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YOU. XIY. W GEORGIA JiFFERSOMIN IS PUBLISHED Event THUIISDAt MORNING BY WILLAM CLINE, At Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per an num, or Two Dollars paid in advance. advertisements *re inserted t one DOLLAR pur square, for the first insertion, ami FIFTt C£A TS per square, for each insertion t lierenlier. reasonable deduction will t)C made io lIiOSC who advertise by the year. All advertisements not otherwise ordered, will l >• continued till forbid. OF LANDS by Administrators, K.xecc.torSiOr Guardians are required by law to be bold on the first Tuesday in the month, between tli.: hours ol ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-House, in the county in which the land ia situated. Notice of these sale, must he given in a public gazette FORTY DAYS pr.'"imis to the day of sale. £ ILES OF NEGROES must bifirnule at pnh- Ti- auction on the first Tuesday of the month, be tween the usual hours of sale, at the place ol pub lic sales in the county where the letters Testa nentary, of Administration or Guardianship may have been “ranted; first “ivinjr FORTY DAYS notice th icofin one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the court house whe e such sales are li- l 'e held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must !>” given in like manner FORTY DAYS previous to the da v of Mile. Notice f j Debtors and Creditors of an cstale must be published FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land must be pub ish.u! tor TWO MONTHS, Notice for leave to sell negroes must be published TWO MONTHS before any order ab solute shall he made thereon by the Court, CITATIONS for Letters of Administration, must he published thirtt days; for Dismission !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.