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THE STANDARD.
CASS VI DDE, geo.
THURSDAY MORNING:
APRIL 19. 1855. .
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To Publishers.
Publishers ittgjvow York city who may wish
their new publications noticed in the Cassville
Standard, will please send copies to our address,
through Messrs. Fowlf.r k Wells, 308 Broad
way, who will pack and forward to us weekly.
april 19 —ts.
District Convention.
As the proper time for the meeting of the
Democratic Convention of the fifth district is
rapidly approaching, we beg to suggest Tues
day the 12tli of June as the day, and Calhoun
as the place for that meeting. We should like
to hear from our brethren of the press in the
District, iu reference to the matter.
aW We learn that the notice in our last pa
per calling for a meeting of the friends of prohi
bition to nominate a candidate for the legisla
ture, lias left the impression that Judge Bogle
was withdrawn by the party. Injustice to him
we think it proper to state that such is not the
case. He accepted the nomination conditio Hal
-13-, and has since declined running. This, we
think was the idea intended to be conveyed by
the gentleman who handed in the notice.
Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of Georgia commenced
its session in this place on Monday morning
last, their honors Justices Luwpkix,
Starnes and Denning presiding, and W.
Hops- Hull, Esq , of Athens, acting as re
porter in the absence of Mr. Corb. There
are about thirty cases on the docket, and
the business will, in all probability, be con
tinued throughout nest week.
Tha Season— Crops, &c.
After an unusually hard winter, wc are
at length blessed with most charming spring
weather, and the woods and gardens are al
ready beginning to show the effects of it.
In this region the peach crop is not more
than half destroyed, while other fruits are
scarcely injured at asfe. We have never
seen wheat look betteoPfnd there is every
prospect of a large crop. Altogether, the
prospects of the farmers in this portion of
Cherokee Georgia are very flattering.
Hsv7 Advertisements.
We invite attention to the advertisement
©f J. W Hooper & Cos , in this week's paper.
They huv.e uow in store, one of the most ad
i*iruTv!y selected stocks we have ever seen,
which they are prepared to sell at alarming
ly low prices, in consideration ot the hard
times. Give them a call.
The Farm advertised by Wm. Solomon
is one of the best in Cass county, a conve
nient distance from town, and in every way
desirable. A man of means desiring to set
tle in the most pleasant part of Cnerokee
Georgia will here find n opportunity that
does not often present itself.
Capitalists will do well to bear in mind
the proposed sale of lots in the new town of
Booaville, Ten. It is located in the midst of
the rich mineral region of our sister State,
a section whose prosperity must be constant
and permanent. See advertisement.
Hitch Aid about Nothing.
Some Dogberry, who signs himself Prohi
bitionist. has taken us to task in a late
number of the Atlanta Republican , about
our position on the Temperance movement in
Georgia. We shall not attempt to enlighten
h s understanding, ns we don't proposo to
work miracles. We are not afraid that any
man with a thimble full ot brains, after
reading our article, will arrive at the same
eonclusion as this fcFow, who cannot tell
principle from policy. *. Oh that he were
here to write me down an ass,” said honest
Dogberry. Here is cue who does it for him
self.
A Pitiful Hoax.
In our paper of March 20, we published
a notice of the marriage of Mr. George W.
Maddox and a Miss Ernrna Poole. We learn
that no such marriage ever occurred. The
notice would not have obtained a place in
our paper, had not the scoundrel who sent
it attached to it the name of Isliain Alley,
Esq , a respectable justice of the peace
Active efforts are being made to discover the
name of the vagabond who perpetrated this
outrage, and we beg to assure h>m that his
road to the penitentiary will be shorter, if
he is discovered, than it Would have been in
the natural course of events, or than it will
be eventually, if he is not detected in this
piece of rascality Such scoundrels tire be
neath the contempt of horse thieves, nnd
would corrupt the morals of the most degra
ded inmate ot the lowest den at the Five
Poflits in New York.
Organization—The Democracy of
Cherokee.
This paper was the fir*t in Cherokee Geor
gia, we believe, to insist on a thorough
organization of the Democratic party. We
thought, ond subsequent events have only
served to strengthen the belief, that our
only hope of success against secret combina
tions and open hostility, was to present nn
unbroken front, to meet t!te_en<Hy fully
and properly, organized for the contest
{Some ot our Cherokee contemporaries differ
ed with tts, but thuse differences have censed
to exist, and we may now consider the Do
mocrary ot Cherokee Georgia u unit on the
subject of organization
The Democracy ol the noble old county of
Cherokee have lately held a meeting nnd
epokeu out like men, in favor of Democratic
measures. We should like to copy the re
port of their oommittee entire, hut our space
will not permit. Xl'O following extract we
commend to the attention of our readers. It
breathes the true spirit;
“ There never was a time when a strict
and close adherence to Democratic organiza
tions was more demanded than the present.
The enemy is insiduously at work, to under
mine and destroy ; let Democrats be on the
alert. If they cast not off their glorious old
panoply, the constitution, victory will perch
upon their banners as formerly; Franklin
Pierce, the President of tlioir choice, has
nobly done his duty. Wisdom and firmness
have characterized his administration thus
far. Ills measures justify the confidence of
the people who placed him iu power. And
this meeting cordially tenders to him the
expression of their approbation of his official
conduct.
.< 111 conclusion we say to our friends and
associates everywhere, that the Democracy
of Cherokee county will be faithful to their
ancient a fid honored principles, and do val
iant battle for the constitution and liberty'. ’
General Stout.
Our editorial of last week headed .. Stout
Folks Wanted,” has elicited 11 communica
tion from our old friend. General Stout, of
Madison. Wo had marked several portions
of it for publication, but it has been, unfor
tunately, mislaid.
The General informs us that he is in no
way related to that branch of the Stout
[family liis only living relative being a
! cousin, Mias Alice Stout, also resident in
Madison. It further seems that he and his
cousin Alice had, last summer, a newspaper
quarrel in the columns of tlie Madison
Family Visitor, on the subject of Woman's
Rights’—in which >flss Alice came off sec
ond best. This, at least, is the General's
report of the matter. W’e more than half
suspect that Miss Alice got the better of it,
for these wimmin folks are awful hard to
head.
We have some recollection of that encoun
ter on the part of the Cavalry,’ in the city
of Bail Hoad*. But oitr Waterloo was near,
er home. In conclusion, we beg the General
to rest assured that we shall pay ourself
liberally for whatever trouble we have in
the matted, and remit him the balance, !
whenever we procure the legacy for him \
Democratic Meeting in Cass.
The Atlanta Intelligencer, after copying
a synopsis of the proceedings of the late Dem
ocratic meeting in this place, thus speak of
die last resolution reported by the commit
tee and adopted by the meeting :
Our Democratic friends of Cass evince
the right spirit in their preparation for the
campaign that is about to begin. We do
hope that, in every section of the State the
Know-Nothing issue, will be openly and
fearlessly met. even if that course on our
part shall invite the fiercest confl’ct wiht
our opponents. There is no use in mincing
our terms or slacking our blows in dealing
with the K N heresy. For, if anything
can be more deadly in its future consequences
to the integrity of the Republican sent ment
of our people than concealed political designs
—secret proscription of one class nnd avow
ed and sfrapctvisemcnt of another because of
birth and religion, we should like to hear
what that thing can be. We have nothing
to lose by plain speech in dealing with n
new name The evil is no worse than it has
always been, unless wc regard that sort of
daring that now expresses sentiments once
hid. hut which have been always in the
heart an evidence of increasing obliquity
We have long since felt that this American
ism was old Whiggery breaking out under a
new and more malignant type. And though
it would have argued a great distrust of mo
tive and a very hard censure upon the puri
iv of the Republican character of any party
here to have intimated a belief that matters
would have proceeded to the dangerous
lengths to which Know-Nothingism has car
ried them, we yet from the first never doubt
ed that war, nnd war to the knife, was in
tended to be made by the Subterraneans up
on the principles and administration that
Democrats sustained. Themaiked change
that every one sees has taken place in the
State in the last fortnight towards the K
N's. must convince every Democrat who en
tertained the idea that lie could maintain his
old and cherished principles while lie allow
ed himself to he swallowed up by the secret
order,” that this was a vain hope. Every
such Democrat will soon see, if he has not al
ready been fully satisfied, that Know Notli
ingistn, when it promised to hold in check
| the hosts of abolition and to bring the gov
ernment to a safe nnd sane policy where
; Southern interests were concerned, premised
i what it could not, or would not, perform
I While, in lieu of this bright hope, we have
I had substituted a system of domestic perse
| cation and proscription that really allows
our foes to strike down a large class of men
in the free Stales who have never taken sides
against us by word or deed. A pretty way.
this, of strengthening the South. Had the
Irish taken a stand for the abolitionists or
the Catholic priesthood furnished them sub
sidies, ns nearly all the other churches had
done, we never would have heard a syllable
about the danger that the State of Georgia
was in from 6,000 foreigners, or that the
Pope was about to be after us with fire nnd
faggot.
| “This most pitiful twaddle we must mi
! dure to hear and are teased to believe, all
because the larger part of the foreign vote—
especially the Catholic portion ot it—has nl
ways gone with the Democracy and the
Whigs have never beeu able to take it away
from us. Gen. Scott tried to seduce them
with his sift blarney about . the rich
brogue,” but it would not all do, and seduc
tion falling they now try force. Wo are a
greed with our Cass friends in the proprie
ty of speaking home to these men and of
tearing no words of denunciation nnd warn
ing unspoken For if the South is prepar
ed to uuliold a political party whoso pririci
j pics must inevitably lead to civil bloodshed
i and commotion wo wish to know it. The
! sooner the better. Here we were weak o
nough—distracted and divided enough be
fore, heaven knows, without introducing
in'o our midst devices ot outrage and op
pression ns if on purpose to finish the work
that Norheru fanatics began. It hns been,
we allow, a deep laid, a profound scheme to
accomplish its real purpose—the division
and weakening of the South. That Know
Notbmgisru can effect any thing else ex
ceeds the wildest dream of the wildest vision
ary.”
A man named James Burns was acciden
tally drowned at Nashville Ten. on the 10th
just.
Trouble in the Camp.
In the last Atlanta Republican, (a Know
Nothing paper! the Editor intimates pretty
strongly that the best course tor the Amer
ican part3’ is to adopt Mr. Overby as its
nominee, and thus secure the Temperance
vote Avery flattering notice of Mr. Over
by s address at Atlanta is closed iu this
wise:
•* B. 11. Overby is a noble man. He has
never been an office seeker, did not desire
the nomination, and offered to give one thou
sand dollars to any suitable man who would
accept the nomination to defray his expenses
in canvassing the State. The nomination
was forced upon him. A protestant Chris
tian gentleman, an American in his princi
ples, a firm, bold, eloquent advocate of truth
and right, where will the American party
find u mar. within Is councils who would
more gallantly carry its standard?”
The Georgia Citizen, Know
Nothing paper) sees in this * indications of
the determination of the Prohibitionists to
force Mr Overby upon the American party
as their candidate lor Governor. Threats
are made that if the . Know Nothings’ do
not fall into the ranks of the Prohibition
party they will be ingloriously defeated!
Then, again, they are coaxed to nominate
Mr. Overby, because, as alleged, his . prin
ciples are unexceptionable to the American
party,’ and it will be the best policy for the
latter to . fall in’ and support him ! Tims
the game is to be played out, and the scheme
enacted on the 22J of February by a few
ultra Temperance men, at Atlanta, to fore
stall the public mind, is to be consummated,
at all hazards! This is pijfciseiy what we
predicted, after the nomination of Overby.
It was a shallow trick of a few t*. n to carry
a measure by stratagem, which could not
otherwise secure five thousand votes in the
State, on its own merits. The whole scheme
was based on the idea that tl-.e American
party was too weak to carry its cause, in
Georgia, and would be glad to enlist under
other banners, to accomplish its object. But
the transparency of the thing is now appa
rent to ail. The public voices-the voice of
nine-tenths of the true friends of Temper
ance in Georgia repudiate the Prohil ition
movement and the pretensions of Mr Over
by’. And we have much mistaken the tem
per of the . Know Nothings if they will play
(second fiddle'to any such .small potato’
faction as that led oil by the Banjo- player
of the Penfrcjd Bauner. Inglorious defeat,
under their own leader and standard hearer,
would be thrice welcome to an humb.e share
in the victory under a banner not their own
Yea, we are satisfied that there are thou
sands in the American Order who would
prefer the re-election of Governor Johnson
to that of Overby, under the circumstances
They would prefer even to withdraw from
the organization and support Johnson ,
rather than go into a fight under a leader
in whose nomination iheyhave had no par
ticipation —for the simple reason that it is
not the work which they have bonded to
perform.. * “Tis not the feast to which they
have been invited.’ Os course, we shall not
assume to dictate to the * American’ party
what course they shall pursue, but we sin
ccrely trust they will allow no collateral
issues to divide and distract their councils or
their action. W3 believe, moreover, that
they are. strong enough to day in Georgia to
act independently of all other parties and
untrammelled by dictation from any quar
ter. ’
Tl,is bids fair to be quite a spitited little
dispute, but in-spite of our frieud Andrews,
we are inclined to believe the fusion will
take place, unless, inueed, the Know Noth
ings are compelled to support candidates
nominated by their Counci Is, a ml none ulhi r,
as is pretty plainly intimated in the sentence
italicised above.
If this fusion takes placo, . we will have,"’
says the Constitutionalisi Ripublic . “in
Georgia, ns it has been in Maine. New
Hampshire an t other Northern Smu-s, a
consolidation of ail the isms —and of all tlie
shattered remnants of parties n;xl faction
whose policy the people have effectually re
pudiated, and of all the restless politicians
asking for place who fret and chafe in the
shades of private station —all confederating
to roust the Democratic pirty. What a pie-©
Clous squabbling for the loaves and fishes
would take place, could this heterogeneous
crowd of friends of the people carry out their
plans When this cohesion for tin* sake of
the plunder has answered its purpose, there
being no unity of design, or fixed principles
of po.icy, state or national, among them, a
rare nnd beautiful state of confusion would
result.
The Democratic party, with nil its short
comings, alone has proved itself adequate to
give a consistent shape nnd harmonious and
vigorous action to our government. Our
country has never been powerful and re
spected abroad, and prosperous at home un
der any other auspices. Theiefore, it is
that after brief and disastrous intervals of
change the sober second thought of the peo
ple always replaces the Democratic party in
power.”
The Southern Literary Messenger for
April.
< We have never met'’ say* the Charles
ton Evening .AY us, with a number of
this sterling monthly more uniformly excel
lent than the one before us. The articles,
both original and selected, are of a high
order of merit, the editorial table is crowded
with good things, and forms a remarkable
.contrast to the oila prudridu of stale anec
dotes and superanuated bon mots, with
which a similar department in other period
ca!s (whoso subscribers number hundreds of
thousands) is tilled. l'ho • Messenger’ is
the eldest aud best sustained monthly at the
South. It has ever boon an able exponent
of the literary taste of our section. Its pa
ges have been graced by the productions of
our best intellects, and it would sccui to bo
in some sort our duty to sustain it. This,
however, has not been done. Like every
other work of a literary character started
among us, it has languished, aud will prob- i
ably die from the culpable neglect of sub
scribers themselves. Wosubjoin the follow- j
ing manly expostulation of the Editor, Mr. |
John It. Thompson, aud call the attention of,
subscribers to tho magazine in this city
to it:
. Wo hnve uover (says Mr. Thompson)
been wore determined in our purpose in
maintaining the high literary reputation of
the Messooger, aud let whatever fate beta)
an enterprise ao intimately connected with
the credit of the Southern people in the
world of letters, it shall never be said that
the Messenger expired beenuse it was no
longer worthy to live. We, therefore, again
appeal to the sense of justice ami the sec
tional pride of the slaveholding Slates, that
they will lend their united assistance in this
time of need to their only literary magazine,
feeling assured that if but a small portion
of that favor is grunted us which is so lav
ishly bestowed on Northern works, we shall
be able to tnako the Messenger an exponent
of Southern intellect and genius, of which
they may’ be proud.” ”
The Charleston Standard.
1. Several of our exchanges seem disposed
to be severe upon the Charleston Standard ,
because that paper will not send them its
daily or tri weekly instead of its weekly
i sue. We do net think the cause of com
plaint a just one, for we all recognize the
right of every person to claim si quid pro
[i/woynnd if the Standard has now acted
upon this principle, after having obligingly
--perhaps for several montlis--sent a tri
weekly in exchange for a weekly, the past
favor should not be forgotten when thinking
I of the present course.
.. The last number of the Abbiville Ban
ner speaks iu high terms of the other
■Charleston and Columbia daily papers, and
says, .we should be happy to mention the
Standard in this category, but we have not
looked into it in over two months, and can
not therefore vouch for its present character.’
The Banner speaks justly concerning the
Charleston and Columbia papers, and we
heartily endorse his opinion ; but we will go
farther and say—if the Standard needed a
vodWfer to spe;.k (or it, —that 110 falling off
has taken place in the ability with which it
is edited, and that its readers will find no
cause of complaint against it for the manner
in which it is conducted.”
We clip the above from the Spai tanburg
S. C. Express, and endorse every word of
it. We prized the tri-weekly Standard as
highly as any paper on our exchange list,
when we received it, and although we can
not make use of the weekly—coming as it
does on our publication da3’ —yet we must
accord to it the praise of being one of the
vety best weekly newspapers of our acquain
tance By the bye, we must have that
tri weekly again, uud if we can get it in no
other way, will have to pay the difference.
What say you, namesake?
Soil of the South: Work for the Month.
We are indebted to the Publishers, Mess.
Lomax & Ellis, for the April number ol
this invaluable agricultural journal. We
can’t well see how any Southern plauter
can do without it. If we were a farmer,
twenty dollars a year sbould’nt deprive us
of it. and yet hundreds are without it, when
the price is only oue dollar.
We give below the IVork for April, which
will be found interesting by all cur readers:
• * This is the season for cotton planting.—
Many of our readers are probably prepared
to give -lie crop its first working, but we
doubt whether, in this latitude, anything is
made by early cotton planting. - The cold
weather of the first part of the spring gives
it-a back-set, from which the plant recovers
slowly, if at all. Asa general tiling, tvu
prefer not to plant, before the first ol April,
and we would rather not be later than the
10th of the month in beginning.
■ * The process of cotton planting is a very
simple one. The beds have been already
prepared, aud it only remains to open these
beds, strew- the seed and cover them We
usually open with a small scooter plow, and
cover with a board-. We have, however,
substituted for-Ilie scooter, a*plow made ex
pressly for the purpose, with which-we were
very much pleased. This instiumeut is a
very light plow with a block, about two feet
long, leve ed on the under side, which fol
lows a small bull tongue or harrow tooth,
pressing open the furrow, which i3* thus
made very straight and smooth la this
lurrow the cotton seed are strewed; ami the
advantages of this plow are. that fewer seed
are used, the seed drill is narrower nnd
straighter, and thus the plow can be run
closer to it, saving much labor iu the first
hoeing.
“ Me have seen several machines lor cot
ton planting, for which great advantages
are claimed by the inventors. We have
never used one, but we apprehend that the
d.fficulties which attend their use, in fields
tiiied with trees, stumps and stalks, as our
cotton plantations are generally, are so
great as to prevent their general introduc
tion. One of the most plausible machines,
lor this purpose, which we have seen, may
be examined at the Factory of Mess, dem
ons, Drown & Cos , in this city.
Probably, if a dozen intelligent planters
were asked lor their methods of giving the
first working ol cotton, iml ed, we
might add of all the subsequent workings)
we should get a dozen different plans. The
truth is, there is such a contrariety, not to
say contradiction, of opinion on this sub
ject, among those whose success in cotton
culture entitles their views to respect, that
it is frequently remarked that the cultiva
tiou of the cotton crop is altogether a matter
of chance. We are not prepared to concede
quite ip much as this, and yet, we cannot
claim for any particular mode that it is the
plan for making cotton. AH modes have
succeeded: all have failed. It is a favorite
idea with some planters, that no other plow
than tlie sweep should be used in the cotton
crop, after the seed have been put in tiie
! ground. Like all general, sweeping propo
sitions, wo thiuk this subject to exception.
I In very light soils, the sweep will answer”,
and it is certainly tho most expeditions
! mode of culture, which is tho great desider
atum in a large crop. But in stiff soils, or
in rough lands, we do not think tho sweep
the only, or eveu the best plow, for the first
working of cotton. Where the soil is in
clined to ruu together, and where the land
is fresh or otherwise rough, wo incline to
(lie opinion that the best plow for sideing
cotton is the scootor; that the hoes should j
follow the plow, chopping through tho drill,
and leaving three or four stalks at the dis
tance of the width of the hoe; and that the
turn-shovel should follow the hoe immedi
ately. plowing out the middles. Where the
soil is light and clean, the sweep may take
the place of the scooter, and will do quite as
good work, besides accomplishing more than
the scooter. The handsomest work wo h,ve
ever seen, was doue with the scooter aidoiug,
iu the plan we first mentioned.
THE corn crop,
“If this crop has uot received its first
wo) king before the cotton was planted, it
will engage the attention first, after that
crop has been put in the ground. There is
not the same room for controversy in culti
vating corn, as we alluded to in cotton cul
ture. It is now a fact too well ascertained
by experience to be debated, that close and
deep ploughing iu the first workings, is the
secret of making corn.
.. It will be remembered by some of our
readers, that Mr. Whitman 11. Owens, of
Glenville, Ala , published his plan of culti
vating corn, in this paper, a year or so ago,
and that it was considered to be a very
doubtful experiment. His uniform success,
however, in making corn, commanded public
attention to his mode of culture, and siuco
that time, we have heard it frequently com
mended by those, who, at first, doubted the
policy of it. His plan was to dwarf the stalk
until earing time, and then to give it a vig
orous growth. This he accomplished, by
throwing the earth from the corn at. the first
and second woi kings, and to reversing it at
the last working. \.'e think the same thing
may be accomplished as certainly, and more
safely, by the use of the scooter plow in the
first and second plowings, running, at each
time, very close to the coin. We are satis
fied that the plan pursued by some, of heap
ing earth around the roots of the corn, even
in the first working, is injurious. The more
nearly the surface of the ground is kept
level and smooth, the less injury will the
crop.sustain front the ‘drought.
• k It is quite fashionable, these days, tj
dispense with the hoc iu the second working
of corn. It is not so indispensable as tha.
first and last workings, but the use of tin*
hoc will benefit the crop, after each plowing.
It is a very’ easy 11 after to dispense with a
great, deal of the trouble which the proper
cultivation of the crop demands, but the
planter who stints his corn fields in labor,
is pretty sure to stint his coin cribs in liar
vest.
4* Corn-field peas should be planted at the
second working of corn, so as to get the ben
efit of the last plowing, unless the land is
strong enough to bring them without work- i
ing; and when that is the case, we prefer to
sow them broadcast at the last plowing.
THU POTATO CHOP.
Land intended for potatoes should have
been well broken before this. If it has not
been done, it should be attended (oat once.
Having received a good broad cast plowing,
-it should, n short time before the slips are
transplanted, he bedded out. as if for plnut
irg cotton, and allowed to remain in that
condition, until the ground is sufficiently
wet to make a planting, when the ridges
should be drawn up well with a hoe, and the
slips set out about fifteen inches apart. The
eariy plantings make the best potatoes.”
Our Book Table,
Adelaide Wat-grave, or the trials of a
Governess, by J. F. Smith, author of
44 Minnie Gray,” &<; New York, 11. Long
& Brother. Price, L 0 cents.
This book will doubtless be very popular,
although candor compels us to say that we
think it ought not to be. The author seems
to look only ou the dark side of human na
ture— to delight in shewing up man's vices
and iniquities, without- according him a sol
itary’ virtue as an offset. There may be and
doubtless are such people in the world as
figure in this book, but w’o can see no good
in parading such monstrosities before the
public. We are under obligations to Mess.
S. G. Courtenay & Cos,, for our copy, who, we
are glad to know, have many better books
on their shelves.
Kat;; Avi.ksford: a Story of the Refuges.
By Charles J Peterson, author of.. Cruis
ing in the iast War.” Cloth, $1.25-
paper, 01.00. Philadelphia: T. B. Peter
son, 102 Chestnut street.
The publisher has sent us a handsomely
hound copy of this work. It. is said to he a
true tale of the .. times that tried men's
souls,” a faithful picture of the days of 70,
as well as a story of unusual power. The
Philadelphia Ledger —excellent authority,
thus speaks of it : “ From what we knew of
the author's ability, and especially of his
talent for presenting Revolutionary remin
iscences in the most interesting form, we
expected a rich treat in this fiction, as well
as a faithful embodiment of the history of
’ the refugees of New Jersey. Nor have we
| boen disappointed. The heroine is sketched
most artistically, ami fairly stands before
the reader a tki/ig of life. One of the great
beauties of the story is. the characters are
Hever unnatural, nor the incidents improb
able; and yet, from the minute descriptions
thrown nround them, the most thrilling in
terest is awakened The narrative grows
more and more absorbing also as it proceeds.
It is on all hands pronounced the ablest orig
inal uovel published here for many years;
and justly places its author at the very head
of the popular romance writers of the day in
this country. This is saying a good deal,
but we think the public, on the perusal of
the story, will agree with us that our eom
nieudatioii is not exaggerated.’’
The New Czar.
Either the new Czar is a much abler man
than some European and American writers
have represented, or he is submitting implic
i lity to the guidance of the aide statesmen
whom his father gathered around him
! There is no exliib tion of weakness or inca
pacity in his public manifestoes. In his ad
dress to the Diplomatic Corps, ho made the
following noteworthy declaration :
. I solemnly declare hero before you gen
tlemen, that I remain faithful to all the
sentiments of my father, and that I will
persevere in the line of political principles
which served a.i a rule to my uncle, the
Emperor Alexander and to my father. —
‘Huso principles avo those of tho Holy Alli
ance. If that alliance no longer exists, it
was not my father's fault. His intentions
were always upright aud loyal, and, if re
cently they were misunderstood by some
powers, 1 do not doubt that God and history
will do him justice.’
Tho publication of the Independent Press,
Ivitoutju, Gai ,is suspended tor tjie present
Tho Editor remarks that he has boou in
duced to the course by several considera
tions. The first is the withholding of the
dues by those in debt to h’tn, A ooustant
out lay without a corresponding income will
soou paralyze any business. There is a
greater amount 6f rascality practiced to
wards Newspaper publishers than nny other
class of people upon earth.— Southerner.
For the Cassville Standard.
opp6eiti&n to the Convention,
Messrs. Editors :
We understand that great efforts liavo been
made recently’, and are now being made by
certain persons who have heretofore acted
with the Democratic party, and who, we be
lieve, still call themselves Democrats, to
prevent the meeting of the Democratic Con
vention, appointed to assemble in Cassville,
for the purpose of nominating candidates to
be supported by the Democratic party, for
the next Legislature.
The object of these self styled Democrats
is so apparent that we think no one who will
reflect- for a moment will allow himself to
; !je influenced \>y any of the flimsy pretexts
I lhat have beeh assigned as reasons why the
: Convention should not assemble, as there is
! this time ns great or even a greater ne
cessity tor the thorough organization of the
| Democratic party than has existed iu this
at any time, for many years, since
we have to contend not only against the
liig party, but also against that party
combined with the Know-Nothings, and our
enemies are determined to leave no means
Untried to secure onr defeat. In a crisis
like this, we think the Democracy of any
man is to be doubted who is of posed to or
ganizing in some way to secure unity and
concert of action.
The only feasible plan that presents itself
to ni}’ mind, by which this object can be ae
complished is through the medium of a Con
vention. Let then every one who has the
success of the Democratic cause at heart,
attend, and take part, in the proceedings of
the Convention, and let us {.resent a united
front to cur foes. If the Democratic party
will oply be true to itself, it need fear no
cm iny. In union there is strength.”
CASS.
‘'Skies Bright and Brightening.”
These words were, in the old party days of
Virgiria, the cheering cry that ever and
anon rang from the lips of the veteran leader
of a great political party, and thrilled with
new life and animation the bosoms ot the
most dejected and desponding It was a
more hopeful and assuring cry than the
.4 all’s well,” of the sentry, as lie puces
his lonely round and watches over the safe
ly of the Camp. For, no matter whether
danger were nearer far off. the buoyant soul
of the veteran could discover no danger, and
lie imparted his own sanguine and confident
spirit to his followers. The .. skies” .night
in point of fact be anything but
4. bright;” they might be covered with the
blackest thundercloud, and be pouring down
ram, hail and lightning, there might be, in
fact, another flood, with scaicely the top of
an Arrarut visible over the waters, yet still
the cry was •• Skies bright and brightening.”
Nor was this the mere device of a sagacious
political leader; it was- the utterance of a
soul whoso 44 skies” were always 4. bright
and brightening,’’ which was never affected
by the gloom or storm of the outward at
tnosj here but amidst all vicissitudes of went I
- remained calm, serene and spring like.
There are few persons in Virginia Who do
not remember the buoyant and clastic man
ner in which the distinguished personage to
whom we have referred rallied under the
crushing avalanche of the great Harrison
victory of 18-10.
: Throughout almost the whole Union, the
| Democratic party was overwhelmed and
j seemingly annihilated. The strongest Deni
! ocratic States had gone down before the
j whirlwind. Harrison had received such a
i majority as no American President had ev
er received before. As the news of defeat
came In from every quarter, until disaster
after disaster was piled up mountain high,
all were anxious to know what the great lea
der of the dt nicerntic press would say. Ei
ther he would be dumb witli despair, or his
proud crest would be lowered and huniilia
j ted. Nothing of the kind ! lie came forth
j amid the general wreck witli an eye ns
; sparkling and a step as elastic as ever ; and
j <• Skies bright and brightening,” once more
• issued in cheering tones from his lips.
I What a blessing would such a spirit bo to
j men in all pursuits and conditions of life!
| flow much happier and better would men be
jif they could always strain themselves to
1 look on the bright side! What though pe
i euniavy reverses come—nothing is to be
| _
gained by despondency nnd inaction; let
‘your motto be *. Fkics bright and brighten
i ing.” and the clouds will soon pass njvny,
nnd better days will dawn. Philanthropist,
laboring for the good of your race, be not
disheartened by the evils an 1 woes that ac
i cumulate ns you proceed, and the uiiscon
| structions that are put upon your cunduet
j and motives; do not despair; the skies will
brighten, if you will but struggle on Pa- j
triot, loving your country with pure and j
honest love, but discouraged and almost dis- !
mayed by the evils and horrors which the (
corrupt-ambitum of selfish men threaten to {
’ bring upon her—look irp-vrnvefcr—the stars ol 1
: the confederacy are still moving iir harino
i c
ny. aud if the good men and true of the
; land .. never despair of the republic,” the
! skies will soon be .. bright aud brightening ”
1 Old man, to whom the world has lost its |
freshness, whoso early (riends and associates j
are dead, whose cherished plans have been j
disappointed; whose pact is marked by tomb- j
stones, and whose future is darkened with
the shadows of the grave—Ucpo on, hope j
ever”—they are but clouds that hang over !
your horizon, nnd behind them the eye of
faith beholds •• Skies bright aud brighten
iug.— Richmond Despatch.
Air Interesting Belict.
At the meeting of the Georgia Historical
Society last night, a communication address
ed to Judge Berrien, its President, was read
from the representatives of the late Aloxan
: der Gray Haiford, Esq. Accompanying it
i wua 11 surveyors compass, having ou it marks
lof considerable antiquity, and believed by
jMr Ha.lord on what hedocuied sufficient ev
idence, to bo the identical compass brought
over to Savannah by Gen. ‘'Oglethorpe, and
the first ever used in running a lino in Geor
gia. It had been in tho possession of Mr.
Haiford its late owner for forty years ante
rior to his decease, which occurred the 19th
of November. It was his dying request, an
nounced in the communication of his repre
sentatives, that the interesting relict should
bo given to the Historical Society to be plac
ed among its archives. While owned by
him it hrd been used in surveying several
i districts of Georgia, and was regarded as a
very correct and reliable instrument — Sac.
I Jour. Sf Courier.
| T|ie population of Cassville is increasing.
I Important from Cuba —The Execu
i tion of an American Citizen.
j The United States ship Fulton, Couunn n
! der Mitchell, arrived at Norfolk on Thursday
! morning last from Havana. Commander
Mitchell reached Washington yesterday
morning with important despatches for tl )e
’ government from our acting consul nt Havana
Mr Robertson
We learn from a private letter that Es
-1 trampes was gnroted on the olst ultimo }| e
; met his fate with extraordinary coolness
courage and composure. While the negro
j executioner was engaged in fastening the iron
! Land around his neck Estramp<s exclaimed.
Hi a clear loud voice, Death to royally;..
j Liberty fort err /” Thus was sacrificed A
mtrican life in the person of a young man of
! excellent character and noble impulses
: whether he was tried conformably tot lie Tilt
| article Os our treaty with Spain is for cur
J government to deierminc. The mockery of
I a trial to which lie was subjected tallid forth
j an earnest, solemn protest from our acting
j consul at Havana ; auu it should also 10
I borne in mind that Estrampes was tried for
; offence committed before martial law Lag
been proclaimed by the captain general
j The execution of estrampes has c: used the
; most intense excitement, not on y in Havana.
: but throughout the island. Mr. Thompson
[ our commercial agent at Sagua, had not k-fr
! Havana.
| We translate the following from .. Lot
I Tr.-nsa,” of Havana, of March 31 :
[•From our liu 1 ctin oi yesterday after cm a ]
| At seven o'clock, a. m., this day, Frid.-v,
Don Francisco Estranpss, convicted uud
guilty !y u isfcti-ic 1. of the nin eof ini.n r
j against tLe State, and senium] !y tin Ex
! ccutivs Peiumuiut military Commission of
j the Island, at the council ot war held or, 28tk
| ult. to and e Kv ihe iul.-iiiu us ga-tolt wasphet!
iin chapel, h.s execution being ordered o>
lake place to-n.uion Fauirday at the same
[ hour of seven.
The criminal her.id standing his sentence
read to him by the assistant Notary ot War,
and the greatest serenity and at
tention, induing his head slightly at tlio
conclusion ol the reading, and answering in
a natural voice It is well.” Befor.'llo
reading ol tie sentence, he delivered told
j consul of the United States, who was prex-.-at
ja letter for a member of bis faini y who ig
i in the United States, m.d this morning,
we understand lie was occupied iu writing
i various farewell letters.
I He is assisted i*i chapel by several intuit
I gent and respectable priests’.
The crime is one which we ever detest, but
■ tint criminal whoever he may he, has at least
; *ur sincere compassion and 1 egret lot- Ins
; misfortune.
An American Brig Tired into by a
Spanish Cruiser,
Information La's be.-n received from i’-
j American Consul at Mutanzaa that a Si ai •
; isli n an of war had tired sevc a shots nt lie
| American brig P B. 1! . kbei u. off the Coast
jof Cuba, between C-ij c Antonia and M u
(zas, a few days since,
j The particulars of this affair arc thus -tv
i ted td. tor hilly 1-y the Union
The American brig P It ilukhe? r. F’< •
jen EU.s, jr , natter, was ‘<ui <1 fre-m lit
! port ot Boston to the fort of Matai 3.-.?.
While the brig was steering for the j.. i t „f
M.itanzus. ; n-i 1,-ut 11 few t. iiis tfi.m tl.a
coast, she was fired at by a Ppniish t:mi il
i war ; the ball from which passed about 1
| 1 cable length astern of the 1 rg. whin ,-i
j showed her colors Shortly after anoilav
i ball was fired from the n an < t w.-.r. which
passed directly ahead of the- brig ; .... ~|
I after the position of the ship be 1 g ret a in*,
ly changed, an'other was find, which fell
just behind the 1 brig, evidently thrown with
the intent on of bitting the American v. ,-sol
In a few momenta’ after, the cfFiier ti e
Spams!) man of war game on'board the brig,
and after examining lur papers, allowed her
to go on htr war.
A Candid Adm rest on —llf the fol’nw'iig
paragraph which we copy from the .Sutit
Side irgima) Democrat, the reader will
not fail to notice and roimmbrr ti e vciy
candid admission of ex-Senator Ilale
*. Col. Fayette McMullen, the represen
tative in Congress front the \\ itebingn 11 u - ;
triet in tins State, stated in’ a public sj-.-i-k
a lew days since, that- a r< tb'aii inti in g
ataiy which lie propounded to the nolu’KtW
Hampshire know-nothing- ami fu-ffi-.hr,
John P. Hale, as to the oljtct of the Li t"-
not iiing organ zation, Hale it marked that
.we mean to abM it ionize the St nth, aril vu‘
intend to do it’ Mr Hale was tulstquiM
ly waited upon by several gentltimn i.i.d to
all lie matte ihe same declaration ”
Gr I’nd Pfas. A gentleman residing
near tit is place informs us that be has o’i:g
and measured a sufficient quanity of gnutal
peas to ascertain that they will average Ho
bushels to the acre ! The land j hinted is
ordinary pine land, on which was ]ut a
little manure. The labor bestowed was net
more than would be necessary to plant tuai
attend the samo ground in cotton
The nutritious qirnlitiesvf the ground pea
are generally known They are said bv
those who have made the experiment- to bo
superior to corn for fattening bogs, and’ tW
that purpose they are raised and led with
less trouble than any other crop. They
need not be gathered, remain good in tie
ground until March or April. During sis"’
months from the first ol Oetobi r to the first
of April, hogs may be turned into the field’
of ground peas and ktqlas fat. ns though
they had free access to a crib'’ of corn
What tanner in Georgia will hereafter tuy.
Western pork ?— Albany Patriot.
Edwin Forrest A New York letter
says:
• Let me record an incident which docs in
finite honor to the heart and humanity ot
Edward Forrest. Some time since the sh'F
Edwin Forrest, (in which he was interested.)
was in distress on oar Eastern const nnd th®
steam tug'Ajax, of this port, started to l ltr
assistance. She had on board three |>ilots,
one from the hur bor, one from Hell Gate, nnd
one from Long Islaud Sound The Aj a *
was never heard from, aud the pilots r 0
supposed to have found watery gruves. -Mr-
Forrest unsolicited and without ostentation,
sent a cheek for one thousand dollars to cuco
of their widows.”
To be continued —Hildreth is going 1°
continue his History of the United States
down to the end of Fillmore’s administra
tion.
N, York has passed the Maine liquor la**.