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rciuantD evert
AKTtRVOO.V, at s, p. m.
1 Mord to Itoys.
hu „ w .-Boys, did you ever think
0 <*L5“ orld. with »ll it. wealth and woe,
0 iSl-T and mountains. It. oceans, leu.
shipping. it. steamboat*. rail-
• ... yoU< resembled in school
^^•-KX l J.7 aem . on both aides of the
RtoKf“Sift •■>"-<» ?p«» y°“ r
p ! * to»“ttr upou it* poasea-
Cm«. » nd gureroorai statesmen.
n** W **S.E«A"« ( 'h* r »,»*n of tb« future,
U>h*w tmaWf'J’ Jik.yo.rt. cannot reach the
»p nn which “>®y
SSfffimuvr tU monosyllable. of. their
«S*““RKid»I®«ctW»IIyourpart. Be-
Kj”b‘,rt. Readonlywhat iaiiwtructing.
.iih novel. Nudy .cjeace and gov-
F .-Tho history “f th“ world- Study ««ri.
r mechanism- Become as ne.rly *a Ros-
P‘ ■, in the occupation you may chonae.
17 ‘ ,„d »ell control. Ilavoueeiaton of
ItrTJ,Bible for your guide. Become
Krtkit. teaching*. *nd obser.elhem geek
rlieneie-rity from jour He.TenWh.ther.
r*!T;i« n.Mire. in bodily strength, and in
hiTi. piety. i» intelligence, in caution, in
Loirmne*. and in Charily. Aspire to be
character. Ke.olveto be saeftd,
|*?o JOB will be happy. Cherish the feel-
IT', iwtre born t» receive good and to do
lliaudy in spirit undin act.—JW*’s Evan-
(■ood .\rw* for Macon.
»it* m below from the Newnen Benner.
: more surprised then pleased to leifn
it* which this all important enterprise
For the Daily Telegraph.
Do You Remember tho Tirst Timo You
Kissed lUo ?’’
Yes, lore, I do remember well.
When we were )a»t together:
Fersuadcd by some magic spell.
We, blushing, told each other:
Told how, within our bosoms hid,
. * Deep hid in native ore,
® Love lay so rich that Fear forbid
To own the precious store.
*Twas midnight, that last hour when
Wo felt that we must part:
And soon as all had left us—then
The beating of my heart
•Betrayed where someone lingered yet
To whom tho last good-bye
Was dne; and oh, tho sacred debt * *
Was paid in many n sigh.
I boldly kissed your blushing cheek;
• Yofi said ’twas bold. Indeed—.
** But. then, true lovo will never seek
To justify the deed.”
The mischief done, the contract scaled—
'TwartlnnaiiOBtu M UOl,
What every, beating pulse revealod.
How much wc loved—how well I
And now the time I. coming.
Let’, talk it o'.r and o'er—
When “ Few," Itsclf,-wi!I grant the boon
To “own' 1 that “prccioua .tore."
Bat, then, a anrer i
WUl render Hope, ltn-ir, assured.
And consecrate the flame.
L raadi in cnatomplation none .can com
Lurtiridin and Kortb Alabama Railroad,
b-relit, and) increufl ol prosperity,
- wapielion will secure to Macon. Open
L uj lb. rich, populous and productive
' Mcrriwetlier, Troup, Coweta, Heard,
L; ud Cut'll, «» Georg'®- and the equally
C,—— „f Benton, fit. ckir, Chamber*,
[ rb*r,Are. Coo*, and Tallpona. in Alaba-
' L m ,de ttibnt.rv to the enterprise and
t,’ From this extensive region we
■ , to eomovrcial associations. Muntgom-
RYad Usrange. Se.nan and Atlanta. in our
KUviaf the taioepiy. I» ‘h®
* US it pr.su aw that My «»• hundred thona-
». n „t Cotton ate msde an<l y®J Macon, (al
Efia the direct line to the ocean.) by reuenof
Ei itiea .Horded by outlet, to the Gulf on the
| «4 iUUrot.4. trading to Chatlcaton. L shot
V..m •» advantages to bo derived from thi*
RySteSff-J *•'«>» Orlffin to
fcJn thru el tend it to ^.liville. Ala., and we
Sr prepared t< compete with all rivals on equal
K \\V bone to see tbe road opened • the earlier
T, Joe, and beJiere it will pay good cividends
[jioct bidder.-
If, aed .Vorti Alabama Railroad.—The pros-
Iieaw for an aarly completion of the above
L g„J from tlriflin in this point On last
En > lumber of coutraeti were let out on thi.
A It ties. Contractor, are preparing to com-
L.twttionaat as early n day aa possible—anU
r ; tmrrt we bave no doubt of being nble
►t that tbo entire line from Griffin to New-
by laborer., and that the work aoea
I Tie Board of Directors, seconded by
■nf"- labors of Col. Douglas, the Chief
ulkuenergetio Corot, have aceomjtlish-
b.ttwT ebort time. Confidence in the en-
.Uid -rt and all the appointment* eon-
mast unab.ted, and the time it not dis-
harbeith. past movements of thane who
t J :.:r.,»,wlii n tbe Griffin and North Ala-
t>*Jwill be among the things that ana,
»iron track will be conveyed the wealth
uou of empires. So mote it bn.
fltatt is a Fix.—The following aneedoto
n Nnnds, and we have no- donbt i. true,
tut however, are said to be generally
{vataitM, learning other language, than
letskfieat quickness and facility:
hi- Kivm, of Virginia, our late Minister to
> r n.Vd for the first time a levee at the
.(•tit, be was accompanied by the English
>», ud when he was about to be left by
eu he felt embarrassed bvM* inability
French language. The English Minia-
tr, relieved him by informing him that
: d,aiiter understood English, and then
! lim to that functionary. After the
: introduction, tile Kusaian Minister ad
ft- ]| with "Partes rout Prancqit, Mon
l*r*prr," replied Mr M., and then said,
»pe»k English, Sir f "A echmall," re-
tie. woo a ,e t-satisfied air.. Mr. M stood
a Mr Fnnlkui-r knows still leas of French
kr Mason did. \l v« pn,Viable that when
pH Kagrale \C Via speaks tbe language, he will
t puis Utkorp, co lor maf gatec."
torinccratic Bleeting in Decatur.
Ifillowlngrrsolulions Hero, passed by the
hsts of Decatur on Tuesday last:
l;o/,Thst sre approve of. a:id hereby endorse,
iu.tf the Convention of tbe Fth of Decern-
:1st we send no delegates to the proposed
ptavMtion. r
HTbat tre believe tho undoing by'th.
stratum, of what was done by tho Decern-
'*>“» can only result in diauter to the par-
' ■>would be united, and that we do pot wish
iriual in bringing about any aucb state
The Pleasures of Knowledge.
•‘How charming la divine philosophy!
- Not harsh and crabbed, ns dull fouls suppose,
'But musical aa is Apollo’s lute,
. And a perpetual feast of ncctarcd tweets.
Where no crude surfeit reigns.”
Sd sung Milton two centuries ago, and long
before that dato Plato had announced that ‘.‘the
world is God’s epistle to mankind.” It is the
grand hook in which all may read, and whose
pages aro so full of varied interest and genial
knowledge that. tl\c being who, having the pow
er, neglects to study it, surely may be written
down an aSs, for ho deprives himself of an en
joyment such ns no other pursuit can give.
Wo-arc sometimes inclined to he vexed with
our race when we find them all toiling after
every vain fancy, some bent upon one ambition,
some another, and hut a minority digging in
Statistic!: of Population.
( The directors of the Statistical Bureau of
Berlin furnish the following curious statement:
Tito population of the whole earth is esti
mated to be 1,2>^,000,000, viz.:
Europe. 271,000,000.
Asia, 755,000,000,
Africa, 200,000,000.
Anfcrica, 59,000,000. . •
Australia, 2,000,000.
The population of .Europe is thus distrib
uted :
Russia, 02,000,000.
Austrian States, 30,398,020.
• France, 35,039,354.
. Great Brilnin and Ireland, 27,488,859.
Prussia, 17,089,400.
Turkey, 18,740,000.
Spain, 15,518,000.
The two Sicilies, 8,515,922. •
Sweden and Norway, 5,072,820. .
Sardinia, 4,970,034!
Belgium, 4,007,000. •
, Bavaria, 4,547,239. •
The Netherlands. 3.487,017.
Portugal, 3,741,199.
The Papal States, 3,100,0C0.
Switzerland, 2,494,500. -
Denmark, 2,408,408.
In Asia, the population is thus distributed:
Chinese Empire, 400,000,000.
Tho Ea'st Indies, 171,000,000.
Tho Indian Archipelago^ 80,000,000.
Japan, 35,000,000.
Ilindpostan, 15,000,000.-
Asiatic Turkey, 15,000,000.
In America, the population is thus distrib
uted:
United States, 23,101,870.
Brazil, 6,687,800.
Mexico, 7,6G1,520.
tho deep mine of nature for the grandest of all dren - " B ®t wnat next 1 The present scarcity will
nAooiuii-iAitn Tmsfl* /ImsiIsuI sk.s :t> i J •_ torn tll6 wholn r*onFttrv in'nn the new
tTtat we have eonfidenee in the abilii
> of tboee delegates already electi
t.ified with them, are willing to *
'aihtir hands.
5Z
*t drrsts—Tho Hlchmond Dispatch
[t «v Uotidsy Issf, Dr. IVtn. Croxtun, a
fvpat citizen of Essex county, Va., had
• v rarrect a servant woman for somo
! til s« ia a mild and gentle manner,
vtrtd a negro man, who vowed to have
f* »t the t me gave bis master no in-
* •'.hi* intention. On Wednoaday last,
tho servant* wa* engaged in grinding
1 uft. Or. Croxton walked to where he
f *FiW looking on, without suspecting
y.thtWr servant stepped behind him, gave
!*■* »s.v spun the back of the head, which
r*htbaground.and then dispatched him.
L'., 4l ‘K<' a him behind tbe,barn, and,
P*"».(lived h s body on it and bnrned it.
!«■«’. vho skirt*of tho saddle upon hit
|"tu.ud then turned the hone loose, ex-
ETimpression that bn had been
L' : mad and murdered. When thu
L . hi* trienda instituted .i sonre*-
E», ***.?''• <*f ashe* near tbe hoik ■
Fdii<r ,U ** hi* finger* and a portion
N«f.u Thamuidec ha* caused great
E? nvlgUburhood in which it
C «f*M* Duptltk, Wk intt.
r d •' ew * Iroui Louisinun.
P^fiwfislnwlig which we clip from tho
'f?-'ttcricau ■memben of both
Ke t^vi^! U “^ hegiaiature. held at Baton
Ck!v_° all -, tbe following resolution was
l* Y^»»tor Salomon:
E. * ! 1,19 Secretary oT thi* meeting bs
K -: Tin the Demorratio members of
*•; »“» in esneus ia tbe capitol, that
_ vlvis to unite with them in iivatain-
of live Charleston convention.
K’' *«“Pt«d by ayes seventeen, noes seven,
Irfe^ Laiclaw, Patterson, Saio-
IJndtay, Kearney, Beggs, Bant,
K^Ofagioel. Theird, De^is, An-
Bartlett, Jacques*. Fi*b, Lane of
he. Usatinel, Cage.
fv IIxakT.—Tho diltinguiahsd
■; latrick lli-nry had five sister*. Jane
I 'htitti.n, Lucy Wood. 8u-an Modi-
• The last mentioned Udy
Pta?“*hcrof the Hon. Wm. C. Preston,
l^**- William Henry was hi* only
* ««her was Sarah Winston. His
b.- ^.'hnrj, of Aberdeen, Scotland ;
was Jane Bobertson, sister of
KT3*».tbe HUtorisn.
lb aj 1 enr,9 ct. Lord Brougham (descend-
Ita-.A?* 0 ®®- h nsarlv related to Patrick
Two such orators, from the
l 'l Xa he found In all history.
—An eminent phy-
' or ^ got on board one of tho
\/* w ^*7* ** nce - In
jq ~_h*dics *nd gentlemen, there is a
lx, * foment the car was stopped,
ktZ^ trs .,5«l, all but one, and she a
-I* 10 doctor asked her
so > * n< I he beheld a most
lb nu r 11 * foul and dangerous disor-
[> g.-T' w ** on her way to the hos-
I was on the outside.
L lt ~-A Scotch statute of 122
28 read
or d*tnt that during the
bl «'t MagesUe, ilk forth
a maiden ladyo of
ii ! *n»nd, vf**' 1 * sb4 d hse liberty to
b||k , c nltes; albyit, if he refuses
N,* *!*1 he shall bo mulcted
V (£1) cr less as bis es-
awig if he can make it
wl Weed to ans woman, tliat
possessions—Truth. Granted that its gold is
not yellow, nor its silver white, for its treasures
have not the color of material wealth, but they
aro as glorious and beauteous as the sparkle of
the diamond and as enduring as the hills. Sci
ence clothes not her votaries in purple and fine
linen, but dresses them in lovely flowers or in
iridescent shells, and gives as her reward a con
tented mind and a pure souL The poetry of
science sometimes flashes in tho oration of h pro
fessor or in the pages of a book, but her truest
epic is written upon all materiality, which pro
claims that in all things there is a law which,
when known and applied, shall mako roan hap
pier, better and more truiy human.
By the investigation of tho laws which gov
ern the objects that arc all around us, the mo
tions of tho planets, the relations of life and
health, the destiny of man, and the glory of the
Deity, are better understood; and the lighting
of a cottage, the building of a palace, or the
cooking of a dinner are better performed. . We
can never be in any position in which knowl
edge is not of value to ns, and wo can never
prophecy tho moment at which wc may most
require it Indeed many, of ns only know that
there is more jo be known than occurs to us in.
the daily round of business life, by.thc discove
ry that something w e do not know is calculated
to make us richer or give us more case. “But^ 1
exclaims many a petulant person, “how shall I
study without an instructor, or how investigate
without apparatus?" Foolish notions! the best
workman always uses the simplest tools. Have
you eyes, cars, nose and hands? Jhcn you arc
provided with apparatus, and memory is the tab
let on which to write down your impressions.
Each one of us is better furnished than acollegc
laboratory or a professor’s lecture room, and all
that we have to do is to learn the use of our ap
paratus ; and there is no -placo in the universe
where man cannot find some object to interest,
some study to pursue. Goldsmith found time
to observe nature and record his thoughts, and
in glowing fanguage he tells us that “the blush
ing beauties of the rose, the modest blue of the
violet,’’ are not in the flowers themselves, but in
the light which adorns them. Odor, softness,
and beauty of figures are their own, but it is
light alone that dresses them up in their'robes,
which shame the monarch's glory.” As a con
cluding incentive to our readers to study for
themselves, as well os to read book's and scien
tific periodicals, wc will give a quotation from
a lecture by Prince Albcrtof England. “Man,”
observes this eminent savant, “is approaching a
more complete fulfillment of that great and sa
crcd mission which he has to perform in the
world His reason being created after the image
of God, he has to use it.to discover the laws by
which the Almighty-govcms his creation, and,
by making these laws his standard of action, to
conquer nature to his use—himself being a di
vine instrument Science discovers these laws
of power, motion, and transformation; industry
applies them to the raw material which the
earth yields us in abundance, hut which becomes
valuable only by knowledge.”
Oh I that all would study nature more and
think of themselves a little lcs3; then we should
indeed boapeopleof kings, whose empire would
bo the world and whose subjects would be all
created things!
A Great and Glarfou* Country.
Read the following description of Mississippi and
her people, given by some emigrant who has moved
to that State, and writes to his friends. Hero it is:
••Thisis a glorious country! It lias longer riv
ers, and more of them, and they are mudoier, and
deeper, ami run faster, and make more noiae, rise
higher, fall lower, and do more damage than nuy
body else'a rivers. It has more lakes, and they are
bigger, and deeper, and clearer, than those of any
other country. Onr rail cars are bigger, and run
.aster, and pilch off the track ottener, and kill more
Dgl SP ■■■ ™
d the captains swear harder, than steamboat cap
tains in any other country. Our men aro bigger,
and longer, and thicker, can fight harder and faster,
and drhtk more moan whisky, and chew more bad
tobacco, and spit moro and spit further, and not be
killed, than la any other country. Our ladies are
richer.prettier, dressfiner.spendmore money.break
more hearts, wear bigger hoops, shorter dresses, and
kick np the devil generally, to a greater extont, than
all other ladies in all other countries. Onr niggers
are blacker, work harder, have thicker skulls, smell
loader, and need thrashing oftener, than any nig
gers in any other .State. Our children squall loud
er, grow taster, get too extensive for tlu-ir pantn
loons quicker, titan any other children in any other
country. r _" „
Well, this is a great country. Hang a man that
won’t praise his .own country. I have written you
all tho nows that Is In this conntry. m '
Yours, till death, -
Patents.
26,840.—Eugene Duchamp, of St. Martins
ville, La., for an Improvement in Scaffolding:
“I claim tho arrangement and combination
with the cross-tics, F, and poles, A, of the ad
justable brackets, B, and straps, C, sulstan-
tinlly as and for tho purposes shown and de
scribed.”
[This invention is an improvement in hang
ing and supporting scafTolds for builders, paint
ers, carpenters, plasterers, and other work in
which ladders cannot he practically employed ;
so that the scaffold will he held or secured, in
n m0 * a perfectly steady position, near the building
which is to bo repaired, and at the same time
so that the footboards can he readily adjusted
to any height required, without using either
ropes or nails for retaining the parts together.]
26,8-15.—Gcorgo G. Henry, of Mobile, Ala.,
for"ail Improvement in the Manufacture of Oil
from Cotton Seed.
“I claim my improvement in the treatment
of cotton seed by which oil, oil cake and man
ure are obtained therefrom, in the manner and
bstantxally as described.”
Corn—Bad Prospects Aliead.
There was never a lime in cur knowlmlgo when
.tho future was more Rloomyln rfgtrd to a suffi
ciency of breadstuffs. Already* lrom Texas to
North CrtJnlina. corn is tanging from 81 C5 to 82 00
per bushel The wheat crop of Tennessee,- the*
Carolinas*.Georgia and Alabama* is absolutely de
stroyed;,and the chance for oats U slim. -
* What will be tho result of thi* omulitiaa of
things 7 Why. by midsummer corn will be at an
average of $2 00 per bushel, and in many parts
there will be actual suffering from a scarcity of
bread. At 82 00 her bushel even, a prosperous
workman cannot feed and clothe a family of- chil-
The New U. 8. Senator from California.—
Gov. Latham, the new United States Senater from
California, fai elected to fill the term of the Uie'
Senator Broderick, which expires in 18G3, and will
supersede Mr. Haun, who was appointed by the
Governor of California, during a recess of the Legis
lature. Mr. Latham was a member of the House
of Representatives in 1853-4, and acquitted himself
with much ability. He is a native of Ohio, but
emigrated te Alabama in 1844 and from tbence to
California.—Baltimore Sum,
The Dutchman and the Rappers.—A Dutch
widower, out West, whose better half departed on
the long journey to the spirit land some twelve
months ago* detertnined to consult the Tappers *ud
endeavor to obtain a spiritual communication, feel
ing anxious respecting the future state of his wife.
After the usuid ceremonies* the spirit of Mrs. Haunts
manifested by raps its willingness to converse with
tbe disconsolate spouse.
•* Is4 dat y^ou, Mrs. Hauntz ?’* asked the Dutch
man.
Yes, dearest, it is your own wife, who ”
M You lie, you tivil of a, ghost!" interrupted
Hauntz, starting from bis seat; “minofrou speak
nothing but Deitch, and she never said tearestin
her life. It was always • Hauntz, you thief/ •or
'Hauntz,you scamp!’" and the Dutchman hob
bled from the room, well satisfied tb$t the rapping
spirits were all humbug, and that Ire was safe from
any further communication witlitho shre'wish frou
on this earth.
Robbery In^Fort Valley. * I and the whole valley a fresh-water arm of the large, and the Legislature which represented
We understand that on Thursday night the sea- Were the geological character of the val. | the State. If there were democrats who have
9th insL, CapL J. T. Griffin, of Fort Yallev, on ley different, the construction of levees, confin-1 proved false to their principles, lie _could not
r com crop in
inrn me wnole couiitrj-
Saptember, befdZe it hardens, and whatever it may
be, it will he diminished one quarter by this early
destruction. But that is not tbe worst yet; for the
cotton mania iato prevalent that * short .crop of
corn will be planted this year; and a short crop,
early attacked, without aid from wheat or oats, wul
speedily be so diminished as to make prices intoler-
able. Then add'to this'the fact tiiat the overplant-
ing of cotton (we shall make 4,600,000 bales this
season, if weather prove favorable;) will reduce the
price of the staple down to about 3 cents. Pat
cotton at 8 cqnta and corn at 82 00 together—and
what do they mean but the hardeat, the moat doleful
times to all who labor for subsistence T Jlnt it is a
troe pictnre. Let-any farmer ask himself if the
facts are not true, and if " ... .
are not inevitable f '.
The scarcity bf corn and other grain will of coarse
be accompanied '
Truly, the
brains and _
be diverted from the making of jeotton, though it it
now fatting, under tile iuflaence of over supply.
Next year it will be far worse—no price for cotton,
and corn Shafce and high. We predict now, that
if our planters fail to plant largely of oorn this year,
there will be more pecuniary embarrassment by
January, 1861, than this country has known since
1837. There is only one course of safety, and that
lies in small cotton fields and big cornfields! Will
not some of onr intelligent planters who can see
' The results we anticipate
nd other grain wili-of course
anted by scarcity and high price of pork,
contemplation is deplorable, but our
i planters will not allow themselves to
. For the Daily Telegraph.
Small Pox, Vaccination, Ac.'
NUMBER TWO.
The liability, like the mortality to attacks of
this disease, exists in all ages, being greatest
in infancy and gradually diminishing with ad
vancing years. It is also greater, (other things
being equal) fn the dark races than in the
white, but most of all in the negro.
Having thus briefly noticed all in the nature
and history of Smalf Pox likely to interest the
non-professional public, I will as briefly allude
to—— B
THE MEANS OF LIMITATION.
As from the rapid increase of population in
our State, and the multiplication of means of
transportation by steam from the ever-living fo
ci of Small Pox in the large cities, and the gen
eral neglect ol Vaccination, these outbreaks
may be expected, not only in Macon, but in
other towns, and even in the country, it may
nut be improper to say a fqu- words in regard
to the means of co'nfining them to as small a
space as possible, and preventing the injury to
public and private interests resulting- from
repetition of tho wild flame recently created by
the few cases of this pestilence occurring here.
I would take the' liberty of suggesting the fol
lowing, as among the measures likely to be use- Wednesday, at 8100!* The only other par stobks I of'this State, and has thereby forfeited the con-
on the list, except the fancies-, were New Jersey It. lidencc of her people.
It., at $158. 7 ... The rules were suspended to give the rosolu-
PirteHtaliontr—We.congratnlate the Professom of . secon H readin-
the Reform Medical College, on. the honors they 1 tl0 “ “ ^c«nu reautng
have received lately, as liberality- is an evidence of
ful in this way, and derived from an observa
tion of the whole'Small Pox affair, as managed
both by the City Council and by private indi
viduals:
1st The City Couneil should have two build
ings erected, or purchased in some isolated posi
tion, about a hundred yards apart; one for
those who already have the Small Pox, and the
other, for those who have been exposed, but
have os yet, no symptoms of the distemper. It
is very susceptible of proof, that mixing togeth
er the diseased and suspected, and forcing them
to sleep in the same room, necessarily compels
the Utter to have the di^emper, has cost the
lives of several persons already, and will pro
bably bo tho fruitful source of embarrassment
and litigation .to the City. Besides - crowding
together six and ^even persons in the same
room must render the discash more malignant
and fatal. These difficulties, though in this in
stance, perhaps tho result of baste on.panic,
should be obviated in future.
2d. In removing the .Small Pox patient to
the pest house, nbbody should be allowed to
through the next six mouths, endeavor to enlighten touch him or her or their bed clo hing, except
** f? cotton insanity l It ia of those who are thoroughly protected by a previ-
tbe iast importance to the country that it should be k— n -
forthwith. The month of March will deter- °us attack, of Small 1 ox, or by Vaccination.—■
* ' A violation of this .rule has been productive of
an immense amount of evil, v .
3d. No attempt should bo made to’ preserve
the personal or oed clothing of the Small Pox
patient .About seventeen years ago, an indi
vidual, whom it were slander to .call a man,
from New Orleans, stopped at what was then
the Central Hotel in Macon, and gave out his
clothes to be washed (containing those worn
by him during an attack of Small Pox). The
result ofthis-was, that tho washer-woman took
the disease in its most malignant form, and died
of it,'and six other servants contracted the dis
ease from her. As the unfbrtunate persons hav
ing this disease have their effects destroyed for
the public good, cojnmonjustico would seem to
require (no matter what color) that they should
be indemnified in full.
4 th. The guards, nurses, ic.] as a matter of
course, should bo among those who are tho
roughly protected in one of the before-mention
ed ways. .
Strange as it may seem, however, this has
not been the case.
In my next, I shall notice the important sub
jects of Innoculation and Vaccination.
Note.—The only error worth noticing in No.
1, resulted from my own negligence in correct
ing the proof. It was in the reference to the
mortality produced by Small Pox in Paris in
mine whether or not next year Shall be one of pro*:
perity, or one of universal agricultural depression
and aiaaster.
It is useless to think of.the present sir the past
prices of cotton being sustained. By April next,
good middlings will probably be down tcr9-cents.
The.iocreased breadth of.land for the next crop,
will insure CO per cent increase of production,
with an ordinarily favorable season. How can
prices range above 8 to 10 cent* with nearly a fire
million crop?
In conclusion, let ns say to the planters, there is
nn questipn now ol so pressing an importance as
the cons qncsTiox. Those who shall have to pur
chase for ih-ir negroes and stock, next year, will
liara to be very stout, or they will go nuder- There
is barely time yet to adopt a Sub policy. In dis
tributing the crops of the aeasoo: We devoutly trust
that tbo planters of Montgomery county, at least,
will protect themselves aaM this OMSWBadty from
disasters which aro ahead.—Montgomery Hail.
the
Covvela Democracy.
The Democrats of Coweta met at Newnan on the
7th, appointed delegates to the March Conven
tion and adopted the following resolntion:
Retched, That this meeting is in favor of the Hon.
A. II. Stephens, of Georgia, first last and eveiy b*I
lot, for the Presidency, mid the Hon, Daniel 8. Di
inson, of New York, for the Vice-Presidency.
Jick-
Iaiinipkiii Democracy.
Tbe Democracy of Lnmpkin Co., me at Dahlnne-
a via «]*• Mdli J«n., •ppniaila.il tLlfrffAtdB to tho
March Convention* and adopted the following reso
lution.
Resolved, That we express no approval* or disap
proval, of tbe action of tho Convention of Demo>
era?;.’ I»nrt v wl.irh iih t ;if .Mi! rd-'. % i!!-- <-n th«* m!i
of December last, and we have tho ■qgBfK couh-
dence ia tho gentlemen aeiected as delegates to rep
resent thisSute in tho Charleston Convention ; but
inasmuch ns a respectable portion of the party .ire
dissatisfied with the manner in which said Conven
tion was called, nnd propose that another Conven
tion under tho call of tho Executive Committee of
tho party, shall be held in the month of March next,
that we will, to preserve the harmony of our. party
organization nnd to remove so far as in us lies, ail
causes of discord in our ranks in these times of
threatened perile to our State and the Union, be rep
resented in s.Tid proposed Convention.
IS. I\ WVtkius of Baldwin, nnd Geo. Ilillyer of
Walton, were requested to 6asl the vote of Lump
kin, if none of tho County delegates attended.
Southern MauufnctBarea.
Some of the neatest cassimeres that we have seen
made anywhere are now manufactured by Messrs.
Orem, Hopkins & Co., of Maryland, specimens of
which may be seen at tho clothing store of Mr. E.
B. Spence, corner of Main and Governor streets.—
These goods are all wool, and are manufactured
within six miles of Baltimore, aud are so superior
in their stylo and finish that they are purchased as
fast as they come from the loom. It tbe factory
could supply the demands if tbe South, or if there
were others of the same kind in operation in Mary
land and Virginia, our people might well refuse to
patronize the Yankee looms that are kept in motion
by the slave-labor dollars "upon which they fatten
and grow rich.
The people of the South, if they wish (oretaliate
upon the abolitionists of|the North in a way to be
felt, must give up tho use of all their manufactures,
and relv upon their own -resources to supply their
necessities. If. Virginia goods cannot be had, get
1 from a sister Southe rn State, ir possible; and,
if hot, then rely upondirect importation, or go with
out. It is all folly for the South to resolve and make
ecches, and talk about independence, unless she
is going to act as well as talk. Many of our citizens
have shown their intentions by dressing in Southern
made goods—and if thsir example is followed by
both sexes, in less than two years, Virginia, .Mary :
laud, and Georgia, will be manufacturing cloths of
ry description, and supplying not only tbe peo-
t their own State, but ail others Who patronize
TO BE CONTINUED.
for the purpt
Discharge
charged with
oft7th iost
yesterday, va
stances—tho i
the fact that he wh
Dr. Grant.— Dr
ofing K. W. Harrli
1 thi:
■ and May*
gularly discharged i
•nee elicited having
UfitiCable
G. Grant,
u the night
r s Courts,
1 both in-
established
lilting
y Col. John W.
, Felt. 10.
The defence whs conduc!e<
. Sanford.—Montgomery Adveiix
The ladies of Concord. N. H., raised $215 at a
Mount Vernon IctoOi on Tueed*/ evening.
a _ ■ _
iht-m, wilh better goods than the Yankees are now
turning oat lor Southern use.—Richmond Dispatch.
We find tbo following card in tho Atlanta pa
TU this city, on tho S3d inst., my son, Charles
W Wells, a youth »buut fifteen years of age, and a
nrl’nter by-trade. Any information in relation to my
P m vdl be tlranklully received by a distreued fa .
tlier. ^ :
Jpiis D. Welto.
Democratic Mocting in Glynn County-
The Democrats of Glynn met on Tui-r-day lust, ailing
Cd the call of the March Convention, passed the follow-
resolution:
,,/ That wc will'f I ml five Delegates to Mllledge-
111c on the 14th of-Morel:, and that they be requested to
„ lilt nV.mer mean, to prevent the committal of the
,,-irtv of Georgia to th: ,upport of any par-
Democrutic appointed aa delc-
Bourke, Col. C. VV ' ‘
licntar
s? 1
[ !u.- Bourse, VW.V.W.
D. II. B. Troup, Cat Wm, If. Dasher.
Democratic Woeting in Clayton and Troop.
Democratic meetings were held in Clayton
ami Troup counties, on Tuesday last. The
oil for the March Convention was affirmed, and
delegates appointed,
report of John
of the old State
shows that tbo
to S3..
Of
The Daily Telegraph-
We are in recept of the JJailt/ Telegraph,
the Sentinel in this city. His character as a
publisher is too well known to doubt of the
success of this undertaking for a moment. Ma
con owes it to herself to give him a.cordial sup
port, which she will doubtless do, while mer
chants in this section who take daily papers for
the sokcof the latest telegraphic despatches will
find it to their advantage to subscribe for this
also. If friend Clisby will help us a little in
putting a stop to the outrageous detention of
the mail at Macon'and Albany—some 27 hours
or more at the two places—he can then furnish
this entire region, by means of bus daily, with
the very latest intelligence. Subscription price
Five Dollars.—Tallahassee Floridian Jour
nal.
Wise anil Hunter In Virginia.
Wc take tho following from the Richmond
Enquirer:
Wc have received, up to this time, tho pro
ceedings of sixty-seven counties. Thirty-nine,
polling 24,782 Democratic votes, have expressed
a preference for Henry A. Wise. Two coun
ties, Essex and Kockbridge, polling 1,422 Dem
ocratic votes, expressed a preference for Hon.
R. M T. Hunter; and twenty-six counties ex
pressed no preference, polling 16,921 Demo
cratic votes. There, remains eiglity-two coun
ties to bo heard from.
The Tote of U. Winter Dnvis.
The intimato political and commercial relation of
tho people of the State of Maryland and tho city of
Baltimore to the rest of the Southern States, their
people and interests, seem to demand some emphatic
and positive expression of sentiment with respect
to tho coarse of H. Winter Davis in tho Congress of
the United States. This man, who now occupies n
seat in Congress as the representative of the fourth
district of Maryland, is there as the notorious nrs-
trgeot “tho clubs of Baltimore! With a disfrsn-
' \ - l, ,i, H tuxes might bo reduced very
blv • Tbe bonds bear 5 per cent, interest, and ore
80 la market except at par.-[Columbna bun.
chised people throughout the city, fraud and bloody
violence'cast up his name among the filth of itsmis
deeds, and he is now the formally accredited repre
sentative of a Southern constituency, voting with
the “black republican” party, and to that extent af
filiating with the endorsers of the Helper infamy.
The Stale of Maryland nnd the city of Baltimore
may be officially relieved from so degrading a libel
uponi their-politidal and commercial relations, it is
duo to the people that both the Legislature of the
State and the City Councils of Baltimore, repudiate
all political affiliation with him. Ho has cast off his
obligatiqns to this community. If is high limfl for
this community to cast him off—Baltimore Snn.
MekkivVetheiv Cocstt, appointed delegates
to the March Convention and passed this reso
lution.. • • -
Resolved, That the Dcinocjatic party of Mcr-
riwethcr county do not recognise the validity
of the pretented convention, held at Milledge-
ville in December last, to appoint delegates to
tho Charleston convention; but, <fn the contra
ry, recognise t he convention called by the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee as tho only legiti
mate call for a convention to speak and act for
returning from his supper table to tho Parlor, tng the waters of the Mississippi to its channel,
found his private Secretary broken open, and would cause the rise in the river to become so
$500 extracted therefrom. After dilligent great at the South that sufficient levees could
search for facts, suspicion rested upou a poor n°*t he built. Tho current would he stronger;
wretch of a Canadian, Charles Cary, as the rob- a, 'd the accumulation of water greater, as the
her. This ungrateful being, the Captain had levees were extended north of us.
clothed and taken cart of in sickness, and had Such results were reasonably enough antici-
first appeared in Fort Valley as a street beggar, paled; but the water, instead of breaking tho
Instantly, the Capt repaired to the Depot, levees, permeates the porous soil, and the over
whelm he ascertained that Cary had taken the A°w is really beneath thesurfaceof tbeswamps.
cars for Macon. Next morning, Griffin reach-1 Such, it seems to ns, are the wise provisions of
cd this place, and was passing across the street I natural laws for. th(^safety and ultimate recla-
to tho Brown House, when who should he see niation of the rich country south of us. Wo
but Cary, strutting towards him, dressed in a believe that-the levee system will'be successful,
new suit mat and out Canada saw breakers and-that the object of its adoption will beat-
ahead ; no'tiine was to be lost, so with tight a- tained. The porousness of the materials used
bout face, off he went in a double qdick time, in making them has caused most, if not all the
and Griffin in chase after him. Cary held his crevasses.' Men may deem it a superhuman
own for about a square, when the Captain of task to wall in the Mississippi from Cairo to New
the Governor’s Guards, bringing into actionliis Orleans, butour levees are tho work of pigmies
practice of the Light Infantry double, double when contrasted with the dykes of Holland,
quick, began to gain on Canada, and •finally, at | The flood-tide ofthoMississippi is but a ripple on
the end of tho third square, overtook ltith. No J the surface of a glassy pool compared with the
sooner did Cary find himself held than he turn-1 °9 can billows that dash against the artificial
ed on his pursuer, holding in one band a pis- shores of Holland. Tho country to be reclaim-
tol and in the other a bowie knife. First he I cd our levees—all of which will not for fifty
tried his pistol, it snapped, then ntfaroptad the years cost the people as much as those of the
■use of the knife with no better success; for the I Dutch when originally built—would make a
gallant Captain, though a diminutive man, fell- hundred of such kingdoms as that over which a
ed him with a blow of his fist, and was.sur-1 Buonaparte once wielded the sceptre,
prised to behold hat, boots, pistol and knife * *• m "
were of his own household. Disarming him (-Henry “Winter Haris Denounced
and bidding him rise, he seized him* by the col
lar and placed him in the Guard House. Cary
confessed the theft, implicating other parties
who were to share in the spoils. On Friday i ■ , . - _ „ . t.
night, Capt. Griffin returned to Fort Valle/, P asscd a votc of Censu . ro 011 ncnr ^ TClnter Da '
having it^ charge his protege, a precious one in- vis for voting for Pennington,
deed. t . 'Wo publish the following extract from tho
This case suggests a few facts which have Baltimore Sun as an indication of the feeling ‘
come So our knowledge within the last three Maryland against Winter Davis,
weeks. Two merchants of our. city ln \Hcnrv .fVinter Davis—Resolutions of Censure
time, have had their money drawers, rilled; J , , ,
oneof $100 lit Bank notes, apart of which had . ~aoplea.
been, paid in by Capt. Griffin, who did not j Mr. Compton, chairman of the-committee
know Cary’at the time, but the Police state he I federal relations, presented the following reso-
was here then. The other was robbed of $17, (lution : • . .
and would have lost more, bnt for a clerk, who Resolved, That Henry V inter Davis, acting
walked in one-door as the thief escaped from > n Congress as one of the representatives of this
the other State, by-hts votc for Wnl. Pennington, the can-
. ‘ . | didate of the -black republican party for the
Shch.inyew fork.-Fiv-Share. of *&- Speakership the House of^Representative
THE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.
The House of Representatives of Maryland
Mr. Frcancr offered an amendment “that
prosperity. - - is due to the people of Maryland that Henry
A few days ago, a splendid gold headed cane was Winter Davis immediately resign his scat
presented to (Jpfc O. A. Lochr&ne, by the Class, tea- Concress!” - - .
Tluire^ay'iiight^hulb tlrenatafday^ofthe^’on^der of After some discussion, Mr. Frcaner smd that
their system, a magnificent silver cup was present- I at tqp request of others he n oulti WlulurRW the
edbr the Faculty of the College, to their Collwjur * i j : t ‘*“ * -J:
Prof. M. &, Thomson, in testimony *of their apprec
tZ -°p n I, Ml - Jacobs Offered ft substitute for the rose
propriate speeches were made, and tne audience I lution of Mr. Compton, changing the phrase
present, including the ladies anil citizens generaUy, ology and slightly modifying its terms,
went off highly delighted. - j After discussion the substitute was voted
C3- We have just been informed by*reliable au-1 down
thority that the only case of Small Prnc at.the Pest) M * Den nj,. of Somerset, (Am.,) said that he
House, some distance from town, has died and Was I . , V • 1
buried on Subday last. The others, who had it. are was the last man to desert a friend. He would
rapidly convalescing. • ( not haveasked of Mr. Davis that he should vote
• —:—»*— -- - „ ' ' , | for a' democrat or a member of a party against
Transplanting; Evergreens. whom.he had warrod all his life, but ho would
The London Gardener's Chronicle describes haye urged him to cast his vote for a conscrva-
the following method as promising great effica- tivc man in the present crisis. Mr. Davis should
cy in reviving plant-s-dried by having had their have adhered to his first choice,- which would
roots too long ’out of ground, and in ins'uring have beep in accordance with the sentiment on
their safe removal in late spring and summer, that subject -of every party in Maayland.- He
and aff k being. especially fitted .for evergreens could' no longer sustain him, but at the same
when transplanted:— . .- | time ho considercd.tliat.it w5ff not for the Leg-
“Makc a hole in the ground to contain about islature to sit ip judgment upon him. Ho jvas
20 gallops of water, and pour’ aboqt T 6 gallons j resppnsiblo alono to liia constituency in the city
into it, add to this about 20 pounds of barnyard J of Baltimore.
manure, mixed with about the same quantity of Mr. Denison, of Baltimore city, stated that
fine rich soil, By working the mixture- for a the vote of Mr. Davis forthc Speakership ought-
long time, and carefully, you reduce it to tho tp be approved. lie deserved credit from the
consistence of whitewash. In this mixture steep people of the United States fQif voting as lie
the roots of your plants, just before putting them did, under the circumstances, and putting an
into tbo ground; the earth thrown after them end to tliqdisorganization of the House of Rep
iilto the hole sticks, to the roots, which iutmedi- rcscntatircs by securing the election of ■
ately begin to swell. At the very first move- Speaker. . _ . .
rnent of sap, rootlets appear through this coat- Mr. Frcaner expressed his -regret that ally
ing, which gives them immediate manure, and | one should be found on the floor of that House
not only brings on,, hut secures, the further I to express such sentiments as fell .front tho
formation.of roots, Once fairly started, there lips Of the gentleman from Baltimore city. He
is nothing more to fear.” hung his head in shame and humiliation at
This reminds us of the plan for incrusting I the fact. He appealed ' to every member of
seeds with manure in order to give the seedings the House if such sentiments could pass unre-
a good start, recommended by an ingenious buked ? m . -
gentleman at New Orleans. - v At the present time, when it was the solemn
1 duty of every representative of Maryland to
Kleen nf Plants . | stand up against the tide of aggression which
anil* ot Mrtutii*. developed at Harper’s Ferry, was It-
Plants sleep as well as-animals; tho attitude 0 f a representative of a SbuthcmState
that some of th«»jassume on the approach of { ^ and t tho fanatics of
night is extremely interestmg to those who de J , Do mc mbers know that.whcn tho
light to study the beaufful phenomena of veg- between the North and South
.table life. Some plants exlnb.ts.gns of sleep Maryland is to be the battle ground, and
marked than other*. The leaves of clo- - u t0 be drcnchcd with blood ? The
ver, lucerne, and other planta close as the sun , ^ belieTC that Maryland is untrue
approaches the horizon; .and m the honey lo- to - hero „4 institutions, when her represehta-
cust this charactenst.c is particularly striking ^ fals!fy her scnti ^ ents inthe hal i s of Con-
and beautiful. I he delicately formed leaves j He would state, in support of that view,
close in pairs at nightfall, and remain-so until ?, , . u. . o-t-i- -ri— L ■
— -—-b -.- — TT? Charlestown for his participation in. the if
gradually expand to their fu.Icst extent. It is I Entry raid,- poSBed through the scene of
in common garden duckweed (slellana mcdica). \ j . m0UD tain home in Washington county as-
that the most perfect exemplification of the con- 1 - - -- - -
delicate plant, which are in pairs, begin to close b t Maryiand was not sound on th 9 alavety
in their upper surfaces the rudiments of the’
young shoot?; and the uppermost pair (but one)
at the end. of the stalk arc furnished with long- \ ,,
1 1 lk*A AlIiAKa aa slant tkntf I wont f
Mr. Denison, of Baltimore city, (interrupting,)
I would like to have somo proof of it”
Mr. Frcancr.—“Does the gentleman doubt niy
er leaved stalks than the others, so that they
can close upon the terminating pair and protect |
the end of the shoot
Mr. Denison.—“I have .nothing further to
say-
Tho Speaker.—The gentleman from Wash
, r r ,. i ington county has tho floor. •
Single vs. Married Life.—Tho growing diapo- ° u _ -p r „. n p r ui> ef - orc j nrocec d. I demand
sition to celibacy among our young men, though in Mr. Jtreaner. i oc p ’
some measure attributable to a selfish and luxurious I of the gentleman from Baltimore cit} if he
cynicism, is chiefly duo to tho irrational expenditure doubts tho correctness of my statements,
consequent on marriage, and the unaUractiveneja of I (which I received from a gentleman of high
From tiurAr'Sdri liabitT/lo yTrid domestic hap^-' I character,) omitting thq source of my infor-
ness. If this-celibacy frequently defeats the econo- mation r _ *
mica! considerations deciding to it (as it should), and Mr. Denison.—“I do not question the gentle-
ends in much immorality and unhappiness, among man’s veracity'.”
men, how immeasurably evil must be its influence j , Mr. Denison, of Baltimore city, moved to
on the other sex; and what a 'violation of natural TT , . r - .• r'La mki.aLw
law must that social organization bo wliichso harsh- strike out of the resolution the word blqpk
ly represses tho affections and bereaves so largo a I before the word “republican which was lost,
classof tho support and sympathy they aro entitled I Mr. Jacobs, of Worcester, had hoped that
to from man!, Is the ltajpoqt pride that slays a fe- tb d j 0 wou j d baya presented an unaui-
psrcntageby jfplebeian marriage!rnoro^cruo!'thin -us votc on tho subjec/without discussion,
the selfish social system that devotes it to a solitary and that Baltimore city" would -have joined the
a nd weary life of penury and regret T—Once a Week, phalanx.
me- • Mr. Denison.—I wish the House to kno w that
Jttnrvcls of the Mississippi* | -I have spoken only for myself I have had no
Wo extract the following interesting informa- consultation with my colleagues from Baltimore
tiort fron the Memphis (Tenn.) Avalanche, re- city.
garding the “Father of Waters” and‘the'vallcy Mr.'Jacobs.—Baltimore had better look to
through which it rolls its mighty flood— tho day of retribution, ifthey do notreject and
.“The difference of level between high outflow discard the traitor,
water-mark ot Cairo is 5(1 feet. The width and Mi\ Dennis, of Somerset, said that while the
depth of the river from Cairo and Memphis to r i| ouse wa s passing-resolutions of censure, they
New Orleans is not materially increased, yet I ba( i better include the three democrats who de-
immense additions arc made to the quantity of I feated the nomination of Mr. Smith'. Let all
water in the channel by large streams from both sbarc ab ^ e
the eastern and western sides of the Mississippi , Mr . Compton said the persons alludedtO were
Thc qu^tion naturally anscs, what becomes of fc ‘ scntativcs ‘ 0 f Maryland. Thev
thu; vast volume of water? It certainly never cou , da)nl ,‘ ook l0 , the action of their own rep-
reachcs New Orleans, and as certainly does not vescnlat J cs ' to sce that Maryland was not mil
evaporate; and, of course, it is not confined to • . . • J •
tho channel of the river, for it would rise far r P ’ ., , . f
above the entire region south of us. Hr. Long said that the action of the House
If a well is sunk anywhere Tin the Arkansas tended to give too much importance to the rep-
Bottom, water is found as soon as the water-level resentative nauiefl. Stillj if ho was the expo^
of the Missippi reached. When- the Missippi ™nt of the public sentiment of Baltimore t>r any
eocs down, the water sinks accordingly in the otllcr , portion of Maryland, let it be so. U any
welL Tlic owner of a saw-mill, some 20 miles member herc’sustams Ins action Jet him step
from the Mississippi, in Arkansas, dug a well to | forth. Mr*. Long spoke at length on the sub*
supply tho boilers of his engine durihg the late and u it!i his usual ability,
flood. 'When the waters recededhis well went | Mr. Gordon agreed with the gentleman from
down, until his hose would no longer reach the Somerset, that too much prominence had been
water, and finally his well was dry. Ho dug given to the acts and position of Henry Winter
a ditch to an adjacent lake to let water into his Davis. It w:i3 the weakness of some minds to
well; the Jake was drained, and the well was I seek even a base eminence, by the most disrepu-
dry again, bavin” literally drank lOacres of wa- table means. The like motive actuated the
, ... , .... - ter in less than a"week. Tho inference is, that man who fired the Ephenian temple. The view
the party in the present perilous condition of the whole valley ofthe Mississippi, from its banks put forth that it was not the right and duty of
the country, so that the potentToice of the peo- to tbe highland.- on cither side, rests on a po- the Legislature to hold the representatives of
pie can be.heard an . represented, irrespective j fOUS gubetratnm which absorbs the redundant their State to account, and that each represen-
of the pretended claims of individuals, cliques . watcrS) and tbus ’ prevents that degree of accu- tative was responsible only to his own immedi-
or factions. ^ i mulation which would long since have swept ate constituents, was absurd. Representatives
CF* Patrick Quinn, whom we mentioned aa liav- ! New Orleans into the Gulf hut for this provis- were formerly elected by general ticket, each
ing been stabbed te-erely in the back, outhe night j ion of nature, to which alone her safety is attrib- member being voted for by the whole State.—
ofthe 3th lost., by Henry Crawford in a fight, died j u table. _ In fact, if the alluvial bottoms of the Was there anything in the act of Congress, dis-
on yesterday morning of tbo wounds inflicted. Craw- j Mississippi were like the shores of the Ohio, the trie ting tho States that changed the previous re-
ford ia in jail to await hi* trial at tb.. next term of | vafit plain from Cairo to New Orleans would to- lation of representative and constituency ? They
tb* Superior Court. | day ha part and parcel of the Gulf of Mexico, I were all equally accountable to the State at
help it He would like to know from the gen
tleman from Somerset to whom he alluded.
Mr.- Dennis.—They were the nest eggs of de
mocracy from Indiana.
Mr. Gorgon.—I thought they were not from
the South. There are those who assume a pop
ular name to accomplish , nefarious purposes.—
The gentleman from Somerset yields reluctant
ly to the crisis. It only shows that there are
those'who wdFcling to their idol to the last
Mr. Worthington offered an amendment to
the effect that as the resolution stated Davis
misrepresented “all parts of the State,” and that
inasmuch as it appeared that Baltimore city
sustained him, that the words “a greater part
of the State ”'b'a substituted. Lost
The debate on the resolutions having closed,
Mr. Coudy said he wished every member to
show his hand, and he therefore moved a call of
tho Houso.
Mr. Kraft, of Baltimore. city, said that he
should vote in the affirmative; under other cir
cumstances he wauld not have censured Mr.
Davis for voting for a conservative man, but at
the present time, since tho aggressions attemp
ted at Harper’s.Fcrry, he could not sanction his
support of any person afflicted with black re
publicanism.
Mr. McAllister explained his vote. The time
had arrived when they had to he Northerners
or Southerners. He should vote for the reso
lution.
The resolutions were passed by a vote of 01
to 1, Mr. Denison, of Baltimore city, voting
alone in tho negative, Messrs. Parran, Jluntcr,
Burgess, Stanford, Routzan, Stake, Seth, Smith,
Winsong, Turner, of Baltimore city, and Brown
being absent, making 12 absentees, mostly, from,
illness. Messrs. Seth and Smith, of Baltimore
city, were the only absentees present in Anna
polis.
Correspondence of the Newark Mercury.
Interesting iron China—Prison
•TORTURES—A CHINESE COURT.
From a letter received by Mr. L M. Andruss,
of this city, from his nephew in Hong Kong,
Chino, .we are permitted to make tho following
interesting extracts. The letter bears dato of
November 13 th, 1859:— -
I have recently returned from atrip to Can
ton, where I gathered many items of intelli
gence which will be. interesting. We were so
fortunate, shortly after our arrival, as to secure
the services of Rev. Mr. Gray, stationed there
as chaplain, who, being well versed in China
affairs,.played thffcicerone greatly to our ad
vantage. We commenced our explorations by
visiting the prisons, happening to be the first
person? ever taken by our guide into a Chinese
court Wo were introduced and invited to
take seats, which, after a great deal of bowing
and salaaming, \fts did.
• “ Tho Mandarin and ourselves were the only
persons seated in the court—the magistrate's
assistants always standing during hours. There
were several interpreters . present to question
the prisoners on trial, and to answer the Man
darin. That functionary never demeans him
self by speaking any other dialect than that
striqty ‘Mandarin dialect.’ There was quite a
number of prisoners, all with manacles upon
their limbs and necks, awaiting their turn for
trial. One of them was fastened, upon an in
strument of.torture called ‘the rack,’ used to
extort confessions, true or false, from their vic
tims. This rack resembles a carpenter’s saw
bench. The victim is made to kneel, the rack
is then placed upon Us end, against his back.
His cue or tail,is j passed-through a hole in the ‘
end of the rack, and tied fast to the upper feet,
which strains the chorda of his neck horribly.
“ A bandage is then placed across his fore
head and fastened to the cn'd of the rack. A
slip-noose is put uporf each thumb, by which his
arms are drawn behind him and- upwards, and
also matte fast to tho upper feet A slip-noose
is also put upon each big toe, which is drawn
upwards and made fast at the same point, and
are drawn so that the victim's knees arc abont
one inch clear of the floor—thus leaving the
whole weight of the body suspended by the
thumbs and toes'. The victim was kept upon
the rack about half an hour, and when cast
loose fell upon the floor—having for the time
being lost all control of his limbs. He was left
lying as he fell until his blood resumed its cir
culation, when a chain was put about his neck,
and he was led away to the dungeon. He was
no doubt convicted of the crime with which he
was charged, as he was desirous of kneeling be
fore the Mandarin and pleading for mercy, but
was not permitted so to do.
“Wo followed the'prisoner and saw him
thrust into a room with some thirty others, all
of whom were condemned to death. The cell
was very small, excessively warm, and the
stench front it was, to us, unendurable. The
cell-had not a single article of furniture in it,
andall the occupants were entirely nude. They
greeted us with .‘Chin Chin Taipan,’ and ‘Cun-
shaw.Taipan,’ which was ‘How do you do?’
Give us a present’ * » .
“We_saw also,-on our.visit, several convicted
que,’ which consists of a square' Board'’ wifit "ft
hole in the centre, and goes together with hin-
;es. It is put upon the victim’s shoulders, with
iis head through the hole. Tho ‘Canquers’ are
of different sizes and weights, according to the
ago and the degree of crime. Ofiendcrs are fre
quently compelled to wear them from four to
six months, during which time it is impossible
for them to lie down, and they are compelled to
sit and sleep upon their haunches. Several of
them had eaten and slept so long in one posture
that their skin was chafed through, and they
were almost covered with raw sores.
‘Among others whom we saw confined was
the mother of Tai Ping Wan, the great rebel
chief, of whom ihe Mandarins, or Imperialists,
stand-in great fear. They have never been a-
ble to defeat him, and have offered large re
wards for his capture, without success. The
Imperialists have arrested his mother and all
his relatives, as far as they have been able to
trace them. His mother is a woman of small
stature and nearly seventy years of age, with
hair as white as snow. She had heavy chains
upon her ankles, and a chain also, around her
neck, with a stone fastened to tho end, which
trailed upon tho ground. The other relatives
nf the rebel chief were also in chains. The fe
males were embroidering, and the males were
knitting undershirts, using small linen twine.
We likewise saw many rebels in chains with
their cars cut off, and others who had been
hamstrung, who were unable to rise upon their
feet, but dragged themselves along with their
hands.
“We next visited tho Mahommcdan Mosque,
where wo saw charts of the pictorial language.
The Mahommcdan pagoda is an immense brick
structure, supposed to have been built 70 years
B. C. Its immense weight had sunk it info the
ground, so that we could just see the arch of
tho door. A tree of quite large dimensions was
growing Upon the top, the roots of which en
crusted it on tho outside. We also visited
temple where they worship Confucius. Itcon-
tams an imago of the object worshipped, and is
the only one of the kind in the empire. It was
erected a few years since at the suggestion of
Gov. Yell. The base of the image was shatter
ed by a ball lrom an English frigate while slid
ing tho dty in 1S5C. We visited also the ‘Flow-
try Pagoda,’ which is said to be 1900 years old.
There is a tradition connected with this gagoda
the effect that its founder stated, upon its
completion, that if tho top should ever fall,
there would be trouble in Canton. It so hap
pened that tho top of it fell in September, 1850,
and the English shelled the city in October of
the same year. The portion which fell, struck
the roof of a joss-house, passed entirely through,
struck a priest who was worshipping, and killed
him.”
B?" The panorama of Dr. Kane’s Arctic
Expedition, and his Esquimaux dog, Etnh, have
it sold. The panorama, which cost $0,600,
was sold for $200, and the dog was sold for
$85.
x| le Legislature of Pennsylvania, in
1704, passed the following: “Resolved, That
no member of the Legislature will be allowed
to come into the House barefooted.”
Hon. T. Butleb Kino wa* in town yesterday
aud called upon u*.
Democratic meetings.
The Democratic party of Columbia at a meet
ing on.Tuesday last, says;
In accordance with the call ofthe Executivo
committee—but more especially to give concert
and harmony to the party—and meaning no
disrcpcct to tho convention of the 8th of De
cember—a portion of, the Dcmocrtic party of
Columbia has convened, for tho purpose of ap
pointing delegates to represent this county in
tho March convention.
They also adopted among; others these resolu
tions.
Resolved, That while wo pledge our support
to any good southern man whom the Charles
ton Convention in her wisdom may select, yet
we cannot forbear the expression of our unqual
ified preference for our own gifted statesman,
the Hon. A. H. Stephens, Georgia’s best and
brightest jewel.
Resolved, That in the person of Hon. Howell
Cobb, we see the great legistor, the gifted Rep
resentative, able and accomplished Speaker of
the House of Representatives, the wise and effi-.
ctent Govenor, and now the Hon. Secretary of
the Treasury. His honors have been many and
great, and well hits ho won them; and should
he be the nominee of the Charleston convention,
wc pledge him our hearty support
Walton County, passed the following reso
lutions.
Resolved, That we look with feelings ofthe
deepest regret upon the division of sentiment in
the Democratic party of tips State, growing out
of a call-by the Executive Committee, for anoth
er State convention, to bo held on the 14th of
March next; and that we arc willing to do any
thing, within tho bounds of honor and right, to
produce harmony and concert of action in the
party. For the seats of our delegates to tho
Charleston convention to be contested, we would
regard as extremely unfortunate, and wel! cal
culated to create distraction in our ranks at
home. And we regard it as peculiarly unfor
tunate, just at this particular time, when a fa
vorite son of our own state is so prominent be
fore the country for the Charleston nomination,
that the prestige of our voice, that of his own
State, in his favor, should be weakened bt this
ill-advised and unnecessary call for another con
vention.
Resolved, Boldly avowing that the present
able and distinguished Secretary of the Treasu
ry, Hon. Howell Cobb is the man of onr choico
for the Presidency, and most earnestly protes
ting that the convention of the 8th of December
last was in accordance with Democratic usage
for the last fifteen years—that it was regular in
every respect—and that it spoke the sentiments
of the Democracy of the State; yet in a spirit
of forbearance, and for the sake harmony, wo
will send delegates to the March convention, and
we recommend the masses ofthe party through
out the Stato to speak out in their primary
meetings, and to send down delegates to the
March convention, in order that the action of
the December convention may be vindicated
and sustained.
Delegates were appointed to the March Con
vention in accordance with those resolutions.
Morgan County.—The Democracy of this
county affirm the action of the Decamber Con
vention, and appoint Mr. Saffold one of the Ex-
ecutive’Committec, uniting in the call of the ■
March Convention as a delegate. Here are the
resolutions and a list of delegates.
Witereas, Unity of action, as well as unity
of sentiment, is desired at the South, to combat
successfully, in the coming political campaign,
northern sectional parties, be it
Resolved, That the delegates appointed from
this meeting to the Stato convention, tube held
in Milledgevillo on the 14 th of March, to t$point
delegates to the National Democratic conven
tion, to be held at Charleston, S. C., on tho
22d of April, advocate the claims of the dele
gates to the Charleston convention, appointed
at the convention held in Milledgevillo, Doc. 8th,
last—believing them true and honorable men,
exponents of the true principles of the Demo
cratic party, trne to the South and her inter
ests.
Resolved, That we also most heartily approve
ofthe recommendation made by tho conven
tion of Dec. Sth, last, at Millcdgeville; of the
Hon. Howell Cobb, as the first choico of the
Democracy of Georgia, for the office of Presi
dent of the United States.
The resolutions were each taken up separate
ly and adopted.
It was moved that tho chair appoint five del
egates from the meeting to the convention of
March 14th.
Tho motion passed, and the chair appointed
Thos. P. Saffold, D. B. Lane, J. G. MeHcnry,
Wm. Wood, and C. H. Andrews.
Sporting- Incident—A Noble Pack’
Some weeks ago, a friend in Glynn favored
us with a feat of his fine pack of dogs, which
pursued a wounded buck some eight or ten
miles, across wide rivers and through marshes,
and were found, some thirty hours after tho
chase commenced, quietly lying around their
game, one venerable old follow Handing guard,
starving condition—lrom touclYingi]!dSWriil-iP
teeth.
On a subsequent hunt, during the excessive
ly cold snap in January, these faithful creatures
disappeared from the hunters in a similar man
ner, and, after days of search, were given up
for lost. A letter, received a day or two since,
gives -the sad sequel, which had come to light
It is contained in the following extract:
“Wo have at last heard of our noblo pack
of hounds, which were found all frozen on the
marsh, near tho dead buck. Wo suppose they
had run down and caught it, in the extensive
marsh they got into after swimming several
creeks. I believe it is the only instance on re
cord, of seven hounds—two the property of
Dr. Troup, one belonging lo Dr. Wilson, and
four were ours—running down a buck in an ex
tensive marsh, swimming several creeks, and
catching it without a gun being fired at it, and
lying by it until all perished in the cold.
It rivals the famous chase related by Colonel
Hawker, the celebrated English sportsman,
where one of his stag hounds was found dead
on the wall, two with broken limbs on the in
side, and the rest disabled on the outer wall of
the park. The buck had been let out, ran off,
and was found inside with both fore legs broken.
The Spirit of the Times should record this
chase on one of our Sea Islands in Glynn coun
ty, Georgia.’’—Savannah Republican.
I’m Very HI.”
We are sorry for you, and you have our sym
pathy, no matter when or where any of you
may hare occasion to use the above expression;
and to prove that wo Jo pity all who may be
laid on a bed of sickness, we will give a few
common-sense hints how to hasten recovery.
The first grand requisit is patience, a quiet and
calm endurance of suffering, and a resignation
to the temporary loss of health. Then comes
cheerfulness—not of the sick alone, hut of all
around; a cheerful countenance uniting over tho
siek-bed can do more good than gallons-1 phys
ic. The mind of the invalid should be kept di
verted from the ailment, and funny, interesting
matter should ho read aloud for some time every
day. Tho sick room she dd e'kept a pattern
of cleanliness ; it should be well ventilated, cool
and light; and, lastly, the doctor should be chos
en for his jollity and good humor as much as
for his scientific attainments, and—wc had near
ly forgotton to mention it—never put a sick man
in a curtained bed. Let him, no matter what
the ailment be, have plenty of the free life-giving
air, and if the light be too strong, a white shade
can be hung before the window, but put none
around the bed. A person who is sick should
always, if possible, sleep alone, and as light a
covering as is consistent with warmth is the
best. By following these rules, and taking your
potions at the proper times, as ordered by tho
doctor, should any of you still continue ill, hut
able to be about, we recommend that you set
out on a canvassing tonr in your neighborhood
to procure subscribers for the SciESTinc Ameri
can. The exercise, with the satisfaction that
you are doing good, will restore you to perfect
health. Try it.
BF*198 bales of cotton were made at General
Myrick’s plantation in T-rifflt® county last year with
only 28 hands. Thomas Hushes, the oversee. , was
here a few days aro and sold the cotton wntcu the
negroes cultivated for themselves, and it brought
tfa* snug stun of $615 40.