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AENJAMIN LIDDON.
T. A. BURKE, EDITOR.
MADISON, OA.:
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 185 G.
News of the Week.
Three European steamers have arrived
s' nee our last issue—the Atlantic, Arabia
and Cambria —but the news is unimpor
tant. Cotton had advanced one-eighth of
a penny. Breadstuff's had also slightly ad
vanced, and trade was generally brisk.
The political news is interesting, but not
very important. The To’ies are endeav
oring to overthrow the Palmerston Ad
ministration. l’nssin is determined to re
fer the dispute concerning the Isle of Ser
pents to the approaching Paris Conference.
England has sent a menacing note to (he
King of Naples; but Franco has refused to
concur with her. Spain has increased the
pay of her army. Lord Clarendon's broth
er (lion. C. P. Villieiv) will be appointed
Minister at Washington.
Wo could fill our pa or with Kansas
news, of the most exciting character—
principally details of what we gave in sub
stance last week. W'e are instilled to take
many of these Mood and thunder stories
cum grano sails. The Illinoisan was not
far wrong when lie pronounced “ three
thirds of the despatches from Kansas lies,
and two thirds falsehoods hut we dare
say there is some truth in them. We
rather think somebody’s hound to he hurl
in the end.
From California, we have late news by
the George Law. The Vigilance Commit
tee has boon disbanded, and Judge Terry ;
discharged from custody. All the prison
«crs have been released, and quiet restored.
Business prospects were improving, mid |
operations in the mines exceedingly pros
gierous.
Since writing the nbovo wc have receiv
ed intelligence of the arrival of tlie Asia,
with threo days later news. Cotton had
advanced from 1-10 to 1 Bd. Nothing
else of importance.
er Wo surrender most of our space
this week to correspondents—lint our
readers lose nothing by it. Next week
wo shall give a charming article from a
fair correspondent who signs herself Ji:.\\\ y
Woodbine. She writes on the subject of
Lore and Marriage, and writes well, too.
Wo hope to hear from her often. We
shall publish soon a capital story from our
Iriend and correspondent Siiana — next
week, may lie. We hope to hear again
from our fair friends, Piieue Pknekatiieu,
Susie Snowdrop, and Piieue Lamwki.i.,
in reply to Joiinii: Jonqi il. Givo him
fits.
To Correspondents.
Jenny Woodbine. Thunk you for your
favor on Love and Marriage. It shall ap
pear next week. Do let us hoar from you
frequently.
The versos of 1 Sadi’ and 1 M. N. E.’ are
respectfully declined.
J. J. J. All right—semi m the papers
lay return mail. Shall write you in a day
or two.
Religious Revivals.
Wo are glad to learn that quite mi inter
esting meeting is progressing at tlie Bap
tist Church, in this town.
Considerable revivals have been going
on, for a week or two past, al Sngir Creek
<Baptist) and Harmony and Corinth (Meth
odist) Churches, in this county. Quite a
number have professed religion and attach
ed themselves to the churches.
A Big Potato.
Our friend, Wxr. Burney, Jr., of this
town, lias given us n sweet potato, of this
year’s growth, measuring near 12 inches in
length and 9in circumference. It is of the
species usually known ns the lied Itcnnnda.
A pretty good potato, for this season.
Chin any of our friends beat it? ll' so,
bring them along, and they shall have a
showing.
lion. A. It. I.ongstieet.
The distinguished author of “ Georgia
Scenes, spent several days of the present,
week in our town, lie looks remarkably
well.
Slid Occuri'cueo.
A difficulty oeeured at thickhead, in this
county, on Saturday last, which resulted
in the death of a negro hoy named Green
the property of Mrs. Kiiv.mks. It appears
that Mrs. lb’s soil, a young lad about four
teen years of age, and the . negro commen
ced throwing water-melon rinds at each
other in sport. In a short time stones
were subfltnted, one of which struck the
negro on the temple, killing him instantly.
Hie negro boy was about seventeen years
old.
Skeleton found.
A human skeleton was found in the fod
der house of Col. \Ym. StAi.uxgs, near
Kutledgo, in this county, on Tuesday last.
It was almost entirely decomposed—so
much so as to render recognition impossi
ble. A neighboring physician gave as his
opinion, after examination, Unit it was the
skeleton of a negro and had been there
for months—probably since last winter.
Editorial Accession.
Col. J. W. Duncan, formerly of Mil
ledgeville, has purchased one half of the
Atlanta Intelligencer , and that paper is
uow published by Buggies & Duncan.
The Territory of Nebraska.
There has liecn so much excitement
about Kansas, that most persons have al
most entirely lost sight of its neighbor—
Nebraska—covering as it does an area of
330,000 square miles, or 221,000,000 acres
—more than five times as large as Georgia,
and one ninth of the entire territory of the
United States. A correspondent of the
liichmond Examiner gives an interesting
account of the territory, from which we
gather the following-facts:
The size of the territory has been stated
above! It lies between 40 and 49 degrees
N. latitude, and is the geographical centre
of the Union. It is washed by one of the
largest rivers of the world, and has a
steamboat navigation of over 2000 miles,
while the fertility of the soil is said to lie
unsurpassed, if equalled, by any other
country on earth. Corn, wheat, potatoes,
oats and hemp al! grow luxuriantly—and
crops arc said to yield, per hand, from
SIOOO to SI2OO per annum. The hemp
culture is more profitable than any other
crop raised in the com.try. Farmers in
Missouri are making, by the hand, from
S7OO to SBOO per annum, without interfer
ing materially with their other crops. It
costs scarcely anything to raise horses,
cattle, hogs and sheep. Ail kinds of poul
try do well, while game, such as deer,
wild turkeys, prairie hens, See., is abun
dant. The climate is dry and bracing,ffnd
the water as pure as can lie found. The
winters are cold, hut dry, with but little
snow; the summers short, with cool and
pleasant nights. About 5 o’clock in the
evening a delightful breeze sets in from
the Ifocky Mountains, which continues all
night, rendering a blanket quite pleasant.
The country is rolling; no stagnant pools
of water, no miasma, and consequently
no fevers.
! Mechanics of every description find
ready work at prices varying from $3 to
's7 per day. Hundreds of the most lovely
| town sites are to lie found from the Kansas
river to the Yellow Stone, on the western
bank of tiio Missouri, and towns are
springing up like magic. Those on the
western bank flourish, and are built up
more rapidly than on tlie eastern bank,
because all the produce raised west of the
river must find its way to the river for
shipment. The farmers live together in
towns—after the manner of the Swiss—
instead of being isolated on their farms.
This causes more sociability, and accounts
for the number and beauty of tiio towns
and villages. Tiio present Governor of
Kansas is Mark W. lzzard, a Kentuckian
by birth, but appointed I rum Arkansas.
The territorial court is composed of Fer
guson, ot Michigan, (chief justice); Brad
ley u! Indiana, and Harden of Georgia.
The correspondent of the Examiner
thinks any person of energy and prudence
can make money in Nebraska. Lunds pur
chased at government prices, command in
a short time from $lO to SSO per hero—
llloso in and near the towns even going
beyond this. Everything is done on the
cash principle. The people are dispos’d
to lie moral ami religious, and have preach-'*
ingat Omaha threo lilnes on Sunday, to
large andattentive congregations. Good
schools have already been provided, and
edlieationis receiving a large share of at
tention.
\Yc have no doubt this account is highly
colored. We have seen letters within two
months, however, Irom an old friend in
I Nebraska, giving the most flattering ne
j counts of the lands, climate, See. Soiilli
j erncrs, who have been accustomed to a
j warm climate, will find the winters too
cold, but not a great deal more so than ia
Kansas. Judge Hardin, during iiis late
visit to Geo gin, said many tilings in favor
and some others against. Nebraska, lie
objected to tiio winters, principally on ac
count of the cold winds, which blow nearly
all the time.
There is no probability that Georgians
or Southerners will emigrate to Nebraska,
in any number, as it will undoubtedly be
a free State. We have thought, however,
that some account of it might not lie un
interesiing to our readers.
Itlatiniiouial.
“Me have receiv'd an advertisement
from Mr. I’crham, the great Gift Lottery
map, lor which he proposes to pay us in
tickets. Among the rare prizes displayed
for the lucky or unliuky winners, are two
or three marriageable girls, w ith a num
ber of thousand dollars, whom tiio winner
can marry, if botli parties desire it. Hav
ing entered into one matrimonial enter
prise, which has proved highly satisfacto
ry to us, we respectfully decline investing.
Perhaps brother Burke, of the Visitor,
would like to take a few cha||es.”— Cher
okee Georgian.
We thank our brother Atkinson for his
kind suggestion, but beg to be excused.
Me have read of a certain fox, who, after
hiving lost iiis caudal appendage, labored
very industriously to persuade iiis com
panions that it was “just tin tiling.” M’e
liavo no doubt that brother Atkinson, and
such others ot our brethren of the quill as
are numbered with the Benedicts are anx
ious to get us into the samo scrape; but
we 11 refer)iWcondition of single blessed
ness. We admit that it is'quite Irvin’- to
the nerves of a bachelor to live in the im
mediate vicinity of so much beauty as can
he seen in our little town; but w e manage
by bard struggling to get through with it.
Like Hamlet, we think it better to
V Bear the ills we have,
Than «tli« rs that wc know not of.”
1 Jut,seriously, we shouldn't like toilraw
one ot Mr. Perl mm’s “ marriageable girls, ’
if wo had a chance; the dollars we
shouldn’t object to. Marriage is said to be
a lottery, but when we determine to in
vest, we 1 1 ad rather do it nearer home.
His “ marriageable girls” are, without ques
tion, ugly, cross old maids—else why put
themselves up for all creation to draw for l
M’e are sure they would be the hardest
kind of hard bargains, with tlm dollars.
For the Visitor.
“I)o Women Reason ?”
It seems that JonxiE Jonquil has excited
an unusual degree of wrath among the la
dies, by asserting that “women do not
reason.” Well, lam almost afraid to be
come an ally of the gentleman; for if bis
one article ha# aroused so much spirit,
there is no telling what will be the effect
of .another’s taking the same ground.
I do not mean to assert, or bo under
stood as believing, that “women have no
sonls,” or that they are entirely destitute
of reasoning powers; but I am of opinion
that, as a class, woman is “ not capable of
deep analysis or of prolonged research.”
I di<l “hear Bishop Pierce’s eloquent de
fence of woman.” It teas an eloquent de
fence ; but I think tlie Bishop was only
debuting aw the affirmative side. He ac
knowledges that she lias never yet shown
herself capable of deep research, but to a
certain extent attributes this to the fact
that circumstances have required her to
devote much time to little tilings.
As to the vapid nonsense and fulsome
flattery with which men are compelled to
insult her good taste and good sense, 1 have
only to say, that men are apt, when in so
ciety, to adapt themselve; in conversation
to 11 ic capacities of those to whom they
are talking. Now if vapid nonsense is so
disagreeable, why is it not banished at
once from the conversation of the Indies?
Do wc address an old person of dignified
manners and of superior attainments wit h
nonsense and in a frivolous manner? No!
unless we wish to be charged with a want
ol sense. 'Hie truth is tiio ladies want
nonsense, and if you talk muon ably to
them, you xvill find the empty headed cox
comb preferred to yourself. Education
does n great deal, and it. is to bo hoped
will bo theTiiemis of banishing the present
topics of conversation which men arc
obliged to adopt when in tiio society of
women.
Piieue Lamwki.i. says, “and should she
attempt to change the conversation to a
more interesting topic, she is at once si
lenced by a shrug of the shoulders or the
more opprobrious epithet of Blue Stock
ing.” The difficulty which is here pre
sented is natural, and is likely to occur,
for when a woman is learned and smart,
and attempts to show off*, it is disagreen
alde, and she will he classed with llie
Blue Stockings. The same remark may
he applied to men. If one attempts to
show what lie knows, and is continually
thrusting il forward, lie will lie put down
ns n pedant and a Imre. But cannot one
have knowledge and let il shine, without
exhibiting pedantry? Wit limit doubt.
I believe with most, men (lint woman is
“ intellectually man’s inferior.” Now and
then you meet Avitli or hear of a great wo
man ; hut they are few, and none have ret
renched a position as high as our first rate
men. Ido not wish her nature changed,
but lovelier for just what she is. A wo
man never loves a man unless she thinks
1 1 iin her superior- mentally as well as
physically. This very disposition to look
up to and depend upon her husband for
protection, constitutes her ehiefest happi
ness; and tlie tact that she As dependent
upon him for protection, draws out Irom
the husband's heart a store of lore which
nothing else could develop.
Oconee.
Madison, Geo.
For the Visitor.
“ Do Women Reason ?”
M hen I promulged the doctrine, three
or four weeks ago, that the fair sex were
not capable of reasoning, il was not, let
me assure you, without fear niid trembling.
I knew tiio dear creatures would take the
negative, ami that my poor head stood a
chance for many a hard lick. Tlie-sequel
has proved mv judgment correct. But 1
must say, sir, that they are a little more
given to hard words than 1 had anticipa
ted. M hat shall Ido ? If I heat a preci
pitate retreat—back out w tliout so much
ns firing a gun, after having opened tlie
contest, I shall—and justly too—subject
myself to the charge of cowardice. If on
tlie other hand I fight valiantly and use
the weapons at my command, I shall, I
fear, lie called a very ungallant fellow.
The truth is, sir, that I am a little fearful
of Hie consequences, and most heartily
wish, like valorous and honest. Sancho
Panzn, 1 were out of it, Avitli whole
bones.
1 had hoped that somewhat in tiio way
of argument would be offered by those
avlio sought to answer my position. But—
and I say it with the utmost respect for
my fair opponents—l have been subjected
to most grievous disappointment. Susie
Snowdrop initiates t;io warfare. Now.
sir, I am the last mau to say might that
enn bo considered disrespectful to the fair
sex. I repeat that I love them all the
better for tho very faults—if they are
faults—which I attribute to them. Thus
much lest Miss Susie and other fair oppo
nents shall think me intentionally rude.
Susie writes very pretty verses, Mr. Editor,
and is, I dare say, a sweet little creature,
"lien in good humor; but her temper
"as, I dure say, a little above concert
Ditch when she penned that “genteel bast
ing Avliicli another of my fair friends
thought was so richly deserved. Well, I
am disposed to make excuses for her.
Maybe her beau had looked at some other
fair, or the piekle-jar was empty. I n ei
ther ease, the cause was sufficient to pro
duce even a greater outburst. She gene
rously offers to 2'ukx me with a jiohr~ to
comb my head (with a stool, I snppose,)
and to perforin various other kind offices
for me. I wouldn’t give her so much
trouble for tlie world. But Susie, with
all her benevolent offers and good wishes
for my happiness, doesn’t touch the mat
ter at issue, and so I pass on.
Piieiie Pexfeatiieb quietly remarks that
I have brought forward no argument to
sustain my side. What’s the use? Isn’t
the thing too plain to cull for argument ? j
As well require me to prove that the sun j
sluiies, or water runs down hill. Tlie
tiling is self-evident, and tiio best proof of j
my position is that neither Pliebc nor any
of her sister correspondents lias brought j
forward any rebutting testimony. Could j
f ask for a better argument than that j
three of the sex have attempted to reason |
on tiiis subject and failed? But I give j
them credit for great ingenuity—they i
have done all that is possible in the prem- j
I’liebe’s reason for wearing small bon
nets is sui generis. Vie wear small
ones, says she, because our mothers
woro large ones. There’s reasoning for
yon. But again, “you know tee trould
not lool: well without something on our
heads.” Just so; but you don’t mean to
say that bonnets are worn on tlie head
now-a days! M’hy not come out fairly
and squarely and say, “We wear them be
eauso they are fashionable!” That is the
only shadow of a reason to be given in tlie
matter. Bat I shall have more to say on
this subject of dress directly.
Lastly conies Piieue Lamwei.i.. Gra
cious! what a name! Sliakspearc says,
“there’s nothing in a name,” lmt don’t
you believe it. 1 can see broomsticks and
vengeance sticking out of this one, as plain
ns Macbeth ever saw I lie dagger—supposed
I>3’ some of later days to have been a dag
gcr-o-type. Hiss Lam well admits that she
never saw my article—but only read Susie
Snowdrop's strictures on it. M’cll, that’s
candid, anyhow. A reader is as likely to
get a proper idea of my article, from read
ing Susie’s reply, as a man in the last sta
ges of consumption would be to got cured
by carrying a medical almanac in his
pocket. She evidently misapprehends me
entirely, and in several particulars does mo
great, injustice. She assumes that J have
made a furious onslaught upon the sex, and
said all sorts of hard things of them, when
the contrary is true. I insisted that what
I said was just so much in their favor —
that t hey were the more charming and en
gaging on account of thi;i absence cf rea
soning powers.
But 1 have no time to reply to her as
sertions. She quotes irom Bishop Pierce,
and if I admitted his speculations ns evi
dence, her ease would bo made out. But
with ali my respect for tho Bishop—and
that is n>l small—l can’t do Hiis. Phebe
writes well, but doesn't prove her point.
But, Mr. Editor, I am willing to acknow
ledge that there are certain of the sex who
make a certain approach to reason, pretty
mueli as there are certain animals which
show a tendency to the power of speech.
From tiiis small but interesting minority,
you may sometimes get as much as an ad
mission that it. is foolish to be always
stumbling on one's skirts, when their be
ing an inch shorter would spare the inoon
veniciicy; or to wear a bonnet which is
neither a protection friur tho cold in win
ter nor the heat in summer. But they all
plead helplessness ns to a remedy: they
must follow the fashion. Now isn't, this
a fresh argument in my favor? Tho poor
dear creature confesses herself the slave of
a filing utterly foolish and contemptible.
She lias not—and she frankly owns it—
the moral courage to put between her nose
and tlie sun, an inch of needful silk, unless
the tiling he countenanced by Hie multi
tude. it Madame Bon ton, her milliner,
tells her that soup-draggling sleeves are
the fashion, she declares site can he the
martyr to bear, but not the martyr to re
sist. Could there lie a more expressive or
affecting proof of that beautiful defect
which gives the dear creatures such a won
derfully fascinating power over us? Pro
pose to a man that lie should have always i
something flapping here, and some other
thing sticking out there, troubling and in
conveniencing him at every moment of liis
life, without being of the smallest use or j
benefit to him, and lie would kick the im j
pertinence away from him in a moment’ !
probably with a few of those cursory re
marks which the rational sex are apt to
make about such things. But the “creature
that does not reason, and who pokes the
fire from tlie top,” submits to everything
of tho kind which you may impose upon
her, without even so much as a murmur.
Sweet weakness! charming etonrderie!
amiable patience 1 Never can ire hope to
rival it. Johxie Jonquil.
Madison, Geo.
For tlie Visitor.
Conscience.
It lias long been a mooted question
whether conscience is innate or acquired.
Dr. Paley, eminent for bis intellectual
powers, contends that conscience is ac
quired, while nearly every other writer on
moral philosophy takes the opposite side.
Perhaps it would not he uninteresting
to examine the subject, briefly, and see
which side is sustained by arguments.
From a survey of the field, we are hound
to side against Dr. Paley; and for so doing
wo offer a few reasons:
“Every man has a sense of right and
wrong, and the sum or aggregate of these
notions wo term conscience;” or “con
science is that law within whose dictates
we are bound to obey.” It lias also been
called by some tho “moral sense.”
To prove that every man has this idea
of right and wrong, we have only to refer
tu our own experience and that of others.
Moreover, there is not an instance on re
cord in which a sound-minded man did
not, at tlie first transgressions of the dic
tates of conscience, feel its pangs. Even
when hardened by innumerable sins, con
science still operates upon tlie sinner, anil
often causes him to repent and mourn over
his misdeeds. The heathen shows signs of
conscience when he violates certain great
laws designed for man’s government.
If tlie above be true, every man lias a
conscience. Now if it be acquired, as
contended by Dr. Paley, tiiere must be
certain circumstances surrounding “ the
person in question,” from which it is ac
quired. But it is highly probable that
these circumstances would occasionally
fail to surround the individual, and he
would be deployed of any conscience—
which can never lie true ot any one, for we
have proven its universality.
Again, children in their earliest years
exhibit unmistakable signs of the workings
of this monitor within; and, we repeat,
this occurs before tlie mind is capable of
being taught the consequences of action.
How can this be accounted for by tlie the
ory of the acquirement of conscience? It
is a fact inexplicable by any other theory
than that of its inuateness. M’e must not
he understood as saying that children ex
hibit ns strong evidences of the existence
of tiiis guide of all onr actions as those
who are older, and have cultivated it in
every possible way; but that this monitor
is not wanting to them, although its work
ings may offer but feeble proof of its exist
ence. If this fact be proven, we repeat,
the innateness of conscience is established.
Again, the sense of obligation to do
-iglif, which a man feels under the work
ings of conscience, has reference, with more
or less distinctness, to the will of God.
“ Whatever cried be taught, or land be trod,
Mali’s conscience is the oracle of (iod.”
This faculty of tlie mind, if we may be
allowed the expression, seems to he the
one chosen by Deity, upon which His
Spirit may operate. Wherever a man
may be—whatever his religious faith—to
whatever nation lie may belong—whatev
er may he his position in society, whether
king or subject— whenever he violates the
law written upon his heart, (that man has
a law written upon his heart, can he
proved by the Bible.) he first hears the
whisperings of an injured conscience; and
should he persist, he is sure to feel the
shocks of its mighty thunders. It will
rise in all its majesty and warn him loud
ly of iiis danger, mid the sting will he the
more powerful. Then, since conscience
warns us ot a future state, (which none
will deny,) it must he immortal, of divine
origin; for if it were acquired, why does
it warn as of our immortality, since none
ot man’s other acquirements do such
tilings? Ihe role is and must be general.
Man’s acquirements fit him only fur living
happier on earth, while conscience pre
pares him for a happy eternity.
1 Inis wo see tlie objects of tlie one nre
entirely different from the objects of the
other; consequently they must spring from
different sources: tlie one from man—the
other from God. Fred.
Oxford, Ga.
j- O.MMUMCATED.]
What is She worth?
.1 coMPosmox.
The interrogatory which lias become so
common at tlie present day, and which
doubtless originated from pure motives,
lias become so modified and restricted in
its meaning, that il is really disgusting to
any one of good taste and nice perceptions
t" hear it. The good old meaning of the
phrase or question “What is lie or she
worth?” I have no doubt was well under
stood by Dr. 'Webster, tlie author of (be
Alltel icon Dictionary, who has defined the
word “ worth” to bo “ that quality of a
thing which renders it useful; value of
mental qualities; excellence; virtue; use
fulness; possession.” But avarice, that
inordinate and insatiable desire for gain
ing and possessing wedtli, has induced the
moderns, especially of the upper-ten class,
to confine its signification almost entirely
to the amount of property which has been
amassed. 'Finis the question, “ What is lie
or she worth ?’’ has become equivalent to
“Is lie or she rich?” And if yon would
know tho virtues that are possessed by
any one, you must ask if he or she is wor
thy, or explain your interrogatory, before
you can be understood and answered in a
proper or satisfactory manner.
This limited meaning, or rather depar
ture from the original meaning, is general
ly received and adopted hy old and young
ot both sexes. Among the voters of our
country, a man is scarcely considered eli
gible to office unless lie is rich, and can
ride around and electioneer in a tine car
riage or two-horse buggy. Among the
older people, a jierson can scarcely have
any iullnence in the practical attains of his
neighborhood unless lie is rich and can
make an ostentatious show among them.
In either case it is very low and ridiculous,
and more so, I think, because they arc old
enough to know better. With the girls
it matters but little, if any, what thick
headed numbskull,what crack-brained, hol
low hearted, rum-soaked, red-eyed, bloat
ed-faced, card-playing, hairy-lipped fop he
may be, if he has the dimes and curly
heads. Oh! wliat delusion! And how
much better is it among the young gentle
men at the present day ? Let one become
acquainted with a young lady, and lie im
mediately enquires, “ What is she worth ?”
meaning thereby, “Is she rich?” If an
swered in the affirmative, lie will exclaim,
“Oh 1 she is the gal for meand off they
go with some liatched-up excuse to seek the
pleasure of her acquaintance. Vain man!
lie cares not how abominably ugly, igno
rant, cross, snappish, vain, thoughtless,
proud, haughty or extravagant a coquette
she may he, especially if her old father is
dead, and left her a largo amount of
ready money, when he departed this life.
In single blessedness, neither one of them
thinks to ask if the other is worthy—mean
ing, What virtues, talents, education, moral
training, temper, judgment, or domestic
qualities and attainments, are possessed.
Doubtless from this want of reason and
proper enquiry arise so many 'unhappy
matches, family feuds, and social disasters,
disquieted homes and divorces. Matrimo
ny, my young friends, is a lifetime busi
ness, and I would advise you to ponder
and weigh the subject well before you
make that long and dangerous leap, lest
you be “ unequally yoked with unbeliev
ers.” Sabah J. Tnoxrsos.
Salem Academy , Claris Cos. (la.
Pen-and-Scissorings.
We learn from the Cassville Standard
that Rev. Mr. Mell has not accepted the
Presidency of the College at that place.
... .Gen. Walker has given orders to close
all the drinking shops in Granada. No
more liquor can be obtained there for love
or money... .There was a heavy frost in
the vicinity of laifayette, la., last week,
which did considerable injury to some
fields of corn... .Dr. Kane, of Arctic ex
pedition fame, is now sojourning at otic
of the water cures, Brattleboro’, Vt. ...
The Macon Messenger mentions the dis
covery of a valuable mineral spring in the
county of Sumter, ten miles from Aineri
cus.... The car factory of Messrs. D. & It.
it. Piker, just outside the city limits of
Charleston, was destroyed by fire on Wed
nesday last. According to the Charles
ton Courier, the cotton crop of the United
States, for the years 1855-’56 amounts to
3,524,242 bales... .Joseph Morissev, a na
tive of Tipperary, Ireland, committed sui
cide in Atlanta, on Friday, the 12tli inst.
W. I’. Fain, who lias returned to
Georgia from Kansas, on private business,
will leave Calhoun, Georgia, on the 18th
inst., and invites all disposed, to accompa
ny him to Kansas... .There arc now four
tickets in the field iu Massachusetts—the
Whig, the Democrat, the Republican, and
American... .The Springfield (Mass.) lie
publican recommends Charles Sumner for
Governor of that State.... It is supposed
tluit Hamlin's majority as Go.eruor of
Maine will be 17,000... .The grand jury
of Coweta county condemn, in their pre
sentments, the practice of removing or
“running off” negroes who have commit
ted capital offences.... Mr. Win. 1. Gray,
of Decatur county, committed suicide on
the 28lh ult, by shooting himself. .. .Ste
phen Coma, a free negro, has I teen detect
ed, in Mobile, Ala., in circulating abolition
documents, and ordered to leave the city
in two days.... The Charleston Courier
announces the death, by yellow fever, of
the Pcv. .1. A. Shanklin, late pastor of St.
Peter’s Church, in that city, and the senior
of the editorial committee in charge of the
Southern rijihcoihdu.n. He was a native
o! Pendleton District, S. C., and commen
ced his pastoral labors in Macon. ...It is
rumored that Gen. Harney has been or
dered to Florida, in command of the troO]is
operating against the Indians.. .".Theodore
Hook once said to a man, at whose table
a publisher got very drunk, "Why, you
appear to have emptied your icinc-celtur
into your hool'-seller .... A scald or burn
can be easily cured by the use of Perry
Davis’s Vegetable Pain Killer. It is
equally effectual iu curing headache, pain
in the stomach or bowels, dysentery, diar
rlio'.a, and cholera.... The first daily news
paper printed iu Virginia was in 1780,
and the subscription price was SSO per
annum.... Mr. Macaulay, it appears, lias
gone to Venice for change of climate and
scene, but will devote himself to bis His
tory on bis return.. .The man who
“couldn’t stand it any longer,” lias taken
a seat, and now feels quite comfortable....
There are three hundred and fifty-live pub
lishers in the United States, two thousand
booksellers, fifteen thousand printers, and
rive hundred bookbinders... .Somesearch
ing mind has discovered that Paris con
sumes daily some two billion cups of cof
fee!.— A sick cobbler must be regarded
as being well when lie begins to mend....
Bishop Pierce left for Kansas last week,
to hold a Mission Conference there. .. .Dr.
1\ m. J. Holt has just returned to Augusta,
after an absence of upwards of four years,
which lie spent in the Russian service, in
the Crimea, in the capacity of surgeon....
Why is an egg like a colt ? Because it is
not fit for' use until it is broken... .Doug
las jerrold, the eminent author, is about
to visit the United States on a lecturing
tour.... One thousand pounds of wafers
are used by the House of Representatives,
at Washington, in a single session... .One
hundred millions of dollars’ worth of hav
will bo raised in tho United States this
year—equal in value to the cotton crop.
A female physician iu Philadelphia
advertises that it is “her particular spe
ciality to cure all affections of the heart.”
The first printing press set up in
America was worked at Cambridge, Mass.,
in 1639 France lost 40,000 out of her
200,000 soldiers engaged in the Russian
war.... The Collins line of steamers re
ceives $858,000 a year for carrying the
mail.... The fact that diseased lungs, even
in the middle and latter stages of Con
sumption, have been cured, in repeated in
stances, by Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cher
ry, can be substantiated by proof.. The
printer who has nobody but “ the devil”
to pay may think himself lucky Hon.
E. A. Nisbet lias published a letter, giving
his reasons for supporting Buchanan
Hon. Garnett Andrews declares hi3 prefer
ence for Fillmore The National Whig
Convention at Baltimore, has nominated
Fillmore and Donnelson. Twenty five
States were represented.
Kansas News.
St. Louis, Sept. 12.—Gen. Rich
ardson, of the Kansas territorial militia
has been captured by a freesoil hand,
but was liberated by Lane. Great alarm
was felt at Leavenworth City, in appre
hension of an attack by Lane, which was
rumored as iu contemplation. Gen. P.
F. Smith had ordered four companies
of the United States forces to protect the
place.
Lane was still at Lawrence, with no
indications of intention to leave that
town.
Chicago, Sept. 12.— Private letters
received here from Kansas state that
Lane was meditating an attack on West
port, Kansas City and Independence,
Mo. Gov. Geary lias reached his field
of duty.
St. Louis, Sept. 10. — Intelligence has
reached here that the Missourians have
fled from Westport, fearing an attack
from the forces led on by the notorious
Jim Lane.
Slavery and Cotton.
At the late meeting of the British
Association for the Advancement of
Science, in the section devoted to Eco
nomic Science and Statistics, Mr. Bau
son read a paper on the connection be
tween American Slavery and the British
Cotton Manufacture. The paper consist
ed of a series of propositions, of which
the follow ing is a short resume: First,
that cotton, from the conditions of cli
mate necessary to its culture, cannot bo
grown in Europe; but that, with the
single and not unimportant exception of
the patriots in the New England States
of America, it is, and must long contin
ue to l>e, manufactured almost exclusive
ly in Europe ; secondly, that the present
supply is chiefly raised, and for the pres
ent must continue to be raised, by slave
labor; seeing that, while for fifty years
we have sought over the whole earth for
cotton, wo have during that lime contin
ued to obtain from the Slave States of the
American Union a continually increas-
ing ptoporion of our entire supply;
thirdly, that two-thirds in number at
least of the population of the United
States have been called into existence,
and are now directly or indirectly main
tained lor the supply of cotton for export
ation ; fourthly, that of the cotton thus
exported three-fourths at least are raised
for and tent to this country alone ; and
fib lily, that of the entile quantity wo
import, four-fifths at least in value aro
thus derived from the United States.
Each of those propositions was supported
bv tabular accounts extracted from tbo
public records of this country and tbo
United States, and the conclusion was
explained thus: That hence, in tbe pres
ent state of the commercial relations of
the two countries, the cotton planters of
the United States are interested to tbo
extent of two-thirds at least of their
entire exportable produce in the main
tenance ot the cotton manufacture of
the L uited Kingdom, and reciprocally
the cotton manufacturers of the United
Kingdom, and through them the entire
population ot the United Kingdom, are
interested to the extent, of more than
four tilths of the raw material of that
manufacture in the existing arrange- J
incnts for maintaining tho cotton eulturo I
of the United States.
Si/' I lie Huntsville Jndetjxmdcnt, of
the oth, says that on Sunday’ evening
last, die passenger train on the Memphis
it Charleston Railroad made its first run
west of 1 use.umLia. The train now runs
regularly between eight and nine miles
towards Memphis, where it meets the
stages from Pocahontas. The cars will
extend their trips as the track laying
progresses at both ends of the gap be
tween Pocahontas and Tuscumbia. We
are informed by an offieer of the road,
that it is confidently expected that the
cars will be running through from Ste
venson to meinphis by the Ist. February.
Ni:w Arrangement upon R.R, Cars.
We notice that the Richmond Railroad
Company have adopted anew arrange
ment lor giving notice to passengers of
their arrival at the different stations along
the route. It consists of a series of vases
upon which are painted the names oftbe
stations in disliuct letters. The [conduc
tor, upon the arrival of the train asabovq
simply pulls a cord, and the vane wWfl
the proper name upon it falls to the view 9
of the passengers. They are arrangedH
in succession and cannot cause mistake-1
Heretofore the conductor’s lungs wereiaH
use for this purpose.
W heat. — It is stated as an evidence 11
of the abundance prevailing, notwbb'U
standing the high price of flour, that tb«H
Virginia Central Railroad has been uns-1
ble to supply cars enough to transport J§
to market the wheat and other produce m
offered at its depots,
S3T It is said the buckwheat cropolß
New Jersey promises to be very heavy*
but the potatoes will be short, owing
the rot,