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<L hcCwgiaCelegrapg l5Y JOFK I'll Cl-ISBY. . ‘be I Hah TERMS-—Hereafter the prico of this Paper will ..TWO DOLLARS per annum, if paid iniidrrjj.rr, “•remitted to the office before the expiration of tl ,abJcnption year. If left to be applied for 1 Pahlislier cr hia Agent, Too Dollars ami a Jfill be required In even- r.ue, without exception, to eerer charge* and commissions. j^Ordera for the TtUORAra to new antneribers abcnld be accompanied with Cask. Correspondents should be particular to direct in foil "Georgia Telegraph." Persons writing to the Telegraph" in Macon, should so write, pi this way, only, will the letters designed for the r ,wpectjve offices, go directly to their place of des tination- ... VOL. XXXIT. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 18. 1858. NO. 34. TIic Birth Place of Wnsliimfton. A correspondent of the Richmond Diiipatcli furnishes that paper with an interesting report of Gov. Wise’s recent visit to the Wakefield Estate, Westmoreland County, Virginia, the liirth-placo of Washington, for the purpose of making arrangements to enclose the Birth place and family vault, reserved to the State, in 1831, by the last Washington proprietor of the ground, ou condition that she should permanently en close them by an iron fence, &c. For this pur pose the last Legislature of Virginia made an appropriation of $5000. We extract the sub joined from tho correspondence referred to : The term, “Athens of Virginia,” by which West inoreland county has been sometimes distinguished, is not inappropriately applied; for within her borders were born some of the most renowned men whose names appear on tho scroll of fume. Washington, Richard Henry Lee and his three brothers, Thomas, Francis and Arthur, Hcncral Henry Lee. Jnines Monroe, and the late Judge Buabrod Washington, were natives of Westmoreland. After n charming ride the party arrived at Wake field and met with a cordial reception from John E. Wilson, Esq., the present pro prietor of tho estate.—Before proccedingfurth ,-r. it is necessary to refer to tho genealogy of die Washington family, in order that the ren der may fully comprehend the situation of this sacred spot. Col. John Washington, who came with his brother to America, in 1(157, settled on the bank of Bridge’s creek, asma'l inlet of the Potomac, where ho thence forth lived and where ho died. He had two sons and a daughter, and it wns to tho second of these sons, Lawrence Washing ton, that the proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia granted a tract of land at the mouth of Pope’s creek. In his will, which is dated March J1 tb, 1G98, Lawrence Washington nays —••1 give the tract of land on which I now live,” to Jclm Washington. Besides this bequest, others were made to his second son Augustine, aud to his daughter Mildred. John Washing- ton.it seems,subsequently removed to Glouces ter and sold the Pope’s creek estate to Augus tine. the father of George Thus we Imre traced the history of the locality down to the date of an event which had a deeply important bearing upon thefuturc destinies of theinfant colony ami the republic. When George Washington was six years of age. the family removed to their Staffordshire r.-tute opposite Fredericksburg, and about this time (though there is some uncertainty as to the exact period,) the house in which he was born was destroyed by fire. There is at pres ent on the spot a chimney, which is said to have belonged to the kitchen, though it was proba bly attached to a house subsequently built out of the old materials. Near by, and plainly visible, is what seems to be a filled up cellar, with the chimney spots distinctly marked,anout sixty feet apart. This is doubtless the exact place whereon stood the house in which George Washington was born. Wo may now return to tho party whom we left at Mr. Wilson’s residence. After an hour passed in agreeable conversation, Gov. Wise, accompanied Ly n number of gentlemen, star ted on horec-back for the “birth place,” which is located in n ploughed field, about three fourths of u mile north east of the present man sion. It is on a somewhat elevated plateau, about fifty yards from the preciptous and cres- ccnt-slmped bank of Pope s creek, whichsweeps gracefully around and soon empties into the broad Potomac. The spot commands a mag nificent and extended view of the Maryland shore, and of the Potomac for many miles to wards the Chesapeake Bay. Close by tho cniinney of which we have be fore spoken, is a luxuriant growth of figs, the Advert sfms.sts At the regular charge will be One Dollar per square of 10 lines or less, forthe fast in sertion,and Fifty Cents for eaeb si 'n equent iiof r- tion. All advertisements not specified as to tin e, will be published until forbid and charged accord ingly Obituary Notices not exceeding ten lines, " ill be published gratis ; but cash at the rate of One Dol lar for every ten manuscript incs exceeding tint number,must accompany all longer notices, or th<p will bo cut short. ri^The Tii.eok.iph goes to press at in'i-ii-p), Monday Evenings. Advertisers will oblige by hard ingin their favors, us eaiiy as Saturday, if possible- would be required for the enclosure of the birth place and the vault, and with the residue $2- 500, he proposed tobuild a porter’s lodge, and instal therein a keeper of the grounds. But he has a more extensive and enlarged plan. The establishment of an Agricultural School was a favorite scheme with him, and he had vainly presented Ins views on that subjeet to the Leg islature. The people of Westmoreland had now an opportunity of securing the establish ment of such a school, and it was his arden- desire that one should be established at Waket field, the birth-place of Washington. He would himself head the subscription, and he urged the gentlemen present to reflect serious ly upon the project, and take hold of it in earn est. The conversation also turned upon agricul tural matters generally, and the Governor presented mauy theories and methods of im proved farming which completely absorbed the attention of the company. In short, the Gov ernor has created a favorable impression upon the minds of the people here, who freely con fess that they have, with the most bountiful gifts of nature all around them, long remained in an almost lethargic condition. Mr. Wilson entertained his visitors to-day with a sumptuous banquet, composed of the richest luxuries afforded by the land and wa ter, served up in tho true Virginia mode. A desert of refreshing ices and cokes completed the feast, which was from first to last seasoned with sallies of wit and pleasant repartee. Wakefield was sold in 1813 by Col. Geo. C. Washington, (who derived it from his father, Wm. Augustine Washington,) to John Gray of Stafford. John Gray afterwards sold it to Daniel Payne, whose executors sold it to John F. Wilson, father of the present proprietor. This gentleman is a connection of the Wash ington family by marriage, his wife being a Harriot having little or no fortune of her own, has no right to expect a great one in the man she marries —but it is desirable she should marry a gentleman ; —one who is well connected, and can support her decently, in the line she always moved: otherwise she would not find matrimony, with a large family and little means, so eligible as she may have con ceived it to be. I am yonr sincere friend and Affectionate uncle, G. Washington, This letter will be accompanied by one to my sis ter, which I pray you to receive from the Post Office and send to her. It may gratify our readers, especially the fairer portion of them, to learn that MissHar- riot was united to the man of her choice. They settled, afterwards, we believe, in Kanawha county, and a son, Mr. Andrew Parks, has creditably served in the Legislature of Vir ginia. A Curious Document. Washington, as everybody knows, was very methodical; and he was particular to have matters about which a dispute might arise “ put into writing.” The article below is copi ed from one of his “papers,” and is both char acteristic and amusing. It is an agreement with his gardener, who, it appears, wqs in the habit of getting “tight.” “ Articles of agreement made this twelfth day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand sev- Tlie Battle of JLexiugton Lately, before the N. Y. Historical Society, Mr. Bancroft read a paper upon the “ Battle of Lexington,” from which we extract the fol lowing ; On the afternoon of the day on which the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts adjpurn- ed. Gage took the light infantry and grenadiers off duty, and secretly prepared an expedition to destroy the colonics’ stores at Concord.— But the attempt had for several weeks been expected ; a strict watch had been kept and signals were concerted to announce the first movement of troops for the country. Samuel Adams and Hancock, who had not yet left Lexington for Philadelphia, received a timely message from Warren, and, in consequence, the Committee of Safety removed a part of the public stores and secreted the cannon.— On Tuesday, the IGtb, ten or more sergeants in disguised themselves through Cambridge and further West to intercept all communi cation. In the. following night the grenadiers and light infantry, not less than eight hun- trod was the altar of freedom, and they were to furnish its victims. The British van, hear ing the drum and the alarm guns, halted to load; the remaining companies came up, and at half an hour before sunrise the advance party hurried forward at doable quick time, almost upon a run, closely followed by the grenadiers, Pitcairn rode in front and when within five or six rods of the Minute Men, cried out—“ Disperse, ye villains, ye rebels, dis perse; lay down yoararms; why don’t you lay down your arms aud disperse ?" The main part of the countrymen stood motionless in the ranks, witnesses against aggression; too few to resist, too brave to fly. At this Pit cairn discharged a pistol, and with aloud voice cried “Fire.” The order was instantly follow ed, first by a few guns, which did no execution, aud then by a heavy, close and deadly dis charge of musketry. In the disparity of num bers the common was a field of murder, not of battle; Parker, therefore, ordered his men to disperse. Then, and not till then, did a few of them, on their own impulse, return the Brit- ish fire. These random shots of fugitives or dred in number/the flower of the°army"at I d Y in S men d!d 110 liarm > except that Pitcairn’s Boston, commanded by the incompetent Lieu- “ 01 ' se was Perhaps grazed, and a private of the tenant Colonel Smith, crossed in the boats of Tcnth Light Infantry was touched slightly in the transport ships from the foot of the Com-1 the le S- J ° nas Parker, the strongest and the mwiuusamisui- mon to East Cambridge. There they receiv- i best •■‘Testier in Lexington, had promised nev en hundred and eighty-seven, by and between e(1 day > s prov isions, and near midnight, I er t0 turn from British troops; and he kept his George Washington, Lsq., of the I anshof I fter w J- ng through wet marshes that are vow : A wound brought him on his knees. £-n^n Af G!lon C o 0Un, f ° f iwt ^ ate<>f ] lr ' now covered by a stately town, they took the Having discharged his gun, he was preparing 0 ima, of the one part, and Philip Baler, garden- l oad tbrougb We st Cambridge to Concord. I t0 load 11 a S aln - when as sound a heart as ever cr, on the other. \\ lines*, that tbo said Philip ,. They w ;il miss tbeir aimi » aa ; d one of a par _ throbbed for freedom was stilled by a bayonet, Batcr, for and m the consideration of the cove- tywhoobservedtheird (ure ..ivhataim,” and he la y on the post which he took at the nants herein and hereafter mentioned, doth asked p erc „ , vbo overheard the remark, morning’s drum' beat. So fell Isaac Muzzey, promise and agree to serve the said George .. W hy, the cannon at Concord,” was the an- and so dle d the aged Robert Munroe, the same \\ ashmgton for the term of one year, as a gar- 8Wer . p ercy bastened t0 Gage> who i nsta ntly "' ll0 m 1758 had been an ensign at Louisburg. dener, and! thatjie will durmg thesaid time, <»n-j directed that no one should be suffered to leave Jonatllan Harrington, junior, was struck in it Warren had already, at ten ^ ront k* s ° wn house on the north of the com- . — , ~ vit ,. _ w » /• , * • i o ciuuit despatched William Dawes through I his wife was at the window as he fell* ;; a " r “r,iW Ulgt0n ’ q " ° t 0 7 £! ?, nd C n7 r rt °.i 13 T a /f-? ardcn ; Hoxburv to Lexington, and at the same time With the blood gushing from hisbrcast.be Blenheim, a near neighbor. erto thebMtofhisknowletlgeandabihues.antl L 0 tifiedPaul Revere to sot off by way of Char- rose in hcr si ght, tottered, fell again, then that he wil. not at any time suffer himself to j estown . p au i R eve re stopped only to engage a crawled on hands and knees towards his dwel- be disguised with liquor, except on times here- friend tQ raisfJ tb(J concei ^ d 6ign ' ISi aa ° d % e ling; she ran to meet him, but only reached alter mentioned. minutes before the sentinels received the order lllm as he expired on their threshold. Caleb In consideration of these things bcinjr well tQ preveat itt two friends rowed him past the Harrington, who had gone into the meeting and truly performed on the part of said Phil- Somerset man-of-war across Charles river. All house for powder, was shot as he came out. lip Baler, the said George Washington doth w stilI suited t , hour . Tbe sbip Samuel Hadley and John Brown were pursu- agree to allow um (the said Philip) the same Ending with the young flood; the waning moon e d aad killed after they had left the green, kind and quality of provisions as he has here- just pe “ red abovc J a cl f ar borizon . whil ° e from Asahel Porter, of Woburn, who had been taken tofore bad, and likewise, annually, a decent a coapIe of i anterns i n lbe t0 wer 0 f tbe North prisoner by the British on the march, endeav- suit of clothes, befitting a man in his station ; cburch tbe beacon stre amed to the neighboring ored escape, was shot within a few rods of to consist of coat, vest and breeches, a work- towns as fast a3 H bt CQU , d travcl . a little be- the common. Day came m all tbe beauty of ingjacket and breeches, of homespun, besides; yond Charlestown Neck Revere wasintercepted an earl y s P»ng; the trees were budding, the two white shirts ; three check do.; two linen 1 twoBritishofficers on horse-back; but being S rass growing ran lily a full month before the pocket handkerchiefs ; two pair of lmen over- bi[UseIf well mounte d, he turned suddenly, and season, the blue bird and the robin gladdening hauls, as many pair of shoes as are necessary leading one cf tbem into a c j av bank> es( . aped the genial season, and calling forth the beams of for him ; four dollars at Christmas, with which from the otber b tbe road t ' 0 Medford. As the 8 <m which on that morning shone with the he may be drunk four days and four nights: be ed Qn be waked tbe capta j n 0 f tbe Mm- warmth of summer but distress and horror two dollars at Raster to effect the same pur- ut(J JIea of tbat t057n> and continued to rouse gathered over the inhabitants of the peaceful pose ; two dollars at W hitcsuntide. to be almost eve bouse on the way t0 Lexington, town; there, on the green, lay in death, the drunk two days; a dram m the morning and Tbe t g bad not advance( i f ar wbc n the fir- gray baired and the young—the grassy field a drink of grog at d ' na er at noon. ingof guns and ringing of bells announced was red “with the innocent blood of their For the true and faithful performance of tbat th gj r expedition had been heraided before brethren slain,” crying unto God for veng aU and each part of these things, the parties tbenJi ;md SmUh 6ent back t0 demand a rein . eance from the ground. Seven of the men of have hereunto set their hands this_twenty-third f orcen j Cnt . tbe m orning of tbe 19th 0 f Lexington were killed, nine wounded—a quar- day of April, Anno Domini, 17e/. April, between the hours of 12 and 1, the mes- ter part of those who stood in arms on the pjjjHP ^ BATER. I sa g e from Warren reached Adams and Han- j green. These are the village heroes, who About sundown, the pleasant company sep arated, and Gov. Wise returned to Claymont, the residence of George W. Lewis, Esq. Mr. Lewis is one of the fittest specimens of the Vir ginia gentleman we ever met with, His home is delightful, and evidences of refined taste meet the eye, on every side. We may apply to this household the lines of Thomson : “An elegant, sufficiency, content, Ketreatment, rural quiet, friendship, books, Eaae and alternate labor, useful life. Progressive virtue and approving Heaven.” It is understood tbat the Governor will dine at this place to-morrow, and on Friday at Dr. Wirt’s an elegant mansion not far distant. Meantime be will have another interview with Mr. Wilson, relative to the transfer of the birth-place and the burial ground to the moth er State, the result of which we will give in a subsequent letter. Doubtless, many of your readers are aware that George, W. Bassett, Esq., of Farming- ton, Hanover county, who married a grand niece of Washington, has in his possession tbe old family Bible of the Washington family, We may appropriately copy here the following record of the birth of Washington, the original of which is supposed to be in the hand writing of his mother: “George Washington, son to Augustine, and Mary his wife, was born ye 22d day of February, 1732, about 10 in tbe morning, and was baptized tho 3d of April following—Mr. Beverly Whiting and Chris topher Brooks, Godfathers,and Mrs. Mildred Grego ry, Godmother.” We have been much interested, this evening, in the perusal of several autograph letters from General Washington, which Mr. Lewis has preserved with great care. Our kind entertain er is a descendant of the Washington family, his great grandfather having married Bettie Washington, the sister of the illustrious Gen eral. We were permitted to make use of the valuable letters alluded to, which, having nev er before been published, will undoubtedly in- A Quaker ou Hie Revival. The New York Evening Post has the following communication: Friend Editor.—I observe in thy paper of yes terday a notice of the manner, in some respects, in which the “revival” is conducted in this city.— Thou sayest that the “Young Men’s Christian Asi-o- ciation” is sending round persons to the hou.-es of citizens indiscriminately, and taking a kind of cen sus of families. I was not aware of this being a- dopted as a system, but, from a circumstance which I am about tb narrate, I judge that thou art proba bly correct. A few evenings since, about nine o'clock, my wife and daughters were seated in the parlor, when two young women were let in by the servant. As nearly as their recollection serves, the following conversation took place: Youmj ITmuh.—We arc sent by the Young Men’s Christian Association, to ask what church you belong to. J/y Wife.—We do not attend any church. Young Women.—IIow many children have you in the family ? My Wife.—Three. Young Women.—What are their ages? My Wife.—From sixteen to twenty-two. Young Women.—Will you not attend tie Bet; Mr. II’s. prayer meeting? My Wife.—We are friends. We have nothing to do with churches and prayer meetings a ad thy reverends. You are comely young women, and I think it is improper for you to be out alone this time of night. I advise you to go home, and, also, to tell the young men of that Christian Association that it is improper for them to send girls of your age into the street after night without suitable pro tection. I think my wife gave those young women good advice. But let me inquire, friend Editor, wheth er thou thinks it seemly for any association to send missionaries into private families uncalled, to at tempt the inculcation of their doctrines ? I desire to be preserved in a patient and liberal spirit to wards the sects, but I am better content to go my own way than theirs. Suppose I shouldgo orsend unto the families of the Young Men’s Christian As sociation and invite them and the children to come to a Friend’s meeting, dost thou not think they would take it as an offence to good breeding? I cannot approve of these outward “revivals” and “prayer meetings.” They are not consistent with the instructions of the Master who recommend ed the closet and not the market-house as the pro per place of prayer. Let me entreat all thinking men not to give way to outward and hasty excitement, but to seek inward peace; and this 13 to be done only by self- examination and by close attention to that law of truth in tbe soul to which no man is a stranger. Thy friend, A. Y, ZEILIN, hunt & c< Fitzgerald & Nottingham. Comer ol «d nnd Cherry Streeln. .TSaron, KKKP CONSTANTLY on hand A LARGE & COMPLETE 'STOCK or DKUGS, MEPICIXES, FAINTS, DYJES, PERFUMERY, Ac, Particular atfesitioia pna«I to supply PLANTATIONS & PHYSICIANS with article* of UNDO U IS T 12 JD P i » P T V. Macon, Feb. 9, IS.":?. mark. Witness: GEORGE WASHINGTON. George A. Washi.ngotn-, Tobias Lear. pareut stock of which lies decaying on the tercst yonr readers. They all have reference ground, while myriads of shoots have sprung 1 10 private matters, and we select the follow up ground it. Partially concealed by these, we found a granite slab, broken, in three pieces, inscribed—“Here on the 11th of February, 17- 32, George Washington teas born,” Tim slab was placed there in Jane, 1815, by G. W. P. Custis, who, accompanied by friends, went thither in his yacht “Lady of the Lake,” aud after depositing the stone, returned.on board and fired a Federal salute from a swivel which they had obtained for the purpose. A considerable number of citizens assembled at the place to-day, for the purpose of paying their respects to the Governor and aiding him in making the birth-place and the family vault for enclosure. The Governor rode about the ground and along the shore of Pope’s creek, in order to obtain an aceurato idea of the locality, frequently consulting with his com panions upon the plan ho proposed to dc- vclope. Au aged citizen present, said that he distinct ly rememberedwhen a house occupied the spot where the chimney now stands, and that it was formerly used for a kitchen and laundry. The mansion, lie said, stood on the site adjacent, to which allusion bus already been made- _ A rpontuneons growth of plants, near the chim ney, renders it probable that there was former ly a garden at that point. A gentleman in the company found a piece of stone, worn perfect ly smooth on one side, partially buried in the earth near tbe site of the old mansion, and it was the opinion of all present that it was a frag ment of the hearih stone. This relic was pres ented to Gov. Wise, who will deposit it, prop erly labelled, in the Library at Richmond. While sojourning at the birth place, the party experienced some annoyance from a >hower of rain, which terminated the visit at this interesting spot. Several persons supplied themselves with canes from the black haw, which grows abundantly on the shore of the creek and which they intend to preserve as sacred me mentos. Following up the ravine in a N. N. W. di rection, for a little more than a mile, the Gov ernor and his attendants came to the burial {.'round and vault in which arc interred the re mains of ,he father, grand father and great grand father of Washington, with those of their respective families, at Bridge’s creek. The brick arch of the vault (the sides of which have been filled in with earth to prevent de predations,) is plainly visible. Nothing re mains of tho ancient enclosure, except one or two partially decayed postn. Close by the vault lay s a moss-covered tomb-stone, bearing the following inscription: "Here tyetb iho body of John TYsahington, oldest •.•a to Captain Lawrence Washington, wbo departed ibis fifs y 0 ioui of January, 169p, aged 10 years and d* month*. , ,, , “Also Mildred Washington, eldest daughter to said wuhiogton, who died on ye 1st of August, I69fi, aged " months.” ' The stone also bears the: device of a skull •ad cross bones, and the characters are cut in •he angular style of the ancestral grave stones usually foued in Virginia. Some other fragments were found scattered i here and there, one of which bore a device which none of the company were able to inter pret. It may have beentbe coat of arms of u uc of tho Washingtons. It is believed that mlicr slabs and inscription scan be found by clearing away the mold which lias been accuin- ulatiog there for generations. , After viewing the consecrated, though neg- ■reted spot, Gov. Wise, accompanied by sev- **“ gentlemen, returned to Mr. Wilson’s man- Hun. Here seated around an old Virginia log U® *8 the pleasant parlor, the guests listened with interest to the Governor's remarks, which .,'T® io the conversational style. He told them -st not more than •7l ,500 of the appropriation private ing: To Captain George Letris. Valley Forge, May 3d, 1778. Dear George: I should be glad if you would let the inclosed go by a safe hand, as it is to thank Mr. Turner for an elegant pair of pistols and furniture which he obli gingly made me a present of. I do not know where to direct to him, but believe he lives somewhere on Rappahannock, either near Leeds or above it. He is the son of Harrv Turner, aid I think married the aister of Captain Fauntleroy. I would not have the better miscarry. Air*. Washington desire*, if you meet Curtis at or beyond Baltimore, you will desire him to bring her some oranges, which it is said are in plenty at that plnco. I am, yr. affect. G. Washikgton. To Major George Ijetcis. Mount Verson, 3th April, 1797. Dear Sir Your letter of the 31st ult, from Cul peper county, came to my bands late at night on the 3th test, and the enclosure for your brother Fielding was sent to him early next morning. The melancholy occasion of yonr writing has filled me with inexpressible concern. The debt of natnre, however, sooner or later, must be paid by us all; and although the separation from our nearest relatives is a heart-rending circumstance, reason, religion and philosophy,teach ns to bear it with resignation; while time alone can ameliorate and soften the pangs we experience at parting. It must have been a consoling circnmstanoe to my deceased sister,tbat so many of her friends were about her. I find myself slmoft in the situation of a new be ginner ; so much does my houses and every thing about them stand in need ol repairs. What with Joiners, Painters,GLsiera. Ac, Ac., 1 have scarcely a room to go into at present, that is free from one, or other of them. But the inside will so~n be done tho’ it wilt require it good deal of time to make good lbe decays which I am every day discovering in the out buildings nnd enclosures. This leads me to ask if you know of a good house joiner, (white or black) that could be hired by tbe year, or month, and what terms. I want one who is capable of making a well finished pannel-door, sash and wainscot, and who could bo relied on for his so briety and diligence. ■ At anv time, and all times, we should be very glad toseeyouand Mrs. Lewis at this place; aud with best regards to you both, in which your aunt joins, I am, dear sir, your sincere friend, and Affectionate uncle, Geo. Washington. cock, who divined at once the object of the ex- I "'ere more than of noble blood, proving by pedition. Revere, therefore, and Dawes, join-! their spirit that they were of a race divine, ed bv Samuel Prescott, “a high son of liberty” I They gave their lives in testimony to the rights H|| ........ from Concord, rode forward, calling up the in- of mankind, bequeathing to their country an A Temperance Address.—In this connec-1 habitants as they passed along, till in Lincoln assurance of success in the mighty struggle tion it may be well to add the close of a letter they fell upon a party of British officers.— which they began. Their names are held in from Washington to one of his overseers. The Revere and Dawes were seized and taken back grateml remembrance, and the expanding “Temperance cause,” as such, had not been j to Lexington, where they were released; but millions of their countrymen renew and multi- heard of in the days of Washington ; he was a Prescott leaped over a low stone wall and gal- Pv theirpraise from generation to generation “moderate drinker," bat he was “down on” loped on for Concord. There, at about two in fulfilledMheir duty not from tfieaccidcn- intemperance. Here is the way he talks to the morning, a peal from the belfry of the tal impulse of the moment; their action was his overseer: meeting house called tho inhabitants of the the slowly ripened fruit of Providence and of “I shall not close this leter without exhorting you I place to their town hall. They came forth, I tune. The light that led them on was coni- to refrain from spirituous liquors r they will prove young and old, with their firelocks, readv to bined of rays from the whole history of the your ruin ifyoudo not. Consider how little a drank- I ^, ak{ f „ (lod tbe rcao l a te words of their town race; from tho traditions of the Hebrews in W»h“«on!u.e°f“merdfpnVes 1 him'.elToMt “debates 5 . Among the most alert was William the grey of the world’s morning; from the when that is the case, acts like a brute, annoying and I Emerson, the minister, with gun in hand, his heroes and sages of republican Greece and disturbing every one around him; nor is this all. nor, powder horn aud pouch for balls slung over Rome; from the example of Him-who laid as it respects himself, the worst of it. lly degrees it I shoulder. By his sermons and his prayers down his life on the cross for tbe life of hu- h“bi“ I Ud .ho cotta,*™ of hi Kook inanity; from the religion, creed which pro- own, he falls from a state of usefulness into contempt, j that they held the defence of their liberties a | claimed the divine presence in man, aud on sent and creative self-assertion of the earliest emigrants to Massachusetts ; from the states men who made, and the philosophers who ex- nble vice, which cannot, I am certain, (to the great-1 rise the summons ran from house to house I transmitted out of their forests to the coun- est loveer of liquor) give more pleasure to sip in tho through Acton. Express messengers and vol- cils of Saxon England; from the burning faith {u“bad 0 bebitiour b at“he momeuf, and’tWe rioul J«Y 8 &> nl 3Ien a P raad t!ic alal ™' How and courage of Martin Luther; from trust in evils produced by it afterwards, must give pain. I children trembled as they were scared out of the inevitable universality of God s sovereign- am yout friend. GEORGE WASHINGTON, sleep by the cries ! How wives, with heaving ty as taught by Paul of Tarsus, and Augus- nrs i breasts, bravely seconded their husbands ; how tine, through Calvin and the Divine of New White Slavery m New England, the countrymen, forced suddenly to arm, with- England; from the avenging fierceness of the ,’ V ® extract the following from a letter pub- out gu ; de s, or counsellors, took instant counsel on the Puritans, who dashed down the mitre hahedin tho Richmond Enquirer, and dated of tbe j r courage. The mighty chorus of voices of the ruins of the throne; from the bold dis- the 5th mst., at Lowe .Mass. rose from the scattered farm houses, aud as it * ' e * As a freeman (?) of the Nortb-a laborer-- from tbe asbes of tbo dead . C ome I desire to pen a few lines for tbe perusal of forth cbampion8 £ liberty .'-now free your, your readeis. 1 ou know that we are all free- countr y_ protect y 0ur son3 a nd daughters, pounded, the revolution ot England; the liber- men bcrc, in name, lou are also aware that r wivcs and bomcst eads—rescue the bouses al spirit, analyzinginquisitiveness of the cigh- we have a great army of philanthropists (great th(J Q od 0 j y 0ur f atberSl tbe franchises band- teenth century; trom the cloud of witnesses in number) and anti-slavery champions. Now ed down from y0Ul . ancestors! Now all is at of all ages to the reality and the rigbtfulness to show bow they practice the theories of free- I tabe —tbe battle is for all.' Lexington, in of human freedom. All the centuries bowed dom they are so ready to preach, allow me to 1T} . have had seven hundred inhabitants, themselves from the recesses of a past eternity cite a few facts: We have in New England a forming ' ne pa ri s h, and having for their min- to cheer in their sacrifice the lowly men who large class of people who are necessitated to ister fhe learned and f ervent j on as Clark, tho proved themselves worthy of their forerunners, hire away their labor for a livelihood. Many bo]d inditer 0 f patriotic State papers tbat may and whose children rise up and called them of them, especially the operatives m our cotton be read £ tbch to , vn r £ c £ rds . In D( ?_ blessed. Heedless of his own danger, Samuel mills, are, as Hon. Jas.H. Hammond, of South cemberj 1772 , they had instructed their repre- Adams, with the voice of a prophet, exclaim- Carolma, has said, essentially slaves. £ nd | se ntative to demand “a radical and lastiug rc-1 ed. “Oh! what a glorious morning is this!” dress of their grievances, for not through their for he saw that his country’s independence now. our -couou .orus, wuo «,„r I neglect should the people be enslaved.” A was rapidly hastening on, and like Columbus ton mills, nil good black republicans (?) take I y( f n . Iater tbey spurned the use of tea. In in the tempest, knew that the storm did but advantage of the times, and actually force at varioas to Wn meetings, they voted bear him the more swiftly towards the undis- their operative, making necessity their “fugi- „ to increase tbeir stock of Station,” «to covered goal rive slave law, to work for starvation wages. encourage military discipline, and to put them- The honorable gentlemau was warmly ap- These very people, whom they so oppress, are l e i ves in a p03ture 0 f defence against their P lauded at tbe close, and upon the motion of so poor that they cannot get away, or dootber-| cnem;es> „ j‘ n J3 ccember t hey distributed to j -Rev. Dr. Osgood the thanks of the society the train band and alarm list” arms and am-1 were unanimously voted to him. munition, and resolved to “ supply tho train ing soldiers with bayonets.” At two in the morning, under the eye of tbe minister, and of Hancock and Adams, Lexington common was alive with the Minute Men; and not with wise than submit. I ask what kind of slavery can be “blacker” than this, for the time being? None, when we consider the professions (by pocrisy) of their oppressors. To illustrate, allow mo to cite the case of Hon. Daniel Clark, of Manchester, New Hamp- hifalu- The company then retired to the refresh ment rooms. TurKey Fattening. Cobbet says: “As to fattening turkeys, the best way is never let them get poor. Barley meal al mixed with skimmed milk and given to them fresh, will make them fat a short time. Boiled potatoes mixed with Indian meal will furnish a change of sweetfood which they should be al lowed to eat as much as they can. As with others, the food of this bird mast be kept clean, and the utmost care taken not to give them on the morrow the mixture of the preceding day; because, if the weather is warm, it will sour, which might displease them.” Much has been published of late in our agricultural journals in relation to the alimentary properties of char coal. It has been repeatedly asserted that do mestic fowls may be fattened on it without any other food, and that, too, in a shorter time than on the most nutritive grains. “I have recent ly made an experiment,” says a writer for a Philadelphia paper’ “and must say that the re sult surprised me, as I had always been rather skeptical. Four turkeys were confined in a pen and fed on meal, boiled potatoes and oats. Four others, of the same brood, were also at the same time confined in another pen and fed on the same articles, but with one pint of very finely pulverized charcoal mixed with their food—mixed meal and boiled potatoes. They had also a plentiful supply of broken charcoal in their pen. The eight were killed on the same day, and there was a difference of one and a half pounds each in favor of the fowls which had been supplied with charcoal, they being much the fattest, and the meat greatly superi or in point of tenderness and flavor.” Tlie Emperor Napoleon. The Philadelphia Press commences an edi torial article with the following: Louis Napoleon has accomplished another of those remarkable feats, which, when party politics have sunk into the abyss of the past, must undoubtedly gain him enormous credit with posterity. He has done more for Paris, in less than six years of his reign, than his great uncle, Napoleon I, accomplished during his twenty years of sovereignty. It was the boast of Augustus that he had found Rome made of brick, and that he had rebuilt it with marble. Not quite so extensive a boast as this can be setup for Louis Napoleon, but when we consider liow he has completed the Rue Rivoli into one of the most magnificent streets in the world—how he has finished tho Louvre, extend ing it into a junction with the Tuileries—how he has removed from the front of the Palais Royal a nest of infamous houses, infested by bravos and thieves, and their no less wretched female companions—how he has made the Ho tel de Cluuey into one of the finest Museums of National Anti quities to be found in any country ; and now, when he has thrown open the new street of magnificent palaces, to which (rather too vain-gloriously wc submit) he lias given the name of the Boulevard de Sebasto pol, it must bo confessed that this man—call him assassin, bravo, usurper, tyrant, or what you will—has really accomplished much for fulfilling his uncle’s magnificent boast that he would make Paris the miniature metropolis of Europe. shire. A short time since he made a “hifalu- I ody"^"bat with "tTe^ld mcnVlso, who tin” speech m the Senate, m reply to Senator | pr / mn ^ „^ nt !n nn<! „ nf Msjor Geo. Lewis. Extract from a letter to his sister, Mra. Betty Lew is. At Fredericksburg, dated New York, Oct. lltu 1789: “A sort of epidemicsl oold has seized every body in this city.but it is not dangerous—moat of my family hsve had it, or are now laboring under it hitherto I have escaped—and purpose in two or three days to set out for Boston by way of relaxation from business and re establishment of my healui af ter the long and tedious complaint with which I have been ufflicted, and from which it is not more than ten days 1 have recovered.that is since the incision which was made by the Doctor forthe Imposthume on my thigh has been cured. . ... . •Mrs. Washington joins me in every good wish for yon and onr other relations in Fredericksburg—and I cm, my dear sister, Yonr most affectionate brother, G. Washington. To Major Giorge Leteis. Philadelphia, 7th April, 1796. Dear Sir—Tuesday's post brought me a lett er from a Mr. Andrew Parks of Federicksbnrg, covering one from yonr mother; both on the subject of over tnres of marriage made by the former to your cousin Har riot Washington, which, it seems, depend upon my consent for consummation. My sister speaks Of Mr. Parks as a sober, discreet mini: nnd oo« who is attentive to business. Mr. Parks ‘-.rvs of himself that his‘•fortune, at present, does not iulieh exceed A'3,000, but with indu-try slid economy ho has every expectation of rapidly improving Us condition,” being concerned with his brother-in law, Mr. McHdSfty, of Baltimore, in mercantile business. - r n , . i •, As lam an entire stranger, to Mr. Parks, to his family connexions, or his connexions in trade, to his inode'of living, his habits, and bis prospects intrude I should be glad if you w'd ascertain them with M much precision as 51 U can mid write me wIth a- tit tle delay as you can well avoid. Free Negroes in Kansas taking: THEIR POSITION. Wc learn from the Kansas Western Journal of • . ,. . - v 1 1 • | went exempts, except in ease of immediate I t'ommeree, that ou Tu 'sd.iy the i:;tli mst. a tm-ot- Haminwid s so called attack upon free labor, in datJ to tbe town . Tbe ro u was ca |j cdi and ing of the free blacks of Leavenworth City, was winch he endeavored to make it appear that l f militia aud aIarm meil about one hundred hcld , to c M rC5S th . cir approbation of the action of the laborers of New Hampshire were very free l nd ^ answered to their names. The 110 la ^ oaal Convcntionmgrmnmg to and independent—lauding free labor to the n . . . r>„ i „ . them tbe “right of suffrage and tbe freedom of skies I am well acquainted in Mr. Clark’s ? a P talr K Joha £ ar ^’ one t0 the schools, on a perfect footing and equality of a place of residence, and I know that the opera- Ioad W?"* w t0 take *lnte man.” Resolutions were adopted congratu- tives of his own eitv are as free as those 0 f not to be tbo first to fire. Messengers sentto I taring their colored friends throughout the country, Massachusetts • free to labor for starvation wa- 9°^ for the Erit’sh regulars, reported that an d inviting them to emigrate at once to the free Aia^ac e , i * , i there were no signs of their approach. A watch soil of Kansas, as a place where the black man has ge9 or become beggars, x 8 was therefore set and the company dismissed, his proper position. The resolutions approving of ing inconsistency in Mr. Clark s case is, that orders t0 come together at beat of drum, the doings of the Convention were objected to on he dare not make such a speech miavor of free Some went tQ ^ Q fa wn homes, some to the one ground only, and that was, allowing foreign- abor in his own city, because it would kill oft | Uvem near , he soutbeast corncr of tbfi Pommou . | ers to vote amply on taking out their first papers, bis constituent’s votes— the monied ones— those who do the ters. This I know *« *« iruc ucww. I believed to be intended, were compelled by years ago, tins present time, while he opera- uaaiou t0 retire towards Woburn. The I “ ■“» ■'«« Pkta when U» can assure you he made i labor oration, lie inertJ\ ■—| and in silence. Alarm guns »ere mtu uuu I have heard abolitionist lecturers say Southern drums beati not a cal i t 0 vilb ig e husb andmen on cler<rvmen preae 1 - * ^ ly, but the reveille to humanity. Less than seven- NEW 5>S6t-« Ss'8'OESt:. ALEX. A, MENARD, RALSTON’S BUILDING, CHERRY ST., MACON. GA H AS just receive;! ar.;l is now ope stock of fresh Drug., .rirdiriae., ChemicnlH, s~(jt ln»lruiarul«, Paints, Oils, Ygf Drr-StnflV, Perfumery, ggl Patent .ilotli- cincs, P&nrniBcedticni Preparation-. c. My Drugs have been select- i with strict refer- VIH'I’ to tin ir pn-ity .m.l quality : •■!: rare l'r—1, and may be fully relied on. Efo 1‘iIc’tn lixeciiH’d. Physicians* Prescriptions and Family .Medi cines put up with neatness and accuracy, at all hears of the day or night. I-s** A largo lot ofAjrtiiicin! T«*rflj received feh 94-tf 11a i. a i v-; i: DENMAN & WATERMAN A RE now prepared to exhibit to 111 ir patrons, a RICH and varied assortment of Fancy IDry 7 " G-oods. among which are RICUBAVADERE SVE#KH, SIDE STRIPE SILKS, BABEGF mu, ORGASpiB SOUP, .HOIRE AXTIQI i: ECOSSE AND CHENS silks A choice Assortment of Ereneh and Cliantilla Lace MANTILLAS, Beautiful Chenille Headdresses, Kid Gloves, Long and Short Silk Lace Mitts, Ladies, Gents' and Children's Hosiery, Extension Skirts, Organdie, Swiss and Jaconet Muslins from f cents to 1 dollar per y»rd, Lawns, Cambrics and Brillants, white and colored. Also a full assortment of STAPLE A1W DOMESTIC GOODS. CALICOES, BLEACHED and BROWN SHEETING, SHIRTINGS, GINGHAMS, COTTON A D ES r IRISH LINENS, Tabic Damask aud iVapkius. Call if you wish fine, choice goods at a mar 30 I \ores-ine mumeu euu- A dams and Hancock, whose proscription had wire-pu hug in p already been divulged, and whose seizure was ^ rUC ;,n e „ C : fin? believed to be intended, were compelled by me ’, ., „ . P, , persuasion to retire towards Woburn. The a dd 8OT ^ . ut i last sta rs were vanishing from night, when the no “iii&lntio ” free I foremost party, led by Pitcairn, a major of | balance, but de foreigners nebber, sah, n ,, 11 a , 1 _ . marines, was discovered advancing quickly say agin, sail, I is a natib American, II y auuressea tncin as i d j n a ;j encc . Alarm guns were fired and I favor of Crittenden’s bill, sail. ’ papers. One of the orators is thus reported: Mr. President, I is opposed to dera ’arc resolu tions—kase I is a native American myself, I is, and dat constitution gives to de foreigners de same rights as de natib born. Dat, sah, I neber will swallow. I is willin’ for de rest to vote same as de nab bar. l is! I’s in The remarks of the native sable orator n ere re ceived with uproarous applause, but the reasoning of the speaker was swallowed up by tbat other great consideration, that the Convention had put negroes on an equality as to the right of suffrage and freedom of the common schools, with the white people; so the resolutions were adopted with great enthusiasm. It would seem from the pro ceedings of the meeting, that the free negros of and Good News for the Bors.—For the last Dy- perhaps less than sixty, obeyed the sum- year or two there has been a deficiency in the nions, and in sight of half as many boys and un supply of Chinese lire crackers, owing to the arfaed ma u were paraded in two ranks, a few reoeliion in China. The consequence lias been rods north of the meeting house. How orten a "reat advance in the price of those indispen- m “ ia t building liau they, with renewed pro sable articles for the Fourth of July. Butthis fessions of their faith, looked up to God as the _ vnr there is likely to be an abundance, which stay or their fathers, and the protector of their Kansas intend to avail themselves of the acts a will brim: the price down. From July 1st I privileges ! How often oa that village green, docremes of the Black Republicans in their far 1857, to February 26th, 1858, there were ship- byr the burial place of their forefathers, had they pledged themselves to each other to combat manfully for their birthright inheri tance of liberty J There they now stood side by side, under the provincial banner, with arms in their bauds, silent ac.d fearless, willing to fight for their privileges, scrupulous not to be- ped from Ilong Kong to the United States 140, 3G1 boxes of tire-crackers, against -12,0/3 in the previous year, and 85,320 boxes in the year before that. “There is a divinity that shapes our ends,” _ _ as the pig remarked when he was eontemplat- gin civil war, and as yet unsuspicious of im- iug the kinks in his tail. | mediate danger. The ground on which they —{Cincinnati Enquirer. Who ever heard of a widow committing sui cide on account of love ? A little experience is very wholesome. When Jekyll, the witty lawyer, wan asked the difference between au attorney and a so licitor, he replied, “About the same that ex ists between an alligator and a crocodi le.” £iFect of tlie Kansas Bill. Senator Collamek, of Vermont, aFreesoil- er, thus defines the object aud effect of the bill of the Conference Committee for the admis sion of Kansas recently passed by Congress. It is nearly the same view as adopted by Sen ator Hunter, whoso remarks will be found in to-day’s paper: “We have complained a great deal that the Le- compton constiti tion was submitted to the people in regard to the question of slavery, in a certain manner, which was unfair, deceptive and dealing in duplici ty. That submission was this: ‘You may vote for the constitution with slavery, or forthe constitution without slavery; but you have to vote for the con stitution at any rate, which has slavery in it in cither case.’ Now, ho .v is it here ! We will put to you the question, ‘Will you vote for these land grants 7 But now remember, if you rote forthe land grants you arc to hare this stare constitution, and if you vote against the land grants you are to have slavery in your Terri- ry without a con station.' That is, you are to have a constitution with slavery, or slavery, without a con stitution, but slavery at any rate. That seems to me to be the way in which the question is put to them; because you hold that, under the Dred Scott de cision, it is a slaveholding Territory, and, therefore if the people vote for these laud grants, they are to take a slaveholding State constitution, and if they vote against them, they are to endure slavery under a territorial form of government. That is the alter native.” A Western editor, in noticing a new and splendid hearse, thinks “it will afford much satisfation to those who use it.” An Irishman was challenged to fight a duel, but declined on the plea that he did not want to leave his mother an orphan. Troubles are like babies—they grow big ger by nursing. Don’t meet troubles half way, for they are not worth the compliment. An old lady in London, over eighty years of age, has cut her third set of teeth, and her features have the juvenescence of thirty years. A person looking at some skeletons the TqiOR full particulars the other day, asked a young doctor present -'i-D, ut D where he got them. He replied.: “We raised them I” GJ-ranite Hall, No. 2. Crockery, China, &c. T i\ OliLD most respectfully inform the citizens of _L Macon and surrounding country that I have a good stock of Chin- Dinner and Tea setts eml Gran ite Dinner and Tea Setts. Eugiish China Tea setts from S3 59 to S8 00 per sett. A large lot plated Castors, ranging from ■•? i 00 each to 630 00. Tea setts from 633 00 to 6100 00. Ice P.tchers, <Scc., Ac. A fine lot Cnina Vases. Sever al Betts fine French Glass. Bureau setts for tables. Fine Bohemian Colognes. Plated Butter and Su gar Dishes. Cigar Stands, Fluid Gas Lamps for standing, suspending, side and Billiard Lamps, Cam- phene Lamps, side ami suspending, a common and fine article. Kerosene Lamps, common Lard Lamps, Brass Girandoles, Plated Knives and Forks. Te i and Table Spoons,common Black Tea Put.-, Brown s; Tea Pots, Brown Spittoons, China Spittmu , China Toilet setts, common Toilet setts, a large and well assorted stock of Glassware. I have about - 1 do»J common Tumblers for Merchants an l 3 n dnz. Gob- letsfor Merchants, also a large stock of Granite and common Earthen ware. As I import my stock of VVare and buy iny Glass principally for cash at Auc tions in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, &( ., I think I can sell here at New York prices and give my cus tomers satisfaction. Thankful for past patronage, I now presume to solicit the same in future. B» P. McEVOV. House Furnishing’ Store FOR SALE. O WING to tho continued bad health, which I am now afflicted with, and but little prosDects of a final recovery, renders me unfit for business any Ion ger. I am therefore desirous of selling out to an ap proved purchaser on very moderate terms, my emir- stock and trade now kept in the Brick Store, next below the Mechanics' Bank consisting of a general stock of HOUSE FURNISHING supplies, a ich as STOVES, RANGES. GRATES : HOLLOW -WARE of the very best kind : TIN WARE of all ki ids ; COPPER, SHEET IRON, BRASS, LEAD, BLOCK TIN, and SHELF COODS, ol the very best; CUT LERY, ot late importation; with a mechanical bu siness attached, with iny own workmen, who would be hired at thesame time it desired; with the neces sary Machines and Tools, Patterns and many other things too tedious to mention. This is a business of THIRTY-ONE YEARS’ operation,and is ati. sr rate opening for some young man just starting i:i the world. Will also be sold, if desired. 30 boxes ROOF ING TIN, 30 do. 1c. do. 15 lx. do, and 5 do. 20 by 14, lx., suitable for customer’s work; together with a largo supply of WIRE, all Nos., from l to CO, with all kinds of FI TTIN G suitable to the business.— Time will be given to m approved pun baser. Enquire ot B. F. CHEW, Augusta, Gsu may 4 6t 1250 Acres of Land FOR SALE. TTTATIKG purchased Land in tbe West, and being ll dlfennined to movetiitr-.- next Full, lam now offering for sale, mv valuable PLANTATION, cun- , taming TWELVE HUNDRED AMI SIXTY FIVE .\ClvES, in Monroe county, twenty miles from Mason on the Thomaston road, or or.e mile south of Bank ston, adjoining the lands of -C. W. Battle. Oliver Moran, and others. There are four hundred acres in the woods, the balance under good fence, and in a high atate of cultivation. There is u good tu o ttory M DWELLING, with six large rooms above, and three basement rooms, a store room and eight tire places, good frame negro houses,gin honse and screw, cribs, barns an 1 every oilier necessary house. Locality healthy, and convenient to church and school. Allot’ which. I will sell at one-third less than its real value, on term*, to suit the purchaser. Also, CORN, FOD- DEK and STOCK of all sorts. Any one wishing to buy. wilt do well to give my plaoe a look, before making a purchase. L orinv overseer, may be found on the place at any time.whr will take pleasure in showing the prem ises to any one. J. T. REDDING. may 4 -- f . '■ Britfania Castors. F LATE1D Tea and Table Spoons, Brittaunia Tea and Coffee Pots—and a general assortment of Table and Pocket Cutlery, and Honse keeping Gi ods which I offer on reasonable and accounn-iiating terms. «pl 13 B A WISE. ” PRINTING INKS. 4 SMALL LOl OF BLOCK AND COLORED rL rjKIWTItVO INK.*, from tbe celebrated manufactory of the MATHERS, is on consign nent in the Telegraph Office,and will in sold low for Cash, a pi -17 X nil lUOUiVTAEV Cl’XY HYDBO-THEEAPUTIC1XST1T LTL. Covie ddress T. Carletn _ _ ___ niton, Georgia. Dalton is too miles from Atlanta, and -40 miles from Chatta nooga, on the Georgia Stale Road. • Dalton, May 1, ISO's. may U