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J. H. CHRISTY
Bditxur«nd Proprietor.
mamm
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STRIITLY IK ADVANCE.
Volume VI.
ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY, JTJLY 31, 1859.
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rjcii arrordiaiJy. < •
business prcctorn.
J. M. MATTHEWS,
attorney at law,
Xyl DAN1ELSV1LLE. GA.
PITNER’ENGLAND & FREEMAN.
\Vn olesales. RelailDealersin
GHOCBBIES, DBY GOOD3,
ii.uiD.inr., shoes amd boots,
A p ti l (j_ Broad Streat.ATHia*,
J. B. S. DAYIS,
attorney at law,
JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO , OA,
Rtrzszsct*-—Hob. Hugh Buchanan, Col. Wm.
!■. Wright, .Newo*n, Ga. Hay IS
JOHN II. CHRISTY,
(Proprietor Sou. Watchman and Franklin Job Other.)
PLAIMAMD FAMCT
BOOK and JOB PRINTER,
BROAD STREET, ATHEMS,
Jtlln-ork entrusted to him will be neatly, correctly
ind promptly eiecuted, at prices aa low as good teork
ein he dune any where. March, 1857.
W. W. LUMPKIN,
ATTORNEY AT XjA."W,
* THEM’S. GEORGIA.
v-cyiM. practice in all the enunlieeof the Was
\V <ern Circuit. Fanicularrttantion girea to
ollecliuns-
Office over White's Bonk Store.
JAMES A. CARLTON,
DKALKB. IK
Silk, Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
HARD WARE AND CROOKED Y.
April 6 No 3, Granite Kow, ATHENS
F. W. LUCAS,
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALER IM
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac.
pill 6 No 2, Droid Street, Atheim.
GRADY, NICHOLSON k CO.
Wholeealeand Retail Dealer*in
Staple and Faney Goods, Groceries,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, fco.
Lar|« New Brick Slot*, comer Bridge and Broad at a,
January I JtTHEJTS, Gm.
C. W. & H. R. J. LONG,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
J.u to ATHEMS, GA
T. BISHOP & SON,
Wholesale and Ratal I Dealer* in
Groceries, Hardware and Staple
Dry Goods,
May 1 .Vi 1. Bread Strict, A THEM’S.
0.
B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
A THEM’S, GEORGIA.
g^Rooma in Brick building North of the Poat Office,
i.ollece Avenue.
Jan3
WM. PHILLIPS,
ATTORNEY A.’V I.-A-'W,
MARIETTA, GA.
will practice in all theemtntiee ofthe Bine Ridge Oir
ruit, in the county of Fulton of the Coweta Circuit,
in the Supreme Court, and in tna U 8. Diat. Court,
at Marietta.
E81. COLT WM.C.COtBnt
COLT & COLBERT,
DEZIEBBI1I
taple Dry Goods, Groeenes, and
Hardware,
1855 No.9, Granite Row, Annans.Ga
WILLIAM L. MARLER,
ATTORNEY -A.T LAW,
JEFFERSOJ\f f JACKSOJT CO. GA.
ScrratNCKs.—Meters.MeLeateraand W 8Thomp>
•on, E*q«, Jefferson; D W Spence and W J Peeplea,
Faiqs. Lawrenceville; John U Nawton, C Peeplea and
J u Chri-jr. E^v
ATTORNEY -A-T LAW,
Athens, Georgia.
■ETTrliX a.tand promptly to all buaineaa earnest-
ft^ffice on Brosdrt’rost, ovsr I ■ M .Kannay *■ »to*a.
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
Dr. G. L Mc-CLESKEY,
H AVING removed to A<h.a«,oSH*hia(roCMslonal
service, to the citlxena of ihe town and country.
Wnbii eipethM of twenty year. constant
tlee. he hopes to merit sad .hire a liberal petrosa*,
auidence and ««c*, that which was formerly oecn-
piod hy rba lata Jadge Dougherty, ea College Awe-
ana, when ha may Im Awed. JaaV
JAMES M. ROYAL,
Harness-Maker,
Head of Wall Street, nearly opposite the old
State Bank, Athens, Go.
K EEPS siwap* on hand a ganerelasaortment of
•rtklwin Ua Itw, and is always ready to fln
orneiain the baatatyla 1 JgaSC
TAYLOR k LUMPKIN,
(COLLEGE A FEMUR, ATHEMS, GEORGIA,J
Dealers in
S UGAR.COITbe, Hois****, rij
wiaea, brandies, Cigana
variety of article usually kept in the Grocery
Feb 3, 1659.
sawsepsc
eyt io the Grocery Eae.
T. W. WALKER,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
0
FFICE over the new Jewelry Store of Maaan
MandeviHe, Broad Street. . MM
J. W. HANCOCK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DANIEL5VIGLE, GA.
ORNAMENTAL
C A8T. WROUGHT AND COMPOSIT
IRON RAILING, WIRE-WORK. IRON
FURNITURE AND STATUARY, for an
«h>aing CEMETERY LOT8, DWELLINGS.
PUBLIC SQUARES, WINDOWS,‘WARE
HOUSES, GARDENS uml VERANDAHS,
Ac.. Ac.
W« art the only Agent In this place for the
Celebrated Composit Iron Bailing,
combining the cheapness anti beanty of Cast
and ' strength and durability of Wrought
Work. And Itaving made arrangements witli
ihg Oldest and Best Manufacturers in the
country, in connection with our own facili
ties, wa arc prepared to fill order, for'any
of the ahove work of the Latent Design* and
Recent Patents, and with prices as low aa
can he had anywhere.
. Hr Call and examiue specimens of Rail
ing and Rooks of Design* at the Worka of the
Athens Steam Company, or addreta
REUBEN NICKERSON. Agent.
May 26. *
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
whoUmmic An d retail
Bookseller and Stationer,
Andjr*msfm?er*md MagmuntAftnt.
DEALER IN
MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LAMF8.riHCCtm.KRT, FANCY OUODS.iC.
College Avenue, corner oppoMtetheFoat Office
Orders promptly filled at Augaeta rates. Marl
J. F. OKELLEY,
Resident Ambrotypist,
ATHENS. GEORGIA.
T) OOMS in the building cn the comer, oppo-
IV site the Post Office, Up stairs. Sep 24
COACH-MAKING AND REPAIRING
JAMES B~. BURPEE,
A, the old stand of R. 8. Schevensll,
offer* for sale a lot of superior articles of Meown ■
nfactnre, at reduced prices—cooaietlag of
Carriages, Buggies, Rockaways.&c.
Orrian for any thing in Ua linn will ha thankfully
received and promptly oxocnted.
9£r REPA1RIMG done at short notice and on reas
onable terms. tf January 1
A. M. WYNG & CO.,
-DEALERS IK
Hardware, Crockery, China and Glass,
inn 1857 Brood Street,ATHEMS, G*.
W. A. PATMAN.
D EALER in Hardware, Cutlery, Carriage
Trimming, Wood and Tin Warn, Stoves
and G rates. Noils, Caatinge and Agricultural
Implimcnls. Corner Broad A Wall Street
Athens Ga. April 14
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
REMOVAL OF THE
L AN IK R H O U SR."
S M. LANIER would announce to the
. public that he has removed from the old
“ Franklin House” to the “ Newton Home,"
formerly occupied by W. Crawford, which
will hereafter lie known as the "Lanier
House.” W i th fad I ities superior to any here
tofore, for the accommodation of ths public,
the proprietor hopes that all who favor him
with their patronage will be pleased witli
the new arrangement.
fffiT* A comfortable omnibus is always
ready to convey passengers to and from ihe
depot.
Jan. 27,1859.—tf.
Coach Making.
R S, SCHEVENELL A M. M. TURBY-
. FILL, have formed themselves into a
Co-Partnership in the above business and re
spectfully solicit the patronage of their
friends and public generally.
K S SC EVEN ELL,
M. M. TURBYFILL,
Feb. 3,1859.—ly.
BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, &c.
JOSEPH PAT AT
W O ULD announce to the citizens of Athens
and vicinity, that he has opened a Be
keix and Couf«rl|tmfrv at..Hniiin«H-fet4ry~-
tiAJUUJUi
imm
MYYVVYi
M&dison Springs,
Madison county, Ga.
HIS well known Watering Place wilt be
opened on 1st day June neat, for the re
ception and accomodation of visitors, and io
faet. it is stwayg ready, as tbs proprietors
both live on the promise*: It i* uausless for u-
to say anything about the Madison Spring, it
Is so well known throughout the State, and
favorably known, that-we deem it a Waste of
time; but as this notice may strike the «-ye
of some one not acquainted- with the beauties,
climate, waters, pure and bracii.g afr, variety,
scenery and the society, we wHl say it has
advantages over any other Watering Place
in the Southern Country, and wa would most
cordially iuvite your attention this way. fyr
roost all diseases which-the human family
are subject to, these waters have a meet
bappy effect.
have a Band of Mntic, inferior to none.
Sacred, Parlor and Martial.
How, what more can we say, but ask you this
way.
And if we do you no good, well charge you
no pay.
Two lines of Stages will be in readiness at
the Depot, in Athens, on the arrival of the
Cars, to take passengers immediately on to
the Springs, nud persons leaving Augusta or
Atlanta in the night trains, will reach the
Springs the same day to dinner.
June 2. SCOTT TYNER.
Augusta Chronicle A Seminal, Savannah
Republican. Macon Journal A Messenger.
National American. Atlanta, Constitutional
ist, Augusta, and Columbus Times phase
copy and forward their bills to S. A T.
©’KELLEY’S
Photographic Gallery!
ATHENS, GA.
P HOTOGRAPHIC Portraits, copied from
Life ; Dnguereotype*. Arobrotvpes, $c.,
enlarged to Cabinet or Life sice, and beauti
fully colored by the best Artists.
The citisens of Athens, and public gener
ally, are respectfully invited to the above
style of Pictures, which is the most accurate,
beautiful, and durable representation of na
ture that ran be produced by auy process
known, and much the cheapest, when we
take into consideration tbeir value.
To those who do not find it convenient to
visit Athens, and bnving Ambrutypes or Da
guerreotypes that they wish copied,' they
have ouly to direct them to my address, and
I will forward them a Photnpraph enlarged
to any size specified, beautifully co.ored, and
put up in the liest oval gilt framea, at the
following low prices:
8 by 10 inches, with Oval GiltFrame, $25 00
12 " 14 •• u “ - “ “ 35 00
20 “ 24 " " “ - “
Life size, 60 00
Yon are respectfully invited to call and
examine specimen* of plain or colored Pho
tograph* and Ambrotypes.
Beug permanently located in Athens, 1
sm determined to furnish Pictures, of all
kinds, at the lowest Cash prices.
BAoms opposite the Post Office, op stairs'
June * J. F. O KELLEY.
GEORGIA—Jackson County.
W HEREAS J. M. Adair applies tome
for Letters of Adniiui
thing in liia line.
An experienced and skillful Baker is em
ployed. who wiH bake fresh bread and cakes
every day. •
Fresh Oysters alweya on hand, and served
J. w. REAVES Sr CO.
D
WHOL.CS VLB A SI D a «T AIL
T.M.ER8 in Groceries, Dry Goods, croecery,
Hardware, 4c. ...
No. 15. under Franklin House,
Broad Street, Athens. Ga.
II. GILLELAND,
DENTIST.
WA TKINS V1LLE OA*
R espectfully solicits the patronage
of the surrounding country.
or Full iMituiuctiutt will b« fpv«n in their
profession. April 22.—-ii
Blacksmithing.
T HB subscriber has commenced the above
business at the stand formerly occ- p"
by Mr. Monteilh,on Foundry street; wh
he will be ptaaeed to receive a share of pub
lic patronage. HU work will be done in good
style, at modefate prices. J. 0, ORR.
Atiicns. Fcb. 3, 1859.
WHITE & RITCH,
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL
Clothiers and Merchant Tailors
Broad Attest, ATUENB.Ca.
f SLOAN & OATMAN,
DCALEC8IB
Italian Egyptian A Ametiean
STATUARY,
AND EAST TENNESSEE MARBLE
M ONUMENTS,Tomhs, Urn* sad V*»**;..Marhte
Ms I. and urn shisf Markls. sj-AKoriso
promptI; ed. ATLAMTA, GA.
... Jsatsw,
8el.rto.Mr Kuss Crane
J. R. DAVIS,
land BROKER. COLLECTOR AND
general agent.
D<'*INES8 attendeduiib say oowitF ef Ibis Slats
of Jscksnassd EIH* «u—is. _
Oct 30 ty AUGUSTA, GA.
in any style, at short notice
A aha
,ra of the public palronngs is respect
ing soBeited. J»»»-«0-
reTore. to cite nnd admonish
all and singular, the kindred and creditors
of said deceased to file tbeir objections (it
any they have) why the administration of
said estate should not be granted to the
applicant at the next August Term of the
Court of Ordinary of said county.
Given under my hand at office. Jnue
J2d. 18S9- JOHN 0. PITTMAN,
SO Ordinary.
Notice.
iwo months after date appli-.afione will
_ be made to the Court of Ordinary of
Clarke couuty for leave to sell all the land
and negroes tielonging to the estate of George
N. Thompson, late of said eouuty, deceased
HILLMAN JACKSON, Acn.'r.
June .0, 1859.
BENABDO J. ARZE,
BARBER AND HAiR-DRESSER,
R ETURNS his thanks for poet patronage,
and respictftdly solicits a continuance
of the same, at hi* old stand, corner ef Bread
and Spring streete:
Athens, Jan. 13, 1819.
PATRICK BARRY,
N O Tf ukta occasion to return his thanks
' to- his farmer liberal patron*. Ho re-
s pec if ally solicit sa ce«u uaaooeef their one
tom. and inritee all to examine bit
stock of
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and
SHOES!
H* has laid in aa ample supply of Su
perior Silk Hats, French Hats, (■
new art Sole of exquisite texture. ) nnd fino
Woolen Hats Of all shades ami qnalittes.
Velvet, Cloth and Glazed Caps.
ALS0-
ATHENS STEAM COMPANY,
R. NICKERSON, Aosirt It fair’s.
Vf ANUFAltTUItEltS of Circular »SW BEH1*.
1*1 Steam Bugtnes.forcintaaOhftinx PUMPS,
■»»rti*o sod 31 .ohisbst ; Mtiv,W.a.sa4 all other
«*<!• of GEARING. Iso* sad Batts CiOwsMof#*-
“7 4*»cription. 83UTHING.R*p*iris«*r4 riaiahutf
P'Mapilyoiecated. Meat patwras of fronffsairiaB,
Kc. Terra.c..h. J*a8.1857.
DR. H. A. L0WRANCE,
Resident Dentist.
^ ATHENS. GEO
I)°0MS si His corusr, north 01 Ihe Nswton Ilo nas
-><-usual., Jssla
I. M. KENNEY,
(Nert door abort the Bank of Athens,)
CONSTANTLY SKITS OK MACD
Staple & Fancy Dry G«o4i
*N0 CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
^•spior etsh, or to prompt paying enswwwrs. |Jsal
meqi
Lndiet*. Boys' nnd Mieses’
Gaiters, Slippers, Bootees.
Is every verietyof style, t» which he would
sail special atu-i.iien.
Besides Iris stock of ready gisde boots and
shoe*, be it preparwl on the shortest notice
to make as neat a boot ae airy manufacturer
in the town. Having experienced workmen
always iu hie. ehop and a plentiful supply
of leather and findings, such aa
FINE CALF SKIN & SOLE LEATHER*
LINING AND BINDINGS,
He is <. i,aided to mors than sustain his
long established reputstbm.
11EMKMBER
There is no excuse for going ill-shed when
y..a can always t«» * neat fitting and su
stnntial boot or shoe hy eaUlng at
Athens, April 28. P. BARRY’S
t*w Davenport’s Rat Poison,
I. M. KENNEY.
HARDY’S
Colebrated Axle Grease.
TT C°mbine9 all the blauduers of Oil, with
A the free greasy nature of tallow, aud
««tothe a- , ialw cool Bn<1 clean. It i* ion jueposiioncp. ms. T*fr? v 7 r **T , ^r # '
*»' the most economical grea>e in n*e. tor J , M .. Wl) it not on hand obtained nt short no
Junes* ° RADT ’ NICHOLSON it Co. j if ;. s „| d only for cad. ^ ^
American Sunday School Union
Publications.
E MBRACING Libraries, Question Book*.
Spellers, Primers, and the other Works
most c tiled for, will be found here-fter at the
Bookstore of the undersigned, and sold at tin
same prices as at the Philadelphia & Charles
ton Depositories. A supply expeeted.daily.
Clarke Sheriff’s Sale.
-yylLL be sol <1, on the firat Tuesday in
August next, before the court hodse
door,in the town of Walkinaville, Clarke
county , within the legal hours of sale, the
following property, to wii:
Ooe tract of land, in ClaTke county
little Sandy creek,coutning seventy-two and
one-fourth aeree, bo tbe anno more or less,
being one-third part of the tract of luLd
whereon James Talbot live. Levied upon
as Ifac property of Wiley. M Hinesley, to
satisfy a fi fa issued from the Superior Court
of Chttko county in favor of David Richard-
eon ve the said Wiley W. Hinea y. This
24th Juno. 1859. I S VINCENT, Sh’ff.
June SO
Clarke Mortgage Sheriff’s Sale.
O N the firat Tuesday in September next,
will be sold be'ore tbe can* house door
in Ihe town of Watkinsville. Clarke county,
within the l.galof hoOrS of sale, the fallow
ing property, to wit:
One negro woman, slave, by the nsma of
Matilda, about ihirt -oaeyears old, and her
ohHd Mali all, about one year old. Levied
a pen aeihe property of Aaron Crow, to satisfy
one fi la issued upon foreclosure of mortgage
from the Inferior court of **U county, in
favor of John O Thrasher r* tbe said Aaron
Crow. This 24ih June. 1859.
June So I S VINCENT, Sh’ff.
LEAD AND OILS.
A LARGE and fresh supply id Unseed Oil,
Lrtul. Zinc and paints uf all kinds; also.
SprrdCTiam. Lamp aud l-ard Oil*, just rve’d
and far sale at reduced ptires, hy
May 19 C W A H R J LONG
8ign Negro-and Mortar.
POETRY,
Dabs AND B0.
Upwards—onward! Fellow workman;
Ours the battle-field of life;
Ne’er a foot of foeman yielding,
-Pressing closer midst the strife 1
Forward! in the strengtli of manhood—
Forward I in the fire of youth—
Aim at **»mi-thing, ne’er surrender—
Arm thee in the mail of truth.
Though thy. way be strewn with dangers,
Summer ram-drops lay the dost;
Faith and lm|ie are two-edged weapons
Which will ne’er belie their trust;
Shrink not. though a host surround thee.
OnVsrd 1 Duty’s path pursue;
All wlio gild the page of history,
Knew the brave words—dare and do I
Miller was a rough stouf n
* lamith.
Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Keats and Hood
Franklin, Jerrold. Burn* and Giflord,
Had to toil as we for food.
Yes: these men, with minds majestic.
Sprang from ranks the rich call poor.
Ca-t a halo round brown labor;
Had to wrestle—fight—endure.
Forward, then, bright ayei are beaming,
Fight nor loae thy Conqueror’s Crown,
Sliotch thy right lmnd—seize thy birthright.
Take it—wear it, ’*i* thine own.
Slay the gi.uts which beset tbae,
Rise to manhood—glory—fame,
Take thy pen, and in the volume
Of tbe gified, write thy name.
MISGKLLANY.
Number 17.
of SoloiDOD, and several of tbe Apo- ly upon the
hnr^on ri 00k8 h O ^ the c 0 L i ^ Sta m ent ’ BeoW€(i something familiar in’ these
but then the whole of the New Testa- low rich tones. Their eyes tne“
ment.
his beaming with love and tender-
Ross—her’s gleaming with wild un
certainty. “Violetta!”—Allend orfP
And the beautiful girl sank, from ex
cess of joy upon his manly breast end
noble heart, throbbing with the pure,
holy, delicious love of other days.
Allendorf bent tenderly, over her,
and bathed her pure white temples
with the gushing tears of deep,
!ued joy. While doing
The Coelle Trade of Cuba.
The Havana correspondent of the
New Orleans Picayune, in a recent
letter, thus alludes to the Coolie trade
of that Island:
The French ship. Alexander Balli,
Captain Ferrau, arrived at this port
on the 27th from Macao and St. He
lena, after a voyage of 128 days, hav- ,
mg on board 893 Coolies, for Cuban ! * h ? u S h s . u _
service under eight year contracts. | l ius » vloletu 8 father, Rip Van
The number of Coolies shipped for I f nort » was seen approaching the
a.* a: at—. i. lovers “
of this great American Union, he is
free to go wherever the winds and
waves may carry him. The eye of
that Eagle watches over his every
step; that flag waves proudly over
his head whether upon land or water,
in a palace or a dungeon; and the
power that dares to interfere with his
personal liberty whilst ho is engaged
in lawful enterprise, and not ofiend-
ing against the criminal or penal code
of that power, dishonors that Eagle
and disgraces that flag, to which
appeals for his deliverance if it doeu
The Planters Need not be Alarmed.
Weeks ago we offered some ob
servations to show that the price of
cotton would not be permanently re
duced below a remunerating stand
ard by the war. "We gave reasons,
which in our judgement, were suf
ficient to prove that our planters need
not be alarmed, but might keep right
on planting and attending to their
domestic labors just as though the
fiery cauldron of war in Europe were
not bubbling and seething in terrible
commotion.
Already, facts are beginning to
show that our reasoning rested npou
a solid basis. Cotton is beginning
to recover from its temporary decline.
It may oscillate yet more, but we are
at a loss to discover any substantial
reasons why it should go down, and
remain down below a remunerating
price to our planters. Unless the
war should become general and rage
with unprecedented fury, lighting up
all Europe in a red conflagration,
there is no probability that manu
facturing operations will materially de
cline, either in Great Britian, France,
or Germany. There is capital enough
to carry them on, and despite the
drain which-the waf creates, there is,
and will be labor enough. Nor will
war cause any material falling off in
the demand for manufactured goods.
The soldiers that go to war must
have clothing to wear, and it must
be paid for. In the nations not in
volved in it, the existence of the war
cannot affect materially the demand
for goods. *How, then, is the war
going to interfere with manufactures
or the demand for the raw material.
We cannot see how it can do so.
Hence it appears to ns that the de
mand for oar cotton will continue to
be equal to the supply, and that the
planters of the South have no just
cause for any undue alarin. It be
hooves them aB prudent men at all
times to keep their eyes and ears
open, to pursue a policy that, so far
as possible, will not make them depen-
think that they can
tenor of tluur way, nor neeu iBd’reo
thunderbolts of war that are descend
ing upon fair Italy.
The fact is, nothing but the direst
necessity, such a necessity aa will
scarcely arise, can interfere with the
manufactures of our greatest custS*
mer Great Britain, and until this is
the case there cannot be any material
interruption to the demand for our
great staple, and the great staple of
the world. The manufacture of cot
ton has ■ entered so deeply into tbe
very core of English industry, has
interlaced itself so closely and so
intricately with the thread of British
life, wealth and commerce, that the
blow which paralyzes or seriously af
fects it, roust he terrible indeed. The
stroke that should lay in the dust the
manufactures of England, would
shatter the “fast anchored isle” it
self into fragments, if it did not
topple from their high places, king
doms, principalities and powers at
the same insiant. No such stroke is
likely to be felt, and no such results
to follow.
Great Britain has a throne, and
upon it sits a Queen, but above the
throne of Victoria, and beyond her
control, is the throne of British man
ufactures; on this throne Cotton is
King. To him even her Majesty
must pay homage. It is so written
in the books, sealed, and may hot be
altered.—N. O. Bulletin.
Havana from Asiatic ports, oSCOrding
to the record I have kept since the
beginning of the enterprise, now
amounts45,328, of which 33,447 have
been delivered alive, and 6,935 died
on the passage. The trade is now
pretty generally distributed between
England, the United States, Spain,
France, Holland, Portugal, Bremen,
Norway, Chili and Peru, but not by
any means equally. England has
been from the beginning, and is Btill,
by far the most enterprising and ex
tensive shipper. Her citizens, locat
ed here, were among the earliest con
tractors, and for many years mono
polized the trade. Having made
their fortune, however, many of them
have retired from the field, and at a
fortunate time, as thereby they avoid
the obligation to return the emigrants,
“after eight years’ service, free of ex
pense, to the ports from whence they
were shipped,” as was stipulated in
their contracts.
These 45,328 emigrants were ship
ped here in 106 vessels, of which 36
were British, 17 American, 14 Dutch,
13 Spanish, 12 French, and the rest
divided among the flags mentioned.
The moral and political evil of this
abnormal immigration iuto the island
is already beginning to be apparent,
not only in their own insubordination,
but in that of the African race, with
which they come in contact. But
what is to be done is not so clear.—
There does not seem to be any way
of securing the return of the Asiatics,
unless the Government should do it
at its own expense. It is not likely,
indeed, that over twenty or twenty-
five per cent, of those brought here
eight years since, are to be found to
day ; but, with constantly increasing
importation, this remnant will soon
become a dangerous element to our
organization.
As to treatment of the Coolies on
our estates, it is said to be kind; in
deed, the law expressly forbids any
cruel punishment being inflicted upon
them. But their tenure of life is very
frail. Debilitated by the long and
immoderate use of opium, their con
stitutions break down on the first ex
posure, and render them peculiarly
liable to any epidemic that may be
prevailing. The opium is brought in
small quantities, the better to evade
the revenue laws, and distributed by
Chinese agents of the European spec
ulators. But the evil does not stop
with the demoralization of the Coolie.
The African race quick’y learn the
use and become the slaves of the
enervating narcotic, the evil effect of
which is daily seen, on every planta
tion where the two races are domes
ticated together.
ves ninety or one nuridreU.
The camel grows for eight years,
and lives forty years.
The horse grows for five years, and
lives fifteeh or twenty years.
The lion grows for four years, and
lives twenty years.
The dog grows for two years, and
lives twelve or fifteen years.
The cat grows for one and a half
years, and lives nine or ten years.
The hare grows for one year, and
lives about eight years.
The guinea pig grows seven months,
and lives for six or seven years.
The rule by which the above table
has been made out, is one which
French philosophers profess to have
discovered, viz: that animal life is
extended to a term about equal to five
times that which it requires to arrive
at maturity from birth.
lovers with a flail. "Allendorf saw
the patriarch, and just as he was turn
ing the corner of the red barn, the
father gave him a whack upon his
rear with the flail, that placed him
on the “other side of Jordan.” Vio
letta, driven to distraction, threw
herself upon the grass, and for a
long, long‘hour, was deaf to every
consolation.
Origin of the Prairies.
Professor Wilber, State Geologist,
of Illinois, has recently delivered a
series of admirable lectures on his
favorite scienee. We copy from the
Gennesse Republic the following ab
stract of his theory on the origin and
formation of the parties;
Prof. Wilber adopts the theory that
at one time—very far back in its his
tory—this vast country formed a
portion of tlie bottom of the ocean—
that through the eruptions caused
by the unnatural heat, together with
the labor and activity of those master-
masons, the coral insects, our con
tinent was raised to its present posi
tion above the a ater. To prove this
bold proposition, he refers to the
many indicia of salt water presence,
the frequent occurrence of shells
which legitimately belong to ani
mals of the sea—the evidence fur
nished by the rocks, of the labor of
zoophytes, unmistakable in its de
velopment; the fiequent discovery
of the remains of monsters of the Bea,
deeply imbedded in our limestone
system, the existence upon our sys
tem of huge boulders, the former
appanages of polar shores, drifted far
away to the southwest imbedded in
huge frames of ice, and drowned
down at length upon the ocean’s bed,
whence they arose with our continent.
The arguments, if not quite con
clusive, are eminently suggestive, and
should open the eyes of thinking men
to the wondrous mysteries buried
deep in the earth upon which we so
familiarly tread.
The existence of our prairies is ac
counted for in this wise. The result
of the ‘‘drift system” was to give to
this part of the country a soil of un-
paralled fertility; and arising from
this, were the very long grasses which
are peculiar to this soil alone lux
uriant and undisturbed, they grew to
a great height, and fairly wove the
surface of the earth with a thick, al
most impenetrable covering. In the
autumn, when this mass of com
bustible matter was dry, how easy
for a shaft of lightning to send a
conflagration from one boundary of
the country to the other. The sprout
ing twigs of sturdier growth would
perish by the frequent occurrence of
these fires, and hence the treeless ap-
TV .U alj.
posed to have been long subsequent
to the first period mentioned, regular
ly burned the prairie grasses, for the
purpose of driving the game into
more circumsoribed quarters, so that
it might fall an easier prey to their
arrows, and to lessen the difficulty
of travelling.—Life Illustrated.
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May 19,1859.
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- Important Biblical Discovery.
The London Athenreum says that
Professor Tischendorf, who had been
sent by the Russian Government on
a journey of scientific exploration; in
a letter from Cairo, dated 15th
March, says:
The most important of these dis
coveries is a manuscript of the Holy
Scriptures, from the fourth century,
consequently as old as tho famous
manuscript of the Vatican, which
hitherto, in all commentaries main
tained the first ranK. This it will
have to share In future with the new
ly discovered manuscript, if Herr
Tischendorf he not mistaken. 346
beautifully fine parchment leaves, of
such size that only two can have
been out of one skin, it contains the.
greatest- part of the Prophets, the
Psalms, the Bookjof Job, the Book of
Creely Meets a Slave Dealer.
We find the following going the
rounds of ‘he Western journals:
Horace Greely, at Leavenworth,
met a gentleman who expressed great
pleasure at seeing so distinguished a
philanthropist, and in wishing him
sue jess.
“Indeed,” replied Mr. Greely, “I
am happy to hear such sentiments,
and to see such men as yourself,
where I did not expect the least
sympathy, in this land where the
iniquity of the nation is so firmly
rooted. God be praised. The Work
goes bravely on.”
“With your aid,’’returned Mr. W.
“slavery will soon cease to exist in
Missouri. The number of slaves is
now fast decreasing. I am myself
doing something towards removing
them. Only last week I took away
thirteen.”
“My good friend how? where to?”
“To New Orleans.”
“Great God!” exclaimed Horace,
“what a dealer in human souls!”
“Yes, sir, if that is what you call
it. I buy and sell negroes. I am
indebted to you for the profits of my
business. Slaveholders here sell me
their slaves for half their value in
the South, to keep your disciples
from stealing them.’ 5
Giants.
The bed of Og, was twenty-seven
feet long and seven febt broad. The
height of Goliath was eleven feet;
his coat weighed one hundred and
fifty, and spear nineteen pounds.—
The body of Orestes Agememnon,
leader of the Grecian expedition
against Troy, was eleven and a half
feet high. Maximus, anative of Spain,
the Roman Emperor, was nine feet
high. Maximus, originally from
France, another Roman Emperor,
was eight and a half feet high. His
wife’s bracelets served him for finger
rings. His strength was such, that
lie could draw a loaded wagon, break
a horse’s jaw with his fist, crush the
hardest stone with his fingers and
cleave trees with his hand. His vo
racity was equal to his strength, eat
ing forty-two pounds of flesh, and
drinking nineteen bottles of wine
daily. Byrne and O’Brien, Irish
giants, were eight feet high. A Ten
nessee giant, died, seven feet high,
weighing more than one thousand
pounds. The Kentucky giant was
seven feet ten inches high.
not afford him prompt relief and re
dress.”
The Popularity of “Napoleon” In Parte.
The editor of tbe Baltimore Amer
ican, in one of his interesting letters
from Paris, has the following:
The popularity of Napoleon and
his entire family is shown on every
fitting occasion in a manner that can
not be mistaken, unless we set down
the people of Paris as the veriest pol
troons in Christendom. They must
either be a deceitful and cringing
race and are playing the sycophant,
or they are a happy and -contented
people. As an instance, on every
fair afternoon the family of Prince
Napoleon and Prince Jerome drive
out from the Palace Royal in open
carriages. The opening of the gates
attracts a throng of several hundred
persons in a few moments, and as
they pass out they are greeted with
all the cordial marks of respect and
politeness that a Frenchman is capa
ble of. So, also, when they sit on
the balcony facing the gardens, there
is usually a throng of not less than
a thousand persons gazing at them,
and this was the case this afternoon
for upwards of two hours. The name
of Napoleon, indeed, seems to be
held in higher reverence at the pre
sent time than ever before, as is evinc
ed by the wreaths and symbols of re
spect daily hung upon the railings of
the Napoleon Column, in the place
Vendome by the poorer classes of the
people. Every rail bears one of these
simple but earnest emblems of love
and reverence, whilst a large number
of them, with boquets of flowers, are
placed around the pedestal of the
column.
Romance or the Needle.
The “Christian Intelligencer, of
June 2, thus discourses about' the
exploits of the needle :
“What a wonderful thing is this
matter of sewing ! It began in Para
dise, and was the earliest fruit of
the fall. Amidst the odor of flowers,
and by the side of meandering
streams, and under the shade of the
dark green foliage the cowering forms
of the guilty progenitors of our race
bowedriir anguish and shame, as they
took their first lessons in the art
which has ever since been the mark
of servitude or sorrow. And yet the
curse has been not without its bless
ing.
“The needle with the thimble has
done more for man than the needle
of the compass. The needle work of
the Tabernacle is the most ancient
record of the art. Early used to
adorn the vestments of the priests, it
was honored by God himself, and be
came a type of beauty and holiness.
“The king’s daughter is all glorious
mthin ;rbai L ulmhing ia nf, it ran
The magmhccnce ot Kingly poi
magnificence oi “ngly pol
the imposing sp&cttteles of religion or
wealth, the tribute -of-honor to the
great, the charm of dignified society,
the refined attractions of beauty, are
dependent upon the needle ”
A One-Horse Navel.
_ Violetta started conclusively, and
Jesus, Sirach, the*Proverbs, the Song 1 turned her tear drenched eyes wild-
John Minor Botts on Naturalization.
A number of our naturalized citi
zens on the 11th inst. addressed a
letter to John Minor Botts, of Vir
ginia, then in New York, asking his
views on the letter of Secretary Cass,
which declares that naturalization
here does not exempt a foreigner from
the claim of his country if he volun
tarily returns to his native country.
Mr. fiottH, under date of the 13th
inst., answers in an elaborate argu
ment, taking ground directly opposed
to Secretary Cass, and summing up
his argument as follows :
“My views on this question may
bo thus summed up: \\hen one
plants himself under the wing of the
American Eagle, which he is pledg
ed and sworn to support and defend;
when he enrolls his name upon, tho
ample folds of the Stars and Stripes
race, is founded on immutable facts,
and facta are a species of antagonists
that we decline meeting in the field
of controversy witli any kind' of
theories with which the profession
could furnish us. We haire many
friends among the faculty, and possi
bly some of them may consider the
cures effected by the use of Pro
fessor Holloway’8 Pills anti Ointment
an innovaton on their righta. If so,
it is a trespass which the sick will
approve, and which every philan-
throphist—with whose interest it does
not interfere—is sure to commend.—
Memphis Appeal"
Wlto are tbe Black Republicans.
Democratic authorities are in the
habit of asserting that the Black Re
publican party was built out of Whig
materials. Col. Netherland, the Op
position candidate for Governor of
} ciiuessee, has called attention to the
fact Yhat every Abolition and Free-
soil candidate for Presidency has been
taken from the Democratic party, and
Mr. Sneed, an Opposition candidate
for Congress in the same State, in
his opening speech at Germantown
the other day, made the following
significant announcement, as report
ed in the Bulletin:
Mr. Avery had intimated that the
whole Black Republican strength had
been derived from the Whig party.—
Now, what are the facts ? In the last
Senate there were twenty-two Black
Republicans; of these fifteen were
Democrats and seven had acted, with
the old Whig party. In the House
the Black Republicans had ninety-
two ; of this number forty-nine had
been Demoorats.”
Insanity Among Negroes. -*
In Lousinana, the proportion of
insane negroes is 1 iu 2^8^ in
South Carolina, 1 in 2,999 ; in
Massachusetts, one in forty-three-, in
Maine, one in fourteen; showing,
conclusively that freedom does not
agree with au African’s understand
ing- ,
■ The deaths among the Africans in
New York are twice as numerous as
those of the whites in the same city.
The number of the black population
in the West India Islands is steadily
and rapidly decreasing. The disease
from which the greatest mortality
proceeds is pulmonary consumption,
arising, it has been suggested, from
the want of adequte nutriment, in the
most fertile section of the world, but
which the African is too indolent to
cultivate. It is computed that, 'at
the present rate of diminution—a
tenth part of the whole population
every four years—fhe negro race
will have almost ceased to exist in the
British West India colonies, before
the termination of another century.—
Rich Bis.
“Colonel, will you lend me .a hun
dred to-day ?” “Can’tpossibly do it,
sir! I never loan a man money the
second time, when he disappoints me
the first.'’ “Some mistake, I reck
on, Colonel, I paid you the fifty I had
last week,’’ “That’s just it. I nev
er expected it back. So you disap
pointed me. Can’t do it, sir; sorry
to say I can’t do it on principles.”
A Gem.—It has been eloquently
The Man of Many Remedies.
The invalid who takes hold of the
drag list as if it were a bill of .fare,
and is continually changing from one
item to another, like a green guest at
a hotel dinner, stands a fair chance
of killing himself before he has
exhausted the catalogue of poisons.
Some constitutions will bear this kind
of “medical treatment’’ longer than
others, but anything short of a case
hardened system, lined with asbestos,
andfurnished with gutta-perehanerves
and steel fiinews, must succumb
at last. We trust, however, that
this plan of transferring the whole
materia medica to the stomachs of
the sick, is nearly obsolete. Half
the world already understands that
the.two inestimable remedies intro
duced by Professor Holloway arc suf
ficient for all internal and external
ailments. The other half is fast
verging to the same opinion. It is
safe to predict that the day is not
distant when the pharmacocpia will
be revised down to a very minute
volume, which may perchance “grow
small by degrees and - beautifully
less,” until It vanishes altogether,
Venerable errors are not immortal.
Thfy must die, and if they are de
cently buried with the respect due to
old nge, it is the most-that can be
expected for them.
Wo have our prejudices, like other
folks, and they, stick to ns like
barnacles, forming a sort of armor
which the sword of truth cannot al
ways readily penetrate. But when
we see sores of twenty years stand
ing cured iu six weeks by Hoiloway’s
Ointment, and’ chronic dyspepsia of
the most distressing kind relieved in
a few days by Holloway’s Pills, (and
that these wonders have been ac
complished repeatedly is beyond dis
pute,) what are we to say ? To deny
the efficacy of remedies that work-
such apparent miracles, would he
mere fatuity. We shall not thus
3tuhify ourselves. The reputation of
his medicines as specific for three-
fourths of the maladies of the human
tors, or the throngs of busy men, we
should find her last retreat with wo
men at the fireside. Her last audi
ence would be the children round th'o
knee of a mother; the last sacrifice
the secret prayer escaping in silence
from her lips, and heard perhaps, on
ly at the throne of God. *
\\To Stop Bleeding of the Hosei—
Extraordinary as it may appear, says
an exchange, a piece of brown paper
folded and placed between the upper
lip and the gum, will stop bleeding of
Try ‘
the nose.
it.
A Printer’s Toast.
The Printer: The master of all
trades. He beats the farmer with
his fast “JJbe” the carpenter with his
rule, and the mason in setting tall
columns; he surpasses the lawyer
and doctor in attention to case, and
beats the parson in his management
of the devil.
A— SHAW*
Manufacturer and Dealer In all kinds of
FURNITURE.
MAIN STREET, MADISON, GA.,
R ESPECTFULLY informs bis friends and.
the public generally, lhat he is now re
ceiving his Spring Stock ot Furniture, from
New York util Philadelphia, which, together
with his stock <>f Home Manufacture,
uiukes his assortment the most desirable io
make selections from, ip the up-country. Hit
Ftock consists of a large number of BureaUB,
vevying from $20 to $75.
Rosewood and Mahogany Wash-Stands;
Rosewood, Mahogany,and Wnlnut Jenny Lind
Bedsteads;Centre nud Sofa Table; Quartette,
‘>y the set or single; Hat Stnnds ami Towel
Rarka, Cottage Chairs, aud tbe celebrated
Cotttnge BEDSTEADS.
Also, on hand, Gilt and Rosewood Mould
ing*. of different sizes, which can be cut and
put together, in frames of any size, at short
notice.
N. B. Sofas and Mahogany Rocking Chair*
nnd al other Furniture, repaired with neat
ness and dispatch.
Furniture boxed and delivered at the Madi
son Depot, to go up or down the road, Free
of Charge pAj/L
{gT* Orders at home and from abroad re-
pectfnlly solicited. May 26—ly.
NEW BOOT and SHOE
ESTABLISHMENT.
C harles hughes, (late of the firm
Barry A Hughes,) has opened a BOO! and
SHOE ESTABLISHMENT on Jackson st,
opposite Buesse’e. where he is prepared to do
nil kinds of work in his line in the most
tuperior style. His materials are good and
his work will be well executed. He respect
fully solicits a share of the public patronage
—assuring all that his work and prices shall
give aatisfaction. April