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THE GEORGIA TtlEGRAJ
JS/CA^OISr, Q-A-,
Tuesday Morning, Deccmbor»6.
The Choice Bill Veto JlcssnKe.
It is, we believe, an ill-advised provision in
our State Constitution which invests the Legis
lature with pardoning power in certain cases.
It is a dangerous, as \ycll as a benign power;
and it ought not to be exercised under that
sense of divided, and therefore diminished, re
sponsibility which is commonly attached to the
position of a legislator. It is hard for the Ex
ecutive, pressed under a weight of undivided
responsibility to God and his country, to fortify
himself against the-tcars, prayers and distract
ing entreaties of the hapless mother, wife, or
Drmcrritiic Coun.y .Vomiuntlon.. I children of the convicted murderer, and how
For Sheriff........ JAMES BARFIELD. sha]1 it'bo expected of the legislator, submitted
For Ordinary, 1VM. M. RILEY, to the same almost irresistible influences, and
For Clerk Superiot Court,...... A. B. ROSS. I restrained only by a sense of one-three hum
For Clerk of the In. Court, JOHN McMANUS. dredth P* rt of tho sum total of the reeponsibi-
For Tax Collector,.... J. P. COOPER. I 1**7 for the pardon? It is a bad idea altogether,
F«r Receiver of tax Returns, L. D. WRIGHT. I Ms mixing up the functions of the three dc-
ahction sales.
On AVkdnesdat and Thtrsdat of each
week at 11 o'clock A. M. and on each night
during the week at 7 o’clock P. M.
J. J. MILLER,
Cherry Street, Macon Ga.
nnv 29—2in.
FRO.TI VJILLEDGKVILLE.
Congress
Met yesterday, and the telegraph says Bo- . correspondence'7f the Tel^ph.
cock, of Virginia, has been nominated for Speak-1 - Milledukville, Di e. 1859.
er, by a caucus of the democratic members.--, We hare h.l a jnn during the past week,
As this action seems to explode all the talcs and of the Delegates to the
rumors a bout a coalition between the flemo- j convention, which assembled in the
crats and Americans on an organising ticket,, . of the week. Nearly aU tlie Volun-
presume there will be a scramble throughout tetr Coln oaaies in the State were represented,
For County Surveyor,.
For Coroner,...
...AYM. WOOD.
JAMES RAILEY.
partments of government; and when, if ever,
the Constitution of Georgia shall be under revi
sion, we hope it will be changed in this parti
cular, and the pardoning power lodged wholly
with the Governor.
The case of Choice has been so warmly con-
Bemocratic Meeting.
Thu Democratic Party of Bibb
comity, are requested to meet at the I tested in the legislature, that public attention
Court House in Macon, This Day, and widc has becn drawn t0 **• ' Ihc P ar '
... . , . ’ doning bill passed both Houses by a meagre
the btn inst, Ut 1- O CIOCk, M., to | majority, and the fearful responsibility nils then
nominate Delegates to the State j devolved upon the Governor of over-ruling their
Convention at JfiUedgevillc, which ^Tolwve refujrf'uw
meets on the Stll instant; and for against the entreaties of a distracted mother
other important purposes. would have been bad enough; but superadded
By order of the Ex. Committee. 1 10 this was tho raoral . of a dc ' larati ? n
MACON, December 0, 1859.
Cotton Fair—8J to 10J.
by the legislature that the pardon ought to be
granted. But will any sensible render, coolly
looking at Uic tacts so dearly *sct forth in the
veto message, assert that Choice ought to have
Uo arc requested to state, that the Right I be C „ pardoned? We think not, and with all
Reverend Bishop Parse of the Protestant Epis- thc dc f crcnce justly due tho distinguished and
ru. 8 * 10 ? - n J!- 084 - preach in patriotic gentlemen who advocated the pardon
° n " h ' Ch < ? CCa8i °1 Pews | ^y permitted their sympathies to hiaa. their
ZZSJZZ Afr " judgment We are indihed to think that thc
J, „ . 1 10 J >u lc ”, C ° Cra f’ * re re " most of them, removed from influences brought
sportfully invited to attend. After the service to bcar in fe ; or of Ule hiUj WO uUl have diZp-
apoUcctiOQ will he taken up in aid or thc Mis-1 Uic ^on. AYc arc satisfied thc great
mass of tho people, of all parties, will decide
that the Governor has done his duty, and only
City Ticket.
Independent Movement.—To-day (Monday) I b “ dut y» > n the premises, and honor him for
a public meeting is called for to-night, "over thc I firmness and determination shown in this
signatures of many of thc most staunch and vc *° message.
r Mun(Clpjd , Re : cording to sentence on Friday at 12 M. The
adherents of botl. polities parties. The idea, ^ m ' h ^
we bare been told, is that thVMayor and thrre d,sc, I' hne ' vas obseryed-that the wretched
('ouncilmen Adi be taken from one party, Z >orel.gious ex-
five Councilmen from Uic other. ThTnimcs T"** * accord ! n S to
... “ the request of Brown, tlic pro-slavery clerey-
menuonrf would give the Amencans the May- mcn ^ , s he said , ^ Afferent God. ' He
ft Tha J m n ov^!n? e a r n<n1 ^ - thC I™« le som = «»•** those around him, be-
.. ... , . , « '■ nceived in a e orc being turned off, arid after hanging thirty
disposition to render the C|ty governmen^ and minutes, his liody was delivered te his wife,
theadministration of aU City .flairs, entirely Wrmust trait fordetails of thc affair. Nodis-
**sr**?.?*tr* **7-7question turbance t00k place _ a fact which wc have no
c' * *?. . 4 1S doubt will be proven to have been due solely to
T i ^ l WUCh . ,nust the formidable preparation to maintain order,
devo've upon the C.tytomectaecrmng mter- It was notuntu Vo or three days before hisex
est on he Bnmswick Railroad Bonds, emphat- ecuUon 0 ,at Brown gave up all hopes of a res-
ically demands an admimstrdion representing cuc . Brown . s acvc5 a curious hrasc
the whole people-removed’from all partisan ^ hmnan character. Affidavits from Kansas
bias an<l controlled by no influences outside of Ieave no doubt that bc was a most atrocjous vj ,
a sound and judWous municipal policy. Iain T hc fact is clear that, in one night, he took
Greer A Freeman, fi yo inoffensive men and boys from their houses
Our neighbors, who are connoisenrs in every and and murdered them in cold blood,
thing good to cat, have sent us a sack of Buck- nndbis system of thieving was entirely promis-
wheat Flour of a particular brand put up ex- cuous “ to fricnd or foc - Hc went to Kansas
prtssly for them, together with Syrup to cor- 118 a bandit > and P ursucd 11,0 without a
respond. The public will know from their ad- scru P ,e - Tho testimony of CoL Washington,
veriisoments, where these and many other deli- a * so ’ shows him hardened against all natural
cades for the table eon bc procured in uncxcep- ^' ng - ^ *' en driven to the Engine House
tionable quality. I ^' 8 pcisuners, Brown harshly upbraided
1 his dying sons with cowardice, while they were
JV'cfjrocs aa<l Real Estate. I writhing in thc agonies of death. Y'ct this vil-
Thc columns of tho Telegraph were seldom lain carried out tohis last raomont the pretence
burdened with advertisements of so much prop-1 0 *" s P cc ‘ a ^ P‘ ct F *nd Godliness,
erty at public sale, as now. We advertise, wc TlieTe^telauTl^^Satunlay,
suppose, about one thousand negroes, to be sold F * m want of mce wo ^ compelled to con-
witlim a few weeks, and add, to-day, One him- donso Ulc report of Saturday’s proceedings.-
dred and Twenty likely young hands, to bo sold Wc give below an »bs tr » ct of thc most impor-
at Cuthbert, by tho surviving partner of Wm. tont features:
& B. G. Lockett Sec advertisement, and note Senate.—Vote on ■Governor’s veto of the
also, the numerous other notifications of large Choice bill reconsidered, yeas C8, nays 44.
• sales of negro and real property, scattered [ Mr. Seward’s revolutionary resolution on the
throughout the whole sheet
New Books.
Wc arc indebted to Messrs. J. J. &S. P. Ricn-
akds for sundry new volumes, just received and
for ado at their Book Store, Cotton Avcnnc.
"The Book of 1000 Comical Stories, an endless Re
past of Fun,” Ac.—coi |
Jokes, Pans. Bon Mol
*c-—New York: Dick
j same subject tabled, yeas 82, nays 32.
Resolution adopted restricting speeches to
fifteen minutes.
BH1 passed providing for thc voluntary re
turn of free negroes to slavery.
The Governor’s veto of the -Howell Divorce
bill received and read.
House.—Bill passed to change . the name of
Mechanics’ Savings Bank of Savannah, to the
-comprising Tales, Anecdotes, Mechanics Savings Bank or S
Mots, Epigrams, Merry Songs, Farmers’ & Mechanics’ Bank.
Mek & Fitzgerald, 18 Ann-at. B01 to endow a professors!
professorship of Agricul-
Hcrc is a Book of 166 pages crammed to re- turc and Natural Science in Cherokee Baptist
pletion with jokes and laughter provoking illus- Co *' e G^—l ost - , ,, - ,
(ration,' go nn. ^ it O, -hoCo to*, j of
pages V73** Naw ' ork • Dlck * FnrRtrsld It is stated that a discovery has been made in
Wo protest against this Book as entirely su- Southeastern portion of Missouri, of a vein
racrlli.™,. nl l.^.f in 41,;. —rl 11,- «f gold wlllcll it IS bdlCVCd Will yield 810,000
pert uo.m’ at least m Uns part of the moral vine- to 'j hc t^,. Assays ot the specimens dlscovw-
yard. Ij)vo finds a tongue and terms here with- j ^ are being made.
out tho books, and love is made quick enough »»♦
not by rule, but too frequently against all rule. Bodv or Jo,rN Bkowx -
-ParlorTheatrical*: or Winter Evenings’ Enter- 1110 “Tribune’ say
- - - - - - *-•—, B;
New York, Nov. 30.
Tribune”'says that Gov. Wise has writ-
Drarnitio I ton to Mrs. John Brown, enclosing an order for
!ng Jionm | the safccoiiduct of her messenger to Charles-
Tableaux Vi-1 tnn-n and that the remains of Brown bcdcccnt-
Pam°^«:Mn»ieal Burlesque.: Tableaux Vi- town and that the remains <
vanta,” Ac., Ac. Illoetrated with descriptive En- ,^i
graving.and Diagrams. New York :Dlck A Fitz- | V 0°mmlttod to his care.
graving* and Diagrams.
gdifc)d—*17 pages.
The title of this Book gives a full exposition Am ° n S of patents recently granted,
»we notice thc following to citizens of- Georgia:
Carolina Sports by Land and Water: including in- U. Peabody, of Columbus, Ga., for im-
ridents ofllevif fishing. Wildcat. Deer and flear provemenl.in cotton picker svnillcte.
boating, Ac, Ur the Hon. Wm. Elliott, of Sooth Sqneon F. Peek, of Penfield, Ga., for improve-
Caroliua, witb six illustrations. New York.- Der- ment in Plows.
V, For »* fi>° Charles W. Richter, of .Madison, Ga, for ira
AtkjdtotB^^eilory,M.con, b, John W. pP0VCJncnt in lamps.
This book conics in just as we are preparing Death of a Distinguished Divine.—Tlic Rev.
for tho press, but we will underwrite it on a i Dr. Newton, a distinguished Minister of the
knowledge of tho author, and something of the Presbyterian denomination, died ip Jackson,
subject, as gleaned from tho Carolina papers. Mississippi, on tiie 28tli ult
Thc book is elegantly printed, and thc illustra
among the minorities, and that it will end, as
in thc Banks struggle, with the election of a
■Black Republican. It is stated that in the
event of delay in thc House, the Message will
find publicity through the Senate. The 3Gth
Congress of the United States convenes'in a
time of unrivalled material prosperity, but as
if to substantiate all the predictions of tlic ene
mies of republicanism and popular government,
also at a time when hardly a ray of light, or
promise, pierces thc murky darkness of the po
litical horrizon. The North seems literally to
have gone mad. The anti-slavery fanaticism
played upon by such black' republican leaders
as Seward, Wilson and Hale—menjwith no real
sympathy in' it,—has now got the bits between
its teeth and is altogether beyond control.—
Witness tho meeting in South Natick, which
passed the worst possiblo incendiary resolution,
Wilson being present and not daring to say a
word. Wilson takes his scat in'tho Senate, as
a participant in a primary meeting which re
solved that incendiaryism was thc “right and
duty of the North!” Can Southern Senators
sit hob-a-nob with a self agpred traitor to thc
Constitution and the country ?—a man who re
solves that rapine and murder in the South are
the duties of his constituents ? But this is only
one illustration. A real John Brown malignity
has taken possession of thc black republican
party and leads it, in spite oi the more moder
ate and sensible of that detestable faction. Thc
time when iho Northern. States shall decide
whether they will restrain incendiarism, or
whether the South mast do it witb-.whatever
means End appliances a good Providence has
put into our hands for purposes of self-drtenee,
is coming down to a mere point Let the North
make the decision!
Legislative Business.
According to thc Millcdgcvillc correspondence
of thc Savannah Republican, thc Senate had be
fore it, on Thursday last, 291 bills to bc acted
upon, and the House 255—a total of 54C, and
and,the elite of tho military, “plumed, hebnet-
•d arid spurred,""could bc seen in the Capitol
or on the street hut oftencr than elsewhere bask
ing in the sunshine of beauty’s eye. Whether
the deliberations of the hotly will result ina-
chieving any good, the future alone can develop.
In View of the present find-disturbed condition
of allairs, no one doubts that‘the Legislature
should do something to prepare for the break
ers ahead—an appropriation of one hundred
thousand dollars would purchase a sufficient
number of the latest and best style of fire-arms
to equip all the Volunteer Companies in the
State,—but to erect an armory and prepare for
making arms—two millions of dollars wonid
hardly rover the cost, and even with that ex-
fro.vi mnpsoTA.
('orreepondeqea of the Georgia Telegraph.
Falls or St. Anthony, (Min.) 1
November 23, 1859. j
Deai: Si it—Presuming that my slight sketches
of the North West may not bo uninteresting ta
the readers of the Telegraph, agreeably to an
intimation in my last letter, I herewith give you
some account of the Minnesota river, and a visit
to thc Winnebago Indians.
Tho Minnesota is admitted to-be one of the
most crooked Rivers in thc world; the boatmen
allege that the fish in this river have double the
usual number of joints in the back bone, to en
able them to navigate around the short bends;
also, that the ends of their noses arc very much
flattened by running them against tho banks in
endeavoring to make headway. Not having ex
amined a specimen of this peculiar finny tribe,
I cannot vouch for thc truth of the above state
ment • ,
This river is navigable, some portions of the
year, to Mankota, a distance of 150 miles, al-
penditure it is not absolutelv certain that wc ‘J*?" 6 !' U> .° distoncc . b >’ ,a " d is but 90 mi! f-
Air or on'inn> Ann nninf nrwl nvnuiwl ..
could see a Georgia revolver equal to the Eng
lish article.
Aftor leaving one point and steaming around a
circuit of fifteen miles, you find yourself within
The Reduction idea still Sleeps in Committee ‘h^milcsofthcplaceof starting; having pro-
am! many of the “common men” are congratu- ; ^ed that distance at another pent you make
f , a circuit of three miles and find yourself at just
lating themselves that the chances for their re
turn will not be diminished during the present
session. Wc want to sec the yeas and nays on
this paramount question. AVc want to see who
dares to defeat the well known and repeatedly
expressed wishes of tlic people, and we want
to publish the list, so that the constituency of‘
these men may determine whether they shall
suffer the will of common men at such an im
mense cost of time and money to the State.
Let us have a Convention or let us know the
*■ 'Hi
Mr. Holt of Muscogee has made a move to 'vberc probably she runs ashore again,
make the Supreme Court permanent, and do i Th* 5 present low stage of the water rendering
two lengths of a rail fence from thc place of
starting’; a farmer has put thc fence across this
neck of land, which is all he requires to his cat
tle range, the banks of the river being so high
that no fence, is necessary. The steamers, at
almost every short bend, run their bows against
tho hank, as the boats cannot be “ brought a-
bout ’’ quick enough by the engine and rudder
to clear them; tho hands then use their pike-
poles, and after heaving her ofi" and getting'her
headed around, she proceeds to the next bench
away with the SbilUlo-hags Judiciary System
which now prevails, and tlic Bar aro very gen
erally in favor of the change. The Court should
hold its sessions in Millcdgcvillc and no where
else—here are thc records—and a magnificent
law library, containing all the American, and
most of tlic English Reports, and also a large
it uncertain as to the time I might require in
reaching Mankota by boat, I concluded to take
the steamer Time tc Tide, as her name gave the
impression of promptness, which wag advertis
ed to leave punctually at 11 o’clock, A. M., and
go to Shakopco, and from thence travel by stage.
Wc left at 4 o’clock, P. M., which no doubt was
which is their custom, as they are protected in
a measure from tho cold winds; in the summer
they return to tho prairie. All, with very few
exceptions, had on their blankets, which were
either red or white; tho scene to me was novel
and interesting, in the extreme. Having a lct-
FROM BALTIMORE.
Correspondence of the Telegraph.
Baltimouk, Nov. 29th, li?->9.
Railroad Accident.—A serious accident oc
curred on tho North Central Railroad last ,
Law books. Here- the vexed, questions of thc
law could be investigated with all the aids
Legislature to> adjourn sine die next Saturday! ] ^ booliS could { ° m]sh and th , Inmber8
Thc total finally deposed of, ,n both Houses. | of ^ Court cou , d dcYoto , ho Umo which ; 8
was 1 s oro 0Iu; SCSslon ° a K* 5 - j now spent in traveling from the mountains to
lature! Whoever heard the like ? If adjourn
ment takes place as named, of course the bulk
of the 546 bills must fall by thc way-side; and
the only misfortune in the case is that some of
thc most important bills of the Session may be
among them. Wc .see the joint committee on
Unfinished business reported an aggregate of
603 unfinished kills before both Houses on Sat
urday last '
Cotton markets.
In Savannah, a decline of an eighth is noted,
since the arrival of thc Europa, on Middlings
and lower qualities. Sales of Friday, 1,255
bales. Middlings, ,10J@10|c. Saturday,' 1330
bales, with a better feeling.
In Charleston, a decline of an eighth to a
quarter is noted during the week. Sales 13,51
bales. Prices ranging from 10}@llje.
In Mobile, receipts of the week. 35,000 bales
against 23,800 last year. Receipts ahead of
lasfyoir 73,000 bales. Stock*on liand 148,500
bales. Sales of last Saturday 5,000 bales with
a steady market Middlings, 10Jc.
In New Orleans,'receipts of the week 92,000
bales, against 70,000 bales lasl'ycar. Excess
over last* year, 138,000,* and at all the ports.
199,000 bales. , Stock 303,000 bales. Sales of
Saturday, 4.000T bales, at lOJ^lle. for Mid
dlings.
In New York, Middling Uplands were quoted
on Friday, at 1 lc. Sales 500 bales.
liivjv v» mv i»v j/ui u’j uiiu iwov «a luigV
and valuable selection of thc best elementary considered “punctual’ tune, and soon entered
Jhe Minnesota at Fort Snclling. At tills point
you enter the finest agricultural region in the
Northwest; the farmers have raised large crpps
of wheat and com the past season, tlicir wheat
being of a superior quality, some of it weighing
Toths to the bushel. Arriving at Shakopee I
proceeded at once to tbc American Hotel, as
upon inquiry I was informed that that was the
only “first class ” hold in the place. After
'partaking of a “first class” supper of fried
pork ami potatoes,- I was shown to my room
which was also “first class,” it being furnished
of feeling exists between Uic General Assembly «'ith a bed and one chair the bed having a
and the Governor which all .food men must re- j “ Crst ^ \ look ’, P artlculari Y «><-' sbccts - ?
grot I have heard the propriety of the Gov-! took off ra * hat a,ld booLs and ro,bn S “*■
croor’s course criticised with great severftv by j sclr i n m >' bIankct > endeavored to sleep; but as
many friends of the unfortunate man-but we an “impressible conflict appeared to be going
must recollect that the Governor is in a posh on among the rats and mice immediately over
tion of Iifb responsibility, and must act accord- ra y bcad > where tho «'Iing was off, giving me
ing to tlic dictates of his conscience and his ' occasionally a shower of dirt, I found sleep im-
construction of thc Constitution. It is uhder- P 0 ^* Taking the stage m the morning,
_ stood here that Choice’s Counsel will fhke l.im i aftcr PW m - v bill < "' h,ch was “first class’ as
‘ before Judge Bull on Habeas Corpus to fry the toaraount ’ 1 was much ,ntere stcd in the coun-
tlic seaboard in quiet preparation for deliberate
and- enlightened judgment^. Wc hope jtr.
Hplt’s amendment may become the law of the
land.
As I wrotc-you, the nousc passed the Bill for
the pardon of Choice, but thc Governor has
vetoed it, and the consequence is, that a state
, Bibb Court
Is still in session, But wc think will adjourn
in two or three days.
Lynching nt .Savaiiunli.
One Sewell II. Fisk, a Boot and Shoe deal
er in Savannah, “of several years standing,
question of the right of the Governor, under
the Constitution, to veto a bill of this sort.
Since I last wrote, your Senator, Mr. Tracy,
try along the route, as most of the villages on
the Minnesota were but a few years since occu
pied by the Dacotahs,- and almost every bill,
made bis debut in a very Able speech in opposi- dale, and rivulet, lias -some Indian *lcgend or
tion to*tbe consolidation of the Central and Ba- j s *- or y ■ co P nc< dcd with it I ravers de Sieux,
tonton & Gordon Railroads, and extension to which is,now one of the most important towns
Madison, lie has an impressive manner, fluent
and forcible, and brought down the"liouse. lie
speaks but seldom—an oxauiplc worthy of im
itation. Wc hope to hear Mr. Tracy again be
fore the session closes..
on the river,"was the great crossing place of thc
Indians. At this place, a Mission was estab
lished ; also at SL Peters, and La Scuer, which
were Indian villages. There are about Awenty
villages on this river, between Fort Snelling and
Hearing tumultuous applause in the House ! Mankota.; they are mostly called cities, and lots
on Friday morning last, we went in and found j bavc bccn Inarked out on P a P cr ’ and bought
Hirtridge, of Chatham, speaking in favor of thc ' and ^ulation in the towns on this
rWillr GnlWe Ho river, which, allowing the usual
appropriation for tho Cassvdle College. He
was applauded at the conclusion of almost ev-
'cry senteuce, and made tlic happiest, effort of
the session, so two or three of the reporters
s»y-. *,
The next is the last week of thc^prtr days,
but in view of the large amount of unfinished
was “tarred and cottonql” lost Thursday
night by a quasi vigilance committee. Accor
ding to the Republican he was a well known
abolitionistf and on the Sunday night before,
as sworn to before a Justice of the Peace by
his own clerk, he enticed negroes into hi* cel
lar and stuffed them with abolition documents
and the story of John Brown.” Upon such
state of facts, wc think the committee dealt’ aa > s P° ken °S as Delegates from the State at
leniently byt cowardly traitor and incendiary.
He deserved a much severer puuisbmant. But
lynch law may" be sometimes perverted to
subserve the ends of personal malice and is in
its very nature subversive of political order
and private rights, why not proceed regularly
against all such offenders ? Examine apd corn-
business found on the Clerk’s and Secretary’s
table, I presume there will be a prolongation
until about the 26th? So mote it be.
The State Convention for selecting Delegates
to Charleston meets on Thursday. I have
heard the names of Jqjin II. Lumpkin, Dr.
I^iert Collins, of your city, lion. 1). J. Iiailoy,
of Butts, and Hon. Janies L. Seward, of Thom
Large. From your District, L. B. Smith, of
Talbot, George R. Hunter, of (Jfawford, James
Dean, of Bibb, Dr. Roddey, of Monroe, and
0111010: arc mentioned. . Yours,
PROSPER!^
The Choice Case—Veto or the Bill.
Thc Recorder of Friday, furnishing a synop-
mit to the county jail for trial. The law is ”' 13 0 f thc veto of thc Bill for the pardon Yif
ample for protection against abolition cmisa-
ries, or if not, it can be madc so ;' and there
will be no indisposition hpoa the^iart of the
courts to enforce it to the fullest extent.
estimate of five
persons to each lot, would require ab5ut ten
million inliabitanj^o occupy them. This land
is-now worth from five to twenty dollars per
acre. Tliesc lots have mostly been sold to
“Eastern capitalist* A - speculator wgnld pur
chase a few acres of land, at a little more than
the government price, in a location that looked
well on paper, and erect a small tavern, which
he puts down on -his map as a fine Hotel; he
next builds a school-house, as lie is aware that
that is an important appendage in thc estima
tion of Eastern people; lie also builds a church,
and if possible a few other buildings; he lays
out public? squares, and sets out shade-trees,
which of conrso have their full growth on his
map; lie has a plot reserved for tho City Hall,
which is to bc built cf the fine stone which hc
is now getting from an inexhaustible quarry in
tlio neighborhood; he has laid oiit extensive
grounds for ff Oollege, and is already in corres-
ponJcnec with the most learned Professors in
tho country, as lie not only uttends that it-shall
be thc greatest city, but the great scat of learn-
Agent was absent, I rode to his store; he took
much pains to make my visit agreeable and en
tertaining; these traders are licensed by the
Indian Agent to establish stores among them, over -
under certain restrictions, one of which is, they
arc not allowed to keep any kind of intoxicat
ing liquors; they generally marry squaws, and
prefer living among the Indians to the whites.
There are 1,800 Indians in this settlement; they
arc paid by thc ■ government an annuity of
$80,000; they have schools, but few only will
send their children. Missionaries labor among
them with very little success. The mcn arc
indolent, doing but very little except fishing and
bunting. They are excessively fond ol gam
bling, almost as much so as of'whiskey. Thc
women do all tho drudgery—till the soil, build
the lodges, gather the fuel, put in the winter
stock of corn, and furnish everything but the
game. Most of them continue to paint and dec
orate, themselves as when in the most barbarous
state. I visited tlie lodge of one of their chiefs,
and as a description of their lodges is found in
almost every school-book, it is unnecessary for
mo to say more than that they arc the same
now.
I noticed the Medicine-gourd, or Sacred Rat
tle, hanging on a pole, which is nothing more
than a dried gourd with a few kernels or com
or belds, which is shaken over the head of the
sick by the Medicine-man, while he is singing
in unearthly monotones. The alacrity with
which thc Indian doctor used to go to see a
patient, might bc very acceptable if adopted by
some of our more enlightened physicians of the.
present day. • “The person gent to call on thc
doctor, strips himself forrunning, retaining only
his breech-cloth, and carrying a bell; he en
ters thc lodge, and without further ceremony
strikes tlie doctor with his foot, jingles his bell,
and suddenly issuing from the lodge, runs with
all his might for the sick man’s lodge, with the
doctor at his heels; if tho latter overtakes and
kicks him before he reaches the lodge, he does
not proceed any further, but returns home.
Another person is then dispatched, and it is not
until one is sent who is too swift for him, that
the doctor’s services can be secured.”
Thc lodge which I have mentioned as a speci
men, was extremely dirty, containing no furni
ture, without I call a bedstead such which was
made of poles; the only protection from the
damp ground being some dirty mats, on which
they sit around the fire in the centre of their
lodge—the smoke {escaping through a hole in
the root Around the sides stand barrels and
sacks of com; cars of com are hanging over
head, which are reserved for parching; various
kinds of roots and herbs also arc hung on poles;
their hunting and fishing "implements always
have a conspicuous placo on one side of the
lodge. As to cleanliness, the word is not in
their language; all is filth and litter; there are
no fences around their bark huts; worn-out
moccasins, tattered blankets, old leggins, are
strewn in confusion all over the ground. "Wa
ter, except in very warm weather, seldom
touches them, and the pores of the skin become
filled with tho grease and paint with which they
daub themselves.
Thc romance of Indian life, and the reality,
are quite different. It is said- that about tlic
time Longfellow’s Hiawatha first appeared, a
gentleman and his two daughters were taking a
pleasure trip up the Mississippi, one of thc
young ladies having that work with her which
she had been reading, and as they were soon to
be near the Indian settlements, she expressed a
wish-to spend two. or three weeks with the In
dians, to live with them and partake of their
fare—“it would be so delightful 1" It was but
a few hours before a hand came on board of the
steamer, with their dogs, ponies, women, and
children. Their evening meal, consisting of
beans and wild meat, was prepared on thelower
deck, beneath the windows of thc ladies’ cabin.
After they had used their fingers in place of
forks, and consumed the food which thejihad
cooked in a dirty iron pan, one of the mothers
removing the blanket from one of her children,
stood it up in the same pan, and then dipping
some water out of the river, began to wash it
cayed state of the timbers the spikes had ceas
ed to take effect, and allowed the track to spread,
by which tho cars were thrown off and turned
over. The conductor of the train, a Mr. Craw
ford, was at the time of thc accident, standing
upon the Platform, and in attempting to jump
off was caught beneath the cars and crushed al
most in twain—his death was instantaneous.—
Several others were more or less injured, but
none seriously. Tho deceased was a single
man and greatly respected. - This Road, espe
cially that portion of it within a few miles of
the City, has becn for some time in a very di"
lapidated condition, ami accidents have almost
daily occurred upon it for several months past
Many suits havifbeen brought against the Com
pany for damages by loss of life and limb as
well as property, and unless some vigorous
stops are taken to put it in good repair, it will
be abandoned as unsafe and unfit for use.
Affecting attempt at Suicide.—On Sunday last
an interesting young girl, aged about 17, was
rescued from drowning by Some gentlemen, who
happened to witness the attempt at suicide by
throwing herself into thc Back Basin, an arm
of the Patapsaco River. She was taken out of
the water in an almost unconscious state, and
restoratives applied, and witch brought to a
state of consciousness she related the simple
story of her sorrows. It appears hbr name is
Jenny Nash, and she resides with her father on
Federal Hill. Her lather is given to brutal
habits of intemperance, and is in the constant
habit of beating and otherwise abusing her.—
On Saturday last he beat and drove her from
her home, and as a dernier resort in her trou
ble and distress, she took refuge in a house of
disreputable character. Contemplating thc
horrors of her situation, and in a delirium of
trouble, she in a fit of desperation and despon
dency, sought relief in death, and took the fa
tal plunge. The stcry of her wrongs, and her
piteous condition wrought sorely upon the
hearts of all present, and sho was furnished with
dry and suitable apparel, and handed over to
the Rosine Association, which benevolent So
ciety will soothe her troubled mind, and minis
ter to her future wants.
Reform Commenced Officially.—Our acting
Mayor the 3rd, Mr. Spicer, has determined at
last to set the Reform Ball in motion in good
earnest, and has issued an order to thc police;
commanding them to drive all the negroes from
about ’ the comers, and from in front of the
doors of their meeting houses, those being thc
only places where as many as three negroes
have been known to stand for years past lie
has, also, through one of his astute and impar
tial Justices, (IVclsh) declared war upon the
little boys, and declared that kites, bandy sticks,
fire crackers, hoops, &c., and all such danger
ous instrumentalities sliall henceforth bc aba
ted. As an example of what may bc expected
1 filet
The GovcniortTV^T, ; ,
* CASE
Minedgcvillel'nere^^- i
I'o thc Senate: !| I
f herewith return the bill, mi ,. I
pardon M m. A. Choice, of
ton, now under sentence of dtatv^M
of murder Without my sanction '? 4 * - 1
section of the second article of n**
tion of this State, is in these c
Governor) shall have power to ^'
for offences against the State
impeachment, and to grant nanw'*
any part of a.scntcnco, in all "
tion, except for treason ard munU*
cases he may respite the exeem^
report thereof to the nextGeneral
whom a pardon may be granted. 1 '
this isolated section of the Co n ,ij.
doubted whether the whole po> <
in cases of murder and treason
exclusively in the General J '
power i
thcr it was necessary to the pass*; ‘
bill, t>r its validity as a law, that i?i ‘
ted to the Governor for hisapproj
he had any duty to’perform, 1
bility to incur, in giving validity
ment But an examination of' #;
of the Constitution, which must I
in connection with the section a v
removes all doubt upon this qacst^T
lies my mind that it is as much the
Governor to revise, and approve
a bill of this character, as it is to
fuse to sanction any ether hill,
above section of thc Constitution
doning power, in cases of murdvi
eral Assembly; and itisalsotr U ;^J
ond Section of tlie firit article 0 ( -C
tion vests the entire legislative t,* 1
General Assembly, hisintht-ei'
legislative power shall be vested
rate and distinct branches, to-wit-
House of Representatives, t» best,
eral Assembly.” But these graivj'
the General Assembly are alike i
tenth and eleventh sections of ti
clc of the Constitution, which
words:
Section 10. He, (the Governor .:
revision of all bills pissed by Loth
fore the same sliall become laws,
ofoboth Houses may pass a law,
ing his dissent, and'if any bill sh
turned by the Governor within 1,,
it hath been presented to him, the
be a law, unless tlie General Assen.i
adjournment shall prevent its veto
Section 11. Every vote, resolu;
to which the concurrence of both,
bo necessary except on a question"
ment, shall be presented to thc (
before it shall take effect he app...
or being disapproved, may bcrc-3
thirds of both Houses, according j
and limitations prescribed in case ofi
therefore, this be a bill, or sale,
order of the General Assmblr n
concurrence of both Houses is nso
the duty of thc Governor v,
prove or disapprove it.
Tlie circumstances of the kSiino
in evidence in this case, are >sUi
follows: Calvin Webb was a pubh
the city of Atlanta, and as su4,k
hands a bail process against Choktj ftp g
v'or ten dollars. On the night bek
lie met Choice, who it wasallccei
leave the State for New York,
him of thc fact that he had the r
hands, and desired him to am::
tlement of the claim. Choice dea
release him upon his promise tls;:
arranged. IN’ebb refused to d
;mj
Local Hills.—Tho following bills bawl pardon, over any
passed the House of Representatives. A bill , ! —
to allow thc city of Macou to lease certain por
tions of the public reserve. A bill to .charter
the Central Insurance Company of Georgia,
Macon.
Choice, says:
“The Governor set forth in his communica
tion,Aliat he haij once doubted whether his sig
nature was necessary to tire bill; hut upon a
full examination he was satisfied tliat there was
no difference to bo iuadr. in- ILvor. qP-biUa for
pardon, over any other bills. Thcv all
effe
1 require
lions very spirited. Go and get it, at Mr.
, urke’s, Cotton Avenue.
Opposition City Ticket.
The Opposition held a meeting at the Counci
Chamber last Saturday, and nominated Mayor
gC Dr. I’omroy, of Boston, Secretary ot
tho Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mls-
sions, has been removed from office on' charges
deeply implicating his moral character.
Brunswick Circuit.—Judge Cochran lias re
signed his scat as Judge of thisCifcuit, and-the
. Governor has issued his proclamation, ordering
Sparks for re-election by aodamation. The canl an election on the first Monday in January.—
didates for Councilmen aro Dr. Harrison, D. T.' An election is also ordered in the Southern Cir-
Driggere, J. Y. Grier, Geo. S. Obear, C. S. Ro cuiton the same day, for a successor to Judge
gns, T. A. Harris, Goa B. Turpin and Thomas-1 b ' ovo ' *
Dougherty. Richard Curd, candidate for Clerk \ Movement aoainst Negroes in Canada.—
and Treasurer. | By the proceedings of the*Court of Assizes-of
| Essex county, Canada, it appears that thc grand
a have made a presentment te the court,
'
Montpelier Farm School. |
We have a circular from Rev. Carlisle P. {based upon a representation emanating from
B. Martin, Principtl of this school, (there are ‘ bc a « tbon ' t '‘^ pf ‘ bo ‘«wi»hip of Anderdon, in
„f,Of3^ now rtiol.
and not a great number aro perhaps wort.: presented to them to thc court, and urge that
this name,) developing at length its plan and ! -oine action be taken in the matter. The.And-
character. Mr. Martin, wo are well assured, irdon authorities say: “Weareawaro that nine-
i, a teacher of rare qualifications, and having tc »** ° f committed in the county
, a • • a Zf.-a_ .b-" ° of Eawx, according to tho jjopulation, are so
been ortunato in sc-cnnng at Montpelier n I committed by tho colored people.” And they
most healthful ond beautiful locality, with I further urge “that some measures may be taken
nodious mid elegant foii'dings and grounds by the government to protect us and our pro-
precisoty adapted to his purpose, we are con
fidenttlic Montpelier Farm School is destined
to take and sustain a high character among
the literary institutions of the State.
Threatening Letters.—A hundred and twen
ty-five letters were received a week ago by
GoMrftor Wise in one day, aU containing;
threats. If these are hoaxes, tho abolition fa
natics must be great practical jokers, John
Brown being, of course, the funniest joker of
ftlU 1
Advertisements.
Note tire opening of New Goods to-day
perty; or person's of capital will be driven from
the country.” Thc court, in alluding to this
presentment, remarked tliat “he was not sur
prised at finding a prejudice existing against
them (tlie negroes) among tho respectable por
tion of the people, for they were indolent, shift
less and dishonest, and nnworthy of thc sym
pathy that some mistaken parties extended to
them; they would not work when opportunity
was ],resented; hut preferred sub-isting by
thieving from respectable farmers and begging
from those benevolently inclined.”
Onk of the 1’ikks.—AVc were shown, on
yesterday, at the store of Messrs. Smith &
Ezzard, one of the l’ikcs provided by O.-sa-
wattamie Brown for arming the insurgents
' *i. The blade is two-edged, quite sharp,
inches long, and weighs over a pound. To
Dcaili or Itobcrt Flmltny.
Our whole community has been called to
mourn the death of an upright, enterprising,
intelligent, useful and" influential citizen.
Robert Findlay, so widely known as thc head
of that extensive establishment, “Findlay's
Don Works;" died last AVod'nesday, of a rnfiig-
nant attack -of pneumonia. His loss will be
deeply felt in almost every department of busi
ness, by'ithe whole city—in thc BaptistUhurch,
of which hc was a leading mcuibtr—and in
every enterprise of public benevolence. He
was buried last Friday at Rose Hill, and thc
largest Funeral cortege wo have ever seen in
Macon, preceded and followed his remains to
their last resting place. It included thc Ma
sonic Fraternity, and thc whole Fire Depart
ment, of which decease^ had formerly been
Chief.
Florida.
The Floridian £ Journal, of last Saturday,
announces tlic re-convening of the General As
sembly in adjourned session, with tho same
officers, except that E. M. Graham, Editor of
thc Cedar Keys Telegraph, is elected Chid ding post (Joseph Bernard's), and saw them
Clerk of tho House, in place of R. B. Hilton, ft J J , ‘ L ‘ s,annn
alike his signature to be made effective. 11c
then recited briefly thc circumstance of thc
kitting. Said that though a mental derange
ment might have been the result of intoxicating
drinks, yet, from-Hie testflhony in tho case, as
well as from his own -personal knowledge o-
tlio defendant, he was conijn'ced that the insan
ity alleged was nothing but the phrenzy consef
quent upon the supposed insult, and thc intoxi
cating drink that had been taken, rile said that
Old Brown a Common Thief.
STATEMENT OF A \TP.G INI A SENATOR.
Jno. D. l’enuybacker, the member elect of
the A’irginia Senate from the Rockingham dis
trict, furnishes tile Harrisonburg Register with
an account of Ids experience with Ossawatto-
mie Brown in Kansas, which proves tho aboli
tion martyr,to'bc a robber in the lowest ac-
ccptatioifof thc term. Mr. l’enuybacker was
United States S&rvey Examiner in tlie Terri
tory. and was with Capt. Pate’s party when
it was captured by artifice at Blade Jack. lie
says Brown would not have spared his priso
ners’ Jives tlieu, but that his own two sods were
in prison at Lecompton. The statement con'
ticues:—
While in his bands, I heard Brown’s son
boest of thc horses they hud stolen from Mis
souri and elsewhere. I also saw a party start
out for the purpose of robbing an Indian tru
ing in the AVest; the improvement* >md mW. . "
4 ....’■• ,, . . ®e, more than ever, that “there is no accounting
ments which have been commenced and in con
templation are immense; and aftcr getting jiis
plans matured, hc starts for thc East, to give
his friends an opportunity of becoming rich in
tit«vJvortovt' -pooniblo- apace of time, llo -dis-
'plays his maps, and points out the great natural
advantages which this city has over every other
city in thc AVest' “It is the point, and anust
dc thc point, and iiacannot bo.got around?’’ As
he wishes to dispose of all hisioLs before any of
his friends get out there to see for themselves,
h£fells them they hod better wait a few months,
a* thc immigration is so great that thc Hotel is
crowded, and their accommodations not vc y
good, but in a short time other hotels will be
it was one pf tho most painful acts of his life. _
It had been urged tliat pardon was goddike,*but built, and then, should they visit the city*, their
ho remembered that God did not spare’ll is own i 0 ( s willftavu enhanced so much In value that,
Son before extending pardon to man. He reci
ted various scripture passages, showing tliat
God demanded the life of thc murderer.”
Esq., resigned. Gov. Perry’s Message on Fed
eral relations, is in good spirit, and declares
there arc good grounds for tbc hope that the
“Southern States will not permit the General
Government to pass into hands avowedly hos
tile to tho South.’’
AVc notice in thc same number of tho Flo
ridian & Journal, a long and eloquent letter from
our old and esteemed friend,' Gov. R. K. Call,
to aNorthcrn acquaintance, in which thc Gen
eral declares, in emphatic terms, that the Union
could not outlive the election of Seward. Gov.
Call is known to bc one of the most devoted
Union men of the South, and his letter illus
trates the change now rapidly going on in thc
minds of our most conservative citizens.
Tlic two newspapers in Tallahassee have
recently changed tiicir proprietorship. Messrs.
Dyke k Carlisle succeeding Jones A Dyke, in
the Floridian k Journal, acd Messrs. Ilart &
return loaded with-thc goods (some $4900
worth), 91d Brown exclaiming ax they came
in, “AVell’done, my boys!” Brown told me
himself that his baud was against every man,
free State or.pro-slaveiy, who was not willing
to join his band, and tliaf he Would kill otic
as soon as tjbe other,' His son Frederick, was
killed at Ossawattomie by Martin t AVhite, a
free State man, who bad refused to join Brown’s
company, and was thereupon robbed add or
dered.to leave the Territory..
John Broivn was afterwards .whipped at Os
sawattomie, ond I believe he then left the Ter
ritory. Of his subsequent operations there'I
know nothing. That he, without provoca
tion, inhumanly murdered mcn in their beds,
I know. That be committed robbery an .d
thefts of goods and horses I heard from his
fthould they not wish to send for their families,
they can dispose of them for at least five times
as much as they pay him for them. He soon
disposes olffiis lots at a. price which is perfectly
satisfactory, as thc small portion of money hc
required to be paid on each lot, pays him about
$300 per acre for his-land, which cost him less
than five doillarsan acre; arid instead of going
back to continue thc immense improvements
there, hc probably goes to look for a location to
found anothergreat city. ■ Some of tlie purcha^s-
cresubscqucntly visit the city to look aftcr their
interests, and after a bloody fight with rauske-
toes through thc day, with a reinforcement of a
battalion of vermin af the “fine hotel” during
the nfght, and finding that tjjo school-house,
which was built of logs, has becn 'turned into a
stable, th’o church into a*barn, which was a de
cided “improvement,” as they could be put to
no other use, all other improvements being non
est, tliey find but one tliing'which has resulted
as Ibid down by tlic speculator, to wit, a"‘!great
scat of learning. ” Thus you have a specimen of
the manner iu which some of .the great; cities
of tho AYcst arc brought into existence.
On iny arrival at Mankota, I procured a good
saddle-horse, and started for thc Winnebago
settlement Aftcr ridihg' about seven miles
through a forest, over a zig-zag rend which is
barely passable in a dry season, I camo on to a
beautiful prairie -of about five miles in extent,
and bordered on one sido next to thc forest by
a pretty lake. The prairie being slightly rolling,
the road,, passing over tho most elevated part,
gave a view of its whole extent, which was the
most charming of any prairie scenery I have
ever seen. On approaching thc opposite side,
in the premises, thc above Justice made a fo
ray on some twenty little boys the other day, j Ata*
who were playing on a lot at dinner vacation, G , clm steppcd int ‘ the room ^
and.captured the whole gang, and amidst their were, and Ch '
screams and piteous wailing and imploring*,
imprisoned them in the Black Hole until their
poor parents could scare up the sum of $2 and
cost, for their release. How much of said fine
went into the City Treasury this deponent say-
eth not Some might suggest that his Honor,
the 3rd, might have an eye to the hundreds of
rum holes, which are kept open every Sunday
in direct conflict with the law; or the hundreds
of crowds of drunken rowdies who Virowd thc
corners of all the public streets on that day,
rendering it unsafe for civil people to pass; or
the court house, where a decent man has almost
to hold his nose when entering the Rotunda,
lest he be made drunk upon the fumes of poi
soned whisky with which his olfactories are as
sailed—but any one who should intimate any
thing like the above to our worthy municipal
head, would bc more likely" to get his own bro
ken than a civil response' to his suggestion.
Death of a Prominent Citizen.—Our distin
guished fellow-citizen, Judge 7,. Collins Lee,
dgpartcd this life on Saturday morning. The
decea^fd was Judge of the Superior Court of
this City, and was greatly respected for his so
fty ui head to foot Tho rest of the band looked' cial virtues, and regarded as an* eminent law-
on with Indian composure, and seemed to think
tliat an iron stew-pan Was just as good for wash
ing babies as for cooking beans. It is unneces
sary to say that the young lad) who wished to
spend a short time with thc Indians, said noth
ing further to her papa on that subject . ^
As I was invited to take dinner with the tra
der, I went with him to his log house, which
was but a little better furnished than the lodges.
I set down to a dinner of boiled pork and pota
toes, which was prepared by his squaw—a large,
fat, grcasy-looking female—which convinced.
for tastes.” After complimenting him and his
squdw on their healthy and good-looking half-
breed children, and thanking him for his hospi
tality, he ordered my horse and I took my # de-
parture. A’ery respectfully, yours, C.
£ottox in Savannah.—Tlie Republican of
Thursday, says—Never have we seen so much
cotton in our streets—last year being no
exception— as there Is now. Every lane, alley
and available place where it can be placed otu
of the reach of the law, has been occupied for
tho past few days. AYc suppose that it has
been caused by tho recent heavy sales.
Georcia Military Convention.—A Conven
tion of Military Officers at Millcdgcvillc last
Tuesday recommended that the General Assem
bly appoint a committee of five citizens to pre
pare a Military Code; to be reported to the next
Legislature for their adoption. They also re
commend that a sum sufficient for thc purchase
of proper arms and other equipments for thc
volunteer companies of the State, be immedi
ately appropriated; and that an Armory and
Foundry he gitablishedforthc manufacture and
repair af arms.
Foreign Neits by the Europa.—The Europa
with dates to the 10th ult. reports sales of cot
ton in Liverpool for the week 44,000 hales. A
decline-had taken place, principally in the low
er grades; and holders were pressing on thc
market Tho market closed dull. Brcadstuffs
were firm. Provisions dull. Consols quoted
915 a 96 j). '
England and France.—Tho London Times,
y the Bohemian, says there is* no doubt that
the feeling of Hostility to England is more bit
ter in France than since'1815, and charges the'
French Government with directly encouraging
it
yer. He was a member of the Lee family of
A’irginia. In politics he was one of the old line
AYhigs, but was taken up by the native Amer
ican party and elected a Judge of the Superior
Court at the first election under the new Con
stitution, and has given great satisfaction to
lawyers as well as clients since he has sat upon
thc bench. His death was announced in all
the Courts of thc City so soon as they- were
opened, and appropriate eulogies were deliver
ed upon his character, and the Courts immedi
ately thereafter adjourned, in further demon
stration of respect to his memory. His disease
was sudden paralysis. On Tuesday last ho sat
upon the bench as usual, but on the afternoon
of that day hc was suddenly .stricken down,
and remained prostrate and unconscious until
life was extinct
Thanksgiving Day and its Incidents.—The
day was clear and pleasant, and thc streets pro-
sSltcd quite an animated appearance. There
was service in,the forenoon at all the Churches
of the City, where appropriate addresses, ser
mons, and other discourses were eloquently de
livered to-crowded audiences. Tlic ladies es
pecially turned out in (jjrcc in honor of the oc
casion and in response to the invitation of so
beautiful a day. At night the Theatres, Lec
tures, Fairs, (See., were well patronised by the
younger portion of thc citizens, and as a whole
thc day was spent pleasantly and profitably by
the mass of our citizens. In some parts of tlic
City there was of course some rioting—how
could a holiday pass in Baltimore without it?
Incendiary Fires.—The torch of tlie vile in
cendiary has becn busy during thc last few
nights. Several valuable buildirigs have been
burned down. Among others a small Episco
pal Church, and a large, neat packing cstab-
Jishmcnt, with a heavy loss. The police scons
to bc wholly insufficient to prevent them.
• IIOAVARD.
Infamous Sentiment—At a large anil enthu
siastic meeting held at Natick, (thc residence
of Senator AV’ilson,) Mass., tho following resolu
tion was adopted:
were, and Choice asked him to i
for him. Col. Glenn agreed to sol
paid, and with this AYebb eifrsd
satisfied. Aftcr this, Choice whid
time excited by the use of inteiiad
cursed and abused AA’ebb. ColM
fered and prevented any diflkultr.ftj
AYebb left the room. Next boa*|
ten and eleven o’clock, AYebb sdaa
tleman were walking the stretiwM
from the car shed in Atiantikirj
a few steps from them. Notmftfl
spoken when Choice presented™!!
begged him not to shoot. Hei
one shot, which did not take eftctl
presented die pistol, and fired a sed
Thc ball entered the body of Webbf
claimed, I.am a dead man! after tri
ctl a few steps and fell dead. ■
of the substance of tlie facts cot
the killing, presents prima facte, u
voked and aggravated case of i
deceased on thc night previous, hj
charged his duty as a public o Cj
the defendant had cursed and at
on meeting him the-next day,'
est provocation, he drew his pisuil
atcly took thc life of thc officer,
are to be extended in such case.i
tion docs tlie law afford to publk
what encouragement have they I
charge their duties ? It is s;v'
the defendant was insane at
was committed, rjd not thereto!
morally responsible for his concoct-1
exists, the conclusion natural// folk]
AVas he insane ? The V T
he was of sane mind, till the cont
ven, and when the fact that the b
committed by him is established.^
of proving the insanity, is cast d
fendent. Evidence was introdu
court and jury who tried the
this pies. The learned and .1
clear and forcible manner, a
jury the rules of law by which
be governed in the investigations!
plied these evidence to these ruin]
by their virdict of guilty,
■plea of insanity had not been 1
ter a careful examination cf the
the case, and a long personal
with the defendent, I am satisfied* 1
cision was correct, and that the:
only tho temporary phrenzy wta
ed by a fit of intoxication;
press terms of our statute is i
excuse for any crime or misde
have been true that the
of injuries received upon his he
since, bad some predispositioa r
that he was on that account
ted by the use of intoxieatinj
entertain no'doabt that thc
these stimulants was the excit
diate cause of mental derangeff |
of the killing. In a word the ■
drunk, and his reasou was for_q
throned by his intoxication,
habit of indulging to excess,
casions, he is said by tiie
been a'very dangerous man.
mission of this offence, he k“
in prison, and denied the prj'"; 1
mer excesses, and it seems
has been heard of his insanity
of his wounds received years;
disposition to insanity was
ment alone would produce 1
exciting scenes through wk : d*
since bis imprisonment and &
failed to have that effect 1 jf,
mental derangement produce* 1 ®
untary act, hc is to bc exensv
foL’inrr tltra llf'n nf on iniliVt’2* 1
iHubba
for.
:ral Jj
Relate tt
iville
intan
the Cc:
to inert
is pass
use.
dma S
l ed am
Bade
-tfer I
luoted
faking the life of au iunooeu'
and again turned loose upon«
what guaranty have wc tfi J '
j may not soon fall by in's Liu®
“AY hcrcas, resistance to tyrants is obedience voluntary madness ?
Death of Washington Irving.—The tele
graph last week announced the death of AVash-
ington Irving, ht tho ago of 77. Dfs career
and works arc familiar to our readers. ' His lit
erary career began in 1807, with the publica
tion of Salmagundi, and for more than fifty
years he has stood first in the list of American
writers.
son and his own mcn, and saw with my own
eyes; but that ho ever gave as an excuse that l began to see objects moving; some red and
he was attempting to ron off slaves while do-; some.w hite; a few Iioubcs intermixed with the
ing this “Kansas work” I never heard from which in tlic distance reminded me of
him or any one eKe- Th, re was not « slave ^ go with in North Carolina,
within forty miles of 1 ottawattoime CrceK, T ,
where he committed thc murders, and not one | ^ ben the settlement, I discovered
line animal, receiv-
to God: therefore, Resolved, Tliat it is the right
and duty of the slaves to resist their masters,
and the right and duty of tho North to incite
them to resistance and to aid them in it”
This was passed without a dissenting voice,
though Senator AA’ilson was present
ICoyal Miitcli-malviiig-.
There is a piece of gossip, savs the London
correspondent of the National Intelligencer
now very current, and it being more closelv
connected with political arrangements, should
it bc true, than with those of any other class,
wc will mention it here. Thc King of Portu
gal is a widower of some six months’ standing,
«ind hc is stated to bc already looking out for a icw monins suuy, i***- *—
ainc or scc ^ nt ^ consort. He has, wc arc told, fixed up-! ceased, were comfortable aI
'within ■ °” tk °r 1 ’, r ‘ nccss Alice, of England, as tho occu-! and little children bad
V n l ,lcr of the high position, and the young Prin- A>fa loud husband and a
n (linn I’nJtt !c mLl a. 1. — _?t.i i* .i ° <Im» fTl** 1 .
. In determining a question tf*
the one now under consite> :
unfaithful to thc high trust r/J
should permit my reason to «..
sympathies. No act of my •"* J
unpleasant than "heone I
one has a higher appreciate a
of th^ relatives of defendent ^
more sincerely rejoice to be*;
feelingsof a mother, whose
anguish, now languishes ,
But if it were proper for**j
to bo. influenced by consKl [i
turc, I should do wrong
the sulrerings on one side, ;
upon the picture of n ’ ise !j
few months since, the ft®*.
s *ffurdJ
®, Cwi atI
' hundr{
' hare ll
pBding t
r® coun|
: .! -. [
i *hich ,
date last year
itifving inor
Bostick, Kcin k Co’s. Christmas Toys and| w * tb . I , j. „ ,. 1( „ ._ „ L — ,... . ,
Fancies -.t Greer .v Freeman’s The Indian | long, and weighs over a pound, lo Barfoot succeeding D. K Allen, Esq., as propri- of the murdered men had ever raised an arm tliat my horse, winch wa
us. it had thc appearance of having been of au etors of the Sentinel. against him. ortmuch more attention from the natives than ?, „.«,i»K'a’iha'citv within ona v
r pivpirty l'»r :-ah —and numerous other , voru out H at file*. It would have doneP”* . "Tim* mm-h for the religious fena.ieism and n'.is ride-, as thcv arc evat admirers of a fin- bl ° " e ' ,Uh '
odvci ii'CiDcnta. I xnuch execution both in stabbing and cutting., Cl|ou l or a Gi'aim.ian.—In the .Georgia humanity of Brown, “the martyr.” Ji s bold- hon . e . Sopie of them were lounging outsid.eVff ParJonusf Choice
( Representative-: a hill has been intro- ness, daring and unscrupulousness pointed t | u .; r ()t | UT . W(Te ,.in\in; I'tid, as the oi William A. Choice passedthe House on AY eu-
r <. .. , iuccd by Mr. Spr.iybcrry.to allow free negroes [ him out as u lit instrument for carrying out , . ' ...... fnesdav bv a vote of 71 to OS, and isnowah
can see it at the store of Smith vN tzzard— of fourtren yearn of age to choose a master and tho hellish designs of men' too coffanRy to ox- i weather .is cool, many were building lodge
Atlanta Atnerican. J be gold into slavery. -. - . I ecute their own base schemes. 1 111 “ lc * fchort distance from the prairie
]\Iem}Jiis.—Tho Bulletin says: The value of
real estate and improvements thereon,
the city limit-, amounts to no lets a sum than I ces* is said to be’ not insensible to tho°youlig! uiomenTof Time, bytbert““Jj
$15,5 05,725; slaves, to the number of 1382, monarch’s claims to her hand, and, we trust | dant, the wife a widow, J
$1,207,950; and other taxable property inclo- bar heart. H e are turther told that all parties phans, were left to monrj 1
di„. ie\u Irv, carri.c-cs musical in.-tru » «*-;.-<ar> I-. are favorable to th, and u . t ■"X'lZirtl
, ,,, .-emms-s,- mil,,,,, and that im |...l,t:c,d diilicuhic- will in worid. ah... .riendlg*f^l
■t. .. 1 t1 i , making a total d •. ■■ In. tcrvciic. lint in.w comes the dilli.-u'.tv. The ilnir w
The assessed value of Memphis property at tlfis Slate rcliaion ..| Piirun:al. and of course the' and neglected. But
?10,4tB,S15—showing the j creed of the King, are Boinau Catholic. The j be influenced by thc Ty*’
f $1,523,670 in the ta'xa- ! >rincess A1 >cc is a Protestant, horn on ntlie . h
> an <l tlm
BD»b County Peinot-roUc H< < iuig.
Please ob 'Tve a meeting for the nomination
of Delegates to Millcdger illt called to-day at 12,
This Pike was sent to ('apt. Thomson, of the ]|,
Gate City Guards, by Express. The curious du .
, p ,-f striclly scene of misery on eitn ^
1 rotestant parents, and educated in all ijonfbr- be vindicated, andriii' 1 ,
mity to the Protestant faith. Wc are told, society cannot, be proME ^
The Bill for tho pardon however, that the assertion of Virgil, "O; nnia | juries mu>l/ l>e ;
rtitcitamarf has proved correct in this instance, anil execution ot
, . , -1 . ,.o .......... - , „ .. an d that the Princess finishes the quotation bv or violence and hloo-■ b ■
b Y a Tf ' 1 'T a " d ' °" a la " . adding, / nos cedamus amort,” and embraces , tun that w !.x «• • ; , >
unless it should meet With thc Executive veto, j the Roman Catholic faith.” ; take the law into
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