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M. I) WI NELL, Editor.
GEO. T. STOVALL, Associate Eiutcr.
ROME, GA.
TU’SDAY MORNING, Juno 13.
The English Language n l'utlurc.
So far as Democratic Platforms nro
t-on cor nod, It Is now a settled fact, that
the English lunguago Is incapable of
conveying a siuiplo Idea, and all efforts
to explain tho meaning attempted to bo
convoyed but sorvo to mystify and ten*
dor it moro ambiguous.
In our last issue wo published tho
resolution upon tho subject of Slavery
in tho Territories, presented by tho mi
nority, to tho Into Milledgovillo Conven
tion, rejected by that convention and
aftorwurds adopted by theballotting
Squat tors. It is briefly, that slaves are
property ; that a slaveholder has tho
right to settlo in tho Territories with his
property; that noithor tho' Gonoral
Government, nor any Territorial Gov
ernment can dostroy or impair that
right, and “that prox>orty of all kinds,
rhivcs as well as any othor species of
property, in tho •territories, stanQ upon
tho same equal and broad Constitution
al basis, and subject to like principles of
recognition and protection In the legit la-
five, judicial and oxccutlvo departments
of tho government.”
Oiir knowledge of tho English langu
age must bo very deficient, if this re
solution, in tho only legitimate mean
ing of tho terms omployod, is not iden
tical with tho majority platform to-
jeptod at Charleston, and ndopted by
tho Constitutional Union Party of Geor
gia, on the 2nd day of May last, and
by tho Domocrntio Convention recently
hold in MiHedgevillo. Tho most violent
upponontof Squatter Sovereignty, and
most zealous advocato of Congressional
protection would not hesitate to ondorse
i t. It says In unmistakably plain term
that slave property in the territories is sub-
■vet to protection in the legislative detriment
./ the government, which moans simply
ihat tho slaveholder Is entitled to Con-
grcssional wotodion. For how can lie bo
protected by the legislative drjiartment of
ho fiovornmont except by tho enaot-
i.icnt of laws by Congress for this pur-
1
Vet, in tho face of all this, Ex-flov.
.Johnson, tho chnirinnn of tho commit
tal* which roported this resolution, and
.*i die declared, its anther, insulU tho
muion souse of thepooplo of Georgia
i . sayingit means no such thing.
In an address to tho Domocrntio par
ty of Georgia, by tho committee, of
which ho was chairman, appointed by
tho bolter's convention at MiHedgevillo,
alluding to the minority report, ho uses
tho following lnngungo:]
“It ignored the proposition on which
tho majority insisted, of demanding
Congressional Intervention for tho pro
tection of slavery in tho Territories, bo-
cause wo considered such a demand a
palpablo violation of our sottlod policy
of non-intoryontion—tho policy de
manded by tho South, agreed to by tho
North, amlftccopted by all parlies as a
permanent settlomont of tho slavery
agitation, its removal from tho halls of
Congress and tho political arena, and
its submission to tho froo action of tho
people of tho territories, undortho gen-
«*rai principles of tho Constitution of
tho unitou States.”
In his speech in tho Convention,
tvhon asked what was meant by legisla
tive protection in tho report—Gov. John
son replied, thoro was no such proposi
tion in tho minority report, and ho
wnnted everybody to understand that
ho, tho mnkor, so construed it.
“What then did it mean ? It meant
nothing at all. Tho majority report
contained tho snmo principles, and in
addition approved tho action of tho bo-
eedersfrom tho Charleston Convention,
and proposed to re-appoint them, and
Bond thorn to Richmond ns woll ns to
Baltimore. Those two propositions Gov.
Johnsonnndliis party endeavored to de
feat, and ho resorted to a trick to ac
complish it. • Ho offered his resolution,
apparently all that could be desired by
any one, leaving out Richmond and tho
endorsement of tho Charleston Seced-
crs. -Had it boon accepted by tho Con.
vontiou, ho would Uioii liavo told tho
pcoplo of Georgia, that ho, its author,
defiled that- legislative protection was in
the resolution; that nothing was furth
er from his intention when ho drafted
it. To such miserable expedients and
• ubtorfuges are tho Douglasitcs in Geor
gia driven to deceive tho pcoplo.
A Speck of War.
A speck of troublo looms up In our
Northeastern horizon, growing out of
tho action of tho French war vessels In
Interfering witli the Canadian fisheries
in tho Gulf of St. Lawrence. The caao
is this:
Thoro are two small Islands off tho
novthurn shore of the Straits of
llcllcislc, tho northern outlet of the
Gulf or St. Lawrence. The Islands
wore settled by tho French, but were
captured by tho English, and upou tho
treaty of peace were restored to the
French upon ugreemeut that there
should bo no buildings erected thereon,
except such as should bo needed for tho
carrying on tho fisheries. The KreucU
agreed that no fortifications should bo
orccted and no soldiers exceeding fifty
in number were to be stationod there.
Tho French, however, liavo erected
orul batteries, and it i3 said that no less
than thirty thousand suitors of tho
Frenoh Murino foiCo are now actively
engaged in tho wntors adjacent. Tho
batteries now erected aro sufficient to
control tho Straits, and a French squad
ron is stationod at tho island of St.
Fierro. British colonial vostols have
been repeatedly fired on by tho French
armed vessels, and tho Canadian fisher
men have boon driven from the wuters.
Not being able to pick a quarrel with
England by these means, Franco has
now claimed a part or Newfoundland.
TJic whole matter lias been laid before
Parliament by Mr, llaUburton, and
Lord John Russell has boon called upon
for the correspondence between the
two countries. Tho Canadian people,
we soc, me greatly exercised about tho
matter, and great fears aro entertained
ns to tiio designs of tho French Em
peror.
Sudden Death.—Wo learn that Col.
Dozier Thornton, -of Chorokoo county
Ain., while* iu good health fell suddenly
dead on Sunday tho loth inst.
To Cunt Bi.oodv Fi.ujf.—Wo aro
sured by a friend who has known of its
successful use in many cases, and never
fuiling when tnod, that 7ted Corn Tea, is
a sure and safe remedy for Bloody Flux.
The corn is to bo I aimed nnd prepared
liko coffco. Make tho doeoctioq toler
ably strong and drink freely and fre
quently, with or without sugar and
cream. _
A False Report Coiirkcted.—The
tools of tho administration nro so active
in circulating false reports as to the po
sition of tho Now Fork Democratic
Delegation.
One of tho most notorious nnd suc
cessful of these fabrications runs to tho
effect, that tho Now York Delegation,
before leaving Charleston, agreed to
sustain what is knowti us the Tennessee
Resolutions by way of amendment to
tho FJutform; nnd in this report, ns
liavo much pleasure in stating, there Is
not one syllable of truth.
Now York was prepared to offer a
ompromise platform, on which Judge
Douglas or any other truo National
Democrat could stand; hut this was
only to bo done on condition that Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and
Kentucky would pledgo themselves,
before Clio adoption oT such compro
mise, to sustain tho nominee rttnl give
tho nomination to whomsoever should
received two thirds of tho votes then
actually in tho Convention. Tho Slides
named refused to bhul themselves and
so the wltolo matter fell to the ground.
—From the Leader—Clancey, Douglas
Delegate, ICditor, '
U. S. Muskets Wanted.—Thoro aro,
or ought to bo, betwoon soventy-ilvo
and one hundred U. S, Muskots in this
community. ,Any person having ono or
more of these arms is earnestly reques
ted to immedmtoly deposit tho same in
tho City Hull. Tho “Light Guards” are
unable to got tlioir now arms in time,
mid desire to have theso guns burnished
so ns to use them on the Fourth of July.
Prompt attention to this matter will
greatly oblige tho “Light Guards.”
Judoe Lo.vustrkkt.—Wo nro very
much gratified to learn that Mr. Bu
chanan lias appointed Judge Longstrect
tho distinguished President of the South
Carolina College, to represent tho Amer
ican Government in tho Commercial
and Statistical Convention which is to
moot in London on tho lfltli of July
noxt. This is a well-merited compli
ment to 0110 of tho ablest and most
ominont sons of tho South. Wo feel,
too, a sort of homo pride in the appoint
ment, inasmuch us the Judge was, for
so many years, a citizen of Oxford.—
LI is loss to the Stato has nroved a ca
lamity not likely soon to no repaired.—
As a truo .Southern educator, his servi
ces were invaluable to Mississippi; nnd
upon his occasional visits to our town
he has ever been welcomed with a gen-
orpus warmth which testifies our full
appreciation of his worth. His asso
ciate is to bo tho Uon. John A. Dix, of
New York.—Oxford (Miss.) Mercury,
Tennessee Platform and Rrsoi.ih
--If tho South should consent to w
her olaim to Congressional protection,
by tlio adoption of tho Tennessee Plat
form, .wo do not soo what olfiociinii
in principle can bo made to tho forma
tion of a Republican party in overy
Southern State. Tho Tennossoo Reso
lution, by falling to insist upon tho
moans of vindicating the olaim which
it sots up in bohnlf of tho South in tho
Territories, virtually i\nd substantially
renounces it. It thus concedes all tbo
difference which really exists between
tho positions of Douglas, nnd oven of
the Black Republicans, on tho subject
of slavery. The positions of Douglas
and tho Black Republicans nro positive
—that of tho Tennossoo Resolution is
permissive. Douglas asserts that tho peo
ple of tho Territories^nay nbolish slave
ry. Tho Republicans assort that Con
gress may owlish It. The Tonnesseo
Resolution denies, in words, the right
Doga* Delegates to Baltimore*
As matters now stand, it is of very
llttlo consequence whether tho bogus
delegates appointed by tho “protes-
tants” at Milledgovillo, will bo received
by tho Douglas Convention at Balti
more or not, Tor surely while that body
adhorcs to its Squatter Sovereignty pint-
form, no tlolegates truly representing
the Democracy of Georgia will apply
for admission to its councils. But if
delegates have any authority to repre
sent a political purty of a Stato in a
Convention of tho States, that authori
ty Is derived from tho consent of tho
party or ut least a majority of tho party
whom they nro delegated to represent.
Without such consent tho attempt to
represent a party in Convention is an
unwarrantable assumption, and when
tho office of delegate is assumed in op
position to the known will of a large
minority of the party represented by it,
it is A gro«s usurpation of power, utteily
repugnant to ami subversive of our sys
tem of self-government. In this atti
tude the liitlo hand of Squatter Sover
eignty protostants nnd sccedurs from
tho Milledgovillo Convention stand be
fore tho country. Their presence in
Baltimore will l>o in opposition to tho
winlios of at le ist lbur-liflhs of tliq De
mocratic party of Georgia, and their en
dorsement of Squatter Sovereignty will
bo no more binding of tho party than
would bo tho voto of tho delegation in
thosanio Convention from Massachu
setts, nnd would exert no more influ
ence on the vole of .the Stato in tho ap
proaching Presidential election.—Aav.
uVcws.
Sinoui.ar Cause and Effect.—A sin
gular Miicido was committed
I.a wren coburg, Indiana, lust week, by a
Mr. Joseph Grimslcy, tho cause of
which appears to have been depression
C reduced by tho report of a dying
rot her, who stated on his revival from
a trance, boliovod to bo death for
time bv all who wero about him, that
ho had been to honven nnd seen there
all his family who wero dead, and learn*,
ed that all would go there except
Joseph. This announcement coming
from a dying—almost a dead brother
seems to liavo disordered the poor fol
low's mind. Ho acted strangely for
several days afterwards, and finally dis
appeared on Monday, week before lust,
Ho was not found till tho .Saturday
following, when two tucu in search of
g amo accidently discovered him swing
le by tho neck to a polo which crossed
a deep ravine. Tho sick brother died
the saino day tho body was found.
Religion or the Japanese.—Tho or
thodox religion of Japan is Sin too—all
hip tho sun. Thoir belief is that
tho world was regenerated through tho
instrumentality and appearance on
earth of a female, nnd after having per
formed this great and good work, for
which by God sho was ordained, sho as
cended to heaven and became embodied
iu tho sun. Their national Dug is em
blematical of their religion, displaying
as it docs tho sun in all its purity upon
tho whito field. There aro other sects,
and among them tho most numerous
would appear to bo followers of Buddha.
Many suppose that Buddhism is tke
arinciplo creed, from tho fact that its
followers number tlireo hundred and
twenty millions; this and the Maliome-
dim religion being tho principal creed
or religion of tho nations of tho East,
The founder of tho Buddhist religion
was a man called Sukyu Hinhu, who was
born, us was supposed, two thousand
four hundred and twouty years bolero
die Christian era. It is not known for
a certainty when Buddhism was first
introduced into Japan. Tho statement
so often made that Christianity is not
ut tho present in any way tolerated, is a
mistake, for thb Government is far
from being intolerant in religious mat
ters. Tho pcoplo of Julian attend vory
llttlo to religious matters. Religion is a
matter of business, which is attended to
altogether by tho Makado and his
priests. Some of tho Jopaneso attach
ed to tho Embassy worship Buddha,
some Sin too. some Mahomet, nnd sotno
worship nothing. Tho two Ambassa
dors and ono of the interpreters are
Buddhists; tho Censor has no particular
religion; tho Vico Governor is partly
Sin too and partly Buddhist.
tfSSTAin’t it curious, squire, weddiu’s
is novot* out of women’s bonds? They
never think of nothing oho. A young
gill is always thin kin’ of lior own. As
soon as sho is lnnrrricd, sho isuintchmn-
kin* for her companions; and when sho
is a grain older, nor dorter's woddin’ is
uppermost agin. Oh, it takes a great
study to know a woman. How cunniiY
they'aro 1 Ask a young gal tho news,
sho’ll toll you of all the deaths in tho
placo, to make you think shodon’t trou-
lil. herself about innrriages. Ask nil
old woman, blio’ll toll you of nil tho
marriages, to mnko you think sho’s
takin’ an interest in tho world that
shoaint. They certainly do beat all,
do women.
The Code of llonor*
A writer in a Richmond Journal gives
somo interesting details of the customs
and mannors ot our present visitors.—
What are regarded as aots of extreme
politeness here, are deemed as acts
of savage rudeness in Japan. To
spit in the presence of a Japnncso Is a
mortal offouce, and “spitting,” like
“whittling,” is an Amoncan “institu
tion.” Imagine, therefore, tho feelings
of indignation, horror, and amusement
with which the Jupancse ambassadors
will regurd tho cxpectoratinu perfor
mances of a committee of the Common
Council of New York, or tv deputation
of Congressmen. As tho Japanese
resotitall Iho degradations and insults,
not by killing their enemies, but by
committing suicide, wo fear that tho
blood of tho whole embassy of unhappy
strangers will be upon tho hands of tho
first tobacco-chewing committee into
whoso hands they may bill. The Ja-
panose tciiu for suicido is “happy des
patch.” The method of committing
the “happy despatch” is regulated by a
code of honor, to whicii all Japaneso
gentlemen conform. If a Japanese of
good social position is insulted, ho at
anco selects a long, sharp ktiife, drives
it up to the hilt in tho region of tho
“umoilicnl cord,” and rips himself up
to ti;o Uiaplirum nnd fnlls dead. Tho
JujMUicse code of honor requires tho
party who gives tho insult to do precise
ly the same tiling, nnd, iu* a conseqtieneo
of this invariably fatal custom, the
gentlemen of Japan are proverbially
the most indite and tirhann men in tho
world. If tho couo in this country was
based on Mich grounds, it would lie a
long lime, we imagine, before this city
won hi bo excited over n duel, and Con
gressmen would become tho most cour
teous pcoplo towards oaclt other in their
official '
l intercourse.
L3J*Curoy W- Styles of Savannah,
who was recently sentenced to sixty
»lays imprisonment for tho rcscuo of
'.q»t. Furnham, has published a card in
' " Savannah papers oxonorating U.
Marshall, James M. Spullock from
!t responsibility or knowledge of his
« cape from confinement and ntten-
1! mcciiipon tho MiHedgevillo Convcn-
t '.-m. Jle is induced to this act of jus-
• because of injurious reports in cir-
uhvtion censuring Mr. SpuUdck for do-
■ Miction of duty.
The Commencement op Cassville Fe
male College.—Wo learn from tho
Ciirtcrsvillo Express that the Commence
ment Exercises of this institution will
embrace tho 2nd, 3rd, nnd 4th of July.
Commencement sermon will bo preach
ed on tho 1st of July by Rev. W. II.
Potter, of Romo. Concert on tho
evening of tho 4th. Literary address
on tho 5th, Commencement day, by
Rev. Joliu Jones, also of this placo.—
Tho trustoes, patrons and visiting Com
mittee aro requested to ntteud.
in oither Congress or tho Territories;
but substantially snvs, that, if. oither
Congress or a Territorial Legislature
shall abolish slavery, thoro iw no reme
dy, if Alio Supreme Court should prove
inadequate. It abandons Congressional
protection, and virtually surrenders
tho cause of tho South. Then, why
object to tho extension of the Republi
can party into tho Southern States? Or,
why object to Douglas and bis dogma of
Squatter Sovereignty?—Concord (A'. 77.)
Dan. »Standard.
Caleb Cuhiiinu.—Tho telegraphic
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press writes from Washington :
Great fears nro entertained lest this
estimable gentleman. President of tho
ucHourncd National Convention, may
rule in favor of tho admission of tho
socederu. Tho friends of Douglas are,
howovor, prepared for his manoeuvres.
From Tike's Peak.—Tho Pikes Ponk
Express from Donvor City on tho 21th
hui arrived. Tho mining operations
had fairly commenced. In Gregory's
diggings most of tho ditches wore poy-
ing from $5 to $50 per day to tho man.
But little was doing in the quartz nnd
lead mines. Rich discoveries of boul
der diggins had been made. They nro
saul to be tho most vnluuhlo known.—
1 ho greatest excitement is that created
by tho discovery at tho head waters of
tho Arkansus, where tiio gulelies aro re
ported to l)o yielding from twenty-five
to one hundred dollars per day to tho
nintl. Tile miners nro leaving by thou-
sands for that locality. Thoro is too
much snow on tho ground, and the wea
ther too cold, however, for successful
operation. _____
JEST’Tho Chicago Journal soys:—
“Wo have Mr. Lincoln’s authority
for saying that his name is “Abra
ham.* ”
Abduction of-Litti.e Ella Bu
This remark able little girl, who excited
ho much attention in Philadelphia not
long since, is missing, nml a. reward of
ono hundred dollars is olibred for her
discovery. It will bo remembered that
tiio child, pending some litigation b
tween her father uiid Mrs. Burns, to
whom she was indentured, was placed
by tho Courts under tho custody of a
New York lawyer, who in turn caused
her to bo sent to a school Icopt by a dor
gyniaii in this city. From this school
little Ella—whoso real namo is Eva Boll
Whitton—was on tho 21st of April in
veigled under false pretences by Mrs.
Burns. Tho child was dressed in boy's
dot lies, and Mrs'. Burns, in company
with a man by tho name of Dodge, were
traced to tho Dolovan Ifouso, Albany,
where they registered thoir names as
Mr. Dodge, Mrs. Burns and son. They
wero next traced to Bufiulo, and there
all track of tho party was lost.—Phih
Enquirer.
Position of Gov. Seward.—Tho edi
tor of tho New York Times, on his way
from the Chicago Convention, called on
Gov. Seward, and writes a letter from
Auburn to his paper, giving authorita
tively, doubtless, Mr. Howard's views.—
It seems, then, that ho will definitely
retire from public life at tho end of
his present senatorial term, but will
now resume bis seat and servo his term
out. Ho will not form 0110 of Mr. Lin
coln’s administration, supposing that
enndiduto should bo dected, nor will
lie bo a enndiduto for President in 1804.
In short ho considers his public life
already closed, and he means to cnioy
the remnant of his years in tho quiet
of .his rural home.
XQF'Gov. Morgan, of New. York, (say!
tho New Orleans Commercial Bulletin)
who opened tho Black Republican Con
vention at Chicago with a speech, is tho
saino gentleman who signed tho recom
mendation for Helper’s hook, nnd con
tributed a largo sum of money to circu
late it ns a campaign document. And
Gov. Morgan made tho larger portion of
hi s fortune hero in New Orleans by spec
ulations in sugar.
Seward Shot Classicai.lv. — Mr.
Toouibs, referring to Seward's defeat nt
Chicago, said it was “Actreon devoured
by bis hounds l” Most apt und happy
illustration I And tho biggest hound in
Nev. Dr, Cartwright nnd Abe Lincoln.
Tho Koohoslor Democrat, (ho other
day, iu announcing the fact that Dr.
Cartwright, tiio Western pioneer Meth
odist clergyman, was to lecture there,
gnvo the following anecdote, as related
by him, and added that it would “bear
©petition.” In view of a certain fact
wo think “it will bear repetition,” and
here it is from the Democrat, us Dr. Cart
wright related it s
The firsttimo I ran for ofllco in San
gamon county, I was on the north side
of Sangamon River, ns wo say in the
West, electioneering, or, rather, trying
to get acquainted with tho people, for
I was at that onrly day a great stronger
to many of them. Passing through a
bushy point of undergrowth, near a fer
ry, whore 1 intended to cross the river,
I heard, just boforo mo, somo ono talk-
g very loud.
1 reined my liorso <0 listen. I heard
some ono say that Peter Cartwright was
u d d rascal; and so were nil Meth
odist preachers; they would a)l stead
horses: and that it wnsa scandal to the
country thnt such a man its Cartwright
sho*uId offer ns a representative of tho
county , and that tho first timo ho gnw
him ho intended to whin him for ids
impudence. This surprised mo a liitlo
und 1 looked round for someway to pass
without coming in contact «vrr,h this
company; but there was no path that
I could sec, and tho brush was so
thick I could not got through. So
l summoned nil my courage and rode
boldly up ami spoko to tho men.—
There wero six of them, and, as I learn
ed, but ono of them hud ever scon me.
So 1 w\)d:
“Gentlemen, who is it among you that
is going to whip Cartwright tho first
timo you see him ?”
Tho man who had threatened spoke
out nnd said—“I am tho lark that’s go
ing to thrash him well.”
Said I ? “Cartwright is known to he
much of a mail, and it will take a man
to whip him, mind you.”
“Oh no l” said he, “I can whip any
Methodist prcaohor thnt the Lord evor
made.”
Well sir,” said I, “you cannot do it,
mid now 1 tell you my namo is Cart
wright and I never like to live in dread,
if you really intend to whip me, come
ami do it now.”
Ho looked a little confused nnd said;
'Oh, you cant fool mo that way; you aro
not Cartwright.”
■’Well,” said I, “that is my namo nnd
mncamHduto for-tho Legislature,
and now is your timo; if you must whip
me, do it now.”
Ho said, “No, no, you nro not Cart
wright nt nil; you only, want to fool
me?'
By this timo wo had movod slowly to
tho boat, and when wo got in ho broke
out in afresh volley of curses on Cart
wright. I enid to a gentleman on the
boat, “Hero, Hold my horso;” and step
ping up to this cursing disciple, 1 said
sternly to him, “Now, sir, you liavo to
whip mo ns you threatened, oroniit cur
sing me, or I will put you into tho
liver, and baptize you in tho namo
of tiio dev”
him
This settled him, and strnngo to say,
whon tho election emuo off ho went to
tiio polls and voted for me, nnd
ninined ever afterwards my warm and
constant friend.
Tho fact which makes this story wor
thy of repetition, is that tho man who
ran against Mr. Cartwright for Repre
sentative of Sangamon county, and
who was beaten, was Abo Lincoln, tho
Republican candidate for tho Prcsideu-
MOTHER HOME AND HEAVEN.
Tho words of sweetost meaning
To erring mortals given—
Of purost, deepest fooling
Are Mother, Homo and
Tho magic namo of Mother
Revives in ©very heart
Tho feelings first awakened
On that dear parent’s part.
And cold must no tho bosom,
Dovoid of love and soul.
That is not movod to goodness
By a Mother's mild control.
With Homo we all remember
Some vision of tho past—
A May-day in tiio morning,
Too beautiful to last.
When flowers of lowly beauty
Beguiled ouryouth to tears,
Concealing 'mid the tv»es
Tho thorns of riper years.
Yet, whon tho past is challenged,
Wherever we may roam,
The word that is most eloquent
Is that dear one of Home.
Tho Christian to the future
His earnest gazo extends,
Whilo in the brightening distance
The how ot promise bends.
Ills weary foot have trodden
Tho doVious paths below,
But now tho glorious Heaven
Whoso light is nil aglow.
His cares aro nearly over,
His troubles soon will cease,
For smiles of resignation
Assure him of nis poaco.
Of these tlireo words of beauty
I know not which is best;
Two speak of lovo and happiness,
And one of future rest.
I feel that Heaven is dearest,
And yet I cannot toll.
For Mother fills tho heart with lovo,
And Home has charms »s well.
Then lot those tlireo united be,
Nor shall the tio bo riven,
For words of thrilling melody
Aro Mother, Home and Heaven.
Gibbon’* First.nnd Only Loro.
But low of our readers, wo imajpno,
liavo read tho story of the great histo
rian’s first and only love, which wo
extract from “My Life and Writings,”
now comparatively a rare book. As a
literary morqeHU it is unique, and no
pnssngo could be found in all his works
more characteristic of tiio author’s pe
culiar stylo. It is, besides, a little ro
mance in itself, und more peculiarly in
teresting to tho admirers of Mud. de
Stacl:
1 hesitate, from tho Apprehension of
ridicttlo, when 1 approach the delicate
subject of my early lovo. By this word
I do not moan tho polite Attention, the
gallantry, without hope or design.,
which tins originated in thn spirit of
chivalry, and intorwovon with tho tex
ture of French manners. I understand
by this passion the-union of desire,
friendship and tendorness, which is in
flamed by a single female, which pre
fers her to tho rest of her sex, and
which seeks her possession as tho an-
E remo or the sole happiness of our
eing. 1 need not blush at recollecting
tiio object of tuy choice; and though
my love was disappointed of success, l
am rather proud that i wasouco capable
of feeling such u pure and oxaltcd sen
timent.
Tho personal attraction of Mademoi
selle Susan Gurehod were embellished
by tho virtues and talents of the mind.
Her fortune was humble, but her family
was respectablo. Her mot iter, a native
of Franco, bud preferred her religion
to her country 1 The profession of her
Hither did not cxtingiii-n the modera
tion and philosophy of his temper, and
he lived content with a small salary and
laborious duty, in the obscure lot of
minister of Crall'y, in the mountains
that separate the Aays de Vaud from
the country Burgundy. I11 the solitude
of a sequestered village, he bestowed a
liberal.and even learned, education on
his daughter. She surpassed his hopes
by her proficiency in thosoionces and
languages ; and in her short visits to
some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the
beauty nml erudition of Mademoiselle
Curchod were tho theme of universal
Congressional.
Washington, Juno 8.—The Senate to
day passed forty private bills.
The House unseated Barrett, and ad
mitted Blair, of Missouri.
A resolution was adopted in opposi
tion to tiio President’s view contained
in tho protest in relation to certain {low
ers of too Covode Commit tee.
Washington, Juno 0.—Tho Sonato
passod tho Army Bill.
House.—There was nothing of inter
est transpired in the House to-day.
Gov. Seymour Willi draws.
Utica, N. Y., Juno 6.—Ex-Governor
Horatio Seymour has published a lettor
withdrawing his namo from the Balti
more Convention.
Administrator’s Bale*
B Y Virtus of so order from the court of
Ordinary of Gordon county, will be sold
on the first Tawdsy in Avgust next, before
the Court House door in said county, within
the logal hours of isle, tho troot of lend, in
said county, wheroou Grovo T Jinlinson redd
ed at tho time of hia death, containing Two
Hundred and Forty Acres, moro er less, (sub
ject to widow’s dower.) Aleo Lins, a negro
woman nged about 46, Jacob, a boy about 2k
Alfred about 19, and Jane, a girl 16. Bold
aa the properly of said Grovo Tomlinson,
late of U or don county, deceased, for the ben
efit of his heirs and creditors. - Terms made
known 011 day of eojo.
junel6
MARKETS.
New York, .Tune 8.—Sales of Cotton
to-dny 500 bales. Tho mnrket was quiet.
Flour heavy—sales of 15,000 barrels;
Southern declined 5 cents. Wheat hen
ry—sales of 42,000 barrels at $1 50(a)
$1 00. Corn buoyant—sales of 00,000
bushels; choice White at 79 cents.
Nrw York, June 0.—'The Cotton mnr
ket was drooping to-day. The sales
were unimportant. Flour heavy ; sales
of 16,500 barrels. Wheat heavy ; sales
of 21,000 bushels. Corn firm.
A Not.uii.r IIvnRociRAiMiiCAi. Fact.—
Tho Mississippi is, at tiio present mo
ment, says tho N. O. Doha of tiio 2‘Jth
ult., four feet lower than it was ever
known before in tiio memory of tho
oldest inhabitant. It la so low’that our
planters are sufibring for tho want of
sopngo water, to get rid of which has
heretofore boon tho greatest trouble.—
The low stage of tiio liver is regarded
by nmnv persons as a favorublo prognos
tic of u healthy summer. Should this
hope l.e realized, New Orleans will be
gin her usual business season with
brighter uuspicos than over.
Tobacco la Church.
Tho Portsmouth Transcript exclaims
against tho shameful desecration of
church floors and walls by thoughtless
ami mannerless tobacco ohewors.-
Wo copy the lust paragraph of the arti
cle s
It is conlrnry to common etiquotto to
expectorate in a parlor. Why not in a
church? We have seen a pious pow
holder praising God and rolling his
quid in tho most delighted mannor im
aginable—spitting great jets of timber
nnd groaning “Amen” in the next
breath, singing half a lino of a hymn
and spitting and grunting tho othor.—
Tho vestibules frequently sutler and
stains aro everywhere visible. How
much of the noetic beauty that shines
along the pathway of Religion nnd in
vests it with u charm which causes even
the infidel to respect it, will remain, if
tho filthy customs of porvorted taste
are tolorated in its tomples? Why
should a beautiful house be consecrated
to God, if it is to bo desecruted by inde
cency ? We should as soon soo a man
carry his bottlo with him, and drink in
full view of all, ns to see him sit and
squirt, or clandestinely dribble his dis
gusting expectorations amidst tho pews
and aisles of tho sanctuary. Tho deed
would ho more decent, nt least would
not defilo, as woll ns insult, tho ifouso of
God.
hitisi
The report of such n prodigy awaken-
od my curiosity; I saw and loved. I
found her learned without pedantry,
lively in conversation, pure in senti
ment nnd elcgsnt in her manners; and
tho (ir.-t sudden emotion was fortified
by the habituand knowledge of a more
familiar acquaintance. Sho permitted
mo to take two or tlireo visits to her
father’s house. I passed somo luippy
days there, in tho mountains of Bur
gundy, and her parents honorably cn
courngod *ho connection. In u calm
retirement, the gay vanity of youth no
longer fluttered in her bosom; she
listened to the voice of truth and pas
sion, nnd I might pres timo to hopo thut
I had made some iuipreasion on*a vir-
luous heart. At Craffy and Lausanuo I
i il, lor surely you belong tou i»dulgod my dream of felicity, but on
] my return to England. I soon discovered
that my father would not hear of this
strange alliance, nnd that without his
consent I was destitute and helpless.—
After a painful strupglo 1 yielded to my
fato ; I sighed ns a lover, I obeyed as a
son; my wound was insensibly healed
by time, absence, nnd tiio habits of a
new life. My euro was accelerated by
a faithful report of tho tranquillity nnd
cheerfulness^ of the lady hcrsolf, and
my lovo subsided into friendship nnd es
teem. Tho minister of Craffy soon
afterwards died ; his stipend died with
cy.
Size or the Human Rack.—Tho largest
circlo of tho terrestinl globe of uniform
temperuture is the equator. Thoso
running parallel to this, ns, for example
tho tropics, polar circles, Sec., diminish
us they approach either polo. Tho
stature of tho human race, especially
(hat of men, likowiso lessons, though
not to the snmo extent ut all, from tho
equatorial and tropical regions towaid
tho poles. In tho warm latitudes aro
found races of men of largo dimensions
dwindling iu tho cold regions of the
high latitudes, so that it may be affirm
ed thnt men grow low in proportion as
the latitude is high.
But womeii' are more uniform in size
than men, being of nearly equal height
in places where limn vary vory much in
size. Jn regions where males nro much
taller limn tiio average, the women
continuo of about tiio same medium
dimensions.
Tho fact, too, appears from historic
monuments, that tho size of the race in
general has not varied from tho earliest
a^es, and thut men and women aro now
ol the snmo dimensions ns they were
boforo tho period of Moses. This, wo
supnoso, is amply corroborated by tho
evidence afforded by tho thousands of
mummies, which liavo been recently
unrolled after lying hidden for thirty
and forty centuries porhaps in tho cata
combs of Egypt.
A Coincidence in Names.—The Bal
timore correspondent of the Macon
Telegraph, says; “A singular fact oc
curs in connection with namo of tho
Republican candidates for President
and Vico President. It will bo seen
that by commoting tho two last sylla
bles of each of their names, tho word
Lincoln is produced, and also by con
necting the two first syllables of each
name, tho word Hamlin is spelt. It is
vory rcmarkablo that two persons whose
names aro cajmblo of such a
him; his daughter retired to Geneva,
where, by teaching young ladies, sho
earned a hard subsistence for hcrsolf
and hor mother; but in her lowest dis
tress sho maintained a spotless reputa
tion, nnd dignified behavior. A rich
hanker of Paris, u citizen of Geneva,
hud tho good fortuno and good sense
to discover and possess this estimnblo
treasure; and in tho capital of taste
und luxury sho resisted tho temptations
of wealth os she had sustained tho
hardships of indigcnco. Tho genius of
her husband lias exalted him to tho
most conspicuous station in Europe.—
faithful friend; and Mademoiselle
Curchod is now tho wife of M. Neeknr*
tho minister, and perhaps the legislator
of tho French monarchy.
Military.—“Did tho guard present
arms to you, Mrs. Partington ?” asked a
commissary, as ho mot her at the
entrance of a marquee. “You mean tho
century ?” said she, smiling, “I have
heard so much about tho tainted Hold,
that I bcliovo I could deplore an attach
ment into lino myself, and secure them
as well as an officer. You ask mo if
tho guard presented arms. Ho didn't;
but a sweet little man, with nn epilepsy
on his shoulder and a srnilo on liis face,
did, and asked mo if I wouldn’t go
into a tent nnd smile. I told him that
we could both smile as woll outside,
when politely toucliod his chateau
aud left mo.”
Hopes of Tennessee.—Whilo the Mis
sissippi Democratic Convention was
in session, Maj. E. Barksdale read a tol-
egraphic dispatch from Memphis, to tho
efioct that the largest mooting of tho
Democracy ever held in that city was
held last night; tliotthe action of the
<©*Col. Philip .S. White tells the fol
lowing anecdote iu relation to the re-
semblanoo of Gen. Goss, to Iho elder
Guy of tho Nationul Hotel in Washing
ton ;
A stranger, who supposed ho knew
mine host very well, put up at the Na
tional tho other night. Wince this house
has become tho crack hotel at the Capi
tol, it is quite full, and nt this time tho
new comor, necessarily for tho first
night, was sent to tho upper floor to
sloop. Coming down stair# tho next
morning, a littlo cross, ho mot General
Gush there, who has a lino suite of rooms
iu the hall, stepped up to him, and in a
language more forciblo than elegant,
“I’ll bo d—d if I stand it) You’vo
put mo nt the top of the house. 1 must
liavo a room somewhere lower clown.”
Gonoral Cuss interposed and suid’norv*
ously, “Sir, you are mistaken in tho per
son you are addressing. I am General
Gass of Michiguu.”
Stronger confusedly. “Bog your par
don Gen ernl Cnss—th oil ght it was my
old friend Guy, beg a thousand pardons,
sir. All a mistake, all n mistuke, all
mistake, I assure you sir.”
Tho General passed out of tho build
ing, but soon returned, and as luck
would liavo it, tho'strongurinot him full
in tho foco again, but iu another posi
tion. This timo ho was sure ho had
mine host, for the Senator from Michi
gan, ho knew, had just gone out. Sc,
the s|rangcr stopped boldly up, slapped
tho General heartily and familiarly on
the shouldor, exclaimed:
“By heavens, Guy, I’ve got n rich fell
to relate. I met old Cass up stairs, just
now, thought it wus you, and began
cursing him about my room.”
General Cass (with emphasis)—“Well,
young man, you’ve met old Cass again!”
Stranger sloped ,and has not been
heard ot since.
A beautiful TnouoiiT.—Among somo
of tho .South Sea Islnndors tiio com
pound word for hope is beuttlifully-o*-
pressive. It is manaolana, ortho sioim-
mng thought—faith floating and keep
ing its head aloft above water, when all
tho waves and billows nro going over
one—a strikingly beautiful definition of
Hope, worthy to bo set down along with
i»c»riuy 10 00 SCI uown niotigw
tho answer which a deaf and dumb \
wrote with his pencil, in
In every cliungo of prosperity and dis- ^ 10 question^ *«««• «■
grace he has rocliuod 011 the bosom of a , "7 “ l0 . odor which
per-
Whnt was his idea of
- “It is tho odor
flowers yield whon trampled on.”
BOOK LOST.
A VOLUME of the ‘•Gentleman of the
Old B- hoM" vrns lost Utlwtcn the Bap
tist. Church unci It. A Smith's Bookstore.—
Any ono findinir it iiih! leaving It at tide
T«i t- will ku suitably rewarded.
JnueUlwlt
NOTICE.
[TE would most respectfully notify on#
r customers and friend# generally, that
nnd after tho First Day of July next, we
shall adopt tho
0 A fill SYSTEM,
And shall strictly adlicro to it. Wo can
ford to roll Hoods cheaper for Cash than
Time, and Will Do £0. Wo would take this
occasion- to return our thanks to our custom
er* for th !r pstronngo, (wo mean to those
only who pay) amt hope they wilt continue
to favor us with their custom.
All tho aernunts made thh year, together
with thoro mado between this and the 1st of
ily, will ho considered duo at that time,
id wo hope nnd expect them to ho settled
hy money or nato—- if they nro not in a rea
sonable thne, they will bo put out for collec
tion. We mean fust what we say.
juneU—tnjyl PERRY A LAMKIN.
ROME
Female College.
The Annual Examination
Tho Commencement exorcises will ho _ ..
ducted in the Presbyterian Church on tho
28tt>, and on tho evening of that day a Con
cert will ha given at tho Colteae.
ThccitUons of Romo and or the nurroumT*
ing country, ore respectfully Invited to at
tend. J. M. M. CALDWELL.
Tho Address on Commencement Day will
ho delivered by Prof, liamheaut of Cassvillo.-
junl6-wlt
JAMV.LAMTt
No. 2 Choice Hotel,
BROAD STREET, ROlIEn,
TKlSSgtjteasd
. Sl|
SUOAR. GANDER,
SYRUP, TOIUcm
MORASSES, SEOA?;
No prtlrn.o l.mikfa la* WRftih
•• at ,ny other lion.. In th, ettj “* 1 1
r-jCTerms—Cash onirL
jrn.s-t.tr . ■ ***• w - UNaswif
tr
DRUG STOREl
NO. 3. CHOICE HOUSE, |
[trout, formerly xcopitd by DtU. J
P. L. TURNLEY,]
nrOJUlmmilH, Inform hl><
W friann. *n»! cu.tom.rr, an,l"
pnhlio gtmn.ll,, that hoi,
Medical Uses. Afro Seeds of #11 vi.LlI
Field and Gordon, (Southern ftsUJ
Glass, Putty. Glue, Brushes, and fcfsettJ
thing in his line or that is utuslTy kepthk
First Class Drug Store,!
Ilnrlng l.ful'icfrrirl year, .iptrtnn J
°r girint hia ponon.l attention loti. >3
non, he hope, to merit n ihnre of noUh3
Ironogo, nod to ho Ohio to furol.h hi,™
tumor, reliable article., at a. *
LOW PRICES,
As any house this side of Augusta, fle, v
member tins location. Th# wants
country shall bo supplied. febll.lfl
NOTICE.
fpRE Annual mooting of Iho Rome Mutual
X Insurance Coinimny. is adjourned to
Monday IHtU just., ot 4 o'clock, P. M.
junelatrl. 0. U. STILLWELL, Hco’y.
Superior Whito Lead,
A T very low prices. Also, Linseed Oil
J\, Copnl, Demar and Jnpnn Varnishes
sll uf the host uualityniid nt luwrest prices,
r sale by FARELL A YE1BER.
Oils,
TJURE Korosone, Machine Lard, Tsnnsrs
J. Whole, and Cumnhono and Burning’
Fluid. For sole low by
nafitrl. FARELL A YEISER.
Sugars and Tobacco.
rpfl! finest quality or gonuino Havana 8e-
X T»rs, nnd host grades of Tobacco—cs-
jointly for retail tnule. To bo had nt
JunsVtri. FARELL A YEI8ER.
/"ILARK’S Gcnuino Friction Matchos— the
cheapest and best, at
juneOtrf.
FARELL A YEIBER.
Ksllcstou and Tooth Wash—a
fresh supply nt FARELL A YEIBER.
FARELL A YEISER.
B it. BULL'S Worm DostroVor—a fro id
supply at FARELL A YEI8KR’8.
T OUISVILLK Artesian Well Water urn
XJ Congress Water, cm draft with ico at
juncUtri. FARELL A YE18ER’8.
TO RENT.
rpilE House and Lot
X occupied hy D. D. Duke; i
near tho residence cif Mr. O./
any time. Apply to*
uiny2itri6t. 0. U. 8MITII, AgU
Etowah River Plantation
For Sale.
^ The undersigne d of.
fors for sale his Plan-
lation on tho South
tide of tho Etowah |L _ r
re*n miles from Kingston and
ing the colobrated place of Col. Nuthan
This Land is bounded on the north hy the
river which separates it from tho Romo Rail
road track.
The place contains Flro Hundred Acres of
Land—one hundred nnd twenty-five first
quality river bottom, and tho hnlnnco first
quality up land. There is about 300 noros
in cultivation, and tho remainder woll tim
bered. There is a enmfnrtaldo dwelling nnd
out-houses, including an almost Dew Gin
House and Screw.
Price $11,000—Terms, $5,000 cash, nnd tho
balance in notes nt one, two and three years
with interest from date nnd well secured.
Como aud too tho pinco or nddrers.
JOHN C. EVE,
junoT-w2Utwtf Kingston, Ga,
Debts due Turnley ft Baker
Must bo Paid.
A LL Notes nnd Accounts in favor of
Turley A Baker, thnt have been put in
our hands for collection, will bo filled on
Tuesday, 12th day ot June, unless previous-
ly psid. HARVEY A SCOTT.
juno2—tw4UwTt
THE HORSE MANSION.
SALE AND LIVERY
Broad Street, Romo, Ga.
BY
MORRISON & LOGAN.
JB6y*A Domoerat being naked to give
something towards defraying tho ox-
P cn *® tho new exploring voyago to
the North Polo, declined, on theground , --
that tho object was “sectional,” and . f nctl ??
that ho “know no North.” Bosidos ho
added, the Polo might bo used to stir
up his party.
i *®^ hoso roa j gems of thought tlmt
shine like stars in tho night, wero not
struck out at n heat, as sparks from a
blacksmith’s anvil aro, but fashioned
and pohshod with a patient and a
weary and an aching head and heart
formerly
*®"Tho Boston Trnnsoript «iy«, thnt
n young Indy, nrtor rending nttontively
tho title of n novel culled “Tho Wt
Man, exclaimed, “Bless mo, if such o
thing wore over to happen, tvhnt would
become or tho women 7“ Wo think n
more pertinent inquiry Is, what would
become of tho poor “man ?”
* ? l0st important lesson of life
is to know how to be happy within our-
ni°* It S? Il0m °is our comfort, and
ja ” HORSE MANSION, lurmc
■•SCanowned by Wm. Itnmey, but moro
ACSzeoutly by John II. Walker, has been
purchased by tho present proprietors, and
exertion will bo snared to givo perfect
s»-Ki fnct, S? w “° m “F patronize this
Stable. Mr. E. G. Lognn, whose long experi
ence eminently qualifies him for the place,
will liavo charge of the business, and th#
proprietor# hopo, by meriting, to receive a
libera! sharo of public patronngo.
M*The best of Horses and Vohiolos will
bo kopt fur hire.
Persons wishing to buy or sell horses
may al ways got a good trade at this Stable.
inoy.Utrily.
GREAT BARGANSj
IN 1
TOWN PROPER]
A orton lunoAiN in tub sau.
Town Proporty. Apply to
mny22tri6ui. 'DR, J. B
COOSA RIVER
STEAMBOATS!
After this date tho Co.s. Blror Btnahi
Cnmnnny’a Stumor, will Imve forOMI
SPOUT, und
i and Informediito landing,' u i
STEAMER ALFABATA, I
PENNINGTON,
Leaves Romo, Tuesday Hen
ing at 6 o'olook.
Leaves Greonsport Wednen
day at 9 o’clock.
COT11KAXS A KLLIOItl
Jnn24trlwtf.
PURE ICED
S0BA WATfiBl
T IIE subscribers respectfully inforaij
Puhlio, thut their Soda Fountain Ucp
oel for the aenson, and will bo liberal)/ i
piled with Ico, nnd a fine assortment ttfli
Choicest Syrups. Congress Water on Ini
apriirtrL'm. FARELL A YEISEll
$50 REGARD.
R UNAWAY frc»m tiio subscriber—s i
West of Marion, Perry county—s »
lx»y, of dark romploxion, woll built, D J
old und neighs about 176 pounds. lie
seen ton days ngo at Coosa riyor bfffo#
Tennessee rood, about 26 mile# from *
cloga, nnd is curtainly making trseki
North Carolina. William wus arrested
jailed iu Columbiauua. aud says Isaac
with him at Coosa bridgo. I offer fifty
lars reward for bis delivery in any Ji
thnt I can get him.
W. B. DbYAMPEJ
ronyl&tri2m. Marion, Perry Co* All
Auction
AND
COMMISSION ROOM!
BY
Johnston St Gillum, Auo’rs.
A T atoro noom formerly occupied by
McGuiro A Pinion. Thrco day. in the
TUESDAY, TIIUBSDAY nnd SATUBDAY.
BrpaA Street, Home, Oa.
^e-Con.ignin.nt. until bo made to M. It.
0AL0ERANjAg.nL innylgtrilm.
STOVES!
A. W. CALDWELL,
MANUFACTURER OP
TIo, Sheet (ron A Copper Wi
AND DEALER IN
Stoves, Pumps &Hc
Furnishing Goodip
l A l nr S° and well s#-|
looted variety of
Cooking ft Heating Stovei
Always on hand Low for Coib.
• ALL JOB WORK ■
and work dono to order Cash on DtllTWyj
Guttering and Roofing
Dono in the Best Style. ,
All account# considered due on th#
July and 1st January, and settlement* »*"
be made at those times,
may 2 5—wly
NOTICE.
T HE stockholder of the COOSA A CJL
TOOOA R. R. R. COMPANY aro
notified that an Installment ot Flflwn I
cont., on tho stook is called for,
tho 10th of Juno noxt. Also Fifteen p*r2|
additional, payablo on the 1st of
noxt. By order of the Board of Director*
apr6w2m
A. B. CULBERSON, ,
Soo'y A ItUb .
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT*
A. P. NEELD,
t RETURNS THANKS VORTKESU
patronage heretofore extend'd ■
him, and would reipectftilly io*-"J
vite a continuance and extension oFths 1 **^
at his shop on Brood Street, opposif*.
Eve’s Carriage Works, where, byest^**!
tention to business and an earnest delit* »
plonso, be doubts not but that ho will b* •}"
so give ample satisfaction to ell who »*X or
ire anything in tho lino of
Ffuhionnble Tailoring
done up faithfully and tastoftillT* ^
Fits nlways guaranteed and all work
ranted.
N. B.—Cutting done “all right.”
april20w2m.
.HE
—L this day boon dissolved by mOtoal e*®|
sent. All porsons indobtod to the fir* v
requested to make immodiato
J. Pit nor the Junior partner; #xpeoU to I**,
this place in a fbw months, and their
nos* must bo wound up bolbre ho
The business will be conducted in th*fl*®7
and stylo of A. G. PITNER, at tho old st*jjj
whero tho notes and account# of tho fin#* 1 "
be found for a short time.
Jans—lttwawtf