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THE COUNTRYMAN.
concerned in a dig at ‘ democrats, and demo
cratic chiefs,’ than about any knowledge that
would make him a competent critic. So far as
securing good sound abuse for our little book
is concerned, we were fortunate, besides the
book’s being itself a mere bagatelle, in having
for our critics hard hearted, and hard-headed
old whigs, and know-nothings, with whom we
had been engaged in a hand-to-hand political
contest, in the memorable year 1855, during
which we had written ‘ That Wild Hunt after
Office,’ and the ‘Burial of Sam,’which gave
our opponents no particular partiality for us.
Phil Pendleton speaks of us as his ‘quondam
assistant editor.’ Please let us state how this
was, as we are somewhat concerned that the
public shall have a proper understanding of
the matter. In the year 1855, we sold out the
office of the Independent Press to Mr. P. C.
Pendleton, who converted it into the Central
Georgian, in Sandersville. Our good friend,
desiring to hold on to the subscribers to the
Press, engaged us to act as the Eatonton editor
of his paper. But we soon became convinced
that we were in the wrong place, for many
reasons.
In the first place, the Central Georgian was,
at the time referred to, so badly printed, and
our articles, whose proof we had no opportuni
ty to read, contained so many typographical
errors, that it horrified our very soul.
Our next objection to remaining co-editor of
tho Central Georgian is herein set forth. At
the time we ceased to publish the Press, we
had just published an editorial in favor of dan
cing (at the proper time to dance) which was
replied to, by Rev. Wm. Arnold, in the South
ern Recorder, becuuse our paper had been then
discontinued. We wrote a rejoinder, which
we sent down to Sandersville, to be published
editorially, in our department of the Georgian.
But flip (alias filip) — (we mean Mr. Philip C-
Pendleton)—being afraid, we presume, that he
would lose some Methodist subscriber, if an
editorial appeared in his paper in favor of dan
cing, published our editorial as a communica
tion. We could not stand the littleness, and
meanness, of this thing, and so we dropped the
Georgian in disgust—which had been increas
ed for the cause herein set forth, in—
Our third reason for quitting the Georgian.
That third reason was, that we had heard that
people had got to calling the Georgian the
Know-Nothing Triangle, edited by the Pendle
tons, and Joe Turner. This was in allusion to
the three editorial departments of Sparta,
Sandersville, and Eatohton, and was past our
power of endurance.
We have never liked the manner in which
Phil Pendleton treated us about the editorial
department of the Georgian, and always
thought, until within a year or two past, that
it we ever got a good chance at him, we would
be certain to give him at least one good dig-
But now we have determined to do no such
thing. When he treated us with the discour
tesy of publishing our editorial as a communi
cation, we suppose he was afraid he would lose
a dollar, if he did publish our article editorial
ly, and this motive was sufficient to decide ms
conduct, and, therefore, we let him go. ‘Rest
QUIET CAT IN I-EACH I’
We suppose Phil was a little nettled with us,
too, when we quit the Georgian, and this, ta
ken in connection with his know-notbingism,
'and our democracy, was enough to give spice
to his notice of our ‘ poems.’
We will end this second article on ‘ The Dis
covery of Sir John Franklin, and other Poems,
by saying that if our quondam Ass-ociate of the
Georgian-could have the boy which the roya*
Macedonian required to ride behind his tri
umphal car, to speak the same words to him
that were spoken to king Philip, no doubt this
Philip would be rejoiced to learn that at least
one person believed that Philip was indeed a
man. What was intended to humble the Ma
cedonian, would be quite a compliment to the
Sanders-villian.
Mr. Foote’s Plan.—“In con
gress, Mr. Foote, in response to some
inquiries, said that he was in favor of
a convention of the Confederate
States, not to supersede, but to aid,
the confederate authorities in adjust
ing the terms of peace. We had, he
said, more friends at the north than
we had in either France, or England.
Those countries desired the ruin of
both north, and south. He was will
ing, on the recognition of our inde
pendence, to enter into an alliance,
offensive and defensive, with the nor
thern states, jointly to enforce the
Monroe doctrine in America, and to
form a liberal commercial treaty. With
this alliance, British authority would
be swept out of Canada, and French
dominion in Mexico would be over
turned. Six or seven hundred thou
sand men would do the work, and
thus visit a just retribution on the
cold-blooded monarchies concerned,
who are now attempting to surround
the two republics, and limit their
growth.”
The Independent Press.—This
is the name of a new weekly journal
that has just made its appearance at
Eatonton, Ga. It is neatly printed,
abounds in reading mattter, and is de
voted to the democratic party. This
party, it understands to have been
founded by Jefferson. Those vener
ated statesmen, James Madison,
James Monroe, and Andrew Jackson,
are fathers in the political church to
which it belongs. We can not but
wish that the Independent Press had
indicated its coarse by men, and things
of the present, rather than the past.
In other words, what does it think of
Polk and Pierce?—Sav. Courier, 1854.
New .Paper.—The Independent
Press is the name of a new paper,
just started at Eatonton, in this state.
It is quite a neat paper, and well con
ducted. J. A. Turner, Editor.— Ltz-
Grange Reporter, 1854.
Literary Items.—"A correspon
dent in Virginia, informs us that Mi.
Van Buren Moore, of Tennessee, is
preparing to publish the biographies,
and selections from all the southern
poets. The south is by no means de
ficient in poetical ability, though it is
the custom of the north to appropiiate
the fame of those of her gifted sons,
anu daughters, who have become
most distinguished. For the informa
tion of our readers, we give the fol
lowing list of southern poets, selec
tions frorp whose writings will bo
given in q j*. Moore’s forthcoming
work. We are indebted for it, to
James Avis Bartley, A. M., of Vir
ginia :—About 1855.
Washington Allston, S. 0., James
Avis Bartley, Va. Hon. R. M. Charl
ton, Geo., A. Judson Crane, Va.,
Jno. Esten Cooke, Va., Phillip P.
Cooke, Va., Benj. F. Carter, I enn.,
Rev. Sidney Dyer, Ky., Rev. C. t.
Deems, N. C„ George M. Everhart,
Va., James Fitz, Va., Paul H. Hayne,
Esq., S. C., Hon. Win. T. Haskell,
Tenn., James Barron Hope, Esq.,
Va., Hon. K. R. Jackson, Ga., A. M.
Fitzmiller, Tenn., Rev. A. W. Man*
gum, N. C., Hon A. B. Meek, Ada.,
Smith Wm. Moore, A. M.,Miss., Rich
ard Kidder Meade, Va., Chas. Grari-
dison Parrott, Tenn., Edgar Allan
Poe, Md., Edward C. Pinkney, Md.,
Wm. Gilmore Simms, L. L. D., S. C-,
Dr. Samuel Selden, Va., Jno. R.
Thompson, Esq., Va., Henry Timrod,
S. C., Richard Henry Wilde, Md.,
William Wallace,Ky., Mr. Rouquette,
La., Margarot L. Baily, Va., Emma
Alice Browne, Md., G. Clara Coles,
Tenn., Mrs. W. D. Clarke, Texas,
Anna P, Dennies, S. C., Julia W.
Finley, Tenn., Mrs. M. E. Gorman,
N. C., Mrs. Caroline Glover, S. C.,
Mrs. Adilia 0. Graves, Tenn., S. An
na Lewis, Md., Jane T. Lomax, Va ,
Miss Mary E- Lee, S. C., Mrs. Lee,
Miss., Mrs. L. S. McCord, S. C., Hel
en Oliver, Ky., Matilda Caioline
Smile, Va., Susan Archer Tally, Va.,
Mrs. V. H. Terhune, Va., Miss S. J.
C. Whittlesey, N. 0.. Amelia B.
Welby, Md., Mrs. Warfield, Miss.,
L. Virginia French, Tenn.”
“A gentleman arrived at Richmond,
a few days since, who left Gen. Price’s
headquarters on the 8th of Decem
ber, and states that the general was
then well, and in excellent spirits.”
‘Musquitoes are very small insects,
but one has been known to move a
man weighing two hundred pounds,
and keep him moving a whole night,
at that.’