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igan. Also, number the pages at the top
r7*By reference to our advertising
columns, it will be seen that the exercis
es of the respective schools of Messrs.
Ileeves and Seals will be resumed on the
rfirst Monday in August.
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Bain. —A most refreshing rain fell at
tthis place on Wednesday evening last.
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DO* On Ttnirsday night, the 2Gth
i tnst., we had the pleasure, together
\ with a large audience, of ladies and
Wentlemen, of witnessing the closing
•exercises of the first term of Mr.
■Meals’ schooir.
* Tl|e elocutionary display of the pu
pils reflected credit both upon them
aelves and their teacher. The man
ner of delivering their extracts evinced
proper training and a thorough com*
prehension of the pieces selected. The
exercises were concluded by an ap
propriate and practical speech from
Gol James M. Mobley, for which the
-audience manifested their appreciation
by respectful silence and marked at
tention.
We presume no teacher has ever
succeeded in giving more entire satis
faction to his patrons than Mr Seals.
His discipline is excellent—his man
tier towards his pupils is decided, but
•courteous and “kind* From our per
sonal acquaintance with him, we know
him to be a gentleman of the nicest
honor and a ripe scholar. His urbane
•deportment and kindness of heart has
gained him the respect of our commu
nity, and the warm affection of many
•admiring friends.
Whether he should be inclined to
continue the laborious duties of a tea
cher, or commit his talents to the more
Taricd and wider, field of the legal pro
fession—of which he is a member
we cannot wish him better than to
hope his success will be as much as his
■merit deserves.
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Southern Female College, La-
Grange, —We learn from the Repor
ter that Prof. H. E. Brooks, formerly
of Selma, Ala., has purchased an in
terest in the above Institution, and
will, together with Mr John A Foster,
tfhe present iPrincipal, take charge of
the same in September next. Prof
.Brooks is spoken of in a very compli
mentary manner.
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>tC7*!phe United States Government
Idas shipped a large number of Colt’s re
volvers ?• Panama, for the arming of the
•crew of the sloop*of-war St. Marys
This is a novelty in naval equipments*
and they are to be used in the event of
•ay further attack on American property
at that point. The pistols left in the last
.steamer. In the meantime, Commander
Baislias orders to remain at Panama.
For the Organ.
flear Major — Having to write a
great deal, as you know, pro apd tor,
and sometimes tit for tat , which is al
ways unpleasant to me, but yet it is
sometimes necessary ; for the ‘mouths
of gainsayers must be stopped.’ I
thought about a month ago, I w oald
not write any more for the Organ this
year, but thoughts and promises are
said to be like pie crust, very easily
broken.
The Organ is a sweet little paper,
and I know I love it; and 1 know that
it ought to be sustained. The reason
I say this is, because it is scientific and
moral in its character, and if its abili
ty could be properly appreciated, 1
know the community would be great
ly benefilted, by being instructed and
edified*
I take a great many papers, as you
know, of a religious, political and sci
entific character, and I am truly happy
to say to you, that the Organ comes
as gracefully to my desk as any paper
that I take, and 1 will assure you, sir,
that it h the first put upon the stand
to give testimony. I hope, sir, that
our musical boys will do their duty
in sustaining the Organ; also, all oth
er boys that love science.
But to the reason why I write to
you beyond my previous expectations
or determination is simply this, thaj
many of my musical brethren have du
ring the present year, elicited my pen
for the Organ, and being, as you know
no controversiunalist, only of necessi
ty. My motto being to teach and to
be taught correctly, and there having
been so many fiery communications
published by brethren in reference to
isolated points of vocal music, I have
been almost afraid to do so, for fear of
crossing a breaker. But having just
read the 15th No. of the Organ, and
being so much pleased with a commu
nication over the signature of Merciful
Ann, and being so well pleased with
it, 1 have concluded to write you this
short letter.
Merciful Ann is the gal for me. I
know she is a good gal. She has
talked to the Querist right—she talks
to the Querist precisely as I do to my
daughters about bad boys. She has
pertinently assigned the reason that
the gals do not marry in Hamilton.—
Boys, 1 hope that there will be a get
ting up stairs with you in Hamilton.
There are intelligent gentlemen m
Hamilton, I know—good bovs, learned
boys, that can almost compete with a
Demosthenes. But I will assure you,
boys, that the reason assigned by Mer
ciful Ann why the gals of Hamilton do
not marry, is a clincher. She says
they aie of dull perception^smells of
dram shops, and loves the quaffing
tug, &c.
1 will here relate an anecdote, Ma
jor, and close this hasty written letter.
It is said that after the retirement of
Gen Jackson from the Presidential
Chair, at the Old Hermitage, that he
and an old friend of his concluded one
day to go to Church, and on getting
there a plain friend of the General
was preaching, and the pastor, a learn
ed man, was sitting in the rear of the
preacher. Observing the General en
tering the Church, he gently remarked
‘Cen Jackson is in the congregation.’
This he did two or three times, for the
purpose of tacitly saying to him, ‘you
must be smart to-day, as Gen Jackson
is here*’ The preacher becoming
weary at his oft declarations, stopped
very suddenly and remarked, ‘Who is
4en Jackson, but a poor, dying sinner,
who will go to hell as quick as any
other man, unless he repents and be*
lieves the Gospel.’
After the services were concluded,
the friend who accompanied the Gen
eral to Church, asked him what he
thought of the preacher. The Gene
ral said, ‘ Give me twenty thousand
just such men as he is, and I can whip
the world, including the devil.’
As there is a great deal said about
temperance organizations, dram shops,
&c., now Major, just give nie a num
ber of gals in every part of the coun
try of the same calibre as Merciful
Ann, arid I can whip every drnnkard
in the government and will not hurt
them, but do them good, and break up
every doggery in the land, and eat
Uncle Dick’s pigs and turkeys at a so
cial prayer meeting, examination, &c.
if he would donate them for such no
ble purposes. Edmund Dumas.
Monroe County, Ga.
For the Organ.
Brethren in Music The time for
the meeting of the South Western
No. I, is drjswing near, and l wish to
say a few words to you through the
Organ, by ‘way of inviting yeu to at
tend it. I live near the place of its
meet in ls and I think that much can be
done at this Convention to advance
the cause of music; and I hope we
will see every teacher of music in at-,
tendance, who possibly can attend, and
thereby give a rapid headway at the
outset, and it will be easy matter to
keep it goirig through the conventional
season. A Convention is something
new in this country, and there will be
a large crowd of people in attendance.
I have told “them there would be some
of the big, teachers of Georgia down
to the Convention. Don’t deceive
them, brethren—come down and give
us a lift.
If this country can afford any good
bread, it will be consumed at the Con
vention; and the pigs intended to be
consumed then are kept almost in
misery by a continual quaff of butter
milk. The tame deer, which would
have been killed long since for their,
mischief, have been kept in reserve
for the Convention, thinking they would
be better than wild ones.
There has probably never been such
a time in this country for merchants to
sell fine dresses, ladies’ hats, &c*—
Come down, brethren, and brighten
up, and look as well as you can, be
cause there will be something extra
expected from up there. Bro. P. H.
wrote me a short time since, that he
(a fine looking young man) would be
down there. What say you, brothers
Rees and Pounds, and cousin F M.,
and all the other brethren, will you as
sist us ? Bro West, come down and
bring the teachers in your vicinity, and
we will retaliate at your next meeting.
Come out, Dooly brethren, if you want
the next meeting, w
And now, Judge Penick, what can
I say to you 1 Do you read the Or
gan ? If not. I hope some brother
will pass you his spoon. No frivolous
excuse will do for your non-attend
ance here on Thursday before the
third Sunday in August, The people
are expecting to see something extra
in the person of Judge Penick, but
they were so bit in that kind of calcu
lation upon the person of the Rev D
P Jones, (whom, after seeing him, they
declared to be the ugliest man in all
nature,) that they are a little fearful to
fancy a man handsome before seeing
him. Well enough, too, in the case of
the Judge.
I would like, brethren, that enough
of the Musical Faculty (. ommittee)
woul I attend this Convention, to trans
act their business, as there are some
young men here who would like to be
examined, and get a certificate, if
worthy of one. M. Sikes.
Gum Swamp, June 1850.
From the Louisville Courier, June 17.
Partial Destruction of the Indiana Peni
tentiary—Robellion of the Prisoners.
About six o’clock last evening, the In
diana State Prison at Jeffersonville, oppo
site this city, was set on fire in the third
story of the Hosipital building, and that
portion oi the building entirely consum
ed. The loss to the State cannot be less
than SIO,OOO, with about $7,000 to Sam
uel H. Patterson, the late lessee.
The origin of the fire may be undoubt
edly attributed to incendiarism on the
part of some of the convicts. For sever
al weeks past the prison affairs have been
in a very deplorable contrition, growing
out of the failure of the last Indiana Leg
islature to elect a lessee.
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Later from Mexico. — War between
Spain and Mexico. —New Orleans, June
25.—The steamship Texas has arrived at
this port with later dates from Mexico.—
The government was preparing lor a war
with Spain. The Capital was inundated
with the followers of Haro y Tamirez,
who are joining Gautemala against Nica
tagua.
Crops in Western Tennessee.—
The wheat crop has been very seri
ous Iv damaged by a storm of wind
blowing them down. Cotton, tobacs
co, and corn crops promising, but ra
ther late.
For the Orgau.
Mr. Editor—*l see in a laid number
of the Organ that a great maty names;
of subscribers to our musical paper
(the Organ) have been sfricWn from
the list as non-paying subscribers, —
Brethren, this is too much, that you,
through your negligence have forced
the editor to strike your names. Th is, j
however, he is forced to do, from two
causes. In the first place, it was the
order of our Executive Committee of
the S. i\l. Convention at its last ses
sion, and Bro White, as Superintend
ent of the Organ, feels under obliga
tions to obey the committee.
Next, brethren, we have, through
our influence, got bro White to get up
this paper. Fur what ? Why to ad
vance the great cause of Sacred Mu
sic. You art all ready to admit it is of
great importance—a part of Divine
worship. Show ine a Church without
music, and 1 will show you one that is
cold and in the back ground, and has
but v> rv little religion. This is a
broad assertion, but nevertheless I
think I will be sustained in it.
Well, if we have engaged in this
good and noble cause, then let us sus
tain bro White in his labors. He has
to pay lor paper and other materials,
and besides that, he has to labor both
in body and mind to furnise us with a
paper. Brethren, I hope you will not
discontinue your paper, but immediate
ly send up the amount due to the Or
gan office, and sustain our brother. In
a letter to me, he slates
thousand dollars are now duel
gan office. Brethren, pay till
ers. Let it not be said, espeiß
northern musical editors, that tfl
could not support a musical n l
am in for keeping it up, auij
by paying for it
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Later Irani EnropcJl
THE LATEST—By THE ASll
New York, June 9
The Brit ish ami North American R*
Mail Steam Ship Jisia , Capt. E G. fl
has arrived at this port with advices In
Liverpool to the 14th inst.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Fulton brought the intelligenc<l
Mr. Crampton’s dismissal, and of couß
considerable excitement was created®
respect to American affairs. The L*
don Times and Post were studiously ■
fensive in their articles and demand*
the dismissal ot Mr. Dallas and the appl
cation of force to the United States. I
was not, however, generally supposfl
tlia f Mr. Dallas would be dismissed.
The citizens of Liverpool and Manches
ter had issued a peace address to the peo
ple of America, and the feeling of the
English was active in favor of peace. In
Manchester the address received 8000
signatures in a few hours. The Govern
ment, however, seems hostile. Several
ships of war had been ordPTed to prepare
with all possible dispatch for foreign ser
vice, and their destination was supposed
to be the American coast. All the com
manders of gun boats at Portsmouth had
been called to the Port Admiral’s, to re
ceive, as it was rumored, instructions for
active service. The light squudron—dis
patch and gun boats—were coaling and
provisioning at Falmouth. Lords Palmer
ston and Clarendon stated in Parliament
on the 13th inst., that the Government
had not decided to dismiss Mr,, Dallas.—
Lord John Russell gave notice of his in
tentions, to inquire into their ultimate in
tentions, inasmuch as the universal feel
ing of the people was in favor of peace.
It was asserted that the French Consul
at Port au Prince had instructions to inti
mate that France would not prevert the
invasion of Dominica.
We find the following in a late ex
change. Self defence in its broadest
sense:
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,
has procured a rifle with three feet
barrel, disguised as a walking cane,
which he carries with him constantly,
even into the Senate ready
loaded and capped.
FILLMORE & DONALSON MEET
ING.
According to previous appointment a
large and respectable number of citizens
of the American Party, and others favora
ble to the election of Fillmore &. Donak
son, met in the Court house at Hamilton
(on tbe Ist inst.,) for the purpose of se
lecting delegates to represent this countv
in the Fillmore Convention, to meet on
the Bth inst, in the city ot Macon.
When on motion of Judge Bryan, Ma'j.
Matthew Robertson was called to the
chair, and J. Ewel Bordets requested to
act as Secretary.
Col. D. P. Hill, by request, stated the
object of the meeting, and in an eloquent
speech, proved that Millard Fillmore, &
A. J- Dana!son, were the only conserva
tive candidates before ihe American peos
pie. lor President and Vice president.
Col. Hill then offered the following re
solutions, which were unanimously adopt
ed :
Resolved , That the conservative and
patriotic course of Mr. Fillmore, while in
office, assuaged the bitter feelings and
sectional strife which threatened the de
struction of our hippy and free institu
tions. and that his re-election would give
additional strength to the foundations of
our Domestic National Prosperity.
Resolved, That Millard Fillmore and
A.J. Dunalson, have our entire confi
dence, and if elected will, in our opin'on,
faithfully administer the duties incumbent
on them as Chief Magistrates ol this glo
rious Union.
Reselved, That the chair appoint a
Committee of fifteen to retire and choose
twenty lour proper persons to represent
this county in the Convention to be held
in Macon on the Bih inst.
The chaii under the last resolution ap
pointed the following Committee to re
port the names of the Delegates :
Toliver Jones, P T Tradftneil. Jas F
Hightower, P L Weeks-, D R
MiWWrul had Rilled several. Colonel
Sumner, it is stated, had refused to allow
a party of forty Southerners to proceed to
Westport in order to settle on their claims
at Hickory Point. It was also reported
that a party of 80 from Chicago had been
deprived of their arms at Lexington.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, June 23
In the Senate to day Mr Toombs
gave notice of his intention to introduce
a bill, to take the census of Kansas, and
to protect the exercise of the elective
franchise in that terilory, and to pro*
vide for calling a convention to form a
constitution, preparatory to admission
into the Union.
Washington, June 28.
The United States House of Represen”
tatives sustained to-day the motion for
the previous question on the Bill to &imit
Kansas into the Union as a State, with the
Topeka Constitution ; and ordered the
main question, which will be the first
business on Monday next.
Washington, June 30.
The Kansas investigating Committee
have reported ta-day. The report is very
-voluminous. Its conclusions are: that
at each election Kansas was carried by
invasions from Missouri > that the Legis
lative Assembly is illegally constituted,
and has no power to pass valid laws J that
its enactments are therefore void ; that
the election of Whitfield was no*, held un
der any valid law ; and that the election