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MARCH 3, 1859.
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Operatic.
C T. Smith, the Agent of “Cooper’s Cele
brated Opera Troupe,” is here, to arrange for
th0 presentation of a series of Operas. The
musical portion of our citizens have a rich
treat in perspective.
rtf’Col. J- H. Logan has disposed of his
J^t in the Atlanta “Intelligencer.” We re-
t'the loss of such an able writer, and ac-
vruplished newspaper conductor as Mr. Lo-
‘ from the editorial corps; but we hope
t |, e - intelligencer” will still be kept up to
B hat it has iieen, (one of the best papers in
the up country) under the editorial care of
GauMing, Whitaker and Gaskill, there
m nothing wanting to keep up its hereto
fore trood reputation.—[Waynesboro News.
(Ve insert the above for four reasons.
14, T>> show our readers what is thought of
our former associate. Col. J. H. Logan, by
y,me the press.
o n j it makes the present managers of the
Intelligencer fed good to be kindly noticed, now
and then.
;>,] We want our readers to know that we
are well thought of away from home.
4th. We desire to place Judge Whitaker
jjjlit. upon the record. As one of the propri
etors of the Intelligencer, we have the benefit
nf liis advice and sympathy, hut he is not one
of the editors of our paper.
A Printer In Luck.
We have just learned that the Supreme
t'ourt at Macon, has affirmed the decision of
•he Superior ('ouri of Houston county, in the
care of Whitfield vs Everett, by which the
l, ,-irs of Whitfield take thirty seven thousand
Mian. The Plaintiff in this case was the
father of John Whitfield, a piinter, now of
Montgomery, Ala., but formerly ofGriflin Ga.,
and who received his first typographical lcs-
m, iis. from our recent partner Col. J. H. Lo
gan. We congratulate John whom we have
known from his boyhood, upon his good for-
tune, ami hope ho will use his funds in a be
dimming manner. Certain parties in this
city fur whom we have long had strong at-
tachwent, arc equally interested in this freak
of fortune, but by their special request we
withold their names. Three cheers for the
printer. John Whitfield and his good luck.
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-( an nnytlilnggoorf comeoct of WaurtthV
The following excerpt we clip, from the Au
gusta Chronicle & Sentinel. We cannot
withhold the expression of our gratification,
at this manifestation of a returning sense of
justice on the part of our Augusta cotempora-
it. He has so long been blinded by prejudice
against our foreign-bom fellow citizens, that
vc had given him up as a hopeless case. But
tin- article which we extract from his columns
gives us ground to hope, that he is not beyond
the ]Hiwcr of political redemption. Gen.
Shields is an Irishman and Gen. Quitman, a
New Yorker by birth. “Can any good come
out of Nazareth ?’ ’ We answer yes.
The Late General John A. Quitman.—The
Hew ing praiseworthy and touching incident
■»,is related of this distinguished officer and
statesman by General Shields, on the occasion
• the announcement of his death in the Sen
ate of the United States. After speaking of
the conspicuous part which Gen. Q., took in
•they-brilliant exploits that crowned a suc-
ce-sion of the glorious victories’, in the valley
of Mexico, he said :
Mr. President in referring to these exciting
! Ties there are memories of the past—strange
memories—that crowd upon my mind and
threaten to overpower my feeling. How can
1 ever forget the noble friend who came to
the poor, shattered hut in which I lay wound
ed. at ferro Gorda, to bid me, as he then sup
posed, a last farewell; and who, taking my
hand in his, said, in accents trembling with
motion : “My dear friend, if we never meet
again in this life, I will take good care that
full justice shall be done to your reputation f”
The man who did this had a soldier’s heart.
Or can I forget the night that followed the
‘apture of the city of Mexico, when the tame
kind friend, though exhausted and worn out
with the fatigues of the day, came once more
to my bedside, where I was suffering from a
- Hind wound, and watched over my troubled
deep with as much affectionate solicitude as
if I had been his own son ! Acts of kindness
such as these. I can never forget until my
"wii heart fails to beat; and if I thought it
necessary, I would make the same pledge to
Lis memory, here in the Senate, which he
made to me at C'erro Gordo:—that, to the
'••st of my ability, I would try to see full jus
tice done to his reputation. But no such
pledge is necessary. No American will ever
Iv found to do injustice to the reputation of
General Quitman. No, sir; the State in
which lie sleeps, the cou ntry he loved and
jerve-d so well, history and posterity will do
justice to the memory of one of America’s
s ldiers and noblest sons.
“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON.
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ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1859.
NO 19
The Eclectic Magazine for March, has
arrived. It is an interesting number, with
two elegant engravings, one of “Eugene, Em
press of the French,” and onerof “the Empress
Mariah Theresa, and her Minister of State,
Kaunitz.”
Washington'* Birth-Day.
TTic Birth-Day of George Washington was
celebrated Last evening, by the Madison Ly-
o-um. in the Methodist E. Church. The at
tendance was unusually large.
After Prayer by Rev. W. P. Arnold, Mr. J.
H. Harris proceeded to read the “Farewell
Addicss,” to a remarkably inattentive auditory.
•Tr C. 0. Marshall, Speaker elect for the oc-
cusion. tlien delivered an eloquent and ap-
pt"priatc address, which, indeed, reflected
credit upon the young orator. Mr. S, J. Saf-
f rd in the conclusion of the exercises, pre-
Mited the claims of the Mount Vernon Asso-
< iatiou in a few pertinent remarks. Fifteen
dollars were contributed by the liberality of
tlie citizens present, to he presented to the
Ilegent of the Indies Association of this State,
>n the nama of the Lyceum.
We copy the above from the “Visitor” at
Madison. We are at a loss to understand the
a We article. Friend Barrow are you making
■on of your own town ? You say “the attend
ance was unusually large' ’ and that fifteen dol-
;qrt were contributed by the liberality of the
citizens present.” We have always looked
u P° n Madison as a wealthy and liberal town.
Have they forgotten Washington ? or do they
1 we money more than the “Father of his coun-
tr )' ■ Something is wrong somewhere. Ta-
k 11 '- into consideration the inhabitants of the
l "o plzces and Madison is far ahead of Atlan-
14 in wealth yet our folks had an oration, &c
4!1 <1 contributed about 50 dollars, which will
’tart to-day to “Mrs. Regent,” but we never
reampt of talking about “Uberality.” If
j ° r 1000 could have been named, we might
IJ 'e Mowed a little. Besides on the night of
tlle 22nd, our Fire Company No. 3 gave a
I’ j rt.v 0) raise the wind to buy a new Engine
an, l although our citizens had previously con-
ributed liberally to aid No. 1 and 2, about
* J Hollars were realized as the nett proceed
' 1 * ie n '(=ht. But we never thought of calling
that a liberal affair.
There is a young lady, np town, who
. • 8 ’ lat R a wheel has “nine” fellows, it is
inli .u a " oraa n can’t have one. Sensable
SKI that—so w# think.
|®“The communication, in our issue of to
day , in regard to the prosecution of delinquent
tax payers, was sent to us as a correspondence,
but not wishing to take tides in a personal
controversy of this nature, and knowing that
we might fill our sheets with effusions of this
sort from both sides, to the exclusion of other
matter, we have declined pubUshing the same,
except as an advertisement. In pursuing this
course, we, however, take occasion to state
that we are informed upon reliable authority,
that the author of the article is a high toned
and honorable gentleman.
The Executive Committee.
The Marietta “Advocate” of the 25th inst.,
says : “It is hardly possible that the Commit
tee may not deem a Convention necessary.’
Possible indeed! brother Advocate-.- -We deem
it utterly impossible, that the committee should
come to any such conclusion, as “not to have
a convention.” They have nothing to do
with the question, except to decide upon the
time and place of holding the convention.—
Should they go beyond this, their action
should be repudiated by the whole party, and
no doubt would lie. That there will be a Gub
ernatorial Convention, is a fixed fact, and let
us prepare for it at once.
Trout House.
At the kind invitation of Dr. Boyd, the
“host” ofthis excellent House, we, in compa
ny with our very highly esteemed and most
amiable friend, Mr. Wm Sapp of Burk county
partook of his sumptuous dining table, on
Friday last.—Temperance Crusaaer.
Well, well, Bro. Seals, do you mean to say
that you and your friend Sapp “partook of Dr.
Boyd’ sdining table?” You must have a
stomach like an ostrich. We went over to
Dr. Boyd’s the other day and “partook of’
the “sumptuous” fare which wc^found onthe
“dining table.” We got all we wanted
without partaking of the table.
“Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal. Edi
ted by Joseph P. Logan, M. D., Professor of
Physiology and Diseases of Women and
Children in the Atlanta Medical College, and
W. F. Westmoreland, M. D., Professor of
the Principles and Practice of Surgery in the
Atlanta Medical College. Pax el scienlia, sed
veritas sine timore. Vol. IV., No. VI. Feb
ruary, 1859. Published monthly, at $3 per
annum in advance.”
The above Journal has just found its way to
our table. We take great pleasure in com
mending this periodical to all who desire to
read a “Medical and Surgical Journal. ’ ’ While
this Journal is edited by Dr. J. P. Logan and
W. F. Westmoreland, it has the benefit of val
uable articles from all of the Professors of the
Atlanta Medical College, and they are all gen
tlemen and scholars, who will favorably com
pare with any Medical College Faculty in the
land. We have been interested and edified by
reading several articles of this number of the
Journal. Those who are not physicians, will
find much in this Journal that will profit and
please by the reading. The mechanical execu
tion of the above named Journal, is hird to
beat. The printing is done at this office, and
we feel no embarrassment in blowing our own
horn a little, as we point to this Journal as a
specimen of the work of our own office. We
admire the motto of this Journal. Let the
editors adhere to it strictly, an 1 they will de
serve, aDd we hope obtain, the largest success.
Truth.—An exchange says, “show us a
newspaper whose columns are crowded with
new advertisements, and we will show you a
community alive with business and enterprise.
The age is a moving one. A man that stands
still in these ‘latter days,’ will, in a short time,
find himself behind his competitor.” We com
mend this hint to the business men of Nash
ville.
We clip the above from the “Republican
and Banner.” Taking the above extract to
be true, we may safely say that Atlanta is
“alive with business and enterprise.” We do
not feel disposed to commend the above to
the business men of Atlanta, by way of repro
ving them, for we feel that, as a general thing,
they have patronized us generously, and we
thank them kindly for it. We have made a
heavy outlay to be able to serve them, and we
have faith to believe, that we will not be al
lowed by the business men of Atlanta, to suf
fer by their neglect. It has become one of the
necessities of the age for men, who would suc
ceed in business on a large scale, to make free
use of printers’ ink. People, much more than
they used to do, go to newspapers to learn
where to go to trade. A house that does a
large advertising, does a large business nine
times out of ten. We have a few merchants,
and some other business men, who do not
advertise with us, who ought to do so for
their own good, as well as ours. We would be
glad of their patronage, and we believe that
we could do them good. Men are mutually
dependent upon each other. No man need
say that he is independent. The next hour
may find him calling for sympathy or aid.—
The head has no right to say of the hand, I
have no need of thee, nor the foot, to the head,
I have no need of thee. All parts of the sys
tem arc dependent upon each other, and it
takes head, hands, feet, &c., to make a whole
man.
The newspaper has become to he, in a great
measure, the mouth-piece for business, and a
man may nearly as well try to talk without a
tongue, as to do much in this world, without
the influence of the press. A thriving paper
s a sure index to a thriving community. We
duly appreciate our increasing advertising pat
ronage and growing list of subscribers, but we
are not content. We want more advertise
ments and more readers. We realize our cen
tral position, and our opportunity for useful
ness and political influence. We want to se
cure and merit $he largest circulation of any
newspaper in the State. Much of our success
depends upon sympathizing and active friends.
Democrats of Atlanta and “the region round
about,” will you do your duty by us, in aid
ing us to accomplish our largest wishes ?
Portrait or Fanny Fkrn.—The Utica Her
ald’s New York correspondent says”: “I met
Fanny Fern upon Broadway, yesterday, lean
ing upon the arm of her beloved “James.”—
He is a tall cadaverous individual, with mel
ancholy expression, and eyes askew, but with
a good expression withal. Fanny has passed
her heyday ; “no longer young” is stamped
upon that somewhat careworn face. A san
guine temperament, large perceptive faculties,
sandy, wavy hair falling low down upon her
forehead—prominent features. People meet
ing her, even in a crowd, say, “What a strange
looking woman!” It is a marked, but not a
bad face. It says: ‘I have known some bitter
things, anguish, anger, soUtude.’ It is not
wholly good, and it could not be entirely bad,
It hints at ugliness—it suggests its nobility.—
It is self-assured, bnt not vain; proud, but not
haughty. It says: ‘I have lived more years
than are recorded for me.' Her daughter, wo
man grown, is in appearance a fine, second
edition of herself.
•33,000.
Col. Benj. May, Treasurer of the State
Road, has remitted to the State Treasury
$33,000 for the month of February. All
right.
Damage to the State Road.
We have it from reliable authority, that the
repairs of the late damage to the State Road,
did not cost over $1500 or $2,000.
Hon. Lather J. Glenn, of Atlanta, for
Governor.
The “Southern Confederacy,” of last Fri.
day, came out in a leader headed as above.—
There are some things in the above named ar
ticle, which our duty will not let us pass. We
have no hostility to exhibit against Mr. Glenn,
yet we sincerely believe that the article under
consideration, at the present juncture of affairs
will do Mr. Glenn no good, if it docs not do
him harm. We say this as Mr. Glenn’s friend,
for we wish him weH, and we have proven our
faith by our works more -than once or twice,
in days.gone by. There are some glaring im
consistencies hanging around the appearance
of Mr. Glenns name in the “Confederacy,”
which he himself could hardly reconcile. Let
those acquainted with Mr. Glenn’s political
history, read the “prospectus of the Southern
Confederacy,” and see the agreement between
the two. More than this, there are several
things in that “prospectus” which we cannot
endorse, and which the Democracy of Georgia
will not endorse, and which we believe Mr.
Glenn himself would not endorse, were he now
out willingly, as a candidate for Gubernatori
al honors. We say, with the kindest feelings
towards Mr. Glenn, that the appearance of his
name in the above connection, will embarrass
some of his very best political friends.
Gov. Brown is in office. He has made a
good Governor. It is Democratic usage to re
nominate, when there has been a reasonable
performance of duty. We make no reflections
upon the Confederacy, when we say we regret
the appearance of Mr. Glenn’s name in that
paper. Our limited acquaintance with the ed
itor of that paper, has, so far, been pleasant,
and we have no right to say but that he is sin
cerely devoted to the welfare of the South, and
of Georgia. But the political creed of his pa
per, is not such as the Democratic party in
Georgia have embraced in mass, and we feci
that the use of Mr. Glenn’s name as above, is
premature. At the proper time, Mr. Glenn
will find the Editors of the Intelligencer ready
to do what they can to place him in the line
of promotion.
“The approaching Gubernatorial Conven
tion, from every manifestation of public senti
ment, threatens to be one of unprecedented
acrimony in the annals of the State, with the
almost certain attendant evils of schism, dis
cord incurable, and prejudices that will en
danger the success of the party.”
We think the “Confederacy” greatly mista
ken in the statement just above. “From ev
ery manifestation of public sentiment,” wc
have not a doubt but that Gov. Brown will be
renominated on the first ballot, and that he
will be re-elected by an increased majority.—
“The success of the party,” with Gov. Brown
as a leader, may be set down as certain.
“Augusta has her Gardner, Savannah her
Styles, Columbus her Colquitt, Rome her
Lumpkin, Cherokee County her Brown, and
why not Atlanta her Glenn. If the renomina
tion of Governor Brown is to create dissension,
feuds, cliques, and interminable strifes in the
party, when there is so much need of unanim
ity in view of the approaching crisis of 1800,
the nomination of either of the first three gen
tlemen, would produce alike difficulties.”
If “Augusta has her Gardner,” her Gardner
says he has no war to make upon Gov. Brown,
and that he has no aspirations to be Governor.
Savannah has not offered “her Styles” as yet,
against the renomination of Gov. Brown, and
she would be just as apt to urge him against
Glenn and Brown. Colquitt of Columbus, is
one of Gov. Brown’s fast friends, and will, no
doubt, smile at seeing Ms name in this con
nection.
From what we have heard of late, we have
no idea that Rome will urge “her Lumpkin,”
at present. There is wisdom sometimes in
waiting. “Why not Atlanta” reserve “her
Glenn” till there seems to be a favorable
breeze ? “Her Glenn” is young, talented, and
worth}’, and “Atlanta” has but to “let pa
tience do her perfect work,” and “her Glenn”
but to do Ms duty, for him to be almost any
thing in the future that he may reasonably de
sire. Where are to be seen evidences of ‘ ‘in
terminable strifes in the party ?”
“We have no war to make upon Governor
Brown, or any other probable candidate for
Gubernatorial honors, hut we claim that it is
our privilege, as well as our duty, to use every
exertion to harmonize and strengthen the par
ty, and in doing that, should sui h an exigency
probably occur, as we very much fear it will,
we shall unhesitatingly urge the claims of
Luther J. Glenn.”
We would not think that we were doir-g
much “to harmonize and strengthen the par
ty/’ by suggesting that the nomination of
Gardner, Styles, Colquitt or Brown, would
“create dissension, feuds, cliques and intermi
nable strifes in the party.” Georgia Demo
crats have their preferences, and make bold to
show them, but when any worthy Democrat
is fairly placed in nomination, they rally to
him as they have always rallied, to principles
rather than men. While we are strongly in
favor of Gov. Brown’s renomination, as due
him from party usage, and from a stem and
successful effort to make a good Governor, if
some other reliable and worthy Democrat
should fairly heat him in convention, (of which
we have no fear) yet, in that event, we shall
enthusiastically support the nominee.
Gardner, Lumpkin, Warner, Lamar, Styles,
and Colquitt of Baker, with their friends, al
though their names had lx.en used in conven
tion, supported Gov. Brown and elected him ;
and should either of them fairly get the next
nomination, or Mr. Glenn, we think we know
Gov. Brown well enough to say that he and
Ms friends will never he outdone in political
generosity, and in strict submission to party
duty, properly expressed.
Additional by the Canada.
Halifax, Feb. 25.—In addition to the brief
dispatch sent last night, of the news brought
by the Canada, it is stated in Liverpool circu
lars that cotton advanced £d. during the week,
in Liverpool, owing to the prevailing impress
ion that the political affairs of Europe will be
undisturbed by war; and the favorable news
from India and China, also contributed to give
tone, confidence, and activity to the market.
The sales on Friday were 19,000 bales, and the
market closed firm, at the following quota
tions : Fair Orleans 7 7-16d.; Mid. Orleans G
15-16d. ; Fair Mobile 7 3-I6d.; Mid. Mobile
6 13-16d. ; Fair Uplands G 15-16d. ; Mid. Up
lands 6|d.
Some circulars report l-16d. advance, and
others 3-16d.
The stock of Cotton in Liverpool was 397,-
500 bales, of which 335,000 were American.
E ” Drs. Y. H. Taliaferro and A. G. Thom-
ve issued a prospectus for a new paper to
be published in Atlanta, Ga., to be called “The
Medical and Literary weekly.”
The first number will be issued the first
Thursday in Hay next. Price $2 per annum
in advance.
The State Convention—Letter of Ji W. Dan
can, Esq.
We have received the foUowing letter from
Mr. Duncan in regard to the controversy
about the Democratic State Convention. Had
he been at home he would have sooner placed
himseif right in regard to his connection with
the Executive Committee. He had not seen
Judge Love’s call at the time he writes us.—
The whole matter is now satisfactorily ex
plained :
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 2G, 1859.
Messrs. Editors—Bear Sirs—On my return
from the North yesterday, where 1 have been
for nearly a month, I learned that there had
been a controversy in some of the newspapers
of the State, during the last few weeks, in re
lation to the calling of the next Democratic
Convention. I was entirely unaware of this
discussion until I reached PhiladelpMa some
days ago, on my way South ; whUe there I
had a paper put in my hands in which my
name was referred to as Chairman of the Ex
ecutive Committee.
I regard it as due to myself lest silence on
my part might be misconstrued into claiming
a position, that I do not desire to occupy, to
address you a line for publication on this sub
ject. When I moved the appointment of the
Executive Committee, at the last State Con
vention, I distinctly requested the President
(Col. Lomax,) not to regard the Parliamentary
usage, but to designate some older member of
the Committee as Chairman. Mr. Ward, of
Chatham, was thus named, as Chairman. In
his absence from the country, Judge Love, of
Thomas, is the next in order, entitled to take
that position, and on him properly devolves
the duty of calling the Committee together,
and I have no doubt they will all cheerfully
meet under his summons, and agree upon a
day for the assembling of the State Conven
tion.
I regret that there should have been any
controversy on this subject, and had I known
sooner, that my name had been used in con
nection with it, I would long ere now have
promptly disclaimed the position assigned me.
I am, very respectfully,
JOHN W. DUNCAN.
The Atlanta Intelligencer.
We observe that Mr. Logan has retired from
this Journal, and is succeeded by Mr. Whita
ker. The “Intelligencer” is one of the hand
somest Daily’s that comes to our table, and
we wish it success.
By-the-way, we regret that the editors of
that paper should have supposed foi a moment
that in styling “The Gate City” a political
and railroad liable, we intended the slightest
reflection upon the worthy and enterprising
residents of that place. The name of “Gate Ci
ty,” we lielieve, was adopted by themselves
Keokuk, in Iowa, bears the same cognomen.
That Atlanta is a great throughfare, we pur-
suine our friends of the “Intelligencer” will
not deny. That the democracy there, as eve
ry where else, are “devoted to their party,”
we shall not question. We do question how
ever, their agreement upon a solitary cardi
nal political principal or measure now before
the country. As regards our party the editors
are too well informed not to “KnowNothing”
upon that subject. They know that since De
cember 1855, its name has been “The American
Party”—its meetings open.—[Journal &
Messenger.
Tub Large Cotton Planters.—A few days
since a paragraph was published, giving some
account of the cotton crop of Col. Bond of
Georgia, which amounted last year to 2,100
bales, and was the largest sent to market by
any planter in that State. A Yidalia corres
pondent of the Free Trader (Natchez) con
trasts the Planters of Mississippi and Louisi
ana with the Georgia celebrity as follows :
There are half a dozen planters in Concor
dia parish Louisiana, as also many more in
Mississippi, that make afar higher mark than
this. Not to make a thing invidious, the
names of A. V. Davis, Esq. of Concordia par
ish, who makes all Ms cotton there, chalks
up several hundred bales above the Georgia
Planter; so does L. R. Marshall, Esq., in the
State of Louisiana, raising in that State alone,
more than three thousand five hundred bales;
so is John Routh, Esq., of Hard Times full as
much if not more ; so did Frederick Stanton,
Esq., but a few weeks deceased, raise twenty-
eight hundred bales the present year—all in
Concordia parish—and even more than this
figure in 1855—all in Louisiana; and there
are numerous others that come up, or nearly
so, to the Georgia highest knot. For instance,
L. R. Marshall, residence Natchez, a planter
in three States, Louisiana, Mississippi and Ar
kansas, is more than a four thousand bale
producer; so is Dr. Stephen Duncan more
than a three thousand bale grower in the State
of Mississippi, besides being an opulent plant
er of Louisiana—more than four thousand
bales in all.
The great estates of the two princely plant
ers of this region, the late Samuel Davis and
Francis Surget, Esqs., always produced from
three to five thousand bales each until their
deaths divided the estates among the heirs.
[A'. 0. Picayune.
To Travelers—Sometiiilg Important.—
Traveler, when passing through Atlanta, Ga.,
do not fail to stop at the Trout House, if you
wish to lodge at comfortable quarters. Dr.
J. D. Boyd, the very gentlemanly proprietor,
is decidedly one of the nicest men wc have ev
er met in the capacity of a hotel keepe. He is
very particular not to entertain any person
but what explicitly bears the appearance of an
honest man and a gentlemen. His table is
unsurpassed, and our experience bids us say,
more comfortable rooms, clean sheets &c., and
polite and attentive waiters, cannot be had in
the city of Atlanta. Besides he is assisted by
Major Nickerson, who by the way, is knowu
to be one of the best hotel managers South.—
Which together, with Dr. Boyd’s experience,
while proprietor of the Charleston (S. C.) Ho
tel, is sufficient to insure everything travelers
could expect anywhere.—[ North Georgia
Times.
A Polite Man.—We have heard of polite
men who were considered indeed the very
pink of courtesy, hut we doubt whether any
one could surpass in this quality Col. , a
gentleman well known on the river. The fol
lowing anecdote is characteristic :
The Colonel was an addition to any com
pany, especially the special one who were go
ing from Wheeling to St. Louis at that special
time. Somebody who had his wellbeing at
heart said to the old man :
“Colonel, ain't you rather afraid to drink
so much whiskey ?”
“Gentlemen,” said the Colonel, “it isn’t at
all my style. I never drink whiskey at home
and I’m only doing it now out of considera
tion for the Captain.”
“For the Captain ?” queried half a dozen
voices.
“Yes; gentlemen, for the captain. The Cap
tain has stated to me that the water in the riv
er is pretty low—scarce very. Do you think
gentlemen that I would under the circum
stances, use any of the precious fluid, perhaps
preventing the boat getting down the river ?
I understand my duty to the Captain too
weH.”
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 14.—The Senate to-day
passed the Post Rule bill—this raises postage
to five cents per half ounce; and abolishes the
franking privilege.
The Cuba discussion was resumed to-day,
with the understanding that the Senate would
not adjourn until the hill was voted on.
In the House, the bill rejecting the post of
fice bill was rejected.
The naval appropriation hill was discussed,
but no definite action was taken.
“ Rascality Behind the Law.”
Mesrs. Editors: The “Madison Visitor”
in its issue of the 16th inst, has an editorial
under the above head, which foir several rea
sons, I desire to notice. The article referred
to recites that on that day, a couple of “land
sharks” from Fayette county, representing
themselves in the employment of Messrs.
Blalock &. Fleming Att’ys, of Fayetteville ;
paid a visit to the Court House in Morgan, and
having been shown the tax book for that
county, drew off a list of fifty or sixty names
of the mosts ‘respectable taxpayers” who had
apparently, given in their property at a val
uation greatly below the market price ; and
subsequently instituted suits against sixteen of
that number. That the report of them hav
ing got abroad “in a very short time a feeling
of indignation rarely witnessed before, in the
history of Madison, was aroused. Old men
and young men,town authorities an 1 those not
in authority, old fogies and young America,
wnite folks and niggers, drums, fifes, tin pans,
hotel gongs and other instruments, capable of
expressing universal contempt were brought
into requisit ; on.” Tnat this very significant
demonstration on the part of the motley mob
inspired. Dr. Philip H. Braswell one of the
“slutrps,” alluded to, with remarkable elastic
ity, carrying him out of reach speedily ; and
that Whatley Ms “boon companion” was so
frightened as to need the assistance of some
kind old friends, who, through party led him
beyond the power of the mob.
The foregoing condensation of the details of
an occurrence which recently transpired in the
town of Madison, given in nearly the exact
language of the “Visitor,” minus the abusive
epithets of the Editors, (some of which I shall
presently notice) suggests to the enquirer
whether those in “authority” on this occasion
had color of law, for the perpetration of those
acts ?—and if they had not, whether they
were acting in defiance of law, and against
those who were empowered by the States of
the State, to prosecute a suit to judgment,
against those “respectable tax payers” who
had apparently given in their property at a
valuation greatly below the market price.
Now, taxation is founded upon the principle
that it is the duty of every man to contribute,
in proportion to the amount of property which
he possesses, to the support of his State, this
is assessed ad valorem, it was intended to be ex
acted from all his property, as all that he pos
sesses, receives the protection of the laws of
the land, and if need be, of the blood of the
poorest citizen, from whom the state may
claim his life in defence of his richer neighbors,
property. Now the very “respectable tax
payer” cannot justly claim any reduction from
his whole duty, when the law defines what
that duty is, nor can his less “respectable”
tax-paying neighbor refuse to give his comfort
home, and perhaps his life, to the service of
the State, in protecting property. Conse
quently we find that as early as 1789 the Leg
islature provided that “if any person should
neglect or refuse to give in a return of his
taxable property, or should bo convicted of
fraud, or making a false return thereof, he
should be liable to pay to the clerk of the In
ferior Court ten dollars for every hundred dol
lars valuations neglected or concealed ; one
half for the use of the county, under the di
rection of the Inferior Court, and the other
half to the use of the informer or informers.”
This law has been perpetuated by subsequent
enactments.
In 185G a case Payne vs Coursey from Ful
ton Superior Court was before the Supreme
Bench, and in delivering the opinion of the
court, Judge Lumpkin, prominent as a ju
rists distinguished as a patriot, admired as a
gentleman and beloved as a Christian, declares
that this is “one of the best laws in the book”
and it should be a matter of public congratu
lation that some one has been found to enforce
its provisions, not that it will bring any more
moDey into the state Treasury, but it will
greatly reduce the percentage paid by honest
and conscientious citizens.”
The “Visitor” says that the effort made by
Dr. Braswell and Mr. Whatley, citizens of
Fayette county, to enforce the law in Mor
gan is regarded by “the most moderate of our
citizens as a high handed interference with the
affairs of our county, and the most ungenerous
reflection upon their well established capaci
ty to attend to their own affairs. ’ ’ Judge Lump
kin said it was a matter of public congratula
tion that some one was found to enforce the
provisions of the law ; and that all honest and
conscientious citizens should aid and abet
in the execution of the law”—“instead
of looking upon such prosecutions as odi
ous they should be considered meritorious
in the highest degree;”—“the smuggler de
frauds the government hut cheapens the com
modity to his neighbors, whereas the fraudu
lent tax payer, and they abound in every
community saddles his neighbor and fellow-
citizen with that which, under a false oath he
witholds from Cicsar. Now will the “Vis
itor” assert that Judge Lumpkin’s declara
tion that fraudulent tax payers abound in ev
ery community is untrue as to Morgan county ?
Will the “Vistor” deny that “every honest
and conscientious citizen should aid and abet
in the execution of the law ? Will they affirm
that it is of no interest to citizens of other
counties, that the fraudulent tax payers in their
county, should be compelled to note their
property at its market prices 1
But these very “respectable tax payers,”
who give in their property at apparently very
low prices, have influence of wealth, respec
tability, and frequently memberships in the
Church ; they have money to spend,
friends who frown and scrape a servile bow ;
and this class of persons who are looking for
favors, patronage—a smile and a little mon
ey—abound in every village and town ;—fit
instruments for a mob, entering with hearty
willingness the service of their lords, associa
ting with their lords, slaves in doing the very
dirtiest work.
I charge none of these influences to all who
participated in the mob, doubtless there
were many influenced, by the novelty of
the transaction, to participate, (including
some of the nigge's) and some from that indig
nation which the “Visitor” says was felt, but
many had meaner motives for their conduct
than can he justly attributed to an informer,
and those motives we have indicated. Can it
be, that a mob composed of the ingredients
put in it by the “Visitor” with all the accom
paniments of hellish music made ty the pans,
drums and gongs of Madison, a tribunal to
decide the morality, legality or even the re
spectability of a proceeding under the statutes
of the State of Georgia? Can that mob, with
the quill of the “Visitor” inscribe the names
of reputable gentlemen, on the “rolls of in
famy ?”
Now, the Legislature of Georgia has fre
quently enacted the law before detailed—they
have seen the necessity of an informer, they
have made an inducement for the prosecutor ;
and the highest court of the State has be
sought the assistance of every honeet and con
scientious citizen in aid of him who volunteers
his name in prosecution of the fraudulent tax
payer. A forsworn defrauder of Ms State,
county and honest neighbor! Then let every
honest and conscientious citizen lend his aid
in inflicting the penalty of the law—let every
one see to it that these prosecutions have a
fair hearing before the tribunals of the land,
and only those will be convicted who are pro
nounced guilty, on the oath of ther fellow
citizens and by a jury of their own county. I
know that in Morgan county, many good citi
zens will see to it, that the law shall be en
forced on the guilty.
A last and pleasing duty I consider devolves
on me, as a friend and associate of Dr. Brassell
and Messrs. Blalock and Fleming, whom the
“Visitor” denounces as “land sharks,” “ac
complices in schemes of rascality” and as men
“destined to be signalized on the rolls of infa
my. ’ ’ They are all gentlemen of standing in
fluence and probity in their own county nei
ther ever having been indicted in any court
for sharking in land, or rascally scheming nor
were they ever before enroUed on on anything
infamous, until these Editors, in the safety of
their “sanctum” aided by their “devil” did
enroll their names on his sheet—that roll will
perish and leave them unharmed in the esti
mation of any who know them, except perr
haps the fraudulent tax payers of their own
and contiguous counties. Although those
vile epithets are not so sweet-scented as co
logne water yet they will fall on these gentle
men with as little injury as if from their win*
dow up stairs they had sprinkled them with
that perfume.
A public journalist should inculcate a high
regard for the sanctity of private character,
and happily at the Soutn, we rarely see such
exhibitions as is afforded by the “Viator.”
The influence of this example we know will
never be potential in reducing that high
character of the Southern press, down to the
level of Northern abasement. TAX-PAYER.
Message from tire President of the United,
States.
The following message was transmitted from
the President of the United States to Congress
on Friday:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
—The brief period which remains of your
present session, and the great urgency and
importance of legislative action, before its
termination, for the protection of American
citizens and their property whilst in their
transit across the Isthmus routes between our
Atlantic and Pacific possessions, render it my
duty again to recall this subject to your notice.
I have heretofore presented it in my annual
messages, both of December 1857 and 1858, to
which I beg leave to refer. In the latter I
state that “the executive government of this
country, in its intercourse with foreign na
tions, is limited to the employment of diplo
macy alone. When this fails it can proceed
no further. It cannot legitimately resort to
force without the direct authority of Congress,
exeept in resisting and repelling hostile at
tacks. It wonld have no authority to enter
the territories of Nicaragua, even to prevent
the destruction of the transit and protect the
lives and property of our own citizens on their
passage. It is true that on a sudden emer
gency of this character the President would
direct any armed force in the vicinity to march
to their relief, but in doing this he would act
upon his own responsibility.
“Under these circumstances, I earnestly re
commend to Congress the passage of ah act
authorizing the President, under such restric
tions as they may deem proper, to employ the
land and naval forces of the United States in
preventing the transit from being obstructed
or closed by lawless violence, and in protect
ing the lives and property of American citi
zens traveling thereupon requiring at the same
time that these forces shall be withdrawn the
moment the danger shall have passed away.
Without such a provision our citizens will be
constantly exposed to interruption in their
progress, and to lawless violence.
“A similar necessity exists for the passge of
such an act for the protection of the Panama
and Tehuantepec routes.”
Another subject, equally important, com
manded the attention of the Senate at the last
session of Congress.
The republics south of the United States on
this continent have, unfortunately, been fre
quently in a state of revolution and civil war
ever since they achieved their independence.
As one of the other party has prevailed and
obtained possession cf the ports open to
for eign commerce, they have seized and
confiscated American vessels and their car
goes in an arbitrary and lawless manner, and
exacted money from American cittzens by
forced loans and other violent proceedings, to
enable them to carry on hostilities. The ex
ecutive governments of Great Britain, France,
and other countries, possessing the war-mak
ing power, can promptly employ the necessary
means to enforce immediate redress for
similar outrages upon their subjects. Not
the executive government of the
United States. If the President orders a ves
sel of war to any of these ports to demand
prompt redress for outrages committed, the
offending parties are well aware that in case of
refusal the commander can do no more than re
monstrate. He can resort to no hostile act.—
The question must then be referred to diplo
macy, and in many cases adequate redress can
never be obtained. Thus American citizens
are deprived of the same protection, under
the flag of their country, which the subjects
of other nations enjov.
The remedy for this state of things can on
ly be supplied by Congress, since the Consti
tution has confided to that body alone the
power to make war. Without the authority
of Congress, the executive cannot lawfully di
rect any force, however near it may be to the
scene of difficulty, to enter the territory of
Mexico, Nicaragua or New Granada, for the
purpose of defending the persons and proper
ty of American citizens, even though they
may be violently assailed whilst passing in
peaceful transit over the Tehuantepec, Nica
ragua or Panama routes. He cannot, without
transcending his constitutional power, direct
a gun to be fired into a port, or land a seaman
or marine to protect the lives of our country
men on shore, or to obtain redress for a recent
outrage on their property. The banditti
which infest our neighboring republic of Mex
ico, always claiming to belong to one or oth
er of the hostile parties, might make a sud
den descent on Vera Cruz or on the Telivante-
pec route, and he would have no power to em
ploy the force on shipboard in the vicinity for
their relief, either to prevent the plunder of
our merchants or the destruction of the tran
sit.
In reference to countries where the local
authorities are strong enough to enforce the
laws, the difficulty here indicated can seldom
happen ; but where this is not the case, and
the local authorities do not possess the phys
ical power, even if they possess the will, to
protect our citizens within their limits, recent
experience has shown that the American Ex
ecutive should itself be authorized to render
this protection. Such a grant of authority,
thus limited in its extent, could in no just
sense he regarded as a transfer of the war
making power to the Executive, but only as
an appropriate exercise of that power by the
body to whom it exclusively belongs. The
riot at Panama 1856, in which a great number
of our citizens lost their lives, furnishes a
pointed illustration of the necessity which
may arise for the exertion of this authority.
I, therefore, earnestly recommend to Con
gress, on whom the responsibility exclusively
rests, to pass a law before their adjournment
conferring on the President the power to pro
tect the lives and property of American citi
zens in the cases which I have indicated, un
der such restrictions and conditions as they
may deem advisible. The knowledge that
such a law exists would of itself go far to pre
vent the outrages which it is intended! to re
dress, and to render the employment of force
unnecessary.
Without this the President may be placed
in a painful position before the meeting of
the next Congress. In the present disturbed
condition of Mexico, and one or more of the
other republics south of us, no person foresee
what ocurrences may take place before that
period. In case of emergency, our citizens,
seeing that they do not enjoy the same pro
tection with subjects of European government
will have just cause to complain. On the oth
er hand, should the executive interpose, and
especially should the result prove disastrous,
and valuable lives lie lost, he might subject
himself to severe censure for having assumed
a power not confided to him by the Constitu
tion. It is to guard against this contingency
that I now appeal to Congress.
Having thus recommended to Congress a
measure which I deem necessary and expedi
ent for the interest and honor of the county,
I leave the whole subject to their wisdom and
discretion. JAMES BUCHANAN.
Washington, February 18, 1859,
A Noble Girl.—A traveler going east from
Detroit, relates the following pleasing inci
dent :
“On reaching the depot at Suspension Bridge,
the conductor told a young man—whose health
was very feeble, and who was on his way to
Springfield, where he had friends—he must
leave the cars, as he had no money with which
to pay his fare. Notwithstanding the debili
tated appearance of the young man, he was
suffered to he led out of the car without any
movement being mode for his relief. As the
young man was about stepping off the plat
form, a young lady rose in the cars and asked
the conductor how much the young man's
fare would be to Albany. He replied eight
dollars. She immediately stepped to the door,
and told the invalid to return and resume his
seat. He did so, and then some of the male
passengers began to exhibit a little charity,
offering to pay a portion of the fare. The
yonng lady declined their proffered aid, saying
she preferred paying the amount herself. She
did so, and beside gave him a ‘scrip’ to keep
him in Albany over Sunday, promising to see
him forwarded to his friends on Monday.”
That girl will make a good wife for some
man.
IfiT* A down-east poet thus immortalizes
the beautiful river Conneticut :
“Roll on loved Conneticut, long hast thou
run, giving shape to South Hardley and free
dom to man 1”
From the Wusbington States.
Interesting Letter from Cuba.
Havanjta. Feb. 10.1859.
Editor States : There is an indistinct mur
mur running through our island of an ap
proaching change in the form of goverment
in Cuba. It was hinted that we might have a
power of our own at an early day, and this
was said before it was known here that the
American government had signified its ulti
matum of purchase.
No intelligent? Cuban believes that Spain
will sell Cuba any more than England would
sell Ireland; -but the fixed ultimatum of a
choice between one hundred millions, or the
certain and absolute loss of either island, would
force either power into negotiation.
You have had your part in the history of
our long struggle, and know something of the
unexampled sufferings of the Cuban revolu
tionists, and, consequently, will know how to
appreciate the reports—which I engage to
forward as regularly as possible—of what we
are doing in the heart of Cuba.
We know but too well that imbecile, infatu
ated, vain-glorious Spain, will no seli Cuba so
long as the choice of selling or retaining half
her kingdom is left to herself; neither will
Napoleon—who is your master, and ours, in this
question—permit the United States to obtain it
in any way while he is Emperor of France,
England, and Spain. But for all this, we Cu
bans do not cease to hope and to conspire.
We keep up our organization, we have our
agents, our arms, and our doubloons at com
mand, and when Lucifer takes back his best-
beloved son, Louis Napoleon, or when that
son and his father shall have set Europe in a
blaze,Kve.will'strike for the independence of
Cuba.
The United States Cabinet has three times
thwarted and betrayed the salvati n of Cuba.
John Quincy Adams, the sycophant of Euro
pean precedent; Fillmore, the weak .trembler
before the shadow of a British frown, and
Pierce, the victim of a northern Secretary of
State, each sacrificed the Cubans in his day,
and neither of them has left any high record
to redeem the stain of their vassalage to Eu
ropean policy in this rejection of the Island
of Cuba.
We who longed for liberty and a place in
the Union, and who had the 6ame rights
and same desires for annexation which
had animated Texas, had also hoped that the
author of the Ostend Manifesto would act to
wards our liberating expeditions as brave old
Hickory had acted towards the Texans. We
trust' that President Buchanan, having more
than equal excuse for it, would move the
United States farces in the directing of Cuba
with as much decision as Secretary Buchanan
acted when he sent General Taylor across the
military and judicial lines of Mexico. But
alas! the unheard-of meekness with which
your Congress submits to the dictorial visita
tion of their ships by British cruisers, and to
the unlimited intervention of the Anglo-French
alliance in Santa Domingo, on all parts of the
American isthmus, in Mexico, everywhere in
fact, and always with such triumphant inso
lence, we begin to despair for Cuba. These
dishonoring tacts are never permitted to sleep
by the Havanna press, and are much cherished
in the government circles, we who had confi
ded in American policy are holding down our
heads in shame for such cowardly abasement.
One hope remained to us for many months,
and that was in the success of the Liberals of
Mexico, who had a common cause with us
in their hatred of Spain, in their devotion to
Democratic principles, and in the need of a
real emancipation from Europe. Wc now
know in Havanna that your President has re
jected the overtures of Mexico, and this act is
nn assurance that the Cubans must not look
to Mr. Buchanan for the freedom of Cuba.
Victor de Etpada.
Gen. Jackson and the Minister.
In the editorial correspondence of the Nash
ville Advocate appears the following interest
ing reminiscance:
I must tell of an interview with Gen. Jack-
son, which brother Stringtield with myself had,
about twenty days before the General’S death.
We were riding along aud allied at the Her
mitage. General Jackson was sick, and not
seeing company; but the name of Thomas
Stringfield was a password. Stringtield had
been a soldier under him—a Christian soldier,
for he was converted at eight years of age—
and through the war was steadfast as well as
brave. We were shown into a room where
the old warrior and statesman sat feebly in
his arm-chair. The greeting between him and
my brother Stringfield was hearty; it was
like the meeting of brothers long parted.—
The sight of his soldier in arms, and the
thoughts recalled, put the old General in tears.
They coursed down his furrowed cheeks. Gen.
Jackson was a man of tears, notwithstanding
Ms iron nature.
“Ah, Mr. Stringfield, what times have been
since were we first met ? You were a boy, in
camp at Emuefaw, and your head was bleed
ing from an Indian bullet.”
“So it was, and brother Stringfield’s fore
head bore the scar to his grave. He was a
modest man, and quickly tnrned the conver
sation from himself.
Well General, you are weak and failing now,
“how is it with your soul ?” What are your
prospects beyond the grave.
“To which Jackson replied ; “My friend,
I am not afraid to die.” A pause—“My hope
is in the Redeemer of the world ; if saved, I
shall be a sinner save by grace.”
“The place was turned into a sanctuary.
We all wept. The farewell was touching ;
“Good by, General ; God bless you.”
“Farewell, Mr. Stringfield ; I hope we will
meet where “wars are no more.’ ”
‘And doubtless they have met—the General
and his soldier, not as at first, but where
No rude alarms of raging foes,
No cares disturb the long repose.”
From the Savannah Republican.
Decisions of the Supreme Coart of Georgia
at Mneon—January Term, 1859.
George D. Wiley vs. Stephen Blocker—
Ejectment—In error, from Clay—Judgment
below affirmed. 1. A power of attorney, to
convey land, and a subsequent conveyance
under it, are good and valid in law, where the
grant from the State of Georgia, to the maker
of the power of attorney, issued after its exe
cution, but before the execution of the deed of
conveyance, under the power. 2. A power of
attorney attested by two witnesses, (one of
whom is a justice of the peace,) and recorded
with a deed executed by virtue of it, may be
read in evidence without further proof. 3. A
deed purporting on its face Jto be made by A.
as attorney for B, hut signed by A. as princi
pal, should not be rejected when tendered in
evidence, merely on account oi the informali
ty in the signature; and the party claiming
under such a deed cannot be compelled to go
into a Court of Equity to correct the informali
ty. Beall and Johnson & Sloan for Plaintiff
in error ; W. C. Perkins, contra.
Gabriel Clifford, et al., vs. Robeat O. Hol
ton, Administrator, &c—Equity—in error,
from Houston—Judgment reversed.—Testa
tor devised as follows: “In case my son
James dies before he arrives at the age of
twenty-one years, and without issue, all the
property herein before given to my said son
James, I give and devise to my blood relations
of nearest" kin, to be equally divided among
them.” At the death of testator, the nearest
blood relation surviving him, was Margaret, a
sister. The children of two other sisters who
had died before testator, also survived him.
Margaret died before the son James. Held :
that on the death of James, under the age of
twenty-one years, the property devised to
him must be equally divided between the
cMldren of the three sisters and not between
the cMldren of Margaret only. Killen & Hall
for plaintiff in error; Giles & Warren, con
tra.
Geffard, the new President of the Re
public of Hayti, is a man somewhat advanced
in years. His hairs are gray, and he has the
appearance of having seen a good deal of life.
He is about 50 years old- He is nearly black,
but still has some white blood in his veins.
(IT Governor Morgan’s private Secretary
Mr. Bliss, is a wag. The other day a man de-
cidely inebriated, walked into the executive
chamber, and calling for the Governor.
“What do you want with him ?” inquired
the secretary.
“Oh, I want on office with a good salary—a
sinecure.”
“Well,” replied the secretary, “I can tell
you something better for you than a sinecure
—you had better try a “water cure.”
The inebriate vamosed.
[ Reported for the Savannah Republican. ]
Derision by the Supreme Court otGeor-
S * 1 * * * * mt Maeon-^January Term,
1859.
William C. Scott vs. Gideon Newsom—Bill,
fh C '7 Il * \! I £T fr °« Taylor ’ Judgment of
the Court below affirmed.
Culverhonse, Ansley and Norman, for Plain
tiff in error ; Hunter & Hill, contra.
Beverly A. Thronton, et. al., vs. N. J. Bus
sey, et. al., Adm’rs.—Bill, &c.—In error
from Cliattahoochie. Judgment below re
versed.
A. died insolvent. Before his death, he
was a member of a firm which was also insol-
veDt. The asests of A., and those of the finn,
all came into the hands of A’s administrators.
Held : that the individual assents of A. must
be distributed ‘pro rata,’ among the individ
ual treditors of A.; and that assets of the firm
must be distributed ‘pro rata 9 among the cred
itors of the firm.
Thronton, for Plaintiffs in error ; Nesbit
contra. *
John Fulton and wife, vs. Jesse Smith, et. al.
—In Equity from Houston. Judgment be
low reversed.
1. A.; who was aged and imbecile, had by
deed, and otherwise, distributed his property
among his children very unequally. The chil
dren entered into a solemn agreement in writ
ing, reciting that A. had made a disposition of
his property, different from what he would
have made if he had been cf sound and dispos-
mg mind and memory, and binding the par
ties to it—inasmuch as none of them wished
to disturb their father in his declining years
to an equal division of A’s estate among them
after his death, in disregard and repudiation of
said deeds. Held : 4hat such an agreement is
supported by a good consideration, and is not
contrary to law and public policy.
2. That the executor of A., to the extent
that he has in his hands, funds or property
bequeathed to any of the parties to said agree
ment, is (with appropriate allegations) a prop
er party to a bill filed for the purpose of set
ting up said agreement.
Stubbs & Hill, for Plaintiff in error; Giles
Warren & Goods, contra. ’
Another Outrage on the South Carolina
Railroad—Narrow Escape of Mr. Masseyt.
—In our Sunday morning’s issue we gave an
account of a rifle or pistol shot having been
fired into the passenger car of the triday ever.-
ing train from Charleston, the ball passing in
dangerous proximity to the heads of two of
the passengers, Mr. John R. Sears, of Balti
more, and Mr. J. D. Fitz, the agent of the
Peak Family.
On Saturday evening last about half-past
eight o clock, as the train from Charleston was
passing the same spot, another shot was fired
through the open window into the passenger
car, close to the face of Mr. Stephen Massett,
who was awakened from a sound nap by the
report, and who would have been certainly
killed, had he not been leaning back in his
seat. At the same moment, a large stick of
wood was hurled in at the window, which
struck a Mr. Rice, of Baltimore, not severely
injuring him, however.
This is a very serious matter, and should he
at once investigated by the officers of this
Road, and the villains, if caught, should he
dealt with in the severest possible manner.—
[Chron. & Sent.
[ From the Federal Union. ]
Democratic Ex. Committee.
We give below, a eard lroni three gentle
men of the Executive Committee of the Dem
ocratic Party, which we hope will be widely
circulated by the Democratic papers of the
State. These three prominent members of
the Committee from three different districts
being in Milledgville on business, could bet
ter take the initiative in this matter than any
one individual in the absence of the Chairman.
We hope their suggestions will he acceptable
to the balance of the Committee; and thus
put the matter at rest.
Millxdgdvillr, Feb. 14th 1859.
To the Executive Committee of the Demo
cratic Party of Georgia •
In the absence of John E. Ward, the Chair
man ofthis Committee, and as from the Pub
lic Prints, there seems to be some doubt who
should make the necessary movement for the
appointment of the day for the Gubernatorial
Committe, the undersigned members of the
Convention, incidentally present at this place,
beg leave to suggest to the respective mem
bers of that Committee, Milledgeville as the
place, and the 3rd Wednesday in June next,
as the day for the meeting of the Convention,
and they futher request that the members of
the Committee respectively to address D. C.
Campbell at Milledgevile, expressing their
concurrence in that day, or name such other
day as eac h may prefer.
Papers friendly to Democratic principles,
are requested to publish this notice.
D. C. CAMPBELL.
C. J. MUNERLYN.
A. J. LAWSON.
Tbc BlanceviUe Slate Quarry.
This newly developed property in Polk coun
ty, near Van Wert, we are credibly informed,
has been sold to a company being organized as
a Joint Stock Company at the price of $80,000
We understand the plan of the Company is to
open books of subscription at the rate of $100
per share, and ti<at all shares subscribed will
lie required to be paid in, or secured in a sat
isfactory manner, and that no more shares will
be let out than what will be sufficient to raise
the stipulated price of $80,000 ; and that
when that sum is raised the company will be
regularly organized, and the property convey
ed in fee simple to it, and that each stockhol
der will lie a joint owner to the extent of his
stock. Every person wishing to become a
stockholder in this Company can have an op
portunity of doing so by applying to either of
the following gentlemen at Cedar Town .—E.
D. Chisolm, Esq., J. D. Waddle, Esq., or Her
bert Fielder, Esq.
The importance and practicability of this
Quarry has already been alluded to in this pa
per, and we regard its success as a fixed tact.
We are advised that the practical slaters who
have opec ed the Quarry, and have been work
ing it for Col. Dever for several months, cov-
ering houses in Rome and elesewhere, say it
possesses great advantages over the Quarries
of Europe and the Northern States of America,
both in quality and accessibility of the mate
rial, and that it is so vast in quantity as to pre
clude the possibility of its being exhausted for
ages to come.—[Rome Courier.
|f?° What strange creatures girls are. Of
fer one of them good wages to work for you,
and ten chances to one if the old woman can
spare any of her girls—but just propose mat
rimony, and see if they don’t jump at the
chance of working a life-time for their victuals
and clothes.
Men and Basies.—The South-Western News
says that Americus challenges her sister cities
to beat her in men and babies.
She has twenty-five men within her corpo
rate limits, embracing a population of, say
three thousand, whose aggregate weight is five
thousand pounds, not by any means equal to
the Hancock jury, but respectable neverthe
less.
There have been born in the city, within the
last year, five pairs of twins. Besides these,
there arc now in the city three pairs of twins.
No account has been kept of the single babies,
but their name is legion. What city can beat
Americus ?
|Sy* Oh doctor, run to our house quick as
every you kin ! Dick,s got the measles from
eend to eend, and Tom turned a summersett
over the fodder stock and smashed his nose all
to flinders. Sam’s got the picken chox, and
mother’s got the biggest kind o’n a fit, and
dad’s drunk the worst sort, and—and the way
I’m tired is a sight!
|W° Billy, spell cat, rat, hat, bat, which on
ly one letter for each word ?
‘I can’t be did.’
‘What! you just read the report verberat-
im phonetically, and can’t do that ? Just
look here ? c 80 cat, r 80 rat, h 80 hat, b 80
bat.
