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jjg GEORGIA TELEGRAPE
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_ .—Within the memory of many
fc *~Irrolv 'll the shady side of forty, -the
moved from the "'pst liank Jfthe
: : ,„ t hc Trinity, Uraros and old cancy.
5If .he .dvandng cohnrnn pT momora
' , .in the castwn slope of the great
L divides Uie watem of the
rtu^ico and the Pacific Ocean, and ere
CrU W^scsS the wi|W"» andeampHres of
■ i . r.riuhrutvd trd* of Indians, who
10 his Ueogmphy, “way bcy.nt
’ ra '* ml fond of enter
*’•' V ,vith his marvelous adven-
field, and at the time I am
L-„„ t,,, made onr village lus head
tr U ,~ M day while he was detailing to
i of eager listeners an account of a new
/Indians that he had met with in his
: UB j „i R .|, speaking of their heads being
*j. motion like the pendulum of n clock,
“-Dint, t’a|»t. Mike, who was very much
j tielaimcd, '‘Faith llavv, and what do
■ !j‘ w “ "Piutcs,’’ said Holt, “And where
t lire'Davy," asked the captain. “Way
Rocky Mountains’’ replied the inim-
v ’p]o are not, strictly speaking, no-
M Itill they are a roving, restless race.
;ri - witnesses the departure of numcr-
j ... with or without property as they
0bccn fortunate in inheriting or mak-
• q the middle counties of Georgia to
•Sot The tide for the past few years,
, 1 Jones has set towards Texas, the land
to llow with milk and honey. This
Vain of the moving Georgians. A few
idi their tents in that land wdl doubtless
their fondest anticipation, while many
;; for the flesh pots thoy*vo left behind,
;;irl\ when they meet in combat the tall
Aiiik. that present themselves in the
fdiraatiaing fevers, chills, distance from
, 0 f churches anil schools, the ab-
ofthe lovcil faces and dear friends they
alined to we no more. When you wish
u why they intend moving, you are as-
■'our lands"*** worn out, the bald red
the deep washed gullies, the turned out
tklds that brambles and hroomstraw are
Iinline fertile raasterv of, the once beauti-
r„n^is tilled with grand old oaks, now bare
cseitcd, ssring herv and there a growth
arfed stunted pines," are given as the rea-
}ir abandoning the homes of their boy-
the graves of their lathers. “I uiuat go”
•from this noble old State ia which I
ay tot breath ami beneath whose soil I
• ■wily hoped my body would lie when
This is a gloomy picture, but too true.
Mere anon, CLINTON.
An Aggrieved l'alron.
Eiger:—I paid you five dollars lawful
: iite I'nited States for your Daily, but
ji V'Mir p.rt of the contract is being well
consideration fails in my case.
1 down to my store in the morning,
:., or Jenkins are sure to have that
IVtemcrs come in and I wait upon
d forget it till one seizes it:—“ah, the
; (aajicr—1 see you have done with it,”
i I -n something in this paper, I must
oi Von live in town and can get
or 'Spare me this paper—will you
d is i< not in me to say nay. Thvs,
' achiseled out of half my Daily
• -1 am a subscriber, but not a rcad-
t;j,t sense of the term. Please hint
c'Jic, including Smith, Jones and Jcn-
al tin' Daily Telegraph is a cheap lux-
dr of them will spend a dime lor a
r cigar, without a sigh—while a Tcle-
cost them short of two cents. It is
ir liberality is so restricted. Write a
is that Jones and Smith and Jenkins
FROM BALTIMORE.
MACON, SATURDAY, 3 O'CLOCK, P. M., MARCH 10, 1860.
1 - — J
Volume XXXIV.—Xo. 22.
Correspondence of the Georgia Telegraph.
.. *V • ■' Baltimore, Feb. 29,1840.
TheLegiahUpro^leppitontbe Contested Election*—
•The .Mandarana—The District Attorney aflhii—Man
-Stabbed—Coort" again adjourned—State Democratic
, Convention.
The Legislature has adopted three sessions a
day ; in order, if possible, togefthrough with its
business.' Tho coramittoe on contested elec
tions have reported against the Baltimore dele
gates, and declared tho late election void. Thu
Speaker is requested to order a new election.
The same report covers the case of the cleric to
the Circuit Court; and a clerk will now be ap
pointed by the Judge of tho court for the bal
ance of the term.
The Mandamus which has been sent out by
tho qpw Police commissioners, to obtain posses
sion of the Police Stations, Police Telegraph
and other matters connected with the organiza
tion of the force—is now being argued by able
council on both sides. It will require several
days—and it may be weeks—ere tho decision
.of tho court is given. ■ The Mayor has appoint
ed 4he old polioomon, subject to tho decision of
the questions at Issue. An effort is now ma
king in the Legislature, to investigate tho ac
counts of the prosecuting attorney of tho Balti
more criminal court, Milton Whiting. Much
dissatisfaction exists ns to the manner of keep
ing his accounts; and it is alleged that he has
charged the State with items of expense which
should be borne by himself. Mr. Frcann is af
ter him with a sharp stick.
A man was badly stabbed on Sunday night,
in tho southern district, by a notorious rowdy
named Charley VogJestcin; he was stabbed in
several places, and a large artery cut, from
which it was difficult to check the flow of blood
until he had nearly bled to death. A colored
boy was also, it is thought, fatally wounded by
another, on the same night
Judge Stump has again adjourned the court,
and is off for Annapolis.
The delegates, last night, elected to the State
Convention, were chosenby the Douglas wing of
the city convention, and instructed to make
him their first choice in the selection of dele
gates to the Charleston Convention. The con
test was rlon and spirited ; Resolutions were
passed unanimously to leave the delegates to the
nominating convention, to the free exercise of
their own judgment in any dilemma which may
arise in the convention, and urging union and
harmony in the selection of candidates.
Late on yesterday afternoon, a party, headed
by Bob, alias Looby Crops—a brother of Mari
on Crops who was hung—committed a ruffi
anly assault upon a roan named Hogan pursu
ing him to an upper room of his house in which
his wife lay in accouchement; one of the party
subsequently committed a deadly assault upon
an officer in the office of the Justice, while un
dergoing an examination. They were all com
mitted. Crops is fast following in tho foot-
stens of his brother to the gallows.
HOWARD.
Baltihorx, March lit. I860.
Bon. Henry Winter Dart*—Election of- Senator—Won
derful Escape—Jail Delivery—The Brock BUI In dan-
Ber.
The recent speech of Henry Winter Davis
was noticed yesterday in the Senate. Dr. Lynch
of Baltimore county, after the usual “ Where
as, &c.,” setting forth the cause of complaint,
offered the following resolution: “Resolved, that
tho sum of $500 be appropriated out of the col
onization fund to defray the expenses of Henry
Winter Davis from Baltimore to Liberia." Mr.
McKaig said if the person named was a free
colored man and worthy, he should vote, the ap-
priatien, but as he did not know any white man
by that ium« in U»© Suite,- of «nj importance,
or worthy the notice of tho Senate, he hoped
no further attention would be paid to him or
his speeches. After the resolutions had afforded
a little past time to all, but the Colonel from
Linganore, who got into a towering passion,
tho matter was, on motion of some one, re
ferred to the committee on the “colored popu
lation." Whether the Honorable representative
will avail himself of tho generous offer of the
Senator from Baltimore county remains to be
seen. - It will, however, afford him an occasion
for another display of his own splenetic orato-
Uw very next time they take up my
rvad it, and if you are too busy, pub-
-but don’t exjiose me. Don’t tell I ry.
- • " — Hon. James Alfred Pierce was yesterday
elected United States Senator. No bctterchoicc
could havo been made.
A young man named Newton Waters, a clerk
in the hardware store of Messrs. Schaeffer k
Long, yesterday fell from the third story of
their extensive warehouse, through tho hatch
way, alighting upon his back on the lower floor,
and wonderful to state not a bone was broken,
nor has lie thus far shown any sign of serious
injury.
The Grand Jury again paid a visit to the Jail
yesterday, and discharged somo twenty or more
prisoners who have been uselessly kept at the
expense of tho city for trivial offences.
The odds are now said to be against the pas
sage of tho Brock Railroad Bill, and the Sun is
tumtnous vvith Hope. The vote upon its post
ponement, when reported upon by Alio commit
tee, was considered as a test of the relative
strength of parties, which showed a clever ma
jority against it So mote it be. Howa.ni>.
[boat tell Jones—Don’t tell Jenkins,
i late to be suspected of making a fuss
a cent and two-tiurAs value—but really
ry annoying. Jones wears out moro shoe
in coming after my paper, than its price
ts Smith—so does Jenkins. But they
1 naturnl aud I don’t like to quarrel
111 Sl'BSCKIIIEK.
E i• or lit.'.—in n*e year 1849, we belong-
naff College in the heart of Georgia. In
’ . «• cuts, there were four boys, with
’ *»•» so (be ino't intimate terms. Clever
’V „ ^* r Pvr* Luelu* Lamar, Jenks
-Iviallanlt-iiiau. Harper was then thought
‘ —the. rual, I he greatest genius ofthe four;
unr. ire were Informed sfter leaving the
M illie acknowledged leader of tho Phi-
if Ids senior year. Jenks Jones was
s'uji.ius. Tom Hardeman, when we
, ^ ught of little else than fun and mla-
Jatonr captain in many wild expedi-
‘ it i> aoinewhat remarkable that these
iidtuof not more titan twelve or
Hj he. all of them, diatingnished already
si Lamar, Jones and llardemen are
r J Congress; I.amar, taking rank with
and Pryor of Virginia, is pro-
! the rising stars of the House. Harper,
">«a friend, ran for Congress, and waa
S Hill, the Know Nothing, by a very few
r «>. hr no weans equal lo Harper id ge-
Fob Stephens of Georgia. Harper. La-
M -itsre Democrats. Hardeman belongs
Aatnrsn |nrty.-—(weorgtloicn Timet.
"itior Bviitos, the Comediax.—The
t late Mr. Burton, after providing for
'M U,t)00, to be paid to his wife,
t living-don Burton, in equal quartcr-
’luring her life, and dovisingonc-
i. •* ' 1 Wvn-Covc property to his step-son,
,7** Won, the testator divides tho
K fir 1 ? u o\mo three equal shares, one
K;°i* tiir «' <hughters, Cecilia, Virginia
. *“"^**»o uupptied.
I ' forgotten to note the recent change
T • •i)|"-ran- of ,) 1L . Christian Index.
I , u, e.v 11.11 resigned the Editorial
| ut piper to take the pastorate of the
V-'t t liur,-li j n this city. So eroinent-
LVi judicious a man can hardly fail of
"i i iu his charge. We trust it may
'it and highly satisfactory connec-
r-j'lW’u, Boykin succeeds Mr. War-
a ready writer, careful, energet-
and intelligent, we arc confident
u '•* 10 give equal satisfaction.
' The reader may be Inter-
the * pinious ofthe Washington
L* “ "f loe 1'ribune and Times, jrespeet-
. 1 "I-Vnator Douglas, inn-ply to Sena-
■ n ednesdsy l**t. They evidently looa-
•j-reot rpeetaelea.
IJww Ciirowikfcsir, * - *
In, Lllowod Mr. Seward ta day'in «•
EjTeentmnmMe character. He did
b- .•?*“' •» ibe truth, and ho ennneiated'
l^^eto his pretensions as a state*
C»r»peels u a politician. The andaefty
U*»w*s received with derisive langh-
EJUgsr exhibition of political slang has
| • ‘“>0" .'- iiivto. As the effort of a
- woato thePresideney.lt was scurvy
iuitapw! > andaUy eapouaed
and detended the Democrat-
.7* charg,., preferred by the great
• 2™’ Every one waa comment-
‘oat whenever tho "tug of war”
* u P°* forward to light the bat-
►i/w* his rival aspirant* fo the
Sg J ***• and retire from the field —
1 to day, drew upon him
f’-aent, from Gen. Jeff. Davis, and
Mf “ r 'mg him the Charleston
‘ ‘"■lamation.
at Cincinnati.—On the
i’ll while somo workmen
'j 1 fearing down tho St Xavier
f fit* walls fell in, burying 20
L, s the unfortunate victims
.IMakcn out of the ruins.
.* living at Brompton, England,»
, to lie one of the most
Jni;-,, lls . time in existence. Sho
’’ and', “* vin 8 led a Very activo lifo
Vi u the celebrated Ducheuft of
•’tavanDah Railroad will
' tid •/“* ^vannah river by the 1st
fotveyod Utenco to
until tho bridge is com-
Baltimqhe, March 2d, I860. -
Death of an old citizen—Arrivals at the Hotels
— Weather and Trade— Gasmonopoly—'The
City Market, Sfc.
One of our oldest citizens died yesterday,
Wm. Rcany, Esq. He has been a resident,
and most excellent citizen for upwards of CO
years, and has been identified with every enter
prise where the good of the city or people were
to be promoted. He was, for nearly the whole
of his long life, an active and exemplary mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Our city Hotels arc now looking up. There
were registered yesterday, as arrivals at the
eight principal hotels,^78 persons. When it is
recollected that but ono name represents a fam
ily, the actual number is still greater than is
shown by tho register.
We are now having most delightful weather,
such would do well lor May. Merchants
from tho distant States arc coming in pretty
strong, and business is fairly beginning.
The Legislature is still the subject of attrac
tion. Just now tho gas pressure scorns to be
tho heaviest. Tho present Company has en
joyed r perfect monopoly for many years, and
their extortionate charges have become intoler
able. Tho company has just obtained the pnv-
ilige of issuing a largo additional amount of
Stock, by which to more firmly nvet our chains,
and swell their already enormous dividends.
A new company has applied for and obtiuned a
charter, andit is hoped that we may at some
future day find some relief through its compe
tition. Wo are now pavingatthe ntc of *3.00
per thousand feet , for bad gas, while a better
article is provided in other cities at $1-5-
Uur City Markets arc still well supplied with
edibles. The season of Lent having set in, it
has 'set the fisherman in.motion, and wc are
having a fair supply of Shad, llemng, Rock-
Pike and many others of theffinny trjbc. \ eg-
etables are also abundant; and poultry, eggs,
Si, are plenty, and all at fair rates for the
i>C ThcBoston Steamship Company intend run
ning a couple of their boats between this port
amLSavannah regularly. It is hoped the trade
and passage will be sufficient remuneration to
iuitifv their continuance. ,
J “Sard ” murder, slurig-shotism or pistolary
t04fay. II0WAK9.
Baltimore, March 3d, 1660.
I inadvertantly stated day before yesterday
that Mr. J. A. Pierce had been elected United
citato Senator I should have said chosen by
Ui^Dcmocretic caucus. lie will no doubt be
d£ted however. Mr. Dcnn.s, of Sommc^et
«mnty, will be voted for by the Americans
"‘^wea'ihTs^ntinues lovely, and the
sssSsaWSEWfiiss
th Tlt ir “ Gr«n Sp.ing avenue" bill has at
t nftvr a delay ofsix years, been passed
Imfis a law Great rejoicing is had at the re-
Jult,* 8 Thlsmuchdesirtnl improveuient^hasbcen
°r ordcr f"th°
own. some five or six hundred acre, of the
finest land in the vicinity of the city, through
a portion of which it'was nccesskry to take the
avenne in order to avoid deep-ravines and un
sightly crooks.-*'Jo-this he objected and to
avoid it has spent.thousands of dollars.' This
land, however, will be enhanced to the value of
an hundred times the amount he has spent, so.
that ho will be a large gainer by what ho now
considers his loss. When done, this avenue
will constitute one of the most .beautiful of all
the drives out of the city, both for light wheel
ed vehicles or sleighing.
The'argument before the Superior Court up
on the Constitutionality of the new Police bill
is still going on, Mr. Meredith followed Mr.
Price to-day in behalf of the city, and his effort
was one of great force arid power. lie will be
succoodcd by the Hon. Revcrdy Johnston, who,
it is said, .will make one of the greatest argu
ments which ho lias ever done in support of the
law. No doubt is entertained as to the result
An increased number of arrivals have, been
looked for at the Hotels to-day—among which
arc a goodly number of “Georgfaraon.”
. Howard.
Importance of Publicity.
Ilont'a Merchant's Magazine for February—one
of the beat numbers of that excellent work ever is
sued—says : "Notoriety or poblicity ia an indispen
sable element of success to the merchant, mechanic
or manufacturer, who would give aspeedy and wide
distribntioD to the commodities and productions
which be_ seeks to exchange for money. He may
have capital skill, convenient position, punctuality,
industry and honesty—every possible fitness for his
business—and all is nothing, if he have not sufficient
notoriety. Thia notoriety, let it cost mere or leu,
be mast purchase or provide for as carefully as bo
purchases or manufactures bis stock of goods. And
it must, in extent, bear a certain relation to the bus
iness ho would do; it must be both positive and
comparative. People must not only know him and
bis bnsiness, because otherwise they will not find
him; bnt they must know him, because otherwise
they will find and trade with those who are better
known: To do a successful and profitable business,
a merchant mast advertise—no matter what he
sells.”
No subject has excited more attention, study
and ingenuity, of late years among business
men, than that of advertising. The greatest
living advertiser is probably the noted Bonner,
who has managed in five years to accumulate a
large fortune, to pay unheard of rates to writers,
and spend a still larger fortune in advertising,
out of considerably less than two dollars sub
scriptions to a weekly newspaper. But if one
were to hunt up a business which "should afford
the least possible margin for outside expenses
such as advertising, he would be compelled to
take such a business as Bonner’s. This fact is so
clear t<5 newspaper men, that when Bonner be
gan his extraordinary career of advertising, they
said he was cracked; and the unique method
of his advertising confirmed the impression.
Bonner, however, has proved himselfa sagacious
man by actual results.
The business man must first be able to offer
some substantial inducements to trade, and then
make them public. His judgement, activity,
address, ingenuity and liberality will all be dis
played in the way he goes about it As to the
first, it is manifest policy to select an attractive
organ. A newspaper which is itself sought af
ter by reason of what it contains of late intelli
gence and attractive contents in general, is the
proper organ of communication with the public.
To pile together a mere heterogeneous collection
of hand bills such as is the fashion in what arc
called advertising sheets, and scatter them broad
cast over the land is only to furnish so much
waste paper. Nobody looks at them. Activi
ty, address and ingenuity arc shown in variety',
change, in adaptation to current wants, tastes
and topics. Some advertisers stick to a stern-
typed advertisement month after month in pre
cisely the same words, typo and position, till
people (cam just where not to look, >nJ <l~« if
a change is made it will escape notice. If such
were to do business in the same way, the dust
of years would settlo- on their merchandize.
Wake up, and address yourself to men and
things as they are ever moving—ever chang
ing. -
Lastly, liberality. The liberal soul saith
the good book shall be made fat. People like
to trade with liberal men. A successful busi-
man,. (all old time notions to the contrary not
withstanding) in nine cases out ten is a liberal
man—ample in his provisions—large in his
views. Tho man of contracted notions fixes
his own level in tho business world and he
must keep it By saving his pennies with im
mense care, he may in time pile up his little
heap; but the active, thorough-going, compre
hensive trader will'make ten dollars while such
an one is saving up a dime. Let the man of
business show he has business views in every
thing he puls his hand to. lie should never
make a public exhibition of himself in the pa
pers as a man of narrow and contracted views.
Here is an illustration of the value of Scrip
tural knowledge, sent us by our friend Law
rence O Toole, Esq., who entertained the thought
of dropping it in Harper’s Drawer, but after
wards changed his mind:
■attlns on Certainties.
BV L. O TOOLE, EStJ.
In days gone by,- there lived in the good old
city of Augusta, Ga., Col. C. and Mayor 'P.,
both gentlemen of position. They were wealthy,
and hnU cuusWcnaurc tuuoui it*
bank stocks, citylionds, Ac. But like a good
many Southern gentlemen of affluent circum
stances, they both delighted in taking a private
game of short cards—old sledge, draw pokeD
and the like. Theso tittle amusements often
drew tho aforesaid gentlemen together, after
business hours, arid now and then-tho game
was continued to a late hour. Thus matters
went on; finally one Saturday night they bad
played tiU the old city bell had proclaimed the
hour of midnight Its solemn voice fell warn-
ingly upon tho cars of the two as they sat at
the table. Fora while they werosilent,the deck
was laid aside. At length tho silence was brok
en by Col C.
“ Major,” he said, “ we are acting very wrong.
Did you over think what au evil, what a demor
alizing effect such a Course of life as this has
upon the young who are growing up around
us, who look to us, too, for examples ? did you
not hear tliat bell ? it tells us that the Holy
Sabbath is upon us, and how has it found us ?”
The expression of the Major’s face spoke for
him, he felt the force of the remark.
“ Well,” replied the Major, “you are right,
and I am determined to quit this habit It ts
wrong and we both know it Instead of playing
we should both at this advanced period of our
lives bo praying’, and now, God knows my
heart, if I knew a prayer I would offer it up
with this resolution and stand by it”
“ You arc speaking tho sentiments of my
own heart,” replied the Col. “I know one pray
er, one that I never can forget, one that was
taught me by a sainted mother, when as a prat
tling boy I fondled at her knee. Though her
voico is silent, this prayer comes to me often,
very often.”
«lVh.it, you know a prayer f
“Yes,” said the Col., “the Lord’s Prayer.’
“ Why, I’ll bet you twenty dollars that you
can’t repeat it,” exclaimed the Major, and at
tho same time planking down a twenty dollar
bill upon the table.
Tho sight of tho money brought back first
principles to the CoL, and running his hand in
to his pocket he remarked, •
«'Hough said, Major, cover yours with that,
slapping down a twenty dollar bill.
••Now for the prayer,” cried out the Mayor.
• Tho Col repeated in slow accents:
“Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray tho Lord my *oul to keep.
If l die before I wake
. * I pray the hoed my eonl will take."
“I will give it up,” said the Major, “take
the money. By you could have won a
hundred dollars just as easy as you did the
twenty.” , -TT-
Cotton Manufactures Repeal of
1 111. l "HON DUTIES.
France according to the Siecle, imports raw
Cotton to the amount of $21,600,000 annually,
»t,o .liities on which have been about one-eighth
of its value, say $2,465,000. But although the
nroducls of her cotton looms have been annu
ally increasing at a rapid rate, tho operation of
this import duty of one-oighth has altogether
__T«ntad outside competition wtth England in
tin- rale of manufactured goods; and for this
reason the government has repealed the duty.
v now come in as an active and strong
competitor " it!. Kngland in the purchase and
Picture of raw Cotton. The eflect upon
priced and demand must he beneficial to the
Cotton growing interest in a high degree.
THREE RATS LATER FROM
EUROPE
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
New York, March 4.
The steamship Africa from Liverpool to New
York has arrived with dates to the 18 th Febru
ary-three days later.
COTTON MARKET.
Sales of cotton in Liverpool for tho wock end-
ing Friday, 13th ult 61,000 bales. Sales on
speculation 3,400. Sales for exports 6,000. Mar
ket closing quiet but steady. Frida) ’s sales
were 7,000 bales. Market steady.
The following wero the authorized quotations:
Fair Orleans 7Jd; Middling Orleans Old; Fair
Mobiles 7*; Middling Mobiles 0 11-16; Fair
Uplands 7 1-16; Middling uplands 6 1-12.—
Some circulars say there has been a decline of
one eighth on inferior qualities. Manchester
advices are favorable, tho market closing quiet
but steady. '
N^w Orleans tres ordenarc at Havre as quo
ted 10CC, bas at lOOf. Sales of the week 8000
bales. Stock on hand 129 ; 000 bales. Bread-
stuffs dull Provisions activo.
* SECOND DISPATCH.
FURTHER NEWS BY THE AFRICA.
Cotton Maukht.—Stock at Liverpool, 61S.OOO tales
-Aiwrlan.aaaa Vlonr 4luU. "V.it quiet. Corn
all. Pork Arm. Bacon firm.
London Money Market.—Consols are quoted at
from 94 1=8 to 94 S 8. Money market slightly easier
Bullion increased 90,000 to 98.000. Franca will not
annex Savoy, to bis dominions without the consent
ofthe five great powers.
Seward’s Speech.
We conclude, in travelling through Seward’s
demonstration in the Senate last week, that the
telegraphic dispatches erred in saying tliat Sew
ard had “let down” from his irrepressible con
ffict doctrine. He only puts it in a Quaker
coal, and is horror-struck at anything like
armed propagandism. Ho disapproves -the
Brown raid. Ilis speech is as cold and passion
less as an icicle, except where his venom is ■
a little excited in dwelling on the Dred Scott
decision. Wonderfully placid is Mr. Seward
towards the South—indeed sometimes a little
benign and patronising. But this moral war
between the two systems—tho “free labor sys
tem” of the North and the “ capital ” system
of the South, was in bis judgment inaugurated
by the Fathers " themselves,' in the formation
of the government, and is to continue until the
system of the “capital States" is abandoned,
not by external Tinl> n<w i but mrough their own
volition. The menaces of disunion which come
from tho “capital Statcs,”are the mere efferves
cence of passion and alarm, and touch tho spirit
and pride of tho Republican party. Hitherto
they have been content to inquire how many
votes they can cast—now tho question will be
dare we cast them ? [A good spoke in -your
wheel, Mr. Seward.] The Republican party
breathes nodisloyalty to the Constitution or the
Union, and dares tho Democratic to make its
assault on either. No party dare raise such a
a standard. The American people will sustain
no party which is not ready to sacrifice its am
bition on the altar of patriotism.
Seward’s speech hears the stamp of careful
study in every line. It purports to have been
a speech on the admission of Kansas, but docs
not touch the subject It is nothing more than
a cunning appeal to the pride of his party in
behalf of his own nomination, and an adroit
sedative to its fears. It is without argument.
From his own statement of the political action
of tho “Fathers” and of tho government upon
thp slavery topic, he deduces the conclusion,
that the government is altogether a frec-soil
concern and must prefer liberty to slavery
—labor to capital—free white men to African
Staves. II« moves along through his twoond-
a-half • hours" speech carefully, cautiously,
smoothly, insinuatingly, like a snake in a chick
en’s nest, or a rat in an egg basket, and presents
as few saliant points as possible. In this re
spect it contrasts strongly with the terse, cpi-
gramatic speech at Rochester.
WeU, we only hope his party will put him
up for the Presidency. We want to meet the
embodiment of their principles—the Diabolus
of the concern. The South want the voice of
the American people on this question, in the
most direct and unequivocal form. Wc want
to know whether they think our two forms of
labor and social organization arc so antagonistic
in principle tliat they cannot co-exist and mu
tually prosper under one form of government
If that is the case, then wc want two forms of
government very shortly thereafter and mean
to have them, whether Mr. Seward credits that
intention or not We want also to know wheth
er this government is indeed a free-.soil and ab
olition missionary institution:—because if it
is, wc don’t wish to live under it, and will
stop contributions. . ,
The Norilieru Views of Federal
* - POWElt.
Happily the occasion has never arisen to dem
onstrate, in the South, what is the actual sclf-vin-
aleatory power of the Federal government; blit
the talk of Seward about the sublime impossi
bility of resistance by the South—the threats of
Ilickman about Northern bayonets, and the
Korth/uW patriotic, Union "loving, *Xor(fi,)
has furnished some iUustrations cf Federal ira-
potcncy. " • * .
While Seward was boasting, the other day, in
the Federal capitol, about the loyalty of his re
publican followers to the Constitution and the
Union, it happened that a minority committee
of his State Senate were reporting upon a new
personal liberty bill presented by his party,
which the committee said flouted the govern
ment in the face too directly and patently to
admit of even question.
There are certain times and occasions tn
which tho North is disposed to endow tho Fed
eral government with a splendid amplitude of
power. •
When a National Bank is to be chartered-
protective tariff passed—canals to be dug-
turnpikes constructed—mail bonusscs and con
tracts given—steam lines started—fish bounties
secured—coast navigation protected—Pacific
railroads built—Slavery prohibited in the Ter
ritories—the power of the government is most
ample, and her ability to enforce it plenal.
But shift tho scene: Let'the fugitive slave
law be passed and they nullify it The power
of government, you see, is all lost at once. Let
the government try to catch a runaway, and the
chances are ten to one tho government will fail
in the business. Tho government officers are
shot down and nobody ia punished for it And
when a case shall arise in which conclusions are
fairly tried between the parties in their full
strength in one ofthoso fanatical anti-slave law
regions, wo will undertake to say the govern
ment will be whipped. In the business of de
livering or trying a fugitive, the glorious, mag
nificent grand and majestic government of the
United States, is not good cnougn to get lodg
ment in a county jail.
So let a Dred Scott decision be passed, and
they "spit upon” the Court and the Supreme
Law. Let tne government insist that Kansas
shall bo open to settlement by slave owners,
and the Sharpe Rifles, and Ossawattomic
Browns soon tell you the amount of their
respect for the power and authority of the gov
ernment And this contempt for the govern
ment is no new thing. The same people and
their progenitors burned the blue lights and
called lustily for secession in the war of 1812.
Thus wc see these patriots have two theories,
somewhat antagonistical. Tho government is
all powerful to run of their errands, but a mere
beggar’s valet when it asks their obcdicnec.—
They contemn its authority when running coun
ter to mere humanitary whims, which are of no
importance to them: but they threaten with
its bayonets eight millions of freemen consoli
dated in a common cause involving property,
life, liberty, honor—the very foundations of so
ciety itself.
From the Charleston' Courier of Saturday.
Augusta and Macou Railroad—Spe-
CIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL
An extra meeting of the City Council was
convened at 9 o’clock, on Friday evening, by
his Honor Mayor Macbeth, for the purpose of
hearing the communication of a delegation from
tho City of Augusta, in reference to the advan
tages that would accrue to Charleston from the
completion of the Macon . and Augusta Rail
Roail
The Mayor, upon taking tho Chair, briefly
stated the object for which be had called them
together. A Committee of gentlemen from the
City of Augusta had been delegated to make
some statements to the City Council and people
of Charleston, showing to what extent their in
terest would be advanced by the building- of a
Railroad from the town of Macon, in Georgia,
to the City of Augusta. These gentlemen were
present and ready to make known their views
to the Council The Mayor then introduced
Mr. Bones, of Augusta.
Mr. Bones addressed the Council briefly, and
said that, it is well known that there have been
obstructions in the City of Augusta to the trans
portation of freight to and from Cliarlcston.
No goods from the South Carolina Railroad, or
to it, could be forwarded without breaking the
bulk at Augusta. This operated rcry seriously
to the great disadvantage of the South Caroli
na Railroad.
By the building of a railroad from Augusta to
Macon, the distance to Charleston can he short
ened very materially, and merchandize taking
that direction be transported without breaking
bulk. The road some years ago was surveyed,
and the estimated cost put down at $ 1,800,000.
But the road now, he thought, could be built
for less money. The proposal Is to build a rail
road from Augusta to Macon, although it has
not yet been determined whether it shall be a
distinct road, or whether it would be advisable
to go from a point on the Georgia Railroad .to
Macon. •»
If the funds can bo raised, they propose to
build the road upon tho cash principle, and to
pay interest from the time the money is paid by
each stockholder until the road is completed,
after which time there is no doubt the road will
give a revenue that will allow more than seven
per cent interest It is’proposctl also to remove
all obstructions and transport through freight
without breaking bulk. Cars loaded with mer
chandize may then go their destination in the
interior, orfromlhc interior to Charleston with
out transhipment at Augusta. It will not in
volve individuals or the city in any advance
which will not bo refunded. It has been made
evident that the stock when tho road .is com
pleted will be worth more than the subscription.
The obstructions tliat have existed at Augus
ta in the transhipment of produce, have pre
vented large quantities of freight, on its way to
the North, from taking the route to Charleston.
This freight has come from the Western-and
Southern States, and shippers whose feelings
are tvith tliosc of Charleston, in grateful remem-,
brance of the assistance 'received by-the Ten
nessee and other lines of Railroad. But the
breaking bulk injures to such an extent that
they are obliged to give the preference to the
Central Road. - ... . .
The route contemplated goes through some
ofthe richest counties in Georgia, producing
large quantities of Cotton, and South Carolina
will have a free field for its share of the products
of the interior of Georgia, as. well as the adjoin
ing States. It is proposed to raise 200,6001rom
the City or citizens of Charleston. With that
the road can be built and paid for.
Mr. Moore next addressed Council. He said
the City of Charleston were, in common, with
tho citizens of Augusta, interested in the build
ing of this road, .not only for the protection pf
S resent interests, but for future advantages to
oth cities. It is well known the commerce of
Georgia finds an outlet through two routes to
the seaboard. One of these routes to the sea
board. One of these routes is in direct con
nection with South Carolina. The road now
proposed is to bring the products from the in
terior of Georgia, and from other States, and
witli the direct interest between this road and
the South Carolina Road, goods may be shipped
to Charleston without breakage of bulk, as is
now tho case with freight on the Central Road,
on their arrival at Augusta. The Central Road,
which is. antagonistic to Charleston, have ob
tained charters, and extending their lines to Ala
bama, Mississippi, and have tapped other roads,
and will divert this trade to Savannah, where
they are extending their lines of steam ships to
New York' The people of Augusta anil of
Macon, and the interior are united by a great
many ties to Charleston.
Having sbowta our faith by a corporate sub
scription of the city of Augusta, in the sum of
$300,000, and of citizensof Georgia, in Macon
and Augusta, of $130,000, which we hope to
raise to $200,000, we come here to ask a sub
scription of $250,000, inasmuch as wc think
the advantages to Charleston will be quite as
great as with us. It opens to the competition
of Charleston an area of country included be
tween the Central and the Georgia Roads, con
taining a population of .about forty-seven thou
sand white people, sixty-seven thousand ne-
15SWS oi-Oouon. Aihcon" is tite' gate d tne
Southwest It presents the shertest line to the
traveler coming from the West and going North
from Shreveport, La., Mobile and New Orleans
to this port With the capital of Charleston
and Augusta, it enters into fair compction for
tho 400,000 bales of Cotton which now passes
from and through Macon. We have also an
annual production of millions of Wheat and
400,000,000 bushels of Corn. • •
This is the trade we want to get at . Our
chief object is to identify Charleston with us,
and show that it is not a railroad movement
alone. • If tho road is built, there will he an un
derstanding that there is to be no breakage of
bulk.- According to the survey, it will make
Charleston forty-four miles shorter to travellers
going-North than by any other route.
The Central Road, which is our competitor
for this large business, threatens diversions of
the greater portion now to Savannah. They
are likewise largely interested' in the steamers
that ply almost daily from New York to Sa
vannah, and they are not likely to faciliato
transportation of Cotton or other produce by
Savannah to Charleston over the Charleston
and Savannah Road. The Central Railroad,
runs from Savannah to Macon, and they are
trying to divert trade from Madison to Savan
nah, and all along the line of the Georgia Road,
which works in friendly connection with
Charleston and Charleston interests. . Mr/Moore
also exhibited a map snowing the. proposed
route. . ,
At the conclusion, Alderman Williams offer
ed the following resolution, which wasjtdopt-ed:
Resolved, That the thanks of Council be ten
dered to Mr. Bones, Chairman of the Augusta
Rail Road Delegation, and Mr.' Moore, for the
information imparted by them; and that tho
subject of their address bo referred to tho Com
mittee on Rail Roads.
Mr. Bones returned his thanks to the Coun
cil for the kind and obliging manner they had
listened to his address, and to the Mayor for his
early call of tho Council, and to the Aldcnnch
for their prompt attendance.
Tho Council then adjourned.
Coat oj Arms for the Stale.—One of the'mem-
bers of the lato Senate has suggested fo us a
design for a Coat of Arras for the State. lie
thinks it simple and appropriate. The princi
pal figure in the foreground is an Omnibus,
crowded with passengers, running on the track
of a railway; the driver cracking a long whip,
die legend running along thelash, “Damn die
Expense/’ In the distance, Mobile Harbor, a
huge ship entering, with the figures ‘‘16 ft.,”
on her cut-water, just above tbo water line.
“The Medical College of Mobile on tho right.—
Montgomery Mail.
The ITIu rtlercr of Mr. Kent Rung:
The slave Lewis, charged with aiding in the
murder of his master. Dr. W. J. Keitt, near
Ocala, Florida, after further examination with
the most positive testimony of his guilt being
adduced, was immediately sentence!} to beiiung.
He confessed his guilt—refused to impjicate
others, and expressed his sorrow forbaving'com-
mitted the diabolical act. He was tried by
twelve freeholders, appointed for that purpose
by a largo meeting of the citizens. The trial
was conducted with great care, at the place
where the murder was committed Two odiers
were committed to jaiL
A Sin- «T mt: 1'ov.i k.—"ii Saturday a young
lady
pose
1 sleep
crous mistakes which will sometimes happen iu me
best of families.she astonished the young gentleman
ofthe store by inquiring if lie had the music entitled,
"When I dream,I sleep with thee!” The mistake
brought a modest blush to the cheek of the fair in
quirer—ditto to'the youug gentleman.—[Norfolk
Argus.
Uniform lovo is now defined as the love of a
girl for a soldier.
the Daily Telegraph.
Life.
'Tis strange, ah! passing strange, the flexi
bility of the human mind, the instability of
human purposes, the vagaries of life, the muta
bility of the heart and the futility of design.—
Like sunshine falling on the chrystal drops of a
summer’s shower, growing 'brighter from re
flection,so the feelings of tho heart arc brighten-
pdby the medium of hope, which on thesky
of futurity casts a brilliant bow in which is
mirrored tho changes of destiny. Merge the
varied hubs into one bright, briUiont concentra
ted ray, and this is hope, destroy them, and all
is darkness, black and impenetrable. Life is
then a blank. The sun may shed its sweetest
influenee on earth and sky, its warm beams
may “ burst the bud and beautify the flower,”
but withhold the shower and what a change.’
No gorgeous tints illume the sky,
The bud sad flower soon droop and die.
So it is with the warm outgushings of the
heart, they thrill the soul, inspire the mind, and
beautify our being, yet lacking hope, the medi
um tliat reilects their depth, refines their beau
ty and exalts their purity, they wither pine and
die. And once destroyed, like the first bud
ding blush of beauty on which is cast the
shade of death, they can never bo recalled, re
moved or refelt And such is life, and this is
Why we live, yet, -who wonld chango tho desti
ny of man, who would model his life a “change
less form ?” None, yet every day wo plan and
purpose, and for what ?—to be cheated, for this
is the luxury of life, the spice that gives it
flavor.
•‘ Indeed the pleasure is as great,
In being cheated as to cheat.”
To know ourselves and our future destiny
would be misery complete. Life would lose its
charm, tho heart would sicken with satiety, and
the mind would be crushed beneath the bur
den of its thoughts. Yet give us the power,
and who would not lift the sable veil, and peer
into the dread unknown, and read the mystic
volume of eternity ? . ******.
• Negro Sacred Lyrics.
“Auld Reekje” has a correspondent who has
been travelling South and taking notes. The
following is bis report upon the sacred songs of
the Ethiopians. Jlle is pretty near tho mark:
“Latterly, no doubt, in consequence of a se
ries of revivals, tho result of perpetual camp
meetings, .the negroes have assumed a certain
air of solemn gravity and sobriety, a good deal
at'variance with the natural vivacity of their
dispositions—a characteristic, however, which
they never manage effectually to smother. On
some plantations in South Carolina they had,
at tho period of my visit, given up dancing, held
constant prayer meetings, and never sang any
thing but tbeir own sacred compositions. These
chants break with their pleasant melody the
calm stillness of evening, as we glide down the
broad bosom ofthe Waccamaw, and our crew
with measured stroke keep time to the mnsic
of their own choruses. The words, however,
are more original than the music. Here are
specimens taken as they were sung: .
“Oh I takes my text in Matthew,
" And some ia Revelation;
Oh I know you by your garment—
. There’s meeting here to night.”
This .is the entire effusion, and is constantly
repeated, the last line being the chorus s oouic,
however, are more elaborate-—
“In that morni»«. wue believers
- — ‘. In that'morning.
We will sit aside of Jesus - - .
_ In that morning..
If you should go before Igo.
In that morning.
You will sit aside of Jesus ,
. - In that morning.
True believers, where yonr tickits
• In that morning 1
Maser Jesus got yonr tickets
In that morning.”
And no on, -with a number of variations, of
ten extempore, but With the same strain ever
recurring, and joined in by all. Sometimes the
metre is less regular, as— .
“I want to sing as the angels sing,
Daniel;
I want to pray as the angels pray,
Daniel;
I want to shout as the angels shout,
■ Daniel;
. Oh Lord give me the eagle’s wing.- *
What time of day, Daniel! .
In the lion’s den, Daniel ?
I want to pray. Daniel.
Oh Lord, give me the eagle's wing.”
The sense of the above is more difficult than
usual to discover, and affords some notion ofthe
superficial character of their knowledge of Scrip
ture. Here is one, however, where a definite
idea is intended to be. conveyed. It is suppos
ed to be sung by a believer on bis deathbed,
and the air is singnlarly touching^ •
"Master Jesnssend forme—
Lord, I must go;
Dem archangels send for me—
Lord, I must go.
General Jesus, send for me—
Lord, I must go.
Fare de well, my sisters—
Lord, I must go.
Weeping Mary, send for me—
Lord, I must go :
Sister Martha, send.forme—
Lord, I mm t go.”
Generally, indeed, the airs were appropriate
to^tb-cuny-’t.cXJ-4cvJjLi.auoaro/- .nfjtbotq
and from the excitement of tone and manner,
the susceptibility of the negro to appeals of this
nature to his devotional instincts was evident
The sacred names were generally screamed/ath-
cr than sung, with almost ecstatic fervor. The
two following were great favorites.
"The heavenly bell is ringing loud,
I wish it was ringing for me;
Broders walking to New Jerusalem,
Sisters walking to New Jerusalem,
Doubters walking to New Jerusalem-
Oh the heavenly bell is ringing loud, ,
I wish it was ringing for me;
Sarah’s walking to New Jerusalem,
alias' walking to New .Jerusalem,
Moses walking to New Jerusalem,
Oh the beaveuiy bell,” Ac., Ac. * "*
And— • ■ .
“Broders, don't you hear the horn V
Yes, Lord, I hear the horn;
The horn sounds in jubilee,
bisters, don’t yon hear the horn T
Yes, Lord,-1 hear the horn;
. The horn sounds from door.
Mourners, don't yon hear the horn T
Yes, Lord, I hear the horn;
The horn sounds like broder Tony's horn.”
It docs not require the last lino of the latter
composition to prove its originality; indeed, all
of them differ very much from the Nigger Mel
odics, popularly so called, both in the character
of the music and words. Nor does any attempt
at rhyme enter into their construction, howev
er, connected tvith the spread of this devotional
spirit by which the negro is apparently so much
influenced, is how far it practically affects his
daily walk and conversation; nor have my in
quiries on this point, I regret to say, been sat
isfactory. J •
Italian Opera.
Wc knew- the unqualified success achieved
by tho talented members ofthe Troupe on their
fiwt appearance before a very large audience in'
the Theatre, would attract Another delighted
assemblage on their second representation, but
we were not prepared for such a “run” on the
box office for seats, as to demand the following
announcement, which was placarded on the
Theatre, at an early houryestorday morning.
“Every seat secured—all private boxes sold—
only standing-room left. Free list .suspended,
with the exception of the gentlemen of the
Press.”
This speaks for itself 1 We believe a mana
ger regards his' Thoatre as a driver does his
Omnibus, always capable of holding “one
more;” so, when tho Treasurer fells you with
a bland smile, the “house is full,” and the man
ager finds, from the rush at the office, that it is
necessary to placard the fact, you may rest as
sured the house is full—very full, overflowing.
The success achieved by the present Compa
ny, surpasses all previous representations of
Italian Opera in this city. Not only the dress
boxes represented a “Fairy circle of dazzling
beauty," but the second tier was also radient
with “bright eyes ;” this is most unusual, and
certanly a marked compliment to tho troupe.
Sparkling, brilliant Alaimo, won nil hearts,
and took tho houso by storm in “Traviata;”
st> wo presume wc shall havo “Parodi nights”
and Alaimo nights,” and parties contending for
supremacy for their favorite Prima Donna;
and with this excitement and furore we imagine
thehouse will be crowded—the artists will be
pleased—the public will be pleased—the mana
ger will be pleased—and inscribe under his pic
ture which hangs in the dress circle lobby.Zun-
ga Vita all Opera Ilaliana.
Norma for this evening is a sufficient an
nouncement '
g* Daniel C. Kenyon, cashier of the Rhode
Island Bank, at East Greenwich, has made a
clean sweep of that institution. • He is in default
(has stolen) $72,000, which is just $12,000
more titan its whole capital. Tho money was
used in stock speculation, commencing last
June. That must havo been a splendidly man
aged bank! •*.
A Soldier’s Petition.
An American soldier, being at Buena Vista
tho night before tho battle, and somewhat
doubtful of the result, went out of hearing, as
he supposed, and made the following prayer,
which, judging from the record of that contest,
must have been listened to at the throne of the
Almighty.
■“Oh Lord, here we are, about four thousand
of us, and twenty-four thousand Mexicans—
enough to swallow U3 without greasing. Now,
if you can help us,, do it—if you can’t, for heav
en’s sake don’t help the Mexicans—and just
hold on until to-morrow, and you’Usee the gaul
daradest fight you ever saw in your life. Yours
respectfully, amen.” ..
Monument to Col. Bond.
- "We are'informed a contract has been effected
with Launita, an eminent Sculptor, for the crec-
tton"oT a monument over the remains of the
late lamented Col. Joseph Bond. It will be
an imposing and bcautifql structure, and cost
$10,000.
Mr. Sickles.—The following is extracted
from a Washington letter:
“ A rumor obtains very generally here, that
the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles has experienced a
chango of heart, and that he contemplates con
necting himself with stfme Church. His for
mer friends say that they have noticed a mark
ed difference in his conduct recently. At
Washington, he leads a very different life from
what he once did in this city. Before he leaves
the capital, it is thought ho will make public
profession of Christianity.
I Latest News—Use of tue Daily Tele-
GitAPiL—Yesterday morning we gave our read
ers the news by the Africa, and by tho help of
Providence, it will be coming along to-day in
the Augustaand Savannah papers, at 11 o’clock,
A. M. precisely. Let such of our Macon friends
as “see no use for the Daily and could’nt be
hired to take it ,r sit on a Rail and wait till
their news comes along. In tho very necessi
ties of the case we shall be frequently ahead ot
the Savannah and Augusta papers, and with no
disposition to disparage them or interfere with
their circulation, still, the latest news, in our
lailiewick, must bo looked for in the Macon
Daily Telegraph.
War witli Mexico.
The Charleston News says and says justly:
War exists between Mexico and the United States
without the formality of a.dixlaration. Hostilities arc
proMcoted oa the hook* of the Rto Gmnda on a inottd*
etrnctire *cale, while the Senate 1* debating the clauses
of a treaty with one of the parties to the civil conflict
that wage* in another portion or the Mexican Territory
w ith equal fierceness. AVe arc already engaged In hos
tilities whether the Senate affirm or reject the Juarez
treaty. While that body aro discussing the questions
d4 jure and d/faeto, involved in that treaty, the Cortinas
band is laying waste with lire and 6word the North-
Western bordt-r of Texas. It seems superogatory, there
fore, to raiae points of debate embracing the principleof
public law where the Bword has already decided the Is
sue, for there can bo no reasonable doubt bnt that Cor-
tinas is In confidential communication with the Mira-
mon Government Since war then in fact exists, why
lose time in discnsslons that tlo the hands of the Execu
tive?
Home Made Steam Engines.—Vi.e learn
from the Eufaula Spirit that a 7-horsc power
engine has lately been made in that city, com
plete, for $750.’ The Spirit remarks that ‘This
is as cheap as they can bo purchased at the
North, and a better engine.”
Southern and Northern Free Labor.
The Herald of the 2nd, reviewing Seward’s
Speech in the Senate, has we see, put into shape
an idea we sought to express in a note to a par
agraph on Hunter’s Speech:—
Starting from a false position, Mr. Seward
proceeds to erect a fallacious - theory, under
which, “for convenience sake," he demominates
“the slave States capital States, and free States
labor States"—meaning to inculcate that in the
social System of the South the rights of capital
predominate, while in that of the North the
rights of labor are supreme. This fallacy is at
once destroyed in the mind of every Northern
man who migrates to the Southern States, by
the practical conviction that there he has social
position whether he has money or not; or, as
tlie popular expression phrases it, “a man is a
gentleman here if he has no money in his pock-
ec, while in the North he is not looked npon as
such ifheis poor.” In truth, Mr. Seward’s
classification of “capital States” ard “labor
States” is the reverse of the fact It is in the
Northern States that capital is rapidly reducing
Vtcufie-.- , *ir.-Jo..a~''x'nlpp'nn_nf_<lc<rradtoc.SW_-
and spinners of Massachusetts, the stevedores
of New York, and the miners of Pennsylvania.”
Let them speak. Let them tell how they have
to maintain their uncqbal contest with capital.
Let the union protections, the strikes innumer
able, the processions of starving workmen
through the streets, speak for them. Listen to
tho cries of the shoemakers of Massachusetts,
that at this very moment are ascending to heav
en against their oppressors. Hark to the whis
pered injuction of the mother to her dying
daughter, crushed in tho falling death-trap of
the Pemberton Mill: “Hush, my child! "Would
you deprive your mother of bread.”
- In the truthful comparison of the two social
systems it "ill be seen that the free laborer of
the North has no claim but upon the sweat of
his brow, pressed forth by hunger; that capital
is in possession of the land, and when it has
done with tho worker, or his youth or health
failsitim, it dismisses him to die in poverty and
neglect On the other hand, an inferior race in
the South has a claim upon both capital and the most important cause pending in tho court,
land, which "must be satisfied while life lasts.— was set down for Tuesday, tho 6th. The dock-
Tlie Volunteers Found.
OFFICIAL REPORT FROM THE "DEVIL.”
Boss: You needn’t never inquire no more
whar the Macon Volunteers bj, for we’ve fonnd
’em, or they foutid us, which is all the same.—
After you’d gone to Vinesvillc,J (and you may
jost thank your s'tars you was tliar) I (Hem ’em
a’ coinin’—I heerd Old Charley’s fife and the
drums, and when I seen ’em by the' light of the
moon, and Saijunt Woodruff at the head of flic
consarn, I knewed. somethin’ was out 'They
marched straight up undcr 'the winders, and I
hcorcdthc Saijunt say—“Ready—aim.” My
soul, Boss, L thought our time had .come.—
Then he screamed out, ‘‘F-i-r-e,”' spiteful-fike,
just as if he meant it; and sure enough the
whole file was sheeted into a soHard flame, and
you’d a’thought the' old office had busted. But
that want enough to satisfy their malis; Tor
when tha sees that nobody War dead, tha gin
us another, and it werent until they bad fired
threo times and found their old ipuilsticks
wouldn’t penetrate the bricks or knock over the
foundashun, that they got discouraged and
went off. Now, Boss, if you can stand, that,
I give you notis, I can’t, nor wont. But that
war not all; for after they had fired uporf us' in
that oudashus way, they sent'round another
“file,” as they call ’em, [but what they call ’em
files for, is more than I know;] but these flips
cunt right into tho offis and insisted on Likin’
tit* editor; who war left, a pris<3n'ar of war; but
ho begged so mitfij tha flneriy let him off. I
hcem him say it wur to guv him something to
cat, but you may take my cap cf tha wanted to
gin him anything better nor ramrod pie. Tha
wur mad, Boss, fur I seed it in their faces—I
heerd it in their voices—jpizen mad, and Lean
swear to it I heem tha had things to eat,’and
so fbrth, round to thar armory, at the exponso
of Sarjunt Woodruff, but it wur just to nurse
thar wrath, and ef tba’d a bated the locuf edi-
tur round thar with any sich gammon,*JtlKt’d a
git) him sut, you may depend.
But one good thing happened,, and I’m glad
on it, on my solo I am. While tha war a ram-
pagin around to devour tho tclegraf offis, them
ar’ Macon Gard boys, who allcrs keeps thar
eyes skipned, busted into thar old armory and
stole sixty baggonets, besides etin thar cold
wittlcs. I understan tha now sets iip that the
Gards returned the baggonets and were mcrfcly
tliar out of complamint—but its all gammun
you may depend. Tho fac is, tho Volunteers
war oudashus about that ar pcce inquiring
whar tha war; and ef I war you I would ether
stop makin such inquiries or fence the ole offi3
in so tha couldn’t find us. I heem _ some
folks say this scrape war a serloot, but in my
opinyun ef anythin’ war in ded yeamest that
war. I remane with grate respect, your affec
tionate devil. '* Bill.
TIic Frcnclt and Euglish Commer-
CIAL TREATY,
About which such a dust is being raised in
England was thus explained by Mr. Gladstone,
in the English House of Commons, on tite 4.0th
ultimo:
Mr. Gladstone rose amid great cheering, and pro
ceeded to make his financial statement. He stated
that the aonnal income had been satisfactory, hav
ing produced X70.578.000, white the expenditure
was X6S.953.000. The estimated expenditures for
the ensuing year were X70.000.000, and estimated
income from existing resources conld only he X60,-
700,000, an apparent deficiency of X910.000. To
meet this he proposed an income tar for the year of
tod. on the pound on incomes above x 150, and 7d.
on incomes below that sum, which wonld give a
surplus qf nearly half a million. The tea and sugar
duties he proposed to renew for another year. .
lie entered into the provisions of tho French trea
ty, and intimated that the duties wOuid be reduced
on wine from 5S. 9d. to 3s. per gallon; on brandy
from 15s to 8s 2d per gallon, on timber from 7s fid to
Is ; on currants trom 13s 9d to 7s -, on raisins amt
figs from 10s to Cs; on hops from 4s to Is; oh cbick-
ory from 16s to 6s-, on agreement stamps fiom 5s 6d
toed. The duties are to be entirely abolished on
paper, batter, tallow, cheese, oranges, nutmegs-and
liquorice. Broker's notes are to bear a-gtaipp of
10d, and dock warrants 5d. There is to be a duty of
Id per package on all goods exported aad imported
pressed. The stamp on newspapers is entirely
abolished. .
France agrees to reduce the duties on cosl and
coke in'1860, and on flax, hemp and other items
from the 1st of Jane, 1861. On the 1st October, 1861,
France will reduce the duties.on all articles qf Brit
ish productions to an advalorem duty of33 per cent.,
and alter threo years to- 23 per cent. England en
gages to reduce ail duties on French manufactured
;oods. The army estimates are XlS.800,000 inclu
ding £5,000,000 for the China war. The budget was
received with cheers, and its consideration fixed for
the 20th.
The source of tite great discontent in Eng-
land about this Treaty is, no doubt, the modi
fication it proposes in the English protective
system, and it is qridentthat this dissatisfaction
has all arisen witmn a very recent date. It has
probably been actively fomented by the manu
facturing interest. It has been the unaccoun
table good fortune of the English to get'tho
reputation of a free trade people, „ while they
are the most stringent devotees of the protec
tive system under the sun.
Tho Republican Presidential Nominee.
“All the combined elements of the Opposi
tion,” according to the New York Tribune [it
seems to us wc havo heard that expression be
fore,] united in State Convention of Missouri,
Jefferson City, last 1Yednesday, and nominated
Edward Bates, of St Louis, for President—
manner that paper LacTSTtinTno
rent it thinks his case hopeless. The Herald
ridicules him as a candidate te fish up from
“where he lay, deep below tho soil of Missouri,
in the Silurian strata, among other fossils of
by-gone generations,” According to that au
thority, the fight U between Seward and Ca
meron, and the latter has the underhoid.
Monroe ?»ti|»urior~Coiirt
Met on Monday 27th ult, Judge E. G. Cab-
anniss presiding. Solicitor Gen. Hammond at
his post. All the Local Bar in attendance, be
sides Gibson, Doyal, Moor, Nunnal’.y and Dis-
mukc of Griffin; Smith, Alexander, Spivey
and Horsely of Thomaston ; Culverhouso and
Simmons of Knoxvillj; E. A. Nisbct, B. Hill
and Hunter of Macon, and Hall of Oglethorpe,
present also. No case of very great importance
tried last week. All of the dockets, common
law, motion, equity, appeal, and criminal havo
been called through, and most of the business
already disposed of The Jackson Will casejhe
The result of theso two systems is that the one
degrades the laboring portion of the superior,
and the other elevates the inferior race. These
are. the two great fallacies of Mr. Seward’s phi
losophy, upon one of which he bases, and with
the other he exemplifies his advocacy of tho
doctrines of his brutal and bloody speech at Ro
chester. They are all contained in the present
speech, but he has endeavored to hide them by
the use of milder language and palliative modes
of expression. The effort is a failure, and to
day, when the oyes of the conservative classes
axe bcinjj opened to the destructive tendency of
his political theories, it is two late for him to en
deavor to cover up his abolition theories by
political economy, talk, and glittering general
ities.
An Inhuman Steamboat Captain.—Tho Mem
phis Avalanche of the 22d relates the following
' hard case:”
. About three weeks since a man by the name
of E. T. Rolf, together with his wifo and three
children, were put on board a steamboat at He
lena, by a gentleman at that point. After hav
ing proceeded twenty-five miles up tite river,
the officer of the boat, finding that Roif had no
money, put him and his family ashore in tho
midst of a’wilderness. Rolf had in his posses
sion a little hand cart, in which was all that he
had in the world—a few cooking utensils and
some bed-clothing. He set out for Memphis,
drawing his wife and children, the oldest one
being about six years of age, and by following
the river bank, fording bayous and cutting
dowh cane, succeeded in reaching this city yes
terday. The difficulties experienced by Rolf
are almost incredible. He and his wife and
children slept in the open air during the three
weeks, both in fair weather and foul, and sub
sisted on what they could gather along the route.
On their arrival here their caso became known
to some benevolent citizens, and their immedi
ate wants were supplied. Capt Bugher, ofthe
Glencade, on learning the facts in the case, kind
ly gave Rolf and his family passage to their for
mer home in Kentucky. Unfortunately neither
Roif nor liis -wife are able to read, and could not
give us the name of tho boat, tho officers, of
which wero so cruel as to put them ashore in a
wilderness.
cts are almost clear, which speaks well for the
condition ofthe people and is distressing to the
bar. There has been very little criminal busi
ness for years past, and no cases of great hein
ousness.
SIicrilTof Monroe County SDot.
We understand that Mr. Bowden, Sheriff of
Monroe county, was shot on Monday. He at
tempted to serve a writ on a man named^Uines-
ley, who advised him not to do it TheShcriff
said he must attend to his duty and gave him
the writ Hinesley handed it back; the Sheriff
refused to receive it, but jumped into his buggy
which was at hand find drove off Ho had not
proceeded ten steps, when Iltncsley drew'a pis
tol and shot him through the body,,The Sheriff
is not expected to live. This afiair occurred
about five miles from Forsyth, near Hineslcy’s
Store.
Warm Weather—Au Early Spriu?
This day of March the 6th, I860, 1 the mercury
stood at 84 at noon. Now at 6 o’clock in tho
evening, it is at 76. The peach trees have, start
ed on a very hazardous buisness—they are all
in bloom, and yet wc are to have freezing wea
ther before Spring fairly sets in—in our judge
ment. What will the peach trees think of
that?
Sales
By the Sheriff and others, before Jhe Court
House on Tuesday, March 6th. fi
The following negroes were disposed of for
cash, and as will be seen, at- high figures.
Neptune, 43 years old find bis wife aged SJ
Jimmie, it years old, black,
Matilda, 24 years old, black,
Venus, 8 years old, black,
Harriet, 23 years old, and child Randall, 8
years old, both dark complexion.......
Mary, 16 years old, black, —
Abraham, 26years old, field hand, black,..
John, 20 years old, in bad health. biacX,-- .
On Twelve months credit, tho following:^
MtOy, 24 years old, mulatto, nurse,
Joe,2Pyears old, house girl — ,.,???
Mittie, 29 years old. black H 5 ,* 1 ’ 11 ?
Ned, 24 years old. black 1480,0 9
A house and lot, 53 by '-’to feet was sold for 41350,
also alarcolot of Furniture (Administrate*! 6ale.)
The sale of tho Collins Warehousa was again post
poned this time, t‘U the first Tuesday ia April.
9873,eo
983,00
1135,00
763,OP
121*0,00
1075,00
1400,00
500,00