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Without Fear, Favor or A fleet ion.”
EATONTON, GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 29,1854.
Our Thanks
Arc tonderefi our friends ior a variety us new
odvertisetnenls this week, \vhieh see.
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Subscribers who do not live in town will
find their pa pears at the Drug Store o! Messrs.
Harwell &Groybill, wlio, besides their drugs, keep
on hand a great many things pleasant to the taste,
and delicious to the pftlate. We have made this
arrangement to save our subscribers the trouble of
calling nt 'ourortieo to gat their papers.
To Correspondents-
We have been very indulgent to our correspon
dents heretofore, and have several times admitted
cmtmmieatiens which wore not exactly up to our
standard. Wc shall draw the reins more tightly
hereafter, and admit nothing which is not well
written.
fcfoiut-of our eorrespomVnls sometimes write to
Vis in a careless way. and do not do fair best. No
one ought ever to write ui til he first detcrni.nes to
do as well as he can do. Carelessness uover yet
nuido a good writer. It has spoiled many.
Wc do not consider it complimentary tons for a
correspondent to rattle 01V pages of loose and dis
jointed paragraphs, and then send them to us for
nublieation. If wo see evidence of such careless
ness in an article, it will be rejected.
Correspondents should be brief if they wish to be
jv ul Remember that you have not learned to
write well until you have learned to condense.—
Ifvoudo not toll all you know this week, you
can have another chance the next. One elaborated
jura graph is worth more than a crude column.
Remember the injunction of the Roman poet:
stvlum vortas, iterum quae digna legi sint.
Scriptures: ne.jUe, te ut nurctur turba, labores,
Couteatus paucU feetoribu.s •
which we take the liberty to' paraphrase as fol
lows :
Vo who would write what may be often read,
Must oil consider what had best be said:
rttrivenet so much to phase the gaping crowd
As those who are with judgment well endowed.
To Post Masters-
We send this number to many of the post mas
jn ilte '-‘ate:m-i ropiest them to act as agerfis.
«Hr tonus aaiDNub rates are found in another col
umn. If any tody asks you what sort of a man
we ore, tell them we arc both handsome and clev
er— -V: OCR of -.•■■■ Tell them that our papier
U-w moreorLeVd matter in it than any in the State,
<>c.-.-rVag of talcs, p oems, criticisms, fun and frolic,
good ivccals and but little politics. If they want
tcVaow our polities. tell them we are a Hard Shell
ItemoeruT. Tell them that we have tried to get the
Whit’s and Democrats at the South to unite in one
body and back those Democrats at the North who
have all along stood up for ns. but that Democrats
will be Democrats and Whigs will be Whigs, so
that we have let these Ephraims alone, joined as
they are to their idols. Tell them that we tried
to get Mr. Pierce to give Mr. Toombs a seat in his
cabinet in order to secure the support of the Southern
Whig party, and that he would, (perhaps) have
dot.*-but for the Federal Union, which said it
didn’t approve such policy, and so our plan was
dele;;tc-d. Tell them that when we have anything to
say. we don't ask any body if we may say it, but utter
ir forthwith. Let them know, also, that our paper,
in its mechanical appearance, is equal to any in
the State. And say to them, finally, that we set
out in the beginning as much determined as ever a
man was, not to brag, or to say anything about the
merits of our p>apc-r. Rut we have been driven
from this determination in self-defence. We found
that if we adhered to it, we would be altogether
out of the fashion, and we have learned that “when
in Rome* wc must do as Rome docs.”
The Magnolia State.
Is tli-.rc any State in the Union whose alias is
the above? If so, we are not disposed to claim it
tor Georgia. If not, then we are. But Georgia
already has au alias you say—“ The Empire State of
the South.'' Yes, and, that is the very reason we
wish it to have another more proper name. Now
if you called it ''The Empire Slate," simply, and
then stopped, it would do very well. But then
you go on and add, “of the South"—just as if you
were to say, “That does very well — for John!"
New York is the “ Empire State - ’ —Georgia an
“Empire State"’ —“The Empire State, of the South'.'
We do not like a name which Implies excellence,
of on inferior order. G eorgia is a very great State
—for the South! —but not for the Union 1 We.
l>ok upon this appellation of Georgia in the same
light that we do upon second honors at commence
ment I '. Save us from these, and save our State
from the patronizing epithet ■'Empire State of.the
Softji! Does anybody call New York “Empire
State of THE North.” We had rather be called*
“DeiiP out right, than “Angel —OK THE BOTTOM-
I.KSS PIT!” "i -* ... y
Well then if we can't call Georgia “The Empire
State of the South,” let her be called ‘The Magno
lia State.” This sounds well, conveys no idea oi
an inferior excellence, suggests no superior, and
demands no thanks for a name given by couttesy.
It would be calling our State after a beautiful in
digenous tree or shrub and would suggest beauty,
prosperity, growth, fertile soil, southern climate,’,
magnificence arid independence.
Change of Editors.
Samuel W. Flournoy, K»|., has retired from the
editorship of tUqCvluodms Enquirer, on account
<>i bad health. He parts 'with bis readers m a
handsome address, and we part with huupith ro
gret. The corps editorial loses a veteran the rcy.
tiroment of Mr. flouri.oy. He filled his post with
more than ordinary ability. Uis editorials were,
always remarkable for their readableness, their u it,
and their stroi.g sensd. Yom always
turned to them with pleasure from the and wastes
of newspaper literature.
We make the following just and truthful c**traeL
frcnn our retiring brothers valedictory. Speaking
of his successor lie says: '
“in his keeping, now, is placed the fearful work
of administering weekly to the desircs
. e tiuiiwinds of subscribers and tnends, whose m,
UecetislKH.ed, will enable them to feel that
he head that thinks for all, and (he judgment that
t c decide for all, may sometimes be at
must d prove fallible without
fault without enme -ni pr t
justly incurring the censure 01 v
“Set the readers of newspapers bear in mind tins
plea for the brotherhood of Tliejuuill-
Mr. l.'lou,»y ~e; , 1U.. and
much happiness in his retiremem. An o. os
W. Thomas, Esq., his successor, wo wt,h abu
dant success, barring I.ls of WU*
principles.
Mrs Sally Poke.
We publish in another column a letter from Mis
Sally Poke of Serubtown.'a highly respectable and.
influential lady in hc-v section. Wc hard > <n(,u
what to eay about We atf, lie is ■£■
which will probably ciu-i' him. wo ill . nd
The Savannah News,
And StWlth Western AVES liave laid tis under ob
ligation by publishing oar prospectus, 'and the
Home Gazette by our cl#b rates. Sod'
prospectus of the Dollar Jmcs in onr advertising
columns. It is edited by Wm. T. Thompson,;.Esq.
author of “Major Jones’ Courtship," “Chfonicles
of Pineville,” and other things which give bond
and security for his making a good paper. The
Georgia J/mke Gazette, is the'only paper exclusively
literary in Georgia, and should be in every family.
The South Western Xrivs is the best exponent o*
the interests of a section of our State which is
growing in importance, and destined to bo the
section.
One of the 3000
One of tbe 8000 clergymen who recently protes
ted against the Nebraska bill has lately 'been
“smoked out” in Franklin county, V t., for having
two wives.
Schuyler, the Now York embezzler of two and
cm half millions, a short time back had conscien
tious scruples about running themails on the Sab
bath. lie had scruples about the mails, while the
Vermont clergyman had none about the females.
Hurrah for Northern institutions I “Woo unto you
Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like
unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beau
tiful outward, but. within are full of dead men’s,
bones, and all uneleanness."
Joseph Henry Lumpkin, jr., the eldest son of
.Judge Lumpkin of the Supreme Court, died at Lex
ington on t lie 12th iust-, in the 21th year of his
age.— Jour, d’ Messenger.
We think that the deceased Was not a son, but a
nephew of Judge Lumpkin.
Our Burial Ground.
We again call the attention of our citizens to
the fact that we have no burial-ground. We have
said before, and we repeat it, now, that the condi
tion of our town in this respect is a disgrace to the
community in which we live. We bury our dead
on the Academy lot in the very teeth of statutory
provision to the contrary; and it is only, by suffer
ance that our friends who take their final leave of
us, can find a place in which to lio down in their
last, long sleep. The Commissioners should buy a
spot of ground and lay it oft’ into small parcels and
expose them for sale, for the purpose of affording
burial places which each family could decorate and
beautify to please itself a till retaining a portion of
tbe land for a common "burial-ground for those who
are unable, or Unwilling to purchase. Even if out
dead were not buried on the Academy lot in vio
lation. oi iaw, it is a fact sufficient to weigh upon us
in the furtherance of a different course that the
graves upon that lot are already so crowded that
the rest of one corpse in its narrow charnel-house is
r.ot unfrequently disturbed in making room for an
other. How long shall this stigma remain upon
our village?
A Pastoral.
The following pastoral we take from an old
“ciphering book” used in Virginia but little less
than a century ago. We do not recollect to have
seen it in print, but do not know whether the au
thor of the MS. is also the author of the poem, or
not. Perhaps the Southern Literary Messenger,
or some other journal in the Old Dominion can tel!
us something about it.
The pastoral has not often been attempted by the
poets of this country. The following is a not very
bad specimen of that kind of writing.
Gay Damon long studied my heart to obtain,
The prettiest young shepherd that fifes on the plain;
I’d hear his gay tale, then declare ’twas amiss,
And Id often say no, when I longed to say yes.
Last Valentine’s day to our cottage lie came,
And brought me two lambkins to witness liis flame:
“Oh! take them," he cried, “thou more fair Ilian
their fleece—"
I could hardly say no, though ashamed to say yes.
Soon after, one morning, we sat in the grove,—
lie pressed my hand hard, and in sighs breathed his
love,
Then tenderly asked if I’d grant him a kiss—
I designed to say no, but mistook and said yes.
At this with delight, his heart danced in his breast:
“Ye gods,” lie cried, “doe will now make me
blessed—
Come let’s to the church, and share conjugal bliss:”
To prevent being teased , I was forced to say yes.
I ne’er was so pleased with a word in my life,
I ne’er was so happy since I am a wife :
Then take, ye young damsels, my counsel in this,
Ye must all die old maids, if ye will not say yes.
Married Man’s .Lament:
A PARODY.
Oft in the stilly night.
Before I had got married,
I till the morning light
In groceries often tarried.
I there did drink of punch and gin,
And with my friends grew merry;
But long alas ! the time lias been
Since I sipped port and sherry.
Thus in the stilly night,
Ere Sally’s chain had bound me,
I drank till morning light,
Companions all around me. -
When I remember all
The friends that drank together,
In grocery, or at ball,
In hot and wintry weather,
I feel like one who treads alone
Some grocery deserted,
Whose hopes are dead, whose brandy’s fled,
And he to home departed*
Thus in the stilly night ,y &
Since Sally’s chain has hound mo
Sad memory brings the light
Or other nights around me.
July 26 th, Iff W
Ode to Barnum-
JlumbuggujA Darnv.mque cfmo.
Barnum, of the buffaloes,
(You will understand I ’spose,)
, Barnuni,- greater than the Stowes,
Foes to,, slavery:
Barnum of the great Tom
Barnum of the Museum,
Nations all are .stricken dumb,
At your mighty deeds.
Barnum of the mermaid fair,
Os the horse without the hair,
Why did you not get a pair
For your verdant dupes?
Barnuni who with Mrs. llgth
Almost, took away our breath,
And excited us to death,
We adoro but thee.
Barnum who with Jenny Lind
Gold and silver much did find
Barnum of capacious mind,
And melodious voice:
Barnum of the ‘Pictured News,'
Don’t we pray thee, have the blues,
Just because the people choose,
Barnum out of print.
Bnrjunn, lately president,
What is now your sentiment
On. the time and money spent
? b -On that Crystal thing?
JulM2 - ', ‘■•if. .
Indian Springs.
• Me have IhadvertenUy fuiledjdioretoflac,ito call
all §pti°» to the advertisement, to- ho found in au
hthei- column, of. tbo House pt ,the Messrs. Var-
at the Tridian Springs. Persons visiting this
fashionable and health restoring locality would n6
doubt find it to their advantage to givo tbo Messrs:
Varner a call.
[communicated.] ■
ScnußTOwx, the 21M«elio, 1851,
Mistur Editur: —As you belong to the religious
and moral portion of the kommunilw, I. tliort I
wood rite you a sue lines to cuinplnno of my sun
Jcoins, and noe uv you of you kant induse him tb
leave oft sum of his abominable ways. Jet-ms is
a smart bay, and eood git along thru this vale of
leers Very well, if it warn't for his devilment. I
have tried every tiling in my power to make Jeems
slay at home uv nites, an do us he'ortor. Rut all
t Icon say and do, Jeems will do as he has a mine to.
A OO I tliort I wood jes rite to you and see of you
cood send me a resect to cure lum of his devilment.
Folks is got to doin things up with so much larnin
and sic-h, that I tliort maybe you would know what
wood do my sun sum good.
I was a redin in your last paper about that table
that trotted acrost the room to show that the sper
rit of the dog was in it, and thinks I, es larnin is
got up that high, maybe it mout be tho case that
them sperrits, Mr. Editur, could tell you what to
do for Jeems. He's eum as nigh on to break in my
heart, sometimes, as c-nny body ken kum. Now
Jeems is a good boy oksept his devilment, and I
jest dar enny boddy to say he aint. Rut ho will
do a heap o’things that aint aecordin to scriptur.
Sometimes he says confound , and es I tell him about
it he will jump up and crack his heels together,
and kominens to sing Possum up the gum slump.
Arid then es I tells him about this he will hm/in to
sing Jordan is a hard road to travel, \vlueh es it is,
it is nothin to him, for I never -Led him a travlin in
it. V unst when ho \yay a sing-in this cliune, in
stead ol singin hiuHs, lie sung out somethin about
Abraham and Isaac play in cards. and then lie kinder
cut liis by e round at me and lafr, jest to see what I
Mould say.
Ses I “ Jeems did over you noo Abraham and
Isaac to play cards—is you got any authority from
Scriptur for sayinso?”
Almost afore I eood git the words out o’ my
mouth, Jeems said, ses lie—
“ Why yes, rna, I’ve won many a half pint from
tho ole follows myself, play in ole sledge acrost a
log at eamp-meetin.”
Now, Mistur Editur, I coodn’t stand this, so I
pikt up a stick a wasagointo mall him. But ho
jumped out o’ my way, and run off a little ways
and pulled out a set of papers that had the dot3
all over ’em, and puts ’em up sorter to his face,
peepin at me from behind ’em, and running his fin
gers over tho ends made ’em snap and pop and pop
and snap, until I was so mad that I coodn’t hold in
no longer. So I railed out, I did. An’ es it hadn’t
or ben that I was or oman, and a cristian onian at
that, I wood a oust Jeems twel he was blue.
Wun nite, not long ago, I mist Jeems, for lie was
gone off up to town, and so T puts out to look for
him. Sumbody told mo Jeems was in the back
room o’ the grocery. So in I goes to see what lie
was adoin. I stood sorter behind the door, like,
jest to see what he was a doin, and sed nothin to
nobody for fecr lie mite see me, Thar stood Jeems ’
at wun eend ova table jest twist as long as it was
bred, with a long stick in liis hand, and Billy Snipes
stood at the other eend with a stick jest like Jeems’s.
The table bad a table cloth on it maid out o’ green
brodcloth, and was as prirty a thing as ever you
seed. At each of the corners of the table was a
pocket, and on the sides of the table was a pocket,
jest about the middle of the table. Then there
was four balls, two ol ’em white, and two of cm
red. Fust Jeems would take liis stick and push
wun of the balls jest as hard as he cood let down.
Sumtimes he wood jest tech ’em. Sometimes
you never lieerd sich a poppin an rattlin in yore
life as Jeems made with these balls. Billy done
jest the same way. Every now and -then they
wood rub c-hork on the eends o’ ther sticks. Some
times the balls went in the poekits, and sumtimes
they didn’t. Most all the time wun ov em was a.
movin’ some big wooden buttons backerds and for
erds on a piece o’ wire that stood over the table.
Sometimes they lade cen a most down on the ta
ble, and cited jest like they was a gwine tosliute a
rifle. Then they kept on a talkin about bridges,
and cannons and sich like. By and by Jeems ses,
-ses he,
“That’s a pony.”
An then lie oust.
Now I could stand the cussin tolerably well, be
cause I een a most cuss somestimes myself. But
when it cums to (ellin o’lies, I can t stand it. 1
knowed that Jeems knowed that tliar warn’t no
pony tliar, jest as well as I knowed it. Soho had
scarce got the words “that’s a pony” outen liis
mouth afore I said “that’s a lie. ’ And as I said
so I jerked Jeems’s stick outen liis band, and lam
med away with it. Jeems jumped outen tbe win
der, and I broke the grocery keeper’s winder glass.
Jest as soon as he was out lie put wun tlnun on liis
nose, and then jined bis other thurn to the little fin
ger on that hand, crooked liis other little finger and
commenced workin it up and down at mo like a
bob-tail dog, and said “Now pay for it, ole lady.”
I tell you I was mad, and es the grocery keeeper
and Billy hadn’t a got out o’ the way, I wood a
lammed them too.
Then Jeems ses, ses lie, “Ma, aint you ashamed
to be c-ort in a grocery this time o’ nite ?.” And
Jeems ses I cust, an ses lie’s a gwine to have mo
up in the church about it.
So you see, Mistur Editur, what sort of a boy
Jcpins is, and lie een a most teazes my life ,outen
me. Es you eood send me a resect to cure him,
you wood oblige V our fren,
SALLY I’OKE.
WEEKLY SUMMARY.
ARRIVAL OF THE
i\icinc.
Kiav-York, July 2-1.
The United States Mail Steam Ship
Pacific , Capt. Nye, lias arrived at New
York from Liverpool, -which port she
left on Wednesday, the 12th inst.
COMMERCIAL ' INTELLIGENCE.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The'
circulars of the Brokers generally state
■ that buyers have an ad vantege of 1 -1 Gd.,
and that there is no revival of the de
mand, although holders offer freely,—
The "sates during the tbrFVdays end
ing on the llthinst., comprised 25,000
bales, of which speculators took 2,000
and exporters 4,000, leaving. 19,000
bales of all descriptions to the trade.—
The Circular of Messrs. Mulligan, Ev
ans, Lcmpriere k Cos., of the 11th inst.
quotes Fair Orleans 6 1-2d., Middling
Orleans 5 3-Bd., Fair .tlpland 6 l-2d.,
and Middlidg_Upland 5 1-4(1.
Liverpool BREApsTirp's Market.
Flour since the departure of.tlidlsriag
ara on the Btll inst., mid declined Is.
per bb 1., and Western Cabal was quo
ted at 85s. 6d., -and Ohio at 80s. Gd.
per bbl. of 196 lbs.
The A? ate oi Trade.—in Manches
ter bhsuMs wff! very dull-.
The Money iflutKET.-A&h tlieLon;
don §tock Jfp. ange on the 1 Uh inst.,
Consols dosed pH 91 7-8.
GENERA L |l INTELLIGENCE,
No battle of Importance had taken
place.
The allied flett had Been withdrawn
from before CVcoistadt, in consequence
of the prevalence of the Cholera.
Tho Russians vere forming a camp
of 80.000 men between Bucharest’and
the Panubo t . .
Prussia was. Endeavor ing to force
Austria into negotiations, and Baron
Man ten fie had l<|ft Berlin for Vienna
to concilliate, if possible, the opposition
which existed there to anew proposi
tion tor establishing peace. The allies,
however, strongly suspect Austria of I
treachery. The *Czar, it is said, will
withdraw all his troops and order them
into the Russian Territory-during the '
progress of negotiations.
It was rumored in London that a,
secret Russian Diplomatist had arriv
ed in that city. .... ’ ,- 1
The details tjf the Spanish insurrec
tion were conflicting. One account
sffys that the insurgents maintain their
position, but the country does not rise?
in their favor, whilst another reports
that they were retreatilig towards An
dalusia, Madrid was Iranquil.
The London Monfng Herald an
nounces the arrival :n that city of
agents authorized by the American
government to purchase Cuba from
Spain.
The cholera at the,last accounts was
raging in St. Petersburg.
It is stated that die next steamer
from Europe will lying out to this
country a Commission from the Czar,
offering to sell the Russian settlement
of Sitka oi’ New Archangel, and other
Russian territories lo the American
government. Sitka is situated on the
West Coast of an islapd of the Pacific
Ocean of the same name, the largest of
George 111 Archipelago, off tho West
Coast of North America.
• .1 Successful Thief.
A Paris paper gives the following
account :
The police have just arrested the
oldest and most experienced of Pari
sian female pickpockets, a woman nick
named from her dexterity, the Main
d’Or. A few days ago. they received
intelligence that several pockets had
been picked aWrai hvay stations, and
that the Main d’Or had just arrived
in Paris. Thinking that she must be
the author of tho roperies, they-set a
watch for her, and saw her in the bu
reau of the Pussy ornnibusscs, near the
Palace Royal. She was finely dress
ed, but preserved an air of demure re
spectability. Several ladies were in the
office at the time; and presently the
police saw her sip her hand into the
pocket of a young lady, and draw, from
it a well-filled purse. They immedi
ately, in polite terms, asked her "to ac
company them, and they carried her
off to the Prefecture of Police. Main
d’Or made no attempt to deny her
guilt, but said it was her first offence,
arid that she had only recently arrived
from Holland, where her husband died
a short time ago. The history of this
woman is very curious. She married
at the early age of 15, and immediately
took to thieving. Her success was
such that she and her husband lived in
a line hotel and kept’ a carriage and
pair. After his death she lived with
different eminent thieves, most of whom
arc now in jail. Iter age at present is
about 67, and for upwards of 50 years
she has constantly practised thieving.
In the course of tint time she has fre
quently been condemned in France,
and also in Switzerland, Germany, It
aly, Holland and other countries.
«f Catalogue of JlSarvcls.
From the Report of the Patent Of
fice, the -Washington ..“Cotton Plant”
compiles a list of wonders.’
The report explains the principles of
the celebrated Hobbs’ lock. Its tin
pickability depends upon a secondary,
or false set of tumblers, which pre
vents the instruments from reaching
the real ones. Moreover, the lock is
powder proof, and may bo loaded
through the key hole and fired off un
til the burglar is tired of liis fruitless
work, or fears that report of his explo
sions will bring to view his experi
ments more witnesses than he desires.
Doors and shutters have also been
patented that cannot be broken through
with either pick or sledge hammer. —
The burglar’s occupation’s gone.
A harpoon is described which makes
the whale kill himself. The more he
pulls the line the deeper goes the luir
poon.
An ice-making machine has been
pattented which goes by a steam en
gine. In an experimental trial it froze
several bottles of sherry, and produc
ed blocks ;! of ice of a cubic foot, wlicn
the thermometer was standing,at eigh
ty degrees. It is calculated^that for
'every ton of coal put into the furnace
it will - make a Ton of ice.
From DrjSrales’s Examiner’s Report
we gather some ideas of the value of
patents.
A man who had made a slight im
provement in straw cutters, took a
model of his machine through the
Western States, and after a tour of
eight montlis, returned with $40,000.
Another had a machine to thrash and,
clean grain which, in fifteen months,
lie sold for $60,000. And a thirD ob
tained a patent for printer’s ink, refus
ed $50,000 for it, and finally sold it for
$60,000. These, are ordinary cases;
while such inventions as the telegraph,
the planing machine, and' the India;
rubber patents, are worth millions each.
Examiner Lane’s report describes’
various now Heel n<-;il iriv-
Aitiono' Hie: c‘ ]:■ i.-ii .■!< ap
paratus, by -which the .
Iy “shocked.” Another issart electric
nloclc, w 1 1 ii• 1 1 will-cos yoti jtqlfe jrqu
what tinm it. is. and lighten, lamp for
you, at any hour you pl&jgHß'
There is a sound yeuthereiytip sort of
huge ear trumpet, to be placed irt front
of a locomotive, bringing to the engi
neer’s, ear all the noises nhcfW perfect
ly distinct, notwithstanding the rattle
of the train.
There is a parlor chair patented that
cannot be tipped back on two lcgd, j
and a railway chair that can be tipped
back into any position without any legs
at all.
. Another patent is for a machine
that counts the passengers in an om
nibus and takes their fares, When a
very fat man gets in it counts two, and
charges double.
There are a variety of guns patent
ed that load themselves ; a fish line
that adjusts its own bait; and a trap
that throws away the rat, and then
baits itself and stands in the corner
for another, ?-
The truths of the Patent *Office are
Aranger than fiction.
There is a machine, also, by which
a man prints instead of writing his
thoughts. It is played on like a piano;
JLaw and Order in the Free
JYegro Stales.
We infer from the following burst of
indignation in the New York Express,
that society in the Northern cities has
nearly reached that condition of an
archy and disorder to which it irresisti
bly tends:
A Reign of Terror,— Wc never re
member a time, (we are sorry to say if)
when Ruffianism and villainy were so
rampant among us as at present. Within
the forty-eight hours past, cases have
come to our knowledge, of quiet, unob
trusive, unoffending citizens being bru
tally beset, by villains and gangs of vil
lains, without the slightest provocation,
and so brutally beaten as to imperil
life. Others have been maimed, dan
gerously wounded, and others again
insulted and assailed, even in the com
pany of ladies. The presence of a wo
man, even, imposes no restraint upon
these scoundrels; itself a mark of cow
ardice that comports well with their
ruffianly character in other respects.
When such acts as these are become
common occurrences we are not going
to stop to inquire whether the perpe
trators are “foreigners” or “natives.”
No Americans would be guilty of some
of the outrages of this kind to which
wc allude, —nor would any foreigner
but those the most ignorant.
Now, these things must stop. They
must not be permitted to go on. If
there is not virtue enough in the law
to shield us, a disposition will be uni
versal to fall back to that,self-protection
which is the first law of nature. The
direct tendency of this course is to an
archy. If assassins and bullies crowd
the streets and stand at the corners of
the streets, ready to maim and to mur
der us, jfperehancc wc happen to wear
a hat of a particular color, or a coat of a
particular'cut-, it cannot be expected
that the more orderly disposed will sub
mit to it quietly. They ought hot so
to submit, and they will not. The en
actment on the statute book against ca r
rying dangerous weapons will not be
heeded. The police authorities, there
fore, must be watchful, must be active,
and beard these wretches in their dens,
or else we may as well begin to con
template a condition of things that will
bring down New York to about the
same level of vice as in the days of the
Bravos! If these scoundrels cannot
govern themselves as American citi
zens wish to be governed, for our own
part wc do not care how soon a sterner
system is introduced among us. If the
time is indeed come when the bayonet
alone can keep the peace, as in most of
the cities in continental Europe, why
let it be the bayonet. We must have
protection for ourselves and our fami
lies. It is a sad thing to see ruffianism
getting too powerful for the civil au
thorities ; but give us martial law —give
us any thing but the Reign of Terror
wc arc having now.
A Conversational Truth.—Wo
men never tire of talking about ba
bies , and men about horses.
There are some individuals thatslight
labor, and treat Mechanics with cool
ness, and sometimes, even with deri
sion; but they, may yet blister their
lily hands.with manual labor. Mark
this prophecy. - ; g
«»'KJJE r JH7 it T./m..n*L-w®
Departed this lifo in Putnam county, Ga., on
Wednesday night 20tli July, 1854, at the residence
of her grand-motlier, All’s. Catherine G. Terrell,
Frances W. Grafton in the 29 th year of her agg.
Her disease was consumption.
The deceased was always mild and iuniablo in
her character, and sweet and gentle in her dispo
sition. The ordinary passions of the human heart
seemed to have no existence in her bosbm. All
the virtues and affections of the heart wereher’s
in an eminent degree. Anger never disturbed her
brow, and it was no part of her business On earth
to complain of any thing.
Such was her character, and such her virtues,
before disease began to pray upon her. And when
death had laid his hand upon her, and slowly
and through much pain, began to draw her to the
grave, it might be supposed that she could not pass
the ordeal, and still retain her lovely, and amiable
disposition. But she murmured not at lxer fate,
and even death could not wring from her one peo
vish complaint.
Such an one as the deceased, could nothut be a
Christian. And when, at an early a&O, She connec
ted herself with tho Methodist'church," and took
upon herself the obligations thus devolved upon
her, it was but a visible manifestation of tho work
which her Maker had done for her heart when he
moulded its plastic form in earliest infancy.
Her companions were much attached to her—
sp much so that as one of her stricken; friends who
watched around her sick bed expressed it, they
‘■‘wished her to live, if for no other purpose than
that they, might have the pleasure of waiting upon
her. 1 ’
But as tho deceased said, in her last moments,
“all is well!” She has gone through irtuch pain to
; the “rest that remaineth for tho people of God.”
Her little bark lias finished its
wave, and left not Uni ripple of au evil deed to dis
turlPthe placid repose of its peaceful pathway.— -e
fcjhe has passed away as a flower that breathed;, its
for a season, and then closed its petals,
and returned its sweets to tho God who gave thoih.
July 28th, 1851. A Friend;
Died at his residence in'Putnam county,on the
19 th instyfßEDuick RaiKey in'tho ICtli year of
his am* v v
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Eatonton, Ga., July Ist, 1854.
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HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR SALE.
HAVING determined, to remove West, I
offer for sale, on good terms, the place Tjjjil
upon which I now live, containing 860 acres, JiIIIII
more or less, lying immediately on Murder Creek,
adjoining lands of Coxc, Lawrence and others.—
This is a good form, with comfortable buildings,
healthy location, good water, in good repair and
well timbered. Crop, stock and plantation imple
ments sold with the above, if desired, Call and ex
amine the premises. If you want more land I
think you can get it and form a first-rate settlement .
Come quickly or volt may La sorry for it. as 1 have
determined to sell. Wm. R. SINGLETON.
July 29, 1854. (15-tfj •
.Wet alt e Ihu'ittl Cases.
SUPPLY always on hand Which can be fur
jl . nislicd at short notice by S. C. PRDDDEN, in
Eatonton, and Win. MeDONALD in Monticello.
July 29, 1854. [ls-tfj
EATONTON FEMALE ACADEMY.
rpHE Exercises of the Eatonton Fe-
JL male Academy will be resumed on /YjAA
Monday 7th August. No pains will be
spared in the advancement and thorough
instruction of the pupil#. Parents anti jSSyjfc.
Guardians would do well to send their' CTy
children ou the first day;of opening as the term will
be short.
July 29, 1854. [2t]
TAKE NOTICE.
rpHE copartenership heretofore existing under the
_L firm name of la noli Davis, is this day dis
solved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to
them, are notified to call and pay up. No further
indulgence can, or will, fee given.'
The business will hereafter be conducted in the
firm name of Davis & Walker. We solicit the pat
ronage of all of our former customers, and the peo
ple generally. Wc promise, so far as we are able,
to give satisfaction to all who may favor us with
their patronage. - Our terms will be CASH, for all
Groceries. ' DAVIS J: WALKER.
July 29, 1854. [ls-tfj
SIXTY Days after date, application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of Putnam county, for
leave to sell the land and negroes belonging to the
estate of James R. Lane, deceased.
July 29, 1854. J. BOWDOIN, Adm’r.
SIXTY Days after date, application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of Putnam county, for
leave to sell the land and negroes belonging to the
estate of Henry Blizzard, deceased.
July 29, 1854. A. J. STUART, Adnvr.
Georgia, putnam county.
WHEREAS, W. F. Rainey applies lbr letters
of administration on the estate of Fredrick Rainey,
late of said comity, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time pro
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have whv
said letters of administration should not he granted.
July 29, 18,54. IV. Ik CARTER, Ordinary.
PUTNAM SHERIFF’S SALE.-Will be
sold before the court-house door in the town of
Eutonton. Putnam County, within the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in September next, the
following property, to wit:
202 Jg acres of land, more or less, adjoining the
lands of-Whitfield, Presley and others, levied on as
the property of.Wtai G. Lee to satisfy a li. fa. issued
by the tax collector of Putnam county in favor of
the State of Georgia, and county of Putnam m. said
Lee : fi. fa. levied and returned to me by Charles
G. Campbell, constable:
Also to satisfy sundry fi. fits, issued from Putnam.
Inferior and Stiperior Courts, to wit: one in favor
of Pharr <fc Snellings, one in favor of G. B. High
tower & Cos., one in favor of Linclt & Davis, and
one in favor of James 11. & T. D. Hollingsworth,
all vs. Wjllinm G. Lee. J. B. FITTS, Sli'ff.
July 29, 1864. [tds]
FOR SALE.
I OFFER For Sale thy HOUSE and LOT
in the town of Katonton. * JflgyL
July 29, 1854. [ls'ltf] B. W. ADAMS.
FO R SALK.
Man". AJDesitublo Lot in the town of Eat out on,, ly#
Mill «,,«■ on the street leading to Madison, ana
containing six acres. Said Lot is in a pretty part of
town, with a fine natural growth, which makes it
peculiarly desirable to auy one wishing to Improve
u pkeei It has all the necessary out houses now
upon it. Anv one wishing to buy,"will apply early to
Eutonton, "July 22th, 1848. [tit.] W. B. SEALS.
ICE! ICEir
A Constant supply kept, on hand by the muler-
J\_ signed, low’down, for Cash, at the fallowing
For less than-So lbs., per lb.Y '. .. .5 ets.
For any cpifmthy b, «^
grotssional lltrantSwk
rTcIIAIIDT. DAVIS,'
iWKNMOStUra IMP ttAW#
EATONTON, GA. J
OFFICE' OVETt VAN MATER’S STORE. ' A®
RESIDENT DENTIST. %
EATONTON, GA.
May 16, 1554. ; ’ ■ • ' i Ml
S. W. BRYAN, I
rota\it; physician;
EATONTON, GA. !
OFFICE up stairs, adjoining the printing Office,
where lie 'may be found during the day, and at
night at the residence of W. A. Davis, unless pro--
fessionally absent. All eails for medicines or attend!
tion promptly attended to.
Reference -TRY HIM.
May 30th, 1834. 4, Y aH
W. A. DAVIS,
c!(!lljoIt,Qlc auir fftail ©pttr :.
Sells Country Produce on Commission:
East corner Jefferson St., Eatonton, Ga. -
April 18,-1854.
C. L. CARTER,
FANCY CONFECTIONER,
No. 4,Carter & Harvey’s Range, j ’
April 23, 1854. .Eatonton, Ga. j-*
~S. S. DUSENBEPiRY, 1
r.isino.Y.ntt.i: r.wl tut
WE warrant to please; all wlio wish the latest
style of dress. Shop up stairs, adjoining the
Printing Office.
AprifiS, 1854.
ADAMS OKOTIIERS/
I.ITO.VTO.V, o*l.,
INVITE the attention of the citizens of Pulnnnr
and the adjoining counties, to their large stock of
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
'confident that they can phase them in style, quality
and prices.
Special attention will ho given to. all orders.—-
Cash paying customers willfnul it decidedly to their
interest to give us a call. '
April 18,1854.
WE would inform our friends of Putnam county
that we have opened the largest’assortment
of ready-made elotbiinr for Spring and Summer t hat
has ever been in the Eatonton market, which we
will sell upon reasonable terms. We have more ofy
the same good bargains wc always sell our custom
ers. Call and examine our stock in the Temperance
Hull. CONE & DEA N IS.
April, 18, 1554.-ts. ' - .o’P;
I. D. miiSON, & CO..
T I'TOI'LD Call the attention of the public gen-.
V\ erally to their large stock of Dry Goods,
Fancy and 'Domestic, Groceries, Crockery, Hard-, ,
ware, &c. Tlleir Goods are all new, having
been recently selected with great care in the
New York avid Philadelphia markets. They flatter
themselves they can give their customers as good
bargains as caii be bought in middle Georgia.. Al
so, call and examine our stock of ready-made Cloth
ing. We will endea- votir to fit all in garments and
in prices. , A;,'-
1.1 M U A DAMS,
EATONTON, GA.
DEALERS in Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff’,
Shoes, Hats, Drugs, Patent Medicines, Hard,
Hollow and Wood ware, Cutlery, Powder and Shot,
Candles, Soaps,' Crockery, Fine Liquors and Wines,
and various other articles. Call and examine before
purchasing elsewhere. Bargains can be had.
April 18, 1864.
SELLHG OFF AT COST!
IN Consideration of the advance of the Season,
we will sell our Stock of DRESS GOODS, con
sisting, in part of—
Bareges, Tissues, Grenadines and Muslins,
Besides many other seasonable Goods, AT COST!
Those in want of cheap bargains will do well to
call and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
J uly 15th, 1854—1 t N. S. PRUDDEN & CO.
NOTI.CIS
CORN IN THE EAR FOR SALE,
AT MY HARGROVE PLANTATION
At 90 cts. per Bushel— CASH.
July Bth, 1854. Wm. DENNIS, Jr.
BACON AND LAUD!!"'
JUST Keeeivcd a superior lot of Bacon fancy trim-**
med;
—ALSO,—
500 LBS. COUNTRY LARD! !
All of which Will be sold low, for HASJfbv
J uly Bth, 1854. [lt] WILLIAM A.JDAVIS.
“LONG & COBB,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
t ttiLL give their attention to the practice of law
in tho counties of Chatham, Liberty, Meln
tosli, Glynn, Wayne and Camden, of tho Eastern
Circuit {: Lowndes, Clinch, 'Ware,. Charlton and Ap
pling otfthe Southern circuit; and also, Nassau,
Duval, and St. John’s counties, Florida. ; ■
Titos. T. Long. | Titos. W, Conn.
May 9, 1854 B—ls
llorSF. PAINTING,
In ils T'arious fi ranches,
TXIKTTED PROMPTLY AND WITH DESPATCH.
Ji-j JIAYIFG a number of hands in connection
111. with me, 1 am prepared to do jobs not only,
TiuFntnnni but in the adjoining counties. Any com
munication from abroad will reach me through tho
Post < M.lice here. lam also prepared to execute pa
pering with neatness, and on goodtenris.
April, IS, 1854. JEFFERSON ’ YVRIGHT^-f
cm.Ar/sr 7.i/‘ i:k /.v
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