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VOL. XXXII.
MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 8. 1858.
NO.
Words.
Words are lighter than the cloud-foam
Of tho restless ocean-spray;
Vainer than tho trembling shadow
That the next hour steals away.
By the fail of summer rain-drops
Is the air as deeply etirr’d;
And the rose-leaf that we tread on
Will outlive a word.
Vet on the dull alienee breaking
With a lightning flash, a word
Bearing endless desolation
On it* blighting wings, I heard.
Earth can forge no keener weapon
Dealing sorer death and pain.
And the cruel echo answer'll
Tlirough long years again.
I hare known one word hang star-like
O'er a dreary waste of years.
And it only shone the brighter
Look’d at through a midst of tears:
White a weary wanderer gather'd
Hope and heart on life's dark war,
By ita faithful promise shining
Clearer day by day.
1 hare known a spirit calmer
Than the calmest lake, and clear
As the heaven that gazed upon it,
With no wave of nope or fear; r.
Bat» storm had swept across it.
And its deepest depths were stirr'd,
Sever never moro to slumber,
Oaly by a word.
i have known a word more gentle
Thau the breath of summer air.
In a listening heart it nestled,
And it lived for ever there.
Snt the heating of ita prison
Slirr'd it ever, uight or day; *
Only with the heart's last throbbing
Could it fado away.
Words aro mighty, words are living :
Serpents with tbeir venomous stings,
Or bright angels crowding round us
With heaven’s light upon their wings:
Every word has its own spirit,
True nr false, that never dies;
Every word man’s lips have utter 'd
Ki'fioes in God's skies.
Vampirism.
He curious among onr readers will bo interested
atk* perusal of the following notices of this super-
*jtiaa,»»it now exists. An old Spanish paper, from
r:.irh wo translate them, introduces them with the
trite remark that “the love of the marvellous has
it rented many extravagancies." To which may bo
added with equal shrewdness that “ vampirism " is
tb« maddest extravagance of them all. Fear, the
rraelest of the passions, has not a more haggard
aiaister than this revolting superstition. Wetrans-
!n Illyria, iu Polaud, in Hungary, in Turkey, and
,rta iu some parts of Germany, whoever would pub-
fekly denv the existence of vnrapiros would be taken
k» ' '
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ing in their favors, as early as Saturday, if pnraiM.,
|«» very immoral and irreligious person. Vampire
fftidkadlak, in tho Illyriu dialect) is the name giv-
Ota the dead who leave their graves by night, to
jc.-k the blood of the living. Those who die by the
ted* of a vampire are likewise converted into'vam-
pirn, a* «oon as they ceaso to exist; aud these' are
topoiled of alljgeneroiufeeling, fort hey prefer to tor
z-ut their kindred and fnends rather tnau strangers,
suns believe that the vampire ia a Divine judgment,
ul others that it is a fatality. The most accredited
ipinion is that schismatics and heretics being able to
fed r.o rut in their graves, revenge the pangs they
offer upon the living.
Designs of vampirism are, the preservation of the
. rjw Irom decay, the fluidity of the blood and the
dutifity of the members. It is said that vampires
toe their eyes opened inside of theirtorabs, and that
L-ir hair aud nails grow as if they were alive. Some
et kuown by the noise they make in tbeir graves,
poring everything about them, and snmetimi-s even
trirown bodies.
The apparition of these phantasms cease when the
k b-having been oxhuined, is divided from the head
ua burned. The best means of freeing oneself from
iraaipiro is to annoiat the body, aud particularly
> part which it bus attacked, with biood from its
'•ss mixed with earth from the tomb of the vam-
: The wouuds are known by a small rosette,
• or red, like a soar left by tho leocb.
TV following are stories of vampires;
the beginning of the month of September of tho
-* ttir, , there died in the village of Kisiiavia,
t leagues from Gradiich, an old man of C2 years,
Ant days after Ms burial ho presented himself he
ft his son and askod for food. On the following
hr the enso was related to the neighbors. That
-At the dead man did not appear, bnt the next he
at as on the first. It is not known whether the
f»v« him to eat or not, but it is certain he was
bud in his bed a corpse. The same day five or six
us fell sick very suddenly and died in a few
IVlailiiUiaviRg learned whnt bad occurred, gave
x notion to the tribunal of Belgrade, who sent two
iiilaficera with the public beadsman to investigate
-- ri>ir. The imperial oflicer went to Uradisch, to
it iiiuess of a deed, of which he had «o frequently
- The tombs of all persons who had died du
'* the month past were opened. When tboy came
: that of the old man, ha was found with his eyes
mil his face flushed, and breathing naturally,
w Mvvrtheless immovable as a oorpre. The exe-
-t pierced the heart with bis swotd. A pyre
immediately formed, and tho body having been
rtrrvd was cast upon it. After this, no sign of
’“finsm were found on the bodies of the son or the
''labors.
Mreral years since an inhabitant ofr Modriga,
f®*4 Paul Arnold, was cruslied to death beneath
"heels of a wagon. Thirty days after his death
‘•upmons died, who, it was said by the other citl-
J**- w«e victims of tho vampires! Humor went
Arnold had been tormented by a Turkish vam-
.a the vicinity of Casowa, on the frontier of Si r
: j - u J that he had tried to cure himself by auoiut-
*• bjily with earth taken from the vampire's
a precaution that availed iiim nothing, being
u-tii renverted into a vampire at bis death. It is
•v.tved that those who in life huvo been passive
'“fins, become active vampires when dead.
Hr was disinterred forty days after his death, aud
'-Hit indications of an arcli vampire were discov-
™iin Iiim. Uig body was as sound as in life; his
* .1,111] Bails and beard had irrown in tho tninh. uml
to console her parents, I suggested that the stain
intent nave been caused by the bite of some insect.
I had better have said nothing of tho kind, for tho
father replied bitterly, nnd the daughter began to
shed tears, reiterating ceaselessly: “ Woo’s me! to
dio so young—so young!" The mother heaped re
proaches upon me, calling mo infidel, incredulous, im
pious, declaringshe had recognized Wieeznany. See
ing this blind obstinacy, I concluded to hold my
peace.
All the amulets in tho house were hung about the
neck of Khava. Her lather swore that ho woul-l go
next day to disintor Wieeznany, and burn him in the
presence of his kindred.
At the break of day tho whole city was put in
pommolion. The men went armed with guns and
sickles, the women carried red hot irons, and the chil
dren sticks and stones. In this manner they approach
ed the cemttery, with loud and furious cries.
The exhumation occupied considerable time. As
all wished to take part in tho vengeance, innumerable
quarrels sprung up, which wonld have had an evil
ond had notthe old men interfered and declared that
tw o men only should disinter tho corpse. The mo
ment the cloth which covered the body was removed,
a sharp, horrible cry raised the hair upon my head.
This cry had proceeded from a woman at my side.
“It U a vampire!” she exclaimed, and a thousand
voices echood tho words. Almost at the sarno mo
ment, twenty-or thirty shots wen-tired, tea ing Hie
head to piece*. The father ..ml kinsmen 1 Kunvaf
■ inert- red the body with sharp knives, and the w
i-.aaght the reddish liquor That fioWen Iron
anoint the neck of the tormented.
Several youths took the body
at** r lui\ leg li:< rally riddli-il i't.
lion to tin it t-. the trunk of a tree, which hail hi
cut down for the purpose. Hollowed by all the b
Of the place, tiiey bore it to a field before the house
of Vgglonavich, where a pyre composed of sticks nnd
straw B id be n prepared. 'When it was lighted they
commenced to dance around it, accompanying them
selves with savage yells. The stench that the corpse
exhaled obliged me to retire to my inn.
This was full of people—men smoking and women
talking all at once, andstunning wilh their voices tho
poor sick child, who lmrdly able to reply to them,
llerneck wassoaked in this redand infectious liquor,
n hich they mistook for blood. The multitude disap
pearing, by degrees, I was left alone with the family.
The 'infirmity was groat. Khava felt the approach
of night and longed for tho appearance of day. Her
parents being exhausted with continued vigils, I of-
tereri to watch her. Never shall I forget the night
1 spi-nt by her side.
Nothiug could free her from the gloomy thoughts
thaf occupied her fancy. She dreaded death, and no
humab power could save her.
A few days after her rosy Ups grew livid and her
black eyes shone with unwonted brilliancy.
At last, one morning, she called her father, and be
sought him when she was dead, to cut off her head.
She embraced her mother, who wept scalding tears.
Then she took an amulet from her neck and said to
me: “Keep it; I think that it will bo more useful to
thee than me!’’ These sad ccrmoaies ended, she re
ceived the holy sacrament with devotion. Two or
thrCo hours afterwards she breathed moro heavily,
and her eyes were fixed. Suddenly she seized the
annof her father, and made a show of embracing
him. in that instant she passed to another world !
>tnen
1 it, to
in the sepulchre,
ring the prci
nails and beard had grown in the tomb, nnd
“ftiui contained a sanguinary fluid that circulated
“JWioot.his body.
Itailitf or liaduaji, before whom tho exhuma-
J*!®* pi*cc—a man learned in vampirisim, or-
JJJGm heart of tho defunct Arnold to be pierced.
tr J followed the stab, as if from a living man.
done, tin. body was beheaded and burned. The
’■'O peration was performed upon the other vie-
'of vampirism, that they might not beableto.tor-
ethers.
, • ttwthdess this did not suffice to extinguish them,
v j*.™ort space of three months seventeen persons
t J®** ages died, some suddenly, some after two
> *'* oay* of suffering. It is related that among
, we Stauoska. daughter of the Hungarian
. having retired in perfect health, awoke in
niidiiight, shrieking frightfully, and crying
■'l l*, 80n ( be Hungarian Millo, had tried to
. W lnr while she slept. From that instant she
and finally died at the end of three days.
* My of the son of Millo being examined, it
i nnd that ho had really been converted into a
The principal citizens, the physicians, and
! 3’". 0, 's applied themselves to tho business of
-oB 'f' 1 '’ feasou why vampirism had reap-
*«*r k> many years. After some days, and
iturV’*" ''"'estisration.it was discovered that the
•tTi‘ ^‘ ,ul • Arno ' < I bad killed not only four per-
hit tn.my animals which hadfkrved as food for
^ h* vampires, among whom was the son of Mil-
v, “ .‘ "t'-' qui-nee. -rt was determined to burn all
lt Nka , t the end of the a certain time. Among
Je . Lseventeen were found with all the signs
These suffered the same fate as their
•t • ii 1 ** '"vestigatious and execution! were made
attended by various civil officers, surgeons
wVbri'nents, andinbabitautsoftbocountry. The
'^jji'fweeding was sent to the Imperial Council
^ »r, constituted in Vienna, where a commission
rV*ca established to ascertain their truth.
t Sr * toai 'lud<) with the relationoftho followingoc-
rkil; """’■ssed by a Germau traveler :
L, stys the traveler, “ I undoitook a jour-
A' ur R°r*x, am! lodged in the townof Varvoska,
puronwaj n nc h gentleman named Vack l’lego-
• * mui jovial and sufficiently fond of drink,
was yot young and lovely, aud his daughter,
■•jZ 1 Dw years, a marvel of bqauty. I desired
wZ**7 *°tne time longer in his hohse, Iu order to
t*a. 'i, e .'he ruined edifices, etsd relics of ancient
t; ai j Uut ‘o spito of having offered monev enough,
i-;"r l ,r ‘'cure a habitation. This obliged me
feT ! l * tnyaeif from the good Piogoneyicli, with
(HuTrJWer, 1 had thepieasure to eat.
, “*“’■ when the two women itad left the table
' Ut J°tned hour, my host began singing cor-
iUeiSi **** country, when we were staitied by
K prooeedtng from the bed room. In
H u “7> there is usually only one bed room in
!r *hniL!i eer ™ for all. We snatched up
'*1101 .Ty ““bed to the apartment, and beheld a
Uj D !u5 l 5 t: '®' The mother, paUid and disltev
-t her daughter, who reclined upon a
' 4!" V® ! * vampire! my j»oor daughter is
J tcmZl®® < * the atirighted mother. Our timo-
:tlk A'*! 0Pe d the poor Ivltava, who said she had
t ( 4 Z* 0 “°w open, and a man of cadaverous as-
“vekipod in a larg* shroud, who having
1 i^*®?**^ to sulfocato her, but fled at the
1 n,* “"tcries. Oven oiue with ti-rrer, she
'f^piued^ sl11 ,’ btlieved she
*y»'.r~q° u PM Wlaoanany in the vaunnre.—
* ®xhuited a red stain. With a view
Report of ilie TariirBribery Invcs-
TIGATIN’G COMMITTEE.
The Select Committee appointed to inquire into
tho expenditure ot money for tho purpose of influ
encing the passage of the tnrift' net of .1857, by the
Thirty-Fourth Congress, reported to the House on
Thursday.
_ The Committee, acting upon the belief that the ac
tion of the House in instituting the investigation had
beeu based mainly upon the pnblishcd report of a
committee of the stockholders of the Middlesex Man
ufacturing Company, referred to that paper for in
formation as the proper starting point iu making the
investigation with which they were charged. They
there ascertained that Richard S. Fay, Jr., had ac
ted, as secretary of that committee, that Ilia investi
gation had been mainly conducted aud the report
prepared by him. '
After some furtherintroduetory remarks, the Com
mittee give the following summary of the facts as
they came within the range of their inquiry:
The firm of Lawrence, Stone A Co., was compos-
eddt Samuel Lawrence, W. W. Stone, Jarvis Slade,
O. H. Perry, and Henry Jenkins. Its principal place
of business was in Jioston, with a branch iu New
Vork, where a largo share of its business was trans
acted.
Messrs. Lawrence, Slade A Perry were tho Boston
partners, and Messers. Stone A Jenkins had charge
oftho Now Vork house.
The Middlesex Manufacturing Company is a cor
poration created by the laws of Massachusetts with a
capital of a million of dollars, engaged in mauufact-
ttfwgjfwlen goods. The Bay State Mills is a cor-'
poranon, of the same kind, created in the same way,
with the same amount of capital ana engaged in the
same kind of business.
Samuel Lawrence was the Treasurer of both of
these corporations, and the firm of Lawrence Stone
A Co. their agents.
All tbogoods manufactured by the companies went
into the hands of Lawrence, Stone A Co. were sold
by them, anl the proceeds accounted for and paid to
Samuel Lawrence, Treasurer.
The finances of the Boston house were managed by
Messrs. Lawrence and Slade, Mr. Perry’s business
being at the mills, and not at the counting house.
Hence Mr. Perry seems not to have been in any way
connected with tho matters which the committee
have been.endeavoring to investigate.
The New Vork house seems to have been.mainly
under the control of Mr. Stone and Mr. Jenkins, and
does not seem to bavehsd any direct connection with
the matters that have been brought to the attention
of tbo Committee,
It appears from the evidence that the manufac
turers of woolen goods having for several years past
despaired of obtaining any legislative protection by
an incrense of duties on woolen havo been seeking to
accomplish the same result by reducing the rate on
wool, dye stuffs and other raw materials that were
used by the manufacturers. To this end they, have
been diligently engaged in collecting and publishing
such statistics ami arguments as they considered
proper to prepare the publio mind lor that step. In
t his way a small amount ot money was expended pri
or to the commencement of the last session of Con
gress.
ditinnai sum. And tlie brief timo allowed the com
mittee before they will be disorganized by the ad
journment of Congress, leave no opportunity for
further enquiry.
Tho evidence also shows that the manufacturers
sought to propitiate and conciliate leading men in all
the political parties of the country to favor their
scheme. Thus, 53,500 was paid to Mr. Stone, editor
of an influential free-trade paper, which supported
both the out going and incoming administrations,
“for collecting and publishing statistics." And C5,-
000 is paid to Mr. Weed for collecting statistics and
using arguments with members in favor of the meas
ure. And SI,500 is paid to Mr. J. N. Reynolds, Presi
dent of tho American Councils of New York city, for
getting op resolutions, etc., etc. It is proper for us to
say, that at the time Mr. Weed was not the publisher
of a newspaper, that ho held no office, and that his
exertions and influence alone were sought for and
obtained. But it is also true that perhaps no man iu
the country exerted a larger or more controlling infill
enco over the Repnlican party than Mr. Weed.
There is not a particle of evidence that any part ot
the sum expended by Lawrence, Stone A Co., to in
fluence the passago of the tariff of 1857 ever went in
to the hands of any member of Congress. And if
any reliance could be placed in the evidence of Mr.
\V oleott, it shows affirmatively that no portion of it
ever did. But the committee mint be permitted to
say that they havo not ono particle of confidence iu
•lie el id-m i. which Mr. Wolcott saw proper to give
before the Committee. He testifies that he received
no money to bo used in influencing tbo passage of
tiie Inriff of 1857. All the evidence in tho case flatly
contradicts the statement. He says he paid no men-
ey to any person to influence tho pasngeof the tariff.
Geo. Ashman testifies that Mr. Wolcott paid him
11,000 for thatpurpose, and no other. His evidence
is, beyond all controversy, wilfully and corruptly
false.
Tho_ facts disclosed, by the investigation do not
seem, In the opinion oftho Committee, to call for any
action on the part of the House. The only person
subject to tho control of the House, who is shown t-j
have been criminally connected with the transaction,
is Mr. Corbin, who resigned his positiou as clerk of
the Committee on Claims, about tLe timo this Com
mittee was appointed.. The .Committee therefore re
commended the following resolution:
Jladced, That the Committee be discharged from
the further consideration of the subject, and that the
report and accompanying evidence he printed.
Letter from Mr. Secretary Cobb.
Canal Through the Isthmus of Da
ft IEN.
In the procedings of the Senate last Friday, a state
The evidence satisfied the committee that Mr
Wolcott was sent there and authorizedto pledge any
amount of money and to use any means, however
corrupt, to insure the success of the enterprise He
does not seem to have had any considerable sum of
money here with him. And from all the evidence iu
tbo cose, the committee are inclined to the opinion
that ho was only authorized to promise the payment
of monev in the event of the success of the measure.
It is proved that 57t.00D was paid to Mr. Wolcott
soon after the adjournment of the last session of Con
gress by Lawrence, Stone A Co., evideutly for the
purpose of fulfilling his alleged promises and under-
| standing made during the session to secure the pass
age of the tariff.
This was in addition to some 5500 advanced for
expenses during the session. The proofs do not show
that ho ever paid a dollar of the sum for the purpose
for which it was advanced, with tho exception of
54,080 to George Asbmun of Massachusetts.
Whether he Wisely represented to Lawrence, Stone
A Co. that lie had made promises which required this
sum to enable him to moot or whether he had in fact
made promises which be afterwards failed to comply
with, may be matter of controversy, but there is no
doulit that he cheated soinbody, and appropriated
pretty nearly the whole of this vast snm to his own
ato. * • • •
It was ail paid to him during tho month of March
1817.
The firstjiaymont was by a draft drawn by
tho Boston house upon tho N. Y. house
dated March 11,1857 for - 535,000
Tlie next was made on the 13th of March and
was paid by Mr. Stono in negotiating pa
per and a check upon the Metropolitan
U ink, and amounted to 20,018
On the 14th of March ho was paid by Mr.
Stone the further sum of. 12,!>e2
On the 10th or!2th of March he was paid by
Sir. Slade in Boston 10,000
Makingin tho aggregate. i 4 ’,?? 0
Tlie further sum of 85.000 was paid through Mr.
Ears Liucolu to Tliurlow Weed, of Albany, N. V.,
and 58117.06 was paid by the New Vork house to va
rious persons in comparatively small sums.
Xiis makes an aggregate of 587,117.0u, which is
the whole amount founfin the books of Lawrcnco
Stone A Co, charged to the expenses incurred in the
passage of the tariff of 1857.
Of tbe88,ll7 06 disbursed by the New lork
house, there was paid to D. M. Stone, ed-
it or of the Journal....;
J. H. Reynolds i,37('
A. JI. Corbin, Washington 1,0'C
6,140
The balance of tho 87,000 was paid for travelling
expenses, newspapers, pamphlets, Ac , Ao-
lu addition to this it appears from thc'ti. ftim'-ny „i
M.-. il.ule.Stone A Co. received from other persona
eng.i -ed or Interested in woolen manufactures, some
Sl-iOOioi- 813,000, which was disbursed by them in
addition to the 857,000 which appeared upon their
bOOliS. |;t '■, | • 11 , ■■ 1 , \,
i • spi,;,.-. testimony was taken on the -l ot at ay,
at Philadelphia, when lie could iinve no access to
ho books and paper of thefirm, and ho could there
fore give UO account of the disbursements ot tips
due to -Mr. Slade to ray, that Lo testified with
and candor, and (hat tho committee
entitled to full credit.
■ ns .b« fi rst intimation the committee
hud from any quarter that then: was any expendi
ture beyond the 8-7,000. they have not since been
able to find anv cine to the disbursements oftlus an
ment was presented from the Secretary of tlie Navy,
on the subject of tho recent exploration made by
Lient, Craven, V. S. X., as to tho practicability of
inter-oceanic communication from the Gn!
en by the Atrato and Truando rivers. In giving the
following abstract the 7*/tf/ige*rer remarks that "the
report of Lieut. Craven will set at rest all further
speculations on tlio subject. The scheme, though
not deemed impracticable, could only be accomplish-
oil, it -.-. ill-, iift.-r many years' labor, at an immense
expense, through a region of country wet and sickly
eight months in the year. There are happily other
means of ready communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific, and American enterprise and energy will
donbtless point these out, and bring them into use be
fore the present century.”
My theory, [says Lieut. C., in a letter dated New
York, May 17,] with regard to this remarkablo val
ley, is that it was originally a gulf which, by the grad
ual process of ages, has been filling with the debris
from the adjacent mountains, and its present condi
tion is that of a vast moriiss, extending from tho Gulf
of Darien to within a veiy short distance of tho Pa
cific coast, from which it is separated by the Darien
chain of the Cordilleras.
Through this marsh tho Atrato has its course re
ceiving but few and small tributaries in the extent
of the survey, and discharging into the Gulf of Da
rien by a delta of eleven mouths. Tlie delta projects
itself into the Gulf of Darien far beyond the limits of
the adj.teent coast, is very similar in general to the
delta of the Mississippi, anil is composed of an allu
vial deposit of the softest ooze, which has formed a
mud bank extending for an average distance of one
mile ontside oftho mouth of the river.
’i li-- .- v. r-igi- depth by which the mouths of the riv-
er cm be entered does not exceed six feet, and so
slight is the consistency of the muddy deposit refer
red to, that it is liable to daily change, tho same con
dition scarcely cxistinga wc-ek dmiag tlie soaeon of
breeze*.’’ which are fresh from tho North, and low
rao fresh, with very little intermission throughout
the winter months, that, with the opposing currents
from tho river, tho bars are kept iu continual agita
tion! The mean depth ofwaier which can be carried
through most of thcdeltic branches, does not exceed
twenty-two feet; these branches, are also snbject to
changes, and two old channols are now closing up.
Having entered the maiu stream, tho depth is quite
sufficient for every purpose of navigation, the mean
depth being eight fathoms, which may be carried
all through the Truando. The channel in some
hti bends is narrow, and on either sido the stream is
tail of snags: that portion within twenty miles of the
Gulf is overflowed during the greater portion of the
year, and the trees on the part of theriver do not af
ford any good timber.
Tlie Atrato, at sixty miles from its mouth, receives
the Truaudo river, a small, insignificant stream, very
tortuous, narrow, and, in its mean depth, in mid
channel does uot exceed ten feet; the average breadth
being twenty yards. The lower partof the Truando
for ten miles nows through a lagoon. The banks of
the stream are here and there fringed with trees,
but in general are submerged, showing only the rank
grass as a demarkation of the limits of the stream.
Above this lagoon the river flows for a distance of
sixteen miles through a labyrinth of well timbered
islands, the soil all of the same alluvial character,
without any tenacity, except such as is afforded by
the root.3 of the trees; and the low banks here are
also inundated daring a greater portion of tho year.
Tho trees are constantly being undermined by tLe
wearing away of the banks, and fall into tho stream.
To such an extent is this going on that the party bad
to cut ten or twelve large trees within the distauco
of five miles; many others be passed by hauling over
them, or by forcing their way nnder them—the same
difficulties occuring in ascending and descending the
river. The bed ofthis portion of tho Truando is evi
dently a complete mass of logs, which are causing
frequent changes, damming in some places and open
ing new channels in other, two places having been
observed where old channels were completely closed
and new ones were being cut.
At Camp Bache, near the upper extremity of this
portion of the stream, was the first permanent habi
tation on the river; one Indian hut, erected on piles
about six feet above the ground, which affords an
idea of the depth of overflow. Above tho Palos
Caidos the stream widens, and the banks have moro
elevation, having an average height of eight feet
above the stream. The soil loses somewhat of its
monidy character, and is more of a light, sandy loam
Tho average is twelve feet. Seven miles abovo the
Palos Caidos, we come to a series of rapids and shal
lows, with a rocky bed; and, three miles higher np,
we reach the Falls, which are about three miles in
extent. The river litre rushes through a mountain
gap, having for its bed a solid mass of basaltic rock.
The stream is narrow—scarcely averaging forty feet
and very meandering in its course. The fall in three
miles is about twenty feet. Abovo tho Falls the
stream widens again, and flows over a bed of solid
rock, with an average depth of ten feet, the breadth
being forty yards. Five miles above the Falls, the
Xergua discharges into the Truando. It is a small,
insignificant stream, very narrow, incaudro-sorpen-
tine in its character, fait of shallows, and nearly as
much filled with trees as that part of the Truando
called the Palos Caidos. . « »
The climate of the Atrato valley is regarded as
cne of the worst on this continent, and offers a most
formidable obstacle to any extensive operations—
The working season of the entire year is comprised
in the months of December, January, February and
March, the comparatively dry season. When the
rains commence, the alternations of inundation and
torrid heat engender those epidemic fevers, from
which even the natives are not exempt, and which
are wretchedly wasting to the constitntion.
Lieut. Craven thus sums np tbo actual physical
difficulties to be overcome in cutting the proposed
Canal;
1. A cut through some five miles of submerged
mud lit the mouth of tbo river, with the prospective
certainty of constant dredging to keep it open.
2. The herculean labor andincalculableexpense of
cutting through the lagoons of tho Ttnando, and the
embedded logs of tho Palos Caidos, where the whole
country is inundated daring at least nine months of
of the year, and where the floods of a day may de
stroy the work of a week.
3. The vast expense attending the removal of
basultic rock, in a country where labor nnd provi
sions must all be imported at mo3t extravagant rates.
i. Tne want of au anchorage on the Pacific coast.
5. Tho fatal effects of tlie climate, which, it may
be safely estimated, will disable at least one third of
any force that may bo sent there.
You will not be surprised, sir, that, with the pre
ceding arguments, I am of the opinion that the pro-
TOshd c:.nul is impracticable, as involving an expeu-
titure of treasure not easily estimated, and a sacrifice
of life from which the stoutest heart may- shrink.—
Human perseverance and ingenuity may, it is true,
curcomu the obstacles enumerated; but at least two
me rations muft pass away ere the world can realize
ic accomplishment of a mach less extensive work
than that contemplated.
[>' the nunnery at Monvicdra, there was an
abbess aged a hundred years, whose lost pow
ers of nature came back to her. Her white
hairs came out, and black took their place ;
teeth grew again ; wrinkles left her face ; and
she became as lovely and ns fresh as she had
beeu at thirty.
African Emigration.
Treasury Department, May 22,1858.
Sir : It appears from your letter of 20th
April, 1858, that application has been made to
you by Messrs. E. LafitteandCo., merchant:
of Charleston, S. C., “to clear the American
ship Richard Cobden, W. F. Black, master,
burthen 75031-95tons, for the coast of Africa,
for the purpose of taking on board African emi
grants, in accordance with the LL S. passen
ger laws, and returning with the same to a port
in the L’nited States.”
You ask the opinion of the Department upon
the propriety of your granting or refusing the
application.
The question is an important one, and I hav
delayed an answer to your letter until I could
give the subject a proper examination.
The form in which the application is presen
ted involves the question in some embarrass
ment. The object of the applicants must be
either to import Africans, to be disposed of as
slaves, or to be bound to labor or service, or
else - to bring them into tho country like other
emigrants, to be entitled on their arrival to the
rights and privileges of freemen. In either of
the two first named contingencies, the object
would be so clearly and manifestly against the
laws of tho United States, os to leave no room
for doubt or hesitation. I deem it proper, how
ever, to call your attention to the provisions of
those laws, as they indicate very clearly the
general policy of the Government on the sub
ject of African importation.
Prior to the 1st January, 1808, the time fixed
by tho Constitution when Congress would be
authorized to prohibit such importation, theacts
of 2d March 1794 (1.347.) and 10th May, 1800
(2.70,) were passed. The Jaws indicate the
strong opposition felt at that time to the Afri
can slave trade. The subsequent act of 2d
March, 1807 (2.426.) and 20th April, 1818 (3.-
450,) as well as the acts of 3d March, 1819
(3,532.) and 15th May, 1820 (3.G00,) show
not only the promptness with which the power
was exercised by Congress of prohibiting this
trade to the United States, but they also bear
evidence of the stern purpose of enforcing their
provisions by severe penalties and large expen
ditures. The legislation of the slaveholding
States prior to 1808, exhibits the thatfirststeps
taken for its suppression were inaugurated by
them.
There is no subject upon which the statute
books of our country afford more conclusive
evidence than the general opposition every
where felt to the continuance of the African
slave trade.
By reference to the acts of 1794 and 1800
against the slave trade generally, it will be
seen that their operation was confined to slaves
eo nomine. The first section of theact of 1704
provides, “That no citizen or citizens of the
United States, or foreigner, or any other per
son coming into or residing within the same,
shall, for himself or any other person whatso
ever, either as master, factor or owner, build,
fit, equip, load or otherwise prepare any ship
or vessel, within any port or place of the said
United States, nor shall cause any ship or ves
sel to sail from any port or place within the
same, for the purpose of carrying on any trade
or traffic in slaves to any foreign country; or
for the purpose of procuring, from any * *
kingdom, place or country, the Inliauitahtsor
such kindom, place or couutry, to be transpor
ted to any foreign country, port, or place what
ever, to be sold or disposed of, as slaves : and
if-any ship or vessel shall be so fitted out, as
aforesaid, for the said purposes,or shall be caus
ed to sail as aforesaid, every such ship or vessel,
her tackle, furniture, apparel and other appar-
tenances, shall be forfeited to the United States;
and shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted aud
condemned iu any of the Circuit Courts, or
District Court for the District where the said
ship or vessel may bo found and seized.”
The language of the act of 1800 is the same
in this respect. Both contemplate, in general
terms, the prevention of the trade in slaves.
When, however, in 1807, and subsequent there
to, Congress undertook to prevent the impor
tation of slaves into the United State, the lan
guage of the law was made more stringent and
comprehensive. The first section of the act of
1807 provides, “That from and after the first
day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and eight, it shall not be lawful to import or
bring into the United States or the Territories
thereof, from any foreign kingdom, place or
country, any negro, mulatto, or person of col
or, with intent to hold, sell or dispose of such
negro, mulatto, or person of color, as a slave
or lo he held to service or labor.
This law seeks not only to prevent the in
troduction into the United State of slaves from
Africa, but any negro, mulatto or person of
color, whether introduced as slaves or to be held
lo service or labor. Whether or not the wisdom
of our fathers foresaw at that early day that ef
forts would be made, under a pretended ap
prentice system, to renew the slave trade un
der another name, I canuot undertake to say;
bnt the language of the law which they have
left to us on the statute book, leaves no doubt
of the fact that they intended to provide, in
tbo most unequivocal manner, against the in
crease of that class of population by immigra
tion from Africa. No one could then have
contemplated an object for which African emi
grants would be brought to this country, which
is not clearly guarded against and forbidden
by the law to which I am now referring. It
is only necessary to add that subsequent acts
on the subject contain the same language.
This view of the subject is strengthened by
reference to tho provisions of the act of 28th
February, 1803 (2.205.) The first section of
that act is as follows: “That from and after
the first day of April next, no master or cap
tain of any ship or vessel, or any other person,
shall import or bring, or cause to be imported
or brought, auy negro, mulatto, or other per
son of color, not being a native, citizen, or re
gistered seaman of the United States, or sea
men natives of countries beyond the Cape of
Good Hope into any port or place of the Uni
ted States, which port or place shall bs situated
in any State which by law has prohibited, the
admission or importation of such negro, mulat
to, or other person of color; and if any captain
or master aforesaid, or any other person, shall
import, or bring, or cause to bo imported or
brought, into any cf the ports or places afore
said, any of the persons whose admission or
importation is prohibited as aforesaid, he shall
forfeit and pay tlie sum of one thousand dol
lars for each’and every negro, mulatto, or
other person of color, aforesaid, brought or im
ported as aforesaid, to besued for and recover
ed by action of debt, in any court of tho Uni
ted States—one-half thereof to the use of th-
United States, the other half to any person or
persons prosecuting for the penalty; and in
any action instituted for the recovery of the
penalty aforesaid, the person or persons sued
may be held to special bail: Provided always.
That nothing iu this act shall be construed
to prohibit the admission of Indians.”
It will be seen that Congress by this act,
undertook to co-operate with those States
which, by State legislation, had interposed to
prevent tho importation of negroes into this
country. At that time the constitutional pro
hibition to which I have before referred, re
strained Congress from the exercise of the ab
solute power of prohibiting such importation.
The States, however, being under no such re
straint, had iu several instances adopted meas
ures of their own : aud the act of 1 shows
the promptness of the General Government
in exercising -whatever power it possessed in
furtherance of the object. Tlie language of
this act is important In another view. It will
he observed that its object is to prevent the
importation into the United States of “anj-ne
gro, mulatto,or other person of color, not being
a native, a citizen, or registered seaman of the
United States, or seatnen natives of countries
beyond the Cape of Good Hope.” It is not
confined to slaves or negroes hound to labor,
hut contemplates the exclusion, iu the broadest
terms, of all such persons, without regard to
the character in which they may be brought.
It excludes free persons as well as slaves and
persons bound to labor or service. The only
limitation in the act is, that it is confined to such
persons as arc prevented by tho laws of any
of the States from being imported into such
States.
At that time there existed laws of some oftho
States, not only prohibiting tiie introduction of
negro slaves, but also free" negros. Indeed
the policy Of the slaveholding' States has al
ways been opposed to the increase of its free
negro population; and it is proper hero to re
mark, at the present time, that policy is more
earnestly sustained in those States than at any
previous period of their history. After this
reference to tlie laws on the subject, it is hard
ly necessary to repeat, that if the application
of Messrs. Lnfittc and Co. contemplates the
introduction of negroes into the United States
from Africa,either in the character of slaves or
as apprentices bound to service or labor, it is
clearly in violation of both the letterand spirit
of the law, and cannot be granted.
The form of the application made by Messrs.
Latitte and Co. would seem to contemplate the
introduction into the United States of negroes
from Africa, entitled, on their arrival, to all
the rights and privileges of freemen. The
proposition upon its face, is so absurb that it is
itardly worthy of serious refutation. Messrs.
Latitte and Co. ask us to believe that their
vessel, fitted out in the port of Charleston, S. C.,
is going upon a voyage to Africa, to bring to
some port in the United States a cargo of free
negroes. The port to which the vessel expects
to return is not indicated.- It cannot be the
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one from which it sails, nor any other port in
the State of South Carolina, as the introduction
of free negroes into that State is wisely prohibi
ted by stringent laws and heavy penalties. It
cannot be the port of any other slaveholding
State, as similar laws in each of those States
alike forbid it. The reason for such laws is so
manifest, that I do not feel called upon cither
produce the evidence of their existence, or
justify the policy which led to their adop
tion. ■* It is sufficient to know that the public
mind of that section of the Union is not more
cordially agreed upon any one subject than
upon the propriety and necessity of prohibit
ing, as far as possible, an increase of the free
negro population ; and hence the laws to which
I refer, prohibiting their importation from any
place.
Can it be that Messrs. Lafitte and Co. pro
pose to return, with their cargo of free
negroes, to a port in some of tho non-slavehold
ing States ? Iam uot aware of a single State
where these new comers would receive a tol
erant, much less a cordial, welcome; whilst,
by stringent laws and constitutional provis
ions, some of them have provided for their un
conditional exclusion.
.Looking beyond tho legislation -which has
been bad on the subject by tjie General Gov
ernment, and both the slaveholding and-the
non slaveholding States, I may be permitted
to refer, iu this connection, to the various, re
peated and earnest efforts which have been
made in every section of the Union, to provide
for the removal from our midst of this most
unfortunate class. However variant the mo
tives which have induced these efforts with
different sections of the country, they all ex
hibit tin earnest desire to diminish rather than
increase the free negro population. This pub
lic opinion, thus manifested in every form, is
familiar to every one, and it would be doing
great injustice to the intelligence of Messrs.
Lafitte & Co. to suppose that they alone were
ignorant of it. Where, then, do they propose
to land their cargo of free negroes 1 What is
the motive which induces the enterprise ? It
cannot be the profits of the voyage. There
are no African emigrants seeking a passage to
this country; and if there were, they have no
means of remunerating Messrs. Lafitte and
Co. for bringing them. The motive cannot
be mere philanthropy, for it would confer no
benefit upon these negroes to bring them to our
shores, where, if permitted to land at all, it
would only be to occupy our pest-houses, hos
pitals and prisons. To believe, under the cir
cumstances, there is a bona fide purpose, on the
part of Messrs. Lafitte and Co., to bring Af
rican emigrants to this country to enjoy the
rights and privileges of freemen, would require
an amount of credtilty that would justly sub
ject the person so believing to the charge of
mental imbecility. The conviction is irresisti
ble, that the object of the proposed enterprise
is to bring these “African emigrants” into the
country, with the view either of making slaves
of them, or of holding them to service or labor.
If so, it is au attempt to evade the laws of the
country on the subject of African importation,
to which I have called your attention.
Ordinarily, it would be an unsafe rule for a
public oflicer to act upon the suspicion of a
purpose on the part of another to violate the
laws of the country, but in this case it is put
so clearly beyond the reach of doubt, that I
think that you not only can, but that you are
in duty bound to act upon the presumption,
that it is the intention ot Messrs. Lafitte and
Co. to evade the laws of the .United States,
and you should accordingly refuse their vessel
tho clearance asked for.
I am, very respectfully,
HOWELL COBB,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Wh. F. Colcock, Esq.,
Collector of the Customs, Charleston, S. C.
Dyspepsia Cured by Itfusic.
A correspondent of the Musical World says:
About seven years ago, I suffered os severely as
anyone possibly could do from indigestion. I-was
monthly under our Own family doctor, and one of the
most eminent surgeons in tho town in which I live;
several months again under two other medical, men,
beside s trying all kinds of things that friends recom
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most simple drinks would rack me with pain. One
evening a friend called and asked me to go with her
to a musical meeting. I told her I could not, as I was
in too much pain to enjoy ever such good singing,
However, after much persuasion, I wnnt, and when
there, was induced to become a subscriber. Every
member of tbo society was supposed to be a good
reader of music; and as I knew nothing of it except
the names of the notes, I commenced taking lessons
in singing. After that my indigestion gradually
lcft me, aud in a short time 1 was quite well of it, and
have been over since. I cannot tell how it was it did
mo so much good, but I leuow it made mo very hun
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nor did I ever in my life enjoy my food s > much be
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BENJAMIN PAGE, .Hi., & CO.,
Manufacturing Pharmaceutists and Chemists, Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania.
HP* Sold in Macon by E. L. STROHECKER 4
CO., ZEILIN, HUNT Cc CO., GEORGE PAYNE,
aud Druggists generally, throughout tho State,
may 18
TMES11ING MACHINES,
FAN MILLS.
MOUSE POWERS,
GRAWi CRADLES,
SCYTHE BLADES,
GRASS BLADES,
In store and will be sold very low.
apl 20 OAR HART & CURD.
THE SOLOrY BISHOP
WASHING TUB OR MACHINE.
T O tho people of tbo following named counties,
viz: Bibb, Jones, Jasper, Monroe, Crawford,
Upson, Talbert, Pike, .Muscogee and Harris. In
presenting you this new improvement in the shape
of a Washing Machine, we otter you no HUMBUG.
We refer you to tho foliowiuggentlemen and ladies,
who havo tested and seen tested the abovo, who cer
tify that they crash all kind of clothes clean without
injury. We will sell Family, Countv or the State
Rights. A. B. BROWN, DAVIS A: CO.
Col. Z. H. Clark & Ladv, Lexington ; Hon. J. T.
Brown, Newnan; Dr. A. It. Welboro, do ; Davis Or
rin.do; Col. J. L. Calhoun, do; Rev. Asa Cbandh r,
Klbert; Itev. C. C. White, Newton; John Bryans
lc Lady, Henry; Col. Daniel. Pike; R ev. Thomns
Trice,do; Mrs. N. Orr, Coweta; Mr. Win. Hill &
Lady, do; and^i host of others too tedious to name.
Theje WmImdc Machines can be had in a few days
at Thotnas B. Kite, Macon, and at John II. Webbs,
in ThoinaAton. fmay 11—4t.
Liime, Lime,
FROM THE
“CIIEN r ACLA LLUE WORKS. - ’
AL,\ K.UIA,
W E are now prepared to furnish auy quantity
(from 1 to 500 bbls) of the above named ar
ticle, equal if not superior in quality to the best Rock
land, at as low or lower figures than an;.' Lime can bo
had iu our market
Masons and contractors will find it to tin ir inter-
t to call. C. CAMPBELL * SON,
City papers copy. A gents.
STKAW CUTTERS:
Lime.
‘ 3 ATSNT Self Sharp., nin
d superior to anv in u
Hide Holler Ciut/;rs ;
Georgia Cutting Box
may I*' 1
Straw Cut!eis, wan an
for sale l;v
NATHAN WEED.
DENTISTRY-
DRS. SEG-AR & BLAISDELL,
jOoxA-fcitsrfcts,
OFFICIO IX WASHINGTON BLOCK,
Opposite the Lanier House.
Wo warrant all o ir work to be of tho first Class,
And Charge a reasonable Price oniv.
GIVE I S A CALL.
DR. II. SEGER. A. BLArsDKLL. M. D.