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FROM OUR DAILY OF SATURDAY, MAY 7.
“The Blues.”
Our Military guests from M •ntg 'mci v, taken
their way homeward last light. and th..«• fr tn
Milledgeville will leave th: iu :uo._
If they have enjoyed themselves in Mm 11,
half as much as our jic.iple have enjoyed their
visit, we venture to nay that they have one
home in good humor, and v. trust with -7
spirits.
God speed them on their way.
Accident.
We regret to annoume that on yesterday
evening, as the Gun Squad of the Montgomery
Blues were preparing to charge their camion,
the cartridge was accidently ignited, prior to
being put in the gun, and several of the Com
pany were slightly wounded; among whom
were Lieut. Andrew s, Sergt. liiiebe*. : nd Pri
vate Marks, formerly Captain of the Company.
We greatly regret the mit-u tnnate
mentto the Encampment, which has otherw . c
passed off most pleasantly.
Chops is Btewakt County.—A letter to the
Columbus Times, dated Stewart county, .V o
Ist, says:
“The crops in this section are rather • ik
ward for this season of tlie y ear. The cotton
is at a good stand, but the weather is m t quite
warm enough for it. Still there is no c an- |
plaint.
The corn is getting over the effects of the
late frost and doing pretty « ell. 1 hat planted
two weeks since haa abetter prospect than
the corn sown sometime previons. The white
blades ofthelatter are resuming their ori rinal
color.”
Central Amerk a. At l ist ncconnts lien.
Lamar. V. S. M'mist- r. hadi it’etl Nicari - in.
and was in Corfu Rica. He parted with the
Nicaraguan government on friendly terms, and
presented the Cabinet with a large nmole r of
volumes of books, as the nucleus of a Nicara
guan State library. M. Belle, it is said, wns ,
not in favor with the people, who looked on .
the French as Fillibnsters.
Strength of the Camel. —The Mobile Ad- !
vertiser, says:
“A trial of strength was made with one. of
Maehadodo’s camels yesterday fornoon. Iwo
bales of cotton, weighing together about 1100
pounds, were lashed together and plated upon
his back, with with which he inarched off as
unconcerned as though they were not there.
This was not one of the large camels.
Children Under Fourteen at the 1 he mu
An act in relation to the New A ork then' res.
passed by the late Legislature provides that |
it shall be unlawful for any owner, L - ec. i
manager, agent or officer < f any theatre in the
city of New York to admit to any theatrical,
exhibition, held in the evening, any minor un
der fourteen years, unless such minor is ac- ■
companied by and is in the care of some adult
person. The law makes any person violating j
this provision guilty of a misdemeanor, and
liable to a fine, not less than twenty-five dol
lar*, nor more than one hundred dollars, or
imprisonment for a term not less than ten noi
more than ninety days for each offence.
rar Th* President of the United States has
recognised Daniel Jtesesne. ot Charleston, as
Consul of the Kingdom ofthe Netherlands,
for the States of North Carolina. Smith I aro
lina and Georgia: also Nicanor Fejenua as
Consul of Peru, at San Francisco.
The Cuba Invasion.—The Gaeeta de la Ha
bana, which is the official organ ot the gov
ernment in Cuba, contains an article on alleg
ed fllllbustero preparations in the I nited States
and elsewhere, now, as it is stated, almost
ready or actually e/i route for the Queen ol the
Antilles. It says:
It is reported here that, at the Island ol San
ta Domingo, there are collected one thou-:.nd
men, consisting of Cubans, Americans and
Frenchmen; that they propose to embark at
Cape Santa Maria, the nearest place to 1 oint
Maisi, and that on the 21st ot March a schoon
er left New York having on board two hun
dred men bound to Saint Domingo. It is aiso
reported that an expedition ot five thousand men
is preparing at different parts of t ie,l nioii.
which will rendezvous out ot jurisdiction ol
the United States, citing the day and hour ot
the embarkation of a part ot said force, aud
the name of the leader who is to command it. ,
aud the name of Ilenningseti and some oth
ers of the so-called generals and chiefs who
have been distinguished in tillibustering expe
dition* are mentioned.
Library of the Vatican*.—Mr. Bigelow,
one of the editors of tiie New York Evening
Post, writing from Rome, says:
When I passed through the famous library
ofthe Vatican the other day, mid walked
nearly half a mile without seeing a single bo. k
or meeting a single reader, I must confess that
I felt for a moment, and for the first time, a
desire that the present controversy ot the l.u
ropeun powers over Italy might not end until
the secrets of this great storehouse of knowl
edge were unlocked, said made acee-sibk .it
least to the historian ami the student. At
present the Vatican libary mid manuscripts are
of scarcely any more value to the world than
the collection at Alexandria, which the fa
mous dilemma of Achmet consigned to the
flames.
Movement ol River Steamers.
The Isaac Scott, (‘apt. D. Curry, arrived from
Savannah on Sunday afternoon. and ti< <1 p.
The Comet, ('apt. B. Dillard, arrived from
Savannah, on Tuesday afternoon, with 11 euigo
of ice and other freight. M e learn th.- iio.it
will make one more trip toPavanuah. //" r! -
in* idle Tunca.
-
The President is expected to visit North
Carolina in the course of the Summer.
Queen Victoria is said to have grown mi
irritable that no onedni <to -peak in I.erpiA -
ence on a subject she hu» not herM.ll din <ly
suggested.
Americans are now i<o -i.mlly kml.ii g 1«l
disciuctioti in the British universities. i*<
liostouiaua aud a Virgiumu ara now stuuvi-ti
ol Cambridge, Ei*s< *
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
■VOLUME 11.
J'rlilor State 7’ri.w: —ln accordance with the
; wishes and inclinations Df many of the admir
ers of the ILm. Henry G. L: ninr of Macon,
' ' 1 beg leave through the columns of your paper
to recommend this champion of Democracy to
' the people of Georgia for the nomination at
the next Gubernatorial convention tocomtnenee
at Milledgivillc the third Wednesday in June
I next.
It constant, unwavering 11ml disinterested
services in the cause of Democracy is a claim
tor any candidates la-fore the Convention, a
side from these merits, be is a gentleman of
superior intellectual and moral qualifications
and an eminent jurist."
From his youth up lie has been an unwaver
ing States Rights Democrat ofthe most artho
dox -tamp, and is ju-t such u man as should
till the State Offices in every Sontherr State;
for he is one of that class of men who have
the nerve, and will meet the crisis when it
comes.
We do not know whether or not Judge
Lamar will suffer bis name to go before the
Convention yet the interest of the country,
the honor of Georgia and the integrity ot the
principles of our party, cry aloud for his nom
ination ; his fellow citizens knowing and trus
ting him, are desirous of placing the dignity
and honor of Georgia in his hands; not only
as a manifestation of their esteem and aeknow
| k-dgment of ’his disinterested services in
I the cause of Democracy ; but from the tact
the State could not obtain a more faithful ef
ficient and incorruptible officer.
1 hope, Mr. Editor, that the voice of Correta
-hall have due weight in the State Conven
timi, and that every States Rights paper of
whatever political creed shall exert their in
fluence for his nomination. Unless something
is done to harmonize the democratic party in
this State we are irrevocably thrown from the
only political principles that can save the
country.
Judge I amar is the only man that can har
monize the party nt this time therefore hoist
his name for the next Governor.
CORRETA.
;-i7“The editor of the Cleveland (Tenn.)
| “Banner,” thns facetiously closes the fifth vol
i nme of his paper, in the number of April 29th :
This nmSber of the Banner doses the sth
volume. Five years ago we commenced here
with nothing, mid we have held our own re
markably well—we have nothing yet. All
the visible proceeds we have is some two or
Jiree thousand dollars due the ofiice in debts,
and whether we will ever realise them or not
time will only tell. To those punctual patrons
who have stood by ns we owe onr success
had they done as others done, the Banner would
have been numbered with the things that once
I were bitt now uro no more The business of
the office is now sufficient to sustain it, and
j make some money for the proprietor, if the
patrons will pay punctually. The paper lias a
I large circulation; the advertising and job
work is good, and the people appear to be well
, pleased with the paper and disposed to sup
port it. We commenced here w ith a deter
mination to make asp on or spile a horn.—
How successful we will be we cannot say, but
we “never intend to give it up so," but intend
to go right ahead making Banners—we know
the lick it’s dryie by--and as somebody has it
to do we might as well do it as any one no
use of spiling two men with it. and all we want
is pay for onr labor—nothing more. Although
onr paper, strongly partizan we have received
a verv liberal patronage from the Opposition,
for which we return thanks. Next week will
be the commencement of the sixth volume,
and those of onr patrons who want to pay in
advance, can do so without offending us in the
least. •
A Mabbying Woman.—The N. O. Crescent
says: The Marrying Woman is mated again.
Last summer we mentioned the circumstance
of a German widow in the Third District inar
rving her fifth husband. A month or two
afterwards we published that the lady was
again made a widow by the death ot her fifth
bv yellow- fever. We have now to record that
she is again a wife, having taken her sixth
lawful husband, in due form a few days ago.—
We forbear repeating the jokes to which this
wedding has given rise. The people around
i look upon the sixth husband as a dead man
' sure, before the summer's end, and say that
' the wedding should have been prevented by
the police. Some ofthe lady’s German friends
say that she buried two husbands before leav
ing the old country. If this be true, the pres
ent busband is her eighth.
J-gr- •• Hallo. Ben 1”
“ Hallo, back again I What d'ye want I
I “ How's yer folks this niornin '?”
“Putty well. Mother's «nart as usual—
: Jim and Tom's well—an’ father died last
| night.”
“ Your father died ? ,
“Acs; he kicked the bmket about 12 o
' clock, an’ I've got bis watch 1 Say. just going
i ap to the prison to see cousin Joe hung, will
> ye go?”
The Two Prayers,
Two hands upon the breast, and labor is
past. — It iisuiu 11
••Two hand* upon the breast,
And labor i> done :
Tint pale feet crossed in rest,
. The race is wen :
Two eyes with coin weights shut,
And’ tears cease:
Two lips where grief is mute,
Ami wrath at peace.”
So pray we ottentimes, mouruiug our lot,
Cool, iu his kioducss. answereth not.
Two hands to work addrest,
Ave for his praise ;
Two feet that never rest.
Walking his ways;
Two eyes that lo k above.
Still, through all tears:
Two lips that breathe but love,
» Never more fears.”
. Ro cry wo afterwards, low at our knees:
I Pardon thoseerriug prayers! Father, bear these.
Bald Eagle.
We gin the full-.wing extract of a letter,
received from Millhnven, in Seriven county.
II d ite<l the 2d inat:
\ large buhl eagle «a-> killed this morning
. l.v Mr. Iba*. on the platiiii i->n of Col.'A. S
" .1 -m*. that measured live foot nine inchea frmi
j lip tu tip of the wiugs. He "a- lurking uh >ll
the itegr i hottf«. probably 1 unting young As
•r ;
<> The cold ha« killed all »f '«r cotton tha
I, uiu up. aud no m«-‘1 tu plant u»w. B
’ I boro' .Ver*. Tfoy 10*
e Tennessee.—The following ia n list of the
- candidates for Congress in all the Districts in
i, Tennessee, so far as the nominations have neen
r made.
> Ist District—T. A. R. Nelson, Opposition;
t L. C. Haynes, Itenmerat.
e 2d District—Horace Maynard, Opposition;
e J. W. Mi-Henry, Demi crat.
3rd District—Reese B. Brabson, Opposition;
1 Samuel A. Smith. Col. Minnis, Democrats.
1 4th Di trict—J. M. Shied, Democrat; J. 11.
- Savage, Ifemocrat.
f fith District—Charles Ready, mixed,
s 6th District—W. 11. Polk, Democrat; J. 11.
Thomas, Democrat.
7th District—John V. Wright, Democrat
Sth District—J M Quarles, Opposition ; T
1 Mcnees, Democrat.
; 9th District—Emerson Ethridge, Opposition;
.- J D Atkins, Democrat.
t 10th District—W T Avery, Demeerat; DM
Curran. Democrat.
. [Ailantii liit. ii.gi iir. r. .‘»rt> inst.
Delegates in Attendance at the Rail Road
Convention in Atlanta, May 4th 1H59.
(ieorgia 11. It.— John P. King. President,
George Young, Superintendant.
Memphis <f- Charleston It. ll.— Sain. Tate,
President, W L Ross, Superintendant E1) B
. Ayres. Snperintendant W D.
1 Hi stern <(• Atlantic It. 7?.—Dr I W Lewis, j
President. EB Walker, Master of Transpor-
. tation.
Nashrillr <f- Chattanooga 11. 11. Jas A ,
Whiteside, Vice President.
7? Tennessee <f- Georgia II II— C Wallace, '
■ President. R (' Jackson, Snperintendant,
77 Tennessee <(• Virginia 1111— S B Cunning- ,
ham. President. M S Temple, Snperintendant. j
South Carolina It II— W J McGrath, Gen .
Agent. •
Macon <£■ IVestcrn II It— Alfred L Tyler,
Siiperiutendniit. J E Day, Gen Agent.
Central It 11— Geo W Adams, Superinten
dant. J M Selkirk, Gen. Agent.
South JFesfern It It— Virgil Towers, Sup
erintendant.
Muscogee It H— J I. Mustian, President, & i
Snperintendant.
Atlanta <£• Lagrange II It— R Peters, Di
rector.
Montgomery <(■ West-Point It II — Daniel
Cram. Snperintendant.
Suwanee It II Minina Co. — P A Mitchell.
Snperintendant. Charles W Anderson, Gen.
Agent.
JNO. P. KING, Chairman.
B. Ayres, JSec’ty.
Albany A- Brunswick Rail Road,
We desire to call attention to the card of j
citizens to be found in tins issue, calling a
meeting on Saturday next for the purpose of
appointing delegates to attend the convention
of stockholders of the Brunswick Road, to be
held nt Brunswick on Thursday, the 12 inst. i
It is the desire of the people of Brunswick to
connect that eitv with Albnnv by Rail Road,
which can easily be effected by onr citizens j
giving the proper encouragement tc the enter- |
pri«e. It is needless here to state the incalcu
lable benefit that we will derive by the con- -
strnction ot this Road. Every one must view
its importance in a four-fold point: then let ns .
assemble together in Mass Meeting at the
Court House in this city on Saturday next, at ;
11 o'clock A. M.. to hear au expression of sen- |
timent on the subject and appoint delegates to
said convention.— Albany Patriot.
How Providence Protects Yovng Deer. — 1
We find the following singular statement
among onr exchanges:
An old Canadian hnnter declares that the
rea«on why the wild deer were not all killed
when voting fas they breed once a year, and i
are always surrounded by other animals which .
prey upon them, as dogs, wolves, bears, pan- 1
thers. &c.,1 is that “no dog or other animal I
can smell the track of a doe or fawn, while the 1
latter is too young to take care of itself!” He j
stated that he had often seen it demonstrated, j
He had taken bis dogs over the ground where j
he bad just before seen them pass, nnd they
would take no notice of the track, and could
not be induced to follow when taken to the
1 spot, while they would instantly discover the
track of any deer not having young ones. This
is but one proof of the adaptation of the natu
ral laws to preserve life when it most needs
-protection.
I —l. ■■ ——
[From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The “Blues.”
This corps returned home from its encamp
ment at Macon on Saturday. The members
looked trave'-worn and dusty—a necessary
consequence after the marching and drilling
' they underwent during the past week. We
understand that they were drilled eight hours
every day, except one, since they left Montgom-
- ery : but they have had altogether "a high old
r time” during the camvaign, their spare hour* |
' having been spent in enjoyments of the most i
pleasing character. They experienced the
utlhost hospitalities at the hands of their Geor- .
s gia brethren in arms; and all that we have
conversed with in relation to the encampment j
speak of it as one of the best the Blues have ,
ever bad. We are glad to sec them back again. I
and heartily bid them welcome home. Al
though we have heard of no heligerent mani- I
festntions having taken place, and although
the deity who presides overtlit destinies of the
the battle-field was not invoked, we have heard
' it intimated that some of the gallant corps
■ have “lost their hearts” in consequence of
I having been thrown into the society of the fair
I damsels of Macon, and the services of a parsop
niav be required to repair the wounds whicli
have been received at the hands of the “little
blind god.” Items has known such things to
happen in “days lang syne.”
The Southern League.
r As an “organization” we never expected any
very great results from the “Southern League.'
That association lias grandly achieved all we
j ever hoped from it as a moral agency devoted
? to the elevation of the standard of Soothers
' Rights. A’« more compromises! now final u
II iiih’ii the banner of the S .uthern Rights Dem
>t ... racy in every section and Stan-, mid even
f- il„, -piiram'lint t nioiiism of Sum has disaje
pi-ar'-d a* a terrier to Southern unity. W e
aaid Wore IKIM* the Democraey will be the
“* League.” It ha» transcended our hopes—the
*’ united South is non the League.— Auburn
■ Signal.
ZT7> . .
OFFICE IN RALSTON’S BUILDING, THIRD STREET.
MjVCOTSU, GtEOUGtI-A, MA.Y 11, 15.59.
FROM OUR DAILY OF MONDAY, MAY 9.
Communications.
We Lave on silo several communications re
commending different gentlemen in the 3d
District as suitable candidates fur Congress a
the coming election.
The gentlemen indicated arc all good Dem
ocrats, and their fidelity to the party entitles
thorn to promotion, but since there are too
many riders for the steeds, some of them must
stay at home, unless they can agree upon the
old Georgia fashion of “ ride and tie.”
The communications referred to will appear
> to morrow, and we have merely to add that
! the State Press is ready to “ go in for any true
! Democrat that receives the nomination from
the Democracy of this District.
The Gubernatorial Convention, we are sat
isfied will do things Brown..”
Departure of the Blues.
On Friday night the Montgomery Blues quit
Macon, much to the regret of the citizens there
of, who would have gladly prolonged their
stay.
We should fail to discharge our duty as
a chronicler of passing events, by failing to
make honorable mention of the entertainment
which they gave on the eve of leaving. The Ma
' eon “boys,” thought it was their privilege to
Zreafthe Blues with the usual courtesies and host
I pitalities, but that the Blues eould'nt stand—il
' though it is not their custom to run— and.
therefore, they insisted they had the right to
; “gin a treat.”
An accordingly they did “gin a treat,” and
1 sick a treat! The Floyd Rifles and Volunteers
did their best to entertain their guests, but
i they eould’nt hold a candle—not even a rush
| light—to the Blues * * * * *
| The above was handed in by our reporter, ]
Mr. Qt n.r. After writing it, the gentleman
expired, nnd was buried under the table.
We (the Editor,) thought the report was in- !
accurate, incomplete and unsatisfactory, and ,
in order that our readers might not grumble
| for want of complete returns from camp Ogle- 1
j thorpe, we took the liberty, at peril of lite
and limb, to punch the aforesaid Reporter Mr. ;
Qvilp, with a sharp stick (in hope ot getting ■
further information about the banquet) where- j
upon his ghost arose and thus responded :
“Everything good to cat —first rate speeches
—oceans of champagne —and more anon.”
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Mount Vernon Contribution—
SONS OF MALTA.
Mrs. Philoclea E. Eve — Madame: At a
meeting of Oglethorpe, No. 4. Independent
Order Sons of Malta, it was unanimously re- !
I solved “that the sum of fifty dollars bu ap
propriated from the treasury to the Ladies'
Mount Vernon Association, and that a com
mittee of three be appointed to present the
same to Mrs. Philoclea E. Eve, ice Regent
for Georgia.”
The undersigned Laving been selected n com
mittee, under the foregoing resolution, beg
■ your acceptance of the enclosed check for fifty
dollars—an offering from the Sons of Malta,
in Augusta, to a cause scarcely less saered than
that which, on a late memorable occasion, ap
pealed so successfully to the sympathies of our
, brethren in Memphis.
The undersigned, in discharging this pleas- ‘
1 ant duty, beg leave to congratulate you upon |
the success whicli has crowned your patriotic
devotion to the memory of Washington ; and
wishing you still brighter results in the future,
\ remain, very respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
JULIEN CUMMING,
WM. C. SIBLEY,
J. V. 11. ALLEN.
| To Messrs. Jui.ien Cumming, Wm. C. Sibt.ey,
and J. V. 11. Ai.i.en :
Gentlemen— The Sons of Malta belonging
j to the Oglethorpe Lodge, are received into our :
' Order with acclamation. Like to their name
* sakes of the olden time, they come where their
I assistance is needed ; they nid woman in her
enterprise; they assist in rescuing the sacred
tomb of their country from desolation and de - :
cay, and thus shield that country from dis- j
grace.
Nobly ha* Augusta sustained the principal
officer in this State in her arduous labors; and 1
her heart throbs with grateful pride at every
successive manifestation of their appreciation
of her efforts, and of her acceptability to them -
as an officer. The Regent, through the Mount \
Vernon Record, the organ of that Association
published in Philadelphia, thus compliments
our city: “ The Vice Regent of Georgia may
1 well be proud of the noble response her city
has made to her efforts in behalf of the Asso
ciation. Augusta, with a population of about
twenty-two thousand, has contributed to the
Mount Vernon Fund 110 less than three thous
and two hundred and three dollars and sixty- ;
I two cents, the largest contribution given yet,
■ in ratio of numbers and wealth.
Friends, we will do more than this.
Respectfully. PHIL<)CLEA E. EVE,
Vice Regent State of Georgia.
Neh Basis in Convention. —In the Draw
cratic Convention for the first Congressional
District in Alabama the Committee reported
the Convention adopted, as follows:
“ The Committee also renorted, as a basis i
for voting in the nomination, that each county
have one vote for each hundred Democratic
votes polled at the last general election, ami
■ one for each fraction of one hundred over fifty.
Sale of Stock. —The Charleston News of
Tuesday reports the following sales:
14 Bonds #so'• each, South Carolina Rail
road Company, at |9B.
17. Bonds, SSOO each, South Carolina Rail-
I road Company, S9B.
5 Bonds, SSOO each, City of Cojumbia 6 per
cent. $94.
1 Bond. SSOO, Greenville and Columbia Rail-
I road Company, $95.
2,507. 47 State of South Carolina fi per cent.
1 Stock. $108,62 11
50 Shares Charlotte and South Carolina
. Railroad Company Stock, $72.25.
1 5o Shares South Carolina Railroad Bank
- ; Stock, at 8125,75 c.
'' Mrs. Arma I.line Mercier Soule, wife
„ of Hon. Pierro Soule, died in New Orleans on
1 Wednesday last, 4ib, inrt.
(communicated.)
Columbus, April 25th, 1859.
Dear Sir:—l have had the pleasure to re-
I oeive your letter of 22d inst, in whicli you say
that my friends, in Houston, would be pleased
to hear if it be my desire to be again retarded
to the Senate. I had supposed that the dis
cussion which has. to some extent, been going
( on in the public press of the State, for some
t time past, in relation to my re-election, and
without any directions from me, was sufficient
ly indicative of my wishes on that subject. I
have, therefore, not considered it necessary to
t make a distinct avowal of iny intention, to lie
again a candidate f r the Senatq. Your letter
calls for and justifies that declaration from me,
; and I take the occasion to say, that nothing
I would be more gratifyng to me, than arenewal
1 ofthe confidence and favors of my political
friends, which was expressed in my former elec
tion.
t In conclusion I beg to say also, that howev
. er grateful it would be to me personally to re
. ceive such a distinguished and marked evi
dence of popular approval and support. 1
, should be still more gratified at such an assur
, ance that the sentiments uttered by me on a re
cent occasion in the Senate, upon the subject
. of Southern Rights, rejoins and remedies, are
( the sentiments of a majority of the people of
my native State. With my sincere acknowledg
ments for the kind interest you express in my
behalf, and, my very high respect and esteem.
I am my dear Sir, your ob’t serv’t,
ALFRED IVERSON.
Jno. 11. Powers, Esq.
I Knew She Would.
Deacon W. was a steady and honest Baptist
■ Deacon, in one ot the interior towns of this
State, who had a vein of dry, caustic humor i'
his composition. The deacon had a boy of
: some dozen summers, who " as in
i dined to be a littte ugl; wh 1 not under the
I parental eye. In school e , dly John was a
, source of constant annoyance to the teaelier.—
One day the mistress punished him for some
1 misdemeanor, and John went home crying, to
enter his complaint, and told his father that
j the mistress had whipped him.
1 “What!” exclaimed the deacon, elevating
| his eyebrows, “been whipped ?”
“ Ya-a-s,” sobbed the boy.
“ And yon let a woman whip you ?” shout- >
' ed the old deacon.
“ Ya-a-s! I couldn’t help it.”
“Well. J.Jm, you little rascal, you go to j
school to-morrow, and if Miss under- !
takes to whip you agin you just pitch in. don't
let a woman whip you if you can help it.—
; Don’t take any stick to strike with, but ye may
bite, scratch, strike and kick, as much as ye’re
a mind to.”
The next day the boy went to school and,
emboldened by the pertnis-ion given by his
1 father, was soon brought before the tribunal
of violated rules. The teacher undertook to
correct him, and lu?did as his father told him.
The result was that John-got a most unmerci
ful pounding, and was afterward thoroughly
I subdued.
When he went home, he went to bis father
crying.
“ Well, dad, I got an awtul bad licking to-
■ day !”
i “ What! have you let that woman whip you
again ?”
“Ya-a-a-s,” whimpered John—“l kicked;
1 her, and struck her, nnd site all I could, but
she lammed me orfully!”
' “ Ah! ah!” chuckled the deaeon, “ you tar- '
! nal fool, I knew she would, and she’ll give ye ,
' a trouncing every time she undertakes it, and
1 advise you to behave yourself in future.
John began to have some perception of his i
I father’s motive, and ever after was a sadder
and wiser boy.
“They Say.”—There is a decision in the
last volume of Gray's Reports, which is at
once sound morals and good law. A woman,
for slander defended on tl e ground that she
only repeated, and without malice, what was
| currently reported. The Court held that to
repeat a story which is false and slanderous no
■ matter how widely it may have been circulat
! ed, is at the peril of the tale bearer. Slander
cannot always be traced to its origin. It I
power of mischief is derived from repetion.
' even if a disbelief of the story accompanies its '
relation. Indeed this halt doubtful wa vof itn- •
parting slander, is often the surest method re
sorted to by by the slanderer to give currency
to his tale.
An Irish Soldier's Joke at the Expense or
ins General.—The Irish sol Her must have his
joke, even in the sweltering clime of India. —
The day before the last action in Glide, the
1 sth Fusilliers halted on the bank of a deep
ford, to take off their trousers, and the unu
: sual proceeding l«d to the following dialogue:
Irish Soldier —What are yes sthrippin' for?
English Soldier—Don't you see the water
will take up to the hips.
Irish Soldier —Bed ad. I tould you tlieGiner
al (Clyde) would never stop till he had made
us all Highlanders.
Candidates for the Legislature.—The
Democratic meeting held in this place 011 sule
day in April, passed the following Resolutions:
Resolved, That each Militia District in the
county elect three delegates to a Convention to
meet in Marietta on the first Tuesday in Au
gust next for the purpose of nominating a Sen
ator and Representatives to the next Legisla
. ture.”
From this resolution it can be seen that Can
didates for the Legislature for Cobb county
will be nominated on the first Tuesday in Au
: gust. —Advecote.
f-jr* Floyd county Delegntes are instructed to
go for Brown for Governor, ami for >Vright for
| Congress. Polk oounty delegates are instruct- .
ed to go for Brown for Governor, and Terhune
j first and then Wright fort'ongress. — Standard. .
- —• I—l
The King of Siam has a son named in
honor of General George Washington.
-- - - -s.—
Three Congo Africans, of the Wander
-1 er's cargo, aged 15, 18 and 25 sold at Mem-
I phu last week for $750, SB9O aud
~ o flj
1,1 f C 5 5,
oyp " CT G
Rose Hill.
Did you ever visit Rose Hill? We do no
- mean when it was crowded with a pageant up
r on the occasion of the burial of some merchant
I prince or some grand nabob of the world ol
I fashion, who in life did nothing for the age in
• which they lived, but centered all their efforts
; upon self, and in doing so left the world nt
' better, because they lived in it, and are follow-
I ed to the grave by those who are glad of pros
pect and enjoyment of a holiday. No, No
We do not ask you, did you visit Rose Hill
> then. But did you ever visit Rose Hill on a
balmy April evening, when the sun was about
"two heads" above the horizon when the gen
tle vernal zephyr was just sufficiently active to
: lift the curls from yo r brow, and bring to your
senses the first virgin offerings of the young
spring? Such an hour is sacred to R >se Hill.
Out of sight and hearing of the busy monoton
ous hum of the city, a stillness, yet ’tis an ani
mated stillness prevails, broken only by the
soft water voice of the Ocmulgee, chanting
one eternal song of repose to the unconsciona
ble slumberers, who lie upon its banks.
Such an hour were we there. And we al
most felt that it would be a pleasure to die,
if it could be our lot to rest our bones in Rose
Hill, for this is the gate toileaven.
Such rere our reflections as we walked lei
surely through "Central Avenue," and admir
ed the tastful designs engraved in marble,
which marked on every side the resting place
of many a heart’s treasure. But we strolled
on amidst the leep verdure, and followed the
serpentine walks which led down to the river
banks, where the green rose-clad slopes taste
fully beautified by both nature and art, met our
eye, relieved by groups of visitors scattered
here and there, each unconcious of the presence
of the other—taking a sad pleasure in once
more watering the sod which cover only a few
feet from sight, the forms of loved ones with
their tears, while a voiceless angel whispered
in our ear:
“ As thou art, so once was I.
As I am now, you soon shall be
Prepare for death and follow me.”
we felt this must be the Patadise of death!
Yes—
Death is the crown of life.
M erc death denied, poor man would live in
vain.
Death wounds to cure; we fall, we rise, we
reign,
Spring from our fetters, fasten to the skies,
M hen blooming Eden withers from our
I sight.
The King of Terrors is the prince of peace,
I The more we refleeted while standing there
alone admidst the dead, we felt that
Death, when unmasked shows us a friendly
face.
And is a terror onlv at a distance.
Yet
O God! ’tis a fearful thing
To see the human soul take wings.
Rose Hill, Rose Hill!
I
, How dear, how sweet the name, how treas
' tired up in the hearts of many, many who look
forward to the time when they too shall lie
down on the banks of the Ocmulgee and sleep,
sleep, sleep.
As we turned away from this enchanting
' spot, with a feeling of regret that we could not
linger yet longer, the words of Halleck came
forcibly to our mind:—
Methinks it were no pain to die.
On such an eve, when such a sky
O’er canopies the west;
To gaze my fill on your calm deep,
And. like an infant sink to s'eep
On earth, my mother's breast !
[I DM Century.
_:
Death of the Kentucky Giant.—James
Porter, the famous Kentucky giant died at his
residence in Portland, Ky„ Sunday night, in
! the fiftieth year of his age. He was seven
i feet nine inches in height, and was, we believe,
' the tallest man in the world. He died of dis
■ ease of the heart. The Louisville Democrat
i says of him :
It is remarkable that for the first fourteen
years of his life he was small for his age; so
much so that he was often engaged to ride
races on the old track w here the Elm-tree Gar
den now is. At seventeen he was apprenticed
at coopering, and his remarkable growth coin-
I menced. It is stated that the most he ever
| grew in one week was one inch. It was his
habit while growing, to measure every Satnr-
I day night, and his own testimony, and that of
I his family and friends, is evidence of this re
| markable fact.
Mr. Porter soon got so tall that it was im
possible to cooper barrels, and lie was employ
ed on hogsheads. This, however, became
, equally impossible, owing to his remarkable
height, and he wus compelled to abandon the
business. He then engaged in keeping and
driving hacks. In the years 1830-37 he went
East, and appeared on the stage in one or two
pieces written especially for him. He return
i ed to Louisville, and a few years later bought
the coffee-house which he was keeping at the
time of his death.
He is described as remarkably pure-heated
and inoffensive. The coflin procured for the
j body of the deceased was over nine feet long
i—
Drowned.
A boy named Willey C. Caves was drowned.
!as is supposed, yesterday. lie went down the
liver on a fishing excursion in company w ith
! another person, but his companion left him and
!he attempted to row back alone. The boat
I containing his hat and paddle was found float
: ing, but tho boy has not yet been found. It is
: supposed that he fell from the boat and was
drowned.— Any. Jtisfmtch.
Female School is Atlanta.—From tho At
| lanta Intelligencer we learn that at an adjourn
ed meeting of the friends of a Female School
of high order in Atlanta, a Report was adopt
;ed promising to form a joint stock Company
with a Capital of $>20,000 for the purchase of a
lot ami the erection of suitable buildings for the
purpose. It was resolved to commence opera
tions when fifteen thousand dollars should ls>
subscribed.
fcjjr The Editor of the Savannah ReytMi
\ ran says he would rather go to the rack than
support or endorse Governor Brown.
It the rack Ims fishier in it. the editor is not
!to lie blamed. But "to stand up to the rack,
fodder or no fodder,” may be heroic but not
j wi»e.—Aoynsta
TERMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 39.
Important Decision as to Con
»t TRACTS FALLING DUE ON SUNDAYS,
p A wry important question has been raised
t. 1 and decided in the Supreme Court of New
>f York, upon this subject. The particular case
11 was that of a policy of life insurance expiring
s , on Sunday, the premium upon the renewal of
0 which was not tendered till the following Mon
r" day. But the discussion involved the whole
’■ | question as to fultiling any contract the day for
’ j doing which comes upon Sunday. The gener
al notion is, that in all such cases the contract
n must be performed, or the offer made to do it,
;on the preceding Saturday. But the Court in
'■ this case overruled the notion.
Ihe decision is a very interesting one, and
r I goes largely into an investigation of the legal
P j history of Sabbath.
'! The Court says:
" The rule was stated in unqualified lan
e guage by Justice Brownsou, in Salter vs. Burt,
(20 Wendell 205, ‘I agreeto the doctrine laid
_ down by Gould, Justice,” in Avery vs. Stewart,
I 2 Comn., Rep. 69,) that Sunday cannot, forthe
I purpose of performing a contract, be regarded
as a day in law, and it should, for that purpose
Ibe considered as struck from the calendar. In
‘ computing the time mentioned in a contract for
doing an act, intervening Sundays are to be
counted, but when the day of performance falls
on Sunday, it is not to be taken into the com
’ putatmn.
I "It appeals to us from this review of the law
that the Court is warranted in saying that when
from accident or mutual error, the day of ful
filling an agreement falls upon Sunday, there
is enough of principle and authority to justify
r I the party in deferring his performance to the
Monday ensuing, without impairing a right oj
incurring a forfeiture.”
5 I
• I The Difference.
1 (The reader will find,-in the annexed lines,
1 I a sarcasm on the injustice of the world, replete
with everything that can give pungency to sa
tire and criti ism. It cannot be denied, that
the injustice, to which these stanzas refer, is
, realised every day, and every hour, by wo
' man. |
MAN.
If he wears a good coat,
1 Lift him up, lift him up;
Though be be but a bloat,
) I Lift him up.
If he has not common sense,
And can boast a few pence,
p Lift him up.
If bis face shows no shame.
Lift him up, lift him up;
Though crime is bis name,
Lift him up.
Though their disgrace be his sport,
Let your (laughters, him court—
Lift him up
Though be brings «ome digrace,
Lift him up. lift him up:
And brings the blush to your face,
Lift him up ;
Society him needs—
i Never mind his black deeds—
Lift him up.
WOMAN
If woman once errs.
‘ Kick her down, kick her down;
If misfortune is hers,
’ Kick her down ;
Though her tears fall like rain,
r And she ne’er smiles again,
Kick her down.
t I
» If a man break her heart.
Kick her down, kick bet down ;
Redouble the smart—
Kick her down :
And if low iu condition,
On. on to peredition,
Kick her down.
[From the Columbus Times, 7th inst.
Military in Macon.
Four Military corps arc now encamped at
; Macon. Tho Montgomery True Blues, Capt.
Lomax, Baldwin Blues, Capt. Doles, Macon
, Volunteers, Captain Smith and Floyd Rifles,
, Captain Hardeman.
Never was the citizen soldiery more honored
than are these by the citizens and goed people
t of Macon.
On the evening of the 4th inst., a grand pic
i nic came off, given by the Ladies, which was
, truly imposing in point of brilliancy and dis
, play. Bright fires illuminated the grounds,
sweet music fell upon the ear, gay forms pro
[ mcnaded the walks, golden buttons glittered
in the dance, sky-rockets played in the Heav
ens. The table was worthy the taste of the
t Ladies who arranged it. On the sth inst., va
rious manoeuvera were performed, by the corps
f composing the Battalian in a manner worthy
the veteran soldier—at one time under the
command of Capt. Lomax, another Capt. Doles,
and thus alternating.
The Bibb Cavalry gave a sumptuous dinner
on the sth. Many toasts were drank and ma
ny fine speeches made.
. On yesterday, the military guests were treat
ed with a dinner in the respective armories o
the Volunteers and Rifles. The Battalion, alsof
, assembled around the festive bard of the True
Blues, who are noted for the manner they dis
pense their hospitality. Prizes, the gift of the
host, were contended for by the Baldwin Blues
and Montgomery Bines respectively. Their
1 forgets were well riddled.
Tho guests left Macon last night for their
homes. They won much eelat by their fine
manoouvering and rigid military discipline. —
Especially was drilling of the True Blues, un
der Lieut. Andrews, on the evening of the sth,
the admiration of all military men.
, The Macon Volunteers. Capt. Smith, and
| Floyd Rifles. Capt. Hardeman, are entitled to
t thC proud distinction they enjoy, as fine drill
ed corps.
, The Bibb Cavalry, under the command of
. "Lieut. Ross, presented an imposing appearance
on parade.
The hospitality estended to the Military
. corps by Macon is worthy tho reputation of it
citizens. It was not confined to the Military
"organizations, but the City Council subscribed
' s>soo and the Ladies contributed with their
means, taste and presence to the pleasure of
the guests. tV ell done Macon !
, The Case <•»Jones.—The case of the State
vs. Jones, for the murder ofOslxirne, wan com
menced yesterday. A jury was empaDßelled
with some difficulty.
When we left the Court House. after 8 o’clock
- last evening, the witnesses for the State had
i lieen examined. There were no witnesses for
the defense. The arguments of counsel were
t alsoit being commenced.
. I Counsel for the State, Mi-Laws. Tisrtnl*-, and
t Lailerstedt; for the prisoner Stephen-, and
, VValker.—Aeyusfo t'nnstdutioiuihsf.
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FROM OUR DAILY OF TUESDAY, MAY 10.
New Company.
J We understand that an Artillery Company,
v with forty members, was organized in town
e last night, but our paper went to press before
t we could learn the particulars. The military
f spirit in Macon is rampant.
j News Items.
r There was a destructive fire in Petersburg,
t Pa., on the 7th inst., ten Steamers being burnt
t at the wharf. One boat, having steam up,
towed out four others, and prevented a further
, spread of the fire. The loss is reported heavy.
1 86y“The Citizen of yesterday says :
] “We are informed that the youngest child
of Mr. 4 Mrs. Mooney, of this city, came to its
death, yesterday, by eating Friction Matches,
that happened to be in its way. It was two
years and three months old.”
JtyyThe same paper says, that at the last
, monthly meeting of the Loan Building Asso-
I ciation, the sum of two Thousand Dollars was
, loaned at 15 per cent premium.
' The Slave Trade Indictments.
At the recent term of the United States Cir
cuit Court held iu this city, three indictments
were found for violations of the slave trade
laws. We have read of a law professor, who
caused his pupils, when learning the principl
! of conveyancing, to handle and read deeds of
conveyance, because, he said 1 , it assisted them
in mastering the principle and fixing it more
permanently on the memory. Upon the same
principle, it occurred to us, the mass of the
( people were so unacquainted with this purely
statutory crime, that to publish a formal accu
sation, drawn up to fit the statute, might be as
well calculated to open their eyes and impress
their memories in reference to the nature of
, this offence, as any other mode, especially
. when read in connection with the statute itself
t and Judge Campbell’s late charge.— Mobile
, ( Adrertiter.
■ ■ —— « w
Southern Sentiments on the Re-
OI’ENING OF THE SLAVE TRADE.
We copy the following articles from our ex
changes, to show the opinions oftlie people and
the press of the South, on the subject of re
opening the African Slave Trade. There is
no doubt, that the popularity of tho measure
is rapidly increasing in the Southern States,
I and as a single instance of it, we refer to the
card published below, addressed to ship owners
and others, signed by a number of wealthy
| Mississippi planters, whose respectability is
vou-hed for by some of the most prominent
mercantile houses in Mobile. But read the cx-
I tracts:
“ The following card published in the En
terprise (Miss.) Aeirs, is but auoiher evidence
that the Southern people are determined to
I bre k through the illegal restraints which have
i been placed by Congress upon the develop
ment of their section. Our people have here
tofore remained passive under these extremely
nnconstituti nnl measures, but perceiving that
one aggressionj only leads to another, and that
their loyalty is only rewarded with additional
insult and injury, they are at length licgining
to see the necessity of resisting those measures
: forcibly, which there is no hope of remedying
in any other way. We know of many influen
tial and wealthy gentlemen in this immediate
vicinity who whould raise the bid of our Misis
; sippi friends at least 50 per cent., for a few
. | hundred real " Live Africans.” Any Yankee
captain desirous of making a handsome speck
L ( has only to land a cargo any where on our
Southern coast and notify us, and we will en
sure him ample remuneration for his risk, and
I protection to lxx>t. Let us once get hold of
, them, and we defy Uncle Sam’s officers to take
them away.— Exchunye.
To Ship Owners and Masters of
OUR MERCANTILE MARINE.
. ! We, the undersigned, will pay three hundred
■ | dollars (S 300 per head for one thousand ( KMX))
I i native Africans, between the ages of fourteen
• i (14) and twenty (20) years, of sexes equal, like-
lv, sound and healthy, to be delivered within
twelve 112) months from this date, at some
' point which is accessible by land, between the
' ports of Pensacola. Fla., and Galveston, .Toxas,
■ The contractors giving thirty (30) days notice
as to the time and place of delivery; or we will
pav fifty (50) dollars extra if delivered to us at
• Enterprise, dark county, Miss.
( Wm. S. Price, Sen. A V Wolverton,
Wm Tom Smith Joseph Boren,
•I GkoWDoby, JamesW Hand,
A Perryman, Geo W Freeman,
I Ref.se Price, Sen. J L George,
( Abram Carr. Sam R Oliphant,
; T Wolverton, Wm Marshall.
S W Howze, James W Winn,
> | Wm S Price, Jr. James M Park,
April 10, 1859.
That we will meet the alxive, reference is
' made to the following houses in Mobile. Ala.
Messrs. Boykin A Mcßea, Tate, Stewart <!tCo.,
G. Goode, /htrick Irwin A Co., G. P. Kelley.
We, who have signed this advertisement,
profess to lie law abiding citizens, but cannot
respect any act purporting to be law. which
I j we lielicve ty lie ancons'itutional. As such,
i we esteem that which interdicts the slave trade
( either domestic or foreign.
j They are regarded as merchandise, ami
I slaves here, and in their native country to their
• brethren : the letter Condition is forbidden by
Divine law, but the same law says to the Hc-
■ brews, you tkall enslave the heathen around
you, and they shall l>e a perpetual inheritam e
I for your cliililren. M e have never known na
. tive Africans semi-civilized but by our plan of
f' the American institution of domestic slaverv.
Wc feel that great mutual benefits haw,
and are flowing from the institution, and es
teem it a duty to extend the privilege of be
coming semi-civilized to other of Africa's de
-1 graded race, by mingling, at least a like num
ber. with the four millions now among us, that
> reciprocal Iwnefits may result.
r The Wheat Crop.—The Sandersville Gear-
• yum says.— "Wc fear there will be luit a very »
short crop of wheat made ia this county. The
I rust has already made its sppeaiance, though,
I as yet, we believe, It Is only npat the blade ;
i but will do dinibt, soou spread to the stalk.* 4
