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We are vwpirted U cull ■ mmHutg of the peniq*
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court ground*, at of their respective
court* io November, of at any other time before the
meeting of Superior Court that a majority of tho
member* o? iK> party may think hioro proper, if
tfcurt day ahould not be compatible. ,
POST OFFICE AT THOKASVILLK.
We tile requested by Col. Seward, (to remove
any misapprehension in regard to the change of Post
- Master,) to *ay that no .complaint or charge wa*
made against Mr. Anderson. Understanding that
Mr. A. wa* willing to rellnquiah the office, and act
ing Under tbi* impression, the appointment of Mr.
Chaatain wa* recommended. That it I* due to Mr.
Aodereon to atate that the ehange in the office wa*
amt regarded fs a removal, but designed to fill the
•floe which it wa* believed be did not with to hold.
roisl
The citicen* of Thomaaville were aronaed from
their slumbers about oue o’clock on Monday morn
ing, by the ringing of btdlaand the cry of fire. Jt
waa found that a small dwelling house opposite the
•onft-houw, occupied by Mrs. Lewis, was ou fire.
The alarm wa* given too late to save tbe house,
which was burnt to the ground. Tbo furniture,
we understand, was all saved. The loss was not
great, yet to a luue woman, of Uttle means, it may
he considered serious, and calls for the sympathy of
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LEGAL FOBMB.
WaJbave been favored with the above work, the
ecffif ilation of Kiciiabd K. Hiker, Albany. This
IfWßook intended for common nse, and contain*
over four hundred form* and precedents for the use
jf sttornics, magistrates, judges, justices, ordinaries,
elerks, sheriffs, and every other official within the
State, as well a* executors, administrators, guardi
an*, 4e., As.*., .4c. To these It is indispensible; but
tt* erivate citizen may also gain much Information
front it. by learning the correct form of the various
legal instruments in common nse. For sale, whole
sale or retail, by Cooper 4 Cos., Savannah, J. M.
Boardraan, Macon, or J. E. Welch, Albany.
THE SCIENTIFIC AHEBICAN.
We call the attention of our render* to the pros
pectus of the Scientific American, which will be
found in Us proper place. This is one of tho beat
conducted papers in the United States within its
sphere, being devoted exclusively to scientific sub
jects, tbo fine and useful arts, new laveutluns and
matters of general utility.
TBE PULASKI TIKES.
We bavo received the first number of anew
weekly, published- at Ilawkinsville, Pulaski county,
by Horne 4 Scarborough. Tbe editors say they
*’ will preserve the strictest neutrality, aud permit
<■ nothing of a political or partisan character to appear
in tbeir columns.” The paper Is very well printed,
and the selections nppear clever. Two dollars per
annum, in advance
MOTHS!N MEDICAL AMD SOBOIOAL JOUBNAL.
We acknowledge the receipt of the September
number of the above work from the publisher*. It
is edited by Henry F. Campbell, M. D. and Robert
Campbell, M. D., and published in Augusta, at $3
per annum. No doubt a useful publication to the
profession.
THE SAVANNAH JOUBNAL OF SCIENCE.
We also find tbe above monthly for September on
oar'table. J. 8. Sullivan, M. B. and Jurinh Harris,
M. D,, editors, and R. D. Arnold, M. D., associate
editor’ Like tbe foregoing, it contains a variety of
articles, interesting, no doubt, to tbo medical man,
which we have no time to read, and would not un
derstand probably if we did.’ Published in Savan
nah. monthly, nt $3 per annum.
: HEALTH OF SAVANNAH
We do not publish the article now going the
rounds of the newspaper* relating to the health of
Savannah, because we anticipated it ou the 25th
•It. by saying, on that day—“ Savannah appears to
be quite healthy. We trust it may, continue so.—
During the week ending on the 18th, there was not
p single death by fever of any kind.”
A OB AND DISPLAY.
Perhaps one of the grandest displays of modern
times took place simultaneously in the northern
cities and towns on the first iustant. It uas the
grand celebration on the occasion of throwing open
the oceanic telegraph to publio use. It was ar
ranged that ail the large towns and cities should cel
ebrate this great event on the same day. Os course
New York, as the largest city and most deeply inter
ested, made the greatest show. The papers call thei r
fine doings the *• Cable Carnival-” A large number
of persons vtAre present, many from abroad. A
grand dinner and public speaking graced the day,
and a torchlight procession at night formed a portion
of the public demonstration.
There has been and still is great rejoicing over the
Mean cable, and .Certainly it must be admitted to be
a groat achieviuriat of science. What advantage it is
going to be to the trade and commerce of the coun
try remains yet to be aeon. Large benefits are an
ticipated, but whether they will be realized, or carry
with them as many drawbacks, time must determine.
MISSION TO PARAGUAY.
Brasil, which nation occupies both side* of the
Amazon river, and can, if it chooses, prevent all ar
eas* to the of the interior occupying the
great Valley of the Amazon, has at lad consented to
a free navigation of that river aud <>peu access to
the territory of P*rguay. The government of the
Uuited States is about sending a minister to the lat
ter nation, Irntho person of John B. Bowlin, of Mis-
souri, late minister to Bogota : and in order to make
Ms entree sufficiently imposing, proposes to send
about a dozen steamers with him as an escort. Uu
4or date of Washington, Sept 6, it is stated, “the
Navy Department to-day entered into arrangements
•bartering four steamers of tho New York Crom
well (Collins t) line, for the Paraguay expedition.”
Other steamers will be picked up elsewhere. The
valley of the Amazon is larger than that of the Miss
issippi, equally salubrious and fruitful, and is deatin
at some foture day to contain a population as large
and dense a* that of China. The trade of the river
will be immense, aud cannot now be even calcula
ted* At present the greater portion of the country
is Si dense wilderness, In a state of nature, occupied
by the cougar, monkey, anaconda and parrot* We
believe there arc no aborigines on the territory, otb
*r than those that are civilized and profess the Catfa-
MOBS OCEAN TKLEGBAFHS.
A prospectus has been issued in -England for lay
ing lines of Telegraph to China aud Australis.
t NEW MgP OF GEORGIA
\V<j find tin- following notice Inst number oi
‘the f 'tiforal Union. From the personal knowledge
we have m Mr- Ireut, we have no besltation in
adding our hugiblo testimony to that of the editor of
the above paper, that lie i* in every waycompoient
and qualified to execute tho work in a most excel
lent manner, worthy of the Stata.npd of the patron
age of hegeiiui'iiH. We have no doubt of the abil
ity and efficiency of Mr. Butts; aud shall look for
ward to the publication of bis Map with much in
terest. JHiUb,
“iftieft* id one desideratum of which all map* of;
Georgia heretofore published have been deficient,
which wo should much like to see attached to this
map, If not too late In the suggestion. We allude to
the strip of territory (it can hardly bo denominated
more than a strip) belonging to Florida bordering
on the Southern section of the State, comprising
the counties of Gadsden, Franklin, Wukulla, Leou,
Jefferson, Madiion, Hamilton, Nassau, Columbia
and Duval. Tld* would comprise every county in
our neighboring State down to tbe thirtieth degreo
of latitude and all the Gulf counties Id Florida be
low Georgia, would make the map but little larger,
aud add greatly to Its value. We hope Mr. Butts
will annex these counties yet, if possibly in his pow
er so to do. I *’ ‘ 1 “ ‘ “ “
Nsw Map of Georgia.
This great desideratum is about to be supplied to
the citizen* ,of Georgia, by tho pnergy aod industry
of our former fellow townsman and late worthy aud
efficient Surveyor General, now of Macon, Georgia,
James It. Butts, Esq. Tbe well kuown capacity of
Mr. Butts, for this service, induces us to believe
that tho work will bo efficiently done, and that we
shall have a reliable aud complete Map of our State.
Since tbe formation of the last fifteen or twenty of
our new counties, it has been difficult for Executors
and Administrator* to determine the locality of
lands of deceased persons, in order to conform to
tbo law, but this difficulty is now obviated.
This Map will contain the new counties, with
their boundaries accurately defineij, the names of
the county sites, tho changes made in county lines
by the last Legislature, the names of PosrOffices,
Torrence and Hunter's Survey* of the Okefenokce
Swamp, the lines of perfected and projected Rail
roads, and a complete check map of all the 4!H) acre
lot*, comprising tho counties of originally Appling
and Irwin, in the lower, and Rabun in the northern
portion of the State. This last feature in tho map
is particularly desirable, ns it will show the numbers
of lands, through which the Railroads in the South-
Eastern portion of the State will pass. We wish
Mr. Butts a success in this enterprise, commensu
rate with its Importance. We learn that Mr. Butts
will have this map ready for delivery by the meet
ing of the Legislature in November next.
THE CAPTURED SLAVEB.
A slaver with about three hundred Africans on
board lias recently been captured by a U. 8. vessel
of war and sent into Charleston. By the laws of
the country it is jpftdc the duty of the President to
■ eturn them to tbeir native hind, and it is snid the
Niagara has been ordered to the‘African coast for
that purpose, under the command of Captain Chaun
oey. It is amusing to see what a strong sympathy is
felt for these distressed Africans. One planter in
South Carolina proposes to take fifty of them off the
bunds of the government, and teach them? bow to
work and the,mysteries of the Christian religion too,
free of cost, and Bays hi* good neighbors will take
the balance. Tbe Colonization Society proposes for
tho batch, and will take care of the whole of them
for one year after being lauded at Siberia, ami make
them work like the d—l, for the small sum of fifty
thousand dollars, or aboutone hundred and sixty
seven dollars apiece. Various other propositions,
equally advantageous to.the proposer, have been
urged. There seems to be a general sympathy felt
to learn these sable gentlemen and Indies how to
work, and no doubt, if government was not blind to
their interests, or if law did not interpose, they
would be learnt very thoroughly before they got
back to Africa. It is said that even these benighted)
tons and daughters of Africa had heard of this good
ly land, to remain here, and it is to be
regretted that there is auy law extant to prevent it.
Mr. C. A. L, Lamar, of Savannah, we see, also
makes a proposition. He is rather more liberal
than the others, and offers to take nil the negroes and
give fifty thousand dollnrs for the privilege. He
will guarantee to teach them “ Industrial pursuits”
without any charge, and keep them for a term of
years. B
We understand it is the President’s clear convic
tion of the law that it is his duty to send the AfrT
caik back to their own country. At all events, he
cannot sell them, nor hire them, nor give thorn away,
and they cannot be turned loose. Free negroes are
tocr numerous already, ami three hundred raw bar
barians, fresh from Africa, added to the stock, would
be rather strong for the runkest Abolitionist.
THE PRINTING PRESS.
The London Herald, in an article on tho
Telegraph, pronounces it •* the second greatesPfeat
in the history of mechanical progress connected with’
the furtherance of civilization. The first place it
gives’ to the invention of printing, and sympathising
as much as possible with the tendency of every gen
eration to exaggerate the events of its own time, it
yet seems difficult to deny the superior claim of the
printing press.”
These arc the sentiments of the London fteirahl,
and no doubt of the Savannah Republican, from
which paper we extract the foregoing paragraph.—
And yet there arc hundreds who have crept into tjie
profession, and managed to get possession of a press
and call themselves ed'tor, why deem it a capita)
joke to ernck their stale witiciams upon their pover
ty, how lightly their labor* are regarded aud how
poorly paid, nud deem it one of the smartest things
in the world when they proclaim that they are being
generally cheated and swindled. Wo do think, with
a large amount of good and commendable sense in
the profession, there is more folly, in this particular
amongst them than can be found ft a like number
of men any where else. The consequence of which
is, that there is a portion of newspaper readers who
novdr think of paying for their paper until they have
two dollars so couvcuieut that they do not know what
else to do with it, aud others who actually feel in
dignant when the publisher of a paper asks them
for money. They can stand a dun from a merchaut
or blacksmith, but what right has the printer to ask
for his money 1 We wish it to be distinctly under
stood that wo do not belong to that class yf pub
fishery. Wheu our money comes due we shall not
hesitate to ask for it, and shall expect to receive it
too. ‘ *-'*"*” ■ ■” “,
GIRLS, DO jot HEAR THAT.
We wonder what these saucy preachers will bo
meddling with next! They have now got to the la
dies hoops, but we doubt whether they will be satis-
Bed to remain there. The following paragraph is
taken from the Dayton (Ohio) Religious Telescope
It has been said some time siuce, that “ the world is
governed too much.” It is very clear that some
people, “ dressed in a little brief authority,” desire
to govern more than there is any necessity for, but
whether the Ohio ladies will tolerate such imperti
nence, remains to be seen. Wo think the “ black
coats” will have to baek out.
Since wearing of hoops by females has become so
prevalent, but is believed ty be inconsistent with a
truly Christian character, and indeed, by some, even
considered indecent, and to have originated with
those of a suspicious character, a majority of the
members of the last quarterly conference, of Bumly
station, Miami annual conference, have adopted ’the
following resolution, and the, humbly-ask their dear
sister#, and ladies generally, to give this matter* se
rious consideration:
“ Resolved, That we, as# quarterly conference,
disapprove ot the w earing of hoop* by the members
of our CliurcM’ j, Ti. CiiiAt utu,, St-c'y.”
CLEANMjrG COTTON SEED.
An intelligent corfiMqiondcßt, (ss\ * the Washing?
ton Union,iresiding at Antwerp, writes under date
of May tilth, Writ;, that a machine for idealising cot
ton seed has lately in-on invented, and is now hi
operation in that city. From two to three tons of
seed can he cleansed per day hy a machine of four
horso power, with the assiktancc of three persons. ;
Tho cotton surrounding the seed is token clean off',;
ami can he sold to carpet manufacturers and paper
makers at from thirty tofifty francs the one hundred
kilogrammes. After tbe oil hi pressed out, the j
cakes remaining can be sold tor the same price as
other cake* of oleaginous seeds. The cost of the
machinery is said not to be expensive. This is an
important invention, ami premises to boos incalcu
lable advantage to cotton growers.
We respectfully beg leave to doubt It. And we
further doubt whether cotton seed esn be used more
profitably to tbe plAnter in any way than on his own
plantation. It makes an excellent manure for com
or cotton, and yields,more applied in that way than
in any other in which it can be used. At least so
good planters tell us.
- SENATOH SUMNER.,_
jt take* a down-caster to spin out other things
besides cotton and wool to good advantage. Just
observe what a fine thing they have made of tho
Kansas question, and.not half done with it yet. It
is true that some of the Southern as well as North
ern Know Nothings helped them out in Congress in
this particular, and are still helping them, there
and elsewhere. But that only shows how well they
know how to manage matters. Senator Sumner
has been a godsend to them, and served them im
mensely. Any where else, the people themselves
would have voted Sumner and his battered pato a
bore long, ago, but in Yankeodnni the thrice told
tale is still fresh, and presented from time to time
in a variety of now phases, and devoured by tho
multitude with as much gusto as when fresh from
the halls of Congress. It will be recollected that
Sumner was kept closed tip for the first six months
of the “ terribly tragic event.” Nobody could see
him but his keepers and managers, and the bulletin?
of his health were issued from day to day as from
the sick chamber of some decrepid old monarch.—
Ho is now traveling in Europe, well enough to
sustain a sea voyage, well enough to nimble over
hard roads in breakneck “ diligences,” well enough
to feast daily upon tho fat things of “ mine host,”
and put a bottle or two of Johannisburg under his
waistcoat as often, but entirely too unwell to attend
to his duties in the .Senate chamber. The last bul
letin from this unfortunate gentleman, who we
think ought now to assume the cognomen of “Tho
Great Whipped,” reads as follows:
Mr. Bl’MNElt.—A Paris correspondent of the
Tribuue w rites that Mr. Sumner is still suffering
greatly from the first application of tho burning
m'oxn to his neck, but that a second application will
soon ho made, lie is laboring also under severe
neuralgic pains in the chest, and is in a deplorable
condition, but hopes of final relief and recovery are
cutertoined.
BltjT AND INCENDIARISM.
There w as a destructive riot at Staten Island, near
New York, on the night of the Ist inst. caused by
tho insurrection of the population of the island in
‘opposition to the Quarantine Buildings erected on
tho Island a few years ago. It may be proper to
remark that the citizens were much .opposed to
having the buildings erected there a! the commence
ment, but as thcro appeared to be no other suitable
plan near the city, Government persevered. Re-
cently tlicUhip Philadelphia arrived there, w-ith a
large number of yellow fever cases on hoard, and
the disease was communicated to several of the citi
zens on shore. This exasperated the citizens anew,
and wrought their leeliugs up to desperation. They
held n public meeting, and passed the following re
solutions, to w it:
Renolvc/1, That the whole quarantine establish
ment, located as it is in the midst of a dense popula
tion, has become a pest and a nuisance of the most
odious character, bringing death and desolation to
the very doors of the people of the towns of Casle
ton and Southfield. v , . ,
Revolved, That it is a nuisance too intolerable to
be borne by the citizens of these towns any longer.
Revolved, That this Board recommend tbe citi
zens of this county to protect themselves by abating
this abominable nuisance without delay-.
These resolutions w ere followed hy the action of
the people on the night above stated. We extract
tiie details from the Journal of Commerce of the
3d inst.
The facts, as nearly as wc can learn them,
are ns follows: Several hundred men, of
whom many w-ere recognized ns residents at
Castleton, and others from Now Brighton,
commenced nn assault upon the western wall
of the Quarantine grounds, about half past
nine, I’. M„ on Thursday. They had mi’
doubtedly selected that evening for their ne
farious business, on account of tho simulta
neous occurrence of the great telegraph ju
bilee in New York, which, it was probably
supposed, w-ould attract many of the officers
and subordinates of the Quarantine estab-
lisbinent, and thus leave the buildings com
pletely unprotected. Besides, the police
would bo at that time engaged in the city,
aud a posse could not be very promptly dis
patched to the sceno of riot.
Dr. Bissel, the Hospital physician, hearing
tho noise and suspecting what it was about,
went down to the spot where the rioters wore
breaking through, and tried to persuade them
to desist. Tho Doctor had a gun, but did
not use it. He was set upon by the ruffians,
knocked down, and his gun taken away from
him. The Doctor proceeded to the residence
of Dr. Thompson, Health officer, and told
him what was going on. Dr. T. immediately
gave thp alarm to the stevedores, living with-
in the Quarantine enclosure, who armed
themselves, but made no attempt to drive
back the advancing rioters—the latter out
numbering them about a dozen to one. In
in the mean time, some persons set fire to tho,
Smallpox Hospital, in which there were no
patients, they having been removed to a
neighboring shanty, while the Hospital was
undergoing cleaning and repairs. The fire
was kindled by means of a straw bod thrust
under tho piazza, and the building, a wooden
one, (two stories high,) was soon burned to
Ibc ground. When the fire broke out, an
alarm was raised, and ono or tnore engines
came into tho°grounds fron the village. They
were of no service, however, in putting out
the fire, as the mob cut the hose.
Eight shanties, twenty by ono hundred
feet iu size, 1 wore next fired, aud were soon
reduced to ashes. In some of these were
patients sick with the yellow fever, small
pox, and other diseases. Mo3t of them were
removed by the rioters to tho Lower Hospital,
but some, who were very sick, were left on
the ground, whero they remained all night
and suffered injuries this inhuman ex
posure which may prove fatal. Among the
victims of thia atrocity was one woman, sick
with the yellow fever, who lay all night on
the grass covered only by a piece of cavaSs.
Tho coal liouso was uext pitched.upon by
th incendiaries aud burned, with six hun
dred tons of coal.
The baggage house and engino house—
in the latter of which there were two hundred
and fifty feet of hose and other things—were!
destroyed. , |
| While this wide spreaij con'b g a if> n wax
, raging, Biioflmr party otyiiccuJiarios went to
Dr. Thompson’* housed and fired it; That
building was also laid in ruins. Mrs. Thomp
son was sick at thd time,.nnd had to be
j carried out on a chair. She was removed, fit
! great peril, to Mrs. Fountain’s houso. The
■ Dr. made an attempt to save his library, but
j succeeded in rescuing only a few books.—
The Dr.’s property was insured for six thou-
I sand dollars. -
Dr. Walker, Deputy Health Officer, and
Dr. Walsen, Hospital Physician, and the
stevedores, exerted themselves nobly to put
out the fires, but with no avail; the rioters
bad everything their own way.
Besides tho shanties, great piles of coal,
containing from twenty-five to fifty tons each,
which stood in tho vicinity of the buildings,
wore consumed.
The mob then proceeded to the “ St.
Nicholas,” a large building not occupied by
S’ afiehte, which” was fired and soon burned
own. The barn, dead houso, carriage
house, and out buildings were also destroy
ed. The barn was full of bay, and there
was one wagon in it, which was consumed. —
The rioters ushered tho dead cart iuto the
flames and burned that also.
The rioters made no disguise of their
demoniacal intentions. They took straw
beds and set them on fire, carried the burning
masses to the buildrhg, and placed them un
der the piazzas, where they soon accomplish
ed tho work of destruction.
Sergeant Todd, of the Harbor Police, was
present at the riot, with a {few of his men,
but could, do nothing against the overwhelm
ing odds. He sent coxswain O’Brien with
five men to the city, in one of the police
boats, to get aid.
The boat on its passage was nearly upset
by an enormous stuigeon, weighing about
ono hundred pounds which leaped into the
little craft, considerably injuring one of the
party. The intruder was captured and kill
ed. Mr O’Brien arrived in the city at a late
hour, and called upon the General Superin
tendent, too late at that hour to do any good’
by despatching aid to the scene of riot.
The only hospital on the ground is the
largo old stone building.
During the melee one man named Hege
man, a stevedore, was shot in the back; and
a man belonging in Castlcton was wounded
in the head anu groin.
There are eighty-one patients in the hos
pital.
Several detectives was dispatched to Sta
ten Island fVfrnvthe city yesterday, and it is
said that certain well known parties will be
arrested as soon as criminating evidence can
be procured.
Correspondence of tlie Wire-Grass Reporter.
Dry Lark, Thomas Cos., Sept. 13, 1858.
Messrs. Editors:—Wending my way through
our beautiful forest of wire-gras* and pine one de
lightful evening in the present month, I suddenly
brought n,y black “ charger” to a halt upon the ele
vated and picturesquely beautiful bluffs of the “ Dry
Lake.” So charming and full of admiration is this
romantic spot, that I cannot refrain from laying be
fore your numerous readers, in my feeble inauuer of
expression, a description of it.
The “ Lake” itself is a most beautiful sheet, wa
tering au area of land of about sixty or eighty acres.
It is formed by an arm of the “ Piscoia Creek.” The
bottom of this immense basin is covered with pearly
white saud, which is protected from tho burning
rays of old “ Sol” by the intermediate space of some
thirty-five or forty feet of water; however, this
body of water has been kuowu to be entirely absorb
ed, and the bosom of the Lake exposed. From
thence’lf derives the name “Dry Lake.” I have been
informed by some of the old farmers of tbiscouuty,
that it has been dry thrice in the past thirty years.
What is most striking and remarkable is tho man
uer in which the water disappears. At the South
west extremity of the Lake is a large translucent
rock, of a flinty consistency, through which may be
seen a hole or eunduit for the water to recede, and
as it recedes through this subterraneous passuge it
makes a noise
“ Like the hollow roar
Os tides receding from the insulted shore.”
Truly, indeed, this is u freak of nature, and fills
the mind of the spectator with admiration and awe.
The arrow heads found so numerous upou tho banks
and about the newly cultivated fields of this section
is supposed, by some, to be portinus of this rjjfrk, and
were used by the aborigines as weapons of warfare.
In this expanse of water there lives numerous
species of tho finny tribe, such as Pike, Jack, Trout,
and various others. It affords an excellent place of
pleasure for those that love tho sports of angling.—
I have seen many flue fish taken from its waters
with a hook and line; hut when the water recedes
through the conduit as I have before mentioned,
and leaves the bosom of the Lake exposed, you can
take the fish away by cart loads. Some thirty years
ago, when the Lake was dry, a trout was fouud
therein weighing I!>4 lbs., that is truly a trout—
“ what is a trout.” -*.
Upon this body of water glides a light conoe built
and placed there for tile accommodation of the pub
lic by our worthy and enterprising citizen, Mr. Hen
ry Allen, who, by the way, is also proprietor of the
Lake.
How perfectly delectable -Hr” it to glide o’er the
placid waters in this light canoe and feel your brow
fanned by the invigorating zephyrs that ruffles this
quiet Lake ; reully it drives away the monotony of
this “ wire-grass life” and revives one with renewed
spirits. I fain would repeat the words of “ Scot”—
Sweet are the paths, O ! passing sweet.
By Pjscola’s fair stream that nin,
5 O’er airy steep, through copsewood deep.
Impervious to the’ sun.”
At one time our boat glides through the deep, at an
other time we are near the steep bluff, where the
sombre shade of the majestic oak casts its shadow
from its high place above over the quiet waters be-,
low. Tho wind is high, which causes the long
grey streamers of pendant mos 9to oscillate. It ut
ters a wild and melancholy music.
As you advance to the extreme. Southern end of
the Lake tho bluffs ascend very abruptly, almost
perpendicularly, measuring from eighty to one hun
dred feet from the brow of the hill to the waters
below. The growths are wire-grass, oak and pine.
From this elevation the eye wanders delighted, over
long vistas of spreading oak and stately pine;'. The
air is filled with mnsie/rom the throats of the wood
land songsters—the hark of the sqnirrel, the cooing
of mated doves, the “ rat-ta-ta” of the woodpecker
sire all ringing together. To the left of this promi
nence is a dense woods of oak, dogwood, cherry and
maple. This is a great place of resort for the hun
ters, but at this time, since the prevailing rumor of
the death of, the deer, the hunters have been hiber
nating, and I have no doubt that when the sable
mantle is drawn over this portion of God’s dominion,
this dark place resounds with the “ coo-whos-ah”
of the white owl, and the bark of the raccoon. But my
paper admonishes me to a close. In my next I wiH
have occasion to allude to the “ Dry Lake Village”
and ber future promising prospects. XY.Z. ,
EJT Banks, the Black Republican Governor of
Massachusetts, lias been renominated to that office. I
THE ELECTION OF JUDOE AND SOLICITOR
In the absence of Judge, Lovb ids associate does
I not hesitate to award bis approbation to the sen
timents expressed in the subjoined communication.
The offices of Judge and Solicitor General should
not be made a strictly party question. The iucum- ]
bents ooeupy higher ground. They should not be
mingled in party strife. After their election they
are to hold the scales of Justice for all with.an even
hand, and are to know nobody as their political or
personal friends or enemies. Before the election no
body should* know them in these characters. They
should bo elected lor their worth, theic merits, their
capacity and integrity to discharge faithfully the du
ties of the offices with which they are entrusted.—
We should like to see this rule observed strictly
throughout the State, so far ns the offices of Judge
and Solicitor are connected with it. Such an ob
servance Would tend largely to the election of first
rate men to these offices, and give them an indepen
dence of feeling which they can hardly possess when
they know they are dependent upon a party vote.
Messrs. Editors In your paper of the Ist
inst. I notice a communication over the signature
of “ Telfair,” which correspondent seeks to make a
political matter of the clectiou for Solicitor General
of the Southern Circuit, and calls upon the Demo
cratic party to rally, in order that Mr. McLendon,
one of the aspirants for the office, may be defeated.
Following that communication is a card, signed by
Arthur P. Wright, Esq., 4‘Cbairmau of the Com
mittee of friends,” stating that Mr. Lowry, who
was a candidate (or tho same office, “ withdraws for
the purpose of harmonizing the Democratic party,
and declines in favor of Charles J. Harris, Esq.”—
Up to that time, I had no idea of its being made a
political contest; and I am extremely sorry to know
that that is the intention of my party. When the elec
tion of Judges and Solicitors General was given to
the people, it Vas for the purpose of electing the
best men, aud not to be made a political matter of.
I have do doubt but what Mr. Harris would fill the
office as well as Mr. McLendon; in fact, I might
say that I know it, from the fact of bis being re
commended by the chairman of the committee ap
pointed in your town ; but that is not my object. It
is simply to quiet this bitter party feeling iu the
election of Judges and Solicitors. I do sincerely
think that every voter in our Circuit w ill look at it
calmly aud deliberately and then make up their
minds. J. B. M.
Mill Town, Sept. 6, 1858.
Written for the Wire-Grass Reporter.
Messrs. Editors :—A card to tbe public ap
peared some time since in the columns of your pa
per announcing the fact that Mr. Lowry, of Pulaski
county, one of the candidates for Solicitor General
of the Southern Circuit, had declined in favor or my
self. This card has created a considerable stir among
tu>o or three persons, friends ot Mr. Sheftall.
To put an end to any cause of complaint and to
place myself right before the Democratic party of
t’ne district, I will agree with him that we shall
submit our nnqics to the action of a Democratic
-convention, to be called at any time dr place he may
select, his answer to be giveu me within ten days
from this date.
I make tbiß proposal for the purpose of harmony,
and hope that lie will accept of it. _.
Charles j\ Harris.
September 13,1858. O
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Messrs. Editors: —After the above communi
cation was handed in*for publication Mr. Harris au
thorized mo to iqjll, read and reply to it, which I
have done.
I do not know the extent of the “ stir ” Mr. Har
ris refers to, but can only say, my friends are not
satisfied with the arrangement which Messrs. Harris
and Lowry entered into, inasmuch as they consider
ed that I had claims on the people, which claims
were not represented in that investigation, and
w hich they w ill not be reconciled t 0...
I was solicited to be a candidate for re-election by
friends, who I know to be Americans and Demo
crats and 1 am not at liberty to consent to any ar
rangement unless they were consulted. I do not*
know that it is necessary lor a gentleman to be an
American or a Democrat to qualify him for the of
fice of Solicitor-General. The administration of the
Penal Law sos Georgia is not dependant upou one's
political complexion. My position upon all politi
cal issues as a Democrat is too well known to need
comment. From my principles as a Democrat, on
political issues, 1 have never dcpaited. I am op
posed to forcing political issues iuto the election for
the office I am now u candidate for.
I have Served for the last three years, nearly, and
the people know whether I have discharged my du
ties properly. If they are dissatisfied with me as an
officer aud know of any of the gentlemen who w ill
perform the duties of the office better than I, it is
their right and their duty to select the one best qual
ified. I deem it proper to say iu conclusion, it
would be violating a position I have taken, to go ii.-
to a convention, but prefer that the people be the
judges of this matter.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
K? T. Sheftall.
September 13, 1858.
Written for the Wire-Grass Reporter.
H.miira, Ga., Sept. 9, 1&58.
Messrs. Editors-:—Havine seen a short edito
rial iu tho “Southern Georgia Watchman,” of the
24th ult., headed “ The Nashville Railroad Meeting,”
in which he refers to a correspondent who says that
“there were not over fifty men all told,. including
not over ten stockholders present,” &e. I wish
through your valuable journal to be beard. I have
waited this long to see the above communication,
and should even now not notice it, but the “ Savan
nah Republican” is blowing it to the breeze. Now,
sirs, I pronounce the statement of the Watchmau'a
correspondent false, as I know from actual count
ing there were over twice that number in tbe -Court
House at one time ; and a more respectable body of
men for intelligence and honesty of purpose cannot
be found in Southern Georgia,--a body of men alto
gether united and determined to contend for their
just rights—who intend to resist any encroachment
on their rights from any quarter whatever. I pre
sume the “ Watchman’s” correspondent is ignorant
of the fact that a portion of the men who compo
sed that meeting were men which, in 183 C, helped
to drive the bays and swamps through this country
for hostile Italians, and that a portion of the same
spirit is yet to be found in them.
A considerable portion of them were pioneers in
settling this country, and they know they have
claims on the- Georgia Legislature's beneficence
which are superior to the claims of the people of
our sister State of Florida. j
Sirs, you may-not be surprised in these days of
new lights and spiritualism, if someone may call
question tho propriety of those who were the first
to present their grievances to the British throne,
(which was the first stepping stone to our natural
independence,) because ui the smallness of their
numbers.
The people of Berrien county have been taxed In
common with ail Georgians to build a road through
Northern Georgia, and noW that their Northern
brethren have come forward in a spirit of liberality
to aid them , It is to be turned to the advantage of
others. The people of Berrien and upper Lowndes
are determined to present their grievances to the
proper tribunal—the people of Georgia, who are
untrameled by prejudicial interests. *
Respectfully-yours, Ra.vdal I'olsom. I
SENSIBLE AND TRUE.
G. P. James, the English novelist, who was for ,
I long time a resident of Virginia, iu a description r
country and plantation life in that
published, gives the following pretty of
| negro life in the Southern States as contrasted with
| the poverty of the poor at the North : •
Tiro negro hfo in Virginia differs very lit.
tie, 1 believe, from the negro life all tj, oll „|’
the South. In return for food, e lothj ° r ’
house room, medical attendance, and support
in old age, about one-third of the labor
which is required of the white man in most
countries is demanded of the black'. He per
forms it badly, and would not perform it J
all if he were not compelled. The rest of
his time is spent iu singing, dancing, laughi,,.,
chattering, and bringing up pigs and chickens’
That negroes are the worst servants in the
world, every man, I believe, but a thorough
bred Southern man, will admit; but the
Southerner has been reared amongst them
from his childhood, and in generaTTms a tenF
demess and affection for them of which
Northern men can have no conception
Great care is taken by the law to guard them
against oppression and wrong, and after six
years’ residence in tho State, Lean safely
say, I never saw more than one Instance of.
cruelty toward a negro, and that was perpe
trated by a foreigner.
That there may still be evils in the system
which might bo removed by law, and that
there may bo individual instances of oppress
ion, and even bad treatment, I do not deny,
but those instances are not so frequent as’
those of cruelty to a wife or child in Northern
lands, as displayed every day by the news
papers ; and in point of general happiness it
would not be amiss to alter an old adage and
say ; “As merry as a negro slave." ” 5
I must not pursue this branch of the sub
ject farther,* for I can pretend to no great
love for Dr. Livingstone's friends, the Maka
lolos. There are, beyond all doubt, some ve
ry excellent people among them; but, as a )
race, the more I see of them the less do L
think them capable of civilization, or oveu
fitted to take care of themselves.
Tho*. H. H. Cobb, E*q., and the State Soad.
An erroneous impression has gone abroad
in regard to Mr. Cobb’s plan for establishing
a system of Free Schools in the State.—
Somo of our cotemporaries represent him as
favoring a sale of the road for the purpose of
money for this object. He dis
tinctly states in his speeches that he neither
advocates nor opposes a sale; for the reasou,
that if he should take either ground, the
questiou would be made a political one* an]
ho desires to avoid this. His plan is to cre
ate a permanent educational fund from the
State road, if it is sold, two millions of dollars
to be thus invested ; if it is ndt sold, the in
terest of 82,000,000, annually to be nppro- ,
piia oil to this object. The public debt ,of
Georgia is about 82,000,000; tho State road
is worth say 85,000,000. The debt of tho
State could be liquidated and $3,000,000
still left. Mr. C. asks that two thirds of the
amount bo appropriated to the education of
the children of Georgia. A million will still
be left to the State.
Mr. Cobb has fears, (and they aro not
groundles,) that if something of this sort is
not done sdon, this whole amount will-be
frittcreu away in appropriations to different
private enterprises, and after it is all gone,
tho people .will not be able to see what good
it has accomplished. But if it is appropriated
to educational purposes, the result will be
seen in a few years in the school houses
that will be built in every school district, and
an educatedand intelligent population.—Ath
ens Banner 2nd.
STEPHENS AND DOUGLAS.
Many of our K. N. cotemporaries are ma
king a_ great noise about a remark attributed
to Mr. Stephens, in relation to the contest
between Douglas and Lincoln in Illinois
Wo do.not suppose there is a mau South,
unless he ha 9 very strong free-soii proclivi
ties, who does not agree with Mr. Stephens,
in preferring Mr. Douglas, to his Republican
opponeut. To us it is precisely as easy to
select between Douglas and Lincoln, as it
would be to choose betwoen Crittendcu and
Seward of New York. Lincoln is upon the
same platform with Seward, and Douglas
with Crittenden.
In regard to Mr. Stephens’ censnre of the
administration for its course, we doubt if ha
is correctly reported. If the administration
sides with the Republicans against Douglas,
it cannot be sustained in its course. Gener
al opposition to Douhlas for his defeat of
the Lecompton bill and his attack upon the
administration is, doubtless, approved by Mr.
Stephens. .
We would like to know why our cotem
porarics who.aye so fierce upon every ono
who speaks kindly of Douglas, do Dot hold to
account those of their own friends who have
pronounced in favor of Crittenden. It is
difficult to believe that any clear headed sen
sible man can see any difference between tho
positions of these men upon the Kansas ques
tion as agitated in the last Congress. Wo
see no justice or propriety in heaping con
demnation upon one man, dhd at the same
time landing to the skies another who is guil
ty of the Same offence. —South Western
News. ,
THE STAfE ROAD.
We are allowed to extract the following
paragraph from a letter to a gentlemen, of
•this city. Its writer speaks “by authority,”
and the facts stated may be considered, in
every respect, reliable. They speak vol
umes In favor of tho present management of
this great State work :
“ It is gratifying to me to be able to say to
you that the W. &A. Railroad is now in
most excellent condition, and is doing well.
Wo have just sent to the treasury $33,000 of
tho net earnings of this month. Wo have
also retained SIO,OOO to $15,000 of this
month’s earnings to add to onr fund for the ’
purchase of new iron, to lay down such parts
of the IracJk as are becoming worn. Dr.
Phillips will go to Now York, in a sow days,
to purchase 400 tons of new iron. We have
the cash to pay for it. This will make 800
tons we ” have purchased and paid for this
year. We have spent SIO,OOO in repairs of
the track this month. Every debt and the
wages of each hand is promptly piid month
] y-
“ We have already paid into the treasury
at Milledgcville $150,000 in the last sit
months. There can be no difficulty in keep
ing up these payments, or in keeping the
road in fine order.”— Savannah News.
Senator Mallory, of Florida, has declined
the mission to Spain offered him by _ the
| President, it is said, in consequence of
I wife’s health. * ‘ „