pMA-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.
