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AMES T. XIS JET \Nt> SIM Hi HJ.SE,
EDITORS.
Prom the Corner Slone.
Soil of the South.
ir Ur. “Ar.oi.i.te t etwrxrz.
Soil of the South ‘ with llv-befii lowers
Tfiv glowing biea** fi-dvrA’d v
While branching trees ■anti wreathing flowers
Their vernal bloom protect.
#■ ‘ “ ‘wmr- ■
Soil of the South! to Vhec is given
Fruit ape ami Soiree fait—
To thee the Mm and dev. - of Heaven
The kMtal offering b**r.
And more, oh Vkhj soil, far more,
Than three rich gifiaaie thine—
More than the fruit* tli.v garners stole.
Or doners ihat grace thy shrine.
Yh\ sons—thy nlle son* —whore hearts
Warm ** thv sun beams glow—
Not all that Nature’s wealth imparts,
Can equal treasures show.
Their genius turns thy slumbering loam
To bod of golden ore —
u>i! ceMiiteous i* the Siiiui! net n Isaac,
On thy fair cHltmed shore.
And wheresoe'er thy rivers roll—
Where’er thv hills arire -
Those home* are loond, of joy the goal,
And types of paradise.
•Soil of the South! in glory (fffnni
Green be thy fields and flower* -
And each returning .May illume,
Still fairer fruit and flonrer*.
The Southern Alan.
We copy from a late number of the New Ymk Tltmr,
the following beautiful, tliqKKit rsrrd r.ft'fctiofti,r.\ ami
in the main, just atvd discriminatfng notice iff the
“Southern Man,’ by Hie K*V. Win. 11. Milbnni. Tin
trulv patriot!?, ►wr-hal, CatHdr and Chrirtittr.
of the reverend lecturer. were it ptmertiMy to pervade
the Northern mind ami heart, would indeed weld ‘ ,r
union htifcsawy tngrtHrrßmJ r*!&r it petp*‘\uI.—
Chetrlmton O-nrrr.
Lx.<~n ftF. lv Utv. Wj. H. - “JliAf/fr,
A/,r/,.”—This reverend geudouMii, last evening, deliv
ered a high! v interest'iig lawtnre, on the subject of the
“Sorter n Man, *1 {lope Chapel, in the pi ware of i
Srgv i'rvd *VSfxt.iWc audience. lie b.-ltered that llio
ief aUd luxuriant climate of the South had a great es-
V,vt in moulding the moral, intellectual and physical
‘character of the Southern Man. He was a fine ami no
blc specimen >f the physical man. from being con*t:uit
1t engaged in the sports of the field. Yet. mtwith
al auding this, there was an arqn-ararce of Us-ilude and
languor, which rather imparted to hint a graceful negli
gence. rarefy possessed by the inhabitants of Northern
climes. The Southern Muu was manly, stalwart and
graceful, aud remaikable for Ins seif reliance, acquire*!
bv the con* iunuitu of power- wh-ch came to him al
most as an hereditary birthright. In his literary tastes
the Howl hern Man aililivascd bint-df to t|i* >ii ‘hint
ecs. Shakespeare was his constant friend, never thrown
aside for any other, and ihe fight M Milton was never
obscured of any new star that arose in the political
firmament. He loved newspapers pa*, fir. frejj his
earliest infancy, be had ptobablv associated v.i’i, some
John C. Calhoun, and tinis acquired a taste and apti
tude for political life ; and that this was ih case, was !
l-art judarly appatent from tlie fact of tb- ascendency <*f
he Southern ptiriv in the Halls of Congress The
.** .client Man read little or none, there we dissent
fio.N iiw lecturer —“The Son.h* l n Man’ reads more
than he siipj ’ **l t t T". -i s is.iffirH** h'n-pl’
to Shak- ; care, ‘ ,: ltc.n and lire i.e'. ‘paj era —lll tore
&***-'-. i*a lo * u on n talking. J iieiiMingtit
of the Sott h exhaled itself in the perfume of et;nvei>.*-
tion, and there was a grace, a beauty, and an aroma
about it, which was rarely tube tuct h i Ii in *al.er lati
tudes The South It-oreff ti’siti the Iss L-’iiakiug pro
petwidcs ot the North as fraught with the a-.ost peii'-
*>* consequences to variety, and congratulated them
selves that they had nothing to do with it. The rever
end gentleman then ref.-tre i to the vices of tie- South
their extravagance in speech and at-ion. intemperance,
[in spite of the Maine Liquor Law, the Son.n womd
ii.it shun a comparison with the Ninth, even in this i
particular. The lecturer forgot, ** o, that Pie Father
Matthew of the Temperance cause in the U. S. hails
from the South.—Eos. Coi i ikr. and idleness, lint,
said he iu conclusion, lie is not a si ranger and art alien,
coining from the other s,de of the deep, with no corn
mon origin or common association—with no h::ilnv\<-d
association of the old times, hut this man is vntir
brother, surrounded hy oilier circumstances, and other
scenes, than those which sarootir.d yon. In our veins
flows a blood of the soate rid f.ilfo-r* that licdevreff tiie
soil of our country—the bj<*t that flowed in the veins
of Henry and Jefferson and Hancock, and that seeined
to rise to its vers sublimes! essence and purity ut the t
ehatarter of one wlwtm neither N<rth tn.r South can I
claiai as its own especial privilege ol raising that man \
coming tram the South, hut belonging to the North
that man whose name is a beacon ot ho* e to the op
pressed and down-trodden—George Washing o*. Tit *
Southern and Northern man can kneel round o;iealta<
aud one communion table togetli. r. and they hate a
cum moil father ic flea en. to wilom tiiev :-.rar. The
same book lies upon the pulptl cushion, and ihe same
word of hope is uttered by the bed side of the dying
man. The same benediction is pninoanced at the alt: r
when : .vo plight their laitli together h>r life or death.
Shall arc not then look i*t one another in the spirit if
love ana friendship ami amity and concord, and feel
that we are brethren? Shall we not drop the patty
cries, and watchword* of bigotry, bewiMiug t:> ackaow
levlge each othei s excellci.ce, and ; vast owe another iu
retnedi ing wrong and parfecting right V The province
of our national life is to Ire recouciled to each other, :
and in the unity of Democratic Go.emu'c it u> baniio- i
niie all apparent discord*. “ ‘Tis i couMinimafion dc- ;
Toutly to b*.* wished.” It can !*• done. • Loud eiiev-.s. ‘ j
The Sacders’ Dinuei Fwrtv in loudoa.
V.\ . ,k>- the ktllowitig extract from alette**of r. x*’d
•fate, written by an Americau gentleman now m Inn
Jim. Ii givi-s a brief sketch i*l some of the persons ~:e-sest
sest at tlie dinner recently given bv Mr. Sanders, ..inc
rlean Consul, to the republican leaders who are now in
that city, exdes from their native land. The writersav s:
“It was one of the most interesting meetings I e\ er
Attended It was a gathering such as I never probably
•duiil see again, and I a*eptisl the invitation with much
|keaMn*e. however umeti I miglit have felt at-liberty to
After with them and him in their polirv. Several
Americans were pres*mt, and among them Mr llucbtv
■n. Some of the |ipe a non* wanted to know wliat the
Americau Minister was doing amongst this **/w iff
niton it” As far as th> matter is eonerrm and. it !*
aok j r’s business, and as inwg as he does his dt;*y to
hisosuutry and the govenimeuc to which he is an resi
tted, no one has a right to complain when, where, or
with whom he dines. The pmetj.al peious pre sent
where Kossuth, Maz/ini. li.i|!iii, Orsiti, f/arabul
di, Pnlcsky, WoreeH. and Hertrcu.
Kumuth we know alt about in the United States. —
Hia conduct tliere wm any thnor hut creditable to hini
aelf as a leader, and Ue was obliged to leave the ouuuti y
in a verv umhgnitteil way. He i* a pleasant man in s<-
ciety, and talk* well ami with great earnestness. He
haa an air of modesty and calmness about him that is
▼err wintting, and is weit cikuhtid to make a great
imp: region at first aigiit.
Mazzini is a most remurkab'e man. I never saw a
face upon which a as written more plainly the maiks of
genius ami intellectual superiority. llis fice i* hand
some, pole and exnreas.ve, and his ere hashes as { never
ww eye U. h before. He tidks English rcry well, and
baa great he for the language.
Dedru Rollin, tne great French socialist and republi
can tender, is a man cui.silat. and to ptnducea matkeil sen-
Mti'io. JUt i* large inperem. and tine looking. He
■peak* English rery badlv. anu itwusqui’e funny to
hear hita mowler ing the English. i.*h! I. iu *K-r>, the
French. I could uuderviamr nearly an ! * :.-id to me
in French, which. I fear, is more than lie oil when 1
spike to him in the same language.
Pulzsky, you know, is the js-rsoii who nrcompatiicu
Kossuth to Atreriea, and i* a TWV agreeable person.
“Worcaß, lhel’oliah leader, ant Hertzen, the Russian,
are wen of great character and energy, ainl although
’bay wera not aide to indulge much in coaversatiou, ,
produced a vary favorable impression.
“Orsini, the Italian, is ’he handsomest man I ever ‘
saw. Hia face t* a perfect atudv. He ts of ore of the
oldest families in Italy, and. no dcuLt, vis* will murtii
hcr having often ■ eud of the Gr>iuis at Rome. He couid
not talk a word of Fngl’sh, and yet Ue seemed to ctijoy
everything that passed, a* n ueb a* il u had heeu a
meeting ‘ff bis own cuuuirvtncu.
“But the one I liked most of all was (lari-baldi. He
completely captivated the cOn,pauy. He” dresaea very
plainly, nut even deigning to put on a shirt ooilar. U,-
Miankablj expiessive, his face lights up as lie begins a
aentetue, ana before lie concludes there seems to Ik- a
)ier&£f Ifluminalion around him. He is emphatically a
; .racticnl man. and, instead of regaining stationary, as
the rest of the rt-|>ub!ican leaders seem to be doing,
looking on, It il true with intense anxief y for tiie “p**W
time oomimj” he m qiiietlv pursitring his profession,
and earning mouev for his children’s support He is a
siikt, and brought a ship from the L ulled States to
this country.
Sir>bus Walmslv, a liberal member of Parliament.
jfjp alvi present- Mazzini is oue of the most accom
plished men I car met. Ue nlayed )>n the guitar
and sang Italia* Villa songs with great taste atta spir
it. After iu Avc Washington's birtb-daj, they
all sang flic Maisallaiae.-zsti they v.anped up with
ihe progress oT the soitg, tlielr fvyjtement and cnlhusi
asm became very great ft
gvlgr ar.<J a very jk -'.a? mid agretj.le
bou AVatkbing Plants.—Nothing can be 1
better for summer watering of plants ana a,tias, 4>aii i
the v.id* ot weekly wash, arid t>> *u*e who dreise* a :
*ooa garder will suffer it to be wssLed. L ji.vi Lbag,--, .
cucumbers, beets, and the like, it *c-peciiilly
:.'iapu%l, and one of the moi Uritftv grajie vices we
ever saw. was watered with a***p sAdsgkaaat daily is
dry weather, A large sqpplv is opt needed at once,
out frequent .waterings .pojmute rapid pud vigorous
The.soap sudvshould not be poured gpo tiie plants,
but in treuch made -Sosk- fox xw eight inches
Irani Them Should the weather be Ary und he, it
would be baa: to put on 4he-s!ds 4*te iu the evening,
gitd.qoyer the tftuch in.order ta outaia the moisture as
long m possible.
lias. Pastixotox A*tx. —Mm Pariiagton says Ihat
nothing despises her so much as to see people who prey
faaa u expect salvation, go to church without tneir
pVtma when a reeoltaetion ia to he taken.
AiACOaS, U±,Uix(jiiA:
WKDXKSDAY, *MAIU'II 20, 1^54,
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ASM7AI OF T7IS STEAMSHIP PACIFTC
Nxw Yokk, Mi.reh ST.—The U. S. Vail atear.-.sh;
Pitt'Jic, t’npt. Nye, arrived off Sandy Hook on Tim
dav evening. She left Liverpool a - noun on the
instalit.
The Uritlstt Ma i ataamships .{/-,< and .ft •
utrived out on thy 7th inst.
f ommercial Intclligencp.
7f’ tin;j*)l Muriel*. —The salev of tT>Uai fi*i (!
three day* succeeding the and pr!u:o of the AnsUn •
the-ftb y.ii ; |iri.*cd Hy ‘i teks, of wlmb sj it
latius took S,dH exporter* bales, hwvii
|.*,ono bates of all descriptions to the Trade. Thedi
tttand Was madtnwte i.ml the market dosed tv ely •
-’yd. for Fair ftih-n::*. fir MMdaUg Orleans
‘54<L, for Fair Upl. nds and ?>, ;d. for Middling Up
I inds.
Bnaitiafe had recovered froa fhetr tyrent deptc
riuu, and price* were kuprevuig-.
I li.teHigetce.
Hi', fliitmn nf lb* J-jwitm question remains cxai
c it was at the de;<ii!ry iff the AftiKtU
No fighting biF*. ocenned on the D.inwlny \vilh ihe
■ exception of a few iuij.liow.
No mtclhgenre had been received from Ask, or fr> ii
< tiie Aflsed FhxJ*.
| Austria i* still WaVenr.g. Urtd tW government hai
1 uiblislted a ♦ton-roiiinatud inani^n’o.
Pmssi*. also, has out d-flned her position, althougl
| he Coi'nmriVwt he.* and ihe demand of the Czai
i dial the H-*d .-hottM be excluded from IWsit.n
; Port*.
j Jhe C*a> bar. *Hiit anew pro| o*al of pence to Vlotin
■ hi! tb, emt’ ate said to lx* the same as those tre\
Ktdy rejected.
An English Cal inot Messenger is oil his wax to St.
• Vtcrsbirg, with a snmu.on* to the Russian Govern
tier! to evacuate the Principalities.
Russia li.i prohibited the export of Gruio fiom a! 1
( tier jairts, wliieh ran-eil a better ftrling in the Eogli.-t
iireadstufls markets.
The Eoodi-n J f&ra'J, of the Blli inst., stall
Ihat Kalefat had been captured, and the gan ison m
•acm.il. The s'atcuicut, however, is i rououncetl to b<
itierlv falsi*.
Ii is rrjotietl th If France and England will pi even
my Rinuninit iu l!*!*.-.
Advices from Constantinople to the iltli nit., stab
hat Pet.-ta will remain neutral, anil that the Atighat*..-
rere attacking ihe Khan of Khiva, who has fled to
‘okhara, an I snmimiiied the iietglilHiring nations to
• tight against Russia.
she Ifrittsb Chancellor of t he Exchequer proposes to
louble the income tax, and the French Minister of Fi-
I mice t.. negotiate a loan ol tlx*,Oti,ooO ftancs to defruv
the expenses of the war.
Auiuirai Coirys sq u.dron was to have sailed in u
! few days tin- ll.e Bailie.
Mote diltiiol ie* had ocenned between the employ
ers and operatives at Preston.
‘** Di. k'fu .. (_.., ot (Jlasgow, had failed for a
million.
\ _•.. ;e::.urs vieia at at ihe departure of tin
Pacific of a serious misunderstanding having occurred
between England ami .Spain, and that the Spanish Min
ister would probably he recalled from London.
Ihe insurrection in Spain had been surpressed
Mr. Soule was iu high favor with the Queen of
Spain.
The Hon. Catroll Spence, 17. S. Minister at Constan
tinople, had j ti <oiited his credentials lo the Sultan
ilieGiei-k iiisurreetion liaiLheen nearly .suppressed.
Kiler from liavAim.
J'.i Ult,cl Warrior. —The steamship Ciescent Citv
irrived at New Ycrk on Sunday, wi ll Havana date* to
die l4lh instant. Nothing ot importance lias trans
pired there siiuc the seizure of Ihe Black Warrior
The vessel wj* still in i*>*sess;un ot the atiilioritie*.
I Ler oilicet* ami crew reomiiied on hoaid the U.
S ate* >-eatuship Fulton.
Tiie niaiiili>t of the Crescent City was rigornttslv ex
miined on her outward trip, and the strictest compli
oice v. i’h ail ;lrc j i.i t regulations alone saved her from
being involved in similar dillieulty. Her passengers
wete prevented fro.it going ashore to gratify their na
mal curiosity, by die prospect of manifold and vexu
it.us annoyances from the Spanish officials
The Americans in Havana have sent u strong remon-
I -trance to Secretary Matey against the conduct of the
ISjianjsh official* towards the Black Warrior.
Three of the vessels of the French squadron under
Admiral Duquesnc had left l’crto Rico tor the Island
of Cuba. The Admiral, it is said, has tendered his ser
vices to the Captain General in case of any expedition
coming front the United State*.
A decree lately published by the Authorities of Car
denas, iinptsed a harbor due of eight reals on nil for
**’gn vessels discharging r.t that port, the same to he
paid daily, and ill pioiurtkm to the amount of cargo
discharged, the caleulation to be made in accordance
with the custom hitherto observed.
Guttschaik, the American Pianixt, was giving con
verts with great success ut liui t.ua.
Arrival of the Isabel The If lack Warrior
Ac.
The xti’miier b*tUl has arrived at Charleston with
Havana dale* to the 21st inst. We glean the follow-
I lug items from Ihe Havana letter of the Stao iard :
Six hundred Africans were recently near Trinidad
do Cuba; they were however, seized bv an officer in
! command of a detachment near that place; although
: the Governor of it had received out tA nimnd ouncet to
1 iM-rmit ihe damtii be landeil
It i* slated that the court bas decreed, that tlieeof
| too seized on boa:d tfu* Muck Warrior shall bi-for
; Feiied, and that a line of sixty thousand dollnrs shall i
l* imposed upon the ship, hut that the Captain Gen- j
era!, bv virtue of the power* rc|iosed in him, had re- j
mittrel the entire sentence, except the |*ymetit of a j
fine *>f six thousand dollar*! Wondrous generosity! I
Fust to detain it legally a ship, and inflict almost irie- i
I .arable injury, and then to say pav me six thousand ,
ihdlats and you may take your slop and her cargo.
Tin; consignees and Captain of Ihe Muck Wurr ‘ir
have deemed it prudent to give security for the |kiv-
I ineut of the six thousand doHar* under protest, leaving
! the question •! dauinge* for defenlion. Ac., to Ik* sd- :
;:!ed liereaficrby the Govet nment ut Washington and
j at Mail rid.
The slave trede ;>pears as flomisliing as ever. 1
| have just been infurnied, tl*e beat authority, tlwt
within a tew da vs. a cargo <>!’ six hundred and twenty
I Africans were funded from a ship, whose name is un
known, but whose Captain’s name is Jre Garcia, near
i. j dace called the Ensenada de Cochit'.n, aud thus it
will ever be wbJ-t Cuba remains governed by Spain, j
The JUack tiumr departs on Friday for New
I York. Yours respectfhllv,
HUDSON.
Annse ineut*.
Mr. W. H. Crisp, w ith his Theatrical Corps, is nd
; rettizf't 1° appear at Concert Hall, on to-morrow even
ling; who-’ Mis* I.ognn will apjiear for the first time
before a MoOOu audience. This young actress ha* made
a great r**jiut:ttion ■;’ her engagements at Mobile, Rich
mond, Savannah, Augm.*ii aitd Columbus during the
j a-t winter; and if ottr con tempera lies in these differ
cut cilif* are noi altogether deluded, .“lie will rank wilh
auv actress now ujwm the American stage We advise
all to go and judge lor themselves whether the extrava
j gant praires w’ctcli have heeu bestowed upon her have
been unadvised.
Ned Davis’ Olio ?*finstre!s are advertised to appear at
Concert Hall on Monday and Tuesday evenings next.
Fros. Griaime, with the assistance of many of our
amateur nMfo ian*, pinjK>ms to give a Concert, on or
about the 6th proximo, in aid of the Building Fund of
the Presbx tcrian Church. Due notice w ill be given ol
he time, place, price of admission, Ac.
* Mr. Solomon Zeigler of Savannah, more than a
month since, last his Degro hoy Alien, about ter. years
■ if age, and there is now a:i advei tiaeiuent in our col
mans, offering a reward so. his safe delivery to his mas
ter. The boy un* (untisl up, mid with a very singular
adventure to relate to account (or his long absence. It
I seems that he was pur-“ed in Snvatmah by a watchman I
took refuge in a v c *sel lying at the wharf, fei. asleep,
lar.d woke next morning to find himself at sea. After a
I visit to the Havana, which was not in his programme
iVL"a le left his master’s house, he raturned to Savan
.•jati on the s!4th inst., in the schreincr Jumct and Au
ijust-i*. The from which we learn these facts re
x-Wi<si * fort. rate circumstance for him Ihat he did
not iivpi*en to //*, e iijKin n ship liouiid fora free [ort,
w here be might have fallen iuto the hands of the aboli
lioflsts and *tie consigned to the pains and jienalties or
frei-wiggei uuui forever.’
‘3T Gtw- Dtrvoj for many years Governor of the
Territory of Florida, died in Washington, where hq,
h 4 gone a non profee-v*aai business, on the 10th inst.,
in the 70th year of hi* age. At the time of hi* death
he w* a citizen of Texas, baring removed wilh his
faxpity to that Si*’e in I*4s.
iheijenu.e mil tor ;heorgumzatifib ol the’ier
ritories of Kansas, and iff Nebraska, was read by its
title in the Bouse of Representatives, on Tuesday, the
21 i*t inst. Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, moved to icier
it to the Committee on Territories; and Mr. Cutting,
of Ww York, who tose simultaneously with -t!r. Uteh
aid?o.i, to ihe t'oinmittee of the tVhiffe. The motior
of the last named gentleman prevailed, and the l’il*.
as referred to the L'otimiittee of the Whole, by a vot
lluto 9'>. The exriteiiieut and confusion in th t
House, during the pendency at these awriiWW ut I'etei
nee, was very gie.-r, and w hen the result ot the vot
is announced, great exultation was manifested by lit
•■onents of the Bill, who regarded it as a test of ’l*
, t-nglli of the measure, and a sure indication oi n
iltimute defeat before the House. They nty he righ .
r they may he wilfully disappointed- The refcicm
the Bill to the Committee of the M hole was e*.
;*tlv a concerted effict lo kill it by iodireelion. 1
;ti come up now only in its order, sud ’here is up p
calendar a large amount of business which has pi’
iencc of it, and which renders it extremely doubt ft
bother it can be reached during the present session <
‘iingress. Mr. Cutting, who moved to refer it lo it
Jommitfoe of the Whole, unnounceil hitnsclf in fan
he principle iff the Bill, but opjiosed lo some of i:
•i.ureSi and there are, doubtless, others who vote
hli him ujFiii (b.it motior, who will vote for the !!i
aen put iijion its passage. Still, it is indefinitely P°- a
o.icd, and, in the meantime, popular agitation again:
t at the North continues, and Ihe result of theimpfiidin
odious in several of the Northern States, array in
•em against the Bill, will drive from its snppoi
or them Representatives, who are disposed to sustai
The vote of 96, against its reference to the Commit
•e of (he Whole, embraced twenty-eight votes trov
i ie J ree States (to ii* rinyU one <f ichich vro.s cast by
t and the entire Southern vote in the House, wit!
exception of six Whig* and two Democrats, Titos.
I. Benton, being one of the two.
There were thirteeu member* absent from the Fit
itos, and sixteen from the Slaveholding, anil atnon
‘, t . last were Messics. Stephens, Daily and Hiilycr,
uis State.
We find the following article in the G.ron-iclc if* Seti
tintl, of the l'Jth inst:
The Merchants* Btu.k of Macon.
The charter of this Bank, we learn, has been ]-nr-
Kiseil by verv respectable aud tespmis.hle pat ties who
itend tii put in new capital, and to place its
■tisiiM*** on a (inner basis. Isaac Scott, Esq., ot Macon,
s to he its President, and his character as u sound li
•oicier and correct business man. is a suliicient guar
anti-e that every thing will he managed as it should be.
-.Sir. Ut-pubiicau.
This is one ot the Banks said to have been purchased
iv Northern Capitalists, perhaps a Wall-street, New
i‘,.ik Broker, for the ptuiaise, it is supposed, ol con
veiling it into a “Wild Cat” Bank. It is the remains
>f the old Batik iff Huwkinsvillo, the name having been
■hanged, with the hope of giving it credit ; but the con
en iva* in such bad odor that the intrigue did not suc
ceed.
We should have been phased it’ the Republican bail
siateii who these “/tycctaije uml ft.yton* h‘<
ire, und where they reside, who have purchased tiie
charter and intend to put the Bank in operation. Th<
people want light on the subject and it is the duty i,
he press, if informed, to furnish the information. The
press, and the sound Banks of the State have a high
mil responsible duty to per orm in reference to these
regressive financiering operations, to protect the peo
i -Ae against frauds in ihe sha]*- ot an it redeemable
<*nrreiiov, and they should not falter in it* discharge
Tiie reputation of the State, not less than the sound
urn A*. >s involved in .he issue.
It is true, us the liepu'lican remarks, that Mr. Scott,
of Macon, sustains a character as a correct business
man, yet. if he has lent his name and reputation to Nor
thern jobbers, tor the purposes suspected, he, in com
mon wilh them, deserves exposure, and merits the sever
est censure. The name of no mail, who would engage
in any such transaction, “is a suliicient guarantee” that
the hank will he managed as it should he, and no such
bank is worthy of public confidence nr credit.
Cannot the Macon pipers inform the public who are
the Stockholders of the Merchants Bank, where they re
side and how many shares each one holds? The infor
mation may be of incalculable benefit to the people, and
contribute tr.urh to protect them against fraud. No
good citizen desires to see the scenes of distress of I*4o
and ’4l, caused by an irredeemable currency, re enact
ed in Georgia, and the oniv way to arrest them is to de
nounce and discountenance the issues of these “Wild
Cat” hanking institutions in advance.
We have been informed, that a similar concern ia
about readv to go into operation in Columbus -a clinr
t. r granted by the Legislature ot 1851, having been sold
to tin:them brokers for similar purposes. Will not the
Columbus journals give us some authentic information
in relation toil? We await with anxiety their reply.
Y.'lieu we are not fully informed upon any subject
and there is any danger that by a mistake we may in
jure others, or prejudice, their interests, we prefer to
say nothing at till about it. For this reason, though
we knew for some days before it was publicly an
nounced, that arrangements bad been made to purchase
the charter of the Merchants’ Bank of Macon, we made
no reference to the fact, and do not do so now, “ to pro
tect the people against a fraud,” but to give to our con
temporaries of the Chronicle and Sentinel the informa
tion we have upon the subject.
It is true that Isaac .Scott, and other gentlemen, have
purchased (lie charter of the Merchants Bank of
Macou, and design to put it in operation anew. The
put tie* engaged in the project are respectable, so far as
we know, and from the information we have, respon
sible for twice tlie amount of circulation which the
charter of the Bank they have purchased, authorizes
them to issue. The President, and Cashier,and Direc
tor* reside in Macon, ami opposite our office in Thud
street, men are now engaged in razing old buildings
to make room for anew and commodious banking
house which they have conti acted for, tor their busi
ness.
The subscribers to the new stock reside in Geo-gia
in New Yotk, in Massachusetts, and in Illinois. These
are the facts we learn in regard to llte revival and re
organization of the Merchants’ Bank of Macon, and we
submit thu# they do not make a ease of fraud upon the
public, or justify the language which the Chronicle and
Sentinel employs towards those interested iu it. It is
not a very violent presumption to suppose that these
gentlemen have bought out the Bank with selfish objects
iu view—flunking is not an amateur business, and it is
safe to assume that their object is to make money by the
operation—but it does not follow that in pursuing it,
they intend, coolly and deliberately, to defraud the
public, or that they will do it. The Chronicle and
Sentinel seems to tear thut they will make the Mer
chants’ Bank a “wild cat ” concern, by which we be
lieve it means to say that they tit-sign to get out circu
lation in another State.
There is nothing wrong in this jirr re. Onr hanking
institutions do it to the extent of their ability, uni
Ii irmly, and without exception. There is not a Bank
in Augusta, we suppose, which would not set afloat, at
Apalachicola, or any other point in Florida, all the bills
it could, redeemable at Augusta. There is nothing
wrung in this. There* may he gross wrong perpetrated
iqxni the public hy a banking institution in this as in
other things, which an* right in themselves; and to
find fault with the purchasers of the Merchants’ Bank
upon this account, the Chronicle and Sentinel must
assume that they design to jait out a circulation else
where, which they could not get out at home, and
which they do not design to protect. We will not as
sume any such thing, aud that is the simple difference
between us.
Generally it is wrong, absolutely and indefensibly
wrong, for citizens of a ritate to sell the banking fran
chises granted them by the State, or to use them other
wise than as it was contemplated that they should he
used when granted; and those who buy are equally to
blame with those who sell. Banking Charters are
granted for the public benefit, not for individual profit,
and the public lias a property in them—at least that
kind of interest which authorizes indignation against
those who pervert them from •their original design, or
otherwise abuse them. But the Merchants’ Bank of
Macou is an exceptional case. Its circulation lias been
iadeemed, and its operations ended, and its charter is
as worthless as waste paper in the hands of its original
corporators. The public, for whose benefit it was ori
giually granted, are bcnelitted instead of being injured,
by its purchase and revival, unless we assume that this
is done with a view to defraud them.
In w hatever light, then, this transaction is viewed,
we must either conclude that there is no harm iu it, or
anticipate had mid dishonorable management on the
part of those interested in it, which we will not do.
On Thursday last the stock in trade of the largo
publishing house ol Putnam, was sold at auction at the
Trade-Sales in New York. Much surprise wasexpress
ed w hen the advisement of the sale lirst appeared, and
it i* now said to have been made necessary, bv heavy
losses upon several recent literary undertakings—the
Crystal Palace Illustrations—and others. Mr. Put
turn it is announced, will curtail his business und de- •
vote himself to the editorial conduct of his monthly.
KT The Whig State Convention of Pennsylvania,
which met at Harrisburg on the loth iust., nominated
Judge Pollock tor Governor, Geo. Darsie for Canal
Commissioner, and D. M. Smyser for Justice of the Su
preme Court; and passed resolutions against the Ne
braska Bill.
’ He find the following article in the Brunswick
Nine* of the 2 st iust., which we w ould commend Iff the
attention of our readers in the counties of South West
ern Georgia, which arc interested in scouring commu
nication, by railway, w ith an Atlantic port. There is no
lack of interest, wo know, among the people of South
Western Georgia, in the accomplishment of this great
object, so imperatively demanded by the necessities of
their section, hut unfortunately they have been divided
as to the mode by which it should be effected. Two
rival und independent routes have been presented for
their support, the Savannah & Albany, anil the Bruns
wick A Florida Railroad, aud this fact Ims perhaps pre
vented a concentration of their means and energies and
interest upon uny route. The Savannah <k Albany rail
way project, whether it is hereafter to he revived or
not, for the present at least, is abandoned. The officers
of 1 hut contemplated toad, after advertising for ptopo
sals, have failed to contract tor the building of oue mile
of it, and the Engineers have abandoned their work.—
Oilier Engineers may be engaged—contracts may be
made for building it, and we sincerely trust it may be
yet carried through, but in the mean time its Board
of Directors present to the people of South Western
Georgia, nothing but the profile of a survey, as a guar
antee that their produce shall ever find an outlet
through Savannah, and they must turn elsewhere, for
that which they so much need.
The Brunswick aud Florida Railroad is now their
necessity. They must sustain it, or forego for an idefi
nite length of time, all the advantages of a railroad to
the Atlantic. There is nothing particulailv encourag
ing, we must confess, in the present prospects of that
road—it moves so slow that it can hardly be said to
progress at all, but still it does move, and it is in the
powerof the people of South Western Georgia, to hasten
it to its completion. They have looked to the State
mid to foreign capital to aid them in building this Road,
without making the necessary effort themselves; and
since the State will not lend its credit, and Northern
capitalists will not build the Road, they must take a
deeper and a more active interest in it themselves.—
| They have the ability to secure the building of the
Rond as Ihe writer of the following article, satisfactori
ly shows, and they have an immense stake at issue.—
They cannot expect others, to show a stronger appreci
ation of their wants or a stronger interest in supplying
them, than they themselves manifest.
The progress which has been made already upon the
Brunswick Road, and the large amount of money in
volved in it, preclude the idea that it cun ever be aban
doned. Its completion is a question simply of time,
and we trust that at the next annual meeting of the
stockholders, means may be devised to hasten a : con
summation so earnestly desired by those who are in
terested in the prosperity and progress of South Wes
tern Georgia or of the State.
Brunswick and Florida Kailroad.
The Savannah and Albany Railway project having
failed for want of means, or imbecility of management,
perhaps of both, we are led to present in our issue of
this week, out views of what we deem 1 lie duty of tlie
people of South-western Georgia, concerning the action
necessary on their part, to secure the success of the
great interest which all of us in common, have so much
at heart The people ot the section of Florida that have
hitherto been induced to indulge in the delusive hope
of having an AtlaUtic outlet at Savannah, must also d:-
tect their attention to the only project now promising
:o accmniff.sli their object —the construction of the
Brunswick and Florida Railroad.
We will remark, en prt**nnt,\ hat out Savannah friends
must do us the justice to be teve ihat we teel no desire,
to indulge feelings ol exultation at their lailuie, nor
sing ptcaus over the non-success of an enterprise so
i laleli heralded forth to the world with an air of so
much tinctriiy and inert faith We are not of those
who have ever entertained the opinion that the enter
prises which Savannah and Brunswick were to be the
respective tirmini, were necessarily hostile to each oth
er; on the coni rat y we have always deemed their con
nection a fixed fact, if the Savannah Road was ever
constructed, for their interests were too much denti
lied for it to be otherwise. Be this us it may ; and ad
mitting for the sake of argument, that the Savannah
enterprise has been postponed only for the present, and
that ihe projectors ot that Road are only waiting for
alm re propitious season to commence it; we look upon
it a* thoroughly, and as effectually demoralized, as if it
was abandoned forever.
We make these remarks in no captious or hostile
spit it, we do so simply, to show the people of South
western Georgia, and those of Florida seeking ail At
lantic outlet, that one of the disturbing and distract
ing questions concerning the most feasible and promis
ing project for obtaining so desirable an object, lias
by the failure of the Savannah enterprise been re
moved.
The people of South-western Georgia must do that
now, that should have been doue at first—put theirow n
shoulders to the wheel, and then seek abroad for that
assistance they are unable to obtain at home. Fosse s
ing almost inexhaustible natural resources, and a pro
ductive power beyond that of any other section of our
highly favored State, they have only to he true to
themselves and to their great interests, to ensure a
success every way commensurate to the demands made
on them.
The great Cotton region o! Georgia is destined soon
to be comprised within the section known as South
western Georgia. With a climate pure and healthtiil,
and a soil of virgin fertility, it possesses all the ele
ments of becoming a great and powerful portion of tlie
State. We repeat it, the people have only to he true to
themselves to see realized iu a few years their most
sanguine anticipations.
Nearly all of this large and rich section will be tri
butary to the Brunswick lioad; a portion of Florida, j
too, will roll up its valuable products to swell its reve- I
nues, and now that the people ot this section can no I
longer look with any confidence to Savannah, they |
also can with propriety he called on for material aid j
and comfort towards its construction. We have re- ‘
marked that South-western Georgia combines within
ii.-etl all the natural n- urces of becoming rich and
powerful -to give there resources vitality and power
should engage the earnest and serious attention oi all
her people. Indeed they have a common interest und
the same destiny. We admit that like all new commu
nities, South-western Georgia is deficient in capital and
population—the gtand instruments of civilization—to
obtain these, however, is within her power. Her peo
ple have only to look at the practicability of construct
ing the Road calmly, seriously and earnestly, the re
sources they possess within themselves to carry it on
successfully, the grand and beneficent results thereby
to he obtained—actuated as they must be. hy a spirit
of unity, of harmony—a oneness of feeling and action,
and the thing is done.
The aggregate value of the whole taxable property
of the counties embraced within the proposed Road is,
as appears hv the tax digest of Georgia, over twenty
three millions of dollars. The aggregate amount of
money at interest and solvent debts, excluding Decatur,
which is not given, is over two millions anil a halt, and
the aggregate value of lend and improvements, is in
round numbers, six millions and six hundred thousand
dollars. These estimates are in fact below the exact
amounts, but sufficiently near the muik Ibr all practical
purposes, which can he seen by reference to the Tax
digest of the State for 1*52.
We have omitted Dooly, Lee, Early, and the North
ern counties of Florida. These sections will derive
great benefit from the Road, and will doubtless contri
bute liberally towards its coustination, as they will to
a great exteut be tributary to it. We call the attention
of our readers to these statistics; they show that not
withstanding all the disadvantages the people of the
South-western counties have labored under from their
first settlement to the present day, for want of market
facilities—shut out as it were from the commerce and
trade of the country—by jho mere force of their great
natural resources and advantages iff position and cli
mate, are rapidly increasing in wealth, and that they
possess the means within themselves to augment to u
vast extent, these resources in an incredible short time
by llte construction of the Road. The fact alone of
the constiuctiou of the Road being placed beyond u
doubt, would double the value of all the lands in South
western Georgia. If, then, confidence will bring about
so vast an appreciation of property, what will be the
result of its actual completion ?
The object ot this article, however, is to direct the
people ot South western Georgia to their duty, and the
necessity of their taking prompt and immediate steos to
bring about themselves, concert of actiou. We have
shown by reliable statistic*, that they possess the means
within themselves to secure the building of the Road,
and that prompt and vigorous effort must at once he
exhibited on their part to place the matter at rest. \\ e
propose in u future article to show the present condition
of the Road—the difficulties to be overcome, and how
they ate to be avoided. We shall speak plainly and
truthfully.
Death of Ker Boyce.
The lion. Knit liovct, of Charleston, S C , (lied at
the residence of his son, in Columbia, on Sunday night,
the 1 Uth inst., iu the Obthyeurot his age, of an aiiectiou
of the heart. Mr. 13. was a native ol Newberry Dis
trict, S. C., and in early life removed to Charleston,
where, in mercantile pursuits, without money and with
out education, lie gradually amassed a large fortune
and attained a prominent position by his talent, energy
and enterprise, as a practical niun ot business. He had
tilled, tor several years, the posts of Senator and Rep
resentative in the State Legislature—hod been Presi
dent of the Bunk of Charleston, and hod taken a promi
nent and active interest in the projection and comple
tion of Railroad, Mauulaeturing, and other enterprises,
to develope the resources of the State, und benefit the
city ol Charleston.
The will of the deceased has been deposited with the
Ordinary of the city of Charleston and opened. The
Executors nominated iu it, are Judge 0 Neal, Rev. J.
P. Boyce, A. G. Rose and Col. Whitesides of Chatta
nooga, and it disposes of a property estimated to be
worth nearly $1,500,000. In it there are several bc
inest.s to public and charituble institutions in South
Carolina—slo,ooo to the Orphan House in Charleston,
SIO,OOO for h Free School at Graniteville, where Mr-
Boyce had a large manufacturing interest, and $30,000
to the Charleston College, for the education of indigent
young men to be nominated by his son, the Bev. J. P.
Bovce, of Columbia.
! Thu Abolitiou agitation which las boon excited
at the North, against the Nebraska Lilli, fit ice and un
reasonable as it is, and destined to produce wider alien
ation between the North and South, than any which
has heretofore existed, mar yet be a substantial bone
lit to the South, if Southern men only will understand
the lesson which it teaches them. The opposition to
this bill, is confined to no class of men and no party at
the North. It embraces nten of all classes and cl all par
ties, and leaves but an insignificant and powerless
minority of tlie people of the North, to sustain the
rights of the South, and to uphold national and conser
vative sentiments, against those which arc sectional
and agrarian. This is the fact which the agitation of
the Nebraska Bill has disclosed—this is the lact which
Southern men should recoguise and act upon in the
future.
Political di visions af home have weakened the strength
of the South in our national councils, and committals to
the platforms and nominations and policies of national
parties, have often caused Southern men to lose sight
of, and disregard the interests of their section. Our
politics, the politics of our soi-disant national parties,
is a strange and unintelligible jumble of principles and
of material. The names by which our national parties
are recognised are no index to their principles—the
platforms and programmes which they announce, arc
not correct foreshadowings of their political action—
and the calssitlcatian of individuals under them, as
Whigs or Democrats, does not furnish the slightest
intimation, much less a guarantee of what his acts or
his votes or his opinions may be.
Tite broad and distinct, and well defined boundaries
which once separated national parties, are no longer
visible. They exist, after the necessity which called
them into existence has passed. They are a contused
jumble ot incongruous elements, w hich, after every na
tional issue which arrayed them in opposition to each
other, has been settled, or grown obsolete, still attempt
to preserve their organization, and struggle us lustily
for plunder, ns they ever did for principle. The names
Wing and Democrat, have become mere clap-trap—the
mere shibboleth of division and of separation in politi
cal organizations, not in political principles,and the par
ties they designate, roli along like logs upon a current,
without a direction or an aim.
in the mean time, inside of the organizations of these
national parties, unrecognised, but unrebuked by them,
grows up the Free Soil heresy, increasing every day,
and threatening eventually to control them. An integ
ral part—an element in both Whig and Democratic par
ties, it is dealt with tenderly from tear ot a loss of
strength, when it should be summarily crushed, and
party interest and prejudice and passion force Southern
men to tolerate, and to allow it. is there any need of
proof of these facts? Did not ihe Free Soil wing of the
\t big Party dictate the nomination of its last candidate
f‘>r the Presidency, and force him down the throats of
the reluctant South* Did not the Free Soil wing of
the Democratic Party claim to be recognised bv Presi
dent Pierce as a distinct element of the Party which
elected him, and demand payment of their services, and
was not the claim adowed, and offices thrown to them as
sops to conciliate them? and did not Southern Democrat
defend the policy ? Is not the whole history of poli ical
parties in this country, for the last fifteen years, a con
cession to, and compliance with the aggressive demands
of Free Soil. Are not these facts, and is it nr t'-ue
that Southern men should understand than and should
feel that the bind support of national parties, as at pre
sent organised, is inconsistent with their duties to
themselves and to the South? If they are not purblind,
the Nebraska fury at the North must open their eves.
It has denationalised the Whig Party, andsepaiated its
Northern and Southern wings by an impassable gulf,
and it threatens the Democratic Party with entire dis
organization. Is this a time to foster divisions and
jealousies among ourselves?
In conclusion, we would commend to our readers the
following paragraph from an able article, in a late num
ber of the Richmond Enquirer, as exhibiting a just
view of the present positiou of parties, and of the duty
of Southern men.
1 lie ultimate consummation of tlie present tendency
of things, of the irretrivable disruption of the Whig par
ty and the partial disintegration of the Democracy, will
be the organization ot all theelomentsof northern aboli
tion into one combact and coherent mass, in antagonism
to a great party, embracing the entire South and the
conservative portion of the North, whose comprehensive j
creed shall be d> lotion, to the Constitution and whose ob j
ject the prefer cutin of the Union. Some possible eon- |
juncture of circumstances may intercept this result, but ]
that such is the drift and inclination of political combi- ‘
nations aud public sentiment, no man can full to per- j
ceive.
Our Zrliuister at Constantinople.
Mr. Carrol Spence, of Baltimore, Maryland, United
States Minister to Constantinople, recently presented
his credentials to the Sultan, aud accompanied them
with an address in which he warmly and openly syrn
pathised with Turkey in her war with Russia, and as
sumed to represent in this matter, the universal feeling
of the people of this country. The following is one of
the objectionable passages of the address which has
been severely censured by the press. It has attracted
the notice of our Government, and it is said that Mr.
Spence will he re called for compromising our Govern- \
ment by his open sympathy with the Turks in their i
contest with Russia. We have a singular set of diplo- !
mats abroad, who, instead of attending to the legitimate ‘
duties of their positions, seem intent upon acquiring ‘
notoriety. Soule at Madrid, Dbniels at Turin, Spence
at Constantinople, and Saunders in Condon, have all
succeeded in making themselves ridiculous. We used j
to have quiet aud orderly representatives abroad :
“ In the great struggle in which you are now engag
ed, you have the sympathies and good wishes of the
American nation. The policy of our government,
while n prevents ah national interference m European
quarrels, can never restrain us, as a people, from pray
ing tliai that arm, be it Christian or be it Mahotnedan,
may be strong which wields the sword in a just cause. 1
That you may succeed in preserving the integrity ot an I
empire which has so frequently afforded an aiyluiu to
the exiled friends of liberty, is’ the universal desire of 1
the people of the United .States.
Permit me, as instructed, to tender you the best wish- |
es of the President and of the people of the United
States, for pour welfare and happiness, accompanied i
with my sincere hope that the termination ot the con- .
fiict between your majesty and the Czar ot Russia may
accord with your most sanguine expectations.
A Fugitive Slave.— As the steumship Keystone
State was entering Delaware Bay- on Saturday morn
ing, a man was found secreted outside of the” vessel,
under the guards. It was soon ascertained that he was
a fugitive slave, who had hidden himself there before
the vessel sailed from Savannah on the previous Wed
nesday. During the time he was in that position—
which was three days—he suffered intensely, us the
vessel encountered high winds, and the water swept
over and around him constantly. Some bread which
he had placed in his pocket lor sustenance until he
could reach this city, was satiated with salt water and
dissolved to a pulp. The efforts and sufferings of the
fugitive to obtain his freedom were, however, unavail
ing, as lie was placed in the jail at New Castle when
the steamship arrived there, lo await the older of his
owner m Savannah.
The following is a description of the Negro: “Quite
slender in person, perfectly black, with a large scar on
his right cheek—forehead wrinkled—about 5 feet 10
inches in height—in age probably 35 or 40 years—with
an oldish look.”
The Negro referred to above, is, we presume, the pro
perty of a gentleman of this place, as one, answering
the description, left here a day or two before the .sail
ing of the Keystone State. The Abolitionists secured
the fugitive when the steamship left, brought him be
fore a Magistrate aud had him discharged from custo
dy. The Captain of the Keystone State, on his arrival
at Philadelphia, returned to New Castle, had him re
arrested aud re-committed to jail.
Major Sol ah R. llobbie, First Assistant Post
Mas er General, died iu Washington City on the 25d
inst., in the 57tli year of his age. Mr. llobbie was a
native of New York, hut in early life he removed to
Delaware, where he began the practise of law. In 1826
he was elected to Congress from that State, iu 1829
upon the accession of General Jackson to the Presiden
cy, lie was appointed First Assistant Post Master Gen
eral, and continued in that office until the day of his
death, (with the exception of a short time during which
he retired on account of failing health,) discharging its
duties with a fidelity aud an ability which gave univer
sal satisfaction
s-ar Ex-President Fillmore, has declined a public
reception from the authorities of the city of New Or- ,
leans. The liullttin with regard to his movements 1
remarks:
“ After spending a few days in our city, and visiting
bis friend, Hon. Charles M. Conrad, late Secretary of
War, it is thought Mr. Fillmore will embark tor Cuba,
and take a steamer theuce for New York. We hope he
will be pursuaded out of iliis. Let him go to Cuba and
come back, and then pa-s through the Southern Atlan
tic States on his return home. There are thousands
and ten of thousands otour people who desire to see the
man who, on a trying occasion, exhibited such incor
ruptible honesty, such indomitable firmness. Auother
opportunity may not be afforded, and we think, with
all due deference, that the wishes of the people should
be complied with.”
Mrs. Susan Bigler, the mother of the present
Governors of Pennsylvania and California, died at her
residence at Harrisburg on the 10th inst., aged7ft years.
The Federal Union of the tiist inst., announces
the following appointments recently made by his Excel
lency, Gov. Johnson:
“Dr. R. D. Arnold of Chatham, Dr. Richard Moore
of Clark, Dr. Philip Minis of Whitfield, Col. Hines Holt
if Muscogee and Alfred M. Nisbet Esq., of the county
i ,f Baldwin, lo investigate and determine upon the
1 vuildings necessary to be erected tor the additional ac
orn modatioo of Lunatics at the Lunatic Asylum of this
hate under an Act, approved February letb, 1854.
• •
ZUT The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, brother to
Jncle Tom’s Cabin, and a Congregationalist clergyman
>f the city of Brooklyn, on Sunday evening, the 19th
list., delivered from his pulpit, a v olent speech against
he Nebraska Bill, in which he counselled a dissolution
>f the Union, in preference to a submission to it, and
Icnonneed its author, its friends and its supporters in
tnmeasnred terms. “ Blessed are the peace makers for
icy shall bo called the children of God ”
Decidedly Fast.
President Walker and his fillibusteros. have hardly
made good their footing in the territory of Mexico which
they have invaded, and yet the Washington Star states
that the President of the United States has already re
ceived applications from many individuals, for offices in
■ the territories of Sonora and Lowet California. We are
‘ t, fast people.
! The following lines, written by a lady of New
| irk, N. J., on the occasion of the death, at that place,
in January last, of Mrs. C. J. T. lloff, wife of Mr A.
A. Hoff of this city, were not designed for publication,
! but are yet worthy of preservation in our columns.—
They are, at least, mournfully interesting to the friends
and relatives whom the deceased has left among us.
The loved one sleeps! how calm, how peacefully!
I’ve stood to-day beside her, as she lay
Robed for her burial’ Can it be so?
Cornelia’s form -herself no longer there?
! lingered, doubtingly, to be assured ;
And as I bent to leave my parting kiss
On that calm, placid brow, so sweet in death.
Which Ibnd affection’s hand had wreath’d with flowers,
1 saw—or thought I saw—that same sweet smile
That ever kindly beamed on all it met,
As if’twould cheer and gladden every heart.
Death saw in that fair form a loveliness
He craved ; yet came with dilatory step
To do his dreadful work, as if he fain
Would spare yet longer to the doting hearts
This fond and favorite object of their love
But now his moment came! and with sure aim
He sped his arrow, in the dark, still fight,
So quick, so stealthily—he took not time
To chase away the native loveliness,
But left life’s impress there so plainly traced,
It seemed ’(were almost sacrilege to yield
That life-like treasure to the cold, dark grave.
Oh ! earth would be made sad and desolate,
And life’s bright hours all shrouded o’er with gloom,
When death’s cold fingers, with a fatal stroke,
Take from our hearts and homes the forms we love,
To hide them in the silence of the tomb,
If that nm,st be our final resting place,
And no bright star of hope shone radiant,
To point to aught of happiness beyond.
But smitten hearts are not left comfortless!
And as by that, pale form I stood to day,
And marked those features so serenely sweet,
As if some heavenly guest still lingered there,
This gentle whisper seemed to catch my ear:
“ Ye mourning groups who bend, with broken hearts,
1 Round this pale, lifeless clay ; oh ! could your eye
j Soar upward to the spirit land, and look
I Upon the glories that have me’ ■ iy view—
jOr could your ears be ravish, and with h sounds
iOt !.- ‘.vetilv harmony, us .- e, -.ir. . s
i When my astonished sou! awoke i; “s:
j Or could ye quaff such draughts as i drink iu
Os holy atmosphere—so pure, so bland—
Without a taint of sin, or earthly love,
Ye would not wish to call tnv spirit back,
And fetter it with clay a few more years.
llow gentle was my exit hitherward !
In the still hour of night, when doting ones
] Had slept, an escort from the angel band
Came beck’uing me away ! The Saviour’s arm,
! On which reposed my weary, troubled soul,
| Encircled me while crossing Jordan’s stream,
| And brought me gently o’er every wave.
I’m now at rest! life’s conflicts all are o’er!
* And through eternity I’ll praise the grace
! That interposed and brought me safely home!”
To him bereaved, how sweet to look away
From these sad parting scenes, this vale of tears,
Where sorrow, sighing, pain and sin afflict,
And see beyond a bright, a blissful home—
Where the redeemed, all washed and purified,
Shall gather, as one ransomed, joyous band,
l’o spend a long eternity of love !
( Newark, N. J., Jan. 20, 1854.
Chattahoochee Comity.
, The election for officers took place in this new ccun-
{ ty, on Monday 27th ulf., and resulted in the choice of
; the following named gentlemen, to till the respective
f stations annexed:
Justice* Inferior Cntrt —Charles King, Isaac 11.
Webb, Jas. fc>. Allums, Theophilus Sapp, aud Hiram
Fuller.
Sheriff —William W. Bussey.
Ordinary —A. Smith.
derk Superior Court —N. N. Howard.
“ Inf trier “ —Ezekiel Waters.
71m C'itS rf'/r —Stephen l’arker.
“ Jieeeircr —Win. 11. Askew.
Coroner —W. S. Howard.
Surveyor —Littleton Morgan.
On Tuesday the 14lh inst., a public meeting of the
citizens of the county was held to determine upon the
place for a county site. 595 votes were polled, and
Sandtown was selected by a majority of aLout 150 votes.
The name of the place was changed to Alexander,
by which it will hereafter be known aud called.—
This name was selected in honor of our late fellow
citizen, the Hon. Robert B. Alexander. —Cohn nous En
quirer, ‘2lst inst.
‘ZJE Governor A. V. Brown has been appointed
by the Governor of Tennessee to act as commissioner in
a matter of controversy between the States ot Georgia
and Tennessee in regard to their rail road connections
and interests. The Nashville Union , says:
“This is an excellent atipointment. Our Georgia neigh
bors will see, in the selection of a gentleman of the high
character and position of Gov. Brown, a desire to heal
any temporary irritation which may have arisen, and to
prevent its recurrence, w bile the h gislature of Tennessee
will receive the report of such a commissioner with entire
confidence iu its wisdom and justice.”
At his Tricks.—The Washington Star pitches into an
“itidivid,” calling himself the Fakir of Siva, (w ho is not
unknown in these parts, > like a thousand ot brick. It
appears that he has been giving git: concerts in Wash
ington, which were to have been continued, per adver
tisement during the present week, itut the open-mouth
ed expectants were astonished on Tuesday to learn that
the Fakir had tied. The Star admonishes him not to
show his face in Washington again. Really, the tricks of
this person ought to be stopped summarily.— Jiichnunvl
| Dispatch.
’ Secretary Mabct and the French Minister.—Tt
s stated that the French Ambassador, on seeing ihe
President's communication to Congress, touching the
affair of the Black Warrior and the Cuban authorities,
it once obtained an interview with the Secretary of
State, demanding an explanation of what he termed an
jxtraordiuary production on the part ol our Govern
nent Gov.’ Marcy promptly declined to entertain any
xiinmiinication or explanation with ’.lie Government of
France, or any other authority save the representative
if Spain, and demanded to be informed under what
shadow of right or usage the Government ot France
.•on Id pretend to interrogate him on a subject in which
France was apparently uninterested.-- Ik. . Sun.
California Items.
Captain Walker bad broken up h ; s camp at Ensenado
m the Uth February, and laid marched to the South
ward with one hundred and fifty men, leaving his sick
md wounded behind. Melendez was below with three
nundred and fifty men, ready to attack him.
Colonel Watkins and Capt. Davidson were arrested
it San Francisco on the 23d February, charged with
reasonable connection with Captain Walker, and were
>e!d to bail in the sum off 10,<*r<) each.
Warrants were also issued against Major Baird, on a
similar charge.
A law has passed the California L-. iaitr *:. akin ,
Sacramento the capital of the State.
XJW* Two companies of the unfortunate third artille
■y are ordered to start for San Francisco, on Ihe tfi
iroxirao, via Panama, under command of Major Norman,
.vho has been promoted to the position of Junior Major,
n place of Col. Washington, who was lost by the wreck
>f the San Francisco. The two companies mentioned
were not on board the iil fated steamer, having but re
rently returned from Texas. The remaining companies
>1 the regiment are under orders to be ready to move at
short notice. Lieut. Page, of the 2d infantry, sailed
from New York on Monday, to make arrangements on
the Isthmus, for the crossing of the troops.
Oca Charge to Turin. —Mr. Daniels, th U. S. charge
•o Turin, wrote a very silly letter, which his friends
were indiscreet enough to publish, and its repnblication
n Europe bus placed hit a in a way unpleasant situa
ioa. A Paris correspondent of the N. Y. Commercial
<ay s:
The letter of Mr. Daniels, IT. S. charge to Turin,
which was published in the Richmond Examiner, has
bund its way back to Italy. Mr. D-.mi Is was in Na
ples, and it was thought; that lie could not return toTu
j rin: if he did, the diplomatic corps would turn their
backs upon him. The letter appeared yesterday, in
French, in the Union, and will make the tour of Eu
rope. The comments of the Italian papers upon Mr
Daniels place him iu such u positiou us no Government
.3Dvoy ever was placed in yet It is not certain that he
will not be hooted at in the streets.
IW L ast week, two clerks, white men, were publicly
whipped in Charleston, S. C., for stealing from their
employers. They were to receive by sentence thirty
nine lashes, laid on at three times, with such intervals
that their wounds should have time to heal. The first
instalment consisted ot twenty iashes.
Death of Rev. B. M. Saunders.—The Christian /ri
der, announces the death of Rev. B. M Saunders, form
erly President of Mercer University and for many yea i
un influential Clergyman of the Baptist denomination
ol Georgia.
THIRTY*'iifiKD CONGRESS.
m FI&3T SESSION.
IN SENATE
Fkid-vy, March 17.
A bill to provide a place for a post office in ti„
oi Philadelphia and for Hie courts of the LV .p e. Cl - r
tor the eastern district of Pennsylvania, nas'Y’V ,a: *
and passed. +
The private calendar was then taken up, , and n
B.uaid spoke at considerable length in owcsit-’oi ! ( r *
passage ot class of bills involving whuVare k ‘°
U * r ‘"£ concluded, Mt. fi “ f
cl; 1 .”- *•*.
INIiOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the If. use the ,
on emigration, which was ordered'.',, hi am ‘ Ual ' c r°'t
motion ol Mr. Benton, the Pie-fin ,", l "' !n,,:d - On
furnish particulars in rek-rene- n
*“ tnU west o.’Mfii.TVnd'wr T’t 1 "’
went mto commute,; on the deficiency bill t>’ USe
ot yr-o tor the assay office in \y , J ile ‘'em
en fit.ni the bill. Alter rejfi ol ' K Was
atul considerable del,ate on { oi.fif n,!nien ‘h
tee rose, and retried the bill v.-Pi,
L<,use. The aim-mlmeo's v „.. ’ V ‘o the
the hill passed by a vote of ISS
adjourned until Monday next. “ ILe House then
IN SENATE.
Tiie Chair laid before the •
<*’ ’’Var, ielation :
pi ogress at Fort Poim and ‘ •
uia. • a, m tn
Also, a icport of th, Secretarv of \\ -
a copy of Lieut. YT.ilian.so„’s .’ew , Y
the purpose of ascertaining ~K . ‘ n „ J ‘ 1,,r
Or ,| U . ,„i lo d7'l-!7:7
and alter Match 4 Is! !’ ‘ lhe U Hll ol horn
form; and Mr. Bad. . r b ‘!*. lulls present
ing aud vindieatiuj/jjis ‘ U: , U! ’ V ot e - x l da 'n
seemed not to be mlly nu'ders* !° ‘ lat
stituents. Mr. Butler -in,l u ‘ somc 01 his can
ing their votes on the .vmie ’ iiSO,J flowed, explain
ted the reasons v.ln he voted'w’"'. 7 iir,nvu -'!a
referred to. Mr Clu> r.... ~, ll,e amendment
stating that he voted MJIW ‘ ‘■™wiks,
it did not earn om ’u , Y - Vbn, " Ublll
tion. After some ret a-k ‘J'icirine ot non-tnterven
were laid on the table - r.btuart, the memorials
ot ““ u,ire <•*. .bo
IN HOUSE.
• ,abtf ”r e tbe House the annual finan
cial report of fb e Navy Department; which wa> ovdei
,d to be printed. Also, tbe Patent Office report on
..culture; which was referred to the Commit ee on fc.
enfy Rc'obmim.s f'n.in the legisla.tues of Georgia
in 1 . S,,, V‘’ ‘? fa '; or of Nebraska and Kansas
bill, were read and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wash
burne, of Illinois, presented resolutions of the legisL
.ure of Illinois in reference trt grains tor educational pur
poses; which were also ordered to be minted. The
joint resolution, from the Committee on Naval \ffait
authonzing the department to reject bids lot conn-amt
or stores when made by persons not t egular traders'in
the article to be supplied, was passed. The first week
Hi ilai was set apart for business in relation to organ
tzediemfones. r. Ewing endeavored to make the
1 acute railroad a special order, but did not succeed
On motion of Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, the Committee ot
the Judiciary was instructed •< retort what on
were necessary in relation toe.;;. -
sury, committed by persot
tailed to fulfil the duties hereof 8 •
i to • .....
i tor li°ir rocetftion. Several biiio w- ft. -i.-o imrvitw,d
it. .te, ami referred.
IN SENATE.
Tuesday, March 21.
Mr. Pratt presented two memorials in favor of a uni
form coinage between this country and (treat Britain
Several private bills were considered aud passed.
The bill to regulate the pay and increase the efficien
cy of the army of the United States, and for other pur
poses, was taken up: and, after some discussion, its fur
ther consideration was postponed until to-morrow.
’i he Senate then proceeded to tbe consideration of ex
ecutive business ; and, after some time spent therein,
the doors were reopened, and the Senate adjourned.
IN HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the House a tabular state
ment of the extent and other particulars relative to the
public domain; which was ordered to be primed. On
motion of Mr. Murray, 100,000 copies of tbe Patent Of
fice rejKirt on agriculture were ordered to be printed. —
After disposing of sundry reports from the Committee
on Public 1 ands, the House proceeded to the business
on the Speaker’s table. The Senate bill for organizing
Nebraska and Kansas was brought up. Mr. Richard
son moved to refer the bill to the Committed on Terri
tories. Mr. Cutting moved to refer it to the Committee
of the H hole on the state ot t lie Union ; which motion
was agreed to by a vote lift to 95. The motion to re
consider the vote was laid on ihe table by a vote of lift
to 96.
IN SENATE.
Thursday, March 23.
Mr. Hunter reported the deficiency bill with auieud
mems; which were ordered to be pt iuted.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill
to provide for the liual settlement ot the claims ot the
officers of the revolutionary army, and of the widows
and orphan children of those who died in the service.
Mr. Evans explained (he provisions of the bid: and its
further consideration was then postponed until to-mor
row; when the Senate went into executive session, and,
after some time spent therein, adjourned.
IN HOUSE.
Mr. Chandler made an ineffectual attempt to pass tbe
Senate bill for the consti uelion of a post office and coutt
house in Philadelphia The bill was referred to the
Committee on he Judiciary. Mr. Fuller’s motion lo
reconsider the vote by which the bonded waieh. i.-e
bill was referred to the Commuleeof the M hole was
brought up, but not acted upon when the morning
hour expired. On motion ot Mr Oi l, debate on the
Indian appropriation bill was ordered to close at two
o’clock to-morrow. The House then went iuio Com
mittee of the Whole, when speeches were delivered on
the Nebraska and Kansas bills. Mr. Miiison spoke
against many of the provisions of the Senate bill, pre
ferring that reported by ihe chairman of the Commit
tee on Territories Mr Hunt spike at length against
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. Mr. Btcckcn
ridge made an able speech in favor of the bill, and
warning its freinds from being led by those who were
bui professed friends to the measure. Mr Grow ob
tained the floor, when the committee lose, ami the
House adjourned.
IN SENATE.
Friday, March 24.
The leading incident in the Senate was a debate that
took place on the bill to increase the pay and efficiency
of the Army. Tbe principal point at issue was us to
the expediency of providing tor the appointment of
sixty-two additional Cadets to the Military Academy,
the said appointments to be made on the recommenda
tion of the members of the Senate. The question was
discussed by Messrs. Fettit, (.ass, Dodge, of lowa,
Shields, Clayton, and Badger. On one side it was ar
gued that no public exigency required an augmenta
tion of Cadets, and on the other that the increase was
demanded by prudential motives. The Senate decided
to retain this provision in the bill, which was after
wards read a third time aud passed The joint resolu
tion regulating the mode of contracting for naval sup
plies was also passed, alter it had been discussed at
some length.
IN HOUSE.
In the House of Representatives, after the pas-age
of a bill to allow pre-emptioners on lands granted :<
Railroad Companies to perfect their titles, and an hour s
debate on an amendment to the Rules, the llou.-e went
into Committee of the Whole on .he Indian Appropri
ation Bill.
During the proceedings pome interesting facts were
presented by Mr. Orr, Chairman ot the Committee on
Indian Affairs. The bill contains items, required un
der existing treaties with tbe Inmans, amounting •
nearly one million of dollars M.-. Orr prop; -v to.and
other items, of about three hm; an. *,.\y thus ..-a i
dollars, for the put ’ s o;. uegouatious u .
the Indians of Oregon, Wa. biugton, Utah, New Mexico,
| Ac. it was not much to tire ere-it ot this grout, atid
I| tion tot • that in tfl i itot tea
u ,and v‘i asliington, where more than sixty thousand
white people have settled on what was considered Gov
ernment lauds, not one foot of tne Indian title has been
extinguished ! Ihe Indians have ben driven iiotn
valley to valley, and from plain to plain, until they are
now resting on tbe mountain tops, dragging out a pre
carious existence, and often in a state U starvation.—
The Cay use war had already cost £.15 ,ot ,u’d it wot;, a
cost much more it the Indians were compelled in sei!-
dtleiice to avenge themselves upon their aggressors.
In U.ah and New Mexico similar difficulties were to be
met and overcome, not by arms, but bv the magnanim
ity and justice of this Government. Y here are now iu
captivity among the Apache Indians not less than i-”
whites, women and children, whose sad late requited
the interposition of the Government.
Mr. Orr impressed, with great earnestness and force,
the propriety of a liberal policy t..v, aids the ted men ;
and hoped that members, hi view t.i roc i.-provauce
of prompt action, would not avail themselves ol the
usual latitude in committee m distil - o’ her and n rele
vant subjects. ILere remarks wc-ie wed received.
The Pacific llaiuioad. —The Washington Chx"*
learns that Mr. Allen, tbe President of lhe Missouri
Pacific Railroad Company, has jure closed a contract
for the consti net ion ot its road Irena rt. Louis, >ou i
westerly through Suriugtield and Neosho, to a pom
the western boundary of the State, bin a le ' v > nl ’ *
north ot Arkansas; tbe western terminus is at re
southeastern coruer of Kansas territory. Ihe rt‘‘ ‘
located on a direct line towards Albuquerque, rvc
Mexico, near which town the Rocky Mountains uiayT •
crossed through ihe pass, said to be the lowest yet and
covered south of the British possessions.
ar.d the sou Invest Missouri road way ate sma to
the merit of being at ail time unobstructed bv snow.
It was to aid in the constrqptiou of this railroad ma
(’onoTess recently donated public lands to the Mate
Missouri. Some forty miles of the road are atreaOj
built and in oppeiatiou.
Milton’s “Paradise Lost” has been dramatised fop the
National Tueatre, Mew York, and is now m re bear-...