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no slavery, *lll sooner or later be forced upon the
choice of the southern people. Ido not far, sir,
how or when the South will decide the question ;
but 1 will say that there is a large end growing party
in nanr, V not in all of the southern States, in fa
vor of separation now for causes already existing,
ns an obj.-uj both of necessity and political expe
diency. Ten years ago, and scarcely a voice could
be beard in alt the South calculating the value of
t ■ Union. Now, their name Is legion. As, at
ea. h recurring and returning crisis of agitation,
the strength of the Abolition party increases at the
North, so does the spirit of disunion increasent the
i?>uth, and its advocates bccoiue more confident
tad defiant.
1 venture tbc opinion that in my own State, so
we!! convinced are the great mass of the people ol
nil pai ties tfcat the anti-slavery agitation is not to
cease until the institution is destroyed, if the ques
tion was now pit whether the southern States in a
body should separate and form a southern confed
eracy, a majority would vote tor the proposition.
1 do not say, sir, that Georgia would secede alone,
or together with a few of the other States, or with
:.ny number less than the whoie; but 1 versly be
lieve that if the separation of all of them in a body
depended upon the voice of Georgia, that voice
would boldly and promptly speak out —separation!
1 do not say, ir, that this seatuaeut would be
unanimous; I know there are many who are con
scientiously of opinion that the Union is the great
est political good; many for whom the Union lias
iri -- - - 1 1 ‘ le eharifk ; many who would oppose sep
aration from a dread of consequences; and some
from interested motives would cling to the powers
that be, and the things that are ; ti:cv would sav,
let us trust stilt longer to the conservative feeling
Ot the North ; let us appeal to their patriotism, or
to their interests; let us give them a Pacific rail-
J'.‘. 1; let us give them high protective tarifla: let
few.- vote millions of the public mouey to clean out
“♦heir rivers and improve their harbors; let us feed
“them and fatten them aud gorge them out of the |
public crib, until, like young vultures, they vomit
in our faces, let u# smother their fauatici>iu with
ruass-:s of gold aud silver ; and then, perhaps, they
will let us keep our niggtrt Hut, s:r, these are
not my sentiments, uor Jo i believe they are the
sentiments or the arguments of the great body of
my State. The majority already believe that Nor
thern aggression has gone far enough and ought
not to be allowed to go further; they believe that
southern rights and honor out of the Union are
better thin dishonor within it ; they believe that
slavery without the Union is better than the Union
v ithout slavery; and they arc prepared, at the
very next act ol aggression from the North, to re
sist, even to the “disruption ol ail the tics which
bind tbeni to the Union.” Nor do i believe, sir,
that tho people of Georgia or of the South will lx*
. -! to wait for an overt act o; aggr. s-iou up
on tha right*, honor, or interests of the Southern
States.
Ihe election of a northern President, upon a
•ecnoaat and anti-slavery issue, will be considered
came enough to justify secession. Let the Seua
•or Irani XcwYork, [Sir. Seward,] or *y other
man avowing the sentiments and poiicv enunciated
by i ini in his Rochester speech, be elected l’rcai
• -it of the l uited States, and, in my opinion,
; -. e n- more than one of o * sou tin m Istates
t-.aC would take immediate # -p., towards sc para
t; *n. And, sir, lam free to declare, then, in the
Senate, that w henever Mich an event shall occur,
lor one, i -hall be for disunion, and shall, if alive,
exert all the powers 1 in.iv have in urging upon
tne puo. ie ot my State the necessity and propriety
of an immediate separation, i know, sir, that dts
u iiou la considered by mauv as u impossible
thin"; many think co at the South, and all thv
northern jieople foel assured that the South can
l ever be driven out of the Union, no matter wi.at
u.iv be tiie aggressions upon their constitutional
rights. 1 tru: aud believe, sir, that they will tind
themselves mistaken, whenever a proper occasion
occurs.
__ sir, H ** not so difficult a matter to dissolve this
V ii'on si many believe. Let the K.‘publican party
ot the North obtain possession of the Government,
and pass a Wilnsot proviso; or abolish elaverv in
t e District of Columbia; or repeal the fugitive
i.ave I,w ; or reform the Supreme Court, and ai.-
i ii.l the Dred beott decision ; or do auy other net
infringing upon the rights, impairing the equality,
or wounding the honor of the slave State*; or let
the.n el- ct a President upon the avowed declara
tion ami principle that freedom and slavery cannot
rxi-t together in the Union, and that one or the
other m>t giro w-av, and be sacrificed to tlie
otiier. and the Union would be dissolved in six
months. Ido not believe, however, that tuch u
result could or would be brought about Sv a gett
*--al convention of all the slave States; is do jbl
twhether all of them could lie got into couven
t-'-'u for any cause, and if they could, it is still more
dcubtf.il whether they could lie harmonized ami
ina.ie b* move together toward such a momentous
t-nd. Hut, f. •, let a single Slate move upon the
l-ppc;ng of any of these contingencies; let her
**out of the Union, and she would of neces.-i
----tv, very on drag every other slave Stife ou:
with her or after her.
W henever any one of the southern Slates shall
tveede in vindication of her right* and honor to
’ her pcctifiir fasti .. . ir.jiu the rntliies.i
asi-. alt# ot an anti-slavery majuiity in Congre.-s,
wnd an attempt lw- made to foreve r back into the
l cion, or enforce the decree* ot an arbitrary and
unfair • ver:merit, her surrounding >i#ter States,
sympathizing with her in her bold and manly
struggle for liberty and the right, would not hesi
tate tor a moment to come to her relief, and join
her in the a#--; tior; of an honorable independence,
and the formation of another and belter Union.—
Such * movement would necessarily n ~u!t either
in the formation ol a confederacy of all the slave
States, or to amendments of the nresent G-ocititu
i- ; a ring their right* and eqaslitjr apon a firm
rr ami better basis than at present, as the condi
tion upon which the seceding State or States would
reunite with her former aLtert. To at tempt to
force a seceding State back into the Union, with
the surrounding States sympathizing with tiie feel
ing* and cause# which impelled her to secede, and
interested in a*! that concerned her honor, her
rights, an l her independence, would be the veriest
act of folly and Tiredness which c-vcr influenced or
controlled a or wicked Government. No,
ir; the tiea of this Union once broken, arid there
woo'd be tt one basts on which thev could ever
1,4 reformed—concession from the North ; eecuritv
lor the South.
And, sir, it Ls beciuse I believe that f< piralioo
ig cot far distant; betantt tlsc feigns ol the limes
point too plainly to the early UiutupL of the Abo
litionists, su:d their complete posses.-iou and con
trol of erery department of the Federal Govern
®Pat *
an even occurs the Union will be dissolved, that
i m nrs**i!!?rg to vote so much laihl au<l so much
inooeT u this bit! protK)-.**, to build a railroad to
the Pacific, which, ia ray judgement, will be crea
t'd outside of a southern confcdersicr, and will
belong exclusively to tbe North. Hr, ‘the public
lards now held by the United States, as \uU as
’he puoiic- Treasury, are the joint property of ail
the States and the people of this Union*. They
belong to the South as well as the North ; we ie
entitled, in the Union, to our jusi and equal share,
and if the l nion is divided, then we are no levs
cnt -lvd to a fair proportion of the cotuwon fund.
What I demand, therefore, is, that the South j
fchall be p>ut upon an equality with the North,
whether the Inion la-ts or not; that ia appropria
ting the public land* and money, the joint proper
ty of all, in connecting the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans by railroad, the South shall hare an equal
chance to secure a road within her borders, to
inute to her benefit whilst the Union lasts, and to
belong to her when—if ever— that Union ia dis
solved. ,1 am not willing to intrust this matter to
♦ ontingeucies. lam not willing to tru-t the selec
tion of the route for a single Pacific railroad to in-
Cuehce which, as certain as fate itself, will contract
i'* construction on a northern route, aud exclude
tbe northern section of the Union from its vast
nnd numerous benefits. I have no desire to de
prive the North of a Road ; I am willing to grant
Lev tbe same amount of Government aid that 1
claim for the South. I believe that with twenty
tccTions of land -nd slt>,bOo to the mile, in Gov
ernment bonds, a railroad can be built, by addi-
Vo;.*! pnvate enterprise, over either the thirtv
aceoud or thirty fifth parallels of north latitude. If
one can be constructed over a more northern route
’ i .ii ti e tame amount of Government aid, let them
have it. it both sections are placed upon an
equality, and either fail,, the fault, or the misfor
ture. will be hers. Neither wili have cause of
complaint.
N°w, sir, for the of accomplishing my
o’l jcct. I move that this bill be recommitted to the
ipscial committee who bad charge o( the subject
*!,** ,c *esoo, with instructions to bring in a
Li!’ providing for the corstruction of a railroad on
each of two routes to the Pacific ocean.
(| ii Poor I.trr.—Just as that poetrv is the
fresheat which the out door life his the most
uo’ ti-l td, so I believe that there i* no surer sign
*'i the rich vitality which finds its raciest jo-vs in
source, the most innocent, than the childlike taste
trL £ WUM? <H*t-do©r hfe. Whether tea take
‘ 011,1:10 palace or the cottage, ald to your
lhe CORH * of Nature. Let the
Zit if * T ,ooin lo sUuti *>; o!l look up.
11 “““‘“C to have f or yous rool-Ure-iltfafen?
Wife of Mr Perry, of
hiabqad With thraa°ti..^ > V ,^ un,i *y presented her
girl. K “ UrC€ bvjs ami a
Reported fir the National Intel!,fee r-r.
I kapiuin Service.
Ilev. Win. Pinkney, D. D., preached atthe Capi
tol Sabbath morning from St. Matthews gospel, 12.
41: “The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judg
ment of this generation, and condemn it because
they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and be.
hold a greater than Jonah is here.” After a terse
and appropriate introduction, in which the rever
end speaker ran rapidly over the track of years
that have passed eince the crddle of onr liberties
was rocked to the music of the era of'76, he pro.
eceded to speak of the ancient city of Nineveh,
the largest which had ever before been built, hose
magnificence in architecture and the arts is just
now being exhumed, revealing the reasons for re.
qwiring a three days’ journey by the prophet to
pass through it, so a to apprize all parts ol it of
the import of his message. He presented the mor
al condition of the Jews, to whom our Savior ad
dressed the text, showing that while Nineveh did
repent, and by repentance prolonged the civil ex
istence of the city, they tthe Jews) were persist
ent and unyielding in their wickedness tinder the
warning voice of aii the prophets,and now under th.*
alarming predictions of a “ greater than Jonah,*’
a greater than any prophet who had gone before
him, and their destruction did surely come, so thst
the Jerusalem that now is stands as much a monu.
laental ruin for rebellion nnd disobedience to God,
in comparison with what it once was. as Nineveh
does, now completely in ruins, in a comparison with
the city through which the prophet travelled three
days to deliver his message. With these solemn
and truthful examples before them the speaker in.
quired for the lesions which the facts should fur
ulsh to oir nation. From this point he proceeded
to examine the inoia! character ol this country,
and cloved hi* pungent, laithful incs-age nearly in
the following language:
Called to preach in the Capitol of this great :u
----tiou, comiiqr to you not of my own will, but by
command ot the* constituted authorities, and coin
missioned to preach to you the same great, doc
trines that the men of Nineveh so happily illustra
ted, may I not urge you, by the mercies of God, to
present yourselves living sacrifices to him ? Great
is this laud, glorious and full of beauty ; highly ex
alted among tin* most favored nations of the world.
Tim rarest combinations of all the elements that
constitute good government meet and tuiugie here.
Free and independent States banded together in
one, yet so banded that each i* left in the full pos
session of its own vested right, while the union of
the whole is clothed with sufficient powers to se
cure tbc cuds of i ,J original creation. Liberty of
conscience guarantied to all alike; the broad shield
of law throwu over the poorest and mightiest in
the land. These and oilier scarcely less important
elements of national existence are ours ; without
stint is the measure or a drawback to the fulness
ot enjoyment, save where we prove recreant and
hilar. An open Bible is the symbol of our faith.—
As we cast our eyes around us and see the general
contentment, satisfaction, and peace that light up
the meanest hovels as the lordliest dwellings in the
land, as we cast a piercing glance into the future
which none, now living, will see for themselves,
when the national airs that wake anew the memo
ries of the past shall strike upon the delighted car
of the hundred millions and more who shall tread
the soil our fathers watered with their blood, and
recall and lire the sou! with a kindred patriotism.
The hour when the bugle notes of Hunker Hill sent
the thri'.l of enthusiasm through the chivalry of
the land, and the North aud the South lighted up
the scattered thousands who sat beneath their
Idended sky with the one milky way of freedom,
then but thirteen feeble twinkling stars in the firm
ament. And remember that this is the sacred log.i
cy bequeathed to us, w hith we are to hand down
intact to those who follow us. Shall we not profit
by the exampleof Nineveh, and take to ourselves
die warning of lit-*cry > fwyitfuliiMii of li.-.1,
abounding wickedness, the fiery strqpui of deprav
ed pas-ious suffered to sweep on unrestrained by
the high and the low, the men of renown and die
serfs ot the soil, caused the cry to be wafted thro’
their streets “forty days,” Xe. Repentance, on
their part, stayed th-* execution of the decree full
two hundred years. I‘orgetlulr; of God, abound
ing wicknesw self-sufficiency, the mi Tabic cone, it
that we are equal to all emergencies in and of our
selves considered, a feeling that our fathers solemn
ly abjured in the very Declaration of Independ
ence which they sealed with their blood, and which
the Father of his Country full as explicitly abjured
ia his parting eoßn*ds. Arc not these things be
coming rife in our history and national expericnc; ?
Immorality and vice, ungodliness and irreligiou are
the most deadly antagonisms to our civil existence
under our present inimitable form of government.
And, o*i, I irut that with Nineveh before u*, witli
its threatened destruction w ithin fort f days, post
poned two hundred year-- by holy righteousness,
we may lie led to see and feci that national parity
is the only sure pledge of national existence. And
especially i* this tru ■ of snob a Government as
our~. where the popular will is the source of law,
and the popuLir voice, speaking out in a written
constitution, h the fountain of authority. The
people must be kept well informed, pure, and up
right.
In tbe shaking of the nations and the overthrow
of kingdoms that have convulsed the earth, God
the .febovah of ho-t- vindicates his title to the au
gust cognomen of King of Kings and Lord of
Lords. And we may rot r.s-ured that if ever this
nation should become a byword of reproach, if ev
er the majestic river on the banks of which Wash
ington lived and now sleeps, the enchanted spot cf ■
freedom, roll on in sullen silence as the footfall of
some gloomy de.-pot, where along its banks, if ever
this majestic dome which is now rising in architec
tural proportions on our sight shall overlook this
city, then a city of the dead, its ham of enterprise
all hushefl, and its now thronged avenues all mo
tionless and glill, where naught but the shade of i
Washington still lingers. For the Potomac must
cease its tlov.- and this dome crumble into dust be
fore the name of Washington shall be wiped out
of the memories of men. We repeat, should this
sad catastrophe occur, we may rest assured that
the genius of infidelity anil the demon of ungod
liness wilt have rocked, in their volcanic grap, the
lordly edifice our fathers reared, and brought it
down in crumbling ruins about our ears. If we
would prolong the life of the Republic we mu-t re
pent us of the evil of our deed*. It whs this shield
that covered us when our fathers trod the blood
stained field* of tbe Revolution. It was this shield
tint covered us when in tbe fierce conflict of sec
tional strife, they laid io h spirit of sublime com
promise the foundation stones of the present Un
ion. It is His shield alone that can guide us on to
tbe still further developments of liis kind provi
dence. That shield withdrawn, and the wisdom of
man, the might, and power, and eloquence of man,
our national wealth aud our national domain will
avail ns naught. Tiiat shield withdrawn, and ours
will Ire but another failure in the great family of
Republics. The di*jtrtn tne>#l>r<i will tell the tale
of the Idutiing out of our national existence ; and
not so much as a single star or a di.-bgured stripe
be I* ft to guide the |M**iug pilgrim to the tomb of
our departed gtealne**. Then, indeed, will cease
the music of those national airs which now boats
on every breeze and kindles patriotic fervor ill a
million bosoms. And in this national humiliation
and national repan la oca it become* each member
of lhe body |H>jitic to enact his part.
The eagle of our liberties, turning away from hi*
eyrii* in this borne of the tree, with his eye on the
settling sun, shall soar to oilier and more congen
ial climes ; if, indeed, a foothold on this earth shall
lie found when this ark of our civil and religious
freedom is abandoned. God grant that we may
never forget that lie alone is the nation's shield.
Forty days and Nineveh skull be destroyed.—
Repentant two hundred years acre added lo the
continuance of it* civil polity. A grand lesson for
nations to learn. The nation that has f.as tear of
G<hl before its eyes, whose great men, the carvers
out of the hue of policy to be pursued, are holy
men, meek men, and humble men of heart, is a
strong nation ami destined to endure. Rut the na
tion tiiat blots out the law of commandments, ?ac
liiiccs conscience to expediency, right to wrong,
and suffer* the moral- of its people to become con
taminated by the false ideas ot fashion that prevail,
is on tlu: edge of a precipice ; one step forward
may be instant aud certain ruin, one step back
ward the beginning of a wholesome reform, ond
many handled years may l>e added to (he proba
tion assigned. Had Nineveh persisted, forty years
would have wound up her history. Hie repented,
and two hundred years were added.
It might add interest to the foregoing appeal
were it known that Dr. Pinkney is a relative of that
great statesman, the late Hon. Win. Finkuey, oi
Maryland. The retie re rid Doctor is a lover of his
country a>’ well as of the gospel which lie to faith
fully | reaches to his fellow-men.
It is an interesting fact that on each succeeding
Sahh.itlt, from the opening of this session, the con
gregation Las been gradually increasing, more be
ing pi escnt last Hibbath than on any preceding
lord's day.
Xkw Yonx, Jan. *24. — The $10,4X10, 0’ 0 Treasury
loan wm awarded to-day at an average of about
twq aud a fcalf per cent preniiuob
[f*W(; have occasionally Been cfTtwious of
great merit from the pen of the author of the fol
lowing eloquent tribute to our good old State. Our
gifted friend, however, w ill pardon us doubtless, for
suggestin ‘ that the first Female College in tic
wot id should not have* been omitted, as one of the
attractions of Georgia :
OEttltGlt.
EY EDIT. yoi\\G HILL, JE.
Fair Georgia ! How my heart swells
As that proud name salutes my ears ;
What scenes it wakes in memory’s ceils—
now grand thy destiny appears.
Although no more among thy hills
TllJ v. an i- ring ou a home may claim,
Mv Ivre in boldest me ,sure thrills
Whene’er 1 breathe thy glorious name.
Old Yonah, io Id# solemn pride,
Lifts from ibv bt i#t his craggy piles,
While et hi# feet hi# lovely bride,
The beautiful N :■ ><>. h<*, *:uih*? ;
And Kenesatv his double head
From thee uproars in power serene,
While uenr him, o’er its pebbly bed,
Kolls Chattahoochee's u/.ure sheen.
I pou th\ soil hath Nit Lure raised
iler monumental granite ro<:!>,
Around whose brow !nr age# blazed
The lightnings, vet it felt no shock ;
For calmly wrapped In cloudy gray.
Defying Time e’en from its birth,
It stand:*, naught telling of decay,
The grandest monument on earth.
Fair learning’s g : frs by thee are showered
O’er every one ; on every hand,
In academic shades eiubowerod,
Thy seats of learning dot the land.
Old Franklin counts her foster sons,
Who stand in Fame's proud lane, by scores;
And Mercer boasts the honored ones
Whose minds wore trained within her doors.
Fri.ui Oglethorpe’s time honored hulls
Hare i-*ued men thou ckfmfst with pride,
And Emory’s venerated nulls
Have sent forth minds of giant stride.
Upon her hill-environed plain
1 hith beauteous Marietta stand ;
’Ti# hers in arts of war to train
Future defenders of onr land.
Towards thy Western border line,
Near Chattahoochee's silver strejfm,
Where groves of maple, oak, and pine,
Drives off the sun's too garish beam,
A village -it# midst classic shade#,
\\ hicli taircr grows by every change ;
And many bright-eyed, laughing maids,
i! thee are fostered, sweet Lagrange.
Where o:i thy steep Atlantic coast
Uretk the wild waves of emerald green,
Savannah stands—the proudest boast—
fiiy “ forest city’’—seaport queen.
And farther North, thine inland mart,
Augusta lies fair as a dream;
And Northward still, thy throbbing heart,
Atlanta, with its pulse of steam.
Great Umpire of the Sunny South !
The wanderer greets thee form afar :
Thv praise is ever in my mouth!
Upon our flag, thou brightest star,
May thy pure rays beam ever bright !
lhu* wrll I pray, where’er I roam,
May no f?U discord quench thv light,
Umd of my birth, my youth’s loved home !
Oakland, Jan. 1, ISSG.
Jlr. Prentice In Host an.
Tiie I>o*ion correspondent of the Now York
Journal oi Commerce, tiie leading Administration
paper of the North, thus refers to his discourse:
Throughout the whole discourse, Mr. Prentice
spoke like a moral hero, without fear or favor,
lie surpa#scd even Choate und Cushing themselves
in his bold denunciation of sectionalism, whether in
the North or ;n the South. He exposed the traitors
lint abound in all portions of the land. The press
that had poisoned the public mind came in for its
share ol reproach, nnd cion the clergy did not fail
to get a smalt ocneiu ior c:ieir want dt patriotism
ami ior not. keeping the pulpit more true to its
mission. Hut his heaviest thunder was brought to
bear upon tin* graceless, selfish [Xiliticians, w ho are
ehicily guilty, in thin hunting for place, tor the
pre-ent degenerate condition of our constitutional
liberty. In connection with the public men, he
thought iho material pro.-perity of the country hud
been an active can-.- in promoting tiie licentious
liberty and political degeneracy that now prevail.
It was a wonder that the orator was not occasion
ally hi##- and ; so tar from that, he was quite heartily
applauded, though there were some persons who
looked as if they were decidedly hit.
Mr. Fretr-ii o .-bowed himscH to be an excellent
•e! j-a 1 nnd Lay!: h scholar, exceedingly well read
in good and sweet bouks. He has a very large
head, and a prominent forehead. He is a noble
appearing man, though not strictly an orator,
uni *•* condensed thought earnestly delivered i#
oratory. He might be taken for a wit though
hardly for a poet. On the whole, us I have heard
ol him, and read of hi# works; he is more of a
min than 1 expected to meet, and thanks to that
neighbor patriot by v. iiO' , <‘ kindne * 1 have been
permitted to hear otm who his alike increased my
love of country, and exalted iny views of human
nature. The country could well ’afiord to employ
Mr. I’rcntiec to deliver his lecture in all portions
oi the lar-tl.
“Don’t Sptak wo C ross.”
“Don t speak so cross!” said one little hoy, in
the street, to another. “Don't s|K*xk so cross!—
ther #no use in it!” We happened to be passing
at the time, nnd hearing the injunction, or rather
exhortation—for it was made in an exortatorv
manner—we set the juvenile speaker down as an
embryo philosopher. In sooth, tin* point involved
in the boyish difficulty which made occasion for
the remark, he might probably be considered at
maturity. What more could Solomon have said on
the occasion! True, lie has put it on record, that
a “.-.oft answer turneth away wrathand this
being taken as true—and every body knows it to
be so—it is evidence in favor of the superiority ol
the law of kindness over that of wrath. Hut our
young street philosopher said pretty much the
same thing sub#tantial!y, when he said, “Don’t
speak so cross ; there's no u.-e of it.” On the con
trary, it invariably docs . much harm. Is a man
angry ■ it inflames his ire still more, and confirms
him who, by a kind word and a pleasing demeanor,
might be converted into a friend. It i#, in fact, an
addition of fuel to the flame already kindled. And
what do you gain bv it t Nothing desirable, cer
tainly, unless disorder, strife, contention, hatred,
malice, and all uncliaiiiablcne-3 bo desirable. The
boy spake the “words of truth and soberness,’
when lie said, “Don’t sjwak so cross ; there’s no
use iu it. ’ — Republican Fanner.
Food ftnisi'il on at: Acre.
T'.ie amount ol human food that can be produced
upon an cere is worthy of great consideration.
One hundred bushels of Indian corn per acre is
not an uncommon crop. One peck per week w ill
not only sustain life, but give a man strength to
labor, if the stomach is properly toned to that
amount of food. This then, would feed one man
•100 weeks, or almost eight years!
Four hundred bushels of northern potatoes can
also be rai-ed upon an acre. This would give a
bushel a week for the sume length of time; the
actual weight of an acre of sweet potatoes is 21,341
pounds, which is not considered an extraordinary
erop. This would feed a man six pounds a day for
3557 days, or nine and two-third* veurs!
To vary the diet, we will occasionally give rice.
This has been grown at the rate of ninety-three
bushels to the acre over uit entire field. This at
forty-live lb-, to the bu.-hel would be 4185 lbs. or
at twenty-eight lbs. to the bushel, when hulled,
*2fiul lbs. which, at two pounds a day, would feed
a man ISO‘2 days, more than three and a half!
years!
Upon reliction, it is not very wonderful that so
many non-producers ate able lo find food, when
we sec how many mouths one laborer cun fill.—
A turnout .1 (/rint'hni
From tlie He ilbem Farmer.
Pro-jri ‘-be Agriculture.
Ihe N. Observer says the following good
things of progressive agriculture :
“ l nder its influence, spring up tasty and eon- I
venient dwellings, adorned with shruba and flows,
atnl beautified within with the smih's ofhappv wives,
tidy children in the lap of thoughtful age; broad
hearts, and acts as well as words of welcome.
Progressive agriculture builds burns and puts gut
ters oti tin in. builds the stables for cattle and raises
toots to feed them. It graft* wild apple trees bv
the meadow with piplns or greenings—it sets out
new orchards, and take care* of the old ones.
It drains low lands, cuts down bushes, briars, a
mo wer, house tools, and w agons, keeps good fences
and practices .-oiling. It makes lions lay, chickens
live, and prevents swine from rooting up meadows.
Progressive agriculture keeps on hand plenty of
dry fuel and bring* in the ovenwood for the
women. It plow- deeply, *o\vs plentifully, harrow*
cvetdr cud nr;, v > fir the blessings of Heaven.
*4 . _
Nhvut nm.j.kct a Cornu, however plight. Ilia
inexcusable, when a simple remedy like Wistar’a
Wild Cherry li.tLam i* within yoqr reach. In
nearly all cases this will effect a speedy CVII’O. No
family should ha without ii. j
MACON, GEORGIA : j
Wednesday, January 26, 1859.
COTTON MABKET*
There Ls a fair demand, without change iu pri- j
ccr from Inst week. Sales generally from 10 to
llic.
Savannah Market.—The paper* announce the |
following as the state of the market, ami tiansiy- 1
tions of Monday :
The market has been very quiet to-day, the sales
footing but 4‘21 bales. The burned enquiry has
enabled buyers to make purchases on slightly bet
ter terms than on Friday nnd Saturday last, but
the change is not sufficient to warrant lowering
our quotations which tve resume. The following
are the particulars of the day's sales : bat DA,
•1-1 at 11 ir, 241 at Ilf, ol at 114, 43 at 11 U-16, 10
at 11 !•!!, and 43 bales at 11J cents.
OUR ACKNOWI.EI GMENTS
Are due to the lion. R. I*. Trippe und Hon.
Robert Smith for valuable public documents.
THE SUPREME COURT
Commenced its session in this city on Monday
last. The docket, we learn, is not large. We no
tice the presence of several distinguished Jurists
from .South-Western Georgia.
Os Messrs. B. F. Ross and Stephen Collins,
were elected on Saturday last, without opposition,
Aldermen, to fill vacancies occasioned by the resig
nation of .Messrs. Freeman ami DcLoache.
:S ’ The Young Men’s Christian Association
will meet regularly on every Monday night at 7
o’elovk. Members are requested to attend punctu
ally at tiie appointed time.
t . \ AN GEISEN, Soc’y.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We must say to those who write for the Mttven
t/tr, upon subjects sentimental or political—in
prose or verse; that a little accuracy in orthogra
phy, punctuation, \o., is necessary to secure the
publication of their articles.
NEW HOUSE
We invite attention to the advertisement of Mr.
Evans, iu another column—also to the notice of
Messis. Fears, Swanson, and Pritchett.
COALITIONS.
Our friend of the Telegraph, should give him
self no uneasiness in regard to Southern Ameri
cans. They are entirely competent to select their
associates. Should they find themselves in coali
tion with Douglas, Forney, the Van Burens, and
others of like dubious antecedents—the associates
of the Telegraph —a note of caution would not
be deemed inappropriate. W'hy do not the edi
tors rebuke the attempt through its columns, to
ostracise Iverson ? Why do they not publish the
manly speech'of that gentleman ?
A NEW LOCOMOTIVE
Bearing the cherished name of “Emerson Foote”
was placed on the South-Western Railroad on
I riday last. W e regret that onr engagements
prevented us from accepting an invitation from
Mr. T. H. Fife, the efficient and enterprising
master machinist of that Road, to accompany him
on its trial trip, which we learn was performed
with entire satisfaction. The machinery of the
Engine comprises every improvement of this out
day of progression, and its exterior, all the svm
"r*'t of ii ilia* could no given to
a piece of mechanism. The Locomotive is from
the Works of Rogers, of Patterson, N. J., aud we
wi#h a long and prosperous career to the name
sake of our accomplished and revered friend.
B3RR3WINO AND LENDING.
Governor Johnson was’ a money borrower—
Governor Brown a money lender. By-thc-way,
should not the latter be made to take the “ bank
oalh : ’ Wonder if the State is not rich ojiough
to risk a little Brunswick stock f
WORTHY OF PARTICULAR PERUSAL
".I Smic in a Vermont I! ’infer,” appeared in
the .! [is*.-ages some two years ago, and is now re
published, at the request of an esteemed friend.—
It is certainly a very graphic and chilling sketch—
quite in harmony with the seasoy.
To give variety to our columns, and the reader
an insight into the moral as we!! as political phases
of Washington, wc also publish a sketch of a Gon
gt cssional sermon. Wo wish the sentiments there
in eliminated could be widely disseminated and
generally adopted. It is truly sad to witness the
existing, and we fear, increasing alienation of
feeling between the North and the South. Let
every Christian patriot and statesman labor to pro
mote peace and good will in oar great and pros
perous Republic.
MR BUrUS’ MAP OF GEORGIA.
I his rnuch-desirod eonvvtiienoo to our citizens,
is now presented to them, ahowiug a very beautiful
exterior, anil as far as we have had the opportuni
ty to examine, a correct delineation of our State,
ami as minute in all its parts as could tie expected.
AH our new counties are represented, together with
the very important addition of those in Florida be
low the Georgia line to the Gulf of Mexico, with
the railroads, Ac. There arc also views of many
of our most important public Institutions, ami
some interesting items in the history of the Statif
added to it. We can unhesitatingly say, that it is
far superior, iu many respects to any that has yet
been issued, Und we sincerely trust that the public
will liberally reward Mr. Butts, by their patronage
for his labor, [and of which he is worthy. ] No in
dividual in our State was better qualified, or more
competent to execute the task, and we think it will
give entire satisfaction.
MR IVERSON.
We are indebted to Senior Iverson, for a copy
of hi* speech, on the Pacific Railroad, delivered in
the I . S. Senate January 6, and which we publish
this week. Whilst we do not endorse all the sen”
tiinents uttered bv the distinguished Senator, we
regret to feel that his gloomy apprehensions in rc
gord to the South and the 1 nion, are not altogeth
er idle. Wo are at least, not unmindful of the bit
ter sectional feeling tiiat exists, North and South,
and the dangers that surround our institutions.—r
Still wc are rather more hopeful than Mr. Iverson
appears to be. Wo are somewhat surprised that
he should have not long since seen that the whole
tendency of squatter sovereignty democracy,
which has ruled the country for the last several
years, was to hasten the catastrophe which he {ire’
iHfts. L nder its device* the power and glory of
tin* South Ims departed. After the. next census
and apportionment, the power of the great West
will be still more apparent, liouglas saw this, and
lu.s governed himself accordingly.
MORE COMPLAINTS
’ W o do not belong cither to the family of Grum
blers or Growlers. It is unpleasant lor us to find
fault with any body. Hut so many complaints
have been made recently of the irregularity with
w hich our paper is received at certain Host Offices,
that we are constrained to allude to the subject.—
We -Stall charge the blame to no one in particular,
but trust those who have in charge the conveyance
and distribution of the mails, will look ns carefully
after this interest as practicable. The following is
a sample of letters we get upon this subject, and
makes its own comment:
Not*Bui.oa. Jan. ‘2lst, 1859.
Me**r*. Editor* :—I will inform you that I have
not received a paper this year, except the one you
sent me by request, which 1 thank you for. As
the fault is not yours, but lies in the officer on the
ear who distributes the until, and the package to
this office looks so small that he cares not from
whence it comes or w hither it goes. 1 am lost
when 1 lose the Messenger, and think 1 am a life
time patroit, Yours truly,
THE WEST-LANI) EOR CHILDREN, 4o
“The the Great West!” is now the pie.
vailing cry. Aikonsas, Tcxa, ami Louisiana are
the prominent and whither emi
gration is tending. The plea for leaving old ucd
tried and cherished homes for new ones, is, “I
want to procure land for my children"—“l cannot
tear to leave them a heritage of worn out and ex
hausted fields.”
That in many portions of Middle and Upper
Georgia, the lands present a very forbidding and
discouraging uspect is very certain ; hut whose
fault is this ? Certainly not that of the soil or the
climate. And will not western lands, however
rich and productive, after a while, present the
same cheerless aspect, under a similar system ol
wasteful and improvident husbandry ?
Hut of wliut use will any lands be to children
who are not taught practically and experimentally
the lessons of intelligent ami thrifty agriculture.—
So long ns ull lessons ami habits of industry are
virtually ignored or discarded, of what avail is a
landed or any other heritage to children ‘? Unless
labor shall be dignified in the eye3 of their child
ren—unless they study the soil and take pride in
developing and promoting its fertility—unless they
shall cease to devolve everything upon overseers—
often men without the intelligence or disposition
to practice thrifty and skillful husbandry—how can
they hope long to do better in anew country than
they have done in the old ?
The great misfortune is, that we have too much
land—too much for good neighborhoods, and
schools and social advantages. It takes but com
paratively n entail tract of land to meet the actual
wants of a family. We say then to those who have
pleasant homes in the old States, do not desert
them hastily. Take the Southern <'ultivator, South
ern Planter, and other valuable Agricultural Jour
nals. Study the profession of farming. It’ you
have surplus slaves, sell them to good masters, and
put the proceeds into railroad or other stocks, or
home improvementsjand comforts. This is our ad
vice, which may go for what it is worth.
The Statu* of Negroes in Africa.
One of the slaves said to be introduced by the
Wanderer, who had been captured by the United
States Marshal, was recently released in Georgia,
because lie spoke French, Spanish and Portuguese
<iuite fluently. The popular idea in this country
is, that the Congo negroes are very low on the
scale of intelligence ; whereas the fact is, that
they are quite sprightly and intelligent, and a large
number out of every ship load speak the three
languages named. It is a great error to suppose
that these negroes are inferior to our own slaves.
In Brazil the owners of the native negroes will
give boot in exchange for fresh African slaves. —
The latter are more docile, submissive, honest and
faithful.— X. O. Delta.
Why, we have been told over and over again by
those who have been instructing us as to the ben
efits and manifold blessings of the revival of the
slave trade, that the negroes in Africa are in a
most degraded condition, little above the brutes
in the social scale, and that to bring thorn into
this country, therefore, would be a most signal
blessing to them. We have been assured that the
process of catching negroes over there and intro
ducing them to the civilization of slavery here
would be a sort of missionary enterprise, a very
godly, Christian labor of love, faith and good
works ! Now, we are told in the above passage
that it is quite a mistake to suppose these “ gen
tlemen from Africa” to be “inferior to our slaves.”
•“in the contrary, it seems that “ they are quite
a|>l iijiltl]y aiw) i 4**6, rathor ft literary
people, speaking French, Spanish and Portuguese 1
To bring them over here, therefore, would hardly
add much to their literary acquirements, except
to learn the meaning of sundry phrases, or elevate
them in the social scale. Hence, the “ civilizing”
argument falls to the ground. They are already,
it seems, quite civil, “ honest and faithful.” But,
then, there’s the Christian department left. We
might by the Christian labor of kidnapping thorn
on the const of Africa, and several pious atten
tions to them on their passage here,
By npostollie blows and Knocks.”
We should be able “ to make them understand
very distinctly how it is that the violent take it”—
or at least them—“ by force.” Surely if all this
would not moke them Christians, they would be
past piaying lor, and might well be given up as
reprobates. What beautiful things cant and hum
bug arc * - t
Ilccent travelers in Africa have shed much HHit
upon the condition of the natives there. Livirfg
stoue, Barth, Bowens, (of Ca. ) and others have
within a few years past explored Afiica very ex
tensively, and from them we learn that the tribes
of that great peninsular are exceedingly varied,,
ranging from those [who arc semi-civilized, who
live in large towns, and carry oil many kinds of
rude manufactures, with features resembling those
of the Caucasian race, down to savages, besotted !
and bloody. The type of the negro as seen among
us, is found near the coast. In the interior the !
climate is better, and the tubes improve with it.—
Mr. Bowens, of Georgia, who lived some years in
Africa, and whose work has had an extensive cir
culation in the South and everywhere else, says
that, if some of these tribes could be taken up and |
set down in the Southern States without the com
mission of any crimes, they would probably be
benetitted ; but he declares this to be out of the
question, and he and every other African explorer
put it down as a thing that is above and beyond
all question that the/African slave trade is the
w orst and most terrible barrier to the progress not
only of Christianity there, but to that of civiliza-
lion in general.
Mr. Bowens has lectured in several cities of this
country ujion this subject, and we presume that no
one will question either his opportunities of know
ing whereof he affirms or his character for truth |
and candor. The testimony of such men as Mr.
liowcns; who speak from positive, personal knowl
edge, settles the question, if it ever needed set-1
(ling. No negro can be obtained from Africa ex- j
cept through the commission of crimes which by the
laws of Louisiana and every Southern State in the ‘
Union, would bring their perpetrators to the hal
ter. —,V. O. Bulletin.
Wisconsin.
In the Message of Gov. Randall, the financial
embarrasments of the people of this young State
are adverted to, and the question of usury laws
discussed at some length. The Governor con
cludes that the only safe rule is to “ limit the rate
of interest at a point below the average clear prof
i its of productive industry,” and that there is “no
, branch of business in the State, except money
lending, profitable enough to warrant the payment
of twelve per cent.” He estimates that more than
one-half of the cultivated I arms and two-thirds of
tiie city and village property of the State are en
cumbered by mortgages. He thinks, before these
mortgages can be paid, thousands must be pecuni
arily ruined. Holding that contracts already made
must be fulfilled, and that as to obligations or
mortgages already in force, the Legislature can
establish no defence, he recommends dint stringent
measures be taken to prevent a reeurreine of or
| addition to the prese-it calamities. If such mea
sures shall have the elUf't of'restricting the expen
ses of the people to their own means and earnings,
they will have proved a lasting benefit to the
1 State.
Hon. Sit err aan Clemens.—The removal of Mr.
Clemens to this city, says the Washingington N?SJrs, ‘
lias produced an impression of his entire recovery, j
The fact is, that so far from being well, he. is yet j
unable to walk or leave his room. His strength i
has been so reduced by suffering and confinement, ‘
that in all probability he will not resume his Seat
in Congress during the present session. He came
to Washington with a view to the effect pf a change
of OSSQSlatlQll,
PAJIFIC RAILROAD.
On Wednesday last, says the Xationol Intelli
gencer, ibc Pacific Rai road bill, being the special
order of the day, was briefly debated by many
Senators on a great variety of amendments. To
wards the conclusion of the session Mr. Beil, after
remarking upon the wide divergencies and contra
rieties of opinion which the debate on this measure
had brought to light, moved to recommit the whole
subject to the special committee from which it had
been reported, with instructions to report a bill au
thorizing the Secretary of the Interior to advertise
for proposals for the construction of three railroads
to the Pacific—one by the northern, central, and
southern routes. The details of such a bill, as
drawn up by Mr. Bril, were then read to the Sen
ate ; after which the honorable Senator explained
that he did not propose to provide for the construc
tion to the three roads, but merely to procure such
authentic information from the capitalists who
might submit their propositions as would enable
Congress (u decide more intelligently upon the su
perior advantages of some single route. In this
vvay wo could ascertain how large a porpor;ic:i ol
Government aid was deemed by the capitalists oi
the country indispensable for the construction o!
| such a work in cadi of the directions brought
S most prominently into competition with each other.
After ordering the substitute of Mr. Bell and the
| original bill, as amended on motion of Mr. Bigler
! to be printed, the Senate adjourned.
We consider the proposition of Mr. Bell as fair
j and judicious. Whether it will be accepted, is
| quite a different matter.
WHAT EOES IT MEAN ?
An article in the Telegraph of yesterday, writ
ten evidently by something more than a guasi
Douglas man, after counselling forbearance to
wards that gentleman, as the true policy, of the
democratic party, closes as follows :
“ It is apparent that as Gov. Johnson is under
stood to be a candidate for the Senatorship in
place of Mr. Iverson—the conjoint efforts of iminv
of the friends of persons looking to the same po
sition, have been, and are making to destroy Gov.
Johnson’s popularity, as lie is unquestionably the
most prominent gentleman named for that office.
The comparisons instituted apparently with a
view to defend Gov. Johnson’s administration, do
not, in my judgment, proceed from love for him,
or anxiety to advance his pretensions. If Gover
nor Brown can be brought into a hostile attitude
to Gov. Johnson, the purpose is accomplished
which seems to me to have elicited the many arti
cles which seek to put the friends of each in an
tagonism.
1 am a cordial supporter of the administration
in general of Gov. Brow n—l admire his firmness
—1 believe in his honesty. I shall vote for him
lor Governor against the world, and at the same
time, I greatly prefer for the Senate of the United
States, Gov. Johnson, to any other person whom
I have heard named.
The Democratic party, if it wishes to maintain
its ascendancy by the advocacy of principle,
should take all proper means to place in these
high oliiees, men of true distinction, and who
have claims from valuable public service to its con
tinued regard. A YOUNG DEMOCRAT.”
Now there is to our mind, a peculiar signifi
cance in the foregoing. The late enunciations ol
Senator Iverson, as well as his vote against alien
suffrage and bis independent course generally, i.-
doubfless distasteful to the Douglas wing of the
Georgia Democracy. On the other hand, it is
known that Gov. Johnson has been a great adnih
er of the “ little giant.”
A tioad .Vlovc.
Hon. Joshua Kill, of this State, says the Colum
bus Enquirer, is, we believe, the first, and pei
haps the only man in Congrsss, as yet, to call for
a rigid adherence to that wholesome provision in
corporated in the English bill, which refuses the
admission as a State of any Territory which lias
not the ratio of population fixed for a Representa
tive in Congress. In these days of political vacil
lation ar.d party intrigue, a consistent adherence
to principle by even o:ie Congressman is truly
gratifying, and we cannot too highly applaud
Mr. Hill for this movement. He asked leave on
the 11 tli iust., to introduce a bill disallowing any
Territory to enter the Union as a State until it
possesses the full ratio of representation, but ob
jection was made and the bill could not then be
introduced under the rules. But the opportunity
to submit it will soon occur, when a simple objec
tion can not rule out, and we trust that it will find
many supporters from all parties, notwithstanding
the Black Republicans are appealed to to oppose
it with a view of bringing in Kansas in violation
of the English Compromise, and the Democracy
may also be so inconsistent as to wish to ignore
the principle until Oregon can bo admitted with
her Democratic representation. The rule is a
good one—so all parties are compelled to admit—
and it ought to be insisted on.
The Ut-vival and tiie Itlinislrf.
The Now York Observer mentions as one of the
| effects of the late religious revival that very large
accessions have been made in the Presbyterian
divinity schools of the country. One hundred and
sixteen students ure now in the Theological Semi
i nary’ at Alleghany city. This is a far larger num
: ber than lias ever been in the seminary before.—
Other seminaries are also filled with young men
‘ pressing into the ministry. Princeton has more
than one hundred and sixty, and the village lias
been largely called 011 to furnish lodgings for
those who could not be accommodated within the
seminary buildings. The Union Theological Semi
nary in New York city lias one hundred and twen
ty-four students, and the effect generally has been
to direct the attention of the thoughtful to sacred
subjects.
_
COTTON PLANTER S CONVf NTION.
I am informed by the Hon. David W. Lewis,
i President of the Stale Ayr (cultural Society that
the Executive Committee of said Society, will meet
| in Macon on the eeeond Wednesday in February
’ next. As business of importance, to the Conven
tion, will come before the Committee, the officers
of the Convention, (together with such other mem
bers as can make it convenient,) are requested to
attend the meeting of said Committee.
Editors friendly to the Convention and the So*
cietv, are respectfully requested to give this notice
an insertion. DOWELL CODE,
Pres, of the Con.
Liberal Hrrjue*?.
The will of our late distinguished fellow-citizen,
Dr. Geo. M. Newton (says the Chronicle & Senti
nel, of Saturday,) after making various bequests,
amounting in all to *l3,uni) donates the remainder
of his estate, valued at nbout &150,t)0o, and In
many at a much higher figure, to the Augusta Or
phan Asylum; thus at once placing that institu
tion upon a firm and substantial footing, and se
curing to its managers the means of extending
their charities and enlarging their usefulness. Our
generous and esteemed townsman could not-have
found a worthier object oil which to bestow his
charity, and our citizens will ever cherish a senti
ment of grattitude and respect for the memory of
one whose patriotism and liberality prompted him
to so nolle a deed.
New Atlantic Telegraph. —The Paris corres
pondent of the Boston Journal says : in an inter
view u few days since with several English capital
ists, the Emperor expressed his confidence in the
proposed laying a telegraphic cable between France
and America, the termination of which is to be the
city oi Boston. The company is being formed, and
j the whole affair will he carried into execution as
; rapidly as possible.
Deal!) o 2 Kini. T. L. Harris
Was announced in the Senate to-day, says the
States of the 17th, at about one o’clock, when Mr.
Douglas addressed the Senate in eulogy of the de
ceased. The Senate was crowded to excess, hund
reds being unable to obtain admittance to the gal
!€<;§,
later frou fxrope.
ARRIVAL 0 F T H E
NIAGARA.
C'otxaa Declined— Market Dull!
New York, Jan. 22, 1859.
The Steamship Niagara, has arrived at this port,
with Liverpool advices to the Bth January.
The Niagara’s news reports sales for the week of
Hl,Wb bales. The decline for the week in Up
:a:ids is l-lcd. to -£d. Orleans remained unchang
ed. Holders were offering freely, but showed no
disposition to press cotton on the matket. Cotton
generally closed steady and quiet.
flte reports lrom Manchester continue favorable
to the prospects of trade.
Consols closed at and Dog tor money and ac
count.
Arrival of (he Quaber City.
New Ohi.eaxs, Jan. 22.
The Steamship Quaker City, of the Tehauntepec
is below with dales from ,Sn Francisco to the sth
inst. She brings Pus passengers.
The Steamship Golden Age had left San Pran
crico lot l anuui.i, with 1 <0 passengers, and
Obo ill treasure for New York, and *760,000 lor
Europe.
Business in California was stagnant, and money
very scarce.
The Legislature of California organized ou the
Ith inst., and elected W. Stratton, Speaker.
i Le Lecomptou Democrats have a large majorat v
in bobs br:ir_| of the Legislature.
lut ‘i-eiii!g Kurtiju Nr tv* Kent*.
Washington, Jan. 2d.
The Turin correspondent wf the London Times,
says that Surdina desires war, and it is estimated
tact Austria could master 10>>,<'■;. men in throe divs
lioni the Italian dominions.
The I ranklort on-tbe-Main Journal exultingly
announces that all Germany and Prussia will aid
Austria.
Intelligence from Vienna to the 7th inst., had
been received. The third corps of the Darnice
Imperial army, amounting to #O,OOO men had left
for Italy.
Tlie Kauiitk und Missouri tiorder Troll*
biss.
Leavenworth, Kansas, Jan. 20.
The outlaw, Montgomery, has given himself up
for trial. Brown, another factious ouilaw, has left
the Territory of Kansas.
Senator OJttglas and Fitch.
Washington, Jan. 23.
It is currently reported lhut high words were in
terchanged in the Executive session of the Senate
ou Friday, between Senators Douglas, of Illinois,
and I itch, ol Indiana. Ihe dispute grew out of
the confirmation ol appointments in fliinois. It is
rumored that Douglas demanded on yesterday a
retraction of some language used by Fitch, and
ihe demand w as complied with.
Judge Douglas’ friends say that he intends to
fight through his difficulties, if such a course should
oe necessary.
Cotliiycis oi’ lire Laws.
V\ e unc.erstand Gov. Brown has appointed Thos.
R. R. Cobb, of Clark, and Richard 11. Clark, of
Dougherty, to fill the vacancies in the Commission
created by the declension of Gov. Johnson and
M ij. Harris.— Telegraph.
ti.vllrnjsd .TSitting,
Wo find the following notice in the last La-
Grange Reporter :
The citizens of Troup, and nil persons interest
ed in the construction ot a Railroad direct from
LaGrange to Columbus, are requested to meet 111
the < ourt House at LaGrar.ge, on Tuesdav, the
first day ol February next, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
Prominent gentlemen connected with other Rail
roads, are expected to be present to address the
meeting.
AliJOl I.NMEXT UE THE FLORIDA LeGISLATCRK.—
Both Houses ol the Legislature adjourned on Satur
day 10 meet again on tile 4l!i Monday in Novem
ber ui*\t. ’1 lie recess now taken is a strong indi
cation of the necessity of annual sessions.
Mr. Edward Edwards, ot South Glastonbury,
Conn., has a vine of red native grape, from which
he made 25 gallons of wine lust fall. It isoflight
color, good body, and plenum flavor.
Anoite-r Pr.’*i in Atlanta.
We learn from a circular just, received says the
Atlanta American, that it is the intention of Mr.
Hambleton, Editor and Proprietor of the “ South
ern Representative,” to remove it from Chatta
nooga—where it is now printed—to this city. We
think the “ Representative” is rather too much of
a jire*-” r f er to subsist long in this climate ; but it
will be kindly received, nevertheless.
For TK Hot nr.—The Portsmouth (Fa.) Tran
script, of 1 iK-sday, says;—Heavy shipment of
legrocs for the far South, are made almost every
day by the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. Yes
terday about a hundred arrived here from the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and passed through,
and this morning another car load, from Ddawaie
was sent on.
A Railroad Connexion Defeated. —The House
oi Commons of North Carolinia has rejected the
bill for the extension of the Danville road ftoni
Danville to Greensborough, North Carolina, by a
vote of sixty-five to thirty-seven. This decision
postpones the euterpiise for at least two years, as
that time must now elapse before the proposition
can he again brought before the Legislature of
North Carolina, that State being subject to the
inconvenience of biennial Legislative sessions. The
North Carolina railroads, it is stated, roust lose all
the through travel, except for South Carolina.
• The State Road. —The Rome Courier is inform
ed by the chief engineer, Col. LeUardy that du
ring the past season there has not been a single
failure ou the State Road to make all its connec
tions, no train has run off the track, neither has
any accident whatever befallen any of the trains.
We arc informed also that fir. Lewis expects to
put SI,OOO into the Treasury for every day in the
year 1859.
Nicholas Losgworth, of Cincinnati, offers to
give a silver goblet of the value of one hundred
dollars, or the sutn of money if preferred, for
grapes that will be superior to Catawaba for tjje
purpose of wine—the decision of the question is
io be left to the Ohio “ Vine Growers’ Associa-
tion.”
What says our friend, Col. Sullivan, of Ameri
cus, to the foregoiug ? Would not the purple
Scuppernong take and then agreeably fill that
goblet ?
Exploits of the Elephant in Mississippi.— The
elephant that got lose from the menagerie in Mis
sissippi the other day, and was shot in the head
witli a Mississippi rifle, and died very suddenly and
easily after terrifying the inhabitants and doing
considerable damage in other respects, utterly
ruined one planter in llines county, according o
the Vicksburg Southron’s account. It says :
“ I’assing through his plantation, the huge beast
came across two stacks of fodder one of the
stacks he devoured instantly, while he hoisted the
other ou his trunk, and bearing if before him as
a shield, he inarched on in solitary grandeur. Be
soon reached a spot where the negroes of the
plantation were taking their dinner, when the un
usual sight which met their eyes, so frightened
them that they turned white. AVheu their fear
subsided, finding that they w ere all w hite men and
women, they deliberately walked oii, ami leit t it
owner of the plantation without a solitary dar
key I”
The foregoing may be suggestive to Senator
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