The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, December 13, 1855, Image 1

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J h*» Ottllltfll VOLUME II. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY JOHN H. CHRISTY, IMTOI AND norillTOI. Terms of Ssbierlptlon. TWO BOLLAE8 paranaum, If paid «irictlvin ad %M*i Stkaiwisa,THREE DOLLARS will be chaired R3PIb older that the price of the papei way notbein y.w,,W.., T c |rc u..,loD, Clubs will be supplied MMS&* 8| X n ^OPIE8 for - - - fio f ^ = > tl< y wss^teii •• for -.. 5i#r E Sgr ■dlOuiliaNtn.lL CniBM(«eMiMi| tie order Rotes of Advertising. .Transient adrertisemenis willbeinseried at One •Wilt persqaarsfor the first.and Fifty Cents prrsqus re for sash subsequent insertion. Lefal and pearly ad rartisament# at the usnal rates i~»didalea will be charged R5 for announcements, -and obituary nnticeseieeeaingalx lines in length will be charged as advertisements. Whoa the aamber of insertions isnot markedon and adrortMeaent. it will be pnbUsbed till forbid, and charged accordingly. ^Snstnfsa anil ^rnfessianal Carlis. ^TbTTombabdT™ DENTIST, dTffRVS, GEORGIA. 'Ruemsover the Store of Wilson A Veal. Jsn3 PITNER k ENGLAND. Wholesale A Retail Dealersin Vroceris§,OrySoods, HARDWARE, SHOES AJfD BOOTS, April 5 Athens, Ga. •MOORE k CARLTON, DEALKS8 IN SILTt, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS. HARDWARE AND CROCKERY. April No. 3. Granite Row, Athena, Ga. LUCAS & BILLUPS, WHOLESALE AJfD RETAIL DEALERS IJf DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. ,fcc. No. 2, Broad Street. Athens. WILLIAM G. D1 ATTORNEY AT Odea oral the «or»ot Wat M. Horton A Son )EM>NY, i< ram, Will attend promptly to all busineseentrnst •d to his.cure. Athene, April 6 *WILLIAM N. WHITE, WHOUCSAIE ANU 2KTA1L /BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, JtmiJfnMpmpermmd Magazine j$gau. DEALER rN MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LAKTS. VINE CUTLERY, FANCY GOODS, AC. No. t, College Avenue, Newton IIou*e. Athens, Ca alga of “ White's University Book Store.” Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates. T. BISHOP k SON, Wholesale and Retail Gocers, April 6 No. 1, Broad street, Athens. SUMMEY & JONES, DEALERS IN GROCERIES. HARDWARE. STAPLE- 1DRYGOODS. STOVES. IRON, CAST INGS. CROCKERY-WARE, &c. iWf* Corner of Broad and Wall streets, Athena, Ga August 1C, 1865. .11. JONES. r. A. Sl'.YMEV. JAMES M. ROYAL, HARNESS-MAKER' B AS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old Tavern, one door east of Grady A Nich olson’s—where he keeps always on hand a general assortment of articles in hisline, and is always ready to fillordersinthe best style. Jan 26 i f COLT & COLBERT, A DEALERS IN STATflE DRY GOODS,GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. ’.No. 9 Granite Row Athens, Ga. JAMES I. COLT. | WM. C. COLBERT. August 6,1866. NOTICE. t rnHE subscribers are prepared to fill orders X tor all kinds of 'Spokes for Carriages and Wagons, Xiao, at the same establishment we manufac tore all kinds of BOBBINS, only naedin our cotton factories. All ,doM aa good and cheap as can be had from •the North. Address, P. A.SUMMEY & BRO. Athens,Ga. who will attend to all orders, and the ship- Pi»* of the same. March, 1864. SLOAN & OATMAN, DEALERS IN Italian, Egyptian Jc American •VATOMIV* AND MAST TENNESSEE MARBLE. OleanmenU, Tombs. Urns and Vases; Marble Mantels and Furnishing Marble* J3TAD erdara promptly filled. ATLANTA, GA. «T Refer to Mr. Res: Crane. juneld P. W, LUCAS, I S now receiving a large anpply or all kinds of goods suited to the market: Consisting in part, of Ladies’ Dress Goods, Rich Striped and Plaid Dress Silks. Rich Black Silks in Plaids and Moise An tique Striped, Plain colored Silks for Mantillas, Plain Black Silks and Series, Bonnet Silks, Lining Silks and Bonnet Trimmings, Rich Satin Striped Cashmeres ; Rich Fig ured and Striped French DeLaines, from 25 to 100 yd.; Plain French and English Meri Doe* of all colors* Handsome Plaid Woolen, for childrens’ wear ; Solid colored Cloths and Flnnnelaof all kinds for Ladies’ Clonks, with Galloons and Trimmings to match: French Cambrics and Calicoes; French, English and American Ginghams. AUkii ds of Cloths. Casitneres and Vestings. Blankets, Kerseys and heavy Woolens; Fine Bed Blankets; Quilts, Counterpains and Sheetings; A large lot of lush Linens, and all kinds of Long Cloth ; Carpetings, Mattings. Rugs and Floor Cloths; Bonne's. Rihons, Laces, Embroideries.de.; Gloves. Hosiery. Net 8birts. Ac.; All kinds of White and Red Flannels; HATS.CAPS, BCOTS’aud SHOES of nil kinds ; Raddles, Bridles. Martingales, Ac.; All kinds of Hardwnre and Cutlery ; Tanner’s Todls ; Carpenter’s and Smith’s Tools; Bolting Cloths, warranted o' the best quality ; Blasting Powder and Safety Fuse for well- diggers and miners. All of which he offers at the lowest market prices, either for cash or approved credit. Oct. 11,1855. Sundries ! C OCOA Basse, Gelatine, Pepper-Sauce, Ketchups, Salad Oil, Mustard, Capers, Flavoring Extracts, Lemon Syrups and Macaroni, For sale low by T. BISHOP & SON. 'October 25, .1865. For Sale. M Y littlePlnntntion containing 100 acres, more or less, about 5 miles from Athens on the road leading to “ Nowhere,” and on the waters of Little Sandy Creek. Well situated, with well and spring, and other wise well improved. Persons wishing to purchase would do well to call soon, or they might miss a bargain. Also, can be bought of the subscriber a three seaed. second hand Rockaway, suit jd for travelling or general purposes of a family. WALTER CARSON. Nov. 1855,4 ti. AGENTS! AGENTS 1 AGENTS! P ERSONS accustomed to procure subscri bers for hooks. Magazines &c, or get up clubs for uewspnpers. are requested to send ns their names and address, and we will for ward them, free of charge, a specimen number of a publication for wliich they will find ready sale; and we will nllow them a commission of 50 per cent, for their services- . J. BRADFORD A BROTHER. No. S Courtland at.. New York. FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS. T HE Subscriber is receiving daily supplies of fresh Oysters in the shell, and Black, and other descriptions of Fish. Families supplied at moderate prices. In the rear of the Express office, he has opened a neat and well-furnished Saloon at which Fresh OysteTS can be had at all hours, from day-light until 2 o’clock at night. Those who wish to enjoy the luxury ofa plate of fresh Oysters, served up in good style, and atn quiet, orderly place, wilt d well to call. Nov22 T. M. LAMPKIN. PERFUMERY. T) ABRRY’S Tricopherus, Lyon’s Kathairon. I) HaueH’s Eau Lustrale, Lubin’s Extracts, Brown Windsor, T T ymph and other Soaps, Farina’s Colognes, a White, Pearl and Flesh Powders, k Balls and Alabaster, Fresh Pomades, Rose and other Hair Oils, A full supply of Perfumes aod Cosmetics, generally, just received bv Nov22 WM. N. WHITE, at the Corner W. G. DELONY, ATTOBHEY AT LAW, "TXT! LL give hisspecial attention to collect* XV iag, and to the claims of all persous en titled to Land Warrants, under the latr County Land Bill of the last Congress. 0T Office on Broad Street over the store •of I. M. Kenney, Mareh IB—1855—tf. PINE WINES. P ERSONS desirous of procuring Hue wines •f every description, can do so by calling at Combs A Co’s. Express Office. Also can be found the best article of Porter and Ten vssal’s Doable Strong Ale, Also on hand Lomgmortk'e celebrated Catovba Wine. August L NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to me by note or accounts, are respectfully requested to call and settle n Athens, Oct re respectfully requested t op. D. N. JuDSON. Notice. A LL persons indebted to the undersigned ' are hereby requested to make immediate ■payment. All notes and accounts unpaid the 1st of January next, will be placed in the s of an officer for collection. LYLE, COMER <fc HAMPTON. ot,% }W. NOW IS YOUR CHANCE ! X One Tonsand Prizes on hand! By Authority of the State of Georgia Fort Gaines Academy LOTTERY. Unparalled Scheme foi December! To be drawn Dec. 24th , 1855, in the City of Atlanta, when Prizes amounting to 0= $30,000 «£3) Will he distributed according to the follow ing inimitable Scheme. If yon draw the lowest Prize you get the cost of your ticket, without deduction, and remember every Prize is drawn at each drawing. Lcok at it 1 One Prize to every Ten Tickets! 1 CAPITAL PRIZE $10,000!! Let therefore, every man having a due regard to the replenishing of his purse attend to it, and forward his order immediately for tickets. Let those now buy, who never bough before, And those who always bought now buy the more. But to the Scheme. Look at it—scan it well—count your chances, and ask your self if you can withstand the inducement now offered. Read ! Road 1 ONLY TEN THOUSAND NUMBERS ! Tickets. $5, Halves, f2-50, Quarter, $125. SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager, . Atlanta Ga, Nov. 29,1865. Q SUGARS Of all descriptions, for sale by * or sale by SUMMED Y JONB6. $nrfnj. 1 Prize of 2 Prizes of 8 do 2,000are 500 are *10,800 4m i,5«n 11 do 250 are 2,760 18 do 110 are - 1.100 17- do 75 are 12,75 43 do 50 are 2,150 83 do 25 we 2,075 200 do 10 are 2.00ft 630 do 6 are 3,160 1,000 Prizes, amounting to W . 550,00ft For the Southern Watchmra. TO LEWIS. Thin* absence deeply grieves me, love— Then hasten back to me; Oh, come to your old home again, From o'er the dark bine sea. How great the changes since yon left 1 And this lone heart of mine Of all its pleasures is bereft— Say is H so with tbinel Thou art my thoughts both day and night, My dreams are all of thee. And in imagination strong They wonder o’er the ea. 1 watch the floating clouds above, At twilight’s lonely hoar, Aod every twinkling star, beloved, Sends forth a magic power. That aids me in my fancy bright. And doth my thoughts entrance: But while I gaze, before my eyes Thine image seems to glance. Athens, Go. GERTY. AN OLD STORY. Once upon a time a maiden Sat beneath a hawthorn tree, A nd her lover close beside her. Fairer, sweeter than the blossom Hanging OTsr her, was she, And her heart within her bosom Throbbed am! glowed tumultuously. Bolh were young, and fond, and foolish Neither rich, the story goes, Ma wasprond and Pa was mulish, Great their love and g eat their woes. So they kissed, and wept, and parted, Swearing ever to be true. Died the maiden broken hearted ? Was the lover faithlnl tooj Pshaw! she wed a wealthy banker,. (Rumor whispered she was sold.) And no city dames outrank her, With her pockets fall of gold; Qneen at every ball and party. Decked with lace and jewels rare, Looking fresh and very hearty Reigns the victim of despair. He—confound the little fellow— Took a widow twice his years, Ftft and forty, ripe and mellow, With, a brace of little dears ; Big plantation, servants plenty, Splendid mansion, pomp and ease, Cured tbe boyish love of twenty— That uncurable disease 1 Learn ftom this—ye doati-'g lovers— In your anguish not to bleak Anything of greater value Than the promises you make. Breasts were made to put in motion Blood that otherwise would cool, Pleasure, profit and promotion. Graduate Cupid’s school. ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1855. 3®iwllmnj. A correspondent of the Kentucky Statesman gives the following sketch of an old citizen in Pulaski county, named Elijah Deny, who is, perhaps, the oldest man in Kentucky : * “He was 118 years of age on the 10th of Sept., and is as active as many men of 40. He works daily upon a farm, and throughout his whole life he has been an early riser. He informed the writer that he had never drank hot one cup of coffee, and that was in the year 1848. He serv ed seven years in the war of the revolu tion, and was wouned at the siege of Sa vannah and at the battle of Eutaw Springs; he has also present at the battles Camden, King’s Mountain and Monk’s of Corner. He served under Col. Horry and Col. Marion, and was an eye witns-s of the sufferings and death of Col Isaac Huvne, of South Carolina, an early vie tim of the revolution. STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTI TUTIONS. The Savannah Journal & Courier of the 17th inst contains an article which meets our entire views upon this subject. We extract a portion: IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Quite unexpectedly we have a copy of a Bill introduced into the Legislature, (by whom we know not.) the object of which according to its title, “is to provide for common school education in the several counties of this State.” We thank the author of it for what he has done, be the fate of his endeavor what it may. With the thousands and tens of thousands (we blush to say how many) grown white persons iri Georgia, who can neither read nor writejwith this fearful number not diminishing but daily aug menting—the chief concern of the Leg islature thus far* in the business of edu cation, appears to have been to furnish those who have already finished an academic course, with facilities for study ing Law and Medicine, and accomplish ing themselves in the foreign languages. We are glad to see that our cotempo rary has taken up the cudgels, which he knows so well how to use, in this matter. We are aware that to speak thus subjects one to the censure of pandering to popu lar prejudice and error. We despise as much as any one this prate about aristo cracy, with which the public ear is wont at all times to be filled, but common justice demands that if the' people’s money is to be expended in the cauie of education—and we know of none more worthy—instead of appropriating $200,000 to perfect a few young gen- t’emen in the classics, it be * applied to the support ofa system at which all who contribute to its support may enjoy the benefits. Farther, we hold that as a State institution the common school system has claims manifestly superior to that of any other. What the State most requires is an educated people. Let those who have the time, the money or the talent to make learning a vocation pursue it upon their own responsibility. These will, in most instances* be amply repaid for all benefits conferred by them on society. We have no fear that the State will ever want men to conduct the lead in science, politics and literature, but what we do fear aird must sincerely deplore is, that the people will not be able to judge .of or properly regulate the actions of these. A system by which the com munity would be taught to appreciate literature, would do far more for its pro motion than twenty great State uni versities. The condition of the rulers will always be in accordance with the condition of the people. Nothin" so well as wise associates to make wise men We have not seen a copy of the bill re ferred to in the above extract, and are therefore ignorant of its provisions We do hope that it contains nothing about “ poor schools.” That plan has been thoroughly tried, and has proven a hopeless failure. It was a great error in the first place to imagine that the Ameri can people would submit to the separa tion and distinction of classes which that plan recognizes. The title however, leads us to hope that it is based upon the broad democratic principles of the * com mon school system,” which has been adopted and successfully practised in many States of the Union where all the youths of the country may receive the rudiments of an English education. If this be the case we have no fear of its success; and though the present Legis lature did nothing else during the entire session than pass such a bill, we would award it the palm of superior merit over all of its predecessors. AN OLD EDITOR’S EXPERIENCE. My long experience as publisher and editor has convinced me that it is a po- _ sition of -great responsibility ; that it is | He i s sprightly j impossible to please everybody ; that it and active, and would be taken at any I * s 1° conduct it in such a way as to time to be a man of middle age. Heis' have a conscience void of offence a strict member of the Baptist Church, ; towards God and man; that industry, and rides six miles to every meeting of j economy, preservance and self-reliance his church. He has four sons and five . are surest helpers ; that woman s daughters, all living—the oldest being work, it is never done, every hour has now in his 78th and the youngest in his i its appropriate work; and that it requires 51st year. Such is a brief sketch of this ; a strong bod .J in order to live long in aged soldier and republican who is, per- such treadmill work. Editors shoul baps* the only surviving soldier of Fran- kind and courteous to each oth The Indianapolis Journal gives the following account of a lady residing in Paris, Tennessee. Her example is worthy of imitation, not so much as re gards the extraordinary fecundity she has herself exhibited, as tbe generous conduct she has manifested towards those not of her own blood. We are sorry that we cannot give her name in full. The matron in question is a Mrs. D , now eighty-seven, years old. She had twenty-three living children, and prayed to the good Lord to give her one more, to make the round and goodly number of two dozen. Besides these, she has raised fourteen orphan children. She has educated thirty—her own and a portion of the orphans and for many years sent nineteen children to school in Paris, and their dinners with them.— She says that none of those she has reared and educated have ever disgraced her or themselves. The gir]$ have all married well, and are rich. The boys have all done well—one of her orphan proteges has been in Congress, and several others in the State Legislature; there are sundry colonels, dec. among them, and all are highly respectable. General Jackson once went to ljear a noted backwoods preacher, named Cart wright. discourse, and one of the parish ioners, as he entered the church, whis pered in the ear of the orator: ‘The- old Hero is in the congregation, lay aside your bluntness to-day. Cartwright, who was never known to whisper, exclaimed aloud, ‘Who cares for General Jackson? He’ll go to hell as quick as any other man, if he don’t repent. He preached with his usual bluntness and in the thun dering tones of his native eloquence, which ever and anon made his hearers. Tbe sermon being over, a gentleman asked Gen. Jackson what he thought of *that rough old fellow,to which he replied. Sir, give roe twenty thousand of such men and I’ll conquer the world, includ ing tbe devil. AT THE TUB. You need not blush, dear madam, if we have caught you in the suds. It gives us more joy to see one wring dirt out of a pinafore than to hear her ring music out of piano forte, or melodeon. We have known ladies—as they call themselves—to be in a terrible state of feeling when a stranger called and they were not dressed up “to the teeth” to receive him. They would turn red or pqle, and be at their wit’s ends to know what to do; and sometimes—we will tell the truth—sometimes they have been wicked enough to send word to the door that they were not in. We must speak against such pride, and that wrong feeling which prompts young women to give out the impression that they never wash, or mend the holes in the heels of their stockings.—Not a fig would we give for such girls! What are they good for but to keep in a glass case and look at ? A man who chooses such for a companion will rue the day of his choice, and repent in dust and ashes. Sure there are hindrances enough to usefullabor without being ashamed of it, or pretending to be 1 Loveliness.—It is not your dress your expensive shawl, or gold ringed fin gers that attracts the attention of the men of sen?e. They look beyond these. It is your character they study. If you are trifling and loose in conversation— no matter if you are as beautiful as an angel—you have no attraction for them. It is the true loveliness of your nature that wins and continues to retain the af fection of the heart. Young ladies miss it who do not labor to improve their minds. Fools may be won by gewgaws and fashionable, showy dresses, but the wise and substantial are never caught by such traps. Use pleasant and agreeable language, and, though you may not be courted by a fop, the good and truly great will love to linger in your pre sence. EDITING A PAPER. It is a somewhat curious fict that a vast number of men who are utterly incapable of managing their own busi ness or any other, still think that they perfectly understand that of an editor's, and regard themselves as under a spe cial mission to give the latter the benefit of their views on all occasions. It is singular, but there are very many who really seem to sincerely believe that writing comes by nature—that the edi tor is without this endowment, and that they ought iu Christian charity to help him out._ Could some of these self- alected censors be put into harness for a while and realize what it. incans to be a mental engine under a perpetual press of intellectual steam, they would possi bly change their views of the case with which they would knock off a little arti cle. People who think that editing a paper is pleasanter diversion than digging cellars by moonlight, or lugging bricks up a four story building in a hot July’s sun. may profit by the following sensi ble remarks from the editor of the Bed ford (Vermont) Gazette; “ It is not so easy a task to write for 8 newspaper as people suppose. A man may be a good scholar, a profound think er, a vigilant observer of passing events, without being able to write for a news paper. The power of writing a leader for a newspaper is a tact which few possess, and which we have known ma ny. with all their learning and diligence, unable to acquire. It requires a large amount of information on various sub jects, and a readiness of application that must never beat fault, or the writer will fail. For remember, the editor is always writing against time, and the inexorable printer must have copy, and that there is no time to revise and amend ; but as slip after slip is written, the * devil’ snatches it away, and one half is usually set up in print before the other half is written. This exacts a decision of thonght and a faculty of writing, which like poetry, seems rather a gift of nature than an acquired faculty.”—Phil. Bui- leten. Aitearances Deceptive.—Disap pointed Pickpocket—'“Well if this aimt mean! Here’s this feller been agoin’ about with this here yaller chain, and when I pulls it out—there’s no watch on the end of it. The conduct of these flashy clerks is enough to break the heart of a poor feller like me, who has to depend on his trade for a livin’.” baps, tbe only surviving i cis Marion, Sumpter and Horry.” AN IMPORTANT BILL. Judge Cone, the learned and indefa tigable Senator from Greene, brought forward a bill to authorize persons to sub mit all cases at issue to arbitration. The bill proposes that each party shall choose one arbitrator) and these two choose a third; that these three have power to compll the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths, and to compel witnesses to testjfv before them; that when the arbitjators have made their award, it stance entered on the minutes of the Superior Court, and shall have the force aftd «*ffectof a judgment or decree of the Court, and be enforced in the same way.' It appears to us that this is one of the most important movements towards pre venting litigation that has ever been made in Georgia. We hope tbe bill will pass; and if it does, we believe that full three fourths of the pecuniary diffi culties between neighbors will be settled by arbitration.—Fed. Union, Why should ladies make better traders and peddlers than men ? Because they never get shooed. avoiding personalities and abuse, treat each other as brethren, and allow others the same right which they claim for themselves. Every publication influ ences thousands of minds, and that influ ence should be salutary for time and eternity. The improvements in printing within seventy years have been great. The screw press and the sheepskin balls are superseded by the power press and the roller; but type setting is still done by human hands, and editorials must still be conceived by human heads. _ May those hands and heads, now usefully and honorably employed, be amply re munerated by a consciousness of doing good, and a well-filled purse, before old age incapacitates them for enjoyment, and the public forget their unwearied services; and then may the “rest” above be the reward of all your toil! Nathaniel Willis. An Irishman giving his testimony in one of our courts, a few days since, in a riot case, said, “Be jabers, the first man I saw coming at me when I got up, was two brickbats !” CORN IN THE EAR, . ' An Irishman tells the following inci dent of his first experience in America: ‘I came to this country several years ago, and as soon as I arrived, hired ont to a gentleman who farmed a few acres. He showed me over the premises, the stable, cow, and where the corn, oats, &c., were kept, and then sent me in to get my supper. After sapper he said to me ‘James, yon may feed the cow, and give her the com in the ear* I went out and walked about thinking what could be mean—had I understood him ! I scratched my head, then re solved I would inquire again ; so I went into the library where he was writing very busily, ‘I thought I told you to give the cow some com in the ear.’ I went ont more puzzled than ever. What sort ofan animal must this Yankee cow be 1 I examined her month and ears. The teeh were good, and the ears like those of same kine in the old country. Dripping with sweat, I entered my master’s presence once more. ‘Please sir, you bid me give the cow some corn in the ear, but didn’t you mean in the mouth ’’ He looked at me for a moment, and then burst into such a convulsion of laughter, I made for thestable as fast as my feet could take roe thinking I was in the service of a crazy man. The other day a man was found mounted on a ladder, with his lips pressed on the telegraph wires. He was kissing his wife in Philadelphia by telegraph. 1 Why is the life of an editor like the book of Revelation? Because it is full of “types and shadows and a mighty voice like the sound of waters, ever saying unto him—write.” A Member op Congress Rising in the World—The Hon. R. H. Stanton, formerly a member of Chngress from Kentucky, has been promoted to the editorial chair, and now presides over the Weekly Maysville Express. ‘Ma.tbat nice young man. Mr. Sauf tung, is very fond of kissing.’ ‘Mind your seam Julia; who told you such nonsense I ‘Ma, I bad it from his own lips/ A young man having preached for Dr. Edmonds, one day, was anxious to get a word of applause for his labor of • love. The grave doctor, however, did not in troduce the subject, and the young broth er was obliged to bait the hook for him. “ I hope, sir, I did not weary your people by the length of my sermon to-day.” “No, sir, not at all, xor by tbe depth either.” ‘Dennis, darlint, och. Dennis, what is it you’er doiog V ‘Wiiist Biddy, I’se trying an expirament P ‘Murder t what is it. did ye’s say V Why, it’s giving hot wather to the chickens I am, so they’ll be after laying boiled eggs* At an assemblage of a few friends one evening lately, the absence of a lady was noticed, which was apologized for by an acquaintance, who stated that she -was detained by ‘a little incident.’ ‘Ah, yes 1’ exclaimed Mrs. J.Qlatter- bell,‘and a beautiful little incident it was too; weighs just nine pounds *nd a half.’ ‘See here, how long will these locust rails last!’ inquired a traveller of a wes tern urchin, while riding past a long string of fence made of this material. * They’ll last forever!’ exclaimed the boy- itf lisij 4 How lo you know that ?’ ‘Why, my father’s tried it twice, and I guess I ought to know by this time,’ said tbe lad, very gravely. Cjesar’s Wipe.—The Bostion Post whose wits fly at all game, alluding to a late political speech of Mr. Charles Sum ner in Fanueil Hall, says that the orator “made himself very familiar with Mrs. Caesar, wife of Gen. Julias Caesar— taking hold of her twice during the even ing.” When you see a girl so weak that she can’t sweep her own seven by-nine cham ber, and then goes to a “shindy” and dances all night, with the power of a Georgia Rail Road locomotive, make up your mind that she is “got up” on bad principles. The sooner you take your hat and departure, the better. Such sort of calico has been the everlasting 1 ruin of many a man—rely on our words. HON. J. J. CRITTENDEN, This distinguished gentleman arrived at Philadelphia on Monday, and receiv ed by his political friends with great en thusiasm. He was serenaded at hit quarters at the Girard House, and sub sequently delivered an address, in the course of which he said; I am of the American party. [Three cheers were proposed and given for the American party, and then throe more for the Union ] I have adopted it from no selfish consideration. 1 have adopted and intend to pursue it without fear of consequences, from a solemn conviction that it is my duty to my country to do so. 1 am a single individual. My voice is a weak and a small one; but it shall he devoted to this cause, from a solemn conviction of my heart th.-xt I owe it to a country that has bestowed on me hon or* and powers far beyond my deserving, I have no pretensions and no aspirations whatsoever. 1 mean to do my duty in this great cause; 1 mean to preserve the sovereignty of this great country to the people of this country. I feel no unkindness.-no hostility to tbe foreigner whatever. I am willing to of- ft*r him everything—every bles-ing our country affords. I will tell him.-~“ Come share them with us." If you have been the object of oppression in a foreign land, come here and bo free. If in a foreign land you have buffered from want, come and share in'our plenty. Our laws shall protect you. Our laws will give you freedom, which you cannot enjoy anywhere in the world beside. But we reserve to ourselves the right to govern ourselves. [Peals of applause.} Leave that to us. Y»u shall have all the benefit that our free institutions af ford. That is the great boon which we offer. What other country in the world offers the same ? None. Can one go to any foreign land and become invested with the poor political privileges conced ed to the people of it? No, not one, come here and take everything but the right to govern us. We must take care that we shall not be made aliens in our own land. This liberty is ours. Our blood and that of our fathers have been shed for it. It is ours by our right, and our title, and this land we intend to gov ern. [Applause.] Fellow-citizens, I did not intend to make a political speech, or to detain you long in your unpleasant position in the cold night air. [Cries of it isn’t unpleas ant ; Go on!] I believe, fellow-citizens, thata change in the naturalization laws is necessary to thj$ preservation and purity of our in stitutions. Who else can understand them but he who made them 7 Where else in the world have a people been found capable of making such institu tions ? And shall he who made them trust them to hands not taught to do this work ? No! wc cannot safely trust them. We have in our hends a great and mighty trust for the whole human race, to show that man is capable of self-government. We have had a long training for it. We think that we arc capable of it, and we intend to assert our right to it. Let none interfere with us in this great work. Our adopted fellow-citizens received un der the sanction of our laws, are bound as much as we are, to assist in this great work. When thousands and hundreds of thousands are pouring into the coun try from the overflowing population ot foreign lands, we mu9t guard this right. The most obvious policy demands it »•* our hands. We must do it, and we will do it. [Applause, and cries of we will.] This great principle will go on. It may be reviled. Those who maintain it may be reviled; bat the principle, which is so congenial to an American heart, will indicate itself, and it will be triumphant. [Applause.] I do not doubt this at all. Only let us be true to ours M vi s. Let no reproaches be cast upon us by disappointed parties or par tisan 4 , or disappointed demagogues turn us aside from this great work. Persevere, and success is inevitable. It is a feeling in the heart of every American citizen. It will reach him everywhere; and in vain will parties, in vain will fiction inveigh against it, cast reproaches on it. It i* a principle of patiotism. It i* the feeling of an Am-ricanism: It is hu man natuie cryiitg ont. It is th•» voice ot patriotism speaki tg ahvid in favor of the human race, and it will prevail, des pite the wile3 and tricks of demagogues, [Apphnse] 0m* 0 Ma ■iM ■ CITY ELECTION. The election of city officers on S day last resulted intlie re eleciion of SR Hawkins without opposition, ns Major. Messrs. E. J. Wliise, K. D. Brown, Goodwin, Fair, R. M. Orme jr., C. H. Harris, were chosen Aldermen—Robf. Micklqjohn was re-elected clerk, mil John C. Scott, Marshal *, Thu’s Jenkin* appointed Deputy Marshal. America* throughout.—So. Recorder. TUs g entlest taskmaster we ever beard of was a blacksmith, who used to say, every evening, to his apprentice*: “Come boys, let’s leave off wari>n<l !g> to sawing wood.” The Lyrical Drunkard.—A well- dressed man found drunk on Milk street Boston, the Other’day, andjn his pocket >vas the following: ‘ All hail, great King Blech w’ name ! Lot drunk:i: l> prostra’e t.til, Bring forth tbe royal demijohn. And let the im driu kit alL” sa* *