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Newspaper Page TextpMA-S RAGLAND & CO.,--PROPRIETORS. [me xxxii. STRICT CONSTRUCTION OP THIS CONSTITUTION —AN HONEST AND ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OP THE GOVERNMENT. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER n, 1850. OFFICE-RANPOLPH STREET NUMIUiR J"40 LIVER INVIGORATOR! iilF.PAnKI) BY DR. SANFORD, Indeil Entirely From GUMS, If THE DI58T PiniOATlVE AND LIVER BNFS now before Ihe public. L,ma T«nore| | One dose often repcat- icrbail iiiaU«*r cd Is i» «ure cure for . supply- C If O L K It A MOR1IUF, uslirtl- U and a preventive or , Invlgo-fi ; UltOI.KItA. ■tomoch, cau»- | Lod to dljriwt Q Only 1 bottle tsneeded Ljtying the v to throw outi.f the ays- ■vin?t ,, oe»nd r. temthe effects of rueili- whole ntn- f cine after a lon^iickncu reinnviilfr MlO • je disease—ef-Q | One bottle taken for kdieilcure. JAUNDICE •H R aiallowuess or unnatural color from tbe ski*. i and, Jrented by the A One do«e taken a short luNCoftbeliv-v time before eatinfr *1vc* iL |vleorto the appetite and Q makes the food digest j after eating : w well. £ to relieve the I _ . „ Hr.r.7.'n h i kLftUrsiSsBj?!; -»*">•- .nj.h.„* «..m Y AKUIIUCA in lu worst ' form, while St'MMKlt A Thariday, October 6,1859. Our Paper. The i lection being now over, we shall bn enabled to pieaent a greater variety of read ing matter in our columns, winch has been prevented of late by political controversies. We intend aleo tu increase the quantity of daily reading, and hope to make our paper altogether more interesting. Our regular Telegraphic dispatches will bo resumed to-day, and continued through the business season. [ring, prevents ‘H yield almost to the first Hp i f .» few bottles will enre (oaen* the how- j i DROPSY hy exciting the , and cures!*/ absorbents. We take pR-asar* In Me taken after )Gj ncoinmcndlng tli.s rnerl Li-in mm 1“ Idne as a preventive for , FKVKR A AGUK. rmi.l. * FKVKM, and All Fevers • of two tea of a BILIOUS type, rill always n - H operates with rertalt It HEADACHE. _ Hinl thousand* are < ■e Ironic- J ling to testify to in w i COLIC, ” .lerful virtues. I,» use It ars giving tltrlr 1 in the mo /MW* oak dollar run noma. fiNKOUD, Proprietor,Nu. -i4ft Itroadway, New Dnsgalsta. Fold also In Colum- PKMHKRTDN A CAKTKIt, ACEK Jc IVERSON, J A. WHITESIDE Jk CO. | js, • twly JjATEWT Uoiamug jjkws 11 STILITIES COMMENCED! t.HENOOl « SACRIFICE \ >.000 WAJMTH3D. ItY GOODS FALLING AND A KENDOUS RUSH EXPECTED. isIvpeaorf/y w/mt mk soy,) Intend dosing fit uur larg-, rich, and inosl exeellvnt stock of DRY GOODS jdy Made Clothing, fTS AND BONNETS, (il«lr«‘iiN A UInxcn' I'IsiI*, > and GENT’S HOOTS and SlIolS, kc , Ac. r. tlili day greatly reduced our price on ev- r stock ut LOWER I'llICKS Hum ever In 1 of, Fine Silks, Ttasuea, Grenadlm lb EiiKaiulle MuKlins, Ac., we mil nil at leas Hut of Bonnets, I a* dies, MI«m Strictly cash when goods are delivered. 0. W. ATKINSON A CO., No. 70 Broad Street, a, Go., May 81, ISM) wtf TS EQUAL IS YET TO FIND! InterNotMl, but for tint 1-mUlt o| tliusuffer- K.I most clirorfolly certify that I have used Nmltli'a Nnutlit rn Coiilial.in my (•rail bowel dimases. lor tbe Iasi lour years stouishlng lUCCHiS. One rase Inpolnt «i hern US’ - JACK BMITH M "“™Vi‘S ... rold Southeru CokIIhI, lamination: romu mtn.MMUi>u ■catty Reduced Prices! It) les suit stork of l.adi<Sb... ■ ace superior V best niakera, ami an- now offering at prl- i Ladle* will cerliibily think very cheap. READY MADE CLOTHING, rlt wo have a very select stock, we are rte- d to close out, even at n great sacrifice, and a want of the article tu cull, make tlielr and then price them. enoh Lace Mantillas! t»e a fine selection of the above, and will sell inarkably low. ill eve that promptness on our part in tbe ex* nr fuflllinent in every Instanca ><f what we through our adverturwriita, will he s sulfi araulee to our acquaintances to Induce them n early cull, ns well a mplly. IIJed JACK SMITH'S COBH B taller oust of'l'oluill! I U> him I r 10,’ftQ-dwtfl _ JOHN I. it.M'K M. lit I! COXiUTsl BTJH DDLERY, HARNESS AND LEATHER STORE! MIDULRBROOK k CO., — — -I. rMI.EIt IN Uullted Saddles, overlaid'; fjigllsh HARN ERS. tr idated Carriage llaruess—all qualities. Km ka* ay “ “ “ Double Buggy “ klack Harness all styles and qualities. LEATHER. ■IrtUag Leather, Bridle do., Hog Skins, »d HMns, Harness Leather, Oak and Hemlock >ir Leather, Calf Skins, IJnlur Skins, Pegs, louts, Thread and Findings, Ac. Machine 13eltine. Usthsr snd Rubber Belting -i.ll wblUiS, ibher ahd Canvas Jo lting, for jck-band* -Just the tiling for Planters, tell Rivets an t Un leather. TE/TJ3STTCS Lstuga and (Twtuisu'k Dress ami Traveling Trunks, all qirilitles and t)lr*. Bonnet Box.-a, Valises and iaqnit Itsgs. CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS! Enamelled Leather, Patent Dash !i«, all widths ■ qualities — thl Var|iet, l.accs. Fringes, Head 1J- l^athrr Cloth Booting., Nall-, Tacks, Ac. Nlrrup., Bills, Buckles, Ha- Mountings. A TV C ” IUr *> Wagon Breeching, Mind Bridle.. A®* 4 ** * re °f n, i r swn manufacture **"•* best material and by experienced work- tvelnvlte all thoae who are In want of articles Doe to call and i xmulnc our stivck, and we as ! *' w Work made, and Repairini •horiest aoUee. d wtf Dissolution. n* Drm of AI.LF..N A DENNISON Is this day dissolved by mutual eoasrHit. A. W. ALLKN * U Authorised to settle ail business of tbs laU A W. ALLEN, D. M. DKMbON. J' ALLEN will continue to msnutarture V enusUnUy on band at No. 30, Wat- AfecxM, Rrnad tttroot, Columbus, lla., a lull if of bit w«tl known SOUTHERN LINIMENT, ^IKrTMBNT, c*50-, I ALLEN, Proprietor. CHAPMAN, dntf WILLI* J. W. UKOOkif. $X1B» WILLI*. J. T. Willis & Willis, ATTORNKYH AT LA VV. Talbotton, Talbot County, Gtorjia, » 'll gi, r prompt attniiiioii to nl* business f‘iste<tto their care in Talbot anil Uio nd- 1 ' ••- inti**. March u *'.« vil A Thomas J. Dunn, attorney at j.aw, ly Morgan, Calhoun County, Ga. iw u practice in the following countiei: Sumter, Clay, Randolph, Larly, Dora Catheu*, Deafherty aad L*a. Marion Bethuno, A T T O K N E Y A T I. A W, Talbottou, Georgia, prepare Declaration* lor person* entlileo to Bourn v Land and Pension*, uder the late Act* of Cong re** ; and pro* rut* a|| elatm* of that natur* 1 March 6, ’5* w » vvii Iialloouln|v. Tho rage fur building “ca*tln* in the air” •com* to have assumed a practical shape ju*t now, though it remain* to bo *ecn practical will grow out of it. The great ambition of the aerial aoarcr* is to cross the Atlantic in a balloon, and no les* than three attempts of this kind, shortly to he made, are announced the North. Tho meat forward of those daring enterprises appears to ho that of Mr. Lowe, to which we have heretofore alluded. Hia balloon ia truly a mammoth affair, as will he best understood from a .tatument ol its dimension*. It is 350 feet in height, and 387 leel in its largest diameter! At tached to it are both a spacious cur and a life-bout; thu cur to be warmod by a stove, which may also be used for cooking purpo ses; the boat 45 feet in longtb, with an augine and propeller, which arc expected to exert sullicient elevating or depressing power and thus obviate the carrying of bal last. It is calculated to carry IV tons. This balloon ia called the‘'City of New York.” Mr. Lowe promises to start soma time lute in this month. Mr. LaMounlsin, one of the aeronauts who made the famous trip two or thre* months ago from Hi. Louis to Northern New York, has (or bad) an early trip to Europe in contemplation, in the same great balloon —Ihe “Atlantic." We say that he had it in contemplation ; for on the 32J of Hep- teinber be and Mr. Haddock asceliilnd from Jeffereon county, N. Y., on a preliminary experimental land trip, intending to return tho r.rxt day, but up to thu 30th ult. no tidings of them had been received I The balloon took a northeasterly direction, and appeared to be about two miles high nn hour alter it rose from tho varth. Much snxiely about its fate was manilualed in New York city and elsuwheru on tho Stub, but thv latrsl dispatches received un that dny announced that no intelligancn of its fate or further progrcsH had been received. It is hoped thnl it descended in some thinly- settled region not very far from the starling point, and that the aeronauts are snfo but unfound ns ytt. Mr. Wise is also experimenting with a view to an early attempt tu cross tho Atlan tic in a balloon, and it is said meets with much encouragement. 17* lit Floyd county, the Opposition candidates for the Legislature arc committed to the support of Judge IvKitaoN for the United Stales Senate, wliil* the Democratic nominees are his enemies. This ia no doubt the case in many other counties of the State. But in this county the supporters of the Democratic candidates urgn their elec tion na tbe peculiar friends of J udge Iverson and it is understood that the Judge himself is actively working for them. We wish every real friend of JuJgo Iverson this question of Messrs. Dawson, Williams and Dixon to-day: Will you consent to submit Judge Ivoraon'a claims to a caucus exclusively Democratic (shutting out all hia friends among the Opposition Member*), and in case of hia defeat there, consent to tho dropping of his name ! If they aro willing to pursue this course, thry am not as fs*t friends of Judge Iverson as thoau Opposition members who will slick to him to thu end in spite ol the edicts of a party caucus. Niw You*.—The following is tho ticket uomiustod by the American Slate Conven tion. It ia taken from both the other tickets, and will doubtiraa be elected, thus proving that the Americana bold Ihe balance of power and can control tbe vote of the Slate Judge Davis, though first nominated by the Black Republican*, is an American: Judge of Appeals. Henry C. Davia, Rep ; Secretary of Stale, David II. K- Julie*, Dein.; Comptroller, Robert Dennison, Rep ; Treas urer, Philip Dorahcimer, Rep ; Attorney General, Chattel J. Myers, Rep.; State En gineer, Van R. Richmond. Dem ; Canal Commissioner, W. S. Skinner, Dent.; State Prison Inspector, N. S. Elderkin, Dem.; Clerk ol Appeals, Charles Hughes, Rep. New Yeik Certainly far I > jug; I as. A day nr two after the adjournment of the Democratic Stale Convention, the Now York Herald made a classification giving Dickinson a plurality over Douglas in tho delegation to the Charleston Convention, and “scattering” nearly one-third of the delegation among somu four nr fivu other aspirant*. It is now generally conceded, lu wevur, that Douglas has a clear majority of tho delegation; the New York corres pondent of the Mobile lirgitler (Douglas paper) writes that he has fifty out of tha seventy delegates. Tbe delegates are instructed to cast the vote of the State as a unit. Th# Herald is a strong anti-Douglas P«P* r * _ «.«•» What in* High Pbick or Slat** i* Dointt ro* Ui.—A Su Louis paper aaya: “Fifty slavea arrived at St. Louis last Friday from tbe interior of Missouri, bound South. It is stated that upwards of four hundred ars leaving weekly.” Thus the high prices of negroe# further south are rapidly drain ing the mors northern States and practically converting them iuto Ires labor communities. How aurely and aUcetually this change ia operating in Maryland and Virginia, every Tua Kaxsan Election.—The New York Ttil/une saya tho. election in Kansas for the adoption of the Wyandot Constitution takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Each elector may vote a written or priuted ballot, labeled “For the Constitution” or “Against the Constitution," and oue Isbalsd “For a Homestead” or “Against a Homestead.” The Board of C*nvasaars under th* Con stitution are Sam Meilary, Governor of the Territory,(Dem.) J. M. Winched, President, and John A. Martin, Secretary, of tbs Constitutional Convention, (Republicans.) The \Ynr lu China. The signal repulse of the British and French forces in China is generally rrgtr- I os a far more important event than the iplo loss of an advanced position, of so many men killed in battle, and llic destruc tion of so much property. Ita moral cll'ect encouraging the Chinese, and perhaps in inciting a continued revolt in India, is what the allies mostly apprehend. It is the first important advantage of the Chinese, and may bo as inspiriting to them as was tbe battle of Princeton to our revolutionary tires. At all fventa, it seems to demand that the allies should force the passage at which they have been repulsed, and to do this requires strong reinfoiceuionl* and au active prosecution of the war. It appears that the Chinese acted treach erously in tho matter, having invited tho British and French Plenipotentiaries to proceed to Pekin, and having handled them the rough way reported while on the ute. But, on tho other hand, the question arises, why wore the allies escorting their ministers of peace with such a foiuiidablc lilitary array ! Ik at least proves that they feared the opposition which they encoun tered, and tint they sadly misculculnted the iorce necessary to overcome it. May it not also bo regarded as h justification of the Chinese in resisting thoir progress on sn enterprise to which they had invited them under the ineig.tia of * white and not a ted flag ? Apprehension ia fell at Washington and slsewlirro, that our Minister to China, Hon. John E. Ward, hua by his course seriously endangered the chief objects of li'it mission. He was invited, like the British ami French Ministers, to proceed to Pekin and exchange (here the ratifications of the treaty between the U. States and China ; but it auems (hat before tha battle the Chinese directed him > position of safety, whore he would be entirely disconnected from thu bloody drams which followed—which position ho not only declined to take, but when the British were defeated hn r» ndered them assistance ill escaping from the enemy. The account* •ay that the Chinese still aHsured him, after the battle, that ho should bo allowed to pro- cued to Pekin, and thnl lie wits about to resume his progress to the capital. But thorn is nevertheless rouson to lonr tlint u people so revcoguful mid prejudiced us tho Chineso will not forgive or forget his assis tance to their enemies, and (hat his conduct ut the mouth of tho Poilin may do'ay for an indefinite lime tlm accomplishment of so desirable un event as tho recognition of an Amcricnn representative lit tho capita! of Chinn—a concession, we believe, here tofore made only to Rusriu. The New Voik AtnciicMtie, Some dissatisfaction in manifested by n portion id the “Amcricnn party” that u straight-out ticket wo* not nominated at Ulicn. A letter Itoin Albany signed R. 11. Ino doubt the President ol tho Convention) comment* freely upon tho motives ol the grumbler*. He rays: “The Republican* and Democrat*, in ubout equal proportions, arc pouring out their abuse upon the Ameticau State Con vention. Tbe Republican journals rather tako tho lead in tho work of vituperation, and two more bitter and personal than their natural opponents, the Democrats. They expected tiio American Convention to do one ol the following three things : lat, To nominate a straight American ticket; td, To omit to nominate any ticket at nil ; or, 3d, To endotse the Republican ticket. The American Convention having had the wisdom to do neither of three things thus marked out lor them by their ene mies, tlie next plan wa* to get up a pro test against tbe action ol thu Convention : and there were some lew an disponed to protest, but they were marked nan from the start, and Irani the beginning were at Utica for mischief only. Some of them were the open agent* of tho Albuuy Republican Regency ; others ol them wore bidding prominent olVices under the Republican* ; and olhers of the intended dissenters were avowed and open bolters ngninst previous nominations made by the Republicans, en dorsed by A meric jus, or by both together. “The Democrats, as you see, do not like what has been done, because tbe conclu sion rcaultslin throwing overboard just one- hall of their caudidaics. It dcicuts, beyond a peradvoniuro, just otto-hall ol thur Stale lickut. It takes trout them tho control ol the Canal Boaui, ntui gives it to men who, it is hoped, may give a bettor direction to the canal*, ns n wo ole; but it yield* to the Democrats, nevertholess.iho canal ooiiiritcie, in the belie! that wlton ono political Board is left to bo watched by another poluiciil Board the public will kc boat served and the mteroHis oi tint ennuis bent maintained.— This division ol power, therefore, duos not satisfy those of either side who grasp lor all power. Had (ho lickot been all Republi can, it would Iirvo satisfied the Republi cans ; had it been all Democratic, it would have mui.«lied tlu Democrat*; had it result ed in nothing, it would have satisfied those who would best like to see (lie Amcricnn* at unco ubandon all orgauuaiiou and resolve themselves iuto the two stronger political parties."* The writor state* tho controlling renaon for the course adopted by his party, to-wit, they hold the bulnuunof power in the State, and they mean to show it whore it will tell most efloctually for the internal interest* ol the Stalo and lor tho common good of the whole country. That’s So.—The Madison Black Republican paper, aocru lighted with Douglas' tqualler article in Hurpr.r'a Mn^uzi\ “Judge Douglas has only to take <: i to find himself a Republican.” Gov. Grown II,\M NOT l*urcliui>cd any Wood lor thu Mtnlo Hoad! Several weeks ago wo wore in Atlanta and conversed with some of the employees of the State Rond, and woro informed thnl Gov. Brown’s Administration had not pur chased any wood for tho u*o of the Rond finco its inauguration. Wo cutno home and made tho charge in our paper which wn* denied by the Atlanta Intel/i/iencrr.— At the nominating Convention ol the Oppo sition, we heard Dr. Miller make (lie same charge, which wim again dented by tho In telligencer. A lew day* ago we were in Atlanta lignin nnd met with Rome of tho employee* of the Rond, who are Brown Democrats, and will Courier, « I v ° u ' lur <iov ' lir0 ' vn 0,1 Monday no.l, and to bo de u " 'l 1 * 1 l l ,ero h*a not as yet bsen any wood purchased for the u*« of tho sovereignly j *j n ce Brown Iihs been in olltco with It nays thnl | the exception of a single lot bought * [coHMCXICATKT).] Omnium Gatherum. Nature and nit both largely contribute to raise and establish tho dignity claimed hy town* nnd cities. And it matter* not how onfhmiattic soever may be the lovers of art, they must acknowledge that nature must first lay the foundation of the greatness of any locality. And in proportion to thy abun dance with which nature has lavished her blessings, in thu antno ratio do localities stand lower or higher in a public commercial scale. Now wo do not reully think that we have many places that possess, in an oinhryo slate, superior advantages, both natural ami commercial, than a litllo village located at tho junction of thu railroads lead ing from Montgomery, West Point and Uolutnbua. In tho first placo, the region of country in which it h located ia high, and •ulficiuutly broken to bar loruver any appre hension that local sicknesa could previt.l biyortd tho ordinary extent in any suluhri- ou* climate; and in tho second place, the surrounding country is sufiieicnily populs- ted to amply sustain fur beyond thu present prosperous business of tho town. Indeed, tho whole udjucunt country, and especially that portion <<l it stietchiiig toward* the north-wc-t, i* beautifully interspersed with farms that will well compare in richnos* and production* w ith any other noction of the sumo latitude. And in tho third place, Opilika (lor this is the nunc ol the little town) has tnilroud facilities equal almost to any place in the country ; for it is thereby nioitghl Into closo proximity with Mont gomery on thu went and Columbus on the past, nnd from these poini* directly connect ing with either coast of thin grunt Union. Hunco no one, wild! in Opelika, fuels as il he was cxcoinmuuicutcd from the world, but ou thu contrary luels as if ho would noon bo a neighbor to uuy section of the South —provided tho public spirit fur inter nal improvements m tho direction of rail roads, which has cliurnclcriaod so signally the (South for the pnst iuw years, ia exten ded a little laither to the completion of this great North-ivcst Railroad enterprise. For when it I* completed iim lur u* Ulilldcrshtirg, the present contemplated terminus, il will be to Opeliku, Columbus and other cities, what thu great Groton Aqueduct is lu New York—a daily dependence for the stall of life. Now, this cnlerptiso i* no longer an airy dream, lor il has now aasuiued that degree of certainty which lilts all apprehension of inglorious abortion. An tbe Hdui told m in relurunce to the pruviNiona which they hud promised, h thiri road : conJerri t ia being collected, present. Tho road i nnd with a few men Goluiubus, I step fi r A 8t. Louis paper aay* that four hundred negroes leave Missouri every xnk for tk* ttoulb. fir It ia elated that the Ilriliidi Govern ment lisa ordered a distinguished military commander to Han Juan Island, with instruction* aitnilur to those given by our own Government to (Jen. Hcott. Now fur I)oU£la* I Tho Georgia elections being over, wc may now expect a sudden stampede of tho Dem ocratic politicians of tbo Htate to Dcuglus. Tho restraining fear of the bnllot.lmx no longer exerts its influence, and the goad of ub* and Htephena will be applied more vigorously than before. As w« have said heretofore, all the activity of the contest bus onto lima been exhibited by tho Iriend* of Douglas ; his Democratic opponents have been merely fighting on the defentive i and they arc more free to ground their arms of rebellion and lull into thu ranks of the dvancing conqueror. That they will mako haste to do so, hardly admits of a doubt. > will duly report progress, and keep our !ers advised of I lie successive steps by which tho Georgia Democracy are to be led into the camp of the Hqualtcr (Sovereign nnd Freaaoiler. - ■*•♦»■ Scarcity of J.abor at the South* A contractor on the Main Trunk Rond, unable to proeurn negro labor at any mason- able price, recently went to tltu North t* procure emigrant laborers, to enable him to uplute hia aoritract within thu prescribed ... ie. Hu returned on tho steamer Flotida with forty German laborers, some of them with their wives, with whom he contracted ix months service as laborer* on the road at 910 to $12 per mouth. I he aama contractor is nt present obliged, irom the scarcity of bunds, to pay $20 per month lor negroes. Wo mention lhia lact merely to show the inadequacy of our present labor system, and the consequent disparity in pri- btmveun unresirieicd while emigrant hi nt the North, and the proscribed nod reclricied sisvo labor ol ihe .South. The tact have siated is xuggcsiivu ol much rcflec- ii. Is it the policy of tho South to intro duce omigraut lalrnr f Can sluvn labor, re- alricied and inadequate a* it is, uminiaiu its position ut thu South oguinat tha cheaper while emigrant labor ol the North t 1* such free labor, with all ii* political influence*, preferable to our own domestic inaliluiioua f la ihero not mote to he fented from the nut- I antagoiiiam ol free emigrant and slave _ nr, than Irom a redundance of the latter/ — Savannah Net*#. ie old perplexing query, “how many childi«n had John Roger* f" has at lust been definiioly and historically settled ! At the late celebration in Norwich, Chancellor Walworth spoke to the sentiment relative o Ihe fitst settler* ot the town, us follow* : Chancellor Walworth said it wu* sixty-nix years since he left the town oi U<>l|r*h. (|e named the original settlers of Norwich, Dr. Tlicophilus Kogcra among them—filth in descent from the faraoua John Rogers, the martyr. Tha Chancellor settled the long pending dispute about the number ol John's children (“nine small children and one at the breaal," the primer says—were there or ten B by exhuming Irom some old utstory a letter or address from John to the government, in which win a passage to this cflert ; "I would that my worthy wile might nniiiH to seome: she 1ms with liur ten <Aif* drm which aro her* sod mine, and I would nomlorl her somewhat," Damaux fob Bara« ii of Bromihk.—Mi*< MagdAlc^je Hardy, of Delaware county, N, Y., has just recovered $5u0 damages from Freeland Cochran, who had been “her j friend from childhood,” for a pleach of marriage promise. Tbe offence was aggrn- valcd from tho fact that “he very often took j j,*,, cka ngo, if we iniatitku not, at onu of tho Depots up lUo Road. These men work nn tho Stale Road; they pass over it from three to lour times every week, nnd they certainly oHf'ht to know what they lire talking ubout. On (list sub ject they are better advised than the Atlanta Intelligencer.— Lo (irange llcp. What Gknkral‘Tayj.o!i said to Kanta Axna.—A correspondent of a Northern pa per Ii a h the ItdluwiLg BinH'iucnt ol wiiat Gen. Taylor did any in reply in Hauls An na’s stiminuus nl Keuna \ isiu to surrender : I relate (ho circumstance as it was told by ii person who was present, nnd thu inngungi the bntth rxiiuih i la t i < • winch was really ol Buena Visiu when Toyloi army was surrounded hy a I time* it» number, umi it* nil appeared certain—at IciihI to tlior>e wlm knew nothing of thu luaiuria! ot which il won n.udc up—General f>auta Anna hchi one ol his aids to summons thu old vi tcran to rursender and to represent to him the lolly ol entering upon a end i Tho Colonel Bliss, who, when he hud <rnnsli it to Old Zuck, ashed what reply lie should rnaka t “Tull Him, prompt mid • hell.’ Colonel Bliss Hskod him il he should ncnd that taply. “Let mo sen. No !" replied tho old man, “auy I'd aeu him d—d first." Col. Bliss, who wu* thoroughly posted up in tho etiquette ol llie camp, thereupon wrote tho dispatch which has been credited to hia coiiiuiunder, and which was to the ofleci ihm the summon* h.id bean duly re ceived and tliut General Taylor declined ucccdmg thereto. A New ’ New York pliiu Ledger says Mr. Bryant, tho poet editor of thn I'ost l* in a heap ol trouble. il« bought a beau tilul residence up town, in east .Sixteenth iop, nnd wn* just proceed , in nccordunce with his when In! and behold, u iglibor rami'.nnd squalled ing to cinbullifth well known lash very unplca*ont i right down hh his next door neighbor, ami now refuses to move “lor love or money." This ill-favored neighbor ta no loaa n per sonage than Mrs. Cunningham, the heroine ol the famous Bond Hired Btirdell murder cate. It ii« death and destruction in the neighborhood to have such a woman any where ill or ulmut it, of course, nnd, a* you may guess. Mr. Bryunt, harked up by the oilier resident* in iIn: vicinity, has spared no pains lupcrnusde the lady to be off, but all to no purpoM. The iicighborhosd in n very aristocratic one, and ttic affair, ub you may gur*», is creating no little Mir. What the result is to be, nohody can guess, hut the general expectation si cm* to be that, il Mrs. Cun ningham don't pack up her imps, Mr. Bry ant and the rest of Iter neighbor" will. Hkautiib ot.p Man.—I am an old man. I have sren nearly a century. Do you wqnl to know how to grow old slowly and happi ly ! Let me tell you. Always eat slowly —(PMtipatc Welb Go to your lood, to your rest, to your occupation, smiling- #"‘1* a good naturu and a soft temper every where. Never give w*y to angrr. A violent tem pest of passion trara down the constitution more than a typhus fever. Cultivate a good memory, and to do this you must always be cnmmuiiicalivo; report what you have read, talk about it. Dr. Johnson's great memory was owing to his communicative- nuns. You young men, who are just leav- ing college, let lue advise you to rhoown n profession in whipli you can cxnrriac your talent the be»t, and at the Mine liiuu to ha hunrat. Tho best profession is the minis try af tho gospel. If you have nut tsluuts to bo a minister be * l.«wycr, but be an hon est lawyer.—/lev. linnirt Waldo. Ifr Brother Aniioidub, u wliil IJuokor, on receiving Horn a “worthy man' 1 a blow on turned the other chuck, to which a vtmilor astute was applied. “Friend," said Aniiuidab, “Scripture injunction being now satisfied, J will proceed Ip udminislur in I hoc a little wholesnmo correction," and ha therefore mauled thu assailant most un mercifully rials lor ’ipurlari, udatc—it tu'iiig hrouglii, ih now under survey, nitlcriul etfirts fioin a Opelika and D.idcvillu R.ul- Jiicluin Juciorum. Yu*, the grout Iron Hurst* will ho heurtl Ntiortiug and pulling, ill order to expand and inflate his lungs with breath sullicient to trip nwuy to the north-west, and bring by tons thu nee- esNuries uml comlorts of lilt*, that uru (hero to-day groaning for expenditure. Then these south-east (owns and cities will boast of many u comfort, the absence ol which is want and privation. Columbus nor uny oilier point or per*on need Tear an invest ment in this direction, lor it does seem that nature designed from the beginning just siu lt nn enterprise. Then let tho watch word ho onward, and like Napoleon, let us know no law but success, ami soon the co-workers in this imblo enterprise will havo completed llicit task, and then in the lunguugo of ilm immortal Horace they may proudly exclaim : Kxejd moiiliuciitum lore pvrvnnlui, Man VI nntM lint Lllllo I loro llolow* George Dawson, in one of Jiih tresh loreut- accuted letters to tlie Albany Evening Jour nal, thus discourses ol (lie paucity ol ipun'i* act iiul wuiUu i It is wonderful how very few things are really uuedlul to uur corn Ion. Most ut uur wants mo fictitious. No onu of us ever nte a dinner wit Ii ii greater relish than tin* tliut was exteniponxcd ov« r a huge lire in the upon air. Thero woro but low dishes— J luttotiout, potuioes, bread and well gut up, and our breakfast at her fat (tax's house,” and then married another girl. Young gentlemen should be cautious how they breakfast and taka lea out. rr*A returned i'lku's I’esk wagon ps«»rd our office a few days since with these words rudely daubed on the cover, ••Fissle—ssk no questions." That told the whole story aa well os it could be told in half sn hour, and saved the time of the travelers, who felt that they had already wasted too much. ^ [Dca Mtrint* Ciliten. | them the "aforoeaid gcatletaen.' of an English church, who had in read the firat lesson in the public servi ce*. alwaya used to make a hash ui Bliad rack, Meahuck and Al»eduufo ; and aa tho names are twelve times lepeatrd in the third chapter ot Daniel, slur got'.iiig through them the first time, he slier wards ttylod tua-but ih i.pputitea craved them. Uur pi I in., uml our mbit's and clmirs o| whatever wun convenient. And thuro wu* u silenuu lor thu space ol tun iniuaiL's ! No gourmand was over more absorbed with his turtle and pork than wu with our trout and potatoes. Nor did over turtle or pork lall mure dolicntely upon thu pulmu. There ia no suuce liku hunger, as there arc Iuw blsHsings more to ho convulud limit un uppulile anil u lull larder. Wu hud them all—plenty nod n relish lur it. Tea is a gruut luxury in tho woods—boil ed in an open pail and dipped in a tin cup. It is drank proluucly ut uvery meal, and id mure longed lor alter u weary mnrpli than uny olhur liquor available'. No spot ismnu's kit is properly mado up which docs not cunfiuu a pound ol Young llysou; and no camp inuui is ported without a brimming diih of Hi. southing beverage, ii lie has pork, bread end tea, the woodaman romps nts fingers ut uil tlm minurahlo “flush puis" which go to muku up tho luxuries ot civili zation, and wliosu use generates lussiludu, gout, indigestion and Hip ihotisiimi am| one uihur “ills flesh is heir to.'* Nor are hiaxitbar wanipJoaa almple. He can imagine nothing moru luxuriuin llinti u .. .nipaitiy Kim bark shaifiy, carpeted with <r* "fi linnlopk boughs, ii nil enlivened ut night by a hard wood tiro in Iront ol it. To film it is a palace ; and it requires but the experience ol but a night or two to muku tfic must ijulicatu <• mo it* m r think with hint. A cormpoilrnt ol thu London Times re cently returned from a visit to Sebastopol, state* iliat the raising of thu sunken fleet vyun proceeding very successfully. About fourteen ships only remained to he raised, consisting chiefly of thrse-deckars and frig ates, for which larger smljuioro powerful der ricks were being constructed. That po lion of the fleet sunk at the entrance of thu har bor will b*» blown up. He also H>uf<l the graveyards containing thu bodies of lho*o Who lull in l|iu Criqtyqn campaign respected and property attended tu. Thu walla sur rounding them were in good condition snd kept in repair by person* appointed to visit them at stated intervals, The Columbus (Ohio) Hiatcsman s *aya that n young lady aged about sixteen, cd considerable intelligence and prepoauea*iiiB nppeoranee, ia now residing with the Slier- ill of Ottawa county, Ohio, preparatory to bar removal to llie lunatic nnylum, having become iuanne from viuwing tho Aurora Borealis a short lime ago, which she waa induced to believe tiuinkoncd the approach* ing end of Ike v nrbl.^ IJarly County must have Afric ans. Wu arc reliably informed that a number 1 of llie most influential and wealthiest citi zens of Lsrly county, (ia., have subscribed (he sum «f ten thousand dollars or more, for | the special purpose of assisting to fit out a I vessel to proceed to thu roast of Africa to I procure African niggers for tho subscribers. ! It i» also thought that men of w-aslth in ! oihtr adjoining counties havo subscribed liberally to thu canto enterprise.-.tiainbridge j (ievrgian. Hox. D. H. Dickinson.—Tho Louisville Journal has thu following doubtful compli ment to lion. 1). H. Dickinson : If wu kn«w tha veteran Dickinson of Nrw York belter than wa do, wa might he abla to decide whether hia deserting the 'llartls' and becoming a “Nofl" is due to the aoflon- | ing of Ins heart or tha softening of his brain. Iutcre*tlii£ News from aVnshiiigton. WAsny«now, Sopt. 2N, 1859. The duspatchea received by tho govern- item nnrrnto with miniitcnr-n the recent event* in China. King officer Tuitnnl! say* that tho British officer in chnrgH of the guiw boats having visited him, t-nid nothing about nid. but hi* silent appeal was powerful in deed. During the lew moment* he wa* on board tlm Powhatan ho wnu.d look anx iously nt his Admiral and at tho .bonla.— “After ho lull," oontinnofl Copt, i'niinall, "1 held a conversation with our Coininis- aioner, Mr. Ward, and liu agreed with me perfectly,, that unnor tlio circuinaiancce ol 1 could do no less than tow IItr bontnEo bis relief. I made the offer which was thank- fully nnd promptly accepted. While ihe boat* were making last to the haw^ors, which I vuerod astern, I insisted on Mr. Ward and hi* suite leaving tho Toey-wnn and going on board ol one of the j links, lor reason* which will bn obvious. Hu at first reluc tantly yioldod.aud lull ub, but soon returned in one ol ihe English bon *, declaring tliut, us the Tooy-wan wns hi* home, nnd going under fire with bis approbation nnd concur rence, he would romain in tier. 1 relucinntly yielded to his gallant impulse." Cnpt. Tall- null towed the boats thruuirti the British line to within a short distance ol the Admi ral, whose flag wn* flying, when, casting them off, lie retired to the rear ol thn line, and anchored lor the nig lit. I In took up this position, as it might enable him to aid the wounded, nnd should uny boats be sunk, to reseuo their crows, in other words, “to nllord ull the aid consilient with neutrality."— Having been informed by a British officer ih.it iim Admiral wnsdnnue.rcusly wounded, Cept. 'J'u11nnll went in a barge to visit him. When within n lew In t of tIi•• Cormorant a round shot struck the boat, killed the cox swain. .Mr. Hart nl Brooklyn, N w York, ami slightly wounded flag Liouieunnt Treri- chnrd. They rent bed the Cormorant bcloro llie boat entirely sunk. Cnpt. Tatlnoll sny* llio Chinese Coiutuissioner* bad previously notified Mr. Wnrtl ol their arrangement*, uml r< quested him to accompany the British and Ft each Minster* to the Petite. To ibis he consented, thereby to a certain extent assuming thu same plntlnnu u*!ili the Inner. The sincerity ol ilm Commissioners uaa much doubted at tltu time. Dates irmn Anxonx to the Hi Ii inst. any tin express n nil arrived, bringing iiowh ot thn eouipluto submission ot tbo Mojavy ludinna to Major A rm is I end. They acknowledge a largo number ol killed, surrender a lino tract olTaml tor ilm use of tho government, and promise never again to molesi tlm white*. Mnj. Armisiead is on bis nay East on 12 month* leuve. The report* to Gen. Clarke *ny that the Colorado river i* a more reliable stream lor nnvigiiiion than tho Red river, thu MLeoitri, llio upper Miraissppi or Minnes.un river. The new stcnim*r Coropu made the trip from l • 11 Yum to Koi 'I , • i Beale'a Crossing), 22.'i mile*, in livn dny*, < nlitng her own wood on ilm way. Tin* trip de monstrate* ilm surer** ol Liutil. Ives' ex- piornlion made last year. Tho Overland Mm! Company’ station, aixly mile* ahovo Fori Yuma, wa* robin d tlie American* on thu Gila rivei bad deter mined to drive nt nil llio .Mexientm ou llio river, on account ol tlii* outrage, and n col lision hud occurred in which it i* said six Mexican* were killed. Time lining no l.iw or officer in Arizona no arrest* ucm mado. Thu Mexican population nt the G l.i mid Colorado mines were lunch alarmed. Liuut. Mowry'x ulcmion ns dt* cgntn front Arizona wn* unanimous. Gut ol 3,1)00 vote* it is not known that even one wa* uguinst Huttlcmenla ol emigrant* have commenced on tho Han Pedro river. The Apaches have been very bold in their depredations, nnd Col. Ueavc,oi Fort Buch anan, ha* applied lor re iuloraemcutR. Tltu Commisionera with ready money and credit to u considerable extent,appointed by tho Governor ol /.ucnlerna, have Marled lor tbo United State* to buy nrint* uud muni tions ul war lor the liberal*. Dim Merritt on St. Charles street. (Everybody knows tInit old Old Dun is sex ton of near all the Ridge Cemeteries, and that lm bus not boon making u Ionium tins year.) Wo wcic surprised to ecu him no Htniling nnd tilenNania- hewns,und imputed how liu could keep up bucIi good humor when grave diggmg wu* so dull. Hu rnplicdi tliut it in it 111' I • d IH'I'\ .!• w !t ■! I.' ! > -i year ho whs sure to rnnku up thu next. With which reply wu were perfectly satisfied. According to wliut wc bnvc *ince heard, Duii’m good naiiirid philosophy ha* since dofortou him. It is stated, upon good au thority, that a fuw dn\s since Dan was sur prised ul racing a cheap, unattended luiturnl. Hu aunt his men to tuny the colfin in a utavo nt tho back end of tlie ccin«tury. Alter u abort time, llio men cniuu buck to him, ip u high Minin oi cxcitouiont, saying ihut they could not bury tliut liiuu ; that It * was sit ting up in his coffin, and swearing liu waan’l dead. Dan, in high indignation, soixud a spade nnd went back to the grave himaclf, where, sure enough, hn found his customer sitting up nnd looking quietly around, “How'* this, air," oskoU Dan, wrntliily, “tliut you're interfering with my workmen and mv huainos*. in thi* sort of u way f" “Why, I'm not dead," said llio resuscitated, “and I don’t feel like being buried yet awhilol" “Not denti l" ahoutud Dan, jerk ing the Doctor's certificate out of lux pocket, and reading it; “not dead! Now' here’s the doctor'* certificate, savin’ you Jure dead, and whai you died of, nnd I’d like to know who known best, you or tbo doctor f" “I can't help wbut tltu doctor snys, Mr. Mer ritt," said tlm man in the coffin, “but I know I •ain't dead, nnd I want you to help mu out of this place." ‘•But, d—n it," res ponded Don, getting more hut ilitm ever, “tlm doctor any* jou'ro dead, and d~n tu« if you ain't dead !" With which he Hit him a fiat or two ovet the head wjili Ins spittle, nm| bpriud him will) his own hands. •iTha idea," soliloquised Dan, a* lie lull, “ol tltu fellow interfering in my huainuss in iIimt sort of a way, and trying to gel mu into a difficulty with the doctor thut sent him out I" 1'olicy of tiib N. Y. Amkrioasb—The Express alluding tq tho anion oi tlm late American Convention, nt Utic*, *oyo the N. Y' Americans “have resolved themselves, ouch more, into the purpose for w I.ich tho psrty was originally otaried,—and that is, (ho election of tho best min on thu tick ets of the two opposirg parties, in order to correct thuir error* and dangerous iiroclivi- ties toward foreiguisiu and sectionalism." Tho $1 (press adds t “The ticket made at Utica, however, is not for the Americana alone, but fur the Republican, the Democrat, u (he Whig, who wishes or mops to break up the rotten, and now alarming political organisations of tho State, and the city. To vole the Ulicn tipket l)*>W ii the only way to vote down Rowdyism, Loaferiam, and tho Bruucraand Boxer* that control the primary mootings of Ihe two loading parties. Wo must ho ahlo, for once, to show men using all moan way* to get on a lickut, that there is no certainly, when they thus get on, that some Balance of power party will pot wipe them oil. We pan thu* alone break tlu lea and ttnaah mu- cAi/iri.” -*»• ♦»*- Hbaltu or Houston.—The Telegraph ol the tfith says el the health nl Houston, Texas: “There have buen four deaths from yellow fever since Friday, three reported by the city soxton, arid one brtddca, The number of new ct-c* is quiln limilrd, und thu fever is hy no means in au epidemic form a« yef. Whole number of deaths in tv,t day*, nine. The first cases are begin ning to gst about, and most now down are doiag wall.” Abtkuan Wills.—The Louisville Jour nal says: The Artesian Well at Columbus, Ohio, has reached a depth of 3,245 feet, aud no wataryst. fOjrMrs. Partington asks *,ry indig nantly, if the bills before parliament are not counterfeit, why ahoold there he such difficulty in j»*sin| then t From the .Savannah News. Joint Occupancy; OR, IIOW COL HAD UUMIMIUIES COMPROMISED WITH T1IKOtflfcF OF TI1E SEMINOLE*. A notice of the death of Col. Gad Hum phries, Info Worshipful Past Master of 8t. John’* Lodge, No. 12, which appeared in a recent number of thu Mt. Augustine Exami ner, remind* u* of a characteristic incident in that worthy gentleman’* life, which was related to u« many years ago, in hia presence, by his friend, ('apt. Graham, nt that time in commund of the troops stationed at Fort King, in Florida. Col. Humphries, who entered the U. R. army in 1808 as a Lieutenant, and served creditably through tho war of 1812, rising to the rank of Colonel of his regiment, was on the reduction of the army to a “feace establishment” in 1821, with many others, dropped fioin thu service. Being a man of great firm ness and well acquainted with the Indian character, ho waa appointed Indian ngent for thu Seminole nation hy President Monroe, in 1822, which office he hold, faithfully discharing its duties until about tho year 1H30, when he waa removed by President Jackson, and Major Fagan, we think, appointed in hia place. It wus .luring Major Fagan's Indian Agency, aud while ho was absent from the nation, (hot wo were present ut the paying of the government annuity to thu Heminnlc Nation, of which Micconopy (Pond King) tv a a then (ho head chief. The entire nation —men, women und children—had assem bled, and were encamped round tho fort, waiting to receive their money, presents, fee. The important event had olao attracted to iIih Cantonment many white persons, offi cials, ex-officials, and others, among whom wa* Col. Gnd Humphries, who came to pay n visit to the tribe Miming whom ho had so long dwelt as thu representative and agent of the government. The chiefs greeted him will) unusual cordiality, and seemed to es teem il un especial honor to be permitted to shake hands with the ex-ngent and to drink hi* good health at the officers’ mesa table. One old chief, hy tho name of John Hicks, who had formerly been tho head chief of the nation, but who, for some cause, like Col. Humphries, had boon removed, or bro ken, g* they call it, was very extravagant in hia dmuMiHtrutiiins of friendship and res pect for hiajitlen Col. Humphries. There Hcoiucd to exist between them a peculiar relationship springing from some old remin- itnence nliku interesting to both, nnd to which frequent allusions woro made on tho part of Hicks, by certuin pantomimic goati- culalion* and grimaces, which always en ded in a henrly grunt nnd u proposition to Hhiiko hand*. Much eurioRily having liemi expressed hy llio white visitors to know llio meaning of ull these mysterious demonstration*, which seemed to ho peifuetly understood uud hum- lily enjoyed hy tho Indian chiefs, Captain Graham promised to give us an account of what ho called Cul. Humphries amt John Hickrt’s compromise. Accordingly ono night niter supper, when Hick* hud gone thruugh hi* punloinimc, accompanied as u*uul with an amount of incoherent gibber ish nii'l awkward oaths, much grunting and vehement prntefctutions of friendship for Col. lluniphrici, and had taken his seat on tlm floor in thu corner, where he vainly en deavored to keep tho mosquitoea from biting hi* barn legs, occasionally blandishing his list nnd shukiug his head at the Colonel, our host, llio commandant, proceeded to givu us tltu story. During the first years of Col. Ilumpniius' agency, the Ruminoles hud manifested much ilirisHtisfucliou with the treaty by which they had agreed to relinquish thu western por tion t.f the territory to tho white*, and to confine themselves within the boundaries of their reservation. It was understood that Hick*, tho then head chief of tho nation, had never heartily sanctioned the tieaty, and | Ihut lie hud exerted his influence with thu nation against it. Tha prcsuurc, too, of tho the United Slutca soldiers, (Suttlur, Agent, and uthor whites, at Fort King, within tho rCRervulion, was ve*y distasteful to the old chief, who regarded it a* an cnroachruent upon thu rights of hi* people, who, hy tha terms of the treaty, were not allowed to go into the settlements or hunting grounds of the wlute* without a written permit from (ha agent or commandant. Hick* was too crafty and too ptudeni to publicly manifest hi* d*ily increasing hos tility to thn whites, hut il w»i plain to bo seen ihut, he was exerting his influcnco to make hi* people discontented and to incite them to insubordination. The bearing of the principal chiefs was daily becoming more unfriendly and reserved, while tho younger once were sometimes insolent and not un- frequently threatened the whites with whom they camo in contact. Various alarming rumors were in circulation of In.liau prepa rations for hostilities, and considerable un- otiaiueis was buginning to ba foil among lbs frontier settlors, who feared that without an lyiinuntHliou of the military forca in tbe nation, thu whites could not remain nafs from Indian depredations. Hicks’s visit* to the Fort or to the agent’s Iioum), which stood some half mile from the Cantonment, became less frequent, and when ho did oome his conduct was haughty and his words ollnu insolent, especially if was a little in liquor. Col. Humphries, who was a brave and resolute loan, watched the growing discon tent of the Indians, and the increasing au dacity ol Hicks, with some anxiety. He knew well the Indian eburuclor, and he de termined to uvuil himsulf of Ihe earliest op portunity and most cflectual means ol check ing the rising spirit of revolt. An opportunity soon presented itself. Onu day Hicks, with a considerable piny of In dians, cumu to the Cantonment to trade.— At llie store they exhibited a very had sp r- it, s<tm« of them refusing to pay for their purchase*, and demanding liquor, which being denied them they beesmo very abu sive, sweating that tho store-keeper should not stay in tliu nation. Leaving the stare in a turbulent manner, they mounted their ponieu and rode towards Ibu agent's bouse which stood by itself about bail a mil* dis tant, surrounded by s lew cultivated acres. The Indiana, who hud their rifles will) them, baited at a short distiuce from the hous* while theit chief, Hick*, who was conside rably under thu influence of liquor, rod* boldly up to Ilia gate, dismounted and stag- gored up tho steps to thu high piszta of tbe house, cuiliug in a loud voico for “Hum phries !” Col, Humphries, who happened to ha tirely alone, promptly made h<a appear- co, extended his hutui as usual, and in vited Hicks |o a seat on a bsneh. Hick*, haughtily turning from tho bench towards thu C»l<»nel’u large arm r.ha:r y which occupird its ususl place, said : “No, Humphries ! Mu big cap’ll!—my country I —nio big login, heap,” and look hi* scat vury majestically in the chair. Col. Humphries saw plainly that his dis tinguished visitor, who seemed to liava dressed himself for tin- occasion in all hi* gewgawry and fusilier*, meditated mischief. He was n powerful man, and fearless as lie was powerful-—qualities, however, in which the Colonel was fully hi* match, with this advantage that ho was cool and collected, while the chief was excited with passion and liquor. It would not do to permit the Indian thus to brave him in hia own house. IIm frit that he mutt resent aud punish tha insult at all haxarda, and his resolution was soon takon. "Hick*," said he, "got out of that chairlookiug th* Indian sternly in th* Iser. “Humphr.**,” *aid Hick*, striking bis hand on tho nrm of tlm chair, with nn ill- suited oath, “Mine !—my house, my land ! ~my land, my house! All mino !’’ ‘•Hicks, if you don’t leave that chair and tin* Iioiihp, I’ll make you f” “M.:” exclaimed Hicks, with • look of sttvago defiance; “me big Ingin, heap !— strong, like a jackass ! Mo .lain big sen before he had finished tlm sentence. Col. Humphries grasped him by the nuck and the more substantial portion of his drapery, and with ono powerful effort raising him from the chair, pitched him headlong over tlm banisters, a distance of ten feet, onto the hard ground, whom be lay kicking and scnselcus m lull view of his party. Tho Indiana camo running in a body to the house, aurprised into comparative si- lence by the feat they had just witnessed, Col. Humphries stood in hia door as they approached. Not a word passed between him and the Indians who gathered round their prostrate ami inscnsihlu chief. After a few words of consultation they took him up and born him to a branch sonio dintaur.e from the house, where they bathed him nnd applied mud and herb poultice* to his brui ses. When he wn* sufficiently recovered they placed hiui on hi) horsu and conyeyud him to hia home. For sovural day. not an Indian was to he accii shout the cantonment. It was tlx ught that they were meditating plan* of revenge, and closo watch was kept upon their move- incut*, while quiet preparation was mad.) at thu fort to hu in readiness lor them in the event of an attack. Thus matters remained until about two weeks after thn affitir with Col. Humphries, when old Hicks, a graver, if not a wi»or man, was seen on bis pony alone approach- iug the house of thu ngent. Dismounting at tiio gale, hu untcred thu enclosure and walked quietly upon tho piar/.s Irom which lm hail so recently taken his headlong flight. As Col. Humphries issued Irom tho door, Hick*, with a serious and subdued look, extended bin hand in token of Irinnd- ship. It was promptly grasped hy (.’nl. IL, who was shout to speak, when Hicks iut. r- tuple.f bint— "Col. Humphries, how do! how do!” A Iter the ususl response Irom ilm Colo nel, Hicks continued, without changing tho demure arid serious expression of In* face—. “Col. Humphries, me big login lump—. got sense plenty—get drunk, darn find too much. Your Iiouhc, my land—your laud, my house!" Thu Colonel, laughing, gave the old chief a hourly shake of the hsno and invited him tu take u seat in hi" arm chair, which Imnor hu promptly declined, preferring a lea* ele vated seat, on u cowhide bottomed chair which stood near. A long conversation ensued over a friend ly glass uud pipes, during whirl) Hick* expressed hi* deep contrition for hit uncivil conduct, lor which he confessed that he had been justly punished, and took much pain* to convince tbo Colonel of his perfect un derstanding of tho uiiturn of thuir joint •crupuncy of thn Reservation. As ho shook bauds ut parting he repeated, wi.'li marked umphusia— 1 “Col. Huinphrietr—your house, my land—your land, my house !” Hicks lived to lm a vury old man, his health being very feuhiu during his latter year*. To the day of bis death ho retained Ilia friendship for Col. Gud Humphries, a frplinq which wa* warmly reciprocated hv the Colonel, and which found expression in many acta of kindness to thu old chief of tho Rumiiiolea. I*rentlciaiia. Poor men of all men should never under take to drown their sorrows in strong drink. It doesn't pay. Mialortuiios may drivo n man to tin,) cup, but it takes a lor.uno (j koup In,n there. A sober young man in humble condition recently married a lady of fortune ; a inonili afterwards ha fell drunk from hi* hor*r aud brake Ilia neck. Tbo effect i* attributed m hia suddun lorlumt nnd tho iusuflurablu ur« rognuco of hi* wiio. Poor follow ! hi* wife's money turned hi* bend ono way, and Imr lumper turned it another; between thu two Ins nuck wits broken. Alurul: Let all poor fallows ho careful how they take or mistake a "big bug" lor a bed “bug." Au Indiana pnper notices the birth nl u bnby wotghing lilleen pounds. Whenever the moilier hold* that baby in her tup, a heavy responsibility rusts upon her. The Pennsylvanian said lately that "tho Democratic party consists ol trun men." Than the devil wilt have n good many ia in the fire." i to Washington and seu how whito make laws, nnd you will bu os much disgusted as if you were to go to thu Wc*t Indies aud see how tho nogroca maku mo* IasBUM. The question “why printers did not suc ceed as well as hrewura/" wus auMverud : Because printers work lor tbo hood und brewers for the stomach, and where twenty have stomachs, but ono has brains. t monster Otsters as Larue as Scaurb—Great Ex* eitemrnt.—We iioiIcimI yesterday Ilm dis covery in Long Island Sound ol a r oyster bed, but hud no idea, it scum*, ul real worth, which ia now act down at live mi Ilona of dollars. A Norwalk paper say* : Gnu vessel, last week, look up teven hun dred bushels iu a single day! The lied scum* to bo almost inexhaustible, ami must contain many millioHt of hmahrlt. W« worn shown samples of Wiu oysters yesterday nit lurgu a* un ordiuury garden spade, Him eat* from wfiicn looked more like b.t I •agues than the ordinary Involves. Tiirru or* on Bumlny two stukiubouts uud ibout 150 suiU on the ground, drudging nearly all day. Nothing has over equal J ilm excite- mom hereabouts among tha firshermun and marine "peculators stneo thu great Ring End oyaiur war some thirty years ago, when tltu long loins, etc., wure brought out nnd charged to the muzzle to lire upon thn Now Haven marauders. This bed la in ws'er from li to b fathoms, and (hero is no lolling Fooaiunixo thn Banka.—A sailor hoy purloined two or ihrre pies ut diflrrent limrfa. Ha was overheard in hia whimsical method of repealing thu insrnge ceremony, thus : “I now propose a marrtagu between Jack Downing und tbia pie ; if any objection can be made to this union, let il now he known or forever keep ihe poaee. * On this freak being whispered to the cap tain, tie prepared a good rope's und, and holding it in ono hand and the boy in lha other, said : A uniin is now proposed to take placo between this rop* and a sailor boy ; if any objection can Im made to thu ticklish match let thrill hu known, or forever keep tho peace." “Captain,” said the lx>y, “thu banns am forbidden ; lit* parties In.vs nut Ih* luaxt< regard for each other. To make it right, limit wilii ono voice should bo reconciled to tip spliced.” ••Well," said tho captain, laughing, "you may go this time, but look out next time how you msy make love to or marry any of rny pies." Not BATioFiat).—The editor of a paper in Ohio (tli* haiidutky Pioneer) has recently had a fins shirt-collar presented to him, and is now waiting for some one to give him * *hirt, so that he inay be able to put tho collar to some use, eayit g that “at present it is a perfect superfluity." Co* 4l Coiiman, ol Romu. New York, ■scendod in a balloon to the height oi two ■riles, when it burated, but lornud l para chute, sod th* voyagur* de»c*od*d in ■ swamp iltrc* miles Irom tho point oi aacen* a ion unhurt.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1828-1861, October 11, 1859, Image 1