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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
ivi^oonsr,
Tuesday Morning, April 12-
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Editors Ploaso Notice.
Mr. Editor:—As Chairman of a Committee
appointed to correspond with the Superinten
dents of the different Rail Roads in the State,
on behalf of the Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion of Macon, I request you to print the follow
ing, which Hiopc the papers will copy in Au
gusta, Savannah, Columbus, Atlanta, Rome,
Athens, and other places where there may be a
Young Men's Christian Association.
Notice to the Associations.
The Central, the South-western, the Augusta
A Savannah, the Georgia and the Western A
Atlantic Rail Roads, will pass Delegates to the
Young Men's Christian Convention, to be con
vened in Macon, April 29th, Free, on their re.
turn home, provided each Delegate presents a
Card, signed by the presiding officer of the Con
vention, stating tliat tho_bcarer had been in at
tendance at the Convention as a Delegate, and
passed over that Road and had paid full Fare
going. S. BOYKIN,
Chairman of Committee.
The Young Men’s Christian Association of
Macon, invites her Sister Associations to send a
large number of Delegates. Ample provision
will be made for all.
State Papers iopy.
Eva Lind's Pcetry was lost in its transit from
the Editorial to the Compositors’ rooms. Will
she be kind enough to furnish us with another
copy?
Plantation for Sale.
h c invite attention to the valuable planta
tion offered for sale in Crawford county, by
"John A. Danidly, Esq. The advertisement
should have appeared last week, but was omit
ted by mistake.
Columbia Weekly Herald.
“Columbia” and Gov. Brown.
Wc publish to-day a communication over the
signature of Columbia, on the general and well
known principle of the Telegraph, to admit the
widest scope of discussion, and not because we
agree with the writer at all in his main conclu
sion and recommendation. So far as interest is
concerned, all politicians are alike to the Tele
graph. It neither asks nor expects anything
from any of them. We arc a Brown man be
cause we look upon him as a man of spotless in
tegrity—of a high order of public and private
virtue—as a man who has carried into every ex
ecutive function the most scrupulous, conscien
tious and unwearied devotion to the public
good, and who has been, in the main, a very-
successful Chief Magistrate. In these particu
lars the State might not suffer by a change, but
she could not be improved.
We are a Brown man in the second place, be
cause we believe the foregoing to be the gener
al public judgment of theman. Wc believe the
great mass of the voters of Georgia would and
will underwrite that opinion at the polls, and
therefore do not ask for, and will not permit a
change. Columbia talks about “excitement and
bitter opposition,’’ and, it may come, for aught
wc know to the contrary, from a few discontent
ed political fuglemen; but there's not enough
of it to make a ripple on the great expanse of
popular opinion, when it comes to the masses.
Even the opposition have to dole out cau
tions and deprecations to keep their rank and
file from tho support of Brown. “Excitement
and bitter opposition” may be heard in the Con
vention from that “respcctiblc minority” Co
lumbia speaks of) “who not only will not vote
for him (Gov. Brown) in ar.y contingency,
(whether nominated or not,] but may, the more
certainly to ensure his defeat, vote with the op
position !" Wc should expect excitement and
bitter opposition from just such men as he de
scribes—“rule or ruin,” men—who have no
more business in a fair political Convention, than
a party to a suit would have on his own juiy.
Self-respect and sele-defcnce imperatively dc-
| mand of the Convention, before it proceeds to
\\ c have a circular from Dr. Lewis J. Ap-1 the work of nomination, to detect and expurge
plcwhitc, announcing that he is going to pub- * ' ■* - -
lish a weekly paper of the size of the Savannah
Republican, in the town of Thompson, Colum
bia County, Georgia. It is to be independent
in politics—which cveiyr newspaper should cer
tainly aim to he.
We were indebted on Saturday morning last,
(the 9 th.) to Mr. L. II. Powers, of Harden’s Ex
press, for a copy of the New Y’ork Herald of the
fith. Wc wish Harden's Express would take
charge of the mails generally. Our regular 11 er-
ald of the Gth came along by due course of mail,
just twenty four hours after.
such men, by requiring a pledge of honest in
tention, in advance, to sustain the nominee. We
l-now not Kow onj Kottvuoblc man, with * coll-
tingent purpose in his heart to “vote with the
opposition,” can take a seat in that Convention.
We agree that the fair question before it is not I the South-Western Rail Road at Albany,
whether Gov. Brown shall be renominated *— I (gking the 'connection with tho Florida Railway
Florida Central Rail Road. The
NEW OUTLET TO THE GULF.
Col Houston, President of the Florida Cen
tral andSt. Marks Rail Roads, and James T. Ar
cher, Esq., of Tallahassee, in that State, were
in Macon last Friday on their way, as we under
stood, to negotiate for iron to complete the for
mer road. The grading is now so nearly com
pleted on the whole route, that it will be finish
ed entirely by the earliest point of time the iron
can be procured and forwarded. It is but little
over three years since this young State digested
and adopted her railroad system, and yet it may
be confidently asserted that before the lapse of
two years more, she will have three to four hun
dred miles of Railroad in actual operation. About
three fourths of that length of road is now gra
ded, and a little short of 150 miles laid with iron.
The recent U. S. Surveys of the Apalachee
Bay Coast,and the discovciy ofanewand mag
nificent approach to the shore, have imparted
a fresh interest to the railway operations in Flor
ida; demonstrating as they have done, that
without the delay of a long and tedious route
through barren sands to Pensacola on the West,
or Tampa in the South-west, an outlet to the
Gulf far surpassing cither, is offered, at a dis
tance of only about twenty miles from the main
line of road now under contract Wc refer to
the Duer Channel, which the reader will find
correctly laid down on Mr. Butt’s new map of
Georgia, though he errs in rating the depth at
thirty feet It is thirty-one feet to a safe an
chorage within four miles of shore, in a bay ad
mitting twenty-four feet depth up to a very
dose proximity to a high and dry bluff on James
Island, affording every facility for a shipping
point It is asserted by those who have looked
into the matter dearly, that no harbor on the
coast South of Norfolk, Virginia, affords an
equal depth of water—an easier approach, or a
safer anchorage.
Another view of the case which lias imparted
additional interest to this discovery in connec
tion with the Florida railroads, is the ease and
cheapness with which it can be made accessi
ble to the Georgia Rail Roads, and through
them with the whole railway system of the
country. Wc have seen that a branch of twen
ty miles in length, connects it with tho Florida
Main Trunk. Extending that branch North-
wan! it reaches the Georgia line in ten miles and
then about fifty miles more of road connect it with
Or.
Lossing's Field Book or tire Kcvo-
LL’TION.
Mr. A. D. Bridgman is Agent for this well
known work in Macon, and will receive sub
scriptions, which alone can procure it It is
comprised in two volumes royal octavo and con-1 except in pursuance of the public will, and in
tains over 1000 cngravings,and its great accuracy I acquicscnce with the public judgment
It is fairly entitled and ought to entertain full
and original jurisdiction over the whole subject
matter, and to entertain and consider, without
prejudice, every man’s claims who shall be pre
sented for the nomination. The Convention is
not called with any especial reference to Gover
nor Brown. None of his friends wish to place
it in that position, and it is only the general
opinion that lie ought to be renominated, which
has given it that aspect and shaped insensibly
the discussions of the public press. No friend
of Gov. Brown wishes to sec him re-nominated
and value are attested by the historian Sparks,
the Abbotts, Dr. Hawks, Mr. Everett, and oth
er distinguished scholars of the countiy.
.Huron A- Brunswick Rail Kon<l
COMMENCED.
. I'!'::;;lVP» rt °< ,a ** week, Mr. McNeill,
with his Lorp* nn<l jx*.,. .. _
mcnnrxt the locution of the ^nswick
KMi Road. Th» location has been completed
to the point at wh'cb the Ocroulgce is to lie
crossed, ami on yc-rerday the Camp was moved
to the East Ba**. and it is expected that the
work will lx- vigorously prosecuted until forty
miles is pushed, when the contracts for the
grading, superstructure, Ac., will be let out
Judge Cochran, the President, left this city on
Satoday last, and wc are happy to state in im
proved health.
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The Senatorial Question.
It strikes us some of our Georgia cotempora
ries are copying the milkmaid in the fable, in
agitating the Senatorial question before the elec
tion of the Legislature, which is to decide it
Let us first elect a good democratic legislature
and then argue the point with them—or, better
still, let them wills it nli.
The Telegraph has shown, in various ways,
its high estimation of Col. Gardner. Wc shall
be gratified with an opportunity to support him
for almost any public station. Wc concur with
a great deal our correspondent has said in his
favor, though not with the appeal that Govcr-
D?r t^conce^f to TxT' Pub
lic men are not altogether their own property,
—are not to be wholly controlled by their own
conceptions of themselves or others.
To conclude: All wc ask is a fair Convention
of fair men—willing to be governed by demo
cratic usages and just principles. If Governor
Brown should not be the choice of such a Con
vention, we will cheerfully take whoever else
may be selected, unless manifestly unworthy
the position. We have no doubt of the result
before such a Convention, and still less, if pos
sible, of the verdict of the people.
Paraguay, Mexico, and Nicaragua
Late accounts from Paraguay fumisbthe grat
ifying intelligence that by the intervention of
General Urquiza, our difficulties with Paraguay
have been adjusted.
The terms of the arrangement have not yet
been received.
The advices from Mexico are highly impor
tant. General Miramon, the leader ofthe Church
and military factions, has broken up his camp
near Vera Cruz, and retreated towards the
capital Two or three Generals of the Liberal
party, with large forces, however, it was thought
would intercept Miramon and prevent his reach
ing the capitol. It was thought that the Liber
als would be in possession of the city of Mexico
in a short time. Mr. McLane, our Minister, had
arrived at Vera Cruz, and was received with
great rejoicings.
We have no doubt that at an early day we
shall hear of the complete success of Juarez,
and in that event we are advised that a treaty
will be made by McLane and the Liberal Gov
ernment most advantageous in many respects,
to the interests of this countiy. Wo have great
confidence in the prudence, sagacity and expe
rience of Mr. McLane, and think Mr. Buchanan
fortunate in being able to secure his services in
extricating us from our Mexican imbrog’jo.
As we supposed, Mr. Buchanan has net the
Nicaraguan troubles firmly. He has dispatch
ed a special messenger with instructions t« Gen
eral Lamar, our Minister, to demand a foil re
paration for injuries, and an ample apdogy
for insults or demand his passports. The nat
ter is in good hands. General Lamar is the
veiy man for prompt, decided and impressive
action, notwithstanding the scandalous gossip
of the correspondents ot the New York Press to
the contrary.
The Courts.
Wilkinson Court adjourned on Wednesday
morning last The litigated business was
continued. The Grand Jury found a true bill
against Meridith Honeycutt for Negro Stealing.
Several other important bills were before the
body, but we have not learned the result Wil
kinson County is improving rapidly in health
population, morals and intelligence. We have
heard it said that the Planters of this county
averaged more cotton to the hand the past year,
than in any county in the State, Dougherty ex
cepted. The local Bar is composed mostly of
young men—but in point of legal acquirement,
attention to business, and gentlemanly de
portment, will compare favorably with any in
our State.
During the week the Sterling Democracy met
-appointed Delegates to the Gubernatorial con
vention, and instructed them to vote for the
present incumbent, Joseph E. Brown. Dooly
Court was also in session, and adjourned on
Friday. The business ofthe Court was very
generally disposed of, and among other cases of
interest tried, was one where two of the “fair
sex” were indicted for assault and battery. In
many respects, we understand it was rather an
unusual case.
Taylor Court adjourned on Thursday till some
time in May. But few cases were tried on ac
count of the illness of Daniel W. Miller. On
Wednesday the criminal Docket was taken up
and John Bareficld was put upon trial for for
gery. As this was a singular case, we give the
main facts:
Northern Flections.
The strong, bracing North-wester of Monday
has swept across the land, leaving in its coursit
a perfect avalanche of Republican victories.—
Connecticut is Republican all over, State Offi
cers, Senate, House, and all four Congressmen—! proposes to purchase the horse. After much
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gets Hudson’s horse for the Slaughter Hill notes,
der Bareficld, under the pretence of purchasing
a mule, to give him notes for one hundred and
fifty dollars. In the neighborhood was a sec
ond Slaughter Hill, a planter of large property
and prompt in meeting all his contracts. John
Barefield had a hankering fora fine horse own-
ned by one of his neighbors, an elderly gentle
man named Hudson, and he visits Hudson and
system more generally looked to and specially*
provided for by law, the same distance of fifty
miles, or thereabouts, will connect the Georgia
Main Trunk with the Florida Central Road East
of the Alapahaw river, so that on cither route,
a distance of seventy to ninety miles of Road is
all the intervening space necessary to effect a
convenient and direct railway connection with
this fine Gulf 1’orL From thence, the distance
to New Orleans can be accomplished by steamer
in a day, and to Havana in less than two days.
It is not surprising that our Florida friends
should feel confident of arresting public atten
tion with this collocation of facts.
Republican majority of nearly Ten Thousand in
a mere Judicial election, with nothing at stake
to call out a vote. St. Louis has given the Re
publicans a larger majority than she ever be
fore gave to any party, laying bare the frauds
by which Francis P. Blair, jr., was last Summer
cheated out of his certificate as a Member of
Congress. The vote here is very huge, and the
victoiy overwhelming. Clkavelaxd, Ohio—
which very rarely votes against whatever calls
itself Democracy—has swelled the chorus, the
Republicans carrying all before them. The
Northern Lights gleam and flash across the
whole horizon, and the darkest caves are irrad
iated. * All is visibly preparing for the great
National renovation of I860.—Tribune.
Wc saw a darker sky than this for the De
mocracy cleared up in 1850. The “opposition”
triumphs are just a year too soon.
Direct Trade.
Messrs. Ross, Coleman and Ross, have just
received for the second time in their history, as
they tell us, a veiy large assortment of Irish
Linens of every character, direct from the man-, rather uncertain argumentation YY’e —:il m
ufacturcrs. nude to their order, and hearim., v-:« • * J “=t m, -us expects no such thing,
mcir stamp, with Die name of the manufactu-1 and *
Ron. A. II. Stcpbens.
“We endeavored to demonstrate, a week or
two since, that this gentleman expected to be
nominated by the Charleston Convention. Wc
had to rely, it is true, upon circumstantial evi
dence entirely, but “straws show which way
the wind blows.” The signs are increasing rap
idly, and the time is near when every one will
see for himself that there is a strong movement
on foot to make Mr. Stephens the next Demo
cratic candidate.”—Athens Watchman.
“This demonstrating what a man expects is
__ . . * n( l caves for it as little as any body. But we
rer. There is no mistake about the fact, as we hope the wind and the straws too will all tend
have seen the invoices, the cases with the cus- in t he direction of making Mr. Stephens Pres-
tAVn llAllvll tnflvL'fl • mill tVliw\A#1e I ■ • m .a w « n.
Sermous by Bishop Elliott.
A friend has kindly sent us a pamphlet with
the title, ,“A Busy Man’s and the Busy Wo
man’s Religious Difficulties” being two Sermons
preached in Savannah and New Orleans by the
Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Bishop of Georgia.
Wc lrnvc read these sermons with feelings of
unalloyed pleasure. They are the coinage from
the brain of a great and good man who has close
ly studied the vices of tho times, and in a most
eloquent and scholarly style, presents to the
reader the true and only corrective.
Wc wish these sermous could be placed in the
hands of every father and mother in the Repub
lic. Wc feel sure that great good would result
to the country at large, by the dissemination of
the virtuous, ennobling and Christian sentiments
so attractively and forcibly presented. Will not
some Philanthropist publish twenty thousand ?
Men of wealth respond quickly in the affirm
ative.
Summer Weather.
Tlie Mercury stood at 86 yesterday, at Zeilin
and Hunt’s, and wc suspect it was higher the
day before. They have a counter-agent in veiy
excellent Soda. Fountain now in operation.
Heavy Cotton Bale.
The Augusta despatch chronicles a bale of
Cotton sent on the Georgia Rail Road from
Social Circle, weighing 044 pounds.
Personal.
Gov. Brown, was in Macon on Tuesday
last, and dropped in to the Telegraph office a
few minutes, on his way to look at the new
edifice for tho Blind, now nearly completed.
Wc are bound say to that the Governor does
not appear at all oppressed by tbe weight of of
ficial cares and responsibilities, or barrassed by
the thunder bolts of opposition from Atlanta
or elsewhere. His face has not gained a
wrinkle and carried just the same serene and
smiling aspect as ever.
Ex. Gov. Johnson was also in this city a
few days last week and left on Friday for
Milledgeville.
Judge Love, of the Southern Circuit, spent
several days in Macon last week, and was in
the office on Thursday. We arc pleased to see
that time deals leniently with this excellent
man and functionary, and has left no marks
yet.
Valuable Negroes for Sale.
The reader will notice among the advertise
ments one of the sale of some valuable negroes
of Gov. Towns’ estate, to place at the Court
House in Macon on the first Tuesday in next
month.
Death of William Lockett. Esq.
This estimable citizen died at his residence,
in this city, on Saturday last The funeral cer
emonies were performed at the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday, Dr. llardcnburgh officia
ting. His remains were escorted to the grave
by the Masonic fraternity—the Bibb Cavaliy,
and a large concourse of friends and acquain
tan ccs.
Hon. A. II. Clmjipcll.
Wc were gratified to visit our former distin
guished fellow-citizen, Hon. A. II. Chappell, at
the Lanier House, yesterdsy morning. He is
in excellent health, ar.*l on his way to Laurens
Court, where he represents important interests
tiefore the Cowl
County meetings.
Cobb and Cherokee counties have spoken out
plainly and decidedly in commendation of Gov.
port hin^to tiu^iast^n'thc'JumfconventioiL E»nizcd-woul,l break down an intellectual
-n is is one ofthe best and surest methods of bampson. nc hope the next Legislature will
arrivii>b' at the wishes of the people.—Advocate. j locate the Court at one point.
Great Fire in Netv Orleans.
IMPORTANCE OF IRON COTTON TIES.
Another disastrous fire occurred in New Or
leans. last Thursday, by which the Lower Levee
Cotton Press with ten thousand bales of mttrm.
•uia tour squares adjoining the Press, and con-
taming some twenty houses, were destroyed.
The lass is estimated at a million of dollars.
The Picayune of a few days previous, comment
ing upon the destruction by fire of a large quan
tity of cotton stored at the Planters' Cotton
Press, presents the following forcible suggest
ions which we append, upon the importance of
the Iron Cotton Tie. This second and greater
catastrophe imparts yet more force to the Pica
yune’s recommendations, and it seems to us
every cotton interest ought to unite at once in an
effort to introduce the iron binding universally*
Surely the Cotton Carriers, the rail road and
steamboat men, would find it to their interest
to make a discrimination in ikvorof iron bound
cotton. The losses they annually sustain, would
of themselves warrant such a discrimination.
YVe Invite particular attention le-tlwsc sug
gestions of the Picayune:
There is no absolute necessity for the loss of
cotton by fire or water. Cotton when tightly
compressed in bales will not burn. The most
combustible of all substances, when loose ami
permeated by tho air, is the least destructible
when compressed into a small, compact mass.
The fire will pass over it, in this condition, like
the flames over the diy prairie grass, but can
not penetrate into the bale. The bagging and
the loose fibres will be consumed, when the fire,
if not sustained by contiguous combustible mat
ter, will die out.
The reason that such havoc results from
fire on a cotton boat or in a cotton press. Is that
the rope confining the cotton in the small com
pass of a bale soon burns off when the dasti
city of the cotton causes the silky product to
swell into triple or quadruple of its former bulk,
opening its entire mass to the air, and inviting
the fire to enwrap it in its destructive embrace.
Secure the bale against expansion during
fire, and loss of cotton by an ordinary confla
gration is prevented. This can bo done by adopt
ing the iron hoop instead of rope for securing
the bales. The most careful tests have been
adopted to prove the security afforded by till
substitute for rope. At the late Agricultural
Fair in Jackson, Mississippi, a bale hooped with
iron was surrounded with cord wood, and the
interstices filled with straw, when the whole
was ignited. The straw and wood were entire
ly consumed, and the bale was only blackened
on its outer surface from which the bagging had
been burned. The fire went out without aid,
and not five pounds of the cotton had been con
sumed.
If the cotton stored at the Planters’ Cotton
Press had been hooped with iron instead of be
ing tied with rope, the press could not have
been burned: and if the combustible portion of
the press had been destroyed, the cotton would
have been saved. Underwriters cannot fail to
see the advantage to them of substituting iron
for rope ties. It is a matter of surprise that
they have not taken some action to secure the
general adoption of the former, after such tests
as have been made of its protection to the cotton.
The greater security of boats freighted with
cotton, and consequently of the lives of passen
gers, is a strong inducement to the steamboat
interest and travelling public to encourage the
use of iron rope. Experience has taught the
necessity of some means to prevent the annual
losses of property which wc arc called on to
record, and the present is a favorable opportu
nity to press the value of the iron tie.
tom house marks; and the goods themselves
tell it as plainly as the documents. They are
far more beautiful and heavier than those ordi
narily “ got up for the trade” to New Y’ork or
ders, and if you put on your spectacles and test
them every way, you will look in vain for the
furze produced by the admixture of cotton
which will be found in the vast majority of
what are called linen goods. Ihesc are pure
linen, and wc say without hesitation tliat it is
the most licautiful stock wc ever saw. It com
prises almost every style required for personal
or family use. Wc were gratified, moreover,
with the assurance, that they find their account,
and effect a considerable saving, in the impor
tation of these goods; in fact, arc so well picas-
<wl watk their CApviluii'iib III lIlI*CCt tTKlC, tbit
they mean to extend them to nearly cvety de
partment of their business, and import nearly
all goods of European manufacture. Others
seeing their good works will follow their exam
ple, and this is the way direct trade with Europe
is gradually to be opened and established—not
by conventions of lawyers, doctors and poli
ticians at Montgomery and Yicksburg. So the
the good work is going in Macon. We have
three or four houses now which import direct
from Europe, and wc hope they will be encour
aged and others stimulated to follow their ex
ample. It is time to begin to be self reliant and
self dependent Let us have enough of such
firms and we shall soon have our own trade in
our own hands—to and from our own ports—
in our own bottoms. Let the ladies examine
the linen goods we have spoken of, and wc will
tncnriHeir'disfavor', hard as it may beto bear,
as well as confess to a mere puff, if they do not
admit tiic truth of all wc have said respecting
them.
ident of the United States. His worst enemy,
wc think, would expect of him an intelligent,
energetic and upright administration.
Tltc Gubernatorial Convention.
Wc have reports up to this date, from meet
ings in sixteen counties, and delegates in favor
of Governor Brown’s re-nomination have been
selected in all but one, Fulton, and in that, there
are two sets of delegates.
Tltc Supreme Court
At Atlanta is in session. The Flinf Docket
is up during the present week—Judge McDon
ald, we sincerely regret to learn, was compelled
to leave the Court on Thursday last on account
of indisposition. The Court—as at present or-
Canvass in Virginia.
The Enquirer gives what it calls a plain, un
impassioned and unvarnished account of the
discussion between Letcher and Goggin, at
Staunton. That paper says :
The proper feeling of courtsey which pre
vented Letcher from grinding hi n to powder
in Rockingham no longer restrained the Dem
ocratic candidate. He came down upon Gog-
gin as a trip hammer would upon a hickory-
nut. The discussion was like u combat be
tween a quick, active, clean cut. closely trim
med little red game cock, and a big, awkward,
loose-jointed, short-winded, rheumatic shang
hai. Well-posted, clear, logical and eloquent,
Letcher’s demolition of his adversary is said
to have been crushing. The mauling which
he gavo to Goggin will be remembered for
many a day. Every crack drew blood and
made the feathers fly. Goggin took shelter
behind tbe “ scrap-book,” but it did no good,
for it was to dull to be used as a sword, and
too ponderous, and unwieldy to be employed
as a shield. Goggin was swept fore and aft
by canister, grape and small shot. He was
flayed, pounded, thrashed, lacerated, and pum
melled to a jelly. He was ground to pieces,
chopped into mince-meat, and then swallowed
whole.
Sorry for Goggin; bat it will relieve his anxious
friends to know that though, as a plain matter
of fact—“pummelled to a jelly,'” "chopped into
mince-meat” and then “swallowed whole,'’ he
reappeared next day as though nothing had
happened, and is still in good bodily health
All the pieces were saved, and he probably
borrowed a bint from Jonah.
Arrest of a Convicted iUurdcrcr.
Wc understand that James Revel, who was
convicted of murder and sentenced to be hung,
at the March Term of Crawford Court, but who
escaped from Clinton jail last year, was recently
arrested in Tennessee, and was carried to Mil-
ledgevillc yesterday, in charge of Mr. Hancock,
tlie sheriff of Crawford county.
It appears that the prisoner's brother, Henry
Revel, was taken up in Tennessee, on suspicion
of being a free negro, and not being able to give
satisfactory account of himself) was searched,
and letters and papers were found in his pos
session which gave the information as to the
character and whereabouts of his brother James,
and a party immediately started in pursuit and
succeeded in making the capture.
Revel will remain in jail until the next term
Crawford Court, when he will be re-sen
tenced.
From the Wire Grass Reporter.
The Lemon Cose.
The celebrated Lemon case, in which a Mr.
Lemon, of Virginia, was conveying his slaves
from that State to Florida, and as the most con
venient route, carried them to New York, to be
shipped thence to their place of destination, but
were arrested by abolitionists before shipment,
which has been for several years pending in
the Court of Appeals in-New York, has at last
been disposed of As might have been expect
ed, the effect of the decision is, that so soon as
a slave puts his foot upon New York soil, wheth
er carried their voluntarilv. or forr«l V *■-1r.-- u
or weatner to take safety in one of their ports,
he becomes free.
We suppose this will be pocketed with the
balance of the insults to the South, and no no
tice taken of it, but suffered to pass and invite
further and more direct agression. Yet for the
soul of us wc cannot see what hinders to put a
tax on some ten or twenty per cent of importa
tions from New York into {he State of Georgia or
any other Southern State, by way of retaliation.
It would be contrary to the constitution of the
United States, says one, and a violation of the
national compact between the States. True,
But would it be more so than the example
set by New York of confiscating Southern prop
erty altogether? There is an old adage, tliat
if you desire success, you must fight the devil
with fire, and if wc could have our wish, these
gentlemen should liave fire and flame to their
heart’s content Wc would in addition to the
above, slap a fine of at least a thousand dollars
upon cverj- New Y'ork drummer that dared to
6 ut his foot upon the soil of Georgia, and in dc-
lUtt of paying it he might work it out in the
Penitentiary. YVho will have spirit enough to
introduce such a bill into the next Legislature ?
The South has resolved and re-resolved that she
would submit to these Northern agressions no fur
ther. Let us now see how much sincerity there
is embodied in these paper resolutions. It must
lie evident to the most careless observer that the
Northern people will never cease their agressions
as longas the South will tamely submit to them,
and that the question of right to do so must be
brought to an open issue sooner or later. YVhy
then postpone the issue any longer? YVhy en
tail upon posperity a question which wc should
determine for ourselves, and submit to present
wrong rather than meet and redress it ? If tlie
Southern people are prepared to submit to habit
ual insult from the North, let it be proclaimed
abroad, and let the world know it
YVc sympathize entirely with the YY'ire Grass
Reporter in the desire to see an issue made upon
this system of plunder. Lemmon is a citizen
of Y’irginia, and has been robbed on the high
way by the State of New York. He is entitled
to protection from the State of Y'irginia, and
the government of that State will be deserving
of no respect if she fails, when called on, to ex
tend that protection. Now let tlie Governor of
Y'irginia make a demand on New York for indem
nity.' Failing to secure it, let him bring suit in
tlie Supreme Court of the U. States, which by the
terms of the Constitution is especially charged
with the jurisdiction of “controversies between
two or more States." If New York fails to re
spond in tlie damages awarded, then let Virginia
promptly make reprisals according to the laws
and usages of nations, upon whatever property
of tlie citizens of New York may he within her
waters and jurisdiction, and let the whole South
back Y’irginia in setting at naught and defiance
whatever authority, Federal or State, may inter
pose itself against such a proceeding.
By these proceedings all Constitutional reme
dies will have first been exhausted before a re
sort to force, and the proceedings will be ini
tiated and carried on by the right party, in the
discharge of its first and plainest duty to a
citizen.
representing them to Hudson as the notes of
the rich and responsible Planter. Hudson pre
sents the notes to Slaughter Hill the cider, who
denies that he ever gave them. Hudson inves
tigates the matter and finds the facts substan
tially as we have given them. He prosecutes
Barefield for forgery under the fourteenth Sec
tion of tho seventh Division of the Penal Code,
which reads thus: “If any person shall de
signedly, by color of any counterfeit letter or
writing, made in any other person’s name, or
fictitious name, obtain, Ac., with intent to de
fraud, Ac.”
The reader will perceive that in the case re
ferred to, the wnting was not counterfeit, but
genuine, and Barcficld’s offence is, that he false
ly represented a genuine signature. YYhether
that is forgery, or whether the indictment was
properly brought under that section, is a ques
tion for the Supreme Court to determine. Judge
YVorrill charged the Jury and held the indict
ment good, and Barefield was convicted. If he
cannot be held to answer under the section a-
bove quoted, it is a case for which our code does
not provide. Barefield, after he had got Hud
son’s horse, boasted to some of his friends that
il-WM ^ "»«»♦■■■ »l«j l»u4 oLvtl A a '“11
mean one.”
For the Telegraph
To nun L , iu return for ionic Flowcn,
I’ve a fragrant wreath, by a fair hand twined,
And they tell me it came from thee—
That thy fingers touch o’erits bright leaves strayed,
And gave it its symmetry;
That when thou had’st mingled in a form so fair,
Its bods and its leaves of green—
Thou didst leave in the tints of its petals bright,
A smile that may yet be seen.
I will gaze on its leaves when they wither and droop,
And their fragrant sweets depart,
And when there is nothing left but the stems,
I will wear them near my heart;
And if in the future we meet no more,
Wherever my home may be,
I will sometimes think of the hand that wreath’d,
These flowers so bright for me.
Macon, April, 1859. OSCEOLA.
The “ Mystery” and “ Nineteenth
CENTURY.”
Mr. Editor:—About a week since an article
appeared in tho Augusta Dispatch, on the Key
and Sickles affair, headed a “Mystery.” The
Editor of the Nineteenth Century—as I see in
looking over his paper this morning—copied
the mystery, and made some comments from
which we make the following extract:
“Another mystery is—why the Press—that
potent agent which gives tone and character to
social habits throughout the length and breadth
of the land—why is it that the Press every
where, whether Literary, Political, or Religious,
feel it incumbent upon them to encourage, fos
ter, cherish, praise, laud, magnify and strive,
with all their might to introduce this viper
into every family in the Union. Read the com-
John Barefield induced a poor youth by the plimcntary notices in nearly every journal which
name of Slaughter Hill, residing with Alcxan- meets your eye oflately arrived TheatricalStars,
Attempted Assassination In Thoni-
ASTON.
The Upson Pilot of last Thursday narates
an attempt made tbe Friday night before to
murder Dr. Shackelford of that place, as fol
lows :—
A negro man named Phil, the property of
Thomas L. YValker (who is now absent in
Texas) went to the residence of Dr. A. T.
Shackelford, one of the oldest,most respectable
and most inoffensive of our citizens. The
night being very dark and showery, Phil after
lurking around the house was discovered by
the barking of the dogs, when the Dr. went
out on bis portico with a lighted candle in his
band. After some words, the negro informed
the Dr. that his son (who was in attendance
at a meeting of the Thomaston Sax Horn Band
in the Court-house) wished his father to bring
him an umbrella. Tho Dr. first insisted tbe
negro should perform the kindness for his son,
but after some evasion on the part of Phil, the
Dr. started off, the negro loitering behind, or
probably dogging his footsteps.—In the act of
crossing a flight of steps leading into the Court
house square, a pistol was fired within a few
paces of the Dr. the contents fa load of large
shot) lodging in the steps. In a second after,
another shot was fired and a ball or buck shot,
struck and penetrated the left leg of the Dr.
four inches above the knee. The assassin then
fled and was pursued a short distance by
the Dr.
Phil lied when lie told the Dr. that his
son wished him to bring an umbrella to the
Court-house. He is now in jail to await a
rial.
Actors and Actresses—describing their perform
ances in such glowing terms as to turn the heads
of our sons and daughters with anticipated de
light, and nothing will satisfy them until they
go and see for themselves. ’Tis there they be
come initiated into the sublime mystery—’tis
there they find tlie mystick key which unlocks
the treasury of innocence and introduces that
refined vice which is permitted to mingle with
and corrupt to moral prostitution, every seed
and germ of virtue, which has, ’till then, been
cherished by tears from the heart’s fountain of
a pious mother. Familiarized and daily asso
ciated with these gorgeous representations of
vice, by continued and repeated attendance to
the Theatre, is it strange that, in due time,
their sense of virtue is obtunded—their idea of
moral propriety confused, and the fair temple
of innocence sapped to its very foundation ?
YY'e have declared war, tear, war to the death,
to theatres and all kindred institutions, and
never shall the lost and ruined victim rise up in
testimony against us—point the finger of con
demnation—pronounce the withering invective
—YOU ENCOURAGED ME TO THIS!”
Now, who does not feel that the above com
ments are true to the letter.
Man is in a great measure a creature of cir
cumstance. “Just as the twig is bent the tree’s
inclined.” A child should be “ trained up in
the way he should go.”
The press, wc all admit, is a mighty engine,
either for good or evil. YY’hat do we see! A
“ Theatre,” “Circus," or “nigger band,” can
not come through the city, but the press must
laud it to the skies; thus creating a desire in
the young to see the show. Religion for the
time, at least, is forgotten. There virtue and
vice mingle indiscriminately—and it is a law of
nature, that the good are never made better by
association with the virions YVlmt can we ex-
P .o* but that the youth of our land should be
contaminated ?
Again, how often is it that the “show” itself
is demoralizing; nay, from a necessary associa
tion of ideas, tlie tendency is often the very op
posite of a virtuous one.
YVho docs not know that an editor will often
speak as an editor, when as an individual, he
would be far from endorsing even his editorials;
and though he might puff a show for “fashion”
sake, he would be far from permitting his wife
or daughters to attend it
Such things should not be. An editor ought
to reflect his own views, at least iu his editorials
—and as a moral and accountable being, to be
careful at all times, to wield an influence for
good.
YYc know tliat editors, as a rule, are high-
toned gentlemen—particularly in the South—
yet we believe many of them wield an evil in
fluence without really an intention to do so.
Let the Secular press take a high stand for
virtue and religion—then shall it “indeed and
in truth,” be a mighty lever iu evangelizing the
world. s.
Imports or Dry Goods.—The imports of
goods at New Y’ork, during March amounted
to $10,561,960, against $5,518,445 in March
of last year. The importation thus far for tbe
fiscal year is ten millions ahead of last year,
and ten millions behind the year before.
Election for Members of Congress.
Elections for Members of Congress are to be
held'in the course of this year as follows : Con
necticut and Rhode Island elect early in April;
in Y'irginia on the fourth Tuesday of May ;
on firet Monday of August in Alabama,
Kentucky and Texas; on first Thursday
of August in North Carolina, ou first first
Monday of October in Georgia and Mississip
pi ; on second Tuesday of October in Minne
sota; on first Monday (7th) of October in
Louisiana, and on first YYednesday (2d) of 0c
tober in Maryland.
One Bay Later From Europe,
The Indian at Portland on the 7th, brings
one day later news. Sales of Cotton for three
days 31,000 bales; all grades nave advanced
Id. Middling Orleans 7|d. Tbe market clos
ing firm. Consols were quoted OGJ. Bread-
stuffs were steady.
General Markets.—Flour was dull.—
Wheat quiet and firm for best western. Com
dull for yellow, but white had advanced. Sug
ar steady. Rosin dull. London, YVednes-
nesday, a. m.—Wheat advancing. Consols
quoted 96j to 96|. Advices from Manchester
were favorable.
From the correspondence of the Hartford Times.
l’.eaaant Y'aliey, Barkhamstead, March 88.
Singular Scene in a Church.
A singular incident occurred here yesterday
(Sunday) afternoon. A preacher from some oth
er town had been expected to hold forth in the
Baptist Church, and the audience were gather
ed, and the preacher arose. After announcing
his text lie proceeded with his sermon, but had
not gone far when he said to the astonished au
dience :
“1 have been instructed not to preach any
thing of abolitionism or republicanism—but I
must serve my Master, and I ”
At this juncture Deacon Doolittle rose and
said:
“Hold on. It’s iny impression that you have
said enough.” (Turning to the audience,)
“Meeting is out”
Tbe audience rose simultaneously, and, ta
king their hats, went out Tlie minister-sat
down. Deacon Doolittle went to the pulpit and
said to him:
“If you want to preach politics I have no ob
jection, and my house is at your service. But
this church is not the proper place, and it can
not he permitted. If you desire to give a po
litical sermon or speech you can do so at my
house, or any other place, and I will warrant a
good audience, and you shall have fair play and
not he hurt But you must not attempt it in
this church.”
There was no more preaching in tliat church
tliat afternoon. These arc the facts as related
by some who were in the audience when this
scene took place.
Irwintox, April 5th, 1859.
A meeting of the Democratic Party was cal
led this day at the Court House. Rev. YY’iley
Rogers called to the Chair and E. Cumming
called to act as Secretary.
On motion of YY’. D. Newell, Esq., the follow
ing Committee was appointed to bring business
before the meeting, to wit: YY’. D. Newell, R.
J. Cochran and G. H. Parker. After retiring a
few minutes they reported the following named
gentlemen as delegates to the Gubernatorial
Convention, to be held at Milledgeville on the
3d YY'edncsday in June next: Dr. YY'. L. Flem-
ister, YY’. O. Beall, John F. Burney, M. M. Blood-
worth, B. O’Bannon, YY’. YV. Lee, G. YY'. Payne,
and James Pittman, accompanied with the fol
lowing resolutions :
Resolved, That wc approve of the measures
and policy which have signalized the adminis
tration of Gov. Joseph E. Brown, of which we
deem unncccssaiy to mention, as they have met
with the cordial approbation of almost all par
ties throughout the State.
Resolved, That it is the unanimous opinion
of this Convention that the delegates be reques
ted to cast the vote of this County, in the next
Gubernatorial Convention, for Gov. Joseph E
Brown.
On motion of YY'. O. Beall, the Federal Union
and Georgia Telegraph are requested to publish
the above proceedings. Adjourned.
YY’ILEY ROGERS, Ch’m.
E. Ccmmixg, Sec’y.
-Look before you leap.”
Ma Editor:—A private individual, and one
who has never known or felt that relation dis
turbed by the harrassing one of candidacy,
looks upon the great Democratic ship as she is
about to hoist her sails for the voyage which is
soon to be made, with distrust and not a little
concern. I take my view from a disinterested
standpoint, and make my reckonings without
“/ear or affection.” I shall not ‘feign a fancy
or affect a folly," but in a plain, unvarnished
way, make a few statements of facts, to which
I invite the attention of all those good and true
Democrats, who prefer the advancement of their
political principles, to the mere exaltation to
office of man. I wish it distinctly understood
that I have no cause of complaint against Gov.
Brown, cither as a man or as the high function
ary of this great State. I xoted for him cordi
ally before, and if he again comes up squarely
before the people, he shall have my suffrage.
He has discharged the duties of his office with
fidelity and considerable ability. In liis war
upon the Banks, I am charitable enough to sup
pose him conscientious—yet in it there was dis
played by his Excellency, more of “ zeal than
judgment” In consequence ofthe inflexibility
with which he pursued the Banks, the Bankites
en masse will give him the “cold shoulder.” Be
tween them and the Governor there is created a
“great gulf,” in which there are breakers upon
which the ship may founder. “Lookbefore you
leap.” .
The only question which seems to agitate the
democratic party at this particular juncture is,
“ shall Gov. Brown be the nominee of the party
or not?” “To be ornot to be.” Now, here isan
error, in my judgment, at the very threshold of
the proceedings. The question should be—
YY’hat man in the State, who, having all the ne-
cessaiy qualifications, can present so clear a re
cord to the party as to claim, and in all proba
bility obtain, the almost ut^animovs support of
the party ? Then I ask, is Gov. Brown that
man ? I answer most unhesitatingly, no! I
have said that Gov. Brown has arrayed against
himself a respectable minority ofthe party, who
will not only not vote for him in any contingency,
but may the more certainly to insure his defeat,
vote with the opposition.
I am no champion of Banks, and in holding
up Gov. Brown as their opponent, I do not do
it in consequence of his private opinions upon
such corporative bodies, but only because of his
decided and aggressive warfare upon them, he
has so far alienated himself from them, as to en
gender a violent and hitter opposition to him.
I do not think it the policy of the party to nom
inate a man against whom there is such a deci
ded and manifest opposition.
Again, I hold that Gov. Brown has no claims
upon tlie party to a second term of office. He
was not the choice of the convention that nom
inated him—but, as is well known, his nomina
tion was the result of aecidenL To harmonize
conflicting elements, an outsider was necessary;
and as Gov. Brown was elevated to office to con
ciliate discard, it is but manly that he should
voluntarily withdraw from the canvass, when
he sees and knows, that by his own acts, his
name will be a fire-brand in the ranks. That
Gov. Brown is not “the man for the times”—
let the late action of the Democracy of Fulton
attest And the excitement and bitter oppo
sition to his nomination there, may be taken as
an epitome of the whole state—as an earnest of
what will be the result at the election, if the
friends of Gov. Brown force him upon the party.
I have thus given two reasons why Gov. Brown
should not receive the nomination. One is,
that he has made himself obnoxious to a respec
tive minority of his party, and will fail to get
their support—and the other is, that his claims
upon the party are not of such force as to haz
ard the success ot the election upon his nomi
nation. Credit is certainly due Gov. Brown
for his management of the State Road. It has,
under his administration, become a paying in
stitution. His appointments to office have been
wise and judicious; and by his system of econ
omy, and his scrutinizing superintendency, it
is no longer a bane to the body politic. This
has been the Governor's hobby—and his eques-
tnanship has certainly been beautiful and com
manding. But it should also be borne in mind,
that the horse was all caparisoned and ready to
he mounted, when handed over to Gov. Brown.
Up to that time, what was left of the receipts
of the Road from the stealings,~ was paid over
to the extinguishment of the debt; and when
the liabilities were cancelled, the receipts then
could pass into the State Treasury.
But, while we “give unto Csesar the things
that are Caesar’s,” let us not withhold from
another what is justly his due. I am about to
present to the notice of the Democracy, a man
of acknowledged ability, and who has stronger
claims upon the party than any other man in
its ranks. But let me, in the outset, distinctly
state, that the man whose claims I am about to
advocate, is not only not cognizant of my views
and wishes, hut has, I am authorized to state, a-
vowed a determination not to be considered a
candidate before the people of Georgia, for the
Gubernatorial office. Tn the last conversation I
had with him, so far from expecting to be a
Richmond in the field, he said he hoped, when
Spring should again mantle the earth with
green, to ride the ocean wave, and to realize the
beauties of an Italian sunset
I contend that the Democratic party is large
ly indebted to Mr. James Gardner, for a long,
for the Uubirnutorial robes whicb
him. If the Democratic party hjj '"
the ascendency, Joseph E. Bro*/*
have been dotted with thepc^ '
cise of which, he has brought hi®. -.,
ion with a large and respectable^?
fellow citizens, and which
likely to produce discomfiture,
feat to the party. The character
of Gov. Brown leaves me to
Slippy
would not, of his otm free trill,
tween the discharge of this oblige
party to Mr. Gardner. And what L
than now to pay the debt ? Theuw
pie—the coffers are full—and if tb,
true to itself and to honor, it will ^
a debt which in justice it must v.
It is to be hoped that the party wij.
the doctrine which comes from thv. j
books—that “the laborer is worth; i
and if worthy, worthy to them
served.
I have said that Mr. Gardner <fid M
the office,” but that does not prerej
from seeking the man.
Let the party, then, in acknow] t .J
what is due Mr. Gardner, unanimn.. j
one voice, tender to him the nomir.i J
word for it, the services which he!
times, and under every vicissitude of
woe,’ tendered to the party as a r-,
again lie given to them as a pretty.
and the fires of a bright and true p«._
illumine the pathway of the part; : ^
administration. In the council-, of
I should like to see him foremost—b
edged ability, not less than his dev
ty, demand it Lodi, Marengo and
bloody were their fields, but ther
port of the great Napoleon to the 1%
adem Great and many have leg,
of the democratic party, undcr&jJ
Gardner; but the only diademuh
has not been of the head, but in hi
is a consciousness of having done hi
served his party with an inflexil
pose, and a nerve which knew no,
in the darkest hour of battle. L-t
racy again ignore hie claims, » n J «
a thorn whereon to lean its breast
But it may be asked, what will
Gov. Brown? I have said, and / beh
acknowledge the force of the obl'i
bow submissively to the will of the
He will have served his one term
the by, a democratic dcctrine.) with A
ability, and can retire to his “vine a
upon his laurels, with the hope of
motion in the future.
Mr. Gardner has many strong hr
State, who arc anxious to see hin the
the firat office in their gift The;
his claims at the last nominating
doubtless in the hope that his
respected whew a convention shaL'
ble to nominate a candidate for i,
it probable that his friends
claims again set aside ? It may he
of this, that the party look well ui ™
fore them. “Look well before y*
the words of caution, which, in
submit to the Democratic party.
great Democratic ship of State s'
her moorings, nail to her masthwM tt;
of James Gardser, and then mzr l t0 h
her banner to the battle and the t ^ 40
victory will perch upon her standz-M j c j
chcrage will be safe, and her crev i mi,
coi ffi t
■— j-yy 1
From the Charleston Merer 3 ; j (W ,
War in Europe. , who.
Victor Emanuel the King of S. map;
beat sovereign in Europe. Hit jn bis:
constitutional kingly government -Hp»l
tinent, and the people under h:.< j
duly aware of his worth and ,
patriotism. At one time it was sttHH
question of war in Europe •.uraedS™ *
he sought, of £2,000,000, to snjt^HV
penditures. He failed in Paris t
loan ; but he appealed to his peopli
with the necessary amount is snta
The causes of war are abuedo:
talian Prince, and Victor
power of making it. It was saidh
of Lords, in England, that it was i:|
of one man to determine whetherit^^KL
ist—meaning the Emperor Napoleflw
Napoleon has transferred this
Emanuel. In his letter to Sir Fn
we think, he says that he has only
self to assist the Sardinians
This is likely to be quite en
enough for Sardinia. A general
get up a war which ho desires, and
prove himself to be the party agsrs
is vastly deficient in strategy. Vie
uel has been desiring and preparir.'l
with Austria for years. It is nowi:®rJ J£
er to make it, with France to snppf*™ 4
gainst the old oppressor of Italy,
causes? YVe think Signor Brofft
debate in the Chamber of Denudes,
rectify stated the matter.
Signor Brofferio made a short xkgi,. (j
speech. He declared it idle to
whether Austria provoked Piedmoi!
moot Austria—
Do you know,” said he. “wty
where are the provokers? Tbe
for us is that two-headed eagle *1
on the Austrian banner; tbe prov;
Austria is in the three colors 'that
ours. The provocation of Austrii
laws and measures with which she
ou the Italians; the provocation o
consists in otx free institutions, oui
our free rostrum. Let it be said.
Austria continually provokes us, t
faithful and able service in their ranks. It is ! proT^Itwn'rUUndurcXTju^
not to be questioned but that his paper was, for until the great question be solved eij
many years, not only the most ably conducted ; triumph of right or at the point of
paper, but was the organ which reflected the YY’e think that here is cause cnm.’BB 1
opinions of the party, on all questions, both of l .° last so long as it be necessary to
Austria. How did Austria get he
in Italy ? By force of arms. Mi’
Butler, Ga. April Gth, 1859,
At a meeting of the Democratic Party held son
this day the following persons were appointed
to represent the county of Taylor in the guber
natorial and congressional conventions soon to
assemble:
To the Gubernatorial Convention—T. J.
Riley, Gideon Newsome, Hiram Drone, Elbert
Fagan, YVm. S. YValiace.
oft
State and National politics; that it was the
focus from whence emanated the strongest de- j thenTEe ejected by~the Tame rneiL,
fence, and the most enlightened exposition of j what princip .e of duty will forbid'-^Hof
those great Democratic doctrines which Jeffer-j sovereign of Italy, if he think she is ha-
and Madison and all the patriarchs of “the! er > fro ? boldly striving to drive
old iron-ribbed,’' had enunciated as the leading despotism of Austria out of his ci
tenets of Republican Government lie wrote
“ with a pen of iron and with the point of a dia
mond,” and gratitude to him should he “engra
ved on the table of their hearts, and upon the
horns of their altars.” If I were called upon
to-day to say what men in the State has done
the greatest amount of good to tlie Democratic
To the Congressional Convention—A. J.
Colbert, YV. L. Grice, Jas. T. May, YVilliam 1 P"^’ for the Iast twent >* or twent y- five J^rs,
J. YVilson and Daniel Royal.
The meeting also
I should most unhesitatingly point to Mr. Gard-
ner. And while I state this, it should also be
despotism <
the King of Sardinia has wanted,
port of another European nation,^^
enough to vanquish Austria. This pon
France. YVe are satisfied that i
prevent war in Europe but Napoleo
back from his present position will]
If he keep it, the King of SarJIniiT
rest, and war is inevitable.
The above was written before tkl
the latest news, and is fully conir^
by. YY’e refer our readers to it.
Taking Down an Ex<jcis:te--J
some half-c iste children living in '
Resolved, That the Delegates to Miliedge- j ** ^ cr ^ some uau-csie cm,men nvmgia^
ville Convention be instructed to vote in the i f honcstl y and laboriously worked for the these, semi-barbarous as they are-
Convention for Joseph E. Brown as long as a “ vancemento ‘ 1,,s party, he lias been very mod- j have caugh; the smartness of their'
... » est in urging his claims upon the party. Pre- peers. There was one who used to’
practicable. JOHN H. WALLACE, Pres.
YV. L. Grice. Sec’y.
cious few have been the “loaves and fishes'’ to
his political appetite. ’Tis true, he has been
“contented wT little,” and it is but human to
Death of Hopkins Ilolsey.
The Hon. H. Holscy, we regret to learn, suppose that he would be “ canty w€ mair.”-
<£ onThmsd^y’lasu 8 ! Tis trac - ononc or two occasions, liis name has
health for some {ime-su^eef tobe dromy ***" SI ? kCn of in ^nection with the Guber-
or disease of the heart. On Thursday night n *^° na c l ,a * r — an< l f° r the present term of of-
ho cat quite a hearty supper, and retired to his fice , his name was prominent before the coreven-
Exccutions iu Baltimore.
Baltimore, April 8.—The excution of Gam-
brill, Cropps, Corrie, and Cyphus took place in
the jail yard at 11 o’clock, A. M., today. Ful
ly thirty thousand people occupied prominent
positions outside, but no disturbance took place.
Cropps confessed his guilt previous to his exe
cution.
Weather—Health—Crops.
The weather, we regret to say, continues ex
ccedingly capricious and disagreeable—some-
tines unpleasantly warm, then again in a few
hours uncomfortably cold—damp—rainy—
disagreeable.
The health, we believe, is pretty good—
some little sickness in the country but the
town is quite healthy.
The crop prospects are by no means prom
ising. The season, in the first place, is behind
time, and the planters generally behind the
season. The coming of a frost—a chilling
—(killing frost) has been predicted on the
25th inst. Should this prognostication prove
true, we are a used up community. There
could not from all accounts by the time, be
cotton seed enough found in the country to
plant one big plantation.—Fla. Sentinel.
Another New York Mtstert.—The re
mains of a female, badly mutilated, were found
a few days ago, in a soap box, at the Albany I day ?" “Can’t possibly do it, sir. Ineverloan [lw
, H ,? dson Railroad. It is a man moneytfie second time when he disap-; for nearly a quart er of a century, the working
suspected that they are the remains of Mrs. 1 points me the first." “Some mistake, I reck- , ... ,. ,
in, wife of Capt. Brennan of the U. S. j on, Colonel. I paid you the fifty I had last' man of t ‘ le P art -' ; hls exertions more than
who disappeared mysteriously from week.” “That’s just it. I never expected it t0 any other man, are due tlie success and the in-
Staten Island, in July last. The box was ad- back. So you disappointed me. Can’t do it, creased strength of the party, it is plain tliat tc
’ d to the party m Indiana. I sir; sorry to say I can’t do it on principle.” t Mr. Gardner, Gov. Brown is mainly indebted
room, and seated himself as usual, in an arm tion for a nomination. But when Mr. Gardner
chair, resting his feet in another. Mrs. Hoi- : saw the list of aspirants, and saw too, with
sey on entering the room soon after, address- wUat p^in^ty the vp ^ d ^ the
ed on enquiry to him, and received no response. • , - . . °
Her companion was dead! J man 0 their choice, preferring to see tho party
The name of Col. Holsey is familiar to the 1 “'Of® on in harmony, and not wishing to have
public.^ In 1830, we believe, he wasaRepresen- b* s name clog the wheels of its progress, with
tative from this State, under the general ticket 1 self-abnegation he magnanimously withdrew
system, and has also filled other respond- h is name from the convention. If he had run
ble posts. He was a democrat of the Jack- , ... ....... -
sonian school. In 1845 he was an editor of tl * c , racc throu S h , ,s not certain that the result
the Southern Banner and was an able leader j of . hdlotmgs ultimately, would not have
in the Union party. He was a clear and forcible been in his favor. It is certain that the with-
writer—decided in his opinions, but courteous drawal of his name was one of the causes which
and respectful in their enunciation. As a po- led to the choice of an outsider. These facts are
htician he was too honest to be largely success- well known to Gov. Brown himself and I nre-
his ashes. . . ... ’ ” .
ful. His age was 61. Peace to
—Macon Jour. SyMcss., Gth inst.
sume he is ready to respond to the sentiment of
the increased indebtedness, (by this act of with-
‘Colonel, will you loan me a hundred to-! drawing,) ofthe party to Mr. Gardner.
Now if it be true that Mr. Gardner has been
on the Circular Quay; and it was ji
ing to mark, the easy way in
rid himself of a troublesome cu.wj
day, a slim exquisite, with an ele L
young lady hanging on his arm,*** 1 !
the little black as he chaffered for =
The boy kept his temper for »
length broke into a passion. "'I
gentleman! You gentleman, *< c: ]
anges for twopence? why,” and K J
his burnt sienna chin—“my
better fellow than you for break-’s-'BFBth
Fowlers life in y j J? '
A Quakir Meeting.—A yon»=|
ing attended a silent Quaker meeW.-
cd by one eftbe Friends.* “Ho*’
like the meeting 1” to which be PJ
plied, ‘Like it ? why I can see 1101
to go and sit for whole hours tog*
out speaking a word. It is enoeg' tt
devil.” “Yea, my friend, that’s j 1 Q
want,” replied the Quaker.
A darkey, having been to
speaks of his introduction to S«> ‘
“As soon as dey landed in j
moufs began to water to be on <k ^ 1
soon as dey waded to de shore, <*y 1
any goold, hut dey found such a
of nuffin to cat, dat dar gums f
baked clay in a brickyard."
The man who trusts to theta** 0
erally has to walk home.
There is no landing on *kc*j|jy
without sailing in tha bark o* Cu "