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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1858.
Separate State Action—The Charleston Merc ary.
The right to secede from the Union lor a violation of
the letter or the obvious meaning and spirit of the con
etitution, is the corner stone of the State Rights Democra^
tic creed. Underlying tins right, and necessary to its ex
istence, is the doctrine of State Sovereignty. Eac mem
ber oftnis Confederacy, by virtue of .the fact l atlt ‘ vas
originally sovereign—that it delegated the exercise o -pe
cific powers and, by necessary implication, as we 88 V
express language, retained the balance, has the right to de
termine upon the infringement of such residuary powers.
These propositions, asserted in the Virginia Resolutions oi
99, and illustrated and entorced during his whole public
life by the genius of the great Carolinian, no longer furnish
topics of controversy at the South, and have taken their
place in the rank of axiomatic truth. Nearly every Sou
thern State has recently affirmed this cardinal doctrine and
declared a determination to give it a practical shape under
given contingencies. We have not understood that in these
contingencies was included that of concurrence or co-ope
ration by other States. Such was ceitainly not an element
ofconsideration in the action taken by Georgia, Alabama,
and Texas. Each State for herself, conscious of her own
Sovereignty and estimating her rights by the measure ol
her individual judgment .placed her own interpretation up
on their infraction, and determined the course her destiny
should take thereafter. Wedonoteee how they could
have done otherwise-The union of the whole south is an ob
ject the importance of which may not be too highly estima
ted. It would be a magnificent ‘spectacle—that of a whole
poeple knit together by interest and one in destiny, united
also in purpose and action. But this we may not antici
pate, unless we discard experience from our calculations.
Union we should seek to cultivate, but, failing in this,each
State has still a responsibility to meet, a judgment to pro.
nounce.Whatkridiculous position it would be tor a people
to assume, that they consider certain action on the part oi
the federal government an aggression upon their rights, a
violation of their sovereignty, and yet will not maintain
their rights, will not vindicate their sovereignty because an
other people, in like situation and similarly affected, see
proper to submit. This is submission in its worst and
most dangerous form,because it i3 submission by premedi
tation and in advance.
We have been led to these reflections by reading an arti
cle in a late number of the Charleston Mercury in reply to
the Sumter Watchman which charged the Mercury with an
abandonment of its lormer position. In that article occurs
the following sentence ; “The Mercury has long abandon
ed the separate action of the State and seeks bona fide the
union of the South for action on any proper occasion-’*
The distinguished editorial ability and the uncompromising
Southern spirit which have characterised the columns of
that paper have given it a breadth of influence
perhaps, by no other Southern journal. It is because it has
this influence and is conducted with such ability that we are
pained at the above announcement. It was the foremost
champion of secession and separate action in 1850. It
was right then ; and it would be right again in advocating
the same policy under circumstances ol aggression. Its
position is greatly weakened by its acknowledged distrust
of the moral force of truth and justice when it says, ill
that, though degraded by oppressive and unequal legisla
tion, though my constitutional lights are trampled upon
yet I will not strike for redress unless my neighbor does
And why not? Can jt be that any tear of consequences
can deter a free people from vindicating their rights? Are
consequences worse than plunder and death to be appre
hended, and is life ol more value than honor ?
Gov. Brown a Baptist.’
Our worthy cotemporary of the Cassville Standard.while
professing great freedom from Sectarian bias makes an ex
hibition of it in its recent charge against the Chief Magis
trate of oar State It ia allftfiflil hy nur intplliafint friend.
that Gov Brown discriminates in favor of his own Baptist,
denomination in the appointment of the offices at his dis
posal. The names of the Rev. Dr- Lewis and Rev. Mr-
Hanks, who have recently rceived appointments, are cited
We think this charge might have escaped the notice of a
democratic journal. Admit, for the sake of argument,
it is true. What ol it? Aretha appointments bestowed
on worthy gentlemen? Has our cotemporary read through
mistake the religious intolerance feature in the Know No
thing creed as a cardinal doctrine in the Democratic faith?
Let him reflect upon his position, and accord to Governor
Brown that purity of motive which he so justly deserves.
News Advertisement.
The attention ol the Princpals of schools is invited to
the advertisment of H. D.Park, ol ‘Greenville, Ga., in an
other Column. He offers for sale valuable Scientific Ap
paratus.’
Those who are troubled with chills and fever are refer
red to advertisement of Grenada Elixir,over the signature of
J. S Pemberton & Cos.
BfgTMessrs. Hatcher and McGehee have on hand a No.
one lot of negroes from Virginia and North Carolina and
will make constant additions to their supply during the
season.’ Those who are in want of house-servants or field
hands will find no difficulty in being suited.
jfiinory College,
At tho recent commencement exercises at this
we understand twenty six young men received diploma’s.
Henry R. Dawson from this city was a graduate. Rev.
Dr. Alex. Means had conferred upon him the degree of
L. L D. and Rev. Mr. McTyere, of the Nashville Christian
Advocate, the degree of D. D. Mr. Palmer supercedes
Messrs. Sasnett and Williams in the Professor’s depart
ment .
Messrs Hill and Trippe.
Our intelligent neighbor of the Enquirer thinks the Con.
ference bill should be discussed and that Messrs. Hill and
Trippe, American Representatives to Congress, are less re
sponsible for its passage than the democratic members. —
When the question is brought up, we will undertake the
explanation of the bill, without defending it in all its fea
tures and endeavor to show whatever odium attaches to it,
Messrs Hill and Trippe are far from being exempt. We
may also apply the epithet “traitor” to Mr. Trippe, when
he is renominated and a candidate, not as coming from
ourselves, but some of his own party organs. Let this
suffice.
Wire Grass Reporter.
Thi9 well conducted journal, located at Thomasville
and edited by Judge Peter E- Love, with marked ability
for the last nine months, changed proprietors and editors in
its last issue- William Cline, the editor of the old Griffin
Jeffersonian, succeeds Judge Love. This gentleman
wields a ready pen and is a democrat of the Jeffersonian
school. The former editor will continue to furnish arti
cles for the “Reporter” when his business will permit.
Our Streets^
We would. respectfully call attentiou of our worthy
Marshal to the condition of Broad Street in front of Messr s
Harrison & Pitts’ auctiom room. The rubbish is accumu
lating rather fast and is attracting notice. The city carts
should bo brought into requisition.
Tiie Army.—The following named officers are ordered
to proceed to Washington Territory and report to General
Clarke: Major Carleton and Lieut. R. Johnson of the
dragoons; Captains Wallen, ‘.English and. Underwood;
Lieutenants Bysell, Woods, Quattlebum, and Bonnycastle
of the Infantry; and Lieut. Ayers of the artillery. They
will leave with the reinforcements from New York.
Rain! Rain!— The dust of our citv has been laid by re
freshing showers the last few days. Crop3 in the neigh
borhood flourishing. Farmers in good spirits.
Douglas va. Crittenden.
The distinguished names above are not worthy that at
tention which is bestowed upon them. Both gentlemen
have been recreant to thosejmnciples which guide our po
litical course. Douglas is a democrat; Crittenden an Amer
ican. The former is the representative of a free State;
the latter of a [slave State, Douglas voted against the Le
compton Constitution ; Crittenden did the same. Douglas
denounces the Black Republicans ; Crittenden courts their
favor; the one i3 a bitter enemy of the Abolitionists; the
other is welcomed by them as a friend and ally, The Ad
ministration repudiates Mr. Douglas ; the American party
glorify Mr. Crittenden. The democrats call Douglas a
renegade; the Americans pronounce Crittenden “incorrup
tible.” This being a correct picture, which is the greater
traitor; the Southern Crittenden or theiVor/Aern Douglas?
Which party is actuated by the purest motives, the Demo
cratic or American party?
Endorsement,
We received a letter from a subscriber in Claiborne Par
ish, La., a few days since—entirely unknown to us who
says; “You will stop sending my paper for the present. I
do not know where I will live the next year. When 1
settle, I will take your paper for life !” This is an en
dorsement for our past aud a confidence in our luture course
that we cannot too highly appreciate in our readers.
Dinner to Senator Hammond.
The complimentary dinner to this gentleman by the citi
zens of Beach Island came off on the 22nd inst. The
Speeches on the occasion were made by Senator Ham
mond, Mayor Treadwell of Columbia and Messrs. John
Cunningham and Richard Yeadon of Charleston. Ihe
speech of Mayor Treadwell is characterised by the Augusta
Dispatch as ultra fire-eatmg, that of Mr. Cunningham as
able, but more moderate and hopeful, while the speech of
Mr. Yeadon, as might havo been expected, was Union. In
response to the sentiment to Georgia our eloquent young
friend—Jno. B. Weems, of Augusta, made some happy re
marks.
Tlie Sea Turtle,
Our friends (political, not spiritual) of the Bella Union
have on exhibition at their bar room, a large sea turtle,
weighing five hundred pounds ! We expect to see in a few
days many lovers of fine turtle soup smacking their lips,as
they come out of the eating room.
New Schedule.
* By the present arrangement of the mafls, we receive our
Augusta and Savannah Exchanges the evening of the same
day they are published- This is a great accommodation to
us. We do not know how the new schedule affects other
localities but we must say tho arrangement is wonderfully
popular in this city.
Prosperity of the Augusta Constitutionalist,
The last issue of the Augusta Constitutionalist modestly
alludes to its present prosperous condition. Its subscrip
tion list is larger than at any former period and there are
few post offices in the State where the Constitutionalists is
not sent. The cash system, which it inaugurated, has in
creased the revenues of the establishment as well as the
number of subscribers.
We are not surprised at the prosperity of a paper which
deserves so much favor as the Constitutionalist. After all,
we are an appreciative people of true worth and it is gen
erally rewarded. We hope this faithful exponent of Dem
ocratic principles will continue prosperous and to enjoy
that fame which it now so eminently deserves.
Tlie Great Beet.
The large beet in the shape of a pig from the plantation
of Maj. P. Martin of Meriwether county ion our table.—
It originally weighed 111 pounds. It is eighteen inches
in circumferance and ihe same in length.
Mounted on four wooden legs, with a row of bristles on
the back, with two small pieces of sulphate of copper ans
wering for eys—two projections of the beet resembling the
oow, it nnlji tanks tho Aiirljr tail tn the complete Hog,
We think a young pig would bristle up at the sight of it.
.fhe did not make fight.
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Mexican Mission.
Washingnton, July 20.—Tho mission to Mexico has
been offered to Mr. Benjamin, but he has declined it.
Col. Steptoe Censured.
The Government censures Col. Steptoe for having en
tered the enemy’s country withont sufficient! force.
A. B. Seals, Esq. — Degree of A. M.—The Alabama
University has conferred the degree of Master of Arts on
our friendjA. B. Seals, of Hamilton. Ashe is no gradu
ate, this is a high compliment. His knowledge of the
Classics, and his reputation as a thorough teacher, gained
him the distinction. He has taught school ten years.
For Arizona. —A [company of some twelve persons
left Cincinnati a few days ago for the Territory of Arizo
na, together with tools, machinery, &c. and a printing of
fice with which it is designed to start a paper at Tubac, to
be called the Arizona Messenger. The party proceed to
New Orleans; from thence to El Paso and thence to their
destination. The value of the goods and materials shipped
by them to J Arizona amounts to over $20,000.
The Sons of Malta.— One hundred and fifty delegates
to tho National Convention of the Sons of Malta arrived
at Philadelphia on Saturday, including fifteen delegates
from San Franciso, and [representatives from iCuba and
Mexico. Delegates from France and England are expec
ted by tho Canada. The Convention met on Monday.
From Mexico.— We have additional news from Mexi
co by way of Havana, dated in the city of Mexico on the
third, and at Vera Cruz the 4th instant. The clergyffiad
aided Zuloagawith another loanol two millions dollars,
but it was thought that this would postpone his fall only
for a little while. A revolutionary movement was brew
ing in the capital, and several eminent men had been ar
rested. It was said that General Yanes would take the
place of General-in-Ghief of the army, left vacant by the
death of General Osollo.
Fire in New Orleans.
New Orleans, July 23.—A fire occuredthis morning on
the corner of Jackson and Rosseau streets, and destroyed
the wholesale Grocery Store of A. J. May & Cck, andtwo
dwelliogs adjoining. The loss is about $20,000.
Movement of Troops.
St. Louis, July 16,1858.
We have despatches from Leavenworth to the
13th inst., per United States express arrived here
to-day from General Haruey, who was, on the 6th
inst., encamped seventy five miles beyond Fort
Kearney.
Col. “Monroe’s column was beyond the South
Fork of the Platte, and Colonel May was a short
distance in the rear. The headquarters and all
the columns were well and in splendid condi
tloA despatch, dated Nebraska City, sth instant
says trains just arrived from Fort Kearney report
that the officers at the fort had received the intelli
gence that General Johnston had entered Salt Lake
City with his troops. This, however, is probably a
mistake.
Ruin in Coahoma, Miss. —The Memphis En
quirer is informed upon reliable anthority that ful
ly three fourths of the cotton crop has been de
stroyed by the flood in Coahoma county. The
corn crop has suffered even worse. All the plan
tations from Delta to Island 66 might have been
protected from the flood by timely attention on the
part of the planters.
Southern Leagues.
We see from the Montgomery papers that Hon.
Win. L. Yancey has recently delivered several able
and eloquent Speeches in wrdch he urges the im
mediate formation of Southern Leagues. The
members r of these Societies shall be known as
“Leaguers of the South,” and their motto shall be,
A Southern Republic is our only safety— their ob
ject being to prepare for the material revolution
which must immediately follow on the consumma
tion of the moral one now far advanced at the
South. Our past experience in the Union and
our present political position ought to convince
us that there is nothing to hope for from the fu
ture as long as we remain in the Confederacy.
It behooves us therefore to prepare for the emer
gency which awaits us, and Mr. Yancey’s plan ot
organization ought to be duly considered by
Southern men.
Of couse, in view of this movement, Union-glo
rifiers and Southern-Submissionists will hurl up
on Mr. Yancy such epithets as Fire-Eater and
Revolutionist, just as the Tories denounced Patrick
Henry and George Washington as Rebels in the
days of’76. But armed in the cause of Southern
Rights— vindicating the honor and asserting the
Equality of the South —Mr. Yancy is invulnerable
to such assauks. The Federal Union newspaper
(whose veneration for the “Spread Eagle” is only
equalled by its devotion to the “Star Spangle Ban
ner,”) while conceding to Mr. Y, “irreproachable
character and the highest order of talents,” takes
occasion to give him a Joab thrust by accusing
him of “playing second fiddle”—to use its own
elegant language—to Nicaragau Walker, in order
to court popularity. This is a misrepresentation.
Mr. Yancy has done nothing of the sort, and we
can inform our cotemperary that he is made of
“sterner stuff” than to “play second fiddle” to any
body. But enough on this subject. We have no
words to express our indignation when a South
ern journal casts slurs upon a southern man
simsly because he loves his native South too
well. —Macon State Press.
Mr. Yancey’s Remarks.
In Explanation of the Constitution of the Mont
gomery “League of United Southernersin Es
telle Hally on the Night of the 20th inst.
Mr. Yancey said that as the movement was some
what novel in the political world, he would under
take to explain it. In the first place he wouid re
ply to two views which had been urged against it
by those not friendly to the League.
It has been said to be a disunion move. The
Constitution report puts an emphatic denial upon
that charge. It expresses its aim to be to uphold
and enforce the Federal Constitution in lieu of the
fundamental law of national parties—“compro
mise.” It expresses its aim to be to maintain a
Constitutional Union. Its great design is to create a
public opinion that shall force all parties to a strict
observance of all our Constitutional guaranties, by
holding the Constitutional Rights of the South to
be paramount to the political necessities of Nation
al Administrations or National Parties. These
constitute a sure basis of a Constitutional Union.
The attainment of these ends will perpetuate a
Constitutional Union, and therefore a league which
devotes itself to their attainment can never be truly
branded as a disunion movement.
It hasbeen denounced as anew party, and there
fore as designed to subvert the Democratic and
American parties. The charge is entirely without
foundation. A party means an organization of
individuals, upon agreed principles, whose de
sign is to control the Government by electing
its members to its offices. A party therefore
nominates some of its members for office, and
all its members are pledged to support the
nominations. Now this Constitution expressly ig
nores this leading and necessary element of party
—it declares that the League shall never nominate
s candidate for any office. This League is based
upon the same system of organization as that of
American Bible Society, and American Tract So
ciety. Each of those Societies are composed of
of members of different religious sects—not for the
purpose of forming anew sect and opposing all
others, but for the purpose of distributing widely
amongst their fellow men a knowledge of that great
fundamental rule, the Word of God—upon which
all the evangelical sects base their faith. Each
member preserves his regular standing in his own
church; yet is a member of the American Bible
Society—and it is well deemed that by his efforts as
a member of the American Bible Society, so far
from being a less valuable member—we will say
of the Methodist Church—he is in truth promoting
Methodism in its purity and rigor.
So ol this League, It is formed to create a strong
er and healthier tone of public sentiment in favor
of the Constitution. The Constitution should stand
to all parties, precisely as the Bible does to all re
ligious sects. As the B ble is the common bond of
Union between those sects —so the Constitution
should be, and is professed to be, the common fun
damental law of all parties. And yet, as parties
have departed largely from a constitutional stan
dard, in their course upon the rights of the South,
and always have avoided its application to those
rights from a selfish fear as to the effect on their
organizations, and as it is desirable that hereafter
our rights should be no more compromised, this
League propose an organization of all the earnest
and true men, of all parties, for the purpose of in
fluencing parties to the adoption of the Constitu
tion as their only guide. If the idea can be carried
out, in a short time there will exist thro’ its means
a strong, healthy public opinion, among men of all
parties, as to our rights and our duties. Good and
able men will be selected to office, who will abide
by no other rule than that of the Constitution in
settling our rights—and the day will soon arrive
in which it will be tested whether there is Justice
and Honor and Equality for us in the Union. If
the Leagues produce these results, they are worthy
of trial.
From the Plains.
St. Louis, July, 16.
Letters from Fort Kearney, June 30th, say that
Gen. Harney’s head-quarters had been encamped
there six days, in expectation of the arrival of new
instructions from the War Department.
A teamster had been tried and acquitted on the
charge of inciting his companions to rob Capt.
Hancock of $50,000 under his charge, for meeting
incidental expenses.
Colonels May and Morrison had passed Fort
Kearney. The latter gave Gen. Harney his first
salute as Brigadier-General.
A postscript to the letter says that an express has
arrived, but brings no advices from Washington.
We shall resume the march to-morrow.
The Independence mail, with dates of 15th ult.,
from Santa Fe, has arrived. A difficulty had oc
curred growing out of the persistance of the Indi
ans in driving cattle and horses upon the pay
ground known as Ewell Camp near Fort Defi
ance.
Major Brooks had been obliged to send a com
pany of soldiers to drive the herds off, and protect
the grounds from encroachments.
Several cattle and ponies were killed by the sol
diers, and a skirmish occurred between the troops
and Indians, but none of either party were killed
or wounded.
What is that will keep in any climate ? The
secret of a woman’s age.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO;
The Earthquake in the City of Mexico Fifty
Lives Lost—Damage Six Millions of Dollars
Death of Gen. Ossolo.
The Mexican Extraordinary of June 29th gives
ths following particulars of the terrible earthquake
in the Valley of Mexico, of which our readers
have been informed by telegraph:
The two aqueducts w*hich carry water into this
city have been badly datpaged, especially the one
which passes into the city by the Garitade Helen.
This is broken completely offin many places, and
throughout the entire line to Chapuletepec the ar
ches are broken |horizontally, showing that they
were subjected to a severe oscillating motion.—
The water has precipitated from the acqueduc f s
throughout the entire line. The damages done to
these public works will require a large sum to re
pair, and in the meantime the supply of water in
all the ditches throughout the city was thrown
for some distance into the streets. The Tacubaya
road was comyletely drenched by the water dis
charged upon it from either gate.
In many parts of the city wide cracks were
made in the earth. In some places it has
an irregularity of several inches on the sides ol
these cracks by sinking or elevating. We learn
that in one private house, one half of the floor ol a
room had sunk gdown several inches below the
other half, making a complete step. The streets,
in several places, have been broken open for a long
distance, and some fissures which we have seen
are w 7 ide enough to admit of a persons finger. Ihe
water-pipes throughout the city have been broken
in many places, and small springs have suddenly
made their appearance.
The convents of San Fernando, San Francisco,
Profesa, San Geronimo,San Juan and the Sagrario
have been seriously damaged.
San Fernando'is considered to be a ruin, although
it still sustains its original position. It is broken
and cracked throughout, and is declared to be
unsafe.
The church of San f Juan is much injured. A
large portion of the portal in front—several tons —
was thrown a loDg distance jjinto the street from
its position.
The Profesa received several severe cracks, and
the tower, which has for a long time fstood out of
perpendicular, jhas evidently been tested to its
utmost. It still stands, but it has a threatening
appearance.
In the Lonja a lamp, hanging in the main saloon
was swung for a long range, and by accident
caught upon a hook at the side of the room, where
it, with ?its suspending cord, described almost
a horizontal, after the earthquake had passed.
The National Palace suffered In
many parts of the building damage has [been done,
especiallyiin the Treasury department.
The old theatre, in the Calle Coliseo, “was shat
tered in almost every part. Stones are to be seen
detached from their places, and moved out aud in
for several inches. The Fonda of the Progreso,
next door suffered in a simlar manner. The glass
roof over the patio of, the Progreso was bro
ken in every direction, and the patio|covered w r ith
broken glass.
The losses sustained in this estimated
at $5,000,000 to $6,000,000.
The number of bodies recovered from? ruins in
different quarters of the feity is about 20. It is
feared that all the dead have not yet been excava
ted. The shock appears to have been equally hea
vy in the villages scattered about the valley and
in other parts of Mexico.
DEATH OF GENERAL OSOLLO*
Luis G. Osollo, one of the most conspicious mili
tary men of Mexico at the present day, died at
San LuisPotosi on the Bth of June, in jthe thirti
eth year of his age. He'had been lingering for
some time under an attack of fever, to which he
finally succumbed.
THE FORCED LOAN ON FOREIGNERS REPEATED.
The Government has issued an order to all the
Governors of departments and military chiefs, to
avoid, in the event of becoming compelled to exact
loans, the payment by foreigners of
such imposts. This order first made its appearance
by publication, in Guanajuato.
In the recent engagements of the Federal and
Government troops, the former captured $500,000
by the sacking of Guanajuato. Guadalajara had
been taken by the constitutional forces under De
gallado. TheFvornit was making fearful ravages
among the troops at Vera Cruz.
From Mexico.
The political news from Mexico, per barque
Brilliant via New Orleans, is not of much interest.
What there is of it is given as follows by the Vera
Cruz correspondent of the Picayune:
By gentlemen just down from the capital, I have
learned the particulars, which are simply that the
collecting officer of the Government compelled, at
the point of the bayonet, the collection of the forced
loan, or contribution, from an American citizen,
against the payment of which you have already
received Mr. Forsyth’s protest.
The individual was a Mr. Megill, a jeweler, a
Russian by birth, but who married a New York
lady, and ttho is himself a naturalized American
citizen.
The amount of his contribution w T as S7OO which
he refused to pay, when the collecting officer not
only took from his store by force ten times the
amount, but his passport was handed to him, with
ordors to leave the Republic (by way of Tampico)
in forty-eight hours. Mr. Forsyth demanded the
recall of this order, which the Minister of Foreign
Relations refused to accord ; whereupon Mr. For
syth at one broke off the relations of iris legation
with the Government, and he now awaits the in
structions of the Government at Washington.—
Thus stand matters now.
Mr. Megill being very wealthy, and having many
friends, did not go to Tampico, but was smuggled
in the stage for Vera Cruz, and he is now here.—
The abovedis his statement of the affair.
The British and French Ministers at Mexico ad
vised their citizens to pay the forced contribution
under protest, which it is said they arc doing—
but they are very bitter against their ministers be
cause they did not act with Mr. Forsyth.
The following, concerning the movements ofVi
daurri in the north, is from the Picayune!
A despatch from Gen. Vidaurri to the Constitu
tional Minister of Government, dated Monterey,
May 6, recording the operations of his forces, and
announcing his intentions, states that, during the
month, he would organize a section or 1,500 rifle
men and ten pieces of artillery, with which he
would join Gen. Garza, and then ‘ march for the
capital, with every certainty of getting easy posses
sion of San Louis Potosi.
Gen. Vidaurri says that his operations have not
obliged him to incur a debt abroad to the amount of
a single cent; all his resources having been raised
in the States he governs, and at the frontier cus
tom-houses.
The Crops &-e. *
The crops in'this section, with but few excep
tions, continue good* The cotton and corn, in
some localities, have the rust partially. The to
bacco and cane have never promised a larger
yield. The weather is very warm, but occasional
showers tend to cool the atmosphere and render
its heat bearable, The health of the country was
never better at this season of the year, there not
being a case of sickness within our knowledge,—
Bainbridge Argus, July 21 st.
Woman.
Affection’s tear, how bright it seem 9
in woman’s tender eye,
When trembling in the angel gleams
That to the loved one fly.
Proud man, with all his boasted sense
And reason, never knows
The feeling holy and intonse,
That in her pure heart glows.
Ten thousand things will lead him far
From those he ought to love,
But woman is a changeless star
That ever beams above.
Her fond, brave heart beats hopefully
Amid the deepest gloom,
And in it flowers of sympathy,
In fadeless beauty bloom.
Her love will stand both time and tide
And cold misfortune’s blast,
And through both poverty and pride
’Twill burn on to the last.
And in the closing scene of life,
When death’s dark curtains fall,
A sister, mother, or a wife,
Is soen, heard, last of all,
From Douglass Jerrold’s wxt and Humor.
Character. —Character’s like money; when
you’ve a great deal you may risk some; for if
you loso it, folks still believe you’ve plenty to
spare.
A Golden Rule. —Fix yourself upon the [weal
thy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through
life—never, never have a friend that’s poorer than
yourself.
Treason, —Treason is liko cMamonds; there’s
nothing to be made of it by the small trader,
The Sweetest Plum. —ln all the wedding cake
hope is the sweetest of the plums.
A Broken Character. —The character that
needs law to mend it is hardly worth the tinker
ing.
A land of plenty* —Earth is here so kind, that,
just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a
harvest.
Second MARRiAGes.—l’ve heard say wedlock’s
like wine—not to be properly f judged of till the
second glass.
Damp sheets. —To think that two or three
yards of damp flax should so knock down the maj
esty of man.
Men’s hearts —Men’s heart’s! Do what you
will, the things won’t break, I doubt if even
they’ll chip.
A Binding Promise. —He kissed her and prom
ised. such beautiful lips! Man's usual fate—he
was lost upon the coral reef.
Wesleyan Female College.
The Following are the names of the Graduates
of the Wesleyan Female College, at the Commence
ment, last week, with the subjects of their essays
respectively:—
Miss Alice R. Culler, Perry, Ga.
Salutatory.
Miss Susan A. E= Morel, Savannah, Ga,
The Home of Childhood.
Miss Laura E. Butts. Macon, Ga.
There is no Goal to Science.
Miss Sarah J. Whitby, Cusseta Ga.
‘’Rem facias, rem si possis recte;
si non quocunque moilo rem.”
Miss M. R. Ralston, Savannah, Ga.
The Nineteenth Century.
Miss Laura C. Tucker, Midway, Ga.
Order necessery to improvement.
Miss Julia C. Rodgers, Macon, Ga.
Daylight succeeds darkness.
Miss Sarah A. Phillips, Mansfield, La.
Tears.
Miss Marth Hightower, Upson county.
The Insect World.
Miss Mary G. Virgin* Vineville, Ga.
“What shadow-s we are—
What shadows we pursue.”
Miss Mary E. Rosctter, Hamilton co., Fla.
Our life.
Miss Delia Jewett, Macon, Ga.
Never satisfied.
Mist Sarah J. Ously, Vineville, Ga.
Woman's Mission and her position in
America.
Miss Emma Clark, Macon, Ga.
The fashion doth wear out more apparel than
the man.
Miss Ann S. Bowman, Vineville, Ga.
Fillial Obedience not the character of the
age.
Miss Elvira Flewellen, Columbus, Ga.
“PeaceJiath her victories no less [renowned
than war.”
Miss Davia Hardeman, Vineville, Ga.
“And Terrah died in Haran.”
Miss Mary E. Bass, Macon, Ga*
The progress of Christianity, Science and
Freedom.
Miss Elizabeth H. Scott, Hancock, co., Ga.
“The dryihg up of a single tear,
Hath more fame than shedirig seas
ofgore.”
Miss Cordelia Dessau, Macon, Ga.
The Human Face.
Mis Mary E. Fogle, Columbus, Ga.
Mecca.
Miss Antoni Pettus, Monticella, Fla.
The music of nature.
MisDellie B. Carver, Oglethorpe, Ga.
The Times.
Miss Marion Preston Rose, Macon, Ga.
Valedictory to Audience, Trustees and Pu
pils.
Miss Mary Houston. Grantville, Ga.
Valedictory to Faculty, President and Class.
Citizen.
Important Decision.
On yesterday morning, Judge Lumpkin deliver
ed an opinion involving an emancipation clause in
a w jii—jo a case of this kind : A. the testator, had
made a will in which he bequeathed certain ne
groes for life to B. After the death of B. the ne
groes were to be free and carried to a free State or
to Liberia. The Court decided that this clause in
the will was void under our emancipation acts—
that the negroes were free eo instanli the termina
tion of the life estate in Georgia, and, as a
matter of course, contrary to the spirit and policy
of our laws in relation to emancipating slaves.—
The learned Judge took occasion, in delivering the
opinion of the Court, to say his views had under
gone a change in regard to the scheme of African
Colonization —that he had been a warm advocate
of the purposes of that Society—he had written
and spoken in favor of it—had given money to it
in times past; but he was now satisfied he had
erred, and convinced that the negroes were better
oft'here —that emigration and freedom were inju
rious rather than beneficial to them, and that the
Colonization scheme itself was not only a failure,
but a swindle. Right, Judge; and this is one of
the decisions which the people ot Georgia will not
overrule. —Macon Telegraph.
Oconee Bridge. —The Inferior Court ot this
county have aocepted a bid from a responsible un
dertaker, for the construction of a bridge over the
Oconee, opposite this city, for $11,780. The
bridge will be near 500 feet long, is to be covered
in, to have brick piers, and be completed at a?)
early day. —Mitledgecille Recorder .
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