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“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON.
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ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1859.
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Atlanta Rolling Mill.
Tliis establishment has been in continuous
operation since about the first of December,
Yielding, daily, some thirty tons of the finest
Railroad bars. We understand that the large
orders on hand, are being filled with the ut
most dispatch. To all who feel an interest in
Atlanta, or, indeed, in Southern enterprise
generally, it will he gratifying to learn that
this Mill is no longer an experiment. The
healing of a temporary dissension between the
proprietors, which grew out of a slight mis-
nnderstanding, has removed the last obstacle
to its permanence and prosperity.
Look Oat.
We are informed by the Deputy Marshal that
the Mayor has issued orders for the stationing
of a policeman at each of the Churches, whose
business it is to arrest any person chewing to
bacco or smoking and spitting upon the steps
of the Church. This is a most salutary ar
rangement, anil one which we hope the police
will enforce to the letter, without favors or af
fection. Wc know the Mayor will receive the
thanks and kind wishes of the ladies for this
arrangement. So look out boys, or the first
you know you will he in the Guard House.
We dip the above from the Columbus Sun.
While we regret the existence of a state of
tilings in onr sister city, which calls for such
stringent remedies, we are gratified that the
public authorities of that city have taken this
matter in hand. Columbus has made some pre
tentions to being a very pious place. We
doubt, very capitally, whether any city in the.
State lias expendeil more money, in the erec
tion of church edifices, age being considered,
than our sister city, Columbus. Atlanta has
a number of buildings dedicated to the wor
ship of the living God, and though we are rep
resented in certain quarters as a heathenish
people, due respect is paid to our religious in
stitutions, and we have not yet been reduced
to the necessity of employing a police force at
any of our places of public worship, to preserve
due order and decorum.
Baillca’ Union Benevolent Society.
Wc feel no hesitation in calling special at
tention to a communication, which appears in
our columns to-day, in reference to the above
named institution. We iiave, on a former oc
casion, spoken in terms most unequivocal of
our approbation of the objects and designs of
tlic ‘‘Ladies’ Union Benevolent Society,” of
this city. Wc reiterate all we have said in
reference to tliis subject. We conceive it to
be one of the most praiseworthy institutions,
not only in this city, hut any where or every
where else. The widow’s tears and the or
phan's cry, always strike a chord in our heart,
which thrill through it in a most intense de
gree. We shall ever feel happy, in contribu
ting our means, small though they be, pecu
niarily, or in our capacity as editor, to the
promotion of such benevolent purposes as
those which tho “Ladies’ Union Benevolent
Society” iiave in contemplation. Wc tender
our grateful acknowledgments to the members
of this Society, for the honor they have con
ferred upon the writer of this article, by elect
ing him an “honorary member” thereof.
Our Bill.
Mysteriously disappeared on the 7tli inst.,
the editor of this paper. It is not known, as
yet, whither he is tracing his foot-steps, hut
it is generally believed that he is making his
way towards the “State of Matrimony.” If
that l>e his destination, wo hope lie may soon
return with a “blooming beauty” by his side,
to cheer hiR heart in the hour of despondency,
and to lighten with her radiant smiles the on
erous duties of an editorial life.
N. B.—When last heard from, he was on
the road leading due cast.
Wc clip the alxivc from the Lawrencevillc
“News,” of its last issue. Well, wc think
that will do. The idea of “Bill,” as the wri
ter designates him, iierjiotmting matrimony,
astonishes us. lie has, doubtless, been con
sulting Ben Franklin’s theory of early marri
ages. But we think that in speaking of early
marriages, Franklin had no idea of encoura
ging young men, who had not passed from
their mother’s leading strings, to commit this
rash ac t. We iiave no doubt our cotemporary
is a smart young man, and worthy of any
young lady who might take a fancy to him.
But the idea of a man offering to vote the Dem
ocratic ticket, who h;u> a wife and one or two
children, and some Know-Nothing Bully with
a bludgeon in band, standing at the polls, to
challenge his vote, is horrible to contemplate.
Wc hope our youthful colcmporary of the
News, “will abide awhile,” at some place
which shall now be nameless, aiul “let his
beard grow,” before lie commits the rash act,
which his locum tenens indicates.
state. The word talented may be a little too
strong, hut we use it, with all the responsi
bility which attaches. Well we say that the
fact of Judge Jackson’s residing in Athens, is
not a sufficient reason, of itself, to justify the
Democracy of his district in superseding him,
even by the promotion of our good friend,
Strickland. Judge Jackson has been in Con
gress but a short time; he is a young man, and
unless some charge of derelection of duty, or
abandonment of principle can be fixed upon
him, let him have another trial Col. Strick
land is a young man. Let him go to the Sen
ate from Forsyth County, two or tlyee years
more and when Judge Jackson retires, then
let him come in. “These are our senti
ments as Gen. Clinch remarked on a memor
able occasion.
Extravagance or the present Admin
istration.
Much has been said by the opposition prints
as well as some Democratic Journals, professing
devotion to the Democratic Party, in reference
to the extravagant expenditures of the pres
ent administration of the General Government.
While we avow ourself the friend and advo
cate of Mr. Buchanan’s administration, we
cannot suffer ourself to be blind to its faults.
Disavowing any intention of uniting in the
hue and cry, raised by the Black Republican
and Know-Nothing prints, as well as the disaf
fected Democrats, against Mr. Buchanan’s ad
ministration, it is due to the press which is in
clined to sustain the administration, to furnish
them with the data, by which we may defend
them against the attacks of their enemies. As
to Mr. Cobb’s abilities as a financier, we are
not prepared to speak. We know, however,
that he cannot absolutely control the action of
Congress, how muehsoever his opinions and
recommendations may tend 1n that direction.
The Congress of the United States controls the
expenditures of the Government, and the Sec
retary of the Treasury as well as the Presi
dent, has to conform to the action of the Leg
islative department of the Government, in
reference to this particular. We are inclined
to the opinion that injustice has been done to
Mr. Buchanan and Secretary Cobb, in charging
them with extravagance. They have no pow
er to control the -action of Congress, which
body determines upon the appropriations made
in the way of expenditures. The Democratic
party claim to he an economical party, confin
ing the expenditures of the government with
in the limits of the revenue. If the present
administration lias exceeded tliis limit, it
ought to be held to a rigid accountability for
its conduct. We do not expect by this remark
that our adversaries will derive any benefit
from the default of the present administration,
provided any has occurred. There are men
of the Democratic party, and a plenty of them,
who are capable of administering the Excheq
uer of the government prudentially and eco
nomically. Such men, it should be the. poli
cy of the party to place in command, at the
next Democratic nomination. Such men, we
believe, will be selected, and if the present ad
ministration lias erred in this respect, it must
take care of itself. Wo must endeavor to
place lietter financiers at the head of affairs in
the future.
Sixth Congressional District.
As an act of courtesy, to the author, we pub
lish to-day, a communication in reference to
the nomination of a Democratic candidate for
the Gtli Congressional District. We are well
acquainted with Judge Jackson, and Col.
Strickland; have served with them both in
the Legislative councils, of our state, and feel
no hesitation in vouching for them both as
gentlemen, in the strictest sense of that term,
and as Democrats of the purest stripe—men
that we should never feel any hesitation, in
trusting our rights and our honor to their
keeping. Wc are however inclined to tho
opin ion, that our friend Col. Strickland will
not favor the views of the writer of the
communication under consideration. We are
advised and believe that Col. Strickland is the
friend of Col. Jackson, and would not suffer
liis name to be used, to distract the harmony
of the Democratic party of his district or to
thwart the prospects or Judge Jackson. Wo
agree with our correspondent, in all he says in
commendation of Col. Strickland. Yea, if ho
liad said more than he has said in behalf of
that gentleman, we could have cheerfully en
dorsed it. As to what he says aliout thc place
of Col. Jackson’s residence we are inclined to
ympathise with him. Athens has, ever since
the days of our earliest recollection, set up
pretensions to the right of regulating the pub
lic affairs of this state, to which wc think
she was never entitled. True, the potency of
“King Caucus,” who in days “langsyne” held
his head quarters at this “Beat of learning,”
has been broken down, by the adoption of the
Convention plan, yet in their local affairs,
Athens still continues, to exercise a controll
ing influence. It is J udge Jackson s misfor
tune, not his fault that he lives in Athens. We
hope our friends of the “Banner,” will not
come down upon us, “like a thousand of
brick” for thitfexpression. We know that there
are as clever, good and talented men living in
Athens, as in any other town or city in our
Harmony among the Georgia Democrney.
Tliis is a consummation devoutly to be
wished for, by every true Georgia Democrat.
We do not wish to be understood, that there
is anything like an alarming want of this
state of tilings among our Democratic breth
ren in Georgia. So far as principle is concerned
we believe our party a unit. As regards men
there seems to be a diversity of opinion. Gov.
Brown, when lie came into office, “having no
pledges to redeem,” pursued his own line of
policy in makiag his appointments. In doing
this thing, lie struck some hard licks. The
result has proven that “the Republic has suf
fered no detriment” by the policy marked out
by him. Though individuals had good cause
of complaint against the course ho pursued,
yet the Democratic party and the country
generally are well satisfied with his action.—
Efforts are being made by the opposition, to
fan the flames of discord, kindled by the action
of the Governor. Malcontents and noncen-
tents are emboldened by the action of the op
position party to sow the seeds of distention
in our ranks. Tliis we hold to be all wrong.
It would l>e difficult, for the most disaffected
to show, wherein Gov. Brown has violated any
cardinal principle of the Democratic party,
either by any ot his official acts, or by any of
his appointments. His appointees so far as we
know are Democrats of the pure stamp. And
while we think other men of the party, were
more deserving of his favor, than those selected
yet we must in a proper spirit of liberality, be
permitted to say, tiiat lie had the perfect
right, in the exercise of a sound discretion, to
make his own selections, according to the dic
tates of his own judgment, and none had rea
son to find fault. We hold that there should
be no heart-burnings on this account. The
friends of Gov. Johnson and of Judge John H.
Lumpkin, to which class u-e belong, ought In
our opinion, to give Gov. Brown's adminis
tration a hearty support, 60 long as that ad
ministration pursues the line of policy it has
nitlierto done, except his Rink veto message,
in which there was no party principle involved.
And the immediate friends of Gov. Brown,
should extend to these distinguished men of
( the party, the right hand of fellowship, and
cordially support them in any of their politi
cal aspirations. Wc would say the same in
reference to the friends of Col. Gardner and of
Judge Lamar. The contest in the convention
of 1857, should be among the things that were.
We had the honor of being a member of that
convention and to the utmost of our ability,
endeavored to promote the nomination of the
Hon. John H. Lumpkin. We failed in our
first choice, but when Gov. ffftHvn as a com
promise man became the nominee of the par
ty, wc lent all our aid to secure his election.
We can now conceive no good reason, why
there should not be a general amnesty among
the friends of those several aspirants for gu
bernatorial honors. Every tiling is to be
lost and nothing to be gained by fostering the
feelings which that contest engendered. Each
of the distinguished rivals, who entered the
lists, in the controversy to which allusion has
been made, are favorites with the party, and
in due time will no doubt, receive those hon
ors, to vhich their personal merits, and their
deration to the principles of our party entitle
them. Hence we say, let there be unanimity
among our friends. In union there is strength,
and we say to all our political friends, beware
of the efforts of the Know Nothings, and dis
affected Democrats to sow the seeds oi discord
among onr party friends.
HP We had the pleasure of an interview,
on yesterday, at our sanctum, with Mr. J. H.
Morefield, Editor of the American Citizen, at
West Point. Friend Morefield looks hard and
solid, and sensible enough to have made a
good Democrat, lie fore this time. We most
ardently wish our Southern Editors would
all get right, so that our trumpets might all
give the same sound, and not distract our
people. But we must be patient, and let
truth do her perfect work. It takes some
longer than others to shed the old skins of
Whiggery and Know-Nothingism. It's got
to come, gentlemen, and you may as well strip
at once, and relate a good experience, and join
the Democratic church. The eleventh hour
is rapidly approaching.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Not quite so fast, brother Gaskill. Wc
hope we are “solid” enough to understand
what we are doiqg before we -go into a party,
and when convinced that we are right, ‘firm’
enough “the right to defend.” Tlius it has
been with us in the advocacy of what you are
pleased to term “Whiggery and Know Noth-
ingism.” We feel a special pride in having
been “sensible” enough to steer clear of mod
ern democracy, for in its zeal for the glitter
ing spoils it has taken off some who make
greater pretensions than we ever expect to
make. As to getting right, we think our
friend ought to be particutar in advising his
brethren—in other words, ought to be sure
he is right himself. Doubtless he thought he
was right when he advocated that “Whiggery
and Know Nothingism” which he now de
nounces with such vehemence; hut it seems
that he was wrong then , and he may be
wrong again, and we hope he will ^discover his
error anil repent of his democratic sooner than
he did of his “Whigand Know-Nothing” sins,
for if he does not lie will hardly be able to
“relate an experience” that will “pass cur
rent” with anj' orthodox church; and recol
lect, brother Gaskill, that if you intend to re
turn to your “first love,” now ts the time,
for our churcli may be full before 1800—for the
people arc beginning to sec that the devil lias
a bill of sale of democracy—and you may be
too late.—American Citizen.
Some things are so solid as hardly to be im
pressible. May not the “American Citizen”
be alittle too “solid f Attempting “to steer
clear of modem democracy.” Friend Moore-
field, in what direction have you pointed your
compass ? Are you aware of your soundings ?
Have you any harbor where you propose to
cast anchor? Have you any “sensible,” or
ganized political notions, in common with any
living party, such as you may hope to use for
the benefit of your country ? Or rather, like
a certain loafer, of whom we once read, arc
you not “just sloshing around to see what will
turn up” against the Democracy ? Oh no,
Bro. M. it never happened, that “A« advoca
ted” Know-Nothingism. “He” was one
among the first in his community to denounce
No-Nolhingism, when it first proclaimed itself
as believing in a God. 'Ihere is some excuse
for a man who belonged to the obi Henry
Clay whig party. It rallied under its banner,
some of the noblest and most gifted spirits of
its land. Its leader, was a leader, “what is a
leader.” But the grave that closed over the
sage of Ashland” closed over the whig party
We were raised under the influence of Henry
Clay Whiggery. But strong as that influence
was and much as we respected it. when we
came to take part in public affairs, in the
more active and responsible duties of part}' la
bor we found ourself working with the so-called
Fire-eating Democrats. We worked earnest
ly—we worked hopefully—we have seen our
principles prevail in our national assemblage.
We would not “return” to Whiggery if we
could and we could not if we would, for it was
buried with its Father. “Requiescat in pace.”
As for Know Nothingism, “the devil” has no
need of a bill of sale to that. He has it in
peaceable possession with no outstanding
claimant.
For the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Col. Gaulding.—As you have very kindly
offered us the use of your columns, for any
thing affecting the interests of the “Ladies
Union Benevolent Society,” I herewith avail
myself of that offer, to “plead the cause of tho
poor and needy.”
My object is, to solicit donations of money,
food, fuel, or clothing—either new or second
hand. Any material aid of this kind, will be
thankfully received, and cheerfully distribu
ted according to our best judgment, and our
appreciation of the wants of our beneficiaries.
Our Society numbers about sixty members
(perhaps more, I do not know the exact num.
her) whose admission fee is one dollar each per
year. This gave us a fund to commence with
when we organized last April. But with this
only, we should have been bankrupt long since.
Our hearts are large, and our hands open, and
thanks to the liberal monthly contributions of
many of our gentlemen friends, (honorary
members) not entirely empty. From this list
we realize an income of $22,75 per month.—
Perhaps many of these contributors may be
ready to say, “I give as much as I feel able,
to this cause, already. Tliis Society is like the
horse-leech, which hath two daughters crying
give, give—never satisfied.” Ah! my friends
we have not two, but many daughters of desti
tution and suffering, who are continually crying
give. And new cases are constantly coming
to our notice—cither reported by those who
arc already beneficiaries, or sought out by our
relief committee—cases that are enough to
make us think of the destitute, as we sit around
our well filled tables, or comfortable fires.
We would not be considered as speaking at
all disparagingly of our present contributions,
for wc think they do honoi * *0 the heads, as
well as hearts of their donors, but we know
there must be many generous hearted individ
uals, who have not given any thing, simply
lJecause tho subject has never been presented
to them, and many families who could spare
a trifle from tlicir abundant stores, and nev
er feel the poorer for it.
We have under our care about fifteen fami
lies, numbering in the aggregate between six
ty and seventy persons, who are most of them
regular recipients of the benefits of onr Socie
ty. More than half of these are widows, the
others, worse than widows, having, besides
their children, infirm or disabled husbands to
support. When the amount of our monthly
income is considered, it will be seen we can
not aid any one to any great extent. There
fore, I repeat it, donations of any thing that
can possibly be made useful in rendering the
destitute more comfortable, will be gladly re
ceived.
Mrs. Judge Ezzard, Mrs. J. N. Beach, Mrs.
George Robinson, Mrs. R. B. Lester, Mrs. S.
Root, or Mrs. Rich’d Peters, will receive any
donations that may bo sent in.
A JicW National Democratic Paper.
Washington, Feb. 7.—It is stated that
Messrs. Forsyth and Pryor are about to take
charge of a national Democratic journal in New
Fork with a capital of one hundred thousand
dollars.
For the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Th* Sixth Congeraalonal District—Hon.
Hardy Strickland, of Forsyth.
Mr. Editor :—The time is approaching for
assembling of another Democratic Convention
at Gainesville, to nominate a candidate for
Congress, to represent the Sixth District at
the next Session; and, although some time
will elapse before that Convention meets, I
submit it is not too soon for the Democracy
of the District to begin to think upon the sub
ject, and consider the claims of the several
gentlemen whose names will be submitted as
worthy of a nomination for the seat to be
made vacantjby the expiration of the term of
the present incumbent, the Hon. Jas. Jackson,
of the town of ?Athens.
In connection with this Convention, and the
nomination of a candidate to be made by it,
allow me to suggest the name of Hon. Hardy
Strickland, of the County of Forsyth, asa gen
tleman every way qualified to succeed J udge
Jackson, and, who, if elected, would reflect
credit on theJDistrict by an efficient, honest,
and faithful representation of its interest, and
the interests, honor, and dignity of the whole
State, in the halls of legislation at Washington.
Mr. Strickland is a Democrat tried and true, of
the Jefferson and Jackson school; and if he
would not make quite as many speeches, for
Buncombe, as others might, his acts and votes on
all questious would be characterized by a cor
rect judgment and an unwavering constancy in
the defence and advocacy of the right, in oppo
sition to wrong,—the true lest, after all, of wise,
legislation and of genuine statesmanship.
Mr. Strickland lias long been prominently
before the public as Senator or Representative
in the General Assembly of Georgia, from the
county of Forsyth, and his efficient services
have fully established his character as a wise,
and safe, and trustworthy legislator for the
people, and abundantly illustrated the truth
of all 1 have claimed above in his behalf.
The writer voted for Judge Jackson, and has
nothing to object to him, as a man, or his ser
vices as a representative. I here suggest the
name of Mr. Strickland without the knowledge
of this gentleman. I do not know that he
wants the nomination. I dq not know that
he has any aspirations to succeed Judge Jack-
son as a representative of this District, nor do
I know whether ho would accept the nomina
tion if unanimously tendered him by the
Gainesville Congressional Convention.
I have this objection to urge, lr wever, a-
gainst Judge Jackson, and in favor of Mr.
Strickland. I object to Judge Jackson’s rc-
nomination because he is of Athens. The Dis
trict, every since its organization, has invaria
bly been represented by gentlemen residing at
that place. The case of Judge Hillycr is no
exception to tliis asseveration. He was a resi
dent of Athens at the time of his first nomina
tion and election to Congress from this Dis
trict ; at the date of his second candidacy and
election he had removed to Monroe, in Walton
county, where he then resided. This is my
information and no doubt true.
I go as well for “rotation” in office as for
“ rotation ” in the couuty, from which such of
ficers shall be selected, especially in the mat
ter of Congressional representatives. Athens,
and all the Democracy of Athens, have long
enough enjoyed the honor and glory of furnish
ing the candidate and representative from this
District to be satisfied and fully satiated.
There arc material out of which a suitable can
didate and representative can be moulded and
fashioned outside of Clark oounty, and it is for
the people of the several counties composing
the District—it Ls for the genuine Democracy
of those other counties to say whether these
materials shall be brought into requisition and
worked up or not. It is, to say the least of it,
about time that the feelings, wishes, and claims
of the people of the outskirts of the District
should be considered and consulted.
We all know the bitter strife and turmoil
that resulted from the deliberations and action
of the last Gainesville Convention. This can
be avoided and the Democracy of the several
counties in tho District should see to it that it
shall be avoided at the next election For this
purpose meetings should he called in'every
county, on a clay certain, and full and fair no
tice should be given of the time and place of
such meeting, to nominate and appoint dele
gates to the Convention at Gainesville.
Let the Convention meet, and free from all
outside preasureand influence from any quarter
of the District; let the merits and claims o
all the candidates, from any ami every county
in the District, be fully and fairly discussed
and canvassed, and let the Convention decide
between the aspirants for nomination on which
particular one the distinction shall fall; Let
him be nominated fairly, after which, the
Democracy of the District will yield a ready,
hearty, and cordial acquiescence in the deliber
ations and decision of the Convention, and act
and vote accordingly. Thus can unanimity
be secured, and he is “no prophet, nor son
of a prophet’ ’ who can fail to presage the re
sult of the election on the first Monday of Oc
tober next.
With Joseph E. Brown for Governor, and
Hardy Strickland, of Forsyth for Congress, the
old “Sixth” will roll up a majority for the
Democracy of at least six thousand votes.
HABBERSHAM.
A MEMBER.
Dreadful Casuaity.—Miss Zoa Pearson,
daughter of Mrs. Maria Pearson, (widow of
Jacob Pearson, Esq.,) was so badly burned on
last Saturday, the 22d ult., that she died on
Monday morning following. We have been
unable to gather the full paiticulars, but have
heard that her clothes were ignited accidently
from the fire-place and before assistance could
be rendered she was hopelessly injured. She
was between eleven and twelve years of age.
The accident occurred about two miles from
our town.—[Clairbome Cliampion.
|jf* A lawyer at Lowell, having found nine
ty-five dollars, and returned the money to tho
owner, one of the papers says the act may ic
honest and honorable, but it is exceedingly
unprofessional.
Serious Affair.
On Saturday night last, between 12 and 1
o’clock, a man by the name of Michael Hig
gins, a blacksmith by trade, was heard to fall
down an outside stairway leading to the sec
ond story rooms of a house on Bridge Row, oc
cupied by a Mrs. Smith and family, and Miss
Harriet Hatcher and Miss Matilda Dearing.—
The back part of Higgins’ skull had two
breaks in it, from which he bled profusely.—
He is not dead, but has not vet. sufficiently re
covered his senses to be able to tell any thing
about the affair. Traces of blood were found
from the bottom of the steps to the door of
Mrs. Smith.
The case was investigated yesterday, before
Justices Hutchins and Turman, in the course
of which a number of witnesses were exam
ined, but no testimony was adduced sufficient
to connect any one with the foul deed.
Mr. H. is an Irishman by birth, but has re
sided, we understand, for some time in Roun-
dout, Ulster county, New York, where, we
are informed, he has a family.—[Columbus
Sun.
Oar ktrannab Camapondcnce.
Savannah, Feh. 9tb, 1859.
Messrs. Editors :—Do you remember a piece
of Longfellow’s, commencing “How beautiful
is the rain ?” Well, if the poet were here now,
I think he would apply quite another adjec
tive to it, especially if, like some of us, he was
obliged to be out in it, traveling up and down
and across the Bay. It has been rain and mud,
and then more rain, until the climax seems
almost reached. The grand Masonic process
ion is to come off to-morrow, and the faces of
our Masonic friends have lengthened as the
weather lowered, until this morning, many of
them look as black and forbidding as the heav
ens above. However, there is a chance for
clear weather to-morrow, and rain or no rain,
there will be the expected ceremonies in the
Hall, winding up with a grand ball at night.
I should say “Assembly,” as that title was
given it to avoid hurting the feelings of some
who wished to attend, but did not relish the
idea of going to a “Ball.” A number of the
dignitaries of the order are now in this city, in
obedience to the call of the Grand Master, for
the purpose of establishing a uniform system
of work throughout the State. Among those
whom I have seen are the four Deputy Grand
Masters, and Bros. F. W. McCurdy and John
T. Palmer, two of the Grand Lecturers. Oth
ers will probably be here to-day .and to-mor
row, from various parts of the State, to unite
in the ceremonies of the day.
My remarks in the last letter upon tht im
perfections of the new Directory, have been
endorsed by almost the unanimous voice of
our citizens. The number of the “Intelligen
cer” containing that letter, was received here
before the issue of the work, and when the
book came out, many were exercising their cu
riosity to know- whether the compilers aud
printers had been slandered or not. So much
has been said on it, that Messrs. John M.
Cooper & Co. have found it necessary to ex
cuse themselves to their friends by saying they
were not responsible for the work in any man
ner, but this seems to me a very lame excuse,
as no good printer would suffer his imprint to
be on a book so full of errors in spelling not
only names but words. The*same parties are
now printing a Directory for Augusta, which
will also be full of errors, if the two pages I
have seen are a fair sample.
The gentlemen having in charge the Burns’
Festival, at St. Andrew’s Hall, from which re
porters were excluded, are about to make some
amend to the public, by issuing in pamphlet
form, a report of the toasts and speeches on
that occasion. This is all well enough in its
way, but I still think that the exclusion of re
porters, and the imposition of a tax of $5 up
on the Editors of our papers, was an act of sin
gular discourtesy to the press, and one which,
I am happy to say, is not often witnessed in
this city.
Mr. John Stoddard has accepted the designs
submitted to him by Mr. Norris, the architect,
for the remodelling of the buildings on his
two wharves, just east of the Exchange, which
I mentioned in a previous letter. The build
ing, when completed, will be two stories in
height on the Bay, and five on the river front,
with a front of two hundred feet, making room
for eight ranges of counting-rooms. Mr. Wm.
B. Hodgson has instructed the same architect
to proceed with the rebuilding of the stores on
his wharf, west of the Exchange, which, when
completed, will be of the same height as the
adjoining ones, and present a uniform front of
three hundred feet.
A sale of New Orleans Sugar, Sugar House
Syrup and Whiskey was made at Auction, on
Monday, which was well attended by city and
county buyers. The Sugar brought 8 3-8 @
8 7-8 ; Syrup 25 1-2 (th, 31, and the Whiskey
32 cents, at (50 and 90 days and 4 months.
The U. S. District Court is now in session,
and the trial of tho parties implicated in the
Wanderer affair, will probably come up at this
term. I notice by the New York papers, that
at the last meeting of the Yacht Club, Capt.
Corrie was unanimously expelled, and the
name of the Wanderer struck from the list.
Among the cases coming up before the Su
perior Court of this county, now in session,
are seven of murder or manslaughter, and sev
eral for a violation of the laws of the State
against gambling. The Grand Jury have found
true bills against three well known keepers of
faro tables, but whether they can be convict
ed is rather problematical. This form of
gambling is carried on with little or no attempt
at concealment, and yet we seldom hear of a
prosecution. I am glad to see that the Solic
itor General has taken hold of tho matter, and
would bo glad to record the conviction and
sentence of the guilty parties.
The Florences have finished their engage
ment here, and gone to Macon. Mrs. Julia
Dean Hayne commenced last night, but owing
to the rain and mud, there was a very thin
house. Marchant has the Martinetti and Blon-
din Troupe again this week, and we had a one
horse circus last week, which drew crowded
houses, as it is tho first that has been here for
three years.
Political matters now excite but little atten
tion here, all parties feeling more interest in
the accounts from Europe, and the condition
of the cotton market. Even the Cuba propo
sition is received carelessly. I notice the
.Washington Union of Sunday morning, has an
article of near two columns, in answer to the
objections urged against the project. I think
the old merchant in the N. Y. Evening Pott, ex
pressed the sense of a large portion of the coni';
munity, when he said it was “like an offer to
give money that we had not got; for a thing
we didn’t want, to a nation that wouldn’t
sell.” A. I.
A Reliable House to Deal With.—Those
of our friends who deal in, or are consumers of
any description of paper, twine, cordage, rope,
straw or bonnet hoards, &c., will do well to
visit the extensive paper and twine warehouse
of Messrs. Willard, Harvey & Co., at 84, Mai
den Lane, New York. Messrs. W. H. & Co.,
have been so long and honorably known in
this trade, that our speakiug of the house in
terms of praise, can hardly he considered a
puff. We therefore deem it merely necessary
to refer our readers to their card in another
column.—[Brooklyn Times.
A Very Sad Story.—An English paper re
lates the death of a father from grief. It says
“His boy, aged eight years, was accused on a
charge of stealing a sovereign. Bail was re
fused, and the lad sent to prison. The father
was so affected on parting with his child that
he went home and never looked up again. A
deep seated melancholy took possession of
him—he was obliged to give up work, and on
the day his little boy was tried, he breathed his
last. The surgeon that attended him says he
died of a broken heart. The boy was discharg
ed.
Report Of the Secretary or the Treasury.
The following are the material portions of
the recent Report, of the head of the Treasury
Department, in relation to the state of the
national finances:
* * The receipts of the first quarter of the pre
sent fiscal year, ending the 30th Sept. 1858,
were $25,230,879 46, as stated in my annual
report to Congress of December 6, 1858. The
receipts for the remaining three-quarters were
estimated at $38,500,000, of which sum $37,-
000,000 were estimated from customs. It was
believed that the quarter ending December
31st, 1858, would yield $10,000,000. The
present quarter, ending the 31st of March,
1859, $15,000,000 ; and the next quarter, end
ing 30th June, 1859, $12,000,000.
“ Slute my annual report was submitted to
Congress, returns have been made from near
ly all the ports for the quarter ending 31st De
cember, 1858, and, estimating for the few ports
not yet heard from, the total receipt for the
quarter will be about the sum of $9,200,000.
For the present quarter full returns have been
received for the month of January from the
ports of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Baltimore. The receipts from these ports
amount to $4,376,542 86. Partial returns
have been received from other ports, but not
to a sufficient extent to justify a statement of
them.
“ In reference not only to the customs, but
the public lands and other sources of revenue,
all the information which has lieen received at
the department since the date of my annual
report confirms the correctness of the estimates
of probable receipts for the present and next
fiscal year which I then submitted to Congress.
I am, therefore, of opinion that the result will
show that the actual receipts for the remain
ing quarters of the present year, and for the
next fiscal year, will not vary materially from
the estimates already submitted to Congress.
In support of this opinion, I submit to the
consideration of Congress a comparison of the
receipts from customs for the same months of
the two preceding years and the present year.
“ In 1856-’57 the receipts from customs for
the quarter ending the 31st December, were
$14,343,414.90. In 1857—’58 the receipts
from customs for the same quarter were $6,-
237,723.69. In 1858—’59 the receipts will
probably be $9,200,000, as I have already
stated.
“ During the fiscal year ending 30tli June,
1857, the importations were very heavy,
amounting in dutiable goods, exclusive of those
imported, to $294,160,835 ; and the receipts
from customs for the year were $63,664,453.-
56. In the fiscal year ending 30th June, 18-
58, the importations were much reduced,
amounting in dutiable goods exclusive of those
exported, to $202,293,S75; and the receipts
from customs were $42,046,277.8(5. To realize
my estimates, the importations of dutiable
goods for the present fiscal year must reach
the amount of $250,000,000, besides those ex
ported ; and for the next fiscal year the sum
of $280,000,000.
“ Comparing the foregoing statement of re
ceipts and looking to a favorable and healthful
reaction in business, I should regard it unsafe
and unwise to calculate upon a larger impor-
tatiou than the present estimates contem
plate.”
The .Secretary then goes on to say that he is
compelled to declare that tho receipts are not
adequate to meet the public exigency unless
the expenditures are reduced below the esti
mates; on the contrary the bills passed through
one or thelother branch of Congress would very
largely and permanently increase the expen
ditures. It is estimated that the pension bill
alone would add several millions to the annu
al expenses of the government; and indeed a
larger amount for the next fiseal year. Other
bills, in like manner, would swell the expen
ditures. These expenditures should be reduced
to the estimate, or other means of revenue
will have to be provided.
The present tariff can, and should he so
modified as to supply such deficiency as may
exist, and he avails himself of the opportuni
ty again to call the attention of Congress to
the recommendations of his annual report on
the subject, and commend them to their fa
vorable consideration.
Several recommendations arc then made in
relation to an increase of postage, al>olition of
the franking privieleges, custom houses, treas
ury notes, &c. He again expresses the opinion
that the public debt ought not to be incscased
by an additional loan.
Burning n Negro at the stako—I>ren«lfnl
Particulars.
A correspondent of the Maysville Eagle,
gives the following particulars of the recent
burning of a negro at Troy, Kentucky, for the
murder of his master :
On New Year's day the annual negro sales
took place at Troy, the county seat, and there
was quite a collection of people there ; every
thing went on smoothly until about three
o’clock in the evening, when Jas. Callaway, a
brother-in-law of the deceased, mounted upon
an old goods-box before the store door, and
addressed the people for about fifteen minutes.
He said if the mass of the people felt as lie did,
and would do their duty, which he believed
they would, that they would take the black
murderer out of jail and burn him at the stake
in the presence of all the • negroes that were
there to set an example btfore them, and
show them what will be the result of all such
conduct should there ever be such again.
Then he closed by saying, “ All tiiat feel as
Ido will follow me.” lie then leaped from
the stand, and there was a general shout given,
and he led the way to the jail, and nine-tenths
of the multitude followed, On arriving at the
jail they found the Sheriff and jailor, who did
all they could to suppress the mob, but all to
no purpose.
They now mustered some 800 or 1,000 strong.
They then commenced with sledge hammers,
crowbars and axes, and in about an hour en
tered the jail and brought forward their vic
tim (the negro murderer.) They marched
him to the centre of the jailyard, drove down
a large stake and chained him in an erect po
sition, hand and feet fast to the stake. There
was an abundance of shavings and fine split
wood piled around him—this consumed some
half an hour. During this time the negro
talked to the negroes that gathered around
him. He told them that he had a good mas
ter, and that he was always treated too well
and given too many liberties, and for them to
take warning in time and never do as he had
done. Then the torch was applied, and he
seemed to be entirely indifferent about it until
the flames began to bum as high as his knees.
Then he began to twist, and snort, and groan,
and in about a minute more he commenced to
scream. He gave some of (he most hideoug
screams that I ever heard come from any hu
man being.
I could not stand to see any more and left.
When I left, the flames were burning as high
as his head. I was only a spectator—took no
hand either for or against. I think that there
were some 1,500 to 2,000 people to witness
this dreadful scene and 200 or 300 negroes.
Strange Mesalliance.—-Kldpeosent of a Rich
Heiress with a Country Clown.
Two youthful candidates for matrimony,
from Bourbon ebuniy, Kentucky, made their
debut at the Spencer House,, and as soon as
they had breakfasted-LtKejr ’^ere not poetized
above the reach of appetite by their passion
—made known their connubial wants. Mr.
France, one of the clerks of the hotel, to whom
they applied, asked where the prospective
bridegroom was, seeing no one but a very
large, ruddy-cheeked, awkward and entirely
rural individual, who looked as he had just
left the plow.
“I’m that fellow, roister, and I want to
marry this gal right off, quick,” was the re
sponse of the predestined Benedict, while the
girl, barely seventeen. and unlike him as
Cytherea was unlike Vulcan, smiled at what
appeared to her, in her blind partiality, an
open expression of his manly regard.
No wonder the clerk did not conjecture the
rude Bourbonite to be her lover. No one who
believes that like seeks like would have dream
ed of the possibility of such a compact.
The girl is very fair, delicate and symme
trical—quite a love of a creature, with blue
eyes and a mouth that ever pouted kisses
above the enchanting dimples of a beautiful
chin. She was lithe as a liUy on a stalk, and
every motion of her form, and every gesture
was grace itself. Her conversation was in
genious but elegant, easy but intellectual,
and it‘was evident, she added, to a naturally
refined mind, a superior education combined
with various accomplishments. We thought
of Titania and Bottom and Blanche and Quasi
mode, and Beauty and Beast, and we know
not what other creations of fiction, os wc
gazed at the pair that wore to wed, and won
dered whether the crop of husbands had not
been short last season in old Bourbon. We
are aware of course, that opposites attract each
other, but culture generally Seeks culture,
and refinement, refinement, however tempera
ment and organization differ. This instance,
however, was an exception; for here an accom
plished young lady was on the eve of mating
with a clown,not only in manners, but in per
son and character. Miranda’s love for Cali
ban would not have been more unnatural.—
Still the fair Kentuckian was violently enam
oured of her bucolic lover, it was evident, and
had doubtless idolised him into a sort of fair
Apollo. His defects she supplied with the ro
mance of her own nature, snd covered his
faults and awkwardness with the gorgeousness
of her imagination, until he shone forth, in
her eyes at least, the incarnation of poetic
dreams.
They were married in less than an hour,
and as they retired from the reception room
to which they had bceninvited, she seemed as
much pleased with his gaurheries, as he with
her elegant aud engaging deportment. We
thought of the familiar lines of tlic play, and
felt.how thoroughly they were verified in tlic
example before us:
Iu joining in contrast lieth love’s delights,
1 lence hands of snow in palms of russet lie ;
The form of Hercules and of Sylph’s,
And breasts that case the lion’s fire-proof heart
Find their love lodge in arms where tremors dwell.
The marriage was, as may lie supposed, the
result of an elopement. The bridegroom had
been employed by the bride’s father in a me
nial capacity, and as soon as she returned
from a New England school, where every
pains had been taken to give an excellent edu
cation, she “fell in love” with the “rude, un
lettered hind,” aud herself proposed to run
away.
The devil is in some women, and no mis
take, and tliis was a case in point.
Whether the father who is wealthy, will ac
cept his plebeian son-in-law, is a question we
cannot determine. Perhaps, its he is extrava
gantly fond of his daughter, he will forget her
mesalliance for the great love he bears his child.
—[Cincinnati paper.
American Cleanliness versos Foreign
* Dirt.
A Russian, who has lately published a hook
of travels on the United States, commends the
comparative cleanliness of our people. Speak-
ng even of as dirty a city as we Americans
think New York to he, he is satisfied with our
hotels, their arrangements, comforts, prices,
and above all, with the copious distribution
of water. A vehement apostrophe is hurled at
the St. Petersburg houses, owned mostly by
grandees, aristocrats and high officials. He
upbraids them for the^nastiucss prevailing in
the interior of their dwellings, occasioned by
the scarcity of water :
It is a shame that our elegant St. Petersburg
resembles a girl brilliantly dressed but dirty
undergarments. Here is a city built only
yesterday, inhabited exclusively by traders and
..shopkeepers, who began life without a notion
of tho wants and requirements created by
higher birth and breeding. But 600,000 men
grouped together must be kept clean and
washed. Look here, gentlemen, aristocrats!
this city has spent millions for cleanliness,
while under the golden liveries of your retin
ue, and often in the trimmings and fringes of
your guady curtains, nestle numberless inhab
itants, contesting your right of property.—
Wliat is aristocracy without cleanliness of bo
dy ? Do you intend to wait until the govern
ment will take to washing you, your servants
and dwelling ? If it comes to that, you will
pay dear for it.
Admiring the simplicity of method in the
naming ^nd co-ordination of streets, he says :
Simplicity is the evidence of sound common
sense,' a quality which cannot be denied Amer
icans. In Europe everything is more or less
ruled by routine and tradition : Americans arc
proud to exist by their own individual under
standing. Europe is a well-written, systemat
ic treatise ; the United States are a creation fill
ed with new original and strikingly practical
conceptions.
Enhanced Price or Slaves in Brazil.—One
cause of this dissatisfaction now prevailir g be
tween the British contractors and directors of
certain lines of railway in Brazil, in the course
of construction, is the enormously enhanced
price of labor since those works have commenc
ed. • This has altogether disorganized the
planter’s calculations, in proof of which it is
enough to observe that when the Recief and
Ban Fransisco line was commenced, some 3
years ago, the price .of a slave in the province
of Pernambuco, was from £80 to £100 ; and
according to the report by the mail that reach
ed London on the 6th, none could be had at
less than from £200 to £250. Large numbers
of Germans were being sent out from Ant
werp by Mr. Furness, the London contractor
of the Pernambuco Railway, and 1000 Sardin
ians were finder engagement to Mr. Watson,
the contractor of the Bahia Railway, to pro
ceed thither. But the demand is so great that
the current rates of wages are likely to be
rather stimulated than otherwise by these tri
vial accessions, especially as fresh enterprises
are being projected in various parts of the
South American Empire.
Athens Banner.—Anderson W. Reese, Esq.,
for some years the accomplished editor of the
Athens “ Banner,” has retired from that pa
per. His place in the firm is to be filled by
Mr. Wm. M. Chase, who is said to be well
qualified for the post. .
We trust that we will welcome Mr. Reese
again into- the fraternity, and somewhere in
this section of the State.—[Col. Times.
A Compliment.
A correspondent of the Nashville Republican
Banner pays a high compliment to Georgians
and praises the manner in which the State
Road it
is at present conducted. We opine that
if the Nashville man had passed over the road
some few years since he would not have found
much to compliment, on the contrary, if he
had known before hand the dangers to which
he would have been exposed he would have
made his will before starting, and had prayers
put up in all the* churches for bis preserva
tion.
Riding in the cars on the W. & A. Ii. R. is a
pleasure. The ride is smooth, regular, easy.
For the first time in my life I this day rode in
cars without fear of life or limb. The grad
ing is very nicely done—safely done. The
State owns the road, and the managers of it
attend to the business in a calm manner. The
people—everything—in Georgia—seems to
wear a self possessed face and mien. You
feel here that you are a gentleman and among
gentlemen. ’TIs said the best poetry and mu
sic is that which has most vowel sounds and
fewest consonant sounds, “(leorgia” is a
smooth, vowel sound word, wholly a soft pro
nunciation. If it could lie proven that the
term “Georgians” lias made these people the
calm, velvety people they are, it would no
longer be true that there’s nothingin a name,
or that a rose would smell as sweet by any
other name. What a hissing word is “Tenn
essee,” and what a club word is “Kentucky,”—
and how we hiss and they thump and knock.—
[ Augusta Dispatch. ]
Trial ot fitary Haatnng for the Murder o
her Husband.
This trial commenced at Albany on Monday,
before Hon. Ira Harris, Justice, and Jas. Rem
ington and Hugh Carger, Associates.
On the first day, Joseph Levi, a physician
and surgeon, was sworn and examined on be
half of the people. He deposed that he first
saw the deceased in his professional capacity
in his office, April 11,-1858. Deceased com
plained of a pain in h : s throat; he coughed
and breathed feverish, and witness formed an
opinion that he was suffering from inflamma
tion of the lungs ; witness gave him a prescrip
tion for a draught, and directed him to drink
marsh mallow tea, and apply a mustard plas
ter to his neck ; called on deceased next day,
and found him somewhat easier, and ordered
a blister on his throat, and a continuation of
the medicines but in smaller quantities, as he
had been vomiting ; on the 21st he died.
On the second day, Theodore Walden de
posed that the deceased kept a lager beer sa
loon and boarding house, and that ne (witness)
was one of the boarders. He testified to the
sickness of the deceased, and to quarrels which
he had hail with his wife. Deceased was al
ways complaining that his wife did not treat
him well. 1 he witness also proved that the
wife w.-is 1 always adverse to a post mortem ex
amination.
On one occasion, before the deceased fell
sick, while drinking his coffee at the general
table, he complained that there was some-
tliing in the cup that looked so curious that
he refused to drink it. His wife then said
there had been sulphuric acid in the cup, which
Mr. Wintzen had given her to clean tin, and
the cup might not have been cleaned liefore
the coffee was poured into it. She admitted
tiiat it was poison.
Mary Folk, a servant of the deceased, cor
roborated the evidence of the sickness; she
said some time before the deceased was taken
sick, Mrs. Hartung sent her to Mr. Saulter, an
apothecary, to buy prussic acid, with which
she said she wanted to clean copper. A youth
was in the store, and said there was none, and
even if there were, he would not sell it to her,
as the very smell of it was poisonous. On an
other occasion she asked her to go out and buy
arsenic, saying it was for a person named
Streit, who wanted it to stuff birds with. This
witness also deposed that Mrs. Hartung al
ways cooked her husband’s meals herself,
while he was sick, and tiiat she was continual
ly going out of the kitchen into an entry,
where a bottle or jar was standing, from which
she took something out between her fingers,
and returning into the kitchen, threw what
she held into whatever she was cooking. Af
ter the death of deceased, she found that the
jar smelt like phosphorus. She could not use
the towel on which Mrs. Hartung wiped her
fingers after handling the stuff, it smelt so,
and had to wash the towel five or six times
before the smell would go off. The rest of
the witness’ evidence went to show strong sus
picions of an improper intimacy between Mrs.
Hartung and a man named Rhciman, who took
charge of the business after Hartung’s death.
[Frnm the Special Correspondence of the N. Y. Timo-1
I have recently heard an amusing anecdote
of Gov. Wise, which is worth recording. On
the occasion of his visit to the town of Liberty,
thirty miles west of tliis, during the celebra
ted campaign of 1855, to address the people,
he was introduced to a Mr. Fogy, whose resi
dence was af the foot of the Peaks of Otter.
After the introduction Mr. F. addressed Mr.
Wise as follows :
Mr. F.—“ I am glad to see you Mr. Wise.”
Mr.W.—“I am happy to see you, Mr. Fogy”
Mr. F.—“I am sorry I can’t vote for you,
Mr. Wise.”
Mr. W.—“Iain sorry for that too ; but this
is a free country, and a man can vote as lie
pleases.”
Mr. F.—“ My employment in early life,
and indeed until recently, was a thiinble-rig-
ger. I have been always attending horse ra
ces with my thimbles and ball, crying out,
‘ ’tis here and 'tain’t there.’ and ‘ ’tain’t here
and’tis there.’ For many years a celebrated
little horse, named Wazy, was winner of the
stakes on every course that I was accustomed
to attend. Bets were made, ‘ten’ to ‘one’ up
on him, iigainst the whole track, and he ne
ver failed to win. While engaged one day, at
a race, in my usual occupation. I noticed the |
ugliest, row-boniest, scrawniest, most ragged
hipped looking beast you ever did see, led in- J
to the track, and his name was Wee Ilawk. I
was soon told that he was entered against
Waxy, and ‘ten’ to ‘one’ was readily offered
against him. I looked at Wee Hawk. He
seemed wretched, but he had fire in his eye.
I then looked at my pile, and I said, if I bet on
Waxy and win I won’t win much, but if I bet | j
on Wee Hawk and win, I will increase my pile “
tenfold. I looked again at Wee. Hawk and see
ing the fire in his eye, I concluded I’d liet.
I did so and won. 1 never did sec, Mr. Wise,
a man so like a horse as you are like Wee Hatch,
and though I can’t vote for you I’ll bet my
pile on you.”
Mr. Wise laughed heartily, and the result!
proved that the tire was there.
Broadway is the pride of Americans. Now-
herein the world does the same street unite
the great commerce of the world and the sen
suous inventions of fashion ; nowhere on the
whole length of the same thoroughfare run
the working, busy, active, enterprising popu
lation and the people of leisure. Pre-eminent
among the people of liesure is the fair sex,
here truly deserving this name. Familiar on
ly with the charms of life, it flutters thought
fully from one shop to another, squandering
in cheerful “naivete” the winnings laborious
ly accumulated by the toil of their fathers and
husbands.
The author's description of the uninterrup
ted current of this great artery of New York
life is graphic ;
The current of labor, business, speculation,
and every kind of mercantile and money mak
ing occupation, moves down Broadway; the
accumulated wealth runs up town. Specula
tion, mercantile and industrial, and .pursuits
of every nature, pass through thousands of
hands, swim over oceans, imbrace tiie world.
Finally, from this apparently unpleasant and
heterogeneous choas emerges a resounding
silvery wave, rushing in opposite direction,
until petrified up-town in the shape of an aris
tocratic dwelling.—[ Mobile Advertiser. J
Fifty Dollars a Day.
The Fredericksburg Recorder says that mem
bers of Congiess will get this session “fifty dol
lars per day,” for every day employed, exclu
sive of mileage. It is an interesting question;
how many ofthem could earn it at any other
business? We might go farther, and ask,
with the Fredericksburg Kews, whether they
do earn it ? “They contracted with their con
stituents,” says that paper, "to work for eight
dollars a day, and then voted themseives more
than six times that amount. Let some mem
ber of Congress adopt the Enquirer’s suggestion
and immortalize himself by insroducing a re
solution providing for the cutting down of the
present pay of members to fifteen hundred
dollars per annum. That would be tweni}
five dollars per day, which is enough, in all
conscience, considering the Treasury is empty.
Away with this wretched pretence about ‘re
trenchment and reform,’ from men who pock
et fifty dollars a day of unearned money. Let
them no longer insult the intelligence of the
country, by asserting that they are in favor of
economy and retrenchment. ’ ’
Mr. J. M. Reinhardt, alias “Short Skin,”
the great Tragedian, has arrived in New York.
A Cool Scoundrel Arrested In an Interesting!
Career.
The Louisville Democrat notes the arrest ii
that city of Henry Oliver, alias Barlthuff, well
known in that section for some very cool acts]
“His last offence, and for which lie is now
under arrest is, for more of his swindlin;
operations in St. Louis. It seems that hi
went to Jackson, 111., und there parsing him
self off as the legatee of a very wealthy mi
in tlic South, and having nearly a million dol
lars at his disposal, was enjoying life and
king things easy. He spoke of making dom
tions to a church, and made many other equi
ly kind promises to his tailor, all of whicl
have yet to be fullfilled. In liis pcregrinatioi
about the town, with some of the young mei
of the place, whom he had inoculated witl
the idea of liis unbounded wealth, they got ii
to a scrape. A lawyer was engaged with ai
almost unlimited fee in perspective. The pai
ties were cleared. The fee not being paid, i
writ was sued out to search the property of th
gay buck. Tliis sudden disclosure of his pc
verty aud deception, forced him to leave tb
place. It is said lie has performed many othe
equally creditable feats.
On his way up, on the boat, he acted as at
coucheur to a lady, and brought her safe!
through tlic “interesting predicament.” 1
is supposed the doctor will go to St. Loui
again as a fugitive from justice.
[From the Nashville Union A American.]
New York State Anti-Slavery Convensloij
The Fanatics in Council—William H. Seward's Rochet
Speech fully Endorsed by the Ral/id Abolitionist, etc. I
The New York State Anti-Slavery Convei
tion met at Albany on the 1st. The attei
dance was not very large. Addresses were d
livered by Wendell Phillips, Wm. Loyd Ga
rison and others of the great guns of the pa
ty, in support ^f the doctrine of State inc
pcndence, and in advocacy of disunion, anil]
series of resolutions were discussed, and fina
ly adopted, which denounces the Union “asj
covenant with death,” and “anagreemc]
with Hell.” The resolutions quote as a pi
amble the language of John Quincy Adam
Wm. Ellery Canning, Josiah Quincy, Sr., M
Underwood of Kentucky, and Mr. Arnold]
Tennessee, respecting Slavery, and add; Thei
fore,
Resolved, That in advocating a dissolution]
the Union the abolitionists are justified by cvj
ry precept of the Gospel, every principle |
morality, and every claim of humanity.
Resolved, That the Union is covenant wi
death, and ought to be annulled—an agn
ment with hell, which a just God cannot pi
mit to stand; and that it is tlic paramos
duty of all to seek its immediate overtime
The resolutions then goon to quote the h
guage of Win. H. Seward respecting an ir
pressible conflict between the free and sk
States, and found on that a resolution decl
ing that any party is unworthy of confiden
no matter what its professions may be, if it
fuses to attack the institution of slavery itsi
|gf” We aie p lined to announce the deatll
Mr. Henry J. Beeves, a merchant of this phi
of the firm of Jossev & Reeves. This genj
man died on Monday morning last, at the i
dence of his mother ir. this city. His rera
attended by his relatives, aud a large <
course of frieuds, were interred on yester
afternoon iu our city cemetery. Thede
was highly esteemed in this dty for his i
amiable qualities, and os a merchant was
spected for his probity. He died of con
tion.—Empire State.
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