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The « nnm l meetings of this body h*ve been
permanently located in this city. The late
meeting has acted wisely in coming to this de
termination.
Bio Shanty.—Mr. Kendrick, who keep* the
house, and Dr. Lewis, are both out in a Card,
in which they admit the charge that this Ho
tel was built out of the State’s money, and
rented to Mr. K. for $180 per y<*r, andtbcy
do not deny that some one else offered Xz.oUU
■ v»r year for this House.—[Borne Courier.
We beard Dr. Lewis remark to a company
of gentlemen, the fore part of this week, that
$2,500 had never been offered for “Big Shan
ty,” and we have the impression that he said
Mr. Kendrick made all the offer that had been
made him.
V.
HP “We call upon the old Whigs to rally
once more upon their old principles.- - [Macon
Citizen.
Where are they! Col. Akin says he is no
party candidate. He says, “away with plat
forms—away with resolutions.” “Our Ben”
says, “away with party and get on the law.”
« Our Ranse” calls platforms “man-traps."—
“Old Whigs” frequently accuse the Democra
cy of having stolen their principles. We have
got the most of the big men of the old Whig
party, and we rather guess the rest had better
came along. Again, wo ask where aw they 1
Echo answers, where ? ^ •
“bad,” have ttyr tntQfcT- Weaivesn-
tent to aOow thetn tobawkjfciaadbyyoadwri'
fen, bat ws are hut willing for ©or literary
reputation to be Soiled or renders* doubtful. by
ungrammatically constructed, and in defiance
of many of the laws of Rhetoric, which have
appealed, dmibg this year, In the Confedera
cy.^ ’■ ■**':
W« regret the necessity of this article, but
we must set otfaeif right before the public,
after what ha* passed. V.
“Good Blew* from Carroll-”
We have just seen a letter from a prominent
Democrat in Carroll. Speakingof the effect of
Dr. Miller’s speech in Carrolltoh, the latter
says: “I have no idea wo lost a vote, bnt
heard of some gains. Brown is above suspi
cion. Our friends are now full of seal, Miff-
will fight gallantly.”
Hurrah for gallant old Carroll!
sition friends will not be apt to cry, “Good
news from Carroll,” after the 1st Monday in
October. Carroll never misses fire. * Brown’s
and Gartrell’s majority will be increased in
Carroll. Mab^that. •'jV - .
gfP “I shall give to that honest man and
model Governor, Joseph E. Brown, All the aid
anl assistance within my power, ifirirfs effyts
to keep “the mighty workshop” in order, and
to make the State Hoad a paying conoem, and
its officers faithful and honest.”
We clip the above from the letter of the
don. A. P. Powers, accepting a nomination as
i candidate for our State Legislature, for the
gif' We give below that part of a lette
from Posey Maddox, which refers to that era-
son, that has earned Mr. H. H. Waters to be
so much and so unjustly abused. Mr. Mad
dox is a reliable man. Those who know him
mil believe what he says. Bead the extract
from the Federal Union, to which Mr. Mad
dox refers in his letter, and then the letter,
and then judge between Mr. Waters and his
slanderers. Here is the extract:
“The court admitted the book in evidence.
ymt when the counsel for Rowland closed their
testimony, the counsel of the heirs of Brew
ster introduced as a witness Posey Maddox,
Esq., who was the Clerk of the Court of Ordi
nary when the order was granted containing
the erasure, and who made the record; who
swore, in substance, that when the order was
drawn up by Col. Waters, as counsel for Mrs.
Brewster, the paper containing the advertiser
ment was not before him, and that neither he
nor Waters recollected the number of the Min
eral Springs lot, as it lay in another county;
that they recollected the numbers of the lots
in Cherokee, and inserted them in the order,
and that Col. Waters left#blank to be filled
with the number of the Mineral Springs lot,
whenever ascertained; that the Court granted
the order in this shape, and gave Col. Waters
leave to fill the blank with the number when
known; that some days after, when he, as
Clerk, went to record the order, he wrote till
he ™>"n» to the blank, and commenced wri
ting the word after the blank without leaving
my blank on the record, and that he then
thought of the necessity of leaving a blank to
be filled by tbe number of the lot on the rec-
^ ord; that he took his knife and erased the last
“U woid he had written, and left a blank space
OurOppo^ where the erasure was made to be filled with
the number, and that he never afterwards-
learned the number, or indeed thought fur
ther about it, and it was never filled in. This
explained the erasure, and showed that no one
had been guilty of any offence in making it, as
Maj. Rowland and his counsel and indeed all
believed, till Mr. Maddox, who is a man of
irreproachable character, had given in his tes
timony.”
Here is the letter:
(oorr.)
Stone Mountain. 1
August 25th, 1859. )
Dear Sir.—Now, in regard to the erasure
or defacing the minutes which has been allu
ded to, I do not recollect anything more than
has been stated in the Federal Union. 1 don’t
-xranty of Bibb.
There are many like Judge Powers, in Geor- j think you had anything more to do with that
gia, who look upon Gov. Brown as a “model j matter than the man in the moon, (as the
Y. | saying is). The reason for my thinking so
has been given, and I think the reason given
was satisfactory to all except those who had
purpose to serve. I can corroborate the state
ments made in explanation in the Federal
Union, to the best of roy recollection and be
lief, as regards the erasure, and that you are
innocent of that as any other man in The
world, in my humblo opinion.
Yours as over, &c.,
(Signed) POSEY MADDOX.
Will the “American” turn to its is6ne of
the 23d of August last, and compare its charg
es against Mr. Waters, with the above facts,
and then make the amende honorable, or will it
keep silent, and let its readers hear but one
side of the case ? Gentlemen, be fair once.—
Will you ? Y.
BRAND LODGE KNIGHTS of JKRJCO.
State of Georgia, held at Atlanta, 14th,
and 15th September, inst., 1859.
The following Brethren were elected, and
installed into the several offices, for the eusu-
.Dg year, viz:
Col. C. K. Hanleitcr, of Atlanta Lodge No.
I, at Atlanta, G. W. C.; Shepard Rogers, of
Houston Lodge No. 8., at Perry, G. W. V. C.;
Wm. G. Forsyth, of Atlanta Lodge No. 1., at
Atlanta, G. W. Recorder.; Rev. F. P. Per
due, of Atlanta Lodge No. 1., at Atlanta, G.
W. Chap.; B. F. Giaydow, of St. Mary's
Lodge No. 51., at Fort-Valley, G. W. M.; J.
T. Darlington, of Washington Lodge No. 4.,
at Lawrenceville, G. W. S.
Passed G. W. Chief’s.
Prof. W. D. Williams, of William’s Lodge
Nj. 6., at Macon ; Dr. E. M. Pendleton, of
Bethel Lodge No. 43., at Sparta ; J. S. Poter-
son, of Atlanta Lodge No. 1., at Atlanta.
“If Messrs. Collier and Taliaferro will
publicly declare that they will support Sena
tor Iverson in the Democratic Caucus if they
are elected, in preference to all others, we
shall give them a cordial support. Without
this positive declaration we shall use every ex
ertion to defeat them. We do not intend to
vote for any candidate that does not prefer,
and will support Iverson over all others for
the Senatursnip.”—Smthern Confederacy,
A few days ago, we asked the Confederacy
why it did not raise the Opposition oounty
ticket for Fulton ? The above is part of t ie
reply.
From the above we conclude, 1st that the
Confederacy cannot support Calhoun and
Thrasher, for they cannot “support Iverson
over all others.” They undoubtedly “pre.
fer” Ben Hill ’’over all others” and would
elect him if they could. Iverson supports
Brown and they cannot take a Brown man
with any show of consistency.
We conclude, 2nd that the Confederacy will
have to be mum in our county election, unless
Collier & Taliaferro, ,‘in preference to all oth
ers,” pledge themselves for Iverson, which
we hope they will not do. Something may
turn up, which may make them feel it to
be their duty to vote for some one else. We
are content to leave them uncommitted and
vote, when the time comes, cut their deliberate
judgement mav dictate. If they find it to he
best to vote for Iverson we shall be content.
Iverson is not our first choice, but we have
confidence in the wisdom of the party, and
commit ourself, in advance, to its action upon
this question. We arc not for men but mat
ures. We are for Johnson because his views,
are more to our liking, and we look npon him
as a statesman second to no man in the South.
Tbe “Coon Killer” is a whale among common
men. His, is the strength of a giant.
We do not hate Iverson but love Johnson
more. The Opposition praise Johnson so note,
we are not sure but they will get to liking
him toon so much, as to demand his election.
By the by, the Confederacy has said some
good things about Johnson. May be It will
change yet. Y.
(f?° “There are some who still pretend to
believe that Gov. Brown wrote his inaugural.
If they will compare some of the recent com
munications in the lutelligei cer, with that
■ *lebrated State paper, it will readily be seen
that bad as the latter was it bears no compar
ison to the productions of this Gubernatorial
editor."—[Southern Confederacy.
The Confederacy will not let that Inaugural
subject alone. We had concluded to pass that
matter, as not worth any more words. But
the “American” as unkindly as it did unjust
ly, endeavored to make the impression upon
its readem that we had made false statements
in tbe matter. The Savannah Republican has
also made some comments upan our state
ments, which we are not willing to let go by
in silence. We are at a loss to imagine what
induced the Confederacy to copy the Republ
ican's article, and make the remarks which fol
lowed that article. The Confederacy will
know what we mean by the last sentence
above. We have made all the statements we
have made, upon the question of Col. Dun
can’s writing Gov. Brown’s Inaugural, based
upon the following facts : We heard Col. Dun
can tell Dr. Hauibleton, in the presence of
Col. Cowart, Col. Gaulding, and Judge Whit
aker, before the charge was made in the Con
federacy, that if he (Hambleton) stated that
he (Duncan) wrote Gov. Brown’s Inaugural,
he would state wbat was not true. Besides,
we were authorized by Gov. Brown, to say.
that Col. Duncan knew nothing of the con
tents of his Inaugural till it was delivered in
MiUedgevillz. This is a small matter, and we
are surprised,-under the circumstances, that
Dr. Hambleton should have said anything
about it.
FOR THE INTELLIGENCER.
Col. Akin M a Southern Rights Jhn.
Messrs. Editors :—In a discussion which
took place last week at Canton, between J.
R. Parrott Esq., of Cass county, oppositionist,
and Col. W.u. Phillips, of Marietta, in reply
to the charge which he !;•*! noticed iu the
newspapers, as made by Col. Akin, “that it
was the duty of Gov. Brown to have called a
Convention of the people of Georgia when
the English Bill passed,” and that “be had
not been true to Southern Bights,” &c. Col.
Phillips replied: “Col. Akin is the last man
in Gorgia, who ought to talk al>out Southern
lights, for, said he, in an argument that I
bad with him in 18u0, wheu I was a fire-
eater and he an extreme Union man, Col
Akin asked me whether I would volunteer to
help whip South Carolina back into the Union,
if she should secede. I replied that I would
not. He then asked what I would do if the
Governor of Georgia should order a draft, and
I should be drafted. I replied that, in that
event, I would be in the Caro.ina ranks light
ing for her before the draft could be made.
Well, said Col. Akin, if shfe- does secede, and
it is necessary, I will volunteer and march
with the federal troops to help whip her back
into the Union. The effect which this narra
tive of Col. Phillips’ had upon the old South
ern Rights men and the South Carolinians
present, may be readily imagined. Should
Col. Akin be elected Governor, and an emer
gency ariseduring his administration which
should drive Carolina to secede, we presume
this gallant defender of Southern Rights
would, as Commander-in-Chief, march at the
head of the Georgia troops to help whip her
in. What say you, Southern Rights men,
sbonld he do it, or should he go as a private t
JUSTICE.
INTERCEPTED CORRESPONDENCES.
Hog Pond, neer Casvil, I
Sept. 15,1859. j
To Mr. Haigud, Sim-run, Bammttn, Hanlitur and
Kerlhune :
Hasant you never beam of the Melan koly
curkumstances what hapnd to our famly lass
fall, a sad to do it was to be sure, even to
the old spekled hen where sets undurthe
kitchin began to look sorter squamish. and
I guess as how hader you bin thare you wuld
thot that evry thing was gwine to be snatcht
of the face of the arth in the twinkling of a
chigers eye. Now you see dady one day was
burnin broom straw down by the side of the
deep gully, and there come up one of these
Northwesters and give the wind a sort of a
slactendickler twist, and sot dady’s britches
all in a light blaze. Then dady started to
run down to the mill pond to put out the fire.
But as he was gwine along he saw some good
persimmons and I wish 1 may be tikled to
deth with red hot nale tongs if he didn’t stop
to ete a few, and got burnt up. On the
next Wensday uncle Tim, Timotey is his name
but we always calls him Tim, went over to
nabor Dobing to the hog kilim, and I wish I
may be extotaUy exfiomticated if he didn’t
kill himself etin hog liver. Next thing hap
pened my old Graodnuuna went over to uncle
Toby’s and weut down to the still and got
drunk, and lade down on a pile of aple pumies
an the hogs ete her up. She amis so drunk
she couldn’t say s-u-i. Next my old mainv
fell into a pot of soap and she was the sopiest
thing you ever seed. The last we saw of her
she was runnin down the spring p»ti t spoutin
sope out of her mouth. If any of your comite
sees anything of her yu must write us. We
are all mity skared up here, we are afrade tbe
world is coin in to a eend. We liave so many
strange things hapenin, and them red lites in
among the stars. Bat that Mr. Acin that ie
runnin for Govnor says it aint nothin bat the
Loar or Alia, but I don't know what to think
of it. You had better rend ua some doky-
ments and tell us about it afore the ekktion,
because its injurin him mity. They say he
got away down to Atlanty and made a great
speakiu, and didn't say nothin only about
pigs and iron, and they said he was mity
skeered when he got up on a hy piaae. He
sade he felt like be saw a power of folks. Its
mity bad you didn’t git a beter man to run,
but I am goin to put up my longest straws for
him, and I went to church like you told me
and give out the dokyments, but I tell you
they don’t take—they injured us mitly up
here. And that new name Acin's got, counts
bad. I mean Operation. Now my
had a old muly cow she called Operation, cos
she always tried to but all the catle off the
bridg, and one day nabor Simkins’ old cow,
Dimicrat he called her, come along and buted
our old Operation cow into the creek co-slosh.
Now you see that’s the way the democrats is
goin to coflumux us, without you rend some
better dokyments.
Bnt I ever remane
Tbovtart not oatyr 1
Kti ■ *
Merit, gentle, mid i
, t Tb thn tiiy graces most..
Oh! I would love to press thy hand,
And c*D thee oooe my friend;
Sweet mem’ties then around my heart,
Would cheerane till ilfe'aend.
But ah! alas! thy iove's a boon.
Poor me must never ask;
It were not Heaven’s kind dectfee,
I in thy smiles should bask.
A stranger to your town I came.
Unknown by thee,' I go;
“Few are the hearts whence one same
Bids the sweet fountains flow, [touch,
Yet I rejoice that e’er I’ve gaz’d.
Upon that lovely brow,
Whose mem’ry on the tide of time,
Will clear my clouded brow.
Oh t may your future be os bright,
As mortal ever knew;
And sometimes iu your happiness,
Prey for your warm friend Lost.
Atlanta. Sept. lTfh, 1859.
From tbe New York Ledger.
BREAD UPON THE WATERS
BY BTLVANC5 COBB, JR.
“Ah, Jacob now you see how all your hopes
are gone. Here we are, worn out with age -
all oar children removed from us by the hand
of death, and ere long we must be the in
mates of tiie poor-house. Where, now is all
the bread you have cast upon the waters ?”
The old, white-haired man looked up at his
wife. He was, indeed, bent- down with years,
bnt age sat tremblingly upon him. Jacob
Manfred had been a comparatively wealthy
man, and while fortune had smiled upon him
he lmd ever been among the first to lend a
listening ear and a helping hand to the call
of distress. But now misfortune was his.—
Of his four boys not one was left. Sickness
and failing strength found him with bnt lit
tle, and they left him penniless. An oppres
sive embargo upon the shipping business bad
been the first weight upon his head, and oth
er misfortunes came in painful succession.—
Jacob and his wife were all alone, and gaunt
poverty looked them coldly in the face.
“ Don’t repine, Susan,” said the old
man.
“True, we are poor, but we are not yet for
saken.”
“Not forsaken, Jacob! Who is there to help
us now?”
Jacob Manfred raised his trembling - finger
towards heaven.
“Ah, Jacob, I know God is our friend, but
we should have friends here. Look back and
gee how many you have befriended in days
long past. You cast your bread upon the wa
ters with a free hand but it has not yet re
turned to you.”
“Hush, Susan, you forget wnat you say.—
To be sure I may have hoped that some kind
hand of earth would lift me from the cola
depths of want; but I do not expect it as a
reward for anything I may have done. If I
helped the unfortunate in days gone by, I
have had my full reward in knowiug that I
have done my duty to my fellows. O, of all
the kind deeds I have done to my suffering
fellows, I would not for gold have one of them
blotted from my memory. Ah, my fond
wife,” tis the memory of the good done iu
life that makes old age happy. Even now, I
can hear again the warm thanks of those
whom I have befriended, and again I can sc*e
their smiles.”
“Yes, Jacob,” returned the wife, in a lower
tone, “I know you nave been good, and in
your memory, you can be happy ; but, alas !
there is a present upon which we must look—
there is a reality upon which we must dwell.—
We must beg for food, or starve\”
The old mau started, and % deep mark of
pain was drawn across his features.
“Beg /” he replied with a quick shud
der.
“No, Susan—we are ”
He hesitated, and a big tear rolled down
his furrowed cheek.
“We are going to the poor-house I”
‘O, God ! I thought so !’ fell from the poor
wife's lips, as she covered fo r face with her
hands. “I have thought so, and I have tried
to school myself to the thought; but my poor
heart will not bear it!’
‘Do not give up Susan,’ softly urged the
old man, laying his hand upon her arm. ‘It
makes but little difference to us now. We
have not long to remain on earth, and let us
not wear out our last days in useless repin-
ings. Corns, come!’
‘But when—when—shall we go ?’
‘Now—to-day.’
‘Then, God have mercy on us.’
‘He will,' niurtnered Jacob.
The old couple sat for a while in silence.—
When they were aroused from their painful
thoughts, it was by the stopping of a wagon
in front of the door. A man entered the
room where they sat. He was the keeper of
tbe poor-house.
‘ComeMr. Manfred.’said he, ‘the select
men have managed to crowd you into the
poor-house. Tbe wagon is at the door, and
yoa can get ready as soon as possible.’
Jacob Manfred had not calculated the
strength he would need for this ordeal. There
was a coldness in the very tone aud maimer
of the man who had come for him that went
like an ice-bolt to his heart, and with a deep
groan he sank back in his seat,
‘Come—be in a hurry, impatiently urged
the keeper.
At that moment a heavy, covered carryall
drove us to the door.
“Is this the house of Jacob Maufred ?”
The question was asked by a man who en
tered from the carryall. He was a kii.d-look-
ing man, about forty years of age.
“Then they told me truly,” uttered the new
comer. “Are you from the alma-bouse ?” he
continued, turning towards the keeper.
“Yes.”
“And are you after these poepie?”
“Yes.”
Then you may return Jacob Manfred goes
to no poor-house while I live.”
The keeper gazed inquisitively into the fea
tures of the man who addressed him, and then
he left the house.
“Don’tyou remember me ?” exclaimed the
stranger, grasping the old man by the hand.
“I cannot call you to my memory now.”
Do you remember‘Lucms Williams ?”
Williams ?” repeated Jacob, starting up
from his chair, and gazing earnestly into the
face of the young man before him.
“Yes, Jacob Manfred—Lucius Williams.
That little boy whom, thirty yeais ago, you
saved from the house of correction ; that poor
boy whom you kindly took from the bonds of
the law, placed on board one of yonr own ves
sels.”
“And are you ”
“Yes—yes, I am the man whom you made.
You found me a rough stone from the hands of
of poverty and bad example. It was you
who brushed off the evil, and who first led me
to the sweet waters of moral life and happi
ness. I have profited by the lessons you gave
me in early youth, and the warm spark which
your kindness lighted up in my bossom has
grown brighter and brighter ever since. With
an affluence for life I liave settled down to
enjoy the remaindered my days in peace and
quietness, with suck ot good work as my
hands may find to do. I heard of your loss
es and bereavments. I know that the chil
dren of your flesh are all gone, but I am a
child of your bounty—a child of your kind
ness, and now you shall still be my parent.—
Come, I have a home and a heart,' and your
presence will make them both warmer, and
brighter, and happier. You made my youth
all bright, and I will not see yonr old age
doomed to darkness'”
Jacob Manfred tottered forward and sauk
upon the bosom of his preserver; He could
not speak his thanks for they were too heavy
for words.
When he looked np again he sought for his
wife.
“8uean,* he said, in a chocking trembling
tone, my bread has come back to me.”
“Forgive me, Jacob.”
“No, no, Susan. It is not I who must for
give—God holds ua in his hands.”
.‘Ah, mannered the wife, as she raised her
streaming eyes to heaven, “1 will never
doubt Him again !”
A TO TBB VOTERS OF GEORGIA .
jwm> BinrcfflWLAtE.'’’ . _ \
We say to the Democracy of Georgia, be
ware of this political Roorback! Its charges
against Buchanan and Brown have all been
successfully met by Democratic papers in the
State.
We presume this document has iteen gen
erally circulated. It will do no harm where
.the truth will be allowed to accompany it.—
We hope our Democratic friends at a distance,
will be on the alert, and put out the tracks
of this document, wherever ’made. It will
do no harm in this region. We presume it
will be dipped into the hands of the voters
just before the election, with the hope that it
may turn some against Gov. Brown, before
the truth can reach them and set them right.
We don’t think this last game of dexparaiiotf
will pay expenses.
The people are not goieg to be hoodwink
ed by those who but a few months ago, spoke
kindly of Gov. Brown, especially his manage
ment of the State Road. V.
(load Srwi from all Dbreetlona.
We have just returned from Cobb county.
Our friends in Cobb say that that county will
give Gartrell and Brown an increased majori
ty. We heard news that makes us believe
that Cass will go for Brown, alter all tbe
blowing of the Akin papers. Cass will go for
Brown, in our opinion. Mark that. Fulton
will go the Democratic ticket entire. Mark
that. We have Wen informed, that there
are ten or more counties in North-Eastern
Ga., in which but one Anti-Brown man is
ruuuing for the Legislature, mark that.
Our news from lower Ga. is quite cheering.
We have lately seen men from the mountains
of Gilmer to the line of Florida—from the
Chattahoochee to the Savannah and all speak
confidently of Gov. Brown’s succeess. The
question is not will he be defeated, but how
large shall the majority be ? Would’nt the
Opposition feel rather small, if that bragging
speech, which has so much exercised them,
should be literally fulfiled, by 30,000 ma
jority ? Stranger things have happened.
V.
find
of the
State. For their benefit, we shall continue to
publish all the kttera addressd to the Com
mittee of the Opposition party of this city,
that may fell into our hands.
.....
Vkb Cownty DeawenUe
Our friends iu Bibb have a good Ticket in
the field. Tracey for the Senate, and Powers
and Lamar for the House'. We regret that
our friend, Col. O. A. Loehrane. has declined
a candidacy for the House. His place, how
ever, has been well supplied by Judge Powers.
We have knowo him early and long. A true
Democrat, a man of talents, and an honorable
man in every way, he will, if elected, be an
ornament to his party, mid an honor to his
State and county. We trust the people of
Bibb county will consult their own interest in
electing Tracy, Pcfwers and Lamar, for the
Legislature.
A. Premium for the Flnett Btlr ot Cotton*
A number of gentlemen of Memphis, con-
n cted with the cotton business, have made
;
Banlttor. Hammond
audCalhsun fJbmmSfts. If / y'
QiWtun: We noticed, with approbation
‘State Rights Club
of Fulton, as a committee, to solicit corres
pondence, as to the prospects of our party in
different parts of the State and to send docu
ments to destitute .portions Ac.
Had your duty been properly and wisely
discharged, good might have come of it—as
ft h, We fear the consequences of your Atlan
ta Imprudence, will prove most disjstrous to
our party.
It Would indeed seem to be true, that
“whom the gods wish to destroy they first
make mad”—or theBauk letters of Governor
Brown would have been allowed to rest quiet
ly in the custody of those to whom they were
addressed.
After having heraled to the world through
the “American” in “flaming capitals” that
the letter from Gov. Brown to Col. Cohen
was “infamous,” the public was prepared for
the development of something most horrible
—something that would indeed consign an
honorable man to “infamy” and disgrace.—
considered ao ;
of tbe very
brave as T
are breve.’
Tan the Foyle, afidi
... - , JSS Ghotb, 1
TTarfalin fr j
M a meeting called bytfce citizens of Har
alson county , to taketet© consideration tbe
graft utility of a Bail Hoad, running through j
our county, from Atlanta Ga.. to Jackson-! ray distant degree,
▼Rle Ala. The meeting was organized by j “RedDasigLas”
calling John Robinson, Esq., to the chair, A 1 thb pi b)., „ —
Joseph J. Garner Esq., Sec’y. After a few brief j ° p
explanatory remarks from tha chairman, set - j And He buried him in a vallev'
ting forth the object of the meeting, the fol- j of Moab, over against Beth-Peor •
. mane yours in bonds of no
Will tb» Savannah Republican nt is right I aoiblnlsm, JONOTHAN SS00DLHS,
The other day, a lady fell off the Brooklyn
boat into tbo East river, and a poor Irishman
sprang over and rescued her. When sho was
safe on deck again, her husband, who had
been a calm spectator of tie accident, banded
the biave fellow a shilling. Upon some of
the by-8tanders expressing indignation, Pat
said, as he pocketed the coin, “Arrah, don’t
blame the jintleman—he knows best; may
hap if I hadn’t saved her he’d have given me
a dollar!
Large quantities of wheat are now sent to
New York, from Galveston, Texas. Wheat is
raised hugely in that State, and omu still
more siUBstealy. ~
Swim Courting.
In Switzerland, when a girl has arrived at
marriageable age, the young men of the vil
lage assemble by consent on a given night at
the gallery of the chalet in which the fair
one resides. This creates no manner of sur
prise in tne mind of her parents, who not on
ly wit k at the practice, but are never better
pleased than when the charms of their daugh
ter attract the greatest number of admirers.
Their arrival is soon announced by sundry taps
at the different windows. After the family in
the house has been roused and dressed, (for
the scene usually takes place at midnight,
wheu they have all retired to rest.) tbe win
dows of the room prepared for the occasion,
in which the girl is first alone, is opened.--
Then a parley commences, or rather a bois
terous description ; each man in turn urges
his suit with all the eloquence and ait of
which he is possessed. The fair one hesitates
doubts, asks questions, but comes to no decis
ion. She then inrites the party to partake of
a repast of cakes and kirscliwaeser, which is
prepared for them on the balcony. Indeed,
this entertainment, with the strong of the
cheiTy, forms a prominent feature in the pro
ceedings of the night.
After having regaled themselves for some
time, during which and through the window
sue has made use of all the witchery of wo
man’s art, she feigns a desire to get rid of
them, and will call her parents to accomplish
this object. The youths, however, are not to
be put off, for. :according to tbe custom of the
country, i hoy have come here for the express
purpose of compelling her, on that night,
there and then, to make up her mind, and to
tieclare the object of her choice.
At length, after a further parley her heart
is touched ; *r at least she pretends it is, by
the favored swain. After certain prelimina
ries between the girl and her parents, her lov
er is admitted through the window, where
the affiance is signed and sealed, but not de
livered, in presence of both father and moth
er. By consent of all parties, the ceremony
is not to extend beyond a couple of hours,
when, after a second jollification with kirsch-
wasser, they all retire—the happy man to
bless his stars, but the rejected to console
themselves with the hope that at the next
tournament of love-making they may succeed
better. In general, the girl’s decision is ta
ken in good part by all, and is regarded as
decisive.
A Scene In Church, and a Novel One.
The Indianapolis Sentinel relates it:
On Suuday evening rather a rich scene oc
curred in one of our city churches. A man
aud bis wife have been living apart for some
time, and it is said she has chosen a new pro
tector, or at all events, is the re- ipient of ma
ny kind attentions from another party. On
Sunday night, the husband, the wife, and the
benevolent gentleman who waits on the wife,
were all at church, when there was quite a re
vival going on. Mourners were called up,
and several signified their intention of join
ing. Three or four were taken in without
question. The minister seemed to hesitate
alone—a lady—and asked if there was any ob
jection to her becoming a member. The de
serted husband rose in his place and forbid the
bans. “The woman,” he continued, caused
my wife to leave me—my wife, who is living
in open and shameless adultery with another
man. There she sits—there they both are !”
He pointed directly at them, and continued
in the same strain until the meeting broke.
An Accident.
Last night, while three ladies were walking
on E street north, a colored boy suddenly
opened a gate to give a cow the “freedom of
the city.” The animal, like not a few bipeds,
was not particular in its pedal movements,
and so came dashing in the direction of the
ladies, who, alarmed for their safety, stopped
aside to avoid a contact with that fine speci
men of “useful cattlebut, in doing so,
were thrown off the pavement to the street,
where excavation is iu progress ; all of them
were prostrated. One, more courageous than
her companions, soon rose, assured that fur
ther danger had passed. The others followed
tbe example, and created some little alarm by
screaming; but the only injury they sustain
ed were bruises, and from these they will
doubtless recover, ’iliey soon regained tlieir
wonted cheerfulness, aud like good women,
prooeeded to church, to which they were on
their way when the cow occasioned the fright
and denouement. This, however, was not a
case in which it may be said that “conscience
makes cowards of us all.”—[States.
Elopbment of the Wife of a New York
Merchant.—The wile of David L. Hawkin*, a
merchant of New York, eloped some days
since with a young man, a clerk in her hus
band’s employ. Mr. Hawkins followed them
to Detroit, and brought his wife back. Mr.
Hawkins is described as a man of gentleman
ly appearance and manuers, and the possessor
of a tine property and ample income. They
lived a few miles above the city, on the North
river, where an elegant residence and all the
luxuries of life contributed to make a happy
horn**. His wife was beautiful and accom
plished, and after five years of wedded life, he
believed himself the possessor of all her affec
tions, and in return lavished upon her the
wealth of an undivided heart and a well-filled
puree. She was, indeed, faithful so for as
outward observance was concerned,"but in her
heart had conceived a violent passion, or rath
er allowed herself to be over-persuaded into
an attachment for a young man in her hus
band’s employment. The partner of her in
fidelity was a clerk who baa always enjoyed
tbe confidence of Mr. Hawkins—a handsome,
dashing fellow, who, in the full liberty to act
aa chaperon to his fair lady at numerous hops,
boat rides, pio-nica, and moonlight rambles
on the romantic blafis overhanging the Hud
son, hod fallen in love, and, by his winning
ways and seductive pleading, so far prevailed
over the intelligent mind and innate goodness
of the lady as to blind her to the- nature of
the offence and the almost oartain consequen
ces.—[Consiitution.
up the sum of $1,760 as a “Factor’s Premi- ; i n8tea d of this ; however, the letter contains
um,” to he awarded to any planter or plan- J nothing to *hich the most violent and bitter
ters of the State of Tennessee, Alabama, Miss- ; ^pp^nent 0 f Qov. Brown, can take exception ;
issippi and Arkansas, who may exhibit at tbe ’ ftnd instead of in j urillg h im is calculated and
coming Fair, the finest bale of cotton as des- j ^ already made Mm votes .
ignated below. Each lot of Cotton for which ! havc ^ of tUeln printed for
a premium is awarded, passes over the factors j distriblltion we would a ' ugge st that you at once
as-their property. Five premiums to be awar-1 thenli fot our word for it , that “Bank
ded as follows :
For the finest bale of Cotton, Planter’s
own crop $150
For the finest two bales of Cotton Plan
ter’s own crop, each $137,50 275
For the finest three bales of Cotton, Plan
ter’s own crop, $125 each 375
For the finest four I tales of Cotton, Plan
ter’s own crop, $112,50 each 450
For the finest five bales ofCotton, Plan
ter’s own crop, $100 each 500
Five premiums amounting to $1750
Each bale of cotton must weigh 440 or
over.
Bad State of Things In New nan.
We clip the following from the Newnan
Blade of a recent date. We are sorry to find
that such a condition of society exists in that
place. We have always had a favorable opin
ion of our sister city, for we believe they have
there a City charter. Our own Atlanta has
been reviled—her name has been cast out as
evil—but we have never had to lament, since
our residence here, such a state of things in
our city, ns our eotemporary complains of in
the place of his residence. We have in our
city a vigilant police, a well ordered City Gov
ernment, and are free from the manifold evils
of which our cotemporary complains in his lo
cality.
“Now would it be thought invidious iu us
to compare Newnan and its environs to Balti
more with its Plug Uglies ? If Baltimore puts
law and order, religion and morality, at defi
ance, and is drifting into anarchy, what does
Newnan do when a respectable citizen of the
town is hung in effigy on the public square—
the crossings and plank-ways of the streets
tom up—palings of yards broken down—sign
boards removed or destroyed—watermelon,
potato and corn jmtekes, rifled of their con
tents—bull yearlings dresse • in ladies hoops
aud frocks, with ugly inscriptions on their
horns—business men notified to leave the
town by a given day, or be mobbed—crowing
like chicken cocks round houses, after dark,
where there are girls—and lastly, in open day
light, and during the first week of the session
ot the Superior Court in Newnan, two men to
meet on the public square, revolvers in hand,
and tire a half dozen shots at each other, as
deliberately as two school boys with pop-guns
loaded with China berries, and this, too, in
full view of at least twelve of the Grand Jury,
who were sitting on a special case within less
than fifty steps of one if not both the hostile
parties, but were, no doubt, so intent to agree
on a verdict of such wonderful intricacy and
importance, that not a man moved a foot to
wards preventing or arresting the belligerants,
who were permitted to fire at each other with
out any interference from citizens, City Coun
cil, or Court Officers, until they choosed to
separate themselves in consequence of their
amnnition giving out, or from some other
cause ? How much worse do the Plug Uglies
of Baltimore do than this ? Who, here in
Newnan, are the law and order men ?
|3F* Paul Morphy has been playing lately
several games of chess at the rooms of the
New York Chess Club, in the University
with the Hon. A. B. Meek, a leading player
of the South, giving him the odds of a knight;
also, with W. J. Fuller Esq., of tbi8 city,
giving him the odds of a castle. Mr. Morphy
wra srsry gams.—[Now York Post.
The Minnesota Democracy.
A friend has handed us the “Pioneer &
Democrat,” published at 8t Paul, Minnesota.
We publish the following extract, which ap
peared in that paper, being a part of the pro
ceedings of a Democratic meeting held in that
State. The reader will perceive that true De
mocracy is the same every where, North,
South, East and West. When this Govern,
ment shall be torn to atoms, and Anarchy,
Monarchy or Despotism ‘ ‘shall rule the hour,”
then and not till then, shall the genuine prin
ciples ot Democracy be.forgotten by the Amer
ican people.
After the saxhorn band of Pepin, Wis. had
given us a national air, the Chairman intro
duced to the audience Hon. James M. Cava
naugh, who was greeted with a loud and
hearty welcome of applause; for which he
returned his warmest thanks, and said that,
though laboring under severe indisposition,
he would endeavor after a fashion, to speak
to the people of Wabaskaw to-night. He did
fulfil it, I assure you: for he held the audience
in silence for more than an hour, except at
intervals, when shouts of applause tilled up
the space between his sentences: He review
ed the Republican platform, aud the faction
that put it together, aud contrasted it with
that of the Democrats. He denounced the
Republican party as a Know Nothing faction,
and proved it by the nominations they had
made, of Windom, Baker and Cole; by the
constitutions of Massachusetts and Rhode Is
land ; by tue merging together of both so
harmoniously in other States, when they had
the power and dared to do it; and the bitter
hostility of each, when plot united, toward
the Democratic party. That good old party,
he said had originated every measure whiclh
Congress had ever adopted for the benefit of
the people to wit: the naturalization laws,
the pre-emption laws, aud all acts of annexa
tion. The land on which we now live, for
the entire length of the great river which
runs by the town here, was purchased by
Thomas Jefferson, with the aid of a Demo
cratic Congress, in defiance of the howls of a
party similar to the one which now opposes
the Democratic party The learned gentle
man proceeded to say that the Democratic
party was the only friend of the adopted citi
zen, and instanced the rescue of Martin Kos-
ta, a German adopted citizen, from an Aus
trian ship of war, by Capt. Ingraham of the
U. S. slbop-of-war, >St. Louis, in the port of
Smyrna. Voice in the croud—“Who was Cap
tain Ingraham ?” Ans.—He was a slavehold
er, bom and brought up in Charleston, .South
Carolina, and a gallant officer of the United
States Navy.” Voice—“Was he a Demo
crat r” “Mas.—“Well, my friend, there are
no ‘Republicans’ in that State, and you may
judge for yourself us to his polities.” The au
dience gave a round of applause, and the Re
publican question poker subsided.
Mr. Toombs' Speech at Augusta.
We have waited anxiously to see the report
of Mr. ’Ivombs’ speech in Augusta—particu
larly that portion of it which referred to Sen
ator Douglas. We have it now before us, as
reported in the Constitutionalist, but its
length prevents its insertion in this paper.—
Mr. Toombs’ Lexington speech, save as report
ed by the Augusta Dispatch, which was*said
to be inaccurate, we have never seen. It was
said, in that speech he reflected severely upon
hia colleague in the Senate, Judge Iversou—
as well as upon Col. Gartrell, on account of
his anti-Douglas sentiments. In his AugnBta
speech, however, we see no denunciations, as
were charged to have been made at Lexing
ton, of those gentlemen ; no word of contume
ly cast upon them. We are pleased at this,
for, so far as we, and we are confident a large
majority of the Democratic party of Georgia
are concerned, the position of Senator Iverson
upon that, and other questions, is approved,
as is also that of Col. Gartrell in reference to
Douglas, and assaults upon them would be re
pelled, though they come from the lips of even
Mr. Toombs. And in that gentleman’s Au
gusta speech we see no such assaults.—[State
Press.
A New Division.—A Division of Sons of
Temperance was instituted at Bethel Church,
in this District, on Saturdav last. Twenty-
four members were initiated. —[Darlington
letter” if generally circulated will make
Brown five thousand votes.
R r.
Ray box, Country, t
Septimbur, 1859. [
Mr. Haiyud, Sitnssun and tnthen, t.budte.
i hav jus got your cirkuk r aolisitin cores-
pondens, an askin the mist* from difereut
parts uv the Stait, and premium to sen doky
ments. ther is nuthing mity uu hear in pol
yticks. yu no tne demokrati was olways
mity strong up hear in the mowutaus—au this
yer thay seme to be heap stronger than ever,
i dont no uv but one man in the kouuty that
wil vote for Mr. Akein, an that is niiself, an
sumtimes i thout i wuld not til i got your let-
ta, but now i am strong in the faithe, an wil
du what i kan.
Cant yu sen us a fu funs in the plac of
dokymens, muny is a mity gode dokymeut it
self i wil rite agin, prowided the nude goas.
Yours,
PETER SPYKES.
Afreka Dees-trick. )
lieer Grifing r
Spalden Conty. )
Mr. llaigud, Hamun, Simsun an others,
commiiey.
the prospex uv our party in this conty, ar
not so gude now, as they ware befor, they got
wurse.
The banking lcter uv Mr. Browne, has had
a bad effec for us, we ware in hy sperits til
that cum out, becaus eveybody saide that the
Guveruer, had been secretly koniviu with the
banks an skoin them how to git aroun the
law an cheate the peeple, an we tol them that
lie had riten to sum bank otiecr to that effec,
an that we could prove it ef he or his frens
denied it, for the editors of the Amerikau
had the dokyment. We talked so big we had
the deraokrats skared, an they couldnt sai
nothin.
But when the leter was printed, it nocked
all our fat in the fire, for the peeple sai it is
the very thing for them, an sum uv our parti
now sai they wil voat for Browne, i think the
printin that biinkin leter by the Amerikan
was a mity bad lick for us, dont yu ?
In mi next i wil tel you about our candi
dates for the Legislator, i am powerful fraide
Mr. Mathus wil beet doctor Sandus for the
Sinat—sum uv our parti wont voat for the
doctor, becous they sai once when Ben Feril
was runin for clerk uv the Superiour Kourt,
the doctor wouldnt voat for Ben, an now
thay wil pay him hack—an yu no that our
foaks ar mity stoborn an when thay sai eny
thing they always stick tu it.
How is squir Calhoune and “Cozen John”
gitting along for the Legislator, has “cozen
John” got his diffcultes with squir thomas an
his frens reeckkonsiled ? i would be sory to
see “cozen John” beet, for he wuld help us
mitely in the Legislator, with our Rale Rode
from hear to Nunan—he culd do al the win
wurk for us.
old Mr Dicerson is ruther ded wait for us to
cary, an i dont think we can toat him threw.
SAN FLURTER.
Stefan B-
-, a young and very rich pro
prietor of the Benat, having last his way in
the chase, had to pass the night in a gipsy
tent. A youug and beautiful .girl was there,
with the deep dark eyes and seductive smile
of her race, and her parents had the true gipsy
guile to Ian the growing passion of their guest.
He was wealthy, passionate, an orphan, and
uncontrolled; and within a week the gipsy
was his wife, and in a few days more installed
in full possession of his beautiful chateau on
the banks *f the Temi s.
Within ten days, in fact the gitna hiul
reached a fabulous fortune. From the smoke
dried tent of her father she was transported,
as if by magic, into a noble domain, surround
ed with luxuries, with trains of servants, and
a husband devoted to her wishes. Notwith
standing, she was miserable. The fixed and
quiet life, the very comforts she enjoyed,
seemed to press and weigh her down. When
her husband questioned her as to the cause of
her wan and altered appearance, she looked
to the country, and tried to smile, but the
smile was full of bitterness. Her only com
fort seemed to lie to sit gazing for hours upon
the distant wastes she had often traversed,
barefooted and rejoiceing, in the days of her
poverty 8lie was seated thus one day, when
her ear, ever on the watch, caught the sound
of a gipsy band. Through the trees she
could see the passing forms of men and wo
men, the donkeys and loaded carts, and then
a joyous voice struck up the favorite gipsy
soDg:
The wind is roaring through the wood •
Tiie moon is mounting higher ;
Tiie gipsy halts to cook his food,
And light his forest fire.
Free Ls the salmon in the sea,
The wild stag on the hill:
The eagle in the sky is free,
Hurrah!
The gipsy freer still—
The gipsy freer still !
Young girl, wilt in my castle rest?
I’ll give thee rings of gold ;
In robes of silk thou shalt be dressed ;
Thy hair with ducats rolled.
Tiie vulture scarce for golden cage,
His nest on hibli will quit:
The wild horse, free, from youth to age,
Will spurn at golden bait.
So free from care and free to roam.
Or by the wood-fire laid.
The sky her roof, the world her home,
Will live the gipsy maid—
Hurrah 1
WU1 live the gipsy maid.
At the last note, the listener suddenly
sprang through tiie open casement, and van
ished among the trees. When her husband
came in, no one had seen her or could give
any tidings of her. For two days he sought
her in vain. Night closed upon the third,
when the light of a distant fire showed a gipsy
encampment, and his heart told him he was
near the object of his search. Stealing thro*
the bushes, he approached unperceived within
a few feet of a pair who were seated talking
by the fire. It was the singer and his wife,
who was telling him of the weary hours in
the splendid misery of her chateau.
StefonB—-—returned broken-hearted to
his house, which he soon after quitted forev
er The next year the Hungarian revolution
broke out, and he found what he sought, an
early death before Timesvar.
lowing gentlemen were appointed to report j knoweth of his sepulchre unto’ tD
. Aa««. ALa Al/Wl ^VlO tlfrllv VIT * 341 0* (j|
Nebo’s lonely mountain
On this side Jordan’s waL
In a vale in the land of mJi,
There lies a lonely grare'
And no man dug that sepuleW
And no man saw it e’er • U * e ’
For the angels of God unti,^ ,
And laid the deadnJtC* 1 *
That was the grandest fun eta i
That ever passed on eartfo
tnt. da man han»l *
= I
0T The Nashua Oaatt* understands that it
is the intention of Gen. Pforee to spend the
winter, with his wife, at the Bermudas, a
group of islands in the Atlantic, about six
hundred miles east of the ooSst of South Car
olina, where the thermometer scarcely varies
more than four degrees during the year, rang
ing usually from 71 to 7* degrees.
matter for the consideration of the body, viz
Jease Man. Alexander Goggfns, Wm. Win
dom, Jones Williams and Wm. Patterson,
whereupon the above committee retired for a
short time, returned, and reported as follows.
We the committee apointed to report mat
ter. for the consideration of the meeting, after
taking into consideration tbe great utility of
a railroad running through our county, report
as follows :
Resolved, That whereas there was a scheme
of a railroad, set on foot two or three years
ago, for a railroad running from Griffin Ga.,
to Decatur Ala., which road was then survey
ed, and reported practicable, and paid for, out
of the peoples money, along the line, the ain't
we believe, of something over $5,000, and
that af terwards at a subsequent meeting, held
at Carrolton, to organize and open Books, for
subscription, and appoint Directors on the
road, they appointed Directors on a rood run
ning entirely different from the one surveyed, j
Leaving the line of survey at or near Carrol- ;
ton, running the ice to Bowden, and Oxford
Ala. Wo your committee, report that we
know of no such a road, and that we have no
affiliation with those who report such a road,
and that not withstanding we are friendly as
surveyed, we disclaim any sympathy for
any such road, and that we withhold our in
fluence, our fund, and our strong arms, from
gradiug or in any way facilitating the views
of those who do pro pose,, to brook and review
such a road, out of its proper track, where we
know that it will make the road many miles
farther, and that there are mountains of such
magnitude, that we doubt whether they
could be passed without a tunel.
Resolved, That we are fora road running
direct from the city of Atlanta Ga., to Jack
sonville Ala. We laydown our plan of a road*
as follows, viz : From Atlanta to Villarica, in
Catroll county, to Buchanan arid Pine Grove,
in Harralson county, tailing into that already
surveyed, near Tallapoosa River, thence with
said line to Alabama, distance 60 miles, then
througli the Gap of Tarapin Mountain, direct
to Jacksonville, falling iu with the Selma
road at Jacksonville Ala., distance 29 miles
all told.
Resolved, That we solicit the citizens of At
lanta, and those friendly to Railroad schemes,
to send an Engineer with instructions not to
be scared off of this route until examined, as
we are aware of the fact that interested per
sons from all quarters will meet them with lair
tales to decoy them off. AH we "ask, is for
this Road to have a fair investigation. We
are determined to do all we can to facilitate
this Road, and will give all information
through our oldest citizens, and will lend a
helping baud in funds, in work, and in terri
tory.
Resolved, That in our elections, in future,
we will support no one candidate who is not
in favor of State Aid.
Resolved, That we solicit aid and co opera
tion in this great enterprise, from the cities of
Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston, S. C., Macon,
and Savannah; and the Georgia, Macon &
Western and Central Railroads, as they will
all be largely benefitted by the Road, if built.
Resolved, That we have a general meeting
at Pine Grove, Ga., and give a public dinner
aud public invitation to all persons friendly to
said Road, and that we herein invite Railroad
speakers and friends, from Atlanta and other
points, to join us on the 1st Monday in No
vember next.
Resolved, That a copy of the above shall be
forwarded to the Atlanta Intelligencer, with
the request that they publish, and solicit the
Savannah Republican, Chronicle & Sentinel,
and all papers friendly to the enterprise, to
copy the same.
James T. Garneu, "|
N. M. Robinson. j
William Patterson, r Committee.
M. G. Habpeii.
Jesse Mann, J
From the Boston Transcript, Aug. 29.
The Heroine of Tampico.
Mrs. Ann Chase, the heroine of Tampico,
who distinguished herself so much in the late
Mexican war, is m this city, upon a short vis
it, and has lodgings at the Sturtevant House,
in East Boston. This, we believe, is the first
visit of Mrs. C. to New England. She appears
to be enjoying the most complete health
still the same active, energetic, and intelli
gent woman, and capable of capturing more
Mexican cities, should there come a like ne
cessity. To give some idea of the brilliant
achievement of this lady, we take the liberty
to publish the following extract from an ad
dress delivered some years ago in New Hamp
shire, by Col. Isaac 0. Barnes, of this city :
I cannot forego the pleasure of referring to
a woman who has been connected with events
of a very recent date, and the account of
whose courage and intrepid conduct I have
very lately received from her own lips, much
more in detail than I can now repeat it.
Franklin Chase, <»ur consul at Tampico, just
after the battles on the Rio Graude, received
peremptory orders to leave the town and Mex
ican territory in six hours, and not to disobey
upon the peril of his life. The order was in
direct violation of the treaty between the two
countries ; yet, from the revengeful character
of the people, he knew it would be executed
to the letter. He was largely engaged in
trade. All his property consisted of a house,
and a store filled with valuable goods. He
prepared, of course, to leave all; but his wife
(Ann Chase) refused to go with him. He en
treated and commanded her, but to no pur
pose.
At length, tearing himself away, he was
enabled to reach the American sloop-of-war
lying iu the offing, just in season to comply
with the tyranical order of the Mexican gen
eral. Mrs. Chase was r.ow left alone. There
was not au American in the place. $he was
surrounded by excited and bitter enemies, a
defenceless woman. Siie began to make pre
parations to effect the surrender of tiie town
to the naval forces of the United States, then
cruising in the Gulf of Mexico. Site engaged
certain Mexican pilots of the rivar on which
the city stands. With the aid of this infor
mation and an old English chart she con
structed a plan of Tampico and its neighbor
hood.
She then contrived to open a correspon
dence with the Commodore of the American
fleet. She was carried herself in an open ca
noe, rowed by two Indians, twenty miles to
sea. in the night, to the Commodore's sliip.
She there furnished him with the plan already
prepared ; and made arrangements to raise a
signal in the town,' when the proper time
should arrive for a safe landing. She return
ed unobserved and unharmed, and immediate
ly set to work to redeem her pledge to the
Commodore.
One bright summer morning, soon after, to
the utter astonishmei.t and dismay of the
Mexicans, she was seen on her highest point
of the roof of the dwelling house, her arm
encircling and sustaining a flag-st iff, from
which floated in the breeze the American stars
and stripes. In vain the people shouted to
her, and threatened her with instant death, ii
she peisisted in maintaining her position.—
She replied, iu her accustomed calm amt col
lected manner:
“Y'oi •’an do me but little harm ; you can
only roo me of a few short years of life by
any death you can inflict. I have raised this
flag of my country over my house, and here
it shall remain. I have taken my stand un
der its folds, and it shall be my shroud if I
perish on this roof. ’ ’
And there she did remain until relieved by
a detachment of officers and men from the
American squadron, accompanied by her hus
band. The result is well known. The Mex
icans became aleriued, panic-stricken, and fi
nally fled in all directions. The town was
completely deserted before a single boat had
landed. Mis. Chase alone h id put to rout
the inhabitants, soldiers and all, and was sole
mistress of Tampico.
For this daring and briliant exploit she de
served, and has received, the highest com
mendations, the praise and the thanks of the
people of the United States.
The city of New Orleans presented to her a
splendid service of plate.
The ladies of Cincinnatti sent her a beauti
ful flag.
Otheis have honored her by sending to her
swords, fire-arms, and even pieces of artillery,
in token of respect for this deed of hero
ism.
It is almost impassible to disconnect in our
own minds such a female from all that is mas
culine, ferocious and passionate.
Yet, if you should ever have the good for
tune to meet this lady, you will find her qui
et, modest and retiring; intelligent; kind,
and benevolent; a pious, devoted Presbyteri
an, and just the last person one would have
selected, at first sight, for the warlike service
in which she waa involved.
It is hardly neoaaaary for me to add that
sty* i> drarafod from tha aam* stock w* have
h
But no man heard the tram A.
Or saw the tram go forth S ’
Noiselessly as the daylight'
Comes, when the night h ,i
And the crimson streak 8 on ^’
Grows into the great
Noiselessly as the spring tin*
Her crown of verdure weaves
And o er the trees aud on th* sm
Opens their thousand leav« ta li '
bo, without sound of music ’
Or voice of them that went
Silently down from the mo,fL r ,
The great procession swej*. "
Perchance the bald old ea»ic>
On gray Beth-Peor s height’
Out qf his rocky eyrie '
Looked on the wondrous
Perchance the lion stalking '
Still shuns that hallowed'^
For beast and bird have
That which man knoweth not d
But when the warrior dietli
His comrades in tbe war’
With arms reversed and muffle
Following the funeral car
. They show the banners taken
They tell his battles won '
And after him lead his masterW
While peals the minute gi m
Amid the noblest of the land
Men lay the sage to rest.
And give the lard an honored n l-
With costly marble drest. ^ '
In the great minister transept.
\V here lights like glories iaj|
And the sweet choir sings, and the
Along the emblazon'd wall
This was the bravest warrior
That ever buckled sword:
This the most gifted poet
That ever breathed a word •
And never earth’s philosopher
Traced with his golden pen.
On the deathless page, truths half;;
As he wrote for men.
And had he not high honor ?
The hill side for his pall.
To lie in state, while angels wait
With stars for tapers tall;
And the dark-rock pines, like tc«.
Over his bier to wave, i p | t
And God’s own hand in that lonelv
To lay him in the grave.
In that deep grave, without a name
Whence his uncoflined clay
Shall bre k again—most wondrous
Before the Judgment Day, [thcr.
And stand, with glory wrapped
On the hills he never trod.
And speak of the strife that wuu
With the Incarnate Son of Gei
On lonely tomb in .Moah's land,
On dark Beth-Peor's hill,
8peak to these curious hearts of c
And teach them to be still!
God hath his mysteries of grace.
Ways that we cannot tell—
He hides them deep, like these:
Of him He loved so well.
—Dublin Cnheni'.ti Xm
A United States Senator to be :
Choctaw Chief.—We learn, says the
ington “States.” thar quite a novelee
is to be performed in Washington seit
ter:
A United States Senator who has. b;
good chance, secured the good will
brothers, the red men. is to becrorad
gentleman is quite ready to accept.-!
Register.
Death from Poison.—We regret i
that a child of Mrs. Herckenrother. a
ed lady residing on Chapel street, i
Tuesday evening from eating the seeds
herb commonly known as Jamestom
the Datura Stramonium. The little
was only three years, seven months and
ty-three days old. While playing
young mate he plucked nniluncuiwi'
one of the seed pods of this uosiois
As soon as it was known, competent
advice was obtained, but it wa>t"0la
vulsions after convulsions followed,
little sufferer died. Just More
looked up at his mother with s tend*
ing expression on his countenance. '
“Mother, I’m going to leave you
tie playmate was not so seriously pois
Parents connot be too careful of
ones.—[Charleston Mercury.
de
the
but
the
which
to take ■
A Singular Statement.—A ni« !
siding in New Orleans in 1854. ce
purchasing tickets in the Alabama
then first started. He continued pj
a ticket, or o. share, in every elas-l
out success. In 1855 he removed to '
nia, still continuing his purchases, till
expended $2,800 in lottery tickets
drawing, in the aggregate, mere
during that time. In class
my Lottery Augusta Ga.. vhifh ®
9th he bought Ticket No- 4 ( .W4.
the capital priz-- of 5-30.000. *
promptly |>aid when due. by to
Messrs. Wood, Eddy x Co., ut bant
Ca. A singular evidence of to K
ward, obtained by patience and n
perseverance.—[N. Hines.
Boys.—Form the habit, while Tj
employiu r all your time usetully-
unemploved. The land is tun ot
viug to live without labor. R lJ
supposed that you are never 1
tion, this is useful—it is neeessuy
come after hard study or P™ 00 ;,
will probably be healthful undo
honorable mind in the desu e .'t a-
tion will not go ‘
exertion. It it
is to be a man,
the midst of h
he innocent an-
(IP One Sab
military genth ' l: ‘
ton Common. - u-w
man because he
water. "There, slid
see the sism—D°gs not aliowi ■>
Sundavs?” "Ves."
“but that's a d-d .h.temU^
read." The ^.heeman '^” rS!) o
it was not till one ot the de ....
out that he saw the nulitu. 1 ^ •
Sad Accident.—We ov a
morning that the 1 ' „ gT e
River at Murchison s FatuMy,
terday afternoon,
flour was passing over. 11 » tmi
were thrown into the river,
mules were drowned. , to %
The wagon and flour = rI f
trane of Randolph. 1 lie ..." bart
Company, we suppose,
good his losses.
_ A Scotch ? ir .
Tbits* 1
-Joe
A New Creature
ted under the preae - u un
asked if her heart was th
beautiful answer v '' as ; l ’ r y.il
l's changed: it may be th
heart; there is a gient cm fpu
wbick l*
'd?
sure; for everything is
once was."
\ new fancy
belles, says,
crusade against bonnets,. t0 join-
the_Empress is quite whims ^
dies of the highest tasmv D0 ^
seen driving in the ®^ Is c ’ nlia re W'®
ure than a lace veil. ?f sq
over the hair, which is
uiented with bows of ribbon-
Sound Judgment-—
English statesman of the h®
abeth, used to say: ^ *i
trust any
‘I will never I
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