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GRIFFIN, GEOIIGIxi,
Wednesday Nov. 19, 1856.
jO*R G BYARS is our authorized Agent for the county
ofßutts. “53a
A word to ttie enemies of Democra
cy.
Now that the contest is over, we venture to say
a word or so to those who have labored to defeat
the election of the Democratic candidates for Pres
ident and Vice President of the United States.—
The verdict of the great inquest of the Nation has
been most emphatically pronounced against you ;
both Fillmoreites and Fremonters. As to the last
mentioned Party, we have nothing to hope, and
nothing to say, as our humble sheet will probably
never reach any of them. But the friends of Mr.
Fillmore, who are somewhat numerous within the
bounds of our circulation, may chance to cast an
eye upon these lines, and we ask eacli of them to
givea<calm consideration to a few suggestions
whicfli we propose to submit to them. Your lea
der ihas been prostrated in the late political strug
gle,.-and you must now cast about to find another,
oc abandon your present organization. In the
iheat of an excited contest, much of crimination and
■recrimination have been indulged in, by both sides,
•and many wounds have been inflicted which time
alone can heal. But we submit to your judgment
whether it is not better to bury past political ani
mosities in the grave of oblivion, and come for
ward in a cordial support of the new Administra
tion, soon to be inaugurated. Most of you pro
fessed to prefer Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Fremont.—
We regret to have to say, there are ?omc excep
tions to this remark, even among Southern people.
We have a common interest, and in tlic vicisitudes j
of political events, must share a common destiny.
Mr. Buchanan has been endorsed by a large ma
jority of the Southern people, and to them ho is l
mainly indebted for his election. Hence, he may
be considered as identified in feeling and sympathy
with our sectiou of the country —so much so at
lea3t, as to wield the influence of his high position
to protect our rights against our fanatical enemies.
Will you not then come up and give his Adminis- j
tpation a generous support, rather than a factious
‘opposition ? There must hereafter be but two
.great political parties in this Government—for a
time at least. One is the anti-Southern, anti-Sla
very party, and the other the great National con
servative Democratic Party, headed by James
Buchanan. Will you as honest men, whether old
line Whigs, or Know Nothing Democrats, adhere
to the former er the latter party ? You will be
called upon to make the election between the two,
and a fearful responsibility rests upon you in mak
ing the choice. We know that some of you enter
tain such feelings of implacable hostility to the ve
ry name of Democracy; that you would rush to any
>extremes to gratify your hostile feelings. With;
uch we have not a word to say. But there arc |
others whose love of country predominates over i
their political prejudices, and such we hope to find
now standing side by side with the friends of the :
South in a cordial and united support of the sound j
conservative principles of the incoming Adminis
tration.
Jlow did Mr. Candidacy
Elect Mr. Bucliasaan 1
■Some of the Fil'more prints and partisans are
claiming credit to themselves for promoting Mr.
Buchanan’s election. We are very much at a loss
to conceive by what process of reasoning they ar
rive at this conclusion. It is well known, that in
the Slave-holding States, the only formidable op
position to Mr. Buchanan came from the support
ers of Mr. Fillmore. They did all in their power
to divide the vote of the South, and throw the
‘election into the House of Representatives, where
the chances were altogether in favor of the ene
mies of our section of the Union. In New York,
the State having the largest vote of any State in
the Union, Mr. Fremont gets a plurality, which
Mr. Fillmore’s friends might have prevented by
■going for Mr. Buchanan ; but refusing to do this,
though Mr. Fillmore was the weakest candidate of
the three, the Black Republicans carried the State
and secured for their candidate the 35 electoral
votes of that great State. Pennsylvania was the
•great battle ground on which the contest was de
cided. At the October election, the friends of Mr.
Fillmore fused vith those of Mr. Fremont, and
’were beaten by the friends of Mr. Buchanan, thus
•virtually deciding the contest in the State. The
same may be said of Indiana. And we have uot
heard of an election in a single State which the
Democracy have carried m the late election, where
Mr. Fillmore’s running at all affected the result.
On the contrary, Mr. Buchanan’s friends encoun
tered and overcame the joint influence and power
•of both Fillmoreites and Black Republicans, in
every State which he carried, and in which these
two parties presented an organized opposition.—
How then is it made to appear that Mr. Fillmore's
running was in any wise conducive to the success
of Mr. Buchanan ? On the contrary, it only tend
ed to complicate the issues before the people, and
put to hazard the success of the party upon whose
triumph the hopes of tue country hung. In pen
ning the foregoing remarks, we had not the figures
before us of the Presidential election, but speak
from the data furnished by the State elections in
October.
Mr. Election.—Advance
in the price of Negroes.
On Friday evening last, some two or three hun
dred negroes, eu route for Louisiana, passed thro’
Atlanta. We conversed with Col. Wilson, a large
dealer in this species of property, and who owned
a considerable portion of those then on the road to
the West, and he informed us that immediately
on the reeept of the intelligence of Mr. Buchanan’s
election, Negroes advanced One Ilundrer Dollars
per head. A panic had seized upon the markets
in Baltimore aud Richmond, in anticipation of
Fremont’s election ; but so soon as that apprehen
ded danger was removed, Negro property immedi
. ately appreciated to its former value; confidence
is rcstored.aud matters move on in their accustomed
channel. And yet Maryland casts her vote against
Mr. Buchanan’s election. ‘‘Hung be the Heav
ens in blackness” at the mournful tidiugs J
Interior Hank of the State of Geor
gia.
In our advertising columns to-day, will be found
the Annual Statement of this Bank, by which it
will be perceived that it is iu a sound and healthy
condition. Wild cat or no Wild-cat, we defy any
Bank in Georgia to show a more favorable account
of its condition.
Celebration of the Democratic
Victory.
In accordance with previous notice, a large
number of the citizens of Griffin and the surround
ing country, assembled on Saturday evening, for
the purpose of celebrating the triumphant election
of James Buchanan aud John C. Breckinridge, as
President and Vice President of the United States.
At tne hour of 7 o’clock, P. M., a Torch Light
Procession was formed in front of.the “Empire
State Office,” on Hill Street, and marched through
the principle thoroughfares of the City, to the
sound of martial music. On their course, they
were addressed at the residences of several of our
citizens, by Judge Stark, H. E. Morrow, L. R.
Daniel and others. Having passed through the
principle streets of the City, the pocessiou returned
to the place whence it set out, and were addressed
by Messrs. Gaukling, Beck Stanley, Williams and
others. The houses of many of our Democratic
friends were most beautifully illuminated. Great
enthusiasm prevailed ; every participant in this
public demonstration seemed to feel that the oc
casion was a joyful one. We had just emerged
from a conflict in which the institutions of the
South, as well as the safety of the Union, had
been put in eminent peril. Most gallantly had
the threatened dangers been met, and most tri
umphantly had they been overcome by the joint
efforts of the Democratic hosts. Well might such
an achievement be celebrated with music, bon
fires and illuminations, and well might every pa
triotic bosom swell with joyful emotions while con
templating the deliverance which had been wrought,
out for their country, in the late Presidential elec
tion.
Particular attention is directed to the ad
vertisement of Grigg, Bertody & Cos. Our friend,
Mr Bertody is a man we can safely recommend to
our friends as a man of honesty, integrity and
moral worth.
A merican Union Office for Sale.
Our neighbor, in his last issue,announces his tie
sire to sell out. Those wishing to invest in his
line would do well to give him a call.
Tlie Cimis.
To the lovers of fun, we would respectfully call
attentiou to the advertisement of Spalding & Ro
gers, to be found in our advertising columns.—
They offer a grand programme of amusement and
entertainment, and all patrons of the Gymnasium,
&c., would do well to avail themselves of this occa
sion to draw a few nails from their coffins.
♦ *
Deatli of Hon. Joisn M. Clayton.
This distinguished Senator, from the State of
Delaware, died on Sunday, 9th inst.,
Tlie Foreign Vote.
Well, we suppose “Amerikins shall rule Ameri
ky,” notwithstanding the enemies of the Democrat
ic Party say, that the Irish and the Dutch have
elected Mr Buchanan. This is rather a different
version of the story, from the one told previous io
the election. Then they said the foreign born pop
ulation, residing in the free States, were all for
Fremont. But the New York Times, a Black Re
publican paper, says they voted for Buchanan, in
a body—both the Irish and tbe Dutch. Well, we
acknowledge that they did, and we believed they
would all the time. They are almost without ex
ception, Democrats, and they could not consistent
ly do otherwise than vote for Mr. Buchanan. Mr.
Fillmore was already sworn to proscribe them, and
of course they could not vote fer him. Fremont
was supported by a large portion of the Know
Nothing Party North, and of course they had but
little to hope from bvin. Where then should they
go but to the “party which is the friend and advo
cate of their rights, viz : the Democratic Party.—
Will the Fillmore press now have the magnanimi
ty to do our fellow-citizens of foreign birth, merit
ed justice, by retracting the charge of Abolition
ism, made so freely against them during the late
canvass ? “We trow not.” It is not in them to,
do it. They hate them for their inflexible devo
tion to Democratic principles, and as long as they
continue in that devotion, their hatred will remain
implacable and undying!
Blood-stained Laurels.
The result of the late Presidential election, shows
that Mr. Fillmore has received the vote of only one
State of the 31 which compose this Union. Bet
ter for him, and the party which supported him
that he had uot received that. Accounts from the
election in Baltimore, are of a most melancholy
character. It seems that riots and blood shed, as
on former occasions, marked the footsteps of the
Know Nothing party in that city, at the election
on the4th inst. The Amerieau Party, so-called,
claimed to be the only pure party in the Govern
ment, having arisen, as they say, from the ruins of
the old Whig and Democratic Parties. But from
the events which have characterised the success of
that party, wherever it has triumphed, it is evident
that its strength lay more in its physical than its
moral force. As already remarked, Mr. Fillmore
has been successful in only one State; solitary and
alone, but one laurel leaf crowns his brow, and
that is all stained with blood. We are not dispos
ed to taunt a vanquished foe, or exult over a fallen
enemy ; but to a reflecting mind, we think the
scenes described in the subjoined extract, should
cause the advocates of Mr. Fillmore to clothe
themselves in sackcloth and ashes, and turn with
loathing aud disgust from the party they have sup
ported with ro much apparent zeal :
Tub Frauds and Outrages in Baltimore.—
The Baltimore Republican of Wednesday evening
says :
“There is not a man in this who does not
know that the bloody tragedy of yesterday, called
an election, was a mere horrible mockery—that
thousands of illegal votes were polled by the oppo
sition of Democracy, and that thousands of honest
voters were prevented from giving their votes by
the organized and aimed band ruffians, who at an
early hour, took possession of the polls and kept
possession throughout tlie day. In several of the
wards, the majority of the Know Nothings is
greater than the whole legal vote, and yet the De
mocrats were scarcely permitted to poll a vote. —
These facts were early reported to the Mayor, u nd
were treated by him with perfect indifference ; his
police force were enlisted everywhere upon the side
of the rowdies, and the increased vote which they
received shows conclusively that their services were
very effective against the Democracy.
The course of the Know Nothing press, includ
ing the Amerieau and Patriot, has been such as to
encourage and stimulate the state of things which
has brought such disgrace upon the city. The Pa
triot, with a vulgarity and indecency only equalled
by the Clipper, sneered at the Governor, and ridi
culed his desire to maintain the peace of’ the city,
and complimented Mayor Hicks upon his refusal
to accept of any aid, thus showing a perfect under
stand iug among the coalitionists as to the plan of
carrying the election in this city. We would ask
what the coalitionists have accomplished by their
violence aud frauds and murders ?’’
Tlie Founder of tlie City of Griffin.!
As will be seen from a correspondence in anoth
er place, Gen . L. L. Griffin, the founder of our Ci
ty, and whose Dame it bears, has recently paid us
a visit, after an absence of 15 years. Though in
creasing years have added its usual quantum to
the infirmities of age, yet tbe old veteran looks re
markably well. Always of delicate physical pow
ers, his material manhood has survived the many
storms and tempests through which he has passed,
much better than many others who appeared to
possess bodily powers more capable of withstand
ing such a conflict with the battle of life The
General removed xo the county of Twiggs in early
I'fe, and commenced his career poor and penniless
At the age of 17 he volunteered in the service of
his country, and served a tour under Gen. New
nan, in what was called the Florida Campaign.—
He afterwards served under Gen. Floyd, and again
under Gen Glasscock, in the war against the
Creek Indians. He thus in his youth, evinced that
devotion to his country, that ardent patriotism,
which ever marked his subsequent career. After
the close of the war he returned to the county of
Twiggs, aud by dint of close application, and un
tiring efforts, acquired a competent share of world
ly fortune, and the respect and confidence of his
fellow-citizens, as an evidence of which, he was
elected to the Legislature of Georgia over one who
had previously'been considered the most popular
man in the county. This trust he fulfilled to the
honor of himself and the satisfaction of his friends.
Some 25 or 30 years ago he removed to the coun
ty of Monroe, where we first became acquainted
with him, and where he resided a number of years,
whence he removed to the City of Macon, and re
sideded there till his removal to the place of his
present residence.
About the year 1835, he conceived the idea of
connecting the city of Macon by Railroad with the
North-western and Western portions of our State,
as well as with Alabama and Tennessee. At that
period the Railroad enterprise was in its infancy in
the State of Georgia. The people of the Middle,
Western and Northern portions ot the State, knew
but little of the practical workings of this new me
thod of communicaliuii. Hence the pioneers in
these enterprises had the ignorance and prejudices
of the masses, as well as the scarcity of capital, iu
contend with. Gen. Griffin, with a sagacity for
which he was highly distinguished, foreseeing what
the wants and necessities of the people of Georgia
would ultimately drive them to, determined to lead
out in the great movement by commencing the
construction of a link in the middle of the
great chain which was ultimately to span our
great State from the mountains to the seaboard,
aud which is now in successful operation from Sa
vannah to Chattanooga, and even far beyond into
the interior of Tennessee. He accordingly com
menced the building of the Road from Macon to
Forsyth, a distance of 25 miles. This was effected
in the course of two years. He then pushed on
the prosecution of his extensive scheme, to Griffin,
and thence to Atlanta. I n this he overrated the
strength aud extent of his means. A reverse in
the general pecuniary affairs of tlie country, which
no prudence or wisdom could foresee, came upon
tlie public, as well as the private enterprises ol the
Nation, in 1840 and 1841, and in that crash the
Monroe Railroad went by the board, and General
Griffin fell with it. To sustain the falling fortunes
of the Institution, of which he stood at the head,
he had embarked nearly the whole of his private
resources, the fruits of a life-time of industry and
toil, and he became bankrupt. It is generally be
lieved, however, in this community, among those
who were cotemporaneous with the facts briefly re
lated above, that if the stockholders and others di-
Veetly interested in the success of this enterprise,
had given it their aid and countenance which oth
er similar works received from their friends at this
critical juncture, Gen. Griffin and the Monroe Rail
road and Banking Company, might have rode out
the storm, and carried the project successfully
through ; but such was not the case, and defeat
and disaster was the consequence. Gen. Griffin
was the projector and founder of our city. Through
his agency, the land was purchased, and laid off,
according to the plan suggested by him. and in
honor of his efforts in the premises, bis name was
given to it, Though Gen. Griffin was, by his mis
fortune and not his fault prevented from accom
plishing the great plans and designs which he com
menced, yet the same has been done by others.—
Every prediction which he made, in reference to
the great beneficial results which would follow upon
the consummation of his designs, has been amply
fulfilled, and even realized to a much greater ex
tent than he ever ventured t.o foretell He con
tributed more than any other man to arouse the
people of Central and Western Georgia to a pro
per sense of the great importance and necessity of
works of internal improvement. And although he
lailed to accomplish ail he designed, yet lie is enti
tied to the respect and gratitude of every man wljo
now participates in the benefits arising from the
work which he projected, and in part accomplish
ed. His presence among us on his late visit to our
place, was greeted with pride and pleasure by our
population generally. Many of us knew him early
and long. We were familiar with the history of
his career, and in the darkest days of his adversity,
we were willing to accord to him honesty of pur
pose, in the very face of popular prejudice, which
then prevailed against him. Time has healed
those prejudices, and we cannot point to a single
individual in our’ whole community, whose heart
was not made glad once more to behold the old pa
triarch, after an absence of 15 years. Gen. G.,
after his pecuniary reverses, and the failure of his
favorite enterprise, removed to the State of Mis
sissippi, where his characteristic industry, frugali
ty and” perseverance, have enabled him to acquire a
competency, and where he will probably spend the
remnant of liis days, in the peaceful retirement of
private life.
A Singular Political Wager.
Boston, Nov. 7, 1856.
Mnj. Benjamin Perley Poore, the late Fill
more candidate for Congress in the Sixth Dis
trict, arrived in the city this afternoon with
his wheelbarrow and barrel of apples, which
he had wheeled all the way from Newbury
port, a distance of thirty-six miles, in two and
a half days.
The job was in fulfillment of a bet with Col.
Burbank, the Fremont State Senator elect,
that Fillmore would get more votes in the
State of Massachusetts than Fremont. The
Major, wheeling his apples, was escorted up
S ; ate street about 2 o’clock, by the Fdlmore
Clubs of Boston and Charleston a military
company aud a mounted cavalcade of citi
zens.
The novelty of the peiformance collected
many tlw iisunds of the people, and the Major
was greeted with tremendous and iurnnlt->us
applause on all sides. He delivered the apples
to Col. Burbank on the steps of the Trent* nt
House, when both gentlemen del vered con
gratulatory, speeches, mounted on the barrel.
Ten thousand people were present.—-[Ex.
The following is the result of the late Presiden
tial Election.
Buck. Fremont. Fillmore.
Maine, 8
New Hampshire, 5
Vermont, 5
Massachusetts, 13
Rhode Island, 4
Connecticut, G
New York,’ 35
New Jersey, 7
Pennsylvania, 27
Delaware 3
Maryland, 8
Virginia, 15
North Carolina, 10
South Carolina, 8
Ceorgia, 10
Alabama, 9
Mississippi, 7
Louisiana, 6
Arkansas 4
Tennessee, 12
Kentucky, 12
Missouri, 9
Florida, 3
Texas, 4
Illinois, 11
Indiana, 13
Ohio, 23
Michigau, 6
lowa, 4
Wisconsin, 5
170 114 8
California, 4 votes, to be heard Irotn.
Gen. L. L. Grifiin.
At a called meeting of the City Council of
Griffin, held the 4th inst.. the following resolu
tion was adopted:
Resolved, That the Mayor appoint a com
mittee of five or more citizens to tender a pub
lic dinner to Gen L. L. Griffin at such time as
may suit his convenience, and that they be re
quested to make all necessary arrangements
therefor.
Committee appointed were—
W R Phillips, C II Johnson, J A Beeks, J II
Maugham, L S Salmons, A A Gaulding, Al
len Fleming, J H Campbell.
Gen. L. L. Griffin,
Dear Sir.
The City Council
desirous of tendering lUo hospitality of the city
to you, as her founder, have ‘‘•ppointed us a
committee to tender a public dinner to yoar*elf
at such time as may suit your convenience.
Trusting that it may suit your convenience
to accept and name an early day, we are,
dear sir, Yours very respectfully.
W R Phillips, C H Johnson,
J A Bef.ks, J H Mangham,
L S Salmons, A A Gaulding.
A Flemming, J II Campbell,
Committee.
Griffin, Nov. 15, ’46.
Gentlemen:
Your communication of the 14th
inst-., from the City Council, tendering to me
the hospitality of your citizens, as the founder
of this City, by giving me a public dinner at
such time as might suit my convenience, has
been received with pleasure. Feeling as 1 do,
confident that your honorable body expreses the
true sentiments of your entire community, I re
gret the more, that I have to say in reply, that
previous engagements prevent my accepting
the profered honor. I have not language to
express my feelings, as the occasion deserves.—
It is the closing scene of my public career, and
I do feel gratified beyond any thing I can ex
press, that the people of this city and the coun
try do view me an my proper position; and in
this demonstration have amply rewarded me
for all my former services, though I have drank
the bitter cup. In founding this city my
object was, in the donations made, to provide
previous to the sale of any lots, for every inter
est, and to lay the foundat ion of the city upon
a sure basis. Honor, Religion and Education
claimed my first attention, and I am gratified
to see the benefits growing out of it. This city
in many respects has no equal. There is less
crime I am happy to learn, in propotion to
population than in any other, and it is worth ty
of imitation. Nothing could have given me
more pleasure than to have seen all this people
I could have said many things that weigh on
my mind cannot be written in this commu
nication: But remember when this city pros
pers and the people rejoice I rejoice with them,
and if otherwise, my sympathies are with then’
also. I have nothing better to offer to this city
than my best wishes, and allow me to add, may
that Being who has done so much for you, con
tinue to own and bless you. I subscribe my
self as the first and last friend of this city.—
Please allow the honor. I am yours most re
spectfully. L. L. GRIFFIN.
W R Phillips, C II Johnson, J A. Beeks, J
H Maugham, L S Salmons, A A Gaulding, A
Flemming, J H Campbell, Committee.
Deafh of the Hon. Robert 11. Dixon.
The numerous friends and acquaintances of
this excellent man and useful citizen, will learn
with profound sorrow, that he died ai Alum
Springs, Rockbridge couuty, Virginia, on the
2d Nov., inst., aged 56 years, two months and
five days.
Mr. Dixon was a farmer by profession. He
was however frequently called by his fellow
citizens from his retirement to serve them in
the Legislature. He was Senator from Talbot
in the session of 1843-4. We find the follow
ing notice of him iu the Times <f* Sentinel, of
Feb. 14, 1854.
“Dixon, of Talbot, is a man in the prime of
life, with iron gray hair, soft eyes and pleasant
smile. He is a native of Georgia, and the ar
chitect of his own fortune. He is the embodi
ment of Anglo-saxon manhood, without fear
and without reproach, and just such a man as
one delights to see in the Legislature ; a farm
er, but keen, sensible, reliable ; never troubling
the House with Buncomb speeches, nor med
dling with the laws of the State. He is an old
member, and his familiarity with the rules of
the House gives him great advantage over the
younger members.”
It only remains for us to add, that Mr. Dix
on was a kind neighbor, a useful citezen and an
honest man. lie was a member of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, and died iu hope of a
blessed immortality through Jesus Christ.—
Times Sentinel,
Georgia Election. —No returns have been
recieved from Montgomery county, and but, a
reported majority in Terrell of 80 votes for
the Fillmore Ticket. All the other counties
heard from official, and foot up—for Buchanan
56,991; Fillmore 41,940.
Fad Occurance.— On the night of the 7th
inst., as we learn by a private communication,
Dr Perkins, of Cutlibert, a very estimable
gentleman, committed suicide by opening the
large artery of the arm. The cause of this
: rash act was supposed to be occasioned by
recent pecuniary losses.— Sav Jour
Public Meeting.
Persuant to a previous notice a respectable
portion of the citizens of Spalding county con
vened at the City Hall in Griffin, for the pur
pose of taking into consideration the propriety
of appointing delegates to attend the Southern
Commercial Convention to assemble in the city
of Savannah on the Bth December next.
On motion, Ilia Honor the Mayor was call
ed to the chair, and J N Simmons requested
to act as secretary.
Col. A A Gaukling explained the object of
the meeting in a few brief remarks,iu the course
of which he urged the importance of . cordial
co-operation on the part of all Southern men
in the enterprise contemplated by the Conven
tion.
Gen L L Griffin of Aberdeen Miss, a very
enterprising citizen, and founder of this city,
being present, was loudly called upon to ad
dress the meeting. He responded to the flat
tering call, and earnestly commended to the
consideration of those present the objects pro
posed to be effected by the Commercial Conven
tions that have or may assemble in our South
ern Cities.
Rev. II E Morrow of the Griffin Female
College, tame forward at the tail of his fellow
citizens, and presented arguments in favor of
the South fostering her own institutions, of ap
propriating her funds to the building np of home
interests instead of so lavishly applying them
to the advancement of other interests antagon
istic to our own.
On motion of Judge J II Maugham, a commit
tee of three was appointed to suggest the names
of fifteen delegates to attend the Convention to
assemb c in Savannah.
J II Mangham, \Y R Phillips, and C H
Johnson were appointed that committee, who
reported the following names: CP B Martin,
J D Freeman, J A Beeks, J S Jones. Dr J N
Simmon:, C II Johnson, II P Hill, if E Mor
row, A A Giiuidiug, J MC'oie, DrVv II Mose
ley, Ishmael Dunn, W M Blanton, Jason Burr
James Lavender, The report was adopted.
By Resolution, the Chairman was added to the
list of delegates.
J II Mangham, moved that the proceedings
of this meeting be published in the city papers,
which was adopted.
On motion the meeing adjourned.
A BELAMY Ch,m.
J N Simmons, Sec’ty.
From the London Times.
Appalling Accident in tlse Surrey
Gardens, London.
Twenty-jive thousand pc,'sons assembled-—Alarm
of Tire--Terrific Scene —-dicing Killed.
On Sunday night 20,000 persons went ho an
immense Music Hall, iu what were lately th?
Surrey Zoological Gardens, to hear a great
preacher (Rev. Mr. Spurgeon.) The Hall was
new and the preacher was young—they say on
ly 25. Ilis hearers have outgrown his own
Chapel, and outgrown Exeter Hall, till the
Strand was all in u commotion every Sunday
evening, with crowds looking wistfully at a no
tice which told them in large letters that the
place would hold no more. So they are build
ing him a place somewhere to hold 15,000, and
meanwhile they took the Surrey Music Hall for
four Sundays. It is a building with 2or 3
tiers of galleries —galleries inside and balconies
outside, and all sorts of devices for hearers,
whether sitting or standing. It was built for
10.000, but on this occasion it is said that
12,000, or even 14,000, crammed into it, while
a large crowd besieged the doors, and a still
larger one the entrance to the gardens. Would
not any reasonable being have some misgivings
at the consequences ? Indeed, it appears as
if every body had, and the misgiving itself pro
duced the consequences. There was an alarm;
no one can say certainly how or from whom.
It might be a cry of ‘fire,’ or ‘the roof/ or the
tinkling of a bell ; but in a moment the vast
assemblage was in motion, to the doors, rush
ing, screaming, trampling down one another,
clogging the staircases, breaking the balus
trades, tumbling over to the bottom, falling up
on one another. By a merciful Providence not
six hundred, but only six, were killed, and ra
ther more seriously hurt.
From the Loudon Morning Post.
Before the service commenced, the enthusi
asm within, and even without, the building,
was intense. After the preaching had proceed
ed for some minutes, on a sudden the hysteri
cal bCffi'-am and subsequent fainting of a female
in the gallery ia the left of Mr. Spurgeon, and
at the further end of the building, occasioned
a commotion. Presently tin3 people at the
doors cried ‘fire !’ (there really had been a
strong smell of fire a few minutes previously,) :
others called out, ‘the building ! the building/
is falling 1’ and then from above, in the guile- j
ries, in the hall, and from all sides, arose a vol
ley of screams and shrieks, which were followed
by a terrific rush to the doors.
The preacher paused in terror. Viewed
from the orchestra, the body of the hall pre
sented a scene of dire confusion and agonized
excitement ; the people tossed and tore each
other in terror. Fortunately, from the floor
being encumbered by scats, a moment’s obstruc
tion was given to the rush. That moment sa
ved the lives of many who would have been
overwhelmed in the tremendous onset towards
the door, and gave time for a more tranquil
observation. The preacher, recovering him
self, implored silence, assured the people of
safety, and then, while the shrieks and screams
still resounded, and terrible groans were begin
ning to be heard, even at that moment sent up
a hymn, which, at first loudly chanted from the
orchestra, soon spread itself over the troubled I
congregation in the body of the hall, who now j
still seeing the roof above tit. in, and the galle- j
ries still crowded with listeners, terror-stricken,
yet eagerly hanging upon the preacher’s words,
thus encouraged, joined in tile hymn of praise
and faith.
Not so in the galleries. There was a rush
made to the circular s aireuse on the right side
facing the entrance. Down this a stream of
frightened men, women and children, poured,
rushing on in terror, and impelled from behind
by crowds in still greater alarm. Turning up
on the stairs of the second gallery, a slight
curve is made by the balustrades. There un
fortunately from the overwhelming pressure,
the mahogany hand rail broke, and the balus
trades, thus loosened, gave way one after the
other for about 3 yards. Urged on, driven,
pushed down by the surging crowd above —
those below came on, as it were, with certain
death before their eyes -and ere they could
restrain themselves, fell over the sides, down!
the well staircase, onto the stone floor beneath.
The first who fell over was a well dressed wo
man who struck upon her head and died with
out a groan ; the second, another respectably
dressed female, who fell screaming in agony ’
with a child clasped in her arms ; then came j
another woman, then two men, clutching ea-;
gerly at each other as they saulc into the abyss;
—others followed toppling over each other— :
while above, a flight, a fierce fight, was furi- 1
ouslv raging for life between those from above!
and those below ; the first still striving to come
down, the others struggling to stand still, or
get upwards. Meanwhile the crowd from the
hall above and of the hall below, were rushing
around the passage, forcing their way outwards
over the dead and dying. The groans and
screams were such as might be fancied of Pan
demonium ! At last there was a pause in the
rush, and then a momeut, if not of silence and
order, of better disposition and less fearful sel
fishness. Yet above all, arose the hymn of
praise. And now, as some of the dead bodies
were borne along through the crowd, through
the trees, and along the paths thronged /with
well dressed people, it was ghastly to see’ the
festive-wreathed pillars of light, and thF gar
landed lamps, as of Vuaxhall, shining at .such
a moment, like mistimed merriment at a fune
! ml, where death and mourning, and the terri-
I ble uncertainty and agony of those who had
friends known to be in the building, were now
assnm'ng a painful ascendency.
Tliose who had rushed firs', from the hall,
made their way iu panic to the gates, which
they found closed. These making the story
j known to the people outside, the gates were at
once borne down with a rush, and anew ele
ment added to the terror and confusion. Fresh
crowds poured into the hall. As they tramped
hurriedly up the grand walk, the noise they
made gave occasion to anew panic, which Mr,
Spurgeon vainly attempted to tranquilize by
another hymn. An attempt was thru made to
resume the sermon, and it hardly will be believ
ed that, even at this period, the earnest entrea
ty of several gentlemen could not prevent/ rna
|nv well dressed ladies, young and old, (from*
[dragging in their husbands and brothers “to*
hear the sermon.’’ At last on the renfoiistrance
of the inspector iu attendance, that “he was
hindered in removing the dead by the crowding
i of the people/’ a gentleman took upon himself
i to explain the exact position of affairs to•. Mr,
Spurgeon, who immediately “dismissed hi! con
gregation.” To set them in motion, to . clear
the first gallaries and then the hall, to break
up the groups loitering in the gardens-and
about the carriage road, to stop ingress and
secure egress, was the work of much labor-and
time, facilitated, however, us it was by the ar
rival of a strong body of Police under Mr. Su
perintendent Lund.
The next point was to get out Mr Spurgeon
and secure him as well from the too eager c: e
of his own “followers,” as from the possible
and by no means improbable, indignation of the
excited mob, who might perhaps have regarded
him as the cause of a calamity which, fearful
as were its consequences, they had already
greatly exaggerated. The preacher was found
stretched upon the ground in a state of great
mental prostration, and finally, by the assis
tance of one of the firemen of the gardens, was
conveyed t hrough the cooking department to a
private exit, where a cab having been procur
ed, jV departed in safety for his residence.
Tht Savannah Cuvenlioß.
G-iv. Wise, of'Virginia. Las appointed: the
following delegation to the Southern Commer
cial Convention to meet in Savannah on the
Bth Dec. prox.
Ist Dist.—R M T Hunter, Ilobf. L Mon
tagu*, of Middlesex, Gtorga Booker, of Eliza
beth eby, J B Cosiiuhan, of Williamsburg.
2d D;st.— Gen. John S Millsion, Gen. F M
Boykin, of 1.-le of Wight; Dr A Taylor, of
Portsmouth, Jas. Cook, of Greenville.
3d Di.-t —Jas A Seddeh, Fredk. W Cole
man. Daniel If Lawton. W II McFarland.
4th Dist.—-Thos S G hols, n; lliehd K Meade
Dr John B Harvie, Dr Wm Crump.
sth Dist.—Gen Oden G. Clay, Ti.os. S.
Bocock, John M Speed, Thos. > Flournoy.
6th Dist —Gen W F Gordon, Thos J Ran
dolph. Affix Hi vers, J L Kemper.
7th Dist.—Davie Funsten, J French Stroth
er, John C Moncure, Nathl. Tyler, Jr.
Bth Dist.—Jas 31 Madison, Andrew Hun
ter, Augustus McDonald, Sr., Robfc. J T
White.
9th Dist.—llJ iViichie, John W Broken
| brough, J W Massie, Kenton Harper
10th Dist.—Chas. VV Russel!,, Jas Neesoig.
Alfred M Barbour, Dr John Campbell.. -
11th Dist—Wm L Jack on, ocn A J
Smith, of Harrison, T L Brown, George W
Summers
12th Hist.—Nathaniel Harrison,. Wm B ; .
Preston, Flemming B. Miller, Samuel Price.
13t!i Dist.—J B Floyd, Wyndhatn Robert
son, T L Preston, and Thomas II Gillespie,—
(Ex. _ _
A Counterfeiter at Lar^c,
“We stated, some two months ago, tbafc a
j man had been arrested in this place for passing
! counterfeit money, on several Tennessee, North
‘ Carolina. Georgia and Alabama banks, and
! that lm was undergoing an investigation before
| the Justices of the Peace. After the investi
gation he was committed tojail to await lus trial
at the next term of the Superior Court lor this
county. The name of the counterfeiter is 811
Carpenter.
Last Thursday morning when the jailor car
ried up his breakfast he had plan
ned out a way to make his escape, which was
effected in the following novel way: He (Car
penter) secreted himself immediately behind
the door and as the jailor entered the door and
was turning around to take the key out to
lock the door on the inside,Carpenter, as quick,
as thought, sprang around him and out at the
door, drew liie shutter iu and at the same time
! turned the key, and then took to his heels, with
i the key in his pocket, leaving the jailor, to get
i out as he could. The jailor, seeing his pmlica
! merit, let out to hallowing at the top of his
| voice—he halllowed to his family below to shut
l the lower door, but they did not. understand
| him, he then hallowed tire ! which soon aroused
the village. Ilis son learning his eonditition
ran up with an axe and broke open the door.
The jailor and sheriff hunted for him during
the remainder of the day, but he got too much
the start of them. The key was found not far
from the jail, and, also, a letter directed to his
attorney.— Standard
Farmers Creed.
We believe in small farms and thorough cul
tivation. We believe that the soil loves to cat
as well as its owner, and ought therefore to be
manured. We believe in large crops which
leave the land better than they found it— mak
ing the farmer and they and the farm rich ?.t
once. Wo believe in going to the bottom o£,
tilings, and therefore, we believe in plowing
deep, and enough of it. All the better if
with a sub-soil plow. We believe that every
farm should own a good farmer. We believe
that the best fertilizer of any soil, is spirit of
of industry, enterprise, and intelligence—with
out this* lime and gypsum, boms and green
manure, marl and guano, will be of little use.
IV e believe in good fences, good burns, good
1 arm houses, good stock, good orchards, and
children enough to gather the fruit. We be
lieve in a clean kitchen, a spinning piano, a
diary, and a clean conscience. We firmly dis
believe in farms that will not improve--in farms
that grow poorer every year—in starving cat
tle—iu fanner’s boys turning into clerks and
merchants—and in farmers who ate ashamed
of their vocation.—[Ex.