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FROM THE FEDERAL VXIOX.
The Shame of Georgia.
The revelations of the last census
ns to the state of education in Georgia,
are too alarming to be kept out of the
public eye. We should lace the facts
and dwdl upon them, until their ter
rible reality presses in full force upon
the public mind. With such sad de
velopments glaring at us from the cen
sus columns, it is monstrous and silly
egotism to hurry over these facts into
an ecstatic glorification of “the Empire
State of the South.” Georgia is great
—great in internal improvements, in
material wealth, in undeveloped re
sources, great in history—but she is
.also great in ignorance, great in sub
stantial heathenism, and fearfully great
in utterly uneducated mind. Whilst
we look with pride on that, picture, let
us look wit h earnest solicitation on this.
A. generous patriotism is startled by
the fact as it stood in 1840. I ’pwards
of thirty thousand free, white, grown
up citizens in Georgia, unable to read
or write a word of tlieir mother tongue!
This number equals the entire adult
population of this State, as it. stood
seven years alter the close of the Rev
olution. Ten years roll by, 1850
conies, and the number in that short
time has swollen to forty-one thous
and! Many have looked with anxiety
at these figures, (and surely not, with
out the best of reasons) who have not
noticed the most distressing feature of
the case. We refer to the rapidity with
which the number of entirely unedu
cated freemen in Georgia increases. It
increases more rapidly than the entire
population does-. By reference to the
last census, will it be seen that bet ween
1840 and 1850, the rate of increase of
the entire white population, was a little
under2B percent. .During the same
time, the rate of increase of the num
ber of adult citizens in the State un
able to read and write, was over 24 1-8
jkt cent. It is only by distinctly ob
servingthis rapid increase, that we see
the tacts in their appalling magnitude.
This vast army of forty-one thousand
will be more than doubled in thirty years!
At the rate of increase shown bv the
census, it will have within its ranks in
the year 1900, upwards of one hundred
and seventy-fire thousand of the citizens
<>f Georgia. This is the rigid result
yielded by the figures. Tiie boy of
to-day who may live to old age, will
see the time when this host of darken
ed. unlettered, uneared lor multitude
in our State will have grown to over
two hundred thousand, unless an entire
ly new and effective effort be made to
drive this sore evil from the. land.—
Let it be remembered that this vast
amount of ignorance has accumulated
and accumulates, right in the midst of
of a great variety of legislation on the
subject. M c may then, do as much
as hitherto; we may still lew the poor
school tax. still divide the interest on
the poor school investment-, still have
regular meetings of the Senates Aca
demieus; and yet. unless wo do im
measurably more, the uppaling facts
above given, will stand out. evergrow
ing in each succeeding census, the sad
dest, darkest chapter in the history of
(i corgi a.
It is a moderate estimate to suppose
that there are now as many free white
persons under the age of twenty years
who cannot read and write as there are
persons above that age in the same
condition. Besides, there are probabl v
quite as many t<> whom muling is so
difficult and laborious a process, that
no definite idea of what they read, en
ters the mind. For all valuable pur
poses, they are unable to read. Tut
ting these several classes together we
have, say from one hundred thousand
io one hundred and fifty thousand, as
the number of free white citizens of all
ages who are now utterly without the
elements of an education, and who will
remain so. unless some great effort is
made, adequate to the exigency. This
is the fact as it, stands out in the living
present, or rather as it stood four vears
ago. How shall we reach and remove
the evil '! Legislative action, although
liberal, is not enough. That is neces
sary and must be insisted on; but little
however, will be done by the legisla
ture until the whole people are arous
ed. We recommend the Sabbath
School as the most efficient- agent now
at hand lor removing this darkness. —
It is no speculation, but- an absolute
fact, that many have leanierl to read
well in the Sabbath School. \\ e want;
a corps of fifty or sixty true hearted
sons and daughters in Georgia in eve
ry county, armed with the primer,
1 lie spelling book, ami the Bible, to act
against the growing destitution. Let
1 hose who are blessed with any educa
t ion—planters, merchants, mechanics,
lawyers, clerks, enlist, as -teachers in
this noble cause. One great result of
such a plan would be that- it would
bring multitudes of our best citi
zens into close contact with the des
titute and unfortunate, They would
see, and feel lor them as they can
not do now, and thus c-eate. a public
sentiment which would require the
most energetic action on the part, of
i lie 1 legislature, Are there not on an av
erage, fifty persons in each county, not
now engaged as Sabbath School teach*
ers, who are competent to this work?
Jf every competent person would
teach iu a Sabbath School, until lie or
she had taught a half a dozen persons
how to read, the evil for the present,
would be removed, Every respecta
ble man, however humble his lot, if he
can lead, quay do something in this
great, work. If a foreign foe stood
upon lhe soil of “tfie Empire State of
the South,” what an .array of gallant
hearts and willing hands would rally
to repel the invader. But a worse than
foreign foe is here, Gilizens, Geor
gians, Christians, to the rescue! Shall
a hundred tliousniid Georgians move
on, in the midst of Georgia philanthro
pist, and Georgia Pre.-diyteriuns, and
Baptists, and Methodists, and Episco
palians-—move on to the grave and to
the juclgjjftcnt unable to read the book
in Goa™
Female Education in France,—
In France the ladies are educated in a
manner to make them most agreeable
in society/and while all are taught to
keep the accounts of household ex
penses, many of the poorer class are
' taught book-keeping so thoroughly as
to enable them to follow it as a profes
sion, In almost every Paris shop, con
sequently, the books are kept either by
the wife of the shopkeeper or by some
other female employed for the pur
pose. Thus the French system is, to
teach females the useful or agreeable,
according to their worldly condition.
Our American system is to teach them
a little of everything; in fact, we take
more pains with them than with our
boys, though it would seem from re
sults that hitherto our effort s have been
none too well directed. \\ bile we
have female seminaries and colleges in
which d< agrees are conferred, mid
which prod we many shallow and dis
contented philosophers who may mod
estly take the rostrum at public meet
ings, and have begun to invade the
pulpit, we luive very few who can take
'charge of a husband’s counting-room
while he is engaged in the directions
of other departments of his multifa
rious business. In Paris, you may buy
a carpet- of your upholsterer, who shows
the goods, makes all the necessary ex
planations and sends it home. But
when you pay, you walk to a neat ma
hogony desk where madame sits en
throned behind a large folio ledger,
and it is with her yon regulate the ac
count. The French tradesman’s wife is
no mere sleeping partner. She takes
an active, useful, and appropriate part
in the management of affairs —she
knows to what extent the business is
prosperous —and is therefore never in
danger, like many American wive-, of
demanding anew carriage or other ex
travagance. when her husband is on
the point of tailing. These remarks
are suggested by an account of a meet
ing in London “of the friends and pro
moters of the Ilyde Park College for
Young Ladies.” If the English will
occasionally borrow the notions of
their younger brother Jonathan, it is
a pity they do not make a wiser choice;
it- would have commenced as we did
with common schools for girls'' 1
Itliscdbiifous.
I’ll trouble you for my month’s rent,
madame, said a landlord to one of his
tenants. “Is it yerrintye ax for now?”
“Yes, mam; two rooms, at seventy
live cents per week each.” “Ah, now
can’t ye wait a little time. Sure the
likes of you must have plenty of mo
ney, replied the woman, looking at
th<‘ thin bent form of the landlord,
with great contempt. “But my dear
woman, the money is due me and—”
“Oh, murther, is it dealing rue ye ar,
an honest married woman, the blissed
mother ot sivin boys, each big enough
to lik the like of ye. Out of my house,
ye minister, and lave off trying the
virtue of a good woman;’’ and unable
to give vent to her indignation in
words, she seized his coat collar and
fairly threw him in to” the street. The
owner intends to let an agent collect
the rent of the house in future.
A Letter to the Dead.—The
following curious incident is reported
from Bavaria:
A peasant died, arid was laid out for
burial. His niece, who lived in the
house, watched an opportunity when
she believed no one saw her, and then
stealthily pinned a letter to the clothes.
That letter was addressed to her moth
er, who died fourteen years ago, and it
was the poor woman’s belief that her
uncle would find some means to deliv
!erit in the land of the dead. It is to
the following purpose :
“Dear Mother—As there is now
I such a good opportunity, 1 send you
| this .letter, with the request that you
! will cause me to draw three numbers in
i the lottery, for I suppose you are aware
I that i am very badly off/ May be that
1 this paper gets rotten, but as nothing
is impossible with God, please to en
treat our Lord God (Hergott) and give
me news of the three numbers that are
sure to win, and so, I remain your
faithful daughter, Maria.” The direc
tion was. “To my dead Mother in
Eternity."
Mitchell, Meaoiier and the
“Citizen." While John Mitchell is
sojourning South, the “ Citizen ” is in
good hands. The edi toria l staff of this
paper is regarded as one of the ablest
and best appointed of any paper, week
ly or daily, in this city. There are
i some seven or eight gentlemen of
1 knowledge, taste and strength who
; regularly contribute to its columns.--
Mitchell isriominally proprietor, though
| Meagher owns most oi the Citizen. It
! was started upon capital contributed to
i him, $85,000, I hear. The Citizen
; commenced with an enormous eircula
j lion owing to the excitement attending
j the arrival and reception of Mitchell.
ilt suddenly went down from forty
' thousand to a little over twentv. Since
I then. under more judicious manage*
| ruent, the subscription list has steadily
j been increasing, and it now has a eir
i dilation of a little over thirty t-hous
| and copies weekly.
1 The Citizen lias done a great deal in
; bringing together and creating a circle
of eminent and distinguished 1 rishmen,
many of whom are voluntary eontri-
I butors to its columns. Thus John
Brougham occasionally gives them
a touch of the drama, Dr. Shelton Mc-
Kenzie furnishes a gossippy sketch and
perhaps some aspiring young lawyer
has anew political theory to proniul
i gate, and makes the Citizen his vehicle.
| The Citizen is doing very well, making
! money arid establishing a reputation
for great brilliancy in its literary crit
icism, and marked ability in all. its dis
cussion of social and political topics.
( Cor. Chas. Courier , *
Marriage between an old woman and
a ydung man is said to bean institution
; of the devil.
Dr. Walcot. — This exceiitric phy
sician called upon a bookseller in Pa
ternoster Row, to inquire after lii.s own
works. The publisher asked him to
taken glass of wine, when ho presen
ted with a cocoa-nut goblet with the
face of a man carved upon it,
“Eh! eh!” said the doctor, “what
have we here?”
“A man’s skull!” said tho bookseller;
“a poet’s, for what I know,”
“Nothing more likely,” rejoined
Walcot, “for it is universally known
that all book-sellers drink their wine
from our skulls.”
Howto be a Man.— When Carlyle
was asked by a young person to point
out what course of reading he thought
best to make him a man, he replied in
his characteristic manner:
“It is a not by books alone, or by
books chiefly, that a man is in ail
points a man. Study to do faithfully
whatsoever things in your actual sit
uation, then and now, you may find
expressly or tacitly laid down to your
charge—that is your post; stand in it
like a true soldier. Silently devour
the many chagrins of it—all situations
have many —and see you aim not to
quit if without doing all that is your
duty.”
Liquid Glue.—A strong liquid
glue, that will keep for years without
changing, may be made by placing iu
a glazed vessel a quart of water and
about three pounds of hard glue.-
This is to be melted over a gentle fire
in a glue pot, and stirred up occasion
ally. When all the glue is melted,
drop in gradually a small quantity of
nitric acid, when effervescence will
take place. The vessel is then to be
taken off the fire and allowed to cool.
Liquid glue made in this manner has
been kept for more than two years in
an uncorked bottle without change.—
It will be useful for many trades,
where a strong glue is required with
out the trouble of melting.
| Southern Organ.
Curious Extract from a Scotch
Newspaper in 1807-Copy of a paint
ers bill presented to the vest ry for work
done in our Church :
To filling up a clunck in the Red
Sea, and repairing the damages of Pha
raoh’s host.
To anew pair of hands for Daniel
in the Lion’s den, and anew set of
teeth for the lioness.
To cleaning the whale’s belly, var
nishing Jonah’s face, and mending his
left arm.
To anew skirt for Joseph’s garment.
To a sheet anchor, a jury-mast, and
a long boat for Noah’s ark.
To giving a blush to the cheek of
Eve, on presenting the apple to Adam.
To painting anew city in the land
of Nod.
To cleaning the garden of Eden af
ter Adam’s expulsion.
To making a bridle for the Samari
tan's horse, and mending one of his
legs.
To fitting anew handle to Moses’
basket, and binding bulrushes.
To adding more fuel to the fire of
Nebuchadnezzar’s furnace.
Rce\l payment, D—Q .
Steel Pens. —For producing Steel
pens, the best Dennemora —Sweedish
iron—or hoop iron, is selected. It is
worked into sheets or slips about three
feet long, and four or live inches broad,
the thickness varying with the desired
stiffness and flexibility of the pen for
which it is intended. By a stamping
press, pieces of the required size are
cut out. The point intended for the
j nip is introduced into r a gauged hole,
and by a machine pressed into a semi
cylindrical shape. In the same machine
it is pierced with the required slit or
slits. This being effected, the pens arc
cleansed by mutual attrition or tin cyl
inders, and tempered, as in the case of
steel plate, by being brought to the re
quired color by heat. Some idea of
the extent of this manufacture will be
formed from the statement, that nearly
one hundred and fifty tons of steel are
employed annually for this purpose,
producing upwards of two hundred and
fifty millions of pens.
The Sandwich Islands.
The group oi Islands in the Pacific
i Ocean, known as the Hawaiian or Sand
jwich islands, are situated in latitude
I from 19 to 22 deg. north, on the direct
| line from San Francisco to Hong Kong,
2200 miles from the former, and 5000
miles from the latter place. The ordi
nary time required for a sailing vessel
to make the passage from San Francis
co is ten days, and from tho Islands to
China twenty days. About the same
time is required to make the journey
to Panama and to the Soci ty Islands
as from California. The native popu
lation of the seven inhabited Islands
may bo estimated at the present time,
in round numbers, as follows: Ha
waii, 20,000; Oahu, 18,000; Niani,
18,000; Kanin, 5,000; Molokai, 2,500;
Nihau, 700; Lanai, 800. Total 59,-
500.
The number of square miles in the
j whole may be stated at 0,100; only
about onc-tifth of which are arable land,
although the mountain sides yield line
pasturage at all seasons of the year.
The native population is rapidly pas
sing away. The ordinary decrease may
be estimated at about eight per cent,
per annum, and it is believed that in
ton years, without the intervention of
any epidemic, or infectious disease to
hasten their decimation, the number of
natives will Vie reduced to less then 80,-
000. In 1849 the population was reck
oned at 90,000. During that year the
measles, hooping cough and inHuenza,
swept off ten thousand; and the pres
i ent year may also be specially marked
in the Hawaiian calender as the. era of
j death. The Small-pox always so fatal
to the Aborigines, lias been prevailing
here with -fearful effect since February.
Not less than 8,000 have died upon the
single Island of Oahu, out of a popula
tion of 18,000, and t here seems noabate
rnejitof the disease.— N. Y. Post..
WMTTBN TOR THE WEEKLY 2CKWB
To dm 'Editor of the Weekly Notes. —
Dear Sir When you read the, fol
lowing, do not consider me too inquis
itive. I never make it a business to
pry into any person’s private affairs;
but I do want to know, sir, if you ev
er kissed a lady whose face had a little
of the artificial on it, and if so, how it
tasted
My reason for asking is, that I was
not very long since thrown into this
predicament myself. I gave her one
pop, not to mention how she came to
let me, and it was very sweet. I back
ed off and licked my lips, and thought
to myself, that there was artifice expo
sed.
Not to hurt her f-elings, i soon pre
vailed on her to smack her again. This
time I came, down to the raw material.
Color as well as taste now changed. It
made me think of eating currant jelly
on ash-cake. The jelly was palatable,
but there was “no go” with the reali
ty. Mr. Editor, please let us know if
you were ever caught. Yours, &e.
ALTO.
Franklin, April 27th, 1854.
A Poser. —A calm, blue-eyed, self
composed and self-possessed young In
dy, in a village “down East,” received
a long call the other day from a prying
old spinster, who, after prolonging her
stay beyond even her own conception
of the young lady’s endurance, came
to the main question which had brought
her thither.
“I’ve been asked a good many times
if you were engaged to Dr. B .
Now, if folks inquire again whether
you be or not, what shall I tell ’em I
thinkf'
“Tell them,” answered the young la
dy, fixing her calm blue eyes in un
blushing steadiness upon the inquisitive
features of her interrogator, “tell them
that you think you don’t know, and
you are sure it is none of your busi
ness.”— Knicke ; -bocker.
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Mr. Toombs—Present State of Parties.
In our last issue, we expressed the opinion that
the removal of Mr. Marcy from the cabinet, and the
appointment of Mr. Toombs to a place in the Ad.
ministration, would redound to the benefit of the
Union. Wo will now give some of the reasons for
the taith which is in us.
If Marcy were removed, it would be an out-and
out repudiation of the Softs —which means Free
soil traitors—for it was adjudged that they tri
umphed when he, instead of Daniel S. Dickinson,
the high-minded gentlemen, and unflinching pa
triot, was called to a seat in the cabinet. This
judgment was confirmed when the blood of the be
headed Bronson cried unto heaven.
There has been some talk about the Adminis
tration’s removing a few menial anti-Nebraska De
mocrats. Tho New York Herald made such an an
nouncement ; tlie Washington Union gave an orac
ular response, which one day after the date thereof,
might be construed to mean either yea or nay; the
Columbus Times hoped it might be so ; and the
Athens Banner, a paper which has more warmly
supported the Administration in every thing, right
or wrong, than any other journal in Georgia, though,
from its antecedents, wo might have hoped better
things of it—the Athens Banner spoke out and
said the president would actually remove some
anti-Nebraska Democrats from office—all of which
we looked upon, however, in the same light as that
in which we regarded Mr. Cushing’s letter against
coalitions in Massachusetts—as a mero decoy to
toll away the thoughts of the people from the mis
doings of an Administration which had got itself
into a scrape, from which it would, convinced of
its error, bo very glad to escape, but whose meshes
it has not either the knowledge how, or the bold
ness, to break through.
We have, as yet, heard of the decapitation of no
anti-Nebraska Democrats. But even if wo had,
the blood of a few menials in office would not be
an offset for the blood of Bronson. When tho
.Bourbons attempted to have Napoleon assassina
ted —“shot like a dog” as one of tho eulogists of
tho emperor expresses it—his imperial majesty did
net suppose that the blood of a sow of the subor
dinate conspirators would atono for the crime.—
Plebian blood would not answer the purpose. Roy
al blood must bo spilled, and to the end that blood
of equal dignity might bo shed, tho young Duke
D’Enghien fell beneath the hand of the execution
er. Blood for blood, and dignity for dignity, is the
law for such an outrage-—for the Bourbon conspira
cy or the Bronson decapitation. Even if tho presi
dent should turn out a half dozen little anti-Nebras
kilts, it would not meet the demands of the occa
sion. Let Marcy go out, and Toombs come in, and
there will not then be left a shadow of a doubt as
to the true position of the president and his advisers.
It is useless to try to keep up the Democratic
party, based upon limner differences as regards
Banks, Tariffs, &o. It is like building up your plat
form upon a heap of bloated corpses, winch will
give way and level your platform to the earth as
they fester, day after day,, collapsing and sinking ,in
ffieir corruption, beneath the pressure of a living
issue, imperious in the weight and importance of its
demands. Knock out all such decaying underpin
ning, and plant the party, not upon issues as to
Hanks and Tariffs, but upon the vital Democratic
principle which underlies them all—upon a strict
construction of the constitution itsolfj without re
gard to expediency, unfortunately taught in former
days by some of the Whig leaders, and of which
higher law is the legitimate offspring.
The voice of reason, the voice of the South, the
voice of the whole country calls for a purging of the
Democratic party from its Freesoil elements, ere the
leaven completes the work it is two rapidly perform*
ing, of leavening the whole mass, The sword of
the Administration should lop oil' all Freesoil ex
crescences, and at the same time invite to its arms
the Whig party of the South, which is now deter
mined to abandon its allies at the North. And it
should give earnest of the sincerity of its invitation
in the “only" way which will carry conviction.’ 1 —
Southern Whigs should he called upon to partake
of the loaves and fishes. Mr, Toombif should have
a seat in the cabinet.
In former days, the whole South was Democratic,
or Republican. It was not until the year 1840 that
the South, and Georgia especially, divided upon na
tional polities. At that time the transcendent, over
shadowing genius of Henry Clay, backed by the
ponderous logic of Webster, led some of our South
ern Statesmen astray. I tore in Georgia some of the
older Whig statesmen led off, and Robert Toombs
and Alexander Stephens followed suit. Rut such
men as these two were not likely long to follow.
Nature designed them to lead. Mr. Toombs, after
having pursued Ids course in the ardor of youth to
its hitter end, sees his error, and with giant strides
is retracing his steps, after having gained some of
the maturity ot age, though not by any means an
old man. He who lias been a close observer of
Mr. Toombs’s course, and the developemcnt of his
system of political philosophy, cannot have failed to
see that within the last half dozen years of his life,
there has been quite a change in him. His course
of error eulumniated when lie helped to kill the
Clayton Compromise in 1848, and it began to de
scend when lie soon after threw off the shackles of
Mr. Clay. Then upward it shot again, like a me
teor, when he aided A an Huron to triumph over
Cass, in the election of General Taylor. After his
quarrel with the hero of Buena Vista, his path be
gan to approximate a parallel with that of political
truth and rectitude.
It is evident that of late years Mr. Toombs lias
been becoming more of a disciple of Jefferson than
of I lamilton. The logic of Mr. Calhoun is beginning
to have more weight with him than that of Mr.
Webster. And however any one may be disposed
to differ with us in what we have said heretofore,
in this they must agree —that Mr. Toombs is to-day
the ablest, boldest and most fearless advocate of sla
very and the social system of the South, that there is
in America. The force with which he wields his
blade in Congress, smiting right and left, behind
and before him, parrying the thrusts of Seward, clad
in higher law, and turning aside the polished shafts
ofSumner, is proofconclusivo of what we say. Besides
this, liis oration before the two societies in Oxford,
a year or two ago, is the most condensed, lucid and
unanswerable argument in favor of our social sys
tem that there is extant No production of Calhoun,
upon this subject, is superior to it.
Then, again, look with what malice, and rancor,
and spleen, abolition prints attack Mr. Toombs.—
They know who are their most formidable foes, and
against them are laveled all their infernal artillery.
The Abolitionists and Freesoilers. whether they
have formerly acted with Whigs or with Democrats,
are bent upon the destruction of the South, and if
necessary to attain their ends, upon the destruction
!of the whole country. A band of noble Democrats
at the North are patriotically determined to circum
vent them in their treasonable designs. "Will the
South, forgetting all the shackles of party, which
have too long fettered her limbs in degradation, up
hold them, or will she not? "Will Southern Whigs
refuse to act with them simply because they bea r
the name of Democrat ? And will Southern Demo
crats be so ungenerous, and so narrow-minded—
will they show so little knowledge of that which
the Creator designed to be the main-spring of hu
man action, as to expect Whigs to march into their
party with colors down, acknowledging themselves
prisoners of war—captives and slaves ? Or will
they rather extend to their Southern Whig breth
ren the right hand of fellowship, and say let us
move as a band of brothers in defence of our homes,
our firesides, and our altars ? Wo shall see now
who are mean-spirited partizans, stolid and indiffer
ent dotards as to the interests of their country, and
we shall see who are men of broad and noble hearts,
swelling with the impulses of patriotism.
The times are pregnant with changes and revolu
tions. A call has been made in a Virginia W big
paper for a convention of Southern Whigs, to con
sult as to what shall be done, under the circumstan
ces. The Southern Recorder , having been “called
out,” thinks the movement premature. The Co
lumbus Enquirer accedes to the proposition. The
Wilkes Republican, supposed to reflect the views of
Mr. Toombs, in its last issue, promised an article
upon the subject, but is silent.
But to return to the Recorder. It asks the Geor
gian, which was instrumental in getting from it an
expression of opinion, if it will stand upon the
Georgia Platform; to which the Georgian answers
yea, with a hearty good will. Now will the Re
corder give Pierces Administration its support, pro
vided that Administration will plant itself upon
the Hard basis, notwithstanding it should be Dem
ocratic? If the Georgian will, or has, come to a
platform prepared by its opponents, will the Recorder
display equal magnanimity, and come to a platform
prepared by its opponents, provided it be a good
one, or will it do. as it did in the last presidential
campaign, have such strenuous objections to De
mocracy, as to oppose anything, and every thing,
simply because it is Democratic ?
Tho Recorder would probably say—indeed we
think it has said as much—that it rejoices at not
having supported Pierce, because of his preferring
Softs over Hards. But are tho Recorder audits
friends blameless in this matter? We think not.
As much as we blame Pierce lor the course he has
pursued, we blame Southern Whigs more. If they
had given the incoming Administration assurance
of support, it could have dispensed with the ser
vices of its hypocritical, traitorous Soft allies.—
No such assurance was given. On the contrary,
although Pierce was acknowledged to have started
rectus in the race, he was opposed by Southern
Wings, because ho bore the hated name of Demo
crat. It jvas natural, though improper, for him,
then, to seek to strengthen his Administration by
tho vain effort at conciliating Northern fanatics.
Now if Pierce will repair bis error, as he is likely
to be forced to do, nolens volens, by the blood-hound
cry of furious abolitionists, will Southern Whigs
lend him their countenance, and then in tho next
election join their Southern Democratic breth
ren in electing a President from amongst the true
Democrats of the North, or will they still insist,
after all the evidence brought to bear upon thorn—
after Ossa has been piled upon Pelion—that North
ern Whigs are as much our friends as Northern
Democrats ? This is the question they havo to dis
cuss in their journals, and decide upon in their
convention. We await the' result with anxiety.
For upon it depends tho weal or tho woe of this
great country. ' Should the South act as a unit, in
conjuction with the sound men of the North, they
can crush, not only abolition, but the very fanati
cism itself—the hydra, of which abolition is only
one of tho hissing heads. But if Southern people
divide upon the mere names of Whig and Demo
crat—God save onr country from what must be tire
certain result.
Cuba.
4 The foreign polioy*of our Government requires a
bold hand, at the present juncture. Tito acquisi
tion of Cuba is ts cherished thought in the minds ol
the American people. The question presents itself
in two aspects:—lst, as to its bearing upon the
country generally, and foully, us to its bearing' up
on the Southern States.
The advantages which would accrue to the Un
ion from the fertility of the soil of Cuba, and the
vast increase of its productions under Anglo-Amer
ican skill and enterprise, render it desirable that
wo should acquire the Island. Then, 4g3iu, the
advantages in a commercial and shipping point of
view, are immense,
But the question which weighs most with the
country is the disadvantage which would accrue to
us in the event that England especially, or France,
should obtain possession of it. AVo do not propose
to go fully into a discussion of this matter hero, for
it has been elucidated by abler pens. The proba
bility is, however, that if we do not obtain Cuba,
one of the above powers will. Hence wo must ac
quire possession of it at sometime. AVhen? Os
this anon. Hut it, is impossible to doubt that both
the arrogance of England, which assumes to dictate
terms to the world, and the ambition of Louis Na
poleon. look with a lustful eye upon the Queen of
the Antilles. Now the question is, can a rotten
old dynasty, like that of Spain, long retain posses
sion of this Island ? AVIio can tell, in the present
volcanic condition of Europe, what, upheaval will
cast upon the crown of England, or France, the
brightest gem in the coronet of’Spain? In this
event, one ortho other of the first two named pow- ;
ers would have th'e de facto right to the Island, and :
we should have to expend more blood and treasure |
to wrest it from France, or England, than we would j
to take it from Spain. Hence wo ought to have !
the Island, before such an event occurs.
But the South is vitally interested in this Cuban
question, in two ways:—lst with reference to its
Africanization , as an independent power, and 2ndly
with reference to the question as to whether it
could come into the Luion as it is, a Slave State.
The South can never consent to see a negro king
dom established so near her as Cuba, iho South
ern people would be justifiable in seizing the Island,
appropriating the soil, confiscating the property,
and enslaving the inhabitants, or expelling them,
either by driving them off, or putting them to the
sword, in such an event. In this matter, as they
may not act for themselves, it is the duty of the
General Government to act. for them. Otherwise,
their Government having failed to protect them,
they would be obliged to revolutionize, and pro
tect themselves.
Cuba acquired, the question would be raised as
to whether she could enter the Union as a Slave
State. The issue would be directly made as to
whether any more slave territory could be added to
the Union. AVe believe that the same spirit which
passed the Nebraska bill would vote Slave States
into the Union. If we are deceived, we had bet
ter know it, now, than at any other time.
AVe believe that now is the time to acquire Cuba.
AVe believe that the Federal Government ought to
purchase the Island. Let Uncle Sam take his slate
and pencil, sit down and count the cost, and then
make a bid. If the first is not accepted, let him bid
higher and higher, until the price be offers exceeds
the probable cost of acquisition by war, and then
let him draw his sword. The American Govern
ment should go to Spain with the sword in one
hand, and the purse in the other. She should say,
“It is absolutely necessary for mo to have the Is
land —you have no use for it—l will pay you its full
value—if jyou have not a mind to take it, you must
light!”
Complicated with this Cuban policy, is the arro
; gant and presumptuous interference of England.—
i The English nation wants our sympathy and eoun
j tenance in its European struggle. Before she gets
I it, jwe should know categorically what England
j wotld be after with reference to Cuba. Uncle Sam
I should say to John Bull, “John, you want me to
j join you morally, if not physically, in your fight
| witll Russia. Now, John, tell me, without any
| subtlrfuge, or evasion, do you presume to interfere
withine in my relations with Spain, or do you not ?
I wa|; a direct answer, so that I may know what
to deiend upon.” And if John disclaimed any in
tentic* to meddle with business that did not con
cern llu. and proved his faith by his works, all
wouldie right. He might then expect our sym
pathies! But if lie said he did intend to intermed
dle witl our Spanish relations, or if his actions said
so, afteja hypocritical disclaimer, then our course
should le changed. The American Government
should tlen say to Great Britain, in terms not to
be misurllerstood, you must confine your intrigues
to the Eilt. You may coquette with France—you
may bull! the Czar—you may rivet more firmly
the ehainaof Ireland—you may murder countless
hosts in Ilclia, but you must confine your opera
tions to thl other side of the Atlantic. The moment
you touch tie American continent to dictate laws
or treaties, y-ou touch forbidden ground; you do it
at your ptlil. And the American Government
should be prepared to back its words with the thun
ders of the Annon’s mouth.
1 The Dead.
I never turl to childhood's home,
Where wld-birds sing and roses nod,
But o’er mylmemory thoughts will come
Os those who slumber 'neatli the sod.
I think of lifer who went to rest,
Called sutllonly to her reward—
j I knew howfkindly glowed her breast
AViththoufLts which angels love to guard.
And of her s& does memory rise,
I The humblifleliristian, neighbor kind,
i The man renowned for enterprise,
Who in his grime repose did find.
And then I think of him again
Who kindly watched around tho bed,
I Where sickness packed the nerves with pain,
And grieve to think that lie is dead.
I think of her. our neighbor kind—
I see her smilqj her manner bland,
I think upon her hlaeid mind,
Her ready, and her friendly hand.
I think of her, tliej lovely maid,
Whose cheek wjks like tho snow that’s driven—
The tender flower, which seemed decayed,
But budded herp, and bloomed in heaven.
Amd oh! I think of him the good,
The father of life weeping child,
The treasure of paternal blood,
And then my grief is deep and wild.
Hushed bo my harp, no longer sing,
Too deep's tho melancholy thrill—
My trembling chords away I tling.
So dark the thoughts which memory fill.
Juno 22d, 185 J.
y ■■»»+.
The Georgia Citizen
Has secured the pen of Mr. Nelson for an Agri
cultural and Horticultural department of its col
umns, and that of Mr.' Gierlow for their Literary
department. This will.j no doubt, greatly add to
tho interest of this already able and attractive
journal.
Our Savannah,
And our Augusta exchanges come to us very
irregularly. Wo have no doubt the fault is on tho
way, some where, and hope it will be corrected.
The Little Joker
Is the title of a small paper the first numb r 0 v
which has reached us from Ponfleld. ft is edited
by Messrs. FuUerfun <t Gossipful, and published by
Rufus Long & Cos., at 50 cents, ti >r 0 months, ii,
advance Tho editors have so far avoided the per
sonalities, and scurrility usually incident to suck
papers. If they will continue as they have com.
meuced, wo shall wish them abundant success.—
Hut let them be very careful to maintain the good
character of their paper.
Saucy Fanny.
Somebody asking “What kind of a time could the
women have were there oidy one man in the
world?” Fanny Fern answers, that for her tho
limited supply would not increase tho valuo of the
article. ’ ’ — Exchange,
This is no doubt true, since it would bo impos
sible for Fanny to love tho men any more than she
does, now. *
“Chloris, I swear by all I ever swore
That from this hour I shall not love thee more.—
Ay hat! love no more? Oh! why this altered vow?
Because I cannot love thee more —than now!"
A Hard Hit!
Henry AVard Beecher says he means to vote
against the Nebraska Bill, though the ballot-bbx
should be placed in the jaws of h—ll.
To this the AVheeliug Argus replies, that every
man has a right to vote in bis own precinct,
We are not sure that the interests of the country
would not be safer if Henry AVard was confined to
his precinct. — Lagrange Reporter.
Wo think this would bo unnecessarily cruel te>
the inhabitants of that precinct. Probably the
other voters there would object.
Van Buren’s History.
Ex-President Van Bureu is said to bo writing a
history of his own life and times.
AVe hope be will give a prominent place to the
chapter which treats of his treason in 1848.
Mrs. Mowatt has at last been wedded to Mr.
AVilliam F. Ritchie editor of the Richmond Enqui
rer. “A change has corue over the spirit of iier
dreams,” and we suppose the scenes of her life will
change. —Times cl? Sentinel.
Possibly, however, she designs introducing a
new actor upon the stage.
.w«si 3bum:uie« nc*
Eatouton R. R. Office,
J CNF. 24, 1854.
ON and after this day no Goods will be de
\\ajsaT livered from the Depot, to any person,
without an order, or unless authorized to receipt for
same. G.A.DLKL,
June 24,1854. flm] Ag't. E. Branch R. Road.
LOCAL ITEMS,
Rkau This.—AVe have once before alluded to the
impression that we sent the first number of our
paper to nearly every body in the county. This
would have required over 1000 copies, when
our first edition was only* half that number. AVe
hope that we will not a third time have to correct
the supposition that we treated any body with
neglect,
Ike every now and then gives us tangible proof
that he keeps on hand nice, low price, icecream.
That pile of dirt has been removed.
The crops in Putnam county are doing remarka
bly well. There is a prospect of making more corn
than has been made the last half dozen years,
The Bridge over the branch below Marshall, Mo-
Ivavitt <fc Go’s, carriage shop has caved in.
See new advertisements.
AVe are in the very midst of a fever which is
raging to an almost unprecedenled extent. It most
ly "attacks boys between the ages of 6 and 14, and
the height which it reaches is above that of ordina
ry fevers. There is a strange sound made by tile
boys laboring under this disease, about twice every
minute, which resembles the noise caused when the
cork escapes faom a Champagne bottle. The symp
toms are intermittent, and at intervals those suffer
ing under it, seem to be entirely well—so much so
that the boys are sent to school; and strange to say,
the lever makes its attacks only at recess, play -
time, and after school is dimissea, in the evening.
AVe have applied to Drs. Branham, Lawrence and
Adams to know the name of this fever and they
tell us it is called Reich Intermittent Schmetum, I.u
sorium, or in plain English, Intermit lent Fop-gun le
ver. AVe learn that its attacks are periodic, always
coming on about the time that young China-berries
are about three-fourths grown. It- ranges highest
when the boys climb the trees for the purpose of
getting the berries. It is hoped that the, board of
health will take elue caution to prevent the spread
of the contagion.
weekiFsummary.
FOREIGN.
To be Expelled.— A Chapter ol'
the Order of the Garter Avill be imme
diately held, for the purpose of expel
ling; the Czar, Avho is one of the
knights. The oaths taken on investi
ture are very strong, to the effect that
no knight may take up arms against
another, neither may he assist any one
to do so. The last expulsion of a knight
from any Order of knighthood, was
in the case of Lord Cochrane, Avhose
banner Avas torn doAvn from over liis
stall in "Westminster Abbey, and kick-*
cd out into the street.'
The Spanish Armaments for Cu
ba. —The following \-essels, says “El
Comercio" of Cadiz, have received or
ders to be in readiness to leave for the
Antilles, in the ensuing month, (i. e.)
July:
Vessels of war, having likewise troops
on board:
Frigate C’ortez, 82 guns.
Sloop-01-War Isabella I, 24 guns.
“ Villa deßilboa, 30 do.
" u Ferrolana, 30 guns.
“ Colon, 16 guns.
Brigantine Volador, 12 guns.
Steamship Francisco de Asisi, 16
| guns, bOO horse power.
Steamship Santa Isabella, 4 guns,
500 horse power.
Transport vessels, with a portion of
their armament, for the conveyance of
troops: Ship Soberano; Sloop of War
j Leusa Fernando; Steamships Isabella
Cattolica, Conde de liegla.
The European Republican Lkad
i ers on Abolitionism:.— Letters re
cently received in this city from par
ties in London, who, at least, are in a.
position to write correct information on
this subject, state positively that Kos
suth, Mazzini, Ledru Rollin, and the
rest of the leading political exiles, who
make the English capital their head
quarters, are about to publish a mani
festo upon the subject of political abo
litionism in America, taking strong
ground against it; and acknowledging
that their original expressions of sym
pathy for it, grew out of the fact that
they then wholly misunderstood Amer
ican public affairs. This paper, it is
said by the writers of tho information,
is to be addressed to the European po
litical exiles now in the United States.
The Washington Star places the fullest
reliance on this information, which the