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Journal He JStosenger.
J. KNOWLES and S. HOSE,
EDITORS A SI) PROPRIETORS.
A. Loiigit lluvv mi'trr C airo.
The following “ poem,” says the Memphis drv
lanchc which we find flouting about on *Lo lit*r.i*
ry tide without paternity, e rescue ftom a state
of orphanage and adopt as an inmate of the house
hold of “ fancy,” mkia* bold to dedicate the sen
timent io oor friend Faxon, of “Southern Egypt.”
Directly in the * krotch* of the Ohio and Mississip
pi rift i-, upon a foundation composed of torty
tro strata of quick sand and of soft black mud—
Stands a city daik and dreary.
Where the traveler, tired and weary,
I-. met by people pale and sallow.
With voices grim, and coarse, nud hollow :
And their eyes looked wild and sunken,
And they act like people drunken.
Here at night, or noon or uioruiug,
Without a irDment’s w arning,
1 he ague's cure to take you.
And twill s fake you, yes, ’tail] rhahe you. I
rLake with it once, you’ll shake forever.
You’ll stop shaking never!
It shakes the tops from off the houses,
. nakra the men from out their trou eis,
.-bakes the hoops trout otl the- ladies,
Shakes t**e gew* g 4- from off the babie*.
Shakes wrLuteVr it takes a notion.
And it's ever after kept in motion ;
Sooke you once ’twill shake forever !
There's work enough for u!i folks,
small ones, large one*, tall folks.
All take turns to hold each other.
Father, mother, sister, broiher.
Hold each other w hile they’re shaking,
abating out quinine they're bocu taking,
And they’ll shake forever after,
*• To the land of the hereafter.'’
lu this valley, dark and lonety.
Haunted by this demon only,
The soil ia rich and mellow.
Where there people, pale and sallow,
Plant their corn when it is seed time,
Eat their quinine when it’s feed time :
Eat it lor breakfast, supper, dinner.
And they all keep growing thinner.
Till their bones come through their body,
Till ’twont hold their whisky toddy,
Then it is they’re gone forever —
Yes, forever, ever ! ever !
(tint* tor Ibt- .tlautii.
The Plantation. — Streak up land for Corn deep,
udug the subsoil plow, and apply all the manure
you c.n procure. Plant as early as is consistent
with safety. Prepare land for Cotton, tin owing
up deep and mellow “beds,” so as to get a good
stand as early in the season as j*o..-ible. Spring
Oats should now be sown—lrish Potatoes planted
and Sweet Potatoes bedded out for a supply of
“draws.” Fences must be now repaired, and Hedges
set as soon as possible.
The Vegetable Gardes. —The ope ration of the
Gardener must now commence in good earnest.—
in order to secure a regular and abundant supply
of vegetables, the garden iua-t be pul in a thorough
condition at once, let ft, however, be remember
ed that the soil should never be stirred, nor any
seed be planted while the ground is wet; in fact it
must be drv enough to crumble easily, when raked
over. See remarks of last month, uuder this head,
all of which will also do for this month ; and if any
crop, that was put iu before, has been destroyed
by Irost, let it be renewed.
English Peas may now have a careful hoeing,
drawing a good ridge of soil to them, parlicuLulv
on the northern side.
All vegetable seeds, except Cucumbers and
Mu>k Melons, may be plained iruni the middle till
the latter part of this month, as Beets, Spinage,
Parsni|s, Salsify, Lettuce, Turnips, Onions, (black
seed) Cabbage tor succession, Ac.
During the latter |>art of the month, Cabbage
plains it.ay lie set out for a crop.
Okra seed may be planted ; if put in rather deep
iv, s.:V covered with a couple ©t inches of soil, it
will be safe and ready to start as soon as the sea
.-on aid permit. Plant Irish Potatoes, and if any
of the former planting have come up, hoe and
draw the soil up, -o as to cover them completely,
and they will soon appear, again.
By the middle of the month, TV ater Melons and
a ‘.i.all crop of early Corn may be put in ; Adams’
Early, and White Flint Corn are the beat varieties.
Now is also the time to sow Colza. Plant the
seed daring the first week of February, and you
may have excellent greens in four weeks.
It Hot Beds have not yet beeu prepared, do it
at once.
Where Sweet Potatoes are wanted early in the
summer. put out your sets in a hot bed, that you
may have an abundance of draws to set out by the
first of April.
Tut Oku *tn am* Fecit Gardkx. —Set out the
i each, the l*iu:u, the Apple, the Pear, the Quince,
the Fig, the Pomegranate, the Grape, the Straw
berry, the P ispberry, and all other desirable Limb,
of fruit* and ornamental Uevs-und vines. Examine
Peach trees for the worm, anl Apple trees for the
bo; r, a- i dig those dc.-pcrators trout their hiding
places with the f-horpe end of your knife. Heap
leached ashes around your Peach trees from the
“collar” to the height of 2 or 4 inches above the
surface or the ground, or pour boiling water around
them as herctolore directed. Work around all
your fjuit trees, Stirling the ground well a little
1 art her than the branches extend, and apply a good
top-dressing of manure. Cover the surface around
newly planted, and all delicate tree, and shrubs,
with leaves, pine straw, or loose manure, to the
o-pth of lour or live inches, so that the roots may
be protected.
Tn>: Flower Gams.—Plant, at ouce, all Bulbs,
jcL as Hyacinths, Tulips, Crown Imperial, Dahlias,
4c., i*c. Sow tender Annuals in hot beds, and
prick out into open ground as soon as all danger
of frost is over. Bros and trim borders; plant
edging* of Box; spread gravel on gardt-u walks,
and roll the surface tirmly ; plant ornaments!
Hedges or screens of Arbor Vita*, Wild Olive,
Euonymous, Privet, Ac. Prune Roses xnd other
ornamental shrub*. Set out rooted plants, and
cuttings of the Roses, Cape Jasmine, and other
flowering plants. Stake all newly planted and
• pliant shrubs. Prepare ground for law ns, by plow -
ing very deep, (-ml soiling lb inches) manure high
ly and sow a liberal allowance of mixed seed, such
as Kentucky Blue Grass, White Clover, Herds
Grass, Texas Musquit, Italian Ray, Ac., Ac. When
sew n, roll smoothly w ith a east-iron or stone roller,
and keep oil all fowls, pigs, cattle, Ac.
True rhilosopk),
“We regret that c have not space to copy a
well written editotial from our venerable cotcmpo
i ary cf the Corner Jstotie on this subject.”— Colum-
bus liuit*.
Venerable, indeed! The editors of the Times,
getting along a little in years, would make the im
pression that we arc old. Why, we are not a day
over three score and ten, and our lather may be
seen stepping about the streets or traveling about
on the ears like a boy. It is true our hair—what
we have of it, is white, and so is our beard; but
haven’t we a right to dyC them as well as other peo
ple * The color w hich people choose to dye them
i- a matter of taste. We know a young matt whose
hair was too white to suit his taste, and in his at
tempt to make it Mack, he got it into a beautiful
purple. We have read of another one who made
it green. To our mind there is a beautiful fitness
between a goodly number of years and a corrc.—
ponding number of gray hairs, and it strikes ns
that there is a good deal of unnecessary trouble in
a man's going through the lubor of dirtying up bis
head aud beard every few days, with hair dye, iu
oider to keep down the while spots that will be
trying to show themselves alront him, particularly
when there are always plenty ol people about to
remember bow old lie is.
But about the “venerable.” We dou't care l;owr
“venerable” people may consider ns, or how old—
provided, they don't infer therefrom that we are
unable or unwilling to work; it any body enter
tains any such opinion as that, let him come and
stav in our office with us a week end we will con-
vince him ot his error.
V. c had a friend once who said that a man's age
ought not to le measured by the number of years
he had passed, but by the amount of enjoyments
that life had afforded him. Measured by that stan
dard, we count ourself a very old man. We have
never had much of this world's goods or of its hon
ors, but we have found life full of enjoyments ot a
higher character than they could allor and us, perhaps
higher than those they afford others. This world
las been and is still a beautiful, and a glorious
world to us. We have found in it a great many
good and bcautilul things, and a grvat many good
people. Bark shadows have sometimes fallen across
o*..r pathway, but for the most part’it lias been
umked by sunshine and gladness, and w- hare no
sympathy with those who find in this world noth
ing hut “a vale of tears and low grounds of sor
row.” A man must be a very bad man, or very*
resolutely bent on being miserable, who cannot
find constantly something from which he can ex
tract pleasure a ml happiness—ouieil.ing over which
uhe glad and to rejoice. But enough, we had
better stop lest our readets conclude that oor old
age is peeping out through our garrulity. —Corner
Stout,
A SOU i it EE NEK Arku.U)
The Ket. P. A. riuoUl, .Jot met!v Piim.-ip.il of
he Macon Academy is now a reSidefttof Loekport,
V Y., and Pastor of the Lutheran church of that
city. We Sud, in the Lock port Journal, the fal
-ouing sketch ol a Lecture recently delivered bv
■ini IM-lore the Societies connected with the Union
School:
“Union School Lcctcee—First or ths Course.
—Rev. Mr Strobcl delivered the first Lecture ot
the season course ot Lectures, at the Union School,
last evening, (IslIi). The general interest in these
l.ectuies may be inferred front the fact that the
Hall wa literally packed before the arrival of the
appointed hour.
The Reverend lecturer commenced his addre.-v
with some very appropriate remarks on the im
portance of the study of mental philosophy. The
mind being by l-ir the noblest |>art of our being,
giving to man his true nobility, linking him to an
gel* and to God himself, llow highly necessary
and proper is it that the mind should he cultivated,
not only with the vi**w to the full development of i
its noble attributes, but to guard ourselves against
tloe eccentricities to which it is subject, ami
which so often prove fruitful sources of mischief
ind unhappiness to ourselves and others.
The lecturer asserted that the tniud is subject to
almost as many diseases as the body, nud yet
whilst the disorders of the mind were more ter
rific and distressing than those which uttiiet the
•iody, they had received comparatively little atten
tion Amongst the mental diseases, mention was
made of idkn*v, hypochondria, monomania and
luna< v. The p.. oliar features ot each weie plain
ly defined. The speaker then stated bis subject to
be ** Id.osytteracy coti'idered as a Mental Phe
nomena.” lie traced the derivation of the word,
trom its Greek root and gave its literal meaning to
be ,*a jxvnHaiitv .i teiuperaiuent or constitution.”
she sense, however, in which he proposed to neat
it was “ a peculiarity of temperament and a sus
ceptibility to extraneous influences, producing cer
tain mental eccentricities, or illusions of the imay
i not ion.”
After drawing a clear and satisfactory distinc
tion between idiosyncracy and hypochondria, mo
uomauia, Ac., he assumed that in idiosynmasy
there was really no dethronement of reason, but
simply an eccentricity of thought and behavior,
occasioned by impressions cither entirely false, or
only imperfectly made upon the mind, giving un
due and improper excitement to the imagination,
creating very often the most groundless and ab
surd conceits.
Stalling with the hypothesis that.idiosyncrasy is
a diseased state of the imagination, the speaker
showed that this mental phenomenon, was super
induced by some defect in the senses which were
the chief media of communication between the
mind and the material world, or to false and im
perfect impressions which the mind receives whilst
in a morbid state.
Upon this assumption the lecturer proceeded to
show, that many of the eccentricities which have
Im?c!i observable in individuals, that many of the
superstitious, as well as many of the religious and
political fanaticisms which have marked the histo
ry of the world, are only different forms of idios
yncrasy.
The lecturer first took up the subject of witch
craft. lie traced the origin of this delusion ; re
ferred to the various creeds which different nation*
had adopted in reference to it, and even the laws
which have been enacted to suppress and punish
witchcraft, but showed most conclusively that
there was not the smallest particle of evidence in
history, either sacred or proiane, which would
warrant a belief in such mythical beings as
witr/its.
The speaker mentioned the singular fact that
nearly all the w itches of the olden lime as well as
the modern fortune tellers and spiritual mediums
were women. And thus the idea of a witch, is a
haggard old woman w ith sunken eyes, shrivelled
‘kin, long bony lingers, squeaking voice, so graph
ically dascribetl by Southey. It is difficult to as
certain why the opinion has become so prevalent
that women enjoy a special favoritism with the in
habitants of the unseen world. The fact however
hit? become patent, that they are for the most part
employed in communicating the mysteries, which
a.e bid from mankind general!v. It may be owing
in part to the tact, im*t women somt-utiies usmrrne
to te employed iu these agencies. We have had
an instance of this sort recently in our own vil
lage. It seems that his Satanic majesty being in
a very pleasant and communicative mood, and de
*iring to pay liis respects to a distinguished divine
of this village, selected a woman as the most ap
propriate luedh mos communication. Whether
this co incidence was in accordance with the doc
trines of the “ harmonist philosophy,” or the laws
of “ spiritual affinity,” he would not pretend to
determine.
The belief in witchcraft was treated as a cor
ruption of the doctrine tf the immortality of the
soul. All nations have some kind of faith iu the
existence of spirits, and of the possibility of their
holding intercourse with mankind, and exerting
certain mysterious influences both uj>oii the body
and the mind. When this opinion becomes preva
lent, it i easy to perceive how the ignorant and
BU|ierstitions especially, might, under the influen
ces of a perverted or excited imagination, be per
suaded into the belief, that they or their friends
had been made the subjects of that mysterious
power, wlm-li those disembodied spirits or etheri
:tl essences are supposed to exercise. But w e can
not enlarge on this point.
M<-merisia and Spiritualism were both treated
as different form* ot idiosyncraey. We have on
ly time and space to make a few notes on the lat
ter topic.
The lecturer traced modern Spiritualism to the
peculiar philosophy of Kmaannol Sweden burg, who
claimed that for 27 years he held intercourse w ith
the world of tie parted spirits, and was in this way
instructed in the internal ten ** of the sacred scrip
tures. The claims of Spiritualism were examined,
both in it philosophical and religious aspects, and
the speaker maintained that its claims were not
any better founded than witchcraft, and that its
influence upon the minds and morals of all who
embraced this delusion was decidedly pernicious.
To show that it was a delusion, he quoted the re
cent admissions of Br. Randolph of Utica, and
Air. I’air.c of Worcester, that they had designedly
imposed upon the credulity of the public, anil
that their experiments had all been of the most
deceptive character. Every point which the speak
er touched was thoroughly* discussed and enforced
by numerous appropriate and striking illustrations.
The lecturer concluded with some very whole
some advice to all classes aud especially to females.
Many diseases amongst that sex, were traceable to
some derangement in the nervous system, superin
duced by the absence of physical development
and thorough mental discipline. We must howev
er, close this sketch ; the lecture was a verv in
structive aud useful one and was listened to with
uuabfltcd interest to the close. If we may judge
from this effort, .Mr. S. may he ranked as a suc
cessful lecturer in any section of the country.
Bah Focxdation.— A correspondent of the A'ti
tional lutelliyencer attributes the unhealthiness of
New Orleans to the character of the ground upon
which it is built. Here is an extract which is in
teresting to good geologists :
That great eity is built upon a forest of cypress !
The situation of the place is so remarkable and
peculiar that it cannot escape one’s attention. It
is on an alluvial plain, of recent geological forma
tion, and of an unknown age and depth. An at
tempt made here some time ago, revealed the fact
that, for six hundred feet at least, the same forma
tion was obtained. Rows upon rows of the stumps
of cypress have been found growing over each
oilier exactly superimposed, each of which layers
must have taken a thousand years to form. Br.
Rennet Bowler, the able editor of the Medical
dour .?/, of New Orleans, iuforaied me that lie
himself had observed four layers of these cvpresa ‘
stumps within the limits of the city.
A GovilE.\ok with the Right SriKiT.—The Hon.
Win. Burton was inaugurated last week as Gover
nor of the little Stale of Delaware. In his ad
dress he uses the follow ing language, which we
commend to the Governors of ail States, both
north aud south. It breathes the spirit we mostly
nted iu our public .councils, and u[<on which de
pends the integrity of our institutions ;
“ Let us forever discard from our political faitli
the treasonable doctrine now proclaimed by north
ern fanaticism, that the Union, established by the
wisdom and patriotism of our fathers, and consist- j
ing partly of slave-holding, and partly of non- f
slavehciding State®, cannot continue. Let us ban- i
isli the fiße heresies that would inculcate the
belief that these States must all become free States
or all slave States, to insure their continuance iu
one government ; and let us strive to allay this
unhappy slavery excitement, now snapping the
cords that bind n< together, by divesting it of par
tisan influences, and leaving it, as we do other do
mestic institution®, for the citizens of the resspec
i>ve States and Territories to legulate in their
own way under the Constitution and laws of our
country.”
As 0000 as new. —Hundreds are now rejoicing
in emancipation from ik&tterrible disease Dyspepsia,
who have been radically cured by using the
Oxygenated Hitters, after all other mean® of relief
had failed.
MACON, GEORGIA :
Wednesday, February 2, 1859.
tOTTOV MAHKET.
The receipts are very fair fair for the season,
w ith a corresponding demand. Pi ices paid range
generally trom lo to IIJ cents.
Rorelpts of Karon.
Receipts in Jan., J 859 D,5u7
“ “ “ 18*3 fe,C75
increase —1,832
Stock Feb., 1, 1853 22,040
** “ “ Ins! 80,230
Decrease
Total receipt* to Feb. 1, lssv*.S4,i>43
“ “ “ “ 1858.44,17 fi
1 ncrease —89,87 2
The above are the receipts of our market for
the first five months of the seasou, by which it will
be seen that we have already received in our Ware-
Houses Thirty hi nr thousand eight hundred and
sect nty-tiro hates more than’,'the receipts of last
year at litis time, and twenty-three thousand three
hundred aud sixty-three over the entire receipts of
1358—and a considerable amount is still expected,
which will probably brin it to 1(8),000. It will
be seen by the above figure s that Maeon is not iu
the ret iodide as a Cotton Market. The stocks of
goods kept by our merchants, and the accommo
dations arid facilities allot Jed by them, has satE
bed tfie residents of the country within the reach
of our Market, that it is to their interest to make
llicit -ales and purchases here. Also country mer
chants, to lay in tlieir stocks iu our eity, rather
than incur the expenses aud trouble of going to a
more distant market.
In connection with the Cotton Crop, we would
say, that our fellow-citizen, Col. Joseph Bond, has
no doubt made the largest ever raised by any
in Georgia in one season. The amount
was twenty-two hundred bales, aDd purchased by
T. K. Bloom of this city, at over *1<X),000.
dpThe Macon Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion tender their thanks to Mr. James R. Butts,
for his liberal donation of a fine Map of the State
of Georgia. U. VAX GIESEX, Sec y.
Telegraph and State Press copy one time.
Savannah Market.— The Savannah papers rep
resent a fair demand, and sales on Monday from
to 12 cents. Sales of the week, 8,747 bales.—
The increase of receipts in Savannah this season,
at this time, is 192,789 —and the total at other
Cotton shipping ports, 953,934.
ACKNOWLEEGMENTS.
The Hon. A. R. Wright, will pleape accept our
thanks for a neat pamphlet copy of “an Address
delivered before the Virginia State Agricultural
Society,” by J. I*. Holcombe, Esq. We are grati
fied to see a growing interest manifested by all
classes, upon the subject of agriculture. By fos
tering this fundamental department of industry, we
best secure the prosperity and safety of our repub
lican institutions. Sedition and treason, spring not
up from the well tilled ground, but these noxious
and poisonous plants shoot up from the cess pools
of overcrowded cities and thoroughfares. It, is the
fatalities not the Ciucinuatuses, that the Republic
has cause to dread.
V e may hereafter transfer a portion of this ad
dress to our columns.
ST. VALENTINE.
The patrons of this saint will perceive that
friend Boardman has not ignored his memory.
AUGUSTA DISPATCH-
Mr. Atkinson, the enterprising proprietor of this
sprightly Journal, lias associated with him in its
control, Messrs. I). G. Cotting and J. G. Clark, gen
tlemen of newspaper experience.
A MISTAKE.
We learn by a letter from D. W. Lewis, Esq.,
published in the Augusta Dispatch, that the Ex
ecutive Committee of the State Agricultural Socie
ty meet in this city on the second Wednesday of
February, instead of Monday, as first published.
Mr. Lewis is President of this Society.
PUBIICATOKS.
Mr. Richards has placed upon our table “ The
Ladiks Manual ok Fancy Work.”—A verv hand
some volume, illustrated with over 3i>o engravings
by the best arti-ts. it is very bountifully bound
in line cloth, with gfft sides and back ; embellish
ed with eight large pattern plates elegantly print
ed in colors on tinted paper. Price $1,25. Dick
V i itzgerald, Publishers, No. 13 Ann Street, New
York.
We are not connoisseurs in such matters, but
presume this work well suited to a lady of expan
sive purse and elegant leisure.
Mr. Boardman lias placed us under renewed ob
ligations for the February number of Harper,
which we have glanced over with interest.
The hclect tc Mapazinc of J'oreipn Literature —
W. 11. IJiowkj.i., Esq. Editor and Proprietor—
for February has promptly appeared to regale us
with a ib*-t of good things. It is truly refreshing
to turn from the political journals occasionally to
these excellent Magazines of |>olite Literature,
domestic and Foreign.
Nor should we omit to notice the Southern Cul
tivator, with its timely hints for the short but im
portant month of February, which nppenr in
another column. We are glad to know that good
farmers view this monthly as one of the necessa*
ries of life.
GRAPE CULTURE.
We are gratified—and so doubtless are our read*
ers—that our allusion to Col. Sullivan, last week,
has elicited front him an interesting communica
tion which will be found in our paper to-day. We
shall be glad to hear from other of our friends
upon this and kindred subjects.
DEATH OF A NOTORIOUS CHARACTER.
Our readers are doubtless aware that for several
years the Democratic party has enjoyed but indif
ferent health. A council of physicians has fre
quently been called in, but still the patient has
continued to decline and waste away, until—as
will be seen lv reference to our columns—the
Court Journal announces its death. We think it
highly important that a po*t-,nartein examination
should be made of the deceased, that the public
may know whether Mr. Stephens was correct in
his diagnosis, and whether, after ail, the patient
died with the “ dry-rot.” As there is now no na
tional orgiuization—(not* indeed has there been
for years) —resting upon principle, it may be hop
ed that the good and true men of thecountrv, dis
eat ding old prejudices and prepossessions, will
unite in a common effort to rescue the Government
from its present jierils, and guard the Constitution
from every Invasion. Now is the time to build up
a great Constitutional party.
ACQUISITION OF CUBA-
Some idea of the magnitude and ,value of the
trade of Cuba may be formed from the following
statement of the New York Herald;—
| “In lN>s there were imported into this port
alone, front Cuba, 100,249 hhd*. and 1(16,947 bot
es of sugar, 47,H34 hogsheads of molasses, and
ti 1 ,416 bales of tobacco (besides thesegars), which
with the honey, fruits, woods, Ac., made up a
commercial value of imports iu round numbers jfl
twenty-five million of dollars.
l.ouixiamt Niiialor,
The Xatloiial Intdliyeneer, .lan 27th, says the
lion. J. P. Benjamin, Jof Louisiana, was re-elected
by the legislature of the Stale, oil the 24th inst.,
a Senator in Congress lor six years from the 4th of
March next, when his present term will expire.
There hail been a protracted contest in caucus for
the nomination, and when the result of the election
reached New Orleans, the public gratification was
manifested by the firing of one hundred guns.
AS THEY LIKE.
We think it was first the Columbus Time s, that
auggested that Gov. ftrown should be re-elected
without the interposition of a nominating Conven
tion. This suggestion, we believe, was adopted
by the Federal Union , and other democratic pa
pers. We expressed our gratification, and the
hope, that the people would for once be afforded
an opportunity of expressing their choice at the
ballot box, unbiased and uofetrified by party ma
chinery and Conventions. It appears, however,
that we have counted too largely upon the liberal
ity of party leaders and papers, aud it is no.v very
generally understood that a Democratic Gnberna
lorial Convention will bt* held in June next.
We are cut ions to know w lmt platform the de
mocratic nominee will be placed ape-- —for in this
matter lie usually has no choice. Os course, il
Gov. Brown is re-nominated, he has to be tak**n
with all his messages and vetoes annexed—upon
banks, State-aid, Education, Ac.—questions which
are likely to enter into the next canvass. Nor
wili State policy alone divide the public mind in
the next contest. Federal politics and measures
—the tariff, Pacific railroad, the acquisition of Cu
ba, the slave trade, and perhaps the Presidential
question—these and other issues, direct and col
lateral, will impose no easy task upon the next
Dominating Convention. We stilt think it would
have been good policy for tlte deruo-jraev to have
run Governor Brown without a formal nomination.
As the) like howoVt r.
THE RIGHT DOCTRINE
Those of our contemporaries who have mani
fested a painful degree of solicitude iu regard to
the course of South Americans, may find some re
lief in the sentiments recently uttered in the House
of Representatives by the Hon. Humphries Mar
shall, of Kentucky. We have not the speech be
fore us entire, but give the following extract.
On the subject of slavery aud the question of
Federal interference, Mr. Marshall thus lays down
the doctrine of the southern Americans :
“ The general government, being one of deri
vative powers only, will not interfere or intervene
to shape the destiny of embryo States of the Un
ion ; there shall be no central influence exerted by
it to incite , or prohibit , or hinder, any particu
lar system of labor or any sort of political insti
tutions in the Territories, further than to see that
they are republican in their fomt, upon the ad mis
sion of the State into the Union. It will confine
itself to the honest exercise of the agency delega
ted to it for the common benefit of nil the princi
pals under whose power of attorney it acts. That
power of attorney is the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, which expresses the grants of power to
the agent and the prohibitions, and the govern
ment must keep within the limitations expressed,
or implications necessarily springing from what
has been expressed, to carry out that which is
within the object of the expressed grant.”
Now* who shall say that the above is not the true
ground upon which men North and South ought
to stand, and can stand in peace and unity. This
platform steers clear of the Charybdia of Con
gressional intervention on the one hand, and the
Sovlia of squatter sovereignty on the other. Let
us hear no more of the coalition of Americans
with abolitionists.
MOUSING POLITICIANS.
It is generally conceded, we believe, that whilst
we still have a few patriots and statesmen in the
national councils, they are measurably powerless,
and that the country is under the misrule of dema
gogues and mousing political triminers. How ap
propriate then and considerate it was, in fitting up
the new Senate chamber, that suitable aeeommo
a.xLio.ivj >!k/mlil bt rutuiniiiui iu mosc two “ black
outs,” that they might “worry the rats which live
iu the house that Jack built.”
This cat- egory is thus explained by the Wash
ington Stales :
Tle Gluck-Cut Jljvtcry.
In the Senate yesterday, during the comments
upon tiie surreptitious manner in which some of
the proceedings of the executive session had been
reported, a very grave Senator undertook to throw
some light upon the subject by a very curious in
cident which he related. On Friday lust while the
Senate were in secret session, he thought he saw
something in tlte gallery, and sent a messenger up
to examine what it was. lie came hack and re
ported that there was u trap-door in the northeast
corner, over the lobby, w hose existence he was
previously ignorant of, and upon further examina
tion it was found that this trap-door led into a lit
tle dark room which contained two black cuts !
He did not believe that it was these cats who had
divulged the proceedings on that occasion ; but
there might be other places where eaves-droppers
coulJ conceal themselves, and he thought the Sen
ate should investigate the matter. Perhaps (he
workmen who built this hall might have been brib
ed by someone to make nooks ami corners in
which men might secrete themselves; hut at unv
rate it was certain that in the northeast corner of
the gulh-ry there was a cat-hole!
Immediately on the adjournment of the Senate
the mystery of the “ cat-hole” was explained. It
appears in each corner of the gallery there are
trap doors made for the purpose of allowing the
workmen to go down under the tressle work of the
galleries, to make any alterations or repairs. Tlte
two cats which were found iu one of these places
hat got in there in some manner, and probably
could not get out again. They have therefore re
mained, subsisting on the crumbs that have fallen
from the public tattle. This is an authentic solu
tion of the “ black cat mystery.”
TEE DOUGLAS AND FITCH DIFFICULTY.
Another of those disreputable scenes recently
occurred in the V. S. Senate, by which that body
is losing that high position and dignity which it
formerly maintained with the people. A harsh
personal altercation took place between Messrs.
Douglas and Fitch, which subsequently lead to a
correspondence ; for what object, the public is
left in doubt. The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore American, tints notices the result:
“ The correspondence between Mr. Douglas and
Mr. Fitch closed after the mailing of my letter
yesterday, and is published this morning.’ There
can certainly be no diversity of opinion that it
lias reached a very lame and impotent conclusion,
considering the very imperative manner in w hich
it begun. It is a singular feature of this affair—
which is substantially as much unsettled now as it
was at the outset —that the parties who acted as
the friends of the principals, or others colled in
as referees, have not subscribed their names to
the publication made, ns a satisfactory arrange
ment. The absence of this usual attestation fur
nishes the most significant commentary upon the
so-called settlement.”
I.arsr Sale of Cotton.
The Albany (Ha.) Patriot, of Thursday says that
during the present week, Col, Joseph Bond dis
posed of, in that city, his entire crop of cotton ol
lSf>S, amouting to over 2,2oobales. The purchase
was made by Col. T. R. Bloom of Macon, and
the net proceeds amounted to over one hundred
thousand dollar*. This is the largest sale that u e
have heard of being made in Georgia, and the
largest crop of one season made by any planter in
the State. This crop was raised in South-Western
Georgia, and grown on tlie/ollo.ving plantations ;
“Fowltown,” “Wilkins,” “Mud Creek,” “Ducket
Place,” Hickory Level” and “While Hail.” These
places embrace some of the finest lands in the
rbato. Should Col. Bond live a few years, with
his present income, remarks the Patriot, uud exer
cise prudence and economy lie will, jtcrhapx, Le a
rich man.
The Mon. .lolm IC. Hard,
The Washington Stuics of the 23th inst. savs:
“Gen. Ward, of Georgia, our Minister to China,
has been in this city for several days past, receiving
his instructions. He leaves on the next trip ofthe
Arngo, about the Ist proximo. The President has
clothed him with a wide range of discretionary
power, looking mainly to a further opening up of
the trade of China to our people. By the late
treaty the American minister is allowed u resilience
at Pekin, and immediate communication with (lie
Emperor. Gen. Ward hopes to secure most liberal
advantages to our commerce. Already by the re
ceut negotiation, it stands on a more favorable
footing than that of any other nation.
Senator Ivt ritonH Speech.
We will insert ia our next issue, say* the South- j
ern statesman, the huger poi tion of the pec- h olj
S *nator Iverson of Georgia delivered ia the Senate !
of the United States, on the t'ih of the rnesent*
month. We think that no apology, to our readers ;
tv.ll be necessary lor publishing so niiieb of the j
speech, to the exclusion of other matter, from the
fact, that the Senator in ids speech presents, in uB
able manner, his views upon matters that vitally
effect the South, her interests, institutions and her
final destiny. At fust ws thought that we would
g've oolv some si ->:t extracts from the speech;
upon looking over it we saw in ii so much that lol
ly accorded v.itji the opinions and convictions
which have forced thenoelves at and rivit.-d upon our
inii.d and feelings for the last few years, we thought
that v, e could do nothing better and more ac
ceptable to our readerthan lo publish the part
of it which we have concluded to insert in our
next paper. We have paid attention to, and watch
ed the course ol the able, hold, imlependunt, out
spoken and feailess Georgia Senator ever since l.e
tool; his beat in the United States Senate, and we
feel no hesitation in buying that the course of no
Senator on that floor so nearly meets our entire
approbation and challenges our admiration as that
of Senator 1 verson.
Thus speak* an Alabama paper of our distin
guished Senator. The do’bio RegisUr aL-o has
the following :
Senator Iverson. -The Abolition press at the
North are “pitching’’ into Senator 1 verson tilth all
their vim about the able speech delivered bv him
|in the Senate on the Faoiiic Kailioad bill. The
speech is a fine ili'urt, and we are not surprised
timt it should be to such a t the New York Times,
ami others of the same strips, it thorn in their
sides. lie doubtless considers such notices rather
in the light of compliments than otherwise. At
least we do.
We are glad to see that Mr. Iverson’s noble
stand in favor of Southern Rights and interests
are appreciated abroad, if not at home.
How should Judicial Officers !>e Eleotrd f
We copied yesterday an article on this subject
from the Macou Telegraph, in which we found
much to approve and but little to condemn. The
Telegraph's emphatic repudiation of the attempt to
whip the people into the support of party nomina
tions meets our views exactly; but we think that
the remedy w.hicii it proposes is not the proper one.
It proposes that the Legislature again take the
election of Judicial Officers into its own hands.—
Would this remedy the evils of a party judiciary?
We know by past experience that the Legislature
would more generally make party tests of these
elections than the people are now doing. Indeed,
many of those who are now advocating a return to
Legislative elections do so avowedly and explicitly
because of the refusal of the people to vote lor par
ty nominees. This is the course of the South-
Western AV/f.v and the Albany Patriot; and our
near neighbor, the Times, though it does riot dis
tinctly call for a return to Legislative elections
intimates that it will not strongly oppose it it the
people go on voting against Democratic nominees!
By a return to Legislative elections, therefore, the
Telegraph would aggravate an evil against which
it forcibly protests—viz : “the application of mere
political machinery to this matter.”
Neither do we believe that the Legislature would j
elect Judges or Solicitors any better qualified lor
their stations than the people would and at e doing. |
We have witnessed, in another State, a fair trial
of both systems, and although party politics still
have too much influence there, we are confident
that the Judges chosen by the people of Alabama
will compare favorably in legal ability and personal
integrity with any set ever chosen by the Legisla
ture.
The truth is, we think that, the people of Georgia
in their lute judicial elections, by disregarding par
ty feeling and intrigues in many instances, have
given the very highest proof of their capacity to
null • l.> Loot eLoice fop nnd wc
hope that they will retain the power in their
own hands.— Cos! ambus Jdmjuirer.
We were originally opposed to giving the elec
tion of Judges to the people. Rut the present
system is working ho much better than we antici
pated, that we are not so sure but it would do well
to give the election of even the Supreme Judges
to the Sovereigns. We are therefore inclined to
concur with the views above expressed* by our
Columbus contemporary.
Tlirce men KilleJ i?i Sirtvnrl County,
l'iie steam mill of Mr. Wiley B. Horton, about
ten miles north of Florence was completely de
stroyed by the explosion of its boiler oti the 18th
inst., and three men were killed. A correspond
ent of the I.umpkin l\tl!a<liu/n gives the following
account :
“ 1 lud rode over to the mill for the purpose of
laying in a bill for some lumber, nnd had just stop
ped into the mill and was conversing with Messrs.
Horse and Redick Smith, bud not been exceeding
five minutes, when the most awful explosion took
place that I ever heaid. We wore standing not
far from the saw at the time. Dorse A Smith were
precipitated out into the yard unharmed, while l
was knocked out of the mill-house and felled to
the ground, either by the force of the explosion or
by some of the living missiles from the boiler, be
ing severely bruised in a number places, the whole
house fell over and around me with an awful
crush ; but fortunately one end of the timbers
rested on the floor above and the other end on
the ground beyond me, thus leaving sufficientspace
for my escape. When I crawled out from beneath
the talleu house, 1 saw Messrs. Dorse and Smith
standing out in the yard in mute astonishment.—
My appearance seemed to recall their presence of
mind and they inquired if 1 was hurt, and remark
ed tiiat several persons must be killed. We then
went round to the furnace, and the scene which
there presented itself to our vision beggars ail de
scription. The charred, blackened and mangled
forms of John Smith, dames Hlaekburn and John
Johnson lay weltering in their gore with scarcely
any signs of life. Wc dragged them out from
among the rubisli and carried them to a house near
by, and sent for assistance and also for Dr. Wim
berly, who lived in the vicinity ; but ali creature
helps were vain, as Mr. Smith died in thirty or
forty minutes after the disaster, and Mr. Hlaekburn
did not survive until this morning, and all three
were literally scalded to death if they had receiv
ed no other injuries. Mr. Johnson still survives,
but without a .-olitary hope of his final recovery.”
There were some fifteen persons in all about the
mill at the time, and several others were injured,
but not seriously. The boiler was blown, through
an embankment of earth, a house and trees, to a
distance of fully one hundred yards up the Hill !
It weighed between seven and eight thousand
pound, and the force of the explosion must there
fore have been terrific. The correspondent thinks
that “ a defective boiler and carelessness’’ was the
cause ol the explosion.
Itaiit bridge- Drcatu r Cos a uiy,
Business here, says the Georgian, is more ac
tive than we ever saw it. Store-houses always
crowded; plenty of money in circulation, and our
Court house square every morning filled with wag
ons, loaded with cotton. Oil Wednesday morn
ing last we could scarcely make our wav to the
Decatur House, so crowded were the streets, llcsi
d ewees arc being built in every direction, besides
several large and spacious storehouses. The num
ber of strangers visiting this place is great ; most
of them are looking after lands, and not a few of
them are becoming settlers in the county. The
population of Decatur has increased not less than
twenty-five per cent withiu the past three years.
South western Georgia has always been considered
sickly by tbe people of the middle-ami upper pa it
of the State ; but they were nevermore mistaken.
This portion of the State is the garden spot of
Georgia as regards salubrity of climate, richness
of soil, society, intelligence, and, last but not
least, the beauty of the fair sex.
Laruk Ship vtkmt ok Nkukoes. — During the
months of November and December,says the Rich
mond 1356 negroes were shipped over to
the cotton and rice fields of the South. Tuesday
ini more were sent upon the same road ; and lot)
more are now in Petersburg in readiness to be for
warded to the same market.
There is evidently a growing tendency in the
border States to substitute free for slave labor.
In view ol tbe present high price of negroes, the
former is doubtless the cheapest. What will be
the final result of this state of tilings, others can
judge as well as ourselves.
I’OR XiiK JO CRN AI. & MESSENGER.
Vine Cuiturc.
J/> v . Pillion-; —ln your issue of the 2<Uh Inst,
you. have been pleated to mention my name in •
connection with the premium offered by Nicholas
Longworth, E-q., for “a grape superior to the Ca
tawba, for the purposes of wine.” Without any
hope of obtaining that premium, I cannot refrain
from giving you my views upon the purple Soujv
pernong, ;is tiie notice affords so fair an opportuni
ty tor doing so. 1 must premise, however, by say
ing that my know ledge and t xpe i ience, in vine grow
ing is very limited. D'.i from that knowledge, I
have long entertained u settled conviction, that it
is decidedly toe lu st vine, and better suited to our
-oil and climate, for the production of wane, than
utty other grape hitherto cultivated.
The Scuppernong, proper as you know, is h straw
colored grape, (and very tine for the tabic,) the
vine having every appearance of a native vine,
commonly known as the muskadine or buliis, but
like the last mentioned, it is neither, a certain or
prolific bearer, and no decent wine has ever yet
been manufactured from it. lam not sufficiently
Informed to give you the reason why, but such is
the fact. The purple scuppernong is ft seedling
from the first mentioned, and is probably a mon
grel or hybrid, between the two first just mention
ed, to wit: the scuppernong proper and the mus
kadir.o. I do not assert’ this to be a fact, but
merely advance it as an opinion. Let that be
however as it may, the purple scuppernong Las a
strong family resemblance to both of them, while
at the same time it greatly excel!* either, in the
quantity of the yield, and in the hardy, vigorous
nature of the vine itself.
Having said thus much as to the origin and na
ture of the vine, 1 vviil proceed, (in as short and
lucid manner as I can) to give you my reasons for
believing it to be the superior of the Catawba, for
wine making, particularly iu our southern section.
1. As to the cultivation. —ls I have been cor
rectly informed —for I do not pretend to have bad
any experience myself—it requires tv considerable
outlay of both capital and labor, to fix and culti
vate a vineyard of the Catawba grape. The ground
must be deeply trenched and highly manured, be
cause, I presume the roots run deep, and the vine
is a grass feeder. Now, the very reverse of this
is true as to the purple scuppernong ; the roots of
which all run near the surface ; n-Jfe some times
the small sprangles are seen.attached to a bone or
some other favorite food which may be lying upon
the surface. No deep trenching is therefore re
quired, and art occasional top dressing of the soil,
with muck and stable manure, and a lew bones is
all that is necessary, with the weeds kept down, to
insure a vigorous and healthy growth, while the
vine is young, and until it reaches a sufficient size
to protect and manure itself, which it will do iu
the course of a few years.
Again, I have been informed that great care and
trouble must always attend the Catawba, iu keep
; ing it properly pruned and trimmed. Here again,
1 the purple scuppernong has the advantage : as it
never needs the pruning knife. It is a great run
| ner ; ar.d the only trouble you have is in trailing it
properly upon your trellis work until it lias taken a
; firm hold upon the arbor, which it will soon cover,
forming an impenetrable shade, wherein no grass
j or weeds can grow, whilst its own humors formed
l of the decaying branches and fallen leaves furnish
! es almost a sufficient aliment for the continued
i healthy progress of the vine. If these positions be
j true, no one can doubt that so far as the. cultivu
j tion is concerned the purple scuppernong has
! greatly the advantage over the Catawba.
2. A oie, as to the yield. —l do not know the quan
•j tily of gallons which an acre of the Catawba wiii
yield, but we can form some estimate ot the pro
duct of the scuppernong from the yield of one vine,
owned by the writer : It occupied a small spot in
my garden, and covered by measurement, a scaf
fold thirty feet long bv ten feet wide, from that
j •
: vine 1 have gathered live bushels of grapes. Now
one hundred similar vines might stand upon one
acre of land, which will give four hundred bushels
to the acre, and each bushel will yield over two
gallons of pure wine. The vine Ims no enemy or
destroyer among the insect tribe, nor mildew, rot
or blast, to cause a failure of the crop, nor do
birds destroy the fruit.
And ns before said, tint knowing the yield of
the Catawba, I do not know which is the most pro
lific. }et one thing is certain, while the latter will
fail perhaps once in three years to bear any crop,
the purple scuppernong is a certain never failing
annual producer. Some times’ the late frost may
catch it in bloom and blights the germ, but its re
cuperative energies are so great, that it will readi
ly supply the loss in the later branches, and fur
nish readily a full crop, so that there is never an
entire failure of the crop.
:h Hut, perhaps the greatest advantage which it
possesses over the oilier vines is yet to bo ad
vanced, and that is in the vintage: It is well know n
to nil grape-growers, that the harvest is the most
critical period in the wine making process. The
grape must be fully ripe, when the wine is expect
ed to be good—and it must not be too ripe. When
the berry is sufficiently mature to commence the
vintage, every thing must yield to the pressure of
the demand, for all the labor that can bo had, and
every energy put forth to secure the crop before it
spoils by becoming too ripe, and begins to decay.
This I think is one of the evils attending every
species of grape 1 have ever read off, out of which
wine has been attempted to be made. Now, this
difficulty does not exist at all in the case of the
purple scuppernong ; although the fruit commences
to ripen in the month of August, it will neither fall
off, decay or rot before the first white frost in Oc
tober, and loses none of its rinous qualities by de
caying. This gives us ample time to secure the
harvest at our leisure.
For these various reasons, I give it as mv decid
ed opinion, that it is tV.e grape for this section, (as
to how it might succeed in the climate and soil of
Cincinnati, 1 will not hazznrd an opinion,) I re
peat,
Ist. Because the cultivation is not so laborious
or expensive.
2nd. Because it yields well, and is a certain crop,
neither subject to mildew, blight, rot, insects,
worms or birds.
tird. Because after the crop is once made, there
is no danger of losing it for the want of time to
secure the vintage.
Tiie wine made from this grape, Messrs. Editors
—one or both of you did me honor to test you
are i.s capable of speaking of its qualities— and
even more so than myself—though l have been
toid that with connoisseurs it would not take rank
a* n “ine, but would be classed as a cordial. Vet
1 was never more serious than w hen I assure vou 1
would not exchange it, bottle* Tor bottle, with Mr.
Longworth, for his sparkling Catawba ; but every
man to Ids taste. \\ it H great respect,
1 remain Gentlemen, your
Ob’t. Serv't.
THUS. C. SULLIVAN.
Sleuth oi i:. Hirtlsonv.
Mr. Enwaitn Birdsong, our County Treasurer,
says the Columbus Enquirer of the 27 th ult., died
of apoplexy yesterday afternoon, an illness
of only a few hours. The deceased was emphati
cally an honest and useful man, and enjoyed the
implicit confidence and high esteem of the com
munity in which he lived, lie leaves a large fami
ly to mourn their loss ; and the county of Musco
gee to regret its deprivation ol the services of a
faithful and acceptable public officer.
£.3?” A facetious boy asked one of his play
mates, why a hardware dealer was like a boot
maker? The latter, somewhat puzzled, gave it up.
“Why,” said the other, “because the one sold the
uails, and the other trailed the soles.”
FOR TflE JOCRNaL A.NO MESSENGER.
Thr Tii ca i re.
JT, sir*. T.ditars —One ol your totemporaries ■
announced a few days ago the fact that a gentle
mat) had succeeded in introducing, not a strolling
company, but a regular troupe of Theatrical per
formers into Macon. lie congratulates the citi
zens upon such an accession to the attractions of
the city. Alas ! that lie should have forgotten
that w ; tli its advantages (if it has any) it carries
much to Might and mildew the morals of our city.
It was said hy a learned jurist on the British bench,
that “ one theatre destroys more souls than fifty
churches could save.” Let any intelligent obser
ver look over the history of these “schools of mor
al-,” and he will find more of fact than fiction iu
the above remark. It is ul-u said that during the
French Revolution, when the mo-t ferocious exhi
bition of nnsanctified and ungovernable passion
prevailed that the civilized world ever saw, “Thea
tres increased in I’aris ft out six to twenty-five.”—
The writer observes, “ One of two things is cer
tain: either the spirit of the times cherished t!.e
institution, or the institution fed the fires that in
volved millions of people iu unparalleled crime
and Mill'd mgs.”
How much better were it that money thus
profusi vely given, were bestowed to meet the men
tal, moral and physical wants of the poor, who are
ever with u--. Macon has been well taxed in tfie
wav of popular uiuusemeiiU tins season.
A CITIZEN'.
TRI3UIE OF EJifPiCT.
At the present term of tie Supreme Court, G. I,
Bat ry, F.<q., announced to the Court the death of the
lion. Jon.\ A. Tcceer. an attorney of the Court
since its organization, and moved that a Commit*
tee of three be appointed to prepare a tribute of
respect to his memory.
Whereupon the Court appointed Judge Geo. L.
Barry, Judge Win. C. Perkins, and Col. A. Hood,
the Committee, wiio made the following
REPORT:
The Committee appointed to prepare a tribute
to the memory of the Hon. John A. Tccrer, re
port—
Cheeiless, indeed, would be life’s pilgrimage, if
man wa* deprived of the privilege of sympathizing
with misfortune, or mourning the loss of faithful,
cherished trieuds.
Tiie tears of sorrow the emotions of sympathy
—are tiie evidences of the truth, “that no man
liveth to. himself, aud no man dicih to himself;”
painful but Salutary, poignant yet consolatory, and
tell of the ennobling qualities of the human heart.
The mournful gratification of the living, as well as
a proper respect lor the memory of the dead, de
inuiui-i that the names and the virtues of departed
friends should be had it) remembrance, and be em
balmed with the tears of regret.
Friend after friend departs—
Wiio hath not lost a friend ?
There is no union here of hearts,
That finds not here an end.
With what painful emotions may the Bar of
Georgia adopt this sentiment, and attest its truth.
The brightest ornaments of the legal profession—
names that reflected their own greatuess upon its
character, and won for it undying renown, have
passed itoni the theatre of their glory and their
fame, to the silence of the tomb'. How long the
catalogue of illustrious names! With saddened
hearts and tec-lings of unutterable sorrow, we add
j that of John A. Tucker—our friend—our brother,
i Long associated with him in the arduous though
| pleasing toils of professional life—mingling with
j him in the enjoyments of the social circle—vve
j loved i.iai for his virtues and honored him for his
: intellect. Noble in nature—candid and sincere iu
conduct —lie secured the admiration of ail with
whom he associated. It were useless to speuk of
him here as a lawyer ; his commanding talents
have here been often displayed; lie has left the
impress of bis greatness upon your records.
V* e would not draw his frailties from their drear
abode; let them lay buiicd iu the gloom of the
ciave. lie ours the more pleasing tusk to speak
ol his virtues, and hold in grateful remembrance
| his noble, geneiotis nature. With what a warning
voice does his death proclaim the divine admoni
tion—” let him that thinketli lie standeth take
heed lest lie fall.” His triumph over the difficul
ties that beset his early life, vviil be a beacon light
to guide aspirants tor forensic honors in the path
ot success. May his sad and untimely fate ever
remind them that—
V* eak and Irresolute is man,
The purpose ol to-day—
Woven with pains into his plan,
To-morrow rends away.
j And while they profit bv the teachings of his suc
cess, may they hi ed the warning voice of his ex
| ample. His surviving associates who thus bear
testimony to his virtues and his worth, may he
taught by the mournful circumstances of his death,
that
Some foe lo our u(flight intent,
Finds out our weaker part •
Yiitue engages our assent.
Hut pleasure wins our heart.
We respectfully adc that this tiibute to the
memory of our departed brother be spiead ’upon
the minutes of lire Court.
GEO. L. BARRY,
W.\l. i\ PERKINS,
A. HOOD.
A tiue extract from the minutes.
R. E. MARTIN, Clerk.
We also append the eloquent and impressive
words of Judge Lcmpkik on the occasion, who
said—
The great and eminently pious Dr. Robert Hall,
of England, in a fit of insanity, rushed from his
bed into the open air. It was winter, and there
was deep snow on the ground. lie stumbled aud
fell, and the sudden shock on his half nuked body
restored him to consciousness. He knelt down on
the spow, and looking up tp Heaven, exclaimed,
“ Lord, what is man!” How vividly did the death
of our friend recall tins incident to my recollection.
Bteihrvii of the Bar—l cannot enlarge on this
occasion. 1 declare unaffectedly that my feelings
will not allow if. The image of John A. Tucker
lias rarely been absent from my mind since the
sad intelligence of ids untimely death stunned my
ears.
We will cherish in our inmost souls the memory
of ids r.oble stature —his great and gifted intellect
—his large and loving heart—his ingenuous dispo
sition—his guileless nature—his strong and sincere
devotion to his friends, whom he never betrayed
—bis urbanity to the Court, to the Bar, and to all
—his quick apprehension, his sound judgment, his
fertile fancy, his ready elocution, his many social
qualities, which endeared him to every body—his
sympathy with his race, which made him the popu
lar favorite that lie was. Os these the grave cau
not rob us. How touching, tender and thrilling,
was his valedictory address to the State Senate, of
which lie was a member, the last night of its ses
sion. But his tongue is palsied in death ! Yeiily
our days upon earth are a shadow ! Passing
away —is written on all tilings earthly,
W ould that I could w hisper a word of consola
tion to those who were the last objects of his dy
ing thoughts ! Prayerfully we cbmptend them tp
Him who will not break the bruised reed, and who
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb!
Haynevillk, Jan. 29, 1859.
J fex*r*. Editors: —By eailing the attention of
the Road Commissioners, or the proper authoii
ties, to the condition of the Bridge over Eacha
connee, on the road leading lrom Macon to Perry,
you will confer u great favor. Tin; embankment
on the Bibb side is in a condition to make it un
safe to travelers, ami there is great danger for a
loaded wagon in reaching the bridge on the Hous
ton side. If the difficulties alluded to are not
speedily remedied, it w ill be impossible to pass to
and from MACON.
A Xkvvspapkr Editor.— A newspaper editor must,
like the poet, be born to his calling, as in the ma
jority of instances, no amount of training will fit a
person for such a post, unless he have a natural
taste and aptitude for that description of literary
labor; for, although many persons are able to write
“leaders” or “literary articles,” for n newspaper,
few can be entrusted with its editorial control, few
can scent out the libel which lurks in almost every
communication, few can distinguish the report in
tended to please the speaker instead of informing
the nation, and the letters written to serve private
interests, instead of public ends; still fewer who
can tell at a glance the kind of literary or political
material which w ill promote the circulation of the
journal—in fact, a good editor ’s great difficulty is
not as to whit lie should put in, but what he should
keep out of his columns, Successful editors have
not been great authors, but men of good common
sense, ami their good common sense has taught
them to write but little themselves, but to read,
judge, select, dictate, and combine the writings of
others.— ChatiUxrf Journal.