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irt paper—and ye’ve written on that paper, these 1
words, with your own hand.
Pheiim Rccncy to Mary Ih>ruiran~~ll o'clock,
Holloicmas Etc.
•Take the paper and the hair, ir—’twill ncv.
er come into my hand again.
‘lsn’t the shaking of that guilty mao good
proof of my oath? Ah, Pheiim, I see new where
the fiftv gold guineas Oilin’ from, hut did ye
think at the time what ye gave in exchange tor
that bribe ?
•’nii is all that I know: and oh! it is too
much tonne to say, for it strikes down the man
1 love. Pheiim, why did you do this ? An hour
ago and worlds would not have tempted ye to
exchange places with- that man at the bar, hut
now there’s nothing ye wouldn’t give to he this
prisoner yourself. Ye’ll he dispisod and cut off
among men, hut never can you even lee! more
misery than I shall find all iny weary life, lor I
loved you, Pheiim, and you’ve broken my heart.’
The old gentleman stopped here, hut his eye3
were eloquent as he mused.
‘Well ?’ said i, inquiringly.
‘ln the course of a long life, ‘I have often
heard the out-pouring* of truo genius, hut never
did I sec such eloquence as there was in the eye
olihat servant girl, when she fnced her lover i
and made him a criminal. Even the hard-eyed
Judges were by -fhejsighu’
‘What became offier V
•Ah ! that is a true incident, and you must not
aipeot the ending of a novel. The prisoner was
acquitted of crime. ; Heency suffered the penal
ly of his crime, while Mary Donovan retired
again to her service, forgotten and unknown.
Had Ireland then attained her independence, you
wou'd long since have seen her name written in
the annals o( that desperate strife, and not have i
heard of her now, only through * chance story
by an aged wanderer from his unhappy land.’
Later from Europe.
Baltimore, [Friday] May 11, I*. M.
The steamer Hibernia arrived at Halifax on
Thursday evening. She brings £83,000 ster
ling in speqic.
Italy. —The Pope will remain at Gacta un‘il
the revolts ore subdued.
Sardinia has rejected the terms offered hy
Austria.
The Piedmontese Ministry’ have given fresh tli
rfetions to the \\ ar Department, to prepare for
, the immediate resumption of hostilities.
Germany. —The Mob's of Germany ova be
coming more distracted. Austria still remains
unsuccessful in Hungary.
The Neapolitans continue victorious in Sici
ly. Soto has surrendered.
Denm ark and Prussia.—' The hostilities be
tween Denmark and Prussia continue, hut with
out a preponderance ol advnnlage oil either side
likely to affect the general issue. German troops
entered Jttthlan in considerable.numbers on the
20ih tilt.
Intelligence has reached Liverpool, that the
stsamers Washington an Hermann have ob.
tuined permission ot the Danish Government,
to carry passengers to and from Bremen without
search.
In Provision* there is no market change.
I ranc h.—'l his country continued tranquil.
The expedition tor Italy sailed on the 22d
and bad arrived at Civita Vcccbia. It would
proceed at once to Homo.
b ranee is dispirited, and trade on the conti. 1
nent at a. stand still. The French funds are
r i.Aj lu>u%.. Vinxrt jm t> .* tjtitttril OOf, •
tiO : Five per cents 8-H‘ 1 “” t
1 he breach Minister nt Turin in
structed by his government to encourage Sardq). !
ia in rejecting the terms of peace offered nv
Hadelzky. * I
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nonce.
HBWI?ra was spreading rapidly in Franco
Liverpool, April 28. —The sales of Colton this week
anuumt to 24,740 bales. There has been noacuittl vnrin*
lion in prices. The demniul hns been modi rule y nustuiu
•*d. Supplies abuudant, but they ha\e cuused scarcely
anv effect.
The market in breadstuff** was languid and operations
email. Western Canal Flour 335.; Philadelphia and Bal
timore 23a. 6d., Corn, White, 29. tid. to 315.; Yellow, 31 to
325.
Chron. Sc Sentinel Telegraphic Report.
MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAT.
BY L. F. W. ANDREWS.
As little government as notsihli; that little emanating
from and controlled by the People,and unijorm
in its appHcatio* ts all.”
Columbus, Thiiraduy, May 17, 1810.
CorrOs- Makut—Prices range from 5| to 6Jct. with
a brisk demand.
Superior Court.—The Spring term of the
Superior Court of Muscogeo C. His Honor
Judge Alexander presiding, commenced on Mon
day last. A large amount of business is on tho
Docket, which, it is thought, will requite nt least
a month to dispose of. (Jn Tuesday Mr. Wiley
Adams was mulcted in damages to tho tune of
8300 and costs, for injuries inflicted Inst (fell up.
on the person of Mr. James Toumlin, ah nged
man from Upson co. Mr. A. is also hold to an- .
swer on the same case for assault ami batter)-! !
j Fink Sugars.— A* we do not use the weed,
can only judge of the quality of some segars
\\ inters, by the appearance. They
they would bear puffing !
The Corn Market.
The Cotton Market may go to gras* for aught
wc care, just now. We are more interested in
the eatable products, by far. Corn is worth from
1)5 cents to 81, per Bushel, in this city, at the
present writing, (Wednesday)the former being
the price, asked by the wagon load ! Our conn
try fiicnds, therefore, who have any ‘bowels of
compassion’ for hungry children of mortality will
please send on the Indian , forthwith. Many of
the poorer classes of the inhabitants are now
buying by the peck, and some we have heard of
purchase a dime’s worth only, at a time. Wc
raise then, the Macedonian cry—‘come over and
help us’ to all who have a surplusage of bread,
stuffs. There is no ‘humbug’ in this call—we
! wish there was.
Ourt Railroad —We are gratified, in being able j
to announce, that at a r°cent meeting of the Board
ot Directors of the Macon and Western Railroad t
company at Macon, at which, Maj. Howard, Presi-,
dent of the Muscogee Railroad company, whs pres-!
ent, a negotiation has been effected, whereby the for
mer has agreed to endorse the Bonds of the City ol !
Columbus, for # 150,000, the proceeds to be expend- j
ed, at cash prices, for iron to be used on the western j
end of the Road. The Macon and Western comps- j
>• have further agreed to nay .SIOO,OOO for the Imild-1
“T “f * .across Flint River, end for tlie iron !
necessary or that portion of the fom) cluctof aaijUtW/j
er. Nothing, therefore, remains,’ hut (or the people
of Upson and Talbot Counties te do, as the citizens !
ot Muscogee are doing— that is, come up heartily
to aid the work of grading and preparing the road
for i'-y. superstructure. To this intent, a Railroad
Meeting will beheld at Thnmaston ori (Tuesday next,
and one at Talbotton on the Thursday following, at
both of which Maj. Howard will be present, and ad
dress those assembled upon the importance of the
work to tho interests of all living on or near the route
of the Road. A general attendance is respectfully
solicited, of all those who desire full and satisfactory
information as to the present condition and prospects
of the enterprize.
Connecticut.—'The “coalition” between the‘-Dem
ocrats” and “Free Boilers” in Connecticut, is still
the theme of the party press. But how happened it j
that all the newly elected Slate Officers are Whig
“Free Sobers,” except one, 11. D. Smith, State Trea-;
surer, who is said to be it Democrat 7 If the Whigs
proper, er anti-Free Soil, had 10 maturity on joint
ballot, aa averred, how did this Democrat, Smith, j
got'efected. without a “coalition” belwepif some of j
the Whigs and the Democrats 7 The truth is,that i
the politics of Connecticut are in a state of fusion, !
and when the mixture of Abolition is taken out of
the caldron, there is but little left either of Whiggery
or Democracy!
Nominations in Ki ssel County, Ala.—At a meet
ing of the Taylor party of Russell county, Ala., the
following gentlemen were nominated fur the various j
County Office*, and for Representatives to the I-egis-!
lature, viz: ■ |
Benj. 11. Baker and James B. Reese, lor Reprcsen-1
ta tires. j
Simeon O'Neal, for Clerk of the County Court.
Jesse Wilkerson, for Sheriff.
Joshua A. Dodson, for Tax Collector.
John R. Billups, David Cavcn, Clark Aldridge, V.
C. Kirkland, for Commissioners of Hoads mid Reven
ue.—Columbus Enquirer.
Nominated for Senator.—A writer in the En
quirer of Tuesday, nantes Grigsby E. Tijomas, Esq.,!
of ibis city, as a suitable Whig candidate to represent |
tho Senntorisl District of Harris and Muscogee, in
the next Legislature. \
The >i T^ntcs ,, unit the ltailroud.
The whole Editorial Department of the last Times is
occupied with the Kailroud subject, by way, as usual, of ,
of City objection to the whole scheme ;
■Bn!) and taxation to pay the interest tbercou. ‘
TTiii marvellous bow tho respected Editor sticks to a
thing, when ho starts, whether alone or in n crowd, lie
is so seldom, however, in the latter category, as almost
to justify the remark wc havo heard made of him, that
were he to be drowned in the Chattahoochee below the
bridge, his “ mortal remains ” might be lookgd ibr above
Cowrta Falls, somewhere ! Be this as it may, onr neigh
bor does seem to p-efer “ going in a gang by himself,” on
many subjects of general interest.
On the Kailroud question, lie is an inflexible stickler
for tho constitutional rights of tho people, and will not
allow it to be just that a majority should always rule the
minority of file body politic. But is he not carrying the
theory a little too farl Arc there not many usages nnd
practises in every well-regulated community, precisely
niwdngous to that of our Rnilrond system of taxation ? We
alluded to one or two instances in our Inst paper, where
! those not property holders are taxed for the spcciul ben
efit of those that urc. The people, generally, have for
j years, been paying interest for money borrowed to build
j the Bridge. They ore taxed to build water-tanks and
, furnish Fire Apparatus—to pay for a night guard to pro
■ tcct the property of citizens—to keep the Btreets in or
-1 der, Ac. &c.
Agoin, under the Constitution, men have a right to
“life, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness,” yet, how of
ten ib it, that rights of this sort are taken away or ren
dered nugatory. For instance, a wholesale or retail li
quor merchant may not sell his goods without a license
and paying a tax. The professional man ditto. So ulso
ill somo kinds of useful business—ns butchering, tallow
chandlery aud gas manufacturing. Men are not per
mitted to follow these lawful callings to the annoyance
of the public. We have also, various nutuicipal regula
tions, us to the market, nuisances, et cetera, all of which
take, more or less, from the constitutional and natural
rights of individuals. A butcher must take a Stull iii the
market house anteay a tax therefor, as well as be subject
to a penalty for selling meat, elsewhere, during market
hours. A citizcu who has not graduated at some legal
medical College is not allowed to practice medicine with
out getting a license, previously, Iroui a medloal fiotud.
A preacher cannot undertake to proclaim Ihe gospel with
out a pomei from (lie Conferonco or Presbytery. ‘ Laws
are enacted prohibiting labor or business on the Sahhnlh,
though tho Constitution forbids every thuig interfering
with the rights of conscience, or looking to the establish
ment of a public Feiigion.
Wc might ekleud the illustration, indefinitely, but we
think it unnecessary to rav more. Enough has been
written to show that the Municipal Authorities have the
general power to foster and protect the interests of the
whole people. They ought to guaid against any depre
fcUjgn of the property of the citizen—aud if it Were pos
city Council to mttke such an investment ol
would, m a few years, rebel e the mliah
in Jutu,.i, a would be nght nr
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if any measure ean be
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Why should a’ Farmer take Railroad Stock 7
This question is thus answered by a Farmer of Ohio,
and wc commend the practical good sense of the rc
’ ply to the farmers of Muscogee, Talbot and Upson
| counties. Georgia, as furnishing “ food for thought,”
i in the matter of the Railroad being built from this
I place to Bamesville:—
“I am a moderate farmer, with only a quarter section.
, and cultivate about 100 acres as well as I can afford to,
;at the present prices. I raise for sale, annually, about
500 bushels of wheat, 20 bushels of clover seed, 1200 lb*.
| butter, 1200 lbs. pork, and 1500 lbs. beef, besides any j
’ quantity of eggs, poultry, Slc., which would go far to- ;
wards supporting a family if we had a market. I also
1 propose totakc 20 shares, or SIOOO worth of railroad stock,
i Though 1 believe this road will yield 20 per cent., (owing
i to its favorable location for business, and its light cost)
yet I put it at 16 per cent., what Ohio Railroads have
earned. And here is my table of profits :
Price at Train and Trice st
home Coimn'n I‘tdla. Troths.
Wheat, 500 bn. h. $0 78 16c SIOB S7O 00
jC. .Seed, 20 bush. 260 lire 450 30 00
’ Butler, 1200 Ihe. O'J Ic J!) <2 00
Turk, 1200 lt.a„ 03 le 09 30 00 I
i Hers, 1500 lbs. 0(i Ic 03 15 00 j
SIOOO stock, ot 16 per cent., deducting 6 per tent,
i present iuieieel SIOO 000
Total $329 Otl :
i The above sum might he increased to S4OO, by other
articles that would find a market, making a very decent
j addition to present profits ; enough, in fact, ill ten years
j to buy a farm.”
i Bad iitatk ok Mohaia. — Wc have reports of several
| recent cases of immorality which have occurred in this >
l city, that would startle our readers, could we, with pro- !
i prn-iv, rev al the parrienlars ot the transactions to which :
iwe have reference. ttire'nHemsrrCss of tWhiWos'-fte.r. -.#—
I linn prevail*, unruhuked and almost regardless of pubjlcj
| censure. Young men ran riot in depravity, and sotrwjol;
the nged, who are the professed disciples of the *< meek I
and lowly ” Nazarenc, revel ip iniquity with unblushing j
assurance. What are our moralists and preachers about ‘
that this plague-spot is suffered to widen its borders and
extend its ravages, to n degree unprecedented in our an- ;
mils? Do they “cry aloud and spare not,” as thsy
ought, against this besetting sin of Columbus? Are our ;
city Authorities doing all that they can to protect the ‘
public morals and guard our youth against contamina
tion ? We fear not —and shall therefo/e feel it to be our
duty to let the battery of one free presi be opened against
all uitclciumess, should not a speedy reform take place ■
in certain quarters, and this too, “ without respect to per- 1
sons,” and •• without fear, fuvor or affection.” So look
out, all yc night-prowling and sky-larking gentry —or I
high on the roll of infamy will your names and deeds be ‘
registered.
That Ciiauitv Sermon.—We bate often heard of
things being ns “ cold as charily,” but this not the case,
by upwards of considerable, with a sermon which was 1
preached in one of onr churches last .Sabbath, in behalf
of the Orphan Asylum, if a true report of said sermon has j
reached our cars. Tho orator is one of the Muckleurath j
school of preachers, wlto believes much stronger in the !
efficacy of thunder than of lightning, to drive men to the
performance of good actions and consequently he^pdopted;
that idea even in preaching up charity for the -sirin
plians, although lie had, it seems.prccious little charity, :
himself, for the mass of his hearers. Nearly every class !
of the community came in for tho preacher's censorious
animadversion, and though, it must be confesaed, he told j
some wholesome truths, yet we suspect, he would have i
caught more Hies if he had not used quite so much vine,
gar. Tho ladies who wore s|2s dresses, he said, could do j
us well with those that cost holf the money. Gentlemen ;
could get along with ail—cr watches os well as with gold
ones, and could appear ns well, in a suit costing $l3O, ns
in one costing SSO, and so on, clear through the various |
items of personal expenditure. Doubtless, all this is true, j
but cui bono f What is the use of warring ngainst the |
urts and refinements of social life—against the business
of the tuilpr, tho dry goods merchant, the caniage maker ,
and the milliner? All these classes lire by contributing ,
to the comforts nnd luxuries rather than to the necessities
of social life. And, moreover, if we are to'go to “first
principles” in these matters—to the simplicity of tho
Eden costume, or tho cheapest remove from thji same,
why, then, the preacher did not go far enough. He
might have looked around him and censured the waste
ot money in the .‘ruction of the house of worship wherein
he stood! As large a building, if. constructed after the
primitive style of the country adjacent, would not have
cost more than one-t<-mh as inoeh. He should have ap. ‘
pcaiT.l before tits people as thtj forerunner of Christ did be- 1 !
fore the Jews—in raiment of camel's hair, bound with a j
leathern girdle—and not in broad cloth and fine-twined !
liuen, Ac. In short, be should, to havo been consistent,
have given up all superfluities of apparel and household—
and afforded an example, in hlB own person, of all that
ho oujoined upon his congregation. But he |
ferent course, and, we have rrnnrn In 1 1 Im* —ireM
I— mmssmsmm 1
Succeeded so well us he might, In the object sought tW
be gained.
The preacher was also unfortunate in his ultra zeal
against amusements. Os course he is entitled to his opin
ion of the character and tendency of Concerts, Theatres,
Dancing, Ac. but when he unqualifiedly stigmatized all
such us wicked, and those engaged in them ub the “ most
degraded beings that ever crawled upon tho face of the
earth,” wc think ho “ travelled beyond the record,” and
“ affirmed tilings whereof he knew not.” Such a charge
involves an imputation upon the moral rectitude of those
that ever attend Concerts uml other places of tho kind,
that we feel much like resenting as a premeditated insult
to many estimable people. But we forbear, in hopes that
lesß of that “ religion which is without charity and char*
’ ily which is without religion ” will bo manifested bereaf-
I ter on this subject, by those who take upon theniselvts
the functions and duties of ministers of righteousness, in
our midst.
New Orleans under Water!
Our last advices from New Orleans, which are up
i to Saturday morning, represent the condition of the
| city ns truly alarming from the threatened overflow
iof the entire place. A serious crerasse hud taken
place a few miles above the city and another below
Algiers on the opposite side of the river, which was
doing immense damage to the plantations, over which
the waters of the mighty Mississippi were rolling in
awful grandeur. At the crccassc above Carolton, the
most active exertions of a large force, engaged in
driving rows of piles ar.d throwing in gunny bags,
filled with sand, had not succeeded, late Friday night,
in arresting tho tide which was setting in at that
point. The Delta of Saturday morning thus details
the progress of the waters in the rear of the city :
“ The water in the rear of the Second and Fourth
Wards, Second Municipality, continued slowly rising
through Thursday night, and all day yesterday, and
onr dispatches from the Same Crevasse, in another
column, leave faint hope of an abatement of the flood.
The whole ol the new Shell Road is now covered to
the depth of a foot and a half to three (vd~. arid the’
Canal, overflow ing its North bank, is pouring its sur
charge into the rear of the Seventh Ward, Second
Municipality; and thenefe the water finds no impedi
ment to the lower extremity of the city. Although
the water is constantly rising above the New Ca
nal, it has not covered the ground further inward
than it did on Thursday night. This is owing to the
obstiuction offered by the ridge on which A|>ollo
street runs, which fur the present acts as a partial
barrier, and tore.es the water to seek its level over
the North bank of the Canal, and through the artifi
cial channels penetrating the city. The district now
overflowed is two or three feet higher than either
Camp or Canal streets, and it is only the Apollo st.
ridge which prevents the immediate inundation of
the whole Second Municipality; but as the ridge is
intersected by gutters, ditches, and the Melpomene
Canal, she calamity, it is to be feared, is only deferr
rd for a brief s|>ace. Already has the overflow, be
low ‘the Canal, spread itself as tar in as the outer
edge of the inhabited portion of the Seventh Ward
of the Second Municipality,and of the back wards of
the First Municipality, and is steadily advancing.—
In short, the whole city is threatened with inunda
tion. •
One Day Later.—The Picayune of Sunday,
speaks doubting!*- of the success of the efferfs to stop
L the crevasse above Carrolton. The waters ate still
pushing through with great force. The Shell Road
■s covered with water to a considerable cxleat. The
saya:
Mjxhe flood above the New., Basin was about tho
Hki.st night as stated in our evening edition, but
ps in the First Municipality which have here-
Hbeen considered secure, are now seriously
The water in this vicinity rose upwards
l&es yesterday, and is%etting in towards the
which creates much alarm ”
tivELY Done.—At a meeting of the City Council
omlsy evening last, • Resolution was passed,
uvatimously, for the immediate issue of the Bonds of
the City, for Railroad purposes. This settles the
question, and secures the early completion of the
Road beyond the reach of ordinary contingency.—
fu triumphe!
of a Feather An Algerine paper of New
pf, Rhode Island, says that “the manner in which
Louis PbiUippe, of France, was dethroned, was the
word kind of radicalism —rank Dorrism —and so
leng as tlie leading men of France acknowledge the
right (uihepeojde to revolutionize the government, for
slight and transient causes, (!) just so long will rea
sunhideand sensible men have just reason to fear for
tlie salvation of the nation.” Doubtless, the Editor
is tight in classing the efferts of the Republicans of
Ftrancv fu overthrew the tyrant, Louis Phillippe, as
I rank Dorrism,” and the only difference is, that the
French were successful while the Dorrites were not!
But v,hat a confession to come from an American
Editor, and how it brands with tyranny the past con
duct of the Algerines of Rhode Island, towards the
patriit Dorr and the trirnds of the “people's rights,” j
and keform. in that State ! The latter need wish no
higiirr compliment than to be placed on tlie same
page if history, and their cause to be honored with
tbeVame re-pect which the world will delight to pay
to tlir 1 Atnartines and other liberals of I.a Belle
Fra ip e I
Tjraffle*:—tY” e notice some tables furnished by
Übv.. I< Grenville,of Augusta, to tlie Chronicle &.
Seidinel, which go to show that Richmond county is
Sbrail of all other comities in Georgia, in taxable
property, save in the one item of “Value of Town
|,ts,” in which Chatham county takes the lead. We
subjoin the comparative statement of taxable proper
ty in several of the counties for 1848, taken from the
Records of Ihe Comptroller General’s Office:
‘'Money at interest.”
Richmond return 5,51,409,593 I’ulnam 3254*20
Wilkes 3911.579 Kurke 295,999
Clullmin, 231,720 Muscogee 328,472
Value o f stuck in trade.
Richmond 1,095,5051 Bibb 519,152
dert.'-ani, 763,458 | Muscogee 487,990
Value of Town Lots.
Clmilish?, $3,136,610 I Muscogee 1,125,700
1tit1iia0ud..........1,562,213 | Bibo, 716,180
Banking Capital.
PuAlvnoad has.... $2,500,000 I Columbus 1ia5...5250,000
Clwtiain.., 1,840 900 Milledgeiilte and other
Mscun lias 250,000| places, nominal amounts.
■,, Pleasure Carriages.
Rclmuiud has 359 | Talbot, 253
Tipp 293 [ Chatham, 159 i
IWMfIW 268 |
/jfc| Taxes Paid.
(■fiftksm pays $24,7151 Muscogee 11.517 ;
Rtthiiiond,. 16,661 | Bibb 9,712 |
! (if.n. Taylor and the Bible.— The President I
I thjM spake to a committee of clergymen from the
! American BiWe Society, who went to Washington
! to*cpngrapulate him on the fact that lie held the Bi
: bletn high esteem
I “The Bible is the best of hooks, and I wish it were
jnjJt hands of every one. It is indispensable to the
CJfcty and permanence of our institutions : a free
(government cannot exist without religion and morals;
wid there cannot be morals without religion, nor reli
gion withomt the Bible. Especially should the Bible
be placed in the hands of the young. It is the best
school book in the world. I can remember what I
learned when a child, far belter than what I read
nowjand I would that all our people were brought up
under the influence of that holy book. Voii areen
ga#* in a good cause, and I wish you great success.”
WJare glad to hear that Gen. Taylor believes in
tjic “Apod book,” and that Ivis faith therein has been
3lv “and C-Oh&WS* R -
fit subject fokcongrSttStaUoii! But we are compelled
to differ with tlie General as to the advantage of mi- j
Bible a school hook for children. Our expc- ;
has proved that “too much familiarity breeds
Hempt,'’ in this, as in many other cases. Children
to lose all respect for the Bible, il they arc
lofcSJd into the daily use thereof, along with the study
oi&profane classics. Rather would we reserve it
for He sacredness of Sabbath meditations, and for tlie
sge vs menial dcvelopement, which can understand
‘awVippfcciate its sublime teachings and holy coun-
Massachusetts Intolerance. —Notwithstanding
thejjpasted enlightenment of Massachusetts in re
liilton, politics, business and education, there will still
leak out, occasionally, a little of the same verjuice of
bigotry that formerly manifested itself among the Pu
ritcis of Salem, when witchcraft was rife, and Qua
kers were the victims of sectarian malignity ! A
fc-t'years since a Catholic Convent at Charlestown
was burnt, and its female inmates dispersed and
abused—their property destroyed and no reparation
malt. And now the enlightened and liberal Legisla- |
tywwf the commonwealth refuse to incorporate a
Chtbolic College at Worcester, because these legis
lators, forsooth, have different religious notions from
these of the petitioners! All that the Catholics asked
the privilege of holding property for educational
purposes—to sue and be sited—as other colleges.—
Ttfe institution was designed for the benefit of Cath- |
o!i|s, exclusively, and the refusal to give them an
acwjf incorporation is, therefore, strangely inconsist- |
1 ontiwith that principle of toleration, which the consti-
J tatlons of nearly all our States allow, in such inat
j tcX But one step further can Massachusetts go in
j this respect—and that is to prohibit the Catholics
j bufiding churches, holding office, or worshipping
; Gad, according to the dictates of their consciences! ,
; Oil upon all such narrow-minded and anti-republican
policy. It is not only a disgrace to Massachusetts,
Practical Amalgamation.
q A* Elopement of a merchant*! daughter with her
fallter's mulatto clerk, is reported in New York ; before
thejwere married she was overhauled by her friends.
‘‘[Another ease ie that of a young white girl, who e
l.ip.ii with an old, ugly, married negro : ehe cannot bo
fomM.”
\te like Ihai, because it brings the poisoned chalice
ol abolitionism to the lips of the fanatics who prate
so ;|uch about the equality of the black and white
rack! But what a fuss is kicked up generally, when
sontt fair damsel chooses a thick-lipped African for
her husband, iu obedience to the philanthropic theo
ries which her father may have preached to her, pub
lic!} aind privately ! It is considered a horrible affair
for tndaughter to practise the lessons inculcated by
her sire, yet who can blame her for a course sane
lioiKu alike by filial obedience and benevolent im
pulse J The fact is, that not until these mixed mar-
.become popular at the North, and it becomes
an every-day affair for the blue-eyed and flaxen ring
letttd maiden to wed tiie wooly-headed blackamoor,
or for the Anglo-Saxon youth to select a bride from
the greasy wenches of niggerdnm will we have any
proof Os the sincerity and honesty of Northern Aboli-
Let them practise their own precepts with
out feeling ashamed of so doing, and then we shall
believe that they are in earnest in their efforts in be
half oflthe Ethiopian. Otherwise, and in the light of
the iwignation there got up at such instances ol
amalgamation as are recorded in the foregoing ex
tract, tve are compelled to proPouncethem “more
fcfcmw jhan/befs,” in the matter of abolition 1
Indian Fioßt.—The Arkansas Little Rock Dem
ocrat gives a rnmor that a aangninary battle had re
cently been fonght, on the prai riea, between the Ca
tnanchee and an allied force of other tribes led by a
Shawtiee Chief, in which, after a desperate contest,
about 500 of the combatatants were killed and the
Camanches beaten.
“Tempore Ml'tantur et nos Mutamur illis.”
That men change with the changes of the time*, is
a maxim of such great antiquity, as to be entitled to
a place among the “ classics.” But in nothing are
these changes so palpable and sodden, as in the poli
tics of the •’ ins and outa” of this great nation.—
The varying phases of the moon'or the gyrations of
a church steeple driven by the wind, but poorly rep
resent the twists and turns of the politicians, as they
successively come into power and fall into obscurity.
In one thing, however, are they consistent. The
outs when in do precisely that which, when out they
condemned in the ins, and “ tcice versa,” as Samivel
Weller would say. In proof, look at the following
items from the two leading political priuts at Wash
ington :
From the Nat. letelligencer, March 26, 1C29.
Progress and Reform.
Lamentable is the struggle for office which the
present epoch exhibits; but still more lamentable
the reckless means by which Its attainment la sought
for. However unexceptionable the incmubqut—no
matter what the length or fidelity of his service, no
matter what his capacity nr experience—if his place
be coveted by one of the the successful
party, the unoffending arratgfteS tor
some political sin, or omission,
and the President turn him out perad
ventnre to starve, to succeed him the
orthodox and disinterested patriot who wants his
place.
From the same, April 1,1829.
If there is any department of the government
which in all its branches ought to lie absolutely ex
empt from the influences of party conflicts, and of the
defeat or victory of one party over another, it is the
Post OrricE. If there be any one branch of the ‘
public service, the integrity of whose administration
should be more free from suspicion than another, it
is that. Tbe ermine would not be more sullied by a
judge’s deciding legal controversies upon political j
i grounds, than would the character of the Post Office
Department, should it ever undertake to regulate the I
concerns, of which it has no charge, by considera- j
lions referring themselves to the party questions or ‘
objects of the passing day. What can lie imagined ,
more horrible or more detestable than a jgst office j
establishment regulated and ruled bv partyprim iples! i
What a cover for malignity ! What an extinguisher
of confidence between man and man ! The recepta- j
cle of secret denunciations, of the reports of privi- j
leged spies, of the base information of eaves drop
pers. murdering reputation without responsibility, the 1
fabled year of Dionysius was but the type of what, !
under such circumstances, the post office would bo-!
come.
From tbe same April 27,17.47.
“ Reform ” the order of the DAT. —It is with :
sadness of spirit that wr perform the duty of daily
announcing the removal from public office of men
everv way unecceptionable.to make wayfor mere par
tisans; by which exchange every branch of the pub” j
lie service cannot but materially suffer.
This same Intelligencer now supports Gen. Tay- j
lor for doing that which he so bitterly denounced !
Gen. Jackson for doing in 1829! But “ audi alte
ram partem ” —hear the other aide !
From the Wash. Union, July 24, 18 1.7.
“The removals which have been made have hern
imperiously called for by a decided and irresistible
public sentiment. Other removals will no doubt be
necessary, and will not be prevented by the sense
less clamor of the Whigs. Justification of a tnea
snre is uncalled for *p
power by If I .J imunlaryTuuragc^ii^^^S^^ojile.
and industriously engaged in carrying out the will i
of that majority, securely rests confidence in the hon
esty and intelligence of the masses, and in the pres
sent case is in no danger of being diverted from its
purpose by the interested revilings of bitter opponents.
Front tbe Waih. Globe May 10, 1815.
No vicious, incompetent, faithless men, of any par
ty, we think, can retain or obtain office under the
present Administration. No man who has reached
office by “indirect, crooked ways”—who caine in j
bi) ousting better men, ami by transferring their alle
f iance, homage, and service to the Power at whose
ands they begged it. can hvpe. to seem their gains in
the way they got them. No worthy, capable, useful
functionary, whose merits at first obtained, have con
tinued him in office, no matter how long, need fear i
the loss of that offipe which he so reputably acquired j
ami retains. But no Irian who holds office through i
life, being continued by one Administration after an- j
other, should mistake the tertuhs by which he holds
it. It is not his olßce, hut the People's —and he is
suffered to retain it. not because the retention is ben
eficial to him , but to the Public. *****
All the offices held at the will of the Executive arc
supposed by the constitution to be reached by the ren
ovating principle in the re-election of every Chief
I Magistrate. If he be chosen by the people to change ,
the principles and measures of his predecessor in the j
conduct of the Government, to reform abuses, and
put it oil anew tack, he his the power mainly through 1
changing its agents.
Again, the Union of Sept. 29, 1818, copies with
approbation, as follows, from the i\.'V. Tew onn: ?
“ The sore-headed and federal papers in this State
arejnsllrow whining over the the removalof some
thirty of forty disunion Postmasters. Forgetting j
that they are advocates for‘proscription’to the bit
ter end when in power themselves, they discourse
with well feigned pathos over the cruelty of remov- ;
ing front office for opinion’s sake.
“From what we have heard from Washington
lately, wc are satisfied that the Postmaster General is (
merely removing such of his deputies as are notori- ,
ousiy laboring to subvert the constitution of the Uni
ted States, which they have sworn to support, or may
be using their offices against tltecause of Democracy j
in the present canvass. All the real Democrats and !
other patriots will thank the Postmaster General lor
depriving such of his subordinates of official opper- :
tunities to do mischief.”
After being thus posted as opinions ;
of these organ-grinders at Washington, let the read
er pick up the “National Intelligencer” and the
“ Union,” of the past two months, and see “ how the
cat jumps now!” The latter is filled with groans,
jeremiads and lamentations about removals for opin
ion’s sake—“proscription”—the “axe in motion"—
the “guillotine at work”—“more heads off”—“the
blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church,” Sec..
&c., while the former is laboring to prove all that the
Union and the Globe of 1345 said, on the sub
ject, to be the true doctrine, and to disprove the cor
rectness of its own opinion in 1829! What then is
the conclusion ? Why that they are both right and
both wrong, or, in other vuonfaVthat there is one set
of political maxim* and doctrines for the “ ins” and
another feir the “outs,” which are practised by each
set, accorofSjf as the/respective parties come into
possession of the pots,” of the nation—or are
kicked away therefrom, in the quadrennial revolution
of the wheels of Government! Verily, politics is a
strange juggle, which honest minds in vain may seek
to comprehend !
CneLEKA.—This scourge prevails at Louisville,
Ky.,and St. Louis, Mi. We have reason to believe,
also, that it still exists to a dreadful extent in New
Orleans.
* ,
Appointments.—The following appointments
have baewtnade for Baltimore.: George P. Kane,
Coffee tor ;T. King, of Carroll, Naval Officer ;
Elias T. Griffith Surveyor ;C. T. aladttot. Post
"mowfef.J/VrKen*, Marshall.
The New Yobk Riot.—Twenty five persons
were killed and 23 wounded at tbe grand row
which came of New York, last week. Twenty
thousand pefSons had assembled at the Astor
Piece Opera House, to wreak vengeance upon
M’Cready the English Tragedian, for offences
said to have been committed against Forrest, the
American Actor, when the latter was in
The rioting was believed to be over at 2 P. Mi
Monday.
Progress of Manufactures. —Dr. Sledge is
about to establish in Augusta Ua. an extensive
Leather Manufactory. The ‘Chronicle’ reccom
ends a large Shoe Factory in connection or co
operation with the tannery.
Small Pox.— Atlanta is quite free from this
disease, and from the Report of Maj. Cooper,
for the week ending May 8., there have been
but three new cases at the Iron Works, and
those convalescent. No new cases at Carters
viile.
Horrible! —Miss Letitia S. Blaisdell, a young
girl of New Boston, N. H., has been tried for poison*
iiig her foster-mother and an infant child, and sen
tenced to be hung on the 30th August!
More Horrible. —Thomas Newkirk, of Jeflerson
county, Ky. took down a gun, placed the mmtrie
thereof to the head of his own mother, tired and kill
ed her. He afterwards was found in the Woods, 9
miles oiT, dead, having committed suicide !!
Most Horrible.— James Haugfitafing'of Lisle,
Browne county, N. Y., was recently murdered by
his own son, eight years of age. The father was a
drunkard, and while in the field, p’oughing, with his
son, laid the down in the furrow and went asleep.—
The lad unhitched the team, took it home, procure,!
a sharp axe, returned to the fieltl dm! chopped btf the
head of his father and then kicked it away several
feet! On being questioned why lie did it, he said
that his father was a drunken scamp, and had beaten
him the day before while intoxicated !!! The boy
has since been tried, but acquitted on the grounds of
moral incompetcncy to commit what the law calU
murder.
Slave Abductiox.—A man named Smith, has
been detect'd at Richmond, Va., in attempting to
abduct two slaves and take them north. They were
packed in a box and to be forwarded by express.—
The secret having leaked out, Smith was captured
at Fredericksburg, by means of the Telegraph;
brought back to Richmond and lodged in jail.
“The Americas Mechanic.” —Mr. Wm. ll.Roy
a’ f-rmerlv of Atlanta, has commenced the publica
tion of anew paper, of this title at Athens, Ga.—
The Ist No. is a fair specimen ol typography, and if
the work is supported by Ihbse for whose interest*
it is to be devoted, we have no doubt it will be a
useful sheet. An “ Association of Mechanics” will
edit the paper. Price 81 per annum.
The Darkies Rising !— Four negro* have recent
ly received appointments from the Government, at
Washington, in the capacity of Messengers and La
borers—one in the State Department, two in tho
Treasury and one iii the Department of the Interior.
The latter was a servant to Maj. Webster, in Mexi
co, and was warmly recommended hv the “God-Like
Daniel.”
Progress. — Anew Hook and Ladder Com
pany has just becu organized in this city, com.
posed of juveniles of both sexes ! The first
tIV Crm J—’ll e , ‘-ft* Mil. j
evening last, on Uroad .Street, a few doors below
ibis office, when there was an admirable display
of skill in ascending and descending a ladder,Ac.
by tlie chief Engineer and his aids ! ‘Stand
from under !’
Watch Stuffing. —A novel case of “ witch stuf
fing,” or rather “ putting a watch up the spout.” id
likely, soon to come before our in which the
principle will be tested, whether the doceurof a lev
er to his mistresi can be re-appropriated by said lov
er to iiis own use, contrary to the will of the lady,
without subjecting him to the penally of larceny!—
In this case, the lover will probably plead a failure
of consideration or non-fulfilment6l contract, on the
part of the f me sol', when another question will a
rtee — what constitutes a valuable, hnrut fide consid
eration, morally, socially and legally, hr this descrip
tion of “ limited co|m'rtnerhips !” All ifiVstf points
will be duly reported, when the result ?s known!
MARRIED.
On Wednesday, the 9th inst.br Rrr. Mr. Cairfw, Al
exander A Lowtiier, to Mary Cura, daughter of the
late Arthur Slinaf. of Georgetown, D. C. ail of tbis city.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Chamber, Slay ), 1849.
Council met pursuant to adjournment. Aid. Clayton
moved to reconsider so much of the action of last meeting
_jis referred to the repbrt of the committee on Accounts al
; lowing ft. McWdNasou But Ja cents ednrtnr stapr,. and
! rings, and moved that he be allowed 20 cents each ; which
was agreed to.
The President of the Board of Health, (Dr. Thomas
’ Hoxey,) submitted the following as February’s report:
The Health Officers of the various wards have nothing
; material to report this month. The city is in a healthy
| and cleanly condition, except a lane between Vernoy’a
1 stable and Perry's tavern, tuid the privies in rear o£.E.
1 Barnard's store, and those on the west side of Warren's
I avenue.
RcjMirts for the month of March have been msde by
, the officers in the 2d and Ith wards only. No nuisance*
arc complained of, and the city is healthy and free from
’ epidemics. Reports received.
| Aid. Claytou moved that the Health Officer* be notifu 4
that they make their reports at the first meeting of every
i month, or their offices will be vacated. Agreed to.
I (jam"-! Jones petitioned for er.-asigg the Bridge tfy con
! tratg. Proposal rejected.
Francis Groom was allowed to transfer his retail license
! to A. Gamill.
The Finance committee reported that they had received
1 from R. H. Greene, Treasurer, sl9 18 (city bills) and
j had burned the same. Report received.
The committee whose duty it waAo purchase a pair of
! Balances for the Market House, report that they have
; been relieved of that duty by the clerk of the Market,
i who has purchased the same. Report received.
| By aid. Barden: Resolved, Thai the Marshal be in
structed to ring the Market Bell at 10 o'clock, p. m. un
j til otherwise ordered. Yeas and nays required.
Yeas—Aid. Burden, Clcy tun, Dill, Jrpsou,Lee, Wydu
ami Woodruff—7.
Nats— Aid. J. B. Brooks and Holstead.
Aid. Holstead: Resolved, That the street commiitec
, instruct the Marshal to proceed as soon as possible to
grade the hill side in fronr of A. O. Biackmar’s dwelling,
and that the committee superintend the same.
On motion of aid. Lee, the resolution was laid on the
table. Yeas and nays required.
Yeas —Aid. Clavton, Dill, Lee, Wynne and Woodruff.
ft a vs—Aid. Holstead and Jepson, Aid. Barden in the
chair, and aid. Brooks having retired by leave ofCuoncil.
By aid. Lee: Resolved, That the city Treasurer be di
rected to pay the Sheriff the amount of principal, interest
and cost, in the case of Elizabeth G. Howard is tho city
Council cf Columbus. Adopted.
The following communication was received:—
To the Hon. Mayor and Conneil—
Gentlemen : I hereby tender my resignation is Treas
urer, to take effect on the 15th iust- Yours verv re
spectfully, &. H. GREEN.
May 1,1849.
Which, ou motion of Aid. Leo, waaTeqoived.
The Mayor was requested to order an Election to fill
■aid vacancy.
Accounts in favor of W. W. Robison, $11: Massey At
Morris, sl6 04 ; Jam*s A. V*moy/$244 95; RobL H.
Green, $10; which w rstu ordered to be paid.
By-Aid. Lee: Resolved, that the regular meetings of
Council, after this date, be held every other Mondav, aV-