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VOL. XXIV
ATHENS, GEO., THURSDAY, AUGUST
1855.
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of Athens and vicinity, that his office is still
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tic, opposite the Post Office.
Feb. 9— lv.
Store, College Art
MOORE A CARLTON,
D EALERS in Sill;. Fnney and Staple floods.
Hardware and Crockery, No. 7, Grant.- Row,
Athens, tia. [Jan.--ti.
T. II. WILSON & BROS.,
W ilttLESALE and retnil dealers in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Ac., Nos. 3
nn,I 1. College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
March III.
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
\ TTORNEY AT LAW, Jefferson,.Jackson eoun
tv. Ga., will attend promptly to any business
1
conti
tv, Ga., will attend promptly to any busines
id.-d to bis care. [April l!>, 1855.
WILLIAM G. DE1.0NEY,
Attorney nt Low,
W ILL give especial aueniion lo collec.lin". and to
liM't'lnimsof nil persons entitled to LANl) WAR
It A \TS under the late bounty land bill ol* the last
Congress.
>:li e on Br-ia.l Street, over the store of I. M. Ken-
0^,-v, Athens* l»a. March 15—tf.
IIILL & THOMAS,
D EALERS in Silk, Fancy, iiu.l Staple Goods,
Hardware, Crockery, Groceries, Ac., No. -I
Granite Row. Athens,Ga. [Jan. 19.
FERRY & REESE,
W HOLESALE and retail dealer* in lints, Caps,
limits. Shoes, Trunks, Ac., Iietwei— Drs
Duigs’ and White’s corner, Broad street. Athens
Ga. [Jan. 19.
F. W. LUCAS,
■y^^HOLESALE and retnil dealer in Drv Goods
Gna-ieries, Hardware, A
Athens, tin.
No. 2, Broad st.
[Jnn 19.
f. W. & II. R. j. LONG,
WHOLESALE nn.l retnil Druggists, Athens.
1 T tin.,keep constantly on hand e. large mid well
■roh-ot.sl stuck of Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs,
Brjrfdu-s. Window Glass and Putty.
AUo,dealers in American, French nnd English
(ChcivwsJ, Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery and Fancy
Anrtides.
{"?* Physiciaus. Denier* nnd nil others, ran de
pend U|H>ii their orders meeting prompt attention,
upon the most accommodating terms. Their goods
are scli-cted with great cure, nnd will be warranted
as ropri-sciited. Jnn. 19.
t. sTExiinrsr, c. n. averill.
T. STENIIOrSE & f0„
1 FORWARDING mid Commission Merchants,
1 No. •*. Il-iyne Sir.s-t, t ’hnrleston, 8. C. Refer
to II. Dnlin. Il uid, WillimisA Wilcox,Charleston;
Hand. Williams A Co. Augusta; J.Noreross, Atlan
ta; Cliandler, Clmttanooga; E. II. A D. L.
Cotliii A Co., Knoxville. Julv 20—lv.
It. L,
WillILESALE nnd retnil Clothin
* » Strreet, Athens, Go.
BLOOMFIELD.
Store. Broad
[May 10.
TIIE BACHELOR'S DELEMMA.
BV ALABIC A. WATTS.
By all the bright saints in the missel of
Love,
They are both so intensely, bcwitchingly
fair.
They let Folly look selemn, and Wisdom
reprove.
I cant make up my mind which to chose
of the pair.
“There is Fanny, whose eye is as blue and
as bright,
As the depths of Spring skies in their
noontide array;
Whose every fair feature is gleaming in
light
Like the ripple of waves on a sunshiny
day;
Whose form, like the willow, so slender and
lithe,
Has a thousand wild motions of lightness
and grace,
Whose, heart as a bird’s ever buoyant and
blithe,
Is the home of the sweetness that breathes
from her face.
“ There is Helen, more stately of gesture
and rarin.
Whose beauty a world of dark ringlets
enshroud.
With a black rggal eye, and the step of a
queen,
And a brow like the moon breaking bright
from a cloud.
“ With a bosom whose chords are so ten
derly strung
That a word, nay, a look, oft will weaken
its sighs,
With a face, like the heart-searching tones
of her tongue.
Full music that charms both the simple
and wise.
“In my moments of mirth, amid glitter and
glee.
When the soul takes the hue that is bright
est of any.
From her sisters’s enchantment my spirit is
free.
And the bumper I crown is a bumper to
Fanny.
“ But when shadows come o’er me of sick
ness or grief
And my heart with a host of wild fancies
swelling,
From the blaze of her brightness I turn for
relief.
To the pensive and peace breathing beauty
of Helen!
“And when sorrow and joy arc so blended
together.
To weep I’m unwilling, to smile am as
loath;
When the beam may be kicked by the weight
of a feither;
I would fain keep it even—by wedding
them both!
“But since I must fix on black eyes or blue,
Quickly made up my mind ’twist a Grace
and a Muse:
Pr’ythe Venus, instruct me what course to
pursue,
Which even Paria himself h*td been puz
zled to choose!”
Thus murmur'd a Bard—pre-determined to
marry,
But, so equally charm'd by a Muse and
a Grace,
That though one of his suits might be doom’d
to miscarry,
He’d another he straight could prefer in
its place!
So, trusting that “ Fortune would favor the
brave.”
He ask’d each in her turn, hut they both
said him nay;
Lively Fanny declared he was somewhat too
grave,
And Saint Helen pronounced him a little
too gay!
bring him that daughter who had made
it.
Koojn appeared, and the Chan asked :
“ Why didst tliou instruct tliy father
to demand my left eye ?”
“ Because I expected, my Prince,
that after so strange a request, curiosity
would urge thee to send for me.”
“ And wherefore dost tliou desire to
see me ?”
“ I wish to tell tliee a truth important
to thyself and thy people.”
“ Name it.”
“ Prince,” replied Kooju, “when two
persons appear before tliee in a cause,
the wealthy and noble generally stand
on thy right hand, whilst the poor and
humble stand on thy left. I have heard
in my solitude that tliou most frequently
favorcst the noble and rich. This is the
reason that I pursuit ded my father to
ask for thy left eye—it being no use to
tliee, since thou never seest the poor and
unprotected.”
The Chan, incensed and surprised at
the daring of this maiden, commanded
his Court to try her. The Court was
opened, and the President, who was the
eldest Lama, proposed that they should
try whether her strange proceeding was
the effect of malice or of wisdom.
Their first step was to send to Kooju
a log of wood, cut even on all sides, or
dering her to find out which was the root
and which the top. Kooju threw it into
water, and soon knew the answer, and
seeing the root sinking, Avhilst the top
rose to the surface.
After this they sent her two snakes,
in order to determine which was a male
and a female. The wise maiden laid
them on cotton, and seeing that one coil
ed herself up in a ring, while the ether
crept away, she judged that the latter
was a male and the former a female.
Prom these trials, the court was con
vinced that Kooju had not offended the
Chan from motives of malice, but the
inspiration of wisdom granted from above.
But not so the Chan ; his vanity was
hurt, and he resolved to puzzle her with
questions, in order to prove that she was
not wise. He therefore ordered her be
fore him, and asked:
“ On sending a number of maidens in
to the wood to gather apples, which of
them will bring home the most ?”
“ She,” replied Kooju, “who, instead
of climbing up the trees, remains lielow,
and picks up those which have fallen off
from maturity or shaking of the branch-
D. N. JI DSON,
C «OMM1SSON MERCHANT,nnddenlcrinchoice
1 Family Groceries, Confectionaries, Fruit*, Ac.
rim tin-corner of Hrontl and Jackson street*, Athens,
,Ga. April 2f., 1855.
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRY AND
XIACIIIXF. WORKS.
I HOX nn«l llrnss Cnstinjrs of even* variety and
deneription, Improved Iron Circular Saw Mills,
wnrrnntea equal to the best; Steam Engines, For-
«inir rumps, (iold Mining, Mill, Clin, nn<l all other
kinds of Geering; Mill Irons and all kimls of Ma
chinery made to order; Iron Kcncinjr of select pnt
terns: ’Plough nnd Wagon Castings nnd Dog-irons.
Even* variety of repairing nnd wrought iron work
promptly executed.
Our general assortment of patterns, are the aoeu
imilntion of years. A list will be sent those nd-
•ditwaing, post-paid,
KECBEX NICKERSON, M. E.,
f Agent Athens Steam Co., Athens, Oft.
Jan 18—lv.
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY AND
WARF.ROOM.
T HE umlorsi'-iv'il bogfto announce that he tins
now on linn,I rtf hi* WARE-ROOM, near the
Episcopal Church, an extensive assortment of Fnr-
i>'litre, of e.vorv description. Conneeteil with the
xFVC.'wm, is a CAltIXF. T SlffJP, where lie is
crt-piati J,. make any article of furniture to order,
f-.nilnt shod norite, and to repair old furniture, do
Upholstering, Ac., Ac. Ho keeps on hand an as
sortment of (lilt Mon I it in es. of every variety.
Fisk’s Patent Xlrlnllar and "other coffins,
fJonstantlv on I,nnd. Ur TERMS CASH.
November an, 1K5}. WILLIAM WOOD.
Jgkdlang,
NEB TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
H AVIXCJ spouTed xl^c services of O. P. Caldwell
formerly culler for Win. O. Price, of Savannah
^n<l Augusta. I will have executed, in the neatest nnd
n>n ^ fasnionahle style, all orders confided to our care.
I ntil we get good*, we will take the measure and
forward the pattern t«» our nsncufaet «ring establishment
if ^»‘#rth, where I will pay pnrti.cu.ly attention to
tme material an< | ,„ a king f and Forward the garment
svjck to the customer in three week* from the time the
i* left.
We will have a good assortment of plain and fancy
•^loths, Cassiniere*, Veiling, Ac., here by the 15th of
July, at which time nil orders left, Will meet with
prompt attention.
Cutting and making at the shortest notice, on very reo
'hie term*, from (his day forward.
Athens, Jnne28, U55. K. L. BLOOMFIELD.
II ]t|Pi AnpARia—The subscri-
her has opened an assortment of
VI l u Tjprice A Co.V celebrated Melodeons,
* » “jtfhjch he will sell ’nt the Manufactu-
'TlYiuu.s.
f15,000.
Hardwr- *
low,
April
A large stock Of Dry
D*®T"r~- r '®/ 1 P9 U*. extra Tennessee Bacon, for
■ sale low by J. BISHOP A SON.
Left Eye—' f almuc Tale.
TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN.
A rich old man, who resided nt the ex
tremity of tlic camp, quite apart from the
rest, had three daughters, the youngest
of whom, named Kooju, was as much
distinguished for her beauty as for her
extraordinary wisdom.
One morning, as he was about driving
his cattle for sale to the Khan’s market
I dace, lie begged his daughters to tell
lim wlmt presents they wished him to
bring to them on his return.. The two
eldest askpd him for trinkets, hut the
handsome and wise Kooju said that she
wanted no presents, hut that she liad a
request to make, which it would he dif
ficult and even dangerous for hipi to ex
ecute , upon which the father, who loved
her more than the other two, swore that
lie would do her wish, though it were at
the price of his life. “If it he so,” rc-
pled Kooju, “I beg you do as follows :
Sell all your cattle except the short-tail
ed ox, and ask no other price for it ex
cept the Chan's left eye." The old man
was startled, however, remembering his
oath, and confiding in his daughter’s
wisdom, lie resolved to do as she bade
him.
After having sold all his cattle, and be
ing asked for the price of the short-tailed
ox, he said he would sell it for nothing
else but the Chan’s left eye. Tfya re
port of this singular nnd daring request
soon reached the ears of the Ghan’s Cou
rier?. M fas* they admonished fam not
to use such an offensive speach against
the sovereign ? but when they found
that he persevered in his strange de
mand, they bound him and caried him
as a madman before the Chan. The
old man threw himself at the Prince’s
feet) and .confessed that hi? demand had
been made at the request of his daughter,
of whose ptotiyes he wa? totally ignorant;
and the Chan, suspectiug that some se
cret must he hidden under this extraor
dinary request, dismissed the old man
qndcr the (condition that hi 8 V 01 dd
The Chan then led her to a fen, and
asked her which would be the readiest
way to get over it; and Kooju said “to
cross it would be ti e farthest, going
round the nearest.” The Chan felt
vexed at the readiness and propriety of
her replies ; and, after having reflected
some time, lie again inquired;
“ Which is tlic safest means of becom
ing known to many V'
By assisting many that arc not
known,”
Which is the surest means of always
leading a virtuous life?
To begin even,- morning with prayer,
and conclude every evening with a good
action.”
Who is truely wist: ?”
He who does not believe himself so.”
What arc the requisites of a good
wife ?”
She should he beautiful as a peahen,
gentle as a lamb, prudent as a mouse,
just as faithful mirror, pure as the scales
of a fish; she must mourn for her de
ceased husband like a she camel, and
live in her widowhood like a bird which
has lost its wings.”
The Chan was astonished at the wis
dom of the fair Kooju; yet enraged at
her having reproached him with injus
tice, lie still wished to destroy her.
After a few days lie thought he had
found the means for attaing liis object.
He sent for her and asked her to deter
mine the true worth of all his treasures,
after which lie promised to absolve her
from Malice in questioning his justice,
and admit that slie intended as a wise wo
man, merely to warn him.
The maiden contested, yet under the
condition that the Chan would promise
her implicit obedience to her commands
for 4 days. She re luested that he would
cat no food that time. On the last day
she placed a dish of meat before him,
and said, “Confess O. Chan, that all thy
treasures are not worth as much as this
joint of meat !’*
The Chan was so struck with the truth
of her remark that ho confessed the
tmth of it; acknowledged her ns wise,
mancied her to his son, and permitted
her constantly to remind him to use his
lejl eye. _
Quaint Rebuke.—Rebuke is often
more powerful when administered In
actions, than by the most violent or liarsh
words; and a look sometimes conveys
more meaning to the comprehension of
the delinquent than many words. It is
related of Howard, the philanthropist,
that being in a printing office one warm
day where lie heard coarse profanity,
he was seen to button up his coat. He
was asked the reason. “I always do
this,” he quietly remarked, “when
hear swearing. One who can take God’s
name in yain, can also steal or do any
thing else bad.” Kind words in rebuke
as every think else, are all-powerful to
reform-
Miss Susan Cushman being asked by
Rogers, the poet, if it was true that she
was about to he married, said that she
did not intend to many unless she conld
find a person of r t eally masculine mind.
• Then,’ said he, i Why don’t you mar
ry your sister Charlotte V
An ojd lady, looking at the curiosi
ties in Banram's Museum, cam# to a
couple of lage spa dogs, and, after gazing
at them in yopder, inquired of a wag
who stood near, if they barked,
madam,' said he, 4 not pow j tjieir bark
is on the sea .*
Dickens oa Prohibitory Legislation.
An article, unmistakcably from the
pen of Dickens, appeared some months
ago in “ Household Words,” in which
a new and curious view is taken of the
principles and practice of the ‘prohibi
tionists. The position taken by the
writer is that the Maine Law and its con
geners refer and defer exclusively to the
worst members of society, passing over,
as matters of no moment,the comfort and
convenience of-the best. The question,
according to Dickens, *is not ‘ what do
the decent mechanic and his family want
and deserve V hut ‘ what will the vaga
bond idler, drunkard, or jail-bird turn to
bad accounts ? As if there were any
thing in the wide world which the
dregs of humanity will turn to good ac
count.’ The art of writing is converted
by the hand ol the forger into a positive
evil, and there is scarcely any gift of
God, or product of man’s industry and
ingenuity, which may not he prostitut
ed to criminal purposes. The follow
ing illustration from the article referred
to is forcible and amusing:
‘ Job .Smith suffers heavily, at every
turc of his life, and at every inch of its
straight course, too, from the determined
ruffianism in which lie lias no more part
than he lias in the blood royal. Six days
of Job’s week arc days of hard, mono
tonous, exhausting work. Upon the
seventh, J oh thinks that he, his old wo
man, and the children could find it in
their hearts to walk in a garden, if tliev
miglit, or to look at a picture, or a plant,
or a beast of the forest, or.even a coloss
al toy made in imitation of some of the
wonders of the world. Most people
would bp apt to think Job reasonable
in tliis. But up starts Brittannia, tear
ing her liair, and crying, 4 Never never !
Here is Sloggins with the broken nose,
the black eye, and the bull-dog. What
Job Smith uses, Sloggins will abuse.
Therefore J oh Smith must not use.’ So
Job sits down agaiu in a killing atmos
phere, a little weary and out of humor,
or leans against a post all Sunday long.
‘ It is not generally known that thTs
accursed Sloggings is the evil genius of
Job’s life. Job never had in his posses
sion, at any onetime, a little cask of beer
or a bottle of spirits. What lie and fa
mily drink in that way is fetched in very
small portions indeed from the public
house. However difficult the Westmin
ister Club gentlemen may find it to rea
lize such an existence, Job has resigned
it through many a long year; and he
‘ knows, infinitely better than the whole
Club can tell him, at wlvat li«.ur he wants
his drop of beer, and how it best suits
his means and convenience to get it.
Against which practical conviction of
Job’s, Britannia, tearing her hair again,
shrieks tenderly, 4 Sloggins! Sloggins,
with the broken nose, the black eye,
and the bull-dog, will go to ruin’—as if
lie were ever going anywhere else !—
‘if Job Smith has his beer when he
wants it.’ So Job gets it when Britan
nia thinks it good for Sloggins to let him
have it, and marvels greatly.
‘ But perhaps he marvels most when,
being invited, in immense type, to go
and hear tlic Evangelist of Eloquence,
or the Apostle of Purity, (I have noticed
such invitations rather lofty, not to
say audacious titles,) he strays*in at an
open door, and finds a personage on it
stage, crying aloud to him, ‘ Behold me!
I. too, am Sloggins! I likewise had
broken nose, a black eye, and a bull
dog. Survey me well.* Straight is my
nose, white is my eye, deceased is my
hull-dog. I, formerly Sloggins, now
Evangelist (or Apostle, as the case may
he,) cry aloud in tlic wilderness unto
3’ou, Job Smith, that in respect that I
was formerly Sloggins and am now
Saintly, therefore you, Job Smith, (who
were never Sloggins, or in the least like
him,) shall, by force of law accept what
I accept, deny what I deny, take upon
yourself My shape, and follow Me.
Now it is not generally known that poor
Job, though blest with an average un
derstanding, and thinking any putting
out of the way of that ubiquitous Slog
gins a meritorious action highly to be
commended, never can understand the
application of all this to himself, who
never had anything in common with
Sloggins, but always abominated and
abjured him.”
ed more ‘ orders,’ but he pays,j|<aoi
any attention to them. Thrde fUf
sive ones came—no answer ! fln.tlie_
director of the Telegraph fee tyed o'
despatch, and ‘ carry this you feW to
the general, and repeat his answi y was
the postcript to it. This was doi ?.
Pelissier read the order, tore ft up,
and, turning upon his heel, grow] d 4 lls
m'emhent !' The English trai dption
for this would be, in sense, a'mix 0*0 of
‘ Go to the d 1!’ and of ‘ Didn’t bo
ther !’—it is the highest' expression of
disgust in unparliamentary tannage.
The telegraph director reported tl®. re
ply. Marshal Vailant was taken aua.ck;
he went to the Emperor, and, in a round
about way, attempted to convey to jtlie
imperial eara softened idea of the gener
al’s resistance. But this waff, uselei
After a vast deal of talk, the |3mpi
insisted upon seeing the despatgjl(y^gft&
and the minister was obliged
it, in no little trepidation. __
cd a ‘ scene hut when Louist
caught sight of the unccrcra
tence, he confined himself, tqi
laugh ; and I think I could-
persons of his intimacy to wltmjk he has
himself told the story. t-
The French Emperor and General
Pelissier.
The Paris correspondent of the Man
Chester Guardian furnishes the following
piece of imperial gossip t
I have received permission from 1
friend to publish the following lette
from his son-in-law, who took part in the
attack of the 18th. After details relat
ing to family matters only, he says;
4 Naturally enough, you are anxious
for details of our ill-luck. Well, it was
all—not Pelissier’s fault, but the Em-
jeror’s; the plans and orders all came
iom him—all! and there is a mystery
here; why Pelissier should all at once
obey him, and alter all his plans! This
is inexplicable. Bosquet represented
the danger to him—so did others, too;
hut he seems to have felt that, just this
once, he could not resist; and dearly he
has paid for it, too !
‘Two points appear to have been up
permost in the Emperor's mind ; 1st, a
victory for the French troops on the 18th
of Jane, (the date of Waterloo;) and
next, a circumstance for his Imperial
Guard tp distinguish itself in. _ Both fail
ed, and Pelissier since then is not to be
toadied with a pair of tongs ; he is un
approachable, and I doubt whether any
subsequent orders will hp much listened
too/
Tjie rest of the letter contains details
such as pne reads in all the papers ; hut
iVill give yon fay chief reason for think
ing the above passage so interesting. It
is that it ,confirms something I learnt
two days ago, and cannot doubt, know
ing tli a quarter it capie from. Since
£he J.8tb f Pelissier has, truth, rcceiy
From tlic Constitutionalist.
That Obnoxious Decision of Judge An
drews,
The Savannah. Georgian thus puts
the case. It is in a nutshell, and not only
every sound lawyer, but every man of
common sense must he struck with the
direct antagonism between the decision
and the Constitution ?
The question is this: Did Hon. Gar
nett Andrews decide according to law,
when lie ruled out the testimony of a
Universalist before a court of justice,
on the ground of incompelency.
We admit that according to tlic com
mon law of England, no one entertaining
the peculiar faith of the Universalists,
was a competent witness, in a Court of
Justice; but the question here arises
whether the common law of England, so
far as regards this point, was of force
when the decision of Judge Andrews
was made. We contend that by the
act of 1784, the Legislature of the State,
of Georgia adopted as their own law
the common law of England, and such
of the Statute laws as were usually of
force in the province on the 14th day of
May, 1776, so fitr as they are not con
trary to the Constitution, Laws, and
form of Government established in this
State. We contend that this principle,
of the common law, (excluding Tj nivcr-
salists from testifying before a court of
Tustice)could not have been of force in
Georgia after the enactment of this, be
cause it was “contrary to the Constitu
tion. Laws, and form of Government es
tablished in the State.” To show that
the common law principle by which the
exclusion was made, could not be of
force, we refer to the 4th Article, 10th
Section of the Constitution, which reads
thus:
Sec. 10. No person within this State
shall, upon any pretence, he deprived of
the inestimable privilege of worshipping
God in a manner agreeable to his own
conscience, nor he compelled to attend
any place of worship contrary to liis
own faith and judgement, nor shall he
ever be obliged to pay tithes, taxes, or
any other rate, for the building or re
pairing places of worship, or for the
maintenance of any minister or ministry,
contrary to what he believes to he right,
or has voluntarily engaged to do. No
one religions society shall ever lie estab
lished in this State in preference to an
other, nor shall any person be denied the
enjoyment of any civil right merely on
account of his religious principle.
1 Nor shall any person he. denied the
enjoyment of any civil right, merely on
account of his religious principle."
Would it not be “denying to a man,”
who was a Universalist “the enjoyment
of a civil right” (that of being a witness)
merely on account of his religious princi
ple ?
Tbc editor of the Macon Citizen, tbc
lending Know nothing organ of the
State, is, or was once a Universalist
Preacher. He gives the Judge credit
now fop “pure motives” and “a conscien
tious regard to his oath of office as Judge,”
and supports his pretentions for Gover
nor. But he says in p. recent editorial:
“Wc have never defended Judge
Andrews’ decision against the Universa
lists, per se, or in itself considered. On
the contrary, we believe it was erroneous,
anti-Republican, unconstitutional and un
just to the class designated, and still so
believe.”
This is a sublime instance of tolerance
and Christian forgivness, especially as it
eminates from one who thinks a Roman
Catholic is not fit to be entrusted with
any office.
and novvtfcat Llmve gained the victory,
I must tell vou all that is in my heart.’
Tl^o followed the tedious harangue
nfShesaid. As they were coming out of
the session room, the good paster inclin
ed his head so that his mouth approach
ed the.-: ear of the militant member, and
whispered.-: “ Brotliei, I think the devil
teas right!” .
Ad Impulsive Editor. *
The Albany Atlas did something so
cleverly tlic other day as to betray tbc
Albany Register into the following ex
plosion of gratitude:
“If the editor of the Atlas will accept
a hat, and can find any body that will
charge one to Us, he can order it right off.
He lias done the best thing of the sea
son—decidedly the richest. It is so
true to nature, too. Here it is.”
To the apparent surprise of the editor
of the 'Atlas did find some one
who would charge a hat to him, and
in due time the " hill was presented.—
Lh' B yl» Whereupon the editor of the Register
y makes the following "confessions:
wo tVe confess to a good deal of verden-'
cy in the matter of this hat. Wc forgot
the competition of business, anil what
risk men will run in disposing of their
merchandise. We did not suppose a
hatter could he found who would be
f*tcen enough to say to the Atlas, “here
take my hat,” on our account; and there
fore felt safe in our generous offer. We
thought the Editor would expend a good
deal of bootless shoe-leather, in inquiring
around town for a coyer to his nob.—
But he has “gone and done it,” and we
acknowledge the com. We will pay for
that hat some day, if we have to put
ourself on short allowance to accomplish
the feat. But we submit that in com
mon courtesy, and out of respect to our
principles, the liat selected should have
been a “wide awake,” Know Nothing
American hat, and not an out-and-out
aristocratic beaver. However, this be
ing a mere matter of taste, we shan’t
complain. We ought to have been spe
cific in the matter of description of the
hat to be selected. And this reminds
us of an adventure we had once in the
politico-betting line. We were a great
Jackson man, we were, the last time
that the old General ran for the Presi
dency, and whenever a Genl. Jackson
runs for that office shall be so again.—
We lived in the country then, and had
a neighbor who was on the other side of
the political fence, who was a great deal-
er.in horses. Well, we got ifltp.ajuqx-,
gixment with him one day, and so sure was
he of success that he offered to bet a
horse against $50 that the old Hero of
New Orleans would not be elected. We
took the bet. The argumeut being one
that had no end, was renewed from time
to time with the same result, until five
horses on one side and $250 on the oth
er were staked on the issue of the elec
tion. Wc won. But we had forgofton
to designate the animals, and such a lot
of horses as was tendered in payment of
the bet was a sight to see. If there was
an ailment to which horse-flesh is sub
ject that was not exhibited by one of
these five horses we should like to be
informed of its diagnosis. There was
ringbone, and spavin, and stringhalt,
and blindness, and heaves, and one ven
erable old roadster had all these, and in
addition was deaf as a post. We kept
them a week as a collection of curiosities
in the animal line, and then sold them
at auction. According to our recollec
tion, four of them sold for $40, in the ag
gregate, and we gave a tin pedler $10
for taking the other. We have not bet
on elections since, nnd don’t want to
win any more horses.
The J)evil Right for Once.—-The
New York correspondent of the Congre-
gationalist writes:
4 Dr. H., who is pastor of an Orthodox
church, had been for some time annoy-
ed by the forwardness of a lay brother
to * speak’ whenever an opportunity was
offered, to the frequent exclusion of those
whose remarks had a greater tendency
to edification. This had been carried
so far that the paslor, whenever he stated
that , 4 an opportunity would now be af
forded for any to offer an exhortation,’
had always a secret dread of the loqua
cious member. On one special occasion
the latter prefaced a prosy, incoherent
harangue, with an account of a previous
controversy Jt# bad been carrying on
with the great adversary. * My friends,’
said be, 4 the devil and I nave been
fighting for more than twenty minutes;
he told me not to speak to-night, but I
determined I would ; he said some of
thei rest could speak better than I, but
gtiU I felt that I could not keep silent;
he even whispered that I spoke too of
ten, and that nobody wanted to hear me;
but I wa? not tp |w j?nt down thaf wfly;
The “Emissaries of the Pope” During
an Epedemic.”
One of the fundamental obligations of
know-nothingism is tincompromising op
position to Catholicism. Every know
nothing, before being admitted into full
fellowship with the order, solemnly takes
an oath that ho will not vote for a
Roman Catholic nor appoint one of that
religious denomination to any office
which he may have in his gift. To show
the class of people against whom this
wretched spirit of proscription is invoked,
we make room for the following notice,
which appears in the Norfork Argus of
Tuesday last. The reader need not be
told that the yellow fever is now pre
vailing in Norfork to an extent to justify
the alarm which at present exists in
in that city c
“Worthy of all praise.—Several
cases of the yeltow fever having been
announced, the Sisters of Charity con
nected with St. Patrick’s Chnrch, of this
city, received a note yesterday from a
physician informing them that their ser
vices, which had been affered to attend
the sick, were desired. They complied
with commendable promptness, and in
terms expressive of self-sacrificing devo
tion to the cause of suffering humanity,
and stated their readiness to enter at
once upon the work of love and mercy.
They add'that their force will probably
be divided between Portsmouth and
Norfork, and if needed, aid will he pro
cured at Emmitsburg, sp * n ca . se
fever should unfortunately spread in our
city the public may not want for care
ful and experienced nurses to attend at
the bedside of the sick, th# suffering and
the dying.”
The angd offices of these Sisters are
not confined to any sect or creed; and
they will be found as ready to watch by
the sick bed of their persecutors as to
smooth the pillow of those who Jprofcss
the same^faith which they so beautifully
illustrate by their heavenly practices.
INST ABEL.
=SF
ECfliN
‘5Jpw, toper,' quoth ye constabel,
'‘Now tell yotruntoc me,
Who dared against yc law rebel,
And sold ye drinke to ttfee 11 - •'
Then loudlie lapghed ye topor man,
He laughed with bitter scorn, , ■ _
♦Find out, 1 quoth he, ‘as well’s you cannff.
I shan’t eonfesse ye cornu.’ ‘ ”
Are They AU Sworn?
The Columbus Times says; A very
instructive, as well as amuritig incident
occurred sit Cranford, Russell county,
Ala., during the discussion there between
Messrs. Dowdell and Watts. Mr. Dowd,
ell charged that the Know Nothings
took certain oaths in their several de
grees, which- a free man ought not to
take, and was making it tell against his
adversary, when the following dinjogup
occurred :
Mr. Watt%—“ I never took an oath.’*
Mr. Dowdell—If there is another
Know Nothing in tho house Who has not
been sworn, I hope he 'will rise and
make it known.”
Mr. B. H. Baker—“ I never .waq
sworn."
Many Voices—‘We tyerefare were;’
f we were.*
Mr. Dowdell—‘ How is this, follow-
citizens ? The chiefs of tlic party, thq
wire workers, it Items, arc not sworn;
their pledges, ftf honor, I presume, is
sufficient! But the Wool hat boys, the
honest yeomen "of the country, are com-i
pelled to take an oath "before they are
permitted to enjoy the benefits of Km
Nt - • ' '
othingism.”
The effect of this hit may ho better
imagined than described. The house
rung with applause. ’ How-is it ? Aw
they all swonfe or does the Order dis
criminate between its membership’and
take the words, of sdbie, and pin other?
down by solemn oaths t
' T ' " _ : ; oii-ji
Disturaance at Saratoga Spring^,
—It is stated that there was quite a
row at Saratoga a few days ago, between
the colored waiters and some of the
guests. It is alledged that one of thq
servants snatched a tumbler from a lady’s
hand and commenced|drinking, in viola
tion of the rules of the place, whereupon
a gentleman drew a pistol and threaten
ed to shoot the qne on the spot that
again attempted to drink, This hpd the
effect to cause them to disperse,
—-Tty
The Hon. Linton Stephens and Col,
W: G. Foster, met in open discussion, at
Penfield, oil Wednesday night, during
which the following conversation is stud
to have taken place:
Mr, Stephens— : Col. Foster,you belong
to the American party. You are a
member of a K. N. Council ?
Col. Foster—I am.
Mr. Stephens—Well, sir, when you
joined, were you sworn,did you subscribe
to any oaths?
Col. Foster—I did not.
Mr. Stephens—Well, sir, why is it
that the leaders, the wire-workers,are not
sworn ? You rope in the wool hat boy?
and tie them down with an oath. But
you men, who are disgusted wtyh the
wild hunt after office (like Saint Cone)
are left free and untrameled, Humbug l
humbug!! ten thousand times humbug! J j
Mr. Stephens, continues the letter,
spoke for one hour in a forcible, eloquent^
and argumentative speech, which went
home to every person.—Sav. Georgian.
A yatikee poet thus describes the ex
cess of his devotion to his true love:
“I sing her praise in poetry;
For her at morn and at eve,
I cries whole pints of bitter tears.
And wipes them with my sleeyfi
We publish with great pleasure thq
following challenge, and do so without
charge, • •
Jonesboro, August X, 185S.
Gnl. A. A- Gaulding—Sir: In justice
to myself, and my Catholic fellow-citi-
zins of the United States, I propose to
meet any of the Know-Nothing orator?
twenty days from this date, in Atlanta,
in ordeg to discuss one of our main prim
ciplcs and sweeping charges, that is to
say, the temporal power of the Pope of
Rome over the members of the Church,
or any other charge they wish to make,
the Demosthenes of the mountains, and
the Rev. gentleman of LaGrange, and
the gallant Judge of Greensborough, not
excepted. “ 1
THQMAS pY$NE, a foreign Catbo r
lie.
Ct?" AH the anti-Know Nothing pa
pers fa the- State will give the above
three conspicious insertions, and for
ward their accounts to this office for pay;
ment.
4 Sara, did you see Mr. Johnson, the
new overseer V 4 Yes mm J_I *» et
down by the cotton gin/ fHe’p a good
looking fellow, isn’t he 1! ‘ Well, massa,
he talks like a good-looking man; he
made ^hp^r^dat’a all he said.'
Political Piety.—Two
joking together after a political meeting,
one of them rallied the other on the ve
ry religion? strain in which he had in
dulged in the last speech hp had inflicted
upon the meeting. \
“I’ll bet you five dollars,” said Mc
Carty, “you can’t repeat the Lord’?
Prayer now, if you try.’.’ "'
“Done!-’* said Kollock, “done!** and
assuming, a decent, gravity for tho mo
ment, summoned his memory to aid him
in hisnovel, hut certainly very commen
dable effort. 4 ‘ Ahem!——a—-^a——ahem |
ah, now, I have it:-x? ’
“Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord mv soul to keep,
If I should dje before I wake,
I pray the Lojd my pool tp take,”
.“Therp! I told you I could.”
“Well, I give up, beat,” said McCar
ty, paying over the money; “I wouidn*£
have tbjpnght yon could do fcJt
“Sir,” stud a blustering Jiftle man to q
religious opponent, “to what do yoq
I belongV> “Well, from yourqiq?
and appearance, I should think yoq
might belong to a class called the mf
sect.” The little cove struck l
for home.