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A iJKUUATt:. vVi. S
The readers of the Telegraph have been
wry much amused at the snarl, into which
the parties to the above suit have Insensibly
glided. --Vs the discussion, ■while it had the
effect of raflling tlio temper of the disputants,
has awakened in the minds of the numerous
readers of that sterling and excellent sheet,
The Telegraph, a spirit of enquiry upon the
subject, I am persuaded that I cannot better
entertain them, than by submitting, to their
nvost earnest consideration, the lettei, which
•s an accompaniment to this “sort of 1 reface
It is from one of Georgia’s most gifted sons,
now a resident of another State, and as an
argument in its favor—an unambitious Citi-
seu, in the private walks of life. I purposely
withhold the names of both the writer and the
listinguished statesman to whom it is addres
sed, that the reader may not be influenced by
partiality on the one hand or prejudice on the
other, but may be entirely free to give to the
arguments and facts that consideration which
they may deserve. I am persuaded, that I
CMinnit confer a greater favor on both John
Hampden and a Delegate, to commend to
them the tone temper and style of the letter:
for, I do believe, that they will be captivated
with them, and will, thereby, be greatly ben-
elitted in these things in their future discus
sion. lleing as sand that the “Telegraph” is
u paper of truth, whose columns are always
open to legitimate argument, on both sides of
all great questions, without further ado or a-
pology I beg leave to submit the letter referred
to. . INQUIRER.
•My acknowledgement for these favors was
promptly due, and should not have been so
long delayed, but for unavoidable absence
from home—depression of animal spirits, re
sulting from a paroxysm of my old disorder,
superinduced by some irregularities of diet and
exposure to the extremes of this debilitating
season—the claims of company and of a sick
family. I trust, however, that this unavoid
able delay may rather help forward, than im
pede. a right understanding between us—for j
it will be apparent to you that I have not been
diverted by even engrossing cares, and grave
hindrances, from a resolution to reply to yonr
kind favors in a manner to attest my high per
sonal regard for you, and the profound atten
tion and respect with which I consider what
ever you have to say to our fellow-citizens
respecting the rightsr-intcrests—injuries—
policy, and true glory of our great country.
You know I have mo country but this outraged,
down-troden—despised—distracted SOUTH!
and, in its “gloom and its glory,” it must
needs be "great” tome. I do trust besides
that all I have to say in reply to you may
“confirm and strengthen the relations which
we hold to each other," and prove me “ loyal
to that friendship which has sprung up be
tween us”—for I do cordially agree with old
Sielius, that, “ with the exception of wisdom
(in its diviue sense) nothing better has been
bestowed on man by the immortal gods.”—
0! that we might again, and here, beneath
culm skies, discuss “the subject of govern
ment”—as Scarola tells us he discussed it—
“ in the gardens of Scipio” 1 Ambitious only
of “that middle state between philosophers and
those who govern the State,” if I have ever
presumed to trespass upon the affairs of men
who engage themselves “in mighty matters,”
I hare not felt that I could willingly do or say
whatever might not consist with the honeslum
et decorum, the justiciam et -*erecundiam, of
the grand old Romans—and I hope I could not
now quench the light of reason, and the gem
erous glow of “friendship” which, in the laag
uage of my Lord Bacon, is “ a sparkle of the
purity of man’s first estateto gratify any
resentment—or selfish desire—or subserve any
mere party scheme. I will cling with the last
E ulse of life, to any honest, earnest Friend,
owever much I may differ from him os to “quo
modos ” ; and whether his friendship shall be
personal or political. As sure as man is su
perior to a dog, all ages will echo back the
shouts of applause with which the Roman
Theatre resounded when Pylndes, in the play
of Marcus Pacuvius, stood forth before the
King, claiming to be his friend Orestes, aud
contriving to be put to death in his stead!
AH this that I am writing abput friendship,
is not, as many would suppose, irrelevant to
"the political issues of the day." The name
of Scipio is a political treatise on true states
manship—that of Tiberius Gracchns an illus
tration of all that is factious. Is it nothing to
these "issues” and the fate of our country,
that the people should be taught to distinguish
between a profligate and selfish JlaUerer, who,
like Gnatho, the parasite in the Eunuch of
Terence, charged biinseif to “assent to every
thing,” and to veer to the very “nod of anoth
er”—the Osrick of Shakespeare, who can agree
that what is “very cold” to him, is, when Ham-
tePsays so—“exceedingly, very sultry”-though
he “ cannot tell houf ’—and n straight-forward,
plain-spoken—fervent—independent-friend
uud patriot ? Believe me, Sir, the time has
come, for honest men to have done witli dem
agogues and tricksters, aud stand up boldly
aud manfully for tho very right—the very truth
—tho eternal justice—despite party trammels
—the cant of hypocritical conservatism and
the ateful terrors of the secret party Inquisi
tors, who night and day, scheme and plot, and
sacrifice friendship, and truth, aud patriotism,
OU altars reeking with the filth and slime of
selfish speculations in offices which they dis
grace and dignities which they make contemp
tible! These are the political China-men,
who feed on vermin, and fatten on their food!
It is their role to be transcendent patriots while
it serves the ends of party, and to be ever
mumbling in their drunken sleep, the shouts
of moral heroes who lmve fallen in every “mor
al breach ’’ that has been made in the walled
defences of despotism, in the hope that the
people will yield them the spoils of the wars.
It is by the countei anec and support which
good men give these Hessians aud camp-fol
lowers, that they arc doing “ more practical
hami, in eying I" do c /, than wasever wish
ed for by a drunken Roman Emperor, or im
precated by a misauthrope in a melo-dramu.”
1 know that you not only, as you say “com
prehend” and appreciate” me, but you agree
with me loo. And now, with your permission,
wo will look u little at “the political issues of
the day,” especially at that only question which
interests a farmer tike me, who has forgotten
the strifes of former years in his anxieties for
the future—“the States of the South in the U-
uion.’’ But first—a few words—
Country air and fare—the quieting pursuits
of a farmer whose humble home lies too deep
in the gloom of tho woods to tempt thointm-
••ive foot I,t j ■ have greatiy con
tributed to magnify these “minute and iucon-
.iderable trail'actions” of plain, every-day
life, which Pliny, the Consul, tell us, become
important by tla ir constant a,nirreneo; and
at the same time to destroy tho Arise impres
sion of greatness which men aud things are
apt to produce upon a mind inflamed by the
z<‘al uf partisanship und the hist of place. While
the cores of my plantation have become my
pleasure—"politic*” ceases to be my passion and
p<irtizanshtpin insufferably disgusting! 1 give
it to you under my hand that 1 hope to live un
disturbed in my oblivion, iusuch strict fellowship
with"! )r. Quiet,Dr. Merrymau.uml Dr. Diet,"
that 1 may grow old without the cares and re
grets uf ago, >r any other of its consequences
than the ‘wisdom which so well becomes its dig
nity. It is comfortable to think that the great
world, great men, great parties and great things,
• an get along so well without me, that it is but
on rare occasions a sense of duty may impel i
me to take tin insignificant part in tlie polilital
suites of "this loose aud slippery nge.”
If I make this occasion an exception to my
mle, and presume to lift my voice in the as
semblies ut my eoiiutrymen, 1 do so not. because
I would be Emperor, like Maximilian, but, like
ihocletiau, have become ‘'alarmed for my"cab-
layts . Ail that 1 have of family or posses
sions are destined to share the fate ot the Sontli
—and I would not be justly reproached with
indolence, at an hour when the liberties and
fortunes of my children mid friends are the
stakes being played ciT by gambling dema
gogues for the trinkets of office. "\\ ouhl to
God you saw the cabbages I am raising!” eaid
Diocletian, when urged to again become l an-
on would c«ase to ask ms to be Em-
could sec the
,,t ill.
dill'
was uni til. pl.M
Charter had exp!
e is not mati-rial, asth
i first ..noted will cove
i.lod
the
. vnu will se.-th.
> adapted, I suj
suit. Tb
ineiple ot'tlio fot
itln r plea, but it
peror, “y<
-hows how at .-o/eyoer Correspondent ii. I com
pi -.in of the lste Decision mainly liecauso it over
turns, what the Bar aiul the People liad a right to
consider the Law of the State.
peror!” Would that my friend . T r., u. . rr , a• ,•
watermen.;,* and hems, and command goats, oons.der the Lswof the Statei. STfeari^adlcstSott
and covs, I am raising, they would never ex- ctfrertogtbeprec.se point fully, by the Supreme
° - . .. I Tribunal of s State,are not to be respected, when
y , . is tho advantage of * Judicial Head ?
' But hero I pause. My plantation is a part ! * ■"* be to add, that those perms who
of the South. My wife and children anaaer- v0 ‘ ed to . org “' ze Conrt “ tbo h °P°
vants-mv humble home—the graves of the ttniformity of:Decisions would be amazed to know
", i , • , , how many times tho deliberate Decisions of tho
I have boned, and the graves winch Conrt ^ of /afc ^ ^ orfrn , M lM
children I have buried,
will so soon be my own and theirs and my i „ - . . , . .
„ j ,, von cannot now rely upon » principle being law,
friends’craves—these—all I love, and these i f. , . , • 1 , i a E, .■ »!«.,,«,
• , /tie / ii .. . .• i, „ _ ,v of though you find it once or twice decided tu ttie ear-
intend to defend. I have not fallen so low that ,, .. .
T ... . t l H..O >i i. I iicr volumes, for by looking through the later ones
I am like Ilonorms, who, when the Goths sack- often contrary decision; nay, inore-
ed Rome under Alanc, wasi careful only for I ;f you bring suit and act upm even one of the later
the welfare of Ins “hen.” My Rome is some 1 *‘ are , 10 t safe, for that may very prob-
thmg more than a pet-hen of that name ; and a ^ overrnIed before CMe is tried, it is
my instincts a little above the dead level of a | |n ^ ^ (he prillcipl(J8 are urKC j wh lcb guide the
slave ronserrahsm . English Judges und almost every other respectable
Tribunal, in respecting jwemhvrt*, mid especially de
(To be Continued.)
For the Telegraph.
Tlic Supreme Court Decision at
MACON.
Mr. Editor:—I observe that in yonr last No.
yea publish an article signed Fiat Justitia, at the re
quest of ft “ correspondent,” who himself makes
some assertions about the said article, and about
“the Decision at Macon.” Both authors (if indeed
the “correspondent” is not Fiat Justitia!) claim to
be Lawyers, I presume, from the dignified profes
sional tone.
I propose to show that at the very least there are
inaccuracies in what is stated by Correspondent, and
vital suppressions by Fiat Justitia, that are inexcusa
ble in a Lawyer or any ono else proposing to enlighten
the public. If I show even more than this, you can
assign those productions their proper place.
It is admitted that both articles are vindicating
“The Decision made at Macon,” in the case be
tween Robinson &. Lane—one a Bill bolder, Mie
other a Stockholder, in which the Court by a major
ity decided that the Billholder could not recover in
the suit, because the charter of the Bank had expired
since tho suit was brought.
This then is the decision, at which the press gener
ally and the people were surprised and dissatisfied
with. (It was not that the Court recognised a certain
rule of Law in making that decision.) Fiat Justitia
and yonr correspondent both profess to he alluding to
I the decision that I am speakiug of. They assuinethat
the Press and the public are complaining, because
the Court simply recognised or had re affirmed the
old Common Law principle, tliut upon the civil death
of a corporation, the debts to and from it become ex
tinct, Ac., aud having set up this man of straw, it
was quite easy to ocerturu him. But tu admitting
that they allude to the decision made at Macou at
the last term, in the case of Robinson .V Lane, they
admit that it was the same decision which announc
ed that the plea that a corporation was civilly dead
—that the charter of tho Bank had expired—was a
good pies—and that the Bill bolder was thereby pre
vented from recovering his money.
As Fiat Justitia confines his efforts to his man of
straw—having asserted that the naked decision was
that the debts doe to or from a Bank, are extinguish
ed by its dissolution or the expiration of its charter—
his quotations prove nothing—haviiigwholly misap
prehended the decision complained of—or having
certainly mis-stated it. For I repeat that the com
plaint is not, that the Conrt recognized that abstract
principle of Corporations, (having in every prior
instance held expressly, that our Bank charters had
clauses which prevented that rule from applying.)
but the complaint is, that by the decision, if a Bank
charter expires before a bill bolder gets judgment,
he loses his money forever.
But your correspondent takes hroader^ ground, and
says that your “error consists iu assuming that the.
Decision complained ot is wrong, and he evidently
claims that Fiat Justitia has proven “the decision
complained of to he the lam," and that “it does not
overrule any former decision of the Snpreme Court,”
and that ‘it is fully sustained by adjudications of the
Court on repeated occasions.” And he then adds,
that “the very question decided, has beeu but on
one occasion, before the Supreme Court,” and that
in 21 Geo. B. 513 (in Moultrie et al. vs. Hoge.)
Now, Mr. Editor, allow me to quote from those
'former Decisions of the Supreme Court,” in £ Goo.
U. 46S, (Lane vs. Morris,) where a Stockholder plead
th a forfeiture of the Charter, and relied upon the rule,
that the debts to and from it became thereby ex
tinct, the Court, on page 47G, hold this language:
••The right of the Billliolder under the 11th Sec. of
the charter, to hold the persons and property of the
Stockholder pledged and bound, Ac.,—aright which
is not primary and total, hut secondary and propor
tional, is one which be may assert in his own name
before, or after the formal dissolution of the corpora
tion''
Again: In same vol. 486, (Hightower vs. Thorn
ton, et al.) an Equity case brought to compel the
Stockholders to pay up their unpaid subscriptions,
the Court, on page 49-2, after alluding to the reliance
of Doit, below, upon that Common Law rule, and
admitting it in the abstract, in the very next para,
graph, rule aud express it iu their head note thus:
'Tho individuals who compose a corporation (and a
corporation aggregate is nothing more than an asso
ciation of individuals) may by contract or in /atr,
incur liabilities during its existence which will sur
vive the chartcr,” and held the Stockholder liable.
Again: In II Geo. li. 459, (Thornton vs. Lane.)
wherea Billholder was sueing a Stockholder, and lie
plead the forfeiture of the chatter, tho Conrt ruled as
follows: “The liability of the Stockholder to th o
Billholder for the ultimate redemption of the notes
of the corporation, survives the dissolution of the
charter, and is not extinguished by the judicial for
feiture of the same.”
Again : In 16 Geo. B. 2S\ (Moultrie et al. vs.
Smiley, and same plff. in error v*. John Neal,) the
plea was tho precise pte/s decided upon in the Macon
Decision, viz: That the charter had expired by its
oirn limifntion pending the snit; The Directors
were smjd at law for an over issue, under the 8th
Role of the Act of lucorpation. The Conrt held
(Benuiug dissenting) that the "action did not abate
by the expiration of the charter by its own limita
tion, during tho pendency, and before the termina
tion of the suit," —and Judge Lumpkin delivering the
opinion on p. 317, speaking of the Directors' liabili
ty, asks: “What is it to them that the Charter of
the Commercial Bank of Macon expired ou the 1st
of January, 18527 and that after that all its cor/mrate
liabilities were extinguished, Ac? These Directors and
billbolders survive in their natural rapacities.’'
Again in 19 Geo. K., 337, (Robinson vs. Lane)
where Lane had sued Robinson under the personal
liability clause on bank notes, after muerdiug tho
old Common Law rule, relied on, and saying that it
was competent for tho Legislature to provide against
it, and saying that they had done so iu that and
most or all of our Bank Charters—Judge Lumpkin
iu delivering the Judgment ot tho Court, on page
346, says: " The next error assigned is the refusal
of the Court to charge the Jury, that by the Judg
ment ot forfeiture, the debts due by the Bank were
extinguished. This Court Laviug repeatedly, with
in the last six years, assigned reasons for entertain
ing the same opinion as that held by our Brother
Worrill on this point, I am content to rest my judg-
cisions made by tho same Trihnnal. The Profession
are constantly pained at this departure from tho
principles they read in their Books. The people are
complaining at the results, and something must be
done. To require the concurrence of a full Court to
overrule a Decision, might prevent some of the evil;
but there are imperfections iu the Court, as now or
ganized, that call loudly for Legislative action. I
will not now suggest it.
The present Bench, McDonald delivering the
Judgment, (23 Geo. It. 82,) which overruled a prior
decision, vindicate the power, the right aud some
times tho duty of a Supreme Tribunal to correct and
over rule its own decisions, and yet they there (p. 87)
admit this principle of interference. They say,
when a Decision is once deliberately made it ought
not to bo disturbed ; but for the most cogent reasons
and upon a clear manifestation of error; and he quotes
high authority ; and yet in less than ono year we
find two ot the same Bench in the Macon Decision
overruling what had been at least four times deci
ded by the same Court—three times when all con
curred, and once when Judge Benniug dissented—
and remember that the Macon Decision was made
by two only—Lumpkin Dissenting. I ask can that
be a case of clear and manifest error, when one out
of three, after four or five long arguments, by the
ablest counsel, could not see it, hut adhered with
unshaken confidence to the four prior decisions f
Blackstone (1 Com. 9Q) says, “precedents and
rules must be followed, unless fatly absurd or un
just.” Indeed, Lord Coke, Mr. Christian, the great
commentator, Mr. Hargrave aud others, maintain
that where precedents aro ancient, and have become
uniform, a Court cannot disregard them, though flat
ly absurd or unjust. Because it is their province jus
Ji'eereand not jus dare (to pronounce and not to make
hw.) Ib. 70 ii.
But the rule recognized aud laid down in Broom's
Legal Maxims, upon the authority of Lord Elleuho-
rough and others, is this: “It is therefore an estab
lished rule to alible l>v former precedents. Stare de
cisis, (unless most o iilrutly contrary to reason, or the
Diviue Law) where the same points come again iu
litigation: as well to keep the soale of justice even
and steady, and not liable to •rarer with ererv new
Judge's opinion, as also because the law being then
solemnly declared, what before was uncertain aud
perhaps indifferent, U now become a permanent rule,
which it is not in the breast of any subsequent Judge
to alter or vary from, according to his private scuti-
•nents—lie being t worn to determine not according to
bis own private judgment, but according to the
known laws and customs of the Uud—not delegated
to pronounce a new law, Lilt to maintain and ex
pound the old one.” Broom's Law Maxims, 61>2. 13
East. It. 320. Authorities by scores could be cited.
I have not time, now, Mr. Editor, to properly al
lude to what I hear constantly as to the peculiar re
lations that one of the present incumbents bears to
the Rank cases. Mach has been said on thst sub
ject. He is a inan of education and character and
learning, and his friends have always awarded to
him a good heart and a cultivated conscience. If
these be so, it would seem to be safe to leave the
matter with bis own conscience—without at this time
recounting the various opinions of others as to what
lie ought to do.
But as already slated, my great objection to the
Decision, is that it disappoints the main object in es
tablishingtbe Court—that of securing uniformity of
Decisions, which can be done only by regarding that
salutary maxim of the Law, STARK DECISIS.
IMI^OOKT, Gr^Y..,
Tuesday Morning, Sept. 7, 1858.
I iik .'Mv a.vnaii Joi rn w, of Mkdicink.—
\\ e have the September number of this peri
odical—a pamphlet of 7<5 very neatly printed
pages. Published by Mr. Geo. A. Nichols,
under the auspices of the Savannah Medical
College. Price $2,00 per annum.
JIl 'Skll's Magazisk, for September, is al
so received, with a very interesting table of
contents. We rejoice to see this periodical so
well sustained.
-Signs—Prophecy.
> papers and keep up with
the
Disco l«l
j All who read tli
j current events of th
in many parts of tli
rebellion is at wor
initiated and inexp
; feat but a speedy d
ocratic organizatii
now furiously ragii
, in New York—the
ton and Anti’s in Pennsylvania—th
1 paper strife of the rival Houses of Wise andHunter
1 in Virginia—the split of the State Convention and
■ the withdrawal of the Broderick men in California
i —the violent feud between the partisans of Soule
i and Slidell in Louisiana—and lust but not least, the
j hostile attitude of the Doughs and Administration
wings of the party, which now seems seriously to
threaten in its results the Ios
Mr.
lie dr.V wi
11 have (
lUeov
ered that
l >
ie Union
a spirit
of di?
cord and
inst.,
rk, which
to the
eye c
if the tin-
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perienced
augurs
not
only de-
flee
issolntion
of the
National Deni-
mail
on. Tl.e
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and 1
utter war
part
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C'l.lSHI
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'•'or the G.-m-gia Telegraph,
he Lumpkin Palladium of the 11th
Tlioisi;!-, It. 86. a;,.,,
koa».
STATE
Plxn’fi!
a»«i ;j,.
charging him with inducing
Department to abolish th
ip Post Of-
tri-weckly
ok in, being
oney for "
gai'il to Mr. Cob
Free Schools in tht
ril-s represent him lav. -
the purpose of raising the t
He distinctly states in his sp ( _, r
iw should take either ground,’theqi'im^'" 1 ’
mace n political one and he iies',r e8 ^ to "'''!»■'*!.
*“* P*f» 18 to create a permanent
from the State road :,if it is sold two "'d 'V i
^OOlSoo 8 inV,St !i ,i h if , U “ sold. d ‘hv.
j,ooo,ooo, annually to l>
i anmiNiiy to oa aporonrin^ i. “•*" n
it : public debt of Georgia is a
: htate road is worth say 85,000.000 rt" J 0 ; 0 ® 0 Mi,
1“ Xtflto Ka ^' , “l\j(Jj^e.-l _. l . ' 1 Q( M W
; of Illinois and Indi-
Pcrsonal.
Col. Lomax, our lamented friend wbiieotne
of the Times and Sentinel, paid us a visit on
Saturday. He is in fine health and as good j ^ are we „ calenUted t0 inspire evcry true
looking as ever. Col. Macartiiv, of the Al- , DemocnU) who doos not close , y watcll events, with
bany 1 at not, happened in on the instant, and ■ f ear j-„j foreboding of a gloomy and disastrous fu-
we are glad to know that his Patriotic career i { lire ( 0 ti, e fortunes and welfare not only of our
gives every promise of material prosperity. I time-honored party, but also to the Republic and
Albany is preparing fpr a heavy business sea- the principles of free Government throughout
son, and tve have no doubt her every expecta- i Christendom. Accustomed, however, as we have
tion will be realized. , been, to political storms and outbreaks, and look-
Ilon. David S. Walker, State Register j big closely to the issues which divide these fac-
and Superintendent of public instruction in | t ’ wn - 3 > and tbo causes wbich hare brought about
,,, , ,. , these splits and schisms—these dissensions and di-
Florida, dropped m also at the same moment, 1
. , . visions, we arc still hopeful, and see no greater
in the course of a tour for the reestablishment ; , . . L -
cause for despairing than has existed “many a time
of his health. ■ an j 0 ^» ; n t [ ie pas j |,; s t ory 0 f the party. As long
Destruction of tlie Staten Island i there is continuity of purpose and action upon
QUARANTINE BUILDINGS. i thc 6 reat card!l ml principles of the party among
We see that tho long settled hostility of the ! its lumbers North and South, the National organ
Staten Islanders to tho quarantine establish- 'f 1 ! 011 ^ safe-and as long as the sentiment of
1 Nationality predominate?, there is no danger—but
lu- ; State could he liquidated and fciotatSi! ' lj| o1 ’•
in- Mr-L. asks that two thirds of the'am<C T iU ! '
pruned to the education „r lhe ohil^* ^Iw
“ lll '“ n . still be left to the staff '
Mr. Cobb has fears, (auil they are L
_ . , , , . that if something of tlfis sortL not u,' P ’° MS: ■■
; efforts tor months, have been to get in- whole amount will be frittered .■
for South-Western i f ihhorent private enterpri-uJ and'-T"'' 1 '--
all gone, the people Will not be able«A ,, „ “j 1 '- a .
I it has accompHnhad.-- But, if it '
educational purposes,the result will hi.. pri * ,t '-1,
g .. aMf tUty { iU b 7& a,t
illation. Educated and *3^
Will the Atlanta America?,, ami other
by R. Road, from Dawson via Cuthbert to 1 place Mr. C. right <m this suHecU
Eufaula and Fort Gaines six times a week in 'S',.;.,! „r vi. ~
„ , „ , 1 riff* ot steam Fire
Fire Gnu.
meat, culminated to a final catastrophe last
Wednesday night, when all the magnificent
hospital buildings, and dwellings of the offi
cers connected therewith, were fired by a mob
of about a thousand men and totally destroy
ed. Three of the patients, (females) died in
consequence of exposure to the open air, un
avoidable in their hasty removal.
lion. 3. Glancy Jones.
A telegraphic despatch announces the nom
ination of this distinguished geutlemau for re-
clcctiou to Congress from the district which
he has so long and ably represented. Old Berks
thc very back bone of democracy could not
be served by a wiser or a better man.
Cherokee Baptist College, Cussville.
We have a Catalogue of this College for the
enrrent year, showing five professors and
seventy-eight students. The College was or
ganized only three years ago aud has certain
ly made a commendable progress.
Columbus Dailies.
Last week the Columbus Times and Senti
nel discontinued its tri-weekly issues and
catne forth as The Daily l imes. Success to
its entet prisiug and intelligent proprietors.—
The Enquirer stutes that it will do likewise
so soon as arrangements, now in progress, can
be perfected, and the “ Sun,” as all the world
knows, has been shining daily with uncloud
ed brilliance for a long time. The Columbus
press has shared In the rising fortunes of that
flourishing city, and is iu a condition of more
than ordinary prosperity. May the smiles of
fortune ever attend them. Throw a tow-line
to the slow boats over this way !
The Charleston Mercury says, that Geor
gia Pears have been sold in the New York
market this season at $1,50 per dozen.
The deaths from yellow fever iu New Or
leans last Wednesday were forty-two.
For the Georgia Telegraph.
The Steamers to New York.
Mr. Editor :—It is known to all our Citi
zens that there are two lines of Steam Ships
from Savannah to New York, that the old line
of side-wheel steamers has had a formidable
rival in a line of large Propellers, and that thc
fare is thus reduced from 25 to 15 dollars.
On getting a ticket for New York at onr
depot here in Macon, it gave us the privilege
of either line to the Metropolis.
From our own knowledge of the safety of
the Propellers above the side-wheel ships
case of a storm, we preferred the former, aud
accordingly we choose the New Liuo. Many
of our friends thought wc were deceived in the
matter, and since wc have tried the Propellers
we feel at liberty to say from experience that
we shall always take the Screw Steamers in
preference to tbo side wheel ships.
We have sailed in thc Florida, the Ala
bama and Augusta, of tho Old Line, and in
the Montgomery and Huntsville of the New
Line, we therefore know what we say, when
tve declare that the sea sickness so much dread
ed by travelers on tiie sea, is far less on board
the Serciv Steamers than the others. This was
thc opinion of all the passengers who had been
often to sea, in the Old Line.
On our return trip, in the Huntsville, we
were us much pleased as with the Montgomery
which we took .on to New York. Capt. Crock
er, of the latter, is a most agreeable, pleasant
accommodating officer, aud Capt. Post, of the
Huntsville, won much praise and respect from
many grateful hearts, by his urbanity and
gentlemanly bearing during our trip home.
We hope our citizens will not be deceived
by interested parties who have tried to gain
patronage for the old line by representing that
the Screw Steamers are less safe in a storm
than tiie side-wheels, or that they arc so
slow us to make the passage tedious. The
Propellers often exceed the old line in speed,
and thc greatest difference in time is but G or
4 hours, which is nothing to persons who trav
el for pleasure, t^pwially when we contrast
thc comfort and wifely of the new line with
tlift disagreeable motion and everlasting shake
ment ot affirmance \n the present case upon the past i '' b w ^ l<rl
argument," (and he refer* to « Gen. R. 468 : s Geo. J We have mad” thc above remarks with no
486, li do. 458,16 do. 289.) desire to injure the old liue, but simply to give
In reference to the last case, it is due, perhaps, to J UU r experience in traveling, iu both kinds of
Judge McDonald, to say that while be coueurredin - j j0a t £ . j 4
the Judgment, Iu favor of the Billholder, be drew a | Macon, Sept. Hd, J858.
distinction between a Judgment of forfeiture end an
actual forfeiture, by the execution of the Judgment,
n which distinction 1 suppose he will rest, in wri
ting out his opinion in favor of the Stockholder, in
. Macon derfsi&n.
Thus, Mr. Editor, it will ho seen that prior to the
Macon Decision, it had bconjfretiWj decid- !, where
the civil death of a - orporation was pleaded, and re-
:don, that the right of a Bill-holder to recover, un-
r a Bank Charter, was not the-reby destroyed;
ree tim,s where thc death by'forfeiture i,.,s relied
.Judge Lumpkin, XLsbct, and Warner, all concur-
ig. The 4th .time, the death by expiration of tho
barter, pending the 6uit, was relied on, where
pkin and Starnes ruled the as me
aiting.) The atb time was the sai
re, and Lumpkin uml McDonald
AUftllsIil.
Broad Street presented quite a cheerful appearance
Inst night, iu unustquenue of tile numerous bonfires
throughout its length ; and music contributed its
pleasing strains to enhance the general pleasure of
the occasion. Our citizens sympathised in the
general t-ongrat illations of the Ka - ti-i-ri and \V.«tern
world, which took place on yesterday and last uigbt;
and iheir hearts beat responsive to tho united chorus
of thauks at tho successful completion of the Atlan
tic telegraph.—Constitutionalist.
luiprovcuit
Kail iCotiil
Judgment
alludt .1 n
on see hov
i.f the Bi
much l-'iat Ju-titi
th;
rn le
, that ll
neh—had made tho same dec
u. Ami how much more Ct
,ti/,u sgaiij.j is mistaken, win
i the positions of Fiat Just,/,
urt had repeatedly made tie- -aim- de
was llie i.aw, hut when lie Mate I),
uestiou was never beture the i ourt t.l
519. while 1 show that not only ttie
ii littyin
IRON.
A correspondent of tho Boston Courier sug-
i.iv, (Henning I gests an important improvement in the mode
idea offer- ot laying the rails on rail road.;, so that the
concurred in end of one rail shall como op|e>iitc the middle
p.,., of that on the other side; thus preventing thq
jolt when both wheel:, of axle pass over the
connection at the same time. This has been
road, and besides
it gives, it makes
a on and continu-
ug the effect to
, win-
Court—tic
tidor
mection at the same time
ed on the Boston and Maine
■ additional security which
- motion of the train more <
,, and the wholo rail liav
itt tl
rheel i
jr the
that s,a(i-(y.
,ppo- ite.iomt
l the .very
in 21 Geo.
ume plea.
311V
.-.li, aid result from this
and it iu only singular
tested before.
-imp
It seems
,-t- and economy
e arrangement,
t had not been
(shillings Shelved.
We are astonished to note that “Father (Jid-
,tings," as the Tribune Brethren und Sistren love to
call him, was defeated for a re-nomination to Con
gress iu Ids own District by one John Hutchins, at
a recent Convention of the “Liberty,” tdias Black
Republican party for that District. Giddings ac
quiesced iu thc decapitation and assured tiie Con
vention that he should go back to Congress thc
coming session and tell them that he was “to be
succeeded by a younger and abler man, who would
fully sustain thc reputation of thc District!” Let
us console ourselves, however, In the belief that
if Hutchins is no better, lie can't be worse than
Giddings. The character of tho exchange is no
doubt well expressed in the old popular adage
about “swapping the devil for a witch !” Hutch
ins, with stronger lungs, may blow a bluer flame,
but Giddings can’t be beat in the way of smoke and
sulphurous stench.
when the necessity for sectional issues commences,
then, and not till then, shall we consider thc time
to have arrived “when the argumefit is exhausted
and wc stand by our arms.”
The divisions to which we have alluded do not
arise out of any disagreement as so tho fundament
al principles of our creed, but mostly on local or
side issues, and in many instances mere personal
preferences—aud extend only to thc elevation or
i defeat of this or that candidate for popular favor
—and in this view of the aspect of affairs we arc
hopeful again. We arc encouraged by the signs of
decrepitude and decay, day by day becoming more
apparent in the ranks of the combined opposition.
Corwin, the great stump orator of Ohio, recently
nominated for Congress by the Black Republicans
and in close proximity to the Western Reserve,
proclaims boldly that he would vote for the ad
mission of Slave States into the Union. Abe Lin
coln, the boldest and sturdiest champion of Black
Republicanism in Illinois, under thc lash of Doug
las’ eloquent and overwhelming argument and in
vective has lowered his black flag—taken the back
track aud even goes so far as to say that he is not
pledged to the unconditional repeal of the Fugi
tive Slave Law. Who would have thought, after
reading his opening campaign speech at Spring-
field, in which lie promulgated the doctrine of ne
gro equality and almost every other infamous dog
ma of ultra abolitionism, that he would so soon
trail his flag ?
But this is not all. Horace Greeley who has been
the head and front of all that was odiouajn prac
tice or dirty in doctrine, lias lately administered a
sharp rebuke to GerrittSmith, tiie candidate of the
straight out abolitionists in New York.
We ask our readers why this change of tone and
softening down on the negro question by Corwin
and Lincoln and Grccly ? The answer is easy.—
The tone of public sentiment at the North has
changed. The zeal and fervor of fanaticism has
yielded to the instincts of reason and patriotism,
and these leaders know it, and are shaping their
platforms to suit the altered condition of tilings.
In this we see signs of better times, and a dawning
of a brighter day for tiie Republic.
And now for the Prophecy. We believe that
whether victorious or vanquished in the State con
tests of ’58 and ’59—that in 60—when the people
are called upon to choose a ruler for four years—
when the National Convention shall assemble iu
Charleston and select the Standard Bearer, Ac.,—
Stephens or Breckenridge or Hunter, or any oth
sound Southern Statesman, then the Democracy
will unite as one man—all dissensions will be heal
ed—all personal issues and preferences will abate,
and such a triumph yrill be achieved as in all the
campaigns of Democracy, glorious as some of them
were, has never been equalled.
utlibert, and assigning as a reason
the insinuation that it was done from
“interested motives, to build pp some con
temptiblc Rail Road Town.’’ I should not
have noticed this attack, had it not been aUtt
ded to, aud partially endorsed by the Cohn
bus papers.
The charge is unfounded, as I know Mr.
Cuyler
creased mail facilitie
Georgia. In passing through Washington
last month, he called at the Department and i _ ... - ,• ,, —
, ■ years in the school houses that willl,. i- a *t‘
succeeded tn having a Daily Mail established | school district, and an educated ana nd.il 1 '*
frotn Ren wick P. 0. (Smithville,) to Dawson
by
Eufi
four-horse Coaches.
Will the people of South-Wes
condemn him for this ? I apprehend
Hut then some contemptible Rail Road Town
was to be built up! I will say to the Palladi
um what I know, that Mr. Cuyler has no inte
rest, not one mill now, or ever did have in any
Town Lot, or Square of Land cn the Rail
Road between Smithville and Eufaula and
Fort Gaines. I am satisfied that Mr. Cujder
did not interest himself in any way in eifeet-
ing the change complained of on the Lumpkin j ircu^dGmore, and one from s«‘u eoa ”
Line.
Mr. Cuyler accomplished in a few minutes,
at Washington, what, if I am correctly inform
ed, has been urged by tiie people on their
Representative from the Second District for
months,—the establishment of a daily mail
from the South-Western Railroad to Eufaula
aud Fort Gaines. Why their Representative
did not succeed iu accomplishing their wishes,
is for him to answer. That Mr. Cuyler did
succeed, without political influence, (as he even
does not agree iu politics with thc Administra
tion,) is true; and the people on the route are
reaping the benefit of his exertions in their be
half, for which they will not be ungrateful
enough to condemn him. Mr. Cuyler’s absence
from the State is my only reason for sayiug a
word in his defence. Were he here, it is well
of the City Courcil. The trial will
Tuesday next, at the 8 o’clock a m •
the nt es and regulations which have : -
published and extensively circulatedbyt^ ^t
The number of engines that will enter ,i ,
competitors for tne prizes is not vet krm ,<: l ® “
committee did not require theeiitiir.,
made till Monday, tlio 30lh inrt of > font: •
have given notice of their intention
three are being constructed in Boston Z P JS';-
flrom Lawrence, Mass., one from EhiUd™^ ^
A tank of over two thousand gallons
he stationed about two hundred feet
gines, which will be located at the weshSl^V 1 '
the pond. This tank will be placed on ft,. 'Y tl
iy border of the pond, so as to ESEjVj**’
water back into the pond after the trirtcfesci^
An addition lias been made to the
flag staff, so that the whole height will lli
feet. From 100 feetand upwards are
vanes, with large figures designath^ tLA - ? ,v
feet, on the staff, which vanes will vibrti S ' !
struck by the water, and the vertical .lists,,;'
jet thus determined. •
The horizontal distance to which the
thrown, will be determined by placing inti,,.’:'' !
a number of iron stakes with large figuret M v
ting the number of feet from the en-fin-’ t-'
stakes will begin at about one hundred % ‘
the engine, and be placed ten feet apart to ibont,! '!
t andred feet long, with water pails andsirh,, .
placed two feet apart, will be used at the
end ofjet, to determiue the exact distaace thr •
water is thrown by each engine "
The records of time, pressure of steam and *
—horizontal and vertical'distance—delivervtl.r. ■
hose, will be in the charge of special Vun-r
sistant Engineers, with a sufficient corps ,,f
and hosemen from the fire department, to i„str-
curacy, promptness and efficiency iu all th.M ■
ters.
known be is capable of defending bis acts and ! mittees^who will have the aid of the Chief an j
motives against any aud all such attacks.
Let tne say that no reflection is intended in
this article on the Representative front the 2d
District, as I agree with him politically, and
admire him too much personally, to say any
thing to injure him. G. W. A.
Trial of Steam Fire Engincsal j*
TON—PHILADELPHIA VlCTOKiOLs
Boston, Aug. 31.—The trial of st. ani tire .;.,.
took place on Boston Common this morning! j ‘
was attended by thousands of spectators, rarJi^i,
Governor Banks and other distinguished w.
There were four steam engines present-tie "I t ,
dolphin," built by Messrs. Iinuey. Nealtie i (:.. J
Philadelphia; the “Elisha Smith,” of East Bosts»
the “Lawrence,” of Lawrence, Mass., and the-X,,
Era,” of Boston.
The Philadelphia filled the tank, 2,600 gall, re. „
8 minutes and 29 seconds; threw a horizontal ih, j
of 163 feet, a perpendicular stresuiof 110 iV-t, tU
sbs raised steam in 11 minutes.
The Elisha Smith filled the tank iu 8 abates, uj
25 seconds, threw a horizontal stream of 140 he!, i
perpendicular stream of 125 feet, and rsbw) -i.ci
in 31 minutes and 51 seconds
The Lawrence was withdrawn on account offered
a small bolt soon after tiring up.
The proceedings were then sdjoumed till bii
Gin House Burned.
Last Tuesday the Gin House of Col. Demp
sey Brown, near Uayneville, Houston county,
was destroyed by fire, and with it, about thir
ty bales of cotton. Col. D. had just returned
from Montvale iu time to see so large a por
tion of his crop lost. Planters should not al
low their packed cotton to accumulate around
the Gin House. Send it to market, or at least
store it in our Ware Houses under insurance.
Dedication of the new Prcsbyte-
RIAX CHURCH. „ UT
It was announced by Rev. Mr. Breck last
Sunday, that the last public services in the old
Church would be held on Sunday next, and
thc Suuday thereafter thc new Presbyterian
Church would be dedicated.
Tiie Cable.
A specimen of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable
can be seen at Mr. Wise’s Store, and be wish
es to show it in connection with a new stock
of Goods just coining to hand, which he thinks
equally worthy of inspection. Sagacious al
ways.
“JLiinii* Store.”
The advertisement of Messrs. Bolshaw &
Herzog announces a new branch of artistic
mechanism in Macou. Head it.
“Stare Decisis.”
The Communication over this signature to
day, will no doubt attract a great deal of nt-
nttentiou, as unquestionably the most able
and intelligent review of the late Hank decis
ion of the Supreme Court which has yet ap
peared.
JLtttest from Europe.
Tiie Fulton, with three days’later Liverpool dates
was boarded ofl’Oape Race ou Sunday. She re
ports Liverpool Cotton rates lor three last days,
.36,OiTO bales with an advance of a sixteenth on finer
grades. Breadstuff* aud Sugar quiet. Provisions
teady. Consols 96 J.
A mat e’s IVest.
The Herald of last Tuesday lias the following as
part of the Special Washington Despatch:
Our KpccinI VVnsliiugtoii Dcsimtc!i.
A plan for Disunion—England to become a protecto
rate of the Southern Confederacy—Virginia to be
wheedled into Disunion.
Washington, August 30,1858.
The Hon. William L Yancy sent to the Richmond
Enquirer office on the 25th inst. a long letter, with
the request thst onoof the editors of that paper would
present it to Mr. Pryor, of the Richmond South, for
publication, and in case he refused to give it publi
city, to demand it for publication iu tho Enquirer.
It charges Mr. Pryor, as I understand, with having
betrayed |)ie disunion party at the South, and with
having violated certain conditions proposed by him
on the subject of disunion.
It appears that a disunion league was formed, of
which Mr. Pryor was a member. The understanding
was that the league should appoint a commission to
negotiate certain arrangements with England in the
way of a protectorate, direct trade, Ac., and after
these arrangements were perfected disunion was im
mediately to follow.
""wr. Pryor was at first to make a hypocritical show
of preference for the North, and, after a little dodg-
iug to carry Virginia in favor of tho disunion pro
ject. He agreed, in other words, that she shonid not
join the Southern confederacy at the outset, but that
lie would bring her in after a slight show of favor
for a league with tho North.
All this, I aiu told, is charged iu Mr. Yancey’-: letter.
Yellow Fever in New York.
Two carpenters, one living in Division street
aiid thc other in Houston street, having
beeu attacked with yellow fever, which they
took while at work repairing the ship Rattler,
lately arrived from New Orleans. The one
living iu Division street has had black vomit,
and is not likely to live the day out; thc other
is convalescing. The Rattler has been sent
to quarantine.
John Coles, the third assistant engineer of
tho steamer Philadelphia, which lately arrived
from New Orleans with yellow fever on board,
died last night tit thc Ohio House, corner of
Warren aud Washington streets, but bis
Later from Europe.
S r. Johns, Sept. 2.—Tlio steamship Pacific lias nr*
rived with Liverpool accounts to August Q3rd.
Commercial IYcsvh.
I.iceipool Cotton Market.—The sales on Monday
August 23rd, were 10,000 bales, of which 3,500 bates
were taken by speculators and exporters. The mar
ket closed firm.
I.ivetpool Breadstuff* Market.—Flout was quiet;
Wheat buoyant, and Corn dull.
Liverpool Pmrision Market.—Provisions generally
were steady.
Naval*.—Spirits of Turpentine dull at 38s. a 39s.
, , , f * t s n a , , A lit? uiOGccutura nctc uivu iMiivutiiTU liu fetu
Ijmdou Money Market. Consols were qno. e<l at j two o'clock. The length of t.V ftoae used bj
96j. j the enginns was 200 feet.
1 11rm I lYcivn. —'—
The London papers unfavorably criticise the last ] 1'Iie Qlieeil and Pl'inc® Albert (>u
paragraph in President Buchanan's reply to the I
Queen's message.
The bombardment of Jeddah took the French
government by surprise, but explanation were made
in Loudon to Pku.jseu.
Arrival of flic SlcaitiKhip Africa.
New York, Sept. 2.—The steamship Africa has
arrived with Liverpool dates to August 23. Her
news has been anticipated by the Pacific at St. Johns
Yellow Fever In Now Orleans.—New Or
leans, Sept. 2.—There were forty-two deaths in this
city, on Wednesday, by yellow fever.
Religious Revival®.
Revivals of religion are still progressing in
several counties of this section. The Churches
in Lawrencvillc, Gwinnett county, have had
many additions to their numbers within the
last month; among them some of the most
prominent citizens of (he place.
A revival has also been progressing in Jef
ferson, Jackson county, during the past week.
The members of the bar are doing much good
in many of these meetings. Messrs. B. II.
Overby, of Fulton, James P. Simmons and
W. J. Peeples, of Gwinnett, Thos. K. R.
Cobb, James Jackson and Wm. L. Mitchell, of
Clark, George Hillyer and D. H. Walker, of
Walton, D. G. Candler, of Franklin, and oth
ers, have greatly aided thc local ministry in
Jefferson in the good work.
The revivals of 1858 arc certainly the most
wonderful manifestations of the Holy Spirit
since the.day of Pentecost. Many good peo- ^ ^
pic believe it to be drawn of Millennium, aud . %vhat *is the true name and history oi 156 m '
that some who are now living will see its noon- fared slaver, and we have taken soms pains
day- Tho signs of tho times look that way— out the particulars about her. The iispeMwf ^
, I town is pretty general.that she is the bng W&~
Athens if atchman. An d. no t tiie Echo, as reported by the tdf^pa.^;
Charleston. As wo stated in our Sunday s >-> •
the Putnam is a foil-rigged brig of 18- toil "'„
then, built at Baltimore su 1845. She vistor -. 1 "
time owned there, and engaged in the i”
THE ROAD. H
The official who conducted a eorrespsiodtiitdtl*
New York Express through the stables at Wir.J,<
Castle related the followingincident:
“It seems Her Majesty, as well as Prince Alb-::
loves fast horses, ana she never rides without b-7
nags are upon the quickest trot Well, she tu
heard of the speed of New York horses, and toae
how the story of the rapid movements of a psi-
them iu London reached the ears of the Prince
the Queen. They were both anxious to seel'
movements and try their speed, which being it
known to their American owner, he forthwith
longed Prince Albert to test the mettle of bis ii
mala between London and Windsor Theroniip*.-
ty were to have twenty minutes start and ri.it.'-
horses on the road, while the American trotters if- <
to go through the entire distance. The sffiir > -
wholly private, and yet what was in the triodltfi .
out among the grooms, and all was excite® ?!
Having reached the half-way house android'..
fresh horses again for a start, they alt looted ia
iously back for the American horses. Thc Qwi
and Prince Albert were as interested as if t- •'
crown was tho issue; and remembering tbe ptM
race where the “America” was victorious, byi*) 1 '
of her hand to her postilions Victoria urged ii *
forward. But it did uot avail. The Amerifsatt:
ters were soon insight, audit was but a feviouita
before they were “neck and neck” with the itfi-
parly; to their utter amazement they soot p^-r.
them, as trotting horses are sometimes *«*)««*
to do ou the Bloomingdale road. When the <pe'
and the Prince reached Windsor, the Amerirti f *■
ses were all nicely groomed, and ready, if -
for another start. This exploit led to the |*s*
of some tretting animals; buthavingjeopirdi!» lsi
lives of the Royal party, they wisely wares™?*'-*
ed. This is the postilion’s story, and there a 1
cause to doubt its truth.”
Kiscory of the Captured Slaver- j
A good deal of curiosity is expressed to L-
'Flic State Komi.
Wo leant from the Atlanta Intelligencer of
the 1st inst., that thc treasurer of the State
Road, Bcuj. May, Esq., lias paid into the State
Treasury S-’U.UUO for thc mouth of August.
This amount added to previous payments
makes thc round sum of .r‘150,000 paid into
the State Treasury within the past six months,
commencing with the 1st of March last. A
considerable fund has been reserved to pur
chase new Iron, for such portions of the track
as require relaying on uccouut of the worn ... ..
condition of the iron. We learn front authen- this port "by tlio muster,’ whose name
tic sources that the Road Bed is in fine order to be Dobson, for Gaboon, on tlio .j , ; r.
and condition. For some time past about Jt!0 ‘ l f ‘1^ oil'fho^ofcub^ td
hands have beeu employed upon the repairs wo find of lior is her arrival at Havsos wtw^
and arc yet engaged in that service. At Chat- : of January, 1858, reporting from sm ”
tauooga a magnificent. Passenger Depot is in Townsend as master. On the rti g
process of erection. The work is being con- mon,h Mie a ™ ed at Ne ' v Jjgpl3*' s
ducted by a civil Engineer and put up by
bands in the immediate employment of the
Road. The expenses of this work are paid
physician asserts that lie died of low typhus I monthly, as well as the wages of all laborers
fever, and showed no symptons whatever of employed on the Road, and all current expen-
yellow fever. Another assistant engineer of j ses and debts of the Road. It is the settled riialact^
■ 1 - • A, Scene In the straits of lU '?'7i
the same vessel lies sick at the same house, , policy of the Administration that no new debts
J *• ‘ * shall accumulate. All the payments into the
State Treasury, have been made from Nett
earnings of the Road, and from no other source.
—Dispatch.
and a medical consultation ou his case is to be
held this afternoon.
Still another case of undisputed yellow fever,
from the Philadelphia, has been reported atthe
Mayor’s office.
Another case is reported in East Broadway.
The carpenter, who sickened on the Rattler,
died yesterday.
The Health Commissioners resolved to-day
to allow no more vessels from Charleston or
New Orleans to come to thc city for the pres
ent.
Tho steamer Philadelphia lias been ordered
immediately to quarantine.—New York F.re
nin g Post, Aug. 30.
Clcrlcsi) Rotviinc Club at Saratoga.
A correspondent writing from Saratoga,
says :
Among the many pleasant sights is the Cler
ical Bowling Club, not formally organized of
course. Among the clergymen of the various
denomin&tions here the most internal feeling
exists. A band of these, composed of Episco
pal and Reformed Dutch, the Presbyterians,
inkling of “elders,” meet daily
tunc utviiuu luau, iiuu - - - .. ^
trade. Subsequently sho was purchased dr a*-
Everett and Brown of this city, andrw ***
time as a packet between this port and
New Grenada. In the spring of 1857 slit* ”
by Messrs. Handy and Everett, the
Everett and Broun, to Messrs. Rssrrk*
fitb, shipbuilders in this city. She was tw * ^
out by a Captain Brown, who claimed to f
owner, and who is supposed to he "-nr in ■ ■ .
but the bills are said to have been pud iff 1 M
house established here. , a ts.
On the 7th of March, 1857, she was cW 1
month she arrived ai '■“TAri, „f van--
Townsend as master, and on the MS®
cleared from that port, as we stated in -; tol .-i
issue, by Messrs. Goidenbsw and ,
Thomas and a market. Since that tim .4
been heard of until she fell in with tl , 1
Sagu.-i. with a cargo of negros on 3
Herald.
with a sprinkling of “ elders,” meet daily at
half-past ten, to play their favorite game, to
Governor JIcKttc iXoininttliMl. unbend their arms for the sen ;on of toil before
By despatches received in this city yester- them. And right merry, in a goodly way, are
day, we have the gratifying intelligence that they too. And were it not for the remarks in
j ex-Governor McRae received the nomination the presence of the crowd that looked on as
j of the District Convention which met yester- ten-strike follows ten-strike, that the unerring
Jltirine Accident.
Ship Mayflower, from New Orleans for Nantz
capsized at sea and totally wrecked. Fifteen of
the orew lost. Captain ami seven of the crew
saved.
i day at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to -elect a roller has “ not touched a ball since the last
• One of Jim lSectcwortii’s Lies.” j candidate to fill the vacaucx in Congress oc- time” he was at Saratoga, that “it was an ac-
A California paper tells the following Story : i cassioued by thc death of General Quitman, oidental ball that brought all his pins down,”
A company of miners on Jamison Creek rc- His competitor was Mr. Ellit. The Conven- or that they “never roll except when they
quested a comrade, who was going to a neigh- tion adopted the two thirds rule, and on the ; come to Saratoga,” one would be tempt
1 ..ftvi . T ;i» C li TY_ _»_ ii s. I 11 1a st. s J . Id ft jj
boring camp to borrow “Tho Life of Jim Heck- first ballot the vote stood: McRae 12, l.llitt).
wortliJim having, in his day, been a famous On the 2-lth ballot Governor McRae received
iminal. He made his desire known, and was the nomination. Considering the fact that the
mded. by accident, a copy ol tlio Bible, and Governor made no effort nor intimated any
d not discover the mistake, 't aking the hook wish to obtain the nomination, it is certainly
nne, one of thc company, who could read a j a mest expressive tribute to his worth and
JJtth' bv spelling hard .words, opened in the standing among ins fellow citizens of Missis-
,i Judges, and read the story, aloud, of [ sippi, as it is no less therftigliest compliment.
Sierra being killed by Joel, Xeber’s wife, with that could.have been conferred upon him to be
hammer and a nail. Tin* story was listened j deemed a fit successor to the beloved and la-
:o with profound attention until finished, when 1 mented Quitman. \\ e doubt not bad it been
jiie of the listeners jumped up and exclaimed : intimated to the people of the District that
‘One of Jim Beckworth’s lies! It sounds Governor McRae desired the nomination, it
idzackly like him.” j would have been given him unanimously.
believe that all hands wereadt
pts at thehealth-
t'ul pastime of tenpins. A’o class of men need
the relaxation more than pastors—none, relish
it better, and the springs this yenr have un
wonted charms lor the clergy.
L ... ...V. r f<|fl
Ono day laying at anohor ana ^"*"A, 1 .ii
breeze, the steward rushed m wit» en^ageJ'-’*
nouncement that a shark and turtle we
tight alongside. Doubtful and amazed.
of so' unusual and so unequal scomtw. , , m
on deck, and there, sure enough, weis. .^ feS gti
shark and a turtle of venerable an, “!“ j
judge from his size andthe prt>fo»> . Jp-***
and other parasites with which M wsu
Without respect for iiissge and “'“JL.title. *
tlio shark made flirious charges ‘ . «Ui>W"
opposed the dangerous jaws of the 1
full front of his back,on which'J' n H, ll0[ turii't 1 v
made. Oa ono oer.ision theJSr*~L-mjf j-rt 1
sharply enough, v. hich cost him‘ r r.t*" 'j
one uwocky Hipper. Indignant »j 1 f fW ii>!i-->.
such an alaermanic banqnent to ■ g^pper?*
indiscriminate appetite of ft aacb 5i a “*Sl
tervensd with r. harpoon, ^ llt e »dol^ ! .
aim that it fell bott-eed fc renu -, n; , llf at,< r '-' iYl
point; whereupon, in our disapP: i.,,,”
gtadiy have pitched hint after it- > wrkfaf 4 *’.
ed the purlins-: of searing ft"'*)’* . . ll0 .tofn' i< ' .<
moments, which tho turtle ..
tin to the bottom, where he wu- "‘ 1
of its ravenous admirer.
t ’I’OIlgfl
The Alta CaRbmin, of July V ■ i
letter from Frederick ^
who stated that ft companion na“ Ay m
Finctersplcger, while prcs^cfmg^^ (0Si
the neigaborhot
geodes, which a
ri-aser riverv*" ; " B(3 | Ilir -
cavilie
tainiiu
crystal i
lined with crystal.
of fluid, calk'd t«
half a
ation.
A Negro (i
tku.—Wt: hav<
Duv Book, a si
in: busily mule:
negro cliaruete
leaves New 1
m. Going s-'.u
to record to-da
gul.-ir cecum-nee, but
stood by those win- coi
A free negro girl, na
rk to day, tinder th
■at
eas drunk by
, Choosk i .u-.* man, with a je.riiug ivnnU“- , ; :1
is the New York ,,minlain.-.l of ;;reat weight ;
•li can
i.l tiie
•oline,
ion of
M«-s.-r*. \V. J. Phillips and J. Rust, for the purpose
ot selecting her own master and residing iu Texes.
She prefers this course rather than to r.main iu New
York iu a condition of so-called freedom.
npke
stomiu
body iii-.tmitly b
rs petrifaction t
bod_
becoming stone
pint, the poor "
orttr
oi lS ’
catne nsid'ti^ 1
few hours petmacuon .w> k p •*“; . y:
feiiow became q liaI