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C|c Empire ,§Me.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
Wednesday Nov. §, 1556.
JB3TR G BYARS is our “authorized Agent for the county
ofßutts. •©&
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The Election.
Tne great political battle of 1856, has been
fought and the victory won r Upon whose banner
victory perches, is yet a matter of conjecture In
a few days the smoke will have vanished from the
field of conflict, and that which is still in doubt,
will have become a certainty. “We have no fear
ful forebodings of the intelligence : we shall daily
expect to receive by mail and telegraph, until the
actual result is known. Our confidence in the in
telligence and patriotism of the great body of the
American people, still remains unshaken, and we
entertain no doubt but that Mr. Buchanan is elect
ed. The Democratic Party has passed through
many perils, and has suffered occasional defeats, by
permitting itself drawn off by collateral issues,
from the great principles which have from its very
organization been the basis of its action. It is
only when its opponents refuse to meet it upon
great national questions, that its success is in jeop
ardy. Such, however, has not been the case in the
late contest. Important issues, involving the ve
ry existence of the Government, have been the
grounds of contention in the past campaign.—
Hence we feel confident that the decision of the
great national inquest has been favorable to the
Democracy. It was predicted by the enemies of
Republican Institutions, at the formation of our
Government, that it would not long survive the
shocks of popular excitements, occasioned by our
Presidential elections. And indeed some of the
purest patriots of our Revolution, in order to avoid
danger from this cause, proposed to elect our Pres
idents for life. But all these predictions and fears
have been proven to be without foundation, and
though the public mind in our Presidential cam
paigns is often wrought up to a high state of ex
citement, yet when the occasion which produced
it had passed away, public feeling has quieted
down to its accustomed tranquility. That such
will be the case now, we sincerely hope. If, how
ever, contrary to our belief, the sectional candidate
has been elected, we have fearful apprehensions of
the consequences likely to follow. It will be a
matter of great difficulty to bring the Southern
Teoplc to acquiesce in the election of John C.
Fremont. It will indicate such a feeling of deep !
and determined hostility on the part of the North
against the people of the South, as to leave but lit
tle grounds of hope. With a Democratic Senate
and House of Representatives, however, our ship
of State may be able to weather the storm, and
ride safely through a four year's administration.—
It behooves us at least, to await coming events —
act with coolness and deliberation, and be prepar
ed to meet every encroachment upon the rights of
our section of the Union with unflinching firmness
and inflexible determination,
Wc shall probably be able in our next, to fur
nish-our readers with such intelligence as will ena
ble them to determine the result of the election.
What think yon of this ?
The article which we insert below, appeared
in the “Oxford Democrat,” an Abolition paper,
published in Paris, Maine, a few days since. tVe
lay it before our readers for the purpose of show
ing the spirit which animates the Fremont Black
Republicans, as well as the great injustice which
many of the Fillmore Presses and orators, in the
South, have done Gen. Pierce and the Democratic
Party in reference to the Kansas and Nebraska Bill.
This measure has been denounced as a cheat and a
swindle, by many of the Filmoreitcs, in Georgia,
and they justified themselves in the act by refer
ence to Mr. Fillmore’s Pandora’s box. We have
believed and contended through the whole canvass,
that the Kansas and Nebraska bill, was intended
to do justice to the South, and restore her to that
equality in the Union of which she had been un
justly deprived by the compromise of 1820. How
the Southern enemies of Kansas will relish the com
panionship of such co-laborers as the Oxford De
mocrat, in the war that is to be continued in case
Fremont is not elected, we are at a loss to deter
mine. It is, however, to be hoped, that now the
election is over, they will change their tactics, and
take sides with the Northern and Southern friends
of Kansas, in opposition to its enemies, whether
they be Fillmoreites or Frcmonters.
Kansas Affairs. —ln our next issue, we intend
to briefly look over affairs in Kansas. Although
Shannon was a drunken, unprincipled tool of the
slave power, yet his removal and the appointment
of Geary has produced no change favorable to the
free State men. Geary has the same object in
view, that has been prominent with the border ruf
fian Democracy ever since the repeal of the Missou
ri Compromise—to force slavery into Kansas, and
ultimately make it a slave .State. For this he is
laboring, and is backed by the whole power of the
Administration, and the pro-slavery Democracy.
If Kansas is made a.slave State, we -ire now sat
isfied it can only be done by carrying on the civil
tear now-raging in that Territory. If Buchanan
is elected, that will undoubtedly be the programme
—but border ruffian Democracy will in that event
find a different entertaintmeut than the one to
which they are now invited.
( Ihe free State men in the Stales have seen this
Government butchery curried on in Kansas about
as long as they will, peaceably. If fight is the
word, two can play at that game. Ikit, border ruf
fians remember that vengeance, though long delay
ed, will come. If after the Presidential election
is over, they choose to invade the peaceable set
tlers of Kansas, the freemen of the North will in
vite them to “hospitable graves.,’ If (he Bnclian
ters are determined that the great question ot liber
ty or slavery in this country shall be, settled by a
civil war with Kansas, let it come. Yes, every
man, who has the soul of a man in him, will defi
antly exclaim,
“Come on Sf cDnft',
And damned be he who fir^tcries
Hold, enough.”
Chinese Sugar Cane.
Mr. J. D. Sherrill is the agent in this place for
felling the seed of the aboyq named article, pro
duced by Mr. Richard Peters, of Atlanta. Mr. S.
has on hand not only a quantity of the seed, but
also specimens of the cane, and of the syrup made
therefrom. Mr. Peters has made an experiment
with this plant during the present year, which is
highly satisfactory, and demonstrates that it. can
be .profitably cultivated in Upper and Middle
Georgia. We advise our readers to give it a tri
al, in a small way at least, and if it proves to be
what Mr. P. thinks it is, it will be, great and val
uable addition to the agricultural productiops of
our country.
Tlie Grand Lodge of Georgia, F. A. M.
The Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge
of Georgia, Free and Accepted Masons, convened,
in the city of Macon, in conformity to the provi
sions of the Grand Constitution, on Tuesday, he
28th of October, uU Nearly every Lodge in the
State, now numbering over two hundred, was re
presented by its Presiding Officer, or his lawful
proxy. Its deliberations were characterised by
that “peace and harmony” which are the main sup
port of the J nstitution. The new Constitution
passed at the last Annual Communication, was
again passed at this, and is now the law of the
Fraternity in this jurisdiction. It was truly grat
ifying to see the unanimity which ultimately pre
vailed in passing this measure, deemed of so much
importance to the Craft. Many of the provisions
of the new Constitution were objectionable to
some, but these objections were generally yielded,
and a willingness to submit the matter to the test
of experience prevailed. The Report of the Board
of Trustees of the Southern Masonic Female Col
lege, at Covington, exhibited that Institution in a
highly prosperous condition, and rapidly growing
in usefulness, and in the esteem and confidence of
the Brotherhood. A proposition was made to
raise by voluntary contributions, thirty thousand
dollars, to be called the “Dawson Fund,” for the
education of indigent orphan children. This pro
position was very promptly responded to by the
Brethren present, and several thousand dollars sub
scribed upon the spot, of which several contributed
one thousand dollars each. We have no doubt the
amount can -be raised, by proper effort, during the
ensuing Masonic Year. The Grand Lodge of
Georgia thus appears to be advancing in its en
deavors to inaugurate an enlarged system of char
itable education. It already-possesses a fund of
some fourteen thousand dollars, the greater part of
the interest of which is applied annually to the
support and education of the daughters of indigent
Brethren at the Masonic Female College. ShonU
the contemplated fund of thirty thousand dollars
be raised, the amount arising from the interest of
both funds, will be sufficient to accomplish mud
in improving the condition of the children of our
deceased Brethren, and carrying comfort and hope
and consolation to many a helpless orphan The
following is a list of the Officers for the ensuing
Masonic Year :
AY. S Rockwell, G. M.
S. Holt, D. G. M. Ist District.
A. A. Gaulding, “ 2d “
S. Lawrence, “ 3d “
J>. E. Butler, “ 4t‘h ,
L. C. Simpson, S. G. W.
R. T. Turner, J. G. W.
J. E. Wells, G. Treas.
S. Rose, G. See.
W. A. Love, S. G. Deacon.
R. M. Smith, J. G. Deacon
D. S. Harrison, G. Steward
A. S. Borders. “
W. AY. Bovd,
Robt. B. Young, G. Pursuivant.
James A r . Grier, G. Tyler.
LitcSi !
These printers sometimes fire lucky fellow 7
Judge C. AY. C. AYright, a few days ago, present
ed us with anew Breast Pin, with the likeness of
the next President (.Tames Buchanan,) beautifully
inserted in it. The likeness is'a good one, and we
feel proud in wearing it for the sake of the name
it bears. It is truly a Buchanan Pin. He has a
few more left of the same sort. Go purchase one.
lie also has the most beautiful assortment of Jew
elry we Lave seen in this market, consisting of fine
gold and silver AYatcbes, various styles & patterns,
fob, guard and breast chains, Breast Pins, finger
rings, &c. Besides, he soils cheaper than any bo
dy else. If yon want anything in the Jewelry line,
Wright’s is the place to get good and cheap bar
gains. lie is a judge of such articles, and you
may rely on what he tells you. The Judge is a
clever fellow. Try him. Hurrah for Buck and
Breck ! The dye is now cast, and we hope soon to
hear of his triumphant success. *
The City of Macon.
Our. sister city has foften been complimented
with the honorable appellation of the “Queen City
of the South” In our recent visit, we felt very
much inclined to yield to her the title, which has
for many years been voluntarily conceded to her
by others. Since our last sojourn in that place,
which has been twelve months since, great im
provements have been made in her buildings. She
has been the victim ofseveral disastrous fires with
in the past year, but nothing daunted or discour
aged, her people seem to have beenjnspired with
new energies, and she has, Phoenix like, arisen
from her ashes, replnmed with more durable and
brilliant decorations than those she before display
ed. Wc noticed some eight or ten large and mag
nificent structures, built of brick, which have been
erected during the past Spring and Summer. Tis
true, she looks considerably disfigured by the late
conflagration which laid in ruins much valuable
property; but we saw preparations already being
made to commence rebuilding “the waste places,”
and we expect at our next annual visitation, should
our life be spared to makc.it, to find Macon more
than herself again- They have three fine Hotels
in the city, with ample accommodations for visi
tors, all kept by kind and accommodating Land
lords. Also two Colleges—the Southern Botanic
Medical College and the Weslvan Female College,
both in n highly prosperous condition. There are
likewise three large Printing Offices, all enjoying
a liberal patronage and doing a paying business
Onr engagements'did notallow ns to visit blit, one
of these, the “Georgia Citizen,” conducted by I)r.
L.’.F# W. Andrews. By him we were kindly re
ceivcd and politely shown through the establish
ment. Besides the extensive Newspaper office, he
has the best Job Office, we presume, in this,State.
There arc many other objects of attraction in Ma
con which are interesting to a land lubber like our
self, but we forbear to particularize, further, for
- fear of showing our “greenness” too plainly We
! have known Macon For upwards of thirty years ;
wc have known her when her cotton trade was
double what it is notv, andupon which her wealth
tlien mainly depended, and now when she has lost.,
half that trade, she is even ru.ore flourishing than
at that time. This is so be attributed to her great
ly increased Railroad facilities, which, while <i<>
priying her of her cotton trade, has at. the sana
time been opening to her new of business
aud wealth. Wc wish our friends in Macon a con
tinuance of their good fortue, and that they may
have a long respite from those calamities which
have heretofore fallen bo heavily upon them.
ftaT'At the late State Fair held in Raleigh,
North Carolina, a lump of solid gold, from the
Portis Mines, was exhibited by T. K. Thomas,
of Lewjsbnrg, North Carolina. It was valued
at S6OO.
Dry Weal her.
The present year has been one of many very re
markable meteorological phenomena, all severely
disastrous to the interests of agriculture. The
Winter was excessively cold, killing ranch of the
>mai! grain crop, and leaving the stands so thin as
texproduee almost a failure of that crop. Besides
this, ii caused almost the entire destruction of the
.seed oi sweet potatoes, and occasioned a re-’
duction in this section ot the quantity of that crop,
usually a very important one About five months
ago, the drouth set in, and since that time there
has been no general rain to wet the earth, except
the storm of 31st August. This has occasioned a
great diminution in the corn and cotton crops, so
much so as to produce great scarcity, and high
prices in bread stuffs. To aggravate these calam
ities, the worm, in many localities, perpetrated
great ravages on fodder, grass and pea-vines, there
by greatly diminishing those crops and rendering
the fall pastures, in a great measure, valueless.—
Frost, too. made its appearance several weeks ear
lier than usual, to the serious damage of peas and
cotton, planted on low lands, on which the best
of those crops were growing. The weather still
continues dry—the clouds, when overspreading the
sky, seem to be destitute of the humid matter which
usually descends in showers of rain to water the
earth, and everything continues as dry as a pow
der house. AYhat will be the end of these things,
no human mind can foretell. AYe can only bow
in humble submission to that omnipotent power
“who does all things well.”
Tlie Sure Road to Fame and Fortune.
We take it to be a demonstrable fact that no
discovery or invention worth advertising at all can
be advertised too extensively. The man whose
mental vision is darkened by miserly instincts,
whose soul lies in his breeches pocket, cannot un
derstand thU ; and if such an one in liis mole-like
grnp . should chance upon some new and use
ful 1 i ‘■■■■■■ would be afraid to take the sure road
to •-eiclr sy, which lies through the'columns of the
pr st he should be ruined by the tolls. AYhat
a dues the brilliant and beneficial career
•Tvway present to. the blind stupidity
man. Having perfected, after many
years of laborious research . aud experiment, two
renwU which he knew, with positive certainty,
<< rc absolute specifics for nearly every internal
and (.Of.-! a: malady incident to Humanity, he de
le-mincbat once to give Ahem-a wider- publicity
■than any other medicine had ever attained. HiS
ihcUv ts. was noble and benevolent. He felt that
ho so■s'-r-.d the power of mitigating sufferingtmd
wag-; £ so • •ssiul war with diseases heretofore un
to; -v: . -vid like a good champion, lie fear
i*v v lists llad he been moved by
avm.ioc .-nsu.ad ;’ philanthropy, he could not have
v ;■ or shorter path to wealth. Theplan
’ wising F mirations, which actually accom
v s au.,l ha: empiricism had--.-ver promised, or
•jVtlibclciy attempted, of course proved
Si br< muner&tivc He flooded every Nation with
advr rtiv’ment's, he pervaded the whole world
■yhh his .ciues, aud the world repaid him with
a shower ol gold. VYe verily believe that there
is iw possible means of disseminating information
a. *- in ah that he has not adopted in giving no
t .r, y.U his Pills and Ointment
iue Hon. Mablon Dickenson, of New Jersey,
once satirically likened the poles to big flagstaff's,
ami we hate little doubt that if they were flag
staffs. Holloway wonld contrive to have a bit ol
bunting 1 nailed to each with his name and address
inseri bed upon it. In fact, such is the enterprise
arm irrepressible energy of the man, that wc should
scarcely be surprised to hear of the virtues of his
medicines,being inscribed og the desert sands of
miu Africa, or traced in the eternal snow that caps
the peaks of the Andes His central office for this
Hemisphere (he maps out his advertising ground
by Hemisphere;;,) 80 Maiden Lane, has only been
established about two years, and yet probably there
are not five hundred adults out of our population
of thirty millions who have not heard of Hollo
way’s Fills and Ointment. Be this as it may, it is
a statistical fact, verified by the books of the es
tablishment, that more than half a million of per
sons have wdthin that time purchased the prepara
tions at the New York Office, and its country agen
cies. Could the amount of good they have effected
ifi that period, in the United States alone, be com
puted and placed on record, it.would of itselfform
one of the proudest monuments of success to which
zealous philanthropy on the one hand, and popular
appreciation on the other, have ever contributed.
— N. Y. Day Book.
The bpeaiußig in Griffin.
Agreeably to a previous notice, a large num
ber of the citizens of Griffin and the surround
ing country, assembled at about half past seven
o’clock, Thursday evening last, in the Court
House. Judge Crittenden being called to the
chair, and D N. Martin, having been re
quested to act as secretary, Col. 0. A. Loch
rane, of Bibb, then being introduced,addressed
the assembly for two hours and a half in a man-,
ner which was at once pleasing in its eloquence,
inspiring in its patriotism and convincing in its
logic.* There was a variety about this effort
which made it peculiarly interesting and instruc
ting. His eulogy upon “the Father of his
country” was of a beauty and grandeur, like
the monument to that sacred memory and fame,
“broad as the Union and high as the stars of
Heaven.” At one time it was like the scatter
ing of roses upon the evening zephyrs—at an
other he was marching into the midst of the en
emy and burling them iu dismay upon every
hand —and at another driving like a thunder
bolt through the darkness and mists of error iu
w hich uie opposition had enveloped themselves.
WAh a familiarity with the politics and “po
iiUcal. history of the country, a zeal burning
vvi-tL patriotic emotion, a rare eloquence render
ed musical with a “rich, Irsh brogue” and a
spKunoßS m the tact iu which he gives zest to
the wuoie by the occasional introduction of an
anecdote, lie may be said indeed to be an ora
tor of no ordinary powers. This approximation
to eulogy may not be considered appropriate
in the matter-of-fact narative of a secretary,
but none could do justice to the orator and the
effort, and say less. His argument was good,
excellent, fine-his wit though pleasant, is sharp
and exterminating tojiis foes, his declamation
grand and overpowering—an effort like the
landscape having all the variety ■of scenery
‘necessary to make it beautiful, bold and im
posing- . WM. CRIITTENDJ2N^Ch’m.
D. Is . Martin, Sec’tv.
Horrible Tragedy.— At Ballinrobe, in Gal
way, Ireland, the wife of a farmer named Ma-
Grath, left her two little children while she
went to bring a kittle of hot water to scald
the churn she was about to use for making but
ter. The eldest child meantime forced the ba
by into the churn, and the mother unwittingly
scalded it to death. Rendered frantic by the
discovery, she threw a stool at the other child
which killed it and then drowned herself.
Hair Restorative.
\v e are pleased to bo able to record the satisfac
tion of our patrons, after tbe.tria! of an article
advertised in our columns. We have the satisfac.
tion to know several of our readers who have used
Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative, and pronounced
it to be just what the advertisement says it is Wo
have several personal acquaintances, too, who were
grey-headed—they have tried it, and now their hair
is restored to its original color, and they willingly
add their testimony to its efficacy, and will give
further information to others desiring it. This
speaks well for the article, and we advise all who
do not wish to appear giey-headed to use AVood’s
Hair Restorative. — Western Patriot.
Depopulation of Ireland—
Mysterious Lajvs.
The Commissioners appointed to take the
census of Ireland in ISSI, have just made their
final report. They give, not only a minute ac
count of the famine of 1846-1, but tables of
all the great reasons of scarcity and pestilence,
since tire historical age of the world began.—
The total mortality, from fever in Ireland, be
tween the end of 1846 and 1849, is estimated,
in the report, at a million and a half The de
cline in population, between 1841 and 1851,
as actually determined by the census taker,
1,622,739, a decrease of 19-S5 per cent., this
falling off, the committee computes, Ims contin
ued, making the decline, at the close of 1855,
not less than 2,097,841, or one-fourth of the
whole population as it stood in 1841. Even
this, however, docs not represent the full de
crease, for, if the famine had not set in, the
population would have increased in its old ratio;
and if it had increased in its old ratio, the ex
isting population would have been, in 1851, 2,-
466,414 more than it was; aud of course, by
this time, it would have been proportionately
greater. If the potato disease had not appear-,
ed, neither famine nor pestilence would have
followed, nor even emigration, at least to the
extent it did; and the inhabitants of Ireland,
in that event, would have propably numbered,
to-day, three millions more than they do.
‘Tire’ report reveals to a greater extent than
any document yet published, the social and ;
economical changes which have taken place in j
Ireland within the last ten years. These changes
in fact, amount to a revolution. The Reign of\
Terror in France hardly worked more radical
alterations in the distribution of land, the shift
ing oi population, aud the character of agricul
ture, than the Irish potato-rot of 1846. No
less than 247,131 cabins have been destroyed
in Ireland as a coasequece of the famine. In
their place, however, 86,128 dwellings of a bet
ter kind, chiefly farm houses, have been built;
so that, notwithstanding;Hie extirpation of so
many roofs, the people ale . said to be better
lodged than formerly. Another striking change
in the number of persons engaged in agricul
ture. These have fallen off twenty-four per
cent. Yet, in the place of this, there have
been more than one million seven hundred t hou
sand acres of additonal land brought under
cultivation. Cereal grains, also, are more gen
erally cultivated. Wages have considerably
increased. On the whole, the more thorough
system of farming which has been introduced
as a consequence of so large a portion of the
soil changing hands, and the substitution
of improved agricultural machines for rude and
unskilled labor, appears to have benefitted ell
The famine of 1846 is another illustration
that nature works by great and often mysteri
ous laws, which, not unfrequently, when they
seemed crudest, and most to be deplored,- arc
really bringing fourth good. Terrible as the
potato rot was at the time, its remote effects,
have proved beneficial to Ireland: while it was
not without service, indirectly, to the United
States, by producing that enormous emigration
which has added so much to our population
and industry, and therefore to our wealth.—
The wisest of men continually fail to see these
laws. Another illustration forces itself on our
notice as we write. It is within the memory
of most of our readers, that a large and influen
tial party, in this country, not only opposed
the war with Mexico, but was hostile to the
acquisition of the territory it brought; and even
so able a man as Mr. Webster declared, after
California was annexed, that it was wholly
worthless. Yet it is now plain, that if Califor
nia had never become ours, its gold mines would
still have been undiscovered; and if they had
remained unknown, so would those of Austra
lia. In that event, the increase of the world’s
currency, and the consequent developement
of industry, which has done so much, in the
last eight years, for the operative as against
the capitalist, would have been indefinitely
postponed. Few saw it in 1848, not even
those who desired California, but the Avar with
Mexico, in this indirect way, has worked mira
cles in elevating the masses.-[Ex.
Life of Fremoist.
Compiled from the Authentic Source.
1812—Born in Charleston, and bearing ol‘
the war with England, immediately taken to
arms; enrolls in the infantry.
I 1813—Tears a cap, resembling the British
flag, from his nurse’s head; arrival of his moth
er to his aid; final triumph of the young Know
Nothing.
1814— Conquers his aunt in a grand bat
tle.
1815- his grandmother.
1816 - Discovers the source of his nurse’s lag
er bear.
1817— Explores his grandmother’s jars and i
preserve cupboard !
1818- up liis uncle’s apple tree.
1842-Climbs the Rocky Mountains.
1841-Captures a woolly horse.
1845- forms ‘Othello’ to Benton’s Braban- j
tio.’
1846- a horse, assisted by Raymond, ‘
Greely and Bonnet; Live Oak George too sick j
to relish it.
18^6-Sets out on an expedition to explore j
the White House, at the head of a lot of nig-!
gers.
1857-Not being heard of afterwards, sub
scription raised to send out Kane on an explor
ing expedition.
1900-Fpssil remains found in Pennsylvania
avenue-supposed to be the mortal relics of Fre
mont, Bennett, Greely and R aymond—part of j
a Tribune for 1856, found sticking in Raymond’s
escophagns;-[Ex.
A Big Fish. —'The Memphis Eagle of the |
11th ult.., has the following :
“It is said that Capt. Albert Pike, of Ark.,!
rec ently gained a suit at law for which he gets
the comfortable fee of $160,000. The case i
was an Indian claim to the value of $320,000,;
which he has been prosecuting for several years j
upon an agreement that if he gained the suit,
he would be entitled to one half, if not, noth- j
ing. The suit was lately decided by the Uni
ted States Supreme Court at Washington in j
favor of his clients.”
High Handed Outrage in Utah.
The band of licentious cut-throats and trai
torous viihans which, like a festering sore, had
been contaminating the air and breeding disor
ders in Utah for. years past, gathering boldness
from the uncheeked license it lias enjoyed, is
perpetrating. high-handed outrages, not only
against private citizens, but the officials of the
United States Government. Young and salli
ties have actually bullied the Pierce adminis
tration, and the latter has not had the manli
ness and courage to raise a finger to chastise
the insolence of the audacious tyrants of
the Mahommedan harems of Salt Lake ! They
maintain to-day a position of defiance towards
the government of the Country ! The follow
ing extracts from a letter in the National In
telligencer, dated Independence, Oct. 2, will lie
read with interest:
The mail from Salt Lake arrived in this city
on the evening of the 29th, bringing interest
ing and important news from Salt Lake and
tjie Plains. Brigham Young has of late been
making some important prophecies-—among
others, that if Utah is not admitted into the
Union they would set up an independent gov
ernment, and that tin.’ Lord will protect them
in it. They have been emboldened to this by
the news which was received there from the
States respecting the Kansas difficulties, which
coming as it did very much exaggerated, led
them to believe that the dissolution of the Un
ion was at hand.
On the 4th of August an attempt avas made
by four noted members, of the ‘Danite Band’
to assassinate. Mr. Joseph Troskolowski, a
United States deputy surveyor. Mr T. was
quietly walking alone about dusk on the prin
cipal street of Salt Lake City, when tAvo of the
ruffians stopped up behind him and knocked
him senseless with the But of a loaded horse-
Avhip; all four then stamped upon . and kicked j
aud beat, him with their whips. Messrs Hoop- j
er and Williams, hearing a cry in the street, J
ran out to see Avhat it was, and arrived barely j
in time to save Mr. T’s life, at the risk of their
own, for the villains drew their knives upon
them, but were prevented from using them by
other persons Avho by this time had reachcdjthe
spot. Mr. T’s life was despaired of for several
days, but he is now sioAvly recovering. No
reason war assigned for this outrage, nor was
there any thing done by the authorities to ar
rest the offenders. On the contrary, they pa
raded the city the next day threatening to serve
other United States officers who are at present
there in the same manner; and on the follow
ing Sunday the two counsellors of Brigham
Young rebuked the people for having exhibit
ed sympathy for Mr TANARUS., and declared that the
•‘Danite” brethren Avere right in annihilating
the ‘gentiles.’
Brigham is fortifying himself, as he hasuear
jly completed a stone Avail twenty feet high
arcuucl ins house and harem.
; The. letter then give's an account of thousands
; who were wending their way over the plains to
thm abode of devils, and who presented a most
pitiable sight,-ragged-, their feet blistered, aged
men ana women and little children, gaunt, hag
gard and nearly starved, lured on by one of the
most atrocious schemes of deception and pro
fligacy that ever imposed upon the credulity of
the ignorant, is there no way to prevent the
poor ova': s from becoming a prey to this gross
imposUiro, and, the numberless ills it is sure to
inflie upon them ?— JY O Bulletin.
K'VivW ‘■•••ate of Affairs ia Africa.
Tim ■- .n Teaehmnn, a member of the
“L-mdon Wesleyan Mission,” lias recent
ly returned from a visit to Africa, and in
a. sketch of the negroes inhabiting the Gold
i ,oast r nd tis vicinhy, which avc find in the
lluiio u... Religiuus Journal, he furnishes a
picture exceeding in horrors any thing we had
yet believed ot beings wearing the human form.
W ho can read without a shudder of such bloody
deeds and Pandemonium customs as those
which lie records :
“Scarce has one of their bloody customs
bc.en abandoned since they first became known
to Europeans ! hey will even pave their
court-yards, palaces, and even the streets or
market j laces of their villages or towns, with
the skulls of those butchered in the-wars, at
feasts, funerals, or as sacrifices to BoSittm.—
When Adahauscn died, 280 of his wives were
butchered before the arrival of his successor,
which put a stop to it, only to increase the
flow of blood, and the number of deaths in
other ways. The remaining living wives were
buried alive, amid dancing, singing and be
wailing, the noise of muskets, horns, drums,
veils, groans and screeches. The victims were
marched along with large knives passed thro 5
their checks. The executioners struggle for
the bloody office, whi lc the victims look on and
endure with apathy.
Upon the death of the King’s brother, four
thousand lives were thus sacrificed. Upon the
death of a King of Ashantec, a general mas
sacre takes place, and there can loe no compu
tation of me number of victims. At their
Yam Customs, Mr. Bowditch (another Eng
lishman,) witnes; ed a horrible sight. Every
eabocer, ur noble, sacrificed a slave as he en
tered the gate Heads and skulls formed the
ornaments in their possession, ‘l'he blood of
the victims is collected and quaffed as a deli
cious beverage. 1 lie King of Dahomey paves
the approaches to his palace and the battle
ments of his castles, with the skulls of his vie
tims, and the great Feicfoc tree, at Bod grn, i
has its wii.o spread branches laden with human
carcasses and limbs.”
Fivni suclj awful scenes as these, the negro
lms been removed lo a country which, accord
ing to the admission of the bitterest foes of the
slaveholding system’ he may ’< fteif approach
the piety and imeiiigence of “Uncle Tom.”—
Purely this is a very broad stride fivm his
original state of bloody barbarity, and, with
W!S-‘ measures and t he prevalence of those mo
<h rate counsels which always takes what has
nc as well as what is. to be effected in
to ‘view, what may we not. hope for “Uncle
Tom,” as the years move on in their steady
course’ V Home was not built m a day’. We
cannot expect to raise the ignorant Cuffee ot a
Carolina citton-iield into a being adapted for
so; inf equality with the white s by the violent
blow of immediate emancipation Lotus la
bor for the advancement of all humanity, and
sti.l true progress comp: Is us to ‘bide our
time.” — ikil. Ere. Jour.
II . els Vs Brains. —The London Morning
Chronica- s<*y s :
j “n ime ihattfer of English Pensions, we find -
j that v.( fortunato dancing master, who was
| probably well paid for the highly important
service of teaching her most gracious Majesty
to op, skip and jump, is put on a par with
Adams, the discoverer of the planet Neptune.”
When ver heels come in conflict with brains,
ihe tatter stands but a poor chance. Occa
sionally one may be so lucky as to “put mo
ney in his purse” by the use of his brains, but
it is only the exception to the rule. Better j
1 depend on heels.— Erchonge.
PEN AND SCISSPRINGS
Fire at LaGrange.
A few minutes before 12 o’clock last night,
a fire avas discovered in the millinery establsli
ment of Mrs. Witham, over the bar room of
C C Nimitz, and before any assistance could be
had the roof of the building, including the store
of Mr J J Jacobc, the Daguerrean Room of
Mr. P Prophit, and lmll known aa*the Concert
Hall, was enveloped in flames. It then extend
ed from building to building until the whole of
the Avcst side of the public square avas consum
ed by the devouring- element.
We arc unable to give the amount of the loss
but it cannot be less than fifty thousanq dollars.
The number of buildings consumed were seven
including the-stores of J J J acobe, Whitfield A
Reid, Lane & Kidd, Myers A Cos. J S & W P
Herring, J X Turner & Cos., and I)r. N N
Smith’s office and flic residence of Mr J J Ja
cobo. The residence of Mr Pike Avas blown up
in order to arrest the flames.
Most of the goods were saved in a damaged
state, and some were insured.
Dr N X Smith received a serious personal
injury by the explosion of a house. Mr P
Buchan received some personal injury, but we
trust not seriously.
Our citizens deserve great credit for the en
ergy they exhibited in trying to save goods and
arrest the fire.
The excitement and the lateness of the hour
render it impossible to give any detailed state
ment of the disaster. —Ln grange Reporter , Ex
tra.
Cctitird A met lean Stales—Nicaragua,
and tl*e Allied Foes*
Nkw Out. kan's, Oct. 22. — The arrival of the
U.JB. mail steamer Tennessee brings us later
advices from Nicaragua of @u exciting -charac
ter. President Walker, leaving a small reserve
to occupy Grenada, proceeded- with 1000 men
to attack the allied forces of the hostile States
near Mcssaya, and succeeded in forcing them
into the city. He was spiritedly and eagerly
following up his success by demonstrations
against the city, when a courier arrived inform
ing him that 400 men of the allied recruits were
attacking his reserve at Grenada, He accord
ingly returned to relieve that post, and succeed
ed in capturing the commander, principal offi
cers, field pieces, Ac. The loss of the allies in
killed and wounded is stated at 1000; that of
the Nicaraguans, 46.
Jt was expected that President TCalker
Avould immediately renew his attack on Messaya.
Times 4’ Sentinel.
Trial for Murder.
Most of our city readers are’ aware that the-
Superior Court (if Fulton occupied a large por
tion of last week in the (rial of’ a woman nam
ed Fanny Davis, who stands charged with the
murder of young Hammond, whose body avas
found on the track of the Macon & Western
Railroad, on the miming of the 26th of Decem
ber !a-t. It wa* some months after the untime
ly death of the young man before the cireum
stances which led to the arrest of the woman,
and pointed 1o her as the-perpetrator of the
foui crime, came to light. We did not hear the
evidence given to the Jury on t e part of the
State, hot week, but ‘earn from those that did,
that it was strong , and hut for circuiustauces
developed during the trial, tending to discredit
the ic-Umonr'of tlr main wit ire. s for tl-.c State
would probably have convicted tire prisoner
of t he crime charged.
The case was submited to the Jury on Fri
day evening la-c, who, we understand, came
into Court on Saturday morning and announced
a “mbs trial"—seven being for convicting the
prisoner and five for acquits!. The woman
was taken buck to jal to await another trial
at the t ext term of our Superior Court.—
At la nt a In tel l igeveer
Tiik Ct*han Suave -Ti:at)k. —A letter from
Havana states that the slave trade between Cu
ba and Africa, is very active, and adds :
“Tavo landings on the south side count 963
negroes ; on the north, east of Cardenas, 374
or 375 ; 1,337 in all, having lost by death on
the voyages 36 in the three vessels, showing
unusual care for the comfort of their victims.—
The importation of slaves is perfectly systema
tized, and Avith the best will for its
in conformity with the words of interdiction ut
tered and reiterated by the Captain General,,
can be carried on with impunity, especially as
long as your merchant princes, ship-builders,
Ac., arc interested in its pursuit.
“The orders of the Cuban trader are cagerlv
sought for in your ship yards, and .10 per cent..
of overt profit will make some of your veriest
saints, sinners in Africa. At any rate, Yankee
ingenuity and Yankee enterprise serve to de
feat the best efforts of this Government for the
suppression of the slave trade, and they mav
avcll give up in despair. The complaints belong
at home more than here at the present time,
for without a file of soldiers for every foot of
1.800 miles of sea coast, and each one imbued
with the power and the spirit of Concha, it
could not bo pr.wcnted, Avith the temptation
that is held out for success.’.
J&£ r “Ou Saturday morning, in the Superior
Court, at BosUm, .’Mass., A. A. Bradley, a eo
j lored lawyer, was.stricken from the roll ofjnem-
I bers of the bar, and his certificate to practice
j was revoked, on account of malpractice, ou the
| petition of George R. Dwyer. Mr. 8., who
| was only admitted to the bar iabout 6 months
| ago, has filed exceptions to the Court’s ruling.
! So says the Boston Evening Ledger of Satur
day. Brodder Bradley won’t do !
The next Congress. —The gains to the pro
slavery democracy in the late Congressional
elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana,
as compared ‘with the last Congress, settles the
question as to the party which will have the
control of the next House of Representative's.
Including their Southern gains, past and to
come, the Democrats will have it by a hand
some majority. -W. Y. Herald.
Deei’Enim; the Mississippi River. —The con
tract with the Government of Ihe U. States
through the Engineer Bureau of the War De
partment, for opening the south-west Pass and
Pas* a rOntre, in the Mississippi River, to a
depth of 20 feet, and a w idth of 300 feet., and
to keep, the channels dear for the period of 5
years, has been awarded- to Messrs. Craig &
Righter, of Newport, Ivy. Thy sum for,which
they contract to perform thisVork i55330,000.
Exchange. • ,;
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Slaves*-for Nicaragua.—New York, Oct
23. —This morning’s Tribune says that the Cus
tom House Officials have received information
that several slavers were engaged in outfitting
at this port, in consequence of Walker’s de
cree permitting slavery in Nicaragua.—iV.
Exchange. “ ; B;