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SOI TIIKR.N Cl LTIVATQR,
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Poultry, hcs, (i, XT* t , /■ A.,
illustrated with i" < , .n: Engraving*.
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TW CJCVTTV ATOIt l* a U«T ; ' ' iVOof'toir ty-t j*eg*i 4
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from mail
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olflftr»«laMdui.«l.f itnnA uV; W.U
w«il tiiubor.-.l It lu„ • w ial . .1 '.l i-b 1 • • Li:
Btoo* irHitu, IpW'. iu .mtaiit .in ■ an «*l:oct:ve watoi
v»mi *>■ .1 i •; • ,• I
Bulk iSfe :iiu- .. *.I . li’rti .m-rv' ~h.
wilblit ant... a; ♦!.»• \ .*• ... ... . . t. . .In
ailvatitu«< ■*. Allwboh • ..... .j § »r. i.ii «s, rot.
eur in tbeo|>hi.<»ii that Mii. jjg. n ti>o <M".nenu
ofbeaoty, 1 . «j. »< I • .»Lt ■< .* sto ai
that It t« a No l iU'tioic, ti* - ibj« <. .0 tlio buettuu mr
flhOmarket Former&• » y .‘.u 1 .. pr« u»« e
W. 0. OOWDIW.
Uava Spring. July l<>. IyH njf „ ,
POV/ELTON MILLS FOR SALE.
VH the i! i« <J • 1 s;..atbw<»4
tern •
for Bala l’r*r tills • 1-m 1
one and a bailMiß . b-i l'*n.L. .
rnliyf and Wiwliini.« •»*. . . • * !>- Uumom
Iff
wlMexio.-1 that ••: .... v*• 1
wheat ensftonf wiir«.<j- •»I n •• • • 1 ■ b ■ • • . >itu
atedaato rotiiamiti’land »». Saw «.,u(:. M ...
operation.
The Land lies In Ilanroi-k mo. -the 0,. sL-t
river ami l'owid »ere V >!.. }. ni l M o«
Drodurlna*-. rn, V ..." ■ K . I
frtomng to buy, will eall nn.l l.»r :■>« . TJ »•
"\i,i
food Hpriugs of water «MI.I MHIM .stIIVERK
in>-ia
Qooda Foi vyardeci * < CbaigQ!
'' ' : . r
Nnrthorn Porta. Tlifn* arc now t ui l MIST PLANf*
HTKAMSIIIrS and -l ... .-t * » * u V. ..
vunniuf with.tgulariiyan t
and HnvHun.it. i.K.. n •> oa ■ .'bl in l
nJtia. and Mailing Vo r' h . ©f. . .
Boston, cnnW'iij: th« .•••• .
•ru dtioa and Savau. .!. •>-« ■...>* . r 1.. jcTAINTY
anusikku...
This U..ad can H ,
Towuh and Countn- 1 be . U
•
be negl.**ri'l merely r< •. • . •in : . *i< a-'
that to which w 'mud it- :.y ». • • and
no comp t larw..; - '' > , , t
deprive »m ot .t, t<.; ; • -1
*lt with th.*tt tide' 1y..:. ... ,
oltiiuai. ylo gain and r■ - ■i.
Aa regards Kale they shall • tyotkox
Road and in « lyn ur. ' ■;* 1 . .1 . ,m.
rate, contracts w —a • vie .
Into at Bavaaueb, au.i i * . *a • . . v u
lag and Forwarding haa a- t ;lm 1 ■ i: .
•eoiug that ALL till ,\iAUI>S are at 11 • r.v.
OT By Railroad r.<*v:ug. .u- «■
eeut can bo mad* tu th -1 . , a . : .
Ports and A vigu. ta
All Oonda ' uS
HIONS They si:,pi! !s. • • ■ * ... jh r
Agent," Savanna':
PwMlabed by ord.- * ‘ ;
July L 1850 jv" »'
V"-
tJapt Clm- A f-f. ■ al.on, iu>. . 1 . .. ,i. .
900 of Willi l- 1 U Vii-.-i, and |M ’• . ■ <;. \ ~'.at; (inS r ;
u. . nn.-v. :i •• T.-I.lio, v, a
Apply,... \ C VYt.Y.
A,..
1
betaken at a ' -ai. . . v ..tm ;
taking him eluie<o to hr:» .hu ; r \* . in a i
diticm to the , all Ln r ;-c .•> . . • "
bis delivery Harry '....r;h • , \ ::.vnr,'\M
plasterer. . ~r e 't
and weigh* pi 'baby. • . , . , ..•>, •» x -.*
thority. He !•.»;:••;..h n l 3
wife at Mr. ;»r -.nov . . ~ v .. H -o ■»«
Oov. Sobli'V • > • . 1 ; , -
Burke, J..» thr ' •
uOarolina. Ail is. ifmiX . «•-'
employing aa*d boy. .v. \ •:
out pern.:, don fro 1 t;..> ■ r . -v ; •
S3O H£ f)~
»ANA\VAY,
Mau FRANK iln i>al i . ~^l.
©h«M high, ot luouiu.. • ... . . ..
apeeib, and baj lost li.<> gVit of \ •"
m Virginia, am) has i-e
The above reward vys t»r , u , , |
ja*iwt i '' . .• sv\ ua laus. 1
The Southern R* *-order w . j . 1
ward a.v’ > u»« to tb»- .•
*~*2Q H E'W aRD. ’ ■
IWII.I. pay the.-M:v, ■-w .r. .. a ;-u hen »oi.
. and delivery |p me. or : . ; :c
Hi Onorgia or South r .1-. t .
Negro Man minted Wkf.l I\ M. H a>■ * e . .. »...
Maker .is enpplcd m . . c. • - - : 4-.,
Inches hick • rtami .
can rea i aud write, an*i may nave a pas* ot h:« ow:
writing. Hmfather < • e.- ;n < •:' .' i-c. ;
at Shell Blurt l s • ... a i.\
hark JOHN l' St’Ti'ON.
4.Ff1,00 <Tr FE T O F L§MBE ?!
rms is to certify that -,\ s s-.-:ua Compruiv
hailiferniai’.lßClM All say. hill, an v‘ xl
wettvossw if-rv: 4 • -.-cvny
•even thonsaud . . L. ■. .r.ru i n ?
•n xstbs. or about ten thousand teet per ,i.w, vv rea '
sawed from eleven t'V, . 4 ' - uar : y*
vretupposa the At." t... ; v übj,,
lime, two months, tor vraat ( hv» a i c::i „ajl
pairs, dec Your ;r.ij'.rever.«- a.. km\ .• t , sl ai
vise their use on a • ir
Yours, mapectf&ilv Wa:h.fy a LurraßP
77 Mile Post, O. R K y
We think It an- ■ : «*■ v -v; 1 • Wfwi
build the game CIRCULAR vdV iti.: S. v.Fra>. ca>
tu one piece,) with ui;; • > --d i>- *• •- and liar ;ag«
Gearing, to order; t r*. •.« EXiiINES aa.
IUULKKS. : i! A :-N • .: .• ..
MAOHISERY. I*l At! > A , 1 . .*•. t IL ;• - CAST
INIAS. of ever V 1 , r • V. . N
19HING and’ ;v •■■■•■ ' •
warrant all our wo vk. > MIL]
PATTERNS, wi; V v 'INC C- 'NV.TANOV
BAILING, A c.,a;
FursaioldW. J ENCiNE' • T > w
Horse seeond ha . y NiC \
Address Rt‘ ti* S' - ICt E eJSON, A,. v
' "AUGUSTA WOKNb. u*Ti
TIE rXDKHM.iM It. : *
SHOP,*.
•flfcre belong!;*,.
Machine Works.' sre i>. -v . .
for CASTING*. Mild.. • -‘ N T C
MINING MACHINIL: . .. ‘ \
BOILERS. SA V* MILL* ■" yi j v >■, \' A! :
PULLET'S, RAfLRi
BOAT MACHINERY , a* . k
oenally made in Arst-clas* Ma>. S' '•; i, > u ....
or Wood. Orders for w ork, ; u'ra* v.Vfor'
must be aecompatinni tt,*h ,-SVh -.'u-. 01 TO ;*»>rcent
on the nppwpd vulne«.»f the w*-rk ordered, at t r
malnderpaid of the *v> s Ai ; a.. 4 ..
Mr* lo L. litiFKINS Sr CO.*
HIC.VRT U- CiHMTNsi, . (jH W St T M'T rr «
W.M U Asrit.Mi 1 Rah m Y.BaK';,*,
Lam'.kti: IJfjPKij.?
FRACTIOF or SURGERY
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X In* POTATOES
35bbl. choice POTATOES
J 'j«!n7’ ' iUed bJ OAW3ON A. S.KIM.SEH
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liitiuiiurndoii Ceremonies.
We -uL)>in for the general inter eat whic& attacb
nto a < »py of the arrangements prearm>ed by a
( •* :• rer- .■* t' r Senate tor the Ir.nngarktion of
■ :• nt r . An we have already mliinated,
■■ i' -f , • . this intereeling occasion promises in
: * c-*8 obe more impoemg than any that
1 ; ! \ th'ugb t a.« e/iiArasted with ttie
• e.'j-: eirettfuatauee'’ whi«ibattend theeomnv
‘ of Eur'-j-ean it any »liii remain,
*uM ever remain, xn* lee** remarkable for tha
f n ;-".Mteas simplicity.— Tf/tf. Intel.
A 1 ■ . - iL'Mf TS FOR THZ IStAUdUHaT 105 OP THE
rilfc. IE ;>T 1 HOT Off THE 4IH MARCH. 1857
h i o ot* ibeiienatecli&mber wiil be opened
t\*. 11 cl or #o* ejirly tberealter as ttie clumng of
i - r - ion of Congress will permit, for the
Senate s and others, who. by the ar*
. n. to* ■ committee, ere entitled to admi^-
L i J —ld nut and V' tre -President.
’] ("iirf Justice and A.-aociate Jonticr-e of the
> *'l > i lomatic Corps, Hea/ls of Departments, and
‘ ex 1 is*;ki of eilker onocii swl omhq*
Os! .< eiv.of the Army and Vavy, who by name,
I irtive rec- ived the thanks of Congress.
(5 ‘Vt i. a> of States and Territoriesof the Union,
■
i .f ! ;♦: Treasury, Treasurer, Y'orrnniasi often,
j ’i n% M yi>rH of Waahingtftii and Georgetown.
; A •f w »m will be ad j fitted at the north door of
NehtssriM he placed mi front of the .Secretary’s
> • Prim.* n ut of the United States and the
I' e-nt !.(;•, ni. Jon their left f«. the Committiee
' Ihe f lie f JufififM- and Ansoeiate Justices of the
; s' ! P rs ‘ CVynrt w ll have seatn on the rignt, in front
4 lie Diplomatic Corjis will occupy places on the
principal eulraiHH;; HeadsofDopartiftents,
! . v our- if S'PxiS and Territories, and other gen
!::*•]>. en: tt:<-d to admission will occupy those on
Jmo rs of Congress and members elect will
• ..y eastern lobby. They will filter the
• mber by the <i or at the top of the main
l ie oaat4»rß gallery witt be occupied by other
1 . i.-,who will be admitted by the outside
I 1 v.rih*-j|-! -itu door only
*' . n-ii!nr gnHcry will he reserved entirely for
! w . will entei tho Capitol from the terrace
, tun priuctp'tl weateiu door, and be conducted to
‘ ? rofuo-la and gallery.
i•. •■•Uor doors and entrances to the Capitol,
.t !hose to ho opened under this arrangement,
| v. i:l be kept closed.
I J Senate will assemble at 12 o’clock.
: 1« Diplomatic Corps ar.d the Justices of tho
• ■me flour* will enter the Senate chamber a
. . i tui.-H before the the President eject.
j i •: \V 1*!• *.,dent elect will be accompanied to
and conducted into the Senate chamber
| . tuber of tho Committee of Arrangements,
i t 11 o’clock the President fu«d President elect,
' • :pan»ed by two ineaibeid of the Committee of
At will proceed in a carriage to the
' • of thr*Capitolsquare, and, entering the
j t .no |by tho n rth d »or, will proceed to the Vice
1/. . Jem’s room.
i i v n ..i ready t# receive them, the
| f and the Presidentelect will be introduced
rt tie* Cmt« eof Arrangements tothe seats pre
j cm for thorn in the Senate chamber,
i After a short panne those assembled in the Senate
| » . 1 :;V wdl profteed to the eastern portico of the
( a pin.l iii the IjuUmyivK order:
1 • Murshiil of t lie District Os Columbia
Th« Suprcim; Court oflhe Unit4-d Stal<*«
j !*..•• ni rgeant-at Arms of the Senate.
1 • Committee of Arraiigemeuts.
Th* Pn •Jcnt'bf the United States aud the Ibes
l tu* Vice-Pr* d»-nt and the Secretary of tho Sen
f>e Members of the Senate.
I Ur-Diplomat if Coipi.
t ■ ■ i »«•,*«•luientH, (rivemars of States and
| > r n Ino Mayors ol Washington and George
« »e, <n<i o' . 1 persons who shall have been admit
• • into the Senate chamber.
I '»n ■ i»iff 1 ■“ front of the p<*rtico tlie President
j ml ike the seat pio\ idea toi him on the Iront
I I >. Pr. -id. ig and the Committee of Arrango-
I r. 1 - il •• , upy a position in the rear of the Pr«-s-
N< i\ m the rear of tiiese the Chief Justice
1" tho Associate Justice of tho Supreme Court
••» »j 1 v tiie f- its on the left, aud the Vice-Pres
-1 i:!. s 1 clary, un<Unembcrs of the Souute those
on tho right.
i D.j.io c.iLc Corps will occupy the Beats next
.1 ■•• "i t Supremo Court; Heads of Depart
pa 1 dm i b.vernotH and exGoveruois of States
;i*l i«-rrkmies, and or members of the Senate,
x meujjjtaud members el ct of the House of
•: pr entativps in tho rear of tho membore of tho
Vi.ale
•Such *>t' i-r persons as are included in the prooc
.l g anangoun si* will occupy the steps and the re
. . .*•• of the portico.
v m m rem meDs, the path of (-(Tice will bo
'ulmi'.i ’ icd to tin* President, elect by the Chief
Ju-iu , auii orr thecoo« iuaion of tho President's
tddrt • members of the Seuate, preceded by
ho Y u- Secretary, and Sergeant-nt
\ • . w;il r* am to the Scnate*Chainber ; aud the
!bv-»thiit. aecompauied by tho Committee of
\u .1 genn utu, will proceed to tho President’s
I'hc S< !>’ *ant at-Arms of the Senate, with tho Max
T d < i the D. .< are charged with tho execution
! liese iirrai.goiueuts ; and, aid«;d by the polioo of
the < ’apiud wilt preserve order.
•* ..-an mges and horse* will be excluded from the
• i '"1 juare, whether in the use ol the military or
iiu arrangements have been made with the
J. :r' •11 *ll it.- greatest possible accommodation be
i » t•» tiio pei'plo to witness the ceremonies. The
1 ; ids witliin the Capitol were fromnecessi
!’ on d with reference to the limited eftpneity of
• chamber . and those for tho exterior
«■« d« f ined iu**st appropiiale with a view of as
-1 • asr- 1 tbled niultitudo au opportunity of
•\itm--ing the inauguration.
ouldtim weather prove unfavorable tho eero
mony ot the inauguration wilt take place in the
.. na'.e chauib-r James A. Peahcb,
Wm. Hioler,
Solomon Foot,
(hunmittee of Arrangements
/ -•< (ht Baltimore American , March 3d.
Pi ogress ot the PreMitlcnt Elect.
I Il.l* lb u James Huehuimn,President elect of the
• Sl * ycst. rday morning left his homo at
W • ,vud. near Lancaster, aud in accordance with
< ui rn cements made ari ived at Washington last
epared to hri the Ji.-iiiiguished pub
. ;nu-l whi . will be Confided to him at the Capitol
10-morfow. llis movements were very properly
; ‘i L-n.ieii wiiii khoM demonstrations of public respect
" h.e'.i are tully due to lum both us a distinguished
n aud the Piesideitt elect of the United States,
. the route he pursued there wgre at
•very important point well marked displays of ea
uuvuism and 4‘ougratulation. These demonstrations
< huuorablo from being unmarked by
• 1 ‘ :i dLliucUons, and united in thoii* uiani
-1 • '"»i ' oi all parties. We give a detail
- u.i ids I;.’-. connected with the progress of the
i iT-iih nt elect from Wheatland to VV ashington.
i; ci r/ios and Departl he from Lancaster.
; in* pt ople of Lancaster, trom the immediate
*gc t* Mr. lluclianan’a home iesid uoe, took
•vnest interest in the arrangements for his de
, . from amongst them to receive an official
uv - , - in the high «>ffico to which he hail been
.* 1 tie people of the country at large. Po
.iti ,1 leeliug, Slate pride, and the local popularity
*. :1. !. c nji -y.-i, were all gratified in the ovation pre
i»ared i » do him houor, and Lancaster therefore
• iu von the qui vive yesterday morning to give
• lue to the opening ceremonies of the week
Id .u i-i'. d ineo with Mr. liuchnnnn's wish, as also on
ecv'.mtof engagements which it waa known would
! •1 >v his t ime up to the last moment of his stay at
! 1 atland, the arrangements for his departure
I v t re made ns simple as possible, but they were
| , Mheless « irried out with great spirit and eu
t \ clock in the morning n general ringing of
behoof the city ami the filing <*f a national sa*
| d ;hyc notice of die commencement of the pro
■ dings. A committee of citisens, including mem
f Lancaster, dmnsW.in
i 1 . sto Wheatland to escort Mr. Buchanan in
o : city, and the Lancaster Fenciblei assembled
' fu.aory and marched to the depot to receive
> . ty before eight o’clock the renewed
;n g »>i the bells and the roar of cannon announ
•. tl * approach ot the escort with Mr Buchanan,
j i- as rn ived at the depot with a military salute
j h ju ib'u s. and the enthusiastic cheers of p.
: !o people from the city and iur*
I ’•oiisiJo'g neighbor. iKKI. Mr. Buchanan was accom
• 1 I'.oni V\ he .uand by the following suite, who
. iui on to \\ aalr.ngton ; James Buchanan
Henry, Ills nephew, and Private Secretary, Co!.
L n- . a s t . a nephew, and the folowiug
- >• jM ’-onal triends: Wlll. S Vortley.
i>j . Go Wui K. Carpenter, Col. Joseph B. Ba
. Super!' : i.-i lit Pennsylvania State Works, Dr.
■i*. u. S. Navy, and Henry S. Mag.aw, Esq .
1 •• ' > ‘-t t‘i<* *•«;:' of Pennsylvania. ' His neice,
" • - who will pn side at the Presidential
d. " -.i.u aud her i ciend. Miss Pasker, also accom
t i'im. 1 t-.e following gentlemen, a Committee
1 ' 1.-.;.caster City Council, consisting of Messrs.
' :* Fitspatrick, also came on in
L'd.ousn r fcencibles. ho acted as a military
proceed oh to Washington to take
L.e mauguraiinn, paraded sixty two men,
1 ;i. vi> ami band, and are commanded bv
', l “- toiiowing otncei's; L apt. John H. Duohman, Ist
Luuteuunt Em.i-n Frauklm; Jd, M. H. Lecker; 3«i
-.*i I»> t ami Quartermaster, John Metzger.
- . tu i.i;-u b the Lancaster Srult*. whoso
t on the inside ot Mr. Buchanan s
•> I’.unraLon coat lias won hun sorce newspaper no
l :'t- h cucibles tire a fine looking, well uni
• tiitxi. and respectable set ol men, aud will m*
.ui represeut t-. ir city creditably at the geueral
‘ 01 ’ 1 d<** r mhitarv in Washington
' k A'vinitut tee ot the senior dass <»f Frank-
Macs hail Onuege. located near Lancaster,
; “ Board of Trustees Mr Buchanan ia
1 .-i t-ut, a> < j d iu the escort Robert M
U w. Esq . -n the part of the Northern Central
x i»’ir»»ad. was present and ioinediu the reor«ti*uof
M: Buchanan.
The train with >lr- Buchauau and his escort left
L-mcaeter Hi Sjo’eloCft, amidst the farewell cht-ere
<T the people.
Tar Arrival ash Rrc?PTroN at Cot.pmbia.
A jughtsville and York.—A quick run brought
‘ lr, r ’ ! t , C»'!v.:nbia, ou the N isquehauua river at
aue o G xrk. A large crowd had assembled here
- Ig. Y d Mr. Buchanan's appearance w ith 00n-
T^ l " splendid train prepared
v 1 \ t*y .- by the Northern Central Rad-
I waiting. This tram presented a tine
-Li .y was drawn by the passenger ec
- • *■' - ; - '.* r. which w»*as brilliant as paint
,n 1 p.-.i could render it, and decorated with Bags
1 iy is wore perfectly new, aud that built e*-
. .. -...V or the xK c;ision and devoted to the special
. - o‘. Mr. Buy iHnan&nd his suite, was placed m the
• .1: <1 t... *ra;n lue contrast between the Peunsyl
v. and; he Baltimore train was striking. The for
me 1 seemed to have beeu selected on account of the
I .vice •ha i lone, the cars being old and anything
b u omameidal in appearance. The Baltimore
i O' under tlie ciiarge of Mr. John Slade, oon
! . tor, and in accordance with the directions of the
I Nor.bin Central Railroad Company, was devoted
ext :>.isiv vto the free use of Mr. Buchanan and
ti.i ->1 accompanyi»g him.
M< - •> Zenos’ Bamum, Robert S. Hollins and
j Wi* .am Welch at this point received the President
1 ' t - r:d attended to his transfer to the train iu
i "* itnig. Whilst thest- arrangements were in pro
j »rv* »>•. the Lancaster Fencibles were received by
' -‘ tsvn.le Bines, Captain Livergood, and es
IV \ - u f r "' ? Ibe bridge to Wrigetsville. At this
ie tuert was also a large assemblage of people,
I _ ,'. a ! ‘ man?feetations of euthusiasm were
, , 4* Yu* the depot was crowded
1 . i *'i; " Bering the few minutes spent there
..t 0,,.4 ... in Mr. Buchanan was
-rZ < pressed their feelings in continued
COCNCILS.—At
1 Ba> 'mo* e fhtv rI 3W^ met - A . Committee of
! 11 r- J v »unci!, consisting of Messrs
■‘l.Aybb hZ.I "f tlw- first Branch,
U Seiuaiutxicker, of
I the (second Bianeji. here joined theepeeial irain and
, w- r- it >odui.ed w Mr Bu li» John
** Kennedy a B j came up in the ino ning train and
( accompanied the party on its way to Bah imore.—
I Worn this point the train made one stoppage. At
many of the way stations along the road the people
had gaOtered, and the cheers of the men and *he
waving handkerchief*? of the other sex, greeted the
train a- it swept rapidly 00. Bolton Depot was
j reached at quarter, afo-r one, and the gathered
j crowds here, growing denser as the ciiv was &p
--1 preached gave notice of the preparations Baltimore
j nad made to pay » proper tribute of reject to the
new Chief Magistrate.
Arrival and Reception in the City.—Not
w Anstandiog the /ag'ug March wind which
blowing carrying witli it cioude of dust, blinding
the eyes, and almost suffocating humanity, the
neighborhood of Bolton depot was thronged with
citizens anxious to obtain evsigut of both Mr. Bucha
nan and Mr. Breckinridge, the latter of whom was
also supposed to he in the train. This, however,
was soon ascertained to be a mistake, Mr. Breckin
ridge being still in Philadelphia, and not intending to
start for Washington until this morning. Sir Bu
chanan ras received with all joining
heartily in welcoming and greeting the choice of the
nation, and forgetting past political *-xeitements in
the national hope for a wise, impartial, and patriotic
administration of the Government for the next four
years.
After the reception ceremonies at tlie depot were
concluded the line of procession was formed in the
following order: —
United States Artillery.
Field and Staff of Oflv'era of Maryland Militia
Band of Music.
Independent Gieya.
Willard Guara, of Auburn.* New York.
Charlestown Mas* ) City Guard.
Band of Music
Burgesses corps, of Albany, New York
Band of Music.
Lancaster State Fencibles.
Baltimore City Guard
Op*n barouche, drawn by six grey horses, in which
were seated the President elect, tho Mayor of the
city, and H«jn. John P. Kennedy.
Carriages containing the Committees of the City
Council.
Citizens in carriages and on foot.
The line thus formed moved down Chailea street
to the Washington Monument, passing around it,
and then up Madison to Howard street, down How
ard to Baltimore, and thence through Calvert street
to the City Hotel, where the distinguished guests
lighted, and were enthusiastically greeted by the
throng of citizens assembled.
Throughout the whole line of procession the streets
and houses we< e thronged with spectators, and the
President elect gracefully acknowledged the Com
plimentary greetings with which he was received,
carefully avoiding all unnecessary expoeure to the
searching and cutting wind, by uncovering, ex
cept in return to the compliments of the ladies. He
k reached the hotel at about half past'd o’clock, and
was met by Mayor Swann and the Presidents aud
members of the two branches of the City Council.
After a few momenta spent in the interchange of
fridndly greetings, Mr. Buchanan announced his in
tention to proceed immediately to Washington by
tlie 3 o’clock train, and immediately proceeded to
the depot in carriages which were in waiting, ac
companied by Lenos Barnum, Esq., R. M. Magraw,
Esq , and the ladies of his family.
On reaching the depot the President elect was ta
ken in charge by W. Prescott Smith, Esq., and other
officers of the Company, and a magnificent new car,
ill readiness for the occasion, was attached to the
train then ready to start, and in a few minutes he
was on his way to Washington, where the telegraph
informs us lie arrived at quarter before 5 o'clock.*
and reached his hotei before his arrival in the city
was known.
A dispatch from Washington'dated Monday even
ing says :
Mr. Buchanan reached here quite unexpectedly in
the 5 o’clock train this afternoon, thus anticipating
the public arrangements made for his reception. A
barouche was waiting at the depot for him. When
on Pennsylvaniaavenme, about a square from the
eapitol grounds, the horses became restive. The
driver thus lost his hold part of the reins, the horse 9
whirled round, and were for some time quite un
manageable. A Volins' man named Fleming, who
waß on the box with the driver, however, soon leaped
off, caught the lead horses, and brought all right.
During the whole time Mr Buchanau remained still
and composed.
The seven o’clock train arriv d and found all the
staff, field and company officers of the District
regiment, the Washington‘Light Infantry, and the
National Guards, besides a large concourse of citi
zen*, waiting to act ns escort to the President elect,
and great disappointment wns evinced when Mr.
Buchanan's earlier arrival became known. The
line of procession, however was formed, and gave a
handsome escort to the Charleston (Mass) City
Guards, the Lancaster Fencibles and the Willett
Guards, all of whom spoke highly of the hospitality
of the Baltimore soldiery.
Tkc Southern Democracy.
A Democratic correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury points to what he regards ns “evidence of
a misguded policy of the South.” lie says :
“The Presidential election, although the Kxecu
tlvcof the Government has been placed in the hands
of a chosen patriot, in calculated to prove an empty
triumph to the South. Worse, indued! It already
shows itself to be a mere party victory, in which the
interest ot the South will nave to give way to meas
u'es to consolidate and strengthen the parly at her
expense. The administration of Mr. Buchanan,
must, of a necessity w hich no patriotic lesolve of
his can well avoid, be conducted with a view to the
strengthening of the party which has barely elected
him ; aud which, even in his own State, had inscrib
ed “ Free Kansas” ou their campaign banners. The
Northern alliance is to be cemented by on
the part of the South, which must still further weak
en and lower her in the Union. Tins policy is even
openly avowed on our own soil. * * " " *
‘Since the election of Mr. Buchanan was announc
ed to the country, it has been plainly evident that
many of the presses, as well as politicians, on <ur
own soil, have courted his favor, in arguing the
South into quiescence and a position of inactivity.
They cover the inroads of the enemy. They appeal
to the strength of a party alliance to disguise the
weakness of the South aud her decline in the Union.
While speaking of the evidences of false policy iu
the South, in which the incoming administration is
foreshadowed, we had not designed any allusion to
particular persons, except so far us such is impera
tive by the demands of tho subject. The action
however, of two of the public men of Georgia, in
their supposed relation to Mr. Buchanan's adminis
tration, has charged them with a responsibility, for
which any citizen of the South is competent to call
them to account.
In a letter to a political banquet iu Mississippi,
Gov. Johnson, after reflecting, in a spirit at once
patriotic and Southern, on the political state of the
country, concludes with tho singular proposition,
which spoils th i letter, that the Slave Trade discus
sion might well be abandoned, in deference to the
views of our party allies, “ the true non-slaveholding
men of the North.” His Excellency, perhaps, did
noi contemplate the monstrous results of such a
policy, i's moral effect to degrade the South, and
its abnegation of her independence. It is but fair
to presume that he did not intend to advise submis
sion to the views of Northern Democrats in all mea
sures of Southern development. But where is the
policy to stop ! That other measure of tho Savan
nah Convention, Mr. Toombs’ Tariff, is also obnox
ious to our Northern allies, and so, assuredly, must
every measure be to strengthen and elevate the
South by changes of the domestic policy.
The other recent evidence alluded to, of false poli
cy in the juncture of Mr. Buchanan’s administration,
is contained in the speech of Hon. Alexander Ste
phens, of this State, delivered in his place in the
House of Representatives, which the presses ot the
country have already freely commented upon. It
is well known here that Mr. Stephens, in 1855,
vaunted the certain admission ot Kansas as a slave
State under the operation of the bill which he as
aisled in passing. In his speech referred to, he has
now abandoned it to what ho thinks the manifest
destiny of Freesoil. The suggestion of fate is, at
first blush, the circuity of advice to the South to
give up Kansas, and to part with her constitutional
rights that politicians may cultivate the Northern al
liance, and court political favors on their own ac
count. At least, Mr. Stephens, if sincere, might
have calculated the effect of his sinister prophecy to
extinguish the ardor of the South, and to incite* the
Freeeoilers to again nvade the Territory. The pro
phecy is already fulfilling itself. Tlie Freesoil
presses have been eager to interpret Mr. Stephen’s
speech as an acquiescence on the part of the South
iu tho Freesoil aestiny of Kansas ; and it is well
known that Mr. Horace Greely has openly avowed
it, that a large body of Free State men are again to
be thrown into the Territory about the opening of
Spring. But whatever may come of this invasion
under Mr. Stephen’s auspices, it is most to be feared
that, in any event, Kansas is to be ultimately dis
posed of for party expediences, and the South again
be taught the emptiness of a triumph in the name of
a political party.
Be it remembered that the foregoing reflections
are those of a Southern Democrat, and suggested
by tho “evidences’* he sees and points out of a dis
position on the part of leading Democrats ip. the
South “to cultivate” the Northern Democracy at
the expense of the rights and interests of the South,
and with the selfish view of promoting their own po
litical advancement.— Na*hvilU Banner.
Scientific Phenomena.—During a lecture de
livered lately by Professor Faraday, of the Royal
Institution of Science, a piece o pure iron peculiar
ly prepared, so that its particles might present a
large surface to the action of the oxygen in the at
mosphere, was ignited and continued to burn like
tinder. The ready combustion of iron, compared
with gunpowder, was shown by a very simple ex
perimeut. Some iron filings and gunpowder were
mixed together and sprinkled into the name of spir
its of wine burning on a plate, when the iron filings
caught fire and burnt in bright sparks, whilst the
gunpowder passed through the flame without light
ing ; aud the quantity that fell on the pla e was at
terwnrds dried and exploded. Lead prepared in a
similar way was shown to b© still more inflamma
ble, for it caught fire in a beautiful flame when ex
posed to the air. The Professor stated that lead is
nearly as inflammable as phosphorus, and he ex
plained the cause of its not burning in ordinary cir
cumstances to be that the solid product of combus
tion tonne a film that prevents contact witbtheoxy
gen and the conducting power of the other parts of
the metal draws off and dissipates the heat. He
pointed out the admirable arrangements by which
toe»o combustible properties of the metals are kept
m proper control, and bodies that are raally so in
unman pie «re made to serve as strong registers of
combustion. *
:J,! T iV TT “ * Civility is 8 fortune in
! nan &lwa ?« succeeds well iu
h Th/f U wben r Pt™ Jnf ‘ of abillt ? *jme
tuueafm.. The famous Duke of Marlborough is a
'rtiit h‘;« ll Wa ,Y’ lld of him b y cotVmpo
- Rry. that his aereeable manners often con verted an
enemv mto a friend and. by another, taat it was
more pleasing to be denied a favor bv his Grace
than to receive one iromo her men. The graciou
manner of Charles James Fox preserved him from
persona, disuke, even at. a time when he was posit i
cally the most unpopular man in the kingdom. Tne
his’ ory of our country is full of examples of success
obtained by civility- The experience of everv man
turnisLes, it we but recall the past, frequent in
stances, where conciliatory manners h&\ v made
the fortunes of physicians, lawyers, divines, politi
cians, merchants, and indeed, individuals of all pur
suits.
In being introduced to a stranger, hia affability,
or the reverse, creates instantaneously a preposses
sion in hi* behalf or awakens unconsciously a preju
dice against him. To meu, civility is in fact, what
beauty is to a woman ; it is a general passport to
favor: a letter of recommendation written in a lan
guage that every stranger understands. The best
of men have often injured themselves by irritability
and consequent rudeness, as the greatest scoundrels
Lav© frequently succeeded by their plausible man
ners Os two men equal in all other respects the
courteous one has twice the chance for fortune.
f Philadelphia Ledger.
Ball going is Xxw York.— The New York
New says that at the ball of the Light Guard at the
Academy of Music, on Thursday evening, several
ladies missed bracelets and ornaments from their
persons, and it was ascertained that there were
thieves around, one of whom was espied in the act
of stealing from a lady, a Miss Clarence of Charlee
too, and upon being arrested and searched, one of
the missing bracelets w rjd found in his pocket. He
was marched to the eighteenth ward station House
A Mr. Louis V. Ponaonby of Georgia, bad a gold
watch stolen from him at the same ball. At the
above ball there were ten generals, fifteen colonels,
and thirty-seven majors, Ac One of the piekpock
ete was '.treated in the uniform of an “officer in
Walker • army Hs was walked off.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MO USING, MARCH IJ, 1857.
(Jot rc-ps>ndcnce oj the Chtcofpe PrtzS.
I Ac Interesting Letter from tlon. ILL. Gregg—
H»gh Life at Honolulu.
We are permitted by our esteemed friend, John
Forsyth, Esq ,to publish the following very inte-
I esJng letter from our fellow citizen, Hon. D L.
J Gregg. American Commissioner to the Hawaiian
j Government :
j Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Nov. 16,1566.
My Dear Sir—While I have an hour s time at my
disposal, I will attempt to give you a short descrip
j tion of a bail giweD oy the Chinese merchants of
1 Honolulu to the King and Queen, on the evening oi
j Thursday Jaa*.
I There are, I believe, seventeen Chinese mercan
tile houses here, all of tiiAi quite respectable, and
distinguished, according *0 Celestial custom, for the
most scrupulous promptitude in meeting pecuniary
engagements. Some of them are wealthy ; their
fortunes have been built up by trade in the islands,
and, at the same time, they have generally secured
& character for integrity.
Some time ago they determined to give a festival
in return for the social hospitalities they have been
in the habit of receiving. The absence of the King
occasioned a delay, but it le*i to a greater extent of
preparation, and an additional degree of maguili
cence.
The rooms where the party was given were deco
rated in the most magiticent style. Flags of all na
tions were displayed—the Chinese dragon and the
Hawaiian cross being combined, and the standards
of the great maritime powers separately arranged
in a prominent manner.
A throne ox dais for the King and Queen, with the
national coat of arms in transparency behind and
crimson hangings, first struck the eye on entering
the principal apartment. Over the door was in
transparent letters the Ilaw&iiau welcome, Aloha
nut , literally *‘a big love !"
The ceilings were festooned with evergreens, in
termingled with favorite Chinese devices, represent
ing beasts, birds and fishes-—things aquatic, terres
trial aud fabulous. But the graud centre of attrae
tion was an immense lamp, octagonal, six feet high,
with corresponding proportions, so arranged by
means of machinery kept in motion by the heated
iur, as to nut in systematic and constant revolution,
a series of figures representing all the chief incidents
of Chinese history and custom.
Six Celestials in full oriental costume, received
the guests at the chief entrance of the building •
lour more stood at the first landing, and the sane
number ushered them into the hall set apart for the
dance.
The appearance of official personages was greet
ed by the national airs of their respective countries
‘ Hail Columbia” saluted the American Commis
sioner, <*. “ partentpour la Syrie," the French dig
nitary of the same grade. Their Hawaiian Majes
ties were greeted with “ God save the King 'the
national air. The British Representative, owing to
illness, did not attend.
The ball was opened by an “official quadrille,”
as is here styled. The Queen danced with Mr.
Y r ang S’.eong, a celestial gentleman—selected bv
his countrymen for that honor. The King and Mrs
Gregg were partners, and also the Minister of For
eign Relations and Miss Hamlin. I send you a
“Polynesian” containing all the details. It is not
exactiv my part to describe such thing- and I should
fail if I made the attempt.
The commissioner of the United States, not be
ing addicted to the fantastio line of Lis heels was
obliged to decline all participation iu the’cere
mony.
. T ** u “ flrßt e ®t-” being over, the affair progressed
m the usual mode. There were nearly eight hun
dred people present, representing all conditions and
classes of the community.
The supper was magnificent. I have never seen
it equalled anywhere, in variety, in extent, or in
elegauce. It was a celestial banquet, though con
sumed by outside barbarians, or to give an exaot
meaning of tlie Chinese expression, by “foreign
devils. 0
Here let me make an iiiustrativo digression. Some
months ago I happened to be present in Court when
a Chinaman was called up for trial on a charge of
larceny. He did not understand English, aud the
interpreter was directed to ask him whether he wish
ed to plead guilty. The interpreter, turning arouud
aud pointing deliberately to the Bench, said in Chi
nese, “That foreign devil up there wants to know
if you admit yourself a thief or deny it.” Os course
the Court did not apply to itself the literal force of
the original words, and no contempt wus imagined.
I am not sure but one of the Illinois judges of olden
time, it Seatnmon’s Reports are to be credited,
would have made the poor interpreter a subject of
fine and imprisonment, though he used only a com
mon expression ot his country to designate stran
gers.
Tiie ornaments of tho supper table were unique
and characteristic. Cakes covered with devices
and gilding, painted melons and other fruils made
a conspicuous figure. Liquors and wines were pro
vided m the utmost profusion. There was an abun
dant least for three times the number of gue.sts.
The style was European and not Oriental.
sticks gave place to knives and forks aud spoons,
so as to suit tho taste of those who were enter
tained.
Ihe King and Lia party retired about one o'clock,
but there s ere enough remaining to keep up the
festivities till the “ we etna hours ayont tiie twa,”
merged themselves into the larger hours of the
morniDg light.
This wili do for a description. I am not aufait
at Bueli things, and cannot be more elaborate or
particular.
The Chinese ball has been an evcntfip Hawaiian
society. It was atten edby those who never showed
their faces at a dancing party before. Among oth
ers I saw Dr. Judd and his family, and several more
formerly connected with the lay' department of the
American Mission. *
I find myself in possession of one of the Chinese
ball room cards and enclose it. On one side are
the names of the dances in English ; on the other,
they are leudered into the language of Canton
one of the innumerable dialects of the “ Flowery
Kingdom." As the Chinese are not a dancing peo
ple, I suppose their designations are rather fanciful
Thus, l 'Chin£r qok lok ," literally describes the foot
movements of the dancers in a Polonaise .” “Man
t a ’’ means supper.
Since my residence here it hae fallen in my way to
pick up much information in regard to the l;hineee,
which I should probably have never taken the trou
ble to acquire at home. Many things prove that in
for mer times the intercourse between Asiatic and
Eqfope.au nations was much more common than at
present. Indeed, it is quite certain that many most
famous “inventions’* originated in ideas derived
from China. Gunpowder was used in the tenth cen
tury. Printing from wooden blocks was originally
Chinese, and it is probable that Faust took his idea
from some Oriental book. Bank notes, banking
and exchange offices are derived from the same
source, ho also of playing cards, cannon, the com
pass, and other things usually set down to the credit
of European genius. If you have any curiosity to
investigate such matters, you may hud many
things to interest you in a book of Memoirs pub
lished by M. Abel Remusat in 1824, probably to be
found in almost every respectable collection of
French works.
The Chinese are emphatically a race of shop
keepers and speculators. The paramount idea with
them seems to be to get money. Yankee shrewd
ness and thrift canuot outdo the same qualities in
the “Celestials." There is no caste in China. Mo
ney and education are the grand titles to respecta
bility. Men of the lowest and most obscure ori
gin frequently rise to the highest places in the Em
pire.
That the Chinese have, after their own pagan or
der, a high degree of civilization is undeniable.—
Their literature is respectable aud extensive. There
is probably no country on earth, except ours, better
supplied with cheap books, and the great masses
know how to read them. Out of the six hundred
Chinese residents of these Islands, there may be
two hundred without education—certainly uot
more.
On some future occasion, I will give you the re- I
■ult of my investigations in regard to the religious •
systems which exist in the Chinese Empire.
Very truly yours, D. L. Grego.
John Forsyth, Esq., Chicago, 111.
As Astrologer at“Fault. —An old French gen
tleuiau, named or nick-nau ed Monsieur Fricandeau,
was arrested for an assault and battery on Hen
Jacob Mitnacht, a German gentleman lately arrived
in this city, who condescends to tell fortune by as
trological observations. The cause of the quarrel
waa thus related by Monsieur Fricandeau: “I've
lost mine leetle dog female Heloise, I hear Monsieur
Mitnacht know something about everything, and I
go to him and say—‘Sare I vill give you von dollare if
you vill tell me my Heloise'# fortune, and vare I
tind her.’ He say, ‘Vat is daf Heloise ? Is she your
vise V *1 so ‘No; but I lufs her much better dan
six, seven vises, or I vould not give you von dallare
for bring her back.’ Den he Ray, ‘You must tell me
ven Heloise was born, and I kalkelate her nativi
tee.‘ So I tell him all dat, and pay him ze dollare,
aud he make figure on ze papier, and tell me Heloise
vaa gone off wid an autie man, and would come
back nevare no more. And I ask him vat dat toder
man vould do vid Heloise; vould he make sassage ?
lie say no, he vould marry her ven he got toder
sido of de vattare. Den llaugh, he ! haw ! and tell
him Heloise vas von dog female. So he got mad,
and call me von French homebug, .and say I vant to
cheat him, and vv I tell him sooner dat Heloise vos
not von vuman. I say, ‘Vy ze star no tell you dat f
You ‘ave got my d liare on z • false pretence, and I
vill give you se law tout suite.’ Den ve make ze
fight, and he ’ave call ae watch, and zey have put
mein zedark collate; and I’ve done noting for
break ze low—only broke ae head of ze rai cale star
man vot cheat me." It appeared that Fricandeau
had been sharply dealt with, and had Buffered
enough by the loss of his dollar and night's imprison
ment. So the astrologer’s complaint was dismissed,
and Mr. F., was set at liberty.— Phila. Mercury.
Casses of Crime in New York. —ln a sermon
elicited by the excitment atteudmg the Burdeli
murder case, Rev. E. H. Chapin, a famous pulpit
orator of that city, took occasion to explain the
causes that led to the deplorable crimes in New
Yora, and which might be traced to the wicked
propensities of human nature. Tue community, he
said, were, calling for au increased police force,
more stringent laws. &.c ; but while admitting that
these were perhaps desirable, they would not be a
certain preventative of the evil. A policeman might
be stationed at every door in the city, the Legisla
tuie might spend a whole year in framing laws, and
the most severe punishments be mfiteted that the
mind of men could possibly conceive but eveu then
tnc work of reformation couid not be accomplished.
Christianity alone cau do that, and if each aud all
would resolve to do right, and spread abroad a
Christian influence, the face cf society would speedily
undergo® wonderful change.
Whiißt there is no doubt th t the only radical
cure of moral evil is that pointed out by Mr. Cnapin
yet, until Christianity universally triumphs, we
mu*t trust to laws and' police to prevent tne out
breakings of crime. London presents a notable
example of the quiet aud Security that a well or
dered police can secure in the largest commercial
city in the world.
VVe would, moreover, suggest to the Rev Mr.
Chapin, who is the pastor of the Free Soil church,
that according to his statement, the want of Chris
tian influence being the cause of so much crime, it
would have been better, perhaps, if the b rte bon
divines had not so often substituted the preaching
ofpolit cs for that of Christianity.— Richmond Dis
patch.
Colonizing Virginia with Northers Men.—
The New York Herald has the following:
We are informed from an authentic source that
the Hon. Mr. Thayer, the leading spirit in the or
ganization of the Kansas emigrant aid societies of
the North, has, iu jnuction with some other enter
prising individuals, resolved upon the practical ex
periment of a great Northern Emigrant Aid Society,
tor the relief, resuscitation and regeneration of Old
Virginia.
The plan is simple enough, entirely feasible, and
will no doubt, if put into practice, prove immense
ly profitable. It is proposed to raise a capital of
three or four millions, and to nee it in the hands of
an enterprising company—fiis:, in the purchase of
some of the millions of the waste and worn out lauds
°t \ irginia, (especially of Eastern Virginia,) and
secondly in the settlement of those lands by Nor
rf™ European colonists, allowing each family
two hundred acres ; thirdly, it is pro
posed to establish factories, villages, schools Jtc., at
eiigable sites. * >
Heral< * theD publishes some insolent com*
•ooeaaonof the great Common
-1 *? »he free State* of the Union,”
rt . ktra colonization has been
• i‘ Pte4icU the rapid development of the resources
' a PPr em ‘y that the “rapid"
from the Old Dommion
t wou * d hardly give them time to wait for the “devel
opment. ’
■ r. Y B J C V ,T ’ Lo,s OF Lfr* -A Dutch bark, from
’ <-aba for Singapore, was wrecked in December,
i and one hundred Chineeepassengers perished. She
had oa board two hundred and fifty in all
i.rswts 01 <be Llined Miue«.
During the past year says -be Washington Globe,
me prosperity of the Lnited States h.-s received ai
1 unexampled development. The various sources ot
. trn« national wealth, the cultivation of new iauds
the mere see of the cmps, the extension of manuto°
, lures, the working of mines, the import and export
trade, toneign and home com mere* the conation
tion and working.of railroads, the growth and em
. belhsbtr.enfof cities, have all wonderfully increased
and, by adding largely to the capital of the country
. nave given such impulse and activity to busmtasoi
all kinds, that it has far surpassed the beet results «!
any preceding year This growth ot prosperity is
bnt partially shown by the published elements ot
i the Secretary of the Treasury, inasmuch as the 6s
cal year of the government closes with the »«, of
June, and. while the results of those statements em
*rf%&elZ " JF : Cted *7 the business of the
il!! [lf Y not mrinde that of the
A ” "PP ro »matc idea of the
J ht > ear ran b" for **d bv examining
tables of the cornu erce and finances of New York
m loot,, iha transactions of the Jfew York clear
mg house for ISO 6 show an increase of il 700 000 -
. Hgl nr thirty per cent, on those of 1855, making the
5(10 01 in mo Hf to the of
f. J 00,000,000.. The tram-action of the London
clearing house m 18411 amounted to $' 772 000 000
Tnty amount now. probably, to trip!- that sum If
so the business of New Y'ork is equal to haif that
v , In ! h " lm P°rts and exports ot New
lork, there has been au increase of thirty-three per
cent, on those of 1855. The increase in railroad
traffic has oeen from twenty to thirty per cent
The increase m thecultivationof new lamia, one
ot the chief elements of onr prosperity, is shown by
the large sales of those lands, and bv'the grants of
the public domain, amounting to seventeen million
six hundred thousand acres, nearly four times the
extent of Massachusetts, or more than Belgium and
Holland united. Besides these large appropriations.
Congress has granted during the year to railroads,
or to States that will sooner or later partial y make
a similar disposition of them, about twenty-one
million seven hundred thousand acres, making a
total of sales and grants in a single year of thirty
nine million three hundred thousand acres equal in
extent to Virginia, or, to almost a third of France
notwithstanding the great decrease for so many
years m the Federal domain, the public lands yet
remaining unsold in the Territories are equal in ex
tent lo the present thirty-one States, or mure than
all Europe, except Russia. Farming and industrial
production has kept pace with other departments.
Its approximate value, as estimated by the Secre
,e7o','f,the J Treaßluv fromtfl ' ; returns of the census
of 1840 and that of 1850 wns, during tho vear IBsf,
about $2,600,000,006 ortriple that of 1830!
The Secretary estimates tho value of the entire
P X£^^ ,i,e4 , St ? t ' B . t,!:!Eed aml ITOt taxed,
at sll.Bl/,000,000, exclusive of the public domain
He estimates the population at 26,964,312
At the eloso of 1855, there were 21.069 miles of
railroad. There are now more than 24,000 miles
Tlie telegraph, which does so much diminish the loss
of interest on capital, and to quicken business bv
annihilating, as it were, the “magnificent distances'’
ot our territory, now extends in almost every direc
tion throughout the States. It is estimated that the
aggregate length of ourelegraph is from forty to
fillv thousand miles.
Our merchant marine has made great progress
duriii); the year. There have been constructed two
hundred and twenty-one steamers and seventeen
hundred and three sail vessels, with an aggregate
tonnage ot 469,391 tons. Notwithstanding this large
addition, the official list show a decrease in the ton
nage oi the merchant marine ou that of 1855, caused
by a more careful examination of the old lists the
effect of which has been to drop from the account a
largo number of vessels sold abroad, lost, or long
since condemned. “
During the year the Federal Government has re
>ts debt 25 per cent. It now amounts to *30,-
iMNJ,UUO y with a residue in the Treasury of $22 000 -
000, after the payment of all demands. Tbo Presi
dent states that this debt can be entirely extinguish
ed for the second time, (it having been entirely
liquidated in 1835-30.) by t.ie beginning of 1358,
and he recommends that Congress take measures to
prevent ihe injurious effects that would necessarily
be produced by too great an accumulation of specie
m the Treasui y. The statements of tho financial af
fairs of the various States show everywhere a high
degree of prosperity. Tue different cities, counties,
and railroads throughout the Union, are in a like
flourishing condition. The banks, except a few in
the Eastern States, are also generally prosperous, in
consequence of the prudent restrictions put upon
their transactions by several Legislatures, aud by
their own private directors.
The clearing houses of New York and Boston, the
former established in 1853, the latter in 1856, have a
wide influence. They may be considered as the in
dispensable complement of the free banking system.
To the salutary influence exercised by these institu
tions, may be added that of the guarantee, first de
manded of the banks by a law o.f the New York
Legislature, and since enacted by the Legislatures
of other States, of a deposit with the State to secure
the redemption ot bank notes. This latter regula
tion must prevent the risks of paper money, and the
possibility of such excessive issues as preceded the
crisis of 1837. The increasing proportion of gold as
a circulatiug medium since the acquisition of Cali
fornia, tue system of specie payments adopted by
the Government since 1840, and tho safe rule ful
some time pursued by it f making no loans what
ever for any purpose, to 'tssocitdions, cities, coun
ties, or n, are additional securities for the perma
nence of our monied and commercial prosperity.
It is thought by many that the development of
the resouiees of tae United States depends chiefly
on foreign capital. The fal.acy of this idea is shown
by our progress si ce our investment of foreign
capital Mnong us was checked three years ago by
the prospect uni subsequent actual existence of the
Eastern war. In that time our foreign commerce
has grown from $199,000,0( 0 to $642.000,000—an
increase of 30 per cent; there has been a reduction
in the national debt of $41,000,000, <>r $10,000,000
more than the present debt ; from $10,000,000 to
sls 000,ObO, at, premiums of 10 and 15 per cent, have
been paid on European claims, aud $10,000,000 for
the purchase of the Mesilla Valley, which equals in
extent the kingdom of Belgium ; our trade, with
Canada, under the new treaty, has increased from
;$20,000,000 iu 1853 to $50,000,000 in 1856; our rail
roads, which iu 1853 were hardly 16,000 miles long,
are now,as already stated, over 24,000 iu lengll”;
and the mines of California have supplied us wit i
about $170,009,000 in gold, which has paid for our
foreign imports, and furnished, a residue sufficient
for our domestic wants. This residue is obtained
by deduct! ngfroni $170,000,000, the amount of gold
rece.ved, $129,000,000, the amount of specie export
ed, giving in three years an addition ot $41,000,000
to the circulating medium of tho country.
Meanwhile, our tonnage lias increased 1,200,000
tons, or 25 per cent.; the cultivat on oi new lands,
judging by tlie sale of public lands, covers an ex
ten. of 27,000,000 acres, equal to the State of Ohio,
or the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, while the total
amount of land sold aud grantees for various objects
has amounted to 81,800,000 acres, almost equal to
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, or to the Brit
ish Islands and Belgium. While the country has
thus improved, villages have been transformed into
cities, aud cities have grown by the construction of
buildings unequalled by any built in former years.—
In four years the number of post offices has in
creased twenty-five cent, or from 20,901 in 1852 to
25,565 in 1856, showing the creation of 1,664 new
centres of population in that short period.
Thus, year by year, are the United States advanc
ing in material prosperity, and, as a natural result
of the development of their boundless resources,
becoming, in a measure, independent of the aid of
foreign capital, to which nothing but the desire to
develope with still more startling rapidity their
great natural advantages need now induce them to
resort. A vast, bewildering estate of national wealth
and glory is before them, which the great future of
fers to their eager hands. May they not madly for
feit the noble prize due to national virtue! Dia
union and anarchy would snatch it from them ; the
preservation of peace, union, and republican liber
ty would insure to them ita possession to eternity.
Marine Losses for February.—There hare
been 44 vessels wrecked or abandoned at sea in the
month jUBt closing, viz : 5 ships, 5 barks, 14 brigs,
and 2 ) schooners —with cargoes and vessels valued
at $1,060,700, of which $437,600 was value on tbs
vessels. $423,200 ascertained value of cargoes, and
$200,000 < Bthnated for values unknown. Os these
vessels 2 ships, 1 bark, 2 brigs and 2 schooners be
longed to this port.
The number of missing vessels re ported dur
ing the month is unusually large, comprising 3
ships, 1 bark, 2 brigs and 7 schooners—total 13 ves
aels. The following are their names, &c :
Ships. Value of vessel. Where otciud. Value Cargo
Northern Queen $25 000. .Westport, Me $53,000
Hungarian 50 000. .Boston . .100,000
Hantao 30,000 .Salem 100,000
Bark.
Mary &. Jane slo,ooo..New York $7,000
Brigs.
Mary $6 000.. New York $40,000
DelatieM 13 000 . New York 22,000
Schooners.
8. R. Bird $5 000.. Rock away $2,000
T. C. Sawyer... 0,000..
L ura - 5 000.. Baltimore
Mary A 3.500.. Barnstable ——
Olive Branch 2,000.. .
Ocean Ranger 4 500. .Fall Elver
Washington (p bt).. 5,000. .New York ——
$167,000 $424 (100
Probable value of the unknown eargoes. .. 20000
$•444,000
N. Y. F.x press.
A Sensible Girl.—Some years since a young
lady, remarkable for her maturity and good sense,
daughter of a distinguished lawyer and a member
of Congress from Worcester county, wae placed at
a young ladies’ boarding school in the neighborhood
of Boston Her unuffected manner and sprightli
ness won the affections of many of the young ladies,
who were full of their kind offices, until one day
they inquired the occupation of their fathers. Our
young friend perceiving the drift of their inquiries,
gave them to understand that her father was a shoe
maker, when many of them were struck with hor
ror at her vulgar origin, and a change took place in
their conduct towards tier. She, however, though
fully understanding them, remained quiet. After a
while the lather of the young lady visited the
school. As he was a good looking man, and as tkey
observed the principal and others treating him with
such great deterenee aud respect, the scholars Were
led to inquire of their instructress who he was and
what was his business; and on being told that he
was the father of Miss H„ and that he was a mem
ber of Congress, they were filled with amazement,
and immediately made an attempt to reuew their
attentions as formerly; but it was too late. Sbe
looked upon their oonduct with such contempt that
they were obliged to keep at a respectable distance,
while those who ti eated her kindly, without regard
to her father’s supposed occupation, were ever af
terwards her favorites.— Boston. Journal
Newspapers in the World.-—The whole num
ber of newspapers published in the United States is
3034. Oftueaetherearepublished.n Alabama 83,
Arkansas 22, California 07, Connecticut 42, Dela
ware 9, District of Columbia 17, Florida 18, Geor
gia 73, Illinois 221, Indiana 242, Indian Territory 1,
Kansas 6, Kentucky 183, Maine 6% Maryland 65,
Massachusetts 219, Michigan 178, Nebraska 6, New
Hampshire 43. New Jersey 77, New York 613, North
Carolina 85, Ohio 382, Oregon 8, Pennsylvania 419, 1
Rhode Island 2U, South Carolina 53, Tennessee 148.
Utah, 1, Vermont 33, Virginia 137, Wisconsin 88.
The number in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas. Mis
souri and lowa is not stated.
There are 50 newspapers published in Canada, 5
in the Sandwich Islands, and 2 in New Brunswick.
In England aud Wales there are 272 newspaper, in
Scotland 66, in Ireland 113, and in the British Isles
and Jersey 17—total 4«38. There are about 1500 pa
pers published in Germany—about two-thirds of
them mere advertising sheets. In France, out of
Paris, very little is known of the statistics of jour
nalism. The whole number of newspapers does not
exceed 610. There are not more than 30 or 40
newspapers published in Spain. In Italy, the num
ber of newspapers is very small; Piedmont has 2.
Constantinople has 13 newspapers. In Russia,
there are about 100 newspapers, and nearly as many
magazines.
Circumstantial Evidence.—A siguiarcase has
just occurred at Detroit, which goes to show that
evidence, though sometimes the most
reliable, is not always to be depended upon. A
German peaier was seen to enter a certain house,
but was not seen to leave it. Suspicion of course
rested there —the house was searched, and the sup
posed traces of a foul murder were discovered—
such as blood, bones and burnt clothing. The fami
ly were arrested and tried. A complete case was
made out, the circumstantial evidence being deemed
overwhelming, and the prosecuting attorney was
summing up, when the pedier presented himself to
the ©ourt, ard turned into a farce what might have
resulted in a iudieiai tragedy.
Prom mr Loudon u .ay Mlc*.
American Artijjs In Rome.
The eminent American sculptor, Crawford, who
his been long established io ibi- city, und whose
name is connected with some of the noblest pro
ductions of modem art has been obliged to leave
h 9 studio and give pp all arttetical occupation, for
: e present at least, in consequence of a severe and
dangerous affection in one of his yes, arising, as is
oresumed. from a malignant tumor at the back of
rhe socket, which has produced the eye outwards
from its orbit, and at the same time presses alarm
mg’y inwards upon the brain. After several consul
tations amongst the nivdical men of Rome, it was
decided ti:at Mr. Crawiords only chance of cure
was by submitting to an operation, which, although
destructive o r Course to the eye, would, if successful
prevent the tumor fiom penetrating the brain. Aa
this operation could be nowhere s<s skilfully per
formed as in Paris, Mr. Crawford courageously set
out for that city Est week, on the 17th,accompanied
by his countryman and brother artist, Mr. T.o rv-Il
may be imagined with what anxiety his friends in
Rome look forward to the result of the proposed
operation, and in America the uneasiness on his be
half will be proportionate to the merits ot an artist
so eminent and truly national. Should the operation
be successful, Mr. Crawford may hope to resume his
avocations after necessary for reducing the
inflammation and restoring the strength of the re
maining eye.
Tad<*lim,one of Gibson’s contemporaries and fel
low; students in lost one of bis eyes
whilst a youth, but that deprivation did not prevent
him from achieving a very successful career amongst
the sculptors of Rome, 'particul .riy in the largest
style of monumental works, and he still continues
his profession with undiminiehed ardor, having re
cently completed one of the four colossal piatu*-s
ordered by the Pope for the monument of the Im
maculate Conception. Mr. Crawford’s studio con
tains at the piesent moment many unfinished works.
Ilis great monument to Washington, to be erected
nt Richmond, Va., will be one of the noblest works
of Art iu America. The bronze equestrian stat ue
of Washington, destined to surmount the monument,
has been recently cast at Munich, and is now about
to be transported to the United States. Mr. Craw
ford’s designs for the bronze doors of the library at
Washington are nearly completed, aud will be first
the modern work of that kind approaching the chef
dmuvre as Lorento Ghiberti, in the Baptistry at
Florence. His pediment for the United States Capi
tol as Washington is another fine allegorical repre
sentation of the advancement of science, agricul
ture and civilization in the new world, and the con
sequent retreat and extinction of the wild Indian
tribes.
It would extend my letter too much to mention
the many other subjects of beauty and interest which
M . Crawford’s studio presents* or the numerous
commissions for public monuments or private col
lections wbico have recently crowded upon him
from his native country, and il therefore only re
mains forme to hope, iu common with all his friends
in Rome, that he will soon be restored to the exer
cise of the Profession of which he forms so great an
ornament. It will not be uninteresting lo your
readers,and especially to the transatlantic portion
of them to obtain some idea of tho present state of
A i ericau art in Rome. Amongst thesculptora, Mr.
Rogers has been lately increasing the reputation lie
acquired’by his early stat ue of “Ruth.” He has re
ceived au order from the United States Government
for one of tlie bronze doors of the library at Waah
ingfc >n, upon the model for which he is now success
fully engaged, as well as upon a statue of John Ad
ams, destined for Boston. Amongst Mr. Ivo’m
works in marble, his “Pandora,’’ “Flora,’’ and “Cu
pid as a Fisher Boy,” evince a pure classical taste.
His “Excelsior” is aline group, not yet put in mar
ble, and his “Rebecca at the Well” is full of grace
aud beauty.
Mr. Bartholomew is fast rising into notice; his
principal work is “ Eve alter the Fall.” There are
productions of beauty and merit to be found in tlie
studios of Mr. Mozier aud Mr. Story. The latter,
educated loi the law, abandoned that profession for
the arts, and is now occupied on a statute of his
father, the late J udge Story, of Boston. The studio
ol Messrs. Greenougn, Aiken, and other sculptors,
more reoentiy arrived .ere, are also interestiug.
There are many American painters devoted to
the historic, ideal and landscape branch of art, now
exercising their profession in Romo. Amongst the
fir.'t is Mr. Page, famed us a colorist, and an admi
rable imitator of the tone of the ancient masters.
His most important works of late have been “ Marv
aud Elizabeth,” “ The Supporting of Moses’ Hands, 5 ’
and a “ Venus,” which has afforded as much sub
ject for discussion to our transatlantic bretnren ns
Gibson’s tinted Venus has to me English lovers ot
art. Mr. Terry (who lias just accompanied Mr.
Crawford to Pat is) has been fox* years eminent
amongst his Ooun rymea us a historical painter ; he
has in liis studio now a tme painting of “Tobit
and the Augels.”
Mr. Thompson has been established five years in
Rome us a painter of ideal subjects and portraits, in
both which branches he bus displayed much feel
ing, truth aud beauty of coloring. Amongst many
very pleasing compositions, the most attractive ids
stuni ims recently presented are, “A Circassian
SDve,” (now in Boston,) 4 The Guardian Angels,”
and “The Descent of Truth.” Mr. Freeman, Jong a
resident in this city, has followed the historical de
panment of au, a dsent to America, amongst other
productions, a work of great merit, representing
“Columbus aud ins Son ihe Gale of The Monas
tery,” Mr Chapman has devoted himself princi
pally to the brilliant delineation of Italian scenery
aud costume. Mr. Brown is amongst the first of the
American landscape painters in Rome, and has con
scientiously studied tho marine aud coast scenery ot
Italy, as well as the purer landscape subjects. Mr
Nichols fellows the same branch of art, delighting
like Mr. Page, in a low and harmon ous tone of
color. Mr. Tdten is a cartful observer of the at
mosphere beauties of nature. Mr. Ropes is amongst
the lately arrived artists in the same line.
Aboui thirty other American painters and sculp
tors complete the transalantlc colony of art in the
Eternal City. They are, in general, earnest and
energetic in their efforts to excellence, and
while they, of course, concur iriThe main points re
quisite for achieving that desideratum, they retain
sufficient peculiarity and independence to give to
their works piquancy and originality. I must not
omit to mention two American ladies who have de
voted their fair hands to the rude materials of sculp
ture. Miss Hoamer, Mr. Gibson’s pupil, already ad 1
vantageously known bv her “Puck,” has recently
completed a graceful figure, representing Beatrice 1
Cenci in prison; Mies Laudor, of Salem, near Bos- \
ton, has not resided so long in Rome, but displays ‘
much talent in tho studies she lias been pursuing 1
under the direction of her eminent countryman, 1
Crawford.
.Minutes of Points,
Decided by the Supreme Court of Georgia at Ma
con, January Term , 1857— Continued.
Officers of Harris Superior Court vs. T. Walker
nnd others.—Where judgment is given against e
party in the Court below, and a fi. fa. is sued out. for
the costs —said fi. la. cannot be arrested nnd set
aside od the ground that the said judgment has been
reversed by the Supreme Court. The < ffioers are
entitled togo on unci collect their costs, which should
have been paid by the party upon taking out his
writ of error. Judgment reversed.
Ramsay aud Jones for Pl’flf in error; Dougherty
for Deft :n error.
Elijah Cooler vs. T. Walker and others —Oollat
lerala aud volunteers who do not come wdhin the
scope of a marriage settlement, cam ot couie into
equity, for the purpose ot reforming the settlement
in accordance with the alleged intent of the parties,
against the husband, who bus survived his wife, and
is her heir at law and legal representative. Judg
ment reversed.
Ramsay and Jones for Pi’ff in error , Dougherty
for Deft in eiror.
Levi B. Smith, Executor, vs. Win. S. Johnson.—
A bequest to testator’s “daughter, C , and her child
ren, for and during her life, and at her death to be
equally divided between her children share and
share alike —the same not to be subject to the pay
ment of any debt or contract of the husband she
may marry, and to be held in trust for her own sepa
rate estate. Held, that C. afterwards marrying
dying without issue, that her hu.jband was entitled
to the property bequeathed, absolutely and in fee
simple. Judgment affirmed.
Poe and Hall for Pl’f in error ; Joues and Hulsey
for Deft in error.
Zacariah Childers vs. John Childers.—A bequest
of a negro girl and her increase, to testator’s daugh
ter, who is married, and at her death to the heirs of
her body, vesta the fee, and at her death her hus
band is entitled to the same absolutely and in fee.—
Judgment affirmed.
Wellborn, Johnson and Howard for Plff’a in error :
Smith, Poe, Hill and Stubbs for Def’td in error.
James Claxton, et, al., vs. P. Weeks, et. al.—
When testator bequeathed two thousand dollars to
be paid to bis brother’s children, out of his estate,
whenever his said wife should think prudent so to
da —and she afterwards marries, and about 20 years
has elapßed*eiuce testator’s death. Held, that the
legatee could compel the payment of the t wo thou
sand dollars. Judgment reversed.
Ingram for PI ff in error . Jones and Welborn
for Deft in error.
John Bethune vs. Win. Dougherty.—Thoappoint
ment of a person as trustee, or ansignee by deed
togetbe. with the recital of such fact in an act of
the Legislature, will not prevent such person from
denying that he accepted the appointment, and
proving that he never acted under the same. J udg
inent reversed.
B. Y. Martin for Pi’ffin error, Win. Dougherty
for Deft in error.
Allen W. Drummond, vs Robt. S. Hardaway.—
The heirs at law of an idiot, who died, leaving Lh
estate in the hands of his guaidian, may briDg sub
directly against such guardian for said estate, and
it is not necessary to makeriie administrator of such
idiot a pari y. Judgment i* versed.
Hines Holt for PI ff in er or; W. Dougherty for
Deft in error.
Johnson Springer v§ Thaddeus Oliver, Adtn’r.—
An executor who sells the estate of his testator, and
deposite in Bank the pecuniary legacy of a legatee,
who is ab*ent from the State, where it remains un
productive from 1844 to 1849, and makes a return
of such deposit to the Ordinary, and gives notice iif
a newspaper for the legatee to come forward and
receive the amount due to him, is not liable for
the interest on said legacy while thus on deposit.—
Judgment reversed.
B aud ford aud Wellborn for Pl’fi in error; Smith,
Pou and Hall for Deft in error.
John Mealing, Caveator, vs. John Pace, et al.
Propounded.— A paper purporting to be testamen
tary, disposing ot buth real aud personal estate,
with on attestation clause, but without subscribing
witnesses, and found amoDg the papers of the de
ceased, with several other unfinished wills, cannot
be admitted to probate as a last ictll— it not being a
complete, finished an d final disposition ol his e.-tate-
Judgment reversed.
Thomas and Jones for Pi’ff in error. Iloltanci
Wellborn Deft in error.
Henry D Darden vs. John Banks, et. al.—Acer
tificate < f deposit issued by a Bank, and negotiable
and payable in current Bank bills, is, under th 4 act
of 1337, void and not oo lectable from the Directors
under their etatutary liability for excels of issues.
Judgment affirmed.
Johnson for Pi’ff in error ; Hok and Jon©e for
Deft In error.— Journal cV Me- tender.
Rock the Cradle, Lucy.—We cull the following
bonne bouche, from the poetio parterre of the New
York Daily News, for the especial gratification of
yourg papas and mamas, with their first habefet,
for that’s the proper, as well as eudearing, sobriquet
of the first little one. To call it babe would be too
magniloquent for the wee thing , to call it baby
would be too prosaic, for the poetry ol thought in
carnated in, and the sanctity of feeling that clusters
about the first child, the bud of berng, clinging with
infant tenacity to the parent stem — babelet is the
word—the idea, the impersonation of all that is win
cing in infancy, hallowed in affection, and touching
in tenderness—and thus is it sung, in appropriate
and bewitching strains by some unknown bard
SONNET TO A BABELET
Oh! babelet, why that tearlet
A gleaming in thine eyelet,
Thy heartlet—babelet—dearlet
It ihould never know a sighlet
A emiiet. on thy liplet.
Should gligten, little lovelet '
Os Joy’g cup take asiplet,
Don’t cry. mv pretty dovelet ’
Shootiso in Columbus.—On Saturday evening
about dark, two men, respectively named John C.
Myers and Thomas McMahan, bad some sort of a
difficulty which resulted in Myers’ shooting McMa
han with a repeating pistol. The bail entered some
where on the right siae and ranged around to the
back. The wound is not now considered mortal,
but it may prove so. The phyaicia* s were to have
attempted the extraction of the ball on yesterday
Myers, who is said to have been in fault, was
promptly placed in jail by deputy marshal Robin
son. Myers was a city watchman, and McMahan a
laborer at the warehouse of Messrs. Hughes, Daniel
Co. Myers will be brought before the proper
officers for examination t© day —Columbus Sun
-M» vh vt u Wevteru Tour*
j Retiring just before day, we slep* till breakfast.
! Soon after, the bock, which runs daily to Westpor .
• *d a* the door for paasaugers. vVe took our
j seats and departed to run the gauntlet,of which my
| stoamboat friend had notified me. Not so much
; courage as downright unbelief, we rode along
i w ’dh perfect composure—making observations on
! !!“ d ,h Ws lD TOwrnl. Ttie country is broken,
! iur . rtch-and heavily timbered—the soil deep, dark,
and capable of producing any agr.cultural product
adapted to tbo climate The cattle of the finest
stock and the befit of thbir kind, keep fat on blue
f grass and plover, and com pa ed with our Southern
make a Southern man feel like coming home
aiufsinying his poney herds,
j The settle i ent ot Kansas—the Emigration and
i ‘* l<3 migration—soldiers aud travellers—have
j made a harvest for ti e dwellers on the wayside.—
1 On this day every thing seemed to be astir. Eque -
j ttiuns and pedestriat e lined the road, and tue conn
j tor currents indicated that the points of attraction
j were very aifft rent. Some were fleeing from strife,
j o. hers i ushi g into it. The signs of something afoot
grew thicker us we approached Westport, aud oc
ou: arrival we feund the streets full and all in mo
tion—market carts, camp wagons, soldiers, citizens,
oxen, horses, white people, Indians—a moth y group
a mixed crowd. The men were looking and talk
mg m groups as il there were some" grave business
on hand An entire stranger, J walked about aud
mused upon the scene before me. Presently a mau
in camp costume and armed (as an old acquaintance
ot mine used to say,) “ in a cap-a-pie point of view,’
stepped up, mid to my surprise, called nio by name,
ami said : “ What are ycu doing here l you are the
test man I expected to see in this country.” I tol
hnn my business, and he too thought I had as well
go home. I: was n > time for preaching or confer
enee. As soon a?* 1 could rectify my vision, despite
the slouched hat, the unshaved face, the gray 11 u
nei shirt, and he odd accoutrements of an impromptu
knight, I recognized & former student of Emory
College. It was quite refreshing to talk with him,
as he seemed well informed of men aud events.
George was grievously insulted by a e unpany of
i oung- Americans, who inquired of him if we were
net i ankees and Abolitionists. Their suspicions
were awakened by the bolor of his travelling bag.
I found afterwards that a black traveling bag was
considered as a type and token of rhe region from
which a man comes iu fact tho badge of a New
Euglandei. The recruits sent out by the “ Emigfu ,t
Aid Society,” were furnished with these articles, 1
guess, because they were cheap, and not because
tho color symbolized their sentiments and their mis
sion. No matter howitoame to pass, a black satchel
furnishes a violent presumption against a man w ith
one of the parlies.
Alter a while, I found Bro. Johnson, tho superin
tendent of the Shawnee Mission ; and as soon as he
could arrange for it, we set out for his hospital man
sion. At Westport we were still in Missouri, though
near the Kansas line. This is a flourishing town
trades largely with the whites and Indians, and is
one of the points of departure for the Santa Fe
mail, and for trade in “the Plains” in the far far
Went.
From this busy town it is two or three miles to
where Bro. Johnson lives. For a mile or two we
journeyed along the road leading to tho camp, where
the army had been appointed to rendezvous. Pre
sently we overtook a “solitary horseman ” (as
James would say) that is, he Was alone, though ma
ny more Wf*re in sight, behind and before. As we
approached him, the young man who was driving
asked me-if 1 oversaw a Sharp’s Rifle. I told him
I never did. “That mau,” said ho, “has one, if you
would like to see it I will ask him for it.” Signify
ing my desire to see that far-famed instrument—he
called the horseman byname, and told him I wish
ed to see his gun. He rode up and handed it to me,
oooly remarking that a few days ago he bad killed
a mau with it three hundred yards. The driver con
firmed the statement by adding, “I saw him do it. ’
This deed was performed at the battle of Ossivrat
taraie. The rifle is abort aud very heavy, but can
not be shot with accuracy, except at very long range.
Indeed, I was told that they were more to be dread
ed at a half mile distance than at a hundred yards.
This is a pretty tough yam, but is commonly repor
ted.
We soon reached tho Mission Houso—dined and
spent the afternoon in conversation, reading tho pa
pers and resting. Tlie school for the Indian boys
and girls was just re opened, after a briet vacation,
and but few had as yet returned. After a night of
sound repose, Bro. Johnson-brought out his well fed
steeds, and we rode over the finest farm I think 1
ever saw. Such a combination of water, timber,
prarie and noil, is rarely met with. Such a herd of
CHitie! O, the milk, butter mid beef! Tjiisisthe
very country for a lazy man if lie is not too lazy—to
provide in summer for winter. A four months’ dili
gtnoe will secure tlie material , wherewithal to pur
chase the privilege of shutting himself up to eat,
sleep and toant the rest of the year.
After dinner the carriage and the mules, which
were mules—not in temper, but in size—were
brought out, and Bro J unu his wife, George aud
l, took our seats for an evening jaunt upon the
prairies. First, we visited t!n* missionary, Bro.
Bolles. After a pleasant- interview with* himself
and family, wo returned, passing by the Mission
church and the Shawnee Camp ground. Here
these once wild men meet to sing and pray, and
hear the Gospel. How obstinate the unbelief of the j
world aud the church, about the conversion of the
[nuians. Admit all the difficulties; what then ?
Must, they be cast off, ns though never included in
•ho covenant of redemption ? Go preacn the Gos
pel to every creature —except tlie Indians. Is
that the reading { No; no. Let the church sow
beside all waters, and ti use the “Husbandmen” for
the harvest
We passed the Quaker Mission, and found the
premises abandoned, uuder a threat of Lane's men
to attack and burn the bouses. I understood the
property would be for sale.
It was our purpose, in the course of the ride, to
visit the camp of the army, and when we learned
i s location, we steered lor that point.- By and by
we came in sight of the encampment; and, verily,
it was «i sight to a greeffone, who had never seen
“war’s grim array.” she tents were pitched on the
slope of an open prai ie, beside a littfe stream run
ning at its base. Aa we rolled along on tho ridge,
the whole panorama was visible. A thousand
horses or more of all sizes, colors and conditions
were “staked out * and left to graze. This staking
out is a very simple and convenient arrangement.*-
A rope, from thirty to fifty feet long, is tied around
the horse’s neck, and at the other end is a pin of iron
or wood, winch is driven into the ground], and the
horse can crop the grass within a circle, of which
the pin is the centre and the rope the radius—where
tbeifrass ie good, ample scope for a night’s feasting.
The army was computed to muster twenty-seven
hundred men—but they were not yet all come in.—
The chiefs were waiting to concentrate the “host,”
before they descent upon Lawrence. As we drew
near some were maneuvering an old cannon ; some
were cooking sutne lounging in the grasq some in
specting their weapons. On reaching the line of
encampment, a soldierly looking man very gravely
ordered us to halt, and give the password. Wecon
fessed our ignorance. Ho expressed hie regret at
having to stop us, but said he must obey orders.
Just as we were desparing ofientrance my quondam
friend of the gray flannel shirt came to our rescue:
Being a man in authority, the sentinel bowed, drop
ped liis giHi, and we had tho freedom of the camp,
[lore I was introduced to Gens. Atchison, Clarke
and others, Col. Titus, Sheriff Jones—still lame from
his wounds—with other notabilities. They talked
calmly of the wrongs of the Territory—of the out
rages up in unoffending citizens, and of the necessi
ty laid upon them to expel, by ball and bayonet the
perpetrators of tlie lawless deeds. While 1 was pres
ent, a woman of descent appearance came in and
mnde affidavit, that the night before, five-men, all
disguised, came to her habitation, roused her from
sleep, ordered her out and burnt the house, with all
its contents. She named two or three, whom she
said she recognised by their voices. At the sound
of their names, I could hear low murmurs of ven
gence from some men around. They were well known
it seemed, and were famed for violence and the
plunder of the weak.
We tarried but a short time, as I was anxious to
extend my ride into the prairies. On retiring we
ascended a long hill, and on reaching ita summit and
looking back, the sceue was very picturesque. For
get the facts and circumstances which convened
those men, and the object they had in view, and
there was much of the beautiful in the vision before
me. The white tents, the particolored costumes,
red and grey predominating, the tethered horses ;
the patient oxen, haif buried in grass, life in various
forms, all eager and in motion, the softened hum of
the camp, as it came floating on the prairie wind, all
made a iiie picture to copy, which would make an
artist’s fortune. We turned our eyes away to look
upon more quiet scenes, tho rolling prairies, the ye!
low flowers, the waving grass and the silent sky.
From \\ hat I heard and from all I saw—l must
say Kansas is a beautiful country. As to land, ver
dure and climato, I saw it under very favorable cir
cumstances. The cold iu winter is terrible. In
September, the thermometer was nearly up to 90.
The weather, though extremely cold sometime 1 , ie
variable, and often very warm m Autumn. We
closed a pleasant ride near sunset and found one of
the preachers, (Bro. Rice) had arrived during our
absence. He was on his way to Conference. We
will rest a night and make the morning start anoth
er letter. G. F. Pierce.
Feb. 17th, 1857*
Supreme Court.—The January term of this tribu
nal, after a laborious flessi n of five weeks in Ibis
city, adjourned on Saturday last. T1 is is only one
ot the ten terms holdeu during the year ; by which
it may easily be seen that this Court furnishes but
poor inducements to idlers.
The number of cases decided at the late term,
waH eighty nine. Forty-six were reversed, and
forty three affirmed Turee cases were dismissed,
two continued and two withdrawn. The Court
agreed in all the cases decided except fiv . Judge
McDonald dissented in three cases, Judge Lumpkin
and Judge Benning in one each. The dissent of
Judge Lumpkin was in a Bank case, in which he
adhered to tlfe opinious before maintained by this
tribunal
Considering the vast amount of busim ss which
crowds the dockets of the four Circuits which unite
at Macon, and the great number of impromptu
decisions which the Crcuit Judges are required to
make during the Progress *>f case* in their respective
Courts, it i« highly creditable to the present incum
bents, that so few errors are comrnLted, and that
nearly one half of those complained of, have been
affirmed by the Appellate tribunal.
Amongst the many important questions decided
by this Court duriug its late session, a>e the follow
i g, to wit: —That the charters granted to the Macon
Building and Loan Associations are constitutional
and valid Th»* validity of the by the
city of Macon to the stock of the Monroe Rniiroad,
and the right of Steamboats, Railroads and other
common carriers to limit their liab lity by special
contract. In the Irwinton Bridge ca ea new tria:
was granted.
In another column we give a continu ton of Min
utes of Points decided, aud *tke o casion to m »ke
«-ur acknowledgment to the gentlemanly Reporter
for his courtesy in fui nisbiDg them.— Journal 4- Mes
senger.
An Americas G<kl—ftome six weeks or so ago
we see it stated, several desertets from the British
troops posted at Kingston, made their way across
Wolf Island and the St. Lawrence to tue United
Suites. Some of them were badly frozen on the
way, and one was taken in and cared for by Mr
Pluciies ca Carlton Island, within the jurisdiction of
the United States. On 29th January, a British of
fie* r, with a die of men, carne upon the Island and
endeavored to pursuade the deserter to go back to
Kingston, promising that he should not. be punched.
He refused, aud the officer determined to take him
by force. Mr. Pinches, with one of his hired men,
was Absent Another man was chopping wood at
the door, and Mrs. P. and two daughter* were in
the house. The women sent the man off alter Mr.
P. and his companions, and soon afterwards the of
ficer ordered the deserter to be brought out. Five
soldiers rushed into the house, but tin* others were
prevented by the eldest daughter, who dashed the
fifth man back as he entered, aud he rolled upon
the ground outside. She then closed the door and
locked it, and taking her position before it, declared
that if the four who were left inside took the deser
ter out, they would have to pass over her dead bo
dy. By this time Mr. Pinches and his men were
seen returning, and the officer out doors called for
his men to come out and run. The thing was easier
said than done, however, ns the brave girl main
tained her post, and it was only on solemn promise
being given by them to observe the laws and res
pect the soil of the United States in future, that the
imprisoned soldiers were released, and with then
officer allowed to beat a h*'S»y r>--’ >
Operations of the U S. Mint. —The statement
of the min. at Philadelphia for the mgpth ot tettru
ary shows that there was deposited of g
and $185,830 of silver, in all The gold
coinage for tho month amount, to •233,516, wholly
In dollar and quarter eagles, and of stiver #l7O,
wholly in dime, and halfdimes. The tola! nuicibet
of piece® coined ia 2,473,421,.0t the vahie of $402,-
516 The amount of gold eoin now on hand u f 779,
970 and of »i!«> 8*49,883
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. NO. 10.
Despotism «i Public Opiuiou.
T , he ?Vu V T i T°! k J E . X P' eM re,n atks *hat iu inanv
ii' 1 “p 1 the Llilted States, —and in many p»rts Jf
Nen Engiaud and its offspring States —there is a
despotism of opinion which tolerates no difference
from it, but punishes that difference as severely as
the punishment is in Berlin, Vienna, Milan, or
R-une. T the last Presidential campaign, public
peakers were mobbed in several of the N«w Eng
land settlements, for expressing opinions upon
* Kansas,” and “ Kansas rransacuons,” which eve
rybody now admits to be correct. A people, where
this happens, are not “free,”—however free they
fancy themselves. Freedom tolerates, listens, rea
’•ins, debates, amiss open to change aud convic
tion,—but despotism, ou the contrary, resorts to
force, or constraint, or punishment, to carry out its
authority.
The boasted free schools of New Euglaud do not
seem to have insured freedom of opinion and of
speech. We are glad to see that ibo Express
speaks out boldly upon this grand humbug; that it
teciares that whilst free schools are good, free
schools, which teach only reading and writing, are
not protectors ot freedom.
To read only, says tho Express, is to open one's
eyes 4 to the imposition of a:.y printed sheet that
nay be thrust upou them, — and hence reading, in
stead of being a blessing, is a curse to the fanatic
:nmd that will read only oue thing on ouo side of a
thing. Thinking is more indispensable than read
tuir. Better is a choice must be made between tho
two, to think than to read. Hence, Free Schools
which make wax of ms, to receive only demagogues'
or fanatics’ impressious, are curies. Such a free
school is like a brain without the priuciple of life in
it.. The eyes it is well to teach,—but the ears have
I art as important a function in the human orgAniza
tion., Po see all sides, and hear all sides, is ‘eduea
tion.’ The brain that is only drummed upon by
others, and never generates an dea, is profitted
"SS!!. ujf 4 S y ‘BV -—as they are sometimes
colled— Reading.’ ‘Writing,’ and 4 Arithmetic.’ Tho
Geimans, especially the North Germans, are as well
educated as the New England people—but it is
about the last land to which one would look for
‘ Liberty,’ 4 Independence,’ or 4 Freedom.’ Where
!' People are really educated,—m the full broad
bearing of that noble word, —there is no despotism
“t RRy kind, —certainly not that worst kind, which,
ui a village, or a town, or a pariah, rides over every
thing and everybody, under the mock title of‘Pub
lie Opinion.’ ”
This is truly manly, independent, refreshing!—
\ lVgiuia is community taunted with the Urge num
ber of her population who can neither read nor
write, yet if it be “better to think than to rtad,"
(lieu even our unlettered white people, are iu a
mere lie-ruble condition thnn tho mere reading und
writing ujtisaes of New England.— Richmond Dit
palch.
Ttie Kitilroud Engineer.
The life of a railroad engineer ie graphically de
picted iu the following extract, which we copy from
tlie Sehenectady Star:
But tlie engineer he who guides tho train by
guiding the iron horse, and almost holds the lives of
passengers in his hands—his is a life of mingled
danger and pleasure. In a little savan-by-nioe
apartment, with square holes on eac'’ side for win
dows, open behind, aud with machinery to look
through ahead, you flud him ; he is the “Pathfinder”
--he leads the way iu all times of danger, che< ksthe
iron horse, or causes it to speed ahead with the ve
locity of the wind at will. Have you ever stood bv
the track, ofa dark night, and watched the coming
and pussing ofa train l Away off in the darkness
you discover a light, and you i ear a noise, aud the
earth trembles under your feet. The light comes
nearer; you can compare it to nothing but the devil
himself, with its terrible whistle; the sparks, you
imagiue, come from Belzebub’s nostrils; the‘fire
underneath, that shines close to the ground, causing
you to believe the devil walks on live coal*. Il
cornea close to you, you back away and shudder;
you look up, and, almost on the devil’s back, rides
the engineer; perhaps the “machine” shrieks, and
you imagine tbe engineer is applying spur to the
devil snides. A daring fellow, that engineer; you
can’t help saying so, and you wonder wherein lies
the pl« hsure of being an engineer. But so he does,
day after day, night after night. Moonlight evenings
he sweeps over the country, through cities and villa
g»-s, through fairy scenes in forests and clearings; ho
looks through t he square holes at. his side, and enjoys
the moonlight, but he cannot stop to enjoy the beauty
of the scenery. Cold, rainy, muddy, d*irk nights, it
ia the same; perhaps tho tracks are undermined, or
overflown with water; perhaps scoundrels have
placed obstructions in the way, or trees been over
iurued aornss the track, and in either oase it is nl
most instant death to him, at least, but he stops not.
Right on, is the word with him, and on he goes, re
gardless of danger, weather and everything, save the
well doing of his duty. Think of him, ye who shud
der thr ugh fear in the cushioned seats of the oars,
and get warm from the fire that i« kindled for your
beueiit.
Homicide in Washington. —Early on Saturday
forenoon the whole community were shocked by
the slanting intelligence that u highly respectabel
gentleman, a citizen of Alexandria, had been killed
this morning in a renoontre with a olerk attached to
the Pension Bureau. Oue nfoui reporters proceed
ed at once to the Pension Office, where it was said
the fatal occurrence took place, and there obtained
in substance the following information i
ll appears that Mr. David Hume, a well known
citizen of Alexandria, attended the President’s
levee Inst evening, in company with his daughter
and (we believe) another young lady. While
slowly moving with the immense throng that literal
ly tilled the entire first floor of the Executive man
sion, a gentleman immediately in front of him turn
ed suddenly around, seized him by the collar, and
neouaed him of picking h s pocket. As might have
been expected, very angry words ensued, which
resulted in an exchange of cards, the accusing par
ty proving to be Col D. C. Lee, who has for several
years held a clerkship in the Pension Bureau.
About nine o’clock this morning, Mr. Hume, in
Company with Mr. Walker, the reading clerk of the
House of Representatives, proceeded to the Pen
sion Office, and, as there was nothing in bis appear
ance indicative of a hostile errand, was, on request,,
conducted to the room occupied by Col. Lee and
several other clerks. Mr. liume informed Col. Lee
who he was, briefly alluded to his social and busi
ness position, and, after attempting to show the ab
surdity of connecting him with pocket-pioking, de
manded a retraction of the offensive charge which
bad been made on the preceding evening. This
demand, it is stated, was made twice, if not three
times. Col. Lee refused to retract ; whereupon Mr.
Hume struck him several times with a cane, and,
while thus assaulting him, Col. L. drew a pistol and
fired. Mr. 11. exclaimed, “I am shot,” fell to the
floor, and expired in a few minutes
Alter the examination of several witnesses, the
case was given to the coroner’s jury, who, after re
tiring fora short time, brought in a verdict that the
deceased came to his death “from the effect of a
pistol-ball from a pistol in the hands of Doddridge
C. Lee.”
The news of Mr. Hume s tragical end caused the
most intense excitement in Alexandria. A commit
tee of one hundred citizens reached this city about
two o’clock, and having obtained the body, return
ed with it immediately to Alexandria.
After firing the fatal siiot, Col. Lee immediately
surrendered himself to the civil authorities.— Wash
ington Union.
Relic of Feudal Dais. —Tho custom of uncov
ering the head and taking off the hat, or even sim
ply touching it, is a relic of the old disarming—the
removing ot the helmet to indicate that the party
thus exposed himself to the mercy of an enemy. To
tc-ko off the glove was in like manner to unguantlet
the hand, the mere removal constituting an offer of
friendship. Even now it is considered uncivil to
shake hands with the glove on. Shaking of hands
was formerly a token of truce, in which the parties
took hold each of the other's weapon hand, to make
sure against, treachery. It was also a token of good
will. A Frenchman, a prisoner in England, once
made a most ingenious use of this custom. Having
been “ put up ’ against a negro boxer, and know
ing nothing about boxing, he availed himself of the
shaking of bauds before the encounter, to crash the
negro’s hand in his iron grip. It is said that a few
years since, a brutal fellow in Coni ecticut crushed
a friends hand iu like maimer, tnough he did it iu
sport.
Tho bow, it ia said, which is now a mark of po
liteness, i s but an offer of the neck to the stroke of
the adversary, while the courtesy peculiar to the
ladies, is the form of going on the knees to sue for
that mercy whioh, in earlier ages, was difficult to
get. Tho hair pins worn by ladies are reduced
poignards. In some parts of Sicily they are still
worn of such a size as to be oonvertnblo into weap
ons. The ear rings were anciently badges of slave
ry, and were soldered so that they could not bo re
moved from the car, their form indicated the owner
of the slave.
Rom*. Post Office —Col. A. T. Harden has been
appointed Post Master in place of T. J. Perry re
signed. Resigned, that is the word, but unexplained
it, conveys a very erroneous idea. The facts are
these : Soon after the late Presidential election,
John Henry Lumpkin, the leader of the inquisition
in Cherokee Georgia, went to Mr. Perry aDd de
sired to know for whom he voted. Mr. Perry in
formed him that ho voted for Mr. Fillmore. Judge
Lumpkin theu said that was ail he wanted to know,
and immediately told others that Mr. Perry should
be removed—erated that he had secured for Mm
thia place for tho past eight years. Now for the
heroic crime of voting according to his honest con
victions of duty ho must be made to suffer.
Mr. Perry made one of the very best of Post
Masters, and was deservedly popular with all par
ties. As soon as Judge Lumpkin’s threat whs
noised abroad, a petition was gotten up and signed
by a very huge number of democrats praying the
Postmaster General that Mr. Perry be retained in
office—also, one by the ladies of Rome. Bome con
siderations, among which probably was the fact
that a county elect.i n was soon to corns off, pre
vented the immediate removal of Mr. Perry, and he
being obliged to look out some means for support ,
and feeling that he was in the power of the King ol
the Regency, and would be turned out, regardless
of the wishes of nine-tenths of all the people doing
business at his office, resigned.
Mr. Perry is a quiet, unobtrusive man, who at
tended strictly to tho business of bis effioe, and
never niedd ed with politics at all. Ws have no
idea that he ever attempted to influence any man’s
vote. — Courier.
Macon Building and Loae Amosiation.—lm
portant Decision.—A case came before the Su
preme Comt during its late session in this City, in
volving the i<ghtd of Budding and Loan Associa
tions. The two associations of this city, had insti
tuted proceedings to foreclose certain motgagee
given by one of their members, to secure the metal
meats and interest of certain loans, or advances,
winch he had obtained from the associations. The
borrower plead that the mortgages were founded
upon a usurious consideration—tne huperior Court
(Judge Alien presiding,) sustained the plea, holding
that the actß of the Legislature incorporating said
associations, do not authorise them to loan or ad
vance money to their members, on the terms stipu
lated by t eir Constitution and by-laws. The .Su
preme Court, (one of the Judges dissenting,) revere
ed this deC’Sion, ana held that all mortgages for
l«>a< : made in accordance with the constitution and
by laws of ».-a ; .d associations, are valid and binding,
t'.ouctsof the Legislature in reference to said asso
ciations, being that they are “incorporated and
made a body politic under and according to the con
stitution and by-laws heretofore, (theretofore) adopt
ed by them.”
Lanier At Anderson, and S. T. Bally counsel for
the As- ciations, E. A. At J. A. Niabetfor the mort
gager.—Journal 4- Messenger.
A Novelty in Journalism. —A weekly uewspa
per, entitled Ha Majid , edited by a Jewish nMn,
and printed with Hebrew characters, is published at
Johonnisberg, in Eastern Prussia. Hebrew print
ing establishments were at one time quite numerous
in RuhbU and Poland, bat were irappreMed by an
edict of the Emperor Nicholas, on the (.-round, that
a dterature in their own language tended to per
petuate the nationality of tbe Jewish race, and in
lettered with his plan of Russianizing all the in
habitants of his dominions. This edict has, however,
been revoked by Alexander II , and Ha Majid now
enjoys an extensive circulation among the Jews of
Russia and Poland.
Russian and French Movements in the In
dtan Seas. —TheCzarof Russia has ordered a num
ber of generals serving on the frontiers of Persia
and the coasts of the Caspian and the Caucasus,. to
S* Petersburg, in order to deliberate and receive
orders relative to eventualities likely to result to the
empire from the Anglo-Persian war. It was said
that the Khan of Kh«ra had offered aid to the Per
sians. The French frigate Catiuet had fired on the
city of Tourane, in Cochin-China.
Harrisburg, March 2 1 —Gen Packer was last
night nominated for Governor on the fourth ballot
by the Democratic Convention.
«< Kf* l»« Cci'iiiitiv* in be liucuted,
r i Wonderfully popular has 'ho fashionable .imtiss
f ment of garoting beaomc. It seems to be one of the
1 delightful recreations ut h : gli life to be ( boned and
1 robbed—the hero victims of the garote are as mud,
*- «a IZ [T P°‘ ltu circles at presold, as Polish nobles
ami Hungarian refugees one* w» ro. Instead of
“ I rar?i ri bbons, and orders, damaged faces and brok
i ! tmuu! ar ° - uow the ln X° iu Fifth Avenue. A
■ tile Old UO r e . w « surer passport to distinction than
s ’ canhafor 0 . hoGarter ' aHll « Dlack «y° i« better
■ crosses of ml® t a! “ 1 purly freo P“ sea ‘ban a doien
■ V'h'ton of Honor, Oaroting is ex
A fm Vm.no U s tuu ’ 111 m »trimonial speculations
. Bootlack t y° un K Ocboots, owed old
> Bootjack, the otl merchant, S3UO, for money ad
* enardm 0 fl 5 ® "-young Deboot's
• thnn ‘b"'b |n '- s settle the account
Tha evening young Deboots sat down to a friend
-1 y game of “poker’’ with a tew friends, much faster
i than himself, and after five deals his “pile” wasn't
wort!) a Spanish quarter. Young Deboots cogitated
1 aud next, morning got up an artistic black eye with
1 some India ink and a little gamboge, put a couple
of strips of oourt-plaister on his forehead, and, with
his arm in a sling, presented himself to old Bootjack
He then told a doleful story of having been garoted,
and he showed the marks. Bootjack believed the
yarn, and wrote a long letter to young Deboots'
guardian for mote money for that young gentle
man.
Bootjack’s daughter saw’ young Deboots in her
fathcr’a oflioo—piled the interesting young man,
and asked papa to introduce him; in three days
young Deboots was invited to a large party at old
Bootjack’s, where he whs the lion of the evening,
aud where ho recounted his adventure with the
garotera more than twenty times, with additions aud
variations; Matilda Jane was captivated with the
brave young man—the brave young man improved
hia opportunities, and four days ago eloped w’itii
Matilda Jane, who has a hundred thousand in her
own right from her grand aunt. Young Dob.uds
recovered from his black eye the first time he wash
ed his face ; ho took his ha.’d out of the black hand
kerchief, and pulled the court, plaister oflf his face
the night he was married, and has been a w ell man
•ver since.
Pigford, my esteemed friend and fellow boarder
at Mrs. Suagley’s has been garoted—aud it really
seems as it the robbers must have intimately known
Ins private affairs, because tho event occurred on
the night of the very day that he received a remit
tance from England to pay Mrs. S hi- five months
board—ho appeared at tho breakfast table next
morning with a countenanco so much damaged, and
was so cast down on Mrs, S.*o account, that she
could not find it in her heart to refuse him three
mouth s longer credit, until he cau get another re
mittauce from Hugland.
Jenks, another of our boarders, was paroled
twice in one week—it bus a bewildering effect upon
Jenka—it makes him unsteady iu ttie legs, and
causes bis bicatli to smell of rum punch. On the
first occasion of the rob bi tip end oliokiDg outrage, be
ruug the area bell of the bouse on tbe other aidoof
the street, until a policeman interfered and brought
lain home—thou Jenka inveigled the policeman into
the house ami delivered him over to me with many
formalities, assuring me that ho was a garoter
whom ho had overpowered and captured by main
strength, and he showed the star on the M. P.’s
breast as the place where the invincible fiat of
Jenka had “smashed his jaw." Jenks was garoted
again two day safter, and brought home by a gen
tlemauly individual, who picked Ins pockets at the
door, took Ins overooat, changed hats with him,
aud then rang the bell for the girl to come and let
Jenks into tho house The girl came, and found
this individual trying to whittle oil'one of the pick
ets of the iron fence with hia peoknite, and menu
while making a furious attempt to sing the words of
the evening hymn to the Virgin to the classic air of
“Hoot hog or die.”
The mania has extended even to the kitchen, and
the servants are uow following tho example of
their betters aud getting garoted on every favora
ble opportunity—if the buy goes to the butchers, he
u invariably, according to Ins own account, attack
ed by a band of rutfianeand robbed of tho money
before he gets home—this lots happened font- sue
oessive days, iu broad daylight, aud it lias cost Mrs.
Suagley about four and sixpence a time. 1 scut
bally, the little errand girl, with a dime lot some
beer, aud she returned in tears, with the news that
she too had been "groted,” aud had lost the change.
She had her fist full of lemon candy, and had two
big apples in her pocket, which I suppose tho rob
bers hud given her.
1 am positively frightened—things are truly in tt
dreadtul state in my neighborhood—l dare not travel
on the side walk, and have ruined my best puma
loons walking ibrougfi the slush in tins middle of the
road, i imagine there is a guroter under every
paving stone, or hidiug behind every lamp-post
Daylight.sometimes shows me the strange mistakes
X hud made iu the night. I find that l have been
two blocks out of my wuy to avoid a broken wheel
barrow wbioli I took for a concealed ruffian; and
have run hall n mile to getaway from a pump,
which I imagined was a fierco garoter with a club
raised ; tuid Imve on nine oceasionscroesed the street
through a kuuc-deep puddle, to escape u m lassetj
hogshead, which I supposed to he a rotund robber,
lying iu wait for the subscriber, t his state of
things wna unendurable, and 1 accordingly armed
myself for the attack. I got a revolver, u bowio
knife, a dagger, a slung shot, a sword cane, a “billy,”
a policeman’s club, a pair of brass knuckles, and
six good, largo paving stoues, which 1 carried in a
oonveuient pluce in iny overcoat pocket—there
wasti t an inch oi mo that wasn’t guarded by
something that would shoot, strike or stab. I hud,
to be sure, some little trouble in managing tho en
tire armory—l fired away four boxes of percussion
caps practising bow to draw aud lire my revolver
111 the least space ol time—then 1 thought I'd load
it, Wliioh I Old, putting so much powder into each
barrel, that I hud to drive the ball iu at the cud
with a tack hammer—then I tried to fire it and not
a barrel would go oil—then at dinner I accidentally
dropped it, and lta.l went < 'ft at once, lodging three
of the hubs ill u boiled bum on ihe table, while tho
rest brought up iu a largo bowl of mince meat in
the kitchen, and were afterwards aiseovered in llio
uiee by the boarders—l lien I sal down on my bowio
knile, and cut my teg Half off—wn.n 1 dropped my
dagger out ot the sheath at d it went through the
top of my boot and stuck into my foot—thteo lime*
have I smashed my toes with my slung shot t and I
have broken two entile sets of chumoer crookcry,
four mirrors, aud all my window-gluts, practising
with my club aud sword cane.
My pockets ale so full of instruments of death,
that they ate iu the.wuy of my business—if I want
iny memorandum book, out emnes my revolver ; if
I have occasion for my portmonaie, I find a " billy"
iu its place: instead of my penknife, I nut my hand
on a slung shot; when lamiu a hurry fur iny latch
key, I can’t find anything but a pair of brass knuc
kles ; and I have, on four different occasions at
tempted to pay my board with paving-stones, sim
ply because I cuuld'rit find anything else iu my
pocket.
Rut, lam fast becoming expert—l can draw and
fire my revolver in two minutes aud a half, if the
lock doesn't catch iu the lining of my pocket-I can
get brass-kuuckles ready for action iu four minutes
—I oun draw my bowie knife as quick ns I can un
button my over coat to get at. the handle ; and I can
strike another man With my slung shot as often ns I
hit myself, which is much more than I coulu do at
first. Oaruters, beware—Duesticks is prepared.
Courageously,
(J. K. Philander Dokbticks. P. 1J
P. B—l’vo been thinking Ihe matter over—on
examining iny private aocounis, I find I owe money
divers and sundry places, as follows;
Tailor 3113 00
Bootmaker 17 50
Board 51 n
Chop House 3 «7
Borrowed money 90
B»er 14 25
I dare not add it up—the total amount wouldover
power me—they have all heard that I intended to
leave town to-morrow, and they are all hero $93
is in the hail—sl7 50 is talking with s2l II in the
front parlor—s 3 87 sits on the door step, while
sl4 25 has two boys on the corner, to see that I
don’t run away before lie gets back from dinner.—
There is but one resourc.—l’ll “ make paper,"
I’ll Huntington a check, muke it payable to-mor
row ; tiltow it to these harpies, make them all believe
they’ll get their money soon, and then, to night, in
spite of my multitudinous weapons, I'll be garoted
and robbed of ull I have—Jones says he'll do it lor
me—he’ll give me a scientific black eye for nothing,
and peel iny nose without any charge. I consign
myself to the lender mercies of Jones, which must
satisfy my creditors for another three week*.
Despairingly, Q. K. P. D. P. B
A Relic of the Past.
A friend lias handed us a copy of “ Tho Maryland
Journal and Baltimore Advertiser,” published No
vember 13th, 177 G, by M. K. Goddard, at the print
ing office in Market street, one door above l>r
Stevenson's. It is a curious relic of the past, mea
suring some eight by fourteen inches, and contains
various items of foreign and domestic intelligence,
the date of which strikingly illustrates the slow' pro
cess of travel duriug the continental period when
compared with the rapid transmission of news at
the present day. The paper before uh contains late
London news of tho date of August 15tii, it having
been three months and two days on the way—now
our merchants grow restless it they do not reoeive
European news in ten days. Among the latest
items of English news is an account of the re cap
ture of the Yankee privateer, and the cruel treat
ment of her officers and crew by the British authori
ties. Another interesting item of news copied from
a London paper is to the following effect: “It is
said the American provinces have not-only declared
themselves independent, but that they have sent
memorials therof, and of their proceedings, to most
of the courts in Europe.' 1 We also find in the Ad
vertiser various items of news from the Continental
army, the news from South Carolina being nearly a
month in reaching Baltimore. A letter from the
camp near New York com plains bitterly “that the
Hessian troops plunder all indiscriminately, Tories
ns well as Whigs.” There is an advertisement da
ted Annapolis, Nov. 4, which notifies all concerned,
” That all civil officers now in commission for this
State, under the old government, shall continue to
act in their respective-departments until others shall
be appointed and commissioned in their stead, by
the legislature or executive power of the State.”—
We will close our notice of this interesting relio to
day by giving the following extract of a letter da
ted Philadelphia, Nov. 9, the latest intelligence ro
e«*ivc d ‘rom t hat quarter in Baltimore on the lbth
Balt. Patriot,
**l have just returned from our army, which now
occupies the heights of North Castle, about 5 miles
from White Plains, which were abandoned on Fri
day night and Saturday morning before Previous
to this removal, which was well conducted, all our
stores of every kind were removed to a safe situa
tion, in the rear of our present encampment; this
measure of caving the Plains became indispensably
necessary, not only for ibe preservation of our stores,
Ate., but also for the safely of the army, both of
which became much exposed in that situation, in
consequence of the loss of the height to the right of
the Plains on Monday se’n night, on which rbe ene
my had (with great labor end fariguo) erected a
ba'tery, but halt' a mile distant, winch would have
opened on our lines on Saturday, had not our army
disappointed them by changing their position, while
the inaiu body of our army occupy their present
very advantageous ground. Gen Beall’s brigade
hath been detached to Croton r.ver bridge, about
14 miles to the North-west, to prevent the enemy
going that pass, byway ot the North river. Gen.
Woorster, actuated by a liberal live of liberty and
his country, has taken the command of four regi
ments, aud nas arrived iu camp, from New Haven,
at their head- I must not forgot to mention that
we have spaced to the enemy n part of tbe province
of New York, yet we still hold a part of York la
land ; on tbisjjortion is the lines of Harlem, Fort
Washington,/to., which are defended by a chosen
body of volunteers, a baud of brothers from the
several Stale#!, who are determined to defend them
to the last extremity ; the whole under the com
mand of Col. Magraw, a brave officer. The fort is
admirably situated on a rocky height on the b&uka
of the North river, and is a commanding situation
on every side. It is supplied with everything ne
cessary for a* long siege/
Thereometiucal Feet.—The Auburn Adverti
ser says that John Ford, one of the eccentric citi
zens of that town, declared that he knows the
weather is getting colder, because his feet are so
much warmer than they have usually been. For
two winters now this man has gone barefooted. He
says his feet are never cold, lie wears shoes in the
summer, but he cannot be induced to do so in the
winter. We doubt if another example like this can
be found iu the Slate of New Y«>rk, or indeed iu the
United States, except among the aborigines. To
this the New Haven Register adds that there is a
farmer in Bethany who has not worn a hat, or any
covering on his head for twenty years, winter or
Bumme,v and who says his head is “never cold.”—
During the recent severe weather, he might have
been seen working roads through the snow in that
towu, with thick warm mittens on hi* hands, but no
covering on hia head.