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T. A. BURKE, EDITOR.
MAEISON, GEORGIA:
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1850.
on; WEEKLY CHAT,
II ith Headers and Correspondcnts.
We have long been of opinion that
many of tlie Northern book publishers
"'ere the most shameless set of scoundrels
the sun ever shone on. We were not,
however, prepared to believe any of them
guilty of so dastardly an act of injustice
ns has lately been brought to light T. 15.
Peterson, of Philadelphia, recently an
nounced anew work, “ Courtship and Mar
riage, or the Joys and Sorrows ot American
Life;” which he declared to be the last
and best work of the gifted Southern au
thoress, Caroline Lee Hkntz. The Ma
rianna (Fla.) Patriot , is authorised by the
children of the deceased to give it a Hat
contradiction. No such hook was ever
written by Mns. Hkntz —and the publish
er has published a lie in every one of his
announcements. We agree with the Pa
triot that “it is shameful that such a sfig
nis should have been put upon the reputa
tion of as gifted an authoress—especially
so soon after her demise.'’ We hope that
the press generally will give this matter
publicity. We charge Mr. Peterson noth-
ing for our notice of him.
The last Annual Catalogue of Frank
lin College shews (lie number of students
in attendance to bo 112. We notice that
the standard of scholarship has been very
Hindi raised. After 1857, “candidates for
admission into the Freshman Class will he
examined on all the studies which have
heretofore been required for admission into
the Sophomore Class. This elevation of
the standard will enable the Professors to
inako their courses much more extensive
and thorough. Especially will this prove
true in the department* of Mathematics
nnA ancient Languages. It will also ne
cessitate a change in the schedule of these
studies, requiring for admission to the
higher classes an acquaintance with them
propotionally increased.” 'Phis increased
requisition, however, will only apply to
the next classes entering.
There is an anecdote of Sidney
Smith on our first page which is very
characteristic of the man. In spite, how
ever, of his reputation and habit* us a di
ner-out and bon vivant , lie gives in some
of his letters most excellent advice on the
subject of temperance. In one of them he
says ho never knew of any one eating or
drinking ns little ns was good for his health.
He speaks, in a letter to his particular
friend, Lady Holland, decidedly in favor of
total abstinence from all fermented liquors,
lie had abandoned them himself, and
writes: “I not only was never better,
but never half so well. Indeed, I find that
I have been very ill all my life without
knowing it. J.et me state some of the
goods arising from abstaining from all fer
mented liquors: First, sweet sleep. Hav
ing never known what sleep was, I sleep
like a baby or a plough boy. If I wake
no needless terrors, no black visions of life
but pleasing hopes and recollections; Hol
land House past and to come! If I dream
it is not oflions and tigers, but of Easter
dues and tithes. Secondly, I can take lon
ger walks and make greater exertions
without fatigue. My understandings im
proved, and 1 comprehend political econ
omy. I see better without wine and
spectacles than when I used both. Only
one evil ensues from it —I am in such ex
travagant spirits that 1 must lose blood or
look out for someone who will bore and
depress me. Pray leave otV wine—the
stomach quiet, at rest; no lieaatburn, no
pain, no distension!”
the temptation to quote the following
graphic description of cold water. It is
from the pen of Gough, the celebrated
Temperance orator, and is, we tliink, very
beautiful: “The Eternal Father of us all
lias brewed it for his children. Jtlias been
produced, not in filthy distilleries, but in
beautiful, fragrant places. It lias been
brewed down in yon grassy dell, where
the deer linger and the rippling rills sing
tlieir wild lullaby; or away upon the
mountain tops, where the blazing sun has
lighted it up with the heavenly fire; or
silar olf upon the ocean, where showers
and storms are born. It sparkles in the
ice-gem. It makes the graceful frost tis
sue on which the moonlight plays. It
dallies in the cataract; weaves the snow
wreath and the emerald settings on the
mountain peak. Jt never injures, hut al
ways dot's good. It is blessed always, at
evening and at morning. It is ever benef
icent and kind. God made it glorious.
Take and drink. Take the pure liquid
which God, our father, gave us. Take it
as it is—bright, beautiful and blessed.”
An Indiana sheriff lately made the
following model return upon a writ; ‘Sarv
*d the within, but was Jit by the woman
with brickbats, so that I couldn't sane
,(/” Another official, more classic than
lijs broflieg chip, entered upon the back of
a warrant, which he had attempted to
serve on a fellow for horse stealing:—
“Aoa comat thus in swampihus up stumpi
lus rails," which lwcg literally interpre
ted means, that the fellow had run into a
swamp, climbed up a stump by means of a
rail and had drawn the rail after him! In
tke days .of Salem witchcraft, a magistrate
sentenced a convicted woman to be hung
fig! fillil
by the neck till she teas dead and buried!
and the astute officer made a return accord*
ingly on the back of the writ.
A love-sick BtVain t Who signs him*
Self “Joiix,” has sent us a flaming pelce of
“poemtry” addressed to his lady-love.—
Poor fellow 1 he must be in a bad way, if
liis verses are any evidence of his “fet
links.” Bear witness, gentle reader, to
! what we say—here is the first verse:
“Oh! I’ollv Ann, oh! Polly Ann,
You arc my heart's desire,
If you don't marry me rightoflF,
I’ll jump into the fire.”
Don’t do it, John! you’ll make a fool of
i yourself and Polly Ann will laugh at you.
Bead the “Complete letter Writer,” cul
tivate a moustache, or do any other des
perate thing, but don’t jump into the fire.
You’ll be sure to get burnt if you do.—
You might compromise matters by putting
your verses into the fire, if you ever write
any more, which we would advise you not
to do. At any rate. John, don’t send us
any more of.’em; we’ve “had a plenty.”
“Susie Snowdrop” contributes a
pretty little poem this week—(or which
see our first page. We have another in
hand from her, which will be served up in
our next. She writes well, and we shall
he glad to hear from her whenever she
likes, Our fair correspondent “Peggie”
is rattier hard on the hats. Her com
munication will appear next week. Our
much respected correspondent, “ Practi
cal,” will, we trust, write often. Ho is
always welcome.
Next Tuesday—wind and weather
permitting—we shall take “a ride on the
rail ” as far as Stone Mountain, to witness
the inauguration of Messrs. Clark &
Alexander’s new Hotel. We are glad to
know that these gentlemen have erected a
house worthy of one of our greatest won
ders of Nature. It ought to he a place of
great resort, and we feel confident will he,
now that guests are sure of finding ample
accommodations. We know whereof we
do affirm when we pronounce the new
house one of the finest hotel buildings in
Georgia, and its proprietors model land
lords. l.ong may they wave.
A GLANCE AT THE MIDDLE AGES.
Thero are periods in the existence of na
tions as well as in the lives of individuals,
when a total and radical change prevades
the entire system. As childhood differs
from youth, youth from manhood and
manhood from old age, so, we learn from
history, nations are compelled to travel,
the same circuitous route before they reach
thicr final destiny prescribed by the laws
of Providence.
Such a powerful change occtirod in the
existence of the Teutonic nations, when Pe
ter, the hermit, first bore the cross of Christ
through Central Europe, calling on the
strong, the feeble, the gallant and the gen
tle, the mighty and the weak, to take up
that cross and bear it far away over the
rugged mountain peaks of the Alps, the
sunny plains of Italy, and the stormy
waves of the Mediterranean, to the sandy
shores of Palestine—the Holy Land.
The history of those powerful tribes,
who, emanating from the Central portions
of Asia, had wrested the empire of the
Universe from the hands of the Romans
and established their sway from the month
of the Danube to the Pyrenees, was for
centuries buried in darkness. Actuated
by scarcely any other motives than those
of aggrandisement and unceasing warfare,
which even the soothing spirit of Christi
anity was unable to abate, the sword was
tlieir only code of laws, and the exploits
of the camp the highest aim of their fancy.
But when the fantastic monk raised the
standard of religious zeal amongst them,
and invited them to leave home and coun
try, wife and children, and everything
most dear to them, that they might re
cover the holy sepulchre from the polluting
hand of the Saracen, their whole nature
seemed to ho changed, ns if by magic.—
With religious zeal was mingled a spirit of
romance and chivalry. War and adven
ture wore no longor the result of brutal
designs, but were prompted by motives of
mental enlightment.
It may be said with truth, that the Cru
sades were the fostering nurses of modern
poetry and romance. The love for every
thing of an ennobling character was awa
kened among both higher and lower class
es. The courts and camps of princes were
enlivened by the strains of minstrels who
related the deeds of heroes or sung of the
charms of valor, and of beauty, its reward.
Who, in the least familiar with tho histo
ry of that period does not remember the
celebrated troubadour, Bloiulel, who sat
in the tent of Richard, tho Lion-hearted,
when that monarch was lying on his
couch of sickness, and as he touched the
siver strings of his lute, lulled tho suffering
K ing with songs of his noble deeds and bis
far distant home.
In the South of France, at this time,
love and chivalry were the theme of the
minstrels of Provence, a school of poets,
which even at the present time is esteemed
the best of French lyrics. But it was in
Germany that, immediately after the close
of the Crusades, poetry and its kindred
arts dourislied in great perfection. The
Emperors bestowed their particular pat
ronage upon these noble objects. At the
close of a tournament, the minstrels would
appear and sing before the assemblage of
Knights and courtly dames, each endeav
oring to outvie the other. Os these min
strels three were renowned above all oth
ers. These were Walfrau Von Eschenbach,
Walter Von Vegelweide, and Klingsohr,
of Hungary. They held a grand tourna
ment of song at the Wartburg, a noted
castle in Thnringen, (afterwards celebrated
as the i>la£p where Luther translated the
Bible) which resulted in the defeat of
Klingsohr. The poor Hungarian was so
much distressed at the triumph won by
the superior skill of his two German an*
tagonists, that he Wellt back to his hative
land, and hanging his harp in his father's
hall, like a sick bird, he sung no more.
But it was not alone among the high
born that music and poetry flourished—
they had devout worshippers among the
lower classes, especially among the me
chanics and artisans. It was but a natu
ral consequence of the feudal institutions
and a peculiar trait of the times that the
laboring man, as well as the peaceful in
habitant of the country, sought refuge with
In the walls of fortified cities, rather than
dwell in the open country, where they
would be constantly subjected to the in
roads and depredations of wandering
knights. There were two cities of Germa
ny, especially which greatly increased in
population at this time, both from the
causes already mentioned, and the fact that
they hod almost the entire monopoly of
the Commerce of the North-western por
tions of Eurojie to the Levant as at that
time tlie passage around the Capo had not
been discovered. These two cities were
Nuremberg and Augsburg. AneasSylvius,
a celebrated writer, of that time, who was
afterwards elevated to the papal chair,
tells us that the wealth of the people of
Nuremberg was so great that they ate their
food from dishes of gold and silver, and
that the wives of tho commonest citizens
were decorated with costly jewels. They
not only cultivated the art of getting rich,
hut paid attention to the higher sciences.
The mechanics formed associations among
themselves for the purpose of inventing
verses and composing music, and it was
with these mechanics that the lyric poetry
of Germany found its birth. One Hans
Lax, a shoemaker, was particularly re
nowned for his talents in the art of rhym
ing. The following lines, written by him,
of himself, commences n poem which, at
this day, is familiar to all Germans:
“An honest shoemaker was Hans Lax,
And a poet too was he.”
At this time, also, wo observe the first
dawning of the love for the drams. The re
ligious tendency of tlie people gave them
no choice other than from sacred subjects,
and they, therefore, gave way to their dra
matic longings in the so called “six days
of Lent,” when sacred subjects nnd com'c
scenes were mingled promiscuously togeth
er. One of the principal comic characters
in these plays was nalned “Pickled Her
ring,” whose nature much resembled that
of the facetious Italian Punchinello.
We have already made this article too
long. It will, we hope, serve to awaken
in the minds of our readers anew inter* st
in that wonderful period in tlie world’s
history, known as *• the Dark Ages.” So
hoping, we shall hereafter advert to the
subject.
COL. FREMONT ANI) MR. BENTON.
It is-pretty generally believed that Col.
J. C. Fremont will he the Black Republi
can candidate for the Presidency. His re
cent letter to Mr. Robinson was intended
to commend him to that party, xvlio were
already talking about him in connection
with the office, and it has had the desired
effect.
The Washington correspondent of tlie
Savannah Journal details a conversation
between Col. Fremont nnd his father-in
law, Col. Benton, from which it appears
that “Old Bullion” objects ro his receiv
ing tlie nomination. What effect this will
have on tho further course of this valiaut
South Carolina black republican, remains
to be seen. Here is the conversation re
ferred to:
“ I perceive, sir, said Mr. Benton, a day
or two ago, “ I perceive, sir, that you are
prominently named for the Presidency,
Col. Fremont.”
“ So I perceive,” replied Fremont.
“Can you tell mo why they named
you, sir ?” asked the veteran.
“ Certainly, sir,” was the reply—for
Mr. Fremont knows the temper of the
old gentleman —“ certainly, sir. It’s be*
cause I am your son-in-law! ”
“ Yes, sir, it is sir; it is because you
aro my son-in-law, sir, and because I have
merits, sir.”
One who is not to be liere named
promptly exclaimed: “ Mr. Fremont has
merits of his own ! ”
“He has,” said Mr. Benton. “ Certain
ly very great merits; but if lam to give
counsel in this matter, Colonel Fremont
will permit himself to be a candidate for
the Presidency upon neither my merits
nor his own. No, sir, (looking Mr. Fre
mont sternly in the face.) “ No, sir, with
my assent, sir, you will be a candidate
upon no grounds whatever, sir.”
“ I am no candidate,” said Mr. Fremont.
—“ If my name is to lie used, it will not
be through my agency.”
TOE WEATHER.
There were slight frosts in this place on
Monday and Tuesday mornings—not suffi
cient, however, to do any damage, so far
as we have learned. Tho dust has been
quite troublesome. On Wednesday morn
ing there was a “ sprinkle” of some hours
continuance, but the weather cleared up
in the afternoon, and we are once more
“ as dry as a powder house.”
AUGUSTA ADVERTISEMENTS.
Messrs. Lallerstedt <fc Deming adver
tise a large stock of Dry Goods. Mr. D.
is a native of our town and well known
among us as an enterprising business man.
Wm. Shear lias received his Spring sup
plies. Mr. S. sells exclusively for cash,
and at astonishly low prices. He adverti
ses largely, a good evidence that he does a
large business and can afford to sell on
good terms. See his advertisement.
COLEMAN’S COSMOKAMA OF THE
* RUSSIAN AVAR.
This really meritorious exhibitlonhas
been In our town for the last two days.—
We cannot, in consequence of the crowded
state of our columns, enter into a detailed
notice, but can assure all who have not
yet visited them that the paintings are
well worthy of attention. They are well
executed and gives us a correct and life
like view of scenes made memorable by
the greatest war which has agitated the
world since the days of Napoleon. Mr.
Coleman will open in Atlanta, on Mon
day night, and we commend him to the
press and people of that city.
Written for the Family Visitor.
FLIRTATIONS.
Flirting is a sin which is practised by
the young of both sexes to an alarming
extent, and looked upon as a mere nothing
—a simple source of amusement. They
do not once consider that they are jeop
ardizing their honor—violating vows ut
tered before high heaven —vows sealed
with the lips which they have prayed
God would never utter falsehood.
It has been practised more or less in all
ages and in every country, but in none to
such an ciiormity as in our own. It is
true that in some of the Eastern countries
it is customary, but generally among tlie
lower classes; hut here it is a common
thing in the best society, and is frequently
practised by those connected with the
church, and reputed to he good and pious
members.
A young man, apparently a gentleman
iu every respect, is introduced by \t\tspar
ticular friend to a young lady of “ sweet
sixteen.” Ilis friend has known him for
some time, believes him to he ngentleman,
nnd represents him in that character. As
soon as he is introduced to the young lady
and becomes partially acquainted, lie be
gins to imagine that he sees something in
the glance of her eye, which betokens that
if she does not love, she surely admires
him. He quotes from Byron and Moore
all the beautiful strains on love that he
can collect from some hook of “ Poetical
Quotations,” (lie has never read tlie works
themselves,) and finally hints that he loves
her! She waives the suhjeet, astonished
and surprised, of course, that she has won
the love of any one on so short an ac
quaintance! She concludes that the man
must be either crazy or jesting. He smiles
and liints again and again that he loves
her, but she doesn’t appear to understand
him, until finally he is compelled to tell
her in plain words ti nt she is the object
of his love—that he loves her and no one
else. “ Love me ?” she exclaims. “ What
a curiosity you are! a perfect prodigy,
indeed!” lie presses his suit, xvoos her
more and more assiduously—tells her he
knows it is strange that he should he
smitten with her so soon, lint it was really
true. He hopes that if she cannot reci
procate his attachment, that she will par
don his presumption. She neither an
swers him in the affirmative nor negative.
He is not discouraged, but takes his leave,
determining to cull soon again.
W’e will follow him till he meets with
his associates, and hear him tell them
that lie has fallen desperately in lovo with
a certain young lady over tlie way, and
adds that Bhe is rich, intellectual and
pious (mentioning her wealth flrst, of
course) ; but remarks that he is only going
to carry on a little flirtation for amuse
ment, to pass off idle hours, which would
otherwise hang heavily on his hands.
Days pass on, and he assiduously presses
his suit, hut she is rather perverse. “Oh!”
he exclaims, “ if I could only get her to
acknowledge that she loves me, I would
be satisfied.” In the o airse of time, in
her “confiding nature’’ and “trusting
heart,” she does lovo him, and makes tlie
acknowledgment, trusting tier whole hap
piness for better or worse in the hands of
her pretended lover. The engagement
ring is placed on her hand—the lovers’
kiss is exchanged, and the anathemas of
heaven are called down upon them if they
should ever prove false. Foolish girl!
You have been deceived ky tlie insinuating
smile and deceitful promises of a perfidu
ons wretch 1
A correspondence of the most affection
ate nature is carried on between them, till
the flirt either meets up with another
lady, whom he wishes to deceive, or gets
tired of the correspondence, when lie
writes to her that “ Owing to certain cir
cumstances, one of which is the opposition
of his parents to the marriage, and others
which he need not mention, he deems it
necessary and prudent that the engagement
should be broken off." He begs that they
may forget the past, and only be friends.
Cruel man! You have slandered your
parents and broken those vows which you
called a righteous heaven to witness—
“ vows more sacred than a mother’s
grave;” and to add more sin, if possible,
to the deed, you promise still to bo her
friend! Be her friend, when you have
blasted her hopes forever? Never, never!
Yes, indeed, her hopes are blasted 1 The
step has lost its elasticity—the eye has
lost its lustre, and those cheeks, once like
the rose of morning, have lost their fresh
ness. Ever after this she shrinks from
the voice of man, as she would from the
hissing of the serpent, and passes her days
in gloomy sadness.
“ The withered frame, the ruined mind,
The wretch by passion left behind;
A shrivelled scroll, a scattered leaf,
Seared by Autumn blasts of grief.”
But ours is not the only sex guilty of
this abominable practice. Woman, fair
woman, alike is guilty. Many a noble
man has felt the withering effects of wo
man’s treachery. Many an affectionate
son, the hope of fond and doting parents,
lias been deceived and ruined, and hasten-.,
ed to a premature grave by the deceitful*
coquetry of a female flirt. AYe write no,
imaginary tale or fancied dream—such un/
fortunate instances have come under oar
own observation.
AYe will not weary your patience longer,
We only beg you, kind reader, whether
male or female, if you are accustomed to
practice this sin, to consider that you are
trampling under foot the breathing love
of some true and honest heart; and we
know, if you have the common feelings of
sympathy or humanity, you will desist
from it for ever. And you who are inno
cent of this crime, die innocent, and you
will have one huge sin less to answer for
at the judgment bar of God.
Black,tods, S. C. TEMPE.
Written fur the Visitor.
LAMENTATIONS OF GENIUS—
From the days of Chaucer, Chatterton,
Burton and later to Byron, and now we
have the dirge of Lamartine, perhaps the
finest poetical genius living. All singing
of the fate of destiny! destiny! We im
agine the evil lies in cultivating burning
exubuant ideas, so far from actual life as
it is, and pourtrayingso much of life as it
is not, that disappointment, a sourness, a
misanthropical disposition becomes the up
permost feeling; and life becomes a bur
den hi fee age finishes it’s work; uni
man dies a victim to misguided zeal. The
strings of the harp are stretched too much.
We fear the same remarks will apply to
an over thirsty disposition, too prevalent
amongst our young people in reading the
thousands of novels which are flooding the
land—full of Counts, Lords, Countesses
and ladies as heroes —with plots, schemes,
duels and all kinds of evils varnished up,
making tlieir readers unhappy, and com
plaining like Lamartine, of the evils of
destiny! PRACTICAL.
PEN-AND-SCISSORINGS.
Hon. B. C. A’anecy, President of the last
Alabama Senate, has purchased a residence
in Atlanta, and will shortly remove to that
city The New Orleans Agent of the
Nicaraguan Government denounces the
story of Col. Selilesinger’s defeat as a false
hood. lie says that an account has been
received at head quarters that Col. Schles
singer had only 250 men attacked by near
lp 8,000 Costa liicans, when they retreat
ed to San Juan Old Mr. Singlestick
mystified a tea-party by remarking that
women were facts. AVhen pressed to ex
plain his meaning, he said “ Facts are stub
born things.”... .The Romo Advertiser
states that the Rome railroad “ pays a
larger dividend upon the capital invested
than any other road whatever in the
state.”.... Punch says that editors are
very apt to have manners spoiled, because
they receive such vast numbers of evil
communications The first private ex
ecution in Virginia took place in Bedford
county last Friday, when a slave was
hung for killing Capt. Robinson Last
week Col. Browne, of King George coun
ty, A'a., caught 50,000 herrings nnd many
shad at a single haul in the Potomac
It is stated that a gentleman in Boston
during the past winter had S7OO worth of
trees destroyed by mice A lazy fol
low up north spells Tennessee thus—lOac.
He is supposed to be a relative of the man
who spells Andrew Jackson thus—&ru
Jaxn The Bank of tlie State of Geor
gia has declared a semi-annual dividend of
seven per cent A merchant at Sutn
terville, S. C., has been detected and ap
prehended for being engaged in negro
stealing Hun. John P. Kennedy, of Bal
timore, arrived in Savannah on Tuesday.
. ...Shad are selling in Washington City
at ten cents a piece Capt. Casey, In
dian Agent, Tampa, Fla., has offered
premiums varying from one to five hun
dred dollars for the capture of live Indians.
Rev. John E. Edwards, of Richmond
Va., lately preached in the AVesleyan Chap
el in Paris, France The telegraph is
now in working condition to Athens in
this State The Cholera and Isthmus
Fever are prevailing, with fatal results,
in portions of Central America The
more earnest Atheists of London have
established Sabbath schools for children, in
which they* propagate their doctrines
The reported recall of Mr. AYheeler, our
Minister to Nicaragua, is contradicted
John F. Adair, a venerable and much res
pected citizen iu Atlanta, died in that city
on the 6th inst Mr. J. T. Taylor has
become associated with Col. J. AV. Dodd
in the editorial department of tlie Rome
Southerner Mayor Wood, of New
York, is coming South, ne has consent
ed to lecture before the ladies, Mount
Vernon Association at Richmond, Va.,
early in May. Subject, “The character
and genius of Alexander Hamilton.”....
The proprietor of a bone mill advertises,
that those sending their own bones to be
ground, will be attended to with punctu
ality and dispatch The AVatersof the
earth are navigated by 145,000 vessels, of
12,904,687 tons—so says a German Maga
zine Boston has 6000 more females
than males, while Chicago lias about fif
teen thousand more males than femalos.
....Eleven schooners arrived at Norfolk
on Monday from North Carolina laden with
sweet potatos principally for planting
The man, Baker, who shot Poole, in New
York, soiuo time since, is being tried for
the offence a second time The Terri
torial Committee of the House of Repre
sentatives have matured a bill providing
for the admission of Kansas into the
Union with the free State constitution
adopted at Topeka The city of Mobile
has paid off $200,000 subscription bonds to
the Ohio and Mobile road, which fell due
on the Ist inst Rev. Dr. Sprague, of
New York, lias been engaged lor a long
jtHne apon a “ History of American Di
£sf|Ws,” and hopes to complete it in abont
-a year from this time,.... A Brazilian in*
troduction is—This is my friend—if he
steals anything, I am accountable for it
... .Tfiere is more shipping in New Orleans
now than there has been at any one time
in six years It is the universalimpres
sion in New Orleans that the last sngar
crop will fall far short of the preceding
one A husband complains sadly at the
price of ducks.” His wife recently bought
three for $276 —vis: a “duck,” of a dress,
a “ duck ” of a parasol, and a “ duck ” of
a bonnet... Dr. Thos. E. Bond the edi
tor of the Christian Advocate & Journal,
died in New York, on the 14th inst. He
was about seventy-six years old A
young lady has written down in her al
bum, that kissing is a capital offence
Should you hapjien to catch yourself
whistling in a printing office, and the
compositors tells you to whistle louder—
don’t doit Gen. Robles, the new Mex
ican Minister, and suite have arrived in
Washington Mr. Thackeray will re
turn to England, during the month of
May The Legislature of Mississippi
has passed a bill authorizing parties to
contract for the payment of any rate of
interest not exceeding ten per cent, on
the renewal of any debt after maturity.
.... A proposition is on foot among the
Temperance, men to employ the Hon.
B. 11. Overby to lecture throughout the
State during the present year The
Journals of both branches of the last Leg
islature of Georgia have been printed,
and will soon be ready for delivery. The
laws will I e ready about the Ist of June.
....The Bank of Fulton is expected to
be in operation early in May'. J. B. Peck,
Esq., is spoken of as likely to receive the
appointment of Cashier The wheat
crop of Virginia is said to look very thril
ty, and stands well upon the ground
Professor Lieber has recently discovered
valuable copper mines in York district,
South Carolina J. R. Valentine, Esq.,
recently Cashier of the Atlanta Bank,
lias removed to Lagrange, to take charge
of the Coshierahip of the Lagrange Bank.
....Commander George Adams, of the
United States Navy, died at his residence
in Baltimore on the 19th inst The
Mississippian, published at Jackson, an
on es that the office of Con n to Ha
vana has been tendered to Capt. A. K.
Blythe, of Yalobusha county, Miss
Trieste advices state that many of the
Japanese perished in the late earthquake
at Jeddo. The Emperor was saved
Judge Owen 11. Kenon, a prominent citi
zen of Upper Georgia, died suddenly, at
his residence, in Dalton, on the 16th inst.
....The Franklin (Term.) Review says:
—“ The wheat crop is remarkably un
promising in this county. The stand is
very bad.”... .In Americas they tax Bank
and Lottery agents and retail liquor deal
ers SIOO dollars each—Billiard tables SSO
each and Hotels and Ten pin alleys S3O
each Lager beer has been adopted by
the Upper Ten of New York as the fash
ionable drink. The fashion also prevails
to a considerable extent in Madison. If
people will drink, beer is better than rot
gut whiskey or bad brandy... .The pub
lication of Eugene Sue’s new book,““I a
Femme des Lettres,” lias been forbidden
by the Government of France, on account
of it* immoral tendency! Some hope for
France yet Edward Hazzard, of Glynn
county, aged sixteen, killed himself in
Waynesboro, lately, by the accidental dis
charge of his gun The West Point Ho
tel was burnt on Jthe 18th. Several other
buildings were also burned. Loss from
$15,000 to $20,000.
Religious Rifles.—We understand
that the R—d H—y W and B—cher,
in giving out the morning hymn last
Sunday, in his church in Brooklyn, to
the great horror of his congregation,
began thus :
Come holy rifle,
Heavenly arm,
With all thy sharp-set powers.
The reverend gentleman immediately
discovered the blunder he had made, by
the amazed look of his flock, and at
tempted to recover himself by sayingl :
“ Let us sing in the praise of Sharp’s
rifle.” He stopped again, and at last
succeeded in collecting his thoughts, so
that he could go on with the regular
service of the day; but in the course
of his sermon, when about to urgo his
hearers to fix their thoughts on things
above, he said, “ fix your bayonets,” but
directly mended his discourse, and went
on very well to the close, after which
he informed his people that he had
pledged his church, at a meeting in New
Haven, for twenty seven Sharpe’s rifles
to arm the Kansas emigrants with, to
enable them to shoot Missourians, and
he hoped that the members of his con
gregation would subscribe the needful
before they went out. — New York Sun
day Courier.
When Coleridge was offered a half
share in these two newspapers, the
‘Morning Post,” and “Courier,” by
which he could probably have secured
£2,000 a year, he replied, “ I will not
give up the country, and the lazy read
ing of old folios, for two thousand times
two thousand pounds; in short, beyond
£350 a year, I consider money as a real
evil.”
Many a man has rejoiced more in a
dungeon, than his persecutor in a palace.
From Kansas.
A spirited Kansas letter, dated Doni
phan, Kansas Territory, March 15 ) a p
peared in the New York Day Book of
Wednesday last. The following extract
shows what stuff the “ Border Ruffians ’
are made of:
When Abolitionists come among us
as settlers, we treat them with respect;
but when they come as bullies, we think
a different reception would be more be
fitting. Yet if it is their wish to come
with Sharp’s rifles, let them come. It
but renders them ridiculous in the eyes
of all intelligent men throughout the
Union; but if they should bring on a
collision, (which God forbid,) some of
them may repent it. It will be no child’s
play, then. No target shooting at six
or seven hundred yards with Sharp’s
rifles. No, no, we are too old for that—
w ■ are. A double barreled shot gen
with twenty buck shot in each barrel, a
pair of Colt’s revolvers, and a bowie'
knife—a sudden charge—close quarters
—and the thing is done. Sharp’s rifles
will do very well in an open fight, where
men attack by rule, and kill as science
directs, but against us “Border Ruffians”
—bah! We say let them come and
bring their rifles, and my word for it
they will never use them more than once.
We are accused of all crimes in the
calendar, from bullying to cowardice.
So be it. It pleases our associates with
out hurting us. This and more we will
bear for the preservation of the Union.
But there is a limit to all things. Wo
are in the grand vortex, and can feel
the danger. The floodgates of passion
are up; one blow and all is over. Home
country friends, and the institutions of
our fathers are all at stake, and to bo
lost or won at one grand hazard. This
we have weighed and pondered well-
It was this that stayed the hand of tho
“ Border Ruffian ” at Lawrence last De
cember, where fifteen hundred men
came together at tire call «.f the Govern
or, under fearful excitement, to protect
their friends and enforce the laws, and
yet they quietly dispersed to their homes
without ono riotous demonstration or
one unmanly act. And, believe trn,
there were not any three hundred ot
the number who would not have been
willing to have staked their lives upon
taking Lawrence without assistance.
Missourians are charged with oro-an
izing and arming troops for the purpose
of invading Kansas. Now this could
not have been done without my knowing
something about it, and I assure vou
there is nothing of the kind among tiro
“Border Ruffians.” They have formed
an Emigrant Aid Society to counteract
the effects ot the gigantic monopoly
that the Slate of Massachusetts organ
ized, and nothing more.
Fashionable Ladies Chagrined.
The Paris correspondent of a New
York cotemporary furnishes the follow
ing:
It was lately announced that an ex
ceedingly brilliant auditory, amongst
which were many very elegantly dress, and
ladies, attended, at Beilin, a lecture on
chemistry, delivered by one of the most
celebrated chemists of his age. After
witnessing a number of beautiful experi
ments and hearing of the marvels of
science, a young lady grew fatigued, and
requested her husband to lead her from
the hall.
“My love,” said the gentleman, on
reaching the landing place outside,
“ wipe your cheek, there’s a large bluo
spot upon it.”
The lady, much surprised, turned to
look at her reflection in the mirrowed
window of a shop they were passing
and was almost petrified to observe that
the rouge on her cheeks had become
blue, in consequence of the chemical de
composition occasioned by the gas the
professor had used in making his experi
ments. She quickly wiped her face, aud
stifled her vexation in the thought that
she should find herself amply revenged
upon the other ladies in the ball. In
reality, the lecture closing at this mo
ment, the audience began to disperse,
and the gentleman and his wife almost
burst with laughter at the sight of cheeks
of yellow, blue, black, violet and other
colors, which now made their appearance
in the street. Some of the ladies, who
had manufactured for themselves ivory
complexions, rosy cheeks, coral lips and
ebony eyebrows, were so transformed
that they would have excited the envy
of a peacock.
Rather Expeksive.— Launching an
imperial baby into the world appears to
be rather an expensive operation. Dr.
Dubois, aecoucber to the Empress Eu
genie, received SIOO,OOO as his fee.—
In addition to this, it is calculated that
the number of children born in France
on the 16th March, to all of whom the
Emperor and Empress are godfather
and godmother, must be about 2500.
Each child is to receive a gift of 3000
francs, making the total amount to be
given to children born on that day V
500,000 francs, or about a million and
a half dollars!