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I'Hlunuriiu. April 6 h—The fugitive stove,
Daciei I’*’ *. * iai Webster, wTr‘ed at Har
gburg • :*i* <hn of Mr?, fc .zabeth .Simpfcon, of
.<*u • u: ty. Va , *et free this afternoOL by
j s> ( in,-- j•? er Ijcugalreth, on the testimony
ctiietivot a colored uq&u named Jonee. He bad
ifr itied ! *-<iag e fugitive .n Harrisburg, in
Mar or Apru ol 1853; tfcat be himself was G 5 year?
. i hu*- bukil a hou<e abuu’ that tune, but his
r.fi ry n <•> ua?*waa poor. [The ciaur.anta coc-
Prdi-'i ; e fugitive Lad been absent about eix
y-ar*., A c -.<.red man of this city, James H. Smith,
i- wever, volunteered to go further and U‘iti&c
that beenw iianie! in Baltimore, in 184*. as a dray
luan, and then in Philadelphia in 18411 or 1860, when
be went to Harrisburg, where he saw him in J 853
Pepu y Martha] Jeokinr. however, rebutted this,
‘i. part, by teHiTyiDi? that Daniel baa told him, on
his arrival here in custody, that he had never been
in Ph la<.elphia before, as alio aidothcer Logue.
One of the counsel fjri.be claimant, in his speech
on the testimony, pointed out the fact that they had
provsis by live tr six witueeee* from London coun
ty, ♦he identity of the fugitive men, indeed, who
had known him well—teveral ol them from boy
h< /d—and none of the other testimony -bowed the
, ootrary. or that he was not a .ugitive, yet on the
CMufceed memory, a b to a brief interval cf date, the
fugitive was discharged.
Toe hearing was continutu ail its*, night, thus
the commie*! >oer sat from four o'clock yeeterday
afternoon until six o clock this morning. He eem
,j t„ perfectly paralysed at times es to what his
diifieg were, and the counsel for defense availed
themselves of ai: his weak points. This is his first
i aee United States Commieeioner.
Marshal Ytal owure in fifty special marshals yes
terday, the most of whom were men of nerve and
prepared for any emergency. Hundreds of negroes
congregated about the court-house the first day of
the trial, but chief of police Haggles summoned to
bis a d *< ur hundred police ana drove the blacks
out of the street.
Uucrc.ia M At, the venerable of the abolitionist -,
-at ofcride the fugitive all the time the court was in
session. She threw her arms about his neck yes
terday. and said she would rather give one hundred
dollars bPrescue him than one cent to purchase him.
An officer removed Mrs. Mott from beside the ne
gro, but she weut back and book her old seat, which
she* maintained.
This morning the counsel for the defense suc
ceeded in getting the commissioner to reserve his
duntil four o'clock this afternoon. There
were many eunnisea as to what this was done for,
the principal of which was that i* might enable the
friends of the negro to assemble in large numbers
and tlfeei. a rescue. Every precaution had oeeu
taken, however, to meet such an issue, but his die
charge by the commissioner rendered all nugatory.
While Mare ball Yoet was determined to maintain
the dignity of the law at all hazards, he had Lev*
erlbeke* made up his mind that none should ex*
< 3bd him in charuy. He Lad offered SSO towards
the puicha*e money, $1,300 being the amount re>
~ aired to accompli j it, ana sJi'o it necessary.
The freedom shnekeis, however, could uot con
tribute, as they say their consciences do not permit
them to throw money away in that way.
T'ie evidence for the defence was contradictory
and fit the most part given by colored men of no
character.
Daniel, tbe discharged fugitive, waa at 6 o’clock
tl;ji evening placed io a carnage and drawn through
ti.e streets 0y a thousand colored men. Tney Btop
pid fat tue court room and groaned, but were driven
off by toy police.
Manufacturing States. —The New York cor
respondent cf the Richmond Enquirer compiles
from maqufecturing statistics, recently sjbmitted
t, Congress, dome inter*sting fact.-. The largest
inauufaoliug .'State in the L’nion u> New York It
counts 43,533 establishments. with a capital oi $99,-
1111,4113, and pays $134,655,676 fir raw materials,
employs 133,349 laborers, at a coat cf $13,131,300,
yielding total products of $'437,607 343. There are
a great many large mauutacturmg establishments
in the city and vicinity, embracing steam engine
and iron works and extensive worki in the produc
tion of light and laucy articles, including clothing,
jewelry, due. Besides there are immense breweries
end distilleries in t-e suburbs. Pennsylvania stands
next ou the list to New York. Her yield of pro
ducts amounts to $130,011310. She employs 116,-
i hi, laborers, counts 4i ,6<J5 establishments, with
$34 473,810 capital. Her chief establishments are
those devoted to the production aud manuiac’ure
of ir n. Massachusetts comes tnird. She counts
8,4-j.i erftabiishineuts, wi h $83,337,1.13 capital, con
sumes $8.7,856,771 materials, and employs 165,338
iaborers at u cost o! $33,784,J 1C yielding products
ot the value ot $151,137,145. Her largest products
ai e yielded truui the manuiacture o! raw cotton iota
cotton goods, the heaviest market for which is found
in the Southern States.
In 1830, there were in the United States, 131,333
maoutaciuring establishments, with an aggregate
capita! ot $035,143,100, comsuining materials, chiefly
• olttou and wool, to the amount of soo 1,783,31.,
and employing 338,040 laborers, at an annual cost
of $234,957,440, and producinggoods|to the amount
$1,310,648,779. Os the total products ol manulac
luring industry, the Free States and Territories
supplied $831,000,444, and employed 034,601 labor
ers Ot the nurnoer of people at tbe North, direct
ly and indirectly interested in the cotton trade, in
cluding those who manufacture for the South arti
cles older than cotton goods, with ship builders and
sailors, importers aud jobbers of loreigu goods for
thu consumption of cuttou planters, with banks,
brokers, bankers, com mission and other houses,
whose business is chielly supported by the cotton
trnue, and the growers ol gram, cattle aud pork at
the West for cotton plantations, the correspondent
thinks it is not too much to estimate the population
ot the Northern or Free States, of all ages and
sexes, directly or indirectly, dependent upon the
culture ot cotton at the South, at uot less than about
1,000,001) to 3,0110,000. — Rick. Disp.
Important prom Pakauuat—Peaceailk Set
tlemeni ox THE Dispute.— lmportant and grati
lying intelligence Irom tbe Paraguay expedition
bus been received via Pernambuco, by the British
brig Anu McKean, arrived at this port yesterday.
She left Pernambuco on the 10th of Match. The
mail from the Southern ports arrived at Bernambu
co on the 4Ui, bringing advices from Montevideo to
the 16th of February, t'ie tenor of which was that
the ddliculties pending between the United Slates
and Paraguay had been amicably arranged by con
cessions on the part of the latter Republic.
The intelligence is conveyed in a report from
General Urquiza, who on the part of the govern
ment of the Argentine Confederation had inter
posed his good office-. Ilis official report of the
success of his pfTorts had been published It ap
pears that the Presideut of Paraguay had offered to
meet Geueral Urquiza at some point in the territo
ry ol the Argentine Cons. deration, but the celerity
of Commis-ioner Bowlin’s movements suggested to
Urqui/.a the necessity of hastening to the capital of
Pataguay if he would succeed in his commendable
purpose of averting hostilities. Accordingly he
reached Asuncion on the ltitn of January, and was
cordially received by President Lopez. He found
the government of Paraguay determined upou re
sistance and a considerable armament prepared for
the defence. He r. present-d to Lopez, however,
tlie great strength of the United States, his coufi
denco in the fraternal feeling of this Republic, his
belief that our government had no desire unjustly
to exercise its power upon the Southern Republics
of the coniineni. To which representations Presi
dent Lopez prudently listened.
General Urquiza next had an interview with Com
missioner llowtln, of whose unanimity and friendly
but diguttied beating be speaks in terms of high
commendation. To him Uiquiza represented that
the proceedings of the Paraguayan government
lad bceu exaggerated and its temper misrepresent
ed, aud appealed to him to take into consideration
the interests of that beautiful country aud the ruin
which would result from war upon it. He found
the Comma- loner prompt to yield to such eonside
ra’ions aud generally disposed to a policy of con
ciliation. The parties to the dispute being thus
brought into unity of disposition, there was little
difficulty iu coming to an agreement upon terms of
arrangement. These are given iu documents ac
companying General Urquiza’s report to the gov
eruuieut cf the Argentine Confederation, but were
uot published with that document. It appears that
conciliatory sen'imelits were exchanged between
the Commissioner and the President at the former’s
reception, he frankly stating that while his instruc
liens precluded him from accepting the official me
diation which Brazil and the Argentine Confedera
tion were disposed to offer, he very willingly ac
cepted tbe personal and nou-cllioial friendly inter
x invention ot Geueral Urquiza.
Several conferences were held in this spirit, and
“an houorablo arrangement ‘was at last effected.
As we have said, the terms thereot are not publish
ed. There was a tumor, however, that the basts
was au indemnity ot SIO,OOO to the widow of the
persons killed on bonru the Water Witch by* the
guts at tbe fort of Itapiru aud $45,000 to the com
pany represented by Mr. ex Consul Hopkins. Noth
ug is said, by tbe rumor in question, of indemnity
for tbe expeuee of the expeoition. We presume,
however, that that expense is provided lor in the
“honorable anangeuieut,” otherwise the United
States have paid beavdy for collecting thirty five
thousand dollars.
Tiie accuracy of this information being conceded,
the acoount received a short time ago, that Com
mies oner Bowlin had consented to meet certain
representatives©! Paraguay on neutral ground (at
t’orrieutes) is disproved.—-V. }'. Com. AJv., 6th
7 mt.
Thk Kioht or Visitation. — (Am construed by
ij Imdyof Bioowuburg square, tcho knotcs nothin?
whatever about politic* ) —No lady or gentleman
should think of paying a visit early in the morning,
the chances are the ladies are not up, or scarcely
recovered from the fatigue3 of the previous even
ing, or too unnerved to be visible. (N. B.—
None but tradesmen cal! the tirst thing in the morn
ing ) If the young ladies whom you are visiting
ahouid have sheir bonnets on, your good sense
should tell you uot to stop two or three hours, as
you Should conclude that, being dressed, they are
naturally anxious to go out. li you are aceiden
tallyVbown into a wrong room, good manners
should teach you not to take any notice of any arti
das c f wearing apparel that may be scattered about
the place, for the industrious purpote of being
mended. If there is a smell of roast mutton steam
ing through the house at two or three o’clock, you
should believe the representations that is made to
you by the mamma, that it is a hot iunceeon, and
not juo'p to the conclusion that the family are din
ing at that vulgar Lour. If you call and tind the
young lady ot the house busily engaged in talking
earnestly to a handsome gentleman in the conser
vatory, or whispering iowly in a recess, or looking
•‘nhdentially out of a window together, you should
take the him, and rightly consider that you are one
too many, by retiring as speedily as possible. If
you have the right cf visiting, you should tutor your
aelf to believe what the servant tells you, and rot
put suspicious constructions upon his answers, by
secretly believing that the family is in, when he
iiatly tells you they are aii out. If you are always
denied admission, your vanity should not blind you
to the fact that it is highly probable that you may
not bean especial favotite with the fair inmates of
that establishment, and you should refrain, iu deli
cacy to them, as well as out ot respect to yourself,
from calling there again. Von are not unified in
car: v lag the right of visitation to the extent of a
peisedation. If there are children in the room, po
liteness should prompt you {be you bachelor or not)
to take s me Little notice cf them. If you will call
some dve or ten minutes before the dinner hour,
you have no right to take it as an affront because
you are not invited to remain and partake of it.—
7'n nek's rocket Book for 1059.
Indulgence 15 Dress.—We object to any indul
gence in dress that majQplstiy be considered extra
vacant. It developed some of the most dangerous
propensities of the heart. “ # There is a .bann
ing incident in the life of the Princess Charlotte,
who was distinguished for artless simplicity. On
cue occasion, a shawl of uncommon worth, and
beauty, just received from India, was handed tc
her for examination. The price was three thousand
guineas. She returned it, saying, “In the tirst
place, 1 cannot afford to give three thousand gui
neas fora shawl, and, in the second, a Norwich
*h*wl, of the value of half a crown, manufactured
by a native of England, wru’.d become me better
than the costliest article which the loom of India
ever produced.*’ How many females seek for
the costliest articles, and they will wear only
those of foreign manufacture Poor weak soul!
Princess Charlotte was an angel of light beside them.
We recommend the reeder to imitate the example
of a lady in one *.>t the Wading circles of Washing
ton. A gentietn&n ecmpliaiented her upon the i
simplicity and tasted her apparel. She replied. |
•‘I am g*ad you like my dress . it cost iaet seven
dollars and 1 made every stitch of it myself.” It
is very evident, from the foregoing, that dress is a
good or evil educator in the latmiy. As such.it
demands the attention of parents, that i; may not
become a ard curse to children. Perhaps
the tott: role to regulate dress h*. that which Newton
jtave a woman who a.*ked his opinion * Madam,
no dress and so conduct yourself, that persons who
Lave been in your company ehail not recollect what
yi-u hnd o nd'—Haipy ILyu.
& Useful Hint.—The difference between rie
every morning at six and eight in the course of
DU years amounts to ‘29,390 hours, or three years.
*>r.e hundred and twenty-one days ana sixteen hours
which are equal to eight hours a day for exactly ten
years so that rising at six will be the same as if
ten years of life were added, wherein we may com
mand eight hours every day for the cultivation of
pur minds and the dispatch of business .
Newspaper Controversies.
There are so many ill-natured people in the world
who are never happy unless they are in a bad bn
mor. or unless they can get someone else in a bad
humor, that quarrelling seems to be included among
the ueceisary evils with which humanity is inflicted:
Pandora's box yielded spite, envy, malice and ha
tred, and these baneful qualities combine in tbe
chaiacter of the quarrelsome man. The most charm
ing and al’ractive element erjoymei.t in the
oped fen MOlonoimn is tbe promised peace, which
shall pervade be Universe but until the Millen
main arrives people willsquabble about anything or
nothin-'. The meanest of quarrels are political cod
tiovereies Tboee who devote themaeives td this
ennoble * pureu t. tear each other s eyes out—on
paper heap all manner of opprobrious epithets up
on each other, and all very frequently about mere
aostractions which neither perty understands or
cares about, the ever-present concrete reality being
the securing of the spoils. A little less deoasepi and
debasing are newspaper squabbles, which are get
ting to be very common nuisances, but which are
always unprofitable, aud we suppose very tiresome
to those wbo read them. We have plenty of invi
tations to engage in this an usement. Gauntlets
fad clashing around us, or the cartel cemes to us in
a neatly toned paragraph; sometimes we are rudely
assaulted with uncourteous phrases, and sometimes
the invitation to retort is addressed to us as “our
respected contemporary.’ But we decline to pick
up the gloves , we ignore the challenge, and conse
quently our slumbers are not disturbed by visita
tions from the ghosts ol those we might have de
molished.
Our objections to newspaper controversies are
*o numerous, that the only trouble is to select
examples. We profess to write for the entertain
ment and possible edification of people of intelli
gence, and to these nothing could be more unin
teresting than petty disputes between rival edi
tors. It requires more arrogance than has fallen to
cur lot, to suppose the public would be amused
or instructed by tbe exhibition of our private
spites, even if we had any to exhibit. Moreover
onr imagination is not active enough to create a
rivalry where none exists. There are always sub
jects inviting discussion in which sensible people
are interested; and the investigation necessary to
speak to purpose on these topics requires much
time and labor. There is nothing easier than to
write a flippant attack upon something or some
body, but in our judgmenr tbe small space our
crowded columns wi.l ailow to editorial matter
can be more worthily occupied.
Although we have do experiences to record,
our observation has taught us that newspaper
contests never pay They always remind us of
the Kilkenny cat story. The victor in these en
counters i; like one who has gained a case in the
chancery suit, in which the costs have s wallowed
the proceeds. Besides, victory does not often
perch upon the banner of tbe decentest contestant,
because be cannot get bis own consent to use the
most effectual weapons m this kind of warfare.
To ensure success, one must not be too delicate
about the use of means. It is necessary to dis
tort the enemy’s deliverances, to misquote, to give
garbled extracts, and U> force a meaning into his
expressions which did not originally belong to
them. If a lady gets into a dispure with a vira
go, the lady will undoubtedly come off second
best, because she has not an unlimited supply of
B.llingsgate to draw upon, and would be troubled
with innate ideas ol propriety if she rad. While
we wear white pantaloons and polished boots, it
is not poiile to kick a pig out of tbe way, espe
cially it be has just got up from his a item in the
ditch.
If a newspaper is to ire useful in the world it
must exert more than merely personal influence,
and in order to be influential it must be always
dignihsd in its tone and conduct. There are pleo’y
of people wbo eDjoy these ioolish controversies, but
these are not the wisest or best in the community.
It is no small matter to have a daily audience often
or fifteen thousand people, and no man in his senses
can remember his responsibility, (if he have such
an audience,) and make a mounfenank cf himself.
In his quiet sanctum he prepares au article which
may be read by a countless multitude If be has
spoken wise'y and well, hie thoughts will be copied
into other journals, and he has thus an opportunity
to disseminate the eternal principles of truth and
right far and wide. So far as he inculcates these
principals he will be a benefactor to his race, and if
he should condescend to notice the impertinent open
attacks and the half-hidden lcundoes which will
be inevitably uaunc.ed aga'ust him, he would do it
at the sacrifice of his dignity, and consequently at
the sacrifice of his usefulness. His is a nobler vo
cation, and he has no time or taste for pitiful con
troversies.
Something may be said in defence of these pa
pers that do furnish this sort of mental food to their
readers. It is easier to rntke personal attacks than
to write on abstract subjects. Dignity seems to be
an old fogy institution, and out ot place in this age.
Young America is fjDd of spioe and pickles, and is
uot fond of anything conservative or slow It seems
manly HDd hearty to cut and slash, even if the blade
“ falls uot on vulnerable crests,” or if the parly as
saulted will not cut back. It is safer to deride that
which one has not wit enough to comprehend, than
to attempt a reply, and infinitely mure honorable
than to repeat a sensible proposition. All these con
siderations influence journal sts sometimes, and
only age and experience and large circulation will
furnish better motives. TLe abiding consciousness
that ho is not writing in vain—that his utterances
will find an echo ir. honest hearts, and perchance ex
ert a wholesome influence upon men, when the brain
that gave birth to the thoughts, and the hand that
traced them will have ceased to labor--this is a sure
safeguard against the folly aud the littleness of a
newspaper controversy. — Baltimore American.
bquEEziNu Hands.— By a Lady. —What an im
merse difference il makes who > quetzes one’s hand !
A lady may twine her arm around your waist, press
a k.ss on your brow, or holding your hand in here,
toy with your fingeta to her heart’s content, but
you are perfectly calm aud collected, and expe
rience no unusual sensation, either disagreeable or
otherwise. I’erchauee a gentleman wbo you dis
like or feel slightly acquainted with, ventures to
press your hand, you snatch it quickly away, the
indignant blood mounts to your forehead, and with
(lashing eyes, you wonder “how the impertinent
fellow dares to do such a thing.” Rather an anti
quated specimen of humanity squeezes your hand,
you feel mortified for yourself aud mortified that a
man of his years should make a fool of himself, that
he should think you can really like such contact, and
above all, that he believes it possible that you can
like him, you are vexed at what he has done, and
determine that an opportunity shall never be offer
ed him of doing so again.
To plaoe your hand confidently in that of an ac
cepted, acknowledged lover, you are not excited or
confused, you have ceased blushing continually in
his presence; you experience a feeling of quiet
happiness, a “little heaven upon earth sjrtof leel
ing.” you are perfectly contented with everything
ill this terrestiai world, especially your lover and
yourself, aud yet withal it is a foolish feeling. You
sit with arms twined around you—that manly arm
which is to support you through life—a soft, rosy
tint suffuses your face as your hand is clasped in his.
Ah ! it is a blissful, foolish feeling.
But let someone whom you like very much, not
an accepted lover, but one who may perhaps be so
one of these days, gently enclose your hand in his
own ; what a strange, wild, joyful, painful feeling
thrills through your veins, rushes to your finger ends;
your heart goes bump! bump ! Surely, you think
lie must hear it throbbing For the life of you, you
cannot speaa. After letting your hand remain in
his !oug enough to show you are not offended,gent
ly withdraw it; bat perchance it is taken back
again ; after a taint “don’t do so,” which is answer
ed by a still closer pressure, with downcast eyeß
aud a cheek, you let the tittle hand, this
first earnest of other things to come, thrilling and
burning with new ecstatic emotion, remain all
trembling in its reefing place.
Notes on the Dates, Figs and Olives in our
Southern States— By a Traveller from the
Easern Hemisphere. —We are won* to imagine
Florida covered with swamps and everglades, yet
iu reality it is what it. name purports to be a most
blooming and fertile country. Unfortunately, the
tropica! climate of this State oemands a mono of
lift and husbandry far difierept from wliat our
peopls are generally u- ed to. Thi3 is the real cause
of .he disaffection which our migratory population
hitherto has shown to a State whose geographical
position is not less valuable lor commercial purpo
ses than i's climate and soil are for agricultural
A party in Philadelphia lately tried to introduce
tbe cultivation of the ctffee shrubs in the Key Isl
ands, but was refused by the federal authorities the
cession of the lauds required. It seems the cramped
state of finances in Washington does nofallow the
encouragement of the home production of a produco
which terms such au important item in the revenue
of the Confederation. But there are other fruits
already cultivated io Florida aud the neiguboring
States, say the tig, tbe olive tree and the date palm,
which off'-r greater chances than even the coffee on
the low Key Llands. Tee F!, rida tigs and olives
rank with the best of tbs olu woild, but are uot
turned to a proper account, the Floridians cot yet
having hi’ upon the idea to dry and pack, Smyrna
tasliioc, their costly fruiis, nor to extract salad oil
from their olives
True the duty on figo has been lowered coneidra
bly of late, but there is an item of import the
Smyrna traders cannot overcome, this is the heavy
loss their fruits undergo by deterioration on the
voyage, and which at a fair average reaches 25 per
cent. Out of a hundred fruit vessels which aunually
visit the Mediterranean, two-thirds go out in ballast;
this, too, weighs on the fruit. This has also refe
rence to dried dates and olive oil. The date palm
grows largely in Florida, bat the inhabitacte do not
know how to fructify the female trees, as it is done
in the East; cO these valuable palms bear no fruit.
The date palm grows in Arabia in the immediate
vicinity of the salt water, and on a soil peuetra'ed
with alkaline matter, where nothiug elee but a few
alkalini plants grow, of which a tine potasse is pro
duced.
Almonds, also, which unaccountably are still
burdened with 30 per cent, import duty, merit an
attention.
Dried tigs, dates, almonds and e&lidoil might be
shipped both to t.ie Eistern shores and by way of
this city to the heart of the country, with an advan
tage to tha producer, which would by far surpass
the profits on sugar or tobacco, nay even on cotton,
the production of the said fruits requiring hardly
auy labor at all. The cheapness ot production of
these fruits allow the Turkish Government and
Arabia from two to three dollars each tree, a rather
heavy taxation it would seem to us.
New Orleans, February 21, 1559.
N. O. Com. Bulletin.
Terrible Afflicton. —ilr. Elliott Barret of
Chester, who lives about a mile southeast of Ches
ter village, has been afflicted for nea'.iy a quarter
of a century, with a severe rheumatic complaint.—
For twenty years, he has lain on his back, entirely
helpless, a’ud it is impossible for him to lie iu any
ether position. The coldest day in winter, as well
as the hottest day in summer, when the heat is
enough to peel the parched llesh from bis aching
body, finds him in the same position, unable to move
& particle even to rest for a moment. He has often
.-aid to us, “If I could only turn over for one hour in
the course of a year, it would be a great relief.’
The only motion of which he is capable, besides the
organ of speech, is the movement of one of his skele
ton arn>. the left, with which he feeds himself with
a teaspoon, as he can move his iaw just enough to
admit the point of the spoon. Vet amid his acute
aud terribie sufferings, never a murmur escapes his
lips, but is always resigned and cheerful; though
his buoyancy does not arise from animal spirits, but
a uaturai cheerfulness and constant hopefulness, tor
are igioue faith sustains and gives warmth and
c-teadiness to his spirits. This faith carries him
through the heavy trials to which he is subject, and
over the dark journey of his pilgrimage. —Glenn s
\ Fall* Alt ss.
A Mild W imek in England A late London
’ paper remarks of the winter and spring of 1858- ? 59
lin England : “The nightingale was heard in Eng
land on the 18th of February. That is a remarka
; ble fact. It has been repeatedly heard since . so
i the declaration may be believed. Over the greater
| part of the pasturage of the kingdom the gra. s has
| uot ceased to be green throughout the winter and
: the roses and honeysuckles put ont shoots almost
as soon as their latest leaves dropned All the
j springfiowers of our gardens welcomes, open-eyed,
i Jhe coming in of March. The elm. Lombardy, pop
I lar, and thorns, have burst their buds at the very
1 beginning of the month, while the willow catkins
have overhung the strean: >as in April. Apricots
and peaches were in blocm above a week ago ; and
in the fruit growing countries, where the cherr.es
and pears are blooming already, the growers are in
a state of high torsion. A toch of frost between
night and morning would cost Lundred of pounds
each to hundreds of proprietors. -The oldest inha
bitant’ of many an agricultural district hardly re
members so mild a season. He must go back
nacre than twenty years for any winter that can
bear a comparison with it.
An Aged Jew®.—Mr. Jesse Trammel, residing
in the upper portion of this District, who has httecr•
ed the age of one hundred years. served all last
week in Court at a Petit Juror. What is most re
markable, he went through the i&bqre of jthe week
ithout serious fatigue , bearing and eight ae
as most men thirty years hie junior ard he is etiil
possessed of good memory and intelligence. Sir.
Trammel was born and raised in Union Distnct. in
this State, but for a great many years p set has been
a citizen cf Greenville District. Whilst a youth
his health was dehcate—naaas able, however, tx
aid his mother in taking care of the farm whilst hi*
e .der brother went into the Whig army He is tall
and eiender in form, florid complexion, grey eyes,
and hair not entirely write. He always supported
the character of an honest man and indnstri.'ue
citixen. possessed of competent means, has led the
life of a farmer, and lived in plain, tanner style. Kis
habits have been temperate.— GrtenuUt Patrux.
Lenox Collection of Mnevrb Sculpture*.
The doe collection of Nineveh Sculptures presen
ted by James Lenox, E?q.,of tbe New Y..rk Histo
rical Society was on Tuesday evening submitted
for tbe first time to pubnc inspection. The precious
stones were arranged against the wails ot the Re
fectory, hereafter to be known a a the Nineveh
room, thougn this change of name by no means in
i volves the banishment of the historical chocolate
and sandwiches. Toe chief interest of the exhibi
tion arises finm file lact U.at these sculptures are
accredited relics of Old Testament times, surviving
all the changes of dynastiee ana religions, and bear
* ing in imperishable characters some story of tJ.e
| past. The etory is yet to be read, and farther dis
coveries may be needed to throw iight upon the
myarir- legends: but if is be jeved that they wut
ultimately be deciphered, and made to yield a va -
uable contribution to tbe treasures ot hietorical
lore. The stones are known to date back as far as
the seventh century before Christ, and. as the hoary
representative of twenty-five hundred years, cannot
be regarded witboat awe aud reverence. When
the edge of these feeiinge is blunted, aad the* spec
tator proceeds to apply his cold modern criticism to
the subject, be finds that the Ninev.tes had very
lair not ona of art. Tbe sculptures were originally
intended as ornaments of palaces or the houses of
wea,thy people, and are far me re elaborate than
most of the decorations which find their way into
the domicil of the modem millionaire.
The artist, unlike the sculptors of the preset t
day, cared nothing for beauty or anatomical accu
racy, paid no attention to foreshortening and per
spective, put no sentiments into his faces, and was
ted no time on graces of attitude. The ideas that
he meant to convey, whatever they were, are ex
pressed in tbe symbolic adjuncts of his figures. The
figures themselves are almost stereotyped copies of
each other, and it is in tbe uninterpreted surround
ings that the purpose of the sculptor is to be looked
for. It was upon these that he lavished his utmost
sktii, aud there are few chisels at this day that could
do neater and cleaner work. On most of the stones
the finest touches of the steel are stiff to be seen, as
distinct as though they bad been made but yester
day. The wonderful preservation of the carving
is not due to the hardness of the material, which is
sulphate of lime, but to the fact that the stones fell
inward when the proud structures which they adorn
ed tumbled to tbe eaith and were buried wi.Whetr
laces in toe Band, wcere they remained undisturbed
until their exbumauun. Thus guarded from the de
structive wind3 and rains, no virtuoso could have
more securely swathed and packed them away :rom
harm.
The stonee are thirteen in number, and illustrate
a variety ot unknown subjects. Ooe bears a triple
homed winged figure, standing with a fir cone in
one tand, and in tue other a basket ornamented
with a bas-relief of two kings, beside e sacred tiee.
Another presents two small eagle-headed human
figures, wl tk offerings—a tree between them, and
one in the background. A third, which is a con
tinuation of two adjacent slabs, contains two double
borned, winged figuies,on either side of a sacred
tree, presenting the mystic fir cone and basket.
Upon the eandat3 ot one of the twain are traces of
black and red paint. The other sculptures art
generally similar to those already described, with
the exception ot one bold figure winged, and con
fronting a king with a patera in one hand and a bow
in the other. One ot the eagle-headed species is
supposed to be “Nisroeh.” luscriptious iu counei
iroin or arrow-head characters run across the centre
of the slabs, travelsing the figures, and the whole is
surrounded by an ornamented border. The figures
are of that heroic size in which ancient art eougat
to express the potential attributes of gods aud
kings. They are from four to seven feet bight, with
exaggerated legs and arms that wouid make the for
tune of a prize fighter. Tue dimensions of the atones
are : breaoth four to seven leet, height e’ght feet,
thicknesß six inches, and they weigh fr om one tnd a
halt to two tons each. Most of tfiein were either
broken in the smash which laid them low, or in tue
process of disinterment, but have been put together
without impairing the original design.
The Lenox collection or Nineveb sculptures, as it
is called, is worthy ot a companionship with that
other (neglected) treasury of antiquities, “The
Egyptian Collection;’’ aud it is hoped that some
way may be opened for the latter to pass under the
care and protection of the Historical Society.—
Journal of Commerce.
The Illustrious Dead. —lt was a reproach to
Virginia iu former days that bo little had been done
in marble or on canvass to commemorate the fame
of the mighty deud. It was not until a late period
that even a rude headstone marked the resting place
of the illustrious Madrnon. This stain upou ber es
cutcheon Virginia has recently washed off. A hand
some monument has been erected there by or
der of the Virginia Legislature. Tue Virginia
Washington Monument reflects glory on the pi eoent
as well at the past of Virginia. The removal of
President MoDroe’s remains to Virginia, aud the
proposition to build over bis grave an enduring me
morial, showed that Virginia is determined to guard
with reverent gratitude the ashes other mighty
dead, and was tbe occasion of an outburst ot na
tional patriotism and harmony that finked Virginia
more closely than ever to her sister States, and
showed that we are yet a united people.
But, though much has been done to manifest her
affectionate loyalty to the memory of her great
men, the graves of some of her most distinguished
sons still remain without a suitable monument to
mark their burial place. It has been suggested,
and we trust the suggestion will be remembered,
and at no distant day carried into effect, that mea
sures should be taken to obtain tire consent of the
surviving relatives of other Virginia Presidents aud
other illustrious men of the Revolutionary era to
the beautiful aud commanding eminence in Holly
wood Cemetery, where the body of President Mon
roe is now deposited. It is not necessary that this
removal should be accompanied with unnecessary
pomp and expense, but the State could well afford
to make a email appropriation to erect a monument
over each, simple, elegant and durable, like that of
Presideut Monroe. VVe should then have in Holly
wood all that is mortal of Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe, protected fiom neglect and profanation, and
rnakiug a spot more hallowed and venerated iu the
eyes of Amerca than Westminster Abbey. To
this consecrated ground, pilgrims might ccine from
every portions of the vast Republic, aud replenish
the fires of patriotism at these holy shrines, and re
new upon them the vows of love and fidelity to
Liberty and the Union Dispatch.
Leather and its Manufactures. —The manu
facture of various kinds of leather, particularly pole
leather and heavy upper leather, has loDg been a
leading pursuit in Pennsylvania. Tbe tanneries,
which reveal themselves here and the e in ravines
along the highways and by-ways of the State, some
traveler has remarked, are almost as plentiful as the
old-fashioned water propelled grist mills, or the
country taverns. The abundance of oak, particu
larly the white oak and chesnut oak, has facilitated
and rendered profitable the business of tanning;
and the excellence acd cheapness of oak bark, pro
bably more than any other circumstance, explain
the immense production of leather which finds its
principal depot in Philadelphia. Quercitron bark,
which is timply a product of the ordinary black oak,
is now largely exported to Europe, where it com
mands high prices.
The distinction which Philadelphia is justly enti
tled to claim in this branch of manufacture, is in the
production of the finer kinds of leather. Calf skins
are made of a most superior quality, unequalled
elsewhere, it is believed, in this country, and not
excelled by the celebrated French. One of our
manufacturers, it will be remembered, entered into
competition with the French and all others, at the
World's Exhibition at London, in 1851, and
carried off the prize medal. All parts of the West,
as well as less remote States, are chiefly supplied
wiih this leather from this city.
But the branch of ‘he leather manufacture in
which Philadelphia may fairly claim a decided pre
eminence is that of morocco. At leaet one and. a
half miltto-ns (1,500.000) of goat skins are annually
converted into leather iu Philadelphia; and the ex
cellence of quality is no less remarkable than the
quantity. The goat skins are chiefly obtained from
the East Indies, and three-fourths of the whole
amount imported into the United States are brought
to Philadelphia. The East Indian skins are small,
and have ehort hair, and are peculiarly suited for
ladies’ and children’s shoes. The goat skins from
Tampico are highly esteemed, being large and
heavy; while those from Curacoa, though smaller,
are very superior, and used chiefly tor making kid
for gloves and gaiter uppers. Those from the East
Indies comprise, perhaps, four-tilths of the whole
importation.
There are about thirty morocco manufactories in
Philadelphia, employing some eight hundred per
sons, and producing about a millions and a half
dollars worth annually. Seveial of the firms have
very complete establishments for making fancy
leather for shoemakers, hatters, book-binders coach
makers, aud saddlers.
Both Sides of the Pike’s Peak Qtestion. —
The Weekly Kansas Champion speaks of the gold
mines thus : “ During the past week we have had
several air'vale and letters from the gold regions,
and as many coutlioting reports ss to the richness
of the mines. On Monday last two Germans, who
formed part of the German company that left this
city for the mines last fall, arrived in Atchison.
One of them says the mines are a humbug, and (hat
no one can make enough to pay him for his labor.
He eavs that with hard work a man can make from
75 to $1,50 per day, but ‘hat provisions aud all the
necessaries of life are exorbitantly high, and the
small sum made by digging wifi not meet bis cur
rent exf enses He reports that large numbers arc
returning, and that haltthoss there are discontented,
and would come back if they had any way of com
ing. The other German says that the mines are
rich, and that gold can be tound any plf ce, and in
quantities suflicient to pay a man with merely a
pick and pan from $4 to $5 per day steadily, with
the prospect of striking rich “leads,'’ from which
sls to S4O per day have been taken. He says
that very few are dissatisfied, except those who are
too indolent to work. lie reports that English’s
sons, who also left this city for the mines la3t fall,
are on their way back, bringing with them ovur
SI,OOO in gold, which they dug with merely a pick
and pan. He thinks they will be in by the eany
part of next week.”
A Millionaire'with Monet Enough. —Rev.
Dr. Chapin's Society purchased their present loca
tion on Broadway, New York, of Wm. B. Astor, for
$90,000. Not long ago they sought to pay the prin
cipal of the debtDefore it became due, but Mr.
Astor complained that he had so much money to
take care of, he would really prefer their continuing
to pay only the interest as it came due. T hey are
row, it seems, expecting to receive $130,000 for the
property, acd will probably remove to Madison
square.
Municipal Election at Cincinnati. —The Cin
cinnati Commercial says ; Tne municipal election
in that city passed off quietly, and the returns in
dicate the election of the entire Opposition city
ticket, a majority of Counciimen and School Trus
tees. and a majority of township officers. The ma
jority for Mr. Bishop, for Mayor, will probably ex
ceed 1,500. The poll was one of the largest ever
had at a municipal election in Cincinnati, and there
wa3 a vexatious amount of scratching.
“We’ll Marks’ This Fall.” — l gave her a rose
and gave her a ring, and I asked her to marry me
then : but she sent them &U back, insensible thing,
and said she'd no notion of men. Itoldher I'doceans
of money and goods; tried to frighten her with a
grow!; but she answered that she wasn't brought up
in the woods, to be soared by the screech of an owl.
I called her a begger, and everything bad; I slight
ed her features and form: till at length I succeeded
in getting her mad. and she raged like the sea in a
storm. And then in a moment I turned and smiled,
and cubed her my angel and all; she fell in my arms
like a wearisome child, exclaimed, “We will marry
this fall.”
Tae New Divorce Law in Indiana. —The
divorce law of Indiana, as amended, requires first,
that the applicant shall nave been a bona fide resi
dent of the State for one year: seevnd, abandon
ment for one year : third, service ten days, or pub
lication thirty days instead of fourteen; fourth, if
the defendant files a crc-s petition, the suit cannot
be withdrawn by the withdrawal of the ‘original pe
tition ; fifth, the’oourt to decree such alimony as
circums:anees shah render just and proper ; sixth,
a divorce on account of the misconduct of the wife
givee the husband the same title to her property as
if she were dead. Anew section authorizes the
opening up of decrees in certain cases within two_
years, as to custody of children and allowance of
alimony, but not so as to marry the divorced pa
rents.
Large Discovert OF Lead. —Avery large and
rich discovery of lead has recently been made in
Miller county, near the month of Humphries Creek,
two miles from the Osage river. It promises the
finest and largest yield of any vein yet discovered
in Missouri. The laud on which it was found, six
hundred and twenty acres, wae bought a few months
sco at almcs: a nominal price. In fact thousands
of acres of the best mineral land in the State are
yet open to a’ rants, or may be bought at from one
to two dollars an acre. Tee specimens of lead shown
to us trom this vein in Mirer county, certainly indi
cate a very rich lead. —St Louis Devwcrai.
Americans in Prison in Peru.— -Alexander
Kobmson. who states chat he has a family in Balti
more, and that he himself has served many years on
board US vess sis of war, has written a letter irom
Callao, complaining of his arrest and imprisonment
there by the police, and übse.,aent sentence to the
chain gang for eix years. The sentence, however,
had not been carried ouk Mr. Booinson does not
give the specific charge upon which he wee arrest
ed, but complains that Me Clay, our minister, has
made no effort to see justice done bim. E. M Jef
lerson, of Boston, also complains that be was ar
reeted at Callao and imprisoned over two years ago,
and still remains iu prison, uaabie to secure either
a trial or hearing. 1
Georgia Supreme Court.
Mtnulc of Points decided at Atlanta, March Term,
1859.
Jeff-rson Johrson and wife vs. Wright and Walk
er. Ejectment—from Cass county.
1. Enter of judgment nu nc pro tunc. An order
appointing a guardian ad litem, in 1834, and an
entry thereof made at the time only on the bench
docket and on the record, may be nunc pro
tunc, on the minutes of the Court in 1857.
4. Impeachment of judgment A party may
show that the return or entry of service by the
sheriff s a forgery ; and that a person appointed
guardian ad litem, accepted the trust; and that
such person was appointed at the instance of the
inf rnuer, and thns show that the judgment render
ed n the cause (a proceeding to condemn a return
under tbe lottery acts, iraudnientj was paid. Judg
ment renewed.
Bogle & Fields, plaintiffs iu error, vs. James M.
Maddox, detendant in error.
Proceedings to establish lost papers—from Ca
toosa county.
1. Who proper carries. A person not a party,
nor in privity with the party to deeds, copies ot
which are sought to be established, cannot inter
vene before petition and motion, be made a party
defendant to a proceeding instituted under tne acta
of 1799 and 1856, to establish copies of loet papers.
Judgment affirmed.
James S Jobe vs. the State.—lndictment for
keeping slew i house—from Catoosa county. Judg
ment affimed.
CheroKee Insurance and Banking Company vs.
Justices of the Inferior Court of Whitfield county.
Mandamus from Whitfield.
There is no law iu Georgia authorising the In
ferior Court of a county in which a bank is located,
to levy a tax on the capital clock of such bank, for
county purposes Reversed.
Joseph K. Duke vs. Enock Nelson. —Complaint
from Cass.
1. Where vendee sells for as much as he gives,
although there is unsoundness, he is not entitled to
damages for breach of warranty, Reversed.
Wm Fa cher vs. Jesse Felker. Rule vs. Sb'fl'.
from Catoosa.
A, sells land to B ; against A there is a fi fa older
than a deed from A to B, under which the land is
sold. B bids it off, at a price exceeding the amount
of the fi fa. A rules the Sheriff’ tor the excess.
Held, that he is not entitled to it—-judgment af
firmed.
Sprayberry \\ aiker for plaintiffs in error :
McConnell, contra.
Harden H. Godfrey, piaintiff in error vs JobnT.
Godfrey defendant in error. Divorce—from Gor-
Qon Before service can be made by publication
in a libel for divorce , it must be shown that the
party is out of State. Judgment affirmed.
Francis for plaintiff in error; Johnson contra.
A. K. Blackwetl vs. Nancy Biid. Ejectment—
from Cher.kee.
1. The verdict of a jury is not conclusive that all
the proceedings in the case were regular aud legal
4. The copy of a declaration, with the eritry of
tbe cletk thereon, “ established in lieu cf the ori
ginal,” the record efthe proceedings in the case, as
well as verbal testimony, going to show the service
of the original declaration, are all admissible in evi
dence. Reversed.
Irwin, Lester ie. Brown for plaintiffs in error.
Geo. Young, Sup’t. of the W. &. A. rai.road,
plaintiff in error vs. Maltha Kinney defendant in
error. Case from Cass. This was ar action brought
by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in
error for dam ges, lor killing her aon, (a minor) in
December, 1851. The Court held—
1. The running off of ears on a railroad, is prima
facie proof of negligence.
2. Negligence on the part of the injured party
does not relieve the load entirely from damages.—
How far it may affect the quantum of damages—au
open question.
3. Where there is negligence on the part of the
injured party, it should be taken iuto consideration
by the jury, aud the damages proportioned accord
ingly. Judgment reversed.
Walker tor plaintiff ineiror; Shropshire & Un
derwood contra.
David M. Davis plaintiff in error vs. Wm. W.
Alexander defendant in error. Debt and motion—
from Whitfield. Where a case is dismissed for want
ot prosecution, the same may be reins ated at the
same term ot the court, proper, ditligence being
shown by the p'aintiff. Judgment affirmed.
J. A. GlenD, for plaintiff; Johnson & Jackson,
contra.
Wm. J. Keath, plaintiff in error vs. the State,
defendant iu error. Peace warrant—from Whitfield.
In a proceeding under a Pesos warrant, which is
returned to the Superior Court, the defendant is
liable for the cost, the only evidence returned by
the magistrate being the affidavit of the moving
party. Judgment affirmed.
J. A. Glenn, for plaintiff in error; Johnson,
contra.
Jno.G. S. Weatherford vs Joseph F. Shegay.—
Complaint from Chattooga.
lßt. Where a party sues out a bail process, under
the act of 1857, it is unnecceeeary, to endorse the
amount sworn to on the declaration.
4nd. Where the Court is not held at the term, to
which the bail process iu returnable, the declara
tion may be filed at the ensuing Term. Judgment
revel sed.
Walker and Taylor for plaintiff in error. Dodson
and McConnell, contra.
Jno. P. Ellrod vs. Giililand, Howell & Cos. Ca. Sa.
Certiorari from film ray. >
Ist. Where a Ca. Sa. was issued and executed
before the passage of the act of 1858, aud under
that act the Inferior Court dismissed the Ca. Sa.,
Certiorari will lie to the decision.
2nd. The Ca Sa act of 1858,does not operate up
on cases penning at the time of its passage. Judg
rneut affirmed. Glenn & Powell for plfts in error.
Famswartb & Walker, contra.
Jno. L. Cohen vs. Martin Menco. Attachment
from Whitetield.
Ist. The affidavit of a party suing out an attach
ment must be subscribed by the party.
2nd. The affidavit is not amendable. Judgment
affirmed.
Walker & Stansell for pl’ff in error. Jackson &
Johnson, contra.
EastT. & G Railroad vs. Albert G. Whittle. Mo
tion lor anew Trial from Whitfield.
Railroads are liable a3 common carriers. By
epecial contract they may be divested ot that char
acter ; as where a party charters a car for a special
purpose; in such case the Road is not liable for any
injury that may occur, in the absence of negligence,
&c. Judgment reversed.
W aiker pi’ll in error. McCutehen, contra.
James S. Jobe pl’ff iuerror vs. the State of Georgia,
deft.
Held : That notwithstanding the Court has pro
nounced sentence in a criminal case—still until re
corded, it is competent for the Court to change said
sentence either by increasing or diminishing the
punishment; t specially when application is made to
the Judge to reconsider the matter.
Sprayberry &. Thatcher tor pl’ff in error. Solicitor
General Johnson for the State.
Henry Mosely pill, in error vs. the State, dft’t. Ma
licious Mischief from Gordon. It is not necessary
to prove ill-will of defendant agsinstthe owner of the
property destroyed, but if the destv ction ot proper
ty was wanton and unprovoked, the Jury may infer
malice. Judgment afiiimed.
Wofford, lorplff. in error. Contra, Sol. Gen.
Johnson.
Jesse Couch plff. ,in error vs. the State, dff’t.
Keeping open Tippling House on Sunday. A de
mand for (be trial at a previous time having been
made and the Judge having refused to place said
demand on record, at a subsequent term, a motion
to dismiss the ca 66 will not succeed. Upon the re
fusal of the Judge to place upon record, the refusal
should have been excepted and taken up to the Su
preme Court. Judgment affirmed.
Underwood &, Wofford for plff. in error. Contra,
Sol. Gen. Johnson.
Joseph Sentei plff in error vs. Wm. Mitcbel, dfft.
Complaint from Chattooga. Though a special
contract has not been complied with, whatever has
been done under the contract and accepted, must
be paid for. Affirmed.
Glenn for plff. in error. Contra, Dabney.
Eiiahs King plff. in error vs. Hubbard Baker.
Mandamus fr -m Forsvth. The Ordinary, under
the statute of 1857 should pay all school accounts
tiled and approved pro rata as far as his fund will
exiend without any regard as to the time when the
service was rendered. Judgment affirmed.
Hansell by Brown & Underwood for plff. in er
ror.
Charles Long, tenant &e., plff. in error vs. G. H.
Young. Ejectment from Union. Judgment af
firmed.
Francis for pill, in error. Brown, Martin &. Reid,
contra.
ABbury Carnes plff. in error ve. the State. Riot
from Milton. Held, that the verdict was not con
trary to evidence. Judgment affirmed.
Brown for plff. in error. Sol. Gen. Johnson, con
tra.
Paster Fleming, adm’r. plff in error ve. Wm. H.
Collins, dfft. in error. Equity from Gilmer. Re
versed.
Walker for plff. in error. Coiiier, contra.
Jsese Ilumpries vs Asa Hendricks. Trespass
from Paulding. Held, that the evidence supported
the verdict oi the Court below and this court will
not disturb it. J udgmeut affirmed.
Bemiett Lawrence AdinY vs. Allen Phi [pot, Guar
dian, Equity from Floyd.—Held, that there was
Equity iu ihe bill, which has been sworn off and
the Court below properly refused to dissolve the
injunction. Judgment affirmed. Printup for Pl’ff
iu error. Underwood, Chilosm &. Waddell, contra.
A Sliands & Cos. vs. A. Howell & Cos. Debt
from Lumpkin.—Held, that, the appearance by
counsel in a case amounts to a waver of service.
Where Defendants appeared by counsel iu same
action in another State, a certified copy of the pro
ceedings of said case is prima facie evidence of
service. Judgment reversed. Irvin and Lester
for pill’s in error; Hansell. contra.
John Lee et. al, ve. John Cato’s orphans. Eject
ment from Gilmer. —Held, that, C purchasing from
B without notice, takes a good title, although B's
deed was recorded, with notice to B that A held an
older unrecorded deed Judge Banning dissenting.
Judgment, reversed. Irvin & Lester for Pfffs in
error. Walker & Underwood, contra.— lntel.
Ship Building. —The Journal of Commerce
says : —Little is now doing in the ship building bu
siness at this pert. Such a stagnation in this branch
of industry has not been known for many years. A
few ferry boats in process of construction, but an.
order for a steamboat or a sailing vessel is a very
rare occurrence. All this is, of course, owing to
the falling off in freights, and until occupation can
be t'euud lor scores of steamboats and sailing ves
sels now tied up at the wharves, the ohipyards will
continue to be idle. There is just now a slight im
provement perceptible in the freighting business.
Counterfeit Bills. —We were shown this
morning a despatch from New-Orleans, stating that
the country is flooded with counterfeit ten dollar
bids on the Citizens’ Bank, New Orleans. Look
close for tbem ; it if supposed that the counterfeit
is well executed, else this intelligence would not
have been set abroad by telegraph at private ex
pense.—Montgomery Mail , 2d.
The Daily True Delta, April 1, notes the follow
ing difference between the genuine and the coun
terfeit :
First: in the counterfeit the upper part of the
letter J, in James of the President's signature, is
heavy and apparently blurred. In the signature of
the Cashier, in the genuine notes, the O, iD Rous
seau is distinct, while in the counterfeit the name
is sometimes Reul, Rul. Ac. Iu the genuine plate,
on the right of the word Ten. are two lines, and on
the outer line is a dot. In the counterfeit there is
no dot. Th= most important difference, however,
between the genuine and coucterfeit notes is in a
comparison of the back- of the notes. The genuine
note, when turned back upwards presents but
about the sixteenth of an inch of white margin, on
tbe right hand side, while toe counterfeit has a white
margin of a: lea-’ f. quarter of an inch. The mar
gin on the back of the counterfeit note cannot be
curtailed wit: ■. u~ c r-.cing the front of the note.
A Bac h el i. e \\ oes. —What a pitifui thing an
oid bachelor it, with hie cheerless house and rueful
phiz, on a bitter cold night, when the fierce winds
blow, and the earth is covered with a foot of enow.
When the fire is out ard in -hnering dread, he
slips beneath the eheets of Lis lonely bed i how he
draws up his tots, still encased in yarn hoee, and
buries his nose neath the chilly bed clothes, that
his nose and his toes, still encased in yarn hoee may
not be fr- ze. Then he puffs and,blows, and swears
that he knows no morial on earth ever suffered such
woes, and with an’s and oh's, and with limbs nearly
froze, to bis slumber in silence he goes. In the
mem when tbe cock crows, and the sun’s just roße,
from ’neath the bed clothes pokes the bachelor's
nose, and es you may suppose he hears the wind
blows, and he sets the window all froze, why back
neath the clothes pops the poor fellow's nose, or if
from the bed be rose, to put on his clothes, he'd
surely froze.
A writer in Household Words thus describes t e
personal appearance of Napoleon III: —“ He is
grizzled, cadaverous, and lame id the left hip, and
labors to conceal this last deiect. ‘ His walk is awk
ward. He turns out his toes, and leans heavily on
the strong stick which he carries in his weli-gioved
hand. He is carelufiy dressed, but, though his
coat fits him very accurately, he has nothing of the
air of a perfectly dressed man. His figure is not
improved by the cuirass which his coat will not
oonceai. Every step he takes is studied, while his
eye scans every passer by with a look which has
something uncanny in its expression.”
Operations of the Philadelphia Mint. —The
gold coinage at the United States Mint for the
month of March, was $ 119,519 The silver coinage
was SIOB,OOO in half and quarter doiiar pieces ;
$•27,000 worth of cents were also corned, making
tbe entire value of tbe Coinage for the month
$254,519, covering 5,095,557 pieces. The deposits
of coin for the mouth amounted to $177,775. i
SOITHEBN jCI'LTIVATOK.
Published by W. S. Jones, at Augusta, Ua.
Terms . One Dollar a Year.
The Southern Cultivator is one of the cheap
est and most valuable publications we receive It
is issued monthly, each number containing 32 large
■octavo pages, and ueatiy printed. Wm. 8. Jones
of Augusta. Ga.. is the publisher, and Dr. Daniel
Lee and D. Redmond, the editors.
The Cultivator is now in its seventeenth volume,
with a very large and rapidly increasing circula
tion. It should be on the table of every planter.
Subscription only one dollar a year. Natchez
(Miss ) Courier.
The Southern Cultivator —This valuable Ag
ricultural journal, published at Augusta Ga., aud
edited by Daniel Lee and D Redmond, is on our ta
ble Tbe last number ie unusually interesting and
instructive. Each Department is well filled and
should be carefully read aDd then filed away for
fature reference. —Chattanooga Aarertmer.
The Cultivator has been considerably enlarged
—containing now 34 pages reading matter in each
number whilst its outward appearance has been
greatly enhanced by a neat, substantial cover.
We are indebted greatly to the Cultivator for ma
ny of the selections in our Agricultural Columns.
—Pontotoc [Miss ) Examiner.
The Southern Cultivator.— This monthly for
April is now before us. It is devoted to Southern
Agriculture. It contains much that is cf incalcula
ble benefit to the farmer and planter. It is edited
with much ability by Dr. Daniel Lee and D. Red
mond, Esq. —Rutherford Telegraph.
Southern Cultivator.— The number for April
came to hand on Tuesday, in very good time. The
Cultivator is now in its i*th volume, and is a ster
ling, well established monthly. It is published at
Augusta, Georgia, by Wm. S. Jones, at the low
price of $1 s year, in advance. No farmer should
be without it. We intend to give copious extracts
from its ample pages, in our next issue, appropriate
to the month of April
Political Revival in Tennessee.
As we anticipated, there was a glorious gath
ering of the Opposition in Tennessee last Tues
day, by whom there was manifested the utmost
enthusiasm and soul-cheering harmony. At an
early hour the Representative Hall waa crowded
to overflowing, evincing that the people fully ex
pected something unusual in the way of hearty
concert of action, and rousing speeches. And they
were not disapnointed.
Tire roil of delegate’ numbered over three hun
dred, embracing the flower of tbe opposition, and
animated to a man by a spirit of determination
to succeed The meeting was organized by call
ing upou that veteran leader, Hon. Neil S. Brown
to nreside, supported by several talented gentle
men as Vice Presidents, and an able corps oi Se
cretaries. Then a Committee, of which Hon. F.
K. Zolhcoffer, Representative iu Congress from
the Nashville District, was the Chairman, was ap
pointed to draft Resolutions. The Committee
was composed of the following gentlemen ;
F. K. Zollicoffer, Dr. John W. Richardson, W.
H. Wi.-ener, L J. Polk, J. M. Quarles, Jere Cle
mens, J. H. McMahon, Thomas Rivers, D. R.
Thomas. J M. Morrill, 3. B. Cook, K B. Brab
son, John M. Fleming. W. B. Reese, Jr., and W.
C. Kyle.
While the Committee was out, Hon. Jere Cle
mens, of the Memnhis “ Eagle it Enquirer,” was
called for, who responded in a lengthy and able
speech. Ex Governor Foote, of Mississippi, was
then called upon, who declined addressing the
Convention until its business was concluded. W.
G. Brownlow, of the Knoxville “ Whig,” respon
ded to an enthusiastic call by begging to be’ ex
cused from speaking, but promised to do his whols
pait in writing.
We invite a careful reading of the Resolutions
adop’ed by the Convention. They embody the
sentiments and doctrines of those passed by the
Virginia Opposition, and very probably indicate
the principles on which tbe Opposition in Georgia
will plant themselves iu the coming campaign—
as well as foreshadow the platform upon which the
Opposition throughout tbe Uuion will unite iu the
Presidential contest iu 18CU. Above all, we earn
estly solicit the Opposition iu Georgia to notice the
unanimity of the Convention in the adoption of the
Resolutions and the outburst of enthusiasm which
attended and followed the nomination of John
Netheilaud as the candidate. Unappailed by the
power of numbers, and unsubdued by former de
teate, they go out upon the field full of spirit aud
hope aud a faith in obtaining a victory that forcibly
reminds one of the days of 1840! We hail the
prompt and harmonious action of the Tennessee
Opposition, as an augury of success, and hope and
believe that such spirit of determination must and
will triumph. God grant that it may be so, and
that the spirit of defiance and ambition to gain a
decisive and glorious victory may cross our North
ern boundary, and, communicating from heart to
heart,descend from the mountains, and sweep to the
sealioard, uutil the entire Opposition in G eorgia shall
be aroused to action, shake off their lethargy, and,
determined to conquer, go forth to the battle with
the same firmness of purpose aud whole souled en
thusiasm which animates their brethren of Tennes
eee.—Atlanta Amer.
On re assembling in the afternoon, the following
action was had :
Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer, from the Committee on
Resolutions, reported the following declaration of
principles:
The people ofrennessee oppose to the Democra
tic party declare :
I. That the Union, as established by the Federal
Constitution, is the surest guaranty of the rights
and interests of all sections of the country, and
should be preserved.
11. That while we w 11 maintain with unwavering
firmness, our constitutional rights iu relation t_,
slavery, we believe that the further agitation of the
question tends to no practical good to any portion
of the country, and should therelore cease; regarding
the principle as settled, that the people, when they
come to form a Constitution and establish a State
Government, shall decide the question for-them
selves.
111. That we are opposed to direct taxation and
in favor of the adoption of a tariff adequate to the
expenst sos an economical Administration of the
general government, with specific duties where ap
plicable, discriminating in favor of American in
dustry.
IV. That the Uffted States should accept the Is
land of Cuba at any time when it can be acquired
consistently with the national honor, and should
oppose, to the last extremity, its transfer to any
foreign power.
V. That iu the disposition of the public lands,
otherwise than for governmental purposes, Tennes
see aud all the old States are equally entitled to re
ceive a proportion with the States and Territories
where they are located.
VI. That we are iu favor ot a reasonable exten
sion of the period of probation now preecribed for
the naturalization ot foreigners, and a more rigid
enforcement of the law upon that subject—the pro
hibition of the immigration of foreign paupers and
criminals, and the prevention of all foreigners not
naturalized from voting at elections.
VII. That the recommendation of the President
that Congress shall confer upon him the war-making
power, and subject the Army and Navy to hie con
trol, with the demand for enormous appropriations
oat of the public Treasury, to carry out his views ;
coupled with the reckless extravagance, waste of
the public money, and corruption practiced under
the present Administration, deserve the unqualified
condemnation and rebuke of the whole country.
VIII. That we are in favor of a sound and well
regulated banking system, the issues whereof shall,
by being payable on their face at the place whence
issued, be convertible, at the wiil of the holder, into
the precious metals.
IX. That we favor the maintenance, inviolate, of
the public faith, by ihe prompt payment, at what
ever sacrifice, of the puhlio debt, and no further
increase of it unless for some object of indispensa
ble public necessity.
X. That we here pledge ourselves to use our ear
nest exertiocs and united influence to overthrow
that party, which, having brought the Government
to bankruptcy ard filled the whole land with dis
cord, have now, themselves, caught the contagion,
and agree in nothing but a desire fur dominion and
are bound together by no tie except “the cohesive
power of public plunder.”
The resolutions were received by acclamations;
and
J. B. Heiskoli, Esq., ot Hawkins, said that as the
resolutions had been spontaneously ratified without
the foimality of putting the question, he would sug
gest that we proceed w.th other business.
The Übair said if there was no objection the reso
lutions would be considered as adopted. (Loud
Applause.].
Col. J. H. McHaiiOD, of Shelby, said that there
was but one more email bit of work to be done.—
He proposed the following:
Resolved , That we recognize tne unmistakeable
preference of the Opposition party all over the
State for John Ketherlsnd, ted hereby ratify that
preference by nominating him as our candidate for
Governor cf Tennessee.
The resolution was received with the most deafen
ing and long continued applause, and uinety-and
niue for Netherland. The formality of putting the
resolutions was dispensed with.
Dr. Brownlow was then called for, but declined,
and Tbos. J. Campbell, Esq , of Bradley, responded
to a call, and accepted the nomination on behalf of
John Nethcrlanrf. [Liudapplause.] Col. Camp
bell addressed the Convention briefly, and his re
marks were received with loud applause.
Gov. Foote, of Mississippi, was then loudly call
ed for, and ascended the staud amid hearty cheers.
Gov. Foote addressed the Convention in reference
to the corruptions of Government at leDgth and
with great ability. His chargee of fraud and cor
ruption were strong, mentioning names, but made
under a full apprehension of the responsibility.
Gen. Quarles offered the following resolution:
Resolved , That the President of this Convention
be, and he is hereby empowered to appoint an
Executive Cbmmittee for each Grand Division of
the State, consisting of from three to five, as he
may deem best, with the power to appoint County
Committees in each county in their respective di
visions
Dr. John W. Richardson moved the appointment
of a Committee of live to notify Col. Netherland
of his nomination, and request his acceptance.—
Carritd.
Gen, Quarles here responded to a loud call from
the Convention, in a short but energetic and pun
gent speech.
John F. House, Esq., of Montgomery, responded
to repeated calls in a speech ot great power and
abounding in strong points against the corruptions
and inconsistencies of the Impositioniste.
The President announced the following committee
to announce to Col. Netheriand his nomination: J.
W. Richardson. A. M. Looney, J. B. Cooke, W. G.
Brownlow and George L. Holmes.
The Convention then adjourned to 7] P. M., to
meet again for the purpose of hearing more speech
es.
Correspondence Baltimore American.
Washington Letter.
Washington, April 5,1859.
The result in Connecticut falls like a wet blanket
upon the Administration, and is a most emphatic
rebuke io Mr. Secretary Toucey. If members of
the Cabinet felt any real deference towards that
“ popular sovereignty” which they are accustomed
to declaim about so lustily, not a man of them
would consen* to bold efii 3e, after being repudiated
as they nave been, by their own constituents aud
the country at large. Michigan is against General
Cass : Connecticut is against Mr. Toucey ; Penn
sylvania is against Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Black ;
Georgia disclaims the position of Mr. Cobb; Missis
sippi rejects the whole policy that Mr. Thompson is
compelled to adopt in Administration. The Demo
cracy of Kentucky, which Mr. Holt represents, sus
tain Mr. Douglas’ position against that of the Presi
dent. And in Virginia, Mr. Letcher, the regular
candidate for Governor, gives aid and comfort to
Mr. Fiovd by openiy assaulting every measure the
President recommended. This is the way the peo
ple manifest their regard for the Administration. A
British Cabinet would resign upon the failure of a
eingle measure before Parliament.
The orders sent to the different Navy Yards to
prepare the ships which are lying there for sea is
only a feint on the part of tne Administration.—
Similar requisitions were issued heretofore, and they
have not got off jet- Even it’ they were ordered to
Nicaragua everybody knows the President would
take care to cramp the commanding officers with
instructions wtich would render their presence in
effective. He has a nervous tremor about respon
sibility that is rather inconsistent with the Jack
sonian element which the incumbent of the White
House aff-cta without much expenditure of courage.
This Central American business will end in bluster
** The postage on letters to Buenos Ayres from the
United States via England, is reduced from 45 to
X cents, and pre payments required. This reduc
tion proceeds from our postage treaty with England,
which gives us the advantage of aii such arrange
ments she may make with other countries.
North Carolina University.— The catalogue
of the aboTe institution has just been published.
There are at the Umver ity this year, 456 matricu
lates, a larger number than the previous year. Os
these 93 are Seniors i 103 and union); 119 Sopho
mores ■ 95 Freshmen ; 46 Partial Course Students ;
23 Law Students ; 76 Scientific Students. 278 of
the above are from this State; o 9 from Tennessee,
28 from Louisiana. 26 from Miaemippi, 21 from
Alabama, 15 from South Carolina, 15 from Texas,
14 from Georgia. 8 from Virginia, 4 from Kentucky,
4 from Florida, 2 from Arkanse", 1 from lowa, and
1 from New-York.—HVtn ingtonJonr.
WEEKLY
Collide & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA. GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AP’L 13, 1859.
Wioe.’Sefirs, &c.
We bare teoeiTed from Messrs. Baldwin &.
Seed. Grocers and Commission Merchants, of this
city, various samples of Wine, Whiskey, Segars’
Sic., all cf which are pronounced by a committee of
investigation, to be very good. Messrs. B. A: fl
are both young men of well known reliability and
integrity, have but recently opened business on
their own account, and are endeavoring to meri f ~’
and obtain a share of patronage from the interior.
They will be found prompt and attentive to buei.
ness, accommodating in their terms, and reliable in
all their engagements. Give them a trial.
Counterfeit Bills.
Thursday we were shown two five dollar bills,
purporting to be on the Union Bank of South Caro
lina, at Charleston, W. D. Clancey Cashier, and
Dan'l Ravenel President, both of which were
counterfeits. They are printed in blue and pink,
and pink and other colored inks. The engraving is
poorly executed, particularly the stalk of cotton on
the left, and the figure of Justice on the right hand
ends, and the heads of the five first Presidents sur
mounted by an eagle in the centre of the bill. The
Bank has no such plate, and the bills cannot de
ceive any one who is familiar with engraving or
much accustomed to handling money, while they
are well calcnlated to deceive other;, who are less
versed.
A Freeze.
Afltr a sudden change in the temperature on
Tuesday, the thermometer reached the freezing
point y< slerday (Wednesday) morning, and ice was
formed in this city. As yet we have heard but little
of the effect produoed on vegetation, and we dread
to hear from the country, for we fear much damage
his been done to the wheat crop, and also to fruit’
Grapes, we presume, are entirely destroyed, and
we think it probable the peach crop has fared little
if any better. Corn, we fear, has also suffered
much, and may, iu some localities, be entirely de
troyi and. Very little if any cotton is up.
The Election.
The following is the result of the election yester
day for Mayor and twelve Members of Council.—
Though animated, the contest was quiet, and pass
ed off', we believe, without the slightest distur
bance :
MAYOR.
Bi-odget. Garvin.
Ist Ward 200 147
2ud Ward 91 140
3rd Ward 113 136
4th Ward 228 192
635 615
Aldermen.
First Hard.
John Foster 182 1 W. H. Wheeler IC3
W. H. Tutt 188 Jas. Henderson 160
J. O. Clarke 182 I ,) E. Macmurphey.. 169
Second Ward.
S. I>. Heard 145 I Wm. J. Rutherford. Ih7
John G. Sledge 122 Jas. W. llurch 95
John D. Smith Ml | Wm. P. Lawson 67
Tiurd Ward.
L. D. Ford 130 I B. Conley 118
It H. May 179 W. D. Bowen 128
W.C. Sibley 137 |
Fourth Ward.
William Gibson 250 I Edward J. Walker..2lo
John T. Miller 227 Wm. H. Goodrich...2o9
Aylmer Usher 217 | Wm. H.Saiisbury...l7B
■ The Chess Match. The second game of the
Chess match between the Chess Clubs of Augusta
and Charleston was commenced last evening,
Ciarleston (Black) having the first move. We give
below the progress of the game :
BL ACK—C H ARLESTO N. W HITE—AII G UST A.
1— Pto K 4 Pto K 4
2 P to K B 4 P takes P
3KB t, QB 4 PtoK B 4
4Kt toQB3 Qto KR 5 check
5 K to ii square P P
6 Kt takes P PtoQ B 3
7<l to K 2 K to Q square
8— X Kt to B 3 Q to K 2
9 Q Kt to K Kt 5 Q takes Q check
10— KB takei Q KtoKsquaie
11— Q Kt to K K 3 K to KB 3
12— P to Q 4 P to Q 4
13— QKt takes P Bto Q 3
14— KttoQ3.-d
The playing will be continued to morrow eve
ning.
A Presidential Ticket.—A correspondent of
the “Independent Press,” published at Lake City,
Florida, duly impressed with the idea that we live
in perilous times, and desirous of doing something
for the salvation of his country, makes the follow
ing nomations for President and Vice President.
The reader, we think, will concur with us in the
opinion, that the Democracy have the faculty of
making Presidents out of very ordinary material.
Such a suggestion will aßtonish those who know the
North Carolina changling:
T. L. Clingman, for President.
S. A. Douglas, jor Vice President.
Mr. Editor—l have long entertained the desire
of suggesting to the American people the propriety
of nominating the gentlemen, whose names head
this article for the office of President and Vice
President of the United States. This is a ticket, it
seems to me, that must commend itself to the ap
probation of the people as well as the politicians.
Attempted Assassination. —We learn from
the Thomaston Pilot of the 7th inst., that Dr. A. T.
Shackelford, of that town, was fired upon on Fri
day evening of last woek, by a negro man named
Phil, (as it is supposed,) twice iu rapid succession;
the second time a buckshot or ball taking effect in
the dootor’a leg, just above the knee. The only
cause for the act seems to have been anger at the
doctor for wishing him to do some trifling errand
The negro has been arrested and is now in jail.
Religious Discussion. —A religious discussion
to take place in Calhoun, Ga., on the 18th inst.,
between Rev. Russell Renneau, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Elder G. M. Thompson, of
the Primitive Baptist Church. Such men are in
great need of a single spark of true religion. —Ed.
Chron. & Sent.
Agricultural Society at Abbeville, 8. C.
The citizens ot Abbeville are moving in the matter
of an Agricultural Society at that place, and a meet
ing to effect such organization is to be held on the
25th inst.
Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, Attorney General of
the United States, arrived at Charleston in the
Keystone State, from Philadelphia, on Thursday.
Obituary.—Logan McKnight, a well known
merchant of New Orleans, died suddenly in that
city on Saturday evening last, aged 34 years.
Obituary —We notice in the New York papers
that Mr. Alexander Aiken, of Savannah. Ga.,
died in that city on Friday last, in the 48th yeai of
his age.
Southern Medical &. Surgical Journal,—
The April number of this valuable Medical periodi
cal is promptly on our table, containing its usual va
riety of original, selected, and editorial matter.—
This i9 one of the most popular journals in the South
as its increasing subscription list daily attest, and
it deserves to be so Iron the fact of the talents and
industry of its able editors, who epare no pains in
making it an interesting and instructive work.
We cordially commend it to the Profession at
every way worthy of their patronage. It is edited
by Professor H. F. Campbell, and K. Campbell,
M. D., and published in this city by J. Morris, at
$3 per annum, in advance.
Accident. —We are pained to annoimee, Bays
the Columbia Guardian, that Mr. Robert Joyne
of this District, at bis plantation was, a few days
ago, leaning upon bis gun, and tbe load was acci
dently discharged, taking effect through his body.
Tbe wound is considered very dangerous.
An Incident. —At the conclusion of Arthur Na
poleon’s Concert, night before last, says the Colum
bia Times ofWednesday, Gen. Sethune's little blind
negro boy pianist, Tom, went upon the stage and
played with considerable skill, Napoleon's fantasia
of the Bohemian Girl. Napoleon and his Troupe
were delighted.
Therese Buener, a Swiss girl, hardly sixteen years
of age, has been arrested in St. Louis, for cutting
the throat of her new born babe with a butcher
knife, and then throwing the corps s into a vault.—
The only reason assigned by the prisoner for this
unnatural act, was the disgrace of being known as
the parent of au illegitimate child.
Gold in Arkansas. —A correspondent, writing
from Wesley, Arkansas, says that a short time since
s fanner living in Madison county killed a tame
turkey, and, on dressing the gizzard, found a lump
of yellow gravel which attracted particular atten
tion. It proved to be almost pure gold. Since
this discovery the whole region has commenced to
prospect for gold in—turkey’s gizzards !
Accident to one of the Galway Steamers.—
The Bremen ship Tuisko, which arrived at New
York on Sunday last from Rotterdam, spoke on the
13th ult., in lat. 44 03, lon. 41 40, the screw steam
ship Prince Albert, hence March 4 tor Galway, pro
ceeding under sail, having lost her propeller.
Earning his Mileage. —Ex Senator C. H.
Smith, who recently died in Indiana, was first elected
to Congress in 1820, He rode on horseback to
Washington to take his seat, which journey occu’
pied seventeen days.
The tax levy in the city cf Baltimore, for the year
1850, is one hundred cents on every hundred dol
lars worth of taxable proyerty; ninety cents for
city purposes, and ten cents tor tbe use of the State
There were 426 deaths in New York last week.
The Hon. James B. Clay has positively decli ne< *
to allow himself to be a candidate for re-election to
Congress.
English Newspaper in Constantinople.—
An English newspaper, called the Levant Herald,
has made its appearance at Constantinople. This
is tbe first English newspaper that has been pub
lished in that city.
Pennsylvania Canal— The Pennsylvania Ca
nal has had the water let into it its whole length.
Navigation has been resumed for several days on
the Cpper Juniata Division, and in a few days boats
will be passing along at all points.
The Postmaster-General has concluded an ar
rangement with Mr. Vanderbilt for the transport*
tion of tbe United States mails between New York
and Southampton, from April until November.—
Steamers are to leave on alternate Saturdays from
New York, and on Wednesdays from the ether
side. The compensation is to be the sea and Inland
postages.
The Cotton Destroyed.— Tbe number of bale*
of ootton burned by the late fire at the Planter*
Press in New Orleans, was 4,469.
Speech of Dr. Lewis.
On the occasion of a presentation of plate to Mr.
C. H. Chandler, by the officers and the employees
of the State Road. Dr. Lewis, the Superintendent
delivered the following speech. The Doctor's
statements will exercise the thieves, who fingered the
income of the road, before he went into power, and
possibly (a very difficult matter we oonfess) suffuse
the cheeks of the Democracy with a blush of shame
for the admirable manp,gement of the road! under
the administration of Gov. Johnson.
By the way it always occurs to us, there is some
thing “ rotton tn Denmark,’ when we see or hear of
officers and employees of a public work press using
plate, &c., to boss workmen, which it would be wel*
for the head men to look into, and Dr. Lewis might
probably direot h ; s attention to the mtter with pro
fit to the State:
Gentlemen : —l cannot say, as others who have
preceded me, that I have not been in the Labit of
public epeaking ; but I can say, that 1 have no ; ;• e
tensions to being an orator. I have no other use
for i cords but to communicate ideas.
I rejoice at this meeting that we are paying a
tribute of respect to a young man who has made
bis way up in life on his own merits -, and, Gentle
men, it has been one of the greatest pleasures of
my life to see young men making their way to for
tune. I could by giving them a helping hand. With
Mr. Chandler iny intercourse has been agreeable,
and nothing, to my knowledge, has evei oconrred
productive of anything unpleasant between us.
He has quit office voluntarily, ana carries with him
my best wishes for his future prosperity in life.
Someihing has been said of the success of the pre
sent administration of the road as compared with
former administrations. Much allowance should be
made for the early administrations of the Western
Atlantic Railroad, on account of the imperfect
condition of both the road bed, and deficient ma
chinery upon it i great mistakes were also made
both in the location of the road and the curves on
the road, but its location was made in a compara
tive wilderness, and the means of gathering infor
mation of the topography of the country was chief-
ly from the Aborigines.
When I came upon the road I was uot induced
by pecuniary considerations, for I have enough of
the goods of this world to satisfy the wants of the
few more years of my earthly stay. I have through
life (I say it without boasting) been a working
men, hence I have a competency. Bat I had a di
ene that t hie g .eat State work should succeed, aud
I have thrown into its service every power of body
and mind which 1 possessed to obtain this result,
and I can say of a truth, that I have put in at least
17 hours of the 24 eacL day, upon an average, iu la
bor fori ts success. But, Gentlemen, whatever of
success has attached to my administration, I do not
take the credit of—l attribute it to those mainly
with whom I have been associated.
Two of the great elements of suocess in a Rail
road are a good road bed aud good machinery upon
it; to make money, you must have both ,- without
both money cannot be made.
But, gentlemen, there is a higher consideration
than money in tLi.- matter—there is a mo.a- obliga
Lou far out weighing ail monied considerations, and
I say to you, in ail frankness, that if Gov. Brown
was to require of me to pay money into the trea
sury irrespective of the safety of the travelling pub
lio, I would resign in an hour. Money can tbe
made without a good road-bed and good machine
ry. In getting both I think I have been fortunate.
I am not much of a believer iu the chapter cf acci
dents—this is a world of cause aui effect; to have
a good road and good machinery, good men must
have charge of these departments, I have, I think,
been fortunate in these particulars. When I came
upon the road, the upper part es it (I tell but the
truth) was in a wretched and unsafe condition. I
put a man in charge of it who had been in my em
ploy for the greater portion of 15 years, and 1 said
to tim. “sir, you must put this road iu good condi
tion, I’ll pay for it; work all the men you can work
to profit, / don't restrict you as to number. If you
get men who don't work to please you discharge
them. You must put the road in order.” The su
pervisor on she lower end of the road I chose from
the rank and file. A man, who, a few years ago,
was a poor Irish boy working on a railroad in the
lower part of this State among the swamps, but 1
thought I saw that nature bad marked him for a
man, and I am not disappointed.
As to those in charge of tbe machinery of ths road,
I feei that it would be indelicate in me to speak, as
they are here present; but I may say, that we have
had no serious break down in consequence of ma
chinery, indeed, no break down at all, I am satis
fied, in the departments of machinist aud carpenter.
My great aim has been to get business men ; I
have not taken men for either their religion or poli
tics. I have been careful to se ect men for their
business qualifications—men generally who started
“flat-looted'’ upon the earth and made the first step
on the ladder of fortune and fame themselves and,
Gentlemen, it has been my ambition to let all the
young men on the road know that while I adminis
tered the road, the way to advancement was open
to them, and I take in no outsiders for conductors
while 1 have young men among the train hands
who deserve the place, ana while I do this I am
equally decided in discharging at once, and without
ceremony, any who do not do their duly.
Gentlemen, there is one other topic upon which
I beg your indulgence while I make a tew remarks
in regard to it, and that is the worth of the Western
& Atlantic Railroad.
A gentleman who has proceeded me (yourself,
Mr. Editor,) has spoken of it as a jewel, yes, gentle
men it is a priceless jewel to the Slate of Georgia.
Not one man in five hundred knows anything com
paratively of the worth of this great State work.
1 must confess that until I came upon the road as
its superintendent, although I had much to do with
it, that I had formed no just or adequate concep
tion of its worth. Gentlemen, the day is not far
distant when, (if no great calamity befalsour coun
try,) if neither war, pestilence famine, or intestinal
commotion should befal us, that the gross income of
this road will be one and a half millions ; remember
this—remember it when I may be sleeping in my
grave, and one and a half million of work can be
done by it; I would be glad to undertake it now,
with Ihe men who are associated with me I could
do it.
But, gentlemen, I am trespassing on your time,
(cries of go on, go on,) there is one nioro subject
connected with this matter, of which I will speak,
and that is, what is to be done with the money
arising from the road , this is beyond my control,
but it 1 could know when I am passing sleepless
hours of anxiety about its success that it was to en
ure to the eduoatioual benefit of the rising genera
tions, I should be content—yes,gentlemen,! should,
could Ido it, work 20 hours of th s 24, and to the
amount of the profits of the road, add, (if Ihe State
of Georgia needed it) my own salary to educating
tne rising generation—for what will it avail us,
though, we have climate, territory, everything in
nature, if we have not intelligence. Without a
knowledge of our rights we shall never be prepared
to defend them.
W< have, gentlemen, a great, a “ goodly heri
tage,” shall we have intelligence and virtue to hand
it down to our posterity! One word more, we have a
government of Constitutional law, couldnot I know,
that the proceeds of the Western be Atlantio Rail
road, would go to teaching our children their rights
under it, I would not on y labor on cheerfully, but
would teach at all times the doctrine of maintaining
this law, cost what it might.
Mobile and Ohio Railroad. —The Mobile Ad’
verliser sayslt will gratify our readers to be in.
formed that the work upon this important roads
not really at a stand still, as many have supposed,
but that arrangements have been made for resum
ing track-laying so soon as the weather, which
has been very£unfavorable for the work, will permit.
Iron enough has been purchased to lay the track to
Okalona,.a distance of thirty milts from West Point;
and but for the wet and muddy condition of the
prairie lands between West Point and Okaiona, the
work of track-laying would ere thi3 have been com.
menced. Three cargoes of rails have been landed
already, and a fourth, which, with that already
here, will be sufficient to run thßroadto Okaiona,
is daily expected; while a fifth cargo, containing
sufficient to iron the Columbus branoh, has been
shipped and is on tbe way hither. From Mr. Bald
win we learn that there is no doubt of the comple
tion of the road to Okaiona, and of the Columbus
branch, before the commencement of the next cot
ton season.
The largely increased business of tbe road has
given rise to a demand for mure rolling stock, and
this demand will be met in time, by tbe arrival ot
six first class passenger and three freight locomo
tives, which have been ordered and are now in
course of construction at the workshops of the
Humphreyville (Mass.) Manufacturing Company.
The Arizona Expedition. —The armed expedi
tions now being organized in New York and other
cities, with the ostensible view of emigrating to
Arizona, will not be permitted to enter that Terri
tory special orders to that effect having been issued
to the United States troops. The stopping of Col.
Lockridge by Gen. Twiggs is sanctioned at Wash
ington, and similar orders have been extended to
New Mexico, in order to prevent tbe entrance of
these baLds of marauders into that Territory. The
troops now in New Mexico wiii be removed into
Arizona if it should become necessary, and their
places supplied by others from the Platte country.
The Great Billiard Match. —The Detroit
papers announce the arrival in that city of Mr.
Phelan, who is to play a game of billiards with Mr.
Seereiter for $10,060 ; and the arrival of Mr. Cava
nagh. who is matched against Michael Foley. They
say the differences between Messrs. Phelan and
Seereiter have been settled ; that the playing will
be in public ; the tickets $5 ; and disposal of the
proceeds to be settled by umpires after the match
shall have been played. The money has been de
posited for the main stake. They say that, a few
days ago, Seereiter made a run at caroms of one
hundred and sixty. He made a ran of one
hundred and twenty daring his match with Barney
Chryetal, which was considered the best on record.
Jefferson’s Birth Day.— The Richmomd Dis
patch says —A respected friend, who has a reten
tive memory and a method in his memoranda of
remarkable events and characters, calls our atten
tion to the error which i3 now current with regard
to both the day and the year on which Mr. Jeffer
son was born. The 2nd of April has very recent
ly been celebrated as his birth day—nay, as the one
hundred and nineteenth anniversary of that day i
the Virginia almanacs, tor two years past, having
made the blunder of dating it in 1740. Mr. Jeffer
son was bom on 2nd cf April, old style, which would
make the 13th of April the day under tbe style of
our present calendar; and in the year 1743, not ’4O.
j So that the 13:h instant will be the one hundred and
sixteenth anniversary of his birth. We have al
ready briefly noticed these blunders; but have now
before us the old almanacs, in which the memoranda
of our friend are entered, and take occasion to re
fer to the subject again. If such mistakes as that,
in reference to Mr. Jtff-rson’s birth day, can occur
whilst some of his contemporaries are still living
what confidence can be put in the chronological
accuracy cf old historical records—say one or two
thousand years ago 7
Arrest of Incendiaries.— The Greenville (S. C.)
Patriot If Mountaineer of the sth inst., states that a
man by the name of James 8. Parker, who wa3
arrested and confined in jail on a charge of incen
diaryism, has confessed his guilt, and implicates two
others— George J. Oberle and Augustus Weber
as accessories, they also have been arrested and
lodged in jail. Several fires haven taken place at
Greenville, ot late, and it h gatifying to know that
the chief perpetrators, at all events, are secured,
and will be likely to receive the punishment due
their crimes.
Presentments —One huudred and seventy six
presentments against various parties in Memphis,
for gaming and retailing liquors contrary to law,
were returned to tbe Criminal Court Wednesday’
by the Grand Jury. A large msjority of the pre
sentments were for reta ling liquors.
Dead. —Lord Murray, a distinguished lawyer
died March 8, at his house in Edinburg. He was in
his 81st year, and was the last, except Brougham,
of those distinguished men who reflected such lustre
on the Scottish capital throughout the first thirty or
forty years of this century—Jeffrey, Play!air, Sid
ney Smith, Thomas Brown, Horner and Cockburn-
The New Orleans English Opera Troupe are
playing In Philadelphia with decided success. It is
the Intention of this oompany to go to California on
the 20th of the present month.
New BuokN.
Dictionary of the United States Congress,
containing Biogiaphical sketches of its members
from the ioui.dil oil of the Government; with an
Appendix, compiled as a Manual of Refererce for
ihe L-giblator and Statesman By Charles
Lanman Philadelphia: Lippincott A Cos. 1859
A complete Dictionary of Congress, such as the
present work purports to be, is invaluable as a
book of reference. The information it seeks to con
vey , is what every man interested in the govern
meut es h s country should be conversant with or
have at hand far frequent consultation. We dc
net know how well Mr. Lamian has performed his
task in this book, having only hastily glanced over
its oonteuts ; but the arrangement of the work ap-
pear? to us to be good, and perhaps there are as
few inaccuracies iu it as could beexptotedjrom the
difficulty cf collating the fact-. That the author
has taken unwearried pains in its preparation we
have no reason to doubt, aud it is right that be
should have his reward. In addition to the biogra
phic ’ a„ee, there is a copious Index, contain
ing inn'll in istion, not to beoblained lromauy
other source exc. : great trouble. The address
of Vice President Breckinridge on the occasion
of the Senate's letnoval from the old chamber, is
given at length in the introductory pages. The
publisneis have done their part of the work well, and
the Dictionary is a tine specimen of book making
It will undoubtedly meet wiln an extensive sale.
Thos. Richards &. Son have it.
The Peotle Moving.— Conventions of the op
ponents of the present administration, have been
held in Virginia, Kentucky, aud Tennessee, says
the Macon Journal, and a call is now made by the
Whigs aud all others in favor of Governmenfa
Reform, for simialar assemblages in Alabama)
Mississippi and Louisiana.
Tbe tone of the American Press in our own State
is unmistakable on this subject. In due time an
Opposition Convention, we daubt not, will ba con
veued in Georgia, in which we hope to witness the
co opperation of all who are in favor of good gov
ernment. As it will not be a “Know Nothing” con
vention, we trust all those who were unwittingly
mislead into the support of Mr. Buchanan, will be
found again with their old friends. Indeed, we
shall expect accessions from good honest, old line
Demoorafs. Oar neighbor of Ihe Telegraph, and
our friend of tbe Constitutionalist, should return
j immediately to their first love, whilst there is room
The country has especial use, at this time for old
ine Whigs.
A Much Needed Invention.— The Petersburg
Intelligencer says :—“A very useful aud ingenious
contrivanoe, ueshied lo inform passengers on rail
roads of the several stations as they aro successive
ly to be stopped at on tbe route, is in use upon the
Rich mond and Petersburg Railroad. It consists of
a wooden frame, about a foot square, whioh is
attached to the roof inside the cars—one in each
car —within which are two sheets of tin, on both ot
whioh are painted the names of the places on the
road, in succession, as they occur. These sheets o
tin are wound upon two rollers, like window shades
and the names upon them are seen from any part
of the car. When the particular station is readied,
indicated by ihe telegraph, the conductor turns the
roller to exhibit the next name, and, at the same
j time, strikes a little bell attached to the frame,
which eerves to call the attention of the passengers
to the change. By this means, novices in travel, or
passengers on a strange route, who wish to be put
off at a particular station, are saved the annoyance
of frequently asking conductors questions, to whioh
too many of them are disposed to give unsatisfac
tory replies. B. A. McE voy, Esq ,of Richmond, is
tbe inventor, and has, we believe, obtained a patent
for it.”
Mrs. M.A. Comeygs, who was lately appointed
vice regent for Delaware of the Mount Vernon As
sociation, has been so successful in obtaining con
tributions that it is predicted that Delaware w ill
make a larger donation than any other State, taking
into consideration her population. Mrs. Uomeygs
has organized the State with wonderful rapidity.—
Iu the abort space of five weeks she paid nearly
twelve hundred dollars into the Mount Vernon
treasury.
The Next Presidency.— I The following is the
vote to which t ach State will be entitled at the
next Presidential election :
Delaware 3; Maryland 8 ; Virginia 15; North
Carolina 10; South Carolina 8; Georgia 10 ; Ala
bama 9 ; Florida 3; Texas 4 . Louisiana 6; Missis
sippi 7 ; Missouri 9; Arkansas 4 ; Tennessee 12 ;
Kentucky 12; California 1; Oregon 3 ; Maine 8 ,
New Hampshire 5; Massachusetts 13 ; Rtiode Is
land 4 ■ Connecticut 6 ; Vermont 5 ; New York 35;
New Jersey 7 ; Pennsylvania 27 ; Ohio 23 ; Michi
gan 6 ; Illinois 12; Indiana 13; lowa 4-, Wiscon
sin 5; Minnesota 3.
The foregoing gives an aggregate of 303 electoral
votes, namely : 183 from the free States and 120
from the slave.
Medical Convention. —There is to be a general
gathering of the Doctors of our State, at Atlanta,
Wednesday next, the 13th inst., lo deliberate on
matters appertaining to the interests aud usefulness
of the profession. Tbo Temperance Crusader, of
that city, is authorized to extend the following invi
tation :
The members of the profession here, are expect
ing a general turn out from abroad, and we take
this occasion to say that every physician in the
State should avail himself of the general invitation
which is extended, and so arrange his home affairs
as to enable him to be present. The doctors of
Atlanta are clever, social, intelligent and generous;
no city in the State can surpass us in the ability and
character of our physicians, we would be willing to
guarantee a delightful time to every M. D. ivho may
visit the city during the convention. We have
heard that two entertainments will be given, which
alone should be considerable attraction.
We hope to st e the fraternity well represented
from all parts of thß Slate. It will be gratifying to
our doctors here, and besides, the rest of us have
some desire to see what kind of looking men ye are,
who are tinkering with human life.
“Send us One of them Things.”—A prominent
hardware house in Cincinnati received, a day or
two since, the following order:
things that makes such a h—l of a noise about a ho
tel. We’ve opened a hotel he e last week, and
want to make as much noise as anybody. Send
bill. J. R. P. & Bro.
P. S.—A teller hero says they call them gongs in
Terre Haute.
Fire at the Planters’ Cotton Press, Nf.w
Orleans. —A brief announcement of this disastrous
fire was given by telegraph at the time es itß occur
rence. Whe find the details iu. the True Della. —
It is estimated that from $250,1 (111 to $300,000 worth
of cotton was destroyed by the conflagration, be
sides the loss of cotton sheds, &o. Two firemen
were severely injured by the falling of a wall, one
of them dangerously.
The Picayune thinks that cotton might be saved
by the use of iron ties, instead of rope. It says :
The reason that such havoc result--’ from a fire on
a cotton boat or in a cotton press, is that the rope
confining the cotton in the small compass of a bale,
soon burns ofl, when the elasticity of the cotton
causes the silky produce to swell into triple or quad
ruple of its former bulk, opening its entire mass to
the air, and inviting the fire to enwrap it in its de
structive embrace.
Secure the bale against expansion during a fire,
and loss of cotton by an ordinary conflagration Is
prevented. Tbie can be done by adopting the iron
hoop instead of rope for securing the bales. The
most cartful tests have been adopted to prove the
security afforded by this substitute for rope. At
the late Agrioul’ural Fair in Jackson, Miss., a bale
hooped with iron was eurrounded with cord wood
and the interstices filled with straw, when the whole
was ignited. The straw and wood was entirely
consumed and the bale was only blackened on its
outer surface from which the bagging bad been
burned. The fire went out without aid, and not
five pounds of the cotton had been consumed.
A New Mode of Applying Steam Power to
Canal Navigation. —The new steam canal boat
called “Blue Bird,” reached Cumberland, Md., from
Alexandria. Va., on the 30th nit., with another boat
in tow. The Aileghanian says ;
She is propelled by an eighteen horse power en
gine, attached to an adjustable feathering paddle
wheel, five feet long and five feet in diameter, eo
arranged that the paddles go down into tbe water
edgewise and come up edgewise—not thrashing the
water as they go down nor lifting it as they come
up, and the wheel is also arranged that it can in
five minutes be raised or lowered so as to give the
paddles the requisite dip in the water according to
the drafof the boat. The great advantage of th : s
wheel is that it produces no lateral agitation of the
water; and the paddles always acting on the upper
surface of the water, produces a current immediate
ly behind the boat and iu the centre of the canal.
It is claimed for this wheel that it will propel an
empty boat five miles an hour, and a loaded boat
over three miles, and it is believed she will make
this average speed with another boat in tow. Her
power has as yet been but partially tested, but
from present indications it is thought by many who
are competent to judge, that this mode of applying
steam power to the propelling of canal boats will
greatly facilitate and perhaps cheapen the transpor
tation of coal to the eastern market.
Propeller Blown Up —Lives Saved by Wo.
men —The propeller Lady of the Lake, from Cleve
land to Dunkirk, blew up near Fairport, on Satur
day. A deck hand named Miller, had his head
blown off, and Timothy Murphy, the cook, is sup
posed to have been killed, as he cannot be found
The Cleveland Plaindealtr says : f
The propeller had been thoroughly refitted for the
season. She was valued at about $12,000, and was
considered a good,, safe vessel. Capt. Williams, of
tbe Prairie S>ate, informs us that about half of her
cargo will be saved. The people of Fairport have
done everything in their power to save the cargo
and assist the sufferers. The ladies of Fairport, in
the absence of sufficient male power, nobly launch
ed the life-boat, on Saturday, and went inquest of
those who were floating around at the mercy of the
waves and picked up several of the unfortunates.
Those women must be of revolutionary dtock.
Foreign Honors to Americans. —At ameeting
of the Imperial Zological Society of Acclamation
at Paris recently, a Society counting as honorary
members seventeen crowned heads, Lieut. Maury,
of the Navy of the United States, and superinten
dent of the Washington Observatory, was made
an honorary member, and a large gold medal w&a
awarded to Major Henry C. Wayne, U. 8. Army at
Washington.
A Cat in the Organ. —The Old Colony Memo
rial, of Plymouth, Maas., says:
Sunday forenoon, while Mrs. Mary Harlow was
playing a voluntary on the organ in the Orthodox
Church, a large cat found its way inside of the or
gan some way cr other, and carefully examining all
the fixtuiee, began one of tbe cat soles which that
tribe of animals are so famous. The louder tbe
notes of the organ the stronger were the yells of the
cat; it wa thus kept up for some time, the organ
ist failing to drown out her mewsic.
The Union is authorized to announce that Hon.
Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, has been
‘directed by the President of the United States to
act as Attorney-General during the temporary ab
sence of Hon. J. 8. Black, the Attorney-General,
from tbe sphere of h'a deties.
•Dipping Snuff.—Ttis pernicious habit seems
to be orevalent ‘o a rad extent in Marion county,
Va The Fairmont Virginian says, in that town
alone one firm sells lUO pounds ot snuff per annum,
foe greater portion of wb,cb goes to ‘ dipping.’ In
another store foe proprietor regularly every morn
fog makes up hundreds of little papers of eauff,
which are sold to the “ladies.
Edward Everett delivers bis leoture on Wash
ington at Raleigh, N. C-, on tbe 14tb inst.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
Singular Accident. - A little son of Mr. John
Tant, residing on Wilde-atreet in this city, while
running across the floor, accidentally slipped and
fell, breaking a thigh bone. Medical assistance was
immediately called, and tbe limb set, aud with proper
care it is hoped he will soon recover.
Early Blackberries.— Tile editor of tie 3a
vaunah Republican had presented to him on Tues
day, April sth, a number of rips blackberries.
Franklin College.—Joseph B. Cummins, Esq.,
of tbm city, has been appointed by the two Litera
ry Societies of Frankhu College to deliver “tht. an
nual address, during commencement week, in Au
gust next.
Sulphurate or Copper.—“TheDahlonega (Ga )
Signal of the 2d instant, says: We were shown a
few days since, by Wm. P. Blake, who had just
returned from the Ducktown mines some beau Ifni
specimens of tbe sulphurate of Copper. The selec
tions, we presume, are for a Cabinet, where they
will be much regarded both lor their novelty and
beauty. Mr. B. informs us that these mines are
daily giving evidence ct their great richness, and
that the works are being prosecuted with much en
ergy.”
The Savannah Republican of Tuesday says :
The first message over the Cuba Tehgrauh was re
ceived yesterday, ordering a dozen bottles of Lager
Beer,fora sick person at Waynesviile. It is ej.
p Oltd that the line will be working to Fernand,La
in a week or ten days.
Steam Flouring Mill.— The R ire Courier
says : We are glad lo learn that C. T. Cunningham
aud others have completed their arrangements for
erecting a fine Merchant and Custom M ill in Rome.
The building will be commenced immediate .near
the Foundry, on a lot now occupied uy Ji un Smith-
This will boos great advantage to Rome mid the
oouolry round about, both as ah ..j v.: etloi
Wueat and a convenient place foe obtaii I liy
supplies of Flour.
The “Rome Courier” states that Mr. Whltwith,
was convicted last week before the Superior Cour;
of Chattooga county, of the murder of H I, and
sentenced to be huug on 224 of April, proximo.
We learn, says the Columbus Sen, that officer
Huckeba arrested Line Sui'lh at the lv IL use
in this city, on Sunday. Smith is charged wh the
murder of a woman recently at Troup Factory n
Troup county, (4a.
The Press. —The proprietors of the Columbus
Sun have disposal! of one-third imerest iu theii
Daily to Mr. R. J. Yarrington, of Barbour coun
ty, Alabama, who will soon enter upon his noiv iu
ties. The Daily and Weekly Sun arc to i. ('en
larged ere long, to about double their present size
Marietta Female Collfgf..—Tbe editor of tbs’
Marietta Patriot attended an examii ati- nos the
pupils of this institution on Friday evening ’art. —
The exercises consisted of lnuuio nnd the reading of
compositions. The young ladies ac-quitte i them
selves creditably. Kuv. W. H. Ri i kkt. the Prln
cipal, states the number cf scholars to be about S<),
aud more are expected soon from abroad
Death of Hopkins llolsey.— The Hon, l.i Ho!
ssy, we regret to learn, says flioM... :i ... ,y
Messenger, died Very suddenly at ‘ , ,v in
Butler, Ga., on Thursday last. He had be--:-. .-• ban
health for some time —supposed to k, and: psy or
disease of the heart. On Thursday nip, i, ho cat
quite a hearty supper, and retired to b r i, and
seated himsell, as usual, iu an arm chair, resting
his feet in another. Mrs. Hoisey on entering the
room soon after, addressed nu enquiry to him, but
receiv ed no response. Her o.i inpauiou was dead!
The name of Col. Holsiy Is fami’iar to the public
In 1836, we believe he was a Represenfalivt- rom
this Slate, under the general ticket system, tied ha-i
also filled other responsible posts. He was a demo
crat of the Jacksouian school. Iu 1852 he won
editor of the Southern Danner, and v.w an i,t,l
loader in the Union party lio was a cleat and m
ciblo writer—decided in his opinions, bu; conyii oi
aud respectful in their enunciation. Asa ~< s; i
he was too honest to be largely eucci sfru’..’ H ~ -
was 61. Peace to bis asbes.
We learn that a Mrs. Anderson, wf o resided near
this place, whilst attempting tu exlinguith her
dwelling which was on fire, on Srjurdav last, was
so badly burned that she died in few home.—7: i
faula Repress, 7th.
Arrival of Prisoners— .'William A. Click,,
John Uobb, Jr., and Gabriel Jones, all charged with
the offence of Murder, amve-i in our city v . - e idi:y
evening, in charge of the Deputy f prill’ Our
Superior Court commrno.es ilt Spring a-e.ion to
morrow. —Atlanta Intelligencer of Sunday.
Protracted Meeting —Quite nn interesting
protracted meeting hf.s been in pregr a !|, a
Methodist Church, In this place, Ji.ru miy
weeks. The membership of tha’ church have been
greatly revived; audit is hoped that a revival
throughout the town will be the rtsult.— LaG, i ng,
Reporter.
New Steamboat Comfany —Wo are iofoimed
that anew Steamboat Company has been oi,. if.ini
in our city, who propose to run the s cautu-i Onta
naula regularly between this place, Ri s -ca and
Calhoun. It will give Ihe people on the line great
er facilities than they have ever before p ■, ,-i,d
the transportation of rbeir produce .o i.ll k . and,. lum
oer, &.C., to this place, the beatniaike’ in (hero
kee, Ga. It will also enable them to carry up theii
family supplies from here with much 1, .-'-, -,nnd
with but little or no trouble.— Rome Southerner.
A Ship Quickly Loaded.— -Theship Coilii ar
rived on the 16th Maic.i with a load of sand, which
has been discharged, and the vessel reloaded, with
3,357 bales of cotton weighing 1,6(10,(100 pounds un-1
she will go to sea this morning. She commsii ed
taking in her cargo on the 21st March, a! noon, nnd
Uuished last Saturday, having lost one day ami a
halt besides Sundays, making her actual loru.-jig
time ten days.— Sav. Republican.
The Cuban Telegraph — A note from tbe op
erator in this city, infora s us tin , Hym, ,j, e
cable across the Satilla was compietoil \■ i,-riisy.
Upon experiment, it was found to work w; , ■ml
it is expected that the line wiilho completed end
in working order to Fernaudica, during the coming
week.— Sav/t. Rep.
Heavy Cotton Bale.— Mr.A.C’ark.ofS via.
Circle, writes as follows : “I believe f weighed, on
Saturday last, the heaviest bale ol cotton that has:
ever passed over tie Georgia Railr .4 I a per.
i'ectly diy, and weighed 944 lb, ! It was nn ,j Jp,
Mr. Benjamin J. Harden, cl’ V/al - r-.i-i.-.- -.t/ vd
was sold to Messrs. Ship & Haralson ol thi:, ‘pl'ice
and will be shipped to day (Wednesday) I, ,' ra ’
Heard A Derry, of your city. We w, uld If to
know if a heavier bale has ever beer, room- ed in
y our city. "—Dispatch.
Perennial (uTro". —A 1-übrC’i -00 v ,u
Marion eo , hlorida, has sent us aimr, u „. r of squares
blooms, and young bolls, taken f,- 0 m . . of
cotton that Las ii’-ed and flourudvd iu tk tc ir ’y
thoughout tbe winter. They ■■■} „ t! , e , rndnot of the
present year, and tee plan- ir-jm when ihey worn
taken, together with a nr.mberof other-o Iho
same plantation, (Mr. Jaa. A. Wigg nsj i u w six
or eight leet in height. p| IB y afford evidence of
the extreme mednesauf the late winter iu that lati
tude. — Sav. Rep.
Sentenced to bis Hung —Albert J. Lingo, found
guilty of foe muit.br of Robert Duncau, nt Ct •
Superior Court i3t week, on Monday morning ! ast,
was brought before bis Honor, Guorgo JD. R:ne,
a ?l/ eCejve< *sentonct’ of the Jaw. Tio 27 th
ot May next, is the day appointed \v ilia Court, for
me execution.
Judge Rice's remarks to the unfortunate prisoner,
and couißel to the young, were truly touching.—
Marietta Patriot 6 th,.
We learn a moat shocking murdn w as committed
near Alatoona, an Saturday evening ltwt. One Mr.
Tinsley killed a Mr. Yearwood with an axo, first
splitting bis stiul! and tLen sticking it in hia body
Ihe murdertT tied fer parts unknown.
VV edo pot know the particulars, but learn it is
another tickles fifLur,*’ but in quite a different
circ *e of society.— Marietta Patriot.
Air-Link Railroad.— While a:, G(uv. r villa lart
week we learned that ground had actually been
broken on the Air-Line Railroad and a rc-mon of ii
absolutely graded in Hart county, wMle all along
the line lrom Carnesviile to tbe jSavanrip.h River,
and between Gainesville and Atlanta, shanties anJ
being erected by the contracto rs preparatory to a
vigorous prosecution of the work. That portion of
!t, lying between Gaine -villa and Carnesville has
not yet been located.— Athens Banmr.
Odd It ei,lows* Celebration.— We iaiid
that the Lodges of Odd Fellows in this city, have
appointed committees, who are making arrange
menta for celebrating the -10th aDnivcrrar y of the
founding of the order in this country, on the 2btu
instant, by a general meeting of the oic\rr in this
city.
The proceeding wiil consist of a procession end
an address in the morning, and a Pic Xy in tiie
afternoon.— Bav. Rep.
A Cool Villain. —A man calling limp elf Ber
nard Haas, and bailing from Augu-da, where he says
he has resided tor years, was yesterday tnVd bt t ,re
the Mayor for an act of coolness of which has not
lately been equalled in our community. On Sur
day evening last, between the heurs v - e ii/ht and
Dine o clock, aa Mrs. Cornwell, wife of Mr (ieorg'i
Cornwell, was seated in her reside™ e corner of
Barmird and Liberty streets, quiet jy , • so
reading a book, her attention wrh attracted by 8
BhKht noise. Looking up, she saw stanch g before
inst 8 , r S hT looklnma ,> ‘•"ned with a brick-bat y
n he “meo.ately threat. to Htrike , J( J’
if she cried out. She did cry <v a t, however, ns*
alarmed the immediate neighbor hood. Two nejro
men, happening to be passing by, rushed into| o
them earned Marge stick, v. itb which
he made a b ow at the whit* n.an s head, which, it
““‘f’, have saved foe civil authorities all
further trouble in foe matter, had it not fallen ~hort
of its aim. The fellow immediately took to his
heels and ran up stairs, followed by the nm.ro
who succeeded in capturing him. Phillip Russell,
Esq., happening to be to the neighborhood and
hearlDg foe noise arrived opportunely, ju„t as the
negro came down with hi,! prisoner. He immediate
ly took charge of foe fellow and hsrt him cor veyed
to the barracks, where be was confined during foe
night.
Yesterday morning he. waß brought up before
Hie Honor. Mayor Turner, and gave tbe account
of himself which we have published at the head of
this article. He was fined slfi ; n default of-
payment of which he was comm'.tttd to jail —Savh
Atlantic & Gulf F, A i LR oiD Company.—A
meeting of the Director* of this company took place
a. their office in this r yesterday, when the fol
owing resolutions r /ere unanimously adopted :
Resolved, the engineer be instructed to pre -
pare estimates for grading the entire line of road
from the Ail'jpaha to Bsinbridge.
tiesolveO ‘ That the president be empowered to
Put unde r contract thirty miles of the grading of foe
road e Agt 0 f Bainbridge, in such manner as he may
coo'dfoer best, provided the same does not exceed
to.e subscription of Decatur county.
Resolved further, That the President be empow
ered to put uuder contract the grading of the entire
lire of the road, from the Allapaha to Thcmasville.
inpuch manner, and at such time as he may deem
best, for foe interest of foe Company, and the; A.
T. Mclntyre, be authorized by foe Board to re
eeive proposals for grading through Lowndes and
Thomas counties.
It will thus be seen that the Board are resolved
to push forward tbe great work that has been com
mitted to their hands, and to complete it at the very
earliest day practicable. We are gratified to see
the admirable spirit that is manifested by all par
ties, affording assurance that this valuable woik of
internal improvement will begin to poor it- bless
togs into foe laps of our people at no distant day
Sav. Rep.
More Counterfeit Bills.—Mr. We. W. Wag
non, cf this city, informs us that a counterfeit bill
on the Bauk ot fcavaLnah was lendered to him iapt
night, eo poony executed and so different from the
genuine that itd dpuriousnesd was readily deleted
It wee a one dollar changed to a ten by tbe follow
fog alterations
The genuine ten has a vignette of a woman in a
pitting posture ; the counterfeit baa a won,an stand
lug. The genuine ten has the woul “Banh nf
bavannah’ in open light-faced type , wberea foe
Counterfeit has them in block type as on the one
dollar bills Ihe genufoo ten has the word ‘-ten” in
figures on each corner ; while the oeuoleifoit has
on foe est hand corner the word “ten” printed
and the letter X in the right hand corner. ’
We publish this information for the benefit „s
those who handle rnuob money. For our par? get
such a smafl quantity we shall not bother greariv
about the difference between counterfeit inX
genuine bills.-tfacor. state Pres^th