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THE C ENTRAL GEORGIAN.
aTfUL GEORGIAN i of Loiei keepers. The most conspicuous W- *
liisUa lion of this is the Prescott House, at
the corner of Broadway and Spring streets,
New ! ork, an establishment which derives
its name from Willijnu P. Prescott, of JSos-
ton, the great historian of Ferdinand and
Isabella, Fernando Cortez, and the Conquest
of Mexico. It is built and decorated iu a
style not surpassed for’ elega'iice by the pa-
ggaauhv4?*ijaagmug
,<#.ur New York Correspondence.
•fo- New York, J«n. 6, 1854.
Fin. Editor:— ■
New Year's Day was celebrated h re in
• he U; ual w«v, by making calls, Ac.; but'it jlatial residences'of flidse'grandees wliorri llie* ”P ° c a
is complained that, while the ladies'' weire i eloquent ]ie,n of Prescott has cqintiiemora- fellows t
more extravagantly costumed thau hereto- j ted, and the historian has signified his ad- mere! vr
tore, the tables ot refreshment were more j miration of the design, and his respect for
lightiy laden than ever, Jt, was difficult toj the gentlemanly proprietor, Mr. Pe Groot,
get o'en a lunch, without goir.g to a resta-j by sending a costly portrait of himself to
t aunt. I utich was a stranger, and.egg-11 ogg ; rtdom one of the apartments, This hotel
v-car.eeiy itiud$ its appearance, lu sonu ot j is indeed pre-eminent, pot only fortlic rich-
ihe houses of the "upper ten,” ‘he la lies ; ness of its architecture, sr.d furniture, but
received their guests in a very forms,, v an- for the classic beaut v, eleg-ap.ee and irefine-
ner. I hey appeared in full dr*;B, seated ; nient of all its interior arrangements. Noth-
upon divan.-; while their visitors *-■ ,-e led . ing flashy or gaudy meets the eye, as in some
forward uv servants in livery, and, after »a- j of the other now hotels, but everything is in
king their bows, were led out ag< a witl an j hat good taste which is said iu England
.equal amount of ceremony. j and France to distinguish the mansion of a
It is a historical fact, ot which “ ti e p ib , nobleman from that of a~ jnxrvenu. While
lie cannot bo too often reminded,, that the . the Hon. Abbott Lawrence was our Minis
Empress of Russia, in 1703, refused to re- ter.at the Court of St. James, I visited Lon
ceive Mr. Dana, the American Minister, un
til the ratification of the treaty by which
Great Britain acknowledged the indepen
dence of the United Stales. Russia is the
niatural enemy of republicanism; and the
paper, withdrawn the obnoxious Fee Bifo
and announced that their rates will be a»
heretofore—low enough to suit customers-
By the way would it not be well now that
this quarrel between the Sovereignty and
the Doctors ie ended, while we are shaking
hands over it, would it not be well to square
lip old accounts;' and not compel the poor
to work cheap and wait always
y.ask the question
on vour corns do we?
study of the law, Years havegone by since
he passed from among US, and we are now
called to mourn th$ death .ofjiis'spn. In
the dispensation ot Providence, rt has thus
been allotted to me to witness the depar
ture from this transitory scene of two gene
rations of that family. To me the event is
awakening; to all ilshutikJ be admonitory.
It-sliould teach us the uncertainty of human
life; how brief, how fleeting, how transito-
we | ry is our sojourn here below. It should en-
We don't tread i able us to realize tire Still more important
truth, that this is but the first stage in the
— series of our infinite existence of happiness
The \\ gather.—If -it were not that we or misery,-which human language is : alike
know better, we might almost suppose that inadequate to describe. It should therefore
“the winter is past.” For certainlyAbei &t* n !ulat«j us, while engaged iu the active
.. ,, e . , -, r , „ i a»d faithful discharge otfoiif diflies'here, tb
1 . ! prepare tor that solemn diange which awaits
enough to remind one of summer birds and j us . (11 foi . that eternity to w hich, will, varied
blossoms. Raiii also has fallen, and that and yet with certain-step, we are all hasten-
don, and was favored with letters of intro
duction which enabled me to visit the Cav
endish House and Northumberland House,
the residences of the Dukes of Devonshire,
and Northumberland, for the purpose of
-npostate species ot Christianity, of w hich j seeing their librarhs spd picture galleries,
Hie Czar and his generals are the h'gh ; and I raw their chief apartments, so that,
priests, is the natural enemy of tiue religion, j w hen I state the Presco t House is superior
Never was the Cross more infamously and j tc either of those aristocratic establishments,
practically blasphemed, than by that spuri- j 1 speak advisedly. Mr. Lawrence was re-
ous and corrupt offshoot of the Greek j ccnily in New York, and'put up at the Pres-
Church, which enslaves and brutalizes the | cott House, and lie . fully concurs iu this
great niass of the Sclavonic rape. In this j opinion. Mr. De Groot. the proprietor, is
connection I may express the fervent hope j neither obsequious nor officious, as land-
that- the resignation of Lord Palmerston, iu j loids too often are, but has the manner* of
England, will lead to the dissolution ot the I a geiUletnan of high breeding, and lias the
miserable Aberdeen Cabinet, and that a new : happy faculty of making his guests feel at
Ministry, with Palmerston in the depart.- j bottle. The servants arc so drilled that they
meat of foreign affairs, will be organized, so do more than obey ordes; they seem to
without stint. On Tuesday night last, and
Wednesday morning, we had thunder and
lightning such as is rarely seen during' win-
li' purity of life and conduct, if the faith
ful fulfilment of h is obligations as a citizen;
if the warm, cordial, affectionate discharge
ter in,this latitude, and the heaviest fall of j 0 f the sacred duties of social and domestic
rain we have had for a month past, The | life, if an active unremitting expansive be
earth being already saturated with water,! oevotence; above ail, if an unaffected piety
hs to give a: vigorous impulse to the Anglo 2
d rench alliance against the diabolical' des
potism of Nicholas. The pretence that Lord
anticipate all wants, and are so active and
iuteligeiU as to supply therii almost as soon
as they are uttered; The tabhg and estab-
Your* Truly,
Pulaski
J almerslon resigned because bd was unwil- ILhment, yet the prices are no higher than
ling to co-operate in the reform in the House j at other first class hotels. 4 few day’s' so-
nf Com mens, is simply absurd, as every than ; journ at thePrespott House is one of the
must know who is'at nil familiar with the j pleasures which the educated and refined
history or English politics. It is notorious ; will not faij to enjoy when they come to New
t iiat he was one of the most powerful advo- j Yurie, •
e-ites of the' removal of the Roman Catholic ’
disabilities, aha ibat* his ardent* support of
the Reform Bffi, in 1831, cost him his'seat
in Parliament*as a member for the Uuiver-
eity of Cambridge. To suppose that be is
row opposed to reform; is to suppose., that;
he has abandoned the* cherished* policy of;
his political life. The truth" is, he has-left
the Cabinet because his colleagues were not’
willing to give Turkey that' active support
which she needs. Had his advice been foi
l-wed, nny Russian vessel in tho Black Sea
wvytrkl have been captured or destroyed
] mg before this; and the massacre at Sinope
vo’irfd have been prevented.
It makes a most unfavorable impression
ti'»on the minds of most disinterested per-
ns, that, while the lower House of Con
gress has unanimously voted a 6word to
fears’were entertained of another intermis
sion of the regular travel upon the C. R. II.
We are pleased to Jearn that this has not
occurred, and that the road has sustained
little or no injury from the freshet;
AW,her heavy fall of -ain on Saturday
morning - last followed by freezing, wintry
weather during the past two days, com'
pletfS our chronicle for the week.
The Soil of the S’iuth--James M.
Chambers, Agricultural, Charles A. Pga-
bodv, Horticultural Editors.—Columbus',
Ga-,- —Price $1,00.
Tirt Socthp'hn Cultivator.—Daniel Lee
and Redmond Editors, Augusta, Georgia,
an ardent, zealous devotion to the cause of
his Redeemer, in whom he had long since
made public profession of his faith, could
have averted the stroke of death, our la
mented brother would'have been still with
us,-among us, in the midst of u?;, to' glad
den us by the display of intellectual pow
er—to 'charm us by the exhibition of those
benevolentaftec'tioh.Vwhich in tiiubs now-
forever gone have afforded us all, such
unalloyed gratifications. In the iiiscruli-
ble councels of Providence it has beeu other
wise ordered. Our brother has fallen. He
has entered upon a new and untried exis
tence, wlierehe is destined, we trust, fo re
ceive the reward'of his faith iu. the Redeem
er lie loved.
It remains for us, in humble submission
to God’s holy wilii, to. profit by the example
ot his well spent life. I, b**g leave to. read
fSlllbiislerism. I the expense oflife, the life of the innocent..
We regret vqry much to see the indiffel*-! Tbis&is the determination, this the plan.,
ence with which the accounts of the recent! ^concealed no longer. And the expedi-
aggressioq upon one of .the States of Mexi- j V ol,s . gone and which may go
/. . , ... . | lor the purpose ot coinmiliing a nation-iL
co-{by al«le.s cx,*<l,uoo fitted «.t ■» j mbbery me entitle »o more tS respect tL .„
the State of California,) have been received, j the footpad, only so far as the magnitude of
It seems that not- only was the Expedition j the crime contemplated exceeds that of him.
permitted to sail, without interference bv , w ^° cuts a ^ 1 '’ oat : fur Hie jioor chance of n<
the antljontics, but'after having landed and -P Urse ' ! f tnen- frem
muidoted some ot the inhabitants, and ta--Jor Sacramento, steal the horses there and;
ken nominal possession of one of the towns— shoot tho-e who defend their property, what
(the news having reached California,) an-! they i Are they not in the sight of God
other
the munitions'
fully to leave' port;
lews Having reached California,) an- j 5 uiey not in tt»e sight of God
vessel containing reinforcements, and > ant | l 11 . 411 ’ aD( * laws of both, murderers.
. . .. . . , and thieves and robbeis ? Now. ve casuist;
unit.ons' ot war Was permuted peace- tel] 5u whnl donsiis;ts the f i; ffoi : enC(J in lh ;
- VV e profess to no sympathy with Filli-
busterism in anv form-—aHtriessiori aiid out-
rage of the strong upon the weak, is as rep
rehensible amongnations as individuals.
morality of the deed if other places aresuh-
slit u ted.
Is not right the same thing in all places ?
Is not wrong wrong, whether in Upper or
Lower California ? Substitute Stockton for
La Faz, and what position before all law do.
And we regret that the apathy of our Gov- the forty five who took that town, the Gov
ernment, iu' not preventing such Expedi- uinor.-., and killed the people liohl ? What
tions, nor punishing with the severest pen- narn . e obrrectlv applicable to them i
,. . . , . . -. Most certainly, the same which should be.
allies ot the law, those who engage m them ; j , , ,
- * ’ applied to them it the same acts had been
is likely to stain our esciiicliion, and de- committed in our cities. And yet many
grade our national character abroad. | look upon such outrages as sinless, because
We know that seven eighths of the citi j ^ ie y are ^ perpetrated at a distance and
zetjs of our great Re nub lie. are law-abiding,! a b r ' t2n ' t g‘ e a> er »- ljut the eye of the
... *....' & world will not so look, nor that of IrVorv,
ai der-fovmg meti, who do not countenance ; nyr that o( God . j Hvk Cade wasa disci|) { 0
injustice or oppression in any form. And . of truth compared with the tuyeutors ofsuch.
we have been greatly d.-Ct*ived in the char
acter of the present Executive of the Union*
if thesfe recent hostile demons tint ions on
tufaiiimi# doctrines.
For shame ! Cease to plead- a. desire to
benefit the Mexicans, to, give them liberal
„ . . , institutions^ AH such, pleas are hypocrisy,
our I acibc coast, do not- recei ve the sevei- ^‘-j such assertions are falsehoods. No such
est reprehension, - v this we confidently ex-, i wish, design, or calculation enters into the
peel!; If the naval force' of this Government! platv The sole ruling* impelling motive is
us insufficient,
gressiotU of men.
Justice, seem .deteriiiinedi to. degrade the
svai r-jrce ot mis uoverninent i * >ie soae rm.mg* impeuing mouve is
to. restrain the Piratical. a<r-.| ^. oblivn wealth amt povyer, wlth.o.u.t any
, , . TT r °, r.efereBce to, right and justice. Such is. liio
Cl,, wiic. dead to Honor and. fiut . so . Wa , K a „d:ilnaicc,.andRcavcn, and
SANDERSVILLE, GEOBGIA-
TUKS|>A Y JAYUAHI 24. 1S54.
Legislative.
YYJiat has the present Legislature done ?
is frequently asked’.- ’Twould be‘ easier to
say what it has not done. We Imv# po. re
collection of any General Asi-embly in
Georgia, whose acts have been so uniform
ly received by the people of Georgia; either
price $1,00.
The January numbers of these r'eallv val ! l -“‘ resolutions adopted by my brethren, of
uable monthlies are upon our table, ami we ! ! lle J V u1 ' l V l<k >l oa3r llmo ! ' vili
take pleasure in commending them to bur
friends.—Devoted to Agriculture and Horti
culture,-those two most important brandies
or part* of that great art by which civilized
man draws his sustenance from the earth ;
the art in tiutli Upon which all other arts
depend. They should be patronised and
studied by every man who forms or gardens.
To our readers, we sav take one or both of
be pleaded to,direct that they n;ay be en-
tt it d on lheminiftes of this Court.—jDaily
M;o rn in y J\ r eip((l
them — the low price at which they areaffbr- j a - ^biecure.
ded biinys them within reach "of every man-'
DctIBS AND, Qi.-A,Li:ricA;iTC«W Qf' A^.' Eb -
ro,R.—Tlie following which'we extract from
au Rditonal in. the K. Y. Tribune of May
hgst cbhlaimng aK i-l does,, the experience of
ofl.e Vrlto kiiuw.s,_\ya give for the' benefit
of o.u,r rea<lers. who/iliink, the Chair EJjtori
For good- of for evil,.- we
have <?ver regard? d‘the office of Emtor
and how a planter or fanner in tliis day
can content himself to live in ignO'ratida of
agricultural science, whileit may be so cheap
ly purchased—so-easilv obtained, is strange*
*ye passing strange.
Now is th * time to send" on for it, begin
with indifference or disgust. We have no j
doubt that the embodied wisdom of the i with the beginning of the volume—send
State during the present session, may have |your name and o*i e dollal*, and you can get
Major General Wool, in testimony of the pursed some laws which were needed, but in ! either, and to ottr friends of W ashingion
national gratitude for his services at Buena j lookiiig to its actioua as a whole, we are j county we’ sa). if you prefer sei d us the
• beJi ^ e tI,at been ^better price of the paper andfove will write fori
- Upon the most illustrious comm-indfr ofoiir j ^°r the State that it had udVer assembled,
armies in the Mexican war. I refer to tlie j The pardon of Elijah Bird, condemned
rank of Lieutenant General, which the Sen- ; after an impartial trial hr the people of
ate has resolved onght to be created, and | j^ lb eouut r _ a fter* thousands of dollar*
... conferred upon Major General Scott, llle , ,
vote of Senators on that question 6hows |b a dbeene'xpendeatoobta„.hisaequitial-
that itis a-niatter with' which pavtv h as j af'er the cgse had been earned up to the
nothing to do; some of the mo t earnest Sup-cine Court, and the judgement of the
advocates of the measure being zealous
Democrats. Its opponents pretend that
such a title is aristocratic and foreign to
1 our institutions. But. ibis opposition is bas-
atid be security for your receiving it.
E2ott Rpfout t| Charltou,
We publish below the jnamble-and res-
oliitions adopted by the {javaiiuah Bar in
relation to the death of this eminent n an,
abo the eloquent end a] pioj riate rifoarks
of the lion. John M. Berrien and Ju<’ge
Court below sustained, wa* an outrage up. | pYeming, made in ojen eou.t. uj oii the
on public justice, and good morals, which j of the action of the meeting,
will not tool be forgotten. *i'he cieatiou | wwe clip fre-
. . - . . . . mi. the Saxaunah Jjaity
*d upon ignorance of tlie early history of i ot seven or eight new counties in the Slate, Morning jVewg of the 2Clli iust.
tho cotmtry. The Coug-r'ess of-1 4 ' 7-6 especi-1 in most cases merely to gratify the whims
:- s - MU established the rank of Lieutenant Gem j ot - a f i!% y individuals, thereby still further
eral,— and W'ashingti n held the rank of | , '„r .nre
,, ’ , ,. , =* , , . . T i embarrassing tile legislation ot the btate,
- ■ General, which was a grade higher, in; . . ° , ®., .. . . ,
A 799, however, the raiikwa, nbolislu.-d.ffi j m utter disregard of the true interests of the
.--•Y>rder to relieve Presufont* Admiis'' from tlie ; people,reiel Consider only another instance j
Be it therefore Resolved, That in common
with all who knew him, they, deplore ihe
los* of this, dislinguifioed Jurist, must, esti
| mablc citizen, ami accompfisheil gent Ionian.
Resolved,. 1 hat. tlirev will wear the treual
necessity, which would otherwise have c-xis-j 0 f jt* iintkcility <jr profligacy. A : nd lasr, | badges of mourning tor the space of thirty
red, fj r He appointiiietit'of;hm personal llot t'he atteffipt ' ’
err.v, Haniiltpii, to the L1euteriant-(->etietal-1 . - -
' - - — A ’ . , *• • ,,- w } Jed ftr . ; °"ly just arid equitable sy
scarcely less responsible thiiii. hi s who is
Caliecl'to minister in, things Spiritual: For
whatever uifluoilce the Minister of God
may command, by the purity of his life, and
the Excellence o.' his tertching.v the lessons we
thus leayp are too, easily forgotten, (too fre
quently with the occasion thaA gave them
biit.li) While ifo his weekly appea rence an
Editor, as wVdi by his selections, as by the
produbliohs of his pen, nwy’uiirke' impres-
rotis either for good or evil, the- influence of
which ripoti the lives of his fcaders Eterni
ty alone will uiifohl.
We speak from much experience, and we
assert what the judgenieut of reflecting rea
ders must approve. 'J Ire writer hereof had
no other ambition than that of attaining
usefulness and position as an Editor; the
studies aufl eflbrts of his life have ail atten
ded to this end. Yet he lacks very many,
qualifications essential to the making no of
?i powerful and Useful journal— lacks Classi
cal, Critical, Agricultural, Financial, For
eign Political, Musical and other knowledge,
which can only be supplied through a di
vision' of Editorial labor. We seriously
doubt that any living man knows enough,
and that ope life time is long enough to mas
ter the various know ledge demanded in the
editor.-hij) of-a*good newspaper.
Of course, we know that a ! periodical de
justice,
all. really honest men must regard?the move-*
meat; And yet it goes on and, progresses:
under out very eyes, and no. power seems, to,
care to. stay it. I.l is all wrong, all djsgrace-
.. , fid; all a, sch/.-me worse in principle than,
pai t of oar Government ;-and’<bc suspen- j that which.dismemberediPolai.dandiis even,
sion of a : ictv. of tho would; be Presidents ofj now afoorbing ail the southeast portion of
I.. /r.._ l «.i * l TP., 1* I, ...I.L
American character.,, let it be doubled^ or if
necessary quadrupled* and-’ these expedi
tions, prevented;—a, little- activity on, the
newly Congressed, countries, to. the yard
arms of our-national vessels,, would;}»ui a
stop to. tho evil, at once..
These are our views, and ; we feel-that use
are right. A venal and correct press may
publish, will! sickly laudation,s. the names of
these would? behyroesthis. is. a mere mat
ter of taste. For. onr part we see in, their
coadaict nothing io. admire,, everything to
coiuleiun. Courage' and, bravery are tlie
-common characteristics of our countrymen.
To excite our adinjraliom when,displayed in
acts of oppression.;uul:'robbery- Since w.ri-
Europe. ft is affiuccaueering attempt, with,-
ont even the plea in, its fovor that it was ne
cessary in poiiit of policy ; for Lower Cali
fornia, and'Sonora, and Sitieloa. would, have
ail iu good time-coihe to us, m. a, peaceful,
an d legiti mat a way .
With millions of acres uncultivated, with
mines unexhauAtcJ,. w ill), resou, ciS-uudev«L
oped in our own,territory, neither neeesssity
nor jiblicy,. nor jhsiice, nor patriutisin can
utter a word, in extenuation.of the contem
plated-deeds It is against all- law, against
all" morality, against tin* United States quite-
as much as Mexico.;, for while it disgraces,
i us it only injures them. If we were ever to.
need-those States we- could; have waited;; it
an arucie-i.roiu. wie- oau jL-raucisco , ui-wi m i.u*‘n, uie w.ic<veui uea
of the lbih. of December,, which w.e copy in,’ * ru ' t plucked* ere it is rip>e.
. ' j steal the apple do not find 1
our paper, as expresang perfectly our own | , - , M , -. .
1 ^ c - naked as tlvev iu. the garden l
'ey
Iivl8o0,a bohrd qf^diiiifig!
my officers; inc|u«ling Jesup, W ool, Gib-son. ; tm«- that founded oil the uuwuui um j im »jncV? ] jC . requeued to’ adjo
Totten, Ac., reported^—“It is expedient and ; cijde—a syst( lb rdibittid by ever/ liorifesl | „J\ V in lessiott until Motuhiv nl-xt
^?rvper that the grade of L'eut'-iiarir, (tcdci-- ; fil;d r ,A cting man, capable of understand- | i iaik of respect to the memory of
,«1 may l-econf.-rre-d bv bi.*vit.” Tnerefore,: . . . . V 1 ’ * * J
j • • it- ■' e. I 1 ing it, to be the best ever
unless tne republicanism of the present dav °
reimmicanism oi ine present
is p’t'ire refined and sublimated tliu.u'that ofj wisdom, could only
able of understand- i iaik of respect to the memory of the
ever devised by lui-; ‘b'Ci-a-ed.
. , - Resolved., that a committee of tliree be
v, we imagine,.have I - . , , ’ ..... .fo
", • ! appointed ov the Chair to wad upon a mem-
remr foref .thers. it is-d.llicnlt, to see why ; been counletianccd and eosUined.% l)* j be.- of the Bar and to request him to pro
Major General Seo.t shotv.d iio'- receive j present General, Assembly. . jn.cuim
pr<ijH>sed honors.
An excellent measure has bfoen proposed
n.ounce at some suitable limd* m Eulogv'up-
\Ye are not defending tlie late Tax Law, 0!1 l h<-' character anb uruius of the deceas-
may, it did require some amendments ; fo * •
p to Congress, byppne of . the Senators , from ;
• Afassachusetfcs. Ou his motion tlie
‘millet’ on tlie Post-Office and 1’ust R
’ ‘hr.ve been directed lo con-ider the
eney of jn-oviding for thS cojiAenieiio
<'security of remittances abroad, iu small j o fo ° 1 ‘ ” ‘ ” j Rcxlnved, That w’heil this meeting adjourns
?- *uins, by attthoriring-orders or drafts from " ap ASfc ’ * . j it standadjourned unul h.-df past two o’clock
V'iour j ost Sflico on ail foreign j>ost_ oflict-s, j The new Tax law has not yet passed,-; (o- moriow, then to niec't''at the sarije place
with which it is in coi icspondeuce; Lima j felioulvl it do so we shall advert to it again, j and freuir thence inbve irj a’bod'v to attend
constituting a system of international post; of OU) . K , rt(Jc| , s , Ilav tJiat ; the' funeral of the* deceased:
• re.flice orders. Iue utdnr of this measuipj ptrictur* are* mtei-ded for tlie doihi- ! «*»*■«« s 'of^ujs noK. john- Mvcpinfasoji
-may not fie so apparent, elsewhere, as UKj.; . . * •# . ” ;
fo in New Yoi k: but here, where we see ur*ji ; tiafit im-jority. J hev are not, we never.
conducted with decent (fficieiiey by a sin
gle Ediior. Such a she» t is . not propellv
a newspaper but a series uf'tranis. ]> ut forth
at stated periods. It may be very neces
>ary and very useful; ’hut a newspaper is
another matter. And, even in conducting
this periodical tract, it is not good for one
man to he alone. He may easily write it
all and have time to s.p lire; but he should
have hours for profounder reading, for me
which they live, and drift uuconciousiy back
into ihe Xlih Century or' thereabouts. A
ting the above, we nave read, with, pleasure I was; merely a. matter of time. But, like tile
an article from the- Sau Francisco Herald j df-v.if in Eden, the wicked; desire to see-the
l.f they who.
their souls as
garden did their fox)
•ihs, it will, not be because the sip.does t ofo
deserv ■ su. h a, punishmenfc
37r..Editor, will you pieai-e publish Ihe fo
lowing list of appoinlnicnts for the firs’ roami.
ofl-quarterly Meetings.for. A'anciersville Dir trii-t
St-indersvilje Circuit l l.tli ami 12th Feb.
views. Read it :—
J'KOX TH.S RAX KRAN'CtSCO. HERALD. Olf'DE
CEMBER 1 6.
AVhat is tijlibustering ! That’s, the ques
tion. it is easily answ ered, if we may judge
it by the form it assumes around us. It, is
simply to Obtain by any m.eaiisvhateyer we
desire, no. matter by* what right of title u
be claimed as aiioltier's. It is. a. creature
destitute of conscience, dead to. all. the |
rights of others. Lota lily lost to that clear i
perception of abstract light which the truly |
honest mat) must perceive and feel. It is a j
facile yielding to whalev. r avarice and inst|
of power may suggest as a means of acliiSv- j
ing wealth, glory, or position, 'l'his spirit*!
is despicable, it is a principle quite as dis- j
graceful as it is common, and how it can bo
be eBtei ta.ii.ied and acted upon by men claim
ing respectability and character is a difficult
problem to solve.
Yet there are such: Men who would
consider themselves insulted by the slight
est allusion reflecting-upon their character,
for lioiiesly and honor appear to’ ffeeh no j pa^engeis were, able''to jump ashore
shamfe' for being- engaged iu* adveotuft&i "‘thstandiiig the greatest efibrts of their-
iw here, if thfey feU'into ihe hands of those ; e^nipanioiis to rescue them by hauling the
against whose propertv' and lives tin*v coi-i * ,ual ashore, they were forced to wilne-a
spire' and conduct piratical expeditions,! tiu ‘ ir &*** fr-.liow-passengers, a woman an
would be d -ait jusliv bv lf'thov were exq-! tvv<> l n, ' n ’ !, ‘ ,rne oti r ’* l ! >Kll .V bv tlie ice, w«
Dublin h. 1.8th “ 13th
Irwin toil' 4:i!i M - 5th A/foch..
J: eksonvillb ** l it h ifltll “
Kfeid.-vilio “ 18th « 19th “
Fmamiel “ 25th “ 2Gth H
lline -viile “ Sth[9di April;
Gullocli & Bryan 12th “ 13tJi, “•
Darien &; McIntosh loth “ _ 16.h “
VV. G. UAKKS, P.lfo
Jan. 1 Gill, 1854.
Miraculous Escape.--The Quebec Chron
icle of December 30*has the following : <hi
Sal urday afternoon,- as one of the ferry ca
noes from .the city reached the batteries at
Point Le-vi. a mass'uf sheet ice- drilling do*a
wilii the e'blv lide buie it atvav ere all the
Not-
fiifitelv worse kind, whfol, actuate, desper-i i,s ’ a , of tive mi!es froin lhfl
ate meu who stake their last hope upon the tllH '-'’"p t '^ l ‘ ^ le ) ' >e,e
throw of the dice. It is to obtain by force j b‘ought up a- fat as Leri her, where at ikw |1
whatever is desired and coveted, to get with- \ fo lUl ^ a - v l ^ e )' c>b.-er\ ed by the peop l
outgiving any thing iu return. It is thiev- ’'T bqnie from mass, and after great ere
ing on a mure extensive, principle, robbing-, ljuns " e,e rescued from their peiiloiisg-
under the name of .freedom, buccaneering ’ at,an ; b-'tvmg spent nearly twenty-four hours
in tile name of liberty, murdering with the oU ,1 ' t * r , iooluding one ot the mo> --
1 ' that was over expenencru
throughout onr winter season. Jheires-
ualiie of God written m huhltn blood upon v<i>e lr, y llt:4 nat> eVcl ex lfo. n
the axe which strikes the blow; Is it possi
life in a closet, even with a printing-office : bfo tiiat this ago is to be characterized by C, M ,V - l> ler 110 fr- cXe ‘
adjacent, is no fit preparation for an Editor’s j ^uoh a spirit l It is ;- it is-so already ; for, 1 le . f .
iresponsilalities. lu no oilier couhtrv is Ld ! altiiougli, thank Heaven, the better portion ! ^ 0,1 nia }' imitate a good man, nc
iiorial labor ?o excessive, so unremitted :ib in | people, the great heart of the nation, e, ‘ Counterfeit him. . ^
this; in wiiich scissors to a'gVeat’ exlredt do |j l 'dgds correctly,-and is-true to individual; It is' a base and narrow mind to *■ ,K
HERiMLN^iNrtreijiMLMCAiiNU iffB-ACUus , dHty'instead of investigation aini studv, and ! and uatibfiai fame, there aire thuiisands who ; suspicion is natural,
growing rich on the premiums extorted from j charge lij oil otu? pa'rtv. that w hich belongs v . •. » * < j > v )nhre the force ol Editorial .strictures is of- j care for lioue of the laws which should bind " ' ,,e an ^ l' a ' h ’° n a, °
fo]>dor Irish Jab->rers and servant girls for ; to \, 0 th andfosciept wlitii a law is !>as«ed j ^ * J'ltase t/,e Court; ] ten obseifled by the. ihaccurncy of rej.ort.s ■ not only uiat: to man, but uadiou to nation,; ex'ort words trernr »*•
<of excliHiiiff, (on^ pouud, or five . 1 • * i 11 • * • brethren of the Biir, who liaVe r^ent* • «tnd a goner.il sloveniine^s of iuaQu^enWui: *tiul whoso restless" sjiiribs onjy ask tor h Ii!oro**i to ues^:\e a
. > *lolla!-5, and upward.) which these people - * f<no,l - y r a,t - v vo, °* we umnst . |y I.elJ a.ineetmg on recrei viug- intelligence | with regard to details. j chance, not for a just cause. They are rea- ‘ rpust learn first to !>e one.
are racks oft used
true friend, ff0 j
t.o'p ra
ils suh-
brothef.
my cateint
lice which they exert, to despoil a. for a tel in of six- years. John M. „‘j- v . |r j'
^foreign nation and disgrace tEcil- ow jL 'That' John Bell, John J. Crittenden, am -
e-a- Ti.fofoTfofofo "fo fo T ' l there are'meti, perhaps, in the parties which Everett, -for the next six years, wi L .
mi "‘ ,0 go „ e „ 1Ml U, „„J 1W „„ lkc „,,o„ the W?teW« «•*'». I Zi
virtues t* j d'fo .Otj.ier dav* to tl).e J>epot to go,j onslaught upon th^soil ami property and anil parllyffiii the immeuce 'o'< 'V|y t pger
who hcai | u ] > td Macon and got aboard \ho morning | Jives of a friendly nation at peace with us Jell in that body by the dem i-’ 0 ' ner jc;ilj
:ite«i bv a desire to benefit tlie and Clay. Mh *te\ernuj !i ‘- 11 ', \\'liiy
that-, land which they -mean to streiigtJi of paj.ties talent^
e. barely possible. Bat the have tlionsceiuleiicy foenaio'
iih mi re i, is thirst, greed to experience. Ik
III: /jjlwth.-vs who have never ih--nti<>ued a
beard. of|
: injured Vifom, bv force and fraud, cv* n at .cent ly b-.-eu t-f
ffeteigujslic, j
v<< all of tbeiU very
full terms-