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New Books.
We have received tlirough the courtesy of
jfr. Boardman, the T llowit
issued from the house of I*. Apple: 1: ,‘z C >.. —
>• The Roman Question," by E. A t; ‘‘lent
and Harem,” by Caroline 1
111, the Man of Pro, •• ... r T.de-
from the Norse" and (
ilia of quotation marks.
Mr. Boardman keeps a supply of th sliest
literature and we would rs to
call on him and examine tin al works, as
from a nasty glance at thetn-w it’ ink they are
interesting.
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Serious Accident.
We '
machinist at the South We 1 •> U. <’
had his right arm caught in t. i‘hi
morning and severely marc >
Extensive Ari:: - 'AI u Bi. \
EN ROUTE FOR THE Soi iIJ. —T!: 11F ’i\ '..11112.
Pmk«t i . .
with sixteen fugitive slaves "1 ■ i... i ir-tn
the South at various periods within : ».♦• ’.-•. cars,
and who had been living at th, ; nt at
( liatliain, Canada Weft.
dian freedom, which, to mai y '
exalted liberty of going ina ’ ‘ ' ’, a.I <d
being nearly starved to death, they - ■ re
turn to the South, preferring pla. .;ti n li. to the
responsibilities attendant on a >tatv •-. < .
which circumstances have render' d them ] culiarly
disqualified. < 'in- !
man, his mother, wife and three children, win es
caped from Paris, Ky., about one year al'.< r the
experience afforded by a hard ‘ ’.r. w. , be
gan to sigh for their “Old Ke:; ky H and a
short time ago they wrtte to their . i-n r, i;. ■ :niin
him of their desirj to return, an Ire p s in him to
meet them at Cleveland. When th y Arrive! on the
old packet, their master was there to i ‘ them, and
they expressed their gratification at tL ._ in a
manner which denoted a sincere regard >r him.—
“Old Aunty,” a venerable negress, whose 1 ck and
shining face stood out iu strange contrast w ith her
hair, white as the driven enow, to- k o< a&ion to
“spress her mind” in regard to Canada. “Dy kin
all talk ’bout dar freedom over dar,” 'pointing with
a cane-brake finger across the blue watt r in tl.“ di
rection marked by the Union’s wake,) “i.ut I’d a heep
leever stay will dem down iu old Km.tn■ ky. Ihe
entire party took the train for L'in< innu i, happy in
the thought that they were going horn ■. —( f«ad
D> IHOCl'llt.
How Music is Made Up. T.iyb-r. f ihe Chica
go Journal, has a most beautiful th ■ al . t mu
sic, which it would be a positive sin to withhold from
circulation:
14 It is a curious thought,” he -ay-, “il.a: «’.<• rreat
translators of the dialect ofb a\cn —tin M /arts
aud Handels and Julrals of all time—have < aught
their notes from the hammers of 1 ub il < aiu : or tL<
murmur of running streams, or the win- ■ tighing
auoH.g the reeds, ut th song
should there be a bird con\e:.i up : a lomcr
day, by a flowing I ■ ’
- .io<- nia-tcrpiccv that h .
through mighty mini-:--rs. w •
would be pronounced a faithful
aud nothing more.” lb w the i
warble, and the brawn thrash- r r i’ own ;
that bellnote Robert O Linculn w til 1 catch up and
r- peat, aii<l tin quail whistle I
the song. Tie
now an-l then ; the am thruugl
on with its own ; the hammer- b it ’ .;ttk-
like strain, ami the rain of the roof wa h away a
whole bar of “the score.”
“So, when the anthem was ended, it would all be
drifted, like the down of the thistle, ba k to nature
tad labor again. T1 »lari i
d the little ground sparrow fly away with a note,
nd the music be scattered abroad.
The Steamer Huntsville on Fire
AT SEA.
News reached this city yesterd ly inornina
that the steamer lluntsvill'', Cnpt. Post, which
left here on Thursday evening for New York
witli a full freight and a large num’ -.-r of pas.
sengers, had taken fire at sea, and put into
Charleston. We were unable to h ar:i any
particulars in regard to her until a little after
12 o’clock. M., when the agents of the line.
'’ • B Co., i
the following dispatch from t'.sir - err_■-pon
dent in Charleston :
. Ciutn.F.STOX, July 29, 1R59.
7b Messrs. Hriyltuiii. <(■ ' :
The steamship Jlr-.'.iilL was .i■-<■>•.. i.-.l to
be on fire early this inornina. when -he wa
run upon the Bar for the protects n of the pas
sengers. So far they are all -as . .id nearh
all of them have been brought up to the city.
The ship is still ashore, in an e . ■ position,
and will Hout again, a- the pilot t:..nks, in a
few hours, when she will come up to the city.
It is not known whether she is -till on fire or
not. Capt. Post is still on board.
Will send you further parti u’ars as soon a
possible.
Since writing the above we have rec.ived
the following despatch :
Charleston. July g'.‘.—The -t. . . . // .5.
rille is alongside the Smithern wh t. The
cotton in the hold is on fire. .. . I the firemen
are pouring several stream-into ti. ' I. It
is impossible nt present to leam extent ot
the damage. The interior of the h.l is much
damaged by the fire.
The following despatch is from our own tel
egraphic agent:
Charleston. July 29, A.
Iluntsiille, on her pas-age from >.... : nah t
NewA'ork, was discovered to be entire this
forenoon. In endeavoring to reach ■ harles
ton she got a-horeon the Bem h'. < >;.••!. She
will be got off this astern roll.
passengers reached the city in the pilot boat.
The fire is slowly burnin .—>' • . A'- ■"
Mrs a\ i' Arms f< r Mkxico. . that
the Tennessee brought up ■b. ’ ; ; p from.
Gen. Garza, of the State oi far tuhj ;•>, a re
quest for. or invitations t<\ A ivri. an-.
t» pursue the civil war in M \ ». At th
time of writing, Gen. Garza nt \ era * nz:
but we do not understand ho :- :rom the au
thority of the ( nstituti-.nal (, •.ernment there
located, though d oiibtle.-s w h in ivpues
evacp. The expedition is t > b lilted ut at
lampico, where Gon. I’ i 1 •• ■ un i
to organize solely under the S: • ill -:.ty. —
In other words, Gen. Garza mid ’ State o!
laniaulipas propose to do xoa* thi on their
own account towards restorin : i ■ ut
the ( onfttitutional arms au i i r th;* purpose
theydhcM theinselvc of aw< J kn<>»Mi i.aiion
ai prejudice, ami call upon our “bruvist tor
assistance.—.V. O, /7c., 2U/a.
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I »*l 1 >ATK» TO Till: Hog.
Inr .->me time pa-'. tin Iklu ■ ra 'rs «<
ll>M Mate han been di« If n 1 le o'
'■dei ting delegates to tl • Jti-inmT.i’ National
• 'Petition to ! hei I 1 ' * ' II '»*•
-pr.i.g A few lon. a !v. 4 l' • ti i
»> < Mgrmrirad Dtotrh * • ‘ •
urger number are in favor ■ t the >!'"gate,
b .ug apjiuiuted by the M >te «mm i >o.
/a ware
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i JO'¥% ifS
ITBLISIIEI) EVERY SATI HDAY MORNING.
VOLUME 11.
|COMMVNICATB».]
A United South.
Petersburg, Va., July 18th, 1859.
Eihtors State Press The two letters you have
dr. ady inserted have given those of your
ho have honored me with bird’s-ey.
view of the doctrine I advocate. Indeed, it would seem
uit it would only be requisite to suggest, in order to
have it embraced by the whole South, that it is her
. gat to have the Federal Legislature, in the act of a«l
--mitting a State, intervene for the protection of slave
property already in the territory. It is the province ot
the Judiciary to adjust the relative rights of property,
and all conflicting claims respecting it. It is as much
and as clearly the province of the Legislature to pro
fits ownership to the proprietor whose title is uu
mtested. So, as a purely legal question, it is the
Inly of the Federal Legislature, until its authority
exhausted—until the subject is passed out of its
jurisdiction—to sec to it that no act shall be done by
. '. If or any other body which it superintends, in
disparagement and disgrace of any one species ot
property, more than any other species. The subject
. - not pass from the supervision of that legislative
power, until the territorial people asking admission,
are in as an equal State. It is then only that the re
gular duty of the Federal Legislature “to admit new
States,” is at an end in each particular case. Shalt
it be—can it be—that the South in Vr Congress—no
less in fact kern, though less in numbers, than it is
the North’s—will agree to or acquiesce in any act
d.»nc iu the presence of her representatives, in dis
paragement and disgrace of her peculiar property,
if she would, in case it be true that it would be a
wrung done her, then she would deserve to be the
7a- of those who gave the insult and did the in
jury—the subjects of those who bad taken away her
slaves.
Would it not be a wrong done her? Her property
in her slaves is distinctly recognised, and it is her
i.nilt that it is not by the word slavet, recognized in
the Federal Constitution. Her citizens are invited to
any their slaves into the territories. They are so
invited by the act of the Federal Legislature, organ
izing each territory. Can it be other than a wrung.
that that Legislature shall quietly stand by with fold
-1 up functions, and suffer any other body claiming
potfer, (or less a wrung, if done by itself,) to do any
.1 injuriously affecting the property itself invited
there? No, not unless the old English word whong,
is bereft of its sense.
How is it less the duty of the Federal Legislature
to interpose to prevent that wrong of injuring the
citizen’s property, when in the act of admitting a
State, than at any former time of the territorial con
dition of that people? It is whispered—and this is
ihe only sentiment that has had “the magic charm
to suppress so long, and at its first intimation, to re
pel, too, this doctrine which I have advanerd—it is
whispered, I sajr, that for Congress to interpose in
the act of admitting a State, would bean invasion of
State rights. The rights of which State, I crave to
know, would be invaded thereby? It would not be
the people asking to be made a State. It would not
he the States which being themselves slave-Statcs,
are seeking to get an increase of their power in the
Federal councils, by an increase of their numbers.—
Then, it might only be the States which are striving,
an-l now have the public affairs in a condition to en
able them very easily, to prevent an increase of slave
fates. In what sense, I crave to know, would their
rights be infringed by Congress refusing to admit as
a State a territorial people who propose, by their con
siitution which they would have the Federal Legisla
ture accept, to deprive the citizens whom that con
stitution would be over, of the slave (or other) pro
perty which they were invited to carry and had es
tablished there! It is the citizen, and not those free
States or the slave States, who was invited to carry
hi» property tlfere. Thus, it is not the right of any
class of States that is involved ; it is alone the right
of the individual citizen that can be invaded. His
right cannot be invaded by the refusal of the Federal
Legislature to suff r his ownership of his property to
be disturbed. By the act, then, of the Federal Leg
islature rejecting a people asking admission as a
State, so far is it from being true that State rights
would be invaded, it is trnc, the slave-owning citi
zen’s rights would be protected. This is so, unless
the English language has lost its senses, and logic
lies to aggravate the calamity.
It is alone in this doctrine of intervention extend
ed to the full length of the legislative authority of “the
superintending government of the compact,” (those
are Mr. Madison’s words on this very subject,) that
the South can find safety ora safeguard. The South
will assuredly be in the minority of the territorial
people, and, of consequence, in all likelihood, in the
same flight in their convention to make a constitu
tion. There is no hope there. The Federal Legisla
ture has done something sometimes for the South.—
That power secured Louisiana and Texas for us.—
It gave us Texas, not by an exceptional interpolation
in our federative system, as to the four States that
may be formed out of her, but in conformity to the
fundamental principles of that system, as exactly as
it was capable of being done in that conformity, con
sistently with the fact that the legal line of 36° 30'
then existed in full force. It gave us the right to
four slave States out of Texas, only “with her con
sent” and “under (that is, subject to) the provisions
..f the Federal Constitution,” expressly. There is no
h-.pe of so much, or anything like it, from any terri
torial people. That same power, the Federal Legin
lature, might and would have prevented Oregon from
niing in with a discrimination against and an in
; rdiction of slave property there, if, fortunately for
•lie principle we contend for, a Southern President
ad interposed the Veto. It is in this, that is, the ex
rcise of the veto power, that the South has some
xpectation of effective strength against the odious
•nd invidious discrimination of an act admitting a
-date whose constitution excludes negro slaves and
xpels those already there when the people ask ad-
mission as a State.
Yes, wo got the right of four State, out of Texas
be constituted “inbjeet to the t’onetitution of the
I Stotet.” In the strength of the same oxpres
ion, we cannot be rightly or constitutionally sub
ted, by any act of the Federal Legislature tor the
i huission of any new State, to a discrimination
i.ainst slave property. Such, I take it, is the im
port <*f the expression "subject to the provisions of
he Federal Constitution." Can it be a mistake that
I means that all the important provisions of that
Constitution must he substantially observed by the
rritorial people in forming their constitution under
which they intend to ask for admission as a State?—
Will some of the advocates of non-intervention tell
people of the South what is meant by that »x
----ion “niliirct to the Conelituliun of the I'. States."
i h is thrown into the Nebraska-Kansas Act of
‘ ‘tigress, and which is so often used by those who
urge the peoples' right in the territorias to form their
.“-titutions in their own way? Is it intended by it
I.at such a people have the constitutional competency ;
disregard the property right, to the extent of de- |
e running that all slaves may be banished from the I
i.-w State, and if with, why not without compenaa- i
lion? Yea. I ask, can the popw/ar competency ex-,
ft nd far, bet ausc it is true, that ia the Union, the ,
I les’ will i« restricted by the Federal Conrtitution ? ,
And I ack H it might be done without com penfat icn.
cause I am here arguing a priwciplk, and invite
h reader to consider that the grant of power to I
il.. private property OU paying far it, only includes '
•lances (in Chief Ju»ti« e Tauuy’f opinion) in which '
the taking or impressing infer actual publie use. If
hey intend that it” slave property—may be taken
ibi soiua other apnetfte purpose public use. where
i fa they find the clausa in the CotisUluUwti of the I*.
airs lo which they admit that pooph are subject
n ..<h takes away or Mopars the efecieaey ol that
flt t . . thut pr -’ iili*» pi vt< ctw»tt of private pro
■ rty. «p< far public use! if it may not be la
u wabout cuopMMtfafe whence is derived the an
thority restraining the majority aud compelling com
pensation to the owner? Os course they will say,
“from the Federal Constitution,” because they admit
the people are subject to it. Then, why do not all
the other provisions of that instrument, which are
restrictive of the powers of the majority, become as
effective as that one? It is plain, it seems to me
that the doctrine of non-intervention must be re
nounced or it must be confessed that “the subject to
the Conntitutlon nf the I'nited S 'lten,’' is only intended
to sugar a bitter pill—surely not to deceive the
people.
So hastily now I express a few thoughts on this
interesting subject. I have expressed them as plainly
as they are strongly felt. lam prompted to express
them by the well defined belief in my mind, that since
Mr. Jefferson (God knows what were hie notions; I
do not judge them) was rebuked at the instance of
the noble old “ North State” of the Carolinas, soon
after the 23d of April, 1784. by having the clause ex
cluding slavery from the North-west, stricken from
his resolutions respecting that territory—that ever
since that wise movement of North Carolina, a State
as great as in her collective heart as she is gallant in
her several sons, down through the time when Wil*
son, of Pennsylvania, propose I that “ three-fifths of
the negro alaren of the Southern States” should be
counted in apportioning representation, and Nath
an Daen, of the old “ Bay State,” proposed in like
plain language, as simple as the idea, that “ fugitive
alavea should be surrendered to their mantera,” as
*ome requittal for Mr. Jefferson’s large liberality;
that when iu both instanci s with the consent or ac
quiscenec of the South, the simple and only right
words of “ negro slaves” and “ masters” were strick
en out and the suiter ones of “ all other persons,” in
stead of “ slave and “person” or “ party” to whom
•• their labor is due," instead of ••masters,” were sub
stituted in the Federal Constitution as it now is—that
ever since 1784, I say, down through the time when
the witching voice of Henry Clay, (God knows his
motives, I do not judge them) in IS2I, invited the
South to occupy “the Missouri Restrictions,” as no
violation of the Federal Constitution, as to herself,
because she, against whom it was, gave it her con
sent, that all the way down, I say. from 1784 to 1854
when the Illinois Senator bewitched the South to bc
tool herself in the Nebraska-Kansas Act—that du
ring this long night of aggression, by those surren
ders, invited by the South, the energy of her repul
sive words, often ill-timed in resistance of those and
other acts of aggression by the North, has been flow
ing in the fretting stream maddened by those jagged
juttings she herself inserted in the hanks of the chan
nel of her wordy energy, and only made occasional
ly a little more dangerous by the insertion of an ad
ditional jutting of Compromises, by the belief, I say,
that all that is true in its fullness glanced at, I am
prompted to express those thoughts. Would that my
feeble voice, as one crying in the wilderness, could
reach her ear listening with angry trepidation and
hope of justice deferred. Would that my feeble voice
could affect her heart throbbing as it is, with indig
nant resentment, instead, as it should be, with quiet and
sustained intrepidity. Would that I could win her
away from those ideas of hers of “ the perpetuity of
the Union, by the means of harmony of political par
ty, for the sake of peace”—a deceitful peace. So as
it has been, it will be. if she holds on to the policy of
Compromises. I would say to her in the truth of her
Constitutional rights, in language as simple as is that
truth—ASSERT your rights in the act of admitting
a State, to say an 1 to have it done, that no State shall
come in, whose Constitution contains any clause or
seminal thought discriminating against and of conse
quence in disgrace of her peculiar property.
If out-voted in Congress and deserted by the Pres
ident of the U. States, let her, then, at once, a united
South, resume the suspended sovereignty of her sev
eral States. The danger to the Federal Union will
then be gone. The North will yield up to the South
her just demands, as soon as the South shows herself
thus in earnest, and this “abstract point of frequent
practical recurrence” in making new States and af
fording opportunity often, to claim the discharge in
and by her Congress, of their whole duty, and of the
President, his, by the veto.
IL R. COLLIER.
The Sincerity of the Freedom Siiriekkrs.—
W’e copy below an article from the "Franklin Patri
ot,” published at Farmington. Me., which is rather
calculated to strengthen the belief entertained by a
great many persons, that there is a great deal more
hypocrisy than sincerity in the professions of the
black republicans of New England :
‘•Mr. Rice died some three years ago, in Boonville.
Missouri, where he resided, leaving an estate of some
fifteen thousand dollars, about half of which consist
ed of slave property. Dying without issue, his bro
thers and sisters and their representatives, inherited
the estate. Three of these heirs resided in this town,
one in Strong, one in New Sharon, one in Fayette,
one in Gardiner, and one in Lowell, Mass., and every
one of them belong to that class who are ever ready
to “shriek for freedom” and shed crocodile tears over
the sufferings of the “poor slave.” As these slaves
came into their hands without any effort, cost or sa
crifice on their part to obtain them, it would certain
ly be more reasonable to expect their liberation at
their hands than from Southern slaveholders who
have paid for their slaves, acquired them as they do
other property, been accustomed to their services and
familiar with the institution all their lives; yet thu
result proves the reverse to be true. These consci
entious anti-slavery republicans unanimously deci
ded to have their slaves sold into that perpetual bon
dage which they have so strenuously denounced as
the “sum of all villainies.” Their decision has been
carried into effect. The slaves have been sold by the
administrator in Missouri, by their orders. A gen
tleman of this village, who went to Missouri as agent
for the heirs to close up the estate, has just returned,
bringing with him six or seven thousand dollars div
idends arising from the sale of slaves and other pro
perty up to this time, a portion of the property hav
ing been sold on time, the proceeds of which are not
yet available. Doubtless these "freedom and human
ity” brethren will continue to advocate the abolition
of slavery—jingling their slave money in their pock
ets while they abuse Southern slaveholders, including
those to whom they have sdd theirs, for not libera
ting their bondmen. Such is black republicanism iu
New England.
Frosi Every Month.—So far in 1859, we
have had frost in this good State of New York
every month in the year : and that, too, in the
“Southern tier of counties,” where it is gener
ally supposed the climate is not very liorean.
Both on the first and fourth mornings of Ju
ly, at Alleghany, there was quite a show of
frost. On the fourth the fences and plank
walks were white with an icy covering, but
vegetables were not seriously injured. We al
| so heard of frost in various other places through
the State, and we shall look for similar reports
next month. In September, sure, we shall
hare it, so that if August escapee we shall
have frost in elevon in rnths of this year.— N.
| Y. Tribunt.
A Drucati Rrbl ke.—Mr. Webster wrote,
after continued provu- d u. to the editor of a
newspa|»er, who referred to his private affairs,
and especially to hie not paying his debts. He
said, aobeUnttally: “It u true that I have nut
always paid my debt* pum tually, and that I
owe money. One cans- of this ia that I have
not pressed thoae who one me. At an ill
•tame of tlii*. I •n< «v your father s note,
rnada to me th. . ago far money lent
, bin to «ducat« bu Lo»».
OFFICE IN RALSTON’S BUILDING, THIRD STREET.
MACON, GEORGIA, 7VUGEUST 10, 1859.
Telegraphic.
ARRIVAL 0F TUE
OCEAN QUEEN.
Cotton Declined a l-4d.
Farther Point, July 29.—The steamship Ocean
Queen, from Southampton, was boarded off Cape
Race, to-day, by the bout us the Associated Press.—
She brings Liverpool dates to Wednesday, July
20th.
Commercial News.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—The sales of Cotton for
the three days previous to the 20th, were 17,000 bales,
of which speculis*»»vs took 2.000, and exporters, 2,000
bales. All qualities had declined from |d. to |d. —
The market was very dull. Clare <fc Sons, iu their
circular, quote Middling Orleans 73-16 d., and Mid
dling Uplands fl? a 7d. Holders ofi’er freely, but
show no disposition to press sales.
Loudon Money Market.—Consols were quoted at
95| a 95j.
The Ocean Queen arrived off Cape Race at 8 o’-
clock, 20 minutes this morning—having left the Nee
dles (in the English Channel,) on the morning of the
21st.
No general news had been received at Liverpool up
to the time of the steamer’s sailing.
The steamer Novia Scotian reached Liverpool on
the 19th.
State of Trade. —Manchester advices unfavorable.
Business dull but steady.
Liverpool General Markets.—Brcadrtu ffs very duP
Provisions dull, and declining.
General News.
In England Gladstones budget shows a deficiency
of about five million sterling. He recommends addi
tional taxation, duties on malt spirits and tea. Also
farther increase of the income tax.
Napoleon’s funds were reported buoyant.
The subscribers to the Austrian loan have been re
leased from their obligations.
A new Ministry has been formed at Turin : Mar
mora, the Minister of war. is President of (be Coun
cil.
Tho Bank of Berlin had lowered its rates to four.
A Financial Explosion.
New York, July 29.—Another immense swindling
affair has exploded here, being that of the Grand
Duchy of Baden fourteen million loan.” connected
with a Lottery of which the Rothschilds’ were the
pretended European Agents, and Constantine, Fell
nex A Cu., were New York Agents. The latter have
been operating largely in the South and West and
are now missing.
Additional by the Europa.
The interview between Napoleon and tho Austrian
Emperor lasted nearly a whole day.
Napoleon, in hu proclamation to bis soldiers,says:
The principle aim of the war has been attained, and
Italy will, for the first time, become a nation. Ve
netia, it is true, remains Austrian, bat it will, never
theless, be an Italian province, and forming part of
an Italian confederation.
The union of Lombardy witli Piedmont creates for
us » puwuiful ally, who will owe us its independence.
The Italian Governments which remained inactive,
or which have deen called bark into their posses
sions, will comprehend the necessity of a salutary re
form, and a general amnesty which will obliterate all
traces cf civil disorder. Italy henceforth mistrccsses
her own destinies, and w ill only have herself to ac
cuse, should she not progress regularly in order and
freedom.
Pay of Congressmen.
We desire to call the attention of the press of
Ga., and tlie*people to the salary of our members
of Congress. Formerly they received per
day, or $240 per month for the time they were
actually sen ing in CongfßMi) out of this sum
they paid from s.”><> to s4l) per month for board,
which left a neat eum for profit. Now they
receive $3,000 per year whether they remain
in their seats in Congress or not. AV e are cred
ibly informed that Chas. Summer, Senator from
Massachusetts, received his salary and mileage
for 1857, for about fifteen minutes attendance
in the Senate chamber, ile went there and
remained a few mintues, drew bis pay. and sail
ed immediately for Europe, and has not yet re
turned, we believe. In the ordinary transac
tions of life this would be considered downright
rascality and swindling. They hold for two ami
six years, ami receive about so,(MM) f«»r about
ten months service in two years. The long
session is about seven, ami the short, the next
year, about three months. Thus, instead of
s>< per day when actually serving, they recieve
abouts2o per day, —more than SS per day the
year roumi, besides mileage. Our public ser
vants should be well paid, but when they have
the right to vote their own pay.they should not
put their arms so deeply into tbe public I rcasu
ry. When they received a per diem pay, they
sat till late in July, sometimes till August.—
Now they adjourn in May or early in June, and
leave three-fourths of the business before them
undisposed of. The evil should be corrected,
and we call upon the press ami the people of
Georgia to take the lead in correcting the evil.
The election in October will be the time —ask
pledges from your candidates that they will vote
to correct it, ami if they decline to so pledge
themselves, withhold from them your votes.
We call attention to the matter irrespective of
party ami partv feeling, and ask all parties to
look to the matter in the selection of Congress
onal candidates. — Clarkesville Journal.
State Road.
The payment fur Jwfi/ into the Treasury, for
the net earnings of the State Koail, amounts
to |40,000. The Sara unit Ji /AywWienulmsseenin
this increase, only what it had the M'jarity to
predict; that, after the rr-nomination of Gov
ernor Brown, “he wonld bring it (the pay
ment) up to forty or fifty thousand!” Wise
‘ l Ilepubliran'.'’ We wonder if the thought
ever occurred to its Editor, that in July and
August the passenger travel on the Road ex
ceeds that of any other tiro months of the year,
and that the profits from that source of re
ceipts are therefore greater than during the
preceding, or following, months? Not so! —
The income of the Road, he th inks, “like the de
mocracy ofChatham county."is “regulated whol
Iv by the emergencies of theoccasion! ’ Hesees
no rau.r* for the increase, and cares for none.
To traduce Governor Brown is glory enough
for the Republican ! We leave it to enjoy the
bitter fruits of its most unfair and reckless op
position.
fcJ- The Spiritualists of Gotham are coming
out strong with the spirit of Tim Moore.
Thus sang a fair young medium the other
night, as she felt filled with the poet’s affla
tus:
“The mellow light of the autumn night,
As it tinges each tree and flower,
I< not a. bright as the beaming light
That dwells in Love’s own bower.”
A gentleman present, impressed with tin
idea that the poet bad fall, n otl in bi. new
spberw. ber ame the medium of the interrupt'
ing el*lamation, “That ia Little enough. Join,
i but Du Moora.”
The Democracy of Bibb.
To-inorrow, the Democracy of this county
will meet in council at the Courthouse, to
make arrangements for its representation in
tlic next Legislature. We learn that the ar
rangements proposed are intended to be only
preliminary to the nomination of candidates.
We hope the meeting will be largely attended,
and that wise and patriotic counsels will pre
vail—in which event we have not a doubt of
success.
At eleven o’clock in the morning, or soon
thereafter, it is proposed to organize the meet
ing. We urge upon every Democrat that it is
liis duty, if lie possibly can, to attend the
meeting,
Mr. Hardeman at Griffin.
We learn that this gentleman, the “ Opposi- |
tion" nominee for Congress in tins District. I
addressed his friends in Griffin, on Thursday j
night last. We have been informed that about,
an equal number of Oppositionists and Demo
crats were in attendance. The Griffin papers, i
we presume, will give us particularsin reference
to tlie impression made there by the speech of i
our gallant adversary.
To-morrow, the Democratic standard-bearer 1
for tins Congressional District—Alexandeb
M. Speer—will address the Democracy ot
Houston county, at Perry. He will meet with
i warm reception there, and will “do Ins ile
toirs” mneb to the satisfaction <>t the voter,
of that good old county, or we much mistake
the “ metal of the man.” Mr Hardeman will
follow, on the 13th, when we have no doubt
lie will find that Mr. Speer has left him an im
pression to eradicate that will require all ins
powers as a logician, and ability of the highest
order.
Fourth Congressional District.
The Canvass in this Congressional District
fairly opened on Saturday last, in Coweta
County, at Cedar Springs. We learn that
there were nearly two thousand persons pr's
ent, and that much excitement prevailed du
ring the discussion between the respective
champions of the democratic and opposition par
ties, Gartrell and Wright. Our informant
states that the democracy of that section of our
State were never more proud of their gallant
standard-bearer, tlien they were at the close
of the discussion. He bore himself ably, no
bly. triumphantly, and we doubt not will be
returned to Congress by an increased demo- ■
eratic majority:
We are pleased at this report from the fourth
district. Col. Gartrell has made an able, an ef
ficient member of Congress. To the interests
of the State, an 1 liis immediate constituency,
lie was devoted and untiring. We have it
from the ‘State’s Special agent at Washington.’
that he owed more to Col. Gartrell’s attention
io the business of the State, and of its citizens,
liefore the Departments, than to that of any
other member, or even to his own efforts. In
many instnaces, lint for Col. Gartrell, justice
to the State, would not only have been delay
ed, but eventually, in liis judgment, would
have been denied. In all such cases the Colo
nel was prorspt to the res >ue, and never failed
to succeed. Such was the representative of
tlie fourth district, in the last; and such will i
lie the representative from that district in the i
next Congress, or we much mistake the gal
lant democracy who are there in resistless
numbers and strength !
A I.iFr.-I’aESERVixo Crinoline. —Glory to
Crinoline ! After having 1e n the cause of a
hundred deaths by tire, it lias at last actually I
saved a life. It happened in this way : Day
beforb yesterday a lady on Carroll street, clad
—partly—in an ample double expansion, self
regulating. patent extensions skirt, wasstanding
—as careful housewives will—on the second
story, wiping tho glass on the outside. A
child passing below she attempted for the fun
of the thing to drop the cloth from her band
on the little one; but somehow managed to
drop herself at the same moment. Down she
went, a distance ot eighteen feet, to the pave- ,
ment, but not with any ungraceful keeling
over or heavy blow in striking. She sailed
down, parachute fashion, presenting the grace- :
ful form of an oldfasbioned decanter. When j
she alighted, she struck with only sufficient
force to cause some smarting on the foot—bless
her sole ! Would not a big crinoline be a cap
ital dress for teronauts ?— Buffalo Advertiser.
Inclined to Quarrel.
We heard that prince of story-tellers, Tom
Calloway, get off the following, amidst bursts
of laughter, the other night. Squaring him- ‘
self and stretching out his legs, he began :
“There was once a little, slim-built fellow,
rich as a Jew, and independent as the devil, ;
riding along a highway, in tlie State of Geor
gia, when lie overtook a man driving a drove
of hogs by tlie help of a big, raw boneu, six- .
feet-two specimen of humanity. Stopping the .
last named individual lie accosted him :
“ ‘I say, are these your hogs?’
“ ‘No, sir. I’m to work by tlie month.’
“•Wliat pay might you be getting, friend ?’
“ ‘Ten dollars a month, and whiskey thrown
: in,’ was tlie reply.
“ ‘Well, look here, I’m a weak, little offeu
, sive man, and people are apt to impose upon
' me, d'you see I Now, I'll give you twenty
j five dollars a month to ride along w ith me and
protect me,’ was Mr. Gardner’s reply. ‘But,’
lie added, as a thought struck him, how might .
1 you lie on a fight ?’
“ ‘Never lieen licked in my life,’ rejoined j
tlie six-footer.
“‘Just the man I want. It's a bargain?’
queried Gardner.
“Six-footer ruminated. Twenty-five dollars
—double wages — nothing to do but ride n
round and smash a fellow's mug occasionally,
wlu n lie's sassy. Six aeecptel.
Tliev rode along till just at night they reach
ed a village. Dismounting at the door, tney
went in. Gardner immediately singled out
the biggest mini in tlie room, and picked a
fuss with him. Alter considerable promiscu
ous jawing. Gardner turned to his fighting
friend and intimated that the licking of that
man had become a sad necessity. Six-foot
peebsl, went ill, and came out first best.
The next night, at Mother hotel, the same
! scene was re-enaete<l; Gardner getting into a
row witli the biggest man in the place, aud
•ix-f »>t«r doing the fighting.
At last on the third day, they came to a
ferry, kept b a huge double fisted man, who
i had never l>eeu licked in his lite, U hil*t
! crossing tho river. Gardner, as usual, began
to find fault, and “blow.” Tlie ferryman nat
naturully got mad, threw tilings around kind
o’loose, and told them his opinion of their
kind.
Gardner then turned to his friend “from
the shoulder,” and gently broke the intelli
gence to him, “thnt he was sorry, but that it
was absolutely necessary to thrash that fer
ryman.”
Six-footer nodded his bead, but said noth
ing.
It was plainly to be seen, that he did not re'*
ish tlie job, by the way he shrugged liis shoul
ders, but there was no help for it.
So when they reached tlie shore, lioth strip
ped. and at it they went, Up and down the
bank, over tlie sand into the water they fought,
scratched, gouged, bit and rolled, till at the
; end of an hour the ferryman caved. Six-footer
triumphant,, but it had been tough work
Going up to his employer, he scratched his
head for a moment, and then broke forth.
“Look here Mr. Gardner, your salary sets
mighty well, lint—l'm—of—the—opinion—
that you are inclined to be quarrelsome. Here
I’ve only been with you three days, and I’ve
licked tlie three biggest men in the country!
I think this firm had better dissolve, for you
see. Mr. Gardner, I'm afraid you’re inclined to
be quarrelsnm . and I reckon I’ll draw !”
Tii’imin Gazette.
How to Avoid "lie Dan er of
LIGHTNING.
The following seasonable advice is from the
Scientific, American:
Tlie earth and ntmosp' ere are saturated with
electricity, which ordinarily remains in astute
of equilibrium. M'lien this condition is dis
turbed we have tlie phenomena of thunder
storm—which is simply an effort of nature to
restore the electric equilibrium between the
atmosphere and tlie earth. Tlie atmosphere in
such cases is converted into a huge Leyden
jar; tlie lightntng is simply disruptive dischar
ges through the intervening air and tliunder
is the sound caused by the violent and sudden
compression of the air. producing waves, hence
the long continued roll like the discharge of
artillery. Lightning is tlie most subtle and
irresistalde power of nature. A single flash
ean shiver tlie tall mast of the war ship that
might bid defiance to cannonade, or rend a lof
ty oak of the forest to splinters in an instant:
and a single bolt lias toppled the tall church
to dust in tlie twinkling of an eye. What is
tlie puny power of man liefore such a mighty
agent? It is physically frail as a feather or a
trembling leaf. Armed in tlie panoply of sei
cnee, however, man, like a weak but skillful
general can manneuver his forces against the
otherwise distinctive power and convert dan
ger into comparative safety.
This dis.'mery was made when Franklin
proved tlie indentity of lightning and electric
ity with his little kite. Electricity possesses
the peculiar property of flowing quietly along
or through what are called “conductors,” such
as copper, gold, iron, <tc., and taking advan
tage of this, tlie American philosopher sugge--
ted the erection of tall rods of iron or copper
on houses or ships, to tap tlie Leyden jars ot
tlie atmosphere, and convey their charge qui
etly to tlie earth. Tlie suggestion carried out
lias saved thousands of lives and millions'
worth of property, lienee all houses should be
provided with conductors; but as is tlie case
now, perhaps tlie great majority of buildings
will always be unsupplied with such agencies.
In all such eases, it should never be forgotten
the liglitnin always seeks to pass to the earth
by prominent conductors ; hence we have an
explanation of the cause why trees, masts of
ships, steeples of churches, towers, and chim
neys are often struck, and why tlie persons re
ferred to the above should not have been stan
ding so near the fire plac ■ on tlie occasion of
a thunderstorm which cost them their lives.—
In such persons in houses should sit o>
lie in some place as far distant as possible fron
tlie chimney,and tlie most exposed parts of the
J wall—the middle of tlie room, if it is large, is
the safest locality. Sailors on the sea should
keep as far from tlie mast as possible, and far
mers in tlie fields should never seek shelter
under rees. II uizontal strokes of lightning
sometimes take place, and several persons
have been struck while sitting at an open win
dow dur ng thunder storms. Every window
of a room in which persons are sitting, in such
! cases, should be closed ; a flash of the fluid,
which would pass through an open window
into an apartment, will be conducted down
through the floor and wall to the earth if the
window is shut. We have thus given direc
tions to be followed by 4 the persons during the
prevalence of lightning, and we have set forth
tlie science o( tlie questions, so that all may
not only see the reasonableness of our remarks,
lint the seasonablenesa.
The Charleston Convention.
Tlie friends of the various Presidential as
pirants are watching every suggestion witli
reference to tlie Charleston Convention witli
suspicion. In common with many other dem
ocratic journals, we, a few weeks ago, advoca
ted tlie holding of tlie Charleston Convention
at a somewhat earlier period than tlie month
of June, for tlie simple reason that the intense
beat of that month would prove not only in
convenient, but intolerable to the delegation
tlie New England, Northern and West
ern States. This is considered a suspicion
i movement. The Convention will be held
during a month when thousand* of the citi
zens of Charleston leave tlie city to avoid the
scorching heat. At such a time, a southern
city crowded to suffocation, hotels overflowing,
and private boarding-houses filled, cannot pre
sent many comforts.
Those who sweltered in Baltimore at the
«ame season of tlie year in 1852, aud in Cin
cinnati in 1850, may form some idea of tlie
torture which is in store for them in a city
where strawberries and green peas are there
prime, early in tlie month of April. W e speak
knowingly when we say that whilst a Con
vention us salamanders might find Charleston
pleasant in June, such will not be the ca*e
w itli tlie delegates to tlie Demu< rutie National
■ Couventiun.
Hie final disposition of tlie time and place
for holding the Convention, rc»U, we believe,
witli tlie Nalioliid Eleeutiie Committee of
the democratic party, and we trust that they
> will give tlie wliole subject a careful consider-
I atiuu. It the Cutiveiitiou meet* in Charleston
TERMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 41
at n pleasant season of the year, it will be the
most pleasant ever held. The city of Charles
ton is one of the most striking, peculiar, and
attractive cities in the Union, and the citizens
the most chivalrous, cultivated, and hospitable.
In architecture, habits, style of living, and
rone of thought, the people of Charleston are
unlike the people of any other city in the
Union. So great their courtesy, forbearance,
and respect for the proprieties of life, that
nothing is more ludicrous to those who have
een them in their homes, than the absurd
newspaper articles which are going the rounds
about “Charleston mobs,” and delegates
from the North being in danger of being
slain in the streets.” The people of Charles
ton are among the most quiet, orderly, and
thoroughly well bred people in the world.
The delegates to the Convention, if it is held
in June, will have much more to fear from
“sunstrokes” than from “ bowie knives”
nd “revolvers.”— Richmond Examiner.
[for the state press.]
MICKEY’S PAWN.
BY MACOXIA.
Sitting with a lively party the other even
inc. beneath the sheltering leaves of some old
China trees, in the northern part of Macon, I
was much edified as well as gratified by seve
•nl amusing sketches of personal experience, as
r-luted by various members of the company:
nt none pleased me so well as the one told
by Mickey Malone, a generous son of Erin,
and a “broth of a boy,” as the story shows.
Some years since, Mickey was a resident of
Boston. Mass., wbete a game of “Forty-fives”
was to come off, at the Mansion House, be
tween six Chelsea boys and a like number of
East Bostonians, for a tin top supper. Our
hero was one of the East Bostonian cham
pions, and the appointed hour found him
promptly at his post; but, unfortunately, he
had. during the day. taken a “ wee fl rap” too
much, and after ransacking his pockets be
found himself in pretty much the same condi
tion as a Zouave at Solferino without his bay
onet— he bad no money. However, being
well acquainted with the landlord, and not
injuriously bashful, he quieted his fears in
regard to the result, should he come out loser,
and the game commenced. After three games,
intermixed with various potations, the East
Bostonians came off conquerors. The Chelsea
lads, feeling rather mortified, immediately
proposed a money match —each person to
plank up twenty dollars, and continue.playing
until the whole amount should fall into the
bands of the last winner. The proposal was
at once accepted by the exulting East Bos
tonians, and after supper the game should
begin.
Here was a dilemma for Mickey. Without
one dollar, how was he to win twenty? His
native wit came to his assistance, however,
ind making an excuse for a few moments’
absence, he went down stairs to call upon
Bridget, one of the kitchen girls—an old flame
whom he knew had laid by a goodly quantity
of the “root of all evil.” Entering the kitchen,
Bridget was the first person he met. But let
us take his own words for it:
“ Oeh. Mickey,” sez she, “is that you ? But
you’re afther drinking to-night.”
“ Arrah, Bridget.” sez I, “will ye hould
your whisht? Faith an’ I'm just after win
ning a supper for the landlord.”
“ Now. Mickey, hould on till I tell ye,” sez
she. “ Come in this way, an’ I’ll give you
something that'll sober ye.”
“ I followed the swate girl,” says Mickey,
“an' she gave me a glass of swate milk, which
I drank at her bidding; a few pickles followed
the milk, an'—faith I followed me nose into
the alley, where the pickles and milk left me,
eeining on very unfriendly terms with each
■ther. Coming to the kitchen agen, Bridge
fetched me water to wash me head, an’ then
she fixed up a dhrink of brandy, hot wather,
an’ ilmgar, which she narely forced down me
throat; for me inner man felt so wake an’ill
that it wint agin me entirely. But after that,
t'aix an’ I felt like a new man, an’ could ask a
favor from the Divil himself; so, afther a dale
ot swate nonsense an’ soft palaver, I said,
Musha, now, Bridget, an’ can’t ye lind me
twinty dollars?—they’re after challenging us
to play at twiuty a man, an’ ye know I’ll bring
it yez in the morning.”
“ Arrah, Mickey, an’ ye'll be afther losing
it,” sez she.
“ Faith, Bridget, darlint,” I sez, “ye know
lam sober now, an’ the boys above are
dhrinkin’; an’ isn’t what’s mine yours, au’
what’s yours mine?”
“ An’ what'll ye give me in pawn, for luck,
Mickey,” sez she.
“Divil a haporth I have but the shirt on
me back,” sez I.
“ Faith, Mickey, an’ I’ll take that," sez she,
“ an’ I’ll give ye a dickey to wear instid.”
The exchange was quickly effected, and our
bowld Mickey soon reappeared among the
party, where his Incky pawn befriended him.
for he came out victorious, with two hundred
and twenty dollars in his pocket, and—Bridget's
twinty.
Macon, August 3, 1859.
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Atlanta Convention.
The Anti-Brown papers are making vigor
ous exertions to bring together a crowd at At
lanta to the Mass meeting on the 10th. We
hope they will succeed, at least, that enough
wisdom will be collected there to discern the
I folly of nominating a candidate against Gov
ernor Brown. Except in Atlanta and the
neighboring counties there is no jHirtion of the
I State in which the futility of opposition to him
is not seen and acknowledged. The taunt that
' his whole claims rest on the fact that he has
1 made the State R >ad pay, is a better argument
i in his favor with a large majority of the peo
ple. than if he were the most brilliant orator
alive and the most zealous supporter of all the
, platforms that were ever dovetailed together.
It is vain to talk to the people of his want of
capacity when he has shown in the most sub
stantial way. his abundant capacity for the du
ties of the office in which they have him. Il
is not for us to advise, and if the opposition
choose to waste their strength upon invincibili
1 tv. and to slaughter one of their best men by
using him as a battering ram against impreg
liability, it is not for us to object.— ltuyatch.
Two in n b>st their live* in Ht. Louis, on tin
234, by entering a vault and lieing stifled by
the foul air.
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FOR THE STATE PRFSfI.
To Rosalie.
BY WACONIA.
Leo unce ha-l ft bird of beauty
Whose melody banished deepest gloom,
This bird he kept with t» nderest care
Encaged in his own room.
When sorrow marked Leo’s br w, like age*
Or care bent down his throbbing head,
He’d sit beside his songster’s cage
And care and sorrow quickly fled.
The soothing effect of music’s power,
Felt in his birdling’s plaintive voice,
Calmed Leo in pain's agonising hour,
And badehis troubled aoul rejoice.
But, one day. no sound was heard
From nature's singer no happy tone,
An<l Leo, looking for his bird,
Knew that his pretty one had flown.
No music since hath charmed his ear,
No pleasure now for Leo’s gloomy hours;
The voice he loved so well to hear
Hath fled with Spring’s sweet flowers.
Yet Hope tells Leo, when flowers return,
That his pet will come again :
For this his heart doth silent yearn,
But I fear me all in vain.
I too, like Leo, listened to a bird
Whose melody charmed mine ear;
Whose song when once ’twas heard
Could not from memory disappear.
Within my heart were its songs encaged,
Blessing each sad and lonely hour ;
Even Memory’s griefs were oft assuaged
By this singer’s soft, melodious power.
But, like Leo’s naughty bird,
This 003, too, hath flown away ;
Nor have its songs been heard
For many a lonely, weary day.
Return, gay warbler of poetic words,
Trill forth thy sweet, harmonious lay;
Return, Rosalie, Queen of Singing Birds,
And resume thy soul-entrancing sway.
J/iacon. Awjy. sth, 1859.
“Madam, please accept us a lock of iny hair,”
said an old bacheloi to a widow, handing her
a large curl.
“Thank you, sir,” said the widow ; “hadn’t
you better offer me the whole wig ?”
“Mi d im, ycu bite hard, but pray de.’t risk
breaking your beautiful porcelain teeth!”
Macon Lodge No. 5, A. F. M.
Acocbt sth, 1859.
The Committee appointed in that behalf, beg
leave to submit the following report and reso
lutions relative to the death of our well beloved
brother, Tlios. P. Stubbs, a native of Georgia,
and for the last thirty years a citizen of this
place, who died after a short illness, on tbo
4th instant. The deceased vas a man of sin
gular purity and sincerity of character. Much
good did he do ill his day and generation, and
his deeds will live after him. He never sought
public station, albeit his extrordinary talents
rendered him aorthj of any post usually
awarded to meritorious ambition. He, how
ever, acted well his part in private life, and
n ne who knew him in his social relations will
soon forget him. His family, the community,
and especially the Masonic Fraternity, have
sustained a great loss by his death, and in
testimony of our regret, be it therefore
Resolved, That, whilst the hand of Provi
dence, in this dispensation, has fallen heavily
upon us, so heavily as to move ail hearts, we,
as taught by the bright example of the deceas
ed, submit without murmur, though with deep
grief, to this decree of God.
Resulted, That we tender our sincere sym
pathy to each and every the members of tho
household so sadly bereaved : and most fer
vently do we beseech the Author of nil good,
to give them comfort and consolation in this
their “night time of sorrow and care.”
Resolved, That the members of this Lodge
will conform to the usual rules of the Order,
expressive of respect to the memory of a
departed brother, worthy and well qualified,
often tried, and never found wanting.
Resolved, That these proceedings be pub
lished in the city papers, and that a copy of
the same lie transmitted by the secretary to
the family of the deceased.
Mark A. Wixgfield,
E. C. Grier,
T. J. Cater,
Committee.
T ELEGRAPHIC !
Four Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE NOVA SCOTIAN.
Aug. 7. —The steamship Nova Sco
tian, from Liverpool was boarded off Further
Point at noon to-day. She brings dates to the
27th ult„ four days later than those brought
by the Persia.
Liverpool Market.—Sales of cotton for the
| three days, 44,000 bales; market closed steady.
In some cases an advance of ]d. is reporter!.
Breadstuff's advancing. Corn declining. Pro
vi-ions declining.
Consols quoted at 95.
Tennessee Election.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. s.—John Nether
laud, the Opposition candidate for Governor
gains two thousand three hundred votes in
sixteen counties. The Ibllowiiig Congression
al Districts have been heard from :
Fifth.— Robert Hatton, (Opposition,) elec
| ted.
Eighth.— Jfliues M. Quarles, (Opposition,)
elected ; R. IL Brabsoti, (Opposition.) in tho
third; and Emerson Ethridge, (Opjiosition,)
in the ninth; AV. T. Avery, (Democrat,) in
. the tenth, are probably elected -the two for
mer being an Op[iosition gain.
jsEli'XD DISPATCH.]
AvofaT.v, Aug. 7.—From the returns from
twenty-six counties the Opposition gain one
I Congressman and probably three.
Kentucky Election*.
At i.t sT.i. Aug. 7.—The returns indicate the
election of Moore from the ninth district, and
Adam* from the sixth—both Oppmition.
.North t aroluiH Election
Raleigh, Aug. 7.—Thu returns from th*
tir»t district report the election of Smith over
Shaw for Congress.
Death ot Mm l| Topping
Baltiuouk, Aug. 5. - Win. 11. Topping, for
' marly Engnawiiig < 'lerk ot the I'niUil btute*
House ut iieprcM ntative*. divil here yestir.lui,
He wo lung s correqiiuileiit of the boutberu
| pre**, and was universally eatoemad.