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€nggtitatimmligt K Xtjiuhlir.
JAMES GARDNER. JR . )
and 5 Editors.
JAMES M. SMYTHE, )
THE WIFE'S APPEAL. »r miss sarah i. ci.ark
I'm thinking, Charles, tin just a year-
Ur will he very soon —
Since first yon told me of your love,
One glorious day in June.
All nature seemed to share our Miss—
The skies hung warm above—
The winds from opening roses bore
The very breath of love.
tVe sought tho still deep forest shades,
Within whoso leafy gloom
Few ardent sunbeams stole, to kiss
The young buds into bloom.
The birds caught up our tonos of lovo
in song not half as sweet,
And earth’s green cariict, violot flower'd,
It scarcely felt our feet.
Rut, apropos of carpets, Charles,
I looked at some to-day.
Which you will purchase, won t you dear,
Before our next soiree t
And then, remember you, how lost
In love’s delicious dream,
Wo long stood silently besidu
A gently gliding stream '■
Twas nature’s mirror; when your gate
No longer 1 could bear,
I modestly cast down my eyes,
Yet but to meet it there.
And, apropos of mirrors, lovo,
The dear gill of your mother,
Is quite old-fashioned—and, to-day,
I ordered home another.
Ab, well do I remember, Charles,
When first your arm stole round mo;
You little dreamed how long your soul
In golden chains had bound me.
Hut. aiiro|sis of chains, my own,
At flank s store, last week,
I (mind the sweetest, love !—so rich,
■So tasteful and unique I
The workmanship is most superb—
The gold most fine and pure
1 quite lung, Charles, to see that chain
Suspend your miniature.
( heard sad news while you were out;
My nerves are much affected ;
You know the navy officer
I onco for you rejected '!
Driven to despair by your success.
Made desperate by my scorn,
Ho went to sea, ami him been lost
In passing round Cape Horn.
Ah, apropos of capes, uiy love,
1 saw one in Broadway,
Os lace as fine as though twas wove
Os moonlight by n fay.
You'll purchase me the exquisite thing,
Twill suit your taste completely ;
About tho heart that loves you, Charles,
Twill rise and fall so sweetly.
| From the Washington Union |
Kossuth and tho Administration.
In another part of our pa|ier our readers will
find, copied from the National Intelligencer of
yesterday, three articles in relation to the illus
trious Hungarian patriot, which arc of great in
terest and importance. They arc : a violent and
defamatory letter against Kossuth, written by an
"attarhr in government service abroad ;” the com
ments of the New York Times, written in regret
and censure ol that letter, and accompanying its
publication; anil, finally, the comments of the
National Intelligencer, accompanying the trans
fer to its colinns of the whole publication from
the lime.. A --L-i—Al-llj-
position to the Times, both the spirit and pnr|>oit
ol the letter and its publication ! The appearance
of these articles in the oldest and most influen
tial central organ of the whig party and the whig
administration must he taken m connexion with
the fact that both ol the whig organs here have
refused to publish, or in any way to notice, the
noble Address of Kossuth to the American Peo
ple, which some two weeks since we issed in our
columns, and which, as published by us, lias been
circulated all over the country by the leading de
mocratic presses, and hailed with enthusiasm by
the democratic sentiment of the country, while
the original of the document is designed and des
tined to he deposited among the archives of the
representatives of the people at Washington.
These facts, as we conceive, fully prove that the
administration not only refuses to sympathize
with the view taken by the |ieople of the 11 un
gariui! hero and his cause, hut has determined to
set its face against this eminent niaa, whom
Congress has invited to our shores, and to lendits
countenance to those who denounce him as a re
bel. a demagogue, and a desperate disturber of the
public peace! In connexion with all this, there
prevails an mipluasant, though apparently au
thentic rumor—we shall he gratified if it turn
out to lie only a rumor—that both the Austrian
and Prussian governments have signified to their
able and distinguished representatives here, that
those governments will regard as offensive any
demonstration in favor of Kossuth by' the execu
tive government of the United States, and espe
cially that their jwsports must he demanded,
should a public reception he given to Kossuth by
llie President.
In this state of th<; ease—and while these re
buts of foreign menace in this matter are out
standing and not contradicted—the administration
sees fit to put forth, in the columns of its chief
organ, in connexion with a letter of unmeasured
official or semi-official abuse of Kossuth, the fol
lowing explicit declaration that the invitation to
him by our government to c me to this country,
and the offer ol a public ship to convey him and
his companions hither, are not to be taken as
any evidence whatever of sympathy in his heroic
efforts, or approval of the cause with which his
name is so gloriously identified, but are, on the
contrary, merely acts of mercy and compassion,
in view ol his past and prospective “persecution”
and sufferings as a prisoner!
’Ti the object of the offer by Congress to Kos
suth and his associates of a passage to the United
Mates was anything more than to afford them the
means of readmit; an asylum from persecution a
home in which, identified with the native repub
licans of the United States, they might become
respected and protected citizens—which, the
Times appears to intimate, would ‘indicate a gross
misapprehension ol the character and position' ol
Kossuth—why, then, we must say, uv hare entire
ly misunderstood both the mot ire and the action yf
Congress, and the feeling of the people of the Uuited
States , an that matter''
We apprehend that it will soon fully appear
that the administration, in using this language
in regard to the coming ol’Kossuth to this coun
try, has most gravely and completely ■‘misun
derstood” in this matter ‘‘liotli the motive and
the action ol Congress, and the feeling of the
people.” Certainly, as the Intelligencer alleges.
“Congress never intended to enlist this govern
ment or this people in any scheme of Kossuth
and his associates for revolutionizing Europe.”
There is no pretence or suspicion of any such
“intention” on the part of Congress; and nothing
that has been done, either by our government or
our people, makes any such formal disclaimer in
the slightest degree necessary. But we appre
hend tfiat by its public action in this case Con
gress did intend to mark, and did most signally
and rightfully mark, its deliberate approval of a
public cause, and its sincere and admiring sym
pathy with the patriotic heroism of a public mau.
Such, too. the admiration will find to be “the
feeling of the people in that matter.” They feel
that while despotic Russia could fatally inter
vene, with the armed hand, to throttle the nas
cent republicanism of Hungary, the United
States were in no way forbidden, either by pub
lic policy or public law, to honor, to cheer, and to <
console its illustrtious though unfortunate champ- l
ion. They feel, too, that Washington, in warn
ing his countrymen to avoid “entangling alli
ances” with Eurpean powers, never uttered,
and could not have been brought to utter, any
sentiment repugnant to such a demonstration of
American interest in the cause of public liberty j
throughout the world. They feel, finally, that ■
the action of their representatives in Congress to- ;
wards Kossuth has been a befitting, and no more
than a befitting, manifestation of our national 1
sense lioth of the merits ofhis great cause and of
our right as a nation to he heard abroad in rela
tion to it; and when the administration, through '
the columns of its organ, or in any other form,
at the dictation of Austria and Prussia, or at any !
other dictation, seeks to lower the tone of that !
action of Congress into a mere act of mercy and j
compassion towards a presecuted and suffering !
prisoner, the administration in so doing utterly
fails to resjiond to the popular sentiment, and to
uphold the national dignity, and is recreant at
once to the cause of free institutions, to its own
character, and to its constitutional obligations as
the executive representative of the American
people.
Filial Affection.
A few days since, as 1 was carelessly passing
through the beautiful cemetery at Cleveland, and
reading the silent memories of the dead, my at
tention was arrested by a monument represen
ting a beautiful little child that hail fallen asleep
while strewing flowers on the grave of its moth
er. The affecting tale was depicted in the sculp
tured marble too plainly to he mistaken.
1 inquired of the Sexton the reason of the de
sign, who informed me that the mother of that
child died w hen she was hut six years old. Her
father, at the earnest solicitation of his sister,
finally consented to part with his little daughter,
and let her go and live with her aunt in Machi
gan. sad foreboding told the widowed father
it. would lie the last parting; and as the little girl
hid litre well, and stepped on hoard the steamboat \
that was to carry her to her new home, the tears
coursing down the lather’s cheeks, told of a sor- :
rowful heart. The little child, as the boat left
the moorings, seeing the distress of her lather, 1
called to him—don't cry, pa, 1 will come hack
soon.”
Scarcely had she reaehed her new home when
she was seized with a sickness so violent and i
rapid m its termination that the same mail that
informed her lather of her sickness also brought
the sad intelligence of her death.
Just as the rattling throat gave warning notice
of the death struggle, the little sufferer looked up ,
into the face other aunt, and evidently was j
anxious to say something which her feelings
lather Ilian her weakness prevented. Her aunt j
asked her what she wanted to say.
“Oh, it's no matter,” said the little sufferer;
■‘but when /am dead, tell pa to bury me by the
side of mother.” I
This was the last struggle of nature—she was 1
dead.
“That child,” said the Sexton, as he brushed a
tear from his eye, “was my little daughter.”
The Man-Balloon.
Our lively French friends extract from out ol
everything, generally at the expense of that un- !
fortunate being; the husband of his wife; a being, |
whose mission in France seems to lie to supply j
the journalists with an inexhaustible subject of
lidicule. Everything is twisted into this some- j
what demoralizing channel of public instruction. !
Latterly the lialoou mania has furnished a large j
quota of lively anecdotes illustrative of the weak- j
ness and follies of Parisian Benedicts. As a
specimen, we select the following as it is told by
I*. Fiorento in the pages ofLe Phare.
Whilst an immense balloon was filling in the
Champ de-Mars, the impatient crowd were amus
ed, by the sending lip of a small figure of a man,
the perfect resemblance ot'M. Thiers without
the sectaries. The little man being filled with
gas, rose majestically into the air. and was soon
lost to view amongst the clouds. His adventures,
which became known the nextday, were curious.
Thanks to u strong and favoring gale which im
pelled him on his course, the little Imlloon-muii
arrived the same afternoon in sight of a line
country house in the neighborhood of Biovre. It
was near the hour of dinner, and the lady of the
mansion, who naturally thought herselt perfectly
safe in her own chamber, was occupied in the
mysteries ol her toilet. It was a warm day. and
she had opened one of the windows, which look
ed out upon the park, and was sale from any
pryingeyes. Whilst tranquilly engaged by the
assistance of a corset lacing, in reducing her waist
to a size and shape that w ould reflect credit on
her husband's tasle, she was suddenly startled by
a blast of wind followed by a strange noise, anil
immediately tho casement was thrown open, and
our little balloon man enters her chain her, unan
nounced. The lady utters a cry of terror and
throwsa shawl over her shoulders; the little man
driven by the wind throws himself uiion the
unhappy woman, who screaming louder than
ever, pushes him off nml he conceals himself un
der the bed. Just as the wife, in a supplicating
voice, says to this novel DoiiJuan :
“Aid Monsieur, go, go away, or you will ruin
me!”
The husband, furious, rushed in, crying:
“Ah! the wretch 1 have him now.”
And goes in search of his sword to run him
through the body. The wife, more dead than
alive reiterates in the midst of sobs:
"Fly, fly! Monsieur, and spare me the sight of
a bloody tragedy.”
The husband arrives armed to the teeth, fol
lowed by his whole household, who seek to
mollify his anger.
“Ah! where is he? where has the coward con
cealed himself?”
\\ liilsl two ol his irieuds hold the husband.
, a third stooping down perceives our little friend.
who, for good cause, utters not a word, and
catchig him by a leg drags him forth from Ins
concealment, when lo Monsieur Balloon, no
longer held down by the bedstead, raises him
self majestically to the ceiling, to the immense
amusement of the spectators, whilst the jioor
jealous husband slinks away sword aud all
heartily ashamed of his causeless wrath.
Advice to Youno Merchants.— Prove by
your life that a merchant can live a life of love
ot truth aud heaven. There is nothing intrinsi
cally wrong in wishing for pecuniary success,
and it is otten a good feeling at bottom which
stimulates it. All young men wish to obtain an
influence, to gain a standing in the community :
all their hopes of usefulness rest on that. There
tore they wish to stand well at everv point; to
come up to all the current standards' to have no
body look down on them on any ground. Even
a wise man feel something of this. If one went
to teach a savage nation, who had no standard of
merit but skill with the how aud arrow, one
would naturally like to lie found a good marks
man ; first equal or excel them on their own
ground, and then lead them a step farther. So a
young man in this community, wishing to do as
others do, belongs to a military company or an
Odd Fellows’ Lodge, or is a vote distributor
every November, or gets chosen to General
l ourt, il possible—hut aliove all makes money
——and then he has earned his freedom, stands on
his own foundation, and no one need look down
on him. He has gained “an independence” li- :
terally.
So far so good, hut the danger!—the danger is !
that the end is forgotten in the means, and by j
the time lie has got money, he has forgotten how j
to use it; he wauls general enlightenment,
thought, reading, observation, knowledge of so- j
ciety, practical beneficence, faith in any new >
idea. Poor creature! he has staid underground j
in his gold mine till his eyes are blind as the
sightless lislies of Mammoth Cave; and so, find
ing that lie can not escape out of money making '
into anything else, he goes back to that again
and burrows a little more.
But the story (you say) this disastrous change :
will never come to me. 1 will not he one of those ;
old men yonder, who have spun their souls into
gold, and point to that as the only result of their
life's career.” But do you know that every one
of those old men said the same thing when he
1 was young! Few men are born as base as the
j exclusive love of money-making renders many.
Guaid against the temptations which have made
them what they are. Remember these stern
strong words of Old Scripture: “As a nail sticketh
fast between the stones of a wall, so doth sin stick
| close between buying and selling.’’ Buy and
: sell with your inner eyes open as well as
| your outer—lest while you protect yourself from
being cheated by your neighbor, you cheat your
self out ol something more precious than he can
ever get from you. Among the ancients it is
j said that Plutus, protector of merchants, was also
God of lies, and he still teaches his followers to
■ deceive themselves quite as often as they deceive
! each other.
I R well to be independent; but it is a sham
j independence which is bought with money. It
: is well to show what good can be done with
| wealth, but it is better to show what good can
1 | be done without it. Whence liave come the
great example of this world thus far, lrom the
rich or from the pool' Ponder the answer of
i St. Thomas Aquinas to the prelate who once
i exhibited to him great vessels of precious coins,
and said: “Behold, Master Thomas, now can the
Church no longer say, as Peter said, ‘Silver and
gold have 1 none!’ ” “Is true,” replied the holy
j man, “neither can she say what immediately fol
lows, ‘ln the name of Jesus Christ, rise up and
walk!’ ” — Hunt's Merchant's Magazine.
AUGUSTA, GA.
SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16.
THE LA.RGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE.
1 ET* We received no papers by last evening’s
mail from offices North of Charleston.
.Mr, Toombs—The Democrats.
| We furnished, yesterday morning, a few ex
| tracts from Mr. Toombs’ speech of July Ist.
1 IS 18, to show how he darkened into rage when
; democracy was his theme. We propose, this
! morning, to lay before our readers a few more
elegant extracts from the same speech. For
these honors, heaped so lustrously anil lavishly
j upon the democrats, lie scarcely expected such
I honors as democrats have aided in heaping
iqion him. Did he win them by the truths, the
! wisdom, and the fairness of that speech of forty
eight? Democrats certainly stood by their prin
-1 ciple and their llag, as faithfully after it was de
livered, as before ' What did he charge u|>ou
you ? Foul, dark, fell corruption. He charged
j you with betraying liberty—the most uublush
; ing imposture—the foulest deception and hypo-
I cricy—and with a course of policy calculated to
sink the character of the nation, and endanger its
existence. Whatever bolts for evil Mr. Toombs
| possessed, he hurled at democrat* in all the fury
:ol his wrath. Some of you have listened to
j him in days past face to face. If he did not
I wound you then, it was because he could not do
| it. The vocabulary atlbnls no epithets of
| abuse that lie did not heap upon you. You re
■ member it well, some of you ' There were no
I supposed errors in your principles that he did not
drag forth deformed, carricatured, to your face,
to mock and insult you. Your motives were
iui|ieaclied, your integrity impugned. You re
member it. The democrats of Georgia cannot
j forget these facts, and they will sooner stand by
, their tried trieuds than selfish adventurers, who,
i , having scorned, now flatter them for their votes.
• Mr.Toombs said:
Those now lielore me have the distinctie
, characteristics ol their predecessor*! strongly de
, volopcd. It will be abmitted by all lair and ••un
did men that party creeds, if made at all, should
, be certain and explicit; should be iqion points of
difference between parties, and should plainly
, and distinctly set forth the opinions of those
I who promulgate them, upon the questions of
I which they speak. Any ambiguity in them.
. j fairly referable to design, is conclusive evidence
,I of a fraudulent intent. Tested by these plain
I and obvious and just principles, 1 shall proceed to
show that these Baltimore resolutions are dis
graceful to their authors, and insulting to the in
telligence of the people: that they were inten
ded to be ambiguous—to cover up, under con
venient generalities, the discordant sentiments of
the Democratic party, in order that they might
be expounded differently in different sections of
the Union—upon at least the three greatest
i questions ol national policy and popular excite
ment —the questions of internal improvement
, | by the General Government, the tan It; and
i slavery in the territories.
i : Here Le charged the representatives of the
I great democratic party of the Union with iiUcn
| ttonal fraud,nm\ declares the resolutions passed by
i 1 them as 'Ungraceful to their authors and insulting
1 .to the intelligence of the people. This charge will’
j. I ol course, apply to the whole democratic party,
j tor they all, in mass, rallied under and supported
. j those resolutions. Again he said :
> j The first affiirms what nobody denies; the
| second denies what nobody affirms; and the
■ : third asserts what nobody tielieves. I do not
| say that the classification is altogether accurate
, I tor there is scarcely a truth in them without a
:> subtle admixture of error. 1 therefore submit
i \wth the «jualitication that‘'mixed masses are
" ; to be denominated by the greater quantity”
> the first resolution belongs to the last elassifica
- j tion; it asserts “that the American Democracy
• j place their trust in the intelligence, the patriot
r i ism, and the discriminating justice of the Ameri
, | can people.” The second affirms the first to be
a distinctive feature of the politcal creed of De
mocracy, and charges adverse opinions to these
iqion their opponents. It was ever thus with
> deceivers! Judas betrayed with a kiss; and fawn
ing and llatterv have ever, in all ages and in all
’ climes, been the weapons with which syco
phants and demagogues have won their way to
place and power. In a popular government, the
confidence of the people must be won before they
• can be betrayed;and flattery is a ready expedient
I to those who have no solid claims to that confi
; deuce. Ihe third resolution contains an “infinite
t : de »* ol nothing;” and is, perhaps, only intended
.■' to herald in with a ilourish the nine Delphic
' I teets. *
Thunder and blazes! Why Mr. Toombs was
i , certainly thinking then of the serious saying that
| man is born to die, and bethought that, a good
’ ; time to abridge the political lives, at least, of
| the democrats. Demotrats and Judas put together !
I W liy, democrats, can you follow such a ccinmen-
I tutor upon your acts ? Those of you that can,
j ought to subscribe to build a monument to your
! own shame. He said further:
Local prejudices, and supposed sectional inter
ests, are their ordinary guides in constitutional
; construction, but Executive interpretation seems
i to he their only infallible rule. These self-styled
i strict constructionists have, with singular unaui
i mity, supported the whole foreign policy of Mr.
t Polk, a policy nraiked at every step by the
grossest and most unwarrantable usurpation of
powers not conferred iqioii him by the Constitu
tion.
| Am I uncharitable, then, in saying, at least as
far as this resolution is concerned, that it was
j not intended to settle, but to tolearte differences:
; not to assert a principle, but to cover a tick; not
to be understood, but expounded to suit the dif
ferent tastes ol internal improvement and anti
internal imrovement men! The Democrats of
Georgia are against these improvements; the
Democrats of Illinois and Indiana, and other
States, are favorable to them. Neither could
yield anything upon the question, without in
juring the party at home. This resolution is
the child of that necessity: as their constituents
could not agree, they determined to cheat them.
There it is, democrats of Georgia. Tricks, and
cheating! Why in Mr. Toombs' opinion, de
mocracy must have been the worst pimp of pow
er, the most unblushing prostitute to spoils and
office, that ever disgraced the political annals of
the world.
Mr. Toombs’ candidate so wise and firm, and
lofty of character , illustrated in the end his saga
city in aiding in his election.
What a mighty fait was there! But a few
short months, after his elevation to the Presiden
tial chair, Mr. Toombs publicly pronounced him
in Georgia to fie a traitor! That was a very
fioor beginning “to settle this Wire legacy of
democratic misrule, ” (fc.
We close with this, the extracts from]this ce
lebrated anti-democratic speech of Mr. Toombs.
They afford only a moderate idea ol his opinions
of democracy. His genius never shone more
brightly than in its keen and fiery assaults upon
the democrats, except in his celebrated speech of
the 27th of February, 1850, in defence of South
ern rights. His wits have been put to the test
to justify his backing out from his positions then,
and we think they will fail to suggest a good
reason why he should either seek, or secure, the
support ol his dearly beloved friemls the democrats.
The Democratic party, since the day that the
breath of life was breatlied into it by Mr. Van
Buren, have never held power a single year
without creating a new national debt, or enlarg
ing their own unpaid old one. Let the people
remember Mr. Van Buren's administration.
There is nodariger in their forgetting Mr. Polk’s.
The tax-gatherer wiil keep him green in the
recollection of this genaration at the least.
Let us unite and throw overboard the authors
of this mischief, and elect our candidate; his
wisdom and firmness, his lofty character and un
sullied purity, will be a tower of strength to
prudent and conciliatory counsels. Then I doubt
not, by looking to the past as a guide to the fu
ture, and emulating the spirit which brought
our fathers together to frame that Constitution
we sit here to-day to administer, we shall be
able to settle this bitter legacy of Democratic
misrule upon a basis honorable to ourselves and
our constituents,and which will secure the peace,
harmony, and prosperity of our country.
Gditorial Correspondence.
Mim.edgevii.le, Nov. 13, 1851.
l’he Legislature was not in session yesterday,
both branches having adjourned according to
custom, to enable tbe members to attend the
Commencement Exercises of Oglethorpe Uni
versity, which took place yesterday. The day
was raw and cold, but notwithstanding, the occa
sion was honored by the presence of nearly the
usual number of ladies and gentlemen, sedate
matrons and gay belles and beauties, grey
haired lathers and dashing young men. Among
the distinguished citizens present, we noticed
Ex-Governor Gilmer. Upon the stage were
Gov. Cobb, Rev. Dr. Geo. F. Pierce, Judge
Johnson, Judge Sayre, Judge James Jackson,
ami other gentlemen of less distinction.
The following young gentlemen of the Gradu
ating Class, delivered oiations:
C. T. Bannerman, Florida. Subject“ The
Weight of H un/*.”
I bis was a sensible oration, indicating in the
speaker, the possession of a sound, reflecting, ami
original mind.
Andrew Bowie, Lowndes county, (Ala.) Sub
ject “ ’37* Pride that pulls the Country do len.”
S. A. Calhoun, Macon, (Ga.) Subject“ The
Idol of the JtgeP
This was a too sweeping denunciation of the
passion for money-making as the too prevalent
vice of the age. The speaker charged, that it
contaminated, to a feartul degree, every portion
of society. Could half be true of the demoral
izing influence of this passion on all classes and
pursuits, which this young orator asserted, then
indeed, in the language of Fallstalf “ There is no
virtue extant.” But we opine that he will modify
bis opinions ere he is many years older, and it he
be not a votary, to some extent, of this occupa
tion, so fascinating to those who have the good
luck to be so employed, he will, at least” be
charitable to those who find in it alike a neces
sity and a pleasure, tt hath its virtues, and also
its blessings to society. An enlightened spirit
ol pecuniary gain gives individual energy, and
is the mainspring of great enterprises and na
tional progress.
Samuel Hunter, Macon, (Ga.) Subject:—
“ The Pilgrim Spirit." 1
This orator’s countenance at once indicated
talent, and as soon as he appeared, the audience
were led to expect something fine: nor were
they disappointed. He is a pleasant and grace
ful speaker. His oration indicated an enthusi
astic turn of mind, with a strong religious bias.
His political affinities were disclosed in a warm
and beautiful tribute to the lamented Calhoun,
which was rapturously applauded. The orator
forcibly i>ourtrayed the triumph of the pilgrim
spirit when properly directed, in past times, in
religion, in literature and in government. His de
nunciations of the fanaticism which had been
exhibited at Boston, at Christiana, and Syracuse,
brought down thunders of applause. His closing
remark was to the following effect. As a son of
France, dying on tbe battle-field, in the days of
her Republican existence, exclaimed, “Let me
perish, but let the Republic live,” so let every
Southern man exclaim, when the final issue is
made, “ Let the Union perish, but let the South
live.”
1 his little flash of the fire-eating spirit quite
electrified the house, and the applause was stormy
and prolonged. The outburst was so hearty and
continued such au unusual length, as to amuse,
while it surprised many who did not join in it.'
It proceeded partly from the body of the students
present, who are mainly unanimously on the
Southern Rights side in politics. They may be
all counted on as rising young Democrats.
u Jotm McLeo<3 > Pike county, (Ala.) Subject:
‘ Instability of Public Opinion
Henry Pratt, Roswell, (Ga.)
Both of these were creditable performances in
the matter ot the orations and style of the de
livery.
F. H. Bowman, Greensboro’, (Ga.) Valedic
tory and first Honor. Subject“ Misdirection 1
of Intellectual Kncrgies.'i
'I lie oration of this young gentleman was !
well written, ami the delivery gave indication of ;
considerable oratorical gifts. It received marked !
favor from the audience. The valedictory to the
President and Professors, and that to his class
mates, were conceived in good taste and deliver
ed with effect.
These exercises being concluded, aud before
the degrees were conferred, Rev. Dr. Geo. F.
Pierce presented the two prizes for excellence in
declamation, to the successful competitors of the
Sophomore Class.
The first prize was awarded to Mr. Johnson,
son of the Hon. H. V. Johnson. The name of
the other successful competitor I am unable now
to give.
Dr. Pierce prefaced the presentation with some
beautiful and appropriate remarks on “Elo
quence," which were exceedingly well received.
We have rarely, if ever, heard so much applause
bestowed on so short an address.
The Rev. Mr. Rogers delivered the Annual
Oration, which closed the Exercises. As the
writer is an admirer of Mr. Rogers, he had no
predisposition to underrate this effort. In sact t
he anticipated lrom him a very superior produc
tion, in appropriateness, beauty and force. It
fell short of the expectation. The oration, cer
tainly, displayed talent, and was interspersed
with many beauties. As a Sermon, it would
have been much admired by any audience of
taste and discrimination. If, in fact, not a regu
lar Sermon, it came so near it as to provoke, in
our hearing, the remark, rather innocent per
haps, that the orator did not, for the occasion.
“ sink the shopp The subject was—“ The claims
of the Bible for its literary merits upon the at
tention of the Scholar.”
This University is now in a prosperous condi
tion, and its prospects of increased patronage are
cheering. It is doing its full share in the great
cause of education.
The subject of education, especially of Com
mon School, is beginning now to occupy much
of public attention, anil it is reasonable to expect
that the Legislature will give it a portion of
their time and of their serious deliberation.
Rev. Dr. Geo. F. Pierce delivered, at the State
House, on Tuesday evening, an able address on
this subject, which may not lie wholly without
its good fruits.
Legislative Proceedings.
Milledgeville, Nov. 13, 1851.
THE HOUSE.
The greater jrart of the forenoon was consumed
in discussing the merits of the bill to ynend the
Rent Laws ot this State. Mr. Trippe offered an
amendment, which was agreed to, providing,
that the agent, attorney at law, or attorney in
fact, shall, of his own knowledge, know that the
debt for rent was contracted, and was due, before
he can Ire allowed to make altidavit before the
proper officer, for a distrain warrant. The bill
was advocated by Messrs. Henry, Stephens, Tift,
and Trippe; aud opposed by Messrs. McDougald,
Russell. Thurmond, and Wofford. It was finally
passed by a vote of G1 yeas, to 60 nays. A re
consideration will probably be moved and carried
to-morrow.
The bill to exempt Preachers of the Gospel
from Road duty, was passed by yeas 110, nays
lit. Also, the bill to incorporate the Union
Steamboat Company of Georgia and South Caro
lina.
The several portions of the Governor’s Mes
sage were referred out to appropriate committees.
Mr. Bellinger, from DeKalb, laid on the table
a resolution to ascertain the will of the people in
regard to the Seat of Government, by vote, at the
next biennial election for members of the Legis
lature. The bill provides that the people, at
the next general election, indorse on their tick
ets. Macon, Atlanta, or Milledgeville, according
to their preferences.
The Chairman of the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, in the matter of the contested
seats for Raluin and Scriven counties, made a re
port lavorable to the sitting members from those
counties.
SENATE.
The following bills were read the first time, in
, the Senate:
Mr. Slaughter—To lay off aud organize a new
County from Paulding and I’loyd.
Mr. Foster—To amend the Ist section and 3d
article of the Constitution.
Also, to amend the Statute of Limitations.
Also, to point out and define the mode of ser
vice of writs of Scire Facias.
Also, to regulate the practice of the Supreme
Court and Superior Courts, and for other pur
poses.
Mr. Hardeman—To lay out a new County
from Franklin and Elbert.
Mr. Knight—To provide means for the con
struction ofthe Brunswick and Florida Railroad,
and to authorize the Governor to subscribe for
stock, in the name ofthe State.
Mr. Calhoun submitted resolutions in regard
to the Seat of Government, similar to those in
troduced by Mr. Bellinger in the House.
Some debate sprang up on the bill to organize
j a new county from the counties of Pike, Henry
and Fayette. The bill was, pursuant to a me
i morial, presented by a committee appointed for
the purpose, at a meeting of the citizens of Grif
fin, settin g forth the great inconveniences of the
present arrangement, particularly to the citizens
of Griffin, who are now compelled to attend
Court at Zebulon. The population of Griffin is
stated at 3000, and the fact, also, that most of the
litigation crowding the dockets of Pike county, is
furnished by that flourishing little commercial
city.
It was moved by Mr. Moseley that the blank
in the bill for the name, be filled by “ Spald
ing,” in compliment to the late Hon. Thomas
Spalding. Mr. Simmons moved as an amend
ment, “ Polk,” in honor ol the late President of
the United States. But on the assurance that
Spalding was the name generally desired and
agreed upon by the inhabitants of the proposed
county, the amendment was withdrawn, and the
name first proposed was adopted.
The bill was advocated by Messrs. Moseley
and MeCune, and opposed by Messrs. Moon and
Simmons. It finally passed—yeas 30, nays 14.
Pay as you Go.
The famous rule laid down by John Randolph,
for promoting prosperity and fortune, is perhaps
the simple secret for effecting the entire reform o*
social society. Pay as you go! Pay what?
Your debts?—well? These debts include, not
only w'hat you owe to man, but to your country;
—not only what you owe to your country, but
to yourself;—not only what you owe to yourself
but to God, the greatest of all creditors. Pay
your fare; your tailor, your washerwoman : and,
before all, your printer 1 Your debts to society
are included in the virtues ot forbearance, chari
ty, public works; to your country, patriotic self
sacrifice, aud the devotion of your mind, body , 1
and time, on all occasions of public exigency
To yourself, in doing justice to your natural en
dowments, your concience and all proper and
pure sensibilities. To God, for all that you have
according to the laws he had prescribed. Prayei
forbearance, love to your fellows, faith in the
world's great Governor, and a perfect resignation
to his will! Properly considered, this
rule,-Pay as you Go," —involves all the duties
to yourself, to society, to the country, the laws
anti religion.
The Biver.
We have the pleasuse to announce that our
river has risen about twenty inches, and was
still rising when we went to press last evenin-
Fatal Accident.
We understand that the locomotive James I
Petigru, attached to the Express Freight Train,
which left Hamburg on Friday evening for
Charleston, when about seventeen miles below
Aiken, met with a serious accident by the burst
ing ofthe boiler, by which accident the Engineer,
Mr. Philip School, and two Firemen, whose
names w-e could not learn, lost their lives, A
horse, on one of the Freight Cars, was also
killed. We further learn that some five cats
were seriously damaged by the explosion, and
the posts and wires of the telegraph were also
destroyed, so that communication between this
city and Charleston has since been interrupted.
Mons.^Adrien.'
This celebrated Magician, who has been per
forming to lull houses since his arrival in this
c *l}% gives two more entertainments, viz: on
Monday and Tuesday evenings. His programme,
it will be seen has been changed, and he will
introduce several tricks never before performed
in this city.
Something of a Fotatoe.
We have received from Capt. David M. Dun
bar, of Barnwell District,a sweet Potatoe weigh
ing eight and a half pounds for which he will
please receive our thanks. If any of our sub
scribers have a larger one, they will please send
it along.
Gallantry of an American Captain. A
London pajier mentions with approval, and as
an illustration ot “American gallantry,” that
Capt. Nye, of the U. S mail steamshp Pacific,
was the first to commence firing a royal salute
of twenty-one guns on the instant of Queen
ictoria s embarkation at Liverpool.
Death of Count dk Bouaume.— An Arkan
sas i>uper,of recent date, announces the death on
the 14th ultimo, in Arkansas county, of M. J
Julien de \ isart. (Count de Bocarme.) an old and
esteemed citizen of that county. As M. Yisart,
his name would have attracted little attention
this country, hut as Count de Bocarme it recalls
associations of painful interest. He was the la
ther ol Count de Bocarme, recently executed in
Belgium for the murder of his brother-in-law.
1 and it is thought that his death was hastened by
the w retched termination ofthe life of his son.
Hons.—The Louisville Journal of Thursday
says:—The market continues quiet—buyers still
refusing to come up to the views of holders. We
, hear of only one sale—l,4oo head, from 60 to 70
miles in the country, at S 3 25 gross. 1,000
, head were also offered at this price and found no
takers. If the weather continues as cold for a
t day or two as it was yesterday, some of the
packers intend to commence operations.
! Sad Affair. —A party undertook lately, at
Ottumwa, lowa, to charivari a newly married
i couple, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ralston. Mr. K.
I aud his father-in-law attempted to drive them
■ off, when some one fired and the paper wad en
■ tered Mr. Ralston’s heart, causing his death.
The U. S. steamer Erxm arrived at Pensacola
on the Sth inst. from Moble, having on lioard
Commodore F. A. Parker, 11. S. Navy, and
Captain Serocolel, of tire 66tlr Regiment, British
Army.
| It is stated that the Spanish Minister at
Washington has been instructed by bis gov ern
inent not only to withdraw himself, but to with
draw all the Spanish Consuls in the U. S. un
less his demand for public satisfaction relative to
. the New-Orleans affair be complied with.
We learn from our New-York exchanges, that
on Sunday afternoon. J. Kearney Rogers, M. IV.
one of the most eminent surgeons in the United
States, suddenly died at his residence in that
City.
! We learn that the Academy at Society Hill,
S. C. recently occupied by E. M. Griffin, Esq ,
w*as burned to ashes a few days since. The
fire occurred during the recess at 12 o’clock.
The Washington and New Orleans Tel
egraph Lr.NE. —Promptness and efficiency, we
are gratified to perceive, seems now to be the
order of the day on this line. We observe from
a notice in the MobileJAdvertiser that on the 7th
inst.,it having been necessary lor the operators to
change their office in that city, in two hours after
the wires were taken down’ they were up and
ready to work in the new office. Mr. C. C.
Buckley the energetic and efficient Superinten
dent of this line, whose important improvements
in the instruments used for writing by telegraph
we noticed a short time since, has one of his D'J
eently invented instruments permanently placed
in the Mobile offiee, which enables New-Orleans
to transmit messages direct to Montgomery,
avoiding the necessity of through business being
done in Mobile, whilst a separate wire between
Mobile and New-Orleans, erected last winter,
with a separate instrument, is demoted entirely
to the local business between the two cities.
Mr. Buckley has used his invention successfully
fora year on various parts ofthe line, but not in
Mobile until since his late visit. It is his inten
tion to so place bis instruments as to communi
cate direct from Wasington City to New-Orleans
during the approachihg session’of Congress. He
is confident, by putting his instruments on the
different lines, that messages can be sent direct
from Halifax to New-Orleans.— Char. Conr.
Convictions in the tJ. S. Court.
In tlreU. S. Circuit Court, yesterday, a young
man named Robert Melton, about 17 years of
age, and a native of Alabama, was tried for steal
ing from |the U. S. mail, a letter containing a
draft of $62. There were three counts in the in
dictment, and the jury found him guilty on the
third, which charged him with stealing from the
mail. He was a mail rider between Darien and
Hawkinsville, in this State.
On Tuesday last, H. L. Kimbrough, of Co
lumbus, in this State, was tried, charged with
embezzling six thousand dollars, from the i*>st
office in Columbus, some time in December last.
The jury found him guilty. At a previous term
of the Court, this young man was tried, but the
jury' did not agree upon a verdict.
We are informed that sentence will be passed
upon them to-day. The prosecution on the pa it
of the Government was conducted by Henry-
Williams, Esq., U. S. District Attorney.—Savan
nah News.