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Januto Visitor 'O PUBLISHED BY BENJAMIN G. LIDDON. T. A. BURKE, EDITOR. MADISON, GA.: SATURDAY, AUG. 9,185 G. Wanted. A Good Journeyman Printer, can secure a permanent situation, by immediato ap plication to UENJ. G. LIDDON, Madison, Ga. S3?” Absence of the Editor during the •entire week must be our apology for the lack of editorial variety, in tho present issue. A New Robinson Crusoe. The hero of Juan Fernandez may liidc liia diminished bead now, for a greater than lie has arisen. Man Fwday and the goats and tho parrots are “old stock,” and may ns well be laid away on the shelf, for their glory is eclipsed by a later and more wonderful appearance. To be a littlo more plain, we have just finished tho reading of a most marvelous book, entitled “.! Acw Age of Goltl, or the Adveutytrea of -Robert Lexter Romaine," which throws our old friend Robinson Cuusoe very far in the shade. Wo scarcely know when we have read a book with so much genuine pleasure. It is like a reproduction of one of tho glit tering romances of tho old poets—an an cient jewel in a modern setting. It is a dreamy narrative of tho most delightful fancies—the Jlmost charming The hero takes no note of time, his future has nothing in it hut sunshine; the past is completely driveuTrom his memory by the blissful present. All through the long bright summer months he basks in the sunshine, or luxuriates injho shade, and throughout the rainy winter he lies on his back ami dreams his time away, wifli no care for the future. No need of toil and labor for tho kindly fruits of tho earth, in groat variety and untold abundance are at his very door. , Happy dog 1 TUiM-amati*personal of this book have been summed up thus: One boy, aged 17; one girl, aged 15; ono grizzly boar, ngo unknown. Uesides these principals, there arc various supernumeraries thathelp on the story, to wit: tho boy’s mother, the girl’s grandfather, a ship's captain and company, and Brevity Hill, live tigers, three tigresses.ono ourmig-outang, aernck odile, a herd of antelopes, a gourd, three orange and a grove of coaooa nut trees, and a volcano. 1 lielioro, Robert Dexter Komnino, is a nativeof Nowburyport, Massachusetts, but when he was four years of age his father removed to Boston, and there Robert spent the earliest years of Ids life. The father finally became a bankrupt and died leaving a wife and five children, our hero being the eldest. The mother had saved but littlo from the estate ami Robert con cluded that “something must bo done” for tho future. It was easier, however, to eoiuo to this conclusion, than to find the something to do afterwards. One day lie saw an advertisement for a teacher, in a small town, 110 applied for it. “All in good time I arrived at 15. Forty -applicants were already there before me. If I had to choose between them and the Forty Thieves, I am sure that 1 would not. have lost a moment, in striking a bargain with the latter. But it is possible that I may be slightly prejudiced in this matter ; so I will say no more. On learning tho number of my rivals, my hopes and fears both sunk at once to zero; blit, applying my lips to my brandy-bottle, I took a hasty swig (tho reader must excuse my vulgarity, but indignation of this subjoot always makes me vulgar,) and thus felt ray spirits wonderfully relieved. “Forty applicants for a single situation, and that worth only four hundred dollars a year! Thirty nine of course must bo disappointed. “ Serve them right,” thought I; they might bo in hotter business.— And I myself was the fortieth. 1 was also tho youngest and best-looking. I do »ot know which of these facts operated more to my disadvantage. I only know that the oldest and ugliest of the lot was finally elected, and that I thou and t here resigned all hopes of ever wielding tho magisterial rod. 1 consoled myself by drinking the remainder of inv brandy, and by sundry reflections drawn from the book of Ecclesiastes—a style of reading of which 1 am at such times, especially fond. “The next day I found myself in Salem, ■with three dollars in my pocket, wander ing up and down the wharves, amid hard unsympathizing toil—a drone among wor kers—an idler and a dreamer among men.” Astor along struggle, ho determined to desert everything and go to son. lie thought of his mother and hesitated, but on land starvation stared him in the face, and in very desperation its’ shipped boforo tho mast. The captain's name was Brio£e% “ a small spare man unusually swarthy, even for a sailor.” The sailors said ho had once been a pirate, though Romaine could see no reason for thinking so, unless it ware that, ho had lost the thumb of bis left hand. There were three passengers ou board tho ship. The first was au old gentleman of about sixty years, who in spite of his ta citurnity managed to render himself a gen eral favorite. The second was a young grizzly bear which the old gentleman was a 3k ■ 111 lliliiß iillll fillftl. carrying to China as a present to the Ein perpr. The third passenger was a young girl “of jmrhaps four times fourteen springs; for, surely, never summer, nor autnmn, nor winter had ever passed over that fair head.” With this divin ity he falls desperately in love, but bis suit is not in a fair way to prosper.— In feet, he dares not tell bis love, and so lie makes love to the bear for her sake. He shares his dinner regularly with his bear ship and thinks all the time of Alice. On one occasion tho bear reftfsed to eat, and acted so strangely that Romaine feels sure a storm is brewing. Tho hear was right- a storm comes down upon them— the ship is wrecked and the grandfather lost in attempting to get intoone of the boats. Our hero in endeavoring to get Allice into tho same boat lost his foothold on tho slippery deck and ..became insensi ble. Upon recovering bis consciousness, he found himself, the girl and bear alone on the wreck, lie hustled around in haste— for the ship was rapidly sinking—and found a keg of water and n hag of biscuits. These he put into the remaining boat, and after seeing Alice camfortably seated, got in himself and “waited anxiously ’’.for tho ship to settle. This sho did in the most approved manner and very much to Mr. Romaine’s satisfaction : “ She sank from beneath us, and left us there, ns tho ’mother eagle leaves her Hedgings in mid-heaven to test their un tried pinions. A momentary ripple mark ed tlio spot where sho had disappeared; hut tho vast Pacific at onco filled up the gap, and nothing but a few floating frag ments of the wreck remained to show that such a ship as tho Three Bisters had ever been.” The bear, in tho meantime, breaks t.lio chain which bound him to tho mainmast, and swims after tho boat. Romaine after a long debate as to the propriety of killing his boarsliip, finally takes him into the boat, and a good thing it was, for ho be comes the true hero of tho story. After a long voyage, during which the water was exhausted nml Alice would have died, but for the opening of a vein in Robert’s arm, they came to a rock-bound island, which at first defied all attempts at landing. After awhile, however, they en tered a littlo cove and after following it through a subterranean passage for ft con. siderablo distanco found themselves in a still lake. “ Behold an inland sea, n little sleeping lake with bay, and frith, mid promontory nil complete;—with rocks, and trees and vines fringed close on -every sido but one, and there a narrow beach of dazzling sand bordered with tho greenest, turf! So thick was tho foliage that tho eyo could pene trate scarcely a single foot, and, when I turned to discover the place where we had entered, not tho Slightest indication of au opening was to be perceived. “ I fancied that tho solid rocks lmd closed behind us, like the door of some enchanted'castle, and that, having once entered, all exit was then impossible. The deep shadows of tho gigantic trees stooping ovor tho glassy water loft scarce room for tho suit to see his face, even when ho had climbed the highest; hut this only made tho lako more beautiful, like tlie half closed, liquid eye of some fair and languishing Circassian. “ Tho undisturbed and awful solitude of six thousand years brooded on all around. I hardly dared to speak above my breath. When I dipped my oar in tho quiet water, where never oar had been dipped before, I seemed to myself guilty of a double crime. The old stories of Gre cian mythology, on which l had fed my boyish fancy, came into my mind, anil I almost expected some nymph or naiad to step forth from tho leafy wood, or raise her sparkling head above tho Hood, to ask how 1 dared commit such sacrilege. “Tho trees looked at mo with wonder, and not without fear. And well they might, for man the universal tyrant, had now gained entrance into the littlo world. Already the lust of dominion had filled my soul. Proudly and with tho air of a conqueror, 1 ndvnnoeed to take possess sion.” Tho island was filled with fruit. For a short time they fed on figs of tho most magnificent description, but soon discov ered oranges, coaeoa-nuts, and other trop ical fruits in abundance. The boar was named llamlet, and a most wonderful bear ho proved to bo. Peter Pumpkineater, we tiro told by Mother Goose, put his wife into a pumpkin shell. Robert put Alice, although sho was not his wife, into an im mense gourd, of which he found a number so largo that licrimado quite a showy and comfortable residence out of one, and con venient out-houses of others. There is the greatest contrast, between the life of Romaine and that of his great prototype, Robinson Crusoe. ’Robinson had to work for his living—Romaine had everything ho wanted at hand without a moment’s trouble—Robinson had a regu lar course of duties for each day—Ro maine’s was an eternal holiday. Robin son was alone for a long time, while Ro maine had a little bl§e-eycd, rosy-chceked companion. How infinitely superior was Romaine’s position. And yet, strange to say, marriage seems to have been the last tifiug the couple thought of, and this part of Komflino’s conflict seems tons, alto gether i:iexplicable and unpardonable.— Just think ot it. All alone for ever so long a time, with a little rosy-cheeked beauty that lie protended to love, and who lo\ ed him and never to say a word on tho sul>- jeat of marriage until one day when they were talking about death, anil then it is mentioned as a remody against loneliness in case either one of them is taken away. Alice didn’t like the idea because there was no person to marry them. Onr pri vate opinion is that sho was miffed be cause he didn’t speak of it sooner. After two years, however, there being no hope of the arrival of a minister, she consented and they were married. This article is growing too long, and yet we should like to make some extracts from the book. The bear is decidedly the most sensible of the throe, and gets Lis two companions out of all sorts of difficul ties. Jsnt for Hamlet they would have been swallowed up by a volcano on one occasion, and as the narrative is interest ing we will copy it at length. This volca no being a piece of private property on their estate, Robert and Alice concluded ono day to visit and inspect it. Night overtakes them, while in the volcano, and ns there seemed to be no danger they concluded to sleep there." Romaine dream ed that ho was in tho upper story of the Astor House in New York, and that the building was on fire. Ho wakes to find, not tho Astor House, blit tho volcano “ all a-g!ow.” “ Jar beneath, a sea of fire tossed and boiled like .some mighty caldron. Tho surface was dull red, but spirts of white, hot lava were continually rising above it, which turning dark by exposure to the cooler air, fed back again heavily and with a muffled splash into the molten lake. Occasionally a mass much larger than or dinary, would shoot upward to a great height, and then bursting with a prodi gious noise, scatter its fragments upon every side. “ The midnight darkness of the sky con* trusted strangely with the burning sea below. The sight was terrible, yet beau tiful beyond description. “ Notwithstanding tho danger wo ran of being suffocated by tho pestilent fumes, or scorched by the showers ot burning lava, a mysterious fascination held us fast to tho spot. “The position which we occupied was eminently favorable tor obtaining a full and satisfactory view of the whole extra ordinary spectacle. Wo stood upon a projecting crag, from five hundred to a thousand feet above the surface of the lava upon which wo looked down at an angle of nearly forty-five degrees. The opposite walls of that vast amphitheatre, with their innumerable peaks and hollows, stood out in strange and terrible distinctness.— As the nickering flames rose and fell, the solid mountain itself seemed to waver to and fro; then a sudden wfsuth ot smoko would shut everything from onJ* v Jeiv. “ But now tho lava, which had hither to remained stationary at nearly the same level, began to rise with fearful rapidity. “As when—to compare great, things with sinali—a group of children in a farmer’s kitchen gathered round a boiling kettle of syrup and molasses, and sudden ly the bubbling mass begins to swell, threatening the destruction of their hopes and ono cries, “Take oft’ tho kettle!” and another, “Put out tho fire I” so, but with yet greater fear and consternation, did Alice and .1 behold the rising of that, fiery flood. “ To put out the fire or take off the kot (le was equally beyond our power, and our only safety was in flight. Blit last as we lied, the lire followed faster. -Vs often as I paused, to recover my fatigue and east a breathless glance behind me, I saw it gaining on us. “Wo redoubled exertions, we leaped from ono dizzy point to another, — wo surmounted obstacles that, in our cool er moments wouldhavesectnod invincible ; but still the lire camo on, not boastfully, not apparently in any hurry, but slowly, surely, certain of its prey. “There was something indescribably appalling in this cool, deliberate advance, like the forward march of a great army, that, even in tho excitement of tho charge, scorns to break its ranks. “ At length, completely exhausted, we sat down upon a broad fiat rock, the sit uation of which rendered all further flight impossible. Before us rose a lofty preci pice, while tho path behind us was already seized by tho pursuing foe. A single glance was enough to show that our fate was sealed. “Already wo felt the scorching heat upon our face. Tho tiro had planted its fore feet upon the lower part of the rock. Slmddoringly wo closed our eyes, and, clasped in each other’s arms, awaited tho final plunge. “We waited, hut it did not come. Once more I spoiled my eyes and looked around me to discover the explanation of this un expected respite. At first 1 thought the lava had ceased to rise but the next mo ment I saw by tho walls of the crater that its progress was still upward. Why then, were we not, submerged?— We were rising with it! Tho immense fragment of rock on which wo rested was of a spongy, porous nature,'and iloated on the surface of tho lava like a cannon-ball in a mass of quicksilver. It had already risen half way up the precipice, and in another moment we might step from it upon tho solid land. “ A gleam of liopo lighted up my soul at this discovery. But it was suddenly dissipated. The lava had ceased to flow. What a short time before would have been our safety, was now our ruin. Before that intense heat the large rock was melt ing like a lump of ice in boiling water.— Our fate had only been deferred to pro tract tlie period of our suffering. Alice, no longer ablo to breatho that hot and stilling air was now happily insensible. I had not even the aid of her sympathy.— Bnt I was glad for her sake. To her tho horrors of death jvero already passed. “ Tho lava rose a little more. The rock tottered, swayed tills way and that, and seemed every moment to sink beneath ns. I made a desperate effort to gain the edge of the precipice, but it was just beyond try reacli. “ All this time Hamlet bad been watching onr situation with the most evident con cern. He had taken a different path from that which we had followed, and had thus got beyondthe reach of danger. Instead, however, of continuing his flight up the mountian be had returned, as if to see whether he could render us any assistance. He witnessedmy last ineffectual effort with a howl of despair; but then, as if anew thought had just occurred to him, he flung himself dowrftho precipice, and stood the next moment by iny side. “ Then standing upon his lend legs, with liis fore feet braced firmly against the solid rock, ho seemed to invito me thus to make my escape. I lost not a moment in taking advantage of his friendly aid. “ With a sudden and desparate effort I caught Alice in my arms, and, mounting upon his shoulders, succeeded in placing her safely upon the rocks above. The bear, relieved from iny weight, sprang lightly after ns, and at the same instant the rock on which wo had been standing settled rapidly to ono side, and then, with a sullen surge, sank beneath the surface.” Three children were horn to them on the island—a boy and two girls. One day tho boy picked up a lump of gold, vast quantities of which proved to he on the island. Having become suddenly rich, Romaine cannot resist the desire to return to civilization, and in spite of all his wife’s remonstrances, lie constructs a boat of palm leaves and gum, and with his family (including the hear) and his gold, leaves tho island. On his return to Boston, ho finds his mother and all his family, except one sis ter, doaii. He is more lonely in the crow ded city than on the island. His children cannot play ns of old, Hamlet is kept in a stable and grows melancholy. At length his boy is taken sick and dies —soon the two remaining children are taken from him “at ono fell swoop.” His wife soon follows, and ho is left alone in tho world. “It was night when shq died. I was glad to have it so, for why should tlie sun mock my sorrow ? I thought it would never shine again. Yet next morning it shone as bright as ever. Other men had wives and children—other men were hap py; let it shino on them ! But let it not shine on me.” * * * * * + * “A sudden thought occurred to me. 1 would go hack to my island. There, in silence Slid solitude, I would mourn over iny wickedness and folly. What better plaeo to expiate my offences than the one in which they were committed i” Ifhe ever reaches the island safely, his publishers, Messrs. Phillips, Sampson k Go, will notify’ the public through fho newspapers. Wo shall ho very glad to hear of his safe arrival. Take it all in all, this is one of tho most delightful books wo have ever read.— In tlie language of another “it is as fresh ns spring water. There is no ner vous working up of an excitement; no tearing nt the heart-strings—hut a cool re freshing breath of the forest and pleasant interest all through.” We could’nt. help longing, as we laid down tho book, for “Some bright little isle of our own, 111 a blue summer oeeitn, t s* off and alone, Where u leaf never diesiu the still bloamiag bow ers, And the bee banquets on, through a whole year of flowers.” IVn-uml-Seissoriris. About sixty-five emigrants from South Carolina under command of Major Wilkes, passed through Augusta, on the sth inst. on their way to Kansas Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne was playing at the Metrop olitan Theatre, San Francisco, with fail success. The disturbed state of affairs in the city, however, was unfavorable to theatres. - • ■ - Charles Simmer has gone to tho mountains, not finding tho soabreezes of Cape May so beneficial as he expected. .... Wo have no hesitation in saying that Consumption can always bo alleviated, and in a great many cases completely cured simply by the use of Dr. Wistar’s Wild Cherry Balsam. Its soothing and healing influence over tho diseased organs is truly wonderful Mr. Geo. Rankin, an em ployee of the Georgian & Journal office, was found dead Saturday morning at tho corner of Barnard street. It is supposed that he fell over by 7 accident tho night previous. lie leaves a large ami needy family- Hon. Preston S. Brooks, of South Caroli na, appeared in tho Representative Cham ber of Congress on the Ist inst., and after taking the oath to support the Constitu tion of the United States, took his seat. ....The Friend of India estimates the number of Converts to Christianity “at probably 100,000 in India and 20,000 more in Cey10n.”.... A person asked Chapman if the tolling of a bell did not put him in mind of his hitter end. He replied, “No, sir, but the rope puts mo in mind of yours.”.... A bale of now cotton was received at Americas, Sumter county, on Friday last Perry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer is deservedly tho most popu lar family medicine known, for no other remedy lias been so successful in relieving all kinds of pain. It is most appropriately called Pain Killer Theuiueteen River mid Harbor bills passed by tho Senate on Thursday appropriate an aggregate of half a million of dollars. They received more than a two thirds vote A Ger man writer says: “The people of the United States can burst morestcam boilers and chew more tobacco than any five nations on the globe G. P. R. James, Esq., is amongst tiie visitors at the Mont gomery (Va.) White Sulphur Springs Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, is to address a Democratic mass meeting at Chambersburgj Pennsylvania, on Thurs day next The whole number of land warrants issued under the act of March,. 1855, to this date, inclusive, amounts to 157,485, embracing more than 19,000,000 of acres; 9,055 ..warrants were issued during July Ex-Gov. Pratt, at present U. States Senator from Maryland, is out in a letter in y esterday’s National Intelli gencer, in which lie takes decided ground in favor of the election of Buchanan and Breekenridge... The funds raised for the benefit of the family of tho late James King, of Washington City, whose shoot ing was the immediate cause of the late revolution iii California, it is said to amount to $25,000, $3,000 of which has been subscribed in Sacramento It is rumored in diplomatic circles at Washing ton that Great Britain will ere-long send out a Minister to supply the place of Mr. Crumpton. Lord Howden, formerly Ambassador at Madrid, is mentioned What animal lias the greatest quautity of brains ? Tlie hog, of course, for lie has a hogeheaifvM A terrific storm of rain, thunder and lightning, passed over the city of New York on Wednesday night, about 12 o’clock. We hear by telegraph of similar storms in various parts of the country. In several instances consider able damage has been experienced Tlie State Gazette, a Fremont paper, published in Trenton, N. J., has been purchased by G. W. Tolies, and will come out for Fill more. The change created some excite ment, and anew republican paper will be started Tlie best reccipe for instantly removing superfluous hair:—Undertake to kiss a woman against her will Tho Emperor Alexander has authorized young noblemen to enter (ho civil professions without losing their nobility. Hitherto nobility lias been lost by a nobleman’s son if he did not devote himself to the nation al service; but, henceforth, in consequence i of tho now arrangement, it is hoped that a good many of them will embark in financial and manufacturing enterprises. ....The library of Harvard University contains 100,000 volumes Smith O’Brien is visiting Iris brother, Lord Inchiqnin, in tho county Clare, Ireland, and takes no part in polities The num ber of hogs in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky, at tiiis time i is estimated at 10,943,884, which, at $3 a 5 head, a fair u forage value of stock, would amount to $82,880,002. If fat when. they would average $lO a head a nomt- , to $109,438,340..... A cargo of 760 slave., were landed in Cuba from Africa, recently without discovery. ...Tiie ancients were of opinion that Echo was a maiden who lmd pined away for love, till nothing but her voice was left Mr. William Rus sell, the London Times correspondent in the Crimea, is now at Odessa, en route for Moscow and the Coronation V large number of the Fremont ladies of Fall River, Mass., have organized themselves into an association, which they- style the ; “Jessie Circle.” Tho “Homo Circle” j would lie a more appropriate place for them. Extraordinary Povelojiements. EXTENSIVE MEDICAL FOB6UKIES. I Wo learn from the Philadelphia papers ! that the examination of Pemiam D. Hour is ot that city on a charge of counterfeiting the labels of Holloway’s celebrated Pills, Ims resulted in tho couuuittial of tlie j prisoner to take his trial of that offence. I Tho testimony disclosed some facts. It | appeared that Ilollis had closely imitated j the original wood cuts and lithographic I plates used in Professor Holloway’s ; business; that his nefarious preparations j had been on a gigantic scale, and that the immense popularity of the Medicine justi fied him expecting vrtst returns in case of success. Fortunately tho active and energetic agents of Professor Holloway, (who may bo said to constitute a special police for the protection of his interests in all parts of tlie world,) soon discovered tho fraud aud procured the arrest, of the potpetrator. The Central Office in New York, acting under instructions from the parent establishment in London, next proceeded to trace out the whereabouts of tho counterfeits, and it is believed that ! Jrhey have all been discovered and destroy- ! eil. Frauds of this nature are atrocious. They imperil health aud life, by substi tuting for a genuine curative something that is cither ineffective or positively noxious. To counterfeit a bill is merely to client the pocket, but to counterfeit a great medicine is to rob the sick not only of their money but of tho chance of cure. It would seem that tho boundless suc cess of Professor Holloway’s remedies in this country lias aroused to an un wonted extent the cupidity of that class of harpies who watch the progress of a grand discovery- for the solo purpose of robbing the discoverer and deceiving the public. The author of “ Lacon” says “ Hypocrisy is the homage which Vice pays to Virtue,” and it may with equal truth he affirmed that the counterfeiting of a world-re nowned medicine is the unconscious tribute which villainy pays to skill, science and success. Wo rejoico that tho villany has in tills case been promptly unmasked, and that there is every probability of justice being dealt out to the offender. We would suggest that the trade warned by the detection of this scheme of fraud and robbery, should exercise the utmost vigilance in guarding against tho like impositions herafter.— Poston Intel teligrncer. Toccoa and Tallulah Falls. These falls are situate in Habersham county, Oa. Toccoa is a beautiful fall> formed by a creek of the same name i whose waters pour over a perpendicular height of one hundred and eighty-six feet! The volume of water, although not very small, is almost wasted to mist before it reaches the level of the creek below, producing a cool refreshing breeze soothingly pleasant during the summer- The surrounding scenery, however, has nothing to distinguish it, save perhaps the quiet harmony and receding loveli ness of the valley below. The Tallulahfalisand scenery are alto gether unlike those ofToecoa. Tallulah river is a large stream, and dashes madly over a succession of falls and cascades for near a mile in length, neither of which, however, is over one hundred feet high. The banks of the river, in many places, are between three and five hundred feet, almost perpendicular in height; which, with the surrounding I scenery, is terribly wild, grand and awe inspiring. Time did not permit us to explore the region as thoroughly as we desired, but we saw more than we have room for in these columns,and would ad vise all to see for themselves. A trip to Toccoa and Tallulah will not fail to both please and profit, even after making a![ reasonable deductions for the roughness of the highways. On the way we stopped one night at Clarksville. This is a very pretty village of some six hundred inhabitants, and good business prospects. Many of the low country people spend theft summer months here, which gives life and ani mation to the place. From this place we travelled over a turnpike road to Clayton. We enjoyed much the ever-varying scenery through which wo passed, but are unable to say anything for the good character of the turnpike. Clayton is the county site of Rabun, and is improving rapidly. It is within a few miles of the Rabun Gap, and immediately on the line of the Rail road. Whilst here, we learned that six teen miles of the Road in Tennessee were let to responsible contractors on the Ifith, and that the work will be pushed for ward there with energy. A few of the disaffected citizens of Blount county have sued out a wr t ofinjunetion, staying operations there for a short time, but it will doubtless soon be dissolved, and, the work proceed with renewed vigor and activity. No contracts have been let in North Carolina. In Rabun much work lias beeti done, and all are now industri ously engaged on their contracts. The hardest work in Rabun is the Saddle Tunnel, and the cunt meter is busily en gaged with a large force, on it. Manv of the culverts have been finished, and others tire being built. The Road follows the course of the War Woman Creek for several miles, and thence takes the di rection of Dick’s Creek - towards this State. Chattooga river is the dividing line between tins State and Georgia where we crossed it, leading us into tire heart of the tortile Whetstone country. Im provements hero are springing up on almost every hand. From the road we noticed those of Mr. Bra/.eale and Cap tain A. Robins. The latter gentleman has a fifty acre field of corn, which is looking remarkably fine. At the S'uiMphouse Tunnel, Mr. Col yer, the contractor, has commenced operations upon a scale w hich augurs success. In fact the work on the road from this place to Anderson is progress ing finely, 'a portion of it will be com pleted by tire first of January next, as we are creditably informed. —Pickens Courier. We have grown wearied of the stories about good little girls and boys picked up in the streets and turning out to be unwiuged angels, with which our Amer ican novelists have of late so abundant ly furnished us. We want something stronger and more manly, something to show us that Cooper is not left without a successor. We have in a word been waiting for something just like this nov el of “ Saratoga in 1787,” the early sheets of which have been forwarded to its by the publishers, (Messrs. Felridge and Company). It is a novel of Border Life, for strange as it may seem the gay Saratoga was, only sixty' years ago, on the outskirts of civilization, where the remnants of the powerful Indian tribes mingled with the advancing pio neers who slowly made their way into the forests. There is in this novel the true American ring. Brave old revolu tionary soldiers, rough honest pioneers, cunning indian chiefs, wily revengful half-breeds, and lovely girls form the characters. While the incidents and adventures are such as might naturally happen at the time and place they are full of the most romantic interest. This novel cannot fail of making a sensation, and will be placed by the side of those which Cooper wrote in the freshness of his genius, before he became spoiled by his residence abroad. LATEST NEWS. | THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. New York, Aug. 3.—The British and | North American Royal Mail Steam Pack et Emeu, Capt. Small, has arrived from Havre, with dates to 22d -July. The Emeu brings no commercial news of any interest. No change in markets reported. There have been serious disturbances in the Papal States, owing to prices of food. ** It is rumored that the King of Naples contemplates abdicating the throne in favor of the Duke of Calabria. Madrid is quiet, but Barcelona, Sara gossa, Bilboa and Lagrove are still in a state of insurrection. The Lofidon Times states that Mr. Dallas has been empowered' to propose the establishment of San Juan as a free port under Nicaraguan sovereignty, re serving to Costa Rica the right to traffic through it and through sttch portions of the river San Juan as may be neces sary.- The Mosquito Indians to be con centrated iu a definite Territory, which shall leave a clear transit to the mouth of the river San Juan and the town— but their rights to bo guaranteed, and an annuity for a term of years paid their chiefs. The Bay Islands to be restored to Honduras, but the Belize to remain a British possession, with the same Terri torial limits as in 1850. New York, Aug. 4. —The steamship Atlantic, Capt, West, has arrived from Liverpool, with dates to Vtednesday, July 23d. Liverpool Markets. The cotton market exhibits no new tlature. The quotations are steady'and the demand fair. Sales of the past three days 10,000 bales. Speculators and Exporters took 7,000 bales. Tho market closed firm. The advices by the last, steamer from the United States has had no effect upon the market. Fair Uplands, Gijd.; Mid. Uplands, 6 3-10d. Flour—The market is firm. Wheat—Prices improved Id. Manchester Trade. Business is generally unchanged.—- Consuls declined to 955. Miscellaneous News. Several cotton failures have occurred in Liverpool, and their liabilities are very heavv. Spanish accounts are very conflicting, but there lias been no further fightinjj. Fashionables at Saratoga. We find in the correspondence of the the New York Herald, the following: Tho circumference of a fashionably dres -ed woman here, is about seven feet and a half, and when two of these hi: - tnals get Waltzing together they look like a large balloon inverted. The daily occupation of tho fair creature begins with dressing in elaborate meriting at tire mid promenading to the Congress Spring, where she. takes two or three glasses of the water. Returning she hr 8 a sylph like breakfast —then dresses for a drive. After the drive she takes an ant'.-prandial snooze, or receives a snob or two. Then comes tho work of dress ing for dinner, for which she appears like \ illikins in the song in “gallant array," with all sorts of diamonds aud things. Dinner is at three, and fills up two hours. Next comes riding, and ia the evening the fair ilowers of creation dance to the music of Monks’ Band ; or vagabondise bareheaded about the streets of the t illage. Such is the daily life the Saratoga belle. She gets up a good many flotations, and she likes it. Look at that splendid creature in pink —she has already exhausted three waltzing men, and is now flirting with a thin youth in the corner. He is telling her that he is off for Newport to-morrow and wants a bit of her hair before he leaves. She tries to look sorry, but is really thinking whether lie could give her a brown stone front in a good street and ten thousaud a year. The daily life of the snob at the springs is about the same as that of the belle, if he is a ladies’ snob. He is her cavalier servante, and revolves around her hoops. He is treated as she treats her lap dog, and is thrown a smile with the same air that Fidele receives a chicken bone. — But it is the stylo among some snobs to call “ these women a boro you know. ’ These last named snobs play billiards, smoke awful cigars, drive horses which are bought, and the buyers sold at J 3 same time, and otherwise spend tneh time in those healthy and invigorating sports which make the American snob so valuable a member of society. The ladies’ snob is preferable to the horse and billiard snob. Candor is better than description ; and an open foe better than a hypocritical frieud. A man in Troy made askirtfor a lady lately, which used up one hundred and twenty-eight feet of rope;