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THE COUNTRYMAN.
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^.“A correspondent of the Montgom
ery Advertiser, a Cuban in the con
federate service, denies the statement |
going the rounds of the northern pa
pers, to the effect that abolition doc- j
trines are gaining ground in that is-
laud, and that its people sympathise
with the north. He says ‘slavery is as
essential to Cuba, as it is to the Con
federate States,’ and that ‘the Cubans
can never forget that, in their dream
of independence, from 1848 to 1853,
they found sympathy, and aid only
in the southern states. If the Cu
bans have given up the hope of inde
pendence, by revolution, they know
that, should a time come when, by
negotiation, or otherwise, Spain would
consent to relinquish her hold on Cu
ba, the southern confederacy would
be the only nation to winch they
could safely attach their destinies.”
Singular Affair in Borden-
TOWN.— We have just learned, from
a most reliable source, the following
particulars of a most singular phase
of.‘spiritualism,’and of the perform
ance of the marriage ceremony, un
der horridly unnatural circumstances.
An individual residing in Borden-
town, who has been, for some time,
a believer in spiritualism, and its ic-
cornpanying delusions, had a son who
returned from Albany, in a dying
condition with consumption,last week,
and on frlday, or Saturday, he died.
The deceased had previously been
engaged to a young lady, aged about
17, now residing in the house of her
intended father-in-law, and she, too,
is a firm believer in the spiritual no
tions, as well as her lover, and his fa
ther.
On sunday morning last, with the
conseut of the young man’s father,this
young lady was married to the corpse,
by the ‘spiritual ceremony,’ which
was performed through a hoy, who
acted as medium ! The young lady
was attired in all the usual bridal par
aphernalia, at the ceremony, and af
ter,it was over, the funeral of the de
ceased took place. It was attended,
we learn, by upwards of two thou
sand persons from Bordentown, and
vicinity, who- had been attracted to
the spot by a morbid curiosity.
The young lady acted, at the grave,
like one really possesed of an evil
spirit;, she raved, and flung herself in
to the grave, and was, with great dif
ficulty, borne from the spot, to the
residence of the madman, whom she
regards as her father-in-law. Since
the funeral, she lives at his house, and,
at meals, a plate, cup, and a portion
of all the condiments of the table are
set apart for the dead man, whose
empty chair these victims of dcmon-
ism supposq to be tenanted by his
spiritual body.
The unfortunate young lady is the
daughter of respectable parents, who
formerly resided in Burlington, but
who have removed to California,
whither she intends following them.
We talk of the ‘ light of the nine
teenth century,’ hut, we ask, in all
solemnity, could the annals of middle
African Fetish-worship—could the
darkest pollutions of Oriental De.vil-
woishjp—could ihe gloomiest delu
sions of the middle ages, or the black
est paganism of any age, or count ry,
show a more horrible picture of hu
man madness, and hallucination ? We
think not!—Pennsylvania Inquirer,
Aug. 6.
Arming Negroes.—“Speaking of
the project of putting 200,000 negroes
into the army, the Milledgeville Re
corder, with its proverbial caution,
says :
Let us try 10,000 negroes, as sol
diers, and if they prove true, can
stand fire, will go into a fight with
energy, then those of us who thought
differently will be encouraged, and
willing to put in the 200,000, without
reserve. It must he remembered, that
it is but au experiment, and the taking
of such a number of negroes, at once,
from the agricultural interests ot the
nation, might work injuriously.”
Sumner a Plagiarist,—‘‘North
ern journals, of Mr. Sumner’s pecu
liar stripe of politics, have been quite
lavish in their praise of his last speech.
They have pronounced it Demosthen
ic, &c., and the Buffalo Republic takes
occasion to show, that, in this respect,
they are not far out of the way. It
quotes from Demosthenes' great ora
tion On the crown :
‘ It cannot be that you have acted
wrong, in encountering danger brave
ly for the liberty, and safety of all
Greece. No ! by the generous souls
who were exposed at Marathon! By
those who stood arrayed at Platsea !
By those who encountered the Per
sian fleet at Salamis,-—who fought at
Artemisium ! By all those illustrious
sons of Athens, whose, remains lie de
posited in the public monuments ! #
* * * What belongs to gallant men,
they all performed—their success was
such as Providence dispenses to each.’
The following is from Senator Sum
ner’s speech :
‘But it cannot be that, she acts
wrong for herself, and children, when,
in this cause, she thus encounters re
proach. No ! by the generous souls
wh > were exposed at Lexington—by
those who stood arrayed at Bunker
Hill—by the many from her bosom,
who, on all the fields of the first great
struggle, lent their vigorous arms to
the great cause, of all —by the chil
dren she has borne, whose names
alone, are national trophies—is Mas
sachusetts r.ow vowed irrevocably to
this work. What belongs to the
faithful servant, she will do in all
things, ana Providence shall determine
the result.’ About 1854,
It always gives us pleasure to no
tice, in a favorable manner, those con
federate officers who energetically and
faithfully discharge their duties; and
among this class, is Captain W. W.
Meriwether, A. C. S., who has suc
ceeded. by his untiring energy, in
bringing from the Mississippi bottom,
to. this point, 6,000 head ot hogs,
where they were shipped, by railroad,
to Cuba station, to be slaughtered for
the government. Captain Meriwether
also assisted in crossing, and brought
from the Mississippi river, last fall,
8,000 head of Texas cattle, without
the loss of any, notwithstanding tie
was closely pressed, several times, by
the enemy. He is a Kentuckian, and
a nephew of David Meriwether, a for
mer congressman from that state.—
Brandon Republican.
Independent Press.—This is the
name of a new paper, published in
Eatonton, Gra., by J. A. Turner, Esq.
It is very handsomely gotten up, both
as to matter, and manner. It pro
fesses to he democratic, hut yet does
not seem to be much pleased with Mr.
Pierce’s administration. We take it
that the editor must belong to the
union wing of the party, as Mr. Pierce
does not seem to he itr very good odor
with that wing.— Columbus Corner
Stone, 1854.,
Suspension.—J. A. Turner, Esq., of the
Eatonton Independent Press, announces
that the publication of that paper is sus
pended, for the present. The causes are,
first, that those indebted to him do not
pay up, and, second, the amount of labor
required by his position, :s more than he
can perform. We shall miss the Press
from our list, and hope soon to see its
publication resumed, under more favorable
auspices.—Albany Courier.
“The following arc some of the salarie#
paid in Richmond:
Mayor $8,000
Clerk'lo.f Council — 8,000
Auditor - 8,000
Engineir - - - 7,000
Engineer of Fire Depa 1 traent. ... 7,00"
Clerk of the Market.........— 7,000-”