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MEDICAL NOTICE.
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idling and Team Gear complete, at tiio
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I short notice. My stock will hear inapcc-
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MOORE & DUNNAH00,
GROCERS!
A full Assortment of
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
INCLUDING Flour, Msal, Sugar of all
I kinds. Coffee, Buttor, Eggs, Fish of dif-
l*nt kinds. Dried Fruits, and Preserved
tits. All kinds of Nuts, Candies, Cigars,
ja-co, Fine Liquors, Ac., Ac.
5 wish it Distinctly Understood that
I Wo will Sell on Credit to
II responsible men, who nro
h the habit of paying at the
Imc agreed upon.
|We will duplicate upon timo to prompt
Saturday Morning, March 17,1800*
Take High Grounds.
Such should bo the motto of every
Delegate to the Cnarleston Convention
from the slaveholding States. We have
been temporising long enough. Com-
romisea have ceased to have any In*
uonco in securing our rights in the
Union. Lot Uf oluim in the Ghatles-
ton Convention all our rights under tho
Constitution, and wo slum seoure con
fidence at homo, and respeot from our
Northern Democratic brethren. If we
divide upon this question, and present
n high ftnd a low standard of Southern
Rights, we cannot expect our Northern
brethren to do otherwise than to take
our proposition to moot them upon the
low standard. The Senatorial Caucus
has established a good platform, ono
upon which every Southern man can
easily stand. Let us, one and all, bo
contented with nothing less. Mr.
Douglas and ids special friends may
wish to lower the standard, with a view
of securing tho voto of Ids favorites
and followers, but we are convinced
that if tho South will insist upon her
whole constitutional rights, our Nortn-
ern Democratic friends will have more
respect for us, and will fight the hard
er in our cause. As long as wo pursue a
temporizing, compromising course wo
may expect to ho kept in thebackground
A bold, fearless front is what wo ought
to present to our onemios. When we do
this, our friends will stand by us, and
fight for us. When wo coase to do this
wodiseouragoour friends and strengthen
tho hands of our enemies. Wo say,
then, lot lia insist upon a platform at
Charleston hy which all the rights of
the South are secured, and we may ex
pect tdl the sound constitutional men,
North and South, East and West, will
rally to it, ami a glorious victory will be
tho result.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
The foregoing was intended specially
for the Cobb delegates in the Miilcdge-
ville Convention, and wo believe the
time will co.no when the Intelligencer
will wish nooneol.se laid read It.
We would give our Democratic friends
a word of advice. Don’t climb too high,
for greater will ho your fall. For fall
you surely must. 11 may serve ft very
good purpose to plant a “ high standard
of Southern Rights,” upon " high
grounds,” when the action of a State
Convention is to bo influenced, hut it
will bo very humiliating to he compelled
to lower that standard and rally around
ono erectod by “the Douglas.” Under
it a “glorious victory will not ho tho re
sult.” Senatorial eaucusaos may es
tablish good plat forms, and .Southern
papers may applaud it and shout in an
ticipation of triumph, hut as long
Douglas controls tho Convention that is
to adopt that platform, and will dictate
the man who is to lead on to victory
will all ho as fruitless of good as the
barren tig tree. It may “kill off” the
great champion of Squatter Sovereign
ty from tho nomination, but it does not
ilude hi* delegates, nor engraft a
principle upon tho Democratic plat
form.
It would mean something if its
friends would “ho contented with noth
ing less hut if Douglas liiuwlf, with
all his “dctostahio heresies of Squatter
Sovereignty,” should become the nomi
nee of tho Democratic party, tho At
lanta Intelligencer, and every member of
the Senatorial Caucus would not only
acquiesce, but go to work to make the
South believe ho is sound enough, and
after all, is the very man for the very
place.
We have too much love for Southern
honor, and too much faith in our predic
tion to wish to see it put to the test.—
But Should it be, we would not tremble
for our reputation as a prophet. We
could think it would be other
wise, but we have no reason to do so.
A Constable’s Return.
A few years ago, there lived In the
neighboring county of Cass, a Bailiff,
who became enamoured of a young lady
in his bailiwick, and made proposals of
marriage, which were accepted. But
when the sutyect was broached to her
"fond pnrient,” he most positively re
fused his consent, and prohibited any
farther communication between the
couple. But “Villikins” was not to be
baffled so easily. He contrived to have
a stolen interview with his "dear Dinah”
and a runaway match wua planned. He
immediately procured ids License
and at midnight, repaired to the ap
pointed place of mooting, under her
window. In tho meantime, however,
the "parient” discovered tho plot, and
locked up his disobedient daughter. Af
ter waiting a reasonable lengtli of time,
the truth began to break in upon tho
"lovyeis” mind, and ho departed. The
r.sxt morning tho old man found under
his door the marriage license, with the
following entry upon it:
" Duo search made and no property
found whereon to levy this fl fa. This
the 27th day of Oct., 1857.
VILLIKINS, L. C.
J&*Scnator Seward denominates the
slave States "capital States.” That’s
and lie hopes to make enough capital of
them toeloot him President.
The Cotton 8npp1y of England.
Upwards of 500, CK)0 work ore are now
employed in our cotton factories, and it
has been estimated that at least 4,000.-
000 persons in this country are depend
ent upon (he codon trade for subsis-
tance. A century ugo Lancashire con
tained a population of only 300£00 per
sons ; it now numbers 2,300,000. In
the same period of timo tills enormous
inorease exceeds that on any other
equal surface of tho globe, and is en
tirely owing to tho development of the
cotton trade. In 1850 tliero were, in
tlie United Kingdom, 2,210 factories
running 28,000,000 spindles and 299,000
looms by 97,000 horse power. Sinco
that period, a considerable number of
new mills have been creoted, and the
extensive additions have been made to
the spinning and weaving machinery
of those previously in existence.
The amount of actual capital invest
ed in tho eotton trade of this kingdom
is estimated to he between £00,000,000
and £70,000,000.
The quantity of cotton imported into
this country in 1859 was 11S1J million
pounds weighing tho value ot which, at
fid. por lb., is equal to £30,000,000. Out
of 2,829,110 bales of cotton imported
into Groat Britain. America has sup
plied us with 2,086,341, that is5-7thsof
tho whole. In other words, out of
every 7 lbs. imported from all countries
into Great Britain, America lias supplied
5 lbs., India has sent us about 500,000
bales, Egypt about 100,000, South
America *124,000, and other countries
lying ii
any cash purchase
-0 us a call and satisfy yourselves as*
s and prices,
frbOwly.] MOORE A DUNNAIIOO.
NEW ENTERPRISE,
it T. NEWJIAN,
Exclusive Dealer in
BROCKERY, CHINA,
—AND—
tBrl’ssTWare
ALSO,
poking Glasses & Plated Ware,
Broad St., Rome, Ga.
^hvx', T .
I Crockery and
’o, will'
lly kept*
I hand including
and Dinner,
|ts from tho low-
priced cheap
— s, to tho finest
*. A!bo Gloss Ware, in all its various
* and qualities, for table and culinary
tpUflCS.
\ splendid assortment of Fine Mirrors.
■imq a good supply of Plated Ware, includ-
1 Castors, Spoons, 8ugar-Tongs, Cuke and
ktor Knives, Ao., Ao.
be subscriber will keop a larger stock of
ekory and Glass Ware, than has hithorto
Pi kept by all tho Morohantaof Home—the
,ost stock in Cherokee Ga., and by buying
rgor quantities, he will get them cheaper,
Us able to soil lower than the former
Ihe publio are rcspeotfully invited to call
fis store, first door above McCIung’s, and
tfinoGood. and prices.
|bQ60.t r ny. WM. T. NEWMAN.
Tho Senior Editor on his Rambles,
Taking Notes.
Tho senior editor of the Mail, with a
view to improve his health and finances,
will commence, in a few days, a series of
rambles in this and unjoining States.—
Ho will particularly look after and re
port upon railroads, "finished” and
unfinished, and all other works of im
provement und dewlonment. His
observations will be regularly commu
nicated to tho Mail. A feature of these
will he sketches of prominent men
connected with the railroad, mining
and agricultural development of the
South-west. • Special attention, of
course, will he given to Alabama, every
section of which ho expects to visit
within the next six months. On these
trips, he will specially represent the
Mail, Charleston Mercury, and Ohl Spirit
of tho Tunes. 11 is first trip will bo to
the spring turf meetings ut Mobile mid
New Orleans; thence, probably, into
Eastern Mississippi, and he hopes at
each point to increase the circulation of
soumt State Rights organs, southern
literature, and the representative of or
thodox turfmen. And he will, hy no
moans, decline to receive subscriptions
for ins friends of tho Montgomery Ad
vertiser, who aro to he placed in tho first
of the above mentioned categories.
Our cotemnoraries will confer a favor
by giving publicity to tho fact ineution-
cil above; and we need hardly say, that
the Mail will ut all times be ready to
sate tho courtesy.—Montgomery
'FT
WaF*William II. Seward, in lm late
speech in the U. 8. Sonnte, says the ne
gro at tho South is a "chattel, on object of
bargain, sale, gift, inheritance, or theft.”
This is very true, and tho only mis*
fortuo in it all to tho negro, is that he
mado an object of thtft. In the other
conditions, ho is happy, contented, with
out cares or troubles, and it is only
when the Abolition thieves steal him from
his kind master and comfortable home,
that his wretchedness begins.
The Weather.—Our Atlanta exchan-
is are daily discussing tins important
and fruitful subject, but they must not
think they enjoy a monopoly of the com
modity. We hftvo a good doal of it our
selves, and quite ft variety. The first of
this week it was very cold and accom
panied with frost; on Wednesday it
was milder; on Thursday it seemed
a bright smile had spread itself over
tho face of nature, and on Friday she
was "gathering her brows like gathering
storm.” and as "a roaring lion walking
about seeking what it might devour.'
We are very much afraid it may bite
someof our fruit that lias peeped out a
little too soon to see what is going on
There is however a groat deal of it that
is not far enough ndvancod to bo dam*
aged, and wo still have hopes of luxu
riating this spring and sutnmor on straw
berries, peaches and cream, provided
"always” our friends will remember us
about then and invito us out, up and
around.
P. S.—Aftor writing tho foregoing yes
terday afternoon it commenced a stea
dy rain, as if nature was weeping at
the thought of depriving us of so much
enjoyment.
| ,CR n D ALroN A Gadsden RaiLw.. ^
T vwton, Qa-, January 24M, 18(10. ,
k erob y fiiyon, that im Instal-
V n ‘® n | of Ten Dollars, on each sharo of
L-Py* 1 Stock subscribed, of tho Dullon
L," Railroad Company, has been
f ‘ tho Directors, payable at tho office
Im-ii m P* n y* n Dalton, on the first day
i£! n .” exL or,lpr -'
|"Jn2,m. EDWARWYHITE, 6m,
Anotiikr AnocuENT in Fator of Fire
Engines.—On Thursday night some per
son thoughtlessly threw a lighted cigar
intone of the boxes filled with saw dust
in the City Hall. In the night it was
accidentally discovered that it had bias
ed up and burned a hole six inches in
diameter in the floor. Wonder if we
will evor havo a fire engine, or shall wo
always trust* to luck.
More Troubles.
Troubles appear to ho increasing in
MassachiiHctu*. lie-id-'s tho slice-ma
kers' strike—which continues to extend
—tho catt le distemper in some parts of
the.State, is threatening, if not to de
prive the people of beef, at least to add
materially n» its cost cf it. “No work—
no nihrkut for boots, with dear meat su-
peradded—ore things,” says the New
York Express, “certainly not over-well
calculated to inspire the poor white man
there with feelings of unalloyed and un
qualified jollity.
“Tho cattle diseose is called plouro-
neuraonia, by veterinary surgeons in
England. Wo see it stated that 200,-
000,000 head of cattio- have died of it
in Europe within tho past century.—
The professional humanitarians and
philosophers, therefore, would do well
to turn their attention from Sambo and
Potnpey, to the consideration of some
means to stave off t his threatening dim
inution of food, for the free white man
at home.”
A Novel Mode of Catching a Deer.—
One evening last week, as ono of the
down freight trains on tho North Mis-1
souri Railroad was running between
Montgomery and Forenco stations, the
engineer, Fred. Maviland, while on tho
lookout, espied a fine largo buck onjtho
track, facing tho engine and about two
hundred yards ahead of tho train. Uis
deorahip, '1 proudly defiant,” with
head and tail ereot, stood his ground no
bly for a few momenta, Apparently re
solved to stare the "Iron llorso” out of
countenance; hutfinding the latter did
not appear to be in tho least intimida
ted hut continued steadily and rapidly
to advance, he came to the sensible
conclusion, that in order to save his ven
ison he had better slope, or in other
words,tnako tracks about as fast as pos
sible. A short but spiritod raco onsued
winch endod in landing his buckship
upon tho eow-cutchor, where tho fire
man stood ready to play a “grab-game”
on him, and welcome him to a railroad
rid«. In the meantime the engineer,
with ft bloody knife, had slipped forward
and they, in a very short time reliev
ed their nobio game of his claret, car
ried him over the-engine into tho bag
gage car, where, stretched upon the
floor,
“Lifeless but beautiful ho lay.”
[*SF. Joseph Journal.
Royalty Visiting Canada.—It is now
definitely understood that His Royal
Highness Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, thoPriiico of Wales and heir to
tho throne of Groat Britain, will vist
tho loyal subjects in the Provinces In
the first week in June. Groat prepara
tions are making forhiB reception.—
The precedents for this visit aro found
in the advent of Princo William Henry,
afterwards King William tho Fourth,
some seventy-five years ago, in company
with Captain, afterwards Lord, Nelson ;
and of tho Duko of Kent, father of
Queen Victoria.
Tho ostensible object of the visit of
England’s future rulor, is to officiate in
placing the lost stone of tho Victoria
Bridge over tho St. Lawrenoe at Mon
treal.. Ho will probably visit portions of
our territory, and bo liouizod extensive
ly. i
between 8,000 and 9,000 bales. In 1859
tho total value of *xports from Great
Britain amounted to £130,513,183, of
winch £47,020,920 consisted of cotton
goods and yarns. Thus, more than
one-third, or £1 out of every £3 of our
on tiro exports, consists of cotton. Add
to this tho proportion of cotton which
forms part of 12,000,000 more exported
in tho shape of mixed woolens, haber
dashery, millinery, silks, apparel and
slops. Great Britain alone consumes
annually $24,000,000 worth of cotton
goods. Two conclusions, therefore,may
afely be drawn from tho facta, and tig-
ires now cited—first that tho interests
if every cotton-worker aro bound up
with a gigantic trade which keeps in
motion an enormous mass of capital,
and this capital, machinery und labor
depend for five-sevenths of its employ
ment upon the slave States of America
for prosperity and continuance; sec
ondly, that if u war should at any time
break out hutwoen England and Ameri
ca, a geuorul insurrection take place
among tho slaves, disease swoops oft*
tlioso slaves by death, or the cotton
crop fall short in quantity, whether
from severe frosts, disease of the plant
or other possible causes, our mills would
be stopped for want of cotton, employ
ers would be ruined, and famine wouid
stalk abroad among tho hundreds and
thousands of working people who are at
present well employed.
Calculate tho consequences for your
self. Imagine a dearth of cotton, and
you may picture the horrors of such a
calamity from tho scenes you may pos
sibly have witnessed when, the * mills
have only run on “short time.” Count
up nil tlie trades that are kept going
out of the wages of the working classes,
independent of builders, mechanics,
engineers, colliers, Ac.,‘employed by
the mill owners. Railroads would
cease to pay, and our ships would lie
rotting in tluiir ports, should a scarcity
of raw material for manufacture over
take us.—London Cotton Jleportcr, Feb. 3.
The Sporting Dramatist.
Somebody once.told us a capital an
ecdote of Sheridiau, which, nevor hav
ing been in, print, wo desire to preserve.
It runs tiius:
A certain wealthy noblehmn Invited
the dramatist to visit him during the
hunting season at bis country seat.—
Shoridian wont, but, no sportsman,
found it rather dull work. At lengtli,
one day finding himself left alono, ho
concluded to take a gun and fixings
and try ins luck. An attendant game
koepor proffered his services, which
were peremptorily declined, determined
that his want of skill should not be
mado llie subject of remark in the ser
vants hull. Tho result of Ilia tramp
might bo anticipated, and ho found
ldmself returning homewurd without
even a feather for Ids trophy,convinced
of ono of two things, to wit: either
that his gun was a poor ono, or that he
did not understand its use.
Crossing a field in the centre of
which was a pond, around which was
gathered a large flock of geeso, ducks,
hens, Ac'., he noticed a farmer leaning
upon tho fonce, watching their gambols,
and was seized with an irresistible desire
to try his skill upon tho feathered ob
jects of his attention. Accordingly, he
went up to tho farmer, who seemed
quite indifferent to his approach, and
thus accosted him:
"My friend, what shall I give you for
permission to discharge l>o;h barrels
into the midst of tho flock f”
"Wull,” answered the north country
man, "ui dun know, art thou much iv or
shot ?”
"Much of a shot ?” “Oh !” (slightly
embirrassod,) “middling—only mid
dling.”
“VVt
off?'
“flow far? Oh! say about twenty
yards.”
“Wull, ar shood think thou might’s
give I n barf a ginny.”
“Half a guinea I Pretty good price ;
however, I’ll do it.”
Accordingly, the ground was mensu
red, Shoridian took his stand, and, with
a deliberate uim discharged both bar
rels, killing and wounding more than
ho anticipated.
"Hu! ha l” he laughed, picking
tho spoils and approaching tho old
mer, who seemed quite undisturbed
hy the result, “you did’nt expect I
should kill so many of them, did
you ?”
“Wull, no. I carn’t say I did; hut
still yer know, it's nothin' to /; yer know,
lecos they don't belong toll‘
Death of English Kings and Queens,
William the Conqueror died from
enormous fat, from drink and from vio
lence of bis passions*. William Rufus
died tho death of the poor stags Chat lie
hunted. Henry the First died of glut
tony. Henry the Second died of a bro
ken heart, occasioned by the bad con
duct of ids children. Richard Casur de
Leon died by an arrow from art archer.
John died, nobody knows how hut it is
said of chagrin, which is another term
for a dose of hellebore. Henry tho
Third is said to have died a natural
death. Edward tho First is likewise
said to hav.o died of a natural sickness-
—a Kick ness which would puzzle all tho
college of physicians to demonstrate.—
Edward the Second was most barba
rously and indecently murdered by ruf
fians employed by ins own mother and
paramour. Edward tho Third died of
dotage; and Richard the Second of
starvation. Henry the Fourth is said to
Hiu ..niianil liv- ‘•iiiiniisiliess.”
have died of fitacauBod hy "uneasiness,'
and uneasiness in those times was a vo-
rv commun complaint. Henry the
Fifth is said to have died of painful af
fliction prematurely. This is a country
phrase tor getting rid of a King. Hen
ry tho Sixth died in prison by moans
known only to tho jailor. Edward the
Fifth was strangled in tho tower by his
uncle Richard tiio Third. Richard tho
Third was killod in battle. Henry the
Seventh wasted away'as a miser ought
to do; und Henry tho Eighth died of
carbuncles, fat and forty; while Edvard
tho Ninth died of declmo. Queen Ma
ry is said to havo died of a "broken
lieurt.” Old Queen Bess is said to have
died of tnelaucholly, from having sac-
Yuli, how fur wilt thou stan’
THE DEBT SEWING
one ? Don’t mv so! Whi«h;did you get?
M*f the kind to open and shet?
Own it# or hire it ? llow mttnh did you pay ?
Does it ao with a crank or treadle ? Bay.
n single man, and tome what green,
Tell me aooutyour sowing machine.
Listen, my bey, and hear all about It—
don’t know what I should do without U*
*ve owned one now for more than a year,
And like itso Well 1 call It "toy dear/’
’Tis the oloVerost thing that ever was seen,
This Wondorful family sowing machine.
i steel shod beak and cast iron wings;
,:ork would bother a hundred of his,
<1 is Worth a thousand! Indeed it is;
And bos n way—you needn’t stare—
combing and braiding its own black half!
Mine is not ono of those stupid affairs
That stand in a cornor with whatnots and
chairs.
And makes that dismal, headaohy noiso,
Which all the comfort of sowing destroys;
rigid contrivance of lumber and steel.
But one with a natural spring in the heel.
Mine Is oneof the kiud to love,
And wears a shawl and a soft kid glove,
Hus the morriostoyo and adsinty foot,
And »porta the charmingost gaiter boot,
And a bonftol with feathers and ribbons, and
loops,
With any indoflnlteaiumbcr of hoops,
...your oaf
Unless Damo Nature’s the patentee 1
* like tho sort that can laugh and talk,
..ml tako my arm for an evening walk;
That will do whatever tho owner may choose,
With tho slightest porceptiblo turn of the
screws,
Whet do you think of ray machine ?
But flesh and blood 1 hoar that, my hoy!
With a turn for gossip, and household affairs,
Which incl .do, you know, the sowfng of tares.
Tut, tqt—don’t talk. I sec you in thrall;
You noedn't keop wiuking bo hard at the
wall;
know what your fidgety rumblings nr
Would you like yourself, a sewing machine?
Well, got one then—or the same design—
There was plenty left when I got miue.
g^jrTlio Atlanta American, in a notice
of one of Rev. C. W. Howard’s lectures
on the history and resources of Georgia,
pureullu’ticnily suggests that the task of
embalming the memory of tho founders
of our great State, in tho imporishablu
number* of poesy should be undertaken
by ono of Georgia’s own fair daughters
of song, and uunies Mrs. Mary E. Bryun
as a lady well qualified for the work.—
The thoine is a noble ono, and Mrs.
Bryan’s able und graceful pen could do
it justice. \Vo hopo that tho American’s
suggestion will bo adopted.
NVo are pleased to learn that Mr.
Howard intends to favor the citizens of
Columbus with his lecture, which is re*
presented by all who have hoard it as
intensely interesting and attractive.—
Col. Eny.
Little Pic Conquered by Cupid.—In
announcing tho expected appearance of
Milo. Picoolomlni at a forth coming oon-
oert In Liverpool, tho Mercury says it Is
rumored that this charming actress and
slngor is .about to for.m ft matrimoni
al alliance. Her anticipated retirement
into private lire, without any formal
lpavo-takihg, has already been announ
ced.
A "Snake” in the Mexican Treaty.—
A Washington coriespondenb makes a
revelation which goes far to account for
the cold shoulder given to the Mexican
Treaty in tho Senate, in the face of so
many strong rocommondations for its
ratification. Tho pith of this glory is,
that at the eleventh hour it was dis
covered that inasmuch ns ono of the
provisions of tho Treaty established free
trade between Mexico and the United
States, we should bo obliged'—in the
event of its ratification—to open our
ports, likewise, to tho “free trade” of
England, France, Germany, and all
oilier nations with whom wo liavo treat
ies, with guarantees in them that they
shall all be placed on tho samo footing
with "tho most favored nations.” The
Treaty, it seems, wa* so ingeniously
worded, that nobody discovered the
i flaw until it hud been under discussion
for days und days—but when the dis
covery was made, Froo Traders as well
as Protectionists, we are told, agreed to
lay tho Treaty, without a dissenting
voice, upon tho table.—N. Y. Exp)
March &th.
Great Men. -Homer was a beggar;
Plautus turned a mill; Terence was
asluve; Boethius died in jail;Paul Borg-
ho-e Imd fourteen trades, yet starved
with thorn all; Tasso was often distressed
for a few shillings; Cervantes died of
hungor; Camoeus tho writer of tho Lu-
siad ended ids days in an almshouse;
and Vaugelas left his body to tho
geons to help pay his debts. In England
Bacon lived a life of meanness ana dis
tress; Sir Waiter Raleigh died
scaffold; Spencer died in want; Milton
sold liis copy-right of "Paradise Lost,”
for $75, anct died in obscurity ; Dryden
lived in poverty and distress; Otway
perished with hungor; Loo died in the
streets; Steele was hi perpetual warfare
with the bailiffs, Goldsmith’s “Vicar of
Wakefied” was sold for a trifle to save
him-from tho grasp of the law,
g®T-According to tho. advices from
the East, the European trade with Japan
has been stopped, in consequenco of
tho manner m which the traffic for
gold has been carried on. Some Indian
capitalists aro reported to have made
largo profits through tho ignorance of
the population of the relative valuo of
gold and silver. Tho people, it is said,
were induced to exchange their gold
for silver weight for weight, and the
practice was not checked until they
round that tho Europeans would not,
when occasion requirod, barter the gold
back on similar terms. A gradual ap
preciation of tho gold thon took place
out even at the date of the last accounts
a gain of 40 por cent, was thon being
realized by such purchases as could bo
effected.
JgJF*ThoMemphis Avalanche says:—
We rooeivod a visit yesterday from a
traveling agent of a New York furnish
ing house. He informed us that ho had
traveled through portions of Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia, for the purpose
of reooivfna orders for his house, and
that he had not received more than
twenty ordors during his whole route,
scarcely sufficient to pay his traveling
expenses. He was on his way homo.—*
Hundreds of Northorn drummers are
meeting with similar success.”
will, in all probability, assumo the edi
torial control of tho Nashville Banner,
and through it advocate tlie claims of
some such men as Crittenden or Bell for
tho Presidency. If Footo does this, he
will be the third man who lias gene to
Tennessee lYoin this cotton region to
edit anti-Democratic newspapers, after
having been a Democratic member of
tho U, S. Senate.— Vicksburg Sun.
VQjFA lady in Petersburg, Va., one
day last woek, while out marketing,
brought a cabbage in rather close prox
imity to her face, und as sho did so a
1 green snako, waked from his re
pose umong the leaves of the cabbago,
poked his head out and gave the lady a
tender kiss upon the lips. His impu
dent snakeship then procedcdto render
himself comfortable in tho bosom of the
unsuspecting dame, and had stretched
liis long, almost transparent body, half
around her nooki bofore she was aware
of his presence, when she let fall the
cabbage and her basket of butter and
eggs, und after a few screams removed
tho intruder. It was eighteen inches
long.
SusrErTED MunnER.—Wo regret to
learn that Mr. Alfred Jones, a most
worth and respectable citizen of this
county, was found lying dead in tho
road loading to his plantation some few
miles distant, on Sunday morning last.
His head was horribly mutilated, with
other marks of violence upon his per
son, indicating very clonrly that ho has
been the victim of some vile assassin.—
It is know’ll that Mr. Jonos left town on
Saturday evening, and it is thought that
he had in his possession a considerable
sum of money—somo four thousand
dollars—and that somo villian knowing
or suspecting this, has waylaid him ana
committed this fiendish act to obtain
his money. We also learn that his
horse was found detached from liis bug
gy, und tied near tho roadside, allowing
conclusively that ho did not come to liis
untimely end by tho running away of
liis horso.—Montgomery Confederation YUh.
One More Gone.—John Ford, a revo
lutionary soldier, died in Bibb county,
Georgia, on tho 28th of February, in
the 105th yokr of his ago. He was
married five times, his last wife survives
him, and his only child is eighty years
old.
Dreadful Calamity.—Wd regrot to
learn that, on Saturday night last, six
Valuable negroes belonging to Mr. Wiley
Glover, of this Districtj were drowned
in his mill-pond, near Ins residence,
appears that seven of them were out
a nailing excursion, and wero in tho
bateau endeavoring to cross tho pond
with the view of fishing on the opposite
side, when suddenly the bateau sunk
and six of them—four women, or
and ono hoy—went down to l
more. This property was valued at near
$8000. In common with Mr. Glover'
numerous friends, wo heartily sympa
thise with him in his heavy misfortune,
—Edgefield Advertiser, 1th.
Heavy Fraud.—Dispatches from
Washington state that S. B. Boyton,
eontly appointed a clerk in tho station
ary room of the House of Representa
tives, obtained from a confidential friend
nearly $200,000 worth of transforablo
post office certificates, and raised eighty
cents on the dollar thereon in New
York.. It is supposed he has gone
Europe. The Government will not sus
tain any loss by tho transaction,
Boynton hod not entered on the duties
of his offico.
Not so dad after all.-—The death at
New York of Mr. Boker, tho wealthy
wine-raorehant, whoso daughter a few
years since married his coachman, John
Dean, naturally revives a little chat in
reforenoe to that romantic affair. The
impression seems now to prevail, that
so far as her own happiness is concern
ed, Miss Boker did not after all, mako
so poor a match. Her husband, soon
after the marriage was appointed to n
clerkship in tho cuslom-house, which
ho still holds, and the duties of which
he discharges creditably to hiinself, and
with fidelity to the Government. IIo
is a modest, unassuming man, has ^qui
et hut comfortable home in Williams
burg, is perfectly irreproachable in his
habits and associations, minds his own
business, and is a faithful and attoction-
ate husband. ' Ho avoids notoriety
of ©very sort, and ho pursues tho way
of an upright, sterling man and a good
oitlzon. *
Increase of Crime.—Thorn aro now
before the criminal courts of New York
city ubout twenty-seven cases of mur-
der—a heavy calender considering that
at tho last session of the Court of Oyi
and Terminer some six or seven ottv
murder cases have just been disposed
of. Tho criminal statistics of the me
tropolis for the lost year has shown
greater amount of crimes of a grav
character than any previous period.
err it Smith has instituted suits
for libel against several citizens of New
York, membors of tho "New York Vij;
ilant Association,” an association whio
issued a manifesto last fall in which
they accused Smith as being implicated
in the Harper’s Ferry affair. Tbeso
statements are mado the basis of the
suita, in which Smith claim damages to
tho amount of $50,000.
The Arab’s Wonder.—An English
traveller describes the speechless amaze
ment with which a wild Arab chief of
the desert watched, in a tent near Cairo,
tho development of a photograph of
the Great Sphinx. When the features
of tho mysterious sculpture weroroveal-
ed ort tho glass, tho Arab turned to his
companion, and, pointing to the photo-
grapnor, exclaimed, “He is the eldest
son of .Satan !”
Woiyrirv of Record.—There is a room
in a houso in Roxburv, Massachusetts,
in which fifteen children—oleven girls
and four boys—wero boirn of the same
parents: and what is still moresingulav,
tho elevon girls wore married in tho
samo room.
i fiance, ami—pnasibly—flirt;
x pudding as well m a shirt;
riticod Essex to her enemies. Jnmos Oneitimt, an .jug without dropping..itilch,
tiio First died or drinking. Ho died of Aedplay il,r hmi-wih, Mg or witoh-
vice. Charles tiio first died on the
scaffold, and Charles the Second died
suddenly it Is said of apoplexy. Jiudes
tho Second died of old ago and sorrow.
William tho Third died of consumptive
habits of body, and tiio offecta of vil
lainy. Queen Ann died from her at
tachments to "strong water,” or in other
words, from drunkenness, which her
physicians politely called an apoplectic
lit. George tho second died of a rup
ture of tho heart. George the Third
died as ho lived—ft mailman. Through
out life he was at least a consistent mon
arch. floorgo tho Foqrth died of glut
tony and drunkenness.
Nrir Explosive Substance;—M. Biutt-
i eminent Gorman chomist, lias
just discovorod a curious property of
carburet ted hydrogen or illuminating
gas, viz: that being brought in contact
with certain saline solutions,. and espe
cially with nitrate of silver, it will, by
chemical combinations, form substan
ces of a highly explosive nature. A
few particles of that obtained with ni
trate of silvor Will, when subjected to
friction explode with ns much violence
as tho Eliminate of mercury. When
copper gas-pipes were used a crust win
formed on the inner surfuco of the pipi
which, if struck with a hammoron llu
anvil would explode, producing lumi
nous sparks, and if touohod with a red
hot iron would go off like gunpowder^
The temperature necessary to mako it
detonate was about 200 degrees conti-
grade, (302 Fahr.) This substance
seems to have been of tho Ramo nature
as that discovered by M. Ikottger, and
which he describes as being a combina
tion of copper with oarburetted Hydro
gen, the latter acting therein tiio samo
mrt ns cyanogen in other well known
'ulminates. Gas pipes are nevor made
of copper now, and neither iron nor
lead is liablo to produce any fulminat
ing compound.
ImpobtantAppropriations.—Tho Can
adian Parliament has voted $8000 per
voyage to tho* Montreal Ocean Steam
ship Company’s steamers, and $10,000
G er annum for a line of telegraph to
olle Isle, the lino to bo complotod du
ring tho coming summer. It is expect
ed that this arrangement will reduce
the time between Europe and America
to six day
Number^ ¥•
Millcdgoviile Democratic - Conven
tion.
Milleduevili.e, March 14.—The Dem*
ocratio State Convention, mot at 10
’clock this morning. Howell Cobb, of
Jouston county, Wns elected temporary
Chairman. There are about 150. dele--
gates in attendance. Forty counties
wero unrepresented. A spirit of hajy,
inony is provaiUng among tho dele
gates.
[/-ram the Special Dispatch to the Atlanta
InleUigenCer.]
A motion was made to raise a com
mittee to report business for tho action
" the Convention. ^
This motion gave rise to considerable ^
discussion.
Mr. George Gordon offered as a sub
stitute : That the Convention prooeed to
Appoint eight delegates for the State at
large; and that the delegation from
each district report four district dele
gates to-morrow. [Tho telegraph omits
to state what was done with the motion
and substitute.—Ed. Int.] t
Tho discussion now progressing in
volves all the issues between the rival
State Committees, and Is very animated,
though not bad tempered. About JA
o’clock the Convention odjburned^a
moot again at 9 o'clock this even-
* ig. *
Milledgbville, March 14.—Xhe State
Convention organized this morning by
tho election of A. R. Lawton, of Chat
ham co., os President, xnd Murphy, oLl
DeKalb, and Robinson, of Washington^
county, Vice Presidents. As yet noth
ing much has been done. Discord is
rising, yet harmony may ultimately
prevail.
Thrilling Incident.
In a lecture recently delivered by
Urnoo Greenwood,” ot Boston, on
Heroism,” she referred to on incident
that took place at the burning of a
steamer on oneof the Western lakes:
Among the few passengers whose
courage and presence of mind rose su
perior to the perils and horrors of the
night, was a mother, who succeeded in
saving her two children by means only
a flouting setteo. While they wero in
tiio water tiio mother saw a man swim
ming towards the settee, and as ho ws
about to grasp it. she cried out: "Don 1
tako it away from my poor littla child
ren I” The man made no answer, yet
the appeal struck home; for by tho
light of tiio flaming vessel sho could see
that his face was convulsed by thestrug-
gle botwocn the mighty primal instiuot
of nature and something bettor and
holier. It was but for a moment. Ho
throw up Ids bands with a groan of ro-
nunciation, flung himself ovor back
ward, and wont down.
Another Brutal Murder in Florida.
ho Madison (Fla.) Messenger gives an
account of a most brutal murder com-*
milted in that county, by nogri
tho 3rd inst. Mr. Matthew D. Griffin,
oversoer of Major Watts, at his planta
tion, nine miles from Madison L\ H.,
was set upon by a number of negroes us
they wore returning from work, and
shockingly mutilated with axes. Tho
body of the murdered man
then taken to a neighboring lake and
thero sunk in the centre of it, with an
anvil attached to woightitdown. Tliero
were niue negroes concerned in the
murder, seven of whom have boen ar
rested and lodged in jail. They con
fessed tne crime and told all tho cir
cumstances. Tho only cause alleged
that ho had threatened to whip one
them.
TiiADDEfs, the Speaker's Right Hand
Man.—At present tiio main stay of
Speaker Pennington is tho page who
stands upon the right—a youth of fine
appearance, and somothmg near 19
yours of ago. This page was first ap-
•inted to offico by Speaker Boyd, and
a over sinco continued to discharge
tiio duties of page to the Speaker,
among which is now reckoned the du
ties of prompting the Speaker and di
roots him in an undertone how to put
every motion, and how to dooido points
of order as tlioy arise. Thaddeus if
known to all tho politicians of tho coun
try as tiio most remarkable parliamen
tarian of his nge living. With tho con
struction of tiio rules of order he
E erfectly familiar, and every precedent
o has at his fingers’ ends.
The Second Deluge.—A Frencli phi
losopher 1ms just proved, by precision
of the equinoxes, that ono bait of this
8 lobe was really overwhelmed with
ood about thirteen thousand years ago
anil that tho other half will oxperienco
a similar dolugo in about nine thousand
years more.
Walter Scott’s Youthful Neglect.—
Walter Scott, in a narrative of his per
sonal hiaboiy, gives tho following c
tion to youth;
‘If it should ever fall to the lot
youth to pursue theso pages, let such
readers remember it is with tho deep
est regret that I recollect in my man
hood the opportunities of learning
which I neglected in my youth ; that
though overy part of my literary career,
I havo folt pinched and hampored by
my own ignorance: and I would this
moment give half tho reputation I have
had tho good fortune to acquire, if, by
so doing, I could rest the remaining part
upon a sound foundation of learning
and 8cionoe.”
erfect horror of
esaid to one of
[SKCONODIBFATC!!.]
Mii.i.edukvills, March 14.—Nothing
definite since lust dispatch. A spirit of
harmony is prevailing to-night. One
hundred aim fifty delegates are pres
ent.
Alilledgcville Democratic Convention
Adjourned.
Mu.LF.nflEVii.LK, March 15.—The Deni,
ocrntlo State Convention has adjourned
Tiio delegates appointed by the De
cember Convention wore re-appointed;
and in addition thoroto, tho following
for the State at Largo: JudgoC.J. Mc
Donald. Judge Hiram Warner, Solomon
Colion, Esq., and Juntas Wingfield, Esq.
1st Dist. More and Uaulding. 2d. Jones,
Johnson, Slaughter and Clark. 3rd.
Gibson and McGehee. 4th. Phillips and
Chandler. 5th. llogtr and Fioids. 6th.
Thomas and Hill. 7th. Burney and
Thoms*. 8th. Ashton and Casey.
The December resolutions were voted
down; hyes 162, nays 174.
Tho Convention recommends no one
for the Presidency.
Death of L. C. Levin.
Philadelphia, March 14.—Lewis C,
Levin, ft prominout native American,
and ox-metuber of Congress from this
city, died hero to-day.
New Hampshire Election.
Concord, N. H., March 14.—Tho
Blank Republican majority in this State
will oxcood 6,000. They have a minori
ty of ninety in the*Legistature.
Indian Depredations lu Taxas.
Houston, March 10.—-The Indians are
committing serious depredations in Baa-
quo county. They had killed seven
teen persons. Families generally were
much alarmed. A company or volun
teers left Wuco on the 7tn inst., to de
fend the inhabitants.
Fire in Houston Texas.
Houston, Texas, March 10.—A de
structive fire occurred here to-djy.—
Nineteen firms have been burned out.
The loss is about three hundred and fif
ty thousand dollars.
Stenmor Burnt—Lives Lost.
New Orleans, March 13, P. M.—The
steamer Judge Porter, from Montgom
ery for Now Orleans, was burnt to-day
on Lake Ponohartrain, a mile from her
wharf. TJio crew wore saved, but ten
passengers were drowned or are mis
sing. _ The steamer had eight hundred
bales of cotton on board. The cavgp
and bout were totally destroyed, but
they wero partially insured.
Congressional. .
Washington, March 9.—House—The
following gentlemen wore announced as
tho Special Committee on the subject of
a Paotflo Railroad: Messrs. Curtis, of
Iowa; Farnsworth, of Illinois; Phelps,
of Missouri; Davis, of Maryland; Scott,
of California; Rico, of Mossnchusetta,
Fenton, of Now York ; Smith, of Vir
ginia; Taylor, of Louisiana; Kellogg, of
Michigan; Blair, of Pennsylvania; Aid-
rich, of Minnosota; Hamilton, of Texas;
French, of Maine, and Stout, of Ore*
gon.
Tno special Committee under Mr.
Covode’s resolution to inquire into the
alleged abuses in connection with the
Exocutivo Department of the Govern
ment, aro Messrs. Covode of Pennsylva
nia, Olin of New York, Winslow of
North Carolina, Tram of Massachusetts,
and Robinson of Illinois.
fSyVoltairo had a
inquisitive persons,
these pumpers :
“ Sir, I am dolightod to see you, but
I give you fair warning, I know noth
ing about what you are going to ask
mo!”
I wish that the President would
appoint me fool-killer,” said an oraged
fop.
" You wouldn’t servo long,” said a by
stander, "for you would have to com
mit suicide.”
BSyTho Legislature of Now Jersey it
is stated, will muke an appropriation of
$50,000 fot a copy ol Mills’ statue of
Washington.
MARKETS.
Savannah, March 15.—Sales of cot
ton to-day 2,000 bales, and during tho
week 10,600 bales. The better grades
are very full. Tho receipts of the week
arc 9,900.
New York, starch 15.—Sates of 'cdt-
ton td-day wore 1,000 bales, with'a hea
vy markot. Flour dull, sales 7,000 bar
rels. Wheat declining, sales 5,500 bush
els. Corn heavy, sales 23,00 bushels.
Avousta, March 16,1 P. M.—Cotton.
—There is a fair demand for good cot
tons, at unchanged rates.
Savannah, March 15.—Sales of Cot
ton td-day 90O bales, with a firm market,
at unohanged prices.
JB^Florence Nightingale, in her fd-
cent work published in London, has
tellowing paragraph, relating to woman’s
dress.*. -
" It is, I think, alarming, peculiarly at
this time, when tho fornaie ink-bottles
are perpetually impressing upon us ‘wo
man’s’ ‘particular worth and general
missjonoriness,’ to see that the dress of
women is daily more and more unfitting
them for any ‘mission’ oi* usefulness at
all. -It Is equally Unfitted for all poetic
and all domestic purposes. A man is
now, a m°te handy and far less objec
tionable being in a sick rcom lban ft
woman. Compelled by her dross, every
woman now either shuffles or Waddles—
only a man cati Cross the floor cf a sick
room wlthoht Shaking it. What is be
come of wontan’s light step f—tho firm,
light, quick step we have been asking
for I”