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P APPOINTMENTS
Ms tin Collector oflkomns County fir the month of
■** I Octohe* ■
Glasgow, Monday, 48th.
Btatloo, Tuesday, lOth—morning
Urooverville, Tuesday, 19tb —evening.
> Greorervllle Court Oronnd, Wedueodey. 20tb.
HereutecntA Court Ground, Tuesday, 26th,
DuncatiivUle. Wednesday, 27 th.
Eastwood, Thursday, 28th. A -*w*
M. B. Mcßae, T. C.
THE IMCOMINO COTTON CBOP—WEATHER, Ac
The weather for the last ten days, in this
•action of Georgia, has been for most part of
tbs time, dear and pleasant. The cotton
crop is opening very finely, and planters bu
sily engaged in gathering the silvery fruit.
In some places the cotton crop will be short,
but in general it will yield a full and fair av
r. stage turn out. As considerable quantities
%T fresh lands have been Opened since last
season, the cotton crop in Southern Georgia
may be expected to be somewhat increased
alsd, over and above the production of any
year previous to this.
THE MAIN TRUNK SUBVET.
For some weeks past a corps of surveyors
have been busilp engaged in running the line
of#e Main Trunk frttm the YVithlncoochce
to Thomasville. They arrived here the be
ginning of this week, and we presume will
proceed at once to lay out the line from this
place to Balnbridge and thence to the western
terminus on thcChatffchoocheo. We under
stand Dr. Screven, the President of the
road, will be here shortly, and that it is con
templated to let out the contracts upon the
whole lise at once, that the work may go on
•imttltanefenaly,- and bo finished as near as
may be about the same time.
“- With the4lgbts before us,” wo look con
fidently to the completion of the'Main Trunk
South In time to carry to market the crop ox
1860, and hope to celebrate this momentous
event to the Southern citizens of Georgia
aud the election of another Democratic Pres
ident of the United States about the samo
time.
ANOTHXB RAILROAD TO THOMASVILLE.
A meeting of the citizens of Thomas coun
ty was held at the court house in this place,
•n yesterdayT to provide for a survey of a
line of railroad from Albany to Thomasville,
form a company, and subscribe for stock.—
As we were obliged to put our paper to press,
ill order to send offour country mails, before
the meeting had finished its business, we are
unable to give the result until next week.
EXTRACT 07 A LETTEH TO THE EDITORS.
We have been very healthy this sum
mer, and jnade good crops, in Lowndes.”*
Our correspondent could not have written
more to the point bad he favored us with a
cdlutiin. We are Informed by our “medicine
men,” of this place, that they have had no
use for ague and fever medicine* this season.
There are no cases.
“OUR COURTEOUS NEIGHBOR.”
In publishing the proceedings of the citi
zens of Appling county, at a mooting after the
adjournment of the Iste Superior Court of
said county, (at which court Hon. Pktkr E.
Love presided,) at which meeting the citi
zens of Appling passed some complimentary
resolutions to the jpresiding officer, “for the
very able and impartial manner in which he
has discharged bis duties in his official capa-
rad also “for bis courtesy ns a gentle
man and scholar,” and for “the quiet and
order” observed during the sessions of the
court, which is attributed to the respect which
the people had for him “as a man and Judge,”
our neighbor of the Entetyrise (we wish we
could say “courteous” too,) takes occasion
to remark, “the above was handed us by our
courteous neighbor, clipped from the Troup
viHe Wott7ma.” This sentence is obnox
ious to the inference that the proceedings of
the meeting were handed to the editor of the
Enterprise by Judge Love himself, and will,
no doubt, be so construed by many who may
read the sentence. Whether it was so in
tended by the editor we know not; bat we do
know, if it was, that he knew better, or it
waa easy for him to learn better, as he had
the information by him iu his office. “Mark
have a plain tale shall put him dowu.”—
When the Watchman arrived in our office
judge Love was not present. Our Mr. Cline
called tbe attention of Mr. Reneau to the ar
ticle, after ref ding it himself, who, after read*
ing it too, remarked, that the EnUrprite did
not exchange with tbe Watchman. Mr. C.
handed hint the paper, remarking, “well, here
it is, yon can hand it to Bryant, bnt tell him
wot to cat it ” These were our words, as
well as we recollect them ; they were cer
tainly of tbe same Import. From this plain
statement ft will be seen that we neither
“clipped” the’ article from tbe Watchman
sor requested Mr. Bryant to publish it. We
merely sent it to him, “courteously” as he
intimates, to give him an opportunity to pub
fish it if he thought proper. Agd during this
time, and before and after, wefo not know
that Judge Love was within ten miles of the f
office. This is all we wish to say about tbe 1
m * tt ® r V A* envjons if mot ma)%ious
littleness display ed throughout the whole of
the editor's remarks, We look upon it “more
in sorrow than in anger.” He is welcome o
all its enjoyment. May the good Lord ever
deliver us from any participation in such feel
ings. We shall see whether the editor of
the Enterprise has"magnanimity onoogh to
pot the matter in its true light before his
readers, or whether he will let it remain as
he has pressed it. If the editor should
consider ns “obstropcroits” In those rematkt,
we traet he will try and get over them as
pleasantly as possible.
JUDGE DOUGLAS.
; We publish two articles in to-day’s paper,
bearing on tbe canvass now goiug forward
in Illinois for members of tbe State Ligisla
ture who are to elect a U nited States Sena
tor to fill the seat now occupied by Judge
Douglas. When we say we approve of the
tone of those articles, we think it need not
be questionable to any one what our predilec
tions are. We confess to knowing but very
little of the leading men of Illinois, with the
exception of Judge Douglas. Him we know
to have been a sound, stable, consistent and
reliable Democrat, up to the beginning of
the last session of Congress, when he took
ground in opposition to the Administration
on the Lecompton Kansas Constitution.—-
This position we feel no disposition to de
fend. It was wrong, and Mr. Douglos, in
our opinion, was justly censurable for it. We
have said this much on a former occasion.—
But Judge Douglas has said, and we agree
with him, that the people of Kansas, by
their ballots, have pnt an end to that ques
tion, and it is no longer before the people of
the United Btates, and if the friends of the
Administration are willing to drop it lie will
not aid in prolonging it. This is the only
charge we know against Judge Dougins as a
sound and reliable Democrat, and although
it was flagrant, and like the woman iu scrip
ture he “ was taken in the act,” we have the
example of forgiveness there ir. the words of
oar Saviour when he said “ Go, and sin no
more.” The frieuds of Mr. Clay also,*; wo
remember, at one time, hail some political
accusation against him, of what particular
character we do not now recollect, but recol
lect his encounter with an old Kentucky hun
ter. The hunter had a favorite old rifle with
him. M. Clay commenced by asking him
if it never missed fire. “O yes,” said the
old man, “it misses fire sometimes.” “ And
you have not thrown it away?” said Mr.
Clay. ■ “ O no,” rejoined the first, “ I pick
the flint and try it again.” “ Then why,”
said Mr. Clay, “do yon want to throw tne
away, an old and tried friend, because I have
once missed fire ? Why not pick the flint
and try me again.” The old man could not
witbstaud that touching appeal, but swore
he would stick by him if ho missed fire twen
ty times. We feci like Mr. Clay’s old friend.
Mr. Douglas has been active and zealous in
the cause of Democracy. He has done much
for tire general principles of the party. He
has done much in defending the peculiar in
stitution of the South. He has missed fire
once. But we are not willing to throw him
away for that one fault, if we can honorably
retain him. We had rather pick the fliut
and try him once more.
Judge Breese, in n recent letter, pointedly
refuses to become a candidate for United
States Senator in Illinois, or for any other
office. He says he is “ not in the political
field—is not a candidate for Senate, nor for
any other political station, and what is more,
-be neither wishes nor expects to be a candi
date.”
The issue in Illinois is evidently between
Judge Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. The
latter is an out and out Abolitionist. Mr.
Breese will pot be thought of before the Le
gislature. How then can any man with true
Southern feeling, even though he may look
upon Mr. Douglas as a choice of evils, fail
to sympathise witli him in the present emer
gency? If Mr. Brdese was equally promi
nent before the Legislature with Douglas and
Lincoln, the case would be vastly different;
but as it go for Douglas.
THE DAILY FEDERAL UNION
We announced, a fortnight ago, the inten
tion of the editors of tbe Recorder, to pub
lish a tri-weekly sheet at Milledgeville da
ring the session oftbe Legislature. We now
refer our readers to our advertising columns
for proposals to publish the Federal Union
daily during that time. These papers will
be a great convenience to tbe people of
Georgia if established, and as the propositions
have been made, it will be the people’s own
neglect if they are not carried out.
IMPORTANT TREATY.
The New York Times publishes the draft
of a treaty between. England and Nicaragua,
by which the former guarantees the neutral
ity of the Isthmus, binding hersolf to give
protection to passengers across it by force, if
necessary. Thp treaty secures important
commercial privileges to both countries. Sir
W. Gore Ousley is now on tbe way from
Washington to Nicaragua, to ratify the trea
ty. This treaty may be set down in our po
litical account current to Gen. Wm. Walker
and other American filibusters. General
Washington, ia his farewell address, told the
American people, many years ago, that hon
esty was the best policy, politically as well
as morally, and the present generation trill
have to learn tbe lesson over again. Here is
an important commercial treaty made by Nica
ragua with an European power, which could
as easily have been made with her by the
United States, but for the late operations of
tbis set of idle and lawless adventure#*.
week, speaking of the disposition of the cap
tured Africans by the President, makes the
following judicious remarks. Tbe practice
in Congress alluded to, of wrangling over tri
fles for weeks and months, to tbe impediment
of business, and then postponing a large por
tion of Htt the close of the session, is be
coming a great evil, and seems to be grow
ing worse and worse every year. We think
it may safely be said, that ail tbe business
done in Congress at the last session from the
first Monday in December to the first Mon-
day in May onglit not to have taken up their
time till Christmas. It ia shameful that in a
time of profound peace the business of Con
gress should be suffered to pile up and accu
mulate, and that the body should adjourn
from session to session without one half of it
disposed of. A thorough reform is loudly
called for in this particular. The following
are the remarks of the Journal 6l Messen
ger:
This movement on the part of the Presi
dent, we think one of the wisest and most
economical that has thus far marked his ad
ministration. Had the Africans rorrtafnod
till the sitting of Congress, they would have
been the great bone of contention of the
session. By thus taking time by tlie fore
lock he has pnt a gag both upon the rabid
abolitionists and fire enters, who would have
consumed the time and money of the coun
try to twenty times the value of these ne
groes, had they been sold in the Charleston
or Havana markets.
THE BALLOON AACENTION. .
In another part of this week’s paper will
be found a thrilling account of a man being
rnn away with by a balloon. Tbe balloon,
it is said, ascended three miles high, and
traveled a distance of one hnndred and twen
ty miles, during the whole of which time
the intrepid traveler was suspended to it, sit
ting on a piece of board but a few inches in
width and about a foot iu length. Tile bal
loon finally descended in an extensive marsh
several miles in length and width, with the
man (Thurston) still attached and alive (as
he was seen to move his feet as lie descend
ed.) These fire the latest accounts from
him. A company had gone in pursuit, but
ho is supposed to have gotten off and perish
ed in the marsh before assistance could reach
him. After he left the balloon it ascended
again, floated off to dry land, was recovered
and carried to the city of Detroit.
LETTER OF REV. HENRY M. PARSONS.
In our paper of last week, we announced
that we had found the letter of Rev. Henry
M. Parsons, relating to the foul slanders of
Henry Cheny, and would publish it this
week. It was found on the old file of the
Enterprise, of this place, and we are indebt
ed to the editor of that paper for the copy. —
The letter was originally published by Mr.
Parsons in the New York Glen's Falls Re
puMiraH, while on a visit to that State, from
which it was copied into the Enterprise.
It will he seen from this statement, that
this letter is the voluntary tribute of an lion- \
est man to truth and justice, unbiassed by any
extraneous surroundings ; and taken in con
nection with Cherry’s own statement to
Judge Evans, that ho did not write the slan
derous article, and knew nothing of it, and
gavo no occasion for it, stamps the falsehood
upon tho brow of Beecher himself, or the
double lie upon Cheriry. As to which of the
abolitionists is tbe father of it is of not much
consequenco. It is only adding one more
falsehood to the ten thousand and one al
ready coined at tho North for tlm promotion
of the cause, and the benefit of abolition lea
ders, and this small addition will hardly
break the camel's back. The letter of Mr.
Parsons is subjoined j_; *
. From the'Gleu’s Falls Republican.
Letter to Henry Ward Beecher —Truth Vindicated.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher :—Sir : The
following paiagraph appeared iu your paper,
theN. Y. Independent, of July 23 :
“Another Minister Driven out of the
South.— We learn from the Rochester Democrat
that Rev. Henry Cherry, formerly a missionary of
the Aim-ricsti Board in India, and for several years
pastor of a Presbyterian church iu Georgia, has just
returned to Rochester, where he formerly resided—
having been forced to leave the South on account of
his political sentiments. wMch where on the side of
freedom, und not of slavery. We are informed that
he intends to remove to Mtchigau.. As his pulpit in
Georgia is dow vacant, we expect soon to bear r . all
for volunteers. Some minister who htisonly a small
capital of the Gospel will here find au rWßlcnt
chance to Rarest it.” _
The last two sentences are manifest ty.f torn
your pen, as they are redolcut of your reli
gion. Inasmuch as you have not originated
the statement of Mr. Cherry’s treatment you
are responsible only foryour comments, and
the duty ofcorvstingafah>6 paragraph when
the falsity is made known.
Mr. Cherry was for five years a resident of
Thomasville, Georgia, and vicinity, and du
ring that period was not at any time s pastor
of a church or a stated supply. On his re
turn from India lie found the climate North
in winter too cold for his health, and applied
to the Presbytery of Flordia for a situation
within their bounds as a domestic missionary.
That presbytery furnished the means of re
wioving himself and family South, and as
sighed him a field of labor which lie refused
to occupy. Not receiving seal! to Churches
which he wished to serve, simply because he
was not acceptable as a preacher, he sought
in different secular employments to obtain a
livelihood. In January last, I found the
family in great destitution, and secured relief
for them from the generous gifts in provisions
and money of kindly Southerners. A por
tion of those funds assisted in bringing him
North, tbe rest were provided by Wm. lA.
Hallock of New York.
It is painful to me to -believe that Mr.
Cherry authorised the article in the Roches
ter Democrat, because he was known where
ever lie went at tbe South as friendly to
Southern Institutions. He could not have
been forced to leave on account of opposition
to Slavery, because be never avowed such
opposition, and moreover, left.Thomasville
under the pretence of going to Greenfield, a
i neighboring town, to establish himself as a
teacher, end after a deter of a few days there, I
hurried North, without disclosing his purpose J
or destination.
But I have no disposition to detail more
of the history of this case than is necessary
to prove the falsity of the Rochester Demo
crat’s charge. jVnd lam willing to make
affidavit to what I have written, and pledge
myself to produce, if called for, the affidavits
of a hundred bighminded, honorable meD,
that Cherry never proclaimed his sentiments
in Georgia,‘‘as on the side of freedom and
not of slavery,” and was not “forced to leave
the Sooth on aceonnt of bis political senti
ments.’’
It is by such statements as those from the
Rochester Democrat, and such commdhts on
them as you, Sir, have the moral hardihood to
write, that agitation thrives while Southern
confidence is alienated, the Union perilled,
and Christianity wounded by its professed
friends. The spirit of fierce denunciation of
Southern laymen of worth and Southern
Christians of sterling piety, which unhappily
prevails with.you and others in my own na
tive North, is born of ignorance, cradled in
fanaticism and will die in terrific struggles’
against the peace of society and the restraints
of the Gospel.
Yours with all due consideration,
HENRY M. PARSONS.
Glen’s Falls, N Y., Aug. 14th, 1857.
TEBEIBLE DISASTEB AT SEA.
The iron packet steamer Austria, of 1200
tons, took fire at sea, off Halifax, on the af
ternoon of the 13th nit. Tbo conflagration
commenced in the steerage of the vessel, but
soon spread to other parts, until all the com
bustible portion of the ship was entirely con
sumed.
When she Was first discovered to be on
fire, her speed was checked, but the flames
spread rapidly, and soon reached the maga
zine, which exploded, and it is supposed suf
focated the engineer.
The flames drove most of the firqt and sec
ond cabin passengers to the poop, but a por
tion of the latter were suffocated in the cab
in. Two boats were lowered, but one of
them was smashed and the other so crowded
with passengers that it swamped. At 5
o’clock in the evening the passengers jump
ed into the sea.
The French bark Maurin was alongside
and took forty passengers from the bowsprit
and others from the water; also, those in one
boat. The first and second officers were
picked up, the latter shockingly burned. On
ly six women, were saved, and three of them
were dreadfully burnt.
The bark Lotus had arrived at Halifax,
with twelve of the passengers rescued.
Another Norwegian hark, which came
alongside next morning, may have picked
up a few, but the Lotus had no communica
tion with tier.
The Austria sailed from Hamburg with 68
cabin passengers, besides those in the steer
nge, and the officers and crew of the vessel.
She touched at Southampton, on the Briti™
coast, and very probably took a number of
passengers on board from that place. How
many passengers she had in all is not stated.
Later accounts bring full particulars of
this awful catastrophe. ‘l'lie unfortunate
; vessel had about six hundred souls on board.
\ Os this number only sixty-seven were saved,
as fai as known. The captain and officers,
it appears,when they saw the condition of
the ship, made no effort to save the passen
gers, but only themselves. The man at the
wheel soon abandoned his post, and every
thing on board was in the utmost confusion.
The passengers jumped into the sea by twos
and threes to save themselves from the flames,
some of the ladies with their apparel envel
oped in fire. An account given by one of
the passengers who escaped, says—“ Passen
gers were rushing frantically to and fro—hus
bands seeking their wives, wives in search
of their husbands, relatives looking after rel
atives, mothers lamenting the loss of their
children, some wholly paralyzed by fear,
others madly cryiug to be saved ; but a few
perfectly calm and collected. The flames
pressed so closqjy upon them that many jump
ed into the sea ; relatives cl isped in each
others arms, leaped over ami met a watery
grave ; two girls, supposed to be sisters, jump
ed'over and sank kissing each other. A
missionary and wife leaped into the sea to
gether, and the stewardess and assistant stew
ard arm in arm followed. One Hungarian
gentleman, with seven fine children, four of
them girls, made his wife jump in, then bless
ed his six eldest children, made them jump
in one after the other, and followed them
with an infant in his own arms.”
More Incendiarism.— The temporary
buildings erected bjy the health commissioners
outside of the quarantine ground, on Staten
Island, near the city of New York, to serve
for the time being in place of those recently
destroyed by a mob, for the accommodation
of the sick islanders from the infected dis
trict, were burnt down on the night of the
20th inst. the work of incendiaries. It seems
the islanders are determined that no more
quarantine buildings shall remain in that lo
cation.
Firb at the Baltimore Custom House.
—Onrtlie loth ult., a short time before day,
a fire broke out at the Custom House in Bal
timore, and consumed the whole range of of
fices on the west side of the corridor or hall
of the building, before it could be stopped.
The destruction tq books and papers was
very great and disastrous, as many of the
originals and records can never be replaced,
and their loss may occasion much litigation.
The damage to the building is estimated at
twenty thousand dollars. It was the result
of accident by one of the watchmen, who
went into one of the rooms to light a lamp
and incautiously set it on fire.
Death of a Statesman. —Arthur P.
Bagby, ex-Goq|fnor and ex-U. S. Senator
of the State of died at Mobile on
the 20th ult. of yellow fever.
California Elections. —The Adminis
tration party have carried the State elections
in California by from six to ten thousand ma
jority.
I Communicated for tee Wire-Grass Reporter.
MEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT, *
Mr. Cline : The time ii rapidly approaching for
the aaaeubling of our State Legislature, and it ia
believed and, hoped by many that important changes
will be made in the timet of holding oar courts In
the Southern Judicial District. Permit me through,
thtrcolumus of your paper to suggest, whilst those
changes are being made, that the Legislatnre, in its
wisdom, will create anew Jodieinl District.
The reason will be asked by some why the neces
sity of the change in the time of our courts, or the
making of anew Judicial District T
The first is demanded from the fact that under the
present arrangement of our courts, it is oppressive
to the profession, to the official, and those having
business in our courts. ’
Why, and in what manner is it oppressive 7 Our
courts, instead of commencing in the first part of
spring, commence too late, and with intervals (or
the express accommodation of lawyers resident in
Savaunah, Macon, and MiUedgeville, and the result
of such a course is that our courts are prolonged
into the heat of summer, for what ought to bo the
Spring Term, and as for the Fall Terra of Courts
we have none in the Southern portion of the Dis
trict, they are all winter and rainy courts. Is it fair
and right 1 We hope that thc-profession, after en
during the yoke so long, will arouse themselves ofter
awhile. ‘ *>-.*. ■■■■*• <wwsr-
Under the present arrangement when is Lowndes
Superior court held f If the business of the
.court was brought up for Judge would
hold court there iJu every Christmas dny.
We ask if it is fair that the people of Lowndes
county, one of the wealthiest counties in the State,
shall continue forever in this system of vassalago to
Middle and Eastern Georgia for the benefit of a few
individuals.
The season of the year that Lowndes Superior
Court is held, iB one for the winding up the busi
ness transactions of the old, and the commencement
of the duties of the uew year.
It is the time for the Southern holidays, both for
white and black, and surely eveiy citizen ought to
bo at home for the purpose of perserviug gow order
and the protection of his home. .
But whenever these changes have been proposed
by the citizens of the country, the cry is raised that
it is through the influence of the lawyers, who are
afraid ofcompetition, that such changes are sought
for (by persons in the interest of the lawyers resi
dent in the places before mentioned.)
The cry is a false-one—the great majority of the
members of the Bar in Lowndes and Thomas do
not fear ,au honorable competition ; they however,
hate the systematic sacrifices which are demanded
of them —and they are against any system that does
not bold them as equals—and which listens Dot
to the cry of right and justice.
Let any sensible man look on the map of Geor
gia, and trace the Southern Judicial Circuit. From
the county site of Thomas to the county site of
Laurens it is one hundred and seventy miles. From
the first named to the county of Pulaski it is one
hundred and thirty miles. Is it right to make a
Judge perform such an amount > f labor! We clear
ly think not.
How many have thought of the fact that the
Judges of the Southern and Middle (Augusta) Cir
cuits hold courts in adjoining counties. The ex
tremes of the State meet in the counties of Emanuel
and Laurens.
The whole policy of the Legislature has been to
render the Circuits ns compact as possible. Carry
! out tlist policy in good faith and form anew Judicial
| District composed of the counties of Emanuel, Mont-1
goinery, Laurens, Pultiski.Telfnjr,Coffee and Wilcox.
Addingjto the Southern the county of Mitchell, and
if it is desired by her citizens the county of Decatur.
Flout a common center, the whole Circuit could be
reached in a single day’s By so doing we
will have circuits in which the Judges can have time
i to dispose of the litigation which for years has been
i before the Courts. Ocki.ocknee.
Communicated for the Wire-Grass Reporter.
DOUGLAS AMD THE DEMOCRACY.
Messrs. Editors : I notice tbint in the general
classification of Democratic papers, as‘Douglas’ or
‘■ Anti-Douglas,” the Wire-Grass Reporter is marked
“doubtful”—meaning, I suppose, “non-committal.”
You will doubtless take up your position in the line,
on one side or the, other, in your own good time,
but meanwhile as this question is ‘one of immedintr
importance to the party, and through the party to
the whole Union, permit me to express views, which
, are at all events the views of one Democrat, aDd
are probably tbe views of the Democracy of this
section. In my opinion then it is cTjtedient, —nay
it is necessary, for the sake of the tr hole Union, and
in especial for the sake of the South, that Judge
Douglas be not excommunicated—that this bitter
war against him be ceased.
Judge Douglas’ course, in regard to the Lecomp
ten question, has certainly irritated, and may have
estranged from him, the Southern wing oftbe party,
but it is not now a question of vengeance, nor one of
punishment. Wc cannot punish him, without se
rious injury to the South, and he can even yet be of
very great benefit to ti, or rather to our section
_ I do not regard bislate defection as altogether vol
untary on his own part. The truth iq| the North-
Western Democracy had been held np to the Le
couipton mark by Douglas and the Administration,
as long as they could be so held,and when they broke
from it .fudge Douglas must have lead off the stum
pede or been prostrated and trodden under foot by
it. The question of consistency he must settle with
bis conscience, but as for us, the question is one of
expediency, and he can be of better service, now
that he can direct, and does-control the movement,
than if he bad sunk in resisting it. A dead politi
cian is ah incubus.
This KandSs issue too is a dead issue. No one de
sires. and no one would bendvantaged by its resussi
tution, except (only) the nbolitiouist. It is of no
more practical importance uow, than the Oregon
question, or the Mexican war, and we would as wise
ly question Mr. Toombs; Stephens, &c., as Judge
Douglas, concerning his Democratic fealty. Pecu
liar surroundings made this Kansas question, a pe
culiar question, and while Mr. was guilty
of “defection’’in his late movement —still I for one
ain not prepared to say that his main proposition is
incorrect. Submission of a constitution to the peo
ple who are subject to it, and who cannot alter it,
except as the constitution itself may choose to pre
scribe—is an idea which may or may not be founded
in the “Kansas Bill” or in the 17. S. Constitution —
but is iuSeper*bl©, from Republicanism, to say noth
ing of Democracy.
But again. What can be hoped from driving the
North West Democracy away from the party. I*
may not go over to the Republicans, but this is more
to be feared than their going over. Asa Western
(and antagonistic) Democracy they would effectual
ly put the victory into Seward’s hands, and in no long
time would leave the present (national) Demo
cratic party, a mere powerless remnant of ram
pant Southern Secessionists. If successful seces
sionists it might be bearable, but an intuooessful
secession party, may the Lord deliver us from.
And lastly, for I must not argue this question at
length, Judge Douglas would lose more in the party
than out of it. The South has alwaya _put down its
injurers, though she cannot always elevate her’
friends; but those who are of no national party—
the South can neither reward nor punish.
Thomas'-ills. ’ E, I/H.
Communicated for the Wife Gra*. KeT.rt.7~~
WHAT IS RELIGIOUS EXCITEMENT 7
This question was prompted by * few wwarks
the, subject by a minister, a short time.since, wkkh
did not clearly understand. He said, “Sour*
object to any religious exeitemsftt; theys*y*J*T*
be deliberate, tbiuk about religion, talk about reiL
gion, read about religion, but we must show no leel
<■>* °” subject, making it a religion of the ha
instead of the heart.” If these are not bis J
words, it is the idea I derived from his rema,h, *"*
What is religious excitement t again Task. j. i.
not possible for a person to be excited on s subject
jfithout realizing it in all its bearing*, illd
‘t.ke 7 or in other words sympathetically excited
There is s great deal of sympathy i B our Bat .
we weep when others weep, and laugh when oth ■
laugh.
Do we not often hear it said in regard to matters
of less moment, “I was solicited I did not |, no
what I said,” or “tbe scene was so exciting I
wrought upon, wholly carried away.” And d 0 **
not sometimes hear it plead as an excuse, or in
tenuatlon of some hasty word, or act, that w* ( t s
terwards regretted T I do not mean to intimate that
those who unite with the-church during wha4)e e a||
ed religious excitement, are mistaken, and are often
sorry for it afterwards. Be it .far from me to’ make
such a sweeping declaration, I would not think of it
if I could; but may it not be possible, I ask, to think
we have experienced a change of heart when w
have not 7 May we not unite with the church in
the excitement of tbe moment, without realizing the
great and high responsibilities attached to that act
—the most solemn of our lireiT Is it not a subject
for calm, deliberate consideration—for deep heart
searchings, and sell-examinations as to “tehtthtr tee
be. in the faithl”
On the other hand, what is that religion which it
not felt- 7 That is no religion at all, (hat has not the
heart in it. I contend that there can be religious
feeling, without mere excitement. He who has
injured a friend, would we say that he felt anyth*
less penitent, when, in making his acknowledgement
limply said I am sorry, will you forgive, taking the
proffered hand in silence, than if he made loud de
clarations of self condemnation, and protestations of
undying friendship 7 Or do we say his grief it lets
sincere who bows his head in speech lest sorrow over
a lost love 7 In regard to worldly matters we aay,
“do not let your imagination run away with yoar
reason.” And shall we be lest guarded in our con
siderations of a subject of such vital importance t—
admitting the fear of a possibility, of having a “zeal
of God. but not according to knowledge.”
An Interested Hearer.
Thomas county, Sept. 27tb, 1858.
From tbe Detroit Tribune, Sept. 18.
A BALLOONIST LOST IN THE SKY.
Terrible Adventure —a man Seated on tbe Valve of
a Balloon carried into tbe Clouds.
We have learned full particulars of the
Balloon Ascension at Adrian on Thursday,
its subsequent descent, anu its second ascen
sion and runaway with the seronant while
beyond his control. It is a brief narrative,
but of thrilling interest. A man lost in the
sky ! There can scarely be a more terrible
thought. It makes tbe flesh creep aDd
sends a shudder through every Derve.
* The first ascension took place about 9
o’clock in the morning. It was oh the oc
casion of a large Sunday school celebration
at Adrian. The balloon was a very largo
and well constructed one, being about tbo
| height of a two story building when inflated
and ready to cut loowe-frota its fastenings.—
Messrs. Bannister and Thurston took seats
in the car, attached to the balloon, aud as
cended safely nnd steadily. After remain
ing about forty minutes in tbe sailing
toward ’Toledo all tike time, they alighted in
the wood in the town of Riga, Lenawee coun
ty, near Knight's Station, on the Southern
Rond, distant about eighteen npies west of
Toledo. Several men came to the assistance
oftlie adverturers.aud they proceeded to pre
pare the halloon for packing to he takeu
back to Adrian
In doing this the monster balloon was
tamed over and partially upside down to
disentangle the netting and to reach the
valve. To do this Mr. Ira Thurston, one of
the aeronauts, took off his coat, aud got astride
of the valvc-block. He then suggested that
the car be detached from the balloon while
lie should hold it down with his weight.—
This proved a fearful calculation, for no
sooner was the still inflated body relieved of
the car than it Shot into the air with the sud
denness of a rocket, taking Mr. Thurston
along holdiifg on to the collapsed silk of the
air-ship in that portion of its bulk.
In this perfectly helpless condition the ill
fated man sped straight into the sky in the
full sight of his companions, even more help
less than himself. So far as is known, there
was no means for him to secure his descent,
whether safe or otherwise. The part of the
balloon filled with gas was full twelve feet
above him, so that there was no chance for
biin to cut it and escape. He could only
cling to his precarious hold, and go whither
soever the currents of air should take him.
Without regulation or control of any kind
the balloon continued to monnt upward,
sailing off in the direction of this city and
Lake Erie. The fatal ascension took plSce
about 11 o’clock, and at a few minutes past
noon it was seen in the town of Blissfiefd,
Lenawee county, apparently full three miles
high, and about the size of a star in appear
ance It was still going up and on. At a
quarter past one’Vclock it was last dimly
visible going in the direction of Malden, as
ascertained by compass bearings taken by
parties observing it.
Wbat is his exact fate baffles conjecture;
Nut that it is horrible, almost beyond prece
dent, there <!an be no doubt. There is one
chance in a million for a successful escape.—
Whether the unfortuate man was carried np
so high as to become benumbed and sense
less, death ensuing, or whether he fell off at
length from biß tremendous altitude, to have
his breathe sucked from him in his fearful
descent, and to be sunk in the lake or dashed
into a shapeless mass upon the earth, it is
doubtful if any save God will ever know. —
The mind stands appalled in contemplating
this fearful disaster and blindly gropes in
mazes of wonder at where hia place of se*
‘pul tore shall bo.
Mr. Thurston was an experienced balloon
ist, having built several; and this’ being his
thirty-seventh ascension. He was formerly a
resident in the vicinityof Lima and Roches
ter in Western New York, but has latterly
resided in Adrian, were be was extensively
engaged in business as a nursery-man. H
was a widower, having lost his wife last
winter. Hd leaves an interesting daughter
about seventeen years of age to mourn bet
father’s unknown, terrible fate!
John wanted to know why a mouse was
like a bundle of hay, and was satisfied when
be was told that it 5 was beesuse cat'll tat *•