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FAMILY VISITOR.
FrnUBIIEP BY
benjamin g. liddon.
iMCADxsescr, &£bd».gxa.
SATURDAY, JAN. 19, 1856.
AO-ENTS FOR THE VISITOR:
Mr. W». B. \V U.EV, Agent 'of Swau'i Southern
Military, and far the Kart Caine* Academy Lot
tery, far Greensboro, Entonton and Madison, is
authorized to collect and receipt for this payer.
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a/ Mit for this paper.
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and receipt for subscriptions to this paper.
W«. M. C. Nkkl, is our authorized Agcntin
Jackson Comity, Kla.
0. Vs. TTtatt'is our authorized agent atEbcnc
«er, Morgan County, Ga,
L. C. Paulbtt is our authorized agent, Troup.
Title, Ga.
“COLD AS CJIOUT.”
Tliis expression is frequently mado use
or, hut we never felt its’ force so much ns
we have in the past eight or nine days.
Snow lihs been on the ground, and on all
objects exposed, siuco last Friday. It is
a foot deep in some places, and as herd as
a brick. And speaking of “bricks,” wo
never saw them so popular as they liavo
been in the present intensely cold weather.
Nearly a regiment of men have bo.n car
rying them (the bricks, we mean) in their
hats. We know not what they intend
doing with those building materials, hut
guess they intend to lay the corner-stone
of an edifice full of misery, headaches and
hail debts. But wo have strayed from our
suljcct. We assort it os an incontrover
tible fact, that the post week lias been
Colder than crout —much colder than
41 blazes,” and would make a Northern
winter ashamed of itself. We have lmd
a variety of curious-looking sleighs on
our streets—some of them perfect models
of—-ridicule; but they answered the pur
pose of their inventors. Speaking of
sleighing—many have been slewed in our
midst, and if this cold snap holds on, wo
four that, not a corporal’s guard of men
will be left in Madison to defend it. Just
Sec bow tho Visitor looks this week;
don’t it give you a chill to look at it ?
Ink frozen, roller ns hard as a “ brick,”
(there’s that brick again,) typo full of ice,
printers dreaming of Knuisuhntkn and
other icy countries—dump paper, hard ns
a “ brick,” and working by a stove that
cannot bo made hot—with all these com
bined adverso circumstances against us,
we know our readers will charitably look
over the imperfections in this week’s
slicot. “There’s a better time a coming.”
“FIGHT ONI—FIGHT EVER!!”
A good motto for him who is battling
for principles. Bead the admirable sen
timents in the Hon. I). R. Atchison’s
letter to Major Steele, of the Atlantu
Examiner. Wo like its tone—wc “glory
in bis spunk;” but, alas! be calls in vain
upon Georgians for aid. There is an
apathy on tho subject now among our
peoplo that the combined thunders of ten
worlds could not dispel. Wo are being
bound hand and foot, and still, without a
struggle, tamely submit to tho encroach
ments of the enemy. If Kansas is lost, to
the South, Georgia will have much to an
swer for. She has it in her power to turn
tho tide.
No response has been made to our ap
peal of last week. Wo are willing to
venture our life in defence of Southern
Bights, but when wo see so much indiffer
ence on tho part of the great mass of the
peoplo of the South to the dearest, interests
of their peculiar institutions, we are al
most led to believe that their professions
are all humbug. Morgan county is not
awake to the importance of the subject.
We have made a fair proposition—it lias
not met with approbation. Tho reason
wo cannot give. There are men here who
would go to Kansas and battle for our
rights, woro they properly equipped; but
those who can aid them will not do it.
As tho negro in Boston said, when he
had a terrible toothache: —“Ache away,
ache away! I kin stall' it as long as you
kin.” •
J3T" “A Catamount recently attacked
a woman near this place, and after injur
ing her considerably, was beaten oft' by
some of Todd’s negroes.
“ Tho overseer of the plantation went
out with dogs and a pnrty of Mules to
hunt tho beast, when it attacked him and
killed nine of Todd’s negroes. The Cat
amount finally got away.
“ We can’t quite vouch for the truth of
tho above; wc learn, however, that Todd
has offered a large reward for the appre
hension of tho ‘ hanimul—American
(Ala.) Eagle.
We have no doubt that tho abovo tail
(the Catamount’s) is true, for we saw the
nui mule going down the railroad track,
the other day, at a 2.40 pace—ahead of the
locomotive. Didn't you make a mistake,
Mr. Burton, —didn’t you mean Toddy in
stead of Todd ?
EDITORIAL CHANGE.
Col. Nelson Tift has sold his interest
in tho Albany (Ga.) Patriot , to his part
ner, Jons W. Wolfe —a pretty good
writer for one of his peculiar species, and
ji very gcutlemanly, worthy young man.
Success to both of them. May his paper
never cause a Pat-riot in this Union.
y&~ Dougherty county, by a vote of
thr*;e hundred and twenty-eight in favor,
and sixty-two against, has authorized the
Inferior Court to subscribe for stock in the
A _■ irg'a and Florida Bsilroad.
in m%m r® mm niiii vism,
RULES FOB TIIF. GOVERNMENT OF
THE BRASWELL FUND.
Tho benefits of the fund shall ho dis
bursed npon the following principles:
Ist.—The orphans Dull be between
eight and eighteen years old.
2d.—Not to receive the honest of the
fund for a longer term than four-years.
3d.—Shall have resided in Morgan
county one year befure starting to school.
4th.—ls the owner of any property, the
guardian or other representative, must
make return and pay taxes in Morgan
county.
st!i. —Not to be entitled, when there is
an income of two hundred dollars per an
num; where there is an income of less
than two hundred dollars, the Court will
exercise a sound discretion in ullowing the
whole or part of tuition.
Oth.—No allowance will he granted for
tuition of ornamental brandies, or tho
classics.
7th.—No higher rate of tuition will, in
any case, be allowed, than is paid by others
in the same school.
-Bth.—Tuition will he paid only for the
time the pupil is in actual attendance, and
in no case shall the amount for one pupil
exceed thirty-two dollars per annum.
Dili.—The affidavit of teachers shall
embody tho foregoing facts.
By order of the Honorable Justices of
the inferior Court, for the County of
Morgan, Executors to the last Will and
Testament of Benjamin Braswell, dec’d.
Dated this 17th day of January, 1800.
F. W. ARNOLD, Ordinary.
CHARITY.
We take the following excellent advice
from the colun ns of the Savannah Repub
lican. Those who live in affluence, who
are blessed with much of worldly goods,
ought to show tlioir gratitude to the Su
premo Being, by comforting the needy.
It is a duty they owe not only to God,
hut themselves and society. In this un
precedented severe weather, many persons
in indigent circumstances suffer severely.
Your reward will ho great —your con
science will he easy.
“Now .is the time to remember the
poor —to give to liberal charity a discreet
application, and to succor the deserving
upon whom sickness or destitution has
laid its heavy hand. At seasons like this
the troubles of tho poor arc multiplied.
The severity of the weather, that calls for
increased expenditure and aggravates their
sufferings, cuts them off from many means
of employment upon which they usually
depend. At such times, charity becomes
doubly a duty, and it should ho made os
efficient ns possible in seeking out and re
lieving that most deserving class of eases
—those who suffer in silence and endure
all the hitter sorrows of hunger and cold
rather than make their wants known.—
Tho best directed and most systematic
charity cannot always reach these, hut if
our generously disposed citizens will each
make it their duty to learn something of
the condition and wants of those in their
own neighborhoods, a vast aggregate of
good would be done. To those who have
not the leisure or inclination to do this,
our numerous charitable societies, afford
avenues through which they may most
usefully distribute their charity.”
OUR SCHOOLS.
There are now no less than five good
schools in successful operation in Madison.
The Baptist and the Methodist Colleges,
as well as the others advertised in our
columns, were opened on Monday last, and
were it not for the unfavorable weather
we have recently experienced, our town
would ho much more enlivened by the
presence of those who contribute so much
to its prosperity.
There is no town in Georgia, we may
safely assert, that otters greater education
al advantages than ours—not excepting
“ Modern Athens.” We boast of our
literary institutions because they deserve
all praise. Wo publish tho fact because
wo are proud ot it.
'TO WN COMMI s.’s 1 ONERS.
An election was held at the Court
House, in Madison, on Monday last, for
Town Commissioners, which resulted in
tho following selection:—T. J. Burney,
E. W. Aitxotp, Alfred Siiaw, Wm. M.
Burnett, aud John 11. Baker. Those
gentlemen have the power to elect a Mar
shall for the town, and wo understand
that the late worthy and efficient Marshall,
Benjamin F. Ballard, will bo their
choice.
A SNOW SCENE.
During the heavy snow of last Saturday,
Mr. Hutchings, Daguerreotypist, at Town
Hall, perfected a picture of Mr. Bell’s
Stage and six horses, halted in front of
tho dwelling of Dr. Ogilby. It is ono of
the most perfect specimens of the art we
have seen lor many days. We advise our
triends to call at Mr. A. B. Hutchings’
room, and examine that picture and many
other lino specimens which he has on
hand.
EF” “ Wantod to know where to find
tho Post Office, and the name of that lit
tle hoy Mr. Pierce has appointed Post
Master." —American (Ala.) Eagle.
The editor of the Eagle is certainly very
much in want of information if lie cannot
find the post office. Whiskey must he
cheap and plenty in his ranchc.
EASILY UNDERSTOOD.
Me notice that a,new saloon for those
»/>»ri<ually inclined, lias been opened on
Rail Road street. The sign roads tints:—
KI AL TO. It should l>c Fye-ta-011.
“ Vetoes. —The Governor of Ala
bama lias retoed the hills appropriating
$300,000 to the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, and extending the loan of $400,-
000 to the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road;
hut the Legislature has not yet acted on
the vetoes.”
"Winston is an old fogy, and a disgrace
to a “go-ahead” community. Let him
look to Georgia for examples of progres
sion.
“There is a report in town that
the east, south und west have agreed to
sell the middle portion of the State to
Georgia for $500,000, and with the above
sum to pay off the debt of tho State, di
vide the remainder and allow us to go to
Alabama.”— Mariana (Fla.) Patriot.
Well, the sum named is about all that
gopher country is worth. Georgia will
he cheated in her bargain.
BT “ Unfortunate. A youth in
Chicopee, Massachusetts, while attempting"
to kiss a young lady, slipped and fell just
before reaching her —thus losing his kiss
and two front teeth.”— Ex.
That was too had, to raise Jiis kiss, and
not kiss tho Miss. 1 lie luss of his front
teeth would have been nothing, if ho had
succeeded in his attempt.
J-£T“ A wild man, seven feet high, is
stated to he roaming through the great
Mississippi bottom in Arkansas. Numerons
travelers and hunters have asserted that
they have seen him, hut none have ever
been aide to get particulars concerning
this strange being.
Wo leant from the Columbus
Times, that on Christmas eve, the passen
ger train on the Opelika Branch Railroad
crossed the Cliattaliochee river on the
elegant and substantial bridge just finished.
This completes the union between Georgia
and Alabama, and greatly facilitates the
communication between tho cities of Mont
gomery and Columbus.
A Bouncer. Mr. John Lawrence
Hazier, in tho Louisville Times, offers to
bet from $5,000 to $30,000, that ho can
do as follows: Jump live feet further on
a dead level than any man in Kentucky
—three feet further than any man in the
United States—one foot further than any
man in tho world—or that ho can stand
flat-footed upon tho earth and leap a
biick wall fifteen feet high and four thick.
A Sentimental Fossil.
11V FEEL A. BUSTER.
“AV lmt is your name l” “My name
is Noival on tho Grampian hills.”
“ Where did you come from ! ”
“ I conic from the luippy land,
Where care is unknown.”
“ Where tiro you lodging now?” “I
dreamt 1 dwelt in marble halls.”
“ Where arc you going to?" “Far.
far, o’er hills and dell.”
“ What is your occupation ? ” “ I play
on a harp uv a thousand strings.”
“Are you married i ” “Long timo
ago. l’olly put tho kettle on.”
“ When were you married ?”
“ ’Twus twelve o'clock one starlight uigtit,
I ever slndl remember.”
“How many children have you?”
“ There’s Doll and Bet, and Moll and
Kate, and,” —
“ What is your wife’s liamo ? ” “ O
no, I never mention her.”
“ I >id your wife oppose your leaving ? ”
“She wept not, when we parted.”
“ 1 n w hat condition did you leave her
“ A rose tree in full bearing.”
“Is your family provided for ? ” “ A
little farm well tilled.”
“ Did your wife drive you off! ” “ Oh,
sublime was tho warning.”
“What did your wife say to you that
induced you to slope ? ” “ Como rest in
this bosom.”
“ Was your wife good looking?” “She
was all my fancy painted her.”
“ Did your wife ever treat you badly ? ”
“Oft in the stilly night.”
“ When you announced your intention
of emigrating, what did your wife say ?”
“Oli, dear, what can the matter be?”
“ And what did you reply ? ” “ Sweet
Kitty Clover don’t bother tne so.”
“ Wliero did you last see her? ” “Wo
met—’twas in a crowd.”
“ What did she say to you when you
were in the act of leaving?” “Go, for
get me.”
“Do you still love her ? ” “ The min
strel’s returned from the t ear.”
“What are your possessions i ” “Old
dog Tray.”
“ What do you propose to do with
him?” “Send him to the other side o’
Jordan.”
“ How do you propose to make a liv
ing ? ” “ Pull oft' my coat and roll up
my sleeves.” ’
The Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican
states that in sotuo parts of Benton
County and the counties South of it,
there is considerable destruction of the
gathered corn, by a white worm, which
eats out all tho inside of the grain, leav
ing a mere shell. It attributes the ap
pearance of the worm to the too early
gathering of the crop, on account of the
scarcity prevailing last summer. Corn
put up in the shuek appears to bo the
most injured.
From the Atlanta Examiner.
Letter of the Hon. D. R. Atchi
son, of Missouri.
We embrace the earliest opportunity
of presenting to the people of Georgia
and the South, a letter from the Hon.
D. B. Atchison, on the subject of the
affairs of Kansas, addressed t 6 the Senior
Editor of this paper. It is a letter we feel
satisfied, that will bo reqd with intense
interest by every citizen of our State.
The distinguished gentleman who has
penned it, and by whose permission it is
published, lias occupied for a quarter of
a century at least, an eminently high
position among die statesmen of the
Union ; and, in jne Senate of the United
States, over wfiicli he presided witli so
much satisfacti/n to that body, at a very
recent periqd; he fairly earned a reputa
tion of witlcli few can boast, as an able
and influential Senator, and an ardeDt
advocate of Southern Rights. Upon
the statement of such a man, every
Georgian can rely. To his appeal, every
Georgian should respond. He speaks of
Kansas to the South, for the sake not
only of those who are fighting its battles,
there, but for Missouri, our sister, whose
doom is certain in the event that Kansas
is übolitionized. Distant as Georgia is
from the scene of events referred to in
this letter, in despite of rail roads and
telegraphs, and of official information
from Washington, our people up to this
time required information upon which
they could with confidence rely upon all
that referred to the disturbances in Kan
sas. Newspaper reports were often
vague, and what is worse, contradictory.
The paid reporters of Northern “ Emi
gration Aid Societies,” and tho paid
slaves of the abolitionists, through the
free-soil and abolition presses of the anti
slavery States, have so perverted the
truth, misrepresented facts, and deceived
the public mind, North and South, that
our indignation here has been smothei
ed when tho wrongs perpetrated upon
our brethren in Kansas have reached ns,
accompanied, as they always have been,
!>y a flat, denial of the facts. But the
communication which we this day lay
before the public, puts a quietus to all
further imposition upon the South. The
political history of Kansas, since its set
tlement by white men, though brief, is
clear. The design and strategy of the
enemy of the South, the unprincipled
abolitionists, are placed before us, so that
no ono can longer be deceived as to the
extent of our danger; while the strug
gle through which the pro-slavery men
have passed, and the gallant bearing of
tho Missourians, contemptuously termed
by fanatics from tho North, as border
“ Ruffians,” will excite tho sympathies
of every true hearted Georgian in their
behalf.
Accompanying tho Utter which we
publish, we received another from the
same gentlemen, from which we make
a few extracts. lie says:—
* * * * are j,, a uonstant state
of excitement here (Platte City). The
border “ Ruffians ” have access to my
room day and night. The very air is
full of rumors. We wish to keep our
selves right before the world, and we are
provoked and aggravated beyond suffer
ance. Oar persons mid property are
not for a moment safe; and yet we are
forbid by the respect wo owe our friends
olsewhete ; by respect for tho cause in
which we are engaged; to forbear-
This state of things cannot last. You
are authorized to publish the wholo or
a part of what I have written ; but if j
Georgia intends to do anything for us, 1
let it bo done speedily ! Let your
young men come forthwith to Missouri
and Kansas! Let them come well
armed, with money enough to support
them for twelve months, and determined
to see this thing out! One hundred
true men will bo an acquisition. The
more, tho better. Ido not see how we !
are to avoid civil war. Come it will. |
Twelve months will not elapse before
war, civil war, of the fiercest kind, will
bo upon us. We are arming and pre
paring for it. Indeed we of the border
counties are prepared. We must have
the support of the South. We arc
fighting tho battles of the South. Our
institutions are at stake. You far South"
eru men are noio out of tho naive of
the t car, but if we fail, it will reach your
own doors, perhaps your hearths. Wo
want men, armed men. We want ntotr
ey, not for ourselves but to support our
friends ,'ouio from a distance. I
have now iu this house two gallant
young men, from Charleston, South Car
olina. They are citizens of Kansas, and
will remain so until her destiny is fixed.
Let your young men cotno on in
squads as fast as they can be raised,
ice/l armed. We want none but true
men.
Yours truly,
D. R. ATCHISON.
P. S.—l would not be astonished if
this day laid the ground-work for a
guerrilla war in Kansas. I have heard
rumors of strife aud battle at Leaven
worth, seven miles from this place, but
the ice is running in the Missouri river,
and I have nothing-definite. I was a
peace-maker in the difficulty lately set
tled by Gov. ShannoD. I counselled the
“Ruffians,” to forbearance, but I will
never again counsel peace. D. R. A.
Who can resist such an appeal ?
What citizen, or State in the South, can
turn a deaf ear to it, and withhold that
material aid which our brethren in
Missouri and Kansas so much need ?
Wbere are our young and adventurous
men ? Where are the old men with
their slaves and their wealth ? Surely,
if in the past, we have been indifferent
and laggard, the time has arrived wlieti
the South should awake to its peril, and
when Georgians should maintain the
reputation for patriotism and fidelity to
Southern institutions bequeathed to them
by their fathers. The “ Empire State of
the South ” in all that is enterprising,
must also be foremost in repelling the
aggression of the enemies of the Sotilh ;
and when she fails at the call of a sister
State to extend a helping hand in a time
of peril, such ns now threatens Missouri
wo trust that the proud appellation she
bears, will be heard of no more.
Our Legislature will convene again on
Monday next. We have every confi
dence it will respond to the recommen
dation of Governor Johnson. We trust
it will do more. In the mean time, we
hope that there will be an uprising of
the people, in every county and town in
the State ; and that while our voung
men will in hundreds respond to the call
of Missouri and Kansas, the old and the
wealthy will give that aid, which, if
withheld, will keep from the place of
strife many a dauntless spirit, brave heart,
and strong arm.
We see a paragraph going the rounds
of the papets headed with the query,
“ Where do sponges go?” As the ques
tion seems to want an answer we will
try to give it. According to our notions,
“sponges go” hanging around hotel,
about the dinner hour, about tlie coffee
4otiscswhen they see any body whom they
think will stand treat; about cigar and
tobacco shops; about printing offies
about the time the paper goes to press.
These arc the places where “sponges
go” according to our notion.— Cm.
Commercial.
Important to Slave Owners. —A
gentleman informs us that some few
mornings since, while standing at one of
the railroad depots in this cit\, lie saw a
free negro go to tho ticket office, ex
hibit his free papers, and then purchase a
passage ticket to a neighboring town.
Immediately after lie saw this same ne
gro furnish a servant with the ticket lie
had procured, and the slave, instead of
the free negro, left on the ears. If im
positions of this sort can be practised on
railroad companies by free negroes, own
eis of slaves have no earthly security
for their property. Wo invite attention
to the subject as one of great importance
to the community. —Richmond DisjralcJi.
' Awful Tragedy. Wc learn from
the Georgia Citizen, that a most atro
cions murder was committed in Twiggs
County, on Monday the 7th inst., upon
tho persons of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor.
Mr. Taylor was found dead iu his bed
and his wife gasping in the agonies of
death, each with a large wound in the
head, inflicted with the sharp side of an
axe. The perpetrator of this foul deed
is supposed to boa negro boy named
Lewis, tho property of tho deceased.
It is also supposed that it was instigated
by a suspicion that lie was to be sold.
A humorous paper published in New
York, under the title of Young Sain,
says that although John Bull may make
rye faces at the United States across the
water, for our supposed sympathy with
Russia, we are still tho best friend and
ally she has ingrain, and she must ac
knowledge the corn.
An Eastern paper having remarked
that “it is ouly twenty-two years since
the first log cabin was erected in Bur
lington, lowa, and it now contains ten
thousand inhabitants,” a Western paper
observes that this is a specimen of a
pretty populous cabin.
A Man Murdered. —Yesterday even
ing, about half past three o’clock, a man
by the name of James Brady, was struck,
it is supposed by a barkeeper, Wm.
Bookman, at the bar opposite the post
office, and lived but a few minutes.
Augusta Constitutionalist.
Women are called the “ sos ter sex,’
because they are so easily humbugged
Out of oue hundred girls, ninety-five
would prefer ostentation to happiness—
a dandy husband to a mechanic.
The Secretary of the Interior has de
cided that the volunteers engaged in the
removal of the Cherokee Indians are
eutitled to bounty land under the late
law of Congress.
Sharpe’s Rifle.
Tbe following account of Sharpe’s
rifles, from the Missouri Democrat, will
be read with interest:
This recently invented weapon, if it
possesses one-half of the power and
capacity claimed for it by its proprietor,
is destined soon to supersede every other
weapon for warlike purposes now in ex
istence. The small carbine now used by
the United States mounted men throws a
ball with deadly accuracy one-quarter of
a mile, and can be tired ten times per
minute. It is not complicated in struc
ture, is easily cleaned and suffers no
injury from wet weather. Mr. Sharpe
is now preparing models for four new
species of his weapon, viz.: A small
pocket pistol calculated to thrown Minnie
ball one hundred yards; a cavalry pistol
with a range of five hundred yards; a
rifle suitable for footmen, with a range
of one mile, and a large gun to throw a
two-ounce ball, or a small shell, one
mile and a half, or as far as a man or
horse can l>e seen to advantage. \\ ith
this latter weapon, Mr. S. declares he
can set on fire a house or ship at a dis
tancc of nearly two miles, and prevent
the use of field artillery by killing the
horses before the guns are brought with
in good range.
This rifle, in the hands of a good
marksman, is equal to ten muskets—
bayonets and all—for, place a man six
rods distant w ith a musket and bayonets,
and before he can bring the bayonet in
to use the rifle can be loaded and dis
charged ten times. They carry balls
with great precision and force. Mr.
Sharpe intends these rifles to become a
national weapou, and should Congress,
by using a little liberality, purchase the
patent, the country would be [rossessed
of a means of warfare unequalled in the
world.
Appointments by the Gover
nor for 1856.
Win. Turk, Principal Keeper, Peniten
tiary.
Wm. W. Williams, Book-keeper, “
T. l-'ort, M. 1). Physician “
llev. G. McCauley, Chaplain “
WESTERN A .ATLANTIC UAII.IiO.VI).
James F. Cooper, Superintendent.
Wm. B. Wolford, Treasurer.
James M. Spullock, Auditor.
11E AV A nt'Mll ASYLI M.
Dr George D. Phillips, Commissioner,
lion. James Jackson, “
Maj. James I.ake, “
Maj. Josiah 11. Gill,
llev. John W. Glenn, “
S. J. Johnson, Esq., “
O. I’. Fannin, “
Wo learn from the New Orleans
press, that the amount of produce laud
ed at the wharves of that city, the pres
ent season, has no parallel in all its past
history. The effects are sensibly felt in
the greatly enhanced price of labor,
particularly that required in the business
usually transacted on the levee. As an
instance, it may ho staled that $1 30 is
charged per load hv the drays and wag
ons, and a common day laborer com
mands $ 3 per day.
Marriage of “Fanny Ff.rn." —On
Saturday last, Mrs. Pay son Kid ridge was
married to Mr James l’arton, of New
York. Mrs. Kldridge is better known to
the public at large as “ Fanny Fern.”—
The bridegroom is tbe biographer of
Horace Groclv, and a contributor to the
periodicals of the day.
Wink Manufacture in Georgia.—
The southern Cultivator states that
the attempt to manufacture wiue from
a native grape has been successfully
tried by Mr. A. Leary, of Monroe county,
Ga. The grape is known as the “ War
reuton," aud the produce is at the rate
of eight hundred gallons per acre.
Arrest of Scpfosed Filliulsters. —
Cincinnati, Jan. 5. —Nine persons, all
Irish, were arrested here last night, for a
violation of the neutrality laws. They
were held to bail until Monday. The im
pression prevails here, that they are act
ing in concert with parties at New York
and elsewhere, having for their object a
descent upon Ireland.
A Sire Cere for a Felon. —This
we know will be gladly received by all
our readers. When the soreness first
commences, or even wheu far advanc
ed, it can bo relieved and entirely cured
bv holding the Auger or part afflicted in
Perry Davis’ Pain Killer for half an hour.
It Ims been thoroughly tested, and proves
a never failing remedy. A felon is a
troublesome thing, and we would advise
all so troubled to test the remedy.
The navigation of the Ohio is nearly
Suspended. The blocked up
with ice. The weather iu Cincinnati is
intensely cold.
A work on slavery, to be dedicated to
Queen Victoria, is about being issued iu
Charleston, S. C.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF TnE
Atlantic.
New York, Jan. 14.—The steamship
Atlantic, from Liverj«ool, with seven days
later news from Europe, arrived this
morning.
The cotton market in Liverpool, when
the steamer left, was reported to have
been in a drooping condition. The tales
of the week were 24,000 bales. Ex
ported, 1,000; taken for speculation,
4,000. The stock was 382,000, inclu
ding 190,000 bales of American cotton.
Buyers were demanding a reduction.
The following are the quotations: Fair
Orleans, 6-J; Middling Orleans, 5 11 16;
Fair Uplands, 5 J ; Middling Uplands, s^.
Flour had declined Is. per bbl. Ca
nal quoted at 41 to 42. Corn had de
clined 25.; White 48. Provisions were
dull but unchanged in prices. Sugar
quiet. The Bullion in the Bank of En
gland has decreased £324,000.
Peace negotiations remain in ttata
quo. Esterhnzy had reached St. Peters
burg with the ultimatum of the Western
Powers. No reply had been received
from him. Austria had notified Prussia
of the contents of the ultimatum, and
Prussia consented to urge the Czar to
accept its terms.
There was a rumor that Denmark was
about to join the Western alliance. A
despatch to the London Times, from
Vienna, states that Buol sent the terms
of a peace to Gortschnkoff, that the
Western Powers demand the strip of
Territory, Bessarabia, lying on the Dan
ube, to secure the free navigation of that
river.
The Paris Chamber of Brokers have
decided, at the Bourse, not to quote the
Russian loan.
Sixty merchant vessels have been
wrecked off Suliua during the month,
and 400 lives lost. There was a report
that a French frigate was wrecked off
the coast of Spain, and all on hoard met
a w atery grave.
Nothing interesting from the seat of
war except the details of the capitulation
of Kars.
The overland mail from India repre
sents the market depressed, with a scar
city of money.
Nomination to the Presidency.—
At what purports to have been a regular
meeting of the combined council of the
| National American party, of the city of
Bichmoud, held on the Ist mat., John
Minor Butts was recommended as llto
choice of the convention fur the Presi.
deucy.
Mr. John Ellwood, a graduate of the
Kentucky Military Institute of the clan*
of 1834, and resident graduate during
the succeeding year, lias received the
appointment of First Lieutenant in the
Russian army, through the Russian Min
ister at Washington, and sailed from New
York on Monday last, on his way to
Beilin, where he is to await orders from
St. Petersburg.
Queen Victoria is par ly insane, and
lias to be kept in continual motion. She
is jealous of Prince Albert. She bat
also given the French Empress, Eugenio,
some important domestic hints.
Iso much for going to Paris aud ming
ling with the French Court.
Amkuuts and Albany Railroad.—
We are highly gratified to learn from
our friend, Col. Tift, that the Dougherty
county subscription of 8130,000 to this
roud, was carried by a vote of 328 to 60.
Operations on the road will he com
menced, with some 70 hands, in (ho
course of next week.— Sav. Jour., 11 th.
One of tiie String Minded. —The
Alexandria Sentinel of Thursday week,
says;
A lady, with hair cut short, pistol at
her belt, and masculine air generally,
went up the railroad yesterday. She is
a student in the Philadelphia Female
College, aud her dress and equipments
are said to be the uniform of her college
mates.
“Homestead exemption,” exclaimed
Mrs. Partington, throwing dtfwn the pa
per, “ it’s come to a pretty pass, indeed,
that mtn are going to exempt them
selves from home just when they please
without any proviso for cold nights,”
Riots are still the order of the day in
Kansas. The office of the Territorial
Register has been mobbed.
Clias. Robinson is nominated by the
Free State party.
J. Osgood Mussev, former private sec
retary to Daniel Webster, died in Cin
cinuatti, on the 3d inst.
They are naming ships, sleighs, and
boys’ sleds, “ Hiawatha ” in Boston.