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Slavery Existing in »Vf
hr a ska.
' A letter from William Walker,
Chief of the Wyandott tribe o,f Indians,
formerly qf Ohio, but. now located on
the Indian territory, at the junction
ofthe Missouri and Kansas rivers, was
published in the Cleveland Daily Her
ald of Tuesday. ft was originally ad
dressed to S. Blocker, Esq., of W ads
worth, Ohio. He gives the lbllowjng
statement in reference to tip* existence
of slavery in the territory of Nebras
ka, which will be read with much in
terest : *
There is one fact, relating to slavery
in this territory, of wjbeh you are per
haps not aware, as I pergejve it }s not
generally known in the past, viz: the
existence of slavery here among the
Indians and whites, in defiance of the
compromise of 1820. It has been in
existence ever since it was organized as
an Indian territory. True, there are
pot,many slaves, but still slavery exists.
Some slaves are held by the Indians
by virtue of their own laws and usa
ges, and some by regular bills of sale
from citizens of Missouri. \V bite peo
ple are going over into the territory by
the authority of the government, in the
character of Indian agents, mechanics,
licensed traders, teachers, missionaries,
«W\, hesitate not a moment, to take
slaves with them, regarding it as a
slave territory, and the prohibitory
clause as dead letter.
This opinion prevailing so general
ly, was fortified a few years ago by a
decision of the Circuit Courts of Mis
souri, deciding that the Indian territo
ry properly sq called, was slave terri
tory. I will briefly state the nature
ofthe suit that called forth this decision
from Judge Byland, now of the Su
preme Court of Missouri. A was ap
pointed by the probate Court, admin
istrator of the estate of B. Among
the assets that came into A's hands
were a number of slaves. These were
hired out to service for the time being.
One (a man) was hired to a person liv
ing in the Territory. lie managed to es
rape ami succeeded in reaching Mexico,
and was never reclaimed. The heirs
afterward brought suit against A for
the recovery ofthe runaway slave, on
the ground that A had put the slave
to service in free territory, virtually
emancipating him.
On the part of defence it was con
tended and proved that slavery and
involuntary servitude had existed and
did exist in the Indian territory, and
it was not free soil. Judgment for the
defendent. Such is the present attitude
of shivery here.
Uentlemanty Fighfs.
In the recent difficulty between Mr.
putting and Mr Breckenridge, the
question of weapons was raised. Mr.
Cutting was the challenging party —
this gave the choice of weapons to Mr.
Breckenridge, who selected the rifle.—
This was the weapon with which Graves
killed Oil ley, and with the use of
which all Kentuckians are perfectly
familiar. Gen. Shields as the friend of
Mr. Cutting, objected to rifles, alledging
that they and the murderous Bowie
knife were improper weapons to be
used in gentlemanly combat, in these
civilized times. It was urged that the
pistol was quite as dangerous an article
as gentlemen should handle in their
wrath.— Banner of Industry.
We are surprised that in any culti
vated society of this country, and amoner
liberal gentlemen, it should be claimed
that either party should have choice of
weapons. Such choice is unfair ad
vantage. It gives to a whimsical, vin
dictive or blood-thirsty man, laboring
under excitement and prejudice, the
power to resort to weapons, of which
the use is not ordinarily familiar, or
which may be of too murderous a char
acter, to be tolerated bv the generous
opinion of society, or by the tone of
individuals who may be above feroci
ty. The duel is not to be suffered to
be confounded with murder or its mo
tives. It, is a sort of judicial combat—
a quasi punishment—between gentle
men which should be of the strictest
possible equality in all its incidents
between them : and with such -wea
pons jus the good sense and good tone
of society may determine by custom to
be sufficient, for danger, vet least, ruth
less and fatal in their use, Tj;e ques
tion of weapons should be Ipf’t to the
seconds, subject, to the jaw of ( quality
and custom. This is the only proper
rule, a? thyv are supposed lobe calm,
unprejudiced, judiciously selected, and
cognizant of all the facts : they are the,
friends of the parties; and lastly,-what
js most important, they- are the right
ful, proper sponsors to society, as un
derstood by intelligent, rcjjncmcnt, in
ihe conduct and result of the duel.
In Smith Carolina the practice of al
lowing either party the choice of wea
pons has long been exploded, and it lias
been properly referred to the seconds
or friends on their responsibilities.—
This has been expressly laid down as
g cardinal rule in the codification of
rules made and published by the lute
Hon. John L. Vfilsqp, arpt which is
justly regarded, with some slight modi
fications, as a work of high and the
best, authority in the country, It. is a
judicious and discriminating revision
ofthe practice, custom, and rules acted
upon in the leading civifized nations.
[ Charleston Evening Xews.
Ho tv to Comen fe. Business.
Well, boys, we doubt not you would
all like to rise high in the world, all
become good farmers, mqpchants, &e. —
Here is a good motto tor you. Begin
at the lowest round in the ladder, and keep
climbing, and here is a story which il
lustrates just what we want to say. -
One of the wealthiest merchants of New
York c its tells m how he eomeneod
burliness. lie says:
1 entered a, store and asked it a
clerk was not wanted. “No,’ in a
rough tone, was the answer —all being
too busy to bother with me—when I
reflected that if they did not want a
clerk thev might want a laborer, but L
was dressed too hne for that. 1 went
to my lodgings, put on a rough garb,
and the next day went into the same
stove and demanded if they did not
waijt a porter, and again “no, sir,'’
was the response—when I exclaimed
in despair almost, ‘nor a laborer? —
Sir, 1 will work at any wages. —
Wages is not my object, 1 must have
employ, and I want to be useful in busi
ness.’ These last remarks attracted
their attention, and ill the end I was
hired as a laborer in the basement and
sub-cellar, at a very low pay, scarcely
enough to keep body and soul together.
In the basement or sub-cellar 1 soon at
traeted the attention of the counting
house and chief clerk. I saved enough
for my employers in little things wast
ed to pay my wages ten times over,
and thev soon found it out. 1 did not
let any body about commit petty lar
cenies without remonstrances and
threats of exposure and real exposure
if remonstrance would not do. I did
not ask for any ten hour law. If I was
wanted at 3 A. M. I was there and
cheerfully there, or if I was kept till 2
A. M., I never growled, but told every
body to go home “ and I will see every -
| thing right.” I loaded off at daybreak
i packages for the morning boats, or
! carried them myself: In short, I soon
I became indispensible to my employers
| and I rose—and rose —and rose, till I
j became head of the house, with money
enough, as you sec, to give me any
luxury or any position a mercantile
j man may desire for himself orchildren,
! in this great city.— American Agricul
j tnrist.
(Hilt fit ni.
The Cat and Canary.
A lady had a, pretty Canary bird
which was so tame that she allowed it
to leave its cage and fly at large in her
apartment. She had likewise a line
large cat. which she trained to treat
her bird with gentleness; so that they
were very good friends.
One morning the bird was hopping
about the room, picking crumbs from
the carpet as usual, when the cat, which
was asleep on the rug. suddenly sprang
up, and seizing the bird in her month,
jumped with it upon ihe table. The
; lady was alarmed tor the life of her
| fovorite bird, and starting from her
! seat, was about to visit her displearure
upon poor pussy, when she discovered
the. occasion of the cat’s unusual be
havior. The door had been left open
and a strange cat had just crept into the
room, intent to make the little bird his
prey, had not the friendly puss so sea
sonably tescued her. The lady im
mediately turned out the intruder,when
her own cat leaped off the table and re
leased her affrighted little captive with
out doing it the slightest injury.
It was the nature of this friendly
puss 1o destroy every bird within her
reach : but in respect to the Canary
she had learned self-control. And can
not a child overcome his natural ten
dency to selfishness, anger, or any other
fault,? It can be done, little friends.
Will you try? The Savior is ready
to help you do this. It, will make you
lovely in the sight of all, and be well
pleasing u> Him who loved you and
gave Himself for you.— Child's Paper.
“Why did you not pocket some of
those pears?” Said one bov to another;
“ nobody was there to see.” “Yes there
was—l was there to see myself, and I
don’t ever mean to see myself doing a
mean thing.” _ _
The Dead Come to Life.—A mer
chant, of Jefferson city, Mo., named
Cordell, who mysteriously disappear
ed in 1844 or ’45, and was supposed to
have been robbed of a large amount,
of money and then murdered, has just
returned home from Mexico via New
York. It is supposed he was mentally
affected. His wife supposing him to
dead, and settled up his estate.
"ff
Rev. J. S. Reynolds, a Baptist clergy
man, well known in the Southern part
of our country, was a passenger on the
missing steamer City of Glasgow.
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a good delegation from Fatnam will
attend.
President Pierce.
As we have several times, in the
columns of this journal, spoken disap
provingly of President Pierce’s eon
duet, because we conceived that conduct
to be wrong, we cannot withhold the
praise which has of late justly become
his due.
Before proceeding, however, let us
indulge in a retrospective glance.
Previous to the year 1852, the De
mocratic party had become torn and
scattered by factions and sectionalisms.
The Compromise of ’SO was the lion
which rent it in twain. Still the De
mocrats in Congress cast more votes for
these measures than did the Whigs—
this is our recollection—and even if it
was not a test of Democracy in princi
ple, it became so m acquiescence. The
convention which -assembled m ’52
made these measures the basis of the
reorganization of the Democratic party.
Gen. Cass was looked upon as the em
bodiment, of these measures, and a ma
jority of the Democratic party desired
him to be president, of the United
States. Under the operation of the
two-thirds rule, he was cut out of the
nomination, as were Douglas, Buchan
an, and other prominent Democrats.—
Then an eve. was turned upon the class
which might be denominated the Great
Unknown. Franklin Pierce, having
been born under a lucky star, received
the enquiring gaze of those in search
of availability, and became the candi
date, not so much of the Democratic
party, as of the Compromise measures.
The popularity of these measures elec
ted him.
In the distribution of the loaves and
fishes, the supporters of the measures
which elected President Pierce, vainly
imagined that they were entitled to
as much loaf and as much fish as oth
ers—nay, more. The Hards at the
North, whose leader was Daniel S.
Dickinson, and the Union Democrats
at the South whose most prominent
man was Howell Cobb, thought these
two gentlemen entitled to high consid
eration at the hands of the president
elect. They did not receive it. Presi
dent Pierce forgot honesty, and ran
his vessel upon the rock of policy. —
Hard Democrats and Union Democrats,
thought he, are attached to me through
principle, mid I must bind the others
by the cohesive power of public plun
der.
Ilad the Hards and Union Democrats
been more than mortal—had they been
gods with naughtof resentment in their
bosoms, they might have been satis
fied to havp the principles of the ad
ministration, while the fatted calf was
killed' for returning prodigals. It
turned out that they were nothing
more than poor," weal:, human beings.
Opposition to the administration be
came the watchword of the Hards, when
they saw their leader slighted, and
Onion Democrats had their hearts
sick by the hope deferred of hav
ing ex-Governor Cobb sent as a minis
ter to France, or elected us United
States Senator. To attain these ends
as well as because they could not do
otherwise consistently, Cobb and his
friends went into the support of the
Democratic Administration. For all
this, however, Howell Cobb reposes in
the shades of retirement beside the
classic g roves of modern A thens.
We payer doubted that President
Pierce, surrounded by the difficulties j
which encompassed his path, was real- i
ly made to believe that the policy he |
pursued was best calculated to restore j
harmony to the Democratic organize-j
tion, and through it as the dominant i
party, to the country. Fatal cr- j
ror ! He tried to please all ami I
pleased none. He was too South- j
cm for the North, and too North- j
ern for the South. He reminds us of I
the man in the fable who had it in his
power to shoot either one of two birds,
but who secured neither, because he
shot between the two K trying to kill
both. There was in reality but one
issue before the country, and that was
in reference to the question whether
slavery should be interfered with or
let alone. The president should have
sided with one or the other party, and
hay o' let it be known where lie stood.
National Democrats were not so much
aggrieved at the loss of office to them—
though this was undoubtedly hard to
bear—as they were at the favors be
stowed upon Free-soilers.
In the mean time, the President add
ed to the popular indignation against
him by the decapitation of Bronson. —
It is a stain upon his administration, as
indelible as that upon the escutcheon
of Elizabeth of England, otherwise so
bright, placed there by her conduct to
ward Alary Queen of Scoffs. It is the
“One fatal remembrance, one sorrow that throws
Its bleak shade alike o’er our joys and our woes.”
We have said that President Pierce
pleased no-body, because he tried to
please every body. Least of all has he
pleased the Free-soilers, once crushed,
but to whom he has given respectabil
ity and character, lie sees now that
I he lias not only nursed one adder, but
a nest of adders in his bosom, which
raise their heads to strike their venom
into his vitals. The Frcc-soil prints
arc rabid in their attacks upon flic ad
ministration. This is beginning to
! draw us more closely to it. Os late,
j President Pierce is putting himself
more and more upon the platform of
national men, and to that extent lie de
serves and shall have our support. We
believe he is beginning, at last, to set
his face against Free-soilers and agita
tors, after having too long, and almost
: fatally, encouraged them. He lias
signed the Nebraska bill, and became
its warm supporter towards the close,
though he did not espouse it at first,
with as much enthusiasm as he should
have done, lb' did not use the organ
ization of the Democratic party to
“crush out” opposition to it. He has
issued his proclamation against t ,- c lil
libusters. lie has vetoed the Insane
Land Bill. It is understood that he is
watching the interest of the country
with an eagle’s eye in reference to Cu
ba. And above all, his conduct in
reference to the late Boston riot, is
worthy of all praise.
When the president was informed
by the United States Marshal of what
he had done to suppress the riot, he re
turned the laconic, but forcible reply,
“Your conduct is approved—the law
must be executed.” Frequent tele
graphic despatches passed between the
President, and B. F. Hallet, U. S. At
torney, during the progress of the tri
al, and amongst other things, the Ex
ecutive said, “Incur any expense deem
ed necessary by the Marshal and your
self, for city military, or otherwise, to
insure the execution of the law.” —
There is something of the spirit of An
drew Jackson in these two despatches.
They have sent an electric thrill
through the veins ofthe whole South
ern country. President Pierce may
yet repair 1 1 is errors. lie may yet
show himself a man. He may yet do
what lie was put in the Executive
Chair to do. If so, flic whole country
will forget the past and rally to his
support.
Scenes in the Printing Office.
No I.
[Editor seated in his sanctum—Enter
Devil in a hurry.]
Devil —The foreman says lie wants
another piece of poetry to lill out.
Editor —Look in the poetry drawer,
there, and give me a piece.
[Devil looks, but finds the drawer empty.]
Devil —There’s none in here.
Editor —Where’s the piece “for Miss
A. E.” that was published in the
Athens Banner last year? .
•; \ Devil blushes, and says he doe:, not know
[ —Editor suspecting something, repeals
the question rn a decided manner
Deoil draws out a dirty scrap from
hie vest poclcet and says:]
Hope, you will excuse me, sir. I
didn’t intend to steal this, but only tool;
it 1,0 read to my sweet heart last night.
Editor —You are excused. Read it.
| Deoil reads as follorcs.]
A LOVER IN' DISTRESS.
H r ilitvc ivcciVfccl till! following touching tiiiOrt
Irom ii Ipve-sick sxvain, with an urgent, rctMpyt to
publish. As we Jiayt! no poetic talent, we cannot
venture to make any alterations or corrections, least,
We should spoil the synpnetrv oK the jneasppe and
the beauty of the author's conceptions; w« there
fore five them to tin- public, verbatim literatim:
lbr Miss A„ K„
i sr.B
To niaiirn the loss of My sweet barto
1 low can .My passions hair
To Icav the dearest of my hanto
A' "o i noiigli not where
lam not happy, for my lot
Uusuited. Seems to he.
.My walk of life, contents me not
llesind i cannot be.
Must i bee banished from you side
Must i retir A way
Must i forsaken bee by you
Must we not meet A gain
Oh must the silken ehorde of Jove
Bee now At last undon
A Mee to think Apon they past
Forever more to maurn
O foolish hartc 0 foolish brain
\\ by can love thus deceive subdue
Since hope cannot restore again
AVhy cannot memory perisli two
So when i am gon ne'r to return
And you are left alone
Then keep the harte i lov so well
But giv me back My own
Editor —Bring along the poetry ma
chine and let’s grind this over.
[ Exit Devil for a moment — re-enter with
the machine. Editor puts in the piece
of 'poetry and tells Deed to turn. —
When he is done , Editor says,]
Now go round and take it up.—
Does it look any better?
Devil —Oh! yes sir, smartly.
Editor —Read it.
[ Devil reads as follows:]
FOR MISS A. E.—1858.
To mourn the loss of my sweet-heart,
How can my passion bear,
To leave the dearest of my heart,
And go, I know not where ?
I am not happy, for my lot
Unsuited seems to be—■
My walk of life contents me uot —
Resigned 1 cannot be.
Must I be banished from your side,
Must I retire away - -
1 Must 1 forsaken be by you,
Must we not meet again
Oh! must the silken cord of love
Be now at last undone,
And I to think upon the past,
Forever more to mourn !
Olt! foolish heart, oil foolish brain,
Why can love thus deceive, subdue 1
Since hope cannot restore again,
Why cannot memory perish too?
So when I'm gone, ne’er to return,
And you are left alone,
Then keep tho heart I love so well,
But give me back my own.
Editor —Will it do to put in the In
dependent Press , now ?
Devil. —No, sir, not exactly. The
date is on top and it ought to be at
the bottom. Besides that,.l don’t think
there is quite enough agony piled on.
My sweet-heart says she likes a good
deal of agony, and I do myself.
° ‘ .
Editor. —Very well then, put it m
once more. Now get a piece of agony
—not so much as that, it will burst the
boiler. That will do. Now turn.
\Devil turns and there is a good deal of
effervescence and commotion in the ma
chine.]
Editor. —That will do. Go round
and see how it looks, now. Read it
[ Devil reads as follows :] —
TO MISS A. E.
To mourn thy loss, from thee to part,
E’en Jove himself could scarcely bea r
Then who can heal the mortal heart
When parting goads it to despair t
No pence is mine, for oh my lot
Is molded by the god that’s blind—
Thine image could I only blot,
1 then might hope to be resigned.
Must I he banished from thy side
May we not meet once more again ?
I kneel before thee, though my pride
Would drive me, maddened o'er the main.
And must the silken cord of love
Be now at last by fate undone t
Cannot the past upon you move,
Sly lost, hut still my lovely one i
Oh ! throbbing heart, unmanly brain,
Why con love thus deceive, subdue ?
Since, hope cannot restore again,
Why cannot memory perish too !
I go then where the billows swell,
But cannot bear a heart so lone,
Then keep the one 1 love so well,
But give, oh ! give me back my own.
1853.
Editor —What do you think of it,
now ?
Devil. —First-rate —agony a plenty
—date in the right place.
It would be a right good poem, if
we didn’t know where it started from.
Editor —Well it’s as good as our ma
chine can make of the raw material we
had. Take it to the foreman.
[Exit, Devil as the curtain falls , saying
me and that fellow and the Editor
and the machine are some in poetics. ]
• -
Charles MM. Norton.
We see that the al/ove individual
lias advertised in tire Southern Quar
terly as an agent for the purchase of
books, &c. We caution Southern peo
ple against him. He is not a reliable
man, and now has money of ours in his
possession obtained and held b} r fraud: *
Southern Quarterly Mle view.
Ae have received the «July number.
This is generally admitted to be the
ablest Review in America. We do
not agree with its political philosophy
in every respect; but this forms but a
very insignificant portion of its con
tents. JSyery Southern reader ought
to subscribe for this Review. Contents
of the duly Number:—Napoleon 111
and Augustus Caesar-Political Phil
osophy of South Carolina —Africans
at Home—Napoleon Bonaparte and
Sir Hudson Lowe \\ hat is our Gov
ernment?- Necessity of the Classics- —
Les Savahes, by L’ Abbe li.ouquetto —
Passion Flowers of Poetry South
Carolina Military Academies- -Butler’s j
Analogy Banks and Banking - Criti- :
cal Notices.
LOCAL ITEMS.
The Individual who is in the ha-1
bit of coming into our office, lingering
the material and dist urbingthe printers,
will please save us the trouble, and
himself the mortification of having his
name given the public.
Ac were pleased, a day or two
ago, to note the improvements going on
at the upper end of town. It had been
some time since we were out in the di
rection of Madison, and were agrceablv t
surprised to see the new buildings al- j
ready up, and in process of erection in j
that part of town. Our worthy towns- j
man, Mr. Tuiison, who, by the wav,
fins done more to improve Fatonton
than any ten rnenin it, has opened a !
street from his premises out to the
house of Henry Reid, Esq., and is lay- i
ing off quite a number of beautiful j
building lots. Upon two of these !
houses are now being built. A irnra- i
ber of our citizens have already pur-'
chased lots with the intention of put- |
ting up good dwellings. On both sides j
of the street and road, leading from the j
Post Office as far out ns the residence j
of James Reid Esq., about a mile, are
some of the most beautiful situat ions
for building we have ever seen. There
is one knoll especially on the left hand
side of the road which forms the most
appropriate place in or near town that
wc know of for a beautiful mansion.—
The growth upon and around it, which
is'oak, its convenient distance from the !
road, and its commanding height, give |
it rare advantages. And a house put ;
upon it in good stylo would appear
better than any other we know of.
Alien the houses wo speak of are j
completed, and others which will pro
bably be built, pro finished, Fatonton
will be one of the most beautiful and
pleasant villages to be found in any
country. Ac need schools of a higher
grade than we Jnowliave, however, and
when these are built as we trust they
shortly will be, the population and bu
sinessof this village will almost be dou
ble what they now are.
There is a ciicus in town to-day.
WEEK 1.1 SUMMARY.
BPeaths in * JFilledgcrilie.
Several sudd m deaths have occurred
in Milledgevillo during the last several
days, and they have been attributed to
Cholera. Mr. jand Mrs. McNeil, and
their servant who had lately been to
Nashville, diejl suddenly. Anoth
er lady has alsol died, whose name we
did not learn. I AYe understand that
I)r. White is cerjtain that there has been
no cholera in the city. The Milledge
ville papers will give us full and re
liable information.
Since our last issue there has been
110 news from Europe.
The accounts of the riot in Brook
lyn between the Irish and Native
Americans were exaggerated. None
were killed, but several seriously
wounded.
Accounts from Boston, Bth June,
say that the abolition excitement is en
tirely allayed. 1 The evidence against
those accused of Bachelder’s murder is
strong.
Various rumors are afloat con
cerning the Black Warrior and Cuba.
The last rumor is that Spain will pro
pose a sale of the Island. The account
which we copiei into our last paper,
to the cfi’ect thal the matter was settled,
was premature.
Small-Pox ]x Greensboro’. —We
understand that a single case of small
pox occurred ii Greensboro’ last Fri
day. As no one suspected until then
what it was, it is probable that it will
spread consider;jbly. It was brought
from Charlestoni we understand, by a
servant girl, ofjCol. Dawson’s. Ae
learn that necessary precaution lias
been taken to j revent the spread of
the disease. —Soithern Watchman.
The Cholera lys subsided in Nash
ville.
Tiie F isitEßiEa —The Montreal Pi
lot says, that the 1 ritish government is
about to re-organi ;e the expedition for
the protection of he English fisheries
in the Gulf. Dr. jFostin to be in com
mand, as formerly, and the expedition
tp be at the Magijalen Islands at the
commencement ofjthe herring fishery.
ftrsonal.
Tom •Marshall as an Orator.
Judge Walker of the N. 0. Delta
writes as follows of Tom Marshall’s
speech in the Aard trial;
The reply of Torn Marshall did not
come up to my expectation. Tt had
many brilliant points, many gems of
poetry, wit and eloquence; but it lack
ed vigor, force and method. It was at
j times rambling and discursive. Mar
shall’s evident fault as a speaker is
egotism. He speaks too much for dis
| play. This is a bad quality for a erini
| inal pleader, where effectiveness de
j pends on his earnestness, the extent to
which he becomes entirely absorbed
in his client. But he is at times verv
eloquent and poetical in language, ve
ry graphic and glowing. 11 is descrip
tion of the incompatibility of the char
acter and habits of the man of letters
and seclusion—of the man of the gen
tle vnd amiable traitsof Matt Aard with
those reckless and boisterous traits
which mark the man capable of mur
der, and too often mark the characters
of other men, was very beautiful. His
allusion to the tender devotion of
Aard’s wife, and to his own affection
ate and loving character, which had
led to the unfortunate act for which hr
is now arraigned, was equaly effective,
lie touched the Statevpride of the jury
by sketching the literary triumphs
and labors of the accused which had re
flected such credit on Kentucky, and.
pointing to his pale, emaciated, worn
and delicate form and countenance, ask
ed if any one could see the brand of
the murderer on that pale brow, in the
lineaments of that face which reflected
a pure, generous and chivalrous soul,
lie pictured with great vigor the hor
ror of consigning such a man to the
hangman. At this point of his address
Matt’s wife uttered loud sobs, and
ever}’ lady, and many of the gentlemen,
including someof the jury, in the room
were in tears; but throughout the
trial, the prisoner maintained a brave
self-possession and calmness, which
without running into bravado or defi
ance, presented the aspect of a concious
i ness of innocence.
(!f oin inertial.
EATONTON PRICES CURRENT
[COIIUECTED WEEKI.YIiY W. A. DAVIS.]
COTTON.—There Ims Been none offering in our
market for the past week, except a few small lets at
high prices. Consequently there have been no
sales, and we are unable to give quotations.
BAGGING. .Gunny fl yard 10 (g Iti
Kentucky none.
BACON.. Hams ft lb 12 (n 13
Shoulders ft lb 7 (g s
Sides ft Hi 10 (<i 12
llog round ft tt) lo (g Vi) i
BUTTER. .Goshen ft 11) none.
Country ft It> 10 (g, 10
BRICKS., ft thousand CSO (g 7on
CHEESE.. Northern ft ll> 12 <g 15
English Dairy ft lb none.
COFFEE.. Rio ft lb 14 (,i 1«;
Java ft It> 10 (11 is
DOMESTIC GOODS..Shirt’, ft yd 5. (g 12’,'
Sheeting ft yard ’.. 15 (g 30
Osnuburgs ft y’d Jl (g 12
FLOUR. .Country, ft turret 760 <g. 525
Country ft sack 850 (g 400
GRAIN. .Corn ft Bushel 100 <g: 110
Wheat ft Bushel 125 gr 140
IRON..Sweeds ft It) (iq (g 7
English ft lb it m 7
LARD..ft lb 11 <g) l:;
LIME.. Northern ft Barrel 250 go 300
LUMBER, .ft thousand feet 12 00 <gl3 00
MOLASSES. .Cuba ft gallon 35 (g ; 37
New Orleans ft gallon.. 40 (gj 45
NAILS..f) Keg 675 gr 7no
OILS.. Lump ft gallon 150 <g: 2 s>.i
Train fit gallon 100 (g> 1
Linseed ft gallon 125 <g) 180
Castor ft gallon 225 (g 250
RICE..ft ft 0 (g 1 s
ROPE..ft ft 10 (g. 11
LIQUORS. .Gin, Northern ft gal 50 (g. 75
Rum, N. E. ft ga110n.... 50 (g; 75
"Whiskey ft gallon. 50 <g tipi
Brandy, cognac 300 (<'7 00
Gin, Holland 200 (u Bon
SUGARS.. New Orleans ft ft... 7 (g y
Rorto Rico ft tt> 0 (g; lo
Loaf ft ft 11 (<» 13
Crushed ft ft 12 (g; 12
Refined ft ft 10 <g 11
SALT.. ft Bushel yo (g 100
Salt ft Sack 250 (11 3on
SOAP. .Colgate, pale ft lt> 12 (g 15
Yellow ft ft 8 (~1 pi
Country ft ft 8 (g; lo
SHOT..ft ft 12>£ (g; 12 1 j
ft Bug 2 50 " (gi 2 75
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
uiji'jjjjiijiiiD atottßoas}®'*
THE I>oui\l of Directors of the Eatontou
w-iislr and Monticcllo Railroad Company, respect •
laity call a General Meeting of the citizens of Jas
per County, and all others that may feel interested
m the project, at the Court House*, in the town of
Monticcllo, on Tuesday, the 4th July next, to con
sider the matter of said road.
C. 8. JORDAN, Sr.,
Jane 10, 1054. Seo'y Board Directors.
GEORGIA, Putnam County*
Court of Ordinary of said county, June Term, 1854.
IT appearing to the Court from the petition of A. A.
Adams, administrator de bonis non of the estate
of Jus. D. Jarratt, deceased, that he has fully ad
ministered the estate of his said intestate and praying
to be dismissed therefrom—
Ordered , That notice of this his application be
published in terms of the law, that all persons con
cerned may take notice thereof and tile their objec
tions, if any they have, on or before the first Monday
in December next, to the granting of letters of dis
mission on that day. WII, 11. CARTER, t vd’y.
June 10, 1354
Georgia putnam county.
WHEREAS Mary E. Ledbetter and James N.
lunch, apply for letters of administration on the
estate of John Ledbetter, late of said county, dee’d.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all con
cerned to be and appear at my office, within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause if any exist,
why said letters should not be granted.
W. B. CARTER, Ordinary.
June 10, 1854.
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/.IV/IKUVIKU; TJUJUOR
~\\f £ warrant to please all who wish the latest
V t style of dress. Shop up stairs, adjoining the
Printing Office.
AprillS, 1854.
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A NU COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
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