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VOLUME 10.
THE GEORGIA CITIZEN
IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY UOtSISO BY
L. F. W. ANDREWS
Office —ln Il* >rtte *} tu mi, , f r herry Street,
Two Ibxrrs below Third Street.
THRM<:~fI.AO per a J\ finer.
Utciil<rm*!iU at !M rviribr i v . 11- Our IhMtr
P q'KV-*f m< ha'trri *or* r 1f... f..r th.- <ir-f ir.9er
li wl t'/l* aih irnffliim. All at
‘*™* •* *■* V i* la, wi'l K ixiblLfcnl umtl
f.wUri. Mil et rpni - - -ii n*lv. Ali vr*l < ilm mnt ailowni
t' Ukk wb udwrti*.’ bjr lh* yrar.
Litoral trrii<*iiitnt made wii.i Couiity (NEt\ r\
A*i<sli**rMmx MnJuali, ami Uk*r\ %h la.ijr wij*h to ntAke
*:*! an ! Btonm f’rN viU !t* It.vrtetl um
i*r ?iu* l*e.E*i. *4 thf f.4l*uf rjlt*s vi* :
Ito F** U**, a., it qua, ?, OQ
we Hih-4, nit Si#
FufTi lima, do. I<mi# |
N* al • rtietiifftt of tfci* c! ww will tie AtlntiUrd, uitle>s
fc- it advance. Dor for aim Unit than twelve month*. A*J- j
TirthritmAlM over tea wiU Ur
diiiliiiißMfli ■<* paid tor in advie will Ur cbirged at the
regular rule*.
< Mduaary \olftre* -low ten lint*, will be chaffed ad the
leu *i rate*.
% niton nr *mem of cvnlkiale* for oflet to be taui for %
the nil rate** when luarrted.
walen •►f l.no*l and Vtrnrt, hr Yxecntom. Ad-nir.iutra*
t *m amt (iiuniiaiM, are red by Uw tu im aiverUad In a
pnStkr jtvnlr. forty dars to the day of male. Tb
! mn.4 U held on the ird Tuewiav in the luoti’h, between
the hocreeC tea In the furem dUI thrwe la the afirmon,
at the Coart-hotM ta the county in a hkh the property is >.tu
ated.
naira of IVraonal l*ro|rrt \ nitat be Advertised In like
naor-er. forty davs
>tlrr l IkMors and <*rrdilon of an Estate nmst be
published fatty days.
\otlrr tht aiplica*ion will be made to the Ordinary for
leave to sell Land and Mejnroea, must be pubiLdted vivkir for *
two months.
I llation* for Letter* of A<tmin:.4rui<**i. thirty daw; for 1
bUiuiiu ruui AtftjuiuMtnliiHi, iMNtthlv, six uioaiha; f**r
bUroi'4'* fhmi Ouardtansbip. weekly, f rty !*>.
Kule* for forrrliw ini{ of >lori u- uthJy. f**u
months; for establish ux I st papers, for the full space of thre
*n<>ath: for compelling titles m*m executors or ikdiuiuislrp
• ora where a bo ml has been given by the deceased, the full ,
pace of three mouths.
Land Agency.
THE uhocribr* arc prepared to toetthu
Land la all of the North-western State.—lowa.
Mloncoota, Wisconsin and the Territories o( Nebraska
and la.it, aadoollelt coastpnmenii of faad. or war
rants. For terra, apply to JNO. H LOSOLIT,
Maron.Go.
JHO. B. D WIN NELL, Lodi, Wisconsin
aprlT d-ts
New Music.
WO HUNDRED PIECES
New Popular Music,
For the PI UfO and CJ tITA K. |mt received by
J'ineSl—tf I.J.Q. P. RICHARDS.
WOOD. EDDY & CO.'S
CELEBRATED LOTTERIES
DRAW DAILY IN AVGUSTA, GA. t
E. C. KI LKLV, As. nl.
No. I, Unalte Aliev, under) inn it* Hell.
bov Saw Opposite Lanier House. Mac >O. (in.
Choice Fruits.
JUST Received. New Laver Ra don. Laofniedne. Mar
settles, and Princess Allnondr. Fweet l)rn*-*- t'holc
C Boies North - B Apples, at (oovttf] H HuRXSi
LIVERY STABLE NOTICE.
OX an<l after 25th !•', llsW. the f-Jkdsinx f>r*v
will lie rlwrifeii tirMiaf honreot ourataldes.
Single of li<>r- - • - * S®
IVr night ordtiy. .... - 1 .tat
ltoaril of horse p'r month. - -
ltrove stock per <lay in *tlde, - 70
* • * *• Jo*,* osy
lnvDKN a oiKitimr.
GRIF.R A MASTER*® iX.
M. STI'BULEKIKI.II.
ADEKHOLD * JEFFERS.
Macon. Deo. 21.1SS® Ini
CHRISTMAS
Holiday Presents
at
RICHARDS’ BGGK & MUSIC STORE.
A prat variety •>( Derail Gift BoAr.
Hnseirond. Mai.oeativ and I’a; l cr Mar hie Dv.-ha,
ft.ereo.c- and Views, plain at-d coh-red.
Gntijfw,, purtfolV and Alnuma,
A line lot tgjev •dleand Toy B-ato,
Doll-. Hails, Toys anuOan.vN lor no- ‘ow lv
4mc SI J.J.* S. P. Rl> HARI>S.
nil MM, 18.
Holiday Trade!
Vy F respect Oillv invito pul. at t etc on to ourlaraeand
It nnd virgnni atm ao(
W \T HK>. .IF \\ I LUV. Ml I Ut-U ARE. r\N
n uooua, NiMcih n<Tm mat*, ai ,
Embrarina mu ennniueraWe variety turn which to wake se-
IrdlwsMllaM. for HOLIDAY id other preM-nta. all of
Widen are offered ua the most fT nr le terms.
oee SI E. J. JOHSSTOH A CO.
Wantad Immediately,
1 AO OOTlrnim. 1 Rnofars and J.d. Workmen. can
1 W aavrstraffy vmpiovniimt.nffrund waM N<w>- (nit
Cgiii!Vijrtii(Abvd ;■ •#'. W. J. M’ ELROY.
Macua, Oa, Sept. it. 44.
HARPER
yon septembeu,
far aa.e at RiCUARDo'.
H
Crockery Direct from Eu
rope.
I HAVE (nrtreeetvstt a Is-r* fft.-k of Orarlts WVr. Uh'-
u War*. Fancy T-iilet * arc. Waiter* aid Ola-* W'lr. (
Alan a lar*v S’ek ..f AMERH'AS GLASS All of which
lam ffvria< at fair price*. amlu anxion* to wll.
Mama.ua-I*. R- I*. McKVOV.
BUCKWHEAT CAKES AND
CioMen Syrup.
IJYRRLS New nick wheat Floor.
II ja. lioablrrxtra (fc-Mra Syrup,
Ju*t nwinA. aid for axle at __
Odliar-Iw iKEER k FREEMAN'S.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON
South-Western Railroad.
OVER WHICH PASSES THE GREAT
MEW YORK *MD MEW ORLEANS MAILS.
TWo Daily Train* between Maeom, .j- Columbus
Leave Mac.a at 11 45. n. ir _ aid ilia. m.. Arrive in Cos
liißil n* OS a. and * 41. (>. m. Leave Cotanbaa
4a. m ndStts-B Arrtveln Macon 4 Vta.a.and 9!* p.iu
On and at cr snadar. fapember 4tb. the Pamnceratid
Mail train far AHonv and tTUkleTt will ran as follow*:
Leave Mm *, at 1* 40. A. M., arrive at Alhanv a’ 5.41 1* M.
“ - Alhanv at l 4i. P. M.. - Macon at 8.44 P. M.
The mail and Paaarngrr Train ‘mm Cuthfart anti wtrel
with the Albany mail train at Smith vile. No. K>. fooihW e
terw K. R.
Lear eOathhrrt a 1*.41, p.m, arrive at Sm’thvllle at S IS p.m.
•• ‘milniMeat 4.HS.p.m. arrive aM'ijthhert at *.t, p.ni.
Making the connection wnh the Bp Bad dowa Alhany mail
Train.
Train* to Columbus f em a throajrb o*>Beetin to M-t
----e tni.rv. A atana and Aurusta. Knoxville. WKmii.atoti,Sa
vannah, Mith'lev vljle aiM Eat. n i<.
Poet t>w<h-* ran tmm A't-ny to Tallakamee. Ralnhrldke.
Tu.*ua*v4li Ac., .tally: alro. triweekly to Cuthbert to Fort
OaiQft. Mr.
Hicki m six times x week from Fort Vißty to
lUfiw-*vi;u si*4 UewkiLSYiile. mimUtl-weekly to Knoxni.e,
Oeonrla.
_P*-vo*** far pniata below Fort Valley sboaM take the
I*av Train* from a upuetaand Savannah to avoid detention in
Macon. Forether mdot* take either Train.
Fine Clam rteamehitw leave Savannah *or New York, on
TOmdaya. Jhnralaya and Saturday*. ruai> la tbetiahta
Throoeh Ticket*can be procured from Rail R>d Areat*
M Montgomery. IVrlambu* n.< AUmnv via Savnnnah to New
T”*- h 7 rt-wrncHpa. in iVin. a* folio, a : Montgomery
•M: •''dumbo* pit . * Ihanv yr 15.
Oct M—ls TGKHL pu FEKS Xop’r. 4 -
LAW P\RT\Qt*ll||>.
HILL <sz. HILL
•CfTimiW 1 TRY LATE KUI t*
STUBBS &. HfLL,
TTfILL rn**tlce In the Mi and artWunin* Ocalla,
▼ ▼ Ai dln the ‘ FWr*! C iarts tie muit
heretofore by the late aim of Stnbb* A Ht'i.
B. HILL.
JMI. R HILL.
The en*l- rvpr ■ I will close up th> Smlwe of 111- late krai
of Stubbs A MUI a* speedily a* prmdnle. and lo thta end. all
pernors ladeided to said Arm are re., nested to mak’ payment
al a* early a da| a* practicable. H Hill,
act SI Surviving partner f StuM* a Hi'l. I
DR. R. H. NISBET
OFFICEm Cherry {Street over J. ,nl A
BunjhitrtTt Jewelry Store. oc. Jif
~TROUT HOUSE,
ATLANTA, Geo.,
By J. D. GILBERT .fr CO.
**l* tlCAwif
PI € TO It I 4 I. EDITION.
1.300 IMc'.orinl llluMraiitina-
WEBSTEH’S BIGTION.IRY,
TJ na/brid-gecl,
REVISED AND ENLARGED.
¥ l’>T re eive,'and'nr tale at Ui Depo tor) - ,
*1 tovether w.tb many other nw and taral.lt ho - -.s—
nilaidwrd. IJnid: it>j J. VX . MI llKe*. i^.‘t.
nOOTS.tU
\Krt.L asw.rt rentolOrwt'sflne Kn-BthtAUT Tbl
vrr . a ii.tl n.t o.ailiics, -oth sewed and 1. ggevt. Jostle-
Co,,edand for sale low ny MIX A KIRTLAND.
net. A—ts
sums t urns,
CHERRY STREET* ICOX,CA.
nAVK int received a large assortment of Groceries, I>r(
(..ants and Crockery, which they will tell as low as the
n be bought in the city. oct. 9—-ts
All the Novelties in
FURNISHING GOODS
Vory Fow,
_ < *‘ t ~ t iUIKDVS
Samuel H. Washinerton
ATTORNEY AT UW,
Macon, G-n,
WITX Practice In ail the Counties nf the MACON CIR
’ l IT, an J in the Counties of Washington, Wilkinson and
Lanrei .
u*ce ueat to Concert Hall, over Payne's Drug Store.
SPEER & HUNTER,
ATTOP.NEYSAT I.AW,
Maoon, <3- at..
Office Trtaa'alir Block. Urtcr of Cherrj
Street and Catloo iteaae.
W K have associated as imrtners in the practice r.f Law la
TV the eountie- o* the Mao-n and adjoining Circuits, at and
Isewhere In the .state by |--cial c-ntrart—aNo, will atUhd
he Federal Courts at Savannah and Marietta.
, „ . ALEX. M. SPEER,
feh l--ly SAMUEL HUNTKk.
DR. A. P. COLLINS
WfLI - afetd ir.m |dlyto.ll calls lett. Ii her at blsOfl'-e
Ts over liarvey A Heath’s Store, oral the residence of
I Charles Collins. oct 15 sw_u
FRENCH -tad Ameiican Snc. For sale by
•ept SO XEII.IN A HUNT.
MRS.S. AUDOIN,
HAS ju*t returned from Xew York
/HtS& . an i M iuter-tiH-k. PARISIAN HAIs
/’ JtLfS. #. S o* every variety: I.FJ>Ht*KN and flue
Pr.a®.'-:fc /! l STB A W HuS X RTS : FRENCH
, ,vy ff k FI OWrR* : FaXOY and OSTRICH
M lc J 7 FK/ TIIER* : II- .11 I'n-s s : Hii.lml
r V wrvati.rsid Veils: Net and Grecall
War Caps : Cr.niments ft*r the llair; Shell
v\ ,) mV and orn-nre- tal Tiu-k Crsnhs; Real
J U I,aCe Coiffenrs and Veils; heaut tul
U Face *e-j arnl French EMBRuID
v hK i ; M eres Leghorn, l’.'urh and
Reaver Hals: Bo** Hats and Cntrs ; I rear Trimmings : Ze
nhtr Yarn* f"r Kn-'tf i and Krnhroid .y : NuheasOpera
Caps and Merita's Wigs; Hands, It raids and Grecian
Curia; FnrCl-wks : Mu'*, and Cuff-. A'so. a tine assort
ment of FANCY oRTH'LhS too ted’oes t mention.
Please call aid ev m, ne f. r yourselves bef.we purchasing
hanklul f.e |4d Isvovs and solicits a Continuance of the
Tme. All opier* promptiv attended to. Sept, it ts
mu m urn mss r
1 859, v>< >.
MRS. F. DESSAU,
TRIANGULAR BLOCK,
RASJuM Mura- and from N**w York
ff is iK> tifufinc Invoirw if Hctt lue*
II Kn-nch l*rfWrtf4MU,
T - V \ i*M and lb uvrr Clutn r.b aku, PaNqu#*,
Its jj&VkH Evviiiux V n Okivaa.
? vTSOtXrSF I >r * ’* r iii, r*al l.rt ad
aL * ! W* . ,i L* t t. v e ,!p, llHtr *¥!:*•
S, lm *‘4*. Ac.. Ac . al **f ill* 4 liiipcrtiitionp.
f j/ • ami wi iiiil atv Iv2!♦ r Indv patrufMMi
/5 aiitl Mi* x* *t*rulv * n* c* h*r a cv I.
£ U v% ill ••pen oil Wcrf’H mU>. S* bs.
•Jl -g l an aa* *n of aewat *t\ lc VelvM migl
rs 1 1 Strtw lb net* la, lieal llnwen, Ladiea
IVr r '’ faf \ fiiifurHL tic.
Ordt-ra tahu !?.e c*nntr>” pmapUy aUcti*Vd tn. Üb
tral :w!ut tioii.* ior lt ruiia. hk*#t. li.lf.
JUST RECEIVED
Landretli’s New Crou
Turnip Seed of 1858.
WniTl FI \T DUTCH TURNIP SEED.
11 RED PUP
RUTA It.xOA TURNIP SEED.
LARGE GLuKK TCKMP SEFD.
LARGE NORFOLK TURNIP SEED.
Kentucky lime (>raNN Seed.
RESCUE GRASS SEED.
IiUC33HNE SEE 33.
For ate at llhll I ’ VV 4K' Drug and Chemical Store
Macon.. July *0.1858.—1
Sewing Machines.
K. IV l HI F
IS AGENT FOR THE SALE OF
BARTHOLF’S SEWING MACHINES,
WITH
Hotcc’® Pat. SRuttlo.
He hasthnronrhly tested tbem. and confalently recommend*
them to the m ‘lie. ‘1 l.ev do ..i. kino, of work.fr-m Thread
Cambric to the heaviest Kcrjeya. They are lesa liable to get
out of order. l-an no** an, .Iter a ake. on accounted the vim
plieity of the M tb'Der,. t hey make the dotiMe back atitch
which .bow* the *m< “V hot h aides of the work and cannot
ravelled. The pub •at and the laule* ea,ecially are invited
toe-i'l atmvCtot* *n* Store and examine them. Inn. 14—ts
IIENnT’S
Extract Jamaica Ginger.
\ CERTAIN safe and effectn*l remedy for Dysentery,
lrtarrb or Irewetie*.. , holera Morbii*. Sumnier
I C< o.plain’.Cl"> tc Griping Pa n*. Four Stomach. Mck and
j a ervuU* lie eljo-he. lin of sivkie *o’ the atoroaeh. wind in
the rtwchmnd !vr *, h *teiicw.e au|. nerv.m* ir.mor*
I and twi ciong*. rra 4ckn>w. lain.lug*. luelancboly *nd low-
J tie** if |> lit*, freeing aiot i tying of infant*, and far all I* w
lel afferepdr* aid nervou* direaaea. Made fp ui H.e Jain.dc t
j Uiuger Ro-1. in a *u(e*ri. r n anuer. aid Iwlng eompvwed of
<.ingrr.*ad U at abr .acre- couvnil. a at once b.lbc mitnl
I . fan intelligent icople. a* to It- efficacy i all the di*eH*e*
above eaunient'ed. li i* no Patent or becret reme.lv. beirg
inoeh .oed and nighiy reconimen. e.l by tiie Med. al Faculty.
I'reoO* -1 by ZKILIN A HUNT, I’niggbta.
I rk* . 0 cents a bottle. M-ean. Ua.
fair 7
11. C. HUB & SI,
MA.CON, GA.
TNVITE the alientwa ot the Sporting raUic and others, to
their large saleetUu of
Double Guns &. Rifles,
Pistols and Revolvers,
Pocket and Sporting Cutlery,
Fishing Tackle,
Walking Sticks,
nun & domestic mmiriii.
And every artir e to he found in the drst-clasa Sportsmen's
k.r’i...r'uni*. ei’ her N'r.h or Potstll.
Ity a rare nl attention to bostnei*". and by keeping always
on hand.ac*’-ire assortment ntthe best rvyl* In onr line, we
eiiect lo receive a continuation oflhe liberal [alruuage here
tofore extended to us.
HKPkfKINf; , .rrfallrattended to. as hereto
.od.i -ts) D. C. H. SON.
COATES k WOOLFOLK
fUEK no mum
I jGTj MERCHANTS
ARE bow open and prepared for the reception afCoftoa
a- their Nfk V|Rs; PIIOoF v* AREHOtInE. opp
Ite ll,rdea.*n A Saartc*. We will endeavor to prove oursel
m worthy oflhe pstUot ge of hoae who will favor ns wit
1 her boat near. Liberal advances made on cettou whea c#
tred.
iUctML SepC. SI. t
MACON, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1860.
Fall & Winter Trade.
1859. 1860.
E. J. JOHNSTON & C 0„
H O E just received and offer for sale on the most
favorable term, the most eleganF extensive aud
varied stock of
Fine Watches, Clocks, Jewel
ry, Solid Silver and Silver
Plated Ware, Fancy
Goods, Musical Instruments,
Gas Fixtures, Fans, Cut
lery, &c.. &c., &c.,
ever offered in th ; s market.
A call either for pa-time or to purchase and care
ful comparison of oualities, styles and prices is res
pectfully solicited.
Miillmrry St., dd door above Lanier House, Macon.
(ieorgia.
F- J. JOHNSTON, O. 8. OBF.AR.
Valuable City Property For Sale.
n WELLING Hmiic. with seven rooms Plastced through
out. with good Riicbcii, Sniose House and Slnhle • lislf
nerv lot, house been built ais-ut flve years, nearthe re.i- eucc
of l*r b'rubecker. Terms liberal. Apply to
oct 1 3iu JAMKs bEYMOUR.
SOMETHING ELEGANT!!!
M's have tor sale n splendid Sandal Wood
CHESS BOARD
of Chinese work, inlaid v ith
EBONY, SILVER AND IVORY,
nvery beautiful aud finely wrought article,
WORTH $125 00.
CALL AMD BEK IT.
V. W. SKIFF A no..
54 Opposite Lanier House.
KRIS KRIKGLE’S COMING!
C. 11. FIIMI W l oo,j
Are now rtceivin* anl opening a pplemlid assort
ilwul of Uooilb uiubie for the
HOLIDAYS,
Consisting of every description of
Toys, Fancy Boxes, &c.
Besides a luge stock of
Candleii,
lii'ocerlen,
Family Stores,
Sweat-Meals.
Confections,
I'icit les,
Feifeliibles,
Fruits,
A III b, |
_ &.C.&C.
The young people as well as tl.c “Old Fotts at Iloiue.-
wh wish u. provide for FHKI-T'tAri nn i NEW YEAR'* j
revtivitlee, will ple.se give us a c dl, s wears sure we ran I
pleusetlu most fastidious tastes or the most peculiar appetites.
17 C IF K. 4 to. I
Fine Fresh Candies,
FROM “MILLARDS/ 1
NEW YORK.
1 #>0() OK NK rKENCH CAXnIKS CONSISTING
Apricot Site ’4. W||ikov. Brandy, Wine Drons. Pine Apple
CrPearled M tr'.le*. No. 1 Mixed CandvSugar
Almonds, Jelly. Gum Dro; *. Hurnt Anuoi da,
Plain Gum 1n.,;.*, Jim Cro w Chocolate, lee
Cream. Drop*. Fancy Candv Toy a, and
every vaii ty known.
Onr Mock cannot be excelled. We inv’te purch'.arr* to
lba> and exa r iue. uUKI.K A FREEMAN.
caFelegiaph cojiy. dec 17
Ten Dollars Reward.
TEN Dollars will he paid any one who will entrh and
de’iver Mr*. K. Sullivan's negro Woman, LI’CY. to the
ai or of liibh County. Macon. Nov.ni—tf
Select Boys’ School.
Ml’. K. W. I’AK.SONS will re-open Ilia Seliool af
ter the Christmas Holidays, on Tuesday. Janu
ary 3d. faa. SehiHil huildiug in the rear of Mrs.
Jon. E. ltond’s residence,
dee 21
STEREOSCOPES.
k LA RUE am] ftMorttuHit of StcrtoncopeM, with
a Vunber of views of ail kinds, for M%Je,ainrfiy or by
the dozrn. at J. M. Ho A HUM A Sti.
•R-c. I*—tf WasbintftoTi Block
31 4LO\ 4 WBSTBSX R. ROAR.
ON and alter n July, trains will t> run aa
fallows:
Leave Macon at IS night. Arrive at Atlanta 7,15, A. M.
Leave Macon at 10 A. M.. Arrive at Atlanta 4.00. P. M.
Leave Atlanta at If night. Arrive at Macon 7.1.1 A. M.
Leave Atlanta at 11 A. M., Arrive at Macon 8.10 P.M.
The 10 a. m. train from Macon conmci* with the Western
A Atlantic Road at 8 40. p. m.; connects with in. Georgia
Rood 1* atnigbt.and AtlantnA West point Road at 12 8 a. m.
The nigbUraiu will not l*e run on Sundays.
The completion of the Virginia and Tenneiwee Kail Road
OiaXea this the moat pleasant and direct route to the
VIRGINIA SPRINGS,
Throneh ticket* to which may be tool at Atlanta, for 5 S6
Ineludiug Wage tare, *7 UO, and to New York for Ffi 00.
Further information n.ay be had tn relation to till* Route,
Oh application to the General Ticket Office, Atlanta.
July 13—If. ALFRED L. TYLER. Supt.
DESIGNS FOR MONUMENTS
-BY
lFtotit,. E. X-iSLUiii-tz,
NEW YORK. I. J. JOHbTON, A CO., Agent,
tune 18—ts Macen, Ga.
“NEW HOOKS
AT RICHARDS’,
Colton 4venue.
“Idyla nfihe King.” hy Alfred Tennyson.
Life of Gen. Garin,Mi, written hy ti imself.
Memoir* of VUocq, written by himself.
Art'.f Ex’wnpote Speaking.
“Temper by Mia* Marryatt.
“Itoriler War.” hy author of “Wild Western Scenes.”
“Romance of a Poor Young Man.”
l |HothSide*,"orGraves va Howell.
“arper tor Pepteodier. sept S
Just Received,
BOIIKMIAN FANCY COLORED AND CUT
GLASSWARE,
Os our owm lir. portal ion ; Much cf It Uxuitable for Engrav
ing for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Engraving on Glaas
Os every <Se*c:iption, d< ne to order In our Store. Cull
j*t ua.
. BOLSHAW & HERZOG.
nov 2
FEKTI LiZ l KST
GENERAL AGENCY.
THE undendgned respectfully announce to rianter* and
ahersiniereiMed, U.atthey are ennatautly receiving, di
rect from the I.laml* and from the meuufact'urer*, the fol
lowing mod .i;,pr">■,(/ Fertilizer* now Fwl';a, all ot which
have been thoroughly and aatiafactorily teat oil, viz:
No. 1 Peruvian Ouano,
Sombrero Guano,
Rhode’s Super. Phosphate of Lime,
National Fertilizers,
Ground Plaster.
Theae article*, which will have our brand, and be guaran
eed a*genuine, we ahall. at all liine-, be prepared to furnish
a any amounts required, and at the lowest prices. Tbe~Hu*
°*r Phosphate.'and ‘Fertilizer,’ at mauuracturer*’ rates, with
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TO VICTOR II I CiO.
Sir , —Your letter to the London Star
has found its way into the American
Press, for which it was doubtless intend
ed. If ardent enthusiasm could win jus
tice from her strict course, yours might
have had some effect upon the destiny of
John Brown. But all the eloquence
of genius cannot take the blackness from
treason, or the crimson stain from mur
der. It requires something more than
an outburst of fine poetry to turn crime
into patriotism—something more than
impetuous denunciations to check the
solemn footsteps of justice.
Before this time you Mill have learn
ed that Virginia has vindicated the maj
esty of her laws; and that John Brown ;
and his unhappy confederates have pass- i
ed to a higher tribunal for judgment.— j
You will learn, al>o, that out of nearly
thirty millions of people, spreading over
a great continent, there is but a handful
of men and women who have received
the news of this execution with disap
proval. North and South, the great
body of our people acquiesce in the fate
of John Brown, as an ineveritable neces
sity-u solemn obligation to the laws.—
Like you, we may feel compassion, for
the man who wasbrave even in hiscrimes;
but he was a great criminal and so per
ished. God have mercy on his soul!
The impulses of humanity which
prompted your letter meet with sympa
thy from every true heart. But no out
burst of compassion, no denunciation
from abroad, is likely to influence a
people who have learned to govern their
passions while they protect their rights, j
When, in the ardor of your fancy, |
Washington stood before you—immortal (
with heavenly greatness —your intellect j
should have gone a step farther, and in
formed itself more coircctly regarding
the Consitution, to establish which ho |
gave the best years of a glorious life.—
You would have learned that each State
of this Union is sovereign in itself—in |
its laws and in its power to punish
crimes committed on its soil.
To establish the distinct sovereignty
of these States and link them in otie beau
tiful confederation, concessions were
made and obligations of forbearance were j
entered upon to which the sacred honor
of our Revolutionary Fathers were
pledged—not for them-elves alone, but
for their children and children’s children, i
These obligations make slavery with us ‘
a forbidden subject.
Washington himself was born in a
slaveholding State—lived and died the
master of slaves. Neither on the battle 1
field, the floor of Congress, nor in the
Presidential chair, did he suggist the
possibility of revolt against the solemn
compact made in the Constitution.
Ilad treason, like that of Old John
Brown, broken out in bis time, he wou ! d
undoubtedly have done what James
Buchanan is doing now. Maintaining
his august position as the chief of a great
confederation, our President respects the
rights of a sovereign State over w hose
internal laws he has no authority, and
leaves to her Courts the punishment or
pa-don of the treason which broke out
on her territory.
Washington could have donn morn
than this, crown him with the halo of
poetry as you will.
Virginia, a sovereign State, has main
tained her authority. John Brown is
dead. Proven guilty of treason—con
demned for atrocious murders—he has
atoned for those crimes on the scaffold.
It is impossible for a man to stand upon
the verge of eternity, into which he roust
he launched by a violent death, without
filling every good heart with grief and
compassion. But when he is brav > —
when his path of blood has been lighted
by the lurid torch of fanaticism or insan
ity —such minds as yours, afHuant, earns
est, and poetical, may be expected to
clothe his crimes in white garments, and
forgetting the murderer in the brave
man, sing ptcans to the martyr of a viv
id imagination only.
I am of a sex and of a nature to
whom these feelings are kindred. I can- !
not think of old John Brown upon the
scaffold without a shudder through all ’
mv being. I cannot think of a man
made in the image, of the (Jod, suffering
an ignoininous death without thrills of
pain. But 1 find it impossible to fix my ,
mind on the scaffold of this old man. It
goes back to his victims at T{arper’s
Ferry—to the women made widows by
the outbreak of a single morning—to the
orphans, who had never wronged him,
so cruelly bereaved by his crime. I see
the two sons who st> blindly followed
lead fall martyrs to his rebellious spirit.
1 look beyond all this, far away into
the beautiful South, and instead of an
old man on the gallows, I see thousands
of my own countrymen, gentle, good
and lovely, given up a prey to wild in
surrection —I see those murderous pikes,
1 manufactured with such cruel forethought
piercing their boson.*'—l hear the cries
i of children calling for the mothers who
: will never answer them again—i see
proud, strong men struggling against the
brute stremr h of their own household
servants. This picture strikes my com
passion dumb, and I can only cover my
face and pray God to have mercy on the
old man’s soul!
John Brown was tried, condemned,
and executed as a traitor—a guard of
American citizens stood around the
scaffold, sad at heart, but steady” in their
devotion to the laws. The Legislature
of a great Commonwealth sat, deliberate
ly, after his sentence, and pronounced it
just. The Federal Union, in which thir
ty millions of souls throb, stood by in
solemn silence while the treason of this
man was expiated.
Out of all these thirty millions of in
telligent, educated men, who make their
own laws and abide by them, not one
hundred thousand can be found to join
with you in condemning the execution of
John Brown, while every good heart a
mong them must sympathize in the pity
for his fate, which mingles so eloquently
with your denunciations.
Some there may he, —ray, certainly
are, —who would add bitterness to your
words, and wing thorn, like poisoned ar
rows, far and wide, if they had the pow
er. But these are the vary men and wo
men who instigated his crime, who urg
ed him on to revolt, ana shrunk away
into safe place* when the gloom of his
deeds settled around him—men ami wo
men who. make money by incendiary
books, sermons and lectures, and while
they incite crimes which coin gold for
themselves, have no courage to meet the
danger when it arist s. But thousands
and tens of thousands sh ire your pity
for the old man—guilty and mad as he
j was—while they put your denunciations
’ aside with calm forbearance, feeling how
I little knowledge you possess on a sub
ject which agitates you so deeply.
But if the great mass of my country
men join in your pity for the unhappy
man, it is rot because they condemn Ids
execution or sympathise with his revolt.
Probabiv twenty-nine millions and nine
hundred thousands of our people look
upon this execution as a fail and solemn
atonement for crimes in which they have
no sympathy. Our country is now di
; vitled into three political parties, none
j of which will endorse this rebellion or
’ condemn the course justice has taken.—
When you call upon the Federal Union
| to interpose its authority against the
laws of Virginia, there is not a school
boy throughout the land—for to all such
our Constitution is a text book— who
would not smile at your idea that the
General Government has any right to
inteifere with the legal acts of an inde
pendent Commonwealth, or that the ma
jority of a single State would so inter
fere, if it had the power.
Your picture of John Brown’s trial is
a painful one. It must be a hard heart
w hich does not swell with compassion as
it presents itself. “Upon a wretched
pallet, with six half gaping wounds—
scarcely conscious of surrounding sounds
—bathing his mattress with blood, end
with the ghostly presence of his two
dead sons forever before him.” Thus
you place the unhappy man before the
world, forgetting that those ghastly
wounds are but the evidence of a more
ghastly crime— the fearful witnesses
by which his guilt was confirmed.
It is. indeed, a terrible picture you
have drawn; but the streets of Harper’s
Ferry had one more terrible still. There
innocent men, all unconscious of danger,
were shot down like wild animals.— i
There widows, newly bereaved, knelt
moaning over their dead, and orphan
children cried aloud for (he r parents,
that John Brown had so ruthlessly mur
dered. This picture you have forgot
ten to p'ace side by side with the other;
but. we who love ynr countrymen have
sympathy for the innocent as well as pity
lor the guilty.
You complain that his trial was hur
ried, that, ihe jury sat only forty min
utes, and that all proceedings were in
decorously urged forward ; but were
they so swift as the i ilit; balls that shot
down unarmed men in the streets at
Harper’s Furry 1 Were thdy so ruth
less as John Brown’s midnight descent
upon a sleeping village in Kansas, w here
husbands and sons were drained out of
thpir beds, and shot down within hear
ing of their wives and mothers ? Is this
the man whom yon speak of as “pious,
austere, animated with the old puritan
spirit, inspired by the spirit of the Gos
pel;” while you cdl his companions,
“sacred martyrs?”
This, sir, is the blasphemy of a highly
wrought imagination — excuse me f>r
saving—not original with you; for wil
der and moretrreligious men than 1 trust
you are, have gone to greater lengths,
and blasphemed more eloquently than
this. They have pronounced John
Brown’s gallows holier than the cross,
and held up his rebellion as a rebuke to
the unfinished mission of our Lord the
Saviour.
“At this moment,” you say, “Ameri
ca attracts the attention of the whole
world.”
Not at this moment only, but ever
since the became a free nation this has
been a truth. To all the Kingly Gov
ernments of Europe she lias always been
a contrast and an irritation—a subject
for criticism and whenever an opportu
nity for blame arose, of denunciation.—
It is not strange then that a rebellion in
part lostered in Europe should call forth
bitter remarks there.
“Let the .1 udges of Charlestown and
the slaveholding Jurors, and the whole
populati m of Virginia ponder on it well
—they are w atched—they are not alone
in the world.”
They have pondered on it well, and
I the execution of John Brown has taken
I place. If the w hole American Republic
were responsible for Ins death, as you
j say it is—it would simply be responsible
for a most painful duty solemnly per
formed; and received wnh mournful re
signation even by the most merciful, be’
cause of its imperative necessity. Jus
tice demanded the life of this man for
he had taken human life—necessity de
manded it, for he was the spirit and soul
of a treason that threatened the foun
dations of our nationality—that would
forever have been plotting mora blood
j shed so long as he lived on earth.
You call the execution of Brown “a
j brotherhood of blood”— vou say that
“the faces of our splendid Republic will
be bound together by the running noose
that hangs from his gibbet.”
If this is true —if any brotherhoo o
blood is connected with this painful event
it rests neither with the “whole” Amer
ican Republic nor with the State of Vir-
I ginia ; but its red track may be found
across the foam of the A'antic, linking
Exeter Hall with the sensation pulpits
on this side the ocean. The weight of
John Bown’s blood lies with England
and the confederate* of England, who
have by their teachings, their money
| and crafty sympathy, led the old man on
j to death. What bur, this “band ofblood’’
did the people of Ragland expect when
j they gathered penny contributions
; throughout the length and breadth of
I their land, in order to urge this ii.cendi
! ary spirit forward in America ? Penny
contributions —as if Liberty were a Ty
rant or a Pauper, to be intimidated or
1 bribed by their infamous copper.
What was the contribution intended
i for l An insult, or a fund for incendiary
u*cs ? It sent to the I nited States for
the purpose of inciting insurrection, or
in any way opposing our laws, then that
| money lias been the price of John
Brown’s blood, and was the first strand#
, of the halter that hung from his galiows.
What did the people of Scotland ex
| pectwhen they rent the American flag
in twain, and hung it, tattered and quiv
ering beneath the indignity, over the
head of an American woman, who smi-i
ed benignly under the insult and received
aims after it was offered'? Out of such acta
and such insuits, the halter of John
Brown was woven; to such insidious
encouragement the old man owes his
death.
W as there an English man or woman
i living, who supposed that a great nation
would allow the treason thus Jinstiga
, ted on a foreign soil, to ripen in her bo
som, and fail to punish it with all the
force of her jut laws ?
It is the people of England, then, with
a very small party in the United States,
who are united by this “bond of blood.”
It reddens the vestments of our sensation
ministers, not the ermine of our judges.
The sacramental tables of our political
churches are encrimsoned with it, and
the places once sacred arc overshadowed
by the old man’s crime. In these places
when you call John Brown “the cham
pion of Christ,” it may be considered
meek and holy language; but the great
mass of our American people will turn
from such impiety with a shudder.
“Your letter closes with an appeal to
our Republic, calling it the sister of the
French Republic. Jlowlittle you know
of the great land you compliment and
revile in the same breath. Liberty with
ns subjects herself to the laws which she
has inspired, and he who revolts against
those laws sms against her and the whole
people whom she protects. She sprang
another Minerva from the minds of pa
triot statesmen, modestly clad, serene
and biauliiu), she presides over our
Republic, and has so far protected it
from anarchy or oppression.
It ts that our Republic may have no
sisterhood with those of France that
such insurrections as you denominate
“a sacred duty” arc met with the whole
force of our laws. Were they permit
ted to obtain a foothold in the land, our
Republic might indeed become sister to
those of France, aud peri*h as they did.
Had the insurrection at Harper’s Fer
ry succeeded, the Scenes of anarchy
which left France lying like an unnatur
al monster satiated with the blood of her
own children, might have been repeated
here. But we are not vet prepared to
see innocent babes shot down m battal
lions, or fair girls compelled to drink
blood frothing from a yet warm human
heart, in order to redeem their fathers
from the hatchet. We are not prepared
to see our pastors slaughtered at the foot
of their own altars, or hear coarse songs
thundering through the solemn arches of
our temples. It is to save our country
from consanguinity with Republics
founded on attrocities like these, that
our laws crush rebellion when it first
crests itself.
Rest, Sir, upon your knees before ihe
star spangled banner. While our pul
pits are turned into political forums, and
their Ministers preach ranine and blood
shed, the foot of the flagstaff, is per
haps, the most sacred place for devotion
that we have to offer you. There, cer
tainly, a pure spirit should inspire your
prayers. V es, kneel reverently, and
plead that the great country protected
by its folds may fling off the poison so :
insidiously circulated in her bosom by ;
foreign nations. The spirits of our im
mortal statesmen will be around you
when that prayer is uttered ; ard, if you
are ft true patriot, one heavenly voice
w ill whisper, in tones that must be charg
ed if they do not penetrate to the depths
of your soul—‘l know no North, no
South, no East, no West; nothing but
my country!’’
Kneel, kneel, I beseech you, sir, and
let this patriotic sentiment be the burden
of \otir pravvr. Millions of souls on
this side of the Atlantic will swell the
breath, as it passes your lip*, into a
cloud of sacred incense, which the spirit
of Washington, and the mighty ones w ho
have joined him, shall waft to the feet of
Jeitovaii and grow holier from the work.
ANN S. STEPHENS.
New York, Dec. 27, 1839.
Rainy or Vo Rain.
The little parish of Yellowdstlc
fanners had long been without a
minister. One day, Rev. Mr. Surely
visited the village, and was asked to
stav over Sunday and preach to
them. The people were pleased
with his sermons, and some were
anxious to have him stop. A meet
ing was called to know the mind of
the parish. “I don’t see any use in
having a minister,” said Sharp, a
rich old farmer; “a parson can’t
learn me anything ;if wove any
money to spare, we better lay it out
in something that will bring a fairer
return.” The Sabbath loving part
of tliv people argued strongly against
him. “Well,” answered Sharp, not
choosing to show himself convinced,
“I’ve heard tell of ministers that
could pray for rain, and bring it; if
we could hit one of that sort, I’d go
in for hiring him.”
Mr. Sharp was a man of conse
quence, and the younger and less
knowing of his neighbors were quite
taken with the idea. “That would
dc a minister worth having,” tlu-v
thought. And after much talk, it
was agreed to hire Mr. Surely up
on this condition —that ho would
give them rain, or fair weather,
when they wanted it; for their farms
often suffered both from seven
droughts and heavy .rains Mr.
Surely was immediately waited up
on bya committee of the parish, w ho
soon came back, bringing the minis
ter with them. “1 will accept your
terms upon one condition,” said he,
“that you must agree upon what
sort of weather you win .” ‘This
appeared reasonable, and matters
were arranged for a year’s stay
at Y^llowdale.
Weeks passed on, bringing mid
summer heats. For three weeks it
had not rained, and the young corn
was beginning to curl with drought.
Now for the promise. “Come,” said
Sharp, with one or two others whose
hilly’ farms were suffering, “ we net l
rain, you remember your promise.”
“Certainly,” answered the minister,
“call a meeting.” A meeting was
called.” “Now, my’ friends, said
the pastor, “what is it you want ?”
“Rain, rain,” shouted half a dozen
voices.
“Very well; when will you have
it ”
“This very night, all night long,”
said Sharp, to which several assen
ted.
“No, no ; not to-night,” cried Mr.
Smith, “I've six or seven tons well
made hay out ; I would not have it
wet for anything.
“So, have I,” added Mr. Peck, “no
rain to-night ”
“Will you take it to-morrow ?”
asked the minister. But it would
take all to-morrow to get it in. So
objection came up for two or three
days. “In four days then ?” said
Mr. Surely.
“Yes,” cried Sharp, “all the hay
will be in, and no more be cut
till”—
“Stop, stop ! ’ eried Mrs. Sharp,
polling her husband smartly by
the sleeve, “that day we have set to
go to Snow-hill, it musn't rain
then.”
In short, the meeting resulted in
just no conclusion at all, for it was
found rptitc impossible to agree.
“Until you make up your minds,”
said the pastor on leaving, “we mu. i
all trust in the Lord.”
Both Mr. Smith and Mr. Peek got
their hay in, but on the day the
Sharps were to goto snow hill, it l>e
, gan to rain in good earnest. Sharp
[ lost bis visit, but his crops gained.
And so it happened once or twice
again. Tiie year rolled by, and tin
people could never all agree upon
what kind of weather they wanted.
Mr. Surely, of course, had no oeca
sion to fulfil his part of the eon tram,
and the result was that they began
to open their eyes to the fact that
this world would he a strange pin ■
if its inhabitants should'gOvern it.—3
•o
They saw that nature’s laws could
be safely trusted in “hands of na
ture's God.
At the close of the year the minis
ter spoke of leaving. This the peo
ple would not listen to. ‘But L can
not stay under the old contract, ’
i said he.
“No do I want you to,” said Sharp
j much humbled ; “only stay and
i teach us and our children how to
know God and obey his laws.”
“And all things above our proper
sphere,” added the pastor, “we will
leave with God, or ‘He doeth all
things well.’ ”
The Rig Trees or California.
A correspondent of the San Francisco,
Cal., Pucijic , of Nov. 3, gives the follow
ing interresting account of some of the
forest giants found in California:
The big tree grove contains about a
hundred of these monsters, which have
arrived at a good degree of maturity,
besides a great number of others of the
s.ime species, of all sizes, from the sintll
est sapling upward. There are also
other kinds of trees interspersed among
them. The whole area occupied by the
grove is about fifty acres. The land is
; claimed by the owners of the* hole 1 , and
great care is now taken to preserve the
, trees from the ravages of fire, which
heretofore has damaged rmny of them,
and from the attacks of human vandals,
who, if permitted to do so, would soon
1 destroy the most important of them by
ettiling them, aud carrying oil speed’
mens of bark and wood.
Sallying out from the hotel to see the
wonders of the place, the visitor natu
rally first examines the enormous stumps
of the trees near the house, which was
cut down by sacrilegious hands a few
years since. This was the one first seen
by Down, the hunter, the original dis
coverer of the grove. The slump is
now inclosed within canvas walls, the
top having been smoothed off like a
floor, for dancing purposes, and is sur
rounded by a row of seats. Here the
Alleghanians once gave a concert to
fifty persons, all of whom, with the per
formers. occupied the stump at the same
time. Go one fourth of July, thirty
two persons (four sets) danced a cotillon
upon it at once, without inconvenience.
1 stepped off the distance across it and
found it to be ten good paces, although
the top is about six feet above the
ground and the bark has been taken off.
The stump is sound to the core.
It required no little ingenuity, as well
as persevering Jabor, to fell this enor
mous denizen of the forest. It could
not be accomplished with axes. llow
then, think you, it was done ? By bor
ing a series of holes completely mound
it, from circumference to center, with
augers of upwards of fifteen feet in
length, made for the purpose. But when
the trunk had thus been severed, so
NUMBER 40-
plumb was the tree that it would not
fall. Alter trying in vnui various exped
ients to tepph it over/at length a large
tree of another species ••nandiug near
was felled against it. but stdl it stood.
A second resort of this kind finally sue
j cetded, and the noble monarch of the
! woods yielded, and bowing his head, fell
I prostrate, with a crash that reverberat
j td iike a thousand thunders among the*
mountains, and shook the solid ground
like an earthquake—the huge trunk
breaking in several places like a pipe
! stem. Five men were engaged for
j twenty-five davs in this infamous work.
If their names oouid be ascertained, they
] ought to be inscribed on a pillar near,
j enclosed in a black border, and thus be
I held up to the execrations of ali the
; visitors to this spot.
A portion of the trunk still remains
near the stump, and the top of it, as it
lies horizontally, reaches abov e the eaves
of the house. It is ascended by a flight
of steps, twenty-six in number, and
nearly perpendicular. A man looks
like a pigmy standing beside it. At a
little distance, a double bowling-alley
has been constructed on another portion
of the trunk, which has been cut down
flat for the purpose.
Leaving the immediate neighborhood
of the hotel, the visitor is conducted
next through the adjoining grove, by a
path that has been so constructed as to
take him near to all the remarkable
members of the group. This is the
“ grand tour. ” The trees have all re
ceived more or less fanciful names, which
are posted upon them, either inscribed
on tin plates or marble tablets. Their
height and circumference is also given.
I have not space for a particular descrip
tion of each tree, and will therefore se
lect a few as specimens.
“ The Miner’s Cabin” is 300 feet high
and eighty feet in qircumferandt, taper
ing very gradually, It has an opening
in the trunk 40 feet high and 17 feet
wide. “ The Three Graces” are beauti
ful specimens, ail growing from the same
root, very straight and peifect, nearly
300 feet high, and having no limb with
in 200 feet of ground. “The Old Bache
lor” is a forlorn object, 00 feet in circum
ference, and about 300 feet in height,
with a very rough bark and a forbidding
appearance. “The Hermit” stands alone
320 feet high, remarkably straight and
sy metrical, and 75 feet in circumfeieuce.
“Hercules” is a most striking object, it
is 350 feet iu bight and I ‘>7 in circum
ference, or more than 32 lcet through 1
It is the largest, perfect standing Lee in
the grove. It has been carefully esti
mated that it would make 723,000 feet
of lumber, or enough to load a large ship!
L leans so that the topis about 40 met
out of tlie perpendicular, and hence it
should have been called “The Leaning
Tower.” What an enormous weighs
must be supported by the butt, as the
tree stands. It seems to b perfectly
sound and vigorous.
Besides the.se, there are “ The Hus
band and Wife,” standing near together,
and affectionately inch mug towards each
other ; “1 he Old Maid,” still and j rim,
with a cap-like mass of foliage near the
top; “Gen. Scott,” “Gen. Jackson,”
‘The Empire State,” “Vermont,” etc.,
aie all very remarkable. “The Family
Group” consists of the farther, mother
aud twenty-four children. ‘The father
was blown many years ago. The fallen
trunk is 110 feet in circumference, and
the whole tree must have been 450 feet
high. There are 300 feet of the length
remaining, and at the point where the
body was broken it is 40 feet in circum
ference. It is hollow, and might furnish
room apparently to quarter a regiment-
Visitors made their egress through a
hole in the side (except ladies with
hoops) and us they emerge they furnish
a ludicrous illustration of the way peo
ple sometimes “creep out of a knot hole,”
or recede from a false position. Half
the prostrate trunk is embedded in the
earth, and’ there is a never failing pool
of water standing in atone point, ted by
a living spring. The mother in this
group is a stateiy dame, 91 feet in cir
cuinference and 327 feet in height. The
children are all of age, beyond question,
and large enough to speak for themselves .
The most melancholy object in tl e
grOve is the fallen trunk of a huge tree
still standing, from which the bark was
stripped a few years ago by some unlucky
speculators to be carried to the Atlantic
States and Europe for exhibition, but it
was a losing venture, a nobody would
believe it to be from a single tree. The
whole was pronounced a humbug, or
Yankee trick, and a large portion of the
expense incurred was a dead loss.
N > one can pity the unlucky speculator*,
v. ho ought to have been hungup on
the highest limb of the tree thus barbar
ously mutilated. Stagings were erect
ed around the trunk, and ihe bark was
removed in sections, to the height of
11G feet. The tree is 325 feet h ; gh and
78 in circumference. 1 walked around
it nt. the roots, as near a* I could get to
the trunk, and found the distance 50
paces ! The bark was in places nearly
two feet thick !
1 will only speak of ouc more, “The
Horseback liide.” This is the fallen
tiunk of an ojd tree, which is hollow,
but with a perfectly sound shell.—
Through i his 1 rode on horseback, a dis
i tance of 75 feet, without difficulty, and
saw others do the same. The horse was
or ordinary height, belonging to a visitor.
This gives, perhaps, the most impressive
| idea of the vast, sjze of these enormous
j natural wonders.
Western & Atlantic Railroad *
The State Road has paid, out of ihe earn
ings ui Dectpihe.", 820,000 of the bonds of
the Road issued by Guv. Johnson aril Supt.
Cooper, in 13.34, and about $3,000 of in
terest on the debt, all of which fell due at
Atlanta. Ist inst. The Treasurer of the
Road has also paid ipto ihe State Treasury
for the same month $20,000. This is $43,-
000 paid by the ltoad to tbo old debt ot the
Road and the Treasury Dr lh month of
December.