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By A; A. GAULDING & CO. “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON. PROPRIETORS. SEKIES, VOL* 2. Cl)f intelligencer. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1859. OF SUBSCRIPTION 1 ...i’KR- per annum in advance, $0 00 PAH-Vri-i v nor “ * n advance, 4 00 IB**®**' '« in advance; 2 00 ffEEKi'*; jf paid within six months, 2 50 if paid within twelve months, 3 00 Igo. ffitllt tfe ret Democracy of Early and Harris, . appointed delegates to the next Guber- ,rial Convention, and instructed them to u . for the re-nomination of Gov. Brown.— * if \Ve predict that the next Gubernatorial invention will make a candidate on the first billot, and that harmony will prevail. V. .- r y friend remarked to us a day or two that he would have to take his advertise- j, 0 „t of our paper. We replied, that will r Well. sai<l he, you must send us Ut*V€I in. • nrc ^ds then, for we are getting more ■ rk t } ia n we can do. We took the joke and . re ]j ev ed, and walked on, under no fear of j.Ving tW advertisement. 'Hie gentleman re- f ned to. advertises liberally, and is getting ward. Printers’ ink is a great institu te who is doing well, should advertise V. ( onitrc'-lonnl Convention of the 4th District. Our Ikinocratic friends of Carroll county, I reminniohdcd the 1st Tuesday in Juiie, jpthc tii"'- and Newnan as the place of hold- the Convention for the Fourth Congres- i\.n*l District. We concur with our friends i arndl in this suggestion. We call upon f r j,.„ ( ],,f the Marietta Advocate, for an ex- , ., -sion of opinion on this subject, as well as • ir ,v other pajiers who may he willing to goin- t ini abide by the action of that Convention. ,r. inceest the propriety of having delegates ijipiinted l»y the several Counties, onthefiist ]„, .day in May. We know of no name like- ]vti>n>me before the Convention, except that . , mr present able and worthy Representa tive Hon. L- J- Gartrell—nevertheless, we hojH? to see a full Convention. Tlic Atlanta Mxllcal College. The summer course of lectures in this de- .-rvedlv celebrated institution, commences in a f t uv davs. The prospects of a very large arc truly tlnttering. And why should !, .t this institution vie with any in the South ern country, in |»oiiit of reputation ? We have t magnificent College edifice, fine apparatus hr the several departments, anatomical prep aration^ and a number of other facilities of which wc have heard, but being somewhat de- Scicut in our medical education, we cannot nud rtakc t< > sjieak particularly. Of one thing we are certain ; every thing is right at the At- liiitaMedic.il College. The professors as Phy- .; dans, stand at the head of the list, as skillful, .; i issfui practitioners, of long experience and a of the first character and standing in this, any e. immunity. The salubrity of the cli- uate at Atlanta, make this place a most desi- : Ad-- summer residence, and young men from any part of this or adjoining States, will find as'l'Mirn of tour months in our city, during th summer, more a recreation than a task timugh they may be subjected to much men ial laW. We might write a volume in com- :.-iid.iti*>ii of the Atlanta Medical College, l ilt we forbear, for fear of incurring the dis- fbaoireoi our Augusta, Savannah, Macon, Nashville and < harleston exchanges. Fur tlic Intelligencer. Alr-Llne Railroad. W. j am from Mr. John Blount, Chief En- r iif the Georgia Air-Line Railroad, that isirte. n miles of the Road has been let this ■"f iminesville, and that the contractors riniieneeil operations—that yrouud was bro- e last Wendesday This is good news, and iv.s tlie determination of the citizes of Hall, ul (if tin country of stockholders generally' to ; "li this work forward. North-East Georgia has long felt the necessity of an outlet, and ie-r people arc determinened to have it. They are determined to have it in spite of the oppo sition exhibited to it by the present City Coun- ul »f Atlanta, and they will have it in spite of tiiat opposition. List year, after the people had voted anad- ilitii •!! one hundred thousand dollars to the •'■ ek. t'.>r the purpose of making up the sev- rii hundred and fifty thousand required, the i>y council delayed and baffled and raised squib .me objections, from the time the people vo- tfl ufK.ii it until their term expired. This .'car. the same game is being played, but we :mc it will be without the same result. The i-ople of Atlanta are deeply interested in this ■'••ad- they are as anxious to have Railroad uncction with that section, as the people of N nh-Kast Georgia are to have it with them, i "t she bj nst now cursed with the blight of .Imposition admistration, which, while it - tends to he democratic, is running rough- I over the will of the people, ascmpathic- *l'y expresed through the ballot-box. I he extract above is taken from the National American of the. 19th inst. While we have • the time been disposed to favor this great ii’lic enterprise by writing and talking for ■ stall times and under all circumstances, we vc never been thoroughly and altogether winced of the power or right to burden the !■ "i'le with oraerous taxation, against their We do not believe that the will of bare D V"iities should rule at all hazards. Far ' m it. Minorities large or small, have rights ' common with other people, and those -hts should lie respected. If wc are correct- - informed on the subject of the vote last "ir. tiif re were certain stipulations and con- ici s. upon the happening of which, the Ouincil were to subscribe $100,000. Did : -iscontingency happen? Was the amount 5 'jfi.009 legitimately and bonafidely suliscri- i outside of the City by stock-holders that i i safely lie relied upon when called on to !“ , !ul liy the projier authorities ? If so, we torebeen misinformed. >'e are in favor of a moderate tax—a tax ‘ciirient to detray the expenses of an econo- •‘1 administration and no more. The mod- at - use and control of powers delegated by '" into the hands of the few is all right •u pmjicr: the abuse and extravagant use of ‘t paver works to the injury and disadvaiij -m in a majority of cases, to the donors— At-are opposed to direct taxation as we sd before under any and all circumstances, ; ‘lcss it meets the entire approbation of the ’’‘ile sought to lie benefitted or injured by then we have not a word to say. The ■ iort of the committee appointed by Council II “ik into and investigate the matter of ^ option referred to, we understand, report ' ' trse to the inferences made by the Ameri- • !l s article ; consequently if this committee 4r ‘ correct in what they say, we see no good . Wir ‘ wl| y the present Council or the Coun- 1 °flast year should be abused and held up ridicule. They are doing just what ‘ • wer e elected to do—just what they ought t l . ~ uar ding the rights and best interests of lr constituency—the welfare and good cit'.' < f ^‘ir alread y trappy and prosperous ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1859. NO 27 off in the right direction. We want to see no conflicting^nterests brought into the work, but a unanimity of feeling and sentiment that will carry it through to a successful com pletion. Our voice is for the building of the road, bat we want it done in a way that will redound to the best interests of all concerned. There are enough men in [the city of Atlanta and all along the line of the Road who are willing to take stock, without* AVa% taxing the people of this city. Get up the right sort of a programme and put the proper elements to work and the thing is done. Don’t abuse the Council for protecting and guarding the rights and best interests of the city, when they are acting under oath. We may have have more to say upon this subject at another ‘•me. JUNIUS. Minute of Points Decided by the Su preme Court at Atlanta—March Term 1859. A. M. Woods et al vs. Nicholas Tompkins.— Simms mad Bleckley for plffs in error. B. H. Hill contra. Judgment affirmed. Where A sues B in an action of trover for negroes, and pending the suit B. hires out the negroes for a valuable consideration. Held, that after judgment against B for the negroes and their hire, the same as to the hire remain ing unsatisfied, A can recover at law against the hirer. Held, also, that if the security of B on appeal in the trover action, pays off the judgment for hire against his principal, and the principal is insolvent, such security is subjugated in equity to the rights of A, the original plaintiff, and can recover his bill from their hirers. want to see this great enterprise] more Tire Tattoo.—A marine, who went from Pefham on board of one the American war ships which for a year past has been cruising on the Chinese coast, writes home, among many other things, thus : Among the uncon sidered trifles that float about the forcastle of a man-of-a-war, one does not help observing the “tattooed” arms, limbs and bodies of the sailors. I sawa man stretched upon the deck, with his breast all bare, and a big fellow, with no compunction, but with great energy, sac rificing the flesh with five needles tied togeth er, with the points dipped in India ink, and each wound in the flesh absorbing enough of the fluid to retain a mark for life. The figure was composed of the Goddess of Liberty, the stars and stripes, a ship, &c. Some have a taste for melancholy, and mark the arm with a morento rnon—a tombstone and a weeping- willow ; others for the villainous, and adopt the gallows, with a culprit pendant. Some have double hearts and love-arrows, and some inclose in a wreath of roses the initials of a deserted, yet hoped for sweet-heart. 'Ilien there is the patriotic taste, with the escutche on of the Union, and a ship of war ready for a fight. It is estimated that, at least, forty thousand persons in the United States Navy, annually, arc “tattooed, with figures costing from seventy-five cents to fifteen dollars, and showing an annual expenditure in the aggre gate of twenty thousand dollars ! The First Bridge over the Savannah River. It is well enough to keep the points of his tory generally correct, even with reference to a bridge structure which has passed away for the last sixty-three years. The first bridge over the Savannah river was completed the latter part of the year 1790 or the early part of the year 1791. It was built by Gen. Wade Hampton ; and portions of the posts that sustained the bridge are still to be seen at low stages of our river, opposite to Washington street. When Gen. Washington visited Augusta, in the spring of 1791, he passed over the then new bridge at Augusta; or, at least, in the details of the occurrences on that occasion, the fact of his crossing the new bridge is stated. The bridge was washed away in the winter of 1795, by what was then and subsequently known as the Yazoo flood, and which over flowed the city We make this very brief reference to the first bridge ever erected over the Savannah river, at least near this locality, in order that our rising generation may know the time of its erection and of its destruction.—[Augusta Con sti tu tional ist. The Human Voice—Its Effect on Animals. A correspondent of “The Field,” says: “No sound, however loud, whether produced by a cannon or a fowling-piece causes the same amount of terror amongst wild animals and wild birds ns the human voice. I have al ways known more grouse to be sprung by sportsmen speaking to their dogs, or to each other, on the mountains, in the shooting season, than by any other cause: and it is a rule of mine only to make use of the whistle and signs to my dogs, such as taking off my hat, &c., and a wicked, or cross look has often more good effect upon a dog than a whipping. So, like wise in snipe-shooting, one word spoken, springs more birds than twenty shots. If you go to a raliit-burrow to ferret, you may bang away all day with your gun and the rabbits will still bolt; hut once commence speaking and your sport is over, the ferret lies, and the rabbits submit to certain death sooner than to move towards your voice. Patridges are so much accustomed to the loud voice of farmers and laborers, that, generally speaking, you may talk as much as you like in pursuit of them. Nothing prove the power of man over the brute creation more than his voice. Even in the thickest jugles, wild beasts will skulk away if they hear him speak.” Small Pox on the Chattahoochee. 'Die Small Pox exists on the Chattahoochee river about one hundred and fifty miles below this city is now removed beyond the possibili ty of a doubt. Information is received from old Columbia—where the diseases has made its appearance—by means of the telegraph, which confirms the rumors heretofore preva lent. Twenty cases are reported at Columbia, a small town in Henry county, Alabama, on the west bank of the Chattahoochee and just below Blakely, Early county, Georgia. Sel dom in the history of this disease do we find so many cases confined to so small a number of inhabitants. In fact the disease is reported to be spreading through the plantations in Clay and Farly counties in this State. The hope is entertained, however, that the cases will not prove fatal, but are of a mild type, which will leave no marks of the ravages of the disease. Dr. John J. Boswell, of Colum bus, than whom few physxians are more skilled in the treatment of Small Pox, has left with the proper nurses for the spot. The result of his visit will doubtless be made public on his return, so that the cummunity may be advised as to the progress of the epidemic. In the meantime, we wait with patience further in formation, hoping that the roots of the diseases may be confined to the place from when it or iginated and that the cases may not prove fa tal.—[Col. Times. Death of Hon. George M. Bibb. Washington, April 15.—Hon. George M. Bibb, died yesteaday afternoon, at his residence in Georgetown. Mr. Bibb was a long time United States Senator from the State of Ken tucky, and Chief Justice, and afterwards Chancellor of that State, and subsequently filled the office of Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of President Tyler. He died of pneumonia. He was over eighty years of age. He was born in Virginia, and gradu ated at Princetown, in 1792, lie has been prac tising law at Washington since. Mr. Tyler’s Presidency. To Clean Moss from Fruit Treks.—The en quiry is often made, “How may I rid my fruit trees of the moss with which it are infested ?” The following will be found an effectual meth od : Save all the soap-suds after washing, and when cold, apply to your trees with a half- worn white-wash brush. The moss will soon become soaked, and after a little perseverance with the brush, will cleave off, and leave the bark of the tree clean and glossy. Current bushes can be cleaned in a similar way, save that a woolen cloth should be substituted for the brush, in applying the Bnds, and rubbing the bush. Three things that never agree—two cats over one mouse; two wives in one house; two lovers after one gal. LITTLE BY LITTLE. “Little by little,” an acorn said, As it slowly sank in its mossy bed; “I am improving every day, Hidden deep in the earth away.” little by little each day it grew ; Little by little it sipped the dew ; Downward it sent out a thread-like root; Up in the air sprung a tiny shoot. Day after day, and year after year, Little hy little the leaves appear ; And the slender branches spread far and wide, ’Till the mighty oak is the forest’s pride. Far down in the depths of the dark blue sea, An insect train works ceaselessly ; Grain by grain they at e building well, Each one alone in its little cell. Moment by moment, and day by day. Never stopping to rest or play. Bocks upon rocks they are rearing high, ’Till the top looks out on the sunny sky : The gentle wind and the balmy air, Little by little bring verdure there ; ’Till the summer sunbeams gaily smile On the buds and flowers of the coral isle. “Little by little,” said a thoughtful boy, “Moment by moment I’ll well employ, Learning a little every day, And not spending all my time in play ; And still this rule in my mind shall dwell— ‘Whatever I do, I will do it well.’ Little by little I learn to know The treasured wisdom of long ago ; And one of these days pcrhajis we’ll see That the world will be the better for me.” And do you not think that this simple plan Made him a wise and useful man f Liberal Sentiments. George W. Curtis, Esq., delivered a lecture last Wednesday evening before the Mercantile Library Association at Tremont Temple, on “Democracy and Education.” It was a very fine effort, and listened to with marked atten tion by a large audience. The following are a few of the salient points made by the Speak er, as reported in the Journal: “Taking Luther as the great representa tive of the Democratic sentiment, the lecturer remarked that this sturdy old defender of in dividual opinion thought he was only plant ing a sapling to strengthen his fence but it had . grown to a tree which had uproot ed the fence, and now its umbngeous tops were full of singing birds. He lit a candle to light the room, but the blaze had flamed and lighted up the world. “Every race or class of men in history which had been denied a common humanity, had finally resented the denial and asserted their own rights. It was not true that always the voice of the people was the voice of God. Fif ty dunces knew no more than one dunce.— There was no magic in numbers, but a thou sand men would better protect their rights than one man. “A theocracy is the ideal system. No one doubts that the least government is the best one ; but how shall we find the best ? The man who carries off my spoons will not re ceive immunity because he claims to he a minister, nor a government to violate my contract because it is a government. “The people might make wicked laws as well as the king makes them. They may en force polygamy or any other wrong, hut that did not make it right. And if there was any such a thing as a wicked law, it was no more binding, because made by a million men than by one man. This, you say, is striking at the foundation of civil government. Ought we not to hear and forbear ? Was not govern ment a matter of compromise ? While it is a law we ought to conquer our prejudices. Let us at least be respectable while we live ; just smother the baby and have done with it.— Doing right was between my God and me, and if I should obey vour law and kill my child to-night, I doubt if it would be a pass port for me to heaven. “Should the startling doctrine ever be an nounced in this country that our government was only intended for certain kinds of men, then let every man look after his liberty. It had inaugurated a despotism, and to-morrow the hosts of despotism were marching boldly into our doors. When we permanently dis franchise a man, we have struck a severe blow at Democracy. Every man had an equal right to have a voice in the government with you, or the President of the United States. The speaker eloquently vindicated the right of individual opinion, and showed how even the admirers of Luther to-day utterly failed to defend that cardinal right; how the independent thinker was prayed against, how tracts were written at him, and how his soul was paralyzed with the slow, incessant drop pings of calumny. But despite all hindrance the race does and would sweep on to the trop ics of its dreams. The lecturer launched an arrow at the Pickwickian Christianity of the day, and said that all the devices of science and learning, unhallowed by virtue, would return to plague the world. True education developed the democratic principle. Nations were but bridges over which humanity passed n its grand march. If its timbers were rot ten, it must fall. In fine, Liberty was hut that will of God gradually making the world His own. Galls on Horses, «Sec. One of the best means to prevent galls on hor ses is to wash the part smost liable to inju ry with whiskey saturated with alum. We find in oue of our exchanges the following receipt for an ointment for wounds and sores of all kinds, and for hordes, when galled by the sad dle or collar, and also for broken chilbnrins ; Take of honey twelve ounces, yellow bees- wak fourounces, compound galbanum plaster six ounces, sweetoil half a pint. Put the hon ey into ajar by the fire, then melt the other ingredients and mix them together, spread very thin on linen, and change twice every day. A Place where Bloomer Women are in De mand.—Mrs. Lydia S. Hasbrouck’s Sibyl has a correspondent in the person of Mrs. J. A. Archibald, a bloomer woman who is travelling across the prairies with her husband and other adventurers for Pike’s Peak. In her last letter she says she was in great demand among the Indians, insomuch that though the party in which she was, consisted of 50 men armed with rifles and revolvers, that kept her concealed whenever the Indians appeared in any consideracle numbers, being afraid to let them know that the company contained any women. She does not seem to have liked this concealment, and finally showed herself, she says, being anxious to see something cu rious that two or three of them had brought, and says : “Though I did n^t myself feel there was any cause for alarm, I was sorry I had been seen on account of the existing feeling in the train. It was of no use to hide now, for every Indian within a mile knew of my whereabouts. Though there was not a shadow of danger in such a company as ours, as many of us well knew at the time, and as many experienced men have since informed us it is very true that the red men have an unaccountable fancy for white women. My husband received very many flattering offers for me. One Indian wanted to trade for two squaws, who could probably perform four times the physical la bor that I could. Others, not quite so timid, appro iched the wagon, and made signs for me to jump behind them on their ponies, hut I declined the honor in the most respect ful language I knew of their dialect—a deci ded shake of the head.” The Cultivation of tiie Imagination.—His Lordship the Bishop of Montreal, in a lecture recently delivered before the church of Eng land Association for young men, in that city, says: “I believe that, in the education of youth, it is of immense importance not to omit the cultivation of the imagination. I am inclined to agree in the opinion that all ro mantic fiction, whether in poetry or prose, which does not actually and purposely paint and praise vice and vicious characters, and seek to make them attractive and imitated, acts advantageously on the mind, and espe cially on the well eductced spirit, and most certainly adds to the happiness of life. Lu ther once said; ‘I would not for any quantity of gold part with the wonderful tales, whicn I have retained from my earliest youth, or have met with in my progress through life.’ And Dr. Johnson’s grand idea is universally true, ‘whatever can make the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, ad vances us in the dignity of thinking beings.” fg“ Seek for your children, excellence in morals and manners; secondly in books; third ly, in their personal health; but never neglect health—for they cannot excel in goodness or learning without health. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1859. The Weather and the Crops. This is a trite subject, but one in which our readers have, and feel a deep interest. For nearly four months we had rains every week in abundance. For the last three weeks we have had fair weather. Rain would now be of service, especially to com and cotton. We have had some freezes and frosts, and the fruit in some localities, has been cut off to a very great extent. Wheat, however, has not been seriously injured. It looks very well in this section, and unless some future disaster should befall it, we anticipate an abundant harvest in middle and upper Georgia. National Extravagance. We refer our readers to an article in this is sue, upon the subject of Governmental ex travagance. We have been for several weeks past contemplating this matter, and gathering the material to prepare an article upon this subject. While we have been more cautious, and have never, like the “States,” denounced the present administration, we have feared that an honest inquiry and a faithful statement might require us to write some hard things against our present national executive. The “States” “shells down the com,” and con fesses its wrong. We admire the “States” for its candor, and its readiness to make the “amende honorable,” after the enlighten ments of a full investigation. We invite the opposition press to copy the article referred to, and see how much they can make out of it by a fair criticism. The case is a much better one than we looked for. We are of the opin ion, that this showing gives some assurance that neither old Buck nor Howell Cobb, will bankrupt the nation immediately. Read and read carefullv, and render justice where it is due. V. Minutes of Points Decided by Supreme Court at Atlanta, March Term, 1859. Jesse Ward et al, vs. Matilda Allen ; equity from Fayette. Doyal for pltfts in error ; Tidwell contra.—' Judgment affirmed. Davis 0. Gresham vs. Samuel P. Rickenback- er; certiorari from Meriwether. B. H. Hill for pltff in error ; H. Warner con tra. Judgment reversed. Held, tiiat the attorneys employed by the Escheator ought to have been allowed reason able compensation for their services. Win. L. Bethea vs. Geo. Prothey ; attachment from Meriwether. Hall and Bleckley for pltffs in error ; Ad ams, Knight and Hill contra. Judgment af firmed. Wm. Simpler vs. Win. Lordetal; caveat from Meriwether. B. H. Hill for pltff in error ; Warner contra. Judgment affirmed. Held, that the verdict was in accordance with the evidence. Notley Maddox et al vs. Shadrick Rowe, Jr.; equity from Troup. Ramsey by B. Y. Martin for pltffs in error ; B. H. Hill contra. Judgment affirmed. Rebecca E. Stanley vs. Wm. Read ; claim from Troup. Ramsey by B. Y. Martin for pltff in error ; B. H. Hill contra. Judgment affirmed. C. L. Cunningham vs. J. H. Rice ; equity from Floyd. Underwood and Smith for pltff in error; Alexander contra. Judgment reversed. Lessons for those who like them. Be not always speaking of yourself. Be not awkward in manner. Be not forward. Boast not. Angle not for praise. Do not equivo cate. Confess your faults. Tell no lies ; not even rhose called innocent. Listen when spoken to. Be polite at the table. Attend to the ladies. Dread the character of an ill- bred man. Be remarkable for cleanliness of person. Attend to your dress. Study ele gance of expression. Avoid old sayings and vulgarisms. Use polished language. Be choice in your compliments. Acquire a knowledge of the world. Praise delicacy. Study the foibles of mankind. Command your temper and countenance. Never acknowledge an enemy, or see. affront if you can help it.— Avoid wrangling, meddling and tittle-ta ttle. Judge not of mankind rashly. Trust not im- plicity to any. Beware of proffered friendship. Doubt him who swears to the truth of a thing. Be choice in your company. Adopt no man’s rices. Avoid noisy laughter. Refuse invita tions politely. Dare not be singular in a right cause ; and be not ashamed to refuse. Strive to write well and grammatically. Affect not the rake. Be choice in your amusements. Never appear to be in a hurry. Neglect not an old acquaintance. Avoid all kinds of vanity. Make no one in company feel his inferiority. Be not witty at another’s expense. Be sparing ofrailery. Never whisper in company. Look not over one when writing or reading. Hum no tunes in company, nor be in any way noisy. Eat not too fast nor too slow. Spit not ou the floor or carpet. Hold no indelicate discourse. Avoid old habits. Lose no time in transacting business. Indulge not in lazi ness. Be not frivolous. Study dignified as well as pleasing manners. Be not envious. Show no hastiness of temper. Talk not long at a time. Tell no stories. Avoid hackney expressions. Make no digressions. Hold no one by the button while talking. Forestall not a slow speaker. Say not all you think.— Adapt your conversation to the company. Give not your advice unasked. Renew no disagreeable matters. Praise not another at the expense of the company. Avoid rude ex pressions. Avoid mystery and long apologies. Look people in the face when speaking.— Swear not. Talk not scandal. Talk not of private concerns. Few jokes will bear repeat ing. Take the peacemaker’s part in debating. Be not clamorous in dispute ; ’ but exercise good-humor. Learn the character of the company before you say much. Suppose not yourself laughed at. Interrupt no man’s sto ry. Ask no abrupt question. Reflect on no order of the people. Display not your learn- ng on all occasions. Avoid debt. Medical College of Atlanta. Wc refer our readers to the announcement of the Atlanta Medical College, which will be found in our advertising columns. When last in Atlanta, we availed ourselves of an invita tion to visit this institution. We were most agreeably surprised to find the arrangements so perfect in every depart ment. We were particularly pleased with the dissecting room, museum, and laboratory.— Ample material is already in readiness for the ensuing session. There is an air of cleanliness and order about this anatomical room that we have seldom observed in larger institutions. The chemical apparatus is very extensive, and the museum begins to exhibit a collection of specimens, which, of themselves, might af ford the student food for thought, for at least the brief term which a single course of lec tures embraces. We learn that this college is in a flourishing condition.—[Madison Visitor. Washington Hall. On more occasions than one, has it been our good fortune to partake of the good things fur nished foT the traveling public, at the above named Hotel in Atlanta. But one half has not yet been told. Indeed, were we to attempt to do “Cousin John” of the Washingto Hall, justice, our readers would think we were extravagant in our praise, or that we were “puffing” him. Nothing but a realization of the hospitalities of this house, would give our readers an adequate idea of its merits. We were pleased to see the large and commodious addition which has been late ly added to the already large and comfortable building. Friend Gilbert will do to tie to— we wish him and “Cousin John” a long and happy life.—[Marietta Patriot. Tlie Expenditures of tlie Government— Facts and Figures for Democratic Candi dates. The idea is widely prevalent, says the Wash ington States—we entertained it ourselves— that the expenditures of the federal govern ment are increasing every year at an alarming rate, and that they now amount to nearly a hundred million of dollars per annum. The fact is far differont, as we have ascertained on investigation, and ate prepared to prove. The expenditures of the government tall an im mense margin short of a hundred million, and are rapidly decreasing, instead of increasing eaah year. We shall make a statement of the facts of the subject, which will be very brief and per fectly conclusive. The payments of the treasury during the fiscal year 1857-8, were larger than during any preceding year of peace. These payments were ordered and appropriated for by the Thirty-Fourth Congress, at the session of 1856 -7 ; the popular branch of which was controlled by the Opposition, and was presided over hy a Black Republican Speaker. The total payments out of tlie treasury du ring the fiscal year 1857-8 (Report on Finance for 1857-8, p. 30,)were $81,585,667,76; of which aggregate the sum of $9,684,537 99 was paid in redemption of the public debt— leaving as paid on account of expenditures, $71,901,129 79. This sum, however, does not represent the expenditures of the year alone, but embraces sundry items of deficien cies which were appropriated by the Congress of 1857-8 to discharge debts incurred in pro ceeding years. One of these items was for de ficiencies in printing of $341,189; another was for deficiencies in the army service, in curred during several preceding years, amount ing to $1,220,000, whieli constituted an item in the deficiency bill of 1857-8, generally known as the Utah deficiency bill. A large portion of the expenditure of the Utah expe dition was paid during this year ; to wit: about $3,855,259, which was an extraordinary and not a regular expenditure. Then there was the stipened paid to Den mark for her release of the Sound dues, amoun- to $408,731. All these and other similar items make an aggregate of seven or eight millions of dollars paid in the year 1857-8, not properly chargeable to the ordinary ex penditures of government for that year, but which helped to swell the actual payments out of the treasury during the year to the sum of $71,901,129, as we havealready stated. This explanation will account for the fact tiiat tlie actual payments of tlie year were larger than during any preceding year of peace. Not with - standing, however, that they were thus swol len,it is plain that tlie expenditures of the gov ernment during tiiat year were far short of the fabulous sum of a hundred millions, charg ed liy the Black Republicans. We come now to the fiscal year of 18-58-9, the year in which we now are, and which will expire on the 30th of June next. The appro priations for this year were made by tlie Con gress of 1857-8. We cannot yet tell what the actual payments out of tlie treasury for tlie year will be, but the appropriations made for it afford a safe approximation to the amount. The appropriations for the year, as stated offi- j dally by the clerk of the House Committee of j Ways and Means and published shortly after tlie close of the session of 1857-8, are as fol lows : Regular Arpeopriatonh for tiie Service of the year 1858-9. Pension Indian, regular Ilo supplemental Do deliciency Consular and diplomatic Military Academy Naval Sundry civil Legislative, executive and judicial.. Army Mail steamer Post ollice Collecting revenue from inifiorts pi ent, additional An act to amend an act entitled “An act au thorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by the United States.” An act giving the assent of Congress to a law of the Missouri Legislature for the applica tion of the reserved two per cent, land found of the State. An act to carry into effect the convention be tween the United States and China, conclu ded on theSth of November, 1858, at Shang hai. Sundry civil—interest on moneys advanced by Gov. Douglas. Army—2nd section—repayment to the State of Texas for moneys advanced in calling out troops by General Persifor F. Smith, in 1854. If we add $875,169 for the “indefinite' ’ ap propriations cited in the statement to the as certained appropiations of $41,123,854, we shall have the appropriations for the year 1859-’60, exclusive of what we shall he requir ed for tlie postal service, $42,000,000. The postal bill which was lost at the close of the session, coatained appropriations amounting to within a fraction of $20,000,000, of which the amount that would have been drawn out of the treasury would have been about $12, 000,000. The postal revenue collected by the post master does not go into the treasury or into the treasury estimates. Twelve millions will paohably be the sum appiopriated out of the treasury for tlie deficiencies and for the regu lar postal service of the year, by Congress, when it meets in the fall. If we add this twelve millions to the forty-two alread ascer tained, we shall have for the gross expendi tures of tlie fiscal voar 1859-00, the sum ol $54,000,000. The recapitulation of what we have thus elaborately explained, gives the following comparative result : Expenditures of 1857-’58 appropriated by an opposition House $71,901,129 Expenditures of 1858-’59 56,974,226 Expenditures of 1859-’60 54,000,000 Tlius have we suceeded in demonsratating the falsity of the two propositions industrious ly asserted In’ the Opposition, to wit : that the government approximate a hundred millions a year, and are increasing at an alarming rate. Both all legations are absurdly false. SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1859. |1P The Montgomory Mail announces Thos. J. Judge as the opposition candidate for Con gress, for the Third District of Alabama. V. Southern Cultivator. The May number has arrived. This is a val uable monthly. The present volume has been enlarged and greatly improved. Our agricul tural papers are not patronized as extensively as they should he. Our Planters are at fault in this matter. Frequently one number con tains an article worth more to the farmer than a year’s subscription. Terms, one dollar per annum. Address W. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga. V. $769,500 00 * 1 1.368,104 49 1 959.957, 30 j 339,595 00 91-2.120 00 182,804 00 14,508,354 23 5,557,148 07 6,134,002 61 17,145,806 46 960,750 00 3,500.000 00 .‘rman- 1,150,000 00 We learn from the official report that at their late sessions, tlie several medical institu tions of the country graduated eight hun dred and seventy-eight young gentlemen ?— Just think, how many pills will have to be swallowed by our unfortunate fellow-citizens, to afford business for these youngsters. We speak deferentially, when we declare it- as our opinion tiiat too many young men arc nowa days diplatomizcd, either for the good of the public or tiie credit of the profession. We hope to sec the day when a higher standard of medical education will be required of physi cians than at present obtains in our country. Thus speak the editor of tlie Madison Visi tor, himself a doctor. If the members of the fraternity are becoming alarmed for the low standard of medical education, how should the people feel, upon whom they are licensed to experiment ? 'Tlic editor speaks truly when .he speaks of the necessity for a higher standard of Medical Education in i lie coun try. Indeed it seems dwindled into a mere money-making business generally, among the Professors, and there is a regularand constant contest between the various institutions to see which can secure tlie greatest number of students, without reference to any other qual ifications than tlicir ability to pay for their tickets.—[Augusta Chronicle - $53,458,233 92 To which add : Treasury notes 185S $20,000 00 Manufacture of arms.. ..1858 36U.OO0 00 Kxiienses Investigating committees 1858 35,000 00 Treaty with Denmark.. 1858 408,731 44 Deficiency in printing, Aic....'. 1858 341.189 58 Deficiency for the year IS58 9,794,209 89 Deaf, ilutub and blind, 11. C 1858 3,000 00 Expenso investigating committee 1858 12,000 00 Clerks in Oregon to Re gister and Receiver.. 1858 7,000 00 Running Texas ljotind- ary line 1858 80,000 CO Incident to the loan of $20,000,000 5,0lr0 00 10,976,130 91 $64,434,364 13 Estimate: Cther appropriations, hills not printed and indefinite, including all private bills 3,565,635 87 $68,003.0000 00 This statement shows the gross appropria- ations made at tlie session of 1858-9 ; and in cludes not only those designed for tlie service of the year 1858-9, but also certain deficien cies then existing, and which were paid out of the treasury between the passage of the Defi ciency bills and tlie beginning of the fiscal year 1858-9 on the first of July, 1858. The statement embraces two Deficiency bills. — Out of the appropriated $341,189 for printing which was paid immediately alter tlie passage of the bill, and is included in the seventy-one million of dollars we have shown to have been actually paid out of the treasury in the fiscal year 1857-8. The other Deficiency hill appro priated $9,904,209; of which amount, we have ascertained, by inquiry at the treasury, that the sum of $7,275,853 93 was paid du ring the fiscal year 1857-8, and formed a part of the seventy-one millions of dollars paid out in tiiat year. The payment under the treaty with Denmark was also made in 1857-8. In order, therefore, to ascertain the approximate expenditures of the fiscal year 1858-9, we must deduct from the gross appropriations of tlie session of 1857-8, as stated above, these sums, viz: Payment to Denmark $408,751 Printing deficiency, paid 341,189 Paid on the ten million Deficiency bill during tlic fiscal vear 1S57-S ;7,375,853 [tlllz nt a Wedding;. Probably no man now living has caused more real, thorough, unmitigated fun and mischief than Signor Blitz the magician and ventriloquist. He has been made a peg, no doubt, to hang a good many hats on that were never worn; but we must believe stories like this which the Philadelphia City Item tells of Blitz at a wedding : The other night our young friend, Walter Dinmore, tiie photographist, was married to tlie lovely and accomplished Miss Fisher, of Camden, and Signor Blitz, being an old friend of the Dinmores/ was invited to the wedding. He did not reach there until about 10 o’clock. After paying his respects to the bride and groom lie took a seat in tlie back parlor.— 1’resentiy some one cried out, “You’re losing your hoop-skirt, Madame,” whereupon the greatest confusion ensued, all tlie ladies grasping their skirts with a vigor that seemed to say, “loose or not they shan’t come down!” “Let me out,” cried the strange voice, and then other voices hurriedly said, “Hands off. sir !” “Miss, I love you !” “Oh, Augustus!” “Your baby is crying, Madame!” “Kill it with Godfrey’s Cordial!” “Murder!” “Fire !” “Stand frem under!” “Look to the bride !” “Poison !” “What’s the matter with Walter!” “Strychnine!” “Arrest tlie grooms-men !” These cries, in apparently different voices, fol lowed each other in such quick succession that for about five minutes there was the greatest consternation, until Walter Dinmore knowing Blitz of old, pulled him out of the corner and set him to eating and drinking, so as to give him no opportunity for the display of ventriloquism. On his way hack, while crossing tlie river, Blitz frightened the hands of the boat badly ; in fact, one of them would have jumped into the river if he had not been held—as it is he declares the “Old Boy” was on board the boat that night. $5,825,774 For these items have all been once counted in tiie seventy-one millons of actual payments out of tiie treasury during the fiscal year of 1857- 8. Deduct this $8,025,774 from tlie $68,- 000,000 appropriated at the session of 1857-8, and we have as the expenditures of tlie gov ernment during the vears 1858-9 the sum of $59,974,226. It is maintained by the Opposition, howev er, that there was a balance of unexpended appropriations on the 1st of July, 1858, of twelve or sixteen millions, which was liable to be expended during the fiscal year 1858-9 : and that this ought to be added to tne appro priations for the year, in estimating its expen diture. Tlie reply to this, however, is that there will he a like balance of appropriations remaining unexpended on the 1st of July, 1859, of the appropriations for the years 1858- 9, which, on the same principle, ought to be deducted ; and that it is, therefore, safe to take account of either, and to let the one offset the other. We come now to the expenditures for the year 1859-‘60, which will commence on the 1st of July, next. These are approximately indicated by the appropriation which have been made for the service of that year, aug mented, as they will he by such appropriations as the next Congress will make for the iiostal service, the biil for which failed at the last session. An official statement of the appro priations of the last session has just- been made by the cierk of the House Committee of Ways and Means, as follows : APPROPRIATIONS 2d SEZSION Sifrh CONGRESS. Support Military Academy $179,588 00 Providing for lightning streets across the Mail. 4,400 00 Expenses of investigating committees House of Rep. esentatives 10,600 00 Regular Indi .u 1,797,368 40 Consular and diplomatic 1,047,745 00 Naval 10,627,163 55 To carry out treaty stipulations with certain Indian tribes, and for other purposo 962,395 82 Legislature, executive and judicial 6,940,986 63 Light-house 331,507 70 Sundry civil 9,169,032 27 Army, fortifications, arsenals, roads and oth er public works 15,289,845 76 Expenses investigating committees House of Representatives 10,000 CO Pension 852,900 00 A Georgian Insane. Tlie Savannah Republican of the 20th instant, says that M. W. Bider, a citizen of Nebraska city, and who has relatives near Athens, in this state, is at Memphis, in a state of insani ty. The Bulletin of the latter city say he is in charge of the Odd Fellows, who will attend to his every want until his friends shall be heard from. Fourth Congressional District Convention. Our cotemporary of the Marietta Advocate, has made a prompt response to our suggestion in reference to the Congressional Convention for the 4th District. He agrees with us in opinion as to the time and place—1st Tuesday in June as the time, and Newnan as the place. We hope to hear a similar response from that sterling Democratic journal, tlie Newnan Ban ner Sf Sentinel, and any other papers in the Dis trict, who may be disposed to act with us in this movement. $41,123,804 21 An act to provide for the payment of the claims of the State of Maine for expenses incurred l-y that State in organizing a regiment of volunteers for the mexican war. fff’ Mr. Brown, called in at a neighbor's and was urged to take supper, which he did, the old lady all the while saying : I’m afraid, Mr. Brown, you will not make a supper ; you have eaten nothing—-do eat some more.” After lie had stepped out,' he heard the old lady say to her husband: ‘ ‘Why I do declare I should think Mr. Brown had not eaten anything for a month. POLITICAL. Tlie Huntsville (Ala.,) Independent sug gests Hon. F. K. Zollicoffer, of Tenn., as a nominee for President in 1860. General Foote—ex-Gonernor of Mississippi —is a candidate for Congress in the Fourth Mississippi District. His opponent is the Hon. O. R. Singleton. Fatal Accident at Tunnel Hill. We have been informed at rather a late day of a fatal accident at Tunnel Hill. On the 24th ult., two men, John Hughes, a citizen of he district, and Hugh Raney, an Irishman, were instantly killed. It appears that por tions of the fixture and earth at the top Shaft No. 3 gave way, falling on these per sons with the above unfortunate result.— Keowtc Courier. Death of the Oldf.st Man.—We have re ceived says the Montgomery Udvertiser, the following communication from a correspon dent at Covington in that State. Tlie oldest man in the United States, and probably on the whole globe, is dead. We have to announce the death of “Pa Ciesar,” an old negro man not less than 130 to 140 years of age, who died in Covington, on the 8th of this month. It is said tiiat he was, over a hun.’red years ago, King of a tribe of negroes in his native land. He has been confined to his bed for upwards of 25 years, and although notable to step for that period, he retained the fu/t possessfcin of his senses up to the last minute of his life.' “Female Weakness.”—Tin's complaint is very prevalent just now. It shows itself in a desire for hundred dollar shawls, and those nice looking young men, who peddle tape, with their hair curled. It is a weakness that usu ally comes on at the age of eighteen, and is very apt to terminate fatally—to a husband’s pocket book. The cure is to spend less for bonnets and more for books—in other words, to put something in the head as well as upon it. 9Iasoulc Signet & Journal. The March number of this valuable Period ical is on our table, and we have examined its contents. It is worthy of the Editors—Judge Lawrence and Dr. Campbell, and of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, whose organ it is. The Ed itors both wield the pen of “a ready writer,” and tlie “Signet and Journal,” under their auspices, is destined to become a useful and popular periodical. Every Mason iu the State, as well as in the neighboring States, who is able to spare two dollars, should become a sub scriber. Then the “Signet and Journal’ ’ would “go on prospering and to prosper.” It is neatly printed by C. R. Hanleiter, Atlanta, Ga. Price $2,00 in advance. minute of points decided by the Supreme Court at. Atlanta—march Term, 1859. Macon & Western R. R. Co., vs. Wm. N. Mc Connell ; notice from Fayette. B. II. Hill, Tidwell and Wooton for pltffs in error ; Huil anil Connin’, Calhoun & Calhoun contra. Judgment reversed. Held, that a Railroad, where it has long had and needs a wood-yard, has the right to pile wood to the extreme limit of its right of way, and also has the right to judge of the amount of wood needed at any one place, and lie who builds so near, as to suffer by an accidental burning of railroad wood, does it at his peril. Wm. Coleman vs. the State ; assault with in tent to murder, from Fayette. Whitaker, Overby & Bleckley for pltff in error; Sol. Gen. Cooper, contra. Judgment affirmed. Diskin Holcombe vs. the State ; forgery from Fayette. Whitaker, Calhoun & Son for pltffs in error; Sol. Gen. Cooper contra. Judgment affirmed. (©“The following communication from an old whig, concerning the management of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, will be read with interest: PLANTER’S HOTEL, ) Columbus, Ga., April 20,1859. j To the Editors of the Times. Gentlemen : Notwithstanding I am a citi zen of another State, and an entire stranger to the people of Georgia ; still, I hope it may not be considered as undue presumption on my part, in offering for consideration, the opin ions of an humble individual, upon the mer its of your Governor. Since visiting Georgia, I have hail occasion to pass over the Western & Atlantic Railroad several times, which afforded abundant oppor tunity for thorough information upon the merits of its system of management and the character of its employees, which is all we re quire in order to arrive at a correct conclusion as to the capacity and worth of those in chief authority. During a stay of over two months upon the line of the road, I have had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of two of the officers only, Mr. Le Hardy, the Engin eer in Chief, and the agent at Chattanooga. Here, I would remark, that a loss of either of these gentlemen, to the road, would indeed be n, loss to the State. The Conductors of pas senger trains are very attentive to business, remarkably polite and courteous to passen gers, without being olistrusive. The engin eers are among the most intelligent and ca pable to be found, and the same may be said of the other responsible operatives. The ma chinery and rolling stock seem to be kept in ood condition, and under the management of Mr. Le Hardy, the road bed is rapidly as suming a number one condition. I do not wish to be understood as pronounci »g the management of the State Road as perfect in every particular, but I will make this assertion without fear of successful contradition, the Western & Atlantic” is tlie best managed Railroad that I have seen, as yet, south of the Baltimore and Ohio, ’ ’ notwithstanding I have traveled over a great portion of the Southern Roads, .mostly in Virginia, Kentucy, Tennes see and Georgia, anil have been for some years familiar with their different systems of man agement. And not only these, but having examined, at different times, the principal Roads in New England, the Western and Mid dle States, I can also state, that there are numbers of roads in those localities, that are conducted in an infinitely inferior manner, when compared with the Georgia State Road. The writer of this, having spent the great er portion of his life in connection with the management of Railroads, feels a degree of security in expressing his opinions upon that subject, at least. And certainly no one will accuse him of an attempt to award undue praise to either Governor Brown or Dr. Lewis, when he states that he has ever been an un compromising Whig, and at this time, most earnestly desires, “and expects to work for,” a re-union of the old whig party. But para mount to all party considerations and political preferene, that high-toned honor which will ever frov’n upon that class of place-hunt ers, whose only road to the goal of their de- sii4s, lies over the virtues and merits of their opponents. But I am happy to know that it is not my whig friends who are attempting to take undue advantage of Gov. Brown. If there is a whig in the State who can defeat the present Governor, I say let him run by all means, provided lie will pledge himself to continue the policy now practiced upon the State Road—that no man shall be either em ployed or dismissed simply on account of his political preferences, but that every one shall stand on his own merits; and never permit the road to become a political gambling machine, whereby the interests of the people mu-t suffer in order that the party in power may rule. It is doubtless a departure from this old rule in politics, that has made the Western & Atlantic Road a solitary instance ol good management upon either a Railroad or a canal, when under the control of a State Government. I have heard certain individuals complain ing of the little bit of assistanac, or rather favors, that Maj. Mark A. Cooper has received from the Western & Atlantic Road. Well, all I have to say in reply to such is, that, for ev ery dollar that Maj. Cooper has so far received from the State, she will eventually get Jive in return. I wish there were five thousand more Mark A. Cooper’s in the South. If there were, all our talk of “Southern independence” would amount to something. My opinion is, tiiat we had better have fewer “Conventions” and more manufacturing Associations, l>y which means the great mineral regions of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, which is more than equal to that of the entire North, could he made available. The Martinsburg Republican contains a song dictated to Bob Ridgeway and Mr. Botts, from which we extract the three following verses. Says Bob, “we now will sink or swim, Grogging around, Grogging around.’’ And Bob kissed Botts and Botts kissed him While they went Grogging around. Among the resurrected clan, Grogging around, Grogging around, Noone could see the ghost of “Dan” It was not Grogging around. The spirit of the gallant Clay, Grogging around, Grogging around, Disgusted winged its flight away, And left them Grogging around. We may he permitted to add to this the fal lowing : But soon John Letcher came the way, Flogyiny around, Flogying around, And Bob and Botts he soon did flay, Aud stopped their Grogging around. [The States. Mr*. Sickles’ Confession. New York, April 16. To the Editor of the New York Times : In juf- tice to an unfortunate woman allow me to state that the confessfon of Mrs. Sickles, aj - parentlv written with a cool and almost heartless deliberation, was indeed the result of a long and severe effort at self-control. She had previously made three severe attempts at its composition, and failed through the vio lence of her emotions. Only by a resolute nerving of herself to the task was she finally successful. Written jjtoo, for her husband's sake, and with a truthful spirit of repentance, she thought of no one and nothing else but ot her own guilt, which she was willing to put in the darkest hues. Like Adam, she might have said, “I was tempted, and there fore nid eat.” Butshe chose to be her own ac cuser, and thus make no attempt to palliate her own guilt by throwing it upon the author of her ruin. These are facts, and they place her in an attitude of truthful heroism which may claim for her some kind of consideration. The publication of that confession has fiRcd Mr. Sickles’ heart with the most poignant grief. Repeatedly he refused urgent solicita tions for a copy of it. While the counsel were pleading for it as evidence it was laid on the table, and there copied surreptiously, without the knowledge of the defence or their client. Mr. 8. heard soon after that it was being reported to New York, and sent word to the telegraph office for its suppression, but it was too late. Thus the public will exonerate him for an apparent unkindness to his wife, whom he has thus far treated with unparalled ten derness. Charity. [We publish the above because it comes to us from a gentleman of the highest character, and perfectly conversant with the circumstan ces of which he writes.—[.Editor Times. Margaret after Old Buck. Wc find the following in the Police de partment of the Washington States, of the 13tli instant: “Margaret Heslin was arrested by officer Ward, at tlie White House yesterday afternoon on a charge made against her by the door keeper, that she was in tlie house kicking up a row, claimihg that James Buchanan was her betrothed husband, and insisted on being ad mitted to his presence, that she might fold him to her bosom as herjlawful spouse, f- he says that the President’s father and her father lived neighbors together in Ireland, and that her parents had made a marri ge contract between herself and “James,” wl en they were yet young—an agreement having been come to that the first female bom of her family was to be wedded to the first male born of Mr. Buchanan's family. The Presi dent denies the soft impeachment, but Marga ret is decidedly handsome and intelligent, aged 26, and lived last at Piney Woods, KIk Itidgc, Howard District, Maryland. I’ or Margaret was put on board the 4 1-4 train for Baltimore, this morning, and is utterly dis consulate.” A Fanny Incident.; The appended negro story, copied from a Southern correspondent of a Boston paper, is not had. General C gave his black man Sawney, funds and permission to get a quar tor's worth of zoology at a menagerie, at t lie same time hinting to him the striking affinity between Siinia and the negro races. Our sa ble friend soon found himself under the can vass, and brought to in front of a sedate lo k- ing baboon, and eyeing the hi bo quadruped closely, soliloquized thus: “Folks, sure’s you born: feet, hands; proper bad looking countenance, just the nigger getting old. I reccon.” Then as if seized with a bright idea, he extended his hand, with a genuine Southern “how d’ye do, uncle.” The ape clasped the negro’s hand, and shook it h.ng and cordially. Sawney then plied his acquain tance with interrogations as to his name na tivity and former occupations : but eliciting no replies beyond a knowing shake of the head, or a merry twinkling of the eye (the ape was probably meditating the best way of tweaking the darkies nose,) he concluded that the ape was bound to keep non-committal; and looking cautiously around, chuckled out. “He, he, you too sharp for them, old fellow, keep dai k; if ye’d jist speak one word of En glish, white man have hoe in yer hand in less than a minute.” Singular Appearance in (lie Heavens. Mr. L. C. Yale, of Norfolk, Va., speaks of having noticed a singular appearance in the Heavens on the 2d inst. It consisted of two perfect rings or circles. Tlie first surroun led the sun, anil was of common form and appear ance, hut of uncommon brightness, and fully equalled the rainbow in splendor. The sec ond circle or ring, which excited curiosity most, commer ced at the sun and extended to the north end it add at least two-thirds of the way to the North or Polar Star. The sun be ing in the extreme south part of the circle or ring, it was considerably larger than the first mentioned circle, but not of equal brightness. Its color resembled the Northern Lights in their great splec dor. It was perfect in all its parts. Where the lines of the circles crossed each other, were spots of uncommon bright ness. resembling sun-dogs or mock suns. He that defers his charity until he is dead, is rather liberal of another man’s than his own.—[Bacon. Death of Dr. B. A. Thornton. This estimable gentleman, so long and so favorably known in this section of the coun try, expired in this city on the night of the 14th inst., after a lingering and painful illness of two or more months. He was one of the ear ly settlers of this place—had long been con nected with the Baptist Church, and by an up right Christian walk, had drawn to himself the kindest feelings of his brethren of that de nomination, which his gentlemanly deport ment secured for him the good will and respect of all who knew him. The death of such a man is truly a cause for deep and sympathetic grief in the community, and is justly mourned as a public loss as well as a private bereave ment.—Columbus Enquirer, Dreadful Explosion—Nine Persons Killed. —A terrible explosion occurred at the Bri ght Hope Coal Pits, Chesterfield county, Va., on Wednesday morning. The Petersburg Ex press says: There were nine men in the shaft at the time, four whites and five negroes, all of whom must have been instantly killed. It was impossible to render them any relief what ever, owing to the impenetrable condition of the mine from the fetid and intolerable dis semination of futal gas which prevailed.— Among the nine persons in the mine at the time were known to be 2 white men, named Isaac Farmer and George Smith. A man and a mule employed in drawing the coal up the inclined plane of the shaft, were found at the mouth of the shaft, prostrate and nearly dead. The accident produced great excitement about the mines. A beautiful girl—beautiful in youth and health and purity—who wakes from sleep, at touch of morning light, as the flowers do, with a cheerful face ; whose first tones, like those of the birds, are the most musical of the day from whose brow every trace of yesterday’s wear and last night’s caTe is swept away, even as tlie face of nature is renowned and bright ened by the Bummer dew—snch a girl is worth the winning.