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27, 1869.
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THI wuriLY, per u in advarce, 4 00
VdKLY. “ “ in advance 2 0)
“ if paid within six irontbs, 2 SO
“ if paid within twelve months, S 00
yn» Messrs. Rowland, of the ‘‘State
Press," propose togestablish a daily paper in
I Jtoon.
pP Hen. J. F. Dowdell, of Alabama, has
written a letter to his constituents, declining
a nomination for re-election to Congress.
The Sheriff’s Sales of Clayton county will
hereafter be published in the Atlanta Intelli
gencer. JAS. H. WALDREP, Sh'ff.
January 26th, 1869.
A minister of our acquaintance, and a very
clever gentleman, not long ago, was preaching
at a protracted meeting, and after a very effec
tive sermon, came down from the stand, and
called up the mourners. After talking awhile
to the mourners, our friend mounted the bench
es, and made his way towards the back part of
the congregation, and offered his hand to a
man, who, for some reason, did not like our
parson friend. The angry party turned his
back upon the preacher, who fired up at the
insult, and addressed his enemy in the follow
ing characteristic language. ‘‘Sir, I have as
much money in my pocket, and as much sense
as you have, and am as game a chicken as ev
er walked the sod, and am not poor to pray f< p
you anyhow."
Sabbath Evening Reflections.
We are passing away. A few days ago, and
we were all wishing each other a happy new
year. Now, nearly one-twelfth of 1859 has
gone, and what have we done to prepare for
that eternity, upon which we must all enter,
when we have used up our inch of time ?
We are ail running with rail-road speed to
the grave. Are we all ready to “wrap dra
pery of our couch around us and lie down to
pleasant dreams ?” Have we no fear of death f
Has the love of God banished all terrors from
the tomb ? Can we, by the eye of faith, see
‘‘pleasures for evermore” beyond the narrow
house, where all of us must shortly lie ? How
many times, since the year 1859 has rolled in
upon us, have we thought of God, of our ac
countability, of eternity ?
God has made it our duty to devote one-
seventh of our time to his service. How ma
ny of us fulfil that duty ? All classes and con
ditions of men are eagerly engaged in perfect
ing themselves in their various callings. The
lawyer is delving among “the glorious uncer
tainties of law, ” to fit himself for the next sit
ting of his court; the physician is carefully
rolling his pills and mixing his powders, to be
in readiness for the next call to hasten to some
dying patient; the merchant is busily engaged
in posting his books, to find the profits of the
week’s business ; the student retires to rest
with a wearied brain, to renew his strenth for
the mental labors of the coming day, hoping,
after years of study, to be fitted to do honora
ble battle with the intellectual gladiators, who
will meet him in his ambitious strugglings.
But, alas! how few are furnishing themselves
with the proper weapons to enter into that
great conflict with the King of terrors, which is
coming upon us as.a “thief in the night,” and
yet as certain as fate ! How many are absorb
ed with the transitory and trilling things of
earth, and yet how few are moved upon by
the grander and imperishable realities, sugges
ted by that glorious plan of redemption, re
vealed in the bible, which is adapted to in
spire us with nobler purposes, and prepare us
for a better home!
“Redemption is the science, and the song
Of ail eternity : archangels day
And night, into its glories look ; the Saints,
The Elders round the throne, old in the years
Of Heaven, examine it perpetually ;
And every hour, get clearer, ampler views
Of right and wrong—see virtue's beauty more :
See vice more utterly depraved, and vile ;
And this with a more perfect hatred, hate ;
That daily love with a more perfect love.”
We should all “be diligent in business,” and
“enjoy the good things of this world, notabu
sing them,” but above all, we should lay up
treasures in heaven. Then after enjoying a
pleasant sojourn in the flesh, we can call our
friends around our dying bed, and like the
gifted and pious Addison, we can say to weep
ing mourners around us, “behold how a Chris
tian dies.”
See the advertisement of tfcfw
iflflnot^rooliimn.^ttd go tathrir Dtore W coorereing with one of her neigfafcor’r ohil-
*°°“' dren, as they were rifling, and shaaeked the
tagains.
Heetteflby City
The GoancQ, on Monday night, elected A.
M. Wallace, Esq., Chairman of Council; C. C.
Howell, Clerk; P. E. McDaniel, Treasurer;
G. E. Pilgrim, Sexton.
Dant -JfoglMt Tawr CMMreit.
A lady frienftof ours, some dayaago, was
The lovers of this beverage, can find an ex
cellent article in this line, at Mr. Shane’s, in itcuhem.
the basement of the Holland House, on Ala
bama Street. His beer is fresh and pore, just
from New York.. Call and see Mr. Shane, and
you will be treated with great politeness.
littla girl if the beauties of nature did not of
ten lend her mind to think of the anther of all
thirga The girl hsitated. Our friend asked
her if she knew who made ]all things? The
girl replied, “I knows him, bat I have forgot
ten his name.” That girl’s father was an offi
cer inthe church. He has been too careless
about the mental and spiritual training of his
children. You who have children, don’t ntn-
|S” We tender our thanks to the Hon. A.
R. Wright, for “an Address delivered before
the seventh annual meeting of the Virginia
State Agricultural Society, November 4th,
1858, by J. P. Holcombe, Esq."
The above named address ably defends “the
right of the State to institute Slavery."
A Successful Business.—Some idea of the
immense number of books sold by Duane
Rnlison, of Philadelphia, on the “gift" plan,
may be formed by reading his advertisement
in another column. We are informed that the
gifts, which accompanied his sales during the
year 1858, amounted to $50,000.
The New York Ledger.
We have upon onr table, the above named
paper for January. It contains the third num
ber of the Everett papers. We refer to adver*
tisement in another column, by which it will
be seen, the number of 6th of February will
con^tin contributions from James Gordon Ben-
net, Esq., the Hon. Horace Greely, and Lieut.
Gov. Raymond of the New York limes. In
addition to the contributions from the pens of
the above named distinguished writers, other
attractions are present. We invite attention
to the advertisement.
State Road Shops.
We took the advantage of a leisure hour, an
evening or two since, to pay a visit to the
work-shops of the Westerq & Atlantic Rail
Road, located in this city. The Machine shops
are under the control and management of Mr.
John Flinn as Master Machinist, who is a gen
tleman of skill and proficiency in his profess
ion, and discharges the duties of his office with
much fidelity, and to the great satisfaction of
his superior officers. The wood-shops are un
der the direction of Mr. W. G. Gramling, as
Master Carpenter, who appears to be every way
“worthy and well qualified,” and giving that
service to the Road which is creditable to him
and those who placed him in office. To Messrs.
Flinn and Gramling, and their subordinates,
we tender our grateful acknowledgments for
the kindness and courtesy shown us during our
visit to their several departments, and especi
ally for the very substantial addition, which
we received from them, to our subscription
list. We take pleasure in giving our testimo
ny in favor of the good management of this
very important department of our great State
work. Every thing appeared to be in good or
der and condition, the work was progressing
steadily and efficiently, and system and regu
larity seemed to pervade all their operations.
We liave deemed it due, to say this much as an
act of justice to Messrs. Flinn and Gramling,
and the worthy mechanics who are under their
supervision. This class of our community is
entitled to the respect of every good citizen.
It is too often the case, that the bloated aris.
tocracy of the country, turn up their noses at
the sight of the hardened hands, which have
contributed so much to the comfort and hap.
piness of our people, and made our country
great in every thing that elevates her charac
ter in the scale of nations. A patriot and a
man of good sense, will always place a proper
estimate upon the worth of an honest, indus
trious mechanic, and treat him with due re
spect. Hurrah ! for the mechanics, say we—
and not the least to be respected among them
is the Blacksmith, who works in iron, the met
al more useful, and consequently more valua
ble than all other metals, gold and silver not ex
cepted.
City Connell.
On Friday evening last, the newly elected
City Council were sworn into office, according
to law. In conformity to an ancient custom,
the out-going Council gave a supper to the in
coming board. Not having the honor of be
ing present, we can only speak of this festival
as we hear of it from those who were in atten
dance. We are informed that everything was
done in decency and in order. The supper did
honor to the parties and the occasion, and the
select company, consisting of the old and new
board, the ex-Mayors and officials of the city
Government, enjoyed themselves finely. This
custom is to be honored in the keeping. It is
a token of respect shown by the officers reti
ring from position, to those coming in to fill
their places, which is well calculated to foster
good feeling and harmony between the prece
ding and the succeeding administrations. Our
wish is that the present Council may do as
well for onr city as their immediate predeces
sors have done.
Mayor Glenn’s Address.
We lay before onr readers to-day, the very-
able address of the Honorable Luther J. Glenn,
Mayor of the City of Atlanta, delivered on
Friday evening last, on the occasion of the re
tiring of the old board of Aldermen, and the
inauguration of the new. We indorse the ad
dress in its totality. It is a document which
would do honor to the presiding officer of any
City Government in the Union. It breathes
a spirit of devotion to the interests of our city
which is highly creditable to the head and
heart of our chief municipal officer. Atlanta
may well be proud of her Mayor. We com
mend his address to the perusal of every citi
zen of Atlanta.
The State-Road.
The Rome Courier is informed by the chief
engineer, Col. LeHardy, that during the past
season, there has not been a single failure on
the State Road to make all its connections;
no train has run off the track, neither has any
accident, whatever, befallen any of the trains.
We are informed, also, that Dr. Lewis expects
to put $1,000 into the treasury, for every day
in the year 1859.
This will be a still greater ‘ ‘blunder’ ’ than
he has made during the first year of his man
agement of the Road, but we have no doubt
he will accomplish it.
The above statement in regard to no failures
of connection or accidents to the trains, we
know to be true, especially since we have been
a resident of the city. Under the faithful and
paying administration of Dr. Lewis, we had
hoped that the enemies of the Road would
have ceased their croaking, but not so, some of
them, like the man going to be hung, would
grumble if they knew it would sink the State
of Georgia in ten minutes. We have not the
slightest doubt in the world, but what Gov.
Brown and Dr. Lewis will make the Road pay
all of $1,000 for every day in the year, and
more besides. In the hands of such men, the
“great work of the State” cannot suffer, but
continue to increase and grow in value all the
time. May the State Road never have worse
men to manage its affairs, than Gov. Brown
and Dr. Lewis.
An editor down East thinks children’s
games are becoming popular with older per
sons now-a-days, as he mis seen several gen
tlemen chasing hoops in the streets.
The game is becoming quite common in
these ports. Not a hundred miles from here,
we have seen three or four men after one hoop
—and not a very large one at that. Some
people are fond of hoops anyhow.
gy Will the Constitutionalist copy the
following letter, and let his readers know that
Mr. Hall had no interview with Gov. Brown
about that resolution before he asked the Legisla
ture to pass it ? We have been waiting upon
the Constitutionalist several days. Give it to
your readers Bro. Nisbet. It is human to err,
it is noble to confess. Give the Governor the
benefit of the correction.. You are fighting
him hard enough anyhow without taking any
advantage of him.
Mr. Hall of Pike, and the Constitutionalist.
In a late discussion in reference to Gov.
Brown and the State Road, the Constitution
alist said :
A majority of the thinking men of the State
ADDRESS
Or Mayor Glenn to xhe New Connell.
Gentlemen of the CUp Council of Atlanta:
Another revolation of the wheel of time has
brought us to the beginning of a new year.
The citizens of Atlanta, in the exercise of
the elective franchise ,have called yon around
this Council Board and into vour keeping have
confided the interests of tile citv, for the en
suing twelve months. The'duties and respon
sibilities, thus devolved upon you, are of no
ordinary character. To some extent, and in
some sense, the preservation of the fives and
property of your fellow-citizens—the good or
der and quiet of the city are committed into
your hands. These are to be effected mainly
through the agency of an active, energetic and
efficient Police. See to it, then, that none
but “good men and true” are placed on duty.
The finances of the city may be regarded as
in a healthy condition. The last Council paid
off the whole of the floating debt amounting
to more than three thousand dollars. At this
time there is not, probably, a single check
outstanding against your Treasury.
The bonded debt of the city, amounts to
$47,000, and is composed of the following
items:
Bonds issued for Fair Grounds, due in 1860 $ 3,000 00
| I’ “1863 16,000 00
“1871 20,000 00
“ 1873 5,000 00
“1877 3,000 00
*47,000 00
“ City Hall,
“ Stock in Gas Co, ‘
“ Goo. AirLineRR ‘
11 Chat'chec Bridge •
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
Savannah, Dec. 13th, 1858.
Transportation of Guano and other Ma
nures, and of Lime and Salt, for Agricul
tural Purpose*.
Hereafter Guano and other Manures,
and Lime and Salt, for agricultural purposes,
will be transported to all points on the Cen
tral Road and Road to Matonton, at two dol
lars per ton of 2000 lbs ; provided, at least
16,000 pounds (a car load) is offered at one
time, for one consignee, to one station- The
South-western Road will convey to all points
on its fine at one dollar per ton of2000 pounds,
if at least 16,000 pounds be offered at one
time, for one consignee, to one station. Par
ties, to avail themselves of the advantage of
this regulation, must give notice when they
begin to send a lot of Manures, &c., of the
quantity to be sent, and must satisfy the Su
perintendent that the Manures are not for
sale, but strictly for planters’ use, as this reg
ulation is intended for the benefit of that class
only. G. W. ADAMS,
Gen’l Sup’t.
We invite special attention to the above
notice, emiuating from that prince of good
fellows, and model Rail Road Superintendent,
George W. Adams. We hope other Rail Roads
“will go and do likewise.” The soil of Geor
gia, in many localities, impoverished by un
skilful culture,’needs resuscitation. If our Rail
Roads would put the rates of freight for ma
nures at the lowest point, which would pay
expenses, they would be doing a service to the
planting interests of the State, which would
be some compensation for the exclusive privi
leges which they enjoy.
TIm Proposition to Purchase Cuba.
The following message has been transmit
ted to the Semite by the President of the Uni
ted States, in reply to a re solution of inquiry,
adopted by that body, a few dajs ago, from
which it appears that no correspondence has
taken place between this government axd that
of Spain, relative to the purchese of the Island
of Cuba, which has not already been commu-
nicatd to Congress :
To the Senate op the United States :
I transmit herewith a report from the Sec
retary of State in answer to the resolution of
the ttenate of the 18th inst., requesting the
President, if not incompatible with the public
interest, “to coummunicate to the Senate any
and all correspondence between the govern
ment of the United States and the govern
ment of her Catholic Majesty relating to any
proposition for the purchase of the Island of
Cuba, which correspondence has not been fur
nished to either house of Congress.” From
this, it apears that no such correspondence has
taken place which has not already been com
municated to Congress.” In my late annual
message I stated, in reference to the purchase
of Cuba, that the publicity which has been
given to our former negtiations on thb sub
ject, and the large appropriations which may
be required to affect the purpose, render it ex
pedient, before making another attempt to re
new the negotiation, that I should lay the
whole subject before Congress.” I still enter
tain the same opinion, deeming it highly im
portant, if not indispensable to the success of
any negotiation which I might institute for
the purpose, that the measure should receive
the provious sanction of Congress.—Aug. Const
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Wasaington, Jan. 21, 1859.
Senator* Douglas and Fitch.
Washington, Jan. 23. —It is currently re
ported that high word were interchanged in
the Executive session of the Senate on Friday,
between Senators Douglas, of Illinois, and
Fitch, of Indiana. The dispute grew out of
the confirmation of appointments in Ulinois.
It is rumored that Douglas demanded on yes
terday a retraction of some language used by
Fitch, and the demand was complied with.
Judge Douglas’ friends say that he intends
to fight through his difficulties, if such a
course should be necessary.
“Come in out of the wet,” as the shark
said^ when he swallowed the little nigger.
|g” “That’s my business,” as the batcher
said when he caught the dog trying to kill his
are satisfied in their own minds, that Gov.
Brown knew ail about the resolution, (asking
information of him, in regard to the condition
of its affairs,) before it was offered by Mr. Hall
of Pike, and the praseology of the resolution
was particularly intended to elicit just such
information as it was the policy of Gov.
Brown to specially communicate, at that time to
the Legislature.
Mr. Hall of Pike, has written a letter to
the Griffin Empire State in which he says :
The resolution was offered by me under the
following circumstances. I had introduced a
bill to appropriate the money accruing from
the receipts of the Western & Atlantic Rail
road to the redemption of the bonds issued by
the State; and desired the information^ought
by,the resolution so as to ascertain what had
been and probably would be the average
amount of receipts of the road, by a compari
son of the most extravagant expenditures of
the road with the economical expenditures of
the same. My sole object was to obtain cor
rect and definite information and nothing else.
I did not intend to censure any body, or re
flect upon any body. As for Gov. Brown
knowing anything about the resolution previous
to its being offered by me, it is not true. I
knew nothing of his policy to communicate,
and did not care any thing about it if he had
any. The article in the Constitutionalist,
does Gov. Brown great injustice when it says,
“that he knew all about the resolution before it was
offered by Mr. Hall of Pike.” The trfith is that
Gov. Brown knew nothing about it 60 far as I
know or believe, any more than the editor of
the Constitutionalist. This part of the state
ment in the article has not the slightest foun
dation in truth or in fact.
These lines are at your disposal,
JOHN T. HALL.
Editors ‘Empire State,” Griffin, Ga.
TOLERABLY COOL.
Tile 'Weekly New*.
The above is the name of a paper published
in the town of ‘Enterprise,’ Mississippi, edited
and published by O. S. Holland and . W.
Gaulding, It professes to be independent in
politics, one of the Editors being a Whig and
the other a Democrat. As for our only brother,
‘ ‘Jim’ ’ we wiil venture to say that he is a good
writer, and a good printer, but a very poor
politician. He had better have stuck to liis
Democracy and not run after such strange
Gods as those set up for his adoration, by the
Editors of the Columbus Sun and Corner Stone.
The “News” is a handsome sheet, and has our
best wishes for its success.—Atlanta Intelli
gencer.
We can’t say we exactly agree with “Jim”
in his every political faith, yet it occurs to us
that he has shown more independence, and
himself a better Democrat in condeming the
so-called National Democracy, than some we
wot of who blindly “run after such strange
Gods” as those set up for their adoration” by
James Buchanan et id omne genus. Let time
and chance determine.
We extract the above from the Enterprise
News, Miss. Tne coolness of this thing con
sists in the fling made at “James Buchanan
et id omne genus.” The idea of a man pretend
ing to be a Southern Democrat, attempting to
sneer at the administration of James Buchan
an, is, to us extremely preposterous. If any
President, except Franklin Pierce, who is a
native of the region lying beyond Mason &
Dixon’s fine, has stood square to his duty as
regards the interests of the South, James
Buchanan is that man. And yet the Editor of
the News has the “coolness” to insinuate that
a man who worships at the political shrine
set up by the Corner Stone and Columbus
Sun, is a better Democrat than he who runs
“after such strange Gods, as those set up for
his adoration by the editors” of the above
named papers.
For the Atlaata Intelligencer.
The Alr-Llne Railroad.
Messrs. Editors.—It is generally known to
our citizens, that this enterprise is laying qui
et until the meeting of the Stockholders at
Gainesville, on the 3d of February. At that
time the question, what can be done, and what
must be done to keep the work in motion, will
come up for action. Under all and any cir
cumstances, this is an enterprise in which the
city of Atlanta must take the lead. It is a
work of incalculable importance to Atlanta
and upper Georgia, and well worthy of our ut
most energy. It is believed that by the city
being properly represented in the convention,
and giving the Stockholders assurance that the
city will raise $10,000, in cash, per annum, and
issue her bonds for such amounts as may be
called for on the regular installments, over
and above $10,000 per annum, (that is on her
first subscription) that the private stockhold
ers will be willing to go on with the work, and
pay up their installments. This amount cf
cash, per annum, from the city, will be neces
sary to make her bonds sell at a fair price, and
owing to the healthy condition of the finances
of the city, it is believed that .the one fourth
of one per cent Railroad tax, levied in June
last, when $5,000 was paid in bonds, together
with what can be spared from the general tax,
will be ample to make up the $10,000. If it
is not sufficient, our people will doubtless be
willing to tax themselves as high as one half
of one per cent for this great work, provided
that only such a portion is undertaken, as may,
with reasonable certainty, be completed. For
ty miles of this Road completed, will add the
trade of 50,000 people to Atlanta, and largely
benefit a large portion of the country.
The city of Macon subscribes $200,000 in
the Brunswick & Macon Road 170 miles long,
on the conditions only that the work be com
menced at Macon, and that $200,000 be sub
scribed by other parties. The Road from Mon t-
gomery to Decatur, Ala., is advertised to be let j
out, Montgomery, it is understood, subscribes I
$300,000 of the stock. In the construction of I . , , ...
the Air-Line Road, Atlanta has an interest to 1 de “ ands of such men both upon our citizens
be saved in freights alone, amounting to more j and u P on 3™’ should ever meet wlth a hear ‘
than $25,000 per annum, on her present com- | . . .
merce, a^d fa? more to gain, eve?y way, than ! ,4 h i rd Company is now organizing and to
Macon or Montgomery in the Roads in which j which I suggest and hope you may extend the
they have fembirked. It is to be hoped our m( J s * hbe ^ aldand encouragement
city authorities will take this matter in hand, I 1 have thu . 8 ’ Gentlemen, made such sugges-
and act as becomes wise men and patriot* in ! * lons to J’ ou m reference to onr city affairs as I
on which sum of
the interest is $3290 00 payable semi-annually
and which has heretofore been promptly paid.
The ordinance authorizing the issue of
bonds, for the erection of the City Hall,
pledged a special tax—“one fourth of one
per cent, on real estate and stock in trade’ ’ to
raise a sinking fund, for the payment of the
interest on said bonds, and their ultimate re-
d°mption. None of this “special tax” has
hitherto been applied to the redemption of
these bonds, the interest on them, only hav
ing oeen paid out of it. This “special tax,”
collected the past year, amounted to $5560 00
from which deduct the interest $1120 00 on
the bonds, leaves the sum of $4440 00, which
should have been legitimately applied to the
extinguishmer t of the bonds. From the exi
gency of the case, however, the retiring coun
cil thought best to use it in the construction
of the bridge across the Rail Road. This
amount of $4440 00 with the interest thereon,
ought to be taken from the general Tax of
the present year, and applied to the redemp
tion of these bonds. This would be but aD
act of justice and equity to that class of our
fellow-citizens upon whom this “special tax”
is imposed. Nor should the “tax” be con
tinued. one day longer, than the amount
sufficient to pay the principal and interest of
these bonds has been realized.
Under the preseut rate of taxation, allow
ing for no increase in the v alue of property in
the city, you would receive from general taxes
for the present year the 6um of $21,000 from
other sources say $4500 00 making the proba
ble receipts into the Treasury for 1859, inde
pendent of the special tax, already alluded to,
and the Street tax, about twenty-five thou
sand five hundred dollars. From this amount
deduct th e sum of $4440 (and the interest
thereon) used by the last council and it would
leave $20,760 00 to meet the ordinary ex
penses of the city gov emment.
In my judgment eighteen thousand dollars
will be amply sufficient for this latter pur
pose; and if correct- in this conjecture, you
would then have left the sum of $2760 00 a por
tion of which, should be applied to the pay
ment of the bonds issued for the “Fair
Grounds,” and which fall due the next yeai
The legitimate street tax, is about $2,700
of which however you will not receive more
than $2,500. To which I think you may be
able to add a like sum, saved from other
sources and within this amount I think it will
he prudent to confine your expenditures, upon
the streets.
There are some three or four of the princi
pal and central streets of the city, that need
and should receive permanent improvement
at an early day. Crossings at c? nvenient
distances, upon some of them shouid be made
at once.
There is an ordinance, requiring the owners
of property on certain streets, to pare the side
walks. I would recommend the prompt and
energetic enforcement of that ordinance.
A bill was passed through both Houses of
the last Legislature authorizing the organiza
tion of a enmmon school system in our city.
Through inadvertence on the part of the offi
cers, or in the hurry and coni u~ ion of the ad
journment it did not reach the executive de
partment, and thus failed to become a law.—
The practical experiment of this measure,
which in my judgment, commends itself to the
favorable consideration of the patriot, the
philanthropist and the economist, has conse
quently, so far as we are concerned, been post
poned for another year.
It will be for you, in your wisdom, to de
vise and adopt some means for the education
of the poor children, in the city, during the
present year.
The Chattahooche Bridge, in which the
city is a stockholder to the amount of $3000 00
has not as yet paid any dividend. I am,
however,[ creditably informed, that we may
expect a revenue from it the present year.
The Gas Company, in which the City is a
Stockholder to the amount of $19,000, (a for
mer Council having disposed of $1,000) has
paid a dividend of ten per cent during the
past year.
We have had during most of the year 80
Street Lamps, for which, as by original con
tract, the City lias paid $30 for each, making
the sum of $2,400.
1 he present cast iron Lamps in use, are very
easily broken. A dray or other vehicle rare
ly strikes one of the posts, without breaking
the Lamp. I suggest, whether it would not
be economy to substitute Tin, for the present
Iron Lamps as fast as the latter are destroy
ed.
The Georgia Air-Line Rail Road will doubt
less claim your attontion during your term
of office.
The Council of 1857, passed an Ordinance,
authorizing the subscription, by the City of
$100,000 of Stock in said Company, when it
was made to appear that $650,000, were bona
fide, subscribed from other sources. So far as I
am informed, this condition has not yet trans
pired.
The Council of 1858, after the question had
been submitted and passed upon, by the peo
ple, adopted an ordinance authorizing an ad
ditional subscription of $100,000 of Stock in
said Company, upon certain conditions therein
specified.
In my opinion you ought to adhere strict
ly and ria idly to all the limitations, restric
tions and conditions set forth in the ordinan
ces authorizing those subscriptions.
Cities, no more than individuals, should in
volve themselves, in debt in the absence of
a reasonable and well grounded prospect of
being able to meet the obligations incurred,
without subjecting themselves to future sac
rifices.
Every enterprise, whether public or private
should contain within itself the elements of a
favorable termination. None should be un
dertaken, without first having been scanned
with the eye of prudence; and then, touched,
only with the hand of caution.
'I he Cemetery, I would most respectfully
suggest, should receive more attention than
has hitherto been bestowed upon it. It is the
“last resting place” of the “loved ones” of
our people. Public enterprise, should unite
with private affection, in improving and orna
menting “the silent city of the dead.”
The “lire department” of the city I would
commend to your special attention. Atlanta
can now boast of two companies, the skill and
devotion of whose members, and the beauty
and efficiency of whose machinery, are unsur
passed.
Fortunately, our city lias not been visited
with any extensive fires during the past year.
On every occasion however, when their servi
ces have baen called into requisition the
“Firemen” have promptly “met the enemy,”
and brought him to terms. The reasonable
the energy and petseyerance of her eons, to
become a bright and jittering jewel in the
diadem of Southern Cities.
Gentlemen:—We have been elected by the
people to manage the affaire of the city for
the present year. They expect of ns an ener
getic and economical administration of the
city Government. Let it beoura then, so to
discharge onr respective duties, that when our
term of office expires, we may receive from our
fellow-citizens, that which is second only, to
an approving conscience—the plaudit, “Well
done, thou good and faithful Servants.”
A Wreck.—We arc indebted to Lieutenant
Shulz, of the revenue cutter J. C. Dobbin, for
the followong statement, which will be found
interesting :
“The United States revenue cutter J. C.
Dobbin, R. Day, commader, returned from a
cruise South to Augustine, Fla. On the
morning of the 17 th, at half past three A. M,,
weather hazy, passed close to a wreck having
the appearanee of a ship or bark, with the
masts cut away, about ten feet above water.
Sent an officer in a boat to examine her, but
owing to the thickness of the weather, could
not decide upen her rig, her hull being sub
merged. On the 20th, when in the latitude
thirty-one thirty-nine North, passedT the same
wreck ; hove too, and sent an officer to make
a more thorough examination ; he reports her
to be the wreck of a bark, with the masts cut
away about eight feet aliove decks, sails and
rigging attached, studding sail booms partly
rigged out, and courses furled. As there was
a strong current setting to the South and East
past the wreck, it had the appearance of being
anchored. It lies in eleven fathoms water,
and in the track of vessels running up North
from Florida, and would be a most serious ob
staclc to encounter at night, or in heavy
weather.”—Savannah Morning News, Jan. 21.
Desperate Assault Upon Hiram Powers.—
We learn from Florence, in Italy, through
private letter, received by a gentleman in
Richmond, that Hiram Powers, the distin
guished sculptor, came very near losing his
life, a few weeks ago, in an encounter with a
visitor to his studio. This latter person, it is
said, behaved so singularly that Mr. Powers,
supposing him to he very much intoxicated,
kindly suggested to him that he had better
get back to his lodgings and go to his bed.
This infuriated him to such a degree that he
struck Mr. Powers a staggering blow on the
cheek hone with some instrument which he
had taken up, and afterwards drew a large
knife, with which he rushed upon the unarm
ed man. Mr. Powers was fortunate enough,
however to deliver a pretty severe blow in re
turn, which laid his assailant prostrate. The
assistance of the police was then called in, and
the visitor carried off. He was designated as
a young artist from South Carolina, and was
thought to be insane. His name was not giv
en. The occurence had crated, of course, a
decided sensation among the American resi
dents of Florence. At the date of the letter,
the young artist had been removed to a luna
tic asylum.—Petersburg Express.
Cotton Planter’s Convention.
I am informed by the Hon. David W. Lew
is, President- of tho State Agricultural Society,
that the Executive Committee of said Society,
will met tin Macon on the seeond Wednesday in
February next. As business of importance to
the Convention, will come before the Com
mittee, the efficers of the Convention, (togeth
er with such other members as can make it
convenient,) are requested to attend the meet
ing of said Committee.
Editors friendly to the Convention and the
Society, are respectfully requested to give this
notice an insertion.
HOWELL COBB,
Pres, of the Con.
regard to it.
A CITIZEN.
deemed right and proper. It will be for you
to take such action upon them as, your better
T S ! j judgment may dictate.
Gen. Ayer has declared himself a candidate ' Gentlemen of Council, Allow me to repeat
for Congress to succeed Mr. Keitt in the South ! what, standing here twelve months ago I
Carolina delegation, the latter having declined \ said, and have tried to redeem. “In the dis-
a re-election. j “ charge of the peculiar duties devolved upon
Hon Jas. A, Tnomas has announced himself i “ me by the organic acts and the ordinancies
as a candidate for Congress from the district in ; “of the city, I shall administer the law with
in Tennessee now represented by Hon. Geo. ] “ out “partiality favor or affection” to men or
W. Jones. i “ parties.”
The following resolutions have been intro- ! To the extent of my humble ability, I shall
duced in the North Caroiina Legislature: j at ail times cordially co-operate with you, in
Whereas the question of the re-opening of every measure, in my judgment, calculated
the foreign slave trade is exciting muchdis- ; to advance her interests—enhance her prosperity
cussion in some of the Southern States.
Resolved, That the people of North Carolina
are utterly opposed to the re-opening of the
foreign slave trade and the importation of
wild and uncivilized Africans among them.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be
instructed and our Representatives be request
ed to vote against the repeal of the present
lews, now in fierce upon this subject.
Both houses of the Florida Legislature have
adjourned to meet again on the fourth Mon
day in November next.
and impel our city onward and upward to
hat high andjeommanding position.Jvvhich she
must .ultimately attain, among her sister cities
of the South.
At this point I might enlarge upon the ad
vantages of the position, which we, as a com
munity, enjoy; but I forbear, with a sigle re
mark. Atlanta lies embosomed, as it were,
| diamond like, in the very centre of Georgia,
yea, of the South—rough and unpolished it
j may be, in the eyes of jealousy and prejudice;
! but destined, under the skill and ingenuity,
What Sort of an Animal a “Snob” is.—
Thackery thus deguerreotypes this animal.—
Thackery is speaking of English society ;
A snob is that man or woman who is always
pretending before the world to be something
better—especially richer or more fashionable-
t-han they are. It is one who thinks his own
position in life contemptible, and is always
yearning and striving to force himself hi to one
above, without the education or characteris
tics which belong to it, one who looks down
upon, despises and overrides his inferiors, or
even equals of his own standing, and is ever
ready to worship, fawn upon and flatter a rich
or titled man, not because he is a good man, a
wise man, or a Christian man, hut because h e
his the luck to be rich or consequential.
Retpoxsibility of Express Companies.—
The American Express Company having lost
a number of Michigan State Bonds belonging
to Mr. Isaac Sherman of New York, as they
were carrying them from Buffalo to Detroit,
refused to pay for them, on the ground that
express companies are not common carriers,
and are not responsible for articles entrusted
to their charge. The case was given against
the company by Referees, and that judgment
has been affirmed by the General Term of the
Supreme Court in New York. The deecsion
pronounced is that the Company is a common
carrier, and must accordingly pay Mr. Sher
man for his bonds.
HP During the past year, 18 Revolutionary
soldiers have died, they are :
David Chapin, Gideon Bently, John Titus,
Wm. Matteson, Robert Gallup, Zachaiiah
Green and David Davis of New York, Zac-
cheus Robinson and Abraham Rising of Mas
sachusetts; Wm. Turkey and the Rev. John
Sawyer of Maine, Thos. Kcrowltin and Elisha
Mason of Connectioutt: George Wells and
Charles Garman of Tennessee; Jas. Bushnell
of Vermont, Henry Straight and John Frarer
of Ohio. The Secretary of the Interior, in his
annual report, says there are yet two hundred
of the patriots of the Revolution living and
receiving their pensions.
A Melancholy Occurrence.—We learn
through a private source that two little girls,
one the daughter of Col. W. Walker, of Ches-
terville, S. C., and the other daugter of Mrs.
Beid, of the same village, partook of some per
fumery, inwardly, and were poisoned. When
the information left Chesterville, Miss Reid
had partly recovered, but the former, Miss
Walker, it was feared, would not survive.
This notice may serve as a warning to those
who are in the habit of tasting what is only in
tended to be used as an external perfume.—
[Columbia (S. C.) Bulletin, Jan. 21.
Fashionable Bills.—It is very bad taste to
talk about other people’s business, worse still,
about private business; but when neither
name, hint, idea or allusion respecting recog
nition is given, specialities are indulged in
with impunity. Some young ladies of mod
est pretensions will almost stare themselves
out of countenance when the dry goods bill
comes in with “items” to the amount of $100.
Were the world full of such sensitive beings,
‘ ‘young men contemplating marriage’ ’ would
have no cause to anticipate explosions sending
them sky high in after life. We learn from
first rate authority—no other than the lady
herself—that the dry goods bill sent in to her
for the last half year amounted to $1,500.—
We heard of another, for the same time, of
over $1,000, another of $800, and another of
$500. We venture to say that it would take
sundry young la dies, less capacious in their
desires, at least four years to learn how to
spend such an amount of capital.—Ex.
Frozen to Death.—The Bath (Maine) Times
gives the following particulars in relation to
the sad case of Mrs. Lee, of Edgecomb, per
ishing in the snow storm on the night of Tues
day last :
“Her husband had gone to the school-house
for his children, and returning after nightfall
became bewildered in the storm and halloed
for aid. The deceased heard him, and instead
of placing a light so as to he seen, sallied out
in the storm to render aid, and soon found Mr.
Lee and the children. Both parties became
bewildered, but Mr. Lee finally, with the chil
dren, succeeded in reaching the house, when
he found his wife was missing. Search was
unavailing until morning, when her lifeless
frozen body was found partially covered with
snow, a short distance from the house.
Iff” Henry A. Willard paid into the Mar
shal’s hands at Washington, on Thursday last,
$1,015 of amount of forfeited bail for the ap
pearance of John W. Wallcott, indicted for
refusing to answer questions put to him by a
committee of the House of Representatives last
session, concerning the bribery of Congress
men to vote for free wool.
HP Gen. Scott was rohhecl of his overcoat
by a couple of clever rascals at the St. Charles,
New Orleans, last week. As he was going
up the stairs, suiTounded by a crowd, two of
the individuals insisted on relieving him of his
overcoat. Gracefully he conscntad, supposing
that the act was only a part of the hospitali
ty which had been offered him; but unfortu
nately he has not heard anything since of his
supposed admirers or his overcoat, and he has
had to procure another.
HP A young man named Barnes was re
cently fiued £1 in a London Court, for kissing
a girl ten years of age against her will.
|gp John Hall, of Clyde, died on the 7th
inst., from the effects of a wound made by the
horn of a bull-head, in his hand, while he was
engaged in skinning tho fish.
Hem (he Evening Ledger.
THB WHEEL OF UFE.
^ 1. a r. .
I sat beside (he cottage door,
A wheel was standing near,
A little infant whirl’d i( round,
Then started back in fear.
Hethought (he mystic wheel of life
Was whirl’d by that fair child,
Aad first the ever lenthening cord
Slow on the spindle piied.
Time stealing near the clicking reed
Was counting off the chain
And every month it tied a knot.
And every year a skein.
At first the thread run smooth and white,
No spot nor wrinkle there •
As innocence the wheel did turn
For life’s immortal heir.
Soon coarser grew the rolling thread,
Uneven grew the skein,
And passion with its crimson dye
Began to leave its stain.
And louder yet the spindle whirred,
And quick the wheel flew round ;
And fast upon the spool of life,
The thread the spindle wound.
03“Xo one can sing in sweeter strains of tho land of
bis birth than our author. Who is it that docs not ap
preciate the following poem !—LaGrange Reporter.
G E O R G I A .
BY BOW. YOUNG MLL, IB.
Fair Georgia ! How my full heart swells
As that proud name salutes mine ears ;
What scenes it wakes in memory’s cells—
How grand thy destiny appears.
Although no more amoDg thy hilla
Thy wandering son a home may claim,
My lyre in boldest measure thrills
Whene’er I breathe thy glorious name.
Old Yonah, in his solemn pride,
Lifts from thy breast his craggy piles,
While at his feet bis lovely bride,
The beautiful Nacoocbc, smiles ;
And Kcnesaw liis double bead
From three uprears in power serene,
While near him, o’er its pebbly bed,
Rolls Chattahoochee’s azure sheen.
Upon thy soil hath Nature raised
Her monumental granite rock,
Around whose brow for ages blazed
The lightnings, yet it felt no shock ;
For calmly wrapped in cloudy gray,
Defying Time e’en from its birth,
It stands, naught telling of decay,
The grandest monument on earth.
Fair learning’s gifts by thee are showered
O’er every one ; on every hand,
In academic shades embowered,
Thy scats of learning dot the land.
Old Franklin counts her foster sous,
Who stand in Fame’s proud fane, by scores;
And Mercer boasts the honored ones
Whose minds were trained within her doors.
From Oglethorpe’s time honored halls
Have issued men thou claim'st with pride,J
And Emory’s venerated walls
Have sent forth minds of giant stride.
Upon her hill-environod plain
Doth beauteous Marietta stand ;
, ’T is hers in arts of war to train
Future defenders of our land.
Towards thy Western border line,
Near Chattahoochee's silver stream,
Where groves of maple, oak, aad pine,
Drives oflTthe sun’s too gari-h beam,
A village sits midst classic sbades,
Which fairer grows by every change ;
And many birghl-eyed, laughing maids,
By thee are fostered, sweet laCrange.
Where on thy steep Atlantic coast
Break tho wild waves of emerald green,
Savannah stands—the proudest boat—
Thy “forest city”—seaport queen.
Aud farther North, thine inland mart,
Augusta lies fair as a dream ;
And Northward still, thy throbbing heart,
Atlanta, with its pulse of steam.
Great Empire of the Sunny South !
Tiie wanderer greets thee.froin afar :
Thy praise is ever in my mouth !
Upon our flag, thou brightest star,
May thy pure rays beam ever bright I
Thus will I pray, where’er I roam.
May no fell discord quench thy light,
land of my birtii. my youlh’s loved homo f
Oakland, Jan. 1,1859.
A Wop*an acton Ftee bjr „ _
Coroner Horton took thfti tkwitratton of a
woman named Ann Jane Dawson, at the
Tjpng Island College Hospital; yesterday, who
stated under oath that on Wednesday night ,
the 19th inst., her husband set fire to her
tjnt-h**, by means of which she was so seri
ously injured that she does not expect to sur
vive any great length of time. She stated
that she was the wife of Patrick Dawson, and
resided in Hamilton avenue. That on the
night of the 19th inst., she went to a neigh
boring saloon, where she found her husband-
playing cards. She urged him to come
home and he told her to go or he would kick
her.
She went home and the husband came in, in
five or ten minutes. They lived in the base
ment. As soon as he came in she went out
with her daughter Jane, for fear that ho would
injure them, whereupon he locked the door.
They went through the next house and climb
ing over the fence entered the hack basement
of their residence. The mother sat down at
the bottom of the steps where they could hear
Dawson talking to himself ; she also saw him
through the keyhole. The child fell asleep
and the mother fell drowsy. She heard foot
steps, which she supposed were those of her
husband, but it does not appear that site saw
him approach her.
Soon after she found the bottom of her dress
on fire, and waking up her daughter, ran up
to the front door and out on the side-walk.—
When she reached the street her clothes were
Description of a Yankee.
The Ohio Statesman in noticing the forma
tion of a ‘New England Society’ in Columbus,
makes the following acknowledgment of New
England influence in the West :
The New Englander has made much of our
country what it is. The West from the
“ground up,” is greatly the work of his hands
Adapted to any calling—manufacturing
preaching or fighting, and whether preachin,
or fighting the same principle is involved—i
principle stronger than himself. His way
is tho only way, and that he will have, at any
hazard, for it is with him a conviction beyond
the reach of argumeut to the contrary. Should
‘Millerism,’ for instance, shake his confidence
in the stability of the world and its indestruc
tible nature, he soon reassures himself with a
story of ‘wet season,’ and returns to hisconfi
dence in an efficient- fire department. A still
Yankee, is an unusual phenomenon, a condi
tion indicative of funeral notices. Action
with him is a positive principle. M. Cheva
lier, in his letter from the United States,
says: “There exists a Yankee in Connecticut
who has never been to bed of nights, for fear
some one of his neighbors would be up in the
morning before him. And that is the charac
teristic of the people—they are all alike.”
He is withal, naturally honest, religious in
dustrious, benevolent and temperate. The
world would be incomplete, unfinished, with
out him, and he knows it. He is, in fact
its percussion lock, self-acting, ever ready and
at aim.
Slave Exodus.—An almost endless outgoing
of slaves from Virginia to the South has con
tinued for more than two weeks past. On
Tuesday morning the car allotted to servants
on the R. and P. Railroad was filled to such
an extent that one of the spring bars over the
truck broke down, without, however, produ
cing any harm. About fifty slaves passed en
route for the South yesterday evening.—Pet
Express.
HP The council of Richmond, Va., have or
dered fifteen hundred bushels of coke per
month, for the poor.
_ ~f° The first newspaper in Ohio, was print
ed in 1793 ; now there are three hundred and
forty weekly, twenty-three semi-weekly, and
thirty-one daily newspapers.
_ P Mr. R. N. Rouse, formerly of Charles
ton, and pressman in the “Advertiser” office
was killed in Montgomery, Ala., by Pat. Con
ner, on Wednesday night last.
HP The days of high rents in San Francis
co arc said to have passed away. From $50
to $75 a month is about the figure paid for
houses costing, say $2,000.
HP Parson Brownlow, who publishes the
Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig, calls upon his sub
scribers to “pay up.” He says he is willing
to hike shanghai chickens, hoop-skirts, boot
jacks, broom-corn, baby-jumpers, fishing-
tackle, patent medicines, sucking pigs, frozen
cabbages, old clothes, Colt’s revolvers, second
hand tooth brushes ginger cakes, parched
com, circus tickets, or any other article found
in a retail store.
We guess that our friend, the parson, is in
our fix, would’nt object to haul in some of
the “rhino,” at the same time. f
HP The following paragraph is said to be
from the hook of Mormon. Evidently Brig
ham Young practices upon it: “Blessed is lie
who bloweth his own horn, for whoso blow
eth not his own horn, the same shall not he
hlowed. Likewise, whoso bloweth his own
horn, the same shall be bio wed with ven
geance.”
HP In Vermont, recently, a young man
flogged his brother severely, for preventing
his father from hanging himself. On being
remonstrated with for whipping his brother,
for saving his father’s life, he replied : “I wan
ted him to know that it was his business to let
father have his own way."
Death of the Oldest Man in Virginia.—
Mr. Philip Jesse, aged 120 years, died in New
Garden, Russell county, on 1st December.—
It is stated that a short time before his death
lie was able to attend to his own household af
fairs, and that while in his one-hundredth
year he cut and split 100 rails. He was a man
respected by all who knew him.—[Jefferson
ville Advocate.
Cheap Horse.—A tolerable good locking
horse was sold at auction in Wheeling on
Wednesday, for the enormous sum ot 771-2
cts. When it is taken in consideration that
it cost $1.75 to sell the horse, we don’t think
the operation paid.
HP An old man in Williamson county, Ten
nessee, who is now 85 years of age, says he
never took a chew of tobacco (though making
millions of pounds of it) in his life, never
smoked a cigar or pipe, and never had on a
pair of hoots.
(IP Count Montalcmbert’smuch spoken of
pamphlet has lately been sold at Paris with
the title printed reversed. Masses of the
pamphlets were disposed of before the police
siw the trick.
HP No single women are allowed in Ja
pan. Every man is allowed one legal wife,
and as many second wives as his means will
permit him to support,
HP A young, handsome, and hitherto res
pectable married lady, of Buffalo, was recent
ly arrested for public intoxication and sent up
for 30 days.
Savannah, Jan. 24.—Sales of Cotton to-d
in a blaze, and a neighbor called Boh threw 420 bales. The market was quiet, but
More Trouble in Kansas.
is, of Fort Scott, has just arrivZto
route to confer with Goyemor Medarv 81
cerning the troubles in Southern Kansas’ 00ft ‘
He represents the neighborhood of p
Scott to he under a reign of terror. b US i
was suspended and the women and ehi]!? ess
had been removed to places of safety.
Congressional.
Washington, Jan. 24.—The foreign con, •
tees of both houses of Congress to-day to?*’
ed in favor of a hill appropriating $30 OOO^i
to facilitate the acquisition of Cuba by
ation. ° ot *’
Ten Million Loan Awarded.
New York, Jan. 24.—The $10,000,000?
nry loan was awarded to-day, at an’avera?*'
about two and a half per cent premium
MARKETS.
New York, Jan. 24.—Sales of Cotton
day 2,000 bales, with a bouyant mafft
Holders demand an advance. Flourbouv .
sales 22,000 barrels, Ohio quoted at $u
So GO, and Southern §5.70 @ $5 00. Wu ®
firm, sales 25,000 bushels. Corn bouv
sales 12,000 bushels, mixed 87 cents,
of Turpentine quoted at 49 Qv, 401 cents u
in dull at $1.77 J @ 1.80. ltos -
his jacket about her. Two policemen came
up and one of them threw a pail of water over
her. About this time her husband came out
and told the policemen she had matches and a
candle and had set herself on fire. She sta
ted to the Coroner that she had no .matches
or candle and was sure that her husband had
set her clothes on fire, and told her that by
throwing a pint of liquor about her it would
never he discovered that he did it. Whenev
er he got drunk he would threaten to take
her life. After herself and child went out of
the house he prevented them from entering.
These are the principal facts sworn to by
the woman before the Coroner. Her whole j
body is burned raw, and the physicians of the |
hospital are of the opinion that her injuries |
are of such a nature that she cannot recover. I
The husband, Patrick Dawson, was arres- !
ted on a warrant issued by the Coroner, and j
committed.—N. Y. Ex. . j
were unchanged.
Prices
The New Territories.—'“Dacotah” is
was the vVestern half of Minnesota Territorr
When the State was formed a line was dra,™
through the middle oi the Territory f rri .
North to South. The Eastern part becJ!
the State of Minnesota, the Western is or ^
ized without a government.
“Arizona" is a combination of the South
part of New Mexico with the Mesilla Yall ev
strip of land which we purchased from Meif
co in 1854. The latter is without a local g, Jr .
ernment.
“Nevada” is the Western half of Utah k
ing hetwren Salt Lake and California.
“Lamarie” means the Western part of Xe.
hraska in which the fort of that name is situ-I
ed.
“Superior,” or “Ontonagon,” is the p en i a .
sular between Lakes Superior and MichH c
part of which now belongs to Michigan
Organization of Arizona. . .
Washington, Jan. 19.—The report of the i P a f*L t< ? n. P „ wn) ].
House Territorial Committee in favor of the j oon< 7 _ c .. '. _ . . J <lSc ovei
■ere]
IIUUJJC JLeiliblAiirtl KsVtllUULUJZ, ill UkMU 1/1 ILiU ; , . . f Pil-z/c PanL- f'U, , 1
organization of Arizona, with boundaries indi- ! f° *. V'V, , rnr knf thu'lVm;- ^ ^ tet ^
cated by Lieut. Mowrv, is the same as that of : &c., including of the Ierrptone Sl ,f Kan-
General Buskin his bill reported to the Sen- ’Sng “taken from Kan^|
graphic dirisfono? New Mexico, Ind "accords' j -l^ 00
With the wishes of the neonle of the Territory, i >7 V ),X) mhabitants.-[National Intel.
A Cold Morning in Boston.—This mornir.-
about 8 o’clock, says a Boston paper offus
day, one of our citizens, residing at the ei-
•p ; treme south end, started down town to hi
± + | business, and with two overcoats on his b&j
with the wishes of the people of the Territory.
The people of Rio Grande valley are espec
ially indebted to the delegate, Lieut. Mowry,
for the manner in which he advocated their
interests.
Orders have been issued from the War
partment similar to those which were sent to
Kansas pending the former troubles, namely,
to use the four or five companies of troops
now there, as a posse comitatus, to enforce
laws during tho present disturbances in that
Territory.
According to report, when the Senate’s
French Spoliation bill, which is now on the
Speaksr’s table, shall be taken up in the
house for reference, an effort will be made to
pass it by a suspension of the rules, and un
der operation of the previous question.
OFFICIAL.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT
of tiie Senate.
James B. Bowlin, of Missouri, commissioner
of the United States to Paraguay.
John P. Brown, of Ohio, secretary and
dragoman of the legation of the United States
at Constantinople.
Garey W. Ryckman, of California, secretary
of the legation of tiie United States in Chile.
Demosthenes Walker, of Mississippi, consul
of the United States at Genoa.
: a thick fur cap over ids head and ears, his coa; I
: collars turned up, and the whole secured W a
thick and voluminous wrapper, bid defiant-
to the piercing cold, and lustily and cheerily!
i proceeded to stump it down the street. Frai!
! his warm enveloping lie surveyed with cor.-!
siderable satisfaction the slTvering forms ot
other travellers as they shuffled aiongore i
tiie slippery sidewalk. From this feeling uj
i undue complacency he was however, suddenb |
: aroused by a friend, who hastily spoke an ue- j
! heard explanation, and without furtherctre i
j monv proceeded to rub the somewhat extenshj
! nasal organ of our friend with a handful i. :
I snow snatched from tiie street. The looks d
i indignation and astonishment of the suffera |
I were changed to those of gratitude and sati- j
faction when lie found that his unprotectri j
nose was white as the snow that ruhbedh, j
! and was fast freezing stiff. This rtussim. «
! method of operations created some miri. I
; among lookers-on, but if tiie present weather
hold, is likely to become very prevalent
| The Famous Fountain of Fortune.— 1 Thefv
! mous fountain, of whose miraculous qualitk
Robert Dowling, of Iowa, consul of tiie Uni- j it was said, possessed the power ol renew;:..
ted States at Cork.
Joseph W. Livingston, of New York, consul
of the United States at La Union, San Salva
dor.
Albert Mathieu, of New York, consul of the
United States at Carthagena, New Granada.
Charles A. Leas, of Maryland, consul ot the
United States at Revel.
Henry Anthon, Jr., of New York, consul of
the United States at Batavia.
George T. Ingraham, of Maine, consul of
the United States at Laguna, Yucatan.
Edward P. Peters, of New York, consul of
the United States at Trebizonde, Asiatic Tur
key.
Letter From Professor Agassiz.—Cambridge
December, 1858.—As 1 have received no com
munication from the Secretary of the Geo
graphical Society of New York, I write to you
what I have to say in favor of Dr. Hays’ ex
pedition. I consider it as highly important,
not only in a scientific point of view, but par
ticularly so for the intirest of our whale fish
ers. The organism of the huge inhabitants
of the ocean seem to furnish a most direct
proof that there is an open ocean ia tiie Are-
tics. The whales being warm-blooded and
air-breathing animals, must come from time
to time to the surface to breathe. They can
not live without it. Now, it is well known
that during the winter season they are not
found outside these regions, that is at the
South of the icebergs of tiie Arctic seas.
They retreat northward during the cold
saason, and if the whole expanse of that Arc
tic sea was covered with ice, they would neces
sarily perish during the long winter. I do
not know a more direct evidence of the pres
ence of extensive open waters in the northern
most regions of the globe than the mode of
life of the whales, and the discovery of a pass
age to that open water, which would render
whale fishing possible during the winter,
would he one of tiie most important results
for the improvement of the whale fishery'.
This may not strike forcibly one who is not
acquainted with the structure of the whale,
but to the physiologist it must be irresistible.
Very truly, yours, H. Agassiz.
A Tough Story.
Harper’s Magazine records the narrow es
cape of Bishop Caper’s Catechism from being
annihilated by a hardshell opponent in Rus
sell county, Ala :
That excellent missionary, brother -,
was teaching the colored people out of cate
chism No. 1—teaching them at the plantations
and at Andrew Chapel; a good work, which
he did well, and the people appreciated it.—
We say the people, not all, however. A hard
shell Baptist preacher, E'der W , got
wind of strange doctrine, and raised the alarm.
He made an appointment and the Methodists
(as they always do,) gave him the use of their
chapel to use up the catechism. The elder
took it in the pulpit and hammered it well,
especially on the fleshy revelations.
Several of the Methodists were on hand.—
Sister G. spiritedly declared that her mind
was not changed at all, the missionaries
should still teach her servants out of the cate
chisms if they would.
But the elder hail things his own way
against the cetechism until B., seated away
back, a wide-awake and very shrewd man,
spoke out :
“Sir, do you knoyv that you arc speaking
and inveighling against the laws of your
country? You have read the title page of the
catechism, now read wliat’s on the other side
of that leaf, if you please.”
He reads :
“Entered according to the act of Congress,
in the year of our Lord, 1847, by John Ear
ly.”
“There,” continued B , who, to the
confusion and dismay of the elder, followed up
his advantage before the congregation, “you
see that book has passed both Houses of Con
gress, and been duly authorized, and here
you are trying to raise up the people against
it.”
The elder felt his position an awkward one
for a good citizen—gave it up—the catechism
was victorious ! It wus a paper bullet, hut
brought down the game.
Afterward B——, to complimented, in a
company of friends, on having found an ar
gument, though no argument at all, that fit
ted the calibre of liis antagonist and saved
the case.
“Hush ! now,” said he, imploringly, “I
realy thought at the time it was a sound ar
guincnt, and that both houses of Congress
Aad approved the Catechism.”
I youth to the aged, has been equalled, „
! another respect, by a discovery which give
| fortune to the penniless. Pouee tie Leon trav-'
j elled many miles and many years to discow;
the pure fountain of youth. The Pune.-to
Leons of the’ present day have only to travel
by mail as far as Wilmington. Delaware.«I
Augusta, Ga., to have their hopes realizedi
the discovery of the Fountain of Foitunc - •
Wood, Eddy & Co.’s legalised lottery isn j
myth—no fabulous fountain. Money is tel
stream which renews youth. By sending fit i
five, or two and a half dollars to eithcrof tiicel
points, the lucky explorer of its treasures, et I
tering with but this small amount, may e to
forth invigorated with a fortune of fifty tto J
sand dollars, or its proportion.
Ciilldhsofl.
The following beautiful cxtact will he re: ]
with deep interest, especially hv the aged, r I
whose hearts it will find a cordial response, j
If there is anything that can warm &|
chilled feeling, and send the blood bomnSql
through the veins of sober manhood, it nnsl
he srnypat by with the joyous spirit of chili!
hood. The sense of animal'enjoyment ivli;V:j
ever utters its voice in mrthfulness, is sostrog ; ;
within all children—there is such a fountidi!
of pure unmingled joy ever bubiing up ire |
the heart to tne lips—such a frank, lionesj
manifestation of delight in their "clay of snail J
things,” that he must he world-hardend to 1
deed who can resist the cheerful influences on |
close companionship with the "little people |
We look on a group of merry children with ' |
feeling that would almost approach to envy, j
benevolence and a sort of pity for their uno :• j
ciousness of a checkered future did not awake >
our tenderness. Then comes memory win I
her wand of power. The wheels of timer-’
back—we are once more children—once m'
dwelling in the green nooks or gamboling -
the flowery paths of that fairy land of life.-!
Picture after picture rises before our imagto.
tiot—we aie lost in dreams of by-gone days- .
and when, at last, the spell is broken we 1
that by such recollections, even when embak
ed in tears, the heart is made be tor. GL|
blessed indeed are the influences of a ha;;; ’
childhood to all who can call up such vissto j
Sorrow may cloud the present day, and to .
may haunt the future—gilt may have staia: >
the hand, and vice blackened the heart: to;
from the depths of degredation and sorrow s. :
crime will men look hack to the scenes of tto:
earliest youth with a yearning tenderness -
Ami if those scenes are clad in the simshiE
of joy—if they can behold the good, the leu
tiful. and the true, who can tell with what re
deeming power such reminiscences may 0® 1
to the world-wearied and sin-stained son! >
Life Illustrated.
Ability' of the Press.—Let us add, as
another sign of the advanced state of onr so-
ciety, that the knowledge and scholarship
manifested in the columns of the higher
class of the newspaper press, whether in Eu
rope or America, are equal now to the famous
literary authorship of other times. What a
reputation was attained by “Junius” on ac
count of a few newspaper articles in the Lon
don Public Advertiser! And yet many a lead
ing column of the better journals of England,
France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United
States, comes before ns every day, and passes
(IT 1 An exchange speaking of the treatment off without our special note, and with no indi-
The Cuaritv of Speech.-Can a higher cat-
pilmeut he paid to a man than to say -y
speaks ill of no one ? And is any man befc
spoken of by all than he who never open.- -•
mouth to the detriment of his fellow creature ;
And does any one in the long run live ®* |
happily than he ? The charity of speech c- j
passes that of almost giving; the latter. toJ
if it he the widow's mite is rewarded lyfi’l
feeling the donor experiences, hut the hfc j
waits for its reward. The impulse j
prompts one to look kindly upon his brother? 1
sins of omission or commission, even *1® f
living as lie would if he were dernl. t>|
prompts to suppress all mention of theev-l
within him and readily to acknowetlge 1
good traits, to speak of man with the ssbj
delicacy of woman, to remember that there^ a
no existing creature without some mieeoto j
trait—this impulse is one of the noblest t> I
actuates the mind and dwells within thehei ■
We never meet one who has a kin l ' vor “ ; |
the faults of another, with* ut mental o®*-
tion that he would he the first to lend to'I
helping hand. _
Hf” The batchelor member of the
Legislature, who introduced the hill top
hibit widows from marrying, it is report*;
wns lately “kicked” by a bouncing
his county. Should the hill become a » ■
search warrant could not find a widow w •
ltansas; they would flee from it :is ,, a ky ( |
ought to flee from “the wrath to come,
are not widowers also cm 1 >raced in its i
ions? We move to “amend k |
grossedryder.”—[Enterprise (Miss ) *' e
Hf” Sam Slick, in his late “savings. - ‘ JB
some advice about the selection ot
Bavslie: “Don’t murrv too poor ..„ , ._
end to
a police officer received from a drunken woman viduol fame to its author, though it he higher
whom he was endeavoring to take to jail, say a in composition and purer in spirit thaw any-
he kicked and cuffed him around, as freely I thing by the hand of Junius.—[Speech of Ca- I tiement in another column
ss if he had been her husband. I lebC'usbin.g I tinel.
they are apt to think there is no t •—. _ ^ h
husband’s purse; nor too rich a gal. 10 ‘ >p
are apt to remind you of it J
sometimes; nor too giddy a gal, i ,ir ! i \ j
lect their families ; nor too demure a
they are most apt to give you the Tptotf, S
off, and leave you; nor too weak-mm 11 a
for children titke till their talents no® 1
mothers,” and with all due deferencti .
ladies we would ask Mr. biick it'l) e 1U ' j
insinuate that the population of the '
already large enoug ? ..
La Win* I
Southern Wine.—The Still Oataw ^ I
made by Mr. Axt, of Crawfordyille,
consider ed very pure and superior, |
judges: and all who drink wine s ", l ( > i | t( , pl ti<
chase these in preference to the a* ^
mixtures from abroad. See Mr. f.
—C’iroiuw 4