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BENJAMIN G. LIDDON.
T. A. BURKE, EDITOR.
MADISON, GA.:
SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 1856.
Family Visitor Office for Sale.
llie subscriber having as mnch ns he can
attend to in his Bookstore, offers for sale
the office of the Family Visitor upon ac
commodating terms. The office is one
of the best country papers in the State.
Or he would sell to a person capable of
editing the paper, one half of the office
with an equal interest in the Bookstore
owned by the subscriber.
Address BENJ. G. LIDDON,
Madison , Go.
P. S. If our exchanges will notice the
above, the favor will be reciprocated
whenever an opportunity shall present it
self.
Onr Weekly Gossip,
Wim Headers and Correspondents.
The inhabitants of Oregon must be
blessed with
A Moist Climate,
judging from the following account which
John Phenlx, Esq., alias J. P. Squibob,
alias Lieut. Geo. 11. Derby, gives of his
experience in that “ neck of timber.” The
letter, whereof this is an extract, was con
tributed to the Knickerbocker Magazine,
of which elegant periodical the aforesaid
John is a correspondent. lie writes from
Portland, O. TANARUS., in the month of August:
‘‘lt gives me unfeigned pleasure to in
form you that I am about to quit the
gloomy and never-to-be-driod-up sky of
Oregon, arid ‘repair without unnecessary
delay,’ to I) , on our borders. Yes,
sir, I’m off; 'services’ no longer required
on these inclement shores—shores which,
when you read of in Irving’s ‘Astoria,’ you
naturally wish to behold, and admire old
Aster’s pluck in making establishments
thereon, nnd which when you reach you
wish you hadn’t, and admire still more his
good sense in breaking his establishment
up, and quitting while there was yet time.
“Rain is an exceedingly pleasant nnd
gratifying institution in its way, and in
moderation: it causes the grass to grow,
the blossoms to flourish, nnd is a positive
necessity to the umbrella-maker; hut when
you get to a country where it rains inces
santly, 26 hours a day, for seventeen
mouths in the yea - , you cannot resist hav
ing the conviction forced upon your mind
that the thing is slightly overdone. That’s
the case in Oregon ; it commenced raining
pretty heavily on the third of last Novem
ber, and continued up to the fifteenth of
May, when it set in for n long storm,
which isn’t fairlv over vet. Thero’s mois-
ture for yon.
“ The consequences of this awful climate
are just what might be supposed. The
immense quantity of the protoxide squirted
about here causes trees, buildings, streets,
everything, to present a diluted and wishy
washy appearance. The women lose their
color, the men their hair, (washed off, sir,)
and the animals, by constant exposure, ac
quire scales and fins, like the natives of the
great deep. In fact, nil the inhabitants of
this territory have a generally scaly ap
pearance, und rejoice in n peculiar smell, a
ooi»J)ination, I should say, of a fish-ball and
a fresh mutl-sucker. The rains of Oregon
beat everything in that line 1 over beheld
or conceived ol Those that fell on Noah’s
Ark were not moi* heavy; those of Nero,
Caligula, and I Neely Johnson, not more
terrible; nor those ot Laity Suffolk and
Moscow longer or stronger, which is a
slightly mixed metaphor of a very happy
description. So, upon the whole, I’m glad
I’m off; yes, I’m quite sure of it’; nnd I
long to get to D , where the people en
joy the light of the blessed sun, nnd where
I can enjoy it also, and dry my things, nnd
read Irving’s ‘Astoria.’
“Howbeit, there arc many interesting
and curious things in Oregon ; tunny odd
and entertaining people therein; nnd I
have seen much that was funny, ami
laughed thereat, nnd should have laughed
louder and longer, if my mouth had not
filled with rain before I had half finished;
and I might perhaps regret leaving a coun
try in which I have had so much positive
enjoyment, were it not that I have cliron.
icled all these amusing things nnd pecu
liarities, and shall be glad to get some
where where I can have a dry laugh over
them. Such a thing as ‘dry humor’ in
Oregon is, of course, a physical impossibil
ity.”
Therc’6 a great deal of sound philosophy
in the following, which we clip from an
exchange. If young ladies would
Dress for Comfort,
more than for show, there would lie fewer
cases of consumption—in fact wc question
very much if Mr. Ayer, and the balance of
tbe Cougb Medicine men would not, like
Othello, find their occupation gone:
“ Onr climate is changeable. Pleasant
and charming weather soon passes into
raw and cold taking days, which unless
provided against, are most disastrous to
the health of the people. But the women
—the young ladies—are the most exposed.
Pride makes them the most insensible and
foolish beings which claim anything of
reason and prudence. They dress to be
sick, and half of them are, because they
despise thick and warm olothing. Away
with sxh nonsense, men and women;
and prepare for the change of season.
Belter be healthy, beautiful and robust,
111 l£llil fulfils
than fashionable, thin-shoed and flonneed
dress-y, with a gentle congb and con
sumptive look. Then dress warm I Be
gin now I Put away your wafer under
standings and summer trappings, and be
take yourselves to thick, warm, sensible
and protecting clothing, such as sound
minded men and women ought to choose.”
Whenever we hear a chap railing out
against matrimony, and swearing that the
fair sex are all humbogs, we take it for
granted that somebody about his size has
lately received a gentle reminder that his
company isn’t acceptable any longer, in a
certain neighborhood where he has been
sitting up with a pair of black eyes and a
velvet spencer.
We look upon women and matrimony
as two of the great institutions of the
country, Johnie Jonquil and all other ill
natured old bachelors to the contrary not
withstanding.
If we were a betting man we’d wager a
peck of ground-peas that the writer of the
paragraph, hereinafter quoted, bad been
Ilisted but a very short time before lie
gave utterance to such a slander upon the
Women Folks,
ns he terms them. But let him speak for
himself:
“I have recently gin up all idea of
women folks, and come back to perlitikil
life. lam more at Imm in this line than
in hunting the shots. Aingills in petti
coats nnd ‘kiss-me-quicks’ is pretty enough
to look at, 1 gin in, but darn ’em, they are
slippery as eels, and when yon fish for ’em
and get a bite, you somehow or other find
yourself at the wrong end of the line—
they’ve cotched you! An’when you’ve
stuffed ’em with peanuts, candy and dog
gcrytipes, they’ll throw you away ns they
would a cole tatnr. Leastwise, that’s been
my experience. But I’ve done with ’em
now. Tlio Queen of Seeber, the sleepiu’
beauty, Kleopatry’s neod'c, Pompey’s pil
low, an Lot’s wile, with a steam engine to
help ’em, couldn’t tempt me. The very
sight of a bonnet riles me all over.”
Vanity of Great Men.
An anecdote is told of a distinguished
lecturer on Phrenology, which happily il
lustrates his extreme modesty. He told
his audience that there were three very
remarkable heads in the United States:
one was that of Daniel Webster; another
that of John 0. Calhoun; “the t! ini, la
dies and gentlemep,” said he, “ modesty
forbids me to mention.”
The diffidence of this distinguished savant
was ns remarkable ns tliat of Lord Brough
am, the renowned English orator. Ills
Lordship was once asked by a lady, “ Who,
tny Lord, is tlio best debater in the House
of Lords?” Ho replied, with commenda
ble modesty, “ Lord Stanley is tlio second ,
madam.”
These are not the only instances on re
cord of “ vanity in high places.” Tally
calls modesty tlio custos virtutum omnium
—the guardian ami protector of all the hu
man virtues. Sho must certainly have olt
times had her cheeks crimsoned with
shame at the self-commendation of the an
cients. Achilles calls himself the most
valiant and just, while Homer makes
Ulysses style himself the wisest of the
Grecians. Caisar nnd Cicero commend
themselves in a number of instances; Pla
to quotes the oracle which denominates
him tlio wisest of men, while Cyrus is re
presented, by Xenophon, upon liis death
bed, as descanting upon the splendor of his
character.
One of the old Romans, Virgiuius Rufus,
gave orders that tlio following couplet
should be inscribed on his tomb:
“ HereKufus lies, who Vindex’ arms withstood,
Not for himself, but fbr his country’s good.”
A cotemporary, Frontinus, condemned
this action. “The expenso of a monu
ment,” said be, “is superfluous: remem
brance of mo will remain, If niv actions
deserve it.” Pliny compares thttwo, and
defends the former. “Is there less vani
ty,” lie asks, “ in declaring to all the world
that, his works will remain, than placing
two linos upon a stone commemorative of
the actions tiie other had performed?”
The same writer—Pliny—in a letter to
Venator, softens down his own egotism
quite ingeniously, thus: “ The longer your
letter was, so mnch the more agreeable I
thought it, especially as it turned entirely
upon my works. lam not surprised you
should find a pleasure in them, since I
know you have the same affection for eve
ry composition of mine that you have for
the author.”
Probably the most outrageous instance
of vanity was that of Sigerus, a German
poet of tlio seventeenth century. He had
engraved, at considerable expense, a plate
which represented him kneeling beforo a
crucifix, with the following words issuing
from his mouth :
“ Lord Jesus, do you love me ?”
The Savior on the cross is represented as
replying, “Yes, most illustrious, most ex
cellent and most honored Sigerus, crowned
poet of his imperial majesty, and most
worthy rector of the University of Wit*
tern berg; yes, I l o ve you.”
In the time of Henry VIII. of England,
there resided at Court one John Iley wood,
who was a poet nnd wit, as well ns the
earliest writer of English plays. He pub
lished in 1556 a book entitled “Tlio Spi
der and the Fly, a Parable.” It contained
seventy-seven chapters, at the beginning
of every one of which was a portrait of
the author, either standing or sitting be
fore a table, with a book open, while the
window of the room was linng round
“ with cobwebs, flyes and spyders.” Could
there be an instance of more consummate
vanity?
Dryden honestly admitted that it was
better for him to own Ids own failings of
vanity, than have the world do it for him.
“For what other reason,” says he, “have
I spent my life in so nnprofitahle a study?
Why am I grown old in seeking so barren
a reward ns fame ? The same parts and
application which have made me a poet
might have raised rie to any honors of the
gown.”
Richardson, the novelist, is said to have
been full of literary self-conceit. He lost
no occasion to point out the beauties of
his own works, in various manners, and
always taxed his visitors with a full bene
fit, in which self figured largely.
Cervantes was exceedingly vain of Don
Quixote, as is plainly to be seen in his
commentaries on what lie was pleased to
call “ the bad books of the times,” not for
getting, however, to pass a high compli
ment upon his own.
• Butler had a great opinion of his own
merits, and “ made no bones" of vaunting
his “ Hudibras” to the skies, on all occa
sions.
Probably the most disgusting piece of
vanity that ever lived was Boswell, the
sycophantic associate of Dr. JohnsoD.
Prior to Ills own intimacy with the great
lexicographer, Boswell affected to under
value Goldsmith, who, by the force of con
genial merit, had won a place in the Doc
tor’s esteem. Speaking, on one occasion,
of an invitation from Johnson, to fulfil
which he says Goldsmith “ went strutting
away,” ho observes, “ I confess that I en
vied him this mighty privilege, of which
he seemed to be so proud; but it was not
lung before I obtained the same mark od
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ring him . Il ill ju Wiipn-ilinn wit
lexicographer, lias smoothing in it
ly ridiculous.” To show the position he
held in public esteem, this anecdote is told
of his time: -
“ Who is this Scotch cur at Johnson's
heels?” asked someone, after Boswell had
worked his way into incessant compan-
ionship.
“110 is not n cur,” replied Goldsmith;
“You nro too severe; he is only n bur.
Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport,
and lie lias the faculty of sticking.”
And yet this Boswell was a man of good
parts, and might have made a name, but
for his ineffable vanity nnd disgusting
toadyism.
We might extend this article to an inde
finite length, but will conclude with an
eastern anecdote.
Wo nro told that Alexander the Great
had a court poet, whose vanity was at
least equal to his talents. The poet sought
the presence of the king, one clay, and tints
addressed him:
“ Mighty sovereign, thy fame extends
from polo to pole, and thy exploits have
been made known in the farthest corners
of this habitable globe. But remember
that tradition is fleeting nnd uncertain,
and he,wlio t rusts liis fame to tlio songs of
men will soon bo forgotten. Let me cele
brate thy exploits in strains worthy of un
til erne, which may carry down thy name
and fame to all ages. Only, ns the botis of
Phoebus are subject to the same wants ns
meaner mortals, let mo know what thou
wilt givo me it I fulfil my task.”
Alexander smiled at the poet’s merce
nary eagerness, and, after a moment’s
thought, told him lie should have a piece
of gold for every good line, and a blow for
every bad one. The laureate accepted
the terms, confident that it would rain
gold and not blows. But when the work
was read, although he got hero and there
a good many gold pieces, the blows pre
dominated so fearfully that, before the
sixth canto had been finished, lie was a
dead man.
Election Anecdote.
We learn that a gentleman of respecta
bility, well known in this community,
went up to the polls on Tuesday, tlio 4th
im*., to vote. He gave his name as
Mr.— , and offered an open ticket to
the judges. His vote was challenged by a
gentleman stalling by, who remarked:
“ Excuse me, six. I have no disposition
to impute to you any Wing improper; but
you are certainly not Mr. , for he
is my near neighbor, and 1 know him well,
lie is nearly bald, and his few remaining
locks are quite grey, wh’le yours are both
dark and luxuriant.”
“My dear sir,” replied the gentleman,
“ I am the very person you speak of; nnd
lint a short time ago was both bald and
grey. A few weeks since I bought at the
Madison Bookstore a bottle of Wood’s
Hair Restorative, and yon are a witness
of the wonderful transformation it has ef
fected."
He voted without another word.
Fine Cotton.
Gen. George R. Jessup, of this county,
has left with us specimens of the Jethro
and Annandale Silk Cotton , grown upon
his place, and ginned upon McCarthy’s
roller gin, which are really very handsome.
We can see in them but little inferiority to
the Sea Island, either as to appearance or
length of staple, which latter is admirably
preserved by using the McCarthy gin. We
w ill take pleasure in showing them to our
friends.
An Acceptable Present.
We
are under obligations to our friend
and subscriber, T. J. Williamson, Esq.,
formerly of Marietta, but now of Macon,
for a lot of very superior apples. He can
rest assured that they were most accepta
ble. We should n’t feel at all iusulted if
etch one of our subscribers were to treat
ns in the same manner.
Re-Opening of the Slave Trade.
The Charleston Standard ha3 been pub
lishing a long series of artielesnn favor of
the re-opening of the African Slave Trade.
In the concluding article the editor thus
sums up the propositions he has songht to
establish :
“ That equality of States is necessary to
equality of power in the Senate of the Un
ion ; that equality of population is neces-
equality of power in the House of
Representatives; that we cannot expand
our labor into Territories, without decreas
ing it within the States; that what is
gained upon the frontiers is lost at the '
centres of the institution; that pauper j
white labor will not come into competi
tion with our slaves, and if it did, that it i
would not increase the integrity and
strength of slavery, and that, therefore, to
the equality of influence in the Federal
Legislature, there is the necessity for the
slave trade. That without equality of
power in the federal government, there is
no hope of an equality of rights; that
there is no natural antagonism between
abolitionists and capitul, and no necessary
check the one upon the other; that both
grasp at government, the one to control
slavery, the other to control the South;
that they only differ in the fact, that while
one would go ahead at once, the other
would graduate advancement; that while
one would force, the other would toil us
to subjection; that our only salvation is
in our own capabilities of resistance; and
if we would survive and per
form of sm-.ii-ly. uruin-t be
the North, i>r we must be indi -
ami are driven, therefore, to tin-
of dissolution nr the slave
and Dueling in Georgia.
IVe gave last week a synopsis of an ar
ticle, hearing this title, which had been
published in the London Times. AVe learn
that John Arrowsmith, a Liverpool cotton
broker, has avowed himself the author of
it. He not only declares it to he true, but
that he was an eye witness ot the various
occurrences therein described. These were
six or seven duels, and the murder of a
child, in a ten hours’ ride from Macon to
Augusta, besides other atrocities too nu
merous to mention.
The Times endorses the statement, in a
Jong nnd stupid article, which winds up as
follows:
“ What is all this to come to ? Every
body there seems to carry pistols ns natu
rally as he docs liis pocket handkerchief*
his purse or his watch. “Lend me your
pistols,” or “Have you got your pistols
about you ?” is there as ordinary a question
between passengers as “ Have you got a
Bradshaw ?’’ A pistol, too, is now u noun
of multitude—it means six pistols and a
good shot with a brace of revolvers can
bag a dozen men. Excepting, however,
the cld anil unavoidable unfairness of one
man being a good shot ami another a had
one, or none at all, the gentlemen who
kept on shooting at one another all night
from Macon to Augusta did it quite ac
cording to rule. If it goes on, the Ameri
can railway companies will have to make
suitable arrangements; every second or
third stopping-place will be marked in
their time-tables “shooting station,” or
there must, boa shooting as well as a
smoking car, with a hearse, or at least
some division between the corpses and the
luggage. It will be necessary, too, to pro
vide against the embarrassment of tlio ac
counts, through tlio number who take
tickets and do not live to present them.
Either the conductors must search the
slain, or the survivors bo held responsible
for the tickets of their respective antago
nists.
“ Though it cannot be the interest of the
railway company to lose twenty-five pel
cent, of their passengers at each journey,
still they must consult the convenience o
their customers, have a pistol stand at the
stations, sell powder nnd shot over the
bar, and for the chance of the result not
being immediately fatal, have a surgeon at
every shooting station.
“As to the political question—that is,
whether any attempt should be made to
check this drain on the population, we
suspect the matter is ns much beyond the
reach of politicians ns drinking, or profane
swearing, or any other manly amusement.
The several States have not the adequate
strength, nnd tho Federal Union has no
jurisdiction in the affair. For obvious
reasous the evil must come to an end, as
tho quarrel between the Kilkenny cats
did; and if everybody you meet Ims killed
his man, or like C. in the narrative before
us, his three men in a night, it must tell
on a population. There arc tribes, by the
way, in which nobody is considered to
have arrived at men’s estate, and to be en
titled to a wife, till lie has killed three
men ; nnd it is observed that those tribes
don’t increase.
“ The Red Indians in North America were
on the decrease when we first came across
them, and it certainly looks as if Mr. Colt
would have to answer for a considerable
thinning of the whites. This does not look
well for progress; at least, it is progress
ing into space rather too quick for any
present purpose. After “ flogging all cre
ation,” the Americans promise to end by
flogging themselves. There is something
very grand in a whole nation’s pairing
like a main of fighting cocks, but then it
is the finale rather than the foundation of
empire.
“As far as we are concerned, putting
aside the interests of humanity, which
may or may not be promoted by the de
population of the Southern States, we are
sorry to see our customers killing one an
other so fast If, however, their public
advisers preach pistol law against their
political opponents in the North, they
must be prepared for the inevitable conse
quence among themselves.”
Married and Single.
At a Teachers’ Convention, held some
time ago in Jackson county, Alabama, one
of the committees reported a resolution, in
which it was declared tliat no yonng un
married man onght to be considered com
petent to teach a school, who was not well
acquainted, among other things, with
English grammar! A minority of the
committee, consisting of one, reported ad
versely to the resolution, especially so
much of it as referred to the knowledge of
English grammar.
We deduce from the above that incom
petency to teach English grammar is not
considered an objection in a married man!
In other words, no matter how ignorant a
man may be, he is considered a good
teacher in Jackson connty, Alabama, if he
be so fortunate as to have a wife. “ Hence
we view” that bachelor teachers have to
look sharp in that region.
Newspaper Changes.
Onr old friend S. A. Atkinson has sold
the good will and fixtures of the Cherokee
Georgian newspaper, at Marietta, to Messrs
J. R. Gossett and J. A. Tolleson. The
former gentleman is editor and publisher
of the Democrat , and the papers are to be
united. The new publishers announce
their intention of improving the paper.
We are sorry to lose Sim from the press
gang, and trust it is “but for a season.’’
Whatever may l>e liis futnre course, we
wish him the most abundant success, nnd
a larger amount of filthy lucre than usual
ly fal.s to the lot of country editors.
Georgia Female College.
The catalogue of this institution for the
current collegiate year is now before us.
Tiie whole number of pupils, in all the de
partments, is 109.
AVe are pleased to learn that the vacant
chair of Belles Lettres has been filled by
the election of Rev. Carlos AA t . Stevens,
who will enter upon his duties in January.
Mr. Stf.vf.ns is well known, in Georgia,
ns a successful teacher and a Christian gen
tleman.
The spring term for 1857 commences
Monday, January 12. and tlio Commence
ment occurs on Wednesday, July 22d —a
return to the old time having been deemed
advisable.
'Vo call attention to the card of
Thomas Brennan, to he found among the
special notices.
Sudden Death.
Mr. Seaborn Moore, an old and respec
ted citizen of Greene county, was killed,
on AVednesday evening last, by a fall from
liis bnggy. He had just recovered from a
severe spell of sickness, and either fell out
in consequence of sudden illness, or was
thrown out and instantly killed. A Co
roner’s inquest was held on Thursday,
and n verdict rendered in accordance with
the above facts.
Mr. M. was about (IT years of age, and
nnirli rejected by all who knew him.—
He was, at the time of his death, oversee
ing for J. Hknuv Baker, Esq., of this
town, at whose plantation the accident
occurred.
Pen-nnd-Sclsso rings.
The kind lady who sent ns a mince pie,
says a western editor, witii the request to
“ please insert,"’ is assured that such arti
cles are never crowded out by a press of
other matter Rev. E. C. Thornton,
Presiding Elder of the Parkersburg (Vo.)
District, of the if. E. Chnrch, South, was
killed on the cars, near Cleveland, a few
days since.... “ How is yonr husband this
afternoon, Mrs. Sqniggs?” “Why, the
doctor says as how ns, it he lives till the
inornin’, he shall have some hopes of him;
but if he don't, he shall have to give him
up.’’....An unfounded report that the
Bank of Savannah had failed, was lately
circulated at Milledgeville, hut did not ob
tain credence. .. .Reputation may be the
reward of mediocrity, and fame of talent
that panders to popular passions, but im •
mortal renown is the endless chant of gen
erations, singing the praise of God-like
men, who lmvc lifted their race toward
heaven.... Win. N. Murphy, Esq., Chief
Engineer for the Georgia and Florida Rail
road, died at Americas, in this State, on
the sth inst.... “My opponent, Mr. Speak
er, persists in saying that he is entitled to
the floor. Whether this is so or not, I
shall not enquire. All I have to say is
that he will get floored if lie interrupts me
again!”... .Mr. Win, H. Smith, tax col
lector of Chambers county, Ala., was shot
in Lafayette, on the 4th inst, lie died in
a very few moments... .Happiness is a
perfume that one cannot shed over anoth
er without a few drops falling on oneself.
... .Russia is forty-three times the size of
France, anil one hundred and thirty-eight
times that of England, and lias sixty-three
millions of people Blessed are those
who are afraid of thunder—for they shall
hesitate about getting married, and keep
away from political meetings The
Springfield, Mo., Advertiser mentions the
death of Col. Nathan Boone, youngest son
of Daniel Boone, week before last, aged
76 years... .A sharp compositor of a bril
liant daily paper attempting lately to set
up a familiar line of poetry, made it read
thus: “ Death hones a shining mark.”
The whole Senate, and 302 out of some
330 members of the House, in Massachu
setts, are Republicans On his death
bed, a humorist requested that no one
might be invited to his funeral, “ because,”
sighed the dying wag, “it is a civility I
can never repay,”... .Chilblains maybe
easily cured by a few applications of Perry
Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer. It is equal
ly effectual in enring scalds, burns, &c.
No family should be without it....An
old writer thus describes a talkative fe
ma’e: “I know an old lady who loves
talking so incessantly, that everlasting ro
tation of tongue, that an echo must wait
till she dies before it can catch her last
words... Miss Margaret H., eldest daugh
ter of Gen. Twiggs, IT. S. Army, died at
New Orleans on the 25th nit., aged 24
years Intelligence has been received
announcing the death of Senator Clayton,
of Delaware.... The late rains have caused
a rise in the Savannali river of 15 feet at
Angnsta Rev. B. M. Palmer, of Colum
bia, S. C., has accepted a call from the
Presbyterian denomination at New Or
leans, and will shortly leave for that city
The population of St. Paul, Minneso
ta, is now set down at 10,000... .The
Bank of the State of Georgia has jnst de
clared a dividend of six per cent., ns the
profits of its business for the last six
months... .Tar Water as combined with
other simples, by Dr. Wistar in his cele
brated Balsam of Wild Cherry, has a pe
culiar power over all and iseases of the lungs.
Many physicians have u«ed it in their
practice and generally with marked suc
cess.
For the Visitor.
House Wanniug.
When the superb mansion was com
pleted, Mr. and Mrs. Wilds Kolb gave
what is called a house warming. They
showed on this occasion their real kindness
of disposition, by the activity which they
displayed in making ready for their guests
—exploring all the magnificent rooms, and
every apartment, kitchen, and store rooms,
to see that all Was going on right, and that
proper cheer was provided, not merely for
the higher,orders: there was no distinc
tion arising from opulence and birth. No
gentleman could receive all his visitors in
a more friendly, familiar, courteous, and
hospitable manner. He had nil abundance
of civil things to say to everybody—just
observations to the gentlemen, anil agree
able compliments to the ladies. He kept
every one in a good humor, and always
spared them the trouble of making long
ceremonious answers. Poors.
Madison , Ga.
Southern Commercial Conven
vention.
The annual meeting of this convention
is to tie held on the Bth day of Decem
ber, at Savannah, Ga. Messrs. J. D. B.
Deßow, Tench Tilgtiman and others, com
tnitteo, have issued an address tirginir
upon the people of the South the im
portance of this convocation and solicit
ing a general representation of the vari
ous sections of the Southern States.—
They say :
“ Let every village and town through
out the South respond promptly to this
appeal, in the appointment of Delegates
instructed in regard to their wishes and
views. Iho Executives of the several
States and the Mayors of cities, Boards
of Trade and Commerce, Agricultural
Associations, Ac., will, it is believed, ap
point, according to -custom, delegates of
tried and approved men, who will certain
lv attend, or who will, in the event of
failure, communicate by reports or other
wise, full information for the action of
the body, upon some or all the other
points indicated.”
The chief topics of interest to be
brought before the Convention are the
increase of the agricultural wealth of the
South, and other matters of iuterest to
the Southern farmer; the encourage
ment of internal improvements through
out the Southern Slates and the promo
tion of plans for securing the fullest and
cheapest interchange of the productions
and industry of our section ; and the
establishment of direct trade with Europe
and other continents.
The committee remark truly and
very forcibly—
“ Four-fifths, of the commerce of the
nation are made up from the products of
Southern industry. Our commerce with
Great Britain alone constitutes the half
of what has given to her the commercial
coutrol of the world. Her great econo
mist, McCulloch, said long ago, “ the
cotton manufactuie forms the piincipal
business carried on in this country, afford
ing an advantageous field for the accu
mulation and employment of the millions
of capital and the thousands of workmen.
It gives us strength to sustain burthens
that would have crushed our fathers
and could not bo supported by any other
people,”
We trust that this appeal wjl] at once
bo responded to by prompt action
throughout the South. The very heavy
sectional vote just cast at the North,
and the exhibition of so strong an organ
ized opposition in all the Northern States
to the rights and interests of the South,
should rouse us to counter-organization
in self-defence. Our homo enemies
live upon our labor and have grown pros
perous and saucy from the profits of our
trade. Let us put them on shortallowance
or withhold their provender altogether and
their condition will bring them again to
subjection.
An exchange says, “ no dustaffeclsthe
eyes so much as gold dust.”
Late from Callifomia.
The Tennessee brings San Francisco
dates to October 20th.
The vote of California is considered
doubtful for the Presidency.
Trade generally active, and large quan
tities of goods are going into the inte
rior.
The prospects of wet wealher insure a
prosperous season for the miners.
Indians in Meudern county bavingsto.
len eattle, were pursued and fifty Indians
killed.
Senator Weller is prostrated by sick
ness.
John Briogs, brother to Gov. Briggs,
of Mass, is dead.
The Jury iu the case of the United
States, vs. Hammond, Collector, for em
bezzling funds have disagreed.
Additional from California.
New Orleans, Nov. 11.— Arizonia
Copper mines are worked briskly, and
considerable quantities of rich ore are ta
ken.
In Oregon, the Indian trobles are re
newed, and threaten to be more serious
and extensive than ever Iwfoie.
In Nicaragua, Ferman Ferrar has been
appointed Minister to the United Slates.
Mr. \\ heeler, the American Minister,
is about to return home.
Late from Central America.
New Orleans, Nov. 11.— The steam
ship Tennessee, from San Juan, has ar
rived with dates In sth inst.
The news from Nicaragua is unimpor
tant, and former accounts confirmed.
Gen alkeii's position is regarded
as more favorable, and prospects of peace
are favorably regarded.
The steamship Texas left San Juan for
New York, with fifty passengers.
Extensive Fires.
New York, Nov. 9.— ln New York
city a destructive fire occurred last night
Haviland, Harrall & Risley, Druggists,
38 \\ arren street, (formerly Maiden
Lane,) and James McCreary’s Di v Goods
store, on Warren street, destroyed.—
Loss about $200,000.
At Syracuse, last night, about one
hundred buildings destroyed by fire, in
cluding the post office, telegraph office,
and Bank of Satina. Loss about $750,-
000.
Look at this Picitkr! —ln Great
Britain about sixty thousand families
own all the territory, which is occupied
by over twenty seven millions of inhab
itants. Five noblemen—the Marquis of
Breadalbane, the Dukes of Argyle, Ath
ol, Sutherland ard Bin-clench—out)
perhaps one-fourth ofall Scotland. The
estate of the Duke of Sutherland com
prises about seven hundred thousand
acres, or more than one thousand square
miles. The domains of the Marquis of
Breadalbane extend one hundred Eng
lish miles, and reach nearly from sea
to sea. By far the wealthiest proprie
tor in the low lands of Scotland is the
Duke ol Buccleuch, whose estates cover
several counties, and whose palace at
Dalkeith is an establishment of real mag
nificence. The great object in the Eng
lish law of descent is to concentrate the
wealth in the hands ofa few and support
an hereditary tenitoriai aristocracy.
X3P3 udge Bullock, of the Weymouth
Estate, in Natchez, Miss, the other clay
sent one of his Negroes to dig a sweet
potatoe or yam for dinner. The Negro
commenced at the top, and dttg down
into the ‘ bowels ol the laud,’ at least
three feet, and fonnd the potato to grow
larger and larger the further he went.—
He ran away iu fright, telling his master
that the Prince of Evil had hold of the
other end of that potatoe. A second
Negro with more moral courage broke
off the potatoe at the length of two and
a half feet. The other end is supposed
to have come up somewhere in China,
on the opposite side of the earth.
%W At the latest dales from China,
the rebels who for two or three years
past have been prosecuting a revolution
for the overthrow of the government
with varying success, but with a slow
general advance, had attained a great
victory over the Emperor’s forces and
were marching upon Canton. So far,
the rebels have established themselves in
about one-half of the Empire, and it i?
not unlikely that the war will finally end
by its division into two or more soveft
eignties.
To Make Tomato Wine. — Take
small ripe tomatoes, pick eff the stems,
put them into a basket or tub, wash
clean, then mash well, and strain through
a linen rag, (a bushel will make five gal"
lons pure,) then add two and a half to
three pounds of brown sugar to each g a ' r
lon ; then put into a cask and ferment'
and fine as for raspberry wine. If t ffo
gallons of water be added to each bushel
of tomatoes the wine will be as good.
Senator Sumner is in Philadelphia and
is “as comfortable as could be expected.
