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Funny breach of Promise Case.
Poetry and Love , Mixed.—A. late number of
the Lond m Ooserver devotes two columns to
the particulars of a breach of promise case
whichjwas tried at Bodmin England
1 he action was brought by a Miss Eliza Bodil
ly, a fair spinster of about thirty, against one
Joseph Thomas, a grocer—one of those unfor
tunates
“Whom in bis ire
Hath blasted with poetic fire ”
In plain English, one of those indefatigable
and invetera e scribblers of doggerel wno could
not weigh sugar nor measure molasses without
doing it according to poetic rule.
It meras that Mr. Thomas first became ac
acquainted with Miss Bodilly at a pic-nic,
where he handed her over fences, assisted her
to jump ditches, car ried her parasol, tied her
shoe strings, spread handkerchiefs for her on
ttf.e/'igrass, and made himself generally useful
andarticularly agiee-bie. A mutual attach
ment at once sprang up—this was in 1840
ami tor the space of stTen years, although
Miss Bodilly’s father was at first hostile to the
suit, the parties continued to meet and corres
pond. In the year 1846, after Mr. Thomas
had written his intended no lees than three
hundred letters in prose and verse, his affeo
lion began to cool, and in 1847 he broke off
the match altogether and married a Miss Gill,
wh > had money. For this outrage Miss Bodil
fy brought her suit, and during the trial, out
ol several reams of letters she introduced to
prove Mr. Thomas's promises, some thirty
epistles were read to a court convulsed with
laughter. We give a tew specimens, which
beat any thing Mr. Willis or any other gather
of love missives, has brought to light.
Her is a specimen of Mr. Thoraaa’s style,
showing the state of his feelings in 1842. It
would seem that Miss Bodilly had been re
primanding him for sticking too olosely to his
business, tearful that his health would suffer.
%he lett r is dated.
ly 25, 1842.—Don’s be afraid, my dear, I
take any situation where I find the
work will be too h<:rd for me. I’ve more re
r gard for you, my love, than to do that. Again,
my darling, 1 beseech you, don’t make your
seif uneasy,but put aside melancholy thoughts.
I tike as much exercise as possible. Believe
me to be, my darling E Jza, yours most faith
fully and affectionately, J. Th mas.
A few diys after this, Mr. Thomas received
a letter from Eliza which seems to have excit
ed him smartly. He had been seeking a situa
tion, not having at this time entered into the
grocery business on his own account, and in
the olosing sentence makes known his good for
tune. But to the letter:
July 31, 1842. —My darling of my heart —
"Wnea your dear letter was put into my hand
this morning I fairly jump’d for joy. It was
like giving a lady who had fainted a strong
bottle of smelling salts; and when I saw that
dear seal, “We part to meet again,” I kissed
it over and over again. Ah, thinks I, she has
at last given over the idea that we are not to
meet again, especially so when I tell you, my
darling love, that I have at length, after very
great exertion, obtained a Situation, Icc. lam,
my darling love, yours most faithfully and af
fectionately, J. Thomas.
Miss E Bodilly.
Miss Euza, it appears, had a habit of “stop
ping up late nights,” of which Mr. Thomas is
anxious she should break nerseif. Here is his
"Tef er upon the subject, which is dated.
September 4, 1842. —My own darling Eliza
—-Huw oiten do i wish I could but see her,
ana impress upon her lips the sweet boon ol
beauty (a kiss.) lam sorry to find my love
that you still cont nue your old habit of stop
ping up isle. I'm positive that it greatly in
jures your health; but I believe that you will
never do otherwise until you, my love, and 1
are one, which God grant may be as soon as
poasiole, and then I’ve no doubt but what she
will go to bed earlier. Ever your most affec
tionaie J. Thomas.
v : It was not until the month following that
Mr. Thomas began to essav uaburtoening
himself in met.e—his affeotion now seems to
have taken a poetic turn, and he gives vent
a. follows :
October 2, 1842.—My dearest dove Eliza:
“U mid I flv like an owl. by the light of the moon,
||| would reac i rnv dear Eliza lo night;
Her dear droopiug head on iny bosom should soon
JJe at rest; but i can’t—l must write.”
& In * postcript, Mr. Thomas asserts that
“these line* are just the sentiments of his feel
ings,” and we|presume they must have been
the idea, however, of calling Eliza a dove
and then wishing himself an owl, is not alto
gether so poetical as it might be. Tennyson
or Tom Moore would probably have expressed
themselves differently.
the month of February following,
finding that his dearest E iza still continued
her habit of “stopping up late of nights,” Mr.
Thhoias administered another gentle reproof,
mingled with an allusion to the difficulties he
had with his father:
Febru rg 15, 1843.—1 hardly know what to
make fatner, he has never asked me what
toy fucure views are, cr what I intend doing.
I Yet, he seems to be tolerably friendly. It
etr kes me t iat there is something or other
brewing. Tnere is one thing, my love, I want
to ask you as a favor, and that is this—no: to
ait up so late at night. This will oblige me,
who 4e heart and soul is bound up with the
desire of making you his while life shall last,
an latter wards. Ever your faithful and af
fectionate, J. Thomas.
Muss E. Bodilly.
In the August following, amusing himself
meanwhile by keeping up a constant fire of
poetry and prose, Mr. Thomas heard that
k had an attack of English cholera,
and it almost drove him raving distraoted. It
did drive him CM? into an upper loft, as will be
seen by the following extract,• -
August 23. 1843.-“ily Dear Elic*-e-I duly
Ifoeivwd yours of the 21st. gnj (fjf rmj m»vit j
% » i
• urrr ‘
eoneerntd ttth* news that it brought. When ’
I had read to that part which says that you
had beeil ill of the English cholera, such sud
den fear came over me that I could not read
any more, and for some time was obliged to
close the letter. At length, resuming courage,
I went into the upper part of our warehouse,
and with trembling hands I opened it again,
dreading to finish reading it; but to my great
joy, my love, it informed me that you were
nearly well. Yours Thomas.
The suit of Mr. Thomas seemed to prosper,
and the pair to love one another, through
| 1844-’45. Here is a specimen of what Mr. T.
wrote in the latter year, and to his credit we
must say that we have read worse;
May 30, 1845.—My own dear girl
“Thy moto is constancy, how dear unto me
Comes the remembrance, my lov’d one, suggested
by thee;
I think of vows plighted, ol sweet pleasures we’ve
seen,
When together we sported o’er life’s suuny green.
Those pleasures are past, yes,lor awhi.e they a.e
gone.
But a day will arrive within a far brighter morn,
The air shadows of joy and of sunshine will come
Toil-urn ne our oath and gladden our home,
Then dream of mu dearest, be constant torever,
I ne’er will forget thee—forsake t ee—no, never,
But still hope for the day whoa thou shaft by my
side
Wonder forth along with me, ‘my own bonnie
bride;’
Mr co iipanion in joy ?-nd the story of my lie,
My angel on earth, and my own pretty wile.
“I should like to be near you, my love, while
you are reading the above lines, as I fa. ey
that I should have one of your loving slaps
on the head. Affectionately your own dear
Thomas.”
In answering this, Miss Eliza seems to have
thrown out some in'imation that the above
lines were nit original—were borrowed—
which nettled Mr. Thomas so sorely that he
comes down upon her in the wise followings
JuneS, 1845—“ My Dear Miss Lizzy—What
a very pretty opinion you must have of my
poe ic powers to ask me where I nr t with
those lines I sent you in my last. Is it pos
sible that you should have known me for so
long a time and never yet discovered that I
had the bump of poetry very large developed?
Next time, Miss, I favor you with my poetic
effusion, I beg you will not look upon them as
secondhand. However, my dear girl, lam
glad you liked them, and nope that soon
“A day will arise with far brighter morn
To illumiue our path aud gladden our home.
“Always your dear Thomas.”
This is the most of the published correspon
dence, for shortly after Mr. Thomas married
Miss Gill. During the trial, a sister of Miss
Bodilly testified that when Bhe received the
news that her lover had discarded her, she had
fits. The particular description of fits is not
mentioned.
Mr. Thomas, in hi» defence, said that the
reason why the action was brought was to
“show him up.” The love letters were put in
to raise a laugh in court at his expense. But
the jury, alter retiring for a short time, en
tailed upon him another expense, for they
mulcted him to the tune ol £l3O damages.
And thus ended this breach of promise,
Facta on Foote-
Head the following reminiscence of Gen. !
Foote, from a correspondent of the St. Louis
Times, and ask yourself the question whethei
politically,he is entitled to the least confidence
of any honest man. His course reminds us
of an old quotation :
r He wires in and wires out,
And leaves a body s ill in doubt,
Whether the snake that made the track,
W«sgoin gfortn or coming back.”
For the cause of truth and justice permit me
to present to your numerous readers afw
reminiscences of Mr. Foote, in order that they,
ot all parties, may form some opinion as to the
value of testimony from such a “ witness.”
About the year 1829, he established, or was
engaged in a public press at Yicksourg, whose
course and policy was to advocate the politi
cal opoinions of tion. John C. Calhoun. The
extravagance of the advocacy of Mr. C. and
his opinions as the only safe me ns of pre
serving the constitution and the Union, is
well attested by the history of that time. In
1830 or '3l, discovering that Gen. Jackson
was Borious in his breach with Mr. C., and
snuffling in the breeze the approaching storm
of his popularity. Mr. Foote suddenly turned
a somerset, glorified Gen. Jackson and de
nounced Mr. Calhoun in a train more bitter
and vulgar than you would denounce a high
way robber or a pickpocket.
Ia 1835 he beoa ne a tirious advocate of
Judge White for the presidency, and abused
Marlin Van Buren and the Albany Regency
in no measured terms.
In 1838 he was nominated and elected by
the Whig party as a member to the Legisla
ture from Hinds county. He was elected
with the view chiefly of abusing and vilUiy
ing the Locofoco party. This pledge he re
deemed to the hearty satisfaction of the
Wnigs.
Soon alter this he was found in the Demo
cratic ranks.
In 1839 he made a pilgrimage to Washing
ington to obtain, as it was said and not doubt
ed by the public, some office trom Mr. Van
Buren. Seeing that Van and his adminis
tration turned a cold shoulder to ail of his
sweet smiles and caresses, nere turned to Mis
stssippi, pouring out his patriotic indignation
against the President nd his prominent
friends. Mr. Benton especially, was the ob
ject of his maledictions, couched in language
that would be offensive to ordinary decency.
The streets, hotels, and coffee-houses ot those
regions, o<*n wed attest his extravagance and
abuse of Van Buren and his administration.
During the same year, 1839, at a Whig
barbecue at Jackson, he made a speech, (the
esscotnis loquendi of the man is astonish
ing) denouncing •• the powers ” at Washington
—poured out jl most iuisome eulogy o i Mr.
Ciay—advocated a National Bank, both as
constitutional and highly expedient.
In 1840, by the queer evolutions of his rest
less ambition and untiring manouvres, he wa*
selected and run a* one of the Vau Buren
e.ectiora of that State.
As to his advocaoy of repudiation in 1841
'42. I will aay nothing.
In the view of the foregoing and innumera
ble other instances of suen consistency, it is
often asked how did it happen that Mr. Foote
was elected Senator i
Io answer this interesting question I refer
the public to the Senator himself, and to his
former friend, Roger Bar on, Esq., of Nonh
Mississippi. It u notorious tnac Barton and
his trienas, the Demoorats of North Mississip
pi made him Senator. And the sequel of the
jokke was that Barton was about the first
man in the State who met him in 1849, on hi-. I
return from Wash ngton, aud gave him one i
of the most scathing reoukes that was ever .n
dieted on mortal man.
As to fiis present position with the Demo
cratic party of that State, I pretend not to
know, but! will venture an opinion that £5
per cent, of that party w.l be i'ouud to bu
firmly opposed to his re-election to the jUni
ted States Senate.
And why may it may be asked this sudden
and vast change of the Democracy in Reference
to the Senator ?
Waiving the fact that he never possessed
any genuine popularity in that Scats, it may
be remembered that about the time a b li for
the admission of &tl;ismia was introduced,
! with the wfieU d&legatfon,
r>cr3sfc»&- *■- -
wrote to Governor Quitman, representing j
that i was quite probable, if not certain, that j
with the obnoxious constitution, she would
be admitted as a State. It denounced such j
admission as a great outrage upon the Soutn, j
and such an act as should not be quietly sub- i
mitted to. Nevertheless, he, with the others, !
earnestly requested the Gavernor for his ad - j
vice in the emergency—invoking him to as- i
certain the wishes ot the people and of the j
Legislature as to their duty. The Governor !
prompt.y replied, urging him, with the rest, j
to oppose the admission of California, with j
her present and then constitution, under any i
and all circumstances. Tae people, especial y
the Derm crate, and the Legislature, sustained i
the Governor and his views. The Legislature
gave instructions to the same purpose.
Now, mark the sequel. As soon as this
advice which he had invoked, wa3 given and
pressed upon the representation of that State.
Mr. Foote made another of thoae astounding
sommersets for which he is so famous. Ail oi
tne delegation of this State have remained
true to the wishes, especially of the Democrat
ic party of the people ol the State.
It is notorious that in this late struggle,
Mr. Foote was the most rampant, Hotspur
that the South c ontained. H s attack npon
the Northern influence in general, and upon
Mr. Hale in particular, gave him the de
lectable soubriquet of the Southern hang man.
Now he is as soothing and gentle as a turtle dove.
And with the Northern mfluenee, endorsed
by Mr. Clay __he is a great and patci tic's
statesman!
Begin Right. — ihe following if not new, is
at least true —and .s wor.hy of attention, at
this particular time, when so many “ of’em,"
are rushing incontinently into the holy bonds
oi matrimony, to be lost “ to us," forever.
'* This little fable," said my uncle, “ may
perhaps be ot service to some poor devil, ‘ more
loving than wise.’ "
A certain man once married a lady, whose
reputation for amiability of disposition was se
riously questioned, if it was not in reality se
riously questionable. At the wedding, every
thing went on merrily, of course ; the party
gay, the supper magimtieent—the whole affair
had been eminently successfu , and all parties
extremely delighted.
On retiring to his apartment, the gentle
man found him-eif annoyed by the mewing
and purring of a cat.
“ What in the devils name is that ?’’ he ex
claimed.
“ Ohi nothing my dear,” replied the bride,
but my favorite cat, Pussita."
“Ohd —n Pussita!—/ hate cats'.” and with
this he most unceremoniously threw Pussita
out of a second story window.
“ Well! if you h ven’t got a temper /”
“ Yes! my dear — you d better believe ttl”
“Everything," continued my uncle, “ wen:
on well in that establishment —even to a warm
dinner on Sunday."
Nuw it so happened that a friend of the
above mentioned gentlemen, who hid some
months before “ committed the error" of mar
rying ‘an angel," took occasion to inquire of
him —
“ How it was, that with him, everything
* went merry as a marriage bell,” while, on the
contrary, he (his friend) had almost given up
the i lea of wearing pantaloons at ail.
Whereupon he relates his atory of Pussita
and the second story window, “without,”
said uncle, “fully impressing upon his mind
the impoitant moral —that it was necessary to
begin right.” Nevertheless, there was that in
his eye, when he started for home, that to'.o
of treason "
“Well!” said the wife, “you’ve come at last,
have you—after keeping me sitting up ter
you—and what’s t *e matter —you havn’t been
drinking, have you ? You look very strange."
“Not in the least, my dear—but I hate oatsl
lovely."
“You do—do you—-well I like ’em —that’s
all tne difference.”
Hereupon the husband made a dash at tho
poor Tabby—who was quietly snoozing on the
sola—and rushed imepetuously to the win
dow.
“You have been drinking. What are you
going to do, monster ?"
“Throw her ou' ot the window!"
“You’d better try it—l’d like to see you do
it—l’d break every bone in your body—why
don’t you throw her out?—l dare you to do :
it."
He put the cat softly down on the sofa,
hung his hat on the peg in the entry,his man- j
liness and hia pantaloons on an easy chair;
and exclamed—
“Go m duckey, darling, and win—l didn't
begin rightV ’
“1 rather think you didn’t you’d better
take a fresh start—but don’t try that game j
again, or you’ll catch it—come to bed," and
he went.
“ Wrong from the beginningV ’
Frightful Death of a Physician. —The j
following snacking details of the death of Dr. j
E. Morey, of Wes'vilie, N. Y., we copy from i
the Malone Palladium;
The Doctor started Wednesday afternoon, ;
April 16, to visit a patient at the junction of i
the Constable and M lone roads, in Burke, j
He was overtaken by night at Constable, and j
remained there until 3 o’clock, A. M,, of
Thursday. With a spirited horse and frail
gig he then left, and when within a short dis- |
tance of the Burke line, the right wheel of j
tho gig ran into a deep hole, causing him to j
break the seat of his gig.and fall on the wheel, j
which carried him forward of it, and then ran j
over his shoulder, thus b inging him immedi- j
ately under the gig, with his face turned up- |
wards. The injury might have ended here,
but in falling his loot slipped inside of the |
shaft under the floor of the carriage,, and was j
ht Id there by an iron bolt which heid the seat ;
to the floor, an 1 which stricking in his instep,
tore through his boot, rendering it impossible
for him to extricate his foot. After dragging
about a rod the horse apparently running at
full speed, he reached up and caught the hind j
part of the shafts, and held himself from the I
ground lor thirty or forty rods, when he again '
dragged, his hold being loosed, probably for !
want of strength to hold himself up.
The horse ran nearly three miles, and the i
Doctor, as appears by the trail of his body, i
held himselit up at tnree different times, for |
the distance of l? 5 rods; being still alive and
ho-ding himself up wheu passed Goodspeed’s,
in Burke, some 3 or 4 miles from the place of
his fall.
When found, his horse had travelled 7£
miles in less than an hour, over the roughest
of roads, and was walking slowly homewards,
while the lifeless corpse dragged in the mud,
divested of nearly ail the upper clothing, with
his gold watch also trailing by the string,
with his arms and torn garments behind. His
flesh wai horribly mangled, but no bones
broken. Thus ends the story of his death,
than w ieh v/8 have never heard or read Q $
one more revolting and painful.
A Piebald Individual —Sometime ago Mr.
Bsrnum nad m his Museum a black man who
was said to be gradually turning white, but
somehow or other the process of change was
so slow that pobody could see it and filially
theparti-coiored gent, who was in facta leper,
was abandoned as a bad apeekleation. Hut
there is nothig i n fiction, it is said, for whit
truth cannot find a parallel, and we now lest ,
from tne Boston Transcript that therV is a
young man in that city who verifies the axiom
in qlaolt and tahitt. He is a y ung, well fram
ed man, who was bora *rUh * face of deep
mulatto w?k>r,while hi. fcbody it very white.
I with ocssional black spots. HiiTarms are of the
; most delicate whitness, but on the back of
one of his hands black predominates. His
hair is much iike a negro's,yet his countenance
is far more intelligent in its expression, and
j his head is well shaped.
This remarkable specimen of a connecting
j link between the races, states that he is a
j twin, born at sea, off Cape that his
‘ mate is a sister, who is perfectly white, with
1 quite handsome features, and long, straight,
:jet black hair. Their mother was an Indian
j woman, and their father a white man, both
| apparently of pure distinctive characteristics.
It is insisted that the individual could not
| properly be classed as one of the albino spe
cies, and still less as one of those marked with
“leprosy,” so frequently found on the Isthmus
of Darien. — N. Y. Star.
Later from Texas.—We received last night
papers from Texas to the Schinst.
The Brazos river, lately so high, ha 9 now
fallen entirely within its banks. Many plan
tations were overflowed, some to the depth oi
three or four feet. All these will have to be
replanted. They may make good crops oi
cotton yet.
The Victoria Advocate of the 24th ult,
states that rome three weeks since, two per
sons were killed by the Indiana, about three
miles below San Patricio. There were foui
persons in the party surprised and attacked
by the savages—two Americans and two Mex
icans, on their way to the Rio Grande to pur
j chase stock. One American and one Mexi
| can fell at the first fire of the Indians, pierced
i with arrows, and the other two of the party
! were wounded at the same time, but not sc
j badly but that they were able to make sucii
j resistance as so put the savages to flight.
Only four Indians were seen, but it is sup
| posed that there were about fifteen in the
| party. One of them ventured boldly into the
! town, and succeeded incapiuring a valuable
. horse belonging to Mr. Carrican. Mr. C. at
j tempted to repel the intruder by discharging
a “five shooter" at him, but unfortunately
the cap exploded, and he was compelled to
retreat, the Indian followed him up with a
shower of arrows.
The party surprised, and two of whom were
killed, are supposed to be from the Colorado,
The American that was fatady shot, exclaim
; ed as he fell: “O.my poor wile and childerenl,
: He had a belt around him containing SI,BOO
!in gold. The other American also had SI,OOO
j in gold secreted in the same way.
j The Western Texan obtains the following
| items of news from Mr. J. H. Brown, who ar
j rived lately from Eagle Pass. A young man,
j named James Ba tlett. who was on his way
| to San Antonio, having in charge a runaway
j negro belonging to his brother, who lives on
; Coney, which slave he had pursued, and sue
j ceedea in capturing at Presidio Rio Grsnde,
j was pursued by a Mcxitan end assassina
i ted about ten miles this side of the river. Bart
j lett WBB shot through the heart with a rifle
j ball. The negro returned to Mexico, and the
j horse and pistol of Mr. B. were takrn by the
j Mexican. Mr. Brown brought in two runa
i way negroes, who had been some time in Mex
j ieo.
| How it Works.—“ Convene in time-hon
ored Faneuil, and in the name of Washing-
I ton, exorcise the evil Spirit from the gradlk
! of American Liberty."
! Such was the language of the Georgia Con
| vention in their “ exposition,” when they were
appealing to the North “ to give heed to the
| warning voice of one of the Old Thirteen.” The
; ans ver has come back from time-honored
I Faneuil, and the Georgia Convention has
I been insulted through their ally, Mr. Web
! ster.j
But the Couveution further said in this
! same exposi ion ;
; “Goup to Tammy and the Tabernacle, and
I expel from the National Emporium, the ge
nius of discord.”
j Tammy also has sent back its answer, for
! Tammy “ has at last fallen in the hands of the
| Free-soilers," and the black Flag waves over
i the capitol at Albany and over old Tammany
Hall.” Truly the appeal of « One of the O d
j Thirteen has been marvellously potent. Try
| again, Constitutional Union men. Surely
fanaticism and sectional ambition will hear
{th warning voice of one of the Old Thir
i teen, that “ roars so gently."- Marietta Adv.
(From the Liverpool Conner, April, 30.)
Trade, Commerce, and Finance.
J Business matters are in a position similar to
that noted in our remarks of this day se'u
night. .The produce markets are steady, al
though the business going forward is of a lim
ited character.
i There is still a drain on the bullion of the
! Bank of England. The decrease set forth in
| last return is £247.138. At present the stock
|in the Bank is £13,342,398. The reserved
I notes amount to £6.887,180; whilst the note
| circulation is represented as exceeding the
I bullion by £6.504,082. Alluding to the Bank
1 returns published in Friday's Gazette, the
I Economist of Saturday last says that the run
! continued during the week, but the amount
; taken is not ye* known. Large arrivals have
j taken place this week; and they should go in-
Jto the next account. Several receipts of some
magnitude were received in time for the pre
sent account, but they have not brought the
decrease much under a quarter of a million,
; Bullion does not necessarily pass into the
| Bank of England immediately upon arrival,
j and there may be some of the recent receipts
:in private hand. It is confidently anticipated
| tnat the large influx of visiters, attracted by
| the National Exhibition, to London, will put
! a stop to the export of bullion, at all events,
j not any further reduce the stock in the vaults
iof the Bank. Tne amount of specie brought
| to Southampton by the West India steamer
i Thames, and the Baltic from New York, will
assist the next week’s bank return.
We last w ek noticed the rapidity with
which correspondence from Jamaica, via New
York, is received in this country by the Arne
| rican and Cunard steamers. The Bal ie, which
! arrived Monday, brought us Jamaica letters of
j April 6. The Bame steamer also brought Ict
i ters and papers from Havana tq the Bth inst.
j Surely these reiterated proofs of the advan
i tages which Liverpool possesses over South
! ampton as a p-cket station, will induce the
authorities to consider whether this is not the
place to 4e?pateh the West India mails.—
Whilst on this sutyect we may observe that
the announcement of a new line of screw
steamers from Liverpool to Brazil has been
hailed with feelings of lively satisfaction.—
Qur mercantile •ommunity will give it every
encouragement, and not a few are of the opin
ion that steps should bo talten to orgmiae a
line to trade between the Mersey and the Cape
of Good Hope.
The accounts from the manufacturing dis
tricts are dull, most parties asssucaing a cheer
ful disposition in the hope of a gqqd summer
trade, ' The stocks in the hands of manufac
turers are on the increase, which certainly is
an ugly feature in such affairs.
The Rev. R. H. Taliaferro, of North Ala
bama, writes to the Tennessee Baptist that,
during a service p? twenty five years in the
Gospel, he has kept a journal of his labors,
and gives the following as the result. He
aaya: “from the journal of my lire I find
that 1 have traveled fifty-one thousand four
hundred and thirty sight 'miles, preached four
thousand six hundred apd eighty sermons,
and baptised about fifteen hundred persons
Efad I rot kept a journal, | should have
thought that l had haptufed four or five thous
| and, fijit figures will not lie,"
;i THE CONS'fifl/'ffONMilSf.
j : -
1 j Augusta, ©forjia.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 17-
5 ? ——
s j Senators Foote and Cobb, and the Soath
i ern Address.
» | The following interesting piece of hitherto
t ' Federal Union :
t Senator Foote of Mississippi.—We invite
- attention to the article “ Facts on Foote," in
i another column. We can give another “fact”
a in keeping with those there detailed. We
formed his acquaintance in Washington City,
in February, 1849, at the time when the Sou h
-1 ern Address was on the tapis. He was then,
if not its parent, one of its most zealous ad
v vocates. He denounced most bitterly, Mr
■ Cobb, of Georgia, for with holding his name
1 Irom that Address—imputed as his motives,
p his aspirations for the Speaker’s Chair, and
1 with his characteristic ardor, argued the point
and urged it upon us, that we should, in thu*
■> journal, charge him with an abandonment ol
his party, and to use his own words, “read
e him out of the Democratic ranks." Gen
'j Foote, since, like Mr. Cobb, has abandonee
a the party that honored him—and is now a
competitor with him for nomination on any
ticket that will make him Vice-President
' Alas, alas, for the poor, unfortunate South !
! Her own sons abandon her, for the honors-
J that the North, with its overpowering raa
° jority, can confer, and when honest patriots
n among us murmur, they are denounced by
these aspiring demagogues and their deluded
followers as Traitors and Disunionists !
e
e This incident occurred when Mr. Foot*
e was one of the most glowing of Southern fire
eaters at Washington. It was ut a time when
® the hope, so long and so fondly cherished by
0 Southern patriots, seemed about to be real
a ized of uniting the entire South, which had
too long been divided by squabbles of na
e tional parties for the power and plunder ol
. office. It was at a time when the high-toneo
!. Southern Whigs and Democrats in Congress
D were banding together fraternally, to demand
® for their much harassed, calumniated and de*
v frauded section, peace and justice, and equal
- ity of rights in the Union. It was at a time
, when the voice of faction, of selfishness, ano
y demagogueism, was about to be drowned in
* the sublime burst of enthusiasm for the South
her rights, a id her honor, which sprang from
the heart and lips ot Southern freemen, repre
* senting a confiding Southern constituency. Ii
e was not only hailed with responsive enthusi
e asm by the Southern people,but caused North
e ern cupidity to pause in its career, and trem
■ ble, least an aroused indignation would shiver
to atoms, a Government used too long as sd
engine of exaction upon the South to fill
Northern coffers, and which was about to be
K made the instrument of inflicting upon her
the badge of inferiority, and upon her insti
* tutions the brand of infamy.
s Fanaticism and cupidity paused, and would
3 have retraced its steps, in very fear and trem
* bling, for the Union is dear even to Free
-3 _
soilers —Northern prosperity depends on it.
It is the life’s blood—the very breath of ex
i istence to Northern cities and manufacturing
j towns.
Had that auspicious Union of the South
been then accomplished, the South would
r have stood in the councils ot the Confederacy
* in the of a unit —a unit in sentiment,
1 in policy, and in determination, and she
l would have commanded justice. The Union
j would have been saved, and the rights of the
r South would have been saved. As it is, those
‘ rights have been compromised—sacrificed and
surrendered—while the Union is in more dan
ger now than it was before.
Tbe Democratic party of the South was al
, most a unit, and but for a >ew recusants, would
have been, with the aid of many patriotic
Whigs, the means of thoroughly raltying the
Southern people. A small voice of discord
, "was raised in the Southern Democratic ranks,
i Mr. Cobb and Mr. Lumpkin, of Georgia, Mr.
; Boyd and Mr. Clarke, of Kentucky, put forth
, t heir pro est against the Southern Address
. The North saw us divided, and knew how to
; take advantage ®f it.
The coveted prize of the Speaker’s Chair
; was already glittering before the eyes of Mr.
i Cobb and Mr. Boyd. At that time, Mr. Foote
was not of sufficient consequence to be tempt
ed by offers of national honors. But since
> the game cf dividing, and thus crippling the
■ party in the South, which hitherto presented
the most efficient organization for arresting
the progress of Free-soil movements at the
North, has been resorted to, Mr. Foote has
been operated on for that purpose by adroii
appliances to his selfish ambition and over
weening vanity. The Vice-Presidency has
been made to dance like an ignis fatuus before
his dazzled vision, by Washington wire
workers, and in its deceitful brightness, the
fires of his true Southern zeal, if he ever had
any, have faded and died out.
The allurements of office will continue to
be freely plied as a means of distracting the
the South, and keeping down resistance to
Federal encroachment, whenever Southern
men are found accessible. It is the one means
destined to keep the South perpetually in
subjection to the North, and to convert this
Government into a consolidated despotism, it
successful. The Southern mau who aspires
to Federal offices in the gift only of Free-soi
Presidents and Free-soil votes, should be
narrowly watched and his motives, in every
movement, thoroughly sifted.
The Right Sentiment,
The sentiment expressed In the ffilowing
paragraph, will be responded to by the South
ern people. We are confident that it echoes
the feelings and views of a large rpajority of
the people of Georgia,
It speaks in reference to the probable seces-
Sion of South-Carolina :
“For our own part we had hoped that ifce State
w mld act less prec.p.tateiy th-m now seems to be
her fixed determinate We are vet tobe Z
viuced that ah* will act wisely in cfesi * kT r £“
to the counsels of Cheeves and Butler lud IW
wsil But whate /er may be her action w« « Dfta t
for ourselves and our readers, when we sayK
mher contest against the abolitionists and t. he
«cdeafer* to defeat thefr ft I,mrpo.es, our sym
pathies are in no wi.e and i„ uo pa >t with h« e!
with hostfie step to tread her soil a .u
... h.«, will 4,..k Corwto for hT^“«d
pray that she may welcome her fees with blood*
hands aad hospitable grave*.”
We have uniformly and earnestly depreca
ted the secession South-Carolina. We
yet cherish the hope that this catastrophe
will be averted—averted, not by any pusillan
imous abandonment of her rights, or servile
lowering of tone by that gallant State. We
have neither the expectation, nor the wish, to
see a single nerve quiver or a muscle shrink,
on her part, at the contemplation of her isola
ted position. But w q hope to see a return of
justice, or at least, of prudence, in the Fed
eral councils. We expect to see South-Caro
lina,not receding from her advanced position,
but pausing in her career, give time for pub
lic opinion, North and South, to determine on
what terms, and in what manner, the Union
is to be preserved.
Senator Sumner.
The fact that this embodiment of Massa
chusetts abolitionism, has written a letter de
nouncing resistance to the Fugitive-slave law,
is telegraphed as a matter, we suppose, of
great importance. We see nothing surprizing
in this, for we have not understood him as
advocating mob resistance to the law. He its
the eloquent and determined champion of the
repeal of the law ! That is his mode of
putting down the law. If there is any special
significance in his late letter, it is in this, that
he is so confident of the power and intention
>f the hireling States to repeal the law, tha*
he urges the Northern masses to bide their
time and accomplish their wishes in that way.
They ought to be willing to be p tient, for the
law is already practically a dead letter. Few
owners are rich enough, or patriotic enough
to spend five thousand dollars to get back &
slave worth only one-tifeh of the amount.
Mr* Reynold* Recovering*
We take pleasure in copying the following
from the last Southern Banner . Mr. Reynolds
is the gentleman who was shot by Jane Young,
the crazy woman.
We are gratified to be enabled to say that
Mr. Reynolds, although severely wounded, is
considered by the physicians out of danger,
and is rapidly recovering.
(communicated.)
Thoatro—Concert Hall- «.
We dropped in at this place of amusement
on Wednesday evening, which waa the first
evening of the re—pening of ths Theatre, for
a short season. We found the beautiful Tra
gedy of “ The Wife," by Sheridan Knowles,
m course of representation, and muat state
we wer* very much pleased with the perform
ances. Mr. Neafib, a rising Amerioan Tra
gedian, impressed us very iavorably. A fine
person, voice, and jesture, he, by his excellent
reading, and correct appreciation of his char
acter, rendered the part of “ St. Pierre" most
effectually. We have seldom seen better act
ing than his in the last act, especially in the
death scene.
Miss Richardson evinced muc h ability and
elicited many plaudits by her very artistic and
spirited personation of the “ Wife." The rest
of the company exhibited marked tokens of
improvement since their former visit to our
city.
The performances closed with the. fares
of “ The American Farmer," though,
not entitled to any merit for its p) ot or inoi l
dents, served to show to advantage the comie
powers of Mr. W haver, aa “Jonathan Plough
boy, the ' raal do wn-east Yankee country
man, in which he appeared very much at
home.
We were sorry to see so thin a house on the
occasion, but suppose that the recent festivi
ties, together with “ most attractive metal" in
Masonic Hall the same evening, prevented
many from attending. «
. (From the Baltimore Sun, lith - iiiat \
The Government Secret E r edition
The New York Mirror says tha.‘ the price piid
for the steamer Crescent C ylt y, chartered so
suddenly in that city, to * 0 SSouth on secret
orders, is $1,200 per day. The Journal of
Commerce, ot Monday evening, says:
“The steamship Orescent Gay has not yet
Iv h~ 8 ha,ing been reived from
Washington to delay her departure. The
general belief is that she is designed to watch
t l r,T ement> - ° f ~‘ he Cub “ adventurers
”e a l°u^0 e 0: rOOPS>OfWhOm,1 ‘- “-d“o
“Brevet Colonel J. 1,. Gardiner. (Mexico 1 !
commanding; Brevet Major William!, S
ico) Brevet Capains Getty, do; De Rowey. do;
r H ' du 'Lieutenants J. A. Brown, do, K
Winder** ’ HudSOn * Culb ™ u "* W.
tnquher^says^hat^lt^prohablttiMw^that^rtie
necetit <! v r so I r n fh t 0 ° U there is no
“S M Jon 2? employment of any forces in
parties feriuul?! W 18 not SU PP 0S «1 that any
ding Cute™ * eßW,tßm Bn * ide « of inva
a,L di from Washington to the came
the llnor, ?l ly . 885,8 that there i 8 no "Uih in
Xew Yorh h 8 Bteam « has been charted in
, 1 .U * r Government, to cruise along
d aoaa ‘* The Crescent City h«
been chartered tor some purpose
however„ The dispatch adds * P ° Be&
‘‘ All the information received here i a
to the belief that the Cuban invasion V if
postponed, and the South Carolin-, „'‘“ 6 bße “
movement delayed so, the p«W
evidence that nothing is apwe)’ ■ b “*
fact of the President g i«v. i »7 t ; ‘ h e e nd h “* “ <hß
“ Measures will he tak** . 8 8 * .
venue, should its coPtvtf 1 t 0 , co ec * th ® r ?'
South Carolina, whi>n if be - reßlßted m
em f h,,iek..r«: t > r »^:i n “ S>Bßre
Weinesdfyweek I.** 1 .** *° be blck °“
Dound*,h ® U ® STI ? S ** —We beg leave to pro
rinnfeV*? toli . QWin S questions to the Submis
f 8; Acquiesoents, and Non ami#n men—
to aU believers in the divine right of the
Union, and to ail who think that toe best
to preserve Southern rights, is to Bur* rencj<>r
them to the keeping of the North. \Ve hope
thej will answer plainly and direc ,i v P
It secession w mid prove rui’" 0A1..uo Al ..u
Carolina, why is it tb« ali and if
tect to despise South-O liate an j*
secession } -rolma, are opposed to
■ >D prove injurious to slave
.vT . a * s ** tha.t open Abolitionists at thg
w L th lba Clay and Dnion Aooh
m deno uueing secs
aion . Columbia Toltgraph,
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