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PUBLISHED BY
BENJAMIN G. LIDDON.
T. A. BURKE, EDITOR.
MADISON, GEORGIA:
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 185 G.
OUR WEEKLY CHAT,
With Readers and Correspondents.
Our esteemed friends of the Penfield
Crusader have called our attention to the
fact that the book lately announced by
Pktersos of Philadelphia as Mrs. llentz’
last, is a collection ot stories reully written
by that lady, but heretofore published
under another name. We had already
seen tho statement in the newspapers and
intended to publish it —not because we
thought we had done tho publisher injus
tice, but merely that the public might know
how tho matter really stood. Wo can’t
see that it makes Peterson appear in any
better light than we left him in. lie is
certainly subject to the charge of down
right swindling—obtaining money under
false pretences. His intention was by giv
ing the book a now name, to creato tho im
pression that it was a now book, and thus
deceive the public into buying it. Indeed
he announced it as her last and best icork.
He’s a precious rascal, and we have not
written this, wc repeat, to do him justice.
The truth is, we think it better for him
not to have justice done him. Ho would
be a decided sufferer by tho operation.
on the part of everybody to magnify every
body else's little foibles into huge crimes—
to turn every little molehill into a moun
tain ? Most people when they look at the
sins of others use glasses of huge magnify
ing power, while their vision, when turned
inward, is either so much minnified ns to
render what they sec too insignificant for
serious consideration, or else so blinded
that they can see positively nothing.—
Here is a little scrap of philosophy, under
this head, the reading of which won’t do
any special harm: “The Devil has a
wonderful penchant for rebuking sin.—
Eyes which aro full of beams, have an
unaccountable clearness of vision in de
tecting motes in other eyes. Some peo
ple are brought into the world to ac
complish a marvelous mission, and that
mission is to ferret out obliquities in
others. Os course it is not expected that
these apostles have any business with
theinsulves; their mission is violent, and
does not admit of time to scrutinize their
own position. What profit is it that they
should pause to consider their own pecn
dillocs, when tho enormities of their neigh
bors loom up like mountains? So goes
the world over. Everybody minds every
body's business, but everybody neglects
bis own. What sort of a world would
this be, if we were without each other to
feed upon? Men have eyes and cars for
some purpose, and what else could they
find to do, if not to see and hear of each
other’s failings, derelictions, errors, trans
gressions, enormities? They have tongues
which must lio uselessly idle if not em
ployed in giving currency to such delin
quencies. So it is with man. The obli
q\jjtios of his offended brother furnish the
chief staple of conversational interest.—
Human error is the current coin of social
intercourse, and too often the coin comes
from the mint of the speaker’s brain."
Wo see it stated that Thackeray
sails, during the present month, for Eng
land. His second visit to this country,
like his first, has been profitable and ho
goes home with more substantial reasons
for thinking well of us than any ot his
predecessors. Whether he will follow tho
example of Dickens, Captain MAUYArrnnd
Mrs. Trolloppe, and “blow us up” re
mains to be seen. Wo do not look upon
tho author of “Vanity Fair” as a great
man. Ho is a shrewd observer of human
nature and seems to have formed but a
poor idea of the English aristocracy. In
the way of crushing, merciless sattire, lie
lias no equal within our knowledge. And
then 'tis done with such an air of pleas
antry that the victim can only writhe in
secret without ever crying out.
Speaking of Thackeray calls to our
mind au anecdote which is very charac
teristic of the man. At a literary dinner
ho happened to be opposite Akops 15
Reach, a brother author. Never having
met him bofore, Thackeray addressed him
ns Mr. Reach, pronouncing tho name ns
most white people would have done.—
“Re-aok, Sir, Re-ack, if you please,” in
terrupted Mr. Reach, who is very partic
ular to have his name pronounced in that
way. Thackeray, of course, apologised—
blandly, and corrected his pronunciation.
But a short time after, having occasion to
pass a plate of peaches across the table, he
exclaimed in his own inimitable way, “Mr.
Re-ack will you take a pe-ack!”
There is another anecdote of Thack
eray which we must slip in here. It lias
never been published, we believe, but is
strictly true. While in Charleston, on the
occasion of his first visit to this country,
he was introduced at an evening party, to
Mrs. C , who was (and is) one of the
gayest ladies in the Palmetto city, and bv
common consent the leader of the upper
t*p. Thackeray had heard of her, and
when he was introduced said, “Mrs. C. I
am happy to meet you—Pee heard, Mad
ame, that you were a fast woman.” “ Oh,
Mr. Thackeray,” she replied with one of
her most fascinating smiles, “we must not
IViieve all wo hear. I had heard. Sir,
t'u' you were a gentleman
fUI Mliil
From the Publishers Circular, a
New York paper, we learn that the mania
for Dovel reading has very greatly declined
of late. Instead of a single hook yielding
a huge fortune to its publisher as lias been
the case, most of the novels and works of
light reading published during the winter
just past have proved unsuccessful, and it
is now said to be difficult to get a publish
er to take hold of such. The booksellers
throughout the country are either dimin
ishing their orders very considerably or
withdrawing them entirely. What arc
we to have next ? Will it be poetry, his
tory, biography, adventure, or will it be
something entirely new ? We shall see.
The Hat and Bonnet war promises
to he quite interesting. Last week Miss
Peggie had her say against the hats, and
in this issue Bon Dont-care-a cent takes
up the cudgels on tho other side. Bob is
a tight one and Miss Peogie will have her
hands full, we rather think. They are
both welcome to tho use of our columns,
until the matter has been decided one way
or the other. Keep it up lively.
Appropos of bonnets, hero are a
couple of verses to the “pint:”
March, inarch, change and variety,
Fashion than one month should never be older
March, march, hang all propriety,
All the girls’bonnets hang over the shoulder*
Never rheumatics dread 1
More and more bare the head !
The danger is naught hut an old woman's story!
Hack with your bonnet then,
Spite of the satiric pen,
Fight for the bounets that hang over the shoulder-
Come down in town where the young bucks are
gazing,
Come where tho wind from all quarters docs
blow j
Come from hot rooms where bright Area arc bla
zing,
Come with your faces and heads in a glow.
Natives astounding,
Slow folks confounding,
It makes the profile come out so much bolder;
Tlic world shah many a day,
Talk of the stupid way,
Girls wore tlieir bonnets once over the shoulder;
Please sing to tho tune of “The Blue
Bonnets aro over the border,” und let us bo
dismissed.
“Heliotrope's" charming verses are
most heartily welcome. They ore on file
for next week. We should like to bo
plated under frequent obligations to her.
Wo do her hilt simple justice when we say
that she lias true pootic talent—the genu
uine parnassian fire. We shall ho most
happy to have tho Visitor made the me
dium through which the public shall be
come better acquainted with her.
OUR EXCHANGES.
The Criterion.
This excellent publication has concluded
its first volume and entered upon a second-
It promises to he the most successful effort
yet made to get up a reliable critical jour
nal in this country. Its predecessor, tho
Literary World , though ably edited, failed
for want of support, and other like publi
cations havo met tho same fate. Such
works enn never hope to bo popular with
tho masses—at least for some time to
come. Tho title “chosen, and which ex
presses, ns nearly ns titles usually do, tho
idea of the paper, is apt to repel the mere
idler, who desires only to dawdlo on to
the grave without having ever ascertained
the powers of his mind; and tho character
of tluit which lias boon offered to the pub.
lie in its columns, is certainly not such as
the reading habits of a majority of people
have cultivated a taste for.” The editors
of the Criterion have, however, attempted,
and we think successfully, to combine the
entertaining with tho critical in its char
acter. Asa critical journal, wo aro glad
to know that it promises to he honest.—
Newspaper criticism, in this country, has
come to be more tho result of liko or dis
like, than of honest opinion, and we hail
with undisguised pleasure the advent of a
journal which, while it lias the ability to
judge, lias the honesty and boldness to
give expression to its views. The Criteri
on is a handsome journal of sixteen pages,
in form and appearance much liko the
London Atheneum , and is published at $3
a year. Address Oiiaiu.es li. Rode, No.
113 Nassau street, New York.
The Fireside Visitor.
A handsomely printed folio, bearing
this title comes to us this week from Phil
adelphia. In Mr. Cunteu, tho editor and
proprietor, we recognise an old acquain
tance. “ Bizarre,” of which ho was the
projector and long time editor, was a
work of rare merits, and wo only hope
that his present “wentur” maybe half as
successful as it deserves to he in his hands
-Miss Elea Rodman, a pleasing writer, is
assistant editor. Terms, $2 a year, in ad
vance. J. M. Citcrcii, Publisher, Phila
delphia.
The Portfolio.
Our old friend and favorite, tho Yan
kee Blade, is dead — a victim to a complaint
too common to the editorial fraternity
an overplus of non-paying subscribers !
We wore considerably surprised at the an
nouncement, lor we looked upon the
blade as one of the fixed fiicts in newspa
perdom—had supposed it to he “ flourish
ing like a green hay tree.” But not so—
it is defunct, and in its stead we havo a
handsome weekly, entitled as above.
While we sincerely regret the loss of the
one, we heartily welcome the other to our
sanctum. It is worthy to succeed our old
friend, and will oft remind us of the Ma
thews, who first put an edge on the Blade
and always kept it there. The Portfolio
is edited and published by Messrs. John
S. Sleeper & Cos, Boston, at $3 a year.
Lite Illustrated.
Nigbt glad are we to see the shining
face ot this old acquaintance, which has
just popped in upon us. We do it but
simple justice when we pronounce it the
handsomest weekly in the conntrv—nor is
this, by far, its only recommendation. It
is admirably conducted and deserves every
one of its many subscribers. The number
of May 3d, commences anew volume. A
good time to subscribe. Terms, $2 a year.
Fowlers <fc Wells, New York, Publishers.
The Spectator.
Last on our list, bnt prominent in onr
estimation, comes the Spectator, published
at Washington. Our old friend Pali.
llayne, of Charleston, is one of its editors,
and right well does he perform his dnty.
Among the contributors we notice the
names of W, Gilmore Simms, Col. Gray
son, of Charleston, Henry Timrod, Flor
ence May and others not unknown to
fame. In the next number will be com
menced an original nonvellette —“George
Montague: or sundry passages of an
regulated life—an autobiography.” Let
the Southern people give this paper a
hearty support. It is well worthy of it—
far more so than many of the Northern
papers, whose subscribers at the South are
“thick as leaves in Vallainbrosa.” Drop
the Saturday Evening Post and all such
abolition stuff, and take the Spectator. —
Terms, $2 a year. Atjgcsths F. Harvey,
Publisher, Washington, I>. G.
Any one of the papers noticed übove i
will he sent, with the Visitor, one year
for $3.
DEATn OF WM. C. DAWSON.
The startling intelligence of the death
of this distinguished Georgian roached us
on Tuesday last—the day of his death.
Judge Dawson was known and esteem
ed throughout the Union as a talented and
courtly gentleman,—a man of polished
manners and warm hearted, hospitable
and benevolent nature. Asa public officer
he was faithful and attentive to the in
terests of his constituents —as a man he
was noble and generous—as a neighbor lie
was kind and sympathizing. His loss will
he severely felt by those who knew him
best, at home, and by his fellow citizens
throughout the State and country.
The Augusta Constitutionalist publishes
tho following compilation, from White's
Historical Collections of Georgia:
“The Hon. W. C. Dawson was born in
| Greene county, Ga., and his academic
course was first taken under the direction
of the Rev. Dr. Cummins, and afterwards
at the county academy in Greensborongh.
At an early ago he entered Franklin Col
lege, and was graduated in 1810.
“ Upon leaving college, lie immediately
commenced the study of law in tho offieo
of the Hon Thomas W. Cobb, at Lexing
ton ; and at the expiration of a year lie
entered tho Law School at Litchfield,
Conn., under the care of Judges Reeve and
Gould. After taking a full course of lec
tures, lie returned to Greenesborough, was
admitted to the bar, and in a short time
ranked very high in his profession.
“In 1821, he was elected clerk of the
House of Representatives of the Slate
Legislature; and it is a proof of his fidelity
ns an officer, and his amiable character as
a man, that through frequent changes of
party supremacy, lie filled that office for
ten or oloven consecutive years. In 1828,
lie was appointed by the Legislature to
compile tho statutes of Georgia, which
duty he performed to the satisfaction of
tho General Assembly and the legal pro
fession. In 1845, lie was appointed by
Gov. Crawford to fill a vacancy on the
bench of the Ocmulgee Circuit. In 1834-
’5, ho represented Greene county in the
Senate. In 1830, ho was elected to Con
gress, and re-elected in 1838 and 1840.
“ Tho Creek und Seminole Indians in
Florida, and on tho lino of Georgia, lie
coming hostile in 1830, Judge Dawson
raised a company of volunteers, to the
command of which lie was elected, and,
under the authority of the State Govern
ment, took the field. Gen. Seott, who
had at that time taken the conduct of the
Florida war, gavo him a separato com
mand, and detailed him upon a special
service, which ho performed to the satis
faction of that gallant soldier.
“ In the winter of 1847, lie was elected
to the United States Senate, and at the
close of his term, retired to private life.”
THE TREATY OF FEACE.
A Turin paper (The Opinions) gives,
upon what it declares to be good authori
ty, tho following as tho conditions con
tained in the late treaty of peace:
1. Neutralization of the Black Sea.—
Russia not to keep more titan ten ships of
war armed tor the defence of the coasts.
2. Nicolaieff reduced to a merchant
port, with engagement that no ships of
war shall be constructed beyond the num
ber agreed to as above.
3. Russia to allow Consuls from all the
powers in the ports of the Black Sea and
the Baltic.
4. Bomarsund not to bo reconstructed
5. Russia cedes a part of the territory
of Bessarabia, comprising the fortress of
Ismail.
6. Russia renounces the exclusive pro
tectorate of the Danubian Principalities.
7. She equally renounces the protecto
rate of tho Greeks of the Ottoman empire.
8. The free navigation of the Danube is
guarantied to all States, without excep
tion.
The 9th article refers to the commission
to be sent into the Principalities to study
tho questions of tho frontiers and of the
mode of government.
It gives a flat denial to the report that
a stipulation had been made in favor of
Sardinia, and that the Italian question
would be discussed at large by the Pleni
potentaries in their supplemental meeting.
It is said that Russia will send an Ambas
sador to Paris, after the treaty is ratified.
We way therefore take it for granted that
peace is once more established in Europe.
What particular good has resulted to any
one of the belligerant parties we are una~
ble to see. England has certainly made a
losing business of it. She has not only
drawn largely upon her credit for means
to carry on the war, but has given unmis
takeable evidence that she is not half as
dangerous a nation as she seemed to he.
IMPORTANT TO CALIFORNIA COR
RESPONDENTS.
As many persons, in this and other por
tions of Georgia, where our paper circu
lates, have friends in California, we give
below the substance of a document sent ns
by our representative, Hon. N. G. Foster.
It is a most excellent regulation, if prop
erly carried out:
“ Thousands of letters sent to the Pacific
coast become dead letters. To remedy
this evil, the Post Office Department, un
der the authority of Congress, has adop
ted as an auxiliary to its operations, the
following plan for simultaneously publish
ing at each, and every Post Office, in the
Pacific region in a list callod the 1 Pacific
Mail List,’ the names of persons to whom
letters have been sent by mail to post
offices in California, and the territories of
Oregon and Washington.. By this system,
a letter may l.e sent to any post office in
tho Pacific region for a person whose loca
tion is unknown save the mere fact that
lie is somewhero in California or the terri
tories of Oregon and Washington, yet, if
the letter he published in the ‘Pacific Mail
List,’ its ultimate reception by the person
for whom it is intended, will he rendered
highly probable. To enable those who
desire to extend to their Pacific correspon
dents, the advantages thus offered, tho
following illustration is given :
“Suppose it, is wished to send to tho
Sacramento Post Office a letter for George
Wilson, who emigrated to California from
I’iko County, Missouri, hut it is feared
that ho may have changed his location and
lienee may not rceeivo the letter. In this
case, direct tiic letter to George Wilson
(late of I’ikc County, Missouri) Sacramen
t , California. Then in order to publish
the letter in the 1 Pacific Mail List,’copy
the address of tho letter upon a piece of
paper or card and enclose the card, togeth
er with a throo cent postngo stamp, in art
envelope, and direct tho envelope to the
1 Pacific Mail List,’ New York.
“Deposit the letter as usual in the mni]
for California, and at the same time drop
(ho envelope, containing the card to pub
lish the letter, in the mail for New York.
From the address on the card thus receiv
ed at the New York Post Office, the name,
George Wilson, will he entered in its ap
propriate place in the ‘ Pacific Mail List,’
which printed and sent by each mail
to each and every postmaster in California
and tho territories of Oregon and Wash
ington, and by them posted in a conspicu
ous place in tlieir respective offices. Tho
list being thus distributed over the entire
Pncifie region, George Wilson may at once
learn from it that a letter for him lias been
sent to the Sacramento Post Office. No
person of a similar name w ill receive the
letter, for the address on it points out that
it is intended for George Wilson (late o'
Pike County, Missouri.) Thus many let
ters will be received, that would other
wise be transmitted to the Dead Letter
Office.
“Tho envelopes containing the adver
tising cards, sent to the Pacific Mail List,
New York, pay postage like ordinary mail
matter, and must he pre-paid. The ad
dresses of letters copied on the pieces of
paper, or cards should he written in a
plain and distinct manner. The three
cent postage stamps enclosed in tho en
velopes, defray the expenses of publication,
and must not lie pasted to the cards, but
simply enclosed with them; in the ab
sence of postago stamps, three cent eoiiiß
may be substituted.”
RAIN.
After a distressing drought of more
than a month, wo were favored on Sun
day and Monday last with most refreshing
showers of rain. Much more is needed,
but we ought to he, and are, thankful for
the smallest favors. Vegetation already
looks brighter, and is, we feel sure, much
benefited. The weather, while we write,
has an unsettled appearance, and we look
for more rain.
We invite attention to tho Augusta
advertisement of Wm. 11. Crane, in this
issue.
PRESERVATION OF THE HAIR.
An advertisement of Wood's Hair Res
torative will he found in another column.
Tho following notice is from a St. Louis
paper:
“Upon Prof. O. J. Wood, of St. Louis,
fortune has conferred the honor of having
discovered a balsamic preparation, which
not only promotes the growth and beauti
fies tho hair in a high degree, but restores
it when it is gone, or turns it hack to its
original color after it has become gray,
fastens it to tho scalp, and effectually de
stroys such cutaneous eruptions as may
have been engendered by the use of dyes,
essential oils, and other injurious applies
tions. The many respectable testimonials
which are offered in its favor, from every
part of the country in which it has been
introduced, leaves no loop for tho sceptic
to hang a doubt on. The great demand
for this article in tho Eastern States has
induced the proprietors to establish a
depot for its manufacture and sale in the
city of New York. It is supplanting all
other specifics for the hair, and enjoys a
popularity which no other has attained.—
Buy it—test it —and rejoice that your at
tention bus been directed to it.”
A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Eighty-eight young ladies, belonging
to the Southern Masonic Female College,
at Covington, passed our town in the cars
on Wednesday last, to attend the funeral
of Hon. Wm. C. Dawson, Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Georgia. A fitting
tribute of respect from the scholars of an
institution founded and sustained by a
body of which the deceased was such a
bright and shining light. The procession
at the funeral was a very large one—num
bering, besides the eighty-eight fair crea
tures already mentioned, about one hun
dred and eigthy Masons, and a large con
course of citizens.
For the Visitor.
HATS VERSUS BONNETS.
EEI'LY TO PEOGIE.
Mr. Editop.— Though unaccustomed to
writing for the public prints, I cannot re
frain from making an attempt to say
something in dofenco of onr much abused
hfits. I have never been one of the kind
to meddle with or express an opinion con
cerning the ladies’ “ head fixins’;” in
fact—
I never thought it worth Inj while to emanate
a sonnet
U j Kill a thing so near to nothing as a ladies’
bonnet;
Nor do I think approvingly of giving “ tit for
tat,” *
Itut feel myself in duty bound to take up for my
hat.
A piece of lace all twisted up, with dingle dan
gles on it,
Floating ’round about the head, is what they call
a bonnet.
My hat’s as good as such a mess, and any man
will swear it—
Miss Peggie too, I rattier think, had she the
chance, would weur it;
But as she ’» nut, she ruus them down, and hates
them, I suppose,
But notwithstanding all she’t said, ’twould
scare me to propose.
Miss Peggie had, 1 somewhat think, a plenty of
presumption,
To make with so much confidence the curious
assumption,
Tliat men to “ fascinate ” the girls would copy
after apes,
And mash live dollar beaver hats into unearthly
shapes.
It is a “ pretty come off” that a man
cannot be allowed to place his hat in the
position which is most suitable to his own
comfort and convenience, without being
accused of setting it to catch tho girls. It
seems to puzzle Miss Peggie’s brains con
siderably to understand how they are
kept on. Now, tho exceedingly mys
terious process,” I cannot exactly explain;
hut one thing I can tell her, they are not
held in their places by the means of pins,
as I understand tho Indies’ bonnets are.
By the way, speaking of pins, the ladies
run, 1 think, some risk of committing the
sin of suicide, by bringing pointed instru
ments in such close contact with their
“ finely developed heads,” when an un
lucky slip of the pin might produce an i
orifice sufficiently large to relieve them of!
the greater portion of their l,rains.
Miss Peggie speaks rather too harshly
concerning the dents in our hats, aid
would, inethinks, be more silent on the
subject, were she to recollect that the
“cave in,” is sometimes the work of a
“ fair ” Jist, or a scolding wife’s unwul
comed broom stick.
Now fora word in favor of onr “Sun
day go-to-meeting” beavers, or in other
words, “ bee gums,” which Miss Peggio
considers “neither useful norornamentaJ.”
Now there is no accounting for taste; as
far as ornamental goes, she is entitled to
her opinion ; that they are useful, how
ever, 1 can very soon, and with great
case, convince her. She may be somewhat
surprised to learn that many an honest,
clever fellow, who cannot, like herself,
boast of a spacious bureau drawer, con
verts tho upper story of his hat into a
ward-robe or receptacle for small articles
of dress, such as collars, pocket handker
chiefs, socks, etc. Miss Peggie brought
forward one bright idea, which never be
fore struck me. The bonnets, she says,
by being small,
Cau show the well 41 developed beads,'’ and faces
of rare beauty—
But to correct this sad mistake, I feel it is my
duty.
1 admit that the diminutive bonnets
can be worn by the blessed few who did
not happen to be “behind the door” when
Venus dispersed her gifts, but if memory
does not deceive me, I have seen some
bends that would look much better stuck
into the remotest end of a barrel, or up
to the eyes in one of the ugly “bee gums,”
than attached to a fasbionablo bonnet. I
am afraid, however, if little bonnets were
confined to pretty faces, the fashion would
soon fall into merited oblivion.
Now, ladies, if in these remarks I've “ trod upon
your toes,”
Aud been ungenerous in my rage your follies to
expose,
No more will I your tempers raise, by such un
polished chats,
Provided Peggie 'll hold her tongue about our
41 mashed in ” hats.
808 “ DON’T-CARE-A-CENT.”
Madison, Ga.
A small keg, bound with brass hoops,
filled with gold pieces to the amount of
1,000,000, (probably francs,) believed to
have been a French military chest, bu
ried there in the year 1813, to hide it
from the Russian Cossacks, has been
found by a peasant boy near Schwez, on
the Vistula.
The Russian Minister of Finance has
been officially notified that (Ik 'ormer re
lations between Russia and the Allies
are re-established. The ships of the
Western Powers will, therefore, be adv
mitted into Russian ports, and Russian
ships are free to sail to any destination.
PEN-AND-SCISSORINGS.
The price for “ disturbing the peace at
night” in Atlanta is ten dollars; and
“quarrelling and using profane language”
is quoted at tbe same price The Rome
Southerner says: —“The city of Rome is
famous for her seven hills, pictnresqne
scenery, three rivers, good hotels, fine
churches and the shrewdness of her politi
cians Maj. Buford’s Kansas party, at
last accounts, had all arrived safely at St.
Louis “Ah, Sambo, said a sick plan
ter to bis attendant negro, “I fear I’m
going, and I’ve a long journey before me.”
“Neber mind, massa,” was the encourag
ing answer, “he’m all down hi 11.”....
Louis Napoleon is 43 years old, and the
Empress 30 The Don. Robert B. Gil
christ, late Judge of the United States Dis
trict of South Carolina, died in Charleston
on the Ist inst Henry Meyer has been
appointed Consul of tbe Swiss Confedera
tion for North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, to reside in Charles
ton The Wheat crop in Cass county,
as we learn from the Cassville Standard,
promises as large a yield as that of the last
crop The second coarse of lectures in
the Atlanta Medical College commenced
on Thursday last Anew Methodist
Church is about to be erected in Columbus,
in which an organ and choir will probably
be introduced Gov. Johnson, of Geor
gia, was on a visit to Washington last
week Tbe Rev. B. M. Palmer, D. D.,
of Columbia, S. C., will deliver tbe address
before tbe Alumni Society, of tbe Univer
sity of Georgia, at tbe approaching Com
mencement in August, at Athens The
Executive Committee have called the
meeting of the Air-Line Railroad Conven
tion at Madison Springs, on the Bth July
next, instead of Carnesvi lie, as previously
announced Herman Melville is about
to publish a volume under the title of
“Piazza Tales.” From statements
made, it appears that Peterson’s recent
publication of “Courtship and Marriage,”
is a collection of the fugitive writings of
Mi*s. Ilentz, but not her last work
The adjourned session of the Convention
of Southern Railroad Presidents and Su
perintendents met in Atlanta on tbe first
of May The first printing press was
introduced into New Hampshire in August,
1751 J; the first newspaper, printed in Oc
tober, and first book in November, of the
same year John A. Washington writes
to the National Intelligencer, that lie bad
been willing to sell the Mount Vernon es
tate either to Virginia or the United
States; but both of these parties have de
clined to purchase. The property, lie re
peats, is not now for sale A French
man, so’ieiting relief, said, very gravely to
his fair hearer: “Ma’amsolle, I never beg
but dat I have von wife wid several small
family dat is growing very large, and
nossing to make deir bread out. of but de
prespi ration of my own eyebrows.”....
A little one after undergoing the disagree
able operation of vaccination, exclaimed,
“Now 1 won’t have to be baptized, w' 1
1 . Benjamin Brantly, Esq , formerly
of this State, has arrived in Kansas
An old cynic, at a concert tbe other night,
read in the programme tbe title of a song,
viz: “O, give me a cot in tbe valley 1
love,” reading it attentively, tbe old fel
low finally growled out: “ Well, if 1 bad
my choice, I should ask for a bedstead .”
Tbe Oregon Indian war so far has
cost tbo United States $1,500,000 The
last sheets ot Mr. Benton’s history were
sent to tbe printer on Wednesdav of last
week. Ibe second volume, thus conclu
ded, contains something over 750 pages
and will end with the year 1850 Mrs.
Stevens is now engaged on a now novel to
be called “Mary.” The scene is laid in
tbe valley of Wyoming Tbe steamers
that ply between Paris and London, clear
about $1,500 every trip The House of
Representatives in Congress have passed
the bill to remove the obstructions in the
Savannah river, known as “the wrecks.”
.... Counterfeit SSO bills on the State
Bank at Charleston, S. C., are in circula
tion Tbe entire stock of the Bank of
Athens, $200,000, has been subscribed
tor by prominent and wealthy citizens of
Clark and Richmond counties, and will go
into "operation upon a firm and reliable
basis Previous to the adjournment of
the Georgia Baptist Convention, recently
in session in Savannah, the Rev. Nathaniel
Macon Crawford, notified that body of bis
intention to resign the office of President
of Penfield University Capt. A. K.
Blythe, of Yallobuslia county, Miss., has
accepted the appointment of Consul at
Havana Not more necessary for the
preservation of life on the battle field is a
complete armour, than is a bottle of Perry
Davis’ Pain Killer, to those who are suf
fering from acute bodily pain. It is a sure
cure, and costs only twenty-five cents per
bottle Doct Wilkings, and J. H. Plan
ner, both of Wilmington, N. C., fought a
duel on Saturday last, in South Carolina,
in which the former was killed. Politics.
Conner, a daguerreotypist in Memphis,
Teun., shot two men on the 31st nit., one
of whom died instantly and the other in a
few hours. All about a parrot Sheriff
Jones was shot in Laurence, Kansas Tcrri
ton, on the 23d nit by some party un
known. He had arrested several prisoners
by military force, and was seated in a tent.
He is not expected to recover The
grand jury of Washington, D. C., has ad
journed, it is said, without finding a bill
against Mr. Rust for assaulting Mr. Gree
icy A printer, not long ago, being
flung by his sweetheart, went to the print
ing office, and tried to commit suicide with
the shooting-stick, but the thing would’nt
go off. The loss by the Philadelphia
Fire of last Friday, it is now said, will not
exceed half a mi11i0n,.... A Persian poet
says: “Night comes od, when the ink-bot
tle of heaven is overturned.” Another
calls the evening dew, “the perspiration
of the moon.” Ibe distinguished law
yer, Ogden Hoffman, died in New York
on the first.
Death of Ex-Governor Troup.
The Savannah Journal, of yesterday,
says;
“The melancholy intelligence has just
reached us of tbe death of this most
illustrious citizen of Georgia. He ex
pired last Saturday, at his residence in
Laurens county, at the age of seventy
four years. “The noblest Roman of
them all.”
“Gov. Troup’s illness was hemorrage
of the lungs.”
Gov. Troup was a native of Georgia,
and born in Sept. 1780. He was a
member of the State Legislature in 1800
-2; but was subsequently elected t®>
Congress, and when war was declared,
in 1812, he was chairman of tbe war
committee, in 1823, he was elected
Governor by the Legislature, and in
1825, elevated to the same office by the
votes of the people. In 1828 he was
elected to the Senate of the United
States, aud at the end of his term, re
tired to private life. Few men in
Georgia have left a sounder record than
Governor Troup. His firmness, consist
ency, honesty, patriotism, and enlighten
ed statesmanship, endearing him to the
people of Georgia, and although he liv
to a ripe old age, his death will be la
mented by all parties in our State aud
country.
Col. Schlessinger.
Col. Schlessinger, to whose pusillan
imity late accounts attribute the defeat
of Walker’s forces in Costa Rica, went
from this City not long ago, making his
escape from the U. S. Marshals, who
were after him, in the disguise of a
coal heaver. It was understood here
that his previous history had shown him
to be anything hut a coward. By birth
he is a German Jew. He is of medium
height, good looking, his Jewish features
.not too prominent; he is well built, and
of capital constitution. Having been
implicated in the Hungarian insurrec
tions, he look refuge in this country,
where he soon became affiliated with
the Lopez fillibusters. Being a well
educated man, »n accomplished linguist,
and not overburdened with any nico
scruples, lie was soon a great favorite
with the Cuban patriots, who gave him
the commission of Major in the liberat
ing army. lie went to Cuba with Gen.
Naroiso Lopez, and is said to have be
haved with the most dare devil gallan
try, at Los l’osas, Bahia, Honda, Ac.,
and when circumstances which he could
not control disbanded the little army, ho
accompanied the General in his flight
to the mountains.
Ihe sufferings they endured are mat
ters of history. They were taken pris
oners : Lopez was garroted and Selilcss
inger sentenced to be imprisoned for
life in the Spanish tortress of Ceuta, on
the coast ot Africa. He was sent thith
er, and incarcerated in* a dungeon,
whence, though heavily ironed, and
strictly guarded with a sentinel always
in sight, he escaped within a few months
and returned to the United States. One
would suppose his hair breadth escapes
had given him a horror of fillibusterism ;
but no sooner had Schlessinger arrived
here than he joined himself to ihe order
ot the Lone Star, and taking his orders
from the Junta Central in this City, was
dispatched on business to General Quit
man. On his return northward he was
for a few days locked up in the Chailes
ton (S. C.) jail on account of a roman
tic episode he had indulged in in New
Orleans, but through the influence of
the Palmetto fillibusters, he was soon
set at liberty.
At one time he carried on a cigar and
liquor business in this City, but it did
not last long.— N. Y. Times
Arrival of the Camels. —By a let
ter received in this city from Maj.
Wayne, we learn that the U. S. store
ship Supply , which was dispatched last
year by the government to the East for
the purpose of procuring a cargo of
camels, has arrived at Galveston, Texas.
The Supply left Smyrna on the 15th of
february, and during the long journey
lost but a single camel. Under the or
der for their importation, these animals
are to be kept one year in Texas after
they are landed, for the purpose of ac
climation and breeding, after which they
are to be placed on the overland route
to the Pacific, for the purpose of car
rying the mails, and, perhaps, small
packages of freight.
«>■ »
Punch in one of>his recent carica
tures, makes a bluff English farmer, who
is fond of high prices—an amiable weak
ness, in which we all participate—ex
claim to his landlord, who is telling him
the foreign' news, “ What! you don't
say that there’s any danger of peace! ”