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THE WATCHMAN,
i. 11. CHRISTY. EDITOR.
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pulationoFlb
.From tlx Columbus
*» I HAVN‘T sold my cotton
The obove is become a. most fami
phrase among oar people, and is consid
ered a sufficient reply to all demands for
A Settlement of existing liabilities be
tween’1hc planter and those to whom he
may bo indebted ; and organized ns the
qusinesa of this country is, to relation
to the subject of credit, which looks to
up adjustment of affairs of the current
year at or about Christmas, or during
the cotton selling season, the sale of
Cotton is the great lever upon Which the
whole mattor turns r and as long as the
planter's crop remains in his gin house
•or stored in the warehouse, it is not to
Leexpeoted that the owner can respond
to the demands of his creditors. Very
grave questions may however arise as
to what extent the planter is justified—
on the score of policy, or in view of his
liabilities incurred on the strength of
the anticipated sale of his crop and re
alization of the proceeds at the usual
tine— in indefinitely postponing, from
month to month, the conversion of his
cotton into available means todischargc
the debts for which it is impliedly pledg
ed ; how far he ought to or can consist- _ .
ently speculate upon the uncertainties . * ers ^de with the foreign influence, and
“THE PRICE OP LIBERTY IS ETERNAL
^VIGILANCE."
The increase of the while population
of the United States for the las* decennial
period has been at. the rate of about 33
cent per annum. . For the last ’ fom s,
s influx of foreigners
ualIy*or at the rate!
r annum to the whole po-;
r —ur.try. Npw the census
of 1850 shows the number of births
within the year to be 5451,835 and deaths
271,890. The actual increase by births
over deaths being 370,945, or 13 per
cent per annum. This statement which
cannot be controverted, shows the in
crease of population of this country by
foreign accessions is 7 per cent for each
year over that of native born. In other
words for every 13 natives added to the
population .of the country we have 20
foreigners. This statement presents a
much more .alarming aspect when we
take into the account that of natives thus
born it takes 21 yeors for them to be
come citizens, while the great bulk of
foreigners who come to this country are
not only males, but of age, and admitted
to the elective franchise in some states
in a few days and in othtrs from 1 to 7
yearn. So it is clear that the increase
of foreign voters over native is greater
than that of the whole population
When with all this it is taken into
the account that many of our native vo-
JCrMr. William Dusts*, of Atlanta, is our au-
thorized'Agent in Cbarokee Georgia,
of the cotton market. So far ns the risk
concerns himself only, the question is
without difficulty beyond mere consid
erations of policy : but when tne inter
est, the credit,and the solvency of others
are involved with them, and all the loss
with none of the gain falls to the share
of the latter, the case in its moral as
pects becomes more complicated.
We are at this time in the midst of a
are as completely averse to the re
ligious freedom of this country, we ask
if it is not time for us to be on the alert,
lest the days of the Jacobines and the
hellish Illuminati of the old world break
upon us like a clap of thunder in a clear
sky. Nor in all this must we be con
strued in intimating that all foreigners
are classed in the above sweeping dec
larations. There are honorable excep-
trying cris's. The great scarcity of i tions, among them, we have seen and
money is a subject of universal com-, conversed with them, and they are wilder
plaint. Collections are said to amount ■ * rue interests of this coun-
tolittle or nothing, and pecuniary dis- j tr y on g reat question than natives
tress prevails throughout the country, i generally are, For they know that the
The cotton statements from the various elements which more than once
cities show large flocks on hand, of kindled volcanic fires amid the govern-
which, in the inland towns particularly, j ments 9^ Europe, and threatened
a large proportion is stored for account j ^ er crumbling dynasties with immediate
II
LAW„ OBDEII, *SD THE COWTITCVIOB.
ATHENS, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN- 25. 1855,
JttrTbif paper is died, and may stall times be seen
l the Heading Room of Prof Hqllowat, 04+Strand,
London
of planters—thus locking up in the
warehouses a vast amount of means
which would otherwise have been in
Ciroalftian. Much of this cotton has
been stored at 8 cents, some at more
destruction, when belched forth upon
these hospitable shores, will be elements
of danger to the liberit'es of the coun
try whenever by emmulation, they ac
quire sufficient force, to begin in good
some at less; but it is conceded on afl earnest to do the work given them by
bands that the proceeds, even at the t ' ie ‘ r leaders.— Central Georgian.
present prices, would materially relieve
the difficulties under which we at pre
sent labor. The questions we now
make are these: Are notour planters
Wm. B. Hodgeox, Esq,—Wc are
giatified to announce that his Excellen
cy, Gov. Johnson, has appointed this
eminently public spirited citizen of
wrong in all cases in failing to sell when J»°hc spirueu citizen oi
their cotton will bring * remunerating \ , Sa l ann " h ’ Comm.ss.oner from Georg.a
price and the proceed." are due to their! tQ Wo i: ,d ? Fa,r ’ ,ie,d ,n
creditors; and sec. ndly-IIaving failed 1May—Of the qualifications of Mr.
to do so, are they not now called upon I ?,°^ son f ‘ r the , P ost > and . ? f th , e “ al >
by the exigencies of the times to sell a fid ^y> and ^thus.asm with which he
portion oflheir crops at least, even at! ™ !1 d 'f iar f ,ts dut \f > nothing need
present prices, tl.atthe process may to! ^sa.d to those who know theelemenls
some extent relieve the pressing necessi- character. We learn
ties which have in a great degree been ! ‘ hat Mr ’ H ' J* 11 cheerfully receive and
consequent upon their failure to do so i forward,-at his expense, specimens of
heretofore? Is it right that our mer ., the ^cultural and m.uera products of
chants and others, who have looked to ? u, . S,ate ' , Aa the 13 ^ort^aHwho
the proceeds of this cotton to protect | fe . e] P r ‘ > ^ r , interes / n fhffemiA of Geor-
their liabilities, should be forced to the! should promptly come .envard with
necessity of raising money for this pur- f uc , h contributions as will fond to illus-
pot*e from outside sources, at ruinous 1 trate the greatness, and exhibit the re
rates of interest-or in default of this, I p u . rces °[ ol ’ r renowned commonweaUh.
to suffer in credit or end in bankrupt^ i ® ut we sha1 ' ® ore ™ this raatter '
—because, forsooth, the planter consid- i W f m '?>' ad f’ tha , Mr - Hodgson proposes
ers 8c. or 7c. or 6c. too Uttfefor his ■ ^ bear the expen^. of Uanspor-
cctton, or in his opinion prices will be‘ tat . , . on Savannah ° *** but
better inthespring? We are ever dis-' r " llro . ad cha ^ es " n »>« ■ «W*des-ent to
posed to counsel forbearance and pa-1 1S Clt ^‘ v ‘ ouricr.
tience on thepartof creditors j butsome- j A Vermont editor gives thiTadvice to
thing is due from debtors, thnt forbear- 1 . , .. • 6 ,
ance may not cease to be a virtue, or' t ie adies: When you have got a man
patience become a fault. '■ We speak to tbe sticking point—that i*, when he
as unto wise men ; judge ye.” J proposes—don’t turn away your head,
fct^VVe are indebted to our distin
guished Senator, the Hon William C.
Dawson, for valuable public documents.
Mr. Barry, of the House, will also ac
cept our thanks for a copy of his excel
lent speech.
PHRENOLOGY.
CT-We are requested to state that
Prof. D. McMullen, the blind Phrenolo
gist, will deliver a lecture on Phrenolo
gy at the Town Hall, this evening.
From our acquaintance with Prof. M.
we can safely promise a treat to those
who attend—as he evidently understands
the science thoroughly .
A HINT TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We trust that our contributors will in
future write on but one side of a sheet,
and write plainly and legibly. We have
not time to transcribe their manuscripts,
and nine-tenths of mankind, more or less,
write so badly, that few compositors can
catch their ideas from the “hop, skip
and jump” of their pens, which only oc
casionally touch the paper, and leave it
looking more like a spider bedaubed with
ink h/id been crawling over it, than any
thing else. Will our friends do us the
favor to exercise a little more care in
future ?
"NEW PAPER.
*•* The Southern Statesman,” is the
title of a new and handsome sheet, the
first number of which has just reached
us, published at Calhoun, Ga , by Col.
Dodd, formerly of the Rome Southern
er. The Statesman is a handsomely
printed and ably conducted paper.
By the way, are not the monkeys
somewhat crowded in Cherokee ? New
papers and newspapers are as “ thick as
hops” in that region of the State.
Temperance Banner.—By an.unac
countable oversight, we have failed no
ticing (as we ought to have done
ere this) that this oldest temperance
paper in the United States passed into
new hands at the beginning of the new
year. ‘‘Uncle Ben,” as the temperance
folks familiarly called its late editor and
proprietor, (the venerable Mr. Brantly)
closed his editorial career at the end of
the past year, and sold the paper to
Messrs. Blain & Seals, the latter of
whom is now sole editor of it. We wish
the now firm abundant success.
or affect a blush, or refer him to pa, or
TrsrK ° s y°\T n f ri r ks t
FEBRUARY 1855 j understood now; but just look him right
At a highly re putable Prohibition i in , the f;ice > S ive b '»n a harty smack, and
Convontion held in Atlanta on the26th te ‘ l him to go and order the furniture.”
day of October, 1854, the following: The Killing!y (Ct.) Telegraph, al-
fesolutton was adopted, viz : . , , , lL , * ’. ,
«Resolved, That the friends of Pro- ! ,udes t " th « death of a P^sonm the ne.gh-
hibitory Legislation in each County of borbood of that town, by drinking ex-
Georgi i, be requested to scud Delegates cessively of essence of peppermint. He
to a Convention to be held in Atlanta, | ja d bi cn n moderate drinker of spiritu-
.»tie 1655, „ us i- but llU Hes bVmT ‘ ff
for the purpose of nominating a suitable ; , _ 1 *•
person for Governor at the next elec- j ' ae Maine Law, he re3orteu to pep-
' perinint, and it killed him.
tion.
The undersigned having been appoint-, „
eda Board cf Directors for the Prohi* 1 Starvation in New York.—The
bition alliance at the aforesaid Conven- j laborers and mechanics out of employ,
tion, deem it proper to call attention I ! n . ? w are ®' most desperate, an d
onew to this important subject The 1 ,l ,s "r Rred that scrious consequences
friends of Prohibition, in some Counties, \ ful,0 ' v - b ' ome 0 » ac ‘ u,,H y without
are appointing their Delegates to this: !l‘® n ecessary means of subsistence.
Convention; and it is very desirable i , commi f tee j'PPoibled by the late
nnd important that no County in the' meeting taienil to petition the
State shall fail to be represented. In liA-1 9° in " ,on t Ca,, " c, ‘ for { ‘ n nppropriation of
teen States n.,1 one Territory, North, «'*-• hundred thousand dollars, for the
■” •- J immediate improvement of the public
laud and. lots, for the purpose of giving
employment to the,poor now in want of
bread.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Judge Robert V. , Hardeman was
thrown from bis buggy’ on Saturday
last in Jones county, and: so seriously
injured, that for a time be was thought
to be in a very critical condition. We
are much gratified to hear that- his in
juries are not as serious as they were at
first supposed to be, and that lie was so
much better on yesterday morning, that
the physicians considered- him out of
danger. The Judge has a ho--t of friends
in this community who have manifested
very great concern .about bis condition,
and who.will be very much relieved By
this information.—Hacon Messenger.
West and Sou h of us, the issue of Pror
hibitioti has hern made and carried;
and, as none that have fairly- made the
issue before the people, have fuiled to
carry it, it is confidently believed, from
this and other considerations, that a
large majority of the people of Georgia
are also in favor o« Prohibitory Legisla
tion—and require only a fair opportunity
to make their wishes known. Compli
ance with .he request contained in the
foregoing resolution will lead to such an
opportunity. In reminding the public
of this occasion, we but discharge'a
pleasant duty, which appears to be re
quired of us by a highly respectable
body of our fellow-citizens; and we
earnestly hope that the recommendation
will not fail to meet with a hearty re
sponse from the friends, of Temperance
of every class and condition ju the State.
Jjpdkename of the Contention of the
sr, we most respectfully re-
~tive Newspapers of the
lilicity to this Card-
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Lcjsobi. Dkan,
Atlanta, J#uum-y 10, 1855
Tito number of languages spoken in
tlx world, amounts'to three
and sixty-four. The iuhabitar
globe profess m
THE WEATHER.
We have had all sorts of weather, and
plenty of it, since -our hist publicaticn
The latter part of last week was bright
and beautiful, and temperature quite
mild. Sunday morning cloudy—in the
afternoon, a real summer storm of rain,
lightning and thunder—at night the wind
blowing a “hurricane blast ’ from the
North. Monday morning ‘ cold as bla
zes”—which continued all day. Tues
day morning, weather somewhat moder
ated, though still cold; and now while
we write, (Tuesday noon) it is snowing
“right smartlyHow many more chan
ges we may be favored with before the
week expires, “this deponent saith not.”
RUN HERE, EVERY BODY !
We have been requested to call the
attention of our up-country friends
“and the rest of mankind” to the fact
that corn * is now selling here at one
dollar a bushel, oats at sixtv cents,
and otter things in proportion. Let
those who have grain to sell, and wish a
high price for it, rush it along at once.
It will be down in the spring:
— »■
“RAMSHACKLES.”
Certain Democratic papers arc mak
ing merry over the name which they
say Mr. Stephens bestowed upon the
Know-Nothings.. Now, Mr. Stephens
did no such thing, hut adopted the lan
guage of the old man m North Carolina,
who. said the Administration had been
defeated by “the Ramskackles,” thereby
meaning that it was done by a.combina
tion of all the elements opposed to it.
This, wc are aware, is a matter of small
moment; hut «e wish,^ “vindicate the
truth and majesty of history. 1 ’
BP' - ' 1
WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT GO
VERNOR?
This question is now beginning to
attract some attention .in this State.—
Several of the Democratic papers have
declared their preference f or the present
incumbent, Hou. H. V. Johnson. This
preference, however, does not seem to
he universal, by any means. The At
lanta Intelligencer, thoroughly Demo
cratic, “ speaks out iq meelin” as fo!
lows, ag&insl a re-nomination of his Ex
cellency :
“The Augusta ComtHuiionali-t of
Tuesday, alluding to the agitation of
the question of the succession, without-
expressing an opinion as to who will, be
the Democratic candidate, predicts
that Hon. VVm. C, Dawson will be the
opponent of the Democratic nominee
for Governor, and says that rumor alrea
dy connects his name with the Know-
Nothings. Whoever may be the Can
dida: e for the opposition, it is of the b igh-
est importance that the Democracy
should bring out their strongest and best
map for,the contest. Who lie is we shall
not at this time undertake to say. It is
to be hoped, however, for the- good of
the party, that no serious effort will be
made to confer the nomination for re-
election upon the present incumbent, as
we are well satisfied that his nomination
would result in the utter defeat of the
Democratic party in. Georgia. Nomi
nated in 1853, under the most favorable
auspices, with the two wings of the par
ty generally united—with the prestige of
the recent National Democratic tri
umphs in his favor—with the most zeal
ous, energetic and persevering efforts
on the part of his political adherents,
while his opponent, Mr. Jenkins, headed
the forlorn hope of the Whig party, seri
ously disorganized by internal dissen
sions, and bearing the whole weight of
the Aigcrinc Law on his shoulders,
with all these advantages in our favor, the
Democratic candidate was elected by a
bare majority of five hundred and ten
votes. Has he gained strength since
his term of office commenced ? We
think not On the contrary, we believe
and we are by no means alone in the
opinion, that he is weaker by at least
five thousand votes, in the State than
he was on the day of his inauguration
While his public policy has been such
as to secure to him no increased popu
larity,his acts in other respects have been
of a character to alienate from him many
of the strongest and most influential
Democrats in the State—men who were
among the warmest of his supporters
men without whose aid in the hour of
trial his defeat would have been inevi
table. Moreover, facts are in existence
which it is not our purpose to allude to
here, the publicity of which, in case of
his nomination, would tend seriously to
the disorganization of the party and ?v
the same time render his defeat a mat
ter of absolute certainty.
“ We make these remarks through
no. disposition to dictate or throw em-
barrasssments in the way of our political
friends, but are prompted to them solely
by a consideration and anxiety for the
jntere ts and success of the Democratic
party.”
The Macon Journal & Messengei 1 ,
last week, contains the following sensi
ble remarks in reference to the next Gu
bernatorial contest .
dom, and thus, baulk the amiable design
which the, people^cherijh to signalise the
inauguration of t|eir rule, by sacrificing
him as the most i&veratg and intolerant
Phrtizan in the State,and giving thr<
htiin, a^final^and^decisive. blow to that
policy of Party which gives office
to Partizans. Thes e are our only ‘
in connection with the next Gub
torial canvass Gov; Johnson under
stands and appreciates as well-as any
one else, the position of the Democratic
Party of this State. He sees that it is.
utterly disorganized and demoralised,
that influences which can not be guard
ed against, are sapping the very founda
tions upon which it rests—that it is tot
tering to its fall, and that those who at
tempt tosustnin it will be buried beneath
its ruins. He sees all this, and .will pro-
bably peremptorily refuse to be a can
didate for re-election, thus relieving his
friends from all embarrassment upon
this point and disappointing all those,
who, Jike ourselves, have been anxiously
awaiting the opportunity to test his
strength upon fair issues before the peo
ple. If he does we shall admire his
discretion, and content ourselves with a
victory over somebody else, without the
zest of a revenge.
The names of several individuals in
the opposition of the State and Federal
Administrations, have been suggested
in connection with a nomination for the
office of Governor. Fortunately, there
are many of them competent to discharge
the duties of the office, and with claims
sufficient to authorise their friends to
urge them. Fortunately too, in the pre
sent position of parties and politics, in
this State, no management can forestall
public opinion in this matter, or secure
an election for any one who has no claims
but a nomination by the Convention of a
Party. The election is yet too distant
for us to suggest the policy which our
friends should pursue. We only know,
that in the present tetpper of t^e public
mind, the people will not brook the dic
tation of political intriguers, or of i he
caucuses and Conventions they may
control, and that the endorsement of a
candidate by any such bodies, would be
worse than useless. The opposition to
the Administration, and to its candidate,
Mr. Wise, in Virginia, is composed as
in Georgia, of different elements, and
the Whig press of that State have pro
nounced against the assembling of a
Whig State Convention, to nominate a
candidate for the office of Governor
We may profit by their example, and
leaving the different elements of opposi
tion to the rule of any party, disorganiz
ed, denationalised and demoralised as
is the Democratic Party of this Union,
to work their effeef upon the popular
mind, unrestrained fora time by organ
ization of any kind, combine them alto
gether in the next Gubernatorial canvass
to give the control of the political p.uver
of the State to tho people. In a ground
swell of the people, the political parties
which, without unity of principle, or- of
policy, are attempting to perpetuate
themselves by the interested selfishness
of their adherents, must be overwhelm
ed. If this result, which we have labor
ed to effect, is accomplished, it will be a
matter of infinitely small importance
who the individual is, provided he is
competent and honc;t, who is taken
from the mass of his fellow-citizens and
elevated to the office of Governor.
nhabitants of the
£*:.* '** 8
are
' brfeg. to light extensive mines of ooal Kx*<jov«roor MorehemLiof Kentucky,
• r * ^ j amf * rifchev minerals. * For agricultural died at.his residence in Covington on the
purposes, these lands arc not surpassed.’ 28tfi ult., aged 57 years,
Wno SHALL BE OUR KEXT GOVER
NOR.—This question is already agitated
by the public press, although it is yet
several months before the Gubernatorial
canvass can,be fairly opened, or candi
dates presented fur the suffrages of the
people.
A few Democratic journals have en
dorsed the claims of the incumbent of
the office, to a nomination for re-elec
tion, and we most sincerely desire that
he may ba the nominee of the Demo
cratic Party, although his Excellency
has little disposition to attempt another
race, and the Party little inclination to
commit its fortunes again, to one so de
cidedly slow. ,
Judge Jolinson has made a very good
Governor. Ho has performed the usual
routine duties of lii-s office, such as sign
ing the Commissions of Justices of the
Peace to the very great satisfaction of (he
people—and has given us a very smooth
and quiet Administration, signalized by
nothing except itsdecided pat tizan char
acter, in the employment of the, little
patronage at its disposal—which has
surprised nobody—and by a single at
tempt at financiering to show a balance
in the Treasury from the earnings of the
State Rbad, which has deceived cobody.
Judge Johnson we repeat, has made a
very good Governor, and if there is no
thing in his official acts to give him eclat,
there is very little to furnish capital to
his political opponents. But outside of
his official acts, in the discharge of the
ordinary routine duties of the Governor
of the State, we can find nothing what
ever, in his character as a public man to
commend—but every thing, to condemn
-^-everything to oppose ns to the idea of
his re-eledtion to an office,, in which ' re-
election is not only an endorsement of
his capacity, but of the principles he
professes and the Party he represents
The. Russian papers remark, that the
lay of the disembarkation of the Allies
in the Crimea, (the 11th of September)
cT waspceoisely the anniversary of the arri-
val oF tha ^rcncii nt Moscow in 131^
The deductions thev -hnibl ™ iK„ cJ It is only tp be feared that the D'emocra- tercourse with the authorities, fie reneiy-
,• / ■ * act tic Party in its disorgahization, wilfhot ed the most marked attention that
>asy to comprehend. have thedesperate hardihood to ndmir - i_*
nate it njsuriwho has no strength but that
of his party, or that his Excellency wm
obstinately refuse.to be a candidate Mr
re-election; reject the honors of martjrr-
SLAYERY IN CALIFORNIA.
The Jackson (Miss.) Democrat says
that slavery must inevitably become a
permanent institution in California. Soon
after the organization of the State, the
Legislature passed a law allowing twelve
months for the disposal of slaves carried
there before the adoption of the consti
tution ; and no arrangements having
been made for taking them out of the
State, the law was extended at the last
session Public opinion has Jn the mean
time, undergone a groat change. Men
of capital are beginning to find how pro
fitable slave labor would be, applied to
raining. The Democrat adds : “They
know how rapidly fortunes, can be ac
cumulated by tire possession of slaves as
a portion of their capital, and the im
mense advantage they will possess over
those who employ white laborers, in
consequence of the exorbitant price of
the latter, and from these considerations
will seek the possession of the whole
machinery, as well the area, for wor-
king.the precious metals. There is no
doubt but capitalists in California are
now taking th*s view of the matter, ;iRd,
by a combination of capital power, the
object is easy of accomplishment. It is
a known fact that a strong and healthy
negro man can earn from fifreen hundred
to two thousand dollars per annum, by
working in the mines; nnd will not this
fact, within itself, be a sufficient, cause
for negroes to be sent there, if only for
one or two years ? Negroes are now be
ing sent daily from Virginia, North and
South Carolina, and in a great many in
stances even from Alabama and Missis
sippi, where Slavery is much more pro
fitable than in the former mentioned
States, A riegrq population is bound to
concentrate there, and the combined
efforts of the Abolitionists cannot pre-
vent it.” "
RETURN OF MR SOULE.
Mr. Soule, our Minister to 'Spain
has resigned, and is oh his way home
It is said he wUs Chilled into his resignh-
tion—tbijt although in all his official in
tercourse with the authorities, he reuciv-
ARRESTING A “ JUGGLER
We heard a story. to'd not long since
a? the expense of nur.frieud and former
her, Tom G>. who, a few y
ited a little market town noi
Juid miles from where we write,
ha wagon-loud oi jugs, which^n
wished to selL It srajiappened that the
worshipful board of town wardens had
then recently published their ordinances,
and just elected a verdant specimen of
humanity from “ the green istr of the-
oceau” to the highly responsible office of
marshal. Paddy, who swaggered about
with an air of great consequence, and
constantly carried a copy of the afore
said “ ordinances” in hj$ pocket, which,
among other things, provided that “ any
juggler who neglected to obtain license
from the council should be fined the
sum of ten dollars,” chanced, on the
day referred to, to meet our friend Toil!
in his peregrinations. Walking up to
him and gently tappin^^m on the
shoulder, the consequential marshal re
quested a peep at his license. “ Li
cense 1" thundered Tom, “ what in the
do I want with license ?” ** Oh,
by the poivers,” said Paddy, “ I have
caught ye in the very act, and ye’ll he
afther going wid. me before his honor
the marc," Tom protested he had done
nothing, but nil in vain. The official
told him he was. obliged to discharge
his duty. Our friend, finding there was
ncj chance to get off from the dignitary,
determined, rather than have a‘-scene ”
in the street, to go with him ; and leav
ing his team in the care of a friend, set
out for the store of “ uncle Johnny
R ,” who held the important office
of Intendant of the town, or mare efthe
city of M* . When Tom and the
Irishman arrived, the old gentleman was
very much engaged with his customers.
The first moment, however, that Pat was
enabled to catch his eye, he assumed
an air of profound gravity, and an
nounced his business by saying, “ May
itpleaso your honor, Thave arrested a
juggler who has no license ?” “ Arrest-
a juggler ?” queried uncle Johnny,
plosely scanning the countenance of the
prisouer, who he at once recognized' as
one of his customers—“ oh, no, he’s no
more a juggler than you or l”—apd
he laughed immoderately. Pat, some
what nettled by being laughed at, gave
vent to an oath or two, and then in an
indignant tone of injured innocence
proceeded to relate to “ his honor” the
circumstances of the arrest, and,wound
up by assuring him that if he would
walk with him a short distance dowu
the street, lie would furnish occular
demonstration of the truth of the charge,
“ for* by the powers,” said lie, “ hasn’t
he got a whole wagon load of them there,
on the Main street, and in bread day
light at that?” “ A vvagon load of what?”
asked uncle Johnny. ‘“ Why, jugs, of
cour.se,” said the dignitary; “andI
read here in this bit of paper, (exhibit
ing the ordinance) that it is my duty to
arrest jugglers when they have noli
cense from your honor—.and nint this
spalpeen n juggler if he sells jugs ?*’
This was asockdologer which upset tlic
gravity of Uncle Johnny and all the
speciators. Tom, of course, was instant
ly discharged, but the incident has fas
tened upon him the soubriquet of “ The
Juggler,” which he will probably carry
with him to the grave.
PAY YOUR BILLS.
We took : oc<i%iuij some weeks ago, in
importance
small, to
be accom-
fiv?e ,do)lapjt>iH. used in
caking on ' thfe same sub-
Baltim'We Patriot of a late date,
relates the following suggestive incident,
which will better elucidate our mean
ing than any thing we have said :
Pay Your Bills—An Incentive.—
Some years ago, a farmer in Frederick
county, Md. owed a, neighbor of his
$53, and as soon as he could realize the
sum he promptly, paid it- -The
morning he called to pay it, his friend
appeared to be thankful, remarking that
he was also in debt to another person
who needed the money, and he would at
once take it to him. This remark started
a train of thoughts in Alio mind-of the
first person, who said to himself—Why
here is $103 paid with $53.,* I will at,
once follo w up this matter-and see where >
it will end. He then followed, up the
payments of debts by this one note of ■
S^QteUntil ,he traced it to the large L
amount off3,75 ! when it get ^ut of '
hiSrgBflcih.
•‘NowfJtf! el? WF moral: A
a bill, which, if he pays promptly, will
be paid by B to C, and so on through
ffie whole alphabet, and, it will be sur
prising to every one, what a small
amount is necessary to pay off hundreds
of thousands by keeping the tf eagles on
the wing.” Now, when tha money
market is so tight and the banks are-
unable to discount all the paper offered,
let persons begin to pay their bills, and
by’dohig this' they themselves will be
paid back in turn.
It is a machine which feeds itself,
nnd propels, by its own offal, the execu
tion of great exploits. As a word to
the wise is over sufficient, we think it
only necessary to give this hint to our
business men, who will be able, at once,
to see the vast amount of good the pay
ment of even a small bill will accom
plish in the community.”
Commenting on the above the Chroni
cle &. Sentinel makes the following re
marks, which we, and we presume eve
ry publisher in these “ tight times,” can
heartily endorse :
“ It, may not be out of place to say to
those indebted to us, that money is not
very abundant with us, not one hun
dredth part so much so, as it would be
if you would pay us what you owe ; and
as our necessities are becoming very
urgent, the duty will devolve o» us of
giving to each and all ofyou a little
“plain lalJcj” unless you pay your bills
promptly. Weare .no: disposed to la
bor for any of you without compensa
tion—prompt pay. and we desire each
"anrl all of you to understand it.
The Dalilonega Signal has placed
the name of the Hon. Howell Cobb at
its masthead, ns the Democratic candi
date for Congress in this District.
Well, there is uo accounting for
tates, as the old woman sail.” The
Signal sometime since boldly announced
that it was in favor of the Know-Nothing
principles. Now, if there is an indi
vidual in ibis'District more bitterly op
posed to them than any body else, it is
his ex-Excell.eucy—-judging from the
tone cf his organ in this place. How
the Signal proposes to get over this
“very slight, jamall, lectlc diffic-ulty,”
we arc not advised.
That Mr. Cobb will be a candidate,
if not the candidate, we believe is pretty
well settled.- The present incumbent
and-his friends, therefore, had belter
“look out for the engine,when the whistle
blows / ’
KNOW-NOTHING DEFEAT.
At the municipal election in Atlanta
last week, where between eight and
nine hundred votes were polled, the
Know-Nothings were beaten fourteen
Vdtes. They succeeded, however, in
electing c ne member of- council. It is
charged bv the K. N’s that this defeat
was o\ving entirely to illegal .voting-—
many non-residents and unnaturalized
foreigners having been permitted to
vote the so-called “ ciiizens’s ticket.”—
Of the truth of this allegation we know
nothing, whatever ; but- think, it likely
that in exciting elections—and this was
“ one of’em”—illegal votes are frequent
ly polled on both sides. We observe
by our Atlanta exchanges that a propo
sition was made to purge the ballot-box,
but the new qouncil refused^ to enter
tain it for a moment. This looks sus
picious. If satisfied that every thing
was fairly conducted on their side, why
refuse an investigation ? ;
That Bridge.—We make it a point
never to grow “weary in well-doing,’
and how that we have our band in, on
the subject of inprovements, vye would
respectfully inquire if our Town Authori
ties and Inferior Cpdrt have dona any
'Ai id
Uiingy«L*t in reference lb the lawer^riilgc. paper from basswood. He says tl
If they inteivi ev.ery body to ford is confident. that lie .cuaVriq&ko >
'thorough * politeness could dictate, yet
himself and family, both as regarded thb;
officials and the leaders of. fashion in to the public that. tlujy should have no-
Madrid, were socially isolated. tice of the fact.
SOUTHERN CENTRAL AGRICULTU
RAL SOCIETY.
The Executive Committee of the
“ Southern Central Agricultural Socie
ty” met in Atlanta bn the 16th inst, for
the purpose of amending and improving
the Premium List for the ptesent
year, locating the next Fair, &c. The
List of Prizes was very carefully re
vised, and in many respects much im-
.prpyeidT It is not yet ready for publica
tion, but our reporter wifi furnish one of
the most important portions of it (the
Field Crtps) for our paper of to-mor
row.
The location of the Fair is not yet
determined. It is now wavering be
tween Augusta, Atlanta, Macon and
Columbus. The adjourned ‘ meeting of
the Committee trill be held ,in this city,
on Thesday, the 6th of March, for the
express purpose < f determining this mat- j
ter, and ifthe people of Augusta Intend j
taking any action upon, jt .there is no
time to ba.lost. We have the grounds,
buildings and fixtures hefeeSsriry for the
•exhibition,^!*^ only $ sjnall appropri
ation of-funds will .be; necessary to se
cure it,-we would’ suggest-the propriety
of a prompt ar.d effie’enf movement on
the part of.our .citizens and agthorities.
— C/tron. & Sent. , ^
MrvBeardsley, of A%inyy N. Y.
succeeded; in,0(Su)Qfacturusg goqd ;oew»- ;•
that he
beitir
seems to inaugurate a 1
laaiHifacuiruaml. price of paper.