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COLUMBD'9:
Friday Morning, Augunt 1886.
LIK6KST CITY CIKCCLATION.
County Treasurer.
We sec by the Acts of the last Session of the
Legislature, just published, that the election
of County Treasurer of Muscogee county, lias
been taken from the Inferior Court, and trans
ferred to the people. He is to be elected an- t
nually. The first election „o take place on the i
let Monday in January next, and on the Ist j
Monday in January of each and every year
thereafter. The act fixes the puy at 2£ per
cent. for moneys received and the same for
moneys paid out.
The Act applies also to Chattahoochee coun
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The lute James H. Stevens, formerly Mayor
of Houston, Texas, left an estate valued at
SBOO,OOO. He bequeathed his homestead,
slaves and $25,000, to his wile; $125,000 to
his daughter Gertrude, aged four years ; $5,-
000 to his adopted son ; $20,000 to several
personal friends ; $5,000 for an academy in
Houston, and SI,OOO to each of the Houston
churches, viz; the Protestant, Episcopal,
Methodist, Presbyterian, baptist, Lutheran
and Roman Catholic.
C. F. C. 27.
Our interpretation, in yesterday’s paper, of
the above myterious letters and figures was
not correct. The town will be duly enlighten
ed as to their real meaning on Saturday next.
The Southern baptist of fjiis city contains
in the lust weekly issue, a statement from the
church in Biyynwcll, refuting and correcting
the grievous slanders that have been propaga
ted by Abolition journals in relation to the
withdrawal of the Rev. G. D. Bourdman, from
that pastorate.
it is scarcely worth while, to correct the ab
olition presses ns the inveterate bias will only
work out into another form of falsehood.
We clip the abovefrom tho Charleston Cour
ier, but cannot tell what are the charges nllu
ded to. Recently we published a paragraph
stating that Mr. boardman’s opinions of the
brooks’assault, and of slavery generally, were
deemed incompatible with hie usefulness ns
pastor of a South Carolina Church, and that
he had therefore withdrawn. This is the only
rumor connected with Mr. b’s. name that we
have anywhere seen.
The Hon. Wm. Acker, who was elected to
Congress l'rom tho Fifth Missouri District, on
the 4th inst., in the place of the Hori. John G.
Miller, deceased, reached Washington in time
to present his credentials on the last day of
the session, by this patriotic haste he secures
a pleasant summer jaunt, and nearly $2,000
mileage.
We saw yesterday, says the Alexandria Ga
zette, a specimen of ci-ars made by machine
ry. They were perfect in form, though rather
hard and tight. It is said that cigars can be
made much cheaper by this method than by
hand.
A Lecture from Gen. Jackson.
A gentleman who was present at a meeting
of tho Spiritualistsof Lowell, last Sabbath, says
that a corpulent man, who seemed to have
charge, gave out an appointment as follows :
“ Noxt Sabbath morning, at the usual hour of
divine worship, Gen. Andrew Jackson will lec
ture through the medium of brother Pierce.”
He added turthor—“that Wednesday after
noon, at two o’clock, the ladies would assem
ble to decorate the hall for tho reception of
Gen. Andrew Jackson’s Spirit.”— Exchange.
The country is in great need just now of a
lecture from Old Hickory, and if he could only
be again brought into the flesh, and duly in
stalled at Washington, it would bo still better.
If the spirit that has announced itself, be real
ly that of Gen. Jackson, tho Massachusetts
folks will catch it sure “next Sabbath mor
ning.” “Caudle” lectures will be nothing in
comparison.
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Mr. DavidS. Waters, long known as an auc
tioneer at Washington, while engaged in sell
ing a hoise on Saturday, was so severely kick
ed by the animal, that he survived only until
night.
Rev. John W. French, Rector of the Church
of the Epiphany in Washington, has been ap
pointed by the l’resideut au.lSenute, Chaplain
and Professor at the Military Academy, West
Point.
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The clipper bark Kate (.’leather recently
made tho voyage across tho Atlantic in eight
days. She is owned by 11. Dubord, Esq., of
Quebec.
Hon. Mr. Herbert is in New York. He ex
pected to leave by the steamer for Colifornia
yesterday, on a visit to his constituents.
lion. Thomas 11. Renton appeared in the
Capitol Friday, having just returned from his
arduous political canvass in Missouri, iu excel
lent health ami spirits.
Somebody has been drumming up visitors to
a Northern Watering Place, by reporting in
advance, the arrival at it, of the Hon. Preston
S. Brooks.
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A California paper states that six clippers
brought in, in the latter part of June, about
two thousand Chinamen to San Francisco.
t hnrles C. Tucker of Washington, late Se
cretary of IN ashington National Monument,
was robbed of upwards of SBOO, while asleep
on bonrd a steamboat on his way to St. Paul’s,
Minnesota.
Wc are pleased to learn, says the Knoxville,
Tenu., Standard, that a private letter received
in the city from our representative, Colouel
Sneed, brings the gratifying intelligence that
the Knoxville Postoflice and Custom House bill
passed both houses of Congress before the ad
journment, and has become a law. It appro
priates $07,000 for the construction of the
building, in addition to the cost of the site.
An English lawyer made the following charge
against the opposite party in a suit :
“ This man, gentlemen of the jury, walks
mto court like a motionless statue, with a
cloak of hyocrisy in his mouth, and is attempt
ing to screw thiee large oak trees out of my
client 8 pocket.” J
Female Doctors.
From the Seventh Annual Commencement
of the Female Medical College of Pennsylva
nia, established in Philadelphia, it appears
that there were thirty-five students in attend
ance during tho session of 1855-5. The Fifth
Annual Commencement was held on the Ist of
March last, and the title of M. D. conferred
upon four ladies—two of Pennsylvania, and ;
one of Maine. Tho Faculty say in their an
nouncement, that “a number of liberal citi- j
I zens, by generous annual subscriptions have
j guarantied its pecuniary support for a term of
years, at the expiration of which period the
Faculty confidently expect the college to be
richly endowed, and sustained by a permanent
fund. The demand for well educated female
physicians is increasing rapidly, and every
where a high and honorable rank in the pro- >
session has been rapidly accorded to all who
prove themselves worthy of it.” The seventh
annual session will commence on Wednesday,
October Ist, and cantinue five months. The
annual commencement will be held publicly,
on Saturday, the last of February next. The
corporators appeal to the friends of this insti
tution to aid in raising $50,000 to erect u
suitable building, and place it on an equality
with the best medical schools in the country.
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Cotton.—Short Crops.
From the heavy planting region of this
county, and from the Alabama-River country
generally, we hear of nothing hut the poorest
prospects for cotton. The original mishap was
the impossibility of putting the lands in prop
er order, and all subsequent unfavorable cir
cumstances have but aggravated this. We
hear of no section of the State which promises
a full crop, and the heaviest portion cannot
reach an average. These views are universal
ly endorsed by our most discerning planters,
many of whom calculate on 12J cents for mid
dling cotton, with a prospect of more.—Mont
gomery Mail With inst.
Smash Up.
An accident, (says the Albany Express,) the
result of miscalculation and want of percep
tion, occurred ct West Albany on Thursday
evening, which, while it resulted iu no person
al injury to any one, caused great damage and
loss. A frieght train of eighteen cars coming
east was run into by another train also coming
this way, and with such headway that five or
six cars were entirely demolished. One car
contained swine, nearly all of which were ter
ribly mangled. Five or six other cars, con
taining butter and produce of a perishable na
ture, were dovetailed together in such a man
ner that it is impossible to tell butter from
cheese and cheese from butter. The hind cars
of the foremost train, when tho trains came
in collision, were piled one upon the other iu
great confusion. The debris presents a sorry
sight, as the produce is nearly all rendered un
fit for consumption. The accident, it is said,
was caused by the miscalculation of a flag
man, who, not thinking that the rear train
was so near, did not get far enough around
the curve to prevent a collision. The dam
age resulting cannot be less than $5,000 or
SO,OOO.
Mahogany Stock.
The following letter will explain itself:
Cajiaba, Ala., Aug. 13, 185 G.
Sir: Wo have just read your letter in the
National Intelligencer of the 7th iust. in reply
to the letter of Senator Pearce, of Maryland.
Its language is that of a traitor to his country,
a black hearted scoundrel and doomed with
others to our hempen rope. You talk of con
servatism of 36 30 freedom, liberty and the
Constitution to cover your hellish “designs of
robbing Southern people of their property by
the ultimate effect of Freesoilism.
We give you notice, as the magnanimity of
Southern men, always will do, that a reward
of $20,000 is offered for your scalp whether
taken with the of a savage or with the
more elegant skill of a patriotic surgeon. You
may look out, withfearand trembling as every
scoundrel should who has no respect for the
II Commandment, “ Attend to their own bu
siness.” To gratify a base political design,
you would have our slaves set free and our
wives and children murdered. Such a Devil
deserves assassination, ami God will bless the
murderer. Vigilance Committee.
Gen. J. Watson W’ebb.
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Col. Benton on Fremont.
The following letter is published in the New
York papers:
Washington City, April 15, 1856.
Sir : Your request for material to be used
in writing a memoir of Col. Fremont has been
received. I suppose it is w ith a view to be
used in the election with whichbianame seems
to be connected, and as I am entirely opposed
to that movement, I can do nothing to promote
it in any way.
Respectfully yours,
THOMAS 11. BENTON.
Cold Country.
A letter of July 4, from Egstet, iu Norway,
in the Augsburg Gazette, says: “The temper
ature is extraordinary cold for the season.—
Last night tho thermometer was so low that in
some localities the potatoes were frozen in the
ground. Two days ago it snowed part of the
day. On the heights of tho Thelemarke tho
cold has been so severe that cows and sheep
have perished. The snow was a foot deep
there. On the Ist ot July the Axet steamer
was prevented from leaving Karlsted by a
snow storm.
Scientific Congress.
Albany, Aug. 22.—Tho Association reoeiv- j
ed sever 1 new members. Papers were read
in the section of Mathematics but they gener
ally were devoid of interest. Prof. Redfield
read a very interesting paper on Typhoons iu
the North Pacific. Prof. Hare denied that
there was such a thing as a traveling %hirl- j
wind, and said he was about to publish a book
proving his position. In the section of Geolo
gy the morning was occupied in discussing the
age of rocks.
Prof. Rogers, in the section of Mathemat
ics. read a paper ou the history ami theory of j
the instrument kuown as the Rotascope, which
gave rise to a very animated debate.
An interesting paper was read by Professor
Bache on the approximate citidal Hues of diur
nal and reurdniurnal tides of the coast of the
United States in the Gulf of Mexico.
The paper read in the section of Natural
History was by Prof. Foster, on the geological
position of the fossil elephant of North Amer
ica.
Os Course Not.
We have no desire, says the New London,
(Conn.) Chronicle, to injure the molasses
trade, but we simply state the fact, that Mr.
Richards, who keeps a store on the Hartford
road, a few days since, found in one of his
empty molasses hogsheads a human skeletou,
the remains, no doubt, of a negro, who was
probably asleep in the hogshead when it was i
filled on the plantation.
From the Hollidaysburg Standard.
Mr. Sumner in i the Pennsylvania Moun
tains.
This martyr of Free Kansas, Free Speech,
and Free Niggers, as we stated in our Inst, is,
or lately has been, rusticating at the house of
Dr. Jackson, of Cressou. Since his arrival,
what little sympathy was manifested for him
in his neighborhood has entirely given away
to feelings of deep disgust. There is nothing
whatever the matter with him. He is bale j
and hearty, has a good appetite, and talks pol
itics with all the bitter vindictiveness that a
Y’ankee fanatic can command.
One day last week, Col. D. H. Hofius, an old
line whig, and J. Blair Moore, democrat, of
this place, and Col. J. J. Patterson, Republi
can, one of the editors of the Harrisburg He
rald, visited Cressen. In company with a man
named Gemrnil, at the invitation of Dr. Jack
son, they called upon Mr. Sumner, who re
ceived them very cordially. He soon asked
j Mr. Hofius how Mr. Ford had succeeded here,
j The Colonel told him frankly that he did not
succeed very well—that his meeting was com
posed of Democrats and Fillmore men—that
very few Fremont men were present, in con
sequence of their being but few in the place,
i This frank avowal irritated the gentlemen
with the soft brain, and be poured a perfect
; torrent of invectives against Pennsylvanians.
While emptying his vials of black Republican
wrath, he declared that the whigs and demo
crats of Pennsylvania were white slaves, and
that he should glory iu seeing them brought !
to the block, and disposed of under the auc
tioneer’s hammer.
This unqualified assertion of the Yankee fa
natic did not fail to arouse tho indignation of
the Pennsylvanians, and Col. Hofius rnado
some tart reply, which only aggravated the
maityr the more, and he showed abuse of the
foulest kind upon Pennsylvanians indiscrimin
ately, and when the party attempted to vindi
cate their State, the dignified A’ankee Aboli
tionist coolly opened a boston paper, and
commenced reading. The party came away
completely disgusted, and Col. Hofius, who
previously felt great sympathy for tho man
before he uttered such attrocious sentiments,
declares openly that his Honor earned a great
many more callings than lie has ever received.
Since the publication of the above, an emi
nent gentleman of Greensburg has received a
letter from Dr. Jackson, who states that Mr.
Sumner, in his recollection of the conversa
tion, gives it as a remark made by him in quo
tation of John Randolph, but I cannot for my
life see how this makes it better for the ungen
tlemanly Yankee; if it be the language of
John Randolph, he, of course, adapted it to
gentlemen invited to the house of his host and
in conversation used it, as for himself. But
this a fair sample of Black Republican argu
ment. They denounce every body and every
thing that is not of their way of thinking, and
suppose by it to drive us to support the candi
date of Wall-street speculators. Sumner is
in the proper part of Pennsylvania to have re
peated a dose of the same medicine adminis
tered to him, which one would think had
quieted the bilge that he pumps from a dirty
mind and vitiated taste ; and my advice is for
him to remove to the more congenial sphere
of Massachusetts fanaticism, where his bil
lingsgate and vituperation will have more ef
fect, for he will find that the law-abiding peo
ple of this State have no sympathy for a
black-guard of any kind.
Romantic Marriage.
A party of young ladies and gentlemen, says
the Albany Knickerbocker, went out riding
one evening last week, and stopped at a tavern
a short distance from the city, where they had
supper. After which they amused themselves
by getting up a marriage. A squire, who was
at the place at the time, was called on and
married a couple. Everything appeared to go
off as merry as the occasion required. The
bride appeared to be delighted with her new
title, and the groom was, evidently, never bet
ter pleased with himself in the world. The
party returned to the city towards morning,
and it was with great reluctance the groom
parted with his fair bride. She consoled the
poor fellow, by telling him it would astonish
her folks, to have them wake up in the mor
ning and find him iu the house, and that he had
better wait till the next evening. With great
reluctance he submitted.
The next evening, however, found him at
her dwelling, but the bride, instead of being
there to receive her lord and master, had taken
shelter in her bedroom, and forbade liis en
trance. She, it appears, had taken a sober
second thought, and came to the conclusion
that she would ratner enjoy single blessedness
for a while longer. The poor groom, dejected
and broken hearted, of course, had to retire
from the field. Sundry messages have passed
between the parties since then, but how it is to
terminate wc are unable to say. That they
arc fairly and legitimately married is plain,
from all we can learn. Tl.e affair has caused
considerable excitement in certain circles in
town. The lady is young, beautiful and ac
complished. The gentleman is quite good
looking, aud we have no doubt would make a
good husband. The only remedy she lias is to
apply to the Legislature, but we hope she will
think better and acknowledge the gentleman,
who pledged himself to be her protector
through life, to be her liege lord. That’s the
way to do it.
A Cannon of New Construction.
Yesterday afternoon, the 15th inst., a small
company assembled at the arsenal to witness
the trial of a cannon constructed upon anew
principle, and invented by our fellow citizen,
Mr. Dimick, the gunsmith, on Main street.—
The trial commenced about two o’clock, at the
north east corner of the arsenal wall, the gun
being directed to tho head of the sand bar op
posite, a distance of upwards of half a mile,
j Os ten shots made, after we arrived on the
ground, five of them struck the target, which
was about seven feet square. This was con
sidered excellent shooting at that distance.—
n ’he balls are octagonal at the base, and about
four inches in diameter, elongated some ten
inches, nnd pointed similar to the Minnie lisle
! bullet. The squares in the bore at eso formed
; as to project the ball with extraordinary force,
causing it to rotate in its flight. It is sup
posed that greater accuracy can be obtained
iu the working of this gun than that of any
other now in use. The persons on the ground
familiar with artillery, were highly pleased
with the performance, and wo presume an
elaborate description of the gun will shortly
be given to the public.
The abolitionists down East are about start- j
ing anew theory of the human race. They
are convinced that the negro was the original
typo of mankind, and that the white man is
the negro in a greatly degenerate condition.—
The aim of philanthropy now is to elevate the
white race to tho original exalted condition of
the original type.
Among the official frauds brought to light in
San Francisco, it is said the undertakers sold
expensive coffins, sometimes at S2OO or S3OO
each, and as soon as mourners’ backs were
turned, the coffins were capsized, the bodies
emptied into the rough wooden boxes, and
then the original coffins takeu back and sold to
the next customer.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Additional by the Niagara.
New York, Aug. 26.—The Emperor’s fete
on the 15th was grandly celebrated. The Te
Dcum was sung in all the churches in Fiance.
The Orleans family have left Hamburg for
Ostend on the receipt of a dispatch from Eng
land.
The cholera is increasing in Lisbon.
Portugal has given in her adherence to the
doctrine of the rights of neutrals and ar
bitration, as propounded by the Paris Confer
ence.
The cholera was raging at Madrid.
The French have gained another victory in
Algeria.
In F'uncbal, the capital town of the Island
of Madeira, 5000 cases, and 1500 deaths had
occurred from cholera, in a population of 28,-
000. There was a great deficiency of physi
cians nnd medicine.
The harvest in France is much better than
the average.
Russia has abondoned her claim to the Isle
of Serpents. Sevastopol is to be rebuilt im
mediately.
It is rumored that there have been insur
i rections at Cadiz and Naples, but theso rumors
are discredited.
Commercial.
New York, Aug. 26.—The Broker’s Circu
j lar quotes the Cotton markets as unchanged,
with only a moderate business doing. The
sales for the week amount to 37,000 bales,
j Flour is unchanged. Wheat and Indian Corn
unchanged since Tuesday. Bacon has declin
ed 6d. a Is. Trade at Manchester is quiet.
Bell & Son quote American Stocks quiet and
unchanged. Consols have advanced l, clos
ing at 051. Messrs. Baring quote money
tighter. The Havre market is steady, with
sales for the week of 9,000 bales. The stock
on hand is 108,000 bales.
Congressional—Sxtra Session.
Washington, August 26.—1n the Senate,
to-day, Mr. Crittenden gave notice of a bill to
alter and amend the Nebraska-Kansas Act.
Mr. Weller, pursuant to notice, introduced a
bill to abrogate certain laws of the Territorial
Legislature of Kansas, including the oaths
now required as qualifications for office. Mr.
Wilson proposed an amendment, abolishing all
laws of the Kansas Legislature relative to
slaves and slavery, releasing all persons now
under arrest or prosecution for offences against
the Territorial authority, providing for an elec
tion in November, and for the punishment of
illegal voters. Some debate occurred on this
bill and proposed amendment, but no action
was taken.
In the House, the special committee appoint
ed to inquire into the fracas between Mr. Mc-
Mullen and Mr. Granger, presented a report,
recommending no action to the House.
Kansas Meeting in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Aug. Kansas meeting
in this city to-day was very large. Resolu
tions were passed denouncing the Abolition
ists, and a committee appointed to proceed to
Kansas and inquire into the wants of the wo
men and children there. A company of 2,500
men, well armed and equipped, are preparing
to march for the scene of the late disturban
ces, on the 2d of September.
From California and Mexico.
New Orleans, Aug. 26.—The steamship
Granada lias arrived at this port with late news
from California. The Vigilance Committee
have liung two persons at San Francisco. The
Mexican news is unimportant.
Louisville, Aug. 26.—Paschal D. Cram
dock, a notorious character, was killed very
mysteriously, at St. Louis, to-day.
A Duel in Missouri.
St. Louis, August 26.—A hostile meeting
took place to-day between B. Grantz Brown,
editor of the Missouri Democrat, and Thomas
C. Reynolds. Mr. Brown was shot in the knee
and Mr. Reynolds was unhurt. Only one shot
was exchanged.
Markets.
New York, Aug. 26. —The Cotton market
closes without animation and on sales of 500
bales.
New Orleans, Aug. 26. — The day’s sales
reach only 225 bales, at lOjalOJ, the new crop
in some cases bringing 12J. Our stock is now
very light.
New School Presbyterians.
The Synod of Mississippi (New School,) at
their late meeting, adopted the following ac
tion :
The Committee on the Minutes of the Gene
ral Assembly, offered the following report,
which was read and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The agitation of the subject of
slavery in our General Assembly for several
years past, has produced alienation of feeling
between the Northern and Southern portions
of our Church, weakening thereby the bonds
of both Church and State, and crippling in
some degree, our influence ; therefore,
“Resolved, 1. That while we feel bound by
the most sacred obligations, to seek the unity
of the Spirit in the bonds of peace, and deep
ly deplore any schism in the body of Christ,
we are constrained to say that such agitation
is unjust, oppressive, and unwarranted by the
Word of God.
“2. That, as a Synod, we hold ourselves in
! readiness to co-operate with our brethren in
the other Southern Synods in any action which
may seem to be demanded by our relation to
the General Assembly.
“3. That the Stated Clerk of is
| hereby directed to open a correspondence with
a view to fraternal interchange of opinion be
tween the Southern Synods upon this subject,
! and submit the result of said correspondence
j at the next meeting of the Synod.”
Monument to the late Andrew J. Downing.
A tasteful monument stone, says the Na
j tional Intelligencer, to the memory of the late
| Andrew J. Downing has just been placed in
j the Smithsonian grounds by the friends of
that valuable and lamented citizen. The
monument consists of a large aud massive
vase, finely carved, resting ou a block four feet
square, with sunken panels, each containing
appropriate inscriptions, descriptive of the
virtues and professional merits of the deceas
ed, who was distinguished as a landscape gar
dener and writer on rural subjects. The en
tire structure is ten feet six inches high. The
Government and public of Washington are in
debted to the taste aud judgment of Downing
for the beautiful arrangement of the parks
aud public squares of that city.
Nine days’ Trance.
Two weeks ago, we mentioned the fact of !
the mysterious disappearance from the dranmt- I
ic troupe of E. N. Harris, while at Willough- ‘
by. ot Adolphus Grater. His disapearance !
was sudden and inexplicable, leaving all his !
clothes nnd other effects. After nine days’ ah- !
senee he turned up in the waters of Lake Erie, j
a few yards from shore, struggling to keep i
from sinking. He says lie is unconscious of
what has transpired since he left the company
at Willoughby, till lie found himself struggling
in the water. He soon gained the shore, and !
found a house where lie was cared for, but j
where he was or how lie citine there was more
than lie knew. He had been in a trance or
some nambulistic state for nine days.—Peters
burgh (l a.) Express.
An Unexpected Visitor.
A few evenings since, a young lady of t i
city, says, the Albany Knickerbocker o,
passage on the Isaac Newton, at New y O .
During the evening she was much annoyed I
tho uncalled for situation of an old gentlein
of very respectable appearance, being u 1,..
and having no acquaintance ou the boat
permitted herself to get into conversation'*
the venerable gallant. Ho talked agreea l
and entertainingly until the young [,
thought it was about time to retire, and v
about starting oft', when lie intimated thatt
had a fine airy state room, which she might i
cupy, as it was more cooler and plensntor th
sleeping below. The young lady, of cour- 1
indignantly resented the proffer, by quin;, I
the reverend seducer. The next evening. 1
had occasion to make a call at a friend's hoi 1
in the vicinity of her residence, when show ■
introduced to the licv. Mr. of Saratov I
county. The scene that followed was big; 1
ludicrous and amusing. The lady openedri; 3
on the old fellow, while he strongly protest,!
she was mistaken. The matter was situ 1
hushed up by the family.
Yankee Sentiment.
The, people of Connecticut are not general
suspected of being given to sentiment, but tb
have evinced a degree of tenderheartedness 1
regard to the destruction of their leafy met f
arch, the famous Charter Oak, worthy ofif. J
most romantic community of Germany, jy j
Hartford papers yesterday were put in nmun 1
ing, and we are informed that the bells of J
city were tolled, at sundown, and that a dip l
was performed, at noon, by Colt’s band ovri
the prostrate tree. This touch of nature;
our Connecticut neighbors is most creditati!
to tlieir refinement, and will astonish marl
who probably think that the Charter (laj
would be immediatly manufactured into clock!
and nutmegs. But we presume that its precioij
wood will be religiously preserved and mail
up into snuff boxes, canes, fans, and other obi
jects that can be kept as mementoes of ftl
venerale tree. —[A r . Y. Times, Aug. 22.
“I Don’t Dance.”
A plain unlettered man came from the baci!
country in the State of Alabama, to Tuscal
loosa, and on the Sabbath went early t*!
church.
He had been accustomed to attend meet!
ings in school houses and private dwelling!
when each one npropriated to themselves til
first seat which they found unoccupied. H,l
selected a convenient slip, and awaited patientl
ly the assembling of the congregation.-!
Presently the music of a full toned organ but!
sted upon his astonished ear ; lie had nevcf
heard one before. At the same time the geal
tleman who owned the slip, came up the nblJ
with his lady leaning on his arm. As he a; |
proached tho door of the slip, he motioned foil
the countryman to come out in order to git!
place to the lady. This movement the coin
try man did not comprehend, and from tkf
situation of the gentleman and the lady, assJ
ciated as it was in his mind with the music
he immediately concluded that a cotillion, e
French contra-dance was intended. Kisisi
partly from his seat, he said to the gentleman’
who was still beckoning to him—“ Excuse me
sir—excuse me, if you please—l don’t dance
Influence of Grapes upon Teeth.
In the Westren Dental Convention, in see l
sion at Detroit, I)r. Perkins, of New York,
stated that a pupil of his who had visited -
Damascus and Mosel, in the Mediterranean,
found that in the latter place, where grapes |
were abundant and freely by the peo
ple, they r were not subject to premature de l
cay of teeth, while in the former city, where:
this fruit was scarcely indulged in, the peopltl
had their teeth in no such healthful degreed|
comparison. Dr. P. said there were morel
dentists in the United States than in all Eu
rope.
Plain Facts for Thinking Men.
W e ask the attention of every candid reader
to the following brief statement of incontro.
yertible facts. Let them be read without pre-J
judice and remembered with profit:
The South and Slavery.—The South In
never been an importer of slaves.
The South has never reduced freemen to
slavery.
The North has reduced millions to perpet
ual slavery, they and their posterity.
The guilt of slavery, of making slave.-,
stains not the South.
It does crimson the North all over.
The South protested against the introduc
tion of slavery, and passed laws prohibiting it
which were vetoed by royalty.
Tho South petitioned and remonstrated will
the royal authority against tho injustice an-1
injury of slavery.
When the North desired to get rid of slave!
ry it had the means of doing so, and at tfc<
same time of realizing the full value of every
slave, and of getting them without- trouble or|
expense beyond their borders.— Wash. Scut l "’
Good for Trade-
The extended petticoats now in vogue gi (t
the cord makers full employment. One# 1
Newburyport, Mass., has sold $2,000 worth!
a single dealer in this dress cord in Boston ‘
within the last four months, and all the null’
ulacturers have been unable to supply the de t
mand for the extension of these fabulooM
skirts.
Chloroform upon Animals.
It being nccessury, a few days ago, to pe [
form an operation upon a favorite horse be
longing to Rev. A. W. Burnham, of RindgM
N. 11., chloroform was given with comp!- 1 ’
success. The horse laid down quietly in *
sound sleep, and did not wake t 11 fifteen tub
utes after the operation was over, having if
parently suffered not a particle of pain.
A Bull Dog and a Bear.
A man in this city, whose stock consist- > j
horses, has a novel way of preventing const*
hies from levying upon his property. At
side of his door is chained a fierce bull dog
with rope enough to enable him to guard ha
the entrance. At the other side is a sftviip
bear, which has chain enough to barely iv:h
the dog. Between Tray and Bruin it is>*’
possible to effect an entrance, as a certain ®
constable found to his cost after walking s
j couple of miles with his attachment. — ChioV
I Democrat.
A furious Black ilepublicau paper, the Chjj
| cago Tribune, whose editor lately paid a vi"“
j to the Indinns, says : “They are a filthy, huf
] worthless race of loafers, morally and
j lectuahy, as far beneath the negro as the ,K ‘
j gro is below the white man.” An uninte"’
j tional disclosure of the real opinion whi -
; these Black Republican hypocrites eutert--
1 of the negro race.
Two States at We3t Point.
The Americans of Georgia and Ahu 1,1
have a State-line Mass Meeting, at West Pc' 11,
I next Saturday. It is likely to be astirrub
j “incident of the times.” Joint discussion
; been agreed on, we believe.— Mont. M<M- _
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