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liaviii"' recently received a large assortment of
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL
TtnMT) B-GMgas,
A.t'i'Y
are now prepared to execute, in the best style,
and at short notice, ail kinds of
bodsaot iFiEHiiiTinSg
ON REASONABLE TERMS.
rg^All orders promptly attended
CHARLES J. HARRIS.
AT LAW,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.
eptpmber 18, 1855 58 1y
RICHARD F. JONES,
A T TORN E Y A T E A W,
SSEorgaa, Calhoun County, Ga.
W ILL practice in the couuties of Calhoun,
Dougherty, Baker, Early, Clay and Ran
dolph.
Refers by permission to the Hon. A. H. Stephen
Ga.; Jas. Thomas, and David W. Lewis, Esq
Sparta, Ga.; Judge Wm. Gibson and Col E. H
Puttie, WarrentCn, Ga.; and Dr. Wm. M. Hard
wick, »f Lumpkin, Ga.
March-27, 1855 13 ly
J. C. DANIEL,
ATTORNEY AT LA IT,
Jacksonville, Telfair County, Ga.
H IVING removed from Milledgeville to Jack
sonville, will attend to all business entrusted
toLim with promptness- Particular attention paid
ti collecting.
April 24, 1855
17 tf
RABUN & SMITH,
if UP
mntiiLV 1IU1IVI1.1.U13|
Savannah, Ga.
JAV. Rabun, of the late firm of
Rabun & Whitehead.
V If. Smith, of the late firm of Smith & Lathrop.
Jatiuarv 30, 1855 5 tf
W. I). ETHERIME,
FACTOR AID tOTUMSSIOY MERCHANT,
Savaiiiiali, Georgia.
January 10, 1854 2 tf
Andrews & Fouche.
Attorneys and Counsellors at Xiaw,
'L1N//LVGTON, ITILKES COUNTY, GA.
^ B*L jiracti.se in all tlie counties of the Nor
them Circuit
GAUNliTT ANDREWS, ROBT. T. FOUCHE.
December 11,1855 50 dsl
A CAUD.
LL persons that are desirous of availing
^thems-lves of Dr. Moseley’s Services, will
IXFIIHIARV, BROADWAY, GRIFFIN, GA.
atisnts lmarded at $1 per day, or $16 per
'u ntil. I’i’.KS, in all cases, to be agreed upon be—
'iieh-rtaken. No case will be received into this
• '..>hment unless it. is believed on examination,
Out it ran lie cured, or admit of relief. All cases
r ' "fted will invariably be charged $5, for examiu-
ation and advice. '
A.i letters, to entitle them to notice, must enclose
5 >;amp for the payment of postage, and be di
rectodto W. R. MOSELEY, M. D.
Griffin, Georgia.
Ike. 25, j s-52 12m
Tattnall County.
Y ’ ALUAUL H Plantation for Sale at an extraordi
ijry low price.
v i T 7 u *’ st ' r *ber offers for sale a v£rv attractive .and
^.uab.c plantation, situated one mile from tbe Coori-
-i From ihe Ohoopre river and 65 from Savannah.
tra< 't rr) ntaii s abou> IgOO acres,consisting of black
'I
m."‘ ■ ed .iak. interspersed with hickory, pine anil bottom.
uplands will prodoc,
, _ with proper cultivation from
Is' . ■ 7, 3 ' le l s °f corn per acre, or 400 lbs net of Sen
-C..tion. Bottom lands from 50 to 75 bushels ol
^ ;«r r acre.witii peas, punfpkirts and squashes in any
(j ^ lls * aet named land canuot be excelled in
fr-j-A | ° r an d durability, tlie soil being a rich
si,! " t ‘° am . 7f «^tdeep, resting on a clay foundation
, . lP ,n l * ,e neighbrhood has been in cultivation 12
• r ‘‘ 3 Wlll °ut any appreciable diminution of yield,
f. le Ractisweii timbered and well located with nevei
filing siream ■
„ Ohoopee hills.
I pare limpid water taking their lise
kange for Can!
e and Hogs, hardly to be suriWMised. tbe
a ,ij ' ; i . cn '' lro G' 1 g by its position, the Ohoopee oak hills.
f " r "‘. a »y m 'les. There are on the place
Iji | ‘ J scresof up land, and 2dof bottom cleared (with
y e theUtter to clesr if desired) also a comforta
ts ^e.ling, and Kitchen with necessary out heus-
twn "'fr’ hsrna. flee., close to the Dwelling-house are
"■ill ! e ori 'liards, peach and apple, with a never failing
There°! w Mil'll is pure, bright and sparkling
10j fa,. ’ n< ^ w ' lb l ^'‘ pLice about 50 bead of Cattle'
r.j.,,] 7' ‘ 6 * u 'ep. .75 head of hogs, team ofyoung Mules,
a D,n l J'' n ' pLataiioncaru. Cultivators plows.Ac., with
Part of th,
!°*'al:ty
11 I opofeorn, fodder, carie, potatoes. Ac. ll
10 h e useless te ■ ■ -
' ray anything atrout the health of th
lt5 3aluh el( lsyillea n d its environs being proverbial for
ii.g , 0 J,'''- 1 G' "^factory reasons can be given for wish-
a.Jj, ‘ ' ^ rlU1 ' u 6 per acre. Titles warrented.
Audre «. H.W. ADAMSON. M. D..
N D ~. , Reiosville. Tattnall co., Geo.
liny plainer ns
The coun-
^"etish ,n g arn e, and thecreeks and Ohoopee
' 5 .y t f
1 U
a .■"'in 1 '~' 1 " ,s PLce would suit any’ wealthy
?-»’round* < L t,C, li ml ? in, "S l’ rofit will ‘ health,
to tineK '' ""tnds in garne, and thecreeks at
persons indebted to me for professional
^ If*.PC nn.4 • _ 1 „ ..
Tested t* Ce . s ,. au ^, otherwise, are resjieetfuliy re-
s 'ue8s ia c „ C L :, au< *. sett ' e immediately, as my bu-
s 6clt that I am compelled to collect.
’’isaiiw? H ' w ' ADAMS0!< - “• ^
CTo Exceptions.
\ ll tho
ca H aud ,'oV’? re ,aost respectfully requested to
trii; before it is too late.
C. H. WRIGHT.
7 3t
Lbrnmy lo ld5g
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1856.
NUMBER 9.
New Firm !
TOE undersigned, late of the firm of Treanors
J- & Tinsley, have this day associated them
selves together, under the firm of J. & H. THE A\-
OLi, for the transaction of the Dry Goods, Boors &
S.'oes and Crockery Ware business, at the old
stand, Corner of Wayne and Hancock street
JOHN TREAXOR.
* . . tOEC HjJGH D. TREANOR.
r ebriiary 5, 1856 5 ^
REEaUItSATSEIil.
LNG met with unprecedented success in
tlie treatment of Rheumatism in all its vari
ous forms, and knowing by past experience that
the worst cases are entirely curable, I have deemed
it projier to open a house in Eatonton, Ga., for the
accommodation of such patients from a distance as
may feel disposed to rid themselves of their painful
affection on easy terms, as follows:
For W hites, $2 jier diem, or $50 per month, in
advance.
I or Blacks, $1 per diem, or $25 per month, in
advance.
Board, lodging and medical attention included.
Linch’s Anti-Rheumatic Powders.
My principle remedy, and which alone has ef-
lected so many important cures in Rheumatic af'-
iections, will hereafter be put up by myself in box
es containing sixty powders, at $5 per box. In
cases of muscular rheumatism, one box. is usually
sufficient, but when the joints are affected, it often
requires two. Persons sending me $10 and a des
cription of the case, will be entitled to two boxes
and such advice as will suit any peculiarities thereof
_ J- G. GIBSON, M. D.
Eatonton, February 5,1856
A4 e, tbe undersigned, citizens of Putnam coun-
f y> ( Li-, cheerfully bear testimony to the efficacy of
Finch s Anti-Rheumatic Powders in the treatment
ot acute or chronic rheumatism, many cases having
been successfully treated by Dr. J. G. Gibson o'?
Eatonton, within our personal knowledge,in which
these powders were principally used.
Joel Branham, ft. D. O R. Adams,
Stephen B. Marshall,
T. B. Howell,
Mai. B. Carter,
Daniel Slade,
Michcal Dennis,
G. R. Thomas,
Thomas Respass,
. Jantes Nicholson .V others.
I or further attestation of the virtue of the Pow
ders,.see wrapper on box.
l or sale by JAS. HERTY, of Milledgeville.
February 5, 1856 6 12m
OF C0-PA1STYESISIIIP,
T HE Partnership heretofore existing under the
firm ot Y\ hitlock, Nichols Co., is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, David Nichols
having disposed of all hi.s interest in the same to
BEN.J. M. WHITLOCK, who with EDWARD A.
WHITLOCK, authorized to close the same,
and who will continue the business on their own
account. BEN.J. M. WHITLOCK,
DAVID NICHOLS,
LOW’D A. WHITLOCK.
New-York, Dec. 3d, 1855.
REMOVAL
AND
CHANGE OF FiRM
T HE Firm of WHITLOCK, NICHOLS & Co.,
having dissolved bv mutual consent., BENJ.
M. &. EDWARD A. WHITLOCK have associa
ted with them
Fred’k J. Haverstick,
Oliver W. Dodge, and
Henry Cammeyer,
for many years engaged with the old firm, and will
continue the 1MPORTLYC A YD GROCERY BISI-
SESS, under the Firm of B. M. & E. A. WHIT
LOCK .A CO., and will remove from the old stand,
84 Frout Street, on the 45th January, 1856, to their
new warehouse, No. 13 BEEKMAN STREET,
(Cor. of Nassau.) first street aboce the Astor House
on the opposite side of and four doors from the Pork,
where they will lie most happy to see their friends,
and all who will do them the favor to exam
ine their stock.
The senior member of the Firm, B. M. Whitlock,
embraces this opportunity to return his acknowl
edgments for the kindness shown him through the
long period of his business, and trusts that bis ex
perience and application, with that of the junior
partners, will prove a sufficient guarantee that all
orders confided to the House shall continue to re
ceive ample and satisfactory attention.
New-York, January 1st, 1856.
3. 3VI. <k E. A. WHITLOCK & CO.
BENJ. M. WHITLOCK, j .
EDW’D A. WHITLOCK, i
FRED’K J. HAYER8TJCK, }
OLIVER W. DODGE, |
HENRY CAMMEYER, J
BE.\J, H, & EIIYV‘1) A, YYiliTLOCK&CO.
(Late Whiteock, Nichols & Co.)
13 Beekmaa Street) (Cor. RTassua,)
Four doors East of the Par!;..
NEW YORK,
IM PORTERS
Of Cognac Brandies, from Otard. Dupny & Co.,
Henessey, Pinet, Castillion ifc Co., and other
Houses of the highest reputation, and sole Propri
etors ot the celebrated Brandies of
CHATEAU BERNARD,
SUPERIOR VINEYARD,
LIQUER DES CHAMPS D’OR,
“MAGNA CHARTA,’’ Ac., &c.
Sflj.etiain anti 011) ijollanti 0uns, Ja
maica anil llUst jJnt)ia Hums,
MADEIRA, PORT AND SHERRY WINES,
From the oldest established Houses in Europe, all
of which have been ordered and selected with a
view to their purity, and medicinal use.
Sli&AES imported for our own trade, from
the best shippers in Havana.
Agents for the finest description of Virginia
manufactured TOBACCO, also a large stock
of medium and low grades,and
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FINE GROCERIES.
I'RESIILII CHAMl’AGYE CREMAXT.
B. M. & E. A. W. & Co. are the exclusive
owners of this Wine, and are in receipt of shipments
by regular Packets, and beg those who may not
have given it a trial to do so, under their guarantee
that it will be found superior, in delicacy of flavor,
and quality to any Wine at present imported.
Jan. 29,1856 5 4t.
Monroe Female University.
FORSYTH, GEORGIA.
BOARD OF TEACHERS FOR 1S5G.
COLL3G2.
Rev. WILLIAM C. WILKES, A. M President.
Prof, of Natural and Moral Sciences.
RICHARD T. ASBURY, A. M.,
Prof, of Mathematics.
D. CARLOS W. CHANDLER,
Prof, of Ancient Languages.
Mrs. MARY E. CHANDLER,
French and higher English.
Mrs. MARY A. WILKES,
History and Botany.
PREPARATORY DEPlItTMEYT.
Miss MARTHA A. SMITH, Principal.
Miss MARTHA J. .JAMES, Assistant.
Miss LAURA FISHER, Primary Department.
HJl'S 1C DEPART.TIEST.
Pi-of WILLIAM FISHER, Principal.
Miss MARTHA E JAMES, l Assistants .
Mrs. MARY A. Xi ILKEs, )
* ORYlJIEYT.il, OEPART.HEYT.
Mrs. MYRA FAIRLEY, 1
Embroidery, Crape XX ork, XX ax, Shell XX ork, &,c
Mrs. MARY E. CHANDLER,
Drawing, Penciling and Painting in Oil and XX’ater
Colors. ^
The next term begins January 14th, and ends
July 15th, which will be Commencement Day.—
Board, $9 per month ; washing $1 to $2 Highest
Tuition $19 a year. No College in Middle or South
ern Georgia affords equal advantages so cheap. T his
University was adopted by the “Rehoboth Asso
ciation,” Sept. 17th, 1855.
R. T. ASBURY, Sec’y Faculty.
Forsyth, Ga., Dec. 1,1855 50 4m
Land Warrants
I XVILL pay the highest market value for
XV a rr,ants. Apply to
Land
A. XV. CALLAWAY.
Milledgeville, June 12,185;> 24 ly
IJJ.uE'.Oj.,
The Printer.
He stood there alone at that shadowy hour,
By the swinging lamp dimly burning ;
All silent \\ ithin save the tickifig tvpe,
Ad without, save the night watch turning;
And heavily echoes the solemn sound.
As sloly he paced over the frozen ground.
And dark were the mansion so lately that shone
With joy of festivity gleaming,
And hearts that were beating in sympathy then,
XX ere now living it o’er in their dreaming ;
Yet the printer still worked at his lonely post;
And slowly he gathered his mighty host-
And there lay the merchant all pillowed in down,
And building bright hopes for the morrow, •
Nor dream’d he that Fate was weaving a wand
That would bring to him fear and sorrow ;
Yet the printer was therein his shadowy room,
And he set in his frame work that rich man’s
doom.
The young wife was sleeping, whom lately had
bound
The ties that death only can sever;
And dreaming she started yet woke with a smile,
For she thought they were parted forever !
But the printer was ticking tlie types that
wduId tell
Du the morrow, the truth of that miduigt spell !
And there lay the statesman, whose feverish brow,
And restless the pillow was pressing;
I or he felt through the mists ot his shadowy dream,
His lotiiest hopes now pressing;
Yet the printer worked on amid silence and
gloom,
And dug for ambition his lowliest tomb.
And slowly tbe workman went gathering up
His budget of grief and gladness,
A wreath for the noble, a grave for thg low,
For the happy a full cup of sadness ; ,
Strange stories of wonder to enchant the ear,
And dark ones of terror, to curdle with fear.
Full strange are the tales which that dark host shall
bear,
To palace and cot on the morrow ;
Oil, welcome, thrice welcome, to many a heart!
To many a bearer of sorrow ;
It shall go like the wild and wandering air,
For life and its changes are impressed there.
[ Daily Constitutionalist.
Up? f ru
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From the Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer.
Well Worth Rcculin?.
XVe* have rarely disposed of an hour
more agreeably and, we humbly hope,
profitably, than in reading the discourse be
fore “The Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation ol Richmond,” delivered by the
Hon. XYm. C. Rieves on the 7th of Decem
ber last. The subject was “The ethics of
Christianity,” and the gifted speaker
brought to its discussion all the powers of
hi.s vigorous mind and refined and cultiva
ted tase. Most gladly would wc transfer
every line ol the discourse to our own col
umns did our space admit it, for it is de
lightful and cheering in these days of new
fangled notions and doctrines, which
threaten the subversion of every thing that
is valuable in civil society, to bear a ripe
and tried statesman, one who has filled a
large space in his country’s eye, and won
forliimself an honorable distinction at home
and abroad, use tlie language of soberness
and truth, and with the Bible in his hand,
and with his mind stored with historical
lore, hold up the divine precepts of Chris
tianity as the only guide to man’s welfare
here and happiness hereafter. How ad
mirably does William C. Rives’ position
and language contrast with the shocking
tirades of mingled ribaldry and blasphemy
which so fequently disgrace the lectiue
rooms of the North, poisoning the fountain
of popular morals, corrupting and defiling
the legislation of the country, and leaving
tlie deluded victims of these satauie devi
ces without the hope of reward or fear of
punishment when life’s brief hour has pas
sed away.
Mr. Rives concludes his lecture in the
following language :
“These considerations, gentlemen, bring us to
tlie infinite importance of religion as a support of
good government, and the mighty influence it ex
erts on the public welfare of communities. A great
and august authority has said, that “temporal laws
punish men when they transgress, but religion
forms them to be such as to transgress the seluom-
est, and thus encourage the hojie that the whole in
heritance of God will grow up so straight and
blameless that tho civil magistrate may, with far
less toil or difficulty, and far more ease and delight,
steer the tall and goodly vessel of tho common
wealth through all the gusts and rides of the world’s
mutability.”* Important as the cultivation of re
ligious principles is in this view, under every form
ot political organization, it is especially and pre
eminently so in what the same great genius fondly
calls a “Free Commonwealth.” 1 would not,
therefore, with another splendid genius of a differ
ent schooij that religion should “exalt her mitred
front” in Legislative Halls or political assemblies.
No, gentlemen ; let church and State, as organized
bodies, be forever kept separate and apart in this
the natal land of civil and religious liberty.
But let us not misunderstand and abuse a wise
and cherished maxim of our American polity, as
too many seem to have done, by Concluding from
thence that religion inself, its vital principles and
sanctions, are to be banished from public affairs.—
On the contrary, no where is a sense of religious
responsibily “as ever in our great taskmaster’s
eye,” and the inflexible obligations of an enlight
ened and uncorrupted conscience, more necessary
than in the discharge of our public duties whether
as citizens or magistrates considering them always
as sacred trusts which we are bound by every tie,
human and divine, to perform with a single and
exclusive regard to the interest and honor of the
State. Thus it is that “righteousness exalteth a na
tion,’* or, in the languarge of the great Republcan
I'cnius I have already quoted, and whose words
are ever akin to inspiration, that “Godliness is the
true flourishing of a land,other things following as
the shadow does tbe substance.”
There was one American Statesman,
ami he the first and chifest .who fully com
prehended and felt these great truth's, and
delivered them to his countrymen with an
authority which none other can pretend to.
May I be permitted to recall his words—
“Of all the dispositions and habits which
lead to political prosperity, religion and
morality are the indispensable supports.—
In vain would that man claim the tribute
of patriotism who should labor to subvert
these great pjilars (if human happiues,
these firmest props of the duties of men and
citizens. The mere politiciaff, equally
with the pious man ought to respect and
cherish them.” “And let us with caution
indulge the supposition thatmorality can be
maintained without religion. XV hatever
may be conceded to the influence of refin
ed educat ion on minds of peculiar structure,
reason aud experience both forbid us to
expeetthat national morality can prevail in
exclusion of religious principles.”
These, gentlemen, are the principles
which have giveu birth to your Association,
and which it is its noble mission to propa
gate au<j diffuse. They have inspired and
directed the purest champions of humani
ty, the apostles of liberty and virtue in ev
ery land and every age. They were the
guide of Washington’s whole life, private
and public, the hidden source of his
strength, tlie consolations as well as sup
ports of his unrivalled magnanimity and
courage. They gave boldness and energy
to the patriotism of Henry, and ivere at the
same time tlie fountain from which flowed
the rich and copious streams of his native
eloquence, for the Bible was one of the few
books he read, and which he declared “to
be worth more than all the books that
were ever printed.” It was the same prin
ciple and convictions that gave an ineffa
ble grace and beauty, and sometimes the
loftiest elevation to the character and elo
quence of Wilberforce, kindling liis placid
nature witli that celestial spark “which
touched Isaiah’s hallowed lips witli fire.”*
These principles, too, were the indwelling
power of Milton’s vast and capacious mind,
prompting his dauntless love of truth and
Hberty, and raising him with more than
moral flight -to “the height of his great ar
gument.”
“ To assert eternal providence
And justify the ways of God to man.”
When asked what was the muse that in
spired him, his widow, with artless and
majestic simplicity, replied, it was “God’s
grace and the Holy Spirit that visited him
nightly.” t
Here are some well known and illustri
ous examples that present themselves un
hidden to the contemplation of all to show
the power of religion in elevating the arms,
purifying the hearts, exlitilting the under
standings and ennobling the conduct of in
dividual man. What it has- accomplished
with individuals, it is no less capable of
achieving with nations. We are destined,
I trust, to witness its benignant sway over
the hearts of our countrymen at a time
when hardly any other hope of safety is
left us. Wc cannot conceal from our
selves, ifVe would, that we are now enter
ing on the most doubtful and perilous stage
of our national existence. The omens of
evil surround us on every hand. The dire
spirit of fanaticism and of sectional hos
tility has been fearfully invaded to plunge
us into the horrors of a fratricidal contest.
XVhen the shock of civil strife shall have
commenced, when all the political ele
ments shall be in uproar, when the tem
pest shall be at its height, and the wave
have beaten into the ship, and there shall
be a general cry of save us or tee perish,
and all tbe boasted arts of statesmanship
and political craft shall be compelled to
confess tlieir impotoncy, then a voice will
be beard rebuking tlie rage of gui’,ty fac
tions, and saying, Peace, he still. The an
gry storm will then cease, and there will
be a great calm. That voice will be the
voice of Christianity and brotherly love
rising from tbe hearts of a religious people,
and that calm will, I humbly trust, be the
perpetual silence of defeated faction and
prostrate ambition under the heel of the
l’rince of Peace.
^In a memorable debate in the House of Com
mons on'the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act
in 1817, a celebrated popular leader (Sir Francis
Burdett.) took occasion to taunt XX’ilberforce with
his religious principles by frequently referring t,o
him as the “Honorable and Religious Gentleman.”
The indecorum roused XX’iiberforce into an unwont
ed tone, of indignation ; and tlie chaste, but spirit
ed and triumphant rebuke lie gave his assilant was
one of the most impressive scenes, as well as no
blest disjilays of eloquence ever witnessed in the
Parliamentary annals of England. Sir Samuel
Eamilly, while expressing his admiration of the
powerful retort, contrasted with the usual forbear-
aneeof the speaker, said he looked upon it as a yet
more striking proof of Wilberforee’s virtue than of
his genius; “for who but he was ever possessed of
such a fomidable weapon without using it.”
t See lives of Edward and John Philips, nephews
of Milton, by Godwin.
Miss Murray on America.
Putnam lias just published tbe book in
consequence of which it lias been ridicu
lously stated Miss Muruay was obliged to
resign her place as one ol Queen Victoria’s
Maids of Honor. It bears the title of
“Letters from tbe United States, Canada,
and Cuba,” the greater part of tlie letters
being of course from the United States.—
The New York Post says :
“It is in the main a good-natured book. The
author likes many things she sees here—the people
to wfiom she has introductions, the climate, the
schools, and other public, institutions, slavery itself;
every thing, in short, but the ill-bread familiarity,
nasal pronunciation, and thin dry figures of the
Americans, who are too lean for her standard of
health, and accordingly move her compassion.”
The Post gives some extracts from tlie
book, describing her visits to several Nor
thern cities, and then adds :
“In December Miss Murray proceeds southward.
At Baltimore she finds the relation of mistress and
servant to possess ‘a more agreeable aspect than at
the North, where it is commonly characterized by
complaints of annoyance on tlie one side and sau
cy indifference on the other.’ Here also she meets
some Sodfhern ladies,‘whose voices and manner
of speaking are more refined and graceful than
those of the other States she had visited. At
XVashington, at XVillard's Hotel, she finds in the
evening dancing going on very merrily in the la
dies' room, ‘the ladies all in dimi-toilctte,’ but she
remarks that she did not ‘see so generally the ab
surd flaunting style of dress so remarkable at New
York.’ ”
At XVashington she meets w-itk an inter
esting family, natives of New Orleans, who
speak English with an accent; but Miss
Murray prefers “our language a little bro
ken to the broad and often nasal pronunci
ation of New- England and New YArk.—
The Southern people have pleasing voices,
and ar6 much less provincial in tlieir
speech than those of the Northern States.”
She is very severe upon Attorney General
Cushing :
“I am sorry to find a considerable party in tlie
United States advocate openly the principle of ‘do
ing evil that good may come,, as regards their own
country ; and Mr. Cushing, the Attorney General
of the States,infoimed me, without circumlocation,
speaking* of the European war, that the Turks, be-
ing effete, and a sea-hoad being necessary for the
Russians, it was perfectly right and proper that the
latter should devour the former.”
From XXLisliington the author proceeds
southward, finding the manners of the
whites soften as she goes, and sees new
reason to believe in the necessity aud ad
vantages of slavery. Such a being as Un
cle Tom, described in Mrs. Stowe’s book,
she is convinced never hail an existence.
[National In/elligeneer.
Social Life in Washington.
XVashington-, Feb. 9, ’56.
XX'ashington has, during tbeilast fortnight,
fairly redeemed her reputation as being
the gaiest and fastest city in the Union.
As Lent draws near, receptions and parties
crowd upon each other, though it is ex
pected that the season will be protracted
indefinitely, to compensate for the quiet
and monotony that characterised the be
ginning of the winter
The President’s Levees, enlivened this
year by the performance of the Marine
Band, are attended eveiy Friday evening
by the immense crowd of residents and
stangers. All the w-orld is there represent
ed. Foreign Dukes and Ministers, dis
playing marks of country favor, walk side
by side with the smallest shopkeepers—
all, for the time being, enjoy equal privil
eges. At teu, the Baud strikes up “Yan
kee Doodle,” as a warning to all, to re
tire,—while many proceed to fill other en
gagements at balls and parties,—which fre
quently fill up the remaining hours of the
night- « *
The Cabinet receptions have been
thronged as usual, though dancing is only
countenanced at Secretary McClelland’s.
Mrs. Senator Fish, of N. Y., lately
gave her annual “crush,” her rooms being
filled to suffocation, by over one thousand
persons, including both Houses of Con-
Roman Catholic are about equal in number.
The average value of the church edifices-
in the country is but 82,357 ; they w ill
each seat 376 persons npon the average.
Beautiful Extract.—The folio w-ing waif,
afloat on the “ sea of reading,” we clip from
an exchange. XX T e do not know its paterni
ty, but it contains some wholesome truths,
beautifully set forth :
“ Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the shadow falls across their
own path, hiding forever from their eyes
tlie traces of the loved ones whoes living
smile was the sunlight of their existence.
Death is the great antagonist of life, and
the cold thought of the tomb is the skele
ton of all feasts. XX*e do not want to go
through the dark valley, although its pas
sages may lead to paradise: and, with
Charles Lamb, we do not want to lie dow n
in the muddy grave even with kings and
princes for our bed-fellows. But the fiat
of nature is inexorable. There is no ap
peal or relief from the great law which
dooms us to dust. XVe flourish and w e fade
as the leaves of the forest, and the flower
that blooms and withers in a day has not a
frailer hold upon life than the mightiest mon
arch that ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Generations of man appear and van
ish as the grass, and the countless multitude
, that throngs the world to-day, w-ill to-mor-
gress. «The (festruction of laces, jew-elry. | row disappear as the footsteps on the shore.
hoops, &c., on this occasion, was unprece
dented. Mrs. Senator Slidell, of La., also
gave a most delightful party—her first en
tertainment in XVashington. Few, be
yond the neighborhood, w-ere invited, so
that it was enjoyed to the utmost, by those
present. XX 7 e are promised further evi
dence of this lady’s good taste and dis
crimination, during the season.
To-morrow night, General Watson
Webb’s First Ball comes off, as well as
Secretary McClelland’s last reception, and
tbe annual grand ball at Brown’s Hotel."
Tuesday, Willard’s Ball closes tbe carni
val, and Mrs. Secratary Davis’ second re
ception inaugurates tlie season of Lent,
XX r ednesday evening. Besides these pub
lic “affairs,” there lias been no lack of pri
vate parties and morning receptions, some
of wdiich for brilliancy and numbers, might
vie with the N. Y. “matinees.”
The sleighing season has been remark
able in this latitude, and the “ avenue” for
tlie last three weeks has been crowMed
with elegant sleighs and fast teams from
the surrounding neighborhood, and con
verting our usually quiet “Broadway” in
to a daily race course until stopped by tbe
authorities. Many drove over from Balti
more to join in the fun.
A correspondent furnishes the following
r.eport of a conversation which recently
took place in a store in Boston. He says :
An innocent and pure-minded Jonathan,
in a warm argument with John Bull on
our national institutions, was endeavoring
to floor his antagonist, who had sneering-
ly remarked that “ fortunately the Amer
icans touldu't go farther than the Pacific
shore.” Y'ankee searched Jiis pregnant
brain for an instant, and triumphantly re
plied, “ Why, good gracious, they’re al
ready levelling the Rocky Mountains and
carting ihe dirt out West: I had a letter
from my cousin last week, who is living
two hundred miles west of the Pacific
shore, on made land.
From tlie Boston Transcript.
Curiosities of the Census.
XX 7 liile the leading reviews in §reat
Britain have contained many able and
curious articles relating to tlie recent
census of the kingdom, the elaborate and
valuable facts contained in the compendi
um of the sei'entb United States census,
prepared by Mr. De Bow, and published
by order of tlie Senate, does not appear to
excite the attention of writers of the class
corresponding to those tvhose labors abroad
have elicited so much comment from the
English public. XVitli a desire rather to
direct attention to De Bow's statistical
vieiv of the United States than to furnish
anything like an extended review of the
work itself, wc propose to treat the returns
in similar style, to that which the British
census received in the “Household XX’ords.”
Out of the 1626 counties in the United
States in 1S50, 4S0 had been created or
altered in the previous ten years ; in 54
the females greatly predominate; in 155
tlie slaves, and in 7 the foreign born. In
441 counties there were few or no foreign
ers, and in 20, the native and foreign pop-
ation were about equal. In 1023 coun
ties there were slaves ; in 192 no free col
ored persons. The* number of people to a
dwelling in N. X’. city averaged more than
13, in Boston nearly 9, in New Orleans 6X,
in Richmond about 5. It is estimated that
one-fourth part of the people in the coun
try reside in villages, towns, and cities.
In the year 1S00, exclusive of the army
aud navy, there ivere 3806 persons in the
einoloyment of the Federal Government ;
in 1854 the number ivas 35,456. a nine fold
increase—the population having increased
about five fold. Tbe number of real estate
owners in tbe United States cannot fall
short of 1,500,000 or one in about 3.19 of
the free males over 21 years of age. It is
estimated that the direct tax paid by each
white person in the country for all purpos
es, amouqts to $4,24. There are about
400,000 Indians within tbe territorial lim
its of the United States. At tbe close ol
tbe revolutionary war, Gen Knox estimat
ed the Indians in the thirteen States to
number about 76,000. In 1850, of the
1597 political newspapers published in the
United States, 855 were Whig and 742
Democratic papers. Over two fifths of the
national territory is drained by the Missis
sippi and its tributaries. The distance be
tween the cities of New l^ork and New
Orleans is more than equal to that separat
ing London from Constantinople, or Paris
from St. Petersburg. By the land routt
between Neiv York and Astoria the dis
tance is equal to that between New York
and Bremen. By the water route the dis
tance is as great as that between Canton
and London.
The number of persons who live east oi
the Mississippi river, is twelve times great
er than the number of those who live wesi
thereof. The non-slaveholding have r
third greater population than tlie slave
holding States. Massachusetts, which wa;
the first State, according to its white popu
1 at ion, in 1790 has now become tbe fourth
—exactly reversing tbe course *of New
York, which lias become the first from
tbe fourth rank. Even adding the pres
ent population of Maine to that of Massa
chusetts, would not alter the position of tbe
latter in its rank among the States. I
New
ceeded
vote of the country is estimated to be but
one twelfth of the whole. The total num
ber of families holding slaves in 1850 was
only 347,525, It is estimated that only
one-third of the white population of the
slave States sustain the relation of slave
owners. The State o£ New York has
about one-eight of the population of Union,
Pennsylvania about one tenth, and Dela
ware about one two hundred and sixty-
third. There is one house to every six
persons in the country. The Catholics
have but one-eleventh as many churches
the Methodists. The Methodists and
Baptists together have more than one-hall
of all the churches, and the Episcopal aud
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the in
stinct of immortality, so eloquently uttered
bj r the death devoted Greek, finds a deep
response in every thoughtful soul. XX’lien
about to yield his young existence as a sac
rifice to fate, his beloved Clemantlie asks
if they shall not meet again, to which he
replies : “ I have asked that dreadful ques
tion of the hills that look eternal—of the
clear streams that flow forever—of the
stars, among whose fields of azure my
raised spirit hath walked in glory. All
were dumb. But while I gaze upon thy
living face, I feel that there is something
in the love that mantles through its beauty
that cannot wholly perish. XVe shall meet
ajjain, Clemantlie.”
A Common Sense Judge—An example
worthy of Imitation.—Judge Capron, of
the Criminal Courts of New Xork, on the
occasion of a recent application for the
postponement of a case, when the attorney
gave notice of his intention to file an affida
vit stating that he was not ready for trial
on account of tlie absence of an important
witness who was to prove certain points,
stated that he did not want an affidavit in
theusual form, that the accused “expects and
believes” to prove by the said witness cer
tain things, but a positive oath that he will
prove by the absent witness the points alleg
ed. The counsel objected that such an
oatli might put his client in a position to
be punished for perjury, to which the
Court very briefly replied “that is precisely
the position in which I wish to put him if
he swears falsely to an application for post
ponement.” The affidavit was not made
<fnd the motion for postponement refused.
A little of the straightforward common
sense here displayed by Judge Capron
would have a most beneficial influence in
freeing our Courts from the numerous
motions for the postponement of criminal
cases by which the business of tbe Courts
is greatly retarded, the expense of the ju
diciary largely increased, and justice ulti
mately eluded. Any one familiar with
the proceedings of our Courts cannot have
failed to discover that in a large proportion
of instances the affidavits made for the
postponement of cases on account of the
absence of witnesses by whom the accused
“expects and believes” lie will lie able to
substantiate his defence, are hrere shams
and subterfuges, taken advantage of by un
scrupulous men who have no regard for
the sanctity of an oath if they can escape
the penalty of its violation. .In many of
these cases the witness whose absence is
made an excuse for postponement is pur
posely kept out of Court. Judge Capron’s
plan affords a ready remedy for the cure
of this evil, and we hope that it will secure
adoption in quarters where its need has
been long and sorely felt.
[Baltimore American.
Literary Men and Statesmen.—The
Athenaeum of London says :—XVe scarce
ly know of an example in which the man
of letters has entejpd tlie House of Com
mons without making in that House a 4
more distinguished figure than he made
in his own sphere. Montague would have
ranked below Prior as a poet: as a man
of affairs be beat Godolphin. Sir E. B.
Lytton goes into the House and becomes
a chief of his party—a coming minister.
Mr. Gladstone, in literature, would be a
second-rate essayist : in politics he stands
in the highest rank. Mr. Disraeli is a nov
elist of the third rank—a poet of the thir
tieth : in the House of Commons he is a
great power. Lord John Russell is a con
spicuous example of the relation of facul
ties in the two services. He has tried eve
ry form of literary exercise : drama, histo
ry, poetry, essay, biography,—and in none
can his warmest friends assert that he has
taken high rank. Yet, the genius that
has failed to earn distinction in literature
has sufficed to rule the House of Commons
and govern England.
The XX 7 orld.—As you love your souls,
beware of the world ; it has Main its thou
sands and tens of thousands. XVhat ruined
Lot’s wife ? The world. XVhat ruined
Judas? The world. XVhat ruined Simon
Magus? The world. And “what shall
it profit a man, if lie gain the whole world
and lose his own soul.”—Mason’s Remains.
r ill 113 lrtMIV » ,l,wu )3 ~
England the females have always ex-
ed the males in number. The foreign
Rosse’s Telescope.—Says a scientific
writer : To obtain some idea otifctlie im
mensity of the Creator’s works, let us look
through Lord Rosse’s telescope, and we
discover a star in tbe infinite depths of
space, whose light is 3,500,000 years in
traveling to our earth, moving at the velo
city of twelve millions of miles in one min
ute. And behold«God was there !
Reported for the Journal of Commerce.
Dr. Kspr rn Arctic Explorations.
The Geographical and Statistical So
ciety met at the University, at the usual
hour, last evening—Rev. Dr Hawks (Pres
ident/in the chair. Henry Grinnell, Esq.,
and Hon. George Bancroft sat upon the
platform. Dr. Kane (contrary to expecta
tion) was not present. He is now in Phil
adelphia, attending to the publication of
his book.
Dr. Hawks stated that the paper which
he had been requested to read 6y Dr. Kane,
was a Report to the Secretary of the Na
vy, who had given his consent to its use
upon this occasion. It is a technical ac
count of the Dr.’s last expedition to the
Arctic Region. Many of the facts stated
are already familiar to the public. Several
fresh and interesting disclosures were
however made. The Dr. reports that the
Island named “‘Louis Napoleon” on Dr.
Inglefield’s chart, does not exist. The
coast of Greenland w as traced 125 miles
to the North and East. During one winter
the sun was 120 days below the horizon,
and there was little light even at noon
day. The process of freezing in certain
places was uninterrupted during the first
winter. Chloroform, essence of sassafras,
winter-green and caloric ether (the latter
in one instance) were eongealed. The
observatory was stationed at 7S.37 and
70.40 deg. The principle malady during
the season was a spasmodic disease, which
affected most of the party, and extended to
the dogs, many of which died from it. The
party was too small for field operation on a
lage scale, and the only hope left w as an
excursion over the ice to the north. All of
the party but one were frozen in the extre
mities, and were compelled to return to the
brig. The tendency to sleep could only
be overcome by physical violence, and
when they were brought back, their minds
were found to be temporarily affected.
The Dr., however, made several other jour
neys at times, but w ithont any remarkable
results. At last, by the co-operation of the
Esquimaux and their dogs, lie was more
successful. The Dr. traveled 1,700 miles
with this assistance, and made a careful
survey of the western coast of Greenland.
He will make a separate report of the dis
coveries made to the Department.
The open sea (to which the Dr. referred
on a pnevions occasion) was again alluded
to. At a height of 240 feet above this sea
it still presented an unbroken expanse of
water. This sea w r as approached, by a
channel free from ice. The coast ice had
been destroyed by the action of the water.
A gale from tbe northeast of over 50 hours
duration, brought no ice w ith it. Flocks
of migratory birds thronged the waters.
To the northwest the coast became moun
tainous, rising in truncated cones. The
Dr. suggests no theory to explain these
facts. By the charts prepared Ly Dr.
Kane, the survey of the Strait and Bay,
known as Smith’s Sound, is completed
from the point w here the explorations of
Capt. Inglefield ended. During the sec
ond winter the physical energies of the
party had declined. They had only a
small quantity of provisions. The dried
fruit seemed to have lost its nutrious qual
ity. They relied for their daily supplies
on the success of organized hunting par
ties. »They and the Esquimaux were of
mutual service to each other. Bear meat,
seal, walrus and ptarmigan, were intechang-
ed. The cold during the season was some
times (—) 52. The whole party were at
length disabled. Only two members of
the company (Dr. Kane and Mr. Bonsall)
were free from scurvy. Routine—painful
ly enforced—was the only means of their
ultimate safety. The sun came back on
tbe 21st of Febrnary. At this time it was
found necessary to abandon the brig. The
greater part of the woodwork had already
been used for fuel. The party started
on tlieir retreat in three whale boats
mounted on skates—with sledges, drawi*
by dogs, for*hc transport of the sick. The
cooking utensils w ere made from the old
stovepipe. The provisions consisted of
melted fat, anil powdered biscuit, with the
exception ol tea and a few delicacies.
The bedding was very comfortable—and
that the Dr. regarded as one of the most
important requirements for safety. % Near
ly all the instruments, excepting, the
chronometers, w r ere left behind. During
the first portion of the jonrney, dropsical
swellings began to manifest themselves
among the men. In tlie first 8 days they
made only 15 miles—and the average af
terwards was only 3i miles a day. Con
tinuing their southern progress, they first
reached Littleton’s Island. The Dr. gives
a graphic account of the sufferings of the
journey. He expresses his gratitude for
the continued kindness and assistance of
the Esquimaux. In 31 days the party had
walked 316 miles, and transported their
boats over 81 miles of ice. Here thev
met alternate strips of ice and water. At
that time the daylight was perpetual—but
the nsual hours of sleep were rigidly ob
served. Tlieir food at this period was eggs
from the eider duck and w ild fowl. The
daily allowance of birds at one time, was
12 to a man, to whlSi was added a liberal
amount of bread. On the 3d of Augtfst -
they reached tbe northern coast of Green
land, and arrived at upper Navick 83 days
after leaving the advance. They were
hospitably welicomed by the Danish set
tlement. At upper Navic they took pass
age iu the brig Mary Alin for the Shetland
Isles, and at Disco they met the Arctic,
under Dieut. Hartstein, w hich tbe Gov
ernment had sent to their rescue.
Dr. Kane attributes the safely of the
party in many perils to the direct interpo
sitions of Providence.
The Report was received with applause.
Mr. H. E. Pierrepont moved that the
thanks of the Society (through the Secre
tary) be returned to Dr. Kane. Motion
adopted.
Interesting from Rome.—A letter in the New
ark, (N. J.) Advertiser, dated Rome, Dec. 22 says :
The venerable widow of Louis Phillippe, who
has been seriously ill at her charming winter re
sidence in the neighborhood of Genoa, is, I an.
happy to say. convalescent. Her sons, Prince
de Joinville and the Duke d’Aumale, have, incon
sequence, set out on a visit to England, via Ger-
ma»y. ...
• Mr. Fillmore who is accompanied by Dr. r oote,
of Buffalo, formerly Minister to Austria, still lingers
at Florence, but is expected to reach this city next
week. Among the American winter residents in
the country I notice the name of the senior editor
and proprietor of the New Y ork Herald. The wea
ther has become freezing cold. Most of the streams
of the Peninsular are closed with ice, and the hills
are everywhere covored with snow. It is confess
edly the severest winter, thus far, experienced in
Italy in 20 years.
The habits and tone of the mind of a
man can be seen in-his judgment, philoso
phy, and conversation, and in his every
day life.
Gentility is neither in birth, wealth,man
ner. nor fashion—but in the mind. A
high sense of honor, a determination never
to take a mean advantage of another, an
adherence to truth, delicacy and polite
ness towards those with whom we have
dealings, are its essential characteristics.
Pruning.—If not already attended to,
grape-vines should be pruned during this
month. Scions of various fruits should be
cut and carefully packed in a cool place,
where they will neither mould from excess
of moisture, nor w ither for tbe lack of it.
