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D tll.Y AM) rai-U LKK.LY,
Are ilf, pebi-he* at >M» office, an J mailed to aabaorlben
Duly P*r:::i if: nibymail, t7 per annum.'
I'aj-tVr.r.sLV PAM.*, 4 “ “
Ifittfl* OF ADVEETISI!V«.
2K W^klyv—rfepeiitf'ilvecinu per lines or
ess) tortl»*3 tint insertion, and fifty cent* for each •üb»e*
uent iaieriUm.
NOTICE*
r-TfIAVKO from th*? PUr 4 t*tion of Tho*. IVha- /T\~
ij Isy, Han H-k rr.uty, on the 25th of Decemb# r
I' r , ' o MoKHKh >IAKK, 4 year* old. blare in the lift**,
t ur oft the l>a k.sau'OfJ by Saddle,- No other mark rec oi-
I' * u <i. AM, a* the t,*«*« Uroo, r oe<IRKY 110RHi5, $ roan
o 1, ;t dvfe nr rvk on his ’efl \iw\xMvr. The *aid animate
« .«•. k » !y (i irchawl of a .*'r. JJtrorford jwd Dor«y, of
'J Th*. / tlieir way hack ajrai a.
Any ifxi
AM>• ; * its ‘‘ i. U WIT A LEV, MayfUld, <s*.
e * South'rn Heconter will public three time;,
20 DOLLARS REWARD.
R' .I WV \Y ?rom tho *ubiftrlber r near Hawkins
v , 'l l on ‘ e 45th StaveroJtor last, my N>: - -wO
yi PAUL. He te al>ui*i2s y ;ar* old, 5 fe"t,
t fV’ .o ► a hVh, weigh* about 170 or 175 lbs., —coJm.
!»'.: Urular nw'k • about him recollected, except a very htyli
i»r j I r i head, and » Uck. He Is probably maki r
i> way to a * r * ■* J*: .k when Uh*. seen. He was travelling
wlth*<. • .inkr.'wn Irishman. The above reward will i-e
pahl for such ir.format.on that I may get him.
dT.*rtf _ R, W. RADFORD.
NOTICE.
l)BOl(lfIT TO .1 All. In CrawforiTille, Talia- qa
1 > I v-rro ro inly, Oa., a Negro loy, who call* him
• f JAUK 9 nu'l M.y j he beh.ogji to one Mij. Ander
in Os Or:-" county, oa. Ife in about 14 years old -a*X.
an l black r <u.pl ,k idon. The owner will come forward,
pie prop* rty, p*y exp ; ni*e», and t*ko him out of J til.
MIo v, WM. ALKXANDKR, Jailor.
NOTICE.
rriiv UEUh have Tlfta DA7 nasodatO'l
I wi».hth*m in th*.*ir Hook and Stationery Buxines*, Mr.
CHARLES H. McKINNIII, ami will conduct tho -jarne «a
b< r f re, r>rider the style and firm of JOS. A. C'APJiiE
A t 0. C. K. OftRNVILLK,
J* ary l«t, KVL J JOH. A. CARR IK.
NOTICE,
AIX persons Indebted to the late Prm of ADA M 3,
110/’K 1N: ■.% C ,sre re<|i-(„n<‘<l to make payment.
Ci.-ii.in 'i t j .iM, o i.rrnnaod far payment at an early
day, will, n if.hont li rrlmia AticM, be placed in suit.
’1 ),e dei.rti f Mr. remitAithis course Imp* rative,
and ••/ iru «tli-,' it -jebud will promptly nettle the do-
M«nds ara n*t them. LaMBKTI! 1!0I»K!NS,
FUANOI3 T. WILLIM.
Vtiln: cry C. f», 1 *53. fcbl-w3m
ij^iuivEDTamFoHs!
l iAIII.HhtIU.II'D l ave comraencwl thotnanu-
J fa< Mur of c <T/0N T 01N.\ln Augusta, under the firm
r>f OGLh-.-liY A t iIKW' T, and prepared to lurn
kii Piautcrs with an artick* superior to any other in mar
ket .
Thr* | r Ims d-voted tho !a.«t two years to cx
pefi:.-- iiii.l i". rovement.« in tin o macuines, in addition to
Ll.i former he*:/eKperlfcnC'j; I&b h]i3 nuCMiaiil In prodn
cini; • (i in in* r: durable, running with le«s friction, and
ercatin • I. i heat than any other, while It gin* more Cot
ton aad of h t ' r 'sUftlity than any in u'>e. 'l'he machinery
of tlo* work. l jc all new, with fiie latest Improvements, got
t«.n up nod"r th - uv-diati* dlreetiou of 6. T, Ooutniiv ;
audit i will the understfbad to Bell thiir (*lo*
cLeapr r ti in any other can he aftbrded, according to qual
ity.
rir Old ClNawillbe promptly repaired, and when
tfasirod, the hte improv.enukuts will be attached.
r.u ties n- nd. <ll MS for repair by Railroad must pay
th freight to August*— no charges will he made for dray
age. 0. T. OGLKBBY,
ja l-ly TUOB. J. OHJEfcLY.
81000 REWARD.
ABOVE Rf’Af ARD will be paid to any one
X Who will produc a preparation superior to
DR. FRANOK’.S SPECIFIC,
Pc.r the cure of Gonorrhcea, Gleet, ByphllU. Stricture* and
all disean it of theKidniea eud Bladder. It Is preferable
tool! others, be wuae,
Ist. It contgl/ej no mineral, whatever.
Bml. It is purely vep’ethble,
Bd. It r.«,uiri s no change of diet.
4th. It leaves uo h.nl odor on the breath,
sth. It If pleasant to take.
©tli. It h.n full din ' tiorn, thereby obviating thoDecoo*
lit v of consulting a Physician.
Ttli. H generally euros in four or ftvod&y*.
Bth. It doe* pot injure the stomach.
iMh. It pmu otca healthy digestion,
loth. l» is a general purifier of the blood.
Thb Specific is prepared by thu most able Physlofan In
London, and sold by ‘ WM. H. TUTT,
fcl/s;- wif Pole Agent in August:;.
HELD & LANGSTROTH,
IMPOHTIQU) or
I! A II O \V AIIK,
Xo. 1M Market litre ft, Philadelphia.
\I/E fire now receiving direct from the manufacturers,
▼ V it full assortment of Gtm.KRY, GUNS. FJftTOLS.
PPORTINO APPARATUS, TRAYS, fire IKONS, Ac., a.-.,
id ex .r.t oimlity ht'l choice patterns, an well ue a very
large stock from Uic cheapest inakud.
—AI.HO, —
Hu! lili v* nn.l Plantation HARDWARE, in great rarlcty.
v- .rli»*nt.- visiting thaeaat arc solicited to exawiue our
goo«i and prices.
gSST* Orders will have prompt attention.
BIN; Mil D,
f. blB w2mo T. F. LANOOTROTII.
EAGLE HOTEL.
rpilß HIIMIIUUU having purchased the IA- 4**
1 OLE ItOTi l> hi Wnircnton, ami having placedJcslit
U iu good on!< r for the accommodation ol the travelling
public, would ho pie.-.m d to have them call and see him.
1 al o have attached to my lot a good LIVPRY bTABLE,
attended by lirst rate hoatUrs, and good lota for horse
drovers JAMES PILCHER.
Wurrenton, Ga., Feb. 9, lsfiß. feb9-wlmo
NOTICE.
IONT or taken brough mistake, from the cars between
J Augdrta and CrawLu the morning of the 14th
J.UIUM V, ult. % A lAi gc-Kwd and Drab colortd CARPET DAG,
■ourked James I*. Boyce, Colombia, 8. C.
Any informal-on jeepi-ctiig it, communicated lo me,
Washington, Geo., will be thankfully received and reward
ed. F. FICKLEN.
feblS w4|
IMPORTANT TO MILITOWNXKB AKdlzaM J:
F.VOTUKEUa.
Uhrlr'difkt in Water Wheel*,
fTMlli gI'OHCRKiKHS are sole agents for making and
A vending the ben Water Wheel In the world, known as
Yandew ater's Water Wheel. We oh allonge the World to
product its equal. It lms but recently beeu introduced lo
the public, and found to be far in advance of all other
wheels, both In power a id economy in wnter, every drop bo-
Ing efiective,anu none wasted. TUia Wheel is not in the
lea?t aflfoOtoJ t>7back water. As wo prefer them being
p'aced below tall wstsr in every instance, consequently we
get every Inch of head; they being eutirely of cast Inn,
simple of construction, are uot liable to get out of order,
and are more durable tlmu any wheel now in use. We
hate recently put due in operation for George Schby,
Is i, at las RtlvUie cotton factory, to whom wa would give
reference. See cartifloate annexed.
All ordure for Wheels or Territorial Righto, will meetwlth
.attention by addressing the subscribers.
JAGGLR, Tft KA DWELL t PERRY.
Albany, New York.
Os lo their Ag«t» J. J. L-.ses, Augusta.
[owavirroATß.]
Atocsta, Gm, Maroh 94, ISM,
Jagger, Treadwell A Perry-—Gentlemenl have the
gratification of Inarming you that your Ygodewatcr Wheel
was luocetefuUy , ui in operation at my factory last week,
and ii worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
unifi nitty of speed, are recommendations alone ; but above
all, its b f ghf« civomluirtis the small quantity of water it
takes an compared with Other wheels. 1 have been using
one of Reuben Rich's Osutre Vcut Wheels, of three feet
and a half diuna ter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge
opening? measuring 490 inches. I displaced that and put
n one of yours of B.x foet diameter, with discharge open*
ng* measuring vVi> Incites, and your wheel run the same
amount of m i. lnuary that the Rich Wheel bad driven, and
i. ; • w »- a difference in favor or yours of eight Inches in
ho depth of water in the tail Taco, 1 feel no hesitation la
v m uciv.it ng your wheel to all manufacturers and mill
wiv. r*, btb?«lug it is the greatest wheel of the age. Willi
ng you sur v - %in the tntroduetou of so valuable an im
rowtuent, I main, vary respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
rohJti-wly GEORGE BCIILIT.
IMPORTANT to manufacturers.
r pHN HI U&K'Hlßh.vfi are prepared to supply all
JL kinds of
COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
of a superior quality. SHAFTING and MILL GEARING,
with improved Vvuplrot and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hangers
wliii h require oiling eajy once in three months); LOOMS,
T a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods,
rom One t Y <hu -a Shuttles; also,for Plain Goods, capa
ble of running from 100 to 170 picks per minute.
They arc enabled,from their extensive improvements, to
produce YARNS aud GOODS, with comparatively I»;tie
a •; an ; nil Mun;:ncturcr?, before purchasing their Ma
tin .v, wi". do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity,
* ben t y can f jtk . Machinery with all the late'st im
pr»‘V n. n •■, In full and successful operation; or they can
i* ■ r« 'erred t > Factories iu almost every State South and
West, by a.hire . mg a line to the Subscribers.
ALFRED JKNKS A SON,
Feb. 1552. fets-ly Br->lesbi:rg, near Philadelphia.
N. B. Plans of Factories, with the locathm of M.v'hinery*
he stiapicst method of driving, and calculation of speed,
wrniidied free of charge. wlj
AUUUSTA FKERCH BCKK KILL STORK MAHU
■ factory.
Till' Mtt -.'riN'r, thankfultor the kluJ patronage heretofore
f' t«n ' to the t,.te of ScHtSMut A Wtojsp, weald
respectfully Infer.ii hi, friends and the puWie, that heooatin
»'» ' exe, :. . / t : V.i* re!l knovn Warranted French
BUUU MILL STONED, of every detirai!-. site, at thelowest
price and -h- resti : ' Ue aiso fumirhe*
E.'OPU* HJ)d COLOGNE STONES,
SML'T MACHISK3, of various patterns,
B''l TlNei t_i.iv; HS, cf the beet brand.
CKMENT, for Mill use.
And every .-tier article necessary in a MUL
ALo, for rhuitvrs, small GRIST MILIB to attach U Gia
Sears-
A a ofde« promptly at tended to.
, WM. R. SCHIRMTR,
JalS wtf Surviving partnar of Schiraer A Wigan d.
Cl,ooo bewahbT
HlMliU’e celehraM SPECIFIC,for the cure
jI / of i ‘ ! e; and AaaiagomOom.
ptainta of th Organ;- of Guaeratiea.
ret-Of ; J1 rcrjcLea yet diroovered for tha above con-
Blaint. thii .5 the moat certain.
rj-tkes aapet iy and permaceat care without re
s' r . •; -a to diet, ur.ak, e-rpos:ire, or change of appLcation
l-Sri: ia perfectly hsrmJes*. Oallona of it miftt be
taken withouiiujuriLf the patient.
IST It is pot up in bottles, with fui! directions aecon
puny .ng U, so that p«rtOM can euro thcmselTetwithoutre
torting to uliysieiani or others for id Vice,
0".; bottle Is ea ugh to perform u certain care. Price sl.
ITT It is approved and reccaimen.t.d by the Royal
C ge«f Phy-. ns and Surgeon* of London and has
their certificate enclosed.
I-i tia sold by appointment In Autosta, (la., by
PHILIP A. MOIFE,
find er the new Augtuta Hotel, and by \V. Hi j. TURPIN.
Ordrra from the country promptly attended to. Jet
rjilJK undersigned would call the
1 enters to the eatctis're stock of 'oNEST*
agrioolti ral implements, mfk« irUr in >,
w i.tli?y k“>-p In connection with HARDWARE and
CUTt.f Is- Tli. tr stork of PLOWS, HARROWS, CULTI
- tro.'s, Corn .-HKLLKRS. Straw 01 TTERS, Grain CRA-
Wl t - t ,n MILLS. FANNERS, BOILERS. And ail article*
i i the Ac.-iooloultural lltiv, is a--t equalled in the State,
tv arc r -epared to order at th shortest notice the best
of Htr«»* POWERS. THRESHERS, Brut MA
c >.n:s or an/ articles ia their line of basinets. They
a-'. ) Agent* i'hr l'oston Retting Company, and have
r wen i ..--11 .da-Rubber Steam Parking HOSE and Ma
chine BELT ISO. CARMICHAEL A BEAN.
o:ll - w 1 y '
GLOTTCRinHG A CO'B
MARBLE V.OBfc.ta, Bread street, Augusta, Georgia
Where we have on hand and will continue to keep a
large stock of Kwh Italiaa and American Marble, tor
H nuim ms, Toombs, Head Stone*, Ac., to which we ref
pectlufly call the atttntion of those wanting work in our
ice. We are no r prepared to fill all orders at short no
tice, in as good style at. I as low as work of the same quail*
can be furnished for tea any establishment in the t'r.det
State*, runs and prices will be *enttho*c who cannot ca
and exemne kir them.elves.
P. S.— Orders from the country executed with net turn
and despatch. dST
BULTI.Mi CLOTHS, of warranted quality, farniahe
and put up in boha to order.
.Mill Stone Piaster, prepared for basking M.ll Stone*, aheap
nd of thsbmt quality, fw Ml* ky .k
WM. R. BOHnIIfUL
1353. PROSPECTUS 1853.
OF THE
! SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XI, FOH 1853.
Dr. DAY (EL LEE, i
A>'D > Editom.
P. REPBOTO, )
TEEKS.—OHZ BOILA2 A YEAS IK ADVABCI.
Th * SotrrrijntN Cd-m-Aior. every month,
end ia exciu-ively devoted te Agriculture, Horti
culture, floriculture, l»uine«tic»xiu Farm Economy,
Tillage and Husbandry, the Breeding and Kaiaing
of Domeatie Aniinala, Poultry and Bees, and the
general routine of Southern Planting and Farming.
The tirst number of the new volume for lboß, will
be iaaned on the first of January. It will be print
ed on a sheet 80 by 44 inches, each number form
ing 82 pages, or 884 page* per year, with NEW
TYPE, FUtE PAPEK, AND BEAUTIPCL IL
LCSTBATIONS. It will afford lull and free dis
cussion to all topic*, of interest to the Agricultural
community, and will bo in every respect the butt
Aoricoltuhal Papeb n the South 1 and equal to
any in the Union 1
Friends of Southern Agriculture I!
Tho Cultivator was the First journal established
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted
to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever
heen an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently trustthat, having fostered
and sustained It thus lar, your cordial and generous
support will bo continued and increased.
Planters, Tarvers, Oahdisejm, Fruit Growers,
Stock B.<JSLi:s,NußsEnvv en, and all connected in
any way with the cultivation of the soil, will Had the
Southern Cultivator replete with new and valua
ble information; and ricldy worth ten time* the
rifling sum at which it is afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR :
ONE copy, one year, ::::::: $ 1.00
SIX copies, - s ‘??
TVVEI.V E conies, :::::::: W* oo
TW ENTY-FtVE copies, »20.00
FIFTY copies, : : : :::::: 87.50
ONE HUNDRED copies, : : : : : : *5.00
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE-
J 37” Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will
please forward them as early as possible.
137" All bills of srEOT: rating Banks received at
par—and all money sent by mail will be at our
risK.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
AngufttA, Ga., November 17, 1852.
POMEGRANATE COTTON.
TWO years’ experience with this variety of Cotton ha*
proved It to he the most productive COTTON grown
In thu section of country, as Is shown by the report of Gen.
Henriri'k, Col. Jones, Col. Water* and others, who have
planted this Cotton the present year. It should be p ant
ed one-fourth thicker than other Cotton, both in the row*,
and drills, the rows two-and-a-half, and not over three feet
on the best land. It should be topped about the last of
July.
fair* Price of the Seed per bushel, SI.OO
D. DICKSOJJ.
Covington, Ga., Dec. 1,1852. •
CERTIFICATES.
Nkwton Countt, Ga., Not. 14,1858.
We planted, this year, Mr. Dickson’* Pomegranate Cot
ton. It Is, decidedly, the beat Cotton we ever cultivated,
yielding more than uuy other variety on the same quality
of land.
Mose* A. Cunningham, John Bass, Gustavu* Kendrick,
of Butts county.
John Smith, F. 11. Heard, John 0. Watters, of Jasper
county.
Jesse L. Baker, Perracdoa Reynolds, Matthew Osburn, of
Janper county,
Thomas Nelms, Alfred Livingston, Matthew W'hitfleld,of
Jasper county.
Wliliam B. Wright, Nathan P. Lee, Cordy Ooodson.
John Franklin, John 8. Weaver, Richard L. film*.
Nkwtoh Countt, Ga., Oct. 14,1852.
W T e planted Mr. Dickson’s Pomegranate Cotton this year,
hide by side with the common Cotton on the same day—no
differer co in the land or cultivation. The Pomegranate
produced, fully, one-third the most, and boll* larger, and
staple finer. A. W. PATRICK,
JVMEB PERRY,
A. P. TOR RAN Cl.
A few Seed may be had, on early application to
JanS-wtf J. J. PEARCE, Augusta,Oa.
PLANK P.O AD.
AUGUBTA, GA. Fkb. 28, ISSB.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT of an Association,
formed for the purpose of constrnctl'p a BLANK
KOA1), trom or near the basin of the Augusta Canal to the
North eastern corner of tho United States Arsenal Lot, in
the Village of Summerville, under the act of the General
Assembly of the Ptate of Georgia, entitled “ An Act to au
thorize the incorporation of joint stock companies for the
construction of Macadamized, Graded or Plank Roads,”
approved on the 28d day of February, 1880, under which
application will he made to the Inferior Court of Richmond
county for leave to construct the said Plank Road after the
expiration of thirty days.
Ist. Artiile First. The undersigned agree to associate
themselves for the purpose aforesaid, under thagiame and
stylo of The .Summerville Plank Itoad Company.
2nd. Article Secemd. The business of the Company shall
he conducted and managed by a Board of three Directora,
to bo elected annually by the Stockholder*, in the election
of whom each share shall entitle the holder thereof toons
vote. The auhl Directors shall elect one of their number
to be known as President of the Company, who shall pre
side at ail meetings ol the Board, sign ad contracts made by
the Company, superintend the business thereof, and dis
charge all other duties which may be assigned to him by
tlie Board of Directors, their Bye-Laws, or those of the
Company.
Bd. Article Third. The stock of each subscriber, and
all monies paid thereon, shall be liable for all dues to the
Company, whether the some be on account of instalments
on bis original subscription, or any other account.
4th. Article Fourth. To constitute a meeting of the
Company, there shall he present the owners or representa
tive. at at least one-half of the capital stock.
Bth. Article Fifth. These Articles of Association maybe
altered at anv meeting of the Stockholders, by a vote of the
holders of two-thirds of tho stock represented at such meet
ing.
J. W. Dimas, Roar. F. Pon,
Col. IT. 11. Ccmbino, C. J. Jkskins,
J. R. Bulklkt, Ed. Thomas,
W. P. OiUMicßitt, 3. A. Assi.kt,
J. S. Wilcox, W. F. Prmmrtox,
IV. K. Kircura, W. A. Walton,
M. Wilkinson, Hon. E. Starnes,
Kobt. A. Rstn, Jos. 8. Bran,
John Bonks, D. U. Anslrt,
Isaac llrnrv, Hesb? Moors,
B. 11. Warhks, Rev. S. S. Davis,
L. C. Warren, Dr. Taos. Battry.
feb23-wßt
FOE THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS & CHAOSES,
BY THK BMTISU ROYAL MAIL BTBAMBHIP
CON WAY,
Cut. ..■- 850 Ton, Burthen.
Til 18 STBAMBIIIP is designed to sail
from Savannah, Georgia, on the 4th De- jSdJMMta
cember next, and same day of each following month, for
Chagres, touching at Nassau, N. P., Inagua, (with the
Turk’s Island mail?,) ami Jamaica. She will be due at
Ghagres on the 14th of each month, and return on the
18th, by same route, to Savannah.
As this service contemplates arrangements only for a
limited number of passengers, persons who desire to avoid
crowded boats, will find the route a desirable od«* : and in
valids, who wish to spend the Winter among the West India
Islands, may find conveyance in the Company’* Steam
ships, twice a month, between Jamaica and the following
ports, In addition to those named above:
Antigua, Guadaloupe, St. Kitts,
B&rbftdoea, Havana, St. Lucia,
Carriaoon, Honduras, St. Thomas,
Oarthagena, Jacmel, Bt. Vincent,
Demarara, Martinique, Santa Martha,
Dominica, Montserrat, Tampico,
Grenada, Kevin, Tobago,
Grey Town, Porto Rico, Trinidad,
Vera Oru«.
TUB BATHS OP PASSAGI ARB!
Prom Savannah toKasrau, SBO
41 “ Inagua OB
n 44 Jamaica, 80
" H CJhagres, 10
(Including Steward’s fees,)
and in proportion to the other Islands.
VST Each Ship carries an experienced Surgeon.
Freight and specie conveyed on the usual terms, for
engagement#, apply to ANDREW LOW k CO.,
pT-wßm Agents, Savannah.
DE* CHAMPION’S ANTI-BILIOUS, AHTI-DYS
PBI’TIC, PURIFYING, CATHARTIC PILLS,
TTT ARRANT HO purely vegetable. Price 2B cents per
V v box. Dr. Champion's Vegetable Ague Pills, 'ißcents
per box.
These well known reliable Medicines can be had genuine
of the only authorised Agents in Augusta.
IIAVILAND, ISLET k CO.,
WM. K. KITCHEN, and
D. B. PLUMB k CO.
N. B.—The public are cautioned against buying else
where, as there are spurious imitations of both the Anti-
Bilious, and Ague and Fever Pills in market.
DAVID MILEY,
mar9-wßm* Agent for Georgia and South Carolina.
~ HAITI)', WILLIAMS A WILCOX.
SO. 1 HAYNK STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C.,
Ark row rrcaitiro
lfe* ban prime new crop RIO COFFEE.
200 bhdi. P. R. ami N. 0. SUOAR.
100 “ Clarified N. O. “
•200 bbls. Refined SUGAR, A, D, and C.
100 “ Crulheil and Powdered SUGAR.
200 boxes Sperm and Ada. CANDLES.
100 hhda. Cuba MOLASSES.
100 bbls. N. O. ••
• 100 •• New York SYRUP.
100 boxer sap. Carb. SODA.
BOAr; POWDER; SHOT; LEAD; TOBACCO; SI
GARS; Ac., Ac.; all of which will be sold low.
Charleston, S. C„ March Ist, lsfip. marl-w2mo
"irons lost.
LOST about one month ago, a PROMISSORY NOT!,
drawn by James Anderson, for One Hundred and Fif
ty Dell are, date January 20th, ISS2, and due January lit,
ISM. The public are hereby cautioned against trading fcr
said Note, as payment baa been stopped.
JOHN R. YOLLATON. *
Burke county, March 6,1588. mar6-w!P
A BLACKSMITH WANTED.
THE SI’BM'KIBKR wishes to employ 1 or 2 JOUR
NEYMAN BLACKSMITHS that understands Carriage
Work, to whom good w gee aad constant employment
will be given. None but good workmen need apply.
LUCIUS MANSFIELD.
Lumpkin, Feb. 21st, IS6B. marl-wfit
KOTICa.
I WISH to caution the public against JAMES WARD,
who married a wife and forsook her three days after
wards. without the lli.htest provocation.
His whereabouts are not known, but I have reason *o
think he has gone to the Cherokee country, or Alabama.—
The public will do well to beware of his deception arts, as
he is a walking impeeitionon community.
ARGIL BLACEBTONS, Sa.
February t)S, IMS. mar2-w?t»
HOTICE.
ALL PKRRORB are notified not to trade Ibr a PRO
MISSORY NOTE, made by me, and also aigned by
Wm. Glenn, Jr., about the first of January laat, for Eight
Hundred and Fifty Dollars, payable to Wm. A. Stone, or
bearer, and due tbeßsth of December next, the considera
tion baring failed. WM. H. GLENN.
Millstone, Qa., Feb. 28,1568. tnar3 w 4
NOTICE.
\T t A.ITKO, at Newton Factory, Ga.,an experienced
V f WEAVER, to take charge of the Wearing Depart
ment. Also, ten or twelwe YOUNG LADIES, to ope rata
in said department. Experienced hands would be pre
ferred. The place is healthy, and good Board can be had
on very moderate terms. For further particulars, addre*
JOHN W. WEBB,
President of the Newton Manufacturing Co.
Newtoo Factory, Ga., Feb. 22d, 1858. feb4B-»lf
CAUTION.
ALL PERSONS are hereby cautioned not to trade
tor three NOTES for Forty Dollars esch, given by its
to Larkin L. Clark, all dated in the letter part of the year
1851, and due 28th December, 1 *>s9; 96th December, ISM;
and ‘2sth December, l&M, respectively. Said Notes were
given by us for the hire of a Negro boy named Dave, and
the consideration having failed, we are detei mined not to
pay the same unless compelled by law.
MCALLISTER 1 CURTIS.
Elberton, Ox., 31st, 1«8- febgT-wg
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POETRY.
ktTl OF COIHXHT.
m Vli. «87.
WhereTer, oh! manl God’* nn first beamed
npoD thee—where the «tar» of Heaven first ahone
above thee—where bis ligoUiing first declared his
omnipotence, and his storm-wind shook thy eool
with bis pious awe—there are tby affection*—there
is thy oouutry 1
Where the first human eye bent lovingly over
thy cradle—where thy mother first bore thee joy
frnly on her boeom—where thy father engraved
the worda of wiadom on thy heart*-there are thy
affeetions—there ia thy country. —[Arndt.
I
Where’er, O man I wai first Imbibed
Thy vital, Godlike .park of life—
Where first with feelings undescribed
Thy dawning Intellect was rife—
Where’er the glorious light of Heaven
Athwart thy vision fir t did gleam—
Where first the starry gem. of even
i-hed o’er tby step, their gentle gleam—
Wherever else those steps may roam.
That is thi eosxrar—44w« tbt bobs I
Where first thjftod his power displayed
Ia awful glory through the skies—
Where rolled his thunder o’er tby bead,
111. lightnings flashed before thine eyes—
Where first he stood to the declared
God of the whirl-wind and the storm—
Where first his airful power appeared
Omnipotent to blew or harm—
Wherever else thy step* may roam,
That Is TBT OOCJTET—4Sw« TBT BOBS 1
in
Where first to watch thy peaceful rest,
Kind eyes and loving hearts bent o’er tbee—
Where first upon a mother’s breast
With joy and pride thy m ther bore thee—
Where met thine opening eye and ear
' Bright skies and joyous aongs of birds—
Where first tby father's piou« care
On thy young heart graved Wisdom’s words,
Wherever else thy steps may roam,
That is tut oorxTav —then tut bobs I
IV
And, though It were e desert—yet
Dear to thy heart that spot shall prove;
That nous thou never canst forget—
That conrTRV never cease to love j
And wheresoe’er thy steps may turn,
Oh I reelless wanderer o’er the earth.
With love thy bosom still shall burn
Tor that dear land that gave thee birth—
Wheresoever else thy steps may roam.
That is tut oor.vrai—Mere mv bomb I
OLD TIME.
Men call me feeble, old and gray,
My strength and vigor passed away;
Hut strang and stalwart s ill am I,
Nor frail my step, nor dim mine eya.
What are a thousand years to met
But as a drop to yonder sea!
I've not yet reached my manhood’s prime.
And laugh to hear men eay “ Old Time.’’
Let centuries pass and ages roll;
The year that my last knell shall toll
80 tar aw iy in the future ties.
That not a Gar hath wet mine eyea.
No! lam joyous, gay and free,
Leading a life of mirth and glee;
But, man I note well each passing chime—
Chort is tby stay in the realms of time.
Tait’t Ediiib urgh Jfagaatns.
A CITY KIIYMB.
I saw two children in tke street,
Two little maidene, yester eve,
And one was pale, and both were fair,
And both did make me grieve.
Nestling in robes of silk and down.
On velvet cushions, one rolled by;
One went a wan and ragged thing—
A tear-drop freeiing in each eye.
One aped te fashion's princely seat,
To learn the guile that jewels sin ;
The ether groped through dismal doors,
Aud found her mother dead within.
From th* N. T. Evening Pott.
Tli. Art er Social Intercourse.
Our author laya down, aa a (tenoral principle, to
“ avoid the appearance of form ” The toue of
modern aociety i» easy and unceremonious. Nov
tr undertake to go through with a bit of Hue man
ners when the intention is transparent—one
should be natural, acting always as if one could
not liava done otherwise. Perhaps the great se
cret of a good manner is to forget yourself. Con
spicuous people must find it liaidto avoid awk
wardneaa. One formality ia practised in this fa
vored land to a fearful extent. The further south
you go, th# worse it is. We mean that of intro
ducing. Smith of Mississippi, meets hi# friend
Brown of Alabama, walking witli Jonos of Ten
nessee. Brown instantly cries, “ Mr. Smith, Mr.
Jones of Tennessee'.’’ They advance, shake
hands, fall baok aud touch Ithoir beavers. Come,
gentlemen, let’s take a drink I What shall it bof
All drink. Jones then sees Thompson approach
ing—Mr. Smith, Mr. Thompson, of Toxas—more
shaking of hands, more touching of beavers, more
drinking, and so on through the entire thirty
States. A travsller once told me that lie had un
dergone fourteen intreduotiona and fourteen invi
tations to “ liquor” in ons evening at a club in a
southern oity. At the north, ho gets off by the
shake of tho hand—another odious custom. The
hand should nover be given except to a friend or
a pretty woman.
•* The true rnle is, never to introduce unless
there is an express reason for making two people
acquainted.”
We must add on our own authority, t\\&i present
is tho proper word for this kind of acquaintance
making.
Tho MS. is discursive on the subject of conju
gal relations. Wo will quote an extract or two:
“A bachelor ie a person who enjoys everything
and who psys for nothing. Nevertheless, most
men marry, at least in this country. Being mar
ried, they should never troublo the enjoymont of
the bachelor by fonding their wives in his presence,
or bestowing any manner of public tenderness
upon them. There is nothing in worse taste. The
bystanders are sure to be eithor envious or unhap
py, for it is n bitter thing, as Shakcepc&ro tails us,
to look at happiness through another man’s eyes;
or they think the sentiment misplaced, and are
disgusted.' Every Bendiet should economize the
exuberance of his affection, and koep it to sweeten
teto-a-tetes. Ho will want it before he gels to the
end.”
And wo add onr directions to the “afflicted,”
never to talk about Mrs. in public, nor about any
other near relative. It is a secondary form of ego
tism, and equally repulsive.
“ The system of making a parado or procession
ofamarrisgo; going to Philadelphia in a white
bonnet, wearing orange flowers and bridal lace to
balls aftor the wedding, is unmercifully quizzed
by French people. I think with great justtco. It
is very welt for John when he marries Susan, to
take her to Jersey City and back, for a “ pleasure
rido,” as tho Westerners call it, to sit with her
hand in his all the way ovor and back again, but
gentlemen ought to know better and etay at home.
“ But the way, too, my countrymen, when you
Bond out your wedding cards, do not put your
name aud hers in the left hand corner of the peste
board —as if you had entered into a oommereial
arrangement, and wish to give the names of the
firm.
“ If a man hag to convev his wife and mother-in
law, (poor followir!)theroby making what is called
in Massachusetts, a Lynn couple, “two galls and
a feller,” let him beware of offering an arm t# eaoh,
and walking sandwioh between them. An offunce
against appearance which oould not be tolerated,
even in a serious male, accompanying two strong
minded sisters from an anniversary meeting at the
Tabernacle.
“ The French have a happy phrase for this me
thod ; they call it going en panier. The allusion
is to the sea between hie two loaded baeketa.”
Ctaureh Going.
It amaies ua that so many persons in community
can be indifferent to public warehi|>—can drag on
through life aud know no difference Detween the
week day and the Sabbath, except that the latter
may be made a day of sleepy indolence or animal
recreation, it ia a sin against human nature—to
eay nothing of other aspects of the offence—to ne
glect all recognition of God, all the deepest needs
of the soul, and to live with the thoughtless ani
malism of a bruts. And there is a marked differ
ence of habitual worahippera of God and habitual
aontemnars of hie sanctuary. Thera ia a quick
nasaof mental perception, a freshness of moral
sentiment, a propriety and refinement of thought,
in those wno epeud the Sabbath rightfully, that are
not observable in those who profane it to merely
material uees. Ha who hallows the Sabbath by
improving it to hie spiritual culture, becomes a man
of better Judgment, of more prudent forethought
makci wiser and safer calculations, and ia in all re
ipecta hotter fitted to struggle with the world, and
is more eure of encceesin hie lawful undertakings
—belter fitted and more sure, not merely by hie
increased etreugth to bear up under misfortune,
but by hie increased ability to guard against mis
fortunes.
Your sleepy oitizen who doxes away the Sabbath
like a pig in hie ety ; and yonr stingy one, who
grudgei the hours lost from his business pursuits ;
and yaur sensual one, who takes the day tor world
ly recreations ; are not the persons of best repute
fo*a sagacious knowlege of men and things,
any more than they are persons of best repute for
strength of moral character. It ie impossible that
ahnan should have the higbeet qualities of wisdom,
any more than virtue, when the best half of his
nature is left undeveloped.
It will be said perhaps that facts go against the
statement. It ie true, tome irreligious persons are
very shrewd, and ere prospered in their worldly
affair*. It ia true also, that tom* religions persons
have less shrewdness and less prosperity. But
these are exceptions. The rule ie as we have sta
ted it. If your shrewd and prosperous men of
the world uere roligious would it not add immense
ly to their worth or character and their usefulness I
And if your religious men, who |are wanting in
worldly sagacity, were wanting also in the charac
teristics which religion gives them, would not
their worth and importance be immensely dimin
ished* Nobody can deny this. And so it is ap
parent, from the merest observation of common
life that men are made grtaier in mind and char
acter, as wall as better, by a proper use of the
Sabbath.
It ia no wonder that «omo men are nevar perma
nently prospered—that thov work hard and bring
little to pass. It is a Bible doctrine, that those
who habitually negleot God shall not enjoy the
fruit of their labors. It needs no supposition of a
Divine intervention to account for thia. Such per
sons contract their minds to a narrow view of life.
Their faculties are not expanded and strengthened
by spiritual oulture to view things as they are.—
iSey take in but a single aspect of what ia before
them. Certaia essential conditions are not per
ceived. And so like Sysisphus, they are forever
tugging to roll up the stone, which is forever roll
in* against them.
No man is a man until he attempts the develop
ment of his whole nature—religious as well as men
tal and physical. In proportion as be sucoeeds in
this is the greatness and strength of his charac
ter. Public worship is a divinely instituted means
of forwarding this work. Let ne person who val
ues hie well-being, or that of his family, or that of
society, neglect it.— A'ew Cbtenant.
Comkmnt to Captain Gxobs*. H. Walter
o» thi Washington AsTiLLaar. —We had the
SlcAsure this morning of examining at the store of
losers. Hardend, Harrell & Allen, a beautiful
specimen es mechanical work, in the form es a
miniature Cannon mounted on a carriage m»de of
Wrnut.on the front of which is a silver plate en
graved with the name, “ George H. Walter, from
the Clinch Bifles.” This is intended is a present
from the Clinoh Rifle#, of Augusta, to the Son of
Capt. Walter, as a testimonial of the merits of the
commander of the Washington Artillery.—v*ar.
Amm.
People often think they are virtuous, whan they
are only lucky. Many a man who practises mo
rality oa vaniaon • teaks and woodoook, would no
sooner have hie income out down from five thou-
Mnd dollars a year to six shilling a day, than he
wenld entertain thonghta about ehickan coops that
tha ten seaaaadasata weald ha perfeetig sheck
eiat.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 16. 1853.
CQUVA AND THE CIUNBsE.
Political and Religious Movement—Btllgiin and
Christianity in China.
We are enabled to lay before our readers the fol
lowing letter, written by the Kev. I. J. Boberte, a
native of North Carolina, who has been lor several
years residing in Canton. According to the state
ments of this gjotlemaa, the present revolution In
China ia of a ttrot remarkable and important.char
acter, both in a political and religious point of
view. Should the insurgents succeed, a new im
pulse will be given to commerce, and to the politi
cal aspect of the world, affecting no nation more
materially than onr own. With China tree, and in
uninterrupted intercourse with the world, one of
the chief barriers to the progress of liberty and
civilization, will be broken down. In the beauti
ful language of Mr. Calhoun, “it would be the
opening dawn of earth’s great jubilee.” We com
mend tbe letter to the attention ci our readers,
assuring them of the unimpeachable integrity of
the writer. —San Francisco Whig, Ftb. 1.
Canton, Nov. 6,1358.
Messrs. Editor# :—lt is well known here, aud 1
prasuma pretty generally known at home, that the
Chinese have fur some time had a very serious dif
ficulty among themselves in Kwangsi, an adjoin
ing province to the one in which Canton is situa
ted. Having jno apprehensions of the difficulty
reaching Canton, and knowing nothing of its right
and wrong, or who were the parties- concerned, I
have hitherto taken little or no interest i i the mat
ter, but henceforth it will be otherwise.
Borne days ago at Hongkong, I made important
discoveries Respecting the matter. One of the par
ty has lately heen to Victoria, visited a missionary,
and given him written accounts of the rise and
progress of the affair, which the writer was permit
ted to examine. The information given, if true, is
doubtless very important and interesting, not only
in a political but a religious point of view. And
while I do not vouch for the entire truthfulness of
all that he has stated, yet knowing a part to be
true, and finding other parts feasible, aud corrobo
rated by report, I will venture to give the tenor of
his statements, and allow them to go for what they
are worth.
The struggle has been in progress several years.
When tbe writer returned from tho United States,
in 1850, the Emperor had died, and Ms son had
ascended the throne, and a rebellion was reported
in Kwangsi province. These things occurring a
bout the same time, caused foreigners to supposo
that the design of the rebels was to overthro w tho
government of the young Emperor, and set up a
new dynasty, which I believe has been the pre
vailing idea ever since. But by minutely examin
ing the following documents and romarks, I feel
persuaded that a very differ nt and more correct
idea will be attained respecting the commencement
of the present struggle.
The cuief leader in this affair turns out to he, as
I learned at Hongkong, a man whose surname is
Hung, name Saw-Chuen. He came to Canton and
studied Christianity for several months, some live
or six years ago. And, instead of raising a rebel
lion with the design of upsetting the government
he seems rather struggling for religious liberty,
and is upsetting idolatry. He is a man of no extra
ordinary appearance, about five feet four inches
high, well built, rouud faced, regular in his fea
tures, rather handsome, about middle aged, and of
gentlemanly manners. While here, ho applied
himself to the study of the scriptures, daily com
mitting them to memory; and maintains a blame
less deportment, lie requested to be baptised,but
left for Kwangsi before wo were fully satisfied of
his fitness, When lie first came to us he brought
some pieces of poetry, and other essays, which he
had written respecting the Christian religion, tho
knowledge of which he professed to have derived
tirst, from a tract received at ouo of the examina
tions in Canton, and secoudly from a vision ho had
while sick, which he said corroborated tho doc
trines learned out of the book, aud hence he be
lieved in tho true God, and caine to Canton ex
pressly to bo instructed, and to learn the way of
the Lord more perfectly, from his own word.
Tbe following is the account that his friend late
ly arrived from Hong Kong, gave respecting him.
lie says:
Hung Saw-Chuen studied books from his early
youth—was intelligent beyond comparison, having
read all kinds of books. lie went to the examina
tions at fifteen or sixteen years of a ie. At one of
the examinations in Canton, ho met an extraordin
ary looking man, with large sleeves and long beard,
who gave nlm’a book, entitled, “Huen sci Leong
Guen ” —good words exhorting the age. In this
book it was taught that men should truly believe
in God, in Jesus, obey tho ten commandments,
and not worship dovils. Afterwards, when sick,
ho had a vision or dream, in which ho received in
structions corresponding with those doctrines
taught in the book, and therefore he immediately
commenced speaking and acting according to tho
instructions of tho book received; and wrote a
stanza of poetry on repentance, of the following
sentiments:
“Oonfrssirg our transgressions against Heaven,
Our dependence on the full atonement of Jesus,
We should not believe in devils, but obey the holy com
mandments ;
Should worship only the true God with the full powers of
the mind—
Should think on the glories of Heaven ;
Also on the terrors of Hell, and pity the wicked,
And early turn to the true, escaping
From the affection and errors of the world,”
Again, ho wrote another stanza, saying:
” Besides the God of neaven, there is really no God;
Why, therefore, do simpletons take the false to be true I
Only by the conscience do we perceive our lost estate;
But how shall we come forth of the common errors f”
Then he travelled to Kwangsi province and
wrote several books, in which he exhorted men to
forsake the false and turn to tho true way. Some
timo after ho received tho book nbove relerred to,
he went to the chapel in Canton, where he con
tinued for several months, memorising the scrip
tures, and studying their doctrines. After which
he went again to Kwangsi and published tho doc
trines which he had been tuught, and thoy were
very generally received and believed.
[lloro the narrator mentions some superstitious
about his working miracles, foretelling events
which afterwards came to pass, etc., of which, if
truo, we have not tho evidence, and hence we
shall omit translating that part of the narrative
until further informed.]
He goes on to say:
It was not the original design to raise a rebellion,
but trom the encroachments and injuries inflicted
by the officers and soldiers, to which we could not
submit, thero was no alternative loft us. The
Chief, therefore, wrote a few couplets at his lei
sure, and pasted them upon the wa'l, as follows:
“ Believe truly in Jesus, and ultimately have happinesi;
Turn away from God, and ultimately have misery.”
Another—
“ Keep the holy commandments, worship the true God j
then when the decapititor comes, 11. aven will be easily
ascended.
“ The common people, who believe in the dev 1, when
they some to lay down their heads, will find it difficult to
escape hell.”
It would bo difficult to tell of all the essays he
wrote which he early perfected and left at homo.
Thus onds his account of the Chief, Tieu Teh;
bnt proceeds further to give soino account of liirn
self, of the religious nature of the struggle, and of
its rise and progress up to date. Some repetition
may have to be endured in following out the nar
rative, but generally with the addition of some
new idea or ciroumstanoe, materially uniting in the
eorroboration of the general truthfulness of the
main facts of the caso.
Tub Religious Nature off tub Struggle.— ln the
scoond paper presented, the narrator, who is a
friend of the Chief, and one of the same surname,
gave some account of himself, and of tho rise and
progress of the religion taught by the Chiof. He
says: I have been much with the Chief from about
1840. During that poriod he received the book
referred to, entitled “Good word, exhorting tho
age.” In this book were tanght the almighty
power of God, the miracles of Jesus, and the
tamptations of the devil. He thoroughly exp ained
the whole to mo. Them when ho was sick and his
spirit travi lied in Heaven, what he saw there is
also fully explained to me. Then like one in
a dream just perceiving like one asleep just awak
ing, I wept unawares, the tears coming forth. 1
then took the picture of Confucius, which was in
the school-room, also the idle images in the house,
and cast them all away ; and frequently spoko to
my father, brothers, relations, tVienus and con
nections, teaching them a knowledge of the truth.
Among them there were some who listened and
immediately believed ; some heard and opposed ;
some heard and knew that it was true, bnt did not
dare to obey; some at first did not believe, bnt af
terwards, perceiving the truth, obeyed even as
those did who believed attho first. Those believ
ers whom the Holy Spirit had converted, united
and destroyed a great number of images; but
those who did not beliove, whose hearts were har
dened by the devii, opposed and persecuted us.
About the year 1848, we heard that a foreign bro
ther was preaching the gospel at the chapel in
Canton; at this I was glad, and rejoiced. I left
tho school-room and did not teach ; and three of
us went travelling to various places, and preaching
the same as wo had dono at home. Then I perceiv
ed the truth of what the scriptures say : “A pro
phet is not without honor, save in hisown coun
try, and his own house.” Then we bent our course
towards Kwangsi and the various places there.—
And many there who heard the word, were desirous
and Bought to worship God. We went from
Kwang-Tung to Kwangsi province several times ;
and, though some believe m Kwang-Tung, yet not
so many as in Kwangsi. Yet soon we were indict
ed, and two of our number Wang and Soo, perse
cuted unto death; and fighting commenced, ail
because wo tanght men to love one another, and
to do good. At the commencement of our preach
ing, the officers and soldiers admitted the preach
ers were good men, and did not fight us—only
wishing, as they professed, to drive out thieves.—
Soon, however, tens of thousands of the people
were assembled as a wing of protection. How
could we but esteem those fathers and brothers as
the power of Heaven, to whom tho true policy
would be to unite ourselves !
Now daily we publish the true doctrines, and
daily we increase in numbers—and those with
whom we fight have to succumb. The strict
rules which have been established in the army are
upright; outside of tho army among the people,
men's hearts bow submission, while the name of
our success daily extends. 11) self end follow
preachers have been sent among the villages to
teach conversion, and publish abroad these thing*;
but contrary to expectation, men’s hearts are not
united. This matter has leaked out; the covetous
officers and their vile dependants wished to seize
us ; but fortunately we have hitherto obtained the
favor of our heavenly Father and brethren, and
escaped their snares and nets; although it is now
that we aeriouslv think that our hearts may ulti
mately be united, and this doctrine extend every
where.”
I must say that the foregoing narrative, in con
ncction with reports received from other quarters,
looks feasible : and I cannot but believe it in the
main. Indeed, as I have already stated, my own
knowledge corroborates a part ot his narrative.—
Some time in 1848, or the year following, two Chi
nese gentlemen came to my house in Canton, pro
fessing a desire to he taught the Christian religion.
One of them soon returned home, but the other
continued with ns two- months or more, during
which time he studied the scriptures and received
instruction, as already stated. That one seems to
be this Hung Sowchuen, the chief, and the narrator
was perhaps the gentleman who came within him,
but eoon returned home. When the chief first
came to me, he presented a paper, written by him
self, giving a minute account of having received
the book of which his friend speaks: ot having
been taken sick, during which he professed to see
a vision; and gave the datails of what he saw,
which he said confirmed him in the belief of what
he read in the book. And he tol d some things in
the account of his vision which I confess I was
then at a loss to know whence he got them with
out a more extensive knowledge of the scriptures.
He ultimately, however, left us without joining the
church, and spoke of going to Kwangsi; but what
had become of him I knew not, until now.
I had before heard that a part of the rebel army
was composed of a party calling themselves the
Seongti Society—“ The God Society”—whose ob
ject was to upset the present dynasty, and that may
be the design of some of the rebels yet, for aught
I know; for, like David'e army, I suppose this
consists of all the malcontents in the cmntry; but
at least that part of the rebel army composed of
the Seongti Society, must have not only a different
•bjeot in view, but a much more important one.
I now begin to sympathise with their struggle,
sad to look for important results.
Hew weadsrful the Provideaee, sad aaexpeetod
the opening into China by the foreign war! And
now, not less wonderful will be the results should
the present revolution overthrow idolatry, and
open the way for the universal establishment of the
gospel of Christ among them”. I suppose that his
followers look upon this man Hung Sowchuen,
now only as chief in oomtpand, hot also something
in the capacity of a prophet, or teacher in religion.
And he himself, I presume, is somewhat imbued
with auparatition ; vat he ia said to destroy idola
try, and even forbid that his followers put “ Pi”—
worahip—on their Yisitingcarda, because, ha says,
he was taught at Canton that it was wrong 1
I am informed that about onebundred thousand
are now numbered on the side ot the chief; that
he is popular among the people, treating them with
respect, generosity and Kindness—much more so
than the soldiera of the government, and hence is
more popular with the common people than they ;
that ha is abstemious, self-denving, and fast gain
ing ground. Said he, “if the Lord assists him—
is on his aids—he will succeed, it not, he will be
overcome; nor will it be long until the matter is
determined.”
How deeply I should now regret to see any fo
reign power and the Chinese government against
these men. This thing has been somewhat can
passed, and before I was better informed, I felt but
little on the subject, bnt now with the information
received, I should exceedingly regret to see any
foreign power fight against Tien-Teh and hia fol
lowers.
This is China’s crisis 1 How earnestly Christians
ought to pray and strive for the furtherance of the
gospel among this people, under present circum
stances 1 Behold what God hath wrought 1 Not
only opened China externally for the reception of
the teachers of the gospel, but now one has risen
up among themselves who presents the true God
for their adoration, and easts down idols with a
mighty hand, to whom thousands and tens of
thousands of the people are collecting. Shad we
aay that this is by chance, or of the devil! Such
things do not come by chance—a sparrow “shall
not fall on the ground without your Father.” And
the people in their idolatry have been doing for
many ages just as we suppose the devil would have
them do; and hence we could liaidly suppose that
he would set one of the people to battering down
his own fortresses! May we not, therefore, hum
bly trust, though with fear and trembling, that this
strnggle is going on under the deep counsel and
wisdom of Almighty God, and designed by him
for bis own glory in tho renovation and salvation
of this numerous people, and for the spread of li
berty throughout the world. I. J. Roberts.
From the Ohio State Journal.
WHO BORROWED MY UMBRELLA f
I once a bright, round dollar spent
For an umbrella, which I lent.
And thought the fellow really meant
Back again to hare it sent;
For such, he said was his intent.
And many an anxious hour I spent
Waiting for that same event,
But wind or weather did prevent,
Or he his promise did repent,
And oft in storm though, I out went,
And plainly spoke my discontent;
Vain, all in vain, was ray lament—
And so a fiery document,
Rich in persuasive argument,
Though very little bludiahment,
No doubt to his astonishment,
Through the office, to him I sent.
When back he wrote, that accident.
My umbrella much had rent,
And lie hoped my heart, benevolsnt,
Would not ask equivalent.
Was ever man so impudent ?
Or brass so awful evident *—
But I could not the deed resent
To fight, I was too corpulent,
(Though not the least beld-potent,)
And so myself I did content,
In rhyme my anger to give vent.
And though perhaps not eloquent,
I’ve told my honest santimeDt,
That money ’a very poorly spent
BuyiDg umbrellas tt be lent.
How Husbands may Rule,
“ Dear Mary,” said Harry to his little
wife, “ 1 have u favor to ask of you. You have a
friend whom I dislike very much, and whom I am
quite sure will make trouble between us. Will
you give up Mrs. May for my sake, Mary»”
A slight shade of vexation crossed Mary’s pret
ty face as she said, you are unreasonable, Harry.
Bhe is lady-like, refined, intellectual and fascina
ting, is she not 1”
“ Yes, all of that; and for that very reason, tho
influence over one bo yielding and impulsive as
yourself, is more to be dreaded, if unfavorable.
I’m quite in earnest, Mary. I could wish never to
see you together agaiu.”
“ Pshaw 1 dear Harry, that’s going too far; don’t
be disagreeable; let us talk of something else. As
undo Jeff says, * how’s trad* t' ” and she looked
archly in his face.
Harry didn’t smile.
“ Well,” said the little wife, turning away and
patting her foot nervously, “Idon’t see how I
can break with her, Harry, for a whim of
yours; besides, I’ve promised to go there this very
evening.”
Harry made no roply, and In a few moments was
on his way to his office.
Mary stood behind the curtain, and looked after
him as lie went down the street. There was an
uncomfortable stifling sensation in her throat, aud
something very liko a tear glittering in her eye.—
Harry was vexed, she was sure of that; had gono
off for the firet time since their marriage, without
tho affectionate good bye that was usual with him,
even when they parted for an hour or two. And
so she wandered restless, and pictures and vases,
all gifts from him, cither before or since their mar
riage—each one had a history of its own—some
tender association connected with Harry. There
was a boquet, still fresh and fragrant, that he had
purchased on his way home the day betore, to gra
tily her passion for flowers; there was a choice
edition of Poems they wore reading together the
nicLj Mary’s name written on tho
la *v’s oV’ld, handsome hand. Turn where
sho wrrWo, sotbe proof of his devotion met hor eye.
But Mrs. May / She was 80 smart and satirical!
She would make so much sport of her for being
ruled so by Harry 1 Hadn’t she told her “ all the
men wore tyrants,” and this was Harry’s first at
tempt to govern her. No, no, it would not do for
her to yield.
So the pretty evening dress was taken out; tho
trimmings re-adjusted and remodeled, and all the
little etceieras of her toilette decided. Yes, she
would go; she had made up her mind to that.
Then she opened her jewel-case; a littlo note foil
at her feet. Sho new the contents very well. It
was from Harry, (slipped slily into her hand on
hor birth-day, with that pretty bracelet.) It
couldn’t do any harm to read it ovor again. It
was very lover like for a year-old husband, but
she liked it 1 Dear Harry 1 and she folded it back
and sat down more nnhappy than ever, with her
hands crossed in tier lap, and her mind in a most
agitable state of irresolution.
Perhaps, after all, Harry was right about Mrs.
May; and if he wusn’t, one hair of hia head was
worth more to her than all tho women in the
world. He had nover said one unkind word to
her—never! He had anticipated every wish; he
had been so attentive and solioitous when she was
ill. How oould Bhe grieve him ?
Love conquered! The pretty robe was folded
away, the jewels returned to their case, and with
a light heart Mary sat down to await her husband’s
return.
Tho lamps were not lit in the drawing room
when Harry came up the street. Bhe had gone,
then, (after all he had said I) He passed slowly
through the hall, entered the dark and deserted
room, and threw himself on the sofa with a heavy
sigh. He was not angry, bnt ha was grieved and
disappointed.. The first doubt that creeps over
the mind, of the affection of one we love, is so
very painful. *
“Dear Harry!” said a welcome voice at hia
aide.
“God bless you, Mary 1” said the happy hue
band; “you’ve saved me from a keen sorrow.”
Dear reader, (won’t you tell f) there are some
husbands worth all the sacrifices a loving heart can
make 1 Fanny Fsrn.
“Pot that Impudent Rascal oot.” —While the
congregation were collected at church, on a cer
tain occasion, an old, dark, hard-featured akin and
bone individual was seen wending his wav up the
side and taking bis sest near the pulpit. The offi
ciating minister was ons of that class who detested
written sermons, and aa for prayers he thought that
they sought to be the natural outpourings of the
heart. After tbe singing was concluded, the house
as usual was called to prayer. The genius we ha7o
introduced, did not kneel but leaned his head de
votionnlly on the back of hia pew. The minister
began by saying.
“ Father of all, in every age, by saint and by
savage adored.”— I "Pope," said in a low but clear
voice, near old hard-features. Tbe minister after
casting an indignant look in the direction of the
veice continued—“whose throne sitteth on the ada
mantine hill of Paradise.”— "Milton," again inter
rupted ths voice. The ministers lips quivered for
a moment but recovering himself he began, “we
thank thee, most gracious father, that we are p r
mitted once more to assemble in thy name, while
others equally meritorious, bnt less favored, have
been carried beyond that bourne from whence no
traveller returns." “ Shakeepeare," interrupted
the voice; this was too much, “put that impudent
rascal out,” shouted the minister. "Original,"
ejaculated the voioe in the same calm but provok
ing manner.
Severely Cold Weather,— We find in the Ca
nada Christian Guardian a letter from a correspou
dent in Quebec, dated Feb. 5, giving an interest
ing account of a missionary meeting, held a few
miles east of that city. We give the subjoined
extract to show the severity of the climate in the
depth of winter:
Restarted for the appointment in Lower Ire
land, in the county of Megantic, a distance of 19
miles; we were hospitably entertained at the house
of J. B. Lambly, esq., in Leeds, and accompanied
to the appointment by that gentleman and several
other friends. The day became excessively cold
and stormy. The thermometer ranging from *5
to 10 deg. below aero. Having to cross a range of
hills of no ordinary magnitude, and their summits
being open, it was with difficulty and not without
danger of suffering severely, that we could pro
ceed; and indeed we did not wholly escape, as
the froat nipped ns several times. We experienced
buffalo coats to be the best friends i n our extremity.
The day broke next morning with the thermo
meter at about 82deg. beiow aero. The roof of the
house immediately over our lodging room cracked,
by the froet, with a noise, equal to the report of a
small piece of ordnance; and with all the heat that
could be generated from a very large box stove,
the cold could not be expelled from the breakfiist
room. There was an inclanation to be continually
turning round, that each part ot the body might
have its share of the heat.
Death yrom waft of Sleet. —How long can one
live withont sleep ? This question we have never
seen answered. But an authentic communication
has been made to a British society whose field of
operations are in Asia, descriptive ol a punishment
which is peculiar to the original code of China. It
appears from this communication, that a Chinese
merchant bad been convicted of murdering his
wife, and was sentenced to die by being totally de
prived of the privilege of going to sleep. 'This
singular and painftil mode of quitting an earthly
existence was carried into execution at Amoy, un
der the following circumstances:
The condemned was placed in prison under the
care of three of the police guard, who relieved
each other every alternate hour, and who prevent
ed the prisoner from falling asleep fer a single mo
ment, night or day. He thus lived for nineteen
days without enjoying any sleep. At the com
mencement of the eighth day his sufferings were
so erncl that he implored the authorities to grant
him opportunity of being strangulated,
garroted, gullotined, burned to death, drowned,
quartered, shot, blown up with gunpowder, or pnt
to death in any conceivable wsy which their hu
manity or ferocity could invent. Thiawill give ns
some idea of the horror of dying because yon can
net go to sleep.
Follt. —For girls to expect to be happy withont
marriage. Every woman was made for a mother,
consequently, babies are as necessary to their
“ peace of mind” as health. If yon wish to look
at melancholy and indigestion, look at an old maid.
If you would take a peep at sunshine, look in the
fees of a youg mother.
Another Railroad Protosed.— The Griffin Union
suggests the construction of a Railroad from that
plaoe. direct to Covington, a distance of S 5 miles,
thus bringing Augusta withing Kt miles of that
plaee, instead of at, m now travelled by the wav
•f AlUntn.
“ The Ilule of Life.”
We are indebted to the kindness of the author,
lion. R. M. Charlton, for the copy of an address
delivered by him at the request of the Young Men’s
Christian Association, in the Lecture Room ot the
Smithsonian Institution. Its theme is the Buie of
Life. We need hardly say that it is characterized
by the lolty religious tone which pervades most of
its author’s publications. Strange as it msv seem
in a professed Christian oountry, it demands no
small measure of moral heroism on the part of a
Senator or Representative, thrown amid the fash
ionable and political circles of Washington, tocna
b!e him to appear before a Christian Association,
in advooaey of the Christian’s "rule of life."
The following extract, with which the lecture
eonelu es, may betaken as a fair indication of the
toue and talent which it exhibits. — Sat. ifeorgian.
“What rnle of life shall we follow to insure our
happiness!” What is the rule?
It belongs to no profession in particular; the
monarch upon his throne can secure it; the cap
tive in his loathsome cell may retain it. There is
no station, there is no condition, where it is not to
he found; and it it this : It is tho faithful and con
scientious discharge of every duty which may be
allotted to you, no matter how m uute, for if the
little things of life are the terrible, they are also
the beautiful—tbe unwavering attention to the
suggestions of the monitor within yonr brenst. No
mau, though surrounded by fame, by wealth, by
science, by love, ean bo happy, who feels that he
has turned a deaf ear to his bosom’s lord. No one,
however degraded, trodden down, athirst, hungry,
wounded, cau be miserable, who knows that lie
lias been earnest in his search after truth, and un
faltering in his devotion to principle
“ Honor and shame from no conditions rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor .ies!"
It is the memory of our past life to which We
must look for comfort, er for reproach; the pre
sent we are too busy with; the future lias too
much of Hone’s brightest hues. It is the stern re
ality of tbe past, that must bo our treasure-house
of grateful recollections, or our charnel-houso of
perished joys and perverted hours. Memory is
the most prominent attribute of tho mind, it is
tho golden thread that connects tho jewels togeth
er, and ifit breaks, tho gems will fall to the ground
and lie scattered in useless profusion. It is said,
and I have no doubt of it, that what we have once
learned we can never forget. Thotriflingincideutof
our boyhood's years, the passing event, which
seemed to float by upon tho stream of Time, al
most unobserved, will, in more mature life, flash
back upon our mental vision, with a startling viv
idness; it may bo, that wo oannot recall each scene
at pleasure; but in the lodgments ofthc brain they
aro hidden, and memory, when wo least expect it,
will reproduce them, and oft times make our ehaek
grow pale, or ourbrow crimson atthe unwished for
recollection. And time is like theskilful workman,
who is about to take down some ancient mansion;
he begins with the roof, aud after he has demolish
ed that, then he takes down the higher story, and
so on in an inverse order to their erection, until
he reaches tho foundation, which, last of all, he
removes; and such is Time’s attack upon the
memory. He begins upon the last event, the top
stone of our decaying tabernacle. Tho old man,
tottering in the second childhood, will forget the
scene that he has just witnessed—and yet remember
well the incident of a score of years ago; and as he
advanced nearer and nearer to thegravo of all his
faculties, and ns a gloom more horrible than death
is settling upon his worn out mind, whilst the pre
sent is dark before him, his garrulous tongue will
still prate to you of his childhood’s visions, and
tell yon truly, tho events of his early life. W hat a
warning does this give us; wo are now laying up
for ourselves blissful dreams, or wo are heap
ing up layers of wrath; each deed wo now com
mit, each thought we now harbor, whether it be
of evil or good, we are putting up in store for the
retrospection of life’s last hours! Ohletussce to
it, that when wo draw nigh to our final rest, that
when the damps of death are gathering upon our
brow, and the hand of the destroyer is uplifted to
striko us down, we may look hack upon tho long
avenues of years through which we nave trodden,
and see there the smiling countenances of those
whose hearts we have gladdened, whose live* we
have cheered, beaming upon us in their gratitude;
and that we may look forward with joy and hum
ble hope, to thoso bright and beautiful mansions
prepared for us in Heaven, whose maker and build
er is God I
I have recently met with a beautiful little poem,
the author of which I am ignorant of, which gives
the rule, in a few practical words, and with the re
citation ot which, I will conclude this lecture:
“There are three lessons I would write—
Three words—as with a burning pen.
In tracings of eternal light,
Upon the hearts of nun.
"ITave Hope ! Tho’ clouds environ now,
And gladness hides her face with scorn,
Put thou the shadows from thy brow—
No night but hath its morn.
"Hare Faith ! where’er thy bark is driven—
The calm's disport—the tempest’s mirth—
Know this—God rules the hosts of Heaven,
Th’ inhabitants of earth.
"ITaveLorel Not love alone for one,
But man, aa man, thy brother call —
And scatter like the circling sun,
Thy chari I ies on all.
"Thus grave these lessons on thy soul—
Hope, Faith, and Love—and thoa shall find,
Strength, when life’s surges wildest roll—
Light, when thou else wer’t blind 1”
The MAnoHEDAN Negro. —A correspondent of
the Philadelphia Bulletin, writing from Wilming
ton, North Carolina, gives the following account of
this singular old man:
“ I know the old man well, and beg leave to oor
recta few errors, which have crept into the paper
concerning him. Uncle Moreau, (not Moore) or
‘the Prince,’ as lio is called about the town, from
tho vague rumors that he is the son of an African
King, is the servant of Gen. James Owen, who
purchased him out of benevolent feelings from a
harsh negro trader, many years ago. Ho is now
eighty six years of age. lie is not a Mahomodan
now, but a very sincere aud devout Christian, a
member of the Presbyterian Church. lie lias no
copy ofthe Koran at present, but a few friends
procured for him, after ho bccamo a Christian, a
copy of the Bible in Arabic, in which he daily reads
many chapters, and which he translates with great
aptness and force for his visitors. He writes the
language yet with much clearness and beauty. He
is very reserved upon the subject of his early his
tory, and is singularly aveise to tho thought of re
turning to Africa. His manners are quite courtly
and graceful, and no ono is more respected here
than tho ‘ old Mahomedun slave.’ ”
Lime Water for Hens—Accidental Discove
rt. —During tho last season, Mr. Joseph Wilcox,
ot this town, having occasion to udminister lime
water to a sick horse, inadvertently loft a pail of
the preparation in his barn, which remained there
for some months, serving as a favorite drink for
his hens. Ho soon aftorwards found that the
laying of his hens was apparently increased to a
considerable extent. Being convinced of the im
portance of the (to him) new discovery, he has
during the present season kipt his hens constant
ly supplied with lime water, placed in troughs
within their convenient access, and the result was
an increase of ego's of nearly four fold as com
pared with previous experience. He is willing to
share the benefits of the experiment with his
neighbors, if they choose to try it; and hence this
publication. The newness of the discovery,
(though it may not now be new to all) is claimed
only as applicable to the mode of imparting the
lime in this case—its use in another form, for the
some purpose, having been previously understood
by many.— Wayne Sentinel.
A River Pio.—Ono of the most novel and re
cent additions to tho London Zoological Gardens is
tho choiropotamus. The name would lead many
to suppose that a rival to the hippopotamus had
appeared ; but although belonging to the same fam
ily of the pachydcrmata, the choiropotamus is no
match in size or in appearance for the river horse
of Egypt. He is, as fits name implies, a river pig
—not, however, with any extraordinary aqnatio
tendencies. Ho lias been brought from tho banks
of the Senegambia—amongsttlie swamps of whose
borders, and tbosc of tbe other rivers of western
Africa, he delights to dwell. His apperanco is not
unlike that of a common pig. He has largo legs,
and is more squarely built. The most striking
feature ofthe animal is the color of its hair, which
if on a human being we would call sandy. It is
long and less coarse than that of the common pig.
The ears are long and black. The face is less rug
ged and picturesque than that of the wart bogs,
but presents docidcdly more character than those
of our swine. Os the hog tribe this is decidedly
the cleanest and most gentlemanly specimen. It
is the prince of hogs.
Thunder Storm.—On Monday night last, onr
city was visited by a furious and appalling rain,
hail and thunder storm, which continued, with
but little intermission, for several hour*. The
lightning, which was very vivid and inc ssant,.
struck the chimney at the’west end of McComb’a
tavern, tearing up and scattering the shingle* on
the roof in every direction; thence, attracted by
the wire below, attached to the stable bell, it
glanced down, following the wire for some fifty
yards until it reached the post to which the bell
was attached, shattering it and descending into
the ground without doing further injury.
Much damage was done to the gardens, fields
and roads in this vicinity, and the injury sustain
ed by the Milledgeville and Gordon Kail Koad, in
terrupted for a day or two the regular travel on
that route. The enterprising officers, however,
have promptly entered upon the work of repair,
and the cars now perform their regular trips as
usual. We have not learned the mil extent of
damages upon the road, but learn that it will take
several thousand dollars to repair them .—Recorder,
Bth inst.
Fatal and Melancholy Accident. —Few cir
cumstances cf the kind have given us more regret
and sorrow than the death of William, oldest son
of the late Judge Root. B. Alexander, in the 14th
year of his age. We learn that on Saturday last
wliils at play with his companions one of them ac
cidentally struck him with a small piece of wire,
which, penetrating his brain just above his eye.
caused his death on Sunday night. The deceased
was an amiable, intelligent and promising youth,
universally beloved by his young associates, ana
greatly prized by his older acquaintances for that
combination of good qualities so rarely found in
one of hie age. Sympathy, we know, can bring
but little comfort to the sorrowful, atill it may
soothe some momentary pang of a mother’s heart
to know that a whole community feel most dieply
for her loss, and would gladly, were it possible,
mitigate the anguish of this heavy bereavement.—
Columbia Enq. fyh inst.
Bcnawat Neoroes. —Last Friday Mr. W. Car
ney and his brother, ofCtarke county, Ky., suc
ceeded in arresting ten of their slaves, who had
escaped and fled to Indiana. Six of the negroes
were caught jn the house of a man of the name
of Johnson, at Cabin creek, Wayne county, India
na, two of whom were apprehended and brought
back to Kentucky.
Two others were wounded, and the other six
were lodged in jail. Mr. W. Carney was severely
injured during the fracas. At the time of ths ar
rest the negroes alarmed the neighborhood by
blowiDg horns, in order to call a crowd to prevent
the arrest of the fugitives, but after some resist
ance Mr. C. succeeded in recovering the ten ne
groes. — Lou. Gout. Ist inst.
The Wateree Bridge.— lmmediately after the
freshet last August, the Bridge across the Water*
ee river was rebuilt without a draw, and haa been
used by the Bailroad up to last week, when it had
to be cut awav to permit a Steamboat to navigate
the river. We understand heavy maledictions
have been bgapqd pn the head of the boat owner
for exercising his right to navigate the river.
Now, is it not probable the Eailroad Company is
as much to blame as the Boat owner! That com
pany had no right to obstruct the navigation of the
river in the first place, and in the second place it
should have prevented the necessity of such a
step by affording such facilities for the transporta
tion of cotton and merchandise, as wonld have
answered the ends of all. At present, we under
atrod no freight can pass to Camden or to the
Wilmington and Manchester Bead.— Cheraoc Ga
tette.
Show.— There was a alight fall of snow here on
Fridas night last, but Ft all evaporated by 10
o’elook the next day. In Habersham we learn It
wea twenty inehee deep.—AMeru Fanner,
«
MY MOTHER.
My mother’s voice! How often creeps
Its eadSnce on my lonely hours.
Like healing on the wings of sleep,
Or dew on the unconscious flowers.
I might forget her melting prayer.
While pleasures madly fly;
But, in the etui, unbroken air,
Her gentle tonee come stealing by;
And years of ata and manhood flee,
And leave aa at of mother’s haem
1 have hate out at c wntide.
Beneath a moonlight sky of spring,
When earth was garnished like a bride,
Sind night had on her silver wing;
When bursting buds, and grass.
And waters leaping to th* light;
And all that make the pulses pas*
With wild fieetness through the night;
When all wai beauty, then have I,
With friends on whom my love is flung,
Like myrrh on winds of Araby,
Gaaed on whtre evening’s lamp ia bung.
And when the beauteous spirit there
Flung over all its golden chain,
My mother’s voice came on the sir,
Like the light dropping of the rain;
And, resting on some silver star,
The spirit of a bended knee,
I’ve poured a deep and fervent prayer,
That our eternity might be—
To rise in heaven, like stars by night,
And tread a living path of light.
Strange Mirage*
The following from the Kingston correspondor.t
of the Freeman’s Journal, would appear to be al
most auffleient to stagger belief; yet well authen
ticated oases of the kind have been frequently re
corded :
On Wednesday nightabout 11.80, at an elevation
of about 600 feet in the sky, a largo steamer was
visible for about five minutes in an npwright posi
tion, steaming for the South, her sails all sot, and
evidently at full speed. The illusion was so com
plete that I could observe the mainsail flapping
with tho wind. The sky, in the immediate ioenle,
was clear, tho outline of this serial steamer being
in darkness. I have just heard the American mail
steamer left Liverpool the day beforo, and it is
possible that she was reflected.
This phenomenon we aro told was frequently
witnessed bv our army, when in Moxico, and it
is not of unfrequent occurrence on the deserts of
Asia aud Africa. When Baron Humboldt was at
Curaana, ho says he frequently saw tho Islands of
Peouita and Boracha apparently hanging in the air
and sometimes with inverted images. During the
march of the French army over the sandy plains
of Egypt, it is said many singular instances of mi
rage occurred. “The villages situated upon small
eminenoes, wore successively scon like so ninny
islands in tho midst of an extensive lake, and be
neath each village appeared its inverted image, in
the same directionan imago of the blue sky was
seen, clothing thesand with its own bright hues,
and causing tho wilderness to appear like a rich
and luxuriant country. So complete was the de
ception that the troops hastened forward to. re
fresh themselves amid those cool retreatß; but as
they advanced the illusion vanished, only to-roap
pear at the villages beyond.”
The seemingly miraculous appearances of a red
cross, at the height of 200 feet in the heavens, while
the worshippers in the Parish of Migne, in Franco,
were engaged in the exercises of the Jubilee was
clearly attributed to tho law of refraction of light.
A largo red cross had been planted by the side of
the church, as a part of tho religious ceremony.
Frequent instances of mirage or looming have
also occurred on our own lakes, but none so strik
ing as wo have recorded —Cleveland Democrat.
The Fire In New Orleans.
The Bee of tbe 4th iust., has the following parti
culars of the loss by the recent disastrous fire:
“On a careful inquiry, we aro inclined to be
lieve that the amount of cotton destroyed was
seventeen thousand bales, representing a value of
six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Os this
Bum, we presume that nearly ono hundred and
fifty thousand dollars was not covered by insur
ance, and of the remainder we havo ascertained
risks, embracing in the aggregate about four hun
dred thousand dollars, leaving a loss of at least
one hundred thousand dollars to be acoounted for
in some shape or other. The heaviest sufferer is
the Home Mutual Insurance Company, which loses
ono hundred nnd fifty thousand dollars; but,
whilst we are glad to add that this is ono of the
most ably managed institutions in the city, so, also,
are we happy to state that they are prepared to ad
just, on the spot, every dollar of their loss from the
surplus capital. The Alabama Press itself was in
sured in the Merchants’ Office for fourteen thou
sand dollar-, which will not cover tho loss by at
least eight thousand dollars.
“ The following is the reported insitrrance, and
we believe it to he nearly correct: Homo Mutual,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; Sun Mu
tual, sixty thousand dollars; Royal Liverpool,
fifty thousand dollars; Liverpool, thirty thousand
dollars; Crescent, forty-five thousand dollars;
Tennessee, seventeen thousand dollars; Mer
chants’, foul teen thousand dollars—total, three
hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars.”
The Delta of the sth, copies the above aud adds:
“ It is startling to think what an immense value
may be destroyed in a few hours by the burning
of a cotton press! When the St. Charles and
other buildings burnt, about two yoars ngo, it ex
cited an intense sensation all through tho country.
And yet tho loss was not so groat as that caused by
the fire on Wednesday night, which scarcely in
terrupted the business and gaiety of our city.—
Whilst the glare of the immense conflagration
oovered the city, at least throe thousand of our
citizens wero enjoying themselves at tho theatres,
concerts and other piiblio resorts, scarcely heeding
or inquiring about the great destruction which was
going on. And yet for some time this fire placed
in the most imminent peril at least ten millions of
produce, the destruction of which would hove scat
tered bankruptcy throughout our city and the
whole Valley ot the Mississippi.
Such an occurrence ought to admonish cotton
holders and press owners of the necessity of tak
ing more efficient measures to protect their cotton
from fire. The vast amount of cotton now in our
city, owing to the distressing defficioncy of ships,
is in continual danger of destruction by Borne care
less act or accident. Insurance offices ought to
look to this matter, and see that the various
presses aro guarded with sleepless vigilance and
care.
Fire. —Our citizens were aroused from their
slumbers at an early hour yesterday morning
by the ory of fire. On repairing to the spot we
found a largo wooden stable, situate on Franklin
strest, attached to the premise* of Mr. David
Lopez, located at the corner of Franklin and
Short-streets, enveloped in flames. The fire
spread with groat rap dity, communicating with
his kitchen, to the Btables of Mr. John C. Martin
to the east, and north to the kitchen of Mra.
Axson’s residence, situate on Queen street, the
whole of which were consumed. The residence
of Mr. Lopez, from its dose proximity to the fire,
was in imminent danger, but was saved by the
extraordinary exertionß of our indefatigablo flro
men; the northern portion, however, was very
much charred. Thebuildiugs destroyed were in
sured in this oity in the Agency of the Augusta
Insurance and Banking Company, as follows, viz:
1500 on Mr. Lopez’s stable* and SSOO on his kitchen;
$l5O on Mr. Martin’s stables, and the same amount
on Mrs. Axson’s kitchen. Mr. Lopez’s residence
as well as his furniture, whioh was slightly in
jured in being removed, wero also insured in the
same effice. The buildings destroyed were the
property of thi* gentleman. The nro originated
in the loft of the stables on Franklin-stroct, in
which were stored a quantity of hay, and is bo
yond doubt the work of an incendiary.—Charles
ton Courier, 9th inst.
From Tampico and the Citt op Mexico.—Wo
have received letters from Tampico to the 22d ult.
whioh contain items of news from the city of Mex
ico to the 16th. What they contain has mostly
been anticipated by the arrival of the Albatross.
Tampico declared in favor of Santa Anna on the
16th ult., and the movement was sanctioned by the
military and Customhouse officers.
Our letters state there isa plan in contemplation
at Pueblo and the city of Mexico to re-establish
the old tariff with all its restrictions and prohibi
tions; but the authorities of Vera Cruz and Tam
pico will resist it at the point of the bayonet. The
tariff party are acting under the influence of Ru
beo, who is at the head of the rich manufacturers,
and is considered the Rothschild of that country.
These manufacturers are aided in their plans by
the Spanish Minister, who takes a most prominent
part in this affair.—jV. O. Delta, 6th inst.
An Iron Bridoe.— The method adopted for
bridging the Great Pee Dee river, on the Wilming
ton and Manchester, N. C., railroad, is worthy of
remark, as showing another purpose to which iron
may be extensively applied. The work presented
great difficulties, partly on account of the freshets,
to which the river is liable, and from other causes;
but it i* now in vigorous prosecution. Tho piers for
the bridge, are composed of large hollow cylinders
of oast iron, nineteen feet in circumference, their
bases are sunk many foot in the bed of the river
by exhausting the air from within them, bv the
method known as the Pneumatic Process, for form
ing foundations. The cylinders a,e filled with con
crete, and thus form hills of great strength and per
manency. The cylinders were oast in this city,
and their aggregate weight is noarly three hundred
tons.—A r . i. Courier.
“Astor House Exchange.” —A magnificent
apartment has been prepared in the area of the
Astor House, passing under this name. The struc
ture is built entirely of glass and iron—elliptical
in form, 85 by 51 feet, with an arched roof, ele
gantly embellished with fresco painting, and sup
ported by ornamental columns. Every accommo
dation is here afforded for gentlemen to meet, talk,
smoke, drink and read newspapers. The apart
ment is encircled by thirty-three gas burners, and
lighted in the centre by four chandeliers having
six burners each. In the day time it is lighted
from side windows and from the roof. It is heat
ed by furnace*, and is suitably ventilated. Among
other conveniences, there is a telegraph office,
communicating with all the telegraph lines in the
country. The whole expenditure is about ten
thousand dollars. In this enterprise, Messrs.
Coleman & Stetson are a little ahead of any of the
hotel keepers in the United States.— N. Y. Jour, of
Cons.
Brunswick Land Compant.— Caught in the Tax
Act. —The charter for this company was, in our
judgment, granted improvidently by our last Le
gislature. It will be found slipped into an Act to
incorporate a town in Jackson county. Thus it pro
bably escapes scrutiny. One good result, however
flow* from the grant. The company has fixed its
capital at three millions of dollars. Under the
general Tax-law of the State, the company is bound
to pay to the State of Georgia a tax of one-tenth
of one per centum on the capital— three thousand
dollars. This tax of coarse, will be paid annually
as long as the present Tax law exists. As the
of taxation is lew, there is greater probability, in
future years, of an increase than of any dimunition.
Whether the speculators of Wall street who gave
the company twenty dollars per share of what
forms their capital at one hundred dollars per
share, knew of this considerable item of annual
outlay, we know not. If they did not, they are, in
our view, justly paid for making themselves par
ties to a most exaggerated estimates-of Brunswick
lots.
It will take all the steam of the Canal Company
and Railroad Company, and a great many other
helps, ever to get 8,057 town lots and 1,465 acres
of land adjoining, in Brunswick, to bring the fifth
part of three millions. We see the lost quotation
is 17 to I#. Vive la bagatelle. — Savannah Repub
lican.
( harters not Contracto.— The Supreme Court
of Ohio have at length yielded to the commands of
the Locofoco party, and decided that Charters to
Banka (and of coarse to all other private compa
nies) are not contracte, and may be repealed like
any other law, at the pleasure of the Legislature!
Chief Justice Bartley has reviewed the decisions
of the Bupreme Court of the United States on the
eobject of Charters, and declares them, and all
similar business in the highest Courts of the other
States, to be founded on mistaken notiont of the
law! Well, the Supreme Court of the United
States, and of the States, will have to back out, of
oourse. The Banks ere to be driven out of the
State; next, tbs Bail way, the Turnpike, the In
■uranee, the Chnrch corporations must close up f
What is next on the bill t Let us know/what we
may loekfor in tke fktere.— On. Fee. Maren id.
VOL'. LX VI.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVII.--NO. 11.
From the New Fork Herald.
Rev. Theodore Parker on the Auglo-Saxons.
Rs v. Theodore Parker delivered a lecture recent
ly, before a ctoivJod audience, nt the Taborimclo,
A. Y’ork, on tlioAnglo-Saxous-thoir origiu,charac
ter, and influence.” Ho said Maukiud is one.
There is one genius man, one variety man—all the
same. Philosophers, however, for convanisnce,
have distributed mankind Into five raoss. Begin
ning, as they suppose, at the bottom of tba scale,
they enumerate, first, the Afri«au or blaek rnee;
second, the Ameriean, or red race; then the Malay,
or Mongolian, or yellow races, not very commonly
distinguished from each other; and lastly, the
Caucasian, or the white raae. All those agree in
their fundamental characteristics, aud make up
mankind. Tuey differ only aa the finger# ditfer on
the same hand.
To appreciate the character of a man,itisnecea
sary to study those races of men, beginning with
broad humanity first, and then proceeding to the
special characteristics. The Caucasian differs
from ail other races; ho is the humane —he is civil
ized und progrosses. Ho conquers with his head
as well as his band. It is intellect, after all, that
conquers, not tlio strength of a man’s arm. The
Caucasian has been otlon master of the othor ra
ces—never their slaves. Ho has carried his reli
gion to other races, but never taken theirs. In his
tory all religions are of Caucasian origin. All the
great limited forms of monarchies are Caueasian.
Republics are Caucasian. Ail tno great sciences
are of Caucasian origin; all inventions are Cau
casian; iitornture and romance oomo of the same
stock; all tho great poets aro of Cauoasiau origin.
Moses. Luther, Josns Christ, Zoroaster, Budha,
Pythogoras, were Caucasian. No othor raoe can
bring up to memory suoh celebrated names aa the
Caucasian race. The Chinese philosopher, Confu
cius, is un exception to the rule. To the Cauca
sian race belong the Arabian, Persian, Hebrew,
Egyptian; and all the European nations arc de
scendants of tho Caucasian race. Tno earliest Cau
easian family that moved West is the Iberu, then
tho Polasgic. Tho Celtic family occupied the west
ern part of Europe five or six hundred years be
fore Christ. The Teutonic occupied the centre of
Europe. Then there was the Sclavonic, now re
presented by tho Russians. Two families of tho
Mongolian race penetrated Europo. Ono ot these
fumilies is tho Hungarian, who cam# into Europo
on horsoback. Tho Lap.anders, and Turks, who
havo settled themselves in Europe are of tho sarno
origin.
He then went on to say that tho Teutonic,which
was a branch of tho Caucasian race, had a great
love of freedom. At an early period of the devel
opment of tho Teutonic raco, tiioy wero famed for
their love of personal liberty. They had a greuter
respect for women than ovor tiio Hebrews, or
Greeks, or othor nations had. Tho great federal
principle ofthe Toutonic family may bo found in
the Saxon heptarchy, tho Swi .8 cantons, and rnoro
particularly tho thirty one Statos of this Union.
They have been cvei found fighting against allian
ces. The Teutonio family wero famous for their
aggressive and lighting qualities. This raco is di
vided into three lamuies—the Goths, Germans,
Scandinavians. Os the Goths, there is still a
portion of that raco left in Franco.—There are some
of those people there; but they aro hated so muoh
in that country that they are not allowed to sit in
the same carriage or in tho same cluiroh pews with
Frenchmen. Tho Scandinavians were bold, har
dy advonturers and a roving, plundering race of
men. They wore the fillibustors of tho ninth and
tentli centuries. They were first pirates in Nor
mandy, then in England, whore they conquered
tlie Saxons at tho battle of Hastings. The present
Anglo-Saxon raco was made up ol four elements—
tho Norman, tho Dullish, tlie Anglican and tho
Suxon. Tho audience should pardon him if he
said that the Celtic family was in a state of fast de
cay. Even in Franco, a mau without any power,
and nothing but a pnlo oaglo in his pocket, con
(jnered not only tho Louis I’liillippists, tlie social
ists, but the red republicans, by a coup d'etat, and
in one day made Franco a military doßpotism.
The Teutonio woro long t lie most powerful fami
ly in Europe—tho most liberty-loving, and most
law-loving pooplo. While the Celt, in a spiritof
wild revenge, will blow un enemy to pieces on the
instant, or tlio classic man, as the Spaniard, stab
him to the heart, tho Anglo-Saxon docs not tuke
revenge on tho moment, but does it in a business
manner. He never assassinates, but tries by jury,
which is tho most democratic mode of doing the
business. They try nnd hung their victim. Tlie
Revolution was an instance of tlio ordor whioh the
Anglo-Saxon was so famous for. At that time
every tiling was done in ordor. Charles I. was
tried in a regular court, and bohoaded in a regular
manner. At Boston, when they threw all their
tea overboard, it was done all in order. They did
not do it iu tho night, it was all done in the open
day, und not an ounoe of it was stolon by these
patriots. If n ship arrived in Now York or Boa
ton to-morrow, it would not be unloaded with
more order than was that ship in Boston. (Ap
plause.) Even in Lynch law there is a species of
order which differs from the course pursued by tho
Colt. Tho Anglo-Saxon has a lust for land. This
raco is divided into two families—the Anglo-Saxon
Briton nnd tlio Anglo-Saxon American. The
Anglo Saxon Briton is vory proud, and quite re
spectnble; the Anglo-Saxon American, (Jonathan,)
is a little given to swaggerism, and expeots to be
come, at some future day, quite as respectable as
John Bull. A lust of land ns he said before, was
ono of the greut peculiarities of the Anglo-Saxon
race.
Three hundred yenrs ago, the Anglo-Saxons did
not own tho whole of Great Britain. See the ex
tent of their possesions now. Tho British were
not satisfied with what they had, bnt wantod to
lmvc Borneo, one of the largest Islands in the world.
They also wanted to surround China, by sailing up
the Irrawaddy, and encompassing that country
on all sides. Tlio English are not satisfied, and
never will bo while there isu foot of territory to ao
quire. Tho Americans, not satisfied with their
own great territory, seized Texas, nnd now wnnt
Cuba. Tlio Anglo Saxons aro also famous for ex
terminating tlioir cnomics. When they landed on
this continent, they exterminated all tlio red men
they could find. Tlio Spaniards, on tho contrary,
intermarried with tho Indians; but tho Anglo-
SaXons would not stoop to this. There was u law
in Massachusetts which put any man to death who
married an Indian. Tlio Anglo Saxons, though
fond of exterminating, ia not cruol. Tlie Dutch
would put those savages to death with tho most
excruciating torture ; but tho Anglo-Saxon would
do no suoh thing—ho would simply bring up his
gun aud shoot them down in a scientific manner.
(Great laughter.) They are gradually exterminat
ing the Celts from Ireland, by compelling them to
live on decayed potatoes. They have reduced
tnem by two millions in tho oonrso of two or throe
years. There was no danger of the Americans and
English fighting now. Neither fought for glory.
They would never fight when there was danger of
losing by the operation. The Anglo-Saxons fights
for gain—so does brother Jonathan, too. Some
time ago, Brother Jonathan wanted to go up to 54°
40 m., and John Bull said in reply, we wanttocome
down 49°, and uftor a shako of tlie hand, Bro
ther Jonathan said to John Bull, “ Well, you may
comedown.” (Laughter.) But when there was a
weaker power in question, tho result was very dis
feront. A quarrel was provoked on purpose, and
tho weakor power was compelled to givo up peace
ably or by force.
Where tlio Anglo-Saxon can got territory, by
war or bloodshed, there may lie be found. When
ho conquers a civilized country ho causos the price
of I* 1 to bo lowered, aud when lie conquers a
barbarious country tlie value of the land is raised.
America and Hindostan are examples. In tho
ono it lias been raised—in tho other depreciated.
11l India, the Anglo Suxon has exterminated the
industry of tho natives, and substituted his own.
Tho Anglo-Saxon r ico is very powerful. It num
bers some fifty millions. How different from the
Spanish race, which is everywhere weak. Tho
Anglo-Saxon is powerful— not in a military sense,
though he fights hard, but in a commercial and
political sense. Tlio dollar is the symbol of the
Anglo-Saxon’s nower, as tho sword was that of
tlio Romans. The Anglo-Saxon abhors a universal
idea. Ho believes, perlinns, in God, but he does
not go for a higher law, He differs from the Ger
man in this. Tho great German man ia based
upon thoughts—tlio great Anglo-Saxon man is
bottomed upon things, and prefers facts and pre
cedents to ideas. England is the righest country
in the world, in consequence of tho practical na
ture of her people. She is rich il you divide her
wealth by the whole people. It is true that every
sixteenth man is a pauper, and tho peasant and
mechanic aro the worst fed in the world. Tlie
aristocracy engross the wealth to themßelves, be
cause there is no greut idea running through Brit
ish institutions.
Look at the misery aud wretchedness of St.
Giles, in the very midst of profusion of accumu
lated wealth. The Duke of Sutherland, with one
stroke of his pen, exterminates the inhabitants of
a whole district of country, and when the peas
antry refuse to go ho sets fire to their houses. This
is permitted and sanctioned by tho laws of Eng
land, which sends out missionaries to tlio ends of
tho earth to preach the gospel—snch is the con
tradiction. Tho contradiction is still greater in
the United S ates, where not every sixteenth man
but every sixth man, is so poor that he has no right
to his labor or liberty, and tho woman bus no right
to her chastity. This day one hundred and twen
ty-one years ago, a great man was born, who led
a suQ.osaihl revolution—that was George Wash
ington. (Applause.) His generalship was the
least of his merit, and his greatest feat in that res
pect was his retreat from Long Island. But lie
established the great principle that virtue is su
premo. (Applause.) The timo is at band when
there will be but two great raoes in the world—
the Sclavonic and the Teutonio; and the English
and Ameriean people are undoubtedly the great
est sections of tlio Toutonic. Thank God we are
not military pooplo. Wo have eleven thousand
soldiers in our standing army, but who ever sees
them? (Laughter.) If they should all desert
to-morrow morning, and go to California, it would
not have,tlie slightest effect on the price of stocks.
If tho oholera, or some othor plague, should carry
off tho army of Russia, what would become of the
government? The United Stnteß government re
posed rather on tho ballot-box than on the cat
ridge-box. The day was not distant when the
American Union would extend over the whole of
North and South America, and they would hoar
of tlie Speaker calling tho honorable member of
Patagonia to order. (Roars of laughter.) But
these acquisitions would not be made by the
sword but by intellect and the operation of com
merce.
Ship Building.—' “ Fonnerly, the materials of
ship building were taken from our New England
forests; but now the practice has changed ; and to
build a first class vessel, the koo l , floor timbers and
masts are about ail that come from our Maine or
New England forests; the upper timbers and oak
plank come from Maryland or Virginia; the beams
? nd P" 10 P>ank from Georgia and Florida; the
iron from England or Pennsylvania; the copper
from Lake Superior, and the Duck from the cot
tomgrowing States; so that Longfellow has truly
M There’s not a ship that sails the ocean,
But every climate, every soil,
Must bring its tribute, great or small,
And help to build the wooden walls.
Mcltcm in Paiivo.—Some newspaper publisher,
of the credit-system school, thus soliloquizes re
specting his non-paying subscribers:
Wagons cannot run without wheels, boats with-'
out steam, bull trogs jump without legs, or a news
paper be carried ou, on everlasting time, no more
thun a dog can wag his tail when he has none. Our
subscribers are all good; but what good does a
man’s goodness do when it don’tdo you any good f
We have no doubt every one thinks that all have
paid except him, and, as we are a clever fellow,
and his is a little matter, it will make no difference.
It would not, if it were only confined to a dozen or
a hundred cases; but when the tluw fever seizes
most all, the complaint is altogether too general.
As the bull-frogs said, 41 It’s fun for you, but it’s
death to us.”
Death at Sea.—Tho Bev. Mr. Jenkins, a mis
sionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
arrived yestorday afternoon Irom Shanghai, in the
clipper ship Kate Hays. Mr. Jenkins left Shang
hai in company with Mrs. Jenkinn, who had been
for some time m feeblo health. They were return
ing home in the hope and strong expectation that
her health would be restored; but Providence or :
dered it otherwise, for after an absence of 75 days,
and when in lat.ll 9., long. 17 W., Mrs. Jenkins
was removed by death.
From tho lime ot leaving China until the elosiag
soent, the gradually grew worse, amPaftsr the
voyage oommenced. the expectation that ahe
would reach tho desired home, was gradually un
damiiued.—iV. 7 dom. Adv. Uhimt. ,
EVENING THOUGHTS.
The calamus shimmers near the brook,
Beneath the beeclien gloom,
And, scattered on the marshy glade,
The flag Hovers are in bloom.
The last few clusters strew the ground
Beneath the toeust trees,
Where the fresh branching leaves oena out,
Te sweep the shadowy leas.
Ear through the Wear? forest round
The lowing hards I hear;
The smell ot roses in our rooms,
With June’s sweet self, Is here.
I sit alone, 'odd pleasant thoughts,
Where leaves are murmuring load;
lome rest beneath the trailing vines,
That wsave a light green shroud.
And some return, with warmth and We,
And gladness In their palms,
Binging the joyous melodies
That tune young childhood’s psalms.
'Ere he had tried the slippery steeps,
That bound the glacier heights,
As well among the ways of pride
As 'neath the battier lights.
They sing of homes, and pleasantness
That never shrink from frost,
And a hark that cleaves the silver tide
When other ones are lost.
Sweet hope that stays the fainting soul,
Through all the mortal gloom;
Pure lovo that gilds the universe,
And flowers within my room.
Strong faith, undying, lifting up
From dust each broken retd,
Till, crowne.l on earth with heavenly grass,
Man may be man indeed.
And now the stars come, one by one.
To gase from out tbe sides,
And ’neath tbeir twinkling innocence
I close my weary eyes.
Items.
Tn* Dream of Lira.—How few of U 9 at t!>«
cloeo of life can cay, “I lmvo filled and ooeupied
the position to which I looked forward whuu it
boy I” In tho onward progress of life, how often
in some stray moment of thought or reflection, do
wo not find ourselves inquiring “Is this as I hoped
—havo I ouactod my dream 1” And tho answtif
is invariably—Nol Wo look forward in child*
hood—and only look forward—without reflection*
Wo build tip gorgeous palaces, wo skotoh a career
of lifo ail gold andsunshino—what are they, and
whero aro they, when years sobor us I
Perform a good deed, spoak a kind word, give t
pleasant smile, and you will roooivo tho same hi
return. Tho happiuoss you bestow upon others i t
roflocted back to your own bosom.
Enjoy life while it’s fresh, while your limb an
mado of elasticity, and your ovory movement ap
pears to bo roguluted by tho vibratory action of
steol springs and India rubborsuspenders, lie*
member tho timo will soou come when,
“Fifty winters, fifty summers, fifty autumns, fifty
springs.
Wilt rise like flocks of birds before us flattering on that
air wings.”
Aud when that time does como, then comos*
“rhoumetiz” and ill-digostion, long nights, slum
steps, anxiety about tho stock market, aud a clod
ded conviotion that chickens and turkoys aro lost*
tender than they used to be. Ab wo havo said »
thousand timos boforo, remember those things and
“go it while you’ro young.”
A man can find uowhoro so good aSuvings Bank
as by emptying his purso into his head. Know l
edge is the best capital lie can possess ; it is at list
command every moment, and always above par*—•
Dr. Franklin.
A leading medical practitioner, at Brighton,
England, has lately givon a list of sixteen eusos ot
paralysis, produced by Bmoking, whiolt oamo nn ♦
der bis own knowledge, within the lust six
months.
Advertising, soys the “Dutchman,” is to busiur s
what manure is to land, and breud and butter t>»
the growing school-urohin—rolling the stono of
Sysaphus up the hill of oommorce, as easy as a
soap-bubble soareth in tho air.
A writer in the New York Observer propose*,
that “oaoh Christian denomination should appoint;
and set apart a certain portion of time for the uni
ting in prayer to Almighty God, for tho conver
sion of the Pope of Rome, liis cardinals, bishop*,
priests and people.” And suppose tho Popa
should do the same thing for tho conversion of!
those who are not of his Church. What then t
The Toledo Blade tells a good story of one o £
the land owners of that thriving city, who was of
fered for an eligiblo lot as many silver dollars aa
would cover it. Uo took a night to oonsidor tho
offer, and agreed next morning to accept it,
on condition that the dollars wore placed upon,
their edges.
The Rev. Dr. Craig’s now Teloscopo, at Wads
worth Common, England is the largost in tho
world; tho tuboisßsfoot in length. It mngoi
flea tho moon 40,000 times, and tho lenses arc so
perfectly achromatic that tho planot Saturn appear*
of a milky whiteness.
Tho Cuban papors aro not allowed to publish
anything but advertisements, market reports and
common plaoo paragraphs, except by tho express
permission of the authorities.
The only thing Hint will make a man forget, n
bad dinner, in a good cigar afterwards. There is
philosophy comes over ono while sucking those
“nipplos of inspiration,” that mnko men looltt
with a smile, notoniy on the troubles of the world,
but the vexations connected with an underdone
turkey. Boarding-house keepers would aot wise.;/
if thoy practisod on this hint. Keep your pstror t
well suppliod with BOgars, and you can palm olf
mutton for venison, and wild pigeons for wood
cock.
A resident of a Western town complained tJ«vt
he could not sleep ono night, summed up th »
causos : “ A wailing baby of soventccn days— dogrt
howling under the window—sat fight in the alley
—a colored serenade at tho shanty over tho v, ay,
atoothaclie, and a pig trying the back door."
The White Slave of England, is the title of a 'Na -
tional Drama now being performed at the Ilroa t
way Theatie, New-York, where it haa had n most
successful run. It is emphatically an answer ti>
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, now playing at most of V) t
Theatres in Great Britain. The comparison : t
drawn between the life of tho Whito Slaves c,f tl j
English underground Mines and tho happy condi
tion of the Slavos in tho Southern States.
To cure an imaginary ill, thero is nothing like a
real one. Tho man who is worrying about ambi
tion, has nothing to do but let an omnibus ru t
over his ankle, to drive ambition entirely out ofhie
head. People who did not got elected at the la’.o
canvass, will ploaso notice.
A Western divine In a lute discourse, says, “ tho
righteous shall not want bread, even if ho has to
steal." If we are aot mistaken, this is a new ver
sion.
Thocalorio “breathing ship” Ericsson, in rs
sending the Potomac from Alexandria, une'aored
ot Aquia Creok, and an invitation was extend id
by her inventor to the members of tho Virginia
Legislature, to visit her at that place. The Home
of Delegates declined, but the Senate accepted ths
invitation, and thoy were to have loft Richmond at
an early hour on Monday morning for that pur
pose, accompanied by many of the citiiens of that
city.
Physicians say there Is nothing improves tho ap
petite like labor and fresh air. Thoy aro mistukon.
We know of something that beats these provoca
tives all hollow, and that is, to go without oatins
for th r ee or four days.
1 Sal,’ cried a girl, looking out of the upper stor y
of a Bmall grocery, addressing anothor girl wl.-»
was trying to enter at the front door, we’re i ll
been to camp meeting and been converted, so w hr n
you want milk on Sundays you’ll have to come in
the back way .”
If you would keep your hands from chapping
during the winter, wash them as often as jxa
please, but rub them “ bright dry” each tinu ;
don’t leave a particle of moisture for the cold air
to act upon.
Politeness between Brothers and Sisters.—Hr
endeavoring to acquire a habit of politeness, it tv: I
soon become familiar, and sit on you with cam-, f
not with elegance. Let it novor be forgotten, th t
genuine politeness is a groat fosterer of fi *
love; it allays accidental irritation by prevents r
harsh retorts and rude contradictions; it softens
the boisterous, stimulates the indolent, suppress ■■
selfishness, and by forming a habit of consider «-
tion for others, harmonises the whole. Politem >s •
begets politeness, and brothers may easily be w«a
by it to leave off the rude ways they bring ho, .e
f,om school or college. Sisters ought never to re
ceive any little attention without thanking them
for it, never to ask a favor of them hut m courte
ous tortus, never to reply to their questions in in *
nosyllables, and they will soon be ashamsd to ~o
such things themselves. Both precept and eiam
ple ought to bo luid under contribution, to oo i
vince them that no one can have really good mn v
ners abroad who is not habitually polite at home.
A Mas Killed by a Runaway Neobo.—On
Tuesday morning last, anegro man was seen prun
ing about the residence of Thos. Moore, near t is
city, and upon being questioned gave his uatno
Judge Ezzard’s George, and made inquiries about
the road. Mr. Moore, suspecting him to be a n ,i
--away told him lie would take him home, *\ni t
tempting to catch him, tho negro drew a kijife a d
made a thrust at him, cutting his clotliß e'omowh t,
but did not succeed in outting him. Mr. M..< rq
instantly seized a stick and knocked the hit o
down, but the negro finally escaped, from him i d
ran across afield. At this moment, Mr. J. Kn-ip
Thomas, came out of his house, near by, and tri d
to catch the negro, but as he approached, the n
gro stabbed him, inflioting a fatal wound, of whl h
he died almost instantly. The negro then succo' l
ed in making his escape. The next morning how
ever, a negro man, supposed to be the asms oi, >,
was arrested aud lodged in the Calaboose.— Altai, a
Intelligencer.
Resistance to Ridicule. —Learn from the enrlii it
davs to inure your principles against tbo peril of
ridicule; you can no more exercise your reaaoi If
you live in the constant droad of laughter, tlr.n
you oan enjoy your life if you are in the const: at
terror of death. If you think it right to differ fr< m
the times, and to make a point of morals, do it,
however ruatio, howovor .antiquated, howt er
pedantic it may appear; <j 0 it not for insole:,
but seriously, and grandly—as a man who woro a
soul of his own in his bosom, and did not wpit till
11 ®»* bre^ h ed into him by the breath of fesh' .n.
Scarcity of Suit Carpenters— Mon oanne t
had insufficient numbers to perform the labor
mandod at the ship yards, in which there wpow
many vessels of every variety in r. - nre