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BENJAMIN G. LIDDON.
T. A. JBURKE, EDITOR.
MADISON, OA.:
SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1856.
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self.
Our Weekly Gossip.
Wirn Reapers and Correspondents.
A late number of Porter's Spirit of the
Time* contains a spirited article on
Female Equestrianism,
from which we clip the following graceful
compliment to the women of the Old Do
minion :
“ We once a proached an old Virginia
farm-house, with its o wner, who had been
for some days absent. A few hundred
yards off, we suddenly stopped to gaze,
for, st that moment, dashing round from
the rear of the mansion, and darting like
mad through the trees, came n troop of ri
ders at full speed, all of them females but
one. Sweeping round the house, again
they disappeared, but a circuit of a few
moments again brought them in front,
when, discovering us, they reined up for
an instant, and then, affecting vast dismay,
made a rush at a high carriage gate, on one
side of the lawn, to escape. The foremost
rider galloping past the gate almost with
out drawing rein, went to one side, raised
it and dashed it open, and then, wheeling
her horse, darted through with another ri
der, and went clattering down a rocky
path, as the gate, made to swing shut,
closed with a bang. Two more performed
the same feat, and the last of the train
made nn effort to shoot through nt the
same timo. This was a girl of perhaps u
dozen years, and she was mounted on by
farthe largest horse in the party. ‘There
goes my horse, whom I hade nobody ride!’
exclaimed our companion, mock gravity
very scantily hiding his expression of good
natured amusement. But the last rider
was too late. The gnto was shutting on
her, and it appeared that il must inevita
bly catoh her powerful horse between its
head ami shutting post. Wo held our
breath; but a .sharp, prompt, fearful pull
on the reins of the heavy curb-bit. sudden
ly arrested the horse, and it was done with
such vigor and such a will, that, the great
animal threw his fore feet high in the air,
and the gate seemed to swing under the
uplifted hoofs, as it closed. In another
moment it was seized by the littlo rider,
thrown open, and away she went, with the
whip flying, to overtake her companions.
I thought of the w ild, fearless, graceful ri
ders of the western plains, and wondered
whether the blood of Pocahontas, which
flowed in the veins ot the merry party, had
anything to do with the matter!”
To our eye there is no more beautiful
sight than a handsome woman on horse
back, aud we wonder that American ladies
do not more generally engage in an exer
cise which is botii pleasant and healthful.
A late number of the Home Journal ,
speaking of
The Color of Roses,
alludes to the old tradition that the rose
sprang from the blood of Adonis—that it
was white and scentless till Venus trod
upon one of its thorns, and, with her
blood, gave it color and scent. There is
also a poetical tradition that. Cupid gave
to the “blush rose,” by- holding it to
Peyche’s cheek. The fanciful origin of the
rose, as given by Maundeville, is, that slum
der had brought a fair maiden of Betide
hem to the stake, and that at Her prayer
Heaven quenched the tiro, and turned all
the brands into rose trees, bearing white
and red roses, the first “ that ever any man
saw.”
We guess it would rather cut down
some of the young bucks, who, butterfly
like, flit during the summer months from
one watering place to nuother, if they
could hear occasionally
What the Girls say of them,
when their backs are turned. We are not
favorable to “backbiting,” as a general
thing, but there was doubtless good reason
for the remarks, which are thus reported
by a correspondent from a place of fash
ionable resort:
“Why don’t you dance?” asked a lady
of an apathetic friend, a few evenings
•inoe, on the piazza, when the music struck
up. “ Oh, wo have no men dancers here,”
was the reply, “ only a lot of little shavg
hoat, that tease a body to death.” Again,
when the music struck up a quadrille, a la
dy on the piazza asked another, sitting
near the door, “ Who are ail those in there,
Mies ■?” “ Nobody but those ever
lasting shanghais," was the response. One
of the said birds, who sports Parisian logs,
a Cape May hat and a Saratoga coat, and
is all whiskers, teeth, bows and flattery,
wm. approaching a group of ladies with a
’ mguid shuffle, when one remarked, sottO
c.j.y, “Here comes our monkey friend.'”
111 Mini tiiitii;
Os another individual —who wears a crop
of glossy black hair that hardly agrees with
his age—the remark was made, “ Here
comes our wig friend!” And so the dear
devilish creatures talk of those who wait
upon them most devotedly. These re
marks I did rot hear myself, for I have a
horror of ladies in a crowd, and keep clear
of them ; but my information is reliable.
I belong, I suppose, to the class that the
pretty merry-makers would stigmatize as
bears, in contradistinction to the bores
tlmt bother them. * All the single men here
are lodged in a building which is separate
from the main hotel, and i« known ns Tex
as. The Indies. I am credibly informed,
call this building the “ menagerie.”
It seems to be the opinion of a good
many that
The Woman Question
is pretty well used up. Common justice,
to all parties, however, requires ns to ad
mit such articles on the subject ns may
hereafter be banded in. Read Peter
SriKEs’ communication, in another column.
Ho takes anew and somewhat amnsing
view of the whole matter. We more than
half suspect that Peter is a lawyer, from
the way ho picks flaws in Scsv Snowdrop’s
former article. Our friend Jounik Jon-
Qtjn, writes us a fancy little note—marked
private on the left corner—in which he no
tifies ns tlmt he will not enter the contest
again—not because he considers himself
vanquished, hut he fears another attack on
Miss Nora’s nerves might provo fatal.
The last named Indy’s article, he thinks,
smacks pretty strongly of capsicum —but,
impudent dog, he declares himself fire
proof-says he didn’t even wince under it.
Wo dare say ho is glad enough to get out
of the controversy, however, and will not
get into another sucli quarrel with the fair
sex soon.
Suggestions to Makers of Geographies.
There is, says the New York News, a
great complaint, and justly too, on the
part of teachers, that the geographies do
not keep up with the times, and do not
give reliablo facts and statistics. The
study of geography is worth but littlo
when boundaries are not correctly given,
nor population nor areas correctly stated.
For instance, Olncy’s School Atlas for
1800, gives the area ot the United Stutes at
2,000,000 square miles, while the census
reports give it at 2,088,160 square miles
(including Gadsden’s purchase.) The pop
ulation of the United States is set down in
the geography nt 20,000,000, while it can
not be less than 25,000,000. Again, the
area of Mexico is given in the geography
nt 1,100,000 square miles, and its popula
tion set, down at 7,000,000, while the Mex
ican census of 1854 published the area of
Mexico at 803,051 square miles, and the
population nt 7,661,919.
Chili, in South America, is given in the
geographies ns containing a population of
1,200,000, and an area of 17,000 square
miles, whereas tho Chilian Minister at
Washington gave officially, in 1863, the
number of inhabitants at 1,615,423, and
the territory embraced at about 250,000
square miles. The southern boundary of
Chili is marked on the maps at 41 degrees
south latitude, while it is notorious that
for a long series of years Chili lias claimed
and exercised government o', or the coun
try west of the Eastern Andos to tho
Straits of Magellan at Port Famino or San
Felipe.
Again, the southern boundary of Russia
in Asia, is marked ns not running south of
tho Stannnvoi Mountains. It is well
known that the wlio'e valley of the Amour
River, comprising 500,000 square miles, is
a part of the Russian dominions. Why
does not the geography so recognize it?
The following list of railroads in actual
operat ion aro not noticed by the geogra
phies of 1856, to-wit: Railroad from Vera
Cruz in Mexico to San Juan in same pro
vince; railroad from Pernambuco in Bra
zil to the south of same province, 40 miles;
ditto from Rio Janeiro to Petropolis; ditto
from Val Puraiso in Chili, to Santiago;
ditto from Harrisburg in Texas to Rich
mond, thirty-six miles, and various others.
Wo might name numberless cases of
gross mistakes of the kind instanced above,
but it is useless. Let us hero say that we
have not singled out Oluey’s geography
because it is more subject to criticism than
others. On the contrary, it is the most
reliable of any we have. But let its pub
lishers look to this thing and rectify mis
takes, nnd they will confer a favor on
many seeking knowledge under difficulties,
and more especially on those who are en
gaged in imparting information to the
rising generation.
The illustrations in some of the school
geographies, in common use, are not a lit
tle amusing sometimes. We saw, a few
days ago, in Colton A Fitch's geography, a
picture intended to illustrate a scene at
i ( ' ie South. It represents a cotton field—
, in the midst of which is erected a cotton
screw—which, by the bye, outrages all
rules ot proportion. Some of the negroes
are picking cotton, while others are
carrying well filled baskets directly from
the cotton patch to the screw. It never
occurred to the artist that Southern plant
ers always gin their cotton beforo they
pack it. Another geography in common
use has a picture of a cotton field, in which
half a dozen negroes, all in a heap, are
working, while a ferocious looking white
man stands over them with a whip of huge
proportions in his hand. We wonder if
the artist drew it from life. If so, he has
seen more than many men who were born
and reared at the South. We might men
tion other absurd illustrations; but these
are quite sufficient. Os course such pic
tures are calculated to give Northern chil
dren correct ideas of the South and its pe
culiar institution—and to fit them for that
peculiar.school of politics aud religion of
which parson Beecher is the head and
front.
Bank of Greensboro*.
This institution, incorporated by the
last Legislature, has been organized by the
election of a board of trustees, and the
payment of $50,000 in specie. Hon. Fran
cis H. Cone is President, and Tiieodobe
L. Thompson, Cashier. What has become
of the Bank of Madison ? Will somebody
enlighten ns on the subject ?
The Election in Morgan.
The election passed off quietly in onr
town and county. Below we give the of
ficial vote of the different precincts;
American. Democratic.
Madison ...301 178
Wel'.ington 38 26
Adsborough 24 30
863 234
234
Maj. for Am. ticket 129
The Weather.
We were blessed witli copious rains on
Monday and a portion of Tuesday. Since
then we have had cold, biting weather,
with heavy, killing frosts.
Death of a Georgian.
We learn through the True Californian
of the death of Charles Grinnell, Esq.,
at San Francisco, on the sth of October.
Mr. G. was a native of Monticello, in this
State, aud was, at tho time of his death
Clerk of the District Court of California.
A New Book.
T. B. Peterson & Cos., Philadelphia,
have in press and will publish on the Ist
of December, “The Humors of Falcon
bridge, by the late Jonathan F. Kelley,
better known to the reading public ns
‘ Falconbridge,’ ‘Jack Humphries,’ ‘Stam
pede,’ &c., with numerous illustrations.’’
It will contain one hundred and eleven
sketches, of a humorous character, and be
furnished in ono handsomely bound duo
decimo volume for ono dollar and twenty
five cents, or in two volumes, paper cov
ers, for one dollar.
These sketches are far superior to the
common run of those which now appear
in the magazines nnd newspapers. “They
arc of tho most varied, lively and ngreen
ble character, indicating nn almost miracu
lous versatility of thought, great geniality
and singular powers of observation. Their
author is now dead, and these papers form
the sole legacy to his widow and children,
for whoso benefit” they are to be published
by Mr. Peterson,
Advance copies of cither edition of the
work will bo sent by mail,//•<?« of postage,
if the price is remitted to the publisher.
The Election.
Our exchanges this (Friday) morning
arc full of telegraphic despatches, from all
parts of the country. Maryland is report
ed to have gono for Mr. Fillmore by about
7,000 majority. Tho Democrats claim
Pennsylvania by 20,000,Delaware hy1,850,
Virginia by 20,000, North Carolina by 15,-
000, Tennessee by 7,000, Kentucky by
4,000, Indiana by 12,000, Louisiana by
1500, and New Jersey and Georgia by
large majorities. Now York is supposed
to have gono for Fremont by 20,000 ma
jority. He lias also carried all the New
England States, Ohio, Michigan, Wiscon
sin and lowa.
For tho above wo aro indebted to the
Constitutionalist of Thursday evening.
The Chronicle and Sentinel of 6ame date
contains substantially tho same returns,
with the exception of Louisiana, which is
claimed as doubtful. From Florida, Mis
souri, Texas, Illinois nnd California, no
news had been received.
Thanksgiving Day.
llis Excellency Governor Johnson lias
by Proclamation appointed Thursday the
20th inst. as a day of Thanksgiving and
Supplication, and recommends “ tho people
throughout the State, on that day, to sus
pend their usual business, nnd the various
religious denominations to assemble in
their respective places of worship, and en
gage in exercises of devotion suitable to
the occasion.”
The Executives of Maine, New Hamp
shire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York,
Maryland and Missouri, have also appoint
ed Thursday the 20th as a day of Thanks
giving nnd Prayer.
For the Visitor.
A Suggestion.
Mn. Editor: I was very much gratified
to see the comments which you made in
your last issue, in reference to the conduct
of a few wild and ungentlemanly boys, dur
ing the exercises of the concert on Wednes
day night, and while tlie young ladies were
reading their compositions on Thursday.
I deem it useless to say anything about
their conduct, for I am not able to do
them justice, as the English language fails
to meet tho demands of their case. But I
have a suggestion to offer to the faculty
and friends of tho institution, which I
hopo will be kindly received, if not adopt
ed. During the last few months, the
young’ladies of the Georgia Female Col
lege havo formed a society called the Mel
pomenean : as yet it is in its infancy, and
needs encouragement. Would it not be a
good idea, in future, to make those who
attend the concerts given by the young
ladies, pay each a small amount for the
pleasure of listening to the “ conoord of
sweet sounds,” and let the proceeds of tho
concerts be appropriated to the library of
the society ? By 6o doing, it will not only
be adding to tbe facilities of the institu
tion, but we shall have better order; for
those who attend whl go for tbe purpose
of listening, and not to disturb others.
PoNtSGOB.
Madison , Ga.
For the Visitor,
Tbe Woman Question again.
Mb. Editor —l have for a long time
been indulging the hope that this discus
sion would sometime come to a close, bnt
begin to fear that my hope is vain. I
have often heard it said “ it’s a long lane
that has no end,” and thought about this
discussion.
Now, sir, I do not see the necessity of
such an exciting time concerning such a
trivial subject. Who cares whether women
reason or not? Nobody—at least no one
should care, for they are very delightfnl
beings anyhow. Besides, I thought it was
an axiom, a settled fact, that they conld
not, and were never known to reason. I
am sure that the fair correspondents who
have been writing on this subject have not
converted a single individual to their faith.
Were it a subject that involved the inter
est and welfare of the whole country; or
if the discussion were prolonged to ascer
tain some great truth in the sciences of
Political Economy or Moral Philosophy,
we could bear it; but on such a trivial
subject, I think it a useless consumption
of time. Besides the trivialness of the
subject, I object to the modus probandi
which the whole of them have adopted.
Were we to undertake to prove that man is
not capable of reasoning, by bringing up his
actions, caprices and frivolities, we might
write ten thousand volumes, aud then have
proved nothing. Men and women both,
for the most part, act contrary to the dic
tates of reason. To say because man fre
quently acts contrary to reason, that he is
destitute of reason, would be a very erro
neous conclusion. We might as well say
because man often acts contrary to con
science he is entirely destitute of that prin-
ciple.
Many references have been made to
Bishop Pierce’s address by the fair dispu
tants, and we think if that reverend gen
tleman could read their articles, he would
conclude that his speech was entirely mis
opplied and seriously contorted. In their
“crusade” against Johnie Jonquil they try
to prove their point, viz: that women do
reason, by trying to prove that man docs
not! A convincing argument, indeed!
Ono goes on to remark, in her phrensy—
Susy Snowdrop, I believe—that “if we
(the ladies) wear small shoes and little bon
nets and flounced dresses, you men wear
tight hoots nnd bee gum hats, nnd a whole
bolt of silk around your necks.” Mark it:
a whole boltoC silk. In her closing remarks
to Johnie Jonquil, in the very next para
graph, she adds, “May he never have a
soft place to lay his bond on when it aches;
no nice little hand to magnetize away the
blue devils; nobody to tie his neck-cloth
into a pretty little bow !!" Just imagine, if
you please, a whole bolt of silk “tied into
a pretty little bow"! She also hopes, in
her “parting blessing,” tlmt “he may
never have a button on his shirt, nor a
whole pair of stockings. Now we suppose
that Johnie doesn’t rare a cent whether
he possesses a whole pair of stockings or
not, for you know gentlemen never use
that article in this country. They wear
socks or half-hose, hut never stockings.
The latter, we thought, were reserved for
the use of the other sex. It is very evi
dent that if Susie makes many such mis
takes as these, instead of proving her i
point, she will not only strengthen her op
ponent in his faith, but force him to the
conclusion tlmt some of the dear creatures
aro not very well posted.
Peter Spikes.
Madison, Ga.
Pen-mi cl-Scissorinss.
The Southern Commercial Convention
meets at Savannah on tiic Bth December.
The city is making preparation to receive
the delegates from the Southern States in
a suitable manner.... An editor out west
announced the birth of his ninth child un
der tho head of “Distressing casualty.”
... .In Augusta, on Saturday morning, the
weather was so cold that ice was noticod
in many places. They had a ‘killing
frost.’.... Wbat is the difference between
a candle in the Mammoth Cave and a
danoo in a public house ? The ono is a ta
per in a cavern, and the other a caper in a
tavern.... The New York Tribune boasts
of an increase in its oirculntion since April,
1855, of 101,467. Its entire circulation nt
this time it puts at 278,280, of which 63
aro taken in Georgia “Why did you
set your cup of tea in the chair, Mr.
James?” asked a worthy landlady one
morning, nt breakfast. “It is so very
weak, ma’am,” replied Mr. James, “I
thought I would rest it.’’....The kitchen
of Dr. Coffin, of Aikin So. Ca., was con
sumed by fire on tho night of the 28th
inst., and a favorite servant, for many
years a nurse in the family, was burned to
death... .A gentleman having done some
thing wrong in a public garden of Paris,
and being called to an account for it by
one of the guardians, said to him, “If I
were to put a dollar upon each one of your
eyes, could yon see?” The answer was
“No; and if I had another upon iny
month I conld not speak” On Sunday
morning last, a destructive fire occurred
in Norfolk, Ya., consuming property to
the amount of $30,000. It broke out in
the cellar of tbe house occupied by James
Barry as a china store, corner of Union st.
my?” said a female visitor to a little yel
low-haired boy. “Mamma,” exclaimed
little Willie, “did I ever have the cate
chism ?” He thought it was anew com
plaint ; but it is ar. old one, especially with
ohildren ... .Professor Morse and Mr. Cy
rus W. Field, of New York, had an inter
view with the Earl of Clarendon, on the
Bth inst., in regard to the connexion of
New Foundiand and Ireland, by electric
telegraph... ...A German prince, in a
dream, seeing three rats—one fiat, the other
lean, and the third blind—sent for a cele
brated Bohemian gipsy, and demanded an
explanation. “The fat rat,” said the sor
ceress, “ is your prime minister, the lean
rat your people, and the blind rat your
self.”.. . .Rev. Joseph Walker, of Marion,
Ala., has been selected as the editor of the
Christian Index for the ensuing year
An ardent Shaksperean has written a
pamphlet on the play of Hamlet, called
“An attempt to ascertain whether the
Qneen were an Accessory, before the fact,
in the Murder of her First Hnsband.”
The Savannah Republican announces the
death of Mr. J. 11. Ladd, long a worthy
merchant of that city. He died at New
town, Massachusetts, on the 11th u1t....
Woman’s whole life is a history of the af
fections. The heart is her world; it is
there her ambition strives for empires; it
is there her avarice seeks forbidden treas
ures .... Anew post office has been estab
lished in Worth connty, Ga., and Dr. Win.
F. Bynum appointed post-master. The
post office is called Brooks, in honor of
Col. Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina.
....A little boy, while writhing under
the ague, was told to rise np and take a
powder which had been prepared for him.
“Powder! powder 1” said he, raising him
self on one elbow, aud patting on a smile,
“mother, I ain’t a gun.”.... An Anburn
(N. Y.) paper tells of a corn speculator in
that place who has realized a profit of
SIB,OOO on one operation... .“The child
is said to be father to the man, and I am
never so forcibly reminded of this,” says a
philosophizing stockjobber, “as when I
see a boy flying a kite.” Hon. John
Berry, a member of the Arkansas Senate,
died a few days ago from the bite of a spi
der. .. .There is nothing formidable about
death hut the consequences of it, and these
we ourselves can regulate and control.
The shortest life is long enough, if it lend
to a better, and the longest life is too short
if it do not... .Bishop Onderdonk, of
Pennsylvania, has been restored to the
Ministry.... A lady leaving home, was
thus addressed by her little boy : “Mamma,
will you remember to buy mo a penny
whistle, and let it be a religions one, that
I can use it on Sunday.”.... A large num
ber of counterfeit quarters are in circula
tion, dated 1849, and may be known by a
peculiar whiteness, which the genuine pie
ces do not possess. So says the Charleston
Mercury The editor of an exchange, in
Ids contemplated improvements, promises
to “ give the ladies something that’ll tickle
them just like a spider on a man’s nose.”
.... A coteinporary says: In our opinion,
the result of long experience and observa
tion, an editor of a newspaper deserves far
more credit for what he keeps out of his i
paper than for what he puts in it A
punster at the point ot death being advised
to eat a pullet, declined, saying he feared
it might “/ay on his stomach.”... .The
spire of St. Peter’s Catholic church in
Philadelphia is 233 feet high, and repre
sented as the highest in this country
A premium being lately offered by an
agricultural society for the best mode of
irrigation, and the latter word being made
irritation by a mistake of the printer, a
farmer sent his wile to claim the prize....
Governor Johnson has issued a Pro'lama
tion, calling on the people of this State to
observe the 20th of November as a day of
general Thanksgiving to the Ruler of the
Universe for the manifold blessings enjoyed
by us during the year now about to close
■ ■ • • V oung girls like balls, young men like
belles, brokers like bills, topers like bowls,
and cardinals like bulls—by changing a
vowel, all tastes are suited The Alta
California says that Madame Lola Montes
has recently become deeply interested on
religions subjects, and that she intends
living hereafter a life of retirement....
The Springfield (111.) Journal thus announ
ces the last “horrible outrage”: “All
manner of outrages, murders, rapes and
massacres 'are being perpetrated upon the
Northern men in Kansas.”.... Wake For
est College, a Southern Baptist institution,
has discontinued tho use of the Rev. Dr.
Wayland’s Elements of Moral Science, be
cause it contains sentiments unsound, and
at war with the domestic institutions of
the South.... Caution—Coughs, colds and
affections of tho lungs prevail amongst our
people to an extent wholly unknown in
Europe, and if neglected, often assume a
dangerous form. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild
Cherry is the remedy in such cases....
There is a man who has such a good tem
per that he hired himself out in summer
to keep himself cool The London Morn
ing Star says: “The alliance between
France and England hangs upon a thread.”
Query. Would that journal prefer to have
it “hang” by rope? The total number
of bogs in Ohio over six months old on the
Ist of April, 1856, was 1,740,972, against
2,044,003 the previous year. Thisestimate
includes all the counties but seven
Betting is immoral; but how can tho man
who bets be worse than he who is no bet
ter?... .The citizens of Knoxville, Tenn.,
have authorized a corporate subscription
of $50,000 to the Knoxville and Kentucky
Railroad.... Why ought a fisherman to be
very wealthy ? Because he is all net profit.
Daniel Ginon, aged about fifty years,
committed suicide in Charleston, on Sun
day night last, by taking laudanum The
man who has a right to do as he pleases,
generally pleases to do wrong Steel
Engraving—A good specimen of this art
can be seen on each bottle of Perry Davis’
Pain Killer. This valuable preparation is
put up in square bottles, with the words
Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer blown in the
glass... .The Ohio Baptist convention, at
Columbus, on the 24th Inst., passed a se
ries of resolutions denouncing slavery and
pledging themselves to labor against its
extension.... Who is tho shortest man
mentioned in the Bible? Knce-high-miah.
Hon. Solomon Foot, of Rutland, Vt.,
has been re-elected to the United States
Senate for six years from the 4th of March
next “ Jim, do you believe in ghosts?”
asked a fellow of another, who was taking
a drop of the critter. “ No,” replied Jim,
“ but I do in spirits.”
Masonic.
The Grand Lodge of Georgia closed
its session in Macon on Friday last.
From the delegates who were in at
tendance, we learn that the session was
entirely harmonious. The reports of the
Deputy Grand Masters represent the
present condition of the Fraternity in the
State, as very flourishing. They alluded
in touching terms to the death of the
late Grand Master, Wit. C. Dawson,
whose removal from among his Brethren
has created a deep and sincere feeling of
regret.
The Masonic Female College at Cov
ington is represented as being in a very
prosperous condition, and destined still
to be an important aid to the cause of
education, and a monument to the library
and energy of its founders.
The report of the Committee on For
eign Correspondence was read and re
ceived. It reports a highly gratifying
condition of the Fraternity throughout
the Union.
The new Constitution, which was
drawn up at the last session of the Grand
Lodge, and which has been submitted
i to the various Lodges in the State for
| approval or amendment, was adopted by
the constitutional mnjoiity without
change.
Resolutions were adopted providing
for a portrait of the deceased Grand Mas
ter, to be suitably framed, and hung in
the Lodge Room. Also one profi ling
for the raising of a fund of $40,000, for
educational purposes, to be called the
“ Dawson Fund,” and to remain a living
monument to the memory of one who
for so many years devoted himself to the
interests of Masonry and education.—
The idea, we think, is an excellent one,
and a far more fitting tribute to the worth
of our departed Grand Master than
tho costly mausoleum. Ilis mem
ory will thus be enshrined, and his virtues
recorded on more durable material than
marble or brass—on the enduring tab
lets of the heart.
Much other business was transacted,
of interest to the Craft, of which they
will be duly informed by the published
minutes.
A large number of the Representatives
visted the splendid new Depot of the
three railroads, centering in Macon, and
all expressed themselves highly pleased
with the pains which had been taken fur
the comtort and convenience of the trav
eling public, and with the attention of
the ofliceis who showed them over the
building. —Savannah News.
John Bull Sold again-
A London letter says :
A remarkable statement appeared in the
Times the day before yesterday headed,
“ Railways and revolvers in Georgia.’
It was from a correspondent, and gave
ap utterly incredible narrative of a rail
way trip from Augusta to Macon,during
which six of the passenge.s were killed
on tho route by duelling, and one child
murdered. In addition to its inherent
improbability, the story contains some
obvious inaccuracies with regard to the
distances on the line, and other mi
nor circumstances, such as the writer,
having heard the footsteps of a man, who
had been left behind, chasing the train,
as well as the fall of the child's body,
when it was thrown from the train in
full motion.
The Globe evening paper had an ar
ticle last night ridiculing the whole ac
count, but its Tory cotemporary, the
Standard adopted the entire details, and
held them upas a sample of the state of
things in the country where there is no
established Church !
The author of the story should be en
gaged at once by the New York Tribune
to write Kansas horrors for that paper.
With such a field for the play of his
imagination, ho could beat Greeley or
the and 1 himself. —Savannah News.
. Bank Failure. —lt was reported in
this city on Monday morning that the
“ Manufactures and Mechanics Bank” of
Columbus had failed and we have seen
such evidences of it by telegraphic dis
patches, as to leave no doubt of the fact.
What the circumstances are, or its lia
bilities, we have not learned. Dr. E. T.
Taylor, its President, who has always
been held as a most estimable and re
liable gentlemau, was at West Point at
time, and a paragraph we have co
pied from the Columbus Sun will give
further information with regard to him.
—Macon Journal and Messenger.
Grand Master of Georgia. —The
Grand Lodge of the State of Georgia at
its recent called session, elected William
S. Rockwell, Esq., of Milledgeville, Grand
Master of the State of Georgia, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon.
Win. C. Dawson.
Later from Europe.
New York, Nov. 3—The French
steamship Vigo, has arrived from Havre,
with dates to the 19th October.
The cotton market was active, and
prices had advanced If. The sales of
the week were 9,000 bales.
The Paris Conference re-assembled
on the 15th November.
It was understood that Navarez wag
replacing all the present officers in Spain
with old conservatives.
Naples was re-doubling its prepara
tions for defence.
ADDITIONAL BV THE STEAMSHIP CANADIAN.
New York, Nov. 3.—The sales of
Cotton on Monday were 30,000 bales—
and on Tuesday 15,000, of which spec
ulators took 8,000 bides. The market
closed firm.
Money Market. —The money market
is unchanged.
Consols. —Consols advanced and
are quoted at 92 for money, and 92-£
for account.
Liverpool Market. —The advices by
the last steamer stiffened the Cotton
maiket. The cotton market is now ac
tive and shows an advance of—
Sales of the hvst three days 60,000 bales
of which speculators took about 30,000
bales.
Flour. —The market exhibits a de
cliue of Gd.
Wheat. —The market has declined
3d. to 4d. on the lower qualities.
Indian Corn. —Market firm.
Consols. —lmproved §to and quo
ted at 92.
The Allies have suspended all diplo
matic relations with the Government of
Naples, but no hostilities have yet been
reported.
Lords Palmerston ami Russell are en
gaged in preparing anew Reform Bill.
Four days Later from Europe.
New York, Nov. 5. —The British
mail steamship Canada, Capt. Lang, has
arrived at Halifax with Liverpool ac
counts up to October 25th.
Liverpool Markets. —The cotton
market is active and prices firm. Sales of
the week 130,000 bales,of which exporters
took 12,000. The sales on Friday were
12,000.
Fair Uplands. 7^
Mid. “ 7a7 J
Mid. Mobile G|
The imports, since departure of last
steamer are 15,000 bales. -Stock on
hand 500,000 bales.
Flour. —The flour market has de
clined 6d. to Is. since Tuesday.
Indian Corn. — Prices are unchanged.
Manchester Trade. —Generally un
changed.
Money. —Money market unchanged.
Cossols —Advanced £c. since Tues
day.
Interesting Facts.
Recent.analyses aid comparisons of
the population, pursuits, dwellings, and
extent of London, show that even the
vast estimates of its greatness are actually
below a reality which is amazing to con
template. At the beginning of the
present century it contained 958,000 in
habitants while under the census of
1851, this number had swolen to 2,362,
000. In a period of ten years between
1841 and 1851, the population increas
ed 17 per cent. Since that time the
increase has been in a corresponding if
not in an augmented proportion ; so that
at the same rate of progress, the popu
lation would be about six millions in the
year 1900. Thus while the tide of
emigration is setting to this western hem
isphere, and immense cities are spring
ing up along our great rivers, and towns
are rising as if by magic, in the midst of
the prairies and forests of yesterday ; the
old world presents a rival of Titanic
dimensions, which is still expanding in
power and wealth, and suffering appa
rently no diminution from causes which
contributed to the decline of those an
cient marts, that were once the admiration
aud wonder of the wot Id.
In a curious calculation made by the
London Chronicle, it appears that there
are more Smiths, Joneses, Browns,
Robinsons, and Thompsons in London,
than any other city in the world, (Paris
and the Chinese cities excepted) has in
habitants; that Vienna has not as many
denizens as London lias servants ; that
the shoemakers, publicans, and dealers
in meat and vegetables of London, num
ber more than the whole population of
Berlin, and nearly as much as that of
New \ork ; and that London has more
last-makers than Frankfort has oitizens,
and more clerks than Boston has inhabi
tants. These facts are worthy of reflec
tion here, whero our growth is nearly
twice as rapid, and where a forecast should
admonish 11s to prepare for the gre* 1
future which, under Providence, wc » re
dostiued to enjoy.
The qualities of your friends will
be those of your enemies: cold friend?,
cold enemies ; half friends, half enemies;
fervid enemies, warm friends. — Lavafer.