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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH- ■ IVI-A-COIST, Gr^V.,
COUNCITj proceedings.
Council Chamber, l
Macon, (ill., Juno 11* j
K K(; 1! LA It M K KT1N (i.
Pro-lent—A. H. A ilains, M nvor,
Aid. Eindlnv. Flanders, Bloom, Johnston, Kite,
Slrohcoker, Wtnship.
Abe out—Aid. Bostick. , ,
The.minutes ol' the lust meeting wero read, and
confirm cd.
The Bridge Keeper reported tolls for tho week,
579 r>o
Thb Clark of Market reported fees for the week,
I .Ml.
The Onard Hotiso Keeper reported fees for the
week,54 73.
Tho committee to whom was referre d Mrs. Sulli
van's petition, report adverse to her petition, ns they
■TO not willing to grunt any privileges to Unperson
or persons that will interfere with nuy ordinances
respecting the fire limits.
Which was adopted. ,
TKe committee to whom was referred Win. B.
Joint.-Bin's petition, made their report, and after a
long debate the whole matter was referred buek,
nnd AM. Findlay and Flanders w ere added to tho
cominitteo.
The eommittco to whom was rcfeml tho petition of
C. Ahull,,eland amt II. Sogar to extend their front
fence on Xeve Street, recommend that with tie- a.
sent of tlie property holders on tho opposite square,
that, the application he granted, hy allow nig their
fences to he moved out 21 foot from tho present lot
lim—Provided they erect and keep up a good and
well graded side walk of 10 feet, with a row ofshado
trees outside of said walk, and koep tho south half of
said street in good passable condition for vehicle-:.—
This pri viler; e to be withdraws, whenever tho panics
fail to do tho necessary work, when reqtured hy
Council.
Which was adopted.
The F'inance committee reported in favor of the
following accounts, viz : Kamnr A Tracy, S IS : J. A.
Ralston, 509 00; J. H. Wilder 57 13; Thus. Knight,
525 90.
Tho following accounts were referred to the Fi
ns nee committi e. viai McCallie * Jones, 5-to 20, do
529 69; Macon Brass Band, 510 00; J. II. Nickels,
51.118 00.
On motion Aid. Johnston,
ltcsolvcd. That tho Street cominitteo ho author
ised to cominuo tho brick sewer now building on
Georgia Avenue, from its present contemplated ter
minus to tlie Alley betw*een Dr. Franklin and Isaac
Scott’s residences. Carried hy tho following vote :
Yeas—Winship, Flanders, Bloom, Johnston—1.
Kays—Fimllav, Klfo—5.
On motion Aid, Findlay,
Resolved, That his Honor tho Mayor inc rease tho
committee on City llall from three to five, and that
liis.Honor bo added in place of A14 Strohecker,
withdrawn. Aid. Fife and Bostick were added to
the committee.
On motion Aid. Johnston.
Hi s. .lved That Dr. M. 8. Thomson’s resignation as
Member of tho Board of Health, he accepted, and Mr.
J. DoLoach bo appointed to fill the vacancy.
Which was passed.
W. 8 Moore’s Petition for liccnso to retail Spirit
uous Liquors on lot 7, Suuth-weatcrnrange,
Which was granted.
On motion Aid. Johnston,
Hcsdved, That the time for giving in Tax lli turns
be extt tided to tho first of July, nnd all who fail to
make their returns at that time bo doubio taxed.
Which was passed.
Council then adjourned.
RICHARD CURD, C. C.
PJautution work Tor the Month of
JUNE.
Csntlnuo io plant com at all favorable opportu
nities, plow up deeply, a few acres after every rain,
and putting into tlie ground in tho best manner.—
- Wq have often made good crops after the “latter
rains” of Juno, but the sooner you plant now the
better. Corn and all other provision crops will
rule high this year. After the first hoeing, give
your com a top dressing of gypsum, ashes and
salt, 10 parts of the first, 4 of the second and 1 of
salt. It will bo of great benefit in a dry season,
nnd no injury at any time. Try it, if you can ob
tain the plaster. Work your corn as often as pos
sible, giving the roots a deep mellow bed in which
to extend themselves, and leaving the surface level
nnd well pulverized.
I’lanPplenty of cow yeas, using plaster os a top
drawing, after they are well up. It will act like
magic on lands deficient in lime. Plant also, the
Chinese prolific pea; which will yet give you a
good yield, with favorable “seasons.” Plant, also,
plenty of Pumpkins among your com, or in a sepa
rate patch. Milch cows nnd hogs relish them great
ly, and thoy aro quite fattening when boiled up
with meal or bran.
Cotton will need constant and unremitting atten
tion during the present mouth. Scrape and mould
tlie plant as soon as possible, keep tho weeds down,
and tlie ground in a state of fine tilth.
Sow, in the drill, in your richest land, large
quantitii*: of Chinese Sugar Cano and com for for
age. A farmer lias never too much rough Drou-n-
Ov< , J, I- iv. uvauug aa ,w ua lUV cluing tu
hay. Buckwheat should also bo sown, it docs best
on high sandy laud; excellent for meal as well as
forage; for the latter purpose, cut it when in flow
er and euro it as you do hay.
Sweet potatoes should bo transplanted now as
soon as possible. Dip the roots in a thick batter,
made by stirring line leaf mould and scrapings
from tho cow per. into water, set the plant pretty
deep, and shade the ground around them with a few
handfuls of leaves, and they will grow olT finely,
even in dry weather. Just before sundown is tlie
best time for this operation with draws.
Wheat, oats, and early com fodder (from the
drill) may now be cat and stacked up carefully on
a platform of rails raised several inches above the
ground; or, (which is still better) put under shel
ter immediately.—Southern Cultivator.
From tho Atlanta Examiner,
The State Fair.
Wc stated on yesterday that the Executive
Committee of onr State Fair; in other words,
the “Southern Central Agricultural Society; ’
had resolved to continue its annual meetings
in this city. We have now to announce that
the contract to that effect with our authorities
has been signed and sealed, nnd that thus all
doubt, and contention, as to the future meet
ings of this great enterprise in our State, arc
at an end. The laudable ambition of some of
our sister cities in the State, to have the Fair,
aud the liberality of propositions to that end,
arc commendable; but when it is known that a
contract has existed, toeffcctwhichonrcity has
been hcavily.taxed, no one will deny the justice
of tho conclusion to which the Executive Com
mittee has come. The fair grounds were ob
tained and improved at heavy cost, iuid with
the understanding that the Fair should be per
manent. Atlanta, therefore, is cuti Jed, by
contract, to it; Lift, in the absence of a con
tract, she is entitled to the Fair, on other im
posing grounds. She i> more sccemi*Dlo from
every point than any oilier city—decidedly
more so to the stock-raising region of our
own State, Alabama, mid of Tennessee—and
is itinerating tho Fair lias proved any thing
but promotivo of its interests, and n-s it was
found expedient to permanently locate it,
where other than in Atlanta, wo appeal to the
mechanical and agricultural interests of the
State, could it have been permanently located
and the great ends it has to accomplish, been
mare surely attained? Wo trust therefore
that the action of the Committee will be uni
versally approved.
Wc regret to learn that several of the Exc-
i alive, Cuininittee haverecent'y tendered tin ir
resignatinns—to wit, Col. J- Homier, Col. J.
S. Thomas, Dr. I* B- Mercer, W. J. Eve,
uml J. J. Gresham. Ksquircs, Two of these
vacancies have been idled by tlie election of
G- B. Ifaygood, Lstj., and Judge J. A, Hayden
of this. city.
Dr. James Cumnck, of Athens, stDl holds
the nl ice of Secretary, and L. C. Simpson,
Es<i., of this city, as Assistant Secretary. The
zeal mid ability displayed by these gentle
men in advancing the interests of the. Fair,
aro highly to be commended. Few can ap
preciate their labor, and the value of tlieir
services.
Tho old oflicers of the Society aro in the
main retained, and the most effective police
will bo secured to maintain order at its meet
ings.
'improvements of many kinds arc in contem
plation, and will be completed ere tlie 20tb of
Occtobcr next, the day fixed for the opening of
tho Fair.
In a short time, we shall publish tho Pre
mium List, to which an extensive circulation
will be given.
One other item, in connection with the Fair,
we take special pleasure in now referring to.
It is this, than an invitation will be extended
to all Southern Editors, with their families, to
visit tho !• air at its next annual meeting. This,
wc hope, will be responded to, by thou; pres
ence here in October next. Wc. and -our co-
temporaries of the city, will try to tnak e them
leel at home.
Tuesday Morning, June 16, 1857.
Col. Chappell’s Speech.
We are fortunate in being able to present
our readers to-day with an authentic report of
the bcatiful address of welcome to the Mem
phis Delegation, delivered hy Hon. A. II.
Chappxli» iu the spacious Kailway Station
House in this City, before that Delegation and
the thousands who had assembled to extend to it
a hearty greeting. The Speech wns most elo
quently delivered, and is well worthy of peru
sal and record, not alone on account of its
intrinsic beauty and appropriateness, but also
because it is a faithful though rapid review of
the History of Macon as connected with the
great Knilroad enterprises of Georgia. It is
a history of which she may well be proud and
content to transmit to posterity through the
lips of her able Representative on the occasion
alluded to.
The reply of Mayor Douglas, so far as we
heard it, was singularly felicitous and'appropri-
atc, and wc arc indebted to a literary friend
whose official attitude on this occasion placed
him nearer the speaker, for the brief synopsis
which follows Col. Chappell’s Address.
We arc requested to call attention to tlie
advertisement, in another column, of I’ugli’s Da
guerrean Gallery.
Connection witlt the Gulf.
We invite particular attention to the communi
cation from Tallahassee. It is from the pen of a
gentleman holding high, social and official position;
and its suggestions will bo found well worthy of
study and reflection.
The African Repository
For June, takes, as wc observe, among other
papers, the Georgia Telegraph to task for cer
tain remarks upon the case of “Jeff” made
some weeks ago. Tho Repository contends
that Liberia lias furnished no illustrations of
the incapacity of the negro race for self-gov
ernment. If wc had time to collect and au
thenticate facts, wc would fearlessly take issue
with the Repository upon that point; but wc
have too much on our hands of other matters
The case of “ Jeff,” the Repository repudiates
as an illustration, on the ground that he was
of a “ family remarkable for their indolence 1
gluttony, and absolute avorsion to labor,” and
tho mortality iu the family, if not caused by
this, was, at all events, an unusual and extra
ordinary mortality. •
Secession of tlie Southern New
SCHOOL PRESBYTERIANS.
A long address from the Southern members
of tho late New School General Assembly in
Cleveland seceding from that jurisdiction, is
crowded out to-day and will appear in our
next. It is a step which sbonld have been
token long ago. The purgation of the Old
School from tho disorganizing elements which
compose in a great part the New, has been at
tended with the happiest results. The strange
jumblo of party politics aud religion fashiona
ble in Northern ecclesiastical bodies is conso
nant with neither Scripture, nor good taste
and good sense.
Talbot County.
We publish to-day the proceedings of a meeting
in Talbot which recommends the 1st July, but we
learn the delegates have since acquiesced in the
22d instant. Wc are convinced the 22d unites the
most voices in the District, and therefore, still re
commend it. That day is NEXT MONDAY.
Latest from Europe.
Tho Vanderbilt arrived in New York on Sunday
IOSI Wltn amt uajii Mtvi lut^uigvuvc. oaio lit
cotton 17,000 bales, with a firm and steady market.
Money cosier and Consols at 94.
The Young Men’s Christian ASSOCI
ATION.
Wc bad the pleasure of listening to an ad
dress delivered before this Association, at the
Raptist Church, on last Sabbath evening, by
lion. E. A. Ncsbit of Macon Geo. Wo bail
beard Judge Nesbit spoken of as a fine aud
accomplished speaker, and were prepared to
appreciate his address. Ilis positions were
strong and to the point—bis advice, sound and
wholesome and applied with warmth and vig-
Wo were more particularly struck with
his “men by the catalogue.” It was a happy
thought, and wc cannot but believe, it will have
the effect its author desired. The nudienco
was large and attentive, notwithstanding the
oppressive heat. By the way, could not our
Baptist friends adopt some plan by which more
air could bo bad on tlio subject; one gentle
man asserted to us that he was' molting down
into bis boots. Wc hope this is but the bc-
giuing of good tilings in store for our citizens,
by this association.— Coiner Stone.
What, friend Bethunc, will you have “ our
citizens” moulded into tallow candles, and then
add insult to injury by pronouncing it "a good
thing1"
Lntcr from the Pacific.
ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGE LAW.
N»:w York, June 12.—ThcstcamshipGeorgc
Law has arrived from the Isthmus, with near
ly two millions of specie.
J There w.o3 great excitement in California,
growing out of the execution of Crabbo and
his associates.
New Granada has determined not to accede
to tho demands of the United States touching
the Panama riots.
There is nothing new by this arrival from
Nicaragua.
The revolution in Peru had been suppressed,
and the insurgent fleet surrendered into the
bands of the Government.
of an Effort to Liberate a
“ Citizen of New York
HELD IN UNLAWFUL BONDAGE!”
Tho attentive newspaper reader will recollect
that some months ago, shortly after the present
Black Republican Governor of New York assumed
tlie reins of power, a very startling telegraphic dis
patch was published in the Southern papers, to the
effect that tlie Governor of New York hail de
manded of the Governor of Georgia the surrender
of one Henry Dixon, a citizen of New York, un
lawfully held in bondage hy James Dean, of Ma
con. Whetiier any proceedings, or what proceed
ings, if any, were actually had to give color or ori
gin to this statement, we will not undertake to say.
It was, however, inferred at once that his Excel
lency of New York had only been too eager to
seize an occasion for the display of Us devotion to
that very “peculiar” opinion which had called
Black Republicanism into existence aud placed him
in tlie Executive Chair.
As to Dixon’s enslavement and Dean’s ]
sion of him, the facts, ire understand, are these
Dixon was bom in Michigan—subsequently emi
grated to New York, and thcncc fo Maryland, where
for some misconduct, ho was indicted, tried, con
victed and sold under order of Court. After sun
dry transfers he came at last into tho lawful pos
session of Mr. James Dean who know nothing at
the time of his previous history and bought him as
slave, which, wc presume, ho still is and remains
by tho order of tho Court before mentioned. Dix
ou claims to have been born in England, but tilts
we arc informed by those who have questioned hint
is extremely problematical.
It is to the facts in relation to the efforts of New
York philanthropy for the rescue of this unhappy
citizen of the Empire State, suffering under alleged
unlawful servitude and the result of those efforts,
to which wo wish to call attention. Wc congratu
late New York free-soil and free-negro philanthro
py on tho result of their pains-taking! Will the
Tribune give the world a chapter on a negro “edu
cated for freedom” aud among freemen, but who
nevertheless will not be free!
Some two years ago the case of Dixon was
presented to the Governor of New York, from Ro
chester, by Ashley Sampson and others, and there,
upon an agent was dispatched to Macon to inquire
into the facts nnd redress the wrongs of this child
of freedom. The agent came out here, and after
some fruitless inquiries, intrusted the case to Messrs.
Poe & Grier, Attorneys, of Macon. The latter
opened a negotiation With Mr. Dean, who, in due
consideration of all the facts, agreed to accept a
sum much below the value of the negro, to wit
some six or seven hundred dollars. Information
was then forwarded to tlie parties in New York,
who went about to raise the money, but it scents
to hare been scarce, and in the meantime with the
accession of Gov. King and the flood tide of Black
Republicanism in New York, a purpose was con
ceived of obtaining i possession of Dixon without
any indemnity to Mr. Dean whatever. This, how
ever, seems afterwards to have been abandoned—
tho funds were raised, and Messrs. Poc & Grier in
structcd to proceed at once to tender the glorious
boon of freedom to the captive exile from home
and liberty. Mr. Dean being notified, brought
Dixon to town in his buggy and formally deliver
ed him to Messrs. Poc & Grier. The enslaved Dix
on was duly and carefully informed of all the pro
ceedings which had resulted in Ills glorious eman
cipation. Of course he shouted and wept-rsung
and danced by turns, and thanked his God and bis
New York deliverers in a voice choked with all that
rush of emotions of a soul bom in freedom and
recovering it after a lapse of long years of weary
bondage. Of course lie did!
But however consistent such demonstrations
might have been with a Black Bepublican pro
gramme, tlie truth must be told. Dixon did no
such thing. On the contrary, he looked blank, disap
pointed and dumbfounded. lie resolutely refused
to be free—to leave his master—to-leave Georgia
and go to New York. lie said Mr. Dean was ycry
kind, and that he himself was as free now as he
New York the interest of those people in him would
cease the moment he was free, and he should have a
harder time iu getting along there than in Georgia;
whereas iu Mr. Dean be had a friend and protector
who would not permit him to suffer. Mr. Grier re
minded hint that Mr. Dean might die and he would
then fall into other hands, but Dixon replied he
would rather risk it than to go to New York. In
short, although throughout a long private interview
with the counsel, the case was presented to him in
every possible shape—though told that he was a
slave no longer if he but said the word—that he
belonged to himself and that Mr. Grier would see
bis passage paid to New York and sec him off,
Ilenrv Dixon, we repeat, would not say the word—
would not belong to himself—would not go to New
York and would stay with “Mas Jim.” “Conse-
ketts o’vich ” Messrs. Poc & Grier have written to
Ashley Sampson and Company for further instruc
tions. Are they to “ Kidnap” Henry Dixon and
“ restore him to freedom ? ”
Will the Independent—tho Tribune—Henry Ward
Beecher—Chcover—tho Rochester Knockers and
Abolitionists—Undo Tom—Aunt Beecher Stowe
and Little Topsoy give U3 their views upon this
subject?
Ttac Weather, Crops, etc.
Mid-summer lias set in, in real good earnest.
After this no one, however cold blooded, will
complain of the “ cool.days for tho season.”—
Upon Snnday, Monday and Tuesday, the
weather was oppressively warm, the Thermom
eter showing the Mercury at 1)2 deg. Cotton
which has been lagging behind, and was threat
ened with lice, from the cool mornings and
evenings, will recover and will begin to grow
and encourage the planter to hope at least for
an half way harvest. The corn needs rain and
though not suffering badlyyct, will be wonder
fully bcncflttcd by u heavy shower or two ; so
far, the best possible prospects have failed;
and wc are, as for the past days, dry and dus
ty.—Albany Patriot.
Hon. Ilowell Cobb has accepted an invita
tion from his relatives in Greenville, N. C., to
visit them on the 24th of June, (the occa sion of
the deification of St. John’s College, in 0 xford,)
provided his business will permit hint to leave
Washington at that time.
Colonel Crabbc, when massacred in Sonora,
was led out alone, nnd his hands were tied to
a post above his head. Ilis body was pierced
with a hundred bullets.
Secretary Floyd has left Washington on a
brief visit to Virginia. W. R. Drinkard lias
been appointed acting Secretary of War du
ring the absence of that gentleman.
In August tlie people of Iowa arc to vote on
the question of allowing frcc'colorcd persons to
vote in the clcctious on the same terms as white
men.
Clarke, Republican, has been elected by tlie
Legislature of New Hampshire U. S. Senator,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of
the Hon. — Bell.
New York, June 12.—Cotton market is firm.
Sales to-day of 2000 bales. Western Flour
>7.85. Wheat scarce. Com, mixed, 90;
yellow, $1; white, $1.01. Spirits of turpen
tine-17c. Freights heavy. Other articles un
changed.
New York, June 13.—Cotton buoyant—
sales to-day 5000 hales at 1 a j cent advance.
Middling Orleans 14.1c; middling uplands 14c.
Flour dull; wheat scarce; com heavy; rice
declined Jc. Freights heavy.
Tin: Military Encashment.—We learn that
lot of our Volunteer Companies have declined
accept the Governor’s invitation to the Military
Encampment at MiUedgovillo, during the ensuing
tii. The excessive heat of the season would
make it very unsafe for men accustomed, as most
in are, to in-door life, to venture upon a plea-
n encampment of several days. While our mil-
itary are ever ready to respond to a call of neces
sity, without regard to the weather, they are not
disposed to run such serious ri-k.s for the mere
creation of a display.—Sue. It,),.
Great Male or Coffee.
Ne w Orleans, June 13.—The greatest sale
of coffee ever known was made in this city to
day. to wit: twenty-nine thousand six hun
dred and fifty-six sacks. Lousdale sold twen
ty-nine thousand one hundred aud fifty-six
sacks, including one lot of tweuty-seveu thou
sand) for export to Europe.
Things in Nicaragua.
The old difficulties between the different
provinces of Central America seem to be ac
quiring fresh force and influence since the
capitulation of Walker.
Costa Rica wishes to dismember Nicaragua
on one side, Guatemala on the other, cither
with or without the Martinez or the Jerez fac
tion; one called tho servile or aristocratic
party, the other constituting that portion of
tho so-called democratic party which went
with Walker. These parties have been eager
ly Lidding for American oflicers, surgeons and
men, and as high as $30 per month was offer
ed for men. Thcro arc some three or four
hundred of Walker’s men in Costa Rica, be
sides tho 240 who surrendered last at Rivas
Many of them were enlisting in the Costa
Rican army. Others were being gathered to
gether at San Jose dq Costa Rica, to basentto
Grcytown by way of the Scrapiqui river.
Some say that they go to take up lands, by
permission of Costa Rica, on tlie Scrapiqui.
And yet those who accept the solicitation of
these factions, aud unite with the friends of
liberal principles, arc stigmatized as outlaws
and professed republicans rejoice when they
arc defeated.—Augusta Dispatch.
“Owe More U.tfortunate.”—The body
of a young female, apparently about 20 years
of age, was found floating in tlie water near
Coney Island, ou Saturday evening. She was
dressed in a striped basque, bad a fancy rigo-
lette on her bead, and was otherwise well dres
sed. The Coroner held an inquest, and the
usual verdict was returned—"Found Drown
ed.” And I thereby hangs a table ! This is
the sixth body found in that vicinity within a
week!
Kansas aud Gov. Walker's Address
This Kansas Territory appears to he pretty much
of a pons nssinorum to politicians. Rccdor and
Shannon made themselves noodles in a very short
time. Geary raised hopes high only to dash them
more effectually in tho fall, niul wc have yet to see
the wisdom and fairness of Gov. Walker’s first otti-
cial step in that Territory.
Let us, however, premise a word or two. And,
first, the Telegraph never had ft hope that Kan>a>
would settle down permanently into a slave State.
Kansas orators in the South, we know, have cxei-
ted different anticipations; hut from testimony of
disinterested parties, since the first rush of emigra
tion there, it has been at tho rate of one settler
from the slave to about five from the non-slavc-
holding States. The apparent force of tho South
there his been a moral more than a numcrica
force. The character and behavior of the frcc-soii
exportations was such as to bring their whole cause
and party into discredit, and number with tho
Southern party for the general purposes of law and
order many of tho Northern settlers themselves.
If frec-soilism in Kansas had set out to shape its
action so as to defeat its avowed end it could hard
ly have done worse; and there is more in tho story
that Greeley, Seward & Co. arc in favor of a tempo
rary slaveholding organization in Kansas, for party
effect ia tho North—much more, than most people
credit.
Again, wo givo no weight whatever to tho oppo
sition expressed in some quarters, to Kansas tak
ing a direct voto upon tho adoption of her con
stitution after it 13 framed. This is tho usual, pro
per and fair course. If a people aro not to have
direct vote upon their organic law, what should
they have a voto upon? And can any reasonable
man suppose that an organic law can long remain
such unless it is an embodiment of the will of tho
people ? Pray what would be gained by surprising
Kansas into a slave State ? Wo answer, a positive
loss! for as soon as sho became a State, reaction
would ensuennd run to frec-soil extreme. Unless you
abolish free suffrage aud tho ballot box we know
no way "of maintaining a constitution against tho
will of tie people. This is not a caso admitting ■
strategy Dr tactics. It calls only for a free poll
and fair return. But the abstract propriety
such sulznission is one thing, nnd tlie volunteer
dogmatical assurance of Walker that Congress
would n«t admit the State unless such a vote upon
tlie Constitution bad been- taken, is quite another.
It was, ii our judgment, none of his business to
speak for Congress or to dictate terms in its behalf
to the Kansas voters.
Once taore: All the talk and outcry about squat
ter sovereignty is practically, in our judgment, of
no accouit. We have heard cases of hardship and
unfairaesi supposed and imagined for the illustra
tion find point of a stump speech—but practically
they will sever occur; nor will the American mas
ses in their adoption and sanction of the great prin
ciplo of self-government in the Territories have
much respect for hair-splitting distinctions and
fine spun theories. They can understand that in
tho formation of a State Constitution this slavery
question and all matters municipal, are to be set
tled and derided by the Territorial voters under
act of Congress sanctioning a State organization
and that trill be titeir practice, no matter how poli
ticians may theorize and refine about squatter sov
ereignty. These powers and duties are now at
last finally and forever devolved upon tlie pcoplo
of the Territories, alike by the consent of the peo
ple of the United States and the action of every
branch of the government, and they will be inter
preted in a fair aud common sense manner. It
the simple duty of the Government to maintain law
and order in tho Territories until their population
entities them to become States, and then to provide
for a fair and just expression of the popular will
in the formation of a State organization.
Now it struck us, in the outset of Gov. Walker’s
inaugural address, that he had mistaken his position
and that of the Government in Kansas. He speaks
of himself in the very first paragraph, as solicited
by the President with, the cordial concurrence of
IIIa ... J—l.t.. It- —Hi—- J —C -1.-1
momentous [slavery] question” in Kansas—an un
dertaking which he could not consistently decline
It is true that subsequently his exhortations seem to
imply a convictioq that a material part of the per
formance belongs to the people of Kansas; but,
after all, there is, running through the whole of this
extremely didactic, dogmatic and protracted docu
ment, an evident senso of personal responsibility
not only as to the fact, but also tlie manner of set
tlement. He argues' from altitude and latitude
that Kansas cannot be a slave State and puts the
pro-slavery party there in a geographical wrong at
once; and he takes up five mortal columns in de
tailing minutely, from shoe-string to top-knot, how
a new Slate should be fitted out and ushered into
politicaprxistence. It is the most complete sum
mary of the “whole duty of a young State” which
has ever yet been submitted to the public, and wc
are actually pained that any one man should labor
under such a distressing and awful weight of perso
nal responsibility. The only relief is the manifest
conviction of Gov. Walker, apparent in every line,
that great as is the responsibility, ho is amply able to
meet and discharge it. It is an aggravated case of
big-head.
Now contrast this long-winded, conceited and
dogmatic attempt, by a mere agent of the Federal
Government, to dictate to the pcoplo of Kansas
how they should organize a State, with the plain
duty of the government in the premises, under the
system of popular sovereignty. Her part is one of
rigid neutrality as between contending parties. It
is simply none of her business, whether the pcoplo
choose to make a slave or non-3lavo State. That
is a matter for them alone to decide, and her part
is only to see that they have an opportunity to de
cide it and do decide it. And as to all the rest of
Walker’s directions about schools, taxes, public
lands, railroads, and so on, they may be good
enough, but are purely” gratuitous, since tho solo
and simple business of the General Government,
as the agent of the States in admitting Kansas, is
to see that her constitution is Republican and in
harmony with the Constitution of tho United States.
The South has cause of complaint about Governor
Walker’s oflicioas interference with tho pcoplo nnd
affairs of Kansas.
We learn from Captain Brightman, of the sclir.
Golden Roil, which arrived here yesterday, in
three and a half days from Santa Cruz, via Ha
vana, that the weather at the latter place is very
warm and dry, although the health is better for
this season of the year than it Inns ever been known.
There were a great many vessels in port, which
were clearing every day in ballast, owing to the
still advancing prices of’eugar,—Sue. Ji<p.
The Mormon Empire.
Brigham Young is said to have within his
jurisdiction 20,000 fighting men, armed and
equipped, who are bound to fight for the Mor
mon Church till the last man lias expired.
Tho population of Utah is estimated at 100,
000; besides which there arc 200,000 adherents
of Monnonism in adjoining States and Terri
tories, according to Judge Hammond. The
entire community of Utah is Mormon, thorough
ly so—actuated entirely by the will Brigham.
They arc mostly Englishmen or Europeans,
and very few of them naturalized and never
probably' will be. as they have no affection for
the institutions of this country.
The tillable portion of the soil in the Terri
tory is supposed to be capable of sustaining a
population of two millions, and every foot of it
is susceptible of cultivation. All accounts rep
resent tho soil as exceedingly fertile aud pro
ductive.—Baltimore American.
A New Cotton Gin.
■ Wc witnessed yesterday’ the performance of
a new Sea Island Cotton Gin, which lias jtist-
been perfected and patented by James B. Mcll.
Esq., a native of this city. Tlie advantages
claimed by him are, first a freedom from clog
ging. which we saw fully tested by throwing
several handfulls of the giuucd cotton into the
rollers, when it passed through without caus
ing the slighest difficulty. Second—having
cast-steel rollers no time is lost in putting in
new ones, as they will last ten years, and not
cost a cent for repaiis. Third—this gin will
do nearly double the work of an ordinary gin.
Mr. Mcll is positive that lie can gin GOO pounds
per day. Fourth—the Cotton comes from the
gin just as it went it, minus the seed—the sta
ple not injured a particle.
A good gin is much wanted by tlie planters
of long staple Cotton, and wc think Mr. Mcll
has supplied it. We can sec nothing to pre
vent its success, aud as the cost will probably
not exceed $150, it will he in the. power of
cyery planter to get oac<—Hav- Itep.
Iloii/aA. H. Chappell’s Address of
Welcome lollie Memphis Delega
tion, with a Sketch of the Re
sponse of Mayor Douglas.
Mr. Mayor uml Gentlemen, and you most
especially, our fair friends from the Jar and
beautiful U r est.
Ill behalf of the Mnyor and Council and wliolo peo
ple of Macon, wo bid you a hoartwarm welcoino to
our citya city, wo know, not comparable to those
you have so recently visited in tho prestige which
■IRC, population, wealth and commerce have combin
ed to throw around them; but, nevertheless, a city,
ire fondly flatter ourselves, not wholly lacking in
strong and attractive points of interest, whether ire
look to her past history,her present state or her future
prospects. Liko your own great and growing Mem
phis, Macon is yot a very young city. Her existence
dates back only somo thirty odd years. Thcro aro
nota few now around you and before you whotrodo
this very spot oro tho primeval forest with which n
taro adorned it had as yet given way beforo tho bar.
inroads of civilization.
Macon, Gentlomen, owed her original growth and
success as a copimercial place, to the felicity of her
position at tho head of navigation on tho western
most river that drains tho uplands of tho South into
tho Atlantic Ocean. For a series of years an ex
tensive and fertilo region around her, newly gained
from the savago and subjected to the plow, fed the
young and thrifty city with a flourishing waggon
trade; whilst tho only conduit between that trade
and tliesea was tho Ocmulgoo river with its always
indifferent aud often suspended navigation. Still
Macon grow and prospered, keeping pace witli tho
development of tho surrounding country which nn
turo had mado dependent on her for a Market,—yes
so rapidly did'sho grow nnd advance not only
business, in population and resources, but also
high ompriso and a large and enlightened public
spirit, that when tho glorious genius of Internal Im
provements began, somowhat more than twenty years
ago, powerfully to stir and impregn tho public mind
of Georgia and to fire it with grand and benign aspira
tions and desires, Macon rushed forward at once with
her utmost moans and ondeavors to tho support,—
tho earnest practical support of that groat cAuse.
While yet in the soft gristlo of her infancy,—in the
tondercst teens of her young life-sho hesitated not to
subscribe, and pay, in her corporate character,
round quarter of million of dollars towards the con
struction of the splendid Rail way, which has this
morning borno you from tho seaboard to tho centre
of Georgia—an 190 miles in eight hours—and soon
afterwards sho again contributed largely to the
building of that other fine Railroad, which will to
morrow bear you yet another hundred miles on your
homeward way. Macon is yet farther identified with
tho Railroad history of the country hy another most
interesting circumstance. Here, in this very city, sat
on the first Monday in November, 1536, tho most
memorable and important Railroad convention ever
assembled in Georgia—an assemblage, the first
thought of which was conceived and the final rcso.
lution to summon which was taken on Tennessoe
soil. It was there, on that soil at the great Knox
ville Railroad Convention of July, 1636, in which nino
States.of tho South and West were represented by
their ablest and moat patriotic men, that tho dole
gatos from Georgia, iu their separate deliberations,
concocted the scheme of tho construction by tho
State, of the great work which now bears the namo
of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. And having
so concocted it, they then and there pet forth an
earnest and united call npon tho wholo people of
Georgia, to assemble at Macon, by their delegates
from all parts of tho State, on the first Monday of the
ensuing November, for tho purpose of deliberating
on this schcmo, to the end that all sections and in
tercsts of the State might be united in its support
and in carrying through the Legislature the neces
sary measures for its effectuation aa a State work.
With alacrity and enthusiasm tho call was heard
heeded and responded to tbrougbont Georgia,—aud
from her mountains to her sea-hoard, and all her in-
tervening uplands and lowlands the peoplo.sent thoir
men of weight, and wisdom, and patriotic zeal, aud
high Georgian pride and ambition to represent them,
to plan for them, and to pledge them in tho Macon
Railroad convention. It met. I well remember that
among the distinguished lamented dead, a Berrien,
a Clayton, a Spaulding, a Glascock were there. It
deliberated, it settled the great plan with ita full de
tails.—It laid and urged that plan before the legisla
ture, supported by arguments and appeals fall of no
bio logic and high inspiration. Its labours were
its views and carried them ont by the needful enact
ments and appropriations.—And it now stands an
immutable record of history that to tho action, the
resolves and the influence) of that Macon Railroad
Convention of November, 1536, the South and Wes t
aro directly indebted for tho construction by Geor
gia of her great Stato Road—a work too great and
costly to have been over built or undertaken, oven
to this day, except by the State—a work without
which our whole Railroad system in Georgia would
have remaiued, to a very groat extent, a mutilation
and a failure; without which your noble lines of
Railway in Tonncssee, Mr. Mayor, could never hav
been even begun,—hut a work which, being onco
constructed, naturally and almost irresistibly, Sir,
led to tho construction of yonr great Tennessee lines
by guaranteeing infallibly theirpucccss: whilst to all
our corporation rail ways in Georgia this great
Trunk road, connecting all of them with the Tcnnes
see river and through that river with your ewn
mighty Mississippi, was indispensable both as a
climax of perfection and a medium of profit and
prosperity to the whole system.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, the times when our
Railroad enterprises in Georgia were still on hand
and struggling hoavily a gainst'difficulties and dis
couragements of the most formidable character,—
and oftentimes, as it then soemed, against fate itself,
vAro no halcyon days to tho friends of Internal Im
provement in our midst. On the contrary, thoy were
days of painful, anxious, harrassing, protracted ef
fort and suspenso. For full woll wo knew what vast
results hung on our triumphant consummation of the
stupendous task we had taken upon ourselves.—Full
well wo knew and estimated the disaster and discred
it which tho recoil and failnro of tho great things wc
had undertaken would bring down upon us.—We
know full well what nature had done for Georgia;
that sho had given to her the geographical route, tho
practical pathway for tho great and greatly needed
connection between the Southern Atlantic and the
Mississippi valley—and wo knew and felt that it was
our mission, our duty to oursolvcs and onr country'
men of the South and West to open that pathway, to
realize that route; and wo deeply felt that if we fal
torod and failed in so doing, wo should stand forth in
our own eyes and beforo all tho world as a pooplo
unworthy of tho pre-eminent advantages of their
geographical position, and as a pcoplo untrne and
recreant to tho great interests, the honor, tho gran
deur and tho enduring destiny alike of Georgia and
her adjacent lister States.
Bnt wo faltered not, we failed not; wo finished tho
mighty work which it was ours to do for tho present
and all coming generations,—for our own and all sur
rounding peoples. But cro wc finished it, a glorious
spectacle presented itsolf.—Tho spirit that had ani
mated and sustained-us in our Herculean toils had
passed beyond onr borders. It had passed into Ten
nessee's heroic, all daring, indomitable nature, and
there displayed itself in sublimer developments than
it had over realized with us. Wo had overcorao hills
and vallies and plains —She, taking up tho work
when wo laid it down, assaulted tho mountains them
selves and scaled and conquered the eternal Alloghn-
nics with the proinptitudo and seeming caso of a
young giantess at her pastime.—To reach tho Ton-
ncasco River and there reposo upon our laurels satis
fied our modest ambition.—She, disdaining that a
mere vassal, tributary stream should set limits to her
career, paused not till her unconqueralilo footsteps
wore planted on tho very brink of tho sovereign riv
er, tho groat Father of Waters.—Having triumphant
ly mado this achievement, wo find her in another di
rection, still engaged in her favorito occupation ot
battling victoriously with mountain obstacles, and
ero long wo shall behold her preparing for and shall
rejoice to join with her in another grand celebration,
in colobrating another glorious consummation of hers
—tlie consummation of her Eastern line of Rail way,
connecting herself, connecting Georgia, connecting
tho Carotin as, connecting nil tho younger South, by
bold mountain route, with old Virginia's classic
horns.
But enough! words aro poor and feeble in presence
of tho wondrous facts which aro before us and a-
round us. We, tho people of tho West nnd South,
stand to-day bound together by new and stronger
ties than ever beforo.—Augusta, Charleston, Savan
nah, Macon, Atlanta, all Georgia, all South Carolina,
aU Florida, all Eastern and Northern Alabama are
now united with Memphis and with tho Mississippi
vor by an ever-during channel of intercourse and
bond of Union which continual use shall keep al
ways bright and open, Henceforth wo aro no long-
strangers, but neighbors and fraternal communi
ties.—Wo of the South wifi rejoice to cultivate friend- (
ship and intimacy with that noble West which you
have taught us to know, to admire and esteem with
an intensified sentiment. You, we trust, will long
lookback, as we shall ever do, to this your flying
visit to us with pleasure and with many a wish that
it may not be your last.
But your pro- m-e, your
participation, fair daughters ot* tlm West, in this
festive Southern tour is the most delightful circum
stance of all.—No language can duly express tho
fine, high-soulod joy nnd gratification with which it
has inspired us. With all iho ardour of warraSouth-
ern hearts, with all the chivalry of true Southern
souls, we bow before you in homage,—wo thank you.
You have made an indelible impression upon us and
you will carry away withy-ou our admiration aud our
hearts.—Heaven over he kind and partial to you and
preserve and speed you in your rapid homeward
journey! And Heaven speed and prosper, also, we
pray, tho gallant sons of Georgia whenever, in all
future time, they shall go, as oft they will, on West
ern pilgrimages of tho heart to prostrate themselves
as suppliant votaries at tho sacred shrino of Western
loveliness nnd beauty!
REPLY OF MAYOR DOUGLASS.
Having no report of tho responso of Col. Douglass,
wo aro enabled to give only an outline sketch of it,
remarking that it was genial, appropriate and hap
pily delivered.
Ho said that ho was highly gratified as the head
of the delegation which lie had the honor to repre
sent, to acknowledge in their, behalf, tho kindly
greetings and tho liberal hospitality of tho Pcoplo
of Georgia. Ho was peculiarly delighted at meetin
the citizeus of Macon, for ho was not altogether a
stranger to thorn. Ho saw around him many fami
liar faces. Long before the completion of tho lines
of Railroads which now unite tho States of Georgia
and Tennessoe, I10 traversed the hills and valleys of
his own Slate, and came to Macon, not to partake in a
Railroad festival, hut in pursuit of an object person
al to himself. Then it was that he first experienced
the hospitality of her citizens—was cordially taken
hy the hand, nnd here it was that he had found one
whoso feeliugs were in harmony with iiis own and
and with whom he was happily united for life. He
spoko of tho generous rivalry of tho two States in
works of internal improvement—in building np ci
ties and opening new channels of trade-referred to tho
vast aids which railroads afford to social intercourse
by the mingling and fusion of tho peopio of tho
States and by reciprocal good oflices, remarking
that if Georgia afforded tlie fairest of tho fair. Ten
ncsseo could yield tho enterprising and the brave
Of thissocial rivalry he was sure no body would com
plain, and if tho sons of Tennessee came to Georgia
to win wives or (pleasantly) perchance to steal them
neither Stato would bo damaged thereby. Without
disparaging the beauty of tho daughters of Tonne
soe, famed as that was throughout tho world, be was
compelled to admit that ho saw around him the fair
est of God's creation. Tho speaker then in strains
of earuest eloquence depicted tho growing wealth
population and commerce of his own city of Mem
phis, anticipating for it a glorious future—tile hound
less resources of tho great valley of tho Mississippi—
tho great advantages to tho Atlantic States aud to
tho West, of tho completion of the lino from Charles
ton and Savannah to tho Mississippi—sketched ra
pidly tho progress of Railroads iu Tenncsseo and
conceded that .they had been stimulated to exer
tion, by the enterprise and energy of Georgia, and
claiming for her that sho would still go forward un
til all her resources of commerco and agriculture
were fully developed He In a kindly way said that
Georgia had once como to Tennesseo asking leave to
build a Rood on her Territory, and he did uot think
that tho sovereignty of tho 8tato which asked or
that which granted the favor was in the least impair
ed. It was a noble achievement to connect Charles
ton with Memphis and well worthy of festival and
congratulation, hut at no distant day, wo would be
called to celebrato a fir greater work, the com
pletion of a line of Roads ono terminus ot which
would rost on the Atlantic and tho other on tho Pa
cific shore.
Again returning thanks for tho welcome of the au
thorities and People of Macon, tho Ilonorablo gen-
mau took his seat amid the plaudits of tho multitude.
.Hoiitgoincrj
tl»e Yolu nt r^
VISIT. a,e *fy
SIosTaoMtr.r,j u - .
Dear J.—The festivities of the week
and where on yesterday aminatien uJ***‘«
enthroned twin deities, to-day h l on ,.] v ‘j
silence holds undisputed sway. Th e j, ^ ,:1
whh-h have varied the monotomy „ f ^ ',
have vanished, and even as tho hUtoriJ '
from the records of the past all worthy *r
and paints upon tlio imperishable oanva,-^ '' •*■
of by gone-day, so will I in myhumblTnx ' 1
member:ng with vividness tho pHiimiu , ‘-h
'* °‘ k
mediate past, attempt for your
°“joymoct ti.
ofthos scenes which havs recently been tc
of unmingled joy.
On Tuesday morning last, the 2nd iast .
tho Columbus train hrnu.-ht tn ... „ h»J
[For tho Georgia Telegraph.]
Tallahassee, June 13, 1857.
Mr. Editor: Macon occupies a more command,
ing position for a connection with the Gnif of
Mexico, and to control the great interior trade and
travel from the North to Cuba, Central America,
xnmun*,—rvraimw?pc«?.anirv/aiuornia tuan any in-
tcrior town of tho South. It is fully as near to
the Gulf (by a very few miles of it) as Montgomery,
is nearer to the North nnd in the direct line of tra
vel. Add your proposed Warrcnton, Millodgcville
and Macon road to the road •through Southwest
Georgia, Amcricus, Oglethorpe, Albany and Bain-
bridge, and thence direct to the Gulf at Tallahas-
secj White Bluff, Apalachicola or St. Andrew^
Bay, and you will sec the position of Macon; what
is more, Georgia, true to herself, sustaining and
building up her own interests, not transferring her
enterprise, capital and wealth out of her own State.
Almost within her own border she has all that she
can get elsewhere, and fully as near. Macon
is a little upwards of 200 miles to the Gulf, ono
hundred is already occupied by a railroad; in fact
there now wants but 45 miles railroad between
Bainbridgc and Albany to givo her a communica
tion by railroad and steamboat with New Orleans
by the way of Apalachicola. The staging of 45
miles between these two places, Bainbridge and Al
bany, is so agreeable a change and relief from rail
road travel, being over the best natural road in the
world that may be passed in the day time, and at
the rate of 10 miles per hour if required, by all
odds preferable tolhc miserable road of 170 miles
from Montgomery to Mobile. To facilitate this
communication, there should be daily instead of
tri-weekly stages to Bainbridge, daily steamers to
Apalachicola, and more steamers fromlhia latter
place to New Orleans. There is now a steamboat
twice a month from Albany to New Orleans, and
another steamer will be on the route in tho busi
ness season so as to give, probably, a weekly com
munication. If this point on the Gulf is objec
tionable there are others equally near—St. Marks,
White Bluff, and St. Andrews Bay. Even Colum-
but is interested in this as in low water she may
get by railroad freight ordered by tho River.
To ensure all this there must bo action, prompt
and decided. Savannah with an energy almost
superhuman, creditable to tho patriotism and pub
lic spirit of her people, from a depressed treasury,
has appropriated $1,000,000, and the State a furth
er million to effect this same object. Montgomery
is building her road to Pensacola—pressing forward
with unabated zeal. Mobile and New Orleans see
ing tlie great West in tlie distance and to place
themselves beyond the-accidents of low rivers, are
pressing railroads to tlie Ohio. Macon and the
South-western Rond is in advance of them, having
but about one hundred miles of railroad to attain
the same great object and end. Now is the time
and with union between South-west Georgia and
Northern Georgia all this may be accomplished.—
Time will efl'ect it. South-west Georgia is the gar
den spot of the State—superior in soil, in climate,
in health, and will be in a few years in population
and wealth to any other part of the State. Her
career may bo impeded, retarded and delayed,
—may not bo prevented nor defeated. T.
The lust Dodge to sell Heady-made
CLOTHING.
The Baltimore Weekly Despatch says sonic
of the clothing dealers_ on Central -Market
Space have a way of securing sales oecasion-
lly, which savors strongly of rascality and
the drop-game. Thoy place in the coat pocket
an old pormonnaic stuffed with paper; a cust
omer comes along inquiring for a vestment.
The dealer if judges his customer to be of the
right stripe, after essaying several coats, at
last says :—“Hero is a coat made for a gentle
man, he wore it one, day and sent it back; it
as too small for him try it 011. Ah! it fits
first rate—like it was made for you. It is well
made, buttons sewed on strong—pockets.”
The customer puts hands into his pockets to
try them, when his lingers come in contact
itli tlie pocket-book: Iiis imagination is
indled with tlie idea of appropriatingthe sup
posed treasure. “How much did you say the
coat was?” he eagerly asks. The dealer names
good round price. “ It suits me—I’ll take
it,” is the quick reply. The money is paid,
the self-duped customer walks off hurriedly
tli his supposed prize—uot stopping to hear
tiie suppressed chuckle of the dealer as he looks
after him out of the corner of his eye.
iay morning
Columbus train brought to us, ns
cipated, that old and honorod corps^7 "**1
the "Macon Volunteers', Cnpt.R.A. b'an-v, y01lf
ing. ^aaajj.
They were received at tho R. R. Depot)-
lnnt corps tho “Montgomery Trno Bln » ^Ei
B. Murks, with a salute of 10 guns,
conducted to tho Blues' armory to parts'- ’
gant breakfast there prepared. '
Tlio reoeption spoech of Liont. UoUzc!
reply of Capt. Smith in tho armory, folly
cordiality of tho reception by the Bln *****%
gratitude of tho Voluntoers.J £S ' u.
Full acquaintance was immediately i' or ~ ,
of both companies, and breakfast wL
not only n« military breth. rs, but ^ " I
At 8 o’clock, A. M. tho corps waseeoort«)f i
eaaap, B elim. r s garden, in thesouth-,^
tho city, immediately upon the south biak 4 ’
Alabama rivar. a ap9t peculiarly adapted),
and : fi-r a miiimry 1 neampm-' "- I
nerewo pitched their tents and with j.
| rang amenta entire, left them for the h.w** 1 .* I
day, that there amid the perfumes of sweet" ^ I
beneath shady groves from which tho ioa- s n- 1 ' I
came warbled on tho pinions of the brec- '*'1
i this banka of that winding stream the
mnr of whoso onward flow ever rises an g-- 5
hymn unto tho Supremo Creator, thoy miebt
rest and feeralt from the fatigue of tm I
o’clock P. M. wc of tho 'True Blues’ paidthclt.^ 1 1
a visit ot their camp, and amid the I
garden, and the grottoes of tho river bank, ru I
military tents, whiled away tho moonlit hour? 1 I
social glass and the friendly cooTeraaiioa
gentle soDg.
Beautiful and picturesque indeed was ft,,
aa the paio moonbeams fell upon white lean J? I
.contrasting uniforms of the fellow soldiers. *
d As the midnight hour approached with t 1
glass and warm *good-nighl’ wo loft them. ^ *
w In bright unclouded splendor rose the I
Wednesday morning, and at an early hdaft^l
city was astir to behold tho beautiful etni [
After partaking of breakfast at the
Hall, where they eat whilo here, they reftarf I
camp to don their fnll uniform for dress pmfc f
k -Eager curiosity was evinced by ah, for u I
from across the Chattahooohoo had como ft, t f I
of the'Macon Volunteers.' *
At 9 o’clock A. M. in fulldreie of snowy wliw
sky blue, tho corps marched from camp ftro,
principal streets and in tho presence of uh-i-
crowds of both sexes, performed most beaatiy n
lotions of battalion drill, showing careful tnifiqpgl
quick apprehension. At 11 o’clock a surprise 'ijul
ner’ was prepared at our armory, of which tie aq I
partook. After again parading until laj g, gJ
corps returned to camp to recruit forthe conjhu.l
tary Ball of the Evening,—tho event of Uuwft, I
At 9 o’clock P. M. the Yoluntoers and bl ;a , I
asmbled at the armory of the latter and aru a v
Blue and Volunteer marchod to Commercal Hi.
where the Complimentary llall had been tend.).; ^
i-m junctiuii wj'.ii A. V*. Dobizoi.'s A- |
tion.
Alabama’s Capital had gathered thcro
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright
Tlio lamps shone on fair women and brave mea
A thousand hcarts.bcat happily and when
Music aroso with its voluptuous swell,
boft eyes looked love to eyes that epokeagih
And all went merry a3 a marriage bell.
In the poet's language, such was the eate,ial|l
of the Bhaea, tutreduoing our brother eolditzi ufcl
: lir .laugh:,, rs of Alab.uu-'i, viol A 1 to 1:..:.. ..-.J
and
‘Gazed upon tho dance where ladies bright
Were moving in tho light
Of mirrors andoflamps, with music and with 4
onacea un the joyous hours,
And fairest bosoms
Heavedlu)|i|j’MMft the summer roscibiartfl
Until tho grey eyed modi stood tiptoe on tbM
em hills,
I": ■ i-nu;!::',:i 1! :i<I tin ;i r.z .A |
So ended tho second day—a day which v::
will long live in the memory of onr soldier pall
Aa a complimentary fazewell to our hie
Thursday apic nic at tho garden embracedfttlJ
est portion of tho day, together with which vs fa
presentation of prizes tendered by the Bluest:
izens, and won hy the corps on Wednesday Etc
From 10 A. M. to 4 P. M.tho pic nio fesfivit!
at their highest. Tho fair ladies of Moctfow
in goodly numbers graced the scene, and top
pleasantly in the mazy dance, the quxffk:tf I
wind cup, the garden promenade, and above 41
quiet lovers’ interview.
Complimentary speeches from Hon: W.LTnj
Capt. Smith and Lient. Holtzclaw closed them
lag festivities and then, ah 1 then there camcthd
farewell. Evanescent had been the meeting It
stranger guests and Montgomery’* daughter K
feelings had. been mutually awakened will w
which made a parting very, very sad, andwtath
time for parting came, tho memories of the joTCLqv
all merged in feelings of common *adn:;s; t
tho darkness of the moment, tho happy th --
future met tings i:i brightness radiated everel-
We of the Blues escorted our departing fzStl
tho cars and there amid tho booming can:
tho swelling chorus of ‘good byo’ and thebrt*
tivo’s shrill whistle, wo bado them all Frrert -
Of their visit only tho moihorios remaiauid^
will livo forever. We hopo that to onr dej- : -
gu,tin-.--:un,- bright i:: - :.. • r i ■ -< , x: - *. .-*• ; -
to us Strangers, they remained with ns Gentl®*
they left us Friends. Farevt-
L?-
From Vermont.
Castleton, Vermont, June Stk k'-
Dear Telegraph :—Judge of my snrprsc-•
morning, when going to the post office oteW
village, to find yourself on hand, duly vr»?[- ‘
rected, etc. It indeed was a treat to reo?'*
Georgia friend, oven among the mountains
mont. Thanks to the Majdr and Unds
course its well filled columns were eagerif l °*1
and thoy had a soothing influenoe in quieting
lonelini.-s, and roitoringin some degree
ing for the Sunny South. To travel by „
hundred miles, tlio’ a weokbeocoupiedinm .
tlio trip, is a matter of no small importance -
pkeaamolt might mot bo amiss to givo yon *‘ e .
lings of "thiajgi win and otherwise,’’ that W®
on our route. From tho beautiful city of
Augusta, nothing unusual or worthy
curved. Augusta is certainly a charming^ c ,
town,"11:1 :1 iia.l inti-n-ii <: >-ayi:.g *-■■ .
able" about it; but the inhabitants there 1 -'.
i.vt-n, mighty shrewd, for a i-.'n " a
try fallow like me,—they are a cate
considerably above tho ‘Mace Slopcr’ (
,-u:i b.m-t of ono first class 1 u'h ’.—A-
that is all. But oven hero they downright
Intely refuse to receive Macon funds, in •* ** ^
for riio necessaries of life. They called itWWJJ
Shin Blasters, and such liko unmont; nab.
Mack wns very angry, and strongly inclin' • •
cliaso tho little town, and present it to ti*
government as a suitable location for a po
navy yard, Ac., Ac.
From thence to Brnnchvillc, and Kitj£* T ‘
plantations, diversified hy healthy l cokin '
corn, cotton and wheat, promising a
vest, everywhere met our view. The J 1 - ^
State must be one of the most desirable 13
I was pained to hear of the death of Sena ____ ^ p
a firm patriot, statesman and Christian- •
passed away tho tlie last ono ot th° ® .uil
of liuilers. Their virtues will bo chon)
emtiODS yot unborn, and the glory of t JC "
deeds will never be forgotten. _ -. e ■
Over awigmps and marshes of the » , ^ ■
and little I’edee, wo dragged our slow ...
until the morning sun found us in ^ j#
city of sand tur and gophers. B/tbcuJ^j
don, I'ctersburgh, and Richmond, we 1***”
tomac at Aguia creek, and steamed ^ cJ -9
Washington. The approach to our . :
is truly beautiful. Some I-.ugJi*- 1 ’; ■: .*
Mioeringly called it, tho ‘City of . .: 1 '
tances,’ but that is one of its ch ’reco 5**
During 0110 day in Washington
places of interest, and saw several prom . ; -
1 will not however, iu this letter, unc-i-^re-".
seri be tlie ‘lions’ wo then saw and bean, v
it for my next.
YoUA