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TEB GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
MACON, GKA-,
Tuesday Morning, July 12.
DEMOCRATIC
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOS. E. BROWN
Advertisements.
Mr. McQdxex, a very tasteful and faithful
mechanic, advertises wrought iron railing.
We are requested to call attention to the
change in the Schedule of.the Macon it Western
Rail Road.
Also to the new Fever and Ague remedy from
Columbus, for sale at Dr. Strohecker's.
Third District.
The 'Opposition' Convention nominated Capt.
Thomas Hardeman, of this city, for their can
didate—undoubtedly a popular selection. The
Democratic Convention meets here to-day, and
an impression prevails that Col. A. M. Speer
will be the Democratic nominee, but we know
nothing personally about the sentiments of the
delegates.
The 1th in Rincon.
All say that the last 4th had more of the as
pecta of a holliday in Macon than any of its
predecessors. The weather was remarkably
fine—clear, cool and balmy. The stores were
generally closed during a great portion of the
day—the turn out of military in the procession
was large and imposing—numbering four com
panies and one Engine corps, (Young Aiueri
ca.) The procession was long—not half of those
desiring to bear the public exercises could
get into the Hall, and the regular appoin
tees officiating on the occasion, were more
than ordinarily successful. The Reader, Mr.
Wm. M. Townsend, performed his part to ad
miration, and the orator, P. Tracy, Esq., was
fortunate in winning universal encomiums.—
After the public exercises, the Floyd Rifies
enjoyed a collation at Benton's Spring Gardens:
the Volunteers were fortunate in getting both
a Flag and a dinner at Dr. Collins’, and in the
evening the Metropolitan Guards, resplendent
in a new uniform, drilled to the admiration of
all. At night a Ball came off with great eclat
at the Spring Gardens. On the whole, it was
a merry, and at the same time, well ordered
day. A due amount of patriotism and gun
powder was let off at morning, noon, and at
night, in the shape of cannonading and fire
crackers ad libitum.
Judge Stephens on the Item'll.
The appointment of Linton Stephens to the I
Tltc “Opposition Platform."
Is it possible after all the opposition of our op-
vacant Judgeship on the Supreme Bench, caua- (>osition friends to political l‘latfonns,as the mere
ed by the resignation of Judge McDonald, was artifice* of designing politicians to cheat and
coldly received by the people of Georgia, except delude the people, that they tried their band at
in the circuita where Mr. Stephens had been en- one in Forsyth ? So it appears, and we find it
gaged in the practice of the Law, and uqjuat duly set forth in the Savannah Republican of
and wholly unfounded insinuations hare been last Saturday. Here it is, at full length:
made in regard to the reasons which induced
Gov. Brown to make the selection. It was said|
THIRD DISTRICT RESOLUTIONS.
A Committee appointed by the late Opgosit
among other things, that Mr. S. was appointed tion Congressional Convention, at Forsyth, re
through the influence of Mr. Toombs, who wss ,hfir b'ha'rman, Col Ham
mond, the following resolutions, which were,
.ana rases, io secure ■ occw-i n mol j oni unanimously adopted :
in favor of his client, and it I The American and Opposition party of the
A that Gov. Brown was cog-1 Third Congressional District, viewing with a-
lann the disorganised state of parties through
out the country, the corruption of the party in
power, and the inevitable tendency of the pres
ent exciting questions to an overthrow of our
of counsel in the Bank cases, to secure a decis
ion of those cases
was further stated, that Uov. ltrown was cog
nisant of Mr. S’ a opinions on these vexed ques
tions. We aic justified in saying, that there Is
not a shadow of foundation for any «f these ru
morx Air. Stephens was an early, fast and do-1 cherished institutions, deem it proper to ignore
voted friend of Gov. Brown, and it is perhaps to all minor differences, and unite upon a common
him, motv than any other person, tliat the pco- platform in defence of our national interests and
pie of Georgia are indebted for securing such a ... ..
f.i<M.,l —.n.i i n.i m . ns , . , Resolved, 1st That the Constitution of the
fiuthful wise and impartial Chief Magistrate.- rnllrf states * tho best basis of our political
Mr. Stephens was one of the Committee of con- rights and that all attempts, cither North or
forenee selected by the Gubernatorial Crtnvcn-1 South, to override its limits, or defeat its lega
tion, to report a candidate—and that Commit-1 'mate powers by higher law, or an overstrained
tee reported the name of Joseph E. Brown, and «“» n,cti £ Principles, « injurious to as
, , I both as a Southorn and a National people,
he was nominated and elected. It was there- Resolved, 2d. That wc are opposed to uniting
fore very natural that Gov. Brown should feel I the sword, purse and war-making power in the
grateful to Mr. Stephens, and thcoffice of Judge I hands of the President, and believe that tho in-
becoming vacant and deeming Mr. Stephens fit
ted for the place, he tendered him the appoint
ment. This is the whole story without varnish.
tcrcsts of the South require that wc should no
longer trust our destinies to the faithless policy
of tho Administration. 11 has left the Treasury
bankrupt—attempted to revive a ruinous Tar-
As we have stated, tho appointment of Mr. S. I iff policy, and projected a Pacific Railroad
was coldly received Mr. S. was comparatively I scheme, ’requiring a large outlay of public mon
unknown as a lawyer, to tho people of fourteen I c 7» which will tend to add strength and power
of the sixteen Judicial Districts of the State- t0 ‘ hc £' 01 ^ *° d ‘ sa . ,,va " U S“ <“"1 inequity
, , ., ... I of the South in the Union—and which, if ac
he hail been in the Legislature, had boon a can-1 cora pijshed, will become a source of corruption
didatc for Congress in the 7th District, and as | j n coming Federal Administrations, unexampled
politician was widely and favorably known.
When, therefore, the announcement was made I
that Linton Stephens, a lyoung man, not more
in the histoiy of this country.
Resolved, 3d. That the 44 Northern demo
crats, with Mr. Douglas as their leader, have
.. .. . . . - r ° I proved faithless to the pledges of Southern
than thirty eight years or age, Had been appoint- i) emocrats> a* we prophesied and expected, and
ed, and such veteran lawyers as Johnson, Jen-1 the South can no longer rely upon them for the
kins, Law, Barnard Hill, Chappell Cole and I maintenance of our rights in the territories of
Flag: Presentation.
That gallant, graceful and fortunate corps,
the Macon Volunteers, caught another deep in
spiration of the “breath ofchivalty," (the fa
vor and smiles of the fair,) on the 4th instant.
The company received a very beautiful Flag
from Miss Julia E. Collix.h, who commemo
rated her own natal day, as well as that of her
country, ly this graceful compliment to the
Volunteers. The ceremonies of presentation
took place at the residence of her Father, Dr.
Robt. Collins ; and Col. W. K. DeGraffenrcid
was spokesman for the fair donor. Mr. 0. A.
Poe,of the Volunteers, acknowledged the com
pliment in “veiy neat, appropriate and felici
tous terms,” as we have been informed ; for
if the truth must be told, we were there just
too late to hear the speaking. AVe will accept
all concurrent testimony, however, and say
that both the speakers acquitted themselves
handsomely, as they were well able and bound
to do on so interesting an occasion. When
we arrived at the mansion, the Volunteers had
taken possession of the dining room in full en-
jojment of the Uberal and elegant hospitality
of the hostess, and were speaking on sundry
interesting and suggestive topics. We under
stood the commander to express himself well
and hopefully of Matrimony, but faith without
corresponding works is dead-p-being alone, and
likely to remain so. RoaefTff tho Messenger,
blooming in youth and regimentals, was wild
ly talking abont memories of thirty or forty
years agonc, and trying to vivify mere hear
say or tradition into a conscious recollection
of events at that remote period. He even ap
pealed to the memory of the host, bnt no snch
twilight glimmerings flickered in the mind of
the Doctor. After a merry hour passed in
pleasant interchange of chat and sentiment,
with now and then a pithy speech, the vol
unteers withdrew for drill, bearing with them
the beautiful trophy from the generous and
accomplished donor. Long may both float
in the sunshine of unclouded prosperity.
The Journal & Messenger says this is the
tith Flag presented by ladies to this company
during its long existence.
others had been passed by, the feeling of sur
prise was general. Gov. Brown, however, knew I
the Union.
Resolved, 4th. That the Democratic party,
in order to maintain their power in the Federal
The constructor of this platform seems to have
begun with an idea and ended with the • opi>o-
site—picking up along his course, whatever
clods of prejudice and misrepresentation he
could fling at the President and the democratic
party. A party platform should enunciate some
well digested principles or policy, but this seems
to be an incoherent jumble of whatever entered
the mind of the writer, set down with no defi
nite idea except to say something.
what he was about he looked for integrity, in-1 Government, have again, in their recent Con-
dependence, indastry and capacity, and satisfied I vention in Millcdgeville, virtually ignored our
that Mr. Stephens possessed these qualifications I rights, and endorsed the slavery policy of the
he appointed, him and having properly failed to I Administration, and had not the courage to pro-
. ....... . I claim the true sentiments of the South, for fear
institute an examination into the private it WOuId interfere with their chances of office
and opinions which Mr. S. had formed upon I and public plunder.
any question. Gov. B. believed that Mr. S. was I f ;Resolved, 5th. We believe there are conser-
a sound lawyer anil an honest man—he was his I vativc men North, who deplore the incessant
friend and he paid him the compliment of ten- ^‘^hon of slavery, and desire that it should
„„ [cease; hut wc cannot look with confidence to
denng him the place. 1 hese were the motives my ^, itialI ^ ny Xorth for our rigllts in
which influenced Gov. Brown. tiou thereto; nor can wc affiliate with, orsup-
We have been careful to inquire how Mr. S. I jiort for office, any man, North or South, who
deports himself on the Beach, and to ascertain I would quietly submit to any more compromises
what the Bar thinks of the new Judge. Thus °. f the of a,e « “kvor of the Cin-
- % r „ as . I cinnati platform, with its double construction,
far Mr. Stephens ha., made a fine unpreasian. I but {**££ the s^h shouId l)old , y proclaim
He listens patiently attentively, and respectful-1 the whole theory of her rights upon the ques- ’ question the people of the South should examine
fill 1 IT f A fill* nnvutllftnta nf t'Alincrl anti in lloliv. I flnnc nf cla<-o.t> ami maintain tlmm *4linni»l» I in itc Inn cri ll anal lirooiltli I# in nnn
ITIr. Stephens' Speech
Comes to us in an authentic form, just as we
are going to press, with the meagre and inad
equate report of it on our first page. We Will,
therefore, do this, distinguished and favorite
Statesman the justice of refraining from any
exceptions to his positions, without allowing
him to state them in his own language. The
general tone ofthe speech we like. There is
nothing lochymose—nothing of the Jeremiad
abcut it It vents no tears or groans over wrongs
endured, insults linrepelled, encroachments sub
mitted to. It don’t address a flock of bleeding
lambs tom by tho wolres of abolitionism and
shivering ’twixt fear and anger; but shows in
calm and manly language that the South has
maintained her case successfully—has taken
care of herself and defended her honor and in
terests thus far, and, by the blessing of Heav
en, can do it to the end of time, in defiance of
her enemies, either in the Union or out of it.
That is our philosophy also; and we believe the
Southern States of this Union, have, in their
present political, social and pecuniary condit
ion, less occasion for the lamentations of a woe
begone, hydropathic oratory, thqn any other
people on the whole circle of the globe. With
all that has been attempted to their injury, they
were never in better condition.
But wc come to the point which will most in
tercst the reader. Mr. Stephens’ escapade
favor of reopening the African Slave Trade.—
What he says on this point wo will copy literal
ly from his own report of the speech, thus :
On this point of extension, however, fellow
citizens, I deem it my duty to repeat what I
said in 1850, when wo had just come out of the
great struggle over the territorial policy of the
government—whatever abstract rights ofexten-
ison and expansion we may have secured in the
settlement of that policy, you may not expect
to see many of the Teritorics come into the
Union as slave States, unless we have an increase
of African stock. The law of population will
prevent Wo have not the people. Boundaries,
by rivers or mountains, do not make States.—
It takes people to make States; and it requires
people of the African race to make slave States.
This requires no argument; and I very much
question whether, with our present stock of
that population, we can furnish the requisite
number to secure more than four States to come
out of Texas in the present Territories of the
Union. To look for, or expect many more, is
to look in vain, without a foreign supply. This
fully to the arguments of counsel and in deliv-11 ions of slavery, and maintain them,
cring his opinions, he is brief and pointed, terse I discord reign forever.”
and clear, and if he writes his judgments as he
delivers his opinion, he will be a model Judge.
Mr. Stephens grows in favor with the Bar | a territorial Convention by virtue of their sov-
daily, and we have no doubt that he will fill the I creign capacity in forming a State Constitution
high position to which he has been called, in prior to admission into the Union, and that a
such manneras to reflect credit on the Bench, territorial legislature has no right to exclude
bd» s ■-«
and fame to himself. | or tolerate alien suffrage.
Resolved, 7th. That the Kansas Nebraska
Though j in its length and breadth. It is one deserving
: consideration of the gravest character. Itdeeply
Resolved, fith. That it is the duty of Con- j concerns our internal interests and domestic
gress to protect slavery in the territories, until j policy, as well as the growth and extension of
the power to establish or abolish it is vested in 1 our institutions. It should not be acted on or
decided hastily or rashly, hut calmly and delibe-
Tlie Supreme Court
[ Act, with its Northern construction, was a fraud
ratoly. I only present it to you for considers
tjon; and especially with the view of impress
ing you with this truth before hand, tliat if
there are but few more slave States admitted in
to the Union, it will not necessarily be in con
sequence of Abolitionism or, Wilmot Proviso-
ism, but for the want of the right sort of popu
lation to settle and colonize them with. It is
aseless to wage war on those who may with
hold Congressional legislation to protect slave
Commenced the third week of its labors yes-1 on the South; and we consider the final termi-
terday morning. All" the cases on the Chatta-1 nation connected therewith in the passage of _ _ t
hoochic and Pataula Dockets have been argued | the English Bill as clear proof of the charge we j property “in the Territories, or to quarrel a-
and the South Western is now beiqg “venti
lated.”
make.
Resolved, 8th. That we are {Mined to an
. nounce the determination of our immediate Rcp-
If the Bar of the South Western Circuit prac- resentative, Hon. R. P. Trippe, to decline a re-
ticc the commendable example of brevity set I election to Congress. We believe him to be ca-
them by their brethren of the Pataula, the Court P»ble, patriotic and honest, and hereby tender
will adjourn this week. him our best wishes for his prosperity, and deep-
will adjourn this week.
During the last week Judge Bcnning pro
nounced an able opinion in a case involving the
following state of facts: A & B, merchants al
ly regret any cause for his retirement
The Preamble is an old acquaintance. A half
score years ago, the same politicians in their
The metropolitan Guards,
Capt. Griffin, made their first appearance in
full dress parade on the 4th. Their uniform
is tastefnl and handsome, and the company is
a credit to tho city and the enterprising officers
and privates.
The Griffin Empire State.
The last number of this paper announces the
retirement of Judge Steel “to take a place and
to assume responsibilities, comparatively new t
in which his giftedjpen, as ever, will continue
to flow in volume as a wide, deep river.” Wc
are glad to learn by this that the Judge will not
abandon a profession he has adorned. The
same paper also announces the return of Col J.
H. Logan, formerly of tho Empire State, but
more lately connected with the Atlanta Intelli
gencer to his old position and place of residence.
The Empire State is now conducted by Messrs.
Crawford, Logan A Crittenden, who announce
that they will soon enlarge and otherwise im
prove it, and under whose joint management
and control it can scarcely fail to prosper. All
are intelligent and enterprising gentlemen,
Nomination in the Fifth.
After two days of wrangling, the Convention
which met last week to nominate a Democratic
candidate for Congress in the 5th District, cast
overboard Wright, Tumlin, Chastain, Terhnnc
and others, and nominated John W. H. Under
wood of Floyd.
Mr. Underwood is one of the Romans, a roan
of high talents, a profound lawyer, and well in
formed on political topics.
He is a favorite with the mountain boys and
will poll a heavy vote. His election may be
considered certain.
We have no doubt tliat Mr. Underwood will
fee! reluctant to accept the post of Standard
Bearer ofthe Democracy in the coming contest
Wc arc aware that he prefers retirement and
quiet, and that if he had any ambition, it was
for elevation to place in the line of his profession.
AVe hope, however, that our Democratic friends
of the 5th, may prevail upon him to forego his
repugnance to National Honors and accept the
nomination, which unsought by him lias been
tendered with so much unanimity.
lowed C, a minor, and a fast young man, wc | * dvcnt M hnow nothing^ ^ founded ^ their new
should judge by the items in his billto run up
an account for over seventy dollars. The ac
count was charged against the minor on the ful1 P^P 1 *^ for thc «S ht > in ■“ tl*e joyous ar-
books, but when due was presented to tne *.}*«• otyouOs -*~nc*K : l-.t »«»-, (melan-
tl.or, who O.i.1 that he <»mM not pay thc acct cho, y change,) they seem to limp or creep out
then, hut would do so if they would wait till I of *hc »•«». ol<1 "viewing with alarm thc
thc next fall. I disorganized state of parties throughout the
Judge B., in delivering the opinion, took oc- countr >"-” U “ difference between a Poean
casion to say that for himself he believed that I a dcrera ' ad a * arco * ***6®^» * JUt ’
thc rule as found in thc English eases was cor- thou 6 h U,e onc with » shout and thc next
rect-that a father could not he made liable «rith a feroan-it is out ,of “ruins" still
even for necessaries for a son, unless there was * P**«>n for this fungus devclopc-
proof that they were furnished by his express men *- wh,ch f cms to ^“cr adapted to
authority or permission; that the father was mushrooms and toad-stools than political par-
the best judge of his son’s want^what he t,e ^ And now ’ SCC ' n S, U | 4t M P* rt,es ! Iike A< >
ought and what he ought not to have, mid that “V** “•nn.mhe, they mean to give aw.de
he thought the witness who testified that the berth to everything which ran possibly perpet-
articles furnished mi per bill rendered were ne- ,iate sUtC °T " d,sor g^ , »‘ ,on ;
cessaries was mistaken. Judge B. did not “nunor differences-that |s
think two pair of three dollar shoes, two pair 10 ^' a11 d ' ffcr f nce * T" ^ h,ch * d, “ “
of eight dollar boots, a gold watch-guard, gold P oss,b,c ’ The hone f 1)atch ^ t,ce . f“ lcd a
pen with silver case, fine alpacca coat and otb
er articles in the bill were necessaries. He
canine controversy between his neighbors on
much thc same principle, by killing the dog.
thought it was best for these matter* to be left 0ur option friends mean to coverall ground
to the discretion of parents and guardians, and rc - en » ct ‘ n S the Constitution, under various
the cases were rare where children ever suffered interpretations of which all the disputes have
for the necessaries of life. Young America *™*";. It is a compendious and easy method
with all their love of pistols, last homes, rare K hm*y. but unfortunately the
wines, cigms, jewelry, fine clothes, et cetera, Const, ‘ utl0 "
msv not like these Old Fogy ideas of Judge B„ eonvc ) nUon - and £^ the v / °T t Cy
but prudent and wise parents and guardiansH'P 1 ""®!f<^red. NaJMhjy
will welcome it, as inaugurating, change which which they rail the President Thirdly,
1 they use up 44 Douglas Democrats, but omit to
will bring things back to the purity and hon
esty of thc days of Troup and the Treaty, as
Dr. Martin would say.
In the case of John B. Mulligan, vs. Bailey,
from the Pataula circuit. Judge Lumpkin gave
say a word about the hundred Northern “Amer
icans” who turned Black Republicans in the
Banks Congress. However surprised and
shocked thc convention might be that 44 North
Mulligan, who, the record shows, was a quarter I crT1 d “ ts ,can '°"P r ^ tbey
horse racer, full of tricks and sharp devices, an
airing on his frandulent practices. It seems
that the said John Mulligan had a quarter race
were neither amazed nor disappointed in the fact
that every North American has turned traitor.
They looked for nothing better from tliat crowd..
Thomos AV. Collins, Esq., son of Mr. Charles
Collins, and a resident of this city for ma
ny years, died lastjweck in New York, whith
er he had gone for his health, and was buried
in tliis city from thc Episcopal Church last Sun
day. The funeral services were performed by
M. Reese, tho worthy Rector of tho Church.
Commencement Exercises.
The Annual Commencement Exercises of thc
Wesleyan Female College, begin to-day at the
Methodist Church. The Commencement Ser
mon was preached last Sunday at thc same place,
•. Joseph S. Key, of Savannah, from a text
Sth Psalm: “When I consider the Hear-
.c. Ac., and was a masterly discourse en
nity of man. The Church was crowded
o the point of repletion. I
bylh
in tin
ens,”
the di
nuu-e which he railed by four or five name*:- Fourth ’ th " U ? b
. ,, m „ are surprised that the MilledgeviIIe convention
“D dlffimhe; “SMly Hutch," “Unny should Ue “ignorod,” which is strange, if true,
and other Ukmg title* John, m his ‘‘quarter” fa ^ the habit of ^ rty to ;
circuits, happened to foil in with Bailey, who norc/ , mh th Mieyethefe „ ome ^
seems to have had a fiuhngfa fovor of quarter Xort , but h ^ c n0 confidence in any ^ rty
flesh, and especially “poned to possess I.nny w , Rhou]d ^ ^ ne J r £Jl
Clay, a fast celebrity of racing memory. Mul
ligan, as the record shows, having spotted his
man sold Bailey hi. mare, ratting hm-Sail,^ Co of , ^ nd ju(Uce wi „ not
Hatch, but well ..iiowing that Bailey tho^ht i]]ow Ul ‘" i 7 0wn qMsi af .
she was the fast nag of which he bad “beam— .. ... „ 4 .
„ .. . . , , . . filiation. AVe see not the first reason why a
Fanny Clay; thc notes were taken, but after , , ... ......
. J „ . , .... , late knowjjothing, now oppostfaomst, making
To US iT-i 'T - duc a > l0 ™« for the inveteracy of prejudice:
pda” Mulligan wanted Badcy s nigger «Ud l ^ . llookwith ^
as Bailey wanted hm ‘fost mare «id so, some- Utic ^„ XorU for ^ eir
how, they traded, and Uie negro was to be giv- * . ..
by should they f Tliey
such party—nay, they did not find such a man
in the whole range of their Northern associates
cn up to Mulligan when he returned from Mont
gomery, whither he was going to attend a con
ference of quarter racers. Before Mulligan re
turned from that meeting Bailey had smelt a
own kidney has deserted them. To what ex
tent, therefore, they expect to carry this ‘igno
ring” process in order to cover up their differ
ences with such Northern politicians as they
rat; Fanny Clay was not the Fanny Clay-not 1 ^ U * t * *** ™
the' “fast marc’’ that Bailey thought he was Sixt^ they want Congress to profit slavery ,n
.. ........ , I the Territories—and won’t they be likely, as a
buying; so he took back his nigger and refused , . , . a .. : .,
to summder thc “Ebony” when called for.- ^ ^ ^ T
Mulligan brought Trover for the nigger, hut " ot a ma " Aorth of ^ w , ho ‘ s not '"
tho jury were knowing to thc facts and found favor of Congressional prohibitum ? Seventh,
Court for ‘jestice,” and if he had heanl th J ®or«tru®Uon, was a fraud’-but what was it
learned Chief Justice descanting on his fraudu
lent virtues, as disclosed by thc record and on
quarter racer's ethics in general and this casein
with a fair construction! for which alone any
man is responsible.
Now wc appeal to any lair man, if just such
particular, John would have bran entirely sat- a f stI ? n f" f 7 sio,utions ! s U1 ^ traU °"
1 of what their organs, disgusted th emselves with
isfird that he got ‘jesticc.
Judge Lumpkin said that this record reinind-
theirown makeshifts, have charged upon all
cd him of old times; of thc thimble game and W platforms? It la not only incoherent
of Dr. Bennett and his alert movements. He | an ^ P ucn \ e * rc S artkCtA m an cnuncl ‘
also spoke of the “Collegin” and “fixins up” ation of principles ortho development of any
and ‘Talking round” of quarter races, and de- line ofmcrc worti, - v the consideration of
scribed their mode of doing things so graphi- intelli S cnt voter ’ butits ,uain feature8 ' if !t
rally that we should not be surprised jf t i le may be said to liave any, are inconsistent with
Judge himself, in his youth, had seen some- themselves. The overture of compromise and
thing mighty like a quarter race on the Paths >ilcnceon a11 sectional questions at the outset
on Broad river or near thc Goose Ponds. At | of the P ,alfonn - which is theba -“> a ah ‘l hope of
the opposition movement, and the sincerity of
which few will doubt, is withdrawn in their
course, for a little awkwardly executed fire-
eating for local effect. They start out to ignore
and compromise in order to patch up a new na
tional organization, and then arrive at thc con
clusion (here is nobody North worth buying.—
any rate, he talked-like a man who was not un
acquainted with the system.
Finis—Mulligan lost the nigger.
The I Vinans Steamer.—(The cigar boat) made
twenty miles an hour on her last trip and by
further improvements they hope to increase her
speed.
mongst ourselves, and accuse each other of un
soundness on that question, unless wc get more
Africans to send there to he protected. I give
you no opinion upon this subject, except this
—that, without an increase of African slaves
from abroad, you may not expect to look for
many more slave states.
Some of the papers contend tliat Mr. Steph
ens lias not in this speech committed himself
definitely to the Guinea trade; but il not he
conics wonderfully near such a committal He
is in favor of expansion, hut wc can’t have ex
pansion without thc trade. This position would
surprise us, if we had not received some hints
on the in imo, air. fliejahens
declared himself utterly opposed to the exten
sion of slavery as an abstract proposition. He,
with many other Southern politicums, was in fa
vor of acquiring Texas, to secure a balance of
States, and to prevent the hemming in of slave
territory, by the dreaded cordon of free States,
which should render an outlet impossible and so
gradually starve out slave labor by circumscri
bing its hounds in thc face of its prodigious nat
ural increase. This was thc argument of those
days. Then, expansion was indispensable to
the slave—note the slave is indispcneablelo ex
pansion. Then, wc must have more territory
for our slaves, and now we must have morealaves
for our territory. AVe may run on to infinity in
this way and never get right . Another Africa
will have to be discovered and turned loose on
our soil before we can get to a counterbalance
between expansion and the ever recurring and
alternating necessity for it Mr. Stephens may
fancy and declare he has nothing of the past to
obliterate, but he has much to reconsider if he
is seriously bent on reviving the African Slave
Trade. And so, in our judgment have many
of its advocates. How long ago, were they hold
ing Cotton Conventions to remedy low prices—
calling out for less production—devising schemes
to withhold the crop from market—dreading
with nervous apprehension a little%xcess in thc
crop, which was sure to be followed by a down
fall in prices? All this is forgotten in a few
successive years of prosperity, and they talk of
adding hundreds of thousamls to the cotton pro
ducing laborers, without a fear. They are blind
to thc possibility of over production, which all
experience has shown to be so easy and so ruin
ous. And they seem os inconsistent in argu
ment as in conduct. Thc argument is African
immigration for territorial expansion—hut if
you say cotton producing will hear no such un
natural expansion—it will lose in price what
it gains in quantity—rthc answ er is, no impor
tation of laborers sufficient to affect the price of
cotton is possible. If so, then their political
scheme and argument are of no value. They
propose to cheapen negroes to put them in the
hands of the poor, hut repudiate the idea tliat
their policy will impoverish slave owners. They
want-to cheapen labor and at the same time en
rich thc man who lives liy labor. They split
hairs about legal rights and Wrongs, hut scout
at and override every statute that stands in their
way.
AVe know no one we would so cheerfully go
into the Guinea negro trade with, aa Mr. Ste
phens. AVe admire tho man, and one of these
days we may perhaps take to glass bead*, red
flannel tobacco, rum and gunpowder, and start
off with him and Dr. Lee on a trip to thc bar-
racoons ; but it will be after all our convictions
as to the utter impolicy—the ruinous conse
quences of this new project upon every substan
tial interest of slavery and thc South shall have
been unsettled and reversed
Pobcelaix Faced Bricks.—The New York
Tribune has been shown a porcelain faced
brick for which Mr. D. AV. Clark, of A'crmont
received a patent on the 10th ult. The pa
tent, lie says, consists in the employment of
the zinc as a flux for the felspar and quartz
with which the ordinary porcelain is made.—
These bricks can be furnished, he says, at $40
per thousand, or a building can be faced with
them at less than one-third of the cost of mar
ble. The material is very beautiful, and might
be used for an inside as well as an outside fin
ish with fine effect. The same flux can be ap
plied to articles made from tho coarser kinds
of clay, which gives it a finish equal to any
English ware imported into this country.
Tho locomotive engine built by Mr. Ste
phenson, in 1823, has been placed on a pedes
tal in the town of Darlington, England, in front
of the station of the Stockton and Darlington
railroad. This engine was in its day, cousid-
ered a miraculous achievement. Its first trip ! i]7'
was from Shildon to Stockton, a distance of) A
twenty miles, which it accomplished in five
hours. It weighs only eight tons, while en
gines now weigh about twenty-five-
Commencement Ex erciscs in Fort
A’ALLEY FEMALE SEMINARY.
Mb. Editor :—Last week the Commencement
Exercises came off in Fort Valley Female Sem
inary.
On Monday, June 27th, Ihe Primary Classes
were examined, and acquitted themselves finely.
On Monday night there was an Exhibition by
the children, consisting of amusing scenes, dia
logues, Ac.
On Tuesday the higher classes were examin
ed in Algebra, Moral Science, Natural Philoso
phy, Chemistry, French, Geometry, Astronomy,
Geology, and Evidences of Christianity. The
classes in the two last I never heard excelled, if
equalled. At night the Juniors read their com
positions. By 8 o’clock the llall was crowded,
the curtain rolls up, and the sweet strains of
the “Rosebud Quickstep” fall upon thc ear
“sweet as a dream of Love.” Between each
two of the Compositions, sweet, sweet music
would roll like an Angel Song.
Composition—“A Glance at Life.” Miss Jf.
Maria Austin. She had a pleasing, truthful,
and life-like composition. Said life is no “dream
but a stem reality.” She viewed it first, as a
whole; secondly, individually. She closed with
that beautiful quotation from Longfellow, “Let
us then be up and doing,” Ac. She read well,
spoke clearly, and had a very pleasing cadence.
Composition—“Influence of the Press, School
room, and Pulpit” Miss Emma Thomson.
Miss Thomson spoke clearly and forcibly, and
showed what a tremendous dynamic power
these agencies are; what they had done, and
what they would do. It was read with much
ease and gr\ce.
Composition—“Soliloquy of Zephyr.” Jliss
Lucy Persons. How soft and liquid her expres
sion ! Miss Lucy representing the Zephyr, told
us what she did; had lived in all countries; at
all times; was about each couch of death to
kiss the rare tinges from the cheek, and wither
the flower in thc spring of life. Ah, Jliss Lucy!
when the Zephyr shall kiss away thy breath,
may you live “where pleasures never die.”
Composition—“Pursuit of Knowledge under
Difficulties.” This was a composition of hard
thought How many felt her remarks to be
true! AVe have long since found tliat there are
“difficulties” at every step in life, that nothing
but continual energy will overcome.
Composition—“My Home in the Sunny
South." Miss Rebecca Brown. This was a
composition abounding in rich and beautiful
thought Miss Brown enunciated every word
clearly, used elegant language, beautiful figures,
and has a sweet voice. She made as feel truly:
“Home is a spot of earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest,"
Composition—“ Nature and her Beauties.”
Miss Antonettc Sanford. The writer’s graceful
appearance on the stage; a beautiful subject,
discussed in a rich, pleasing and delightful
style; her soft and mellow voice; her bland
and pleasing countenance, made the scene to
as almost like
“ One of those passing rainbow dreams.
Half light, half shade, which fancy’s beams
Paint on the fleeting mists that roll
In trance or alumber round the soul.”
Composition—“Rural Life.” Jliss Sallie Har
ris. I think if same of the red-nosed coxcombs
and chalked-faccd flirts of the city, had heard
Jliss Sallie’s Gcorgical effasion, they would have
been willing to leave the old, dusty, rusty, mus
ty city, for a while at least, and rusticate in her
pleasant rural retreat She Is a living truth of
her remarks.
Composition—“ Characteristics of the Age.”
Miss Annie Humber. Didn’t she give the
flirts” and “coxcombs” of this “fast age” per-
ticular “fits . r ’ She has a quick perception,
logical mind, and of course had an excellent
composition.
Composition—“Female Education." Miss
Cecilia Holcombe. AVcll and truly did she
point out woman’s true position—her true Edu
cation. She is sound in her propositions, logic
al in licr conclusions, and felicitous in expres-
Composition—“Action.” Jliss Mary J. Cas
sidy. “Action is the life of man.” This was
the point made and sustained by the pretty lit
tle writer. She proved that man from the very
nature of his organization, mast act—it is ne
cessary to his development, either physically,
intellectually, or morally.
AVednesday, June 20, was the regular Com
mencement da)\ By 10 o’clock the large and
beautifully decorated llall was crowded, cram
med and jammed, as much so as could he under
the present fashionable circumstances. After
music and prayer, wc had the
Salutatory—By Miss Jfollie Brown. She sa
luted the audience, Trustees, Faculty, Gradu
ates, and Undergraduates. Every paragraph
was dressed in sweet and pathetic language,
and was very appropriate.
Composition—“Gather Rosebuds while you
may.” Miss Cornelia Hollinshead. AVe liave
never heard this composition excelled. The pre
cious words we (here heard will ever cling
about qhj* heart, and, in shade and sunshine,
cheer our way. She looked at the bright side
of lilt. Said, “gather rosebuds,” they were all
along life’s pathway. AVhat if the flowers with
er, they will bloom again. AVhat if the dark
clouds are over us, the bright sky Ip just above.
Her expressions were as full of poetry as trutli.
She has a clear tone, a soft, sweet and liquid
cadence, a smooth and pleasing euphony.
Composition—“Our Happiest daj®." Jliss
Louisa Thomas. Our Happiest days—when are
they? In the spring of life, “ere the evil days
have come.” This was -Miss Thomas’ position,
and she presented it in her well known smooth
and forcible style: pointed out the different
stages of life; of girlhood, womanhood, Ac.
Spoke in a beautiful manner of the hopes and
fears, pleasures and responsibilities, attending
each scene in life’s drama. Hers was an excel
lent composition, abounding in sweets, rich and
rare. I would supposo her to be a young lady
of cultivated mind, with a warm and generous
heart
Composition—“Hope.” Miss Mollie Brown.
A beautiful subject, and lost none of its beauty
in the hands of Miss Brown. She spoke of the
“eternal principle” in the human breast; of its
bearing upon the other passions; brought up
many beautiful illustrations to prove its benefits.
It controls us all through life, from the cradle to
the grave. Said it was the opposite of despair,
which is true; for without hope wc have only
despair. The whole composition was charac
teristic of a well stored and well balanced mind,
and was delivered in a calm, dignified and grace
ful manner. She closed with that appropriate
and well known quotation from Campbell:
“ AVhen wrapped in flames the clouds of ether glow,
And heaven’s last thunder shakes the world below.
Tboa undismayed shall o’er the ruins smile.
And light thy torch at nature’s funeral pile.”
Maledictory. To Trustees, Audience and Pu
pils. Miss Louisa Thomas.
Maledictory. To President, Faculty and
Class. Miss Cornelia Hollinshead.
The A’aledictorian honors being divided be
tween these two young ladies, we were expect
ing a rich affair. But thc half cannot be told.
They wprp rich, dellghtftd, heavenly; abound
ing in lovely tropes and figures, lofty ideas,
and sweet pathos, and delivered in a sweet and
masical tone that a syren might envy. AVe can
say of each, in the language of Milton:
Grace was in her words, heaven in her eyes.
In every gesture dignity and love,”
But I must haste along.
After a few touching remarks by Prof Hol
combe, he conferred the degrees. Next was an
Address, by Charles T. Goode, Esq., of Perry.
He took “American Greatness,” as his subject.
First he showed the fact of our greatness, and
then the cause. It abounded in rich thought,
classical allusions, and was
delivered in a masterly and truly eloquent style.
Next we had the “parting ode,” after which
the benediction.
Fort Valley ought to have one of thc best Tlie Fourth of July in New York.
Schools in the country. AVe have here one of
thc best communities in the State; one of the
best churches and Sabbath Schools, JIasonic
and Knight of Jericho Lodges, fewer drunk
ards and more sober men; less wickedness and
more piety; less sickness and more health than
almost any other community. , And I am hap
py to say, we are rapidly having one
best schools.
“Let us then be up and doing,” and we will
soon have a school here an honor to the “Em
pire State of the South.” AV. J. S.
Fort Malley, Geo.
For the Georgia Telegraph,
A writer in the last weekly Press, over the
signature of “Bibb,” for the purpose, doubt
less, of prejudicing the public miud against
the African Squadron, falsifies, either through
ignorance or design, the public history of the
country. He asserts that the African Squad
ron owes its existence to the AVashington Trea
ty of1842, negotiated under Mr. Tyler’s ad
ministration. Now, as far back as 1814, our
Government pledged itself to aid in the sup
pression of the Foreign Slave Trade. In thc
tenth article of the treaty of Ghent, (1814,) it
is agreed between thc U. S. Government and
Great Britain, “that both contracting parties
shall use their best endeavors to accomplish
the abolition of the Slave Trade.” Under this
stipulation our Government had kept afleet on
the coast of Africa, long prior to 1842. The
annual appropriations made by Congress, un
der different administrations, down to 1842,
will doubtless prove that fact. They are not
accessible except at AVashington, and there
fore cannot be more particularly referred to
here. The article, then, in the Washington
treaty of1842, by which we bound ourselves
to keep a Squadron on the coast of Africa, was
but a simple recognition of the long settled
policy of the Government on this subject.
“Bibb’’ is equally mistaken when he says
that the settlement of the “Maine boundary
and some other matters growing out of bor
der disputes between the U. States and Cana
da,” were the sole objects of the negotiation
and treaty of 1842. There was another great
question to be settled by the treaty, al least
incidentally—and that was the right of British
cruisers to search American vessels on the
coast of Africa, suspected of being slavers. This
right had been claimed and several American
vessels had been searched by British cruisers,
and to prevent any future interruption of our
lawful commerce on the coast of Africa, and
at the same time, too, to carry out the stipula
tion referred to, our Government deemed it
advisable to provide in this treaty for the* sta
tioning on this coast of a sufficient naval force
for these purposes, to be called the “African
Squadron.” Jlr. AVebster, who negotiated
the treaty for us, in his speech in the Senate, in
184G, distinctly says, “The arrangemeut (re
ferring to the African Squadron,) was made
with the hope that the trade might be suppres
sed without raising the difficulty attending the
right of search.” This “Squadron,” then,
answers a two-fold purpose—first, in giving
protection to our vessels engaged in lawful
commerce on the African coast. Secondly, it
aids in the suppression of a traffic which our
Government, as well as all other civilized and
Christian Governments has declared to be pi
racy. This being so, the expense incurred in
maintaining a police over these distant waters,
will be cheerfully defrayed by the Government
and people of the U. States, AVhat such pat
riots as Calhoun, Monroe and Jackson approv
ed, Mr. Buchanan need not be ashamed to
endorse and carry out in his administration.
Let Mr. lluchanaD, then, in the proper dis
charge of his official duty, see to it that the
plighted faith of our Government is not broken,
and if need be, “strengthen the force of our
Squadron on thc coast of Africa.” The law-abi
ding portion of the country will sustain him.
“Bibb” is equally mistaken in arguing that
rtic article m me Washmgton Treaty in relation
to the African Squadron was a Northern meas
ure, and the result mainly of the opposition of
Jlr. AVebster to the South. If he had examin
ed the record he would have found that such
Southern men as Jlr. Calhoun advocated the
treaty in a speech in the Senate, and finally
voted for it# ratification. Jlr. Calhoun asser
ted in his speech, on that occasion, “That it
was of importance to have adjusted the embar
rassments relating to the African Slave Trade
by adopting the least objectionable of the
alternatives.”
A further examination of the record would
have disclosed to “Bibb” the fact that Mr. Bu
chanan* then a Senator from a free State, vo
ted against the AVashington Treaty. And yet
he accuses Mr. B. of hostility to the South, be
cause his oath of office compels him to execute
a treaty he voted against “Oh, consistency,
thou art indeed a jewel!"
Those who advocate the withdrawal of the
African Squadron, advocate the re-opening
of the Foreign Slave Trade—one is the means,
thci'llior the ond.
Now, when the North and the South are
both opposed to the withdrawal of the African
Squadron and the revival of the slave trade,
how does ‘Bibb’ expect to carry out his views ?
In the present version, neither of these meas
ures can be carried. If “Bibb” and his co
laborers mean to agitate this question at the
South, with the view simply of throwing the
Government into the hands ofthe Republican
party and thereby forcing a dissolution of the
Union, there may be policy in their present
line of conduct, though there may he but little
honesty.
I will close this article by adding that the
re-opening, of the Foreign Slave Trade would,
in the language of a resolution which recently
passed the House of Representatives of the U.
States, by a vote of 150 yeas and 53 nays—
'justly subject the Government and citizens
of the U. States, to the reproach and execra
tion of all civilized and Christian people
throughout the world.”
A NATIONAL DEMOCRAT.
Correspondence ofthe Georgia Telegraph.
Dear Sir :—Contrary to my usual custom, I
have spent the 4th in this cjty, having hereto
fore joined in the stampede of a largs portion
of our citizens from what may be termed as
fair a representation of bedlam as of the cele-
of the I brat ion of our National Independence. It is
| not necessary to look into the almanac to as
certain when that day Is approaching ; it is in
dicated several days in advance by cei tain signs
which cannot be misunderstood—by the ap
pearance here and there of a fiery red and
black banner saspended over the street, which,
at first sight, you would suppose wts a repre
sentation of the Infernal regions; but on a clo
ser examination you find that it directs you to
the place where fire-works are sold Or you
may be taking a quiet walk in the evening, ab
sorbed in deep thought, when snap goes a fire
cracker within six inches of your proboscis,
it having been projected by some urchin who
has commenced laying in his stock of fire
works and is trying one occasionally, just to see
if thc powther is dry. . As the day approaches,
you sec and hear more and mere of the rumb
lings of patriotism, the fires of which, like a
volcano, are fiercely burning within, and here
and there find a vent through the old crevices
by way of a torpedo or fire-cracker, until the
evening preceding the 4th, when the sounds
you hear indicate that's general eruption has
commenced, and after a short cessat on about
midnight, to give a little rest'to “Old a:id Young
America,” comes the terrific outburst. If old
Vesuvius was in our midst and doing her best
I fear she would hardly receive “honorable
mention” by our sovereign and independent
people. They would storm six Malakofls in as
many hours. The smell of gunpowder—which
overcomes all the other numerous stenches with
fbo.u bax XI3Io
Correspondence of u. e(
Baitimo**, Me'
Rowdyism seems toWw
place, and bids fair t0 ;
bad hoped that the snake^L.
P«ms to have been but scei **
four attempts at murder i
past week—all of these
Sunday. The first occurred^’
House, on North Charles stre« ‘
AVashington JIonument-.it j*
and is much resorted to oa s t
in the limits ofthe city, an di ,
trary to law on that day. „
Sunday, about three o’clock, a"
between two young men, a h t . n *
bier of beer in thc face of the o'"
a pistol and fired full *t him, ;
would have repeated his '
standers interfered and disi
arrested, but soon released
The next case occurred at th,!
dens, on the western skirts ofXj
Rullman. This is another pi^J
sort on Sundays for the GenJI
the scene of riot—being in the^J
the Rip Raps’ haunts, who broke?
proprietor. On last Sunday,,.?
gentlemanly young man, nati^s
a friend, were sitting in one of d
the Garden partaking of son
when a man unceremonious'^
menced a deadly assault upon $
Billy. Thc young men made,
der, which attracted the:
two of whom were employed ijL]
tokeeporder; beforethepolio-."
spot, a gang ofthe Rip Rap^ t "
surrounded the arbour, and*
captain, named Barrett, who t
which wo are blessed in warm July weather, -“f" tbo AYardens of th e Pirni,
the continual snapping of fire-crackers, popping
of pistols, cracking of muskets, booming of
cannon, ringing of bells, and the music of forty
military bands, old Trinity’s spire stretching
herself apparently fifty feet higher into the
heavens while her bells are chiming ’'Hail Co
lumbia” and “Yankee Doodle”; the steamers
and Railroad cars are crowded with people from
the rural districts who are rushing into the city
to see the sights, while as many of our own
population are rushing out to avoid them. Our
foreign adopted citizens could not have shown
more enthusiasm had they been in the ranks
that won the day they are now celebrating —
Our Irish friends are imbibing large potations
of whisky to the prosperity of “Amiraky ’ and
the memory of Gineral Jackson in particular,
while our German citizens are making it evi
dent that sixty glasses of lager beer can be
drunk in an almost incredible short space of
time by one inan, and as to that quantity being
intoxicating, he will refer you to the evidence
given at the liquor trials. The bootiis around
the park are doing a brisk business in “stub-tail
frozen skim milk” which they call ice-cream,
and Bologna saussages which look rather sus
picious, as the dog law is in force.
Of course the day does not pass without m^ny
ludicrous scenes and incidents. On one hand
you see A r oung America taking out of his
breeches pocket his stock of fire-works much
faster than they went in, as by some accident
they have got on fire and his magarine is ex'
ploding, thereby making sad havoc of his pants
besides losing his stock and being badly burn
ed ; on the other hand a mischievous imp has
succeeded in attaching a string of fire-crackers
to the skirt of a countryman’s coat while he is
intently observing the grand military proces
sion, and after setting fire to the lower end of
the string, he leaves, and the countryman has
the pleasure of being laughed at besides finding
the skirt of his “go-to-meelin coat'' burned off
and a certain portion of his pants also, which
gives him the unenviable appearance of having
received a “fire in the rear.”
I could name many mcJre such scenes had I
time. Tho uproar continues until dark when
there is a slight change in the programme.—
The heavens are spangled with brilllint stars of
red, blue, yellow and almost every color that
can be conceived, shooting from thousands of
rockets, while in some streets may be seen
streams and bails of fire projecting’from every
dwelling. In the parks and public squares
crowds are gathered to witness the display of
fire-works fumidhed by the corporation; about
this time it may be said thc festivities have
reached a climax, after which the firing evi
dently begins to rapidly subside. Young Amer
ica has spent his last copper; Old America has
become so overcome with patriotism that it is
with thc utmost difficulty he can stagger home
under its weight; while our Irish fellow citi-
izen would not consider his respect for the day
and patriotism properly appreciated until he
has a grand fight and can go home with both
peepers bunged up. The German’s patriotism
has disappeared just so fast as the space was re
quired to stow away his Lager, until it has left
him feeling that he can go to sleep at peace
with “all the world and the rest of mankind.
After midnight the city resumes its usual still
ness, and thas ends the' 4th of July.
A’cry respectfully, yours,
C.
i l
Jlnrk Johnstone, Esq.
The numerous friends of this gifted Georgian
will be pleased to learn that he has been nom
inated as the Democratic candidate for Senator
from the county of Cass. Jlr. Johnstone resided
in this city for many years, and practise law
in partnership with Judge Powers.
He removed to Columbus and took the Edito
rial charge of the Times and Sentinel, which he
conducted with great ability; but preferring a
more quiet life, he has, for thc past ten years,
engaged in agricultural pursuits.
If elected, wc have no doubt Cass will have
an able and faithful Senator.
liunicsvillc, Ft. Valley and Itriins
AVICK RAIL ROAD.
Jlr. Holcombe, with his corps of Surveyors,
has commenced the survey of the Bamesville,
Fort A’alloy and Brunswick Rail Road, and is
expected to reach Perry on Tuesday, when sun
dry demonstrations arc to be made, the details
of which we liave not ascertained.
Spring Gardeu.
Jlr, Benton says we paid his Garden a left
handed compliment in expressing thc opinion
tliat it would bo “a place of agreeable resort to
our enemies,” (the opposition,) if they hold
their convention in JIacon. Not so; we hope
to meet them there on friendly and neutral
ground. It is a comfortable place for all.
ITIacon A. Western Kail Road.
It will be seen tliat the Superintendent, Mr.
Tyler, advertises reduced summer rates for trips
to the up country. That is philanthropic and
accommodating policy.
Troublesome Payments.
The “ Opposition” papers are evidently a good
deal worried and fretted over these regular
monthly payments from the State Road into
the State Treasury. At first, they declared
there must be some deception about the matter
—th&t the money was not paid, or if paid, was
borrowed to make a sham payment for effect
After they had been set right in this particular,
they were sure the surplus accumulated through
a wasteful and stupid parsimony, by which the
Road and rolling stock were suffered to run
down and get out of repair. But so for from
this being true, the most clear-sighted and sa
gacious rail road managers in the State, some of
whom went over it in the late Chatham Artillery
excursion to Nashville, say it is in prime con
dition. AVcll, then, say they, if it can be kept
up and made to pay at this rate, these payments
convict your previous administrations of waste
or fraud, and shame ought to keep your mouths
stopped. But the road was not out of debt or
in condition to pay till lately. Our friends, of
the Journal and Jlessengcr, however, have dis
covered yet another solution of the mystery of
these payments. It is the wood, yes, the wood!
which for electioneering purposes had been suf
fered to accumulate to the extent of three years
supply ahead, before Gov. Brown’s administra
tion, and the saving in which accounts for a
good part of the milk in the cocoanut of these
payments.' AVill our neighbor let as know how
much it would account for, allowing his hypo
thesis to be correct? But lastly, we have a
new rule of judgment about these payments.
The Journal and Messenger says “Giving him
[Gov. Brown] all this credit, we will ask, how
much more would have been expec ted of J[r.
Hill, by the democratic party, had he been
elected?” Well, wc really cannot answer that
question except by a cypher. The measure of
our expectations from Mr. Hill was never large.
He promised too much, and some years of ex
perience has satisfied as tliat political “reforms'’
mean, in practice, making things a great deal
worse.
But why should our neighbor go into such a
pet about these simple announcements in the
papers? They are very brief—they state an
interesting fact, generally in four lines—an item
of news—belonging to newspapers to chronicle.
Nobody has made half the fuss in mentioning
tlie payment, as he has in fuming about it
p cool, Jlr. Journal. For our part we wish
■ luck than an incemeof $30,-
nobody any wors
000 per month.
I in: Michigan' R. r. Accident.—At last ac
counts the whole number of dead bodies taken
from the wreck amounted to forty-one.
man (if you will recollect)
Cropps addressed the letter which
ted, asking his aid in an effort to
prison. This man fell upon
young man, before the officers
and beat him in a dreadful
drew his pistol on the officers,
in the discharge cf their duty,
at length escaped, glad to get of *j
After the affair was over, this pj,.
fear of one of the officers, who is i
gilist, and has been a desperado
now an excellent officer—had the
request him to leave the premises,
an opportunity to kill his coll
curred their displeasure, by
their comrades the (Lay before
or. Barrett was arrested, an:
further hearing, by thc magisi
as Gardner, Chief Clerk <f
Criminal Court. The cause
ed by Barrett for this deliberate
assault, was the fact of the youoji
being a witness for the State
JIarion Cropps, Barrett] declari^
that that was the way he meant a
who swore against Matt Cropp.
a member of this Rip Rap Cluh. i H
rett Is the Captain. This Barren
Secretary of the American Club ft
this city, which met some time sim "
The other and fatal case of sh
about 8 o’clock, p. m., on the sans
day) at the AVashington Gardens,
vania Avenue, in tlie vicinity ot
Benton was wounded by John
in the western section ofthe ri
erly kept by thc owner of the pr
man named l’rallc, and was mi
by the better classes of German
was kept in good style. Thc pi
ever, fell under the displeasure of
and they soon drove away his
had to close thc house, ft was
the late proprietor, J. B. Croniss
a native, and powerful man, and i
gilist, was enabled to keep these
ters in order, and although many of
cd the place, no disturbance occra
one on last Sunday, which tenni
murder of Cromster himself He
married a Miss Coulston, the sista
worst rowdies in the city, and tl
presuming upon his forbearance
on that account, had been in t
manding money from those who
dens, and by threats and bull;
from such as they could frighten
On Sunday last, the brothers
liam Coulston, attempted the gzffii
tleman, who complained to the
their conduct.—Cronister at oir
aside and remonstrated with him.
told him he had gone far enough
and for thc future he must quit it
from the place. This offended him,
a loaded whijrto strike C., who
ed him down with his list. AVillii
being a witness to the affair, imme<
pistol and fired three balls into Croc
wounding him mortally, of which
next day. His slayer immediacy
not been arrested. The bnxi« l >
custody as an accessory. ,
Another outrage, attended withi
assault took place on the Point; •
Hurdle .was heard abasing and in
man—when another man who »
went in and beat him away from hi
sault upon the woman, when he
wounding him severely in thc leg.
held for a hearing.
Yet another and a most high
and assault was perpetrated durinf 1
the Point by the great reformed.
wards, who has got tired of-the
of Christian, which he has posse
or so, and returned to thc more
exciting practice of fighting. Ed®
gang of killers, yclept “ The
a visit to the Point this week, and
on the screw dock undergoing
caulking, by a set of a negro wi
grocs were at once set upon
off some of them were badly be*
wards was in thc act of beating®
of 60 years, when a Mr. Hugh A-
of our most prominent citizens, a
ofthe Grand Jury, remonstrated
the brutality of his conduct,
that he should feel it to be his (M!
conduct before the Grand Jury
perated this bully, that he at once,
of oaths, commenced an assault
er and knocked him down and
verely. Edwards was arrested as
lice arrived on the ground,—hut
ly bailed by one of his coni]
sault on the negro, named Garde*
as Edwards was released, went
ed the party in a deadly assault
ard (a colored man) of another
lying at tho wharf There have
nor indiscretions, which I will
record. ,
Thc above may be consider
week’s work. Whether this
fore daylight, we shall be bettff
hereafter.
Thc papeis will inform you
our city Rail Road, and thej
subscribed. You will l lC ' r ° l 1
some millioraires amongst us
require capital for any of J
just send as a Book, and you
o millions. _
ill C®*
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Kansas Constitiilto"
St. Lons, July 7-— 1 3 ,..
tional Convention met at
day, and permanently
tioiof J.il. Wincl. VV'S
vention stac.ds thirty-fi re
entecn Democrats. _____
The Golden Ago took fi»“V
650.UU0 treasure,
England, and $275,000s*
The trip is computed
twenty-two hours.
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