The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-24 00:00:00

NEW MUSIC.

Dunham Massey Waltz.
Bradgate Park Quadrilles. By Theodor Herman.

Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
It is sa unusual to meet with anything really
attractive among the ,heaps of new music issued
every week that we are somewhat refreshed by
this waltz. It carries a degree of original spirit
and pleasing melody, alike agreeable to player and
dancer, and, moreover, is not at all difficult. We
can warmly recommend it to those who unite fan-
tastic fingers to.‘!
i fantastic ~ toes." The " Qua-
drilles," though n our opinion less inviting, will
pass muster in the average of such compositions.
They are well accented and easily executed—two
qualifications which will render them acceptable
additions to the folio of dance music.

BAILWATS AND REVOLVERS IN

GEORGIA.

Th 9 following letter has been addressed to the
editiir of the Times :

" Sir,—ln reply to the two letters in your paper
of the 18th inst., relating to the Georgia railway
occurrences, I will say that I am an Englishman,
that I went to Louisiana in 1828, wanting at the
time of my arrival only two months to be of age ;
I applied some time after for papers of citizenship,
as a minor, but found that the law said, " minors
under 18," and therefore an oath was proposed to
me which I would not take and never have taken,
and have never voted or offered to vote at any
State or Federal election. Ever since 1,828 I have
been a resident of Louisiana.
I am married to a native of Louisiana, than
whom there is no stronger lover of her country and
its constitution, and in this she is only my equi3l ;
her children (for she was a widow), two of whom
are of age, have been brought up with the same
feelings. Where, then, may I ask the first writer,
is the motive for elee,ioneering, especially in favour
of the North ? Where the motive for casting odium
upon the United States, or the South, or Georgia ?
The motive for publishing the account was pure ;
it was thought that it might do good ; of myself I
should not have done it, but it was considered a
duty by those to whom I owe deference ; the sup-
pression of my name was deemed a matter of per-
sonal safety, and the delay of publication was one
of necessity.
The second writer attempts to disprove it by par-
ticulars, only two of which require noticing, for
such as are not mere surmises of its falsity on ac-
count of its horrors may be left to the narrative
itself.
The first is as to the time of starting from Macon.
Has he the date of the railway guide he mentions?
Is he aware that the mail schedule from New
Orleans to New York has been lately altered, so as
to make the time 61 instead of 7 days ? Did his
friend go to Augusta via Macon or Atalanta? (Via
Macon is the mail route, and an acquaintance told
me that an American had said there was no railway
from Macon to Augusta.) I ask these questions
that he may satisfy himself.
The second is that the companion of the young
woman got out to return to Savannah ; and so she
did. Savannah was her place of residence, and she
could not get to Savannah in the car in which I
was, for it was never changed, but went through
from Macon to Augusta. How she got to Savan-
nah is a matter of no importance.
There is also another item—viz. my change of
place—which I did not mention. When the young
woman got up to read the address that was written
for her she stood at the bench on which I was re-
clining ; when she failed and throw aside the paper
she asked B's father, who stood behind her, to
appeal to me personally ; upon hearing this I sat up,
when he pushed her almost upon me, telling her to
ask me herself. Then, fearing she might do so,
and wishing to avoid the necessity of a positive anal
verbal refusal, I rose up and, lightly pushing past
her, changed my seat. If I had entered into every
detail the length of my narrative would have been
doubled ; the conciseness, which is wrongly attri-
buted to coolness, is the result of my deliberation,
and was done to give it that force which one of the
writers is impelled to acknowledge.
There are many other remarks which I need not
notice, as they are only suppositions, and do not
affect the truth of the narrative. If the inquiries
and exertions of the writers result in any remedial
good for the future, I am sure that no one will feel
more pleasure than those who have been interested
111 the publication of the narrative, for such was its
aim and object; but as its publication has called
forth so many objecting comments, and as au
anonymous communication of so horrid a nature
can hardly be expected to r ceivo universal belief, I
send you my name and address in attestation of my
veracity, and remain your obedient servant,
JOHN ARROWSMITH,
5, India-buildings, Liverpool, Oct. 22.