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Union at the South.
We have urged upon the people of the South,
aud especially upon tire people of Georgia, the ne
cessity of union among themselves, upon the only
reasonable ground upon which such union can be
expected. Our efforts shall still be directed to this
end. fife propose as a platform, the strict letter
of the Constitution, iu every instance, but with
special reference, at this time, to the institution of
slavery, fife urge upon the fifing party of the
South a coalition with those Democrats at the North
■who are'willing just to let Cavery nf.xw. And we
call upon them to come upon the Democratic plat
form. upon two conditions. One is that the Demo
cratic party purge itself of its Free-soilism, and the
other is that the Southern "Whigs come into the ar
rangement, sharing equally in the honors, and pro
fits of the concern. They should not be expected
to surrender as prisoners of war, but their act should
be looked upon as a coalition of equals with equals,
The Southern "Whigs and Hard Democrats have
an example worthy of imitation in the conduct of
England and France in their coalition against the
Czar. These old rivals of centuries, have agreed to
lay aside their former differences, and wage war
against a common danger. England does not lead
France, nor France England. They stand shoulder
to shoulder, neither as a subordinate, but as co
ordinates in a common cause. So let Southern
Whigs and Hard Democrats stand.
Perhaps it is necessary for us to c-ay what we
mean by Hard Democrats. "We mean the South
ern portion of the Party." and the Northern portion
who are willingtc stand upon the Constitution with
regard to slavery.
The Columbus Times in its issue of 20t’n June,
isout in an article urging Southern Whigs to join
the Democracy, which, in the main, shows the
right spirit. It argues amazingly well, too, consid
ering. against a sectional organization for which all
due praise is awarded it. But iu one place it says:
J‘lt is true there are Free-soil Democrats, who
will, in all probability, assert a claim to a seat in
the Convention. Let them conic. We will make
the platform, and, if they accent it, we certainly
will not refuse their votes, ia carrying out cur true
policy.”
Aiic- Tunes, yv.Li the light of experience before
it, should have been a little more explicit on tills
point. Does it not remember that Free-soilers “as
serted a claim to. a seat” iu the last Democratic
Convention ?—that “we made our platform,” and
f ‘‘they accepted,” though they also spit upon it ?
and that we “certainly did not refuse their votes in
carrying out our true policy?” And does it net
remember, also, that their claims were admitted in
the “only way which can cany conviction?” If our
cotemporary means that we are willing to take
Free-soil votes, but at the same time to dispense
with their services as government officers, after the
election, we agree with it. But if it means that,
after they vote for our candidate, they are again to
share in the “convictions,” then we are constrain
oi to differ with it. And if it supposes we can
get the votes cf the Free-soilers without sharing
with thorn the ‘convictions," then again we differ with
it. Democrat as we ave, and anxious as we are to
eee •Southern Whigs in harness with Hard Demo
crats, we beg them to repudiate the least portion
of the leather until this point is settled. We do
not wish the Dynasty of the Softs confirmed.
V. e have had, and still have, strong hopes of
feeing Southern Whigs unite with the Democratic
party, provided it becomes properly Hardened. An
article in the Columbus Enquirer of 20th Jung,
shook our hope somewhat, until we got near the
c 1039, and found that Samivel was merely giving
's6 ns his “views, and opinions/’ subject to review and
reconsideration, and ultimate rejection, provided
thc-y’should be found wrong. But i# all serious
ness, and with all respect, wc arc pleased to find
• that the Enquirer is willing to follow the be.A
track, evc-n though not its own. And it argues
well for Georgia that her press, Whig and Demo
cratic and Independent, seems to be anxious to
find out the best policy, in order that they may
adept it.
/ "We respectfully submit that the policy proposed
by the Enquirer is riot the proper one. It proposes
a. sectional party with national aims. If. objects to
going into a Democratic National Convention, even
though the right kind of resolut ions should be guar
anteed before hand, and cites the care of President
Pierce as matter in point, fide regret that there is
so much weight in the authority cited. Don't you
see, Mr. Pierce, what you have done? The En
quirer goes Tm to say that it is urged, upon the
Whigs by Democratic journals,
“To abandon the Northern Whigs, raid to unite
wit!) Northern Democrats, and with them go into
Convention-rtliere to tolerate and receive as com
peers and coadjutors, free Democrats, and free-soil
* ere and abolitionists of every class and every hue,
provided they afro willing" to support for office its
nominee. * * * Jiryqoh a course, no remedy
jjfc lor the disease will be found, and the suggestion
I; lids its origin, and UrmiMlidh, tiCi mere desire of
'"’’Paertizan triumph and Success."
%We italicisM the latter part of the above
extract from our-Columbus cotemporary. The part
i so italicised is'pretty severe, somewhat savage, and
p slightly illiberal. For ourself, brother Enquirer, we
|Larc sincere, and wo believe dur Democratic cotcrn
poraries" are, in proposing a bona fide union of
"Vraigs and Democrats. For cur part, wo disclaim
ilvitingyou to a Convention where Softs jhay come
. jms compeers. We would an soon invite you to sit
down to a feast of deceased canines. The Times ,
and other Democratic journals, can speak for them
selves, on this score. llow careful should they
be to eradicate the idea that Whigs are .invited to
join Democrats merely foVpartima triumph and
success We hope that we, at least, arc not ob
noxious to such a charge.
•I W© think, and have said go, oyer -aud over again,
rising thy words of the- Enqvfrer, .with reference to
“that liberality and good neighborhood
jP require that they, top, should .make some conces
sion for the cause of the country. Dot them for
... sake and renounce their'connection, with the un
%i sound’and agrarian Democracy of the North.’l, , .
■ct^a^y e cannot agree with the Enquirer in its policy
of forming a sectional party, any riio.c than the
Enquirer itself agreed .witji the Bights
patty ifi’Atl-AJ. dpan tTrfe' Very score. Let our*
cotemporary turn to its own files of ahicrty rccmjt
date for arguments again St the course it now re
oommends.
But says the Enquirer, in effect, “Wo are for-a
■sectioned party with national aims.” ' With all due
respect, this is a mere subterfuge a mere quibble
upon words. A sectional party is a sectional par
ty, call it what you may, aud profess what you
will. •, ’ ' | ’
The Enquire}- thinks that if we form our section
al party with national aims, the “only refuge” of
conservative men at the North “will be in our
.•auks, and under our standard."' This is requiring
too much of human nature. Has not the South
boon too long ungrateful to her Northern friends ?
Has she not required too much of them ? lias not
tho Enquirer blamed President Pierce, and his
supporters at the South, as much as any other journ
al on account of his expecting Dickinson and Bron
son, the one under a direct Slight and the other un
der tho very axe of the executioner, to subscribe to
that faith which would do justice to tho South ?
Has not the Enquirer seen the bad effects upon
some of Our Hurd friends at the North, <>l expect
ing top much of thorn? Auu will it require still
more at thpir hands, by calling upon them to dis
band their forces, and join a sectional organization?
They have already sotrie of the prestige ol oigam
ration. Let tho .Southern Whigs join them,- in
stead of requiring them to break up, and help to
form anew party.
The duty of the South and of Southern Whigs,
to our mind, is plain. We hope we have said
enough for tholattcr to know that wo do not wish
them to affiliate with the Democratic party while is
retains Softs as an integral element, nor do we
ask them to subscribe-to the policy of the spoils de
partment of Pierce's Administration. Certainly
we could not ask them to do what we ourself would
not. But wo do ask them, and contend that it is
their duty, through their newspapers, and through
the medium of their proposed convention, to give
the Democratic party assurance that if it will
purge itself of its soft elements, that Southern
Wliigs vs ill unite jvith it in support of correct
principles—expecting though to bo received as
equals, and to share in the “convictions.” Nay,
more—wc say that it is the duty of Southern Whigs
to give the President assurance that if lie will be
gin now, even at this late day, to repair iiis errors,
and will call Mr. Toombs or some other prominent
Southern Whig to a seat in the cabinet, they will
give him their support. With this assurance on the
part of Southern Whigs, even Franklin Pierce
might be induced to do his duty.
Ourself—Duty of the South.
It is no part of our plan to get into a controver
sy with any* of our cotemporaries, while the mercu
ry stands at 100 degrees. The remarks we make
at any time concerning them, are not designed to
be captious. They are intended only to elicit
truth. At the same time that we belong to the
order of knights who never lower their lances be
fore any foe unless a “foeman not worthy of our
steel"—truth is our object, and not mere victory for
triumph’s sake. We are aware that in the views
we put forth concerning the true policy of men and
parties at the South, our journal labors under the
disadvantages of having been recently established
and of being published in a village. The Indepen
dent Press is the newspaper of no party, the organ of
no one man, or clique of men. It enjoys no gov
ernment patronage, lias no partizans to whom it can
look for support, and no coterie of hangers on, who
own the press, or who dictate the contents of its
columns. It is simply what its name indicates, an
independent press, reflecting the opinions only of
its c-ditor, who desires to bear some humble part iu
developing truth, aud who claims the same right
which others claim, of being patriotic,
Considering these things, it may seem presump
tuous that we should venture suggestions aa to
what men and parties should do. When we do so
however, we merely state our opinion deduced from
reasons given, desiring it to go for such, pass for
what it is worth, and by no means debar other
men from the enjoyment of their honest views.
But while we labor under the disadvantages
enumerated above, these very disadvantages imply
some advantages. We wear no shackles, are con
trolled by no one, can -speak our honest sentiments,
and acknowledge truth as tho only dictator, ruling
our columns.
The disadvantages we have enumerated shall not
cause us to be silent. We know our efforts are
humble, and are the last human being un'der the
wide canopy of heaven, to overrate them. But the
smallest pebble which is dropped into the lake,
causes a ripple upon its surface, arid wave after
wave in concentric circles imparts motion to its
neighbor, until there is not a particle of water
which does not foci the influence of the little peb.
ble. So it is with truth. You cannot put in mo
tion one single element of this principle which does
not move the while mass. Such being the case,
we shall e’en labor on in our attempts to induce
Southern people to do their duty, and in express
ing our opinion of what President Pierce ought to
do, whether lie ever does it, or not.
We are glad to .find that the Recorder does not
agree with the Enquirer in its advocacy of a sec
tional party. But the Recorder, it seems to us, is
guilty of a palpable error into which the Enquirer,
in its last issue, also falls. The first named paper
says, “WE prefer to wait the more full develop
ment of Northern sentiment and Northern policy.”
And again -riWe greatly fear the national moil of
the Democratic party will be borne to the dust by
the free-soil storm which is now sweeping over the
entire North” Yes, and so do wo. And it is for
this very reason we say that Southern Whigs
ought not to wait. They should at once let such men
as Cass and Cutting-, and Bronson and Dickinson
and Douglas know that their sympathies are with
them, and that their alliance will also be with them.
Who can tell what immense influence the assurance
that the whole South was with them would have
upon the noble bund of Democrats—yes Democrats ,
good, old-fashioned Jack3ou Democrats—who are
stemming the tide of abolitionism threatening to
sweep every tiling before it? But the Recorder
says wait — wait till those men are sacrificed, and
then wc will know what to do. Are the Allies
waiting until the garrison at Silistria is put to the
sword? And yet the battle at the North is of far
more importance than that which is being fought
upon the Danub?.
In the late Hungarian struggle for liberty, Gen.
Cass was said to be for intervention. And so lie
was. But it was the intervention of tho moral, and
not the physical force. He desired the American
Government to speak out, and say that, she pro
tested against the combination of crowned heads to
crush a noble people beneath the iron heel of the
minions who constituted the House of Hapsburg.
And the bleeding patriots would haVobo.cn glad to
got even an expression of opinion in their behalf.
When General Webb was lately in England,
some of the niost influential members of tho Brit
ish Government desired him to use his influence with
his own Government to obtain a mere expression pf
Opinion in favor pf tho Y\ r Dowers. Russia,
in an appoitl which some oho of her citizens made,
through George Sanders, to America, was equally
anxious for an expression in her behalf. Shell Is
the effect of moral force over powers, principali
ties and kingdoms. And such is the power of mor
al force with num, .
-Shall national Democrats have tho moral force of
the South—-of Southern .-Whigs'as well as Demo
crats—exerted in their behalf, or will tho South act
upon tho Recorder's suggestion and wait —wait till
her friends at North are murdered in Cold blood,
fighting her battles while she reposes in,.stolid case
--waited) abolition thg.hmd,. rind the
jrsts to Shod its coutcnUt ? ttJ»n tho fr-agpnenlfe
The Enquirer gives as a reason why tfie South
ern Whig party should not coalesce with Northern
Democrats, tlie fact' that “those of them, ‘about
half/ who voted lor the Nebraska bill, will either
quietly and tamely surrender their positions, or will
bo swopt away by tho tornado as chaff be lore the
wind." And yet tho very article from the N. Y.
Times upon which tho Enquirer predicates its re
marks, and its arguments, speaks of tho “majority
of northern Democratic doughfaces at the command”
of the South by which the Missouri lino was oblit
erated, and speaks of what was done for tho South
by her “Democratic, doughfaecd, Northern allies.”
Now if tho Enquirer admits a part of the testi
mony "of tho N. Y. Times, it must admit it all
aud admitting it all it, admits that a majority of
Northern Democrats, though opposed they may be
to slavery in the abstract, are willing to leave tho
subject with the constitution. And this is all
wo can, with propriety, ask of our Norihern
friends,
Thfcf article from the N. \. Times does not prove
that the whole North is arrayed against us. It
proves that that print wishes it so; and it proves that
, the Whig party North, of which the Times is a
prominent representative, is abolilionizod. And
tho conclusions deduced from the article of the
Times by the Enquirer, though false ones, and tho
article of the Ames itself, all prove that the Whigs
South should join the Democratic party and by
sheer force of numbers put out, at tho door the
Softs, and assume with the Hards ilte lead of the
party.
But the groat bug-bear with Southern Whigs in
this matter is the spoils department of President
Pierce’s Administration. Amen—so let it be. But
subscribing to the President’s policy, in full, is one
thing, and joining the Democratic party another.
\\ e do not believe that a majority of the Democratic
party ever approved of Pierce’s appointments.—
Endorsing these, constitutes no part of the creed
of Democracy. We don’t believe that one Demo
crat in ten iu Georgia, oven, ever approved of them.
They acquiesced, iu the modern acceptation of the
term, and that was all. They still clung to the
Administration for the good they hoped it would
accomplish. And they cling to it, to-day, because
in spite of its first almost fatal faux pas, it has
some, nay no few, redeeming traits.
John Bull and Jonathan.
SCENE I.
John Pull.— Jonathan, my son, I um afraid you
will dishonor your parentage. You are bringing
down your lather’s grey hairs with sorrow to the
grave. Why do you dUremcmber the principles of
liberty you imbibed from your sire? Why do you
hold so many poor negroes in bondage?
Jonathan. — Father, 1 confess my error. It is true
I do not "remember as I ought, the principles of lib
erty taught trie by you, the first lesson at Lexington,
another at Yorktown and another at New Orleans—
Jolt n Rail, {interrupt lag.) —A hem!
Jonathan, (continuing.) -Nor do I, holding my
negroes in bondage, remember as 1 ought that you
never tore them away from their homes, and brought
them heie and thrust them upon me, contrary to my
will, tor filthy lucre’s sake—l don’t profit by the
example you set me in feeding your slaves in Ire
iand so that they never have to come to nie for
bread to keep from starving—nor do I imitate your
example with reference to your well clothed, well
led, contented and happy factory operatives, nor—
John Bull— Ah 1 that will do, Jonathan ; don’t
say anything more, now/ I see you are penitent,
and it ia bed-time. But bolero you retire lift your
heart in prayer—
Jonathan. —Shall I pray to God, father,—the God
of the Christians—or shall I go before Allah, the
God of our friend Abdul Medjid ‘
John Bull. —Good night, son !
Jonathan. —Good night,.father!
sc?. x e n.
John Bud. —Jonathan, have you been trying to
steal my niece Isabella’s sugar-cane patch ? Ah !
Jonathan, what shall Ido unto thee ? Art thou a
1-filibuster going to arid fro over the earth to rob
other folks or their land t Jonathan, I exhorted
thee and counseled thee when thou didst take the
gold mines ol my afflicted cousin Santa Anna, only
because he has but one leg and thou hast two, but
still—
Jonathan; —Oh! my good and pious father! How
often have I in the ardor of young blood set at
naught thy counsel and broken thy precept 1 I
ought in my thirst for other people's lands to. re
member the noble example set by my venerated
parent in his dealings with India and,the East—
John Bud, (aside.) —Confound this fellow’s peni
tence 1 But a thousand times more confounded be
his manner of expse3sing it!
Jonathan (overhe-aring.)— Father another fault 1
must confess—that of profane swearing—I say con
faun i, sometimes.
John Bull —(in quite a rage, and forgetting his
piety.)—Out of my sight you young scape-gallows!
SC2 X E 111.
John Bull (all in smites.) —Jonathan, your old
father exults in pride to look upon the wealth and
power of his son, and to see on every sea and iu every
port evidence of your prosperity. Then you are a
pious boy too Janathan.
Jonathan,—lt, delightsmy heart to find you well
pleased with your son.
John Bull. —Jonathan, your old father has been
insulted. I hat internal Nicholas of Russia has gone
and tried to take a fat slice of Turkey that 1 wanted
myscit. aud when I told him about it, he dared me
and said ins bear could whip my lien. I fold hint
Ihud a SW that was some, Now, Jonathan,, are
you going to see your .daddy, imposed upon ?
JqrMthcim —Lather, I’ve got a little mutter of my
own on hand now. I want to get my cousin Isabella’s"
sugar-cane patch, and 1 am willing to pay her a good
long price for it. But, Either, I understand you
think its not best for me to have it, but had rather
give it to a parcel of infernal niggers. Now, father,
when it comes to that, that a man would sooner help
a plague-takcd niggar than his own son, it is a little
more than human nature can begr. > My dander is
up, unci I - can whip my weight in wild-cats. Yes 1
can bang out creation.
John Bull —Tut, tut, my son. You are excited.
[Exit Jonathan, in a huff.]
Sectional Party.
If any thing were needed to prove to our mind
that the proposition of a portion of the Whig press
to establish a sectional party, is wrong, we should
find it in the fact that the Corner Stone, published in
Columbus, and the only avowed disunion paper we
know of in Georgia, goes in for the movement as
follows :
“We hope the Southern Whigs will hold the pro
posed Convention, and that* they will formally dis
own all fellowship and connection, not.,only* witli
Northern Whigs; but with'Northern Democrats, and
set fhemSelves up os a Southern party. This is just
what the Southern Rights party at the South desired
tu’ do three years ago, and there is more necessity
for it rioiv, than there wus then."
Thanks Aghin.
Wo are under renewed obligations to our friends.
Our list of subscribers is receiving accessions every
day. Suppose, now, our frientls. should do sor v U3
what other editors request theirs to dy for them
that is, suppose each one of thorn procure us ah
additional subscriber- —this would josh double our
list, and put us upon high-arid independent ground—
independent in our poeqniaiy, as wylLas political
basis. Friend.'?, will you -exr *t yottrselv'os. just $ li|-
tle ferns? And even if you will ofctain for its
tnore than ouo subscriber apioco; send thorn on,
and, we will not be offended with you on that ac
count. , . .
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The Devil.
Some one/giving a list of’ eniiacht "iqeriwho Rave
bfeen printers, saya that. N. P. Willis wus once a devil
Tim qjwtriiqn is.ris he net also Quo since out of it j •
p Col. Tift—Hon-intcrcourse.
In the AU)qny Patriot of 16th June, is an editorial
a portion of which wo intended to copy into our
lost paper, but which was crowded out. We give
it this week. We make the extract for tho purpose
of commending the spirit in which it is written.
The editor of the Patriot, who, it seems, wa3 born
in a Northern State, had been recommending nob
intercourse with Massachusetts, on account of the
recent riot in Boston. Thereupon, the Griffin
Union taunts the editor with his Northern birth,
and perhaps indulges in other personalities. Col.
Tift’s reply is so admirable, and so amiable, that we
present it to our readers as a model of editorial pro
priety and courtesy. If ere it is:
“In answer to the charge that we were bora in
a Northern State, we plead guilty. Whether it
was a misfortune or a fault, we leave others to judge.
It was a matter over which wo exercised no control,
and for which we do not feel any responsibility. At
tho ago of 19 years wo came to Georgia, and for
twenty-live years it has been our home from
choice. We glory in her people and her institu
tions, and her bosom will probably be our linal rest
ing place. Let it not be supposed that we are
alienated from our native State or from any State
in tho Union. Wc would do justice to them ali and
bind them if we could by ties of mutual interest and
affection to perpetual Union. But the locality of
our birth has not blinded our eyes or deadened our
feelings. Wo detest wrong and injustice, come
from whence it may, and so far us it is in our power
we would resist it promptly, practicably, and con
stitutionally, for the vindication of right and jus
tice.”
As to the Patriot's notion of non-intercourse, we
cannot agree with it. In the first place it would
be unjust, ungenerous and ungrateful to those of
our friends in Boston who assisted to do us justice,
and who condemned the rioters. The South
haa done herself incalculable injury by condemning
her friends along with her foes.
In the second place, non-intercourse is inpracti
j cable, and can never be attained until you strike
j out of man's constitution his love of the dollar. Un-
I til you do that, Southern men will purchase their
! goods where they can get cheapest bargains.
The only remedy for the South is for her people,
j as a unit, to coalesce with Northern Hard Demo
crats —those who are willing to stand by the con
stitution in spite of abolitionists, and other crazy fa
natics.
LEISURE LYRICS.
PREFACE.
In the year 1847,1 published a small volume of
poems which embraced my rhyming productions
from early boyhood up to the time I was nearly
twenty-one. This volume, of necessity, is lull of
errors incident to boyhood, and I have long sincere
ly wished it had never been published.
After 1847,1 continued to rhyme, and my sins in
this line sometimes beset me even now. There
have been, so far, three eras in my life—my life
poetical 1 mean, —the first embracing the period
during which the volume above referred to was
composed, at intervals, and reaching the age of
twenty-one. This was the silly period of my life.
The next era dates from the publication of my
first volume of poems, and extends down to the
Spring of 1852, at which time 1 went earnestly to
work, and my imagination, which is tiie soul of
poetry, had her wings clipped by the scissors of re
ality', and has not soared so extensively since. A
man who lias the interests of a family under his
guardianship lia3 not the same time to tlirt with the
muses that he had before he became a benedict.
Poetry does not produce potage.
My poems are a transcript of my life and feel
ings. And as a young man’s life and feelings are
| generally a volume of frivolities, these “Leisure
| Lyrics” are probably very frivolous. But they
wc-re composed at a period of my life when, even
if I was as silly as I was during the first period,
I was at least more prudent. Hence none of the
class of errors which marred my first productions
will be found in these poems.
Young men, during tho romantic portion of their
lives, think and talk of little else than love, and
when they write, they write of little else. My
case is not altogether an exception to this rule. And
as love has been defined to be
“A little sighing,
A little crying,
And a deal ol" lying, ”
probably these elements go to make up my ama
tory effusions. Horace says that the gods over
look the falsehoods of beauties, and though I do
not claim to be one of these, probably the same
rule which excuses them in the court of the gods,
will constitute a good plea for young poets,
“Who do confess in many a sigh
Their lips have breathed forth many a lie,”
as the inimitable Tom Moore has it.
1 do not claim for iny poems published under the
title of “Leisure Lyrics,” and which embrace those
written between the ages of twenty-one and twen
ty-five, any degree of merit, and probably they had
as well be consigned to oblivion as to see tho light.
But that same spirit—vanity or something else—
which prompts other rhymsters to publish their
productions, induces me to publish mine. And
they arc published in the Independent'Press be
cause there are no Houses at the South which
publish books. And if I were to have them pub
ished at the North, I should expect to be swin
dled again," as I was by Charles B. Norton of New
York.
Some of these poems have been published be
fore, but most of them have not been, Several
will bo given every week, over tho signature of
“it I#,/’ until they arc all published. I some time
ago, iu MS., made the follo wing
DEDICATION.
“To her who long
Hath waked the poet’s sigh,
Tho girl who gave to song
What gold could never buy”
Are these poems most affectionately inscribed by
the author. ; J. A. T.
Pleasures of the Muse.
’Tis not alone the blooming field
That can the sweets of pleasure yield;—
The Muse naay find them wandering thence,
Though latent to the vulgar sense.
On spots where to tho many grow
No flowers of bliss, tho Muse may go,
And ’neatli the magic of her wing-,
The loveliest blooms to life will spring.
The tiny moss upon the rock
Which torrents lave, and thunders shock,
May sparkle with Castalian dews,
And boa to wake tho Muse.
E’en doserts, too, may do their part
To wake the Muse, inspiro the heart: —
Some green oasis thero may bloom,
Andfbreathe a raro and rich perfume.
Full many a gem which lies unknown,
And flowers which have unheeded blown,
The Muse may gather from tho glen,
And give, them to the oye of men.
The Mufo upon the barrcn'nfone
Spies flowerets beautifully blown—
Scents sweets upon the desert air,
And pleasure wrings from Wen despair.
L. L.
Asinine.
.The Editors of tie Recorder and Telegraph arc
engaged m catting vxch othwr jack-ass, or its equiva-
Unf.
Gentlemen couldn’t you find more pleasure in
.serne Other calling "this hot weather ? Besides, if
you,city editors gq ;i on in this, style, you yyill corrupt
the.morals of the press in tho rural district A
Rail Road Meeting.
•' Next Tuesday, 4th July, remember, 13 the day
appointed for the Rail Road meeting in Monticello,
The object of the meeting i3 the connection of that
place with this, by means of a Rail Road. The
people of Eatonton ml Putnam, are interested in
this matter, and should meet their Jasper friends.
Much good will result to our community from the
building of this road, which we hope to see com
pleted.
The Know Nothings.
At the requostof a friend, we publish in another
column tho platlbrm of the secret society bearing
the above name. Y>'e “know nothing" about this
association, but every thing always makes some
impression at first blush, however slight that im
pression may be. So far, wo are not favorably in
clined towards the Know-Nothings, but hold pur
seif open to conviction, and will support the order
and its principles, provided their necessity be dem
onstrated.
Down Hill.
“lie’s going down hill, and I’ll kick him some
myseltj since he is going. What did you say—
try to raiso him ? So, not J. Let limi go —he
deserves it. I never did think much of linn. 1
always thought ho would come to some bad end.—
111 give him another kick, and make him go 'down
/aster,"
This is the philosophy of the world. And many a
poor fellow lias reached the lowest round in degrada
tion’s ladder, simply on account of the disposition
which man lias, in common with the dog, to im
pose upon his brother when, ho is down.
History of Georgia.
What has become of tho 2d volume of the His
tory of Georgia, by Rev. Win. B. Stevens? We
have long, and anxiously, awaited its advent, but
hear nothing flora it. Will not the Georgia Histor
ical Society see that this volume shall be issued ?
Sport in Kentucky.
Young Sportsman—L say, friend, is there anything
to shoot about here ?
Fanner —Wall, I don’t know, stranger, but you
can go down to the cross-roads, and take a pop at
the school-master, just to keep your hand in.
We clip the above from a Northern paper. As an
offset we offer the following :
GOSPEL IN NEW ENGLAND.
Rusticating Clergyman —l say, friend, is there any
missionary ground about here—any subjects to
whom 1 could administer gospel consolation ?
Farmer —Wall, I don’t know, stranger as there’s
much to do here in that line. The niggers ail need
clothing, the orphans cry for bread, and the children
need Sabbath School instruction. They are all as
bad off as you could make them. But there area
few Irishmen over the way—you can go over and
shoot them arid make widows of their wives, and or
phans of their children, just to keep your hand in.
Shaving.
Aunt Harriet Stowe's worser half says he doesn’t
intend to shave until the Nebraska Act is repealed
Had not, ids friends better-shave his head .?
Epigrams
Inscribed, to tin Recerend, Theodore Farker.
Quoth Reverend Mister Theodore
‘Down with your law, let riot reign
But. when the mob escaped its chain,
The poltroon Parson heard its roar
And prayed that law might rise again,
W lien brick-bats broke his window-pane.
‘But, sir, you wanted mobs to be’—
‘I meant for others . not for me'
The collector passed round with his hat
Just to scrape up a dollar or two,
To pay for the damage when Pat
Lost his life by the riotous crew.
‘Mr. Parker, I suppose you arc willing
To contribute your part to the killing
‘l’ve my brains to contribute us oft,
1 have said to the people before’—
But'the answer was tins—‘Theodore,
We.do not need any thing soft."
The Christian Spiritualist
Is the title of anew paper, devotee to the cause of
the which has-rcached us from New York
“Published by the Society for the diffusion of Spir
itual knowledge, at number 55?, Broadway, New
York, at §3 per annum.”
We give the following extract which is the first,
paragraph from the first article in the paper before
us, as a good sample of the jargon of those lunatics
yclept spiritualists:
SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS.
Explaining Creations , Subversions, Redemptions, and
Harmonies, and their relations to each other—with
((pious iUustrat ions.
part in.
THE PROGRESS OF CREATIONS.
[COXTINUKD.]
81. When these infinite activities have reach
ed near the end of the transition passage, or fourth
series of progression, as to be perceived as light,
proceeding at" the average rate of say two hundred
thousand miles in eight minutes, the straight lines
have become so spirals, us that tue ingenuity of man
in some of its elevated states, has been able to per
ceive its spirals. As it proceeds toward creations,
its velocities become less rapid, and its opiraiity
greater, until, to aIJ finite perception, it appears to
rest in what we call the “lootstool,” “carta or ma
terial substances of creation. (See No. 35, 111. j,
3,4, &c.)
The Christian Spiritualist is the organ of the char-'
tercel “Society for the diffusion of spiritual knowl
edge,” of which cx-Goveruor Tahnudge, whose lu
nacy we have-several times exposed, is president.
So that any body who wishes to know what this
association of crazy folks is doing, can keep posted
up by subscribing for the paper which heads this
notice',
I
The Scientific American
i Published weeekiy, at 128, Fulton street, N. Y.,
| (Sun Buildings) by Munn, & Cos., at £2 per annum,
is a paper which every mechanic, as well as those
who wish to keep up with the improvements in the
Mechanic Arts, should subscribe lor.
Godey for July
Is ca our table. This is thelirst number of the
2d quarter of a century this Magazine has been in
existence. It has been some time since we have
seen Godey, and since wo saw it last, it has chang
ed a good deal in its appearance and contents.—
More of its spaco is devoted to fashions, needle
work, embroidery and cookery. And this renders
it emphatically the Lady’s Book.
Georgia Home Gazette.
See advertisement in retcrenco to the above pa
per. We heartily wish all such prints may meet
With the deserved misfortune of-being compelled
to purchase anew and larger mail book to hold the
names of their cash-paying subscribers.
The South-western News
Is the name of anew -Democratic paper, just start
ed in Ainurieus, by Messrs..!. T. & J. L. I). Regis
ter, Editors and proprietors, and John Carr Brown,
assistant Editor. ■ Tno JVews is published at per
annum, in advance, and we hope the proprietors so
much success that they may have to employ a muu
to count their monoy.
[communicated.]
To the,, ,Editor of ths Lidepeud-t.d Press .•—The
Warm Springs in Meriwether county ar 9 the most
delightful Summer retreat wo have ever visited,
whether wo view, the'elevated locality, the purity
of the atmosphere, the virtue of the waters, the ef
ficacy of the baths, the cottage aspect, or shady
groves. Nature seems to haye cliosou this rural
retreat for thedisplay of its wonders in the produc
tion of a mineral spring, the temperature of tho
waters, which in the vicinit. ’ aro Chalybeate, Sulphur
and Freestone varieties, sash and pure from Moun
tain reservoirs. While our Speakers and writers
boast of«the agricultural, mineral, educational and
industrial resources of Georgia, we will add, its
mineral waters, in different portions of tho State,
secluded m the mountains and on tho public high
ways, affording a Summer home for all the boasting
patrons of the South, free from the necessity of
scattering our pocket change among the opposers
of our institutions and the enemies of tneir country,
are not unworthy of mention. There need not be
any rivalry or jealousy between the watering pla
ces of Georgia, from Catoosa to tho Southern bor
der line, if our people will sustain home enterprises.
But we fear that as long aa there is a Baroum, a
boxing match, a foot race, or athletic tilt, a foicign
humbug or home field preacher north, curiosity
will subsidize the judgment and lead astray the un
wary, if not the more sedate.
Suppose we have a Southern Mineral Spring
CONVENTION, this Summer, for the purpose of
considering tiic rights of the South and form a tin or
gourd or silver cup party, the gourd-headed as
sociation, and resolve that we will not trade with
Boston and freesoii confederate!, unless we can
save a picayune on tho hundred dollars by the op
eration —that foreigners shall bo entitled to vote al
ter declaring their intention of emigrating to our
unoccupied territories, by proxy —that Indians are
human beings and all men are born free and equal
except white men—that we are opposed to dis
criminating in favor of the poor against tho rich—
that we had rather fight for Cuba provided it would
come cheaper—that it is more flattering to have the
approbation of England on certain questions, than
the poor approval of conscience, when we remember
we arc commanded to obey our Parents—that
Henry Ward Stows be nominated corresponding
Secretary for foreign affairs—that we are peculiarly
attached to tho sweet Irish brogue—that the
English language is not adapted to the wants of the
age, and that compositions and speeches are high
ly embellished when interspersed with quotations
from the Continental tongues, beyond the compre
hension of the whites. That tiie names of rivers,
battles, generals, cities, &c., in tho East are very
pretty and easy to pronounce, and that we would
read the news if we could get more frequent and
voluminous accounts —that we are opposed to the
adjournment of Congress, free trade and sailors’
rights.
In conclusion, I will mention that what 1 have
said in relation to the Warm and and other springs
is a Coup d'etat to save expenses during Summer.
I take the papers and thereby have found out that
there is an Independent Press in your rising town.
Von are getting to be respectable folks. Success
to your bold enterprise. Hurra l'or all the Young
Americans.
If I can borrow your paper you will not blame
me for uot subscribing, so I will try to procure you
one additional subscriber.
An old Putnam friend whom we have met, in talk
ing over the past, expressed a desire to see the
verses composed on the parties in the days of “Ben
and Nick” and “Limping Dick” &c. You will pro
voke many a smile and pleasing recollection by .pub
lishing them. Y r our's, June.
[communicated.]
A Fishing Party in tiie Glades.
At an early hour, on Saturday, J une 24th, and
according to previous arrangement, the young gen
tlemen and bachelors, each one with his horse and
buggy, repaired to the place assigned him for his
partner, and then proceeded to the spot appointed
for fishing on Sugar Greek. After spending some
hours in fishing, the party retired to a nice, shady
grove of beech and other growth, under which a
table was prepared, and a good, nice dinner served
up. After dinner, some hours were spent in social
conversation and other amusements. Tho party
then broke up and the gentlemen took each young
lady to her respective place of abode.
We presume the hooks baited and hung out, and
tiie larger fish, will be taken in at some future
time. J. p.
LOCAL ITEMS.
The mercury here, for the last weeM lias ranged
from to to 100 degrees. Everything i* uttering for
rain.
On Wednesday was the examination ofthe pupils
of the Eatonton Male Academy. We could not nutl
time to attend, but learn from a gentleman who was
pieseut that the exercises wore highly creditable to
Teachers and Pupils. ",
Being absent from town on Thursday we were
also debarred the pleasure of attending the exami
natiod in the Female School. Wc were present at
the Exhibition and Concert at night, and can say un
reservedly, that we never attended one with which
we were better pleased. Tiie scholars are mostly
small, and hence it required the more trouble and
labor to prepare them for the occasion. They, were
well prepared, and every thing passed off admira
bly.
\\ e cannot fail to express our pleasure at the re
marks made by Win. Sparks, Esq., of Louisiana, for
merly of this place, on being called out at the close
ol the exercises. Mr. Sparks is a ready and fluent
speaker, and accomplished gentleman.
ft 0 regret to learn that such are the Mail arrange
ments,..that our paper, which is mailed here ' and
leaves in tno Stage every Saturday, docs not. reach
the Glades X Roads, in this county, until the Satur
day aber it is mailed. One week traveling from
here to the Guides 1 Wc hope the proper remedy
will bo applied. 1
WEEKLY SUMMARY.
FOREIGN.
New York, June 25.
The steamer Atlantic, has arrived
with three days later advices,
Liverpool Market— Cation. —The
sales for the three days reach 20, 000
bales. New Orleans Fair 0 1-2, Mid
dling 5 3-8, Fair Upland 6 1-4, and
prices rather in favor of buyers, but
there is no quotable change. Specu
lators took 8,000 and exporters 2,000
bales.
general intelligence.
Silistria still holds out, and there-is
no Other,news-of importance.
Admiral Napier exchanged shots
with Helsingfors but nothing decisive
resulted.
J here had been considerable fight
ing at the outposts of Silistria, the Rus
sians making immense sacrifices to car
ry the place, but it was thought Silis
tria would hold out until the allied
troops arrived.
I he fleets in the Black Sea remained
quiet,
Omar Pascha was at Shumla and
Paskiewitch at Kaisy.
h egotiations were busily carried on
but results obscure. It was reported
that the Czar regrets the Austrian note,
and is collecting Cossacks to theaten
Transylvania,
I he result of the Austrian and Prul
sian conference at Teschcn was not
known, but w&s supposed to be favor
able to the Western Powers.
It was reported that the Turks made
a sally from Silistria on the Bth, and
destroyed the approaches of the be
siegers.- „ .
Admiral Napier anchored off Swea
bourg and ox.knnged shots with Hel
singfors, ' ; •
Russia has voluntarily permitted Eng
lish and French merchant ships to leav«
Odessa. . ~ jL ..
The allied fleets had destroyed a re
doubt at Kale, Schamyl had captured
the important fortress of Usturghet,
and was marching on Tiflis with GO,-
000 men,
- The reports regarding the negotia
tions were conflicting. One report
says that Russia will vacate the Prin
cipalities, provided Stalnongus is re
stored, and another, is that she refuses
everything, lEHg | '
The London Standard states that the
British steamer Encounter, and the U.
S, Sloop. Plymouth were engaged in
the attack on the imperialists at Shang
hai on the 14th of April, and that one
American was killed and four wound
ed.
The Russian fleet was before Singa
pore.
The latest dates from the ship Ori
ental, state that the vessel and cargo
will be a total loss.
The first detachment of troops for
Cuba left Cadiz on the Ist of June..
The only notable event that had
lately transpired in England, was the
re-opening of the Ciystal Palace, in
presence of her Majesty, the Queen and
with all the customary pomp and gran
deur requisite to so important an event.
Progress of tiie War.— Merssa-
Pacha, the Turkish Commander at
Silistria, had been killed.
The Russians are reported to have
sustained heavy losses in their endeav
ors to capture the fortress
The latest intelligence received bv
the Atlantic announces that a rumor
was current that the Russians had ex
ploded a powder magazine at Sillistria,
and that many thousand persons had
been killed thereby.
Twenty-two transport ships had ar
rived at Varna with allied troops on.
board.
A portion ofthe combined fleets had
withdrawn from Sebastopol for the pur
pose of conveying troops from Constan
tinople to Varna.
The whole English light division had
arrived at the latter place.
The English vessels on the Baltie,
had destroyed many Russian gun-boats
and merchant ships in-the Gulf of Fin
land. They set wharves on fire and
occasioned an immense loss of prop
erty.
A portion of the combined fleet had
left for the Circassian coast.
The blockade of the Danube had
been officially announced.
The Turks had retired from Lesser
Wallachia, and were concentrating at
Kalafat.
The Russians were fortifying Jassey.
It was rumored that the Russian
troops were concentrating a large force
in Moldavia.
life frontier of Transylvania is rep
resented as swarming with Cossacks.
The Chinese Revolution, &e.—
1 he last advices from China inform us
that the Emperor’s position was verv
critical. The rebels were still carry
ing all before them, and Pekin was ex
pected to fall in to their hands in about
a fortnight. •
Manilla and Austria. —Late ad
vices from Manilla announce that an
insurrection had taken place there, but
we have no definite knowledge of the
circumstances which led to it.
from Washington;
Cuba.—A letter from Washington
says that the utmost anxiety is mani
fested in all circles in that city, to as
certain the precise truth with regard
to the movements of the Cuban fili
busters. A prominent member of
Congress from South Carolina offered
last evening to bet SI,OOO that Cuba
would be annexed to the United States
in the less than forty days, and no one
present was bold enough to accept the
offer. Still there are many who do
not believe that any expedition for Cu
ba is projected at present. They be
lieve the rumors from the Southwest
to be started for the express purpose of
alarming the Spanish Government, and
inducing it to accept the offer of our
Government, for the purchase of Cuba.
Our Charge to Sardinia. —It is
due to Mr. Daniel, our charge to Tu
rin, says the Union, that wc contradict
the statement going the rounds to tho
effect that he had either resigned or had
been recalled. There is no truth in
either aspect of the statement. He is
at his post, and in discharge of his du
ties, and so likely to remain, so far
we have any information.
A despatch in the New York Jour
nal of Commerce, says the Sentinel of this
morning says, that rumors are afloat
that the President is about to give the
Governorship of Kansas to a non-slave
holding man, whose opinions upon the
territorial bills are unsound or unkown.
The Sentinel complains, ir this be true,
that the President will nullify and ab
rogate the intent of tho bills.
The Washington correspondent ol
thaN, Y. Tribune , says:
“The Anti-Nebraska Address is ma
king a great commotion among South
ern ex-Whigs, such as Clayton, Daw
son and Dixon. They are shocked to