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Official Vote of the State in 1853.
GOVERNOR. “ CONGRESS.
1853 J 855 185$ 1855
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First District. - - Jf •
Appling, 180 114 285 102 1 3 111 180
Bryan, 84 120 127 134 4 112 80
Bullocb, 3(50 23 433 40 13 86 330
Camden, 242 63 181 27 1 64 244
‘Charlton,
Chatham, 761 614 097 921 28 792 548 07/
Clinch, 75 276 252 104
‘Coffee,
Effingham, 186 207 188 174 222 177
Emanuel, 532 218 381 259 29 201 234
Glynn, 58 97 67 104 10 37 107
Irwin, 805 97 64 384 1 ‘
Laurens, 01 518 51 509 37 400 94
Liberty, 205 120 206 161 71 143 190
Lowndes, 439 401 427 405
Mclntosh, 127 64 155 50 -5 56 126
Montgomery, 87 276 27 294. 7 255 40
Tatnall, 49 340 234 *29 234 <7 57
Telfair, * 163 199 133 189 180 178
Thomas, 635 323 678 432 9 307 624
Ware, 194 145 140 218
Wayne, 142 45 151 55 5 45 143
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Second Dist. - -
Baker, * 788 279 499 192 16 820 820
‘Calhonn, 276 79
‘Chattahoochee, 387 237
‘Clay, 280 225 8
Decatur, 363 507 4f9 497 6 351 519
Dooly, 551 354 524 385 5 626 339
‘Dougherty, 283 207 15
Early, 581 258 385 141 2 518 2G7
‘Kinchafoonec, 228 298 29
Lee, 285 306 275 255
Macon, 401 506 277 465 41 379 472
Marion, 524 604 512 491 24 512 598
Muscogee, 907 975 545 865 71 912 ! 932
Pulaski, 308 394 455 298 1 294 400
Randolph, 817 773 835 770 19 818 ’766
Stewart, 829 875 505 632 39 821 861
Sumter. 590 647 069 702 97 509 621
‘Worth, 239 80 4 >
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Third Dist. . ... -
Bibb, 754 660 f 761 820 34* 711 037
Butts, , 463 251 368 339 2 472 222
Crawford, 389 344 374 314 6 407 342
Harris, 402 042 534 716 22 385 620
Houston, 558 509 508 502 41 641 495
Monroe, 651 687 511 749 20 031 071
Spalding. 428 484 445 446 57 396 438
Taylor, 280 140 317 320 3 275 132
Talbot, 529 616 449 632 21 509 617
Pike, 628 479 671 536 12 618 471
Upson, 298 699 295 705 t 288 581
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Fo-urth Dist. - .
Campbell, 670
Cobb, 1200 885 1000 727 309 1148 833
Coweta, 829 680 839 555 143 758 708
DeKalb, 1329 1025 581 448 66 1180 1042
Fayette, 660 548 714 396 96 649 526
’Fulton, 533 795 311
Heard, 640 410 1479 412 67 488 52£
Henry, 711 818 620 733 115 694 811
Meriwether, 766 655 665 720 45 743 G4£
Troup, 415 1041 305 962 60 389
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Fifth Dist. - -
Carroll, 984 520 1245 170 425 825 623
Cass, 949 883 929 1035 144 035 1125
‘Catoosa, 334 403 6
Chattooga. 469 480 522 404 13 448 470
Cherokee, 975 1024 1024 725 213 939 1001
Dade, 221 169 210 173
‘Fannin, 550 238 13
Floyd, 754 817 826 799 50 718. 738
Gordon, 747 658 769 696 70 740 580
Gilmer, 888 525 830 305 30 983 434
Murray, 552 301 632 148 173 500 255
Polk, 314 450 361 344 104 249 440
Paulding, 504 323 750 190 93 290 540
‘Piokens, 491 225 30 .
Walker, 945 897 790 617 33 878 903
Whitfield, 714 575 698 713 46 648 588
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Sixth Dist. - T . . . . !
Clarke, 404 551 398 478 102 175 110 102 634 4
Forsyth, 717 489 810 611 23 1 101 277 39 143 4,
Franklin, 1233 328 949 217 105 674 4r, 317 1,51 1
Gwinnett, 772 797 992 685 127 657 81 <325 130 67
Habersham, 751 441 147 649 47 30 266
Hall, 645 466 813 489 51 619 28 249 253 1
•Hart, 587 60 127
•Jackson, 537 570 368 752 138 569 127 304 Ino nno
Lumpkin, 779 393 7-'9 481 30 334 592 17 g q
Madison, 276 375 441 215 22 261 34 in no 9
Rabun, 289 20 124 266 000 17 t3
Walton, 787 538 745 408 105 672 37 421 77 1
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Seventh Dist.
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Baldwin, 386 375 283 401 5 321 345
Greene, 141 786 177 552 166 123 754
Hancock, 226 446 829 452 30 221 419 1 /
Jasper, 438 378 391 406 20 337 862
Jones, 388 359 887 314 13 383 385 , 7 f
Morgan, 227 443 224 872 49 28(1 849.
Newton, 510 962 695 722 116 446 933
Putnam, &07 337 349 297 23 287 322
Twiggs, 382 235 881 244 5 300 228
Washington, 632 665 689 620 144 627 673
Wilkinson, 631 409 625 347 48 630 372
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Eighth Dist . . ,
Burke, 338 646 476 94 223 518 320 000 6
Columbia, 281 404 404 365 20 396 208 000 000
Elbert, 183 1063 480 350 83 1073 111 10 1
Jefferson, 116 699 261 270 145 649 88 35 2
Lincoln, 155 283 188 193 15 >
Oglethorpe, 210 602 416 239 145 606 182 1
Richmond, 728 938 720 1070 67 m 713 , *’
Scrifen, 203 179 276 240 38 , 147 xyj 4 CO ‘
Talliaferro, 69 267 123 82 869 44 1
Warren, 41? 694 723 217 41 004 800 8 4
Wilkes, 212 604 286 849 34 602 193
“New Counties. Aggregate vote 96,766, Johnson’s maj. 510.
Tipi ST.ytliARI).
WOFFORD, BENNETT & SMITH,
EDITORS.
cassvilEk, geo.
THURSDAY MORNING:
OCTOBER 11, 1855.
Mr. Editor: Yqu will please an
nounee my name as a candidate for
RE-ELEC’TJOK to the office of Ordinary, at
the election to be held on the first Moiuto>j in
January next. THOMAS A WORD.
Oct. 1, 1855 *
A Parting Word.
With the present number our connection
with The Standard” terminates. It is
usual on such occasions to write a long fare
well. We shall do nothing, of the sort. —
There is no possible good to be derived from
such a course—either by the public—who
usually pass such things over with a glance
—o t the writer.
When we took charge of the Standard
we ware silly enough to believe that a polit
ical paper could be edited so as to please
everybody. We forgot the fable, cited by
ASsop of •• the Old Man, the Boy and the
Donkey.” Said old man and boy were joint
proprietors of the donkey. All. three start
ed one morning to market—the main object
of the trip being to dispose of the long-eared
animal. The old man led the donkey and
the boy followed leisurely behind. They
soon encountered one of the public : < What
an old fool you are ! Why don't you mount
up and ride ?” No sooner said than done—
and now behold the old man on the donkey
and the boy following on foot. Another one
es the public evsrtook them : . What a pair
of fools! Why don’t both of you get up and
ride ? the donkey is well able to carry yeu.”
Up jumps the boy behind his daddy and on
jogged the trio. Along comes another one
of the public, who overtakes them at a
bridge : • • What a lazy pair of vagabonds !
Two on one donkey. Why, you are better !
able to carry him than he you!” Anything ■
to accommodate—down came father and son,
determined to carry the quadruped. In
their efforts to do so he fell into the water ,
and was drowned. Our efforts to please ev
ery body were not so disastrous, but they
were equally futile, and we soon gave it up
in despair. Our experience has taught us
that the proper and only way to conduct a
newspaper is to'do right and risk the conse
quences. During the political canvass, just
ended, we have endeavored to act on this
principle. It has been our fortune, however,
to offend some of our former friends and
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neither desire nor intend to make apologies,
we will say ip justice to ourself, that we
have in no instance, intended to injure per
■enal feelings. Our war has been against
• principles—not men,” and we have faith
fully and honestly written what we thought
and felt. We had a right to differ with our
political opponents and to express our differ
ences, plainly and candidly. The crisis de
manded prompt and vigorous action—the
Constitution of our country was in peril and
it was the duty of every man to aid, to the
utmost of his ability, to stop the avalanche
of bigotry and fanaticism which threatened
to destroy us. At no former period of our
life did we ever feel so much interest in the
result of a political contest, or that duty re
quired us to act so decidedly and vigorously
in defence of the principles of the party to
which we were attached, and the glorious
victory which has been achieved by the De
mocracy leads us to hope that our efforts
have not been vain.
The Standard passes into the hand* of
Messrs. Bennktt & Smith—both intelli
gent and energetic young men and practical
Printers. In their hands, it must and will
prosper as it has done since its establish
ment, nearly eight years ago Mr. Bcuuett
has been connected with the office for butter
than five years past, and the neftt appear
ance of the paper and the reputation of the
office for Job Work, has been mainly attrib
utable to his good taste Mr. Smith is a
comparative stranger in bur community, but
we have every assurance that he brings to
the task lie has li:dtrtakcn both will aud
ABILITY. •
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and usefulness of the Standard may re
main uudiminished—that it may retain all
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it may ..flourian like a green bay tree,”and
that many year* of happinesa are &*iDre
for its patropu, w* ay to them, one aud all,
—farewell! .THUS. A. BURKK.
Salutatory.
To the Patterns and Friends of the Stand
ard: • lo'jel/.!-
In coming before yon in the conduct of one
of tho organs'of tho National and State Dem
ocratic party, wc are sensible, ex
tent, of the great responsibility devolving
upon us as tho mouth-piece-standing upon
tho watch-tower of our common country, to
advocate and Uofend the interests of the same,
against the attacks of the enemy, and to j
sound the aiarui at their approach ; and in !
doing this, we nro couscious that it bucomos !
our duty to bo * wide awake and duly aobor,” j
to ascertain their position aud movements.
We uro awaro that with the commence- |
ment of our political career, has ended one j
of the warmest and most perilous political j
contests that the dauntless aonfl of Georgia j
have ever witnessed. The Democratic party j
has lpughf with that gulliintry which only
was displayed upon the battle field, by the
veterans and herons of the Revolution of
1776—Washington, Jefferson, Jaoksou, und
a host of others whoso names will live until
ttmo shall cease, und mark the result, the
Democratic party has achieved a victory iu
the •. Empire (State of thuSouth * which will
bo handed down in triumph to generations
yet unhorn, .xitqfi ■ : •■ultv i ■
And soon the contest is to be renewed.*-
But the Democratic party have nothing to
fear from the enemy, standing ae they do
upon the platform of principles purchased j
by the blood of their distinguished and pa-
triotic predecessors, if they will but battle
for and maintain those glorious and blood- j
bought principles. Let the Democratic par- j
ty rally their farces, and bdcklo omthe ar- j]
rnour of warfare, and meet the enemy face
to face, in open day-tight, and contend for j’
the rights of the States and for the rights off
the South, and all those heaven-born prin- |
ciples which constitute the platform of the
great Democratic party, and the raiikji of
the enemy will be broken, their castles storm
ed and troops routed and put to.flight, and |
victory more glorious than that of Bunker j
Hill will perch upon our banner, and the >
year 1860 will bring about such a result as
the American pcoplo can only witness in the
triumph of the Democratic party.
It will be proper for us to state that Capt.
Wm. T. Wofiord, who has been connected
with this oflice for a number of years, will
continue his services; and this, we think, is 1
a sufficient guarantee to the readers of the j
u Standard,” that it will continue to defend
and propagate the doctrines of the Demo
emtio party in the way in which it has been
done through former administrations.
In conclusion we ask the continuance of
that patronage which has been so liberally
bestowed upou the former proprietor of this j
| press; and wo pledge ourselves to use every j
exertion within our power to make the
j Standard a truly interesting Vade Me
\ cum. . SAMUEL 11. SMITH,
BEEJ. F BENNETT.
To Campaign Subscribers.
Persons who have subscribed to this paper
during the campaign only, are informed that
their term of subscription has expired, and
if they wish the paper to be continued will
please inform us, otherwise they will be dis
continued.
Grand Jury Presentments.
For the benefit of those who were much
excited from the election of last week, we
republish, on the first page of this week's
: paper, the Grand Jury Presentments of the
first week of Cass Superior Court—and also
on the third page the second waek’a, and, we
trust, they will be calmly investigated.
The Election.
We have official and reported returns of
the Governor’s election, from 101 out of the
112 counties in this State, which can be seen
by reference to our electoral table in anoth
er column. We think that there need be
no apprehension of Johnson's election over
j the other two candidates, by at least 2,500
votes majority. From the list of the Repre
sentatives in our next Legislature, it will
further be seen that front the 94 counties
I reported, the Democratic and eati Know
Nothing party sends 138 and the Know No
thing organization 80 Representatives ; con
sequently our next Legislature will be corn
p#sed, by a respectable majority, of Demo
crats. W® have no authentic returns
of the election from the Congressional Dis
tricts, but from report, 6 out of the 8 of our
next Representatives in Congress, will be
sent by the Democratic and Anti-Know No
thing party. This speaks volumes for the
Democracy of the Empire State 1
New York Politics.
There are at this time, in the State of
New York, four different political organiza
tions, all having regular nominated tickets
for the different officers to be chosen on the
Gth of next November. First, there are the
Hard Democrats, who, although they oppose
Gen. Pierce’s admiuistlnticn, yet in princi
ple they are the only organization in the
State who take ground in favor of the Ne
braska Kansas bill, and are willing to give
to the South her constitutional rights. Se
condly, the Soft. Democrats, composed of th®
professed friend* of the administration ; yet
they oppose its greatest measure, the acknowl
edgement that tho people of the territories
have a right to decide upon all matters
touching their internal policy. Thirdly,
there are the self-styled Republicans, whose
ticket is compos’ed of one half Sewardites,
and the other half Soft Democrats, combin
ing the freesoil Whigs and soft Democrats,
a fusion which we fear will carry the Slate.
Fourthly and lastly, are the Know Noth
ings, composed, of tho tail end of all parties,
with not sufficient strength to command the
respect of any political aspirant. Now, with
which of these organization?, will the lute
Know Nothing party of Georgia act in the
Presidential race of next year ? This a dilli
cult question now for politicians to solve, but
we do know that if thdy oppose the Demo
cratic party, it will bo at the expense of the
dearest fights of the South.
Presidential Speculations.
The Washington correspondent of the Co- ‘
luiubia South (Jarotinian, has some specu
lations concerning tho Buocc6sion :
Mr, Buchanan’s movement via Havana
and jYcw Orleans , to which you lately
made some allusions, has been temporarily !
changed, and ho will probalj r®main in Lon
don a while longer, a untimatcly return
home through tho chnunel indicated, at a
later, and perhaps, politically speaking, a
more auspicious period—-nous verrons.
Mr. George >l. Dallas, of Philadelphia,
will also be brought forward in due time by
hi? fritoyls. 110 is an elevated and a pure
man, unJ one on whom the South should
look with great favor. It was Dallas who
boldly advised Pennsylvania, if a dissolution
of the Union must take place, to declare in
advance, that who would in that event, be
found on the side of the South,
j Douglas and hie friends mean from policy
Ito hold back, opo or perhaps two terms. In
regard to tke next Presidency, tho Douglas
men intend to go for that candidate who will
bo most likely to accept from thorn thoposi- j
! tion of Dougins’ predecessor. And whether
i it be liunjter of Virginia, or Dallas of Penn
sylvania, onn vary very little, as both are
excellent men. 1 r : J
Tho objection to Hunter aeems to bo that
ho is a difficult and impracticable person ;
uml last, but not least of all, is a Virginian
Wise however, the ohivulrqus, the elo
quent, untiring Wise, is far more likely to
be favorab’y and enthusiastically received
lor his genial and generous qualities, than
tho taciturn ahd phlegmatic Hunter.
Mr Buchanan's successor is not yet an
nounced. from motives of prudence, nor will
it bo LiU the latest moiueut, because the
President has been assured by hia friends
| that he will be renominated. Mr. Marcy,
i too it is said is virtuously resolved to contin-
ue to serve his country and to bear the bur
den of the Presidency, if destiny or his coun
try insist on it. As to the English Mission,
cceta is panbui , it is thought that Mr! Greene
Os the Boston Post is still the favorite of the
Whit® House. Jefferson Davis is spoken of
by the Dallas men for Vice President
.
Members- of the legislature.
OFFICIAL.
Baker: J G Sapp, Jesse Slocurnb.
Baldwin: E D Brown, A 1 Butts.
Bibb.: J T Hardeman, IV Williams. E
Davis.
Burke : A j Lawson, J A Rozicr, J S Brown.
Bulloch : P Cone, W II McLean,
Bryan : J P Hines, A (J Smith.
Butts: D J Baily, B F Ward.
Cass: 1111 Cannon, TV Salomon, A John
son.
Catoosa: J JYMurray, J T McConnell.
Calhoun : E G Brown, R J McClary,
! Campbell; J Carlton, L B Watts
j Chattooga : W Shropshire, L W Crook.
Chatham: J P Scriven, W 11 Stiles, A R Law
ton.
Cherokee : M J Camden, L Fields, J Roberts.
Clay : B F Adams, R L Dozier.
Clark : C Peeples, J B Carlton, TFLowc.
Cobb : T II Moore, S M Bradford, A Maynor.
j Columbia: A J Avery, T E Beall, J Luke,
j Coweta : II Buchanan, W Amiss. G 0 Wynn.
Crawford : J A Brice, D Avery.
DeKalb : Chas Murphy, P F Hoyle.
Dougherty : W J Lawton, A E Harris.
Dooly . B Hamilton, W Cobb.
Early : Hays, Swearingen.
Elbert; W M Mclntosh, T Johnson.
Eflingham : Senate t ie, A G Porter.
Emanuel : J C Sumner, J II EJenfield.
Fannin : Chastain, Wakefield.
Fayette :J I Whitaker, G O King *
Floyd : ! McGuire, W L‘ Terhune, Milton
Ilaynie.
Forsyth: II Strickland, G.II Julian, M E
Cunningham,
Franklin: Ashe, Pruitt.
Fulton : J M Calhoun, J L Harris.
Glynn: T T Long, Burnett, Ind. Whig.
Gordon : W II Dabney, A McConnell, D B
Barrett.
Greene: F H Cone, G. O. Dawson.
Gwinnet : J Brown, J C Whitworth, T P
Hudson.
Gilmer . J M Patterson, J Picket.
Hancock : E H Baxter, D YV Lewis, T J
Smith
Ilarti W Poole, Myers.
Harris: DP Hull, TV J Hudson, A J
Gordon.
Hall; J Dunnagan, J A Headen.
Henry : J TV Turner, J Johnson, J Hale.
Heard : J F Molaud, A M Lane.
Houston : H Lawson, TV A Matthews, TV
A Tharpe.
Jackson : R White, It J Parks, R J Daniel
Jasper: JLMadd'tx, Geo Cornwell.
Jefferson: It Patterson, W Sinquefield.
Jones : D N Smith, J F Barron.
Kinchaloonee : E B Swinney, LB Cousey.
Laurens: R Robison, C B Guyton.
Lincoln : B B Moore J H Talon.
Lumpkin : Cantrell, Graham, Boyd.
Liberty : A Wynn, W Hughes, Jr.
Macon: B J Head, J M Felton.
Madison : H M Jeter, J C H iggins.
Montgomery: Peterson, McCuson.
Mclntosh : Chas Spalding, W I King.
Merriwether : Dixon, Harris, Branlly.
Monroe : J T Crowder, W R Murphy, C
TV Battles.
\ Morgan : J A Billups, J Durden.
Murray : Jas Morris, B F Carter.
Muscogee: SA Wales, BA Thornton, J A
Jones.
Newton ; A Pharr, J T Henderson, W J
Montgomery.
Oglethorpe: Z P Landrum, J Fhinizy, G
Archer.
Pike : O C Gibson J J Caldwell.
Paulding: Gray,Spinks.
’ Polk : James M Ware, E A Davis,
i Pulaski : J B Howell, W W Harrell.
Putnam : J Wingfield, E ltied, E Calloway.
Randolph : T L Guerry M G Stamper, W B
Graves.
Richmond ;A J Miller, J Milledge, J T
Barton.
Scriven : W L Matthews, B L Boykin.
Spalding : C L Dupree, H P Kirkpatrick.
Stewart: Scott, Wimberly. Walton.
Sumter : HMD King, TV J Moore, T P
Cottle.
Tattnail ] W J Moody, J B Smith.
Talbot: TV B Marshall, J D Owen, J
Brown.
Taylor ; A II liilcy, A McCunts.
Telfair: W Stndstc/t, A C McLenan.
Thomas: W G Ponder, J C Browning.
Troup : IV P Beas/y, J S Hill, J T Boy
kin.
Twiggs: E S Griffin, II Faulk.
Upson: A J Fambro, J S Shannon.
Walton : J T Grant, 13 J Cooper, J II Ivil-
gore.
j Walker : Jas Gordon, J Caldwell,
j Warren: A Beall, W Kitchens, J Jones.
Washington: J W Rudisill, R L Warthen,
T GraybiU.
VVilkee : A Pope, 1 T Irwin, Anderson.
Wilkinson: E Cumming, J Taylor.
Worth : A J Shine, M Simmons.
Wayne;. J Causey, J DHumph.
Whitfield: C B IVelbern, R II Sapp.
First named S?nntors, those in italics Know
Nothings, the balance Democrats and anti K. N,
For the Standard.
Gilmer the Banner County!
Gilmer has nobly done her duty ! The
Know Nothings having a candidate in the |
field, and stump orators from other counties
having canvassed the county in almost every
district, endeavoring to arouse the fears aud
prejudices of our mountain wool hat boys
against the Catholics and foreigners, when
there is os far as 1 know none of tho former
and but one of the latter in tho county, 1
say under all the circumstances Gilmer has
done well, when out of a voting population
af 1072 gave tho Democratic candidate for
Congress 837, (Tumliu also claiming to be a
democrat.) If Gilmer is not the Banner
County, or has not giveu the largest majority
according to the number of votos polled, I
shall ba very much deceived.
ANTI-KNOW NOTHING.
,T, J. .A .’ .1 ♦ ...
For the Standard.
Didn’t Miss it Far!
Dear Standard ; Yuu will see by tho
returns from Gilmer County that your cor
respondent a few weeks ago over tho signa
ture of ..Gilmer” was not mistaken far with
respect to Tumlin's vote iu that county. Ho
was too liberal towards tho Knew Nothings*
in his calculations, ns will bo seou by reter
ence to tho official roturns.
Your friend, jfOO-N-YTOOT-LER,
Dream Land,
A Composition read at the Commencement
of the Cassville Female College, by
A MEMBER OF THE JtTMOR CLASS.
Surrounded by a thousand beautiful crea
tions which baffle the poet’i pen to describe
or artist’s pencil to delineate—man still
dreams half his existence awuy in the shad
owy realms of fancy ; and, indeed, it is a
lovely country, with its perennial bloom, its
cloudless sunshine, and eternal spriDg-time.
It is a region fairer than this, with waters
of more crystal clearness, vallies and mead
ows of mellower green, the songs of its birds
of more ravishing sweetness, flowers of bright
er hue and richer perfume, and skies of more
etherial blue.
Did you ever wander in Dreamland when
a child ? How smooth and flowery were the
paths you trod! Did they lead by the green
hill-side—where the sunbeams lingered ?
by the little rippling brook, that wound
through tho still shadowy vale, or up the
mountain cliff where the wild flowers hung ?
An Eden paradis3 surrounded you and beau
tiful visions delighted your eye. On the
light green turf, when midnight drew her
silvery veil over the sky, you watched the
fairy bands as they danced to and fro, like
shadows playing boneath the trees, and fol
lowed their retreating forms as they vanish
ed like the last shades of night before the
blush of dawn. From a gloomy elevation
half hid in the mists, the castle of Blue-
Beard” looked frowningly upon you, the lit
tle . Red Riding Iloocr* with muffled face,
tripped lightly by, aud in the still, lone
woods, far from the dwelling of man, <* the
lost children,” ..their little feet tired with
their long wanderings, laid themselves down
to sleep, tho angels hovering over them
whispering bright things in their dreams;
at night the glittering stars shone out above
like beacon lights guiding them to thoir hap
py home far away beyond the skies, and the
pale moon waned, the shadows of night dis
solved, but sleep, a long, quiet sleep, sealed
the eyelids of the lost oues ; and the little
birds that hid in the tree tops, when the noise
of gentle footsteps passed, gathered the green
leaves and strewed them for a covering over
tho lonely sleepers. Such are the visions of
dreamland which childhood forms.
Youth ranges beyond the enchanted re-,
g'ons of the Genii, and the broad domains
and towering castles of the giants. The mer
ry laugh of the mocking satyr, aud the light
footed fawn, dies away in the distance; and
even the thunders of Jupiter and the divine
strains of Orpheus are awhile forgotten, as
Olympus anl Tempe lad® imperceptilly
from view ; now in a sea shell chariot led by
the sporting dolphins, you drive to the blue
sea's depths and explore old ocean's caverns ;
Neptune, surrounded by the monarelis of the
deep himself mightiest of all, attends you
to his palace home, reared of the costliest
pearls and coral, and Try ton with sound of
trumpet conducts you back again to solid
earth ; amidst dim shades of night and gloom
you pass by Pluto's drear abode, but oh !
how changed the landscape when from the
realms where darkness sits Etysian fields
(salute your eye; leading to these are the
paths which saints have trod, and straight
cst of thorn all the narrow one wiiteh Run
yans pilgrim passed in journeying to the
city ot Zion ; here was the wilderness thro’
which God led his people with a cloud by
day and a pillar of fire by night, while far
ther beyond lies the promised laud, with its
waving palms and vineyards, a land flow
ing with milk and honey,” almost boundless
in its extent; there is no spot hallowed by
prophet's alter, or tomb, or where the fires
of persecution, in later, times, have lit the
funeral pUe of the martyr, but that some
where in dreamland there is a monument to
mark the spot,— wliilst towering pr-emi
nently above them all ai-e the everlasting
hills, which speak of great deeds past, which
tell that God has been there. On that
mountain, God had stood midst the thick
clouds and rolling thunders, with the as
cending smoke and flashing lightnings, and
while the trumpet souuded louder aud lend
er and the mountains shook and trembled.,
had spoken and sealed by Ilis commands,
man's future judgment. And there are the
mounts of Transfiguration and Calvary, un
changed from what they were eighteen and
a half centuries ago ; where still stands the
cross with the bleeding sacrifice for man's
redemption, Jesus the Saviour of the world !
You pause bofore that picture of divine love,
aud gradually the light which shone about
the crucified Redeemer steals through the
prison windows of your soul, at first dimly
making the darkness within more black and
appalling, but slowly increasing in bright
ness until your whole soul seems bathed in
a flood of heavenly light, more glorious than
the noonday suu. It is the new light which
shone over the hills of Judea, that has visit
ed the island of the deep aud spread unto
the ends of tbeearth
! Behold iu dreamland the moral world as
as it was. Follow it through its many
| changes uuto the present time, and picture
! it ns it will be at some future day, when all
i men shall bow before the same God, and
j sing the praises of their common Saviour.—
In that vast sweep of thougiitetnd fancy, oh
. what a field is passed over! Wc may glance
with .. bird's eye” view over the rise—the
, progress and decline of nations—we may
| study the lives of great meu that have been,
; but to mingle in the chaos of things forgot
! ten. rebuild th® fabric of society and recro
ate in tSiibli mortal the feelings, the emotions,
tlic hopes and fears which animated them.
Here, is something more than etea fancy can
do, and dreamland becomes limited iu its
boundaries.
And we have our bright anticipations, too,
our dreams of the future painted Over with
1 rainbow hopes. But we are not tho samo
beings in dreamland that we are in this
enrth : our very pleasures are of a purer
nature, and what would be among the plea
sure seeking world a strange anou aly, vir
j tuo, abounds, whilst all the desires ot the
! herrt are satisfied. There is a time to dream
I of childhood's delights, of youthful joys and
hopes, and of manhood s love, ambition and
pursuits, but there is a time, at all times,
from tho cradle to the grave, to dream of
that better portion reserved for she just iu
Heaven. That is tho Christian's brightest
dream. It is a fountain of sweet waters,
springing up aud watering his soul, amidst
all the desert wastes of life, when cares op.
press, when temptations assail, or afflictions
sadden, let him look beyond this earthly
prospect and in fancy behold tho heavenly
ZiOi, with its walls of jasper, its gates of
ipearl, and streets of shining gold; bowed
: before the throne of the LambwiththcbT! *
washed throng joining, in the hallelujah’ I
praise which Constantly ascend, he sees h
self redecmedland saved-no stain upon?
spotless robe, the palm of victory !„
hand, and a crown of never fading „i on . ilS
j circling hiß brow. Jea ’
! J hlS is but n view of
1 a f . amt C ° DCeption of its Series, expreh
| >n language fainter still, but it is the 5?
est picture upon which human vision!
gaze and until the veil of mortality i 3
moved from our eyes, let u S paint it C
upon our souls.
The Fall of Sebastopol.
Itseemstobe agonoraity received f atk
that thm ety has rea"y /alien into ,
; hands of the Allied army, after a sL or
eleven months. The foWng accoui f (s b
that important event will be found Qu : t
interesting : M e
reinforcements of fr. sh , Dd “
bardment is fiercely violent ti
of Sebastopol, after sustaining an infernal
i fire > repulsed S!x but could no
drive the enemy from the Kornilog £ afiti
I • our brave tro °Fß> who resisted to the
j last extremity, are now crossing over to h
northern part of the city. The enemy J -
| nothing in the southern portion but •
| stained ruins.’ ’
} The following telegraphic despatch, re
ceived by Lord Panmure from Gen. Simpson
appeared in the English morning journals
of the 11th ult:
< Sebastopol is in the possession of the Al
lies ; the enemy during the night of the BtR
evacuated the south side, alter exploding
their magi zincs and setting fire to the whole
of the city.
• All the men of war were burned during
j the night, with the exception of three steam
ers, which were plying about the harbors.
! The bridge communicating with the north
side is broken.’
Gen. Pelissier writes to the French Gov
ernment that . Karabelnai and the south
part of Sebastopol no longer exist This
immense success does the greatest honor to
oar troops.’
A Russian paper, the Brussels Nurd, inti
mates that it was not ns much of a i take’ as
is generally believed. This paper says:
• The Russian Army concentrated north of
j Sebastopol will henceforth have that unity
! of movement and action which until now it
J has wanted. The Sebastopol of tho South is
replaced by the Sebastopol of the North—a
formidable position, bristling with innumer
able guns which a compact army will hence
forward defend.
• Impartial history will do justice to
Prince Gortschakoff, who, by making amo
! mentary sacrifice, and avoiding Useless
I effusion of blood, has preserved for Russia
| an army trained to war by a struggle of &
| year's duration, and placed that army im
j position which enables him to command tho /
situation.’
The London Times says : The struggle for
the possession of Sebastopol is at au end -
That prize is in our hauds, and as the defence
of the fortress and the hurbu? was the grand
object of the enemy, they have nothing left
on that spot to conteud for. The mere occu
pation of the nortii side of the port is a
barren advantage, for though it might hold
a garrison, it cannot shelter a defeated
army ; and it is obvious that after the fail
ure of the main object, all the ability and .
generalship of the Russians will le rujuirid
to save the whole of their forces in tin
Crimea from destruction.
We therefore infer that the norlhert
forts will either be held for a time t v a lira
j ited garrison, or more probably, altogether
( abandoned, in the hope of saving the army.
Never was au army in a more critical [usi
! tion. They are confined within a peninsula
: which affords them no other fortified post
| tion, no susteuanoe lor the troops, and no |
i water beyond a certain line. The sea, cot
-1 ered with hostile vessels, surrounds throe
1 sides of the theatre of war, and the fourth is
! separated from the Russian base of opera
tions by steppes and marslus.’
The Times suggests the celebration of a
day of national thanksgiving on account if
j the fall of Sebastopol. The news of the cap
ture of that city was received iu London
with demonstrations of great joy. At the
various theatres and places of public amuse
ment tho fact was officially announced, an:
the bands at each place immediately played
the national autbcuis of England and Frunoe.
Hear what the New York Herald says ou
this subject:
The warmest friend of the Russian cause
cannot deny to the Allies, and especially to
the French, to such men ns Bosquet aud j
their comrades, a tribute of applause turtle
achievement we this day record. Tin 1 whole i
world has derided their efforts, am! cheered
on the gallant Yodlelvn and the men who
fought lor their homes and their nrtive soil;
natives as well as foreigners have urged the
abandonment of the enterprize, ami attribu
ted its commencement to overweening vanity
and ignorance on the part of the allied chiefs;
general after general has given it up iu des
pair, and gone away to die or been recalled;
over a hundred thousand good men, English
aud French, have laid their heads under
tho Crimea sod ; yet, in spite of all, Napo
leon and his Allies have persevered, aud tho
consequence is that Sebastopol exists no
more. In a historical point of view tho
ovont has no parallel.
4 There have been sieges where the valor
of the besieged has availed to defend tho
place for a longer period of time, but thcro
never was one at which so much humau ob
stinacy, or so much scientific skill w ers
displayed; nor, on tho other hand, was tber
ever au instance of so many human lives be
ing sacrificed iu war within so small
compass of ground. As long as this world
lasts, Sebastopol, or the site where it stood,
will be classic ground.
• So far as the war is concerned, it n,ost
not be supposes! that the fall of Sebastopol
implies the submission of Russia and the es
tablishment of peace. Far from it. 8o log
asGronstadt defies the strongest fleet the
‘AUW> can equip, Russia, it may confidently
be asserted, will bold out. Tho fall ot 8®
bastopol does not even decide the late of t
Crimea. It has dealt a fatal blow at Rus
sian prestige; it has destroyed
supremacy in the Black Sea ; it baa cos
Czar more money than ten years o po !
can make up; but it 0o not
Empire to tliat humiliating position in * 1 ’
as Cortiehakoff said at Viemui. it woul
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