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Xj. S. HOYT’S
AMMOiVIATKI) BONE
SUPER-PHOSPHATE
L I ME,
OF THE
MOST \mtOVED QUALITY.
A SlI r>ST I TTTTE
FOR PERUVIAN 6l T ANO.
, tvvruvvy/A v r TKJfYOV'^
NEVV-YORK.
OFFICE hO. 194 WATER STREET,
Adjoining U. S. Hotel.
A FERTILIZER
Producing all tho Immediate effect of the beat Peru
vian Guan, without tht danger of destroying a crop by
lt coming in contact with the seed and being lasting in
the Hoi I yearn after the Guano ia exhausted It is pul
ve-i/.c ito a tine powder, ready for use. No loss of tune
and labor in breaking lumps, screen ng, A c
Pho-phate of L#roe lathe ouly element in Guano, or
auyothcr Fertiliser, from which permanent effect can
be expected, bence t r iat Fertilizer which contains the
moat Phosphate, with a sufficiency of ammonia to pro
(iii< t’ a1 th < ffei * that can be Lad from Ammonia, is the
best, ina-inncb * more ‘ban that is n waste.
N H—To tent the relative value of this Fertilizer, use
inquaotlty and all other respects same as Peruvian
Guam .
laked in strong Bags of 150 pounds. Barrels average
My Super-Phosphate of Lime is not an experiment.
Four years’ trial of it upon all kinds of Crops and Soils,
has proved its value each year, and that It is of uniform
quality.
Try it side by side with No. 1 Peruvian Guano upon all
your crops, and see which is cheapest, safest and most
lasting A a TOP IJRK.SSING upon Grain or Grass
early in the Spring, it “will pay.”
Certificates, dated from the tlrs year of the introduc
tion of my Fertilizer, each year since, might be added ;
but the most satisfactory Certificate is for every Farmer
to try it for himself
Hold by th’ Dealers in Agricultural Implements In
the City, and at Mi West street, corner Dey street
PRICE $45 PER TON
OF 2000 LBS.
A Discount made to buyers of
Five Tons or more.
For Direction*, Analyses And Certificates, see Paraph
let, scut tree upon application to the Proprietor.
1,. S. HOYT,
194 Water st., N. Y.
< T \ T Tio;;.—Observe that every Bag and Bar
relot Iloyt s bmter pic.phate of Lime Is Ptauded as
above designated. MINK OTHER IS GENU INK,
N ,1 . - > ! ...sod, or Pacific Ocean GUANO, No. I
form ... I Colombian GUANO. GROUND BONK,
POUDKK I'TK, and PLASTER, for sale luany qnanti
ty and at lowes* price. octiiO-wif
LOOK HERE.
Farmers, Planters and Keepers of
HORSES.
“ Keep your Horses in Good Condition..’
II l'il M IMI S
BIUI VEGETABLE HQBSE FOIDEI
r | Y(f | , vrtoidinary virtuesof the celebrated GKR
-1 M VNHOHSE POWDER, are attested by thousands
who have ued it It is composed of Vegetable Roots
and Herb*, and . highly recommended for the cure and
prevent’ mi ( talltho.'. liseaaes to which that anima-—the
H. r is i’ i- ( t ;i Distemper, Hide bound, Drowsi
ng Lo>< Appetite, luwardSprains, Yellow Water,
Fatigue trotn hard exercise or work. Inffamiuation of the
Evc< Debi'ity. Wa.itingof Flash, fto. It carriea off all
gros* humor*, prevents horses from becoming stiff or
foundered, pur r '•* and cools the blood, and improves
their general condition. The constantly increasing de
maml tor this cclebrs-.*rd ‘ HORSE MEDICINE” is one
of those mnaistahcahle proofs of its worth. In cases of
Hide bound, L<->* of Appetite, Drowsiness, Fatigue,
D -t mpor. li'iUmniation of the Eyes. It improves the
ond.: mo: tho t-i. u, imparts a‘tine glossy coat of
lalr . tisauniv.- al Condition Powder. Fanners and
’.autt-rs should no: be without this valuable Powder.
For sale, wholesale and retail, bv
FLSHEft A HEINITSH.
Columbia, 8.0.,
” PLUMB Sr LEITNER,
Who c- ale and Retail Druggists, Augusta, Ga.
PROLIFIC COTTON SERB.
t>I.ANTKKS are informed that I have succeeded in
producing a PROLIFIC COTTON that yields more
to tlii ititt than any l have ever seen. Being fond of
experiments, l have tried, for the last twenty-five years,
eve y variety of cotton that promised a large yield, and
have found nothing that equals my present stock of
Seed It is a hybrid of the Bond's and other Proiifics
wah the Petit Gulf. I have stalks now in my office,
Four feet hich. with 155 bolls ou it.
Three feet high, with 125 11 **
Two feet high, with 75 “ *’
A* many as t w o hundred and fifty bolls and forms have
been counted on a tew large stalks. Every person who
has seen my crop prom-uace it the heaviest bdledcottoa
they ever saw One Planter pulled off a limb twelve
inches, ong. having nine bolls on it. As this Cotton does
not limb as long as l\iit Gulf, it can be planted closer in
the row ud drill, thus securing a greater number of
’ TwiU t\U orders for Seed at ONE DOLLAR AND
TWENTY FIVE CKN rs PER BUSHEL, sacked in
u*w cottou Racks, and delivered in Augusta, and for
warded as irevtc . . 1 ‘ GEOROE SCHLEY,
covti-wtf Augusta. Georgia.
downing hill nursery,
r|iHR subscribers beg U-Avetocall the attention of the
1 public to tfce,r extensive collection of
SOUTHERN’ RAISED FRUIT TREES,
embracing all the best varieties that have been tested in
the southern climate.
Also a tine ce..enion of ORNAMENTAL TREES
and SHRUBS
Catalogues seat by mail, free of charge, to all applt-
C *Addrvo I’ETERS, HARDEN A CO..
novll w4ia Atlanta lia
DROPSY CURED.
ritllK undersigned proposes to CURE DROPSY of
1 everv description. He can be seen personally five
miles south of Union Point, or addressed by letter to
Union Point, it recce conuty, lit The Medione can
!>e seat aavwhere by railroad, with directions for
ir vine it- or 1 trill attend personaUv. if requesl
ed and paid for my trouble. 1 will bay Negroes
afflicted with Dropsy, or care them, as the owner may
ureter Satisfactory references given, if desired,
preter. satisia J MILES G BROOME
uitvTha-mv'afherhada negro man af-
With Drops'v in lbho, he had been treated by se
veral phvsicians withont any cure, when he applied to
M O Broome for bis remedy, which cared him. He Is
•^. ia '°° HfltßT CHAMMON.
Union Point, Green* no., April 7,1858.
apji-wtjan’.js
COTTON b'AN !
I nWE appointed Ms; THOMAS TOBIN, of the
1 c.tvot Augusta my Sole Agent ft*
Rights for the manufacture and nseof mjiM’
FaN for States, Counties, or mdtviduals m the States
of South Carolina. Oeorg-a id Ftadda. ?”° f
the above F'an is to c loan Cotton of sand, dirt and heavy
trash Drevious to its being ginned
trasn, pro THOS OLIVER, Patentee.
seplT-dSAwom- Yaaoo City. MiissippL
TEXAS LANDS! TEXAS LANDS!
/AiArt ACRES’ OF LAND in Eastern Tex*
(50 000 as. heavily Timbered, and well adapt
ed t-e culture of Cotton and Grain, possessing the
quantities to suit purchasers. Trinit v Angelina,
Lands are mor.yson.Pol^T^lty, rM^Me
C*eUaud n c“nty, within five mile* of Vracoslheeoaag
site, all of which will oe sold low f°r cash.
will be taken in payment, at a cash T **“ uo “ ’
Planta ion- will oe taken in exchange from
when desired, as a matter of accommodation, at a tair
valuation. *
All communicjuions, addressed to me at Augusts
or Woodviiie, Green coun.y, will receive prompt
Personal interviews are preferred, as I have In mj
possession late maps of the State of Texas, and v**
paper” piatu of tbe Lands offered—*l*o, a fnil deec^
lion and bistorv of every county in the State, op to tM
present year, 1858. JaMES M DAVISON,
Land Agen*, Augusta, Ol
August U, 1858. - dlwAwtf
NOTICE.
JOST. or mislaid, one Note on Wn. J Overton, Oil
j Christ Overton security, for twenty Bve hundred
and seventeen dollars and seventeen eenu, da lad Oct
■A. leftj , also, one on John G Morgan for seventy-aye
dollars, dated some Mmeln May !*•- , . i af>p
desj-wfs* Wa ALCP
Chronicle & Sentinel
Arc* PnMrd by ibr Lsmc l.f-jri.latnre and
Assented lo by Ibe Governor.
CO. An act to authorize Martha B Banka admin
utratnx and Jo*. 11. Banka administrator of Rich
ard Banka to sell certain land* at priv&'e sale.
61. An act to change the time of holding the Su
perior oourt* of the countie* of Baker and Mitchell
and to authorise th* Judge of the Superior court of
Jeffereon to hold oourt two weeks To chan?’ he
time of holding the Superior court of Webater coan
ty and the Inferior court of Muscogee; the Superi
or court* of Heard county and to provide for the
location of anew county site in certain contingen
ciea in the county of Baker, to diepose of the pre
eni public buildings, to levy an extra tax, Ac.
62. An act to impose additional penalties upon
the bank* of tbis State so a* to compel them to
comply with the requisition of an act to provide
against the forfeiture of the several bank charters
in this State on account of nou-apecie payment for
a given time and for other purposes therein men
tioned. passed by a constitutional majority at the
last eeasion, over the executive veto.
63. An act to give to rules absolute sgaingtt of
ficers in thie State a lien upon property ; and to
give officers the control of executions in certain ca
ses.
64. An act to make valid and binding the sub
scription t retofore made by the Mayor and coun
cil of the city of Columbus to the stack of the Mo
bile and Girard R R. Cos.
6b. An act to define the liabilities of stockholders
in banks and other chartered institutions in this
State.
6fi. An act to make valid the contracts of minors
with certain exceptions.
G 7. An act to repeal a part of the fith section of
the act organising the Supreme coart.
63 Au act authorizing the Justices jf the Inferior
court to administer the oath of office to the Justices
of ’he Peace.
69. An act to authorize guardians to act as ad
ministrators in certain cases, Sto.
70. An act tox etend the writ of certioreri to pos
sessory warrant*.
71. An act to amend an act to authorize the Jus
tices of the Inferior courts of the several counties in
this State, upon the recommendations of the Grand
J uries therefore to assess and collect a tax for the
payment o! Grand and Petit Jurors, and at their
pleasure to discontinue and again reassess the same
upon said recommendations
79. An act to empower and authorize the Orina
ries of the different counties of this State to grant
an order to executors and administrators represen
ting wards having wild and scattered lands lying in
different coonties, to sell and dispoee of the same
at private sale whenever the interest of the estate
or ward requires it.
73. An act to cumpel Judges of the Superior court
in each Circuit in the State to hold adjourned t runs
in *very county within their circuit* where the busi
ness requires, until the docket is cleared and for
other purposes.
74 Au act to prescribe the mode of perfecting
services, and to regulate the proceedings in cases of
mre facias on Don-residents.
75. An act to amend an act entitled an act to
protect the estates of orphans and to make perma
nent provisions for the poor, approved Dec. 18tb,
1779.
76. An act to amend an act approved Dec. 13th,
1397, to point out and regulate the manner of tak
iug testimony of Females in certain cases, so as to
Include practising Physicians in actual employ
ment.
77. An act for the better government of Western
and At. R. K to eecure fidelity in its fiscal agent*
and all other persons indebted to said Road, and to
prevent, as far as it is possible, fruitless and ex
pensive litigation, and to make the aooonnt Books
of said Western and At. R H. evidence in oertain
oases, and for other purposes.
78. An act to repeal all laws and part* of laws au
thorizing Lotteries In this State.
79. An ai t to amend an act entitled an aot in re
lation to public records of counties where they have
been destroyed by fire, &o.
30. An act to amend the laws in relation to de
faulting Tax payers, and to prescribe the duties ot
tax collectors in such cases, &.C.
81. An act to alter and amend the 2nd Sec. Gth
Div. of the penal code of this State.
B.'. An act to authorize Ordinaries in this State
‘o issue costs fi. fa-, generally.
83 An act to pretect Religious Sooi ties in the
exercise of their duties, &c
84. An act to make the Receivers of Tax returns
in the several counties of this State hereafter to be
elected, assessors of taxes in c rtain cases beiein
named and for other purposes.
85 An act to amend the acts in relation to taking
cases to the Supreme Court.
80. An act to alter the certiorari laws of this
State.
87. An act for the support of Pupil* of the Geor
gia Academy for the Blind.
88. An act to make the Governor of this State,
ami in his absence, the oldest member of the Board
of Trustees of Frauklin College, who may be pre
sent, President ot the Board.
89. An act to fix and make certain the terms of
holuing the elect ion of Judge of the Superior Courts
of the Pataula Circuit.
90. An act to lay off and organize anew county
from the counties of Washington, Emanuel and
Laurens, to be called Johnson, to be attached to the
Alidale Judicial Circuit, First Congressional Dis
trict, 2nd Brigade, Ist Div. G. M., and for other
purposes,
91. An act to repeal the 3rd and 4th sections of
the act entitled an act to amend an act to incor
porate the town of Lumpkin in Stewart county,
assented to Deo. 96, 1831, approved January 17th,
1850, and prescribe the duty of the Road Commis
sioners.
99. An aot to prevent the sale of spirituous li
quors from one to five gallons in the county cf
Stewart only on conditions therein named.
93. An aot to authorize the Justices of the In
ferior Court of Haralson county to levy an extra
tax for the purpose of extinguishing the debt of said
oounty, Arc.
94. An act to establish a board of Edaoation In
Lincoln, to confer certain powers, and to declare
what Teachers shall be entitled to draw on the
poor school Fund, to authorize the eleotion of school
Commissioners in Jasper county and for other pur
poses.
95. An act to amend an act to incorporate the
Atlanta Medical College, Arc.
96. An act to prescribe the mode and manner of
selecting, drawing and summoning tales Jurors
for the trial of criminal casee in the Superior Court
of Chatham county, and for other purposes.
97. An act to amend an aot to authorize the Trus
tees of Glynn oounty Academy to lease or sell the
Academy building and estate of said Academy and
to nrotect the luuds of the same. Ate.
98. An act to define the line between the coun
ties of Montgomery aDd Tatnall and Emanuel.
99. An aot to authorize the Inferior Court of Hart
county to psy over certain money to the ordinary
of sad county.
100. An aot to change the times of holding the
Inferior Courts in the oountiee of Forsyth and Che
roken.
101. An act to consolidate the offices of Clerk of
the Superior and Inferior Courts in the county Glaze-
oook.
A resolution requesting our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress to ask for, and use their best
exertions to obtain, an appropriation from t e U. 8.
Treasury, for the construction of a Naval Depot on
Blythe Island.
102 Au act to provide for the retail of spirituous
liquors iu the counties ot Marion, Elbert, Bibb, and
Mitchell iu this State, and for other purposes.
103. An act to repeal the 19th section of an Act
to incorporate a Bank in the oity of Atlanta, to
be called the Bank of Fulton, and for other purpo
ses.
104. An act to establish a Tobacco Inspection, in
the town of Canton, and to provide for the appoint
ment ot inspectors.
103. An act to incorporate the Cass county Agri
cultural Society.
106. An act to compensate the Petit Jurors of the
cuuntycf Heard, and provide for the payment of
the same.
107. To change the time of holding the Inferior
Court of V\ alker county.
108. To consolidate the offices of Tax Collector
and Receiver of Tax Returns in the county of liar
aUon.
109. To incorporate the Cotton Planters Conven
tion of the Stete of Georgia.
110. To legalise the proceedings of the Superior
Court of Taliaferro county.
111. To authorise the Inferior Court of Washing
ton county, to levy and collect an extra tax for
building a Jail in said county, and other purposes.
112. To incorporate Hudson Lodge No. 208, Free
and Accepted Masons, situated at Glades cross
roads in Put Dam county.
113. To incorporate the town of Waresboro’ and
to provide for ite government.
114. To authoriie the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Dawson oounty to levy an extra tax for
1839.
113. To extend the corporate limits of the town
of Hartwell.
116. To repeal an act to authorise overseers of
the Roads In Walker, GwiDaett, Forsyth, Cobb,
Cherokee. Bibb, Sumpter, and Gilmer counties to
appoint warners and to define their duties.
117. To change the line between Eibert aid Hart
counties.
118. To al ow the Wills Valley Railroad Cos. to
use a form of order, dec.
119. To amend the charter of the town of Mon
tieello. so as to give the election of Marsha! to the
legal voters of said town.
120. Tocompeusate Justices of Peace of Hall
county for returning poor children.
121. To incorporate the Springer Mountain Gold
and Copper Mining Company.
122. For the relief of John Woodall, late of Jones
county, one of the securitiee of Felix Woodall, for
delivering of certain books
123. For the relief of M. Varner, of Cobb county.
124. To authorise and require thejusticee of the
Inferior Court of Madison to collect, by suitor
otherwise, tbe remainder or unexpended portion of
the Academic funds now in tbe hands of the Trus
tee of said Academy or that may hereafter corns
into their bauds, Ac., to be applied to tbe education
of children.
125. To authoriie the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Pulaski oeunty to levy an extra tax to
build anew Court House and Jail.
126 To authoriie Guardiins. Administrators and
Trustees residing in the county of Richmond to in
vest the funds in their hands as such in the bonds of
the City of Augusta, issued by authority of the City
Council.
127. To change and fix the time of bolding the
Superior Courts in the eouDty of Lumpkin, and to
authoriie the drawing and summoning of two pa
nel* of Grand Jurors, ana for other purposes
128. To require the Clerk of the Superior and In
ferior Courts of Burke county to make a report te
the Inferior Court of said county of all moneys col
lected or received by him for fine or otherwise for
county purpose*, and to settle the same with said
court instead of tbe Grand Jury.
129. To amend the 3a section of an act to pre
scribe the manner in which the names of persons
may be changed, and bora illegitimate may be
made legitimate, and to carry into effect the pro
visions of the Conetitntion upon that subject, and to
prescribe the manner in which children may be
adopted.
131. To amend an act to regulate the rates of li
cense in this State, so far as relates to Wilcox
oounty, and also to define the fees of the Ordinary
of Chatham oounty.
131 To authoriie tne arrest by the Marshal of
the Tillage of Sparta, without a warrant and the
oonfiement in the Jail of Hancock county, ail
persons violating the laws passed by the Commis
sioners es said village, against drnnkeness, and
grass immoral conduct in the streets of said village.
132. To change and alter the fine between Fay
ette and Clayton counties, so a* to include certain
persons in the oounty of Clayton
133. To iay out and organne anew eounty from
the counties of Lowndes and Thomas.
134. To alter and amend the charter of the city of
To aher and amend the 2d, 3d, and 4th sec
tions of an act establishing the line between Liber
tv and Mclntoeb ccunties, Ac., passed 1.93, assent
ed to Dec. 2Sd, 1857. ,
136 To change the fine between Wayne and
(wivoD oountiee.
137 To increase tbe privilege* of the Mechanics
Independent Fire Company of the city of Augusta
138 To altar and change the timee of bolding the
Superior end Inferior Courts of Sumter, and the BU
nerior Courts in Chattahoochee county
***l3S To authorise the Justtoee of the Inferior
Court of Bryan oounty, to levy an extra tax for
educational purposes. ._
140 To point out the manner in which cons A
JSyfSSi SS3.“ firaJ-3 “
ruled before the genera! Board of Road Commie
sioners of Chatham and Carroll counties, and for
other purposes.
141. To change the times of holding the Inferior
Courts of Baldwin county.
149. To change the Une between Ware and Pierce
counties
143 To locate the read hands living upon Com
ber’s Island and Potoei upon Rifle cut.
141 To amend an act to incorporate the Georgia
Air Line Railroad Company, and to confer on them
certain powers and nrivileges. approved March stb,
1856
145. To incorporate an Infantry corps in the
town of Fort Valley, and to incorporate the Ogle
thorpe Light Infantry, of Savannah, Arc.
146 To compensate Grand and Petit Jurors'in
Emanuel county.
147. To amend an act entitled an act to amend an
act amendatory of and in addition to the various
act* heretofore passed in relation to the city of ba
vannah. approved Dec 8,1849, Arc. Aoc.
148. To chaoge the Une between Dougherty and
Worth counties.
149. To alter and amend the Road laws of this
State, approved Dec. 19, 1818, sb tar as relates to
the appointment of commissioners for the counties
of Gordon and Bibb, and for other purposes.
150. To legalize an election and make valid the
acta of Samuel Curtwright, as Ordinary of Troup
county.
151. To provide for tbh compensation of Grand
and Petit Jurors of Dawson couDty, in Superior
and Inferior Courts.
159 To require the State Treasurer to sign the
Coupons of the old six per cent bond* of this State
for tne whole interest as it falls due, to issue new
bonds with all the Coupons signed.
153. To authorize the Georgia Railroad Ac. Bank
ing Company to build a Branch Road to Eatonton,
in Putnam county.
154. To repeal an act approved Feb. 15th, 1854,
to extend the provisions of an act to regulate the
fees of Magistrates and Constables, &c , so far as
relates to the county of Warren.
155. To change the line between Irwin and
Worth counties
156 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Pickens county to levy and collect an ex
tra tax to pay the county debt incurred by building
a Jail.
157. To prevent non-resident* in the county of
Miller from camp hunting.
158. To change and fix the line between Jeffer
son and Ernanuel countie*.
159. To incorporate the Yahoola River andCaue
Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Company.
160. To incorporate tbeGwinette Manufactur
ing Company, and define the rights and priviligee
and liabilities of the same
161. To amend an act to incorporate Marshall
College in Griffin, approved Dec 29d, 1853.
169. To amend au act entitled an act to amend
the various acta in relation to the city Court of Sa
vannah, Ate , assented to Dec. 22d, 1857.
163. To incorporate the townot Dahlonega, and
to provide for electing Commissioners.
264. To amend an act pointing out the mode of
collecting a certain description of debt* therein
mentioned, and to extend the provisions ot the
same.
165. To alter the mode of electing the Marshal in
the city of Marietta, Ga.
160. To incorporate an Academy in Thomas coun
ty. and appoint Trustees.
167. To empower the Grand Jurors in Appling
county to designate the children entitled to the
benefits of the Poor School Fund.
108 To incorporate Alpharetta in Milton county.
169 To authorise the Inferior Court of Hancock
county to levy au extra tax to establish quarters for
the Poor of said county.
170. To appropriate the sum of two hundred and
forty dollars to Dade county.
171. To incorporate Altamuha Lodge, No. 226,
Free and Accepted Masons, in Mclntixh county.
172. To incorporate M. E. Church at Prospect, in
Thomas county.
173 For the relief of the Commissioners of the
Altamaha River.
174. To lay out and organize anew county from
the counties of Lowndes and Clinoh.
175. To empower J. W. Rsid, Adm’r of the es
tate of S. D. Daniel, late of Green county, to vest
surplus funds arising trom sale of crops, 0., under
limitations.
176. To incorperate Trustees of Mud Creek Bap
tist Camp Ground, &c.
177. To compensate G. W. Anderson and others
for arresting the murderers of Samuel Landrum.
178. To alter and amend the Hoad Laws so far
as relates to Oglethorpe county, and others herein
named.
179. To incorporate Battle Lodge No 211 Free
and Accepted Masons, at Mill Town, Berrien ooun
ty.
180. To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Crawford county to levy an extra tax for
building a Jail.
181. To allow Tax Collectors in Deootur county,
commissions on insolvent executions,
182. To change the line between Gilmer and
Pickens counties, &o.
183. To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Courts in the counties of Wayne, Appling and
Pierce to appoint Surveyors to define and mark
the lines between said counties.
181 To authorize the Inferior Court of Madison
county to sell the Academy buildings and real estate
of said Academy, and apply the funds collected to
educational purposes.
185. To amend an Act entitled an Aot to amend
the several acts of force in relation to the town of
West Point. Also to incorporate and confer certain
powers ou the First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta,
to extend the corporate limits of the town of Bue
na Vista, to locate and define the line between Her
rien and Coffee counties, and to add Nos. 219, 254,
and 256, in 4th District of Irwin, to Wilcox oounty.
186. For the appointment of Auditors in certain
oases.
187. To change the times of holding the Superior
and Inferior Courts of Schley county.
188. To repeal a part Ist Sec. 3d Article of the
Constitution of this State, to insert a provision in
lieu thereof
189. To amend an act entitled an act to amend
the several acts in relation to the assignment of
Dower, absented to February 21,1850.
190. To revive, alter and amend an act to make
permanent the site of Public Buildings in Polk
county at Cedar Town, and to incorporate the
earns, approved Feb. Bth, 1854.
191. To ohange the time of holding the Inferior
Courts of Appling county.
192. To amend an act to incorporate the Macon
Insurance Company, in the city of Maoon, and to
strike out a proviso in the same.
193. To change the time of holding the Inferior
Court in Ware county.
194. To consolidate the offices of Receiver of Tax
Returns and Tax Collector in Dawson county.
195. To incorporate Gaulding Lodge No. 215,
of Free and Accepted Masons in the county of
Fayette.
196. To amend an act to incorporate Moccasin
Turnpike Road Company in Rabun county, ap
proved March 3d, 1856, and grant the same certain
privileges.
197. To incorporate Washington Institute, a high
school organized by a Baptist Association in Hau
oock county, and to change the name of the village
of Buffalo.
198 To Incorporate and confer certain privileges
to the Newnan Guards.
199. To amend an act to authorise and require
the Trustees of Trenton Academy to sell the same
together with the lot of land on which it is located.
300. To authorize the Mayor aud Aldermen of
the city of Savannah and Hamlets thereof, and
their successors in office, to institute a system of
drainage for the same under certain speoified con
ditions. ‘
201. To consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver
and Tax Collector in Pierce county, and dissolve
the same offices in Worth county.
202. To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Courtof Worth county to levy an extra tax to
pay off the indebtedness of said county beginning
in 1859.
203 To amend the Ist section of an act, approved
Deo 22,1857, in relation to the charter of the oity
of Macon.
204. To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Cass county to levy an extra tax on the
State tax to pay the Jury fees of said county.
203. To amend the several acta incorporating the
town of St. Mary's.
206. To incorporate the Kingston Presbyterian
church of Cass county.
207. To change the linee between the counties of
Macon and Sumter.
208. Amendatory of au act to authorize the
issuing of garnishments and attachments and to
regulate the proceedings in relation to the same,
and for other purporsee, approved Maroh 4th, 1836.
209. To facilitate mining operations for gold in
White county.
210. To change the line between Henry and
Clayton countiee. . .
211. For tlie relief of W. A. Reese, Administra
tor, &c.
212. To amend an Act assented to 23d February,
1850, establishing a Justice Court at Holmesville.
213. To change the lines between Coffee and
Irwin, and Wilcox and Pulaski counties.
214. To incorporate the Phi Delta No. 148,
of Free and Accepted Masons in Franklin .county,
and Carceeville Lodge No. 186, at Carnesville, Ga.
215. Vo amend the several Acts incorporating the
town of La Fayette.
216. To incorporate “Young America” Fire Com
pany in Columbus. Ga.
217. To repeal all laws relating to head rights-, so
far as applies to Washington county.
218. To appropriate money for the completion of
the State Lunatic Asylum.
219. To incorporate the Penn eld Railroad Com-
P “Jo To amend tbe several laws in relation to the
Georgia Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb—to change
the name of the same—define the duties of the
Principal—and appoint Trustees for the same.
221. To incorporate Ihe town of Camilla in the
county of Mitchell, and other purposes.
A number of J dnt Resolutions have been ap
proved by tbe Governor.’ We have not space to
ineert them with the captions of the Laws. The
captions of the Acts vetoed by the are
also crowded out this week, they will appear m our
next issue.
The SHirriSG Interest —lt is seldom that our
shipping interest is subjected to severer trials than
at present. To say nothing of our transatlantic
steamers, which are decidedly kort du combat, some
of our old European packet lines ace almost broken
up—temporarily perhaps—the ships having been
sent down South for employment in cotton freights,
rather than sail empty on their accustomed routes,
or remain idle in the docks. Probably there are
twenty ships ordinarily classed as Liverpool pack
et*, now engaged in the Southern trade, and some
others have been taken from the London lines—
Such events are of rare occurrence. Some ship
owners attribute the fact, in a great measure, to
the running of so many ocean steamers, by which
freight* are diverted. Comparatively little effort
is now made to keep up the old lines of packets to
their full cumber of ships.
It would be difficult to say when our shipping
merchant* will resort to steam, in the competition
to which this kind of craft is subjecting them. As
yet we have no proper facilities for buiMißg iron
steamers, now so much in favor abroad ; and if .we
had, it is doubtful whether many would hazard their
resource* in constructing them, after the unfortu
nate experience in ocean steam navigation-afr-eady
had—at ieaet, until more reliance can bw placed
upon the carnage of the mails as a source of reve
nue.
The proposition of J. Hereford Smith, to import
iron steamers free of duty, ts successful, would re
move impediments to enterprise encountered-- by
some . for the extreme depression in steamship
property which new prevail* in Europe, (ships sell,
mg at something like half their original cost,; affofds
strong inducement* to purchasers, particu.arfy for
the United States coasting trade. But Mr Smith's
pian stands a poor chance of success in opposition
to domestic interest* liable to be affected thereby.
The most simple and natural explanation for this -
anomalous condition of things i*, that commereiai.
stagnation occurring in conjunction with the dis
charge from service of a vast number of transports
employed in European ware, has caused an exces
sive glut of shipping, which must be reduced ky
disaster or decay (or husineas sensibly revive,) be
fore the mercantile marine wifi be restored to its
normal state. Meanwhile, foreign steamers, wifi
obtrade themselves wherever there is a probability
of paying expenses, and for a time absorb freights*
which would be refused if better business offered.
With these eupemumerarv steamers, “half a loaf is
better than no bread ’—Jour Cow.
Tbe Dublin Packet statee that Lord Burry is ne
gotiating in America for the purchase of the Cellini
eteamere. in order to place them on the G&lwey sta
tion.
In New York |3,000 have been tnbseribed to
btxild a Sreuoh theatre
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1858.
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch.
The Bark Farihion iy a Gale*
St. Thomas, W. I m Dec. 1, 1808.
We have arrived at Sc. Thomas on the bark Par
thian, arier being at the very portal of deatb. The
Parthian eaiied rrom Hampton Hoads on the 4th,
with 130 men, for Rio, but was driven back by a
gale on the of the sth. The next morning she
again set sail, and made fioe progress until crossing
the Gulf Stream on the evening o! the Bth, when she
encountered a severe blow, which laeted four hours,
and damaged the rigging a little. Bj 5 o'clock the
mornteg of the 19:h, we were 205 miles east of Ber
muda. in lat. 39 9U. It was here that we first en
countered the terrific cyclone, which came so near
sending the ship to the bottom , and by 7 o’clock
that morning, we were in its very vertex. The
vessel wa- not found unprepared, however, as the
captain had luned every sail in anticipation of the
hurricane. The wind struck her on the stem, and
changirg, struck her broadside, and for five min
utes she was on her beam ends and then buried in
the water Bix inches over the bulwarks from stem to
stern. When the wind struck in broadside, Capt.
Miller thundered out to cut away the mizzeu mast,
but before the order could be executed, the fore
and main mast* had been blown away close to the
decks, with a loud ctaeh, carrying away the jib
boom, bowsprit and the gunwales, on the starboard
side. In a few moments the mizzen mast went
over, aud the vessel telieved of her •• eticke,” actu
ally bounced out of the water, and by 8 o'clock was
rolling and pitching on the broad Atlantic without
sail or mast —a complete wreck, standing some
times at an angle of 45 degrees, and tolling until
she buried her gunwales.
During the storm the cabin passengers displayed
admirable coolness, running from point to point ot
the ship with their knives between their teeth, cut
ting away the hanging rigging, and clearing the
wreck—a little pale, probably, but a* sblf possessed
almost as it they had been at home on shore After
the gale had subsided partially, Capt. Miller, who
is the bravest and coolest man in time of danger I
ever saw, came down into the cabin where we had
all collected, and a truly affecting sceue followed ,
the tears were streaming down his cheeks, and he
was bo choked with emotion that he could not
speak. We took off our hat*, and gave “nine
cheers for Capt. Miller,” whith a vigor that fairly
jarred the ehip, and then grasped his hand in a hear
ty shake. He said he had been 35 years at sea, and
this was the first time he had ever lost a mast, and
our Balvation seemed to him to be a miracle. One
of the passengers fainted and it was half an hour
before be was restored to consciousness.
The next day (Xov. 13) we rigged a jurry mast,
and shortly after a schooner, bound to Bermuda,
bore down to U 9 and promised to send us a steamer.
We bore up for Bermuda under a sort of mainsail
fur eight days, but meet ng no steamer, and encoun
tering heavy bead winds, Captain Miller started lor
the West Indies, and on the last of November we
reached St. Thomas, and cast anchor before this
lovely city. We are all very proud of Capt. Miller,
and bear almost a family affection for him.
1 am writing on board the Parthian, and have a
fine view of the city of St. Thomas. It is built on
the side of three hills with very narrow and very
cleanstreets, without sidewalks. More ofthe strees
are much wider than Locust Alley, in Richmond,
aDd every body walks in the middle of them. This
last peculiarity, however, is cot disagreeable to
pedestrians, as there are few horses here and but
one carriage in the place, and no carts or wagons.
Santa Anna, ex-Diotator of Mexico, resides here
with his wooden leg. He has a beautiful villa aud
is said to he worth—including all his possessions,
about |41i,000,000. He seldom’ goes out, and then
in a gig of no prelensions, I went to see the Ameri
can Consul here to-day and was a good deal pleased
with him. I have only seen about ten Americans.
All of our Irish laborers weut ashore yesterday
and got drunk ; two of them got into prison, coat
ing Mr. Wilson S2O to get them out. We set to
work to get them aboard, and had a terrible time
of it. After we got them on the vessel the struggle
commenced to keep them in the place eet apart for
them. They refused to go down in the hold At
last we were armed with sabres, bowie knives and
pistols, and the order was given to fire, and then
charge on them, if they were not down in fifteen
minutes. This had the desired effect, and they made
a grand rush for the hatchway, tumb.ing into the
hold head foremost.
A house on shore will be rented to-morrow, and
they will be put in it while we are here; which will
be one or two months, as the bull of the Parthian is
to be sold and another ship is to be chartered.
A llard-Heartkd Parent.— A citizen of Boston
died recently, leaving property valued at from
$450,000 to $500,000, his disposition of which is
thus narrated by the Ledger, of that city ;
Some few years since one of his daughters saw fit
to marry agentlemau of high mural character, al
though poor in this world’s goods, belonging to the
marine corps of the United States. The father op
posed the marriage, aDd ha3 ever since refused to
recognize his daughter or do any thing for her. She
has lived in a very humble way in Newport with
her family, consisting of her husbaud and four
children. Learning that her father was very ill at
the Tremont House, and knowing that her mother
and only sister were abroad, she came to Boston,
and, through a mutual friend, solicited the privi
lege and pleasure of ministering to his comfort', and
be with him in his last moments. Her appeal was
repulsed with scorn, and she was thus deprived of
the opportunity of doing what every right minded
woman would seek to do under similar oircum
stances. He died, and she, notwithstanding all that
had taken place, attended his funeral, and saw his
mortal remains deposited iu their last resting place.
The will ot the deceased has just been opened,
and it is found that he has put his who'e property iu
trust, excepting, we believe, one legacy of ten
thousaud dollars, providing for the payment to his
wife of SB,OOO per annum, and a single daughter
(uow with her mother) and two sons, five thousand
dollars each per annum, on the condition of forfei
ture if either of them ever gives one farthing to
the married daughter. And to meet the require
ments of law he gives to this married daughter the
pittance of four hundred dollars per annum, to
show his relentless hostility to one of his own blood,
who saw fit to bestow her affections upon one she
loved.
Opium Eating — Alarming Statistics. —TheNew
York Evening Post is showing the extent and influ
ences pf opium eating in that city. It says :
The amount now passing through the New York
Custom House annually falls but little below one
hundred thousand pounds, aud the ports ot Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans must
triple thet quantity. Not a tenth part of it can be
required for medical prescriptions. The average
to the population equals if it does not exceed,
that used in China and the Indian Archipelago.—
Inquiry among druggists in the different wards of
New York and Brooklyn, would seem to establish
that the use of opium actually increases from year
to year at a ratio ot about 30 percent. Some deal
ers evadmg direct answers, give the impression
that they only sell to fill out medical prescrip
tions; but in one or two such instances it is found
that the income derived by tilem from the sale now
is unimportant or unprofitable items in their ac
counts. Others, more frank, have acknowledge
ttiat they sold many times more than the quantities
required for prescriptions. Few consumers of the
drug, however, obtain their supplies from one
apothecary; desiring to conceal their habit from
observation they procure them from several shops.
We arn confident that the amount sold in any drug
store in a ward is more than ample, as a general
rule, to meet the wants of the physicane. Yet the
number ol such shops in this city is counted by
hundreds. The quantity consumed here annually
must average from one to two ounces for every adult
inhabitant, and possibly more. It seems to be used
more in the eastern than the western side ofjthe
town, and more in Brooklyn than in New York.
Is the Sunlnhabitsd?—Sir John Hershell con
eludes that the sun is a planet abundantly stored
with inhabitant*, his inference being drawn from
the following arguments : On the tops of moun
tains of sufficient height, at an altitude where clouds
very seldom reach to shelter them from the direct
rays of the sun, are always found regions of ioe and
enow. Now, if the solar raysthemselves conveyed
all the heat on this globe, it ought to be hottest
•where their course is least interrupted. Again
mronauts all confirm the coolness of the upper re
gions of the atmosphere. Since, therefore, even
on our earth, the heat of any situation depends
upon the aptness of the medium to yield to the
impression of the solar rays, we have only to admit
that, on the sun itself, the elastic fluids composing
its atmosphere, and the matter in its surface, are of
such a nature as not to be capable ofmuy excessive
affection from it* own rays. Indeed, tbis eeea.s to
be proved from the <y pious emistioD of them; for
if the matter contained on the surtac.e of the sun
were of such a nature as to admit of an easy chemi
cal combination with its rays, their emission would
be much impeded. Another well known fact is that
the solar focus of the largest lens thrown into the
air will occasion no sensible beat in the place
where it has been kept for a considerable time,
although itspower of exciting combustion wren
proper bodies are exposed, should be sufficient
to fuse the most refactory substances. Thus from
arguments based solely on the supposed physical
constitution of that luminary, he deduces the some
what astonishing idea that the sun is inhabited.—
Scientific American.
Atremted Assassination or the President of
Chili. —Tbe following extract from a private let
ter, dated Santiago de Chili, Oct. 31st, furnishes the
particulars of the attempt upon the life of the Presi
dent of Chili:
Since I commenced this letter. I have beard of
an attempt to assassinate the President of this Re
public. On Wednesday last, a man, dreased as a
peon, called at the palace and said to-the officer on
guard that he desired to see the President. The
guard told him that he could not be admitted in that
dress. He then left and returned tbe next day,
dressed with great care and elegance. The officer
on guard then said to him that the President waa
engaged with hie Minister and could not be seen.
This the man doubted, and attempted to foroe hie
way into the room, when he was seized by the
guard. The noise brought the President to tne
door ,-the guard explained the cause, and the Presi
dent tben, ordered the man In custody. After, in
prison, he feigned to be crazy, but as a long dirk
imfe waa concealed in bis coat sleeve, all are satis
fied that he intended to take the fife of the Presi
dent and then escape from the country.
The Weather in Italy.—A letter from Rome
datea Nov. 13. says : “ Winter has Bet in with great
severity since Monday. It freezes, and the Sabine
mountains are covered with snow Such precocious
cold weather was never before experienced at
Rome. The same weather prevails in the interior
ot the Roman States. In tbe Nortnern provinces
tbe severe weather has seriously compromised the
‘oil crop by freezing the fruit od the trees If the
same effect has been produced on the coast of Tus
caev and Piedmont, the price of oil. already eo high,
will become higher. Foreigners, whom the winter
■is driving from London and Paris, are arriving in
crowds. All the hotel* we full, and the season at
Rome promises te be very gay. -From other parts
of Italy we hear that the season has been there also
inclement. Not a fortnight ago, at Apples, the light
est clothing as the most desirable, and it was al
most too hot to walk in the midaie of the day. The
variation in the thermometer there in the course of
three days must have been something prodigious—
it, at least, as we are told, thy have shared our pre
mature winter.” . -’
Pictures. —A room’with pictures in it, and a
room without pictures, differ by nearly as much as
a room with windows and a room without windows.
Nothing, we think, is more melancholy, particularly
to a person who has to pass much time in his room,
than blank wall* with nothing on them ; for pictures
are loop-hole* o: escape te the soul, leading it to
ether scenes and other epheres. It is such an ex
pressible relief to a person engaged in wr ting, or
even reading, on looking up. not to have bis fine of
’ v eion chopped off by an odious white wall, but to
find hie soafescaping, as it were, through the frame
of an exquisite-picture, to ather beautiful and per
(bane heavenly scenes whre the fancy for a mo
ment may revel, refreshed and delighted. Thus
pictures are -consolers of loneliness : they area
gweet battery to the socl; they are a relief to the
iaSed mind ; they are windows to the imprisoned
. thbnght: thpy are books ; they are histories and
sermons—wkupb we can read without the trouble of
.turningover the leave*:
• ExecutioN'P? a Romish Bishop is Cochin Ch:-
NA.-rThe Paris Univers states that the Roman
Catholic Bishop Melchoir, the news of whose arrest
in Cochin China was received some time since, baa
been sxeeuted by-the authorities at Hue.
Another Grace Darling.
The recent courageous aud even desperate act of
Capt. Brooks, keeper of the Faulkner's Island
Light, in rescuring the captain, his wife and crew,
from a wreca, in Long Island Sound, deserves more
than a passing notice. It will be remembered that
Faulkner’s Island itself is more than two miles from
land, and that its only inhabitant* are the keeper of
the lighthouse and ’bis family, Capt. Oliver N.
Brooks.’ The wreck lay upon Goose Island, some
two miles from this; but Capt. Brooks could see,
with his glass, the persons in the rigging, and the
sea lashed into unusual fury, making, a breach high
over its decks, and threatening instant destruction.
It was .00 sad a sight for the brave man to endure ;
and provided es he was by Government with noth
ing but a small sailboat, to go between the island
and the mainland, he would have been fully justi
fied iu leaving them to a fate horrible to think of.
iICU 1 U leaving tUUUJ IV w *av. m.- vujua **.
His wife was on shore, and he was alone with his
family of little chrildren buttell ng them of the
peril he was about to assume—a feanul peril, from
which he might never return—he kissed them, and
calling upon God to proteot them aud bless his en
deavor, he jumped into his frail skiff, and steered
boldly into the storm and the billows.
Those on board saw the attempt, aud even in
their agony wondered at his boldness, predicted its
failure and grieved at what they considered an un
taoessary sacrifice. But still toe brave man, re.y
upon Providence, kept up his heart aud hopes,
aud although every wave threatened him with de
struction, he reached at last the wreck, aud hailed
the desponding crew with words of cheer. By the
most skilful management of his boat, now shooting
past, and once over the very wreck itself, he at last
managed to pick them off une at a time, and then
turned for the shore But it was only by constant
bailing and tremendous efforts that the boat was
kei t above water, and at last reached the Island,
with its inmates exhausted, and nearly dead with
hunger and exposure. Oa the shore waiting for
their father, were the littlechildren of Capt. 3rooks,
who with tears and screams of joy, saw the boat
tossed violently upon the land by the angry waves,
with its over-tasked load of rescued mariners, who
were immediately transferred to the lighthouse resi
dence, and made welcome and comfortable.
A gentleman familiar with the circumstances, and
also with the dangers of the sea, assures us that it
was the most daring feat he ever read of, that the
boat was entirely unfit for such a service, and that
nothing but unrivalled coolness, gt eat skill as a boat
man, and the hand of Providence over all, made
the effort successful. Capt. B. thought it at least
au equal chance that he should be lost; though, with
a pruper life or surf boat, he wouldn’t have hesita
ted an instant about going to the wreck when he
first discovered the danger, and might have saved
the life of the little girl—the captain’s child ot three
years—who fell from bis exhausted arms into the
sea, half an hour before Capt. R. reached the wreck.
We have known Captain Brooks for several years
as one of the most faithful men in the lighthouse ser
vice, and means will be taken to call the attention
of the Government to his merits, and hope tuat he
may be provided with a boat suitable for the kind
of service h 6 is bo frequently called upon to enter. ‘
There should be also, at such an exposed point, an
assistant keeper; for had Mr. Brooks been lost in
his efforts to save the crew of this vessel, there
woula have been missing to the mariner in Long
Island Sound, on that night, the ever-steady beacon
Light of F'aulkner s Island. If ever a hero de-erv
ed the public reward of bravery, that man is Oliver
N. Brocks, the solitary watcher on a sea-girt island.
—Noe Haven Register.
The Iron Trade of the United States.—The
following table of mills that manufacture Rails in
the United States, with their relative capacities to
make, in 1854 and 1857, is talien from a history of
the rise and progress of the Iron Ti ade of the
United States, recently published by B. F. French,
Esq. We have arranged it so as to show the rela
tive importanc oof this branch of industry to Penn
sylvania ard other States of the Union :
Names and Locations. Amount —1854 and 1857.
Palo Alto, Pottsville, Pa 1,800
Pottsvilie, Pottsville, Pa 1,070 3,090
Rough and Ready, Danville, Pa 4.500 5,500’
Montour, Danville, Pa 10,000 22 502
Cambria, Johnstown, Pa 1800 7,159
Brady’s Bend, Brady's Bend, Pa. 8 7UO 13,900
Lacdawanna, Scianton, Pa 10,982 11,338
Safe a arbor ou Susquehanna, Pa lu, .75 17 528
Phosu’x, Phconixville, Pa 13,688 18,590
07,527 100,044
Tren'en, Trenton, N. J 10,000 16,000
Bay State, Boston, Maas 15,000 17,801
Newburgh, NewburgU, N. V 1,200
Kenssaieaer, Troy, N. Y 4,000 13,512
Mount Savage, Cumberland, Mil 7,000 7 357
WasbiugtOD, V/hee ing Vs 4,500 2.355
Itai road Mill, Cleveland, O 1.076
Ntwburg Mill, Cleveland, O 1.800
Cos v ington, Covington. Ky ‘ 1.970
Wyandott, Detroit, Mich 6.0U0
Ga-.e Cily, Atlanta, Ga 18,000
108,027 188,701
By tbis it will be seen that in 1851 two-thirds of
all the Railroad Iron made in the United States
was manufactured in Pennsylvania, and that, in ’
1857, Pennsylvania made one-fifth more than all
the balance of the Union put together.
From the same history we take the following ta
ble. which will show the importance of the iron trade
to the western part of our State.
The progress of iron manufacture in the Western
States is wonderful, and continues unabated. The
consumption of pig iron in these States was estima
ted in 1857 at over three hundred thousand tons, of
which Pittsburg consumed more than one-half iu her
manufactures. In that city there are 25 iron and
steel rolling mills, which consume
105,333 tons pig iron $3,159,990 00
87,267 “ blooms 2,181.361 00
4,931 “ scrap iron 186,440 00
U.SAO “ OfTcUes androlLd iron.,176 500 00
6,167,515 bushels of coal a5i,500 60
118,000 “ coke 5 900 00
5 040 tons fire c1ay...... 21,500 CO
•2,095,000 fire brick 41,900 OO
9,258 tons ore 120.696 00
51,800 gallons o’l and grease 53,034 CO
Small items to amount
Total $6,243,820 60
They employ 4 433 h nds whose yearly
wages amouut to 2,366,020 00
The capital in the ground, buildings and
machinery, employed in prosecution cf
the bUßin.ss, is... 3,280,000 00
The Hurricane at Swatow.—A fearfultyphoon
passed over Swatow, China, on the 21st Septem”
ber, when the gale was at its height, a storm wave’
25 feet perpendicular, came in fromaewards, sweep
iug everything before it, and driving the ships from
their anchorage over a long mud fiat, 2 mile*
across, with not more than two to three feet water
on it. The tide rase from 18 to 20 feet. It is said
that upwards of two hundred junks are wrecked,
and the loss of life amongst them is very great. A
letter says:
Those who have since visited the port say the
sceue is utterly beyond description. The giant
storm wave, advancing in it* might, Bwept the fleet
before it, and scattered the ships like chaff before
the . wind, stranding them in the most extraordinary
and unlikely spots. The destruction was complete.
Os a tine fleet of 21 vessels, only one, the most use
less of the lot, held to ber anchors, the rest being
driven ashore. Nor did the hurricane confine its
ravages to the water; it was equally felt on shore.
What the tempest driven waters could not accom
plish was completed by the fury of the gale, and
the strongest houses were levelled with the ground:
The loss of life among foreigners is miraculously
small, the chief officer and greater portion of the
crew of the Gazelle and one European seacunny
of the Anonyms being the only fatal accidents,
although three men of the Hopscatt were Beverly
injured by the falling of the mast. Among the
Chinese the number of killed and drowned is not
over estimated, (according to tho China Mail, at
3,000. The town of Swatow, we are glad to learn,
has not suffered so much as was expected, but all
the junks—upwards of 200—were completely smash
ed and plied on the top of each other.”
Lord’s Machine for Addressing Newspapers.
—We saw last September, a notice of this machine
in the Scientific American, and, from the commen
datory notice of the editor, we oonceived a very
favorable opinion of it. In the same paper of last
week we saw a Urge wood cut of the machine, with
explanations and further eulogistic remarks We
were favoured with a visit, yesterday, from the in
ventor, Mr James Lord, of Pawtucket, Maes., who
clearly explained every movement of nis invention,
meeting all our objections, and showing conclusive
ly that it will do what he designed it to do. It prints,
in fair type, as fast as a perton can feed them in, re
quiring only one to tend it, being eminently a self
acting macline. It printz, also, the Postoffice
address on the wrappers, and will print equally well
papers with or without wrappers, wrappers alone,
or magazines, etc. The names are arranged iu
Postoffioe lists, and a signal is given at the end of
each list, and the commencement of anew one. It
has been operated by an experienced boy at the
rate of ninety-eight papers per minute. For more
exact and detailed information we refer our readers
to last week* Scentific American, or to the paten
tee, James Lord, Pawtucket, Mass —Hartford,
Times.
Defender or Judas Iscariot.— Among the
items of literary criticism, which we find in the
London correspondence of the National Intelligen
ces reference is made to the love of paradox, and
desire to connect their names with ingenious new
readings upon illustrious historic personages, which
have led to tbe chivalrous championship of some of
the most tarnished of human reputations. Lucretia
Borgia foundla champion in Mr. Roscoe, Hen
ry Bth in Mr. Fronde and Carlyle, who looks upon
Howard as a humbug, is lost in hysterical admira
tion of Frederick the Great and his predecessor.
Carlyle, however, has been completely distanced
in the sensation line, by DeQuincey, who has made
himßelf the apologist of Judaa Iscariot! There is
still, however, a chance for Carlyle to find a lower
deep than DeQuincey. Let him make a hero of
the Devil!
We cannot imagine a grander or more congenia
theme for the genius of Carlyle, nor a more won
derful figure than tbe Devil would cut, dressed up
in Carlyle’s grotesque and ran mad English.— Rick.
Dispatch.
Masons, Beware —We have been furnished by
the W. M. of one of tbe Masonic Lodges of this city,
with the following information, which we deem it
our duty to lay before the public. E Pennington,
presented himself to the brotherhood, representing
himself as a member of the craft, and as a ship
wrecked Bailor from New Orleans, on his way to
Baltimore. He appealed to the hospitality and
charity of the Masonic Fraternity. Both Lodges in
Atlanta responded to that call, by pecuniary aid. —
His conduct since that time, has proven him un
worthy of the sympathy and assistance of the
brotherhood. He is represented to ua as being
about twenty five of age, light complexion,
and wears a goatee, and professes to be a Franch
man by birth. The bretbran, wherever he may go,
are cautioned to beware of him. Newspapers
friendly to the cause of justice, pass him round.
Atlanta Intel. ■
The Fur Trade of America. —The aggregate
value of furs exported from Saint Paul. Minnesota,
this year is *161,022 In 1837 it was *192,491. In
1856 it was *96,750. The apparent decrease this
year is not in quantity, but is occasioned by tbe de
creased value of th# furs. Saint Pam t* becoming
a great depot and outlet for the far trade Ihe
average value of the annual export - ot fan by the
Hudson Bay Company is abon #I,BOO 000. At their
last half yearly sale-at London, id April of last ye ,
the proceeds were *i,130,000 The
of the basin of tbe Winnepeg, directly tributary to
Saint Paul, is about *1,000,000.
Some Mori Mount Vernon— Mrs. Sigourney
and Mrs. Senator Dixon propose to get up a senes
of tableaux at Hartford, scenes
in the life of Washington, beginning wist his chtd
hood, the sfory of the hatchet and the cherry tree, m
which the children could take part,(it wml be for a
Chistmae entertainment) with other scene* from bis
jonth. Proceeding on to more romantic and sent!
mental affaire, they wJI represent his woeing of the
fair widow Cnrtis, while hi* steed stood waiting at
the gate. His wedding end his aourt, and Lady
Washington s court, would make some stately
scenes The receipt* will be given to the Mount
Vernon Association.
The St. Paul Mennesotian of Dec. 4, contains the
following item--
‘•Lord Cavendish, Mr. Ashley and Lord Robert
Grosvenor, about whose safety some fears were en
tertained, have arrived at Port Geny, Red River,
in perfect health.
A Beautiful Sketch.
We select the following beautiful picture from a
recently published address of Richard V. Cook,
Esq., of Columbus, Texas, on the Education and
Influence of Woman. It will touch the heart of
the reader. We seldom stumble upon so well ex
pressed an idea of woman’s true mession:
“I fancy a young man just emerging fiom the
bright elysium of youth, and commencing the bright
journey ut life. Honest, noble and gifte I—tbe
broad world to his warm hopes is tbe future s eue
of afti jenoe, tame and happinesz. Under ha active
energies, business prospers, and as a consequence,
friends come about him. Ere long he meets a sen
sible and simple girl, who wine his heart, and who
loves and truets him in return. He doesen’t stop
to ask what the world will say about the match in
ease he marries her. Not he. The world is kicked
out of doors, and the man determines to be the ar
chitect of his own happiness. He doesn't stop to
inquire whether the girl’s father is rich in lands
aud slaves and coin; but he marries her for that
most honest and philosophic of all reasons—because
he Loves her ! He builds bis home in some quiet
Bpot where green trees wave their summer glories,
and where bright sunbeams fak Here is the Mecca
of his heart, towards which he turns with more than
Eastern adoration. Here he is a green island in
the sea of life, where rude winds never assail, and
storms never come'. Here, from the troubles and
cares of existence, he finds solace in the sooiety ot
ber who is geDtle without weakness, and sensible
without vanity.
Friends may betray him, and foes may oppree* ;
but when towards home his weary footsteps turn,
and there beams upon him golden smiles ot wel
come, tbe clouds lift from his soul—the bruised
heart is restored, and the strong man made whole.
I see the man fall into adversity. Creditors seize
his property poverty stares him in the face and he
is_ avoided on all hands as a ruined bankrupt.
When he sees align—friends, credit and property—
grief-stricken and penniless, he eeeks bis humble
home. Now does tbe wife desert him too ? Nay,
verily! When the world abandons aud persecutes
the man, she draws closer to his side, and her affec
tion is all the warmer because the evil days have
come upon him. The moral exoellencies of her
soul rise superior to the disasters of fortune. Aud
when she sees the man eit mornful and disconsolate,
like Themistoclee by the ‘Household Gods of Ad
metbue, hers is the task to comfort and console,
hhe reminds him that misfortune has oft overtaken
the wisest and the best; that all is never lost while
Health and hope survive ; that she still is near to
love, to help aud encourage him. The man listens,
his oourge rallied, and the shadows fise from his
heart ; armed once more, he octets the arena of life
life. Industry and energy restore him to compe
tency ; fortune smiles upon hint, friends return and—
‘Joy mounts exulting on triumphant wings,
Again the scene shifts. I see the man etretohed
weak and wasted on a bed of sickness. Tbe anx
ious wife anticipates every want and necessity.—
Softly her foot falls upon the carpet, and gently her
hand preests the fevered brow of the sufferer.—
Though the pale face gives token of her own weari
ness and suffering, yet through the long watches of
each returning night, her vigils are kept beside the
loved one’e couch. At last disease beleaguers the
fortress of life; and the physician solemnly warns
bis patient that death ie app'oaching. He feels it
too; and the last words of love and trust are ad
dressed to her who ie weeping beside his dying bed.
And, in truth, tbe last hour hath oome. I imagine
it is a fit time to depart; for the golden sun himself
has died upon the evening’s fair horizon, and rosy
clouds bear him to his grave behind the western
hills I Around the oouch of the dyiDg man. weep
ing friends and kinsmen stand; while the minister
slowly reads the holy words of promise:
“ 1 am the Resurrection and tbe Life, eaith (he
Lord; lie that believeth on me, though he were
dead, yet shall be life; and whoeo liveth aud be
lieveth in me, shall never die ” Slowly the clock
marks the passing moments, and silently the sick
man's breath is ebbing away. Slowly the cold wa
ters are rolling through the gateways of life. And
uow, as the death damp is on the victim's brow,
and the heart throbs its last pulsations, the glazed
eye opens and turns in one full, farewell glanoe of
affection upon the trembling weeper who bends
over him ; and ere the spirit departs forever, the
angels hear the pale wife whisper—“ I'll meet Ihee
—l’ll meet thee in Heaven!”
Manufacture of Needles —The manufacture
of needles is carried on iu this country, though only
of late years. The wire used in t.he mauufacuure of
this article is expressly drawn for the purpose. It
is cut into lengths, according t<f the size of the
needlee to be made, then straightened and Jointed
on a stone which revolveß with great velocity ; then
they are stamped, to mark the place for the eye,
and the whole is punched by means of tbe proper
machinery. The burr nade by stamping the eye is
filed smooth, after which the harderniugand temper
ing is performed, and then they are again straighten
ed so as to make the shape perfect. By means of
machinery the needlee are scoured and brightened,
and the closing processes are, the assorting, by
placing the heads and points their respestive ways,
the eyes blued, or the temper at that point taken
out, that they may not cut, and the drilling, coun
tersinking, and burnishing the eyes Goldeyed
needles are produced by dipping the head of the
needle into the spirits of ether containing a little
solution of gold, and which immediately attaches
itself to the Bteel, when dipped iu the menstruum.
Needleß are sometimes treated with this ethereal
solution of gold all over, in order to give them a
beautiful yellow color, and at the same time pre
vent them from rusting. There is aleo a variety of
needlee called silver-eyed; but not a particle of sil
ver, or anything like it, is used, the peculiar while
polish of the eye being given by means of i's ap
plication to a little cylinder Btruck full of steel pegs.
The drilled-eyed needles are esteemed highly, but
they no more drilled than the ito*.r.oyd owo
any portion or tnetr mush to that metal; the eye is
oountersuuk, and smoothed on both sides by a drill
after punching.
Origin of Penny Postage. —A traveler, saun
tering through the lake districts of England, some
years ago, arrived at a small public bouse jußt as
the postman stopped to deliver a letter. A young
girl came out to receive it. She took it in her hand,
turned it over and over, and asked the charge. It
was a large sum—no less than a shilling. Sighing
heavily, Bhe observed that itcame from her brother,
but that she was too poor to take it in, and she re
turned it to tho postman accordingly. The traveler
was a man of kindness as well of observation; he
offered to pay the postage himself, and in spite of
more reluctance on the girl’s part thau he could well
understand, he did pay it and gave her the letter.—
No sooner, however, was the postman's back turn
ed, than she confessed that the proceeding had been
concerted between her brother and herself; that
the letter was empty; that certain eigne on the di
rections conveyed all that she wanted to know; and
that, as they could neither of them efford postage,
they had devised this method of franking the in
telligence desired, the traveler pursued hie journey,
and as he plodded over the Cumberland Falls, he
mused upon the badness of a system which drove
people to such straits for means of correspondence,
and defeated its own objects all the time With most
men such musings would have ended before the
close of the hour; but thie man's name was Row
land Hill, and it was from this incident, and the*e
reflections, that the whole scheme of penny postage
was derived.
.Thf. Land of Contraries —ln Australia the
North is the hot wind, and the South the cool; the
Westerly the most unhealthy, andtheEaßt the most
so’ubrionß; it 5b summer with tbe coloniste when it
is winter at home, and the barometer is considered
to riee before bad weather, and to fall before good;
tbe swans are black, and the eagles are white ; the
mole lays eggs, and has a duck's bill; the kangaroo
(an animal between the deer and the squirrel} has
five claws on his fore paws, three talons on bis hind
legs like a bird, and yet hops on its tail. There is
a bird (Melltpbaga) which has a bro m in it* mouth
instead of a tongue ; a fish, one-half belonging to
the genus rara, and the other that of equaluß. I'he
cod is found in the rivers and the perch in the eea;
the valleye are cold, and the mountain-tops warm;
the nettle is a lofty tree, and the poplar a dwarfish
shrub; the pears are of wood, with the stalks at the
broad end ; the cherry grows with the stone out-
Bide -, the fields are’ fenced with mahogany; the
humblest house is fitted with cedar, and the myrtle
plaDte are burnt for fuel; tbe trees are without fruit,
the flowers without Bcent, and birds without song.
Raret Outdone. —An ingenious individual in
North Carolina has discovered a more effectual
method of taming a refractory horse than any here
tofore known, ff our readers desire to make use
of it, they may learn the modus operandi from the
following paragraph lrom the Raleigh Register:
“On going up Fayetteville street, theother day,
we saw an apparently fine spirited horse following
a man who was lapping a dram. The man did n"t
hold the bridle of the horse, but simply tapped the
drum, and the horse would follow him hither and
thither, in all manner of serpentine evolutions. Os
oourae, there was a vast deal of ‘ miration expressed
by passengers in the treet, and fearing that Borne
of them would ‘bust’ if they oould not solve tbe prob
lem of the man’s control over the horse, we, with
onr usual amiability, found out all about it and told
them—(Ac hone teas drilled in a Democratic caucus
the night before. The explanation was so simple
and satisfictory, that every mother's son of the spec
tators went away surprised that he hadn’t thought
of it himself.'’
Tides os the Lakes. — Col. Graham, of Chicago
states that by a long and carefully conducted series
of observations, he has discovered a tidal wave upon
lake Michigan. It is only observable in calm weath
er, and when the moon is either in conjunction with
or’oppoaition to the sun. At such times its max
imum is about two tenths of an inch. This an.
nouncement will be a matter of mucn interest to
the scientific world generally, who have been led to
believe from accurate ana pains taking observe
tions, made years ago, that there is no such tidal
wave. CoL Graham is an accomplished officer,
and has been for many years stationed on Lake
Michigan.
A Whole Familt Poisoned. —A negro boy,
about 13 years of age, living with Mr. John C.
Houston, about two and a half miles below Harri
sonburg, attempted on Friday morniDg last, to poi
son the whole family. Some arsenic had been plac
ed in the kitchen loft, for the purpose ol destroying
rate ; the boy found it, and on Thursday or Friday
morning, embraced an opportunity, when no one
was about, to put the poison in the coffee pot.—
The wholi family, except Mr. H., who was not at
home that morning, were taken sick at the table.
Drs. Gordon and Williams were immediately called
in, and the lives of the family eaved Tne boy was
arrested on Saturday night and lodged in jail.—
Rockingham ( Va.) Register.
Another Mail Agent Killed on the Kail
road.—The telegraph gives us the particulars of
the death by accident, on the railroad, near Colum
bus yesterday afternoon, of Alfred F\ Davie,
through mai! agent, between this city and Balti
more. He was leaning out of the door of the car,
(side door of oourse.j when his clothes caught on a
wood pile, and he was jerked out and crushed. It
is, however presumed by Borne, that he lost his
balance and fell. He was horribly mutilated by the
car wheels. His home was in Baltimore, where he
leavee a wife and children. He was among the
first who received an appointment as through route
agent between this and Eastern cities, and was
much respected by all who knew him. His body
was taken to Columbus and there await the direc
tions of his family. Thetiainon which the acci
dent occurred, was the one due here at nine o’clock
last night. —Cincinnati Commercial, 27f A.
Public Sale of a Wife —On Monday, the 22d,
says an English paper) a disgraceful exhibition,
the attempted sale of a wife, took place in front of
a beerhouse at Shear Bridge, Little Bradford The
fellow who offered his wife, Martha, for sale, was
Hartley Thompson. Bhe is said to be a person of
prepossessing appearance. The sale had been duly
announced by the bellman. A large crowd assem
bled. The wife, it is said appeared before the
crowd with a halter, adorned with ribbons, round
her neck. The sale, however, was not completed,
the reason for this being that some disturbance was
created by a crowd from a neighboring factory,
and that the pereon to whom it was intended to
sell the wife like Duncan) was detained at his
work beyond the time. The couple, though not
long wedded, have led a very unhappy life, and it
is said that they and their friends were so egre
gtouely ignorant as to believe that they could se
cure their own legal separation by suoh an absurd
course as this, a public sale.
Another Cable —A new submarine cable is
still talked of in England. This is an age of enter
prise, and one failure in a work of fueh magnitude
should not intimidate
The Stave Trade—Fidelity to the South.
The following paragraph is part of an article on
the recent importation of Africans into this Stale,
that appeared in the Georgia Citizen of last week,
and ie copied in the Morning News of yesterday—
we presume with the approval of the editor of the
latter journal:
“This is only the‘begining of the end,'and we
have not a word to say in condemnation of an act,
that will practically Duliify an unconstitutional law
against the South and ber institutions On the con
trary, we believe that the people of Georgia have
the inalienable right to import laborers from Africa
or anywhere else, and that all true Southerners will
be witling to have them smuggled into the country,
if the odious restrictions en the part of the Federal
Government, against free trade in this species of
property, are not removed.”
We have a word to say ou this paragraph, and
there is no better time than the present to offer, by
way of preface, some suggestions oi a personal na
ture, which the course of certain individuals aud
presses iu this State has demanded at our hands.
There is a class of men who are accustomed to set
up for themselves a standard of loyalty and duty to
the South, aud to brand every man whose judgment
and conscience dissent from that standard, with
disloyalty and treason to our institutions. They
profess to b# peculiarly inspired with devotion to
the interest of the slaveholder, and are ever ready
to cast a breath of suspicion npon those who have
the temerity to disagree with them in opinion, and
to intimate that they are not to be trusted iu a mat
ter in which the prosperity or safety of the Mouth is
concerned. They are generally men who have no
personal interest in slaves themselves, and upon
whom the public are not accustomed to rely for the
protection of theirs. We have, move than once,
come under the displeasure of this class; and we
desire now to say, that we scorn their pitiful argu
ment*, and defy the men that make them.. We hurl
the falsehood into the teeth of him who save we are
no true southerner , because we oppose the introduc
tion of African slaves In defiance of the laws of ;he
iand. When our fidelity to the South shall be
measured by a disregard of ber honor, her plighted
faith, and her tiuest interests, we shall not have the
presumption to appear before the publio a* a ques
tioner of the fidelity of others.
Aud now, a remark or two upon the position as
sumed in the paragraph we have quoted, which we
regard ae nothing; more or less toan a deliberate
counsel to revolution.
When the proper time shall have arrived, if ever
it shall, to discuss this question on its merits, wo
shall be prepared to assert and maintain that all the
interests of the peopla of Georgia, social aud econo
mical, are opposed to the revival of the trade in
African slaves. But that day is yet far distant, aud
we scorn to msult a patriotio and law-abiding peo
ple by appealing to their interests for the settlement
of a question that is already fully determined by the
laws of their country. It is the Law that declare
that there shall be no trade in Afrioan slaves, and
this is sufficient to settle tbe controversy in the
mind of every good oitizen. That law, or the spirit
of it, was a part of the original compact of union to
which the State of Georgia gave her asset t as a
party. The aot itself was passed in conformity to
that compact, and voted lor by members cf Con
gress from every southern State then in the Union.
And yet we are told by moden “Daniels that have
come to judgment’’ that it is “an unconstitotional
law against the South and her institutions,” ana
should be “praotioally nullified” by the Southern
people I Who made these editors judges of the
constitutionality of laws 1 Whence t heir commis
sion, to proclaim for the government of the South,
that the rulings of such men as Justice Wayne of
Georgia and Judge Magratb of South Carolina are
illegal aud wrong 1 In what constitution, statute
book, or child’s primer do we find it recorded that
the editors of the Citizen and News, aud a few
speculators in Afrioan slaves, are the authorized
expounders of the constitution and the laws of the
United States / Wt o made them the arbiters of
right and duty in the conduct of men as intelligent
and honest as themselves, and gave them the pow
er to impeach the loyalty and patriotism of other
people 7
For ourselves, we acknowledge no such authori
ty, and shall tepudiato their edicts. The issue is
whether the laws ut the country shall bo eet at de
fiance and trampled under foot for the purpose of a
successful speculation—whetner loyalty or revolu
tion shall reign over this iand. In such a struggle
we have no hesitation upon the line of duty. We
ehalletand by the constitution, and uo man, by false
issues, misrepresentation, or otherwise, shall drive
ns from that position. We were born on the soil of
Georgia, and we yield to none in our devotion to all
that concerns her rights, prosperity and glory. Her
destiny, her honor aud ehame, are our own Ae a
faithful sou, her escutcheon shall never, with our
consent, be stained by an act of rebe lion against
the constitution and laws, nor ber proud name be
dishonored by a charge of bad faith to the govern
ment of which she is a part. We may err in our
judgment of what is best, but we aball never go for
lessons of filial duty to those whom interest or ac
cident may have cast upon her shores.— Savh. Re
publican.
Wholesalb Forgery.—Mr. D. S. Keeney, of
New London, a manufacturer ot rivet* and dealer
in spices, coffee, Ac , has been arreMed on a charge
of forgiDg note- to the amount of $20,(100. He has
acknowledged tbis amount and there may be more.
The names mostly forged are Messrs. John R.
Bolles, Hon. W. H. Starr, William Champlin,
(Keeney’s father-in-law,) and Avery Noyeß. It
creates quite an excitement in New London and is
regarded ae a stupendous game. Keeney’s estab
lishment was burned down on the 10th inst., and it
is now thought the premises may have beeu fired
by him. He waived an examination before the
Court, and in default of bail was oommitted for
trial. Keeney is a young man, has been a promi
nent member'of the Baptist Church, and has a fami
ly and many relatives in New London.
Divorce in Indiana —An effort is making in
Indiana to abridge existing facilities of divorce. —
Hitherto, any one, wherever residing, could avail
himeelf or herself ol the telegraph process provided
by that State. A bill has just passed the Senate
requiring a year's residence in the State and a six
months’ reisdence in tbe county where the applica
tion is filed, betore the petition can be entertained!
and also providing that “abandonment” shall not
be deemed established unless it shall have extended
through a period of one whole year ! Thie renders
the term of “residence” and the period of “aban
donment” identical.
Great Printing Feat. —The Philadelphia North
American iesued a mammoth double sheet on Tues
day morning, containing the following voluminous
dooumenta communicated to Congress on Monday :
The President’s message ; the Secretary ot State’s
letter to Mr. Lamar aud correspondence with Mr.
Forsyth ; the Treasury Report ; the Interior Re
port ; the War Report; the Navy Report ; the
Postmaster General’s Report; tbe Laud Office
Report; the Indian Bureau Report, and the Pen
sion Bureau Report, all complete aDd with full edi
torial summaries, making thirty-five solid oolumns,
exclusive of the usual general intelligence and nd
vertisementa ; the whole furnishing an instance of
newspaper enterprise and industry unequalled in
our oountry.— Nat. flttet.
Interesting from Paraguay and Buenos
Ay res.— Letters from Buenos Ayres to October 23,
state that the Paraguayans were making little or
no preparations for the American expedition. The
subject wa* not even bo much as mentioned in Lo
pez's official paper. Some excitement existed at
Buenos Ayres, in consequence of a report that a
stormy debate bad taken place in tbe Argentine
Congress, at Parana, and that, on the heels of it,
President Urquiza had sent in hie resignation. Tbe
resignation, however, was not accepted. The In
dians of the interior were making preparatione on a
grand scale for an attack upon Buenos Ayres, but a
poweriul military foroe bad been sent out to antici
pate their movement*.
AKTrFiciAE Breeding of Fish. —M. Coete, so
well known in connection with the artificial breed
ing of fish, went a few days ago to the ooast near
Brest to examine the experiment* made under his
direction for the breeding of oysters. He found
that the experiments have succeeded beyond ex
pectation ; some ot the fascines which had been
thrown down eome time back were, when raised,
literally covered with little oysters, aud the whole
coast to Granville and Cancale, so to speak, em
bedded with them— Cheltenham Examiner.
Os Paris bonnets, that rose-water newspaper, Le
Follet, says: “Bonnets are in general worn larger
than they were last year. Feather trimtiiings are
very fashionable. Many white bonnet* are trimmed
with colored velvet. The mixture of white and
black is still considered distingue Straw bonnets
have lately been trimmed with crimson, green, or
Napoleon blue velvet. Marigold colored velvet is
extremely becoming to eome complections, but
should be mixed with black. Jonquille color is al
so very good, and will be extremely fashionable this
winter. We have seen a bonnet of this colored
crape trimmed with velvet of the same oolor ; email
curled feathere ; blonde strings, with a narrow vel
vet up the middle/’
Heavt Bai.e of Lard —Dealers in provisions in
onr market, this season, for reasons best known to
themselves, have been averse to making operations
known, whenever any of magnitude transpired
We had, yesterday, a very liberal exception to that
practice. A prominent operator reported a sale of
the enormous quantity of eight thousand tierces of
lard, now lying at the towns of Canton, Lagrange,
Warsaw, Keokuk Burlington and Muscatin, on the
Upper Misaippi river, Peoria, on the Illinois, and
Glasgow, Weston and St. Joseph, on the Missouri.
The price paid is 11 cents per lb., cash in hand, to
be received now at the points above named by the
purchaser. This figure is about equal to 11 Jc. de
livered in St. Louis—an advance of a quarter ou
the price current in the market yesterday.
This is the largest lot of lard ever disposed of in
one contract in this city, and, indeed, we have no
recollection that it has ever been exceeded any
where— St. Louis Republican, B lh int.
Restoration. —A queen's messenger left yester
day afternoon for New York, having in charge a
young girl named Polyaore, who has been brought
from Utah by Judge Eckles, in obedience to in
structions from the United States government. She
was taken from England by her mother some years
since, and her father prevailed upon the British au
thorities to make an application lor her restoration.
This has been complied with, and the girl was gi yen
np to the Brirish Minister here, who will have her sent
home by the Africa, which will leave New York on
Saturday. The mother of the gi.i, we understand,
followed her to this city, and may endeavor to again
obtain possession of her — Wash Union, yesterday.
A Railroad to be Sold.— The property and
franchises of ths Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal
Cos. are to be sold in Pniladelpbia on the Ist of March
next. The property includes 54 miies of railroad,
extending from the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Rock
ville, five miles above Harrisburg, to the Reading
R ffioad, at Auburn, 10 miles below Potteville
This Company is a New York speculation which
has failed, and the sale has been ordered by a
decree of the Supreme Court, in the suit in equity
of May Humphries and others against the Com
pany. The property will be sold subject to the lien
of a mortgage for $97,(.00.
An incorrigible boAk-worm, turning over some
old manuscripts the other day at the Imperial
Library in Paris, fumbled out estrange mnsty piece
of paper which proved to be a pawn ticket of
Torquato Tasso—a real curiosity of literature. It
shows that the author of “Jerusalem delivered,”
had pledged his father's waistcoat with Signor Abra
ham Levi, for renticinque lire, on the 2d March,
1570.
The political “moxa” is about to be applied to
Senetor Sumner. Massachusetts, it is said, has
grown tired of being represented in the Senate bv
an “empty but eloquent 6eat,” and it is proposed
.to overslaugh Mr. Sumner by the election of Mr.
Banks in his place. We anticipate a sudden im
provement in the Senator’s condition when this
news reaches Europs.
Judge Underwood on Shawls.— We learned in
our side-walk conversations this morniDg, that a
few days ago, the Judge was warming himself by
the comfortable fire of afrieftd. wbo said to the
Judge that he must buy something to wear dur
ing the winter, and asked him what he thought es
the fashion of gentlemen wearing shawls. The
Judge is said to have studied a moment, and re
plied, that when he saw a gentleman wearing a
shawl, he would then give his opinion.— Atlanta
Intelligencer.
A Mule Item for F'armers —We have been in
formed, on reliable authority, that a number of plan
ters in our interior now nse mare mules exclusively
for plantation work, permitting a mustang stallion
or two to run with them, and that they are found to
keep in better condition, and to do more work on
less stied them horse mules, or than mare mules that
are kept by themselves.—AfoWs Mtrtury.
VOL. LXXII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXII. NO. 5*
From the Atlanta Intc ligev.cer.
To the Friends of Education in Georgia.
The Legislature, juet adjourned, has added cer
tainly SIOO,OOO to the School fund of our Staic, <on
tiugently more, and iu the same act baa provided
for the gradual increase of ihie fund as the State
debt ie extinguished These are considerable steps
in the right direction, and will doubtless b follow
ed bv otuers perfecting our educational system, if
the Friends of Education in every county in Gear
gia icill now go actively to icork to perfect the sys
tem intheir own county.
This act, you will perceive, lea ’ee each oounty to
do as it* officers pleaee. This is t ight. We do not
wish to force any county wedded to poor Schools,
to abandon them “ Ephraim i* joined to his idols;
let him alone. But this act is exceedingly defective
in submitting the selection and execution of a sys
tem in each county, to a body that has no ptrma
nent cxicicnce , viz : the Grand Jury It would
seem airnoet impossible to expect a body of men
gathered together only for one week, aud never t*
meet again, to perfect, ad">pt, aud carry into suc
cessful operation, so important a matter, ai the es
tabliehment of anew School system It would
seem as if this feature were throwu in f o the Act for
the very purpose of rende ing any change in the
present ayaiein impracticable of course. I make no
such charge I cannot, however, couoeive a more
impracticable plan, than the one adopted.
However, we must not be discouraged at appa
rent difficulties. Thankful for email favors, let us
eee if we cannot do a great deal even with this dis
couraging plan. What can be done? ‘
First. The ordinary of each oounty can be pre
pared to submit to the Grand Jury any suggestions
for alterations in hia county. He can gather sta
tisties, have a map of the county drawn, suggest
proper lines for School Districts, get information ae
to the operations of other count es, and thus be pre
pared to submit a plan to the Jury.
Second. Let the friends of Eiuoation in each
county be active in enlibtiug the sympathies aud
zealot every Grand Juror prior to the session of
the court. Give him tacts, aud figures, and make
Kis heart burn with a desire to promote so gooi a
work.
Third. By all means let no county in Georgia re
duce her local School Tax y because of this addition
al amount to be received from the State. Such a
roault would make curse instead of a blessing. On
tue contrary let G>and Juries tw unison with the
present feeliog of the People, recommend higher
School Taxes, and ihus give ua iu each oounty a
fund with which something can be done.
Fourth. Let the friends of thia caua* in every
county coirespond and communicate freely with
each other, bo that there may be eome harmony in
our ought to have head,” but we
have none provided. Let us counsel together and
do all that we can.
With due hesitation let ms suggest, whether it
would not be well to devote the entire auni received
from the State this next year, to the budding of
Schools Houses, in the hope that another Legislature
will organize some system for us. To build School
Houses, all that the Grand Jury would have to do,
wou'd be to authorize tiie ordinary and county sur
veyor to lay off a specified number of School Dis
tricts, and then declare how the fund received from
the State shall be divided among these Districts
Private subscription m ould raise enough added to
this fund to build good School lloUßes, and thus a
groat etep would have been taken This ie merely
a suggestion. Let us hear from you, Friends of
FreeSchoole! Jrfpkrson.
N. B. All papers friendly to the cauße of Educa
tion, will please copy and notice editorially.
The Congress Printing—Superintendent ■
Report —We have betore uj the report of the
General Superintendent, Bowman, on the condition
of the printing of the government at Washington.
From his volumious array of figures we select the
following “comparative statement”of the expenses
of the printing, including the paper, illustrations,
binding, ifcc.: —
SENATE OK THE UNITED BTATKB.
Total Cost.
Thirty-fourth Congress, first session (esti
mated) $34 ’,578 41
Thirty-fourth Congress, second session. 249 793 5H
Thirty-fifth Congress, tiret session 169,747 70
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thirty fourth Congress, first session, (ea
timated 589.721 42
Thirty-fourth Congress, secoud session. 404 314 12
Thirty-fifth Congress, fira f session 326,862 55
Here we discover, as between tbe printing ex
pensee of the first reunion of this preßent or Thirty
fifth Congress, and the coats of the first aeesion of
the Thirty-fourth, or the last Congress, an immense
saving to the treasury, to wit: —
Total expense Congress printing first
session last Congress (estimated) $932,299 86
Do. do. first session present Congress.. 494,610 25
Difference saved to the Trea5ury.... 5137,689 61
Taking it in round numbers, here we have a bill
of a million reduced to half a million as between
the long session of the last Congress and the long
session of the present. This difference is largely
due to those splendid illustrated books of tbe Pacific
Railroad explorations, &.0., executed under Pierce’s
administration; but there have aleo beeu some con
siderable reductions during the last two years from
the pruning prode-scs applied by the committees of
the two houses. With all these reductions, how
ever, the Commissioner submits several proposi
tions of reform, which would still diminish these ex
penses. For iustauce : the House orders th© men
sage and accompanying documents, aud the House
printer executes the order. The Seuate gives a
similar order; and although they may have the same
man for printer, under the present system, he
-charges the Seuate, as he charged the House, for the
type setting of the whole job The Superintendent
thinks that this system of double charging for the
composition of these and other CoDgr#e jobs should
be slopped; and we think so too. He also pro
poses the cutting out from the documents printed
for general circulation all that mass of rubbish, in
the way of useless statistics aud table?, which makes
these documents so cumbersome aneji /expensive,
and so repulsive to the general reader. —New Fork
Herald.
Effects of the Bell Crevasse.— We have
been permitted to examine sketches of the Bell ere
vasse presenting the direction aud depth of the cur
rent from the levee back about a quarter of a mile,
made at the instauce of the Government. Accor
ding to the soundings marked upon the sketch, the
deepest water was fifty-four feet. The average
depth for three hundred yards from the river was
twenty feet.
These soundings exhibit the great power of the
Mississippi river in cutting a channel for itself in
our alluvial soil Flowing out, without being com
)res3ed by banks, but having freedom to spread
aterally, the current of the crevasse commenoed to
dig for itself a water way through tbe level fields,
and succeeded beyond all our ideas of its power to
effect such an object.
The view presented by the level over which
this curent flowed has been before described. The
smooth surface is plowed into ridges. The earth
presents the appearence that those who have wit
nessed northern fields covered with snowdrifts can
easily corjucture.
The drawings and soundings taken of this and
other crevasses which occured lost tummer, dem
onstrate the power of our river to dig a channel for
itself wherever its waters ure compelled to flow,
though this additional proof of it was scarcely ne
cessary for those who find in the whole lower Mis
sissippi valley evidences of many changes of its bed;
and indeed, more astonishing than those in the
manner of tho discharge of our rivers into tho Gulf.
—iV. O. Ftc.
How Spirits get thkir Creature Comforts.
—The spiritual intercourse is certainly enlarging.—
A spirit not long since waited ou Judge Edmonds
and wanted him to take a drink through an earthly
medium. The Pawtucket Gazette relates the fol.
lowing incident of spiritual communication which
quite exceeds the Judge s s*ory:
“ An enthusiast io believer was relating to a skep
tic the spiritual performances to which he could tes
tify, and among other things said that on a certain
occasion the epirit of his wife, who had been dead
several years, returned to him, and seating herself
upon hia knee, pur. her arm around him, and kissed
him as much to his gratification as she used to when
living. 4 You do not mean to say,’ remarked the
skeptic, 4 that the spirit of your wife really em
braced and kissed you !’ 4 No, not exactly that,’
replied the believer, 4 but ber spirit took possession
of the body of a female medium, and through her
embraced and kissed me.’ ”
Thk Billiard Championship. —ln answer to a
challenge of Mr Roberts, a celebrated billiard play
er in England, ts play aDy man in the world and
give him twenty points in the hundred, for five hun
dred or a thousand points, Michael Phelan, the well
known billiard player of New-York, who has hither
to beaten every antagonist, tenders him the follow
ing proposition :
I will play Mr. Roberts in this city, within one
year from this date, at the three-ball F'rencb Carom
game, on one of my tables, balls to be not less than
2 6 If! inches in diameter, for not less than $.1,000,
(SIO,OOO if Mr, Roberts should desire it.) at least
four months’notice to be given me of the accep
tance of my propos tion. and I will allow him SIOO
toward defraying his traveling expenses. In all
that concerns the game this will be meeting on neu
tral grounp, as the French is neither his nor my ‘na
tional game.
Remarkable Ignorance —Recent London pa
pers contain the report of the Rev. Mr. Cameiton
to the magistrates of the county of E;eex, which
shows a most deplorable amount of ignorance. He
says:
“To afford any idea of the mass of ignorance
brought into contact with this humane provision, it
may suffice to adduce 153 cases of prisoners com
mitted for felony during the past year, of whom
only nine possessed a due acquaintance with the
Christian religion ; that in seventy six cases, there
exis ed a total ignorance of the name of the Saviour,
and that from the eonverpa'ion of one man on the
subject, it came out that the knowledge of tke fact
of the crucifixion not only excluded the idea of the
atonement, but represented to his mind that our
blessed Lord died justly fur a breach of human laws ;
that to this deplorable deficitncy in religious know
ledge must be added an equal proportion of igno
rance of the most common things, even extending
to the current month of the year.'’
A Dispensation from the Pope —The Wash
ington correspondent of the Traveller has the fol
owing relating to a dispensation granted by the
Pope, through American official influence :
“While the papers are fuli of comments on Gen
eral Cass’ letter of refusal to interfere in the Mortara
affair on the ground that * it is the settled policy of
the United States to abstain from a 1 interference
in the internal concerns of other countries,’ it may
be well to ‘ ventilate’ a rumor now current in this
city. It is said that the daughter of a highly re
spectable family of this city (in which, by the way,
ex-President Pierce was quite intimate,) took the
vail at the convent in the adjacent City of George
town, and that after a while she found the vows
distasteful, and that by the personal, if not official,
interference of President Pierce, Major Lewie Casa,
Jr., Minister near the Court of Rome, was induced
to interest himself in the matter, and by his persoD
a! intercession with the Pope, to obtain a ‘dispen
sation.’ which has released the young nun from her
vows, and has-allowed her to again tDter the world.
If this be so, and it has obtained crtdeice among
many, it would appear that : intervention’ can be
practiced whenever there is sufficient occasion for
its exercise.’’
What She Was—What She Is.—Thirty-four
years ago Randal McGavock was Mayor of Nash
ville, a village containing about 4,500 persons, with
out even a turnpike approaching it. Nowj his
grand nephew, Randal W. McGavock, is Mayor .of
Nashville, a city with 30,000 inhabitants, approach
ed at three points by railroads, end with several
others in contemplation. What Nashville may be
thirty four years hence, none of us can-realize, in
our highest anticipations of progress—-V ashviKc
Niks.
old jokes versified.
Said Johnson, ‘This galvanized goblet of lead,
Bbmtl be his who can soonest assemble
Hia wile, and say when can a candle be said
* A tombatone at ati to resemble t”
The Jc cEbod replied, with successful endeavor,.
• - Extending his hand tor the cup,
That a candle reaembled a tombstone whenever
Twas for any late hut band set wp.
1 DrtailM of the Movement* of the I?iliboeter*.
By the bark Oregon, Captain Cornelius Soule,
which an ived here yesterday a'ternoon at IJo clock
from Barb&dces, w are in posetfllion of later news
from the schooner Bu*an, which escaped from Mo
bile la?t Tuesday night.
The Oregon brings with her Lieut. George h
White, of tue Reveuue Cutter Robert McLelland,
who was carried aw*y on board the Susan The
Lieutenant has kindly lurnished us with the.follow
ing details :
Oq Monday, December 6th, Lieut S B Cald
well, ami a boat’s prow from the McLelland, board
ed the Susan, then lying in the Bay of Mobile, some
Ax miles above the fleet, and demanded her papers
The answer was that the Sueau would wait ut the *
fleet for them. Lieut. Caldwell made this report to
Capt. Morrison, of the cutter, who ordered Lieut
Caldwell to take the Susan to D? River Bar, and
there keep her ; and ordered Lisut. W bite to re
main on board until otherwise directed.
Captain Maury would not permit this and Capt.
Morrison concluded to acoompany the Susan t the
fleet, and the two vessels weut down cn Monday
night. Here they remained withtn one hundred
yards of each other all night, Captain Morrison hav
mg informed Capt Maury that if he attempted to
go out he would sink him.
On Tuesday morning about ten o’clock both ves
seis weighed anchor, and sailed about the bay until
tfcree o’clock. From o’clock until dark the
time was passed in sending and receiving commu
nications from each other. The last communica
tion from the Susan to the McLsllaad was received
at 10 - dock on Tuesday night. Lieuteuaot White
was then informed that there was an agreement
that the vessel should come to anchor for the night,
and hearing the anchor chains, supposed the Susan
was coming to an anchor, and retired to the cabin—
and it was not uutil midnight, that he heard orders
that led him to believe that the vessel was still uu
der way.
Ou returnieg tothedeek, he found the vessel
heading down the channel to the Mobile point lght,
and discovered the had not anchored at all, nut by
iettiog out the chains haddec-ived both himself and
the of the Revenue Cutter. It was n foggy
night, and but one vespel was visible, which whs
supposed to be the Revenue Cutter, but this of
•ouree, was a mistake. The Leuteuant then im
mediately ordered the vessel to come to anchor, bul
he was informed by Captain Maury that, though it
was the duty of the Lieutenant to make the order,
it would not be obeyed. The vessel then proceeded
on her way uninteriupfed, Captain Maury stating
that she was bound to Greytnwn, and had Mississip
pi and Minnie rides on board.
There were two hundred ana twenty men on
hoard, besides the crew. Among them, besides
Captain Maury, there were Col. Frank Anderson,
Col. Bruneau, Col. McDonnell, Mpj Ellis, Col. Rud
ler, Captain West and Captain Dreux. All the men
were armed with revolvers, and there were awo.ds
and other weapons on board.
Lieuteuaut white was kindly treated by the ol
fioera on the Susan, and remained on board until
ast Thursday, when ho was placed on the Oregon,
by which vessel he was brought to this plaue.—A
O Delta oj Tuesday y Atk tost.
The “Mosroe Doctrine.’ — Tte National In
telligencer has ao able an elaborate review of Li a
origin and ptirport cf wkst Is oalled the M inue
Doctrine. The following ers the points which ; t
claims to have established in its examination of tl a
subject:
1. That the Monroe declaration es 1823, in both
its phases, had its origin in the changed relation*
and new responsibilities imposed on the several
States of the American Continent, arising esoecial
ly from the emancipation of the .Spanish Colonies,
and rendering it conducive to the interest ot all
that the American Continents should not bo sub
jeot to future colonization by any European l*owei
aa waste and unoccupied territory; and that no
foreign State or States should be avowed to inter
vena in the domestic affairs of any American peo
pie for the purpose of uuppieseing republican inati
tutions.
2. That the Monroe declaration, iu eo fares if re
lated to the threatened intervention of the Holy
Alliance iu the concerns of the Spanieh-Amerioan
States, was intended to meet a particular cumin
gency of events, and therefore parsed away with
the occasion which called it forth.
3. That the Monroe doctrine, in so far as it relates
to the colonisation of the American Continents by
any Eurt p <au Power, was not intended to bind ihe
United Slates to guard the territory of th** N-w
World from such occupation by European’ Slates ;
but Wes intended to indicate, no an important prin
ciple of Amerioan pub'ic policy, that “each State
should guard by its own means against the estab
lishment of any future Ejvopeau colony” within
the jurisdiction of its flag That, ir, tije American
Continents were no longer held open to coloniza
tion as derelict territory, capable of occuption by
right ot discovery and settlement
4. That the “Monroe doctrine” was not in any
proper sei-se “a pledge,” and as such was specially
discarded by the Democratic party.
The current interpretation ot the‘‘Monroe doc
trine” has, therefore, no foundation in the truth of
history ; and if defended at all, must be defended
on its intrinsic merits, as a proposition wholly dis
tinct aud conceived by its author or affirmed by ila
first promulgator, whose destiny it has been to give
his honored name to a principle for which he never
contended.
Silver Coin. —Tue market is somewhat over
burdened with the depreciated Silver Coins of the
U. S. The proposition of the Director of the Mint
that these Coins should be mads lg*‘ tender to the
amount of fifty on one hundred dollars iu one lot,
would give them additional currency. As it is at
present, the banks decline receiving them in large
sum% aud utrtven to laklog over so ui Uleiu a. m.
time. The brokers have put up uoices at their
windows offering to Bell“U. S. Silver Coins’ at $ or
f per cen*. dis.
There is no reason wny the Governmtnt shoo ‘d
issue any circulation or money whatever that, is not
legal tender througbot the land. They should at
least be pei J in thjnr Men coin for Custom House
transactions, &c., and for any and all debts, Be
sides this, the anomaly is presented, of bank notes
(discouraged by the Treasury) being available at
par, convertible into Coin, at 100 cent* per dollar,
while the “money” of the U. S (alluded to in the
Constitution) is hawked about at a discount.
One banker received last week, at one time,
S3OOO in these small ooins, a a remittance fr< m
Chicago. They are unavailable by ihe present
law, but might be made otherwise by a more liber
al provision of Congress N. Y Onr. 4* Ew/.
Disc omforts or the overland Roots. — AMr
Hooker, of Sacramento, who storied for the East iu
company with Mr. Broderick, over the Halt Late
route, thus writes to the Saoramento Union from
Salt Lake City:
“We had a series of disappointments from first to
last, with no comforts at all The animals along the
line aro poor, broken down, and without food, for
there is no hay nor grain for them beyond the Sink
of the Humboldt, and but little grass anywhere.—*
For one stretch of over two hundred miles tbeie
are no changes of animals, over a barren country
that deserves no other name but desert; for nothing
is Visible on the surface bat bushes and sand.
In fact, after leaving Carson Valley, ihe country is
about the same until after crossing Bear River.—
One ooaeh broke down when about six miles out of
Placervilie, aud wagons or animals have been
breaking down ever since. O \ mule back, with an
open wagon for our baggage, is the way we made
the trip. In crosting the desert, before we got
mules to ride, our team of wild California h< rs u a
breke down, aud we had to walk fourteen milts in
the sand.”
Diplomatic and Othak Expenbbs.— ln a elate
ment of the contingent expenses of the State De
partment submitted to the H nate yes'erdav, we
find that it cost $1,050 to bring dispatches from Siam .
that the expense attending the transmission of the
treaty with P*ru was $1 178. The compensation
given a bearer of despatches from Mexico, was
$204 The expense attending the transmission of
the late treaty with China, was $1,686. During ihe
late fiscal year, the disbursing clerk of the Htate De
partraent has paid out $2 400 for rescuing American
citizens from shipwreck, and $1,057 for the f suppres
sion of the slave trade. The total contingent ex
penaeß of the Department for the last fiscal year
amount to $195,130. — tftutes.
Home News p.iom Abroad.—The last nun her
of the Edinburg Review, among other absurd crud
ities, bas the following:
Webster bowed his splendid head tothe yoke ol
the South, and died broken heated ot the oodso
queucee of the humiliation Clay sustained re
peated disappointments, and left a tainted reputa
tion, as having been the obetacle to the restriction
and reduction of slavery in some of the frontier
Stales, and theoausejjf its establishment in Missou
ri, Florida and Arkansas. Calboun died breken
hearted also.
Demand for Begroes. —The demand for slaves
exceed anything we ever before witnessed in this
county. At several large sales in the county, du
ring the last ten days, pesides the professional tra
ders present, every other man seemed anxious to pur
chase one or two for his own use. The prices given
are enormous. From twelve to fifteen hundred
dollars for men, and from a thousand to thirteen
hundred for women, are the limits in which we
have known negroes sold in the last tew days
Charlottesville (Va.) Advocate .
The English Hunting Paf.tt Base— The
St Paul Minnesotian of December 4th, contsios the
fcllowfng item: “Lord Cavendish. Mr. Ashley, and
Lord Robert Grosvenor, about whose safety seme
fears were entertained, have arrived at Fort Gerry.
Red River, in perfect health.” As these gentlmen
have been variously reported by the newspaper
press as “ massacred” by the Indians, “frozen in”
at Pembina,“lost’’ on the prairies, and what not, R
will be acomfnrt to their ftiendkand aoduaintai.ces,
on both sides the Atlantic, to know, that they are
safe and sound at “F'ort Gerry.”
Mexican News. —The Hrownville Flag of the Ist
inet., says that Viduarri has organized a force of
5“0 men against San Luis, whioh is garrisoned by
800 men
A rnmor was-onrrent that the United States had
offered $5,000,000 for the right of a railroad track
from New Mexico through Cbihuehuato Sonora.
The Liberals were concentrating around the capi
tal. •
Barnet Williams in Ireland.— Mr. and Mrs
Barney W llisms have been the recipients of an
absurdly enthusiastic ovation at Dublin. After
playing tor a .charitable institution, they started tor
their hotel in'.their carriage, but the populace, spite
of repeated remonstrances, insisted cn drawitg
them home Mr. Williams, finding his entreaties
in vain,quitted the vehicle, and, with Mrs Wil
liams, proceeded on foot, saying that he respected
his friends “ too muoh to permit them to take the
place of-horses.
Pimcles ON THE Face*— Sponge the parte with
very hot water for a quarter ot an hour every morn
ing ~ then take a rough hut soft towel and press
deeply while rubbing the surfaoe, so as to squeeze
nut the hardest mutants of the follicles, wffichjcause
the pimfiles. By perseverance in this plan, al
though those pinqples already existing will be made
worse from the irritation of the rubbing, yet tresh
ones will cease to appear, and in time the eruption
will be nearly or quite .cored. It always ceases
after thirty or thirty five years of age.— London’
Field.
Postage to Stain.—'The United States postage
is only reqtfirtd to be prepaid in this country oil
letters for Spain, ineluding Majorca, Minorca and
the Canary Wands, forwarded m the British rdSilj ,
via- England. The U. 8 postage to tor pre paid
5 cents tor a letter es tat an cjnce.-cr under, who|H
sent by B/ifish Etearners; if by'tT S.
oents. Jj* :
Heinan's CHAi.MtiJTAkcErTED —There was s‘
sparring exhibition at Kerrujan’e Hail, in White
etreet f last evening, t whicifa man cime forward
aoJ announced that thsjjbaileijgo .of lleenan was
aocepted, and that be NvySM pr- duce a vaf.n who
would fight hue for $ J,joua s4fieFA'. Y. Kveneng •
* ‘Singular.—The Wh#eliM[ a ’
a gtrl at {be hospital ia that citJ^WtoohijFj(tee? siejt
for jippyently HjtSinc j( week
Owing yh the sxceedj^ffioleroSGwttjsJhAwealbtr,
the burial was piiKffi/H&Mil TuerSyr, wneri eon
seioumess to ballttls oreafSe, and she it
a*w recovering,