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Arsenic Eating.—ln somo parts of J.-nvor ;
Austria and Stvria, and especially in tlie hilly :
region toward Hungary, there prevails among;
the peasantry an extraordiuny-custcm of eating j
arsenic.
It is eaten professedly for one or both of two
purposes : First, that the eater may thereby ac
quire freshness of complexion and plumpness of j
figure. For this purpose, as will readily be sup-;
posed, it is ctiiefiy eaten by the*f oung. i Second, j
that the wind may lie improved, sqthiit longand
steep heights may he climbed without difficulty
of breathing. Bv the midil!e-ag* , d and the old
it is esteemed for its influence, and both results
are describ.nl as following almost iuvarihly from
the use of arsenic.
To improve their appearance, young peasants,
of both sexes, have recourse to it. some no doubt
from vanity, and some with tin- view of adding to
their charms in the eyes of each other. And it
is very remarkable to see how wonderfully wl*U
they attain their object—for these poison eaters
are generally remarkable for blooming complex
ions, and a full, rounded healthy appearance.—
Dr. Von Tschudi gives the following eases, ns
having occurred in his own practice : “A heal
thy but pale and thin milkmaid, residing in the
parish of II , had a lover whom she wished
to attach to herself by a more agreeable exterior.
She therefore had recourse to the well known
beautifier, and took arsenic several times a week.
The desired effect was not long in showing itself,
for in a few months she became stout, rosy-cheek
ei, and all that her lover could desire. In order,
however, to increase the effect, she incautiously
increased the dose of arsenic, and fell a victim to
her vanity. She died poisoned —a very painful
death.” Tire number of such fatal cases, especial
ly among voung persons, is described as by no
means inconsiderable.
For the second purpose, that of rendering the
breathing easier when going up-hill—the pea
aant put* a small fragment of arsenic in his
mouth, and lets it dissolve. The effiet is aston
ishing. He ascends heights with facility, which
he could not otherwise do without the greatest
difficulty of breathing.
The quantity-of arsenic with which the eaters
begin ia about half a, grain. They continue to
take this quantity two or three times a week, in
the morning fasting, till they become habituated
to it. They then cautiously increase the dose as
the quantity previously taken seems to diminish
in its effect. “The peasant It says Dr.
Von Tschudi, ‘‘a hale man of sixty, who enjoys
capital health at- present, Dikes for every dose a
I )ieee about two grains in weight. For the last
orty years he has continued the habit, which lie
inherited from his father, and which he will trails
mit to his children.”
No symptoms ofillncssor of chronic poisoning
are obervable inany bf these arsenic eaters, when
the dose is carefully adapted to the construction
and habit of the body of the person using it. But
if from any cause the arsenic lie left off for a time
symptons of disease occur, which resemble those
•of slight arsenical poisoning; especially a great
feeling of discomfort arises, great indifference to
everything around, anxiety about, his own person
deranged digestion, loss of appetite, a feeling of
overloading in tfier"Stomach, increased flow of
saliva, burning from the stomach up to the throat,
epasms in the throat, pain in the bowels, con
stipation, and especially oppression in the breath
ing. From these symptoms there is only one
modS’ of reties—an Immediate return
to arsetaic-eating.— Blackwood's Magazine.
How to *Good Fabmsr.-—Here is the se
cret of good farming. cannot take from the
land more than you reefer- t ■ ;> in some shape
vr other, and fßfetroying
gstffiaL.- jßjßfefeT $i u may Xfetsire dii-
PtJBBb khwMßßw .fWMtrfem it .t
f vjqjjjr l of soil tbesSj|K&H<>!
golden to be observed:
you find that the water that falls from Heaven
does not stagnate on tho soil, but runs through
it and off it freely. Turn up and till the land uu
til your foot sinks into a loose powdoey loam,
through which the air and heat will readily pen
etrate. Let no weed occupy the plaoe where a |
useful plant could possibly grow. Collect eve- j
ry particle of manure that can be obtained,
whether liquid or solid. Let nothing on the farm
go to waste. Put in your crops in that course
which experience has shown to lead to success in
their growth, and to an enrichment and not im
poverishment of the land. Give every plant room
to spread itSTOott in the soil, and leaves in the
air. . And, in all yur operations, endeavor to
be a little ahead of your neighbors.—poke’s
Every Day Book. *, k
‘ 1
W _ JF
The man who eould’nt “trust his feelings,” is
supposed to do business strictly on the cash prin-
The Umbrella Bird.— The next morning mv
hunter arrived, and immediately went out in his
canoe among the islands, where the umbrella
birds are found;- In the evening, after dark, he
returned, bringing one fine specimen. This si,A
guler bird is about the size of a raven, and is
of a similar color, but its. feathers have a more
scaly appearance, from being margined with a
different shade of glossy blue. It is also allied
to the crow in its structure, being very similar to
them in its feet and bill. On its head it bears a
crest, different from that of any other bird. It is
• formed of feathers more than two inches long,
very thickly set, and with hairv plumes curving
over at the end. These can be erected and
spread out on every side, forming a hemispheri
cal, or rather, a hemillipsoidal dome, ’completely
covering the head and even reaching beyond the
point of the beak : the individual feathers then
’stand out something like the down hearing seeds
of the dandelion. Besides this there is another
j ornamental appendage, on the breast, forth'si of
[ a fleshy tulierele, as thick as a quill and an iuc >
| and a half long, which hangs, down from the
i neck, and is thickly covered with glossy feathers
forming a large pendant plume or tassel. This,
j also, the l ird can either press to its breast, so as
•to he scarcely visible, or can swell out, so as al
: most to conceal the fi re part of its la
j the female, the crest aha t It<rneck’ jpltarfe are
1 less developed, and she isafedlßjur. a
i and much less handsome .vdynHfnihfihiSitlie
| flooded islands of the Rio NegSPand the Rolf- ’
! tnoes. never appearing on the mainland. It feeds
j on fruits, and utters a loud, hoarsecry, like.some
deep musical instrument; whence its Indian
| name, f /'• ami a,he, “trumpet bird.” The whole
lof the n<•< k where the plume feathers spring from,
; is covered internally w ith a thick coat of hard,
; musenh.r fat, very difficult to be cleared away,
, which, in preparing the skins, must he done, as
! it would putrefy, and cause the fathers to drop
j off’. — Wallace's Travels on the Amazon.
■
Tiif, A meric as* (.'haracteu.—l cannot tell
wlieth. - . lightly know the American character; |
hut of this iviui certain, that w hat I do know of
it is more beautiful and more worthy to be loved
than any other that I am acquainted with in
the world. Their hospitality and warm-hearted
ness, when their hearts tire once ‘warmed, are
really overflowing, and know no hounds. And
as some travelers see and make a noise about
their failings, it is very well that there should be
somebody who, before any thing else, becomes
acquainted with their virtues. And these fail
ings of theirs, ns far as I can see their national
failings, may all be attributed principally to the
youthful life of the people. In many cases I re
cognize precisely tlie faults of my own youth—
the asking of questions, w,ant of reflection', want
of observation of themselves and others, a Imast
ful spirit mid so on. How free from these fail
ings, and how critically alive .to them, are the
Imst people in the country. America's best
judges and censors of manners, are Americans
themselves.— Frederika Bremer.
Pleasantry.—A comedian went to America
a:*d remained there two years, leaving his wife,
dependant on her relatives. Mrs. F tt expatia
ting in the green-room on the cruelty of such con
duct, the comedian found a warm advocate in a
well known dramatist. “I have heard.” says the j
latter, “that he is the kindest of men; and I
know that he writestoher every packet.”’ “Yes,
he writes,” replied Mrs.F., “a parcel of numma
ry about the agony of absence, but has never remit
ted her a shilling. Do you call that kindnes?”
“Dededly,” replied the author, “unremitting kind
ness.”
What, a mighty procession has been moving
towards the grave during all this past year ! At
the usual estimates, since the first of January.
1853, there have been more titan thirty one mil
lion five hundred’ thousand of the world’s popu
lation gone down to the grave. Place them in
long array and they will give a moving column
of more than thirteen hundred to every mile of
the circumference of the globe. What a specta
cle as they move on, tramp, tramp, tho “Dead
March” giving it.s funeral notes as they go to
the silent shades 1 T
There is an editor in North Carolina, with
seven bullets in his body, received in duels and
street encounters, l lis paper ought to he called
the ‘’Bulletin,,’ and contain all, ‘leaded” matter.
The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a
soul. The soul must work its way out of prison
and. in doing so, provide itself with wings for a
future journey. It is for us to determine wheth
er our wings will be those of an angel or a
grub!
Bcckwheat Cakes. —The griddle on which
cakes arc baked should never be touched with
grease. Firstly, because it imparts a raneed
taste to the cake. Secondly, if a cooking stove
is used, it fills the whole house with thesmeil of
burnt grease—betray ing what we are to have for
breakfast. Wash the griddle with hot soap-suds,
scour it with dry sand, and when heated for use,
rub it well with a spoonful of fine salt and a
coarse cloth ; it wilt then be ready to rece : vq
the cakes. After each cake is removed. the salt,
rubbing must be repeated. Try igqttd you wifi
ever follow tha,*d*ipof*n old housekeeper.
X
tO j's
to his Wtiiw.
key is a to let it
alone. -, V
A droll ft ‘low wbo-had a wooden leg, being
in company with a man who being somewhat
! credulous, the latter asked the former how he
i came to have a wooden leg. “Why,” said he,,
| “my farther had one, and so had my grandfa-.
ther before hint; it ruus iu the Wood.”
i“• ‘rere re >w ■ 1 1 ■ *
During the discussion of what land of stone
the new court house, at Bridgeport, Cong.,
should be made of, Punch said it should be
made of Blacks tone.
A witty lawyer once jocosely asked a board
ing house keeper the following questions:
“Mr. if a maagive you 1500 to keep for
him, an., dies, what do youdo for him. Do you
pray for him f” “No sir,” replied Mr.—— >
‘‘l pray for another bite him.”
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 185
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Loss of the Steamer San Francisco.
THRILLING DETAILS.
The following statement of the loss of ti e
ii'-fated steamship, San Francisco, with an ae
cotTnl of the Miff-iyigs of those on board, WtH
he read with painful interest. It. was drawn t:p
by Lieut. Winder, one of tile U. S. officers who
was aboard.
MELT, winder's STATEMENT.
Ship Three. Bills, .It Sea, )
Friday, Jan. 6, 1854. (
The steamer San Francisco, as yon are aware,
sailed from New York oti the 22d of December,
with United Staters troops, bound for Unlifortaa.
The day was beautiful and everything promise J
a pleasant and prosperous voyage. The shif
was well provided with everything which could
render ns comfortable, and every luxury that
could 1)0 procured was placed on hoard. All
these things, together with the gentlemanly and
efficient officers of the ship, and pleasant compa
ny in the cabin, served to render us happy and
contented. But aijus for ail human calculations!
about 9 o’clock the second day out a gale sprung
up. and continued to increase all night. At
daylight it was perfectly frightful. During the
night, I think ‘about 12, c^lrengine gave out,
And soon our foremastr*V ,s dhfried away, which
left Us'ait the Weroy wind ainl waves.—
“The sc (the in the -eSbin. (luting ftiis tline was
truly-distressing. Nearly all had turned out of
the state rooms, despair depicted on tho counte
nances of all. A few of us, who occupied the
upper cabin, left it and went below ; and well it
was for us, for soon after day—l think about 8
o’clock—a sea broke over our starboard wlicel
liotisc, and \’ it!i frightful force dashed against the
‘after-cabin, carrying away all of the cabin, and
about 150 people, among whom were Col. J. M.
Washington, Maj. Geo. Taylor, and his wife,
Capt. 11. B. Field, and LieuL Smith, two or three
males and females who were unknown to me,
and twocitizen passengers, Mr. Ibinkin, our sut
ler—tlie other tiavn s 1 have not learned —were
swept off but the return wave brought them
hack. 1 had gone below but a few iiK iti- nts
before tliisterrible crash, and was lying at the
foot of tin-stairs at the time. I never experi
itnmLsuch-a sensation as when the water-came
pouring into the cabin, down upon mj head and
breast. I was swept across the cabin with ter
rible force, but after three at tempts, succeeded in
regaining my feet. I supposed that the ship
had broken in half, and that we were fast sink
ing. I followed after some I saw going on deck,
and on reaching it my blood tan cold at the
sight of the poor fellows struggling among the
fragments in the sea ; the waves were, to my
eye, frightful; we could render no assistance
whatever, and, in fact, expected ourselves. Jb.tt
we should go down every minute. With great
difficulty we clung to the deck, the sea making
a perfect breach over us, and the cold so great,
that an hour longer must have finished us.—
Close by tne was Major Wyse, his young wife
and babe. It was a truly heart-rending sight.
The poor child must have been nearly frozen.
About this time Mr. Melircs, the first officer of
the ship, than whom no braver seaman lives,
came aft with an axe; this not only surprised
me, but greatly raised my hopes. I watched
him closely until he approached the only remain
ing.mast. lie attempted to cut it away, but the
sea ran so high that lie was unable to do it.—
Th’s was the first time I was aware that the ship
was not full of water. Soon after this ottr gal
lant Commodore Watkins, came along. T asked
him what our chances were; he replied “ Good.”
I theu determined to get into the cabin.
The sea was running very high at the time,
and the deck was strewn on either side with
pieces of the wreck scattered here and there,
with men and women clinging to the pieces in
order to save themselves. In a few moments all
was still, none of them appearing. Not a sound
was heard, except the distant moan of the wind.
On looking round I saw Lieut. Murray standing
at the mizzenmast. I went aft to him, and held
on there for a while, until the first mate came to
cut it away, which he failed in doing owing to
the roughness of the sea. I then went forward,
where I was first, and saw- Major ‘Wyse, his wife
and child, Lieuts. Chandler, Y T an Voorst, and
Dr. Satterlee. We talked over our chances for
escape, and all came to the conclusion that we
could not survive twenty minutes. At that time
two negroes came along with life preservers but
one of the soldiers handed me one; but it’ was
so cold that we thought it would lie only pro
longing ottr misery, and thinking that the vessel
would go down every minute, we did not use
them. The sea was making a breach over us at
every roll. About this time we discovered that
there were many persons in tho lower cabin, un
der us, principally ladies. Two or tlitee of us
were determined to go down, and afterwards in
duced Major Wyse to go down therepwith hir
wife and child. We found that the ship was
not in as bad condition as we thought she was.
cabin a number of the officers’ ladies who were
in as dry a place as they could find- A portion
,of thecabiu.wat broken byjtajge* that first
,^* i v*mi**&&*’ i then covered
ourselves up witk w.eit bUokpts, for we were
nearly frozen, notffexiag ht-.lf our clothing on at
tw%M. Hera JfefflMffiingreater part
W the vdßHFwpojd sink
’some time during the evening. wHBmB Wat
kins came in and requested that wc wfipd all gq.
out to bailing the ship in order
afloat. Two officers went out at a time, ami
tlrey were relieved by two othors, each party
bailing two hours each. We kept this up - all
that night, water gaining on us, and our pumps
failing to work. This bailing was kepi up four
or five nights, until the pumps got to working
again and the sea went down. We then gained
on the water, and by great exertions of the en
gineer, succeeded iu clearing tho ship of water
for the time. *
The captain and officers, of the ship with
great exertions succeeded in stopping the worst
leaks and repairing the decks with old pieces of
sails and otherwise patching them up to try and
save the ship. We kept relieves of three or
four men at each end of, the abaft to prevent the
,watd£jicoroing in tbCTfv-where it came in by the
bucket-full. About this time we were choerqd .
with the prospect of netting the machinery hL
working order, so that the vessel might get into |
“ Prove nil t hlx- hold fn.t that whlfh Is Pact. .
port. A temporary steering apparatus was
erected, and an attempt was yiadc to get the
ship which up to this time had
been at the mercy of the waves. After one or
two revolutions of the wheel it was pronounced
hopeless to attempt any thing further. All that
could be done, said tho engineer, was to keep the
pumps working. Durirtgall this time the ladies
j behaved admirably and no complaint was made
by them. Two or three days after we saw two
sad; one of them did not heed us, hut the other
came along side of us and spoke ns. The one
that spoke us first, was the Napoleon. The cap
tain said lie was short of provisions and we sent j
him off a quantity, and she went off’ .luting the 1
| night- During the time wo were lightening]
j the ship by throwing overboard all the heavy
| articles that we could get at. W’c made ottr- j
, selves as comfortable as possible, and got some-:
i thing to eat and began to get some drv clothes, |
jas wo had been wet for nearly two weeks. The j
j next sail that appeared was the British brig Ma- j
| ria, and she took* some of the passengers from!
i its. All this time we bad very rough weather, !
j until the hark Kilby spoke us. An officer went ’
on hoard and made a contract to take all the’
! passengers off and take them to the nearest port,
jt'aptain Watkins stayed’ behind to make one ef
| fort to save the ship; he called for volunteers,
| and in ten minutes he had the number required
,to stay bv him. As soon as some of the pits- j
j sengers arrived on board the Kilby we sent some
i! \yeiity men on board to lighten-the by!
| throwing a portion of tho cargo overboard. A j
j bout 2 1\ M. wo commenced transhipping the!
| ladies and children in small Dials, and by night
■succeeded in getting aboard about one hundred j
; in all—men, women and children—intending to j
complete the shipment next morning. About 7 i
j o’clock we were alarmed by the cry of fire, and j
i found the ship to be on tire near the cook’s galley, |
j but we Soon put it out.
Some time during the night heavy gales sprung
]up accompanied by a most awful sea, and the
i vessel commenced leaking badly again, and we
I went to work bailing that night and a jrart of
I next day. the pumps at this time giving out a
| gain. The men at this time were so exhausted
I that it required great exertions to keep them
j steadily at work. When the morning came the
Kilhv was no longer ill sight, .and we supposed;
that-she had made for the nearest port, being |
short of water and provisions, and it being un-!
j safe for her to remain any longer by ns, its tho !
sea was running very high. This morning things
looked gloomier than ever, having nothing to
oat and being cold and half naked. During that
day, after getting through working the pumps,
we began to get in better spirits, and make our
selves as comfortable as possible. We kept the
vessel clear without the aid of bailing. We then
cut holes through the deck for the purpose of
throwing coal and other heavy materials over
board. About two days after a light was wen
during the night, and wc commenced firing guns
and making signals every half hour during the
night. In the morning the British ship Three
Bells, Captain Creighton, bore up to us; but the
sea was running so high, and tlie wind blowing
so Imrd, wc could only communicate with each
other by means*of writing in large letters, on a
board, our condition and prospects. 11c replied
to us and said that they were leaking and short
of provisions. As he passed us he gave three
cheers, which made us believe he would stick by
us and we returned them heartily. He went to
windward of us, laid to and remained by us du
ring the night. The next day the sea running
very high, and he having only two boats, we
made two rafts in order to make some effort to
reach his vessel, but we found that a passage on
the rafts would be impracticable. On the third
night we came very near losing him. On the
fourth day anotlic* sail appeared in sight to
windward, and both bore down to us, which
proved to be the Antarctic, bound for Liverpool.
Both vessels lav by us during tho night, it
being too rough to attempt any passage with
the boats. Oil the fifth day the rough weather
subsided, and we succeeded in transporting all the
passengers, all tlie crew and ship's officers, ex-J
ccpt twenty-five or thirty men, including ship’s
officers and firemen. During that day we suc
ceeded in putting on board tho Three Bells
some provisions and water. I kept the men at
the pumps during the day and night. The
next morning wo got off the remainder of tlip
officers and crew, including Capt. Watkins, and
made sale for this port. The Antarctic sailed
for Liverpool.
Previous to falling in with the Three Bells, a
sort of congestive diarrhoea broke out among
the men, from eatiug potted meat and pickled
cabbage. It carried off about one hundred of
the passengers, who were taken sick aud in a
few hours died. *
An iucident occurred at this time. Corporal
Smith came to me and said hia child waa aide,
and in about an hour after that, he seat word to
tne aud said he was very rick himself, aud would
like to see me. 1 went to him and found that
be was about wife came in
liiglit shesSi foadgfcl in bedAMjj^fehgjgl
ot On°cw|pj j t.) ibis port in the Three Bells
wa lostabjSE thirty passengers, w ho died of the
effect* of djßg pickled rn- ats and cabling)*.
Tfaedyslcwanl of the San Francisco be
i etMfPHnc while on board the Three Bells, nntT
alfmPgh in charge of some of the men, he_ man
aged to get loose, jumped overboard, and waa
loot. ,
Yours, Respectfully,
Lieut. Winder, U. S. Army.
AKOTUEB DISPATCH PROM LITCT. WINDER.
Ship Three Belle, )
New York Harbor, Jan. 13, 1854. j
Col. Gates, Maj. Merchant, Col. Burke, Capt.
Judd, Lieut. Preemont, Laent Loeser, and Lieut
Van Voorst, with all the ladies, were put on
board the bark Kilby, of Boston, on the 28th of
December. Lieuts. C. & Winder, and J. O.
Chandler were pat on fee *Wp Antarctic and
bare gone to Liverpool..'Maj. F. 0. Wyse, and
Lieut. Win, A. Winder, on t ship, and are
.here. The mod and women of fee command
were divided equally among fee three ships,
j Col. J.M. Washington, Maj. Taylor aod wife,
Capt. IT. B. Fields, and Lieut Smith with some
15f< soldiers, were washed overlioard on the first
night (if the gale. ,
By publishing the uliove you will oblige the
friends of our unfortunate parties. We are all
indebted to Cant. Kobf. Creighton, of this ship,
for our lives, lie remained by us for four days.
Wry respectfully, Y'ntir obedient servant,
W’M. A. WINDER,
First Liouton.-iit Third Artillery.
Texas.
Governor Pease, lately installed Governor of
Texas, has just sent his first message to tho Leg
islattire of that State. It renews, in general
terms, t he reeotnnionduTlons of the late Governor,
in his annual ir.eMn.gr at the beginning of the
session, and adds some specific recommendations
in regard to measure* of State policy.
Among tln-so, is the recommendation that two
millions of the United States Kinds, now in tho ’
treasury, be sot apart as n permanent school;
fund, to which he would add the accumulation
in the treasury of the one tenth of the annual tax- !
ation,already appropriated, and one tenth of the (
annual taxation hereafter. He also proposes an ‘
amendment of tlrfe Constitution, so as to permit,
the sale of theseboot lands, wliiwh now can only ‘
be leased, and tlie proceeds to be added to the |
principal of tho school fund. He nl*o recotn-!
mends an appropriation of *250,000 for the es-!
tahlishment of a State University, and 1250.000 I
each for an insane asylum, and an asylum for
the education of the deaf and dumb. These sums j
would appropriate nearly the whole of tlie Uni-1
ted States bonds now in the State treasury.
The subjects treat's! of more at length arc in
ternal improvements, and State aid to railroads, i
He approves, in general terms, of the Paeific rail-’
road bill, which lias just passed the Legislature,!
objecting only to that provision,which allows the j
issuing of patents for the lands donated be-!
fore tho whole Toad is completed. The policy i
of appropriating lands innidnf railroads he coin
mends forcibly, as peculiar)* fitted fortho circttm- j
stances of Texas, where land is abundant, arid (
where railroads, though their prospective value !
may be very great, cannot he expected to pay
large dividends as stock for some lime to come,!
and therefore this premium is needed to induce
the investing of private capital from abroad.
lie is in favor also (if loaning the amount of
the internal improvement and other funds, as the
United States bonds may be paid off, when due,
to railroad companies, as they proceed in the,con
struction of these works, at ten per cent, interest,
for a term of twenty years; the amount never to !
exceeed one third of the actual cost of the work,
and to be secured by a lien on the property of
the Company.
In regard to the Indians within the State, the
Governor recommends the setting apart of a por
tion w the vacant domain remote from the settled
part of the State for the temporary occupation
of the tribes, with a qualified cession of Jurisdic
tion to the United States Government to enable
it to control and regulate intercourse with them.
On the subject of tho public debt he is for
very decided measurers to compel the creditors
to cotno in and accept the State’s scaling system,
or to have their claims barred forever. This pro
ject has already been introduced hito tbc Legis
lature, and will probably pass. — New Orleans
Picayune.
—” ■■■!■ I -I
“TrtK Citizen.”—John Mitchell’s new paper ap
pears this morning—a -handsome, well filled
weekly of sixteen large pages. Os the spirit and
vigor wherewith the editor entMR upon hi* work,
the following extracts from hia leader will give
some idea :—N. Y. Tribune, Itk.
“Once again rosy morning dawns upon the earth.
The ‘Peace and Order’ established in F.nrope at
the point of five million bayonets begins to grow
nervous. The nightmare of five years loosens
its clutch upon the breast of the nations, and
we see daylight and hear the cheerful cock crow.
Many a time, in this long, dark unrest, misnam
ed Peace, brave and just men wished that they
were dead—the righteous Cause, they said, W
Crushed hopelessly for ottr generation—“that
which is crooked cannot bo made straight, and
that which is wanting cannot be numbered.”*
But, courage! courage! The unwearied snr
chases his own shadow still; and it b well to be
alive, and not dead, when the dawn is breaking,
calling us to the work and fee play of lire
again s’
‘No seasonable being in nil Europe or America,
indeed, believed that the yennrMt and *4B* left
Europe unsettled, and her destinies fixed. No-
Ixxly money dailers (who
yet when, where and noiraoon,
would sound for anofefr wrestle with those oii
gißfibffgangs caßed ‘iGoVernmenta,’ feaLdaJbe
stride the narrow world like a Colossus, wfr'to
all men probieaptica} enough. Even now, it b
fin fi i Ihi< the war on the Daooba, fee
Caucasus aD&j| tifeck Sea, will err spread
further feast feoie obaadaries, or wiUrkg~'k]
of ft. .’,".*;- r o*';'V, : ]f ~
break. %".-V *
“Meantime, thera^HHßPffcxaflpeßffßT,
and in gix*<i spirits anJ^H^onT Tl ,us for they,
have belied all the expectations and opinions of
-Europe; opinions which were carefully purchas
ed, inculcated, suborned, by fee prudent Czar.
Tlie horse tail pennons of fee Pa*h;is fly bravely
on the Danube; tne r &p*his,oq their Turkman
steeds, are sweeping fee valleys of Caucasus aud
the shores of fee Euxitie ; ft gives us delight to
vc and to feel, notwithstanding (be distant doc
trines of the decadence of races which prevail in
there times—feat our mother earth breeds feu
same sort of sons 9s of old. * Manhood b as rife
among fee black browed warriorsof fee Crescent,
as it was iu fee days of Solyman the Magnificent.
And, independently of any interests beyond fee
mere Bn see Turkish quarrel, we say, ftiay victo
ry light upon their banners 1 May fee ranks of
fee Muscovite uMden real before their charging
Allah Hu l
“Rut already Hungarians are warming into
Turkey. Others 19 selling forth from America
to join them. If Turkey cab bold her ground,
notwithstanding the false friendship of the YVW:
tara Powers, Hungary will be fee first country
naitora E>iiur
in arm*. Then a gallant game will be on foot, ■
indeed. Tn Berlin, Vienna, Milan, Paris,
are already <■;. idlig the tines and fortrers ofstftsT
with a view to judicious barricades; and li is .fl
pleasing to the benevolent mind to see the tetfgMßp
of King* and Court*. The ‘'legitimate” ptiSgSß
lut Somewhat tremulously ; and even ‘VirMH
Highnesses loan their serenity. Perhaps {■ 0
great day of deliverance b indeed
Europe. If wo have truly eetimated the resoltrti xM
and resources of th Russian Czar, he wilt mHb
tainly seethe quarrel out ; and will rdy IfiSMH
bullying England at least, if not France
to inaf-tirity] He know* weft the
peril of the British Government; and has ‘fiSjfl
doubt that England will endure all hiitnilialttHH
tiainpcl'all treaties, rather than engage in -jHnH
war with a powerful adversary. Her
the Oar is swore, predominate mightily a!ongJß|||
coast of Africa; tliev are gallant fellows
only Athens has to be bombarded, and in jH|
< W m River they arc sons of thnndhr; but9lJ|
is safe in believing that they will let
alone,
“TIIO war. however, is very likely to growaffipaj
spread—no man <an tell how many powersS
lx- brought into it. If it fast long, Anttrics WJB
not able to avoid collisions, and we Ml 4.
giad of it. War, in a just cause, is a wbohawjilßl
exercise, and America and the world gutV
! and obc*-’ w ithout it. I*nk np, ye life
. Cviie- cfail lands, and see. if it be not indeed J g
iiKn iiiittr that i- red in that eastern sky. WelijM|j|
a vi-ion of royal thrones <• racklllijf and fe<M|
i and dropping to ashes in the public •qmteWMH’M
capital cities—dungeons razed, aud the
set free—barriendes comingdowift, and ieufWihS
the streets clear again, for procesvioM. of ‘SIB M.
citi/'iir, and funerals of the glorious (lead—atniJpzM
mg rafters and walls of ruined royal
smiling cottages of free and contended peamlßMH
i and twenty gleaming tri-colora of twenty ‘fepMPjjHi
lies studding the soil of F.ttrope over, qa starsgOfijtlß
h r sky. There is so much yet to livefof 9
Life iu MiliedgerUle; .
A spicy writer in the Chronielt et Setmdi,M
signing himself “Qcie,” thus humorowdyfeetcfc. ‘tej
! es the early proceedings of fee Senate, upoafeS w
motion to go into an elcction/or U. & BMtoT. 9
We omit the latter clause of the letter a* not gar*’ 9
mniiie to the present aspect of affatte: i-e
As the most interesting item of MWpai P& M
sent wo propose to enb rtain your readers vriNtliiS
1 sketch of the pitched battle that ama off M
Friday in fee Senate, between thoaa dednpiM ]
j elevate the Hon. (. has. J. McDonald to
the United State* Senate, and the
such elevation. The scene was rich ia wild 3
citernent, and will form a memorable epoch
Georgia Legislation. Lost in
the skilful manoeuvering displayed, wa scartaMsfl
know which most to admire, the strategy J
contending parties,or the obstinacy of fee botmHH
The motion made on Thursday afternoon, ter *
take up the resolution upon, the SenatorialntNK* I
tion, may he regarded as the first offensive MOtte*
ment, but night coming ©u, further iDoveflMMMb J
were suspended for the time being, by thf hfe 1
ligerenta, and they withdrew their foroea,to I# ■
commence operations on tho ensuing day, *
determined to do or die. The admiraMn I
noeuvering displayed by Nelson in carryiy i(PM
fleet into the engagement at Trafalgar aanwbn^ :
ring that memoraWo victory has bfteyMrfMmH
mired, but the great English Adtahral’HfaraNHk J
pale its lustre before the transcendent aplanddf 1
of Friday's triumph. That McDonaid Demoasan’ J
cy led on by aaveral nooomyHabad Generals, ad J
mong them, Smith, Clark, McGahee,
Thomaa, Holmes and Green, made* aitOeh . mgR- 1
jrerate attempt to carry, by assault, feß InteateWs'll
raents of the BBdte fentn#*a
tnand of Anderson, Miller, Btgban% ‘MklHt |
repulsed after much hard fighting. ASfe ‘t
The battle ofietied by odtreot aMarit iaIH M
by to n Smith, but the aaantrit
t’ I■’ 1. Mi'll, r, ami gallantly anstMh#fe' : M
vance of (it u. Smith, ■ Iriit
onlerc'd It ilivi Ito turn The 1
cl
and \ .tlor, aided by skill and sapjgiHßfeyV>w|
forced, to yield to number*, and I
were rarriutj. The enemy KV I
sault fee citadel, but
sally on the part of the be*Hg*dXp)pl
the” attempt to starve feum 8t fen 1
season how ever, for active opera&||||K
they eventually withdrew tbuitfjiaijjteffiil JHfrv- q
‘ntoned a “council.of waa?*. *|
promised a general amnesty 1
follow their fortunes and Mht.it
war to a close. • , V
From what w.< have been ake 1
that a jiorti^D
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