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TUB WIRE STATE
M PPBLISUED WEEKLY,
A* A. Oaulciin g
TKUCS: TWO DOLLAR* IS ADVANCE, OR THREE DOL-
LaU AFTER SIX MONTHS, PER ANNUM.
■Harriet ap-jiairs over W. R. Phillips & Co.Stf
mre inserted at One Dollar per square for
tle first insertion, aud Fifty Cents per square for each in
■ecfa— Ikrmfter.
A rtb-Muibie deduction will be made to those who adver
taM- by the year.
- J A . U ,A' ir ! er t l '' emenU nvt othmeiae ordered will be continu
t*ll forbid.
of Lands by Administrators, Executors or Guar
*luuV- are required by law to be. held on the first Tuesday
ue month, between the hours of 10 in the forenoon and
J in tuc djeraoon, at%the Court House, in the county in
m Such the I-mid is situated. Notice of these sales must be
rale* ™ * pnt, *’ c forty days previous to the day of
Sales of Negroes must be made at public auction on the
_' 1 . Tuesday us the month, between the usual hou.is of sale,
r * of P ui,,ic < * aser * n the county where the Letters
PeWamentary, or Administration, or Guardianship may
” ve ”*** granted—first giving forty days notice thereof in
we of the public Gazettes of the State, and at the Court
lions* where such sale is to be. held.
N *t!-e for the sale of Personal Property must be given in
nk<* manner, forty days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must be
published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or
imary for leave to sell Land, must be published for two
-TBontiis.
Notice for leave to sell Negroes must be published two
oaths before any order absolute shall be made thereon by
he Court. J
Citations for Letters of Administration must be publish
ed thirty days ; for Dismission from Administration, month
months ; for Dismission from Guardianship, forty
Notice f<w the foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish
ed monthly f>>r four months ; for publishing Lost Pa
’!'**'*• for the full space of three months ; for compelling ti
<!-* from Executors and Administrators, where a bond has
ee given by the deceased, for the space of three months
T. A. B. WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEY AT LA TF,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Yl~ ILL practice in the Counties composing the Flint
** l iniiit By permission, refers to Hon.'Hiram War
ner. Grv. nville ; Levi M. Adams, Greenville ; Hon. G. J
Gwen. Griffin ; Hon. James H. Stark, Griffin ; Kcv. Will
iam Moselev. Griilin.
June 2nd*, 1556 C ly.
AISETB A. THRASHER JAMES M. HAMBRICK
THRASH KB & HAMBRICK,
A T T O It X E Y S AT LA W
Mr i>,) tough, Georgia.
April 30. 1856 1....1y
r. w. a. non.E k. n. hansone.
DOYLE & K ANSON K,
ATTORNEYS AT L A W ,
GnSSa, Georgia.
April 16, IRSC 50 3m
t- T. DOTAL.. G. M. NOLAN..
ROYAL & NOLAN,
ATTORNEYS A T L A W ,
Mtl>tM*ngh, Georgia.,
11’"ILL practice in the counties of Henry, Fulton, Fay-
IV ette, Coweta. Spalding, Butts, onroe and Newton
•^Reference—i’liemseivt*,
April 1, ir-.ro ly
Q . C . GRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA.
May 15.1856 3 ts.
JAMES 11. STARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Crtflin Georgia.^
IWILL practice in the Courts of the Flint Circuit, and
\ V in the Supreme Court at Atlanta and Macon.
Feb. 13, 1856 11.... ly
JARED IRWIX WHITAKER,
A TTOR N E Y A T L A W,
OSoc front Ronm<, over John It. Wallac e & Bros., corner
of White Hall and Alabama streets,
ATLMTA GEORGIA.
January 30.1856 ts
W. L. GORDON,
ATTORNEY A T LA W,
r.RIFn.V, GEORGIA
January 30, 1856 39 ly
HENRY HENDRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
Jackson, Butts County, Georgia.
May 3, 1855. ts
DANIEL & DISMUKE,
Attorneys at Law,
Will practice in the District Court of the United States
nt Marietta.
Griffin, Georgia.
L- K. DANIEL, F. D. DISMUKE.
May 3,1855. ts
W. POPE JORDAN,
Attorney at Law,
Krbai, Georgia.
WILL practice in all the counties of the Hint Circuit.
May 3,1855. ts
J. H. MANGHAM,
Attorney at Xjaw,
GHIEFIV, GEORGIA.
May 3, 1855-ly I
WM. H. F. HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ZEBULON GEORGIA*.
July 4, 1855. 0-ts
A D. NUNNALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Jane, 37,1855. ly.
“uhoeWoo.TammmlTson;
ATTORNEYS AT LAW ,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
T 1 TILL mve personal attention to all business entrusted
V\ to their management, and attend tilt Sixth Circuit
Court of the United States, at Marietta, the Supreme Court
aft Mac or. and Decatur, and the Superior Courts in Cobb,
Morgan. Newton, DeKalb, Fulton, Fayette, Spalding, Pike,
Ansa, Monroe, Upson, Bibb, Campbell, Coweta, Troup,
Whitidd and Gordon, in Georgia, and Hamilton county,
(Chattanooga.) in Tennessee. May 3,1855. ts
UHJCEf- . WM* S* W ALLACE*
GRICE & WALLACE,
AT TO RFE Y S AT LAW,
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
F—covfl intrusting business to them may rely on their
gfciity, promptness and care. Dec. 10, ’66-33-ly.
GAUTRELL& GLENN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
■nwrii r J the Courts In the Counties of Fulton, De
\ V Kiß> Favette Campbell, Meriwether, Coweta, Car
if
r M*y l. IMS. “
®mpn am J&tau
DR. BROWN
HAVING associated himself in the practice of Medicine
and Surgery, with Dr. VVM. M. HARDWICK, would,
by this means, introduce him to the confidence and patron*
age of the community, satisfied that they will find him wor
thy and well qualified to fulfil all the duties incumbent on
him as a Physician—under the firm, name and style of
HARDWICK & BROWN,
•S'Duriug the absence of Dr. Brown, Dr. Hardwick wil
always be found in the Office, unless professionally engaged
WM. M. HARDWICK,... H. W. BROWN.
Griffin, May 14, 1850 3....tf
©. M. WILLIAMS,
RESIDENT PHY S I’C 1 AN,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
na,Officeon Hill Street, over Hanks’ Boot & Shoe Store.
May 3, 1865. _ ts
TENDERS his professional services as a Physician and
Surgeon, to the citizens of Griffin and vicinity.
Office On the same floor with the Empire State,"SSl
Griffin, March 5, 1856 44.. . ly
ELnotT
HAS changed bis residence and office to the first lot be
low Mrs. Reeves’ Boarding House, on the east side of
the Railroad, nearly opposite the Freignt Depot, where be
may be found at all times ready to attend to calls, except
when professionally engaged.
Griffin, Ga., May 3,1855’ ly
SCERRHUSBREAST can beCURED
LET THE PUBLIC READ!
IN mercy to the afflicted, and the gratitude and high opin
ion I entertain of DR. MOSELEY as a Surgeon and Phy
sician, I deem it my duty to mention the case of my wife,
hoping at the same time that all persons similarly afflicted,
may be benetitted by it. In the first part of this year, my
wife had several small lumps make their appearance in her
breast; they continued to increase in size, until the Whole
breast became a diseased mass, and very painful. I procured
the best medical aid in the city of Rome,and notwithstanding
the earnest and faithful attention of onr most skillful physi
cians, she continued to grow worse and worse, until they
gave the case up as incurable, and advised amputation. 1
was advised by many of my friends, to visit Dr. Moseley, of
Griffin, Ga., which 1 did, aud, astonishing as it may seem,
he had her entirely cured within one month, and she is now
in good health! 1 would advise all who are afflicted with
Scirrhus, and Cancerous affections to visit the Doctor with
out, delay, as I am satisfied by experience and observation,
that he is the most skillful physician in the Southern States,
in the treatment of that horrible disease—cancer.
WM. H. MITCHELL,
M. E. MITCHELL,
Daughter of J. \Y. Bradbury, ROme, Ga.
Rome, Ga.-October 26, 1854. ” 5-ly
GRIFFIN HOTEL.
a THIS large and commodious Hotel is now
open for the accommodation of the public. The
furniture is new, and the rooms comfortable and
well ventilated. The table will at all times be
supplied with the best the market affords, and
no pains Will be spared to render the guest comfortable. 1
also havein connection with the house, the large and roomy
stable, formerly occupied by W. S. Birge, by which stock
can and will be well taken care of.
It. F. M. MANN, Proprietor.
Griffin, Feb. 13, 1860 41 ts
Hacl£. Lines.
xSTSt^.---"'<2-. The undersigned being the Con
tractor to transport the U. States
on routes, Nos. 6339 and 6340,
gh*n takes this method of informing
the public generally, that lie will run his Hack as follow’s :
Leave Griffin Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays via Erin,
Warnesville, Jones’ Mills, Greenville and Mounlville—ar
rive at LaGrangc the same days. Leave L<iGrange Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays via the places above men
tioned—arrive at Griffin the same days. Leave Griffin
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays via Zebulon and Flat
Shoals, and arrive” at Greenville” the same days. Leave
Greenville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays via the pla
ces above mentioned, and arrive at Griffin the” same days.
1 will further add, that 1 have good teams and sober dri
vers, who will spare no pains in making passengers corn
sortable, and put them through in good time, at very mode
rate prices, lb F. M. MANN, Proprietor and Contractor
Feb. 13, 1856.... 41.... ts
CARRIAGE, CABINET
SASH M A KING!!
riMIE subscriber takes pleasure in announ-~ jgTilifc W
JL cing to the citizens of Griffin and sur
rounding country, that he still continues the
business of CARRIAGE and CABINET Making. GAitItIA
GES, BUGGIES, and WAGONS made to order at short no
tice. A few of the best made Buggies always on hand.
He has recently added to his establishment the business of
SASH MAKlNG—cheap, and good as the best.
ses, neWstyle. He will be found at his old stand, always
ready towait upon his customers. Give him a call.
A. BELLAMY.
Griffin, Aug. 29,1855 18 ts
J. F.. WILLIAMS, JNO. RHEA, WM. M. WILLIAMS.
J. E. WILLIAMS & CO.,
Successors to J. E. Williams,
General Commission Merchants,
AND DEALERS IN
GRAIN, BACON, LARD, FEATHERS, and TEN
NESSEE PRODUCE, GENERALLY,
Decatur Street, near the “ Trout House,” Atlanta, Ga.
63“ Letters of inquiry, in relation to the Markets, &c.,
promptly answered. May 16,1856.-3tf
U L. WRIGHT,
EXCHANGE BROKER ,
ATLANTA, GEO.
I T/'ILL attend to collections entrusted to him, and remit
V V promptly, at current rates of Exchange: buy and sell
uncurrent Bank Notes, Coin, Ac. The highest cash price
paid for Bounty Land Warrants. j#sr Apply! > W. C.
Wright, Griffin, Ga., for sale of Land Warrants.
REFERENCES.—-John Thompson, Banker, No. 2, Wall
street, and Carhart,'Bro. & Cos., New York; Converse
& Cos., New Orleans. Atlanta, May 16, ’55 ts
MARSHAIUOLLEGE.
BEING left alone in the managemet of this Institution for
the present, the rates of tuition will be as follows :
Ist Term. 2d Term.
For Spelling, Reading, Writing, &c ... 10 00 800
For Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, &c. .12 00 10 00
For Algebra, Philosophy, Geometry,&c 14 00 1- 00
For Latin, Greek, Trigonometry, &c sl6 00 sl4 00
6BNo extra charges, except for damage to the College
Building
The first term will close about the 4lh of July.
The second term will begin on the 4th of August, and
close about the last of November. J. M. CAMPBELL.
Griffin, Feb. 13, 1856... .41... .ts
IF’txltoia. jjffifc House.
ATLANTA, _kuJjll GEORGIA.
D. Li. GORDON, Proprietor.
January 30th, 1866. .39. .ly.
PEAS. FLOUR AND BACON,
JUST received and for sale, by A. B. MATHEWS &
CCL
100 bushclßPcas.
10,000 lbs. Flour.
14,000 lbs. more of choice Bacon.
April, 16th 1866.... 60 ts.
TDo Best
BUSINESS STAND IN ATLANTA FOR SALE.
I will sellmy store and stand, at the comer of Wnite Hull
and Mitchell Streets, at a fair price, for cash, or on rea
sonable terms, to a prompt and punctual purchaser. Call
and look, as lam making a change irt rtiv business. If I
was going to continue in the mercantile business, I would
not dispose of it at any price. W. W. ROARK.
Atlanta, March 19, 1856 —4s ts
“ peof up i|&!) eoflfrqefe ot|i‘ fotoc'rs —Jijc toliole bounces? Confirt is Otii - ?.”
GRIFFIN; GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNIXG/&JNE 11, 1850.
For the Empire State.
A Chapter on Sermonizing.
Your readers will bearrecoid that yon have
spoken out decidedly and often in favor of
budding Churches, supporting the Cleisjy, and
sustaining the ordinances of the Gospel, gen*
erally. Allow me now to say a word in re
spect to one of the most important duties of a
Clergyman— the matter and manner of preach
nig. In this world, there is an eternal relation
between cause and effect, and if we furnish
good Edifices for Divine Service and a good
support, we may reasonably expect a respect
able Minister, and also correctively, if we have
an able, judicious Minister, very likely we shall
he induced to pay more regard to decencies of
worship, and also treat the Minister himself
more worthily. They work well together. A
good Pastor rnay do much, very much, out of
the Pulpit, and should do so ; but it is also all
important that the great effort of ti e week,
his Sermons should be of the right kind. We
hope no offence, if we give our views with
frankness. We wili take up each branch of
the subject in its order
Length of the Sermon.— lt should be a
rule, never to be broken, except on extraordi
nary occasions, if ever, that the time required
for delivery, shonld be within reasonable
bounds. From twenty-five to thirty minutes,
is about right, though some times thirty-five
does very we 1,
Experience, as well as philosophy, verify the
propriety of this rule. A good sermonizer
will never preach after his audience have lost
interest in his discourse And few minds on
ordinary occasions, will receive and retain more
of a subject than can be discussed in thirty
minutes. It was a foolish custom, especially
in Ne-v England in primitive times, to preach
one, or even two hours, and draw out the dis
course to a tedious length. Agi eat portion of
such production must be as insane as the learn
ed nonsense before Bacon’s day. Two classes
of sermonizers are apt to speak too long—he
wh 3 speaks so well of himself that he is never
tired of his own efforts, and therefore thinks
nobody else can be ; and he who has not the
ability to condense, but dilates and repeats so
much that he must speak a long time to say
anything. Both are great Pulpit lovers, and
better at mesmerizing an audience than at
preaching . The congregation soon adapt
themselves to the long-winded Pastor ; some
go to sleep, and all are inattentive —while the
short, well studied Sermon is listened to with
careful attention Mr. Calhoun had great,
condensation of powers, and it was said no
person was ever inattentive a moment during
his delivery. A Minister ought to consider it
a personal rebuke to himself, that any hearer
having common sense, should go to sleep du
ring the delivery of his discourse. Condense
and never repeat, and preach twenty to thirty
minutes, and there is very little dai gjr.
Voice and Gesticulation. —Every man-can
not do as he would in this respect ; but pro
per effort will do much. Effort did every
thing for Demosthenes. It is very important
that there be a proper decree of animation and
energy, but- without ranting or fuss. Duiness
is notsa mark of wisdom, nor noise of eloquence.
The manner of delivery may vary with the
subject and the occasion, but all things should
be done with decency and in order and on all
occasions. A steady flow of language always
under control; an energetic but cultivated tone
of voice, which will become easy and natural by
use; and a medinrn share of ■jesticulation; these
make a good sermon very effective. Every
public speaker should cultivate elocution.
The Sermon, more than many speakers snp
pose, depends upon the exordium. Nowell
educated Preacher, and we are not speaking
of, or to any other, should omit the occason of
announcing his text, to show some general
tight upon the context. We take it for grant
ed, that he has studied the Hebrew and Greek
languages. We cannot well divine how a man
can safely be a teacher of the Word of God,
unless he understands the language in which
that word was given to man. For ourselves
we should always like to have the Minister
after reading the text in what is called King
James’ Bible, render it in his own review, for
we know that every passage may be different
ly translated, in form it not in sense. But
this is not all. A great portion of good texts
in both the old and new Tes-aments, are inti
mately connected with Bible geography, or
Biblical archaeology ; or if you please, with
prolane history. Others with the geology of
the world ; and others with cotemporaneous
art and science ; a great many have reference
to the doctrines of moral philosophy, and of
religious belief of the Ancients. He who has
not studied these subjects, must be a blind
teacher ‘St. Paul warned Christians against
the Greek Platonists, and Dr. Wosheim also
thinks he had reference, in one of his epistles,
to the Eastern or Persian School of Philoso
phy. No one will suppose for a moment that
he did not understand what he was writing
about. Again, is it nothing to a Pastor that
Geology is supposed by honest men to cast
doubts upon the Scriptural account of the Ore
ation ? These doubts should be dispelled by
science and reason, if they can be, and we feel
sure that may done. Does he think that his
congregation may never hear of this matter ?
If they do not, they are behind the age, and
need a school master us much as a Priest. But
it will not do to act npon the presumption of
ignorance of the people in this country. Again,
there are a great many sects. There has been
a great diversity of religions opinion and tenet
during the last eighteen centuries. We take
it for granted, that the Minister has a good
knowledge of Ecclesiastical History. May he
not illustrate his text by reference to the his
tory of the Christian Religion ? May he not
speak of the fathers, of their doubts and diffi
culties ? And of the schisms of the first six
or seven centuries, to advantage? Perhaps
some will think this of little importance, when
there is so much dispute as to what Churches
or sects have any lathers. But that pious and
learned men lived and wrote durine: the first
century, is nevertheless true ; and the Church
history of their times, is very instructive, as
well as their writings.
Having given the congregation such gener
al instruction as may be appropriate to the
s ubject matter of the discourse, woof course
must learn the Preacher to proceed in his
own way, subject to the rules we have laid
down—and excepting that, stern morality
should find a place in every Sermon, a place
secured only to evangelical truths. The Pul
pit is too ‘apt to forget the duty man owes to
man- the six last commandments. *Andmany
people think, and we fear some who profess
better things, that if they can only keep clear
of the law of man in their dealings with their
fellow beings, as to God’s law, they will run
the risk and repent, or make it up in some way
before they die.
There is another caution we feel bound to
give : never to preach politics. Our Divine
Master would not answer the only question on
politics ever put to Him. For Christ’s am
bassador to be a political partizan out of the
desk, is bad enough surely, and a sorrowful
sight ; but it is debasing the Pulpit indeed, to
make it a stump for political brawling and hn
rangueing. It is unchristian, unseemly, and
ungentlemanly ! And besides, what man can
keep his mind in a proper mood to receive Di
vine Teachings, when he finds them mixed up
with tirades and philipics, perhaps against his
political creed, friends or parly ? Pulpit pol
itics has the double fault of being siufnl and
disgustingly impolite.
We need not say to the really Christian
Minister, what he always feels and knows, that
in all his efforts, he must remember his great
mission here—showing to man the way of sal
vation and the riches of pardoning grace. In
every Sermon, on ordinary occasions at least,
repentence for sin, and love and obedience to
God, of course, must have a prominent place.
In short, every hearer at the close of the
Sermon, should have been made to feel that
he has been really instructed —that a high
standard of morality is manly, noble and beau
tiful, as well as profitable ; that religion, for
giveness of sin, and real love for God and His
creauires, is lovely and desirable, and will bless
him here and forever, and that it is pleasant to
go tithe House of Worship. B.
For the Empire State.
Show me a young man of merit, and I will
prove to you that his antecedents in his more
youthful days, have been fraught with beauti
ful results, emanating from proper parental
training. The old maxim “as the twig is bent
so the tree is inclined,” is virtually verified
from day to day, in many of the present gen
eration, who. despite the teachings of their fa
thers, throw aside the restraints which morali
ty and religion would throw around them, and
plunge recklessly into scenes that would put
to blush the moral and the examples of intel
ligence and refinement, which abound in every
community
Early impressions are never easily obliterat
ed, in man’s advanced age, the memory of child
hood's hour, remains fresh and green, knowing
no decay, and with these facts before us, in
volving great responsibility, how can we act
otherwise than tc ghy .a proper moulding t->
the mind of one who is to act out results that
will bring with it the glow of pride to the
cheek of the parent, or the tear of sorrow
from a heart whose whole existence was in
volved in the pure character of a son or daugh
ter.
What more beautiful tribute of affection
can be shown by a young mind, chastened by
love and the sensibilities which often arise
from respect to parents, than a deep regard for
the aged ? What more lovely than a dispo
sition to smooth the pathway of one who has
long battled with the storms of life, and now
about to launch his frail bark upon the tem
pestuous sea of death, to feel that in his latter
days, his pathway to the tomb will be hallow
ed by the mellowing influences which youth
sheds around the hopeless as far as this life is
concerned
Obedience to parents is a characteristic in
a young person that will reflect with unlading
lustre upon one’s future prospec s in life, ‘who
so well trusted in the oyery day concerns of
life, wherever much is involved, as the young
man or young lady, who, ever mindful of the
elaiirs which gratitude would teach them, to
show’ to a parent, acts out the golden rule,
“do unto others as we would have them do un
to us.”
Respect for the ordinances of Religion should
be impressed upon the mind of the child from
ohe time of its knowing the difference between
good aud evil, up to maturer years. The dis
regard in youthful persons of the benefits re
sulting from the ordinances and religion of
Christ, all beauty and simplicity in its charac
ter, is unworthy in being the recipients of eve
ry blessing that the hand of Providence can
bestow.
Oh that the mothers of America would re
alize the great responsibility resting upon them
to endeavor to turn the thoughts and feelings
of theif children info a channel which must
complete its couvse only at the realization of
that which will benefit them morally and reli
giously. To the mother we look for that train
ing which will produce good citizens, and patri
ots worthy to uphold the glorious .Republican
Institutions under which we live.
The present age more than ever demands
the-watchful care of the parent, to shield the
young mind from the insidious wiles of a mis
taken philosophy, infidelity, disregard of law
and order, contempt of religion and morals,
and which can be done onl-v by proper, early
trainiug. REFLECTION
Printrr’sProverbs. —Never inquire thou of
an Editor the behold it is his buisness,
at the appointed time, to give it unto thee
without asking. It is not fit that thou shouldst
ask him who is the author of an article, for his
him to keep such things to him
self.
When thou dost enter his office, take heed
unto thyself that thou dost not look, at what
may be laying open; for that is not meet in
the sight of good breeding Neither examine
thou the proof sheet, for it not ready to meet
thiue eye, that thou mayst understand it.
Prefer thine own county to any other,
and subscribe for it immediately. Pay in
advance, and it shall be woll with thee and
thy little ones.
Smith says, tho Anglo Saxon
race Was made fbt* two ; pui'pbshs, viat to
manufacture calico add steid laud.
Meeting in Pike.
Zebulon, Ga , June 2, 1856.
According to notice previously given, a
iarge portion of the Democratic Anti-Know
Nothing Party of the county of Pike, assem
bled this day, in the court-house, at Zebulon.
The Chairman, Hartford Green, Esq., explain
ed briefly and pertinently, the object of the
meeting to be, to take into consideration the
propriety of appointing Delegates to represent
Pike county in the Convention to be held in
Milledgeville, on the 4th of July next, to no
minate Electors for President and Vice Presi
dent. • •
On motion of T. S. M- Bloodworth, Esq., a
committee of 5 were appointed by the Chai-,
jonsisting of T. S. M Bloodworth, James K.
Hulsey, B. M. Milner, Elijah Martin and YV.
H F. Hall, to report matter for the delibera
tion of the meeting.
r l he committee retired, and after being ab
sent a few minutes, reported the following pre
amble and resolutions through their Chairman.
Mr. Bloodworth :
Whereas, we believe that a frequent procla
rnntion of the great principles and policy by
which we desire the General Government to be
administered, to be no less our duty than ne
cessary to our continued prosperity, therefore
Resolved, ‘1 hat we will maintain and defend
to the utmost of our ability, the principles em
bodied in the Kansas Nebraska Act —that ait
being constitutional, and a just and faithful re
cognition of the rights of the respective States
of this Confederacy.
Resolved, That the administration of Presi
dent Pieree both as it concerns our domestic
and foreign relations, has been eminently wise,
impartial and patriotic.
Resolved, That we can but feel and express
a deep sympathy for the efforts now being made
by the gallant Walker and his brave compan
ions to extend over a portion of Cent ral Amer
ica the blessings of free Institutions.
Resolved, That we appoint Delegates to re
present the county o f Pike in the approaching
Convention, to beheld in Milledgeville, on the
4th of July next, for the purpose of nominating
an Electoral College for this State, for Presi
dent and Vice President.
Resolved, ‘! hat we appoint, under the last
resolution, Dr. John T. Banks, I)r. Robert 13.
Garder, William D. Thompson and W. H. F.
Hall.
On motion of Col. 0. C. Gibson, the report
of the committee was received, aud unanimous
ly adopted.
On motion of Judge B. Roberts, the pro
ceedings of the meeting were ordered tb be
published in the Empire State *and Federal
0 nion.
On motion of Dr Banks, the meeting then
adjourned. H. GREEKS’, Chairman.
W. H. F. Hall, Secretary
From the Hamilton Organ.
Mr.'Editor’ —Having been appointed one
of the delegates to represent Harris county in
the Middle Ground Railroad Convention, at
Griffin. I left, our village on the morning of
the 20th inst., in company with one of our fel
low citizens, who was a delegate. ‘f*mack
went the whip, round went the wheels,’and we
were soon upon our winding way over hill and
dale, and mountain vale.
On alighting to walk up the mountain at
Kings Gap, 1 was surprised to find the pass
one of so easy an ascent. I kept looking out
for the mountain, but passed through, and on
ly beheld the frowning peaks towering up at
each side. We soon emerged into a beautiful
undulating country, verdant with the waving
grain, almost, ripe for harvest, while the busy
swain was delving at the respectable occu
pation taught by bis honored ancestors. Cool
breezes fanned our cheeks, and our hearts beat
high within our breasts, for we were on our
mission of public good—to build a Railroad.
After having me sured twelve English miles,
we halted at the White Sulphur Springs and
imbibed freely of the medical waters —left a
benediction lor the font of* Esculapius, and
pushed on our way lejoicing. At noon we
drove into the beautiful little town of Green
ville. and directed Boniface to prepare us re
freshments, of which we partook with avidity,
thanks to the effects of Mr. Marks’ anti dys
peptic fouutain.
We called for our horses and soon spanned
a wide and level space of country until we
came to the beautiful margin of our own Flint
river. A little beyond that, we claimed the
hospitalities of a merry old Franklin, one of
the olden time. After donating upon him a
sufficient pecuniary compensation tor his amia
ble hospitality, we set out by moonshine, to
reaeh the city of Griffin, which we did at a
late hour of the night.
morning after having tasted
the good cheer of our old’ friend Capt Maug
ham, we repaired to the office of the Empire
State, to pay onr respects to Capt. A. A.
Gaulding, the very efficient editor of that ster
ling paper. I never had the pleasure of an
acquaintance with the gentleman, and was
pleased to find hint a fine looking, pleasant, in
telligent man, just reached the meridian of
life. He welcomed me to Griffin with much
cordiality, and desifed me to make his office
ir>y head quarters.
At 11 o’clock, we met at the Town Ilall,
where a large crowd had gathered to witness
our proceedings My friend Col. J. M. Mob-
Icy was chosen President of the Conven
tion. lie made a handsome, appropriate
speech on taking the Chair. The ehiet busi
ness of the morning was that of appointing
the respective committees to report business
for the deliberation of the afternoqn session.—
At half past twelve we re-assembled, and the
committee presented a set of resolutions, which
wero passed with unanimity. As the whole
proceedings will be published in the Griffin pa
pers and copied in yours, Mr. Editor, I will
not; encroach upon your columns by insertiug
the purport of the resolutions from memory.
Col. h T. Doyle, from McDonough, made a
fine speech, in which the subject of the ‘Middle
Grouud Railroad was ably discussed. Rev.
W. Moselv was next called for, and entertain
ed the auditory with many able arguments in
favor of the Road. Capt. GauldiUg made
some pertineut remarks, calling for action— |
immediate action He said he wanted, to see
men take hold of the project, hold fast and
ft f)ol^r ( ce.
never let go. If all the men along the line
were as deeply enlisted as the CapUin, the
Road would soon be built. Several other gen
leraen made fine speeches, much to the points
among whom Was Mr. J. W. White df Kan
sas.
The President of the meeting them closed
with an eloquent appeal to the delegates to
persevere in their laudable purpose, of .building
the Hoad. He said he was emphatically
Railroad man, atid was wiling to'ekerl himself
in promoting its construction The riieeting
adjourned, ‘midst the greeting of the Urifiu
Brass Band, which favored us with a favorite
piece. ,
I am much pleased with Griffin, arid trust
that Columbus, which was not represented m
the Convention, may do as well by the road as
Griffin is about to do. Como Capt. Lomax;
yon are a man of public spirit, and you. Maj,
Flournoy, what say you for the Middle Ground
Railroad ? What are you willing to say for
Muscogee ? Your .cdlurnris have BeeiV sitedt
upon the subject. You are not used to pass
things by in silence which demand at least a
passing tribute.
I have already encroached lipon your space’
Maj. White, and trust that you may favor ns
with an editorial ih ybur next issue, as we Were
pleased to recognize your fatriili&r countenance
in the Convention, as an honorable (fefegaite
from our county of Harris.
You shall hear from me again soon - , I am a
Railroad man,.arid am in fbi; the fight, unless
our county backs out from the pledgee I made
in the convention viz: that Harris would piaffe’
the Road through, her limits. If she backs
out, then, like Col Hoyle', 1 ani out. Blit Har
ris will not back out.
YonrS. VALERIUS,
Hamilton, May 28, 1856.
fiesurrectitiii Power".
In its account of the recent Spring Exhibi
tion of the Brooklyn Horticultural Society,
the New Yolk Tribune says:
‘We must notice the one very remarkable
Curiosity know’h as the R esnrrection Tffower,
or father plant, resembles in its nominal State,
a dried poppy head, with the stem attached.’
On being Immersed a moment br tivo fti a glass
of water, and set upright in a few moments the
upper petals began to burst open gradually,
yet visibly to the eye; they continued to ex
pand until, throwing themselves back fri equi
distant ohler, there was presented a Beautiful
radiated starry flower, somewhat resembling
both the passion flower and the suiy flower,
and yet more splendid than eith'er. The un
folding stiil continued until the petals bent
backward over what might be termed the base
of the flower; presenting ih bold relief in its
‘centre its rosette of the most exquisite fokm and
ornamentation, and thus assuming anew charm
entirely eclipsing what a moment before seem
ed its absolute perfection. After remaining
open an hour of more, Ute mbistiire gradu
ally dissipates itsb!f, and the fibres of The Row
er contract as gradually as they expanded, and
it resumes its original appearance,, reh'dy to be
unfolded again by the same simple process—
the number of the times seeming to be only
limited by the will of the possessor.
Ur Dick, who brbugfit this specimen from
Egypt, suggests that the flower is a native of
the Holy Land, and is a type or Variety of the
long lost Rose of Jericho, called also the rose
of Sharon, and the Star of Bethlehem, and
brightly venerated for its rarity and peculiar
properties by the pilgrim and Crusaders, and
eagerly sought after by them as a priceless
emblem of their zeal and pilgrimage, and worn
on their escutcheon ih a simhlar riianhef as the
fcollopshell and palm branch, ‘i his idea is
strengthened by the fact that fesemblences of
the flower, both opened and closed, afe sculp
tured upon the tombs of two of the brusaders
buried in the Temple Church of London, and
also in the Cathedrals of BayCrix and Rouen
in Normandy, where some of the most illustri
ous Crusaders are interred. Its botanical po
sition is difficult to assign, ns it presents some
peculiarities of the highest and lowest classes.
The opinion most sanctioned is; that the flow
er is pericarp, or seed vessel of the plant;
that it grows in desert or sandy places, and
falls in due course of existence froth the parent
stem* Retaining its seed in an arid soil and
atmosphere, it is for months arid yeavs waited
by the winds, but from lack Os fhbisture keep
ing closed. Eventually it falls fipon some damp
spot, near some well or oasis, when it deposits
its seeds, and thus by a most exquiste adap
tion of means to an end, exhibited in this beau
tiful phenomirion of nature, the work of repro
duction is coflrincuced and concluded
TWO M<£N KILLED IK CAHAWBA. ALABAMA.—
Telegraphic dispathes were received in this
city 1 nst week, giving the melancholy intelli
gence that two citizens of Cahawba had been
shot dead in the streets of that place, ©nFribar
evening last. No paVticula'rs, however have
been received, that we ktfoW of, and the follow
ing from the Selma lleportcr is all we have on
the subject: ,
“A difficulty occurred in Cahawba on Inst
Friday evening, itr Which John R. Bell and
his two sous John A. and Charles and Drs.
Troy, and Hunter arid Judge Bird were
engaged.—John R. find John A- Bell were
both instantly kilted by Judge Bird and lft\
Hunter; Dr Troy was slightly injured on the’
arm by a stick in the bauds of John A. Bell.*
A legal investigation! was had on Saturday,•
but up to going to press, we had not heard’
the decision of the Court.”
Boys ntYoCld Learn a Trade.—st/ Panr
was a mechanic; a maker of tents He waif
not; only a thorough workman, but a thordijgH’
scholar, a master not only of his rihtive He-’
brew but of other languages. It Was the cus
tom among the Jews to have their sons tabghfc
some trade a eustom not cdhfined to’this. pool*
classes, but also practised by the wealthy.—
The custom was a wise one, and it were Well if
the fathers of the present day would 1 train all
their children’ to some useful employment, by
which, in their means* of support from
other sources should fait; they may get a com
fortable livelihood.
Wli’y is a man who gets knocked down
at an election like the world we inhabit? Be
cause he’s flattened at the polls
No. 7.