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|carnal ft Messenger,
J. RIOWLfiS and 8. HOSE,
EDITORS AND
A Story of Leup Vear.
Sim Smith >at *i I. ....*•, ..n Se Vu * day, in dis
habille. It beard was un4ared, bw bur was un
combed bis b . as were imbbked, and hm
bac< la a pie a esq Me attitude, with bis heels againr
lb. m mite'...-CO. auiukinff a t*r fwm tbouj-bt u
hi.nself th it h s was leap year, and how forums i
Would b; if tlw ladien culd b*i induced lo poptheques
lio i, iu aco*ni me • will* ibeir ancient privileges. A
bes an I w itciie i die snjoke which *o gracefully curl
ed, Ins tauci” g.owed with the idea. How delightful i
vr ,’ u l,j m iu>e the dear c eutures toudiing on hiir.
an t wiin tender gl.i ces endeavoring t*’ do the agrees
bie. A’ l*e meditated luts tieari aotiened, and he bcgai ‘
to tee’ a sinieaui *li, woiiniiuth sensibility diffuse it sell |
ov.-i Ins Iceliiigs and tli light he aould tain! wit i
propriety the litaf lime* lady stiould squeeze his band j
“ rap. rip,*’ sou tided ihe loor. Sam peep*- 1 I
throigi tiie Venetian bhuds. “ Mercv ” exclaime- [
be, ”it the.e I'u't Miss Jones, and 1 ali in diihabille ;
and lo -kiua Ike a fright. Uumlnass gracious I I mus
go, liglu nival and tix mva-IC”
As tie le’i the room Miss Jones entered, aad with
composed air miimued that she would wait. iii'>
Susm Jones w.s a hr u believer in womau’s rights
bn l now that llie season was propitious shedelennin and
to take the id . .ullage ibereof, aud do a ‘iule courting
on her own ti.sik li was only woman’s privilege, j
whicli ha l beeo uso ped bv the tvrant, and she “a- I
determined lo assort tier lights, in spite of the hollow i
form sillies of a 4aise system t-S society.
Aleinwtii.e. with palpitating heart, Sam Smith went |
through a series of personal udifrnments. The lasi
twisi was g:Veo to his collar, ihe last cun to bis wbis
kc f. and, a uli v line cainbi ic in hand, he descended
to the pui .r. Miss Joues ru-hed to receive him, and,
grasp-Mg Lis Iniii with Feivor. said : *• Dearest. b'>w
bean it'll *ou look,” accompanying her words woh u
glance m unili'gnised adaina'ion.
- ‘ Spate’itie b.usii sot a nmdesl young man,” SBid
S on. ap|o\ ii.g his cambric U) his lace lo hide bis oou
f.sio.i
*’ Nav, ntv lore, why so cov ?” said Susan ; turn not i
aw,IV tiiji.e ‘i.vely eves, daik as the jet, but sparkling
as the dia ii i'l. Lsten io the vows of tha fondest al
leclioti lleic Set us rest,” said she. drawing him to
the sola; “ lice with my arm rouud thee, will 1 pro
test iu> tiur iitf. c'ion.”
“ Lcave n.e, di leave me.” murmured Sam : “thiuk
of my toiiili, hiv iiiexpciivuce— spare, oh spare my
p; 1 i atliig heal I.”
• 1. uve ihce,” said Susan, pressing him closer to
L-:r, “ never, until the story of restless uighis, of un
quiet and .v s, hi i>piraii>iis, loud emotions, atid undyiug
l,ve is laid Ui-hne itiee. Know that for years I have
nursed lor mee a scerrt passion. Need I tell how each
maiiii bean y moved me; how I worshipped like a
sun tl over in ilie lurid light of those scat let tresses ;
hmv inv mud heart was citirup|>ed in the meshes of
those maguiii eat whiskers; how 1 was willing to yield
up to the govei nmeni oi that * imperialthy manners.
30 male-.., -o m I caie, enciiamed me—were joy to
me—lor thy jv was un j >y. Mv heart is thine—take
it—but brat let me smutch one kiss from those ruby
lips ”
The over wrought fe. lings of the delicate youth were
too strong, ami he lamed from excess ot joy. Mean
wh.fe the eiiuuiored uranJeu hung fetidly over him,
and—
Slowly the eyes of Samuel Smiih opened—he gazed
w idly i u nl iiiin —then meeting the ardeul gaze of his
** lover, ’ he b u-htd det'ply, and behind bis kcrchiel
fctiuiiy labeled out —•* Ask my pa.”
True Frajer.
Would yos stv nue ptaver—woo and you know what
prayer really i- Y Siep into the Kgvptian palace where
Benjamin Mauds bound—his am zed and tieuibling
bro ii.-is grouped around die lad. Judah adva ces.
He b<>s liiui<eif hetoie Joseph. Ilis heat! is fu.l.
Hi.-> i'neteai glisiens m Lis man!v eye;
anil n. M, i\un tciuleruess tinilling in every tone, he
pours hath Ins plea ol surpassing pathos: “Oh, toy
■Old l-i itiv Miaul, I ptay tbee. opeak a word in mv
lom ears, and lei not llnne ager bum against thy
Serv in'. .Wi 1.0. li ,e kcsl Ills aerrnn s, say ing. have ye
a fuller or a bioiliei ? Aud we su'd unto my lord, VVe
have a lathe', an o and mall, anti u child of his old age a ]
little olle; and In,-, timdiel is dead ; and he alone is lett |
of hi- in *Hi. r. and his taMier lovetl him.” - Thus ou he j
go-; and-ieit >u ence goes like a knife into Jos-j
epl.’s hf-a t. Ami I ell lie clu-es uu l crowns his up- !
pea; nidi ilia most brave anti generous proposal:
“Sow, tlicit-hue, 1 | >ray diee, let tby servant abide
iDsieml oi in. tad, as bonils.nau lo my lord ; tor bon
shall I g.< lo mv lather and die lad not With me; lest 1
Sfe die evil diHI shall conic upon ui v ladier.” Joseph .- j
heart, wlncn 1 1 . is been swelling wall emotion, is now ‘
ready “bn's’ 11- cm siand ii no lougei; nor aay j
V7i"..del . ilia’ is prat it.
Tnowoi.j. u -tana betore King Soli mon. In the
do-c lews ot lie login we has crqii, with noiseless
Step, to i.ei noiglibw.’s bed, ami while her utothet
Hi ai.it and ih ■ baite slept ou her b>>s an, soltly, caun* I
cu-ly *s'ie s r.il- ttie Uvi-'.g c'u id. and leiVes her own 1
CO •>, dea l i"lant in its place. Th -V oaH V the dispute |
to >. ii>iooii —. .clici.iiu.log lie ivt g. and each repu j
dialing i vde.u IVi h a ski i lli.it earutd ins wrorid j
VH.e Lun, Hie ni'e mo. arch summons nature asu.
vi't.ess. ti> . nole lo Ileal, he Otders the 1 ring cbi.ii j
to bo da i led. Tne swoid is rais-d—nun her inouieur, I
aau each mo hei vc s quivering had—odd her uiumeui, !
•rd line I ‘leiueco ns oNi .ate Oiie sutniinculm, tinn, I
Cui'eelv i, looking on wi'li aci nei eye. VV'idi a bou.id J
thai allies her “> Ins. eel uaii u shriek that lings wiul J
e J tiig i nvei all tin-p once, t fie otliei—ihe tMie nit* 1
tner clasps h v i ii mis in agon v, aud cries, “Oh, my
L.trf, give bet the living child; in no wise Liy it.”!
T at i* ptayer. Th.iciy, that spring, that took of.
ahjuisli a.i lui-se pioetami die inolber.
A !.<-ttei from ;t ;uii ui llenry Clay.
Tli mas 11. C.j>, 1.-q , who wus a d< ligate to the
Ann i‘Ciii .Nat.on.d (Joinen ion. has aildre sed a letter
1” eCo . ci s"I lie eghtb t oug'i si..ual D suict o.
K< 1 ..is civn.g ‘ hem an account ot ihe proceedings
<>! die vJ.i.iei ll l. ii As i ll’ renders uie already uc
quan. eii wi ll au that t anspiteil in the Couveutio
V.-on.i Lie gieater |wiri of Mr. Clay ’s letter. Copy ing
ot, y ue uio pitiugiuplis in which he speaks of the i
Ca nl Ua e-, Him cApi esses bis opinion us to the Course I
b - l.ins in'Usi o iei would [tuisue iu ihe preseut cri- j
t.*, n he was uoiv In mg :
“M. f ihmoie s i,es. iu'<>gv is to be found in the
sncc ss.'ui and pio.*j er ns uiim nisliulion of the Gener- f
si ‘Jove* ahietii in die I wound a half years immediate- |
ly succeedi. g tire death ot lien. Tailor. Tuat aumicis- j
tratiun bait my a her s ui.qiialitied upprovat.
i hale Hiqiiendv oe U aske.l what. ID my o|iininD,
would iiave be< n my fill erV c urse, in rega.d to the
Auiel icau pat ly, l.aa he l.ved Y 1 answer unhesitating
ly. he was national ami ciu.set vaiive, and I have no I
more and. nbt hai he won it have stood on ihis platform,
than t time ot my own existence.
“ One wind ..s to . ui candidate for the Vice Presi
dency. I bun- knov.n him tor more than thirty yeurs,
and 1 believe him to be uu houoiuble, patriotic gentfe
man.
“it was our wish, in obedience to our instructions,
to have pos p neil die nominations until June; but the
Binj .'i v in ihe Convention ivele uvetse lo such apost-1
poueߣii'.
“ai'r■ tiers of the.American partr, is there a rnr.n
arm. \<ai win. i- not saitslii-d wi.h die nominations j
if Fo.moie ami ihtnt-isnti? ll'c national audconsei v
u i.e m p diioogiioui tke Union will be widi us. We ‘
have now siandant is-meis wonhy ot our cause. Out- f
bannei lioats in.ii and p.oitdlv lo ihe breeze, and bv ■
the aid ot Hie o>u o. our lathers, we must and wifi l
Bucc< id.
\W L great respect, I am, vour ob’t. serv’l.,
TitOMAB ii. CLAY.”
Hints Inteußf-d t> I'rnnolt- Peace and Hat.
uiim y m a I'.t uu y.
I. A\ ein tv ie quite sure that our will is likely to be !
crossiti ut hi-iiav, so prepare fir it
i. LveiybiwJi ui die house tutsan evil nature as well!
as ourselves,autl, ihcieloie, we are not to expect too]
aoucb |
i. To learn the d.fFerent temper of each individual, i
4 To look upon each meuihei of the fuuniy as one
for whom’ Christ died.
. 5. V hen any good hapneiib to any one to rejoice
at if.
6. When inclined to give au angry answer, to lif;
up file 111-Hit 111 player.
7-- ‘i limu snkiiess. |ain, or infirmity, we feel j
in iicbfe to kiep h v-*iy su et watch over om seli'cs.
8. To ib> ive mlii-u osiers are so suffering, and!
drop a v\ oni ot kindness anti sympathy suited to
them.
8. T > wipch h.i U t'f opporiunities of pleasing and j
to put file hi iin ry. *tu es on of the w*v.
jo. To a>kt-a i-Jit- im view -ot everything—of the i
wei'th-i Ac., and (t.coiii|r< Jb/r .
II- To 'freak kindly mtin'i-wiifi, wd pniatkem
for inde tiling’ when n.u can.
lit It. all little pUasuiis which tuav occur, to put
nlj last.
trrt h ”
14 Wlt’-nr w<- tiaref een h t'ncd by an unkind word
or need. In ■ k “it -i-lt. s * iiave 1 not olteti done the
8a..; <,ntit b> . n f'n gi., r. ? ’
i?> In e- iivvtsaiNi. not to exalt ouiseives, but bring
Ofhl-rs lorw ud.
Ih. T. b- •. r\ gen !e with the y>iu’jtr ones, and
tte*o tl en. wnli i.
17. N-li so judge “i c nmrlier, but atinhute a
giXii fliu lie Wi. w Van
Burns - .Isa- !•> inr Mr Dr. Harhi , who was
w! i-:i moo 11/ical n 'Sear, the
foliowi- g ‘ i tiliifiiis m s.ieci.ng birds au t i secus.
I* on:. I It i it I* i 111 checking the ravages ,4 n xious in
Beet', pr..-.|, not. si.tail.l In- grvt ii lo their oannal eni’
m es. To tliis end. a stop sh< uld be put to die in Its
ci tl..nan- io.d. pii-'iii ing slatigh'er of insect eatitg
b'd- atul <|iuidiiipi-ils by the murderous gun. Those
}K.rr"ii’ vvliu now w aste tlietr lime and (xivvifer ill killing
ibee iiiniipii and ii'cfol creamres, would be bettei
empiHist m plant ing C'gn and itees, and ia making
two b. >‘h-s oi grass u> grow where only one giew’ be
fore tour vi is. i fwt-keib luve already shown them
aei'-'S to yin liicnds, let .hem have ali due eii
COJIHgt'UH'I'I.
A Nh"’ 1 it"T. ui"> Ai, >i\t,T i.V'tccnt —'The ?mpet
fat ii.H’ .ii’ .o ‘•v t fans 1 1,01 J.ist reeeired &t
eotnnni'.icn t from M 1 ess.er, one of it* uitm -ers. !
sHi iog n the ;vn moniaCil wa’ers of g* s have th*- ,
pr.jpu n ■isun mg die insects wit ch commit such i
ravage* i4t ii.’ ir nil r-i-s 1 ins amuitHiiscal water is
mx.-d-widt li'ei-roiinhs its qituitity of common tra#
tot, a*■ *. is ten sprit.k'ed over die leaves and branches
i's r o ine. A snu.il innch is dug round each tie® to i
* Ween*Hte water Mini, lulls and tins kills the de
* r uc ivg iuavc.* ivb.ch haibui about kba rweta of fruit i
Utu.
MACON, GEORGIA:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1856.
TO BEADE&S.
Interesting arficles will b found on the first page.
THE WEATHEB.
There was a slight frost visible in this vicinity on
rtundav morning last. No materia! damage done.
To-day ‘Tuesday, we have a clear sky, and plenteous
supply of sunbeam’* flowers, and other grateful luxu
ries. With & cldUiuj recollection of the coquettish
freaks of lasi April, wt shall not, by either it* smiles
or tears, be lured into a glowing rhapsody upon Spring,
though strongly tempted thereto by graceful floral
gifts- .
HAIL STOBM.
We learn that there was quite a fall of hail at Mon
r ecu tea and viciuity, on Monday morning last, which
oeat down corn where it was up, and other plants.
EMORY COLLEGE.
Our old and much esteemed friend, the Rev. W. J.
Parks, called on us the other day. He is Agent for
Emory College, and is seeking, with commendable real
(us some of us can testify) to raise an ample endow
ment for that flourishing and meritorious institution.
We regret that our means would cot permit us, single
landed, to endow one professorship. There are hun
lreds in the land that could and should do It, and who
would feel the better for it. We sincerely trust Mr.
Paiks will meet with large success wherever be may
to. The Baptists end Presbyterians have each a well
endowed College. Is it not discreditable to the Methc
i dist denomination that they should suffer Emory ,o
languish for want of an adequate endowment’
CITY PHYSICIAN.
By consulting our advertising columns, it will be
‘een that Dr. R. H. N’isbet has been appointed City
Physician.
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE,
Or, tke Jove a nd Sorrowt, <j American Life —By Mrs.
Caroline Les Hb.ntz—T. B. Peterson, 102Chesnut
‘Sireet, Philadelphia Price f 1,25.
This notv volume, from the graceful and prolific pen
of this gifted and lamented authoress, will be perused
M ith mournful interest by her many Southern admi
rers. Abounding in graphic and beautiful sketches of
scenes and characters —faultless in its moral, stirring
in its incident*—it will be teed with pleasure aad profit,
bv old and young. This, like other works of Mrs.
Hentz, Is rendered more attractive at the South by its
happy portraiture of Southern life and manner*.
JUVENILE CONCERT.
It will bo seen by an advertisement in our paper to
day, that Mr. Kemmerer gives a Concert on Thursday
! night next. Those fond of juvenile minstrelsy, (and
who ;3 not?) will doubtless be delightfully entertained.
J3fF“ We gladly welcome the interesting contribution
of “ Lxo.Nor.tt,” and trust she will frequently favor us
with her pleasant thoughts.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
| Senators Toomba and Iverson of this State, aad
Brown of Mississippi, and Representatives Stephens,
Lumpkin, Warner and Trippe, have laid us under obli*
gaticna for valuable public documents of various kinds
_____ •
GENERAL LAWS.
We are indebted to Col. B. B. da Uraffenried, the
compiler, for a pamphle t copy of the more important
public Acts passed by the iast Legislature. It will be
•ouud quite desirable by the legal profession. For sale
I .t Boardtuaus.
LIBERTY AND SLAVERY.
Avery neat volume of three or four hundred pages,
bearing the above title, has been placed upon our ta*
b!e. It contains an able defence of the institution of
slavery and a complete refutation of abolition fallacies,
>et forth by Charming, Wayland and others. It is
frem the pen of Albert Taylor Bledsoe, L. L. D., Pro
essv-r of Mathematics in the University of Virginia.
J. B. Lippincott, tk Cos., Fer sale at
Boar and mans.
We have also, received from the same publishers, a
handsome little volume entitled “The Schheb or the
Pestilence,” containing a thrilling narrative of the
frightful ravages of the Yellow Fever in Norfolk, Va-,
as: summer. For sale a? Board man’s
RATIFICATION MEETING
The American Party of Augusta, with great unantm
i ty &Dd]enihuia*m, have, iu public meeting, ratified the
; acaunatieus of Fillmore and Donelson.
HOPEWELL PRESBYTERY.
This body convened in the Lecture Room of the
First Presbvterian Church at Augusta Wednesday
evenings last. The opening sermoon was preached
by Rev. S. K. Talmaqe, D. D., after which, Presby
tery wa9 formally constituted and adjourned to Thurs
day morning. Rev. R K. Porter was elected Mod
erator, and Rev Jxo. W. Reid, temposary Clerk for
:he present session.
WHAT WILL THE AMERICAN PARTY OF GEOR
GIA DO?
This is a question often asked us, orally and by let
ter. It is one, to our mind, easily answered. There
is but one safe course for the American Party to pur
sue. To di'band, would be disgraceful to itself and
perhaps disastrous to the Republic. So soon, there
fore, as the decision of Mr. Fillmore is ascertained, we
presume a Convention will be called together of those
triendly to a reformation in the administrative policy
of the Federal Government, and an Electoral ticket,
formed oi the best men of the State, be presented to
the people.
Upon this subject, a distinguished and efficient ad
vocate of the American cause, and who once belonged
to the Democratic party, writes us as follows:
“ We must run an independent candidate for the
Presidency. A Nat oruil Union Candidate. To sup
[tori the nominee of the Cincinnati Convention, wbom-
Mjever be may be, would divide and annihilate us as a
party. It would do worse. It would be an abandon
ment of our friends ai the North, and drive them to
the ranks of the Black Republicans. And worse still,
it would infallibly result iu the formation of iwo great
sectional partie-. whose collisions would overthrow the
Government. Wecan occupy a middle and safeground
eiwren the North and Sou*b, and Imisin
terpret the signs of the times, if the masses ot the peo
ple do not rally to, and enable us to maintain it. I
hope there will be no faltering or hesitation. Pride
and patriotism alike demand that we should, without
delay, prepare lor the ensuing conflict.”
Other letters of similar import and spirit, from old
line Whigs and Democrats, come frequently to hand.
No one can mistake the signs of the times. In this
crisis, the eyes es the people are turned confidingly to
Millard Fillmore, as the man for the emergency.
OUR NOMINEES—OUR PLATFORM.
Where do Fillmore and Donelson stand? What is
their platform of principles? They stand where4hey
did in 1850, upon the great adjustment measures es
that year, which the Georgia State Convention and
the two National Presidential Conventions, solemnly
declared was a FINAL settlement, in principle and
tubdinct, ot sectional differences, “of the subjects they
embraced.” To this platform is Mr. Fillmore commit*
ted by his public professions and official acts. To this
platform is Major Donelsou solemnly pledged over and
over again in the Washington Union, of which he was
the “statesmanlike” editor, in the crisis of 1850-’sl.
But are they in favor of the Kansas-Nabraska mea
sure? We don’t know, nor do we care. That those
who were in favor of the Compromise of 185 u endorsed
the doctrine of non-intervention and non-interference
by Congress with new States, in adopting their lorms
ol government, and regulating their domestic institu
lions, we think is evident. This doctrine was fully in
’ corpomted in the U'ah Territorial Bill, which declared
that ihe people of that Territory, in organizing a State
government preparatory to admission into the Union,
anl not before, shall be permitted to decide upon the
question of slavery or no slavery. This doctrine is
what is termed popular sovereignty, and is the only
principle in the Kansas bill of vital importance to the
South; and we contend that this doctrine has the offi
icial sanction of Ms. Fillmore, in his signature to the
! Compromise of 1860. We ask no better record than
| ibis. Let our opponents present better candidates and
a better plattorm, if they can. That the opponents of
the Compromise and Georgia Platform should oppose
Messrs Fillmore and Donelson, would be quite natur
al, were it not that they have at last acquiesced. Bui
how auy consistent friend of the latter oaa do it, is
passing strange.
CONGRESS
The Senate has been principally occupied in the
considers'ion of the Central Americau and Kansas
questions, and'be doings of the Naval Board. The
[ discussion of the Siaveiy question has occupied the at
. teution of the Bouse, and Judge Warner, of this State,
I it u wid, an able speech spun this topic.
MB. FILLMORE ON THE GEORGIA PLATFORM.
We have said already, anil now reiterate the remark,
that in hie explicitly avowed aud we\\ practiced ant< ce
dents—in bis official declarations and acts, Mr. Fillmore
presents to the country a record more satisfactory and
reliable than any platform which could be constructed
by any mere partisan convention. We know that it is
asserted that he was opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska
measure. This we think quite likely. So were some
of the leading Statesmen ot the South. So were
many of the leading Journals, some of them in South
Carolina and Virginia, and democratic at that. Indeed,
the Southern Rights Party in ISSO-’.*l, were ready to
breek up theUoioo if the Missouri Compromise was
disturbed. Who does not recoLect their “lighting
line,” the ; r vliimaturn’l'’ Would it not be well lor
iheae glass-house gentry, to sing very softly about the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, especially as their
new leader, Mr. Stephens, ha 9 pronounced it Constitu
tional, and Mr. Cobb voted lo make the odious princi
ple o! restriction operative in (Oregon, ami even in
Txxas ?
And where does Mr. Fillmore stand ? Let us heat
his own declarations. In his Message to Congress iu
i 1850, after the adoption of the Compromise Bill, in allu
sion to the great measures of adjustment embraced
in that act, he says:
“The series of measures lo which I have alluded are
regarded bv me as a settlement, in principle and sub
stance —a final settlement of ihe dangerous
and exciting subjects which they tmtraced. Mo9t ot
these subjects, indeed, are beyond your reach, as the
legislation which disposed of them was, in its charac
ter, final, and irrevocable. Itmavbe presumed from
the opposition w bich they all encounternd that none of
: those measures were free from imperfections, but in
1 their mutual dependence and connection they formed a
i system ot compromise, the most conciliatory, ami the
be9t for the entire country, that could be obtained from
conflicting rectional interests and opinions.
“ For this reason I recommend your adherence to
the adjustment es ablishad by those measures, until
time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity ot
furthei legislation to guard against evasion or abuse.
” By that adjustment we have been rescued from the
wide and boundless agitation that surrounded us, and
have a firm, distinct, aud legal ground to rest upon.—
And the occasion, 1 trust, will justify me in exhorting
my countrymen to rally upon and maintain that
ground as the best, il not they only means, of restoring
, peace and quiet to the country, and maintaining invio
-1 late the integrity of the Union.”
These are noble and patriotic sentiments, worthy of
the Chief Magistrate of a great Republic, who knew no
North, no South 1 And nobly and promptly were they
responded to by the loyal and patriotic sons of our glo
rious Commonwealth. The 3tate Convention, which
was in session at the time the President’s Message was
uttered, in its celebrated platform in reference to the
adjustment measures, declared as follows :—-
“Georgia, tbeD, will abide by the recent action o*
Congress, herein before relerred to, in hopeful reliance
that the people of the non-slareb'dding States will yield
acquiescence in, and faithlul adherence to, that entire
acuoa.”
The two National Nominating Conveations, which
met in Baltimore in 1852, planted themselves upon the
Compromise of ISSO, as a ‘finality,” upon the slavery
question, and deprecated all further agitation upon this
exciting topic. Scott and Pierce, the respective can
didates of the Whig and Democratic Partie, were
pledged to this settlement. President Pierce, in his
Inaugural Message, recognised and adopted that pledge
and had he abided by his declaration, and those of bis
party, the country would now have been in the enjoy*
meDt of repose, instead of being convulsed and shaken
to its very foundations by sectional agitation.
It is not struuge then, that the friends as well as op
ponents of Mr. Fillmore, should suppose that he re
grets the re-opening and renewal of ihe slavery agita
tion. As he calmed the troubled waters of sectional
strife, however, in 1850, so also, it may be hoped, under
the same beneficent auspices in 1857, our country mav
once more enjoy internal and external repose, and united
and prosperous and blessed of God, work out her great
and glorious destiny.
TRUE TO DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
The Washington correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, in allusion to Gen. Pierce’s re-nomination,
says he has been “ true to Democratic principles.”—
Precisely so. He has been true to nothing, which is
quite as tangible as modern Democratic principles. A
capital reason for his nomination. Put him up by all
means, gentlemen; you could not get a fitter oxpouent
of your principles.
MOURNFUL PICTURE OF DEMOCRACY, BY A
DEMOCRAT.
The Washington correspondent of the Charleston
Courier draws the following mournful picture of spoils
Democracy:
“ The friends of Presideut Pierce, a3 a candidate for
re-nomination, are confident that he can be nominated
in opposition eiiher to Mr. Buchanan or to Mr. Doug
las, but still they think it probable that the Conven
tion, for the sake of harmonv, will take up anew man
—perhaps Senator Bright, of Indiana, or Senator Hun
ter, or Senator Rusk.
“No reason of a party nature can be urged against
the re-noinination of Mr. Pierce Ue has been true to
the principles of the Dem< cratic party Ths only ob
jection to his nomination is that the Democrats wh*
are out ol office desire anew cut, shuffle, aud deal of
the Executive patronage. Thus it is that the choice
of th- President aud the policy of the government tor
four years is reduced to a hunt for office and patron
age.”’
Now mark the contrast! Whilst the great Ameri
can doctrine, that the “ office should seek the man,
and not the man the office,” and steam and electricity
are in hot pursuit of Fillmore, to hie him back to the
White House rejuvinated and refreshed by exhilira
ting scenes and travels in the old world, to preside, if
possible, even more successfully than before over the
great and varied interests of this mighty Republic,
look at Democracy, with its motley leaders, elbowing
each other aside, to get a chance with their hungry
and lank camp-followers at the government udder I
And to prevent a Kill-Kcnny catastrophe, anew man
mu9t be selected to scatter the loaves and fishes, the
cardinal principles ot Pierce Democracy, and soothe
ihe restiveness of the redundant expectants, whose
love unfed is growing very cold and faint by hope long
deferred ; and even Kansas is uttered in a sickly whis
per. Anew man, then, or we shall have another
Shay’s rebellion, and no Washingtonians to put it down.
NOT AN INSIDER.
But we 3ay now, what we have said before, that
Millard Fillmore has never yet been inside of an Amer
ican Council, and no man, not even the editor of the
American, pretends that he has. No friend of his from
Buffalo or any where else, makes any such pretence.
—Mr. himsell will not pretend it.
[Albany Register.
With us, it is a matter of perfect indifference, wheth
er Mr. Fillmore is an insider or an outsider. He is a
true hearted American in feeling and principle, and
will be just as cordially supported by the American
Party as though ho had been a regularly initiated
member of the order. Read his letter in another col
umn. Try again, Mr. Register.
A Democratic Kudorsement.
The C. S. Democratic Review, for December, 1855,
commenting upon the Compromise of 1850, thus spoke
of Mr. Fillmore:
4
“ Momentous events were transpiring. The agita
tion of the question of slavery was paramount in the
public miud. In this crisis, it was well that so relia
ble u man as Mr. Fillmore was found in the Presiden
tial chair. The safety and perpetuity of the Union
were threatened. Already hud fanaticism raised its
Hydra bead. Schemes and ‘ isms leaped from a thou
sand ambuscades. The enemies of the Union started
forth ou every side—Abolitionism here—secessionisui
there—Acquisition and Fillibusterism elsewhere.—
These were the formidab'e elements of misrule with
which the Executive hud to cope. How well he met,
and how entirely he, for the time, overcame these ene
mies of the peace of the Republic, we leave to the his
torian to relate; but our retrospect would be incom
plete and disingenuous, did we not accord the meed of
praise justly due to high moral excellence and intel
lectual aud administrative honesty and talent, as de
veloped In the administration of Mr. Fillmore.”
This is from high Democratic authority, spoken in a
moment of candor, long before -Mr. Fillmore became
the American candidate for President. It tells but the
simple truth. That Mr Fillmore has “ high tnoial
excellence and intellectual and administrative honesty
and talent,” is unquestioned by all who will still the
partizan and let the fair and honest truth aome forth
The wisest men in the nation have endorsed his ad
ministration as wise and good. Heury Ulav once said,
“the foundation of my preference is that Mr. Fillmore
has administered the government with signal success
and ability. He has been tried and found true, faith
ful, honest and conscientious.” Nor did the venerable
Cass refuse bis meed of praise to the man, however
much be might differ with him on other subjects.
Mocnt Vernon Not for Sale. —John A. Washing
ton, Esq., the proprietor of Mount Vernon, has written
a letter to Mrs. Maria S. Wofford, of South Carolina
in which he announces briehv, but positively, that the
place is not for sale. The ladies of the United States,
who are making collections of money for its purchase,
are therefore doomed to disappointment.
Hf-The K. N’s of Ithica (N. Y.,) have elected their
ticket by 500 majority. .In Tompkins County the
Aanrisnu Ut elected seven out of nine Supervinn.
HOW THE ADMINISTRATION PATRONAGE GOES
AT THE NORTH.
Belfast, Me., Tuesday, March 11, 1850.
7b the Editors of Ihe New i drt Rally Nncs :
I do not suppose the deluded individual who occu
pies the White House reads your paper, as he does not
seem lo have anv more knowledge of the outward
world than a Mandat in of Yotchow ; but there are
thousauds of Southern Democrat* who do, and they
mav be interested in knowing how the patronage of
the Aduiinisiration is used in this quarter. At our mu
nicipal election on Monday, (sti icily a party contest,)
the Custom House officers went the Abolition ticket.—
The iuglemau ot the concern stood by the side ot the
editor of the uigger paper, and distributed Abolition
votes all The Superintendent of the Custom
House—Pierce’s last appointment here—is elecled ou
the Abolition ticket to the Council—having been nom
inated to be in a better position to deceive Democrats.
The funds of the Qistcm House were used in the con
test. Cause : The Custom House was placed in charge
of a long heel, who is looking to the Abolition raft for
safety, in case Pierce is not re-aomiuated. E J vno,
dace (/nines.
The last Georgia Legislature passed a law to protect
Terrapins, Oysters, Ac., agaiut merciless invasions du
ring a portion of the year. By the foregoing, it would
appear that President Pierce is angling, with a well
baited Look, for “Soft Shells” in season and out of sea
son —Ed s. Mess
LETTER FROM GOV. CALL.
The Tallahassee Sentwd contains a stirring letter
from Ex-Gov. Call, in which the leading events of the
late Philadelphia Convention are referred to. The fol
lowing are the closing paragraphs of the letter :
“ I am happy to say that although the commence
ment of our session was stormy and exciting, yet it
closed in the most perfect peace and harmony. And
that although the North was so greatly superior in
numbers and quite equal in spirit and talent to the
South, vet she yielded freely to all the just requisitions
of the South. And 1 return among you with renovated
confidence in the stability of our Government. I am
more now than ever convinced thut there is a patiiotic
and conservative spirit in the people, both of the North
and the South, which will save our glorious Union and
all our institutions from the rage oi tactions and tauati
cism, and will ever restrain the disloyal hand that
would rend it asunder.
No higher evidence could be required of the harmo
ny whitii which the Convention closed its proceedings,
than the unanimity with which the candidates for Pres
dent and Vice President were nominated. Os these
distinguished citizens little need be said.
Mr. Fillmore stands before you a well known, well
tried, faiihfitl public servant. His high morality as a
mao, aud his distinguished ability as a statesman are
unrivalled, aud all should remember with admiral ion
and gratitude, the firmness aud sagacity with which
he governed the ship of State tu the threatning storm
li?50 His virtues, his talems and his faithful services,
commend him to your confidence aud support.
OfMwj. Donelson, I may say he grew up under the
hand aud the example of General Jackson, and that he
adheres to all bis political maxims. He is a gentle
man of high talent, high cultivation aud of the highest
honor and integrity. He too is not unknown to his
country. For eight years he was the Private Secreta
ry of President Jackson, and aided him more than any
other mau in his brilliant administration of the Gov
ernment. He was afterwards for tour years the Amer
ican Amba>aador at the Court of Berlin, where be did
credit to himselt and honor to his country. On his re
turn to Europe, when Texas refused to’ listen to the
overtures of Mr. Polk and Mr. Calhoun, Maj. Donewon
was sent as the representative of his Government to
that Republic, and by his address and energy, Texas
became annexed to the United States. Had he remain
ed in the democratic party be might have aspired to the
highest honors within its gift, aud the whole demo
cratic press would then have been quite us loud in his
praise as it is now bitter in his denunciation.”
Major Donelsou and John C. Calhoun.
The following communication from Mr. Calhoun,
wheD Secretary of State under President Tvlbb, was
sent to Major Do.velson, atid will show the high esti
mation in which the American candidate for the Vice
Presidency was held by that distinguished statesman.
The letter accompanied Major Doxelson’s appoint
ment as Charge d’ Affairs to Texas :
EXTRACT.
State Eepurtrnent, 1 Cth Sept., 1844.
Mv Dear Sir; The state of things in Texas is such,
as to require that the place (Charged’ Affaires) should
be filled without delay; and to select him, who under
ali circumstances may be thought best calculated to
bting to a successful decision the great question of
annexation, now pending before the two countries.—
After fml deliberation, you have been selected as that
individual, and I do trust, my dear sir, that you will
not decline the appointment, however great may be
the personal sact iflee of accepting. The great question
must be decided in the next three or fout months, and
whether it shall be favorably or not, may depend on
him who shall fill the mission now tendered to you.—
I need not tell you how much depends on its decsion
for weal or woe to our country, and perhaps the whole
continent. It is sufficient to say, that viewed in all
its consequences, it is one of the very first magnitude,
aud that n gives an importance to the mission, at this
time, that raises it to the level with the highest in the
gift of the Government.
Assuming, therefore, that you will not decline the
appoin ment. unless some insuperable difficulty should
interpose ; and in order to avoi<l delay, a commission
is herewith transmitted, without the formality of wait
ing your acceptance, all with the necessary papers.
Signed, John C. Calhoun.
Maj. A. J. Donelson.
NOT VERY CHEERING.
“ Ion,” The well informed Washington correspon
dent of the Baltimore Sun, does not, in the following
paragraphs, give a very encouraging view of the pros
pects of Democracy, in New England :
“ Not one of the six New England States can now be
calculated upon for the democratic caudidate.
Iu the Cincinnati convention these six New England
States will go in a solid column for Mr. Pierce, and
vet cannot promise him a single electoral vote. Nei
ther will they vote for any other candidate who is
likelv to be nominated bv the Cincinnati convention.
There is now a rumor afluat that Mr. Buchanan, if
he be thrown out of the convention, will ruu a demo
cratic, anti-Nebraska siump, in accordance with recent
revelations as to his opinions on the subject of the
Missouri compromise.
The notice taken by the Union of the ten column
article in the Peunsyivanian in favor of Mr. Buchanan
as the democratic candidate for the ptesideucy shows
that there is some jealousy between the several demo
cratic candidates and their respective friends. The
Pennsylvanian presents Mr. Buchanan as a zealeus
/riend of the Missouri Compromise, and of the subse
quent compromise of 1850, and remarks that many
wise statesmen had considered the latter as annulling
the former. Hut it does not assert that Mr. Buchanan
is one of these “ wise statesmen.” Mr Buchanan will
be obi iged to “unmuzzle his wisdom” on this impor
tant point, in order to place himself on the same ground
with the other “ wise statesmen” who are to compete
for the nomination before the Cincinnati convention.
SOCIETY AT WASHINGTON.
The agreeable Washington correspondent of the Sa.
vannah Journal, gives us the following insight into the
social circle at the Federal Capital:
“Contrary to the impression of many, the social re
lations of members of Congress are not affected by even
the apparently most violent political hostility. Last
evening for example, the residence ot Senator Seward
was filled with guests of every political complexion,
members of both houses of Congress, members of the
diplomatic corps, members of the Cabinet, the families
ol all these ana a multitude of others. The venerable
Joseph Gales of the National Intelligencer was, howev
er, the observed of ail observers. Somewhat lamed on
one side by rheumatism or neuralgia, he is no longer
able to move about with his wonted ease, but in con
versation he is very vivacious and agreeable. Like
most persons who have been near sighted in early life,
his power of vision now requires no artificial aid, and
no man of any age has a keener zest or appreciation of
the moving panorama of life.”
Discourteous. —The editors of the Rome Southerner
and Courier are engaged in a controversy which has
been conducted with some acrimony on both sides.—
The last number of the Courier says that “ the editor
and correspondents of the Southerner attempt to inten
sify their personalities by an unrestruined use of our
name in their scurrilous articles.” Whatever may be
the merits of the issue between the papers, we think
the free use of an editor’s name is a gross breach of
professional etiquette, and one which might justify the
use of almost am measures on the part of the person
thus assailed. — Savannah News.
Most fully and heartily do we endorse the above sen
timents. The indulgence of personalities by the press,
is as degrading to the profession editorial, as it is dis
tasteful to the public
Abolition Presidential Convention. —Gerrit
Smith and Lewis Tappan (white men,) and Dr. James
M'Oune Smiib, ;colored man,) and others, have issued
a circular asking for names to be affixed to a call for a
mass convention to be held at Syracuse on the 20th
May next, “to nominate candidates lor President and
Vico President of the United States—not merely anti
slavcrv candidates, but thorough abolition candidates.’
First Baptist Church. —The first Baptist Church
organized in this country was at Providence, Rhode
Island, by Roger Williams, in 1889. One was attempt
ed the same year iu Massachusetts ; hut was forcibly
broken up, and its members were fined by the Gener
al Court. The first miuiaierever settled in New Hamp
shire was the Rev. llanserd Knollya of the Baptist
Church. This body has so increed that it now pre
sents the following statistics: 14,828 churches, 9,817
ministers, 1,251,009 members.
The Cause in Missouri.— There are forty fire news
papers in Missouri, of which uventy-tive, perhaps
three or four more, ure for the American ticket, twelve
are for the Democratic, and the remainder are neu
tral.
Anew American paper, to support the nominations
of Fillmore and Donelson, is shortly to be commenced
ia Mtiriafcitrg
Hiuute of the Board ol Coinmi-sioners of
the Atlantic and Gult Railroad Company.
Monday, M men 61, lSod.
At a meeting of the hoard of Commissioners ot the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, held iu Milledge*
ville, on the 81st March, 1*56, the following members
appeared and took their scuts, viz :
Hou. Joel Crawford, ot Early county.
Hou. Janie* P. Screven, ot Chatham county.
lion. W. J. Lawton, of Dougherty county.
Hon. James M. Calhoun, ot Fulton county.
lion. Charles Spaidmg, ot Mclntosh cuuuty,
Hou. Alexander Atkinson, ot Camden county.
Hou. Edward C. Anderson, ot Chatham county.
Hon. Allred H. Colquitt, of Raker county.
Hou. John H. Howard, of Muscogee county.
K. R. Young, Esq., of Thomas county.
Wni. B. Hodgson, Esq., oi Chatham county.
James Mellea, Esq., ot Clay county.
Cha’s. J. Munneriyn, Esq., of Decatur county.
Jas. Hamilton Couper, Esq., of Glynn county.
Dr. Thomas Hamilton, of Floyd county.
N. W. Collier, Esq., ol Dougherty county.
Hon. Eugenius A. Nisbet, ot Bibb county.
Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, ot Richmoud county.
Hon. John Milledge, of Richmond county.
On motion of Mr. Crawford, the Hon. Eugenius A.
Nisbet was called to the Chair, to preside over the delib
erations ol the Board,
On motion of the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, the fol
lowing Committee was appointed to prepare business
for the action of the Board, to-wit :
Messrs. James F. Screven, J. Hamilton Couper, J.
Crawtord, W, J. LawtoD, N. W. Collier, and E. R.
Y oung.
After Bomutime spent in deliberation, the Committee
through their Chairman, asked leave te make the fol
lowing Report, to-wit;
Resolved, That books of subscription to the Capital
Stock ol the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company,
shaii he opened at the following named places, on Mon
day, the 12th day of May, which books shall remain
open lor three months, and under the following super
intendence, to-wit:
At MilkdgtviUe.— Messrs, Nisbet, Bailey and How
ard.
At Augusta. —Messrs. Jenkins and Milledge.
At Savannah. —Messrs.Screven, Anderson and Hodg
son, and that they also be authorized to obtain sub
scriptions from the counties ot Appling, Coffee, Telfair
and irwtu.
At Atlanta. —Messrs. Calhoun and Hamilton.
At Columbus. —Messrs. Jones and Howard.
At ThotnasviUe. — Messrs. Young and Fonder.
At Albany. —Messrs. Lawton and Collier.
At TroujjvUle. —Mr. Knight.
At Wiresboro . —Messrs. Kuight and Stafford.
At Bainbridye. —Mr. Munneriyn.
At Brunswick. —Messrs. Couper and Spalding.
At Magnolia. —Mr. Atkinson.
At Macon. —Messrs. Bond and Nisbet.
At yeioton. — Messrs. Colquitt and Lawton.
At Fact Gaines. — Messrs. McCrea aud Crawford.
At Blakely. —Messrs. Crawford and McCrea.
At Morgan. —Messrs. Collier, Crawford and Colquitt.
Aud that Messrs. Collier, McCrea, Lawton and Craw
ford be authorized to obtain subscriptions in Raudolph
and Lee counties.
At Isabella. —Messrs Lawton and Collier,
Subscriptions may be received by letter or Power of
Attorney, authorizing the same. Bitch letters or Pow
ers of Attorney being preserved and returned to the
Commissioners at ibetr next meeting, lor the purpose
of becoming Records of the Company when tinalK or
ganized.
Btsolved, That the following caption be prefixed to
each Book of Subscription before the entry of the
uumes of subscribers, aud that each Commissioner be
furnished with a copy of the same bv the Secretary,
to-wit:
“ The undersigned hereby agree and promise sever
ally to pay the sums set against their names, as sub
scriptions to the capital stock of ‘1 he Atlantic and Gull
Ratlroud Company, in conformity with the Act of In
corporation ol said Company, and in such instalments
as may be called for by the Board of Directors, under
the provisions of said Act.”
Resi li ed, That the Secretary be and be is hereby
authorized to ascertain from His Excellency the Gov
ernor of the State, when the Release provided for in
the fifth section ol the Act of Incorporation shall have
been agreed on or executed,.and communicate (he same
to the Commissioners at the earliest possible day.
Btsolved, T tat the Secretary advertise the times and
places of the opening of Books ot Subscription, and the
Superiuteudiug Commissioners in two Guzetts iu Mil
ledgeville, Savannah, Macon, Augusta, Thomusville,
Buiiibridge and Albauy.
Resolved, That the Commissioners will assemble at
Milledgeviile on Tuesday, the 26th day ot August, for
the purpose of receiving the itoeks ot Subscription, and
repotting the same to the Governor, and ol which the
Secretary will give due uotice; and should the Secre
tary receive notice trout auy one or more ot the Com
missioners, that the amouutof Six Hundred Thousand
Dollars has been made up, he will notity the Chair
man ot the Board ot this tact, who will call a meeting
of the Commissioners at such earlier day as he may
think beat.
Resolved, That the Chairman and Secretary shall
sigu tho proceedings ot the meetings of the Board.
On molten of Mr. Jenkins, the Report ot the Com
mittee was unanimously adopted.
On motion ot Mr. J. H. Howard, the proceedings of
all the meetings of the Board of Commissioners were
ordered to be sent to the Gazettes of the S'ate, with a
request that they be published.
On motion, the Board adjourned, subject to the call
of the Chairman.
EUGENICS A. NISBET, Chairmaß.
Joax W. Dcncam, Secretary.
THE FIERCE ADMINISTRATION.
The following paragraphs close a very puugeut arti
cle i.t the Columbus Enquirer upon the fruits of mod
ern Democracy;—
“And, now, with the history of this shameless tri
fling with the credulity as well as with the dearest
interests of the South still fresh and green iu the
recollection of an abused constituency, ihey are in
solently told that they can hope tor no future safety
unless the power so wantonly abused shall be perpet
uated in the possession of those who have abused it.
Pierce, or Buchanan, or Douglas, or some such political
aspirant must again be elevated to the first office of
the country by the mixed and commingled mass, which,
for the sake of the spoils, always gather to the demo
cratic standard, or we are told, all is lost. May we
not ask, in answer to this, what strength has the
preseut Executive brought to the cause ot ihe South ?
Or rather has he not, with the aid of his political friends,
first ted to obesity the hungry heard of abolitionists,
and then aroused their sectiouul feeliugs and managed
to unite their whole sectional power ugaiugt us? Are
not the abolitionists a ih uauud times stronger, more
dangerous and daring in their movements, and more
fearfully united tn thu action at this moment than they
were at the commencement ot the Piesidential term?
There must be a cause for an effect so obvious to every
man’s senses. Somebody or some party has brought
about this appalling state of things, and should be
held responsible ‘or the unmixed evil which now
afflicts our comonton country. Ask yourselves on
whose shoulders ibis responsibility ought to rest?
Look but for a moment at the course pursued by the
President and his supporters, aud the answer is at
baud.
“ It would seem, now, that a contest is likly to arise
in the Cincinnati Convention whether this man, or an
other of his kith and kidney, shall be the standard
bearer of his party, and if elected, the luture Execu
tive of the Union. And we are insolently told, as be
fore remarked, that our safety, our interest, and the
dearest rights of ibis sectiou, depend upon his success.
With the history ot the past before your eyes, do you
believe it ? Have you any hope that those who have
raised the whirlwind will try to guide you safely thro’
the storm? Can you imagine for a moment that the
evil spirits whose instrumentality have gathered the
portentous cloud will bare their guilty besom to shield
you from the crushing power of the shivering thunder
bolt ? No, yon do not believe it, and you cannot.
“ But there is one thing which every sensible man
does believe. It is this, that when a public man has
been tried and found honest, capable and true tn his
trust; when a man discharges the duties of the Presi
dential office so as to advance the interests, promote
the prosperity, insure domestic quietude, and crush the
monster of sectional strife, he is worthy of further con
fidence and can again be trusted without much danger
to the public weak Such a man has been presentee! as
a candidate for the first office of this great country, and
the great mass of the true conservative patriots of the
Union will rally to his untarnished banner and elect
hiui. Such at least is our hope.”
ROME, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
“It will scarcely be believed by many who daily
tread our streets, that some twenty five years ago, the
spot upon which oui nourishing city uow stands, was
almost a howling wilderness. Here and there only,
might have been seen the rude habitation of some har
dy pioneer, into whose thoughts, perhaps, tbegrowth of
a commercial and manutacturing town never once
crept, even in the day-dreams of his imagination.
Now mark the change! The forest has been swept
away by the hand of civilization. Dwelling upon
dwelling has gone up,—one after another has been add
ed to our population, until now we are a city with char
tered privileges, and rapidly progiessiug in all those
elements productive of increase aud prosperity.
What Rome is to be is juat dawning to view. Iler
immense water power; her mineral resources of coal
and iron, close at baud ; her nearness to market; the
great fertility of the surrounding country ; her position
as the centre of a very large trade ; the rapid increase
of her manufacturing facilities, all point meaningly and
encouragingly to the future that is in course ot devel
opment.”
We copy the above from the R,/me Commercial Ad
vertiser, anew and handsomely gotten up sheet. It pre
sents a gratifying picture of the rapid growth of that
beautiful young city.
boundless approbation with which the
nominations of Fillmore and Doneisou have beeu every
where received was well, though paradoxically, ex-
Ere.ssed the other day by a sneaker at a Mississippi
atitication Meeting, who saia—“ Fellojo citizen*, there
is but one man it, t!,e Union I'prefer, to Fillmore, and
that man is Doneisou ; and there is bat one man in the
Union 1 prefer to Doit* Ison, and that man is Fillmore f
The Truth Confessed.—The New York News—
Democrat—thug verifies the allegation made in this
and other papers, respecting she conduct of Gen. Pierce
in his distribution of offices. Read, Southern men
read. Says the News:
The following is the way they electioneer for Fill
more down South. We regret to say there is much
truth in it. In the State of New fork in 1850, the
Democratic party teas National, the Whig paity was
Free Soil. Mr. Fillmore’s National course broke down
his party then, and Mr. Fierce’* Fra Soil preferenut
broken <Uwn hit party aw* Is6s.
Writieu for tbe Journal & Meseger.
Laiiif Nlellf.
It lias been said that the impress of divine beauty
may bo found in every human fad* or form; some
token that we were created in the imago and likeness
of God. But in the fallen descendants of the fair
originals of Paradise, we sometimes find it difficult to
realize this truth. Do we not meet beings so mis
shaped that the first glance excites a feeling almost
of horror ? Stick was Lame Nelly 1 The sad image
of my early school-mate, rises before me as clearly as
if reflected from a mirror. Her slight, stooping fig
ure, seemed always shrinking from observation as
she moved with a quick nervous step. Large pale
grey eyes, looked out from contracted brow's, rest
lessly seeking something to answer them w'ith a kind
glance. Pale yellow’ hair clinging close to her head
as if designed for covering, not ornament neither
shading or relieving her low forehead and colorless
face. Add to this a nose so small and unshapely that
one could scarce dignify it by that name, and a
mouth whose depressed corners wore an expression
sadly ludicrous, and the unflattering portrait is fin
ished.
Children arc proverbially thoughtless; quick in
the perception of external beauty, and undisguised
in their dislike of the opposite. No wonder then,
that Nelly was often w'ounded by the avoidance, in
difference and unkind remarks of her school-mates.
Proud and sensitive as such unfortunate beings of
ten are, she sometimes resented insults, fancied or
real with a keenness and bitterness of language
which silenced her tormentors instantly. Again she
would steal away and give utterance to her grief in
passionate sobs. Once I found her alone near the
spring which supplied the bucket of our rustic
school-house with clear sparkling grater. She was
half leaning, half lying at the foot of the large tree
shading the stream as it gushed from the hill side
and ran away with alow murmur as sw'eet and liquid
as a love tone.
I was always a dreamer and loved this shady re
treat, where I could listen to the wind whispering
among the leaves, and dip my fingers in the bright
water w'hen weary of my noisy play. Disappointed
at finding it occupied, I was turning away, when
Nelly raised her head, showing such a tear-swollen
lace, so hopeless and despairing, that a better impulse
prevailed. Kneeling beside her I asked —Nelly
what are you crying for ?” No answer, but a quick
impulsive motion of the hand, as if she would send
me away, and deep sobs which made her whole form
tremble.
Long I tried to soothe her. though unused to offer
comfort, and scarce knowing what I said.
Real sorrow wakes an answing chord of sympathy in
the human .md though I did not know tho cause
I felt that hers vva.- ~j. \ t tvst in sobs and broken
words her grief came forth —“I wish God would let
me die! Why did He make me so ugly that nobody
loves me ? What made Him take my mother away ?
I can't work, I can’t play, I can’t do anything but
think all day, and wonder how long I must stay
here. Go away Emma and leave me by myself. I
don’t want you to pity me, it makes me hate any
one to think they are kind to me from pity.” Thus
she went on, almost incoherently uttering many wild
though’*. I, who had never heard anything like
this, and expected that she would tell me of sonu
childish grief was shocked aud silent. Then I re
membered some of the lessons taught me by my
mother, of the goodness and mercy of God. How
He only sends us sorrow to turn our hearts to Him.
and no matter how lowly and despised, we may win
a bright crown and sing a sweet song in Heaven, it
we strive to serve Him on earth. Nelly’s sobs grew
more faint as she listened. I won from her a prom
ise to let me teach her the Lord’s Prayer. It seemed
strange that any one should not know that beautifu
petition, which in my own home was reverently re
peated by all every morning. But her mother was
dead, and her father, a oold proud man, immersed it,
business, was rarely at home, and seemed to shun
the sight of his unhappy child. Left to the care of a
bustling, scolding house-keeper and ignorant serv
ants —the poor child was miserable indeed. Cold
and silent, living in her own sad thoughts. I found it
hard to win her confidence, hard to bear the wonder
ing comments of my school ifiends about our intima
cy. But I was repaid not only by gratitude express
ed in looks and tones more than in words, but by tin
discovery that her intellect was quick and her imagi
nation vivid. Failing to find in the real world am
thing to please her fancy or gratify her heart, sin
dwelt in a land of dreams and shadows. A dangerour
pleasure, which to many a young heart, brings bit
ter disappointment and after thoughts of regret and
self-reproach.
We parted; Ito experience the long exile fron.
home, which the modem system of education de
mands, and Nelly to ondure her lonely life-discipline
with a spirit still rebellious. ‘‘Good-bye, Emma. 1
shall not forget you, but I don’t expect that you wiL
remember me,” she said, half proudly, half sorrowful
ly, trying to keep back the tears which fell in largi
drops as I bent to give her the first kiss she had re
ceived in many a day.
Surrounded by companions of my own age and
constantly occupied, I must confess that Nelly was
not often remembered, save in a short message when
wilting home. But my school-days were soon past.
With all the delightful anticipations, tho blissful self
importance of a young lady of eighteen, I was at
home once more. The dear old farm-house looked
small and not halt’ so pretty since I had “seen the
world.” Innovations with which I annoyed m\
good mother, are now remembered with amusement
and mortification. Thanks to her good sense the ola
home retains its primitive simplicity, truly refreshing
in this age of change.
“How is Nelly?” I asked, as little Bessie was ea
gerly telling me of all the wonderful things that had
taken place during my absence. “She Is studying
with our new teacher and he says that she is-his
best scholar.” Sad lessons they proved to the poor
girl. The young teacher was very kind and gentle
in his manner, not only because she was a good
scholar, but from compassion for her misfortune.—
His work was finished and he left her with no
thought of tbe sorrow he had brought, never sus
pecting her of giving her heart unasked. That frail
ungraceful form, enshrined a heart full of passionate
tenderness, all tho deeper from long repression. Its
wealth was wasted like the sweetness of wayside
flowers, which fade ungathered, and she was so si
lent, so lonely and uncared for, that none divined
her secret. It was betrayed to me by accident and
truly did I sympathize with a grief I could not cure.
Time does much and pride more to hide heart wounds
from the gaze of the world, but religion alone can heal
them. Once again I sought to lead the stricken
heart to its only refuge. Not yet could it say “Thv
will be done.”
Years parsed on. Nelly was left an orphan; alone
indeed, without a guide or counsellor. It seemed
that God was breaking every tie to earth that she
might be drawn to Heaven. On me the gifts of for
tune and happiness had been lavished. I had an
other home now, a warm heart to love me aud a strong
arm to lean upon. The lonely girl came to mo and
we promised to cherish her as a sister.
Quietly, silently, a change came over her—that
wonderous change—a new birth. The old spirits of
pride and passion sometimes struggled in her heart,
but she was gentler, ever thinking and planning t 0
win for others that brightness which her own life had
lacked. Through all the deformity of face and figure
the light of an earnest and loving spirit shone. My
little Clara asked one day, passing her chubby hand
over the pale face, “ why she was not pretty like
Mama ?” Her lips trembled slightly as she auswered,
“Is Aunt Nelly so ugly’ that y r ou can’t love her?—
Never mind, dear, if she is good ; God will take her
to Heaven when she dies, and make her like the
beautiful angels.” The little one looked thoughtful,
and twining her arms around the drooping head, beg
ged her “not to look sorry and she would not say so
any more.” 1
I Reader ia your life pilgriuuige, you amy meet en [
gel-spirits in disguise, as homely as that ofM. ‘ I
Nelly.’’ Treat them gently, and the silent
grateful hearts shall bless you. LE\(/u j
[C O MM O K I C A T I D.)
THE CITY COURT.
The misapprehensions existing in relation i 0
provisions and advantages of the Act organizing °,7* j
Criminal Court, seem to <-all for some explana- U ' T
marks in the public Journals.
It is said the Act provides (or an “appeal” f r , )m
verdicts of the Jury in the Citv Court, to the
Court, If this were true, this new Court as a Crin'’
al Court, would be as unnecessary as it Would *’
anomalous. There is nothing of the sort in the i c ,
It is true that ia cases of appearance bonds, where u
scirefaceas, issues of fact are made up and tried m 7 I
City Court, parties may appeal to a special jury ~ 7
Superior Court; and this is a Tery gosd provision *
relation to these appearance bonds ; but as to the t *
of persons charged with criminal offences, the I
remedy, under that Act, where the verdict is against
them, is to file a “bill of exceptions” setting forth -u I
errors complained of, and by Certiorari carry the ci-* I
to the Superior Court, that the Judge (not the J Urv
may determine whether any error has been commit:*.
If there has been error, the judgment is reversed up
anew trial, in the City Ciurt, granted. And,
the right here allowed, is a great constitutional right l
which equally exists without such provision in the Act
and of which the citizen cannot be deprived.
The Act in question seems to have been well coasid.
erod, and experienced persons who will examine it,
h ardly fail to perceive that it is prepared with skill
and with due regard to the exigences it was intended
to meet.
It is objected, however, to the new Court, that it
will involve the City in addditioual expense, because
the amount received from tines, forfeitures, 4c, *
not more than pay the necessary expenses of the Court
leaving out the Judge's salary. The crimisal dockd
of the county, if consulted in reference to cases arisn,. j
m the City for the last five years bask, ought tu turnisa
a complete answer to this objection. The ttpems of I
the Court apart from the salary of the Judge and tU
fees of the Solicitor, must be quite trivial; and as to
the fees of the Solicitor, they are paid— not out of the
tines—but as fees by the offender found guilty, whilst
the fine is left to contribute to the general fund—a fund
which, if it is allowed to judge the luture by the past,
will be amply sufficient to pay the Judge's salary.—
This objection, however, is entirely speculative, and 1
can best be determined by experiment; and if th*
writer were to venture speculation in reply, he would
say the effect of the new Court would be :—ftwti or
fences,fewer indictments and more con victions. In the
slow moving accumulated business of the Saperir
Court, many offenders slip through tbe meshes of the
law; whilst in the City Court which is specially devot.
ed to that class of persons, they would not escape with
out a remembrancer. But if there were do other sui
cient reason to recommend the change, it might be
tound in this! It is bet er for the officers of the City
Court to handle the fine aud forfeiture money accruing
within the City -where, under the plain provisions ot the
new act, it would be rightly appropriated and when ap
propriated, used, than that it should be lett under the
control of the Solicitor General of the Circuit, who tui
such a Wole discretion iu its appropriation and du<
Ourseiuent. The writer is greatly mistaken if enough
might not be saved just iu the margin here presented
to pay the J udge’s salary.
Itis further objected that the Court would bring ad
diiioual expease to the county; because as the Court
will hold four Sessions per aunuun, when more offend
ers will be lottud guilty, and as the Act provides that
insolvents who cannot pay fines, Ac., are to be lodged
in the county Jail at the expense ot the county, inert
must necessarily be an increase of insolvent costs to be
paid out of tue county fuud. This objection is as sin
gular aa it is easily auswered. This objection might
be urged by offenders themselves who were likely t
be tried aud punished in the City Court, but surely not
by good citizens who wish to see the law enlurcedl—
True, the greater the proportion ot persons touud guil
ty, the greater will be tbe proportion of insolvents, and
therefore of costs. But then it is also to be considered
that in the general enforcement of the law (what we ail
wish; the fund from fines, Ac.} will also be iu tike pro
portion increased, so as to pay the expenses which
would otherwise fall on the county. But there is an
other argument which meets the objection with greater
totce still; it is this : The Superior Court holds only
twice a year. Prisoners confined in jail often have to
remain there from four to six months, and when the
case is continued or not tried, from eight to twelve
mouths for trial. If insol vent,as they are sure to be,they
are boarded and lodged at the expense of the count} •
Whilst in the Citv Court the four annual sessions will di.
uiinisb the expense by one half if not more, and the
amount thus saved, would probably be enough to pay
a J udge’s salary.
There are other persons who appear to be satisfied
with the Court, did it not, as they suppose, taxe a por
tion of the fees from the county officers which they
were entitled to when elected. The answer to this is,
.hat the officers themselves are the persons who ought
to complain, and it is known to the writer that those
mostly interested are entirely satisfied with the pro
posed change, so far as it concerns the fees.
But to these, which are all the object.ons known to
fie urged against the new Court, might be opposed
some aiguuaeuts which concern the public good, apart
irom mere economical views. The necessity for son s
Court similar to that now provided for, has been long
felt as a serious want. There is not a Circuit Court
neld here but that some observant citizen wonders
such a Court is not provided lor. Amongst the offi
cers and professional attendants of the Court, and who,
from their position and business, are forced to see the
uecessity of it, it has been & subject of remark for
years ; and so obvious has been its importance that
more than one Grand Jury of tbe county have in their
General Presentments earnestly recommended it.—
ihe business of the Superior Court of the county, so
tar from decreasing has been increasing for years. It
takes almost a week to call the cases on the “criminal
docket” —let alone trying them, whilst the civil busi
ness —much ot it involving large interests, which bring
witnesses and jurors to court, who have to attend from
day to day through long terms at a heavy sacrifice
ol time and expense, (compared with which the salary
of a city Judge is small indeed.: appeals strongly to a
“Citv Court” for help. This is the precise state ol
things it) Columbus, whose citizens originated and ob
t lined from the Legislature the Act in question. There
is no pretence that it was “palmed off’” oa them unask
e 1 tor and without uotice ! Their population is small
er, their interests less varied than ours. If they need it
so do we. Shall we accept its provisions as a real
boon ? Shall we test its value in good faith ? If so,
fix a decent Judge's salary (say from eight hundred to
one thousand dollars) elect men competent to fill the
offices, and the new Court will soon vindicate itself.
. A TAXPAYER.
From the New Orleans “Oredle” of March 26.
WESRERN TEXAS.
Some months since we alluded to the probability
that Westeru Texas might become a free State, and
based our suggestion on the fact that it was populated,
io a considerable extent, by immigrants from the d |(l
World. It is strange that those who have such te* r
tor the integrity of the rights of the South should not
perceive that tUe greatest dueger to her institutions
comes from this quarter. Immigia-its are mostly fee
soil men, aud wherever they settle there is immediate
ly a coaflict between them and the South. The ban
Antonio Texan has the following remarks upon this
subject: ,
“,'ome may look upon such an event as a free Sta*
of W’estern Texas as improbable, particularly at a
time when such strenuous efforts are being mad* to
carry slavery iuto Kansas, whete slavery does not now
exist by positive law ; yet theie is a strong prooabi t 3
that such an event will occur within the next ten years.
Our opinion is based upon the fact that foreign imttugrii
tton is greater than domestic by at least ten to one,
aud upon the well kuown fact that all loreigu immig'S”
tiou ia opposed to slavery from principle, prejudice,
and education. And there are many of the ewigi al *
from the older States opposed to slavery who qnte
ly tolerate it so long as it is an institution of the b * te ’
but who will vote no slavery when the questotn come
up whether Western Texas shall be a tree or sf* r ®
State. This fact is not generally knowa ; it so, it is l,o
duly considered. The vote of the adopted citizens o
Texas now numbers at least twelve thousand In I***
than ten years it will be increased to three times
uurnber, unless the naturalization laws are cbaDgtn ~
This increase will be in much gieater ratio than iba
the native-born vote.”
Let southern men read the foregoing and then
c.de whether Douglas A Cos. are entitled to lasting g r “-
■tude for the alien suffrage feature ot the Kansas bi
We say again, read and ponder.— Ed*. Mess.
To Civilize Cleboymen.— John Adams was at one
time called upon by someone to contribute to ioreign
missions, when he abruptly answered—
“ I have nothing to give for that purpose, but tneie
are heie in the vicinny six ministers, not one of whom
will preach in each other s pulpit. Now, I will
tribute as much and more than any one els'*, to C ,fU *
tie these sis tlarfjraae ”