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Solution of the Soule Imbroglio.
The N. Y. Courier des Etats Utis.
the organ of French sentiment in this
country, professes to give a more ex
act version of the recent difference
between Mr. Soule and the French
Government, than has hitherto been
published. Whether authentic or not,
its statement is sufficiently interesting
to be repeated. It says:
Believing that it had legitimate
grounds of complaint with regard to
Mr. Soule since his last residence in
France, and advised of his journey to
London after tlie famous diplomatic
conference at Ostend, the Government
transmitted to the authorities of the
several ports on the Channel an order
to report to Paris if the American Min
ister should present himself, and not
to sign his passport before receiving
special instructions oft the subject.—
It was this order, and not, as has been
asserted, an absolute decree of inter
diction, which was communicated to
Mr. Soule by the Commissary of Pol
ice at Calais— and t it was accompanied
by a fequest toj*jait twentyfou hours
for the instructions promised by ihe
Minister. Mr. I'oul.e refused,demand
ed that his passport should be imme
diately -vised,’ and failing to obtain
this, re-embarked on the same stoain
boat which had brought him.
“ Here are the precise instruction
of his case:
*“ In case Mr. Soule should declare
bis intention of entering France to
remain there for a longer or shorter
time, notify him that his stay on
French territory is forbidden.
‘“ln case the Minister of til’. V.
States at the Court of Spain should
merely ask permission to pass through
France on his return to his post, cer
tify his passport.”’
‘“The instructions thus expressed,
We are assured, have been conimuni
Cated to Mr. Mason.
“If this version is not authentic, it
is at least plausible. It explains very
naturally what has seemed irreconcil
able in the fact that an interdiction so
sharply expressed should have been
so suddenly revoked. The right of
passage being open to Mr. Soule, in
his diplomatic capacity, the moment
he should declare that, he had no in
tention of remaining, an explanation
of this point, through Mr. Mason or
Mr. Buchanan, was the only tiling
necessaiy to remove all obstacles.”
General Jail Delivery—Ten Pris
oners Escaped. —The Atlanta Intelli
gencer says:
On Wednesday night last the De
Kalb county jail, at. Decatur, was bro
ken open and ten prisoners confined
therein made their escape. Among
Chose who escaped were Jno. R. Hum
phries, who was confined for trial for
killing Elisha Tiller and young Kane, j
and also Asa Humphries anil Win.
Robinson, charged ufttn participating
in the murder of the latter. Dennis j
Haynes, who was convicted of mur
dering Griggs, and sentenced to death
by the Superior Court at its session !
last month, also escaped. Various j
implements were found in the jail,
which were supposed to have been
handed in by friends of the prisoners
from the outside. Previous to the
time of the escape, the wires of the
Macn & Western Telegraph Were cut
down in several places, as is supposed
by those interested in securing the es
cape of the prisoners. Four prison
ers, wo understand, voluntarily re
mained in the jail after the others had
escaped. No clue lias yet been disc
overed likely to lead to their appre
hension.
Who is Doolie ks ?
The New York Evening Post , in
answer to many enquiries made of it
upon the subject, gives the following
information concerning the individual,
who under this singular nom dc plume ,
writes the witty and humorous coin
implications to the Detroit Advertiser,
which are attracting so much atten
tion :
Doesticks is a modest young clerk
in this city, whose life thus far has on
ly spanned some twenty-three years,
and lie is disinclined, at present, to
part with his anonymous obscurity.— I
He has nothing to offer the publishers i
at present, and when he has, if ever, |
he thinks it will be time enough to j
reveal his whereabouts and wliata • j
about?. He is not. looking to what lie j
lias done, writes to the Detroit Adver
tiser to oblige a younger brother who ;
is connected with that journal, and for ,
no other object, lie was one of the j
students of Michigan University who ,
were expelled some, years ago under |
the decree issued against secret soei- j
etiesiu that institution, llis father is!
a lawyer of some rank, of Ann Arbor,
Michigan.
A Novel Excuse for Sabuath-Break-
Ing.—-Some thirty years ago, the good
people of Rhode Island were shocked
and outraged on finding that a black’
smith was at work on the Sabbath.
The sound of his hammer and tiie re
verberation of iiis anvil sorely annoy
ed the shepherd of the village Hock,
and the more so, as the blacksmith
was a pillar of the church, and a
bright and shining light of the congre
gation. Ofcour.se he was “churched”
—taken to task. In defence of him’
self he stated that one of the slavers,
in getting ready to go tosea, had found
herself deficient in handcuffs; and he
was obliged to work ail of Sunday to
supply her! The good shepherd of
th i flock decided that it was a work of
necessity, justified by the Gospel, and
dcaco 1 Hart was excused.
THE COURIER.
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
Saturday, December 2, I*sl.
IT Col. Zadoc Jackson is authorized Ageni
for obtaining subscriptions and advertisements,
and collecting accounts for the Courier at Amer
leus. ,
i Close ol the Volume—-Change of
Duplication Day.
Tiie second volume of the Courier closes with
the present issue.
We have hitherto published our paper on Sat
urday morning, but for several reasons we have
for some time contemplated issuing it earlier in
the week. And as the commencement of anew
volume is an appropriate time for making the
change, we shall issue the Courier hereafter on
Thursday evening of each week.
Our principal reason for making this change
is,that most of the cross mails which leave but
once a week—and which supply our subscribers
living east or west of tiie daily line of mail, are
made up on Friday night. Hence a part of our
edilion must be worked offand mailed on Friday
evening. If, from any loss of time or detention,
our papers are not mailed on Friday, they lie in
(tie Post Office here for one week. This has
several times unavoidably occurred. But by
changing our day of publication to Thursday all
danger of the recurrence of sucli an event will
be avoided.
We have recently been making improvements
in our office, and shall spare no effort to furnish
our subscribers w.tli a good looking, well filled
sheet.
ifiicoiiiiiiiiing l*aper*.
We occasionally receive a number of the Cou
rier through the Post Office, which we presume
i-. designed as a notice, by tiie subscriber whose
name it heirs, to discontinue his paper. Os
course we arc unable lo comply with the request
in most instances, us we have no intimation where
ilie subscriber resides. It is impossible for usto
look through our Subscription list to find a name.
Therefore those persons who have notifiel us to
discontinue in this way, will, probably, find their
paper etill coining regularly to their address.
In all cases where a subscriber wishes to stop
his paper, he should notify us of his resilience as
well as liis name—and his wishes will be prompt
ly attended to. Tiie Post Master wheie a paper
is received is the proper person to notify Publish
ers that it is not taken from his office.
IT We would call attention to tiie new ad
vertisements in this weeks paper. Our old friend
J. L. Byingthn lias taken charge of the City J
Hotel, where a'l those who wish to rejoice the
inner man with good things may rest assured of
finding them in abundance and got up in tiie
right style.
See also, A. A. Danforth's advertisement of
Garden Seeds, Jcc.—notice of Railroad meeting
on next Tuesday—advertisement of Baptist Fe- !
male College. &c.
Superior Court.
The Fail Term of the Superior Court of Dongh
erty county commenced its sittings on Monday,
Judge Perkins, presiding. Much of the time
thus far lias been consumed in frying appeal
ca-es. We understand the Court will continue
during next week, and even then hut a small part
of tiie cases can be cleared from the Dockets.
foneei't oik Tnevdiiy 12 1 filing.
By general request, the Ladies will give a se
cond Concert of Vocal and Instrumental music
on Tuesday evening, the fitli inet., at tiie new
Episcopal Church. Several new pieces will be
introduced during the evening, and other changes
will be made in the Programme. The avails ol
• he Concert are lo be applied to tiie completion of
tiie new Church edifice. Tickets can be procur
ed at (lie Book Store of Mr. L. E. Welch, at the
Post Office or from the Treasurer, Mr. Y. G
Rust.
Tin 1 Tliespian*.
This Company was favored wilt) an overt! iw
itig house on Wednesday evening. Most of ihe
actors had evidently studied their parts with care,
and ol course were able to’ enter into the spirit
of tiie characters and make tiie points tell on the
audience. The combined effects of whisky and
sweetmeats, as inspirers of valor were very well
illustrated in tiie comedy of “Slasher and Crash
er,” —showing what is p*ctty generally true in
real life, that what is usually denominated per
sonal courage is often sucked from the mouth ol
a botile.
We are happy to ob-cfve that offr old friend
Mr. ‘Foodies, notwithstanding liis petty domestic
annoyances, was in exclient physical condition
—and enjoying robust health. Long life to him
and the company.
The Concert.
Tiie Ladies Concert on Tuesday evening was
fully attended by an appreciative audience. As
the laJiescame upon tiie platform they were
warmly greeted, tiie audience thus showing that
they were not insensible to tiie beauty which
address itself to the eye, .whatever they might be
to the melody which appeals to the ear. And
tiie repeated applause which followed tiie con
clusion of tiie pieces showed Unit they could en
joy tiie “ Concord of sweet sounds” as well. We ‘
find it impossible to particularize where almost
everything was done well. There were several
pieces which were performed with a degree of
skill and expression which would have brought
no discredit upon a performance of much higher
pretensions. The solitude stillness which per
vaded the room during their execution, and the
bursts of applause which succeeded proved that
the hearers felt the power andjcltarm of the music
—never so irresistilde as when heard in the tones
o! lovely woman’s voice.
We believe that as we predicted last week no
one who attended tiie Concert witli tiie expecta
tion of being gratified went away disappointed.
Many on tiie contrary we believe did go away re
gretting that they should hear (lie same songs
from Lite same lips “ nevermore.”
D* We notice in tiie last Tliomasvi'ie Watch
man, a call ior tiie Stockholders in the Bruns
wick and Florida Railroad to meet at Troupvillc
on Saturday, the 9th inst. Tito call is issued by
Mitchae) Young, chairman of the Meeting held
at Thotnasville it) June list.
meeting: of Congress.
The second session of the Thirty-Second Con
gress assembles on Monday next. Ifi the Senate
the Democrats have a majority—as many of the
Senatois hold over. In the House where the
reaction in public feeling is sooner felt, the Anti-
Administration majority will be overwhelming.
This is the short session—limited to three
months—and if much is to be accomplished, Con
gress must go to work at once and in earnest.
It is said that the President’s Message will rot
be sent in advance to the principal Cities for dis
tribution, as has been customary for several years
past. The reason given is—that our Foreign
Affairs are in so ticklish a state just now, that
j Mr. Pierce wishes to avail himself of the very
i latest intelligence ,|and, therefore, the portion of
j the Message relating to our Foreign Policy will
j not be finished t II the last moment.
O’ We publish in another column, a commu
nication from N. W. Collier, Esq., in reply to an
editorial which appeared in yesterday’s Patriot. In
order that our readers may undestand the points
at issue between Messrs. Tift and Collier we also
copy the Patriot’s article. We do this because
we believe that on a subject of such vital impor
tance as a railroad to this section, too much can
not be known by those who are asked to build it.
j Our citizens will, of course, be actuated by their
i own intere t in tiie matter and therefore
| be fully posted up as to the design and ultimate
eflecl of all ihe schemes offered for their appro
bation.
We have so frequently expressed our own
views on this subject, that we deem it unnecessa
ry to repeat them now. We desire to see a road
built to Albany, and as the only present practi
cable means ot securing it we shall, as we have
hitherto done, advocate the proposed extension
of tiie South Western Road.
CioV. JollllSOU.
We inadvertantly omitted last week to notice 1
tiie following precious inorccau from tiie Federal
Union. However it is good enough to keep:
Reinstated. —“Tiie Clerk in the employ of
the State Road, who was suspended bv Maj. Coo
per on tiie around of having hissed Gov. John
son, while lie was addressing a meeting in At
lanta, last year, lias been reinstated; ttiere ap- j
pearing no proof of the a Hedged charge ”
So as the said Clerk did not hiss his excellent j
cy, or as there is no proof that he did so, he i6 j
deemed competent to discharge his duties, and
is reinstated in his Clerkship. Verily this is a
new test ol competency for office.
But the Atlanta Republican says that the re
moval of the Clerk was not the act of Maj. Coop- !
er, but was done oy tiie orders of Gov. Johnson j
himself. Having heard that there was such a i
man in the employ ol the Slate, His Excellency
caused him tube ferret:ed out and discharged.—
Let him then have tiie honor of it.
Our motto is ‘'honor to whom honor is due.”
Tri-weekly T.iiqnii-cr. ..
M e have received the first number of the Tri
weekly issue ot this sterling Whig pa per. Jt is i
a very handsome sheet, of good size, indeed in !
booty of mechanical execution, it is not surpass- j
ed by any Tri-weekly in Georgi t. As to its er,n. i
tents, tiie character of the Weekly Columbus ;
Enquirer for these many years, is a sufficient
guarantee for that. We rejoice in ihe prosperity
of our neighbors and wish them success.
But it must have required money to start this
new enterprise, and it is a hopeless mystery to
us where the Enquirer man got it those limes
Could he inform us ? Ifso, wo should feel under
very great obligations to him, and would ‘ go and
do likewise,” at tea t so fur as gelling the mon
ey is concerned. We stand much in need of
some such advice just at present.
Artlmr’s Home Uiizette.
This most excellent family paper comes to us
in anew and much improved dress. We have
neglected to notice this change till now, iroin he
lact that owing to “ mail derangements” we have
not seen a copy of it for some weeks. We are
glad to welcome it again, as we deem it tiie m ist
unexceptionable, as well as the ablest, paper of
its class published in our country.
Great inducements are offered'to subscribers
by way of Clubs, and
iVegro Stealing;.
We are informed t hat a man named Isaac H >l
ton was found in Albany, on Thursday evening,
with two negroes in his possession, one belong,
log to Mr. Bruton and the other to Mrs. Bishop
of Decatur county. As it appeared that he tad
stolen them, lie was arrested and taken into cus
tody. Holton, we believe, is also from Decatur.
IT The citizens ot Savannah ptopose to erect
a suitable Monument to ilie memory of those Piiy
sicians and Clergymen who fell victim* to ‘lie
late epidemic in tfW city, white in the dischaige
of their duties. A Committee of leading citizens
Ins hcen appointed to carry tiie design into effect.
This is eminently appropriate. II any class of
men deserve to have their deeds commemorated
it is those who freely peril tliWr lives for the good
of their fellows, in time of pestilence and death.
Oreclyon the Know lotliing*.
Greely, ol lhe Tribune, in “ defining liis posi
tion” as regards tiie Know Nothings, and in de
fending the course lie lias taken in opposition to
them says : “ We know, moreover, that the con
trol of the “ Know Nothing” machinery was long
ago secured to tiie Pro-Shivery wireivorkers, and
ihat one ol tiie chief objects of the movement is
the *• crushing out” or “ smothering” of all Anti-
Slavery agitation.”
This is put forth by tiie New York Tribune as
one of the main reasons which lias caused that
paper to evince such deadly hostility to tiie Order
during the canvass for the late S'ate Election in
New York. And to prove that such is the per
vading sentiment of the Know Nothings, extracts
are quoted from several papers, and among others
from the American Organ, tiie new Know Noth
ing paper published at Washington city.
A charge of a very different nature, it is well
| known, has been brought against this Party by
tiie Democratic press at the South. They have
been represented as guided by tne counsels of
Abolitionists of the truest stripe, whose great
aim was to trample upou tiie dearest rights of the
South. So -ays tiie Macon Telegraph and oth
ers.
How are these incongruous charges to be re
conciled ? Surely both cannot be sustained.—
Where Fes the truth ? Quien Sobe.
The Eastern War.
Sebastopol is not yet taken, and it is becoming
evident that it will not be without reinforcements.
The chances of war have been rather against
the allied troops recently, and the confident tone
assumed by the English and French journals a 1
the commencement of the segie is considerably
modified. The great difficulty is that the Rus
sian guns are of too heavy calibre, and carry
•farther than those of the Allies.
In the action at Balaklava, in which the Rus
attacked the Turkish and English position, and
which was at first reported a< of slight conse
quence, it is now ascertainee that 400 British
Infantry and 600 British Cavalry, as well as 800
horses were killed in three hours.
In the recent battle, of which a telegraphic
account will be found in the Baltic’s news, the loss
of the Allies is acknowledged at 4000, while that
of the Russians is set down at 9,000. We may
be certain that these figures are fully favorable
enough for the Ailies. Both parties claimed the
victory. The probability is, however, that they
j both got enough, and that it was a drawn battle.
The English and French Governments are
finding out that the Russians are hard to whip.—
If there was any doubt of it before the recent
i earnest call from the Crimea for more troops and.
munitions would prove the fact clearly enough
The capture of Sebastopol and the consequent
taking of the Crimea, seem impor
tance so far as Russia herself is concerned, than
in the effects it would have upon the policy of the
German States. The loss of the Crimea would
scarcely be felt by Nicholas—thdiigh he fights
for it as thongh it were the richest jewel in his
crown. He might loose a dozen Crimeas and
scarcely leel his strength impaired. Besides, if
the Allies obtain possession of Sebastopol it is
not easy to tell what they could do with it. They
might garrison it with 10,000 men—while Rus
sia would retire from the Crimea and concentrate
her immense forces for a more terrible blow in
another quarter.
Bat if Sebastopol had proved an ea*y conquest
—bad it been captured in a few days, as it was
confidently predicted it would be, Austria would
have joined forces with the Allies. She has only
waited till she was coufiJeut they would ultimate
ly prove the stronger party. But as the case
stands, it is by no means certain what her future
c .urse wll be. Indeed the only absolutely reli
able fact jut now seems to be that Sevastopol
is not yet taker.
[foK THE GEORGIA COURIER ]
rYytfelf and others having'advertised a meeting
calling together the citizens of the surrounding
country lo meet in Albany on Tuesday next, for
the extension of the South-Western Raildbkd'to
a point near the north west confer of Dougherty
county, t lie editor of the Patriot has taken except
tions to it on the ground that the citizens of Al
bany have not been invited into it. Such was
not the intention ; the true friindi of the exten
sion are invited ; those who are opposing every
measure that they are not at the head of, lor im
proving the county, are rot invi'ed.
Theediior of llie Patriot intimates that the
persons ‘.tailing this meeting have interests to
subserve by it. In common with all our citizens
we have, hut tint the subscriber owns or claims a
dollars worth of property west ol the town of Alba
ny he emphatically denies. The editor of the Pa
triot is so exceedingly selfish that lie supposes
every man who has any spirit of palrioti.-in, is
governed bv selfishness. Will the editor inform
the citizens what was the purchase price he oh
tained for the Savannah and Albany Railroad
Charter. He pledged pfitNtP'y and publicly that
Savannah never should emit ml that Charter un
less a rool was guarantied to this place ? Does
he control the Charter, or and ies Savannah.
N. W. COLLIER.
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Party Prospects.
The late elections have damaged all parties
more or less ; tut our Democratic friends have
been nearly extingnshed. Indeed, the disina-ted
state of the Democratic ship would oe distress
im; to those even who owe it no good will, if it
were not for the expedients resorted to by iis
officers (the editors) to keep it afl >at, and their
j amusing effirts to persuade ihe crew to bof
good cheer, that nothing has happened, and all’s
| well. As men bear the misfortunes of others
i with proverbial philosophy, we are not apt to be
j thought particularly hard-hearted if we regard
with entire fortitude the political shipwreck of
the parly of our neighbor the Union, aid even
experience a degree of pleasure at its grave at
tempts to cover up the past and to promise its fol
lowers a bright future.
The “ future,” indeed, occupies the anxious
thoughts of Democratic politicians on the‘stump’
as well as editors in the closet. If we give credit
to all the buoyant declarations made within the
last two months, no substantial damage has been
dmie ! One of the. leaders cries s|ut, “ Let us oe
of good cheer ! All is well! Though the heav
ens are partially overcast, the clouds are passing
away ! The prospect of a glorious day never was
brighter!” The same deli<nt champion says:
“ Let there be no compromises with the enemy,
for they are the enemies of tire country ; no con
| cessions to the pernicious isms of the day.” And.
j a guilt, that the elections lately held “ are the re
sult of a coalition between incongruous and irre
| concilable elements which cannot be held to
gether in harmonious action.” The official
journal in this city finds the same sort of conso
lation, and says the “ fusion victories” “ were
only the results of a wretched combination of
mischievous tactions.”
The inquiry very naturally arises, if lire Whig
party was in the minority before, how did they
furnish materials for the now victorious cohorts?
| II they did not accomplish this conceded impos
sibility, tiie still more apt question arises, what
I jiarty did ? The answer is as c.lear as logic or
mathematics can make it: The Democratic
party most certainly furnished these recruits.
And if these straggling *• is.us,” gathered from
that party for the purpose ot overthrowing it, are
“ hostile factions” and “ vile” and “monstrous”
combinations when acting with the Whigs, pray
tell us if the political Ethiopian can change his
skin or the leopard his spots by a coalition with
tiie Democracy ? VV ill the floating material be
puritied it it gels into the Democratic crucible ?
Are not all the calculations of future suecess
upon the idea that these now abused fragments
are to change position and join the Demoi racy ?
Or Ob they expect to convert pure Whigs by this
continued and unmitigated detraction? “The
people (says the organ) are already affrighted at
the strange results and at the monstrous i-nls
which have triumphed in them.” Ah, indeed!
We thought, in our simplicity, that the people
were “ sovereign,” and were “ left free” to do
as they please ! Will the loose particles be less
hideous if they float back again to the Democra
cy ? In short, if the elements are incongruous ”
when in alliance witli the Whigs, will there be
more congruity in them when joined tothe Dem
ocrats? But, if the hope of a pleasant “ future”
gives present pleasure tothe discomfited party,
far be it from us to disturb the “genial current
of the soul.”—Nat. Intel.
FOREIGN NEWS.
[From the Savannah Republican]
Eater from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC)
HARD FIGHTING AT SEBASTOPOL.
THE ALLIES IN DANGER.—LARGE REINFORCE
MENTS ORDERED.
New Yore, Nov. 26.
The United States mail sleamsh ip Baltic has
arrived, with three days later news froinEurope,
and the most important intelligence from the seat
of war. Site sailed from Liverpool on the 15th.
Markets.—Cotton was firm, with a fair de
mand. Sales for the three days 27,000 bales,
of which exporters took 2000 bales and specula
tors 3000‘. Milliken quotes Middling Orleans at
5| and Uplands at sjj.
Canal Flour was quoted at 43 shillings; Ohio
at 46.
Corn was selling at 45a46.
Consols, 92ja92|.
Important Sews from Sebaslopol.
THE ALLIES IN DANGER.
The news of the destruction of the British
Cavalry under Lord Cardigan is confirmed. They
were charging a bal'ery of 30 gnn3 when the
loss occurred, amounting to 400 men. Only 200
men returned alive Irom the charge.
Since then the fighting has ‘br&n incessant
and sanguinary, and at last the Allies were over
powered.
The British and French officers have sent the
most urgent request for instant reinforcements.
Fifty thousand French are to be sent to the scene
of operations immediately, and every available
steamer has been taken fur that purpose, inclu
ding the British steamships Europa, Alps, Indi
ana atid others.
On the 6th November there Was a most terri
ble and destructive combat, which lasted from
daybreak until 4 o’clock in the afiernoon. Both
sides claim the victory. In the course of the
battle, the English took a few Inindreil prisoners.
The Russians, on the other hand, storm-d several
batteries of the allies, and spiked a number of
their guns. The loss of the allies was 4000
men, and that of the Russians is reported at 8000
The result of the operations on the 6 It was tin
known. The allies however, were proceeding
to storm the place before the Russians could re
cover from their losses. But other accounts say
the allies were greatly reduced, and would be
compellcd to abandon tlie siege without large
and immediate reinforcements. ,
Fiii'llici* Particulars ISy tli.r Hultic
Columbia, Nov. 27.
Both the Russians and the AlliW claim tire
victory of November s;h. Canroberf says the
Russians loss was’ 9000. Menchik fi* says the
sortie ol the garrison on tlie stli was eminently
successful, his forces having spiked 30 French
cannon, and defeated the French troops, when
they assaulted the town, with an immense loss
The Vienna! 1 Post says that on the 6t li the e-n
tire garrison 65,000 strong, assailed tiie Allies,
a. <] that a furiou- battle ensued, wlitcli was not
ended when the messenger left.
The allies had a slight advantage but it was
believed that a few such victories would compel
the allies to raise the siege.
Meticliikotr.-ays it is impossible for the allie
to continue the siege while he shall continue to
harrass them
Canroherl declares he intends to mak e an im
mediate assault, and that the Russians are in no
condition to resist.
From the Albany I-’atriot.
liaili-oatl .Ucctiug.
Yesterday the following notice was Issued in
hand-hills :
“ l’lie citizens of the surrounding rountry, are
reque-ted to meet at Albany, on the first Tuesday
in December, being the day toconsider the great
importance ol promoting liter own interest, hy
the extension ot the South Western Road from
Arnerictis to Dougherty County.
We hope all will attend, whether they sub
scribe or not.
A free Birbecue will b” given to the Oitizens.
W. \V. CHKEVER,
ALEX. HERRINGTON,
DAVIS PACE.
N. W. COLLIER.
Albany, Nov. 30th, 185 l.
The citizens of Albany will observe that they
ar“ not invited to this meeting and barbecue.—
“The citizens of the surrounding country” only,
are invited. Was this intentional? Nothing is
said of Albany, or ot its citizens, nr of their
interests, or of a road to connect wi It Albany.—
Have other parties adverse interests which they
wish to promote at our expense ?
The interests of the people ol Albany and those
of llie surrounding country are identical. It is
their interest to secure the amount necessary fur
a road 16 miles, and then to secure, if possible,
i the exiension of the S. W .Iliad. There has
been no opposition telt or exhibited by the friends
ot the Albany Road to the extension of the South
Western. On the contrary, they have promoted
that project whenever thry gtinld do It consist
ently with their interests,/ We rogrt t i learn
that a spirit
being exhibited by soq ge nlletr.eti winp are sup
posed to have prospective iutereits in a rival
town speculation at joe end of the Scjuth-Wes
tern Railroad exten-sFou. f
Let the people who may rqect JCn T uesday
next, consider well their own inte jests and the
interests of the community in whies they live,
and speak and act accordingly.
From the Savannah Morning News.
Mr. Editor: You will oblige tfie writer of the
following communication to toe Republican, hy
publishing it in the Morning News:
Messrs Editors:—A writer over the signa
ture of a Tax Payer, states that “it is rumored in
tiie streets that the directors of the (lull Railroad
Company are about to push forward this enter
prise to the utmost extent of their subscription.”
For the information of the citizens of Savannah
I deem it my duly to state that the rumor, i f such
a rutnor as isalledged, exists, is based upon an
ignorance of facts. The directors have adopted
a sale, cautious and wise policy. The existing
contracts for construction, being chiefly for grad
ing and bridging the Ogeechee and Altamaha,
will not involve a very large expenditure of mon
ey and securities. The directors will faithfully
fulfil these oWigatrons on their part, but they will
not for the present, mu ke further contracts. The
recent afflictions of our erty, by pestilence and
storm, and the general decline of securities, have
induced them to adopt this policy. My fellow
citizens may rely With confidence upon the pru
dence of the directors in the management of the
affairs of this great enterprise.
Very respectfully,
J. P. SCREVEN.
The following is said to be the motto on a tomb
stone in the western country—“ After file’s fitful
fever and ague lie sleeps well.”
The good old Times.
A Connecticut paper (the Middletown News)
of the 17th in~t., in co tying horn one of the 7 hv
-9 journals of “ye ancient times,” no'ices the dif
terence between the mail ariangements of 1786
and those of the present day ; than which no otl -
er brancli of facilities seem to convey a better
idea of the progress we are making, as a fast
people.
In September, 1786 —little more that! siitjf
eight years back—the Postinast- r General off-red
proposals for carrying the mails lor the year 1787
from Portland (Maine,) loSavenrah in the State
of Georgia, “in stage carnages if pracli. able.”
This was the only post-route ihen established in
this country j except a few “cro s-road” roues
leading from the main line to a few of the prom
ian-iit towns—such as Concord, N. H., Albany,
N Y., Pittsburg, Pa., &c.
In those times Savannah was the town of the
Snuth-the terminus ofall travel.Jby land or ocean
tow ard these parts. The P. M. General thougl t
the income of his “institution” would hardly be
sufficient to defray the t Xpenses of a ma 1 often
er than twice a week, but the “growing wants”
of the age seemed to require it to be put tiirough
three times in seven days, for at least six month*
in the tear —and it was so offered in the proposals.
Now-a-days, if Uncle Sam fails to dump his
canvas- pouches at the door of the Savattn- 6r*
Post Office every twenty f our hours, we see the
news heralded in the next morning’s paper, “No
; rmil north of Charleston yesterday,” with some,
I cru.-ty remark about the “repeated mail failures.”
And now a days, too, the mail route ts es not
end a* Savannah ; that town is n >1 now the stop
ping place ‘or all the stage-carriages that tote the
m>il. Its a mere dinner lu-C-e no the route to
California, a lunch-house fur the tn veller to Or*
egon, and ba-d y its good breakfast time for the
emigrant to Kansas or New Mexico !
And finally, to show that “the good old times,”
even in Connecticut, are not now as once they
were, we clip the following from sfrrinrlg the ad
vertisements of’66 It will show, amoffg other
things, whose forefathers were among the fifsit fit
ih:s country to introduce African slavery—an
in-til ution which some ol their meddling’ pdsfer
ity now reyard with indignant horror !
“ To be sold, for want of entplov, a NEGRO
MAN and WOMAN,about SOyears of au£, who
ran l>e well recommended. Also, a NEGRO
GIRL, about two and a half years of age, and a
BOY’ about six months old. Cash, Public Secu
rities, or any Kind of Grain, will be received in
Payment. For further particulars enquire of the’
P inters of this Paper. Middletown, May 6ib,’
1786.”
Alas and alack ? the good old times, and ou#
good old forefathers.
The Laws and Journals.’
Inquiries have been recently made through
the Savannah press, as to tire probable time of
the publication and distribution of the Laws and
Journals of last session, to which no satisfactory
response ha- been given from any qu rter.
The condition ot things in regard to this mat
ter lor several years past Iras been not very cred
it ib'e to the present system of publication as it
prevails in Georgia. It is more t an twelve
months since the assembling of the legislature,
and near ten months since its final adjournment.
Yet, its proceedings are still almost a sealed book
to the public. During all this time, we bans
been living under laws that, tew have seen of
known anything about. This is almost as bad
as lite state ot things under the Romm Emperor,
who hung his laws up so high on the walls, and
printed them in characters so small, tint it was
almost impossible to read them.
In contrast with this system, vte will -tale that
a few days ago we were m the Bitt’e Library at
Mllledgeville and there saw the Journal of pro
ceedings of the Council and lower house of Utah
I'errifory tor 1853-4, published at Great Salt
Lake City. It contained among other inti-resting
documents, Gov. Brigham Young’s i\le-sH"e.
I'ne LegigUlure ot iha f distant peo, le adjourned*
January 20th, 1854. and yet we have the Jour
nal of proceedings at ttie Capitol ot Georgia,
while the proceedings of our own Legislature
which adjourned a tew days later only, are still
awaiting publication.-
We also saw at j the same time and place a
copy of the Laws passed hy the Legislature of
Connecticut, winch adjourned oo the 23J ol last
June.
We leave comment ‘elite public.— [Augusta
Constitutionalist.
.1 Know Attlliiiig oppououent of
the “Soft*.”
J. W. Bryce, Know Nothing candidate for Corf*
grass, in the fourth Congressional district, New
York, announced his views on the slavery queta
ticn, prior lo the election thus :
‘ Li regard to slavery. I believe with Henrjt
Clay, that it is an evil which, will yield to the’
inevitable laws ot population sooner and inm*
safely thantopolitic.il agitation, which tends la
disturb the harmony of the Union rather than
benefit the African race.”
The Missisippian in >v search in vain, the re
coids of Fierce, Cass, D Marcy, Cushing,
Rantoui, and the wlio'e S win mr regular demo
cratic administration ticket for a stronger avow
al against abolitionism.— [Mississippi Flag of
the Union.
The Ni.tv Haven Railroad Bonds—lure*
gard to the repudiating portion of tfie New Ha
ven R ilroud Company, the New York Times
says: Mr. Belmont, Mr.-Vanderbilt and ollrer
influential pirties have determined not t
he victimized bv the Company, and will pursue
the legal remedy to the utmost relief afforded hy
the laws of New York—not Connecticut. Ji
case they obtain judgment, they will seize upon
the property oltlie company. All the director*
ot the company have resigned, and others have
been chosen in their places. The acting presi
dent only remains py request until someone can
be found to tike his place.
A Mosquito Republic. —It was stated sever*’
al months ago that some American capitalists
had purchased Irornliie Mosquito king a sort of
title to all his territorial possessions. According
to the New York Herald, this company has now
fitted out an expedition in New York city to ee*”
tablish a colony in Mosquito, with a republican
government, the purchase covering twenty five
millions of acres, and the intention being to unit*
ban Juan thereto. Colonel Kinny, of Texas,
heads the expedition.
Senatorial Election in North Carolina
Columbia, Nov. 24—Ex-Governor Reid,
Democrat, has b>en elected by the Legislature,
Senator tor the six years term by 11 majori'y.
Antidote for Strychnine.—Camphor ha*
been discovered to be an antidote for that terrible
poison strychnine A man who had been thrown
into convulsions by 2 doses of the poison—one
six'll of a grain each administered sot the rheum*
atistn—was relieved by 20 grains of camphor ta
ken in six grains of almond mixture. Dr. Sad
dock, in a letter to the London Lancet, claims ter
have made the discovery.
The Healthfulness of Smoke.—A writer
in tne London Times discourses upon the prop
erties of smoke. He thinks London and all large
cities would be much less healthy but for the ar
tificial atmosphere created by the combustion of
wood and coal. Describing smoke as nothing
more than minute flakes of carbon or charcoal,-
which absorb the poisonous gases emanating
from the sewers and from works where animal
substances are under manipulation. If this
theory be true, Pittsburg ought to be the health
est city known, for it is the smokiest hole in
creation.
Among the democrat*; nominees for Congress
in New York, was Dr. Brandreth,of pill notoriety