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CITATIONS for Letters of Administration,
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!umi Aeiniuistration, monthly six moeths; for
Di- Mission from Guardianship, forty day',
it ides for i lie foreclosure of Mortgage must be
published monthly for four months, for estab
lishing lost papers, tor the lull space of three',
m. xtjis; (hr compelling titles from Executors or
Admuiist-ators, w here a bond has been given by
he ,'i-er.- and, the full spare of three months.
Isistallaticss.
We announced in our last the election
of a new.’ Mayor and Doard of Aldermen
of the city of Griffin. The ceremony of
installation of the officers elect took place
at the Court-house in Griffin, on Tuesday
evening the 12th inst. the day after the
election, which was both interesting and
imposing. The retiring Mayor, Major
Henry ?loor, and the Mayor elect, Col.
\M. 11. Phillips, havmg occupied seats
on lij 3 stand, they arose simultaneously,
and tha oath of office was administered by
(tie old to the new incumbent, and the
new Aldermen were sworn in by the lat
ter. The retiring Mayor then left the
stand and descended to th® floor, and
made the follow ing address:
The pleasing task of administering the
n.ith of office to your Honor, has closed
inv* connection with the municipal au
thorities of our city. The citizens of
Giiffin are in truth sir, a peculiar people.
o:dv a few years ago, where is located
iu: th'if. city, was naught hut a waving
forest. 13v industry and effort her inhab
itants have ; eared Griffin. With a vir
tuous and intelligent population, her
streets now teem with the fruits of com
merce, her Schools, Collegiate Semina
rv an i Col lege, now offer their advanta
ges, Grand wide, to those who desire
their ben* fit, and best of all in different
parts of the city her Churches are vocal
with praises to the living God. 1 his
; >.s>p; rous people who have accomplish
ed, so much in so short a time, in my
judgement have furnished additional proof
cf their wisdom and prudence by calling
vour Honor Gr the ensuing year to the
Chief .'.I j gist racy of the city. Twelve
months ago, sir, deeply sensibleofa want
f that knowledge and experience calcu
luivd to fit at ’ prepare me for the per
i* rmaece of those duties which then de
v dved upon me, I took the oath which
r . .our Honor 1 have just administered.
‘i hence lid. now that oath has been the
guide < f it;v official foot-steps. At that
time .tii- city hud on hand an available
fund of about S2OO, and was indebted
about £OOO. Those debts have since
been paid. Between seven and eight
hundred dollars have been collected from
ti fas for taxes for several of the previous
- ears, and from unpaid taxes for the year
t -31. It ii believed, sir, that the entire
< ier.ses ot the past year are settled, for
i. there are any out standing claims a
••aiast the city they are unknown to the
members of the out-going council.
This, it .-c-enis to me, sir, is as it ought
to be, for .hose only who have experi
enced them have an adequate knowledge
.f'.he ens arrasstnents attending tha au
uhiug and paying of accounts catitiacted
Pc others and about which we know
nothing But sir, the city is not only
h ie from debt, fcu’ 1 have the pleasure of
,iiu t i.jgtoyour Honor that there is
: . the hands of the excellent officer, the
i<_ -u er, the sum of $6lO 25 cents.—
, vol ne sr-etr however, that but for the
i ... flora old li fas and unpaid tax
toe city would now be iu debt, for
lit;.n that soiree, between seven and
Cght bundled dollars have been reaiizsd,
\ oils t;.e amount on hand is only as bo
i <re stated, the sum of $6lO 25 cents.-
‘i nis is a brief statement ot the ■ financial
condition of the city at tha beginning and
end of the term of office of those over
whom l have had the honor to preside.
As to the wisdom and prosperity of
the disbursements of this year they are
ltlt for an enlightened and libeiul tax
payiir r community to judge.
‘ In conclusion, sir, 1 ask tha indulgence
i.: your honor, while i make a [tailing re
mark to that board of Aldermen, the
Clerk and Marshal, with whom it has
been my pride Bud pleasure to Lc connect
ed by ties of no ordinary character.
Gentlemen arid officers ot the out-go-
j n .r council: Time in her onward march
ha” closed our official connection. Jfor
the respect and k indness you have uni
formly shown me, as youi ptesiuing offi
cer, accept individually my sin-
L-cre thanks. If during our connection
L'iti.cr of you have for a moment suppo
sed my conduct either neglectful or harsh,
please do me the justice to d.spol that
suspicion, 1 r be assured that if my de
poilmeiit has been wrong, it has resuiiou
{rom “an t-rrot of the head, and not from
the heart,” and tor which 1 now most
sincerely apologize. In taking leave of
you, permit me to say, gentlemen, that
“live long or die soon,”.a remembrance
of the hours of mutual confidence, friend
ship and respect I have spent with your
body, will be cheering to my feelings till
I shall descend to my grave. With my
best wishes for the prosperity and happi
ness of you all, 1 now’, gentlemen, hu
you an affectionate official farewell,
To which Col. Phillips made the fol
lowing response:
To your Honor the Mayor, and retiring
Aldermen of the city of GriJfin, and you my
fellow-citizens:
Allow me to say, with a high appreci
ation of the honor conferred on me, with
due reference to the responsibility ot my
position and a grateful sense of my obli
gation to my friends for their partiality
and confidence, I am at a loss to know
how* to express my gratitude.
Being called so soon to the discharge
of my duty after my election, makes it
peculiarly embarrassing, as I would have
been glad to have had some time for pre
paration, as it might bo proper for me to
make some remarks or suggestions, which
1 shall not attempt on this occasion.
In entering, however, upon the dis
charge of my official duties, need 1 refer
you to my official acts in a kindred ca
pacity, as a guarantee of what may be
expected of me, or shall I be permitted
to say that impelled alone (1 trust) by my
honor, rnd the duty I owe to my fellow -
citizens for placing me in this pleasing
and yet responsible position, 1 shall en
deavor to discharge my duty to the best
of my undeistanding, punctually and
energetically 7, in a spirit marked with
firmness, justice and moderation.
To you my associates in office, I would
say, that public attention will now be
turned io us. We aro placed in office
far above that of a mere patty scramble,
and while it w’ould be vanity in us to ex
pect to please all, let us nevertheless en
deavor to do so by loc king well to the
interest of our prosperous little city 7, (to
which his honor the retiring Mayor, has
so handsomely alluded) as well as to the
interest of every class of our community,
from the lowest to the highest. As to
the particular course or policy which
ought to characterize our administration ,
it is not proper for me now to allude. 1
would, however, say, if I can subserve
your interest, and that of yours my fel
low-citizens, so as to have (I trust I shall
merit) your confidence and influence in
the discharge of my duty, it will be the
highest reward which l shall ask at your
hands.
A Strange Story 7 .
The following strange account of the
loss of money, we copy from the Colum
bus Times Sentinel of the 6ih inst.
where it appears as a communication.—
We know’ nothing of Mr. Byrne, nor had
wo heard of his loss until we saw his
communication. Upon enquiry w e found
he had stated to others that he did not
know where he lost his money, whether
at Gtiffin , or on the cars, or after his arri
val at Macon. From the circumstance
which he states, that he had his pocket
book out at the Depot at Griffin, and took
out two dollars from it, we think it high
ly probable that in attempting to return
the balance of the money to the pocket
book he dropped it on the platform.—
Had any pickpocket taken the pocket
book from his pocket in the cars, as he
suggests, the gentleman w’ould hardly
have been so accommodating as to tie it
up again, and return it to his pocket, at
the risque of being detected, when it was
quite as convenient to drop it from one
of the windows and run away from it.—
There is not a better managed road, nor
a more trustworthy set of Conductors on
any road in Georgia, than those on the Ma
con and Western Kail Road. Who ever
heard before of a railroad company being
censured for the loss of a passenger’s mo
ney, while he acknowledges the money
was in his pocket book, and the pocket
book in his possession during the whole
passage? Iho charge is preposterous.—
We sympathize with Mr. Byrne on his
loss, but cannot see how the slightest
blame can be attached to the Kail Road
Company or its Conductor,
As-to the regulations on the road, we
know but little about them, nor can we
see that they have any thing to do with
this matter. Tibs much we do know,
that a passenger can take passage from
any one station on the road tc any other,
and stop and stay as long as he has mo
ney or friends to keep him, and we have
found no more stringent rules on this
road than on any other we have ever
travelled. ill the Times & Sentinel
please uolice the above. Below is Mr.
Byrne’s communication:
From the Times and Sentinel.
Maccnand Western Rail Road.
Beware ol Pick Pockets.
Travellers aro notified to be cautious
on the Macon and Western Railroad,
particularly between Griffin and Macon.
On Tuesday night, 29th ult. at Griffin, I
took a two dollar bill out of my pocket
book and bought a ticket to Macon, and
lied the string around the book as before
and put it in my pocket, and at Macon
found my pocket book extracted of it con
tents (apparently without being disturb
ed) and in the same position 1 left it
when at Griffin. The pocket book con
tained one fifty dollar bill, the bulanco in
twenties, tens and fives, all 1 think, on
the Georgia banks; also two or three
two dollar and two or three one dollar
bills on the Georgia Railroad Bank.
1 attribute this misfortune, first, to the
stringent rules-of the road;'-compelling
pAi-sengers from Atlanta to Macon to go
through without laying over ou the way,
GRIFFIN, (GA.) THjjaSDAY . HOKNINGj APRIL 21, 1853.
even for the next train, no matter tow
urgent one’s business—The fa>~ e though
is three dollars, the fare £<'s, n Jouesboro
to Macon is also thee* dollars, but from
Jonesboro to jg 75 cts, and two
dollars fro’. 7 :, Griffin to Macon, and you
lose S'everpty five cents going from Atlan
ta by stopping at Jonesboro; and you
make twenty five cents of it back by buy
ing a ticket from Jonesboro to Griffin, and
from Griffin to Macon. But 1 lost two
hundred and forty six dollars by the op
eration; secondly, 1 blame the conductor
for his remissness; that night 1 observed
the lamp in the rear burning bright and
brilliantly all the time, at least while 1
was awake, while the lamp in front was
dark and dim, in fact entirely out; this
with our napping was a favorable time,
and the villain made good use of it.
RICHARD BYRNE.
Covington, Ga.
From Roalli’s Monthly Magazine.
MR AND MRS. SKINFLINT;
OR, ONE WEEK OF MARRIED LIFE.
PREFATORY.
Mr. and Mrs. Skinflint had been mar
ried for some years. They had married
for love; that is to say, neither of them
had an eye to the worldly possessions of
the other, which said worldly possessions,
when carefully ascertained, amounted to
just nothing at all. .Os course, where both
were so equally elevated on the ladder of
fortune, it was something beyond a moral
impossibility that either could reproach
the other with lack of the means of future
subsistence.
In course of time, however, the worldly
prospects of Mr. Skinflint became con
siderably improved. He became one of
those whom we are apt to dignify as “ri
sing men.” He took immense credit to
himself in consequence of his altered posi
tion. His temper rapidly soured, and he
began to accustom himself to venting his
ill humor upon his spouse, a lady, who, if
wo are to believe her oft re-iterated as
severation, was “a model of patience.”—
Every night, regularly as the immense
clock on the mantle told the hour of ten,
he divested his outer mau of its cover
ing and deposited his precious corpus be
tween the sheets by the side of his faith
ful companion, whom he proceeded to as
tonish with observations rather calculated
to irritate than to soothe. Os these ob- 1
servatious we deeply regret we arc not in
possession of more, but the seven that we
do rejoice in, we now freely give to the
candid reader, trusting that he (or she)
will learn a lesson therefrom.
NO. I.—SUNDAY NIGIIT.
One of Mr. Skinflint's particular friends
has dined with him. Mr. Skinflint is
dissatisfied with his letter half’s cookery
and conduct.
“Ahem!” coughed Mr. Skinflint, after
lying cogitating for a short time—“ Mrs.
Skinflint, I am positively astonished at
you; I am indeed. I would’nt have believ
ed that you knew so little of the manner
in which you ought to behave before com
pany, if an angel had dropped out of the
clouds and told me. You certainly have
lived long enough in the world to know’
something, I should think, but it seems
that you ouly know enough to make your
self appear awfully ridiculous. I was
mortified beyond measure at table to-day.
You sat there like an Egyptian mummy.
Will you ever know anything, or are you
past all hope? Mr. Green is one of ray
particular friends; he likes me, and I like
him. I wonder what he’ll tell his wife
when he gets -home? Nothing favorable
to you, I’ll go bail. Why don’t you put
ou something fit to see people in? You
can dress up mighty fine when any of your
women friends come to take tea with you,
but when I invite one of my friends, you
are all iu rags and tatters. You looked
as if you had just got out of bed. Not
one of the children’s faces were washed. —
Little Jonny’s face looked as if he had
been rubbing* it against the bottoms of
the pots iu the kitchen. And your hair
was all frizzled and twisted. When did
you comb it last, ma’am? Becanse it
rained so hard that no one could get to
church it’s no reason for neglecting to
dress up. It is an insult to me, iu my
own house, the way you have acted. I’m
actually ashamed to acknowledge that
you are my wife. I don’t believe you
know half the time whether you are stand
ing ou your head or your heels. Y"ou can’t
be no great shakes, ma’am, or you would
try harder to oblige the man you have
sworn to love and protect.”
“I never swore any such tiling 1” iudig
nantly protested Mrs, Skinflint.
“You didn’t swear? Have you any desire
to hear the whole marriage services re
peated? I say you did swear to love me,
though thank goodness, I’m able to pro
tect myself. And how have you kept
your oath? Be so obliging as to tell me
that ma’am. I know you don’t care a
cent what becomes of me; I am satisfied
of that. You would have me put into
jail to-morrow if you had the power. But
there’s no law for that. There’s a place,
though, to confine unruly women in, and
if you don’t keep a sharp eye to windward
you’ll soon discover where it is. It is the
lunatic assylum, ma’am. I havn’t a
doubt that you arc out of your head three
quarters of the time. But I’ll not put up
with it, I tell you again. Mark the words,
Mrs. ISldufliut!
“I was thunderstruck at your behavior
to-day. I know Mr. Green thought he’d
got among Indian savages instead of folks
who pretended to be something. I kept
stamping oa your toes with all my might
to let you understand that you should say
something, but all my stamping and push
ing and coughing and winking didn’t keep
you from being as dull as a brick-bat.—
What do you say?
“You’ve mashed every toe ouboth my
feeo!” said Mrs. Skinflint.
“Well, then, can’t you- take a hint?—
You never helped him to a single thing on
the table. You just told him to help him
self, there was plenty more where that
came from; maybe there is some where
you bought it, but as far as 1 know there
is’nt another mouthful in this house. And
then you set on the i ar of jelly with
out a single spoon, aud when nC *slwd for
a little, instead of running out and getting
a spoon, you emptied luff the jar on his
plate, entirely eoveriug his cabbage and
vinegar, lie swallowed it, but looked all
the time as if he was doing penance in
purgatory. The whole of your desert con
sisted of green apples, and every one of
them bit, and had a big worm in it. I
suppose you eat all the sweet ones before
you got dinner ready. You tried ’em to
see how they tasted. Eh?”
“The children bit ’em.”
“What possessed you to where
the children could get at ’em? I’ll skin
every one to-morrow. I won’t have my
self'made a laughing stock for the whole
city by you, ma’am. If you hat n’t got
any sense, what makes you try to be any
thing? But that’s always the way with
silly people. They think they are ac
quainted with every thing under the sun
—continually cantradicting and disputing,
and any body with half an eye can see
that they scarcely know enough to keep
from tumbling into every ditch. If this is
the way you are going to serve me, I’ll
lock up every door of the house every
morning before I go out, and then when
your friends come to see you, they can get
a ladder and crawl in through the win
dows. I’ll see if I can’t get some knowl
edge into your noddle, ma’am. If I did’nt
know anything else, I’d try and know e
nougli to treat my husband’s friends
handsomely when lie brought ’em to sec
me; I would!
‘‘And Jam sure that no human being
could be satisfied with your cooking. The
ham was’nt half boiled, and the potatoes
was as hard as pine knots. The cabbage
were done to a jelly, and the biscuit were
burnt to chips. Do you wish to be the
death of me? You know very well that
I can’t eat meat unless it is well done, it
dos’nt sit well upon my stomach. Iu all
my travels I never came across j, woman
who cared so little for the lasts of her
husband. You’ve got no more feeling
than a log of wood. I’ve borne with you as
long as I can; you seem to be getting
worse instead of better. I’ve told you
again and again, Mrs. Skinflint, that I’m
not pleased with your ways, but T might
just as well talk to the side of the house.
What’s that you arc mumbling there?”
“You’re a brute for scolding so!”
“You bring it all on yourself ma’am
If you will not do anything to please me,
you must expect to take the consequences.
Because I remonstrate with you in the
mildest manner imaginable, I’m a brute,
am I? I’ve suffered more than any mor
tal living. But I seldom say anything; I
bear it all. You know that continual
dropping will wear away the rock of Gi
braltar at last. You’ve tried to poison me
this day by giving me things to cat that
you knew did not agree with me. Yes,
you have, and don’t disgrace yourself by
attempting to deny it!”
This charge Mrs. Skinflint could’nt
stand—she was compelled to speak.—
“What did you eat anything for then?”
she enquired.
“Because, ma’am, I did’nt want to sit
at the head of my own table when com
pany vsa* present, without tm,ring tiie
food. Who do you cook for every day, if
it is not for me, I should like to know? I
know all about it, ma’am; you don’t care
how quick I am out of the way—that you
don’t! You would be glad if I would go
and throw myself into the river to-mor
row morning. But I shan’t be such a fool
as to gratify you by doing that. I shall
hold out some time longer, if it’s only out
cf spite. Yes, I will, ma’am. * 1
“Now the next time I invite a friend to
take dinner with me, do you see that
your conduct is more like that of a lady.
If you don’t, it will be worse for you.—
You are amazingly wise in your own opin
ion, but there are other people in the land
of the living, who know a tiling or two.
I’ll not come home at all, if you go on in
this way much longer—l’ll eat at the tav
ern; blessed if I don’t! Then Mrs. Skin
flint, you may get along the best way you
can. I’ll not uphold you iu your folly.”
“You’re a fool yourself!” said Mrs.
Skinflint.
“What!” roared the gentleman. “If
you don’t look out, ma’am, I’ll take the
law of you! You have used opprobrious
words. I’ll see if I am to be continually
abused, because I dare to tell you of your
faults! I’ll not knuckle to you, -ma’am!
Y r ou are the worst kind of a fool yourself
if von think so. Fool, hey?”
Mrs. Skinflint here laughed in his face,
which so astonished him that he held his
peace for the whole night.
Amusement in the Federal City.
SPIRIT RAPPINGS.
Major Perry ic rites to the Southern Patriot:
“Last night I went in company with
General Thompson and Mr. Colcock, to
Gov. Talmadge’s room, to see and hear
the wonders of spiritual rappings, writing
mediums and speaking mediums. Mr.
Atchison, President of the Senate, Mr.
Jennifer, former Minister to Austria, and
Gov. Hamilton, were there also for the
same purpose. Gov. Talmadge has been
a Senator from New York, and Governor
of Wisconsin. He is a gentleman of high
character, great acquirements and talents,
lie was iutimatc with Mr. Calhoun while
in the Senate. He is a good looking gen
tleman, with a large head, full sace z stout
person; and about the ordinary height.—
lie was distinguished for good practical
hard sense and great labor and investiga
tion. So much for tho Governor’s charac
ter. Now for his narrative aud experi
ence in these occult sciences and spirit
rappings. I will give it as he gave it to
me and the other gentlemen above named.
Remember who they were listening to
these astounding revelations. The Presi
dent of the United States Senate, an Ex-
Governor of South Caroliua, an Ex-Min
ister of Austria, an Ex-Minister to Mexi
co, a member of Congress and my humble
self. The narrator was no old woman, or
juggler, or mountebank, but a Governor
and Senator.
Gov. Talmadge said he had heard of
these spiritual rappers, and laughed at
them, as every body else did for a great
while. One day he saw it stated in thf
New York Herald, that Judge Edmondson
was a believer, aud assisting in experi
ments, This startled him. He knew
Judge Edmondson to be one of the purest,
best and most able nton he had ever been
associlP-ed with. If such a man could be
imposed on, he desired t® see tfic impos-
tor. Consequently he went to Mrs. Fish’s j
i:t New York. There was four or live j
persons in the room. Ho knew none of
them, and none of thorn knew him.—
Whilst seated at the table, a spirit rap
ped and said. “My old friend, I wish to
communicate with you— J. am Joint C.
Calhoun!” The company said, “Is there
any one amongst us who knew Mr. Cal
houn?” Gov. Taiumge l'cplivfd 7 he did.—
The spirit was then asked if the message
was to him, and the response was, “Yes.”
Gov. Talmadge then asked Mr. Calhoun
if he still believed in nullification and seces
sion. He said, “Yes.” (Here Gov.
Hamilton remarked to us in an under tone,
“I am glad Calhoun sticks to Ids princi
ples in the world of spirits.”) “But,” said
Mr. Calhouu, “my notions of public policy
have undergone some change.” From this
Gov. Talmadge became a constant visitor
to Mrs. Fish, and has a volume of manu
scripts which he read to us, containing
communications of the most extraordinary
character from Calhoun, Webster and oth
ers. These manuscripts the Governor in
tends publishing.
Next, the Governor informed us of his
going to a speaking medium—a woman—
ignorant and uneducated, who possessed
the power of withdrawing her own spirit
from her body, and permitting her clay
tenement to i- occupied by Calhoun, Web
ster, Gov. Talmadge’s mother, uncle, and
others. The first communication he re
ceived from this source, was from his moth
er. She spoke fifteen or twenty minutes,
and her communication was taken down
iu short hand by Judge Edmondson, and
this also was read to us. Iu the same
way, and through the same medium of this
old woman, Mr. Calhoun addressed Gov.
Talmadge, and Judge Edmondson took
down his speech, which was also read to
us. Mr. Calhoun commenced by saying,
“This is a novel position for me to occupy,”*!
(the body of an old woman,) and 1 thought
so, too. Whilst speaking, this lady had!
all the manner and gesture of Air. Cal
with his philosophical
thought. My impression was that the
language was entirely too figurative and
scriptural lor Air. Calhoun. But Gen.
Hamilton remarked that he was now
speaking from the world of spirits, which
very naturally affect his style, aud embue
with imagery, &e.
Lastly, Gov. Talmadge told us of the
writing medium —a young man who holds
the pen in his hand in any sort of way,
and the spirit of Calhoun, or some other
spirit, will guide the pen and make it
write frith the rapidity of lightning the most
eloquent and profound discourse. These
discourses were read to us, and the hand
writing shown to us!
Gov. Talmadge also informed us that he
said on one occasion he wished some phy
sical sign given him of the presence of Air.
Calhoun: whereupon the spirit told him
to get on the table, and it would rise up.
He did so, and the tabic rose up and jolt
ed, him about pretty severely. He was
then told to put paper and a pencil under
the table, and Air. Calhoun wrote on the
paper, “I am with you.” This writing
was shown to us, aud both Gen. Hamilton
and Gen. Thompson said they would
swear to the hand-writing. I could say it
looked exactly like Air. Calhoun’s writing.
But I should not like to swear it was writ
ten by Calhoun.
Great Gull and Bear Fi^ht.
California against Attakapas.—
Pursuant of public notice, came off at
Gretna,opposite tho Fourth Distiict, on
ihe 30th ult. the long heralded tight be
tween the famous Grizzly Bear, General
Jackson, (victor in fifty battles) and the
Attakapas Bull, Santa Anna.
Long before the published hour, the
quiet streets of the rural Gretna were fil
led with crowds of anxious denizens,
flocking to the arena, and before the fight
commenced, such a crowd had collected
as Gretna had not seen nor will be like
ly to see again.
The arena for the sports was a cage
twenty feet square, built upon the ground,
and constructed of heavy timbers and iron
bars. Around it were seats, circularly
oUecd anu intended to accommodate
many thousand. About four or five thou
sand persons assembled covering the seats
as with a cloud, and crowding down a
round the cage were within reach of the
bars.
Tha bull selected to sustain the honor
and verity the pluck of Attakapas on this
trying occasion, was a black animal from
the Opelousas, lithe and sinewy as a four
year old courser and with eyes like burn
ing coals. His horns bore the appearance
of having been filed at the lips, and
wanted that keen and slashing appearance
so common to others ol his kiih and kin;
otherwise it would have been “all day”
with Bruin at the first pass, and no mis
take.
The Bear was an animal of note, and call
ed Geueral Jackson, from the fact of his
licking up everything that came in his
way, and taking “the responsibility” on
all occasions. He was a wicked looking
beast, very lean and unamiable in aspect,
with hair all standing the wrong way.—
Me had fought some fifty Bulls, (so they
said) always coming out victorious, hut
that either one of tho fifty had been an
Attakapas Bull, tho bill of the perfor
mances did not say. Had lie tackled At
takapas first, it is likely his fifty battles
would have remained uutought.
About half-past four o’clock the per
formance commenced.
The Bull was first seen, standing in
the cage alone with head erect, and look
ing a very monarch in his capacity. At
an appointed signal, a cage containing
the bear was placed alongside of the are
na, and an opening being made, Bruin
stalked into the battleground—not, how
ever, without sundry stirring up with a
ten foot pole, he being experienced in
such matters and backward in raising a
row.
Oiice on the battle-field both animals
staoJ, like wary champions eyeing each
other, the Bear cowering low, with head
upturned and fangs exposed, while At
takapas stood wondering, with his eye
dilated, lashing his sides with his long
tail and pawing up the earth in very
wrath.
The Bear seemed little incl.ned to he-
gin the attack, anu the Bull standing a
moment, made steps first backward and
then forward, as if measuring his antag
onist arid meditating where to plant n
blow. Bruin wouldn’t come to the scratch
no way it could be fixed, till one of the
keepers with an iron rod, tickled hi.* ribs
and mads him move. Seeing this Atta
kapas look it as a hostile deowusuation,
anu gatnerirfg his strength, dashed sav
agely at the enemy, catching birn on
the points cf his horns and doubling him
up like a sack of bran against the bars
Bruin “sung out” at this and made a dash
for his opponent’s nose. Missing this,
the Bull turned to the “right about face”
and the Bear caught him by the hain,
inflicting a ghastly wound. But Attaka
pas with a kick shook him off, and icnew
ing the attack, went at him again, head
on and with a rush. This time he was
not so fortunate, for the Bear caught him
above the eye, burying his fangs in the
tough hide and holding him as in a vice.
It was now 7 the Bull’s turn to “sing out,”
and he did it, bellowing forth with a voice
more hideous than that of all the Bulls
of Basham
Some minutes stood matters thus, and
the cries of the Bull, mingled with the
hoarse growls of the Bear, made hideous
music, fit only for a dance of devils.—-
1 he.'i came a paus.e, (the hear having re
linquished his hold) and for a few minutes
it was doubtful whether the fun w T as not
up. But the"magic wand of the keeper
(the ten foot pole) again stirred up Bru
in, and at it they went, and with a rush:
Bruin now tried to fasten on the Bull’s
back and drove his tusks in him in sev
eral places, making the red blood flow’
like wine from the vats of Luna. But
Attakapas was pluck to the back bone,
Bruin on the tips of his
shuffled him up right merrily, ma
the fur fiy like feathers in gale of
yvijgjJ v Bruin cried “naff” (in hear lan
| the hull followed up his ati-
HHutfc, and mlfkTng one furious plunge
mm the figure head of the enemy,
stuck a horn into his eye, burying it there
and dashing the tender organ into dark -
ness and atoms. Blood followed the blow,
and poor Bruin blinded, bleeding and in
mortal agony, turned with a howl to leave,
hut Attakapas caught him in the retreat
and lolled him over like a ball! Over
and over again this rolling over was en
acted, and finally, after more than an hour,
Bruin curled himself up on his hack,
bruised, bloody and dead beat. The
thing was up with California, and Atta
kapas w 7 as declared the victor amidst the
applauses of the multitude that made
the heavens ring.
It was a most savage exhibition, and
we chronicle it as we would a murder oi
other lamentable fact. May we never
see such another.— N . O. Crescent.
Democratic Meeting in Carroll.
| Os* tba-lst a-largo -and respectable
portion of the Democratic party met in the
Courthouse, for the purpose of appointing
delegates to attend the Milledgeville Con
vention, to nominate some suitable and
proper person to be supported by the De
mocratic party of Georgia on the Ist Mon
day in October next, for Governor; also,
to appoint delegates to attend the Conven
tion to be held in Cassville, to nominate a
candidate for Congress, for the fifth dis
trict.
On motion of L D. Palmer, H. W.
Wootten, Esq. was called to the Chair,
and Dr. I). B. Head requested to act as
Secretary.
On motion of F. D. Palmer, that the
chairman appoint a committee of five,
whose duty it shall be to report business
for this meeting. Whereupon the Chair
appointed F. D. Palmer, A. J. Bogges,
L. H. Davis, D. R. Hay, and W. J. Head,
that committee. The committee retired
for a few minutes, and returned with the
following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, the time is fast approaching
when the sovereign pcbple of Georgia will
be called upon to cast their votes for some
onoapf her noble sons, to hold the reins of
government for the next two years, we
feel deeply impressed with the duty we
owe to ourselves and our country, by pla
cing only such a man in that responsible
station as will strictly carry out the doc
trine so plainly marked out, and so recent
ly set forth in the Inaugural Address of
the President of these United States:
Resolved, 1st —That we concur with the
press that Milledgeville be the place, and
the second Wednesday in June next the
time of holding said Gubernatorial Con
vention.
Resolved, 2d—That we appoint H. W.
Woolen, and U. F Morrell, Esqrs. our
delegates to the Milledgeville Convention.
Resolved, 3d —That our delegates are
hereby instructed to have placed in nom
ination the name of our distinguished fel
low-citizen, the Hon. Hugh A. Haralson,
of Troup. Tftat they also cast the vote
of this county for no other man until they
are fully satisfied that he cannot be nomi
nated .
Resolved, 4th—That in the event we
fad to get the man of our choice, we will
go heartily into the support of the indivi
dual receiving the nomination.
Resolved, slh—ln presenting the name
of our distinguished friend, we disclaim
any intention of wishing to dictate or
lead—but as evidence of our abiding con
fidence and attachment to him, we have
only to refer to the vote of our county
for a scries of years while attached to his
old congressional district. We want yet
another chance to prove our faith by our
works.
Resolved , 6lh—That we hail with plea
sure the policy pursued by [’resident
Fierce, as indicated in his Inaugural Ad
dress. Our anticipations ere more than
realized; so long as he acts upon the prin
ciples there laid down, he will find the
bonoaad sinew of the whole county stand
ing by him.
Resolved, 7th—That we urge upo>\ a j[
the counties in the State, to call meetings
forthwith —appoint their delegates to the
Milledgeville Convention, and show the
world and the rest of mankind, that the
democratic party of Georgia, however
they have been, are now, and ever will
be “UNTIED.”
Resolved, Bth—That the proceedings
lof this mooting be signed by the Chair
; .a..., and Secretary, and a copy sent to the
Marietta Advocate, the Georgia Banner,
and Cassville Standard, for publication,
and that all the democratic papers ia the
State be requested to copy.
All the above resolutions were passed
fiy acclamation.
On motion of Major Bogges the thanks
of the meeting be tendered the Chairman
and Secretary.
On motion of Major Bogges, the meet
ing then adjourned. . „ _
H. YV. YVOOTEN, Ch’m.
D. B. Head. Sec’rv.
A Melancholy Confession.— Wc were
shown by our Tax-Collector, on yesterday,
a ten dollar bill with the following en
dorsement upon it, written perhaps by
some penitent young man, who, mourning
over his follies, would warn others from
following in his footsteps. “Youths be
ware of gambling; this is the last of twen
ty-three thousand dollars, left rue by my
good old Christian father, the Ist of No
vember, 1851, this is the Ist of Septem
ber, 1852, all spent at the gambling table
in Charleston.”
How startling and full of melancholy
this confession, that the ample legacy
which a fond parent after years of toil and
denial had accumulated, and left to his
child, should thus in the brief space of one
year, be recklessly spent at the gaming
table! How potent the spell which could
thus lead on step by step the deluded vo
tary to his doom. Perhaps, now, he who
was once the possessor of this fortune, is
suffering the pinchings of poverty, and in
the bitterness of his soul is reaping the
fruits of his folly, a friendless and home
less wanderer. -Of uJI the vices young.and
old arc addicted to, there is none more so
ductivc and fatal in its consequences, than
that of gaining; it is the syren song, whigjj.
lures incautious youth to ruin ; ar tlie Dead
Sea fruit, which is beautiful to the sight,
but turns to ashes in the taste. To the
gambling table how many young men can
trace back the commencement of their
downfall and utter ruin? Gambling and
drinking are twin sisters and rarely found
separate. Is there then no young man in
our midst to whom the warnings of this
unhappy youth may be repeated? If so,
wc would say, beware of the fascinations of
the gambling table, and in the language
of the poet:
“Liok around, tlic wrecks of play behold,
Estates disniernbei’il, inorgajied, sold,
Tlu-ir owners now to jails confined,
Show equal poverty of mind.”
(Abbeville Banner.
The Drunkard’s Character. —From
a volume of pamphlets, lettered “Miscel
laneous Sheets,” presented by George
HI. to the Biitish Museum, was taken the
following: “A drunkard is the annoy
ance of modesty; the trouble of civility;
the spoil of wealth; the distraction of
reason. He is only the brewer’s agent;
the tavern and ale-house benefactor; the
beggars companion; and constant trouble.
He is his wife’s w T oe; his own shame.—
He is a tub of swill, spirit of sleep, a pic
ture of a beast, and a monster of a man.”
Old Ma ids —This class of humanity
is more abused and scandalized than any
other. Themselves among the brightest
jewels of the sex, they labor to increase
the sunshine of the world, to add new
happiness to their kind, new hopes, new
aspirations, new joys. YTet sarcasm has
ever made them the mark of its poi
son, and scandal of its culling edge. A
cotemporary well says:
‘‘An old maid is a universal aunt. Sli3
has friends every where, children love her,
and kittens come and lie in the fireside
at her feet and purr. There are pleasant
houses where her presence is welcome,
and by and by some poor soul she has
comforted will put a flower on her grave.”
Retailed. —A newsboy rushed inlo a
retail shirt store in Chatham street, re
cently, and accosted the pioprietor: ‘‘say,
mister, do you retail shirts here?”
“Yes, my son: we give them to you at
five shillings apiece—very nice ones.”
“Oh, blazes, I don’t want a whole one;
but I seed on your sign ‘shirts retailed,’
and I thought you might retail mine, for
it wants it bad; a dog got hold of it, and
he wouldn’t let go if 1 had killed him.”
“Well, sonny, you had best go to the
man over the way. YVe can’t retail your
old one.”
It takes the Yankees. —One of the
ever active sons of New England is now
in Europe travelling about with a natural
curiosity. It is a negro woman with a
large ring in her ncse, represented as a
fugitive from slavery. This exhibition
is intended to represent southern slavery,
and the idea of making money in this
singular way is taken from the fiction of
Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Thousands flock
to see the curiosity. A portion of the
proceeds are divided with the ringed ne
gress.
The Doctor and the Sexton. —A very
good story is told of a doctor in Beverly,
who was somewhat of a wag. He met,
one day in the street, the sexton, with
whom he was acquainted. As the usual
salutations were passed, the doctor hap
pened to cough.
“Why, doctor,” said the sexton, “you
have got a cough! how long have yt>u had
that?”
“Look here Mr. ——■—said the
doctor, with a show mdignation,“what
is your charge fo* interments?”
“Nm® aMfl'.ogs,” was t^ o
V. 1 .continued the doctor, “just
come itl to my office, and l will pay for it
-1 uon’t want to have you qnite so anx.
ious about my health.”
The sexton was soon even with him;,
however. ‘Turning to the doctor, he re
plied:
“Ah doctor, f can’t afford to bury you
yet. Business has never been so goo 4
as it has since you began to practice.”
Since the above conversation, me**’
party has ventured to joke *’ uer
pease of the other* -‘i* ex-
Ho. 18.