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FAMILY VISITOR.
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BENJAMIN G. LIDDON.
BXA23ISOTBr, «38033.01 A.
SATURDAY, FEB. 2, 1856.
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Title, Ga.
A CHANGE.
As we assumed our editorial duties iu
the Visitor office without an introductory,
aa an incognito, so we resign them without
a valedictory. For little more than three
months past, we have endeavored, in the
multiplicity of our duties, to edit this
paper in the manner we thought best cal
culated to amuse its readers. We have
not been so egotistical as to presume we
could instruct this learned community
upon important subjects. Therefore, wo
will bo spared the censure of all upon that
point. Our seat will be filled by one, we
trust, more competent to discharge the
onerous tasks in tho tread-mill lifo we
have had before us.
W’e mention the chango which takes
place iu our position, merely that our suc
cessor may not have to bear our sins.
Believing that we offended none, in our
dashes of tho pen, we waive all pardons
from our readers, and, like a genuine
“ quoin,” slide off to our proper place.
THE WEATHER AGAIN.
This hackneyed subject will intrude
upon our notice. The weather has behaved
■o badly, of late, that we cannot treat it
with silent contempt. Our mail edition
of last Saturday had not been worked off
before a pelting sleet vigorously went to
work, white-washing our streets. Hominy
snow came along, too, and continued to
fall until Monday, by whioii time the earth
was covered to the depth of several inches.
On Tuesday, numerous sleighs, of every
variety of pattern, were “ trotted out,”
and the gallant drivers induced the “fair”
to accompany them in their “2.40” drives
up and down Main-street, and around the
corners. We heard of some “tall fulls,”
but we won’t say anything about them
here.
Never have wo experienced such cold
weather as wo have had hero for more
t; five weeks past. Some Arctic navi
gator certainly must have left the gates
oven behind him in bis passage to the
North Pole. Wo aro sure that the weather
w« have bad recently is not Southern—
its principles are decidedly Northern.
Rain or shine, cold or temperate, we
give up that we cannot control if, and,
therefore, in future, we’ll let it have its
ewn way, contenting ourselves with tak
: sg it as it comes, and thanking the Giver
of all good, that we are blessed with health
to overcome the worst weather He has
>siii us. That's philosophy anything
Ue is ingratitude.
WILD MEN.
These chaps were exhibited in Madison
several days and nights this week. They
drew crowds, and all, or nearly all, went
sway satisfied that their “quarters" had
iicen well invested.
These wild men, as they aro called, are
not half so wild as many girls we have
known,' and they (though ugly) are hand
somer, too, than some. They appeared to
us as half human and half ourang-outang.
The projecting chin, feet, nnd manner ot
walking, clearly indicate a descent from
the ourang-outang. They weigh only 45
lbs. each, and are about 30 years of age.
One of these men lifted two of the spec
tators together, whose united weight was
:i(SO lbs. They are curious specimens of
“• animated uature,” and well worth a visit,
PROFESSOR WYMAN.
This renowned Magician and Necro
mancer, performed in Madison night be
fore last and last night, to crowded houses.
His urbanity, and general gentlemanly
deportment, ensures him success wherever
lie goes. His feats are mysterious and
highly entertaining. Ho never fails to
please his audiences, however large. His
uniform courtesy to the Press renders him
a favorite among printers. May his suc
eess ever be commensurate with his merits.
“NEWS FROM ENGLAND.”
“A late London paper informs its read
ers that the ‘Nebraska Territory of the
United States is a tract of several millions
of acres, lately purchased by the Ameri
cans from the Moaqnito King!’”
The effects of Royalty. Pomp and good
sense never go into co-partnership. The
more show a Johnny Bull makes, the less
learning he exhibits.
We thought the two geography lessons
Uncle Sam gave him, was enough for his
understanding.
•jy “A paper lias boon started at
Richmond, Indiana, called ‘The Broadaxe
of Freedom and Grubbing Hoe of Truth.’”
It is onr intention to establish one in
Kansas, soon, to be called “ The Two-edged
Sword and Battering Ram of Liberty.”—
Who’ll subscribe? Only $5 per annum—
payable in advance.
Hi lilllf
“COME KISS ME.”
•“ Msn scorn to kiss among themselves,
And scarce will kiss a brother;
Women want to kiss so bad.
They smack and kies each other.’
“01 what a pleasure are the ladies
compelled to forego, by being denied the
privilege of kissing the boys—kissing each
other is too insipid* It is now leap year,
and we would cordially invite all of the
girls down to our office; we have two
nice,pouting lips, aud we Will put a little
“cathamus tiuctorious,” mixed with a
little “lasses,” on them, and you shall be
allowed to kiss them three times a-piece,
and we promise to make no resistance.
Our lips are a little rough, and lengthy—
long enough to cut off a chuch-a-luck box
—but the longer they are the better, for
then there is less danger of getting bit." —
Temperance Crusader.
The editor of the Crusader must bo de
mented to think that any pretty-mouthed
girl would kiss such an opening in his
head ns he says his mouth is. Snuff
dippers might try the experiment, for they
would lose nothing in the encounter —but
the idea of a handsome, clean-lipped girl
kissing such a fellow! Ain't you ashamed
of yourself, Mr. Crusader.
ROYALTY.
“ It is stated that the Queen of England
would not see her maid of honor, Miss
Murray, upon her return from the United
States, nnd signified to her that if she
published a defence of slavery, she must
resign her place. Miss Murray has dono
so, and is no longer a member of the royal
household.”
Well done for Miss Murray—she has
shown herself a woman of sense, and
Queen Vio., what wo always supposed
6hewas; a crazy woman, on a very ex
tensive salary, for furnishing John Bull
with half-Dutch sovereigns.
Miss Murray, it will be remembered,
passed through our State last summer, and
received many high compliments from the
gentlemen of the Press. Particularly her
visit to Stone Mountain, was mentioned
laconically by the Atlanta pspers.
Let Miss Murray cotne back to Geor
gia. We’ll make her maid of honor to
our “better half”— that is to he—“anoth
er sort of a woman” to Queen Vio.
“ TIIE WEALTH OF A YOUNG LADY.”
“ The friends of a young lady in New
York wish to find a suitablo partner for
her in marriage. They represent that
‘she is but nineteen, lias fair hair, blue
eyes, bright, clear complexion, fine teeth,
mid is a beautiful and engaging person.
She lias a superior education, in languages
nnd music, and with a well-stored mind,
is lively, agreeable, affectionate and con
fiding. Theso qualities aro her wealth.’
Golden creature. Who bids? How much
to start with?”
We’ll give her “papa” a puff for her—
tlmt's all our wealth, independent of other
considerations.
DON’T DO THAT.
Wo notice that several of onrexchanges
have been in the habit, of late, of appro
priating our editorials to their columns
without due credit. Cotne, gentlemen,
“tote fair,” or we’ll class you among the
many “bad eggs" to be found in the
“Press gang.”
Tlio Wotumpka (Ala.) Spectator, of the
22d ult., pilfers two of our original items.
Now, Mr. McWhorter, yon must tnend
your ways, or you might bo sent “down
below.”
If our articles are worth ‘copying, they
nre worth crediting. That’s our idea on
the subject.
MATRIMONIAL.
Some honeyed writer says that matri
mony should be a stereoscope, in which
two hearts, though they may slightly
differ, appear to the observer as one.
We prefer the telescope of matrimony
—view the battle afar off, without run
ning the risk of getting hurt.
Two beef hearts cooked together, might
appear to a hungry man as one, but two
hearts joined by wedlock, are generally
kept from being n unit by the repelling
forces of self-interest and self-esteem.
A Contrast. —What, n contrast the
two following cases present: John M.
Soli rock, the defaulting treasurer of
Holmes county, Ohio, ran away with
122,000 of the public money. lie was
pursued to Europe, captured, brought
back, tried, convicted, and sentenced to
one year's imprisonment ir. the peniten
tiary. Charles B. Smith, a resident of
the same county, about the same time
borrowed a horse worth $75, rode him
to a neighboring town, sold him, pock
eted the money, was pursued, caught,
tried, convicted, and sentenced to the
penitentiary for threo years.
Ladies, Beware. The Frankfort
(Ky.) correspondent of the Louisville
Courier says:
“Pending the seduotion bill of Mr.
Nuttall, Mr. Rogers, a gallant and accom
plished gentlemen from Warren, intro
duced an amendment which, if adopted,
will create some stir among the ladies.
It provides that any female guilty of at
tempting to seduce a young man by
wearing low necked dresses and other
oiptivating articles of attire shall be
punished with the same penalty affixed
to cases of seduction. The gay' deceiv
ers will be obliged to correct their habits
should this amendment bo adopted.
ARBITRATION.
The following Bill upon this subject, has
been introduced into the Benate of the
Georgia Legislature, by our friend, Hon.
F. H. Cone. It will be read with interest.
Judge Cone has proved himself a work
ing member of the Legislature, and we
are greatly mistaken if, at the close of the
session, he does not return to his home,
a greater pride of his many warm friends:
A BILL
To he entitled u An Act to authorise per
eons to submit controversies to arbitra
tion, declaring hou> arbitrators shall he
chosen, prescribing their prncers, regu
lating the manner in which their pro
ceedings shall be conducted, and for
other purposes therein mentioned .”
The General Assembly of the State of
Georgia do enact as follows:
See. Ist.—All persons having matters
of controversy, may submit the same to ar
bitration, and any personal representative
of any decedent, or guardian of any infant,
idiot or lunatic, or any trustee, iray sub
mit to arbitration any matter of contro
versy touching the estate or property of
such decedent, infant, idiot or lunatic, or
in respect to whicli ho is trustee.
Bec. 2d.—Every arbitration shall bo
composed of throe arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by each of the par
ties, and ono by tho arbitrators chosen by
the parties.
Sec. Bd.—AH submissions to arbitration
shall bo in writing, and shall contain a
clear and accurate statement of tho mat
ters in controversy submitted the names
of the arbitrators chosen by the parties,
and also any other matter that may be
pertinent to said submissions. Said sub
mission shall be 6igued by the parties or
tiieir agents, and when so signed shall be
delivered to one of the arbitrators chosen
by the parties, and when this is done, said
submission shall be inavailablo, except by
tho consent of all tho parties.
Sec. 4th.—Tho arbitrators chosen by
ttie parties shall then choose another ar
biter, and they shall appoint their time
and placo of meeting, which shall boas
soon as can bo done consistent with a pro
per preparation of tho case, and the purties
shall have three days notice of the time
and place of meeting.
Sec. sth.—At the time the submission
is made, or so soon thereafter us can con
veniently bo done, it shall bo the doty of
the parties to furnish the arbitrators
chosen by the parties, or one of them,
with a list of the witnesses whoso testi
mony they desire to he had bofore the
arbitrators, and any party neglecting to
do this for ten days after said submission
is made, the hearing of said case shall not
be delayed, on account of the witnesses on
the part of the party so neglecting not be
ing present.
Sec. 6th.—Said arbitrators shall bo
clothed with all the powers of the Su
perior Courts to compel the attendance of
witnesses before them, and also to compel
them to testify; and any of said arbitrat
ors shall have power to issue subpeenas
requiring the attendance of witnesses at
the time and place appointed for their
meeting, which subpoenas shall he served
in the manner pointed out by law for the
service of subpoenas in cases pending in
tlio Superior Courts, and witnesses so at
tending shall bo cuitled to the sanus com
pensation as witnesses attending the Su
perior Courts, and may bo collected in
the samo way.
Sec. 7th.—Testimony may lie taken by
commission under the same circumstances,
and in the manner and subject to the same
rules and regulations as is now prescribed
by law for the taking of testimony by
commission in the Superior Courts, saving
only that the original interrogatories shall
be filed with one of the commissioners,
and the commission issued by one of the
commissioners, and the testimony, when
taken, shall be directed to the arbitrator
who issued the commission.
Sec. Bth.—All free white persons who
have arrived at sufficient age to under
stand the obligation of an oath, and are
not idiots or lunatics, including, also, the
parties to said submission, shall be com
petent witnesses in all eases before the
arbitrators, saving only, that the wife
shall not be witness against the husband,
nor the husband against the wife, except
in cases where the same is allowed by
law.
See. 9th.—Said arbitrators shall be
clothed with all the powers of the Superior
Courts to compel the parties to produce
books and all other papers, that they may
deem necessary and proper for the invest
igation of the matters submitted to them,
giving to the party or Ids agent, from
whom the production is required, three
days’ notice.
Sec. 10th.—When the arbitrators meet
for the purpose of hearing said case, if any
one of the arbitrators selected by the
parties, should not be present, the party
whose arbitrator is absent, may then
choose another in his place, and if the
arbitrator chosen by the arbitrators is
absent, the arbitrators choson by the par
ties may choose another in his place, and
the arbitrators so chosen shall have all the
powers of the arbitrators first chosen.
Sec 11th. —When the arbitrators meet
for the purpose of hearing said case, and ‘
making up their award, they shall be first
sworn impartially to determine the mat
ters submitted to them, according to law,
and the justioe and equity of the case,
without favor or affection to either party,
and which oath they may administer to
each other.
Sec. 12th.—When npon the meeting of
the arbitrators, either party shall not be
ready for trial, it shall bo lawful for the
arbitrators to postpone the hearing of the
case to • future day, which day shall be
as early as possible, looking at all the
circumstances of the case, bnt there shall
cot be more than two adjournments of the
case, except for providential cause.
Sue. 13th.—After said arbitrators have
commenced their investigations, they may
adjourn from day to day until their in
vestigations are completed, and they have
made up their award.
See. 14th.—After said arbitrators have
made up tlieir award, they shall furnish a
copy of the same to each of the parties,
and shall return the original award to the
next Superior Court of the county where
tho award is made, and said award shall
be entered on tho minutes of said Court,
and shall have all the force and effect of a
judgment or decree of said Superior Court,
and may be euforced in the same way at
any trine after the adjournment of said
Court, and shall be final and conclusive
between the parties as to all matters sub
mitted to the arbitrators, unless objection
shall be plead to the samo as provided in
the next section of this Act.
Sec. 15th.—When said award shall have
been returned to said Court, and entered
on its minutes os provided in the previous
section of this Act, it shall be lawful for
either of the partita to suggest on oath to
sai l Gonrt, at the term at which said
award is returned, that said arbitrators,
or some one of them, has been guilty of
frand and corruption in making said
award, and it shall be the duty of said
Court to cause an issue to be made upon
such suggestion, which issue ahull be heard
by a special jury, under the saino rules
and regulations as are prescribed for the
trial of appeals, and which trial shall be
had at the same term of the Court at
which the suggestion is made, unless good
cause is shown for a continuance, when
the same may be continued for one term
ami no longer.
Sec. 16th.—If the jury shall return a
verdict finding that said arbitrators, or
either of them, had been guilty of fraud or
corruption in making up said award, it
shall bo the duty of the Court forthwith
to pass an order vacating and setting aside
award, and the same shall bo null and
void, but it said jury shall not so find, said
award shall remain in full forco as pro
vided in the present section of this Act,
and shall be final and conclusive.
Sec. 17th.—Said arbitrators shall have
power to administer oaths to witnesses,
and all other oaths that may bo necessary
for carrying this Act into full effect.
Sec. 18th.—Said arbitrators shall retain
in their record the co»ts of the case, which
they may tax against either party, accord
ing as shall seem just and right, or they
may tax part of tho costs against one
party, and part against the other.
Sec. 19th.—Said arbitrators shall have
such compensation for their services as
may be agreed on by themselves and the
parties, and which shall be paid equally
by tho parties.
Sec. 20th.—All laws in conflict with
this Act aro hereby repealed, and this Act
shall be'of forco from and after the pas
sage thereof.
Stabbing.—On Tuesday last, in this
city, a man by the name of Samuel Leak
stabbed \\ m. 11. Goats in the head, in
the left temple, the knife penetrating the
skull, and fastening its< if so ti-riit in the
bone that it could only be extracted bv
frequent nnd severe exertions of strength
t io blade even having been snapped off
in the effort. We are informed ih.it
the knife blade passed directly into die
lower region of the brain, severing the
temporal artery and its branches, from
which the blood flowed very copiously
Coats is recovering; Leak is in jail.—
Oriffm Union. Jan. 10.
Runaway Slaves.
Cincinnati, Jan. 28.—There was a
stampede of slaves from the border coun
ties of Kentucky last night. An attempt
was made to arrest them in this city.
The slaves fired upon their pursuers, and
wounded several passing citizens. Ase
male slave cut the throat of one of her
children, killing it instantly. Several of
the slaves were desperately wounded in
the melee. Six'were arrested and eight
escaped, but with a certainty of their
being arrested and carried back to Ken
tucky.
Life Insurance—ls expensive, but
hundreds of lives may be saved by the
timely use of Perry Davis’ Vegetable
Pain Killer. Sold at 25 cents, 50
cents, and $1 per bottle, by druggists
generally throughout the United States
and Canadas.
For Kansas.—A corps of three hun
dred men has been organized in Abbe
ville District, under the direction of Mr.
B. Posjv , lately of the Independent
Press. They'intend to proceed to Kan
sas within a short time.
To Clean Gold Chains.—A corres
pondent says : ‘ Somo of your readers
'may be pleased to know that a gold
chain washed in soap and water, with a
few drops of hartshorn in it, and after
wards dried in saw-dust, will look equal
to a now one.”
John Mitchel, the Irish exile, who is
now a farmer iD Tennessee, delivered, a
few evenings since, to a crowded au
dience, at the Tabernacle in New York,
a lecture on “The Footsteps of the Celt.’’
Message of President Fierce in
relation to Kansas.
We find in the Richmond Dispatch
the substance of a highly important mes
sage of the President relating to Kansas
Affairs, sentinto the Senate last Thursday:
“In the Senate to day was received a
Message from the President, in regard to
affairs in Kansas, in which he urgently
recommends the adoption of such meas
ures as the exigency of the case appears
to require. The organization of Kansas
has been attended by serious difficulties
and embarrassments, resulting partly
from the local administration, and partly
from the unjustifiable interference on the
part of the inhabitants of other States,
with a view foreign to the interests of
the Territory.
The Governor, instead of constant
vigilance in the exercise of his duties,
had allowed his attention to be deviate]
from his official obligations by other ob
jects*—himself setting an example by vi
olation of the law and duty, which com
polled the President to remove him.
The President alludes to the misdirect
ed zeal for propagandist emigration, and
to the clashing of slavery and anti-slavery
interests, as the cause of the mischief, and
emphatically condemns any effort to
anticipate or force the determination of
that in this incipient State.
He says the first legislative assembly
of Kansas, was for till practical purposes
a lawful body. Ho condemns the
formation of a free State constitution
and says it was revolutionary in its
character, hut if it reaches a point to
offer organized resistance to the authori
ties, it will become a treasonable insur
rection and it will bo the duty of the
general government to suppress it.
The President concludes by saying
that if the inhabitants shall desire a
State constitution and be sufficient in
number to claim it, the proper course
would be to hold a convention. He re
commends the enactment of a law to
that effect.
He also recommends a special appro
priation by Congress to defray any ex
penses which may be necessary to the
execution of the laws and maintenance
of order in the teiritory.
Thu Message was referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary.
Senator Toombs in Boston.
Senator Toombs’ pro-slavery lecture
in Boston on Thursday evening, was re
coift-d—as well as could be* expected
there, ami somewhat better, lie was,
in bis inode and manner, much calmer,
and cooler than in bis excited harangues
ill Congress, or on rhe Georgia stump—
and logical and demonstrative at times,
thus producing a powerful effect upon
ilie Boston mind. There were no new
views put forth to men, who have studied
the Constitution and the African ques
tion, bqt the views were new and f-esli
to masses of his hearers, who never bo
fore heard the Southern side. The lect
ure, in this respect, will do great good,
and it. is a great pity it could not be
heard everywhere.
Mr. Toombs, except Mr. Houston, is
the only one of the Southern men, who
has had the pluck to go into an anti
slavery camp, and talk loud there of
"the Constitution,” “the Laws,” and
the races, African and American, that
must live together, iu the United States.
Other Southern men, not afraid to face
Bostonians, perhaps, have been afraid to
face a Southern opinion at home, which
favors not the discussion of the negro
question abroad. Mr. Hilliard, of Ala
bama, seems to have been bluffed off.
Gov. Wise, of Va., dare not come. It
is doubtful whether Senator Butler, of
S. C., will comply with bis quasi en
gagement.
The two Appletons, of Boston, William
and Nathan, both ex-M. C.’s, appeared
on the platform with Mr. Toombs. The
lecturer was welcomed, as a stranger,
with decisive and demonstrative applause,
and when a single hiss was quacked out,
it was drowned in bursts of approbation.
The hospitality of Boston was stronger
than all its prejudices. Three cheers,
not uninixed with dissent, were given at
the close, and some one cried, “ How
long before Charles Sumner will thus be
permitted to speak South ? ” The im
pression is, that if Toombs, and other
hot-beads like him, would lecture in
Syracuse, oswego, Ashtabula, and other
parts of Africa, they would do a great
deal of good, in educating the innocents,
and in being themselves educated, and
freed from their froth, fire, fury and
folly.— N. Y Express.
A Cincinnati correspondent of the Bos
ton Traveller writes that hogs, which,
at the commencement of the season,
sold at $7 per cwt., have declined to $5
15, at which price sales have been made;
Flour is plenty, at $7 per bbl.
A woman advertising for a husband
wants him to be not only “ strictly re
ligious,” but of “ good character.”
Education for the People of
Georgia.
The Columbus Timet fays: “We
wish we had the voice of a trumpet
that we might proclaim to the furthest
corner of the State that there are forty
thousand citizens of Georgia who can
neither read nor write.
“ If we were a member of the Georgia
Legislature, this would be our constant
and only reply to all the arguments
urged against the bills now pending to
provide for the education of the youth
of Georgia.
“Think of it! Forty thousand Chris
tiana who cannot read the BiMe. Forty
thousand freemen who cannot read the
Constitution. Forty thoo-and citizens
who cannot read the laws. Forty
thousand men, women and children in
the nineteenth century shut out from all
the enjoyments of their age and time.
“ Can nothing be done for them, while
millions are appropriated to build rail
roads ; thousands to endow colleges;
hundreds to clean out rivers, and dig
down mountains!
“ Talk not to us of begging and rob
bing. They are not the children—these
unfortunate creatures—of the poorcoun
ties in which they live, but of the proud
State of Georgia, and she owes it to her
own honor, to rescue them from the bar
barism of ignorance and bid them drink
of the pure founts of Knowledge unde
filed, whereby their darkness will be illu
minated and tlieir degradation removed.
“ Is it not known that six-tenths of the
crime committed in the State is perpe
trated by men who cannot read ? Are
jxil fees and penitentiary appropriations
more pleasant to pay than the tuition
fees of the school master ? Is the hang
man more worthy of State aid than the
pedagogue? “We call upon our breth
ren of the press to come to the rescue
of the unfortunate poor. This genera
tion may not appreciate their labors,
but posterity will bless the noble men
who are now striving to rescue them
from the awful curse of ignorance, twin
sister ot sin and the first born of the
devil.”
Post Office Department.
Important to Postmasters.—Our at
tention lms been culled to the fai t that
some postmasters are in the habit of
sending back to tin* mailing office, let
ters reaching them fur delivery, because
they were not prepaid by stamps, but bv
money. This in wrung, and arises from
a misapprehension of the law. In no
ea-e, indeed should a letter, after it lias
reached tile office of delivery be returned
for postage, much loss should it be re
turned because the postage was not pud
by stamps. It is the general duty of
postmasters to see that letteis are pre-paid
by stamps, but when (having |>e*en pre
paid iu cash, cither through iguoranee
of the law, or inndvertanee, or want of
stamps on the part of the mailing post
masters) they i-each their destination, it
is the duty of the postmaster to deliver
them the same as though prepaid by
stamps, li will necessarily hapjien, in
the introduction of the samp prepay ins:
system, that supplies of stamps will fail
to reach sonic of the small and remote
offices at the proper time, and it would
be doing violence to the citizens of those
localities to return, and thus delay tlieir
correspondence, because of a ciio.iim
stance so unavoidable. Entertaining this
view of the subject, the department has
instructed postmasters not having stamps,
to forward letters as heretofore when
prepaid by money. If an unpaid letter
from any cause gets into the mail and
reaches its destination, it should be de
livered on payment of pobtage at prepaid
rate.— Washington Union.
Leap Year.
The Columbus Times <£• Sentinel says:
“ The ladies will not forget that this is
Leap Yeai, nor fail to exercise the high
privileges it confers upon them. There
are many crusty old bachelors of our
acquaintance who deserve good wives,
whose ill luck heretofore has quite dis
couraged them from further worship at
the altar of Cupid. A nod, a beck, a
wreathed smile, will do wonders with
such dry stubble. Will no one have
compassion on them ?
As to the rights and privileges of the
fair sex during the bissextile, one of the
authorities—writing in 1600—lays down
the law as follows :
“Albeit it is nowe become a part of
the common lawc, in regard to social re
lations of life, that as often as every bis
sextile year doth return, the ladyes have
the 6ole privilege, during the time it con
tinueth, of making love unto the men,
which they do either by wurdes or lookes
as to them it seemeth proper; and more
over, no man will be entitled to the ben
efit of clergy who dotbe refuse to accept
the offers of a ladye, or who dotbe in
any wise treat her proposal with slight
or contumely.
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When a river does not make a noise,
it is either empty or very full.
NEWS ITEMS.
Pork Packing in Cbattanoooa.—
The season for packing Pork bag now
closed. One or two houses will eontinue
a short time to put up Beef—but soon
that will be over for the season. We
learn that at ihedifiurcnt houses, between
18 and 19,000 head of hogs, averaging
more than 200 pounds have been put up.
Ihe amount of Beef pickled we have
not yet learned. No pains or expense
have been withheld by the proprietor#
to put up their meats, lard, &c., in a su
perior style—not excelled by any older
establishments ■in the country. Those
who are engaged in the business have
paid liberal prices for stock, and havo
employed the best bands they could get
in the country. We hope all parties
may be liberally rewarded for their in
dustry and enteiprise.—[ Gazette.
Fire in the- Milledoevills Hotel.
—A letter in the Constitutionalist, dated
Milledgeville Hotel, 25th ult., says:
This splendid hotel came near being
destroyed by fire to day. It originated
between the ceiling, owing to one of tha
flues. It had made considerable head
way before discovery, and being very
difficult of access, would not have been
subdued but for the opportune aid of Mr.
Dodge, of New York, who is slopping
here, and who came forward with his
new “ suction and force pumps,” and soon
succeeded in throwing the water where
“it ought to go,” which soon brought
the fire to terras.
Kansas Emigration.—The bill, intro
duced inlo the Alabama Legislature, to
give State aid to emigrants to Kansas,
has been received wi'h much favor, and
was strenuously advocated by Missis.
Leek, ot \\ ilcox. and Cochran, of Bar
hour. It was referred to the Committee
on Federal Relations, and we understand
they are already instructed to report fa
vorably with every prospect of its speedi
ly passing the House by a b .ge tnajoritv.
Preparations for War.—The Sen
“f Pennsylvania, in view of our relations
"’i'h England, 'ire discussing the propri
ety of instructing their Senators in Con
ff'nss and urging their representatives to
secure an appropriation to complete Fori
Delaware, on the Pea Patch Island, and
to erect additional batteries, so as to ren
der it iiiipmeiicable tor an enemy’s fleet,
to ] ass up tlie river.
A New Dodo;;.—The next steamer
from New York for Nicaragua will earn*
out :i number of delicate young men.
The New York Post snvs: “These in
valids are to seek a mild climate for the
benefit of tlieir shattered constitution*,
which have been impaired bv the vigil
mice of the U. S. Dish ct Attorney and
his deputies.
The Cold Weather and the Bird-.
—The Woonsocket (K. I.) Patriot snvs:
“Wo are informed that the late cold
weather has been very destructive to
birds. Great numbers of partridges,
quails and other bird* hive been found
de u, in the woods. Many of ihe poor
things were probably starved to death.”
A railroarhis irrprovdss of construction
from Fernandina to Cedar Keys, Florida,
lucre are four hundred hands now at
work iip<>n it and two hundred more on
their way out. The whole distance is
180 miles. The cost of construction i>
estimated at three million of dollars.
The State gives the right of way.
The Danish Sound Dues. A Paris
letter, published in the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, states that Secretary
M a rev’s circular in regard to the Danish
Sound Dues gives great satisfaction, and
that the difficulty is regarded as settled
upon the basis of that document.
Gun barrels, it is said, have lately been
found on the field of Hubbardton battle,
in Vermont, some of which, after being
buried more than seventy-five Years, con
tained cartridges that exploded with con
siderable violence when the barrel was
heated in the fire.
A Mammoth Icicle.—The St. Croix
(Minnesota) L’nion says: “We saw an
icicle yesterday, down at McKusick’s
mill race, which was 18 or 20 feet long,
and in some parts between four and five
feet in diameter. It was the king of
icicles.”
A Steam Concert. The Boston
(Mass.) trains of Monday reached Hart
ford, Conn., at 4 o’clock on Tuesday
morning, impelled by eleven locomotives,
all furnishing charming music from their
whistles.
Hon. Jas. n. Starke, Judge of the
Flint Circuit, has tendered his resignation
to the Governor, to take effect on the 16th
of this month.
The Rev. Birdsong Tolleson, Ordinary
of Cobb county, and a highly respected
citizen, died at Marietta, on the 21st ult.
“ Massa, masßa! ” exclaimed a stave,
on the appearance of snow at New Or
leans, "it am rainin’ cotton!"