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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
JVI LN T. \ISBET Al> SEUKI ROSE,
LIMYORS.
THE DESERTED HOUSE.
DV TSNXVSO.V.
Life and thought have gone away
Side by ride,
Living door and windows wide:
Catreks* tenants they!
ATS ttStliia is dark as night;
In the windows is no light;
And no murmur at die door,
Ho fre tdo.it o.i its binge before*
j
Close the door, the shutter dose.
Or through the windows wc shall sec
The nakedness and vacancy u
Os the-dark deserted house.
Come away: no more of mirth
Is here, or naerry-m iking sound.
The house was bnild.-d of the earth,
And shall again fall to the ground.
Come away : for life and thought,
Here no longer dwell;
Hut in a citv glorious —
A great and dstaut city—have bought
A mansion incorruptible. * I
Would they could have staved with us! *
Porta it of a I)ari>y —An amusing book, lately i
published, entitled “ J'.uf-/,” coataiuiug a description .
of sceues and incidents, and society tu Hyria and t e i
East, written bv our fellow-townsman, Mr J. Ross
Browne, whose interesting letters to the Xatiotutl Intel- •
hgeucer, a year or two ago, our iwaders will remember f
with pleasure, contained the following portrait ol an J
exquisite of fashion and folly, designed hewerer, rath
er to depict the type of a class tiiau the likeness ot as
real and particular individual:
“ When 1 first saw him he was en tke way from Flo
rence to Mdau, in quest ofa psirW pantalowweof a {.ar
ticular style No man 111 hamipe understood cutting
except Pantaletti. There was a tit ui Paiindctti (hat
made him indispensable lie had tried the Parisian
tailors, but they overt deficient to the knees. It was
his intention to proceed at aucefrom Milan to Leipuic tor
boots; ‘he Germans were the only fimlt who brought
boots to perlection, and decidedly ike best Were to be
had at Lcips<c. He expected to be obliged to return to (
Pans for shirts; there wan a set in the collars of the
Parisian shirt that suited bin. His medicines he al
ways purchased in London; Lis cigars he was forced to
import from Havana; his Lu:ak:a tobacco he was com ■
pelted to purenase himself in Hui/rna, and this was I
partly the occasion of his present visit. As io wines, J
it was nonsense to utoertake to drink any hut the pure
Johonnisberg—which he generally saw bottled on the -
Rhine every summer, in order to avoid isspesition.—
His winters he -qurtu duet! in Spain :it ’as (The only
country where g-ssi cream was to be had , -fcst the cot
lee was inferior, and he sometimes bad to cross the i’y- (
re net's lor nan. oi a good a: up of codec..
“No mode of iiaielling suited him exactly ; io fid
he disliked travelling. Hiding be hated. W.-au-e it
jolted him ; walking, because it tired him ; tke snow,
b.cause it was oold; the sun, because it e;, warm;
Koine, because it war, damp, Nice, because it was dry ;
Athens, because it was dvsty. (By the way, I disliked *
Athens myself chiefly-os that account; BiuiLy nr ’
right there.) ito! it was inqKissible tor him hskive in 1
America again. What could any man of taste do there ? f
No pictures, no mins, no society, no ojiera, no classical rj
associations—nothing at ail, except business; am* all “■
sorts of business he despised. It was a ndtewfows s
well as a vulgar way of spending lite. Intact the only
decent people he had met wi.fi were ibe FreiKifi; a mail j
might contrive to exist awhile in Paris. Not that he ‘
approved altogether 4 the Freuck fimgaage ; it want
ed depth and richness ; the-oniv language woi hy a man
of sense Wits the Sanscrit. As soon as tie haii suited
him -oil iu boots at Le.psic he was u*ttig to jwrfect him
self iu Sanscrit at th. University of Berlin ; af.er wli.cli
he hoped to Recover the etfeois <if hard studyb_v a lour
through Bavaria, which wastheouiy country ou the face
of the earth where the beer was fit to drink.”
This extract from “ j ~u.< j some press in New Yetk
bos give# a jcisotutl application to, by representing it
as intended -iiy Mr. lirowtie .is iiie ‘ru Idol deseno ion
of a certain gentleman of New York, now, we belie. i\
iu Paria, and whose name has svJlercd the gross injos ‘
tice of being publicly coupled w ith ii as the original
of the portrait. We tbereiore copy ibe extract, a: the i
request of the author, for the purpose of adding, . lx. ■
at his request, ihui the picture was not iutcuded tor the ‘
gentleman mimed and referred to by ihe New York -
presses, us Mr. Browne the author, never saw that j
gentleman in ills hie, and knew nothing of him winch i
would justify such a picture, and had luni not iu mind !
when it was jienued. —Xjtion ti hd I'ajtMr.
From t\( S othern Reccr er.
u The Young ftKarooueTO-”
This is the title ol a book written by a native Geot
gian, the Key. K doubling. Because its uunable and
pious author is a Georgian, and because it is reallv a
ineiiueoou* book, I u ould gladly, it possible, place it in
the hands ol every senoed boy and school girl iu the |
■Htate, and not oi ific.-e a.one, on .oi ..1t... everv age who
per sire w..h jiie.isii.o eeablvand ;,.s iucuve *.v.iksul
beta**, Ate iia.c lew aine ail hoi s, ano when deser
ving we ought , 0 j. ~i/e them. I do not now rectil- ‘
lect any distingms,it < noveiis. bora wiihiuotit holders, J
except Miss Mcln.osh, ana ot l.er we arc justly entitled
to be proud; fora purer, m >re graceful, or more wo- i
null vriier, belongs to no age or came. Mr. Gould
tng. with mone pretensions, has given us a woik imeud- <
ed to please, whilst it instructs die vourg. it is in
deed intended for children, when their taste for read
ing is beginning ,o form, ti is of the firsi iniportai ce
that ibe right sort ol books be put iu the bands oichild
ren. Beat, hey wnl. To read is as much an intelkc - ’•
ual necessity, as is Ibod a j Uvsical uetessitv. Hence
springs an oiifigaiioii uj m. j areuts, gnardians and
t*chers ol great weight ir > w plot me such l.ssi i.,r
the mind as w ill not w.-ak,bn: invigorate the moral i
constitution. Our lx*4, s.ores, pat i. ‘s, tavern halls, !
and travelling tbo.-oHgii.ares ate tilled wi.li wha; is ;.i -
propnatelj called iru.>h —eatcli penny adventurers— v.
oons in style, iu principle, and in illustration* of life, j
These are no; nam e product?, out conic to nsfioiu France
or Germanv, or Hrgiand, or our own Northern .States,
These we buy by the Hue, and with criminal mdithr
enc- to consequences,mviie our -on- and aaughlei font
12 to go years of age to read ihuti Wc fi.rgct that the
perusal ol a single book ol base principles, or ot falw
views of duty or happiness, may infuse into their cion - j
actor a potsoti w hich all ot hiiiuau life ma\ not eradi
cate. Now, is it not clear, that wdirn we bare tendeixxi
to our children a book written bv one of us—one train
ed in our own habits of thought, familiar with our in- i
stitutions, social usages and soeia! wants—drawing his
illustrations from &o*i Lem scenes, and basing his un
pretending teaching- uj on the Bible, wc ought to ac
cept the ottering wi.li grateful alacri;v. We ought to
give moral countenance and niateiial aid to Mr. Gould
ing's labor of love. To this matter, with more than is
ordinary signi dcance, applies tlicaphoriaiu, “charity be
gins at home. luo not intend to sav that this woik
can be consider* ! great. Ji lava no claim u> that di*-,!
fiction. It has the merit of being equal to its pro ten
■ions. Os hoiv many pu! licatiou* of this duv can .hat
much be said. The auihor -a very modest man, al
though a fine scholar—of cult-va ed las'e*— of good
family and of a i.ios kindly benevolent ua ure— w ould
blush at the idea of h iving sought a position on the i
same level with Dickens, Thackarav, Hawthorne, or
Cnrren Bell. His is a narrative ol* the trials of ftur !
children, car bv accident upon „ u uninhabited island
in the Gulf of Mexico. It is to!d in agieeable stvle, and
abound* in those wild wood adventure- and penis which
so promptly engross the attention of juveuile readers. al
Upon his narrative he hangs insiractiOß in clusters. —
He teaches Common uuh- iu new forms. He loves na
ture oh! how few lov e her, the priestess in the great
temple of the universe, as she merits, \ and draws thence
lessons of peace, fellowship, and charity. He loves
science, and reveals to her many oi het useful facts. He
loves God, and inculcates reverence for his eharactci
and obedience to his laws More than any other thing,
this little book inculcates those indispcusiblc elements
of all great and rinuoas elmracter, *rlj-<aciijic andvv,';-
reUit.ct. But I foi hear. My purpose is, in these brief
sentences, to draw ihe attention of the public to a book
which I think dots credit to Southern literature.
It has laults, but what below the Deity has not ? It
is to be had at most of our book stores.
A LAWYER.
Mr. Calhoun not only Rapping but Talk
ing!!!
V On the night of the isl inst., in Robertviile, S. C., a
* citzen of high respectability, sound judgment, and uY
qoeationable veracity, suddenly observed various an -
cles of furniture in his room, moving about to his great
surprise and consternation, and soon several raps were
made under one of the large tables, and then the folk)* -
ng woids were uttered in a loud, clear and distinct
| yoke:
ft **lb John C. Calhoun; I’ll be here again at 3
•’clock, of the afternoon of the 4th of July next; I’m
‘oing via Augusta to the Memphis Convention,’ and
perhaps Clay. Webster, and Franklin will return with
if .e. Collect every one heie that you can—charge each
| in lor admission—sand the money to my monumental
| n mittee in Charleston.”
The “medium ‘ hating somewhat recovered from b s
‘liprise aud alarm, asked the following questions :
Are you now subject to t motions of pleasure and
if| uiu as you were In the world ?
* A- It is not permitted me to tell you—on this bead—
irbear at yout peril.
Q Are you still opposed to internal improvements?
1 A. No! no! no! I turned iny last somerset when 1
Fallowed the Mississippi. Igo to the West to further
ie objects of the Memphis Convention, and to direct
ie explorers in the Lest route fur the Pacific Railroad,
, e completiou of which w ill soon revolutionize the
•inmcrcirl ofiairs oi the whole hoi *!.
Q V\liy do yon tyow .arm to Le a wanderer?
[A. 1 utn on*.*, h” doc- I .’ eof Metemsyriioais is tme.
rere are some spirus so great that they war.der over
e earth thousands of years before they can find bo
ys capable of containing them.—Forbear!
Q. VV here is Washington at this time?
A. In the body of Franklin Fierce.
Q. Where is Socrates?
A. In Marcy. He entered his body when Marry rent
? a (1 breeches.
A- “ h ere is . But here a sudden and luminous
j ‘of light was seen through one of tlie cracks of the
j ndow and no further question was replied to.
k The toregoing is a correct account, subatontiallr, of
| s spiritual communication.
; The Medium will not be ansv..rable for the appear-
Ij teof Mr. Calhoun at the appointed time, as be was
|| aetimes accu.-ed in this world of having changed his
|. fr'ons ; but he w ill do Lis best to call him “even
I ’ | iti the vast deep,”
I Cw U1 ’ ‘ TaortAs Joru^x.
nvill the Charleston Gonrur, which published M:.
Ht ‘ Imadge’s letter, copy this. T. J.
MACON, GEORGIA:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1853.
The o lice of publ cation of the Georgia Courur,
has been removed from Lumpkin to Albany, Baker
countv, Ga., and from tke latter place it will be issued
ou aud after this date, under the control of its original
proprietors a*d editors, the Messrs. Casiellow A Sons.
Hon. Edward Young Hill, who lias been soli
cited by many of his friends to permit his name So be
used iu the approaching Gubernatorial Convention, a.-
a candidate for the nomination of the Union Whig .
partv for Governor, publishes a letter in the laat La
Grange Reporter, in which he peremptorily declines the
iuteuded honor, aud announces his determination ncrer
to be a candidate fitr office. Suhe pea pie, wdsei: a proper
ca-e is made before them, will probably isstnw this
decision of the worthy Judge.
Major General Rennet Riley, of the U. S Army
died at BwtTirlo or. the ’.Offi inst. He was distinguished
in the war of 13,h2,*ajfl in the Mexican war, in which
he was known as one of tho “lighttug ” Generals. At
the conclusion /of .peace, he was sjijiointedhy President
Folk Militarv (/iovenoor of Calitoruia, and called the
celebrated Contention of N’uvembor, 1 S4f, wo.;ch adop
j ed the State Gona ito ion under which California sub-
I sequently was admitted into the U.nku.
Death of Charles E. Test.
I Wc sincere!v negffet io announce the death of C. E.
’ Test, third and only twrrtring sin of J. I Test, of Sa
j vannalt; in the twenty-ninth year of his age. W e re
’ member Utm iu early life, *e young man whasc atniabik
11* v and intelligence, eoneiltated the good wi.l of all who ,
! knew him. Sympathy can scarcely alleviate the sor
, own of his parent*, wEahv his death, have been left
jtiiidless in their old apy\
Th<* Narqwe .4 leline, chartered by the American
Coioahntwn Society, sailed from Savannah, on fae 11th
| inst, with one huudwu and thirty-four frceoohsred cm
! igrants for the oalkfty sf Liberia. Ninety-six of this
lumber weno frets Tennessee, one from A Laban*, .
j twenty-seven fr-un Savannah, and the remaining ten
j from the interior of the State; and all of theui are sup
plied with tbc**r*ns fr their subsistence for some
ime after their arrival at Mourovia.
Hail Rond Aceirteat— i ouditon f Mr. Ste
phens.
The cars oa tine XI. *S . Railroad, on their down
ward trip nTuesday night, the 7th inst,, when within
‘wo miles of this city, ran over two .eow* which were
lying on the track. The cow-catcher hold cue f them,
but the other by some means, got nnder the T.rieels of
- he passenger car and threw it ofl the track. It rosfeed
• down the embankment, winch war. abomt fifteen Sect
| high, turned twice completely ovc, andfoeivrre its prog
! lass was arresH“d, was a mass of ruins. The nan
I uid mail-guard was taken from undue its fragments,
I dead: and all the passengers except -oxeojr two, were
jmore or injured, iiuwag those-severely injurcd |
j vere the Hon. Alexandv r II Stephor.s. owsd . Mr. Lowe
j tnd Mrs. Dawson, of this city.. AK-of flimtre slowly
i la-covering from their issjwries.
Mr. Stej*heus sulft-rid a oanewsston of the
’ iirain, (him a cut upon the head. :by which he was ren.
I ietvd delirious for a few hours, had his left arm broken
.bovc the elbow, and was badly bnrifled He was taken
1 t> the Lanier ILatsc, and is now so fur recovered as to be
• aide to walk across his room, and will be strong enough
•.o naive it in a few day*. Serious apprehensions
! were entertained at first that hie injuries would prove
■ fatal. Those ho know him, however, know that not*
atthsia.xling his very delicate physical organization,
he has too much will and too much of the r it vita, easit*
I nibe killed oft". He will b: at the Gubernatorial Con veu*
I on, which meets next week.
There is no blame attached to any officer or agent of
j he Railroad Company. The accident was caused as
; the majority of railroad accidents in this StHte are eaus- |
i ed. by id*;-riming over of stock, which arc allowed to ;
jgu at large tqxu our railroad trucks; and for which it j
1 accidentally killed our laws, oblige the Railroad Corupn.
i u .es to pay. The Macon A Western Railroad Company
; u ill be compelled to pay the value of the cows, which
: caused the s*rioiis sccidc-nt of List week, by wnich one 1
‘mar was hurried into eternity, the lives of twenty or
thirty t-tidai gcietl, and the property of theJC'ompai.v, to
!a considerable amount, destroyed. Is it not more rea*
xuiable and just, that the owners of stock should be
, made to pay for the destruction of life and j
they cause by obstructing railroad tracks. Some leg. ,
! i slat ion upon this subjt-ct is absolutely necessary. We
allow that in a sparsely settled planting country as i
• Georgia is, it is very inconvenient, ifnot wholly imprac- ;
tical.’e, tor those living ujkiii the lines of our railroads to
keep up thiir stock ; bc.t in providing for the safety of
: the thousands wlio use our great thoroughfares of
travel, their convenience should not be regarded.
! ,
Interesting Ceremony ! Presentation of a
Cane !
The crew (Bob Jones;, and the cook (Polly), of an j
Ohio canal host, the I'olyamithus, recently jsresented its |
captain wiih s Cane, as a testimonial of their regard
tor his qualities as a inuu, and for the intrepidity and
courage which, as a oouuJiander, he had uniformly ex
hibited in every vicissitude, and every danger, attend
>mg the perilous navigation oi the raging canal. We
and in the Cleveland iff rail the following oorrespon- j
: lienee upon this deeply interesting occasion, which has j
i h-rcibly reminded us of a somewhat similar occasion,
|on which we bad the honor to be present-.
LW.i Lok, Oto Kanai , Klevkun, April 1, ISoC.
• lion. Capt. Smith, Lsq ;
The m.dersined in bchaf of the Km and C’uk, of the !
Bite Folly-Anr.-thus, present you with a baswood Kain
! razed ujmui the Fcuitisula, that spot maid classic groiin.l
j oy being lie home of Jeem> Brown, hsq., author of the |
| “coiners ade. Notes by the Weigh, Altered Bills,” and
: letters work* of general issoo aud cirdeashun. After,
i Being kut, the stick was taken to “Tinkers Crick’’ and :
:-ealed, and then to “Jonny Kalk toe” where it was bu- j
t hv mounted and a boss and toe line karved on top of
• :t. Such is the simple and atfee i.i history of the wea
j pm which is presented toyu as a reiick of the nlTecshuu j
‘which wilt billow wherever the ardooou* dooticsofa
1 salcts life uu kali yu. For Kru and Cuk.
his
808 JONES
Clark
CnrvELAXD, April 4, 1853.
With a heart boiling over with burning emolious I
accent vour beautiful Cane. It deluges n.y soul with a
liond of darling recollections ot the time when working,
“living and loving” together, in the inspired language
of the l'oet,
“We shared each other’s gladness.
And wept each others tears.”
When transporting ihe “black diamonds,’ from tfc?
howling wilderness and dark caverns of ihe interior, to
the metropolis of the lakes, at the “witching hour of
night.’ surrounded bv the perils of canal navigation,
have I looked to you for support. How often have
you, Bob, without chart or towpass to guide, steered
..ui gallant cruft through the thickening gloom which
b ded tempest and disaster, while I, and 1 write it wi.h
. u. vanity, stood at the bow, prepared to “sr.ob her.”
And how, when within the walls of the lock, whose
grim stones frowned upon us like the crumbling re
mains of some deserted rain, the relic of Roman or
Grecian pride and grandeur how often at that fearful
hour, when the “rush of many waters” was pouring
through the gates, threatning to overwhelm us, has our
gentle yet I .on-hearted cook, Polly, prepared for our
solace and refreshment, a pot full of the fragrant ex
tract of Rio, ora tumbler of .Smith’s extract of rye.
Fardoli luy emotion, lor “die old tunes comes o'er me
i.ow,” and forbids me to say more than that I am, whe
ther iu command or retirement,
Yours, JOHN SMITH.
To Bob Jones, Committee, Ac.
Anti-Bible Convention.
Another reach has been taken by the fanatics of the
North A motley gathering, terming themselves an
Anti-Bible Convention, was in session in Hartford
Conn., during last week. Says the New York IltrcUl:
“ The abolitionists, free soilers, spiritualists, and
strong-minded women, of this region, hare at length
got into a fair way of exhibiting themselves in their
true light, as the enemies of Christianity, morality,
and of everything holiest and best in our institutions.
They have met in convention, to the number of a few
hundred, in the city of Hartford, for the purpose, as
set forth in the call, of freely and fully discussing the
origin, authority, and influence, of ihe Jewish and
Chnsiian Scriptures. Tics cull was signed by some
hundred and seventy persons, of Loth sevc. s—a sug
gestive fat-’ of the spread of infidelity, if not of insan
ity, in this latitude.’
The New York Tims', of Friday, says:
“ The convention will, no doubt, push its cordial la
bors through to Sunday evening. Every moment will
tell it* tale of havoc made with inspiration. Chapter
by chapter, book by book, the canon will crumble
beneath the glow, hot-headed savans like these always
generate, in the friction of dispute. At the adjournment
on Sunday night, the last blow will have Been struck,
he fragment* of the eternal volume wnl cover the
floor of the deliberative hall—the work will have been
achieved—the world will be without a Bible—the
philosophers will triumph in the annihilation of their
last enemy.”
How ivk I’xr —A well known political economist
says: “We [>ay best, first those who destroy us—gen
eral*; second,” those who cheat us— politicians and
quacks; third, those who amuse us—singers and uiu
stciaus : and least of ail, those who instinct us—authors,
schoolmaster* aud editors.”
l-ff~ In reply to numerous enquiries, which have .
b.-en addressed to us from diillsreui quarters ; we wou.d :
s aic that the lion. Washington Foe, whose name ha s
been mentioned iu connosliou with the nomination for
Congress, from the Third Congressional District, will
a.-cept such nomination If it is tendered to him. lit
has no disposition, whatever, to force himself upon the
Convention, or to enter into a oontest with any one for
the nomination, which would engender ill-feeling, or
jeopard the success of the Party in tho District. He is
io the hands of the people of the District; willing to
sorve them if such is their desire, equally willing and
c intent, still to pursue the even tenor of his way, as a
private citizen, and to evppoct cordially aud effectively,
the individual who ever fie may he, who may recti’ e
the nomination of the conservative Union men of the
District. Heretofore, plicate considerations, and obli
gations which he owed to professional clients, and to
his family— iiMipitinas which lie has discharged to the
lust farthing, have kept him out of political life in agrea*
measure, and confined him to the tread-mill of a lawyer’s
life. We are gratified to know, that he is now in a po
sition to serve the people of the Third District, if they
wish his services in Congress, and we make this state,
merit, that they, knowing the individuals whose services
they may command, may indicate their choice, so that
the nomination may de-s correct expression ot their will
This jiajier is not committed, and will not be to the ud
rocucy of the claims of any indvidual for the Congres
sional nomination. Knowing Mr. l’oe, as we do, in
fluenced as we are, by a better knowledge of, and a
more intimate association with him, than with any oth
er individual who may be a candidate for that notnina
lion, and believing that lie would be in Congress an or
nament to the tStotc; our impulse would be to run his
name up to our mast head aud nail it there. Similar
considerations impel others perhaps, to desire the nomi
nation of other men. But fortunately, we see no dis
position on tfie ptut of the friends of any gentleman o’
the District, to insist upon his nomination, l'oc, o
Bibb, Trippo, of Monroe, Warren, of Houston, and
Moeely, of Sj.aiding, have been each of them suggested,
temperately, aud moderately, as suitable candidates. —
This is as it should be. Any of these gentlemen if nomi
nated, can command the support of the party ; and if
(as we kiMW will b* the case,) our candidate can be
started fairly, without being blow n by a canvass for the
nomination, either of them can be elected —elected too>
by a c'-ear poll.
J jp~ The tide of popular enthusiasm, upon which
Franklin Fierce was borne into power, begins to i fib-
Dissatisfaction with the appointments of the Adminis
tration, begins to manifest itself from various
and the elements of opposition wait only the opening
of Cougress, to array themselves and begin the often*
sivc war, w hich shall end in its overthrow. The Ad
ministration has done nothing, it is true, which shews
unequivocally, and unmistakably the policy which it
will pursue; and opposition may be compelled to wait
for ground upon which to stand. But the indications
are ttnfai vocable— unfavorable to the country, aud un
favorable to the ultimate success of the Administration,
and though we must candidly confess, that un'il the
Administration <lo* iu/fn t iiny, opposition can have no
formidable organization, we must as candidly express
our astonishment, and our regret, that a single true
Southern man—a single Union Democrat or Whig, can
be found who siipj-ort* and defends it. They who do
so, must do >t upon filth— upon a faith which is not
reasonable, or wise. The Administration upon any and
every question, ot public policy, is absolutely character*
less. It presents itself before the American people, as
a grand coalition of the worst factions of tiie Democracy,
against the wings of t hat party, to which its chief is in
debted for bis election, and the Democratic Party for
its existence, as a national organization. It does not
stand upon the Baltimore Platform, but upon a s'.ruc.
ture of its own, built of timber from Nashville und Buf
falo, and cemented by public plunder, and surrounded
by the representatives of every faction of radical, rest
less, and reckless Democracy ; cuts oft’ the beads of the
friends of the Union and the Compromise. This is its
business—it does nothing else, this is its policy, and
this it is, we are c-.tlled upon to applaud. Otherwise
than in its policy of appointments, it is, wc repeat, char*
acterless. Who dare * to d-feui that policy? What
Democratic Press iu Georgia, will dare to uphold and
sustain the Administration in appointing Abolitionists
to office, and in proscribing and crushing the Demo
cratic Statesmen of the North who, have unitormily,
boldly, und fearless, fought its battles against Northern
fanaticism? What Southern Rights Press in Georgia,
dares to declare that because Fire-eaters and Disunion,
ists ut the South, arc rewarded with office, they arc con
tent that Abolitionists and Free Soilers, should
lise the offices at the North? This has caused Dickie,
son to look coldly upon the Administration—Cooley, a
prominent Union Democrat, to denounce it in the Legi. *
laturc of New York, and Edmund Burke, formally an
editor of the Washington Uninn, and Commissioner ol
Patents under Polk, to introduce inti t'.e X>u’ l/amp
tutre Guhernat rial Gmnnticn, resolutions of censure
against it. Will the Southern Rights Press of Georgia,
venture to approve, what the truest, soundest, and best
Democrats of the North disapprove?
We asked last week, a plain answer to this simple
question of the Td oraUf, and the V hgraph of yester- |
day does not vouchsafe it. It dares not to upprove or ■
disapprove of the appointments, of a President whom it
supports. In 187k', its party knew no rnaii at the North ,
sound enough, or pure enough to act with. Will it
venture to approve the unsound Northern appointments ]
of the Administration, and place itself against its own
record, or will it disapprove, and placo itself in opposi
tion to its President ?
Wc attach no undue importance to this matter of
appointments. The President avowedly employs them
to bind the refractory portion of his Party to his sir .
port. If there is such powerful potency in them, the
people of Georgia, should denounce and oppose an Ad.
ministration which bestows them upon its worst cue.
mfes. It is said that Ibe Administration gives its pat
ronage to Free-Soilers and Secessionists, as a
•son for their support; and abandonment of their politi
cal heresies. Cun he potti ly tvccecd in th> ■<pol cj He
affects individual*, bt.y* up a few of the leaders of the
Free-Soil Party and they cease their slavery agitation.
But the great body of that Party accepts the appoint
ments ol their leaders to office, as an endorsement of
their principles. They grow stronger and bolder in
their designs
The Baltimore Platform if it was designed to mean any
tiling, cast them from the Democratic fold, and as the
Democratic Party of Georgia contended, purgedJhe na
tional Party of Free Soil and Abolition. The Presi.
dent nullifvs all that. He receives them into the foi l
He nourishes and protects them, and covers them w i ll
the broad shield of Democracy. Alone, unsupported,
separated from all national orgnuixaticus; Free Soil
and Abolition are harmless. They grew up within the
National Parties, and infected them. The Union move
ment of 1850, forced those parties in their platforms, to
disavow all connection with them. That was a great
victory, but President Pierce has lost us its fruits The
whole material of his Administration, was rejected at
Baltimore. The Baltimore Platform segregated sound,
•rum unsound, and rotten Democracy ; President Pierce
mixes it, and has so far destroyed the morale of public
sentiment at theSoutb, that the Southern Rights Party,
which could act with no party, in 1850, under the strong
pressure of party acts to-day, with the vilest party of
the North. Cun such a coalition last? The Adminis
tration w hich forms it, is now prepnruing for the acqui
sition of territory, which will open all the exciting
dangerous issues connected with the subject of slavery,
end upon them t must split.
* :z” In the new Ilanover District, of North Carolina,
Daiii. 1 Mcßae recently announced himself as an inde
pendent candidate for Congress, against the lion \V.
S. Ashe, the present incumbent. The Administration
promptly appointed Mr. Mcßae consul at I’aris, and
relieved Mr. Ashe of his troublesome competition. But
the District is again endangered. Walter F. Leake.
Esq., his announced liimse'f as an independent cand
date, and disturbs the harmony of the Democratic Par
ty. The old Democratic ship ha* sprung a Leale, as
the Washington iirraltl says, and is in danger of being
swamped. Will not the President again interfere, and
stop the L*ikt with a small Chargeship, or a SIOOO
Clerkship
* v?“At the Literary Fund Dinner,Londoo DTerucli pre
siding. a great many Americans attended ; and it is said
that a direct communication v. as made by the Ameri
can minister in London, that if any public compliments
were paid during the proceedings to the name of Mrs
Beecher Stowe, all the American guests would rise
from the table and quit the room.
Railroad Indictii*. — The Grand Jury of Essex
county, Mass., have indicted the Boston and Maine
Railroad for causing the death of the sou of Preside, t
Pierce last fell.
If the Railroad is found guilty of murder, what will
be ihe punishment? Sutpeud the charter, \rc supers I '. ;
West Point Academy.
The Board of Examiners of the Uuited States Mili
tarv Academy, at West Point, was organized by the
selection of Mr. Davies of New York as Chairman,and
M jor Brumby of Georgia, (Superintendent of the Mili
tary School at Marietta,) as Secretary. The annua 1
review of the Cad-Is took place on Friday morning,
the 3d inst., and on Saturday morning the examination
commenced. Ii is laboriously persevered in, each day>
Sundays ettcep.ed, from ‘J a. m. to 1 p. m., and from 3
t> m. to o p. m., and usually lasts for eighteen days.
Wi ham B. Boggs, Owen F Solomon, and John S-
Uo-.veu, are the only members of the graduating class
from Georgia, two of whom we learn, however, occupy
distinguished positions in it. The Mexican war demon
strated conclusively, the absolute necessity, and perfect
efficiency, of the West Point Academy, and hereafter
it will hardly lack the confidence of the people, or the
patronage of the Government. Its graduates, whether
in the army, or in other professions, almost uniformly
reflect credit upon it. The system of severe study and
discipline, which is pursued at West Point, would
elaborate accomplished scholars and gentlemen, from
the rawest material. We take the following extract
from the correspondence of the New York Herald,
eroni that place:
The examination commenced this morning at y o’-
clock. it] the Library Hall.
This is a handsomely finished and very pleasant
room It is ornamented” by three full length potruits,
one of Pol. Williams, the first President of the Acade
my ; one of Thomas Jefferson, long, lean aud lank, cor
responding with a spirited description of Mr. Jefferson’s
personal appearance, which 1 heard given some years
ago bv Wm. Dickinson, of Virginia, a venerable man
and life-long Democrat, who was at onetime his private
secretary; and one of James Monroe. There are also
portraits of Gen. Gratiot, Gen. Swift, Col. Mansfield, J.
0. Calhoun and others Judging from this and otlser
portraits of Mr. Calhoun, painted when he was in mid
dle life, he must have changed more as he grew old,
even than men ordinarily do. I cun perceive scarce a
resemblance between them, aud his appearance daring
his last days in the Senate, and when lie lay calm and
i beautiful iu the repose of death, in the room where lie
breathed his last, in the old Capitol building ut Wash
ington.
The interesting occasion to-day was ulso graced by
the presence of several ladies.
Tho students are marched in by sections, and the
examination is conducted by Professor Mahan, and as
sistant Professor Smith. The members of the Board
of Examiners put questions when they see fit. The
following are the names of the first or graduating
class:
J as. B. McPherson, Ohio. James L. While, Fla.
Wm. K. Boggs, Ga. Augustus 11. Plummer, Pa.
Win. P. (Jr.ughill, Va. B. F. Chamberlain, N. V.
Joshua W. Sul, Ohio. Wm. W. Lowe, lowa.
Wm S. Smith, Ohio. Benj. F. Smith, N. J.
John M. Schofield, 111. Silas F. Higgins, Ala.
Thus. M. Vincent, Ohio. Elmer Oiis, Ohio
Matthew M. Blunt, N. Y Alfred E. Latimer, S. C.
Francis J. Shunk, at large. Henry 11. Walker, Va.
George R. IJissell, Mo. Thos. Wilson, at large.
I’lios. flight, Mo. John 11. Hood, Ky.
George Bell, Md. Wm. A. Webb, Me.
Henry C. Symons, Mass. John L. Grattan, N 11.
John C. Chandler, Mass. Lucius L. Rich, Mo.
Win. R. Terrell, \ a. James A. Smith, at large.
James D. Burns, Jr., 111. Thomas M. Jones, Va.
Owen F. Solomon, (7a. Edmond C. Jones, In.
N. Bowman, Sweitzer, Fa. James B. Mclntyre, Texas.
Lewis 11. Felouze, Fa. Alex. Chambers, X. Y.
La Rhett L. Livingston, N. Robert F. Hunter, Ohio.
York. Wm. Craig, la.
Walworth Jenkins, at large. Reuben R. Ross, Tonn.
Robert O. Ti ler, Conn. John S. Bowen, Ga.
Rtclurd C Dut veu, N. f Henry. I>. Davidson, Tenn.
John It. Chan:bless, Jr., Va. John JI. Edson, at large.
Wm MeE. Dye, Ohio. Philip M. Sheridan, Ohio.
Benj. Allston, S. C.
Fix it; i :he appearance of Mr. McPherson, who s-ood
! firs’ in h:s class last year, at theexercisos this morning,
[ should suppose that he might maintain the same
tank at the present examination. Mr. Schofield, who
was sixth in his class last year performed the task as
signed him well. But I was more struck with the gen
tlemanly bearing of the cadet* than by any evidences,
except in a few instances, of remarkable proficiency iu
their studies. Still they generally answered pretty
well, and they may have felt some diffidence in thebe
ginning, in the presence of the august Board of Vis
itors, and ol the ladies, “overawing as the circumambi
ent heavens over our heads.” This last figure of speech
I have remembered from its ludicrousness. It was
used by old Christian Burgess in his famous reply to
John Randolph, on the floor of Congress.
The course of studies pursn -d at the Military Acade
my is comprised under the following heads Infantry
tactics, ana military police; mathematics; the French
language; drawing; chemistry ; mineralogy and geolo
gy : natural and experimental phylosonhy; artillery
tactics ; the science of gunnery, and the unties ofa mii
itarv laboratory; cavalry tactics; the use of the sword;
practical military engineering, grammar, geography,
ethics, Ac., military and civil engineering, und the sci
ence of war.
Candidates for admission are at present selected bv
members of Congress, one for every congressional dis
trict; in addition to which, there are forty at the acade
my, selected at large by the President of the United
State*.
The requisite qualifications of the candidate for ad
mission, are that he should be not less than sixteen nor
(over twenty-one years of age. not less than five ref in
| heigh*, unmarried, able to read and write well and to
j perform with facility and accuracy the four ground
! rules of arithmetic and possessed of the requisite phys
ical ability to serve his country in the arduous and la
borious station of a military officer, not only at the
lime of his examination, but during his life until age
shall disable him.
The life of a cadet at West Point is one of hard
!stu Jv, under rigid discipline.
| Ho sleep* in the barracks, in a room with one other;
|at five o’clock in the morning, in summer, and at half
j nasi five in winter, the reveille awakens him ; he imme
i iliately rises, doubles up his blankets and matrass, and
i places them on the head of his iron bedstead ; he stud
ics U"til seven o’clock ;at that hour the drum beats for
i bleak ast, and the cadets fall into rank and proceed to
’ the mess hall. Twenty minutes is the time usually spent
‘ut breakfast. Guard mounting takes place at 7f* and
‘ twentv-fbur are placed on guard every day. At eight
; o'clock the bugle sounds and the recitations com
j me.ice. At one o’clock the bugle again sounds, the pro
! lessors dismiss their respective sections, the cadets
| form ranks opposite the barracks and march to dinner.
Between eleven and one, a part of the cadets ate occu
j pied in riding, and others in fencing, daily. After din
| ner they have until two o’clock lor recreation and from
1 1 wo till lour they are employed at recitations. At four
i o’clock the bugle sounds, and they go either to batal
’ ion or light artillery drill. The exercise lasts an hour
land a half. After that they devote the time to recrea
| iion until parade, which tukes place at sunset. After
parade they form in rank iu front of the barracks, and
l.lie names of the delinquents are read by an officer
|of the cadets. Supper comes next, and after supper
I recreation until eight o’clock, when the bugle
| sounds the call tojquarters, and every cadet must be
found in his room within a few minutes at study, and
must remain there thus employed till hall-past nine. At
half-past nine Ihejbugle again sounds; this is called
tattoo; and at ten the drum taps, and every cadet must
then be in bed, having his light extinguished, and must
remain thereuntil morning. If during the night a ca
det is found to be absent, and does not give a satisfacto
ry account of himself, charges are preferred against
him, and he is court-martialed.
The use of intoxicating drink and of tobacco is strict
ly prohibited; so arc playing at chess, wearing whisk
ers, and a great many other things. The punishments
to which cadets are liable are privation of recreation,
Ac , extra tours of duty, reprimands, arrests, or con
finement to his room or lent; confinement in light
prison, confinement in dark prison, dismission with the
privilege of resigning, and public dismission.
Through the months of July and August the cadets
arc encamped, and during the encampment the instruc
tion is exclusively military.
The only furlough allowed to cadets is two months
when they are in the third class.
The pay of the cadet is twenty-four dollars per month
and his board costa about ten of this. Front the balance
he is required to dress and defray bis other expenses,
and he is prohibited from contracting debts without
permission.
As the reward for all his labor and deprivation, the
cadet acquires an excellent education—in mathematics,
better, probably, than he can get at any other insti u
non in the country. The training here of both body
and mind is very thorough and complete; and to have
passed through it bus been found b.v many a passport
to the favor of brave men and of fair women, for holies
have a strong partiality for military coats.
Moreover, every cadet lias a fair chance of becoming
President of the United States if he is careful not to
take a hasty plate of soup, nor commit any other faux
/#/*. Success on the field of battle is one of the strong
est recommendations to popular support for civil dis
tinction. 1 remember to have heard Daniel Webster
remark, in ISSO, speaking of his own prospects for the
Presidency, that there was no chance for him nor for
any other mere civilian. “The Mexican war,” said he,
“will furnish us with presidents for thirty years to
come. Hero ary Jefferson Davis, and at least a dozen
other officers of war, who expect to be made President.”
That war certainly lias furnished us with two presi
dents, and it may furnish us with more.
l-W The New York Timts publishes a glowing ac
count (probably from Mr. Raymond, who was a guest
on the occasion) of a banquet given by Mr. George
Peabody, the eminent American banker lit London, to
die American Minister, Mr Ingcrsoli ; and his niece,
Miss Wilcocks. The banquet was given on the l.sth
tilt., at the “Star and Gartar,” Richmond, near I.on
don. A large number of English and foreign lords and
ladies and gentlemen were present. There were, also,
some fifty Americans present—among them ex-Preai
dent Van l'uren, Col. T. L Law rence, H. J. Raymond,
<te. Grisi, Mario, Ronconi, and oilier musical celebri
ties, contributed to the entertainment. The American
Minister made an eloquent speech on the occasion, in
which references to Mr. Van Huren called forth great
applause. In Yankee parlance, “ the company hod a
high time!”
An “infernal machine” was taken into the Cus.
tom House, yesterday, in the shape of two reams of
blank forms, of which the following is a specimen ;
New Yoke, June— ,’o2,
“ Sir : Your services in this Department will not be
required, after the— inst.
.Yours* iic., .Collector.”
This looks as though the slaughter of the innocents
J was about to commence, — JY. }. TrUntvt, 4th.
j.gT YVe take the following interesting extract from
an article on tbe late Railroad Festival at Columbus*
;u the New Orleans Goonmrcia.’ 11 diet n, edited by
a gentleman who was formerly an editor of this paper,
and consequently familiar with Georgia and its aitairs.
It gives an interesting review of the feeble beginning.)
and the gradual progress of internal improvements in
our tit ate, and shows bow much wi are indebted to
tiuvannab for our system of railroads, and for tbe im*
mensc benefits which they have done the tilatc:
Tbe triumphs achieved by the State of Georgia from
her railroad system, are not only legitimate stances ot
prsde and graiideation to tbe people of that S ate, out
they furnish instructive examples toother communities,
illustrating, as they do, the success that always will uc
company enterprise, industry and energy. YY e consid
er tbe completion of this line of cotmnuuicatiou between
tbe Atlantic at Savannah, and the Chattahoochee, at
Columbus, a river emptying into the Gulf of Mexico,
and marking the western boundary of the State, as one ot
the greatest railroad achievements of the age. It i*
true, that there are several States, whose extreme boun
daries are connected by railroads; but under what dii
iereut conditions and circumstances have such connec
tions been oitected ! boston, for instance, is connected
with Albany, but. this line comprising three or more
wealthy corporations, runs through a densely populous
country, every foot ot which is supported by way travel.
So of the two lines running across the State of New
York, which are profitable investments for capitalists,
because the whole country is tributary to them. The
same may he said of the Pennsylvania road, and the
Baltimore and Ohio r a I, lob of which have been ex
tensively aided by public subscript ions, and State credit,
liow different has it been in Georgia, where all its roads
have been built by the people themselves, with their
own money, credit and “hard licks,” and with a single
exception without any State aid! A short reviewed
the condition of things, when Georgia first commenced
the railroad system, may not he out of place.
In 1.-30, a few years before the commencement of her
first railroad, the total population ol Georgia was only
&t 6,000. Id 1820, the Ocmulgce river, which divides
the State about equally from East to West, was the
western boundary of civilization—the part of the State
west of it to the t’lint river, about fifty miles in breadth,
being called “the new purchase,” and, very sparsely in
habited by whites. About this time, or a year or two
later, Macon, now one of her most flourishing inland
towns, and the terminus of the central road, was settled.
It was then, aud for several years after, although about
the geographical centre of the State, considered as a
frontier town ; and we well recollect, that the boatman
in navigating the river, instead of using the nautical
terms —“smrboard” ami “port,” would give the order
to the pilot—“bow to the Indian,” or “bow to the
White,” by which terms the western and eastern banks
of die river were designated. The remaining portion of
the State, from the Font to the Chattahoochee, was not
entirely reclaimed from the Indians until üboul 1830,
when Columbus, the western terminus of the great rail
road was settled and baptised. So that it appears, about
the time when Georgia commenced her first railroad,
only one-hall of the State was within the boundaries ot
civilization. This road which is the first link in the
chain of communication with Columbus, was, until
withiuji year or two back, the longest continuous line,
under one company, in the United States; it is lttl
miles in length, anil was built by Savannah alone, with
out any aid from nnv quarter excepting Macon, then a
town of 3,000 inhabitants, which loaned its credit to the
amount of $250,n00. The road was commenced under
the most unfavorable circumstuuoeu; the people had be
come dispirited and disheartened, from the manifold
atttictions under which they were suffering; fire and
pestilence had done their desolating work, and Savan
nah seemed to be a doomed city. From 18510 to 1830
the population had only increased 20, and her trade
und commerce bud almost left her. It would strike us
now, as a chimerical, nay a preposterous idea, that a de
cayed city of seven thousand inhabitants should attempt
to build a Railroad of two hundred miles in length, and
without assistance. Rut so it. was. The people of
Savannah foreseeing their inevitable destiny, either for
good or evil, put their shoulders to the wheel, and by
their own unaided exertion, (for the unmanly cry me
hercule, was never heard from one of them,) they have
extricated themselves from the slough of despondency,
and placed themselves, with a sure tooting, on the high
road to prosperity and greatness. Furthermore, the
citizens of Savannah were not encouraged bv the hopes
of any speedy returns tor their outlays. One half of
the road runs through a miserable, poor, sandy pine
barren country, not a mile of which itself, would pay a
dollar on the investment. For ten years the company
made no dividends ; the stock at one time sold at public
auction as low as $lB a share, and the bonds brought
only S3B to S4O. Now, the stock returns regular divi
dends of 8 per cent, which could be largely increased
but for the prudence of the company, always retaining
a large surplus fund The bouds are worth par, or
rather there is none in the market, for they have been
exchanged for preferred stock, and the original stock
itself is quoted at 116 to 120. Such was the inception,
progress und present condition of the lid miles of the
road to Columbus. The balance of the road, one hund
red and eight or ten miles, was built by what may be
called the country interest, with a helping hand from
Savannah—for the large and small farmers of the coun
try actually did build the road, contributing their means,
and buying stock, which they paid for in work.
Now let us see what the Railroad system has accom
plished for Georgia. And first, we will turn our eyes to i
Savannah. Her resurrection has been itiniosi iniracu- j
lons. When she commenced her Central Railroad her
population was a little over 7oot ) inbabtitants; it is now
20,000. She shipped in the two years of 1841 and ’42,
87c,000 bales of cotton,4o,ooo casks of rice,and 22,600,000
feet of lumber; for the years 180 l and ’52, she shipped
670,000 bales of cotton, 75,500 casks of rice, and 43,000,-
000 feet of lumber. This small city with only twenty
thousand inhabitants, but all of them alive, and wide
awake, has at this time a continuous railroad connec
tion with the Tennessee line, a distance of five hundred
miles; and in a few months the Nashville ut
nongu mail will he completed, adding near two hundred
miles more. A connection with Knoxville, Tennessee,
will very soon be effected, also one with Memphis, and
another with the Gulf, by the Girard road; so that
within five years, at the furthest, Savannah will be the
terminus of eighteen hundred or two thousand miles of
railroad.
Tl.e following is a summary of what this .spirited city
has done in the wav of improvements; She has sub
scribed and paid to different railroad companies in the
State, three million seven hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars, endorsed the bonds of another company
to the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars, and we
have just learned that she has subscribed a million ol
dollars to the Savannah and Pensacola railroad. Be
sides this, Savannah within a couple of months, has
subscribed one hundred and sixty thousand dollars to
the improvement of her river and harbor. She has con
tributed four hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
steamships and steamboats,one hundred thousand dollars
fora canal, one hundred thousand dollars for gas works,
and two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for water
works. This is a pretty fair showing fora city of twen
ty thousand inhabitants. We hold her up to New Or
leans as an example worthy of imitation
Georgia has, at this time, one thousand and fifty
three miles of Railroad completed, or to be completed
within a few months; her population has increased
from 516,” to in 1 WO, to within a few thousand of a
million; thousands of acres of land, hitherto inaccessi
ble and worthless, have been redeemed and made habi
table; the value of property has been enhanced n hun
dred fold, and wealth, prosperity and abundance have,
within the past few years, signalized thi* common
wealth, obtaining tor her the proud appellation she so
justly merits, of being the “Empire State of the South.’,
All this has been accomplished by her Railroad system
Meeting ;it Newnau.
In accordance with the appointment made by the cit*
izeus of Carroll, interested in building a Railroad from
the city of Griffin, in the Siate ol Georgia, to Decatur,
in north Alabama, a large, respectable, and enthusiastic
meeting of Delegates, and others friendly to the mea
sure, assembled in the courthouse at Newnan, on Fri.
day the 3d of June inst.
On motion of Col. W. B. W, Dent, of Coweta, Col
Wm. R. Phillips, Mayor of the city of Griffin, was cal
led to the Chair, and U. B. Wilkerson, of Coweta coun
ty, and Wm. Cline, of Spalding county, requested to
act as Secretaries.
The Chairman called the meeting to order, and in a
brief manner stated its object.
On motion, one of the Secretaries read the act to
charter the Carrollton and Newnan Railroad Company
granted by a proceeding Legislature,|under which this
meeting was culled and is now acting.
Col. J. S. Boggess, of Carrollton, then offered the
following resolutions, seconded by Col. W. B. W.
Dent:
R gala.l, That, the corporators and their associates of
the Carrollton Railroad Company, now proceed to or
ganizc said Company, by electing fifteen Directors—
which was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Boggess then submitted the names of the follow
ing gentlemen to form said Board, for the consideration
of the meeting, to wit:
President, —R. R. Ci ylkh, of Savannah.
Directors —lsaac Scott, of Macon: J B. Reid and E.
P. Daniel, of Griffin; J. E. Robinson and 11. J. Sargent
of Newnan; H. P. Wooten, J. F. Tomliuson, B. M.
Long and A. Mandeviile, of Carrollton; Joseph Walk,
er, of Jacksonville, Ala,, II 11. Allen, of Boiling Spring
Ala., C. S. England, of Somerville, Ala., Wm. Mailer
and J. W. Garth, of Decatur, Ala,
The names presented were accepted, and the gentle
men elected rim core, without a dissenting voice.
Col. R. W McCune, of Griffin, offered the follow ing
resolution, which was also adopted ;
Reselerd, That the Secretaries of this meeting give
special notice to each of the gentlemen of their having |
been elected Directors of the Company; and that a i
meeting of the Board will he held at Newnan, on the
•Jlst day of June instant.
Mr. Burk, ot Newnan, offered the following:
Rex Icet, That tin* proceedings of this meeting be
published in all the public prints in Savannah, Macon,
Griffin, Newnan, Jacksonville and Decatur.
There being no further business for the special atten
tion of the meeting, several of the gentlemen present
were called on to address the company, and responded
in the following order: Isaac Scott, Esq.. President of
the Macon and Wester n Railroad; Col. R. W. McCune
of Griffin; Col. Sims, of Newnan; Mr. Diumond, of
DeKulb county; and John Ray. Esq , of Newnan.
On motion of Col. Dent, the meeting then adjourned*
Wm. R. Philips, Chm’u.
U. B. Wilkinson, 1 Q
Wm. Cline, ) Secre,anes -
Public Meeting iu Crawford County.
At a meeting of the Conservative Party oi Cravvlord.
held a’ Knoxviile, on the Ist Tuesday in June, E. Si
mo.ntok, Esq., was selected as Cha.rman, and Geoitu.
\V. Norman, requested to act as Secretary.
The following Preamble and Resolutions wore read
and adopted.
Having been convinced fro u experience, that a Parti
in power is not too prone to look to the good of the
country, and the signs of the titties indicating tint
the day will uot long be deterred, when ii will b ag.in
necessary for a Conservative Party to interpose i'.-
counscls and its power; we, a portion of the people o
Crawford County, desiring nothing but the prosper!,
ty and harmony of our whole country, are resolved to
respond to the call of our brethren throughout the
State, to ai l in the orgau z ttion of a Party, with the
above objects solely in view:
Therefore,
Resolved: That we send four delegates to the Guber
natorial Convention, to be held at Milledgevjlle, on the
ttli Wednesday in June.
2nd. That we send four Delegates to the Congres
sional Convention, to be held in Forsyth, on the Bth of
July, next
3rd That the Chairman of the meeting appoint a
Committee of eight, to select Delegates to the above
Convention.
The Committee appointed in conformity with the
last Resolution, were, Messrs. 11. B. Troutman. S T-
Feagin, D. G. Worsham, A. G. Simmons, Y\’. S. Par
ham, J. \Y r . Eilis, N. 11. Mobley, and J. YY\ Dent, who
returned and reported as follows:
Fur the Gu'er notorial Cinvention — Messrs. George
W Norman, Ewell YY’ebb, Nathan 11. Mobley, and E.
Simonton.
Fur the Congressional Gmventon —Messrs. S. T. Fea
gin, A. G. Simmons, Mark Sanders, and YY’iliia B-
Scott.
The report of the Committee was unanimously con
firmed by the meeting.
; A resolution was then offered and passed, that the
j Delegates have the power to fill any vacancy that may
occur in their number.
On motion of S. T. Feagin, the Journal <L if senger
was requested to publish the proceedings of the meet
ing.
George W. Norman then offered the following reso
lotion which was adopted:
I R sole and, That the Conservative Party of Crawford
County, be requested to meet in the Court House in
i Knoxville, on the first Tuesday in July next, for the pur
pose of selecting Candidates *o run for the Legislature
There being no further business, the meeting ad
journed.
E. SI.fIOXTON, Chairm an.
Georgs \Y r . Normas, Sec’rv.
Whig Meeting in Houston.
According to previous notice a portion of the Whig
Party of Houston County, met in Perrv, on the Ttli o’
June, when on n Ron, Judge Silas Rawls, was call
ed to the Chair, and Beyl.: S. Huuphris requested to
act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been briefly stated
by Dr. Woodson, to be the sending of delegates to the
\Y r hig Gubernatorial Convention, soon to assemble in
Milledgeville; the Chair appointed Dr Woodson,
David M. Brown, and John T Cooper, a committee to
report the names of suitable delegates to the meeting*
The Committee, through their Chairman, reported the
names of Dr. John J. Hampton, Robert L. Mims, Da
vid M. Holmes, and Andrew J. Bridges, and that the
delegation have the power to till vacancies which may
occur in their body; which report was unanimouslv
adopted.
It was then, on motion,
Retolred, That the \\ hig Party of Houston County,
assemble in Perrv, on Wednesday, the 22nd inst., for
the purpose of sending delegates to the YY’hig Congres
sional Convention of the 3rd District, and for the trans
action of such other business as mav be necessary, and
that these proceedings be published in the Geurgit Ci
izen, if’ on JourJt Mtsse.ngtr, and the Southern
Record) r.
Tbe meeting then adjourned.
SILAS RAWLS, Cbin’n.
Peter S. Humphris, Sec’rv.
Public Meeting in TiCboT County.
At a meeting of a respectable portiou of she Whig
Party of Talbot County, on the Ist Tuesday in June,
Major Lewis Wimberly, was called to the Chair, and
oamls McNeal, appointed Secretary.
! Tho object of the meeting being explained to be, to
select Delegates to represent the Party in the approach
ing Gubernatorial Convention, to be held in Milledge
rille, on the 4th Wednesday in June; also, to select
delegates to represent the Party in tbe Congressional
and Judicial Conventions, for the third Congressional
District, and the Chattahoochee Circuit:
On motion, a Committee of seven were appointed by j
the Chair, to select delegates. Said Committee con
sisting of James Z. Disunites, Benj. F. Reese, Esq.,
Major Wm L. Walker, Cyrus Robinson, Simeon Par.
ker, Dr. J. I). Brooks, and Tainliu King, reported the
following named gentlemen as delegates to the dif
ferent Conventions :
Gubernatorial —James Z. Dismukas, Thos. A. Brown.
Lewis Wimberly, Benj. F. Reese, Esq.
Congressional —Cyrus Robinson, Dr. J. D. Owen,
Jehu N. Carter, McCurdy Sparks.
Julicial —Allen F. Owen, Dr. J. I). Brooks, John ll-
YY'alton, Isaac E. Cheney, which report was adopted.
Moved, that the delegates be empowered to fill va
cancies in their respective delegations, should any occur. ‘
Moved, by G. W. Epps, that the Whig Party meet
‘n Talbotton, on the first Tuesday in July next, to :
adopt a pluu by which to nominate Candidates for the j
Legislature.
Moved, by James W. Castens, that the proceedings
of tins meeting be published in the Go. am’ us Rnju rer< |
and Journal if’ Mestergr.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
LEYVIS WIMBERLY, Chairman.
Jamss McNbal, Sec'ry.
Judicial aud Congressional Districts,
AS ARRANGED BY THE LAST LEGISLATURE.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
Eastern Circuit—Wayne, Camden, Glynn, Mein
tosh, Brvan, Liberty, Bulloch and Effingham.
| Middle Circuit.— Columbia, Washington, Mont
! gomen. Tat nail, Emanuel, Striven, Burke, Jefferson
and Richmond.
Northern Circuit.—Madison, Eibert, Oglethorpe, 1
Lincoln, Hancock, YY’arren, Wilkes and Taliaferro.
Western Circuit.—Franklin, Rabun, Gwinnett,
Jackson, Clark, Habersham, Hall and Walton.
Ocmulgee Circuit.—Wilkinson, Jones, Jasper, Bald
win, Green, Morgan and Putnam.
Southern Circuit. —Lowndes, Thomas, Telfair, Ir
win, Laurens, Pulaski, Appling, YY’ure and Clinch.
Flint Circuit.—Butts, Upson, Pike Monroe, New
ton, Henry and Spalding.
Cherokee Circuit. —Cass, Chattooga, Murray,
Walker, Floyd, Dade, Gordon and Whitfield.
Coweta Circuit.—Fayette, Merriwether, Troup,
Coweta, DeKalb and Heat'd.
South-Wrsterr Circuit.—Randolph, Early, Lee,
Decatur, Sumter and Baker
Chattahoochee Circuit.—Stewart, Marion, Musco
gee, Talbot, Harris and Taylor.
Macon Circuit. —Twiggs, Bibb, Houston, Crawford,
Dooly and Macon.
Blue Ridge Circuit. —Paulding, Cherokee, Forsyth,
Lumpkin, Union, Gihner, Carroll, Campbell, Cobb ami
Polk.
CONGRESSION A L DISTRICTS
First.—Chatham, Effingham, Brvan, Liberty, Mcln
tosh, Tainall. Bulloch, Emaul, Montgomery, Lowndes
Telfair, Appling, Glynn, Camden, Wayne, Ware, Lau.
rens, Clinch, Thomas and Irwin.
Second. —Muscogee, Stewart, Early, Randolph, De
catur, Baker, Lee, Dooly, Sumter, Macon, Pulaski and
Marion.
Third. —Harris, Talbot, Upson, Pike, Butts, Monroe,
Bibb, Houston, Craw lord, Spaulding and Taylor.
FouKTWfc—Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Heard, Camp
bell, Fayette, Henry, DeKalb aud Cobb.
Fifth —Dade, Walker, Murray, Gilmer, Chattooga,
Flovd, Gordon, Cass, Cherokee, Patdoing, Carrol, and
[ Polk
i Sixth.—Union, J.umpkin, Rabun, Habersham, Hall,
! Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton, Clark, Jackson, Madison
aud Franklin.
Seventh —Newton Morgan, Green, Jasper, Putnam,
Jones, Baldwin, Hancock, Washing on, Wilkinson and
Twiggs.
Eiguth.—Elbert, Oglethorpe, Lincoln, Wilkes, Talia
ferro, YY’arren, Columbia, Richmond, Burke, Jefferson
and Seriven.
Ole bull’s Colony. —Great preparations are making
at Oleona, Pennsylvania, by Die Bull personally anil
his followers to celebrate the coming Fourth of J uly on
a magnificent scale. On that occasion lie expects a
large number of his musical brethren to assist in the
ceremony, lie is fitting up a grand concert-room, 100
feet in length aud an feet wide, which will be one of
the upper rooms of his own dwelling
His colony seems to be progressing very rapidly for
anew couutry. Ole Bull is certainly a very extraordi
nary man. You can see hint at daylight in the morn
ing, mounted on his famous Norwegian horse, riding
around examining his lands. After his breaktast you
will find him assisting the mechanics in their opera
tions, raising buildings, Ac. Af er dinner he may he
found working upon the roads with quite a Dumber of
hands
The schools of the colony are flourishing under the
care and instruction of a number of teachers from New
England. These schools he visits daily.
When he executes a deed for land for his countrymen
im inserts a clause depriving them of the privilege of
selling liquors, except as medicines. —Setc Fork Tex
’nine.
Meeting iu Taliaferro.
CltA WFOiIOVILLE, June 15th, ISDr
In pursurunce ot previous notice, a huge and re.
speclabe meeting of the citizens of .his county asset;,,
bled in the (Jour. 1 louse, when, on motion, Join, j
•loure, Esq., was c I 2 to the Chair, and Wiiim, T , T
ii'Oohe was appointed Secretary.
The Hon. A. 11. Stephens then arose m-t presented
t ,e lollowt-.g Rejoin.ions:
Relieving that the present junction of affairs in (^ e „-
ghi requires concert ol action on the nett . f all ,
vative men, by whatever party name h .of.ire known,
to maintain aud still to udvar.ee that high character
which our State now holds in the cstmu'of thcwiJ.
an 1 good, not only home br.t abroad: we detail “it
proper to send deleg,tes in nu nber eqttil to our repr t
sjiiliUioit in the General Assembly, before the reduction
ot le-CJ, to meet delegates entertaining similar sent,,
incuts from other counties in convention m Milled’ ~
v,lie, on the 4th Wednesday in this month, to c .,tisu
ogether, and ts possible, to agree upon some man
integrity and ability, concurring with them in principles
and policy, to be run by the conservative men of t
Slate for Governor at the approaching fall election
Aud as an index ot our own feelings and views be A
therefore
i A That upon the principles of the Georg,
l la lorm, and the Resolutions ot the State Conventv n
ol ISjo, “we are a* w wire" —The high position Geor
gia t.ien took not only for the maintenance of her iust
rights with dignity and firmness, but f.,r the preset Va
tion ot the union of the ? tiles, upon the p.incialeirf
the Constitution, met the cordial approval of ourjiuhr
uients—time and experience have but strengthened the
conclusion then tormed touching the propriety, wisdom
and patriotism ot the course adopted. If the question
ot ani,n or no longer exisis.it is only be
cause ot the successful establishment of the principles
proclaimed by that convention by the popular vo c, for
‘.be rime being; and we see no security against the re
cui fence ot similar questions with perhaps m re danger
ous tendency, but by the continued inairiunaoe ot lhose
principles iu “good taith” in “spirit and letter ’ Unon
tlieso principles We eu.ered to take “nos.ep backwards. ’
lie* need, That we recognize a* the true basis of all
party organization an agreement in sentiment upon
the principles, policy an,l measures of Government—
that we wish no affiliation with any partv, either iu the
State or out of it, which does not in praci.ce as well
as pr fssuon a i q.t, cry out and give *n, c Un-v to
tiioso principle which we deem essentia! to tVa pre e t>
t'on of our rights under the Constitution of the Unned
States.
Parties are to be judged not by the names they may
assume or bear, but by their acts, their policy! their
meastues, and iheir men. And it holding oh to the
principles ot our >uiie Convention of 1 s.'o. and acting
with i lie men who secured their adoption, by the people
and refusing party fellowship with .ill Who are still ar-
against them, will, in the opinion of any, make
us 117;,, /.v, then we feel that we have reason to be proud
of the distinction and honoraJ.lt appellation.
Resolved., That we consider the series of measures
adopted by Congress in lSf,n, known as the Coil
promise, “as strictly constitutional,” and the right of
the Hou : hern people to reclaim their fugitive slaves as
clear and constitutional “asany other addmitted right.”
We moreover cordially approve the sentiments of Presi
dent Pierce upon those subjects in bis inaugural ad
dress, but we look upon his appointment of Free Soilers
and Abolitionists to offices and high places in the Go
vernment, barely because they are “go and Democrats’
with distrust and alarm. And such appointments we be
lieve should receive, as they deserve, the stern condem
nation of the true friends of the Union everywhere.
R‘solved, That so far as the foreign policy of the
General Government is concerned, we are in’favor of
tbs maintenance of the rights, honor and dignity of the
United States against the world—this should be done
with- sdom mo Drat on, and justice," —while we should
permit no wrong to be done to us we should be equally
careful to do no wrong to others ; with the internal af
fairs of other countries our Government has nothing to
id >. And while we are utterly opposed to all foreign
j “entangling alliances” we are aiso equally op|>osed to
1 unlawful aggressions and “Jilli'-vstering incursions,”
j upon the territories ol nations at peace with us.
I Resol red, That the Chair appoint u committee of seven
i to report to this meeting the names of suitable persons,
[ to be sent as delegates to the said .State Convention.
These resolutions Mr. Stephens accompanied with re-
I marks in a speech of seme half an hour in let gth, which
’ elicited the warm approbation cf the audience. The
, question was then put and taken upon the resolutions
! when they were unanimously adopted.
W,llia n LI. Wilier then ailed the following reso
! lotions, which were also adopted:
It ■- •e f. That ?;, : d ccTiiTi: i. tee also . epor’ the names
I of iiree suitable p*-r-ons a;, delegates to n District
Convention, as may he hereafter held, to nominate a
; candidate tor the E.ghih Congressional District of this
Sta'e
j R* I red. That our confidence of I’. lion. Alexander
t 11. Stephens being unabated, we tv onuoju l him to
such Convention as a sti; ai . ■ caud. -ate.
Whereupon the Chair appointed the following Com
mittee: Isaac “Moore, William 11. Wilder. IV’ f >a\ id
son, Francis A. B.iiiugslea, Wnt. J. Overran, Sing'etoa
Hairis and Josiali Tilley.
This Committee reported, as delegates to the State
I Convention, the following names, to wit: lion. ARx
j under 11. Stephens, Isaac M ore, and Wm. Adger; and
to the District Convention, Win. J. Overton, J. J.
Moore, and John haprnan.
On motion, the report of the Committee was agreed to.
On motion, it was further
Resolved, That each delegation hare power to fill any
j vacancy that may occur in it.
On mo.ion, it was further ordered, that the proceeo*
j h'gs of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and
Secretary, and sent to the tfir.mi-lf and ‘•'end-.cl, with a
request for their publication in that paper.
JOHN J. MOORE, Ch’m’n.
William T. Brooke, Sec’ry.
Whig Meeting in Taylor.
On Tuesday, June 7th, the Whigs of Tavlor county
met at Butler, to appoint delegates to the several nomi.
nafing Conventions. James T. May was appointed
Chairman, and Wm. A. Graham Secretary. The
Chairman made the usual explanatory remarks.
On motion of T. W. Ellis, the Chairman appointed a
Committee of five to present the names of delegates.—
This Committee were Dr. J Walker, E. Moore, T. W-
Ellis, E. Royal and I) W Miller. Their report, through
i Dr. Walker, their Chairman, was as follows:
To MiVedgeville Convention: Janies T. May, C. T.
I Perry; alternates, E Moore, W. A H Roval.
i To Forsyth Convention: Dr. J. Walker, W. B.
1 Brooks ; alternates, E. B. Waters, S. L. Brewer.
To Judicial Convention: A. Coleman, D. W. Miller!
alternates, E. Royal, Dr. E .T. Roper.
On motion of William Chew, the report was unani
mously received and adopted.
The following resolutions were passed:
Resolved, That though we will support the nominees
whoever they may be, we prefer the following:
Fitr Governor —John J. Floyd; G-nnress Bober
Trippe; Jmlge —Edmund 11. Worrill.
Revived, That these proceedings be published in the
Columbus Enquirer and Journal and Vessewnr
JAMES T. MAY, Cbm’n.
Wm. A. Graham, Sec’y.
Union Meeting in Sumter.
At a meeting held this day by a respectable portion
of the Union Party of Sumter, Capt. C. J. Malone
was called to the Chair, and I)r. Thomas C. Sullivan
requested to act as Secretary.
On motion of Judge Brown, the Chair appointed F.
R. Brown, Marshall Douglass, and
a committee to select suitable persons to represent
us in the Convention to meet at Milledgeville or. the
•“2d inst., to nominate a candidate for Governor, and
also persons to represent us in the Congressional Con*
rention, to meet at Americus, on the 4th of July next •
The Committee after retiring, reported the names
Hon. Edwin R. Brown, Henry Kent McCav, and John
R. Fletcher for the Gubernatorial delegates, and
Wright Brady, Major Dupree and Zora B. Havslip, for
the Congressional, which report was received and adop
ted.
Ilcnrv K. McCay then proposed the following reso.
lut ions:
Resrlred, That as a party we place ourselves on the
Georgia Platform, and cordially invite all t! ose whose
principles accord v'th > or-, to unite with us, whatever
may have beet) their previous party ties.
Re* Ice t. That the present .so-called Democratic pr. -
tv of Georgia, is the Secession |u.itv of i *■•’ > led, under
anew name, by the same leaders, and controlled by
the same principles, and as such, will meet with our
firmest oj position.
Re.!.,lced, Thai the honest dhlor-nces of opinion of
Union men, as to the r duty in the last Presidential
contest, is, and ought to be, no bar to their cordial cc
oper.ition in the coining tell eke'.ions.
After some pertinent remarks by lion. E. E. Brown,
Willis A. Hawkins aud llenry K. McCav, the resolu
tions were unanimously adopted.
On motion of T. C. Sullivan,
R,solve t. That the Union party of the various Dis
tricts of this county, be requested to meet at their res
;motive Court Grounds on the next Court day. and ap
point each two delegates, to meet at .unerscus on the
•jd Monday in July next, to choose candidates for Sena
tors and Representatives m the next Legisla.ure.
On motion of R. R- Jenkins, it was
Resolve l. That the proceedings of this meeting be
published in the Journal and Mvstnger und Gtrgin
Citizen.
Whereupon, the meeting adjourned.
CriAb. J. MALONE, Pres t.
T. C. Scllivan, Sec’y.