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cttjr <©r®aw. Is-publishedby authority of the ■Southern Musical Convention. Terms—sl,so Per Aiuuuei. cyy 0 jtnpn wru bk -sent unless the cash accompanies the erd t. THK LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. Siilisoriner* wno i• • not give notice to the contrary are considered a? ■wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinu Mice of their newspapers, the publisher ipas -continue to send them until all arrearages are paid, 3. If suhsrribers neglect or refuse to take their owespapers from the offices to which they are directed, they are held responsible until they have settled the bills and ordered theirs discontinued. 4. If Subscribers remove to ofher places without informing the publishers, and the ‘newspapers are santto the former direction, they are held responsible. • 5. The Courts have decided that refus Ing to taka newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for. is prima Jack evidence of intentional fraud 6. 3’he United {States Courts have also repeatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neglects to perforin his duty of giving rea sonable notice, as required ny the Post Of fice Department, of the neglect of a person to take from the office newspapers addres sed to him, renders the Postmaster liable to the publisher for the subscription price. — — 117“ Our Correspondents will confer a -special favor rs they w ill use but one side •of a page of paper when writing for the Or gan. Also, number the pages at the top The communication of * A Foe to •Controversy’ has been handed us, but we •decline publishing it. from the fact that it ‘Contains nothing poetical. We would inform our correspondent that if we were tocoirect all the pieces sent to us for publication, we should have naught in which to engage, save the correction ol pieces; and besides, we do not publish articles because they claim oiiginality and have some jingle of words. o wishing to “secure *he shadow,” are requested to call at the Da guerreian Rooms, at Hall’s Hotel, as they will be closed “ in a few days.” o———. Southern Musical Talent.— Wc Were invited a tew evenings since, by a young friend of ours, Mr W P Howard, of Hamilton, Ga., to hear some pieces ol music he had just prepared for publica tion. The names ot the pieces, as near •s we can recollect, were as follows : •Why hast thou Taught me to love Thee’ —Song. ‘Uncle Ned’—Schotti-he. *La Belle Fannie’—Polka. ‘Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel’—Polka. Mr H is a Georgian by birth and education, nnd pos cesses undoubted musical talent, which he “has spared no means to cultivate. The pieces mentioned we have heard, though not being the proprietor ol a great fund ol musical knowledge, they are what we call good. They will soon be out, and we bespeak for them a fair oiticism. We clip the above article from the Columbus Times & Sen'inel. Mr. How ard has resided in our village for the last twelve months, having under his charge the Musical Department of the Hamilton Female College. We have heard the pieces above mentioned petformed, and unhesitatingly pronounce them far supe rior to the majority of the Northern Mu ic. We trust they will meet with a heavy sale. COMMISSIONERS OF TITE MID-, DLE GROUND RAIL RO\D. The following are the Commissioners tiamed in the charter of the above Rail road : Dr. Wm. D. Conyers, J M Clark ol Newton county; Allen W Turner. Jo *eph A Thrasher, A W Walker, of Hen ry county ; A A Gaulding, Wm R Phil ips, Jame W Simmon, Augustus Burr.and Henry P Hill ot Spalding county; Wm D Alexander and Giles Driver of Pike county ; Dr Wimbush, G G Howard. Wtr Moreland, Peter Maitin, Henry Hatris and R T Marks of Men whether county ; Jno Mnrphey, A F Johnston, and George H Bryan of Harris county: Henry T Hall. Jno Ruse, Geo W Winter and Jos 8 Hill of M uscogee county. The Commissioners will please beat in mind that they are requested and solici ted to meet in G'iffiu on the 9di of July, next. Let every county send ten dele gates, each, to assist them in their delibe rations* In pursuance of a resolution of the late convention at GiilFin, I have appointed the following committees to unite with those above named: For Muscogee—James Hamilton, Esq B A Thorton, E q Hugh M King, E q., Maj P J Phillips, Cos! R C Forsyth, Rosi well Ellis, Esq, Benj Clark, John W Thompson, Thos D Fortson, O M Stone Esq. For Harr s—Henry Kimbrough. Geor. \ B Dozier, Esq, Mathew Robinson. Wm E Failey, James N Ramsey, E q. Joel C Henry, D P Hill, Esq, Dr C C Gibbs, Maj B F White, Dr Chas Bedell The Committees will receive the plan of opeiation after the meeting of the Com missioners. It is irfiportant that as many as can do so, will meet with the Com missioners on the 9 h July next, in Grif fin, JAS. M. MOBLEY. O For the Organ. REPLY TO ONE OF THE GUESTS,’ AND NOTICE OF ‘JUSTICE.’ Dear Major —Permit me to answer your correspondents. I will begin by saying to the ‘Guest,’ tltut he is great ly mistaken, if be supposes 1 intended any personal attack on him or Uncle Dick, by the review 1 made ol his notice of the supper. 1 did not undertake that task unbidden, but was urgently requested by many friends—some of his personal friends requested it. After I learned bis name 1 hesitated, for I did not wish to wound his feelings. I was his friend, am still his friend—my friendship was increasing—all this did not make me insemitde of his fnul s. I say. then, to you, my good sir, that I thought you could appreciate 1 lie sage advice of King Solomon, ‘Kind are the wounds of a friend, hut the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.’ I am sorry you have been induced to believe that I was aiming to under mine your influence and stab your character. You have had injudicious advisers, I suspect. Men, under the false guise of friendship, tell interested in exciting a feud between us. Did not your complimentary notice deserve criticism or pruning ? Pause and re> fleet. Here is a specimen, ‘ What kind of a world would ours be. had we not in our midst men whose libeiality did not distinguish them IVnn the sor did herd of the ge ions homo.’ This vou sav in reference to Uncle Dick. — It you had been called on to vvri'e a panygertc upon the dislingui-hed How ard, you could not have said more. Again. You say, *We have a cle ver individual in our pleasant little vil lage, rejoicing in the cognomen of Dick Tu rner,* whom everybody res pects.’ Could you have said as mm h for the Father of his Country? No sir, nor any other individual of our race. You strongly intimate in the first of the above quotations, that the world could not get along without Uncle Dick. It is no and sparngement o him to say that the world has got along without much greater men. For in stance, in our own State, the venera ble and beloved Tioup, the eloquent Hern n,the accomplished and amiable Dawson have paid the debt of Nature, and yet our suit rises and sets as usual, the evening as sweetlv, the showers are as fertilizing as ever, and we ste no visible evidence within the moral, physical or political would that we cannot get along without him. Did not Uncle Dick rebuke you lor this extravagant encomium? He ought. You say you are no drummer for custom for Uncle Dick’s grocery- Well, ! do not say you are, hut if I were to say as much for any of our dry good merchants as you said for Uncle Dick, I would consider it quite a drum—that it would help them much. But you say you have roamed with old ltomulus seen die wandering Pil grim, have seen heroes and been by heroes seen, but never saw so untimely an article as mine. True sir, I have roamed with the Wandering Pilgrim, seen the most distinguished heroes of modern times—have seen the gre at til lihtisler, Lopez, and have communed with those distinguished heroes of an tiquity upon the classic page, but nev er, until week before last, saw a ful some panygeric pronounced upon a supper given by a grog seller. You say you are sorrv at the pros pect of the Temperance cause being injured by tny strictures tipon die sup per. We fear no danger. Our num ber has been nearly doibled since the article was written. Again. You say* you are ready to second any effort 1 will make to pro mote the cause of morality. lam glad of that—Temperanco is morality itself—the chief of social virtues—th*c most sparkling gem in the casket of Christian virtues. Come up to the .Male Academy next Tuesday night, at the sound of the bell, and sign vour name to the pledge, and 1 will warrant there will be as loud a shout raised as was ia£ meeting, when at the call of one of the members, with steritoiiari voice, ‘all in favor of Sagitariits, rise,’ when, in the midst of a forest of heads there was a deafening roar, ‘ Hurrah fur Sagitarius.’ Now my good friend, wc were friends when this discussion opened—l see no reason whv friends should fall out for the expression of an opinion. 1 can but congratulate you upon the ingenious manner in which you have got out. of this affair. In conclusion, permit me to say that I claim it to be my privilege, whenever any article calculated to injure the morals of society, oreorrupt the minds of youth, whether from friend or foe, I can say I have yet a few more ar.- row s in my quiver. So far as ‘Justice’ is concerned, 1 can say in caiidtic, if there is an argu ment, or anything that deserves the name of argument in his communica tion, I have not able to find it.— Hut friend Justice, lest you should charge me with indiflerenee, I will sav that the instructor of your youth ought to have informed you that vituperation is not argument, nor Billingsgate logic. You have not touched the first point made in my strictures. If you wish a discussion with me. and will employ courteous, gentlemanly language, I challenge you to and scuss the following propositions, I w ill affirm and you de ny : 1. Liquor shops, however orderly, are ruinous to the interests of society. 2. Suppers furnished by the keepers of liquor shops are calculated to en snare and mislead the young and un suspecting. 3 When professed Christians and Temperance men attend them, religion is leptoached, and die cause of tem pera nee weakened. 4. The attendance of Ministers of the Gospel on those festal occasions, is far more iijurious than any of the above evils. SaGI I'AlilUS. * For the Oi'Kiin. •* V “ nina ii mov’d is like a fountain tr*n!ile<]. Muddy, ill-seeuiiog. bereft of beauty.’* Mr. Editor —ln your last issue, 1 find an answer given to ihe query ‘Why don’t the ladies of Hamilton marry?’ Thinking that we me un just 1 \ assailed, and the conduct and morals of a ‘evv of tw exposed anu represented as bring that ol all, J de sign btiffly to notice it. Your lair corre-pondt ut logins by expns-iiu sorrow for the dullness of our concep tion, and proceeds by cxpiessing hei intention of giving a laconic response and to expiess the contempt she en tertains towards the piece and its an* thor. She quotes the language f the vv *t. who expressed himself on seeing tin equestrian statute of George 111 ; but having some doubts about our abilities for clearness of comprehension, she, extends her article, and by the aid of intelligible enlbymemes. endeavors to show cause why they have not mar ried. We meant no aspersion whatev er, in asking the question but as ‘Met* ciful Ann’ has east some reflections upon us s a cltss, we strike Se De fendendo. 1 thought while reading the piece, that Merciful iinn intended to give quite a logical discourse, or demon strate some great mathematical truth, but in the end I was forced to the ve ry old expression of ‘alas! poor Yo rick,’ I trust J shall be too generous to delineate the true characters of oui ladies, and thereby expose to the pub lic their faults. I*shall endeavor to be ‘merciful.’ She asks us firs*, to remember that they arc ‘prudent’ ns well as ‘pret ty,’ nnd must j idge others by tlmse they best know, thereby mtimntiig that they will not marry other young men lor the reason that they are to be jud cd by us. She then proceeds, bv intelligible enthymemes to show why they do not marrv. She has number ed eight causes, (or enthymemes, ns she pleases to term them ) She says first, *We cannot love such homely meu.especi illy when we think that homeliness producer] by the inces sant, unnatural twist of the eye and lace in watching the billiard mace and hazard nets.’ My experience in the billiard amusement teaches me to the contrary ol what Merciful Ann would impress, i. e that it requires a straight optical vision, a calm arid studied arm. to direct a cue and watch a ball. Thus 1 am forced to believe that her first, in part, has failed ; and in reference to ’hazard nets, 1 I must acknowledge, that Miss Ann has a more extended knoMledge of gaming than your cor respondent. Her first reason is by no mtHirrs &itliymematical, ns it is unsup* ported by sound and truthful logic- She charges us in the second placp, of having brought the diverging rays of our affections to a focus, and of hav ing made our * venerable Unrle Dick’ [the point of concentration. This can ensi vbe refuted,-by the confessions of our young men, and has been denied by th-ir frequent avowals and protes tations of love to the ladies. This however, is given only as an opinion. And why, iNliss Ann, do you even give it ns an opinion. The affections of some may cluster there, yet will yon condemn the whole for a crime of which a part only is guilty? You claim, by your nomenclature, to In merciful ; allow ns to ask vou to beal soj isl or else to shuffle off your name or u part ihereof. for justice and mer cy are inseparable. Thirdly, You say we are deficient in moral courage, and why? ‘Be cause we hear the moral abused and hold up for the vicious.’ Can .Merci ful \nri refer us to a single instance in which the young men has not defend ed the right and condemned the wrong where they, as a < I tss, have ever upheld or aided any vice or immorali ty? 1 fear again, that j i-t here, Miss Ann. you lost one of those great attri butes which you claim by your name to be yours. A ou believe fourthly, that we would nm make sociable companions, from the fact that we loiter about ihe ‘cor ners,’ while we should be engaged in the improved) nt of our minds We acknowledge our discrepancy in this respect, but as we have been crimina j ted, we consider it our privilege to re criminate, and would just remark here,; that should the ladies apply themselves; as assiduously to the standard works of! Literature and Learning, as thev do to the light and trashy titles of romance iind rietmn, when they wee driwn out upon any piim'iplc of learning and ‘bought, their hecks woo and not be emus':nt’l w ith the bluish of shame. He can tul. then, not to chuge upon us tin t o which you yourselves aie guilty. Fill lily. You charge us with selfish ness ud par-mionv. because we spend moiu y for our >w ne j-\ ment, and do not expend as mu. h upon you proba bly as \on liiiuk is pio'per. We love neither the we.Jili of Croesus en trees dial brill golden apples; \et we chal lenge iin> lown or village lo .-how re <>i(l ol expenditures for lemale asso ciations. You brand us again with extravu ra gaiic.e, (strange iiu-.onsistcney.) Will yon not allow us ihe pleasure ol regal i"g ourselves v\iih it pleasant cigar, while \ou ine secreted in your closets with a silver lined snuff-box, squiiting away yum constilutions ? Bo just, if not generous. And will vou not allow us in occasionally sip shat which \ou paitiike of with so much avidity at parties and pic-nics? lias there yet been a case of vvluil vou charge us in your 7 1 h enthymeme ? li so, I am ‘mi as y et informed of it, or my mental obfuscation is so great that i cannot clemlv distinguish right from wrong. And had 1 not known the true reason why you all do not marry, 1 should certainly have considered my-elf extremely dull of concept ion. Allow me, in conclusion. Miss Aim,to say that you’ cntliynv ines have mostly been jrmen to be par log sic and should you wait inquiries from one who has never smelt a grocery, or puffed a cigar, 1 am fearful that you will live to be Aii old and disappointed maid A student of ihe prudish scln ol— lu single sorrow doomed to f de. QUERIST. o From the Border Times Extra. STIRRING NEWS FROM KANSAS Y\ E.-TPORT, June 3 1656. We learn from Mr F. M. Coleman, who arrived at this - place last night aboui BP. M., the following interesting and stirring particulars of ‘he fight and cap ture ol Capt. 11. C. Pale’s co i pany ot Shawnee Sharpshooters ; the company (Pate’s) was a pos.-e under the U. Stales Marshal, and hid been sent out in quest ol Pottawattamie murderers. Mr. Coleman on his way to Hick ory Point and arrived ai Capt Pale’s camp about 4P. M., Sunday. Capt Pate in si-ted on Ml. Coleman’s remaining ovei night Mr Coleman consented to do so Capt Paie saving he would escort him to Hickory Point in the morning. On Monday morning, about sunrise, the picket guard of Capt Pate’s company mfoimed him that a large body ol men wese near at hand, marching towaids hi.- camp. Capt Pate immediate ordered hii* men to arms. They had barely time to lorma line, when the company hove in sight, about four hundred yards distant. They marched down within seventy yards of Captain Pate’s company. Capt Pate hailed them and inquired “who they were,” when about twenty of the compa ny commenced firing on Captain Pate’* company. The company returned the . file, six Os Capt P's company were woun ded at the first fire. The Abolitionists then changed their position, and Capt, P s company then fell back into a ravine some ten steps. The Abolitionists then took a position about 75 yards south of Capt P., and kept up nn icessant firing for about four hour*. ° Capt Pate seeing his critical posiiion, that he was about to be overpowered consulted with L?. Brocket} and Mr. Colei mm. ('he Abolitionists receiving rein torcemery* every hour ) and they conclu* led it was best lo send a flag of truce, in forming the Abolitionists that his compa ny was there as a U. S. posse. This was done. The Abolition outlaws then sent back for Capt Pate. He met their Cap-* tain, and whil-t they were conversing, twelve of the Abolitionists marched with in thirty yards of Capt P's company, and ordered them to lay down their arms.—* L* Biock'-tt answered that if they advance further he would order his men to fire upon thrm. Capt Pate and the Aboli tion Captain seeing that there was about to he an encounter, matched down to the company of twelve. The Abolitionist Captain then orileied Capt Pate’s compa* ny to lay down their arms. Lieutenant Siocke'.t replied that it Would not be done without Capt Pale’s order. The Aboli turn Captain then said that Capt Pate should give that order. Capt P. being in their power, was compelled (ogive the or* der. About twenty ot Capt P’s company -imemlered when Messrs Coleman, Long and Ream mounted their horses and made (heir escape, whilst the entire Abo lition force was'firing on them—-they pre. feting death to being taken. LI.'T op WuL’NEED IN CAFTAt.Y PATH’S COMPANY. Edward Gouldnch. of Ga.. mortally. J Benj L unbeit, Savannah, Ga mortal. I v. R YV Y\ nod. Gi., mortally. James M< Gee dacgerou-ly. 11 trury Jair.es and 1 iin Connelly, slight ■y- Several persons, names not known were wounded. A ni! ‘ ber on pieqnet guard have not been heard from—supposed to be muid ered. file ah .ve i> strictly true, as made bv Messrs Coleman. Long and Ream* ST'U. LATE ft. Capt J img in, vvttu four others, wero taken prisoner-, yesterday, at MrGee'ti Ciossi g, on the VVakanis*, b v about 5(1 •'b'litmo outlaw-—they were kept * prisoners, some five or six hours, and fre* qu-n'ly threatened with instant death— thev were then relea-ed. having been robbed rt ’heir arms, horses, &c. Capt J. wa® on his way (when arrested) to join Gen Buford. TERRIBLE NEWS. We-tp ut June 4 —II A- M. Dr Tehbs, a member of the Territorial L-gts a’ure., has just reached this place. IF gives o* the Pillowing ; Ye-rerday morning the U. S. Marshal I B Don el.son, together with four of his men, were murdered at Hickory Point. K. T. Mj D mel.sor* was on his official duty, when he and his men were attack ed and cut to pieces by the Abolition out* laws! Fron the I.ejoirmton Union. M ’RE ‘ FREE STATE RUFFIANS.” The following letter was received yes* lerdny from Mij Muford, of Alabama, ams we publish it adding another witness to the already overwhelming evidence as to the real • Border Ruffians” in our couo* try dll -Vc Gee s Crossing of the Waknrusa ) May 29th, 1856. { His Excellentcy Wilson Shannan : Dear Sir: Last night abant 1 o’clock, A M.. a guertilla party of twenty five armed abolitionists attacked the house of Martin Bowen, E-q , two miles south of this place, robbed him ot all his money, (about fifty dollars) a rifle, a revolver, thn e horses, and five saddles and bridles, and ordeied him, on peril of death, to l*-a\e with his family in twenty four h"iirs. They also threatened to plunder Mr. Lehay and Capt Saunders. Twenty* three ninped mounted men ("supposed to be ol the simp party) were about9o’clock this morning seen on the swamp, within half a ‘idle of Capt. Saunders’ house, on Washington creek. The undersigned ouiselves went in pursuit, and saw ten of ’ba’ paitv retreating across the praririe. F torn Capt Saunders's place he saw the other filteeii The probability is that they *ere in the act of enacting a descent up* on Saunders with a view to plunder him and seize sixty str.nd ot arms known to be at his house. Seeing our party, with the U. S. mounted men, they escaped over towards Rock creek. Mr Bowen and family, Heler and family, and Jones and family are now here with us, flying for • heir lives from their homes. Must the law and order men thus be driven from the land ? Do not blame us if we tell