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ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1859.
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itirisn. Jones & HeLendon.
invite attention to the advertisement
ftheatwve named firm. From a personal
•nation, we are prepared to recommend
ir stock, to the patronage of the public.—
ir Sugars are first rate and “no mistake.”
vir brandy is A No. 1, and purchasers dc
; n g goods in their line, would do well to
jl at t heir store, if they wish good articles
ad good bargains w l '* i
We mean what we say.
Masonic Edifice.
VTe have it, from reliable authority, that
I , rc Rre three hundred Masons in the city of
•lanta. Dr. Angier in a spirit of liberality,
i ich characterises that gentleman has pro-
t<1 erec t a magnificent structure, such
, R . ou i(i be an ornament to our city, on a lot
ruining the Trout House, on Decatur street,
d (en ders to the Masonic Fraternity the
rivilege of erecting the second and third sto-
of the building, for their own use and ben-
it free of charge. This we conceive to be a
j onerous offer, which should be received
’the fraternity, without hesitation. The
.j in adopted for the accomplishment of this
is to have the building erected by a
j, lt 6 tock company; the investment to be not
donation, but a loan, to he repaid in process
f rime, with interest. We commend this
at< rprise not only to the favorable consider-
tion of the Masonic fraternity, but to every
jtiren of Atlanta, who feels an interest in its
iprovcment.
The National American
Ought to take a few lessons in politeness,
„m iiro. Sneed of the Savannah Republican
)d not use such ugly words. Just because the
emoeratio party has killed Whiggery and
,e American party, there is no use Brother
„tereon in making mouths and snarling
■ound generally, by making such naughty
iprcssions as the following :
• The self-styled Democratic party—-that in-
itedand arrogant organization, mis-called
pinocratic— this mis-named monstrosity—the
nngrel concern, which styled itself the Demo-
atie party—James Buchanan, the present
oliigate, unprincipled and unworthy occu-
mt of the Presidential chair—this most
nfilett and corrupt administration.”
Sir. you must have had either the colic or
othachc when you penned such words. Can
be that our late city election has effected
hi health and made you cross ? Some of us
ought you emptied your gall-bladder on
tunlay liefore last. Be easy, the Democrat-
party will take good care of you. Bro.
eed says “the Democratic party has never
en lacking in wisdom and tact” and you
ght not to be using such hard names. Treat
ur enemy respectfully, magnanimously, if
The Xcxt Presidency—What should the
South do 1”
The Savannah Republican of the 25th inst.,
is a lengthy editorial upon the above text,
which we find several sensible and true re
irks. We are almost inclined to believe that
end Sneed’s case is not altogether hopeless.
; says, “the American Party is defeated and
organized perhaps we might say disbanded.”
ter making some flings at the Democratic
rty, he affirms that “the Democratic party
s never been lacking in wisdom and tad.”
ell. “wisdom and tact” will generally win
1 we go in for the Democratic party, with
“wisdom and tact”—as a sure prestage of
itinued success. Said editorial winds up as
lows:
If the Charleston Convention should nomi
te a candidate not otherwise objectionable
m that he holds to the generally recognised
inciples of the Democratic party, it appears
us that there will be no sound, patriotic rea-
i for a division among the men of the south,
s cm see no alternative to which the oppo-
im could resort that would enable them
Iter to serve either the country or them-
ves. In fact it will be a necessity, from
lirh there is no way of escape consistent
th duty.”
thousands of “the opposition” in days
lie by, have deliberately come to the con -
ision. that, they could not “better serve
her the country or themselves’ ’ than by
ng over to the Democratic party. When
h conciliatory words come from the Sa-
nnah Republican, may we not begin to hope
a united south in the contest of 1860 ?— 1
w we would enjoy, if living, in 1860, the
lit of all the slave States heartily joining in
‘ support of some conservative and worthy
(tesman for the Presidency. And why
raid not the South go into the next politi-
i struggle, a unit ? Have not the slave
■tes one common interest ? And will they
t have a common destiny ? Black Republi-
iism must be put down, or it wiil put the
utli down. A common enemy seeking our
n. should cause us to unite against that
emv. Let us all come up to the help of the
uth against the mighty phalanx of Black
‘publican rascals and teach them that “it is
ird to kick against the pricks.”
CodlSratlon of the Lavra.
We published in our issue of yesterday, a
notice that Gov. Brown had appointed T. R.
R. Cobb, and Richard Clark, Esqs., to fill the
vacancies occasioned by the resignation of Ex-
Gov. Johnson, and Hon. Iverson L. Harris,
who were elected by the last Legislature, to
codify the laws of Georgia. We learn from
head-quarters, that these gentlemen have ac
cepted the appointments. We feel no hesita
tion in endorsing the action of the Governor,
in reference to these appointments. Better
could not have been made. Some have ques
tioned the right of the Governor to fill these
vacancies ; to all such, we would say that the
Constitution of the State clothes the Governor
with power to fill all vacancies, occurring in
offices held under the State Government, un
til the regular time for an election comes on.
The constitutional power, thus conferred on
the Executive, has been exercised by Gov.
Brown, and we conceive that he has done this
duty properly, and most judiciously.
The Dark Side of the Picture.
“Men whose temperaments continually lead
them to view the darkest side of the picture of
life, whose smiles are of thegenus ghost, whose
voices are never heard in a “round unvarnish
ed” laugh, whose visal organs take but two
directions, upward and downward, cannot ap
preciate a good piece of fun, even when pre
sented to them in the most ludicrous perspec
tive.” .
And of such does the world abound ; they
would chill the balmy air of a bright June
morning; their very presence is enough to
wither the flowers which kind Nature has so
bountifully lavished upon us. To be a jolly
man, is to be that which all should envy, for
a round, laughing face carries happiness where-
ever it goes, and is a welcome visitor in the
invalid's chamber, or around a festive board-
We should know no philosophy, save that
which teaches us to look on the bright side of
everything ; to stare fate in the face, and meet
it as men should. We like not your lean, hun
gry, Cassius-like men; we feel uneasy when
they are about us ; we are constantly remind;
ed of something ominous ih the perspective *
we look upon such men as grasping after their
coffins, and prematurely hurrying themselves
out of the world. Such men have no souIb
above the sordid desire for gain. In them is
no congeniality found ; they breathe a pesti
lence of misery around them, and burst asun
der, as icicles, the tender ties of home and its
sweet influences ; they live in a chilly atmos
phere, and you instinctively shudder when in
their presence. From ail such, may we be for
ever delivered.
a personage to need the adornments of fash
ion, to enable her to pass. The wealthy and
the intelligent ought to set better examples
than they are doing. If they would institute
plainer and more comfortable, and more mod
est apparel, the balance of would fol
low suit. Gaudy dressing is characteristic of
a vam mind, let the peacock strut and spread
his tail, and cover more ground than he is en
titled to, while his streak of vanity is on him,
but let man and woman, nearest in intelligence
and dignity, to their creator, of all earthly
creatures, remember that “God resisteth the
proud, but giveth grace to the humble.” Pres
ent fashions take little thought of personal
comfort. Look at those tights, just ready to
split. Look at those enormously wide wrist
bands and collars, all uncomfortable and in
the way. See that crinoline, while the wind
is blowing, swaying too and fro, like a ship at
sea, ih a storm.
By the by, we heard that a recently import
ed African negro, liked to have tom a woman
into pieces, the other day, by mistake, trying
to use her as an umbrella.
Look at that bonnet, or rather that burlesque
upon a bonnet, neither comfortable nor come
ly. Look at that young lady, just dressed, or
rather stripped, for the part;—might she not
as well remove everything above the waist ?
Modesty, comfort and plainness, properly blen
ded, will make any pretty woman prettier and
more fascinating. But when she begins to
out-strip all creation, she lets down her digni
ty, and sacrifices her nicest charms.
Would that the present generation would
turn those energies, wasted upon dre|s, to
physical, mental and spiritual culture. ItTmat-
ters little what the dress, if it covers a sound
body, with an educated mind, and a soul clad
in the habiliments of virtue.
shops of the M. E. Church, South.
arc indebted to some person, unknown
for a Lithograph of the likenesses of the
ps of M. E. Church, South. We give the
s. the time they entered the itineracy,
rlien they were ordained bishops. Joshua
. D. D., entered the itineracy, N. E. Con-
oe. 1799; ordained Bishop at Baltimore,
1824. James O. Andrew, D. D., ent.
\ C. Conference, 1812; ordained Bishop
iladclphia, May 1832. Wm. Capers, D.
nt. itin. j? C. Conference, 1808; ordained
p at Petersburg Va., May 1846. Robert
, D. D., ent. itin. Tenn. Con., 1818; or-
d Bishop at Petersburg Va., in May 1846
. Bascom, D. D., L. L. D., ent. itin. ?
C(inference, in 1813 ; ordained Bishop at
mis, Mo., in May 1850. Geo. F. Pierce,
, cut. itin., Georgia Conference, 1831;
ned Bishop at Columbus, Ga., in May
John Early, D. D., ent. itin. Virginia
rence, 1807 ; ordained Bishop at Colum-
ra., in May 1854. H. H. Kavanagh, D.
nt. itin., Kentucky Conference, in 1828;
ned Bishop at Columbus, Ga., in May,
These likenesses were lithographed by
<y, Major & Knapp, 449, Broadway, New
5 °' *- Tery Short Crop.—The Telegraph
‘•Y fi CoL Joseph Bond of Macon, has made,
ns year, twenty-one hundred and seventy
nes of cotton, which is worth, at present pri-
■ R ’ °'’ er one hundred thousand dollars. A
;r y handsome income for a man who com-
l? need the world as a dork.
The Finance Committee report the Bonded
debt of the city at $48,000, and the Mayor
reports it to be $47,000. The difference we
know is not important; but as there seems to
be an honest effort to enlighten our benighted
citizens, all doubts as to the financial capabili
ties and accuracy of the city officials should
be removed. This is a disagreement between
the Finance Committee and his honor. Which
is right ?
Nobody is “benighted” but the writing
editor of the American, and before he again
exhibits himself in public, we would advise
him to be certain what he writes about. For
his especial benefit, we will state, that at the
time the Finance Committee, made their re
port; the bonded debt of the city was virtually
$48,000. Besides the items given in the May
or’s address—council had passed an ordinance
authorizing the issue of a bond for $1000 for
the benefit of Atlanta Fire Company No. 1.—
At a subsequent meeting and before the bond
was issued, the council repealed that ordinance,
so that at the the time the Mayor delivered
his address, the bonded debt of the city was as
stated by him, $47,000, so that Mr. American
the Committee and the Mayor were both
right.
“Pride of Dreaa.”
Extravagance in dress, is one of the crying
evils of the age. Men, women and children
are, too many of them, absorbed with the
thought of what they shall wear. The potent
influence of fashion comes along, with its ever
varying changes, and turns thousands of silly
heads with that foolish argument, that costs
our people millions, “It is as well to be out of
the world, as out of the fashion.” Thousands
will go hungry and ignorant, to get money to
offer in blind idolatry to the shrine of fashion.
Thousands more will make any shift to get
credit, and wear their finery, never expecting
to pay for it when they got it. Has the time
come, when it takes the coat to make the man ?
How many a man is now called upon to dress
his wife and daughters in silk, and his sons in
broadcloth, and live in a rented house, and
from hand to mouth, hardly knowing where
the money is to come from, to feed his family.
How many aTe kept from the enjoyments of
social intercourse, and the public assembly,
because they cannot appear decked in all the
flummeries of the latest fashions ? Who, to a
certain extent, is not unduly moved upon by
a ‘ ‘fond pride of dress ?” One cannot pass our
streets, on his daily avocation, without re
mark, and perhaps a lecture, if his garments,
in cut or color, are not up to the latest fash
ion.
What an unrelenting despot is fashion, and
yet how eagerly mankind obey its ridiculous
behests. Expensive, troublesome, foolish,
vain, unhealthy, vulgar fashions, bow did you
get such vast control over immortal beings ?
How the world’s idea of dress, changes! We
remember, when a small boy, of a wealthy
neighbor, who came by his wealth suddenly,
saying, that henceforth hit wife was able to
dress in calico. Now, calico is not good enough
for our slaves, and we hear the rustling Of
their silks, whenever they get the chance of
appearing in full costume- “Retrenchment
and reform” should begin at the wardrobe, all
over our land.
“Fond pride of dress is sure a curse,
Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.”
We once heard of a young lady, who went
to her mother to consult about dressing, in
the presence of one, upon whom she wanted to
make an impression, and said, ma, what num
ber shall I wear ? To whom the mother re
plied, No. 19. The truth was, No. 19 was all
the dress she had, fit to appear in. But 19 is
a small number, now, for the fashionable belle
of the present day.
A distinguished statesman, of this country,
once went to Europe, and took with him a
beautiful and fascinating daughter. They
traveled extensively, and were received at sev
eral of the courts of the Kings. That daugh
ter carried but two dresses, one on her body,
and one in her trunk, and she was admired
none the less. Now, it takes something of a
dray to take the baggage of a fast young Mr.
or Miss.
John Quincy Adams and wife, were once at
the residence, in France, of Gen. LaFayette,
enjoying bis hospitalities. Several of the la
dy guests were disposed to make light of lbs.
Adams, for the plainness of her dress. Mrs.
LaFayette is add to have remarked, in sab-
stance, that Mrs. Adams is toe distinguished
For the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Whip and Whiggery.
No. 2.
Hark from the tombs! that doleful sound,
heard once more after a silence of severaj
days. Like the calm before the tempest, the
silence was ominous of something awful. It
came at last in Bhape of a pompous column of
verbosity of an amphibious nature. The de
sign though somewhat doubtful is yet prooa-
bly* intended to terrify the timid, and as an
awful warning to evil-doers not to expose
themselves to the wrath of “th* organ.”—
Those who hold that one horse institution in god
ly fear better “Look out for the engine when
the whistle blows. ’ ’ Keep clear of ‘ ‘the break
ers” of its wrath, for when lashed into rage it
is indeed terrible. On such occasions this mod
ern Neptune “slashes” right and left with his
blunt pointed wooden sword and would fain
put to rout “Horse foot and dragoons” only
that the “assinine” ears protrude too promi
nently through the upper story of his habili.
ments.
Seriously when the Almighty; punishes the
American people to the extent of making “the
organ” the exponent of American principles.—
Then indeed will the time come for that nation
to put onsackcloth and ashes.” When men
who occupy or attempt to take the position
of standard bearers of a political party, de
scend so low into the vile haunts of partizan
rancor as to openly traduce and vilify through
their published sheets the private character of
a political opponent. Then indeed has the time
come for reasonable men, even for one-horse
briefless lawyers, for “boys whose time to v ote
had not yet come when the great exponent of
whig principles was laid in the grave,” yes
for everybody to repudiate the leadership of all
such demagogues. And when it comes to this
that “such as these” should attempt to teach
whig principles to men, boys or “briefless law
yers” adding lustre to their expositions by the
light of a dark lantern then indeed will “the
blind lead the blind.” True Whiggery needs
not the aid of midnight conspiracy to eluci
date its principles or carry them into practical
operation. And when the proper time comes,
we doubt not, that the noble, conservative,
time-honored whig party with all it pristine
purity will phoenix-like again spring forth
powerful to conquer as of old, and resistless
as an army with banners, and that too without
the aid of a ny one-sided one-horse effeminate parti
zan or newspaper scribbler.
JOHN BANG.
Sending Newspaper* and Pamphlets to Eu
rope.
Persons who send Newspapers and Pamph
lets to Europe, should be careful not to enclose
them in wrappers, as it subjects them to letter
postage, generally so high that the papers are
refused by the persons to whom they are direct
ed. A gentleman just returned from England
informs the Philadelphia Ledger that he saw
baskets of American Newspapers and Pamph
lets in one of the English post offices, which
had been thrown aside on this account. If the
Newspapers are tied around with a piece of
twine or cord they will go as well as if in a
wrapper, and the postage is then the ordinary
price for newspapers. The fact that many
Newspapers and Pamphlets fail to reach per
sons in England and France to whom they are
directed, may he accounted for in this way.—
Washington States.
Paying It Over.
We have been furnished says the Selma Sen-
tinal with the following incident, which actu
ally occurred a short time since, not more than
a hundred miles from this city, which in its
way, will do to tell.
Freind John If you will, you may put
this amongst your other lively pieces ; it is an
incident, true, of no importance, but there is
something humorous in it.
A friend of mine has a negro, Jack is the
name he bears, who, not long since joined the
Methodist Church. Well Jack seemed to be
very devout, he would often leave his work in
the day time, and stepping off in a good shady
place would there pray to his heart's content.
And with all his praying he never seemed to
think his prayers would avail him much unless
he wound up with amen.
There was rather a mischievous bull in the
neighborhood that seemed to delight in having
every person afraid of him, and making them
heel it whenever he met them. Jack one
morning went out to pray by the side of an
oldclayroot, and there he was going on at a
great rate, and as he made great motions with
hiB hands and head, as negroes praying are
want to do. Old Spot come nearly upon Jack
before he seen him, and Jack having his eyes
closed, of course could not see his horned en
emy. Old Spot seeing Jack.s motions, con
cluded Jack was for a fight, and he commenc
ed preparing likewise; he was pawing the
ground considerably, andjjrhen he brought
first bellow, you may well imagine Jack did
not stay in ms bended position long, but jum
ping up before be had time to say amen, went
for a high fence not far distant some go agreat
ways to get a horn, but he heeled it to avoid a
couple of horns. After jamping the fence
and seeing himself all right and safe, he turn
ed round to old Spot, who was pawing at as
terriable rate, and very Indignantly say
Jack :
“Now yon G—d d—nold spotted old var
mint. all da t prar hab to be pray ober again.*'
W.
An nnde left in his will eleven silver spoons
to his nephew; adding—
“If I have not left him the dozen, he knows
(he reason.”
The feet was, the nephew had some time be
fore stolen a spbon ftbtt his relative:
Our Karannah Correspondent.
Savannah, Jan. 23d, 1859.
Mxssrs. Editors As I was prevented from
writing, last week, as usual, I take advantage
of a leisure Sunday morning, to endeavor to
make up the deficiency. The meeting of citi-
sens in relation to authorizing the issue of
bonds, by the. City Council, to pay for an ex
tensive system of drainage, was well attended,
and after some discussion, the project failed to
receive their sanction, so we are to get along
for the present, with only such partial drain
age of the city as the Council feel authorized
to have performed on their own responsibility.
The prevailing opinion seems to be, that the
city is already burdened with a sufficient debt,
and that the proposed plan is not suited to our
wants.
Our shell-road has become quite an institu
tion, although not yet completed. On every
pleasant afternoon, it is fully occupied by va
rious descriptions of vehicles, whose owners
prefer its hard and smooth track, to the heavy
sand on other roads leading out of the city.—
Toll has not been taken until Friday last, but
its imposition will not decrease the travel, as
the rate is but 15 cents for a horse and buggy,
out and back. The success of this enterprise,
will, doubtless, stimulate the construction of
another similar track, on the White Bluff Road.
On Friday evening, we had the first thunder
shower of the season, after which it cleared off
cool, and this morning is one of the coldest of
the season, with a keen wind from the North-
West, suggesting a seat in the chimney cor
ner, rather than in a cold church, so your cor
respondent avails himself of the opportunity
to remember the readers of the Intelligencer.
As the day should lead to the contemplation
of serious subjects, I will give you a few items
about the churches, &c. The preachers ap
pointed for the Methodist churches, have com
menced their labors for the coming year; Rev.
Mr. Potter returning to Trinity Church, and
Rev. H. J. Adams, late of Covington, at Wes
ley Chapel. Last Sunday, Rev. J. W. Burke,
the Agent of the Tract Society, preached at
both Churches, and collected about $200 in
aid of the cause. The Baptiste have an Elder
Fisher, now preaching every night. I have
not yet heard him, but learn that he is one of
the “sensation preachers.” One day, last
week, he advertised that he would preach that
night, on the Messiahship of Christ, and invi
ted Jews, unbelievers, and skeptics of every
grade, to attend and be convinced. Such an
appeal, I think, was in decidedly bad taste,
and the Rev. gentleman might, with proprie
ty, be urged to direct his attention to the con
version of many nominal Christians, who seem
sadly in need of some saving influences, if the
recent expositions of the character of his min
isterial Bro. Graves, at Nashville, are any cri
terion.
The pastor of the 2nd Baptist Church, hav
ing resigned his charge on account of ill health,
the prominent members of both churches are
about making arrangements for a union of
both, and a healing of the unseemly division
which led to their separation, and which has
so long kept them almost at war with each
other. It is said that all who do not possess
sufficient of the Christian spirit to meet frater
nally together, will be incited to leave. Ma
ny of the members are not satisfied with the
present pastor, Rev. Mr. Daniel, and there will
probably be a dissolution of their connection
as pastor and people.
The fourth anniversary of the Young Men’s
Christian Association, was held yesterday.—
Delegates from several kindred associations,
were present, and after the business meetings
of the day were over, the members, with their
guests, returned to their room, where a very
handsome and bountiful collation had been
spread by the ladies, to which all did ample
justice. Delegates from Macon, Augusta, Ath
ens, Charleston, and Columbus, responded to
calls made upon them, in an appropriate man
ner. Rer. Mr. Potter, of this city, being cal
led on, delivered a short address of much beau
ty and power, impressing upon the minds of
those present, the importance of the work in
which they were engaged, and enforcing the
necessity of a careful attention to their duties.
At the close of his address, the President re
ferred to the importance of the aid of the cler
gy, to which Rev. Dr. Thomwell, of Columbia,
8. C., responded in a very feeling manner.
From the room, the Association adjourned to
Masonic Hall, where a large audience assem
bled to listen to the closing exercises of the
day. Here the assembled delegates aud the
anniversary orator, Rev. Dr. Thomwell, were
welcomed in a peculiarly beautiful and appro
priate manner, by Mr. J. F. Cann, a leading
member of the Savannah Association, alter
which, addresses were made by delegates from
Augusta, Baltimore, Columbus, Athens, Ma
con and Philadelphia, the latter of whom also
spoke for Charleston, whose president was un
expectedly detained at home. Francis S. Bar
tow, Esq., a member of this Association, de
livered an able and earnest appeal to the citi
zens, for aid in establishing a Library and
Reading Room. At the close of the exercises,
most of the members of the Association, to
gether with the ladies, returned to the room,
where au additional attack was made upon the
good things. The ladies were materially aid
ed in their preparations, by Mr. Foster, a por
trait painter, occupying the room adjoining
that used by the Association. When applied
to for the use of a part of his room, he not on
ly generously placed the entire apartment at
the disposal of the ladies, hut kindly aided
them in decorating the rooms, and making
many other necessary arrangements. This
kindness from a stranger, was duly appreciated
by the ladies, who have expressed to the mem
bers their admiration of his generosity. A no
ticeable feature, at the public meeting last
night, was the entrance, in procession, of about
30 sailors, under the lead of Capt. Hardie, for
merly of the Steamships Keystone State and
Huntsville.
To-night the anniversary sermon is to be
preached in the Independent Presbyterian
Church, by Rev. Dr. Thomwell, of Columbia,
formerly President of the S. C. College. These
reunions of young men, will, doubtless, do
much to advance the interests of the various
Associations. A place in the programme was
assigned to Atlanta, but as no one spoke for
your city, I send you a longer account than I
should otherwise have done, presuming it will
be of interest to the members of the Associa
tion there.
Our two Theatres have been doing a pretty
good business, the past week, with the Marsh
Children at one, and Maggie Mitchell at the
other. Mr. and Mrs. Florence are coming this
week, so that we will have no lack of attrac
tions, in that line, for a time. Preparations
are going forward for the dedication and ball
at the new Masonic Hall, on the 10th prox.,
and many distinguished Masons are expected
from abroad, to add to the interest of the oc
casion. The oration will be delivered by Wm.
S. Rockwell, the Grand Master of the State,
and will, no doubt, be a highly interesting
le. /
A number of burglaries have recently been
committed, but the offenders escaped detec
tion till a fewjdays since, when several of them
were caught and convicted. They prove
to be negroes, who are incited to steal by those
pests of society, the Irish and Dutch keepers
of comer groceries. Some of the latter have
thereby “rendered their calling and election
sure” to a vacancy in public institutions.
There are still a few dozen of them who might
be sent to Milledgeville, with advantage to the
city.
I notice the printers of your city celebrated
the birth-day of Franklin, with becoming spir
it. Nothing was done here, although a sug
gestion was made through the papers. Per
haps the reason was, that there was no one
here like your friend Hanleiter, who would
take upon himself the task of getting up a
demonstration in honor of that great man, of
whom he is so worthy a follower.
Yours, &c., A. I.
Letter of Hon. J. H. Hammond to the Web-
eter Banquet.
Washikgtos, Dec. 22, 1858.
Dear Sir—I am grateful to yon and to those
whom you represent, for your polite invitar
tion t > attend your dinner in Boston on the
18th prox., in honor of Mr. Websters birth
day ; and for the kind assurances accompany
ing it in which I have full confidence.
My duties here, however, so entirely en
gage all my time that I most respectfully de
cline your invitation.
You say that in the Revolution Massachu
setts and South Carolina stood “shoulder to
shoulder.” It would be - well for the world
if they stood so now. And why do they not l
To have brought about their present relations
one of them must have erred much; possi
bly both ; another age will decide between
us.
Bom and bred in South Carolina, of which
State my mother is a native—my father was
a Massachusetts man, a College friend of Mr.
Webster—and descended, 1 am proud to say,
from your earliest Puritan emigrants. In the
antagonastic positions of these two small but
noble States, I have personally much to re
gret—as a patriot still more. I wish the
breach could be filled up and obliterated. If
we have done you wrong if we have been the
aggressors, I think I can assure you that there
is not a man in South Carolina who is con
scious of it; not one who would deprive Mas
sachusetts of a single political right; not one
who would thwart in the least any of her pe
culiar and legitimate interests ; and could it
be shown that we have done any of these
things, not one but would desire to make
prompt and ample reparation. If the same
spirit animates the people of Massachusetts to
the same extent, we may justly hope that—the
deluding falsehoods of political aspirants
trampled under foot—our States may yet
stand “shoulder to shoulder,” the pillars of a
constitutional republic, wisely and justly ad
ministered for the protection and advance
ment of all, without privileges or endowments
to any section, class or individual, but insu
ring to all and each the full development of
themselves.
I have the honor to be, most respectfully
your obedient servant,
J. H. HAMMONDr
Peter Harvey, Esq., Boston.
Through Tickets on Southern Bailboads.-
A meeting of a number of the principal offi
cers of the different Southern Railroads, was
held in this city last week, for the purpose of
arranging through tickets. We observe that
the President of the Wilmington and Balti
more Railroad has communicated to the Rail
road Board of Trade the following schedule of
rates from the principal Southern cities to
Philadelphia and New York. These rates were
to go into operation on and after Monday, 24th
inst.
From To Phil. N. Y.
N. Orleans $49.00 $50.00
Vicksburg 46.00 48.00
Memphis 34.00 36.00
Grand Junction 33.00 35.00
Jackson, Miss 34.00 36.00
Huntsville, Ala 31.00 33.00
Knoxville 24.00 27.00
Nashville 31.00 33.00
Chattanooga or Dalton 28.00 31.00
Atlanta..'. 31.00 34.00
Charleston or Columbia 23.50 29.50
Angusta 26.00 29.00
Savannah 31.00 33.00
Macon. 32.00 34.00
Columbus 35.00 37.00
Wilmington, N. C 17.00 19.00
Weldon 11.75 14.75
Richmond 8.50 11.50
Petersburg 9.50 11.50
Augusta Dispsteh,
Simple Made of Ascertaining Interest.
The Detroit Advertiser gives a new method
of computing interest on any number of dol
lars, at six per cent., which appears simple:
Separate the right hand figure by a point,
and the figure on the left hand of this separa
ting point will be the interest in cents for six
days—the figure on the right of the point de
cimals of a cent. Multiply the whole amount
by five to find the interest for thirty days, and
this sum by two for sixty days, three for nine
ty days, etc. For any number of days less
than six. Care must be taken to separate the
right hand figures of the dollars, whether
there be cents or mills in the given sum or
not.
This is all very well, hut a simpler and
shorter way, remarks the Philadelphia Led
ger, is to multiply any given number of days
of interest desired, separating the right hand
figure, and dividing by six ; the result is the
true interest of such sum for such number of
days at six percent. This rule is so simple
and so true, according to all business usage,
that every banker, broker, merchant or clerk ,
should post it up for reference and use. There
being no such thing as a fraction in it, there
is scarcely any liability to error or mistake.
By no other arithmetical process can the desi
red information be obtained with so few fig-
Kay*i Book Store, Atlanta, Ga.
All those wanting Books, or any other aiti-
cle usually kept in Book Stores, should send
their orders to Wm. Kay, Atlanta, Ga. Yon
will be just as feithfuUy served, and at the
same prices, by ordering Buch things as are
needed, as though the selections were made in
person. We are glad to learn that Mr. Kay
is receiving a “heavy trade” from the Chero
kee country. Those who favor him with their
patronage, get “value received” for their
money.—Cassvillc (Ga.) Standard, Jan. 28th.
“She isn’t all that my fancy painted
her 1” bitterly exclaimed a rejected lover ;—
“sad, worse Uhm that, she isn’t all^that she
paint* herself”
Porcelain.—The name porcelain is applied
to the finest varieties of earthenware. It is
composed of a very pure white clay, called
kaolin—derived from the decomposition of
feldspar—very finely divided filica, prepared
by crushing and grinding calcined flints and a
little lime. The utmost pains are taken to
thoroughly incorporate those ingredients, and
to avoid the introduction of particles of grit,
or other foreign bodies. ’The mixture having
the consistency and appearance of dough, is
t hen fashioned upon a peculiar kind of lathe,
called a potter’s wheel, or in moulds of plas
ter Paris, into ware—dried and baked in a
kiln or oven, for a period of aboutforty hours.
The porcelain, in this condition, is technical
ly termed “biscuit,” and is compact and solid
but so porous as to readily imbibe water, and
even to allow it to flitter through its sur
face.
This difficulty - is remedied by covering the
ware with a glassy coating palled a glaze, which
generally consists of a more fusible mixture of
the same materials as the porcelain itself.—
These in a state of fine powder, are made in
to a cream with water, and into this the ware
is dipped for a moment, and then withdrawn;
the water sinks into its substance, leaving the
powder evenly spread upon the surface, which,
submitttd to a moderate heat, fuses, and forms
a uniform, viteous coating. In ornamental
porcelain, the designate printed or painted
upon the surface, with various metallic oxy-
des, which develope their colors only after
fusion with the ingredients of the -glaze.—
Much beautiful work of this kind is now done
in this country.
How Coffee Cam* to be Used.—It is some
what singular to trace the manner in which
arose the use of the common beverage, coffee,
without which few persons, in any half or
wholly civilized country in the world, would
seem hardly able to exist. At the time Colum
bus discovered America, it had never been
known or used. It only grew in Arabia, and
upper Ethiopia. The discovery of its use as a
beverage, is ascribed to the Superior of a mo
nastery, in Arabia, who, desirous of prevent
ing the monks from sleeping at their noctur
nal services, made them drink the infusion of
coffee, upon the report of (some shepherds,
who observed that their flocks were more
lively after browsing on the fruit of that plant.
Its reputation rapidly spread through the
adjacent countries and in about two huudred
years it reached Paris. A single plant brought
therein 1614 became the potent stock of (til
coffee .plantations, in the West Indies. The
extent of consumption can now hardly be
realised. The United States alone annually
consume at the cost of its landing, from fifteen
to sixteen million of dollars. You may know
the Arabia or Mocha, the best coffee, by its
small bean of a dark color. The Java and
East India, the next in quality, a larger and
paler yellow. The West India Rio has a bluish
greenish gray tint.
“No one,” says DeanLoker, “will ev
er shine in conversation who ever thinks of
saying fine things. To please, one mutt say
many things indifferent, and many very
bad.”
The last rule of the Dean’s is rarely violated
in society.
IffT In the United Staies tbere are six thou
sand brokers and six thousand barbers—and
what lots of shaving they both do.
LETTER OF RESIGNATION OF
IVERSON L. HARRIS, ES$.
Milledgeville, 7th January, 1859.
To his Excellency,
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Sir :—Elected-as I have been informed only
through a paragraph in the newspapers by the
Legislature at its last annual Session, as one
of a Commission to Codify the Laws of the
State, whilst absent on the Circuit, without
being a candidate, indeed, even in ignorance
that a measure was in progress authorizing an
election, I have been so deeply impressed by
this mark of their confidence, that I have
struggled to make my personal interests yield
to their wishes, but 1 am constrained by ob
ligations of duty to decline an acceptance of the
high honor so handsomely conferred.
I have sought with great anexiety to rec
oncile existing engagements with the require
ments of the Legislature, but such is the pres
sure, and probable duration of some of them,
before they can be closod by trial, that the
period of twenty months prescribed fof the
completion of the Code, would have to be
trenched upon, possibly so much, by fulfill
ing those engagements, as to render it utterly
impracticable for me to do my full share of the
labor of the Commission, within uncertain
quantity of time which may be at my com
mand.
This consideration makes it imperative that
I should tender my resignation for the Legis
lature doubtlessly expected all of the lime of
the Commissioners to be given in good faith
to the performance of this great intellectual
labor.
I cannot consent for a moment to hold an
office for the performance of the duties of which
I am unable to bring the full measure of ser
vice expected.
Whilst this resignation is placed upon the
reason already assigned—tqere are others of an
insuperable character springing from a survey
of the task imposed, which might well deter
a bolder, more saguine, and more industrious
a man than myself, from attempting to com
pass it within the prescribed time.
That task is no less than to present in a
condensed form, “the laws of Ge rgia, whether
derived from the common law—the Constitu
tion of the State, and of tha United States—
the Statutes of the State—the English Statutes
of force and the decisions of the Supreme
Court of Georgia.”
It is very evident from this enumeration,
that the principals of the Common Laws, usu
ally in force in this State prior to the 14th of
May, 1776, declared operative by the act of
1784—are to be extracted from the old Common
Law Reports, and elementary books, treating
of various subjects comprehended within its
vast (.cope, and the rules thus collected from
hundreds of volumes are to be compressed into
a volume and when adopted, are “to supercede
rut other laws and decisions.” The various sub
jects of‘agency’ ‘conveyances’ ‘corporations’
‘deeds’ ‘estates’ ‘partnership’ ‘legacies’ ‘plead
ings ‘premisory notes’ ‘wills’ &c &c &c, are
to be examined by the Commission, and all
the principles belonging to each of these sub
jects, and which enter hourly into the busi
ness, or affect, the relations of our people, are
carefully to be selected, omitting none of force
.—and to be stated with precision.
Can it be possible that any three gentlemen
however pioloundly acquainted with the Com
mon Law—thus required to be codified—could
within the time prescribed, perform such a
work, either creditably to themselves, or ben
eficially to the State ?
The act of the Legislature is very far from
being indefinite ; the Code being designed to
supercede “all otiieblaws and decisions, and
TO ESTABLISH FIXED AND UNIFOBM LAW”—it is
manifest that a code omitting' the inclusions of
the subjects I have mentioned, would not con
form to Legislative will, or if it did, it would
leave the people in many cases unprovided
with any rule for the protection of their rights
—if such an imperfect code should be made to
supercede all other laws, &c.
It would not be difficult to make a compila
tion—but a thorough digest of principles com
pressed into the fewest words, consistent with
perspicuity, is in my estimation a work of great
physical and mental, and requiring, for it is prop
er completion, ample time.
A code of the State Statutes, and those of
England, of force—digested, by breaking them
np and placing each subject treated of in its
legal or logical connection under its appropri
ate title, CAREFULLY PRESERVING THE VERY LAN
GUAGE of these statutes, so often interpre
ted, and to which ull are accustomed, unless
an ambiguous or indefinite word should re
quire it to be changed, sj as to enlarge or re
strict its meaning, and then in conformity to
the decisions of the Supreme Court—and con
taining in full notes, ptiate decided by that
Court, touching the statutes thus arranged, or
having relation to the subject of the title—
could not fail to answer a great want,—and
wonld have met the expectations, as I am as
sured, of many gentlemen who p irticipated in
procuring the enactment. Such a Digest would
leave the principles of the Common Law to be
COLLECTED AND APPLIED A8 THEY NOW ARE IN OUB
Courts—controUed only by conflicting statu
tory provision.
A Digest such as I have indicated, would
seem to embrace what is practicable—and
would have this commanding superiority over
a condensed code, that it would not like the lat
ter engender new decisions and be like it a
fruitful source of constant interpretation.
The Legislature however has not been au
thorized such a Digest. The commission has
been allowed no discretion—and in this partic
ular the act of Georgia differs widely from the
acts of Alabama, under which her code was
prepared—and on the model of which, as
nearly as'practicable, it was required the Code
of Georgia to be formed.
In declining, I beg-to say, sir, that my de
termination to do so, is uninfluenced by the
very inadequate compensation named in the
act. Had 1 entered on the task and perform
ed my sh <rc of labor, I should have trusted
with confidence to a generous, intelligent and
just appreciation of valuable professional ser
vice, by the enlightened representatives of the
people of Georgia.
With great regard, I have the honor to he,
Your Excellency's ob’t. servant-
IVERSON L. HARRIS
[From the Baltimore Sun, January 10.]
Hiuder of m Twrng Lady by m Rejected
Virginia Kindling WoodJin New .York.—The
N. Y. Post estimates the cost of the wood used
in New York at $600,000 per annum, and
says.the largest portion of it comes from Vir
ginia. The operations of one wood furnishing
company is thus described;
This association has the control of a tract of
land fifty miles in extent, situated in Surrey
county, Va., on the James river. The trees
are all of primitive growth, and a railroad ten
miles in length has been built to fecilitate the
transport of the wood to the wharf, which is
large enough to afford accommodations for
loading six vessels at once. The laborers (re
inforced by a gang of 40 Germans just sent on
from this city) have the arduouaftask of felling
the huge forest trees, and the trunks and larger
branches are conveyed by the railroad to the
wharf. Here they are placed upon what is
techinally termed a “bed”—a species ef mov
ing platform--and on it are subjected to the
sharp teeth of a series of huge saws, which
are but six inches apart, and consequently cut
each log into portions six inches in length.—
The “bed” is supplied with logs, and as soon
as the saws have done their work upon one
pile another is ready for them. After being
thu3 sawn the pieces are placed upright upon
a wide belt which also moves slowly, bringing
each piece directly under a falling axe, which,
with its ingenionsly arranged blades, splits
each piece into small sticks of about an inch
broad. The belt moving on carries with it the
split fragments, until it precipitates them into
along trough which "conveys them directly
into the hold of the vessel without farther
labor. Three men can, with this machinery
saw, split and load fifty cords per day.
This vessel, generally a schooner, can carry
from one hundred to a hundred and fifty cords
of wood split up in this manner; the voyage to
New York, occupying from five to six dayB.
The cargo on arrival is speedily taken up by
the smaller dealers, and thus it is that the lit
tle unnoticed fragments of wood with whose
humble, yet invaluable assistance, we build
our kitchen fires, have often come to us from
their distant aboriginal horaez amid the wild
pine forests of Virginia.—Ex.
Many a mind is dead to effort, and ite epitaph
eah bo written in words—helped le death.
We mentioned recently that a young lady
named Susan V. Whiting had been shot dead,
at South Franklin, Mass., by a rejected lover
named Johnathan Wales, while returning from
a surprise party. The Boston Trandtr brings
us the announcement of the subsequent death
of Wales, by his own hands, and furnishes the
following particulars of the terrible tragedy:
About a year ago he became enamored of
Susan V. Whiting, a young lady, sixteen years
of age, who resided with her parents, about a
mile distant from his home. A brother of
Wales’ had married an older sister of Miss
Whiting, so that the families were already con
nected and thrown in contact with each other.
He pressed his suit upon her, and, according
to tiie statement of Mr. Wales, and other evi
dence, she favored his proposals, and either re
ciprocated his affection or pretended to do so.
The parents of the young lady were very much
opposed to the match, and urged inequality of
age between them as an important objection,
forbiding her keeping his company. They
were undoubtedly engaged to each other at
one time, though Susan denied the fiict to her
mother. But it appears that they plighted
their vows to each other, and knowing the op
position that would be encountered from her
friends, agreed t<vwait two years, and to form
no other attachment during that time. Before
they were engaged Wales had made her small
presents of jewelry, and afterwards he present
ed her with a gold watch and chain. They al
so exchanged minatures.
About six or eight weeks since an estrange
ment took place, probably caused by a change
in her feelings, or a sense of duty to comply
with the wishes of her parents. He wrote her
a note requesting the return of his jewelry,
and she at once returned all his gifts—the
young man 'ftho was with her at the time of
the murder, we are told, being the messenger.
That evening he appeared changed and un
usually sad. A portion of soliloquy, “ God
knows and I know, ’ ’ convinced his friends that
his feelings were deeply pained. He gave the
watch and chain to his mother, requesting her
to keep it to remember him by. He also dis
tributed the other gifts, giving a locket to one
sister, a chain to another, and a ring to a young
lady friend. From this time he began to change,
acting listlessly, and growing haggard in ap
pearance. Soon after, visiting Boston, he pur
chased a five barreled revolver, and since then
has practiced in the woods ; this conduct led
his friends to fear that he meditated suicide.
At one time after he had been shooting, he call
ed at the school house, where Susan attended
school, and requested to see her at the door,
but she refused to go. He was at one time
heard to say that this and similar slights caused
more pain, than the single act of rejecting him
as a lover.
About a fortnight since, at a meeting of the
South Franklin Lyceum, several young men,
who had heard the circumstance of the rejec
tion of Wales by Susan, willing to sacrifice his
feelings to their love for sport, arranged to have
a discussion on the subject —“ Resolved, That
a married man should be ton years older than
his wife”—and to complete their plan for
amusement at his expense, managed to have
him speak on the affirmative. The school
house was crowded, and, as was intended, the
discussion soon assumed a personal character,
and,his affair was alluded to with such freedom
as to exasperate him greatly. After this he
was frequently joked on the subject, and it is
thought that this disregard for his feelings
caused the deliberate commission of the dou
ble crime.
Last Wednesday evening he met Susan in
the street having waited for her to pass. He
accosted her with ‘ ‘ How do you do f ” and im
mediately threw her a note, which was merely
folded, and without an envelope, and then left
her.
In this note he complains that Susan had
broken her promise, but still expresses his de
votion for her, and begs her to have him, des-
)ite the opposition of her parents. In a word
ie clearly intimates that if she refuses to have
him he will commit suicide.
By this time, both families had been led to
fear that he intended violence, and on Sunday
afternoon last, Mrs. Whiting, while in church,
was so annoyed by his appearance, and the
manner in which he watched her daughter,
that she left the church, accompanied by her.
Last Monday evening a surprise party was
given at the house of Mr. Nathaniel Hawes,
about one hundred rods from her father’s house
and she was very anxious to attend, but her
mother had a premonition of trouble or dan
ger, and refused her consent. She finally grant
ed it, on condition that she wonld ride home
with her uncle, Mr. Willard Whiting, who was
a neighbor, and was to attend with his adopt
ed daughter Anne. She went, and Wales was
also at the party. He appeared much gayer
than usual, and laughed and played with the
rest, but was noticed to keep his eyes riveted
on her. About half-past eleven o’clock she
left the house in company with a young man
named Ephriam Follett. They had soercely
preceded fifty rods, when Wales came up be
hind them. They tamed a little one side to
allow him to pass, but he deliberately walk
ed up to her, and raising his pistol discharged
the contents of one barrel, with the muzzle
nearly touching her right temple. He imme
diately climbed over the fence and disappeared
over a hill by the roadside.
The unfortunate girl was immediately con
veyed home in an insensible condition, and
lingered until two o’clock the next morning,
when she died, without having spoken a word
from the moment she received the fatal wound.
Early Tuesday morning, a party proceeded
to trace the footsteps of Wales, who, it was an
ticipated, had committed suicide. The father
had been previously advised of the murder,
and had expressed the hope and prayer that his
son might be fonud dead. They tracked him
for about a mile through swamps and pastures,
to Bald Hill, where they found the body at
eight o’clock, in a piece of young woodland,
flooded with blood, and the pistol lying at his
feet. He had removed his clothing sufficient
to place the muzzle of the pistol directly to his
body without injuring the clothing and had
thus discharged it just below the pit of the
stomach. He had evidently worn a poorer
suit of clothes, to the party, to he prepared for
the event. His boots were filled with blood,
and his clothes completely wet with it. The
body was taken to Mr. Wales’ house, and laid
out in his favorite suit of black. He looked
perfectly natural, and wore a smile even in
death. Besides his bereaved parents, he leaves
three brothers and five sisters, with many other
relatives and friends. Miss Whiting leaves
four sisters and two brothers. She was an
amiable young lady and much beloved.
Look rat Car an Imposter.
A man calling himself Judge Charles La-
trode, but whose real name is N. H. Farns
worth, has been imposing himself on this
community, Macon and Apalachicola. He is
good looking, intelligent, accomplished, and
is quite'a ladies’ man, seeking Introduction^to
rich marriageable females on all occasions.
We have indisputable proof that he is a mar
ried man,.and an imposter of the deepest'
dye. He claimed while here, to be a Mason,
and endeavored to work himself Ithe
Lodge in thb£piace, but did notjsueceed, and
will doubtless try alike experiment, in Mont
gomery and other places west, as he travelled
in that direction last Sunday morning.
AVe ask our cotemporaries of the press to
pa»« him round.—Columbus Sun.
Shocking Accrosier—A little boy named
John Wolfe, son(of Mrs. Mary Wolfe, residing
on 11th street, between Richmond and Bald
win streets, in Richmond, met with a distres
sing and fatal accident on Wednesday evening
last, in the following manner:
The child was subject to fits, and was it is
anpprefiri, suddenly attacked by one on this
occasion, when no one happened to be near
enough to render him aid, and in the por-
oxyism, seised npgn a kettle of boiling water,
emptying the contents upon his person. He
was terribly scalded, and his sufferings are
represented to have been most intense. All
efforts to save his life proved fruitless, and he
died next morning.
gulden tenant Andrew Jackson, U. 8. Ar
my, has been appointed assistant tutor in Span
ish, at West Point Military Academy, with a
salary of $2,000, the first American to whom
the post has ever been assigned.
g|f“ Foote once expressed an opinion, that a
certain miser wonld take the hewn out of his
own eye, if he knew he could sell the tim
ber
Parody—OPhe Dead Inebriate.
Bare rests his topknot on tbs stony pars—
A man to sober fortune quite unknown;
The bowl Its hortlianelisn nectar save,
And red-eyed Bourbon marked him tor her own.
Full many a glass of poorest rye, sir ! e’en
His weak unfathomed in’ards still would bear ;
Full oft his radiant hce hath blushed unseen j
Unmasked his breath bath scent the burdened air.
large was his stomach,.his finances low,
The devil, in fact, his only friend,
He gave to misery ail be could bestow,
And misery’s mortgage “giA him” at the end.
The Court Ladle*—Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Con-
sod, Mrs. Lcrcrt and Mm Harriet Lane.
The N. York correspondent of the Spring-
field (Mass.) Republican, evidently a woman,
writes as follows :
When I think of Mr. Douglas’ struggles,
labors, anxieties, for the last few months, in
order to secure his re-election, I conclude that
he must have at least a weary life of it. So
much was staked—his fortune, his fame, his
hope of the Presidency. The time had come
when he must rise or set, brighten or go out
in the political world. He sold his house at
Washington, mortgaged his large property in
Illinois, and, during all the burning summer
“ electioneered ” abroad, while his wife elec
tioneered quite as successfully at home. On
the Sabbath she worshiped devoutedly in the
Catholic Churcfi at Chicago, while during the
week she gracefully propitiated the protestants.
At the Lake View House she exerted a marked
personal influence over the gentlemen congre
gated there, who, as usual, were quite willing
to be led by a young, beautiful and brilliant
woman. Educated at Washington, long a
“copyist” for the “ House,” she is thoronghly
initiated into the chicanery of political life, and
knows how to touch, with a sure and delicate
hand, its most intricate wires. That Mrs.
Douglas will do her part toward making her
self “ Lady of the White House ” no one who
knows her doubts. Give her all wifely honor.
She has-rescued Mr. Douglas from at least
some of his low associations.
Apropos of Female politicians, Mrs. Doug
las is not alone. Mrs. Conrad, a young, rich
and lovely widow, “ who (another has said)
has too good sense to marry,” is called the
greatest courtier in Washington, and exerts
no small influence over state affairs. Her full
length photograph, with those of all the other
beauties of grandpapa Buchanan’s court, is to
be seen at Brady’s in Broadway. First stands
Mrs. Douglas, her physique is splendid—not
soft and pliant, bat proud and queenly after
the Roman model. Dark hair, and eyes, classic
features, brilliant complexion, with a com
manding rather than winning expression. The
picture does not do her justice. Her dress of
black silk is not becoming, and is made in a
fashion which robs somewhat the grace of her
perfect form. Next stands Mrs. Conrad, all
grace, clad in black velvet with pearls. A
wily, a subtle, a beautiful Greek, with far
searching eyes, peach tinted cheek, and wavy
golden brown hair. Beside her stands Madame
Le Vert, of Mobile, long an habitue of Wash
ington, who, for her social genius is preeminent
above all American woman. Madame le Vert
without being beautiful, either inform or fea
ture, has. reigned as a “ belle ” since she was
ten years old. She has travelled widely, has
visited nearly all foreign courts, can carry on
conversation in six different languages at one
time, and be equally charming in all. Yet
not in talents or accomplishments lies her fas
cination, but in the genial sweetness, natural
ness, and perfect simplicity of her manners,
which seem to give her possession of all hearts.
Her clear, blue ej es, overflows with the exuber
ance of kindness, while around tbe serene
mouth all gentle affections seem to have found
dwelling. She wears a dress of brown 6ilk
gorgeous bordered flounces, and a crimson rose
in her hair. The sweetest compliment I ever
heard for Madame Le Vert was uttered to me
by one of her personal friends: “ She is like a
flower out in nature.”
Next her is Harriet Lane of the “ White
House,” Mr. Buchanan’s niece. A blonde,
cold and statuesque; pure and passionless as
marble—one’s very admiration gives them a
chill. She stands in a verandah, ths capitol
in sight. A spray of flowers in her hair tails
low upon her fair and beautiful neck. Sue
looks a model of repose ; the very Miss Lane
whom the papers assure us “receives with
great dignity. ’ ’ And then Lady Gore Ouseltfy,
the Yankee English woman, who had seen fit
recently to uip her fingers into Nicaragua af
fairs ; v^ho rules not only her dear “ Sir Wil
liam,” but our ladjlike old President. Well,
she is coarse and homely enough, and accord
ing to the notion of your “ Own Correspon
dent,’,’ is dressed in horrid taste. She wears
a string of jet around her head of the size of
walnuts, another around her neck of equal
rotundity. She does not seem to care, for am
ple skirt, and has utterly discarded the ‘ ‘line of
'beauty'’ in ite “fell,” foritis “skimped,”
shorter behind than before, and the flounces
curve up on the sides. But she has a falcon eye
and her whole bearing indicates, in even more
than an ordinary degree, the woman’s penchant
power to “ rule ”
Atlanta.
There is nothing so distincttly marked or
plainly understood in the arrangement of de-
vine economy, (says an eminent writer) as
that of progress. Every daj s experience more
fully and permanently establishes the truth in
that expression. The ingenuity and skill of
man readily and justly attracts the wonder
and admiration of his fellow creatures, and
boldly challenges the grandest works of Na
ture’s hand for the supremacy. While the
latter uplifts her tall mountain-peaks, and
scatters far and near her rugged hillB and
marshy vales, the former, inspired with the
spirit of progress, brings low and makes smooth
the track of the ilron horse. Thus, this once
wild, uncivilized, uncultivated mountainous
country, has become remunerative to the ag-
ricultualist, and towns and cities have sprung
up, some of which, as marts of commerce, are
equal if indeed not superior to those of Augus
ta, Savannah or Charleston, S. C. There is
the city of Rome, by the indomitable energy
and zeal of her citizens, has inaugurated a
systematic spirit of progress which will result
in much substantial good to her citizens and
that section of our State. But there is Atlan
ta, the very personification, and embodiment
of Progress itself—“Where is the town, go
far and near, that does not find a rival here.”
Her population now number about nine or
ten thousand inhabitants, amoDg whom there
are a large number of gentlemen of wealth
and intellect. Progress—onward and yet on
ward seems to be their watchword—and that
success has and will inevitably crown an un
ceasing and untiring effort, none can or will
deny.
We had the pleasure of spending a portion
of Saturday last in Atlanta—were informed
that the rise of 100 new dwellings for families
during the year, have been erected, and the
demand is such that it is dificult to supply.—
Besides this, many and magnificent are the
business houses which have been erected dur
ing that time, some of which, in elegance of
style and taste, are surpassed by few business
houses South or anywhere else.
Mine host” of the Washingtohn Hall, well
knows how to cater to the taste of the public.
The Clerk Mr. J. D. Gilbert, with his gentle
manly deportment and kind attention, is ever
ready to accommodate the traveler. The
Washington Hall is justly becoming one of
the most popular hotels in Goergia. May its
shadow never grow less.—Marietta Patriot.
How to Keep Ice Without an Ice-House.—
J. W. Thorp, of Hillsborough Bridge, says
that he kept ice out of doors and had plenty
to spare but Sept. He threw down four feet
wood upon a space eight feet square, sufficient
to keep the ice from the ground. The spaces
betwe n the Bricks were filled with sawdust or
tan. The ice was then packed snugly, in pyr
amid form, to the height of 8 or 10 feet. To
make the mass more compact, in order to keep
the air from it, afew pails of water were thrown
over it. The mass was then covered with
sawdust. Some are inclined to think ice will
keep in thin way better than any other. The
evaporation from the outside carries off the
heat, and the mass keeps cooler than it would
if shut np in atight house; there appears tobe
philosophy in this method, at any rate.
fjTWlth four metallic qualifications a man
may be pretty sure of worldly success—they
are gold in his pocket, diver in his tongue,
brass in his fees, and iron in his heart-