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BENJAMIN G. LIDDON.
T. A. BURKB,I?niTOR.
Edison, ga. :
SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1856.
Family Visitor Office for Sale,
1 lie subscriber having as much as lie can
attend to in his Bookstore, offers for sale
the office of the Family Vuitor upon ac
commodating terras. Tho office is one
of the best country papers in the State.
Or ho would sell to a person capable of
editing the paper, one half of tho office
with an equal interest in the Bookstore
owned by the subscriber.
Address BF.NJ. G. LIDDON,
Madison , Ga.
P. S. If our exchanges will notice the
above, the favor will be reciprocated
whenever an opportunity shall present it
self.
gsjy* We are requested to state that the
Rev. Dr. Ax sox will preach in the Presby
terian Church, to-morrow, morning and
afternoon.
Cotton Market.
The Cotton Market in Madison has im
proved slightly, in consequence of the news
by the last steamer. Owing to tho bad
condition of the roads, but little has come
in during the week. Sales are made at
prices ranging from !) 1 2to 11 cents, prin
cipally, ’though we heard of the sale, yes
terday, ot a choice lot at 11 1-8 cents.
The Weather,
For n week past has been variable, but,
as the old woman said, “ mostly wet and
dry.” Sunday was one of the wet days,
and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
were almost uncomfortably warm, with
occasional showers. The mercury rose on
Thursday to 77 z out of doors. Overcoats
and tire-wood are at a decided discount.
Off for Washington.
Our talented representative, lion. N. (1.
Fostbh, left this place, on Thuasday last,
for Washington city.
C«eoi gin Conference.
The Georgia Conference of the .Method
ist Episcopal Church, South, will convene
at Amorictis, on Wednesday next, 8d prox
imo. We learn from the Republican, that
ample arrangements have been made for
the accommodation of ministers.
Present to Dr. Church.
Wo learn from tho Athens papers, that
the citizens of that place presented tho
distinguished President of Georgia Uni
versity with a beautiful Silver Tea Service,
on Friday evening, ‘2lst inst. On each
piece is inscribed “.1 Token of Affectionate j
Regard from the Citizens of Athens to the I
Fee. Alonzo Chukch, 1). I)., 1850.”
Cosmopolitan Art Association.
Wo are indebted to this Association for i
a number of the “ Cosmopolitan Art Jour- \
nal" for 1850, the object of which is to j
cultivate a taste for the Fine Arts. All |
persons who pay Tukee Dollars are made |
members of the Association for one year, j
which entitles them to the Art Journal, a j
line Steel Engraving, or a Magazine for a j
year, and a chance in the Lottery of Paint- j
ingsand Sculpture, in which there are 310 ,
prizes to be distributed. Subscriptions
are received at tho office of this paper,
where copies of the Journal may bo ob
tained.
xar Our friend Masox, of the Rome ;
Advertiser , has heard of a widow lady, liv
ing in that, vicinity, who is in destitute :
circumstances, and wants to know if some
one of the human physicians thereabouts
will not visit and give her medical aid.
Does brother M. mean to say that there
are such tilings about Romo ns in-human
physicians? We hope not.
Trials and Miseries of Authorship.
At a sale, some time ago, in London, of
rare autographs, a gentleman purchased
for £6 B*. 6<7. a letter of Oliver Goldsmith,
to his publisher, which ran thus: “I
know of no misery but a jail to which my
own imprudence and your letter seem to !
point 1 have seen it inevitable this three !
or four weeks, and from Heaven request it
as a favor— as a favor that may prevent
something more fatal. I liave been years
struggling with a wretched being, with all
that contempt indigence brings with it,
with all those strong passions which make
contempt insupportable.”
Poor Goldsmith! there was more of tho
shadow than the suushims on his path.
The Vicar of Wakefield and The Traveler
two of tho tiuest works in the English lan
guage, were written in a little, dirty, com
fortless room, “up Breakneck Stairs, be
tween Senco'c Lane and the Old Dailey,”
one of the most wretched localities of the
English metropolis. A friend paying him
a visit in this place in March, 1759, found
his lodgings so poor and miserable that, he
eays f lie should not have thought it prop
er to mention the circumstance, had ho
not considered it tho highest proof of the
splendor of Goldsmith’s genius and talent,
that he could, by ti+e lucre exertion of their
powers, under all sorts ol disadvantages of
person and fortune, gradually emerge from
»uch .obscurity, to admission into the best
society of London.
He found the Doctor writing his Inqui
ry into the present State of polite Litera
ture, in a small, dirty nnd wretched room,
containing only one chair, which he from
til iaii&i wi&iwmm*
civility offered to his visitor and iWn seat
ed himself in the window 1
St. Pierre, the author of Paul and \ ir
ginia, composed bis Studies of Nature in a
garret,"where lie “resided four years, in
the midst of physical and domestic afflic
tions.”
Daniel Defoe, author of two hundred
and ten books and pamphlets, among them
Robinson Crusoe, died insolvent.
John Mitford, a cousin of Miss Mitford,
the authoress of Rienzi and Our Village,
was a respectable classic scholar, at differ
ent times editor of The Scourge, The Bon
Ton Magazine and The Quizzical Gazette,
and was a writer of merit and popularity;
yet for years “he lived by chance, and
slept three nights in the week in the open
air, when his finances did not admit of his
paying three-pence for a den in St. Giles’.”
For fourteen years lie had not where to
lay his head, and was heard to say “ if his
soul was placed on one table, and a bottle
of gin on another, he would sell tho for
mer to taste the latter." He died Dec. 25,
1831, and was buried by the proprietor of
a Coffee House, who had once been his
shipmate.
William Hazlitt, one of tho most- bril
liant of later English writers, after toiling
through a life of the most harassing drudg
cry, pressed on all sides by his creditors,
and ofttimes without the necessaries of
life, died in an obscure back room in Lon
don, an object of charity.
A few mouths before Ids death, Hone,
the publisher, met him in the street nnd
kindly inquired as to his health nnd cir
cumstances. Both were bad. “You arc
aware,” said Hazlitt, “of some of iny dif
ficulties—those dreadful bills—those back
accounts; but no human being knows alt.
I have carried a volcano in my bosom, up
and down Paternoster Row, for a good two
hours and a half. Even now I struggle
—struggle mortnily—to quench—to quell
it; but 1 can’t. Its pent-up throes
and agonies, I fear, will break out. Can
you lend me a shilling l I hate been with
out food these two days /” This happened
in the great city of London, less that fifty
years ago.
Tom Hood, the poet, wit nnd editor,
dragged out, a miserable lifo and finally
died of want nnd starvation. Ho was in
debted to charity for his burial.
Dryden was compelled throughout his
j life to write verses for his daily bread.
I When nearly seventy years old he dcs-
I eribos himself as “ worn out with study,
and oppressed by fortune,” nnd at this ad
vanced age be contracted to supply n book
seller with ten thousand verses at sixpence
a line!
Butler, the author of Iludibras, at. one
time tho favorito of Charles 11., is said to
have died in a gn"rct, of starvation!
Edgar A. Poe, tho most brilliant genius
of the nineteenth century, was scarcely
able to keep soul nnd body together, and
finally died in great want, nnd was buried
by charity.
Two years ago, Major Richardson, tho
author of Wuconstn, nnd a man of talent,
died of starvation, in tho great city of
New York. Verily, authorship seems to
be closely allied to misforlune.
Our Weekly Gossip,
j Wish Readers and Correspondents.
The appearance of winter, for tl e sea
! son, announced in the bills of the day for
! about now, has been postponed on account
of tho weather. TVe read in our northern
! exchanges of snow and ice, and such like
j comfortless visitors; hut here we have had
1 nought but a few white frosts nnd a touch
or two of cool, bracing weather. And yet
the close of the year is drawing on. De
cember, tho final month, is here, nnd
Christmas, with its egg-noggs and merry
makings, is not far in tho distance. JonN
G. Whittier, who, in spite of his abolition
ism, is a true poet, has tho following pret
ty little sonnet on
The Old Tear.
And (hou, gray voyager to the breezetess sea
Os infinite oblivion, speed thou on!
Another gift of time succeedcth thee,
Fresh from the hand of God! for thou hast dono
The errand of thv destiny, and none
May dream of thy returning. Go! und hear
Mortality’s frail records to tliy cold
Eternal prison-house;—the midnight prayer
Os suffering bosoms, and the fevered care
Os worldly hearts; the miser’s dream of gold;
Ambition’s grasp at greatness; the quench'd light
Os broken spirits; the forgiven wrong,
And the abiding curse. Ay, bear along
These wrecks of thine own milking. Lo! thy knell
Gathers upon the wimly breath of night,
Its Inst and faintest echo! Fare thee well!
Wo are under obligations
To Correspondents,
for late favors.
Jenny Woodbine's poem, and other con
tribution, arc on file for speedy insertion-
We have complied with her request, as far
as possible. Her favors arc always wel
come.
Susie Snowdrop sends us two pretty
poems, one of which may be found on our
first page. Tho other will appear soon.
Manv thanks.
John i e Jonquil goes upon a crusade,
‘bis week, against Modern Accomplish
ments a ml all improvements of the present
day. ’’‘'ike care, Joiinie— you’ll get that
“ noggin tiqeked yet, if you don’t mind.
M e must dccv«, e publishing tho commu
nication from Ott.rd, Tho discllssiol ,
will not be interestingo, a majority of our
readers.
We should be glad to pubr«h (j, e ov|gi
nal story sent us, but at present OHr g rst
page is set up by boys, who cannot man _
age manuscript.
One of our exchanges contains the fol
lowing amusing
Directions to Modern Piano Forte Play
ers.
" Always expect to be asked to play ip
every company, no matter how large or
how grave may be, and feel hurt if yin
are not.
“ If the invitation to the does not
come, enquire of yourfiostess or lier daugh
ter if she ‘plays ranch now-a-days,’ and of
‘ what manufacture the instrument is.’ If
the hint is not taken, assure the lady you
are ‘quite out of practice;’ ‘play bnt very
little at any rate,’ and never ‘without your
notes.’
“ If the last, fortnnntely, are discovered
in your muff in the dressing-room, remem
ber now that you were trying them with
Adelaide that afternoon, and forgot to take
them out on your return home.
“ When fairly seated at the instrnment,
lie sure to fix the attention of every one,
by taking ten minutes at least to draw off
your gloves, arrange tho lights, your fan,
bouquet, and pocket handkerchief.
“ Never consult the taste or musical edu
cation of your audience. You are there
to display your own talent' l , not to inquire
into theirs.
“ Commence by a dashing and extempo
raneous prelude (learned by heart from
Hertz) and be sure to remark at its close,
that tho piano is a little out of tunc. It
will make your hostess feel comfortable,
and cover any slight discrepancies in your
performance.
“ Invariably select
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idea that ‘it is ‘
might do if you tried.’ ”
The celebrated Dr. Johnson is said to
have been
A Remarkable Converaer,
and few people cared to try their skill
against an antagonist with whom conten
tion was so hopeless. Promptitude of
thought, nnd quickness of expression, says
Mrs. Piozzi, were among his peculiar fea
tures. “ Ilia notions rose up like the Dra
gon’s teeth sowed by Cadmus, already
clothed, and in bright armor too, fit for
iniinedinto battle.” On accrtain occasion,
a gentleman who dined in his company, at
the house of a nobleman,'’was willing to
enter tho lists, in defence of tho character
of King William. Having opposed nnd
contradicted the great lexicographer, two
or three times, quite petulantly, the mas
ter of the house became very uneasy, for
fear of disagreeable consequences, and said
aloud,
“Our friend here has no meaning in all
this, except to relate at tho club to-mor
row, how ho tensed Johnson at dinner to
day—this is nil to do himself honor."
“ No, upon my word,” replied the other,
“ I see no honor in it, whatever you may
do.”
“ Well, sir,” returned tho old doctor,
sternly, “if you do not see tho honor , I
feel tho disgrace."
A young fellow, ono day, lamented in
his hearing that ho had lost all his Greek.
“ I believo it happened at the same time,
sir,” said Dr. Johnson, “that I lost my
largo estate in Yorkshire.”
A Lincolnshire lady, Mrs. Langton,
shewed him, once, a grotto sho was mak
ing. “ Would it not boa pretty, cool hab
itation in summer, Mr. Johnson ?” said she.
“ I think it would, madam,” he replied,
“ for a toad.”
Tho Paris correspondent of the New
York Express is “a fellow of infinite jest,
of most excellent fancy,” and either picks
up or gets vp many a good thing, in the
way of Parisian gossip. Here is a laugh
able joke nnent the great author of “ Mon
te-Christo,” which we clip from his last
scribblemont:
Burying a Bailiff.
“The last story told of M. Alexander
Dumas, tho famous novelist, is a good one.
It is well known that, in early life, Dumas
was continually being hunted from pillar
to post by hungry bailiffs, anxious to arrest
him nnd clap him into prison. He is now
in better circumstances and need fear them
no longer; but the souvenir of his youth
ful days still clings to him, and he owes
the remorseless myrmidons of the law a
grudge. Some days ago, a person with a
solemn countenanco presented himself at
the house of the author of Monte-Christo,
and requested an interview with that gen
tleman.
‘M. Dumas,’ said the stranger, ‘I know
you to be ono of tho most charitable of
men; which encourages me to ask a kind
ness of you.’
1 Speak, sir; what is it 1’
1 1 was once a bailiff, sir. An old friend,
exercising the same calling, died yesterday,
very poor, lie did not leave enough to
pay the expenses of bis funeral. I have
therefore come to ask a contribution from
you, to aid in burying him.
‘How much?’
1 Fifteen francs.’
Dumas opened a drawer and taking from
it a sum of money, handed it to the man.
‘ You ask me,’ observed the author, ‘for
fifteen francs, to bury a bailiff. 1 give you
thirty, that you may bury two P
Tho anecdote of
A Sleepy Passenger,
which follows, is from tho same letter, and
shews the great danger of sleeping in a
railway car before the train la in motion:
“ A few days ago, Mons. M., a merchant
of Liege, took passage in the railroad car
‘I the route between that city and Paris.
Ue bought a ticket for a first class place,
and entered the train which left Liege at
half past two o’clock P. M. He appearing
to be the only peyson in that car, and feel
ing fatigued, he wrapped himself in his
cloak and stretched himself at length upon
the comfortable seat, for a nap, and was
soon sonnd asleep. After some time —he
did not know how long—he awoke and
found that the train had stopped and that
night had commenced to fall.
‘ We are at one of the stations,’ thought
he, and laid down again. After a second
nap he again awoke at a stand-still. ‘lt
seems there are a great many stopping
places on the road,’ said Mr. M. Then
stretching himself once more, he was soon
in the embraces of the drowsy god. In
the morning, the rays of the sun penetrat
ing the car-window, roused the sleeper,
who, shaking himself, rose and looked
forth. The train had again stopped.
Wishing to know how far he might lx
from Paris, he poked his head out the win
dow and calling to a workman wearing
the uniform of the railroad company, asked
if the train ‘would start soon ?’
‘Start,’ exclaimed the other with an air
of astonishment, ‘why, sir, you liave got
two hours to wait yet!’
‘Two hours! What do yon mean? Is
this the sort of way the ‘fast train’ trav
els? What’s the name of this station?’
‘Liege!’ replied the other.
The astonished merchant, now wide
awake, sprang from the car and soon
that his informant was quite correct.
ol lb.- I rain <>l' tin- |.r>\ ions
found that lie had on.- i nr
Ban was had and. la. !..
fc occupied by Mr. M., and left it
in the depot. Having knocked
;y V ilimr ami receiving no r. |.I\ from
traveler, it me naturally -up-
B that tho car was empty. Mr. M.
a ‘ fresh start,’ two hours afterwards,
no more until lie arrived at his
*iiotel, in Paris.”
. For the Visitor.
Modern Accomplishments.
I learn, Mr. Editor, that your humble
servant has sadly offended tho fairer part
of creation, hereabouts, by during, in the
honesty of his heart, to intimate that the
dear creatures poke the fire from the top,
and do other silly tilings occasionally. A
good friend of mine, who has quite ns
much regard for the truth as I, assures me
that he heard, no longer than a fortnight
ago, several young ladies using such ele
gant epithets ns “stupid Joiinie Jonquil,”
and others of like character. Well, that
is, no doubt, a first rate way to reward
merit; bnt I confess that 1 like not the
pattern of it. However, Joiinie Jonquil
is not the only ono who has been sacrificed
to the cause of truth. Just here 1 might
introduce that very original and seldom
quoted Latin phrase about the inevitable
prevalence of truth ; but as it will doubt
less occur to most of my readers, I shall
allow the opportunity of displaying my
vast erudition to pass unimproved.
I promised not to say anything more
about the reasoning business, nor do 1
intend to. I will remark, however, en
passant , that, my strongest argument is to
be found in tho answers of my fair oppo
nents. Not ono of them lias ever touched
the matter at issue. One young lady was
candid enough, a short tiino ago, to admit
that Joiinie had got, so far, the best of it;
but she felt sure all his arguments might
be blown sky high! Bless her little heart!
why doesn't slid try it ? But enough of
this.
If my former communications, Mr. Edi
tor, liavo raised.such a tempest in a tea
pot, what will liecoino of mo when my
fair friends read what will follow ? I have
already been called “an old fogy,” “an
nnte-diluvinn,”mul one young lady— Susie.
Snowdrop, I think—went so far as to call
mo a “ fussy old bachelor.” That last was
the “most unkindost cut of all.” But
what will Mrs. Grundy say, when, in this
ago of female colleges, railroads, and other
fast things, I gravely and candidly an
nounce myself an opponent of all such
vanities, and an advocate of the good old
days of country school-houses and stage
coaches?
“ Well! that Joiinie Jonquil’s a fool: I
always thought so, and now I know it,”
says Miss Pattie Peaciihlossom, ns sho
curls her pretty lip in scorn. Now, Miss
Pattie, don’t judge before you hear me.
Do you really think the world ns well off
as it was when our mothers used to carry
their little tin buckets to the country log
school-house; when tlie very acmo of hu
man greatness was to lie able to spell cru
cifix, and to work sums in the double rule
of three; when Saturdays were spent in
gathering blackberries or chestnuts, or fish
ing for minnows in the nearest creek; nnd
lovers courted of evenings by a pine-knot
fire, while the grandmother spun herself
to sleep with the flax-wheel in the corner?
If you do, then Joiinie Jonquil begs to
diflissr- with you.
I tell you, Miss Pattie, these female col
leges are going to ruin the country. The
girls of our-day haven’t half enough to do,
to keep them out of mischief. What do
they think of besides dress and the easiest
and# (to them) piost agreeable way of
breaking tho hearts of silly young fellows
who are foolish enough to go deranged on
their account? The truth is, things have
come to 6uch a pass now, that a plain,
sensible, hard-working fellow, can’t find a
wife—and, par consequence, the very clev
erest and best of them are bachelors from
necessity. What does ono of this sort
want with a wife who can tell him ail
about tho stars, and the natural (and tin
natural) sciences; who can figure up the
number of square inches in the Dead Sea,
and talk French by the liour, but for the
life of her, can neither make him a pud
ding nor darn his stockings?
But, says Miss Pattie, our mothers, long
time ago, coqldn't play the piano, nor
work in crewel, nor make wax flowers,
nor paint pretty pictures in oil and water
colors. No, they couldn’t, and that’s just
why I like those good old days. As for
the piano, there’s ten times more music in
a spinning-wheel, and that sort of music
our mothers did have, and plenty of it.
Instead of working all sorts of indescriba
ble objects in crewel, they knitted stock
ings for their husbands and fathers; in
stead of making wax flowers, they rose
early in the morning and cultivated the
lovely flowers of nature, thus beautifying
their dwellings and adding the rose’s tint
to their own cheeks; and to their husbands
they brought more beauteous pictures than
were ever transferred to canvas by the
most skillful artist—even their own beau
tiful selves—bright and charming as the
God of nature had made them, and not
disguised in hoops and flounces as they are
now-a-davs.
Oh! for the good old times when girls
were not afraid to romp with boys; when
they were wont to go to the same schools
and learn the same books; when spinning
wheels disconrsed sweet music, and quilt
ing-parties were all tho rage; when
young folks married for love, and actu
ally loved each other after marriage-
Down with your female colleges, and up
with the old-fashioned school-houses!
away with railroads, and their eternal
noise and smoke, their collisions and fail
ures, and back to the good old stage-coach
times, when the crack of the driver’s whip
and the twanging of his horn brought ev
erybody out to hear the news! Down
with your telegraphs, their false reports
and meddlesome interference with every
thing like gossiping speculation, and re
store unto an afflicted world semi-weekly
mails and happiness! Burn up your cot
ton factories arid give us the good old spin
ning and weaving of days of yore. Sink
your steamships, and let us return to the
faithful old sailing vessels: in a word, we
are getting through the world too fast ,
and shall never be happy and contented,
as a people, until we go back to the pristine
purity and simplicity of our forefathers,
abolish all new inventions, and hang the
first Yankee who originates another.
Yours to command,
Joiinie Jonquil.
Madison, Ga.
Pen-nnd-Scissorlnßs.
A western editor says that a child wns
run over by a wagon three years old and
cross-eyed and which never spoke after
ward. lie also gives liis readers some
lines which he says were written by a
young man who has long since lain in his
grave for his own ainnseinent... .Among
the voters in Providence, Rhode Island,
on the 4th inst., were five who voted for
Jefferson in 1800....Mr. Skeesiek’s oat
crop was so light in 1854, that he'hnd to
cut it with a horn comb and a pair of
scissors, as barbers do hair The Griffin
American Union newspaper and job office
is offered for sale. For particulars address
the proprietor Singular—To see a
boarding-school miss afraid of a cow, not
withstanding she did “all the milking to
hum” a few months previous. ...Florence
Nightingale, it is said, will be married
shortly, to an English earl, who distin
guished himself in the Crimean war..
A man loves when his judgment approves;
a woman’s judgment approves when she
loves. Col. J. J.ee Williams, author of
the History of Florida, died at his resi
dence in Picolatn, on the 7th instant, after
a short illness, of paralysis, aged 7f>....
Knowledge is not wisdom; it is only the
raw material from which the beautiful fa
bric is produced.... Judge Mason, our
Minister at Paris, has entirely recovered
his health. So say letters of a late date.
....A man being commiserated with, on
account of his wife’s running away, said,
“Don’t pity me till she comes back again.”
.... Leahy, the ex-Monk, who leoturcd
some years since, against the corrup
tions of Popery, in Italy, has recanted his
Protestantism.... We would caution all
who buy Pain Killer to bo careful and call
i for Perry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer,'and
to take ltono not put up in square bottles,
, with Perry Davis and Son’s due bill,pastcd
on one side of tho bottle. All others are
spurious The pursuit in which we can
not ask God’s protection must bo crimi
nal ; the pleasure for which we dare not
thank him cannot be innocent Tho
Athens (Ga.) Banner announces tho return
of lion. E. R, Harden, Associate Justice of
tho Supreme Court of Nebraska, to that
city, on a visit.... Women are never sat
isfied, If a man is jealous, they cry out
against his tyranny; if he is not jealous,
they complain of his indifference... .Mr.
Kendall, the late postmaster of New Or
leans, has been acquitted of the charge
brought against him An adventurer,
writing from California, says: “A man’s
life here is worth about fifty cents on the
dollar.” Virgil Powers, Esq., has been
appointed Chief Engineer of the Georgia
and Florida Railroad, in the place of Mr.
W. N. Murphy, deceased Tho tops of
the Catskill Mountains were thickly cov
ered with snow on last Friday morning.
.... A jeweler advertises that he has a
number of precious stones to dispose of;
adding, that they sparkle like tho tears of
a young widow... .Buchanan’s popular
majority over Fremont, as far as heard
from, is 374,094, which will be increased
by full returns... .Ladies are like watches,
pretty enough to look at, sweet faces and
delicate hands, but somewhat difficult to
“regulate” when once set “going.”
Gov. Johnson has appointed Mr. E. W.
Bloom, of New Fork, Commissioner of
Deeds, <fcc., for this State... .The Russian
Grand Duke Constantine talks of visiting
the United States next spring. He will be
a Gqd T send—-to lion-hunters.... The Oxy-
genated Bitters astonish every sufferer
from dyspepsia, and those who have tried
a thousand remedies in vain, will never
regret a trial of it. A few doses will give
proof of its curative power... .There are
certain epochs when, in art, simplicity is
an audacious originality The Legisla
ture of North Carolina met at Raleigh on
Monday the 17th... .Attach thyself to
truth, defend justice, rejoice in the beauti
ful. That which comes to thee with time,
time will take away. That which is eter
nal will remain in the heart... .Gen. John
W. Whitfield, delegate elect from Kansas
Territory, passed through Atlanta on Tues
day evening, on his way to Washington.
Benj. Ashley, the man that bnilt the
first steamboat on the Connecticut river,
died the other day at Springfield, Mass.,
aged 81.... An “ inveterate,” on his death
bed, being advised to eat a piece of pullet,
declined, saying he feared it might “ lay"
on his stomach.... Lady Byron, the poet’s
widow, has contributed $25 to the Kansas
Relief Fnnd. ...Rev. Dr. Hodge, of Rich
mond, Virginia, has declined the cal! to
the Presidency of Hampden Sidney College.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
New York, Nov. 25. —The steamer
Persia has arrived, bringing dates from
Liverpool to the 15th November.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Liverpool, Nov. 15. —Cotton.—The
market exhibits no new feature—the
demand is fair and quotations steady.
Sales of the week 41,000 bales, of which
speculators took 5,000 and exporters
2,000 bales. Fair Uplands 7£d.
Consols have advanced closing at
s>2i.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Herman, Cox & Cos., quote an ad
vancc of 1-16 J. on Middling Cotton—
Fair unchanged. Richardson, Spence
«fc Cos., quote Middling Uplands 51d.;
Middling Mobile CJd.; Middling Orleans
6 15-16d. Herman, Cox & Cos., quote
Middling Uplands and Mobiles 6 15-16d.
Imports since the last steamer 7,000
bales. Stock on hand 400,000 bales, in
cluding 300,000 American. Flour has
declined Od. to Is. Wheat is dull and
lias declined 3d. to 4d. Indian C.orn has
advanced 6d., closing dull.
Manchester trade is rather quiet but
firm. Stocks in the bauds of spinners
are small.
Baring <fc Brqs. quote the market for
American Stocks drooping.
The Bank of France has lost £280,-
000 Sterling of Bullion during the month
of October.
The London Globe denies the state
ment of difficulties between England
and Franco.
The frauds committed by Leopold
Redpatch on the North of France Rail
way amounts to £150,000 Sterling.
The City of Washington brings the
additional foreign intelligence that symp
toms have been manifested of a close alli
ance between France, Russia and Prussia-
Treaties of commerce are in preparat on
between Russia and France. Neapolitan
affairs arc unchanged. The condition of
tho Batik of France is unimproved. The
English fleet is still nt Malta. Des
patches say that Prussia agrees with
France and Russia requiring Austria to
evacuate the Principalities ana England
to evacuate the Black Sea.
AST Advices from Nicaragua to the
Ist instant, give some additional details
relative to the thorough route of the Ce
ntral American Allies, by the forces of
General Walker at Massaya and Granada,
on the 12th and 13th ultimo. At Mas
saya three wells had been filled with their
dead, having from eighty to one hundred
bodies in each. Another hundred had
been buried by the Americans at Granada.
General Walker had only fourteen men
killed. Fifty-eight Guatemalans were
taken prisoners, and kept working in the
chain gangs in Granada.
Death of Professor Kent*.—Pro
fessor N. M. Hentz died at the resi
dence of Ill's son in Marianna, Fla., on
tho 4th inst. He was a French gentle
man of varied accomplishments, and well
known as a teacher. His wife, Mrs.
Caroline Leo Ilentz, died about a year
ago.
Lack of Ministers.—From an edito
rial in the Central Presbyterian we
learn that there are now thirty-five Pres
byteriau Churches in Virginia without
pastors, and a considerable number of
them with large and influential congre
gations, able and anxious to procure the
services of ministers.
HW Hon. Mr. Herbert, (M. C.,) ac
cording to the San Fraricisco “Califor
nian,” left that city, in the steamer of the
20th, for “ the East,” adding the friendly
wish : —“ We sincerely wish he may
never return. We have no further use
for him.”
tSf" Senator Douglas was married
in Washington City on the 20th inst.
S3T Miss Louise'Reeder, tile actress,
was recently married to D. Wright, of
Baltimore.
X3?~ Thos. E. Sneed, has beep elected,
Maj or of Austin, Texas.
General William Walker.
W e perceive in many of our exchan
ges, within the last few days, an extract
from a late Dumber of Blackwood’s Ed
inburgh Magazine on Nicaragua,in which
it is stated that General William Walk
er, whose position in its affairs has drawn
all eyes upon him. is about forty years
of age, and is a native of Alabama, and
giving some details as to his early life
and education which are sometimes cor
rect and sometimes otherwise.
The writer of this articles has known
William Walker from his childhood, and
has it therefore, within his power to cor
rect several errors which prevail with re
gard to him. In the first place, then
he is a native of Nashville, Tennessee
his father being of Scotch birtk, coming,
we believe, from Glasgow, or its vicinitv
his mother who was a sister of John
Norvell, at one period a Senator in Con
gress from Michigan, being a native of
Kentucky. William, the eldest of their
children, is about thirty-three or four
years of age, is of rather diminutive
stature, whitish hair, fair complexion,
much stained on the cheeks and about
the eyes with freckles, gray eyes, and a
countenance, on the whole, rather tame
and unprepossessing. His voice is' de
cidedly nasal, being what the children
call sing-song : his manners are uncom
monly’ quiet and reserved, if not awk
ward, hut when in company with intimate
friends, and when interrested in any ob
ject he wakes upand his whole appearance
greatly changes.
At school and college Walker was
most taciturn and studious; he was par
ticularly proficient in mathematics and
the exact sciences, and on his gradua
tion at the University of Nashville, lie
went to Edinburgh, where he went
through the school of medicine, and af
terwards attended lectures on that sci
ence at Paris, and then travelled over a
considerable portion of middle an and
Southern Europe. On his return to
Nashville he found that neither his
health nor liis temperament fitted him
for the life of a physician, and came to
this city with the intention of studying
law and obtaining admittance to the bar.
He pursued his studies for some time,
and was admitted to practice, but never,
we think, made any very strenuous at
tempt to advance in the profession. lie
soon became connected with the Crescent
and devoted himself with great earnest
ness and zeal to editorial labors Tho
experiment did not, however, prove so
fortunate .13 he had expected, and lie
therefore gave it up, and followed the ex
ample of many other adventurous and
ambitious spirits, by going to California.
In that Stale he was also for a while con
nected with the press, and at the period
of the descent upon Sonora, which he
made with a handful of followers, he was
if we have not been misinformed, again
trying liis luck at tlie bar. However
ill-advised and unfortunate that adven
ture may be regarded by many, all will
agree that, so far as its history lias trans
pired, Walker displayed indomitable
nerve and heroism in the midst of the
sternest difficulties.
Under his calm and unreserved exterior
Walker conceales the rarest determina
tion and tho most unflinching courage.
He is, we are inclined to think, slightly
fanatical in his views when interested or
resolved upon a matter, and probably
never thinks of concession to any person
or under any circumstances. He is also
strictly just and impartial in his course,
and little given to making distinctions
in his treatment of those who offend
against discipline. In proof of we
heard the oilier day from a most reliable
source, that his own brother, who held a
commission, having been guilty of an
imprudence which disqualified him for
duty at the moment, he ordered that ho
should he reduced to tho ranks, and his
commission forfeited, not wouil he ra
cedo from his position, although strong
ly urged to clemency by many of his
leading and most trusted officers. — Sa
vannah Courier.
XHP The LaGrange (Mo) Bulletin of
(he 6th inst.. estimates the number of
hogs that will bo packed in that town
this winter at fifteen thousand. Can tracts
have been made at $4 to $5 per cwt.
&3T During tho year ending the 31st
ult., thirty-six steamboats, valued at
$1,021,000, were built at Louisville, Ky.
&3T On Wednesday last, seven thou
sand turkeys and throe thousand chick
ens arrived at Somerville, Mass,, from
Canada.
S3T The dwelling of Dr, L, B, Starke,
in Hanover county, Va., was destroyed
by fire on Wednesday morning last.
jtfUThe Daily News, of Philadelphia,
is in favor of the nomination of Com.
Stockton for the Presidency,
Two hogsheads of new sugar—
the first of the crop—were received at
New Orleans on Tuesday, 21st inst., on ,
consignment,
JEST Boi not affronted at a jest. If
one throw salt at thee, thou wilt '’receive
no ha: in, unless thou hast sore places.