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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH- MA.CCCST, GrA.,
" COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Chamber, /
Macon, Go., August cth. (
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—A. B. Adams, Mayor,
AM. Findlnjr, Illcom, Johnston, Btetick. l-.llis.
Al>«ent—Aid. Winaldp, Flandsnand I'. Hu.
The minutes of the last meeting wero rend, and
confirmed.
The ltri.lgu Keeper reported tolls for the week to |
date, 687,90. , „ , , ,
flu- Clerk of Market reported fees for tho week to
dale, tie. I
Tho Guard House Keeper reported fees for the
week to date, #3,75. .
The Finance Connmtteo reported in favor ol me
following accounts, vi*
I Wm.J.
Treadwell
CO.
On motion of Aid. Johnston,
’Whereas, the Hoard of llenlth 1
Tuesday Morning, Aug. 11, 1857.
. MeKlrov, $139,38; Mix A Kirkland, 89,70;
1 A McCardeL if 113,?.' U. M. Hailey, $375,
Democratic Nominations.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
FOB CONGBeSs,
1st District—JAMES L. SEWARD.
2d “ MARTIN J. CRAWFORD.
'■id “ DAVID J. HAILEY.
4th “ L. J. GARTRELL.
5tl, “ A. R. WRIGHT.
6th “ JAMES JACKSON.
7th “ LINTON STEPHENS.
8th “ A. IF. STEPHENS.
discharge the duties aligned them: lColvuPt'h'a" Tax Returns for the subjoined figures. Sliow-
the Mavornnd Aldermen be, and aro hereby declar- I ing thcamountof Taxable property and Stlb-
. .III... ...HI. for tl.,-1,.■■udfi.ith, j, vis in C(ltm ,v ;
Tax Statistics of Hilib (County.
We arc indebted to Mr. Curry, Receiver of
er resolved, that tho meeting of Council, i
of Health, bo held on Thursdays at (J o'clock, P. M.
til! otherwise ordered.
Which was passed.
Mr. A. Shwaab's resignation ns City Surveyor,
received and accepted, and on motion of Aid. John-
at, n, resolved, that an election for city Surveyor be |
held nt the next meeting of Council;
Which was passed.
On morion Aid. Ellis, _ _
Resolved. That the city Marshal notify D. Demp
sey and occupants to have the existing nuisance on
his lot on Cherry Street abated within four days, and
on failure to comply,,that tho city have it done at the
expense of said owner and occupants creating said |
nuisance.
Which was passed.
On motion Aid. Johnston,
Resolved, That the subject of building an er,larg
ed Sewer, from tho largo Sewer on Plumb street up
Cotton Avenue, be referred to tho street committee.
Which was passed.
Tho Sexton reports the interments for the month
of July, ns follows:—Adults, white, -I,Colored 4, Chil
dren. white, 8, Colored 7.—Total 23.
Conncil then adjourned R. CURD, C. C.
Polls, 1091
Children between 8 and 16, 661
Slaws, 5379
Free Persons of Color.. 17
Land, 1st nualitv, acres,.................. 6,310
“ 2d “ ' •< 94,329
44 3d « « 153,376
“ l’ino “ 342,557
Aggregate value of Land, $1,707,977
1,692,803
3,033,100
2,150.130
707,884
219,820
123,455
City Property,
“ '• Slaves
Amount of Money and Solvent Debts,..
* Merchandise;......
Capital Invested in Storks
Value of Household Furniture over $300
All other property not enumerated, ex
cept plantation and mechanical tools,
annual crops, provisions, &o
Aggregate value of whole property,
Value after deducting $200
Tax on Professions, Dentists, Polls, Free
Persons of Color, Ac
ELECTIONS.
Sweeping Democratic Triumphs!
TEXAS
Returns indicate the election of Runnels for
Governor of Texas over Houston by upwards
290,502
9,925.791
9,911,057
888 00
llcury Dixon—A ltoclicsler AC
COUNT.
We find the following copied from the Roches-1 0 f 13000 majority .-In all other respects it is a
ter (N. Y.) Union and Advertiser—(a democratic clear Democratic sweep. Not a Knownothin
paper) and a Northern account of tho anti-slavery mcm 5 er 0 f the Legislature had been elected,
intervention in behalf of that poor persecuted I ALAR ASIA
child of Frecdon—U-'nry Dixon. The editor lins 0 T , ,
, . ... ... . _ . Sends an entire Democratic delegation to
mistaken Henry Dixon's locality—(“way down tn .... . ,
1 Congress which is a gam of two Democratic
members. The 1st and 4th districts havebeen
revolntionizcd. In the 3d where the struggle
The (•Boy” Henry Dixon obstinate-1
LY REFUSES HIS FREEDOM.
Alabama—”) for his no lctis desirable habitation in
Macon, Bibb county, Georgia. The material facts,
however, arc given correctly, and the taunt to the ...
“Democrat,” which it seems is tho mouth-piece of was most imminent, Dowdell (Dem.) is rc-c-
thc abolitionists in Rochester, is amusing: | lectcd by 116 majority.
In Wm. R. Smith’s district (the 4th) the
strong-hold of Knownothingism, and where he
was a candidate for re-election, the majority
I ** reported at from twelve to fifteen
free negro named Henry Dixon, who had been sold I hundred. 1 here was no opposition to the Dcm-
Into slavery under tho laws of a Southern State, I ocr&tic candidate for Governor aud the Legis
S *! e of Al ' l r lature is largely Democratic in both branches,
bama. Theae appeals proceeded from the pen of t-i-vtivu-v
our esteemed feilow-citixcn, Judge Sampson, and I ivfclN luthi
were creditable alike to his head and heart. They I Discloses astonishing results. Either eight
h£\$S2b! 0r n i" C of her ten Representatives in Congress
pulpit. The result was, enough money was raised arc Dems.—showing a Democratic gaiu of four
to buy the “boy” nnd effect his restoration to free- or five members. It is probable that Hwm-
do “’. . . . _. phrey Marshall is alone left the solitary repre-
This money was sent to some Attorneys in Dix- 1 ... ... “J * „
on’s neighborhood, who, in accordance* with their I 8Cn tative or Kentucky Knownothingism out of
instructions, announced to the “boy” that they I the six in the late Congress. For the first time
were charged with the agreeable duty of purchas-1 in the memory of mail tho Democrats hold a
thanked*!]* libmu^wsZd" tl,eir°a|cnurbut ^re- . decisive “ a j° rit Y ‘ n l>oth branches of the Leg-
spectfully declined” the proffered boon. Judge islaturc, and their State Treasurer, the only
Sampson was notified of the failure of the “mission,” State candidate in the field, amid to number a
and the same was published in a local paper, whose I • v , ,
account of the matter we rc-ropublish in fu „ I majority of upwards of 12,000!
Judge Sampson and the friends of the “boy” lien-1 TENNESSEE,
ry, were incredulous—they naturally suspected Wc are without figures, but Harris the Dem
thatu bogus “Henry Dixon” had been got up for I .. „ . ....
the occasion, who had played the part assigned him j 0cratlc candidate for Governor is said to be
in a most admirable manner! The Democrat, the elected by upwards of ten thousand majority
organ of the “friends of humani freedom,” accord- aud prc ttymuch all was Democratic, so far as
Ing to custom, assailed ns for giving currency to I. r , J
the account of the matter which wo copied from I learned.
the Alabama paper, and charitably accused us of I NORTH CAROLINA.
60me sinister object or design in so doing. They | But partial returns received, indicating in
were determined to probe the affair to the bottom, creased Democratic majorities every where,
and show the game of fraud that had been played I inoom-m J
in Uie name of the “boy” Dixon. So Mr. S."D. I _ MlssUUtll.
Potter was selected for the purpose, nnd induced I In this State the emancipation question seems
to make a trip ‘“way down in Alabama ’to find the to have entered largely into the Gubernatorial
genuine Henry Dixon and redeem him from a cruel , .. .. . ,,
late worse than death. election. We see only the following:
Mr. Porter has now returned—but he brought St. Louis, Aug 7.—Thirty-eight counties
no Henry Dixon. Ho found the “boy,” as wc have been hoard from. Col. Janies S. Rollins
learn, without difficulty—the genuino Henry Dix-1 tho American candidate, has a majority of 4,-
on, whose misfortunes had evoked so much aym- 270 over his opponent, Col. R. M. Stewart,
pathy. Mr. Porter conversed with hitn about Ro- the Anti-Benton and Pro-Slavery Democratic
H^!fS.J! e 2ASi t Sr h0 8a J d ,,m ' candidate. TItc Democrats have Elected Jo-
eelt that tho Jfenrr who stood before him was no I i> 01—1. «i « m. • .i - , 1V
connteifeit, and then lie proffered him his liberty. * c * . J . J ’ t/iarl l v m tlic Th,rd Congressional Dts-
But tho “boy "refused to accept his fttmdom; | caused ^y^ef'ec-
Southcrn Elections—The Bloral
Alabama ejects three Know-nothing* from
her representative force in Congress and re
turns a solid Democratic delegation. Ken-
tacky out of ten members, elects eight or nine
Democrats—returns a Democratic majority to
both houses of the Legislature, aud shows on
her State ticket ten thousand Democratic ma
jority. From Tennessee and North Carolina
we hear the notes of triumph, and shall get the
particulars before going to press. These facts
possess at this time a peculiar significance and
force. Experience has led all parties to anti
cipate reaction nnd reverses, more or less ex
tensive, immediately after a Presidential tri
umph, and if there ever before was an excep
tional case, we do not remember it. A great
Presidential success, while it embitters and
concentrates opposition, begets, on the other
side, supineness, over-confidence, bickerings,
jealousies and disappointments, so that ordin
arily the opposition recover their fallen for
tunes in some degree, immediately afterwards,
In this case too, they had, apparently in their
own opinions, great reasons for hopefulness
They alleged that the last Presidential election
furnished no accurate test of party strength in
the South. They charged that thousands of
their own party had been misled, deceived and
betrayed into voting for Mr. Buchanan out of
mere terror of the election of Mr. Fremont.
They charged that now the administration had
shown “the cloven foot of abolitionism in
Kansas,” these thousands and thousands more
would go back and resume their original stand
against the Democracy. They had a world
of hope from the “ course of Walker in Kan
sas,” and rubbed their hands in glee over the
divisions in Democratic opinion about the pro
per courso to be pursued. They said all their
prognostications had been verified—their pre
dictions had become history, and events had
given them a fresh hold on public confidence.
These elections have, moreover, occurred
where such re-active causes it was hoped would
be peculiarly potential. The public mind in
Alabama was much incensed and aggrieved at
Gov. Walker’s course in Kansas, and to charge
the wrong to the administration and through
it to the account of the Democratic party, was
the incessant and, as they thought, very suc
cessful and effective labor of the able and adroit
organs of the opposition in that State. Ken
tucky, too, from the first has been “Sam’s’
favorite ground. Here he meets in grand
council and matures his plans, aud here but
very recently a new programme and organiza
tion were elaborated from which great things
were hoped. Kentucky was carried last Fall
for Mr. Buclmuan, as was alleged, out of mere
apprehensiou of Fremont’s election; but Ken
tucky wgs to be “ redeemed” by an overwhelm
ing majority this Fall. She responds by an
almost annihilation of Knownothingism.
Now what is the meaning of this complete
reversal of all ordinary party experience?
Why, without the slightest rc-actiou, has de-
fcat.bccu followed by total overt hrow and route?
There can be but one answer. It is the same
idea which we endeavored to convey last week,
rooted and grouuded in the public mind, to-
wit: that Knownothingism it: simply “of no
account”—worthless as offering no remedy for
any evils it may detect, or redress for wrongs
it may expose. It offers nothing to tho coun
try in any way or shape, and it could do noth
ing it might offer to do. It should have been
thought ho was bettor off where lie is; and no
measure of entreaty sufficed to change his senti
ments on that point—but stay in Alabama he would!
He had lived a good part of his life ns a free negro
at the North; and Ills comparatively brief experi-
dom.—Rochester Union and Advertiser.
tion of James L. Greene to the United States
Senate.
Southern Pacific Rail Road Stock.
On the first page to day will be found the
ence as a Southern slave taught him that the latter I advertisement of Judge Bolling Baker, of
<° r *•
Mr. Porter is a man of rare intelligence, and he is saIe of ten thousand Shares of the Southern
an Abolitionist in principle. Were it possible to have I Pacific Railway Stock. Tho terms of sub-
SSS'SSK5 ,k B: , £: “"I*”" dollar. «.h
The Democrat wifi please ignore this whole matter, only being required to each share of $100 do!
lest it be Misjicctod of having “ an object" at heart lars subscribed. The explanation of tho pro-
adverse to the cause of “Human Freedom!" . . .... . ,. „ . ,. ,
We would suggest that this Dixon fund be ap- Vla,0n wBl be found m lhc follomn S whldl wc
preprinted to some other humane object, under tlic 1 copy from the Atlanta Examiner :—
direction of a committee of the contributors. They I •• The legislature of Texas passed an act
will probably not be obliged to wait long for an op- incorporating a railroad company under the
o? „ U ‘n„i t JVh E r " C r e “. ,h r re ' name of “Texas Western Railroad Company,”
denpuonof a negro who prefers slavery to free-1 ^ hich by sllbscqucilt act waa changed to
that of the “ Southern Pacific Railroad Com-
. pany. This is the charter under which this
Judge Brown in Cherokee. company has been organized. By the terms of
An intelligent gentleman from this District, dl ° charter the company is authorized to con-
who is disconnected with politics, writing to I 8 truct a railroad from some suitable point on
us from Upper Georgia, where lie has been on eastern boundary line of lexas, and ntn-
a visit of several weeks, uses tho following I n j n " such course ns they might determine to
language in regard to Judge Brown, the Dem- Taso, on the Rio Grande, giving to the
ocratic candidate for Governor : corporation all tho necessary powers to carry
Judge Brown’s nomination gives very groat into effect the object of the grant. ’
satisfaction in this part of the country. I do “I* n,so g* v cs to tho Compaq eight sections
not hesitate to give it as my opinion, that lie °f lantl for every mile of railway actually corn-
will cross tho Chattahoochee with a larger ma- J’leted by it and ready for use. The depth of
Jonty next October than any man ever 1ms. I 1,1 rce D,ilcs oa cacl > sido o{ t,le road is reserv-
lmve heard of but one single Democrat since I cd for U8C the company and the State,
have been in Cherokee, (three weeks) who will each being entitled to alternate sections. By
not support him cordially, and lie is a politician nn ac * of the Legislature, passed in 1854, tlic
of less thnn twelve months of age ; and I have I company became entitled to eight sections
seen scores of tho opposition who publicly avow I more, to bo located on any of the public lauds
their intention lo support him, nnd these are °f ^ ie State, making in all sixteen sections to
not rabble, or office seeker.-, but the indepen- ,,1C mi,c * or eight millions and seventeen thou-
dent, intelligent farmers of the country, aud one *$®d acres of land for the whole line of road,
of them said to me, “nnd I’ll (ell you further, another act of the legislature of Texas,
that there is many a whole family of Americans I tlic Board of School Commissioners were di-
over in Walker, who never voted for a Demo- rected to loan to legally incorporated railroad
crat in their lives, who will vote for Judge ' companies, out^ of the school fund in their
Brown. I hands, (being United States bonds, bearing 5
Judge B. presided in this, Cherokee Circuit, P cr cent.) six thousand dollars for “every mile
on the fall riding, and won golden opinions for °f railroad, when said company shall have com
liis sterliug moral worth nnd high toned inde- ploted, in a good and substantial maimer, a
peudence of character.—Savannah Georgian, continuous section of twenty-five miles, nnd
graded nn additional consecutive, section of.
consigned to the grave and forgetfulness two
years ago, iustead of stalking among men, the
gibbering ghost of a party, with no vital fiesh
about it, and powerless except to make a fuss.
These we believe to be the conclusions of
tho public mind, in Alabama, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and N. Carolina, and wc believe they
will be the conclusions everywhere throughout
the South. Practical inen wish to see some
prospect of accomplishing something by their
votes. They wish to vote on principle, and to
vote with a party having some show of an op
portunity to carry the principle out. A vote
for Knownothingism is idle breath, and though
it may rave to hoarseness against the Democra
cy, its ravings will be unheeded till it has
some renjedy to propose and some party or
ganization North and South which can possi
bly carry out the proposition.
Tlic Administration ntid Walker.
We invite attention to the following satis
factory evidence that the Telegraph has not
misled its readers in asserting, os, it has done
from the very first, that the administration did
not and does not approve the course of Gov.
Walker in Kansas. The test of re-call which
some insist upon applying, is by no means a
conclusive one, because, as wc have repeated
ly said, reasous may exist, independently of
all the objectionable features of Walker’s
course, which might render his re-call inexpe
dient aud prejudicial to the public interests.
These reasons no doubt do exist, and it is for
the administration, which alone is in possession
of them, to judge of their sufficiency and the
propriety of any course to be pursued in the
premises; and it is for the people, when they
come in the possession of these reasons, to
judge of the propriety of the course pursued by
the administration.
We subjoin the testimony of two prints,
neither understood to be goverment organs,
nnd one (the South) which has hitherto been
unsparing in its condemnation of Mr. Buchan-
and for Middlings S 3-13. Stock of Atneri
can on hand, 423,000 bales. Bread Stuffs
wero dull and declining. Money Markets
.easier—Consols 91J to 91 J.
Not the Truth.
The Georgia Telegraph of August 4, makes this
bold assertion os to the position of the Georgia
“Know Nothings:” ’
“In 1855 they declared every enemy of the Kan
sas Nebraska act an enemy to the South and the
constitution."
Wc deny that they did so, and if the Telegraph
can show from our platform of that year, that the
American party of Georgia so declared, we have
told a falsehood: if he can not, the editors of Hint
paper has told one. The Americans of Georgia
never endorsed the Kansas Nebraska act as a whole,
and the Telegraph is hard put to it for proof of
otir inconsistency, when it. deliberately misstates
facts to sustain the charge.
Another equally unfounded statement of the
Telegraph, we honestly believe, is that which says
that “Mr. Ben Hill,” in 1850, “laughs at the foHy
of supposing slavery can go to Kansas, with a tem
pernture below zero in November.”—American
Union.
On reference to the resolution, of which we
spoke entirely from memory, we find it sus
tains ottr assertion. It is a3 follows:
Ilcsotccd, That this Council, while repudiating
the policy of allowing in the future legislation of
the country, unnaturalized foreigners to vote in
tlic Territorial elections, regards all opposition to
the principles of the Ncbraska-Kansas act, in rela
tion to slavery, ns hostility to the constitutional
rights of the South; and ail persons who partake
in such opposition as unfit to be members of the
American party.
The italicised word we find in the original
copy and it waives, as to this particular bill
the general exception. It is difficult to con
ceive of a stronger endorsement of the act—
the same act concerning which the party in
this years' Convention resolved, “in our judg
ment, the principles maintained, nnd the poli
cy advised, (by Walker,) arc identical with
the principles set forth in the Kausas-Nebras
ka bill, as advocated by tbc National Democ
racy, with the Cincinnati Platform, and Mr
Buchanan’s letter of acceptance and Inaugu
ral Address. Tho American Party have, again
and again, warned the country against these
dangerous mid anti-Southern doctrines, and
having already taken our position upon them
we submit that position to the people of Geor
gia for their decision, and the vindication of
the correctness of our cause and the patriotism
of <Jur motives.”
A rare sample this of “artful dodging” in
politics.
If the Union will consult Mr. Hill himself,
lie can ascertain whether the other statement
is unfounded.
The “American Union” proposes to make
or accept the charge of “falsehood" upon a
point quite as easily attributable to error or
misconception. His mode of controversy is
not usual among white folks, and the Tele
graph will leave it with the kitchen and the
Union where it seems, more appropriately to
belong.
“Isothermal Democracy.”
The Journal & Messenger proposes that, in
asmuch as the Democracy of Georgia is now
divided, rendering an appellation for each
wing of the party absolutely necessary as a
matter of convenience in referring to them—
that that portion of the party which sustains
Walker and the Administration shall be de
nominated the 4 Isothermal Democracy,”
honor of Gov. Walker, who run down tho
King’s English in search of' that outlandish
word “isothermal,” which we learn from Web
stcr’s Dictionary, means “equal degrees of
heat,” “ equal mean temperature.”—Southern
Watchman.
Mr. Ben Hill, by priority of discovery will
be entitled to lead this “ isothermal branch.”
He declared a year ago that Kansas was too
cold for African Slavery. Mr. Fillmore thought
it a perfect Pandora’s box for Congress to re
move the Missouri restriction aud permit ne
groes to go there. Mr. Hiff was equally clea:
that Nature never intended them to go—the
Georgia Know-nothings endorsed both Mr.
Fillmore and Mr. Hill by their votes, but are
now horribly scandlizec^ with G!ov. Walker’ 3
isothermal theory.
Novel Theory iu Natural Science, j twenty-five miles, and the same for every ad
ditional consecutive section often miles, which
A writer in ono of the scientific monthlies
contends that the two great kingdoms in na
ture, the animal and vegetable, have one com
mon origin—the organic cell—the distinction
between the two kingdoms every day disap
pearing, most of the organic products which
were thought to distinguish the animal from
the vcgetnbic having been found in both ; nnd
motion even no longer separates the animal
from the vegetable world. This property of
matter appears to bo most incessantly occupied
in the minutest organisms—tho motion of the
minute cilia- of vegetables, tho contraction of
shall bo completed and graded.
“This munificent donation, it will bo per
ceived at once, is not only sufficient of itself to
build the road, but will, if the same is well lo
cated, and. the company properly managed,
after finishing the road, leave a surpulus of
millions of dollars to be divided among the
stockholders.”
“ The highest estimates made for the com
pletion of the road through Texas, furnishing
engines, cars, See., is twenty millions of dol
lars.
“If the land should only average five dollars
the leaves of the sensitive plant, &c., being I per acre, its sales will amount to upwards of
familiar instances# lhc only distinction be- forty millions. This, after building and equip-
tween the lowest orders of the two kingdoms,
the Protozoa nnd Alga-, is that the former
possesses to a certain extent voluntary motion.
Jn the vegetable kingdom the rudiment of
nervous apparatus, or a cell-generating nerv
ous tone, lias not been discovered, although
there are evidences of the existence of a force
requiring the same conditions, viz : heat,
moisture, oxygen, aud a germ. In the lowest
form of animals, the rudiments of a nervous
cell cannot be discovered ; yet these beings
possess the attributes of vitality, and even
ms force. These facts point to the con-
from the vital. Such a theory indicates cer
tainly an advance upon all those which have
been commonly entertained, but is hardly like
ly to supersede them at present.
_ 1 cquip-
ing the road, leaves a surpulus of twenty mil
lions.”
Death ol .Hr. Bobbin.
Mr. Dobbin, late Secretary of the Navy under
Mr. Pierce, expired at Fayetteville, N. C\, on the
1 th iust., after a protracted illness. He left liis
important trust in physical strength much impair
ed by an over zealous attention to its duties, and
has never been well sinco liis retirement. Death
met him in full consciousness of its approach nnd
prepared for the change. He died at the early age
elusion that nerrous force is entirely distinct ,of 44. lie entered public life- ns a member of
Congress in 1845, and has always sustained a high
reputation not only for talents and patriotism, hut
also for n blameless integrity of life. His death is
universally deplored.
The editor of 77te States alludes to the
course of The South in relation to the Admin
istrntion, and expresses pleasure at its ac
knowledgment, which we copied in our last
issue, aud says:
“Now, for the satisfaction of the “South,”
nnd of nil who tnay labor under doubts, dis
trusts, and misapprehensions, we will state
what we believe—nny, what wc know—on this
subject, to wit: that Mr. Buchanan did mean,
in liis instructions, that none but legal bona
fide residents should vote on the Kansas Con
stitution. He intended to place the voters, on
the question of the ratification of tho Constitu
tion, under the same restrictions that applied
to those who voted for members of the constitu
tional convention. What those restrictions
are. the “Sonth" knows as wejl ns wc do.”
The South, which has been pouring hot shot
into Walker, says:
We have the most direct, conclusive, and
authentic information that Mr. Buchanan does
not approve of Walker. We will not under
take to say to what extent that difference be
tween the Executive and Robert J. Walker
goes, but we never doubted that th<iconserva
tive and judicious man, elected by the efforts
and united action of tho Southern States Rights
Democracy, must condemn the audacious in
termeddling, and profligate abuse of power
and influence practiced by that corrupt official.
Later from Europe.
Liverpool dates to.25th July are brought by
the Steamship Persia.
In Cotton the Sales in tho Liverpool market
for tho week ending the 25th were 75,000
bales, of which speculators took 12,000, and
exporters4,500 bales. All qualities had slight
ly advanced, nnd show an improvement of id.
The sales on Friday were 10,000 bales, and of
this quantity 3,200 bales wero taken for ex
port and on speculation. The market closed
steady : Quotations for Fair Uplands were 3$.
Gossip- with the Newspapers.
THINGS IN KANSAS.
The Columbia South Carolinian, has the
following information by private letter from
Kansas:—
The Lawrence people have given up to
Gov. Walker, and the force of law and order
supported by dragoons. Our correspondent
states that the Pro slavery party had given up
the contest for slavery before the arrival
of Gov. Walker—that the country is not
suited for slaves—that Judge Elmore’s negroes
had most of them been frost-bitten during the
winter—that the cold winds from tho Rocky
Mountains, sweeping over tbc land, with no
wood to keep the negroes as warm as they re
quire, render tho country unsuited to them.
Wc learn from the best authority of friends
who have just visited Kansas, that this infor
mation is correct.”
CRAIYFOBDVILLE JAIL BURNED.
Early on Monday morning last the jail at
Crawfordville was burnt down. It was a
wooden structure of heavy logs and must'have
been set on fire about midnight. A negro
prisoner confined therein was burnt up. Some
supposed that lie had set fire to the place witii
the view to escape. Efforts were made to save
him, but as there was so much confusion and
the flames spread so rapidly lie perished. It
is however thought that this burning was the
deed of some former jail bird from without.
CUBAN INVENTION.
A Cuban has applied for a patent to propel
ships against tho wind by ordinary steamboat
driving wheels to be worked by windmills,
and the American prints ate gravely discus
sing the value of the proposition! His ships
will go “starn foremost” against the wind, and
with it, throw away the power necessary to
overcome the friction of his machinery.
SUICIDE OF SENATOR RUSK.
All parties are startled with intelligence by
telegraph under date of New Orleans August
4, with the announcement that Senator Thom
as J. Rusk, of Tgxas, committed suicide at
his residence, on the 29th July, by shooting
himself through the head with a rifle. No
caused was assigned for this rash deed.
SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP CONVENTION.
A Convention assembled at Old Point Com
fort on the 29th ult. to consider Mr. A. Dudley
Mann’s Milford Haven and.Chesapeake Bay
Steam Ferry project. Ex. Pres. Tyler pre
sided. Mr. Mann was present to develope his
project—seven millions were wanted for four
Steamships, including tho first year’s running
losses. Resolutions were passed commending
the scheme and proposing to furnish all Clerks,
Sheriffs, and County attorneys throughout the
South with blank subscription lists of stock
—calling public meetings—and commending
tho scheme to the Knoxville Convention.—
The Convention also subscribed $3000 to the
stock.
NEW RAILROAD MOVEMENT IN THOMAS-
VILLE.
The citizens of Thomas county, probably
despairing of the attainment of any Atlantic
outlet by the Brunswick route, held a meeting
in Thotnasvillc last Saturday and took steps
for a reorganization under the charter of the
Georgia it Florida Railroad Company, and
propose to build a Road from the East bank
of tbc Flint, opposite the town of Albany, to
a point on Barnett’s Creek, equi-distaut from
the towns of Bainbridge and Thomasvillo; and
thence a branch to each place. Books of sub
seription were opened and a considerable
mount of stock taken. The meeting adjouri
ed to the 15th.
THE MORMONS.
A Washington correspondent of the Mercu
ry says:
The Government here is satisfied that the
Mormons intend to pursue :i peaceful and
somewhat respectful course, as their best poli
cy at present, aud that it is not likely that any
collision will occur. This is a wily policy on
the part of the Mormons, but their days are
numbered. They will be so divided hereafter
as to have no predominance in any political
organization of which they may form a part.
They will be so circumstanced as to he amena
ble to an authority that will punish bigamy
and incest.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
The Board of Trustees last week made the
following elections:
Dr. Joseph Jones, of Savannah, to the chair
of Natural Science, and French Language.
Col. Richard M. Johnson, of Sparta, to the
chair of Elocution, and Belles Lettres.
EXTENDING THE AREA.
According to the most recent French style
of ladies’ dresses, it will taketwenty-twoyards
of anything hereafter to make anything like
pattern.
NEW PAPER IN SAVANNAH.
Wc see it announced that a Campaign pa
per is to be established in Savannah, to be
called “The People’s Georgian and True
Democrat,” and devoted to the advocacy of
the claims of Col. W. B. Gaulden, the nom
iuee of the Holmesvillc Convention.
LOFTY STILTS.
The Boston Courier gives the following pas
sage of a sermon delivered before the Trustees
Alutnui and students of Harvard College at
the late Commencement, by a learned Profes
sor. Viewing such a production from the
esoteric standpoint of exegetical analysis,”
we should say the Professor, though he might
boast of L. L. D., had not yet got beyond the
class of Sophomores!
Viewing the subject from the esoteric stand
point of Christian exegetical analysis, and ag
glutinating the porsynthctical octoblasts of
homogeneous asceticism, wc perceive at once,
the absolute individuality of this entity; while
from the other standpoint of incredulous syn
thesis, which characterizes the Xenocratic
hierarchy of the Jews, we are constantly im
pressed with the precisely antiperistatic qual
ity thereof.”
A Strike.
It appears from an advertisement in the
Charleston papers, that the owners of cotton
presses in that city have resolved to charge 74
cents per rope on every bag sent to them after
the first September having less that six Mer
chantable ropes. The reason given for this is
that “in consequence of the large quantity of
poor ropo used in baling cotton,” they have
sustained loss. This might be a good reason
for requiring the use of good rope, but hardly
amounts to sufficient cause for demanding six
instead of five.
The fact is, Charleston is, as usual, bent
upon inflicting an injury upon herself. It will
be rather inconvenient and a little too trouble
some for planters in this section to comply
ith the wishes of the cotton press fraternity
in this respect. The great majority of bales
that come to this market do not weigh more
than 300 or 350 lbs., and do not require more
than five rope3. The average weight is per
haps 350. The planters Jiave their screws
built with reference to the weight of the bales,
and arc generally arranged for but five ropes
Now to alter them is little more than they are
willing to do, and the consequence will be that
our merchants will have to ship to New York
or somewhere else, or lose the cotton that now
comes to this market.
As for the quality of the rope; it generally
comes from Charleston, and if it is not “mer
chantable ” the fault lies at the door of her
merchants in the first place. Wc hardly sup
pose that this strike for higher wages will be
very successful.—Clieraw Herald, 4th inst.
The attention of the Telegraph has been di
rected to the foregoing by a planter, as equal
ly applicable to this section. Planters’ Presses
are nearly all adopted to five ropes, and can
be altered only at very considerable trouble
and expense to escape a charge of twelve cents
for the additional rope at Savannah, while
five strong and well secured ropes are as good
as six. It is nonsense for warehouse men to be
incommoding planters with their arbitrary
rules and regulations.
[Communicated.]
While some of our Democratic friends are
disposed to complain of Mr. Buchanan for al
lowing Walker to retain his place as Governor
of Kansas, I find by letters from free State
men published in the New York Express
Knownothing and Fillmore paper, that the
Abolitionists of Kansas are charging Govcr
nor Walker with playing into the hands of
the pro-slavery men. Who is right ? Here
are some of the charges :
From Kansas. *
Free Stale" Views and Opinions—What will
the “Lawrence” People do—Bark out, or
Fight the Governor 1 .—Efforts to gel up a
feeling against the Governor.
Lawrence, July 24.
It has been resolved by the people of Law
rence that no notice whatever will be taken of
the Governor, aud no propositions of nny kind
kind received from him until he should with
draw the troops from Lawrence. It is deem
ed unworthy of American citizens, they say,
to negotiate with a person who has insulted
them, until lie apologises for his conduct, and
shows by sending his soldiers away, that he
has no desire to overawe them. So no notice
has been taken of Governor Walker from that
time till now. The troops are cucamped be
yond the western boundary of tho cit>-, and
there Governor Walker remains, like Achilles
in his tent, d g the “ incipient insurrec
tion,” d g the free state leaders, d g
everything in general, and abolition in partic
ular.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT IN OPERATION.
Meanwhile the people go on—their incipient
insurrection is budding daily.
Ou Tuesday the council met and received
the message from Mayor Blood. If Gov. Wal
ker determines to proceed, this document will
yet become a bone of contention. It will be
evidence of treason—whether high, or low, or
middling, I really don’t know.
After appointing the usual committees, the
council adjourned.
TIIK CITY GOVERNMENT TO BE SUSTAINED
^ It will meet at the time appointed by the
charter—pass ordinances and put them in exe
cution. The Mayor told me that, in case of a
refusal to pay the taxes, he would be in favor
of sclliug property to collect them. It is im
probable that there will be any opposition.
But if there is opposition, I have no doubt
that execution will he enforced.
Now, what wiil Gov. Walker do ? Wait
till an overt act is committed ? Why, then
did he march ou Lawrence before the officers
took oath? Now that they have taken the
oath, why don’t lie proceed against them ?—
He has found that there is no cause of prose
cution, or is this inexplicable aud apparently
ridiculous movement a pretext for preventing
a large vote in favor of the free state constitu
tion on the third of August next, by throwing
a division of soldiers in the most prominent
anti-slavery election precincts?”
That Gov. Walker has done wrong, I frank
ly admit. But if he shall, in the future, exe
cute the law aud frustrate the abolitionists iu
their vile schemes, shall \rc not wait to see
what the result of this contest may be before
we denounce Air. Buchanan for refusing to
recall Walker, while he (Walker) is fighting the
abolitionists.? I say yes. Slaveholder.
Secosul Bcply of “Salamander*’ to
the Pastor’s and People’s Jour
nal on the Military and Fire Com
ities.
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there
shall be no more cakes and ale ! Yes, liy St. Anno ;
amt ginger shall be hot iu the mouth.—Siiakspeaue.
return with all our heart. If he himself"
ry in Jericho till his beard be grown ”
the course of time, the vinegar and
composition may be converted into the
man kindness. He advises us to “gtudyh 0f ^ : -
thors;’’ but pray what does he know *•-
studies? For wisdom’s sake we have
«Piet».
The French have a saying that .there arc three the midnight lamp, ’ and so far from 1 ,
scxcs “ men, women and clergymen.” And such, “ much study i» a v, earncss to the flesh,” w .°,
indeed, is the case, tho Clergy being a kind of non- actually waxed fat upon it. Oar studiesh 1T ., rf
descript a hybrid—a cross between the two gen- confined, in a great measure, to “ Search',.
ders. With tlic privileges of man, they enjoy the Scriptures. Hut if the “ Pastor” ca n ’''**
immunities of woman. Like the fair sex, they are “better works than the “book of books,” a „, j
authorized by common consent to do and say what kindly furnish us a catologue of the s»® e x
they please; but unlike the “lords of creation,” promise to study them humbly and p.averfcii^
they are not to be held responsible for it, because lhe earnest desire that the pupil may eventmi].' ' 3 I
forsooth they are shielded by their sacerdotal P^xmate teethe preceptor in true digufy ^ I
In view of this fact, “Salamander ” is somewhat We do not wish to be understood aseutt ,
at a loss as to the most suitable manner of reply- disrespect for the ministerial profession, of?
in- to the second article of the “ People’s Journal” ^ntrary, we are willing to yield due reve^
on the subject of the Military and Fire Companies, the sincere masters of any kind of leS^J
What mav be said without censure to a man, is thcrtheycfi.uatc m airotestant Church, aC ^
construed into sacrilege, if said to a minister, how- ^ Cathedral a Jewish Synagogue, a Mohan®,^
ever unworthy he may be of bis sacred office.— osque—-an wc may even a U,aMonnoaw
Everv dictum of his must be swallowed like a dose p,c ’ I ’ astor ’. rl( ; st ® r Prophet it is all the '
of nauseating medicine; and to express a doubt, t0 Salamander Let every manbej odg ^
to urge a demurrer, or to put in an objection, arc Ins works and not by Ins faith ; and for inercw
each and all regarded as tbc most henious offences. aad creeds “ let senseless bigots fight” ^
But notwithstanding the force of prejudice, tbe ‘his connection we would commend to 0nr , *
Pastor ” appears to require some further notice °r the cultivation of a moreAolcrant aud fot £
at our ha.X’an.1 we arc not disposed to ***
from the task. His last article is as dull as some ^ . and *£*1*
sermons wc wot of, though not quite so long; it is Wc hope hc wiU not ^
more violent than elegant; not so witty as it is un- 0 ’ r bc offended with our adv j ce . As g., hf 1
dignified; and although desperately straining at [ Ecclesiastes yjj, 9) ] “Be not hastv inth^ i
humor, its general tone is such as to cause it to be tQ b<J angry . for anger restcth not j n ^ I
read with chagrin by all sticklers for clerical digni- w j ge men » Above all, let him hereafter t ^ ^
ty, and with mortification and regret by all ^ Do | ^j g j, ea | w Jth tliscrction and moderation. '
are truly interested in the Church. But what cares I « p 01 . virtue’s self may too much ze»l be h it
he for reason and propriety, provided he finds an The worst of madmen is a saint run mad,"
opportunity to vent his spleen or gratify his whims?
He evidently belongs to the militant order of
Churchmen, and ought certainly to have lived in
the days of tlic Crusades. As Minerva is said in
ancient fable to have sprung (armed from head to I card simply because we feel it incumbent® J?
foot) f(pm the brain of Jove, so Parson Bcllige- ; n some way to the attacks that have bco ^
rent must have fallen from tlic planet Mars or the U p 0 n us. We now take leave of the whole a“'" :
raging Dog-Star, “fully armed and equipped as I and no t; be provoked into noticing itauv f*"'
the law directs.” Rejecting the Scriptural doctrine | ther. ° ' 2 '
of peace and good will to man—spurning the pre- rwrnn'SA kPRTVPS a ,
cepts of charity and love inculcated by the gentle COTOOSA SPRINGS, August, ISoT.
Snvior forgetting that pure and undefiled religion T‘ 113 13 appropriately and in truth the "Vjk
is always “mild, propitious and humble ”—he seems I of Springs,, as beautiful in fact as it islov^y
to think that it is his mission on earth to attack in association. Even the omnibus ride fro*
with savage ferocity everything that does not ex- the depot here, is of itself, suggestiveofonj j
actly accord with his own rigid notions of right and happy thoughts aud their attendant feeliaji j
wrong. He seeks to drive by force rather than to s ; nce the foretaste of pleasure is itself a plea;,
lead by persuasion; and dressed in a little “ brief ure . As I came within echo distance of itsf a
autlTority,” hc acts the part of the petty ^ tyrant, Q g. mus ; c welcome—which announced, in jj.
playing such “fantastic tricks” as aro well ealeu- ticipation, those yet hidden beauties I Ion
latcd to make the saints weep while the sinners ^ more ^ ^ Jmd those ungecured J
laugh. . ., sures” which I hoped once more to eniov I
Like the chivalrous Don Qmxote, thui pnestly I Idnotbat feel imuatientfor “ mnJ.
Salamander alias Falstaff Bi.i
Macon, August, 1857.
P. S.—In opposition to the wishes of
I friends whom we highly esteem, we public ^
hoars long lost in “memory’s waste.” Fi
three years past, I have listened to the tub I
of this same sweet echo, which ever re-ni-1
mates the remembrances of other days d E
ways bless the memory of pi easures past
“ Ahme, those joyous days are gone!
I little dreamed ’till they were flown,
now' fleeting were the hours:
For lest be break the magic spell,
Time bears for youth a muffled bell,
And hides his face in flowers.”
But Cotoosa is not Cotoosa without an «•!
companying daguerreotype of its beauties. I
i could not but feel impatient for 44 music’s ulf
knight-errant prowls about .n search of adventure, wel(;om(J mc t0 journey . g cad
attacking indiscriminately whatever comes m his I . . . ,. .
way, whether it be a wind-mill or a game of cards, And yet, my impatience of anticpatedpleu-
a flock of sheep ora quiet drink. Before his in- urc “hope deferred . was qualified by
vincible lance, Episcopalians arc made to bite the a present sense of joy, as I listened to “music’i
dust—upon liis violent onslaught, Catholics are dri-1 soft echo rebounding from the hills.” “Sw«t
ven in terror from the field—at his august nod, Echo!”—but sweet announcement. I Kj
dancing and other innocent diversions are abol- that, for a season at least, my troubled spirits
ished; and our little community stands agape, lost had ceased to stand at fever heat. Evenyoct
in amazement at liis wonderful prowess—all being cynicism cannot say, that it was a sin to yield,
ready to endorse the words of the poet: f or a time, to this Sybaritic sense of emotional
I’ll confound enjoyment—this delightful feeling of apathy
Such meddling pastors as kindle up confusion wWch ; orcd thc vcry idea 0 f work , t h e vm
And vex the quiet world with their vain scruples; , _ n i. t
By heaven, ’tis done in perfect spite of peace.” I remembrance of trouble. 1 erbaps I icas “(•
Our “Pastor’s” last coup de main included in gregiously enthused,” as you are wont tour
one fell swoop the Military, the Firemen, and thc I of such emotions, and a great sinner, beaut
drinking saloons. Now as regards the bar-keepers I then “ thought not to think”— 44 bow fhllof
and their establishments, we are not particularly thorns this working world.” Yet, pleasmt,
interested in them, further than that we are opposed by any other name would be as pleasant-
in principle to Maine laws or any other sumptuary ** Sweet Echo!!” for it brought to theheirtt
restrictions as being anti-democratic and contrary so t, C r certainty of waking bliss. 44 Sweet l
to tho spirit of our institutions. When man ceases cho , because it brought back those happy I
to grow thirsty, then, and then only, will hc cease 1 - - ~ 1
to drini£ At any rate we apprehend, that the bar
rooms are too deeply rooted in the affections of the
people to bc overthrown by thc injudicious as
saults of fanatics! .With regard to the military,
we observe that the “Pastor” exculpates two of I happier hours I have buried at Cotoosik
our companies (thc Volunteers and Cavalry,) and which now are numbered with those stmpi
throws the odium of his charges upon the remain- mysterious and hallowed emotions which ir
ing company, the Floyd Riflemen—very ungraci
ously aud inhospitably including in this stigma a
company thn# was the guest of our city! This
statement of the case narrows the entire matter
down to an issue between Parson Belligerent, Plain
tiff vs. thc, Macon Fire Companies and the Floyd
Riflemen, Defendants. It is not our business to
take ifp the cudgels for the Riflemen, since that
corps is composed of accomplished officers and
gallant men who are fully able to fight their own
battles for themselves. Our chief interest is in I which I fear I cannot pourtray in words. It
thc Fire Department, of which wc have the honor you emerge from the valley beneath and cuts
of being a member; and we defy the “ Pastor ” the gate at the foot of the hill, the 44 pillar!
or any body else to point to a more active, orderly mansion” upon its summit, is the first andfon-
and respectable body ot firemen in thc whole most object of attraction, as it rests in msjes-
country. They need no defense from any one, but tic relief a gainst a bac k-ground of forest oh
deserve the gratitude and thanks of all good citi- In front j s thc .. bower » iu whieh the bandi.
We feel authorized in assunngthc “Pastor” SQ Eecurc , s ; fied> that it be mud*
that hc may bantsh his fears on the score of our 1
not helping him in case his house should catch
fire; for wc stand ready to “ heap coals of fire on
his head,” (in a figurative, not in a literal sense,)
and notwitlistanding his unprovoked attack upon . _ -
us, we will cheerfully do our duty by protecting young Dream.” Fronting these, but with «
his property whenever occasion requires. Or per- valley between, is “Stag Hall,” which in the
haps he is ambitious of wearing the martyr’s crown, polite and more euphonious languageof Dell
and would prefer for his house to burn rather than p 0 mp, is sometimes called the “Gent’s abode."
have it saved by any but teetotal Firemen 1 j need not desC ribe it, for it speaks for itseE
To the personalities in his article, wc have but to all who chance to be in hearing distanced
little to say, inasmuch as his profession renders ; ts no ; sy m ^H._ Down under the hill “ ,h *
him irresponsible for them. Wo cannot so far Bi n iard and Bowlin- Saloon, where mtAtt
compromise our dignity and sacrifice our self-re- arc ma( , Ci j n which t ,° gent l cm en are
spect as to bandy epithets and cope with lnm m the , , , , , mf >raen!!
use of slang and lame attempts at witticism. We balls and sweet
are not surpriseanything that comes from one I ro ^ on ’ East, but all, not least m ove
who thinks it better for our country to be ravaged I Y ou have but to follow in imagination -
by a foreign foe and for our towns to bc reduced to smoothe walks which grace the gentle s.oi
ashes than for the Military an? Fire Companies to upon the right, and like them you will -" ll -
be kept up on their present footing. He says the be lost among the trees below, whichbidcfro°
leaders in this controversy are mortified at having view the 44 Vale of Springs.” Wc will visit It
made so much foolish noise for so small a cause, to-night, when there is no one to tell bo* W’
As he himself is the main-spring of this piece of mant T e we gentlemen arc, fqr it would r®*
folly, (having commenced it in spite and ended it our d nam(J to haye j t known * * ‘
tn farce,) we are glad to learn that he is now suf- ,L *
fering the pangs of a guilty conscience. lie gives
a beautiful evidence of Christian consistency by
insulting without being insulted. Although no one
has thought of doing him personal violence, he | gtess Sprin 0 . .
uses threatening language as if they had. And in- broken, stive by thc far off “ sound of t* u <
stead of illustrating by example, as well as by pre- by night,” and the Ivaty-dids unceasing-''-"''
ccpt, thc divine direction that when smitten on one whieh makes night's silence more opp rt =-' lV!
cheek, wcare to turn the other also, lie “waxeth | seem. It is sweet to sit and trace the Ttg-
cxcecding wroth ”—and, in thc words of the illus- outline of shady walks, half hidden in ^
trious Falstaff, he becomes “as valiant as the | g] oom , an( ] meandering wc know not*^
wrathful dove or thc magnanimous mouse 1 ” The
title of “Falstaff’Blusterbuss” which hc applies to
I sicr heard than seen. Adjoining the mansioi j
on the left is a row of modest, vine-clad, 1
obtrusive cottages, the prototype, no doubt, I
of those which figured so cozily in “Low’* I
■ good i _
It is midnight, and “ hushed arc a l I
sounds which vexed the ear of day.” J I
beautiful the scene from this seat near 1 \
How solemn the stillness. n»
us, hc doubtless considers a very smart hit. lie
need not, however, tax his inventive faculties in tic-
vising such names, for the original “Salamander,”
otherwise 44 Falstaff Blusterbuss,” takes no pains to
conceal his identity, and will always be ready to
answer by his acts any exceptions that may betaken
to his words.
Tho “Parson” vouchsafes to forgive our offense;
against him, for which, of course, we return our
grateful acknowledgments. Hc calls us “young
man” in a very patrouizing style, and hopes that
years will bring us increased wisdom. He forgets
that age is not always the test of experience, nor
is wisdom found only with gray hairs. But hov
does hc know that we are a “young man? ” Docs ho
learn this too from tho miserable ^cophants that
carry tales to their master? This atrocious crime
of being a “yo tngman” (to paraphrase the retort
of a celebrated orator,) we shall “ neither attempt
to palliate nor deny,” but will content ourself with
thc hope that when we reach the venerable old
je of the “Pastor” we will at least acquit-' tlie
isdoni of attending to our own business and let
ting other people's alone. lie also hopes that ago
will mellow our disposition, Tho compliment wc
i some|
seat beneath the trees, so sweet, su<rgc 5tir ®
“ lover’s talk,” and all the emotions *^
make it “ sound so silver sweet” by n '=..
1 On such a night” when the voice
of love*
softly tuned to the murmur of “bubblmS^J
tain’s flow,’.’ oh ! whoso cruel,t hat they (
not listen to its melody. But now, th® - , I
crescentof August’s youu-moon, wli ,
ed the tree top3when first we came, >“
from sight and leaves the scene bat n- ‘ ^
A!*!
mined by that dim mysterious twihgb*
claims such witchery for loving heart 3, ^
slecpiiy sinks to rest, how easily coni ff ^
mit to the superstitious feeling of tbc
and gaze half frightened upon ffl y 5
forms, with their attendant train
stantial fancies in 44 ghostly ^ I
easy now to flatter tho brain with tb° se
naked" dream-like images whose ex- i0 ^
dare not wholly deny. How ecb} )'■ ^ ^
that spirits of earth and air, are mectl3 ® - oi ;
to mingle their worship in some ^
rite, of which we sinful mortals
know, llow sweet to look upon t e