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| THE INDEPENDENT PRESS’' I EATOKTOK. GA. BSATURDAY MOPNIXU, JULY 1, 1834. f l }r. order to extend the circulation of our journal ■tS-we make the following reduction to those who form » clubs. It is intended to apply only to now sub- K ecribers. ■ Post-masters are requested to act as agents. — P When any person makes up a club, and the money I ia paid over to him, it must be at the risk of sub- F ecribers, and not at ours. I The person making up the club will bo entitled \ ' to one copy gratis. ; isr club rates, m m l" Jr 3 Copies, $5 00 * ft 8 00 10 “ - • ~ - 13 00 15 - 20 00 20 25 00 OUR SUBSCRIBERS. Our subscribers who do not live in tqwn, Will please call at our office and got their papers, ns we are not allowed, by law, to put them iu the Post Office. tfO CORRESPONDENTS. riW* Correspondents who live iu town, or in the county, must drop their Divers in our box at the Post Otfiea No notice will be taken of those which come any other way. Wanted. Two f><\vs, flora 14 to 18 years of ago, arc want ed at this Office, to learn the art of printing. 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. , . . . --- -VC* ***♦*■; - 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