
say9 the Charleston Standard, let-the
world hold its nose, or amalgamate. More
practice with less theory, and its nostrils
would soon lose their excessive delicacy.
Election of Judge in the South-west
ern Circuit.—W. C. Perkins, Esq., a whig
and a resident of Randolph counly, has
been elected over Lyo 1 s and Brown, the
first the democratic nominee, the other In
dependent democrat.
The following is the official vote:
Perkins.
Lyon.
Brown.
Sumter
75
58
265
Lee
153
165
200
Randolph
583
155
19
Decatur
137
99
12
Baker
162
270
«6
Early
212
132
44
Total
1321
879
446
Editorial Convention.—The Columbus
Enquirer in speaking of the proposed Con
vention, suggests that it be held at Macon,
on the first Wednesday in May—a good
suggestion we think, and hope it may be
acceded to.
The number of strangers in Wash
ington at the inauguration -of President
Pierce is estimated at 30,000.
j£3T Mr. Braden, a Printer of Zanes
ville, Ohio, died the week before last, in
consequence of the habit of putting type in
his mouth while at work at his case.
Abolitionism in Yale College.
Mr. James Hamilton, a southern stu
dent in Yale College, has addressed to the
editor of the New Haven Register, a very
able and eloquent letter, in which he vin
dicates the South from the calumnies of the
abolitionists, who seem to have become
newly inspired with the spirit of evil since
the publication of Mrs. Stowe’s infamous
book. In the course of his letter he dis
closes a mortifying state of things in Old
Yale, which will not fail to attract the at
tention of those southerners who have sent
or contemplate sending their sons to that
institution. The writers says—
I shall now, sir, close this communica
tion, by considering another agency to
which I have but hinted—an agency more
powerful than at first sight might appear
and with whose assiduous employment in
this unholy crusade, I am satified the coun
try at large is but imperfectly acquainted,
and which indeed, may not be fully ap
preciated by men, even of the North. This
agency is your College. Notwithstanding
the efforts put forth by your clergy, your
literati, your daily press, y aur quarterlies
and monthlies, to bring odium upon the
South and her institutions, it has generally
been thought that a healthy, national con
servatism existed in your institutions of
learning. The Southron, believing that
they afforded facilities superior, in some re
spects, to those of his own section, and, be
sides wishing by observation and travel to
expand his son’s mind, has patronized your
schools and colleges, not dreaming that
these too have become infested with the
prevalent hostility to his section. Now,
what are the facts ? Since the enactment
of the “Fugitive Slave Law,” reports from
several of the more prominent colleges and
universities in New England have been
published, purporting to give expression of
their views upon this law—and invariably
in opposition to it. To, but one College in
New England has of late been accorded the
honor of being National. Yale, alone, has
enjoyed this reputation; and the scores of
Southern names upon her catalogue show
how general has been, and is yet, this be
lief through the Southern States. But
does Yale foster that sound, national con
servatism^ for which her authorities have-
the credit ? No one has heard of public
gatherings of students here' to denounce ex
cathedra, Slavery and the Fugitive Slave
Law. It is true, the subject has been dis
cussed at times, but always on such occa
sions, and under such circumstances, as. to
implicate, in no respect, the opinions of the
Faculty. But, within the last few months
Yale has caught the infection, and now
raises her official hul aud cry against Slave
ry, as an “unjust institution,” and does rev
erence to the supremacy of the “higher
law”—uot, indeed, through public channels
but through the professional ehair, she
seeks to instil into the mind of the youth
entrusted to her care, a detestation for the
institution of slavery, a contempt, for those
who sustain it, and a hostility to the Con
stitution which sanctions it. For the truth
of these’ statements, I submit the following
facts.
At the conclusion of the reading of “dis
putes,” a few weeks since, before the Presi
dent of the College, by members of the Se
nior Class, upon the subject of the acquisi
tion of Cuba, (all of the disputants save
oue Laving taken strong negative grounds
and chiefly because of the increase of slaves
and slave territory,) the President expressed
himself, in substance, as follows : “I have
several objections ro urge against the meas
ure;” and, after citing our treaty obligations
witli Spain, and other considerations not
necessary hereto repeat, he continued “but
waiving all these objections, and supposing
the Cubans, by their own acts, to have es
tablished au independent government; to
be possesred of full powers to dispose of
toemselves—nevertheless, should thep de
sire to be incorporated into our confedera
cy, 1 should oppose the measure so long as
it involved the necessity of bringing us
more slaves. “There is,” said he in con
clusion, “a deep seated conviction on this
subject of slavery throughout a large class,
who have hitherto, for the sake of peace,
acquiesced iu legislative enactments; but
who, if they are to be forced farther against
their convictions, will spring an agitation
such as this country has never experienced.
For my own part, (said he,) rather than
Cuba, with her slaves should be annexed to
this country, I should oppose the measure
—even to the dissolution of the Union!”
Said a Professor, not long since, to a New
England Student, during a conversation
which happened to turn on Mrs. Stowe’s
book—“I have lived in Georgia, as a teach
er, and can bear'whness to its truthfulness
from my own observation.” Again, in a se
ries of lectures, now in course of delivery
before the Senior Class, by the President—
upon the “Origin of Rights: and the Duties
of States”—he has taken especial pains to
dwell upon the “injustice of Slavery,” and
our obligations to a “higher law.” In or
der to bring the subject before the great
body of the students, he has within the last
week, in connection with a Professor in the
Law Department, given as a question for a
prize debate before one of the Societies;
Ought the Fugitive Slave Law to be Obey
ed?” He has also taken occasion to con
gratulate himself upon the inefficiency of
this law; and to express his indifference as
to the time when the final crash may come,
which shall determine whether or not this
to be a free grovernment.
In what, now, consist’s Yale’s further
claims to nationality—of which her friends,
everywhere, have so long boasted? What
cord of sympathy or interest is left to bind
her hundreds of Southern alumni, who have
looked back with pleasure and pride to
their College days, and, who have annually
travelled weary miles to pay their tribute of
love and veneration to Alma Mater? The
society 7 , which they formed thirty years since,
for the cultivation of mutual friendship,
and to enjoy the advantages of debate freed
from the angry contentions which slavery
disputes w ould beget in the other societies,
is dissolved; and the Southern student, at
this epoch of hostility to his section, is
thrown out to fight his way in weekly broils
—or submissively listen to the most hostile
denunciations against the institution under
which he was born. Such has of late been
the state of feeling, that a proposition had
been mooted by a number of Southern stu
dents, to withdraw in a body. The alum
nus, of a few years back, can hardly appre
ciate the full force of the present state of
things. The indignant course has, in too
great a degree, taken the place of the cheer
ful song and the laugh-provoking jest. Men
retire from the lecture room—some, indig
nant and enraged—some, with painful sur
prise ask:—“What can the President mean
by the course he is pursuing?”—others, ela
ted with the sanction of such high auihori
ty, unscrupulously re-echo the doctrines
there, prumulgated.
Once more and I have done. This com
munication has been prompted by no mere
desire to assail any one—least of all, those
under whose direction 1 have pursued a
course of study for the four years nearly pass
ed. The uniform courtesy, which as an in
dividual, I have invariably received, will re
main a source of pleasant reflection—and I
shall continue to do honor the “Genius of
Yale”—as she was in former years. I glad
ly acknowledge, that, among presentgov-
emors, there are some patriotic and national
minds; but these exceptions, as high a re
gard as they inspire me with, I cimnot al
low to swerve me from the performance of
a duty which I feel I owe to the gpublic at
large, and especially to my section. Con
nected with every section of the Union by
hundreds of alumni—among the best edu
cated men in the country—this college has
has wielded a. powerful influence over the
National will—and, sending forth a hun
dred graduates annually, imbued with the
teachings here received it becomes a query
of no trivial import—whether this influence
shall be exerted for good or evil?
The editor of the Augusta Constitutional
ist learns, from a private letter from New
Haven, that Mr. Hamilton has lost his di-
The Inaugural Address-How it
was Received.
The Washington correspondent of the
New-\ork Herald speaks of the Inaugural
Address and its defivery as follows:
The address, which the President deliv
ered unfalteringly f rom memory, and ^
out a single note, w as received with great
enthusiasm by the vast multitude particular-
ly those portions of it that asserted the Mon
roe doctrine, the protection of American
citizens abroad, the firm adherence of the
President to the Compromise measures, and
his determination to carry out the Fugitive
olave Law. Cries of good, and other warm
expressions of admiration, were elicited from
the crowd. The sentiments—the tone of
the address—the earnest manner in which
it was spoken—his beautiful action—his
mamy, eiect appearance—his pale cast of
countenance, in which intellect and courage
were the predominating features—and his
clear, loud voice, distinctly heard by the
remotest of his audience ; all combined to
make a deep impression in favor of General
1 lerce ; and many asserted that this was
the best Inaugural Address ever delivered
fi om that spot. He is undoubtedly a very
effective speaker. The ladies were in eesta
cies, and to anxious were some who hap^
pened to be in the rear to see and hear him,,
that they climbed upon the pediments of
the columns of the Capitol, to their no,
small danger. Altogether, it was a glori- .
ous spectacle ofsablmio majesty, casting in
to the shade the idle pomp, and unmeaning
pageantry of the coronation of kings and
emperors.
The address was delivered by Genu
Pierce, after taking off bis overcoat, amid
immense cheering, just exactly as if he were
delivering an extempore speech*. It will, bo
remembered that Presidents Tayfor, Polk,
and others, read their addresses^foom. the-
manuscript. When lie came to that park
ot his address which related to the protec
tion of American citizens abroad, he turned
face to face with Mr. Fillmore and the diplo
matic corps, and laid down the law with
ploma ou account o-f his authorship of this I filling emphasis, and when he again,
manly exposure of the abolition influences I turned . to the niass the people m front,
at work in the institutiyn so largely patron
ised by the Southern public. Commenting
on this, fact, the editor asks—“And'bus it
come to this, that abolitionism has taken
such deep hold upon that venerable iustitu.
tion, that a southern student is to be igno
miniously denounced and arraigned by the
learned Faculty as a criminal, for having
dared to vindicate the institutions ofhis na
tive South from the vile slanders of its tinat-
ical assailant;
“Has it coine to this, that the pious ayd
philanthropic sympathies with the maudlin
sentimentalism of a female romancer, who
has woven fantastic tissues of improbable
events, and wept false tears over imaginary
woes of the negro race, can tolerate no criti
cism upon its absurdities, and would stran
gle all investigation of the extent to which
abolitionism has possessed itself, of their lec
ture room. Verily, if half of what is here
narrated be true, Yale College is an unfit
place for a Southern student. She is utter
ly unworthy the countenance of Southern
men—her Alumni, scattere I throughout the
Southern States, should be among the first
to denounce her fanaticism and turn the
footsteps of our youth, seeking collegiate
advantages, away from her abolition-stain
ed portals.”
occupying the vast square below, they
shouted with delight, andev.ery man of the-
fifty thousand in the streets declared that.
Pierce is the siasifor the times..
President Pierce is a graceful and'sfcrikihg
speaker, and his voice was clear and. distinct;
and his style of delivery was excellent He
has appeared remarkably elastic, coo!;,, and
self-possessed for the last few days, but. es
pecially to-day.. He rose at daylight and
has been busy the- entire day, and bo evi
dently feels that he has the game in hand
aud intends to hold it..
On the completion of the adih'.ess,, tLo-.
procession again formed, and proceeded
along the avenue, escorting President
Pierce to the executive mansion, and.leaving
Mr. Fillmore at. Willard’s,
Pierce on Old Bullion.—The New York
Express says: “A good story is told of a
recent interview between Col. Benton and
President Pierce. The Colonel expressed
himself heartily gratified at the result of the
election, and very desirous to support the
new Administration; but he told the Pres
ident that he had one man in his Cabinet
who would make him ridiculous—a “per
fect nondescript, Sir,” said he—a “perfect
nodescript—neither one thing nor the oth
er.” The General inquired what gentle
man ofhis Cabinet had been so unfortu
nate as thus to incur his displeasure. The
Colonel named Mr. Cushing and launched
out into a repetition of his epithets, which
I have given not exactly in his words, but
as nearly so as would be strictly proper;—
closing by saying that he was the only man
on earth who seemed to have been created
for the express purpose of being a Tyler
man. The President heard his formidable
objurgation to the end, and quietly remark
ed to the Colonel that he had been delighted,
on reaching Washington, to find so many
gentlemen, who ivere quite indifferent as to
his election, exceedingly solicitous concern
ing the welfare of his Administration.
Armies of the World.—Russia numbers
an army of 600,000 soldiers; Austria 400,-
000; France, exclusive of troops in Africa,
400,000; England, counting her forces in
India about 250,000; Prussia, 200,000; tbe
United States 10,000, counting instraglers,
gold hunters up the country, and heroes
that were never in the lines. Russia has
50,000,000 of people; Austria 35,000,000;
France 36,000,000; Britain, counting in her
Indian subjects, perhaps 150,000,000; Prus
sia 15,000,000; the United States near 30,-
000,000. ihe proportion of guardians to
population is consequently as follows: in
Russia 1 to 83; in Austria 1 to 87; in France
1 to 90; in Britain, taking m India, 1 to 430;
living out of India about 1 to 60; Prussia 1
to 75; tbe United States 1 to 3000, Ac
cording to tbe figures, the yankees take
care ot themselves as well as any people in
the world. It might also be doubted if 1
guardian to 30,000,000 would not do as
^ell as Uo 3,000. How charming it would
be to have all tbe nations’ military glory
descend upon one soldier, The people
would keep him constantly marching from
California apd back again, over the Allega-
nies, up the Mississippi and along the Poto
mac, just to look at him.
Illness of Mrs. Cass.—The National
Intelligencer says that Geu. Cass has beep
suddenly summoned home by information
of the dangerous illness of Mrs. Cass.
Baldwin Superior Court;
Owing to the severe indisposition of His-.
Honor Judge Johnson, Court was adjourn
ed on Friday the 4th inst., until. Wednes
day the 13th of April, The case of the?
State vs. George W. Jones, indictedifor lar
ceny, was brought up for trial on Wednes
day morning, whqn.the counsel for tbe de
fendant, moved to continue the case owing
to the absence of several material, witness
es.. His Honor the Judge having.deterininr
ed. to, hold an.adjourned term of Court post
poned, the consideration, of. the ease till.that
time. V illiam Pare,, charged- with bigamy
was foundguilty, andisentenced to.two years
imprisonment, in the Penitentiary. Hiram
YVoodull and Stephen.Rhymes, who stabbed
each other a few weeks ago, were fined .one
hundred dollars each. Two other, persons-
were arraigned; and piead.gnilty,.for gam-
bling and were fined twenty dollars-eaoh..
It is worthy of remark' that Pare, who.
bye-the-bye, is quite a youth, was arraigned,
tried, convicted, sentenced and put to. work,
in the Penitentiary all in one day..
We understand' a large number'of true;
bills were found against individuals charged;
with various offences, and we are happy to-
believe there is a growing ui-joition man
ifested on the part of this community to
sustain a rigid enforcement of the law*
against all offenders. Certainly every man
should feel that his reputation and safety
are involved in maintaining law and order,.
--Milledgeville Recorder, 8/A inst.
-Atrocious Murder.—A murder of the-
most atrocious kind, was committed in
Wilkes county on last Saturday, bv Mr.
Armstead Stokes, on the body of Mr. James
Henley. We give the particulars as correct
as we have been able to ascertain them.—
Mr. Stokes invited Mr. Henly to his house
to assist him in the raising of a building,
after the raising he then invited him to din
ner. Immediately after dinner he asked
Henly to take a short walk" with him ;
they had not proceeded very far, when
Stokes drew a knife, and without a moment’s
warning plunged it into his heart, thereby
causing instant death. Mr. S., was under
the influence of liquor. He was immediate}
ly arrested and brought before the Magis
trates of the District, and, after a careful ex
amination was committee! to jail to await
his trial at our next Superior Court.
The deceased was a man of large family
and highly esteemed by all who knew him
In this sad event eight children, six girls
and two small boys have been bereft of their
only source of support. May he who feeds
the young ravens, watch over and provide
for the afflicted orphans.— Washington Ga
zette, 16/A ult.
A merchant not over conversant with
geography, on hearing that one of the ves
sels'was in jeopardy, exclaimed,
“Jeopardy! Jeopardy! where » that?”
u Cuffy—is that the second bell?” “No
massa, dat is de second ringing ob de fuss
bell. We hasn’t got any second bell in di*
hotel,”