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REXJAMIN G. I.IDDON.
T. A. BURKE, EDITOR.
MADISON, GEORGIA:
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1856.
A FAMILIAR CHAT,
With Reader* arid Correspondents.
Wes propose, in future, to hold a famil
iar conversation with tlio readers of the
Visitor—a little innocent gossip about
matters and things-—which ave hope
will get us on better terms with each oth
er and ripen onr acquaintance into mutual
friendship. There are many things of dai
ly occurence too valuable to bo entirely
lost, and yet not of sufficient importance
to justify extended notice. Os such, whe
ther they occur in our reading or other
wise, shalV tvo'gossip each week, and we
cordially invite you, reader, to take part
with ns. Unlock the storehouse of your
wit and wisdom, or cull from the rich flow
ers of j-our, fancy such gems as you deem
worthy of note, and contribute them to
our little cabinet. Many a time, while
seated before the evening fire, have quaint
fancies and queer images taken shape in
your brain—or perchance there are recol
lections of mlrth»provnkfng scenes linger
ing with you. From these jewels in the
storehouse of your memory wo beg you to
give us something from time to time. Such
nn interchange of thought cannot fail to
bo both pleasant and profitable.
'Vo have been blest with another
week of serene and beautiful weather.—
Tim sun, by day, has looked down upon us
with laughing glory, while the moon and
stars have beamed with softer light and
calmer joy, by night. Nature lias lavished
her delights npon us with no niggard hand :
"Beheld tlieyoung, the rosy spring.
Gives to the breeze her scouted wing;
While virgin Graces, warm with iluy,
Fling roses o’er her dewy way.”
In this climate spring partakes more of
the character of summer than is ever
known iti less favored regions. The chan
ges from winter’s cold to summer’s heat
arc almost magical. Coleridge’s lines:
" T is a month before the month of May,
And the spring conics slowly up this way,”
may have boen appropriate where they
were written, but they have no application
here. ’T is scarce a fortnight since old
winter had his “icy hand” upon its, and
now we have “gentle spring” almost in
the fulness of opening summer.
"O’er the moistened fields,
A tender green is spread ; the bladed grass
Shoots forth exuberant; ti e awaking trees,
Thaw’d by the delicate atmosphere, put forth
Expanding buds; while with mellifluous throat,
The warm ebullience of internal jov,
The birds hymn forth u song of gratitude
To Him who sheltered when the storms were
deep.
And fed them through the winter’s cheerless
gloom.”
Speaking of “ moistened fields” reminds ns
that a gentle ruin would boos vast advan
tage, now, to the growing crops. Lot us
hope that it will come in due season.
Tho Homo Journal is of opinion
that the only two poems of any length
purely American, and entirely free from
foreign idioms and metaphors, are the
“Culprit Fay” of Joseph ltodman Drake,
and Longfellow’s “ Hiawatha.” Good au
thority. By the way, wo doubt if any
thing was ever more shockingly or more
frequently parodied than this same “ Hia
watha”—if we except Gen. Morris’ ‘ Wood
man spare that tree.’
Just here wo take occasion to say
that we know of no more agreeable centro
table Companion than Morris and Willis’
Home Journal. Just think of tho privil
ege of communing weekly with two of tho
leading liferary men of this country. As
a song writer, Gen. Morris lias scarcely nn
equal on either side of the water—while
Mr. Willis’ fame as a poet and prose wri
ter is not unknown to American readers.
In the present volume of the Home Jour
nal lie is publishing anew novel. A series
ol’new songs, in Gen. Morris’ best vtin,
are also among the new features. These
are only a few of i:s attractions Terms,
$2 a-yer.r.
we meet “Young America” on his way to
or from school. lie is one of the “pecu
liar'institutions” of this country for which
wo entertain a very Considerable regard.
Tho following, which wo scisaorizo from
an exchange, isn’t bad: “A bevy of little
children were telling their father what
they got at school. Tho eldest got gram
mar, geography, nrritlnnotie, &c. The
next got reading, spelling and definitions
*• And what do you get, my little soldier?”
said the father to a rosy cheeked little fel
low, who was at that momentarily driving
a ten-penny nail into a door panel. “ Me?
oh, I gets reading, spelling and spankings.”
to the Irish, and yet they are of daily oc
currence among those who have no Milesi
sian blood in their veins. A late New
York exchange says, in speaking ofnn ac
cident at one of tho ferries in that city:
‘ A'gentleman in attempting to leap after
the boat, missed his footing and was land
ed in the water!" Tolerubly Irish that,
wo should say.
Here is another anecdote of young
America: —“Is God your father,” asked
a little urchin of his father, after hearing
ldni repeat the Lord’s Prayer “ Yes, my
son.” “ Then,” exclaimed the little fellow
brightening Up, “he must bo my grand
father.” Bright youth, that; about equal
to the little follow who wanted his father
iii ■ isnii vuim.
to change the petition in the Lord’s Prayer,
“Give ns this day our daily bread,” and
ark for cake.
The Boston Post lately made the
extraordinary announcement that “Bar
num had two suits of clothes and $25 in
bis pocket on Saturday.” 'Whereupon the
Transcript, of that city got off tho follow
ing good one:
Perhaps it might prove a good plan
For Bantam, sofaranus for shows.
To exhibit this wonderful pocket,
In which he had two suits of clothe*.
j It is singular that many intelligent
| European nations seem to have but little
actual knowledge ot this country. The
ludicrous mistake of ihe Independent Beige
newspaper, supposing speaker Banks to be
a negro, is fresh in the memory of our ren
ders. A Paris paper, some time ago, con
tained tlio startling announcement that
John Jacob AstorofNew York had amass
ed a fortune of sixteen millions of dollars
by leeping the Astor House! It is said
that many Englishmen came to this coun
try expecting to find it peopled almost en
tirely by savages. A story is told of an
English Cockney, who was invited to a ball
shortly after ho landed in New York. lie
went and was surprised to find that the
young ladies spoke English and dressed like
white people. Tho English sectn to be al
most as ignorant of our Geography, ns of
anything else. The Rev. George Borrow,
in his Lmcnyro, makes ono of his charac
ters drive across a bridge from Boston to
Charleston to visit a slave plantation! —
Doet. Lover, ono of the leading novelists
of Great Britain, in his novel of Con Crc
gan, represents his hero, as traveling by
carriage from Vera Crux to Havana! An
English paper of recent date, speaks of
the town of Alabama in the State of Mobile,
while an English Atlas, which we have
heard of, gravely includes in its list of the
United States, the State of AUeghania !
Have you bought a Barlow knife
yet ? Be careful to get the genuine article:
All knives which are not marked upon the blade,
As here described, are not by Harlow made,
So when you want to buy, be this your choice,
What e’er may be the form, the slmpc or price,
See that Ibis mark be stuck upon, the blade,
And you’ll approve the purchase you have made;
Thus are you here by this description shown
How tho true Barlow pen-knives mny be known.
“ None genuine nnless marked I. Butts
on the wr pper.” Go to Swanson, Jett
& Go’s, and be made happy.
The Inst number of the Spirit of
the Age, (Raleigh, N. C.,) contains a poem
addressed “to Miss F.,”and signed “ J. A.
II.” Now wc do not know who “J. A.
II.” is, but we arc assured of one fact, that
lie is a vile plagiarist. We published the
poem in an up-country paper, more than
a year ago. There are certain “fellows of
the baser sort” who, being devoid of brains
of their own, try to becomo famous by
stealing the products of other peoples. The
Age's correspondent is of this character.—
Don’t do it again, “ J. A. ll.”—it’s wrong.
“ Thou shalt not steal.”
We have received tho last annual
Catalogue of Franklin College. Shall no
tice it more at length, next week. Hon.
Alfred Iverson, of the United States Senate
and Hon. S. A. Doiigluss of tho House,
have sent us various public doemneus.—
Thanks.
ty little poem, which we shall publish next
week. Send us another. “Tempo” and
“T. J. W.” are at hand. “ Practical" is
on file for early insertion.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
There are a number of new advertise
ments in to-day’s paper, to which wo
direct attention. Doctor Meiekk is open
ing a large and carefully selected stock of
Drugs and Medicines, and such other ar
ticles as are usually kept in establishments
of the kind. His store, when fully
equipped, will be one of tlie handsomest
in tho State, and it is his intention to
keep everything in his line. We trust our
citizens will patronize him liberally. It
is important that wo should have a good
Drug Store in our midst, and we feel con
fidant that Dr. M. will leave nothing to
bo wished for, if lie receives such a patron
age as can and ought to bo bestowed on
him. Messrs. Robson, Fitzpatrick & Cos.
advertise a choice assortment of Ladies’
goods, at greatly reduced prices. Their
stock is largo and handsome, and well
worthy of attention. Our friend Nkai,
Robson, at the corner, dispenses Groceries
and “sicii like,” in the most gentlemanly
manner. See his announcement of that
fact, in our advertising columns.
MRS. PARTINGTON.
B. P. Smi.LAßEit, the world renowned
Mrs. Partington, for many years connec
ted with the Boston Post, a compositor,
reporter and assistant editor, lias left that
paper and entered the office of the Satur
day Evening Gazette. The compositors of
tho Post, on die occasion of his retirement,
presented him with a handsome silver gob
let as a token of their respect.
1 lie Post of Saturday morning has the
following:
FAItKWELL—BY WIDEBWARTH.
“ Farewell to tbec, my Post!—'’tis a long time
Since thou ami 1 brought our brads together,
Since first I launched my little bark of rhyme,
To sport along, cheered by the summer weather!
We have been friends—we still arc fricuds—old
Post,
The tie is all unbroken, though wc sever,
And even now my heart regards thee most,
Just when we seperate, perhaps forever!
Again farewell! and should my fortune prorc
A fatal chapter in a dismal story,
May some kind hand, imbued with olden loTe,
Carve on the Post some brief memento more —
Some little tribute to the spirit fled; — *
But, just remember, —lorn notiret dead."
“ ‘Wideswartli,’ with u tear in his eye,
dropped the above, and the tear into our
i lap yesterday evening, and left our office
for that of the Evening Gazette, via San
ders’s patent railway. Bat to be serious!
Mr. Shillaber, alias ‘ Widcswarth,’ alias
‘ Mrs. Partington,’ has been associated with
the Post for several years, and we trust
tho connection has proved as agreeable to
him as it certainly has to our readers and
to ourselves. Asa writer, reporter and
lecturer, he has won honorable distinction,
and we congratulate our neighbors of the
Gazette upon the occasion which adds to
their corps so valuable an auxiliary. His
duties on a weekly paper will lie more
congenial with his tastes than the rough
and tumble business of a daily journal, and
afford him that desired opportunity for lit
erary labor in another sphere which he
could not enjoy in an establishment like
the one from which lie has just taken his
leave. Wc wish him all the happiness and
prosperity his kind disposition, 3trict in
tegrity, and rare ability so fully merit.”
BOOK NOTICE.
Gardening for the Sooth ; or tlio Kitch
en and Fruit Garden: with the best
methods for their cultivation, together
with hints upon Landscape and Flower
Gardening, containing modes of culture
and descriptions of the species and varie
ties of the culinary vegetables; fruittrees
and fruits; and a select list of ornamen
tal trees and plants, found by trial adap
ted to the states of the Union south of
Pennsylvania; with gardening calen
ders for the same. By Wm. N. White,
of A thens, Ga. New York :C. 51. Sax
ton & Cos.
Wo have copied tlio title page of this
work in full, as it will give oiij readers ns
good nn idea of its contents ns we could do
in tlio same space. slr. White lays no
claim to groat originality. “Gardening,”
he remarks in his preface, “ is as old as Ad
am, and what we know to-day of its prin
ciples and operations lias been accumulated,
little by little—the result of thousands of
experiments and centuries of observation
and practice. Ileuce, from tho gardening
literature of our language, lias been selec
ted, for this work, those inodes of culture
which considerable experience and obser
vation have proved adapted to onr climate.
The species and varieties of plants found
hero most desirable for use or ornament,
have been selected and described. This
mass of material Ims been modified and in
creased by pretty copious garden notes of
my own. Still, it Ims been my object to
make a useful and reliable, rather than an
original work.”
There can he no doubt as to the necessi
ty of a Southern work on Gardening.—
Our seasons differ from those of the Nor
thern States, in many respect?, rendering
works perfectly adapted to their climate,
oither useless or inconvenient in ours.—
And yet nearly, if not quite, all the works
on this subject which have preceded Mr.
White’s have emanated fro mtho Northern
States. The chief original features of this
work are “that it endeavors to give more
or less information upon the whole subject
of Gardening; and information, too, that
is practically adapted to our climate, hab
its and requirements. In the fruit-garden
department, especially, n good deal of new
matter is to bo found. Throughout the
entire work, processes aro frequently de
scribed, and methods of culture given,
which are suited only to climates and sea
sons like our own. Those varieties of
plants and trees are pointed out which ex
perience has proved are best adapted to
our orchards and gardens. Analyses of
the most important vegetables and fruit
trees are supplied, both to gratify a ration
al curiosity and to assist those who wish
to experiment in special manures—which
should be very cautiously ventured upon
in tlio present state of our knowledge.—
Unusual prominence is also given to the
general subject of manures, as they are
tho foundation not only of successful
gardening, but of profitable husbandry.
The hints on Landscape-gardening have
been gathered, with great care, from
the works of Downing, Louden, Smith
and others, and modified to suit onr
climate. In tho flower-garden depart
ment, few varieties of plants aro noticed
that have not grown under the author’s
own eye, and none but wlint are known to
be really fine.”
SVo most heartily welcome Mr. White's
book. It is just what wo need, and is, we
have no doubt, entirely reliable. Ilisgar
den and orchard in Athens are the best
ovidenee that he is a practical as well as
theoretical gardener and horticulturist.—
Some of the finest specimens of fruit wc
have ever tasted were of liis raising, and
we doubt not liis efforts in the way of
“garden sass ” are just as successful.
LOOK OUT FOR HIM.
There is a class of individuals in the
world whoso moral obliquity is so great
that they can see no harm in wilfully and
basely swindling nn editor out of his just
dues. Snell a man would steal the pennies
oft’of a dead darkies eyes, or rob liis blind
grandmother of her last potato. Os such
is ono P. B. PARMER, of Pintlala,
Montgomery county , Ala, who owes this
office $lO, for five years subscription, and
wrote us an insulting letter, instead of re
mitting tho money. We beg him to con
sider this honorable notice a receipt in full.
THE STREET PREACHER.
Rev. Mr. Howell, the street preacher,
has been in town this week. He preached
two sermons in the Court House, on
Tuesday—one in the afternoon, tlio other
at night. He belongs to no denomitna
tiou, and was rather hard on the different
sects in one of liis sermons. We take
him to be a man of strong common sense,
but limited education, lie is eccentric in
dress and manners, wearing liis hair and
beard long, and traveling with a knapsack.
PEW-AND-SCISSORINGS.
Small Pox is raging in Chattanooga,
Tenn., beyond a doubt; and, according
to report, at other points. Wouldn’t it be
a good idea for the people of Madison to
guard against it, by resorting at once to
_vaccination ? “An ounce of preventive is
worth a pound of cure.” A bouse and
lot was sold in Pensacola, Fin., a few days
since, for $1,200 which six months since
bronght only SBOO. Property is advancing,
in consequence of the brightening pros
pect of a railroad... .Barnum says he has
given up all his property to his creditors,
and declares that the “ morals of showmen
are a little above those of AVall street.” —
AVe should certainly hope so. ...The title
of the new Imperial baby of France is the
Prince of all Jeers; and the same is strict
ly hereditary... .Mr. James T. Collier,
died in Talbotton, oil the sth inst., from a
violent attack of small p0x.... It is esti- !
mated that there are now in store, on
Lake Ontario and tho Upper Lakes, three
hundred and forty thousand barrels flour,
and one million fivo hundred and eiglity
fonr thousand bushels of wheat. ...A let
ter from Virgin Bay, Nicaragua, says that
washerwomen at that place make a hun
dred and fifty dollars a month. A good
business The four babies who took the
leading prizes in the Boston baby show
have all since died—killed, doubtless, by
precocity—foolishly stimulated by sou l pa
rents.... Os tho eighty-one persons just
elected to the Legislature of Rhode Island
fifty-ono are new members... .The Alorn
ing Star is the title of anew journal that
has just been commenced in London. It
is sold at a penny a number.... The Arti
san Buildings in Philadelphia, situated in
the rear of Chestnut and Fourth streets
were burnt on the 10th inst... .Col. Boil
ton, it is said, declares his preference for
Justice Wayne, of the Supremo Court, for
the Presidency... .Mr, Joseph Riddle was
found in tho Savannah river, near Augusta,
last week. Supposed to have been mur
dered The Kentucky American says
“the whiskey crop” will be greater the
coming season than it lias been for years
in Kentucky. If this is true, there will be
an increased demand for the other Ken
tucky crop—hemp Cnpt. Wm. Had
dock, nil old mid well known citizen of
Jacksonville, Florida, died recently at St.
Augustine... .The Mt. Sterling, Ivy., Whig
exceedingly regrets that somo of their
most valuable mid respected citizens are
making preparations to leave in tho spring
for tho more Western and free States....
A writer on China, apeaking of the apti
tude for Christian civilization, of celestial
juveniles at Canton says: “The children
are intelligent and sharp; they pick tip
English easily. Almost all the young
blackguards about the place swear in very
good English.”. ...There were SGBB mar
riages in Kentucky tho last year. Two
ladies were married at 70 years of age, ono
at 12, several under 15, but most between
16 and 20. During tho year, 340 boys
under 20 were married, but most of the
men between 20 and 23 V late Illinois
paper contains the announcement of the
marriage of R. W. Wolf to Alary L. Lamb.
“The wolf and the lamb shall lie down to
gether, and a little child shall lead them ”
—after a while The Atlanta Intelli
gencer denies that the value of veal estate
in that city is declining... .Therearc 2717
Newspapers in the United States, of this
number 27-t aro daily—oo tri-weekly and
71 Semi-wee’ly. This is a greater nua b r
by hundreds than in all the balance of the
world... .Col. T. C. Howard, of the In
telligencer, has been appointed Post Afnster
of Atlanta.... Benjamin Brantly, Esq., for
many years Editor of tlio Temperance
Banner, lias gono to Kansas.... A Cincin
liatti Editor being asked “what is the
news?” replied—“ Sir, I sell my news at
ten cents a week; don’t bother me."
A grand panorama of the Battle-field of
Russia is on exhibition in Charleston
Hon. Edward R. Harden, associate Justice
of tho Supreme Court of Nebraska, is in
Athens... .Theßev. Wm. Fuller (deafand
dumb) was announced in tho last Calhoun
Statesman to preach at the Baptist Church,
in that place, on the 14th inst... .TheNew
York Bible Society is about publishing the
Bible in newspaper form for gratuitous
circulation.... The prospect for a full crop
of peaches in New Jersey is said to be
very g00d.... The dry goods market in
New York is ratlier variable, if the author
ities aro to be credited.... An Illinois pa
per says that there is a man in Olney so
dirty that the assessor puts him down as
“real estate.”... .lion. Ilowell Cobb pass
ed through Augusta on Thursday night,
on liis way to Washington... .Tho Hunts
ville Democrat states that five hundred
young men of the South passed through
Nashville last week on their way to Kan
sas The Ilaytiens, having run iti three
several combats with the Dominicinns,
may be justly considered to be engaged in
a war of races .... A letter from Corfu
states that tho last crop of olives in that j
island had been so ravaged by the worm |
that two-thirds of it had been destroyed. .
. . .On the evening of the 29th ult., Win.
Briley shot and killed his own brother-in
law, Wm. Stephens, in the neighborhood
of Bald Ilill, Chattahoochee county
Advices from St. Louis state that General
Harney lias arranged terms of peace with
the Indians... .American silver half and
quarter dollars, by edict, are henceforth to
bo worth only forty and twenty cents on
the island of Cuba... .The bark Chevalier
from Cardiff, AYales, has arrived in Savan
nah with 697 tons of iron for the Savan
nah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road A dis
astrous fire occurred in Nashville, Tenn.,
on Saturday last, destroying property to
the amount of $300,000.... Ripe straw
berries are for sale in Savannah. .. .Choice
shad are worth fifty cents in the Savannah
market Col. Garland, the late city
Treasurer of New Orleans, lias been ad
mitted to bail in the sum of $40,000
Two hundred recruits for AYalker’s army
left New Orleans last Thursday, on board
the Charles Morgan J. A. Gilmer, of
Guilford county, N. C., is the nominee of
the American Convention for Governor.
The Washington Star says the Re
publican nomination for President will be
tendered to Judge McLean... .Air. A. G.
Colbert, a prominent citizen of Spalding
county, died Tuesday last. ...Rev. Daniel
Ware and Rev. James Byrd, Methodist
missionaries, lately died In Africa.... Gen.
Pillow, of Tenn., declines to be considered
an aspirant for the Vico Presidency....
The Court House at Boston was partially
burned on the 2d inst. Loss $10,000....
There is said to be living in New York, in
a state of great destitution, a blood rela
tive of Gen. Washington, named Mrs.
Runnell Dr. Root, of St. Louis, has
just sold for $24,275, a site in St. Paul,
Minnesota, which he purchased for S6OO
six years ago.. Ex-President Lamar, of
Texas, was in Columbus, on Saturday last-
.... A destructive tornado occurred in
Philadelphia, on the 12th inst., which un
roofed one hundred and fifty houses and
totally- demolished the Franklin Iron
Works.... The New York Picayune has
the following witticism on Nicaraguan af
fairs: “ Alotto for Colonel Kinney—Veni,
Vidi, Vici- Versa." Tho New York
Mirror well says: “Newspaper readers
want short stories—acres of roses con
densed in phials of Ottar.” The public
debt of tho city of Augusta is $355,805.
.... A car load of cotton, thirty or thirty
live bales, was burnt on the Bth inst., on
the ifaeon ami Western railroad. So
great lias been tho scarcity of sweet pota
toes in Virginia, for planting, that eleven
schooners loaded with potatoes arrived at
Norfolk from North Carolina on the 6th
and 7th inst.... Boston has 0000 more fe
males than males, while Chicago has about
15,000 more males than females.... Gen.
Geo. AV. Evans, (American,) has been
elected Mayor ot Augusta. The Ameri
cans have elected nine and tho Democrats
two members of Council. In second
ward, Dye and .Slater aro tied The
books of subscription for the Bank of Ful
ton (Atlanta,) Imvo been opened.... The
Atlanta Bank is for sale... .Thurmond
anti Stevenson—two fast young men in
Atlanta—lmd “a bout” with rocks, on
Tuesday last, when Thurmond, getting
tired of tho rocks, shot the other in the
arm ... .Major John 11. Steele Ims taken
charge of the Atlanta Examiner—C. L.
Harbour retiring.
LITERARY ITEMS.
Between twenty and thirty thousand
copies of Caroline Leo Hentz’s “Ernest
Linwood" have already been sold, and the
demand continues unabated Airs Ste
vens is engaged upon anew novel, which
will be entirely different in style nnd plot
from either of her preceding ones....
Thackeray is reported to have realised
$1,640 over liis expenses, by tho delivery
of his five lectures at New Orleans....
Webster’s Octavo Dictionary, heretofore
published by the Harpers, has passed into
the hands pi Lippincott, Crambo & Cos.
by whom it will hereafter be published.
. .. .One thousand seven hundred subscri
bers have been obtained thus far for Agas
siz's great work on Natural History....
One thousand copies of the Lite of Wash
ington are about to be published in the
modern Greek, at Athens It is stated
that De Tocqiioville, the author of Democ
racy- in America, is about to publish in
Paris, “A History of tho French Revolu
tion.” ... .Twelve newspapers and fourteen
reviews, somo more and some less politi
cal and literary, aro now published in
Constantinople... .It is stated that one of
Rachel’s followers proposes to write a cut
ting-np book on America, by way of re
venge. Lot him write; who cares?
Tho Appetite of an Ostrich.
YVe always knew that Ostriches were
not very particular about their food—
that they were in the habit of gobbling
up nails, old junk, and any thing that,
catne handy. But until wo yesterday
saw an item in a French paper, we must
admit that we never had heard of their
being fond of bijouterie and tho like.
Tho Journal de St. Quentin, published
in the town of that name in France,
si vs that two large ostriches have been
on exhibition there, and that notwith
stai ding the keeper took particular pains
to warn visitors not to let the birds get
within reach of their jewelry, one of
them suddenly caught or grabbed, tlio
guard chain of a spectator, dragged it
with tlio watch from the pocket, and
swallowed botli at a gulp. Tlie man
thus robbed, clamorously demanded tho
worth of the watch and chain from the
showman, and tho latter on the case be
ing carried before a magistrate, was
compelled to pay forty- francs damages,
notwithstanding all the warnings he had
given to beware of the greedy birds.
And there is Mr. James Parton, au
thor of the life of Horace Greeley, whom
I occasionally meet. Jim is five feet
and ten inches, very modest—wears his
hair long, and don’t believe in a devil.
—Fanny Fern.
Ah, Fanny, though Jim didn’t believe
in a devil before he was married, are you
quite sure that Jim hasn’t changed his
mind since?— Prentice.
The Bight Man Come at Last;
OR THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE.
It was with no ordinary pride and
satisfaction that wo lately had the hon
or of an introduction to one of the
most-eminent men of the age, the Eng
lish physician, Professor Thomas Hollo
way, a gentleman who has done more
for tho advancement of medical science
than any other that can be named, not
excluding such renowned “ savans” as
Abercrombie, Rush, Clark or Majendie.
The Professor has been recently travel
ling in the United States, having visited
this country for the purpose of establish
ing a depot for the sale of his medicines
in New York. It is true that our pub
lic have long been familiar with his great
reputation, but, partly owing to the
heavy duty imposed upon impor e.l
medicines, and partly to the unwilling
ness of physicians and druggists to ad
vance the interests of a professional
brother, whose superior knowledge and
skill threatened to cast their own pre
tentions into the shade, the sale (although
great) in America of his wonderful rem
edies has not yet equalled the enormous
demand which exists throughout the
whole of Europe, Australia, tho East
Indies, and most other parts of the
civilized world. It was for this reason
that the Professor, a few months ago,
determined to make New York the loca
tion of a great American depot for the
preparation and sale of his medicines,
rivalling in extent and usefulness his
celebrated establishment in London,
which, as all travellers know, is one of
the “institutions" of that city. We
have reason to congratulate ourselves,
and especially our sick and afflicted
fellow citizens, upon his felicitous resolu
tions.
For proceeding step by step, on strict
ly scientific principles, the Professor, at
tho early part of his career, attained to
a discovery, which placed him above all
competition in the tiiumphs of the
healing art. lie noticed how much of
the boasted medical knowledge of the
present day was empirical, and how little
was really known of the laws of human
physiology. Continuing his investiga
tions, a happy thought struck him, like
an inspiration, and he located the seat of
every disease, —no matter what its na
tore and diagnosis,—in the blood. The
blood has vitality;—the blood is alive ;
it is indeed in the language of Scripture,
“the life of man.” If that stream of
existence is impure, how can the human
being be otherwise than feeble, exhaust
ed, emaciated and afflicted by various
forms of disease? To purify tho blood,
and lo.'p it pure, is virtually, to banish
sickness from the earth. Here, then is
hope for the sufferer. The poor invalid,
despairing of recovery, may go forth
into the world a renovated and strong
man. Professor Holloway’s treatment
eradicates all our ailments ; whether they
are of the stomach, liver, kidneys, lungs,
heart or skin, he refers their origin to
the blood and restores the apparently
diseased organ to pristine and perfect
health. Knowing this, as we do, from
the experience of our friends, as well as
from our own, we discharge hut a Sa
maritan duty to the public, by a cordial
recommendation of Holloway’s Pills and
( i itment—the former for internal de
rangements of the system; the latter
for external application to wounds and
sores, which have resisted every other
so-called remedy.— N. V. Atlas.
Mutton,
We mean to report at least a thou
sand limes, or till what we say has some
effect on our countrymen, that a pound
of lean, tender, juicy mutton can be
raised for half the cost of the same
quantity of fat pork; that it is infinitely
healthier food, especially in the summer
season; is more agreeable to the palatry
when one gets accustomed to it; and
that those wlio eat it become more raus
ctilr.r, and can do more work with great
er ease to themselves than those who
eat fat pork. We know nothing more
delicate than smoked mutton hams of
South-down breed of sheep—venison
itself is not superior. Sheep can be
kept in fine growing order where other
domestic animals will scarcely exist
and thousands of acres in the State,
under an enlightened system of sheep
husbandry, may be made to pay a good
interest where now they are nearly dead
property in the hands of their present
owners.— American Agriculturist.
Senatorial Changes. —On the 4th
of March, 1857, the senatorial terms of
tho following gentlemen will expire:
J. B. Weller,of California; IsaacToucy,
of Connecticut; Hannibal Hamlin, of
Maine; Jessee D. Bright, of Indianna;
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts;
Lewis Cass, of Michigan ; John R-
Thompson, of New Jersey ; Hamilton
Fish, of New York; Richard Brodhead,
of Pennsylvania; Chas. T. James, of
Rhode Island ; Solomon Foote, of Ver
mont; Henry Dodge, of Wisconsin.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
Cambria.
The Cotton market was reported quiet
but prices were unchanged. Sales of
the five days (Monday was the day after
Easter, and a partial holyday,) 42,000
bales; of which Exporters took 4,'500
and Speculators 7,200 bales.
Fair Orleans, 6fc; Middling Orleans,
s|c; Fair Uplands, ; Middling Up!
lands 5 13-10.
The provision market is very inactive
and Flour has declined one shilling, and
wheat 3d. Consols closed at 925.
The final accomplishment of the treaty
of peace, by the Paris Conference, has
not yet been effected, but it is confident
ly announced that all the dificulties at
tending it are removed, and that the
treaty will be signed in a few days.
Further by the Cambria."
Ibo steamship America arrived at
Liverpool on the 20th and the Baltic on
the 28th of March.
Inc deliberations of the Conference at
Paris, on the 27th, were said to haro
been of a very important character, and
it was confidently believed that tho treaty
of peace had been signed. On the 24th
it was announced by the Emperor Na
poleon that he expected the final settle
ment to be completed sooner than the
- . th, and he had ordered suitable de
monstrations for the occasion.
Prussia’s claims were earnestly resist
ed by Lord Clarendon, which caused
considerable delay. Clarendon’s views,
however, prevailed, and his policy so
arranged that the Allies were to sign
one Protocol, and a second Protocol
should ho drawn up and signed by the
Allies and Prussia jointly.
London Times dislike the demon
strations in favor of peace, and intimates
that the people of England will be dis
contented with tho terms arranged at
Paris.
The armistice between the eontend
ing powers has riot been posilively pro
longed, but telegraphic despatches liavo
been forwarded to the Crimea not to
renew hostilities without express orders
to that effect.
Additional by the Cambria*
The peace arrangements had not been
concluded, but it had been announced
that all the difficulties had been settled
and that the treaty would bo signed in a
tew days. Ihe opinion was strongly
expressed that the conference would re
solve itself into a European Congress.
I he French in the Crimea were dying
at the rate of 200 per day. The Allies
were demolishing, the enclosed lines
around Sebastopol. The Turkish and
Russian forces had been largely re
inforced. Iho Russian commissioners
hud commenced operations for the aban
donment of Nieolaief as a military posi
tion.
Mr. Buchanan was to have left Europe
in the l'. fe. mail steamship Arago on
the oth inst. for New York.
Parma had been declared in a stale
of siege on account of tho frequent dis
turbances and assassinations committed
there.
Dost Mahomed had taken possession
of Candabar, and the Persian troops
were inarching against him.
Important from Central Ame
rica.
New \ork, April 16. —The steamer
George Law, Capt. Herndon, from
Aspinwall, with Cal.fornia mails, has ar
rived. She brings $1,500,000 in gold.
lhe war against Nicaragua is very
popular among the inhabitants of Costa
Lien, lhe number of troops levied to
prosecute the war against Gen. Walker
is said to be nine thousand. At Punta
Arenas, the principal part of Costa Rica,
a large body of troops are concentrat
ing, as it affords easy access by good
roads, to most portions of the interior.
It is stated that large numbers of for
eigners are tendering their services to
the Government to operate against Nic
aragua.
The prisoners captured in the late bat
tle, and shot by the Costa Ricans, were
principally Irish and Germans.
A total defeat of the army of Gen.
Walker was confidently predicted.
Population and Wealth of the
Country. —The New York Herald pub
lishes a table of tho population and
wealth of the United States in 1855,
which puts down the total population at
27,114,287, and the total wealth $8,625,-
093,172. The population in 1850 was
23,323,714, and the wealth $0,024,666,*
886. The population of the Western
States increases nearly as rapidly as that
of California, whilst that of the Territc*
lies runs far ahead of that auriferous re
gion. The Southwestern slaveholding
States have increased in population and
wealth nearly twice as rapidly as the
New Engand States.
The relative increase of wealth iufive
years is double that of population.