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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH
irrYvnl oilin’ Cinmda.
Xi w York. Sopt. 25.—The Canada has »r
, i„,| with . at. > to the 13th. The Cotton
, 11: ,rkot oxhihitR no new feature, quotations
ete:,ilv mot demand fair. Fair quotation
7 Middling Orleans. Fair Mobile
4>A>1 • : Fair l*|«i:m»is. tied.
Speculators ,*nd exporters took 13,000 bales.
Imports tincc the departure of the last steamer
lJ.tMtU bales.
The wontlier being more favorable for the
harvest, prices incline downwards, with thed
cline In the market of tid. Indian Corn lift
declined Is. to 8s. Consols have declined i
anil tire quoted at 94|.
Political news, although interesting, pro
Bents no now features of importance.
The coronation of the Czar is described as
having been a gorgeous affair, and estimated
to have cost it million of pounds sterling.
England 1ms stationed two cruisers off the
Isle of Serpents.
The World’s 1
June next.
'Flic .Spanish Judiciary will soon bo re-or
ganiaed, and a change in the ministry is soon
contemplated.
The Cashier of the North of France Railway
lias vammo-od with i‘i>0.tlU0
II i- reported that Prussia bad concerted the
recent revolution in Switzerland.
■ is to be held in Poland, in
[From tlio Richmond Enquirer.]
National Convention of “Old Line”
WHIGS.
The Convention of “ Old Line’’ Y\ higi
Roltimore will intlnencc the result of the Presi
dential election about as much as a summer’s
shower affects the tides of the ocean. Never
did any >*t of men get together who repre
sented so littlo of the popular interests, and
whose declarations express so little of the
thou; bt and feeling of the country. It was
emphatically and exclusively a convention of
politicians and of broken-down politicians too.
From \Ym. A. Grnlmm, the great defeated for
the Vice Presidency, down to Alexander Rives,
the unsuccessful aspirant for the small honors
of a county constituency, they all belong to
the same class of disappointed placemen.—
Rare cabinet of curious antiquities ! Interest
ing collection of fossil specimens! Valuable
museum of mummies! Such another horlus
si. rui of withered leaves and faded flowers no
female enthusiast in botanical studies ever
wearied polite attendant witlml. lhe list of
delegates reads like a census of the antedilu
vians. Wo seem to associate with spectres
iust risen from a sepulchral sleep of centuries
Amiable old gentlemen! How pleasantly they
passed their time in impotent imitation of the
vigorous bluster of youth. With what an easy
and equable current did the stream of garruli-
t v flow! No doubt they forgot their gout in
the agreeable illusion of the moment. No
doubt their dinner of gruel and cracker was
relished with an appetite which might have
enjoyed roast beef, but for a difficulty of mas
tication.
A convention implies a purpose and an act
of deliberation. Rut, it is obvious front the
proceedings of these Old Line Whigs in Balti
more, that they got together for the simple ob
ject of ratifying the Knownothing nominations
of the Philadelphia convention. Listen to the
Hon. Wm. A. Graham:
•• But he knew tho purpose for which he
came here. (Applause.) And the purpose for
which the present convention came here was
to pcrstindo the people to take Millard Fill
more. (Loud cheers and applause for several
minutes.) Like the man who when asked if
be would take this woman to be his wedded
wife, be replied he “ come a purpose.” (Laugh
ter and applause.) If they did not do what
the people who sent them here expected of
them, why they would disappoint them; and
the delegates had better not, perhaps, return
home again.”
This is an honest confession of the fact that
the Baltimore Convention of “ Old Line”
Whigs is simply an expedient for tho promo
tion of Fillmore’s desperate fortunes. The
National Intelligencer—the organ par excel
lence of the “Old Line” Whigs—is indignant
at thefrand on its party and the country. Hear
it:
“ Wc suppose that this Convention was in-
rnded for consolation and deliberation, and
not merely to enunciate a foregone conclusion;
mil we may be pardoned for admittinga doubt
of the freedom of choice of a body of Whigs
to whom it is held to be treasonable to offer
tho name of Edward Everett, or of Edward
Bates, or of Francis Granger, or of John Bell,
or of Rufus Choate, or of John M. Clayton, or
of any other genuine Whig, North or South,
for its consideration.”
The “ resolutions” of this Baltimore Conven
tion of Old Line Whigs, were given in the En
quirer c? vesterday. Did anybody ever read
anything naif so funny in the shape of a party
platform ?—The first resolution declares that
“ the Whigs of the United States have no new
principles to announce.”
Tho second resolution is a lament over the
unhappy condition of the country, which is
the result; of course, of Democratic misrule
The Democrats have lmd control of the coun
try nine years in ten of its history; and its
slow ilevelopcment, its poverty, its want of
prosperity at homo and power abroad, are all
due to Democratic misrule. It is a true bill,
and wc have no reply.
The third and fourth resolutions deprecate
sectional parties. Why then did not “the
Whigs of tho United States” denounce the
Black Republican organization? Why did
they not record an emphatic protest against the
election of Fremont ? And why did they not
pledge themselves to the support of Buchanan,
tho only national candidate, and to co-operate
with the Democracy, the only national party ?
Perhaps they considered that the best way to
manifost their aversion to sectionalism, was by
declaring themselves in favor of a candidate
who is equally and impartially repudiated in
till sections.
The tijftk and sixth resolutions declares that
the “ Whin of the United States” haveno more
sympathy for tho Democracy than for the Black
Republicans; and that the only way to save
the country is to support Millard Fillmore.
The seventh and eighth resolutions formally
nominate Fillmore for the Presidency, and ex
patiate on his imaginary virtues. He is nomi
nated, however, with an ambiguous and indi
rect protest against the principles of the Know-
nothing party.
The ninth resolution nominates Donelson
forthe Vice Presidency; the tenth compliments
the patriotism of Whigs; and the last orders
the publication of tho proceedings of their Con-
ventionin Baltimore. The nomination of An
drew Jack-on Donelson, a Democrat in the
disguise of Knownothingism, attests a wonder
ful devotion to Whig principles and the repu
tation of the Whig party. This net exposes
the true character of the movement. The
Baltimore Convention of “Old Line” Whigs is
a mere tender to the Philadelphia Convention
of Knownothing#. Neither is worth a mo
ment's consideration in the canvass, and they
me equally contemptible in combination.
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Tlircc Arts in tin* Life of .TCillnrd
FILLMORE.
UY HIS ACTS SHALL UK BF. JLDfiKD.
Of all the statesmen that have ever been pre
sented to the Southern people for their suf
frages, Mr. Fillmore is undoubtly the least de-
serving of their confidence and support. Ac
cording to his own admissions he drank in u
prejudice to slavery with his mother’s milk.—
The whole history of his life proves his bitter
hostility to the South and her institutions
His Congressional record shows his deep-root
ed Abolitionism. His votes, his speeches and
letters establish incontestably the following
facts: That he was in favor of receiving in
Congress Abolition petitions on the subject of
slavery; that he was opposed to the admission of
any more Slave Territory into the Union; that
£3-My connection with the Georgia Tele- I he voted against the admission of Texas solely
graph as editor pro. (cm. commenced in the because Slaves were held there; that he was in
month of July and will cease with the next favor of abolishing Slavery in the District of
number of the paper, ns its Editor and Pro- Columbia even against the will of its inhabi-
prietor, Mr. Joseph Clisby, will probably be tan(6; that he was of the opinion that the agi-
at home in a few. days ready to resume his tation of slavery, with the purpose of Abolition
FUli PRESIDENT,
J A M E S BUCH A N A N.
FOE VICE PRESIDENT;
JOHN (J. BRECKINRIDGE.
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL TICKET.
For the .S,,/* ,,f An ,.-*...WILLIAM II. STILES.
IVERSON L. JLlftRR
First District THOMAS M. FOREMAN
Secoml I),4riet SAMUEL HALL.
Third Pi'!rirt.JAMES N. RAMSAY,
Fourth District LUC1TS J. GAHTKELL.
Fifth Disiri ' JOHN N. LEWIS.
<i rth District J. P. SIMMONS.
Serrnth District:.THOMAS II. SAFFOLD.
Eighth District TIIOEAS W. THOMAS.
duties.
E. C. ROWLAND.
Our Apology.
An unlucky accident by which one of our
forms” was converted into “pi” just as we
were going to pres# on Monday evening must
be our apology Loth for the delay in the pres
ent issue of our paper and also for the scarcity
of reading matter. Last week we were una
voidably delayed by the fire, and it is there
fore the more provoking to have to make an
excuse this week too'. Our only comfort is the
reflection that “accidents will happen in the
best regulated families.”
in the States, is not a violation of the Consti
tution; that he believed that Congress hud the
right to prohitit the removal of Slaves from
one Slate to another; that he voted to declare
slaves free who had gene to sea with the con
sent of their masters; that he was in favor of
repealing all laws by which the General Gov
ernment is bound to protect the institution of
Slavery; that he voted for petitions to make
American citizens of free negroes from all
quarters of the Earth; that he was in favor of
receiving negro ambassadors from the black
republic of Hayti; and as a grand climax to
the whole, he voted for a resolution justifying
negroes for murder and mutiny on the high
Remember the Bnrbncue.
We would again remind our friends of the I soa - denying that they had violated any law of
Grand Democratic Rnlly at Mountain Spring Ulc country in killing their owners, and de-
Church near the line of the Central Railroad,
three miles below Griswoldville and about teD
miles below this city. It will take place next
Saturday the 4th inst. Speeches are expect
ed from Hon. A. H. Stephens, lion. Robert
Toombs, Hon. Wm. L. Yancey and others.—
claring that all attempts to regain possession
of, or to re-cnslave said negroes, was “unau;
tborized by the Constitution and prejudical to
the national honor.”
These are not groundless assertions, hut
facts taken from the record. Mr.Fillmorc’s best
A free barbecue will be provided. Thousands I friend8 cannot dcn - v tUem ’ Thc >’ tel1 us ’
of people will probably he in attendance. We however, that when he assumed the Presiden-
hope Macon will send down a large dele^a- tial chair u P on thc death of General Taylor,
ti ou . ° | he laid aside these anti-slavery prejudices,that
he re-educated himself and proved a model
Freight and Travel. I President, and that his Administration was
Special attention is invited to tho advertise- Wasliington-like, nay, even God-like. But
ment in another column of the Savannah and \ right here we join issue with them. Even if
Charleston Steam Packet Line. We know all his previous record (black as it is) could
this line to be worthy of public confidence, and wiped he out, there are dark and damning
would therefore recommend it both to travel- spots in his Adminisiration which ought nev-
coinmitteil t*» the jail of Washington county
•• till tines and costs should be paid.” But sub.
sequeutly Mr. Fillmore, at thc instance of such
Abolitionists as Ciiiidings and Hale and with
the legal advice of the notorious Sumner, dis
charged these kidnappers, who had forfeited all
claims to clemency and deserved to he hung
rather than pardoned, Moreover, this pardon
was granted by Mr. Fillmore in direct opposi
tion to the counsel of his Attorney General, Mr.
Crittenden, who used the following language
on the subject: “I cannot advise that your
power of pardon 03 President of the United
States extends to any portion of the several
fines imposed by tho judgments against Dray
ton and Sayres. Thc imprisonment is to com
pel payment of the fines, and is not to be re
leased by tho power of granting pardons any
more than thc fines themselves. • • • To
Personal*
In general I am opposed to bringing person
al matters into the newspapers, hut a proper
regard for the opinion of others induces ine to
do so on this occasion in order to place myself
rectus incuria—right before the public.
The Journal Sc Messenger of the 24th inst.,
contains a paragraph reflecting upou me as
Editor pro. tern. of[tlic Georgia Telegraph.
The writer of it, Mr J. Knowles, not having
the manliness to attack me openly, makes in
sulting insinuations which arc more offensive
than open charges.
I have observed in studying human nature
that a consciousness of our own faults makes
us suspicious of others. Rouges imagine aB
the rest of the world to be dishonest. So with
the Editor of thc Messenger. A consciousness
that he himself has not the first gentlemanly
convert the power of mercy and gractf by par- instient, prompts him to insinuate that I am ig-
don into a powerof releasing and acquitting, or norant of the “ amenities which mark the in-
abrogating private vested rights, would be a tercourse between gentlemen. 1 ho knowl
distortion of the power from its true meaning, edge that he himself is not entitled to the least
spirit, and purpose.” respect, causes him to intimate a want of “re
To recapitulate: wc have seen that Millard I spcctatility” on my part. A judge should
Fillmore, while in the Executive chair, suffer- I understand the law before presuming to ex-
ed Southern men to ho shot down like dogs I pound it; and until Mr J. Knowles becomes
by Spanish officials ; that he permitted a Bos- a respectable gentleman it is the meiest impu-
ton mob to trample upon a law which was dcncc for him to pass judgement upon otlu ra.
framed for the security of the South; and These base insinuations I repel with scorn
finally that at the instance of Abolitionists, he I and contein I ,t; - ^4 lcspectabilitj is jon
pardoned certain negro thieves, whose only
reward should have been the gallows. These
I the reach of such creatures as Mr. Joshua
Knowles. He knows that his ministerial garb
three acts need no further comments. They P rotec . ta him {tom P crsmial accountability.
should speak iu trumpet tones to the whole Knowing that it is considered as disreputa e
Southern people, and convince them that the *° strike a preacher as to. strike a woman, h e
main actor in such scenes as these is the last I feels safe in this immunity and presumes to
man whom they ought to support for the high
est office in their gift.
That Bet!
Several weeks ago, a certain Knownothing
Orator asserted in a public speech in this city,
that Mr. Filhnore would carry this State by a I and then let the public decide which of the two
considerable majority-bet ween four and five . t , genll ema*-the Ed!tor of tho Messenger
thousand majority, we believe. One of our , ,,
‘or myself. The facts are as follows: Mr.
impeach the character of better men. I would
warn him, however, not to push matters to an
extent where patience will become exhasted
and forbearance will cease to be a virtue
Since he lias assailed me in this insidious
manner, I will make a brief statement of facts,
ers and shippers of freight.
Jack Downing’s Letter.
Many of our readers have solicited the pub
lication of Jack Downing’s letter alluded to in
the last Telegraph. We cannot comply with
the wishes of our friends, inasmuch as we
consented to withdraw the letter at the partic-
lar request of the Editor of the Messenger, and
we do not consider that it would he honorable
under the circumstances, to reconsider its with
drawal. They must therefore excuse us from
doing so,
Kansas Letter.
We have been politely fa vored with a letter
from ono of our former to* nsmen who is now
resident of Kansas Territory. He thinks
that the excitement there will soon be quieted I r y expedition is about to he fitted out in the
under Gov. Geary’s Administration. Me re- United States” for the purpose of invading
gret that we arc unable to publish the letter | tUe Island of Cuba, and denouncing such ex
cr to be effaced from the memory of the South'
ern people. For the present we will rofer
merely to the following three acts of his pres
idential term. They are, of themselves, e-
nough to condemn him even if all the rest of
his life was as free from blame and reproach
as—we might say, Mr. Buchanan’s. These
three acts are:
1st. His atrocious and unjustifiable procla
mation in relation to Cuba.
2d. His failure to execute the Fugitive Slave
Law.
3d. His pardon of the negro thieves, Dray
ton and Sayres.
On the 25th day of April, 1851, Mr. Fill
more issued a proclamation stating that
there is reason to believe that a milita-
moneyed men immediately made him a “ pro
position,” which ho declined iakiug himself,
but offered (we are told) to get some of his
friends to take it. As nothing has been heard
from him since, we are authorized to publisl
the bet and say that it is open to whoever
chooses to accept it:
[copy.]
Macon, Sept. 6, 185G.
Col. A. R. W.
Knowles, as stated in our last issue, was guil
ty of thc dishonorable act of reading, without
permission, a Communication intended for this
paper. He then humiliated himself by making
a request or appeal to me, the locum tenens of
the Telegraph, that the Communication should
not be published. Finally, in order to shield
himself from the odium justly attaching to
such baseness, he violated the truth by saying
Dear Sir: In your speech at Concert Hall in his paper of last week that he “made no
last night, you stated that Georgia would cer- a pp ea i t0 the editor pro. tem. of the Tele-
tainly go for Fillmore. Now, Sir, to give you I , „
an opportunity to back your judgment, I will grap "’ , .
bet you five hundred dollars that the vote of These are facts wiuuh 1 a 3 ® 01,1 and am rea '
Georgia will go for Buchanan. dy to maintain on my responsibility as a man
I- ivc hundred dollars that Georgia gives of honor. If Mr. Knowles denies them, he will
Mic mnaii fit e thousand majority. only add to the infamy with which he has al-
1'ive hundred dollars that Georgia gives % ,..
Buchanan ten thousand majority. All three I reac v covered himself.
Bets to be taken together, and the money fo Now I submit it to the public whether such
be deposited at tho Agency of thc Marine Bank conduct is gentlemanly—whether it is honora-
in this place. I will also give you one bun- ble—whether it is worthy of a Christian. And
in to-day’s paper.
Squatter Sovereignity,
A communication has reached us, in which
wc are called upon “ to clear Mr. Buchanan of
the Squatter Sovereignty proclivity with which
he is charged.” The communication is anony
mous—signed “.Your Patrons”—and we ar«
therefore under no obligation to notice it. Be
sides wc suspect it is from thc opposition ranks
as no true Democrat can doubt Mr. Bocliau
an’s soundness on thc question referred to.—
We would however, say to our corrcsp- mlrut
that if they had been attentive readeii- *1 tin
Telegraph they would have seen that Mr. IS.
has been “ acquitted of the charge” (to u e
their own words) “as clear as the uoou-daj
sun.” But for thc benefit of those who are
peditions as “adventurers for plunder and
robbery.” After this proclamation was issued,
the Spanish authorities, taking it for their If
cense, shot down in cold blood the gallant
Crittenden and bis comrades, without Mr.
Fillmore’s Administration urging any excuse
in their behalf, pleading for mercy, or even
demanding a fair trial for them
Mr. Fillmore’s present associate on the Know
nothing ticket, then denounced the conduct of
ilie President in the whole affair, and publish
ed in th i Washington Union the following,
nnoiig ilier comments: “ Wc feel no liesi
i a saying that this proclamation em
,**d the Spanish authorities to butcher
our citizens as they would have butchered
dumb beasts. Without this proclamation thc
still in the dark, we propose taking up the Spanish authorities would not have dared to
.Hr. Fillmorr Thoroughly Kominn*
TED.
Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Presi
dency by the Knownothing Convention in
Philadelphia, in'Februrary last.
He was nominated by the Executive Com
mittee of the several chapters of the Order of
United Americans, in New York, on the 21st
of July last.
Again, nominated by the bogus Whig* (but
really Knownothing) Convention of Virginia.
Again, by the bouafule Kuownothiugs in
Georgia, in Mac*at, on the 9th of July.
Again, nominated by the bogus Whig
(Knownothing) Convention, in Baltimore, on
the 17th September.
Flint Mr. Fillmore is thoroin
them cannot he a doubt, and y
nations, first and last, are “
minfestations. Since tin* first
of the n miination in February
thereafter ns it was g
out the country, iq
bus not been a single
doctrine of Squatter Soveignty again very
soon and enlightening all “ inquirers” upon
oar candidate’s true position on the subject.
pursue the course they have pursued
Not only did Mr. Fillmore thus suggest and
tacitly assent to this atrocity, hut when his
conduct in connection with tho affair began to
excite popular indignation, he descended to
the baseness of dismissing a worthy citizen of
Georgia, Mr. Owen, from the Consulship at
Supprcssio Vcri.”
The Journal &. Messenger of the 24th inst.,
announces that the proposed discussion be
tween the editor of that paper (Mr. Knowles) I Havana, for thc sole crime of obeying his, the
and Col. A. M. Speer “lias been postponed by President’s, instructions—a mean attempt to
mutual agreement." Now this, to say the shield himself from responsibility for liis own
least of it, is a supprcssio veri—a suppression s ; ng both of omission and commission—a pret
of the truth; for it is a well known fact that ty trick which received the condemnation of
the postponement took place “solely at the in- a jj honorable men.
stance of Mr. Knowles. Doubtless Col. Speer Qur 8econd cbarge agi)!nst Mr> Fillmore is
was willing to release Mr. Knowles from h,s, ^ fai , ure {0 cxccutc tbe Fugitive Slave Law.
the latter's, own Challenge, but then the latter ^ pr ; nc;pa i C ase which came up during his
should have had the fmrncss to acknowledge Administration was the well-knoMc “ Craft’s
that the former was in no way responsible for cas(J „ T , lig wa3 tbe fil . st opport unity that was
the postponement. In the last Telegraph we presented for the execution of the law, but
gave a correct version of the affair, and we bow d ; d th c •* model President” execute it 7
have no doubt that Col. S. is ready to sustain rp be f ac tg are these t Two negroes escaped
us in it. We know that lie, as the challenged f rom tlie city of Macon to Boston, where they
party, has acted fairly in the wholematter and | were protected by the mob—who refused to
is now disposed to let it rest. It is not a very
material thing any way, and we have referred
to it again merely for the purpose of cslablish-
r the truth, si^ce tfiero was a difference, as
above shown, in the statements of thc Tele
graph and the Journal Sc Messenger on the
give them up to the agents sent on for their
apprehension. Mr. Fillmore hearing of this
resistance to the law, took no efficient steps to
execute it. He sent honeyed messages to the
Boston people, who in the meanwhile rescued
the negroes and shipped them to Europe where
subject. Our ouly motive has been to sub- { be y became distinguished personages,
stantiate our statement. M e have been actu- I How unfavorably does this miserable ineffi-
ated by no desire to “ hunt down” tho Editor oJcngy o n tbe part of Mr. Fillmore contrast
of the Messenger, as such small game will not nriiK the manliness of Gen. Pierce who, on a
pay for the hunting. similar occasion, declaring that the law should
Extract from a letter from Webster County I ht en f orced ' scnt the Un!t " d Statcs foops to
Ga., dated
Pkestox, Sept. 24,1856.
Editor of the Telegraph: The Democracy is
gaining ground every day in South Western
Georgia, and vre will roll up a majority in this
county for Buriiauan and Breckinridge next|
November that will astonish thc natives.
Yours, See. K.
;llly nominated,
ct all liL uomi-
ilnrk lantern ”
announcement
last, or as soon
i*nerally known tlirough-
to present lime, there
accession to liis ranks
that
btaiu
not cost a dozen de>
I.—Agusta Constitiuii
ertions from his
jnalist.
Extract from another letter, dated
Vienna, Ga,, Sept. 25th, 1556.
do it! But not only did Mr. Fillmore make
no adequate exertions to suppress thc mob
and enforce thc law, hut he afterwards added
insult to injury to our Section by not dismis
sing thc Marshal and other officers who failed
and refused to do their duty in the premises—
impliedly approving their conduct. Here again
we have the testimony of Maj. Donelson. He
had previously denounced Mr. Fillmore’s Ad-
miniftratiou as “one long, sad, tedious failure
and'blunder,” and on this particular occasion
Mr. Editor: We h.-.d a heavy frost here last lie characterized it as “poor, feeble, nerveless
nielit and the night before. We bare just and timid,"asserting that the “Executive
seen a gentleman from the upper part of the efficiencT Iff THE Execution of the fugi-
county who says there was a heavy frost with tive: Slave Law, and the wretched blunder
him this morning. in the whole Cuban business had doomed the
There is little excitement with us upon poli- I Administration at the South.
tics, still, the Democratic lines stand firm,
whilst those of our opponents are'very much
broken. Wc are constantly hearing of new
accessions to our ranks from those who were
againrt us last year. Put down Dooly tw*
hundred and fifty majority for Buck and Bret -
in November.
Our accounts from Worth county nre v* i
encouraging. From indications the eleciici
down there will be all one way, as the inei
who will vote for Fillmore [if there are an\J
arc not known. Yours, See. M.
But let us turn to thc last count in the above
hill of charges against the Knownothing can
didate. This one was, perhaps, of all his acts
iho most offensive to thc Southern people. Iu
1848, two Abolitionists, Drayton and Sayres,
re caught in the act of decoying and trans-
a lot of negroes from the District of
i. They were tried and convicted iu
three cases, and sentenced by the
mrt in each case to pay a fine of 8140 and
>sis, one half of the fine to go to the owner of
,he Slave. In default of payment they were
drecl dollars to make tho three bets and de-
posite the money.
yet this man pretends to he a Minister of the
Gospel God save the mark ! No one is
more ready than myself to accord all due rev
erence to the clerical profession. But when a
Minister forgets his holy office, I am not bound
to remember it for him. "When lie defiles his
sacred robes, they can no longer afford him
[For the Georgia Telegraph.]
An Item or two about Macon.
We believe that Macon is now in as flourish
ing a condition as it has ever experienced in
its palmiest days. The trade which it now
has, is firmly settled, and our merchants .feel I protection
secure in busing their operations upon it.— Therefore it is that I expose this man in his
Everything that could have been done to the true colors. His sacredotal vestments protect
detriment of the place, lias been accomplished, I him, it is true, from a personal responsibility
anil nothing has been left undone except what I for the imputations which lie has cast upon me;
will redound to her interest. Tho spirit of hut they’ shall not protect him from this expo-
ptogroaa nnd Improvement ooomu to actuate I sjtlun *jf Ills uon*n llijr character, rrhicll Is l'Cll-
our citizens more now than at any previous dered the more disgraceful when viewed iu
time. The trowel and hammer ring loud- connection with profession,
er nnd rap faster than thc “oldest inhabitant” Xn conclusion, I would say to him that un
over had any idea of. But there is need of like himself, I am entirely responsible for what
Mechanics to wield them, and. still greater evcr j write, and if he considers himself ag-
necd of material to employ them. Buildings I grieved by this article he is welcome to re
in contemplation both public and private— I dress in any way’ that suits him best,
are delayed merely for the want of brick and Begging the indulgence of the readers of the
other material, and also from a scarcity of Telegraph for bringing this matter before them,
workmen, as for instance thc City Hall, the x anJi & Ci> E . c. ROWLAND.
Asylum for the Blind, thc Presbyterian
Church, &e., &c. And we would suggest tba lom Kansas,
if any enterprising men would establish an ex- Columbia, Sept. 22.-We have telegraphic
.... . . . . .. advices of the 20th from St. Louis, from which
tensive brick yard here, they might, easily I 0 lear „ tlmt :l fight occurrcd on the i3tli near
convert their bricks into a “pocket full of Grasshopper Falls, between a band of fifty
rocks.” We repeat, that we believe addition- Southrons under Robinson, aud a Northern
at carpenters, brick-masons, contractors. See., I force that was engaged in plunder and inva
could find plenty of employment here at first- I sion - -9“ the ““‘day the Southrons were at
rate wages
. . tacked by a larger force under Hervey, and
About twenty stores in the ccn- a f( er two ] IO urs hard fishting and the loss of
ter of town have been recently’ burnt, and the three Southerners and twelve Northerners, an
owners of the lots want only material aud armistice was asked by Hervey and agreed to
builders to rebuild at once. Besides many I f° r thirty days.
for the same reasons. Macon now presents a o,500 Missourians were at Franklin, preparing
fine opening to the laboring man, and wchope immediately to reduce that town, and that sev-
hc will “fall in” and close it. As we have be- eral skirmishes had taken place between the
fore said, there arc not now enough workmen at ^' anc f^ guards of the two parties.
* n % . , * *| im . • i , i ., I 1 he free-soil marauders under llervcY* nave
and sufficient bu.ldidg material to supply the beea tured b tbe u. S . dra£oons ,
demand. | —
Will Mr. Buclianau Withdraw!
Later from Kansas. j For a satisfactory reply to this oft-reiterated
Columbia, Sept. 26.—We learn from West-1 interrogatory, the pious editor of the Evening
port, (Mo.) that Governor Geary’ has set forth Bulletin,' for some days past has cvediently
with a good force of U. S. Dragoons to arrest been on the “ anqious bench." Again and a-
the marauders and free-booters under Lane. I gain is the question asked, and answer demad-
It is supposed that Lane has retired to Nehras- ed. If it he any relief to the editor of that
ka; if within the territory of Kansas he will journal, we will state that we are authorized
be arrested, as thc Governor is determined to I to reply’ to his question in the affirmative,
suppress all disturbers of the peace and prop- Mr. Buchanan does intend to “ withdraw.”
erty’ of residents. In obedience to the call of the American peo-
The Southerners in Kansas are organizing pie, on tho 4th day of march, in the year of
for the election of the 6th prox. Lord 1857, it is his purpose to “ withdraw
„ — — ... from his calm and peaceful retreat at Wheat-
Ci.E.\a the Trace.—The greatest demon- I ] aadi to take possesion of the White House,
stration that ever took place, will' como off at Washington, in the capacity of President
at Poughkeepsie, on the 1st of October. Not of tbe Unitcd states. This is the only with-
less than 100,000 Democrats will he present. draw ] ( however, that Mr. Buchanan basin con-
1 welvo steamboats have been chartered to go tomplation. Is the editor of the Bulletin sat-
from this city, and thc Hudson river radroad isfied> or does bc rcpeat the silly question in
will put down its fare to fifty cents. Governor | bis prayer ?—Pennsylvanian.
A Funny Bet, but a Safe One.
A friend of ours was an eye witness to ratli
cr a singular bet, made in Nashville the other
day. A noisy Know-nothing was hantcrin
ment’
sometime, no
to
by a Mr. George Slocmn that the journal in I aa [ ,ce "\ m m any other way *
question was an abolition document. I a Democrat from Alabama, hauled
The Hon. William Fink, of Muskingum
county, who was the Whig candidate for Con
gress, in 185h, in that district, and was also a
delegate to the convention that nominated
General Scott for President, has come out for
Buchanan. In delining his position in a town
ship meeting in Muskingum comity he said :
"lie looked for the same noble old Whig
banner, hut found it ruthlessly torn from its
exalted position by Abolition hands and trail
ed in the dust, with fifteen stars stricken there
from. He looked aloft again, aud instead of
finding tiiere, as in years gone.by, two nation
al flags, hut one remained—it was one against
which lie had always fought, the Democratic
flag. Thc question then was, should lie. like
liis beloved flag, be torn from his position by
the enemies of his country—by the Vandal
hands of disunionists—or should he stick to
the only Union banner now in the breeze ?
Could lie hesitate as to what course he should
pursue? Could any patriot or lover of Ameri
can institutions or American freedom 1 Could
any venerator of the memory of thc Father of
his Country or the Apostles of Liberty ? [Cries
of‘No!’ ‘No!’ No!’] Then, lie asked, does
any one wonder at my fighting now under the
bauner I have always heretofore bitterly op
posed. [Cries of *No!’ ‘No!’]”
We could fill our columns with just such ac
cessions to Buchanan aud Breckinridge.
Cold Weather and Slight Frost.—On
Tuesday afternoon the temperature of the at
mosphere indicated the approach of winter,and
at uiglit counterpanes and blankets were in
very general request. Early risers on Wed
nesday morning noticed white frost, in low
places, and on bridges, and tender vegetables
were killed.
The temperatnro of thc atmosphere was sev
eral degrees lower at two o’clock, P. M. to
day, than on Tuesday. It seems that wc are
rapidly verging to a killing frost.—Aug. Cons.
The Glass Ballot Boxes.—One hundred
and fifty of the new invented ballot boxes have
been ordered by the city of San Francisco,
aud shipped in the steamer from New York,
Monday last. No more stuffing.
The Senate must be Crushed.”—Bur
lingame, in his speech at his reception in Bos
ton, made the following bold avowal:
When wc shall have elected a President,
as wo will, who will be not the Prasident, of a
party nor-of a section, hut the tribune of the
people, and after we have exterminated a few
more miserable dough-faces from the North,
then, “ if the slave Senate will not give way,
we will grind it between the upper and neither
mill-stones of our power."
The National Intelligencer, since the ad
journment of the late Baltimore Whig Con
vention, has taken position for Fillmore and
Donelsou.
The Elsslers.—It is not Fanny Elssler,
as several journals have anncuccd, hut Theresa
Elssler, her sister, whom Prince Adalbert of
Prussia married morganatically in 1852. Fan
ny Elssler resides in Vienna, and has done so
since her retirement from the stage in 1853.—
IV. Y.Post.
FREE BARBECuT
in be present,and will certainly b"*-t‘ !’ ‘ ,r
people or Jones. Twi-s, Iiibb, Baldwin J*-'
neighboring counties, turn out in f orc JU *•
distinguish d Statesmen. Ce, °fce«t;;
A nine Banuer will be prc*ient*,l
delegation. Other distinguished (W? s S
present on the occasion. Amply a-T***
will be provided for all who miy oh,,"""' 1 -
The Ladies ore especially invitedtoatXi^V*
Come One, Come All 1 Let there
oftho Democratic Massesin behalf of
AM) It UKC KI Nil tin; i-;. On < ' 1
Wpjl
Union.
Tbe undersigned
thanks to those frie;
removin
A Card.
would tender his mo . t ,
his Goods on the morning of th e .,J‘I
My fri*mis will find me located neartr *
Bunk Statu of Georgia.
Sep30
3. II.
A Card.
K.L StroheckeR beg leave toreturn histh * !
e members of the Fire Companii-. . I
H rendered 1,1
oods at the late fire. 1
Companies and hU f,
citizens generally, for the services
the removal of his
A Big Boat Race at Boston.—Forty tbou-
sagd people gathered at Charles River, Boston,
to witness a race between the New York Me
tropolitan Regatta Ciub Boat, aud the Carle-
ton Sand Cove Club Boat, ofSt. Johns, N. B.
It came off on Saturday, the 20th. At the
start a tremendous rain storm set in, and a
wild time of it they all had. The rain came
and the wind blew a hurricane, and both boats
came near swamping. The St. Johns boat
having made six miles in forty-two minutes,
only one minute ahead of the Ncw’York. Fif
ty thousand dollars were said to have changed
hands among the spectators on the result.—
New York Day Book.
There were fifty deaths in Charleston du
ring thc week ending the 20th inst. Twenty-
four deaths were considered by yellow fever.
Hon. Mike Walsh lias returned to New
York. He has been ubsent in Europe £ov
some time, and visited St. Petersburg, where
he made a long stay.
Wise, of Virginia, the greatest stump orator
in the world, will surely he present. Let all
go.—N. Y. Day Book.
The grand jury of Sbinoston, Virginia, re
cently found a true hill against the postmaster .. ,
of that village for circulating and delivering .he company, desiring to ‘hack las jud
to subscribers conics of the New York Tri- * jettln o aa Fillmore. For sometu
bone, an affidavit having been previously made onc . S0C , I ! 1CI ( ls l!°? ct t0 “^ko lum up,” or to
■urn that tho innrnnl ,n not,Ce hln > ™» th m * n >' ath Cr "ay. At last,
out his pocket book, and proposed tostake one
Wm. Carey Jones, son-in-law of Col. Ben- I hundred dollars, that he could name one coun-
ton, and consequently brother-in-law of Fre- ty in his State, that would give Buclianau a
mont, publishes a letter in the Pennsylvanian, larger majority than any Stato in thc Union
f 19th inst., which shows that he considers I would give to Fillmore. Thc bet was taken
bis country’s interest paramount to family ties by thc Fillmore man, and Jackson was the
or personal friendship. Mr. Jones is an ar- | county named by the. Alabamian. That conn-
dent supporter of James Buchanan.
ty wiO give about twenty-four hundred ina-
jority for the Democratic ticket, and if any
r it.—Tho Knownothing State in the Union beats it for Fillmore, the
ra met recently iu Iowa Know-nothing wins.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Make a Note of
State Council of low
City and resolved to support Fremont and
Dayton.
Three Thousand Better.
The vote in this State for Franlin Pierce, in
1852, was ouly nine thousand—now, our vote
is about two thousand. Will thc Watchman
inform us whether these facts indicate the im
mediate downfall of the Democratic party ?
Courage, men—through all thc disturbances
of the last three years, despite the yells of the
freedom screechefs,” we came out three
. , . i : ,i rn t . n i thousand better than we did in ’52, with flying
h despatch in the Charleston Cou- | co lors.— Vermont Patriot.
Great Race.—The New York Herald, of
the 19th inst., says: The great race between
Lantern and Prince, for $10,000, two mile
ats, to wagons, came off yesterday after-
ternoon over the Union Course. Lantern
won. Time, 5 - 17j—5:221—5:28. The crowd
was immense, and the excitement very great.
Frost.
rier says there was a heavy frost at Columbia,
Tuesday night last, nnd that it is feared much
amage has been done to thc cotton.
Electioneering.—Local polities run high
n the western country. A candidate forcoun-
, rk in Texas offered to register marriages
for nothing. His opponent, undismayed, prom
ised to do the same, and throw in a cradle.
An English cockney at the Falls of Niagara,
dien asked how he liked tbe Falls, bc replied:
•They’re ’and some—quite so; but they
don’t quite hailswer my hexpectation; besides.
I got thoroughly vetted, and ln 3 t me ’at. 1
prefer to look at ’em in au liingravin in ’ot
wheather and in the ’ou»e.
Au Amusing Story.
That “ they who daucemust pay the piper,’
is a saying well illustrated in the following
anecdote, scut to us by a friend for preserva
tion in the drawer: “ It may not be new,” he
says “where the parties arc known—for the
story lias been told in print before, by one who
was at one time a resident of the county where
the circumstance occurred—but it will be new
to the great majority of your readers :”
Sam happened to arrive at the pleas
ant viliiage of S one uiiid autumn even
ing, and “ put up” at its only tavern; and as
he entered he heard “ music and dancing
in an upper ciiamUer.” The landlord, who
was an old acpuaiutauce, told him that a ball
was going on in the hall above. “ Come,
Sam, go up ; there’ll he fuu and good music.”
■ Can’t do it,” said Sam; “haven’t the trim
mings ; (he was a hatter, and knew the value
of trimmings) look at my shirt. ’Twoaldu’t
do.”
■ Never mind that,” said liis friend, “ I can
give you a shirt of iny own.” 'and, stepping
into an adjoining room, he brought out a shirt
big enouglifor Daniel Lambert. Holding it up
he said:
There, now, is a comfortable, roomy shirt
for you.”
Ob, that won’t do—I should lose myself in
it entirely."
Well,” said the good-natured Boniface, “I
guess, after all, I can do better for you. One
of the girls in the kitchen is ironing some shirts
for the boarders, and I can get you oue that
will fit, any how ; jest you hold on.”
He presently re-appeared with a nice shirt,
of quite another pattern, into which, having
thrust himself, in an adjoining bed-room, lie
made a hasty toilet, and entered the hall
room.
The other rustic beaux and tbe homely
belles, “ did’nt seem to like it” much. The
jealous lover went so far as to say :
“ I’ll cut the comb of that conceited cock
mighty quick, if lie don’t mind his eye !”
Meanwhile Sam felt that he was thc
“ observed of all observers,’’ and his pride was
not a little elated.
Presently thero caine the toot! toot! of an
old fashioned stage horn in the distance. The
coach lumbered up to the inn; the driver threw
out the mail, aud went into the har room, it
being his stopping place at thc inn for the
night.
“ Won’t you go up stairs and join the dan
cers?” asked the landlord; “they’re having
a great time up there; don’t you hear tte fid
dle, aud the door a-tremblin f”
In those days stage-drivers were of thc most
“ popular” cast of the community; and our he
ro knowing this, readily consented. He call
ed thc maid for a clean shirt.
She catnc in with the answer that the land
lord had lent it to Sam , to dance in to
night, not knowing, or not thinking that the
stage-driver would want to use it that night.”
Here was a “ pretty kettle of fish!” his only
clean “sark” loaned to a stranger to take liis
place in thc ball room, to which the landlord
had just invited him! He was “tearing mad”
nud after a few observations, which were rath
er more nervous than elegant, lie entered the
ball room, his face flushed, and his x’oice'some-
what husky with passion, and strode into the
middle of the hall.
The music stopped, and thc driver broke the
ensuing sileuce with the sudden question:
“ Js there a man of the name of Sam
here ?”
“ That’s me 1” said Sam. stepping forward.
Evidently expecting some new evidence of liis
udden populartiy.
“ Oh 1 you are Sam then, are you ?”
“ Yes, and what do you want with me J"
“ Nothin’ in partickler, only when you get
through with that shirt ot mine that you’ve
got on your back, and are struttin’ round in.
I’d just thank you to leave it at the bar!”
A loud laugh followed the exposure ; this
cock’s como tv.is cm ; his feathers drooped;
and amidst much caeKiiog be vanished from
tbe “gay uu i to,live scene- ’—Harper's Mag
azine.
Liver Complaint.
V3V This dangerous and often f»t»l disy.
long baffled the skill of the most emim-nt p!' |
when the discovery of Dr. M’Lann'a uj.
solved the difficulty, and presented to the,
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the symptoms were narrowly observed, and eel
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"Symptom* of a Diseased Liver—Pain i a
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ribs—the patient being rarely able to lieon'i,
pain sometimes under the shoulder-blade, fi "
ty extending to the top of the shoulder—*,f t ^
taken for ilheumatism in the arm; sicker*",
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ry, witli uneasiness of having neglected s
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vous irritability; feet cold or burning, M d p,
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clinatiou to exercise, although satisfied it
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Holloway’s Ointment and Pills are i
ishing Remedies for Bad Breasts.—The wife o
John Langston, of Cincinnati, Ohio, hadar
ble bad breast, in which there were two leg.:
nxng wounds, to what cause to attribute it, till
tors did not know, but advised the adoption ofi[
riety of remedies, which were of no use. iij
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Persons residing in districts where intermit
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Extract of a letter received from Rev. B. C ■
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and their demand for it is to me very surpr
have now by me orders for more than fifty^
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ry Union. There is no medicine which i
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inces as your Pain Killer, and I feel willingW-;
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