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M? BUSHED BY
BKXJAMIN G. LIDDON.
T. A. BURKIS, EDITOR.
MADISON, GEORGIA:
SATUKDAV, AIMHL 12, 1856.
A WORD OF INTRODUCTION.
A wgrd to the renders of the Visitor,
oil taking the clmir .editorial. Custom
mid common courtesy to those whom wc
ho;>e to serve acceptably demand it, or we
would gladly remain silent.
Newspapers deserve a higher place in
public esteem than they at present occupy;
The superficial observer will probably
smile when wc say that their circulation
has contributed ns tuticlff or more, t<> tiie
general dissemination of knowledge than
any other cause, ft is true that many of
them arc controlled by men of weak in
tellect, and inado the medium through
which partisan principles arc given to the
world—that their editors are oftjft blind
ed by prejudice'aml controlled by selfish
ness—but what good thing can ever cx-
MUt without its attendant evil ( One
thing is certain—the ..tendency of news
papers, in the mass, Is largely for good,
individual instances to the contrary, not
withstanding, They excite enquiry, by
giving hews from all parts of the world;
they refhove ill-foutulcd prejudices <>r cou
tirin merited disapprobation, by exhibiting
in contrast the good aml bad qualities of
■nations; they give to the world important
■discoveries wliieli else would be lost; they
force into subjection those who would j
otherwise set at deliunce everything like I
■morality and public opinion; they diffuse
a proper taste, and correct prevailing ah i
surdities. In a word, the newspaper press
is the great lever which moves tho world,
and its importance cannot bo too highly
estimated.
Ihe life of a newspaper editor is any
thing but pleasant, at the best. With a
large circle of readers—most of them per
sonally unknown to him—of every variety
of taste, to cater for, it would boa wonder
if ho succeeded in pleasing even a minority
of them. A hotter understanding between
Alio parties would, we feel confident, en
sure more satisfaction on both sides. The
■render of a newspaper ought to take into
•consideration tho fact that lie is not tho
■only one whose taste has been consulted
—that tho paper was not gotten up for
Ads especial benefit—and if lie finds some
■thing to please him, be ought to he satis
fied, without requiring that, everything in
it should exactly meet his approbation.
“1 have never,” said l)r. Johnson, “seen
n newspaper, however badly conducted,
from which something useful could not he
gleaned.” The must miserably edited
newspaper in existence, unless it outrages
morality, is worth more than its subscrip
tiou price. This may be questioned, but
wo believe it true, nevertheless. In fad,
the failure of newspapers to please the
public lies not half so often in their editor
ial conduct, us in the fact that the public
expect too much.
There is n mutual relation existing be
tween the readers of a newspaper and its
editor, implying duties on botb sides. II
is the duty of tho editor to make ns good
a paper as he possibly can—to expend
bis utmost time, talent and energy upon
it—while tho reader ought to ho willing
to excuse occasional shortcomings and
unavoidable errors of judgment. Proinis- i
ing on our part to serve the readers of the
Visitor to the utmost of our ability, and
begging from them all duo allowance for
die "-infirmities of the flesh,” wo remain
their humble servant,
T. A. BURKE.
ANTE-COT.ON [AT. HISTORY OF THE j
SOUTH.
W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., the eminent
Southern poet and novelist, delivered two
lectures last week before the Young Men's
Library Association of Augusta. The
Con*tit>ilwnulist pronounces them “ deep
ly interesting.” Ho advanced and sus
tained by authentic chronicles, “ the
(theory that a race whoso origin was to be
traced cither to Northmen, Irish or Welsh,
ba ; l inhabited Georgia or Carolina several
centuries before the advent of Columbus.
Tho mined cities and temples which have
been discovered, lie concluded, were built j
by this race; and he supported hi« theory .
l»y many striking facts, swell, for instance. |
as the Indian tribes having Irish and j
Welsh words in their language, and of,
their reciting legends of battles which 1
their forefathers had waged with a great
people, who dwelt in cities.”
Os his second lecture the Constitution
nU.it says:—“Tho subject (the Ante-
OoloniM History of the South) grow in
interest m.dgr his skillful hands, and every
one present was richly rewarded by his
graphic and .masterly The i
story of the adventures of Ponce flc Leon, i
of Hernandez do Soto, of Lodonlcr—of the
little French settlement on Port Royal
Sound, South Carolina, early in the six
teenth century, and tho touching tragedy ;
•which marked their return voyage to I.a i
Bello France—-the sketch of the settlement
of St, Augustine by thy bloody Melendez, |
and his atrocious acts of cruelty and per
jjjy upon (he Huguenot French, and tho
signal retribution which overtook him—
#ll these aud many other passages from
‘ the bloody chronicles of the post, were
delivered with a thrilling power and vivid
jioss of coloring, which .made the loci are
tilt- sis nirparsing tutored ”
tut
SLAVERY PREFERRED TO FREE
DOM.
Our Abolition neighbors are unable to
understand Acte a Southern negro can pre
fer Southern Slavery to Northern Free
dom ; and yet the fact lias been established
beyond a doubt, times without number.
Some years ago, a uegro man slave named
Isaac, well known in Athens, was fur
nished by his master with money to go
North on a visit. He went to Philadel
phia and other Northern localities; rc
mnined during tlie summer, and returned
thoroughly convinced that Northern free
dom for, and tho Abolition friends of, the
Negro •were unmitigated humbugs. Tie
saw the free Negroes of the Northern
States, and compared their condition with
that of the slaves of the South, and hav
ing more sense and honesty than the
Beecher Stowks and Garrisons of the
Abolition States, he preferred to cast his
lot with his brethren of the South. Our
object in writing tbe above was to intro
duce an extract from a late riupibcr of tbe
£ctc York Herald. Wo hope our Aboli
tion Nigger-loving neighbors will put it
in their pipes and smoke it. Here is the
extract:
“About two years ago, a negro woman
named Diana, was purchased from her
owner, S. F. Gould, Esq., of Edgefield,
South Carolina, by abolitionists residing
in this city. Among the contributors to
the fund for freeing her was tho Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, whose rille practice
has gained him such notoriety lately.
Diana camo to this city nnd nursed her
mother until she died, when, having no
relatives or friends here, and being out of
employment, she naturally enough desired
to return to the home of her childhood,
where her husbund and children are still
living. Hearing thut Col. M. Frazer, a
neighbor of her former master, was in the
city, she called upon him at tho Astor
House, and piteously begged of him to
take her back to her old home, as she was
heartily sick of freedom, and yearned like
St. Paul, “ lor her kindred after the flesh.”
Col. Frazer consented to do so. Before
leaving for the South yesterday, ho brought
her to the Herald office, to afford us
another instance of the fact that a sensible
negro prefers slavery, when it is associated
with homo comforts, to freedom such as
the blacks experience at tbe hands of the
nigger worshippers at tho North. Diana
is a stout, healthy woman, about forty
years of ago. She was originally bought
for $230, her owner freeing her for less
than her worth, at the solicitation of her
well meaning hut mistaken friends.”
THE PRESENT STYLE OF BONNETS.
Heaven forbid that wc should say any
thing to offend the ladies. Wo are an
ardent admirer of flic sex, and would
sooner lose our right arm than have their
pretty faces turned towards us in anger.
Nothing but our regard for their welfare
and happiness could induce us, “alone,
lorn man,” to run the risk of incurring
their displeasure, by hinting at tho absur
dity of otto of tiie prevailing fashions of tho
day. Time was when bonnets were worn
on tho head—now they are attached by
somo mysterious process to tho back part
of it. There can bo nothing said of tiie
present fashion on tho score of usefulness,
—so far as we can see, —nor do we think
it particularly ornamental. It does give
as a good view of their pretty faces—and
that is about all wo can say in its favor.
But wo question whether this fact is suffi
cient to authorise our fair friends to per
sist in it, if it can be shown that it injures
their health. We qiioto below the opinion
of nu eminent English physician:
“ 1 have to lament the great increase
among tho female part of my practice, of
tie dolorous in tho forehead, loss of sight,
and great suffering in tho ear, induced, 1
firmly believe, from tiie present absurd
fashion of dressing tho neck instead of the
head. During tiie past month I have been
in attendance upon two lovely girls with
tic doiorenx in tho forehead and several
others with similar complaints. It is
high time the frivolous bonnet of the pre
sent day should be done away with.”
Os course we don't pretend to say that
the young ladies of Madison should be
influenced hv the opinion of this English
physician. lie may be an ignoramus, and
then again lie may he right. The question
is, whether tiie fashion is worth the risk.
“CREDIT ISY DRAWING COFFIN
NAII.S,”
Johnse Hooper, of the Montgomery
Mail, lias lately been advertising his capi
tal Daily arttl Weekly in the Savannah pa
pers. One of them sent in a bill for tiie
advertising, “ with a credit, in manner and
form ns above, covering tho entire indebt
edness.” Whereupon the said Johnson
tints responded! t .
“Wc say to our Savannah friends, sub
stantially, what Bob Cockerell said to the
Sheriff of Upson county, Georgia, when
that functionary had just ceased whipping
him, under a sentence for cow-stealing.—
‘Sir,' said Bob; ‘lfmo and my family can
.•filers pay for good range iftef at that price ,
we’ll never go to bed a-hongrv!'”
NEW FIRM.
We invite attention to the advertise
ment, in another column, of Mess'rs llton
& Cos., who have opened, under the Town
Hall, a well selected stock of Dry Goods
and Groceries. Though anew firm,
Messrs. Ilian & Cohen have been long
among us, and are well acquainted with
tho wants of tiie community. Give them
a call.
J3F” Wc acknowledge the receipt of
“ Gardening for the South,” by Wm. N.
White, Esq., of Athens, Geo. Notice
next week.
THE RETURN OF SPRING.
We are now blest with most charming
Spring weather—literally surrounded by
that “ethcrial mildness” of which Mr.
Thomson disconrseth so poetically. Tiie
Winter ruts been a long and remarkably
cold one, and we bid a hearty welcome to
Spring with its genial sunshine and bright
iy blooming flowers.
We are reminded—speaking of flowers
—that there are few towns which show
to greater advantage in tiie- Spring time
than our own town of Madison, and we
arc proud of the fact. Nothing mure
surely indicates taste and refinement than
a lqye for and cultivation of flowers. “In
the contemplation of tiie beautiful and tiie
love of perfection, we seek onr highest and
most intimate communion with God, and
draw nearer and nearer to Him.” And
where do we find greater perfection or
more of the beautiful than among flowers?
Are they not the perfection of beauty ?
It is rather early yet for wild flowers,
hut we notice in tiie parterres which so
tastefully adorn many of the dwellings in
our town, quite a profusion of tiie earlier
domestic flowers, while tiie peach and
plum trees are in full bloom. We saw in
one of our rambles, tiie other day, a splen
did specimen of tiie flowering almond—its
entire surface covered with tiie most de
licately tinted pink foliage. The wheat
fields are beginning to show their bright
green, under the infleuco of tho beaming
sun, and buds are bursting nnd leaves
springing forth on all sides. In the ve
getable gardens, pens are “ up” and ready
for “sticking,” while other vegetables
arc “doing well.” We notice that onr
citizens are now busy in their gardens.
Our friend White, of Athens, says in his
new book that gardening in tbe South is
the peculiar province of tiie ladies. We
are glad of it. There is no danger that it
will suffer in their hands. About now, if
you have any occasion to pass about town,
you will see that tiie ladies of Madison
are busy, both in tiie vegetable and flower
garden. Wo love to stop occasionally
when walking of an afternoon, to gaze
over tiie paling of a garden, if it lias been
properly looked after. There is such an
air of freshness and beauty about it—the
growing plants are of such a lively green,
nnd the flowers—which are always to 1 e
found, even among the vegetables—of such
brilliant hues, tlmt we can never pass
them by without wishing for a garden of
our own.
The return of Spring is hailed with de
light by every one. It is the season of
hope, and love, and youth, and gladness.
It is the season of flowers and buds, of
young and springing leaves, of balmy air
and fleecy clouds aud sunny showers,
"Shedding soft dews from lieretljeriid wings:-
And music on the waves and woods she flings,
And love on all that lives and calm and lifeless
things.”
It should be a season of gratitude and
thankfulness. All nature is praising God
—tho birds carol forth their sweetest
notes; tho brooks murmur a Sting of glad
ness ns they flow; the trees put forth
their brightest green leaves, and tiie flow
ers yield tlioir fragrance to the passing
breeze. All these, and myriad other
blessings, nro given for titan’s especial
benefit, and yet of all created nature lie is
least grateful. Go forth then, kind reader,
—wander amid tho fields and forests —
view “Spring’s first voluptuous painting,
wh n site br.atlies her first BWectki scs ’ —
inhale tiie perfume of the flowers —drink
in tho melody of tho feathered songsters,
ami lift up your heart in thankfulness for
tiie many blessings which surround you.
REV. VINCENT THORNTON.
We regret to hear of the death of this
distinguished Baptist Minister, which oc
curred at his residence, on Friday, the 4-th
inst. Mr. Thornton was one of the most
talented and influential ministers of tho
church to which ho was attached, and his
loss will be severely felt.
We learn from tho Christian Index that
ho was horn 19th July, 1805—joined tiie
Baptist Church on the ‘2oth April, 1828,
and was ordained as a minister on tho 12th
May 1831. lie died in the 51st year of his
age and the 25th of his ministry.
An Extensive Dinner. —Tiie Mar
ehioncss of Londonderry, (England,)
owner of tiie famous “ Chilton Moon,”
recently gave a dinner to those who
worked in the pits. There were 30
tables, each affording seats for 90 men,
with a long gallery, which afforded room
for more than 500 female spectators.
The tables were furnished with beef,
mutton, plum puddings, potatoes and
beer, in liberal allowance. Ob tbe
centre table stood a baron of beef, weigh
ing 130 pounds. An impression of tho
expected gastronomic capacity of the
colliers is li'td in tbe fact that, among
the provender were eight fat bullocks.
15 sheep, a ton of plum pudding, a ton
and a half of bread, 40 bushels of pota
toes, and 50 barrels of strong beer. Af
ter tbe dinner the Marchioness made a
speech which was received with thun
ders of applause.
Election in Leavenworth, K. T.—
Last week there was an election in
Leavenworth for a councilman. The
contest was strictly between the pro
slavery and black republican parties.
Beck, tho pro slavery candidate, was
elected by 102 majority.—Great rejoic
ing followed, as prior events had left
some doubt whether Leavenworth was
or was not a pro-slavery town. This
election settles tho questioq.
Walker-The Crisis of His Fate.
We do not pretend to deny the anxie
ty with which we wait further intelli
gence from Nicaragua. There is abund
ant reason for believing Walker’s position
extremely critical. The State, whose
colonization and regeneration he is at
tempting, is the most debased and degra
ded of all tbe five which, a few years
since, made up the confederation of Cen
tral America. Its resources have been
.utterly exhausted by long continued con
flicts between hostile factions. Its army,
according to a late issue of tiie govern
ment organ, HI ICicaraguese, numbers
no more than from 800 to 1,000 men.—
They, it is hoped—though there are some
statements to the contrary—me thorough'
ly armed and equiped. Most of them
are North Americans, (from the United
States) French and Germans—■and will
doubtless give a good account of them
selves whenever brought into action. It
is not likely that they will be much
strengthened by native recruits —though
there is no reason to believe that the in
habitants are dissatisfied with the ruling
authorities.
In conflict with Walker arc, prubablg,
a l the Central American States, viz:
Honduras, Guatemala, San Salvador and
Costa Rica. Certainly, the last of these
which joins Nicaragua on the South, and
is (according to the March issue of Black
wood) the most prosperous of all the
Central American Republics. It lias a
well organized force from three to four
fold that of Nicaragua—a portion of them
armed with tiie Miuie Rifle—officered to
a considerable extent by men trained in
the camps and on the fields of Europe.
■ There is then, abundant reason for
anxiety as to the is-ue.of the Contest.—
Walker has shown himself to be brave,
skillful, energetic, enduring—and posses
sesses in full measure the confidence of
his men. Though thoroughly determ
ined he has shown himself just, and as
far as circumstances would permit, hu
mane. lie is tho "right man," and if’
lie have the force to maintain himself, is
in the “right place.” A glorious desti
ny yet awaits tho down trodden and
miserably impoverished country of his :
adoption, should lie be successful.
Wo sympathise with him the more
deeply from the fact, that tho present
contest is not one of his seeking. Ilis
earnest effort has been to cultivate terms
of amity with all the sister Central
American States. There would seem to
have boon no provocation whatever, but
his presence in Nicaragua, for tho hostile
movements against that Republic.—
Should he triumph, iti a general war, the
result may bo the extension of his au
thority and the establishment of Anglo
Saxon rule from Mexico to to the Isthmus
of Panama—a region from 800 to 900
miles in length, and ranging from 30 to
300 or 400 in breadth.
We have said above that tiie army of
Nicaragua was put down at from 800 to
1000 men, by tiie official paper. On
refering to an extract published, from the
Niearaguese , a few days since, we see
that tho precise number there given is
900. This statement was put forth in
reply to the complaint ol the President
of San Salvador, that Nicaragua was in
creasing her army. A correspondent of
tho New York Tribune makes the num
ber much greater, lie says:
Tiie American or Walker forces here
at presont are, at Sail Juan del Stir, GOO;
at Leon, 300 ; Granada, 200 ; Castillo
Rapids, 150; San Carlos 100; Chanau
dega, 200; Massaya, 200; Rivas, 150;
St, George’s, 75 ; total 2,025 soldiers.—
To this may be added about 150 outsi
ders, who are in for a free fight anywhere.
The soldiers are not all in uniform, but
allof them are clean, comfortably clothed
and well rationed.
Should Gen. Walkerbe able to concern
trate th ! s force, it will not be easy to find
an army in Central America strong
enough to overthrow it. —Savannah
Journal.
The Pulpit and Sharp’s Rifies. —
The Rev. Theodore Parker (says the
Boston Post) Las been lecturing at
RcChester, N. Y. Iu glancing at Kansas
affairs ho dwelt at some length upon the
virtues ol Sharp’s rifles, which he thought
the best argument that could be used to
keep slavery out of the Territory and
freedom in. WhaLa ferocious saint this
reverend gentleman is 1 W hen the
Burns riot here was exciting the commu
nity, this valiant apostle slept with blun
derbusses under his bed and swords hang
ing around it—indeed, we should not be
surprised if his mattrass were stuffed with
Colt’s revolvers. Yet we consider him
as arrant a coward as ever ensconced him
self behind a pulpit to libel aud black
guard men as far before him in every
quality honorable to human character as
the sun is above the earth —indeed, no
better than a mouthing poltroon, who
without intrinsic merit sufficient to excite
admiration, socks notoriety through that
extreme conduct which arrests attention
bv its shameless outrage of the rules of
j common justice nnd common decency.—
! WatlJn ■Jon Union.
The Mock Governor of Kansas.
The Washington Star favors its read
ers with, a brief history of Robinson,
or Dr. Charles ET Robinson, the mock
Governor of Kansas, which presents the
antecedents of that individual in very
harmonious accord with his present or
recent position and exploits in Kansas.
He is represented as one of those dis
contented and unhappy spirits, which
can only be satisfied amid scenes of ag
itation and excitement. He reached
Sacramento, in California, in 1850, and
at once headed a party to contest, by
force, tbe rights of Captain Sutter to
posessions which he held under a valid
Mexican grant. Robinson, with others,
sold many of those valuable lots of land,
and pocketed the proceeds, and left the
tenants or owners to contend with Sutter
in subsequent law suits.
A fierce conflict followed the rash and
lawless proceedings, in which tho Mayor,
Shetiff, mid several g< od citizens of Sac
ramento, as well as several of Robinson’s
party, lost their lives, and Robinson him
self was wounded Under the excite
ment which followed this event, Robin
son was elected a member of the Cali
fornia legislature.—From the manner in
which he represented his constituents,
he was compelled to flee from California.
At the time of his departure, there were
grave* charges affecting his character,
introduced into the Legislature, hut he
did not remain to hear the result.
Ilis conduct iu Kansas appears to be
dictated by a total disregard of law and
order; and his sudden departure from
Topeka, may be for a similar cause to
that which induced his premature de
parture from California.
Tho Condition of Mexico.
The state of Mexico at tho latest ac
counts is briefly described by the follow
ing extract from the columns of the New
yrl cans Picayune:
Ilitroy Tamariz has collected an army
l of disaffected spirits at Puebla to fight
the Government, without affording to the
public an} - reason for his conduct, or, in
fact, without possessing any motive be
yond selfishness, for his proceeding. It
is well known that President Comonfort,
w hen successful against Ilaroy, will have
to encounter tho opposition now forming
in the capitol. Gen. Blancarte, the Gov
ernor of Lower California, has already
given signs of going to war. lie was
appointed by Santa Anna; then went
over to Gen. Alvarez; next seized the
ships of Zertnan, who was sailing under
orders to aid Alvarez; then recognized
the Government of Comonfort; and now
has set up for himself. (Jen. Vidaurri
has annexed tho State of Coahuila of
New Leon ; the northern portion of the
Republic have contemplated the forma
tion of a “perpetual” alliance artong
themselves to put Vidaurri in supreme
command in opposition to tho Central
Government; while the Camanches and
Apaches are making fearful inroads
among these heroes, who are very will
ing to fight each other, but very unwil
ling to join in an expedition against the
savages. The State of San Louis Potos l
protests against Yidaurri's annexation of
Coaluiila to New Leon, and censure both
that General and Comonfort. It more
over seems to hold aloof from the perpet
ual alliance on the frontier, and is pre
paring to pitch into Vidaurri for the an
nexation, and into its other neighbors for
their alliance. When the Central Gov
ernment comes in collision with the
North, it intimates indirectly that they
will have to fight Camanches, Apaches,
Vidaurri, the Alliance, and Comonfort.
This is surely work enough for one of the
insignificant States to keep it busy.
The Augusta Chronicle ifc Sentinel,
of Sunday morning last, says : “Yester
day an election was held in this city to
determine whether the City Council
should subscribe §500,000 to tho stock
of the Savannah Valley Road, which
resulted as follows—Subscription, 412 ;
No Subscription, 337 ; majority for sub
scription,3s. The law authorizing the
Council to make a subscription, prohibits
their doing so, unless with the conseut
of “ a majority of the legal voters of
the city,” and as the number of legal
voters, as ascertained by registry, is
1090, the subscription is defeated by 134
votes.”
Spurious Gold Coin. —Look out
for the spurious quarter eagles which
have made their appearance in Philadel
phia, Baltimore, and Washington. They
are dated “1854,” and in point of exe
cution are calculated to deceive, though
in color they are light, as well as defi
cient in weight.
The Peace News. —Washington,
April 2.—C01. Webb, of the New York
Courier & Enquirer, has telegraphed to
this city, the following exclusive inform
ation by the Atlantic : “ The treaty of
peace between England, France, Russia
and Sardinia, was formally agreed to at
Paris, on the 12th of March.” It only
awaits ratification to be proclaimed.
PEN-AND-SCISSORINGS.
While the Montgomery and Atlanta
papers were down upon Chanfrau, the
comedian, “ like a thousand of brick,”
our Savannah cotemporaries are in ex
tacies about him. De gustibus,
Several wooden buildings were lately
burned in Columbus, Ga A young
lady of Walton county recently recovered
§6OO from a gay Lothario of Ilart coun
ty, for breach of promise of marriage.—
Served him right Hon. Thomas W.
Thomas, of Elbert, will address the two
Societies at Penfield, at the Commence
ment in July next Fires have occur
red at Penfield, within the last ten davs,
burning a dwelling house and the Wood
ville Steam Mill. Loss of the latter
about §10,000...-A Southern Baptist
Theological Convention meets in Augusta
on the last Wednesday in April.... Two
cases of Small Pox have appeared at La-
Grange. ...Doctors Green and Battle
have opened an infirmary in Macon for
Negroes.... Win. Kay, Esq., has sold the
Atlanta Examiner office and his book
store to his brother-in-law, Mr. Timothy
Burke Rev. John A. MeCiung, of the
first Presbyterian Church, Augusta, has
resigned his pastorate in consequence of
ill-health.... A fire occurred in the main
building of the Savannah Steam Rice
Mill Company on the 3d inst., destroying
a large quantity of rice and doing other
damage.... Sam, a crazy negro, well
known in Augusta is dead.. ..Judge
Holt, of the Middle Circuit, who has
been very ill of pneumonia, at Appling,
Columbia county, has so far improved as
to justify reasonable hopes of his recove
ry. ...The statement that the small pox
prevails in Atlanta is contradicted by the
Mayor The city debt of Richmond,
Vr„ amoun's to §2,061,1 GO A brother
of Santa Anna is in Louisville, Ky., and
contemplates building a saw-mill on the
Beargrass river, near that city Thirty
negroes belonging to Samuel S. Sim
mons, of N. C., left for parts unknown,
last week... .Prof. Longfellow says that
“Hiawatha” should bo divided “ Ili-a
wa-tha,” but pronounced with the vow
els as in Niagara, thus: “Heeah-wah
thah,” the accent falling on the third
syllable... .The number of steamers on
the Western waters is 824, valued at
§20,000,000. The tonnage is 204,364
The philanthropists of Boston are
about erecting an asylum for inebriates
—a most worthy move William How
itt, in his Australian tour, says he lived
for three weeks upon nothing but fri
caseed kangaroo. At the end of that
time he could jump sixty feet. He did’nt
discontinue the diet until he found him
self beginning to acquire a growth of fur.
... .The Mobile and Ohio Railroad was
opened last Monday to 162 - miles from
Mobile Ten or fifteen corn dealers in
Edinburg, Scotland, have lately failed.—
Aggregate liabilities about two million
dollars John G. Saxe, the Vermont
wit, poet and lecturer, Collector at Bur
lington and Editor of the Sentinel lias
been attacked by paralysis-... The an
nual value of poultry in the United States
is estimated at §20,000,000. The city
of New York expends yearly nearly
§1,500,000 iu the purchase of eggs
a10ne.... The immense increase in the
wealth and population of Illinois, is ac
counted for in the fact that there are
now not far from 2,609 miles of rail road
completed and in running order in that
State... .The people of Scotland are said
to be almost unanimously opposed to
anything like war between the United
States and England. The office of the
Charleston Standard took fire Wednesday
afternoon, the 2d inst., but by the prompt
arrival of the fire companies, the flames
were extinguished before any serious
damage had occurred The cost of a
ship canal over the Isthmus of Darien is
estimated at only §145,407,032. ...In
the United States there are 6,000 bro
kers and 6,000 barbers ; but the census
does not show which makes the cleanest
shave... .“Eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty.” Twenty-five cents is the
price of a bottle of Perry Davis’ Pain
Killer. For sale by merchants generally.
Inquire for the new dress—with two fine
steel engraved labels on each bottle; one
the proprietor's note or obligation....
Genl. Sami. Houston delivered a lecture
on the “ Three Sources of Danger to the
Union,” at the Hall of the American In
stitute, Baltimore, Wednesday evening
last.... The mission to Nicaragua, in
place of Mr. Wheeler to be removed, has,
it is said, beeu offered to Mr. Hise of
Kentucky... .The New York Court of
Appeals have decided that the Prohibi
tory Liquor Law, passed by the Legisla
ture of last year, is unconstitutional, and
therefore, null and void... .The Free
State Governor of Kansas, Mr. Robiuson,
arrived in Washington City on the first
inst...-The Columbus Sun of the sth
says, Thos. Wooldridge, Esq., of Chat
tahoochee county, formerly a Represen
tative in our State Legislature, was
thrown from his buggy on Thursday af
ternoon, a mile or two from the city, and
killed The elections in Rhode Island
have gone in opposition to t}ie Democra*
cy by 5,000 majority A party 0 f
twenty young gentlemen, under the di
rection of Capt. Batt Jones, left Atlanta
on the 9th inst, for Kansas. The party
is to be joined in Marietta by 10 or 12
others, and will proceed directly to Kan
sas There was a snow storm in New
berry, S. C., on Saturday, the 22d ult.~
The ground was covered for a few mi
nutes A bill has been introduced in
the Legislature of California to divide the
State into three States A Nebraska
editor, speaking of the weather, ex
claims: “Awful! Awful!—2B degrees
below zero, and whiskey three dollars a
gallon !”... .The Pacific Railroad Com
mittee of the House of Representatives,
have agreed upon a report, recommend
ing that the work be built... .Governor
Clark has pardoned Dr. Graham, who*
has been confined in the Penitentiary for
the murder of Col. Loring, at the" St,
Nicholas Hotel, a few years ago Our
latest accounts from Mexico state that
Gen. 1 uebla, and the revolutionists, sur
rendered to the Government forces on
the 22d March.... The English, and
nearly every other people, have given up
all hope for the safety of the steamer Pa
cific Col. Fremont is now confidently
spoken of as the candidate of the Black
Republican party for President Pro
fessor Baclie is preparing to explore
points along the Southern coast of
Georgia. He was in Savannah a few
days ago We see it stated that Col.
Wheeler has neglected to keep our Gov
ernment fully posted on the affairs of
Nicaragua. For this, and other reasons
his removal is anticipated At the re
cent charter election in Portsmouth
Virginia, the Democratic Mayor and
members of Council were elected by
about one hundred majority The
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
lately declared a semi-annual dividend
of four dollars per share being at
the rate of eight per cent, per annum.
The Columbus Sun says that it is re
ported that the Small Pox is prevailing
in Talbotton, and that two deaths have
been occasioned by it It is stated that
it is probable that Maj. Buford’s compa
ny, of Kansas emigrants, will number
over four hundred by the time he leaves
the State of Alabama A man by the
name of Dulin was recently murdered
and thrown in the river about Savannah
An Englishman by the name of Geo.
Handel, committed suicide by drinking
laudanum, in Savannah, on the sth inst.
Rum ... .John R. Scott, the tragedian
died in Philadelphia, of apoplexy, on the
4th inst... .The Rome Advertiser states
that that town now numbers about five
thousand inhabitants, and that by the
census of 1848 it had then only five
hundred and eighty Net amount in
the U. S. Treasury cn the 24th ult., was
§2,372,285... .The French have blown
up the superb stone Aqueduct construc
ted at immense cost and labor to supply
water at Sevastopol The State Senate
of Wisconsin have passed a law confer
ring the right of suffrage on negroes in
that State... .Thackery has reached Cin
cinnati. on his return to New York....
The N. Y. Weekly Tribune now charges
a dollar a line for advertisements.—
Terms cash down Mr. Geo. Wise, an
old citizen of Alexandria, and the last of
the pall bearers of Washington, died on
the 3d inst. He had attained the ad
vanced age of 78 years.
Tire Griswold Divorce Case.—The
New York Commercial, speaking of the
recent decision in the Griswold divorce
case at Philadelphia, says :
“ The decision seems to place the
libellant, the Rev. Dr. Rufus W. Gris
wold, in a painful position; for if he
tails in showing any divorce, he will be
liable to be prosecuted for bigamy and
may, perhaps, also be called upon to re
fund the money which he received from
the New Haven Railroad Company for
damages to the person of his second
wife, at Norwalk. The case, however, is
not finally adjudicated, for on motion of
Mr. Guyler, counsel for Dr. Griswold, the
court granted a rule to show cause why
the record shall not be perfected by the
the substitution of copies and of evidence
of the contents of lost papers.”
P. T. Barn cm, Esq.—A private letter
from Mr. Barnum to a gentleman in
Boston concludes as follows :
“ I have no inducements to struggle
again to acquire wealth ; for the enor
mous debts against me on account of the
clock company will overshadow me to
the grave. I have paid and secured all
of my private debts.”
Maj. J. Buford of Ala. arrived in
Columbus on the 3d inst. with his Kansas
Company, and was warmly received by
the citizens. The Times and Sentinel
says that he came over with about *
hundred emigrants, and will be joined bv
a hundred more from Georgia. He left
for Montgomery on Friday, where he re- 1
mains two days, and then takes up bis |
march for Kansas. Success to those |
bold, patriotic and enterprising spirits.