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ifamvli) Visitor rT'tfMeftf.n Clr hk.vjamin g. lid don. 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!