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J. KMOWLES and §* BOSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Lit of Act*.
Ws jfire below the captions ot such Acts as passed the
General Assembly, at it* late session, of a general chat,
scter. Local aud private ones, we have omitted. We
>PT from the Mnledgeville papers
For the relief of the representatres and securities ol
Tax Collectors in certain cases, and for other purposes
therein mentioned.
To five torce and operation io judgmentß issuing
fiom the Mayor's Court of the city of Darien, through
out the State of Georgia.
To prescribe the order of descent and succession o
the estates of illegitimate persona who die intestate.
. To incorporate a Bank in the town cf Ringgold. t‘
Recalled the North Western Bank of Georgia.
To repeal an act approved rid January, 1852, en
titled au act to repeal the 1 at section ot an act approve,
19*h December, lyitt, entitled an act to repeal all law?
respecring the importation of slaves into this State, ant.
ts give Certain- powers to municipal corporations in re
lat ion to slaves, aud to amend the act hereby revived,
and to revive and continue in force the said first of sai
act so repealed
To incorporate a Bank in the town of Madison, to bt
called the Hank of M .dison, and another in Sparta to
be called the Bank ot fqiarta.
‘To incor)iorate the town of Fleteherrille in the coun
ty of Thomas, and to provide for the election ot com
mtssioners of ihe same, and also to prescribe the mod,
and manner ol selecting the town commissioners of th.
town ol Bjiobridge iu the couutr of Decatur, to detint
their powers and to exiend the corporate limits of suic
town and incorporate the towu of Morganton in tbi
County of Fannin.
For ihe per r etnation of testimony in certain coses
To alter and amend an act to make permanent tin
county iine betweeli the counties of Dooly aud Worth,
and also between the counties of Irwin and Doolv, an
to change the line between the counties of Wonh and
Doughtily.
To define the duties of all Railroad Companies in thi
Ftate, in reference to bills and freight lists, and foi
other purposes.
To tiiCor|orae the L-i Grange Light Guards, the Bibl
county Lo in Assoc’atiou, and the Scrvien Troup, and
tor other purposes.
To amend the several acts of this State in relation to
sneing out commissions of Lunacy.
To enable persons who have claims against trus*
estates io never said claims in a Court of Law, ami
to prescribe ihe manner in which the same shall bt
done * * “
To declare and define the jurisdiction of Courts oi
Ordinary in ibis State, and tor other purposes therein
mentioned.
T- incorporate the Commercial Bank of Brunswick.
•To compel the Superintendent of tbe Western and
At Lurie Railroad. u> sell such Iron and other articles a.-
ntav become melea-* to raid Road, at public outcry, aud
for other purposes therein mentioned.
To incorporate Laurens Lodge No. 75 of Free and
Accepted Masons, Laurens county.
•To incorporate the town of l.ithoniain DeKalbcoun*
ty, and tbe town ol Woodbury in the county of Merri
wether.
To an act approved Feb- 4tb, 1854, to reg
ula'e the tnrasui irg f all timber and for other purpo
se., aid to provide a remedy against persons violating
said uc,
To provide a remedy for cases in tbe Supreme Cour.
where the defendant iu error dies between the time ol
the trial in the Circuit Court and the time of tiling the
bill of exceptions, writ of error, citation and notice in
taid Court.
T incorporate the Welaka Steam Boat Compcnv :
also to iucor|M>rafe the Ocean and Tow Boat Company,
and to carry j n to immediate effect the provisions of an
act to change the name of the Augustannd Wanyesboro’
Railroad to ihe Augusta and Savannah Railroad, t,
amend tWe Charier of said Cos npany. and for other pur
po-es. nppiovod February 16lb, lae6.
To elect the Attorney General for the Middle Circuit
md the Soliciters General for the respective Judicial
Circuits of this rhste by the people, and lor other pur
poses there n i sand
To chuuge the time of the meeting of the Genera:
Assemble of the State of Georg>a fr'm the tirai
Monday in November to the first Wednesday in No
vember.
Explanatory of the second section of an act entitled
an set to alter and amend an act for the more effectually
securing the piobate of wills, Ac., approved 10th De
cember, I}<l-'.
To authorize Tax Collectors of this State to issue
summons <d garnishment in certain cases, and to regu
late ihe same, and tor other purposes.
Torincofporate the city of Americus in tbe county oi
Pu inter.
To protect and to confer upon charitable societies
certain privileges, and to make them bodies incorporate
and politic.
To alter and amend tbe fifteenth section of the four
teenth division of tbe )<ena! code
TfrftOfeonxe the Justices of the Inferior Courts of
tbi- State to exercise 7tl!TjDaljr^;?,d;cV.ea.
To permit practising attorneys to bold the office and
and discharge the duties ot Justices of the Peace in this
State.
To authorize the Gainesville and Chattahoochee
Ridge Railroad companies to consolidate their Char
ters, and for other purposes therein mentioned
To define tbe liabilities ot tbe several Railroad Cem-j
panics ot this Siate, for injury to persons or property,
t... prescribe in wbat counties they may be sued, and-j
how served with process.
To ex Liu and amend an act to regulate the modi;
of suing the Linds ot executors, administrators and
guardians, approved January I.stb, IS.i2.
To piexeni liailioad Agents from shipping or con
vet iiig toeir grain on the Western and Atlantic Rail-|
r ud in pieterence and to the injury of other persons,
amt pit’s them ?<>r such offences.
To legalize certain piocessea in Monroe county,
lur. luiion to itie public lec rds of Counties where
the same have bee > destroyed by fire, declaring that all
deeds and othet instiumeots iu writing that have been]
recorded sbsil be c ustdeied and taken as having been]
recorded upon sufficient pnsit of execution, and declur
■ng what shall be proot ot the contents of record* so
dest. m ed. ,
To proh bit the pavment of storage on cotton is this
Stale by Liiners auei selling fiom iheir wagons.
To change ihe mode ot Executors, Administrators
and Guardian* iu making iheir le-uiu* to Ordinaries.
T> establish uud oigmze Couit in the cities ot
Columbus, MaCnu, Atlanta and Rome, and to define its
Jurisirhcnow.
To | no ide for establishing lost or destroyed papers
and Miing upon thi- same.
To sutiio.ze the Geo gia and Florida Railroad C- m- i
j.any to eon-tnict a branch load.
To amend the sever and acts in relation to the exemp- j
rion ot certaiu projsrij liom levy and sale, and to.
pro* ale a mode ol secuiing said property to the wife!
aid child*en or wife or child or children of sad deb-*
tor.
To require the Depot Agents and Conductors of the
Western and Atlantic Rainoad to take an oath tor the
LiUjlul in-ehu.; ge ol iheir duties, aud to punish them
for a violation oi the same.
Ti raise the jurisdiction of Justice* of the Peace.
To incorporate the Sweet Water Radioed Company.
To amend tbe laws now in force m rWatiou to idiots,
Lunatics and Insane peiaons and their estates, and for
other pftrpo.-e**.
To au bonze persons to.sufimit controversies to ar
bitration declaring how arbitrators shall be chosen aud ]
j ie.'Ciihiog iheir powers, jpegulaung the manner iu j
which t heir pioceediugs shall be conducted, and sor (|
ether purposes ilterein uieniioued.
To itrcoi poiaie ihe Georgia Air Line Railroad Corn
pany, and co-ifer on them certain powers ami prtvil
ege* therein mentioned.
To Trtcdrporate a B.mk in the towu of Bainbridge, to
he called ihe Southern li .uk of Ugoigis.
Ta incorporate t le oaGrange aud Oxford Railroad
Compan/.
To.facilitate and expedite the collection of debts due
by coipoiara.u*. joini* s’ “ok companies aud associations,
ill c .ses wliete ihe stockholders and members are liable
lor .lie same.
To require the Ordinaries ofthis State to keep a book
in which they xbail tecord all fetters testamentary,
letter* of adluini'tratton and letters of guardianship,
aud for other purjH *es
To incorporate a Bank in the town of Bamlitoc to
be called ihe Bur.k <>i Hamilton, Ga.
To iso* rporate a B n‘* in the town of Greensboro’, to
be C*lled .he Batik ot oieene-boro’.
To alter and amend the first section of the third ar
tide ot ibe Constitution ot this State.
To allow Executors Administrators and Guardians
resident iu other States or Territories, to control stock
and mnm-v in this State, and to empower Trustees to
and spose i t stock*.
To pre-tc <br the manner in which the namc3 cf ptT-
S- tia mv he changed, and persons born illegitimate
may be made legitimate, and to carry into effect the
provision* of the constiiutiou upon that subject, aud
also to pi escribe the manner in which chiidien may
be adopted, and to provide for establishing changing
or abolishing election precincts, and for other pu-qroses.
To prescribe the mode of taxing costs in the Su
preme Court of this State.
To incorporate a Batik in the city of Atlanta to be
called the Bank til Fulton.
To uuthonz ihe She'fi to take Dew bail where the
pi mcipal has beeu sin rendered in certain cases, and
hi make valid certain bail bonds taken heretofore.
To incorporate the Cherokee Georgia Baptist Con
vention, t- confer uj on said corporation certain pow
eiS therein named, aud for oitaer purposes.
To Lv ottl and o'gutiize anew county from the coun
ties nf L nioii and Rabun, and for other purposes there
• in specified.
To Incorporate Macon Hook and Ladder Company
No l, and to confer certain privileges and exemptions.
To |*evnt and make jam*! the obstruction of any ol
♦he public roads of Troup county, by persons engaged
in horse rarit g.
To vest ilia- portion of land known as the State's
reserve, below the ctiy of Mucon, iu the corporate au
thorities of said city.
To uiHkoiixe the Ordinary ot the county of Taylor to
jav over lo James P. Ronaii and William A. Graham,
certain sunt* ol money therein specified.
To int-i ri orate’a bank m the town ot Morgan to be
cnlltd the Bank >1 Morgan, and al-o to inc rporate
l- e Brunswick and Altuuiaha Canal Company at Bruns
wick.
I inuring Hie time in which suit* in courts of law ia
this .Mate must be brought, and rlm> limiting the lime
in which ind cttr.eiiis aie to be found aud prosecute -,
in certain cgaca. and lot other purposes therein men
tinned.
To simplify the method of carrying cases to the Su
preine Court, and tot oilier purpose*.
To provide for tbe speedy trial of certain cases in
tbe Courts of Law and Equity ia this State, sod for
othar purposes ooaoecied ihsia* ilk
MACON, GEORGIA:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1856.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
The attention of onr readers ia directed to our ad
vertising columns to-day, where they will find pro
fessional notices and business announcements of va
rious kinds, which they will do well to bear in mind.
Advertisements should bo hauded in as early as j
Monday, when possible.
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
We are informed that the South-Western, the Mus
cogee. the Maoon &, Western, the Central, the aynes
boro and the State Rail Roads, have consented to
take the delegates of the Georgia Baptist Convention
to and from the Convention for one fare. The Con
vention me-its in Savannah on Friday before the 4th
Sabbath in April
A Southern Baptist Theological Convention, meets
in Augusta on the last Wednesday in April.
NEW CITY HALL.
We have been shown the plan for anew City Hall
in Macon, drawn by Mr. Volsey Pierce, Architect,
and accepted, we learn, by the City Council. The
building will front 107 feet on Cherry St., and 97 feet
on 2nd St. The first floor will bo occupied by the
Post Office, and also contain two Armory rooms, and
two rooms for the Fire Companies. On the second
floor will be the Council-room, Mayor’s, Clerks, and
Marsha s Offices. The third story will bo used as a
City Hall, for public meetings, Ac., and will be quite
a spacious and desirable room. A tower on the an
gle formed by Cherry and 2nd Sts., 24 feet at its
base and 125 feet high will surmount the edifice.—
The other front angles flanked with turrets 85 feet
high. The building to be of brick and nre-proof. Its
appearance will be quite imposing, and add another
attraction to our city.
ROSE HILL CEMETERY.
We thank our esteemed correspondent “X.” for his
very opportune suggestions in relation to this beautiful
resting place ot “departed ones,” and regret that our
space will not permit us to say all that we desire upon
a subject so interesting to us all. Surely no expendi
ture imparts so much satisfaction to eye and heart, as
that which groapes around the “dwelling-place of all
tbe living” objects of attraction. Rose Hill Cemetery
has been a popular, and we doubt not, inU active re
sort to onr citizens and visitors to our city. Let it so
continue, the silent, beautiful monitor, and tbe object
of admiration.
THE WHEAT CROP-OATS
We are glad to learn from various parts of this and
adjoining States, that the wheat crap is likely to be ns
productive as usual. A friend from Cherokee Georgia
informs us that the wheat does Dot appear to be killed
by tbe severe winter in that section. We learn that
winter oats have generally suffered.
CITY COURT.
We publish the communication signed “Citizen’
without comment, for the simple reason that our lim
ited residence in Macon, does not permit us to know its
wants and wishes upon the subject in conterversv.
CHANGE OF NAMES
The name of Kinchafoonte county has been changed
by legislative enactment, to Wtbeter, and the county
site from J (dr t-c-nh to Prcaton. Persons will take due
notice.
Wilit Oil i.
It is hardly necessary, we presume, to say how very
conducive to health, is cleanliness, and that no city
which has not a reputation for general salubrity can be
long prosperous. The unusually protracted and cold
winter, which is tardily leaving us. has doubtless left
in lanes, yards, cellars aud out-houses, liberal deposits
of noisome aud unwholsome matter, which a few days
oi sun-shine will cause to -end forth gases, neither
healthful or fragrant. Indeed some of our lanes now
have a breath which * the balm of a thousand flowers”
would render scarcely endurable, salutary and potent
as it is said to be upon the respiratory organs We j
have no doubt but what the most efficient measures ;
will be adopted to render our fair city pleasant and
healthful. So mote it be.—
“ HE 18 CONSCIENTIOUS.”
So said an influential democrat to ns the other day
in allusion to Mr. Fillmore. “Whatever,” he remarked, j
“ may be his private views in relation to slavery, he will ]
conceitniwuihj abide by the requisitions of the Consti- ]
tution as President.” What higher tribute, in these
days of political degeneracy could be paid to a man *— !
Let partisan K-aders and presses prate of “dark-lanterns •
religious tests,” and conjure up other scare-crows to ‘
t ightcu the simple minded ; the sober, honest, indepen
dent freemen of the country will act upon their own
enlightened convictions.
SENATORIAL DIGNITY.
We publish to-day a sketch of the proceedings in the
U. S. Senate. How has that once august body degeue
ratc-rl since the days of Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Wright
Berrien, Southard and other illustrious compeers ! It,
is true, of the old and conservative members, Cass,
Crittenden, Clayton, Butler and a tew others remain;
but it wouid appear, that their presence and efforts are
inadequate to restrain the disorderly spirits that live
and move and have their being in sectional agitation.
AMERICUS.
Our readers are doubtless aware that this flourishing
and pleasant town, has become, by Legislative enact
ment, a city. At an election for city officers last week,
the entire American ticket was elected. Mr. P. H. Oli
ver, formerly a citizen of Macon, was elected Mayor.
VERY TRUE.
Under the caption of **llolll6 Influence,” a writer in
the Sumter Republican says—“ That many wives do
not realize the whole bearing of tbe promise at the al
tar. to love home and obey.” This is certainly an im
provement on sdj hyinenial formulary we have seeD,
and is admirably adapted to this fast and ideal age,
where wives and husbands are too apt to love any oth
er place better than borne. Let this formula be adopt
ed bv all meau9, and everr man and woman, whether
they “obey” or not, be plighted to “love their homes.”
Then will they perhaps make them a pleasant refuge
from the cares and perplexities of the outer world.
RICHEST OF THE SEASON.
One of tbe rarest and richest feats which sbam and
sublimated democracy has lately tickled the amazed
public with, is to show up Mr. Donelson, the American
candidate, as an obscure and insignificant personage.—
Well, let us see. In I32st Gen. Jackson made him his
private Siecretary—a very responsible and confidential
position. In 1845 Mr. Donelson was appointed to the
Republic of Texas, and aided m its annexation to the
United States. The same year he was appointed by
Mr. Polk, minister to Prussia. In 1849 he was ap
pointed minister to Germany, and held that office un
der Gen. Taylor until it was abolished.
Tbe patriotic and conspicuous part he played in the ,
Nashville Convention, is fresh iu the memory of onr !
readers.
When the venerable Ritchie —the Tallyrand ©f the
Democratic party —retired trom tbe Washington Union,
Mr. Doueisou was selected as his successor. Disgust
ed with the spoils policy of Pierce and his administra
tion, he quit the “dry-rot” concern, and embarked in
the good cause of political reform—of Americanizing
America.
And this i: the man that sham democracy would
smltify before tbe country. Well, if Mr Donelson is
the obscure and unworthy individual they represent,
old fashioned democracy has much to answer for.
NOT ALL ANTIEB
It i* gratitying to us to know that many of out for
eign-born citizens are heartily with the American Par
ty in principle and aim. They understand the heart
lo6.snes* aud selfisUues* of the demagogue* who would
climb to power upon tbe ladder of political Romaniain.
They have tasted the sweel? of politico ecclesiastical
rule iu the eld world, aud have no desire to try it in
this “home of the free.’ They came to this country to
enjoy the beneficence of our liberal American Institu
tions. They expected the sons of those to rule this Re
public who gave it birth—” That Americans would
govern America.”
In reply to our query, au intelligent naturalized cit
izen, the other day, said he should vote for Fillmore
for President, if he lived ’til November; for, said he
“/ l now him.” Thousands of others, who are tired of
the eternal agitation kept up by political traders ; agita
tion which is imperilling the great interests of the
country, as well as the jierpetuitv of the best govern
ment that ever existed—thousands and tens of thou
aauds who are not identified with any party, will vote
for Millard Fillmore, because they feel that with bim
at the helm of dtate, under the blessing of Providence,
all will be safe.
NEW VOLUME.
The present number closes the 33rd volume of the
Jourr.a 1 <£ Messenger. We shall be giad to commence
the 34th volume, with handsome increo?© to cur
subscription list.
POLITICAL ANTECEDENTS
Preferring Gen. liarrison to Mr. S an Buren ctriain
lv did not make a Democrat, in 1839—nor did it make a
Whig, for thousands of Democrats preferred Gen Bar*
risen to Mr. Van Buren. What we have to say is,
(though ungracious to talk of so long ago.) we then un-
I deratood our neighbor, trom his own mouth, to cla*-*
! himself politically with the Democrats.— Macon h,e
----! graph.
We have no idea that our esteemed friend of the Tel
egraph intentionally misrepresented ns. And he may
have been mislead by a remark of ours, that we favor
ed the lendiug principles and measures of Gen. Jack
son's administration. In 1826 Georgia cast her vote
for Hugh L White, and against Van Buren and John
Q. Adams, We then had no vote, but sympathized
: with the White, or Republican party. In 1849, Gen.
’ Harrison and Van Buren were the opposing candidates,
and parties then took the name of D hig and Locofoeo,
lor Democratic. It is hardly necessary to say to our
contemporary where we were then. He also may
I know, that when tbe Democratic parly was formed in
Florida under the auspices ot Mr. Wescott, who was
once private Secretary to Mr. Van Buren, we refused
to join it, and was elected to Ihe Legislature, in oppo
sition to that gentleman as a Harrison man, or W big,
though other issues were iuvolred.
In regard to the antecedents of our neighbor, we
should not have referred to them at all, but for his im
proper association ot Messrs. Trippe and Foster with
abolitionists. We are willing to concede to him the
same purity of motive, the same patriotic aims, that we
accord to ourselves and our friends. A9 to his democ
racy, we presume it is just as genuine as that of Messrs.
Toombs and Stephens, and other new-light leaders. —
We shall be glad to see it defined, if indeed it is tangi
ble and definable,
THE AMERICAN UNION,
Published in Griffin, Ga., is one of the best and most
efficient papers that comes to our table. We regrei to
observe in the last number, that the worthy editor is
somewhat desponding on account of the tardiness ot
debtors to pay up. We do hope his prospects will
brighten with the opening spring. We most cordially
recommend his able and interesting journal to the
friends of the American cau3e, and hope they will lib
erally pat-ouise it. in the mean time, friend, cheer
up, and write no more about the blues
State Convention.
We have been patiently waiting for two or three
j weeks past for some of our brethren of the pi ess of
; greater age and experience than we possess, to say
something in reference to a State Convention of the
American party, for tbe purpose of ratifying the nom
ination of Fillmore and Donelson, aud selecting an
i electoral ticket. A9 no one has yet, so far as we know,
recommended the adoption of this or any other plan of
appointing an electoral ticket, we would humbly say
vet, that a Convention be called at an early day at the
city of Macon or some other accessible point, lor the
purpose of ratifying the late nomination, appointing
Electors for the State at large, and for the Districts,
and sub-Electors for the respective counties. What say
our bietbren of the American press? What say the
members of the Executive Committee of tbe State* Is
it not important that, inasmuch us our candidates are
in tbe field, an able and efficient electoral ticket should
I be selected at once?— Athene Watchman.
In regard totne foregoing suggestions, it may be pro
per to observe, that whilst it is confidently believed
Mr. Fillmore will accept the nomination tendered bim,
still, until we have positive assurance from him to that
effect, it may be premature to present an electoral tick
it. As to ratifying the nomination, the people have al
ready done that, with a unanimity and warmth very
annoying to the opposition.
SOMEWHAT ASTONISHING.
Washington, March 17,1856.
The Senate was to-day. chiefly occupied in passing
appropriation bills for the improvement of rivers, bar
bors, Ac. It is somewhat astonishing with what facili
l ty such appropriations pass now-a-days, in u Democrat
ic Senate. There appeared to be only about eight ob
jectors.
Thus writes the impartial correspondent of the
Savannah Journal, a Democratic paper. But why
should tbe writer be astonished at anything done now
i a-days by sham democracy ? Were they to redeem
j their pledges and render operative the principles em
-1 bodied in their platforms in reference to the tariff, inter
nal improvements, retrenchment, Ac., the world might
’ marvel. The democracy of modern times would not
; be recognized by Jefferson, Madison and Jackson.
Georgia and hee Rah hoads.— Georgia is nearly
] chequered by railroads, and yet she stands before tbe
! world with a debt of only two millions six hundred
and twenty-sou p thousand two hundred and twenty-one
1 dollars against her on the balance sheet. No other
: State in the Union can point to the same amount of
works of internal improvement, aud show so small an
indebtedness.
Ravages or Consumption'. —ln the month of Febru
ary, the whole number of deaths in the city of New
York, was officially stated at 1,476, of which 489 were
from diseases of tbe respiratory organs. Showing a
proportion so great, as to justify us in considering
these diseases as no less dangerous at the North than
ure the epidemic fevers of our owu climate.
WISE ON FILLMORE.
Gov. Wise denies that in the late canvass, he char
acterised the Administration ot Fillmore us “Wash
! ington-l ; ke.” He will scarcly deny that he uttered the
following sentiments in a speech in Richmond in 1652,
and which was published in the Enquire of that city :
“ Mr. Wise paid a high compliment to Mr. Fillmore,
for his Datriotic course—he bad served with bim—knew
him well —knew bis private sentiments—knew them
to be opposed to slavery in tbe abstract. The man
w ho could act thus disinterestedly, he considered en
titled to “ well done, —most faithful servant.”
Tbe Albany Express intimates that George Law
owes Mr. Fillmore an old grudge for putting an em*
bargo upon bis (Law’s; filibustering propensities, aud
that this is the reason of his opposition to Fillmore.—
The Express publishes a letter from President Fillmore
to Hugh Maxwell, (then Collector at New York; touch
ing Mr. Law aud Cuba, to sustain its intimation.
ROMANISM IN MEXICO -CIVIL ALLEGIANCE
The Bishops iu Mexico protest against tbe new law
subjecting the clergymen to be tried by the civil au
thorities. In his protest, the Bishop of Monterey says
he will Dot obey this law, nor allow the clergy to obey
it, until he is commanded to do so by the Pope of Rome.
Romanism is the same everywhere. In Mexico, the
priests ol that religion refuse to obey the laws of the
country, unless the Pope allows them to do so.
Aud yet the American party is denounced for refus
ing to promote to office men who hold dual allegiauce,
aud are told that they impose odious religious tests. —
Our opponents know better, and the people are begin
ning to come to their senses upoD this subject.
NOT APPRECIATED.
Some of the northern papers tuois than intimate
that the cause of Democracy was damaged in New
Hampshire by tbe visit and speeches of Messrs. Cobb
! and Orr, before the election iu that State, Very likely.
PICTURE OF PREBIDENT PIERCE-
The New York Evening Poet entertains this opinion
of the Democratic President whom it helped into the
White House;
“ Mr. Pierce is a small lawyer from Concord, of slen
der capacity, and no firmness of principle—a person
whose intellectual character is best expressed by a
homely metaphor sometimes used by housewives, when
they say ot a feeble-minded man that he is ‘ rather
slack baked.’”
jggT The Bostou Journal expresses the opinion that
Mr. Fillmore will carry Massachusetts, aqd says:
“ Gen. Taylor’s chances were not more favorable in
1848 than those of Fillmore seem to be now, but he
carried the State by a handsome majority. The pros
pects of Gen. Scott Here not brighter at the time he
; was nominated, yet Massachusetts was one of the few
j Slates which gave him a plurality.”
Bear it in Mind.— While Millard Fillmore occupied
’ the Presidential|Chair,says the Columbus Enquirer, not
a disorganiz.er, North or South, received au appoint
ment to a post of honor or profit. The consequence
was, fanaticism and dissatisfaction were almost starved
out when he left the office. His successor came iu uud
lavished tbe patronage of the government upon aboli
tionists, secessionist* and freesoilers, tuuj the Union is
on tbe brink of dissolution.
VAIN HOPE.
Tbe Nownau Banner thus discourses about delin
quent subscribers:
We know not whether such men on the “other side
of Jordan,” will experience tbe tale of Dives or the le
licities of Lazarus—hut if the former, we hope they will
be more successful than the rich man iu prevailing
with Father Abraham to send back some messenger to
warn their brethren on earth against defrauding the
printer out ol his just dues, br such miserable subter
fuges as some of them set up.
[cox k CSICATJB.] |
Rose Hill Cemetery.
To-day, this charming resting place of the deud, has
again filled me with those refining sentiments which it
has so often inspired. 1 hope, and believe, each suc
cessive visit to its sacred grounds, makes me a better
man. Aud now, whilst it is ail tresh upon my heart,
let me make a few suggestions to the people and au
thorities of Mucon.
And first of all, can we not all save something from
our ordinary expenses to devote to this lovely spot 9
Can we Dot give each and all our mite, to make yet
sweeter the grounds which hold the dust ot our loved
ones, and cause more flowers to bloom about their
graves? Or, if the unholy thought of selfishness may
be indulged in such a connection, will we not rob death
of a part of its terrors, by preparing for ourselves a
resting place of beauty and inviting sweetness As
our money cannot go with us into tbe grave, what
more rational than to devote a little of it to make the
grave sacred and serene ? Citizens—members of our
Citv Council, let us be up and a-doing. Much has beeu
done, but the bund of taste can yet do much more, with
a small expenditure of money. Strangeis regard the
Cemetery as the pride of Macon. Will not our people
too, wake up to its proper appreciation ?
But another suggestion: The practice of enclosing
lots with plank fences should be discontinued. It is
expensive, as they have to be frequently replaced or
repaired. It mars the beauty of the grounds, as a num
ber of sueli enclosures are now falling, from decay. It
Iron Railing be too expensive, the Cherokee or W bite
Mycropliilla Rose, or some other hedge plant, will fur
nish a cheap aud appropriate hedging for our lots; or
a few courses of brick, with a caping of stone or mar
ble, will combine economy, durability and beauty, pro
vided the lot be tastefully planted with shrubs and
flowers. Many other suggestions, as to ueeded im
provements, ought to oe made, but I forbear for the
good reason that the public spirited citizens who have
charge of the grounds, know better than I do what
those improvements ure, aud if a little fund of a few
hundred dollars be placed in their hands, they will be
made. Will not some member ot tbe City Council
lead offin this matter? or will not the Council inaugu
rate a policy for tbe gradual and continued improve
ment of what alone, of earth, is the common property
of us all. N.
[Cummunicated.]
CITY COURT.
Elitors of ihe Messenger
I did not attend the Public Meeting on Wednesday
night, neither do I know what action was there taken
as to the City Court; but whatever that action may
have been, I cannot agree that it furnished a fair indi
cation of public opinion. The call tor the meeting in
vited only those who were opposed, to the Court, and
that the friends of tbe Court might have no pretext for
attending, the word “opposed” was printed in italics. I
care very little about the subject, one way or the other,
but I think it would have been a better plan to have
called a meeting of all the citizens, so that both sides of
the question could have been presented and a fair test
of public opinion obtained.
For my part, I cannot see that a public meeting can
have much effect, no matter to which side it inclines.
It certainly has no right to repeal a lawof the State,and
though I have heard various plums suggested bv which
it is thought the Council may nullify tbe action ot
tbe Legislature, it is my opinion that Council has no
right to do that indirectly which it would not venture
to undertake directly. Ido not wish to be understood
as taking one side or the other as to the expediency or
necessity of the City Court. I only wish to suggest
that if we are to be governed in tbe matter by a public
meeting, all the taxpayers should have a chance to be
heard. CITIZEN.
RATHER WOOLY.
The friends of Speaker Banks, recently held a glori
fication meeting in Boston, in honor of his election.—
Gen. Wilson, Senator in Congress, uttered the follow
ing rather highly perfumed sentiments, by which it
would seem Messrs, Fillmore and Donelson are no fa
vorites of that pestiferous agitator. Who cares ?
Gen. Wilson said, ** The men who stood by Banks
would repudiate that degrading submission to the slave
power enacted at Philadelphia. He would not utter, if
he could, a word that would offend a Massachusetts
man; but to her belonged the deep degradation she
subjected berself to at Philadelphia. Had they been
only true to themselves, they would have ensured a
Presidential victory next November. They had been
told that they wouid be defeated at Philadelphia, and
they knew it, and they should have courted that de
feat. Was there a Republican m Massachusetts who
would vote, next November, for a man whose right
hand was stained with the blood of tbe fugitive slave
law—a man who owned a hundred native Americans as
slaves. If Banks bad been elected in one week from
the meeting of Congress, Whitfield would have been
out and Reeder in, and there would hate been no Fill
more for a Presidential nominee, and Donelson, with
his hundred slaves, for a Vice President.”
Lewis D. Campbell.— We have assurances from a
reliable quarter, that Mr. Campbell, whose attendance
at a Fillmore meeting, in Washington, has excited
some remark, does not by any means endorse the nom
ination ; and we have some reason to believe that the
speech he made upon tbe occasion has been misreport
ed. It will be remembered that be did not in that
speech allude to Mr. Fillmore at all; and we suspect
tbe Philadelphia candidates will find in Mr. Campbell
not h friend and supporter, but a vigorous and decided
opponent.— £ot-n Atlas.
W’e commend the above to the attention of the Fed*
eral Union, and Telegraph of this city. The Atlas is a
leading black republican organ.
Banks. — There are said to be 1,300 banks in the Uni
ted States, which in last January circulated #117,157,*
41*2, while of coin iu circulation there was #155,109,-
605. showing actually a greater amount of coin than
bank notes to be used in tbe business of the country.—
The whole amount of money in circulation was #359,-
265,017, giving to each individual an average of #l3 80,
and showing an increase of about #60,000,000 in the
last ten years.
Political Intelligence.
The Americans in the various cities and towns in
North Carolina have held ratification meetings, aud
fully endorse tbe nomination of Millard Fillmore and
Andrew Jackson Donels< n. The Americans of the
Old North State appear to be fully aroused, aud enter
the present campaign full ol hope.
The Hon. J. J Crittenden having been invited to at
tend the great ratification meeting in Philadelphia on
W T ednesua\ evening, sent a letter in which he stated
that it was utterly impossible lor him to he present,
but that he fully and most cordial y endorsed tbe nom
inations of Messrs. Fillmore and Donelson.
The recent elections in thirteen counties in N. York
have resulted in the election of 51 Democratic Supervi
sors, 52 Know Nothings, and 45 Republicans. Among
the townships carried by the Americans is Rinderbook
or Lindenwold.
The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian publishes a commu
nication recommending the Hon. John K. Thompson,
of New Jersey, as the Democratic candidate for the
Vice Presidency, in connection with the Hon. James
Buchanan lor President.
The Hon. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, has written a
letter in which he most cordially endorses the nomiua
tion of Fillmore and Donelson. Mr. Davis was a prom
inent candidate for the Presidential nomination him
self
The Americans of St. Louis held a Mass Meeting on
Monday night, and ratified the nomination of Fillmore
and Donelson. The meeting is represented to have
been very large and enthusiastic.
The American party in Vicksburg, Miss., held a
meeting on tbe evening of the first inst., and ratified
the nomination of Fillmore and Donelson for President
and Vice Preiident.
The return of Mr. Fillmore from Europe is looked
for early in June. Already his numerous friends aud
neighbors in Buffalo are discussing the expediency ol
giviug him a suitable public receptions
Deaths iu Milledgenlie.
Tbe Milleogeville Union of the 18th inst., says : Du*
ring a very lew days past tbe Angel of Death has plied
his sickle with no idle hand. On. Saturday the Bth
inst., Dr. Beuj- F. Carter, late representative from the
county of Murray, died at the residence of bis father,
Col F. Carter, of consumption, Dr. C., was a most es
timable young man, and his premature death is de
plored by all who knew him.
On Tuesday the 11th, Mr. Richard F. Budd, proprie
tor and the Washington Hall in this city, died. Mr. K.
hus been a citizen ot this place only a short time. He
came, ws believe, from Canada He was an old man.
On the night of the same da.v, Dr. Holmes, assistant
Physician of the Lunatic Asylum, died of Pneumonia,
at the residence ot Dr. T. F. Green. Dr. Holmes we
believe was originally from Floyd county, Ga. He was
an estimable young man, with a bright promise of fu
ture usefulness and distinction.
On the ;arnc day. Mr. Charles Jenkins, an aged map,
was drowied in the Oconee, opposite Ihe city.
On the 15th inst., Mrs. Mary M. Cutting, wife of Dr.
John R Cttting, formerly State Geologist, died of
Pneumonia
A nev stove has been invented for the comfort
of traveller). It is nut under tbe feet, and a mustaid
plaster uponthe head, which draws the heat thiough
ihe whole system. Said to be a Yankee invention
Patent rightssell cleverly.
“There goeta woman with a hat on,” said a little
darkie to a co&panion, as a person had just passed
them, “li’s oily a gemmau with a lady’s shawl on,”
replied tbe otlfer.
What is it tht causes a cold, cures a cold, and pays
the doctor? A craft.
One olthe teetl, of a biting frost was recently picked
up in the town efßull.
CO3GHESSIO3FAL.
SENATE
Washington, March 14.
Petitions wete presented from merchants and iinpor
ters of Boston, New Yotk and Philadelphia, askiug a
re vision ot the tariff. -
Mr. Johnson reported in iitvor of printing 30,000
copies of the reports of the majority und uiiuority
Committee on Territories in the Kansas case, being
500 for each member.
Mr. Trumbull opposed the motion. He thought the
minority report represented the slavery questiou in u
masterly manner, and its positions ate unanswerable,
but it does not enter into details us the majority report
doe#. Hence he was unwilling to send out, with the
Senate’s endorsement, a document containing so many
uuwarrauted assumptions, erroneous deductions and
inconsistencies as the majorty report. He then pro
ceeded to reply to some of the arguments ot the Utter.
At 1 o’clock ilr. T. was interrupted by Mr. Weller,
who called for the special order, being the three mill
ion bill.
Mr Fessenden, who had the floor on the latter, said
he wa* willing to let the Senator from Illinois proceed.
A discussion then ensued on the courtesy or propri
ety of interrupting a member while speaking, in order
tc make a motion to take up the special order.
Mr. Weller withdrew his uiotiou.
The chan announced that in future he should call
up the special order when the hour arrived, without a
motion.
Mr. Trumbull resumed his remarks, and proceeded
to defend the Emigraut Aid Socety, susiainiug the
positions of the minority report generally.
Mr Wade asked Mr. Trumbull to yield the floor for
! an adjourment.
Mr. Douglas. I hope not. The courtesies of the
Senate have beeu takeu advantage ot on occount of my
known absence to make an u'ssau t on me.
Mr. Trumbull. No sir; 1 knew not whether you
were present or absent. I was commenting on the
report. I did not introduce the subject, nor know
that it would come up to day.
Mr. Douglas. My colleague dares to say in face
of fact that he did uot know 1 was absent. He acted
with unfairness in attacking the report when 1 was
detained from the Senate by ill heulih. 1 would ask
him w ithin what reasonable time will his speech be
printed?
Mr. Trumbull. 1 think it will be published by
Monday.
Mr. Douglas. If I can ask a postponement of the
questiou till Monday, I will reply to my colleague’s
speech on Tuesday.
Mr. Seward. Take your own time.
Mr. Douglas, quick!v—l understand that game—
-1 “ Take your own time.” The Senator from Massachu-
I setts took his own time to wriie and circulate a libel
i on me about the lime the Nebruska bill was reported.
1 I understood my coileogne to say that he came here a
i Democrat. That will be news to the Democracy ot
jj Illiuois, and a libel on the Democracy ot that Stale.
Mr. Crittenden here interposed, saying that the de
bate was transcending the rules ol decorum. The
Senator had charged a libel on Mr. Trumbull.
tion.]
Mr. Douglas. I should have been better satisfied it
the Senator from Keutucky, had, when the black
Republicans denounced us in course terms, rebuked
them for want of courtesy.
Mr. Crittenden. To what do you allude' 1
Mr. Douglas. When they made vulgar, coarse
partisan assults on the Democratic side of the Senate.
Mr. Crittenden. It was no more my business than
that of others to call Senators to order lor personalities.
This is not the place for viturpeation. It should be
settled elsewhere.
Mr. Douglas. Ido not regard the Senator as good
authority in Illinois politics. I was speaaing of events
ot which I am better capable of judging than be.
Further colloquy took place, when the chair decided
that Mr. Douglas’ remarks were not personal.
Mr. Douglas said that so far as he was advised and
believed, bis colh ague was the candidate of the mis
erable sect of abolitionists and known nothings, which
are one and the same thing.
Mr. Crittendeu. I wish the Senator to understand
that 1 co-operate with the American party. Standing
here as u gentleman and Senator in absolute indepen
dence and claiming the respect due to honesty us a
freemaD, I repel with scorn every imputation of that
kind as intended to embrace me and my political
associates.
Mr. Douglas explained-—I spoke of what know
notbiugism is in Illinois, and said it might be other
wise in the South. Every know nothing lodge in
in Illiuois adopted the abolition creed, and that is the
miserable faction that sent my colleague here. The
Senator from Kentucky misunderstood me, else he
would not have conceived my remai k as personal to
him.
I Mr. Crittenden. The gentleman did not make the
‘qualification he now does.
Mr. Douglas. Every gentleman must have under
stood tne us making the distinction; I suid nothing
about Southern Know Nothings.
Mr. Trumbull. I shall uot permit such remarks as
those from my colleague to pass unanswered. I shall
suffer no man, here or elsew here, to state of me things
which are absolutely, totally uufounded. If ha meaus
to say that I am or ever have been a Know Nothing
or connected with any secret organization, the charge
is basely—l will not violate ihe rules of the Senate,
but I will say untrue! He then proceeded to speak
of the politics of Illinois, claiming that she is and al
ways has been a Democratic State; and in the Bth
Congresaional District, which gave Mr. Pierce nearly
five thousand majority, he (Mr. Trumbull) was elected
a member of the House by more than 2,800 majority.
He ran as an Anti-Nebraska candidate. How did his
colleague know’ that he received every Know’ Nothing
’ and Abolition vote ? He (Mr. Trumbull; did not know
! it.
Mr. Douglas. My colleague said the reason why
he did not accept, at Salem, my proposition to resign
our seats last year to test, by re election, w hether he
or I represent Illinois, was that Governor Matteson
would appoint me and another Democrat to till the
vacancies. I tell him I will sign my resignation now
to take effect at the uext meeting of the Legislature.
Mr. Brown. Thai s tight, Douglas.
Mr. Douglas. I’ll give till Monday morning to think
of it.
Mr. Weller. That’s better.
Mr. Doughs. I said mv colleauge received every
Abolition and Know Nothing: vote in the Legislature.
He dare not deny that statement. Why equivocate!
In his further remarks, Mr. Douglas said that Mr.
Trumbull had become the Chief of Black Republicau
jUm.
Mr. Trumbull. 1 ask my colleague to explain ?
Mr. Douglas. Was not the gentleman voted for by
Abolitionists apd Know Nothings from all parts ot the
State?
Mr. Trumbull. I tell him no, to his teeth. I never
was a candidate of the Abolition or Know Nothing
party. I may have been voted for by members of the
American party with the gentleman—but that I was
their candidate is not true.
The colloquy vvasfuither continued, afler which, Mr.
Summer replied to the remuk of Mr. Douglas, that the
former had obtained a week’s delay of the Nebraska
bill in older to circulate a libel on the latter, tie said
that was untrue. He united with other members iu
sending an address to the people of the United States
expressing the true character of that position, and pre
dicting the many evils which have since ensued
Mr. Douglas said that both Mr. Chase and Mr. Sum
ner, on the occasion referred to, came to his seat and
asked him to postpone the Nebraska bill one week, in
oider to give them time to examine it, He did so, but
the day after he discovered that they bad written an
exposition of that measure apd spattered it broadcast.
It was u lalse statement that they bad not had time
to examine the bill of which Mr. Douglas complained.
That address attributes to him a base purpose and self
aggrandizement, and not a proper sense of public duty.
The Senator from Massachusetts did not cousider that
libellous. Oh no! This might accord with his ideas
of a gentleman and Senator.
Mr. Sumner. 1 shall enter into no contest here or
elsewhere as to the character of a gentleman. This
Senate shall decide whether the Senator Irom Illinois
is a proper judge of this mutter. It is not true that
I went to the Senator’s seat to make the request to
which he alludes.
Mr. Douglas repeated that Mi. Sumner while pre
tending that he wanted time to read uud examine the
Nebraska bill; had previously franked a grossly libel
lous pamphlet on lhat subject.
Mr. Sumner said the address was predicated on the
first bill and uot on tbc last.
Mr. Douglas remarked that the reasons ass'gned by
-Mr. Sumner as an argument for a postponement of the
Nebraska bill, was not true in lact.
Mr. Johnson’s motion to print the reports was then
adopted, and the Scuate adjourned till Monday.
LATER FROAI El KOPE,
New York, March 20. —The British and Jfortb
Americau Koyul Mail Steamship Persia, Capt C. H. E.
Judkins, lms arrived at this port with advices from
Liverpool to the Bih instant.
The Liverpool Cotton Market was firm, and the
sales during the week comprised 64,000 bales, of which
exporters took 5500 bales, and speculators sooO bales,
leaving 60,000 bales of all description to the Trade. We
subjoin the quotations ot the Ist and 7th instant :
March I—Fair1 —Fair Orleans, 6 3 4d; Middling Oilcans,
5 7 *>d; Fuir Uplands, 6 1 4d; Middling Uplands, 5 18-16d.
March 7. —Fair Orleans, 6 3 4d; M iddling Oi leans
5 16-iOd a lid; Fair Uplands 6 1.4d; Middling Uplands
5 8-Bd.
The Brokers’ Circular says that the better grades of
Cotton were stifier, but the lower grades easier. The
market closed steady. The stock of Cotton in port
consisted of 374,000 bales, including 257,000 American.
The Liverpool Bteudstulfs Markets.—Flour had de
clined 3s. per bbl., and Western Canal was worth
from 31s. a 325, aud Ouio 365. per bbl. of 106 lb*.
Bed Wheat was quoted at 10s, 9d., and White at
from 10s. 6d. a 11s. per 70 lbs.
Louis Napoleon had made a speech, stating that ho
hoped for peace, but must be prepared for for war,
The fifth meeting of the Peace Conference was held
on Thursday the 6th inst. It was reported that the
negotiations were steadily progressing.
The latest advices from London, dated Saturday
the ‘th inst., stale that the Paris Moniteur of the
7th inst, contains an Imperial decree, culling into
active service 140,000 young soldiers of the class
18 >5,
Advices from Berlin, dated Sunday the 2d inst., state
that two oouneis had passed through that city ou their
way to Paris, bearing fresh instructions to the liussiau
Plenipotentiaries.
Advice* fiom Hamburg to the 6th inst. slate that Ad
miial Watson had sailed from Kiel ams had ordered
the fleet to assemble off Moor Is and, in order to un
nuunce the renewal of the blockade ot the Russian
ports.
Iu the Crimea delegates from the belligerent armies
met on the 2‘Jth iWi. to concert measures lor carrying
put the armistice.
In the Bull c the Russians were sending considera
ble numbers of troops to Finland, concentrating a
large force round St. Petersburg, and strengthening
the burners round Cronstadt.
The Higiift;! Form oi Love.
Blonder.— l should like to bear wha* C< usin I Leon
ard would say ot love. It is uot lilHr that so grave
a mao has thought much about so ... ha thing.—
But his big booas tell him everything 1 nink. I ufteu
fancy I hear them talking together in tue night.
Milverton — Wbv, beauty. I think that love is the
only thing that show# us the possibilities in human
nature. 1 believe it was given us for the same purpose
that thesigntof the iutiDite involutions of st it ry wotl.f
was given. Knowing what ore human being can feel
for auottnr when in love, seeing the inventive aid
undying toleiance which love gives, one can imagine
what it would bo if tome feeling of the same kind were
to pervade the w hole race, and men exercised the best
of their powers in d.seerniug and developing what was
lovely in all ibose about them, it would create a
universe ol loveLne--#.
Midhvrst. —lt would, llow absolutely true are
those commonplace lines in Tibullus :
Illam, quidquid agit, quoquo vestigia movit,
Componil futtim aubsequituique decor.
Seu solvit criue-%; fusis deeet esse cupillis:
Sett corasit; comtis est veneranda comis.
Unt, seu Tina voluit procedere palia:
LTI it seu uivea cuhdida veste venit.
EUtstneie. —Whether she wears a bonnet that is
like a coal scuttle, or whether she claps on a little
platter that isattached to the back of her head; wheth
er, gracefully, she trails after her in the muddy stre. t<
an ample sweep of flowing drapery, or whether, sue
c net and • neat, she trips along in bloomer costume,
she is equally fascinating, equally tiresome, and equally
di-posed to look in at all the habtrdasher’s shops.—
Oh ! what & pains-takiug and accurate translator is lost
iu me.
Milverton. —Rousseau has said, to mv mind, one or
two of the best things about love—l cannot recollect
them exactly, and 1 merely saw them in quotation, but
it st u k me when I read them—ls this is a bad fellow,
as they say be is, at any rate he has had the most
delicate and equisite notion of love. Os course with
out the exact words they are nothing.
Blanche. —Pray, Leonard, let ns have them.
Milvtrton.-B-VfeW, my pet, thy w'ere very slight,
simple things. It was merely that he made out that
the neight of love was in an eiquisite companionship.
That it, for instance, you were in love with a man—l
am not sure that you ever will be, not many people
are to that height of affection —you will never be dull
with him. You will be in the most eloquent company
with him, even when he speaks not. You will have
almost the freedom of solitude, with all the joys of
companionship.
Ellesmere. —Forgive me for interrupting, but I sus
pect you are describing a mac’s lore, and not a wo
man’s. I believe that when we are fond of any of these
bewildering creatures, it is pleasure enough to see
them more about the room.
MUcerton. —And variety enough in the change of
lights and shadows which, in quick succession, fall
upon their beautiful selves and the tolds of their dra
pery as they glide about
Mildred. —Very prettily said, gentlemen; but these
beautiful figures must be dumb, T suppose, or nearly
so.
Milverton. —No; by no means. Whatever they ut
ter then is equally and unaccountably delightful.
Ellsemere. —Oh yes ; their nonsense is as grateful to
our ears us a baby’s cooing to its mother’s—as unin
telligible perhaps, but not the less delectable. Stop a
minute, though. I believe I atn rushing into unmean
ing generalities. I won’t pledge myself to say that
alt these felicities happen in general. It Ls only when
one is in love with that rare creation, a pleasant wo
man. There are plenty of loving women, graceful wo
men, good domestic women, the women who make the
heroines in novels, who do not venture to talk or act
much, but who the author tells us, are very loveable,
and about wli u. ut thro vs a chaiming halo of dainty
insipidity. Ido not u.cat; m v <>l these, but a pleasant
woman, one of those delight tul appreciative creatures
who, whether they are beautiful or not, are charming
when young, most agteeable and compauionable when
middleuged, and eqmsitely pleasant even when thy are
old women.
Milvertvn. —I do not intend to be bound by Elles
mere’s rather captious classification of women. The
lover always finds in the society of his beloved some
thing of that pleasure which Ellesmere has so admira
bly described, and which be wishes to confine to the
society of those whom he calls pleasant women.
Md hurst. —Any way, this pleasuie wont last long,
and that’s a comfort—at least to us, who know noth
ing about the “ exquisite companionship.”
Milverton. —Ah ! you malign human nature. It will
last long, it will outlast all that we generally mean
when we talk oflove ; and this perfect companionship
—rare blessing, I admit—is the highest thing this
world, or, as 1 suspect, any world, can give—l mean
in the relation to one another of created beings. Nay,
The companionship will be so sweet, that you may
seek for solitude, and quite eved the object to your
love, in order to think over the happiness which there
is in being with it. That last thought is one, too,
which I believe we owe to that strange and sensitive
Frenchman. Innumeiable men, however, must have
felt the thing which he so beautifully describes.—Fra
ser’s Magazine.
Blues.
Reader did vou ever have the Blues— the regular
low down, don’t-care-what-becomes-ofyou feeling ‘ II
you have not, you are a lucky’ fellow and have escaped
one of the worst miseries that sou! and body is heir to.
This ugly customer (the Blues or Blue Devils) comes
upon you unawares; you know not whence nor where
fore. Iu your merriest moodes he sometimes steals
upon you like a thief in the dark, and robs you tem
porarily of peace of mind and social happiness. He re
verses the bright side of everything and horrows up
dark and doleful images of past, present and future.—
He touches the heart strings with his icy fingers, and
the soul becomes cold, callous and despondent. You
are the victim ot a demon, and under his influence be
come a world-hater, life hater, a cross-grained, ill tem
pered, repulsive misanthrope. And you are all this
without any agency of your own. You can’t guard
against it—you can’t escape the clutches of theinsatia
ble monster. He takes possession ot you in spite ot
yourself, and glories in the wretchedness he inflicts.—
0, how his poor victim wrilhes and squirms and stiug
glt-3 to extricate himself from the clutches of this Blue
Devil! We have had many a tussel with him, reader;
for in spite of our better judgment and our conscious
ness of a seemingly self-imposed misery, the Blues wilt
catch us sometimes; and then farewell to all content
—farewell to effort and energy—farewell to every ray
of light from the radiant star of hope. All within is
dark, gloomy and peculiar, aud all without in defortni
iv and hideous distortion!
Reader, if you never nad the Blues, thank your stars,
and pray fervently that you never may They are io
cubii of the Devil f s creation and have rode many a
soul prematurely to eterniiy and perhaps to perdition.
Shun the Blues ; if you cannot, pitiable is your condi
tion ! Don’t laugh at and condemn your neighbors
for what you may esteem a physiological delusion—the
result of a morbid and naturally despondent tempera
ment. It is not so The Blue Devils are a realitv—
real in their influences, real in their inflictions of evil,
and u real curse to all who become their victims. We
could wish our greatest enemy no more serious evil
than one hour's contest with this peace destroying, soul
harrowing monster. We have endeavored to kick him
out ot the way frequently, but he invariably turns the
tables on us. It is a spirit that will not be luid by auy
process of reasoning that we are capable of. Like the
wind, it blows whither itlisteth—you know not whence
it cometb, nor whither it goetb. —Qriffin Union,
A True Story. —A little Irish girl thirteen years
of age, without father ar mother, ignorant of even her
alphabet, latelv came to live with us. Knowing she
had been receiving very good wages, we asked her, ra
ther reproachfully, we fear, why her wardrobe was so
miserably poor and scanty— cleanly, and in good order
as it was—she having the bare necessities of clothing
“Ma’am,” said she, and her bright, honest eyes filled
with tears, “ my mother did not always do right. She
owed a woman who had ever been kind to us, eight
dollars for board. My wages have been saved to pay
that debt, for it was an honest one. Until I had paid
it, 1 felt I had no right to buy a single article of cloth
ing I could do without.” “Is it paid, Mary ?” “ Yes,
and now I can spend the wages you pay me on myself.”
Generous girl—she has her patent of nobility direct from
God, and it was ever from among the poor and lowly,
Christ chose those who should bear his cross here, and
reign with him hereafter.
Te Lapjes and the American Party.—A lady
correspondent of one of our exchanges thus freely ex
presses her sentiments upon the subject of Ameri
canism :
In times of yore, “Spartan mothers” strove to in
spire their sons with an unquenchable spirit of patri
otism. Onee our “Puritan mothers” gloried in im
parling to iheir children the true principles of freedom
—Liberty and Justice. Aud shall we, American
worn n, consent to forget their noble examples, and
let the love of our country, whose borders have been
baptized with the precious blood of our forefathers,
and the tears of our Puritan mothers, become bloited
out from existence in opr hearts? No! I believe that
true principles, and a spirit of patriotism, and a love
of liberty, are advocated by the American Party and
Press, which is to make us know and feel as if we lived
iu a country whslley and rightfully our own to pro
tect—our own to govern. May God bless the party
styled American, and may success ever atteud it un
til it is known, and rules,” from the Atlantic’s shores
to the broad Pacific’s blue waters.
A Hoosier at the Astor House. —l met on the train
an elderly hoosier who bad been to the show case ex
hibition at New Y ork, and who bad seen the hipo
drome, as he called it.
“ Did you remain long in New York ?” I asked
him.
“ Well, no,” he answered, thoughtfully, “only two
days, for I saw there was a right smart chance of starv
ing to death, and I’m opposed to that way of goiug
down. 1 put up at one of their taverns and allowed I
was going to be treated to the whole.”
“ Where did you stop ” said I, interrupting him.
“At the Astor House. I allow you dou’t ketch me
goiug to no such place again. T'iey rang a gong, as
they called it, four times afore breakfast, and then,
when I went to eat, there wasn’t uarv rittles on the 4ta
bie.”
“ What was there ?” I ventured to inquire.
“ Well,” said the old man, enumerating the items
cautiously, as from fear of omission, “ there was a
clean plate wrong side up, a knife, a clean towel, a
split spoon, a haudbill, and what was worse,” added
my companion, “ ihe insultin’ nigger up aucj asked me
what I wanted ? ‘Vittles,’ says l, ‘bring yourviW.es
and rU hetji myself S’ ”
Practical Sympaihy. The subecriptiona at the
Kansas meeting, held in Albany, N. Y., on Thursday
evening, amounted to 14,84“, of which Gerret Smith
gave 13,000, E C. Delevan SI,OOO, and the State Reg
iater and Evening Journal each SIOO.
said a countryman on viewing & Shetland poney.
“ ludade,” said his Irish oompauion, “ but !’▼• seen
one as small as twe of him.”
Facts in Railroad Manafeini
The following facts regarding eight o *,v,
railroads of Massachusetts are developed ..
to the legislature, and furnished by a
1. The cost of passeugei transportation is i ~!
per passenger per mile. ■ w ‘* <*un
2. The cost ol merchandise transportation
cents per ton per mile. ts ‘•■OSj
8. Iu passenger transportation 41.88 per ci
recripts therefrom are absorbed in us, eust U 01 ‘W
4. In nierch n di-e tnrnnrt- ♦, n- ‘
the receipts therefrom hi e absorbed in ? i - v
5. The expenses of ‘tiilinadsare almost"/^
determined by tire weight earned over u le J j v,w
instance: the eastern road, npoe which pa*s.-n *’
predominales, is operated at an expeu.-e of iv- 11 ’* I
mile of ihe length of the road; whilst the LcVlji' 0 1*
which merchandise traffic predominates ier,.’ ,U P -
an expense ot $ 12.478. ’ “ ° r ’ e,s '-a .
6. The cost of renewals of iron upon railroad
infallible index of the magnitude of eipens* 09 ‘l**
the preceding reason, the cost of that itenj on tb r ot
tern road is but $390 per mile ot the length of th
while upon the Western it is $1399. ner M
7. Os the expenses of railroads, thirtv per ( >
absorbed in maintenance of way, or road bed • t ai>
per cent, in fuel and oil; twenty per cent m r •
engines, tenders and cars; ten per cent ic * r
freight expenses, and the remainder in pasJL
cidentul and miscellaneous expenses. F ™ eaer iUi’
8. The weightol the engines, tenders, and car,,
passenger trams is ninefold greater than the Z T 1
the passengers. “eight of
9. The weight of the engines, tenders and car,
freight trams, is scarcely onefold greater iv U|> ”
weight of the merchandise. b * n the
10. For cheapness, railroads cannot corn no
canals, in transportation of heavy deaerinino
chanJise The CO*, of 0, ,v s meSE el**
Erie canal ranges from two to sixteen mills W
per mile jwhiist upon sixteen of the principal t*!,!?
of New \ ork and Massachusetts the cost of c ‘
merchandise ranges from thirteen to sixtr-fir/^'? l
per tou per mile. — Boston Post. ‘
Praying to the Point.
A certain lawyer who, whilom, dwelt in
New England towns, noted for his over-reuchin- ,
short comings, during a revival—came under anil
tions and requested prayers for the furtherance of'K°
conversion. His appeal was responded to bv on t
the saints, an eccentric, but very pious old man h *
plain, blunt, square toed and flat-footed, wiuw*
weut at it: —’ We do most earnestly entreat the n
Lord, to sanctify our penitent brother, here fin u.
heart with goodness and grace, so that he shall h
a'ter forsake his evil ways and follow in the right dm!
We do know, however, that it is required of him wl
has appropriated worldly goods to himself unlawful
and dishonestly, that he shall make restitution f ■
fold ; but we do beseech thee to have merev on i
our erring brother, as it woald be impossible for h n
to do that, without beggaring himself entirely, hr t
paying twenty-five cents on the dollar.’ she r
supplicant at the same meeting was an eldetlv mu cV
who got her living by going into different families asi
spinning lor them. She, also, had been famous for
her short-comings, never giving full counts on Let
varn ; the forty threads to a knot was a point whic
she never reached. The blunt old man thus briefly
disposed of her case:— ‘ Reform, O, Lord, the bean ‘
thy handmaid here before thee, we beseech thee ,
wilt thou enable her to count forty!
Uncle Benjamin’s Sermon.
A correapondent of the “Boston Post” furnishestbi
following, which he calls “ Uncle Benjamin’sSernc:
and which, heiemarks, “ contains many wholesome
truths
Ucnlk Benjamin’s Sermon.— Not many hours sw
I heard Uncle Benjamin discussing this matter to Li
son, who was complaining of pressure.
“Rely upon it, Sammy,” said the old man, asLt
leaned upon his staff, with his grey locks flim’iny B
the breeze of a May morning; “murmuring pars t
bills. I have been an observer many times these in
vears, and I never saw a man helped out of aboleh
cursing his horses. Be as quiet as you can, lor nntkiM
will grow under a moving harrow."and discontents',
rows the mind. Matters are bad. I acknowledge, but
no ulcer is any better for fingering. The more v oc
groan, the poorer you are.
Repining at losses is only putting pepper into a nory
eve. Crops will fail in all soils, and we may be ihu
ful that we have not a famine. Besides, 1 adware
notice that whenever I felt the rod pretty smartlr ;
was as much as to say, 4 Here is something which tot
have got to learn.’ Sammy, don’t forget that jour
schooling is not over yet, though vou have a wife V
two children.”
“Aye,” cried Sammy, “you may sav that, andi
mother-in-law, and two apprentices into the bargu
and I should like to know what a poor man can (cart
here, when the greatest scholars and lawvers are r,
loggerheads, and can’t for their lives tell what baa |*
come of the bard money.”
“Softly Sammy, I am older than you; I have nut
got these grey hairs and this crooked back without
some burdens. I could tell you stories of the data of
continental money, when my grandfather used to sit!
a sulky-box with bills to pay for a yearling, or awbtai
fan, aud when the women used thorns tor pins, and
laid their teapots away in the garret. You wiab to
know what you can learn ? You inav learn these setet
things:
ruse; that you have saved too little and spent too
much. I never taught you to be a miser, but 1 hart
seen you give your doJJar for a ‘nothin/ when job
might have laid one haif aside for chanty and one half
for a rainy day.
Second; that you have gone too much upon credit
I always told you tyedit was a shadow ; there is a sub
stance behind, which casts the shadow; but a small
body may cast a larger shadow, and no wise man will
lollow the shadow any fariber than be can see the sub
stance. You may now learn that you huve followed i
•■hadow, and been decoyed into a bog.
Thirdly ; that you have gone in too much haste U
be rich. Slow aDd easy wins the race.
lourthly; that no course of life cau be depended up
on as always prosperous. I am afraid the youujet
race of working men in America have a notion that no
body will go to ruin this side ot the water. Providence
has greatly blessed us, and we have become presunip
tuous.
kuiblj; that you have not been thankful enough to
God for his benefits in past times.
Sixthly; that you may be thankful our lot is rot
worse. YVe might have famine, or pestileuce, or war,
or tyranny, or all together.
And lastly-, to end my sermon, you may learn to of
fer with more understanding, the prayer of your inlan
cv, ‘ Give us this day our daily bread.’ ”
The old man ceased, and Sammy put ou his apron
and told Dick to blow away on the torge bellows.
Vanity vs. Despair.
Dr. Franklin did not acquiesce in the very gebera’
depreciation of vanity. He was accustomed to say tbit
when be saw the many things in the intercourse be
iween men, which grew entirely out of vanity,
without whiph the world would be worsp, be yvastvi
pted to think that we should thank God for our vamit
as much as for any other gift. Perhaps one phase of
ihis is not distinct from the thought of Burke, that vice
loses half its harm by losing alt its grossness. Be ibis
•is it may, the following charactenstic story seems to
illustrate it in another phase :
A Frenchman resolved to kill himself. In order to
make his departure tor the other world the more heroic
he wrote the following on his table: “I follow the
teaching of a great master, for Moliere has said—
“ When all is lost and hope no more is nigh,
Life is a sham—our duty is to die.”
The knife was already applied when a sudden
thought slopped him: “Ah! was it really Moliere
that said this, now ? I must be very sure of that, for
otherwise I shall look excessively ridiculous.” He t
once set about resolving this point, aud read tfcrougt
two or three of Molip'*’s comedies, which, restoring
his good humor, sav 4 k s life.
Random Gems. — A wise man will stay for a conven
ient season and will bend a little, rather than be tom
by the toots.
Evil company is like tobacco smoke; vou cannot he
long in its prs nee without currying away a taim of •
When once infidelity can persuade men that the’ me
like beasts, they will be brought to live like beast* als
Heaven and immortality are themes for profitableois
cussion ; but, unfortunately, many persons think more
of new dresses and late fashions than they do of thetr
future destiny.
Whatever children hear read, or spoken of in B
of approbation, will give a strong bias to tbeir mins’
Hence the necessity of guarding conversation in I*® 1 ’
lies as well as excluding books and companions tbs
have a tendency to vitiate the heart.
Dr. Thomas E. Bond.—The Now York Commercial,
in announcing the death of this gentleman, says: f
“ A native of Maryland, long a resident of the Cl - r
of Baltimore, he fiilled with great acceptance intp® rt * li ‘
city trusts. He joined the Methodist Episcopal iburc
in that city, we believe, in the year 1805, and occnpi
an important position in that body to the day o! ,
i deat h.—For many years he had been chief editor m 1
New York Christian Advocate and Journal, It 18 ,.
our duty, nor is this the place, to say whether in *
position our deceased friend satisfied all his rea° er * e
the discussion of the important questions which
agitated the Methodist Church. All acquainted
the course ot that paper will, however, we think,*
that he displyed great ability in his editorial ary
while we know that the motives which
were such as became a Christian man, an- baa 6 ‘
to the welfare of the chuich of which he was so P
inent a member.”
Dialogi k on Spring. —ltUtnch —“Oh is ’here
dear Emily, something oblicious about Spring ■
shall soon have all the dear l.ttie bilds singing.* Vj
banks and the green fields covered with De
flowers!”
Emily —“Oh yes! and with it will come all ,tie f o [
shapes from Paris, and the lovely new pa l e
morning dresses.”— Punch, Feb. 23 d.
. . e v V Herald I
Some wag advertised in the N- *•* j
men with pick axes, watch dogs, terriers an r 0 f I
and that application should be made at *v e sil i en c I
Richard Bustoed, Esq , or at that gentleman a I
in Madison avenue, New York. The ®PP ® ce v trt I
both places were so annoying that the P Ol
called upon to disperse the crowd.
v) c id** I
JjgF” At a dinner given at Georgetown, u- •! I
after the election of Gen. Pierce, Geo. M ashing lo
Custis gave the following sentiment:
“ Honor to whom honor is due,
Let others hail the rising sun,
We bow to him whose race is run. ■
FILL-MORE, FILL-MORE—aye fill to the Itm,
A health to the man of the Nation,
FILLMORE, FILLMORE, we drink unto
Who ao nobly both filled hi* ki*h stance