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VOLUME III. £jnKjNBHttfc£r -.=£3 * ATHENS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1856. ^wmp®—i * fisLfi%. at, ! --i&iHsP’'- »■ * ~ PUBLISHED WEEKLY, by JOHN H. CHRISTY, spits* *»» r«omi«to». Term* of Subscription TiVil n JLU.YRS pmnpin, if paid strictly in «J ,L' otherwise,THREE DOLLARS will be charged order »b»t the ;>riee ol the p*p*i way notbein lij w»y ot» Utg* cireilUllon, Cluvs Will be supplied lit «viva>* itthe follewln* low tale*. " six con As for ■-fEN •• for - - - JlSi — _ lOutD* rAd',ike Cceki*«ri«e*e»iy**f tkeenttr. 110, Kates of Advertising# friaiiiit nirertlienente willbelnicrted at One Ml»r i»*re<j:Mrefi>Tth« lirst.and Fifty Cent* petiquare ,t # icli euheeqwent i*«erti> n. 1 | rf jil and yearly a I rertisrineiit* at the usual rates lim lidste* will he charted for announcements -j.,*>itiitry noji«e*e*es*ui>ie«is line* in length will iflurted as adverfieeo.eeire. i he number of in eerrl«n#lsn«rmarlr*aoltaiiu irettoeuient. it will be published till forbid; and li.tsr.1 accordingly. ■jisiirsa nnii ^rnftssinnnl toils. c. 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.” 3m - 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" x- ■ 4*