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BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
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e.») for the first Insertion, and fifty cenU tor each anbae
umt insertion.
TO PLAKTBRbe
rtejiß SPMCRIBBR would respectfully inform Flant
-1 era, that Refurnishes
SMALL GRTfiT MILLS,
Pnltable to be attaehed to tlln Gears, of different slaea,
and ~f different patleroa at the toweatpricea.
Them: Mills iieve given the highe.it * all. faction, ana ca
be compared with any from the North.
IMeaie give ua a rail before PCHIRMER.
Burr Mill Stone al.n..rsctnrer._Aagusta, fla. laS-ly
REUBEN EKa 1 * PATEST CTSTEI VEST WA
pAITIOA.-Having been informed thata Jg
l; ton named Reap, is vending a Water Wheat ui
wideli the water In conducted by means
upon itenben Itldi's “Patent Centre Vent, v* hereby noW
an 1 caution the public, Umt we will pro«ecate f I
■taocdjs, for any evasion of Infringement i »
both the maker anil party using, anil will be thankful ror
any Information referring us to parties thus tre JP“^ n *' o
'lontgomery, Ala., June il| lbfiO. jc2l-tf_
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM
PANra IRON WORKS.
Montgomery, Alabama.
Ml YIKACTLKK, In superior style. Horizontal and
Upright STEAM ENGINES, of all
BOILERS ; LOCOMOTIVES; Cast Iron WATER WIIEEIJI,
Sugar MILLS; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every vurle
ty, (including iloxiea continuousfeet for Haw Miiw,) *
glne and Hand LATHES; Iron and Brims CASTINGS, of all
kinds, Ac., ic.
All orders filled with despatch.
ap jg OINDRAT
IMPORTANT TO KILL OWNERS AMU MAUD
eaotukeiis.
(Jvri rnUtri fmjnuprtjrwiit in Witter Whe*ln.
THK Ml IJHi illUCll* arc sole agent*for making and
vending the beat Water Wheel in the world, known aa
Vandcwater's Water Wheel. We challenge the World to
produce its equal. It has bnt recently been Introduced to
the public, and found to be far in advance of all other
wheels, both In power and economy in water, every drop be
ing effective, and none waeted. This Whesl is not in the
least affected by hack water. As we prefer them being
placed below tail water In every instance, consequently we
get every inch of head; they being entirely of cast iron,
simple of construction, are not liable to get out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now in use. We
have recently put one in operation for George Heldey,
Ksq., at his Bemllfl cotthn factory, to whom we would give
reference. flee certificate annexed.
All orders for Wheels or Territorial (lights, will meet with
attention by addressing the subscriber*. .....
JAGGtJt, TREADWELL k PEItHY.
Albany, New York.
Or to their Agent, J. J. Kibbn, Augusta.
[e—gunoATi.]
Auodhta, Ga., March 24,1851.
dagger, Treadwell k Perry—Gentlemenl have the
gratification of informing you that your Vandewater Wheel
was »uece»»fully put in operation at ray factory last week,
and It worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
auMbrmUy of Speed, are recommendation* alone; butabove
all, its highest encomium •» the small quantity of water it
takes as compared with other wheels. I have been using
one of Reuben Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet
and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge
openings measuring 400 Inches. I displaced that and put
n one of yours of six feet diameter, with discharge open
ngsim-uxuring 279 inches, and your wheel run the same
amount of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
here was a difference in favor of your* of eight iuches In
he depth of water In the tall race. I feel no hesitation in
ecommuuding your wheel to all manufacturers aud mill
wuers, believing It Is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish
ng you success In the Introducton of so valuable an im
roveinent, 1 main, very respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
mh2G-wly __ __ GEORGE BCULEY.
Important to manufacturers.
muii Bt'UBCIUBi 8 are prepared to supply all
COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
or a superior quality. SHAFTING ami MILL OEARING,
With improved Coupling and Pulleys, Belf-Oiling Hangers
which require oiling only once in three months); LOOMS,
f a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods,
roin One to Eighteen Shuttles; also,for Plain Goods,capa
ble of running from 150 to 170 picks per minute.
They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to
produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively little
ahor ; and all Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma
hlltery, will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity,
where they can see the Machinery with all the latest im
provements, in full and successful operation ; or they can
bo referred to Factories in almost every State South and
West, by addressing a line to the Subscribers.
ALFRED JKNKS * SON,
jreh.lS.l3. ff'B-ly Brldesburg, near Philadelphia.
N. It. Plan, of Factories, with the location of Machinery,
he simplest method of driving, and calculation of .peed,
urni-hed free of charge. _ wly
RVVAWAV from the subscriber, on the 17th ..
of jttly la.t, my Negro Men JEFFERSON. He yp
1. about 21 or 2(1 year, of age, and about 5 feet, 8 or
9 incite, high, rather black, and has one of hi. upper ■«.?.
front teeth broken off. He is a .mart, Intelligent Negro,
and write, a tolerable good band; la quite handy with
tool., and 1 think vriil write himself a pane, and atop about
mum! city ami goto work. He will no doubt change hi.
own name and that of hi. owner. 1 will pay Twenty Dol
lar. for Id. delivery to tue, or to have him lodged in some
Jail ao that I can get him. 8. BLACK.
Katohton, Put mini county, Ga. au27-wtf
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
T»AVAW AY from the undersigned, a Negre .j
IV Fellow named UAnßV,oom...on!yoalledHAß- fep
HY UUllllES, 1
pie xion, does not usually answer very promptly Jut.
when spoken to, Is easily made to laugh, which resemble,
rather wlut I. called giggling. He ha. been gone about 4
months, and la known to have been about the plantation
of It. A. Alien aud others, on the river swamp; has also
been .ecu in the vicinity of Augusts, and on the Savannah
and Lmfl.svillo Roods loading thereto. The above reward
will he paid for his delivery at the residence of the umler
idgned, or In the Jail at Augusta, with due notice of his ap
prehension. A. 0. WALKER,
„i| ts Near Richmond Factory Post Office.
BROUGHT TO JAIL, '
IN I.HVCOI.VrON, I.INCOI.X COUNTY,
tla., on the 2Slh day of October last, n Negro JW
Fellow by the name of JEFF, and says he Is some
time celled ADAM. Said fellow Is of very black
complexion, llilek lips, slow spoken, and la about 6 feet 5
Inches high. No peculiar marks observed upon his person.
Bays he I ..dongs to Mathew Perryman, about 1 miles from
Fort Gaines, Ga., and was sold to Mr. Perryman by Wil
liam Bell. The owner of said hoy will please come for
ward, prove property, pay expenses, and take him away
” LUKE LANSDKI.I,, Jailor.
Llncolntcu, tla., Nov, 16. nlB-w4w
ST RAYED,
1. AHOII live subscriber in Burke county, two a.
v UULEB, one wtvite, the other dark brown, sftja
nearly black, with some scars on Its shoulders. T ~yV
A suitable reward will be paid to any person “t
who wilt deliver them to me, or give such information as
will enable me to get them. JOHN GRESHAM.
Burke county, Nor. 4. *owß
AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR HILL STONE HANU
FACTORY.
r»AH K suhserllier, thankful for the kind iwtrouage heretofore
JL extended to the late tirra Os Schihxsk t WioittD, would
respectfully Inform hi. friends aud the public, that he contin
ues to execute orders lor his well known Warranted French
HI'RR MILL STONES, of every desirable site, at the lowest
once and shortest notice, tie also furnishes
V tkSOPI S and COLOGNE STONES,
SMUT MACHINES, of various patterns,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the beat brand,
CEMENT, for MIU use.
And every other article neoe.wary in a Mill.
Also, for Planters, small GRIST MILLS to attach to Gin
Gears.
All orders promptly attended R
i»18 «rtf Burrtvinff partner of Schtrmcr A Wigand.
SI,OOO REWARD.
T~vH. Hl' VI'KH’S celebrated SPECIFIC, for the care
1 ) „f Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Gleet and Analogous Com
plaints of lh<> Organs of Generation.
{rf“ Os all remedies yet dlseorered for the shore com
plaint, this is the most certain.
i, mat’os a speedy and permanent care without re
at fiction to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application
lo business. . . _ „ . .. .
It i* perfectly harmless. Gallons of it might be
talc n without injuriaf the patient.
gif* It Is put up ill bottles, with full directions accom
panying it, so that persons eon cure themselves without re
sorting to physicians or other# for advice.
One hot tie is enough to perform a certain cure. Price sl.
i, approved aod recommended by the Royai
College of Physicians and Surgeons of London and has
their certificate enclosed.
r«r- 1| i 3 sold by appointment In Augusta, Ga., by
** 3 PHILIP A. MOISK,
Cn ler the ttew Augusta Hotel, end by W.II. A J.TURPIN.
Orders I'r > a the country promptly aliendeel to. Jet
W. H. * J. TURPIN.
sronew'Rs to w. h. Trans,
> „ Ob'b’KK IV PIiVStCIASS, Planters, Mer- n
chants, and the public at large, a choice and GSd
\7f _ ell assorted stock of DRUGS AND MKW- Y»
a Ct.'iES, OILS, PAINTS, DTISTUFFS, Glass IM
and Put*v Brushes of every description, Straw Brooms,
Spirits Turpenfine, Ac., Ac.
We purehase our goods for cash, and are prepared to sell
on the most odr*n^'lf t “ ou# term*. Merchants will find it to
their iuU re st to look J>t our prices. All articles warranted
to be what is represe***l. Give us a call and »uafr jom>
•elves. _ -
PHILIP A. MOISK,
~ IVtVRTSS Ann WALSH t* n
DRUGS and MEDICINES!, PAINTS, OILS, «CW
DVK STUPES, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- Va
M Rt. PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, ASA
INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
So. 195 BrMil Street. under the Augusta ffijfel.
Has now on hand a Tery large Stork of the above art icier,
which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on aeeom
m»d .ting terms.
c Iff* Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters are
nvit.d 10 call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere.
j.\l 6-w
D. |. PLUMB A CO.
_ AUK constantly receiving fresh and pure n
fyi Medicines, Chemicalr, Choice Perfumery, (»
Y >1 toilet Article? Ac., at their establishment lE
Csl between F. S. llotii and Post Office corner. ASA
Medicine? carefully dispensed at all hours, by calling at Mr.
Barnea’, comer Green and Mclnton.li strets u*S
would call the „
I attenii.n of Merchants and —t
Planters to the extensive stock of Y—Yv
agricultural IMPLEMENTS,
which tlver keep in connection with It ARUM ARE ami
CUtI.KRY. Th. ir snick of PLOWS, HARROWS, CCLTI-
V ITORS, Corn SHELURA Straw CUTTERS, Grain CRA
DLES, Kan MILLS, FANNERS, BOILERS, and all article,
in the Agriculcultural line, is not equalled in the State
T'.cv are fir, rared to order at the shortest notice the best
kith* of HORSE POWERS. THRESHERS, Smut MA
CHINES, or ar.v articles in their line or business. They
are also Agents for the Boston Belting Company and have
• now cn hand India Rubber Steam Packing HOSE and lU
ehlr.e BELTING. CARMICHAEL A BEAN.
odiwly
FAIRS ANN'S PATENT ■
T)I.ATFURtI V\o f'OI'XTKH SCALES, WAR
-1 RANTED.—Adapted to every required operation of
Weighing—as Rail Road Scales, for Train* or single Cars;
Warehouse Scalt-N, Dormant *nd Portable: Heavy Portable
on Whffvil* for Foundries, RoUing Mills STOKE
CALLS of all sixea; COUNTER SCALES, Ac., Ac., for tale
• W. AJ. NELSON, Agents. mhl
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
THK undersigned kaTiag THIS DAY formed a Copart
nership. un-ier the name and style of ALLKOUD A
•WINGFIELD,for theporpoae of tranaacting the GROCERY
BUSINESS, wholeenU Mul rcfuG, respectfully solicit the
patronage of their frirnle and the public generally.
Store opposite Messrs. Phinixy A Clayton’s Warehouse,
Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
M. L. AuJt-atn. I T. Y. Wixgftkld.
Nov. SB, 1852. n24-d«Atsr«
Those indebted to the undersigned, either by note or ac
count , will please make payment without delay.
M. L. ALLKOUD.
r PARTNERSHIP.
Tub i MtEKSIGAK!). who hara long been eon
necud With ‘he CARRIAGE BUSINESS of the late
II 8 HoauLV have this day formed a Partnership under
the style and firm ot WYMAN A DAUROW, for continu
iug Ihe business at the saute store. WYMAN
Aagusta, Oct. Ist, IWJ. J. DARBOW.
We have on hand, and are receiving, an aixoilraent of
CARRIAGES, HOOKA WAYS, BUGGIES, HARNESS and
TRUNKS.
Orders rewired for buildinf various »tyto« of vehicle*.
.**339 nT o, rar* DAMWW.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
. 1853. PROSPECTUS 1853.
or THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XL FOR 1853.
Dr. BUICLLExTi
AND > Editors.
, d. EEDgoaro, )
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The Southern Cultivator it issued every month,
l and in exclusively devoted to Agriculture, Horti
culture,Floriculture. Domestic aud Farm Economy,
Tillage aud Husbandry, the Breeding and Raising
of Domestic Animals, Poultry and Bees, and the
jr.Hie.tti routine of Southern Planting and Farming.
The first number of the new volume for 1658, will
■ be issued on the first of January. It will be print
ed on a sheet 30 by 44 inches, each number form
ing 32 pages, or 384 pages per vear, with NEW
'f VPE, FI !, V PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL IL
LUSTRATIONS. It will afford lull and free dis
eussion to all topics of interest to the Agricultural
community,'and will be in every respect the best
Aoricultdral Paper in the South 1 and equal to
any in the Union 1
Friends of Southern Agriculture!!
The Cultivator was the First journal established
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted
to the interest* of the Planter; and as it has ever
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently trust that, having fostered
and sustained it thuslar, your cordial and generous
support will be continued and increased.
Planters, Farmf.ua, Gardeners, Knurr Growers,
Stuck Kaiser-, Nurserymen, and all connected in
any way with the cultivation of the soil, will find the
Southern Cultivator replete with new and vaina
blu information; and riclilv worth ten times the
rilling sum at which it is afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR!
ONE copy, one year, ::::::: I 1.00
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TWELVE copies, :::::::: 10.00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: 120.00
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ONE HUNDRED copies, : : : : : : 75.00
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
xw Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will
please forward them as curly as possible.
J3fA!l bills of specie paying Banks received at
pur—and all money sent by mail will be at our
risx.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Augusta, Ga., November 17, 1852.
EDUCATIONAL.
MESON ACADEMY, LEXINGTON, GA
rpHE Exercises of this Academy, now temporarily eus-
JL pended, will be resumed again on the First MONDAY
in JANUARY next. The Trustee* take pleasure in an
nouncing to the people of Oglethor)>e county, and to the
public generally, that they have been so fortunate as to
secure, for another year, the services of Mr. Thomas B.
Mom, in the Male, and of Miss E. E. Killian, in the Fe
male Department of the Academy. This fact alone, they
comtider a guarantee of success, and predict that the
friends of the Academy will have the gratification of seeing
it in a more flourishing condition during next year than at
any past t : me. All who have attended the examinations and
exhibitions in this Academy, the present year, will readily
testify that never were Pupils more proficient, or Teachers
more accomplished and deserving. The Trustees having at
their disposal a large bonus fund, are anabled not only to
command the first order of talent in the respective de
partments of the Academy, but also to furnish c very oon
veniency that may render instruction a pleasing duty, and
learning a delightful task. They are confident that no
institution holds out greater inducements to those who
wish to give their children a sound, practical education
without subjecting them to the temptations which so often
lead the young astray, than Meson Academy.
.Students are prepared for any Class in College. Board
can be be obtained in families, or at the Hotel, as low or
lower than in any neighboring Village. There are two
.Sessions, Spring and Fall, of six and four months duration
respectively. A vacation of two weeks is given at the
close of the former.
TERMS.
Kii*BT Class— Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Mental
Arithmetic, per Quarter, $4 00
MKCaio Class— Arithmetic, Geography, English Gram
mar, Reading and Composition, per
Quarter, * $5 00
Third Class —Algebra, Geometry, Mathematics, Na
tural Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemis
try, Rhetoric, Evds. Christianity, Men
tal und Moral Sciences, per Quarter,.. $6 00
Fourth Class— Languages, Ancient and Modern, per
Quarter, $8 00
For further particulars, address
GEORGE R. GILMER,
n6’W3m Chairman Board Trustees, Lexington, Ga.
WABBENTON MALE AND FEMALE SCHOOLS
r l'tll£ subscriber takes pleasure iu informing the public
JL that the Trustees have secured the services of Miss
At dDBTA B. Coffin, of Augusta, as preceptress of the Fe
male flehool; and that the Term will commence on the 8e- .
ootid Monday in JANUARY. Miss C. comes recommend
ed by gentlemen of known character and capacity to judge,
from this and other States, as fully qualified in every re
spect for her charge. Mr. Geokok L. Boshir, of Colum
bia county, a Graduate of Columbian College, D. C.,
who has been engaged in teaching for several years,
has been employed to take oharge of the Male Depart
ment. Mr. B. is well known as a gentleman of acquire
ments and good character, and no doubt is entertained hut I
that entire satisfaction will be given. No better or more
healthful location can be found in any part of the country.
These Schools are kept distinct, and situated in different
puits of the Town. We respectfully invite Parents and
Guardians to assist in making these Schools respectable in
number, standing and influence. Board may be had in
private families from $8 to $lO per month.
ARDEN R. MERSUON,
Sec. Board of Trustees.
Warrenton, November 8, 1852. n5-tJall
WRIGHTSBORO’ HIGH SCHOOLS.
Trustees of these Institutions take pleasure in an-
X nouncing that they have engaged Mr. C. C. Richards,
A. M., to take charge of the Male, and Miss M. Augusta
Wai.kf.r the Femle Departments the ensuing year. Os the
high qualifications of Mr. Richards as a Teacher, his seven
years success in this Institution, and the present year at
Auburn, Alabama, give ample proof. For energy, disci
pline, aptness to teach, and literary acquirements, he has
few equals. Miss Walker has taught with great success in
Alabama three years, and has given ample satisfaction to
Trustees and Patrons, as the ftincipal of the School the
present year. The location is healthy, and the inhabitants
of the village moral. Bonrd can be obtained in good fam
ilies at $lO per month. Those desiring to board with the
Male teacher can do so at the same prices.
Terms of Tuition in Male Department, for Primary Eng
lish Studies $12.50 for Term of 5 months. Higher branch
es of English and the Classics, S2O per Term. In the Fe
male slo per Term, for primary studies, and sl6 for the
higher branches usually taught in such Schools.
The first Term will commence 2d Modday in January,
1552. EDWARD W. JONES,
Wrlghtsboro*, Oct.lo. wtJnll one of the Trustees.
GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
1' lIIC next Term of this Institution will commence on
MONDAY, JANUARY 10,1868. Additional Buildings
having been erected, there will be accommodations for 130
Cadets. A copy of the Regulations will he sent to any
person desiring further information, on application to the
undersigned. A. V. BRUMBY, Superintendent,
Marietta, Oet. 19,1852. 022 wßin
~ TKACHER WANTED,
TO take charge of Baseom Academy, Scrlven county,
Ga., for the ensuing year, 1863. This Institution is
situated in a healthy and pleasant part of the county, sur
rounded by good society.
No peraou need apply unless he is a regular graduate, of
good moral oharacter, and capacity to teach all the branch
es usually taught in a good English Seminary, together
with some of the Languages. Apply to the undersigned
Tiurtem, Mill Haven P. 0., Scrlven county, Ga.
11. M. HERRINGTON,
B. PRESCOTT,
J. B. DELL,
G. D. SHARPE,
J. R. KITTLE,
W. L. MATHEWS,
W. H. NUNNALLY,
nT-w9 Trustees.
A TEACHER WANTED
T'O take oliarge of the Rock Spring Academy for the
year 1869. A salary of Four Hundred (400) Dollars
will be given, er the perquisites of the School. For particu
lars apply to the subscriber, living 14 miles north-west at
Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia.
019-wlim L. M. HILL.
WANTED.
A SITUATION, as Teacher of the cemmon English
branches, by a young Gentleman who can come well
recommended. Would like to commence the first of Janu
ary next. Address, post paid, X. Y. Z., Beraelia, Colum
bia county, Ga. 081-wtf
TEACHERS WANTED.
'THE THIbTKKb of Orion Institute, being desirous of
i engaging competent TEACHERS to take charge of the
Classical, Primary and Ornamental departments, would
call the attention of Teachers to this. Applications can
be handed in to the Secretary. By order of the Board.
W. H. ROBERT, Sec’y.
Orion, Pike co., Ala., Nov. 7,1869. n!6-w4t
GROCERIES, GROCERIES.
TIIK subscribers continue te carry on the Wholesale
and Retail Grocery Business, at their Old Stand, just
xboveThe Globe Hotel, in the city of Augusta, and they
beg to Inform the public that they are bow receiving their
Pull Supply of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, which they will
sell on the most reasonable terms.
—THEY NOW OFFER FOR SALE
-100 bales 44 inch Gunny Cloth,
600 coils haUf inch Bale Rope,
60 hhds. N. Orleans and Muscovado Sugars.,
100 bbis. Stuart's Crushed and Granulated do.,
900 bags prime Rio and Laguira Coffee,
25 chests and half chests Tea,
5(1 hhds. Cuba Molasses,
100 bbis. Hiram Smith and Baltimore Flour,
140 boxes Sperm, Adx., and Tallow Candles,
800 kegs Cut Nalls, all sixes,
75 boxes Tobacco es various qualities,
96,000 lbs. Hams, Sides and Shoulders,
1,500 sacks Liverpool Sxlt,
-ALSO—
Spices, Pickles, Preserves Segare, and all articles usually
kept in the best Grocery Houses.
Strict attention given to country orders.
xuis-w J. R. a W, M. DOW.
TO MANTERS.
11TK are now daily receiving, at our Old Stand, In addi-
Vv tiou to our present Stock, a Urge assortment, se
lected expressly for Planters' use, comprising—
St. Croix, P. R., Muscovado, and N. O. SUGARS;
Crushed, Powdered, Loaf and Clarified Do.;
Rio, Java and Laguira Coffee;
Green, llyicn and Black TEAS;
SALT, in sacks and Bulk;
PEPPER, SPICE and GINGER;
TREACLE, SYRUP and MOLASSES;
BRANDIES, WINES and CORDIALS;
Domestic LIQUORS, of all qualities;
IRON, NAILS, STEEL, AXES and Wagon AXLES;
BELLOWS, ANVILS, VICES and Screw PLATES;
Trace, Tongue, Stay, Lock and Halter CHAINS;
Hollow WARE and SAD-IRONS;
BAGGING, ROPE and TWINE;
SADDLES, BRIDLES and WHIPS;
BLANKETS, KERSEYS, SHOES and HATS;
Harness and Sole LEATHER, Kip and Calf SKINS;
Lamp and Tanner's OIL;
SOAPS, CANDLES and STARCH;
TOBACCO and BEGARS;
And many other articles too numerous to mention, which
will be sold upon as good terms as any house in the city.
■94-wly BUFORD, BEALL A CO.
GROCERIES. GROCERIES.
THE subscribers are receiving their usual well assorted
Stock, and have in Store, a full supply of Fresh Goods,
consisting, in part, of—
-1,000 sacks SALT;
50 bales heavy Gunny CLOTH;
150 coils K. H.and V inch ROPE;
l.OoOlbc. TWINE;
60 bbis. Canal and Baltimore FLOUR;
860 bags Rio, Laguara and Java COFFEE!
80hhds.SUGAR, assorted;
80 bbis. Crushed and Coffee SUGARS;
80,000 lbs. BACON, Side# and Shoulder*;
8,000 “ Philadelphia Cured HAMS;
6,000“ Tennessee SHOULDERS;
5,000 “ best LARD, in bbis. and kegs;
NAILS and IRON, assorted. To all of which they ask
the attention of Planters and Merchants.
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HORSE STOLEN.
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O YVarremon. Ga., on the night of the 18th >v*q ,
inst., a BAY HORSE, about 6 years old, 1* bands high,
black mane, tad, and legs, and a white saddle mark on the
back. Also, one of his front teeth is out. A liberal reward
will be paid to any person for giving sneh information that
I may get him. Address me at Augusta, Ga., to the 15th
Doc. next, after that tune at Leathenrood Store. Henry
00., Ya W. M. DAVIS.
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TRUTH IN A WELL.
[The following pleasant and spicy readingiz cut fram the
Knickerbocker Magazine tor Korember.]
Once at mid-day toiled a youth
In the bottom of a well,
Delving (or no mystic truth
Down where aun-ligbt never fell.
All he sought waa the rtvealing
Os acme atream from living fountain.
Through earth's hidden arterlea stealing
From the heart of yonder mountain.
Which should spring, a well of joy,
To the sacred homestead ever;
Sweet and pure without alloy.
And bounteous as the all-bounteous Giver.
Upward looked be to the light
And the span of sky afar,
And behold,-as at midnight,
Shone at noon a sparkling star!
Then first learned he that the inn
And the glare and stir of day
Were but shrouds and darkness dun
To the high and far away;
That the light so prized, which made
The near palpable around us,
But the tyrant with us played,
Aud to dust with short chain bound US.
Only when the darkness tolls.
Veiling all the objects nigh.
Look we freely o’er these walls
To the glorious spheres on high!
From the Ilome Jonnud.
SONNET.—BY KEDELU.
The skillful haDd that weaveth everywhere
A thread of beauty through the varied woof
That makes up life; that filleth earth and air
With heavenly tones and shapes we keep aloof;
Unwittingly; that gave th’ unconscious flower
Its leaves of matchless tint, and graceful form.
Has given thee, sweet one ! beauty’s witching power,
Ever to draw thee hearts true and warm
Prize well the gift divine, in which there liea
Such imwer! and so may'st thou keep thy young heart
Pure as the glance that beameth from'those eyes;
From the world’s gaze a holy thing apart;
Tuned to love’s sweet music, like the lyre
That wakens to the master’s touch, its fire.
From the Natchez Courier.
Notes of a Sermon.
Delivered in the Methaliet Episcopal Church, Natchez,
Thanheyicing Day, Nov. 11 1852, by Rev. W.
Hamilton Watkins.
“Happy is the people that is in such a case : yea happy is
that people whose God is the Lord.”—lsf h verne, 144fA
realm.
The spoakor proceeded to show the universal re
cognition, among all people, in all. ages, of a su
preme, superintending Providence, producing as
its natural consequence, petitions for desired ob
jects, and gratitude for the bestowal of good. The
origin of thanksgiving days, set apart for thatpur
posc was glanced at, us connected with the first
history of our ancestors—and the beauty and su
blimity of a whole people, acknowledging the God
of the Bible in such a manner, ns the source of till
their blessings, most beautifully portrayed.
In speaking oftho advantages of “that people
whose God is the Lord,” the speaker showed that
the intellectual and moral character of the men of
all ages aud nutions, was fashioned alter the model
of their deities—ana that exaltation of human cha
racter, intellectual power and moral excellence,
were consequent on the possession of tho Oracles
of God, exhibiting as they did, besides the cha
racter of tiio Creator, the origin, dutiea and desti
ny of man, inducing a wide range of thought, and
indicating a lofty morality. The speaker showed
that this stundurd of morality was uniform and
broad. Thut while it regarded the outward man,
it provided for, and required that purity of heart,
without which external morality was sheer hypo
crisy. ' lie showed that tho rule of life found in the
Scriptures was applicable to, and binding on, alike
the rich and the poor, the learned and the un
learned—and that in its application, its rules were
binding us well on nations as individuals. A hap
py allusion was made to the fact, that that day was
tho two hundred and thirtieth anniversary of the
Landing of the Pilgrims—and that their first act
was to Lend the knee in Thanksgiving on Ply
mouth Kook. That this same spirit continued
until and through the Revolution—a religious ele
ment in individual character, widely diffused
through, and recognized in all our National affairs.
That hence our fathers recognized the doctrine
■in morals, that policy ofan action, that would be
dishonest in an individual, would be dishonest in
s State. Again, it was shown, and strongly en
forced that under our form of government, tne aot
of the Stato, if dishonorable was the act of the in
dividual composing that State—and that each must
bear the responsibilities, and takethe consequences
of such act, ub though it were his act alone. The
speaker dwelt upon the many inestimable blesß
ings we possessed as a people, but still insisted
thatwith ua, as with tho Jews of old, our advantages
were “much every way, but chiefly that to us were
committed the Oracles of God.”
He dwelt witli force and beauty on the confidence
and trust in this God, as the God of our nation,
and showed that the doctrine of man’s immortality
iu future weal or woe, could alone be relied on,
as a restraint upon the passions, and an effectual
cncouragomont to good. The speaker closed as
follows —
“Amid the multitude of mercies, a benefici’Ut
creator lias bestowed with a hand of bounty, our
country has not escaped those evils which are
common to nations ; nor been born above tboso
reverses, which teach tho vanity of fondest hopes.
Real evils have been meted out to us under a
Providonco mainly merciful—and so softened by
tho mixture of good, that the tears of gratitude are
mingled with tears of sorrow.
Thrice, recently has this great nation opened its
bosom to receive, as a sacred deposit the treasured,
memory of hor illustrious sons. I will not say that
a atar has been stricken out of our national gulaxv,
leaving a track of glowing light to indicate its fall.
No, tho stur shall shine on forever, and ita name
shall not be changed.
When South C'arolinn bowed to the tomb of him
whose integrity and purity made him invulnerablo
to fear, and whoso wisdom and patriotism glowed
with an even flame, a nation stood by to pronounce
his eulogy.
When Kentucky reeled with the stroke that
struck down tho mau of the people, the healer of
tho nation’s wounds, the man who thrice drove
back the demon of sectional strife, and made us
feel that one broad shield covered this Union, and
one fraternal bond united the men of America in
one vast brother-bond—one loud wail of sorrow
rolled up to the car of lieavon. But scarcely had the
tide of grief rolled back from tho national heart,
when a scene transpired at Marshfield, which drove
a wave of sorrow over the world. The week has
ended—’tis past the midnight hour—the Sabbath
sun still rests beyo id the Atlantio main—a Prince
and a Great Man is sinking into the sleep of death.
No glittering sword lies there, to remind the war
rior that his fame is the price of blood. No royal
robes glitter in mockery of the monarch’s fallen
scepter. But royally was posing away—a might of
mind—an intellectual supremacy which bore a
soeptre over the world, wassotflv passing from the
empire of earth to a throne in the Bkies. A war
rior lay there—one whose arm bore aloof the stan
dard of truth—one who 1 trode no stop backwards,
and on whose shield was engraved, in imperish
able characters, “ Liberty and Union—one and in
separable, now and forever.” Others were great,
but he excelled them all. At the Bar—in Diplo
macy—in the Senate—alike the intellectual giant,
his record shall endure when the ocean’s surge that
dashes against his granite bound home shall die
awav beneath the last trumpet’s sound. Though
dead ho shall live—live despite the spirit of detrac
tion—and live in such intellectual, moral national
grandeur, that unwilling praise shall fall from the
ips of those, whose partizan hatred cowered be
neath his look. He shall live the great expounder
of the Constitution —the profound exponent of
American policy, as long as the “Father of his
Country ” is remembered, or the genina of liberty
dwells among men.
Revolutions may yet redueo our proud nation
to irreparable rnin—and clashing extremes may riot
in tho desolation they have wrought—but amid
the universal wreck, one monument shall stand to
preserve tho memory of him who knew “no North,
no South, no East, no West.”
These are gone—but He who raised up Calhoun,
and Clay, and Webster—the Patriot, Orator and
the Sage, still sits above the heavens, and rules
the affairs of men. Those are gone, but each of
them was a Christian patriot—and each of them in
life, bowed down to the authority of God—rever
enced his word—and in death, loaned for succor
upon His arm. God of America, and of America's
greatest men, forsake us not in the hour of our
calamities—may we he thankful for the past, and
trustful for the’ future.
Fish Story.
Tha Carrollton (Miss.) Democrat is reaponsible
for the following i
There is a man at Greenwood, in this county,
h fisherman by trade, who has a pel JUh. It is a
cat, and will weigh about 40 pounds. It was first
discovered, as wo are informed, br the fisherman’s
wife, who lives in a flat boat on the Yaxoo Kiver. The
process of taming was as followe: She had been
washing, one day, and as the clothing was placed
on a limb of brush in the edge of the water, the fish
was first discovered while in the act of trying to
eat or swallow some small article. The lady, on
approaching the water's edge to protect her “ dry
goods’’ from the encroachments of her strange
visitor, observed thst his catish majesty had evi
dently been engaged in a severe conflict of some
kind—it having had a huge gash cut in its head,
which extended from “ear to car.” As the fish
showed no signs of being alarmed at the near ap
proach of the lady, but continued to pull at the
clothing with its mouth, and seeing the wound in its
head, the generous sympathies ot her sex was ex
cited in its behalf. Instead, therefore, oi making
an effort to scare the fish, and supposing it to be
hurgrv, she stepped into her floating castle, pro
cured "a piece of‘bread, threw it into the water be
side the fish, which ate it with the avidity of a half
starved hyena. The humane lady repeated this act
of kindness, until the fish’s morbid appetite ap
peared to be gratified, when it moved slowly off
into deep water.
The fisherman, daring this time, bad been ab
sent. Upon his return, the wife related to him
her adventure with the fish, and exacted a pro
mise from him not to molest her “pet,” in case it
should again return in quest of food. Sure enough
the next day at about the same hour at which it
was fed on the day previous, the fish returned, and
thev fed it as before. This was repeated from day
to day, until now, Mr. Cat is as “gentle as a cat.
It has become completely domesticated. The fish
erman has it so trained, that be can call it up at
almost anv time, by simply patting his hand on
the water where he is in tne habit of feeding it.—
It will eat out of his hand, will permit him to han
dle and caress it, and they appear to be as fond of
each others company as if they were “bone of
one bone, and flesh of one flesh. 1
We have never seen the fish, nor are we ac
quainted with the man; but we have been assured
ofthe truth ofthenbove “story,” by several differ
ent persons in whose word we have the utmost
confidence, who have seen both the fish and fish
erman.
Hoes.—A number of hogs have passed through
this place fstfthe Southern markets. Scarcely a day
but a large number passes—some of our citixens
say more than hare ever before passed so early in
the seaaon. We do not think that the price of
pork can hold up—as was indicated by the price of
hogs early in the Fall*. The grain crops have been
larger in'the South than usual, and a large number
have raised enough pork to do them, so that the
usual supply from Teuneeeee and Kentucky will
more than supply the market, and if the supply is
greater than usual it will be ruinous to dealers.
We gather from our latest dates that hoga are
ussetoed at Cmdnnati, at $5-50a55.70. The Lex
ington (Ky.) Observer says that for several days
the price had bean down to $8.75, but that K had
advanced to $4 with s prospect of being perma
nent. In ShelbyviUe, Ky n $4 it the ruling price.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8,1852.
John Alaas’s Diary.
Voltaire — Vergennes—Court es France — Franklin —
Jtferton —American Peers—The Fisheries, etc.
About a month before the death of Voltaire,
Mr. A dams saw that great wit, then in his eighty
fourth year, at the Paris theatre of comedy. The
old man attended the performance of his own Al
fire. “ Between the acts,the audience called him
out, and clapped aud applauded him the whole
time. The old poet rose and bowed respectfully
to the audience. He has yet much fire in his eye's
and vigorin his countenance, though very old.”
A few nights afterwards Adams went to hear
D'Alembert pronounce an eulogy at the Academy
of Sciences. It was a memorable re-union, for
Franklin and Voltaire were both present. The
enthusiastic Frenchmen could not, of course, ne
glect seizing on such a fine opportunity for a scene.
“There presently arose a general cry that M. Vol
taire and M. Franklin should be introduced to each
other. This was done, and they bowed and spoke
to each other. This was no satisfaction, and there
must be something more. Neither of our philoso
phers seemed to divine what was wished or expect
ed ; they, however, took each other by the hand.
But this was not enough; the clamor continued
till the explanation came out. i! /out s'embrasser,
a la Francois* ! The two aged actors upon this
great theatre of philosophy and frivolity then em
braced each other, by hugging one another in their
arms, and kissing each others cheeks; and then
the tumult subsided. And the cry immediately
spread through the whole kingdom, and, I sup
pose, over all Europe. “ Qu'il etait charmant de
voir tmhrasser Solon et Sophocles /” Voltaire was
the great theoriser of revolution, and Franklin the
man that put it into successful practice.
Mr. Adams speaks of the intrigues of the French
Ministry to get the supreme command of all the
American armies into the hands of a Frenchman.
He says he “knew of the intrigue of Marshal De
Maillebois with Mr. Deane, to be placed over the
head of General Washington.” The Compte De
Nergennes, Mr. Adams and Mr. Lee walking one
day, in company, Maillebois passed them. “That
is a great General, Sir,” said Lee. “ Ah,” said
Vergennes, “ I wish lie had the command with
you!” “My feelings,” says Adams, “were kept
to myself; but my reflection was: ‘I will be bu
ried in the ocean, or in any other manner sacrific
ed, before I will voluntary put on the chains of
France, when 1 am struggling to throw off those
of Great Britain.’ ”
In June, 1778, about ten years before the burst
ing of the great storm which swept away the
throne of France, Mr. Adams saw the grandeur of
Louis and Marie Antonette at Versailles. At a
grand procession of the Knights of the Saint-Es
prit, he witnessed the stateliness of the Queen. —
“She was attended by her ladies to the gallery op
posite to the altar, placed in the centre of the seat,
and there left alone t>y the other ladies, who all re
tired. She was an object too sublime and bcauti
ful for my dull pen to describe. I leave this en
terprise to Mr. Burke. But in bis description
there is more of the orator than the philosopher.—
Her dress was everything that art and wealth could
make it. One of the maids of honor told me she
had diamonds on her person to the value of eigh
teen millions of livres; and I always thought her
much beholden to her dress. Mr. Burke saw her
probably but once. I have seen her fifty times,
perhaps, in all the variety of her dresses. She
had a fine complexion indicating perfeot health,
and was a handsome woman in her face and figure
But 1 have seen beauties much superior, both in
countenance and form, in France, England, and
America.” Mr. Adams’s report is apparently truer
than Burke’s. The Austrian royal family were al
ways more fair and florid than beautiful, and Ma
rie Antoinette has the red and white of her soft
featured niece, Marie Terese.
Mr. Adams saw the King, Queen, and the reßt
of the family at their supper. A crowded array of
courtiers and others came together, at nine o’clock
at night to see the royal meal. The American
Ambassador got a distinguished seat, apart from
his company, and close beside the royal family,
where he was very inuoh looked at, as he Bat in
the midßt of magnificently-dressod ladies. “My
dress,” he says, “was a decent French dress, but
not to be compared to the gold and diamonds and
embroidery about me. The eyes of all the assem
bly were turned upon me, and I felt sufficiently
humbled and mortified, for I was not a proper
object for the criticisms of such a company. I
found myself gazed at, as we, in America, used to
guzo/at the tacheina who came to make speeches to
us in Congress; but I thought it hard if I could
not command as much power of face as one of the
chiefs, of the Six Nations, and therefore determin
ed 1 would assume a cheerful countenance, enjoy
the scene around me, and observe it as cooly as an
astronomer calculates the stars. Inscriptions ot
Frucbus Belli were seen on the ceiling and all about
the walls of the room among paintings of the tro
phies of war, probably done by order of Louis
XIV, who codressed, in his dying hour, as his
successor and Napoleon will probably do, that he
was too fond of war. The King was the carver
for himself and the royal family. His Majesty ate
like a King, and made a royal supper of solid beef
and everything else in proportion. The Queen
took a large spoonful of soup, and displayed her
fine person and graceful manners in alternately
looking at the company in various parts of the
hall, and ordering several kinds of seasoning to
be brought to her, by which she fitted her supper
to her taste. When this was accomplished, nor
Majesty exhibited to the admiring spectators the
magnificent spectacle of a great Queen swallowing
her royal supper in a single spoonful at once.
This was all performed like perfect clock-work,
not a feature of her face, nor a motion of auy part
of her person, especially her arm and hand, could
be criticised as out of order. A little, and but a
little, conversation seemed to pass among the royal
personages of both sexes, but in so low a voice
that nothing could be understood by any of the
audience.” In such a moment as that, who would
or could have prophesied the end of all? Who
eould have told that splendid woman and that fat,
despotic man, with the carving-knife, that the
guliotine should one day chop off both their heads,
on the public scaffold, in the sight of all approving
populace of Paris ? Could but the truth be writ
ten on the wall of that royal room, how would the
banquet be broken up with shrieks and horrors
unspeakable? But the festivals of Louis and
Marie Antoinette continued in all their gallant
pomp—
Regardless oftbe sweeping whirlwind’s sway,
That, hußhed in grim repose, waited its evening prey.
In a letter to Elbridge Gerry, dated July, 1778,
Mr. Adams says that a letter containing a project
for reconciliation with America, had been thrown
into one of the grates. “ There are reasons to be
lieve it came with the full privity of the King. Full
of flattery, and proposing that America should bo
governed by a Congress of American peers, to be
created and appointed by the King ; and of bribe
ry, proposing, that a number, not exceeding two
hundred American peers, should be made, and
that such as had stood foremost and suffered most,
and made mostenemios in this contest, as Frank
lin, Washington, Adams, and Hancock, by name,
should be of that number. Hr. Franklin, to whom
the letter was sent, as the writer is supposed to bo
a lriend of his, sent an answer, in which they have
received a dose that will make them sick 1”
In 1782, during the negotiations carried on be
tween Franklin, Laurens and Jay, on one aide,
and Fitzherbert, Btrachey, &c., on the other,
with respect to the Northern Fisheries, Stracbey
proposed that, instead of “right of Fishing” to
Americans, it should be “liberty of Fishing.” Dp
on this, Adams got hot again, and spoke out,
“When God Almighty made the Banks of New
foundland, at three hundred leagues distance from
the people of America, and six hundred leagues
distance from France and England, did he not
give as good a right to the former as to the latter ?
If occupation, use, and possession, give a right,
we have it as clearly as you. If war, blood, and
treasure give a right, ours is as good as yours.
We have been constantly fightiag in Canada, Cape
Breton, and Nova Scotia for the defence of this
fishery, and have expended beyond all proportion
more than you. If, then, the right cannot be de
nied, why should it not be acknowledged ? Why
should we leave room for illiterate fishermen to
wrangle and chicane?”
After this harangue, the business was at once
brought to a close favorable tr tho States, who en
joyed their fishing privileges till the war of 1812.
In 1788, Mr. Adams, after considering the cir
cumstances of the Northern Pacific, says: “What
should hinder the Empress of Russia from estab
lishing a trading city on the sea of Kamschatka,
and opening a commerce with Pekin, Nankin and
Canton—the cities of China? It is so near the ci
ties of Japan, the Phillippincs, the Moluccas, that
a great scene may be one day opened there.”
Mr. Adams, in e letter written to Mr. Pickering
in 1822, speaks in an interesting way oftbe writing
of the declaration of Independence. “Mr. Jeffer
son,” he says, “came into Congress in June, 1775,
and brought with him a reputation for literature,
science and a happy talent for composition. Wri
tings of his wero 'handed about, remarkable for
their peculiar felicity of expression. Though a si
lent member’of Congress, he was so prompt, fiank,
explicit and decisive upon committees ana In con
versatian (not even Sam'l. Adams was more so) that
he soon seized upon my heart; and upon this occa
sion I gave him my vote, and did all in my power
to procure the votes of others. I think he had
one more vote than any other, and that placed him
at the lead of the committee.” Adams was se
cond, and both were appointed to write the De
claration. “Tho sub-oomraittee met. Jefferson
proposed to me to make the draught. I said, ‘I
will not; you should do it.’ ‘Oh, no.’ ‘Why swill
you not?' ‘You ought to do it.’ ‘I will not.’
‘Why ?’ ‘Reasons enough. Reason first—you are
a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the
head of this business. Reason second—l am ob
noxious and unpopular; you are very much other
wise. Reason third—you can write ten times bet
ter than I can.’ ‘Well,’ said Jefferson, ‘if you are
decided, I will do as well as I can.’ ‘Very well;
when you have drawn it up, we will have a meet
ing.’
“A meeting we had, accordingly, and conned
the paper over. I was delighted with its high
tone, and tha flights of oratory with which it
abounded, especially that concerning slavery. *
* * There were other expressions which I
would not have inserted, if I had drawn it up, par
ticularly that which called the king a tyrant. I
thought this too personal; for I never believed
George to be a tyrant in disposition and in nature.
I always believed him to be deceived by his cour
tiers on both sides of the Atlantic, and in his offi
cial capacity only, cruel. I thought the expression
too passionate, and too much like scolding for so
grave and solemn a document; but as Franklin
and Sherman were to inspect it afterwards, I
thought it would not become me to strike it out. I
consented to report it, and do not now remember
that I made or suggested a single alteration. Con
gress cut off a quarter of it, as I expected they
would, but they obliterated some of the best of it,
and left all that was exceptionable, if anything in
it was.” Mr. Adams says the essence of it was in
a pamphlet, voted and printed by the town of
Boston before the First Congress met—one that
was composed by James Otis, as he supposes, “in
one ofhis lucid momenta,” and pruned and polish
ed by Samuel Adams.
Firs js BasxisvnjJt.—On Saturday morning,
the 87th inst., the store of C. A. <fc J. F. Nutting
was discovered to be on fire, which was consumed,
with all of their goods. The large Hotel of Daniel
Hightower, (formerly owned by Charles G. Turn
er,; and adjoining the store, was also consumed,
with most of the furniture. Some out buildings
were also destroyed. The tavern was insured lor
13000, and the goods of Messrs. Nutting for about
I*ooo.
Since the above was in type, we have received a
letter from a friend, who says the property con
sumed, was worth about (13,000, and insured,
altogether, at (12,500. The buildings belonged
to Hightower, and were worth from five to six
thousand dollars. The risk of the almost entire
destruction of the village and Bailroad buildings
was very great, and only prevented by the moot
active exertions. —Journal <t ituttnqer.
rxirosiTT of Vmonoa.—There are now (says
theCharlottaville Advocate,) 402 students st the
University—being two more than ever before—
with a certainty of an increase to 420. Virginia
sends 283; South Carolina 27; Alabama <1; Lou
isiana 10: North Carolina*; Mississippi 3; Dis
trict of Colombia 8; Kentucky 8; Maryland 8;
Tennessee 8; Missouri 8; Arkansas 8; Georgia 2;
Texas 2; Pennsylvania 2; New Torkl; Ohio 1;
Indiana 2. The various schools are attended >a
follows: Ancient Languages 141; Modern Lan
guages 188; Mathematics 188; Natural Philoso
phy >0; Chemistry I*2; Medicine 84; Physiology
and Surgery 80; Anatomy *1; Morel Philosophy
U*i Law Tl.
From Chambers • Journal.
GOOD NIGHT.
Good sight ! a word so often said.
The heedless mind forgets its meaning;
’Tis only when aome heart lies dead
On which onr own was leaning,
We hear in maddening music roll
That lost “good night” along the sooL
** Good night I”—in tones that never die.
It pen! ■ along the quickening ear;
And tender gates of memory
Forever waft it near,
When stilled the voice- -0, crash of pain!
That ne’er shall breathe “good night” again.
“ Good night!” it mocks us from the grave—
It overleaps that strange world’s bound
From whence there flows no backward wave,
It calls from out the ground
On every side, around, above
“ Good night,” “good night,” to life and lore!
“ Good night I” O, wherefore fades away
The light that lived in that dear word!
Why follows that good night to-day?
Why are our souls so stirred ?
O, rather say, dull brain once more,
“ Good night I” thy time of toil la o’er I
“ Good night!” how cometh gentle sleep.
And tears that fall like welcome rain,
“ Good night i*’ O, holy, blest, and deep,
The rest that follows pain.
How Bhould we reach God's upper light
If life’s long day had no “good night?”
The Freahet at Columbusa.
The Enquirer of Tuesday thus concludes an ac
count of the disasters by the late flood:
“Thus in tho short space 86 hours, was an im
mense outlay of capital aud labor rendered use
less, and the* whole machinery of our Cotton Mills
and other works stopped for no one can tell how
long.* Butthe damage does not end with this in
jury to our city. We hear of great quantities of
Cotton carried off from plantations on the river
below, and in some instances the Gin houses with
considerable amounts of Cotton, both in the bale
and in the seed. One of the steamers plying on
the river, some days since while on her downward
passage laden with Cotton, struck a snag, just
above Snake Shoals and sunk, but by the untiring
exertions of the master and erew, a large portion
of the cargo was put on shore. It is feared that
the sudden rise in the river has swept oft' the
greater part if not the whole of tho Cotton thus
landed. An agent of the Insurance Companies
was despatched' to look after so much of the cargo
as was saved, but the rapid rising of the waters,
and the position of all the crafts upon the river at
the time rendered it impossible to reach the point.
Some damage was also done to the Muscogee Rail
road, but wo suppose it has all been repaired, as
the cars commenced their regular trips again on
Sunday evening. Our communications by tele
graph, by railroad and by stage have been so much
interrupted, in every direction, that it is impossible
to tell the amount of damage, public and private,
that has been done. At this season of the year,
many of the planters on the river have considera
ble portions of their Cotton Crop upon the banks
readv for shipment, and no doubt much loss
hss been sustained by them from their inability
to remove it from the rapidly rising waters. —
Many planters also, we learn,’ had not gathered
tlieir oom, and much of this is probably destroyed.
All things consideredj this is perhaps the most
destructive freshet which has ever occurred in our
river. Whether like damage has been done upon
other streams, we have as yet, had no means of as
certaining.
“ *P. S. Since the above was written, the water
in the river has gone down rapidly, and we are glad
to learn that the Coweta Falls Factory has sustain
ed little or no damage, and operations were resum
ed, as usual, yesterday morning. We regret that
we cannot say the same of the other Factories in
the vicinity.”
The Freahet—Central Railroad.
We are still without intelligence in regard to
tho freshet from points beyoud the 10th station
on the Central Railroad. But little injury wasdone
this side the 79th mile, and that was soon repair
ed. At present the cars are running only to that
point, though Thursday’s train succeeded in get
ting as far as station 9% before tho water reached
its nighest. The train is still there benig unable
to proceed on or return. Tho injury at Buckhead
Creek, miles from this city, is supposed to bo
considerable. A portion of the track lias certain
ly been washed away, but the extent of the damage
cannot bo ascertained until the water subsides.
At Barckeamp Creek 94 miles from town, another
break occurred, which it was believed would bo
repaired by last night. Similar damages was done
at Baker’s Creek (96 miles) but that had been made
passable at 8 o’clock yesterday. The ahutement
of the bridge at the 99th mile has been carried
away, and the water flowing over the track from
that point to station IC% Saturday evening.
Mr. Superintendent Milieu left town Saturday
morning, with hands, pile drivers, utensils, and
everything else necessary to put the track in order
with the least possible delay. He succeeded bv
means of rafts in reaching the 10th station, as will
be seen by tho subjoined dispatch. We under
stand the Central Company has in its employ be
tween six and soven hundred hands, four hun
dred of whom are now within the vicinity of the
overflowed district. With this force tho Compa
ny will be able to repair in 48 hours any injury
the track may sustain, short ofthe destruction of
the bridge over the Oconee river.— Sav. llepub. of
Monday.
The Georgia Central Rail Road. —Wo find the
following telegraphic dispatch in the Savannah
Morning News;
Midville, Central Rail Road, )
Nov. 29, 9K A. M. j
The road is mnch washed and under water at
various points on the line between this point and
the upper terminus. Thera is n passenger and
provision train at No. 13—two down freight trains
arc at No. 15, and one at No. 16. The cars have
not been through to or from Macon since Wednes
day, and no trains are running over the upper end
of the road. The Oconee and Ogeeeheo bridges
are safe. The telegraph lino is badly injured bo
tween Nos. 10 and 18. lam happy to inform you
that no lives have boon lost, and no person injured
on the whole line. The Milledgeville and Gordon
Road is in running order.
We learn from the Savannah Republican that the
train that left that city on Monday morning, re
turned at 5 o’clock the same afternoon. Mr.
Charlton, the conductor, reports that Cooper’s
field at the fifty-eight mile post was overflowed and
the culvert gone. The water was three or four
feet deep over the track at the sixty-four mile post,
and the track floating. The water at that point
was still rising. Mr. Charlton informs tho Re
nblican that none of the bridges this side of No.
0 have been carried off. Tne track has been
displaced in several places, and a number of
culverts washed out—nothing more.
We likewise learn that no communication by
mail or telegraph had taken place between Savan
nah and Augusta since Friday.— Ch. dour, oj yes
terday.
Aggregate Vote.
We are indebted to Col. Arthur Hood of the Ex.
Dep’t.., for the following aggregate vote for the
Electors. The votes of Troup and Hancock have
not yet been received. Macon and Pulaski are
irregular. All, however, included below.— Federal
Unwn.
REGULAR DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Johnson, 33,843 I Haralson, , 83,888
Lumpkin, 33,826 Brown, 83,841
Foreman, 83,832 | Mitchell, 38,871
Clark, 83,835 I Flournoy, 88,829
Lamar, 83,862 | Schley, 88,843
» UNION DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Wofford, 5,778 I Singleton, 6,781
Miller, 5,780 Holsey, 5,800
Chisolm, 5,7841 Word, 5,781
Irwin, 5,775 I Slaughter, 5,785
Lawhon, 5,758 | Thomas, 5,777
WHIG TICKET.
Crawford, 15,779 Simms, 15,798
Harris, 15,508 Trippe, 15,788
Walthour, 15,786 Dupree, 15,772
Warren, 15,777 Foster, 15,772
Hardeman, 15,776 Evans, 15,756
INDEPENDENT TICKET.
Cumming,' 5,289 Fannin, 5,059
Hill, 5,290 Strong, 5,107
Sharpe, 5,272 Harris, 5,302
Brown, 5,275 Floyd, 5,288
Poe, 5,802 Lemle, 5,280
TROUP AND QUITMAN TICKET.
Tucker, 119 Hutchings, 115
Jones, 118 Fouche, 115
Cooper, 126 Billups, 115
Culverhouse, 115 Bryant, 125
The PosTorricK Department.— There is ; says
the Philadelphia Ledger, some curiosity manifested
in regard to the operation of the present cheap
postage law, which will be exhibited in the forth
coming report of the Postmaster General. In ad
vance of that document, wc see it stated that the
revenue under the reduced rates of postage has
fallen off nearly a million of dollars, compared with
the year previous, and that over ninety-three mil
lions of letters have passed through the Postoffice
during the last year.
The falling off in the receipts of the fiscal year
is a reduction on the gross receipts of the year 1851
of about 16 per cent., a diminution much less than
followed the reduction in postage in 1845. The
vear following that reduction the receipts of the
Postoffice Department fell off 19-32 per cent., as
compared with 1845, and as compared with the
average nine years previous 20.59 per cent In 1847
there was an increase over 1846 of 11.27 per cent,
in 1848 of 7»43 over the year preceding : in 1849 of
14.20 per cent, over 1848, and in 1850 or 12.105 per
cent, over the year before. Thtis, though there
was a falling off the first year or two in the reve
nue from postage, the gain of five years under the
new law was very considerable over the receipts
underthe old lsw. The income to the Postoffice
Department in 1850 was 25,785 per cent, greater
than for 1845, and 24.515 per cent, grenter than the
average for the nine years preceding 1845.
Whether such a result will follow the present law,
time most determine, but the comparatively small
falling off the first year of its operation would favor
the supposition that the result will be similar.
The following table shows the income from post
age for the first five years under the law of 1845:
ratter Hswsf [Total An-1 Total An-
Ex
° rampo its. ceipts.* ;pen tores.
$2;651,697 *562,143 $8,497,1 9 S4,OS«,*9T
1847, 8,196,957 j 643,16 c 8,955,898 3,979570
1848, 8550,8<rt[ 767,3341 4571,077 4526,8 0
1949, +4,082,762 619,016 4,905,176 4479 049
1650, 44575,664! 919,466 8552,971 5,212558
Total for five !
year*- 18 29. 4' 8,711,189 22,272,316 22,082,719
Average of
five yean $8,6 f, Ti' *742,227 , $4,453,667 14,416548
•Including fine* and miscellaneous receipts, except for
1548. the amount for which year does not include fines.
4lncluding the $200,000 appropriated by Act of 8d March.
1547, Sec. 12, for carrying franked matter.
Fire. —At about eleven o’clock last night an
alarm of fire was given, which, on enquiry, we
found proceeded from a stable in the rear of
the wooden dwelling house, situated on the north
side of Calhoun street, between Elizabeth and
Meeting streets, belonging to Abaham North. The
flames soon reached the front buildings, and com
municating with the adjoining tenements, all also
of wood, the wind blowing high from the north-east
destroyed some fourteen of them, their progress
not being arTested until they arrived at Weston’s
two new houses, two doors from Meeting street,
which were saved. Bomo diffieolty occurred in
preventing the devouring element from crossing
i to the south side of Calhoun street, and consul
ing the wooden buildings there—indeed, one house
was burnt, but by the strenuous exertions of the
firemen the rest were preserved. The two and a
half storied wooden baildipg, used as a school
house, situated on the east side of Meeting street,
opposite Burn’s Lane, had a narrow escape. The
roof having canght fire several times from the flakes
falling on it. It was, however, but little injured.
—CK. dour. of Tkunday..
North Eastern Railroad.— We are gratified to
learn that our City Council yesterday subscribed
an additional sum of one hundred and fifty thous
and dollars to the stock ofthe North Eastern Bail
road Company, making the tote] subscriptions
ofthe city 1250,000. This is handsome, and we
trust onr citiaena will come forward in like man
ner to the extent of their means, and take stock in
an enterprise which cannot be otherwise than con
ducive to the best interests of CbariaatotL—CL
(kar.
From the If. O. Picayune, of the 26 th ult.
Later from California—ArrlTal or the Falcon.
The U. 8. Mail steamer Falcon, Henry Rodgers,
U. 8. N., commanding, arrived this morning,
bringingtheU. 8. mail of thelstinst., and the
passengers of steamships California and Northern
er. The Falcon brings 256 passengers and $850,-
000 on freight and in the hands of passengers.
She left Aspinwall on the evening of the 19th ult.
The steamers Georgia and Northern Light left the
evening of the 18th for New York via Kingston.
The Georgia had about 800 passengers and $2,500,-
000 on freight, besides a large amount in the hands
of passengers; the Northern Light bad about 100
passengers.
There is nothing of interest stirring at Aspin
wall. The health is good and the prospect looks
well for a busy winter. Among the passengers
in the Georgia is Senator Gwin, of California.—
Among the passengers of the Falcon is the fa
mous troop of Chinese jugglers. The company
consist of twenty persons, male and female, anti
their performances are said to be the most aston
ishing that have ever been witnessed on the Amer
ican continent. They exhibited a few nights in
San Francisco and Sacramento cities to the largest
audiences that ever assembled together in Califor
nia. It is the purpose of the managers to present
them to the people of New Orleans at an early day.
Accompanying the magicians is a Chinese dwarf,
twenty years of age, and leas than three feet in
height. All the joints of his body are doubled;
he is remarkably intelligent, and is rapidly ac
quiring a knowledge of the English language.
By the arrival of the U. S. mail steamship Fal
con, we have received dotes from Ban Franoisco to
the Ist ult.
The Herald says:
_ The production of our gold mines, instead of
falling off, seems to be steadily on the increase.
The shipment, during the month of October just
passed, reached the large sum of $4,679,212, and
from the amount taken by the California to-day, it
is evident that this will be increased to full $5,-
500,000 for the present month—by far the largest
amount ever shipped from our port within the
same period of time.
The California Chronicle gives news from Shas
ta, Yreka, &c. It sr.ys:
The United States cavalry sent north under com
mand of Major Fitzgerald, have done but little to
wards fulfilling the objects of the expedition. The
troops are stationed in Scott’s Valley, where they
are awaiting the arrival of provisions and necessa
ry equipments. In the meantime, Major Fitzger
ald, attended by a small escort, has proceeded to
the station of Captain Wright, on the emigrant
road, about one hundred and fifty miles east of
Yreka. As soon as he makes himself acquainted
with the country, it is his intention to decide upon
a movement in concert with Captain Wright, and
order his command to a place of action. The citi
zens of Yreka do not anticipate that much will be
done before witer. Then the mountain will be
covered with snow and the Indians will be driven
into the small valleys, and their chances of escape
necessarily lessened.
One of the stongholds of the Indians against
whom the citizens of Siskiyou have been contend
ing, is a lake spotted with small islands. It has
been their habit when hotly pursued, to resort to
this lake, where they could not be followed by the
whites. To remedy this the citizens of Yreka
caused two small boats to bo built, which have
been forwarded to the scene of action.
We are glad to learn that the sickness which
prevailed to such an alarming extent among the
mmigrants has almost entirely ceased. Frosts
have been frequent about Yreka and have exerted
a very beneficial effect ujs.n the health of the coun
try Three quartz mills have recently commenced
operations in Scott’s Valley. One of them is pro
ducing gold in abundance.
We had shown to us the other day a magnifi
cent lump of gold, slightly intermixed with quartz,
weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz. and 18 dwts. It was found
by Messrs. H. L. Boyes and Wm. Cole on Mad Ox
Canon. Thus in three weeks we have had the
pleasure of noticing, as having been taken from
bis canon, four large lumps of gold worth in the
aggregate upwards of $4,000, viz: one of $506, one
of $1,200, one of S7OO and one (this last) of $1,850.
The San Francisoo Herald publißhos the follow
ing reply of the officers of the Fourth Regiment of
Inlantry to the charges made against them by the
Panama Herald of Augnst 17th: .
At a meeting of the officers of the 4th Regiment
of U. S. Infantry, at the headquarters of the Regi
ment, Columbia Barracks, Oregon, the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted :
Whereas, An article has appeared in the New
York Express, copied from the Panama Herald of
August 17th, stating that while the 4th Bcgiment
of Infantry was crossing tho Isthmus of Punama,
in July, the men were “deserted by every com
missioned officer, and left alone in command of the
non-commissioned officers;” that the men “gavo
way to every species of indulgence;” that “the ra
tions which had been prepared on tho steamer at
Navy Bay were either thrown away or sold for
liquor by those who were too lazy or too feeble to
carry them on tho roadthat at Flamento Island
“tho neglect and unofficerlike conduct of the com
missioned officers was conspicuous,” Ac., thereby
intendingto reflect injury on the character of tho
officers—Therefore,
Resolved, That the article which appeared in the
Panama Herald, of August 17th, in reference to
the 4th Infantry, is a scandalous and malicious
falsehood.
Resolved, That the following are the facts con
cerning the passage of the troops across tho Isth
mus:
1. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company received
the contract for transporting the troops from Now
York to California, but failed to transport the bag
gage from Cruces to Panama. In consequence of
this failure the Quartermaster of the Regiment was
obliged to enter into a contract for its transporta
tion with the Alcalde of Cruces, and while the
troops left with the baggage were waiting at Cruces,
u number of them died oftho cholera.
2. All the officers of the regiment with tho excep
tion of three—one of whom was sick, another who
escorted the families of the officers, and the Regi
mental Quartermaster, who was detained at Cruces
to take charge of the baggage—accompanied the
troops, aud slept with them “in the open air and
on the damp ground,” and shared with them tho
fatigues of the march.
8. Every possible effort was made to prevent tho
troops from indulging in eating fruit or drinking
liquor, and in but few instances were these efforts
unsuccessful.
4. The Regimental Quartermaster was the last
officer who left Cruces, he having been obliged to
stay there five days in the discharge of his official
duties.
5. Two officers, boside a physician, staid with
the sick at Flamenco Island night and day. As
several of the oflioers sick, one of whom died,
this duty was in every instance cheerfully per
formed Dy those who were well.
Resolved, That these resolutions be forwarded
to the Adjutant General, with the request that
they be published in the National Intelligencer,
and that we deem it justice to the Regiment that
they be published in the New York Express aud
other papers into which 4he article from the Pana
ma Herald has been copied.
H. D. Wallen, Capt. 4th Infantry,
President of the meeting.
Thos. R. McConnel, Adjt. 4th Infantry, Sec.
On the 21st ult., a fire broke out in a two story
building on the south side of Sacramento street,
between Dupont and Kearney, in the Chinese
quarter of the town; by great exertions on the
part of the firemen it was prevented from spread
ing. Loss estimated at $15,000.
An institute, on the principle of a Mining Col
lege, has been established in San Francisco, for
the purpose of collecting and teaching the most
scientific mode of developing the mineral riches
of the State.
No less than three attempts have been lately
made to fire the city, but by the energy of the
chief of the fire department, the intentions of
the miscreants who originated the plot was fus
trated.
The Alta givos a list of 119 vessels now over
one hundred days on their passage from the At
lantic States and Europe. The value of their
cargo is estimated at no less than ten or eleven
millions of dollare. There are besides these, 49
vessels varying from ninety-six to forty-six dayß
out, whose cargo must amount to nine millions
more.
The San Francisco Times and Transcript says:
We are in receipt of most cheering intelligence
from the mines. The summer is drawing to a
close, and all along the rivers which are low,
thousand of miners are laboring. From the north,
from the sonth, from the centre of the western
slope of the Sierra, we learn that the river beds
and bunks are yielding good wages. In isolated
lines among the hills, wherever by the energy of
our people canals have been dug for the introduc
tion and distribution of water into the hitherto
dry diggins, miners are at work also. At tho same
time, in anticipation of the rains, heaps of dirt are
piled up |where water cannot now be had. These
are at present deserted. A few miners only have
taken up their winter quarters.
The law establishing a branch mint at San Fran
cisco contains one feature in our system of coinage,
which is entirely new—that which authorizes tho
basting of gold into bears or ingots, in such a man
ner as to indicate the value or fineness. As these
ingots are to have a definite value, fixed by the
authority of the Government, they must necessari
ly be received for all public dues, and doubtless
will constitute a legal tender.
The Government Assayer, Mr. Humbert, is now
engaged in coining ingots of the value of SSO, of
standard fineness. The standard adopted by the
Government is 900 thousandeths gold, and 100
alloy. This new ooinage will meet the require
ments of the recent Treasury order.
The French colonizing expedition to Sonora has
failed. Most of the members have returned to
California in distress.
The operations of the Land Commission have
been brought to a stand in consequence of a mis
understanding between two of the Judges.
The U. S. sToop-of-war Portsmouth, Capt. Dor
nin, had arrived at San Francisco from Panama.
The Alta Californian says:
The commercial news of the month is perhaps
the most gratifying feature of the present sum
mary. The long delayed fleet of vessels, bound
for this port, have at length reached our latitude.
Many arc in and discharging, and two or three
freighted and on their way home or to foreign
ports. By these arrivals the market has been
stocked with merchandise of almost every descrip
tion ; and though trade has been dull, there is a
prospect, now that the winter rains are at hand, of
a lively time in the trade of the mines. The great
scarcity of flour and a few other articles of pro
visions is somewhat relieved by the recent arrivals.
Reports from the south represent the Indian
troubles over.
Prom the A’ew Tori Herald of Sunday.
California Items by the Premethens at New
York.
The mail steamer California, Capt. B. L. Whit
ing, left San Francisco on the Ist inst., at 7 o’clock
A. M., taking about one hundred passengers, and
$2,643,887 or gold dust on freight—the largest
shipment ever yet made.
The dime contributions to the Washington
Monument was recommended to the voters of San
Francisco.
The Chinese had a festival and procession in
San Francisco on the 20th ult.
A gentleman had visited Sonora with a view of
estamishing a telegraph line between that place,
Columbia and Stockton, to connect with San Fran
cisco and the Northern mines.]
Major Heintzelman has put an end to the war
with the Yuma Indians, and the savages have
come in and begged for peace. The Major has
taken the right eourse to pacify them, and it is
very probable they will see the expediency of ob
serving the treaty for some time to come.
Miniso I.vtzllioxnce.—A company on the Mer
ced has taken out more than $2,000 per day for 14
consecutive days. Many of the companies on
Wood’s Creek, above Sonora, have been doing
finely for some weeks past. The Fort Washing
ton, 'Mississippi. Murphy’s, and other claims in
the same neighborhood, are paying better than
ever before.
The diggings at Murphy’s, Calaveras county, are
paying very well at present. A party of three
Germans, friends of his, lately purchased a claim
for fifty dollars, from which they took 107 ounces
of gold in three days—Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of last week. The camp is improving very
ftst, there being at least th rty frfone housesm the
course of erection at the present time. Murphy’s
promises to be one of the principal towna in the
ntfnnttina
A communication to the Herald gives a lull ac
9PHW ft the action ofthemiaw# j& Jacksonville
in expelling the Chinese. It appears that the anthori
ities interfered in tho first place, to protect the
Chinamen in working their claims, proceeding so
far, even, as to airest five of the persons who were
carrying out tho miners’ regulations in this re
spect The latter parties submitted peaceably to
the arrest, and were taken to Jacksonville, out
liberated on parole. On the same evening (Fri
day, 22d inst.) a meeting of miners was held in
the Empire House, which was addressed by Capt.
Amyx, G. B. Harris, and Mr. Eddy, at which it
was resolved to meet the next morning to enforce
the miners’ regulations. Accordingly, next morn
ing, (Saturday) at 8 o’clock, the minors assembled,
chose Capt. Amyx as their leader, and went
through all the Chinese camps in the Jacksonville
mining district, summarily expelling the Chinese
wherever they went. The’ authorities endeavored
to interfere, but were perfectly powerless in tho
premises; and, finally, the prisoners above men
tioned were discharged, there being no testimony
forthcoming to convict them of any offence against
the laws.
Moquelumne Hill, and tho rich mining country
around It will be watered, it is confidently hoped,
by the Moquelumne canal aud Mining Company,
who expect to have their works in fhu oporation
towards the latter end of December. Should they
bo disappointed in their expectations they will at
all events be enabled to afford a supply es water,
in continuation of that derived from tho raifls.
San Andres, distant about ten miles from the
Hill, has two ditches for supplying its rich placers.
One brings in the water from Winlow Creek, and
traverses a section of country but very little
worked, and whioh abounds in rioh gold deposits.
The other is from tho stream known as Murray’s
Branch, one of the tributaries of tho Calaveras.
There will afford on abundant supply, and the
claims are generally taken, and piles of earth
thrown up along the line.
Angell’s Camp derives its supply from thecreek,
which will be further increased by the great canal
running from the Stanislaus. The mining ground
around this camp is not surpassed by any in tho
country.
Murphy’s Camp derives its supply from the
same source. This creek has afforded sufficient
water during the summer to work a few tons, aud
will of course be the means of great employment
during tho winter. The Murphy’s canal will sup
ply a district of country hitherto untouched by
the pick and shovel and which will afford constant
occupation of numberless hands.
Turning towards the north, we find Volcano
well supplied by Sutter’s Creek, while in the gulch
they will have more than they want. Clinton und
Sccreto are well watered by the south branch of
Jackson Creek, and on the middle brunch are
placers that will richly repay labor. Jackson’s
rich resources are provided for by both streams, by
which an immense amount of gold will be turned
out. The vicinity of Sutter derives ample means
of washing from its own creek; while Amadore,
Eanchcria, Dry Creek, and ther cumps, will be
abundantly supplied bv their respective stream”..
Drytown this year, will have the additional advan
tage of the Cosumnes canal, which will promote
the interests ot the miners, and be most beneficial
to the surrounding country.
Altogether the prospect of winter diggings is
better this year than it lias ever been, and wo do
hope that miners will, in a great measurej be re
lieved from vexatious delays and expensive and
toilsome journeys in claim hunting.
From Buenos Ayres
"Byway of England we have stiller advices from
tho River Plate. The following letter dated
Ilmenos Ayres, October 2, throws light upon the
recent movement there, by which Urquiza’s gov
ernment was overthrown:
On tho Bth of September General Urquiza left
for Santa Fo to iustal tho Constituent Congress,
taking with him a considerable number ofthe de
puties elect, leaving Gen. Galan with 4,000 or 5,000
Entrerianos and Cerrentinos to keep the Buenos
Ayreans in order. The latter had made no seoret
ot their dissatisfaction, und found some of Urqui
za’s most influential ohiefs ripe for a revolt. On
the morning ot the 11th the people and a part of
the army fraternized, anddeclurea tho reign of the
hero of Caseros at an oud, in this quarter at least.
Galan proved true to his trust, and was
partly compelled, partly allowed, to retire by land
with some 2,000 of his followers who stuck by him.
Fortunately, no blood has been shed. General
Urquiza lias retired ull his forces to Eutrerios.
but says he is d itermincd to instal the Congress
and constitute the Republic; accordingly, ho bus
noticed all the foreign agents and consuls to treat
him as representative of the national affairs. A
civil war, or ads facto disemberment of tho Con
federation, seems the only alternative.
The Buenos Ayreans, Fedorals and Unitarians
are united against Urquiza. Whether they may
continue so united as to form a strong and stable
provincial Government is a different question. In
the meantime, our hopes of a national organiza
tion are indefinitely postponed and business is sad
ly deranged.
We have not yet had time to hear how the news
has been received by the interior provinces. It is
probable that several of tho governors may adhere
to General Urquiza, while the sympathies of the
communities must be in favor of Buenos Ayres,
rendering other provincial revolutions almost in
evitable. General Urquiza’s career as a public
man we consider ended. The revolution was ef
fected by a nocturnal coup d'etat.
The late Chamber of Representatives assembled
and, having recognised the movemeht, declared
themselves reinstalled, and eleoted General Pinto
Governor of the province, who named Dr. Alsina,
Minister-General.
Buenos Ayres will consent to the free navigation
of tho Parana, and will declare the port of Buenos
Ayres a bonding port. A lew days after the revo
lution in Buenos Ayres, some of Rosas’s adherents
at tempted to take advantage of the confusion. Tjie
Government promptly ordered about a dozon of
them to quit the country within twenty-four hours.
Cue of them, Colonel Costa, accompanied Rosas to
England, whonce he returned two or three months
hack. These gentlemen are now in Montevideo.
Urquisa’s son is also there, supposed to be accredi
ted to this Government.
Sir Charles Hotliam, who had accompanied Ur-
Suiza to San Nicola, returned to Buenos Ayres.
1. St. George, the French envoy, also returned,
and afterwards came to this place. It is said ho
will proceed to Rio Janeiro, and that Sir Charleß
will immediately ascend the Panama in tho Locust
steamer to tho Paraguay, to acknowledge tho inde
pendence of that Ropublic, and, if practicable, en
ter into the preliminaries of a commercial treaty.
From the London Herald of November 16.
The General by whose skill and oourage the reign
of a tyrant was brought to a close, and who, it
must be admitted, used his success with singulur
good sense, moderation and humanity, has Boon
expelled from the supreme authority which, in the
first transport of their deliverance, the inhabitants
of the city of Beunos Ayros were but too anxious
to clothe him with. General Urquiza, mindful of
his well deserved reputation, and influenced, we
sincerely believe, by the highest sense of duty aud
attachment to his country, declined the odious
task of involving it in bloodshed and oivil war.
With temper and Belf-denial rare amongst the
military chieftains of South America, he lias ac
quiesced in the forcible change of government
brought about in his absence from the city, and,
contenting himself with obtaining the advantage*
to the confederation whioh a common policy and a
general harmony of public interest can alone se
cure, he leaves, without a struggle, to the city of
Buenos Ayres aud the province of which it is the
capital, that control over its own government
which its population would seem to desire.
However we may lament a circumstance which
would appear to warrant tho belief that a fixed and
steady Government was a blessing not yet duly ap
preciated in tho Argentine Republic, the conduct
of a party which has succeeded to the Govern
ment, in Buenos Ayres, leaves us under no appre
hension of any iterruption to those amicable rela
tions and that commercial intercourse which it had
been the object of General Urquiza to promote and
establish.
On the contrary, it would appear that the first
step of the Provisional Government was to confirm
all that had been done with this view by the Go
vernment which had proceeded it; and we have
full authority to declare that no interruption cither
to the friendly relations or commercial facilities af
forded by recent treaties is, or can be anticipated.
The inhabitants of the various provinces of the
Argentine Confederation, of EntreKois, Corrientes,
and the Banda Oriental, possess, of course, the full
right to settle upon what terms and under what
particular description of general government they
may prefer to live. The right of choosing its own
particular form of internal administration, is one
■which clearly belongs to every country, and which
has ever been admitted by the British government.
With that admitted right it ia not the intention of
this country to interfere.
The duty of our Government is to heal dissen
sions, and to promote, as far as in them lies, the
prosperity of those fine provinces. To that duty
wo are well assured the noble Secretary of Foreign
Affairs will address himself. But upon the sub
ject of our relations with them, or the free naviga
tion of the Bio de la Plata, it affords us the most
sincere satisfaction to assure the public that not
the slightest apprehension need be entertained.
HOME IS WHERE TiIERE’S ONE TO LOVE CS.
Home’s not merely four square walls,
Though with pictures hung and gilded;
Home is where affection calls, •
Filled with shrines the heart hath builded I
Home! —go watch the faithful dove
Sailing ’neath the heaven above us—
Home is where there’s one to love 1
Home is where there’s one to love us 1
Home’s not merely roof and room,
It needs something to endear It;
Home is where the heart can bloom,
Where there’s some kind lip to cheer It I
What is home with none to meet?
None to welcome, none to greet us ?
Home is sweet, and only sweet.
Where there’s one we love to meet ns I <
A moat dastardly attempt was made on Monday
night, the 22d inst., at a wagon camp in the su
burbs of Dahlonega, to assassinate Mr. Baylis
Wynn, a peaceable and much respected citizen ol
thiß place, by shooting him in the back. Thena
t.ure of the wonnd is sucb, that if his life is spared,
he must inevitably be a cripple for the balance of
his days,
The day following, an investigation was held
which resulted in the committing for trial John
H. McCrosky, who, however, persists in his inno
cence “God grant that he may be innocent." We
at the same time hope and trust that the perpetra
tor of this diabolicul act, may be punished to the
ext ent of the law, be he who he may!—iJanlon
ega Signal.
Casualitt.—The recent rain has been produc
tive of many accidents, besides the loss of mails.
Bridges and stock have been lost on the various
routes, and we have the melancholy duty to per
form of recording the loss of human life.
On Saturday night an attempt was made to cross
the Tallapoosa at Judkin'a Ferry, by Mr. Thomas
Moulton, of this place, and a Mr. Bouse of We
tumpka, in a batteau, managed by a negro belong
ing to Mr. Winter of this place. In the passage
the boat was upset, and Mr. Bouse, and the boy
were drowned. Mr. Moulton having been lor sev
eral hours on a snag succeeded in reaching the
shore. — Montgomery Journal.
Blake the Convict who managed by secreting
himself, to escape during the violent storm of
rain on Thursday Dight, was retaken at Gordon
the next day, and returned to the Penitentiary.
Maj. Zachry, the keeper had promptly issued
handbills offering a reward, which resulted in his
arrest. Too mnch praise cannot be awarded Maj.
Zachry for the vigilance and energy he display*
in every department. Let a convict but be com
mitted to hia care, and be will find it hard work to
get away from him—two have tried it and both
tailed in a permanent escape.— Southern Recorder.
The United States Mail Steamer Captain
Nye, left New York at her usual hour on Saturday
for Liverpool, with fifty eight passengers and
$200,000 in specie.
A bill has passed the Senate of the Virginia Le
gislature to provide for the establishment of a line
of steamers between the porta of Virginia (Bich
mond and Norfolk) and Antwerp. In the House
it was made the order of the day for Tuesday last.
The Croton Aqneduet department, have re
ported to the New York Common Council, that the
appropriation* required for 1158, will bo $391,915.
YOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES YOL.XVI.~NO. 49.
THE FLOWERS.
ST C. D. STUART.
There is a legend old as earth,
But beautiful and true,
Which tells us bo» the flowers bad birth,
And wherefore came the dew.
When Ere, through Satan’s sore deceit,
Touched the forbidden tree.
And tempted her “ good man” to eat,
The Lord came angrily ;
And straightway turned from Eden’t bowers
These first-born sinners forth;
Away from all its smiling flowers—
Upon the barren earth.
But pitying—ere to heaven he pa«»ed—
His angels—brothers then—
O’er all the earth their footprint! cast,
And hill, and vale, and glen
Sparkled with flowers—Earth’s starry spheres—
And ere they fled from view,
They strewed the flowers with pitying tears,
Whioh since have pasaed for dew.
And thus, though paradise was lost
By first of human kind,
Their children know, though sorely crossed,
God's love is left behind.
THE SEASONS OF LIFE.
Life is like the passing year;
Budding hopes with spring appear,
Urging on the sultry hours
Summer-noon brings wealth of Hewers;
Autumn's afternoon is rife
With the golden grain of life;
Froety age in twilight dim
Trembling hears the vesper hymn—
Ere the bell has ceased to toll
Heaven will claim another soul!
Hope and life have passed away,
Winter—death secures his prey.
4%'lint the People want from Congreea.
In a tow days Congress will meet. We see no
cause why it Bhould not have on uncommonly prac
tical session. It is to be expected that every fourth
unnual assemblage of our Representatives must bo
agitated by angry debates, absorbing a great deal
of valuable time, and allowing leadere from ali
parts Os tho country to express their opinions upon
National policy. This is so, beoauso, in tho re
cess of Congress, a President ia to bo eleoted, and
it is right that tho people should have the promi
nent then and tho prominent features of a Nation
al programme brought before them with the most
thorough analysis. But, after the eleotion is over,
and at the immediately succeeding assemblage of
Congress, there is no nood of suou ample donate.
The Man and his Platform aro both before tho na
tion. Nothing can alter tho popular verdiot as to
tho former, aud nothing but voluntary disobedi
ence cun modify tho latter.
Wo hope, therefore, that aftor the important
question of our relations with Spain and England
shall have been thoroughly discussed, our Repre
sentatives will devoto their time, exclusively, to
the large class of our own citizens who come to
them with a demand for justioe. Thoro aro home
claims us well as foreign rights tobe settled. Many
of them have lingered for yoars on tho table
until the principal has been doubled or trebled by
de ay. Tnis carelessness of justice has bred up in
Washington a luce of greedy attendants who stand
ready, it is said, as tho agents between tho bog
gard applicants and tho hesitating legislator. Col.
Benton, in bis late spuech, has characterized these
"agents" with his usual vigor, and we doubt not
that too reports of oommiiteos now sitting, will do
much to exterminate these combinations of lobby
influences.
Among tho most prominent acta demanding at
tention, is that which has been so often passed by
one house or tho other, and has yet so often failed
of settlement, either by want of time or a Presi
dential veto—we moan the aot giving compensa
tion to claimants for French Spoliations on Ameri
can Commerce prior to 1840. A law for thit pur
pose was pussed by tho Senate at. ita last session,
und now lies on the table of the lower House. In
the regular course, it must soon be reached. Let
us bo amongst the earliest to announoe its passage,
and to present our National Representatives tno
sufferers’ thanks. Who can hesitate as to its
justice ? The facts aro few, and tho argument may
be comprised in two lines;—Spoliations were
committed by France on our commeroe, prior to
1800; —Franco admitted, in negotiation, thatsuoh
injustice had been done by her oruisers and oourte,
and made tho value of those spoliations,—to be
ussumod and settled by the U. 8. Government, —
tho money basis of a treaty with onr country.
This treaty released France from responsibility,
and throw it on tho United States, with full “valuo
received” for tho liability. In other words, onr
Union paid a national debt with the claims of its
people, and now hesitates to reimburse tho parties
upon whoso credit it operated, though, for fifty
years, it has enjoyed tho benefioial results of tho
speculation.
No Government in tho world, wo presume, baß
a private National debt, so long out-standing. Let
our legislators blush—and pay I
Nor is this tho only demand upon our treasury.
The French Spoliation claimants may now almost
bo rogardod us a sort of National Corporation, so
long have their requests been unheeded; but
there are multitudes of individual creditors for
comparatively small sums, duo on contract or
otherwise, who] have been prosecuting their suits
for years with equal pertinacity and equalfrnitloss
iicss. They have not had tho means of making
themselves heard through tho papers, and havo
confined their appeals either to the oommittee
room or to members’ coat-button at a street corner.
Multitudes have been sent off with a rebuff of in
difference. Then, they havo trusted their fate to
the tender mercieß of an “agent;” but this person
age’s “influence” was not be had without a present
fee and a contingent ihterest.” If tho agent is
able to wait, tho demand may bo delayed, hinder
ed, impeded, or not prossed from session to ses
sion ; and each new assemblage of Congress, of
course, exacts a new “rotainor.” Thus,Dctween
travelling oxponsos, boarding bills, loss of time,
loss of self-respeet, resort to stratagem and habitu
al trickery, the Washington claimant soon becomes
a very jioor creature in character as well as
pitrso. Some have gone home to mad-houseß—
and some to reimburse themselves by the arts
they learned at the capital.
Now it becomes those dignified gentlemen who
sacrifice their lives to legislate for the nation ot
eight dollars a day, to put an end to this growing
vice, l’ay your debts—largo and small—and
when you congratulate Frankun Pierce on his ac
cession to tho Presidency, on the 4th of March,
1858, hand him over a clean balance shoot.— EaU.
American.
Horrible Tragedy !—Husband Murdered by
his W ifk !! —On Wednesday, the 10th ult., the
good citizens of Gilrnor county were startled bytho
discovery of a orimo of the most horrible charac
ter, the particulars of which, as related to us by a
brother-in-law ot the murdered man, are as fol
lows: On the morning mentioned, a woman,
named Presley, living within a few miles of Elli
jay, informed her teighbors that a strange man
had stopped at the house the day before, and tar
ried through that (Tuesday) night, during which,
he had killed her husband. On repairing to the
house, her husband was found in bed, insensible,
with an axe still sticking in his deft skull, and his
brains oozing out. lie breathed on until Wednes
day evening, when death eame to his relief. A
daughter of the victim, disabused the public tnind,
by denying that any strange man had been on the
premises as stated by her mother; upon whom, of
course suspicion then fell, and she was arrested.—
She thereupon confessed having herself committed
the unnatural crime; at the same time, expressing
regret that she had not done it twenty years ago. i
It appears, from the narration to us, that she did
attempt it, by tying his arms across his breast,
while in a state or beastly intoxication, sitting
astride of his person, and essaying to cut his throat
with his own shoe maker’s knife. Bhe was only
prevented consummating so awful a deed by a ne
gro opportunely dragging her from the prostrate
body of her husband.
The deceased had formerly been notoriously in
temperate ; but for some time past, had led a sober
life. The immediate occasion of his horrible mur
der, was a conjugal quarrel. Strange to say, this
she monster was released from her temporary im
prisonment in the jail at Elijay, and is we under
stand, now at largo. —Dalton Timet.
New State Machine Shop.— Workmen are now
employed in laying the foundation for the new ma
chine shop for the Western and Atlantic Bailroad,
to be erected in this city. Judging from the size
of the building, the operations of this establish
ment are expected to be on a very extensive scale.
The main body of the building will be of a oircular
form, two hundred and fifty feet in diameter. On
one side is to project a wing sixty feet in width by
two hundred feet in length, and on another ride,
a second wing fifty feet wide by sixty feet long.
Connected with the establishment will be other
buildings of less dimensions for various kinds of
work. The foundation walls of the building are
going up with heavy stone work, on tho lower side
to be carried to a height of twenty-six feet. Above
the foundation the walls are te be built of brick.
The contract for the mason work wo understtnd
is held by Messrs. Lloyd and MoCollough, and
their portion of tho work is expected to be com
pleted about the first of June next. This machine
shop, when completed, will be one of the most ex
tensive establishments of the kind In the country,
and a view of it in operation would suggest a very
fair idea of tho vast worth and importance to our
State, of this great public work, the Western and
Atlantic Bailroad. —Atlanta Intel.
The Rains. —On Wednesday night at 10 o’clock,
the rain commenced felling and continued with
out intermission till Friday morning, a period of
übout thirty-six hours: everything has been delug
ed, and it will probably prove to be as disastrous
as any freshet we have had. We have had no
mails from Savannah since Thursday evening, and
wc are sorry to learn that communication will pro
bably be cut off for some time. The Thursday
night train is the last that has passed from Savan •
nah, and at that time parts of the track was covered
with water; the track has been taken off in vari
ous places from the 79 up, wherever the road pass
ed any stream of importance; the traek haa been
washed up in three places in this county, at Bid
dle’s mills, at Gainers, just above Hardwick’s and
at Francis’Bridge just below, and from thatdown
the damago is said to be great. So great is the in
jury the road has received, that it is difficult tossy
when we may expect to hear from our friends be
low. From Tennille to Macon, the damage has
been comparatively small, and the train will run
up aDd down every day. In our county the roads
and plantations have been washed terribly, nearly
all the mills we hear of has been broken, and we
leam that the Double Bridge across Williamson’s
Swamp, near No. 12 has been carried away. We
have heard nothing from Maoon, Augusta or Sa
vannah since Thursday, indeed we are cut off from
all the world and the rest of mankind, our read
ers willfully realize our situation in looking over our
columns.—.S ander/mlle Georgian, 80IA uU.
The Weather. —For two weeks past the weather
has been unusually cold fer the season.. But s
change has come, and such a change as it is. For
twenty-four hours previous to going to press, the
rain has fallen in torrents The branches and
creeks are overflowing and the Flint is rising with
a rapidity seldom known before. The Stages have
all Btopped. The Oats on the South Western Rail
Road on their way down, yesterday morning, was
brought to a bait about five miles east of this city,
by the washing up of the road. We leam from a
passenger, who came down yesterday that the
road is washed up in a dozen places, hetween
Montezeuma and the plaoe where the cm* stopped.
We are threatened with a temhle freshet. If the
rain is general, the Harrison freshet in 1841, will
have been only a oircoinstanoe to it We await
with fearful apprehension the news from abroad
in relation to the destruction of mills, bridges
culverts, rail roads, and crops. The destruction of
both publio and private property will be immense.
—Oglethorpe Democrat.
Boiling Potatoes. —The correspondent of the
London Times, says; “ The following method of
dressing potatoes will be found of great use at this
season of the year, when skins are tough and po
tatoes are watery. Score the skin of the pots..
with a knife lengthwise, and across quite aiound,
and then boil the potato in plenty oi water ana
salt, with the skin on. The skin readily oraoks
when it is scored, and lete out the moisture, whioh
otherwise renders the potato soapy and wet. The
improvement to bad potatoes by this method of
boiling thorn is very great; and ail who have tried
it find a great advantage in it, nowthatgood pota
toes are very difficult to be obtained.”
The money disbursed by Louis Napoleon in his
month’s tour, exoeeds thirty-one millions of
firascs, or a million and a quarter sterling.
The Model Baby nuts.
It never Wants to nurse when mamma has on
her best dress that is made to fasten behind.
It wears but two clean frocks s week.
It has no objection when lying on its back in
the cradle wide awake to have a dozon flies walk
ing over its little face in different directions, and
doesn’t get mad because it can’t hit them in tho
right spot with its littlo fat useless hands.
It never goes into fits when the large black eat
jumps into the foot of the cradle, and stands
whisking her tail round and storing at it with her
great green eyes.
It is unnecessary for visitors who wish to tend it
to dress in oilcloth or India rubber, or to hold its
hands to prevent tlieir eyes from being clawed nnt.
It knows the difference betwoen Valenciennes
laoe and imitation, and never lays profane Angora on
the former.
If it is taken to the common by Peggy, the nurse,
nnd she meets John (as agreod upon) on'd puts
the baby on the grass, whilst they “cast sheep’s
eyes,” and niakelovo, it nover interrupts the thread
of their discourse, though half an hour sinco it
rolled over on its face; has boen snuffod at by
the dogs ; aud had a dozen blades of grass or more
tiokling its nose all through that interesting peri
od. Ita patience is still inexhausted on the’*
march homeward when Peggy, in a brown study,
lays it over her right shoulder, (it should have
been over theleft) quite unoousoiouß that the sun
is scorching its eyos out.
When it returns home, aud visions of a “ land
overflowing with milk” begin to float through Its
braiD, and mamma is in the parlor with company
in full dress, and oan’t think of being bored to
nurse, and Peggy, still thinking of John, and
loving her case as woll as her Dotters, slily ad
ministers a dose of puragoric—it resigns itself to
its fate without any signs of discontout whatever.
It is also enough of a Spartan to make no objec
tion to being made a living pincussion, and never
thinks of remonstrating though the pin has been
working its way into its shoulder ever sinco it was
dressed in the morniug, remains undisturbed until
it comes off with the dress at night.
Lastly—its crowning excollonco is that it nover
wakes when papa comes to bod, but stays in the
crib until morning.
THE AUTUMN RAINBOW.
“ How cam'st thou here—child of the Summer days ?”
All hall—thou gorgeous bun Der of the sky—
Flung In full glory o’er the lowering East
On flying clouds gleams the red sunset'a eye,
And paints thy splendors beat when looked tor least I
No day of Summer saw more per.ect arch
Than thine, that spans November's sullen brow—
While to his rest, with proud, triumphant march,
The conqueror treads his brilliant pathwuy now 1
Eastward the heavy route of mist and rain,
With victory’s signal flaming o'er its flight,
Rolls swiftly out upon the Ocean plain—
While all the Weet is peaceiul, calm and bright I
Oh for a rainbow in our autumn hour*!
When clouds that wrap our aky, like these,shall flee—
To send them, smiling, over vanished showers,
Floating, with shining robes, towards the sea I
And thou, my Country! with thy Autumn pale.
How wild a storm hath swept along tile sky I
Whence will arise, for thee, some blessed gale
To bid the clouds of sorrow break and fly ?
Lo! written on our deepest eastern gloom,
In lines of fadeless light, thy rainbow see t
“ Still doth He live I”—though laid within the tomb—
And tinged with promise hues the storm-clouds flee I
[Boston IVansoript.
Fatal Affray—A Man Shot at Cross Keys.—
We learn that a difficulty ocourrod at Cross Ko\s,
on Wednesday, 24tli ult., between George W.
Evans and James Lowry, in whioh tho latter was
killed and the former badly wounded. It seems
that an ill feeling had existed some time between
the parties, and on meeting at Cross Keys tho old
quarrel was renewed. Somo angry words lmd
passed betweou them, when Evans, who hold a
guu in hands, warned Lowry not to approach him
or he would shoot him. Lowry disregarded t lie
threat, advanced a few stops, and Evuns taking
dolibera'e aim Bliot him through the right breast.
Lowry aftor being shot, did not fall immediately,
butdrewa pistol, advanoed und placing it within
nfew inches of Evana’ head, would have shot him
had not a brother of the lattor, coming up at the
instant, knocked aside his arm. Iu tho mouu time
Evans had drawn u knife and immediately stub
bed Lowry three times. Lowry gathering hist
strength for a lost effort, also drew n bowio knife,
mid stabbed Evans in the fuoe, the blade of the
knife entering his eye socket just beneath tlm eye
and passing downward through the roof of li is
mouth. Immediately upon giving tho last blow
Lowry foil to tho ground ana expired, and Evans
turned and attempted to oacape, but wap pursued
and caught. An inquest was held on the spot
and gavo a verdiot of wilful murdor. Evans was
committed to jail, at Decatur, to itwuit his trial,
at the next term of tho Superior Court, for this
oounty.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
“Fanny Fern.” —Wo published a paragraph
not long sinco, stating tlmt it was said that the
brilliant and dualling writer, in the Boston Olive
Branch, over this numc, wan a aister of N. P. Wil
lis. A Boston paper noticing this says: That it is
also said that this “sister” of N. P. Willis, is
very much in favor of tho “ bloomer costumo,”
wears hrooohes, smoko oigars, promenades the
streets in Wellington boots and standing Bhirt
collar, edits the lest paper and is the best looking
man' in Boston, she bears the cognomon of “ quaint
Fanny Fern” abroad, but is bettor known at liome
bb Tom Norriß, tho editor of the Oliv Branoh—
Mobile Register.
Serious Accident.— Wo undcretand that Mr.
Edward Perkins, a citizon of this county, met with
a very serious accident on Wednesday last. Tiio
particulars as far os wo con nacortnin them are
theso: Mr. Perkins, togethor with Mr. Bartholo
mew 8011, Jr., went on a huntiug okeursion, the
latter gentleman while in tho act of putting a cup
on his rifle, it accidentally discharged, the ball en
tering the right shoulder of Mr. 11.I 1 . making its way
through tho left. Wo are glad to loam ho Is doing
well, and will recover iu a few days.— Washington
Gazette. _
Murder or Suicide. —&e learn that a murder,
or suicid waa committed on tho body of o young
man by tho name of Hughes, in Amerious on Sun
day night last. We understand suspicion rested
upon a negro man and Ills wife, and that they wore
committed to jail to await thoir trial, hut tho gen
eral impression is that lie came to his death by
an accidental pistol shot, while in a state of intoxi
tion. Our information is too indefinite to par
ticularize.—Oglethorpe Democrat.
Model Lkttbb fob Eminent Politicians. —The
following letter wo reoommeud to the study, at the
present time, of our eminent politicians out of of
fico:
“The Duke of Wellington presents his compli
ments to Mr. , and has received his letter.
“The Duko declines to take into consideration
the desire of any gentleman to be appointed to of
fice. Ho lias no office at his disposal, and has no
connection or relation with thoso who have.
“The Duke could not, under any circumstances,
appoint or recommend to others for office, a gen
tleman of whom ho knows nothing.”
London, Feb. 7, 1826.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad. —We regret to
learn that the damage to our Railroad, caused by
the lute rains, proves to bo more serious in extent
than was at firet supposed. Betwcon Beaver
Meadow aud Eight Mile Creek, several soctions of
the lino are wholly impassable, the probability
being, that the ears will not bo able to run to
Citronolle for a week to come, tit least. Tho officers
ofthe Road are using the most strenuous exertions
to repair it as quickly as possible, a large force of
hands being now actively engaged in tho good
work. Wo wish them O''d speed.—Mobile Advr.
A trial of the new iron steamboat Richard Stock
ton, intended to ply upon tho Delaware, was made
Tuesday and resulted very satisfactorily.
This iron boat is the largest upon the Delaware,
being 270 feet long, 89 tcetbeam, 10 feet hold, and
draws only 4 feet 2 inchot of water. The wheels
are constructed upon an entirely new model, differ
ing from any in use on vessels propelled by steam.
Each one has a face of 10 feet, and 22 feet diame
ter. The buckets or paddlos are made of cast iron,
and dip perpendicularly into the water, by means
of eccentrics, which, as fer us has been tested,
work with admirable precision and effect. The
design of this wheeol is to avoid the resistance pro
duced in the ordinary wheel in striking diagonally
into the water and lifting it up again, and thus in
crease tho speed of the boat. The arms and every
other part of the wheel are wrought iron, the
entire weight of both being 110,884 pounds, or 65
tons making 27j£ tons for each wheel. This im
mense body of machinery revolves with the
engine 85 times in a minute.
A Bridal Party in Pbison.— A prisoner confined
in the jail at Bergen, was married to a young wo
man named Ellen McOlusky. Tho prisoners in
jail were witnesses, with others, to the wedding,
lie had been confined in jail on the charge of fail b
lessness to his engagements to her, under aggra
vated circumstances,. and when, after due reflec
tion, ht consented to enter into the bonds of ma
trimony, lie was considered by the law a fit man
to enjoy liberty.
Guano. —A German chemist, named Von Brei
sach, has invented a kind of artificial guano, which
can be bad at less oost and is equal in quality to
the natural. The government of Bavaria have de
termined to give Mr. Von Breisach every assist
ance in their power.
Telegraph between Quebec and Detroit—
The process of laying down the submarine wire
across the Bay Quinte, for the trunk line of tele
graph now in course of construction betweon
Quebec and Detroit, waß gone through last wo. k.
The submarine wire, which works admirably
across the bay, was manufactured in London.
Heavy Damages Claimed. —The owners of the
late steamer Atlantic, wrecked on Lake Erie with
great loss of life, from a collision with the pro
peller Ogdensburgh, have sued the owners of the
latter, claiming 1100,000 damages. The cose comes
up before the District Uaart of Ohio, at Steuben
ville, on the 6lh prox, ■
Wellington and Napoleon.— Pre-,*ratloDs are
making for two of the greatest jiageanta of the
the XIX century, In the neighboring rival
Kingdoms of France and England. In England,
the wits of the architecte, heralds, master of cere
mony and upholsterers tro active in preparing the
programme for the gorgeous burial of the man who
destroyed Napoleon,'—while, across the Channel,
in France, the same classes of tasteful and learned
persons are engaged in devising; with equal splen
dor, the ritual for the resurrection of the Emperor
at the coronation ot his nephew!— Balt. Amer.
How to ‘Finish’ a Daughter. —For the attain
ment of this end, Punch gives the following diree
tionsi
1. Be always telling her how pretty she is.
2. Instil into her mind s proper love of dress.
8. Accustom her to so much pleasure that she is
never happy at home.
4. Allow her to read nothing but novels.
5. Teach her all the accomplishments, but non*
of the utilities of life.
6. Keep her in the darkest ignorance.of the mys
teries of housekeeping.
7. Initiate her into the prinoiple that it is vul
gar to do anything for herself.
8. To strengthen the latter belief) let her have
a ladies maid.
9. And lastly, having given lier such an educa
tion, marry her to a clerk in she Treasury, upon
£75 a year, or to an ensign that is going out to
India.
If, with theabovs carefti) training, yonr daughter
is not finished, you mar be sure it is no fruit of
yours, and you must look upon her esoape as noth
ing short or a miraete.
Filial Durr—There is no virtue that adda «o
noble a charm to the finest traits of beauty as that
which exarts itself in watching over the tranquility
of aj aged parent. There are no tears that con
give so noble a lustre to the cheek of innooenee as
1 the tears of filial sorrow.
The Mormons— A writer ot Salt Lake* address
ing the St. Lonis Intelligencer, says fully oao
third, and perhaps one-half of tho Mormon com
munity, are English, while of the American popu
lation by fer ths greater number come Iroai Ne#
York find the other Middle end Eastern States.