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“Nol am not. He has written me to ask my
consent.” . , , ~ . , ,
i i ’Tis a shame ! a downright shame, said she,
but Virtre said never a word, but sat mute and
mortifietl, with the purse dangling from the nee
die, and swinging to and fro from the trembling
of her hands. “ Yes you dare to talk of my plots
after this, when you and your sister inveigled
me into sending Ada there, knowing of Mr. Elder
bey’s residing there, in order to crow over wge,
but she shall not marry him.”
u Begging your pardon Mary, she shall. I suf
fer you to have your own way with \ irginia, al
low me the same privilege with Ada. I have
written my consent to their marriage, thinking
like yourself, ’twas too good a match to be lost,
but not for his wealth, for a letter from my sister
assures me, he is possessed of virtues of greater
and intrinsic worth than his wealth, immense as
it may be. Also, she begs to have the marriage
celebrated there and invites us all to the wedding.”
“ A pretty piece of business the Whole affair f
must sav, and nicely arranged. Well, tin n't you.
mind it Virge, it will come home to her, mind my
words, to lake her sister’s beau from her ! W e
will go to the wedding, and you shall be t ore
splendidly dressed than the bride, and we will
show Mrs. Hunter, old Elderbey and Miss Peri
that we don't mind them, and that “ theno is as
good fish in the sea as were ever caught out of it.
Married indeed! that child —I wonder what
will come next, I would’nt. wonder, as this is'lhe
age of miracles, to sec you shave every day and
to wear French boots.”
And they did indeed go, and had the pleas
ure (?) of seeing the beautiful girl-bride hanging
in love and pride on the arm of her noble- looking
husband. The happy couple set out for a wed
ding tour, after their return from which they ex
pected to reside on Mr. Elderbey s country es
tate of Wood lawn.
Colonel's Island, Nov. ISI9.
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF CALIFORNIA LIFE
We make the*following extract from a letter
from a young adventurer inCCaliforni a letter
written to his parents, and not for publication —
which gives us, in an oil-hand way, the lights and
shadows of California life :
I left San Francisco on the 11th of June, as I,
informed you before. We started with a good |
breeze, got on well until the afternoon ; then our
captain got drunk, and run us on shore; thej
weather being cold we had to go to work and build
a fire to keep from freezing to death. The next
morning about ten o’clock wogot off, had a good |
breeze untileleven, then orders were given to lei
go anoior. Then the captain got drunk again and
commenced abusing all hands on board, but wc
did not take any notice of it. A breeze sprang
up in the afternoon, then the captain swore he
would run us on shore ; so we got some ropesand j
tied him hands and feet and took command oi the
vessel ourselves. He said he would raise a gang
to give us ad a good thrashing when we arrived,
but lie did not; we kept him ihere until night then
we let him loose. That night we had to go on
shore again to sleep. The next morning we start
ed very early, for we had a place called i ne Sl<>iigh
two miles in length to pull the vessel through.-
That afternoon we ran aground again, and had to
get out a fine and haul off. That night we had to
sleep on shore. The next morning wo started ear
ly, had a good breeze all day, and that afternoon
we arrived at the Barb of Daria, so called by the
Spaniards, but now known by the name of
Sutlersville. The next thing was to get to the dig
gings, which were at the distance of fifty miles.
We had three hundred pounds of baggage ; so
we had to have them carried to the mines, for
which they charged seventeen dollars a hundred.
It took us three days to get to Smith’s bar.—
That night we pitched our tent and got ready for
the following day. We took the pans and went to
woPtv, but did not make our expenses. Then we
hired a cradle for six dollars per day. Then we
made some money; we had the cradle three days
which amounted to eighteen dollars, and our
store bill was fourteen. Then we bought a cradle
for fifty dollars on credit, worked two weeks and
paid for it and had some over. The next three
weeks did not do much. Fifteen of us went into
a darning operation which took us eighteen days
and all we received apiece was twenty-nine dol
lars and sixty cents. Last Friday, five of us
made one hundred and fifty two dollars and eighty
cents. Saturday, worked half a day and made
thirty-five dollars.
1 have paid thirty-seven cents for a glass of ci
der. Three shillings here is no more than three
cents at home. For my part lam going to make
something here before I leave, for we work har'd
enough to make a fortune. It will not do for
any lazy persons to come here, for if they do they
will starve to death. The gold is not so easy to
be had as some people have an idea ; for
nothing but hard work will get it. I have to
laugh to see some of the men come up to the bar.
They will work one day and then wish to sellout
and go back. I like it first rate here, although we
live in the woods and have to back our provisions
about threetniles. Our chief food is slapjacks and
pork, and that three limes a day. We eat off’ the
ground, and sleep on it. 1 have got so that raw
pork is as good as any fried ; so you see I will not
be very particular when I come home. I would
not like to have any of my friends come out here,
for they run a great risk.
From tho Cassville Standard. <
FATHER MATHEW —ABOLITIONISM.
Some time since we called the attention of our
readers to an invitation irom the State l empei- (
ance Convention to Father Mathew to visi. Geor
gia. From the following article us by
Judge Lumpkin, it will be observed that tois in
vitation has been withdrawn, and we thinx very
justly. Judge L. has exercised due lorbeaiance
in exposing the Rev’d. gentleman, and he will be
fully sustained in his course by the friends of
Temperance in Georgia. We hope every one
who sees this explanation will read it carefully.
father mathew.
Letter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, To the fr onds oj
Temperance in Georgia.
In obedience to the mandate of the Stat3 Tem
perance Convention, assembled at Marieta, last
summer, l, as its organ, tendered to the Reverend ;
Theobald Mathew a cordial invitation to v sit this|
Slate in furtherance of the object of his mission
to this country. He promptly returned a tavor
labLa answer, promising, so soon as circumstance
would permit, to designate the time of bis arrival.
This communication was made public through the
columns of the press, generally.
About the first of September, one of our Ncws
i papers was placed in my hands by a friend, con
|raining an account of an interview between ta-
Ither Mathew and Wm. Loyd Garrison, and other
I leading abolitionists at the North. It seems he
i was invited by these mischief makers , to attend the
‘anniversary celebration of the emancipation of
slavery in the British West India Islands —md be
ing piqued at his refusal, they brought forth and
j published a circular, purporting to have been ad-
I dressed by the late Mr. O’Connell, Father Ma
j thew, and some seventy thousand inhabitants of
! Ireland, to Irishmen and Irishwomen in America
;—-calling upon them by their love of their Native
Country, and every other consideration calculated
to stimulate their zeal, and nervenheir resolution,
“to unite with the Aboiiiiouisls, and to never
cease their efforts until perfect liberty bo granted
to evervinhabitant of this country —the black man
as well as the white.” The following is a copy
of this document:
From the New York Evening Pot.
“Father Mathew in difficulty. —Wm.
Loyd Garrison, Francis Jackson, Wendell Phil
lips and H. J. Bowditeh, four of the most promi
nent members of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery
Society, waited upon the great Temperance Mis
sionary a few days since in Boston, and handed
him an official invitation to attend the anniversary
rplphmtinn of flip nhnbtmnnf sJn.vp.iw m lb W/.it
India Islands. The Rev. Father was embarrass
ed, and declined the invitation. In the course oi
die interview, and to subdue some of the Rev.
gentleman’s scruples, it became necessary to re
mind him of a once famous circular addressed by
| Daniel O’Connell and himself, in which they call
ed upon the Irish residents in America “ to unite
with the abolitionists, and to never cease lheir ef
forts until perfect liberty be granted to (‘very one’
of her inhabitants, the black man as well as the
white.
‘Flic following letter with their account of the
interview, is submitted to the public by Mr. Gar
rison and his associates, through the columns of
the Boston Liberator:
Address from the people <f In land, to their countrymen
and countrywomen in America.
“Dear Friends-—You are at a great distance
from your native land ! A wide expanse of wa
ter separates you from the beloved country of
your birth —from us, and from the kindred whom
you love, and who love you, and pray for your
happiness and prosperity in the land of your a
doption.
We regard America with feelings of admira
tion— we do not look upon her as a strange land
—nor upon her people as aliens from our affec
tions.
The power of steam has brought us nearer to
gether, it will increase the intercourse between
us, so that the character of tho Irish people and
ol the American people must in future be acted
UjMMi tbc icclmge cvivl cliwip-oeuiioias of each.
The object of this address is to call your atten
tion to the subject of slavery in America—that
foul blot upon tlic noble institutions and fair fame
of your adopted country. But for this one stain,
America would indeed be a land worthy your a
doption ; but she will never be the glorious coun
try that her free constitution designed her to be,
so long as her soil is polluted by the footprint of a
single sla.ve.
Slavery is the most tremendous invasion of the
natural, inalienable rights of man, and of some
of the noblest gifts of God —“ life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness.” What a spectacle does
America present to the people of the earth. A
land of professing Christian republicans—uniting
their energies for the oppression and degradation
of three millions of innocent human beings, the
children of one common Father—who sutler the
most grievous wrongs, and the utmost degrada
tion, Jbr no crime of their ancestors or their own !
Slavery is a sin against God end man. All who
are not for it, must be against it. None can be
neutral. We entreat that you take the part of
j u stice, religion and liberty.
It is in vain that American citizens attempt to
conceal their own, and their country’s degrada
tion under this withering curse. America is
cursed by slavery! We call upon you to unite
with the abolitionists, and never to cease }oui e - <
forts until perfect liberty granted tocveiy 01ie 1
of her inhabitants —the black man as well as the
white mail. We are all children of the same <
gracious God ; all equally entitled to life, liberty, -
and the pursuit of happiness.
We are told that you possess great powei,both
moral and political in America. W e entieat\ou
to exercise that power and influence for the sake
of humanity.
You will not witness the horrors of slavery in
all the States of America. Thirteen ot them me
fl ee, and thirteen are slave States, hut in all, the
I pro-slavery feeling, though rapidly decieasing,
still strong. Do not unite with it on the contra
ry, oppose it by all the peaceful means in your
power. Join with abolitionists evei\where.
They are the only consistent advocates of liberty,
j ‘fell every man that you do not understand libdty
i for the while man and slavery tor the black man
I —tliatyou are for liberty lor all —ot e\eiy coloi,
j creed, and country.
The American citizen proudly points to the Na
tional Declaration of Independence, which de
clares that ‘ all mankind are born tree and equal,
and are alike entitled to life, liberty, and the pur
suit of happiness.’ Aid him to carry out this no
ble declaration, by obtaining freedom torlheslave.
irishmen and Irishwomen —treat the colored peo
ple as your equals —as brethren. 13y all \our
memories of Ireland —continue to love liberty
hate slavery —cling by the abolitionists, and in
America you will do honor to the name of Ireland.
Signed by Daniel O’Connell,
Theobald Matii ew ,
and seventy thousand other inhabitants ot Ireland.’
The circular was republished in the x\t!iens
j Banner, of August 30,1319.
| I immediately addressed to Father Mathew a
, j letter including a copy of this'highly objectiona
•jble paper, and requested to be informed whether
or not it was genuine—and ii so, whether lie still
cherished the sentiments there embodied? Ad
ding that it was my decided conviction that his
capacity for usefulness at the South would depend
upon his answer to these questions. I have
deemed it due to myself and to you to publish
this communication :
Athens, Sept., 4th, 1549.
Rev. and Dear Sir: —\our favorable rc
i spouse to the invitation of the Temperance Con
vention of Georgia to visit our State, caused a
I throb of joy to thrill through every heart. All
j looßca ioi Yvura w nn uertgtnilit anticipation to the
•J time when we should take by the hand and Wel
lcome in our midst the friend of humanity and de
! iiverer of his- countrymen from the most galling
servitude that ever cursed our race. In the full
fruition of these happy hopes the inclosed docu
ment lias found its way into our newspapers, pur
porting to be a circular addressed by the late Mr.
O’Connell and yourself, together with seventy
thousand other inhabitants of Ireland, calling up
on “ Irishmen and Irishwomen ” in this country,
by all their memories of their native land, to cling
to the Abolitionists in America, arid to unite with
them to put an end to slavery here, by all peace
ful me ms in their power. Duty to you sir, duty
to ourselves, and to the common eatcrorisa in
which we are embarked, constrains me to bring
this publication to your notice, and to inquire re
spectfully whether or not it be genuine, and if so,
to ask whether you still cherish the same senti
ments, which are their embodied ? And to sov to
you in all candor that on your answer to these in
terrogatories will depend your capacity for use
fulness at the South. Justice to ouT families, fire
sides, everything dear to us, forbids that wc should
call anv man brother who unites with our enemies
in waging an unprovoked and most relentless
warfare upon our hearths and homes, our peace
and prosperity.
I will only add in conclusion that the pain which
I feel in making this communication is greatly ag
gravated by the consciousness that it is calculated
to inflict a wound on a generous heart, which 1
would most gladly shield at any sacrifice, save
that of the great interests involved in this matter.
I am, &c.”
After waiting one month I received a very
brief reply, which being marked “Private,” 1
was not at liberty to make public without permis
sion from the writer. In the meantime, 1 had
learned that several Temperance Associations in
the State had passed resolutions revoking the invi
tation which had been given—so far as they were
parties to it. These proceedings were politely
withheld when it was ascertained that an inquiry
had been instituted by me concerning this matter.
Under these circumstances, 1 wrote again with
out delay to Father Mathew. A copy of this let
ter is also herewith submitted to the public :
“Athens, Oct., 12th, 1849.
ery Rev. Dear Sir :—I received a few
days since, your favor of the 30th ultimo, and am
constrained to say to you in candor, that in mv
humble judgment, it fails entirely to obviate the
difficulty which I suggested in my communication
of ihe fourth of September. It neither denies
the genuineness of the objectionable document to
which your attention was called, nor intimates
any change on your part in the sentiments em
bodied in the O’Connell Circular. This bein-r,,
case the opinion expressed by me remains ung
tered —namely, that a visit by you to the
under the circumstances, would be
evil and nothing but evil to the
cause.
Your letter of acceptance of the invitation ter
dered you by me as the authorized Agent and
Organ of the State Temperance Convention, hay.
ing been published in our papers, it will becorr ; ,
indispensably necessary to give publicity to th e
subsequent correspondent which has taken ph Ce
between us. 1 must therefore ask of you tore,
move the injunction of privacy imposed in your
very brief reply of the 30th ultimo. Unless von
shall see lit to reconsider the matter, and to make
such explanation, if it be in your power, as win
be satisfactory to our people.
May 1 ask of you the favor to forward me, if
in your power, the publication to which you re.
fler —giving an account of the interview between
Mr. Garrison and yourself. It may possibly sup.
ply the apparent omissions in your reply.
Please let me hear from you as early as may
comport with your convenience, and believe m*
to be Most respectfully, &c.”
This letter, in order to insure its speedy as well
as safe delivery, was inclosed to a friend in Bn*.
■ ton, who, under date of the 19th of October, write?
me that it was sent immediately to the Hotel c
■ Father Matthew. Up to the present time no at
i swer has been received. From a private com
. municution from South Carolina,and a paragraph
in one of the newspapers in this State, 1 infer
that his visit South wiil not probably be much
’ longer delayed. I will only add, that should
anything transpire to change the aspect of this
: utii.ur, and to present this unguarded act of this
distinguished philanthropist in a more favorable
i light than it now appears, I shall consider it due
. injustice to make it public. And that it will af
- ford me infinitely more pleasure to perform tliij
l duty, than the present painful task, which never
. ilieiess seems to be imperatively demanded by
; die necessity of the case.
I Under these circumstances, with a clear coa*
prehension I trust of the responsibility thus in
i curred, and with the most profound regret at the
miscarriage of our hopes, l herewith, so farasl
liave the power at least, and with the hearty con
currence and approval ot the Executive Commit
lee of the Convention, withdraw the invitation so
cordially and sincerely offered. Viewing our
cause as we do, as the chief hope ot man, we
\ niust not permit it to be wounded in the house ;
its friends. We will welcome no one, knowingly,
who irutamini's himself or encourages others to
do so, with a faction which would recklessly shiv
er the Union into fragments, which would reekits
I unhallowed hands red as crimson in human bln .
—which, in a word, seems to combine in one mass,
all the worst elements of thought, action, ami
feeling peculiar to our troubled times.
And let not the friends of our noble enterprise
be discouraged. It will triumph gloriously. It
is the cause of the hard working mechanic, w
but for the cause of intemperance, might educate
his children to fiil the first stations in our happy
country. It is thecause of the poorot this world
the food and raiment of many of whom arcib
pendent upon its success. It is the cause of the
church which for ages was giieved and affiictd
| with drunken ministers and members. It is U
cause of the Republic. Our liberty was achieved
bv a sober soldierly. Such government can I#
maintained and perpetuated only by a sober pc°*
pie.
And my word for it such a cause rests not oil
sand. It is built upon a rock. Israel passed
over Jordan, and triumphing over all her enemies
took possession of Canaan without Moses. E' ll1 ’
perauce shall stand and be established in f ‘
Earth ! though she may seem for a while to b
without helper or friend. Hgr lights may disap*
pear, her leaders may prove treacherous, or he
removed ; her enemies may rejoice and a nnoum 1
by their mad shouts that the Reform is dead.--
But God is in this work—-and Temperance wit
yet become co-extensive with the world.
Respectfully,
JOS. HENRY LUMPKIM-
Milledgeville, Nov. sth. 1849.
O J
How truly womanly, by which we mean truly
beautiful, is the little incident which a corresp l *’
dent basjbeen kind enough to writejiut.— Despot^
When the corpse of Gen. Worth was lying 13
state at the Arsenal yard, a lady approached
tween a file of soldiers, and placed upon the ccj*
lin a splendid boquetof white flowers and ibeU
lowing lines:
A BOQUET.
WORTH and valor here are found—
Though both must slumber ’neath the ground,
Thy do4ds will fl ash on history’s page,
Thy Worth be felt from age to age :
Ob ! may thy soul m whiteness bloom
Like flowers that smile around thy tomb.
Bright flowers ! go deck the warrior’s grave,
Our country’s flag will o’er him wave
Till God destroy the earth with fire,
And earth present one funeral pyre.
(Signed) MRS. VIRGINIA B. ALLEY
Three hundred vessels were lying at the p c,t
of San Francisco on the 24ih of September.
A Bowling Alley in San Francisco rent* ° r
I SI,OOO per month.