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Newspaper Page TextPUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY JOHN H. CHRISTY, 10IT9B ASD momiKTO*. Terms of Subscription. TiVJ OJLLAMfo-rvtn'tni, If paid «trietl> in ad ot herwi«s,THREE DOLLARS will be charged . | a „ r j«r that lbs price ol the papsi m»jr not be in UiitfiY of a '\r*eeircul*liqn, Clubs willbe supplied kt i be fall •wist !n«r rates. 5gt«iW» : :: jHUUmU* r«t*» t O* Cm* eMtusefOI OeoiSfcr. Bates of Advertising. fMiisidnt S-lwrtDeraents willbeinserted at One B»llarpar<i|'inrefaHho*fst.*l"l Fifty Ccntsper square fereicb sphscqnest iTnertinq. Mtal and yeariv alrer; moments attne nsualrates Candidates wilfhe chi'jed «S for announcements. t msl obituary nMicesnaeni- ting >li lines In length wil! e charged as bdrertisen ents. ‘ . When tile nn mher of in tertlnns is not markednn a nd llrarifeiaenr. it will be published till forbid, and tharjed aeedrs ingJy. 1 Quinta Bnii professional Carlis. c. B. LOMBARD, DENTIST, ATHENS, GEORGIA. K.emsoref theStoreof YVilson & Veal. Jan3 PITNER k ENGLAND. Wholesale & Retail Doalersin Groceries, Dry Goods, ItAREIVARE, SHOES AND BOOTS, April 6 Athens, Ga. DORSEY k CARTER, dealers in Family Groceries & Provisions. Corner of Itrnvl and Jackson streets, THE UNGUARDED MOMENT. , BT A LADTj Ves, my lips lo night have spoken Words I said they should not speak: And l would I could tecnll them— Would I had not been so weak, Oh I that one unguarded moment! Wore it mine to live again. . r ... All thu strength of its temptation Would appeal to ms in vain. True, my lips Imvcpnlv uttered What is ever in tny heart j,_ .+■ lam happy wlwui lnsiile him— - Wrftenfg WbhlMre arc • part | Though I listeu to his praises . Always longer than I should Yet my heart can never bear them Half so open os it would- And I would not, could not, pain him, Would not for the world offend; I would have him know I like him As a brother, as a friend; But I meant to keep one secret In my bosom tlwnys hid, For I never meant to tell him That 1 loved him—but I did. Iritf J. ASHORT STORY ABOUT HON ESTY. One evening a poor man and bis son. i little boy, sat together by the way side, near the gate of an old town in Ger many. The father took a loaf of bread, which lie had bought in town, nml broke it, and gave one half to his boy. “ Not so, father,” said the boy, “I shall not eat until after you. You have been, working hard all day. for small wages, to support me, and you must be very hungry ; I shall wait'till you are doue.” You speak kindly, my son.” replied ihe father. •• Your love to me does me more good than my food; and those f es of yours remind me of your dear mother who has left us, who told you to love me as she used to do; and indeed, my boy, you have been a great strength and comfort to me, but now that I have eaten the first uiorsal to please you, it is your turn to eat.” Thank you. father, but break this piece in two, and take you a little more; for you sec the loaf is not large, and you require much more than I do." Athens. Ga. MOORE & CARLTON, DRALF.nS IN SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS, HARDWARE AND CROCKERY. April N ». 1, Granite Row, Athens, Ga. LUCAS & BILLUPS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE. Ac. Ac. No. 2, Broad Street, Athens. JOHN II. CHRISTY, PIAIN AND FANCY Book and Job Printer, “Franklin Job Office,” Athens. Ga. % Ail w irk antmstcil to hi» carofaithbilly. correctly ami punctually esecnled, at price* correspnnd- jjnltt inj .vith tho latr ine** of the time*. A damsel was asked—“When a lady and gentleman have quarrelled, and each considers the other at fault, which of the two ought to be the first to ad vance toward a .reconciliation ?” Her reply was, “ The best hearted and the wisestt if the two.” What is it you must keep after you hare given it lo another? Your word. How should scolding wife? still. a husband speak lo a My dear I lore you There is this difference between happiness and wi-dom; He that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest man is generally the reverse. WILLIAM N. WHITE, WHOLESALE ANP C ETA IL BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, And JVt etpaprr nnd Magazine Agent. DKA1.KR IX MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LAMPS, FISK CUTLEBY, FANCY GOODS, *C. No. 2. ('allege Avenue, Newton lloti-e. Athens, Ga sign ill' •• While’s Univerrity Rook Store.” Order* promptly tilled at Augusta rates JAMES M. ROYAL, A correspondent of the Wiscon-in Democrat pays Chicago the following compliment: “ Men are getting rich faster, and living higher, and doing more business, and drinking more, nnd going lo tiie devil generally by a shorter road, in Chicago, than in any. place I.have seen out Wes',” II Mr. Everett and Mr. Winthrop.— The American Organ announces that Edward Everett, Robert C. Winthrop with other distinguished Whigs whose harness-maker, I names it gives, ‘‘are content with Fill AS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old an ^ Doneison,“ and "will take the Tavern, one door east of Grady Nich olson's—where'he keep* always on hand a generni assortment of articles inhisline, nnd is always ready to fillordcrsiuthc best style Jan 2ft tf COLT & COLBERT, DKALF.R3 IX STAPLE DRY GOODS.GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. . No. 9 Granite Row Athens, Ga. JAMES I. COLT. | WM. C. COLBERT. August 6,1355. T. BISHOP & SON, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Aprils No. 1, Broad street, Athens. W. AY. LUMPKIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. W ILL Practice in nil the counties of the Western Circuit. Particular attention given to collecting. Office on Broad street, over White A Moss •tor*. Jan 81 W. L. MARLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Jefferson, Jackson County, Gn. Rr.rrit.xci:s. Messrs. McLcster a Hunter •M W. S, Thompson; E»qs., Jefferson: T). w - bpence rnd W.J. Peeples, Esqs. Law- ?’N^ton,C. Peeples. Eiq. •odJ. II. Chnstv, Athens; Law & Clarke * , M-Graham, Esqs. Gainesville. 17^-ly field under the American banner.” Hon. Edward Everett.—It stated that at the earnest solicitation of many Virginians who have enjoyed the rare-pleasure of hearing Mr. Everett’s lectures, he has consented, should his health sustain him, (in which event lie will lecture at Lynchburg.) extending his lour through several of the South ern States. The proceeds of all his lec tures go to the fund for the purchase of Mount Vernon. Id^Col. Fremont is now confidently spoken of as the candidate of the Black Republican party for President'. !?£5*Hon. T. W. Thomas has been elected to deliver the address before tlie bleary societies of Mercer University at the commencement, in July next. W. G. DEI.ONY. ttrORSEV AT LAW) l^lLL give hisspecial attention to collect* ,i!i ! ng ’ lint * to claims of all persous en- £1*1 to Land Warrants, under the late Land Bill jof the last Congress. T\f 0l1 * c ® on Droad Street over the store *•». Kenney. 15—1855-tf. Origin of the name of old Nick The Germans had a deity of the waters worshipped under the uame of Nocka or Micken, which is derived from German woid answered to the Latin necare, to kill. IVorinius says that the redness of the face in drowned persons was ascribed to this deity, who sucked their blood out at the nostrils and so brought it up to the face. The Ice landers had a notion that Neckur, who governed the sea, assumed the form of various animals, or of a horseman, or of a man in a boat. This deity was the northern Neptune, and wascAlk'd Neck ur. When Christianity prevailed in these northern nations, they transferred the name of this Sea God to the Father bf Evil. C. W. k H. R. J. LONG, hoiesale and Retail Druggists. Jul * ATHENS. Ga. SLOAN & OATMAN, DEALERS IN Italian, Egyptian & American 'l-Vil BAST TliNm-SSBK MARBLE. RTAH^L---. r u - rul ' lm, p Marble- nr nil orders promptly filled. *•*»*.. juni>14 1 yvt,> Fish I Pisl* 1! Ij ~ ll > 2kerel; large No. 3 <3.r; ^!,d SrrfK S T k>d Balilut mitl W ‘“‘‘“'lust reem-ed and TDISU0 Won’t Tell their Ages.—The In dies won’t tell their ages, and lawyers need not attempt to got it out of them In the Griswold divorce case, in Phila delphia, the deposition of Mrs. Anne S Stephens and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Ellet were read last week; one says she “ over iwenty-one;” the other says ‘‘I don’t know my age, of my own knowledge”—which equivalent to saying she can’t remember when she was born. •*I shall divide the loaf with my son, SWEET THOUGHTS. We often meet wkh selections of sub lime and beautiful thoughs from the works of men of genius. But there art- thoughts suggested by ilie Bible, infinite ly mote precious than the choicest of genius. • > llow sweet the thoughht that Jesus sympathises with all our jay sand sorrows! The great demand of human nature is the demand for sympathy. Men must have it or they cannot be happy, how ever extensive their possessions or high their rank. But how little sympathy °is to be found among men l How precious the thought that.our Saviour sympathizes with every joy and evtNy sorrow! Chris tian, do you sometimes feel that you are alone, and that there are none who care for you ? You are mistaken. You forget that Jesus is ever by your side; that he approves every innocent smile and notices every falling tear, and feels for you a love and sympathy that no finite mind can measure. How sweet the thought tlint God reigns ? The nations are' perplexed and troubled, the foundations of the earth are out of course, the wisdom of the wise seems to be of no avail, and the strong man is ns n child: still we can look upon the troubled scene without fear, for God reigns. Amid all the confusion and but eat it I shall not; I have abundance; and le*. us thank God for his great goodness in giving us food, and in giving us what is better still, cheerful hearts. He who gives us other food which is necessary to support our mortal bo dies.’ The father and son thanked God, and then began lo cut the loaf in pieces, to begin their frugal meal. But as they cut one portion of the loaf, there fell out several pieces of gold of great value. The little hoy gave a shout of joy, and was springing forward to grasp the un- xpccted treasure, when he was pulled hack by his father. My son, my son!” he cried, “do not touch the thoney; it is not ours, “ But whose is it, father, it it is not ours ?” “ I know not yet to whom it belougs ; hut probably it was put there by the baker thro’some mistake. We must inquire. Run. But father,” interrupted the boy. •you are poor and needy; and you have bought the loaf, and the baker may tell a lie, and •” “ I will not listen to you my boy. bought the loaf, but I did not buy the gold in it. If the baker sold it to tne ip ignorance, I shall not be so dishonest as to take advantage of him. Remem ber Him who told us tc do to others as we would have others to do to us, I r.m poor indeed but that is no sin. If we share the poverty of Jesus, God’s own Son, O! let us share also his goodness and his trust in God. We may never ,s be rich, but we may he always honest. We may die of starvation, but God’s will he done, should- we die iu doing it 1 Yes my boy, trust God, and walk in his ways, and you shall never be put to shame. Now run to the baker and bring him here, and I shall mind the gold until he comes.” So the boy ran for the baker. “ Brother workman ” -^aid the old man, “you have made some mistake and almost lost your money,” nnd he showed the baker tl.e gold, and how it had been found. “ Is it thine ?” asked the father, it is take it away.” “ My father, baker, is very poor and—” “ Silence, my child ; put me not t shame by thy complaints. I am glad we have saved this poor man from losing his money.” The baker had been gazing alter nately upon the honest father and his a eager boy, and utypn the gold which lay glittering upon the green turf. “ Thou art indeed, an honest fellow,’ said the baker; and my neighbor, Da vid the flax-dresser spoke the truth when he said thou wert the bonestest man in town. Now I shall tell thee of the gold A stranger came to my shop three days ago, and gave me that loaf, and told me to sell it cheaply, or give il to the lionest- est poor man whom I knew in the city I told David to send thee to ine as ; customer, this morning; as you would, not lake the loaf for nothing, l sold it to thee, as thou knowest, for the last pence in thy purse; and the loaf with all its treasure—and certainly it is not small 1 is thine; and may God grant thee blessing with it.” . The poor father bent his head to the ground while tears fell from his eyes. The boy ran nnd put his head upon his neck, and said, “I shall always do like 13 you my father; trust God, and do what is right; for I am sure it will never put us to shame.—[Erfm. Chris. Magazine. uproar his coun-el shall stand, and he shall do all his pleasure. Noi only is lie the Governor of the nations, but he governs an I directs in all matters per taining lo our individual interest. Not n hair of our head falls to the ground with out his notice, and the resources of Om nipotence are pledged to cause all things, to work together for our good. How sweet the thought that death is going home ! He who has been an exile in a strange land, who has dwelt among people of a strange tongue; rejoices at the sight of the vessel which is to bear him to his native shores, where he shall enter again the paternal mansion, nnd receive the welcome ofliwvd ones there. Denjli rightly viewed, is the messenger who is to conduct us lo our home in heaven, where our brethren who have gone before us are waiting to welcome us—where Jesus, who has g>*ne to pre pare a mansion for us, is waiting to re ceive us. IIow sweet the thought, in a few years more, perhaps in a few days, I shall be safe in heaven! Surely, with thoughts like these, for constant themes of nieditati^i, the Chris tian any well obey the command of the apostle, “Rejoice evermore nnd again 1 say rejoici-.” ‘if The New York Bible Society is med itating the plan of publishing the Bible in newspaper form for more general cir culation. ■* j Dr. Franklin used to sny that rich widows were the only piece of s- co;»d hand goods that sold at pr iltl at prime cost. , back-hr.it r f’ a5 asked fi.is What is a the parson ol his Sunday School .was a poser, till a little urchin answered’ ** Be it flea ?” Barber Poles—Their Origin.— Graphic Delineation of the Mis- The origin of tlie barber’s pole is to be eriks and Effects of Intemperance. traced to the period when the barbers —The following is the most graphic Journals have been quoting Mnj. were also surgeons and practiced phle- L, ‘ ,: —* s r ‘*“ “ J -«■ -*- - c ' • u - - DONELSON ON FILLMORE. Under this head the- Demochtfltf Don- botomy. To assist the operation, it be ing necessary for the patient to grasp a staff, a stick or a pole was always kept by the barber-surgeon, together with a fiilet or bandaging he used for tying up the patient’s arm. When the pole was not in use, the tape was tied to it, that they might both be together when want ed. On a person coming in to be bled, the tape was disengaed from the pole and bound round the arm, and the pole was put into the person’s hand. After it was done with, the tape was again tied to the pole, and, in this state, pole and tape were hung at the door for a sign or notice to passengers that they might there be bled. At length, instead of hanging out the identical pole used in the operation, a pole was painted with stripes round it, in imitation of ths real pole nnd its bandagings, and thus came the sign. around a wild for its at long delineation of the miseries and efleets of elson’s editorials attacking the adminis- iutemperance that we have ever seen, j triition of Mr. Fillmore. The annexed It is from.the arguments advanced by paragraph, whicli we extract from Ma- ccrtnin citizens of Portage county, Ohio. | jof Doneison’s speech, delivered nf the? in a memorial to the Legislature on the Eutaw House in Baltimore, shows that subject; he, long ago, found that us a partisan And yet its march of ruin is onward j editor; he has done Mr. Fillmore injus- still! It reaches abroad to others—in- , tice, and that he made the amende hon* vades the family and social circles—and orablcfor the same—thus exhibiting & spreads woe and sorrow all around. ‘It; political honesty, which it would he well cuts down youth in its vigor—manhood j for those to study, who ate now so furw in its strength*—and age in its weakness. > ous in their assaults upon Major Donel- It breaks the father’s heart—bereaves ; son. Here is the extract: Mu. Spriggs Attends a Fashion able Party.—Our Spriggs recently at tended a fashionable party, whereat he met several charming ladies, and of course was in his ‘'clement.” Par ticularly was he impressed witli the pro found literary acquirements of one “bright, particular, star,” whose radians ciiitillations pentrated his . left breast, and sol his sensitive heart all iu a pleas ing flutter. We rallied Spriggs on his im pressibility, but he warmly defended his inmnoi'ata, anti in self-justification rela ted to us tiie following bonne bouehe, which we repeat for the admiration of the world-in general, and literary ladies in particular: Mr. Spriggs—You have read the Waverly Novels. I presume, Miss Interesting Young Lady—Oh ! yes I read 'em nil some years ago, when I put up at the Waverly House, before it was burned down, you know. Mr. Spriggs—(demurely)—And how did you like them ? Interesting Young Lady—with ani mation)—Oh! me; I was so delighted 1 but how that poor fellow could have lived in Diat dcso’ate Island, with no companions but his goat and nigger-man Friday, was a great mystery to me—I fairly cried for sympathy. Mr. Spriggs—(slightly changing the subject)—Ahem ! My dear Miss, (naughty fellow to say “ray dear”) did you ever read “Alone ?” Interesting Young Lady—( very prompt ly)—Oh ! yes: I never can enjoy novel reading unless I am alone. Spriggs positively refuses to proceed further, and we are free to admit that he lias made out his ease; we, ^ at least, shall not condemn him. Spriggs says that his fashionable friend is nearly re lated to the young lady, who, some time before, on being asked if she rend “Ten Thousand a Year,” innocently replied, “Oh I no; I never read that many in all my life.” Sweet young lady—fortunate WESTERN INDIANS. Bishop Pierce, in giving an account of his'travels west to the Indian mis sion, on arriv ing there, says : IIow strange is everything me 1 I have just passed over vacant country—dreary but beauty, with here and there, intervals, a hut—a wigwam, and, now, here is a large three story brick build ing—a schoolhou?e— with a superintend ent—teachers, male and female, and an annual Conference assembled within its walls! The bell rings and we all des cend to the dining hall—the boys sit at one table, a teacher at the head—the girls at another—the guests at a third. All is order—no rushing and jamming— and now every one at his place awaits in silence the invocation of a blessing upon the bounteous board. Is this an Indian country ? Who makelh these to differ from their kind and even from themselves? Is this magic? Yes, but not of Aladdin’s Lamp. Christian bene volence lias wrought the change. The Gospel and schools—Christianity and education, have greatly reformed, im proved and elevated these tribes. You can see it in the first Red man y<>u meet on the highway. Yon cabin and en closure evince the fact. That quiet audience—eager for the Word of Life, proclaims the change and the cause .of Listen to that song—the prayer. The Dialect is strange—an unknown tongue—you cannot undetstand him, but you feel that he who speaks “knows in whom he bus believed.” From thousand causes the tendency among ail roaming tribes is to extinction. They are perishing. Every year leaves their number less. But the Cherokees, Creeks, and Choctaws multiply—in crease. Chili Mcln'osh informed me that the Creeks had increased two thousand in Jive years. This fact proves a change of habits, physical and . moral, and is a decided vindication of t the plans of the government in their . settlement and of the Church in their instruction. Spriggs!—Mobile Advertiser. Manners.—What a rare gift, says the author of Pelham, is that ot man- nersl—How difficult to define-liow much more difficult to impart! for a man to posess them than wealth, beauty or talent—they will more than supply all. No attention is too minute, no labor too exaggerated, which tends to perfect them. He who enjoys their advantages in the highest degree, name ly, he who can please, penetrate, per suade. as the object may require, pos sesses the subtlest secret of the diplo matist and the statesman, and wants nothing but the opportunity become great.” Greeley on Georgia Members.— Horace Greeiy seems disposed to be quite complimentary to the members of the House frotp Georgia. In his sketch of a debate on the 1st inst., he thus alludes to a speech made by Judge Warner : “Judge Warner from Georgia made to day in the House (Committee of the Whole) the ablest, calmest, most ‘bor ough and effective Pro-Slavery speech of the session. He assumed lh.it slave labor impoverishes and exhausts soils that continued expansion is essential to its existence and roust be had. lie wanted no Federal law for Slavery-—it made the law for itself.” By the ivay, the Georgia Democracy were quite shocked when Mr. Poster extorted a compliment irom the same lource t arly in the session how do they feel when judge Warner,their own man, is praised by the Abolitionists? Sav. Rep. the doating mother—extinguishes nat ural affection—erases conjugal love- blots out filial attachment-blights paren tal hopes—and brings down mounting age in sorrow to the grave it produces weukness not strength—sickness, not health—death, not life. It makes wives widows—children orphans—fathers fiends-and all of them paupers and beg gars. It hails fevers—feeds rheuma tisms—nurses gout— welcomes epide mics—invites cholera—imparts pesti lence—and embraces consumptions. It covers the land with idleness, poverty, disease and crime. It fills yoqr jails— supplies your alms-houses—and demands your asylums. It engenders controver sies—fosters quarrels—and cherishes riots. It contemns law—-spurns order— and loves mobs. It crowds your peni- tentaries, and furnishes the victims ft.r year scaffolds. It is the life blood of the gambler—the aliment of the coun terfeiter—the prop of the highwayman— and the support of the midnight incen diary. It countenances the liar—respects the thief—aud esteems the blasphemes. It violates obligations—reverences fraud— and honors infamy. It defames bene volence—hates love—scorns virtue— and slanders innocence. It incites the father to butcher his offspring—helps the husband to massacre his wife—and aids the child to grind the parricidal axe. It burns up man—consumes woman— detests life—curses God—and despises Heaven. It suborns witnes-es—nurses perjury —defiles the jury box—and stains the judicial ermine. It bribes votes—dis qualifies voters—corrupts elections— pollutes our institution—and endangers our government. It degrades the citizen —debases the legislator—dishonors the statesman—and disarms the patriot. It brings shame, not honor;—terror, not safety—despair, not hope—misery, not happiness. And now, with the male volence of a fiend, it calmly surveys its frightful desolations, and, insatiate with havoc, it poisnns felicity— kills peace— ruins morals—blights confidence— slays reputation—*-jmd wipes out national honor; then curses the world,and laughs at its ruin. She Never Leaves Him.—Look at the career of man ns he passes through the world; of man, visited by misfortune 1 How often is he left by his fellow men to sink under the weight of his afflictions, u.iheeded and alone ! One friend of his own sex forgets him, another abandons him, a third, pcrlutps, betrays him ; but woman, faithful woman, follows him in his affliction with unshaken affection braves the changes of his feelings, of his temper embittered by the disappoint nients of the world, with the highest of all virtue; in resigned patience ministers to his wants, even when her own are hard and pressing; she weeps with him tear for tear, in his distress, and is the first to catch pnd reflect a ray of joy should hut one light up his countenance in the midst of his sufferings; and she never leaves him in his misery while thtjre remains one act of love, duty, or compassion to be performed. And at Inst, when life and sorrow comes together, she follows him to the tomb, with the ardor of affection which death itself can not destroy. ~~ The “Mr. Doneison alludes to his course as editor of the Wasbington-Union, sta ting that he had done injustice to Mr'. Fillmore, in supposing him to have been a co-operator with Mr. Seward on thtf slavery question. Time had shown that Mr. Fillmore was In good faith devoted to the great effort to get rid of slavery agitation. Tl.e consequence is that the Seward or Black Republican party of the North is inure opposed to Mr. Fill more than to any other man in the Union. “Mr. Doneison said that he had made the amende honorable, to Mr. Fillm ire as soon as he saw that he Was true to the Constitution and the Union y that he was willing to do justice to the South as well as the North—and that he was, in fact, firm enough to resist the hlghef law doctrines brought to bear against the execution of the fugitive slave law 1i . Haursiburg, April 4—Gep. Lnn« read an address upon Kansas affairs in the hall of the House of Representatives, before a large audience, including most of the members of the Legislature, and many ladies. It was a statement of the history of recent events in the territory. At the close of the address n resolution was adopted, returning thanks to the speaker, and expressing the opinion that Kansas should be admitted into the Un ion. This man, Gen. Lane, is the same who was elected U. S. Senator, by the Freesoilers in Kansas. lie was a member of the last Congress, from one of the Northwestern States, (Indiana we The French Imperial Infant.-j Letters from Paris say,the imperial infant is really as fine nnd,robust}a.boy as ever wasseen. He is described as rosy, plump, well made, fully developed and with a surprising abundance of chesnut- colored hair, resembling hisjfatlier’s. He is called Napoleon and Louis; af ter Eugene, from Ills mother Eugenie { Jean, after the Pope, who is to be his godfather, and Joseph in compliment to his intended godfather, the Queen of Sweden, whose name is Josephine; Within a few minutes of the birth of the Prince the Emperor sent messages in his own name announcing the event to tho Pope, the Queen of England, the King of Piedmont, the Queen of Swe>» den, the Grand Duchess Dowager of Baden, and some other courts. It is a vary curious fact, as showing not only the wonders of the Electric Telegraph# but also the activity of great personages at hours when the - world at large Is wrapt in sleep, that telegraphic mes sages of congratulation „ were received in answer before six o’ clock from the Pope, Queen Victoria, and the Quee» of Sweden. ^he Camels.—The Washington Star states that the camels and drome daries purchased and otherwise procured by Major Wayne and Capt. Porter, un j der the apppropriatiun made, for the? purpose at the last session of Congress in Asia Minor, (Feb. 11,1S50.) had era* barked, and the vessel would sail wiffi the first fair wind for the United Stated. The number of animals procured is 33. viz : 9 male end 15 female camels; 4 male and 5 female dtomedaries. The vessel is expected to arrive af Indinnola, Texas, about the last of April; at which place they'will be landed and suffered to recruit before being employ ed for army transportation pufptoso Several of the animals are a preset** from the Viceroy of Egypt to our Gui- ernment. German EmigwatIon to Kansas — The South butt been assured by demo* believe) and is one of those immaculate 1 forty-four sound Northern Democrat*:’> cm]c u „d orators that the for who voltd lor the Kansas-Nebraskabilh i.. : w„..w „ „ c.-., ..* with whose praises the very cigners at the North a c the true frit-nd* , , . . a ' r ' va . s .of slavery, and that this was particularly made to reverberate, by the anu-Ainen- case \ n , he g. ate of omoi( £ , can stump-speakers in Georgia, during Mr D , as , ConslUuents . How far the last canvass. He was then, as now, ^ dec j! iralions nie an ardent Freesoiler, and earnestly op- Wau Among the Democracy.- Washington llentinel, the organ of the Hard Democracy, has raised the name of Buchanan at his mastliead. and at the same time hours the following broadside into the administration. It says: “ We shall support, WITH THE EX CEPTION OF FRANKLIN PIERCE any nominee that the Democratic Con vention shall deem, after a fair canvass of the qualifications of allj the most suitable for the coming contest.” • •*.**• « All the Democratic presses in the land, with a sea of ink to back them, would not be able successfully to defend Franklin Pierce from some of his outra geous acts not yet made public.” Tl.avn’e a 44 Wannv Fnmilv” fftl sustained by the an araent creesouer, «,.u eu.ue^ ^‘Ifoltowing exhortation to abolititmiz* posed to Kansasand Nebraskabecoro.ng Kansas | German coIonie3i wc ,en slave States ; and hke Piebce, Cass, ihe rea de r to determine’. It is taken Douglass, Richardson, and the Ye-• ffom ^ Sliials ZcH a German maining "sound Northern Democrats, j published in liln.ois : ..M& favored the measure, because he re-1 ‘ * ‘ , ■ ■ ■■ , ro „ . garded it “the greatest measure of free-1 “ The plan of the I urner-Bund, trf dom ever adopted by Congress.” Let. foU!,d a German t-.lony m the \\ es-, ap- Southern men pause and reflect upon | P e , ars > mcet w,l !» iav ?* 11 * e the extent of. the friendship of these .take not, acommu.c lu.s already l»e,.r “ sound Northern Democrats” to South-! appointed to local > the colony. \Y e dtf ern institutions.— Chronicle Sf Sentinel. There’s a “ Happy Family” for you 1 The boundless approbation with which the nominations of Fillmore and Donei son have been everywhere received was well, though paradoxically expressed the other day by a speaker at a Mississippi Ratification Meeting, who said :—“Fel low citizens,'there is but one man in the Union J prefer to Fillmore, au<l that man is Donf.lson ; and there is but one manin-thc IInion that I prefer to Donei.- .son, and that man is Fillmore /’ — Nashville Gazette. Democratic Economy.—The esti mates of the Administration reveal the fact that the expenses of our Federal Government for the present year will be seventy one millions John Quincy Adams, was driven from office by the cry of-'ex travagance,” when the highest expendi tures of his administration never exceed ed thirteen millions. Filhnora, a quarter of a century laler, was charged with “extravagance,” because, with the war debt upon his shoulders, lie spent fifty millions. But this economical "Demo cratic administration” has run the ex penses up from fifty to seventy-one mill ions. Cg^When a bill for tiie more effectu al suppression of negro stealing and the operations of abolition emissaries in that state, was before the House of Del egates of Virginia, it passed by the vote of every member present, except thir teen Democrats, from that sectson where Democracy is most powerful— Western Virginia: yet the Democracy constitute the only party that is ‘sound on the nig ger question !* not learn that any particular state or territory has yet been decided upon. Why should not. just :-.t this ‘juncture, the ter/itcry of Kansas be selected? Will not the Germans, and especially the robust and freednqi-ioviug young men who compose the Turners,- con tribute their mhe to secure the triumph of freedom in Kansa> 7 Or do some still entertain the idea that in this coun try one must surround himself with R Chinese Wall, to. prevent the intrusion! of other nationalises? We can scarce* ly believe that Germans of principle could feel happy in a colony ohserv ing a cloister-like seclusion frmn the world. Such a life they should leave to religious sects, like the Shakers, the . Millei iles and others. But freedom and her de fenders must seek tho light of day. must strive and struggle, and cannot live irt seclusion. On the fruitful prairies of Kansas liberty is to be established, nnd it will be an honor to the Germans if,, they can say : “ We too have done our duly.” 1 The business of breeding rats is said to bo carried on in New York—kid .gloves are made out of (heir skint. ''

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, April 17, 1856, Image 1