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L’otfer©
Professor Uphato,.'iii r a cdmthbni*-
cation from Loudae-fo the Cungrega-
tionsiftist, tl^is_<»pC<ak of this “ancient
pile •
I employed & ..waterman of tlie Thames
to take rue '-iff his boat from tlie
London bridge to the Tunnel ; and in
going down the river,, as ; \ve wound
our vv$y amid its various »hi^ihg ; i
passed iu sight and very -near to ; -thut
celebrated mass of wails and built lings,
-known as the Tower -of l#>s.doa.*U'
. The Tower, winch 7 lir.cT visited "and
CJcamined a little, before, is situated- in
the eastern part of the city,-.and was
originally tlte-fortified ^residence Of
the English rtionarehs.
* ' In.ilh Aviryfe. exte.nt.jt. covers^ a sur;
fr.ceot twclye'acrep; inclosed within a
.stnjiig' wall. Within these wgjls there
•calk <
_ larejimkiing .calh cl the
'hide Totvcr. It Is bui It i pon 'rising
ground: add is ninety-twofeet in
height \fotli walls .Seventeen feet in
thickness. It whs erected by Wil
liam'the Gorrqum>r ~f and is" {ije most
aneiCnt. part of the T’oWer-lm’ddifigs.
and- for a’-loug time-.it formed, of itself)
the PToryer. of London.” Our boat
man as he rowed us by* the side of
■these celebrated buildings, pointed out
the water-gate^ called the “Traitors’
Gate,” : thron»h' which, persons guilty
.or' supwreejL .'guii-tv^vof high-
— ^ d'*ghiltyS|Wqrh ) w
political offences, are - brought to tire*
T wer. i Tlfere-js a square tower near,
the water-gftte - called the “Bloody
Tower,” fforn the circumstance . that
it was the place, of the murder*of two
infant prince^ by .their uncle. Bichard
III. It.fras through tlie gateway of
the “Bloody Tower,” That I had .pre
viously-passed, in order to examine
what it. is permitted visitors to see.—«-
One of ttfo/olyects of special interest,
because it throws light upoq. history,
and social.progress is the ‘Horse Ar
mory.” -The principal apartment in
its interior, a room, of a hunt!red,-‘and
fifty feet in lefigth, it occupied by'ap
imposing line of equestrian figures
representing distinguished pe'rsons of*
different periods, elothed in the iron
armor of the ages iu wjiich they lived
from the period of Edward .First to
that of James Second.
I was litre shown the executioner’s
axe, and the block .upon, which the
victims were struck, whieh still- bears
the inarks-of the sharp blows, which
fell ajike at different periods upon the
innocent and-the-guilty.. This '.axe is
said to be the one,- with which the
-unhappy Anne Boleyn jand the Earl
Essex wYre executed : and if so it was
-prohabfv tke axe -which covered tire-
•head of Algernon Sidney—a name
dear-Ht) Americans and republicans,—
Dvthat part .of the - White . Tower
oil led .“Elizabeth’s Armory,” is the
> apartment, where Sir Walter Baiyigh
, suffered his twelve, years’ knprison-
jn'enh Ldce Siilnov, though perhaps
jess.pure and indexible in principle, he
was one of thedisUiigmsUeu men -of
• England; arid in coiisejj’reuce of the
naval enterprises' /he -projected, his
.name has beconie-ossociatO.d with that
(d America. In this pirisOU Ryfeig^'
-wrote many of v hiu w^-ks ; paificu-
• Tarly his'“iiisunw of the world.'’ . H is
f wire, as* Wm owni. .earnest suggestion
and eutreafy was ppi-mittod so shafb
, Ids imprisonm-mtyviUi .bun, an»l hi*
Lnmi'owst, son was bon in the Tower.
S3*.
. Erveo, clock
tlteir children, ;
whb
Jtliiy'4i',fos55.
4 v -. Absent- •;
%c. have been.sprerafeiays.-ftecctea
■rily absent, ^•liichTact may hccytJnt for
-fhe meager, .appearance. .wider', this
head:. Our Eaton ton package carrle
‘“also fpojate for^n rinrertidri;riof all the
article! .fqr^thaffhbadf#' 5 , >• :
tiibgif a_
came,' pkfenis.i^pHy
guuj-diaiis/tirtif wiTrdffo-t^ bit
had wandered , unmindful .over the
Bridge of Sighs wipe; found) and all
returned to their several homes de-
l ghtcd with the pleasures of tlie day;
-and feeling that there are times.
“/When tiK-aouUv’s eiirthlv thought renews,
And smik-Si.tcrftetfUl of the wte tka!'s •VeenS
?We have' been.favored .with ...a.fae^
Squash from the Garden of'Dr. Turner.
Tli is !s very -early for onr latitude* • '
LLvri.EApAXT - Affray.—TVe . re
gret fo have to an notm ee a rnosj, .un-
pleasantpceureyce which took place at'
Kent/’s Gqitrt ‘gr&und Dooly District
Warren .county on Saturday last the
18th Inst, A difficulty occured*between.
W. C. C: Gumming'of tliis coucty ami
John Kitchens of-Warrfen in *v?irich
Kffcbe'ns loshliis life. H<5 was shot by
Comjmags..whlfgypislo£. in)$ -died m
"fijrfi -miantes. CuTnmings'wtis aft&* r
wards taken-and lodged in Warren
jail. '"We have not beea made ae-.
quamted with the causes of the diffi
culty ; ftg. wliieli vve must await a legal,
investigation. We learn, .that both
the'jfer.ties were about f8 ye&rs of age.
How long will the law against carrying
concealed weapons'remam A mere nul-
ity t ■
both
0m$m\ anil - *•.
n*ETOJTE&tH.tr i~ 23. 1855.
iteOfOS, EDffSK;* ‘
We b'egiil to-d.-iy the •publication of
a serus of cbritind-nfedtimis denomina
ted. ' “Thoughts for-the times.” They
are from iui able pen and have to' do
with auhjects. of vast interest to -the'
people, ,We bespeak fur them a care*
fubreadiffg. - " , * •
We have received a beautiful
spceinlei. of botiyoidal Calcedouy,
young-ij^t son was
But neither the affecaqn of his wife.
' 'nor his great talents anti distingufsiieu
.publicservices, nor his learning nor
ids adViUiecd age, saved him from a
.violent death. When his final, heer
came the .executioner asked him width
wav he chose to place himself on the
Id iek. He rephe I, “If life h Ci-rt b«
T irr't Ut Guo matter which wyv the
bead ]ies.’-’
-- i. uuse; ved here the clonk on_ which
Gent nri Wolf died in the bloody bm,
victorious bifttle which gave Quebec
and* the''Canadas to 4 Enghnrd-. •
In the Tower are "kept the regalia
or erowmjcvi'els, which may be -exam
ined w ith pleasure not only t>u account
bf their ric'nness, but .because they
are rtconcilable with ideas of kind-
arid T^eade-; but as a general thing
be-regarded, both
and in what it now
Politics. Our Positioa-
We .again state for t,her information of
all parties that onr paper is -open for
the’discuss on of -politfeal matters,
provided it be done in A temperate,
dignified-and argiTvnentgtive manner.
.We are riot afraid of light.,’ nor are-we
afraid that tlie.people walTerr- if they
have liffii.L Wc. are not to be regar-
ded as committed to a particular course
-from the character of the commoni-,
cation of any correspondent:. We are
not only willing, but anxious, fhat
subjects, of this. charade-r should be
freely discussed in onr paper if dene
hi the right manner. It does not Suit
our feelings to enter regularly the
fists of partisan conflict, .There' is a
wide field for labor and’usefulness
outside of polities. This we wish to
oenpyas best we may. 'Yet*as pub
lic journal sts we cki not feel at liberty
to withhold articles which, discuss
subjects of such absorbing interest as
t-iiose which are now beginning to
seethe in the'political cauldroh. This
is the way ami the true way to give the
ptipife. .ligot.. -Believing, tiiis,., . ahd
-iiarving'lic.Ue efids tossub.s^rve, \ve
ratiiec iiiviiC,'titatv K pet, a discussion
41 our. paper,; being rtiainfy anxious
as-to the inaui't*r in which it in'to be
eunduetcu. This cpmports with our
idea of true independence in Jnurmri-
ism. We are for the' good of the coun
try, not for the party. Let facts be
submitted and the people can judge.
•fr.bin the hancisbf Me. Levin ^i. El
lis," of this county. It was 'found
on bis plantation, and would grace
any cabinet of minerals in' the coun-
ti;y.# ; W§ would be pleased to_ receive
any specimens of burious rocks,, pick
up aecidentalfy, or otherwise, as the
the empire state*of *the South has no
•State Geologist/ (nor is likely to have
one.)-and her mineralogica! ' resources
jvill havqto be devclope ijiy accident
if at all. - . - * r - - >
liven by,tlie young gentlemen of
idersvilie on Saturday last, at Col.
[COMML'XlOATKii.J
The Eisiiing Pa rt .
G-i
Sandersv
Longs Mill, wasindeeda- piensant af
fair. AndTiow could ii be otherwise?
The ladies were there in gay.and glad
some gk'ej -\y itii witching - eyes and
sunny '■smiles—that caused many a
bitcheiers Iveart to quail yod make
*them-“'rathfr fly tlie. ill's tfley kpuft
not of, than beaj - those they have.”—
Tire day was bright,.the silvery, .sheet
•of water w its - banks fringed jvith
rs, .as'afgFeat kistorial monumetit of
the art of war.and of. human blood
shed."-/ . 'v *.'
/The Widow’s Lamp; .
Some years ago there dwelt A wido w
in a ionely cottage on the sea-stigre.—
Ail around her the coast was rugged
and- dangerous; and many a time was
her heart melted, at the sight Of- wreck- '
el fishing-boats and coasting vessels,
and the piteous cries of perishing-4iu-
man beings. Qne. stormy night^wben
the howling wind was making her
loneliness more lonely, and her mind
was.conjnririgAip what the next morn
ing’s light-, might- disclose, it happy
thought occured to-her. Hei' cottage
stoocLondui eievatetl spot,, and, her win-b
dow looked out upon.tlie sea: njight.
=site not piaee her lamp by that win
dow thatit might-be a beacon-light to
wai-ip some poor mari ner, off the coast ?
She did so. - All her lire after, during
the winter-nights, her lamp burned at ;
the.window •; and many a pooF.^fiaher<
■ man had cause to bless God' ior the
widow’s lamp." many a crew were
savert from perishing.
That widow .“did what slier could
and if all believers kept their light
burning as brightly-, and steadily,
might not many a soul Ire warned to
flee from the wrath to come? Many
Cnristians have -not the power, to do
much active service: for eurist f but if
they would live as lights in She world,
they would do,- muchIt.-those;Tvbo
uanuot preach to the old, or teaeh' the
young,, would. bntValk wortliy.of him
who iiath ended them to kis ’ kingdom
and glory howTaueli Aou.ld the hands
of miuisters-and teachers be strengthen
ed.- ' /'■ /y;
siam t.,. ft
IVEW
tv. K-xojv.'^oTHi^ja
Conv iiXTtox,—The N. Y, TugucS has
Bishop Bierce & Sasaville german-
Thi&production well sustains the re-
•pntatkm of- the distinguished author.
, ft is generally irnljeT-stood, that good
oratory and good authorship are in-
cornpatible ; and it is doubtless true,-
that-’the k orator looses 'm'-uub in the
writer, 1 In the present instance, while
reading we -almost- -irriagf he ourselves
listening to the Jiving-sp-aker, so true
are. tlie thoughts and expressions to
their ^paternity- This sketch of tlie
character of Bishop Gapers is as true
as it iseloque'ut, and. bis description of
the closing scenes of Iiis- life, embodies-
somc-ofthe finest thouglB^ve' .liarve
ei'er read or heard expressed. The
sermon is a.boon to. the church, and
will doubtless prove a blessing to thou
sands. It Has accomplished a- noble
work, extracting perfume from the
saintly character of the man, of God
ere the*leaves had become scentless
and dead, has left it a rich legacy to
the church-and to the World.
m
i a-
oil
Wiser
pre/
ded only as
power, bh'
hould deter-
aid at once pour
<irit population. ©I
;idB.cient numbers
During a recent' liuntin g excursion
in i his county..t!ie.line pack of hounds
belonging to tlid Messrs Amos, .fed.
upon the track of ^fr. Nimrod OhihL,
anti ctiirie u' to tiifrt while fishing oil
a creek. lie 'drew h'is,-kiii-fe to defend
himself/aniLsucceeded In killjng two
and wounding four Olliers, •before
they could be called off’.
green, liat^ifes gay uttire was w»ll eaj-
*d entlmshtsin .to the iu-
euhtted -to ad
spiration to which the' occasioii- gave
birth. All was pleasant; -and - the
winged montenis -fled; . freighted with
fffe sweet n*aru u of ti/el.gh^ -tfe could
BfOtideit-’s^nspirmgbillueuce upon*
some of our acquaintances; who •prior
to this time, had very little taste for
“Ihe Waltoriian practice, l> tt now sSem*
ed endowed .witli* extraordinary . pa,-/
tienee and perseverance, aud A “ glo-:
rious nihle’-’ was bul a-pressing in\i* -
-tiori -for l niTother' Imur’s Sojourn upon
tlie bank, we thought vhdwe.Vef, that
pehfqis-some of them- might be*, stuck
(ip the we mean of course) but
We were too/modest to judge Others by
Ouradves. A collation-was At length-
.spread, and it vrere impossible for-* us
to express our obligations to tlie ladies
fonthd Ample'and “ tasty good 'things
[COMMllXICATm]
Thoughts suggested ty the times-
• An attentive, observer ojf passing
events and of the present state of po
litical parries, can but feel a settled coii-
vietiyn that An important. crisis is at
hand. There has" been fur several
3 ears, a-gradual 'droppirig off of one
and another of' tlie great questions
whieh have lain at the foundation .of
old political orgAnizations, until .at
-present there is felt scarcely a vestige
of all tlie old party .issttes.. In this
state-of things, there is a public desire
t^odeep t,o be transTentfand tuo'wide
spread to be disregarded, that 'certain
new and important,issues bepnade, as
the basis of new, party allignments.—
Partisan demagogues^ who bi'gin - tu
see Tn^jUitp signs of due times, the ibre-
shadovviug of a j-gfoimation that, will
be fatal to their inereenary aspirati fife;-
are piteously calbng upon tire dear 1
people to rally ^o the old party-stand
ards arid save the.cuuhtiy, when reidly
rit- is: not for the eouqtiy tiiat they are.
alufmed, but. for theirown ctumbling
dynasty: It is believed -tiiat at this
juncture,^ the'dear jjcople 'know where
the point ‘of* danger is; they- know
'where lo.rallj- to the‘rescue., Native
Americans, let us- come to the rescue!
©fa fish drtmef simply, they -proijueed
a display, of luxuries winch thtj njos^
fastidious e iieure vou d'bu: have^ivj'
claimed irresistible. Alter- the leiteshr
meius were discussed, fire lovers of T-er*
psiehore retired fo thp<attic o ( the Mill
House to mkrg.e in- the maxes of the
exciting dance. There %e were fa
vored with: a Jem strains ofolulcef lrar-
mony. fi’omxhe'inStrunjeuf-o}’ the . i[-
luStrious; f ‘Jaek of the Miir’-wliO'e ir.-
strdment it "is said- isdirsi cuusur -m its
topes to Old Bab-s “violence.’’.JB.ut wo
wilre pernirtted ti) enjuv ll« piivii^'.-fi
but lor-a lew fiir tj’ n-n tncirts, dor Jack
©fa fisff drtmef simolv. tlrev -ra-oduced of obtrusive foreign strangers installed
>-=- -- ■-*- *•— disgraceiul to Our puphe meffas'itis as
a currespundeiit At-rSyvaeuse who pru-
loecexliu
issvsntb: give -the proceedings "of the
w .iNothnig GouVenliqu. Erast us
-eat smile, he could play- no-- rnofe.. for
lopJtiflg, and was-as he.cqiiffisse'1, liter- 1
ally s/ tiled. -. ^ ■
Therfcy was indeed onE- .of fecrea-
tion and* p’ldasuft*, replete with untold
joys ano frnugms with many inci
dents to whieir-’memoiy w-ill off revert
and.plrick fresh joys-'irori^tilings that
were.” Beauty in ft’s unadorngrl
HttrpiToity:never looked -more iovtfty
amt bewitching. Bright eyes/* Anirria-
c-'V, met‘l : y:'v#toes aud.pa-
Pi... ,iH w pa-
A'jnt.oti iiitd-expelled Jhe XJembyf Jor-i i -'- u(ai s:uiksvmuyuu-J’ed ail lhat was
ufienu-g antbj»:uyery seiitimep^, dc^itstbl^ to j-efider
it onri oF'tile
ium offices of honor anil profit -offer
die heqds of native. born citizens,, far
more deserving, ad-nionish us that it is
time'to work aud'tiuie' to look 'well to
our rights.arid ouf safety. ’ Let the Sa
crilegious * traffic vvliicli has been ear-,
riedron in some quarters between the
candidates for ‘office and eert'aia' h-igli
ecclesiastical fuiicttonkriesthat -we itbt
•1/ administer sukiiary.-caution tq the
inendS ojf. hbferty. There cifu. be no
■qucstionahat a.system of ba'ibcry mid
dtpkgerbus-to the general* \Veal pf the
country. .This seHing of the rights
of E alive Amehcaus tor foreign, votes
is, to say-the least of it, a tieasOuable
‘speculation, and the parties tbit -should
oe inude to writhe uude^ the brand of
infamy. What flunk you, ye-sous of
revointioimry sues ? Eiiall they not
H Tbl pffpak
desire tb hAve
-this country,
accompl i si fin
than thiougli t-
•sent’.'they, are*’
they hold the I
however,, papal
iniiiertodb-so, she
.in upon us an em1
Catfiidic|)Auper3d
(uhdei- bur-jifesenfiidtii-alizatibn laws)
to vote out of native bo#n.
■ itizen ; andin a shcri time, reduce -th.e-
entire couritr\ T tb iRcman Outhblic do
mination. Sometiii!'S^mu|t be done to
ehecl the fearfiil |ri>wss already .cwfiy
merict-d. This, stlf $£- European qx»p-
ulajio.n must not dow-nupion us
tbits, or like anlavalanche- from the
mountain,* iff wilf u fter ly over whelm
•And ruipps. ' I V ' •
. It is wdrse tnhp idle, it i& treasancr-
Me to talk of tple^ifon when the ques
tion of’life and < Atll is b.*fore us.—*
Whgn did pajMvc .ever show'- qutfrfer
to a fallen victim flgexteHd tqh-ratiun
ta any- heretic
force, p
conceded
and yep in the present prig's
to be a necesaa'-y evil, fl he only ^ue#-
tion is, si. ally e employ this illicit wea
pon in defence of our lives, or shall we
tamely submit to be slain by.it? ' We
turn to Nature, ami 'to Nature’s God
for a reply. Shall the abomination
that maketh desolate, ride rampant
over our cherished institution ? Shall
it trample in the dust the pure relig
ion and the.meek.disciples of Jesus?
Shall it- extort from a nation of tree-
men, unwilling -homage to the old har-
l.otyji«&t sits^upon die scarlet beast ?—
Let "a natiofl df-ffeemeiv, as yet un~
'chained, give the answer in tokens' thfit
shall be terfibla'tqonr enemies.
But taere is Another- Issue which at
present canhpt wlfli safety be-,over,
looked. Another enemy levels its
batteries against the very pillars of off r
liberty. It tlf an enemy which aims
at tlie utter prostration of private and
public virtue—and these constitute the
main supports of onr free institutions.
Tt may nodtlike Romanism direct .its
blows at the orgi-nic features of our
government. Its object may not be,,
directly, to tfansfirrm republicanism
into despotism, but.(what is no less to
be deprecated) its/direct tendency is so
to enervate' and corrupt ouf people as
to destroy flfrever their adaptation to
that free, form of government which,
out Ait hers bequeathed to us. More
over, if .we may jjrige fro nr the thou
sands of Catlibiiclforeigners who man
tlu-se- terrible .bi^verics to which wA
hay^ aUud'e^fPWR'/cJinnqj: resist the
conclusion that tjBt wj cvp is one of
tlie fi-arful instruih^ntal’rties which Ro
manists an? using' to prepare their way
to. filial triumph. * Go and instifflte
strict, enquiry iirto the clutracter and
history of the thooeaiids who man the
liquor shops of onr northern and south
ern cities, and you .will find that more
than three-fourths of them are of for
eign birthrand Roman Catholics in relig
ion. Whatever ctyi stultify and bru
talize and debase tlie people- of this
country, prepares them to he the sub
missive tools of designing knaves, ar 4 d
-a good, materia! to' be worked up into
ihis abominable corps,of papal adhe
rents. Tire liquor.shops tare dear to
the Roma’n'rsls. They ma&gpod sub
jects for the Roman faith, /and; they
are.. the .means, of augmenting the
wealth and influenee of the. Rom^n
Catliolic emissaries. Native Arneri-
mericans, awake t the grog shops con
stitute one of j'our direst aud most
dangerous enemies. They oppose on'e
of, the most formidAble-obstacles to the
,-ttiffuBiofi .and final triumph of your
pmieiplt's..- Tbneeds not tJiAt' we waste
words upon^his '.proportion. You
-u^depstapdjfit. You kqSftv why and
howVthe proposition' \jf-true. You
know tfiri- liquor hjterasft is an effic
ient instrument of- thatgre'ry political
corruption against whic&you are fight
ing ; *nd you know tobS-hat wherever
qhe‘ -liquor' traffic*is popular, Native-
Anfcriean sm* can .never carry - a
very thriving business’. Red-nosed Bac-
chns.is.deemed tor-be no-fitting drill-
officer to tra : n recruits for -the Native
American service. ' There kre twa
great interests now which lie near the
heart of this nation. They are not
conflicting interests’. They must not
be so considered^ .Our respousibifity
aa patriots and christiaiis, is j ust now
-most fearfully great.. We Are called
Opotr to niake these -two interests'lisr-
monize'.so as to afford mutual aid. to
eafchother. .If as Native Americans
and friends of temperance, we.would
hope for a favoring -smite -from the God
of battles, let us ffiff make 'war upon
each other/ Xef'iis pot. array in 9a-
tagonisiic attitude these two causes,
both so-good, both; so dear to our couti-
I ry, • both to interesting to the grriat
heart of that Gtkl, on whom vve rfnist
depend for success in every underta
king; and surely/ it will be a weak
and foolish policy to place enmity be-
atlflf Atner-
jssof /fhe§gJ*eat
tempripneb army- We shall pursue
this subject in a future .rraffiOer. ~
L ’ - > . . PASCAL.
SpartAj &ay :16th, 1855. ?' .
Thefe has been a plefftifal- crop
wild strawberries in -the old fie!
herenffoutsi; And albeit riot so'gbt
j aS WO ima^ne Brother Peabody’s mu
bej yet they have the taste which tl
loversoLtliis fiuit so much admire.-
• And with bountiful supplies .of Rll £
and ereririi/wf find .the m not at all u
pleasant to the palate. *. .
#£/XV£S/M J* Jtlvt F, 23,1855.
i. 2£iiT3fL’ '
/ y iBefiiocratic Meeting.
We omitted- in qyr last tq notice .the-,
Democratic meeting which took place
heruofl Tuesifay, 15th May. Rcgoiu-
tiorts were' -passed condemning; tlie
Know Nothings,, and approving of
Pierce’s and Jdhfisou’s administrations.
B. Djornatari, John./B.Poi.mds, J.JO.
Denham, Daniel Slade and J. A^Tur-
rier were appointed delegates .to the.
Gubernatorial Convention.'
sg_i tfiirself»
/Haimed-' A wonl of explanation in regard to
-^Lour connection witfffi
is paper rfiay
necessary. jEspecialfwfe this,the ease,
as we differ in many things moral, ao»
cial and ^political with our/estjpmed
colleagues. We makq - E^A6let:tions
for the paper, except the snort extracts
which occur in our editorial • cylumn.
Hence our responsibility is bound, d by
whatqippears under our editorial head.
We makeUhis statemebb because it is
duo td'consiSteitey. Li our connection
with .the^ Georgian & Press, it ehatl be
our constant - flito to avoid as much
as possible polemical subjects. When
we, owned and ^conducted the Inde
pendent Press, we felt at liberty to
write whatever it pleased us to write,
because there was an implied contract
between us and our^subsef ibers^q this
offset. N ow, however, * the* press isf
ay in the columns to discuss the sub
ject of polities or theology. We shvii
deal more’in riiiei-aLure and the local
items of Eutonton and Phljiam' Couffly.
Our pen shall be demoted' to the cur
rent events of our bai/iwick, to amus
ing anecdotes, and such' other things
as come within the scope of nfcutrai
'journalism. While this said of our-
-self in oar capacity oi one* of the edi-
t©rs.of this paper, it is applicable iu
this capacity alone. Eor in our i*di-
vidnal diaraeter, we are at liberty us
take any.*side.in polities or religion we
may clioyse, aiid our viei\s. uyoi>lbe««
oaejeeia \vb' %all ceftatrily give by
word of-mouth, and in other newspa
pers, magazines or quarterlies, as oc-
easioy may require. Ii the foj-iner sub-
soribersof the ludependtjU Press should
see anything iu the columns of ibe
Georgian and Press not ‘written ©r' se
lected by us- to whioh they caimot
give their assent, vye beg and implore
them by all the lessons of liberality
and all the examples of toleration
which We have endeavored to' give
them, not to so far dislionor, not ouly
our teachings, but those lessons of
charity which they may fiild in their
bibles, as to stop* their paper because
they can’t agree to every thing they
seein it_ So far as we' are concerned,
we like to see syme- things in the news
paper which „we take to whic[i we
cannot give the assent of^our judg
ment. We know^ then that. *it is not
edited by- some canting, hypocrito
whemi our two dollars - tribe weekly
to put forth what he does* pot/'milly-
believe;* in order to pander-tepdur pre*
judice.- We have said enough.
. Strawberries-
1
Georgia. University Magazine-
•The number for May is received.
It contains a jong/'aJliele from tlie penj
Rtfv- .11 r, -Lin^baugl/j* Hector of the
Episcopal ClnK&li in Athens, ii> review]
of Ealn^im^’s-Memoins or Celebrated |
Characters. ■ # * .
- •« .Kissing- %
’ JThe editress of the /Ladies Reposi
tory, talkirig at® uf liE&Ing, -saysy- >
“/Kissgs,^like|laces <?f* phiiqsophersj
long
len k-issas are said-to haVfe. more; nut*
meg abd-cream tliaff ‘ otlrer sorts. -As
to proposed kisses, they are hot liked
at all. '* - W'. '. \ ; .
k.iss is thp rhest • agre'eabEe.
We have.bceft - kissed afew v time.-?, add
as we are. net very old, we lippe tq Ve-
■eeive inatiy> more.• ' ' »/
' * I four fair coifemponAy is pretty as
well as yoifcng, ancf .-Voutd just p?»ss
lier kiss/found perhaps . we
mighjj re.nd&rjbirrsel-f -i*#effxj/_%"the
1 grjitificati6Ji*of her, iiope.ff pro-.]
’fogs afoudiiess for tiro institution *she
adnpTcs,. ourself.
.|llocn.>ifla in P-ra^er . . ,
How simple, ’sit’d yetffovv bru{hf»l|
arid'jeloquent the thoughts, and iiri-j
guageof childhood! We came across
the trifle wing extract in one of our ex-]
changes the other da}’:-
“prie^flay a jittle girl about five
years oJd f heurd a,preacherbf a certain]
derioininatiriii'-d oiffe?- praying rnos
lustily, till tlje roof rang with the
strength of his g\ipplieations.' -Turn-1
mg to iler mother, -and beckoning the I
maternal ear down to a speaking, dis-j
tauce, she whispered-^-'hMother,.don’t!
lt ,, , , 1 .vou, think that..if. he liyed* nearer to
owned by others, and we have been* . * ould ’ nt have ;o talk soj
employed by the proprietors' as one of
the editors. We do not feel ijt libef--
lou'4?” ’Such a question is" worth'a]
voliime on “.Elocution in Player.” :
Southern Literary Messenger.*, *
y The MayTiuhiber is before us, andI
we'liave seldom seen a. Magazine wifltj
nbltr or mon? interesting papers.
4
- This Paper- .
Variety is. the spiee of life. It is al
so the spice pf-newspapers. Hence
ours should be *a, very interesting pa
per.* W-e- take the responsibility qf
sayibg that.it* is so. *Yott-aetually*get
three^newspnpers tn one: a Sand srs-*
ville paper, a Eparta papier, and an Ea
ton ton paper.- Ordinarily/,, you would
have to'pay §ix dollars Irir them. As
it is, you pay-only two. VlTe don’t he
sitate to say that you can’t do as .well
in Georgia or out of it.*, We are not
bragging ©ji ourself. Wo only bragon
Xr,.F<^>e arid the Messrs. Pendleton.
And they -\y ilf each say as: much for _
usas.we do for them, we shall be putt
ed trliree.times as much as any one else
of the corps. Hence, we" may not be
without policy iu .neglecting our own
praise-. B.«t we repeat it. there is Va
riety enough-in this, paper to make- ff <
rnterestyig^- Some of* us -are inclined
toward American rsim, and. some qf us
entertain a "deckled disrelish* for’ it.
The most of us*in spiritual affairs are
orthodox, "and ao&e bf us are dieter©.-
dox. 11 one of us eau’fc please you,
perbaps anoth'er one of us lnay. Tn
us, try us. 'We are all gentlemiTn, and
at least one of our trio is handsome.
Modesty rerbids olH^Specifying, K-r :
haps if the lady correspondent ’of the
New York J)ay Book had vis)ted the
Meteorology.
For March, 1S55. at Fparla. Geo.; Lai[
:ilude hU deg. Yi runicsec A./ Lon\
"‘gitkde b iieg. 8 ruin. 11.; Auituue
above the iScit, £>OU Jett.
Barometer—Ma.ximum/.29.77 on th«
1st; Mimmutn, 26.15 ou the distJ
Range .62 iff admen,,indicating aiuios-j
pliefie pressure ahcyji medium.
T-liermuineter—Warniest day th<
lfitl 1 £jUt£2JBk volt
ility <he--isi, 31; M.imnum pcrril-the]
2d, 19f Maxmiimriiie 16ih, c2, Month-]
ly mean 42.4; Rauge li oiu extreme]
point 66.
The <nefeury. was below freezing]
point 8 days r and there were 8 f i
Onthe2yui H stixid at 21 at sai
nd^.t noon of tiiat day icicies
trom the eaves ot the factory 16
tong.
The clearness
of the 6ky
month is represented by tiie
4o.2 against oh.8 tor cloudiness,
There were six rains, am- >u/
all to"2.26 inches^ Thus, 'on
.10; on tlie 1 fill and 12th
’loth .80; on the 17th and
on the 21sl .15, and on
31st .15. " Abo'ut oriefhir
age for this'month,
raini full this spring,
soihrfg and deep pjrowmg can secure
good cibps, as but moisture-exisis*’]
in fhie^sub-sod^
- * z Prevnleijfce of TTind.
' v >3o't s.e:
•N. W. 4>8 S, '
N. Ex f ’ iu lX ’
W; i'.-h .7 f E.
I Chinese
Fsixjy Chinamen killed,
[yunks sunk, and a va
powder bin Ced; but
amount to?
. _ liOtlillig V |
ill—because where tn c re are r>\Lnn ^
fnore (. hinuuien n
fifty or I
three or ioer *
■t quantity at #
what dots it V
it
plenty
ting in ,v numer-
tic TcIj i ou ^ orner juirks to be sunk, and lots
on the I Buore P 0 . w ^« r , rf.ariy to be burned.
j * iu t;ftr re ilt !,wi •••**!. aT L t
FThin
Tito river is filled.with tiie hodiei of
oUih ulu j Chinamen ; as neither side ip-
tlioaver- ! f/ tar t(> “ ar J Bmir simn but ju>i threw
no extensile l ifc,n 111 tl ' e Lvcr. Vv eare oblideder-
but sub- ^Jnormngto get up’steatn to clear the
paudle wheels of the bodies which Inn
lodged there during the night.
The writer expresses the fie lief that
pauton will never be taken by there-
bels.
Tlie Pliiiideiphiamint was establish,
cd in 1798; those at New Orleans,
.•Aj-J:" -'ll- V* . 1 | Charlotte aud Dahlonga in 1838 and
0. VV esTet^j wlnrls- wp agamst Eastern | the San Faneisco mint and New York
15/-beffig a singular preilominanceTor "* ’
the former. ^Northern 40, against 42
-foj* tf * * • •
for So-tiiliem.'
Peaclies, wh ich .bad .bloomed, are
almost qniversally kih'ed, but tfie late
blooming varieties may parti ally/, sup
ply the demand for culinary purposes/
but Jiot lor drinking. No other frajfr
destroyed. TVheatjandjifits uninjured
arid d'good j»ro|>liet of a glorious, har
vest.—JOhron &■ Fen.
The Chuoxicle^ a^d ■SsifrixEE
FOR -SAI.E.—In order tot- carry oUt a
rcs.oiii/ioitlong .since fomied^Umt of
re tiring* from uie printiilg business—
tl*d finde^igeeii now offers the' above
estfthlishpient/ir side. It is one.-ofthe
bestappoifitejoffices ift/the-sta'te, wi|h-
perhaps a laii-r c reuimion than any
other, p AthJW id it is-a large and
extensive Job Office, and Book lfiu-
deryq and all he nutahinery propelled
by steaqj.J Prhsumiijg that those
desiring* tq^rcbaSe'jwiiJ c^ll’anAlook
for thefose^s, m deem it unnecesary^
V* Tfioj^tBair that -the terms- will
aid fhat a bargaifi'ean b
assay office in 1854. The total coinage
o^golu at ail these places from the year
1 9b to 1st of January 1955, was $344,.
o38,90i, Vt which §256,230,971 were
irbm California, received since 1848
,nearedy al Jofusiiice January I si, 1850.
1 lie total gold produced m this conn-
try,-and dc{H.isited for coinage since the
mini wua established, other ti.aa that
received from California, is only $17,-
400,364. ^The total production of the
preci&us roetak iu CulrtonjuiAince 184#
is undoubtediy c -nsiderubiy over
^360,000,000. Part oi this has been
received here since January 1st; part
is in California in various depositories;
paTt.bas been xtii'p|>ed directly for £u-
rojie, and $256,600,000 haAe'been re
ceived at our mints for coinage prior to
January 1st, 1855.
be lih
had. /-■
WM. Sri J0NE3* ’
of
tini
tween t-w.o interests so esaentiai to each
be punished ? ShalJ, -not your* r-igfils other in tins important crisis. IVe sug-, fi^flductors of this journal as she di
he q i oieeieu { \\ e call upon you to gesfc a sp rit of-compromise-* in this Brotiier Lomax, site might have been
rally to the native standard. - . J emergency, as being a thing of vital j ser vicein this regal’d,
-rltffi a strange delusion
fippnse that itajipiness- cum
—Coihentnient is' not to
iilsjdeiidor and magliifteeiice;
'Pthat 'princes iiave^&ome*
jrnged ihe graiaiedr of a
Hi e trforp sjfiipl» efijoyments
/‘j life ? Why isfthe. euuntt'm*
y rich * man foireaved .tilth'
I'Hnd anxiety^..while ilie'ptior
hir * Way ^bottling . ami cxhI-
ffe blessings hv hieft .God. bus
>m? Why t]pes tiifijnan who
Wn^in wealtrr^look bal-k to flic
ris poverty, *and ask himsr-Jf
H'aifiot ?uVw* rejoico' as ijea.J:-
| v ';qhe ufkch iu hejdiel over the
Mississippi.—The Jackson Missis-
sippian oi FTictay last says:
It has been, four weeks since a ram
has fallen in this region. The conse
quence is, that crops of corn, cotton
and oaf, are very unpromising.—
Unless if rains in a very short time, it
will be impossible to get stands of cot
ton ; drid the oorn - already drooping,
will vv idler and die. This article ■
sdliag here from a dollar to a dollar
affd fitly cents per bushel, and i>
scarcely ;o be had at any price.—
Planters who would otherwise spare
smulf quantities to those wboare need
ing it, art'a fra id to do so in view of the
Mireatehed failure of the growing crop.
.\V' e are apprehensive tiiat a season of
unpjiraTLkd distress is Ikribre ns.
T'lic yecan. - Springs Gazette, say*;
We iiad a line. ram in these part*
this week,- which was. extremely wel-
v ome to the pareb«i np gardens.—
Tin s is said to have been the driest
season in this latitude for many years.
Evi.rr April faded to bring tlie
ers wtire-u iias b-seju her
ia all other yeafo.
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