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HOME AND WOMEN. ,
W ever ihere has been a more touching
ati'l eloquent eulogimn upon (he charms
°l borne and its dearest treasure, women,
titan is contained in tlte fotlowidg extract
from the Christum Inquirer ; it lias mil
been our good fortune to meet it;
•Our homes—-what is their ebnicr
slone but virtue of women ? And on !
what does social well-being rest hut on
our homes ? Must we not trace all other j
blessings of civilized life to the door of j
our private dwellings! Are not our
heart-stones, guarded by the holy forms
of conjugal, filial, and parental love, the
corner-stones of Church and State—
more sacred than either—more necessary
than both ? Eet our temples crumble and
our academics decay—let every public
edifi ee, our halls of justice, and our cajii- j
tols of State, he leveled with the dust —
but spare our homes. Man did not in
vent and he cannot improve or abrogate
them. A private shellef to cover in two
hearts dearer to each other than all the
world—high walls to seclude the profane
eyes of every human being—seclusion
enough for children to feel that mother is
a peculiar name—this is home; and here
is the birthplace of every virtuous im
pulse—of every sacred thought. Here
the Church and the State mu?t come for
their origin and support. (), spare our
home! The love we experience there
gives us our faith in an intimate goods
ness: lhe purity and disinterested tender
ness of home is our foretaste and our ear
nest of a better world. In the relations
there established and fostere.d do we find
through life the chief solace and joy of
existence. What friends deserve the
naniß compared with ‘.host* whom a birth
right gives us? One mother is worth a
thousand friends——one sister dearer am!
truer than twenty intimate companions.
We who have played on the same hearth,
under the light of smiles—who date back
Jo the same season of innocence and hope,
veins runs the same blood—do
we pot find that years only more sacred
flndyjnportant the tie that binds us ?
■Coldness may spring op, distance may
seper&te, different spberesMuny divide; btu
those who can love anything, “who con
tinue to love at all, must find that the
beings whom God himself gave, are whol
ly 11 nlik■> any we can choose for otirsplves,
end that the yearning for thesp is tlte stron
gest spark in our expiring affection.’
JOHN BUNYAN.
The writings of Bunvan have providential
ly been handed down to us, as a mighty wit
npss to the truth so forcibly insisted on the
Holy Scriptures, that the wisdom of the
world is foolishness with ; and that * he hath
chosen the foolish and week things of die
world to confound the things which arc wise
and mighty ’ Bunyan says of himself, ‘ I
never went to school to Aristotle or Plato,
but was brought up.in my father’s house in
n very mean condition, among a company of
plain countrymen.* AmJ vet this is the man
on whose almost divine literary productions
such men as Johnson and Southey, Scott and
Byron, Coleridge and Macaulay, Franklin
and Mackintosh, pass the most unqualified
commendations!
The preaching of John Bunyan was char
acterized by the same energy and success as
his writings. He commenced preaching a
very short time after that remarkable change
in his life which lie so gtaphically describes in
his * Grace Aboundingand even, as he
tells us, 4 while tho terrors of the law, and
guilt for his transgressions, lay heavily on
his conscience.’ * I preached,’ he says,
* what 1 felt, what I smartly did feel, even
that under which my poor soul did groan,
end tremble io astonishment. Thus I went
on for the space of two vears, which the
Lord came ill upon my own soul with same
sure peace and comfort through Christ.’
The almost sudden transition, from the
bold blaspliomcr to the earnest preacher of
the Gospel, tilled the good people of Bed
ford with surprise, and the whole town turn
ed out to hear him. There occurred a lapse
of only six years from the time of Bunyan
first joining Mr. Gifford’s church at Bedford
to hi* imprisonment—the former took place
in 1654, and the latter in 166l>—and when
this is viewed in connection with tlte fact
(hut lie wrote several treatizes, and labored
abundantly and successfully for some years
prior to iiis incarceration, as pastor of the
church which he had so lately became a
member of, (Mr, Gifford having gone to his
eternal rest) the're seems but little room for
the fanciful assertion that he went through a
•diligent course of study’ before exercising
the ministry. Does it not rather appear
that the glowing affections and athletic intel
lect of Bueyan’s soul were brought out by
an unseen impulse, and in some sense, com
pelled to tlie exerfise of that vigorous logic
that fertile imagination, those bold oratorical
strokes, which told so powerfully upon his
hearers, and produced such happy residts?
From the very period that Divine light first
dawned upon Bunvan’s mind, the language
of the Apostle of the Gentiles may have
been adapted by him with equal truthfulness,
•Woe is me if I preach not tho Gospel!—
necessity it laid upon me.’
Some would speak of Bunyan as a self
made divine—this is wrong. , Assuredly, he
was no college-made preacher. What then
was he? A God-taught, and Heaven-sent
messenger of the Gospel; and as such, a
beautiful exemplar of every faithful minister
of Christ, whether skilled in classical and
mathematical learning or. not. The great
Dr Owen, who was a frequent hearer of Ban
yan's was once asked by Charles the Second
how n learned man like him could sit down
to hear a tinker prate? He replied, 4 May it
please your Majesty, could I possess the lin
ker's abilities fur preaching, I would gladly
relinquish all my learning !’- Newark Daily
A NOBLE EXAMPLE.
About the year 177 C, a circumstance oc
curred which deserves to be written on ada
mant. in the war of New England with the
, aborigines, the Moiiegan tribes of Indians
early became Friends of tho English. Their
I favorite ground was on the banks of the riv
! or, (now the Thames,) between New London
and Norwich. \ small remnant the Mo..
i liegans still exist, nnd they arc scarcely pro-
I tecuH in i|n> possession and enjoyment of
: their favorite domain on the banks of the
j Thames. The government of this liihe had
j become hereditary in the family of the eele
j lira led thief Uncus. During the time of my
j mercantile prosperity he had em
j ployed several Indians of this tribe in hunt
ing animals, whose skins where valuable for
their fur. Among these Winters was ono
named Zachary, of the royal ra.ee, an excel
lent Winter, but as drunken and worthless an
lml fad a ever lived. When lie had some
what passed (lie age of SO,several members
of the royal faintly who stood between Zach
ary and the throne of his tribe, died, and he
found himself with only one life between him
and the empire.
In (his moment his better genius resumed
its sway, and ho reflected seriously. 4 How
can such a drunken wretch as I am aspire to
he the chief of this honorable race? What
will my people say? and how will the shades
of my noble ancestors look down indignant
upon sucii a base successor? Can I succeed
to the great Urn-as ? 1 will drink no more !’
He solemnly resolved never again to taste
any drink but water, and kept bis resolution.
I had heard this story, and did not entire
ly believe it; for young as l was, I already
partook of the prevailing contempt for In
dians. In the beginning of May, the annual
election of the principal officers of the (then)
colony was held at Hartford tlte capital.—
My father attended officially, and it was cus
tomary for the chief of Mohegans also to at
tend. Ztcbary hail succeeded to the rule of
ids tribe. My lather’s house was situated a
bout midway on the road between Mohegan
and Hartford, and the old chief was in the
habit of coining a few days before the elec
tion, and dining with bis brother Governot.
One dav the mischievous thought struck me
to try the old mail’s temperance. The fam
ily were seated at dinner, and there was ex
cellent home brewed beer on tho table. I
addressed the old chief:
* Z irliary, this beer is excellent—will you
lastejt?’
The_ohJ . ; mttn dropped his knife and fork j
—leaned forward with a stern intensity of
expression—his black eye spqjkling with in
dignation, was fixed on me. -Mht
(John,* said ho, 4 you do not know what
yon are doing. Tt on art?serving the devil,
boy! Do you not know that lam an In
dian ? I tell you that I am, and that, if I
should but taste your beer, l coald not stop
until 1 got to rum, and became again the
drunken, rontempible wretch your father re
members me to have been. John, while you
live, never tempt any man to break a good
resolution.’
Socrates nevei uttered a more valuable
precept. Demosthenes could not have giv
en it in more solemn tones of eloquence. 1
was thunderstruck. Mv parents were deeply
affected ; hey looked at each other, at me,
and at the venerable Indian, with deep feel
ings of awe and respect. They afterwards
frequently reminded me of the scene, and
charged me never trt forget. Zachary lived
to pass tho age of 80, and sacredly kept his
resolution, lie lies buried in the royal lul
lin’ place of his tribe near the beautiful falls
of the Yautic, the western branch of th#
Thames, in Norwich, on land now owned by
mv friend Calvin Goddard, Esq. I visited
the grave of the old chief lately, and repeat
ed to mvseif his inestimable lesson.
Colonel Trumbulls Autobiography.
THE PRESIDENT IN A LUNA
TIC ASYLUM.
A most affecting scene was witnessed
at the Lunatic Asylum at Utica. Un
entering ilit Chapel where some two hun
dred of these unfortunates were quietly
seated, tlte overseer, introduced the Pres
ident of the United Stales, when all rose,
respectfully bowed, and resumed their
seats. Each member of the party was
then introduced by name, when tlie same
ceremony was profoundly repeated. Dr.
Maltlty, a wise Lunatic, then arose and
welcomed the President in a strain of
graceful and touching eloquence that
drew tears to every eye. Me is a tall,
thin, pale man, with penetrating eyes, a
fine voice, and gestures belonging to tlte
polite oratory of 4 a gentleman of tlie
old school.’ The President’s reply was
also very happy and affecting. So or
derly and so well behaved a company
surely lias not greeted him in till itis trav
els. In one of the female wards the
whole party was individually introdu
ced to an elegantly dressed, and most ac
complished ladv tile daughter of one of
the most distinguished lawyers New-York
has ever produced. She had die right
word ready for every one who addressed
Iter, and presented die President with a
sweet little boquet of her own arranging,
in the most tasteful and graceful manner.
We saw the same 4 net of presentation’
performed a hundred times but in no isi
statice witli such exquisite simplicity and
grace, as marked tlie offering of this ac
complished lady. She is about forty
vears of age, and in mentioning (he names
of some of die distinguished men she had
entertained at her father's house, added,
—‘but for the last seven years 1 have
been—very much out of the world.’
There was a young girl in the Asy
lum, who attracted •nut'll attention I’iy her
beauty of person and elegance of dress.
She did not appear to beover sevenyenrs
of age, and there was not the slightest in
dication of lunacy, or even of 4 irregttlgif
itv’ about her. Site stood in the (loornf
her room which was gdnitpu with flow
ers, gracefully ncfuiowlVrlging the bows
of the visitors, no one ptesnftied
to speak to heps . ‘She wore a beautiful
wreath and cherry blossoms in her dark
hair; the only ornaments appropriate to
her rare and touching beauty. Tliink
iutr, of the 4 /air Ophelia’ and the heart
broken 4 Bride of Lanmier.noor,’ and
all the delicate feminine harpsuing that;
were ever broken by sorrow or sin, we
left the beautiful Lunatic and for four
hours afterwards, every sound seemed a
moan, every breexe a sigh and even the
4 drops of the morning” which glistened
in the flowers looked more like tears of
sadnes than gems of joy.— N. Y. Mirror.
Singular Bible Prophecy, Bearing upon
Mormnnism.
The seventeenth chapter of Jeremiah,
fifth and sixth verses, reads as lollows; —
‘Tims s.iith the Lord, cursed be the
man that trusteth in man and maketlt flesh
his arm and whose heart departed! from
the Lord.
,For lie shall be like the beast in the
desert and shall not see when good rometb,
but shall inhabit, the parch'd place in the
wilderness , in a SALT LAKE, and not
inhabited .’
The above verses have a remarkable
bearing, to say the least of them, upon
the ureat settlement of Mornionism at the
‘Salt Lake.’ That country has always
been a* wilderness, in a salt land, and not
inhabited,* until the followers of Joe Smith
whom ‘trusted in a man, and made flesh
their arm of support,’ settled there from
anew start. Hence we concluded, with
their wanderings. The country* for a
great distance arround the present abode
of these people, is encrusted will pore salt,
of thickness to hear the weight
of a man; and the lake where bv they abide
is world-renowned for its saline qualities.
The declaration of the Old Testament
prophet is literally verified in the locality
towards which Vlormonism, both of the
Old and New World, is now rapidly con
verging.— Camden Democrat.
Toast by a Schoolmaster. —The fair
daughters of America—may ihey add virtue
to bendy, substract envy from friendship, md
dply amiable accomplishments by sweetness
of temper, divide lime by sociability and c
cononty, and reduce scandal to its lowest de
nomination.
See then Who’ll be Invited. —lt is the
custome, as we learn from an esteemed friend
ill all parts of Scotland, tn send invitations,
when a death occurs in a family, to all neigh
bors to attenJ the funeral. On one occasion
a neigliboi vvn omitted by the bereaved fam
ily, in the usual invitation, a f'ued having a
risen between them. On the assembling,
the slighted “atild wife” stood in her door
and watched the gathering. At length, un
able to keep up tinder her bereavement any
longer, she exclaimed—
‘Aweel! awed! we'll ha’e a corpse o’ our
ain in our ain house some day, see then who’ll
be invited.*
There are two Peonies in the garden at
the President’s Housr, which, together, con
tain at this time three hundre.il and forty
fiec flowers. Some of them measure twenty
one inc 5 es in circumference. The bunches
are very large and grew from seed sown
twelve yeats ago
Bare Epigram •— The history of a cer
tain Wm. Smith, who lived at Penrliyn,
is thus pithily summed up on the tomb
stone in the church \ ard tit that place:
“Here lies one Wm. Smith, and what is
Somewhat tarisii,
He was born, bred and hanged in
This here parish.”
Valentines, as a general tiling are not
rematkalile for any tiling beyond a ‘‘soft
sentimentality.” Here is one, however,
which is not only felicitous in itself lint
beautifully illustrates a moral and reli
gious thought:
The flowers that sweetest odor fling
On tlie genial air of budding spring;
Birds that sing with sweetest melody.
Are emblems true of my love for thee.
The clearest water that ever flows,
From mountain rocks or melting snows;
The deepest rivers that seek the sea,
Are emblems true of my love for thee.
The brightest star that gems the sky.
The purest thought tliar ascends on high;
The spiiit of Prayer itself may be
An emblem true of nty love for thee.
J. B. B.
Danger. — A person named danger
kept a public house, on the Huntingdon
road, near Cntnebridge,’England. On
being compelled to quit tlie house, which
was not hi* own, he built an inn on tlie
opposite side of the road, and caused to
he pninled beneath his sign, * Danger
from over the way.’ His successor in
the old house retorted by inscribing over
his door, ‘There is no Danger here now.’
Mr’ Cobb’s Accptance.
The Athens Banner says that the
reason Mr. cobb’s letter of acceptance
has not yet been published is, that lie lias .
not recieved the official announcement
of his nomination from the Committee.
Tt c letter was written and forwarded,
and its failure to arrive is doubtless owing
to some irregularity in the mails -
THE SOUTH-WEST GEORGIAN.
OGLEIIIORPE,
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1851.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. HOWELL COBB,
OP CLARKE COUNTY.
Agents for the South-West Georgian
Spencer Calowf.ll, Fori Gaines, Ga
Jeter A. Hogue, near Americus, do.
J. P. Gaui.den, Ilainbridge, do.
Col. Wm. T. Perkins, Cuthbe.it, do.
(}. Carituf.rs, Esq. ‘luthbert, do.
Gilbert M. Stokes, Slade, Lee co. do.
Dr. Wm. M. Stokes, Dooly co. do.
M. L. Holman, Brooksnille, Ste.w'rt do.
A. A. Blakely, Griffin, Pike co. do.
John W. Griffin, Grffin, do.
J. TANARUS, May, Francisville, do.
A. J. Williams. Agent for Sumter co.
ff/“We learn that the Rail-road is cotij-’
plpted within five miles of this place. JfFhe
cars will arrive here on the 4tli of July.
J’
Till) Revival
There has been a protracted Meeting go
ing on in this place for upwards of two weeks,
and much good lias heap accomplished.
Sixtv odd members liav&*bean added to the
church. The meetinglhas been discontinued,
not because it had diminished in interest, but
brcausjybte ministers wore completely ex.*
haustrd. There will be preaching to-night
and also on Sunday.
editor of the- Democrat., in his last
issue has made several foul charges against
the political character of Ilowel Cobb. Now
we should like to know, neighbor, if Mr-
Cobb was guilty of all the terrible political
crimes that you have alleged against him,
win was it that you and yojr party rejoiced
so greatly over his election as Speaker and
heralded it forth to the world as a Demo-’
cratic. triumph. But you have no doubt, forgot
all about this, and so long as Cobb maintains
bis present devotion to the Union and is
not willing to aid in the downfall of Ids coun
try by battling for the cause of Disunion, it
will be difficult to jog your memory in this
■natter.
A Slander.
Our cotemporary of the Southern Demo
crat has seen fit, in his last issue to charge us
with having once ‘edited a fire eating paper
at Fort Gaines. This statement is incur-,
red and was no doubt made by our con
science-void neighbor for no other purpose
than to do us a persona! injury, by exciting
the prejudices of the people against us. For
tunately for us however, the readers of die
‘Enterprise,’ which ve published at Fort
Gaines, can give testimony to the fact that
that paper was entirely neutral in politics.
It is useless for our dis-unioii neighbor to at
tempt to force us to claim relationship with
him for we have ever been an ardent friend
to the Union and no man can truthfully bring
aught to the contrary.
Toward the close of the first volume of
the 4 Enterprise,’ when W. T. Colquitt was
traversing the Stale, with his coffin on his
back, preaching disunion, we partially dis
carded our neutrality, hut not for tlte purpose
of advocating Ids doctrines, far from it, but
as we were surrounded, as our cotemporary
says, by the most rabid Disunionists, and as
we really believed that the Union was in dan
ger, we were constrained to endpavor to arrest
them to some extent by urging them to try
non-intercourse or any thing else before a
dissolution of the Union. Well we suppose
our neighbor would consider that sufficient
evidence that we were once a disunionisi, but
whenever any man charges us with ever hav
ing been a Disunionist, he will most assured
ly be guilty of a palpable falsehood. We
shall say more of this in our next.
Giflfiu Correspondence of the South IVest Georgian.
Griffin, luve 16, 1851.
That the 44 Rochester knockings' 1 is a great
humbug, all sensible individuals will concede;
yet I find some in these “ parts” who are not
at all sceptical, and really surmise that tlieie
is some supernatural endowment in the sev
eral mediums. The 44 Knockers” have com
menced the publication, I learn, of a Jour
nal to advocate its authenticity ; but I have
not yet seen it. However, this is not to be
wondered at, for there is a class of people
who will believe any tiling, even-if it were af
firmed that the moon was made of Green
Cheese !
Will von be surprised when l tell you that
the 4 New Female Costume* made its appear
ance in Griffin on last Thursday ? Such I
, learn is tho fact although I did not see her!
1 I see that it is spreading like wildfire from
Boston to New Orleans and especially in the
former City. If I was not afraid, I would
say I was opposed in toto to dm new cos
tume; but I will wait and see how it progress
es before I express an opinion. However,
I will say, that l think the ‘trowsers* part of
(lie new costume would suit some ladies of
my acquaintance to a nicity; for indeed, so
far as household power is concerned, they
wear them now! And furthermore there are
many advantages to be derived from the new
costume (and perhaps vice verce) in some
respects, as you perceive the use of a man
tau maker will be dispensed with; and in fact
Milener stores generally will suffer at least
during the ‘flowery seasons’—summer and
spring. If this costume preponderates the
opposition to it, we shall soon see, 1 tnink,
sansculottes! So look to your interest gills, j
before you go too far! I will say moretxLji
this in my next. jS
The State Temperance Conventiapwili
convene here the 25th; though Ipuppose
you are aware of that. We anticipate quite j
a crowd andgeneia) represejp|tibn. j
My friend Muj. Cline, ofjhe Jeffersonian, i
gave me quite a 44 bltm Mp” in his paper
soon after tn you, because I
said n 44 biHJff injunction was filed against
That a bill was filed, I
think can be established, but this mere state
ment does not go to prove that I intended to
do or say injustice or in any way hem the
progress of the Road—for indeed its com
pletion to this City is considered quite a de.
sideratum by nearly every citizen of the
place. And it is already completed to this j
citv from Flint River—some 15 miles and ,
ready for travel.
The Secession candidate for Governor
passed down the road on Friday on a “drum
ming expedition,” perhaps. His letter of j
acceptance made its appearance lure on Sat- ;
unlay ! I cant say that it is a9 replete with
objections as 1 looked for. But why, in the
name of reason and justice, dont he come out
and reaffirm his secession doctrines of last
fall, if he expects the suffrages of that party
in Georgia? He admits the right of seces
sion ; but the right of secession has not a
41 wliit” to do with the present canvass. The
issue is, if there is any issue, 44 shall the
State of Georgia coalesce in secession witli
South Carolina and in the formation of a
Southern Confederacy, because Congress
passed the 44 Clay Compromise” at the first
session of the last Congress?” Gov. Mc-
Donald was in favor of this last year, and
openly advocated the same! Will he deny
it?—can lie deny it? was it not at the so
licitation of him that the Champion of di.-un
ionist of South Carolina, R. Barnwell Rliett,
visited tlte City of Macon last July and
made his fulsome and disunion speech? Was
not Ciias. J. McDonald there to cheer the
emmissary and laud to the skies his produc
lions? And in the face of this we see him ask
ing the votes of 93,000 freemen—ss,ooo of
whom, I verily believe are Union men to
(lie core ! Oh, consistency, thou art a jew
el! More anon.
R. W. McCane is the Secession candidate
for Senator in this district, (32d.) He is an
old Whig, and yet a large majority in litis
county that will support him, are continual,
ly hallooing, 44 democracy rally !” To your
tents, oh Isreal,” &c.
**,? Vegetation looks well considering the want
of ruin. Wheal crops fine. A. A. B.
WHERE ARE WE—WHERE ARE
THEY?
After all that has been written, and felt,
and done ih Georgia, in reference to the sub
ject of agitation, and the points of difference
between the patties which now divide the
State, it would seem to be an utter impossi
bility that tlte least shadow of doubt should
rest upon the matter, or that there could be
the least difficulty in every man not only
choosing his side, but knowing exactly where
he stood, when he had chose it.
But such have been the efforts to mystify
the issue, that what would seem to be very
easy of attainment, is just the very reverse.
Our opponents had themselves chosen to a..
lign parties, according to their own designa- |
tion, under the flags of resistance and of sub- ;
mission. When asked to define their rosis- j
tance, it was resistance to action of the go- \
vernnient, upon the compromise—and sub- 1
mission, was acquiesce in that measure. But
how stands the matter now? While there is
us violent opposition as ever on the part of a j
large portion of our party opponents to tlte!
compromise, others, and if we understand |
his letter, Gov. McDonald among them, yield :
to this measure, according to the will of the
majority, and have become submissionists
too. Strange tlien that Governor McDonald i
and the submission portion of bis party,
should consider it necessary to wage war with
their associates of the submission party
and not turn their arms against the Resistance
branch of their own family, with whom
alone can there be any continued strife.
But it is not our purpose to enter at large
into the sj stem of tactics, that has distinguish- ;
ed our opponents, and tended (o the present
mystification of the matter of contest between
the parties. It is rather to disembarrass (lie
subject, and keep before our readers, the
real question before them and the coun
try. his the policy of minorities to mys
tify an unpopular position, and while still
holding to that position as the only real mat- I
ter of interest; to fight the campaign on any
other than it, from the certainty of defeat
whenever they are imprudent enough to risk
the better.
Now for ourselves there are no collateral
issues to be fought. These may be ri"ht
or wrong, as held by the one parly or die
other, and still so far as regards the present
issue before the country, we hold them
to wholly immaterial. We will join issue
on such question as whether a state has
or has not ihe right to secede. The ques
tion with us and now before the country,
is not whether Georgia has the right to
secede, hut whether for present r.nnses
she shall secede. The country is not
now agitated by abstractions, but by re*
alities; and it is childish to whitle at the
one, when we are actually forced to grap
ple with the other.
Shall Georgia decide the question that
she will secede from the Federal Union,
either with South Carolina alonf, or as
seems the more popular the
indication of the •MashyillfiaConventioii.
and unite in forming a Southern confed
: eracy ? This is the real question before
j the people, and this is the real question,
front which it behooves them as they vaU
*ue all that is dear to them, to suffer no
( false issue to divest their attention.
And upon this view of the issue, are
! the Candidates for Governor by each par-
I ty, presented to the people. No matter
j what amount of mystification may be im.
I posed on the country so far as discussion
’ merely is concerned, no matter how dif*
ferent and various may be the phases of
the matter in contest as presented by our
opponents, there is actuality, so far as
the candidates are concerned. Mr. Cobh
is the nominee of the one party, as every
body knows, because of his known Union
principles and feelings—for his opposi
j tion to Stale secession, for present causes,
I either alone or with South Carolina, or
j by means of a Southern Confederacy, to
be effected by a Southern Congress, ac
cording to the purpose of the Nashville
Convention. Governor McDonald on
the other hand, has been chosen and pre
i sented to the people by our opponents,
as their candidate for the Executive
Chair, with at lea>t his principles as fully
known of opposition and resistance to the
Compromise, and his hearty participation
in the purposes and recommendations of
the Nashville Convention, in relation to
that compromise—its call of a Southern
Congress, and'every thing els’, promis
j ing form nr substance in its resistace to
the settlement made by Congress. The
question then before the people is, wheth
er they “ ill have the power and influence
of the State government of Georgia, to
be wielded in favor of the compromise
and the pence of the country —or whether
thev will yield that influence to be wield*
ed against it.—whether they will bring
the influence of their Slate government,
in tlte subservience of the decision of
iltdr own State Convention, or gives its
influence to the purposes and object* of
the Nashville Convention.
In short Ihe decision of Georgia in this
election must lie, either that of an honest
and hearty effort to restore the peace am!
harmony of the country on the basis i.f
the Compromise and the resolutions of our
own Convention, on tlje one hand—orr.f
yielding the influence of the State go
vernment in oppoisition to the Compro
mise; and to continued agitation in rela
tion to the union of the confederacy, /t
is for the people in view of what tlirni
selves know lull well with regard to both
candidates on this great issue, to maLe
their selection.— Recorder.
To the Union Party of Macon GoflU/.
[ There will be a meeting of the Party
at Lanier on the First Tuesday in July,
to appoint delegates to the Congressional
Nomination Convention at Americas, and
to the Senatorial District Convention,
which is to he held at some place then to
be design iteil. A full attendance of the
Party is desired, as other business of im
portance will be done on that day.
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH IN
SWEDEN.
Mr. Vr’uf."in sfln,_ of this country, is
about to erect itjSweden
and Norway a number iflineofMagnetic *
Telegraph. He has been granted (lie
: privilege for the enterprise, which is to
i endure for fifty years; and a company,
j including several heavy capitals in this
1 city and Stockholm, has been formed tin.
j (ler auspices. A charter for a similar
I undertaking will, it is expected, be ob
j la b ,e d from the Government of Denmark,
and it is therefore probable that one of
I 0(lr countrymen will be the agent in es
! tablishing within the States named at
! least 3,000 miles of telegraph.
marriage custome of the as
SAMESE.
The marriage custome of the Assamese, a
people of middle Asia, have many curious
points of similaiitv to those of the patriarchs
i described in the Pentrtuch. Jacob served
Laban as a servant or bondman many years
to obtain in marriage Lealiand Rachel, who
were sisters; and he was not allowed to mar
ry the younger before the elder. So in
Asan. a man may marry two sisters, but ho
must not marry the elder before the younger.
It is not uncommon, whenra<Hft,ajjn(>r, to
i en R a S e 10 live for several years as alifcrtfr
with the father of his intended wife. He if
then called a Chapunea, a kind of bondsman,
and is entitled to food and clothing, but no
[ wages; and at the end ot his servitude, if the
I P ,rl bkes him, the marriage takes place.—
j Tho man is looked on in the family as 8 son
I inlaw, and is treated kindly. If a girls fath-
I er be wealthy, and without' SO ns,he will some
j times select, from some equally respectable
! family, a husband for his dauther, and bring
him up in his own house. The youth so se
lected is likewise called a Chagunea, and in
herits the whole of his father-in-law's pro*
perty. If a woman’s husband dies, though
she may be only eighteen or twenty year of
elm-can never ih** again, j.