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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14,1860.
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Liver invigoratori
hiEPARFJ) BY 1)11. SANFORD,
aided Entirely From GUMS,
if THE I'-IIST PUirUATIVK AND LI VLB
■ >'ES now before the public,
him* remove | One dose often repeat-
do, luvigo- Qj CHOLERA.
lu!ii;,''h, cnu<- 1 *
t to digest (\ Only 1 bottle Is needed
..ylltg tlie ^ to throw out of the ays-
Bving tone and r, teniili* effect* of tuedi-
Bi« whole ma- J cine after a longsickness
wving
i for
| sallowness or unnatural
Radical cure. ; * JAUNDICE removes
i attacks G
L snd, what U ”
Irentd by then
1 useu( the Uv-, V time before eating gives
I .color from the ski*.
cd by Ihe'Aj One dose taken a short
• 1 1 time before eating gives
iter. | l ivlgorto the appetite and
:Q make " *
w w ell.
it to relieve the ^
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Thursday Morning-, Feb. 9,1860
Two Days Later from Europe.
K etl, >
Y ARI
■uriu, w....e SUMMER A
3 doae taken4? DOWEL COMPLAINTS
firing, prevent* ri yield almost to tlie first
* dose taken! I a few bottles will cure
sens the bow , DROPSY by exciting the
, snd cures;** absorbents.
fines*.
I Wo take pleasure In
9 taken after irn recommending tills rood
will cure n icine as a preventive for
la. L KEVEIl A A HUE, CHILI
Y FEVER, and all Fevers
of two tea- of a BILIOUS type. It
fll!always r.- H operates with certainty,
( HEADACHE. _ and thousands are ali
ne- U ling to testify to lu won-
10,j™ ^derful virtues.
use It sre giving tlielr unsn-
Fite uu tlie Railroad.
On Monday morning, the Express freight
and baggage car, containing through freight
end baggage, was burnt on the Southwest-
ern Railroad, at Station No. 1 neur Macon,
while the train was in progress towards this
city. We learn that the safety-box, con
taining valuables, and one trunk, weie
saved—all else in the car burned. The firo
caught from a stove.
Columbus Enquirer.—Our exchange list
haa upon it many valuable dailies, none of
which we welcome with more pleasure than
the Columbus Enquirer. When wo were
hesitating about a name lor our paper, an
old Iriend christened it the Wetumpkn En
quirer, because, he said, he had been a sub
scriber for the Columbus Enquirer since its |
lira: number, tint it hod always been a
welcome visitor, that he had always paid
tor it, that prosperity had always intended
its editors und proprietors, and that there
was good luck in tlie name. Success to tho
Enquirer.- - Wet urn/,ka Enquirer, Dan.
Thank you, namesake, for tho compli
ment. We feel piMUu of you aa a bantling,
tor you have commenced life most vigor
ously and energetically, allowing great
present ability for one so young, and justi
fying our strongest hopes for your pros
perous future. We can even overlook your
Democracy, if you will only give it a South-
era Rights complexion, but if you stray off
after Douglasism or Duchauan Federalism,
we’ll spank you, sure ! We bavo a Spec
tator to look alter you, and hope to hear a
guod report. We heartily reciprocate the
good wishes of tho Wctuinpka Enquirer.
Leap Year Privilege*.
The Sun, speaking ot a Leap Year Soi
ree which tho young isdies of Savannah
propose to give to the gentlemen on St.
Yalenline’s diy, says:
Should our modest confrere oi the Enqui
rer receive an invitation, we hope lie will,
by all means, attend. We are solicitous
that the expiration ot this i.eap Year may
find him sitJl “in bachelor meditation,
laricy tree."
Thank you ! The only “party” we ever
attended in our ■ lile wurt tho Whig party ;
l we think that if invited by tho ladies
a Leap Year patty, w« would endeavor
borrow a now hut und cost and attend,
is the only chance wo vco of extricating
ourself from the statu of freedom alluded
ince tho Amencus young lady who
mado up the Leap Year proposal “comes
up MtASing” still. We’ve a good notion ol
advertising that young lady us “strayed or
stolen.”
Alabama and her Railroads.
A hill is pending before the Legislature ,
of Alabama, which proposes to distribute
the Three Per Cent. Fund of that Slate J
among its railroad companies. As tho |
measure is nn important one, and as rail- | Aery Large Kales of Cotton*'
Tit* Men fdv the Times.
ARRIVAL
ASIA.
i testimony In It* favor.
INTORD, Proprleti r.N >. 846 Broadway,Net
detailed by all Dragnets, gold also In Cnlum-
r PEMBERTON A CARTER,
ACER A IVEJUJON,
J A. WHITENDE A CO.
i W.1W0 dtrly
[will continue the
l 0
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FORMERLY. THEIR OFFICE und PALE8-
e prepared to
\dvan
rietids
JOHN W. KINO,
A M. ALLEN,
THOMAS CAMAK.
limbus, August 25,1S6# dwif
UGHES, DANIEL & CO.,
f\ WILL COST1NTK * GtNKHAI.
ystorageand Commisiion
ceiving and Forwarding
BC0INR88, AT THE
)WELL WAREHOUSE,
edge oor tiest exertions to give satisfaction to
n may entrust us with their product-.
•re prepared to furnish all customary silvan-
our customers, and to fill promptly all orders,
lowest market rates for HAOOIKU, ROPE,
i and other plantation supplies.
WM. II. HUOHE8,
WM. DANIEL,
W. C. HODGES.
Notice to Shippers!
ALL COTTON Intended to tw Shipped over
jtha Mobile A (tlrsrj Hoad must h«r« rh<
Ibamb or ibs owsxa I* rciL, together with
*14 of the coxstoxck distinctly wark-d wirb
- A* lh» agent* have positive orders not to re
pt fbr any Cotton unless so marked. Tin brand?
1 h* furnished by any of th* Warehouses to their
itoarrs, pr at Is.
ThaUabUUty of tbs Conrpsny begins with the
• of the reeoipt and ?»»*••« when the Cotton Is
—i off theCar* at Ulrant.
liability .on all floods ceases when they
dy fbr dellverv at the stations to which they
6t, as appears from the subjoined resolu non o. thr
(ard of Directors:
Resolved, That when good* are delivered
weies of this Road tf J
Hoad fbr said goods
risk of the owners-’’
o article of Freight
rges on the whole t
September 19. IhiO
EW YORK WIRE RAILING COMP’Y
consequence of tlie greatly increased demand
•rths peculiar style ef Railing made by tha New
t Wire Kallinp Company, known as the COM-
»ITK IRON RAILING, the Company have largely
ated Wire Railing, and Is used for a much b«av
tee for encloslug publl ’ * '
•t^clally for Cemetery lots.
Henry llcl'anlcy
feut for the sale of our Railing in Columbus, and is
possession of all our Designs, and Specimens of the
-Utngniaj he tech at aP three in his Marble Yard,
'Iglsthorpe Street, Columbus, Ga.
HUTCHINSON A W1CKKRSHAM.
Aprtna.’w
HOME DISTILLERY.
LIQUOR WARRANTED tha VERY PUREST
THU subscriber Is now manafacturinj
, - UlfiKET dally, hy a refining procae*
ithat much Improres iu flavor and quality
— of Judgta pronounce his liquor to be uuri-
JtUod in lu strength and purity, and a number of our
rtiysiclans are using It. It needs
the article to rouvince every one
as adul
faeture.
’ am selling this pure Whiskey at only $2 per gal-
and when sold by the barrel a liberal ded-->—
be allowed.
*s*r*. Bu.mi A Bssmiix on Randolph i
•ud Jsaas W. Uv*i on Front street, and Oburraas
H-uaao, No. u Broad Street, have my Whlski
r sale In any quantities.
My Distillery is in Russell count;
*«t of Girard. AMBK<
HHIT
Kpcakcr Feiiuliigtoii.
The election of Gov. PetiiHiigton to the
Speakership appears to bo generally acqui
esced in as a compromise to which al
parlies can honorably yield. Tho South
has the comfort of knowing that it defeated
the chosen candidate of the ultra Dlnck
Republicans—a man who has not cleared
his skirts of sympathy for Drown and Hel
per; while the North can well acquiesce
the election of one who supported tho Re
publican nomination consistently, though
he repudiates sentiments and design* which
many of thu Ulack Republicans cherish.
The 11uth is, Pennington is a man who has
never discarded the safe conservatism of tho
old Whig party, and whose conscientious
ness and urbanity as a gentleman secure
for him tho respect of all parlies. Wo
copy a single remark (tout the Now York
Newt, as showing that tho Northern Na
tional Democracy are well content with the
Since, then, there was but small
cbunce of bringing a few inconsiderate
Democrat* to harmony sufficient for the
success of a Democrat, it was tho next best
thing that a moderate and not very com
mitted Republican should ho the chosen
ae. True, ho is not in thu popular senro
positive Nngioisl. Dut if he bo a nrgn-
»e one, the only consolation we have to
lake to uurselvea from that consideration is
the fact that he has been put in ihe place
designed for not only a positive Negioist,
proven suborner of treason.”
The Proposed Southern Convention.
The proposition—which wp believe eman
ated from the ]^vgi»lature of Mouth Carolina
bold a Convention of tho slavcholding
States at Atlanta, (la., in the event of the
election of a Black Republican to the Presi
dency, has tern responded to by ths
Legislatures of several of the States. Miss
issippi and Florida, through their Legisla-
have seconded the call, and it is
probable that Alabama will respond in the
way this week. On the other hand.
Guv. Houston of Tcxs« has strongly o^ipo-
sed it in a special message, and resolutions
pointsdly repudiating tbe movement are
pending before the Legislature of that Slate,
and it ia said will pass by a large majority.
The Legislatures of all these 8tatcs are
Democratic. It i» lurJIy probable that ony
other State Legislature will join in tho call,
but possibly Virginia may.
have often said, we do not regard
the election of any man, holding any kind
of political opinions, as a good cauao for
dissolution or secession ; snd we will take
this occasion to add now that we look upon
ibis movement as “all for Uuncomb
intended merely for party effect before
sidential election, with no resolute pur-
e of following it up afterwards. All
movements for promoting the industrial
independence of the South, and strength
ening Let resources within and her relations
without tbe Union, even with a view to her
political independence when she may ho
called upon hy just cause to ossert it, we
are heartily in favor of; but we “lake stock"
in no display of partisan bravado, which
will only make our section a laughing stock
when it ignobly tubtidet. Nor do we
believe that the South will for many years
bave as just cause for secession as she has
had during the present Administration, or
be ruled over by an Administration whose
policy will be more inimical to her.
roads in which Columbus is interested
come in for a small share of the benefit, we
epitomizs.thc bill.
The Three Ter Ceut. Fund has accumu
lated to the amount of about $850,000, it
being a per cents gc upon the sales of public
laud* in Alabama allowed to the Stato for
the purpone of connecting the waters of
the Alabama and Tennessee rivers by rail
road or other improvement. A portion of
this fund has nlioady been loaned to the
Tennessco and Coosa Railroad Company,
and the available balance i* now $663,000.
This latter amount the bill proposes to loan
to the railroad companies of the State for
five years, at six per cent, interest, in the
fullowing proportions: to the North-east
and South-west Alabama Railroad $218,000;
the Wills Valley Railroad $75,000; to
the Alabama and Tennessee Rivt r* Rail
road $226,000; to ibu .Selma and Gulf
Railroad $40,000; to tbe Mobile and Girard
Railroad $50,000; to tho Opelika und Ox
ford Railroad $25,000; to tho Montgomery
and Kulauta Railroad $30,000. In addition
to three loans of tho fund proper, the annual
of $39,788 (being tho six per cent,
interest abovo provided for) is for five yours
to be appropriated to tho Tennessco and
Alubaina Central Railroad, to be expended
the construction of that port of the road
between Decatur on tbe Teuncusce river
and Montcvallo on tho Alabama und Ten
nessee Rivers Railroad; and at tho expira
tion of fivo year* tho wholo fund thus
loaned out for that period is to bo given a*
a bonus to tho Tennessee and Alubaina
Central Railroad. Tho above loans and
donation are mado contingent upm reason
able conditions and security not necessary
to be here recapitulated.
It will be seen that the main benefits of
the bill enuro t » milrou.ls, nr section* uf
railroads, in which Selma is more inter
ested than any other city. When the
Central Railroad is built to Mcnlevailo, its
direct continuation southward will bo to
Selma, ami from Montcvallo to Selma the
Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Railroad is
already in operation. From Selma south
ward towards Mobile, the Selma anil Gulf
Railroad has been commenced, uqd is to be
aided by tho bill. Should both of ilirue
roads be built, Selma will be the Atlanta of
Alabama—the central converging point of
the great iron ways of the Stale.
A pittance ia also bestowed by the bill
upon the Mobile and Girard, and the Ope
lika ami Talladega Railroad*, in which
Columbus is interested ; and the nmall auui
loaned to tho Selma und Gulf Railroad ia
remotely advantageous to tho Girard Road,
breause tho Gulf Rosij from Mobile will lor
a very considerable distunre approach the
Mobile and Girard Railroad in un almost
direct line. These benefits of tlie bill to
the latter road, though small, will come in
▼cry good lime to eid He extension, and,
coupled with tlie liberal aubacription by
Mebilo to tier North-easlern Railroad mak
ing towards Selma, ought to appreciate the
stock of the Mobile and Girurd Railroad.
.Maintained.
Advance
lost
BEANNAN.
“Gullltf It lllilld.”
The Rome Courier, copying from tho
Montgomery Mail the anecdote of tho
Alubuinu Democrat, who, after assisting in
passing the strong resolutions of the late
Stale Convention of his party, which
instructed its delegates to Charleston to
come home in the event that its platform
and candidate were not accepted, nxcluirned,
> will nil coma home, sure; but tbe last
d one of us will support the nominee,"
relates the fullowing similar “case in point” :
This reminds n* oi a dream related to us
hy a atizon ot Floyd county, who in well
known throughout tho Stute for Ilia ability
and eloquence.
It wus while the Cincinnati Convention
wna ill session, and all weru cauer to hear
who weru ile nominees, ila dreamed lie
was on his way to Summerville, Chattooga
county, und met I>r- John W. Lewis, pres
ent Supt. oi thu W. <Sc A. R. R., returning
!nmi Cincinnati, who informed him that
the Convention hud noiriinaied Doolutt ol
•Mis*., lor i'reaidenl, and MeFagtn of Illi
nois, lur Vice President. When ho reached
Summerville, ho found a large crowd col
lected—it being aulo day perhaps. Upon
discovering that tliuy had uot heard the
news, lie thought it a line opportunity to
make cupital lor Fillmore. So mounting
a box, lie announced die ichuIioI tho Cuiuin-
nau Convention. “Who,” exclaimed he,
“in this crowd hut? ever before heard ot
Duoluu and McFugin t And who liua not
heard ol Millurd Fillmore f”
lie then paid u lengthy and eloquent
tribute to bio character and administration.
“We know him,” said he—“wo bave tried
him—he ie true und faithful
ruaii within heuring ol iny vu
Feb. 6.—The steamship Asia
haa arrived at New York, bringing Liver
pool dates of tho 21st January—two days
later than the North American.
Liverpool Cotton Jlarket.—Salos of the
week 103,500 bu! ’ which speculators
took 14,500 bales a. tporicra 19,500 laics
The market opened dull and declining but
closed buoyant. The steamer's news caus
ed id advance. Sales on Friday 10,000 bales.
Quotations barely sustained, some circular*
say tho market w as stoutly. Tho following
are the authorized quotations:
Fair Or lean*.. T ,d. I Mid. Orleans (5 „.l
Fair Mobil.- .. .... "t,«l. | Mid. Mobile 0
FalrUplaads 7d. |
The stock ol cotton m Liverpool was 606,-
000 bale*, ol which 452,000 were American.
State of Trade.—Manchester advices
favorable and yarns were firm.
Havre Cotton Market.—Sales of tho week
5,000 bales. All qualities havu slightly
declined. Orleans tree Ordinaire quoted at
105f. Has at 100 IruncH. Stock 9 >,000 hairs,
Liverpool General Market.— Flour stendy
Wheat quiet. Corn declined 3d a fid. Pork
quiet. Sugar firm. Cotleo steady. Rice
firm. Rosin firm at 4s 3d a 4? 6J. Spirits
of Turpentitio steady at 35s fid a 3fis. Ten
active, advanced id.
London Money Market.—Consols were
quoted at 9lg a 95 for money ond account
nt 93i. Rank lutes have advanced to 3d.—
Tho Bullion in tho Bank ol England had
decreased X‘339,000.
Napoleon’s free Undo programme wus
received favorably in tho Departments.
The commercial treaty bet wren Franco
arid Kngland is expected shortly to be
In France several diplomatic changes
were announced. Burrot goes to Constan
tinople, Gratnmonl to Madrid, end Prince
Lutour Duuvergne to Romo.
It «.«• ••mirled that the Pope demand*
the recall of the French nuu|,a i---~
Paris Bourse was firmer and Rentes were
quoted nt GO francs.
Tho English news is generally unimpor
tant.
Tho Sardinian ministry were unannoun
ced. It is said that Count Cavour will be
tha heat! of tho Foreign Otlic
A conspiracy in favor of the Grand Duko
has boon discovered al Flore
The relations of Franco and Russia were
growing more intimate.
Trial of (lie Other Couiplratora.
Charlestown, Va., Fob. 4.—Sievciis, who
•us put upon his trinl hero iib ono of tho
conspirators of John Brown's gang, lias
been found guilty. Tho jury were out a
quarter ol an hour. Unzloti's trial will
comrnene.o on Monday.
United Ntutes 1<'Iiiuucch.
Washington, Feb. 6.—Tlie amount in the
United States Treasury, subject to draft, Is
nearly eight millions of dollars.
Murine Disaster.
Lewes, Del., Feb. 3.—A Clipper scliootlor,
name not given, with u largo load ol cop■
run ashore below Indian River. Her
is completely under water.
It is supposed that all on board perishr t
Tho lloumas Claim. ■'°
Washington, Feb. 3.—In the Hast
committee on tbe subject to-day, the Jn
resignations of the setilrrs in Loutsr.
the lloumas land claim, in winch
Slidell und Benjamin—but especially
former—uro cliurped with fraudulent at"
canto up for consideration. y (
Senator Slidell wn* allowed (into to I
to Louisiana for certain document* t
Anil the otrsiiirtli of will Hint la ready still
Tho honest ti-nr of feeling;
HIvo us tho mind to feel
The siiffnrir.ini of another,
The fcarler* power, in the trying hour,
To In Ip a suffering brother.
(live us tho clear cool brain.
That is never asleep *r doting;
But springing ever, with bold endeavor,
wakes tho world front Its prosing.
All, give us tho nerve of steel,
And the hand of fearless might.
And the lu-art th..t can lovo ana feel,
And the head that Is always right.
For the foenmn is now abroad,
And the earth Is filled wli
Let it bo our prayer to (loti.
TI>tIII)ii<; Eloquence.
Tho followinf touching passages nro con
tained in the Bpeech of tho Hon. Mr. Rote-
lor, delivered iu tho House on Wednesday.
Wo honor tho head and tho heart Horn
which they proceeded. Tho inoidonts nar
rated cannot fail to moisten every eyo by
which they tiro perused. The language
employed lor the purpose is tho language ol
elevated patriotism :
"The district which I represent, and- tho
county from which I come—the county mado
famous by tlie raid of Brown—was the lir*l,
tho very first in all tho South, to nend succor
to Massachusetts. In one ol the must beau
tiful spots in that bcnulilul country, within
rillo sliot ot my residence, at tho base ol
the hill, where a glorious spring leaps out
sunlight from beneath the gnarled roots
And the earth I* filled with Crimea:
ie our prayer to Hod,
i, |iivu us tho men for the times.
Lovo nml lilghtntikg.
A lady who her love had sold,
Ask’d If a leason could be told
Why wedding-ring* were made of gold?
1 ventur’d thus t’ Instruat her:
L»ve,’ma’am, and lightning are the same—
On earth they glance, from heaven they came;
Love Is tlie soul’s electric llame,
And gold Its best conductor.
The Modern Hphynx.
It i* truly aoid that Louis Napoleon is
tho modern ephynx. lie i* the standing
riddle, tho sealed oracle, tho impending
mystery—a great shadow resting on the
modern world. By some he in believed to
ho tho Coming Tribulation ; all fancy him
the Coming Man. lie dwells in a cloud
which no cyo penetrates, save only that soft
and tvary 2hc of hi* blessed Queen Euge-
tie. He op,ms his mouth, and tho world
■latea it* oars “ltd bangs upon his lips. Hts
purpose is co olly Ihe botheration of sorer-
oigns and qct»i “»ul journalists. Tho cor
respondent Faris, alter distracted and
vain effort’*^ Hathom him, give him up.—
He ia a nt/w f l H ( ho Hbrewdeut diplomacy
cannot crdck-V, He is a vague looming fig
ure on i*>o horizon of every nation. The
remoiedi ends ot the eurtlt are not confident
ibut the nephew of hi* undo is not tnedita-
tn,g a descent Upon them, and their speedy
anrexation to hi* (lomin'ons. Small powers
expect to hear the tumbling of his chariot
w heel* of conquest, and ulmle his personal
appearing with fear and trembling, lie says
something to the Austrian Ambassador, and
the remarU ImiIus n fair soil in blood
Southern n on who marched to tlm aid of
Massachusetts. They met there, und their
rallying c^y was, ‘a bee-line for Bouton.'
That beautiful and peaceful valley find
never been polluted by the footsteps of nfoo 5
for even tlie Indians iheinsdvcn kept it tree
from the incursions of the enemy. It was
tlie hunting range and neutral ground
of tho ubortgines. Thin band assembled
ado
and ‘n bee-line lor Boston’ was undo
thence. Before they marched they
pledge llist all who survived would
| TUo Two Walter..
Novor was there a truer saving, than thkt
misery loves company. ,f ,,i - ——
pleasantly thus stnted to
iu tlie ease of Jacob and Jimrncy. two of tho
waiters of a certain Hotel, in . Ja-
who fee's tiio importance ol his situa
is head waiter—or, as an hostler would
say <il his fourlegged animal feels his
keeping-—went to a barber’s to got shaved
and bavo hia hair cut. Alter tho operation
finished, Jacob began to rummage in
his pockota, n* if to find tho wherewithal to
discharge tlie barber's Ice.
"How much do I owe you. Mr. Barber f”
said lie.
“Ono snd sixpence.”
“Ilcin!” said he, stroking his chin, ond
tiewing himselfin tho glass, cheap enough
oo. *A man feels to ty per cent better lur
having his heard la ken off and his head
trimmed. Ono and six pence, 1 think you
said f”
Yes.”
‘Well, T derlare, Mr. Bnrbor, I——I——
on my tmlicr pantaloons this morning,
and faith, 1’vo Iclt my pockot hook ami
money at homo. But you needn’t bo at
all concerned about getting your pay, for
Fin head waftcr to tho Hotel, and
who will
_ for him/ - Is there one who will
v.,to for Doolan and McFagin t 1 pause for
a reply.”
Simu.taneously the whole crowd threw
up their hats and shouted, “Hurrah! for
Doolan and McFagin ! !”
Douglas Stock Ribi.su.—'Tbe Cincinnati
Enquirer, s Douglas Democratic paper,
rejoices over tho nomination of Senator
Johnson for the Presidency by tho Tennes
see Democratic Convention. It asye that
thia result is a triumph over the Adminis
tration, and was brought about by a union
of the friend* of Johnson and Dougin*, tho
delegates to Charleston being “the mutual
friends” ol those gentlemen. A Teunes-
psperssy*: “The Democracy of Ten-
neasee have nominated Senator Andrew
Johnson for the Presidency, with a rever
sion in favor of Mr. Douglas.”
The friends of Douglas now count
193 votes secured for their favorite,
the first or second choice of the delegates
appointed. This falls but little short of
two-thirds.
n himself from tho charges made ugui.
him.
liatliam a Senator from California.
Sr. Louis, Fob. fi.—Tho Overland mail
has just arrived from California.
has been elected U. H. Senator_from that
State, by tho Lcgi. e. on thu first ballot,
by un overwhclmti. .ajorlty* Ho i* the
present Govornor ol ualilurniu.
Coii(jre*afnua!»
Washington, Feb. 6.—In tho Senato^ to
day the President’s veto of tbe St. Clair
flat* bill was discussed. Tho posial defi
ciency bill was received and ruler red lo
thu appropriate cuuiuiiitoo. It will probably
pa*n to-morrow.
In thu House, the postal bill wns passed,
and it then adjourned mini Thursday.
Miirston, of New Hampshire, hua # been
circled Door-keeper.
Lucas, of Illinois, postmaster of tho House.
There lios been no election lor Public
Printer.
Opposition lixecutlve Committee.
Wo obsorvo that a controversy has arisen
between our Irieudf of ilio Savannah "Ro*
publican” and the “LaOrango Reporter’ in
rrfercnco io this Committee—tho iorino
contending und the latter denying that there
i* such u Committee. Tho “Republican”
is right. Tho following is a list ol tho
Committee appointed by tho Opposition
J fciu.te Convention, at itn session )u Macon,
in July lust :
First Dimrici—J. R. Snead.
Second—Lott Warren.
! Third District—R. P. Trinpe.
j Fourth Dietrici —B. II. Hill.
Filth District —Warren Akin.
] .Sixth District—R. D. Winn.
I Seventh District—J J. Floyd.
Eighth District—John Miliedge.
one yea
ket experience* a “better feeling ’ und tho
entire people hreulho freely again. A* a
whim of hi* imperioux hrido can shake tho
rrulm of feminine bullion from circumfor-
•once to eentre, so u noil of liin majestic head,
a word dropped cusunlly from bis lip*, a
shade of nltltoyanco or pride, or a beam of
delight upon his august countenance, can
startle statesmen and precipitate a crisis both
political und social.
And Mtili calmly ho follows that strange
r which has led him through a career un
paralleled for shuip vicissitudes and titter
contrast* of condition. While the world
lu* consideration and insists upon a
place in hi* grand plan*, France daily and
hourly feels his geniu* working through
every stratum of society. That tho Em
peror’s mind i* hu*y with scheme* for the
advancement of hi* country's honor and re
nown, und for hi* peoplu's comfort and hap
piness, the newspapers assure us, with
their glowing accounts of the royal patron-
tigo bealowod upon the works of artists, ol
vusl enterprises ol improvement—parks,
highways, thoutres, and bakers'shop*, of
which lusl lie Inis just given orders for
increased supply to meet tho wants of the
growing population ol l’uri*. Whether all
IIji'pe symptoms of material progross
only the Bindings of thu sky before an
heaving storm ; whether the Slate is rock
ing to u lulluby of domestic pesco and pros
perity over tho crutcr of a volcano, ere long,
%* bofoie, lo bluze forth desolation and dts-
r w xyhethcr, when tired of coquetting
'W la b. llo France, Louis Napoleon wilt
o her lo herself, und whether she will
'■ok upon him, in the immemorial
ft of coquette*, the vengeance of an offen
ded pride—are a lew of the many mysloriea
that encompass this most wonderful reign
At least it is an impressive episode in
history, and a commentary upon the fickle
ness of fortune which it i* us intoresiimg
a* it may ho instiuctivo to heed.—Richmond
Whig
assemble there fifty year* alter that day.
was my pride and plcastiro to ho present
when tlie fifty yojrs rolled around. Throe
aged, feeble, tottering men—thoaurvivors ol
Hint glorious baud ol ono hundred and
twenty—wore nil who weru Iclt to keep
their tryst, and be faithful to the pledge
tnnde filty years be I ore to their companions,
tho bones of many of whom wero bleaching
the Non them hills.
'Sir, 1 have olten heard front tlm Inst
survivor ol mat band ol patriots tho inci-
dent* of their first meeting and their march ;
how they made some i-ix hundred ntilca in
twenty days—thirty miles a dn’y — nnd how,
as they neared their point of destination,
Washington, who happened to he making a
rceonnuihsance in tlm neighborhood,
thorn approaching, and recognising the
linsey-woolsey hunting shirts of Virginia,
rude up to meet and greet them lo tlie camp ;
how, when ho saw their captain—Ins old
companion in arm*, Stephenson, who stood |
by liis side al the Great Meadows,
Braddock's fatal field, und in inunyL
Indian campaign, nnd wito reported himsell
to his commander as ‘from the right bank ol
the Eotomac’—ho sprang It out Ins ItorRc anil j
clusped his old friend and companion I
nrniH with both hands. He spoke, no word
of welcome, but tho eloquence cl Filencu
told what his tongue could not articulate.
He moved along the ruitks, shaking the
hand ol each, from man lo man, and all the
while—as my informant told me—the big
“Ay, air, Washington wept! And why
did tho glorious soul ol Wush.nuion swell
with emotion f Why did lie weep l Uocuuso
ibut tltocuusuol Massachusetts was
practically tlie cauao of Virginia; because
ho saw that her citixena recognized thegroatl
principles involved in the conu t I he '
Virginia volunteer# hod come apontani ously
They had come in rosponso to tho words ol
her Henry, that were leajiing like live itiuuj
tier through tho land telling the people o
Virginia that they must fig hi, nml fight lorl
Massachusetts. They had come to rally by
Washington 1 * side, to defend our fathers'
firesides, to protect tltcir homes trout harm J
Well, the visit hat bten returned! John
Brown selected that very county ns the spot
for his invasion l nnd, iih wus mentioned in
thu Sonnto, the rock where .Socman fell woe
trery ruck ovor which Morgutt and hts
marched a few hours alter Hugh Ste
phenson’s command had crossed the river
■■in two miles lur liter up.
May thin historical reminiscence rekin
dle tho embers of patriotism in our hearts!
Why nliouhl this nation ol ours ho rent in
piecuB hy this irrepressible conflict f lo it
copy
IAS. H. RAMSEY. R. B. CARITBLRI.
Ramsey & Carithers,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Coiambus, OsorgU.
Alf ILL practice in tha Cbatiahoocbaa. cir-
cuit, and in ..ie rountiss of Randolph,
Clay, Calhoun. Early, Decatur and Baker,
of the South Western circuit.
IT 1 Office Dp Stair*, over Gtnrar St Co's
Store, Dec. 5, '57-tww 11
Iy Last winter tbe Michigan Legiila-
ture enacted a law which, in fact, really
abolished tha grand jury system, having
mad* it optional either lo indict upon infor
mation or to empannel a jury, and the
former ia receiving the decided preference.
Already Vermont has followed in her foot-
•lepe, and now the proper committee of the
Wisconsin Senate has been instructed, by
s unanimous vote, to bring in seimilsr bill,
ifhich will without doubt ptse into a law.
jy Mr. Hornui.ef Maryland, hae been
elected Sergeant-at-arms of the House of
Representatives—#o says a dispatch from
Washington. Ha ie believed to be an
American.
Railroads in tue South.—Virginia, up
to the present time, has laid 17G0 miles of
rosd ; Georgia 1240 ; Tenneaseo 1062 ;
Maryland 833; South Carolina 807 ; North
Carolina 770; Arkansas 38, but she has
•even bundled projected; Louisiana ba-
tween two and tbrea hundred, and all of
them are laying rosd*.
ry The editor of tbe Savannah Repub
lican, who has recently returned from a
viait to Washington, writes concerning the
election of a Speaker: “When we left
Washington, some ten days ago, even ultra
men from tba 8oulh were expressing thsir
willingness to acquiesce in Gov. Panning-
ton's election. From whet wo know of
him, wa bava no hesitation in expressing
the opinion, that hi# administration of the
duties of Speaker will be elrictly impartial
and juat to all aectiona of tha country.”
[Atlanta American.
Boundary Line uktwbxn Florida and
G Noil'll a .— We am gratifiid to *cu that tho
long-standing dispute in reference to thi*
matter ia in train for an early and final ad
justment. Wo take the following, in rela
tion to it, from the Tallabasaro Floridian :
Tho two States interested in the Bounda
ry question hove each pa»ted a law declar-
eithcr I > n B 1,111 lli0 H*>® now blin 8 run ^
the Commissioners shall he tho pormanenl
boundary, without Ihe necessity of correc
ting back, provided that at the eastern lor*
minus the line does not mi»s Ellicott’i
Mound more than one-fourth of a mile.—
elto of the two States confirm
tha titles to bona fide holders of such land
may fall either in Georgia or l'loiida by
thia survey.
From tho remarks of tbeThomasville pa
pers, it seems that a very respectable slice
of what has heretofore been considered a*
Georgia territory falls to Florida by the pro
posed line, with a “right smart” sprinkling
of Georgians. All right. They are heart
ily welcome.
mail a
Houston's mosaago
thu subject ol tho South
Cnroima resolutions. Yi_
takes fiiong Union grounds, nnd 1 think bo
ill) w ill bo sustained by tho Legislature and
t.io people 111 Ibut position.
Tlicre t* n bill now up beforo (Ito Legisla-
i, i ,!■..,!> . ill in ket lor tho elec-
in.it ot H i. next to. oilier* ol Congress, and
under tho now apportionment ol th* ti
Congress, Texas expects to bo entitled
livo member*.
II we do not provide at litis Legislature for
no tW< nun by general ticket, it will involve
il,it i xpciiMi and necessity ol un extra *«•*■
•lull oi ilie Legislainio, us wo only nice
unco til two years.
Tlu < nnmi'sioncrs the Govornor apnoln
IimI t" pm« < nt to tho Rio Grando and inquire
Ifilo tho dtlliclulica there, havu ..
poried.hu I tbi lmpn asion they
w ill iiiv«/1vo tho authorities, or somo ol tlicm,
on tin' other tndu in thoto movements.
But whorl Cortina's p my uro driven
tho other side, the difficulties uro not
iled, lor ho will at every opportunity make
forays upon this ; nnd tho ’
will not arrest him or hia ti. ...
There is no safety for Texas or quiet for
th.s Union until nil Mexico ia either con
quered or a protectorate established. Mark
Thu Indians still continue their ravages
on our border, ami will so continue until the
Government, cither ol Texas or the United
States, send there more troops. '1 lie Gov>
irrepressible ? Tito buttle will not bo fought
When tho dark day comes,
cmno U may, when this question that t
divides nnd’ agitates tho hearts of (fie people
only bu decided by ilio bloody nrlniru-
it ol tlto sword, it will bo Ilio saddest
dny lor us and all mankind thnl tho
ileavon has over sbono upon.
"1 trust, Mr. Clerk, that this discussion
will now cuusc. 1 trust that nil will malt
an effort, by balloting, nnd by n succession
of balluimgH, to oiganiza tho House.
that wo will go on in our efiarts, day
nltor duy, until wo do effect un urganizutiuii
and proceed to perform tits duties which wt
were sent hero to discharge ; that the great
heart ol our country will cease to pulsutc
with tho anxiety which now «u
throb; and that wo will onch, in
appropriate sphere, do what
ourselves mqro
blessings which
Irco and united p
orilty ol tho inestimable
sari only l.o enjoyed by u
Tiik Set an Indiuatoh ok tiik Weather
The colors of tho *ky at particular limci
sllord wonderfully good guidance. Not on
ly does a roiy buiincI presage loir weather,
and a ruddy nunriso bad weather, but there
are other tints which spo U with equal clear
ness and accuracy. A bright yellow bky
in tho evening indicates wind ; a palo yel
low wet; u neutral grey color constitutes
u favorable sign iu the evening, an unfavor
able ono in the morning. Tho clouda.
again, are full of meaning in themselves. It
their forms are soft, undefined, fenlhrty,
tho weather will be fine; if the edge* are
haul, sharp definite, it will bo foul. Gene
rally speaking, uny deep, unusual hues he-
token wind or rain ; while the more quirt
und delicate tint* bespeak fair weather—
Tlicso aro simple maxim* ; and yet not ho
simple but that the English Board of Trude
Iihh thought fit to publish them for tho use
of seafaring men.
^4, ^ .«*— —
Material Republicanism.
One of tho resolutions passed by the bo
gus portion of tlie “manufacturer*” lately
UMHcmblcd in Meriden, Conn., w,n the fol
lowing, which contains tlto full measure of
III* patriotism of Black Republicans general
ly, und their regard for tbe welfare of the Un
ion, all in a nutshell r
“Resolved, That as manufacturers, we know
no North, no8outh, no East, no West, in
the tale of our merchandize { only tlie Union
bound together in States by tlto ties of com
mon brotherhood, and cemented by the blood
ul our lathers,”
A marc shameless avowal of mercenary
object* in such a connection we do not re
collect to have seen before. It i* a declara
tion to the South, snd to the entire coun
try, that they are Union men only
t trom Tom,
ick, ana——"
“But I’ll pay you ujion my honor.”
“Your honor! Dorri iell me about
your honor but get out ot my shop,
und never altow your roguo'a face here
ugain.” Thu* saying, tlto wrathful knight
tho atrup tell upon tho Waiter, and deal
his protestations and promises, kicked
Inin into thu street.
Jacop went home, and feeling rather soro
about tho seat of honor, contrived u plan to
of itio fellow waiters into a similar
scrape. For this purpose he pitched upon
Join my, an Imnosi unsuspecting Irishman.
•Jim," said ho, “you want shaving und
trimming.”
’Faith, nnd that’s thruo enough too,” said
Jemmy, “1 was jilt thinking ol going to the
barber’s afore ye spake.”
1 have just been myself,” said Jacob, “nnd
vo over paid tho barber”——naming
im ‘.‘ono and sixpence, because you
30 bo couldn't tuako change. Now thut'll
jest p y tor shaving you und cutting your
[Sure enough, and so it will,” said Jcnt-
——“and I’ll pay you another time.”
Never mind that, said Jacob. “You
jest mention to tlto barber, alter you have
got slicked up, that it's on my account und
lie will say “t's ull right.”
Away went Jemmy and got smoothed up
to tlto amount of ono nnd sixpence.
Soon as the job wus completed—>“I sup-
'VjF'tcr Barber,” said ho, “it’s all right
“All right!” exclaimed tho man of suds
who had ucurcoly yet got over hts irrilu-
lion from tho former case “what’s all
right?”
“Why tlto cultin iv mo beard and shavin
iv nto ftutr to be sure.”
"Right! yes 1 suppose it’s right it you’ro
satisfied with it.”
“Thank yon Misther Barber, I’m per
fectly satisfied—und I’ll bid you good mor-
With (lint Jemmy was leaving tho simp,
when tlie Barber seized him by the collar,
und demanded ol hint one nml sixpence.
“Aim that a protty story now !” exclaim-
d the lrtshmun, with utter nstontshiuent,
’to be altlior uxin uno uuu sixpenso :
ooinr ns how the head wuilher oi tho
Hatel paid that same lor inu not an hour
ogo.”
At hearing the head waiter named aguin,
thu barber loll nil ItD farmer passion reviv
ing togoiltur with good deal of additional
tury ; und letting out upon Jemmy, he gave
him such u beating as scarcely lull u sound
bit of flcali on Ins wholo body. Jemmy went
homo, und complained bitterly of his ill
“ What!” said tho head waiter, “did tlto
barber uso you ill ?”
"Faith, nnd thut'a whul ho did,” salt!
Jammy, “lie halo ino almost until u jelly."
“Confound tho rttsctii!” sutd Jacob, “in’
lmuted me, in tho sattiu wuy : and I’m eut-
tdied ”
“Satisfied ol what ore yo t” asked the
Irishman.
“Ul nothing,” said tlto Yankee—“only
thul yoti’vo got aa bod a dressing as 1 —
tlial’a rU.”_
The Climate and PrndactM ol* Ai'kanttaii.
Tho general climata of Arkansas may he
described its a mean between tho tempernto
and warm ; but our Stutu is so large—250
miles horn the northern m tlm southern lino,
and 300 Irorn east to west—that wo may be
said tu have inuro than uuo eiimaio lu tho
mountain and tiltra-niountuiu counliew ol
Carroll. Madison, Benton, und others, tho
spring is two or threo weeks later and win
ter wets in two or three weeks earlier than
in tlto counties on tho Louisiuna and Texas
lino. In the counties uhovo named tho cli
mate is not adapted to the raising of cotton,
while ilio southern and eastern parts of tlto
Stute bavo is fine cotton inuds us aro in the
world.
Experience has demonstrated that
i bean false
, wi..t Texan. A bill ph»c- ( money by the sale of their
si ol the Governor 13,00-1 , „r t .r ,„//».
Mr. Simpkins, an old bachelor, wbo is
very cynics! upon the subject of female fash
ion*, stys that people could get out of chap
el s great deal better if there wee not half
•o much bustle at the door.
“Why," said a lover to bis mistress, “are
you like that binge 1” “Can’t even guess.”
“Because you are something to a door"
(adore). She declined his acquaintance im
mediately, which considerably unhinged
him.
already pass
cd the .Senate and will undoubtedly pa** the
llouae ; and Senator Britton, trom Nuoccs,
has introduced nn additional bill, authoriz
ing the State t“ i*»u« $600,000 of bond*,
heuring 7 per cent, interest l°r ten years, lo
be ttHed by tlm Governor, if required.
To pay tho interest and principal, tho bill
provides lor tho sale each year of land cor-.
tificatea to the amount ol $100,000, $ 12 000
ol which to pay tho Interest annually, and
tho remaining bib,000 to create a sinking
fund from which to pay the principal,
$600,000.
Three, of the ten volunteer companies,
recently ordered hy the Legislature, uro now
being mustered into service, and will ot once
bo sent to the frontier. Pioka.
Fatal Rencounxrk.—Wo learn that on
tlie night ol the 2ttth ull., u fatal rencountro
neettred between Mr. John 1*. McRca and
Alexander D. McRao, brothers-in-law, nenr
Louisville, which resulted in tho death of
the latter. It appears that tho former went
to tho house ol the latter, tor the purpose—
as ho stated—ul chastising a negro belong
ing to rite latter, und being rcatated by tho
latter, infltfcred a blow witn a lurgc etick on
tlie head, cracking the skull, which caused
Ins death a few hours afterwards. We
dc*i*t from commenting on tin* sad affair,
as ft will undergo judicial investigation,
[Clayton Utnner.
A Ntw Judge.-—We aro informed that
Hon. Leander W. Crook has resigned h'a
ollice a* Judge of the Superior Courts ot
die Cherokee Circuit, snd lion. Dawson A.
Walker of Spring Place, Murray county,
has been appointed to fill the vacancy. From
wbut wo have learned of the character and
, standing of Judge Walker we think this a
good appointment. — Sou. licctrdtr.
j goods snd wares.— Richmond W/nq.
Some of the Saginaw Indians are intense
wags in their wuy. One of them, having
given a trader somo annoyance, wa
that in caso he was seen again with a bot
tle it would be taken from bint snd thrown
into the fire. A few daya after the Indian
appeared with a pint flask in his blanket, ss
usual, but the trader Was a* goud ss his
word, and demanded tho bottle, which tho
Indian gave up and started for the door.—
The trader threw tho flmk into tho stovr,
upon which whang went the stove, and
out came tho windows, the trader following
close behind. The next time ho burn* an
Indians’* whiskey bottle bn will examine it
to see whether ilecontente aro of “Dupuul’e
uieko” or gunpowder.
A Frenchman, wbila residing ip one of
the oriental citiee, wee once walnnug eome
flowers in a window, and acci(|gntal|y filled
the pots too profusely, *u that a quantity of
water happened lo fall on an Arab who
waa bilking in the sun. Tbe man *turted
up, shook up hie clolhee, and thue gave
vent to bie feelinge respecting tbe offender :
“If it ia an old man who has done this, I
despise him ; if it is an old woman, 1 for
give har; if it ie a young man, I curse
him ; but if it is a young woman, I tbenk
her.”
i the
any in the older States, nut we Itavo receiv-
0(1 from ilotnalOOd nod mil r couhih * I’l-
iii tf iih ol a* Hho uppli
Peaches, plums, apricots grow Ircely and
finely. Tobacco im* been tried in utmost
ovary county north ol ns, and in some south
of tins point —.Saiino, Hot Spring, and Prai
rie, lu every cuho the crop grew finely und
t ho tobacco • I nn excellent quality. The
vino, it is almost needless ol say, is indige
nous to the soil. Ill liino, vineyards will bo
common, oqd native wines banish tlto bot
tled cider nnd compounds of logwood and
other drugs now sold by thu names of
chnmpnigne, port, nnd sherry. Tho coreuls
grow abundantly, and many of our counties
urn now wheat exporting.
North ond West Arkansan offer superior
Inducements to the sheep raiser. Wo are
satisfied that the merino sheep would attain
it* utmost perfection oil the hills und prai
ries of our Sutd. Our winters are so sh-Tt
that il would not bn ncc’es*ary to provide
lurgo quantities of bay and grain tor tho
subsistence of tho sheep during tho winter
months. Lund i* cheap, und tlm tint lira I
pasturage is excellent lo the very tops « f
tiio bills und mountains. From sqrlt exne-
riinents an have been tried, it is demonstra
ted that sheep Increase hero as fast as in
any other country. Tito wool here is supe
rior to English wool, because our climate
is a better one. In Spain, w hero tlie merino
fleece ta so fine in texture, the clttnato is
much like our*. English and Scotch sheep
have heavier but courser fleece. The Ben-
galcso sheep were taken to Australia some
fifty youra ago. There are now ten millions
there and sixteen millions id dollars worth
of wool annually exported. At the foot ol
our mountains and hills aro prairies and
I j bottom land.*. During the sumim r the
From the PhUs. Press.
European A11 a ft *.
Some people expect that tbe event* of
last year must *cv. ntunto iu a general Eu
ropean war in I860. Tho elements of dis
cord uro abroad, and are viry active, it must
ifeaacd. Still, we scarcely think that
they will become so concentrated and di
rt ctcd ss lo plunge Europo into war.
Hungary Appears likely to brake somo
ort, cio long, to shako off tho Austrian
yoke; yjt, of ull countries in Europe, Hun
gary ia the most perfectly loyal, as *ho allow
'd by her affectionate and chivalric nllegi-
inco to tho Empret-a Maria Theresa, during
the War of the Hucoeasion, over a century
If Austria would only govern Hun
gary with ordinary justice, norm of her sub
ject* would bo more line to her than tho
bold Hunghrians. Turkey, tho late Czar’*
sick man,” appears in a bud way, the na
tions! revenue being annually and increas
ingly inadequate to meet tiro national ex
penditure.
Nupie* appears on the eve of some great
change-—for her now sovereign, Francis the
Second, is apparently almost aa bad a ruler
his father, Ferdinand II., commonly
known as “King Bomba.” There aro two
chances of a revolution here. First, that
tho Neapolitans will endoavnr to throw off*
tho galling yoke which still presie* heavily
upon them, and next that Sicily will declare
her independence, as she did in 1848.
Tho throe Italian Duchies—Tuscany,
Modena, ond l’arma—are in u perilous po
sition. They have expelled their respec-
Bovereigns, ami declaring their nation
al independence, desire to pass under the
rule of ViOtor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia,
rate, to be united into one inde
pendent Slam, governed by a Sovereign
IreeJy elected by rbemsflrc*.
Romagna, which has cast aside all
allegiance to tho Pope, seem* n solved tu
muko thi* aeparatioti permanent, l y join
ing tho threo Duchies, with a view toomal-
g at ion with them. Them is very l.ltle
chance that thu Pope will bo able lu coax or
frighten the Romagna into submission.—
Without the aid of Napoleon this would be
almost impossible. Thai aid, as far aa can
bo judged, he will not extend. Indeed, ev
ery circumstance, of Isle, corroborate* tho
belief that Napoleon will certainly not
allow Romagna nor thu Duchu-s to bu res
tored to ilietr former rulers, by force.
Mart of these situations denote a tendon-
to internal dDsenJions rather than to
general war. The fuel is, the little Power*
’owera are too pour,'"onif "Cfl 'hfb '"YidVl
credit, to venture into the expense. Here
is an extract from the City Article in tho
London Times of the 5th insl.:
' Conjeeetutes continue diflicttll rogarding
the means by which tlm various Continent
tu I Power* known to be iu want ol money,
w ill obiuin supplies. In that respect, tbe
position id Austria nppears to be hopeless,
tiio recent tiurrepiiiiou* t**uc ol £'I2,ou0,000
national Stuck, and tlm total absence ot
iv sign ot deft-nee to tliu universal con
demnation passed upon it, having virtually
put her out of the palept Government* lliai
cau be dealt with. Concerning itpnm, be
feeling increase* that tl.o Morocco war will,
more rapidly than was expected, exfiaim
bor Treasury, which had become full only
through tiio evasion or confiscation ol jusi
debts.
• Portugal is in great want of mean* for
public works, but tho treatment < I all tho
ontructor* and cupualiats who have lately
enlured to negotiate with her is likely to
prove a nulliciunt warning against Bpecuh.s
that region. Turkey, ol course, is
always in need, but neudy as she is, elm Im*
tliuB lur avoided that dishonor which ha*
tallun on so many Powers of greater pre
tensions. Rimma, it is certain, must ruiso
additional lunds before long, and u formal
announcement of tfto fact" hi* been looked
lor during the pant lew weeks. The Inst
lout) hus proved wholly inadequate to cffioi
tiio promised restoration ol the currency, und
the original tmbecripii >n to il is now ru
mored to havu been much beyond wliut was
Hupposed. Probably, however, us tlm final
instillment on tlm loan will not lull due till
the 2flth inat., any notice of now operations
will be deterred until alter that date."
Add to this that France will certainly,
and England must probably bavo to go into
the money murket tu raise lurid*, this year,
and an idt u ef the true state of the ca«o uuy
be formed.
In luct, view public matters os tvo may,
we arrive but at hub conclusion—that War
cannot be carried an without money, Tho
issue* ot peucu or War in Europe, really rest
upon the Hat of two or three bankers in
London—upon the Rothschild*,the Barings,
nnd a very lew more. No European coun
try is in u condition to plunge into a war
without money, and it rests with a few ban
kers to lend or refuse tho needful funds.
Thus .thinking, wo pay but little atten
tion to the rutiiots of war which occasion
ally aro conveyed hither by frightened Eng
lish newspaper*, it muin'y rests with Na
poleon to decide the que-tion of peace or
war in Europe. It i* tu* policy to occupy
a commanding position rn the world’* eye
t a* the public arbiter of Europe—but
t hi* policy, just yet, to “cry havoc
and let slip the dogs of war.” We believe,
too, that he moan* to keep hi* promise to.
Italy, in some way, and nut cease until tie
really has made tier Ire* from tbe Alps to
lo the Appenines, nnd thence to the net.—
lie can do this, ut.d we think that if life be
spared, he will.
When we see a man buey buying book*
that be uever intend* to read, and that he
could'nt understand if be did, we are re
minded of deef men buying tickets lor the
opere, and blind ones lo picture galleries.
sltecp would seek ihe cool air ol tlm moun*
tains ; io thu winter thu shelter ol the
valley* and river bottoms. Tho rangu is so
extensive, the natural grusHe* so plentiful,
and tlm land so chuap, that it acems to us
no country con oficr ao many and so valua
ble inducements to the sheep raiser.
[Little Rock Democrat.
New I’iAn roe Maximo Post Maker.—A
new siemp for tbe uso of Posioflicea ha*
been introduced in Philadelphia, which ap
pears to have aorno advantages over the old
mode. No ink i* u»cd, but, in ila place the
stamp ia provided with a number ol sharp
points, which form the letters, date, Ac.,
and at the time tho impression is made up
on the envelope tho same marks are found
upon the letter inside, an that if th* envel
ope should be destroyed, the letter itself
would bear tho name of the Postoflice from
which it was sent. This would be an ad
vantage to persons who often neglect to
place upou their letters the name of tbe
Posto.lice nearest to their place of resi
dence.
Bcnei it* ok tue Union.—Mr. Hill, mail
Contractor, lias thrown up hie contract be
tween this place and Marianna. The gov
ernment has failed to comply with its con
tract and he could not afford to convey the
mail ler nothing. Our Iriend* between here
and Marianna, hove no doubt a lively appro*
ciation ol tho blessings of the Union.
Uufuula Spirit,
Opelika uml Tull idej'a Ituilroud—Coat.
Tha Opelika Era says—“from the best
information wo nro in pu*»csrion of, tbirty-
aix miles nt ihe Rond will lie in ibis county,
and Iron) tlto surveyor’* estimate ol too
-mt of tho road, supposing this part of tlie
Road to b>’ an average, we bavo tho follow-
Coat of grading 36 miles
Coat of grabbing nnd clearing,
of Hirlngera..
.$247 910
6.400
. 16,523
. 15,840
. 26,200
Total roar nf 36 miles 305,303
The Dadovilie T.mca of tlto 19th met.,
Hi.nr* under the authority of Col. J. P.
Slaughter, President ol ilia Opelika nnd
under th* charer granted by the Alabama
Legislature, has cx< ceded his moat sanguine
i xpgotatioii*.
Here is a child’s anecdote. My daughter,
Violal May, aged seven yeari, who ha*
wanted u playmate, uskrd our doctor if ho
did not sell babies, tie uaid, “Yes, rno
dollar for girls and two for boys.” She went
up stair* and brought ono dol’ar and fifty
cents out of her money box. “There,”
*aid ehe, “I want a very good she baby.”
The extra fifty cent* were to secure a war
ranted one. “Why not takeeboyl” asked
tho doctor. “Well,” kaid little May, “I am
told that boys very often turn out badly
whey grow up ; staying °ut 1*1* «t night,
and wanting latch-keys or people to sit up
and let them in. I shall do no such thing,
I can tell you, and must Lave a she baby,
that will stay at homo with mo and marn-
The following inetr ptione were taken
from tombstones in one ol tlie esmetenc*
in Worcester:
“The pari-uta of this lovely baby
Is lamenting for his los«.
And here ho lies a sleeping
WUh ono betweeu him sod Unde Josh."
Another reads an fnllowai —
‘May his soul rest to peace Amen
Also hft children.’
A magistrate saked an Irishman whom
he wes questioning : “Have you ever **rn
tbe see 1” “fver seen the sty, your honor?
Ue jabers, an’ does your honnr£euppoae I
wee trundled ell th* way over the salt ocean
in e wheelbarrow 1”