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ATHENS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1856.
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B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
ATHEMS, GEORGIA.
ItMitorer the Store of Wilson & Veal. Jan3
PITNER & ENGLAND.
Wholesale it Retail Dealers in
[Groceries, Dry Goods,
HiRDITARK, SHOES A.VD BOOTS,
April 6 Athens, G a.
DORSEY k CARTER,
DEALERS IN
Family Groceries & Provisions.
THE ORPHAN BOY.
Btr E. VANN.
Alone doth ntand the orphan hoy,
‘ ed.
While sorrow* round bint slice ^
The bitter pangs nnd scenes of life,
From whence its tweets have fled.
Devoid of time and all its joy*, .
No mother’s voice hi* way to cheer,
’Tis thus be roams his dreary way,
Unfiieuded nod unpi:ied here.
No father kind his way to guide .
Through tempting scene* of vice;
No welcome, form, or friendly hand,
C r wards «f good advice.
Ocr life’s rough billows thus does roam
His frail and tender bark—
Thm’ glowing ills that’s ever rife,
And scenes that drear ami dark.
Still o'er his form God’s eye doth watch,
A nd to his wnuts attend--
And midst temptations that nssil
Dotli prove his guard and friend.
Trails of character which you seek
to conceal, you had better seek to re*
form.
Corner oi Bro*d and Jackson street*,
Athens, <<a.
MOOllE k CARLTON,
DEALERS IS
fclLK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS,
HARDWARE AND CROCKERY.
L&pril No. A, Granite Row, Athens,Ga.
LUCAS k BILLUPS,
irilOI.ES.1LF. AM» RETAIL DEALERS Of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES. HARDWARE, <fcc. Ac.
No. 2, Broad street. Athens.
J0UN II. CHRISTY,
PL.1I.Y 4.YD FAXCf
f -Kook and Job Printer,
’’Franklin Job OlHee," Athens, Ga.
Wanted to know:
a running account
The volocity of
Let your expenses be such as to leave
a balance in your pocket. Ready monev
is a friend to need.
The day before that of your wedding
Will probably be the the longest day in
your life.
A pretty pair of eyes are the lest inn -
rors to .shave :
••.Yes," replied a bachelor on reading
the atifive “manyri man has been slaved
K ” them.”
MI'w.irk entriKtrd tn hi, carefaithbilljr. correctly
and |>unci unity executed, nl prices cure,pond-
■,*1S in} ivit.'i th)bardnesii>f the time*.
T. BISHOP & SON,
| Wholesale and Retail Dealers
iROCERIES. HARDWARE* AND
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
May 1 No. 1, Broad street, Athens.
A Secret for a Parmer’s Wife —
While the milking ofyour cows is going
on, let your pans be in a kettle of boil*
ing water. Torn the milk into one of
i he pans taken from the kettle,and cover
the same with one of thq hot pans, and
proceed in like manner witir the whole
of the milk, and you will find that you
have doubled the quantity of sweet del : -
cious butter. Try this dairy-woman.
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,
j§m4 Xuosptpmnd .Maga zinc j3*e*U
DEALER IN
lUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LAMPS, FINK CLTLKBT, FANCY GOODS,SC.
I, College Avenue, Newton Hoa*e. Athens, C*
*>gnof White’s Univenlty llook Store.”
[ Orders promptly filled at Augusta rales
JAMES M. ROYAL,
HARNESS-MAKER*
[ AS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old
Tavern, one door east of Grady A Nich-
fs—where he keeps always on hand a
:<o»ral assortment of articles in hisline, and
txlwsysready to fillordersinthe best style
Jsq 26 tf
COLT & COLBERT,
DEALERS IN
r.VPLE DRY GOODS.GROCERIES
AND HARDWARE.
^o. 9 Granite Row Athena, Ga
JAMES i. COLT. \ AVM. C. COLBERT
[ August 6,1856.
W. W. LUMPKIN,
l ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athena, Ga.
lUILL Practice in all the counliesof the
Pi Western Circuit. Particular attention
|trn to collecting.
^Office on Bread street, over White dr Mots'
Jan 81
JHisrellamj.
AMERICAN PHLEGM. !r ’
Far away from the great eilies, half
hidden in the foliage, was the modest ,"* 6 ,v# j
l„ir«,t.._ “? e » and
log but of a man half trapper, half fisher
man, and more than half savage. Of
course bis name was Smith. He was
married, and be and his wife in this on
little chamber led the happiest of.existe
nces ; for on an occasion she would not
object'to go twenty miles to hear the
Baptist minister preach. - ** - —
One evening at sun-down they were
both together in their little cabin, she
knuiing stockings for the next winter
snows, ; lie cleaning the barrel of his
fowling-piece—all the parts of which w. re
lying dismounted about him—both busy
and neither uttering a syllable.
By degrees a dull but regular sound
breaks upon the * silence of the wilder-
nesSi-. 'I he steamer is ascending the
river, racking the best of its way against
the current. But neither Smith nor.his
wife pay any attention; he goes'otvcleah-
A Case of United Living Chil
dren.—On the 4th of April, 1855, one
of the rarest cases of double formation
occured at the St.- Petersburg Found
ling Hospital—namely two girls grow
ing together by their skulls—which still
live, and so far appear Ip be in good
health. Of all ca^es of this kind hither
to known (of which there are seven.)
(he union of two individuals was never
one of that kind to bring the face of one
child directly opposite the face of the
other. These twins are so united that
if the middle line of the face of one child
be prolonged from the nose, this would
strike upon the ear of the other. Through
tbemcbility <0f then e c k s the two child
ren really Ue in. a straight line, ooe girl
lying on the hack, the other on the side,
and thus they sleep. The face of one
child is quite symmetrical as far as the
forehead; and it is first rin the, fnrma-
tion of the skull that want of sy mmetry
appears In the face ot the other the
right half is much shortened, and the
eye of this side opens less than thq oth
Six thousand barrels of Flour were
sold at Louisville, Ky., on the 27th ult.,
at six dollars per barrel. This is a
heavy decline from the prices prevailing
oflate.
ing his 'gutr, slie 'knitting her stock
in«. * or owl
The air, however, darkens ; a thick
smoke rises upon every side;a,formida
ble explosion is suddenly heard ; one
would have said it was the discharge of
several cannon at once. The boiler had
hurst; the vessel was sunk ; everything
destroyed.
Smith and his wife did not look up;
he went on cleaning Jm gun, she knit
ting her stocking, for explosions of
steamers ore so common.
But this was one which was.to inter
est them more nearly; scarcely had the
explosion ended, before the roof of the
cabin split in two acd something heavy
descended through! the aperture. This
something was a man who dropped be
tween the pair— without, however, dis
turbing either—he still cleaning his gun
—she still knitting her stocking.
But the traveller—so rudely intro-,
duced—seemed rattier astonished at his
ucsccrit. After a few mi nu t s, however,
he resumed his coolness, and began to
look about him—fixing Lis attention, at
last, upon the hole thro’ which he had
just arrived. “Ah! man,” said lie at
length, addressing Smith, ’• what’s the
damage ?”
On this. Smith, who had not given up
his work, put aside.his rifle, and looking
up to estimate his loss answered, after
some.little reflection “ten dollars.”
You be liauged Y* exclaimed the
traveller. “Last week, in tha exploson
I happened to be in with another steamer
fell through three flights in a new
“ Can you tell me where Mr. Smith
lives, Mister ?”
* Smith—Smith—what Smith ? there
are good many of that name in these
parts; my name is Smith."
" Why, I don’t know his tothername
but he's a sour, crabbed, and a cross
3ort of a fellow, nnd thev call him Crab
Smith."
*’ Oh!—I suppose I’m the man.”
Sadlt Beautiful.—The New Ybrk
Mirror says: “There is a young lady
ir. this city 60 dazzlingly beautiful that
her guardians do not dare to allow her-
to go out of the house. She remains
shut up at home and is only visible to
female Visitors. Wliat a blessing the
small pox would be to this imprisoned
belle? It should be added that, with the
‘•fatal gift of beauty,” the young lady
possesses other charms to the amount of
8300,000.
W. L. MAHLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
j Jefferson, Jackson County, Ga.
| Rwwences.—Me«*ra. McLcster * Hunter
J«S. 8, Thom
Ku rnh « n ’ Eaq*. Gainesville.
Clarke
. W; G. DELON Y,
IDORNEV. AT LAW,
JV !1 -k giro lusspcoial attenUon to Collect-
lij 3> "ml to the claims of all persons en-
LmI » W'AaRAaxp, under the lat<
Bid 9 r th ® la* 1 Oongrcas.
I ».."'roc* oil Broad HlMAt tit* 4
1 u ° n B,ond Street over the store
aeuney.
W. & H. R. J. LONG,
| and Bctail Druggists.
1 ATHENS, Ga.
SLOAN & OAT MAN,
1 <y. VTXltS IN
ltd tan, Egy t ,t tan & American
east texxeusee marble.
> orOcr* promptly filled.
„atlanta; ga.
junt-14
1, ran -'tobil
»**«■
and for sale |„ w
«t son.
NUMBER 6
er. The two children possess a per
fectly independent existence from each
other as relates to sleeping, walking,
want of food, etc. The oue sleeps qui
etly whilst the other takes nourishment
or looks about. -Common sensibility
does not appear to exist, since in case
of this kind the brains and nerves of
each individual are preserved; distinct
Not so always with the blood vessels.
Once one child screaming aloud awoke
its sister. The face of the screaming
child became suffused and reddened
deeply, whilst.the other was still asleep.
Then the face of the other began to red
den and swell and it was ouly after this
that it opened its eyes. The features
of the. two childreu, especially of the
fa.ee mljk.;. penciled, • are'i
pleasing. ^ .s.cftH
very
house and they only charged me five
dollars. No, no—\ know what’s the
thing in such matters. Here’s n couple
of dollars; and if that won’t do, go and
sue me, and be hanged !"
of t
‘My dear,” said Mrs. Dogberry to her
daughter. ^ *you should not hold your
dress so high crossing the street.’
‘Then nta,’ replied the maiden, ‘how
*hall I show the beauty of my flounced
pante’ettes that I have almost ruined my
eyesight to make? I’m sure I don’t care
if the beaux do look at me/
A member of the North Carolina
Legislature made a decided guod ‘‘hit”
a short time ago. A hill was pending
which imposed a fine for selling liquor
to fiee colored persons, to which he ob
jected on the ground that "such a law
would make them.more decent than the
whites."
"Well Pat, Jimmy didn’t quite kill
you with n brickbat did he I”
-.‘‘No! but I wish ho had.”
"Wliatfor?" .... rrt,
"So I could see him hung, the vil
lain,” , ■ v/- -
A RICH SERMON.
Where is the man with his harp
thousand string ?
The following rich extract from a
sermon will be recognized at a glance
by some of our readers here at home. It
loses much of its humor, because we can
not put in print the sing song style and
appropriate gestures that accompany it.
**My friends, sin makes the purtiest
young’man er woman in the world ugly
alt. Anti I’ll tell you bow I know-ab,
as I was coming up to church to-day ah,
I saw some young men in the road-ah.—
And I thought one of them the porliest
young man I ever saw in my life-ah.—
And as I drew nigh nnto them I discov
ered that they werg playing nv marvels,
and they all drew nigh unto a place they
call the taw-ah, and they marveled ah.
And this party young man was the last
one to marvel-all, and when he marveled,
he jumped up'and flapped bis hands, like,
a rooster does Ins wings, and says he,
"I wish I may he d—d ifl haint fat ah.”
And, oh my friends then I thought that
was the ugliest young man I ever saw
in my life-all. And I opened my mouth
and spake unto him thus-ah says I,
“young man, this is not the way to salva
tion.” And says he, ‘ Old horse, if you
had been salivated as had as I have,
you wouldn’t want to hear talk of saliva
tion.”
And now my friends, when that ar
young man said he was fat he told a lie-
all, for he was as lean as that hungry
looking sister over that that’s always a
praying so pious while the hat is being
passed around ah.
And, rry friends,'if that young man
hadn’t been blinded by sin, he never
could a roistuk me for an old horse-alt.
A CAPTIVE RECOVERED.
We find in the San Francisco Herald,
of March 20th, an account of the re
covery from the Mohave Indians of a
young American -girl, about sixteen
years of age, named Olive Oatraan,
whose father and all of her relatives,
except a brother and sister, were mur
dered in the year 1850, about eighty
miles from the Gila river. The boy
escaped in the darkness, and made
known the story of the massacre to a
party of emigrants who had found him;
but of the two surviviug girls nothing
had been heard for nearly five years,
wheu about six months ago, Col. Nau-
man, of the U. S. Army, on his way
to Fojt Yuma, heard a rumor of there
being two female prisoners among the
Yuma Indians, caused runners lobe
sent out, with promises of reward, &c.<
should they be found. The result was,
that the elder of the two, the younger
having shortly before died, was brought
into Fort Yuma, where she was ran
somed. and taken in charge by the of
ficers of the post. She was dressed in
Indian costume or no costume, and had
almost forgotten the English language ;
she was able, however, to tell her name.
She bore the marks of severe slavery,
and her person Was-ss much developed
as that of an ordinary girl of twenty
years,.especially in the arms, hands and
wrists. The Sisters of mercy of San
FYancisco had offered to receive the
girl into their care.—N. O. Coarser.
They tell good stories now ami then,
• •f some of the members of the pious old
orthodox stock in Massachusetts.'- An
elderly gentleman of this class, returning
home on Sunday from church, began to
extol the merit the of sermon to his son.
The following short dialogue lells the
Storjt* . j;-,. jujj ....
“I have heard, Frank,’’.said the old
gentleman, "one of the most delightful
^"icnti.Toml>s i v. ,, .! sermons ever delivered before a Chris-
and ffurnisliing^MarbteS*k ‘*8* society. It carried me to the gates
*» orders n*........1.. . i of heaven.*
** Well, I think," replied Frank, •• you
had better dodged in, for you toil/ never
havr tuch another chance
pAk^nj uL.—Nebraska editor, speak
ing of Ih/: weather, exclaims—•
Awful,^Ywful !;-28 Ssgtagp below zero,
£;id Whiskey three dollars a go^n •”
A SOFT PILLOW.
Whitfield and a pious companion Were
much annoyed one night, at a" public
house, by a set ofgamblers in the room
adjoining where they slept. Their noisy
clamor and horrid blasphemy so excited
Whitfield’s abhorrence and pious sympa
thy, that he could not rest.
"I will go i>i to them, and reprove their
wickedness,” he said. His companion
remonstrated in vain. He went.. His
words of reproof fell apparently power
less upon them. Returning, he laid
down to sleep. His companion asked
him rather abruptly r-—
"What did you gain by it ?”
“A soft pillow,” he said pattenly, and
soon fell asleep.
Yes, "a soft pillow” is the reward of
fidelity—the companion of a clear con
science. It is a sufficient reward. And
none know more truly the value of a soft
pillow, than those pacents, whose anxie-
ty .for wayward children is enhanced,by
a consciousness of neglect. Those who
faithfully rebuke, and properl/ restrain
them by their Christian deportment and
religious counsels, can sleep quietly, in
the day of trial.'
Parents! do your duty now, in the
fear of God, in obedience to this law, at
every sacrifice ; and .when old age comes
on, you may lay down upon a soft pil
low, assured of His favor who has said,
“Train up a child in the way he should
go; and when he is old, he will not depart
from it.” * \
At a grand banquet - lately held in
Santiago. Spain, a few young men,
whose heads were probably Leased with
wine, drank “ to the health of the first
Protestant Minister that would come to
Spain to expound the doctrines of his
religion.”* The local authorities attach
ed no importance, to the circumstance,
but the Mraisterof Justice, - when ap.
prised of it, ordered that legal proceed
ings . should be instituted forthwith,
against the authors of “ such a scandal
ous toast.!’ ' i v'. J "di r .;>•
Irish Vote in .Chicago.— The Cbi-
cagoTribune, a Republican paper, gives
the following description of. the man
ner in which the Irish Catholics of that
city undertake to “rule America."—
What a blessed things foreign govern
ment a. tist-he-here. intheiJ qj tedSt ates ?
The scene described took place at the
recent charter election in this city. The
Tribune says:
The Irish poured into the city from
all the surrounding conntry, and vo
ted.—Hundreds of Catholic foreigners
in Cook county came to Chicago to help
their countrymen. Many of these vag
abonds voted two or three times each,
going from one ward to another. Drunk
en Iri»h sailers were known to have vo
ted as often as four times, under- as
sumed names, changing clothes for the
purpose. At the seventh ward, Irish
were seen after having voted, fail into
the ranks and work their way up to the
window and vote »ugain, while around
the polls stood a wild,, excited mob of a
thousand Colts, threatening dea h to all
who opposed them. Hundreds who
were challenged and rejected at the
wards on the South side, and there de,
posited their ballots. A great many
swore in their votes who weim unnatu
ralized, and when the Bible was held to
them, grasping it. they kissed their
thumbs instead of the holy book, aud by
this dodge eased theit tender conscien
ces.
A Man with Nine Wives.—The
.Hamilton (O.) _Intelligencer says:—*
The notorious Nathan Brown, the most
remarkable bigamist ever known in
America, was brought by Ofii.cer Elliott
the other day, from near Jeffersonville,
Indiana, under a requisition from Gov,
Chase. lie is reputed to have 9 living
wives! His practice has been to live
with each about three months. gcLhold
oftueir property and desert them. He
is.now safe in Butler county jail, at the
instance, of the seventh wife, a resident
of this city. The old scamp is fifty-
three year* of age and has married three
wives within two years,
Philosophy.—:First class in Oriental
Phiioshphy. attention. Tbibbles What
is life? ~ t ~ .
Life consists in money, 2,40 horses,
and a fashionable wife.
Good ! Next—What is death ?
A paymaster that settles evetybody’s
debts and gives them a tombstone as re
ceipts in full of all demands.
What is poverty ? j,
Thu reward of merit generally receiv
ed from a discriminating public.
What is religion ?
Doing unto others as you please, with
out allowing a return of the compliment.
What is fame ?
A six line puff in a newspaper while
living, and Fortune of your euemy when
dead. / ” “ ~~ ~ ~
Class dismissed—go home to your
dinners,
Sharpe's Rifi.es.—It i? stated that
Sharpe's rides: sell in Kansas fora mere
tlifle. Some keen Yankees there, the
Dayton Empire informs us, have been
buying them up, almost from the first
month of their introduction, shtptng
them Hast, and reselling them to the
humbugged, t>) be again sent back .is
"aid to Kunsa.;.” It is supposed that a
large number of these famous weapon*
have been paid for by the Beechers and
others half a dozen times over.
A Pasha Attending Church.—A
letter from Jerusalem states that on a
recent Sabbath his Excellency Kiainil
Pasha, attended the English service in
company with bis two secretaries, and
followed as far as the door by a long
train of servants. Who would have ao-
ticipated such an occurrence a Lw years
since —the English church ringing
in the Holy City, and a Turkish Fesfit
walking gravely to church.
Scientific writers assert that the.prox
imate number of persons existing smee
the begining of time amounts to 39,927,-
843,275,075,840. These figures, When
divided by 3,095,000—the number ot
square leagues of land on the glob
leave 11,320,689,732, [square miles of
land, which, being divided as before,
1,314.622,976 persons to each
square mile- These miles reduced to
rods give 1,853,174,600,006, which,
being divided as before, will gi ye 1233
inhabitants to each square rod, or about
five persons to each square foot. Thus
it will be perceived that, our earth is one
vast semetery 1283 Human beings lie
buried on each square rod, scarcely suf
ficient for ten squares. Each grave
must contain 128 persons—the surface
of the gh-be thus appearing to have been
dug over 128 times to bury its dead.
—
A lady made a complaint to Fed-
erick the Great King of Prussia. “Your
Majesty,” said she, «ny husband treats
me badly.—“That is none of my.bust
nits)," replied the King. “But he
Assyrian Discovery.—it is stated
that Colonel Rnwlinson, who is at pre
sent engaged in prosecuting the discov
eries commenced by Layard and Botta
and in exhuming from the mounds of the
long-lost rival cities of Nineveli and
Babylon, the instructive remains of this
once gigantic power, baa lately-discover
ed in a state of perfect preservation,
what is believed to be the mummy of
Nebuchednezzar. Tlw-face of the re
bellious monarch of Babylon, covered
by one of those gold masks usually found
in Assyrian tombs, is described as very
handsome—the forehead high and com
manding, the features marked and re
gular. Thisinteresting relic of remote
antiquity is for the present preserved in
the Museum of the East India Company
Of. all the mighty empires which have
left a lasting impression on the memory,
none has so completely perished as that
of Assyria. More than two thousand
years havegone by, since the two “great
cities," renowned for their strength
their luxury, and their magnificence,
have crumbled into dust, leaving no
visible trace of their existence, their
very sites forgotten. A chance traveler,
Lay ard, riding through the M esopbt a mi an
valley,discovered "the huried city,” and
with a success that will immortalize his
name, has commenced to unrol the book
of Assyrian history and civilization,
which, of all the histories of the first
period of the world, is most clearly con
nected with the subsequent destinies of
the human;! race. The discoveries al
ready made, furnish ample testimony to
refute the sceptic and unbeliever of
scripture truth.
speaks ill ot vou.” eaUl the lady.
That,” he replies, “is none ofyour
If honest men are the salt ot tho earth,
pretty girls may be said to be the sugar.
“ She BFoCLb he a Soldieh,” tjtjirj; Neoro Minstrelsy Declared II*
Coci.dnt’.—A young English girl, legal.— A novel! decision was rent
aged only seventeen, recently enlisted .dered in the.New York Supreme Cour-
at Windsor, in England.. -Although
she slept the first night in a room where
there were several beds occupied by
men, her «ex was undiscovered, nor was
she found out until she was forced to
appear in presence of a surgeon to un
dergo an examination, and was ordered
to strip off a suit of masculine habili*
ments she had borrowed for the occas
ion. She was then taken before a magis
trate on a charge of receiving the
Queen’s money under false pretences
Her excuse for enlisting was that she
was anxious to go out and sce b^C.
sweetheart in the Crimea. A subscrip-,
lion was being i at-cd to buy /fa«r opt; of.
the scrape.
recently. The Com taffirmed loathe decis»
ion of the County Court, which in its
turn, had. affirmed the decision of the.
justice of the peace, inflicting a fine of
twenty-five dollars upon one Sharp, who
with|his troupe had given a peri
formnnee of what is generally termed
"Negro Minstelsy,”.in the Court IIouso
atDelhi. .,In the language of the. Court,
"they appeared disguised, and dressed
as negroes, and one of them as a wench
dressed in Bloomer costume. They
sang negro songs; performed in a gtbl-
esque mariner; gave motk physiolog
ical lectures, arid mesmerised each
other, and performed ffiats with chaifc
on their heads/’. That Court was of
opinion tiiat-sqch . performances came
under the head of mountehankry.
Silver Coins.—The director of the
United Slates Mint at Philadelphia has
given notice that purchasers ofsilverfor
coinage will be made oh llie following
terms; payable in silver coins of the new
issues. Five franc pieces at 99 rents ;
old 8pan|sh dollars at 105 cents ; Muxi 1
can anil South American dollars at 10'Gj
cents; half dollars of the U. S. coined
before ISI7, at 5?j cents ; the same
froth 1837 to 1*53, at 52J cents; Geri
man,;Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and
old French crowns at 114 cents each;
German Florins -1U ets.; Prussian and
IIanoran tlmlers at 72 cents; AaicHcaH
plate, best manufacture, at 120 a 122
cts. per ounce, and genuine-British plffld
at 125 cents per ounce.
A Passenger Line of Balloons.-—
Wilson, the aeronaut, proposes to the
people of California to' run a line of
balloons between San Francisco and St.
Louis, to depend upon the great easterly
current of the upper or return trades
for its propulsion. He says: -
*“Thirty miles an hour without delay
from station or break of guage—no fear
of collision and no possibility of running
off the track, . will bring a balloon in
hree days front the shores of the Sa
cramento to the foot of the AUeghnnies,
and land her freight and passengers
fresh nnd healthy almost at the very
threshold of their homes.”
A Happy Retort.—When the Eng
lish and French ambassadors likened
their kings to the sun and moon. Dr.
Franklin compared Washington to Josh
ua, who commanded the sun nnd moon
to stand still, and they obeyed him.
Quite as good a thing has been said by
the Circassian hero; Schantyl. When
the Russians called npon him to lay
down his arms,., .declaring. “ The nr
mies which we send against you tire as
the sands on the seashore, innumera
ble," he replied, "Our hosts are like
the waves of the sea, which wasJumay
the sands and devour them.” -aizrit
Improvement in Soap.—The wife
of an Ameriean agriculturalist has been
experimenting in soaps, and finds that
the addition of three quarters of a pound
of borax to apound of soap, melted with
out boiling, makes a saving of: one half
in the cost of soap, aud of three-fourths
the labor of washing,improves thelwhite-
ness ofthe fabries, besides the usual
canstic effect is thus removed, and the
hands arc left with a peculiar soft and
silky feeling leaving nothing more to be
desired by the most ambitious washor-
woman. ua ;
Husband and Wife.—The Legis
lature of Georgia has passed an act to
define the liabilities of the husband fof
ttieciehls of the^ty ife. ahato 'define the
liabilities of property received through
the wife for the debts ofthe husband
existing at the time ofthe marriage. It
provides that" hereafter, when per
sons intermarry, the husband shall hod
be liable for the debts ofthe wife further
than the properly received through the
wife will satisfy, and that the property
received by the husband through thd
wife shall in no case be liable for the
debts, defaults or contracts ofthe hus
band existing at the time of the mar*
riage.” Several other States have look
ed into and secured woman’s rights in
this important particular.
Mr Fillmore’s Acceptance.—The
Wilmington Herald, in giving a sketch,
of the proceedings of the CJbfiffe'h'tih'fi bf
the American party of North Carolina,
held at Greensboro last week, says:
‘*J. H. Haugliton, E<q., addressed thft
Convention, stating that in a conversa
tion he had with the Hon John P. Ken
nedy that morning, that gentleman had
assured him that Mr. Fillmore, would
accept the nomination of tl.e parly for
President. Mr. Kennedy is one of the
confidential friends of Mr. Fillmore, iff
believed to be authorized to speak for
him, and therefore this statement may
jj® considered as settling the question as.
regards his acceptance or decimal on of
the nomination. Mr. Kennedy hap!
pened to pass through Greensboro yii
Thursday ou his way to Columbia.”
-A StranGe Head.—'the Napotvotf
(Affeansas,Sentinel, of Mtirch 21, says:
We W( re. shown by Df. Lebrader, a day
Last year there were 5,688 marriages
within the State of Kentucky. The
majority of the matrimonial alliances
were formed during the winter months,
December taking the lead. Most of the
brides were between 16 and 20 years of
age, and most of the grooms between 20
aud 25. Two ladies 70 years, one girl
at 12, and several under 15. Three
hundred and forty-six boys under 20
years of age were married during the
Women never loose sight of appearn-
ces. No matter how violent may be
a widow’s grief she never enjoys weep
ing with adequate gusto, unless her tears
are dried with a perfumed handker
chief. If Mrs. Muggins wears Mechlin
borders to her night-caps, it isn't'be
came her slumber will thereby be en
hanced in sweetness, but that she tnighi
make a taking appearerice in case of
fire during the night. Mrs. Muggins is
cousin to the old maid, who,when asked
why she wore gold fringed garters, said
she didn’t know * what might happen.”
or two since, a most singular and re
markable head—that of Fouchee, h cel ;
ebrated.cltief of the .Creeks. «j1 The sin
gularity of the head consists in two per
fect tnaoths—a front' and rear mouths,
with a double set of masticators to each. .
It is a ritmarkable fad that it made rtef
difference in bis earing or feeding opera
tions which mouth he used, us viiher
answered thesnme purpose, biit when-"
ever he imbibed from the rear tnouth,
drunkenness ensued much sooner .had
if he had taken it by the front. Such a
hdad is wortjiyof the Study of Anatonij!
of lie medical faculiy.” r - . t. f:
The World’s Shipping.—The Ger
man Quarterly Magazine has an article
on the world’s marine, from which it ap
pears that the waters of the earth are
anvignted by 145,000 vessels, of 12,904,-
087 tons. The United States have
5,500,000 tons of shipping, Great Brit
ain 5,000,000. Germany, including
Austria. 1,000,000, and France only
710,130 tons.
"Holloa !*’ ejaculated an anxious guar
dian to his lovely niece, as he entered
the parlor and saw heron the sofa in
the arms of a swain who just popped
the question, and sealed it with a smack,
“wbat’s the time of day now ?” "1 should
think it was about half-past twelve,” was
the cool reply; "you K» ws are almost
one.”
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A Thought.—From the moment we
drawn the first breath of life, our names
ire enrolled in the register of death.
We are almost tempted to become a con
vert to the practice of the-Thracians,
who wept beside the cradle, and danced
around the grave.
How refreshing it is to hear a man
advise another who is almost maddened
with * raging toothache, “never to
mind it hut go to sleep,” as though .a
toothache, like‘‘Macbeth was.riot quite
enough to mnrder sleep, ’’
A Cjrr this OuT.-—A correspondent of
the London Literary Gazette, alluding
to tlig numerous cases of deaths from/
accidental piosoning adds:? . ’.>j
I venture to affirm there is scare*
even a cottage in this country that does'
not contain ah invaluable, certain, im
mediate remedy for such events—noth
ing more than a desert spoonful of made
mustard, mixed in a tumbler of warm
water, arid drank immediately. It acts
as an emetic, is always ready, and may
be used with safety in any ca-e where
one is required. By making this simple'
antidote Known, you may be the ineauff
of saving many a fellowcreature from ait
untimely end. .
Close Calculation.—A Singular
Case.—A man seve ity three years of
ace recently died in the Indianna peni
tentiary, of an affection ofthe heart^-
He was a miser, was incarcerated for a.
forgery of 825, and has left a fortun * of
8100,000. He denied himself the
smallest luxury beyond the primn fare,-
and at the time of his arrest he wa‘A
tendered counsel, who pledged themf-
selves to clear him of the charge fof thhi
fee of S500. To this the old man re
plied, that "if couvicted, the sentenoe
would only be for two yean, arid he didn't
think he could make hic»-ff*apense*whd
two hundred and fifty dellsffs a year out
ofthe penitentiary, arid it would cos<
him nothing to live th«WL and he wottto
save thar much ariyhfcw f"
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