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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
iM^ooisr,
Tuesday Morning, February 8.
Buncombe Legislation and Dema-
GOGUISM.
“The world mores! On the motion of Mr.
Grow of Penn., the homestead Bill was passed ^ gtote to bold , Convcntioo for fee purpose
... the House of Representatives yesterday, by candidates for Governor. These
The (tiibcrnnlorinl Convention.
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but the date omitted and no post office named.
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on the envelope, which happened to be distinct,
but io the other it could not be deciphered, and
therefore, unless some one can tell us the post
offioe of Dr. ■, we cannot send him the
paper, although he has ordered and paid for
it An order for the Telegraph may be very
brief and dear, as follows: “Enclosed is
dollar. Send Telegraph to J at
Post Office, county, Georgia.'
Sinoe the foregoing, we think wc hare learn
ed th« Doctor's P. 0. by inquiry.
Our Musical Friend
Is a publication to whidi we should have cal.
led attention last week. It furnishes approved
and standard music, as well as new, at a much
cheaper rate than it can be purchased in any
other way. It is well got up. See advertise
ment
National Engravings.
Mr. W. H. Holbrooke, of 157 Broadway, New
York, and Pall Mall, London, called on us last
week and exhibited two of a series of “Nation
al Engravings,” which he has now in course of
publication. The first was “Wyoming,” a spir
ited representation of the frightful massacre in
that peaceful valley, in which the struggles of
the defenceless reapers with the murderous
savages are depicted with a life-like effect The
second is a home scene at Mount Vernon, sug
gested in Irving’s notes, in which Washington,
at the age of thirty, is represented as just re
turned from a successful hunt with Lord Fair
fax. The floor is piled with hare and feathered
game, and the pair arc intent upon the motions
ofJToney, who has a noble buck upon the scales
to find his weight, while Mrs. Washington has
just entered with refreshments, and behind her,
her two children with a coy and eager curiosity
on their countenances. Both are fine pictures
and do Mr. Holbrooke great credit. We are
Prince's Protean Fountain Pen.
Mr. B. P. Driggs, Traveling Agent for this
novel invention, is now in this city soliciting or
ders, and will, in s day or two, leave for Colum
bus and Montgomery. The Fountain Pen is an
ingenious contrivance, by which the holder,
made of India Rubber, conveys an unintcruptcd
supply of ink to the gold pen for six or eight
hours' steady writing. Mr. Driggs has many
patterns of them, adapted to ladies as well as
gentlemen; and has, also, several ingenious
little articles of India rubber, which, in this
shape, resembles ebony in color and consisten
cy. The Fountain Pen has won many and pow
erful friends here.
a vote of 120 to 76. This bill gives to every
head of a family, who Is a citizen or lias de
clared his intention to become such, 160 acres
from any unappropriated land belonging to the
United States, on the simple condition that
he shall make his home upon it and cultivate it
Had this bill become a law fifteen years ago,
it would have saved a vast deal of public cor
ruption ; and would have added immensely to
the power and happiness of the country.
—Now let us see the vote on it in the Senate.”
That is the New York Tribune’s shout, as
fugleman of the “vote yourself a farm party,’,
over the passage by the House on the 1st inst,
of a measure so clearly defenceless on any sound
principle of public policy, economy, or justice,
that one is somewhat at a loss to imagine what
could be said in faror of it It is the offspring
of demagoguism, brought forth of moral cowar
dice and distrust of the people. The yew plan
it to catch votes, and the many support it in fear
oflosing them; and thus the passage of such
bill by the representatives of the people gives an
ugly exhibition of one evil tendency of our po
litical system, which, though the best in the
world, has, like every human invention, its pe
culiar faults and dangers. Since the origin of
these bounty land measures, they have been
steadily running from bad to worse, till they
have at last come down to this absurd point of
giving away the public property unasked—for
nothing at all—except the blessed condescen
sion of taking it
It is a queer piece of business, look at it in any
shape you may. Upon what principle shall the
government of the United States hold itself
bound to furnish the people with farms, and
then hold herself clear of the collateral duty of
stocking them ? Surely the farm will be use
less to “each head of a family” without stock
and utensils to work it, and this ought to be the
next proposition in order. There must beseed,
too, and a little stock of provisions, household
furniture, and a house to put it in.
And why should Congress come down on land
altogether as the only thing worthless enough
to give away ? We think this idea is insulting
to the land-holders and agriculturists of the
country. The land has cost the government a
great deal of money and blood, and if price is
an clement or a measure of value, the public
land is certainly not valueless. Look at what
we have won by arms. The wars of the revo
lution and of 1812, were very costly affairs in
both life and money. The war with Mexicothe
same, and then ending in an expensive purchase
pleased to learn they met with ready sale. *** J* Florida war and many others of
Z J / the Indian wars, by which public land was
~ ‘ * — — * wrested from the savages, were all prosecuted
at great sacrifice of money and life, and some
times after an expensive money purchase of the
land; and not a foot of public territory remains
Advertisements.
Space runs short, and we can only call at
tention to the favors of our advertisers. See
the advertisement of Messrs. Bostick & Kein
—of B. A. Wise, onr stirring neighbor—of
Mr. Waterman—Mr. Evans, with his new fam
ily Grocery—of R. P. McEvoy, and others.—
Note the splendid sale advertised next Tues
day, by Benton, of Statuaiy, and works of
vertu in general. Horne is again in the field
and we speak but the universal verdict when
we say that Home not only sells good things,
but serves up with a due correspondence in
taste and cookeiy. Horne is had in reve
rence by nil the hungry. May “his horn be
exalted,” and shadow never grow less!
Supreme Court
Commenced the third week of its session, at
this place, on yesterday morning—six cases yet
remain to be argued on the Chattahoochee
Docket It is thought that the call of the Ma
con Docket will be commenced to-morrow mor
ning, and that the remainder of this week, and
all the next, will be occupied in the argument
and discussion of cases yet undisposed of
No case of general interest has been argued
since our last
We notice among others, the following gen
tlemen In attendance on the Court:—Messrs.
Dougherty, John A. Jones, A. H. Cooper, L.
T. Downing, James Johnson, "Wiley Williams.
James A. Ramsay, of Columbus; Messrs. Be-
thune, Smith, Pou, and Perryman, of Talbot;
Messrs. May, Corbitt and Reese, of Butler,
Blanford of Marion, Pringlo of Houston, and
Hunter of Crawford.
We understand the Bar were very much a-
mused at Judge Lumpkin’s opinion, pronounc
ed on Saturday last, in affirming the judgment
of the Court below, in a case where a defendant
had been convicted of vagrancy. Tho indict
ment goes on to charge that a certain person
with force and arms, did wander and stroll a-
bout, leading an idle and profligate life, and
who is able to work and refuses so to do, to
support himself. Just think of it—a person
charged with force and arms, leading an idle
life and refusing to work. The learned Judge
thought that under the testimony in tho case, a
large number of “ valuable members of society"
in our State, might be invited into Court and
sent from thence to the Penitentiary, where
they would be forced to do hard labor.
He seemed to favor a more rigorous execu
tion of the vagrant laws and he was doubtless
correct.
which does not represent a positive money price
to the country. But no complaint has ever
yet been made about the price paid, as if the
public held the land to be valueless. On the
contrary, it is in serious contemplation to buy
more, and the talk is now that if we can buy
the Island of Cuba at 150 millions, it will be a
good purchase. Why, therefore, Congress
should conceive that land is the only thing
which may be given away—or that it is right
to give away land, but not the money which it
costs, is not plain to our comprehension. We
think “each head of a family” has just as strong
claim to a gratuity of $200 out of the public
treasury, as he has to 160 acres of land, and we
could never vote for a measure of this character
without giving him the election, in order to deal
out even handed justice and serve all alike
Why should the squatter on the frontier fare
better than the "more necessitous laboring man
of the city or village, who can't avail himself of
this land bounty—can’t remove to and occupy
the land?
Furthermore, on what principle of justice to
posterity is it upon which Congress determines
that the landless of this generation only shall bo
provided for at the public expense ? The public
domain will run out in time, but the landless
never. On the contrary, they will increase
vastly in numbers and in ratio to the popula
lion, and why not leave a chance for cheap
lands to posterity? One might conclude the
public lands a great curse, or afflicted with
small pox, from the terrible anxiety of Congress,
in the last ten years, to be rid of them.
The Soldiers’ Bounty Land Bills were defen
ded as pensions for public service; but wherein
they justly held that position, it would have
been much better to have substituted the money
at the rate of a dollar and a quarter for every
acre granted. It would have saved an immen
sity of fraud, pcijury and shaving, by which, in
tho end, the bulk of the grants passed into the
hands of speculators, leaving the mass of the
grantees a moiety of the bounty. But upon
what consideration shall wc sustain the grants
made by this bill ? If it is a reward for being
born in the country—that could not well be
avoided; for being naturalized—that surely ought
to have been its own reward; for being married
—that is a libel on the charming sex; if the bill
is meant to encourage emigration—nobody com
plains of a lack of it, amd the wannest suppor
ters of this bill came into Congress as Northern
Americans in opposition to foreign immigra
tion if to encourage settlement—that is going
on too fast for the benefit of the older States
and the substantial progress of the new ones;—
| of nominating candidates for Governor,
conventions have usually been held in Milledge-
ville m the month of June or July before the
October election. Delegates are generally cho
sen to attend these conventions by tl.e v|
rious counties during the session of the Sprin
Term of the Superior Courts, and as the Spring
Circuits will commence within three or lour
weeks, we beg leave to call the attention of the
Central Executive Democratic Committee to the
fact and suggest a call for a meeting to fix the
time and place for holding the Convention.
At the last State Convention which nomina
ted Gov. Brown, a committee of three from each
Congressional District was appointed, and we
believe CoL John W. Duncan was the mover of
the resolution, and by parliamentary usage
would be the chairman. We are not certain as
to Mr. Duncan's action in this matter, but if we
are correct, it would not be improper for him to
call the committee together for the purpose of
early action.
We are very glad to notice that a large ma
jority of the Democratic papers of the State unite
in the call for a convention, and we suppose the
few Journals that united in adverse suggestion
will readily yield to the wishes of so large a
majority publicly expressed.
The time for holding the last convention be
came'tbc subject of a long and somewhat bitter
controversy, and threatened to lead to unpleas
ant results, but as the Committee are invested
with the control of this question, we have no
doubt the time and place, as suggested by that
body, will not meet with serious opposition from
any quarter.
Hon. Levi B. Smith, of Talbot; Hon. J. M.
Smith, of Upson, and Hon. A. II. Chappell, are
the gentlemen appointed to represent this Dis
trict in the Committee.
We have no doubt that whenever and when
ever the Convention shall assemble, its action
will be harmonious and acceptable to the Demo
cratic party of Georgia. Wc presume that Gov.
Brown will be nominated. We see no reason
why be should not be and many why he should.
His policy, as Governor, in the main, has met
with the approval of the people generally, and
the Bank question upon which there was some
feeling and much diversity of opinion, has be
come an absolute issue.
Many of the prominent Banks of the State now
see that Gov. Brown did not desirrfto place un
necessary restrictions upoirtheir business—that
he only desired to execute the law, as he was
bound to do by his official oath, and leave re
sults to take care of themselves.
Wc think we can observe in the tone of the
Democratic papers a spirit of conciliation and
kindness which will ensure a Democratic Tri
umph in October next, and enure greatly to the
peace and progress of the Empire State of the
South. Let the Convention be called.
A Look Backwards.
H"N V. !I. 'TF.l’IiF.XS" DECLENSION.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of the oth inst.
has the following announcement:
HON. A. II. STEPHENS.
In the event that Mr. Stephens should finally
decline a reflection, wo have heard the names
of several gentlemen mentioned in connection
with the succession, and among them Hon. L
T. Irwin of Wilkes, John T. Shcwmakc of
We understand from a reliable source that; Burke, Judge Starnes of Richmond, and others
the Hon. A. H. Stephens has written letters to we don't now remember.
friends in this district, in which he positively
declines a reflection to Congres
The very eminent position which the distin-
Macon and Brunswick Hallroad.
The Stockholders of the Macon and Brun-
The Athens Banner.
Mr. Wm. M. Chase, son of Albon Chase, Esq.,
who so long and so ably presided over the Ban- ;
ner, lias purchased a halt interest in it, and An
derson W. Reese, Esq., has, in consequence, re- ■
tired. The Banner is an old and able paper,
and we wish its proprietors, as well as the ex
cellent retiring editor, health, prosperity and
happiness.
For the Telegraph.
Roprctfoltr Dedicated lo Fonll finders.
Grant that this is a world of care.
Should any one forever growl,
In imitation of a Bear,
And look like a cross, ugly owl?
From the Detroit (Xiiehigai>rFr j
Cuba.
; PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OP Tin- I
Cuba, the n.O't tv.-t. ri;. ,.f Vl '" .
truished gentleman above alluded to, occupies swick Railroad Company, met at Council cham- Election of Judges by tbe People.
— 11 v,: - ' mA,M —— : —■—— ' o— —c \r—- ®-v «“ 4F 1 ° rr> Our readers will recollect that a few years
ago, in a fit of reform, the Election of Judges in
his Congressional career, and which we hope may tors.
The meeting was organized by calling Dr.
Are you a man ? Then be man,
And don’t at petty troubles rail;
But hoard up all the strength you can,
That you may not in great ones quail.
lands, and that whose political p s . 1
ceded by all to be of the moat vitalT
, to the United States, is six hundred*’’',
j ty miles in extent from cast to
i hundred ar.d fifty in its greatest"’"'
its!
Lore of Justice.
Its a fine thing to see a man out of pure, na
tural love of justice, grow indignant over the
wrongs of his opponents 1 The Editor of the
Savannah Republican is a fine fellow—we always
knew him to be such; and when he speaks out
in this fashion in behalf of the wrongs of some
body whom he styles the “opponents of Gov.
Brown,” and inquires if they have no rights—
no feelings—are entitled to no respect,—we are
doubly sure of his inborn and impulsive love of
justice. Like the Arkansas magistrate, “he’s
turn on gestis cf the fax is rite"—for which
latter reservation we will substitute,—where
Gov. Brown is not concerned. In the matter
of our worthy Executive, however, the Repub
lican seems to labor under a kind of Browno-
mania, which gives his “sense of justice a one
sided operation altogether. Wc are sure the
“opponents of Gov. Brown” among the demo
cracy of Georgia, will feel under extraordinary
obligations to the Republican for his gratuitous
championship of their wrongs.
From tbe Republican of tbe ad Inst.
Gov. Brown.—The Augusta Constitutionalist
says the re-nomination of Gov. Brown is merely
“a question of policy, and a legitimate subject
for consultation and discussion in the party. It
is not to be disguised that there arc influences
in the State and in the party, which he has ar
rayed against his administration, sufficiently
strong to defeat Us re-nomination."
So, should Got. Brown receive the vote of
the next democratic convention, he will regard
it not as a compliment to himself or a free-will
offering, but that under the circumstances it is
best for the party to tolerate him a year or two
longer. It will not do to disturb the harmony
of the party, is the idem In the name of com
mon sense, are not those “influences in the
State and in the party” referred to by the Con
stitutionalist, entitled to be respected? and if
disregarded, is the act not one that should “dis
turb the harmony of the party”? Have the
opponents of Gov. Brown among the Democrats
of Georgia no rights, no feelings, that are enti
tled to respect at the hands of their party ? We
do not understand this way of preserving the
integrity and good feeling of a party by ignor
ing, or trampling under foot, the wishes and
opinions ol a portion of it
Observations.
Cheap Cut Pbopebit.—The Savannah News
of the 2nd instant, mentions a sale in that city
by J. S. Montmollin, of “half of lot 14, Charl
ton ward, with improvements, consisting of a
three story brick building, for $1,100.
Death of Mr. Prescott.—Wm. H. Prescott,
in short, there is no consideration of cither jus- „ ... ..... .. , .
.. ■ ■ , the great Spanish American Historian, died in
tice or public policy to sustain the bill, which ! „ e „ „ . „ . „
Look out for fun and frolic.
The people of Macon arc under deep obliga
tions to Mr. Fleming for the liberality and cn-
terprize which he displays in endeavoring to
make the Drama a fixture and an institution
where it has hitherto been too much neglected.
Mr. Fleming lias established himself as an ac
complished actor—and this week ho manifests
his Managerial skill in introducing the famous
performances of the Yankee Gal and Irish Boy.
We once, tlirco or four years since, saw Mr.
Florence in Irish character, and wc were struck
with tho loroe and appropriateness of a criticism
which came out unbidden from a blue eyed
Milesian, who sat next next to us—“Be jabbers”
'said he, “and he is more of an Irishman than
one who’s born there."
Mr. and Mm- Florence, in their line of charac
ters are unrivalled, and we have no hesitation in
saying that all who witness their representa
tions will be delighted. If any body wants to
mo s “Yankee Gal" with the accent—the look—
the custom, the pecularity, all developed in vivid
and life-like representation, it can be seen in
Mrs. Florence, in her favorite characters.
She dances, sings, and acts, as nobody else
can da
Mr. Florence is an American, but singular
enough, he played the “Irish Boy” in Dublin
with unequalled success, and to crowded hou
ses. lie is all Irish—the leer—the Blarney—
the wit—tho Shillalah—the long tail blue coat—
in iact, you think you have a veritable O’Dono-
liue or O'Flannignn before you, and not an
American born.
occurs to us.
We trust it will meet from the Senate such a
Boston on the 28th ult Bom in Salem, Mass.,
1796—graduated at Havard College "in 1814.
putting down as will keep it there effectually, i I! “ F«d.nand »nd I sabcll. appeared 1838-
till the Government shall undertake to supply ! of Mexico ® 1843-Conquest of Peru
.,11 the wants of the people from an exhaustions «* 1847-Hntory of Philip II. m 1855. The
treasury, which wc suppose would bo the sum- raost of th< f ™ ks a " d * c «*««.« and ram-
mum faonum of the "Good time cSmin'," so ute Torches titey embody were eUborated un-
much talked and sung about by Greeley and his ! * e great «hs«dranUgc of partial or total
political Abigails. They have in their heads an
i blindness, with the aid of an amanuensis-general-
altogether new-arrangement of divine and hu-j ^thful »nd affcctionatedaughtcr, now Mrs.
man economy, by which free agency shall be y®*”. 0 ton - **• 0 1 ^ ne
abolished and men legislated into temperance, I VrohnUy,to ''^to .and ?d°rn Amcn-
good behaviour, good business, comfortable
homesteads—phalanxteries—protective unions—
social affinities—and if these are not enough,
take out the rest in lobby jobbing. If tho Tri
bune thinks tho passage of such a bill as this,
fifteen years ago, would have satisfied his fol
lowers, and saved a vast deal of public corrup
tion,” ho is only still more mistaken. They
would have spent their 160 acres in a dav,and
come back the next for 160 more. The idea of|
can annals, as any of the distinguished dead of
the latter part of this century.
Transportation or Guano.—In order to ac
commodate small planters, the Central Railroad
has so modified its terms for transporting Guano
to the interior, as to allow any quantity to be
sent at the reduced rate of $2 per ton. See ad
vertisement of the Superintendent, in our pres
ent issue.
With such facilities for obtaining this valua-
come dock me next .or too more, me .uea o, ferti , L and fe c qucstion of it s productive-
‘ mt0pr ° pncty ness having been set Jed beyond all doubt, we
is altogether fallacious. | RCC ” ur G=oria plantcT8 embark large-
Bussell’s fflngnzine for February *7 ‘ n tkc business. Republican Feb. 4
Came to hand last week—bright and beautiful Tanirr Caocts.—The Democratic Congres-
as ever. We subjoin the table of contents which men held a Caucus on the tariff last Wednesday,
are unusually varied and interesting:
Slavery in England; Viglia! Disco! Madame
Smith’s Fete; Perfect Love Casteth out Fear;
Marion; Actress in High Life; Lines on a Day
in December; A tetter from Europe; Sonnet;
Statock Family; Dramatic Fragment; David
Hartley Coleridge; CassiqucofKiawah; Land- tantamount to tho surrender of Pennsylvania to
scape; A Bouquet; Lord Dufferin’s Yatch Yoy- the Black Republicans. It was also unacceptable
2nd instant, and decided with considerable
unanimity that it was inexpedient to alter the
existing tariff. This decision gavo greatjdis-
contcnt to several of the Northern democrat
ic members, among whom Mr. Bigler declared it
age; Sonnet—from Michael Angelo; Lines.
Price $3,00 a year in advance. Address Rus
sell’s Magazine, Charleston S. C.
Cuba A llic North Carolina militia.
The North Carolinian contains the following
Militia notice:
QUWHIFFLE & SEVENTY-FIRST MILITIA,
ATTENTION 1
YOU arc hereby ordered to appear at, Ac.
the Black Republicans,
to Mr. Buchanan and to a portion of theCabinet,
but a majority is said to be opposed to an increase
of the tariff A good bon mot is attributed to
Mr. Cobh, who upon being rallied about his
disagreements with Mr. Buchanan, replied that
Mr. Buchanan was an anti-adminstration dem
ocrat The opinion of the majority is, that
with reviving foreign trade, the receipts from
customs will rise to a revenue standard without
an increase of rates. Some letter writers say a
Now, ifwe should get into a war with Spain
or France or Mexico, or any other power, we do compromise may be effected by a return to the
We would suggest, as Ralston’s Hall will be J hope the President will not fail to call out the act of 1840.
Another Pavjsent from the State Road.—
crowded during the Florence engagement, that invincible “Quwhiille’s." Men fighting under
gentlemen proposing to Lake ladies had better i such a name, wliat deed of daring is there they -|
engag
tho w
eats. The
not be devoid of interest
On the 19th of June, 1843, at a State Conven
tion of the Whig party assembled at Milledge-
ville, George W. Crawford, of Richmond, was
nominated for Governor, and Alex. II. Stephens
of Taliaferro, for Congress, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Mark
A. Cooper, who bad been elected the year pre
vious on the general ticket . ,
The Democratic State Convention met on the
5th of the same month and put in nomination
for Governor Mark A. Cooper, of Muscogee, and
James U. Starke, of Butts, for Congress.
Before the election, on the 1st Monday in Oc
tober, Hon. John B. Lamar, of Bibh, resigned
his seat in Congress to which he had been elec
ted the year previous. The Democratic Execu
tive Committee selected Herschel V. Johnson,
of Jefferson, as a candidate to till the vacancy,
and the Whig party nominated Absalom 1L
Chappell, iff Bibb.
The State Ticket for Governor and Congress,
in October, 1843, stood thus:
Democratic—for Governor, Mark A. Cooper,
of Muscogee.
For Congress—Jalnes H. Starke, of llutt-.
Herschel V. Johnson, of Jefferson.
Whig.—For Governor, George W. Crawford,
of Richmond.
For Congress—Alexander IL Stephens, of
Taliaferro, Absalom II. Chappell, of Bibb.
The canvass was an exciting one. Mr. Stcph
ens and Mr. Chappell stumped the State—and
it was during this campaign, at a meeting in
Floyd County, that an old Lady, who was pres
ent and heard Mr. Stephens made the exclama
tion which has so often been quoted—“Well!
well! my goodness gracious! If I could have
such a boy as that, I’d be willing to be cruci
fied.” The result of the election was disastrous
to the Democracy—they were routed horse foot
and Dragoons. The Whigs carried the Legisla
ture, Governor, and both Congressmen.
Mr. Stephens ran ahead of CoL Chappell near
a thousand votes, and beat Judge Starke the
highest Democrat, thirty-five hundred votes.
The Macon Telegraph in June, 1843, notic
ing the proceedings of the Whig Convention
says, “In short, Mr. Stephens like Mr. Crawford
is a clever, respectable County Court Lawyer,
and can pretty readily and correctly decide a
case of Meum or Tuum, provided he is not feed
on the wrong side,”
It is needless for us to say, that the people
did not coincide with the Telegraph's estimate
of Stephens’ intellectual powers.
The Democratic State Convention of 1843,
passed resolutions favoring Mr. Calhoun as the
candidate of the party for the Presidency. The
Calhoun movement met with violent opposition
in and out of the Convention, and after the pro
ceedings of that body bad been published,
heated controversy was carried on through th°
papers, and at one time assumed so grave and
serious an aspect as to threaten a revolt and a
refusal to stand by the party nominees. The
emeute was settled without a disruption of par
ty ties, but many thought that the introduction
of the Presidential question caused the defeat of
the party, in the October election. George R
Hunter, Esq., of Crawford, and Dr. David Ken
dall, of Upson, were delegates from those coun
ties, and opposed the introduction of such an
issue as ill-timed and impolitic.
But to return to Mr. Stephens. During the
canvass of 1843, the whig papers in Georgia
very generally hoisted the Clay flag, and the
Democratic papers charged tho Whigs and their
candidates with favoring a high protective Tar
iff ; and Mr. Stephens, in a letter under his own
signature, denied and repelled the charge as far
as it concerned himself, as being false.
In 1844, the year of the Polk and Clay cam
paign, Mr. Stephens was a second time a can
didate for Congress, not for the State at large,
but as a representative of the 7th District—the
legislature of 1843, having laid off the State in
to Congressional Districts, in conformity with
the act of Congress of 1841. CoL Janes, of
Greene, was his opponent Mr. Stephens was
re-elected, beating hisopponent fifteen hundred
and three votes.
In 184G, Mr. Stephens was elected over Wil
liam Turner, of Putnam, by a majority of four
teen hundred and forty-five vote&
In 1848, Mr. Stephens was elected over Joe.
Day, of Jones, by a majority of fourteen hun-
dred and seventeen votes—this was the year of
the Presidential campaign between Cass and
Taylor—and one of the main issues in the can
vass, made by the opponents of Mr. Stephens,
was his motion to lay on the table tho Clayton
Compromise.
In 1851, the great contest between the Union
and Southern Rights party, for Governor, came
off. Howell Cobb, the Candidate of the Union
party—Charles J. McDonald, the candidate of
the Southern Rights party. Mr. Stephens, this
year, was opposed by David W. Lewis, Esq., of
Hancock, a Southern Rights Whig, and was re
elected by a majority of twenty-seven hundred
and eighty-nine votes. Our readers will note
that the previous election was held in’48—three
years intervening. Before 1851, the Congres
sional elections were held one year in advance
of the Congress to which members were chosen,
but the Legislature of 1849 changed tbe law,
and brought on the elections the October pre
ceding tbc opening of the first regular Session
of the Congress to which members were chosen.
In 1853 Mr. Stephens was opposed by Mr.
Jones of Burke, Mr. Todd of Jefferson, and Mr.
Cuyler W. Young of Ilalcyondale. His majo
rity over the combined opposition was near three
thousand votes. This year Mr. Stephens was
elected from the Eighth (Mr. Toombs,) District
Tho Legislature of 1851 having elected Mr.
Toombs a Senator in the place of Judge Berrien,
whose term of service expired 4th March, 1853.
Judge Berrien resigned in the fall of 1852—and
Gov. Cobb tendered the appointment, to fill the
vacancy, to Hon. John E. Ward, the present
Minister to China. He, however, declined to
accept, and his friend and law partner, Horn
Robert M. Charlton, was appointed
New York was given to the people. Lately a
move has been made to reform the Judiciary
For instance, if you have a wife,
By grumbling at your food and clothes,
You’re leading her a bitter life,
For which she ought to pull your nose.
E. L. Strokecker to the chair, and requesting | but still retaining the popular elective feature.
E. C. Rowland to act as Secretary. It was Upon this the New York Herald makes the fol-
found by the report of a committee appointed
for that purpose, that more than Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars had been subscribed, and
that a majority of the stock was represented.
An election for Directors was then held, which
resulted in the choice of the following gentle
men :
A. E. COCHRAN, of Brunswick.
JAMES HOUSTON,
B. F. ROSS, Macon.
T. R. BLOOM,
L. N. "WHITTLE,
GEORGE WALKER, Pulaski County.
HENRY BUNN, Twiggs County.
The Board subsequently convened and u-
nanimsusly elected A. E. Cochran, of Bruns-
lowing commentary.
We are opposed to any such amendment as
If the constitution, as it applies to the
this.
If you her foibles oft rehearse.
You should extol each pleasing trait;
She’s yours for better and for worse ;
Besides, are you immaculate ?
twenty-two in its narrowest part
ferenceis about two thousand mile«
| an area, a according to Baron Yonli-
43.3v*.'X-“ geographical square ail4 .
I territory than the rest of the West fc- J
calculated to be able to sustain a r^""’
10,000,000 souls. Its populations,
at from one million and a quarter
and a hah; and on the million and a c .l-
-rt:■ ned for I:s54 : ’
"Whites - J
Free colored.
Slaves...:...
judiciary, is to be altered at all, let it be by tak-
in the election of judges out of" tho hands of the
Five Points. Such an amendment as that is
precisely what is required. Wc protest against
the judges of last resort, who have to adjudicate
upon questions involving the highest interests
of tho State and of its citizens, being nominat
ed in the dance house of Pete Dawson.
Let us have a judiciary on every bench in the
State appointed by some responsible authority,
to serve for long terms, and to be paid such a
salary as may place them above the necessities
or temptations or corruption, and we will be
amending the constitution to some good purpose,
You’ll find her faults, iu number fewer,
If treated with forbearing love.
And what yon thus should fail to core,
You’d better leave to Power above.
Are you one of that softer sex
Compared with angels ? Don’t forget
When you meet trials that perplex,
That angels never scold or fret.
Mr. Clisby : Please accept a small specimen
wick~Prcsidcnt, and E. C. Rowland of Macon | of a turnip raised by Green Vincent, Houston
Have you a husband ? Don’t expect
To mend his errors, if you blame ;
Besides, free him from all defect
To “better half” you lose the claim.
Secretary and Treasurer. The following res- j
olution was also adopted :
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Board t
the subscriptions in the counties of Twiggs, j
Pulaski and Laurens should be increased to i , _ ,. . ,,
the sum of two hundred thousand dollars be-1 Winter Travebng in Aortnem
Connty weight, 8 j lbs, Measures 30 inches in
Circumference 114 diameter.
Greer A Freeman.
A turnip such as don’t often turnup.
And yon should also bear in inind,
When woman-like you want your way,
One loving word in accent kind.
Achieves more than to scold all day.
fore any part of the Road is put under con
tract, and that so soon as this amount is Iona
MICHIGAN.
As our readers well know, the residents of
fide subscribed, the Board will proceed to place ’ thc UpP er , Peninsula are almost entirely shut
the Road under contract through Twiggs into I out from the rest of the world during the win-
the connty of Pnlaski.
; ter months, and until within two or three years
Tf IW to U. [ k ” b '“ h" ""
The mails are carried by Indians and half
call of tho President.
E. C. ROWLAND, Scc’ry
Great masonic Celebration in Sa-
VANNAH.
A grand Masonic Festival on occasion of
dedicating thc new Hall of Solomon’s Lodge
No. 1, is-to be held in Savannah, Thnrsday
next, the 10th inst., and we are authorized by j ing'toVpomt atThc heel Vhere“the' mhTare
breeds, when thc traveling is good, on their
backs, and when it is bad by dog-trains.
The snow falls to a depth of from two to
five or six feet. The snow-shoes used by the
men are about eight to ten inches in width,
and from two and a half to four and a half feet
in length. They arc flat, and are made of a
bow of maple wood, round at the toe and com-
Xor should you let household affairs
Beyond a mild rebuke provoke;
No storm of chiding e’er repairs
A single thing that’s spoilt or broke.
Are yon a parent? Do not seek
By harsh reproof to discipline
A child; when love and patience meek
May cheerful, heart-felt homage win.
Are yon a handsome beau or belle ?
Be warned, if cross in secret now;
It soon will on your beauty tell, ,
By stamping crow’s feet on your brow.
Geo. W. Adams, Esq., chairman of the com-: fastened by thongs of raw deer skin. The
miitcc on the celebration, to say, that all Ma- ! space is filled by a lace-work of raw deer or
sons and their Ladies visiting Savannah to moose sk ‘ a str ' n o s ’ tke exception of a
..„»d H. wai go d,™ ,1, Cwtral s. E. ,„d ,•<’
return on one fare-
Ncw Books at Boardman’s.
Just as we go to press, Mr. Boardman has
sent us
The Age of Chivalry, by Thomas Bulfinch—
beautifully illustrated; 414 pp. 12mo.
Wild Sports in the West, by Frederick Gus-
tacckcr, with Eight Crayon Drawings, exe
cuted in colors—a beautiful book; 396 pages
12mo.
Life of Washington, by Cecil—beautifully illus
trated in colors; 18mo, 25S pages. A fine
book for thc children.
The American Almanac, an indispensable com-
pend of contemporaneous facts which every
body needs who reads or writes.
New Roofing material.
Messrs. J. R. Harriman and B. F. Broaddus,
of Illinois, are in town exhibiting a new Roofing
Material, which wc are inclined to think is the
thing, and well worthy tho attention of builders.
It is called Van Vleek’s Patent Gutta Percha—
is applied, like the Mastic, while hot, and when
dry and cold is as hard as stone; will not run
in hot weather—is without odor of any kind,
and when properly put on gives an adamantine
covering which is air tight, and perfectly fire
proof Let our builders examine it
Health of Gen. Cass.
We find the following in the New York pa
pers of the 3d, and fear that thc race of thc vet
eran statesman is well-nigh ended:
Gen. Cass has been attacked twice lately with
apoplectic symptoms, and the other night had
the doctor with him all night, and till late in
thc morning. His friends were much alarmed;
as yet, however, the fact has been kept out of
thc newspapers.
Cotton markets.
Cotton thc latter part of last week was droop
ing everywhere and had a little set-back in
several of the markets. In New York it de
clined a quarter to » half In Mobilo it was at
a stand, awaiting later foreign news.
Tho sales during the week were 18,500 bales,
and receipts during tho same time 29,500 against
25,500 bales of tho corresponding week last
year. The increase in receipts 2U(1,000; and
thc stock on hand and on shipboard 201,300
bales.
From the Columbus Enquirer.
How Should Judicial Officers be
ELECTED.
Wo copied yesterday an article on this sub
ject from the Macon Telegraph, in which we
found much to approve and but little to con
demn. The Telegraph's emphatic repudia
tion of the attempt to whip the people into the
support of parly nominations meets our vieivs
exactly; but we think that the remedy which
it proposes is not the proper one. It propo
ses 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 Legis
lature would more generally make party tests
of these elections than the people are now do
ing,
piece of wood, upon which the ball of the foot
rests. Thc shoes used by the women are smal
ler than those used by the men, and of a dif
ferent shape. The feet of the person using
the shoes are encased in mocassins of buck
skin, sufficiently large to admit three or four
thicknesses of blanket. The blanket is used
not only to keep the feet warm, but also to
prevent tbe toes from being chafed by the
strings of buckskin which are passed over them
and by which the shoes are fastened to the
feet
The dog trains used are made of a flat board,
about half an inch in thickness, ten inches in
width, and from six to ten and twelve feet in
length, and are turned up in front At each
side of the train a rope is fastened, running
the whole length of it, and a “train cloth” of
canvass is used, considerably larger than tbe
train. The articles to be carried are placed
on the cloth, from one end of the train to the
other. The cloth is then wrapped over them,
and laced up by means of a string passing un
der the ropes at the side.
For a tramp the edibles carried arc. usually,
some flour, pilot bread, salt pork, tea and su
gar; and cooking utensils, a tin kettle and a
frying-pan! The food for the dogs is general
ly tallow and corn meal. The bedclothes are
a single blanket to each man. Indians or half-
breeds are employed as guides and assistants
during a tramp.
Imagine a white man and an Indian about
starting on a “tramp” of three or four hun
dred miles, through a forest unfrequented by
all living beings except wild birds and animals.
The provisions arc placed upon the train, the
dogs are harnessed to it, one ahead of the
other, to the number of four or five. The In
dian takes the lead with hi3 snow-shoes, the
dogs follow with the train, and the “pale face”
brings up the rear, with yells to the dogs in
front of him. Tramp, tramp, tramp, until
noon, when a bait is made; the train is un
packed. thc kettle, tea, and sugar is produc
ed, a fire lighted, and, after taking a cup of
tea, the word is given, and again the tramp
commences. Tbe party makes another halt
in time to prepare tho camping ground before
night sets in. Thc dogs are left standing in
their harness, the Indian takes the ax and cuts
enough fnel to last until morning, the white
man uses a snow-shoe for a shovel, and clears
away the snow until the ground is reached.
A shelter is then built over the cleared space,
of poles covered with evergreen boughs. The
front of the “wigwam” is left open, and the
ground covered with hemlock boughs. Im
mediately opposite the front a rousing log fire
is built, tbe dogs unharnessed and the supper
prepared. The supper is composed of a cup
of tea. some pork, cooked in the frying pan,
and some flour cooked in the fat left from the
pork.
After supper the pipes and tobacco are pro
duced, and the white man smokes in front of
the fire, while thc Indian cooks the supper of
corn and tallow for the dogs, in the same ket
tle in which the tea had been made but a few
minutes before. After being satisfied with
his “smoke.” the pale face and Indian wrap
their blankets round them and lay down side
by side on the hemlock boughs, with their feet
to the fire, and sleep as sweetly and as sound
ly as “e’er did king upon the richest damask.”
In the morning, before day, thp Indian pre
pares the breakfast, which is eaten, and the
travelers again move on. The dogs are fed
once a day, and the reason is, they travel
much better. A distance of thirty miles per
day is traveled with ease bv those accustomed
Are you a fault-finding old maid,
Or Batchelor? By giving vent
To petulance, it is betrayed
Tbat you your life mistake repent.
Are you, no matter who ? Take heed,
Tbat scolding is no small offence;
For it has caused more heart’s to bleed
Than famine, war or pestilence.
EYA LIND.
For the Georgia Telegraph.
The Case of Guilford vs. the State.
The writer of this article, as a member of the
Legislature, strenuously opposed the organiza
tion of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He has
watched thc action of the Court in its adminis
tration of thc law with no ordinary degree of in
terest. It, (the Court,) started off well under
the guidance of strong minds and pure hearts.
Alter awhile two of these Judicial pilots left the
Bench they had adorned so well. An enlight
ened public, sensible of the great loss thc State
had sustained by their withdrawal began to
fear that the Court would lose thc hold it had
acquired on thc popular mind—that the succes
sors of Warner and Xisbct would not enforce
the rule of “stare decisis,” but would say, as
Justice Heath once said, “that many of the ca
ses reported in that book are not law.” Hap
pily for the State these anticipations have not
been realized, since few of the decisions made
by the original Bench of Justices have been
overruled—none indeed, that would bear the
test of reason and authority. True, the Court
has in some instances very powerfully developed
principle independent of what are called author
ities. It would be much to be lamented if this
Court were bound by a decision not founded on
correct principles simply because it had the
sanction of authority. It is not too much to say
that while the present Court may have commit*
ted some errors of judgment, their administra
tion of thc law, taken as a whole, has been sat
isfactory to thc people. That tho Court has
made many enlightened and just decisions, no
body can deny. One of the latter class stands
at the head of this article; a case demonstrative
of tho great utility of this Court The facts
briefly, as reported in the case in the 24th Ga.
Rep., were these: A man by the name of
Thompson stabbed Calhoun, who died of the
wound, while Guilford held Calhoun, and the
question on the trial of Guilford, who was
indicted for murder, was whether Guilford
was trying to part them, or holding Calhoun to
enable Thompson to cut him. The evidence in
thc case clearly authorized thc jury to have en
tertained a reasonable doubt as to thc purpose
of the prisoner Guilford, but, influenced doubt
less by a stirring appeal to their passions made
by counsel for thc State, and in thc absence of
any proof tbat Guilford inflicted even tho slight
est blow upon Calhoun, thc Jury by their ver
dict found him guilty of murder. The Circuit
Judge refused a new trial in thc case, and this
innocent man would have been hung bad not
thc Supreme Court reversed thc judgment of the
Court below, on the ground that thc verdict was
contraiy to the evidence. The able Judge, in
delivering thc opinion of the Court, used this
wise and humane language: “VYc think there
is enough to raise a reasonable doubt, as to
whether Guilford was not really, rather than
feignedly, merely endeavoring to separate thc
combatants.” Now, in this case, there was a
How could our friend of the Enquirer have
misread tho article he has done us the com-! tb , c us< : °f snow-shoes. When toward spring
.... , . . i the days become longer, and the snn hotter,
plimcnt to copy and comment upon, as togath- ^ tr / vel|infr U ££ at night, and the resting
cr the impression that it favored an Election anl j sleeping by day.
of Judges by the Legislature ? That is so very j The veteran Indian “snow-shoer” will never
far from our preference that, with the benefit j drink water or eat snow daring the time ho is
of a good deal of close observation, wc arc
prepared to pronounce it tho worst of all modes
on his journey, ns he says it makes him ‘very
much weak.’ The Indians and half-breeds,
on coming in from a long journey, on their ar
of appointment under our system of govern- 1 r ; Ta l a t their place of destination, will, if night
ment—so exposed to corruption, intrigue, log- is near and a dance is in prospect, stay about
. .2 ii rlkl
Kiy«
—. iR ier*
Total lWj
Mr. Calhoun, who, however oppej-
have been to the absorption of ilcg-
my own personal knowledge, quitefc
the acquisition of Cuba, considered
tion and the proportion of whites, ^
free colored people to use his cwn.
“about that of Virginiaso that, wh
jections may be raised to the compfe
population,‘she shares them with Vt
mother of States and statesmen, and *]
upon that plea, exclude thc latter
Union? The growing increase of fi**
ored population of Cuba, on which Id
hereafter, is, to my mind, the veiy re
she should pass is speedily as ponij|l
hands than those of the present rulaxl
The soil of Cuba is almost ezdnsivt
by the natives, the descendants of the ■
ors and early settlers. With the exen
about thirty thousand Spaniards, ,
among thc larger towns—merchants,
and business men—and about thirtTtj
more composing the army andnaty
thc whites are Cubans and natives oft
ry Wands. The better educated ca
liberal professions and thc class of phj]
small farmers, tobacco manufactures
and employers of the plantations, (
country laborers and mechanics, the
of thc native race. Of the Coolies, r t _
troduced, and of the Indians from I;
shall speak in a future article, at*
of the Africanization of Cuba.
A chain of mountains, attaining a
tern Department the height of the A
range, of rare fertility, and affording
base to their summit almost even-
clime and temperature, runs through 3
extent from east to west, softening ,'jti
ing country as it passes throsgh the
portion of thc island It may \t <
spine, and the streams which, front
flow into the deep blue sea, arc, owma|
narrowness of the Island, short ante
of rapid current and graveled bottom,
no marshes, and, consequently, cm
malaria, the banc of the white man i:
and cotton growing Slates. Hence, tb
of whatever country, can, in Cuba, rea
plantation during the whole year, free
from our “country fever,” but from
fever, which prevails during the sum
in thc large cities on thc coast. The
of this constant supervision over bis
al interests will be readily appreciated'
Americans to whom they are deniei,
southern States. The air is pecufci
making its inhalation, according toi.
Iers, a positive pleasure, and, owing It
ennial flora of Cuba, is fragrant aodi
This together with the softness, and eqi
of the climate, which, according to Ik
has in its hottest months, July and A
mean temperature of from 80 deg to
Fahrenheit, the absence of mist, or
by day or night, and the balmy iulli
trade-winds, renders. Cuba thc desi
our winter and spring months, for the
invalid. The sky has thc deep blue tus|
of Naples, and the waters the irani
those of the Arctic seas. However
sun, its heat is tempered by the
breeze, from eight or ten in the me
sunset, after which the land breeze,
ral,” sets in and affords nights inn
and peculiarly refreshing Frosts do
to stop or interrupt thc progress of the
and ice and snow are limited to but 11
to the mountain y>ps. Such is tbe aj
of the island, even for foreigners, apart
sea-board towns, that unadimated
at Havana are enabled, by spending
or three miles in the country for whi<
passed turnpikes afford the best fiacBti
tend daily to their business in the titj
the summer months.
Cuba abounds in the finest salt and
ter fish. “The fish market cf Ha.
Ballou, ‘.‘affords probably the best varitf
article of any city in the world. The k
ble counters display the most novel ti.
ing array that one can well imagine,
hue of the rainbow is represented, and
variety of shapes. But plenty and fi
it is made a government monopoly.”
abundant, but owing to the want of {,
is fast disappearing from the cultivated
Deer have been introduced, and have ij
abundant in the vicinity of Guines. Tb
island could easily be stocked with then
mingoes, parrots, paroquets, and other”
thc most gorgeous plumage, wild g
ducks, a variety of partridges, quails,
pigeons, doves, Ac., arc abundant,
ruped was found on the Island by its
larger than thc wood rat, cor is that*
poisonous snake or deadly animal ofmfj
to be found upon it The horses of Q&
scendcd from the Andalusian stock, in
but well shaped and hardy, and of are
easy gait The oxen are very fine,
turage is ever green and to bo found
dance wherever there is a clearing.
“Sugar, coffee and tobacco, are th
leading staples of Cuba, and upon wT
wealta and power are principally based
indigo, rice, plantains, cotton, sign, sac
com arc also cultivated to more or lcs»
The consumption oi com and rice is,
so enormous that thc production is whallyl
quatc to the demand. Among the ve
.reduction of tho tropics whidi abound
.a, and which supply with the South Ai
jerk beet tfca best plantation food, are tbj
tains, yams, manioc, malanga and swcC
toes, and some of them—as the yam, for;"
a very ponderous size.
Cuba abounds in woods of the most
the
T
ver
It
possibility that Guilford was innocent of the
crime of murder, and where there is a possibility \ ki^“nd~ffieb^t timber for
there must be a doubt; and in such a case as j 0 f ships or buildings. Mahog.
this the Supreme Court have declared by this
decision, that no man, woman or child shall be
hung within the limits of this State. This is
the doctrine of the Bible—of tho common law—
a doctrine which leaves it to God alone, in all
cases of uncertainly, to punish the prisoner if he
be guilty, in this life or in a future state. Such
__ ships or buildings. Mahogany, j
tropical red cedar, are among thefortd
among thp latfer are tjie yaba, the v*
guayacan, the guano, aiid others wl-. - j
ber, unrivaled for strength and dun 1
Some of the best ships of the Spanish a
been built at thc Havana—I believeSJ
as twenty ships of the line—among ‘ v
Santissima Trinidad, of 130 guns, thc f
rolling, bargaining and side influences in gen- until the ball begins, go to it, and dance until
oral, that we believe the cases where an elec- daylight.^ *W c have known of parties of young
. n- . j • . 1 • ,, , men putting on their snow-shoes on Christmas
tion « effected in this way upon the sound i m0 J ng , / alkiug thir(y miIes t0 a ball , dan .
naked principle of a decision in favor of tbe best j c - mg a lf night, and then walking a distance of
man, constitute exceptions and not the rule., twelve miles to breakfast. "We have in our
A system which divides the responsibility of mind one of the most wonderful feats of pe-
choice among too many to feel it, and at the | destrianism, which, if it were wft well sub
- , . j, j , 1 stantiated, would be difficult of belief. It took
same so few as to be easily addressed with and placc a number of ag0 .
accessible to the thousand outside considers- Mr. Schoolcraft, residing at Sault St. Marie,
tious attending the bestowal of an office, we wished to send an express to Mackinac, dis-
hold to be tho most ill conceived and danger- i tance by the trail about seventy-five miles.
ous in theory, as it is actually thc worst of all
! He sent for a half-breed called La Branch, and
. “ •’’m r.rT told him he must go to Mackinac, and that he
in practice. What the Telegraph proposed must start at jo b 0 . clock m. that day. La
■ In 1853 thc “Know Nothings” made their ad- as a substitute for the popular election of Jud- _ jj rancb ohi CC ted7as there was to be a ball in
vent Mr. Stephens, early in thc year 1855, g eSt was Executive appointment and Senatori-; the evening of the next day. Schoolcraft told
took ground against the movement, and in April a [ confirmation. We would devolve the whole him that be must go, and that as lie wanted
responsibility of the selection of Judges upon attend tho ball, ifbc was back from Mac-
*1 J ... , , ,, „ , kmic by 10 o’clock tho next evening he would
the Governor, subject only to the check ofa . ^ t ^ vcnty do1Iar8 cltra pay . At jo
senatorial negative. Let them be appointed 0 ’ c i 0c k bc started, and the next day at 10 P.
for a good long term, with sufficcnt salaries M. appeared again, having gone thc whole dis-
to command the highest legal attainments, tance—one hundred and fifty miles—iu dur
abilities and character in the State. It is thc ty- four hours. After receiving the promised
old plan and experience has proved it to be the
best.
1855, wrote his celebrated letter, whicli sudden
ly and most effectually put a stop to the pro
gress of that valuable American Institution. He
was an independent Anti-Know Nothing candi
date for Congress, was opposed by Mr. Lamar
of Lincoln, and elected hv a majority of about
twenty-five hundred votes.
In 1857 he was elected, for the eighth time,
over Thomas W. Miller of Richmond, by a ma
jority of about twelve hundred votes. The 4th
of March next, his present term expires, having
markets.
Savannah, Feb- 3.—Sales of cotton to-day
been in Congress a Repri-entative from Georgia, 500 bales, with a depressed market. Sales
for sixteen years without intermb.sion. During for the week 3,200 bales, and receipts 10,118
this time he has been offered a place ... the < l . hc total recel P ts are
Aftci receiving
twenty dollars, lie said “he could have been
, in by 8 o’clock, but he waited two hours on
the hill back of the town for fear he might get
ahead of time and lose his money.” After
a decision, sustained by thc very highest an-1the beautiful as welU|
_. trees of Cuba may be numbered, first d*l
thonty, and so much in accordance with all of I c f tbe tropics, the royal palm-tree, id*
our feelings of right and justice, will “cover a tains s< mictimes an ele - . ation of over ah
multitude of faults.” Ina free Government ev- feet and gives grace and character to thy
cry citizen is entitled to a fair and impartial landscape ; the cocoa nut tree; thc t
trial, and an appellate court is necessary to se
cure such a trial; for without it what check is
there upon the human whim, or caprice of the
circuit Judge and Jury ? Although an original
opponent of the Court l take pleasure in bes
towing praise where praise is due, and conclude
this article with the expression of the hope that
this excellent decision, with others yet to follow,
will soon cover up tho rent in the wall, which
for a time threatened to mar the beauty of the
edifice.
JUSTICE
mameyj tile mango, the orange tree, ari|
others, which, besides furnishing delicto
adorn villas’and plantations with pirt
and stately avenues. Its principal f
the much renowned pine-apple, not to I
in peifection but under the Cuban sj|
orange, many species of bananas, tb**f
mamey, guanabana, guava, pomegraaijM
mam on, zapote, tamarind, chmmoja,
citron, lime, lemon, tig, cocoa, rosMfl
and bread-fruit In no capital of Asia *
or America will the traveller find such *’]
of rich sherbets and confectionery as i
the Havana. As to flowers, to use tbs*
an American writer, “they area drug.’’ **
are covered with them from New Year t
mas. “Scarcely,” says Ballou, “
from thc coast of Cuba inland for half ‘ 1
A Good Stock to begin Business lVith.—
Bela Squires, a widower, married Mary Cromac
a widow, a few days since in Hartford, Conn.
They commence their matrimoui ll engagement
with 27 children.
.. W T n ? aU Tl CT F?*r In t ak , in / a ' in »J direction, without vour senses
were pleasantly surprised on being waited up
on by a blooming and bonnie lass ie, who, along
with an activity quite equal to, exhibited apo-
litcness very rare in clerks of the literally ru
der six.
leaving Mr. Schoolcraft i. store. La Branch on tircly occupied by women, thero being anoth-
went to the ball midjnpped^ the moccaamed cr giving oatt i ckc ," 3 a! .j a third telegraphing.
This innovation thus far north is rather start-
toe until daylight.—Detroit Advertiser.
the heliotrope, the honeysuckle, thesv
and orange blossoms predominating-
saminc and cape rose, though less fra'
delightful to the eye, and cluster ever)
,, , . - . mong the hedges, groves aqd plantat .'-'I
\\ ooeser.-outhat the d. T; ,rtmo.it was „ ‘ thing worc than ar. t..: I
.-land.- pre-eminent, it is for the nup’ r J
and capaciousness of her unrivalled ‘^1
and tlii - feature is the more strik'-r.g, v ■
From the IIsn-kin.,ville Times.
Colambns A Brunswick Kuilroad
ling; but we think it highly commendable, and
hope to see the employment of women in light
The cit.zens of Houston eoujity and others occupations rapidly extended.—Scottish Press
_ ,. ... . . ...... _ , and the increase over last year 195,340 bales.
Cabinet, a Mission to one of the first European 1 . . ,, , 1 <>., v,..,,* |
Courts, bother which he declined, preferring the Tbe 8tock is 70,265 bales. ' continuanc'of the'Cofumblwtoiiroad! from . .
position ofa Representative from Georgia. , ChahlE5T0V) Feb . 2.—Sales of cotton to-; Fort Valley to the city ofUrunswick,] are re- 1 Apostles «s men without character, ia-
What a Flash Preacher says.—Henry "Ward
' continuance of the Columbus' Railroad, from Beecher recently, ina sermon, spoke of the
ders her the more important, that do« “J
that part of the coast of the UnitedSu«jjJ
she commands from Norfolk to the Bio
distance of two thousand miles, cap»-'; e “
shelter to a sliip-of-war of the first
great port of the Havana, where 1 '‘vl
n-of-war can safel v ride at anchor, fj
Mr. Stephens has so long and ably, and faith- d 300 ba i e3i all j during the week 9,000. | quested to'meet in the village of I’crry, on the telligcnce, honesty, education, or worth. They men-of-war can safely ride at anchor ■
fully represented Georgia in Congress, that the The market closes depressed, and quotations lfith day of February next, in order that »uch were taken by Jesus from the lowest dregs of proportions when compared t$ thr v
State will be most unwilling to give him up.— are nominal
IVc were not unaware of the fact that lie has New York, Feb. 3.—Sales of cotton to-day I building of said Boa
Thc Federal Union announces that Dr. Lewis,
“Florence’s” will remain for wou ] d not do ? Ninety-nine cheers for thc Qu- { Uje Superintendent of tbe State Road, lias paid
j whiffle s of Old Rip \ an M inkle. £31,000 nett earnings of the road into thc State
The Macon Young Men’s Christian Associa- Treasury for the month of January, and expects pressing importunities oflus constituents.
" 0 _ _ n 4.. . 1 t _ .l. * 1 U’- .r.nrnlwii.,1 Kic nri'v/.nf Hfttprminaiin
Personal.
Hon. D. i- Bailey of Butts, Judge Hardeman
ad H»J L L. Hama cf Baldwin, w«* at tbs
sales of 53,000 bushels. Corn buoyant, with Daniel Adams,
Lanier Sow*4vta| Hupmt WWfc
tion tender their thanks to Mr. James R. Butts, to turn over $1000 per day for the remainder We apprehend his present determination can sa i C3 0 f 11,000 bushels-for mixed 88 cento is W.H. Miller,
fo^htoUberal donation of a lino Map of the State of tho year. The Doctor will atop the mouths not be changed, but, nmertl^ vrahppe the, offered, ^^toU^ Spwito of Tor-
IZat-Zr u. TAN OEBSaN, 8*p. itf aarpara with bank biUi. ,effijrt will Umade to retain him, pentineu Ju»ryat4»l-2o«U. K*hAm.[ Arthur WfltM#.
tf fteargte.
John Killen,
W. W. Taltou,
Eli Warren,
P, B. D. H. Culler,
John H. Ifose,
H. L. Dtna-d,
B. T. Russel,
John Gordoni
measures may be adopted a3 will secure the , vocictyr from the fishing boats and hovels of Nueiitas, Nipc, Guantanamo
• — the land whore they resided. But one of them Lc>-er oner, like Marie!, Ral.ia IL-n Ja,
St. Paql—could lay any claim to knowledge, ami Santiago abound upon her rock-bo
and lie was not of the original twelve, but one who a coast, the boldness of which r em “) u
; came in after thc lirst organization had been iner of that of England, without to
effected. Comparing these men with the great dreariness. Of the land, soil and sgt-
majority of people iu that age, the comparison Cuba, constituting her colossal
sunk the Apostles greatly below their fellows, f
Some were Ears, some drunkards, somebetray-
t are, non* seemingly worthy. 1
V U' .l, t UIlMUUUllg livi
I shall speak in the succeeding J
AMBROSIO JOSE GO-V*" 1
Oak-Lawn, St Paula Pariah, A »
