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Newspaper Page Texts^miS*** i" 1 '"***** ' vi “ lK iiol L ffBS P* 1- annum ’ if P'' id !n office before tho expiration of the jf ] e ft to be applied for by the his A* 6 ”*’ ^ Do!: “ rf *"' “ J,aj in erery case, without exception, to ** * M M>d commissions. to new subscribers J°^IeComp«iied with Cask to secure alien- bn ■ ut 3 nee re*] jpectfuliy soli ited. VOL. XXXI. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24. 1857. NO. 35. ferfe«§< Advf.RT1SF.MENrsat the regular ehurge vri!l he One P ll'tr per s ;unre of !0 lines vr fertile first in- surtii u .ind iCents for each subsequent inser tion. All advertisements not spe< ilied as to timn will he published until forbid and charged accord ingly Obituarv Notices not exceeding ten lines, will bo published gratis but cash at the rate of One Dol lar for every ten manuscript inn exceeding that number, must accompany all longer notices, or they will bo cut short. Ev The Telegraph goes to press at .'! o’clock, Monday Evenings. Advertisers will oblige by band ing in their favors, as early as Saturday, if possiblO • i|«- own Sweet M ife- ' word of common sound ^’ ftoronounced by high and low; MuTmakeit .oft or round; Kit there comes a sudden glow . .brtinz from a dreaming mood uneveutful life. ?£T. voice, best understood. [, llffischarmed name—mvown sweet wife u‘h.» well weaves iov around that word, i-wains the dullest, darkc.-t hour, fi^wheuTor where, or how tis heard. f^ielJs such witching, wondrous power T r?« when exiled from lost Eden, uw the soft ease of tliat charmed life, Whd need of other gift of Heaven tim tc be Adam's—own sweet—wife 1 mil so my prayer I make to thee, fnjeycrMdnesa, grief or pain, Sit always you bestow on mo Si Mine rny love would still retain, i.sliwr can sorrow leavo behind, ■ Vn fear of anger nor of strife, Nahwih replies, nor thoughts unkind -ingle with tho term—sweet—wife! Poston Post. TMscience of too Guillotine. , -r-.pondent of tlio New York Time u witnessed execution of Verger, gives [ {t»bic description of the science of the i* erected about eighty feet . f ron t door of the prison, on four per- HXqt blocks of stone, in the centre of the ^asr leading from the prison to the street. Tbswuare is planted with trees. On both rides of the roadway stood a double file of sol fej with presented arms. When Verger is -id from the gate, supported by the cxecu .' • or ami the chaplain, and saw standing be brekim the fatal instrument, bis force forsook bii and he sank down- It was this passage ofdffbtv feet that was terrible for the criuii ciUor'be knew that the moment lie ascend rJ the steps before him bis head would fall. Verger was hurried along to the fatal steps On the way he did not cease to repeat “ Lamb ^God, who takest away the sins of the world, lure pity on me!’’ lie cried also, “ Vice Jesns Christ.” The scaffold was at an elevation of jb. at five feet from the ground. Arrived on ihenrit to the last step, he fell on his knees on the ioor of tho scaffold, pronounced a few Tonis of prayer, and then addressing the jijplain, uid-—“My brother, I charge you to Bile amende honorable iu my name to all my nor ecclesiastics whom I have offended or side sorry; tell them that I demand pardon tfthem as" I pardon them myself. I offer my Heia expiation of my faults." Ho then kiss- si the crucific and turned and gave a hasty almce to the chaplain; but he never rose to fcfeet. As lie attempted to do so the cxc- citioner, who stood behind him, pushed him fcmril on to the slab which carries his head ader the knife. This slab, which is so placed I a to receive the body us the criminal rises mm his kuegs on the last step or floor of the (diiid, is a new invention, used now only [ fir the third time. It receives the body from tie knees to tho upper part of the chest, of necessity leaving the neck and head projcct- I is beyond. As the criminal falls tipon it, | bstead of being obliged to tic him there, os v» formerly the custom, an operation that iu ixiftimcs difficult if the prisoner saw fit 11> struggle, springs now suddenly seize the body and hold it firm. This slab slides easily it grooves, and a slight pressure on the per il of the criminal pushes it forward and pla- mhii neck in tho notch into which the knife Ufa, A man is on the other side ready to | wie his head as it passes, in order to steady it, • another stands ready to pull the rope i lets the knife fall. The knife is, in form, liko the knife of a I mv cutting box, only much heavier. It is fated diagonally in the two uprights, along •e« tide of which it glides like a saw mill gate, h> diagonal position gives it a sawing motion I it caning through the neck. It falls about | twelve feet, and so nicely is its weight adapt- *d to the force required, that it not much more | thu cats off the head without superfluous arise. The moment the knife falls, the springs lrtn by a quick movement, the body is rolled I idoa to a bascule at the side, which, in turn, tables the body on a board, at the end of •hich stand two men ready to seize it, and •life it into a close carriage which stands rea dy backed up for the purpose. In like man- •w.the man who is charged with the holding •f the head lota it drop into a basket at his feet, •sen the basket and hands it to a man ofF the scaffold, who immediately places it in a wagon ’ith, the body; the door of the wagon is closed Ftoptitely, and at once moves off the ground. ~thisis but the work of an instant. , "hen Verger was pushed forward on the ward, he raised up his shoulders as if to try ■ release himself from the clamps. His head •ubsre, and as he did so, he turned his face •F*ris sufficiently to take a last hurried 7* ,n the side where I stood. I shall never jfP* this last glance of the criminal. His 'hen injected, no doubt from being ptad forward so suddenly on the board. As J?*'hsmovement, the executioners pnsh- wiboulders hardly down on the board, •M this movement served the double purpose winging the body flat and of sliding the rr^jjwthe axe. The little wheel at the jjj* “* upright turned half round, and the a * *ffair was accomplished with such vr"*? that a great majority of the audience i-j , ■ r 'hat it had occurred. Indeed yremit ^ WM most frightful feature. Moment the condemned man issued 1.. ®* ,c his body had left the ground, tisiinat •* m ' nu ' c hy the watch ! The as- fj'tad than^h 1 ' not less magnificently per- t the expiation I °r WSILKY.—At one time, when fL. . was travelling in Ireland, his car- •tn b v* 100 * x, ! d iu the mire, and the har- i irr e uj° • While he and Lis companions w] l. . n R *° extricate it, a poor man pas- >) hnn ? cat d ! ,lrCi3 - Mr. Wesley railed htmM l i la( ' u ‘ rcd 'he cause of his distress, '•ac L? been unable, through tnisfor- lijfl -'.l 13 !’hw rent of twenty shillings, and 'h ^ crc J 148 ' being turned out of doors. Mid Mr. Wesley, l^»Tn 'he amount—“ here, go and be I Wt ' urn * u S to his companions lie rjf.,!**** 11 , 7’ “ You ace now why our car- [ '''Mpped here in tho mud." 1, |ioniin^* EU,ON 'Vomamitt.—Thelcad- S papers are advertising, without a U>bonn» a 'hat a woman with $25,000 ^*ptstinir *? r#dcd f° r in this city. A more kite, cnt , c . r P r ’ ze ” never entered the Phi in IU !,V mi ii "o heart of man. It is a tatait*. . | ? L*h° decent instincts of hu- 'hsmlerf , ’“finitely more shocking than h*Tril„ * *' es a ' P u Wic auction. And yet • V *W,w aCCOffi P lice in the outrage! lit\*rf u”**' 11 .^•f iucommunicates a fact in tl *''-DariU. < i en J Isi,, cs which is highly impor- such as arc threatened u ““d insidious disease known us *•» ha*r,| lt ’ h seems a gentleman in Louisi- ‘wlwbvJT 8 cuusuinptivc negroes from a ^Uti, n aild placed them on his sugar taWore f ln(i - lc 7 a ' e plentifully of the cane. whs oftlie young shoots. The ,yja becamecu JCCU *h>n, weal, and sickly, * 1 ‘ "L: r °hust, and hearty, and in «.-/ tr * W s °f the disease with which , “fleeted entirely disappeared. 2*!*l5L?, ,at ‘h' s planter has a stand- ; oftl°^'r <or ne & nc8 w ho have the ’ tl . n. „ “ 1 u f asc ' and of course expects at a reduced price. b run, tlio \\ ostiinqton Union. TlieXext House ol'Koprescutativcs. 1 he impression erroneously prevails, to some extent, that the democracy have already' chos en a sufficient number of members to insure a majority in tho next House of Representatives. I hat such a result is most desirable, and that it is the duty of our friends to sustain the Pres ident. of their choice by a working majority in Congress, cannot he denied. The Senate is with us, and the House will be, if, in the elec tions yet to be held, all minor considerations arc thrown aside, and the true interests of the country kept steadily in view-. The election of Mr. Buchanan was an unequivocal triumph of truth over error, of reason over fanaticism, and gave assurance of stability and permanen cy to the Union. It was not as some idly as sorted, a “truce" or a “respite," but a solid, substantial victory, giving peace and repose to the country, the benefits of which will be cn during, if those who achieved it “take no step backwardly." The victory, however, will not he complete, unless the democratic party finish the work so nobly begun, and send a majority of good and true men to the House of Repre sentatives. That this may be done, we have no doubt. Energy and determination, with harmony of action, will put success beyond peradventure. It is ccrtniuly of the first im portance that this great good should be acconv plished, for upon it in some measure depend the usefulness and success of a democratic ad. ministration. With an opposition majority In the House of Representatives, the policy of the administration will be balked and hampered; and well disposed as such a majority may be. it has the power, nevertheless, to check-mate, to cripple, and defeat. The resiionsibilty of the government is then upon us, without the power to discharge the trust with fidelity and exactness. Give the democratic party, on the other hand, full control iu Congress, and all they have promised, and all the country ex pects, will be fulfilled, in a wise, conservative beneficent public policy. Wo shall reap theu the full benefit of a well-regulated government —ample revenues, with just and economic ex penditures ; healthful trade aud growing com merce ; useful improvements, vigorous indust ry, and prosperous mechanics ; domestic tran quility, peace with all nations,-and “entangling alliances with none.” That our friends in the States where elec tions are yet to be held may fully understand how much must be done to give the democracy the next House, we present two tables. The first classifies the members elect, politically, and the second states the relative strength of the democrats and their opponents in the dele gations as they were returned to the last Con ing gress : Members of the Thirhj-Jiflh Congress already elected. Democrats. Opposition. Maine '• New Hampshire —......... —.... a Vermont 3 Massachusetts ...11 New York 12 21 New Jersey 3 2 Pennsylvania ....15 10 Delaware 1 South Carolina 6..... Ohio 8 13 Indiana. S... 5 Illinois 5 4 "Missouri 3 3 Arkansas 2...... .Michigan....................................... 4 Florida 1... Wisconsin,. 3 California............ 2 64 90 * One vacancy, caused by the resignation of James S. Green, subsequently elected to the Senate. _ Fran cis P. Blair, who was elected as a democrat, is gen erally classed with the opposition, because of his well-known views on tho slavery question. Political Complexion of the Delegations of Slates in He Thirty fourth Congress, in which elections are yet to be held. Democrats Opposition. Rhode Islt.nd - - 2 Connecticut * Maryland.................... 2. —..—........ 4 Virginia.... 12 1. North Carolina. —.......... 5... 3 Georgia.................—• 6................. 2 Alabama. 5 3 Mississippi 4 I Louisiana................... 3................. Kentucky 4 .......... Tennessee .................. 5................. Texas 1 1 Missouri......—............................... 1 47 Members elect 04 Members of34th Congress....47 33 VrTiolo number..... 234 It will thus be seen that to secure a majori ty of the House, 118 members, the democrats must gain seven members, over their strength in the last House in tho States named in our second table. Political calculations are not always of a reliable character; but still, with the light furnished by the presidential election, we think an estimate may be made which act ual results will, in tho main, justify. Commencing with one side of the House, we arc quite confident that the democrats will gain members in the following States: One member in Virginia, one in Alabama, one in Missis sippi, two in Kentucky, one in Tennessee, one in Texas, and one in Missouri—a gain in all of eight. Each of the districts claimed gave a decisive majority for Mr. Buchanan, and can aud should do as well again. Besides these gains, we should .gain two in North Carolina, one in Georgia, and one in Tennessee. Mr. Buclmnan carried both of the North Carolina claimed districts by very handsome jnajorities, and the Georgia and Tennessee districts by n few votes only. If our friends put forward their brat men, they may secure two of the lour, if not the four, districts we linvc indicated. There is, then, a strong probability that we shall gain ten, perhaps twelve, members In the elections which are to come off during the next summer and autumn. This probability may be made morally certain by the united, energetic, un tiring action of the democratic party every where. Should discontent, distrust, or jeal- lousy, even measurably prevail, the prospect now so auspicious will be blasted, the battle lost, and with it the honor of the democratic party, if not tho hope of the country. >\ o acsccch our friends, for tho sake of the cause to bestir themselves in time, to know no ease or respite from duty, and to sink all personal preferences aud personal cuds until the victo ry is won whereby democratic power in the gov ernment shall be complete. So far we have poken of the probable gains lor the demo crats, to which some of our friends add ft gam of uno in Connecticut in the place of Mr. Woodruff, who ought to be beaten. 1\ emust now sen where there is danger of loss. Iu Maryland Mr. Buchanan carried but one con gressional district, Mr. Bowie’s. Mr. Slcw- irt’s district gave Mr. Filmore a majority of 72 votes, vet we think it may be, and ought to be, redeemed. If it be not redeemed, we hall lose one member in Maryland ; but a con- tiiu'cnev so mortifying we do not look for witTi such u standard-bearer in the field as Mr. Stewart—earnest, eloquent, and umvaver- ng in the advocacy of the popular cause. As an offset to this, however, the democrats should ndeavor to secure the member from the Allc- hauy district, represented by Mr. Hoffman, l’hev were only beaten 157 votes at the presi dential election and with the right candidate and perfect union they can overcome the odds against them. , , . . . ... We have uow gone over the whole field, with a view to show our friends the work to be done, The rest iswith them; they have it in their pow er to secure a reliable democratic majority in tho. House of Representatives, If they fail the failure will result from culpable neglect, and produce irreparable mischief. The brunt of the battle is with the democracy of Mary land, Kentucky, Tennessee. North Carolina and Alabama. They can cither save or sacri fice, and with them, bold, unselfish, and true, whenever principles are at stake or duty points the way, there is safety and success. We have an abiding faith that they will bear aloft our good old banner once more in triumph and that Virginia. Georgia, Mississippi, Louis iana, and Texas, will contribute their vote tc swell the general rejoicing. The North has done well—better than was anticipated—and promises more for the future. The South has never faltered ; let the South stand firm now Let the South vote for members of Congress as the South voted in November last, and all will be well. From Porter's Spirit of the Times. News oi the Week.—The President AND THU EMPERIOR. Two remarkable documents have been at tracting the attention of the country durin the past week. These are the Inaugural of the President of the United States, and the re cent speech of the Emperor of the French Coming at the same moment under our obser vation, and heiug addressed to two of the great cst nations of the earth, they arc worthy to be compared with each other. Strikingly dissimilar, as well in style as in doctrine, they suggest some curious thoughts as to the facility with which the human family may be regulated, by antagonistic systems, and for an instant spring the question as to which may be the best. Both documents, how ever, notwithstanding the hopefulness of the one. aud the audacious self-reliance of the oth er, betray about an equal amount of secret fear for the future; and in the abundant evidence each gives of cause for such alarms, it is not easy for the reader to decide which will realize its fears the first. With the President, the im pending dread is the widening sentiment of the North and the South; with the Emperor, it an ill concealed fear of some sudden freak on the part of what lie calls “ that pauting, auxi ous, exacting society, which, in France, cx|>ects everything from the government," aud which when the tide turns, visits upon the Govern ment the combined resentment for every pri vatc ill. To a society thus constituted, prosperity is more threatening than misfortune, and every hour of sunshine is pregnant with the seeds of reaction and revolt. This the Emperor evi dently feels, and every line of his address is intended to convey to the discontented spirits of the Empire, that it is his determination to stamp out, with the whole weight of his milita ry force, every indication of revolution or com plaint the instant it appears. “ I make it|| point of houor,” says he, when speaking of the inundations, that in France, rivers, like revolu tions, must return to their beds, or that they must notleave themHere is a revelation which belies all affectation of repose, and exposes the fact that Louis Napoleon is expecting the false prosperity of the present time to crack into the crisis, against which he has been arming him self ever since his accession to the throne. This dread of an impending danger is most significantly shewn in the admission that there is much suffering arnoug the people, and that if Providence does not grant an abundant harvest during the coming season, “ the mil lions given by private charity and by the Gov ernment, will be hut feeble palliatives." “Let us then,” says he, redouble our efforts to rem edy evils which are beyond human foresight.” In this connection, he proclaims an annual in crease of the military contingent, by 20,000 men, an increase of the pay of the rank and file, and likewise an enlargement of the smaller civil salaries of the lesser officials, who. in the midst of privations, have given a good example of honesty and devotion.” The panacea for the unknown bnt expected evils is, therefore, to be the sword ; and from recollections that we have of the 2d December, 1851, we have ■ right to conclude that the application will not be fastidiously made. The cancer of discon tent is to be stricken from each district without regard to the flow of blood that follows the ex cision, and we shall then know the full and trite meaning of that part of the speech which says, “ We ought to struggle against the evils which a progressive society is nut exemptfrom. Civil ization, though its object is the moral improve ment and material welfare of the majority, ad vances, it must be admitted, like an army ; its victories are not gained without sacrifices or without victims." In other words, “ I Louis Napoleon, am Civilization; and whenever an opposition raises itself to my interests and ca reer, it will be remorselessly trampled out, without auy weak calculations of the cost to those who thus provoke their fate.” But it is not so much oitr object to write a review of the speech to the French Legislature, as to compare its points of contrast witli the Republican manifesto which was delivered to the assembled thousands of our nation, from the steps of the Capitol at Washington, oil the •1th of March. The Inaugural opens with an invocation to Heaven for aid. The speech of the Emperor begins by saying that the appeal which lie had made to Divine Providence, the year before, seems to have been heard. He then abruptly drops the point, and proceeds to business, as if it were not well to trouble Heaven too often; or, perhaps, because he lias secretly concluded to rely on the additional military contingent, and the increased pay of the rank and tile. Mr. Buchauan rejoices in the harmonious sub sidence of the late exciting election, and points to the spectacle as an evidence of the settled attachment of the people to the Constitution and tho Union. Louis Napoleon felicitates himself that order lias been preserved, and his power maintained, by a homogcncousuess. of interest, effected among his nobles, tho civil stipendiaries, and the army. The American President asks for a reliance on the integrity of his motives, because his administration is to be but of short duration ; the French monarch demands the public confidence, on the grouud that he has established a system above the fluctuations of public opinion, and laid the foundations of a dynasty, which, it is to be hoped, may last forever. The bead of our government is embarrassed hy an overplus of income, which threatens to corrupt the State ; the Emperor conceals, with difficulty, his con cern that the loss of a few days’ of sunshine, may leave him no remedy against tho public discontent, except the sword. The former re lics upon preserving, in good faith, the bans as they stand ; the latter proposes to perforin the last act in the grand imitation of his uncle, by the introduction, for military purposes, of a new Code Napoleon. A strict construction of the powers of the Constitution is invoked by the American to justify an immense, but nc- ccssao', work of internal improvement; the Frenchman warrants everything by his person al will, and construes legality and patriotism to be a devotion to his policy and pcison. a These arc the main points of contrast in the addresses recently made to two of the greatest nations of the earth. They represent diltcr- cnces equally wide in the character ot the per sonages who delivered, and the nations which received them ; and we have now but time to say, that those who cannot understand the full sweep of the philosphy of both, and perceive the events which they foreshadow, will soon have the revelation made hy natural progress of events, without calling on the reflective powers of the mind to aid them in the solution of the problem. A Great enterprise. The subjoined article from the Cincinnati Times gives some interesting information in very concise terms: “The project of a ship canal across the Isth mus of Darien has long been entertained by the leading minds of the world, and the con struction of this vast work is now but a ques tion of time. Congress has appropriated a sum amply sufficient for the thorough survey and exploration of the proposed route, and "a corps of army engineers, with appropriate assistants, will soon be detailed for the service. Thus has the United States taken initiatory steps in one of the i«03t magnificent ideas of modern times. Napoleon, in his expedition to Egypt, discovered the site of an ancient canal across the Isthmus df Suez, and engineers, by survey, estimated the cost of re-opening the work, but it was never accomplished,. “Our reader will remember the terrible suf ferings of Lieut. Strain aud liis companions, who endeavored to cross the Isthmus of Darien on a preliminary reconnoissance by order of onr Government. Profiting by his experience, we trust the expedition now about to commence operations will be able to avoid disaster. A few details in relation to the scene of operations may be interesting to our readers. “The Isthmus of Darien, or, ns it is more commonly styled, the Isthmus of Panama, con nccts North and South America, and is princi pally comprised in the Republic of Granada On the northern side is the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of Darien—on the south the Gulf of Panama. In length, the Isthmus proper, is about 200 miles, with an average breadth of 40 miles; bnt in longitude 70 degrees it nar rows down to less than 30 miles. At this point it is proposed to establish the ship canal.— The country is undulating, with chains of small mountains, but very fertile, and well timbered. Tho expense of a commodious, ship canal, say 30 miles long and 200 feet wide, would not be less than fifty millions of dollars. England, France, and Holland, arc auxions to aid in the work, and become joint owners with the U. States. When it is considered that one-half the world’s commerce would, in all probability, pass through this canal, the expense sinks into a mere trifle. All the India and China trade, instead of doubling Cape Horn, would find passage through the canal. It should be free to all nations who assist in the construction by money or credit.” The appropriation’allnded to was embraced in the naval appropriationjbill. It gives a sum not to exceed $25,000 to bo paid to officers selected by the Secretaries of War and Navy, “for the purpose of making explorations and verification of the surveys already made of a ship canal near the Isthmus of Darien, to con nect the waters of the Pacific and the Atlantic by the Atrato and Truando rivers.” Mr. Bocock, a member of the committee of confer ence on the part of the House of Representa tives, explained this provision, inserted by the Senate, in brief but forcible terms. He stated that the government of Granada had given a company of Americans the right to explore and build a ship canal, if practicable, through the Isthmus of Darien. They have made the sur vey, and believed a ship canal to be altogether practicable; but they had come to the conclu sion that capitalists will not invest in this ex ploration, unless it be endorse by competent officers of the government. They merely ask that their exploration shall be tested by officers of the army and navy. The House concurred in the proposition of the Senate. China Sugar Cane. G. W. Kendall, former editor of N. O. Picaynne and resident in Texas, writes as follows in reference to this species of cane: For the last six months I have hardly opened a >apcr, whether devoted to agriculture, politics, re- igion, sporting affairs, or what not, without seeing some notice of the Sorgho Sucre or Chinese sngar cane; why bare I not a perfect right to add my ex- lerienceto the general stock of information in re- ation to the cultivation of this new grain, or plant, or whatever it may be termed f To begin then. In October, 1855,1 purchased iu Paris a small pa per of the seed. I do not tbiuk there was more than two heaping table spoonsfull of it, or tliroo at the outside. I brought it with me to Ncwf Orleans, and on arriving sent it here to be planted. When reached this place early in May last, it was just peer ing above the grouud, two rows of it in a ten acre field, which had been devoted in the main to millet, oats, and a little Indian corn, and four short rows in our garden—the latter planted About the eighth of July the two rows in tiro larg er field had shot up, headed out, and ripened. Mt- withstanding the drought, and the heavy heads were cut for seed. The oats meanwhile had not oonao iip. tho millet was hardly above tiio grouud, wiiilo the Indiau corn was parched and drying up, for want of rain. Two or three mornings afterwards, on looking at the field from a hill close by, 1 noticed thgt the two rowsof Sorgho Sucre had entirely disappeared, while rows of Indian com on cither side were still standing On close examination, I ascertained that a lot of hogs. —hogs are apt to do such things—had broken into the field, and devoured the Chinese sugar cane root and branch; it was cut clean to the ground by tho pork ers, not sign or vestige was left, while as already stat ed, the stalks of the common Indian corn on either side were lefr standing. I was thankful I laid saved the seed and thought little more of it. Some few days after tins—perhaps a fortnight— the rows planted in the garden wero examined, tho heads ot seed found to bo ripe, nud tho greater por tion cut and brought to the house, leaviug the tall stalks still standing. On cutting down ono of tho latter, which must have been ten feet high, I found it to bo exceedingly heavy, and on tasting the cane it seemed to me to be as full of saccharine juice as the ordinary sngar cane of Louisiana- At the same time I had two or three imported French merino sheep iu my yard, in great want of green fodder, and on cutting tliu cane iuto small pieces I found that they devoured it with tho greatest avidity. After this I fed them on it for somo time, a single stalk furui-.li- ing a good bait. I also gave some of it to a favorite mare, she eating it even more greedily than tho sheep. Some three weeks after the ripcheads of seed were cut I noticed that new heads had shot up from the same stalk; and these new heads blossomed, filled and ripened in September, and were cut and brought to the house. All this time you must recollect are wero suffering from tho unprecedent drougth; and Indian corn, sweet potatoes, water melons, pump kins, and tho liko had died down to the very ground I now became more interested iu tho Sorgho Su cre than over, mid although I still fed out daily to tho ineriuoes and mare, left a portion of the stalks standing. Some new heads were seen shoot iug forth, and these in turn blossomed and ripened ns did (lie first I kept no account of dates, lint think this third crop, of seed from the same stalk, if so I may call it, was gathered about the first of October; it might have been dnriug the second week of that month. 1 plan ted some of this last seed, by way of experiment: it came up rapidly, looked thrifty, grew until it was nearly knee high, and was finally cut down in No vember. A great number of shoots or suckers which had sprung up from the stalks first planted, were cut down at the same time: tho Sorgho Sucre can stand nny kind of a drought but the first sharp frost kills it • tho ground. Aud what nmount of seed do you think I gather ed from the little paper I purchased in Paris t Near ly, if not quite two bushels! and had not tho hogs broko into the field, I believe I should liavo had three. It certainly yields in the most miraculous manner; beats everything for dry weather. Of its properties fur the production of sugar I cansay nothing: 1 only know that it tastes like the common sugar cane, aud is full of juice about the time the first heads ripen. As a groen fodder it also beats every thing winch grows: horses, sheep and hogs are cer tainly inordinately fond of it, and so full are the stalks of saccliariue matter, that they must be both nutri tious and fattening. I cannot say whatkind of bread cakes tho seed will afford, nor can I tell wlmt kind of dry fodder the plant will make when cut green: these experiments I have yet to try, aud now that I have the seed I intend to do it on a grand scale. shall plant it in rows, or drills, shall sow it and shall cat it at ditb-rent stages to try its qualities as a dry fodder. Let me repeat over anil over again, that ic stands a drought better than anything wo have—it does not seem to require rain after it is once up. Yours, Ac., g, \v. k. Caution.—Coughs. Colds and affections of the Lungs prevail amongst our people to an extent wholly unknown in Europe, and if neg lected, ofteu assume a daugerous form. Wis taria Balsam of Wild Cherry is the remedy ia such cases. A Predicament, and Iiow I got out OF i r. Perhaps few of onr colonies are so little known as Gnisna. Its very name, ten years ago. was seldom either lo-ird or seen, except in tie- counting hotisej and ledgers of the comparatively few merchants tra ding to cue of its three great divisions—Demerara, Esacquibo and Berbice. It is better known amongst us now, by name at least, as tho home of the Victoria Regia; to say nothing of the impetus given toils timber trade bvtlie fine collection ot its woods shown in tho Great Exhibition. Perhaps I may just say, that Guiana is the north-eastern portion of South America, extending from tho Oronoeo southward to tho Amazon. It is divided ainongst_ tho British, Dutch and French ; British Guiana is tho most northern portion extending on tho sea-board from the Oronoeo to tho Corentyn, and inland to the sour ces of the last mentioned river and the Essequibo—- an area of perhaps 50,000 square miles. Dutch Gui ana, or Suriuhani, extends from the river Corentyn to tho Slarony, aud between them inland to their sources—tho area lietug not much less than thirty tiiousandsquare miles. Freneli Guiana, or Cayenne, oxteuds coast-wiso from tho Marmmiy to the Oya- pock, which separates it from Brazil. Its extension inland D uncertain, but the area is supposed to be 14,000 square miles. With all these divisions of Gui ana, I have had occasion to become more or less ac quninted, though chiefly resident at Georgo Town, the capitol of Demerara—indeed, of the whole colo ny, thero being perhaps as many whites in George Town as in the w hole of Essequibo and Berbice to gether. My business was an odd one. It was tho collec tion of skins—alike of beasts, birds and reptiles, and such other specimens of natural history as could be iftM iiHin—Moil to Europe, to become reanima ted in tbe hands of the professional staffers. Per- imps I do not over-estimate my success, if I say that for some years two-thirds of the specimens exported from the colony wero tho produce of my expeditions. These were, of course, undertaken only in tho dry season, of which, in Guiana, there are two—the long dry season, from August to November, aud theshort, February and March. The course of proceeding was this : My indian scout, an Arawak, named Bar ra, got his corial ready, and laid in a supply, accord ing to the timn wo proposed being absent, of Indian com, cassava, &c. For the meat to accompany this, we depended on iny double-barrel gun or rifle, as the case might be. As to clothes, Barra’s course was the reverso of that usually adopted by travel ers. Instead of adding to his stock, ho discarded the decent suit he used to wear in town, and contented himself with a siugle strip of cotton bound tightly around his loins, and serving to hold a largo knife. My own wardrobe was somewhat of the scantiest, bnt wo each had a bag slung around us—Barra’s to hold provisions when we left tho corial for the for est, and mine to receivesueh leathered or other spoil a3 we might bo able to collect. One part of our equipment must not bo forgotten—a strong, but not thick rope, about eighty feet long, knotted at inter vals of half a yard, and having at one end a two pound iron hall. This was used, when, by good luck, weeamo to almsh-hog or other animal, and did not wish to scaro the forest by our tire nrms. It was of still more essential service in another way, to be de scribed presently. It was a lovely morning in August, when Barra and 1 stepped into the little corial, and paddled lei surely up the noble Essequibo. As wo lauded at two or three islands on our way, we had not made above twenty miles when evening drew in, soon after which we pulled ashore to an Arawak encampment for the night. The next day and night were spent in the samo way, and the third morning we paddled a few miles higher up still, to the foot of tho rapids, some fifty miles from the river’s month, where we secured the corial. Having slung onr bags, I took th9 rifle, Barra, tbe fowling-piece, and wo started for the for est—which indeed camo down to the water’s edge— carrying the coil of rope by turns. .Vs my object was to secure birds, we did not care to fire until we should see something worth firing at. Wo had been tracing the mazes of the forest, assisted by Barra’s knife, about two hours, when we came upon a small patch of savanna, at the further side of which stood a noble greenheart, (Scctandri Rodiai) of large girth, aud witliout a branch for perhaps fifty feet. The tree, however, might have been passed nnnoticed, had it not been crowned by nu unusually fine group of toucans. Had I fired at them from the ground, I must have used shot that would have commercially damaged them: while, if we could up tho tree pretty near them, small shot would have secured them al most tiuinjured. Uncoiling tho rope, Barra tied to the end opposite the hall a long piece of string, and then taking the hall in liis right nand, retreated some twenty paces from the ground of tho lowest limb, l’oising him self, the ball flew from his hand and fell over the limb, round which, by a dexterous jerk at tho same instant, the rope was coiled some four or five times, lie had hit tho distance so nicely, that tho end ofthe rope uow dangled down to within a couple of feet or so of the grouud. Tho string was therefore not needed, and was untied ; the object in affixing ic be ing to have a means of rapidly recovering tho ropo from the underwood, if os was sometimes the case, it overshot tho mark, or became entangled in the branches. Resting my rifle against the trunk, I pre pared to ascend, taking with me the string and my ;ame bag, with the ammunition contained in it.— ilarra now laid hold of the knotted rope, and kept it as steadily to the ground as possible, while I climbed it hand over hand, and was soon on the limb to which it had been fastened. By means ofthe string, I now drew m> my gun, aud proceeded along the limb to tbe fork of tho main trunk. In a minute or two, Barra had joined me, with tho provision hag still aronnd him, there being too many monkoys about, ho said, for him to think of leaving it below. Wo now, as quietly as possible—and that was very quietly indeed, for we were both almost in a state of nature, crept towards the top ofthe tree, and soon had the pleasure of seeing the light dancing through the topmost houghs, and our covey of toucans still quiet ly preeuing their feathers, their brilliant breasts glittering iu tho snn. Barra now took oft’ his waist- cloth, and went immediatelybeneath tho birds,some fifteen feet beneath thorn, nud mado ready to spread the cloth, so as to catch the game with the least pos sible damage, tho moment I had fired. AH being ready, I gradually, inch by inch, advanced tho muz zle to withiu twenty feet of tho toucans, and let fly with both barrels. Tho shot was ouo of my best.— Five first rate birds fell iuto Barra's cloth, three on ly getting away. As the provision-bag was so handy, we thought wo could not do better than lunch in our leafy retreat and so spent perhaps half an hour. So luxurious abower.cau scarcely be imagined in any but a tropical country. The surpassing richness of tho forest scenery was seen to a great advantage from our lofty perch ; and lmd thero. been but a few songsters to relieve tho silence, nothing iu tho world could have beeu wanting. These, however, wero iu tho thickest shado for an hour or two, to say nothing of my gun having driven them beyond as. Descending, which required more caro than the as cent, not only because it is easier to climb than to re turn, but because I was burdened with my toucans, and had to guard them trom injury—we came in sight of the limb to which our rope was afiixed.— Well might wo start dismayed ! A gravo looking arraganto, ono of tho howling monkeys (Mycestus ursinus) was seated on the limb, with the bail in his his hand, ho having unwound the ropo in ordermorc leisurely to inspect it. The weight, as I afterwards remembered, astonished him greatly, ns be passed it from one baud to tbe other, balancing it as he did so. On the impulse of tho momenta shout burst from mo at the unprecedented right—more ehatno for me !— as a hunter, I should have had more presence of inind; but after all nothing would have averted what followed; themoukey dropping the ball, leaped in an instant to a neighboring tree, and disappeared.— Never did any sound so smite upon my ear, as the sound of that ball bounding on the ground. Even Barra's unconcern in ordinary forest dangers, was overcome, and he stood behind me grave and almost trembling. Wo wero in fact—I did not joke then— a pair of troe’d coons. It wns eomo minutes before we fully realized our >osition—on tbe lowest limb of the tree, some 50 feet 'com the ground, and without auy means of reaching it hut the string which had drawn up my gun, and which was almost as great a weight as it would bear. On taking counsel together, no way of escape sug gested itself, for our scanty clothing cut into soc.'i shreds ns would bear u«, could not reach, when tied round the limb, above ten feet down. Our bags ad ded would scarcely have diminished tho certainty of a broken neck, as the trunk was almost too smooth for a jaguar. Wo wero fairly at our wit’s end. Wo now took a narrower survey of the tree itself. There did not seem to he anything to fear—no cougar or jaguor marks were visible, nor. was there much probability of snakes being found in it, as none but tiie very largest could coinpass such a trunk, and they generally prefer a treo overlooking a stream or pool, their prey being thus attracted within aueasy distance for tho fatal spring. Should anything ap proach us, however, wo had both arms and ammuni tion. As to food wo wero well off even for some days, Barra I laving brought tho bag with him, to say noth ing of iny dearly-bought toucans; but water we had none, nor was there uie least probability of a drop falling. Our chance of. being observed by any pa ring Indians was small indeed, in a forest, the near est footpath through which was a mile distant; and as to attracting attention by firing, that loomed equal ly hopeless, as wo were known to be out on business, and the report of our arms would, therefore, be thought nothing extraordinary. Time had passed luring these cogitations, and it became unpleasant ly certain that tho night, at least, must be spent in St tree. As evening drew on, we made a sparing meal, and prepared for such rent as we might be able to obtain, an a's knife was of good service iu cutting some of smaller branches, which wo so disposed in a fork a darkness that might almost he fell. Even in the day these forests are sombre enough, though pleasantly so, as tliev shield one from the rays of a blazing sun. Looking towards the patcli of savanna, the outlines of our tree could, after wo had become used to the •dim obscure,’ be faintly traced: but, towards the forest, all was solid blackness. While coraingon, in deed, tho darkness seemed more as if it were some thing tangible being poured into the fore.-t from above, filling up the spaces between the trees, and tho smaller interstices between their branches, more like this, than a simple deprivation of light. It was oppressively, terribly grand. Soon after night bad thus set in, nocturnal sounds began to greatourears. They were, of course, not new.to us; but in ourpre- kt.nl cituatinrt tlif-V QPDinDfi illVl'Stwl With (loilhlrt sent situation, they seemed invested with iloublo significance. A jaguar camo tolerably near, to tho opposite edge, we thought, of tho .savannas, on tho lookout, probably, for some hog-deer in tho open space. Upon the whole, however, the most striking feature was the deep silence that prevailed, except when invaded hy tiie sound. It mado us both, at first, almost afraid to break it by a word, as If wo should, in some sort, lie committing sacrilege in thus aggressing upon Night'- domain. How strange tliat this dead silence ana darkness,and the ceaseless roar and brightness ofNiagara, should affect tho mind ex actly in tho same wav It was so at least with me. .Man’s power of adaptation to circumstances is a benign provision. If onr misfortune had come upon us at the close, instead of the middle of Iheday, tho probability is that wo shonld not have slept a wink. But havin', brooded over it for somo hours, it was scarcely, I should judge, past midnight, when, in spite of the chilly, though calm atmosphere, and our scanty protection from it, wc both began to doze, and at length fell asleep. I awoko once or twice af terwards, hut Barra slept on as though he was swing ing in his hammock at homo. About an hour before dawn, which I conld/ee/ wns coming, apart from the warning cries of nocturnal beasts and birds, 1 became thoroughly aroused, and awoko Barra just as tho first streak of light cut like a knife into the forest gloom. He was more rigid than I, not having chan ged his position for some hours, but soon roused Himself, throwing a wondering glance around our nest. A frugal dip into tlio bag was followed by renew ed consultation as to liow we should get down. At prcssion,&leaves words staggering far behind. But not only hero is this day sacred : wher- <‘\ er you p. 1 :.th the m;u nV heaven, on tho snow-capped hill of northern or the blossoming fields of southern climes, this day, the irish man's cottage is a scene of festivity; care is thrown aside, and life’s griefs and perplexities arc drowned with the “ tihose'd leaf Of Hard and Chief Old Kriu's native Shamrock " I propose to speak of Ireland, her true policy and position, aud vindicate her character frout some of the many slanders that have for years been heaped upon her name. .It has been asserted on the evidence of ma licious fancy by some writer, that the English in their first incursion into the country found the Irish a race of savages, conquered them and infused law, order and educational refine ment among them! Every statement of which is foully,infamously and contemptibly false. Two ci-uturiea'• • 'or.' their invasion, tho mighty and learning-loving AKred was educated in Ireland, aud from the swords of these invaders flashed no light of civilization. When Ireland was ono vast temple of litcraturo and philosophy, England could scarce boast of even a village school-master. When England was com paratively ignorant and uncivilized, Ireland was cul tivating the arts and sciences that then flourished on the shores of the Mediteranean and shed their efful gence over Egypt anil Etruria. When Europe was a corpso beneath tho hoof of tho Vandal, Ireland waa ‘•the school ofthewest, the great habitation of sanc tity and literature. She had a glorious history before tho crowning of Chnrlvmango—before tlio cresent waved over the far fields of Andalusia.” After a forcible description of Ireland before the English invaded her shores, and after show ing how much the Island lost by not meeting those invaders “with the sword in one hand a little above the main one, ns to render us tolerably secure from falling if either of us should doze—sleep we hardly expected. Darkness uow came on apace, length wo agreed that by tho aid of Barra s knife, ! RU(I the torch lit the Other.” Mr. L. reviewed .i— -■ ■-•*- their Irish sufferings under Henry VIII, Eliza beth, Cromwell and others, and came down to the question of Irish bravery. Here lie re marked ;— * Let it not he said that the Irish lack for braver}'. It allows an ignorance of historic truth, or argues prejudice still more unpardonable. I will point to Aughritfi when the shamrock blushed iu blood. I will poiut to the moats of Badaojs to Vcmcria and to Waterloo. I will point to Foutenoy, where the chiv alry of Eugland bent before the cxilo Irish men, pic tured as followers: ‘ Liko lions leaping at a fold when mad with hungry pang. Right up against tho Euglisli line tiio Irish exiles sprang. Bright was their steel—’tis bloody now, their gems are filled with gore, Through shattered ranks aud served files and tramp led flags they tore. On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, like eagles in the sun. With bloody plumes the Irish stand—tho battle is fought and won!” I will poiut to Cas.sano and Calcinato, toFrcd- liuger and to Vittoria—to the Alma, and Bal- laklava when they struggled to maintain that despicable policy of keeping up national bal ances—a policy that weighs men and gallant nations like dust on the tyrant’s counter, when not a chain ran be moved without disturbing the equilibrium, and like robbers on a grave parcel out people’s privileges and .territory among the royal scented thieves who live on taxation, wrenched from the toiling hands of industry.” Mr. L, next showed why Ireland should rank among the independent nations of Europe where eigiitecn in population aud fifteen in ter ritory were her inferiors. He reviewed her other resources, agreed that nil attempts to gain iudepcndancc by moral force were useless and that nothing but union and the sword could effect such and brought classic illustrations in ancient and modern history to show that “ war is to the world what the the storm is to tho at mosphere oragitation is to tho wave* of the sea.’ These convictions the speaker illustrated with scenes from Irish history forcibly to the point, bringing forth front the immense audience fre quent, loud and prolonged applause. In referiug to the treaty of Limerick, broken ere the ink was scarce dry, Air. L. sai l regarding there- ligious.'persecntious in Ireland. "Bv tiie penal laws, tbe priest of Ireland and the wolf that infested her lorests were putnnder the same odious enactments. “ Their dogs were taught alike to run Upou the scent of wolf and friar.’ I would not be understood to advocate any pe culiar system of religion in denouncing tho tyranny of creeds, whether it eomes from cloister or tesselatod cathedral, legislatures, parliament or government, the cresent or the cross—whether it is the work of protestant or catholic. The tyranny of creeds I will denounce in all places and betore all men either in the Vaticau or at Canterbury—before the l’opo or in presence of tho primate, I will express my .detesta tion of the principle of persecution for opinion's sako. “ It is a slavish principle and should not have a sin gle night’s lodging in a land of liberty.” Let us re spect tho jew as well as tho gentile and never let re ligion be dragged by a constable with a white cravat to tho capitol and sworn to lovo honor and obey tiie government-” Mr. L. then glanced at the fearful workings r of the “State Church” on the Irish people, till the Irish volunteers of 82, shewed their hands in Dungannon church, resolved to make Eng land respect the rights aud liberties due to man. He referred to the efforts of Grattan, who told the British government “ that dilation in fringed on as Ireland, and armed as Ireland must have equal freedom—anything else was an insult.” He explained liow about 1798 all the advantages of’82 were again destroyed by England, and coming down to the repeal agi tation, Mr. L. alluded to O’Connell as foliows (its was highly applauded.) “His untiring devotion to Ireland— his brilliant speech* in her defence, !,; genius..his power, his undying hostility to England, all give him claims on my esteem. By his efforts Ireland was released from oppressive restrictions and her national creed, for :;uo years an outcast, returned like the dovo over the waste of waters to shelter within the ark. Ho was true to Ireland: il ho promised much ho did much, and on the stream of his eloqueneo the story of Ireland’s wrongs has floated to the torch-lit g.alle- y rics of Harcnlan sum..to the summit of mountjBlanc, along the banks of tlio Amazon and tlio ALs-issippi. It lias reached the Grecian on Olympus heights; it lias reached tho Roman on the Palatine Hill. He is now dead, and h'13 last legacy was his body to Ireland. They might have lain him in the Oampo Santo of Pisa, illustrated by iiie genius of Orgagna and Giotto. In that paradise of tombs ho might have dreamed with Venus, Juno and the sleeping Endy- mions, wrapped in earth brought from the sanctity of Jerusalem; hut dcarortg O'Connell than this was to lie i i Irish earth, and sleep beneath the soil consecrated bybiagenins. Hissonl ho bequeathed to God, whero it watches over the land ho loved, and when the bell of Heaven tolls from its illumined tow r the hour of Irish Independence, his guardian Bpiritwillbe thero to answer “All is well.” The speaker next took up the subject of the Irish settlerin America, and his duty there, saying “Let no man donbt your attachment to this government. oath of allegiance i- registered iu heaven. I know your heart-, and 1 will, on my professional rep utation, assure an acquittal to any charge of perjury brought in the court above upon an Irishman's oath of all-,dance to snpp> rt tho Constitution ofthe Uni- I states.” The orator (hen glanced at tilings around him, the day, theaudicnce, and the pleasure he It in addressing, for the third time, ;tu assem blage so appreciative; and in his allusion to the efforts of the “Irish exiles,” and their worth in this country, Mr. Lochrane observed: "I glory in tiie men that braved the force of Eng lish tyranny—that never lx at to power, that chains could not fetter, nor dung'.ms intimidate. 1 glory the men whom England persecuted, and never yet vc made eouee.-siou, din- thought that iu the wild- s — of their forest homes tin y M ould find no streams friendship to Miothe the sorrows of exile: but liko the string and our clothes we shonld try to make some kind of ladder, by which to release ourselves from our lofty prison. The prospect was not an in viting one, greenheart being ono of the heaviest and hardest woods of the colony; nud Barra's being the only knife, only one of us could bo employed—unless, indeed, that one could tie what the other cut. This plan was again revised, and at length commenced making a polo intended to reach to the ground, down which wo could slide without further damage than perhaps some slight laceration. It was agreed to join the pieces of which our pole must necessarily be composed by a peg and socket—the lntter foreshadowing an uncomfortable amount of difficulty and enforced pstienco. Wo had long com menced chopping ofi’ a branch pretty high up, as the first length ot our pole, when the three toucans, as I verily believe they were, which had the day before escaped, again settlodon the topmost bough.—Speedi ly hearing, however, the noise below them, they ew off, and we saw them no more. From morning to night with the exception of a short visit to the bag, we worked away, and after all, had not been to complete more than 18 feet at most, in three lengths. The two joints, however, answered aff mirably, having been mado sufficiently tight to re- quire some force in screwing home the peg. We suffered much from the want of water, especially as the labor caused ns freely to perspire ; and wo felt some faintness of heart creepingover us we lay down to rest for the second night. We slept, notwithstanding—deeply, heavily—and awoke in the morning as before, to* recommence a toil that now seemed hopeless. The branches that answered our purpose became scarce; onr knife was blunted by the hard wood, and suddenly wo at tho same moment gave up work and looked in each other's faces. Whatever he may have found iu none, I read only despair in my companion's and turned away my eyes for relief. They made a discovery which ca'used my heart to leap. On the further sido of the next tree to us—was a huge liana, large oven here, where they twist among tho forest and bind the trees together, like huge ship's cables. It reached within about ten feet ofthe ground, depending some twenty feet from a limb which our weight would put no sort of danger, if wo conld only reach it. And why should we not reach it, by overcoming the space between tho two trees by means of our pole ; It was already long enough; and the idea wns no sooner conceived than we set to work it out. Having decided on the most eligible point whence to make the experiment, a careful hoist sent the further end of the polo neatly into a fork of the further tree. Tho joints bore tho jerk almost withont a sound, and Barra was over in trice, running catlike along the pole at a liight seventy-fivo feet from tho ground. Being a much heavier man, there was the more reason why I should cross the same as quickly as possible; but I con fess I was afraid ; and, on Barra’s assurance that it would bear me, I crossed astride without mishap— thanks to tho exceeding toughness of the wood' We had hard(y congratulated ourselves on onr suc cess so far, when it simultaneously occured to ns both that the gun bags, <Vc., wero all in our late nest, and blank we looked. Barra, however, insisted on immediately returning, and lowering thorn at once to the ground by a string. In the mean time I descended to the limb from whence the liana hung, and saw at once that our troubles were at an end. Barra soon joined me and first slid down. It would not break with him, he said, even it did with me. On reaching tho bottom, however, lie told mo to follow him, which I did as soon ns the oscillation caused by bis descent hnd ceased. Taking up onr guns and baggage, which seemed twice as heavy as when we last carried them, we made the best of our way to tho river, and never found water so delightful before. Barra was none the worse for his arboreal sojourn. I contracted a fever, not severe, which lasted for week or ten days, and which I regretted, chiefly be cause of its shortening the dry season by tho term of its dnration. Wo several times visited tho treo afterwards, in our rambles through the forest, and on tlio very last occasion the space between the trees was still bridg- od by our peg and socket pole. It may bo there yet, liana-bound, to render it more secure. St. Patrick’s Day. COL. LOCRANE ’S ADDRESS. From the Snvannali Georgian and Journal. If tbe sons of St. Patrick had the making of the day, they could not have chosen one more congenial than yesterday. It was all that the fancy could paint of a fine day, as St. Patrick’s day, and a great day for Ireland. With first sunshine the flag floated from the City Hotel, and cro long the gallant Jasper Greens mustered in stroug numbers with mu sic sweet aud standards flowing, under the com mand of 1st Lieut. John Foley. As soon as all had combined at the invitation of the Irish Union Society, they proceeded to the Atheux'um to hear the annual address de livered on this occasion, by Col. O. A. Lochrane of Macon. The building was crowded down stairs and up-stairs, with ladies and gentlemen, the fair md beautiful, tho gallant and true. On the stage with Col. Lochrane, we noticed bcsides_the usual invited aud distinguished guests, the fol lowing officers of the Hibernian Society. Pres ident John Kelly, Vico President Joint Cass, Treasurer John McLahou, Secretary Lawrence Gilmartain, Standard Bearer, Francis Shields. Of the Irish Union Society, there were Presi dent D. E. O’Byrne. Vice President John Reedy, Secretary E. Flatley, Treasurer I Haaly, and Standard Bearer John lliggius. The whole presented a bright and beautiful scene, as the immense building was filled from roof, to base unusual to sec. Col. Lochrane as guest of the Union Soci ety was appropriately introduced to the audience by President O’Bynieof the Society, and amid applause due to the well known talent of the orator, he began a brilliant aud powerful ora tion, Irish in sentiment, American in duty, and constitutional in feeling. After becoming introductory remarks shew ing that towards England for her continued ill- treatment to Ireland, his “ enmity is perpetu al, unalterable and unabatable,” Mr. Lochrane said on this occasion, “ Idonot propose to speak of Ireland in the language of poetry, her emer ald mantle embroidered with flowers, her centu ries of fame, her skies and stars, her waving foliage and her glittering, murmuring streams. These language fails to bring back before us, nor can I review the music that pulsated with passionate glory tho hearts of her chiefs, and melted into song the voice of her daughters The harp is broken, (lust and cobwebs gather upon it. I will not strike its chords when the minstrel’s hand is cold, and its soul no longer throbs with melody. Nor shalld trespass on your patience with a history of St. Patrick, years after he quit earth and went upon a path sown with stars to Heaven. Our meeting here in honor of his memory Li more than eulogy. Feeling rises above cx -. Mill: f Fi< i sh the it!:. . station that i!i.-ro iko the whirlwiin ly Imre them to ;• Mr. Lochrane tie r, 1 fri ndship, shed it- de and tln-ir patriotism, would it .ley. 1 glory ill the ,-turm ed the in of their allegiance, that id,-\v off Elijah’s mantlu uppier home. ’ lautiiully wound up Ins lress on the day and all who honor it; with t happy and complimentary allusion to the Indies of Ireland, and “the girl he left he ld him,” he then remarked that An Irishman' lore though eapablo of division loin permits i i extension, mid this ■accounts for alway - making love " to those that are near." After the address, the associations retired to their respective quarters to spend the time so cially till the dinner hour.

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Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1844-1858, March 24, 1857, Image 1