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THOMASTON, GE< >RGXA :
laturdiiy Moriiinj, January 2?, IB6o*
Kxtract from Senator sv\ rsouN Speech
a! f*riflfiit.
“The loss of Kansas to the So nth was (he legitimate
and inevitable fruit of the ‘.siju'ifer sovereignty’ ele
ments of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, os construed and
enforced by its Nor the. i autl. ; - and friends.”
Brooks, was you ever in Charleston?
A story somewhere, is toM of a Kin*', who
possessed a beautiful and accomplished Queen
hut withal was inconstant, Being one day re
buked for his inconstancy by one of his Cour
tiers, he asked the Courtier the dish he most
prefered to eat. The Courtier replied, partridges.
The King ordered partridges (and no other
food) to he set before the Courtier until he re
monstrated with the King for his want of varie
ty. lie said partridges were very good, but
partridges, morning, noon and night was more
than he would stand. The Queen, replied the
King, was too, very good, but the Queen morn
ing noon and night was too, more than he could
stand.
A\ ithout ihe least approval of the morality of
the King’s reply, we merely introduce the story
to illustrate what we are about to say. Polities
too, are very good, hut politics morning, noon
and night w ill dull the keenest ‘appetite. This
is the only apology we have for the introduction
of the follow ing Veracious story as we have heard
it told hut never before j in writing.—
We write it out for the amusement of the B’hoys
“who hav< never Item ,'n Charleston!”
A certain Col. Lamar who lived in Charleston
owned a tract of kind situate in the backwoods
of North-Carolina. .V certain Mr. Brooks a
country calico and ribbon seller was exceeding
ly anxious to purchase this land. Mr.. Brooks
employed a certain Billy Pitts to go to Charles
ton and negotiate for the purchase with Col.
Lauiar. Billy was an untravelled youth and
somewhat green in the ways of city life. He
however possessed a kind disposition and would
never back out from any thing to accommodate
a neighbor. Brooks supplies the necessary funds
—Billy packs his saddlebags—bridles and sad
dles old Koarer and puts off to Charleston. —
Brooks in the meantime is very much exercised.
He leaves his Store at every rising of dust down
the big road, hourly expecting the returning
footsteps of Old Roarer. At length the long
expected hour arrived. Brooks rushed out of
his store, embraced his friend when the follow
ing dialogue ensued.
Brooks—l suppose you bought the land?
Pitts—Look here Brooks, was you ever in
Charleston ? —houses there, three miles long and
“derned” the horse rack.
Brooks—Billy did you see Col. Lamar and
get the land ?
Lilts—Brooks was you ever in Charleston ?
Ladies tires-; there, cv ry day in silks and satins.
I saw a big thing on wheels dragged bv four
horses and “dern” me if 1 saw any thing in it
except a little dried up woman. Was you ever
in Ohavlo'ton Bn ok ?
Brooks—Tell me about the land.
Pitts—When me uml Roarer reached Charles
ton I rode up the twn exp, f hig to hitch Roa
rer to a horse-rack : u dem the one did 1 see. —
I passed up King st vet and when L reached
Bread street who should 1 sec but a little thing
with kid gloves on bis lands and cork screw
curls hanging all over liis shoulders. I rode
up and asked this thing to show me the way to
Col. Lamar’s house and what do you think it
said. It opened ‘ induing like a mouth cover
ed over with hair ami “told me to goto the
Devil—for how should I know Col. Lamar you
country fool!” Brooks was you ever in Charles
ton ?
Brooks—Lid you see Col. Lamar ?
Pitts—As I was going on to say, after I saw
the Dandy Jack, I was about to gin the tiling
up, for I rode up one street and down another
hunting f> v the Col. No one could tell me
where he lived—l\ pie live mighty mixed up
in Charleston and they all walk as if every man's
house was ou lire am! it locks all the time as if
the town w*s a < am:-Meeting. At length I
met a. plain tires.- and gentleman for I knew he
was a gentleman, because 1 saw no big rings on
his fingers rr chain- on 1 : neck. I asked him
to direct me to Col. Lamar's house. He told
me lie would scon ] i-; the house and he would
point it out. i ill wed on and hitched old
Roarer to a post an t palled something covered
over with silver which the gentleman said was
a knocker. Stran : ■ thin -in Charleston, Brooks.
A lady > n came to the d>r asked me very
kindly to c v k>. ami take a -eat in the Draw
ing R >om —dm c; 11;. ! vent in Brooks and
it was filled wi.h cK* and looking glasses and
a thing fail <1 horse teeth. The floor was cov
ered over, all. Put a little place for people to
walk on. I took the side next to the wall but
directly-1 aw a buck nigger walk right across
aud thinking l could not spoil the carpet more
than a niggrr. 1 mo, walked on it and took a
seat. Directly mrs. T.muar conies in dressed in
Sim die takes tire, a mighty fine every da\ in*
Cht rl* .on, Lr .m-, and says she “Cel. Lamar
has rode out to-day in the country and as dinner
h* now on the table, you must come in and dine.'’
Brooks 1 ieit sor.or cuiidns, but 1 told the La-
I :xs was her j had no excuse—
Biooks (very impatient) did you see the
Colonel ?
Litts—l went in Brook - aud you never saw
the like of silver spoons, knives and forks with
triggers on them —curious tilings in Charleston,
| Brooks I Well Mrs. Lamar bowed very hand-
J somely arid told me to take the ColoneLs seat
and carve the turkey. I took up a large silver
handle knife and one of the trigger forks and
pushed the trigger fork into the turkey and the
“ dimed” thing took a flight and lit right in
Mrs. Lamar’s lap. A sort of blindness then
came over me and the next thing I knew I
found myself on old Roarer’s hack coming home
pretty considerable—and thats all I know about
Col. Lamar and the laud—Brooks was you ever
iu Charleston?
Brooks—-( very mad) No I—and I uever ex
pect to send another fool there.
The <’Timcs and John A. Oil.
in cv.
The Columbus “Times” publishes a let
ter written by a correspondent on the 12
inst., who says :
“Mr. -Gilmer, although the owner of
slaves himself, is well understood to sym
pathize with the Republican party of the
North.”
This charge it is well known, has been
recently and publickly denounced by Mr.
Gilmer as false. *The charge is supremely
ridiculous. The Democracy South, cati
vote for Millson, who was the only mem
ber from Virginia who voted with Gilmer
on tlie Kansas swindle—but Millson is a
Patriot, and Gilmer for the same act is a
sympathizer with the Republicans, North !!
It is well known says that old and able
paper the Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer:
“That Mr. Gilmer secured for himself
the bitter hostility of the few fanatics in
Guilford by tlie zeal and energy with whicTi
lie piosecuted Crooks and Meßryde, and
drove them out of the State, after they
had been convicted and punished.”
The last Greenboro (N. C.).Patriot 4pub
lisbed at Mr. Gilmer’s home) contains a
letter from one I). Worth a Wesleyan
Methodist Preacher lately from Ohio, who
has been arrested for uscing incendiary
language, and circulating incendiary doc
uments. Mr. Worth speaks thus of Mr.
Gilmer :
“John Gilmer is the advocate of perpet
ual and unending slavery. lie is the de
fender of that infamous decision of the
Dred Scott case, which says the “negro
has no rights, w hich tlie white man is
bound to respect.” A more truly infernal
sentiment cannot he found even among the
maxims of the land pirate Muriel. The
party to which he belongs, is even more
intensely pro-slavery than the rott en dem
ocracy itself. Witness Goggin, of Virgin
ia, and Bell, of Kentucky, as Gubernato
rial candidates in the late election. Abo
litionists voting for John A. Gilmer to go
to Congress—the mob leader—slaveholder
-—who buys and sells mothers and their
babes—who drove Christ’s ministers out
of the land, with murderous violence, tell
ing them, that though he fully recognized
their Christianity, they could not and
should not stay in the country,”
This is the gentleman who, “according
to the Times, sympathizes with abolition
ists !” Shame where is thy blush ! Such
charges without a particle of evidence to
sustain them against Southern Slavehol
ders and gentlemen, are well calculated to
make men (like Old Brown) believe that
the whole South is abolitionized. It is
better abolition sentiment than the aboli
tionists themselves can utter.
It is true, that Mr. Gilmer, like Bell,
Crittenden, Wise, Iverson and thousands
of other Southern Patriots, was and is op
posed to the squatter and alien elements
of the Kansas hill. He believed it to have
been “conceived in sin and brought forth
in iniquity” and was satisfied, it could not
reflect credit or honor or interest on the
South to force a government upon a peo
ple against their will. He. unlike Doug
las, lias never advocated the doctrine of
non-protection to property in the Territo
ries, and unlike Toombs, Stephens & Cos.,
he has never favored the idea of placing
slavery under the guardianship of free-ne
groes and unnaturalized foreigners. This,
lie knows, would be putting the l-.mb un
der the tender mercies of the wolf—the
dove, to the pious talons of the hawk.
Who is Responsible ?
The Washington “States & Union”
commenting upon the disgraceful scene in
the House of Representatives on the 12th
inst., w hen a pistol fell from the side pock
et of a New York Member, says :
“This all comes of a flagrant departure
from first principles—from the introduc
tion into Congress of detestable political
charlatanism. The Democracy is not, in
the most remote degree, responsible for it.”
We agree with the “States rf* Union”’
that these blackguard scenes have arisen
“from the introduction’ into Congress, of
detestable political charlatanism.” If the
Democracy is not responsible, w r e would
be glad if the “States and; Union” would
say who are. Certainly not the Opposition
Party, for that Party has always proved
true to the Compromises of 18J0, and hut
recently in the Gilmer resolutions, exhibit
ed a firm determination to frown down;
any attempt to revive the agitation of
slavery “either in. or out of Congress.”
The Lemmon Slave Case.—The fa
mous Lemmon slave case will probably he
decid’ and during the present term of the
court in New York.— Exchange.
You think it will be squeez'd through ?
Eh. Filot.
Washington City Correspondence
OF THE PILOT.
Washington City, D. 0., Jan. 23, 1860.
Nothing new has been developed in the
proceedings of Congress. Members con
tinue to discuss the old topics which have
by this time become known to every one’s
mind. A few days ago, Mr. Hutchins of
Ohio, moved that the plurality rule be
adopted. That in pursuance of no elec
tion of Speaker, while every effort aud
nerve had been exerted, and every
exhausted, on the part of the Republicans
to organize the House, it now seemed nec
essary and expedient to resort to such mea
sures as would insure an early election of
a Speaker Several Democrats entered
into a warm debate on the issue. Mr. Bo
cock of Va., spoke to some length on a
point of order raised ; also on the expedi
| ency of pursuing such a course as recom
mended by the gentleman from Ohio. The
i way he understood it, was, that under a
law of 171)1, there could be no plurality
rule adopted. From the fact, that no rule
could control or govern tlie House in any
of their proceedings, before the House was
organized. To act otherwise, would be to
change all parliamentary law. And parli
amentary law, he thought, was the major
ity of all the members present to decide
upon the question of Speaker. It was to
give the power into the hands of the mi
nority, when the majority should. He
further ‘enlarged on the point of order, and
that was the calling of the previous ques
tion, which would cut oil’ all debate, and
thereby prevent the adoption of the plu
! rality rule. That was one tiling he inten
ded to resist to the last. Mr. Burnett of
Kentucky, then rose, and spoke with ein
phasi£,*that he was going to use all the
parliamentary law, and stratagems in his
prevent the adoption of such a
rifle. He spoke for himself alone, and
iwishedjt understood he would vote against
it as l#ng as he was permitted, and if nec
essary
ed in Ckmgrogs before he would submit to
! its adopt*>n. # He had two reasons, he said,
i aud dho*Sk were, first it would be unconsti
tutional secondly it would place John
SfTerman, Rf Ohio iu the Speakers Chair,
to piesMe over the deliberation of that
body. - He would never disgrace his con
st ituenev by casting his vote for such a
j man.
j Mr. Miles of South Carolina, said that
Ihe would not east reflections on the peo
| pile, he had tfle power to represent, by
1 supporting such a rule as that proposed
by Mr. 11 u re.hin?, which would place a man
lin the speakers chair, who had already
brought inffunp on rtie whole country. —
S Southern blood has been spilt on southern
! soil, aud he for one was willing to resort to
| extreme measures to prevent the election
I of the Republican Candidate.
A number of the Democrats held a cau-
I cus meeting the other day. in which they
signed a written agreement to resist all at
tempts, and use all parlamentary means to
defeat the adoption of the plurality rule.
The celebration of the Grand Division
of the Temperance Society, was held at
the Smithsonian on Thursday evening last.
The Rev. Mr. Riley of Maryland, was pres
ent and made a very fine display of his
j genius. The great good that resulted from
| such an association of brethren, who had
by their actions declared they would ever
set to the world a bright example, by ab-
I staining from all intoxicating beverages
j was sure to bless the country with benign
| influence.
The flniversary of the Clisisopian Socie
| ty came off little before the last one men
tioned. Several brilliant speeches were
made by Not- Taylor of Tennessee, and
Rev. Mr. Stiles ot Georgia. These gentlc
; men said, that the negroes could never be
an equal with the white man in the coun
try, and the God of nature had provided
him a home in Liberia, where he could be
( king and lord of all creation. They thought
, that the hearts of the people should be-en
: lightened in such a noble cause; and they
! deserve the kindness and support of the
whole country.
A tine experiment was made to-day, to
show tin* mighty power with which a steam
engine could throw water, for the purpose
of extinguishing fire.
PHILOPHRENIAN.
For the 1 psou Pilot.
Mr. Editor :
1 see from your last issue, a set of reso
lutions passed at the Annual Meeting of
the Stockholder of the Tkomastou &
Barnesvilie Rail-load ; and with your per
mission will attempt to point out what 1
conceive to be some important objections.
T!,,> resolutions as passed, propose to
sell the Road and llxtures and with the
proceeds pay off the outstanding debts
amoun.itig ns I have been informed to
about, 530,000. They further propose that
if a Stockholder shall be the purchaser, or
if any one shall purchase for a Stock-hol
der, or a company of them, that any pres
ent Stockholder who shall come forward
aud pay his or her proportion of the debts,
it shall be the duty of the purchaser to ad
mit said claim in proportion to the stock
then owned by the Claimant. This would
seem at first view to be just and fair. But
has it occurred to the advocates of this set
of resolutions that many of the Stock-hol
. ders were absent aud had no voice in their
adoption ?
Is it altogether fair to make what dis
position you please with another’s proper
ty without a hearing, simply because you
had a majority iu meeting? Were the
yeas and nays taken on the passage ? If
so why, were they not given in this publi
cation ? I cannot think that half the cap
ital stock was then and there represented ;
and it is very certain that half the stock
holders did not vote in that meeting.
Will the Directors then quietly proceed
to sell this Road without consulting each
stock-holder iu person ?
The Directors are our representatives
and have had the entire management of
this Road, from its commencement. If
then it has been so managed by them for
a stries of years as to be obliged novwrto be
sold, no bktuie can attach to an innocent
stock-holder who, faithfully paid in his
money when called upon by these repre
sentatives. Should his interest then be
sacrificed without his agency or knowledge ?
Who drew up the Books of subscrip
tion and waited in person, upon these in
nocent stock-holders, representing the ad
vantages to grow out of the construction
of this Road ? Some of our present rep
resentatives. Who collected the instal
ments from these parties as they fell due ?
Some of our present representatives. Who
contracted the debts which now stand in
judgments against this Road ? Some of
our present representatives. And so it ap
pears that from the beginning of this work
to the present crisis a large number of the
stock-holders have had no share or voice
in it except to pay over their money when
called upon, and entrust it confidingly to
the keeping and management of their rep
resentatives. Will the Directors proceed
then to sell the interest of innocent men
without some active exertions first to raise
the necessary amount by subscription and
donation ? 1 believe not. I know those
men to be one and all of them, honorable,
highminded gentlemen, who would shrink
from doing injustice even in thought, to an
innocent party who had entrusted them.
But 1 believe, thev are acting from a mis
apprehension ot the obligations resting up
on them as representativesof this Company.
But they say it is both a thankless and
thriftless office. Admit it ; and still it does
not relieve them from the most weighty
obligations, so long as they hold it. And
I hold further, that the present crisis hav
ing grown upon this Company under their
management from the first subscription
Book to the passage of these resolutions it
becomes them to use every exertion to re
lieve the indebtedness without sacrificing
the interest of purely innocent parties.
Many of the stock-holders are poor men
who could not raise the money in time to
pay their proportion of the debts, and .as
sert their claims as provided for in the res
olutions. And many live at considerable
distance who could not be present if they
desired, or were willing to abide the pro
visions. And besides, the resolutionsstip
ulate no time, leaving tin* presumption
that, the money must he forthcoming on
the day of sale. But in my humble opin
ion the resolutions lack the very elements
to constitute a legally binding instrument.
And to sell this Road under its provisions,
would he like going to Sea without Com
pass or Rudder. What are these resolu
tions worth without asufficient penalty at
tached with each’ stock-holder’s signature
to make them legally binding ?
If you will sell this Road, draw up the
instrument in the form of a mutual com
pact, with a sufficient penalty and let each
stock-holder sign it who will, and then all
can have an equal showing.
But the better plan in my judgment will
be to draw up a Book of subscription and
if the Directors cannot spare the time, let
theta employ an active, efficient agent to
wait upon each stock-holder in person.—
In other words let him canvass the coun
ty and adjoining counties, and my word
for it, a sufficient amount can he raised to
liquidate the entire indebtedness.
If it was found necessary in (lie com
mencement of this work, to plead person
ally to each man, why should it be deem
ed less so, now ? You cannot get all men
to attend your general meetings, even
though they may be interested ; and the
■ only way to reach them will be to make
personal appeals. I trust that such a plan
or one equally feasible, will be resorted to
by our representatives before they take
steps to sell this lioad, under the provis
ions set forth in the published resolutions.
A Stockholder.
Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 26, 1860.
The Book of Job. —The Book of Job
is generally regarded as the most perfect
specimen of the poetry of ‘the Hebrews.—
It is alike picturesque in the delineation of
individual phenomena, and artistically
skillful in the didactic arrangement of
the whole work. In all the modern lan
guages into which the Book of Job has
been translated, its images, drawn from the
natural scenery of the East, leaves a deep
impression on the mind. “The Lord vvalk
eth on the heights of the waters, on the
ridges of the waves towering high beneath
the force of the wind.” “The morning led
has colored the margins of the earth, and
variously formed the covering of the clouds,
as the hand of” a man holds the yielding
chi)'.” The habits of animals are describ
ed, as, for instance, those of the wild ass.
the horse, the buffalo, the rhinoceros, and
the oroooJile, the eagle and the ostrich.—
W see “the pure ether spread, during the
scorching heat of the south wind, asa mel
ted mirror over the parched desert.”
The poetic literature of the Hebrews is
not deficient in variety of form ; for while
the Hebrew poetry breathes a tone of war
like enthusiasm, from Joshua to Samuel,
the little hook ol the gleaner Ruth presents
us with a charming and exquisite picture
of nature. Goethe, at the period of his
enthusiasm for the East, spoke of it as tlie
“loveliest specimen of epic and idyl poetry
which we possess.”— Humboldt's Cosmos,
vol. it. p, GO.
“There’s Always Room up Stairs.” —
A young man who was thinking of study
ing law, said to Daniel Webster : “Mr.
W cluster, I understand the profession of
law is quite full, and that there are more
lawyers than are needed ; do you think
there is any chance tor me ?” “77/ere is
always room up stairs ,” was the reply—
and as true as it was ingenious. Only a
few persons reach the high places, and
these are always in great demand—“there’s
room enough up stairs.” First class far
mers and mechanics, as well as physicians,
lawyers, etc., always find plenty of room,
plenty of work, and good pay. Whatever
calling you choose, and it matters little, if
it be an honest one, resolve to go into an
tipper story ; but don't, try to jump there
by a single leap or you may fall disabled.
Rather begin at the bottom of the ladder,
and patiently step upon each round.
it is better to be poor and honest,
than wealthy and dishonorable.
• k
[From the Richmond A hig.j
The Oi igiu of Shivery.
“God shall enlarge Japlieth, and lie shall
dwell in the tent* of Shew, and Canaan shall be
liis servant/’ —Genesis D: !i7.
Whilst conversing on the subject of sla
very, a few days since, I quoted the above
well known passage from Genesis. On con
sulting the Bible to find if 1 hud repeated
the text correctly, and reading it carefully,
I was struck very forcibly, with an idea
which had never before occurred to me,
and which was produced by considering
the second prophecy of the verse, viz :
“He (Japlieth) shall dwell in the tents of
She in.” Have you never thought, Mr.
Editor, how literally that has been lullil
led ? The Indians are, undoubtedly; the
decendants of Shcra. History gives no
other account of them, than that they are
Asiatics, and therefore, of his tribe, lias
not Japlieth, then, dwelt in the tents of
Slum, and is lu* no tnow dwelling in them?
Certainly he is, for the Europeans are his
descendants, and these descendants dwell
in the homes of the Indians. The entire
sentence was prophetic, and has been ful
filled in a remarkable manner, for, lo! God
lias enlarged Jvph th , and he dwells in the
tents of Shem, and Canaan is I, is servant.
The European nation has spread itself
over the face of the earth, and, doubtless,
Noah, with prophetic eye, gazed upon the
waving forests and tlie mighty streams of
the second “promised laud,” the then un
known world of the West, where dwelt the
children of Shem, long centuries before the
idea of its discovery found birth in the fer
tile brain of Columbus. There he beheld
a remnant of that tribe, which in the old
world had, for so many centuries, held all
the arts and the blessings of civilized life
within their own domain ; who had dwelt
in the mightiest places of the earth, and
been kings and princes of nations. There
lie beheld them dwelling in their tents,
’neath the calm shadows ot* the towering
mountains, and by the margins of the sil
very lakes of the western continent, and ns
the scenes passed in panoramic succession
be lore him, lie saw the children of Japlt
etlr enlarged by the hand of him, who then
declared it through his prophet, laudiyg
on these unknown shores, and dwelling in
the tents of Sla in. And as the last proph
ecy fell from his inspiied lips, he saw *lhc
white-winged vessels that bore the degra
ded sons of Canaan from the burning wilds
of Africa, to be civilized by the enlarged
brain of Japlieth,• fur God enlarged him
mentally as well as ; / y ideally.
Thus, that which was spok; nos as a
curse bv Noah, Has, by the wisdom ot Je
hovah, proved a hi ssing to his descend
ants ; for, look at Africa and its mi. • radio i
inhabitants. Bee. there, in some parts,
the thick-lipped, blavk-skmn and ami wool
ly-headed licgi , in a state of harbaiism, 1
more degrading than the’ of the bruteci
at ion ; for he has neither Ihe ingenuity < :
the heaver, nor tie industry of the b e ;
for he provides neitlu r food nor she}: t b;r
himself; bur guid'd by brute instinc.
alone, tiers for prefer - ion from wind and,
rain to the bra neb sos the in nr st tree.
Would to God 1 hat the fatia is of tin*
North, and elsewhere, would read the Bi
ble for the truth at one. Then wool 1 they
see the finger and iiear the voice of Him,
mvho coming to declare ] race and mood will
To man, said also, “render unto Cm. er the
thhays which are Caesar’s In conclusion,
I will add, may the white-winged dove ot
peace fold her shining ] inions over this
heretofore great and glorious Republic ;
may the North recognize the riyhts of the
slaveholding South : may the servant obey
his master, as the Bible commands, and
the master protect his slave, and may the
broad, bright banner ol stripes and stars,
which floated above the head of the slave
holding Washington. still proudly spread
its united folds to the breeze, from every
mountain and bill top from Maim? to Cal
ifornia. Nannie Grey.
£><*asZi of JameN W, Sei:e*u
It is our melancholy duty to -announce
tlie death of James \Y. Jones, who has
been for twenty years the Editor of this pa
per. He died about one o’clock yesterday
morning, in the fifty-second year of his age,
after six days’ illness, of pneumonia.
Mr. Jones was a native of Oglethorpe
county, Ga., and was engaged fur several
years in mercantile pursuits in the upper
part of the State. In 1840, he took charge
of this paper ; and the zeal and ability with
which he conducted it are well known to
our readers. Os his editorial course, it may
not, perhaps, be becoming for us to say
more, than that he was frank and undevi
ating in the support of the principles he
professed, and sincere in professing them.
If. in maintaining these principles, he had
the misfortune—as most men of his earn
estness and activity have—to excite per
sonal animosities, we trust they will all be
buried with him ; and that, political friends
and political opponents will unite in mour
ning the loss of a man of talent,enterprise,
public spirit and patriotism.
What gives peculiar severity to this sud
den dispensation of Providence, is the fact
that, having led a single life for so many
years, Mr. Jones was married within the
last six weeks ; and his young and inter
esting wife has hardly laid aside the bridal
wreath, before she is called to assume the
veil of widowhood. But this is a subject
too sacred for public discussion. The cir
cle in which he moved has lost a warm
hearted friend, to whom many were strong
ly attach; and. Ilis profession has lost one
of the oldest end most influential editors
in the State ; and this community has been
deprived of one of its most active and pub
lic-spirited citizens, who, but me week
since, nihpeared to be commencing anew
life, witii till the promise of long continued
usefulness that health and vigor could give.
But nie destroyer came, and his career was
brought to a sudden and melancholy close.
Well does Burke say, “What shadows we
are, and what shadows we ] ursue !”
Augusta Chronicle, ‘list.
The Jeg'-i'Htnro of Fennsvlvaria. in
17rf, resolv-’ I “th:.t n number be slGw’ fi to
come to the House Ini re Doted, or eat his bread
acd cheese on the steps.”
X oilwAvd *bvll.
In the Virginia Contention of 182 D-He
John Randolph, of Roanoke, thus ex’
ed his views with regard to the intVff!”
cnce of the clergy in politics. The debag
by which they were elicited was uj n ;
question of excluding ministers 0 f [\
Gospel from the Legislature. If they 1’ j
been acted upon throughout the F n .;7
Abolitionism would never have become ;
party militent for the overthrow of p’
Constitution. “The army of three th
and” in the North would not haw h 7
seen operating upon their congregating
wage a war against negro slavery, u
Randolph said :
“•Sir, this is no exclusion on account
the profession of any opinions. It is au
exclusion of an occupation—an occupation
incompatible witii the discharge of lie du
ties of a member of either branch of th*
Legislature. The task of legislation i< a *
war with the duties of the pastor. The
two are utterly incompatible. No man
can mingle in legislative cabals; 1 savuo
man can touch that pitch without
defiled. No man can so employ himself
without peing disqualified for those sacred
duties which every minister ot* the gs; ,]
takes .upon himself, and for which lie is
accountable, not to his constituents at
home, but to the God who made him. and
who will call him to a much more rigorous
account that he renders to his parishion
ers.
Sir, there is an indecency in this thin*.
We hear much about exclusion of the la
dies: but there is not greater indecency
and incompatibility in a woman thrusting
herself intu si political assembly and all
its cabals, than in*a clergyman umli-itA.
ing the same thing. One of the greatest
masters of the human heart, and of polit
ical philosophy too, declares that while the
French are in their manners more deferen
tial to woman than any other people, they
have less real esteem for women than any
other nation on earth. Let me illustrate
this. The Turk shows that ho values his
wife by locking her up. It is to be sure a
mistaken mode; but lie shows that he es
timates the value of the treasure —by put
ting it under lock and key. The French
man permits his wife to mingle in political
affairs; aud if Madame Roland had not
been engaged in such affairs, Madame Ko
la ml would never have ascended the scaf
fold.
If worm n will unsex themsGves, and if
priests (what shall 1 say ?) will degrade
themselves by mingling in scenes ami iu
affairs for which their function renders
them improper and unfit, they must take
tlie consent! neCs. If ladies will plunge
Into tlie affairs of* men they will lose the
deference they now enjoy; they will bn
treated roughly, like men. Just so it is
with priests; they lose all the <l>fffence
which belongs and which it; paid to tlx-ir
office (whether ;hey mc.it it or not.) Kelt*
upon it, if you permit prhsls to he made
members if the E gishituiv, th y will soon
constitute a large por ion < f ail your as
sembles. Au.i it h;e- Hitt 11 lily said i Iml
no countries are so iil-gownicd as those
which were ruled by the counsels ol* women
except such as have been governed bribe
counsels of priests.” —States tic Vui/n.
I ad. cf lord II? caul y.
The lit rary world will be pained to hour
of the and c -use <ff Lord Mac aiiy, the emi
nent literateur and historian, whose wri
tings are found in every library, and form
a standard for imitation in all our institu
tions of learning. Only last year lie was
ennobled for his eminence as a man ot let
ters and historian, no othir man of modern
times having so greatly influenced the
style of English literature.
Thomas Babingtorfi; Macauly was born
in 1800, and is therefore cut off at, the me
ridian of usefulness, l’ursuing his studies
at Cambridge, England, he obtained some
of its highest honors, and 1826 was admit
ted to the bar.
In the same year bis essay on Milton
appeared in an Edinburgh Review, the
first of the series which have rendered him
one of the most distinguished supports and
ornaments of that work. By the whig
* government lie was made a commissioner
of bankrupts, and shortly did good service
to liis party in the House of Commons, to
which he was returned by the constituency
of Caine, Wiltshire, in the reformed Par
liament of 1832. In 1834 he was elected
member for Leeds, at which time he was
secretary to the India Board. In tlie same
year he resigned his appointment with his
seat, to proceed to India, as member of
the Supreme Council of Calcutta, a lucra
tive post which he held for three years.
In 1838 he returned to England, and
shortly afterwards was elected member for
Edinburgh. In the general election of
1847 Mr. Macaulay was rejected by
constituency in favor of Mr. Cowan, whose
theological learnings were more distinctly
marked than those of his rival. Mr. Ma
caulay’s high literary capacity made itself
apparent during his collegiate days, when
he had already written that spirited bal
lad, “The W ar of the League.” “His bay ß
of Ancient Rome,” founded on the heroic
and romatic incidents related by Livy, ar*?
remarkable for their striking pictures ot
life tied manners, the abrupt energy ol
their style, and the rapid progress of their
narative.
Macaualy is, however, best known by hi
critical and historical essays, contributed
to the ‘'Edinburgh Review,” which haff
been collected in several tonus both iu tuts
Country and in England, and have enjenoi
a high d< gree of popularity*. The fi-* a
chosen by the author is of the widest range?
liis success is, however, most marked to
the field of literary and historical criticise 3 -
Here his vast erudition, his command o
details, and brilliant style, place him above
every rival.. Mr. Macaulay’s “History o
England” is nmrke 1 by all the peculia 11 ’
tics ol his wri;ing, which the essay haw
made familiar. It has had a popular l *?
far beyong any publication of modern touts
having iu a few weeks run through sever 1
large editions,
“There's a brandy smash,” as the v* a &
said when a drunken man fell through a
pane ot glass.