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LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and Proprietor. \
Terni3, §4.00 a year m Advance. J
LAW AND MEDICAL CARDS.
R3BERP 11. HARRIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
€£ ii • 1:1 . n, Urorsia.
Will practice ia t! ■ (’ ■ irt- ..j rh • S atberu
Circuit. j.tu 31 ■> l y
S. Q. SPENCER.
ATTOII NE Y A T I AW ,
ThomnxrilJc, (.rorgia.
Will attend pi >uipt!v to nil c r U.i.-lues-en
trusted to Ins care in the Southern ('inuit,
Clinch aiul Ware of the lirunawkk Circuit.
Jau 31 5 Iv*
C. P. HANSELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tlaoam<*Tille, (>corgia
Jan 31 51y
ROBERT G. MITCHELL,
ATTOII NE Y AT LA W ,
TUOMASVILLE, GA.
over McLvne’s S: re.-yfiijj
Jan 24 4-12 m
L. C EH 7AN,
AT TOR NK Y A T LA W ,
Tlioniavvillc, tirorgia.
Jm l ■ :i
J. IS. IScid. SS. l. W. I'. I>< ill. M. O.
Dr<i. & DcHITT,
OFFER their services to the citizens of ‘
Thomasvilie and vicinity,
t &*OI’FICL'. at Dr. Dr W ‘.lt's Druse S'orc.
Fell 21
Hr, a . lIOPULIXB y
O FF.IOE
i.\ s tm: Lo r with uuss iiece.
L. O.
RESIDENT DENTIST
TIICMASVILLE, GA.
ILL be f"uu*l at 1 1;♦ * (1 1 *-■
M
the last ten years *-Ujy-y--jry\
Aug 2 >-12m
l>r. li. W. BiKTO.t
Having permanently located in Tl'.otnns
ville, respectfully oilers his services to the
citizens of the Town and Surrounding
Couutry, in the practica of M -licine. Sur
gery and M.idwuery. Will also pay spe
ti ll attention to the treatment of Diseases
of Women. Office 11. 11. Evans’ old Store
upstairs. jaul7s3m
t . . n r is; iso x ,
(07 radueite of Queen's College.)
PIIYSICAN, SUBGEuN, Ac.,
Boston, Georgia.
May he con-tilted At Mr. Murphy’s near
Railroad Station.
APOTHECARY |
HAXjLi.
W. P. CLOWER & GO.,
DRUGGISTS.
Have renovated and refitted the Store next
to Von- gs Hot 1, for the purpose of cs~
t.Vdisliitrg a
First Class Drug Store.
The sew firm ask for a share of patron- I
age, and invite the attention of the citi
. .
Medit i I’.es.
Taury and Taiiol Articles.
Soaps an<3 Perfumery.
Fine Gitpii anti mack Teas.
Jhctodne Lamps anti Oil.
5) YE VITTE-S.
Together with every other article usually
kept in a well unpointed. Drug Store.
Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully
prepared. 4-it
Juu 24
30 J3.*o*<OrSß
AND
MEDICINES.
rilhe undersigned having purchased the
I elegant Drug Store o: i>r. Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people o’
Thomasyille, and the country generally,
that they have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs and Medicines, l’aints.
Oils. Perfumery, Stationery, ct., etc. Call
and examine for yourselves
lly strict attention to business, courte
ous and honorable dealing with our cus
tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage.
WINN & CASSELS.
Jamks N. Wins.
Samvel J. Cassels.
jan 17tf
FRESH DRUGS
DU. P. S. DOW EH has just received a
large stock of tresb Drugs, purchased
at the best manufactories in the United
States, and embracing every article in the
Medical Department. ll is Drugs were
purchased with the view of supplying the
market with the very
Best Quality of Medicines
manufactured, ami the prices were not
therefore consulted, //e will nevertheless
sell upon easy urnis. and feels sure that
he can give satisfaction.
Thankful for tiie liberal patronage ex
tended to him heretofore by the people of
Thomas County, lie hopes to merit aeont in
uation of their favors. Z/e may be found
at kisoldStaud opposite llemington x Son.
Jaji 4, if • P. S. BOWER.
To the Public.
“IVrE Fee to inform the public oft! s city
T ? and vi iiiity. that we have just received
an entirely uew stock of
UI.\ES ,4\D LIQUORS.
such as,
Scotch Whiskey, Bourhcin, V\ 1 -kev C'vk'ail
and Old live. Brandy Oarktail, Murett,)
Hennss.-ev Brandy. Fine OKI Holland
Gin and Gin Cocktail. Scltcid in
Cordial Schnapps.Janmita h’uni.
Cider. Sherry, Port and Ginc- r Wine S. otcli
Ale and London Porter. \Vorn.wood Cor
dial. Xoyean Cordial,
Pure Havana Cigars, Fae Chewing Tobacco.
Also, Oysters in th<- -hell. Can Ovstere,
Sardines anu Pk kled Salmon*
Avery fine assortment of Fruits and Candies.
Slewed Oysters Apple Todtlv. warm
Whiskey Punch, every night.
MOSES* A YOUNG.
Feb 14 T 3m
GEO. T. PATTEN*,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
T.IO ll H.1.1i, u.|,
tITILL Ovum, Karon.
} Sugar. sru j. Woo l . Ac., At-, on
■
Sava nali, aud Goods from. Dept-t to
I t t L.
j Feb 14 ‘ 7-3tn*
GEORGE PATTEN,
IT o r w a r ci in s
AND
COM >1 ISSIOX ‘II.RG! 1 \T,
SAVAX.MII. CBOBGIA.
r pENDEIW his servi. es to the Merchant> of
1 Tiiomasville mid the Planters <-f Thoioa.-
t ’ mnty forthe forwarding oft; H- ri -
ot Pro nee and pnn-ht:-- of S g>| lies, and re
- licit* Uoeir palrouage-
Feb 11 7-3m*
J, R, St DAVIS t^CO^
Auclion & Commission
MERC HANTS,
Next door to 11. A 1., Goldbcrry’aStore
SOLICIT cmisiitiimeiits of goods of. all de
scriptions I’articiilar attention paid ts
telling real aud personal property.
‘/I’ - \u*-:. i >ait** on Wednesdays and Satur
1 davs—dav and night.
. J. R S. DAVIS,
G. A. JEFFFUS.
Feb 14 7-3m* ‘
M.LILR. THOU*B N. to., .
C0313J GROCERY
MEECH AjN T S ,
SAVANNAH, ..... GEORGIA.
A. J. MILLER. SAMUEL B. THOMAS.
I>. U. LIVUSG3TOS.
Jan 24 V 4-Gm*
J: AV. RABUN,
■ - - it ■ V r: AG A iflt)
6oh|h)issio() ‘tjjciviKjoi,
No. 140 Buy Street Savannah, Ga-. ■
Has.resumed business and sclic'ts irom
th - ii i'.-nds and patrons of the I ite film
•■[’ Ituun and Smith, the privilege of serv
ing; them. j an 1 3m
Y LTvTLL*I§I?dI,
COTTON FACTOR
miAßl.l!} 113 CIBI
Me3’cl*l£V33Lt-
No. 94 Bay Street,
jan l-3m ISA I .1 11. GA.
F BLAIR. N. B. E BICKFORD
JJLASB & RICKIORD,
LUMBER MAHUFAGTUfiERS
A Nil DEALERS IN
TItJBKB A> 1* M tiBER OF
KVEit V DESI BIPTIO’J,
DOORS, SASH
AND
13 33IMDS.
Snyantiak, Georgia,
and Lumber Yard on Canal near
Bryan Street. *
Offic ■: ISO Bav Street.
Jan 31 * ■ ‘ 5-3m*
GREAT
B A R G A INS “
. AT
DIYIS & .IKFFERS’
rsr JE3 * w
Aiicnoi & mm 111,
Next to Goldbt-s-ry' Store.
fftHE attention of the public is called to the
1 large and varie I assortment of Goods of
■ all descriptions consigned to us for sale
AT AUCTION,
or at private pale, at l.esi* than Co*t.
Ladies are particularly invited to cail and
examine out fine Goods and Prices.
It i-i our intention to make this the Cheap
i
; V -Vfiction >aliis on Wednesdays and Satur
days—dav and night.
J. R. S: IJA VIS, .
CL A. JEFFERS.
Feb 14 7-3m* •
FA M flif
GROCERIES.
’ | II K unde retimed are now offering Family
I <1 Cheap for C ash, at tile stand j
ot David Harrell.
Th.-y are also preparing, to receive a large
lot of * . ■ .
GROCERIES
Os ail Drrri!Hi,on,
•
at the same place, which they intend offering
t i the public upon tiie most reasonable terms,
for Cash or Country Produce.
’ JOSHUA TAYLOR.
JAS. A. DIIUOKS.
Feb 7 _ . fc>-6m
TAN YARD.
Haying bought out the t\\ yard
■•f .1 Sehitf & Brtbvr, at Thom isville-.
and determined to carry on the business of
TANNING the undersigned w 11 purcluise
10,000 Pounds
OF GOOD HIDES,
it’ delivered at David Harrell's. Provision Store,
where they will be paid for in Family Groce
ries or Cash.
Tlie undersigned will also give a liberal
price tor K O O D OAK K A It K, for
Tanuiu”,
JOSHUA TAYI.OR.
JAS. A BROOKS
Feb 7 6-Gm
PiIXDELL & CO,
fJMijmi UPOCifS,
fieullinrst Corner Bay & Barnard Sts.
SAI'AXyAH, GA.
A large and well Assorted Stock
Const an t l y o n II an and
and for sale at Lowest Market Prices.
N. B —Special atiemicn given to orders
by mail accompanied with remittance.
Not 8 6mo
LETTER FROM MAJER JACK
DOWNING.
lie liofil* knottier Cabinet Meeting—
The. Msijer IJeciilthat lirginay
nre a Niait—Entrance aiid Extraor.
dinary llxit of Suwacr.
, To J FEMES BpC’ ANNON, • ;
i Dear Jkf.mks —I was sceered up
this in irnin be! ifcday ’ y n l>w 1 nock
in, ami koHerin like the hole tavern was
i afire. I jumped up quicker ihan lit
i etiiu. lit into my britches, jump juckit’
ami eote, and run to the door to see
whar the fire was. Thar 1 found the
President’s man standin. .¥es he, Ma
jor Do*ny. Mr. Jobosing has sent for
you ;he wants to seev - ou iinmegently.
i. I a.-ke and him if lie was sick, or .-fobbed
or ailin n enny other wav. The man
sed the President was work'n the floor
all nito cus-in and stonipin and frettin -
ab ut sumtiiin he dednt know whut. j
1 puts out-with my lanton. \\ heti 1 j
arriv th .r the President was sta iden j
i p look lb at a j.jeter of’ GineiaJ Ja.-k
----son. Sea he, “Major, come in and
give me so me advice on the stuit of
thin s now.'” •
. “Consarnin of what,” scs I ?
“You see v>-hot Congress is tryin to
do with the Sowthren Staits. 1 want
i you to tell m'o is they Staires or is they
territories. 1 am bothered on. that
J pint “
i . “Well, Mr. President,” ses I, “take
y ;.ur scot and cum. to order. I am
cheermon, you know.”
The President sot down,, run his
hands in his b itches pockets', and
. hungdown his hed and li-tined.
•Ses 1, “take Tor instants Old Virgin
ny: The question is, is she a Stmt.”
• . “I .think she are,’’ sez the Presi- i
dent, “ but L aint positive. Some of
the members of Congri-s scs she aint.
Wlinf is y< tir opinion ?
Ses I, “Mr. Johnsing as shure as
you live, Old Yirginny are two Staits,
with two 1 vgisiafures, two cons f itushons
two eapitiis and two govners, Peerpint
and Boi/rmnn is them. ‘ She aint nary
territ ry. She wunce had a territory
belougin to iler extendiu way over the
llio to the Pasiffic Osliiin - She was a
Staite then, a dominion en herself.
But when she cum to make the Unity
Staites, Massaehusets sed Vi gir.ny is
too big a Staite, 1 am fieri of her.
Then Uid Virginny give to-the Unity
Staites all her territory ( o make penny
other Staites. She and and not because
she was big aud strong shet the door
anu leeve potu vti-an onivi-nu ofassaenu
sits out in the cold. No, she sed come
in Sestcr t'ape ('od, and since it dis -
turbs you t! at I have so wide a border
I will cut it ou and lay it on the orlter
of our country. Thougli L am now
strong, li- c Sampson, 1 will cut oil
my locks with my own hands, a!, d
will take you, doutin S'ster, to my
bussuni as an. equal. \ irginny was
a Staite then, and a gennerous Staite
100. Her sons were great staitsmen.
YVoshinton, and Jefferson, and Mad
derson, and Marsliall, and Muoro (who
willed us ail Amerika and the iluns
in tiie see) and Giles, and Mason, and
Floyd, and Wyth and boys ot that
sort were Virginmans.
The union of the Slaits was firmed,
and the Oonstitushon of the Unity
Staits was made, intendin to secure
and protect the rites of tiie Staits. Yir
giuny was a Stait then. This was long
ago in time of peace. After a spell we
* got into war with Inglon in delence of
Massaciiusits seemen and Massachusits
oouimu-, and when all the nashon was
strippiu for a big fire and rushin to the
battle feel, while Yirginnians and ev
ery man from all the other Slates wen
for standin up for the old flag agin the
eiieny, poor little shiverin Massachu
sits got sceered agiti, and her o cn were
me tin in a Uarifoo convenshon and
fixin to quit the Union, and burnin
blew lifes to show the ennitny where
to Lind and take the country. Alter
ui.iny up and downs his wor cum to
a close. . \ irginny was a- Stuit then,
but. she did not move to amend the
y'onstitushon to keep Massaclr-sits out
of Congiess, nor lo appim a provision
al guvnor of ‘Massachusits blew life
flarifoot Convenshon . men Nor to
requiie neguers to vote in Massochu
sits. And in our days wh n the late
sivil wor broke o.ut, which you predict
ed in 1564, as the natteral result of
Northern agitashon, and Johu-Brown
raids, Virginity • held h. ck as long- as
she could, hoggin Congi i- io¥ con.-illi,
ash on and tlic Soatheiu Staits For pa
slieuce. White Senniter Chandler was
c’.ummorous for blood till.Mr. Litcuin
demanded of \ irginny troops to or. i-h
out her own rites and,the life, of the
Constitu.-huß. That was too much lor
\ irginny. .She had stood s.till and
seen a sec-ti iftal party forgetting the
farwell ad vie of G inneral VV’oshingtoii
and the voices of reason and j-ustiee,
plant eselt. on a platform at wor w th
tier -vital entere-ts cxptesslv garaoteed
to her .in the Uonstitushon. Yo-u
know, Mr.-J oh using, that what I say
es true. She.bad seen that party come
into power by a minor ty vote. You
didn’t vote for it, for you felt like Ver
ginny that party would ruin the coun
try; and the bed of it sneek into the
cupitil in di-gise makin foolish speech,
es along the rode to gapen niggers,
drunken cartmen. and empty croud
office seekers. She disputed of the
R publeck, aid seiu she was bound to
pitch in she determined to rally her
sons around the ark of the covenant
and array them then against the liord
of forriners and penitenshary conricta
Tliomasville, Georgia, Wednesday, Match, 7, 1800.
burning and steeling everything vaG •
liable.i-ii their recch. while th.y came
into her borders under the eye and
control of cqmmanlitig ginnerals to
\ repossess Lincuin of the I. nity States
- - —.. She nftompte-l to sMt all that
ere 1 worth savin of our ia-titu
ghoi’.s, the rites of the Staits, by jinin
her sister Stalls of tiie Scutlii hojpiri to
form thus the nuclus of anew Goofed
raah’un to whieii in time the Staits
in. the Union, except perhaps Mussa
chu-its, mite succeed,. She fit the
eood Lite, but fortune was a* in her.
fhousands of her brave sons bit the
dust in her defence. She was the hat
tlcfiel of tiie wor. And alter strug
gles, unparallelletl in the atinals of
history .and sacrifices and sufferins un
herd of, she found her strength une
qual to a continuance; of the struggle
She had to surrender to the Northern
,-umy made up from ail the m-hons ;ind
kindreds, and tongs and cullers of the
ei tli, except Massachusits,. Was too nu
merous and powerful. Gen. Lee sur.
rendered to Gen. Grant, and when the
o'her Confederate leaders saw Lee a
prisoner they knew that the cause was
gone, and as they fjuglit for indepen
dence, when they saw there was no
hope of obtaining that object, they all
voluntarily surrendered, and the wor
was at an end; i ut the question of the
cxestence of Virginny a> a Stait was
niver put at issue in that site Lincunj
said Ire only wanted to save the .Union;
Congress said so; the army said so. The
solgers volunteered to save tiiat. Now
what Union did they want to save?
N< t the Union between. Massachusits i
and Connecticut and the other Staits *
not seseded, that Union was not in
danger, but the old Union as it stood
before the wor. Not a Union between
Massachusits and the territory ot Vir
ginny. No siteh union ever existed,
and no man ever declared sitc-h a pur
pose. No army could have been mus
terc 1 in this Union with sitch an ob
ject in view, with enny other leader
then Ben Butler the beast and tiie
Massachusittprs, and not them if enny
fiten was to be. did.’ T?o, Mr. Presi.
dent, Virginny aint no territory y it,
Go you remember, Mr. Jtyhusing, how
Old. \ irginny got to he two Staits, and
Peerpint and Boarinun got to be her
govners?. *
I remember somethin about it; tell
me all about it, ses the President.
Well, then, scs I when the Virgin*
r.y convenshon tried to sesede the
dtait, ait in a lump, ae-jm,
in the Stait was oppose i t 0 .sess£-shon
These forty men sent representatives,
to a convenshon at Wheelin, up in the
Panhandle. They soon put the. Stait
back—that is, they sed the Stait had
not gone no whar else; that she was
whar she always was in the Union.’
liincum aed so too, and told them to
Lold*their holt.as they was. So they
appinted pussin Peerpint govn'r,’ and
sot up shop in a ambulance, as the cap
ital of Virginny, at wheelin, and com
menced pussin laws like five hundred
But they hadn’t got far before a iuss
took plais in their camp, The Pan! an
die wanted to sesede from Virginny,
and they called a convenshon about as
big as a. clod of dirtc, and made a Stait
constitushonof Panhandle, Virginny,
c-al ing the new Stait West Virginny,
and appinted Squire Boarinun their
govner. But Passin Peerpint had no
idee of givin up his appintiuent, at the
hands of the thirty Pauhan alers and
the nine other Yirginnians, and deN
termined to migrate; so he mounted
his old gray mare, with the nrkives in
his saddle bags, and rid nitc and day
till he got clean out of the Panhandle,
and out of danger of Mosby k Stuode;
jile iapded at Alexandiy as a saif place.
Here he called his five legislators to
gether, and went to passin of lors like
thunder. You remember, West Vir
gitiny wanted to git into Corgrcss, and
somebo ly found a difficulty. Ihe Con
stitusbon of the Unity Staits says some
thing about makin new Staits in the
bounds of the old Staits. Here was
the difficulty. ■ Mr. Liucum wus not
much tVubbled on that account; he
didn’t, strain at no nuts; he s“d Cop
on-ess can cure sich dei’eets. lie was
.o
! vvil.in to take the Panhandle enny
way- But some of his Congress sed j
they Couldn’t vote tor the bill until
they knew Virginny consented to it j
Passin Peerpint’s boys corue to their j
relief. The legislator at Alexandry, |
composed of about five men, represent
tin in all about nine men, includ in
themselves, passed a lor, say in Virgin”
try consents, to the mak meut ot' \V est i
• Virginny, and then a lor that nob dy
but themselves should vote or hold of’ j
1 sis in Virginity. The difficulty js re |
| moved. West Virginity is received
into Congress. Lincum sed, all rite. ‘
Congress sed, all rite. Bourtuan, the
govner, sed all rite; and passiu Peer
pint sed, all rite. All sed all rije all
round the. horde. Yet the Radicals de”
,ny that Virginny is a Stait. If Vir
ginny aint. no Stait, West Virginny
couldn’t be made. Every member of
Congress who voted for recevin West
Yirginnv into the Union did so on the
m/ # #
supposition that Virginny wus a Stait
consentin to the fortnashon of the new
Staic, or lie committed perjury.
“I see how it is,” ses the President
“My opinion is confirmed, and L will
act. on it till the cows couie home.
All the Staits is Sraits yit, and I’ll site
for them. If Virginny aint no Stait,
Tennessee aint none, and if Tennessee
aint none, I aint President, But lam
President, and I will execute the lore-
that is mv bisness. I will doustice ;
and, Major, I’ll tdl you.what : 1 intend
to veto every hill affeettn the Southern
S aits. tdl thiY reprisentativea a:e al
lowed to take their seats. I doubt
Major, whether Congress can pass a
io.r while nearly half the .Staits am
kept out of > ’engross. One Stait vong
fufly kept out of Cotigress yishiates
all the degisLshon and dissolves the
Uaiotf.” • • ■ .
• Just at this time somebody. rung
the door bell, and Mr . Johusing stop
ped torkin. In a niinnit tiie door o|>--
envd. and the man announced Mr.
Sumner of Massadhusits-. ’
“Pontake Massachfisits!” ses the-
President. “Tell him to come in this
instant. Pont you move, Majer ; keep
your see’ ands e the fun.”
Mr. Sutuner came in with a smile
on his face; Now Mr. Sumner is a
nice looking man —a good, kind havted
feller,-a frond ly lookin man-, pu tie.lur
so towards the President at t.liis par
ticiar time.
Ses lie..“Mr. President., I.called to
consult about the Now York collector
ship. • . ’ .
“Cotifound your pictcr, scs the F’rcs
i lent ; I never axed you.r ad vise about
tiie New York colleetorship, nor ihout
enny thing else. \ou area iiitiooni/.
poop, ennyhow. I have been witehin
your course’ in the. Sennit, an 1 I am
glad of this chance to tell you you u i- c
a low spirited puppy. Get out of my
or I will keek you out.
When Mr. Johnsing commenced
torkin, Mr. Sumner sidled round to
where I was sittin on the sof'er, and
piitrin his arm around me whispered
“Don’t let. him hurt me, please sir.
Idont meen no hafm ; lain apeetea
ble man. I don’t want to make the
President mad. Pleese. sir, beg for me;
I am leered he will hurt me.
Ses I, “Mr.. Sumner, run If you can.
Mr. Sunnier ris, aid the President,
thinkin he meant lite, pitched at • him
3lr. Sumner made for • the door; the
President kicked at him as ho passe if.
I ho.pe he did ijot hurt him mutch.
I heard a dull kind.of a sound, like a
ican'kickin a bag of meal. Mr. Sum
tier’s co-te tail flew up, and lie fetched
a smart grunt, and limped in both legs.
When lie got into the lull, the servant
cotch him by the collar, and thinkin
he had hit the President, or stoled
somethin, choxed him rite smartly,
til] I could holler to him to let the
poor man go, which Mr. Sumner p-i
----] fir* WHrn Tip crot to tlio
front door, he called the servant, and
J axed hiru Jc beg the President and the
harted gentlo.'tian not to say nothin
about what had tokej place, as he did
not intend harm to nobody, u!)d was a
freed to* the President. When the
sound of Sumner’s Too.s died away ses
the President—
“Majer, T give him fits didn’t 1 ?
lie aint, commin here no more to .die.-
tare to me who to appint collector at
New York, let him go home now to
h-s hole and console himself, if he feels
like it, with Burns’ poems. I aint i
much of a man foi poetrv. Major, the
only piece I ever knew was about old
Jim Squier who fell in the - fire, Ac,
&c, and L think it rather suits Sumner.
Did Burns write that piece Major ?
There was a heap of burnin in it. .
Ses 1, Mr. President, poor Sumner,
poor Sumner ! Let him rest, lets dont j
tell enny body nothin about his visit
here this tnornin.
Agre id, said the President.
Majer, when I fust come to Congress
from Tenncs T c there wont no Sumner
there ; there wont uo U ilson there ;
there avont no Thai Stephens there ;
there wont no It ad teals there, hut seech
men as Henry < lay and Datinel Web
ster, and John C. Calhoon, and Tom
Benton, and John Giaton, and Sela
llite, and Jesse Brite and men of that
sort were in voag ; they were all good
men, sometimes difierin in polleticks,
but all honest lovers of the country
and the hole country. It was then a
great pleasure to be in public life,
But times is changed for the worser.
A sectional party, sprung up on Ply*
mouth Hock in Cape God. Itgrowed
in oark and gathered venom with its
growth tell by pisoning the public
mind by the pulurt, the press, and ihe
schoolroom it absorbed the other par
ties ; it was a whirlpool, it drew every-,
thing into its Vortex, religion, pollotins,
education, egislashon, family and pub
lic virtue, and everything become cor
rupted. Tn.c goo . men of that section,
an f Majer, 1 know there.are cords of
good folks there yit, had to go into
ridremen-t and ‘let the pigmees floatin
ou th 6 scum'of the whirlpool come in
to power. Hence came Charles Sum
ner and Henry AY ilsont, and eiift rs of
that stripe, pisoned scorpions, tree
frogs, swel erin pisnn under their'tongs.
Maggits and’ tadpoles, weggletails and
Dole eats spring into life in the rotcen
society in which they live. Majer,
the great sin of the passed was listened
to the call for protective tariffs and for
monopolys and
foundation on which the Puritans
have built , there is where our pre
decessois sowed the seeds of ruin in
: our s/stem. Protection ought to scese ;
all the St-iits’.ou.lit to be on an equal
ity. Protection to one n eans oppres
sion to the others. V hat do you think
of tliis view, Majer ?
Mr. President, ses TANARUS, them is my
sentiments. Massachusits ought to
come down from her stilts, and if you
don’t reccommed free trade and sailers
i rites the country will never be passe-
fide. Th r G a storm bruin, in the
North West. ‘They jay rhair* taxis
yit. b t I hear muKerin thunder ctmi
in from that quarter. * Tin v see the
Putitoßs proteetcd by .tariff and mob
opperlies and bo.iinties. They see’ them
uettiQ ritch ;it their* factories, wor
kin other ■ ]>cop!c's cotton and woo 1
- m l i.rqn, while tltew without protection
have to pay the nashonal dot. This ain’t
‘he fust time in my nieinry when the
-ou-itry was calj *d to - considder this
verry question. In the days of Gin
ncta! Jackson [ and he settled it, we
hoped fin illy. on the terms of the Cla -
toa Compromise (some call it the v lay
ompromse, but the. credit belonged
to Ciaton ) The tariff by that went
down to whot Ginneral Jackson call'd
the rovenn standard ; but w!;cn the
old hero aiid T left the White llous’c
and went home, the MassachusircrS
I begun by. degrees to aggitate the tariff
: question ‘ agin, they had had their
hands so-long in the people’s pockets
they tbuiid it hard to keep them out.
They cride and b gge’d’ till Congriss
moved by their crocsidele tears and
lammenta ions passed other, tariff* lms;
and now when the dot is so big that
the bige-cst Idol in the Union knows
it will never be p lid, these tariff men
have hot’ up the bonds and swear they
wont pay no tax on them, and that a
high tai iff is got tp be fixed mi thceountry
till some unborn Mithuseler dies with
ole aige. The West sees, this stait of
things, and they are grumblin. They
git no jiro ee.-iion. Ttiey have to dig
their mutiny out of the groun, and it,
is hard work tor them to pay the taxes
and then make tong and buckle meet.
Somethin is got to be did. The tar
iff tiiat fattens the Capo Codders and
starves the rest of the Union is got. lo
be fixed r te. Taxes must be raised
80iuo other wav or bathera liou will he.n
in your auminstrashon on a 1 sides.
Majer, scs the President, I have
been. tlFtikin. of .a speshal message to
Congriss on the stait of the cuntvy,
but our Cabinit meetin in this mpriiin
has hilt on long c-nuff I supose When
wo ‘ meet again we will tork over some
matters which I will then bring before
you.’ I move now that we bust Cabi
net, .which moshan was canid nutiani
ii'ously, and we adjuroed for the day.
■ Now, ses ti e President, honors is
easy with Mr. Sumner and me.
While he said this he was openin his
closit, and I knowed what was cummin,
that same.old long bottle, black Bet c y,
n Lo rt-.’10,] In.- The President can
pnvitley take the bigg st J.iuk., i
er seed. ’J’his titne he housed a bout
a pint. The bottle sed good, good,
twenty times while lie was drinkin; 1
counted them. When he finished he
handed ‘he bottle to me, and ! finish
ed black Betsy m. short order, and we
parted.-. :
Jeemes, when you reed tInAA Uw
lines take hart. I know you love the
cuufcry well. The cuntry is in -triable;
she is sick; but I. hojio she will get
well yit. The President is growin in
! favor everywhar; bis strength is iti
crecsin, and he will do all he catv.for
the hole cuntry. lie-lias now no spite
agin the South! He is sobered down
and bein a patriot he is tryin to bring
about pecce in all our borders, and he’ll
do it. Mark my predieshon.
Jeemes,- look about and find some
; likely widder as knows liovv to make
pise and caiks and sweet meets, and
darn stock in's, and when you find her
buck up to her and g t married. \ r ou
aint too old. Remember Abraham and.
Sarah. \ r ou don’t know nothin about
good livin as you is. Git married en
ny how in the world I know you
would enjoy the married like. I tell
y< u whot, you put it to old Scot about
rife in vour book. Old Scot aint mutch
of a big man, as 1 knows on, no bow.
\\ hat is become o: him? How mutch
pay do you recked lie is drorin now ?
I So no more at present.
Y’orn tiil death deth,
Jack Downing,
Ex Majer Downingville,
James Buccannon. . Millesha.
Pi S. —Jeeme-, es I write to you en
ny more from here, I intend to direct
my letter to Mr. Filmore, and he will
let you reed it. If you git marrid, I
will wait on you and help eat the g-iod
things. Jeemes, how menny spoons
do you gess Ben Butler has g it, shore
naff? No jokin now. How many pi
ners and good furniture, and how mutch
njunny did he make by letrin specula
tors go out and com# into his lines, and
whot has gone with Mrs. Bet’s dimons,
that Mrs. Foster captured, and whot
bus become of Mrs. Milrory, and more
particular, where i Mrs Logan’s goo s
Milroy and his wife stole from thar
house ? If iou liave Butler’s- and Mil
roy’s picters, s°nd them to me.
Su git'marrid. *■
Jack Downing,
Jeemes, &c. • ExAlajer* &c.
John Van Burrn’n Fun
Wc make the f--Hawing laugh ble
extract from a sj eech made, by Join
Van Buren while canvassing New
York:
1 have been engaged in an active
o o
canvass tn this .State,. 1 have had the
geo i fortune —and it is a good fortune
in these days of railioad disaster and
massacres—to meet no aceidei t L havq
met no loss, except last night wliert
my carpet bag was stolen Irom the
Curs, Ido not mean to say that it
was stolen by a republican. But I
do mean to say that no Democrat ever
would have taken it. It was uot a
YOL. VI.—No. 10.
.ca-e Tor any mistake, for it was marked
with my name in various places, and
the contet ts of it would discKse to al
most anybody whose property it was.
1 by no means intend to charge upon
the Republicans having taken posses
ion of the bag ; least of all would I
attribute tin* taking of it to Get oral
Kilpatrick, who has 1 een here. 1 de
sire to say, in defence of Gen. Kilpat*
rick, that he is much more remarkable
for losing his own baggage than for’,
taking the baggage-of any one else.
Nor do I hold him entirely to blame
for that, because, if 1 can depend upon
the representation's >t his soldiers and
officers, the quantity of Ids baggage
requires a vast deal more watching
than I have evt-r been able to givo
to mine.
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Klou ClmrlcK 11. Minilli,
Senator from ilie Rome District, is the
obaorved of all observers. 11 is seat is
to. rho right of the President, about
midway the side Will of the chamber,
ah i directly un ler the full—length por
trait of Old llickoty—Jackson. ‘ lie is
the first Senator the stranger asks to ■
see on entering {ho gallery, and espec
ially sOj if the aforesaid stranger be of
gentle sex. A casual spectator at fir.-t
glance, would hardly single out a small,,
trim, yet grave and dignified person,
the crown of whose head is unadorned
with capi lary ornaments, t< be the
veritable and inimitable “Hill Arp,”
of continental celebrity. 11 is stature
i< Napoleonic very slightly exagerated,-
and.his port is Chesterhe!, iian, sans the
stilts.. Hut for his laughing blue eye, _
full of lufking liumor and quiet mis--
chief and beaming with intelligence
and bonhommie, one would set him
down lor another of Carlyle s Eastern
men I. have not seen him on his’legs
in the Senate, and am therefore unpre
pared to form any opinion of his ability
as a parliamentary speaker, If lie
should speak there as well as he writes
—his mental and phisical conforma
tion is a far and happy one He is
Chairman of the Committee on Li- .
nance, and is winning and enviable
reputation in that difficult branch of
Legislative science. That is his first
term of service as a Legislator, and
should file meridian be as bright as tho
orient promises, his career will be ono .
of usefulness and fame lie is a law
yer by profession, and, L have been
told, ranks among the foremost of the
Cherokee Bar. Tis strange be should
o'loeoa cuoli a litigious VOCUtiotl
in Ins view ot his naiuiUi anu ii.vi.uio
avowed harmonizing proclivities and
dispositions. En passant, he comes
honestly and not-.hereditarily by those
harino nzin g .elements of character anu
temper, if Combe be authority. His
father was a'native of B >ston and his •
mother was a native of'Ohurleston —tho
blood of Massachusetts and South Oar
p,;'>a .commingling in his views! Wl o
else can “?V‘ as*-much?-and ought ho‘
not to do Ids to lmimonizo,
tlre'antagonistic sections?’ This crude .
sketch would’be iuexc.sab’y irnpei'icct
were’ I to omit mention of Major
j .Smiths attractive, companionable* dis*
position. Frank, cordial generous, no
bo iy finds a wanner welcome in any
circle; and'abounding in anecdote and
story-telling, no cue -can recall a fin-,
gle biting or bitter remark that fall
from his -lips. J 1 is heart i-t as tender
as pity itself, and.his modesty is equal
to his merit.
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Editing a papir is a very pleasant
i business. . .. ’
If it contains too much political
I master, people won't have ‘it.
If the type is tio large, it don’t-eon
| tain enough reading matter. - * •
| ’ If the type is small, people won’t,
j read it. .
If we publish telegraph reports,peo
j pie say they are lies.
If we omit them, they say we-have no.
| enterprise or suppress them for pol
j litical effect ...
If we have in a few jokes, people say
I we are a rattlohead
If we omit theta, they say wc are
an old fossil. .
If wc publish original matter, they
damn us for not giving selections.
If we publish selections, m ri say wo
arc lazy for not writing more, and giv
ing them what they have not read in
; some other paper.
If we give a man a complimentary
notice, then we are censured for being
partial. -
IP we do not, all hands say weare
a greedy hog, . •
If we insert an article that pleases
the ladies, men become jealous
I's we do not cater to their wishes
the paper is not fit to have in the house.-
if we attend-church they say it is
only for effect. ‘ ‘ . . i ’
If we don’t they‘denounce us as
deceitful and desperately wicked.
If we remain in the office and attend
to business, folks say we are two proud
to mingle with other fellows.
If we go out, they say we never at
tend to bisiness..
If we publish poetry, we affect sen
tinicntrl sm. ...
If we do not, we have no literary
p o’ish or taste,
If the mail does not deliver our pas
per promptly, they say we do not pubv
lish “on the time,’’ If it does, they
are afraid we are getting ahead ot time.
If we do not pay ajl ttie bijls prompt
ly, folks say we aro not to bo trusted.
” It we do pay promptly, they say we
stole the money.