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iY, OCTOBER 21,1868.
i Innmuwc Cowpany.
jr’ is now completely organized,
Opened an office on Whitehall street,
Bolling Baker, President, and J. D.
t, Esq., Secretary. They are prepared
i risks at prices which are customary in
section of the country. They are also
epored to sell exchange on the various lead-
commercial points in the Union, upon as
avorable terms as any other office. The repu-
' tatlon of the officers of this company, person
ally and as business men, is a sure guarantee
that all those confiding their interests to their
hands will he faithfully and efficiently served.
This institution has strong claims upon the
favorable consideration and 1 literal patronage
of the people of Atlanta and neighboring coun
try. We trust it may receive its just deserts
in the countenance and support of all those
who are interested in the gsaaral welfare of
our city.
Hrw Advertisements.
Dr. A. Alexander, as will be seen by his
advertisement which appears in our columns
to-day, still offers to the public great induce
ments in bis line. The variety and excellen
cy of liis stock, should incline purchasers to
give him a call.
Mr. H. Braumuller is also in the market
with his fine stock of musical instruments—
He is prepared to furnish as good bargains as
any other establishment in Middle Georgia.—
We commend him to the liberal patronage of
a generous public.
Stewart & Moore offer to producers and con
sumers of flic “Stall' of life,” great induce
ments to call on them.
Godey tor SovcmlHr.
Mr. Wm. Kay has received bis usual supply
, of this valuable periodical for November.—
( We have frequently spoken of the manner in
which this magazine has licen conducted and
§jv“ n each favorable notices of it, that it
is hardly worth while for us to Kay that it
comes nearer filling the ideal of a complete
ladies companion, than any other work we
know of. Call on Mr. Kay for copies.
A II li ill bug well stuck, to,—Wntino Hank
Some months since, our cotemporary of the
Augusta Chronicle Sentinel, was made the vic
tim of a most preposterous hoax, in reference
to what was reported to him as the Wahoo
Bank of Coweta. The Chronicle & Sentinel
was at that time waging a war of extermina
tion against all Wild < 'at Banks, and in his fury
pitched into the above named fabulous con.
e**m, without c\or stopping to enquire. wheth
er the Legislature of Georgia had ever charter
ed such an institution. The humbug was ex-
posed in due time, and the editor of the Chron-
■' y, ' iicl, considered a victim. We had
lost sigh of the celebrated “Wahoo” concern
until y< M -rday, our eye accidentally fell upon
list oi the “Retired Banks” of Georgia, in
'1 liooij m’s Bank Note and Commercial Re-
I'orl i flathinst., in which stands promi-
hc Wahoo Bank of Coweta.” Wc
gest the propriety of a change of ed
itors, of the Reporter, because the present in
cumbent’s greenness in reference to the “Wa
hoo Bank,” shows evidently, that his journal
is a very unsafe guide, in directing those in
search of correct information concerning the
•inking institutions of the country.
Prof. Wm. J. Sasiatt, D. 1).
By flic Board, which met in this city the
loth ilist, this distinguished gentleman was
elected President of the LaG range Female Col
lege, which is one of the first Female Colleges
in t lie Union. The Trustees have been in this
case extremely fortunate in securing Prof.
Sasnett as President of the (’ollegc. His fame
and name are well and widely known through
out this country as one of the most able and
distinguished among the literati of the present
age. As a Professor, as a Scholar and writer,
Dr. Sasnett will grace the highest Collegiate
jxisitions which the country can boast.
LaUnuige College and its friends every-
wheic may now have greater cause than ever,
to lie proud ot their Institution and hopeful
for a bright and glorious career of usefulness,
and honor. With such a Faculty and such an
able and distinguished President, no College
has greater claims and brighter prospects.
The Chinese Charaeter.
A correspondent of the Baltimore “Patriot,”
writing from China, does not give a very lau
datory notice of the Celestials. Hears:
The Chinese are certainly the most pt-replex-
ing people on earth to deal with. There is
little or no dependence, to lie placed in what
they say, and every subterfuge, and cunning
is resorted to, in order, to postpone definite ac
tion upon trivial as well as important matters;
lienee it requircssaiutly patience in order to
treat with them, with a hope of any result.—
The emperor [a young man not over 28 years
ol age. whose intellect is already impaired by
excesses. | is ruled by ids ministers. He sees
no communication until it is inspected by them
and all that they think would lie objectiona
ble is expunged, and only such as they think
will lie agreeable submitted. By this system
it is easily seen how perfectly ignorant he
must lie us to the true condition of the affairs
conncted with his empire. As an evidence of
the perfect state of ignorance in which he is
kept, I will give you an instance. When the
English and French demolished the three forts
at the mouth of the Pei-lio-rivcr, and drove
the Chinese hack into the fields, the comman
der in charge o{ the forts explained his defeat
to the Emperor, with the following viz:—
“my regalstil the lire! attar], of the h rlxtrians, and
iwmetliatelg a fter a great tide rolled in and washed
m.i out oj (he forts, wet our powder, and disarrang
ed all our glanx. at which time the barbarians /an-
dtd in their boats ," . &fc. All of which as
a matter of course, was false. They had over
one hundred guns mounted, besides their
match locks luidjimhlcs, hut had no arrange
ments for training, elevating or depressing
their heavy guns, and as natural consequence,
when the gun-1 mats j mssed in by the forts,
they could only hope to hit them when in
range of their guns, but after that they were
safe: and os soon as the allied ft* ices had lan
ded, the Chinese took to their heels and tied.
In short, they are as ignorant of the arFof
w.r as* tit y are ol the p< w r “I the uati< ns.
who are now trying to form treaties with them
As a nation, the Chinese are by no means a
unit in feelings or language, there is no sym
pathy in tlicir comiHisition, each province has
its own dialect exits in the same province.
T/ic demolition of one province, and destruc
tion of its inhabitants, I Relieve, would in no
wise effect the others. It is barely possible
that those remote would hear of it.
Atlanta Inttlllgiiuir.
Alter an absence of some days, this paper
again makes it apjicaraiicc npon our table, and
in such ail elegant suit of new “do's " that we
hardly recognise it. We congratulate the pro
prietors upon the improvement, and trust they
will realize the fullest measure of success both
politically and jieciiniarily, from it. Southern
Banner.
ibody will convene at the eapitol,
according to adjournment, two weckB from
to-morrow. A diversity of opinion prevails
among statesmen and those learned in the law,
as to the constitutional right of the members
elected in 18o7, to assemble as a legislative
body in 1858. The question has been referred
to the Judges of the Supreme court of the
State, a majority ot whom have decided that
the legislature of’57 can again legally and
constitutionally convene. We can imagine no
difficulty likely to arise from this contrariety
of opinion, except that in process of time,
great conflicting interests may become invol
ved by the legislation of the ensuing session,
when the question now in doubt will be tho
roughly investigated before the legal tribun
als of the country. A variety of subjects of a
general and public character will, in all prob
ability he brought to the consideration of the
General Assembly at the approaching session.
The Bank question, though for all practical
purposes, having become obsolete, yet the po
sition in which some of the leading ones of
those institutions have placed themselves, by
defying legislative and executive authority,
requires the intervention of the law making
power, to relieve the people as well as the
Banks themselves from tfie embarrassing
-condition in which many of the latter have
placed themselves. It is well known to the
community generally, that the Bills of a ma
jority of the most solvent Banks in the State
are not receivable in payment of taxes. This
is a source of great inconvenience to the peo
ple, and though the Banks are wholy respon
sible for this state of things, yet the good of
the community demands at the hands of the
Legislature such measures of relief, as they in
their wtsdom may deem proper to enact.—
The public mind for some time past, lias been
very forcibly directed to the subject of com
mon sliool education. The benefits of a sys
tem of this sort, are so apparent in States
where it lias been adopted, that no reasonable
man who lias duly considered the subject, can
fora moment doubt the importance of the
early attention of our own legislators to this
matter. Whether the members of the present
Legislature are competent to prepare mid ma
ture apian to carryout the views and wishes
of the people in reference to this great enter
prise, remains to be seel). Wc differ, with the
Savannah Republican as to the ability of the
present Legislature ic take proper action in
reference to this movement, Wc beiieve that
there is wisdom and judgment in that- body
amply adequate to an emergency of this kind,
and that all will be done, that can well and
safely be done, at the ensuing session to ac
complish (his object which is so much desired
by tlic people of Georgia. An effort will
probably he made to sell or otherwise dispose
of the Western .'i Atlantic Rail Road, so as to
divest the Kta’e of the ownership of this valu
able property. We have no idea that this
object can or will he effected at the ensuing
session of the Legislature, and we hope it may
not be done. This groat work lias just emer
ged from the pecuniary difficulties and em
barrassments, which have surrounded it, since
its very incipiency. The nett proceeds here
tofore have been ex necessitate rei, applied to its
construction and equipment, in consequence
ot which a heavy indebtedness has chnstantly
hung over the enterprise. The present ad
ministration has paid the remnant of this in
debtedness. and consequently the nett pro
ceeds arc paid into the State Treasury at the
rate of $25,000 per month, making an aggre
gate of $300,000 per annum. This or a grea
ter amount maybe relied on, for all time to
come, and now when our great State enter
prise is first beginning to realise the expecta
tions of its friends and projectors to suffer it to
pass into other hands would lie the height of
folly. Our doctrine is, keep the road. This
cannot die—be stolen, or runaway, but the
moiiev arising from the sale, would in the
State Treasury, lie a commodity of a slippery
character, and of doubtful permanency. The
nett proceeds may he applied to educational
purposes: to paying the current expenses
of the Government or aiding in the construc
tion of other roads, hilt we say by all means,
let the corpus of the property remain intact, let-
forts will no doubt lie made to procure State
aid to works of internal improvement, within
our borders. While we are opposed to an in
judicious and indiscriminate use of the State's
aid. for purposes of this sort, yet there arc
works of imperious necessity, to a large por
tion of our people, which the State may satd\
aid, and is in duty bound to do. We have
thus briefly alluded to the approaching ses
sion of our Legislature, and the prominent
measures wldcli will likely be brought to its
consideration. We shall hereafter elaborate
more extensively upon these various subjects,
as circumstances shall bring them more pi em
inently before the Legislature and the coun
try.
.. . lEHS
> Cobb, Jr.'
TtMlJUid
This case was taken-? np. by. Jhe Superior
Court of Fulton County, on Tuesday la«,
and engaged the time of the Court until Fri--
day night, when the jury returned a verdict
of “Guilty of Murder.” The feelings- of The
community appeared to have been very much
enlisted in the result of this investigation.—
The notoriety of the homicide; the published
confession and execution of Crockett—the
principal in the crime, the unprovoked sacri
fice of the life of an unoffending old man.
(Landrum,) for the sole purpose of pecuniary
gain;—all these circumstances conspired to
make this investigation one of the most in
teresting, which has appeared in the annals of
Georgia Judicatories, for the last quarter of a
century. Radford J. Crockett, Gabriel Jones,
and John Cobh, Jr., were indicted at the last
term of this Court, for the murder of Samuel
Landrum, on the 8th day of April last.—
Crockett was arrested touring the sitting of the
Court, plead guilty to the indictment, and
suffered the penalty of the law. Jones and
Cobh continued their case, and in the interim
have licen confined in the penitentiary for
safe keeping. The defendants were arraigned
at the present term of the Court, and chose
to sever on the trial. The prosecution of
Cobb has been conducted by Sol. Gen. Cooper.
L. C. Simpson, Samuel Hoyt, and M. J. Ivy,
Esqrs. The prisoner was defended by Messrs.
A. W. Hammond and Son, Bleckley and Over
by, and Clark and Lamar. From the array of
counsel above enumerated the public may
lie assured that nothing was wanting on eith
er side to secure the ends of justice, adminis
tered according to law. Judge Bull gave the
prisoner every opportunity to vindicate his
innocence. For four days he has patiently
listened to the formidable array of testimony
offered pro and con, and neither the public
nor the defendant have any grounds to com
plain that they have not been afforded every
reasonable opportunity to make out their res
pective cases. Some twenty-eight witnesses
were examined by»the State. The evidence
was mainly circumstantial, hut there was such
a concatenation of circumstances, all pointing
to the guilt of the prisoner so directly as to
leave no reasonable doubt upon the mind of
anv unprejudiced mind. Our engagements
>toi y for Youth.
the strvulle and the victory.
“Johnny,”'said a farmer to bis little boy,
“it is time for you to go to the pasture and
drive home the cattle.”
Johnny was playing ball, and the pasture
was a long way off; but he was accustomed
to obey, so off he started without a word, as
fast as his legs could carry him.
Being in a great hurry to get hack to play
he only half letdown the bars, and then hur
ried the cattlethrough, and one fine cow, In
trying tocrowd over, stumbled and fell with
her leg broken.
Johnny stood by the suffering creature and
thought to himself, “Now what shall I do l
That was the finest cow father had. and it will
have to lie killed, and it will lie a great loss to
father. What shall 1 tell him ?”
“Tell him.” whispered the tempter, the
tempter who puts wicked thoughts into all
our hearts, “tell him you found the bars half
down and the creature lying here. ’ “No. I
can’t say that.” said Johnny, “for that would
he a lie.”
“Tell him, “whispered the tempter again,
“that while you were driving the cows that big
hoy of Farmer Brown's threw a stone and hur
ried that cow so that she fell.” “No, no,” said
Johnnv : “1 nevev told a lie and I won t
liegin now. I'll tell father the truth. It
was all my fault. 1 was in a hurry and fright
ened the poor creature and she fell and broke
her leg.”
Si having taken this right and brave re
solve. Johnnv ran home as if he was atraid
the tempter would catch him. and he went
straight to his father and told him the whole
truth. And what did his father do ? He laid
his hand on Johnny’s head and said, “My
son, my dear son, 1 would rather lose every
cowl own than that my boy should tell me
an untruth.”
And Johnny, though very sorry for the
mischief lie had done, was much happier than
if he had told a lie lo screen himself, even if
he had never been found out.— Messenger.
Ax Advantage or Fat. On Tuesday niglit
in tills city, in an altercation between a Lynch
burg young gentleman and a stout gentleman
of Richmond, the Lynchhurger pulled out a
pistol and lodged a hall in the abdomen at the
Richmonder. The shooting iron, however, was
not ns murderous as the shooter's intention,
for it could not send the hall through the lilt of
the stout jiarty. On withdrawing the wounded
man’s linen from the shot hole, the lead also
fell out.—Iliih. Enquirer.
sue Washington tilling Bllntl.
The lovers of the sports of the turf will learn
| with regret that Li/.zie McDonald, formerly
Sue Washington, is fast losing her sight, and
I that the probability is that she will never ap
pear on tlie turf again. Porter's Spirit says
that tlu conqueror of Frankfort and Charles
ton, iii a race of sixteen miles, is henceforth
I doomed to a dark and joyless repose in a
. breeding paddock.
he Bible.—It is said that the late revival
ieligion has caused an unusual call for the
Bible. The Wilmington Herald learns
t the demand is such that manufacturers
extending their facilities in order to supply
demand. One maker consumes annually,
lis department alone over five hundred tons
vhite paper, worth from two to three hmi-
d dollars per ton; forty tons of tar paper
back covers : twenty thousand sheep and
t s kius : over half a million leaves of gold
l glue and jsisie without limit. This estab-
iment employs over two hundred persons
its various departments, all engaged in the
nufacture of Bibles.
Cotton Picking. 11. K. Kent ton. Esq., of
Hairis county, has furnished a statement of
cotton picking performed by lour hands on his
plantation, which surpasses anything wc
have seen. The picking took place on Satur
day, Oct. 2d, as follows :
Henry, 657
Daniel, 551)
Frank. 170
Clem, iff 3
Total,
2,158
prevented us from witnessing the whole of the
trial. We had the pleasure of heaving the
speech of L. C. Simpson, Esq., who made the
opening argument for the prosecution. In a
clear, plain and practical manner, he briefly
reviewed the leading facts of the case as made
by tlie evidence, showing most conelusii ley
that there could he no reasonable doubt of the
guilt-of the prisoner. Col. A. W. Hammond
replied in a speech of three hours length, sif
ting the testimony lo tlie. bottom, and made
quite a plausible argument to prove that the
evidence did leave strong grounds for a rcas-
reasonalile doubt of tlie defendants guilt. We
heard only a small portion of the speeches of
Col. Bleckley and Col. Cooper, but judging
from what we did bear, we feel no hesitation
in saying that- those gentlemen sustained
themselves well. We heard none of the
speeches made by the other legal gentlemen
employed in tlie case, hut learn from those
who did, that they were highly creditable to
those gentlemen. The verdict in Ibis case
seems to meet with universal approbation
among the people of this community. When
rend in Court, the applause of the large crowd
of spectators could not be restrained, hut-
manifested itself by unmistakable signs.—
The law abiding portion of this city ami coun
try: and we feel no hesitation in saying these
constitute the greater portion of our communi
ty: are determined in a lawful manner to get-
rid of all such abandoned characters as have
for some time past infested this community.
The diligence which our public authorities
have pursued this lawless vagabond class, du
ring the present year, have had a very saluta
ry effect upon the moral condition of our
community. Loafers and vagrants, are as
scarce in and about Atlanta, as any other city
of the same amount ot population in the
State of Georgia. Wo say let the work of re
form go oil. Let there he no relaxation ol
official vigilance until every man is driven
from the city and county, who does m it make
a living hv some honest livelihood.
Tlie Convention oi' t.'ei-iiiau {societies.
This hotly, which met in New York last
week, and of which A. Schumacher, Esq.. of
Baltimore, was president, intend petitioning
Congress for some new shipping regulations to
increase the protection of emigrants during
their transportation from tiie landing places
11 the interior of the United States. The fol
lowing resolutions wne adopted :
1. ’lih publish in the newspapers, through
out tlie whole country, as well as in Europe,
warnings against buying tickets for ihe interi
or of the United States.
2. To confer with the different American
railroad companies on the suppression of all
hooking places in Europe.
3. To ask the intervention of the Executive
power at- Washington for /he purpose of induc
ing the foreign consuls and ambassadors to ex
ert themselves in favor of the suppression of
the hooking system where it still exists.—
[France. Great Bfitian. Belgium. Switzerland,
partly, Baden, Wurtemlmrg, &c. , &c.]
4. To invite all German societies and other
corporations tofnsnish the NewRork hoard of
the Gorman Society, quarterly, with such in
formation as might lie useful for the emigrants
at their landing at different eastern ports of
the United States.
This body, in session at New York, hits pass
ed the following resolutions :
Resolved, That litis conference petition for the
enactment of a law liy Congress for a complete
protection of femal.t passengers on emigrant
vessels : that the power to punish violations
in all eases which occur onboard of vessels,
foreign as well as American, landing at the
American ports, shall he refered to the Crim
inal Courts of this city, and t/iat the sexes he
separated during the voyage, families exclu
ded.
Itesoli'ed, To petition for the enactment of a
law that all ships shall he required to have a
competent physician onboard, who shall have
graduated, and have his diploma from a med
ical college.
Resolved. To petition fertile enactment of a
law that the captains of vessels be required to
deliver the effects of passengers who die during
/he passage on board of the vessel to the agent
of the vessel, and furnish the consul of the re
spective States with assignment.
On Monday, tlie chairman. Mr. Schumacher,
Consul of Bremen, at Baltimore, .asked leave
to resign, on the ground that being the only
representative from Baltimore, his occupying
tlie position of presiding officer was ineompat-
ibl" with his duty to his constituents. The res
ignation was accepted, and Mr. Kaufmanii, of
New York, chosen to (ill the vacancv.
To l‘nut tiie appetite for Tobacco.—A cler
gyman who lor so many years was addicted
to the chewing and smoking of tobacco, hut
who lists entirely abstained from the weed lot-
over thirty years, communicates to the Imh-
pendent the method of cure which he adopted.
We copy it, hoping it will prove effectual in
many eases :
“I had a deep well of very coni water, and
whenever the appetite craved indulgence, I
resorted immediately to fresh drawn water.—
Of this I drank what I desired, and then con
tinued to hold water in my mouth, throwing
out and taking in successful mouthfuls, until
the craving ceased. By a faithful adherence
to tiiis practice for about a month I was eined;
and from that time to this have hecu as free
from any appetite for tobacco as a nursing in
fant. I loathe the use of the weed in every
form far more than 1 did before 1 contracted
habits of indulgence.”
: fW luu said hi his
«oti.—Mtli Psalm.
Bv Leonard T. Uoyae.
Their is no God, the foolish sinuer cries,
And in liis heart his Maker God defies,
frond of himself, liis tlmnehts to earth cmilmed,
1 Whilst wild delusions tlitacros?his mind.
lie will not know who made theorlis that tty
In glorious order through the azure sky,
He will not see the ronnttess worlds altove
Which through the heavens in wildest grandeur
Who made that twinkling star whose feelilo light
Reflects its glory on the shades of night?
Who bade the moon its daily current run.
And with its sister earth l!v round the sun?
Who mad ■ that comet, which erratic pours.
Its silver light on this small orb of ours?
Who spread abroad the star-lit realms of heaven
• And who to them unchanging laws hath given?
WIki made the hills and spread tho seas abroad ?
Who reared Die mountains, if not natures God?
Alt! tell tne who lit up this world of ours
With radiant light, and pave ! il o'er with flowers?
Did chance enact the laws to nature given
Unerring laws that govern earili and m-aten :
No, no. vain matt tin- Christian's God. alone
Decreed ami sent them from liis loftv Throne.
The ocean's moan, the wild wind's solemn wail,
The howling tempest.alitt the rushing gale,
Tlie lightnings Hash, the deep toned thunder's
roll.
H-.-aven's truth declare, and nature's God unfold.
Front the Journal k Messenger.
Mikoii di Western Hailrontl Company (
Macon, Ga, October 7th, 1858. \
At a regular meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of this Company, held this day—
Present —Isaac Scott, President.
Robert Collins, JohnB. Ross, Hendlev Var
ner, William A. Ross, and Nathan C. Monroe
—Directors.
The death of Emerson Foote, Esq., the|for-
tner able and esteemed Superintendent of this
Road, having been communicated to tlie
Board.
On motion, Nathan C. Monroe and Dr.
Robert Collins, were appointed a committee
to prepare and report suitable resolutions, ex
pressive of the deep and heartfelt sorrow of
this Board, in the loss of their esteemed friend
and former valued audefficient Officer. Where
upon the Committee reported tlie following
resolutions, which were unanimously adopt
ed :
Resolved, That it-is with deep and profound
sorrow, this Board learn the death of their
former able and faithful Superintendent,
Emerson Foote, Esq., whose social virtues,
and long and faithful service in this Company,
hail greatly endeared and attached him to this
Board, and to its officers anil employees as
well sis the community in which lie resided
for many years.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathise wjtli
the Directors ami Officers of the Central Rail
Road and Banking Company, into whose ser
vices Mr. Foote had so recently entered, in
their loss in being deprived liy this dispensa
tion ot Divine Providence, of the services of so
valuable an Officer, who had entered so taith-
fully upon, and had so efficiently conducted
lor the short period of liis administration, the
extensive interest confided to his charge.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with
the bereaved relatives of our deceased friend,
iti the loss of one, whom to know, was to hon
or for the stern integrity and manly virtue
which constituted him one of the noblest of
his race.
Resolveil. That the Secretary of this Board
record in suitable form, these resolutions on
the minutes of its proceedings, and furnish
copies of the same to the President ol the
Central Rail Road and Banking Company, and
to the surviving parent of Mr. Foote.
A true extract from tlie Minutes.
I. II. Taylor. Sce’y.
Counsellor Snap in a Tight Place.- Among
the "criminal” lawyers of this city who prac
tice largely in (Kitty eases, is Counsellor Snap.
Counsellor Snap prides himself especially upon
his skill in cross-examining witnesses, and
claims that he can confuse a witness with
greater effect than the same thing can be done
by any other member of tlie bar. One of liis
methods of doing this is to snap at tlie witness
like an angry terrier, and .then so hi abuse
him. lor any hesitancy or emharassment, as
to render the testimonv conipanitivelv value
less.
A day or two since, wo were in tho Court
of Quarter Sessions while Counsellor Snap was
trying a case, lie had on the stand a very
mild, timid and nervous witness, whose testi
mony had borne strongly against his client.—-
had testified that the counsellor’s client, “had
no money whatever.” The counsellor, with
a look, emphasis and gesture, like that of a
cannibal, eager to devour a a ielim, opened as
follows :
“How are you so werry sure that my client
had no money/ Do you exercise wigil.mce
over his pocket-book l”
“No sir, I knows it. ’Cause why ? He told
me so.”
“When did he tell yon so?”
“This morning-’?
“Where, sir ?”
“In this very room.”
“What did he say. sir? Come, no prewari-
eutum. Give us his werry words.”
•-] don't like to answer that question, sir."
“Ha ha! So you are afraid to answer,-are
you ! I knew 1 should drive you into a close
corner. Come, out with it—we want no
shirking here.”
“Well, if I must, I must. I asked him for
the loan of five dollars, and he said lie couldn’t
let me have it. because you had rolllu-d him of
every centof his money : and if lie didn't get
out of your clutches, liis family would starve
while he went to prison.”
Counsellor Snap had no more questions to
ask. “Prewarication” like this didn’t suit
him, and in less than five minutes afterwards
the foreman of the jury announced a verdict
against his client. The last we saw of Coun
sellor Snap, he was being collared by a coun
tryman for kicking a four pound terrier across
the street. Counsellor Snap should learn to
hear disappointment with more equanimity.-
Philadelphia V. S. Gazette.
The Atlantic Telegraph.- LaUsl Accounts.
Letters from Valencia report that although no
improvement had taken place in the electrical
condition of the Atlantic cable, the fault did
not get worse, for occasionally considerable
and distinct "reversals” from Newfoundland
were discemable. The opinion that the prin
cipal fault in the cable is near the shore, daily
gained ground, although Professor Thomson's
opinion was directly opposed to such a propo
sition. It was supposed that something would
be done towards under-running and* repairing
the cable during October, which is generally a
fine month on the Irish coast.
Mr. Henley’s gigantic magneto-electric ma
chine had arrived at Valencia and been put in
to operation, and with the aid ot this instru
ment Mr. Henley hoped to he able to work
through the cable during some part- of each
day. even if the fault should prove irrepara
ble. It was the unanimous opinion of nearly
all at Valencia that tlie laying of ten or t\\ eh e
miles of the thick shore end of the cable would
tend permanently to obviate a great many of
the difficulties with which the electrical de
partment of the undertaking has been inter
rupted. Beyond, the continuance of experi
ments nothing was (>> he done with the cable
until tin- preconcerted experiments at both
termini of the line had been made. —Baltimore
San.
Iff 3 A strange event took place near <'ol-
mbia. in California says the Sa
tuhhia. in California says the San Joaquin
Republican ot Aug. 2<th. A person who had
beenabout the town for a long time, and had
never done a days work in the mines, was re
cently driven by want of means to live, to ob
tain a jiiek or shovel and sally forth to try his
fortune at gold digging. He worked with hut
|ft“ “A person who was recently called in \ little success for two days, hut on the third he
court for the purpose of proving the correct- | dug up a lump of gold, nearly pure, which
ness of a doctor’s bill, was asked by the law- ' weighed seventg-twopounds ! The lucky fellow
y Cr whether “the doctor did not make sever- j took his piece to the office of Wells. Fargo &
id visits after the patient was out of danger ?” ; Co., in Columbia liy whom it was valued at
“Ho,” replied the wiGloss, “I considered j fourteen thousiind tlollars. The place where the
the patient in danger as long as the Ax-tor ' monstrous nugget was dug is within a mile or
continued his visits.” two of Columbia,
A Christian Temple.—He who rears up one
child in Christian virtue, or recovers one fel
low creature to God, builds a temple more
precious than Solomon's or St. Peter’s, more
enduring than earth or heaven.
Folly Exalted.—A fool in a high station is
like a man on the top of a high mountain-~
every thing appears small to him, and lie ap
pears small to everybody.
|§f“ A writer in the Troy Budget, says that
one dollar’s worth of sulphur thrown upon the
fire in the forecastle would have saved
the Austria and her living, precious freight.
|jjf° There is a town in Michigan, where the
churchbell is rung every day at twelve o’clock,
for the people to take their quinine, as they
have the ague all ronud.
“[ have turned many a woman’s head,”
1 masted a young nobleman of France," Yes,”
replied Talleyrand—“a wag frvni you."
“Well, Jem, what is a commentator?”—
“Why, 1 suppose it must he the commonest of
all taters,” was the reply.
Jgp The folowing good sentiment we find
in tlie opening address delivered last mouth
before the American Institute.
"Franklin and Morse.—One tamed light
ning, and the other taught it to write.”
The Private CiDwtt^ThgTxxige qf TMD. of
6. F. * at Woodstowrififeterrained to have their
lodge room: done up <fean and uiee, and lt was
resolved unanimously that Mrs. K. should lie
employed to do the job.
After the' meetingtiad adjourned, the guar
dian, who knew the inquisitiveness of Mrs. K.,
procured a billy-goat and placed him in a clos
et that was kept as' a reservoir for the secret
things. He then informed the lady ol the
wishes of the lodge, and requested her to come
early next morning, as he would then he at
leisure to show her what was, and what was
not to be done.
Morning came,' and with it Madame K.,
with her broom, brushes, (mils, tubs, &e., pre
pared and firmed for the'job, and found the
guardian waiting for her.
‘Now, madam,’ said lie, ‘I’ll tell you what
we wan't done ; and how we (ante to employ
you.—The brothers said it was difficult to get
anybody to do the job and not be meddling
with the secrets in that little closet; we have
lost the key, and cannot find it to lock the
door : I assured them that you could be depen
ded upon.’
•Depended on !’ said site,‘I guess I can. My
poor dead and gone husband, who belonged to
the Frec-Masons, or Anti-Masons, I don’t know
which used to tell me .-ill the secrets of the
concern, and then he showed me all the marks
the gridiron made when lie was initiated, and
told me liow they killed poor Morgan. 1 nev
er told a living soul to this day. If nobody
troubles your closet to find out your secrets
till I do, they’ll lay there till they rot—they
will.’
0T I. G. Seymour, Esq., the President of
the New Orleans Associated Pifss gives notice
'I thought so,’ said the guardian ; ‘and now
I want you to commence in that corner and
give tlie whole room a decent cleaning ; and I
have pledged my word and honor for the fidel
ity of your promise ; now don't go into that
closet: and then left the lady to herself.
No sooner had she heard the sound of his
foot on the last step of the stairs, than she ex
claimed :
‘Don’t go into that closet. I’ll warrant there
is a gridiron, or some nonsense like the Anti-
Masons, for all tlie world I’ll lie bound. I’ll
just take a peep and nobody'11 lx: any wiser,
and I can keep it to myself.’
Suiting the action to the word she stopped
lightly to the forbidden closet - turned the
button—which was no sooner done than ‘hah,’
went the billy goat with a spring to regain liis
liberty, which came neat* upsetting her lady
ship. Both started for the door hut it. was fill
ed with implements for house cleaning and all
was swept clear from their position down to
the bottom of tlie stairs.
The noise and confusion occasioned liy such
uncerimonious coming down stairs, drew half
the town to witness Mrs. K’s efforts to get from
under the pileot pails, tubs, liroomsaiui '(rush
es, into the street.
Who should be the first on the spot lint the
rascally door keeper : who after releasing tlie
goat which was a cripple for life, and uplifting
tlie rubbish which bound the good woman to
the earth, anxiously inquired if she was taking
the degrees.
‘Taking the degrees.’ she exclaimed. Tl
you eali tumbling down stairs and seared to
death, taking tilings liy degrees then I have
them : and if you frighten folks the way you
did me, and hurt them to ho. t, I’ll warrant
they’ll make as much noise as I did.'
‘I hope you didn’t open the closet madam ?’
‘Open tlie closet! Eve ate the apple she
was forbidden ! If you want a woman t• • do
anything tell her not to ■' ■ i;, and she’ll do it
certain. I could not •• ml the temptation.
The secret was there : i . mted to know it. I
opened the door and •
ter right in my face,
and broke for the sta
jump—I fell over the
as vou find us, all in
,( qicd He- tarnalcrit
i '.i 1 was a goner
rs. with Satan at every
lull, and got downstairs
heap.
-But, madam said the door-keeper, you
are in possession of tiie great secret of the or
der, and must go and he initiated and sworn,
and then go in, in the regular way.’
‘Regular way !’ exclaimed the inly, and do
you suppose I am going near the tarnal place
again, and ride that ere critter without bridle
or lady's saddle ! No, never! I don’t want
nothing to do with the man that rides it. I’d
look nice perched on a billy-goat, wouldn’t 1?
No, never ! I’ll never go nigh it, nor your hall,
mitlier. If I can prevent it no Italy shall ev
er join the Odd Fellows. Why, I’d sooner lie
a Free Mason, and broiled on a gridiron as long
as a lire could he kept under it, and pulled
from garret to cellar with a halter, in a pair ot
old breeches and slippers, just as my poor dead
husband was : he lived over it. but 1 could
never outlive such another ride as I took to-
dav.’
Risks or'J'rsivcUing.
It isstrange that wo ns a people, with our
habits of calculation, do not practically regard
the cost of travelling. Lite, which is the most
precious outlay, seems not to enter as an ele
ment into our calculations: and yet there are
no people whoso cherish the adage of “time
being money.” But strange to say, with all
our love for one, we show a recklessness of fine
other bordering an insanity, and not
lessso even when life is the measure of time
lost. AVe do not propose to deplore the past,
hut simply to consider the question of the costs
and risks of travelling. We are a travelling
people, almost nomadic, and with this char
acteristic, it would seem as with the Bedouins
tin* consequence followed that everv railroad
and steamboat company ltad their hands
against its and ours against them—-mutually
encouraging reclessness in our Atlantic steam
ship experience. Let us prove this figures.
Our Atlantic steamship travelling practical
ly commenced with the first vogages of the
steamships Sirius and Great Western, in 1828,
From that year to the present. 18-38, it is esti
mated that on tin average fifteen thousand per
sons have crossed the Atlantic ocean annually
in steamships, or three hundred thousand in
the whole period. In this same period we
have laid 13 steamships with three thousand
persons lost; or the whole number who have
crossed the Atlantic by steam, one in every
hundred lias been lost. Nor was the greater
part of this loss in the infancy of our ocean
steam navigation. We have in the past four
years lost three transatlantic steamships with
twelve hundred lives: or allowing twenty-four
thousand as the annual number crossing the
Atlantic to and from New York in this period,
one in every eighty has licen lost. It may he
said that these losses have many of them been
unavoidable. But who believes it ? And
again it may be asked how it is to lie helped ?
In this way : As surely as “necessity is the
mother of in vent ion,” if passengers would onlv
go in steamships with water-tight compart
ments, tire-proof, and under good discipline,
we should in no less than five years have
every steamship from this port with these
qualities: and the loss instead of being one in
sixty, would not be one in ten thousand.
To show the great risk of steamship travel
ling over Railroad travelling, let ns examine
tlie comparative risk per mile to each passen
ger. It appears from the best statistics that
in tlie last four years the risk to each passen
ger of being killed in one mile was :
By railroad in France 1 in 100,000.000
“ “ England 1 in 115,000.000
•- " New York 1 in 47,000,000
By Atlantic steamships 1 in 340.000
These figures protest strongly against t lie
managemement of some at least ofourAtlan-
steam-sliip Companies. According to these
statistics a passenger could go from hereto
California by Raiiroad with the same risk as to
travel five miles in a steamship. Who will
say that the unavoidable risks are in tins ratio?
It is questionable that steamships can he made
perfectly tire-proof; and if we obtain this safe
ty in our warehouses, where there is no risk of
life, why cannot we have it on the ocean,
where equally valuable goods and helpless
passengers are til risk ? Me venture to assert
that a fire-proof steamship would always go
full from this port while the memory of the
Austria remains; and we believe that without
this safety that hereafter the danger to life
will enter into calculation of the cost of a trip
to Europe.- Xeir Pork Courier.
A French Belle a Hundred Years Ago.—
Madame tie Genlis, in her memoirs, describes
the taming she underwent to fit her for Pari-
sain society in site hist century :
“I had two teeth pulled out: I had whale-
hone stays that pinched tne terribly; my feet
were imprisoned in tight shoes, with which it
was impossible for me to walk ; I had two or
three thousand curl papers put around mv
head, and I wore, for the first time in my life,
a hoop. In order to get rid of my country
attitudes, I had an iron collar on my neck ;
and, as l squinted a little at times, was obliged
to put on goggles as soon as l awoke in the
morning, and these I wore for hours. I was,
moreover not A little surprised w,hen they talk
ed of giving me a master to teach me what I
thought I knew well enough already to walk.
Besides all this I was forbidden to run. to
leap, or to ask questions.”
.er “One of our exchanges deliberately
charges that there has been considerable “wire
nr The famous “Negro Plot” in tiiis city
occurred in the year 1741. The city at the
time contained twelve thousand inhabitants,
of whom two thousand were slaves. Twenty
white persons and one hundred and fifty-
puHiug” lately between Great Britain and the { four negroes were imprisoned. Qf thesa, thir-
United States.” : teen negroes were burned at the stake, at the
Philadelphia preacher savs that a large , PteSOnt junction of Pearl and Chatham streets
portion of the vouth of tlmt city, when they then out of town ; twenty were hung, one in
g et to lie fifteen or sixteen years old, are in j chains, on an island in Fresh-water Pond, in
the habit of staying at night from their homes. Centre street, on the former site ot the Arsen-
Wc suppose that, ns soon as they get (<> i al; seventy-eight were trnnsjiot ted to foreign |
consider themselves “nochickens,” theycease parts, and filty discharged.—A. 1. Sunday i
to "go home to roost.”—Prentice. \ Times. j
Fro the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian (.let; 6th
Good Mew* from the Interim:.
We have the mxit cheering newtt from the tRut. “strangers should keep away from New
Orleans until there is. marked statement of
in the different districts. Tlie old camp-fires
are blazing brightly, and the true party men
active and energetic, while many of the oppo
sition, disgusted with tlie naked pretences of
tlie black republicans, are determined to sup-
jMirt the nominees of the democratic party
in the coming contest. In tlie sixth district
the chances arc decidedly in favor of Mr. Man-
ley, the regular candidate for Congress; in the
Lancaster district Mr. Hopkins will beat the
notorious Thaddens Stephens; in the Bucks
and Lehigh district Stokes L. Roberts will be
chosen by a decided majority; from Schuylkill
wc have most gratifying intelligence as to the
prospect of Col. Dewart; in tlie indomitable
tenth region the majority will exceed that of
any former year by several thousands ; a let
ter from a very intelligent democrat in the
interior of tne State informs us that the elec
tion of Cyrus L. Pershing, Esq., in the Blair
Congresssonal district, is almost certain. We
also learn that General Henry D. Foster lms
even-prospect of success in tiie Westmoreland
district, white it is highly probable that wc
should elect two democrats in the hitherto
black republican twenty-first and t wenty-sec
ond districts. In each of these districts a can
didate of the most unexceptionable character
is presented—Andrew Burke from the twenty-
first district and John Birmingham from the
twenty-second district. The Erie and Craw
ford district may also he carried by the de
mocracy, on account of a fierce war which is
now raging in that district between the two
wings of the black republican party. As tlie
contest now stands in tiie State, there is
nothing to warrant the supposition that we
shall not have as full a democratic delegation
in the thirty-sixth Congress as we have in the
present.
As to tlie State ticket, that, we think, is
safe beyond the possibility of a doubt. Out-
own counties will run fully up to their usual
mark, some increasing by a large vote, such as
Northampton, Lehigh and Monroe, while in
many of the strongholds of the opposition the
majorities will fall to a ruinous extent. Dau
phin will decrease, so will Tiago, and Susque
hanna’ and Erie, and Crawford, while in
Alleghany the scale will he turned in our favor
by fifteen hundred or two thousand votes. All
it needs is labor and co-operation on the part
of the -democracy of (the State, and tlie
victory will he thorough and complete.
the fever, of which they will be duly advised.
Tlie epidemic is now sustained by new-com
ers.”
Tin- Morals of AIHli-tlon.
‘Sweet,” says Shakespeare, “are the uses of
adversity,
•Which like tlie imul, ugly :iii(t venomous.
Wears yet a precious jewel ill its hand."
(hie of our own writers remarks :
"But for the sorrows of the heart, where
would be the affections and^their strength ?0u
virtures, like certain aromantic herbs of the
forest, only give out their sweets when then-
leaves are bruised and trampled. He who lias
never felt sorrow, we may well assume, has
never known love : since the most precious
affections of the souie arise from sympathies
at need—that are seldom known till they tire
sought, and never sought till they are felt nec
essary to sooth an intinuity or satisfy a want."
The same writer sa\ s : “M'ere it not for the
tears that fill our eyes, what an ocean would
flood our hearts! Were it not for the clouds
that shadow our landscape, how insolent would
he our sunshine !”
Exlrnui-ilinnry Alfuir—$l,MtO,‘JOO TmkisSi
CmiriHy Cotiiiti-rli-ilt-il in -\cu York i>y a
Woman.
An extraordinary case of counterfeiting the
bills of the Turkish Bank is detailed in the
New York papers. It appears that a Mrs. Ne-
vasti arrived tit Syria a short time since, on
her wiiy from Liverpool to Constantinople.—-
The custom house officials as usual proceeded
to examine her baggage. The first, trunk
which was opened was found to have a false
bottom. A further search was made, and oth
er trunks were found to be made in the same
manner, and to have carefully packed in them
forged notes of twenty piastres, to the total
amount ot 1,230.000 piastres, made up in
packets of 1,000 each. The lady herself, was
afterwards searched, and there were found
carefully sewed in Iter under garments. 30.000
piastres of the same notes. The lady was im
mediately taken into custody, where she con
fessed that she had 600,000 "< ’aitties” printe !
in New York, and had passed off a great- num
ber of them in Constantinople. The intelli
gence was transmitted hv telegraph to New
York by way ot London, and on Thursday the
police at tested Mr. Harrison, a job printer,
amj found about $400,000 of the “Caimes” in
his office. 'ITie Courier says:
From liis explanations it became evident
that he was entirely unaware of the true
character of the job lie had lone for the Turk
ish lady. He said that he recollected her cal
ling upon him about the 1st of July, under
the name of Madatuc Zaifnum, and engaging
him to print a large quantity of -what appear
ed to lie labels, at $1 per thousand, exclusive
of the cost, of dyes and engraving. Site called
several times to see the proofs, and at last be
came satisfied with the paper and impression,
and ordered G00.000 to lie printed. She eva
ded his inquiries as to the nature of what he
was printing, hut finally said they were la
bels. Site paid him $1,700 in cash and?a note
for $300 in payment for the job. On the 2Sd
of July she had tlie ‘‘labels’' transferred to the
Astor House, and that was the last he saw of
her. He had not the slightest suspicion
that what sin- called “labels” were pieces of
Turkish money. He supposed them to be
labels to he used on some nostrum or article
of commerce of Eastern origin, from there be
ing Chinese characters upon them. His work
men were detained as witnesses. The ‘Caimes’
found on tlie premises of the printer were tlie
refuse sheets which Mrs. Sevasti rejected.—
Tlie COO,000 "Caimes” which she carried to
Constantinople were worth 20 piastres each,
and the piastres being valued at 40 cents, the
entire quantity of paper money was worth
S4.S00.000. Mrs. Scvesti is a native of Mol
davia and is supposed to he connected with
an extensive gang of counterfeiters in Tur
key.
Mr. Harrison has published a card, narrat
ing the circumstances of liis connection with
the affair, which seetns to leave but little
doubt of liis innocence of any criminal knowl
edge or intent concerning it.
Tea and other Plants.—
pendent of the New
Introduction of
The ’Washington cor
York Herald says:
In addition to the measures taken some
months ago to introduce the tea plant into the
Fnited States from China, inquiries havelieen
made by the Patent Office, through Mr. Meade,
ottr Minister to Brazil, for obtaining tea seed
from that country, where it lias been success
fully cultivated for thirty years.
Measures are ab..ut being taken, through
the Naval Expedition to Paraguay, to intro
duce into the United States the mate, or Para
guay tea; also a valuable medicinal plant cal
led nurd, believed to he a sure specific against
the bites of venomous insects or reptiles, and
a peculiar kind of honey-bee, which htiildson
branches of trees instead of in hives or trunks
of trees, as with the common bee.
lie. H. W. Hi-own.
In our advertising columns a notice of dis-
olution of co-partnership appears, which we re
gret to see, for the reason, that it preceded
the removal from our city of Dr. H. M’. Brown,
long one of Griffin's most valuable physicians,
and a most estimable citizen. The Doctor has
gone to Atlanta, where a larger field is open
before him. and as one of the Professors of the
Medical College there. At his removal, there
is one general feeling of sorrow in this com
munity. AVe trust that his loss to us, may
prove a gain to him. both in regard to success
in the practice of medicine, as well as in at
taining fame its ;i teacher of that most noble
of Arts, the healing of the sick.
In losing Dr. Brown, we are pleased to see
that his estimable co-partner. Dr. S. H. San
ders, still remains in our city, occuping t/<o
old stand, and will continue the practice of
medicine.— Empire State.
Careless Words.
‘Oh, dear!” exclaimed Nellie Martin, as
she came in from school, and threw her books
down on the table, “I do think a lioarding-
school is the worst place in tlie world!”
“Why,” replied Mabel Lee, her room-mate,
‘I thought you liked it ever so much; you said
you did, yesterday.”
“Well, I thought so then, but I don’t now;
for the girls are all the time making unkind
remarks about me—and I mean to sit down
now and write to my mother, and ask her if I
may come home.”
A slight smile spread over Mabel’s counten
ance, as she rejoined:
“I suppose you never say anything against
the other girls, do you?”
“No, indeed, not as they do, I’m sure.—
Why, if I said one-half as many things about
Gertrude Leland as she does about me, I
should be ashamed to show my face any
where.”
“Well, Nellie, suppose you and I each take
a piece of paper, and write down every slan
derous expression that we hear each other use
this evening, and at nine o’clock compare our
papers.” •
“Well, I am willing, but I don’t believe we
shall have anything to write, at any rate I
guess your paper will be blank. If you would
only try it with the gills in the next room,
there would be some fun in it.”
“Take care, Nellie, oi l shall have to com
mence immediately.”
The evening wore away, and nine o’clock
arrived. As soon as the first stroke of the bell
was heard, Nellie pushetUsiide her books say
ing:
“Now, Mabel, let me hear what you have
to say; you must read first, because you have
the longest list. I rather think you have not
much to-niglit; it seems to me that your pen
cil has done nothing but write all the even
ing.”
“And it strikes me that your tongue has
done nothing but run, run, all the evening.—
But I must begin, or we shall not he in lied in
season. I have—let me see—one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten breaches
of the ninth commandment against you on
my paper.”
“Not so many. I know, let me hear.”
“In the first place, when you opened your
books to commence studying, you said you
thought Miss idine was the crassest teacher
that ever lived, site gave such long and hard
lessons.”
“Oil, yes! I remember that; hut it is
the strongest expression I have used, is it
not ?”
“AVe will see. Then you asked me if I in
tended to keep my two silent hours this even
ing; I told you no. not until to-morrow morn
ing; upon that you called Mrs. an un
feeling creature for requiring ns to keep them
all. Soon after that the fire needed some at
tention. You went to the wood-box for some
wood, and accidentally tore your dress on a
nail that w;us sticking on the inside of it- -
You declared that the next time you had a
box sent you from home, you hoped your
brother would have nothing to do with nail
ing it up ; the Tittle scamp,’ I think was the
epithet you used.
“You sat down to mend your dress, but
could not find your thimble; i reminded you
that yon lent it to Fannie yesterday, and you
replied that you wished she had been at the
bottom of the Real Sea before she came in
here borrowing your things. I could not help
smiling then, for I remembered that you bor
rowed hers a week ago, and lost it, and she
was obliged to use yours instead. Aliout 8
o’clock, Sarah came in to ask you where the
history lesson commenced: you told her: liut
no sooner had she left the room than you ex
claimed. ‘I hope I shall never he accused of
following her example; she had better keep
her ears open when the lesson is given out.—
I believe she always hears with her elbows.’
Our lamp went out a few minutes ago. You
called the lady with whom we hoard a ‘stingy
old woman,’that could not afford to supply
us with decent lamp oil.”
“Oh, Mabel! did T really say that? I don’t
remember it. AATiy, how wicked it was. _ it
was entirely my fault that the lamp did not
burn well: fur when I sealed my letter, 1 play
ed with my sealing wax until 1 had nearly
covered the wick with it. AA'ell, please don’t
read any move tome, for I am heartily asham
ed of myself, hi future I will try and keep a
strict watch over my tongue, and over mv
thoughts, too—for I suppose 1 should not say
anv such things if I did not think them first.”
As Mabel lay in bed that night, thinking
over the events of the day, tiiis verse came in
to her mind:
"In the multitude of words there wantetli
not sin: hut he that refraineth his lips is
wise.”
Here Ik Sc.mct Iiiug to Think of.
The number of languages spoken, is 3.0(14.
The number of men is about equal to the
number of women. The average of human
life is about 33 years. One quarter die before
tlie age of 7; one half ljcfore the agaof 17.—
To every 1000 persons only one reaches 100
years. To every 100 only 9 reach G5 years;
and not more than one in 500 reaches 80
years. There are on earth 1,000.000.000 of
inhabitants. Of these 33,333,333 die every
year, 7.780 every hour, and GO every minute
—or one for every second. These losses are
about balanced h v an equal numlier of births.
The married are longer lived than the sin
gle, and above all, those who oliservc a sober
and industrious conduct. Tall men live lon
ger than short ones. AA'omen have more
chances for life previous to tlie age of 50 titan
men, but fewer after. The number of marria
ges are more frequent after the equinoxes—
that is, during the months of June and De
cember. Those horn in spring a re generally
more robust than others. Births and deaths
are more by night than by day. The number
ot men capable of hearing arms is calculated
at one fourth of the population.—Ex.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
AFRICA.
Cotton Qviet hut firm.
MANCHESTER ADVICES IJNFAV0Rah Lk
CONSOLS ADVANCING.
New York, Oct. 15.—The steamshiu A f •
has arrived with Liverpool dates to
COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool Market.—Sales of eotUm ,t„.-
IP \VP**lr oil OOO Koine nf nil.L.1. UflUg
the week 41,000 hales, of which ,
1 cam fcr,.t /• "-'tor
took 1,G00, hnd exporters (1,500 Kales
demand had slackened, but holders were fi 1
owing to reports of damage to the - n "
owing io ic[M ii is oi uamage 10 the crons 'f
sales on Friday were 8,000 bales, of
speculators and exporters took 1,000 1,-a " K ’
The murket closet! firm. The antharitl
quotations are for— ‘ ZMj
Fair Orleans 7£d. I Mid. Orleans..
“ Mobile Tilled. Mobile W.
•‘ Uplands 7>bi | Uplands'..’””"'^ 6 ' 1
The stock in Lioerpool was 498.000 tow
which 428,000 were American. "*
Manchester advices were unfavorable— S0|
were slow of sale, but prices were tiuehane i
At Liverpool, Naval stores were ■' " ni -
Provisions did’.
,ina > amj
Consuls at London quoted at 981 fa 93.3
money and account. ’ " r
GENERAL NEAYS.
No news about the cable; shares in tho it
ntic Telegraphic stock were buoyant, at th,„
hundred and eighty to fonr hundred ari l
twenty pounds sterling. Ul1
The Spanith Government has sanction*,!
the importatian of cotton seed into 1'uKi '
The political news is generally unimport ;mt
Mute Marriage Service in the Kpiscoi.
Church.—It is seldom we hare witnessed L
beautiful a ceremony as tlie marriage of \|j”'
Ellen L , of Boston, to Trust, of pj,^
delphia, son of the well known negotiator j
the Treaty of Giiadahmpu Hidalgo. wl,j,.|
took place on Tuesday in the pretty riarisi'
Church at New Brighton, S. I- Tj[ e i,,.^
couple were both mutes—deaf and dumb f roill
infancy. The Rev. .Air. Irving very slowly
tind emphatically read the service, which Mr
Galludet translated liy signs, with wundc-rfiii
fidelity and rapidity, the bride and groom i,-.
I (eating these signs as they were indicated K
their clergyman. Several times tin- sign-luti-
gttage lingered after the wuril-langnagx h a ,|
ceased, and then the silence which reigned in
the church, and the breathless interest whiff
enchained every spectator, was almost tn\,
ful.—X. Y. Express.
10m
“Great Events in 1858.”—Under thishc a .|
the New Y'ork Observer ranks fiou-thin s
follows:
1. Tiie revival of religion, the most extensile
and thorough ever experienced in tin- United
States.
2. The triumph of the American Tract Su
ck-tv, the greatest moral victory of Truth mvr
Error achieved since the Reformat ion 1M i.l n
Martin Luther.
3. The successful completion of the elect fi,
telegraph from Europe to America, tin great-
est work of human perseverance ami ent,,
prise.
4. The opening of China to the eommen
of tin* world, and free toleration of tin-1 h t j.
tian religion throughout the Empire.
Yi-lloiv FYver.
TlKMltMths iii Mobile In>111 yt*il«*w lever. f„j
the 24 hours ending, at 6 o’clock on s UD( j ai
evening, were 10. The deaths ftotn fever f« r
the week ending on Saturday evening, were25
tin excess of 20 over tiie previous week.
There were, during Monday and Tueslav
eleven interments in Savannah, six (,t ii/.iff,
were of yellow fever patients. 'The interments
for the week were thirty-two. fifteen of whiff,
were caused by vellow fever.
A AA'ike’s Power.—’The power ofawiforfe
good or evil, is irresistiple. Home must lie
the seat of happiness, or it must he forever
unknown. A g- od wife is to a man wisdom,
courage, strength and endurance. A bad one
is confusion, weakness, discomfiture, and
despair. No condition is hopeless where the
wife possesses firmness, decision and economy.
There is no outward prosperity which can
counteract indolence, extravagance, and folly
at home. No spirit can long endure had do
mestic inffuenc. Man Is strong, his heart is
not adamant. He delights in enterprise and
action: hut to sustain him he needs a tran
quil mind, and a whole heart. He needs his
moral force in the conflicts of the world. To
recover his equanimity and composure, home j Macon “for tlu
must l>e to him a place of repose, of peace, of 1
cheerfulness, of comfort, and his soul renews
its strength again, :uid goes forth with fresh
vigor to encounter the labor and troubles of
life. But if at home he finds no rest, and is
there met with had temper sttlleness or
gloom, or is assailed by discontent or com
plaint, hope vanishes, and he sinks into des
pair.
Sharp Practice. The Oneida t liiet relate?
that two young bucks of Stoekbridge. start,,|
one Sunday on a trip tni lin,'on. Tlie u.-ntl,
er was cool and stormy, and at Ktmx 1 Orii-t-
they concluded to go fi, and "lickcr." Middl
ing up to the bar. they called alntul the ime.-
of what they most desired, lmt wen- i«,fonuel
by the landlord that according to the Statutes
oi’the State lie could not scliott the L.nt:
day : “hut.” said lie, --you jtt.-i . all furs l‘>.
and it'll he all right.” This was signihoiit
the bucks aforesaid sharpened up their a|.|»
tito for “shtitin wet." and thought in th,-ii
hearts. what a jolly good fellow i.m
landlord must lie. So they repaired to the
dining room a;,d worried down a »h. !.-
“Now. my cove,” said t
take a little brandy !”
“I told you I sold in* liqt
comes to 2-i cents: '
.411 the words it, welistet s
fail to give an idea of the
gathered like a storm cloud
the travellers, as one mutter
‘•You don't think we ate tl
was hungry did you ?”
Tlie origination of the term, tlie "1 it.-i Unit
ily of Virginia.” is tints explained bv an ,x
change : In the early settleiuentoftliat siat,-
it was found impossible to colonize it util. -,
women went there. Accordingly, a ship ha.:
was sent out. lmt no planter was allowed ;•
marry one of them until lie had diet piid otu-
hundred pounds of tobacco for her passe..
When the second ship load came, is- one
would pay more than seventy-five pounds :o.
the matrimonial privilege, except it wet- 1
very superior article. Consequently, the de
scendants of all those who Were sold fm .!.
bundled pounds of tobacco wen ranked as fi .
ti 1st families, while those who hr,,tight lid
seventy-live pounds are now rank' d a- the s
ond families : and the reason why no • to . m
ever find any of the second lamilie-. isbe.-atis
you can't get a Virginian tn admit that lie-
mother only brought seventy-!!', p.
tobacco.
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A rich man sent to call a pin-.:
a slight disorder. Tlie physh fin h it hi
and asked “Do yon eat well '
“Yes,” said the patient.
“Do vott sleep well ?”
“Ido.”
‘•Then.” said the physician. I < e
you something to take all 1h.1t. i: o ti
it necessarv.”
Got Him There.—AA'hilc a number of laws
yets and gentlemen were dining together at
AYiscasset, a few years ago a jolly son of the
Emerald Isle, appeared and called for dinner.
Tlie landlord told him lie should dine when
the gentlemen were done eating.
AA"ell Done. Gallant Lit ilk Delawakl
Delaware, the State Major Noah tm fit' ' ,-t
when it was all AVhig. ;ot earning in L.-
breeches pocket, is now all Democratic, at:-:
cannot lv confined in so narrow a compass-
At the recent State election the Benin fa'
were successful by 800 majority- a vi ry h..r
one l'or the number of voters there are in that
State.—Memphis Avedunvht.
Artesian AVfi.l in Macon. Elam Alexan
der. Esq. . lias petitioned the City Council
xclusive privilege of l“'n ; -
an Artesian AA’cll or AA'ells up,m suck imea
pied ground or streets belonging to the up
as may be suitable for the same, with the rf-
elusive privilege of the streets and lams f
i the purpose of laying pipes. \i ■. on such ti-iffis
j as may hereafter lie agreed upon."
A Bank of Gold.—There i> a puqjeet ■ •
j loot iu New York to establish a U’Jlioi 1 •
1 which shall us,- nothing but coin in itm •> -
| actions. It meets with the cordial apptc-
of many prominent men, among whomac
1 Martin Van Buren. Roliert J. AValkcr. ioim A
j Dix and John J. Uisoco The Capital h * "y
I $1,000,000. and the revenues arc to K-ficii'i '
from loaning this sum. and chargin- a very
•Let him dine with us." whispctvda limb small commission, front the two.litaidu-fitl- ’
•and wc shall have some tiqi with
Tire Grain Crop in Europe.—The Boston
Journal tints epitomizes the information res
pecting tlie European grain crop of 1858, as
derived from latest English papers:
In the countries bordering upon the Medit
erranean, the crop is variously reported but
upon the whole may he regarded ils equal to,
it not exceedingtin average. Egypt will fur
nish a full average. Spain and Portugal will
not require any supplies from other countries.
In Belgium and Holland there is an average
crop: while in the Baltic regions, including
Northern Germany and AA’estem Russia, the
yield is below an average, although high pri
ces may induce exports to some extent. In
France there is a fair crop of wheat and rye.
oats being inferior. The cereal crop of Eng
land exceeds the average, and a portion of the
extraordinary wheat yield of last year still re
mains in the hands of farmers to he added to
shis year’s harvest. Other hreadst-uffs are
somewhat under the average. In Ireland all
kinds of produce are abundant, compared with
recent years. The Wheat crop of Scotland is
excellent, other emits being medium, andpos-
riblv below. On the whole, the United King
dom will this year require smaller imports of
gain titan itt ordinary seasons The supply
ing power of Central Russia is not yet deter
mined.
of the law.
hint.”
The Irishman took his seat at tho table.
“You were pot horn in this country said
oil#.
“No sir, 1 was born in Ireland.”
“Is your father living?”
“No sir : he is dead.”
“What is your occupation ?”
"Trading horses ”
"Did your father ever cheat am one while
here ?”
“I suppose he did cheat many, sir."
“Where do you suppose lie went to ?”
“Tti heaven, sir.”
"Has he cheated any one there ?’ ’
“He lias cheated <>ne, I ladieve.
“AA’liy did they not prosecute him ?"
"Because titey searched the kingdom of
heaven, and couldn't find a lawyer.”
The last answer spoilt the whole of the fun
in the estimation of tlie lawyers.
“The Babes in the Wood." Two little
children of Mr. Rainier, of Deerfield, Alielti-
gan, wandered into the woods near that place,
and were lost on Sunday afternoon, the 2t!th
tilt. The news spread like wildfire, and large
numbers of neighbors commenced scouring
the forest, but without effect. The search
wits kept, up although believed to beho|K'less,
until Tuesday morning, when the children
were found, having suffered from nothing but
hunger. They were aged respectively 5 and
7 years.
|fp An impatient Welchman called to liis
i wife, “Come, come, isn’t break fast ready ? I’ve
j laid nothing since yesterday, and to morrow
will be the third day !” This is equal to tlie
I ' call of the stiring housewife, who aroused her
maid at 4 o'clock with. “Come, Bridget, get
up! Here 'tB Monday moruiug : to-morrow’s
Tuesday, next day’s Wednesday—half the
week gone—and nothing done yet!”
tin- 0111-tenth of one per cent, on the >ubi s 1
posited with the bank, which will aheo-
(Eiyable in coin.
Water in the Ska. -If we would obi.-ci»»»
rn h' u
hvillc.
1 inst..
ms fc
no rig
ms n a
1 to
int ui
ven
riled
uetin:
of t h
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tth'.V
paj- 1
8, to 1
and It
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he ret
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giving
-. Tin
inued
■1 to 11
Iy Mr.
1 ami I
reqiios
it to
tteiriv
cring 1
agemc
are gri
• in y
idea of the water which the
us suppose a comm. - and
the ocean. By can > ,
dred fat boms, or the t t:
shall sec that their - -atnd
the whole glob* < the high
and three leet : and if we w«
to one mass, we should ic-d t
a globe of more than sixty 1
diameter.
sea contiuns.
getiara! »l<-pth
:» ,»nlv twidiut
JfjU A London pajK-t gives the fellowiiK
remedy for two evils to which the gentler m-'
arc now subjected, viz : excessive critndtne
and ability to accidental combustion : !'
adding to the starch used ill preparing ti'- N
dresses a tablespoonful of common alum
powdered state, tire starch make# tin- dies'’
stitfor, and prevents its bursting >»["
when placed in contact with an> burning ' ,|!
stance."
fUT A London wittios havlug told the nure j
istrate ho was a pennum. was asked in wlta j
part of literture he wielded bis pen. and In " ^tl
plied that he jwmod sheep in the Sniitliti" ••• -1
market.
•It is a solemn thing to lie married
Aunt Bethany. “Yes: lmt it’s a deal iu«»re!
solemn not to !«*.” said her little nice
|gp* “John, did you ever bet on a b< ,rsr ^
race ?” "No. but I’ve seen my sister
an old mare.
A Good Hit.—Frentice says the Editoi d 1
the New York Herald speaks in praise of op
beef. Probably he take* rn d pr< tt'
done but we ha •• .0 iir."’-
Iv takes the hid.