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V.
NO 30
David Clopton. Esq.
fjjjM gentleman, lias lieen unanimously
ruinated for Congress, bv the Democratic
mention which convened at Auburn, Ala.,
rt the 9th inst. Mr. Clopton is a native Geor-
n an d commenced the practice of law at
i iftin Ga., where we knew him well, and
re intimately acquainted with him. He is
j vfrS ally beloved among liis acquaintances
, ys goodness of heart, and amiability of
* iiiiraeter, and generally admired for liis su
dor order of talents. He will bear the stan-
^rd of his party gallantly, and we hope, he
_ :]1 j, r triumphantly electi d.
Rust ill IVlient.
Hie Mountain Signal published at Dah-
koega says:
In many localities in this county the rust is
r.rorin 0 ' very destructive to the present wheat
, r ,i and serious fears are entertained that the
• tire crop of northern Georgia will be de
stroyed.
tVe hear complaints of a similar character
in this section of country, though from the
■ .(information we can obtain, tiiis evil is by
, moii' general. Hie wheat crop is very
i,pliaising, and if the rust is confined to the
i -it was last year, we may safely antici-
;»fair average crop.
•liul^r Jackson.
do,- inn.u Jiatc representative lias perhaps
..j,tired n greater reputation during the short
•inn-hr has been in Congress than lias ever
h+nattained by any other man. He made
. ia t two speeches, and they have attracted at-
iention throughout the Union. The last one
-his defence of Secretary Cobb, and the ad
ministration—has lieen copied iii papers in al
most every State, and universally common-
li-tl by the press of the country.
in another column will lie found an ar-
tkle from the ‘Republican Journal,’ publish
ed in Belfast, Maine, which we give as an in-
.iit-aliou of the feeling of the people of that dis
tant State for him. It will be seen that he is
Jreadv charged with those physical giants of
in State. Cobb. Stephens, and Toombs. We
. .iiM it we desired, fill up our entire paper
with similar extracts from papers published in
• o ry section of the confederacy.
V.'i :: ■ the above fro m the Athens Banner.
I".,.-compliment to Judge Jackson, is well dc-
wrved. il- constituents know him ; they
irmrci iate liis worth, and will we doubt, not
..•turn him to Congress, by an overwhelming
majority over any opponent who may lie
'imnght imho field against him.
\r<- \V« Never to be Understood ?
Tic' contemptible conceitedness which arro-
jv. 'S to itself—as does “V.” of the “Intelli-
mijccr" -superior faithfulness to the South,
v.hib- ii endorses Buchanan’s course on the
Kansas question, and hugs Douglas to its lio-
* iu a g. iod and sound Democrat , of the true
Mac Southern Rights stamp—after having
done as he lias—hardly deserves attention.—
We repeat what w, believe, that the practice* of
*1 so-called Democratic party—more proper-
! designated the Imposition party—are worse
liiau the prinrij>h* of the Black Republican par
ly. lor. as that party has never had power, we
do not know what its practices vxmld be. We
hi •*vMil,' this; and the ‘Inte’ligenccr’ and
all others interested may make the most of it !—
Vi'eadd. however, that in consequence of this
belief, or because we endorsed the language of
die Memphis “Enquirer,” whoever says that
«e have said we preferred an Abolitionist Presi
dent to even .James Buchanan, tells a wanton
ur. but unfaithful as the redoubtable “V.”
deems our declaration to be. we have never
ret favored the placing of a negro, bond or free,
un equality with a tch iff person, bv advocating
the reception of the testimony of the former
dgrinst the latter. We have heard of a cer
tain Vermonter—once allied a “thing” by one
Robert Toombs—and who by his own acknowl
edgment once “formed a life-time copartner -
-hip with a Southern institution”—WHO DID !
We do not assert this as a fact, but merely as
a rumor, to show the antecedents and charac-
terof at least one of our most unscrupulous To
ilers—one who, in the face of our repeated
denunciations of the charge, has not theman-
tiiu-ss to do us justice, but like a contemptible,
skulking: foe, continues, ever and anon, to in-
' "eit> the vile and offensive slander against
'is—[National American of Tuesday last.
I lie above mess of stuff is characteristic of
the sheet, which has the “contemptible con-
•sitalness” to “arrogate to itself’ the name
-'‘National American.”
it is not the first time we have known small
things attempting to become dignifie 1 by use-
ing large names. The “so-called” National
American can abuse “Buchanan’s course on
d " Kansas question,” althor Buchanan re-
mtnmended and urged Congress to accept the
kcompton constitution, and thereby make
Kansas a slave State. This paper has never
'token of Douglas, since his war upon the Le-
rmpton constitution, “as a good and sound
Democrat.”
Die prominent doctrine of the Black Repub
lican party is “no more slave States,” and yet
American is still “understood” to assert that
"ike /•ear:,,;.. 0 f the Democratic party are worse
'kan the principle* of the Black Republican
party.*' j n view of such infatuation, thrice
■p. i'-ed, well might the N. Y. News say,
Let the South look to herself!” The Black
Kepublieau party “never had power’ ’ ! The
American must have been taking a “Rip Van
inkle” sleep. It is now a “power” that
v «y seriously threatens the overthrow of this
tiOvernincnt. It is a mighty “power” con-
1 roiling now nearly .a majority of this Union,
“iid it says, cheek slavery or “let the Union
Reader, can you see any difference be-
toei-n the Itelief that “the practices of the Dem
otic- party are worse than the principles of
Black Republican party,” and the prefer-
■ r e of “an abolition President to even James
•odianan' ’ ? Black Republicans are Aboli-
!|f »nists. Would you not rather risk an Abo
litionist whose “principles” are better than the
prodicet” of a Democrat?
'tnght not better “principles” be preferred
0 ' w orsc practices” ? WTiy accuse the Rome
Witor of telling “a wanton lie ?” Cross and
a kuave again. We shall never attempt “to
*kowthe antecedents and character” of the
^-called” National American, by the low
* '1 dirty trick of using “merely a rumor.”—
Rumor is a pipe
Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures ;
•'"ifflng the ears of men with false reports.”
Who can he guilty of a more “vile and offen
sive slander,” than he who attempts to injure
another upon “merely a rumor” ? We are
not ashamed, or afraid of our record upon the
“negro.” If the American can make a point
upon us, we say pitch in, and ‘‘make the most of
it-” We never dignify “rumor” with a deni
al. Should we publish, not “merely as a ru
mor, but- what we hear from responsible
men about the American, we would encumber
our sheet with what we would be ashamed to
circulate about a fellow man.
The “contemptible” personalities aimed at
us, we believe proceed from the malignity of
the Senior Editor, and we can say to him, not
“merely as a rumor,” but upon statements
entirely responsible, that we have never con
ducted ourself upon the slavery matter, so as
to cause our fellow citizens seriously to con
template the necessity of resorting to violent
measures, to punish us for our imprudence.
Neither do we ever expect to aid in conducting
our paper, so as to provoke one of the Aider-
men of our city to publish it, over his name
in full, as a “Black Republican” sheet.
We regret the necessity of this retaliation,
which we feel compelled to use. It is undig
nified and we know it. Our provocation is
our only excuse to our readers. Our position
embarrasses us, but we do not intend to be
awed into silence by the course adopted by the
American. “Repeated denunciations” fall
powerless at our feet. We have “the manli
ness to do justice” to the American ; but like
the Irishman before the Judge, we fear that
“justice” is just what it don’t want. We have
desired to exercise a proper Editorial courtesy
towards all the fraternity. We “touched up’ ’
a little, one of the American's (as we supposed)
blunders, and behold it was brim full of “wrath
and vinegar.” It ignored the subject of crit
icism, except by repeating it, and true to its
“Know Nothing” proclivities, it pitched into
us about our birth place. We do not believe
that an angel from heaven, could edit a paper
in f’e same town with the Senior of the Amer
ican and get along with him, and notice any
ofhis manifold sins, without now and then
having a quarrel.
His snappish sheet can circulate such as the
follow ing, about Democrats and the Democrat
ic party, viz : “Consummate audacity ; con
centrated impudence; pie-bald imposition par
ty ; deceived, cheated, swindled and betrayed
the peopie ; its monarchical tendencies ; its
trange admixture of knavery and imbecility :
tlie double-dealing hypocritical demagogues ;
treacherous, corrupt and imbecile; bankrupt
in purse and principle: deep and damning
corruption ; for less than Judas betrayed the
Savior, it is ready to barter away the peace
and quiet of the country.” And yet, a Dem
ocrat must notice liis offensive abuse, at the
risk of being overwhelmed with a perfect ava
lanche of vituperation. We found the above
precious morsels of Editorial propriety, in less
than a column of the American.
He does not seem to recognize the right of
any man’s questioning the propriety of any
thing that he does as an Editor. Why don’t
he abuse the Bainbridge Argus? It has no
ticed his offensive article much more severely
than we have. We are not alone iu thinking
that the American, in this matter, has deserv
ed rebuke. Whenever our moral and politi
cal perceptions become so blunt that we can
say, “tee believe that the practices of the Demo
cratic party arc worse than the principle* of the
Black Republican party," wc say now, once
for all, that we hope our friends will take us
for crazy, and send us back to the plantation
again, where, in quiet retirement, we may be
prevented from doing ourselves or our coun
try harm.
Tiiis controversy has gone farther, and ta
ken a different direction from what it should
have done. We arc not responsible for its di
rection. We have no taste for flinging mud.
Sometimes we are compelled to meet a man
upon his own terms, and do the best we oin.
Here we close this matter, unless something
more than we now foresee, shall turn up, ho
ping that our next passage at arms may he
confined to a legitimate and respectful contro.
versy. V.
Democratic- Meeting In Iinralson Cqnnty.
Buchanan, Georgia, j
May 3d, 1859. f
According to previous notices a meeting of
the Democratic party was held on the 3d inst.
Upon motion, James Westbrook was called to
the chair, and Josiah Goggans requested to act
as Secretary.
On motion a committee of five, one from
each malitia District, was appointed to prepare
business for the meeting. Whereupon, the
chair appointed Jesse G Neudmon, Wm J
Walton, Martin Holcombe, John Hale and
Luke J New.
After retiring for a few minutes, the com
mittee reported the following*preamble and
resolutions.
Whereas, the time is .about to arrive for the
Democracy of Georgia to assemble in conven
tion to nominate a candidate for Governor at
this State, and it being right and proper that
Haralson county should be represented iu said
convention therefore resolved.
1st. That we hereby appoint Wm J Head,
Janies Westbrook and Hcnneth Marckison del
egates to represent this county in the Guber
natorial convention.
2d. We fully endorse the administration of
Joseph E Brown and instruct our delegates to
vote for Gov Brown first—last and all the
time.
3d. We appoint John Duke, Alexander
Goggans and Wm J Walton delegates to rep
resent this count}* in the Congressional Con
ventionto be holden at Calhoun.
4th. The majority of the delegates attend
ing said convention shall have power to cast
the votes of this county, and that each dele
gate, who cannot attend said conventions be
authorised to appoint a proxy to attend in liis
place.
5th, We direct our delegates to the Con
gressional Convention to cast the votes of this
county for Herbert Fielder Esq., as long as
practicable and then the vote for who they
think Will meet the approbation of the citizens
of this county.
gth, Hon. Alfred Iverson’s manly defense
of Southern Rights, meet our hearty approba
tion and we solicit onr Senator and Represen
tative in the next Legislature to use all honor
able means to secure liis re-election to the
United States Senate.
7, We recommend the several districts of this
county to eloct by ballot five delegates each,
to represent said districts in a convention to
be held at Buchanan on the first Tuesday in
July next to nominate candidates for Senator
and Representatives, to represent this county
in the next General Assembly of Georgia.
8th, We agree to ignore sectional prejudices
and support the nominees of said convention
regardlessly of who they are or where they
live, so they will support Democratic men and
Democratic measures.
On motion the above resolutions was adopt
ed unanimously. And on further motion it
was ordered that the proceedings be published
in the “Atlanta Intelligencer” and all other
papers favorable the said resolutions copy &c.
The meeting then adjourned.
JAMES WESTBROOK, Chr’m.
Josiah Goggans. Sec’v.
Judge McDonald’s Resignation.
Judge McDonald was in town on Saturday
last, and, we regret to learn, communicated
to several of his friends that at the close of
the Supreme Court at Milledgeville, during
the present week, he should tender his resig
nation to the Governor.
Judge McDonald was elected by the Legis
lature of 1855-56 to his present official posi
tion, without- his knowledge and against his
expressed wishes—but his great popularity and
his wide spread reputation as a profound law
yer induced the Legislature to select him.—
He very reluctantly yielded to the ur
gent solicitations of his friends, and accepted
the Judgeship—but the very onerous duties,
the constant and tiresome application, and
the sedentary life of the Bench, have impaired
his health and forced him to retire. Judge
McDonald has discharged the duties of liis
high position with great ability, fearless in
dependence and strict integrity, and it may be
said of him as was said of a great and good En
glish Judge, that “it has been his enviable lot,
if not to attain all the prizes of ambition for
which men strive, at least to unite in himself
those noble qualities which, in many, would
have secured them all. ’ ’
We trust that Judge McDonald, in retiring
from the Bench, may find renewed health in
the employments of a more active but less
laborious life.—Macon Telegraph.
The Cans County Meeting.
We notice that the Democratic meeting held
in Cass county on the 3d inst., appointed del
egates opposed to Gov. Brown’s re-nomination,
and in favor of Col. Gardner. We are also in
formed that the delegation from Polk county,
is equally divided, two in favor of, and two
against Gov. Brown. Since the question has
been settled in the Governor’s favor in Fulton,
by a general meeting of the Democracy, we
know of no county, except Cass and Polk, that
has appointed delegates opposed to his renom
ination. We have the names of delegates
from 54 counties, and have heard of the action
of a number of other counties from which the
proceeding have not yet reached us, and with
the above exceptions, we believe the delegates
are all for Brown, while most of them are in
structed to sustain him in the Convention.—
The accounts thus far, then, stands about as
follows : For Gov. Brown 53 counties; op
posed to him, one and a half. Cass is the only
county which sends a full delegation opposed
to the Governor ; and we have no reason to
complain that her delegation is headed by a
discharged Railroad agent and a disappointed
office-seeker. Gentlemen in this predicament
will no doubt be as faithful and as active in
carrying out the will of the majority of the
meeting, by which they were appointed, in
opposing Gov. Brown’s re-nomination, as any
others who could have been appointed. Query
—Had the agent been retained, and the office-
seeke s all appointed to office, is it probable
the result of that meeting would have been
different, or that the monthly payments from
the State Road to the Treasury would have
been larger ?—[Federal Union.
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1859.
Wm. Markham.
Under the head <>t new Advertisements, it
will be seen that t he ab< >vc named gentleman
has taken an interest in the “Atlanta Rolling
Mill.” Mr. Markham is a man of large means
and excellent business qualities, and wc con
gratulate Blake & Scofield, for their good luck
in securing a partner that will give increased
confidence to their new enterprise. Success to
the “Atlanta Rolling Mill.” V.
Southern Field and Fireside.
In a few days, this new candidate for public
favor will make its appearance. The long es
tablished reputation of the proprietor, Col.
James Gardner, as a public Journalist, is a
sure guarantee that the publication will lie all
it promises, and well worthy of public patron
age. We hope to see the enterprise grow and
flourish, and prove a benefit to the public, and
profitable to the proprietor.
Blancevllle Slate Quarry.
This Quart}- is situated in Polk county, Oa.,
16 miles from Kingston, on the Western & At
lantic Railroad. Mr. James Dever, of the firm
of Dover & Blauce, proprietors of this Quarry,
is now in our city. He informs us that they
have sent two car loads of slate to thiscity, to
be used in covering the new Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta, and a Depot building ©n
the Atlanta & West Point Railroad. This ma
terial, in our humble opinion, is vastly supe
rior to Tin, for roofing, and w*e hope to see it
generally adopted by builders in Georgia. We
hope our Griffin friends will look to this mat
ter and profit by it, as preparations are being
made in that city, to erect large and extensive
brick buildings. Messrs. Dever & Blanco are
prepared to furnish any quantity of Slate,
which the wants of the people of Georgia may
demand.
University of Georgia.
We havo received a catalogue of the officers
and students of the State University at Ath
ens, for 1858 and 1859—from which we gath
er the following items :
Number of Seniors, 20
“ “ Juniors, 35
“ “ Sophomores. 37
“ “ Freshmen, 15
“ “ Partial course. 6
Whole No. of Matriculants, 113
Commencement day on the 1st Wednesday
of August.
Suicide of an Editor.
The Russellville (Ky.) Herald, in noticing j
the death of A. E. Gibbons, Esq., editor of !
the Harrodsburg, Ky., Transcript, by shoot- i
ing himself through the head, says :
Alas ! poor Gibbons ! He was said to be a j
clever and kind hearted man. But he had the j
misfortune to he a Democratic country editor \
—-a class that is usually worked hard and poor- j
ly paid. He labored faithfully and zealously
for the Democracy in this country, but did not
earn enough to support his family and meet
liis current expenses; consequently for relief in
his troubles, he first resorted to liquor, and
finally to .suicide. Truly a very melancholy
fate.
Parents, be Careful I
A child, two years old, of Wm. Mooney,
living in Cotton Avenue, Macon, died last
Sunday night from eating friction matches
about eighteen hours before. The child got
possession of abox of matches and, as all young
children do with whatever they get hold of,
put them in its mouth. It was taken sick
shortly after, but the apprehensions of the
parents were not excited, till it was beyond
the reach of remedies. Parents, be careful!
Fiiction matches are very poisonous as well
as combustible. Don’t leave them about the
house where there are children and careless
servants. Get a metalic match-box—place it
out of young children’s reach, and keep your
matches iuvariably there. There should he
but one place for matches in any house.—Ma
con Telegraph.
The Bible.
The following is a calculation of the num
ber of books, verses, letters, etc., contained iu
the Old and New Testaments. They are worth
reading and preserving :
Old Testament.—Number of books, 39 ; chap
ters, 929; verses, 33.214; words, 562,439; let
ters, 2,728,100.
The middle book is Proverbs.
The middle chapter is Job xxix.
The middle verse would be Chronicle xx.
17, if there were a verse more, and verse 18 if
there were a verse less.
The word “aud” occurs 35 543 times.
The word “Jehovah” occurs 6,355 times.
The shortest verse is 1 Chronicles i. 25.
The 21st verse of the 7 th chapter of Ezra
contains all the letters of the alphabet.
The 19th of the 2 Kings aud the 37th chap
ter are alike.
New Testament.—Number of books, 27: chap
ters, 268; verses, 6,050; words, 181,258; let
ters, 828,580.
The middle book is 2 Thessalonians.
The middle chapter is Romans xiii., if there
were a chapter less; and xiv., if there were a
* chapter more.
The middle and least verse is John xi- 35.
Old and New Testament.—Number of books,
66; chapters, 1,189; verses, 40,264; words,
773,797 ; letters, 3,556,680.
The middle chapter, and the least in the Bi
ble, is the 118th Paslm.
The middle verse is Psalm cxvii .8.
Calculator.
News Items.
Senator Seward lias gone to Europe. Leav
ing New York, he was escorted “down the
bay’ ’ by a large company of Black Republicans.
Soon after arriving at the “Horse Shoe,” a
speech was called for, and made by the “great
Magician, ’ ’ who was cheered as “the next
President of the United States.”
This is tiro week for the New York anniver
saries.
New Orleans is in great danger of being in
undated.
The war cloud in Europe, thickens. There
seeems to be danger, in India, of an outbreak
on the part of the English residents. V.
fSf° But will the Democracy, in view of the
strong and bitter enmity to Gov. Brown man
ifested particularly in Fulton and Cass counties
persist in making a party issue of this election?
If they do, ve can beat them by united and pru
dent action ; for many of the dissentient Dem
ocrats can not support the Governor after de
nouncing him as they have done.—Columbus
Enquirer.
Can't they? You’ll see. Did you ever
hear the cat story ! If not, walk over to
Brother Colquitt’s office, and ask him to tell
it to you. It contains a moral that will do
you good.
In this section, Democrats labor for their
preferences till the nomination is made, and
then they generally unite at the polls and elect
the nominee. We believe that the Democracy
of Fulton will yet- harmonize, and in the fall
make a showing. wlii<ii will delight t-lie De
mocracy of Georgia. Y.
From the Signal.
To I lie Vol< r> »f Alabama.
I hereby announce myself an Independent
SOUTHERN RIGHTS Candidate for the office
of Governor of Alabama, at the next election.
I shall hereafter address you in a way to sat
isfy every candid man of my principles and
objects.
My appeal is to the people, from the politician*
—in favor of principles against mere partyism—
and all for the South.
WM. F. SAMFORD.
Auburn, Ala.. May 6, 1859.
Much to our regret and mortification, we
find the above, in the Signal, published in Au
burn, Ala., of which paper, Col. Samford is th
Editor. We are surprised that a man of Col.
Samford’s antecedents,—a man of whose tal
ents and party fidelity we have always felt
proud, since our first acquaintance with him,
should so forget the great interests of Democ
racy, as to commit such an act of which the
above card, is the record. It is an act of down
right party insubordination, well calculated to
jeopardise the success of the Democracy of
Alabama. It is disorganizing in its tendency
to all intents and purposes, and will meet no
doubt with the disapproval of Gov. Wise, (Col.
S’s favorite for the Presidency,) and all other
good and true Democrats, throughout the
length and breadth of the land. How much
soever we might rejoice to see the Gubernato
rial chair of our sister State, honored by the
talents and private virtues of such a man as
Wm. F. Samford, we ask liis pardon for en
tering our solemn protest, as a Sourliern
Rights man, against this late .act of his. This
we presume is some of the bitter fruits, grow
ing out of the so called Southern League,
for which Alabama lias for tlie last year been
more famous than any other State, in the
Union.
The Hon. Edward Everett and Lotteries.
—In his eloquent discourse ou the career and
character of Thomas Downes, the Hon. Ed
ward Everett mentions the interesting fact
that the subject of his eulogy drew a prize in
a London lottery, which enabled him to lay
the foundation of his fortunes, or which pro
moted them in an extraordinary degree. In
the onslaught upon lotteries, it is well to note
this fact; and, particularly, to reming our
readers that, by sending $10, $5, or $2J, to
Wood, Eddy &Co., Wilmington, Delaware, or
Augusta, Ga., they will receive in return a
ticket in their legalised lottery, which, if suc
cessful, will win the prize of $50,000, or its
proportion.
We learn that the jury returned a verdict
of manslaughter against McGinnis and Blan-
non who were tried last week at’the adjourned
Term of the Superior Court for Forsyth coun
ty, for the muider of Vaughn, and were sen
tenced to three years imprisonment in the pen
itentiary. Pettyjohn, who was found guilty
of murder the week before, is sentenced to be
hung on .the 24th of June next.—(Mountain
gjgnal. , , , , ,
|g**A yong lady married a farmer, and wish
ing to provide IJnsey for domestic use, asked
her husband to send down South and buy a
cotton ram, so that they conld raise their own
cotton-wool.
. |W* Mirth should be the embroidery of the
conversation, not the web; and wit the orna
ment of the mind, not the furniture.
Hon. L. J. Gartrcll.
The general and decided endorsement and
approval of this geetleman manifested by the
Democratic Party of the 4th District in then-
late primary meetings, is but a just tribute to
an able and true man. Col. Gartrcll is com
paratively a young man and has only served
two sessions in Congress, and yet, judging from
the record of the proceedings and debates of
the House of De Resentatives as well as from
private sources of the most reliable character,
he has acquired for himself the reputation,
doubtless well deserved, of being faithful and
diligent in his attention to public duty—cour
teous and gentlemanly in his bearing—bold
and manly in the expression of his opinions—
sound and firm in political principles—ever
j watchful of the honor, rights and interests of
■ the Soutlx and ever ready to serve his consti
tuents either in a public or private eapacitv.
Few men have obtained in so short a time the
high position which he has been a member
and which he is so well calculated to improve
and make more permanent and useful in the
event of his re-election. We are happy to see
that Col. Gartrell’s constituency are pursuing
the true policy of the Southern people, to up
hold the hands of those who raise them in the
defence of their honor and rights, and encour
age that fidelity to principle, personal appli
cation to public business and moral courage,
of which the South stands so much in need in
this her dark hour of necessity and peril. We
regret that even the American Party of this
District should manifest a disposition to super
cede him by prescut opposition. The Demo
cratic majority is too large and Col. Gartrell’s
hold upon the confidence and affections of his
political friends too strong to justify any hope
of defeating him. At this time, when a com
mon danger and a common interest, call for
union and harmony amongst the Southern peo
ple we do not understand or appreciate the
policy or propriety of opposition to a faithful
public servant, or the stiring up of strife and
bitterness when all ought to be union, harmo
ny and peace to secure objects in which all are
alike interested. Whatever may be the de-'
termination of the American party in the Dis
trict, or whoever may oppose him, we feel a
just pride in the confident hope and expecta
tion that Col. Gartrell will be re-nominated
and triumphantly returned to the next Con
gress.—[Columbus Times.
distinguished Judge i^ Georgia, was
once asked how long the Union would last ?
He replied, as long as the Democratic party,
and that will never be dissolved. The Judge
was no friend of the Democratic party, and
meant his reply as a slur upon the party. The
first part of his answer, we admit, viz : that
the Union will last as long as the De i ocvatic
party; and we do not believe that it will last
any longer. If we could be made to see that
said party “will never be dissolved,” we
should lose many a fear that now besets us.—
Whenever the Democratic party goes, then
goes tiiis Union. As long as the Democratic
party can be preserved, so long will this Un
ion last. Why is the life of the one, so inti
mately connected with the life of the other ?
The Democratic party, as a party, is a consti
tutional party, demanding, more rigidly than
any other party, since its organization, a strict
construction of the constitution, and a proper
application of all its principles, to every de
partment of government, wherever needed.
It is true, that the Democratic party has not
always lieen able to keep itself entirely in a
line with the constitution. It lias varied
some, like all else human, from the straight
and narrow path of entire obedience to its pro
fessions.
Like the needle to the pole, it lias had its
variations; but, like the needle to the pole,
it never wanders far from its great and grand
attraction, the constitution and the Union.—
Our nation has grown from infancy to man
hood, and has never had much sickness. Our
Doctor-bills have been light, considering out
numbers and exposures. The American peo
ple early found a skilful physician, in the great
Apostle of Democracy. Thomas Jefferson, aid
they have, as a general thing, willingly sub
mitted to the prescriptions of those who have
been educated in the Jeffersonian school.
Jefferson, like the Democratic party, had his
faults, and some of them were glaring. The
Sun has his spots, but like the Sun, in spite of
imperfections, Jefferson shone, and still shines
bright and glorious to lighten the nation in
its pathway to greatness. The sage of Monti-
ceilo, though dead, still speaks to the Demo
cratic party, and so long as that party heeds
his wise instructions, will it continue to live
and govern, beating in unison with the great
heart of this great people.
We have nothing to alarm us now but the
subject of slavery. This is the rock *pon which
the Union will split, if ever. Let the nation
imitate the example of Jefferson. He had anti-
slavery tendencies. But still he looked to the
rights of all the members of the Confederacy
—the North as well as the South—in aiding
in the formation of this government, and con
tributed no mean part in handing down to us
that constitution, which, if properly adminis
tered, would forever hold free and slave States,
in one harmonious compact. The constitution
recognizes slavery, and, to a certain extent,
provides for the slaveholder’s legal rights, blit
the doctrine of State Rights comes in and re
lieves the free States from all complicity in
the continuation of what they may deem a
moral and political evil.
There arc many things in the free States,
which we think are wrong, but we would not
interfere. There are many things in the slave
States which the free States do not approve.
Let them leave that to us. We will take the
responsibility ot our own supjwsed errors.—•
The organic law gives us that right, if our sup
posed errors do not contravene its enactments.
•Jefferson-like, let the nation quietly submit
its predilections to the necessities of the times,
and that perfection of human philosophy—the
constitution—which itself was a necessity, in
all its provisions, for tlie people for whom it
was directly adopted, and all jargon and dis
cord will pass away, and a political millenne-
um will roll in upon these now unhappily dis
tracted States.
Anti-Slavery has, unfortunately, driven all
pre-existing parties away from the constitu
tion—has broken into the ranks of the Nation
al Democracy, and is now fiercely struggling
for a Waterloo victory over the war-worn vet
erans of the hitherto “Invincibles.” The
Black Republican, North, is shouting, “down
with Democracy for it is in the way of universal
freedom. ’ ’ The opposition of the South, many
of them, are crying, “down with Democracy,
for it is no better than Black Republicanism.
The National Democracy, still holding to
the compromises of the constitution, stands as
a break-water to withstand the flood-tide of
error and fanaticism, which is madly endeav
oring to overwhelm us, in one general ruin.—
The Democratic party has ruled too long and
too well, to be abandoned now in its days of
peril. Let the true friends of Republican gov
ernment, and individual and State equality,
stand to its principles, and rally enthusiastical
ly to its standard, emblazoned all over with
glory, and having done all, let them stand
firm. Let no dallying Delilah clip from us
our locks of strength, accumulated by over a
half century of noble and manly strugglings ;
but let the Democratic party, our political
Sampson, retain every hair of its strength of
principles, and follow in the good old paths of
our forefathers, and the Union and the consti
tution shall live on, “one and inseparable—
now and forever.” Countrymen, cling to the
Democratic party—politically, ‘it is your life.’
It lias its faults, but let him who is without
sin, cast at it the first stone. Nothing that is
human, is perfect. Made up like Rome, from
men of ail nations, and who have been educa
ted in various schools of politics, its family
bickerings and mistakes sometimes perplex
and disejurage : hut each perplexity drives
its votaries to the healing waters of the con
stitution, and all who drink, are refreshed by
tlie draught—and return to the fold again with
double diligence, to battle for its permanency,
and secure its triumphs. Democracy and the
Union, the political Siamese twins of this
Western Hemisphere—sever the chord that
unites them, and a wail of wo will ascend from
liberty-lovers throughout the world, as the
life-blood gushes from Jonathan's heart.
V.
Wo Hope for Printers.
When Dr. Franklin’s mother-in-law first dis
covered that the young man had a hankering
for her daughter, that good old lady said she
did no know so well about giving her daugh
ter to a printer; there was already two print
ing offices in the United States and she wasn’t
certain the country would support them. It
was plain young Franklin would depend for
his support upon the profits of a third and this
was rather a doubtful chance. If such an ob
jection was urged to a would be son-in-law
when there were but two printing offices in
the United States, how can a printer hope to
get a wife now when the present census shows
the number to be 15,067 ?
Leather Medal.
At the recent Encampment in Macon, Pri
vate Joseph Nisbet, one of the Editors of the
‘Federal Union’ was awarded the leather medal
for the worst shot at target practice. He re
ceived it with blooming modesty.
Well done for the press!—(Col.. Times.
From the Federal Union.
Cedartown, Ga., )
May 1st, 1859. f
Messrs Editors : Inclosed’ I send you a copy
of a letter written for publication in the Sou
thern Confederacy. The editor of that paper
informs me that for “good reasons” he “de
fers the publication fortle present.” Believ
ing that in consequence of what has been said
on the subject of which it treats, it would be
just and right to have the facts in the case
made known, I request that you will insert it
in the Union. The letter explains itself.
Respectfully,
E. N. BROYLES.
For tlie Southern Confederacy.
Mr. Editor : In an article headed “Render
unto Cassar &c., &c., published in the Semi
weekly issue of the Southern Confederacy of
date loth April 1859 and near the close of that
article appears a clause of which the following
is a copy, to wit:
“And more than this, though this individ
ual fills a fat office near the person of the
Governor. We do not know and so charge
that while Gov. Brown offered aq insignificant
job to a poor young man, he coupled with that
offer a requirement that one-hedf the pay should
be divided with the very man who we see was
once so outraged and disgraced, by his Excel
lency’s conduct. Any why? From the simple
fact that tnis young body guard was indebted
to liis Excellency, and the Superintendent of
tlie State Road about $1000. To get his pay
and in imitation of the New* York Herald, he
levies black mail upon a man who then dared
not divulge the infamy.”
Iam, sir, without doubt, the person to whom
reference is made in the preceding extract by
the words “poor young man.” I deem it prop
er to notice your statement contained iu this
extract, not to apologize for, nor vindicate the
conduct of Gov. Brown—for I suppose that an
honest patriot intent only upon the faithful
and impartial discharge of his whole duty,
stands not in need of an apology or vindica
tion before an honest and patriotic jieople—
but because of the unjust and erroneous in
sinuations and charges it contains against my
own conduct. A brief recital of the facts will
explain tlie whole matter. Gov. B. own ten
dered to me the appointment of compiler of
the Laws passed by the Legislature of 1857.
And at the same time informed me, that he
had promise Col. Waters that he should have
half the profits of conpiling the laws if he
wouzd do half the labor, and that lie had agreed
to do so. Gov. Brown stated to me also at
the same time that a large portion of the com
pilers duty could not be performed by one per
son alone, such as comparing tlie manuscripts,
correcting the proof sheets &c., which is known
to be true, I accepted the appointment as ten
dered—Col. Waters and mvself c!id the work,
though it was done under my direction and
control, because I, as tlie compiler, would be
held responsible for the monner of its execu
tion. Having done tlie work together we di
vided the profits, Col. Waters’ share was aid
to himself by me, and not to tlie Governor,
nor to the Superintendent of the State Road.
Neither did either of those gentlemen garni
shee me—nor did I ever hear it intimated that
Col. Waters owed either of them anything.—
And further from what I have learned of the
facts touching this matter, I am authorized to
state positively, that at the time of my ap
pointment as compiler, Col. Waters did not
owe either Gov. Brown or Dr. Lewis $1000 or
any other sum. Nor did he owe either of
them any thing at any time while we were en
gaged in the work, nor does he now owe eith
er of them any thing.
In the last sentence of the preceding extract
from your paper, you clearly intimate that the
terms and conditions of my appointment were
enjoined upon me as a secret and not to be
“divulged.” In this you are entirely mista
ken , notwithstanding your positive assertion
that you “do know and so charge” &e. Gov.
Brown never once intimated such a thing to
me, either directly <>v indirectly. It was nev
er regarded by me as a secret, neither was it
so treated, for I spoke of it frequently to my
friends and others, both here and in Milledge
ville whilst engaged in the work. As to the
declaration that I “then dared not divulge the
infamy,” 1 remark that is clear from the pre
ceding statement of the facts, that Gov. Brown
conduct in the matter was unobjectionable,
and that there was no “tnfinny about it; and
further, that whether the Governor’s conduct
was censurable or praisworthy you are incor
rect., when you say 1 dared not then divulge
it. I divulged the whole matter as much as
first as since then, and never at any time eith
er regarded it or treated it as a secret.
In justice to me you will please publish this
letter in your paper.
E. N. BROYLES.
SATURDAY, MAY 14th, 1859.
* ‘Then we might be said to be dead and buried
to a moral certainty.”—[American of May 12.
Who’d cry ? V.
“We are firmly and decidedly of opinion that
this Congressional District can be. redeemed from
the hands of the spoilers, and we believe that
in the haDds of Mr. Slaughter, our banner will
be borne honorably and triumphantly through
the contest.”—[American Citizen.
Brother Moorefield’s bump of credulity is
mighty big. X.
“We repeat, that the Country could have
BEEN NO WORSE OFF IF THE REPUBLICANS HAD
TRIUMPHED INSTEAD OF BUCHANAN. THIS IS ALL
we have said.”—American of May 12.
“To attempt to teach a Southern man man-
nej8, much less political orthodoxy,” who has
no more “manners” or “political orthodoxy
than the above developes would be as useless
as the attempt to turn Satan into a saint. In
the language of Pope’s coach driver, “better
make a new one than try to mend” one *o
worthless. “Teach a Southern man”—“a
Southern Man” of such “ de.i*>tir,n to the land of
hi* birth.” It can’t redid. V.
State Road.
Tlie Atlanta “Intelligencer” rejoices thus
over the last payment :
“$36,000 Paid In.—Gov. Brown seems de
termined to kill his enemies with kindness.—
Col. Benj. May, Treasurer of the State Road,
has remitted to the Treasury of the State Thir
ty-six thousand Dollars, as the nett earnings of
tlie State Road for the month of April. What
say the enemies of Gov. Brown to this show
ing?”
The Intelligencer is entirely mistaken about
who the Killed are. It is only Gov. Johnscn,
and his friends, to whom they are administer
ing their death licks.
The above extract we clip from the Macon
Journal & Messenger. Our cotemporary is
entirely mistaken. No effort is being made
by Gov. Brown, or his friends to kill “Gov.
Johnson, or his friends.” Gov. Brown, we
are authorised to say, entertains no unkind
feelings towards Gov. Johnson, and is mak
ing no effort to build up his administration,
by disparaging that of Gov. Johnson.
The nomination of Gov. Brown, almost by
acclamation, is deemed certain. The Federal
Union of to-morrow will contain a list of dele
gations from fifty or sixty counties—not more
than two of which have sent anti-Brown dele
gates.
We extract the above from the correspon
dence of the Macon Journal & Messenger of
the 11th inst. The correspondent, over tlie
signature of K., whom we recognize as the
Editor of that paper, writing from Milledge
ville, talks very sensible. That Gov. Brown
will he nominated by a unanimity, unprece
dented in the annals of Georgia Democratic
Conventions, is now a fixed fact, in our opin
ion. If Gov. Brown is beaten, it will not be
by a Convention of his party. We hope the
Americans will “trot out” the swiftest nag
they have, and we will show them how Gov.
Brown can distance him iu the race.
United Stati-s District Court—-Pension
Frauds.
This court met yesterday, his Honor, John
C. Niehol, presiding. After the Petit Jury
had lieen called, the District Attorney an
nounced himself ready to proceed with the
trial of the eases against. Reuben R. Ransone,
of Irwin county, charged by the Grand Jury
of the last District Court with transmitting
false, forged and counterfeited writings to the
Commissioner of Pensions, with the intent to
defraud the United States of Bounty land
Warrants. There were three indictments for
this offence, each comprising several writings,
against the defendant.
But Mr. Ransone failed to make his appear
ance ; whereupon the District Attorney moved
to have him called, as also his surety, to pro
duce the,body of his principal, or otherwise
their bond would be forfeited. This having
been done, and the parties failing to answer,
the bond for $5,000 was, in legal phraseology,
duly entreated.
There being no further business, the court
adjourned for the term. A large number of
witnesses for the prosecution, (some sixteen)
were in attendance from Iiwin, Telfair and
Wilcox counties—Lucieu Peyton, esq., from
Washington, special agent from tlie Pension
Bureau, and prosecutor in behalf of tlie gov
ernment, was ready at his post.
Judge Vandersmith, of Philadelphia, has
just been convicted of a like crime, and sen
fenced to penitentiary confinement for twen
ty-one years, aud to pay a fine of thirty thou
sand dollars. Prosecution was instituted
against him about four years since. He tied
to England and forfetted a bond of $30,000,
when, presuming that the matter was blown,
he returned home, was arrested, tried and con
victed.
Great credit is due to the energy and sagac
ity of Secretary Thompson, of the Interior,
for tlie vigor he displays and the manner in
which this crime is meeting its just punish
ment- throughout the whole of the United
States.—[Sav. News.
Eloquent Allusion—Col. Jerre Clemens,
formerly Senator from Alabama, and now edi
tor of the Memphis Enquirer, in noticing the
late death by accident of Gideon J. Pillow,
Jr., alludes eloquently to his father :
“We did not know youDg Pillow, but we
have a warm place in our heart for his father,
and sincerely sympathise with him in his bo-
reavemt. Whatever may be our political dif
ferences there are recolections of tlie past, and
associations of the present, which makes any
sorrow that overtakes him, a source of grief
to us also* When he was promoted from
Brigadier toMajor General, our regiment was
attached to his division, and we speak of what
we know when we say that a truer soldier
never drew a sword in his country’s cause.—
On the hill of Chepultepec an incideut occur
red wheih in Grecian or in Roman days would
have rendered his name immortaL He was
shot down while leading on tlie 9th Infantry
in advance of the “stormers,” Chas. J. Sprague
then adjutant of the 9th, ran up to him and
asked, “What can I do for you General?”
The reply was brief and stem. * ‘Take the Cas
tle, Sir.” In the midst of the agony he was
suffering, he thought only ot his country and
the honor of his pommand, and from that hour
there was not an officer in the “old Ninth”
whom Gen. Pillow could not name a friend.
The survivors of these gallant spirits are scat
tered now from Maine to Calafomia, but
wherever one of them ib to be found, we ven
ture to assert that it would be a dangerous
thing for any man to^say unkind words of
Gideon J. Pillow in his presence. In his
difficulties with Gen. Scott we took no part.
Both had been, were and are onr friends and
while we deeply regretted the estrangement
of two such men, we felt that it would be un
becoming in us to utter a word in condemna
tion of either. History will do justice to
both, although the Aiset able logos who, as
wesincerely believe, came between them, may
escape even the notoriety of infamy.
Dr. Tomlinson Fort.
K., the correspondent of the Macon Journal
: & Messenger, writing from Milledgeville, says,
"Dr. Tomlinson Fort lies so ill, that little hope
is entertained of his recovery.” This is a
source of deep regret to us, and, no doubt, to
thousands of the people of Georgia, to whom
Dr. Fort has been so long and favorably known
as an eminent Physician, a good citizen, and a
man of many virtues.
Since the above was written, we find the
following in the Augusta Constitutionalist,
which chronicles the melancholy intelligence
of the death of Dr. Fort:
“We regret to announce the death of Dr.
Tomlinson Fort, of Milledgeville, Georgia.—
This melancholy event, as we learned from
passengers by the Georgia Railroad train, last
evening, took place on Wednesday last, at his
residence in that city.
Dr. Fort was one of the prominent men of
Georcia. He was the author of a work on
medicine ; and, as a physician, stood at the
head of his profession. At one time, he repre
sented the State in Congress ; and was also a
leading politician in the ranks of the Demo
cratic party. His loss will be deeply felt and
deplored, not only in the community where he
passed so many years of liis life, but through
out the whole State, in every county of which
the name of Fort must be familiar, and the la
bors of his life appreciated.”
* ‘Discountenanced by some of liis own breth
ren, and not tolerated, as we are informed, in
a pulpit of his own denomination in this city.”
— [American of Thursday last.
We cannot account for the above. We have
“mistaken” our “game.” Where we looked
for decency, we have found downright mean
ness, and, we fear, a wilful slanderer—
“Whose tongue out-venoms all tlie worms of Nile."
When writing the above sentence, as Pisanio
said to Imogen : “Thou then look’dst like a
villian.” No longer ago than on last Sab
bath, we preached to'a large congregation at
the 1st Baptist Church, and was invited by a
deacon of the 2nd Baptist Church, to preach
in that house on the same day, and should
ha ve granted liis request but for a previous en
gagement. We are no better than we ought to
he, but we are too good to descend to a level
with the author of the above. When this con
troversy first commenced, we were told by a
friend that the contest was unequal—that we
could gain nothing, for our foe had nothing to
lose. Our friend gave us good advice. We
will try to keep in with our “brethren,'’ in
the future, by having as little as possible to
do with the “.-Cmerican.”
We have never found Baptists more cordial
and friendly, so far as we have become acquain
ted, than in Atlanta. If we are in bad odor
among them, they have a bad way of showing
it. We ask their pardon for remaining so long
in the company, which this controversy has
compelled us to keep. Wc know that “evil
communications corrupt good manners,*’ but
we had no idea where we were going when we
started. We were “mistaken” in our “game.”
It was not worth our notice, and we will dis
miss it with the following, which seems to fit
our “game” as well as though it had been
prepared to order;
“You’re a dirty, foul old case, Sir,
As ever I did spy ;
Your form is bruised and batter’d.
Almost squabbled into pi;
Before you let them lock you up.
Or on the press you go,
You’d better take your shooting stick.
And off to Mexico!”
We can never look upon the Senior of the
“American” as a gentleman, while the above,
uncalled for aspersion remains unretracted.
David Clopton Accepts.
We learn from good authority, that David
Clopton, Esq., who is now in Crawford, Rus
sel county, Ala., accents the nomination of
his party, tendered against his wishes, and in
the face of his letter declining the use of his
name in the district Convention. Yielding to
the unanimous will of his party, he will buckle
on his armor for the contest, satisfied with the
purity of his principles, the soundness of his
platform, and the devotion of his friends, and
believing that the old Democratic banner can
be lifted above the lactions which assail it,
and that it will light up the path to a glorious
victory.-—[Columbus Times.
The Late Bishop Donne, His Last Pablh
Address.
The following address delivered hy the late
Bishop Doane to the Graduating Class of 8t.
Mary’B College in March, is the last of hi-
public performances. This fact will increare
the interest with which it will be read :
“Again, the old hive swarms. There is a
flush of life, upon the gr >ss. There is a scent
of Spring, upon the air. The birds are twii-
tering, back, to their old nests. The map! ■
flings its crimson bannar, to the sky. ’ll.
willow blushes into green. The life-pulse can
be stilled, no longer. The life-glow can, no
longer, be repressed. There is a restless he
ving of the mass. There is a hum. There
is a flutter. There is a start, The old hive
swarms, again. And, they are off. Off, to tin-
Western prairies. Off, to the sweet savan
nahs of the South. Off, to ship sweetne*
from the flowers. Off, to hoard sweetness, 1\ >r
their homes. Off, to return, no more!—It i-
the two and twentieth annual swarm. Am- j
stand, here : to follow them, while eye c. .n
reach; to fold their precious memories, in n.i
heart of love ; to pursue them, with my bl<
sing : and to shield them, with my prayers.
Wherever, they may wing their wandering
way, God guide them ; keep them ; comfort
them! Poor things! They need it, all.
That were a strange map, which traced,
with individal lines, these annual swarms, • -i
two and twenty years. To China. ToSomh
America. To Great Britain. To the islan Is
of the sea. To every State and territory < ,1
onr own vast empire. To the forests of M iu .
To the rice-fields of Georgia. To the Bug; > -
plantations of Mississippi. To so many hi >-
py homes. To so many peaceful passonag.
l’o st* many hearths of contentment. To so
many hearts of love. Alas, that I must ami,
to so many early graves ; just, greening, witli
the Spring! And that were a still strong r
map, which sketched, as God looks down, up
on them all, the pathways of that inner Iii ;
which each is travelling on, toward that u i-
seen world, which hangs about us, like t »-
sky ; which in one moment, may close in u -
on our souls; whose issues are unchanging
and eternal: as the God, Who orders them, in
justice and in mercy. *
“Beyond this vale of tears.
There is a life above :
Unmeasured by the flight of years ;
And all that life is love.
There is a death, whose pang
Outlasts the fleeting breath :
Oh what eternal horrors hang
Around the second death!
Lord God of truth and grace,
Teach us. that death, to shun ;
Lest we be driven irom Thy face ;
Forever more, undone.”
My children, upon this devious and event
ful pilgrimage, you are to enter, now: un
shielded, by the sacred home, wuich has, t..
long, been your shelter. From its privaei
itspeacefuluess, its purity, its piety • the sound
of its continual scriptures, the music of it,
continual songs, the ferver of its cont nur.!
supplications, the fragrance of its continui. 1
sacraments ; you are to go out into a world
which cares but little for these things, i
thank God, for the inestimable confidence
that their roots have taken, in your hearts.-
I look to Him, to water, with Hisgrace, the -
plantings of His word. I beseech Him, m-; -
cifully, to grant, that they may live, and gr \i
in you : nurturing your souls, with spirit d
and immortal food; sheltering your you g
heads, with their broad, cool, shadow, agai. t
the hot blasts of temptation ; and cheeri.
you on, with their refreshing fragrance, thout h
whatever He may order, for your chastenin; .
as His children, until they bring you, where ,
the palms of Paradise spring up, forevei
green, by the pure river of the water of lift.
Remember, my beloved, you have not thes ;
inestimable blessings, for yourselves, alone.-
You hold them, as a sacred trust, for you:
homes, for the Church, for your country, am.
for vour kind. “The times are out of joint.”
Corruption stalks in our high places. Licen
tiousness has. well nigh, lost its shame* In
fidelity is bold and brazen-faced. The wave
of barbarism is rolling back, upon us. For
these things, your own sex is greatly answera
ble. Women are not true, to themselves.—
They wink at vice. They make a compromise
with worldliness. They tolerate irreiigion.—
And they are the victims of their own faith
fulness. The stronger sex look up, in best
things, to the weaker* They have, all, had
mothers. They have, all, had sisters. They
own them, in the sex, to which they owe
them. And, if women were but true, to God
true, to their position, true to themselves ;
they would have strength, from Him, to hold
the world, in check. No woman ever fell, but
by her own consent. As, at the first, the wo
man is the tempter. There is no man, that
has not passed into a brute, to do as tigers do,
that can resist the matchless majesty of a re
solved woman. And, stronger than all law,
stronger than anything, but God, when it is.
strong, in its strength would be the power of
woman; to put down rudeness, and to lay the
bridle, upon license. But, the age Is seif-in
dulgent. And,self-indulgence grows,by what
it feeds on. Women are occupied, by fashion.
Women are slaves to dress. Women are
careless of their companionship. Women are
unscrupulous, in their amusements. Young
women set up for themselves. They look npon
their parents, as old fashioned. They are im
patient of domestic restraints. They are averse
to douneseic occupations. They vote their
home; a bore. They congregate away from
its control. They indulge in unseasonable
hours. They meet the other sex, more than
half way. They make themselves debtors, for
their escort, to places of resort. They permit
the approaches ot familiarity. They tempt the
hidden devil of their nature. They forget
their Bibles ; they neglect their Prayer Books;
they are women of fashion; they are women
ot the world. What else they are, is rather,
shaped by opportunity than by themselves.
In this way, home is stripped of its sai.ctity.
In this way, the female atmostrophere loses
its freshness aud its fragrance; the woman is
no longer what she was made to be ; v “ help
meet,” for the man, And man ceases to be
what God designed him for; her partner, her
prop, and her protector.
I am well persuaded, by the report, which
comes to me from every quarter of the land,
that the women, who have gone out, from
before this altar—counted now by thousands,
are for the most part, women of another sort.
I hear of them as faithful wives ; I hear of
them as devoted mothers ; I hear of them as
loving sisters ; I hear of them as obedient
daughters : these are stays and ornaments qf
the church ; it may be said of them : “Many
daughters have done virtuously; but these ex
cel them all /” To join this hopeful compa
ny, beloved ones, you are to go out now. You
go, with instructions, by which their minds
were moulded ; you go, with t .e influences
which God has sanctified, in the transforma
tion of their hearts ; you go. with the pray
ers, which have won down from heaven, for
them, the consolations and the Comforter ;
you go, with the bleesing which has commen
ded them, to tne care and keeping of the Ho
ly One. “Be strong in the Lord.” dear chil
dren : “and in the power of His might.”
Keep yonr Bibles, ever in your hearts Have
your prayer books, ever in your hands. Be
true to yourselves ; be true to your homes ;
be true to yonr Church : be true to your God:
follow after her who sat down at Jesus’ feet,
and heard His word ; follow after him who
left His cross the last, and found His grave
the first; follow after her whose sacred le
gend gleams upon you now, it may be for the
last time : “Behold the handmaid of the
Lord !” Remember always that you are wo
men : remember, always to be “holy wo
men.” Keep yonr hands ever on the cioss.
Fix your eyes ever on the crown. Lambs of
the Lamb, in meakness and gentlene.-s and
loveliness ; be dovelings of the Dove, in | cace
purity, and piety. Dear danghters of my
heart, God bless you !
Congo Negroes.—The Memphis Avalanche
of the 3d inst., says :
Three of the six native Africans brought
here a few days since, were sold yesterday at
tne mart of Mr. Forest, and brought re-pec-
lively $750, $740, and $515. The* latter sum
waspaid for a boy about fifteen years old, who
seemed to possess more intelligence than any
of the others. These negroes are a part of ths
e irgo of the Wanderer, landed some months
ago.