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VOLUME II.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
JOHN H. CHRISTY,
•DiToa mo nonuTti.
f«MU of gabocrlpUon.
DOUiAUMftnom, if paid •trletly in ad
tbanviaa, THREE DOLLARS trill to < harped
ordar that tha ariea of the papa* may not ba in
IX COPIES for - - . *10,
EH •• for - - - *15.
itdNU> l lJh C<ilaMtMM*aq|d««fcr.
Rata a of idrertiilag.
it adrwtiaamanta willbeinaertcd at Oaa
Hallaf aeraqoaraforthaflrat.aod FiflyCenttperaquare
far aaeh aabaaqaapt insertion.
Logs! and yaariy adv ortiaeinenta at the nonal rates
Csadidatas wilt to charged $5 for announeeaoeiits,
mad ohitoary aoticaaaaaaaaingais Unas in length will
ba charged as advertisements.
Whan tha neat bar of iasartions it not markadon and
advertiMmant. it will ba published till forbid, and
ebargad accordingly.
Stasinesi anil ^rcftssional Cnrbs.
C. B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
A THEWS, GEORGIA.
Booms over tha Store of Wilson b Veal. J*n3
PlTNER & ENGLAND.
Wholesale fc Retail Dealersin
Groceries, Dry Goods,
HARDWARE, SHOES AND BOOTS,
Aprils • Athens, Ga.
MOORE k CARLTON,
bE'ALEES IN
SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS,
HARD WARE AND CROCKER Y.
April No. 3, Granite Row, Athens, Gm.
LUCAS k BILLUPS,
WHOLESALE Jtifo’tiETAIL DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac.
No. 2, Broad Street. Athena.
WILLIAM G. DELONY,
Attorney A* law,
Gfflea over the etore ol WUi M. Horton A Son
Krill attend promptly to all busidessentruat
*d mo his care. Athena, April 6
P. W. LUCAS,
I S now receiving a large supply of ml] kinds
of goods suited to the market:
Consisting in part, of
ies’ Dress Goods,
Rich Striped and Plaid Dresa Silks,
Rich Black 8ilka in Plaids and Mi *
tiqne Striped,
Plain colored Silks for Mantillas,
Plain Black 8ilka and Serges,
Bonnet 8ilka, Lining Silks and Bonnet
Trimmings,
Rich Satin Striped Cashmeres ; Rich Fig
ured and Striped French DeLaines, from 25
to 100 yd.; Plain French and English Meri-
noea of all colors; Handsome Plaid Woolen,
for childrens’ wear; Solid colored Cloths
and Flannels of all kindr.for LadiSs’ Cloaks
with Galloons and Trimmings to match:
French Cambrics ifi$. CalUoer; . French,
English and American Gi nghama. All kinds
of Cloths, Casimerea and Vestings.
Blankets, Kerseys and heavy Woolens;
Fine Bed Blankets;
Quilts, Counterpains and Sheetings;
A large lot of lush Linens, and au kinds
of Long Cloth;
Carpetings, Mattings, Rags and Floor
Cloths;
Bonnets. Ribons, Laces, Embroideries, Ac.;
Gloves. Hosiery, Net Shirts, Ac.;
All kinds of White and Red Flannels;
HATS,CAPS, BOOTS’and SHOES
of all kinds; ’
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Ac.;
All kinds of Hardware aad Cutlery ;
Tanner’s Tools ; Carpenter’s and Smith’s
Tools'
Bolting 'Cloths, warranted ol the best
quality;
Blasting Powder and Safety Fuse, for weH-
diggers tfiid miners. All of which he offers
at the lowest market prices, either for cash
or approved credit.
Oat. 11,1855.
Sundries!
C OCOA Rassc, Gelatine,
Pepper-Sauce, Ketchups,
Salad Oil, Mustard, Capers,
Flavoring Extracts,
Lefnon Syrups and Macaroni,
Ftfr stile low by T. BISHOP ife SON.
October 25, 1835.
Aristocracy.
Perhaps the beat hit at Republican Aristo
cracy, of which the-presenttioMB are so pro
lific, is the following from the pen of John G.
Saxe. It has a universal application, and is
good for all localities. The exquisite Fits
Frickle, in Light and Darkness, is not the
only man who, from the very bitterness of
his soul, has cursed “ that d—d soap busi
ness,” or some similar occupation of their
ancestors:
Of all the notable things on earth,
The queerest one is pride of birth,
Among oar » fierce Democracy!”
A bridge across a hundred years,
Without a prop to save from sneers—
Not even a couple of rotten Peers—
A thing for laughter, sneers and jeers,
la American Aristocracy l
Depend upon it, snobbish friend,
Your family thread you can’t ascend,
Without good reason to apprehend
You may find it waged at tha further end
By some plebian vocation!
Or Worse than that, youx boasted line
May end in a Loop of stronger twine
That plagued some worthy relation 1
Because you flourish in worldly affairs,
Don’t be haughty and put on airs,
With insolent pride of station 1
Dou’t be proud, and turn up your nose,
At poorer people in plainer clothes,
But learn, for the sake of your'rhind’s repose,
That wealth’s a bubble that comes—and gras!
And that all proud flesh, wherever it grows,
Is subject to irritation.
_ Store.”
aptly fitted at Augusta rates.
-■era-... . , . ——.—
Bishop & son,
Wholesale and Retail Gocers,
April t No. 1, Broad street, Athens.
.. For Sale.
little Plantation containing 100 acres,
, more or less, about 5 miles from Athens
e road lending *,o “ Nowhere,” and on
waters of Little Sandy Creek. Welt
ted, with well and spring, nnd other
Well improved. Persons wishing to
nse would do well to call soon, dr they
might miss a bargain.
Also, can be bought of the subscriber, a
three sea'ed, re&.nd hand Rockawny, suit .d
fo'r travelling or general purposes of a
family.
WALTER CARSON.
Nov. 1856,4 ti.
SUMMEY k JONES,
SBALBasIN
'GROCERIES. HARDWARE. STAPLE-
DRYGOODS. STOVES, IRON, CAST
INGS. CROCKERY-WARE. &c.
OT Corner of Broad and Wall streets,
•Athens, Ga. August 16,1855.
a. jo.nes. r. a. sevarr.
JAMES M. ROYAL,
HARNESS-MAKER)
H AS removed his ahopi to Mitchell’s old
Javera, ohe door east of Grady k Nich-
'brsbh’s—wh'eire he keeps always on hand a
general assortment of articles in hisline, and
kb kl ways ready to fillordersinthe best style.
•Jhn 26 tf
Colt & colbert,
DEALERS IN
STAPLE DRYGOODS,GROCERIES*
AND HARDWARE.
No. 9 Granite Row Athens, Ga
JAMES r. COLT. | WM. C. COLBERT.
August 6,1855.
" NOTICE.
fjYHE akh<H.vibmyc prepared to fill orders
Spokes for Carriages and Wagons
Also, at tha same establishment we manufac
ture all kinds of
BOBBINS,
Commonly used in our cotton factories. All
done as good and cheap as can be had from
fthsKsrth. Address.
P. A. SUMMEY & BRO. Athens,Ga.
Who will attend to all orders, and the ship
ping of the same. March, 1854.
SLOAN k OATMAN,
DEALERS IN
ffifim, Egyptian dk American
mmvmvp
AND EAST TENNESSEE MARBLE.
Monuments, Tombs,Crns and Vases; Marble
Mantels and Furnishing Marble-
tSTAll orders promptly-filled.
ATLANTA, GA.
far*Refer to Mr. Ross Crane. junell
W. G. DELONY,
Attoryey at law,
ilTlLL give his special attention to collect-
V Y ing, and to the claims of all persons en
titled to Land Wanrakts, under the lair
Bounty Land Bill of the last Congress
OT Office on Broad Strtftt ovet the store
of I. M. Kenney.
March 15—1855—tf.
AGENTS! AGENTS! AGENTS!
P ERSONS accustomed to proctfrv SQbscri
hers for books, Magazines &c„ or get up
clubs for newspapers, are requested to send
us their names and address, and we will for
ward them, free of charge, a specimen number
of a publication for which they will find ready
sale; and we will allow them a commission of
50 percent, for their services-
J. BRADFORD A BROTHER.
No. 8 Courtland st., Now 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.
n the rear of the Express office, he lina
opened a neat and trell-furnished Saloon at
which Fresh Oysters can be had at all hours,
from day-light until 2o’clock at night. Those
who wish to enjoy the luxurr of a plate of
fresh Oysters, served up in good: style, and
at a quiet, orderly place, will 4;. well loculi.
Nov22 T. M. LAMPKIJT.
PERFUMERY.
D ARRRY’STricopherus, Lyon’s Kathairon
13 Hauell’s Eau Lustrale, Lubin’s Extracts,
Brown Windsor, Tjmph and other Soaps,
Farina’s Colognes,
Lilly White, Pearl and Flesh Powders,
Chalk Balls and Alabaster,
Fresh Pomades, Rose and other Hair Oils,
A fall supply of Perfumes and Cosmetics,
generally, just received by
Nov22 WM. N.- WHITE, at the Corner
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE J !
One Tousand Prizes on hand!
By Authority of the State of Georgia.
Fort Canines Academy
LOTTERY.
3Hisrellnm{.
FINE WINES.
Hlk „ rr
found the best article of Porter and Ten
bent's Double Strong Ale. Also on hand
i’s celebrated C
August 1.
Unparalled Scheme fo? December !
To be drawn t)ec. 24th , 1S55, fa the City
of Atlanta, when Prizes amounting to
0= $30,000 «£D
Will be 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. Look at
it! One Prize to every Ten Tickets! J
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 1 Read !
$10,000
4,000
1,500
2,750
1,100
12.75
2,150
:ft. 2,075
2,00n
1,000 Prizes, amounting to _ _ $S0,00o
ONLY TEN THOUSAND NUMHEIts
Tickets, $5. Halves, §2.50, Quarter,
SAMUEL SWAN, Agent arid iUnag
Atlanta -Ga,
Nov. 20,1355.
” UH sugaks
Of all< Isicriptions, for sale by
SUMMEY- dk JONES.
1
Prize of
2
Prizes of
2,000*re
..8,
do
500 are
11
do
250 are
ie
do
110 are
17
do
B 75 are
43
do
50 are
83
do
25 are
200
o'o
10 are
680
do
5 are
ASTONISHING TELEGRAPHIC IM
PR0VEMENT3.
A New Telegrath Company.-—
We copy the subjoined interesting
article from the New York Herald of
"Saturday;
Several weeks ago, in an article re
lative to the high rates of toll charged
by two of the Southern telegraphic com
panies, we casually hinted at the proba
bility of new telegraphic inventions, and
the formation of new telegraphic com
panies which would grow out of the in
creased profits of telegraphic lines. Al
though at that time we had some slight
foundation for the remark, yet we had
not the most distant idea that the projects
which were then but just begun to be
thought of would so soon be brought to
maturity. We now learn, however, that
since that article was written, there has
been formed in this city a new telegraphic
company, composed of the staunchest
business men of the country, who propose
to themselves the task of entirely revolu
tionizing the whole telegraphic business
of. this continent. To perform this
Herculean feat, it has several advantages
which many of the existing companies
have not namely, ample cash means
large enterprise, an appreciation of the
wants of the public, and the sole owner
ship of the patent for tbis country of t1ie
most wonderful instrument for telegraph
ic purposes ever invented. We allude
to the Electro-Magnetic Printing Tele
graph, invented by David E. Hughes of
Kentucky.
“Most of our readers wfll; perhaps,
reccollect the description given in tnc
Herald, a few months ago, of the Hughes
instrument. Since that description was
published, one of these instruments has
been in New York wheke its capabilities
were fully, tested, in presence of numer
ous competent judges. We should hard
ly dare to give publicity to the statements
of the wonderful powers of this machine,
as manifested in their presence, did we
not know that the persons making them
are entitled to the fullest credence. Its
most prominent points of excellence are
reliability, encKBomy, speed and accura
cy. In these respects it is so far ahead
of any machine pow in use. that a com
parison with them is out of the question
It will print; as we are told, from three
to fire hundrbd letters, or from fifty to
one nnndred words, in a minute; without
the possibility of error. It will send two
messages simultaneously, in opposite
directions, over the same wire. It works
with the most perfect secresy—that is. it
will send a communication from the point
of departure direct to its destination
without the possibility of any way office
on the route receiving a cony, excepting
at the will of the sender. This is a feat
which no other instrument now in use
can perform; and one, the advantages of
which must be apparent to every indi
vidual who is at all conversant with tele
graphic matters. It is very simple in
its operation. Any person who knows
a letter of the alphabet when he sen's it
can write as correctly with this instru
ment as the most experienced operator ;
all that is requisite to insure absolute
correctness being that the copy shall in
the first instance be written plainly and
correctly. The machine verifies itself
—that is, at each revolution the operator
can tell, by means of an unerring test in
his instrument, whether it is in unison
or not with the instrument with which it
Js communicating in a distant city. But
its most wonderful feat, and that which
ever messages it chaoses to send in the
same perfect manner in which’they first
started on their transit. Thus for instance,
an operator at Washington may, at any
: time, look up his office and go to his
meals, o.r his bed if he chooses, and on
his return he may find on his desk a
message, perhaps from New York or
New Orleans, fairly print 1 out and] &] vt a ys fail in
ready tc be enveloped and sent to his
address. These are some of the most
prominent characteristics of Mr. Hughes’
instrument There are others, such as
its economy in the use of working materi
al, its capability of operating in all possi
ble states of the atmosphere, and its ad
mirable compactness and "Simplicity of
construction, to which we have only,
space to allude.
**The new company to which'we have
called attention, as the first step" in their
operations, have secured the absolute
patent of the Hughes machine’ for the
whole United States, at a co#f of be
tween one and two hundred thousand
dollars. A number of these machines
are now being manufactured by an. in
genious meclianie, and some of them; we
understand, will seon be regdy to be put
in operation. Their next- step, we are
told, will be the leasing of all the direct'
lines between New York apd Nova Sco
tia. Negotiations in this direction are,
we are assured, already nearly complet
ed, and the new company/will,probably
assume the management of those lutes,
about the first of January ensuing. When
the spring opens, new lines of the most
substantial and perfect construction will,
we have reason to believe, be built to
the South and West, so that eventually
the owners of the Hughes patent will
hare a network of wires radiating in all
directions from N. York to every prom
inent business place in the Union.
When all the plans of the - company ; are
fully perfected, the public will witness a
revolution in the telegraphic business.
Celerity, reliability, cheapness, will," we
hope, be the motto under the new dis
pensation. With these, there will be a
very rapid increase in the amount of
telegraphic business; and, if the reduc
tion in tolls ever reaches-the point' now
in contemplation by the new company,
Uncle Sam's mail bags will eventually
be left entirely to the newspapers, and to
sueh tender or confidential correspon
dence as will not admit of the supervis
ion of a third person.”
a watch had been five minutes too slow,
making its bearer arrive behind line, j visit to
It is ■ • t-rta;a 1 y so in life. The bes;! o{ cued the
laid plans, the most important affairs, was about to pass in, when the doorkcep-
the fortunes of individuals, the weal of j er asked:
nations, honor, happiness, life itself, nrej "Are you a privileged member t”
daily sacrified because somebody is “What do you mean by that ?" asked
“behind time.” There are men who t the stranger. :
The reply was;
nter
■eignet
may arrive
mendmeatof thr
simply became they are “ behind time.” I "A Governor, an ex-member of Con-'tion laws goes into Feet. R. D. B.
There are olliers \\ lie put off reform:’.- grass, or a foreign minister.” I We find ths above in the Memphis
year bjr year, till death seizes| The stranger replied that he was a j Eagle and Enquirer. Here’s a choncu
inister. ! for those sagacious Sag-Nicltts which
‘•From what court or country,” asked ’ have been raying so wildly aboufpra-
the official. • srriptioR in American principles. Tlicre
Very gravely pointing up: ! has been quite enough bare, and bare
"From Heaven, sir.” j faced ^isjcrh’om—let tis have the ar«u-
To this the doorkeeper waggishly re- 1 ment—let us have the proof. Our
marked : "This Government at present ■ Sag-Nieht opponents hfiVe re veiled in
holds no intercourse with that foreign the vilest denunciations cf American
power.” ! principles; they, have exhausted the
— j English dictionary, and even coined hi-
He Liked uis Seat.—The way a : deous expressions to find epithets auffi-
man refers every problem, great or j eiantly abusive to apply to native bom
tiun
them, ana tney perish unrepentant,
because forever “ behind time.’ - The
Allies have lost nearly a year at Sebas
topol, because they delayed a’superflu
ous day after the battle of Alma, and
came up too late for & coup de main just
twenty-four hours behind time.”—
Five minutes in a crisis is worth years.
It is but a little period, yet it has often
saved- a fortune or redeemed a people.
If there is one virtue that should be
cultivated more titan another, it is punc
tuality-; if there is one error th ;u should
be avoided, it is being behind time.
LEARNING GRAMMER.
Mr. Editor: —I have ben sendiiy m
dater Nancy to school to a schoolmaster
in this nabor-hood. Last Friday I went
small, to himself and his own conve- American* who dare to love their court-
nience, for a solution, is often amusing, i trymen boiler than the outcast popula-
One of this sort of people had ensconced' tion of Europe; they have wearied thern-
himself in a seat in a railway car next! pelves and disgusted the community
stove, where for hours he snt toasting! w ith their reiterated vituperation and
his feet, and basking in the genial heat calumnies; but they have not dared to
___ of a fire, scarcely large enough for the j present one single argument to show
Over to the school just to see how Nan- comfort ol the passengers who occupied j that the American platform requires any
cy was getting’ along, and I sees things seats remote trom the anthracite. By i religious test or any tnterfercnca wtth-
r i;i-~ i - - —n-i and by; up comes a gentleman with ala- the vested righU of foreigner*. If tbis
.will test the reader’s credulity the sever
est, is its power to start into operation a
similar machine in a distant office, with
out the lu-lp or even presence of ah op-
1 erator. and compel it to write out what-
BEH1ND TIME
A railroad train was rushing along at
almost lightning speed. A curve was
just ahead, beyond which was a station
at which the cars usually passed each
other. The conductor was late, so late
that the period during which the down
train was to wait had nearly elapsed, but
he hoped yet to pass the curve safely.—
Suddenly a locomotive dashed into
sight ahead. In an instant there was
a collision. A shriek, a shock, and
fifty souls were in eternity ; and all be
cause an engineer had been behind
time.
A great .battle was being fought.—
Column after Column had beefi pre
cipitated for eight mortal hours on the
enemy posted a long the ridge of a hill
The summer, sun was sinking to the
west; reinforcements for the obstinate
defenders were already in sight; it was
necessary to carry the position with one
final charge, or everything wouhf.bj!*
lost. A powerful corps had been sum
moned from across the country, and if
it came up in season all would yet be
right. The great conqueror, confident
in its arrival, formed his reserve into an
attacking column, and led them down
the hill. The whole world knows the
result. Grouchy failed to appear; the
imperial guard was beaten back; Y\ a-
terloo was lost. Napoleon died a pris
oner at St. Helena because one of his
marshals was behind ctir.e.
A leading firm in commercial circles
had long struggled against bankruptcy.
As it had enormous assets in California,
it expected remittances by a certain day,
ynd, if the sums promised arrived, its
credit, its honor, and its future pros
perity would be preserved. But week
after week elapsed without bringing
the gold.. At last came the fatal day-
on which the fifrm had bills maturing
to enormous amounts. The steamer
was telegraphed at daybreak; but it wa
found on inquiry that she brought no
funds; and the house failed. The next
arrival brought nearly half a million to
the insolvents, but it was too late; they
were ruined because their agent, in
remitting, had been behind lime.
A condemned man was being led out
for execution. He had taken human
life, but under circumstances of the
greatest provocation, and public
sympathy was active in his beiiulf.
Thousands had signed petition^ tor a
reprieve, a favorable answer had been
expected the night before, and though
it had not come, even the sheriti telt
confident that it would yet arriie in
season. Thus the morning p^s.-ed
without the appearance of the messen
ger. The last moment was up. 1 he
prisoner took his place on the drop, tne
cap was drawn over his eyes, the oolt
was drawn, and a lifeless body swung
revolving in the wind. Just at that mo
ment a horseman came into sight, gal
loping down hill, his steed covered with
foam. He carried a packet in his right
hand, which he waved partially to the
crowd. He was the express rider with
the reprieve. But he
late. A comparatively
had died an ignominious
I didn't like by no means. The school
master was larnin her tilings entirely out
of the line of eddycation, and as I think
improper. I set awhile in the school-
house and heered one class say ther les
son. They was a speiien, and I thot
spelled quite exceedingly. Then cum
Nancy’s turn to say her lesson. She
said it very spry. I was shot 1 and de
termined she should leave that chool.—
I have heered that gramer was an on-
common fine study, but I don’t wont
eny more gramer about my house. The
lesson that Nancy sed was nothing but
the foplishest kind uv alk, the ridicles
luv talk you ever seed. She got up and
the first word she sed was
I love!
1 looked rite at her hard for,d«in so
improper but she went rite on and sed :
Thou lovest,
He loves,
and I reckon you never heered such a
rigger my role in your life—love, love,
love, and nothin but love, She sod one
time
I did love.
Ses I, " who did you love ? Then the
schollars luffed, but I wasn’t to be put
off and I sed “ who did you love, Nan
cy? I want to know—who did you
love?” The schoolmaster, Mr. McQuil-
lister, put in and sed he wood explane
when Nancy, finished the lesson. This
sorter pacyfied me and Nance went on
with awful love talk. It got wus and wu§
every word. She sed-,
I might could or would love.
I stopped her again and sed 1 reckon
I would see about that, and told h'fir to
walk out of that house. The school
master tried to interfere but I wouldnt
let him say a word. He sed I was a fool
.and I nockt him down and made hini
holler in short order. 1 taukt the strate
thing to him. I told him Ide show heed,
larn my darter gramer.
I got the nabers together and we sent
Mr. McQuillister oft in a hurry," and
I recon tharl be no more gramer teach-
in m these parts soon. If you know of
any rather oldish man in your regeon
that doant teech gramer, we wood be
glad if you wood send him up. But ia
dy, and says, in the blandest manner :
•‘Wouldn’t you like to exchange seats
with this lady?”
‘•No, thank’e,” said the old fellow, with
an awkward bow, "no, thank’e—I’m
bleegcd to you—but I like this
amazin’well.” .
employ men. Yung schoolmasters wont
do, especially if they teeclies gramer
tls a bad thing for mroils.
Thomas Jefferson Sole
Sponging on the Printer.—Here
is a little article we think of printing in
large letters and framiug, to hang con
spicuously over the editor’s table;
‘The public have a very funny notion
about printers. They think it costs
nothing to puff, advertise, &c. And
thus one and another will sponge an extra
paper, a puff or some benevolent adver
tisement. They forget that this busi
ness make them known. They forget
that it is the printer’s ink that makes
nine tenths of their immense fortunes.
They forget (hat it takes money to pay
compositors, to buy ink, type uud paper;
and lastly-, they forget to even thank you
for working for nothing, by gratuitously
puffing their business.”
Common-place Women.—-Heaven
knows how many simple letters, from
simple-minded women, have been kissed,
cherished and wept over by men of far
loftier intellect. So it will always be to
the end of tiiiie. It is a lesson wortli learn
ing by those young creatures wjio seek
to allure by their accmplishments or
dazzle by their genius, that though he
may admire, no man ever loves a woman
for these things. He loves her for what
is distinct from, though pot incompari
ble with them-—her woman’s nature and
her woman’s heart. This is why we so
often see a man of high genius or intel
lectual powers pass by the De Slaels
and Corrmnas. to take unto his bosom a
wayside flower, who has nothing ou earth
to make her worthy of him, except that
she is—what so few of your "female
celebrities” are—a true .woman. .
were possible, it would liavu leuu at
tempted. The reward will never be
claimed, for it is as impossible to show that
the Americau platform’of principle*
makes a religious test or proposes any
seat ^interference with verted rights, a* to
prove that day is night, or tiiat the aua
is the source of datkpeis.—Lot:isxi’le
Journal.
the footure we will he keerful how we 26 percent. Up to Saturday even-
A Virginian’s Opinion of Kansas.
A correspondent of the Winchester Re
publican, who emigrated to Kansas frofirl
Frederick county, writes a letter to that
paper, under date of November 8th, from
which wo take the following extract:
“Kansas, according to our humble
opinion, is greatly overrated. Timber i«
extremely scarce, being found only along
creeks, <Stc., but the soil generally is very
prolific. The Territory has been vary
unheallhly, and the shakes have forced
many to sigh for‘home again.’ Kansas
will undoubtedly be a free State, lor wo
have twice as many arrivals from the
North as from the South. The largest
city in Kansas docs not contain over
1,000 inhabitants, and many of the cities
you read about, exist only in name.
Many are returning, and, upon the whole,’
Kansas, is a humbug."
^ ’ ' ! r 1 - ' ' 1 ' ' ' ‘ f * '
TESTIMONY OF THE ENEMY.
An Honest Confession.—Sometimes
the Richmond Euquircr accidentally
makes an honest cbnfestion, and does a
political eneruy justice. Of a recent date,
in au article addressed to tha Americau
party, It used the’following language:—;
It'is alike due to truth .and to sound
policy, to avow otir belief that, us a party,
you are loyal.to the Unfen, the South?
and her peculiar institutiotis.
Agaiu.
Now, all France and Germany are
infidel, socialistic, agrarian. England u
but little better.
Thus the very countries with the ox-
.. —. ceptioa of Ireland, from which we derive
* The Louisville Times, estimates that nearly all the. foreign population i!m*
at least one hundred thousand tuOro hogs [comes to tbc United States, are affirmed
will be killed in that State this season to he "infidel, socialistic, agrarian,’’ an J
than were killed in that State last year, j that, too by a journal which as«uui®s tb:v
with an average increase in weight of foreigners are equally capablw witS,
~ “*— Americans of discharging the duties t.i
has come too
innocent m
death becau
Catnip.—Mr. Editor: This valuable
little herb is much overlooked by farmers.
Every one who plants a foot of ground
should cherish it; were it nioro generally
used, death would be less frequent, and
sickness much mitigated. The cat
perhaps owes its longevity or plurality
oflives to this plant. Every body knows
how fond that auimal is of it, no doubt
the name thus originated. Catnip is
readily propagated from the seed and
thrives in almost any soil. Early in the
summer the leaves should be dried arid
kept for winter use. In Colds, Pneum
onia, and Inflamatory fevers, it is inva^
luable. Doctors may laugh and call us
“granny,” but this will not deter us from
warmly recommending the universal use
of the excellent herb. In disease gen
erally,especially our winter diseases, we
know that the pores of the skin are clos
ed: get an action on the surface and the
disease generally is soon mastered. Cat
nip is a powerful sudosifle. Give a little
calomel and catnip tea profusely, and
never allow the approach of the lancet,
and nine cases out of ten of that terrible
disease, pneumonia, will be cured. I am
not writing theoretically or riding a
hobby horse. I can speak of of !ts sal-
utar3 - and life restoring qualities from
having repeatedly triedit on myself, and
personally 'administering it to others. It
works like a charm. The tea is made
after the faslion ut llyson or other teas,
either from the green or dried herb.
Farmers try it; give it a fair trial; and
vou will be glad you took the Sol! of the
South for this one, cut of its many valua
ble suggestions.—Soil of the South.
ing last 8,339 had been killed in -Louis
ville, where the prices then were SG.oOa
6.B0 net. The same paper notes pur
chases of 20,000 hogs, by dealers at
$5 gross,equal tc about 86,85 from' the
hooks. On Green River, in Kentucky,
extensive preparations are made for
slaughtering. At Bowling Green alone,
it is expected that 20,000 will be killed
and about 10,000 at other pointi on the
river. The number killed on Green and
Cumberland rivers, will ba considerably
in excess of last year.
American citizenship:
Georgia is nearly chequered by rail
roads, and yet she stands before the world j water,
with a debt of only two million six hun
dred and forty-four thousand two
dred and twenty-two dollars against her ©1 with
on the balance sheet. No other State in blematical o
the Union can point to the same amount 1 in American
of works of internal improvement, and 1 menta have L
so small an indebtedness
Tug New Dome of tu* Cafiioa.—-
The local Washington Gorre»poudeui of
the Baltimore Sun tluu apeak* qf tU
new dome of the Capitol:
“The old dome is fait disappearing.
When removed it will be superseded by
ou<. far exceeding in utility and megaiti-
cence even that of the calibrated "Srt
Peter’s.”
“The beautiful invention of Profwtor
Walters will,rise tbreo hundred feet
above the basement floor, and reach
three hundred and eighty feet above-tide
contain one hundred aud
away of wiiiqh
might; <leco rat-
will be em-
runt evuuts
■b atrnt: «*-
hat *11 visitors,
ife to the
water. , n *
bun- ( twenty four
bun- wijl be eight
t her j e d with enU
those in springtide
— hoary-haired vett
An Irishman and a Frenchman were j aD( j f rom the loft
to be hanged together. Monsieur was ; ne nces lehu: i
considerably troubled about it, while 0 f the National
Paddy *ook the matter quite coolly, j
telling his companion to “ be aisy, for | A Yo
sure it is nothing to be hanged at ail,; asked
at all.” To which poor Francaise
plied, “ Ah, begar
grande deeference
i» det vou Irishmans are used to it.’’
Ne vor mount up high if you are like
ly to become giddy ; many a man falls
from too exalted notion- of himself.
The little boy who undertook to suck
an eggplant and \va^ -hokedby the yolk,
has recovered,
A young man having loit 1
1 key, and being weary of looking
I remarked that he suppose J that
I ?rone to h L bv this time.
^cven cou
wale,, lesr— ’
Bern* l ■■■■■ —
A notice of a recent steambo
plosion ends thus:
The captain swam ashore—:
mbermaid. She was in;
,U00 tmd loaded with iron”
.00 ‘ 1 h ‘
• in 1 the chat
laC l$15,0<M
• Well,’ observed h
j was near by, ‘be cont
I be quite
s grandfuthc
to find
The SI w tj:a . w I»o.; \ 1 : •
An • !J Californian ou • : ‘ 1
horn the last day in tne • ■ . ‘
dav in the month, the iast d.:v
week, very late
always been
the day. end have
1 behove it
pitv dollars in my
all.’
on born at al