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Newspaper Page Text|M -^pholisby. ^UBSper— v lff° P . eoffice before tho expiration of the -jSei» If Jeft ^ be applied for by ttio Urf*" A(5entl Two Dollars and a Half M6** * - evt ,ry ewe, without exception, lo W tl 'V ^ commission*. Lurt*® 8 . he TstroRAPH to new subscribers ****** with Cask to eecaro ntten- \t& J^e respectfully solicited. jytiMmmi irgo w ill l>e One , for tile first in- VOL. XXXI. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1857. NO. 33. ; I\ THE desert. ot .‘rOItTEK'S SPIRIT OP THE TIMES.' 10 by HAFEZ. finished receiving their loads in ^•’“diAor 11 :' :l ' , r .. , v tho Asiatics m UfjviuH^* 1 . of Cairo. Tlie patient animal Vfhwbunhcn. and for a while allows the without interruption; but when she hM poor hump 1* being overloaded, ,h " h e r supple neck, and gazing sadly m «a sigh, so piteous, that she seldom ^rfs't’ v , f(jo moment I observed these ex* y, to*° ve .*jjeations io the animals who were to to Suez, X commanded tho Arabs to TOeTniloning some of the superfluous pro- <**‘5£fc lb*d directed to be got ready, was uiai*®7.i 1 , precincts of Cairo. nH k, r“«.» materially differs from horseback C^t n f d |e"an.of course, be used ; and tho e ii a quilt or carpet folded audstrnp- ruck saddle which surmounts the hump. I"rider is perched, and the animal pro- I? - ^r ^tswinging one half of its body forward, ft*? b >Sng up the rest in its wake, by drawing S^ 11 . ,r shoulde. - and haunch. The motion, ttnr* u -' ri( , nce d rider, is far from convenient, or however, upon the flectness, endurance, 0 f the animal you hestnde, you forget mfutableneas of yonr position in the con- the many virtues and unfailing re- ‘^^Liaar nallent bsast It is not usual to force '■"‘jSu* a gallop, but the animal ii on so large , jog frot which I have described im- L lie *-Lim*f tenor twelve miles an hour—a +* ’ tjoh cim be maintained without food or water, feasaaifSi trot of the camel, Juki 'tiriblj ui,agreeable until the rider becomes to it, but after the first hour, had school j, L it, is that I felt quite capable of contin- •Miforseveral hours together. I thought Myssp ■ ‘ j,,roman, however, would have shook in Every attempt at a trot seemed to threaten •wmioaof all the bones in bis body. He was moreover, with a dromedary ill-trained, Ij interior order, who coolly came to a dead whenever his inclination dictated, and knelt fn won the sand, intimation to tho dragoman MlisMtseac* could be dispensed with, f>r several miles beyond Cairo, the land, which W been watered by the rains, was covered with , r 'jr and thickly gemmed with wild meadow <HhA m that I began to feel alarmed, and to fear li a> Issg cherished project, and long remember- 7b.,r'ihwo,of a passage across its burning sands, I n< rias to end in an ordinary ride across tliu fields. v«. hmrerer, as we proceeded beyond the influ- of the rerent storms, the true character of the ttBt7 to display itself, and I had the aatis- j,r:..n of finding myself surrounded by a boundless ufsrid tea of 'and, limitless as the horizon, and atUttsutbo broad ocean. let limes I saw my dragoman planted in the I ad by the freaks of his dromedary, and the Arabs, nn bid charge of the laden camels, gathering a- • jadippareotly to proffer assistance, but really to Uiiliaie leisure. I lost my paiionoe and went on ,iuci ui«. For nearly two hours I advanced, at u,psre to which my camel was accustomed, and to [ (xibibe bad habituated me. without even looking ;:si m,. I must have proceeded twenty five I then paused and directed my gaze towards 11-' stem horizon. No Arabs, no Mysseni, were I a tight. 1 anticipated this, for calculating upon I luirsi sp iriodii-al somersaults and consequent stop I lifU. 1 kii ;w, that I must have far out- distanced m | C.« I bad ridden forward merely to gratif I mending as soon as 1 had got an. mice ahead, to stop, and allow the I asth>come up. As I had, however, advanced fnr- I tit lion J intended, the question anise whether I lucUtotpnsh on alone, and avoid the tedious ness I s nrbilow travel in the middle of the burning des- I etnihe peculiarity ot Mysseni'scquif age enjoined II uar llui my general course was eastward, and had I!'doik lh.it by pursuing it, 1 should reach finally 14-WSra. when my point of destination could be I .Milt (lined At the moment I had decided to act Uwiiuilut suggestion, I oi s rved to my conster- I nan tint the track which I had been following was I nirendy tint of bnt one or two camels. I could I tor no ides how far I bad diverged from the true I net. but somewhat I had diverged already, and by I twinning on I should unquestionably diverge MU | me?—t r< flection which at once decided me to v tl ay people came up. . SUM ant without a sensation of awe, that I swept tiiat rye the vacant round of the horizon, and ro I bvitttt I srnalone,unproritioned,guideless mid II iji-tlrs* in the midst ot a limitless waste ot des- st The reflection waa acccompanied with a ict-1- I bjofpride at the same time. I was now the sole itaof my life. No dragoman to interpret my t; no Beuotini to execute them. I had sole I thr.-e of all that was most precious to me, and I | upoitnred a feeling of exultation that now all the I p»m that God bad bestowed upon mo were to be I and to their utmost in preserving my life. 1 waited more than an hour for Mysseni and the I la!- to come up. At the expiration of that time I te horizon was as speckless as when I first halted.— I fcioiM have been fruitless to wait longer, and I taminedtoride. Besides, the sun was burning I ioc,and waa pouring down upon me with releuticss iaj-iiiiprotected as I waa. I had more than a half *J Wore me, a brace of excellent pistols, a fleet | cviisry, a buoyant temperament, but no provis- I ! **ef water. These, alas 1 were all upon the packs I <>f lit camel* who bore my baggage. For several IL in i urged my beast at a pace which threatened U dislocation of tny shoulders; but I began already thirst— the effect of my delay under the hot »» the midst of tho desert. Luckily I had not i zittu-cd to suffer until the sun was waning in •< Invent; my thirst far from increasing asrapid- iiitt mid-day, was somewhat asstuagedby the ap- pwcbuc breezes of evening. I determined not to it.nor the possibilities of losing my course, *. Mvionug in the dark Accordingly, when the of night approached, I stopped my camel, apen his kueesand allowed Jk» world around me was all my own. There was wt living thing to dispute my choice. X had no W kindle, no food to cook. I n in my parched throat lmd hecomemadden- n K« and my eyes were growing inflamed and blind from tho continual heat and glare. I travelled rapidly, for I was become desperate .•PJPJS'' ° ver newly-reared bills, ami through valleys that the Storms Ot tho autumn lmd dug; hills and val leys nothing but sand. Band; the horizon limiting a boundless cout.of sand, and the hot wind blowing In your face, and tilling the nir around with it. The earth was *0 namely and monotonous, that 1 looked to heaven. J hero was the sun, upon tlio greatness of whose glory X dared not gaze; but I know full well that he strode overhead, by the touch ofliis flamiug sword; ho watched ino. aud stood by tny side like a slave-driver, scourging mo with his hot brand if I H ired delav, and urging me with his fierce breath as advanced Jly camei sighed, my skin glowed, my boulders ached, my throat was on tiro. Notasonnd was uttered hut tlm piteous moaning of my poorani- mal, as her unflagging fi-et traversed the heated sands 1 ime labored on ; my skin kept glowmg, tny should ers aching, my throat burning, my camel moaning. I drooped tny head under tho stern task-master, and slow.v fell unconscious—either through drowsiness or sutlering. IIow long I remained in this state I do not know. I remember a confused sort of vision of some scene in tny childhood—not suflicientlv dis tinct, however, to enablo me to recall and detail it. I was recalled to consciousness by a sharp blow up on tho head, and awoke to find myself sprawling in the sand, with the tearful eyes of my camel witliiu three foot in front of me. Sim had fallen upon her knees through pnre exhaustion, and cast mo over her head. The thigkly.wadded head-gear which I wore to protect me from the sun, had saved my crown. It had now become late in the afternoon. The de scending sun had compassed the heaven, and now threw our lank shadows over the sand. 1 could look upon his face, for his power was all veiled in liia beau ty- Within a few hundred yards of me there was a lofty ridge of sand. I caused my camel to rise, and leading her by the halter, ascended to its summit, b ar in the distanco, the dying sunbeams glimmered upon a large body of water, real water; for at the point opposite to where I stood, the horizon was en tirely bounded by it. It was the water of the lied Sea I kneeled down upon that mound in tho desert and fervently thanked God. That beckoning Sea assur ed my eyes—proved how well I had followed my eastern course, and gave good promise of aiieody rest aud drink. The suu had now gone down, hut I had determin ed to allay my tortures before I slept again. There was the Sea, and Suez must be near. Tho wind kept freshening until it blew gale; I carefully searched for the point from which it was blowing. It was from the west, and I had only to follow straight to leeward of it to roach my destination. It was a fickle guide; but 1 mounted my camel again with the determina tion of obeying it. The faitliful animal seemed to apprehend that her salvation was near, for she exercised all her strength, and bore me with the same fleetness as during the last two dry<. I had pushed oil, a couple of hours after nightfall, when 1 observed a light glimmering in the distance. I rode for it, and soon reached it. It was a small f< rt. guarded by a dozen miserable soldiers. In five miontes I was receiving the ltospi talitv of its inhabitants. To quench tlio fire in mj throat, by swallowing about a half a gallon of mud dy water was the work of an instant; and before my eutertainers had ceased beiug confounded, I was off again I reached Snez at last; bnt it was nearly midnight, How delightful once more to court sleep upon a mat trass and in fair white sheets! Mysseni had reached Suez in the morning. lie had followed the traveller's route, aud was nearly twenty-four hoars in advance of me. Where Dr. HurtleII spent that Fri HAY EVENING- The Pittsburg (Pa.) Union publishes the foil iwitig important statement from a highly respectable citizen of New York, visiting in that city, which points in still another direc tion for tho murderer of Dr. Burdell: “While crossing tho river on a ferry boat, a few days after the murder of Dr. Burdell, I was accosted by a man who claimed to be fa- 'miliar with the sporting characters of New York, and the conversation naturally turned upon the all-absorbing topic of the murder. When I alluded to the fact that public opinion had pointed out Mr. Eckel and Mrs. Cunning ham as the murderers, the gentleman said; Winn the coroner shall huve aseertaiued the whereabouts of Dr. Burdell from the time he is reported to have been last seen up till he re turned to his own house in Bond street, then he will have a clue to the murder. I am not at liberty to use names; but from reliable in formation which I have received, there can he no doubt but that Dr. Burdell spent the early part of that fatal night in a well known gamb ling house down town—that he left for home with about three thousand dollars in his pocket which he had won—and that he was followed closely by the loser.” ^ hump, which formed tny 2 it npan the sand, upon the leeward Media* beast, wrapped it around my z_..i "1* aithont a glimmer of consciousness, l.*" u *“ morning dawned. The wind had J“f*o»t>the dry sand around me until I was half ajlf * rose, re folded my rng, adjusted it to my w'.,"?™ 1 wd rode away, tor I was anxious to “JwrofMmnch of the cool morning aapos- liasJil'"?*.*!?"*• { hougb, I looked hack upon speck in the broad tracts of I W1, h theimprets of the European. jmiri.;-?® -‘ m Pwitlime; but on reference to the atr ni!/ T' 1 determined with considerable accu- J**poa toe eastern point of the hcrizon, and laid Jbu J :°"“. u P° n Pathless sands, tn advanced, the pangs of tliirzt be ta) , ,orn 'eot me. The tur above lay dead, ktve f~ e * rt h that I could compass with my acotest listening was still and life- «»dizpeopled and forgotten world. The wing fiercer amt fiercer, afione down upon mo MJk j/jpy than ever before. My head drooped •V £ re ’ ,n d * stupidly closed mv eyes against ’“wounded me. 8 1 m.k? 1 ? °f‘he forenoon my heart lenped tk&irJi. ^ of * fresh water lake-fur in “« sure, but directly iu my course.— t® uni f., 1 . “ r,> ad sheet of placid water, stretching ? w *fds the south. I could sec the wlnd- (min mn i e .d j" by jutting promontories, the i ta-tlierreri*Vi ,D h**.and shimmering on itabos- II «Uw!!«it of ,he 8Un ' ^UR.tein.w.the spongy foot of my camel bad ^ ! ? Wn inK Waters, that I wan h j J .shore line was so perfect and clear <*w Tould have seen the cause of the t.ban Win n°t been so eager to quench the f° r 1 h»d often heard of it. and. a bony «f kilo* saline substances, had tilled •wbiu*. f'T' un “ ray*, and gave the area the a^etfthefaceofa lake which is calm , <3i ' , *PP°intment, for my thirst NtWuiuT*” 1 * tearful rate. I wore upon nty fetp bock ,i..? >v ^nn<>' folded and bound tightly, to 0y "om my temple*. Tliis provia of torturr. 1, W V now changed into an instru sad m,, .“yhtmd was heated through and L“W«S{| b ,™‘ n v W ' cmed nn «ro- zi*To*B w’.!, 00 ' ^ w *i°se life anil strength I idootarjia now to exhibit signs of distress. Mutinous kind of foam gathered about I tsp n her */* e Pjor heast a little rest. ^^‘^U ,ht:,,ho<lro ‘ ,pe,lui TV t K^?. K eto. d °^, 8 ’ m tvhich case it would Ita t V r, ritroiTi, 1 « n { y to have followed it up lewTl^““WbyhMltAaMeds....» « hat rrMclt I bail l.eeomt . anil Increas' d the ditli.-ulti; l%l| nstiiutionnl lmoyanr . . 11 1 l, ' , '- 1|; g akin to despair tl. tuta/i 18 ^' '" ll1 i >ursu ®d °uldshape it iviill my eye. The Tlie Kcw TuriIF. The follo wing are the most important changes under the revised Tariff, passed by Congress at its late session. We are indebted to the N. Y. Tribune, for the condensed statement: Schedule A of the Tariff of ’4G including Brandy and Distilled Spirits, with Cordials of all kinds, is reduced from 100 per cent, ad valorem to 30 per cent. Schedule B—Wines, Cigars and all manu factures of Tobacco, Raisins, Sweatmeats, &c„ &c.—is reduced from 40 to 30 per cent. Ma hogany, Satinwood, Ac., are reduced from 40 to 8 per cent. Schedule C—Iron, Woolens, Sugar, Ac., Ac.—is reduced from 30 to 24 per cent. AH Bleached, printed or dyed Cottons arc trans ferred to this schedule, making the duty there on 24 per cent,, instead of 25, as at present. Schedule D—Elannels, Carpets, Baizes, Ca bles, and Cordage, Ilemp and Hempen Man ufacturcs, Manufactures, of Silk, Sec-, Ac.— is reduced from 25 to 10 per cent. Schedule E.—All manner of Timber or Lum ber, Manufactures of Copper, Furs on the skin, Paper-Rangings, Oranges and Lemons Periodicals, Skins, Velvet, Ac,—is reduced from 20 to 15 per cent. Schedule F—Brimstone, Tin, Ac.—-is re duced from 15 to 12 per cent. Schedule G—Books and Mazines, Diamonds andall precious stones, Cocoa, Tallow, Watches and Watch materials, Ac.—is reduced front 10 to 8 per cent. Tin in plates or sheets, with Mahogany and all Wood* of luxury, are trans ferred to this schedule. Schedule ll—Tin jn pigs or blocks, Zinc, Pewter, Raw Hides, Ac.—is reduced from . to 4 per cent- Schedule l (the free list) is largely extend ed ; Wool costing less that 20 cents per pound. Brass, Copper, and most Drugs or Chemicals u.;fd in manufacturing, being added to it. Wool costing over 20 cents per pound is re duced from 30 to 24 per cent., along with woolens not otherwise specified. —Such appear to be substantially the changes effected by the new Tariff. A Washington Mail Carrier. A correspondent of the Bostou 1 ravelcr gives tlie following description of ono of the attaches of the National Intelligencer office ; Speaking of the Intelligencer reminds me of one of the attaches of that oflice. lie is a very large, very sagacious, very old ami very self- important Newfoundland dog. Like every tiling about the otlicc he bears an appearance of extreme solidity aud great good nature, but also of an ability and determination to main tain his principles, privileges and rights. Since I have known him it has been his cus tom to go to the Post Odice every morning with the mail bag. This morning as I return ed 1 met him, he occupied tlie narrow foot path, and nicked his way along daintily. Tho sno w on other side was about four feet deep One must turn out, and I rather expected to take precedence over his dogship, but not inch would he yield : and when I attempted to push him off into the snow, lie very good- naturedly turned the tables by placing 1ns paws on'tny shoulders precipitating me head long into the snow bank, and then quietly passim- over my body. I recovered my equi librium in time to see several others, who had laughed at my fall, take warning by my fate, and accord the way to tlie old lellow, who pass ed on as quietly as before. Communicated, from the Atlanta Examiner. Tlie Next Governor. Mr. Editor : When I Jast addressed you, on the subject of our next Governor, I inti mated in a letter accompanying my communi cation, a disposition in the future, to present a few reasons why Henry G. Lamar, one of the old State Rights panel of Georgia, should be nominated by the approaching democratic convention. You, Sir, were courteous and kind enough to state in an editorial notice of my communication, that while you, at that period expressed no preference for either of the gentlemen spoken of in connection with the othce of Governor, yet you would cheer fully comply with my'request, and publish such articles, if dictated in the proper spirit, as I might choose to write. For this. Sir, I thank you. Neither tho writer of this article, nor any other of the host of friends, personal or political, of Col. Lamar, expect more from the Editor of any democratic paper in the State. All that we required, or expected, was, that the same course would characterise the conduct of the entire democratic press. It has. so far as Col. Gardner, Jndgc Warner, and Colonel Lamar, arc concerned. Each of these gentlemen have warm friends who edit influen tial, and I may add, the most influential dem ocratic papers in the State. But not so with more than one of the democratic papers of Cherokee Georgia. There, the claims of their favorite for nomination—Judge Lumpkin, a highly esteemed gentleman, and one whose popularity in the fifth Congressional district of the State is well merited—have been boldly presented by democratic editors, and his nom ination urged upon even sectional grounds.— But this is not all. Even in your own city, abio- graphical sketch of Judge Lumpkin has ap peared as a communication addressed to the “ Intelligencer." and his nomination urged not only in virtue of his record of services ren dered the State, hut urged also iu virtue of the section in which he lives, and the hearing of tlie gallant democracy of his district since and before that district was organized. Now, Sir, this is all a matter of taste. Those editors who think proper to thus enter the lists, may do- so for aught that tho friends of the other gentlemen care. And those who write communications for the press, may also,, on sectional grounds, advocate the Judge’s nomination; but in the opinion of your cor respondent, this is not exactly fair; nor does he believe that the gallant democracy of Cher okee require it. They, like ninety-nine hun dredths of the democracy of Georgia, hold to the opinion that Editors of the democratic press, should open their columns to full, fair, and free presentation of the merits and services of gentlemen who may he spoken of, in con nection with the office of Governor, and that those who control democratic newspapers, should preserve an honorable neutrality, so far as their Editorial duties arc concerned, be tween the respective candidates for the guber natorial nomination. They should, too, Sir, know, in the contest, ‘‘no East, no West, no North, no South,” but stand prepared to sup port, with due zeal, the individual who may be nominated, whether lie hail from Cherokee, Middle, Eastern, Sonthern, or Western Geor gia. This much. Sir, I have promised, as an ex cuse, or apology, for what will follow, In presenting to the democracy of Georgia, Henry G. Lamar, as a fit and proper person, to hear their standard in tlie next gubernato rial emtest, his friends will do it upon the ground a'onc of pcrsonal-nnd political merit; andbccause he is a democrat who lias done “service to the State.” Following in the track of the correspondent of the “ Intelligen cer," referred to in the foregoing, let us look to the record, and see if all sections of the State, and particularly Cherokee Georgia, do not owe to Col. Lamar, if not the nomination for Governor, at least respect aud gratitude, I will pass over. Sir, briefly, that period in the history of Georgia, when the patriotic Troop, by whom many of us were taught our early lessons of the “Rights of the State,” deputed Henry G. Lamar, then a young man, and one of his aids, to important and danger ous service among the Creek Indians, who, backed by the power of the Federal Govern ment, were resisting the claims of the Stato to what is now one of the most flourishing, yea, the most wealthy section of Georgia. How he discharged the important commission then entrusted to him- is known only to a few of his then compeers; for alas! most of them, like his gallant chief, have long since “ passed away.” But go. Sir. to the archives of Geor gia, and there, upon the record, you will find document upon document; report upon report; ell hearing testimony to his patriotic and ac- t.ve service, when Georgia was threatened at Washington with the troops of the Federal Government, and when our then defenceless frontiers were threatened with the tomahawk and scalping knife of the exasperated, warlikei and fierce Creeks. In this day and time, when a new generation has control of parties, and the old has almost become extinct, it re quires & reference to tlie past, to “ stir up the blood," and to excite the enthusiasm of tlie young, in behalf of those to whom they are indebted, in whole, or in part, for Georgia’s prosperity and importance as a State. And in now referring to the days of “ Troup and tlio Treaty,” I do so, confident that there arc many who can, apd will appreciate the ser vices of Col. Lamar, at that early period of his life, and that they will compare in impor tance to those of any other gentleman spoken of for the nomination, ago being duly consid crcd. But I will go on In 1830 and 1831, Col. Lamar was one of the representatives of this State in Congress Again the Federal Government and Georgia wore in conflict, It was now for the lands of the Chcrokeos, that Georgia was contending, and if any one who reads this sketch—if any Cherokee democrat desires to compare notes with regard to services done that scctiou of the State, with those rendered by Henry G Lamar—let him go to the record! Let him refer to vo. C, parts 1 and 2, of “ Congres sional Debates,” and commencing on pages 582, G5(J, 1112, and 1123, he will find not on ly evidence of services, hut evidences of abili ty and zeal iu defence of Georgia’s rights, that, on this day, those who now stand prominent as favorites of Georgia democracy, may well be proud of, could those services bo written in their history, that Georgia came out, too, successful in that contest, and although the Chcrokees were not removed until 1833, still to tho efforts of tho delegation, that, with II G. Lamar, represented Georgia, in 1830. must be attributed the subsequent peaceable possession of the Cherokee country from the Indiaus. . Col. Lamar remained after the expiration of the Congress of 1830, and 1831. in private life, until 183G when he is again seen active ad vocating tlie electing of that sterling old pa {riot, Hugh L. White, of Tennessee, over all the other candidates for tho I’resideney. He was the President of the Convention held at Milledgeville, in May, 1836, and was mainly instrumental in the movement that brongbt about a union of “ State Rights’ aud “Union tnett to effect that end. The success that at tended his exertions, with those ol his coadju tors, was then cause ot great joy to a large majority of the people of Georgia. It, now cannot bat be considered as a wise and patri ntip movement, and will ever be esteemed In 1837, Col. Lamar represented the county of Bibb, in the Legislature of tlie State. Pre vious to his election, the great “ Internal Im provement Convention” was held in Macon. A more enlightened body never before assembled iu Georgia. Our State Road—the road that has made Cherokee Georgia what it. now is— was about to be abandoned for the want of means to carry it on to completion. The whole country was in a state of financial distress.— The banks had all stopped specie payments. The State Treasury was almost bankrupt.— Tlie Georgia and Central Roads felt tlie dis tress of the times. In that Convention, our present system of Rail Roads was devised, but then to perfect and complete them, was the question. It was determined that application must be made to the Legislature for relief, and in order to advance to completion the State Road, Col. Lamar was prevailed upon to go to the legislature, as a representative from liibb county. lie did so, and the writer asserts without fear of successful contradiction, that to his exertions, mainly, at that session of the leg islature, are the people of Cherokee Georgia indebted for the Western A Atlantic R. It. If the proof be desired, let me refer the reader to any member of the Georgia legislature of18371 Let me refer him to the journal of the House of Representatives of that year! He will see in its pages abundant evidence of what I assort. Without money, the work had to ho abandon ed. _ It was not in tlio Troasury, and how to obtoinod, It was the question. The proposi tion made was to issue the bonds of the State, and on them to raise the money for carrying on the work. To this proposition every ohjcc- ject was urged. That Georgia should go into the monied market with her bonds, was brand ed as a dishoncr, unconstitutional, and it was denounced vehemently evory whore. Threat aftor throat was mado against those represen tatives who should dare to vote for tho issuing of State Bonds: and such was the prejudice against the system, that it was years before many who voted for their issue could restore themselves to the favor of their constituents at home. Even in your own city, evidence of this fact can be produced in the person of your Senator in the last legislature. He, sir, was a member of the legislature, in 1837, and lie vot ed for the measure so ably advocated by Col. Lamar. But what was the consequence ? The next year-he was beaten in Delvalb county, on that issue, and it was long ere he recovered the confidence of a majority of his constiuents. But the opposition, Col. Lamar met, and, strong as it was, lie triumphed over it. By a small majority, the bill to borrow the money to carry on the great work, was passed, and the Western A Atlantic Rail Road was not abandoned, but has been completed, and is now the pride and boast of Georgia. Here then is a record which the writer is willing should stand side by side, with that of Judge Lump kin, which appeared in the “Intelligencer,” not only before the democracy of Cherokee hut be fore the whole people of Georgia! Far he it from tho writer to detract from the merits of anyone, but if services rendered the State; per sonal and political merit; ability to manage the ship of State shall he thetest-anditoughttobc —for the nomination, fearlessly does lie again submit to the democracy of Georgia, the name of Hcnyy G. Lamar, and by his record, trusts he may bo tried. HABERSHAM. when the history of that period aud subse quent events, are thought or spoken of. English Slave Trade. The following passage from Mr. Mitchell’s recent lecture in Charleston, shows the com plicity of England in the Circassian slave trade, and strikingly presents the contrasts between it and the African slave trade: As to Turkey, the only specific advantage which Turkey had gained by the late war was tlie re-opening of the trade in white women from tlie eastern coasts of the Black Sea, to supply the harems of Constantinople, While Russia predominated in thatsca, this trade was prevented by her cruisers; but three years ago the fleets of the allied champions of civil ization had sailed in there, the Russian fleet not being able to resist such a force, had to shut itself up in the fortified harbors, and the trade in full-grown white girls was re-opened with great briskness, so that the prices of ro sy mountain maids, long too high at Stamboul were quoted oace more at reasonable rates.— Iu corroboration, the lecturer cited the speech of the Bishop of Oxford iu the British House of Lords, calling the attention of her Majesty’s Government to this untoward circumstance. This Bishop of Oxford was a son of William Wilbcrforcc, and thought it due to the aboli tionist memory of his father to protest against such an atrocity. Truly the Bishop could hard ly do less; the slave trade that had so horrified his respectable sire, was uothing to this. In that case slaves and captives taken in wnr, or born iu African bondage, were bought from their brutal owners, and brought to a land where they were taught to live aud work like men. In this case Christian fathers and mothers sold their white daughters to crowd the harems of the Ottoman. Of the one system of slavery, occasional licentiousness might be an abuse; of the other systematic concubinage was the pxpress use. In the former the slaves were a race and breed essentially and eternally infe rior to tho race of the masters ; in tlie latter, the slaves were of the highest, purest Circas sian type. The lecturer read extracts from letters from the East, which had been read by the Bishop of Oxford, in his speech, describ ing the great amount of this trade; aud attrib uted the delay of the British fleet, in tho Black Sea, to tho circumstance that these slaves were all paid for in British calicoes and other manufactures. An immensely increased de mand had arisen for these articles at Constan tinople since the beginning of the war, and the British fleet was employed in protecting, not the slave trade—far be it from them—but tho trade in printed cottons. Florida. Central Railroad. Tlie Jacksonville Republican of tho 4th in stant says: “ We arc happy to inform our readers that the Board of Directors of the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company have finally clos ed a coutract for tlie grading aud laying of tho cross ties of this Road for the entire route from this place to Alligator. Messrs. Pattons, Bry son and Miller arc the enterprising and ener getic gentlemen who have contracted to per form the work, and with them “there is no such word as fail.” We understand that the worl will be prosecuted vigorously and its comple tion at an early day is now reduced to a "fix ed fact.” The Laws of Marriage. The laws regulating marriage aro different in different States, but he who is legally mar ried in one State, is as legally married when he mores to another, though the marriage lie may have contracted in the first State would not be a legal one in the State to which lie moved. Such being tliocase, it will he seen that as soon as Utah becomes a State, a gen tinman may go from Albany to the Great Salt Lake, wed the widow Smith and her eight daughters, return to Albany, open a seraglio and no law can touch him for thus indulging In “ luxuries of Constantinople.” The 11 lilted States Senate, at its next ses sien, will be composed of thirty-seven Demo crat s twenty Republicans, aud five Know Nothings. The seats of Messrs. J. D. Bright and Graham N. Fitch, Senators from Indiaua, arc contested. From the Savannah Republican. Atlantic aud Oulf Railroad. [CORRESPONDENCE.] Macon, January 22d, 1857. Jamks P. Screven, Esq., Prcsld’t Charles T. Welles, Esq., Presid’t. Gentlemen :—As citizens of Georgia, in terested in the prosperity of every section of the State, we deplore the failure of the Bruns wick aud Florida Rail Road Company aud the Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Company to agree upon such terms as would procure the release of the former and secure the road of the latter. Wo would, most respectfully urge upon you the propriety of further effort on tliis subject, and beg leave to suggest what follows as the basis of an agreement. Let the initial point of tlie Main Trunk he established at one or the other of these points: • 1st. A point on the prolongation of the di viding lino between Appling and Wayne, southwardly, distauce seven miles from the b. E. corner of Appling. 2d. A point on the same line prolonged south wardly, where that line would strike the pub lic road leading from Yankce-to wu to Waynes- ville. The former of those points which is Eastward of the Great Satilla, would require the Bruns wick Company to carry their road on the cast side of the Satilla to reach the initial point and would occasion a loss of several miles of grad ing and a bridge erected accross tlie Satilla. The other of the points would not occasion any loss of road to the Brunswick Company, be yond a short distanco of grading. Let the Atlantic A Gulf Company fairly compensate the Brunswick Company for the work it may lose, and let the selection of one of the two named points be made by the Bruns wick Company. The initial point being thus established, let the Brunswick Company grant the release re quired by the charter of Albany A Gulf Rail road Company. Thus the Atlantic A Gulf Company will be prepared to proceed forthwith to locate and finish their road in conformity with their char ter. _ It might properly be agreed between the parties that the general direction of the Main Trunk should be from the agreed initial point through Magnolia, in Cliuch county, to the Alapaha river, and thence wcstwardly, so as to embrace Thomasvilleand Bainbridgc. We believe that such location of the Main Trunk Road would lead to the building of a railroad from the Florida Road, near Columbus, to the Main Trunk at or not far from Magnolia, with out taxing cither the Brunswick or the Savan nah Company for the payment of the cost of that desirable connection. And it might, with property, ho asked that the Brunswick Company should, so far as de pends on their act, secure to the Atlantic A Gulf Company the unincumbered use of their road. Anyothcrprovisionssccm unncccessary, and not called for by the interest of the parties. If tlie initial point mentioned in the charter of the Atlantic A Gulf Company were accept able to tlie Brunswick Company, would not the simple grant by the Brunswick Company of the required release establish the Main Trunk ? That initial point being unaccept able to the Brunswick Company, will not the simple act of establishing an initial point which would be acceptable to the Brunswick Com pany, lead to tho release and to the establish ment of the Main Trunk. The tender of tho Brunswick Company of the election between the two disputed points will, it seems to us, amicably settle all matters of difference. We are very respectfully, yourob’t servants, K. R. Cutler, R. Collins, •A. E. CocnaANE, Elam Alexander, no. ii Savannah, Feb. 13th 1857. C. F. Welles, Jr. Esq., President B. A F. R. R. Co. Sir:—Since our interview at my oflice in this city, when you promised to see me on your return from Brunswick, I received a letter from you, dated 27th January, iu these words: It will be impossible for me to reach your place this week.” Subsequently, namely, on the 5th of this month, I received the following note from Mr. Wheeler. “Pulaski House, ? Thursday, Feb’yStli, 1857. J II. G. Wheeler presents his compliments to Dr. Screven and informs him that Col. Welles does not expect to arrive in the city of New York before tho 10th of the present month.— Tliis intimation is given to Dr. Screven at the request of Col Welles.” _0n the 11th inst. the following telegraphic dispatch from you was received : “ I wrote you last week I would ho here to day. I cannot go to Savannah; must go North to-morrow. Shall I sec or hear from you ? Answer.” The letter to which you refer in your dis patch has not been received. The notice was too short to admit of my seeing you. or mak ing an official communication which you could receive before your departure next day for the North, as you intimated was your intention. The only alternative left me, therefore, was to communicate with you by telegraph as fol lows : “I did not receive your letter—you will hear from me at New York.” I now proceed to fulfill my promise to write to you. As you arc aware, the Directors of the Atlantic A Gulf Railroad Company are scattered over such an extent of country, that it is impossible to procure their views on short notice. Four only of the Directors reside in this city, aud they do not constitute a quorum for business. I have, however, advised with those Directors who reside here, relative to a lotter received from Messrs. R. It. Cuyler, R. Collins, A. E. Cochrane, and E. Alexander, addressed to me as President of the A. A G. R. R. Co., and to vou as President of the B. A F. R. R. Co. I am instructed by those Directors, in which I have reason to believe that all of the Direc tors of this Company will concur, to say to your Company, that they arc willing to accept the suggestion marked “No. l,”in said letter, and to make tlie point therein indicated the Initial Point of the Atlautic A Gulf Railroad, your Company to be paid a fair compensation for the work it may lose, upon its granting the release required by the charter ot' the Brunswick A Florida Railroad Co., and se curing, so far as depends on tho act of the Brunswick A Florida Railroad Co., the unin cumbered use of the Road of the former. Tho Initial Point No. 1, suggested m the letter above referred to, is, I think, a fair com promise for all of the parties in interest. It is true that it will cause a loss of work to both the Brunswick A Florida aud to the Savan nah, Albany A Gulf Railroad Companies. Tlie former, however, which will sustain tho the greatest loss in work, will be fairly com pensated therefor, whilst no compensation un der the proposed arrangement is offered to the latter; but it is hoped that both Companies will he willing to make some sacrifice for the attainment of a great and beneficial object,— Another reason in lavor of its adoption, is the benefit it will confer upon the cit ies of Savannah and Brunswick, by bring ing them iu closer connection, and thus unit ing them in the common and, to us, desirable object of promoting mutual g«x»d will between , and the commercial importance of both cities. Such a consuination of our wishes will be liial- ed with joy by the citizens of Georgia. But not the least of the advantages attendant upon the adoption of the compromise point alluded to, will be that it does not violate the char ter of the Atlantic A Gulf Railroad Company, and thereby involve the necesity of applying to tlie next Legislature for the authority to change tlie initial point of their road. If you agree to make the release required by the charter of the A. A G. K. R. Co., up- r on the conditions stated in this letter, you will.be of this character, the London Morning pleased to inform me what will be the compen sation you will ask for the loss of work upon the Brunswick A Florida Railroad. I hope to receive an early reply. Very respectfully yours, j. P. Screven, President A. A G. Ii. R. Co. ’Note—Judge Cochrane's name was subsequent ly withdrawn, for tho reason that certain legal points were likely to nriso between the Stockholders, and Directors of the B. & F. Company in case tho release be granted, which would como before him for adjudication NO. III. 1 At a meeting of the Board of Directovg of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Compa ny, held at St. Nicholas’ Hotel, in the city of New York, on Friday evening, February 27th, 1857—Present: C. F. Wells, Jr. S. J. Bf.als, II. S. Welds, C. YibbIrd, G. E. Ghat, II. G. Wiieeler. The Secretary laid before the Board a let ter dated Macon, 22d January, 1857, bearing the signatures of Robt. Collins, R. R. Cuyler, A. E. Cochrane, and Elatn Alexander, addres sed to the Presidents of the Atlautic and Gulf Railroad Company, urging the propriety of further effort iu the matter of tho relinquish ment, provided for in the act incorporating the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, and sub mitting certain propositions as the basis of an agreement. Also, a letter addressed to the same gentlemen, dated Brunswick, January 2lith 1857, from Judge A. E. Cochrane, (one of tlie signers of the last mentioned letter) withdrawing liis name therefrom. Also, a letter from J. P. Screven, Esq., President of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, submitting a certain proposition for ' relinquishment." The Board proceeded to consider the said propositions, and after discussion thereon. Resulted, That the proposition, contained in the letter of Dr. Screven, is respectfully de clined. Mr. Wheeler asked the Board lo excuse him from voting and acting in all farther questions touching a connection with the Main Trunk Line, and briefly assigned his reasons for the motion. The question was taken and the motion to excuse was uuanimonsly rejected. And then the resolution of Mr. Beals was unanimously adopted. I certify the foregoing to he a true and cor rect extract from the records. (Signed) H. G. Wheeler, Sec’y. Office B. A F. R. R. Comp’t, ? New York, Feb. 28, 1857. S Anvertisemes rs.it thn regular «•' Dollar per square of 10 hnr, or l s. rtion, and 1'ifty Cent; tor each sale ,-i,t ins. r- tion. All advertisements not specified ns to turn will be published until forbid and charged accord ingly Obituary Notices not exceeding ten lines will bo published gr itis ; but car/’ at tlie rat, f Ono Dol lar for every ten manuscript ines cx -.-eding that number, mu»t accompany all longer notices, or they will be cut short. E-TThe Tebeoraph goes to press at n o'eloek, Monday Evenings. Adverti.-, rs willobiige I17hand ing in their favors, as early as Saturday, if j ssible. - - ■ c, _ chests of opium, for which there was received six million sterling, or about thirty million dollars ! It is even conjectured that this state ment may full short of the truth. The demor alizing effects of the consumption of such a quantity of this deleterious drug are beyond calculation.—The single feet that the charac ter of the army in Madras has been brought to a very low standard, mainly in consequence of the,nse of opium among the soldiers, affords some idea of the extent of the practice and the injury inflicted. Commenting 011 statements u ;tar re marks as follows: “I11 the case before us, w r c systematically and insolently infringe the laws of a country with which we are at peace, expres.-ly for tlie purpose of diffusing a poi.-on among the peo ple, which it is estimated destroy.- at least two millions of them every year, and, what is worse thau even this wholesale destruction of life, sinks multitudes of them into an abyss of sensuality and debasement where they are transformed from men into worse than brutc3. ‘An opium house,’said an eye-wit nv-s. once cited by Sir Robertlnglis in the II . -,,fCorn- 1110ns, 'is tlie antechamber of hvi!.’ He says he saw on his visit to one of them 'Malays, Chinese men and women, old and Jroung. iu one mass, in one common herd, wallowing in their filtli—beastly, sensual, devilish.’ “Of the men who are coni out to- draw the wealth by which they are enriched from this foul sink of debauchery, what can be said? Or of what avail will it he to say anything ? If their consciences were not dead already, ono would imagine that, even in tho midst of the splendid mansions built and garnished out of the profits of this most accursed trade, they would be nightly haunted by visions of the ghastly ami cadaverous wretches who by their agency are constantly hurled into utter perdi tion of body and soul.” English Operations in Opium, A public meetiug was held in London on the loth tilt., with reference to the monstrous and constantly increasing evils inflicted upon the Chinese population by the Euglish traffic in opium, in which meeting several members of Parliament and other prominent gentlemen of Dabcl have ]ung bcen supposed t0 be iden participated. T he facts elicited arc of pamfu tificJ in ..u; rs Nemroad.” Ti.c letter in tho The Tower in Ruins. The newly discovered Tower of Babel, of which we gave an account recently, is thus tumble^ to the ground by the Buffalo Com mercial Advertiser : “As the Bible omits to tell how high the am bitious builders carried that celebrated tower before their tongues were confused, the religious will be duly grateful to Mr. Place and his com panions for the information that they had com pleted ‘eight stories’ of the gigantic structure. Tliis excites suspicion, not only because tho Bible narratiou seems to covey the impression that they were confounded at an early stage of the undertaking, the object being to prevent their building a very tall structure, hut also because it must have required prodigious dis cernment to ascertain that tlicro were eight stories after the six tipper ones had fallen and crumbled to dust. We are puzzled to guess how this marvelous secret was found out. But wc arc more astonished to learn how perfectly those proud old builders baffled tho Almighty. The two stories of Babel that re main are visible on the plain, wc are told, at a distance of sixty miles. By a mathematical calculation, we have ascertained that an ob ject to be visible sixty miles away, on the level occaD, must be two thousand four hundred feet in height! As thesetwo stories are only one- fourth of the whole height to which the tower of Babel was carried, it is easy to calculate that when the undertaking was broken off, those old builders had carried their tower to a height of nearly two miles !’’ Wc have already mentioned that the ruins Traveller made no mention of this, though it rests on good antiquarian authority, at least as good as the gucssers from whom this corres pondent derived his story, for he did not seo the thing itself.” interest, and the amount of testimony adduced renders tlieir denial impossible. It was justly remarked by one of the speakers, in alluding to the terrible effects of the drug upon the na tives of China, that “no question, not even the slave trade, was so momentous as the question of opium smuggling.” Though affording no SW AiY A CO.’S JLOTTFISIES I palliation of the barbarities of the slave traffic, it was clearly shown that those excellent Eug- CAPITALPK,IZE$50 3 000 lish people who are so horrified with the pecu- Owing to the great i'avor with which our single liar institution of their American brethren. Number Lotteries have been re, eiv, <! by tl,,- pub- have to look but Within the limits of their own ^w&eaoh"'5SS5 proper jurisaiction to discover atrocities sane- throughout tho year. Tho following Schemo will tioned by Government, with which the United bo drawn in each of their Lotteries for March, 1S57: States affords no parallel. “The baneful iu- Class 20-To be drawn in the City ofAtlanta, ‘ ■ ' 1 Georgia, 111 public, on baturilav. March 7th, 1857. Class 28—To bo drawn in tlio City of Atlanta, Ga., iu public, on Saturday, March 14th, 1837. flucncc of the opium trade,” says a paper pla carded in tlie streets of Canton, "seems to threaten, little by little, to degrade the whole of tlio population of the Celestial Empire to a level with reptiles, wild beasts, dogs, and swine.” In portraying its origin and fearful progress, Hon. T. Chambers, M. P., made the following statement: “Opium, as most people were aware, grew in India, whither it was scut to China, and the mighty evils of the drug would be apparent as lie proceeded. In 1737 the whole quantity of opium sent from India to China amounted to 200 chests, and at that time it was grown, sold and imported solely as a medical drug, and a duty equal to about 15s. in English money was imposed upon each clicst. The trade in opium continued in this free and le gitimate state till the year 1800, when the im portation had increased to 2000 chests, and the rapid spread of demoralization caused consid erable alarm to tho Chinese Government who, in order to arrest the vice, passed very strin gent laws. Still the importation increased, and in 1800 the East India Company made the trade, which had previously bcen free and un restricted, amonoply, and from that time to the present it had remained a monoply, and a mo- noply which had peculiar and terrible evils an nexed to it, such as had never before accom panied any monoply. [Hear, hear.] Tlie first effect of the monoply was smuggling; and, not withstanding the extraordinary means adopted by the Chinese Government to preveut the de leterious drug from entering China, tlie East India Company were equally active and suc ceeded iu importing it in great quantities, spreading misery aud demoralization wherever it went. They also framed several enactments for,protecting the monoply, and punishing with much severity any one who infringed it. One of these enactments contained no less than 98 sections, G8 of which imposed fines and other punishments upon all persons who hail any thing whatever to do with tho opium, cither in its growth, sale, or any other respect, so de termined wore the Company to uiaiutain the monoply.” A pamphlet recently published by Major General Alexander, says: “So completely is the production of opium in the hands of the East India Company, that not a poppy can be grown in the extent of their vast territories, without either the permission of the Govern ment or infractions of its laws. The misera ble creatures employed iu its cultivation are scarcely able to obtain a subsistence, as they arc compelled to sell their opium at 250 rupees per chest, while the Government receives 1200 to 1500 rupees for the same quantity, thus ob taining a large revenue. The Government makes the necessary advances to enable the natives to carry on their operations, prepares the opium with such ingredients as will suit the tastes of the Chinese; and finally packs it for the convenience of smugglers, whose ves sels are built expressly for the business—some of them, it is asserted, at Cowes and Aberdeen openly and without secret.” The rapid increase of the opium trade is shown by the fact that In 1820 there were im ported into China 5,470 chests ; iu 1831, the number imported amounted to the enormous quantity of 21,785 chests; and in 1837 to :!!),- 000. During the year just expired, according to Alexander’s pamphlet, there were smuggled into the Chinese Empire not less than 75,000 Class 28—To bo drawn in tlio (Utyol'Atlanta, Geor gia, in public, on Saturday. March 21st, 1837. Class 2D—To bo ■ rawn in tbo City of Atlanta, Ga., iu public, on Saturday, March 2Stli, 1637, ou tho Flan of SINGLE NUMBERS. 3,260 PRIZES- -30.000 PICKETS jMore Ilian One Pn ze to every r l en Tickets ! JIAO IVI Fit’ ENT SCfEI 1 Prize of .630,000 is... S30.000 1 44 .. 20,000 is... .... 20,000 1 44 .. 10,0001s... 10,000 1 •• . 9,000 is... 9,000 1 •• . 8,000 is... 8,000 1 “ . 7,000 is... 7,000 1 “ . 0,000 is... 6,000 1 44 . 3,000 is... 5,000 1 44 . 4,000 is.. . 4,000 1 «• . 3,000 is.. 3,000 1 “ .. 2,000 is- 2,000 1 44 .. 1,000 is.. 1,000 100 “ .. 100 are. 10,000 100 44 . 50 are. 5,000 APPROX 1M ATIOXJL IIZES. 4 nzs of 8*230 approx to $50,0001 rizo aro $1,000 4 44 200 44 20,000 “ are 800 4 “ 100 « 10,000 “ aro 400 4 •• 80 “ 0,000 “ are 320 4 44 G5 44 8,000 44 aro 260 4 44 GO 44 7,000 “ are 240 4 44 55 44 0,000 “ are 220 4 44 50 44 5,000 44 are 200 4 44 45 44 4,000 “ are ISO 4 4 4 4 0 44 3,000 44 aro 160 4 44 30 44 2,000 44 aro 120 4 44 23 44 1,000 44 arc 100 3,000 “ 20 are. GO,000 3,260 prizes amounting t0 6201,000 drawin-z tlio 1 - Approxima ted by the last 650,000 Prize. in; tlie i'll. 1 Tick.-t- win ro Tickets StO—Slnlvc- 65—Ilnarlrr; 63 .30. PLAN OF THE LOTTER Y. Tlie Numbers from 1 to 30,000, cm responding with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on a j,- arato slips of paper, ar>, encircled with small tin tubes and placed in one 'Wheel. The first 213 Prizes, similarly printed aud encir cled, aro placed in another wb• 1. Tbo wheels are then revolved, and a number is drawn from the wheel of Numbers, a 1 ,1 at tlio same time a Prize i- a drawn from the oth, r who, 1. Tlio Number and Prize drawn out are, nt-dan 1 exhib ited to the audience, and registered by the Coinmis- m,,u< rs ; the Prize !, ing p! i.vd • .. in>: the Number drawn. This operation is repeated until all tho Prizes are drawn out. Approximation Prizes.—The two prop* ding and tho two succeeding Numbers to ti lirst 12 Prizes will lie entitled to tl tion Prizes, according to the schem 3.000 Prizes of 620 will be deteri figure of tlie number that draws tl For example, if tbo Number drav Prize ends with No. 1, then all th, the number ends in 1 will be entitled t-> Number ends with No. 2, then all the Ti the Numbers cuds in 2 will bo entitled t- on to 0. Certificates of Packages will be sold r ing rates, which is the risk : Certificate ol Packages oi 10 Whole Tit 10 Half 10 Quarter In Ordering Tickets, enclose tho m,m dress for tho Tickets ordered, on recei they will be forwarded by first mail. The list of drawn numbers will purchasers immediately after tlio d Purchasers will please write their and give their Post Oflice. Countva i *r Remember that every Priz, payable ill full without deduction. £ ^ All Prizes of 61,000 and under, paid immedi ately after the drawing. AU communications strictly confidential. Prize Tickets cashed or renewed iu other tickets at cither Office. Address orders for tickets or Certificates, either to 6. SWAN & CO., Atlanta, Ga. or S, SWAN, Montgomery Ala. mar 3 20. If the ;ets win re z 20, and so my to our ad- tipt of which forwarded to •natures plain, State. i drawn, and

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Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1844-1858, March 17, 1857, Image 1