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SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR”
FALL TERM. 1858.
AI<.rST. (
Ist Monday, Floyd
‘‘Lumpkin !
2d Monday, Clarke
Dawson |
3J Monday, Forsyth
Meriwether j
Walton i
4th Mond’y, Baldwin |
Fhattutio’cho
Glascock
Heard
Jackson
Monroe
l’aulding ~
Mcliley
Taliaferro
SEPTEMBER.
Jit Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
MailiKon
Marion
Mitchell
Morgan
Webster
2d Monday, Buffi
Caaa
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
Greene
Gwinnett-.,
- Fickena
Sumter
Washington
Frid’jr aft’r, Pierce
3d Monday, Cobb
Hall
Hart
Macon
Newton
Putnam
Talbot
Terrell
Ware
4th Mond’y, Campbell
Clay
Clinch
Emanuel
Loo
Twigea
“V” White
aai. WiOws’ .
OCTOBER.
lt Monday, Carroll,
Dooly
Early
Fulton
Gilmer
Gordon
Taylor )
■ Warren \
Wilkinaop
j OCTOBER CONTINUED.
Tuesday > riko
j niter, j
W**™* \ Rabun
d’v after, )
2d Monday, Charlton
Fannin
Huhersham
Hancock
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Sc riven
3d Moudpy, Burke
sr™ Camden
Franklin
Haralson
Henry
Jonea
Murray
Oglethorpe
Puluaki
Stewart
Union-
Worth
“Xt” \
Krid’y alt'r, Wilcox
•Itb Mond’y, Decatur
Dekalb
Houston *
Irwin
Jasper
Lincoln
Polk
Tattnall
Towns.
Whitfield
Th Zr y S ™ ir
Frid’y aft’r, Bulloch
Mond’y “ Effingham
NOVEJIBEIt.,
Ist Monday, Berrien
Milton
Randolph
Richmond
Upson
2d Monday, Baker
Bibb
Catoosa
Muscogoe
3d Monday, Spalding
. Troup
4th Moud’y,Calhoau
Walker
I SS -r \
Mon, after, D<uigberty
•• Liberty
“ Colquitt
“• K “ Bryan
DECEMBER.
lat Honday. Dado
Jufferaon
Tbouiaa
-3d Monday,
“ Com Curbs.
JAMES V. BOSS’ “/
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMAS.VILLE, GEORGIA.
je 23 ts
UABBIS & HAItKIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Iverson L. Harris, I Charles J. Harris,
Milledgcvillo, Ga. | Tbomasville, Ga.
march 31 w ts
B. 8. BURCH A WU. McLEYDOY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TIIOMA9VILLF., GEORGIA.
octJ4 19 way
BAKER & BEiKSET,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Troupi'Hlr, Lowndes Cos., Ga.
sept 15 * w ts
IHIGEIvFI. HINES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
THUMASVIU.F.. GEORGIA,
Office over McLean’s Btore. (jan26
JOHN m. DYSON,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce’s, Tbomasville,
Georgia. jaus-ly.
G. 11. DANIEJ-L,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
• SAVANNAH, GEORGIA'.
Office, corner of Bull aud Bay Streets,
jau 12 w ly
JOHN B. MILLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA.
WILL practice in till the Counties of the Brunswick
Circuit, and Berrien and Lowndes Counties of
the Southern Circuit. mayl2oy
JOHN C. NICHOLLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGH, WARE CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the counties of the Bruns
wick circuit, aud Lowndes and Berrien of the
Southern uiar3]ov
——_—_—.—_a :
GEORGE I*. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGH, GA.
WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties :f the
Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Tierce, Ware
Clinch, and Charlton. ninrSltf
SAMUEL It. SPENCER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TIIOMASVILLE, G EORGIA.
WILL give his entire attention to the practice of
Law, in the Counties of the- Southern Circuit. —
OHied on the second floor of D. & E. McLean’s
brick building. (jii2o*y
E. C. MOKCAN, -
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
XASHVILLE, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in thecoiiiifioa of the Southern Cir
euit,and the counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough
erty of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch aud Ware
of the Brunswick Circuits.
Flat Creek, 0a..0et.7. ts
BICE A M ERSHOV,
AT T 0 R N E Y S A T I, A W,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
ATTEND toull business entrusted to their care, in
the following comities, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffee, Charlton, Lowndes aud Berrien, Geor
gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and Jefferson, in Florida.
DAVID l\ RICE. | HENRY M. MERSHON,
jan 5 “ w “\ Gm
JAMES M. FOLSOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick
Circuit and in the comts of LowDdes and Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
t. c (Judge A. E. Cochran, Brunswick Ct.
ftcfcrcnccsj Jn f gp Feter K LovCi Southern- Ctr---
jan 5 w ly
fUcbkrtl Curbs.
S. S. ADAMS, I *• R - WILLIAMS
NEW FIISM.
DRS. ADAMS & WILLIAMS, having formed a
Co-partnersliip, tender their professional services
to the public. oug 25-ts
R. J. RRIICE, I R. H. EATON.
Drs. BRICE & EATON,
HAVING formed a co-partnership, tender their
Professional Services to the citizens of Tliomas
ville and vicinity. le 23-ts
Dr. W. H. IIALE,
IJAS,disposed of his interest in the “Wire-Grass
Reporter 1 to J udge Love, and will devote himself
exclusive® to his profession.
He may be found at all times, when not profession
ally eligaged, at his Office opposite East side
Presbyterian Churci. joittf
i
(Reform Practice.)
Dr. P. &. BOWER,
OFFER his professional services to the citizens
of Tbomasville and vicinity. Calls at all hours
promptly attended to. fb2oy
DR. E. O. ARNOLD
WILL continue the practice of Den
tistry in Thomasville and vicinity—tmWSSsn
Any order left at the Post Office or at I I P
his Offieeduring his absence from town will receive
attention at the earliest opportunity, [janfi-ly.
New Drug Store.
Drs. BOWER A ELLIS
have opened a Drug Store at the
stand formerly occupied by Palmer
A Bro., opposite E. Remington’s,
and are prepared to furnish ,
Drugs,, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks,
Jk 1 i Fancy Soaps, Sec.
■fißßr— Upon fair terms to those who may
favor them with a call. To their Reform friends
they would say, that they have on hand a fresh and
reliable assortment of Botanic Medicines.
And will be glad to supply them with such articles
as they may need. ‘ niuy'Jßoy
Notice to Everybody.
DR- A. W.
CELEBRATED SOUTHERN
LINIMENT,
IS A CERTAIN REMEDY tog Strains, Sprains,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Head-
Ache, Sore Throat, Stiff Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in
the Head, Scalds and Burns, or any thing like erup
tions on tlie flesh.
Also, for all diseases to which horses ore subject.
Dr. Alien’s All-Hcalinir Ointment,
IS a certain oure for Ring-worms, Scratches in
horses, Greece Heel,Thrush, Collar and Saddle
Galls ; and all flesh wounds.
Manufactured by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus,
Georgia.
For sale in Thomasville, by Baum & Sliiff; in
Montieello, by Palmer 4: Bro., and in Tronpville, by
T.W. Ellis,, A. W ALLEN.
nor 24 w ly
Hides, Hides. Rides.
OAAA HIDES WANTED, for which Eight
-d} u lj tv *“ “ I ”'**
THOM ASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1858.
THX WIFE'S BLAST AGAINST TOBACCO.
DY “HOOPS.”
He sits in the comer from morning Gil night,
‘Tis smoke, chew, smoke,
He raises at dawn his pipe to light,
Goes puffing and chewing with all his might
Till the hour of sleep. ‘Tis his delight
To smoke, chew, smoke.
The quid goes in when the pipe goes out,
’Tis chew, smoke, chew.
_ Now a cloud of smoke goes up from bit throat,
Then liis mouth sends a constant*stream afloat.
‘Tis chew, chew, chew.
He sits all day in smoke or fog.
‘Tis puff, puff, puff;
He growls at his wife, the cat and the dog,
He covem with filth the carpet and rug.
And bis only answer, when I give him a jog,
Is puff, puff, puff.
The house all o’er, from end to end,
Is smoke, smoke, smoke ;
In whatever room my way I wend.
If I take his clothes to patch or mend.
Ungratefulperfume* will ever ascend,
Os smoke, smoke, smoke.
At Lome or abroad, afar or near,
‘Tis smoke, chew, smoke ;
His mouth is stuffed from ear to ear,
Os puffing a stump of a pipe so dear,
And his days will end, I verily fear,
In smoke, smoke, smoke.
Young ladies, beware, live single indeed,
Ere you marry a man who uses “the weed,”
Better that husbands you should ever lack 0,
Than marry a man that uses tobacco.
Correspondence of The South.
THE DOUGLAS CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS.
St. Louis, Sept. 15, 1858.
The contest now waging in the Stale of
Illinois, which is to result either in the tri
umph or defeat of no less a man than Ste
phen A. Douglas, for the Senate of the Uni
ted States, has attracted and is attracting no
little attention in every part of the Union.
Seldom has a local election been looked for
ward to with so much interest, seldom have
politicians in so many different localities ta
ken sides so strenuously, and expressed them
selves so decidedly, in favor of ono or the
other of the opposing candidates. This
arises from the high position Judge Douglas
has maintained for years past as one of the
leaders and brightest ornaments of the Dem
ocratic party ; his prominence as a presiden
tial aspirant; his defection from the line of
policy marked out by his party last winter
upon a fundamental party measure, causing
doubts in the minds of many as to tho genu
ineness and sincerity of his Democracy ; the
dangerous radical and incendiary principles
ot his opponent; and the immense effect the
election iu Illinois is hound to exert upon
the future condition of political parties at
tho North.
DOUGLAS’ CANDIDACY.
P 1 hat Judge Douglas would again he a
candidalc for the seat he has filled for two
termfe, no ono ever doubled. Accordingly,
when a large and enthusiastic Democratic
Convention, composed of delegates from the
“whole State of Illinois, met last June in
Springfield, his course was endorsed, and lie
came before the people as the representative
ot the Democracy of the State, and the ac
knowledged exponent of its principles. He
was not nominated, it is true—the Democra
cy would not be guilty of-nominating a can
didate for the Senate ; but it was understood
that tho ensuing Legislature would be elect
ed with a view to passing upon his claims
for the Senate.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND HOW HE CAME TO
‘BE K CANDIDATE.
Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, has long
been know n ns.a prominent Whig politician
in that State, lie managed to get into Con
gress in 1846, and like Tom Corwiu, distin
guished himself by’ taking sides with the
Mexicans in the war against the United
States. When parties were thrown iuto a
temporary’ state of chaos, after the passage
of the Kansas-Nehraska act, Lincoln, togeth
er with other bankrupt politicians, entered
into a league for the purpose of raising up an
Abolition or Black Republican party in op-
position to the Democracy—the officers, in
the event of success, to be distributed among
the faithful, with an equitable regard to their
former political status. The officers of the
Legislature (Speaker, Clerk, &.c.,) were to
be given to the Abolitionists proper; Lin
coln, in return for his exertions in decoying
the Whigs into the new party, was to be
made U. S. Senator, and Lyuian Trumbull,
a prominent Democrat, as a reward for per
forming the like office in regard to Demo
crats, was to be elected to Congress from the
Alton District, and*to succeed Dougluss in
the Senate next spring. * The new party
succeeded in electing a majority of the Le
gislature, but when they came to carry out
their bargain with reference ho Senator, al
though Lincoln was their nominee, his friend
‘Trumbull, by wire-working, succeeded in
getting himself elected, and thus Lincoln
was cheated by “ consorting with rogues,”
(according to his friend J. M. Mathcny’s ac
count,) and left at home, without any reward
for betraying’his party, lint, when another
Senator, in the progress of time, Lad to be
elected, Lincoln, afraid to trust himseli again
in the hands of his political fiiends who bad
formerly betrayed him, clutched the matter
by making the Black Republican Conven
tion at Springfield, last summdr, declare
unanimously, that he was their “ last
and only choice” for Senator, in place of
Judge Douglas. Thus was he put forward,
ami now they, Trumbull and Matheny, (who
warned him against consorting with rogues,)
are traveling over the State together, abu
sing Douglas.. These facts have been sta
ted by Judge Douglas from every stamp,
and have never been contradicted ; so they
are undoubtedly true, and show up the cor
ruption of the Black Republican party and
the infamous bargains they make to secure
the spoils of office.
Lincoln’s platform.
By the action of the various Black Repub
lican Conventions in the State ot Illinois, in
enunciating the principles dPtbe party, (to
which Lincoln stands fully committed,) as
well as by his own declarations, be is pledged
to carry out all the most dangerous doctrines
that have ever been proclaimed by the most
radical of the old Abolition party, lie is
opposed to the acquisition of auy more slave
territory, and would vote against tho admiss
ion of another (lave Ststo ; he is in favor ot
the unconditional repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Law ; he wonl&xesist the decisieuof
the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case;
and, moreover, declares that this Union can
not remain half slave and half free, but must
become wholly the one or the other. As he
is a free-soiler, tho obvious inference is, that
he expects to go on witli his warfare upon
slavery “ until the public mind rests in the
belief that it is in the coarse of ultimate ex- ‘
tinction,” to quote tiie language of his first
nomination.
DOUGLAS’ PRINCIPLES.
On the other hand, Judge Douglas accepts
the issue Lincoln made for him before bis re
turn from Washington. *llo declares that
he stands, where he always has stood, upon
the broad platform of the National Demo
cratic party. He boasts that he defended
the Fugitive Slave bill before the people of
Chicago! when that city was in the power of
unarmed mob. Ho plants himself upon the
popular-sovereignty platform in reference to
the Territories, declaring tliatk4hct question
of fdnvcry would not influence vote in
the admission of new States, but that he
.would vote for the admission of a State with
or without slavery, as the people saw. fit to
order it, provided the Territory had the
requisite population. He denounces, with
the utmost bitterness, the iuceudiary warfare
of Lincoln and his party upon the institu
tions of the South, by which they expect to
Aholitionize the whole Union, asserting that
this confederacy will ever remain as our
fathers made it—part slavo and part free,
each State tolerating or forbidding slavery,
us its people see fit. And ho proclaims it
as a fixed law of our progress, that this coun
try will go on, expanding until it embraces
all the North American Continent, and the
is!vt of the tea ; and t hut the people of the
acquired territory must have the rigbfc-toMe
cide the question of slavery for themselves.
DOUGLAS AND THE ADMINISTRATION
The course of Judge Douglas upon tho
Lccompton Constitution has been a source of
deep regTct to his political friends, and has
caused the estrangement of.many from him,
as well as the open hostility of the Adminis
tration. The Washington Union is daily
filled with tirades of abuse and denunciation
of the Illinois Senator, and every office hol
der in the State, who dares assert his pref
erence for Dougins over Lincoln, is instantly
ictnoved. Anti-Douglas tickets are formed
(or rather feeble attempts at formation are
made) iu some of the counties of the State,
and efforts are making by some in his own
party to defeat him, in order that Lincoln
may be elected. Yet notwithstanding these
things, Mr. Douglas hat never yet uttered one
word of complaint against the Adminiitta
lion, but bears its opposition with the great
est patience. Ho says that the slight differ
ence of opinion between them upou a single
subject, shall not prevent his cooperation
witli the party, for whose principles lie has
so long fought; that the Lecompton question
is dead and a thing of the past; that he will
abide by the rules ot the party and support
its nominees, as well ns its princ ples; and
that the nominee of the Charleston Conven
tion, whether it be himself, or some other
Democrat, will receive his hearty support.—
Could any thing more be asked of him ?
THE CANVASS.
As soon as Judge Douglas returned from
Washington, he published his appointments
for addressing his fellow-citizens all over the
State; agreeing to invite Lincoln to meet
liim at ffrre place in each Congressional dis
trict. His canvass wjll exteud to every
hamlet in Illinois, and few there are who
will not have heard 1 from his own lips his able
defence of his party and principles before
tlic election in November. T'lius far his can
vass has been one continued triumphal march
from county to county, and fiom village to
village. The people flock by thousands to
hear him, so that in some places it is next to
impossible for him to bo heard on the out
skills of the crowd. As he exposes tiie de
signs of Black Republicans in his masterly
manner; as he defends the Democratic par
ty ; as he indulges in his withering denunci
ations of his opponent, the audience sit in
wrapt attention, only by the
cheers and shouts of applause at frequent in
tervals. The whole State is in a ferment,
and never before did Judge Douglas awaken,
as now, such enthusiasm in his party. There
arc still a few office-holders who hold out
against him, but it is exceedingly rare that
a Democrat is found who is willing, by divi
ding the Democratic vote, to aid in the elec
tion of Lincoln. Nor must it be inferred
that the Democrats of Illinois are opposed
to the Administration. Far from it; they
are all Administration men and they are all
Douglas men; they cannot see what the
Lecompton quostiou has to do with the is
sues between Douglas and Lincoln. Going
through the State you never hear the ques
tion of Bnchanan or anti-Buchanan asked,
unless you happen to pass through a village
whose post-master has just had his head ta
ken off, when, as is very natural, public
opinion indignantly resents such a petty at
tempt to crush independence of thought and
action. While Douglas is creating such en
thusiasm wherever he goes, it is all an up
hill business with his opponent. Except
when he meets Douglas, it is with difficulty
that he can get any thing like a respectable
crowd to hear him. Ilis infamous principles
have made him the abhorred of the people
of tho conservative State of Illinois, and they
are only awaiting an opportunity to express
their feelings at the polls. Lincoln and his
managers already feel that the Black Re
fiullican party is doomed to a disastrous de
cat at the next election.
THE DOLULAp MKKTINU AT BF.LI.RVH.LR.
The reports of the great stir Judge Doug
las was making in Illinois! naturally created
a desire among the people of St, Louis to
bear him, and a determination to gmtify HI
as soon as practicable. Au opportunity of
fered itself on the 10th, the day of bis ap
pointment at Belleville, fifteen miles from
this city. It was during our great Fair,
when thousands were congregated hero from 1
all parts of the South and West: Judge
Douglas was in the city for several days pre
vious, and was shown every attention by |>is
party, a largo delegation of. whom accompa
nied him to Belleville. A?great many oth
ers, particularly from tho South, also went
over on the appointed day. The audience
was immense, aud, although overworked,
Judge Douglas made one of bis best efforts.
It was admirably received by all, and none
were better satiafied that! those gentlemen
from the far South who had fiohorSd him
with their presence, who expressed to me
the opinion that in the event of Judge Dong
las’ defeat, Ike South would lotas tit ablest
Northern champion in the Senate. Snch
are the words of men who own Uqndreds of
slaves, who have at hoart the defence of the
South aud its institutions, and who are con
scious of the dangers to the South of the
trinmph of Black Republicanism in one of
the most important States of the North.—
When Judge Douglas, speaking of the inev
itable expansion of the Union, said, “ When
ice get Cuba, (and get ,it we mutt sooner or
later,) lam willing to allow htr people to
say whether they will hare slavery or not,
and 1 hare no doubt what their decision trill
be, since they will never turn loose a million
of free negroes to desolate that beautiful is
land,” a shout went up from that vast mul
titude which fairly resounded over the hill
aud the valley. Is there auy man in South
Carolina or Virginia, who promises more than
that towards protecting Southern interests,
and expanding Southern institutions I How
many there are who would utter the same
sentiments if fortuno were to place their re
sidence in a free State 1
THK DUTY OP THE DBMOCBACY.
Such being the state of political affairs iu
Illinois, such being the candidates of the
two parties, one of whom is hound to suc
ceed, wlmt part should the Democracy of
the Union, and particularly of the South,
Take iu this contest ? Should the Democra
cy, like the Washington Union, affect a “se
iciio indifference,” or really, like that paper,
side with Lincoln (for, while it is always
abusing Douglas, it says nothing about Lin
coln;) or should it, like Stephens and Orr
and the New Orleans Delta, openly give
him its sympathy, support and encourage
ment ! Mind, the question is not whether
we shall have a Douglas or an anti-Denglas
Democrat, for there is not the slightest pos
sibility that tho anti-Douglas ticket will poll
five thousand votes in tho State, or that it
will be able to elect a single member to the
Legislature. The question simply is, ■* Doug
las or Lincolu,” and ho who opposes one di
rectly or indirectly, aids and abets the elec
tion of the other. The question is, whether
Vo shall retain a Democratic organization at
the North or drive tho Northern Democracy
from us; for thero Uno doubt that the mass
of the Northern Democracy, particularly in
tho North-west, are in tho same category
with Douglas, and if we kick their leader
out of the party, we must expect the’ rank
and file to go with him. They all say that
they are willing to forget the past; shall we,
then, break up tho party, now that our pros
pects arc so fair, simply to gratify onr desire
to punish men for entertaining different ideas
upon an obsolete issue l It would be just as
foolish ns if we were to excommunicate all
the old line Whigs in -the -party simply be
cause they ouce favored a United States
Bank. It is to be hoped, then, for the sake
of the harmony and integrity of the party,
that we shall hear of no moro opposition to
Douglas from the party outside of the State
of Piiioi*. If tho same course is taken by
the party at large as that adopted by the
Union and the Administration, wliilo it will
not harm Douglas to any considerable ex
tent, it will seriously damage the prospects
of the Democratic party of the country. If
Mr. Buchanan and the Union, for some un
accountable reason, are ambitious of being
subjected to tlie mortification of a disastrous
defeat in Illinois, by following an ignitfatu
u* in the shape of an *’ anti Douglas” ticket,
the whole Democratic party need not be
caught in any such predicament.
. Yours truly, • W. A. S.
COTTON AND SVrftß CBOFB.
The financial editor or the New Orleans
‘Picayune of the Ist instant, thus discourses
of the incoming and Sugar Crops.—
The large advantages enjoyed in New Or
leans to learn tho exact state of tho crops
over a large portion of the cotton and all the
sugar growing region, give those remarks
much weight and importance:
The incoming cotton crop is attracting
more attention now than any other subject.
It has commenced arriving in quantities,
though in consequence of sickness the re
ceipts do not come forward so Freely as lire ex
pected. The weather has again cleared off
beautifully, and picking will now progress
with great rapidity. This week it will be
general all over tbe country, whilst last year
it did not begin until the sth of September,
andfnothing but very remarkable weather
during the latter part of October and nearly
the whole of November, brought out the
crop so well. The advantago we now start
with is that even.in the event of an early
frost, say the 20t h of October, we can make
a crop of 3.150,(100 to 3.200,000, whilst if it
should hold off to as late a period as last
year, we may hare a growth of *illy 3,400.-
000 and upwards. But these are mere cal
culations, and should go for nothing, as the
plant is still exposed to serious injury from
other causes. All that we can aay is that
tbe prospect continues well, despite the casu
al complaints that reach us of boll-worms
and caterpillars.
Nt> doubt they will do some barm in cer
tain localities, but tbe caterpillar must have
become a very different insect from what it
was in 1848 if it can stand tbe contiouoas
hot sunshine of this summer.
We bear that the rains of the last two
days have proved of immense benefit to tbe
sugar cane. They could not have come mere
opportunely. Tbe plant a thriving magnifi
■ iiifPHr
VOLUME I-NUIBErSS.
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CHINA THHOWH OPEN. .
Under tbe terms of tbe treaty rr-eeettr mutt its!
with Cbins hy the French an i British pwTrnmeaU,
the Umpire is to he thrown opes to the trade ofaU
foreign powers, the Christian religion is to he toter
ated, and diplomatic agents am to he received. As
we anticipated, there is no restriction of Its stipule
tioas, but our country shares e,*S!v the advents**
withfthose who hero done all the S.fctfcc
deed all the’ Ifplomacy. T'ke iiew ‘furiTTClpwss
American interests, moral and materi
al, will he among the first to bq affected by
this re-adjustment of tho relations of tho
4'liincsc Empire with the outside wortcD
WUhout over-estimating, in anticipation, the
specifications of tho treaty in question, it is
not assuming too much to say that out
merchants and missionaries are about to hlMj
opened up to their enterprise and seal a wide
and more promising field in tbe East, thorn
they have ever had before. The “Greet
Wall” which has shut in the Central Flowe
ry Land from pretty much all intercourse
with tho outside world hundreds of yea
past, is now. intact, leveled with the
ground ; and with such an inviting prosper
before them, we are prepared to witness, enr
long, such an infusion, through British and
American instrumentalities, of AoglotßaJten
intelligence into the anciont and,decrepid
institutions of China, as Will gradually pre
pare the way for such a wholesale revolution
in the habits, manners, customt, Aod traditiou
of that singular and mytcrious psopti, as
can hardly fail, in due time,-tU’briSMpKi
into a closer and more fritndly relationship
than they have yet cared to maintairtiVifh
tbe rest of the human family. Tlie Chinese,
it is unnecessary to say, are by’fio meat# a
barbarous people. They have an ioteifo
genre and a learning of their own far above
the average of the other Asiatic race. The
scholarship, intellectual attainments, and
diplomatic skill of some of their high man
darins are proverbial; their religion i* of a
milder and more benignant type than that
of the Brahmins of British-Inata.
Our direct acquaintance with this people
within the past ten years has been sensibly
extended by theirextensive emigration to tbe
gold mines of California, and the result of
that acquaintance, wo believe, is such as ffl
produce by no means a mean impression of
their aptitude for a higher degree of civiliza
tion. Our countrymen on the Pacific, gen
erally speaking, have treated them well, and
(hough wo are informed that the Chinaman
rarely, if ever, emigrates back to his own
country, yet, as it is almost impossible that
rumors of that friendly treatment have not
reached his native land, we may flatter our-
selves that there are prepossessions there in
our favor which will enable us to take an ear
lier and more effectual advantage of tbe trea
ty concessions than our Engnsh or French
competitors, whose belligerent demonstra
tions against Canton, and other acts of hostili
ty, keep alive for a while themoilunpleas
ant reminiscences in tbe Chinese mindv ;
:. In this view, then, we bare at the start an
appreciable advantage over the English, the
French, and the Bussians; and, what is more,
the ndvautuge has been obtained without any
warlike demonstration to speak of. Onr
point is carried without expenditure of blood
or treasure. We have had onr atan-nf-war
at Ilong Kong and Shanghai, in tbe Yellow
Sea and up on the Pci-no, to be sure, but.
with the exception of s few shots exchanged
at the taking of tbe Barrier Forts, and on
ono or two other accessions, we bare fortun
ately never been compelled to bring their
batteries into play. So that, as far as tho
United States is concerned, peace here both
won a victory no less glorious than the war
of tho allies; for we see by the telegraphic
dispatches that these tatter are to be allowed
nothing moro than we have gained, and that
to neither is reserved privileges, commercial
or otherwise, which we are not eqnally .to
share. They are to be indemnified for tho
expeuses of the war, but that is alt.
AN AXE TO GBIHD—OEIGIN 0T THE TUN
“ When I wa% a iittle boy/’ says Dr. Fraofol
lin, “ I remember one cold winter I was ac
costed by a smiling man with an axe on his
shoulder.” “My pretty boy,” said be, “ has
your father a grindstone!” “ Yes sir,” said
I. “Your a fine little fellow,” said be,
“ will you let me grind my axe on it TANARUS“ Pleas
ed with the compliment of the “fine little fel
low,” •• (J yes,” I answered, •* it is down in
the shop.”
“ And will you, my little/eilow, said he,
patting me on the head,,“get me a little hot
water !” Could I refuse ! I ran and soon
brought a kettle full. “ How old are yflsi|jj|r
what’s your nameT’ continued he, without
waiting for a reply. “ I am sure you are
one of the finest little fellows that I aver
saw; will you*just turna few minutes for
ine!” Tickled at the flattery, like a fool, I
went to work, and bitterly aid I rue the day.
It was anew axe, and 1 toiled and tugged
till I was almost tired to death.
The School bell ra%, and 1 could not gut
away ; my hands were blistered, the axe was
sharpened, and he turned to me with, “ Now,
you little rascal, you’ve played truant; sand
for school or you’ll rue it.” Alas! thought f,
it is bard enough to tarn the grindstone this
cold day, bnt to be called a little rascal, was
too much. It sunk deep in ray mind, and of
ten hnrifl thought of it since. Wben'T see
a merchant over polite to bis customers, beg
ging them to take a little brandy, and,
throwing bis goods on the counter, thinks I,
that man has an axe to grind. When I see
apian flattering tbe people, making great
profession of attachment to liberty, who is
in private life a tyrant, metbinfes, look; out
good people, that fellow would set you
ing a grindstone. When -|.,srf#i*m hotst
ed into office by party spirit, without a sin
gle qualification to render faint respectable or
useful, alasf deluded people, yoa_ are doomed
for a season to turn <t be grindstone fora
booby. *•
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A Western editor having pnbliwjca iwttj
I ] f 1 rinr* H a mmu) ttnrtftw It* 4v _ wo>u.
matters upon the public
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