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Frinm the MoWe Tribune.
If jour Font if PH<} . H It.
IfyMjrfrot if* prtitty, sliow it,
M-i matter where nnr when :
r.et all fair maidoijs know it,
The focir takes i#the tnen.
The fare, so fair and lovely,
May charm tho gazor’a eye;
But if the foot Hhhompjy,
lie’ll quickly pass her by. J
Ts your fopt is pretty, shotv it.
When you trip along the street;
For ts will catch thp eager eyes
Os every man you meet
Don’t toea your glossy ringlets.
Nor pout your lips so sweet;
But gently lift your petticoats.
And shotv your handsome feet.
It your foot is pretty, show it,
At toner-,rl hull and fair:
For the small pedal index,
Tells nihrre your grimes are.
The figure may deceive me.
All hoop'd and paddttd oVr :
Bat let my eye anrvcy:the font.
. 1 aak to seo no more.
If your font is pretty, show it,
If you wish to catch the beaux.
Xu lunger hide the leil-tale clmrin
Beneath so many clothes.
A graceful tiiot betrays a form.
Ot rare and lauiifok- jgrace;
Full, rtamdod limbs it doth reveal,
For Jatyy's eye to trace.
If your foot is pretty, Chow it.
Yes, show it when you can ;
‘T\\ ill http you* otiier lovely charms,
To win some nice young man.
Tin- practiced eye may well distrust
A muely ptu/Ucii breast.;
But when tt rests upon your foot,
It knows ot all the rest.
OfTY Cot.t it it Waite's Prayer.—A very lion- j
eat minded hut illiterate negro, “way down in :
old Virginia,” attended a camp-meeting, Horn; !
time since, in his vicinity, among oilier advieo
teuderod him by tiie worthy brelheu present, he j
was recommended to go away iu secret and pray \
lor tho forgiveness of his sin.- .
This suggestion was overheard hy two or three
wicked wags—such as are always found hang- |
ing arouti l l cmup-uioctings —and they followed
tin, darkey mu to watch Ids movements.
li is name was Coldthwaite-UuHy Coldthwaite I
he was ooiumouly called—and he was very dull 1
of sight, having hut one eye, out of which lie ;
could seo but indifferently.
When lie enquireduyltnl h® shpuld say to the
Lord, “ho was told to"go” humbly, and uso hie
own language, 1 which would bo tuoro accepta
ble.
8o Cuffy sauntered down iu the woods, fal
lowed by a brace of the b’lioys at some distance
behind, who villainously provided themselves
with a bucket of cold water. Cuffy tumbled
along, and finally- reached a sharp cliff, at the
basoof which be knelt duivii snid commenced us
follows.:
stood niornili. ’ Mussn tlor a mighty, ft’s Chile
worry wicked, and p'raps you don't know ‘ini.
ITchomuk plantation, and de gentlemen tell me
if I axos for it, do grace oh do Lord will be sliow
red down npun dis insignificant nigger,’
At this moment down came the pailful of
water from the edge ol tiie bank, swash on
Cutty’s bare head ! He sprang to Lis feet and
gazed about him, blew tiie chilling water from
liis mouth, and while his eye rolled itself almost
inside out from his excitement and rage, he ad
ded—
•lJat’ll do, Massu —dat 11 do for this time, sur
taiu. —spec it s all right, but dat shower redder
cold, any how, date a fact..’
That was the last time that Cutty went out to
pray ill secret.
From the Chronicle Jc Sentinel.
kausum-A letter from “ Inch-
Ben.”
There are few men iri Georgia me-o’ i
extensively to her people than Ben
jamin Brutitly, formerly -oi'ttie Temperance
Banner, and wherever known, respected and
esteemed for Ins sterling worth and unim
peachable character. 11c is ui.w a citizen of
Kansas, where he has been a close observer
of passing events. The following let
ter, therefore, possesses especial interest—
read it:
Fokt Scott j K. TA NARUS.; Aug. 12, 1857.
J/r. Ed dor :—When in Washington City
last March, I was asked, how I liked the ap
pointment of K. J. Walker as Governor of
Kansas? I replied that I thought it would
do very well. But what do you think of
his opinion that Kansas will be a free State ?
My reply was, that Mr. Walker knew no
more about the sentiments of the people o!
the Territory .than others; and all we asked
ol him was to attend to the duties of his of
fice, and not shape his course with an eye to
vi'tkinij Kansas hfree Btate. But. said ati
other, your old friend, Mr, Stephens, gives it
as his opinion that Kansas will be a free
State. I gave a tmnilui reply as in the first
instance; stating that I was a citizen of the
Jon itory. and knew hs much of the wants
and wishes of the people as any person not
a resident. Soon after Gov. Walker’s am
••“io - v ifnn M() Ti South’
1 drfoit r L v ■ w rr
n* -• c k.u. • V r ; v h -
he had declared, that the -Oil m,d climate of
Kansas were unsuited to dave labor, and
that the South did not want it, or need it,
as a slave State.
The scheme to make Kansas a rms State,
was concocted in Washington City early in
the winter. Gov. Walker's visit to New
York, previous to his leaving for Kansas, his
sayings there which elicited a complimenta
ry notice in the Herald, his Inaugural Ad
di’s, Ac., Ac., nil prove this. In fact, Mr.
EJitor r it. now openly avowed that if Kan-
sus is afimitfeil as a free State under Mr.
Buchanan's Administration, if. will deprive
ihf El.v k Republic m party of the North of
their “poHtVal thunder, ” ami llie Democratic
party will “ncceetl at the Presidential elec
tion in 1800.
At the meeting of the Territorial Conven
tion ‘>n the second Monday m January last,
m l .luring the whole session of the Legisla
ture which followed, I never heard a doubt,
expressed by a pro shfft-ry man, as to our
ability to carry the Territory at a fair dec
ent, with the tljen res'dent inhabitants.
The great ndo made in and out of Con- j
gross last, year, about the “Missouri Compro- j
inise,” about the. elections in the Territory 1
being carried by the vote of oar neighbors, j
Sic., Ac., is not forgotten. So great was the ;
i prejudice raised against Missouri, that. Pres ;
! ldt iit Pierce instructed Gov. G ary to apply j
t<> Kentucky and Illinois—hundreds of miles I
farther oil than M s.'.mri if troops should |
lie necessary to qu ‘ll invasion and irr-uri'ec
tion.
The Abolitionist contended that they had
tjwo,’ yea, th e vote* to one in :h- Territory,
flie Convention Mid 11 >r believe it, nor ili i
ijie Legislature believe it. The pro-slavery
parly in the Territory were anxious,'or peace
'll the Territory, un I in pursuance of the tv
• munioniialions of the Cu’.muui mi, the Leg
islature proceeded ! j pass an act providing
for the call of a Gonstitntltmal Convention.
All tlie provisions of the act are universally
admitted to be equal and fair. Bet lo and
behold. sr soon as it wasfound that the pro
-lavi'ry party were willing to test the
Strength ’of pa-tie', at tile polls, and put in
tnd to di-putes, the Abolition parly cry out
j ‘lviyus Legislature, we will pay no re?p -i
j to its acts,” “we will have nothing to do w ilii
I the Coiiyyntiun.” They i “':i • and to have
! their names registered, and most of them
| refused to vote at the (lection. It being
j known to the pro Livery party that there’
1 would be no formidable contest at the elec-
J {ion, a very small vote was polled.
But now, persons sent hero since the 15th
of Man h, by A 1 Societies, hundreds o*
| miles di-'ant, aie to hr pot upon an equa ity
| with old citizens, and these are todecidethc
I question oi the complexion of our CV.n.:tiln
’ tion, or Ins Excel 1 ’ ney Gov Walker, will
•’ *
; use all his influence to induce Congress lo re
i jfc-ct. it; and in this lie is backed by the Pres
ident and his Cabinet—and all because it
• will insure the sue,-es- of the DllM-CUA'iK’
Pam v in tuk Puksiijfnti u, Et.rcrtoN in 1800
! —'.h-'gre ; X.moN.M, Democratic party—
j tjhe ox tv party in favor of Southern Rights,
! and the only parly that can save the
ii ts, hn !! 1
I The.muvO'm-ii( iu our Convention toahan
. ‘ Jon the name ol “pro-slavery” and “law find
i order.” party, and adopt tuntofllio ‘Nation
al lMnjScrßt.il’ Party,'’ 1 thought at the time
j (vaught with mis’ iiiet” ana euTiii-stly oppos
ed it. The majority of the Convention had
’ | no fears of improper motives, and the move
1 was swallowed a a mea- no that was to
nsurc the adoption of a pro-slavery Connti
j tutioti.
I care hot for the opinions of politicians
and ollic'c expectants. liming resided in
Kansas seventeen mouths, I give it as my
! decided conviction, that slave labor in no
part of the Union can be made more profit
| able than here, and slaves are about as much
needed as in any of the States. True, we
do not want drovi sos fifty or a hundred, ns
on cotton, sugar or ricu plantations, but,
three or four s-rvauts connected wiili every
family, would ho ns useful as elsewhere.
The fact cannot be disguised, that if the
Settlement of the Territory had been left to
the ordinary laws governing emigration,
would be a slave State without the
| {iossibility of a doubt.
i
The movement of the Administration tip
on Kansas affairs, I hold to be the most dan
gerous innovation upon the rights of the
people that has yet occurred. Ifsustained 1
have no hope of our eouutry. The repeal of
the Missouri Compromise will turn out tube
the greatest calamity that could have befal
len us. If foreigners flock into our country
as within a few years past, and Aid Socie
ties at the North continue to hire men to go
Hito the Territories to decide the provisions
ot constitutions, our institutions will beat, an
Mild.
Our Convention meets in a few weeks.—
l?,'Ur Delegates from this District will prove
true to their trust. 1 hear that others will
bo found faithful in other District.-. I hope
most ot the Delegates will be firm, and il
our constitution is rejected by Congress, let
•he responsibility rest where it properly be
ongs. BENJ. BRANTLEY.
From the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Stepliens-Mavcrj in the Afo
<tra€l-lavery in the I'onrretc.
Mr. Editor: Mr. Stephens. in Lexington,
on the Ist instant., by wav of \io ' f ng ri.l nl’ ■,
very unpleasant rw-nisei-nee In
ime when be is “hiding and eo,.irig’
inp'v to ‘‘the people” of the Bth District,
ti i he tiemt, in his T vis annexation
p- ech, (wherein occurs that sentence begin
nug “Freedom hath charms,” Jtc., which,
once upon a time, Demo.-ra-y cursed him for
all over the land.) the sin very of white people
as “slavery in the abstract'— that negro sla
vpry was slavery in the concrete, and lie was
not opposed to it! So we are to consider
the question not only abstractly , but concrete
ly , metaphysically and rammon-sensically /
Tins the first information we—‘‘the people”
—have had that in the annexation of Texa
the question was tip, of enslaving white folh;
thnneiit that lexuJ was a slave State, *
t. e. held nigger* asproperty —that's the com- j
mon sense of it, and wc—“the peo; !e"—§o (
eon-ider ihe matter now! But, Mr. Steph
en has taught us anew lesson—he says lie’s
able to learn us a heap —ir an ignorant sink
ing master always told his pupils “Follow
art. r me and i'll turn you something’ “ —*d
does lie ! Well, some of us kinder thinks
its ‘‘nbeout time neow” to stop ‘ follering i if- :
ter’ him, as we have gotten clean through;
the hook, n.rrd have only to read the advert !
tisements on the FLY LEAF, y
j Tint three Wings of Oenioera
cy.
Th” Sport' r Georgian says, the last letter.
lof Judge” Thomas reveals a fact which rve
j have suspected for some time, v : that the
1 bold stand taken by him was a paity stroke
after all. It was feared Hifi* many of tlig
I Denmeiu -v -.voulil nut sustain the party any
lopgor wall Mr., Buchanan a:i 1:3 confess**
t : e.ib. if : r e 1 ei,une tor a leader to ties
i intl-Btichmeni tvi'ior. Who so well c-Jnut
i a ted for this and d-iuii en’-rpri"” us tile bold,
jnnd ‘-P'r-te’ gctll’ •'vt uni Fieri.? Ho
| ihrew I ■ at Ollee in ti: • van of this ref,
i, “and nbie wit g, idiu-N'd B i.jlr..1.11 to llreii’
, let suit: u T , gaited tl.eir udiulri-lion- sse
In’ ll’ CMi fldene.?, and now appeals to tlicit;
j uotv piejmlices, and tells them to vote lot
1 B-.uvn. ti."re i.hen we have three wines of
jib- D ‘iiiocraey i.i G orvia ; one beaded Ur.
G,bb. Lumpkin arid Stiles, who sustain not
; ~~nly Buchanan, but Walkei and til” No th-
I “Mi eoni,nio.tiim of tiiC Kansas bilk 1 ’fit 1
| next h-aded'fiv To.(tubs, Stephens andjGaffl-i
mr. They denounce Widker and prn istr
I LJiioluuian, and say tit v must Wait till thm
I annual message of the President before do-
I iiouncltig him. The third wing headed bv
I Jii-io • Thomas, *di nounees both Buchanan
!:•’ \Vab: taking tlie ground of thoAnier
!io in Car: ■, and vet voting lor Brown. \e
! rily, Dsni ii'i-.-.ey is a speckled bird. AY ill
; .Lo people submit to be led any longer
! diroc .b such “devious winding way?,” with
| no apnar.ru object in view, blit to be on the
.-iitie, and let their leaders share the
moi'.s, while their rights as s'avehol.Jers, are
1 jeopard’ ‘,' : d in t l , - Territories?
- ->
Front ihe Central Georgian.
! iJlscttssJon Sa Huucock-Messrs.
SlejGiens ami Lewis.
AYe had four political speeches liu-ing last
j week, while our Superior Court was I'cnd
; ! iug. Messrs. Huff and Lewis lor the Amer
(■eiis, and Mi -srs. Stephens lor the Dcinoc-
I d.ey. We bend but two, that of Hon. A.
A. Stephens ou Thursday, and tlmi. of I).
W. Lewis, Esq., on Friday. The speech of
’ Mr. Stephens did not. aid to bis reputation
is a slump orator or Statesman. Conlrast
, ihg Mr. Stephens with himself, it was a
j failure—so thought every man we heard ex
press an opinion of it, whether American ur
’ |De uocrat. Mr. Lewis exceeded himself.—
. , His American friends were delighted, and
- j ipplaudvd him enthusiastically. Ho an
. swert 1 every point of much inter .-st made
by Mr. Stephens to the entire satisfaction of
’ ‘ lys friends. Mr. Lewis may not have the
1 i ‘pir.ok of -ORie in making “the worse ap
- i ik'iir the b. !l. r reason,” but we will put hjm
.. ’ p-T,>i any. man v/c know in sustaining
j -./hat bis heart and conscience approve.
1 Mr. Stephens -aid ns little as possible
: about. Mr. Buchanan and the Walker policy.
‘ j lie rebuked Walker severely; did not bc
-1 lieve that the President would sustain him,
! and was in favor of waiting (bow long he
. did not snyl until lie (the President) c.-une
~1!< and endor-,-d Wa'ker. Was ever there
5 I so flimsy a pretence offered by a man r.f in
-1 | lelhct lor hi position. Wait lid the rresi
-1 j dent endorses Walker —alter he has endin’
Jed a slander on himself and Cabinet lor
i near three mouths, from a million in power,
“! suffer himself to be misrepresented ny an
1 | appointee of the Government, ea 1 and the
i Georgia Democracy ungracious tor their 3rd
. I resolution —allowe l Walker to lie defended
1 ,'e exlenso bv his organ, the Wasliington
1 Union—and heard the praises ol the Black
Republicans without rebuking them —and
vet Mr. Stephens is not satisfied, nay, an
. unbeliever in Buchanan’s implication iu this
matter. It will not do, Mr. Stephens, von
cannot make an intelligent man believe that
vour position is tenable unless blinded by
j P“rty.
The truth is, as Mr. Lewis so eloquently
enunciated, the National Democracy ill its
present organization, of office holders, office
seekers and demagogues, constituted the
must dangerous party that ever existed in
this Governin-'fit, far more dangerous to the
rights of the South, than the Black Repub
lican party were, because in mask. IF
showed that, although the South wag enti
tle 1 to the last Presidential candidate, the
li'eesodism of that, party would not tolerate
it. So Buchanan got it—the same principle
brings D mulas in for the next race, end de
stroys the hope of the South ever getting
1 another. The same influence apnoiote 1
four successive freesoilers to be Governers
of Kansas, that it might be made a free
Slate, and now when Mr. Buchanan had
brought to bear every influence to mak” it
so, the Democrats all over the South were
afraid to denounce him, for fear the harmo
’ ny of the great spoils party would be dis
tinbed. This is the party that Mr. Ste
phens appealed to the Americans of Horn
cock to j"in, to save the South. Does h/>
■Hippos” that the Americans of Hancock, ol
G'-orgia, are such fools as to be gulled by
such transparent sonhisms ? Can it he that
ihe Democrats of Georgia, slaveholder- as
they are. will let such a man as Buchanan
- trample on their constitn'ional rights and
-how him no rebuke ? AVill they he led by
Cobb and Toombs and Stephens to kiss: t|,u
m d that smites them. Yes. party and the
■tde of demagogues will lead the great bulk
“1 this servile course. Although as Mr
Lexis argued—the party had heroine Walk
-17. and even at th” South, will'e t 1 e who’
D mocr.tlic paruy North was for free K i
TANARUS, arid the Southern Democracy I
yield to the No-fli, they cling to it “u >
death giasp, and cry, where else -hall w. g,.
Who else has p over an I influence and votes
and offices and spoils to command ? We ad
uit it you want spoils, if von wish to he
•n the strong side, you need nut. come r.
us, hut if you wish to do your duty to the j
South, if you wish to rebuke the -pint of I
Freesoilism as carried nut by Buchanan and ‘
Walker in Kansas, sustain the American !
party in the approaching election, and you |
will offe -tiially do it. In the eloquent lan
guage of Mr. Lewis, though all the other
States have been submerged by the muddy
water? Os A tifwnnl Democracy at the recent
elections, let Georgia, let Georgia, let the
j old T.h District, lot Hancock county at
hea-t he an exception to the general riifci,
1 and stand forth as beacon lights to guide the
; ship ol P'atc sale into port.
! Mr. Stephens’ ad enphrndum argument
about, the 51 Northern Democrats, who
wonld be ready to stand with them, shoul
der to shoulder in the next Congress, was
quashed at a single stroke by Mr. Lewis,
when he showed conclusively that while
i such men as Henry M. Fuller had been
j beaten down by B! tek Republican and De-
I mocraticvotes, every one of tho 51 would
. stand with Mr. Buchanan, in favor of Walk
er and Freesoilism, and against the South.
! arid especially Mr. Stephens and the Geor
j gia Democracy. This clap trap about J"-
sepli K. Brown (the t itti.t; hoy that used
1 to Feu. n uckki.perries J was as pointless as
bis sni-era about the brii.uance — ignorance
of Ben Hill. w< re impotent and self-destroy
ing. Mr. Lewis showed that, it was too late
| for Mr. Stephens, or any other stump spenk
j er to make out. that Mr. Hill lacked brillian
:cy either morally or intellectually. That he
I stood as high in tho affections of the poo
p* • of Georgia, ns any other man. whether
’ as a private citizen, a church member, a iaw
j yer. or a civilian, anil that Ids friends were
i lolly satisfied in every political contest ho
j b*d yet fought, and were not afraid to put
J, bun against any Democrat in Georgia. The
’ applause ol the audience showed conelusivr
j ly that old Hancock would sustain glorious
j lien Hill on the Ist Monday in October by
l-*s increased majority.
Aiiei*ii‘an ‘.racket.
FOR GOVERNOR.
HON. BEHJUiN H. HILL
FOR CONGRESS.
3rd. “—Hon. 11. V. TKIPPE.
‘mtm citizen. ‘
If AOON, GA SEPTEMBER 7, 1357.
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L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
Pub. loc’.—i )nce more we return our
thanks to Hon. R. Tootnbs, for several public
:-Documents, which he has been pleased to send
j ns.
—
Hon. ti. 11. tlil! in Macon !
t. We are authorized to announce that the
Son. B. 11. Hill will be in this City, on
IT’ESDAY, the loth inst., and address the
s-ople who may assemble on the occasion,
t The address will be at 11 o’clock, A. M.. of
i day, so that our friends from the country
■ 1 ntey have an opportunity ofhearing the dis
-1 1 i inguished champion of American principles.
1 Fbuie ode! Come all! The ladies are res
pectfully invited to grace the occasion with
their presence.
fill- Hlain’s Appointnienfs.
The Hon. S. C. F’am will address his fel
low.-ouizeUß at. ti c following times and
’.At Qolutnbus, to-morrevv earning Sept. 8.
“ Cusiefflt, Wednesday, “ !).
“ Buena V'ista ThurSilay; ” ‘ “W.
“ Lumpkin, Friday, ‘ 11.
“ Piaston, Saturday, “ 12.
The Meeting on Saturday—We
hope the meeting called for Saturday next, for
the purpose of nominating an American Ticket
lor the Legislature, will bo lull, enthusiastic and
harmonious. There cannot be much difficulty
i., beating the Ticket put out by our opponents,
il our friends will come together in a proper spir
i and unite in the support of the Ticket which
, i ay he nominated. Nor should tho persons
chosen to constitute the Ticket decline the can
vass, .unless through reasons of the most imper
ative nature; and in this ease, as far as possible,
the names of persons spoken of, who cannot ac
’ “pt a nomination, should be withdrawn before
the meeting proceeds to ballot.
: A correspondent suggests a very good ticket,
in to day's paper, and our columns are open for
similar suggestions from others. To the honor
: of the Americans of Bibb, be it said, that there
is none of the “wild hunt after office” spirit, in
our ranks. This is the correct principle, but. it
never was intended to operate against the cheer
ful acceptance or a nomination, unanimously and
voluntarily tendered. Therefore we trust that
those who may l>e called on to serve the partv.
u ill respond favorublv and with promptitude.
Hon. M J. Crawford’!* Fosiflon.
At a public meeting inCuthbert, on Tues
day last, the Hon. Martin J. Cnwford, in
answer to theqnestinn put directly to him by
Mr. El-irn, said that he considered the Derno
e otic party, North and South, as national—
• rb-in sentiment and views on the Kansas
question, since the date of tiie President's In
augural. This, we think, is going the whole
j,figure for the Isothermal Democracy of the
North. For example and illustration, see
the following exposition of the views of said
Democracy.
General Shields, a leader of the Western
Democracy, declared in a speech defending
the Kansas bill :
“The principle of non-intervention (viz:
Kansas bill.) would not only keep Nebraska
and Kansas what they are now—free—but
would, by its full and fair operation, if we
acquire the continent to the Isthmus of Da
nan, work with such powerful force and cf-
L-i-t, that no man would ever see another
eve Territory on this continent.”
flu- New Hampshire Patriot—Mr. Pierce's
siie organ—declares “that the Nebraska
■i 1 works gloriously and triumphantly for
l eedorn. No act of any President or Con
cress has seemed so ninth and so suddenly
and so easily for liberty.”
The National Democratic candidate, for
Governor of Ohio, said, in a late speech,
that,
“ Under his Administration, Kansas, pro
tacted alike fioin New England and the
South, is working out the peaceable fruits ol
righteousness. At a day not distant or
doubtful, ns from the beginning had been
predicted, &iU33 Will he adattwd into the
galaxy of States, with a free State Constitu
tion, by tiie votes of her own people: abo -
ishifty, fort ver. slavety in her midst, thus
fbrnSshing an application of practical Demo
cratic doctrines.”
If Mr. Giiwfbrd is one in sentiment, with
such National Democrats, ho wtil hardlv hi
a fit representative of the people of the 2n 1
District,
Oeslnicfhe I’lrr in tm er it'll s
The Sumpter Republican, Extia, “1
yesterday brings the following sad in tel’
ligenee:
“ Between the hours of 1 and 2 o’clock,
this morning, our City was alarmed by
the cry of fire and the ringing of bells,
when it was discovered that the estab
lishment of 11. \V. Shaw, deceased, was
on fire on the roof, and nearly enveloped
in flames. The combustible nature of
the house on Shaw’s lot together with
the old and tinder-like character of those
in its neighborhood, satisfied all at the
first view, that the conflagration was to
be of the most serious nature.
After burning Shaw’s building, of two
stories, with four out houses, it commu
nicated to the Hotel of Col. Meßain, on
the east side, and immediately opposite,
where, by the strenuous exertions of our
citizens it was stopped, with no other
injury to the Hotel than a severe scorch
ing. The Col’s, preservation was a mi
racle The flames then reached the office
j of the Planters Bank agency, occupied
j by John C. Holmes, Esq., which was
consumed, thence attacking the frame
store houses of S. S. Kendrick, F. Vo
gclgsang, the new store of J. P. Griffin,
and the yellow store owned by the same,
but occupied by B. Greenwald, as a
clothing store, then crossing an alley, it
reached the large and commodious gro
cery store of William L. Johnson, and
destroyed this, with the newly erected
and handsome warehouse of Messrs. John
son & Evans, passing with its relentless
power over a large part of the business-,
portion of tho City. The only store
j which escaped, and which was in the
| track of the raging element, was the
j brick store of J. J. Gran berry, which
j owes its preservation to the fact of its
being protected by sheet iron roof, shut
ters and doors, and which was the cause
of staging tho progress of the flames
across the street, to Col. Mcßain’s Ho
tel.
In the hurry and confusion of the mo
ment, we give such items of losses ar
j we have been able to obtain, remarking
’ only, that we believe we are rather be
low than above the mark.
H. W. Shaw, reported loss about
§7,000 —insured.
Office of the Agency of Planter’s
Bank, owned by J. J. Gran berry, loss
about §5,000. The Agent, Mr. Holmes,
sjcceeded in lemoving his valuable pa
pets, money, b<x>ks &c.
Ihe Dry Goods store ofS. S. Ken
iirii'k, loss aViut §4,000 —fully insured.
!■ red. \ ogelgsang, Confectionary loss
about §5,000. Insured. Mr. Vogelg
sang is in New York, but it is reported
that bis polity expired this day !
Anew Storehouse erecting by J. P.
Griffin, loss about §I,BOO. This loss is
a severe one, falling, we understand, up
on Mr. Henry Weaver, the contractor.
Ibis building is a serious loss to our
city, as Mr. Griffin bad arranged a fine
Concert Hall and Exhibition room, a
want which we have felt for along time.
1!. Greenwald’s Clothing store, owned
by J. P. Griffin—loss of building §l,-
200. Stock of clothing, estimated loss
between §3,000 and §4,000 —insured.
AA illiam L. Johnson, wholesale Gro
cery, loss $25,000, of which but about
§IO,OOO. was insured.
Johnson & Evan's Cotton Warehouse
and sheds, loss about §1,200 —not in
sured. Mr. Johnson’s loss is a severe
“tie, and deeply regretted; he had just
commenced receiving his supplies for
the fall and winter trade, of heavy gro
ceries, bagging, rope and salt, of which
upward-; of 800 bags were in store.”
In giving credit to several persons
who signalized themselves by their active
efforts in subduing the flames, the Ke
publiean pays the following tribute to
“Unde Litt, ’ by whose bravery M’Bain’s
Hotel and Col Battle’s Livery Stable
were saved.
“ Not the least of those deserving of
> credit, was the old and well tried favo
rite ot Macon and Atnerieus, in the fires
that has heretofore tried the stoutest—
we mean l hat man of men— “ Old Litt,”
a negro, but one who bears under his
black and wrinkled skin as stout a soul
and as true a heart as beats. He took
his stand upon the roof of Col. Mcßain’s
Hotel and when his efforts had stayed
the elements there, lie occupied the post
of honor and danger'on the roof of Col.
Battles Livery Stable, and enveloped
in a wet blanket, while every gust of
seething flame scorched and singed his
honorable wool, he succeeded in saving
that building and consequently the City!!
Let due honor be paid to him !”
A correspondent writes us the follow
ing additional particulars, under date of
yesterday :
“The city Council convened about
3-J o’clock this morning, to deliberate
upon the matter and arrested several
white men and negroes,who are now in
close confinement. Doubtless it was
the work of some incendiary, who either
intended to burn the town, or was in
this regard, indifferent to the result.—
Fortunately their was no wind, else
Mcßain’s, P. H. Oliver’s, VV. R. Bat
tle’s, Rosenwald’s and Kendrick’s dwel
ling must have gone. 1 hope the gib bet
will get its due, WIT*N£BS”
Americans of Bibb—Attention 1
We are requested by many Americans, to
call a meeting of the American putty ofßibb
j County, on Saturday next, at the Court
, House, in this City, at 11 o el. ik. V. M.. for
i the purpose of nominating n Ticket for the
Legislature. As the time is short, it is hoped
Ii here will be it general attendance of all who
are opposed to the AA r alker-Kansas policy of
i ihe Administration, in order that some or
; ganization may be effected, for the redemp
tion of old Bibb from the misrule of modern
j bogus Isothermal Democracy. Our friends
‘ from the country are particularly invited to
! he present.
Houston County-
Pnitnr, G.v., Sept. 5, 1857.
The Executive Committee of the Ameri-
I can Party of Houston county, having this
dav met in this place to make arrangements
for the reception of the Hon. Benjamin H.
Hill, who proposes to address the people of
Houston county on Friday, the 18th of this
month, in this place, on the political ques
tions of the day, when it was
Resolved, That the American Party of
Houston, prepare a “Pick Nick” on that day
and for that occasion, and to which the peo
! pie of this and the adjoining counties, with
| out distinction of party, and iisi’Eiially the
i Ladies are most cordially and nsptctfclly in
i vited.
I Resolved also. That the He n. Joseph E.
1 Brown, the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, be respectfully invited to the meeting
of the 18th, with an assurance that he shall
have a fair participation with Mr. Ilill in the
discussion that may then and there take
place.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Georgia Citizen.
Journal & Messenger, and the Sumter Re
publican. of next week.
ISAAC C. WEST, Ch’n E. C. H. 0.
Journal it Messenger and Sum
! ter Republican will please copy.
Later from Europe.
Arrival of the Steamer North America.
St. Johns, N. 8., Sept. s —The Steam
ship North America, arrived off Cape Race,
oil Thursday, and by her arrival we have
news from Liverpool to AYednesday, Aug.
26th.
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, Aug. 26.—The Cotton market
was active on Monday and Tuesday, at an
advance of one-eighth, and with sales of
31,000 bales, closing with an advancing ten
dency.
Breadstuffs had a declining tendency, and
buyers demand a reduction in prices.
Sugar clored buoyant at 6d. advance.
Money Market. —Consols quoted at 90
3-4.
General News.
The Cholera was abating at St. Peters
burg.
The Government of Madagascar has re
commended a persecution of the Europeans.
The harvest in Turkey was successful.
French ships have been ordered to ren
der aid to the English forces in China.
Several commercial failures arc reported
in Liverpool.
DigUrt-ncc: Jit'lgii Turin and Na-
The English Parliament has been nru
| longned.
New York Market.
Saturday, Sept. s.—The Cotton market is
firm with sales of 700 bales. Flour is hea
vy with salc3 of 6,500 barrels ; State and
Chio declined 15 cents, and Southern 10
cents. Wheat dull, with sales of 12,000
bushels at a decline of from 3 to 5 cents. —
Corn heavy, sales 21,000 at from 74 to 7Cc.
| for mixed. Turpentine closed firm at a
plight advance, and quoted at 48 cents per
! gallon. Freights are firmer.
From our Special Correspondenl.
\ Augusta Market—Sept. 4, 1854.
Cotton —The very limited quantity on
j the market, and the stringent prices deman-
I ded by the holders, check operations. We
bear of no sales. Two bales new cotton
received.
” iieat. —Orders for large quantities of
wheat are daily received, but at prices which
holders refuse to sell at. Small lots of Red
bring from 81,00 to 81.10, and large lots from
81,10 to $1,15; and in lots of from five to
ten thousand bushels $1,20 to $1,23 are of
f'red. Large lots of White are selling from
‘■ L-to $1,30 as to quality. The last sale
ol \\ hito, 5000 bushels, was made at $1,28.
Bacon —There is quite a speculative feel
ing in Bacon, based upon a positive scarcity
of die commodity, and we hear of some lots
of Tennessee clean sides taken off the mar
ket and limited at 17 cents, and other lots
coming forward to be limited at 19 or 20
cents, according to circumstances on ar
rival.
Corn. This article is accumulating on the
• mai ket, and there are more sellers than buy
ers. Purchases are only made to supply im
mediate wants, as the large crops indicate a
material decline in prices. Pome sales were
made this morning at 98 and SIOO, in lotsof
abtiut one h>u ’red bushels, a’though the re
tail price is from $1,05 to sl,lO,
Quotations from the Merchant’s Mart
Wholesale Transactions.
Friday Noon, Sept. 4, 1857.
Common Rectified Whisky, 4 months. 32.
White Corn, delivered at the depot. 08.
White Wheat, large lot, (sold 3rd) 1.28.
Hhds Tennessee ribbed sides, 174.
“ Western Shoulders, 141-2 a 15
“ Tennessee “ 15 als 1-2.’
“ “ clear sides, 18.
Some lots held at. 19.
Flour, superfine, §5,62 a $6.00.
“ extra superfine $6.00 a $6.25.
“ Family, $6.75 a 7,00.
W heat, Red, quoted, $1.15 a $1,20
Feathers, quoted, 45 a 48.
Tennessee sugar cured Hams, canvassed
to arrive, offered at 17 1 2.
Unsmoked and best middles, offered 17.
NEW COTTONAT AUGUSTA.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 4, P. M.—The first
new cotton brought to this City, direct from
the Planter, was received to-day. It was
two hales made by Mr. Jonathan Taylor, at
Edgefield District S. C., and sold by Polll
lain, Jennings & Cos., to Mr. T. S. Metcalf at
10 cents perpound, and stored at the Ware
house of J. H. Anderson & Cos.
Ihe fust bale received last year, in Ham
burg, waa on U> ii* 9t’ August