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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
We place thin ticket ut our ma.t head to day,
and challenge nil the “world in arum.” todefeat
it, at the polls, in November next. AU the
combined wnw of the day ; and all the oppo
sition now directed nt it, will only increase its
strength in Georgia; and the warmer the op
position, the stronger will it become. There
is no use to be “ mealy mouthed at a time
like this. The enemy have been offered ’“lair
terms," and patriotism counselled them “to
capitulate and surrender ” on those terms. —
But, as they will not, they must be beat into
subjection, and the people intend to do this .
with the ticket which we this day put at the '
head of our paper. So now. let the “ longest
pole knock down the persimmon." We are
ready for the contest.
The Atlanta Histrionic! Society.
The first appearance of this e ,rps of 1 hei
pians, on Wednesday night last, was highly
creditable to all concerned, and promised w; 11
for the future. Os Mr. and Mrs. Akin, who
assisted tnem on the occasion, we cannot speak
took highly. It required no ’experienced eye
and ear to discover that both this gentleman
and lady were familiar with the “boards, and
had trod the stage in characters requiring
talent of a high order to represent, with any
thing like success. We wore pleased to see
them in a position,where they doubtless will
prove scrvicieble. and where.they will contribute
much to the entertainments which the “ liistri- !
onics" of our city, have got up for the amuse
ment of our citizens, ami their own improve- 1
jment.
Among the young gentlemen of the corps- ’
we do not like to make iuividious distinctions.
We shall therefore let them pass for the pres,
ent at least, with the encouraging words,
o persevere. and success will be sure to follow.
But we must speak in other terms of the
■'Lady Amateur" who made her first appear
ance last night. In the character assumed by
her, she attained complete success. One would
have supposed from her ease, confidence, and
enunciation, that she was at least in a third or
fourth engagement, had not her youth, and
the knowledge on the part of the audience to
the contrary, prevented it. We set her down
m the “Star” of the “Histrionics," and doubt
not that she will shine brightly ere the season is
„.“Gen. died in Haywood
county, Tenn., otv alt. lie was dis
tinguished as a General in the Texas revolution
and was the first Minister sent from the He
puWi? w tha United 8t»t»
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I Trial of the Hon. P. S. Brooks.
The trial of Mr. Brooks, for his assault
upon the abolitionist, Summer, took place be
fore the Criminal Court, of the District of
Columbia, on Tuesday lifst. Mr. Brook’s jus
tified himself in a speech, in which he took the
ground that he felt it to be h’s duty to resent
the insults which Sumner had heaped upon
South Carolina, his native State. The Court,
without comment, fined him three hundred dol
lars. At.d this is the finale, of the trial.
Mr. and Mrs- W. H. Crisp in New York.
We are gratified to see that MR. and MRS.
W. H. CRISP have been playing at Burton’s,
Chambers Street, Theatre, New York, and
that they’frerc received there with decided de
monstrations of popular favor, by n crowded
audience —Mr. Crisp appeariu as Dazzle,”
ami Mrs. Crisp as “Lady Gay Spanker,” in
‘■London Assurance.”
We learn, also, that the discriminating man
ager of the first theatre, in the first, city in the
United States, Mr. Burton, has made a fiv e
week’s “ Star Engagement,” with Mr. arid
Mrs. Crisp, to commence on tho 28th Instant,
when they will appear as ‘-Stars,” playing the
leading, or first characters, in both comedy and
tragedy.
In this “Star Engagement,” we doubt not
the success of Mr. and Mrs. Cr.sp, Atlanta®
popular favorites. Although for many years
absent from New York, the scene of their early
triumphs on this side the Atlantic, they are yet
well remembered there, as their reception on
the occasion referred to proves ; and that they
will doubtless add new laurels to those already
won and worn by them we feel satisfied. Suc
cess attend them while absent from the South.
Highly Complimentary—A Reward to
Merit-
We were invited by a friend on 1 uesday
night last, to attend a meeting of, to use bis own
language, “ Rail Road Men,” for a purpose of
which, at the time, we were not advised. We
were therefore most agreeably surprised, when
we were enlightened as to the object of the
meeting. Most of our readers, in Atlanta, and
along "the line of the Western & Atlantic
Rail Road, have long since been informed ol
the resignation, by W. T. Wilson, Esq., of
the office of local agent, at this place, of said
Road—an office of great responsibility and
trust; one requiring of its incumbent, business
qualifications of the highest order, such as few
men possess in a degree equal to Mr. M ilson.
During the two years which this gentleman
discharged the duties of his office on the Road,
!« had made many warm friends among the
“ Rail RoAd Men,” of the State Road, as well
as those of the Georgia, Macon, and LaGrange
Roads. A number of these, therefore, upon
hearing of Mr. Wilson’s resignation, determin
ed to express to him, in a tangible form, their
high appreciation of his worth as an officer,
and their regard for him as a man. Accord
ingly they caua <1 to be made at Boston, a
service of silver, consisting of a magnificent
pitcher, and two goblets, with this inscription
on each:
Preutifed to W. T. Wilson, Eq.,
by his friends of the Western A Atlantic Rail
Ruud, July 4t , 1856.”
And, in due form, these tokens of respect,
were, through one of the “ friends,” presented
to Mr. Wilson at the meeting referred to.
We witnemtd tlitse proceedings with great
satisfaction,for we kuow the recipient of the
compliment well, but no better than we do the
noble hearted “Rail Rond Men," who ilcmon
strated by their act, of which we speak, that
they k 'ow how to appreciate worth in a public
officer. The address to Mr. sVi!son on the
presentation was happily conceived, and his
reply proved his high appreciation of the com
pliment paid to him.
After the ceremonies, the company assemb
led partook of tire “good things” which had
been provided for the occasion, uud at a late
hour, we left them still enjoying a “feast of
reason, and u flew of soul."
lite “American” State Convention at
Macon.
‘ This Convention assembled ut Macon, on the
Bth inst. Dr. 11. V. M. Miller presided as its
President, assisted by eight Vice Presidents,
one from each Congressional Dist ; and Messrs-
Jones, Andrews, and Barr acted as Secretaries.
It is said that the number of delegates was
268. A declaration of principles were adopted
which we have not yet seen. The Electoral
Ticket nominated to support Fillmore and
Doik-Isou is as follows :
For the State at large, Wm. G. Crawford,and
BenJ. H. Hill.
Ist Dist, Judge Law; 2d Dist., Wm. M.
Brown ; 3d Dist.. Washington Foe ; 4th Dist.
Edward Y. Hill; sth Dist, Geo. W. Gordon
6th Dist., C. Peeples; 7th Dist.. Eli Baxter;
Bth Dist.. A 11. White.
The Macon Journal end Messenger says that
great enthuisasm and harmony-prevailed, but
it went to press before it could give “the final
action of this very intelligent body’.” With
so much intelligence, we regret, from what we
have heard, that there was not a little more
-of patnoliem displayed by that large and respee.
■ table body of Southern men, whose “/bin/ ac
‘ lion” in an huiqlde judgment, is only persrw
' unre in our most dangerous error.
The Histriou’cs.
: In our advertising columns, the reader will
i see that the “Histrionics" of Atlanta, aided,
' by the “Akin Family," will perform again to
j night at “Crisps Athena-um." The bill is a
I first rate one, and we hope they will have a
crowded bouse.
<
I Catharine Alberti?, a beggar and for
tune teller, died in Raleigh, N. C., last week.
On examining her effects $2660, in gold, silve.
and notes, war- found, together with evidences
I of her owning a plantation in Kentucky, and
twenty shares of rail road stock. Around her
j body was found a belt full of gold coin.
L. M. Ayer, of Barnwell, is rais
ing a company of young men for Kansas,
who will shortly leave for the disputed territo
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ATLANTA, GEORG fA. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17. 1856.
I Oh I The Artful Dodge'.
From the Platform of the “American Par
ty ”of Georgia, recently held in Macon, we
extract the following, to which we call the at -
tention, the special attention, ol our readers,
and of every independent voter in the State,
who may chance to see this number of our pa
per.
“And having been represented in none of
the Conventions which have presented e,'idi
dates for the Presidency and V ice Presidency,
and being left free to select the men, who in
| our opinion are best calculated to meet the
present crisis in our national affairs, arid be
lieving it no time for experiment with men, or
untried men, and one ot those presented tor the
suffrages of the American people having been
well tried, and giving us daily assurance that
the patriotism and nationality which so emi
nently characterized bis former administration
will be continued in the future, and restore peace
and tranquility to a distracted country, we do
hereby nominate Millard Fillmore, ot New
York, as our candidate for the Pres.deucy.
Entertaining confidence in the integrity and
patriotism and ability of Andrew J- Donelson,
of Tennessee, we du hereby n minate as
our candidate for the Vice Presidency.
Now, mark well the words of the forego
ing “And having been represented in none of
the Conventions which have presented, candi
dates for the Presidency and being left free to
.select the men, who, in cur opinion are- best
calculated to meet the present crisis in our na.
tional affairs” &c., &c.
Here are two important things to be consid’
ered*, first, the declaration that this “American
Par y” of Georgia, was not represented in
anyof the Conventions that had nominated
candidates for the Presidency and Vice Pres
idency ; and second, the crisis in our national
affairs, that prompted them to nominate Fill
more and Donelson.
Not represented in any of the Conventions
do you say, gentlemen ? And why not? Was
it that you could not affiliate with the “Amer
ican Party” of the North, that you dodged it?
—or is the declaration that you now make in
tended to be a dodge from that transcendently
great National American Party a portion of
which has dodged into the ranks of Black
Republicanism, whilst the other portion, is
supporting Fillmore and Donelson, animated
by the rallying cry 'of “down with the
Kansas, Nebraska Bill, and immediate restor
ation of the Missouri Compromise line I”
Why, we again ask, were you not represent
ed in the councils of the great “ National
American Party?” No one expected that
you would be in any other—certainly not in the
Democratic Party at Cincinnati; nor would
we impute to you a desire to be represented in
either the Abolition or Black Republican Par
ty. But. why not in tho first named conven
tion of Know Nothings, alias, “ Americans ?"
We can tell you. It was because you were
either distrustful of, and wen afraid “ to min
gle, mingle, mingle,” with them; or it was
with the deliberate design of doing what you
have just done; and that is, to support their
nominees, as men, and to dodge all the respon
sibility before the people of Georgia, for tlieir
acts, and their war u]»n principles dear to ev
ery Southern man. No wonder, then, that !
you were not represented in any of the con-1
vent ions to nominate candidates for the Presi
dency and Vice Presidency!
But, in the second place, it is the crisis in |
our national affairs, that makes you nominate
Fillmore and Donelson ? Is this so? Well!
whut is that crisis I The war on the part ol j
the anti-slavery States upon Southern Institu- i
tions! The war of the Black Republicans up. j
on Slavery ! The war of the Fillmore and |
Donelson party—the •• American Party” there,!
upon the doctrine of Nomlnterventiou, cm- ,
braced in the Kansas-Nebraska Bill; and the I
war upon the Rights of the States, and the|
South, to restore the Missouri Compromise!
Is not this the “ crisis in our national affairs.”
at which patriotic, law abiding, constitutional
men of all parties North or South, look with
so much interest ? If so, where we ask, are :
Fillmore and Donelson found in the contest ? j
On the side of the South ? No! But main
taining, and sustaining, this unholy crusade
against the South ; this u' ir upon Southern
Rights and Southern Institutions !
“ Oh ! that mine enemy would write a book,"
is a phrase familiar to every one, and should not
have been forgotten, when the “ Amerie ns "
at Macon ord ired the publication of this part
of their platform!
Miss Westmoreland’s ‘ Readings.”
We were highly gratified, on Wednesday
evening last, at hearing the first “reading”
which this accomplished lady treated an At
lanta audience to. Our misgivings, trifling
though they were, arising as they did from the
fact that it was to be her first attempt in a
line, to use a professional term, of ■ business''
in which few Ifdies have acquired celebrity
were entirely dissipated ere she had pronoun
ced twenty lines of that beautiful poem, “O'-
Conner's child.” Indeed, her conception of
the author, her intonation, manner, ail, were
triumphs in an art, in which not one of athous
and pretenders attains any thing like excel- ,
fence, and which is also one of the rarest, as well
as most valuable, accomplishments in man or ‘
womau. In “the Bells,” “The Raven,” and
he’ other admirable selections, as well as in the
poem referred to. our confidence increased in
her ability to attain eminence in a profession to
which she is devoted, and in the pursuit of
which, prompted by a laudable ambition, she
knows “no such word as Fin..” The respecta
ble audience, who enjoyed with delight the en
tertainment, manifested their high appreciation
of Miss W s. “readings," by repeated applaus
aud there was scarcely one that did not retire
regretting that the entertainment of the even
ing was so soon brought to a close. We heart
ily congratulate Miss Westmoreland on her
success, and trust, that, ere l<Jng. she will give
us one more of her delightful entertainments. —
Before we take leave however, of Miss W.,
it is proper that we should correct an error
into which we were led. and which caused us
. n a former issue, to state that ill health was
the cause of her retiring from the profession of
i This, we have been advised, is not so. Her
i motiv « •■.•■inq ri-hing (he one, and embra-
; cing the other profession, are twofold— first,
responsibilities rest upon her which she cannot
fulfil, at the rate of compensation bestowed upon
teachers in the South, however competent, un
less they can boast a diploma from some North
ern Female College; aud, second, the Stage is her
choice ts the>|vvo proles ions, as well to ad
vance her peetiniary interests, as to gratify an
ambition that will know no abatement, until
she has attained fnne enduring as the Stage.
A Georgian at the Philadelphia
Meeting.
We find the following among the speeches
reported a l , the Philadelphia mass meeting of
the Know Nothing party on the 21, where they
a opte.i u resolution deprecating the repeal
of lite Missouri Compromise law, and. where
many sps eches were delivered to the same ef
fect -.—Const. & 11 p.
Iti.MARKS of Don. Mr. Reneau, of Geor
gia.— The Hum Mr. Reneau, of Georgia, was
the next and last speaker. His remarks were
much interrupted by the letting off of rockets,
tiring of crackers ami pistols, music from the
hands, &c. His remarks were of a very discur
sive'character. He was understood to stay,
after an allusion to the immense numbers wi><>
were congregated in the square, that Mr. .Fill
more was the only mao who had any chance
in Georgia. [Applause.]
Georgia goes tor the Union, and Mr. Fill
more is a U uiou man —so Georgia goes for
him. [Here ‘the speaker was interrupted by a
tremendous surging of the crowd about the
stand. After order was restored, he proceed
ed.] The great body of the American people
are consei votive. In a national struggle they
know no North, ai.d no South. When the
great heart of our people is touched, the Union
is safe—l have great hopes in the success of
Mr. Fillmore, for the reason that the Union
is in danger now, and he can save it.
Against Mr. Buchanan the speaker bad noth
ing to say. He was a national man, aid if
he did nut intend to support Mr. Fillmore, he
would vote tor Mr. Buchanan. [The crowd
appt ared to receive the above as a joke, front
the laiighter which followed ]
Mr. Reneau then touched on the subject of
foreigners in our country. He had no objec
tion to their holding office, but he did ob
j rot to their building up a foreign nation in
foreign ideas in America. [Applause.]
He then returned to Mr. Buchanan, whom he
was eulogizing, when he was interrupted by a
voice—“ But once said if he had a drop of
Democriatc blood in him he’d let it out.” Mr.
Reaneau said—‘,oh, he Bas had time to recov
er fruiu that,” and proceeded with his eulogy.—
he then touched on the Kansas troubles, which
he declared to be a disgrace to the nation, and
for which the Democratic party was respon
sible. However, he prophesied that the com
mon sense of the country would soon quiet
the Kansas agitation, and justice will be
done
Against Geo. Pierce as an individual, the
speaker cherished no malice; he was simply a
very incompetent President, and bis weak
aud vacitiiating course was in glaring contrast
to the noble, wise and patriotic course, of Mr.
Fillmore. [Applause]. The people of Geor
gia bad watched the course of Mr. F., and
Miowttcl their u|>prec:atiou of its noble national
ity by the way tiiey hbtiored him when be pass
ed tlirough the alate.
It was not to In- rnpp'wd that l>ecautie th»-
the Know Nothings were beaten in Georgia I
| Inst rear, Mr. Ftllmi-re cannot lurry the State.
I The Georgians had iwunl some queer talcs
about Nothing*, aml fc c-aildYiot I
trust them However, they eould treat .Mr. F i
! lieeau.ro they knew him. [Applause]. Yea
terdav the sptaker had »<eu a stntetuitit in the
1 newspujters that stxty-four Antericaus in Co
lumbus. Ga.. bad w iiiidrawnfrom Mr. Ft imortv
support. This might be true of Columbus, for |
it was a bad place aud unworthy of the rest of
the State.
Mr. Rene in then ro-eulogized the State of
Georgia f« r her <!• votfon to the Union, an-1 for
her characteristic quiet neon aud energy wlun
il. He tlwn closed with a propinwy of
the success of I'iltnore and Donelson in the
fall.
The meeting was th' n. on motion, adjourned
with three cbcTs for Fillmore and D ujelson.
and the concourse began to move out of the
square to join the processhm which was formed
bn Chesnut. Fifth and Sixth streets.
esy* a i* aris letter says :—The astonishment 1
in ti’rance on the baek-ont of E gland was
very general. Tiro tone of the Morning Post
tip to the very last Jay had bo n so firm, and
even warlike, tluitm body in France was pre
pared for the speech which Lord Palmerston
made iir the House on M >ndav night. The
two legitimist journals of France taunt the
English Ministry, and say that there was some
thing more than the cotton interest behind their
decision; they were afraid of the Americans.
The Pays. Government j urnal. which has been
so severe against the United States in this con
test, mid which has called upon the English
Ministry almost daily to stand firm, must be
thunder struett, for it has not uttered a word
on American affiirs since the Government gave
way. All the rest of the French journals have
confined themselves to the publication of the
facts without comment. _
An Indvi-cent Mother. —Mr. G. W. Ken
dall of the New Orleans .Picayune, is answera
ble for the following :
-The most indulgent mother I have heard of
lately, lives some two and a half hour’s drive
froni San Antonio, on the left. It was a long
time before she w aid submit that her eldest
and best beloved boy. a refractory and turlvu
len little fel'ow. richly merited a flagellation ;
and when she finally gave in that he was enti
tled to ‘a course ot sprouts,' she contended that
he should be put under the influence of chloro
form before the sat pling v.. • applif d. Solo
mon with all his wisdom, was behind the pres
ent fast atre in administering to juvenile de
linquents.”
Mr. Stephens’ Speech —The Washington
correspondent of the Pennsylvanian says : “The
speech of Alexander H. Stephens, of Geor
■ <ria, delivered on Saturday, the 28th June, was
1 one of great po.ver. He held the attention of
' the House during the hour, so that you could
i have beard a pin drop, which cannot be said of
1 any other geutlen an who has a seat on the floor
iof 'tbe House. He is. the most remarkable man i
|o! the age, in the United States; andtb< -■
which I ur.d rstand is to be largely circulated i
•in the N rth, will have a powerful in—j
i fluence in affecting a change in the minds of
these gentlemen who have been in the habit of
I reading those A ■ : :ion phillipics that have?
i been scattered broad cast throughout the entire
i North.”
story that the Methodist confer
ence of Missouri bad been broken up by pro
i ieavery men. the presiding officer tarred and
slathered. &c., Ac., turns out to be another ab
[olrt: n fabriction. The Missouri conference
, do«s not maet faU
I -w •;
» [Forthe Examiner. 1
Atlanta, Georgia, i
July 7lb, 1856. f
Mr. Editor : In your weekly issue of the
3d inst., I find the report of “au operation, for
Ovarion Tumor, by one Dr. Stotesberry oj
Ga,” in which “W. J. 5.,” the repot ter, makes
a fling at Allopathy, and it is for this that 1
notice the article. He has a perfect right to
advertise in any manner that he chooses, but
in doing so he has no right to libel an.l slander
other people. This wonderful operation is
paraded before the public in a style, the pom
posity of which is only exceeded by the vanity
and arrogance ol the writer. Hecha.aetertzes
it as “extraordinary ” and luaguitied it into
one of the most wonderful feats in modern
Surgery, and “ the eminent Physician and
Surgeon ” who “ happened to be the actor in
this Surgical exploit, ” one of the greatest.
Surgeons that the world has ever produced.—
This “ scientific Physician and Surgeon” has
won, for himself, a never dying fame; his suc
cess in this case bus elevated him to the very
topmost round ol the ladder, whence he cuu
look down proudly upon such inferior uien as
Mott, Muller, Warren, Eve, and a host ol
other lesser lights, which have, in days past,
shone brightly in the surgical world. His
name will be handed uown to posterity as the
greatest benefactor of his lace that lived in his
day I
I shall not attempt to follow the reporter
through his long report, but will notice a few
points which I think is most deserving of at
tention.
It appears that Mrs. F., of Effingham coun
ty, in in this Union, or in some oth
er country, but of whose [geographical position
we are not precisely informed, “had a tumor
in the right eliac region ” which the late Dr.
Wildman, a very distinguished Surgeon of
Savannah, Ga.,” pronounced to be ovarian.
Now it must not be forgotten that Dr.
Wildman, and not Dr. Stotesberry, made the
diagnosis, therefore “W. J. 5.,” can claim no
credit for Dr. S., on this account. On the 17th
day of February, in some year, but of what
particular year we are left in the dark, “the
Dr., accompanied by another eminent Reform
Physician and Surgeon, proceeded to the house
of the patient,” &e., armed with Chloroform
and Ether, &c. and after 10 minutes labor they
got the poor woman under its influence, and
opened the abdomen in the mesial line.from the
umbilicus to the pubis. “This cut which was
six inches in length along the linea alba, was
not followed by the discharge of a tablespoon
full of blood.” “The loss of this precious
fluid was not one fourth of an ounce in the
whole operation, which fact shows conclusively
the wisdom of his choice in the point for the
cut.”
This certainly was very wise on the part of
the Surgeon, but I wonder if it never occurred I
to the reporter that other Surgeous had upend '
the abdomen along the lines alba. The inervat,
tyro iu Surgery knows that, on thia line, where '
the two oymmctrical lialves of the alxiumen;
unite, there is very little vascularity, ami that
incisions in this part are followid by bttle or
no hemorrliage; and that almost all . arg. on.->'
open the abdomen st this point for this very .
reason, aud especially when the tumour has
grown t<Tsuch an enormous size that it “baJ
extended up into the hypochondriac rvgio. j
1 have shown that in neither the diagnosis, nor >
iu the -choice of the point to m ke the cut ’
has Dr. 8.. any claims to originality, and tlx
only thing else, in the case, that the Dr,, can
claim is that the woman was one month gone |
iu pregnancy, mid did uot abort. Now this’
was a wonderful re ult. and attributable mor ,
to uccidcut thou to any skill o I the Surgeon, i
This womau, duut ties’, {xissesaed a good con I
stitution. and would iu all probability, have re *
covered with proper attention —even under the
car* of an Allopath—if this wound had been
the result of some casualty, instead of a “de i
cate and dangerous Surgical operation.” For
the sake of coming general! us the reporter
ought to have recorded the time when this op
eration was performed, also the town a. d city,
ia which this distinguished surgeon resides; this
ought to have been done for the bentfi t of the ]w,
pie— the present generation—for, poor souls, if!
they should become affl eted up here, like Mrs.
F., I fear it would be a gone case. If Old Al
lopath is all their hope, I confess I do feel
alarmed for them, and especially tl c fairer
portion of them, for I am not too modest or
bashful to own that beauty has charms for
me
Iu the closing paragraph of this report, the
object of the writer, is seen “sticking out” too
plainly. His idea was to get it into oue of the
must popular Fublic Journals of the country,
as a sort of advertisement, to attract pubii -
attention, not to much to this brilliant opera
tion, or its distinguished author, but for anoth
er purpose which any one, with half an eye,
may se-e-to acquire a little brief notoriety him
self.
He too, perhaps, sports "the sheepskin," and
may shine a little brighter by reflected light
from the immortal Stotesberry. There are
some people who have an extraordinary amoun t
of presumption without any mixture of mod
esty, and who are ever trying to humbug the
“dear people” into the belief that they posses
all the decency : such a presumption deserves
a rebuke.
A MEDICAL STUDENT.
Great Inner Sea in Equatorial Africa.
I A communication hag been addressed to the
i London Atneuteum, by Mr. Augustus Peter-
I man, reporting the discovery of a large sea in
! Africa seven hundred miles long and four hun
i dred and fifty broad : >
' This immense body of water, with an area
I about twice as large as the Black Sea, (with
! the Sea of Azoff.) is inscribed with ths name
I Ukerewe, or inner sea of Unlamezi. its narrow,
' elongated southeastern end bearing that of
; Lake Nyassa ; and the discovery is said to
’ have been arrived at by the concurrent testi
mony of the various natives dwelling on or
i close to the lake, both on its eastern as well as
1 ou its western shore, with whom the nrissiona
i rise came ia contact.
From the Nashvi.de Union A American.’
Hermitage, July 4, 1856.
Editors Union and American .-
Gkntue.'ien :—The scurrilous billingsgate
and personal abuse heaped upon me through
the columns of a newspaper published at Nash
ville, called the Patriot, to which my attention
has been directed, merits a reply ; not that I
regard any thing from such a source as wor
thy of notice, only so fur as it scandalously re
fers, and tends to abuse the public mind, as to
my private aud personal affairs. Instead of
answering or criticising my ti tter as a gentle
men -hould have done, in courtesy, and con
fining himself to facts and to the letter, his at
tempts are direct' d mainly to crush out my
statement by a pitiful tissue of sang, misre
pres tation and abuse. Though having al
ways sought the retiraey of private life, I
'rust that I atn too well knowh to tin- public
generally, here and elsewhere, for such viti
trash to injur my character, or effect the force
of the statements I thought prop r Io make
to the public- through my published card-of the
25th ult. It relieves the sting of personal de
tection as to myself, when 1 reflect that Gen.
•I .ckson was vtllificd from one end of the Un
ion to the other, as have been all of his friends
who dared to open their lips to repeal slander
and injustice, and doubtless by ju,t such writers
as the one in the Patriot.
I am charged with having sold the Iwcesof
my father fur state bonds ; that 1 have sur
rendered to others the home bequeathed tome ;
that my father left me his estate simply to g i
me out of liabilities incurred by myself; mid
that 1 had consumed and wade’d ins patrimony,
in reply to which, (not to the vile scrib'er. but I
to the public, whose generous sense of right 4 I
appeal to, and will excuse the open exhibition ■
that lam about to make in justice to mys'-lt
and family.) i have to say : That wii n G a.
Jackson returned at the end of his Presidency
he had not so much as a hundred debars left
of his salary. His generous entertainment-at
Washington, to friends and to the public, left
him but little. The profits of his estates were
also consumed. Tnere was scarcely a day af
ter his return that his house was not thronged
with visitors from different portions of the
country. The proceed? ol his estate here could
not, and did not meet his expenses. Under
the circumstances, and by the udvftro qf friends
he deemed it advisable to make a purchase in
the South to raise Dotton. Under his direc
tion I went South and made the purchase of a
place that had been recommended to him at
§23,000, and afterwards a small tract addition
al at the cost of §2,500. To meet these and
other smaller liabilities, he secured loans from
the Bank and individuals to the am unt u,
nearly §30,000. He left me his estate suU<! ed I
with this heavy liability, all drawing interest.
1 have been thus particular in order to disa
buse the public mind of the charge made by
the Patriot, aud communicated no doubt by
private sources, that 1 had iueurnil the
heavy debt that had rested upon the Hermi
tage property.
The almost dying injunction of my father
was to get out of debt. 'To do so, I inimedia j
tely sold the Mississippi place, and fromcircum I
stances, necessarily below its value, uud ten
•
they refused to revivi. Tin-s. iue v?ar I l;«!
the misfortune to lose twenty six ti" hands,
the flower ts my Uock, by ciioiera and oUu r |
sickness. I sustained übmil the s. me tint - a*
heavy loss through ilie failure of a d liter In I
ord’r to uxiricaie niytkll from UiU S3Q.OUOI
hability, I < uilnirkiM in th» iron bus» t 1 I ■
built a furnace, which, us soon as thusM. was j
accakntllv burued.d iwn.and I rebuilt it a !■«-■ •
ot Sl.’i Otut. inexperienced in th ' bus »«• " nil I
enterprise proved uiwucasJul. aud I •■• d <ut |
as resMi us pussil I- at a -Acntivc. And, liimliy, •
by vud’ D* iib ulh i*>r irsLinb io u very iargt*|
umount, us condu>k ! a mirk* uT ».MurtmN>.
tbe niajoriiy ol w .roll are likely to utiei d th !
most pnaksit, and whicu Iroui tue only apuo- ■
gy I care to <>fl rto a gem-ratei pubiu-. Hi .. I
p-rsonal uud private matters. wiUsuit uu.V tacts I
«>r » xplana'ions upon th.' sul'j* et, l*uvu bvvti I
•
the party writer us the Pa’aiot.
I um UFsailed for having sold to 'he Fbatol
of Teaiiwscc out-hail ot th ’ ii<-rm’>tag.- : .r».i I
embracing the iuijiiovi’i’s-.ils. 1 'ja» :■ itte-rrel'
myself that 1 was performing u filial d ,y iu '
placing this prop Tty under its" '.;.ntt«i| t'roi
•State. 1 know that It is so g rr-h ’b* the :
public. Gs-n. Jacks 'll, long before a ai-cea - J
time ami again sii'l to me, that the llcre itage
would not be a su table reddeucu tor a private
family to live at, on account of the numerous
visitors and th< ta ce-mry ii.couvenieuciesgrow
ing out <if it. He, therefore, advised me to
sell t tie Hermitage; but i i the ev.-nt 1 sold to
private it d.v.duais. to ti t his tomb go to bis
own fovid State of Tet>n< ssee ; which request
1 have literally complied with.
G'ti. Jack.-:uti. m one of his wills and testa
ment.. had k ft bi.- pupen at.d d icuoseuvs to 1 ts
friend Maj -John H. E.toti. but sulwiqielitly j
it to Mr. Blair. In speaking of he often a.-k< d
me if I would take charge .1 them. My reply
was, that I was young ami inespt riertv- <t, and
wou d greatly prefer, if it met ms judgiaetit to
have them h-lt to un able and wefl tried friend.
Very soon lltereaitei Mr. ? m « i'. tidal! cami
on to the Gen. tal, and solicited tin: lo.i t ol
sufficient of his letters and papers to cotiipili
his history and life. 'I he request was acceded
to with pleasure, and the most important ol'hi
papers and documents were handt <i over to Mr.
Kendall, and the balance would havro been sent
on to him aftet wards but for tiro arrival of M”.
Bair. Mr. B. Questioned the G neral about
bis papers and the writing of his tile and histo ■
ry stating that if he would leave them with
im he would carefully at range th-m tor Mr
Bancroft. That he (Biair) bad retired front
politics to the shades of .Silver Springs, and
would guaid scrupulously the Saeredness of hi.-
memory and fame. My lather with pk-iirore
consented aud directed me after his d' cense
to follow all the important d.>cum<rots retained
; to Mr. Blair, except some private awl cmfi
dential correspondence, which I was instrncle 1
to reserve. Mr. Kendall still retains all the pa
pers .which he received, and Mr. Btair some ol
hss importance. Gen. Jackson !■ quested Mr.
Kendall to retain the pup- rs I e had itt hi- pos
session until he completed his life and history.
It was no refl-ction upon any o! ben. Jackson's
immediate laml'y that such a diqrosiiiou of his
papers was made, it would have seem'd in
delicate in tlqin to have nude the nse of them
that others might, wry pi q. rly hav< d me.
In conclusion, I resjrectfu y ask the public
to observe why this vindictive persona! ulnise
of me. aud for what purpose, rf’inply tiecause
I deemed it proper, in jo-lice to th leputa ion.
memory at.d fame of uuy father, when 1 saw the
■ abuse that Mr. Blair had made of privatejocu-
the scandalous ffi suse of the follow
! ing extract from one of my father s private and
j confidential letters to a supposed friend, pub
i lished in the IlepMiuin Banner, written l eb.
I 28,1845, some few months before his death, 1
I saw proper to rem -nsirate in a public manuei
I against it. Here is the extract furnished by
j the Banner:
i “Your observations with regard to Mr.
: Buchanan are correct. He showed a want ol
■ moral courage m the a:, ir of the intrigue o
' of Adam, and Ciay*-diu aot do me justice ii.
I trie expos- he then made, and 1 am sure ab' ui
i that time 1 did believe there was a perfect un-
I derstanding between AtUnv aud Clay about
I ike rreataiwy wii ISwreuay ol siute. Thfe
T BURSE. PROMIETO
NUMBER 49
lam sure of. But whether be viewed that
there was any corruption in the case or not, I
know not, but one tiring I do know, that he
wished me to combat them with their own
weapons—that was, to let my friends say if I
was elected 1 would make Mr. Clay Secretary
of State. This to me appeared gross corrup
tion, and I repelled it with that honest indig
nation as [which] I thought it deserved.”
Whether or not this isolated extract, torn
from its context, would convey a different im
pression from what those now using it intend if
to convey, I cannot say with certainty. But it
w -util certainly have looked much more honest
if the gentleman who f'urrrisWed the Banner
with the above extract, had igiven the entire
letter. There would at T-ast have been no
ground for suspicion. As it is, I know that
t ey are seeking to form a public opinion out
of a d taclied portion of Gen. Jackson’s letter,
that he never intended. I say, furthermore
i hat the ab >ve paragraph called forth by
irritation produced upon the General by a let
ter written to him by a most inveterate enemy
of both Mr. Clay’ and Mr. Buchanan, which
lett< r the Banner should also have given to tlie
public, and as it has failed. I will make good
the omission. It is as follows :
Washington, Feb. 17.1845.
My Dear General : Your two confidential
and very interesting letters of the 4th and sili
inst., have been rece ved and dispos d v 1 us
requested. lam happy to say I am entirely
itisfied •and so is Mr. B'n'r. wit i the geutle
m m who if is supposed will constitute the new
Cabinet. Mr. Blair and myself both think it
doubtful, however, whether Mr. Buchannan will
accept, upon the terms proposed, (he should net
b appointed unless he does.) as he is full of the ■
ideas as stated to you in my previous letters of
being ; t candidate for the succession. If h
shouM not accept, 1 suppose the State Depart
lire r.i will then lie offered to Mr. Stevenson- —
With or without Mr. Buchanan, however, I
think the Cabinet will bean able one, and fully
entitled to, and doubtless will,receive the con
fidence of (lie nation.
The truth is, Genera.!, 1 have never had any
very great respect for Buchanan, and of late I
have even less than formerly. He did not
come out upon the subject of that “ bargain,
itririgue and corruption ” eliiiQeupon Messrs.
Clay and Adams in 1825, as he ought to have
d die, and as was expected of him. Besides, I
have heard him say, not more th in a month
ago, that be did not and never had believed
I here was any truth in the charge. This oc
curred at Mr. ’s dinner table, and the
reni iiks were addressed Jo Judge Mangum,
;he President of the Senate. But having ta
ken place nt the time and place, when it did
1 hilve said nothing about it to any one.”
Ihe writer of the above extract, now an
cm my of Democracy, well knew at the time
that General Jackson and Mr. Buchanan were,
Ine ids. as will be seen from the above. And
now, u-am 1 a k. why publish the extract from
Gen. Jackson's fetter without giving also the
letter that called it out ? Every oue in-st see
that it was <1 ne to injure Mr. Buc
hanan, ev<n if it might injure the consistency
m.d harmony of Gen. Jackson’s whole course
<>f conduct through life. Whnt eared they so
tlieir i mis were unswersd? Tho public-has
s ' n, long since that the “ bargain, corruption,
ami ititriguo ” matter between Gen. Jackson
and Mr. Bucliaiiuii had been amicably settled
—u*.coi)lirim-<i by Gen. Jni k-on's appointment
< l>liim as Minister vs Ru sia—4iis reilisiqucnt
ii-comm'-ndMioi: of him to other >. ami bis up
pr->yaf i>f him m a member of Pre idenl Polk's
In c inchreiun, j* rmi tou to »ay to a gener
»<u< public, jusinc to tin memory and fiuno of
iny v.-ihtu'i al father only inducJ me to ap|xw
I -rorc tli- m —wh< I naw what unre were io-
H'lMied injv m:i&’ of hri private end confiden
tial ktUis written t«» C'litidcnuul frfetufetiming
lii< lile t;ni.- j.mely for political pur|iotax ami
to answer their cwt vveu at the vxpcn«c of
uvu. JitclisoD a fmiro uud rrpnlutiun
ANDREW JACKSON.
Tin: oi.n l ist: v. him of M amachi micttii.—
We etipy the following from the Bunton Post <
of tlim>luy In <1:
■•A ti' j'tiijg of the M i- aohoaotti whig State
central cmnri'tro was Lild nt tho American
:i- - . v.-.terday forcnocn.at which about uno
1 ".'ln-' <1 ,l aguiikfd uud ii.Uuuulial whig*
• 'liff 'ivin parts of tliv State were present.
: sec vo. mudeby ll>tu. It '!. Wmtlirop,
Hon G, tge .Sliillard, Jr.ifge Warren, Hou.
•■lctl. - f .-gne ot Duxbury, Hon George Lunt,
and others, uil of whom urg 'd the uecereity of
pic 'i. ing li; ■ urvan'ziitiuu of the whig party
and the duty incumb nt upon them to repel
and crash the sectional and proscriptive due
trimtt exercised in our State government. The
sentiment of the meeting was of a character to
eonimenil it.s»-li' to u]| Uniou-1 ving whigs.
I' w.-i.-. vot d that the committee b authorized
t > . ;d' a State convention of the wlrigsof tins
-.inis. Its, to beheld in Boston on Wednesday,
the 3d day of September next, ut 11, a. m.,
.’id also to send by telegraph the proceedings
if the in'i-ting to the National Conve tion of
whigs at L luisville on the 4th of July. ’
‘Tm-ii iini tn of the he m< eting was distinctly
conservative and entirely averse "to any amal
g.ima iou with the black republican free-soil
louvements of the day.”
Hard Pressed fob Arguments.—The Crt
sis, an eff rotive campaign paper, published a
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, says:
“ The papers which oppose Mr. Buchanan
are at a loss for reasons to justify them in do«-
ing so; and, consequently, resort to all kinds
of “i :uine s. sue as accusing him of i-elfisbne-is,
ru''l ti. .-tedii- ss, Ac., to make out a case against
liiui. Now all these petty flags arj-simply
i ibri-'i'.i ion-. Mr. B ich.unii i . kno vn to lie a
h: ■ i-,iii,-I< *—il. geuer '.is. and self sni-rifiu ng g' n
•iron,—one wh , is mnv rsally steeined in the
coiiirnuuily where he Il is graifying
ti in.; party to know that Iris enemjes are com
i;i-!!«l to resort to such miserable fallacies to
keep up an opposition."
A Problem.
The Bardstown Gazette puts forth the follow
ing :
A horse in the midst ol a meadow suppose,
.''/.id - fast to a stake by a line from his nose;
low long must the line be that, feeding all
round,
Will permit him to graze just an acre of
ground?
Tn whieb the editor of the Maysville Ex
press replies :
It’s a very plain case, if you’ll only “sup
pose.”
Th:!' it's just seven feet from his tail to hie
I-for the line will be then (the rule cannot
fail)
About -.even feat less than if tied to his
Patriotic Sentiment.
We C el the following beautiful and patriotic
s-'..tim nt, in a spe«:h of Mr. Buchanan,<l--’iv—
en d u the House of Representatives in 1822.
I few perfectly has it been iilus rated by ins
siibsi-qaent mihlic career! ‘lf I know myself,
lam a politician neither of the East nor of the lies',
of 'he North nor the .Sm.th—l. lhe.re;ore. shall forntt
avoid any expressions, the direel tendencyyf uhieh must
he to create sectional jealousies, section'd aicisione, and at
lenfth disunune-lheiKrsl of all poiUieat caCtmitiem"