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TO MESSES AKDEESOK. HARRISON. FRETMaN
AND JONES, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AND THE ,
PUBLIC.
Iu March last I lecraril accidentally, that a
eystetn of wire -pulling, led keen for some time
going on, to remove freic the management <>t
th* Gas Works, those who Lad contributed
more than any others to retrieve tirem from a
sinking condition and place them upon a firm
and reliable basis. to make place* tor other*
who were either without claims upon the Com
pany, or who were entirely unknown as to ca
parity or position either to ti.,e stockholders or
in the eommnnity.
Out of the means used to effect the changes
contemplated there br.s grown np a controver
sy between yourselves and the Mayor, Mr.
Sparks, and in a repiy put forth by you in the
Journal <f Messenger ct the sth test., to hi
answer to your protest against his action ar
the -Stockholders meeting, your attempt toI
sustain the unpleasant position you find your
•elves and tnends placed in by a system of
erroneoua -easoning ami unfair statements that j
-do me great wrong and injustice and it is to \
place myself right that I offer the following re
ply t
The Ist statement deserving of notice
is “that Messrs. Boardman and Nisbet were
director! of the Gas Company when the 11 .
per cent, was made, and therefore shook: ,
•here the credit of it. ’
I state in reply to this, that during that pe
riod neither gave themselves but little concern
relative to the affairs of the Company. That
Mr. Nisbet took an occasional spas Imodic fit to
do something either impracticable or injnrieos
to its interest*. And that Mr. Boar Iman did
not to the best of my belief make the first sug-1
gestion, or offer the first resolution at the
Board of the advantage of one cent to the j
Company.
The 2nd is that “ Gas or other Companies
seldom pay large dividends the first years of I
their existence.
This I admit to some extent i* true—but
-charge that under Mr. Nisbet's administration,
dividends were paid that were not earned—
and that the works during that time might
have succeeded much belter than they did, if
so much of the enmtnps bad not been wasted
on Telegrrphic dispatcher. for Rosin and Re
torts, and freights on these article* by Stiam
,rt and Passenger trains -also by a careless
habit of leaving the taint nt the- works
open at all times whereby Gas <o the
value of 82 50 to $f 00 was unnecessarily
wasted every day, and other causes that might
be named. <
The fid is that ‘-dividends are sometimes
produced by a detective measurement of the Gas
consumed. Making consumers pay for more
Gas than they consume. That w hether they
burned mueb or little they had large bills to
pay.’’
To thisl reply that if any defective measure
ment of Gas occurred I am not aware of it, but
charge that if such **» the ca * e Messrs. Per- 1
diear d and Hoy, who fnmtehgd the meters, '
and Mr. Ni*’,iet under whose administration
they were mostly set, are responsible for it.
They are the same used by him. and now in
•use w ithout change <>r alteration to the best of'
toj knowledge and belief, unless changed and i
altered since the 12th of April last.
As to “ making consumers pay for more Gas
than tfioj' consented, "and “whether they burned
much or little they bad large bills to pay,” it i»an
aliegationoffrandagainat thesuperintendent.Mr.
Ta.'br,which I think willdainago yourposition
mote in making, than his in having it made; as no
one that knows him would for a raomeut be
li£ve him guilty of such practice.
Ihe only allegation of the kind I know of
•uaoeptible of proof occurred under Mr. Nis
bet's aantimstration while Mr. Darcy was Su
perintendent, and was detected and remedid
by Mr. Taylor.
The 4th is, “ that if the Company has for
the past three years paid large dividends it is
owing to the city having paid a large amount
sjf money fur a very poor light.
In reply to this i will stats that the 2 feet'
burner ageed upon in the rosit e*otract would j
have been at au actual eort of over S2O per;
year for each lamp, but that the Company du
ring that time furnished burners consuming an i
*' er._i.ge over 2 1-2 feet an hour, and at a cost of ■
over $25 per year (breachlamp —leaving aprof-,
it of les* than S4OO per annum on this contract,
without any allowance being made for wear |
and tear and interest on the capital.
This I can prove by fibres and challenge you
ao cootrovsrt. ,
You next etaw that “the otjly difficulty the
Connell committee experienced in their nego
tiationt with tli£ Gas Company for a better
light came from me - and that you were in-1
fanned that I was backed and sustained by Mr.
Adams.”
That from the first Messrs. Boardtnand and
Nisbet signified their willingness to plaoesucb
burners on the streets as would give what
Council deemed a satisfactory light.”
“That I acquiesced tn a resolution offered by
Mr Nisbet to place burners un the st reets that
would consume 5 cubic feet an hour - and even
then I proposed to use a burner as one of 5 feet
rapacity, with which a portion of the oommit
tee after seeing it tested were not satisfied, and
bo contract could be made.
That “the committee were dissatisfied with
my rcnrso, worn out with negotiating with me :
. Ae., fee.”
To the Ist of these chargee my reply is the
difficulty was not with me, but with the Coun
cil committee backed and sintaJoed I suppose
by Messrs- Boardman aud Nisbet in demanding I
a burner for the street lamps that the (.as
Company -could not yield to without great loss
and their refusal to provide for the payment in
good finth tor the stock auhscribod by the city. I
to pay fortise enlargements of the works, un
law these unjust requisitions were acceded to.
Kiss the Kook gentlemen with your friends,
and stand up if you aro honest men, and an
swer me if this is not true.
Alpo, if it is not true that Mr. Nisbet first
proposed a burner with a capac,ty of owm
ing ifeet per hour in lieu of the 2 feet burner
of tha original contract—and that lon testing
with you a burner of that capacity admitted
it was not sufficient and first proposed one of 5.
foot in lieu of the one of 4 feet proposed by Mr.
Nisbet.
Is it not also true that yoar committee with
eat authority, unless from Messrs. Boardman
and Nisbet assetned the burner proposed by
Mr Nisbet, as meaning a 4 feet wood burner,
and did not I demonstrate to them that the
latter would consume 6 to C 1-2/ee-' of Gas jier •
bonrand ’h* Company ■< - «• per year
to furnish each lamp when they were only to
receive S3O.
’ This being the state of affairs I called npon ,
the Board for further authority stating what
was required by the Conneil committee and
my refusal to comply therewith, and recom
mended tendering to Counci I aburner tn consume
5 feet, which was first opposed by Mr. Adams
at being more tbau a fair equivalent, but soon
yielded to.
In place of passing the resolution requested
a motion offered and insisted upon by Mr. Nis
bet, prevailed to refer the subject to a commit
tee for further negotiations with Council.
That committee consisted of Mr. Nisbet and
myself, and it was while thia negotiation wss
pending that occurred the offering by Mr. Nis- I
bet of the resolution tendering the 5 feet burn
er 1 had first proposed, and always been willing
to yield, oht of which yon vamly attempt to
twine a wreath to deck hie trow.
I am charged with being backed aad sus
' tained by Mr. Adam’. It is true ho did back
I and nuatam me in resisting Unjust ejections on
I the part of the Council committee, but in noth
i ing else.
' I was al.-*o sustained, with the ekcejdion of
four votes ; and those cost by parties immedi
ately promoted or benefitted by ‘the changes,
unanimously-by tie stockholders of the Com
pany at the annual meeting, when the facts
were known and understood.
i As to Messrs. Boardman and Nisbet's pro
fesions of liberality I will state that it wm
little to their credit ns directors if the had been
willing to sacrifice the (tim Company to gain
their ends— and that I had none to serve but
the settlement of a vexed question on a fair and
equitable basis.
The charge that “ somo of the committee
were di-satistled with the burner J proposed."
i I answer by stating that those I proposed as
| standards are those that have been for sever
' al weeks past in use on the lamp* nt the
corner of C. Campbell A Son and J. M. Board
: man's stores. If larger are allowed. I as a
stockholder protest against their u-e, and if
smaller you may find yourselves worse off" tbau
before.
As regards dissatisfaction with my course
you have fully endorsed its correctness by mak- j
ing a contract with the new Board for a burn- !
er of the same rapacity first proposed by me
aud backing down from your unjust ejections
J of the Gas Company while under my manage-
■ ■ meat. Is thia not true i If so why attempt to
■i disparage and misrepresent tnel
1 As regards “ being worn out with negotia
tions with me," it is partly answered above
but I will add that if I as the chief officer of the
Company, had submitted to their unjust exac
tions I should have felt myself unworthy of
the confidence that the stockholders had for
the last three years unanimously reposed in
me. and they wuuid have done right to diMuisa
me.
It would have been better to have given up '
the contract for lighting the streets altogether,
than submit to these exactions. And here per
j mit me to state that if the chairman of your
I committee bad taken as much trouble to un
: drrstand and arrange the matter as he did to
i dragoon your body into toting to instruct the
Mayor how he should oct, aud tote, or if the
, individual of yonr number who served on the
I committee without appointment, and where
he hnd no business and who was the originator ,
' of most of the difficulty, had attended to hi*
proper duties and left this to those to whom it '
properly belongs and who could ami icouM
have understood my position and objections,
the whole matter might have been amicably
adjusted and none of this controversy and re
crimination taken place.
I will add in conclusion that *<l far as the
■ changes that have b*ea made affect Mr. Taylor
I regret them very much. Ho was an hones’,
faithful and efficient officer and his exertions
in behalf cf the Company deserved a better re
ward.
Your professions of attachment for him, re
mind me of a person who is robbing you with
one band, while he is pretending to assist with
the other.
So far .as they affect myself it is Ja source of
i hnt little regret, but I do most unequivocally
! condemn the means resorted to, to effect them,
upon a courteous and candid avowal of disap
proval of tny management by any respectable
.| number of stockholders, I would have retired
I cheerfully and given place to others. But it
! was discreditable and unworthy those engaged
. in the transaction to pull so many wires, and take
! so much trouble to accomplish an object when
it might hate beer, rffixtid with so little.
E. J. JOHNSTON.
“ A WORD TO THE BAPTISTS "
Mem lie. Emone:—Will you allow me to
make a few remark* bearing upon the sul ject
of an editorial in your paper of the 6th in.-t.,
wi h the above caption. I think they aro
- probably necessary to a fuller and better un
i deratanding of some matters to w nich the edi
| torial has refence.
1 1. It should be known, if it is not, that the i
Christian Index published in this city is the
property of the Baptist Convention of the
State <’f Georgia. This Convention elects an
nually, a Committee to manage the affairs of
the Index. This committee for the present
vear is col iposed of the following persons—
Judge £• G. Cabaniss of Forsyth, Rev. B. F.
Tharp of I’erry, Rev. Henry Bunn of Twiggs,
Jackson Deloache, George S. Obear, Thos. B.
! Else, and myaelf of this city. This Committee
' contract for the publication of the paper, elect
: the Editor, and make annual reports to the
State Convention. They elected Rev. Joseph
Walker, formerly mirr-.-spocding Secretary of
i the Home Mission Board of the Southern Bap
tist Convention, Editor, and the Georgia Bap
tist Convention bare at two annual meetiugs
approved the appointment. This statement
| will enable you the better to decide bow far an
attack upon tbe editor of the Index must, of ne
j cessity, be an attack upon the denomination to
I which it belongs.
2. It >e true that t-be Baptists, so far as J
I have heard an expression, do not understand,
and cannot possible discover, what abolition
ism has to do with the discussion of the “ Na
‘ val Chaplaincy” question. The simple ques
tion. it seems to them, is whether the Cnited
State* government should compel a Chaplain—
a* in the case of Mr. Stockbridge- -against bis.
conscientious convictions of duty, to read the.
Episcopal service in the discharge of hi* offkiaL
duties Surely this question stands alone with
out any connection whatever with slavery.
8. I rnay remark that having recently at
tended the Baptist Convention, I speak know
ingly in saying, that the denomination approve
. Mr Walker’* position* in the late discussion
with Col Bailee and I know yon do net for !
I a moment question the soundness of Georgia |
: Baptists in reference to Southern Institutions. |
4. I think it i» but a matter of simple jus- •
! ties to the Cominitte as v. ell as to Mr. Walker i
; that ! should say. that I know him to be as ;
; free from all taint of abolitionism, as myself or 1
any member of the Committee who have placed |
' him in office.
I certainly have no reason, as I am sure 1
1 have no disposition, to deprive you of any in
fluence whatever. These remarks seem to the
I Committee to be necessary to a fair understand
i ing, in all the circumstances of the case.
8. LANDRUM. Chairman
of the Index Com. of the Ga. Baptist Conven-
I tion.
TO THE MEMORY OF MRS- LOCHRANE
• No ta-k is so painful to the living, as to sneak
■of the dead. Although death is the common
i lot of humanity, and we feel assured es its
certainty, there i’something tn the rosy hues
' of hope that conceals it from our view ; and it
i* only when we see the pallid cheek and Ins
-1 treless eye. the sealed lip and the placid form be
fore us. that we are enabled to reqliwj the sol
emn event, nnd the sad truth that “mortals
must put on immortality.” It is wise, indeed,
that death should be hidden from u«, else the
eye* dimmed with tears would see only a dark
ened world, and every breeze that floats around
us would he laden with the wails of sorrow.
“ Patet ullimus dies ut abeereeutur omnes
dies, was a wise and safe provision of Provi
dence that allures us with hope on the one
hand, while it admoni’hes ns to live so as to
be ready tor death on the other.
We meet with death in the street, and we
i know it not. He speaks to us from every
. spot of earth. We tread on, bnt we hear him
not. He follows us to our homes—site down
1 by our firesides—and yet his presence is nn
. known and unnoticed; and not until he touch
es ns with hi* coM and icy fingers, and gathers
i the flowers of love and feeling from our hearts
j and bears them to the tomb, do we recognize
I that presence which from the cradle to the
I grave, has been constantly before ns.
But these are sad reflections and these re
-1 marks, serious and solemn though they be in
their suggestions to all, have peculiar force and
I painfulness of reality to our Intend whose wife,
i >o recently has b*cn called from earth to Ileav
' en—an angel to her home."
I Died at Macon, Ga.. on the 30th April,
J 1858, Frances Victohia Lochiiane. wife of
Col. O. A. Lochrane, and daughter of the Hon.
Henry G. Laiiirr, is the brief record of all that
this world knows of sorrow for the husband and
father in whose grief we do so heartily sympa
thise. Death has at one grasp severed the
tenderest ties, and scattered at one blow the
brightest, dearest and most cherished hopes in
. a wife whoso devotion to her husband was
bounffle*- ; >u a daughter whose life was png
of purest pleasure to her parents; in a sister
! most ardently beloved. She is dead, and “ the
■ history is told I”
We feel how inadequate words are to give a
; gleam of consolation for sorrow like this; but
! esteem for the family of which she was amem-
Iber—distinguished alike for its high and bon-'
i arable name, as well a- the proud actions with
which it is inseparably associated in the histo
! ry of our ow n Stole, and whose friendship has
• long and warmly been extended to the writer,
nspire* him to pay some tribute to the memory
jof her who was the wife ofone equally entitled
to his esteem, aud whose friendship, also, he
i has so long enjoyed.
Os Mrs. Lochrane we might sey much. She
was sweet in the gentleness and kindness of
her character , elegant in her taste; refined and
hmiable iu her manners; pure in thought;
possessed of an exquisite feminincness that
I characterised her through life, and which made
f it flow as a sunny stream of mnsic, giving
! pleasure to all with whom she associated.—
, She was, indeed, loveable, and in the history
! of her life, the fragrance of many a kind act
done, will follow her and rise up as incense to
I her memory odorous as the breath of June.
; Hut she is gone, and gently as flowed her
! life, vas its ebb. As the flower falleth from
I the tree, shook hy a gentle wind, her spirit
left, amid the tears of friends who will mourn
her loss " till pity's self be dead." We repeat,
: she is gone—gone "to the spirit land”—gone
from earth to Heaven—gone from where
“ None knew her but to love her,
None named her but to praise."
To him w ho suffers aud mourns most at her
i pure spirit's flight; w ho, full of woe, sits des-
I olatc at his hearth-stone; we can offer no
i words of consolation for his loss. But in the
' p.omise of his past, when in hi* “ race of life,’
• he was cheered and enceouraged by his devot-
I ed wife, we enjoy the hope that he will press
I forward, and, gifted as he is, attain to useful-
■ nes* and honor, though bereft of that one who
, made life sweet, aud honor dear unto him.
J. H. S.
[For the state press.]
i Georgia, Crawford Corxrr. J
Inferior Court at Chambers, >
May 4th, 1858. I
■ Ordered by the Court, that John F. Trout
i man, Wilde C. Cevelnnd, George W. Norman,
F. AdoTpßus Ansley. T. C. Harvey and Sam’l
Hall, bo and they are hereby appointed dele
gates to the ffouthem Commerical Convention,
to bo held at Montgomery ; and further order
ed that they be most respectfully requested to
i attend.
G. P. CULVERHOUSE, J. I. C.
JAS. E. BRYCE. J. 1. C.
Z. A. FOWLER, J. I. C.
THE CLAYTON-BVLWER TREATY.
Telegraphic dispatches from Washington, on
the 6th instant, announced that the resolution
for the abrogation of the Chiyton-Bnlw er trea
i ty had passed in the House of Congress to a
I third reading, by a vote of ninety-seven to
' eighty-six. Below is the preamble and le-.du
j tion which were reported from the ConimiUee
1 on Foreign Affairs:
Whbbeas, The treaty between the United
States and Great Britain, designated as the
Clayton-Buln er treaty, is tm'der the interpre
tation placed on it by Great Britain, a surren
der of therights of this country; and under the
American construction, an entangling alliance
without mutuality either in its l>enetit* or re
strictions. and has hitherto been productive on
ly of misunderstandings and controversies be
tween the two Governments; therefore, be
it
Raolred hy the Senate and House of Repre
sentatices <(f the Cnited St at ee of America in
-Congress assembled. That the President of the
United Suites be tequested to take such steps i
as may be. in his judgment, best calculated to
efleet a speed v abrogation of said treaty.
Thalberg’s concerts have been the most sne- j
cessfnl ever given in this country. His last :
tour in the ffonth netted tmr ♦“O.flW profit in I
I - than three
MACON, GA.
Thursday. May 13,1858.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
The steamship Persia ha* arived with Liver
pool dates to the Ist inst. She reports prices
of Cotton unchanged-Manchester news fa- [
vorable—Consols quoted at 97 14. Sales in
Liverpool for the week. 55,000 bale*.
It is stated that the British troops have cap
tured Shansi, in India.
MACON COTTON MARKET
Since our 1.-wt issue the market has been at a
stand still, with n good stock offering. No or
, ders from the seaboard, and very little disposi
tion to speculate. Money tight. The Banks
I and Bank agencies would discount freely for
1 Cotton p’ltehosrrs. provided their hills were
I certain to get a circulation, which buyers and
Factors cannot promise at this seaaon.
Stock in ware houses 9 to 10.000 bales—
about 7.000 is held by Planters. Receipts
1 about 50 bales a day. quote 9 to 12 cts. as ■
| extremes. ’■ *
y?’*’ The sales of Dry Goods in Macon du
' ring this season have been unprecedcnt
; edly large. Our merchants in that line have ■
bad heavy supplies on hand, and some of them
have been compelled to replenish several times.
Bostick & Kein have already exhausted two
very large stocks, and Mr. Kein has just re
turned from New York with a third supply of I
new and beautiful Goods, to which they invite ■
the attention of the ladies of this city and the ,
surrounding country. Such sales indicate a
very extensive business.
The Sexton reports the interments in
Macon at Rose Hill Cemetery for the month of
April—Whites, adults, 6, children 2 ; Colored
4—Total 12.
J-j?* The pressure of Communications this .
week leave* ns but little room for original or :
selected matter. In a few months we expect
to enlarge the paper and make other improve- 1
merits, as our success up to this time fully war- I
rants our doing so.
The Presbyterian General Assembly
I convened at. New Orleans on Thursday last;
and Dr. Scott, of California, was elected Mod
erator. We have no tnrtber particulars.
The Superior Court of Bibb County is
now in Session in this city. Jndge Lamar pre
siding. Next week we will try to furnish a
report of the important cases.
TROUP AND CLARK.
On onr first page will be found some inter
esting reminiscences connected with the above
distinguished Statesmen. They will doubtless
be read with milch interest by hundreds of our
subscribers— especially by those old Georgians
who retain vivid recollections of the times
when the greatest political excitement reigned
throughout the State.
Wo are requested to call attention to
, tbo notice in onr advertising columns of the
■ Concert to be given at Ralston's Hal), to-mor
row evening, by the Messrs Sctikei.xer.
SODA WATER.
Mr. Paine lias opened an excellent Soda
Fountain as will be seen from the advertise
ment. Through his politeness we have tested
his Soda and Sy nips, and they proved to be
.delightful.
“SONS OF SIALTA."
Atiout forty members of the above organiza
i tion came up from Savannah last Saturday to
■ initiate the infant Lodge of Macon. They
were received by tlieir brethren here with the ut
most cordiality, and were very hospitably en
tertained. We had the honor of I ring invited
to a collation, in the morning, gotten up in the
I most admirable style at the elegant .Saloon of
iC. A. Ells &Son. After the company had in
, dulged in the dainties bountifully spread be
fore them, James A. Nisbet, Esq., proposed a
well conceived and happily expressed sent!
inent. bespeakingfeelings of fi-iotidship between
the sister cities, Maeon and Savannah; then
came the flow of champagne, the cracking of
; jokes, the telling of stories, and the drinking of
toast*. Our Savannah friends said many good
: things, and proved themsevq* “first-rate fel
lows:" in fact wo have never, in the same num
her, found a* many clever and intelligent men-
There was not a “sw ell-hvad" among them—
< though rumor says that when they left here.
{ some of them found their hats most too small.
In the afternoon a finely prepared and sump
tuous dinner was given at the Lanier House,
where Dr. E. C. Wiijiamsok presided, assisted
in the offices of hospitality, by other members
of the Macon Lodge. The “Suns” afterwards
repaired to their Hal), and performed their
mysterious rites. What are the purposes of
this Society, we aro unable to say ; nor is it
anybody's business. All we know is that the
member* arc worthy aud respectable citizen*.
Success to them.
The Sunday Schools of Macon had
their annual celebration last Saturday at Camp
| Oglethorpe. Dr. J. Mercer Green acted as
i General Superintendent on the occasion : and
| the exercises were opened by a prayer from
Rev. Mr. Landrum. Addresses were then de-
I livered by the following representatives from
the different schools:
Master Thomas Joses, of the Factory School.
Master Shaw, of the South Western
School.
Master Juuls Jaugstettee, of the Episco
pal School.
Master Lorin Dk kinsox, of the Presbyteri
an School.
Muster George A. Heantly, of the Baptist
’ School.
Master Beset Stubbs, of the Methodist
School.
The intervals between the speeches were en- ■
livened by the music of the Band. Rev. Mr. i
P-Ff.se cloned the ceremonies with a very ap- j
propriate address. The young folks then par- j
took of refreshments and amused themselves
in various ways until late in the evening. It
was a gala day that will long be remembered J
by them.
The American Medical Association
held its eleventh meeting at the Smithsonian
Institute in Washington city, on Tuesday, the
4th instant. .
|*t7" The Epiccopal Convention for the Dio
of Georgia w«i in session in Savannah
l»’f. WtN-k
MOUNT VERNON.
Mrs. Ann Pamela Cunningham, the re- ;
gent of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association,
has issued an appeal for aid to carry out the
laudable olyect of purchasing the home und
grave of Washington. From her statements, ■
. we learn that Mr. John A. Washington, the I
present owner of the Mt. Vernon estate, has
signed a contract to transfer the property to (
1 the Association on the payment of two hun
! dred thousand dollars; and he furthermore;
; magnanimously promises that if the instal- ;
meat* are paid before becoming due he will j
graciously and generously “ remit the inter- I
est!" This is the price demanded for about
1 two hundred acres of land intrinsically worth .
I at the highest valuation not more than ten
thousand dollars—the balance of the purchase .
money, therefore, goes to buy the grate. By
this speculation upon his forefather's tomb, Mr.
W. will realize the handsome sum of one
hundred and ninety thousand dollars I
Under these circumstances it would have
been far better to gather up the hallowed dust
of the departed patriot and inter it at the base
of the monument now in course of erec
tion at the U. S. Capital in token of a nation’s
I gratitu e. Had Mr. Washington refused to
: sell Mt. Vernon on any terms whatever, we
should have applauded him for the act; be
cause however dear the memory of Washing
ton may be to the American people, it should
be still more warmly cherished by his descen-
I dants, and iu their possession bis grave should
remain.
But this degenerate scion of an illustrious
. stock has been guilty of the base, the infamous I
act of bartering the mouldering bonesol his
| immortal ancestor. A regular bargain and
I sale! “Oh. shame, where is thy blush?—.
’ Age, thou has lost the breed of noble blood!’ '
—
MAGAZINES FOR MAY.
The month of May has brought to us nothing
more acceptable than the various periodicals
with which we are favored.
“Blackwood” stands primus inter primes—
the first thing we read, and we never put it
I down without finishing it. Then we have the
•'Westminster," the “ Edinburgh. ” the “North
1 British,” and the "London Quarterly"—all of
! them excellent iu their way, and full of inter
| esting matter.
I We always feci intellectually refreshed nnd
invigorated after their perusal, nnd cannot con
ceive how one of literary attainments can con
sent to be without them, particularly since they
can all be obtained at what the London Times
t I calls the " ridiculously low price" of ten dol
. : lars.
; Among the American periodicals, we ac
knowledge the receipt of the ‘ Knickerbocker”
—“ Russell" and " Godey.”
Old Knick improves with nge. Nothing is
more entertaining than its “ Editor's Table.”
} I
Russell has recently been commenced at
, Charleston. We commend it to the patronage
of the Southern people.
I Godey is acknowledged to be the Lady's Maga
. zine pur FZ-eeZZrnes—nothing more need be said.
1
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION
Assembled at Montgomery, Ala., on Mon
’ ’ day last. We gather from our exchanges the
‘ ■ following synopsis of the first two days pro
’ ‘ ccedings:
May 10.—The Convention was called to or
der by Hon. Wm. 1.. Yancey, of Montgomery.
t I A temporary organization was affected by cull
-1 ing Aven F. Owen to the chair and appoint
] ; ing Edmund Bi rki:, Secretary. The delegates
. 1 were called by States, and Georgia. Alabama.
' North and Soutli'Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi.
I Florida, Tennessee and Louisiana, were found
Ito be represented. About three hundred del-
- gates are present.
> ■ The Convention has been organized by ap
; ; pointing Hon. A. P. Calhoun, of S. C., Presi
. (lent. Hon. M\rk A. Cooper, of Gtu, Vice
. President, and P. D. Page, of Ala.. Secretary.
1 A Committee on business, consisting of three
_• ‘ from each State, was appointed.
t ; The afternoon was spent in discussing the
. rides and the report of Mr. L. W. Spratt, of
- ' S. C., on the re-opening of the African Slave
i Trade. Delegates are still coming.
t May 11.—This morning was spent in discus
i sing the African Slave Trude—Prior of Vir
f ginia opposing and Yancey of Alabama advo
f eating the repeal of laws prohibiting the same.
1 Both gentlemen made very eloquent speeches.
- The vote is not taken up to this hour.
srit?” The LaGrange Reporter copies a
_ paragraph from onr paper in which we ac
knowledge the receipt of a bojuet, and coui
; ments as follows ;
. ; “We trust for the good of the press gener-
' ally that if the ladies can convert bachelor edi
’ ■ tors into benedicts, the ladies of Macon will
1 j continue to favor our friends Rowland with
* Isiquets. It is usual for gentlemen to take the
4 1 first step in affairs matrimonial; but if the la
r dies can do so, and with as much grace as it
. can be dune by sending boquet-, we have no
‘ I objections to seeing our friends of the “Press"
t so converted into happy benedicts.”
J ■ We infer from the above that onr cotetnpo
rary is a married man, and (like the fox of old
■ who had the misfortune to lose bis tail in a
trap) he trys to get us into the same predica
' ; tnent. The Senior is too old a bird to be caught
’ with such chaff, and has always believed with
’ St. Paul, that he who marries does well but he
I
1 who marries not does better.
1 A crusty bachelor, in Bnlwer’s last novel,
being asked why he remained single, replied,
' " becau-e he nad no wish to be doubled up;”
for, said he. man is like a napkin, the more
neatly the wife doubles him, the more carefnl
-1 ly she lays him on the shelf; and Shakespeare
vindicate* the single life, and depicts the
double in the famous line—which is no doubt
intended to be allegorical of marriage—
'Double double, tail and trouble.’
These sentiments we endorse—with the fear
of the ladies before onr eyes. Our Junior,
however, promises friend Wru ingham, of the
Reporter, that if he will engage to use his in
; fluence in his behalf among the numerous beau
: ties that grace the lovely village of LaGrange,
he will lose no time in trying on the tuatrimo
i nial harnus.
“A GOOD IDEA."
Under the above caption the Southern Gsor
' gian. lately started at Bainbridge, ’ays:
“ A friend writes to us from Albany, enclos- i
cd find $2. I will take your paper one year to 1
see if it will change my luck.”
We have received a similar letter from the ■
same place, and we suppose from the same
gentleman. He has onr thanks for hi* kind- I
uess, and we may add that n)> who are so con
erate of the printer <Ze*erre sucecss and are ve
rytlikely to obtain it. Render go thon and do i
likewise
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, May 10.—The fi,000,000 loan
bids were opened to-day. There were no bids
South of Washington. The total amount of- I
fared was 15,000,000. Premiums ranged from j
8 1-2 to 6 per cent.
In the Senate the report of the Fishing boun
ties were discussed. The rest of the proceed
ings are unimportant.
In the House the bill wn« passed from the
State Department asking from Congress $lO,-
I 000 to carry the Kansas bill into effect. The !
Senate’s bill, directing government to pay cer
tain sums to owners ot slaves carried away by !
British vessels during the war of 1812. under!
the treaty of Ghent, was referred to the Com- I
mitt.ee of the Whole.
"THE UNITED SOUTH."
We extract from the Journal d Messenger
of the 6th inst., the following curious article.
The Messenger says—“We are for Southern U
nion for the sake of the Union, as the only
means left for the preservation of <>ur rights in
the Union.” Well, we wonder if the Journal
it' Messenger has not been for that all the while; ;
aud what good has it done? If it will come i
out and say that it is for the union of the South ,
against the Union, as the only means left of
preserving onr rights any w here, it may do
some gbod, but us long as the people of the
South are devising ways and means to pre- ;
servo the Union, they may expect nothing else j
than constant exaction and aggression! It is
human nature. lro::i our school-boy davs to
old age, we have remarked that good natured
. fellow s are imposed upon. As long as it is the
I object of the South to preserve the Union, we
will have nothing to do but to submit. We
' have been Union savers long enough. It is
■ time now that the North should begin to save
a little. It is time that she should begin to i
1 feel that it is of some value to her. and if it is
of no more value to her than it is to us, the
sooner it is dissolved the better for both par
ties.— Corner Stone.
SLAt ERY.
“STRAINING AT GNATS."
Os Jill the nefarious trades in which man
| ever engage, says an exchange paper, the Coo-
I lie trade is the most revolting. Its barbarities
surpass the horrors of the “middle passage;"
i and yet those who are the most active in its
| prosecution are citizens of the nation from
i which we hear the loudest outcries in behalf of
: humanity and freedom. We are told of these
; wretched beings dying on the prolonged pas-
■ sage from Asia to the Atlantic coast, of hnn-
I ger. thirst, and the foulest diseases engendered
I by close Confinement, without air or proper
nutriment, in the holds of ships. Wo are told
of these unfortunates murdering one another
in the agony of their desperation ; and although
the thing is palpable, the evidence of its exis
tence unquestioned aud undeniable, civilized
Europe shuts its eyes, pockets the gains, anil
balances her sin-ledger, by shrieking out her
virtuous indignatien at the wickedness of the
American slave-holding. She swallows the
Coolies and tile Cotton very well hersell', but
wonderslmw brother Jonathan can digest such
horrible things.
THE BANKRUPT BILL.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald gi- es the general features of the
bankrupt bill, now before the Judiciary Com
i mittee of the Senate, as follows :
| Mr. Toombs' bankrupt law is being nctivclv
; considered by the Judiciary Committee, anil
will probably be presented to the Senate early
next week. It is understood it will be a geri
| eral bill, including individuals, corporations,
| chartered bank-, and any association <if per
sons authorized to issue notes, bills, Ac. It
i will provide for voluntary and involuntary
! bankrupt!y, and will be ret,reactive. The le
trv.-K-live feature will be guarded so a-to ex
' chide nil who, subsequent to January ja-t or
any other time, have made assignments, in
i contemplation ot the passage of a bankrupt
I law. which gave preterence tu one creditor
, over another, and the bankrupt in »uch eases
shall not receive a discharge unless w ilh the
consent ot a majority of his creditors who have
not been so preferred.
The involuntary bankruptcy applies to cases
where the debts exceed two thousand dollars,
and the person declared bankrupt is entitled to
trial by jury—all transfers of property of any
kind, for the purpose of giving any 'creditor,
endorser or other person any preterence or pri
ority over general creditors, to be mdl aud
j yoi -!. and the parties obtaining them to be sued
lor such amount as assets of the feuikruptcy.
! With regard to banks and other issuers of |ia
i per money, they are to come under the head
I of involuntary bankrupts; and, iu addition to
, all the liabilities which attach to individuals,
they may be declared bankrupt for the iiou
; payment for ten days after demand of any Dll,
i note or other liability— all the expenses of pro
‘ reedings to be paid by the parties irfterestad,
j and under no pretence to be paid by the Uni
ted States.
These aro the general features of the bill,
we believe. It is to go into effect next No
vember, if now passed.
COURT-MARTIAL OF GEN. IWICGS.
; The Conrt-Mnrtlal upon Geu. Twiggs has
closed at Newport Barracks. The evidence
I for the defence went to show that the General
i entertained no intention of showing contempt
of the authority of the President, and that he
considered the act for which he is Court-Mar
tialed as simply a performance of his duty as
an officer The offence charged is the censure
I ot an officer whose acquittal by a Court-Mar
I tial was approved by the President, thereby
i implying contempt of superior authority.—
■ The revision of the decision of the Court-Mar-
I tial in this case, like all similar military cases,
is to take place at Washington, so the verdict
' is still a secret.— Col. Sun.
A* the City Marshals have commenc
ed their animal warfare upon the dogs, we ask
them to read the following
DOGGEREL.
“Marshal, spare that dog.
Touch not a single hair;
He worrie* many a hog,
Krum out his muddy lair.
0! when he was a pup.
So frisky and so plump,
He lapped his milk from a enp—
When hungry—at a jump.
And then his funny tricks.
So funny in their place,
So full of canine licks.
Upon your hands and face.
You will surely let him live!
O! do nut kill him dead,
He wags his narrative,
And prays for life—not lead.
Go get the muzzle now.
And put upon his mouth,
And stop that bow wow !
And tendency todrungth.
He is our children's |>et,
Companion ot their joy ;
You will not kill him yet,
And thus their hopes destroy.
No; Marshal, spare that pup;
Touch not a single hair,
Oh ! put yonr ‘ pistol'’ up,
\nd go away fmm there "
News Items.
A Cheering Business Sign.—A correspon
dent of the New York Courier says that a
linn in that city, largely engaged in the sale
| of dimiestioa, recently stated that their sales
since January last, had been a quarter of a mil.
lion of dollars larger than ever in the same
space of time before, and that their immense
business hud been mostly on term* equivalent
to cash. This is one of many gratifying signs
of tbo retnrn of prosperity in the business af
[ fairs of the country. Os certain descriptions
: of goods, the consumption ot the country can
never eease. Woolen and cotton clothing,
: boots, shoes and hats, must be worn, whether
I times bo good or bad. Bnt production has
: been almost at a stand Still for six irtoAths.
I It must bi resumed, and in order to meet the
I renewed demand upon exhausted stocks, it
must be prosecuted with unusual activity.
CoMMtKCIAI. Aufaihs in Eiboi-e.—Letters
from the Continent of Europe describe a state
of commercial dullness such qa has scai-cely ev
er before been experienced. The accumula
tion of unsold goods is still such as to check ev
ery tendency to revival. A* Marseilles espo
ci.-dly the warehouses are said to be overloaded.
I Washington, May 7.—The Senate adjourn
i ed to-day out of respect to the memory of the
, Hon. Josiah J. Evans, Senator from Stmth Car
olina. who died hist night. 'Die Hon. Thomas
L. Ulingman. (former representative from tha
eighth congressional district) of North Caroli
lina was sworn in as Senator.
In the House, the resignation of Mr. Cling
in-an was announced. The House then adjonrn-
I rd out of respect to the memory of the Hon.
I Josiah J. Evans.
Tub Frost in Ciiehokek Georgia.—The
Rome Courier of the sth instant says:
The Frost*, of last week and the week be-
I fore have done no serious damage in this coun
ty, nor in the adjoining counties so far as we
have reliable information. Our own opinion
is that in many of the newspaper reports the
amount of injury done is greatly exaggerated.
rtgr- The Charleston Courier of yesterday
says that the bills of the Georgia Banks are at
par in Charleston, not par excellence, but par
complaisance. We are sorry to say that the
bills of the South Carolina bunks do not enjoy
the same fnvoi among the “outside barbarians”
of this ‘•suburb" of Charleston, fortheir notes
are at no sort of par—neither par excellence
norpnr cmnphiisiuiee. We wonderif gold dol
lars ure equal to the notes of the Bank.’ of
Charleston in that city ? .4 ugu-ta Dispatch.
Revival Statistics.—The Athens Watch
man gives the number of those who have uni
ted with the various churches in that place
since the commencement of the religious revi
val, ii* follows : M< tliodi’ts 90 : Presbvterians
50; Baptist’ 41; Episcopalians 11 Metho
dists (colored) 76—total 268.
. The Wheat Chop in the West.—Accounts
‘from every section of the Western coimtrv.
without exieplion. represent that the wheat
crop looks more promising than in any spring
for the last ten years. It is w e !] up. covers
the grouml well, is well set. good color, and
the number of acre.* of it is pri-digiou*.
President Buchanan, on Monday last,
nominated Judge Loring, ot Massachusetts, to
succeed the lute Judge Gilchrist, of New Hamp
shire, on the bench of the Court of C.laim*.
1 he Star says, we never before knew so unan
imous a desire manifested for the appointment
of a gentleman to office on the part of the De
mocracy of Congress ns in this case.
I Bank of the State of GK'>i:oiA.-*-At an
I election held lit tin biUikikg 1 oliSe. ii|l|d* • tv
i yi-terday, the following gentlemen were chi't-
I ed Dire, tor-this Bank for the ensuing vear:
; A. Porter, W. T. William*. 11. I). Reed, A.
i R. Lawton. W. Dnncnn, A. A. Sinett*. W, 11.
Hodgson, and R. lliih-liiiison. Major P. rter
was re-eleeted President.
J lie Director elected by the State is Robert
i B. \ou;;g.— Sui,»:uuih Georgian.
Pft' The eleventh meeting of the American
1 Medical A-.*oeiajion took place in Washington
i City on [ iK-sday, the 4th inst., at the SimlL
| sotiian Institution.
i 1 lie pre-wot ..tlieers of the Association are :
Preside ut.-- -Vmi\ F. Eve, Tennessee.
Vice Presidents—li. J. Breckinridge, Kcn
l lucky : !>. M. P.eese, New York; W H. By-
I find, Indiana; Henry F. Campbell, Georgia.’
I .S>erc/.in>».—Robert C. Foster, Teimessee,
A. .1. Semmes, Washington City.
| Treasurer.— Wister, Pennsylvania.
A Roman vic Burglar.—Thieves of the
i Claude du \ id and Paul Llifford sclwiol are
I gradually becoiumg “play ed out,” but uccacion
alty we hear of one. For instance, a gentle
man ot this order entered the hou*e of Wil
iiam Echols, Esq, Huntsville. Ala., and not,
i finding any money he scorned all such trifles
■ a* w atvlie*. &.C., and couteuted himself a ith
; stealing a ring from the linger of a sleeping
I young lady. i\ ho knows but that Lu kissed
| her tuo *
A negro eliiid bus recently been bora in the
neighborhood ot Ringgold, in tliUcoonty, with
twenty-bix lingers and toes. It han six toes on
each toot, and seven fingers on each imnd.—
1 here are two iull-anted iUuinbs on each liand
and two “little tivgws. All these limbs are
said to be peiivcL— Hidivwnd sSouth,
Marriage op M’gs Hbein Cunningham.—*-
This young lady, of Jiurdcii memory, was rn.tr*
ried last erehhig by Rev. Mr. Van
Ct let, ot the l):>ich Reformed Church of Jersey
C ity, to a young Dentist of thia city.—JT. F.
DEsTßrt'TioN Br-rdt Fi bob Xiw Orleans,
May 7.—The crevasse still remains
the water rs doing immense damage. Above
the eity the destrnttiun of property is incalcu
lable.
I '—
Heavy Snow —Saturday itijelit tmd Sunday
morning last, the heaviest fall <>f snow that lias
occurred thus latbin theseuso* for many years,
occurred iu South* esteru Virginia. The depth
of the snow at Fiuca-tlv "us some six inciies.
In parts of Craig county, it is reported to have
been nine inches deep.
j-tU” The Wire Gnus Repsrter say* that
James Mi Vii ker*. a lad ataiut ten years old,
was drowne.l in the Ookloeknee River on Sat
uixlwy evening last. Ife leaves a distressed
mother, brotlier and sister:
“Old Bob,” a negro Drummer in the Revo
lutionary »*r, died recently hi Elbert county,
at die advanced age of 107 years. He was
present a»Elie Imttles of Eutaw Springs, Guii
i’oid Court House and Brandywine.
Ltf" The Ldndmi Correspondent of the Nea
York Sunday Times, in a late letter to that
paper says:
“ I lieiieve I forgot to say who were the par
ties in the high life elopement case, mentioned
in my last, of a married nobleman with a young
lady scarcely twenty. Dird Cardigan is the
gentleman's name, and the accomplished Miss
Sophia Heneiy Is the erring lady. Lord Car
digan had nu reputation to lose. He bad done
little but disgrace his positi.m in the peerage
for some years, but the lady's act inspires pity.
She is beautiful, innocent, confiding and
thoughtless. He is a brute, and bitterly will
she have tu repent this imprudent step. Lord
Cardigan will protmbly be •called out.’ That'*
the rumor to-day at the clnlis.”
This is the same Lord Cardigan who led th*
famous charge of “the six hundred" at Halak
lav*. Pity the scoundrel survived the dsy.—
V-m'. Canfid.