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About State press. (Macon, Ga.) 1857-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1859)
J fljt Ovlcthln P |( " j,, > 11, ~...« »• ... FROM OUR DAILY OF MONDAY, MARCH 7 j i.,rnn <nc M currcs- £tei¥’ln another column, tributor, Leola,eho- . ,„. „ few days created soms , ~r ; .,.itv with our reade l ’*. •P" r,h 11 i,r • 1 imong .... ...r ineiii f, ers of the sex,) as to j1,,. :,l,.„tv oftho gfntle authoress. Thecunore • f.. < Q h,*, xer,. is only surpassed I i hi- exn■*ive impudence. He not only in i.atcs the young lady about her personal appearance and’mautal elmrucUriMiw; whether ' i- a blonde or brunette—with black eyes , ■ ,h,■ Whether grave or gay, short or tall, etc., but the wretch even has the impertinence to co. A- re./t—the greatest of all affronts to the •• ; r . t : and bolder still, the shame-faced fel low goes solar as t» put the delicate question. , f / t ,//„.,• »/« '» M deserves i -,-vere retort from “Leola," and we hopeshe will -•■•re him throqgli the “ NZu/e J’<ess.” The Bible Panorama. I . will K a gratification to the citizens of Ma <• .ti to karn that Mr. Williams' magnificent j’auoi-ania of the Bible, will remain one week longer on exhibition nt Concert Hall, affording other opportunity to our community to witne-> this great work of Art. The very large aud fashionable assemblages uliich attended the I’uuarama lust week, is a high testainonial in behalf of the good taste of oiir citizens as well as this unrivaled triumph of art. We are snre this Painting will be visi ■ d by thousands here, ns it was in Philadel phia. Charleston, Savannah, and other cities, where it has been open to the public. To the young, us an aid in, llig study of some of the holiest events in man'a. history, it is especially valuable; and as the most liberal arrangements can be made with its Proprietor for schools to visit it. it is to be hoped that none will allow the opportunity to pass nnavailed. Blr. Stephen Massett’s Musical '' ENTERTAINMENT TO NIGHT. ‘ Col. I’ipes' 1 appears for one night only at the Medical Reform College, aud produces his Entertaining Monologue, Musical Lecture of ".■song and Chit-Chat of travel in many Lands.” From present appearances the Lecture Room will not hold the numbers that we understand a:.: going to sec aud hear this celebrated mu - cian, and composer, aud we are quite sure that had Mr. Massett been fortunate enough to have obtained a larger Hall he would l>e equally sure ot si croweed audience. We ,-trongly advise those ladies and gentlemen in tending to be present to have their tickets im mediately secured, as but a limited nitmber are i—'.ivd. Those who neglect to hear “Pipes” to-night will miss u rich and rare intellectual treat. 'The “ Col.” needs no recommendation from us as his fame is world-wide, and his pecu liar and inimitable style of entertainments have elicited the commendation of the nicest critics both in Europe and America, ns fur example the following commendatory notice from the London Morning t 'Arrnm/c, than which no au thority is more reliable; ■■ lie rejoice that Mr. Massett bun found bis way t<> tiie metropolis, aud we prophecy, from the recap tion that he met with last evuuiug from a large and in:.eellaueoua auditory, that lie will becomeaum- Vvrsal favorite and a pet with the public. He was ... of tli.s-e wl.'.m, though we had never beheld in th. tie- i . we knew by a sort of intellectual intimacy . iug re eniiy coins across him, as a pleasant tbo'ight ; n tin* . rilica! corner of -..me Australian or < if .rni.i newsp.ip. r, ace unpanied with praises o powers of humor and pathos. And now that we L... s-ell him. weevil bear testimony to the sama . . I lliat lie has true liuluor witli n deep sense ami faculty of tile pathetic. Among his aeeemplish ii: us must be enumerated a command of that most p q.uhir of'all instruments—the piano—on which he :> m| anied himself tn liis songs. In eouclu 10u> w. must admit that bis fame is well earned, hint . o'y a personal visit can convey an adequate impres sion of his gr.at and original powers.” 3d Congressional district. The Columbus Times of the 4th inst. says: Our contemporary of the Georgia (Macon) TeL graph gives the list of names mentioned in onneetion with C'. ogress in the different Dis tricts tn the St r ,te, failing only to enumerate th. .se spoke u yf’in the Third. We feel great interest f or the sinless of the Democracy in ' ‘.as district, and believe the race will be won in the next election, if a true man is the stand ard bearer. The present incumbent is a wor thy gentleman, but there are many salient points about his political record, which, if ex posed by a muster hand, will result in his de feat. His vote to increase the pay of Congress men to >35 per day during the short session, is looked upon as rather extravagant by the eco nomical parly. They uuunot cry “ reform 1” when their leader is voting this gum of money Jr his pat. We hear mentioned the name of I 1,1. Speer, deGraffeuried, Tracy, Lochrune, of Macon, Smith, of Talbot, Smith, of Upson, I Moblev, and our young, but talented friend, King, of Harris, for the succession. Either of them will run well. A correspondent amends our list ot candidates lor this Uongressicm.il District by suggesting the names of CoU. Bass and W hit ■i: eof this city. We accept the amendment, :.-there arc no men whom we would more gladly aud zealously support, but we are oblig ed to decline publishing the communication siuce the write? lias uegk-cted to .'/ire his name, aud we cannot violate our rule in such cases. THIRD DISTRICT. 1 nder this caption the Savannah Jicpubhcau of the otli last., says: The Macon .si Ue J’ilm wishes to kpuw whal the A'.y Wican has to say v.. ruuuiug Mr. Clisby, of the 7. ' ■ o.A. for Congress in the above District. If our cotcmporary will tell us wherein Mr. Tr ippe. ha been delinquent to his constituents that he should not he eoiitiuued in his present position, we will an swer llw question. 1 lou t dodge, neighbor—answer our question, mid we will pay our respects to Mr. Tkiti’B in due season. The Oxford Mercury (Miss.) has this para raph. . .. ' Perhaps there never was, in the history of Mi--;—ippi. such a demand for negroes as there is now. The great demand has increas ed, as a consvquenee, the price of them enor mously. G I fid,) hands cannot be purchased 1 r le-s than sixteen, seventeen aud eighteen liuolr.-l dollars, while mulumics eommand prices "f :2.ikii> and upwards, and generally i\pui ■< :.<• . I lainod u t a |] as voluntary sale, — In our ov. a <- imtry there is work for more slat - than arc employ«]. Agriculture is re iluMllg an al . iitiou which it never eotnmand ed l« fort . 1 In-building of the Central Kail r ad has given the . untry n life us if it luid eme'r m tin o rating hitlid of the Crea tor. she • peniiig up, 4 ,c || lu yieh lands lying in llic Missi.-.ppj R..tt u ni, during the past lour or nie years, has drawn a great many Irni. I- from the phrntatious Lafayette. Tim 1.1. reasd demand f. r cotton, the price of ti e staple, w,th,. ur ja»rf<s I market 1.1. Hies, Jm» run, up the valuation of lH*gn> ialior mor. than d., U I b what 4a a. Is-fore Um itnilrimd era. a r ,n ’ 4 h* iiig in a’- gilt*'**? •akr®” a v( wik r *a*L u*»»» Furthei’by the City of Baltimore. CRUAT liIIITAIX. In the House of Lords, on the 14th of Feb., ! the Earl of Malmesbury, in reply to Lord Wode- I house, said he would lay before the House the recent correspondence with the United States’ government respecting the right of search.— thought that Englund had exercised a wise dis cretion in giving up that right, and he believed that a code of itistructions which had lieon agreed to by I'ngland ami France, and had , been submitted to the United States for approv al, would be found to work satisfactorily in re- | pressing the slaveholders! The Earl of Clarendon said the right of search was a belligerant right, and could not be prop- I erly exercised in time of peace. He trusted • that the new code of instructions would prove ' satisfactory ; hut unless they More adopted by ; all the great maritime I’owers, there Would al ways be disputes and inconvenience. The Earl of Derby belived that the code of I insiqMitious which liad been submitted to the United States, would prevent future complica tions. Mr. Disraeli, in reply to Lord C. Paget, stated that goverunient would not grant unconditional guarantee either to the Atlantic telegraph or to any other submarine telegraph. FRANCE. The war panic appears to be dying out. The Paris Correspondents of the English Press have little that is now to-day upon the subject. The correspondent of LeNord says that all the ef fort’ made by England to induce France and Austria to agree upon a common ground for negotiation on the subject of Italy have failed. The French budget of expenses for the pre sent year shows an increase of 29,500,<>00 francs. The Palis correspondent of the London Globe says that Niuciunos, Metz and every arse- I nal in France, guns and stores were on the move for the Mediterranean and Lyons. The Paris coriespondent of the London Dai ly News, says the Emperor was making propa- . rationsofa nature to indicate that he intends ■ to take the field in person, and that it is cer- ' tain hv burns with the ambition to command an army in actual warfare. The French Ministers at Hamburg and Frankfort had had an interview with the Em peror. It was reported that they were sent by I him to report as to the state of public feeling in < lerntany. The London Herald's Paris correspondent, continued to write very warlike letters. In uis last he states that an impression prevailed that before the expiration of two months b>’-ulities he will break out. j Information from all parts of France shows * I that trade had relapsed into complete stag nation, without any symptom of improvement. Sudden heavy failures had produced uueasi- . ness, and in some manufacturing districts gen- i eral distrust prevailed. M. Bordier, a banker, had been declared bankrupt at Orleans. , The Paris flour market was dull, but wheat was steady. The provincial coni markets were ; generally firm. The wine market was firm.— , Breadstuff's quiet. The 22d of February was thought to lie the • day fixetl for the meeting of the conferunee to ' discuss the point raised bv the double election : of Col. Couza, as Hospodar of the Dariubiau i Principalities. AfSTBIA. The Oesderreisehc Uorrespondc iz contains an official article in which it is iv .iuitted that the speech made by the Empero.' Napoleon ut the'opeiiing of the I .egislative Assembly is cal culated to dissipa\ e the appri hensions of war which have re cently been entertained in Eu rope, more particularly if it is followed by a cessation ( ,f the armaments which have been Jto’.ag forward in France. The article intimates ‘Jiat Austria is quite willing to take as a basis for diplomatic discussions on her temporary Occupation of Central Italy whatever may be agreed on between the two Western Powers, and has no doubt that matters will thus be brought to a successful result. It was generally believed that the bids in Loudon tor the six million Austrian loan, were only between Xl,hut), <>00 and X 1,500,000. SARDINIA. The Paris correspondent of the Loudon Globe states as a settled affair that the King of Sar dinia will marry MariaJ daughtei of the Grand Dutchess Maria of Russia. Tho King of Sardinia had conferred upon the Prince Imperial of France the order of the Anonciado. NAPLES. The Nettpolitaw frigate Stromboli, w ith the amnesterl political prisoners on board, was at •Cadiz on the 3d of Feb., for the purpose of transferring the prisoners to a Spanish vessel bound to New York. The comtonnder of the English steamer Amazon had offered at Cadiz to convey nil the exiles to England free of charge, but his offer was declined. | The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany, . dnnghter of tho King of Tuscany, died at 1 Naples. Terrible Explosion—lmmense LOSS OF LIFE. New Orleans, Feb’ry. 28. —The steamboat Princess, from Vicksburg for New Orleans, w hen near Baton Rouge, on Sunday morning exploded her boiler and burned to the waters's I edge. At the time ot the disaster there were about 4UU pereous on baord, two hundred of I whom are supposed to have been killed or drowned. Those missing were mostly resi ( dents of Louisiana and Mississippi. A large J number of ladies were among them. Among the killed are; J. M . Seymour, of Baton Rouge; Calhoun, of Maysville, Ky. the Pilot of the Princess ; tho assistant engin eer, 11. B. Murphey, of St. Louis; J. J. Hodges 1 of Mississipi. Three unknown persons are , missing. Charles Bannister and L. Howard, P . repseiitatives, at Baton Rogue, Joseph i Clark, second Clerk, aud Samuel Watts, iot Virginia. No other Northern or Eastern , names have been ascertained. A large number were badly scalded and oth , I erwise badly injured. The boat (which was one of the ffnest on , the river) aud the cargo are a total loss. SECOND DISI’ATCII. New Orleans, March 1., —A boat has re- I turned from the wreck, bringing a number of the dead and wounded. It is reported tbat the Priucess was behind her time at Baton ( Rouge. A ilitpateh says that the engineer is roporteil ' to have declared tbat lie would reach New Or leans at a certain time or blow up the boat. — ' The engineer was cut in two. About one handred are wounded ; many dangerously ; some are dying. It is yet im possible to ascertain the number of lives lost. Koine were saved in bouts. Numerous unrecog nized bodies are being found along the shore, but no further mimes from the North or West have been obtained. 7','i mt miaul t.'unjtla;i< ultuu —Ar< u '/ Ja-uunml Balm uj ( <ytou aiul Arm Tkoumutl Bay* t>f Biuned Bin id. Bosrux, March J. Ti e immense waiahutiM, No. 245 Broad Street, w an bund lust night, togedier wilii sev ■ uu thou-aud Udes us cotton, *cvm thousand l*ag» ot bussK'd, a largo quantity of saltpetre, vie., tb« io»s iseotiiuulud al jjh5<A>,UHU. /'x.m K'IMMU -Arar (,M />»«<«. >rs—Mr. , Ln is, Feb. 27.—The Leveuwortb Jimta baa. advices from Denver City to the second inst.-- : New mid valuable discoveries of gold are re- | ported on the Vasques Fork, ten miles from I Denver. Claims are being rapidly taken up.— ! Large accessions to the population are constant ly coining from California, Utah and New- Mexico. The winter has been very mild. The Indians ! are numerous, but continue peaceable. The Steamer Black IVan 'mr—Explosion of a X/rahi Boiler.— New York, Feb. 28.—The j Steamer Black Warrior still lies in an exposed . condition, and will goto pieces. A large quan tity ol her cargo was brought ashore, yesterday, 1 demolishing the upperdeck and seriously inju | ring the engineer. [roti THE STATE FHES,] To Leola. BY R. Q. LAFIVB, M. D. Please to tell me, darling L-»v. t For I wish to learn from you— Just precisely al! about you, Kince earth’s stores were less without you ! Is your figure tall anti graceful. Or petite, yet neat and tasteful ? Is your skin oflilly whiteness; Eyes of dark or azure brightness ? Art* your lips like roses buded ; Chiu and cheeks with dimples studded ? Have you golden hair or jetty; Are you plain or are you pretty ? Please to tell me darling Zow, For I wish to learn from you— Are you young or growing older ; Do your pulses throb the colder ? Arc yuiir skies with pleasure glowing: Fortune's rich gilts round you flowing ? Does your heart enfold another Dearer than a friend or brother ? Are your manners mild or queenly; On your brow sits fame serenely ? Please to tel! me, darling £ow, For 1 wish to learn from you — Which, or earth or Heaven seems ueareftr To your soul which clings the dearest? Do bright angel's soft wings fan you, And their love-arms gsently span you? Du earth's love-beams dance around you Till their halo quite cuufouuds you? Doubly blest in mind and graces, Has care left on you no traces ? Have life's rough winds ne’er blown o’er you Strewing hopes like leaves before you j Tel! me. darling, dearest Lou, For I wish to learn from you. Macox, Ga. I ~ From the Montgomery Mail. Floating Jokes. Fallin;/from (trnee.— The State of Arkan sas although as it is now, iseivilizeil to what it I was a few vears ago. But a little while ago, l the native American ilisputeil savageh every inch of ground with the Saxon intruder—the I black B< ar and the gray IVolf roamed the for- I ests, to the terror of the pioneer’s Hoc ks, ami I '.he destrueiion of his grain “ patches”—tho Bison and the Elk swept over the praires, and 1 the Beaver built his dams. Wild as was the .ountrv, however, that industrious denmninii i tion of Christians, the Methislisis, bad planted i themselves there. Here and there in the wil | derness, might Ist seen the rough-log church. I nr the tough biisli-iirlmr. where these pious 1 people met to worship their Maker. At one ; of the principle churches, there had been a eam[emeoting in 18—. ut which ninny persons had professed religion. Among the number of converts vas Jeff' Weaver, a notorious des perado. The community in general, ami the sect in particular, were highly elated at the change manifested in Jeff s career. Hitherto I a wild, reckp-ss, fearless bravo, he l>ecumo an amiable and industrious citizen. Jeff joined “on’trial,” and did amazingly well for sev eral weeks, but he began to yearn for the fun and frolic of his former life, and step by step, 1 by slight indulgences and departures from strict discipline fell back to the ‘out side world.' A month or so afterward, the Presiding Elder came along and held a ‘quarterly meeting.’— Old brother S—— ■, who took great interest in Jeff's conversion, was sunirised to learn that he bad back-slidden, and inquired of him the 1 cause of his fall. Jeff, worse now than before his conversion, had fixed up a talc to suit him self, and quiz the good minister. ‘Wai, Mr. S says lie, ‘1 bad a drcam not long ago, that skeared me clean out'u the stock o’ grace I had on hand, an' sliow’d me ’twant no use’n my try’n to get to heaven no how!’ ‘A dream ?’ said Brother S , “why what sort uv dream did you have, Jeff?’ 'Wai, I dremp’t that 1 lost the bottom out on my jug. kick’d the bucket, or died, whut somever you in.ait call it, one night, and 1 struck a bee-line for Heaven. I vvurn't long ■ gittin' up. but the road vvur so all-fired straight, ‘ and there vvus such a tremenjus rise to the hill anil nobody to talk to on the road, that I was powerful tired when I gut to the gate, I can tell yer. 1, howsomever, walked up to the gate, jis' like I wus usin to the place, and com menced laminin’ it with this same old stick, in yernest. Old Gabriel cum to the gate and savs ; Whose that inakin’ such a thunderin’ i racket out thar ?’ 1 tole him 'twits Jeff Weav- I er. the best man tbat ever died in Arkensaw. l ee kil t more buffalos, bars, pauters and deer, j and skalp'd more 'greezers' und trapped more ! beaver, than any six men you’ve got inside ' | thar.’ ‘W liar did you say you cum from ?’ said ole ! Galve. ‘Arkensaw. I tole yer. didn’t I?’ •Wai,’ says he ‘Mr. Weaver, you mils’ be mistaken. Thar's no such a place as Arken , saw on our map.’ ‘Look here’ Mr. Gabrcl,’ says I, ‘you orter know 1 letter n I do, but you jos’ look on the ! outsquirts of Uncle Sam’s big plantation, close to whar he guv them “red niggers" some nateh- ” . w- 1 | es, an’ you’ll find it, share. W al. he went off vvitn a whiz with his wings flappin' like a tuck le'dove, an’ was gone morc’n an hour, I do b'lievc, when lie lit down by the gate agin’.— j ’Wai,’ says I, ‘I e'en a most gin yer out: did j yer find it ?’ ‘Yas,’ said he, sorter lazy like, ‘I did find a leetle sdot in tho big hollow on the Ris-ky Moun tains. named Arkensaw. but Mr. Weaver, lie in’ as you ar’ the first man that ever eum from thar. the ls>ss says yer can’t eum inter this I enelosyer.’ 4 ’Fore I could say nothin' to him. he clean outen sight. Now. Mr. S , you see ■it’s no use fur me to try to git to Heaven, I 'cause old Gabe, knows mo now,’ Brother S tried to talk seriously with Jeff about the matter, but iambi get nothing from him but “no use tryin’,” and finally gave him over to hardness of heart" and stiffness of neck. G ♦ ♦ ♦. A monster, iu liumaii form, named Perry Strickland, residing near Columbus, , Ga., has been committed to jail for frightfully cutting ami mangling a woman, named Lucin da Page, at Girard, Ala. It appears that the I woman was employed as nurse to a sick man ' iu Girard, when the prisoner oomme»ced a distiirbaiice outside the bouse. She went out sud commanded linn to leave, w lici'eiqsm he attai ked her with a knife, intiictiiig severe, but it is luqied not fatal Hounds.—NommmA Ar*r>. O. A. IsM'hraue. Esq , of Macon, call- j «d on u« yesterday. PliysK ally, he never , haiked la tter. Soc-ially coiisulervd. lie is Lard to twat. Mentally, lie i« letter A. No. I. ' ' < >rat**ricalij taken Ire i» otie of our finest >|a‘ak era. 1 i atomlly vieaevl, lie is true 44 as t the ireedle to the pule,” We are alway a glad I ,to m« Col. LoiLruiu. -- dtlaola InUlhyeiKer. j FROM OUR DAILY OF TUESDAY. MARCH 8 ( The Boy Preacher Delivered a sermon at the Baptist Church, in < this City, last Sunday night. Wc intended , publishing a criticism on his discourse, but ( want of space compels us to postpone it. t FOR TIIE STATE PRESS. ] Dr. Leo and the Savannah Re- , PUBLICAN. Mil. Euitzh :—My atuniion Las been called to an artiule h ailed Cheap Laboh, eopied from the Savau- I nuh Republican and published by the Telegraph on the 22ud of February. Allow me a place iu your Daily that 1 may correct the statement of the Savan- 1 , nah Republican. The Republican says: •• Proses- I sor Lee iu bis slave trade letters to Mr. Gardner I complains that laboring men are paid high for their work and that our true policy is to adopt a sys- 1 tern that will reduce their wages. If these arc not his words, they are at least a fair statement of Lis ar- 1 gument. Such is the language of the Republican used in its ' feeble comment on Dr. Lee's letters. Isay it isneith- Dr. Lee’s words or a fair statement of Dr. Lee’s ar gument. The sum and substance of Dr. Lee’s argu ment is this : By the importation of negroes from Af rica wo wuld have a cheap tiryro labor, and not a cheap irkite labor—as the Republican and others say. Dr. Leu meets aud successfully refutes an argument used by Mr. HaTperwhen be says “the rapid increase us white population und the inevitable chcapnoM of uhite (not ntyro) labor are by an irresistible course of events working the extinction (abolition) ot slavery iu Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri.” Mark the itlea that negroes are not, and arc not to be, the cause of the cheapness of white la bor in those five States, but dense population is the inevitable effect us cheap white labor. 1 will uso a comparative-converse argument: Suppose Mr. Row land, that the citizens of Macon were to resolve the removal of all the negroes now in .l/acon and that nu more negsoes should ever be used as laborers in the city; what would be the effect upon white labor? Would the wages of the white laborer be made higher? Oh yes! says one. No other result could be, says another. They forget that the very cause tbat abolished the use ot the negro coaebman, chambermaid, nurse and cook, would have the effect to induce an influx of three white coachmen, 0 chambermaids, nurses and cooks in the place of one negro. Then the writable consequence (as J/r. Harper says) would bo cheap labor, that is whereas the white laborer gets a dollar per day with negroes iu Macon, without negroes iu J/acon, he would get 33J cents per day. The poor man who labors, is taught and impressed with tho idea that negroes living here in .Vacon is the reason he does not get higher wages. I have to some extent broken the connection of my argument: I will now resume it. Mr. Harper urges as a reaons why negroes should not be brought from Africa because the negroes now in the five States ol - Maryland, Deleware. Virginia, Kentucky aud Mis t souri, would by the controlling circumstances of the high price of negroes, iu the cotton States aud the in creased ami dense population to those States (because of the transfer of the negroes to the cotton States) in sure the abolition of slavery in those five States.— Now the result of Dr. Lee’s argument is to introduce I a cheap negro lab>>r in the cotton States. Thai the R negroes now in Maryland, Virginia. Kentucky, Dele ware and Mississippi may be kept there, in those 1 States, thereby preventing the abolitou of slavery in (i those States. Dr. Lee neither expressed nor implied a complaint against the high price of white men's labor in the Sou thern States. What he does complain of, is the high rice of negroes in the most Southern States What ’ be proposes is the introduction of negroes from Afri s ca to the most Southern that slavery may not be ab -8 olishtd in the most Northern-Southern States. The j negro in the South has prevented that deuse popula tion that you find iu the Northern States, hence the high price of white labor at the South. The poor r man asks, ‘bow does the negro being here keep up the price of my labor ? Ido not understand that.’ Weil. ‘‘ my dear sir. I will tell you again, although I have y told you iu my comparative, converse, argument*— ’ It prevents a dense population, thereby lessening the i voluntary competitors for work. Yuur labor is not 1 controlled Lv money here, as it is # controlled by money in the Northern States and otl» r densely populated parts of the world, for at tho South there is voluntary 1 i * 1 and involuntary, independent and dependent cornpe | titors for work. 1 At the North only voluntary and dependent compe titors exist for work. At the North ami Europe the i' agricultural pursuits aud mechanic arts are <liruvtcd, - contracted for, aud controlled alone by men of wealth; i whereas in the South the Agricultural pursuits ami t mechanic arts are neither directed, contracted for. nor controlled by wealthy men alone. Besides, we have no large landowner with bis little farms and te nantry. The poor man can be at the South—if he ” chooses — intL pt ndent of capital; for his labor to him in the South is capital. But bow do negroes in the I Southern States prevent a dense population ? In a good many ways. It keeps many out of the Southern States because of their dislike to negroe labor and slavery. Our agricultural pursuits are so different ) and of such a kind as to prevent many from coming to the South tor they could neither grow cotton. Rice [ Sugar, or tobacco. The difference between the sys tem of labor at the North aud the South is this;— The poor man’s labor at the North is bought aud suld. The poor man’s labor at the South is neither " ‘ bought nor sold. The poor man’s labor at the North is contracted for and controlled. The poor man’s la- J bor at the South, is neither contracted for nor c<»n . trolled. The one is dependent and the other is indc -1 pendent. The fisrt is dependeut because there arc no i negroes there. The second is independend because t there are negroes here, that prevent danse popula tion. I now ask the poor man of the South to choose lietween the policy of Dr. Lee ami the policy of the Savannah Republican. The one leads to voluntary 1 independence. The other to involuntary servitude. The one throws the mantle of independence over the ( - shoulders of the poor wau. The other dresses him ' iu the garb us dependence and slavery, ami leaves ! him, like autumn's fallen leaf, wiltcred, sapless, dy ing’ only to be used for life's most meuial service. RtTLEfXiE. I FOR TIIE STATE FREJS Industry. Man to be happy must be occupied. To ea healthily, sleep soundly, enjo;, health, lie must labor. The very necessity which forces man to labor is a blessing. In the world there is not to be found a briar or thorn tbat God could have spared. The man who overcome* • by industry the sterility of his soil, is happier than he would have been, furnished with • plenty without toil and labor. Labor improves F mind and body. They are strengthened by • toil. They are fitted for new exertions by fa • tigue. The pleasures industry bestow s are ■ more than a reward for toil. The enjoyment I of pleasures from labor are peculiar. Money cannot buy them. Laziness can never know i them. They only flow from industrious cx ' ertion. A. ll' W. I . .1 New York Correspondence. i Mein's Eclipse—Fog—Trade—" American Cou sin"— Ticen'y-Sccond February—John M. Botts- —Holy Dayt—Smith O' Brien—Catholic Sunday Lectures —Bishop Ires—Ed wo rd Er erett, <fv. rf'e. The eclipse of the Moon was on a most beau | tiful morning: clear star light and pleasant. ' so that all who desired and who were not “eclijised" themselves, had a beautiful view of tire "Veiling of the Silvery Queen.” The densest fog 1 ever witnessed on land or • sea, occurred here on the mornings of the 19th and 20th inst.; it was impossible u> see a house 10 feet troui you. 3r anything else: aud I groped my way for two hours near tin* East Biver, by hearing and Dot by sight. The fer ry boats were entirely suspended for the luoru inz. The steamer Black Warrior, of t'alilor nia. aud Mariou ot CharlesUm, were drhen in to the saud and are there yet, but hope* are en tertained iff getting them off wiUuail damage. There was in our wide aienue*. great dithculty I iu breathing the utuioaplien-; a good rain t<>l i lowed, aud we hate now beautiful spring wen ther- Tn»de is very especially Southern trade; great activity i« sew viaibla m <>ur las- i .lire. MUM**, and a very large trade • .xifiJrni ; I ly anticipated. | j “Uur Amsre.-au Cowun, hk« “I mi« Turn's i Cabin,” in having a grout "run” already hav ind passed its hundredth night, and is now i spreading itself into the vuriouc Theatres and 1 Negro Minstrel places of amusement: the < Wood’s Minstrels have gotten up us a “take down,” "Our African Cousin,” with so fur, i about equal success. I “The 22nd February” was well celebrated here. Hon. John M, Botts, of Yu., delivered an Address at the Academy id' Music, and was • repeatedly and vociferiously cheered, notwith standing it was n very long speech \ it was de voted to national politics and the "next cam pisb/ii.” He illustrated very forcibly on one thing, viz. “Ohl Viryinny nerer tires V’ The Speech was published in the Express and Tri bune and in pamphlet form. The evening was made memorable by balls, Jiops and eli tainments, and passed off well. Some of the New England states have made the 22nd a holy-day, and it was well observed this year. I think it should be n holydaij all user the land: our laboring classes arc kept too much at the grind stone. Smith O'Brien, the great protestant Irish Patriot, is expected to land here to-day, and will be well received by his and our country men. We have had some dreadful murders here, but as 1 seldom detail “horrors,” your readers will luive to look elsewhere for them. The Catholic Sunday Lectures have proved comparatively a failure. “Bishoplves,”of North Carolina memory, who had on one occasion there, “to go deranged,” to clear himself of apostaey only had obout five hundred hearers a: Mozart Hall last Sunday. Hon. Edward Everett repeats his address on Washington, in this City, on the 4th of March. Yours, E. The Kansas Gold Mines—An Imhaktial View. —A correspondent of the St. Louis lie publican, writing from Auroria, under date ot ' January 18th, says: In regard to the gold mines, I would say that 1 have taken much pains to gather all the information possible, and being a trader here 1 have an opportunity of talking with men who are prospecting in different sections of the country. I have also visited the mines where the few who work are engaged, and have traveled the whole length ot < berry Creek. At first 1 had but little faith ; but from all the information I can get, what 1 have seen and heard, I believe the mines will pay from two to fifteen dollars per day to an industrious miner. No rich leads have yet , been found, but each day of my sojourn here ( new developments are made, and I am now led to believe that this will prove a good min ing country. It does not resemble any part ot the California mines which I have worked, and bolds no comparison to that country. Yet gold is found in Hat prairies and high banks. It is very fine and driftgold ; and the most ex perienced miners are completely baffled in ac counting for it. To this, however, let me add that I have met men who said they had pros pected thoroughly and had not found any mines which would pay; they are tired of the country and some have left, disgusted with it. , From Washington. Washington, March 5. —James Y. McDuffie, of the Georgia, lias been appointed Superinten dent of Indian affairs in California. C. W. Gholson, of Mississippi, has been ap pointed Governor of Washington Territory. Destructive Fire. Wilmington, N. C., March s.—Magnolia, lo cated forty-eight miles from IV ilmington on the W ilmington and W eldon Railroad was visited with a destructive tire last night. The Kail oad w arehouse, full of g.iods. Merriman's store and four dwellings were burnt. The loss is up wards of $70,000. A portion of the property is covered by insurance. Extra Session of Congress. Washington. March s.—There is now hard ly a doubt about the call for an Extra Session of Congress but whether it will lie made before or after the autumn elections has not been de termined by the President. This is general public rumor, and very generally believed. Markets. New York. March s.—Sales id' Cotton to day 85IMI bales, at advancing prices. Middling Uplands 12] cents. Flour buoyant, sales 24,- 000 barrels. Wheat active, with sales of (»0.- 000 bushels. Corn improving, sales 17.000 bushels; Mixed 87 and Yellow 85 cents. — j Spirits of Turpentine firm at 50 cents p gal -5 lon. Rice firm. Savannah. March s.—Sales of Cotton to-day 100 bales. The market is quiet, as holders are asking an advance, which buyers seem unwil ling to give. The few sales made were at un changed prices. Ch arleston, March 5. 1 P. M.—Cotton —The | market is firm but quiet. Sales to-day >OO bales at 10J to 121 cents. FOR TUB STATS PRESS. Monroe Superior Court. Monday February 28. ' liis Honor ELDRIDGE G. CABANISS, pre siding: State vs. Richard Willi—verdiet not guilty. , The Court, delivered an elaborate opinion in I the case of Jossey and wife vs. Parker Eason. . Guardian el. ill.— demurrer to bill sustained. | Clower vs. Fletcher—Deceit in sale of a ne gro—verdict, sustained in favor of plaintiff Harrell Risley & Kitchen vs. Ponder —ver- dict for Plaintiff. Goodrum vs. Jacobs—mistrial. Freeman vs. Greer —Breach of Warrant — , verdict in favor of Plaintitf. Docket cleared of all cases ready for trial, i except cases in which Judge Cabaniss was for- ‘ tnerly Counsel—on which Judge 1-amar will ' preside this week. Bonaparte Wyence, charged with assault I with intent to murder, plead guilty of an as ' sault—Court lined him SIOO 00—in default of I payment, imprisonment in county Jail sixty 1 days. Gentlemen of the bar in attendance,, besides I the local bar: Hons. E. A. Nisbet, W ashington Poe, John Rutherford, John J. Floyd, Henry Moor, L. T. Doyal, O. 0. Gibson, J. M. Smith, James Gieun, Boynton, of Butts, M. Blandford and Geo. W. Norman. The Court is still in session. Important Statement of Samuel F BUTTERWORTH. IN RELATION TO THE KILLING OF PHILIP B KEY BY THE HON. DANIEL E SICKLES. STATEMENT OF MB. Bl TTEKWOBTII. In consequence of erroneous and false state ments which have appeared in the public press, in relation to the death of P. Barton Key Esq., 1 feel that it is necessary that 1 should state the facts so far as lam connected with the occurrence. On Sunday morning, about 12 in., I received at the house of a triend with I whom I was staying, a note from ths Hon. D. E. Sickles, say ing, •’ Dear B„ come to rue right away,” which I allowed to Hon. Robt. J. Walk er and Senator Gwin, with whom I was then conversing. I asked the bearer of the note who was there, and said to my friends “ what can Sickle* desire t" 1 immediately went to the house of Mr. I* On my arrival, I found Mr. Sickle* in hi* bed room, lying on hi* fme <MI the pillow,overwhelmed with grief Some time elapsed la-fore I could obtain from him Mi amount of the cause ut fals ntfiictiiHi. He i kept enlaiudwg—“ I d’W" » dialamored and 1 ruined man, and eanriot in the face." , Finally, he iliscXuwed to me tb« follow lag ctr> j CuustaiM.es t > (Ip Friday. Mr. Sickles received an anony. J mous letter, stating tbnt his wile was in the habit of meeting Mr. P. Barton Key at a bouse on 15th street, in a negro neighborhood.— Through an agent Mr. Sickles had ascertained that Mr. Key had rented a house in that neigh , borhood, and was in the habit of meeting n ndy there corresponding in dress and appear- , since to the wife ot Mr. 8. Being possessed of these facts lie stated them to Ids wife on Saturday night. She said nt once “that she perceived that she was di-covered,’" and there upon made a full confession of her guilt in writing, By this confession it appeared that this crim, inal intercourse had been going on since April, 1858; sometimes, in the absence of Mr. S., at the bouse of her husband; and that at the commencement of the present session of Con gress Mr. Key had hired an unteuanted house < n 15th street, where they were in the habit of meeting frequently. After he had apprised mo of flic foregoing facts, ho consulted me as to the course he should pursue. 1 advised him to send his wile to her mother, at New York; that as it was now near the close of the session, it would ex cite no remark; that during the time inter vening between the close of this session and the commencement of the next he could go to Europe for a few months, and in the mean time a separation could be arranged between himself and his wife; that I presumed the af fair was known only to one or two persons, beyond more surmise; and that for the honor of his little daughter and his wife’s friends, this course should be pursued. To this Mr. Sickles replied, “My friend, I would gladly pursue this course; but so aban- ■ doued, so reckless have Key and my wife been that all the negroes in the neighborhood, and I dare not say how many other persons, know all about the circumstances.” 1 then left Mr. S. in his bedroom, ami, on going down stairs, 1 met in the library Mr. Geo. B. Wooldrige, a clerk of the House of Representatives, I said to him: “This is a terrible affair.” Ho then banded me the writ ten statement made by Mrs. Sickles of her guilt, which was written and signed, as I was then informed, by Mrs. S. in the presence of two females and witnessed by them. I read the statement, laid it down on the table, and said I will go down town for a while and re turn here again, and requested Mr. Wooldrige to say so to Mr. S. if he should enquire for me I immediately left the house and walked to the Club, on 16th street, drank a glass of ale with a friend, and slowly returned to the house ot Mr. Sickles. On entering the library again, Mr. Wooldrige informed me that Mr. Key had twice passed the house during the morning, and . had a short time since waived his handker chief three times as a signal. Whilst conver ' sing with him Mr. Sickles came into the libra ry ami said that he had “seen the scoundrel 1 making signals,” and he added, “My God! this is horrible!” 1 said, "Mr. Sickles, you ■ must be calm and look this matter square in ! the face; if there be a possibility of keeping the certain kinacledge of this crime from the public; you must do nothing to destroy that possibility ; you may be mistaken in your be lief that it was known to the whole city.” He instantly replied, “No, no, my friend; 1 am not: it is already the town talk.” I then said, if that be so. there is but one course left for you as a man of honor—yon need no ad vice. After a few’ moments’ silence, Mr. S. said that he “ was satisfied that Mr. Key had been in the habit of making his signals from a window of the Club-House opposite : and what surprised him very much was that his wife strenuously denied this, though freely confess ing her guilt. He then walked into the hall and said tome, “ C<Wic, go over with mo to Stewart's room, in the Club House, and lie may be able to inform me whether Key has a room there, anil for what purpose he uses it.” I assented, and walked into the street, suppos ing that Mr. Sickles was following me. 1 left the house for this sole purpose. When I left Mr. S. in the hall I am satisfied he had no weapons on his person. He was without his overcoat. He said nothing to me about weapons, or the probability of encoun tering Mr. Key. I walked slowly down the Avenue, on the south side, to the corner, and as I was crossing the street I saw Mr. Key ad.- vance a few steps towards me. He saluted me, saying: "Good morning. Mr. Butterworth, what a fine day we have.” I responded, and said: “ Have you come from the club?” He said, “ I have.” I asked, “Is Mr. Stewart in his room t” lie answered, "yesand quite un well. I then said, “I am going up to see him ; good morning," and turned to leave him. As 1 did so, 1 saw Mr. Sickles for the first time after leaving his house coming rapidly down the street, on tae side next to the square, and then near the corner. I hail walked about thirty feet on my way to the club when 1 heard I Mr. S. exclaim, in n loud voice, “ Key, you ; scoundrel yon have dishonored my house — I you must die.” I turned immediately and saw Mr. K. thrust his hand in his vest or side coat pocket, take a step in the direction of Mr. Sickles, and simul taneously 1 heard the discharge ot a pistol. — Mr. Key then rapidly advanced on Mr. Sic kles, seized him w ith his left hand by the col lar of the coat, and seemed to make an effort to strike with something in his right hand, which I then supposed to be a weapon. Mr. ' Sickles backed into the middle of the street. when he succeded in extricating himself from Mr. Key’s grasp, drew a pistol from bis over coat-pocket. presented it at Mr. Key, who re- I treated backward up ICth street toward the Club, and threw something at Mr. Sickles.— Mr. Sickles followed, and w hen within ten feet 1 fired. I saw that Mr. Key was wounded. He staggered towards the side-walk, saying, “Don’t ' shoot mo.” He leaned for a moment against a I tree, when Mr. Sickles advanced upon him. : exploded a cap. ami then tired a third time.— As Mr. Key was tailing. Mr. S. frequently ex claimed, "You villain, you huie dishonored my house, and you must die.” He uttered these words again, while standing over Mr. Key with his revolver in his hand. 1 took no part in the contest. I believed them laitli to la- a rim'd. When 1 left Mr. Sickle’s house I .had no thought of meeting or seeing Mr. Key, my object living to visit Mr. Stewart. 1 had no arms with me.— 1 did not know Mr. Sickles intended to take arm- with him. He left the house after nip. and without any suggestion from me came to wards the club, on the north side of the square. When Mr. Key saluted me. I did not know Mr. Sickles was approaching, nor did 1 see him un til I turned to leave Mr. Key. 1 did not see Mr. S. shoot Mr. Key after his fall, nor place his pistol in contact with his head or clothing After, the third tire I adianced ami took Mr. Sickles’ arm, ami walked with him up !<>th street, and advised him to go to his houae or to the Attorney General's. He dhi an. I return ed to the scene, and pickisl up mi iqiera glass from the inidiiii-of the street and gave it (o Mr. Sickles. This is the wlwde of my ismnaetiun with this uuloriunsti uoHsrretme. It is not true that I eitlu-r sough or detained Mr. Key. He first addressed um. am! our iulen ten del not last one uiinuu- I have known the late Mr Kiv, in New Y<»rk and in W usliington. during the last ten tears, and ear retai tons i hate eter lie.-!! ih»- most fruunMy ifaaiactrr I did u h aniieipate a colfisiou on the KaLLath, though I did n>B doubt l>ut that it would take 1 piece at an early day bsa. F. Biticaawarn. M FROM OUR DAILY OF WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9 “Modesty, relined.” The Federal Vuion of the Sth inst., says : Our sprightly contenqwrarv. the Macon Stale PnM, waives all title to the compliment bes towed by us on the Preus of the Third District. Now. come brothers Rowland, don’t tell brot her dishy that ho is the only editor in the District without modesty. lie may have as much modesty as you have -.and may aummnec your name in the next Tdeyraph in four line Pica. So, hsik out. We did “lock out,” ami looked in vain, as our eotcmjsiry will see from yesterday’s yraph, that our neighlmr makes no response to our suggestion. I’crlmps he is mad liecause we took his name down. [Prom the Washington States W <W.| Another Special Message. At nine o’clock last night the President of the I'nitcd SUU«b transmitted to Congri-iH the subjoined special menage: Waslh-ngton. March 3> 1859. To the Senate and of Jtcpre*t Utah >•< * : An iiuperativo seiiHC us duty compels mo to make an appeal to Congress to preserve the credit of the y and no provision baa yet been made for the payment of appropriations and to meet the onUtandiug Treas ury notes, issued under the authority of the law.— From the information which has already been com municated to Congress by the Secretary of the Treas ury, it is manifest that the ordinary receipts into the Treasury, even under the most favorable circum stances, will scarcely meet the ordinary expenses of the government during the remainder of the present fis cal year, ending on the 30th of .June. At that tin.v nearly eight millionc of Treasury notes will have be come due, and many of those not yet due are daily paid for duties at the diflerent ports, and there will be no means in the Treasury t- meet them. Thus the country, which is full of resources, will be dis honored before the world and the American people, who arc a debt-paying people, will bo disgraced by the omission on our part to do our duty. It is im possible to avoid this catastrophe, uullss we make provision thisyery day to meet the lawful demands on the public treasury. It this were the first, in stead of the last session <»f a Congress, the case would be different. You might then be convened by a pro clamation for to-morrow morning. But there are now thirteen States of the Union entitled to seventy eight Kcprcsentatives, in which none have been elected. It will therefore be impracticable for a large majority of these States to elect their members be fore the treasury shall be compelled to stop pay ment. Under these circumstances, I earnestly recommend to Congress to make provision within the few remain ing hours of the session for the preservation of the public credit. The urgency of the case not only jus tifies but demands that, if necessary, this shall be done by a separate bill. We ought to incur no risk when the good faith of the country is at stake. James Bi <u an ax. Extra Session. A 12 in. the Senate was called to order by the Vice. President. The proclamation of the President of the United States was reail, convening the extra session of the Senate. The following new Senators were sworn in : Robert Toombs, G:i.: R. M. T. Utt titer, V a.; 11. Wilson, Mass.; A. G. Brown, Miss.; J. A. Grimes, lowa.; R. S. Bingham, Mich.; Jas. Chestnut, S. C.; 11. B. Anthony, R. L; J. P Hale, N. II.; \V. H. Sebastian, Ark.; W. P. Fessenden, Me.j S. A. Douglas, Ill.; A. O. P. Nicholson, Tenn.; Janies Bragg, N. C.; C. C. Clay, Ala.; J. P. Hemphill, Texas. The President of the United States was di rected to be informed of the extra session ot the Senate. Messrs. Blight and Collamer, the commit tee appointed to w ait on the President, retired, and reported that the President would soon semi a message to the Senate. The Executive message was received, and the Senate adjour ned until to morrow at 11 a. tn. — lb.—A.th, Treaties and Fillib asters. We see by the Atla California of the latest date, that the United States marshal was to sell at auction the steamship Hermann, at San Fraueiseo, on the (itli of February. The Panama papers, we see, connect the Hermann with another iillibustei ing expedition that we expected "down the Coast” from Sail Francisco; but there does not appear to be any good ground for the suspicion. Nevertheless the United Slates shijeof-war Deeature wa cruising off the Gulf of Fouzeca, doing police duty for Great Britain, ami keeping a sharp look-out for the Hermann, or any <>tl*:r craft with fillibusters, while Sir Gore Ouseley com pleted bis treaty with Nicaragua—a treaty, in fact, which forever excludes American citizens from participating in the advantages, commer cially, or otherwise, to be derived from that country. — Washiugtan Slates. Death of Joseph W. Thomas Esq. This Worthy citizen expired at his residence in Bohllwoihl, near this city, on the sth inst. After a lingering illness, death lium st ized a man, who was known in this community; for his integrity, his enterprising spirit, his noble nature*, his generous impulses and his Christian deportment. lie held during his life several offices of trus in the County, and us Editor of the during a part of the year 1X54, he ceuductcd its columns with dignity and ability. To his family, we oiler the tear of sympathy in their bereavement. — Cvf. Tlhum. Election-Republican President. Hon. Javfs J \< k<i>\. the Representative from the fith Congressional l»i.-trict, in the course of his re marks on the 10th inst., upon "law and order,” said : ••Xir, uiy colleague in ti e Senate* (Mr. Iverson) a few days since, expressed the opinion that the I nion could not survive the election of Mr Seward to the Presidency; that opinion has been ridiculed, and the Senator dernled. Yet. I undertake to say, that a more solemn truth never was uttered in the American Senate: and every nuui in Georgia, who knows any thing of me, knows that, in my heart, “the wish is not father tu the thought.” My vk ws have been con servative—my love of the Union of iny fathers, in tense: I have s<»iuetimes thought. Mr. Chairman, too strong: but, sir. iny judgment, stripped of all feeling, cold and naked, can see no other result from his ac- j cession to power. Even if the South waited for the inauguration of a man who announces that all the i States must be free or slave, the first effort he uiadr to enforce any law at connected with slavery, would be resisted, if. for no other reason, for the pur- ; . pose of producing a separation ; blood, revolution, civil war, would follow : and the Union, as our fath ers made it—a Union of equal and of assenting States —would be at au end forever.” News Items. Cu ini.es in the I . S. Senate. —The terms of twenty-two inemlirrß, or one-third of the I’nitoit States Senate, expire w ith the thirty fifth Congress toilay. Os these, ten are re | elected fora new term which will expire March Ith, 1865, ami the successors of three have not yet been elected, -lit. SJ.'lJttlO roll Febiii aiy.—The Treasurer of the State ILnd ha* forwarded to Col. Tripp,. State Treaaurer, thirty-three thousand dollars. ' profit <>f the working of the State Road fi r the short month of February. • Tin- steamship Alabama, which tailed troin here 5 u'rluck Thursday morning lust, ar nitsl at her w liar! in New York 12 o’chs-k Saturday night,— HepuMraH. Per Europa. Nupjisia'*iutautivii.ale siu-1 UiLe eurlaiuly 1 Im««I ou aar. ’ The lale i n.Miaeiital intetli, < !•<•* i« more • ssrbk.. 1 It is iwpuftad that • «amp »f <>u« liumlml <i thiMitatul iui-ii uill assiti Is-fi<mu*l at T'-übm I llw H -uas ufl-tamou. has rUMiitod lu fai or < the wise wUiMMi iwta. t > Affecting Talc. THU H’MASTERS’ DOO Many long years ago, in the daysoi a High, land chief, ot great renown, called .M'Alislcr Mme, either from his deeds or his stature, there was n skirmish w ith a neighboring clan that ended fatally for the M’Alisters, though hi the contest at the time they were victorious. It appenrs that a party of their young men set out upon a loray ; they marched over the hills lor several hours, and at lust descended into a little glen, which was rented as a black cattle farm by n w idow woman and her two sons The sons were absent from home on some ex cursion, and had carried most of their servants w ith them, so that the M’Alisters met w ith no resistance in their attempts to raise the cattle They hunted every corner of the glen, secured every beast, ami, in spite of the tears of the poor w idow, they drove her herd awtiv.— When the sons returned, mid heard the stm v ot the raid, they collected a strong part-, of their friends, and crossing the hill secretly by night, surprised the lew M’Alisters who were left iu charge ot the spoil, vanquished them easily, and recovered their cuttle. Such a slight to the power ot M’Alister More could not go unpunished. The chief him .ell' headed the band which set out to vindicate the honor of * the clan. lie marched steadily over the ri _• ged nionntaiiis. and arrived towards suuset in the little glen. To oppose the force he brought with him, w mild havy been fruitless ; the sons and their few adherents were speedily over powered, and led bonnd before him ; thev were small in number, but they were gallant and brave, and yielded only to superior strength. M’Alister More was always attend ed by four-and-twenty bowmen, who acted as his body-guard, his jury, his judges, and his executioners. They erected on the instant a gibbet betorc the door of the w retched mother and there her sons were bung. Her cottage was built nt the foot of a crag gy, naked rock, on a stiip of green pasture laud, and beside a mountain torrent; the gib bet a few paces from it, ou the edge of the shelf; and the setting rays of a bright sum mer sun fell on the bodies of the widow's sons. They were still warm when she came and stood beside them. Bhe raised her eyes on the stern chief, and his many followers, and slow ly ami steadily she pronuuced her curse : “Shame, shame on you M’Alister! You have slain them that took but their own ; you have slain them you had injured ! You have muidered the fatherles, and spoiled the w id ow—but he that is righteous shall judge be twe >n us, and the curse of God shall cling to you for this for ever. The sun rose on me, the profid mother of two handsome boys: he sets on their stiffening bodies!” and she rais ed tier arm. as she spoke, towards the gibbet. Her eye kindled, and her form dilated, as she turned again to her vindictive foe. “1 sutler, now,” said she “but you shall suiter always.- < Yon have made me childles, but you and yours shall he heirless tor ever. Long may their name last, and wide may their lands he; but never, while the name of the lands continue, shall there be a son to the house of M'Alis ter. M’Alister More was young then, and new ly married : he lived long, and in glory, but he died childless. From that day to the pres ent titne,none but collateral heirs have suc ceeded to the lands of M’Alister. The cur-e of the bereaved widow clung steadily to the house of M’Alister. The lauds passed from heir to heir but no laird was ever succeeded by a son. Often had the hopes of the ei:qi been raised, often, had they thought for years that the punishment of their ancestor’s cruel ty was to be continued to them no longer— that the spirits of the widow's sons were at length appeased ; but M’Alister More was to suffer for ever : the hopes of his house might blossom, but they always faded. It was in the reign of Queen Anne that they flourished for the last time; they were blighted then, and for ever. The lafrd and the lady had had sever.d daughters boi n to them in succession, and at last a son : he grew up to manhood in safety— the pride of Id s people, and the darling ot bis parents, giving promise of every virtue that could adorn his rank. He had been early con tracted to the daughter of another powerful chieftain of the North, and the alliance, which had been equally courted by both families was concluded immediately on the return of the young lai’d from his travels. There w.n ■ it tercour e in those day s with France —most ot the young Highland chiefs spent a year or tw o in thnt country;-many of them were entirely educated there: but that was not the case w ith the young heirof M’Alister; he bad only gone abroad to finish his brew - ing utter coming to man's shortly before the first rebellion in 1715. ami being young, and of an ardent nature, he was soon attracted to the court of the old Preten der who.-e policy it was to gain every Scotrli > noble, by means ol his views. The measures he took succeeded with the only son ot M Al istcr : —he returned to his native count!’.', ea ger for the approaching contest, pledged heart < and hand to his exiled sovereign. In the troubles w hich broke out almost immediately * ou the death ot the queen, he and his t ither I took diflerent sides; the old laird fortified hie | high tower, and prepared to defend it to the ’ last, against the enemies of the House ot Ilan-,, over. I The young laird bid adieu to his beantifn! I wife, ami attended by a band of bis voting I clansmen, easily gained to aid a cause so ro- ■ mantic, he joined the army of the Pretender M at Perth. I The young wife had lived with her husband, fl at a small farm on the property a little way up fl the glen, a mile or two from the ca-ile. B when her husband deserted her, she w:.- re-I|| moved by her father-in-law to liis own home. Isl for (.renter seciiri'y. Months rolled aw ay ; the various fortunes of the rebels were rejoiflfl I ed. from time to time, in the remote I where the chief strength of the M Alistcrs lay. News did not travel swiltly then, and oftea they heard w hat was little to bo relied on. to much did hope or fear magnify any slight >■ Kj cess or any ill-fortune. At last, there came a report of a great battle having been foii-i somewhere in the west country, w hich had m’ I cideil the fate of the opposing parties. voting hiird ami .his valiant band had InrtU'lfH the fortune of the day. Argyle wa- debated and slain, and tin- Earl of M ..-toriirtCfl King lames had arrived ami wa- t" crowned at Scone, and all Scotland wa owu. It was on a cold, bleak, stormy, November evening, when this news was brought, by s 1 Brae Marr man, to the laird's toXer. He "*’• wise an ! prudent, and he would gi'<’ '' ar f to a tale so lightly told; but his la-anti• l ' 1 daughter-in-law. sanguine for her husband sake, cherished leports that brigliteintl all " prosjiects. Mio retired to her clmmlicr. alm”w I hoping' that another day might see g ed by his press-nee. without whom life * ■’*' -ll was a dreary blank. Mio was lodg'd Ui * g small apartment, on the third story ' M lower, op r ing straight from tlw mir; ■ 9 Age at the be»l at the w .ailing stall’ leosmall windows w liM’h looked oo ti ■ .-FP court yard ■>! tbs castle and l« >oi.d. I" wm Una a oswv meadow, and tbs !>>«■
