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Newspaper Page TextvoiuTxtv. THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN is pvnusHF.n f.vert tiiurfdat morning BY WILLIAM CLINE, At Two Dollars and per an nnro, or Two Dollars paid in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS nre inserted nt OXE IU)IJ.AR por square, for the Hisi insertion, nn<l FIFTY CEJYTS per square, for each insertion llirrenfler. ■* A reiisnmblo deduction will lie raade to those x-lio a<lvrrii'i: !>v toe year. Ai : t hotlrvmrn'-! not otherwise ordered, will t r i-onlinil-'d li!i fort id. ijlJ 1 ’ SALES OF LAXDS by Administrators, Ex tutors or Guardians are required hr law to he •ril ii first Toc-vlay in the month, between the hems <*• ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, a; iho Court-House, in the county in wnit'li the lain! is situated. Notice of these sale, must he oiven in n public “nzi tic FORTY DAY S pre-Coes •„ the day of sale. SILLS OF EG ROES most hr made at pn;.- l' iiiiStoo cu :!ie lirst Tuesday of I lie month, be tween the usual hours of sale, at the place ol pub la- sales in the county where the letters Testa n- n'ar;, of Admini-'tr Uion or Guardianship mav have hoe:i granted; lirst jrivinjr FORTY DAYS notice th -reofin one of tile public fazetics of this State, an-l at the Court house wlte e such sales arc te t-e heli!. Nn’ice f..r the sil -nf Personal Property must h- irv-n ! tihe manner FORTY DAYS previous to Iho day of -.do. Notice t > Dehtors and Creditors of an estate rms-i he pj dished FORTY DAYS. .Vo- ice that application will tie made to the Court ! <> 0 iitnrv f.r leave to seel land must he pith- ! jishe-t tor TWO MGXT.'IS, .re tor leave to sell negroes must he j T> ‘!Vit ‘ , 'd TiVO JMDXTIIS before any order ah ! m'lu'. • si:a It !>e ma le thereon iiy the Court, UTATTWS for Lett-rs of Administration, I ."lust he published thirty pats; for Dismission ; tiC Aournistrauon. Moxnn.i six moeths; lor] J v*"* n's- *n < ro-n Guardianship, forty day , P - ‘sVci", e foreclosure of Mortgage must be j n / .J? r FOR FOUR months, for es'i.b- j a” ,J,e ru ” ol ’ months f..r compelling tn.’ * Executors or. A he- liitra'nrs where a bonrt .. 1,3 been gieen hv ‘ln* >h ceased f ! l spare of tiirkp m From tlie Lady's B >ok. PETER MULHOO’NEY’S STORY. , The WoncLherful Adventher cf Shanras! O’ Shaughnessy. EY SYLVANVS URBAN, THE YOUNGER: J “Sthrango. things docs be happenin’ ;-o:uetinies in the ould eounthry, Misther ITrlnn/’ said Peter, gravely; “but the strangest adveutUcr of all I renumber wor that as befell Sharnus O’S’nattghnessy whin the sojers wor hot fat after him in among the mountains. Ye see, sir, Simians—he’s undher the sod now, an’ may the heavens be his ied—was somehow or t’other mixt up wid the rebellion of ninety-eight. Sor ra bir o’ me knows how, bat sure it must ha’ been a Imagin’ nmtther, I does be thinkin’, for he was forced into hidin’ a crass the hills till the storm should blow over. “Yv ell, as bad luck ’ml have it, wan af ihernoon, as he wor sit-tin’ afore the dure of a bit of a cabin he had consthructed of turf and stones, thinkin’ of his wife and ehildher, an’ takin’, now and thin, adhrop of potheen from a great jug at his side, by waff of eomlori.ii/ his JoncMuess, he soea a coinin’ through the little gap forenent him, a raggedgorsoon, an’ in the devil’s ov, r n haste, for his tatthers wor sthraimin’ in the wind. “ ‘Well, Diunis, ma bouchal, what is it?’ sez Sharnus, for sure he kuow'd there wor trouble to the fore, when the boy come penethraUu’ to his saieret place widout | savin’ ‘by your leave.’ “ ‘Run! run!’ sez Diunis, blowiu’ like a young grampus; ‘run, Shamas, the sojers is a comin!’ ” “Sharnus looked through the gap, an’ begorra they wor cornin’, sure enough. So widout waitin’ to put on his hat an’ his brogues, by rason that he had’nt any, he ink another great dlirink of the potheen,! from a natheral affeeshun lie had for that same, and to fortuity his Stomach agin’ the bitter cowled wand o’ the hills. Paix, ’tis little I know how much he tuk of the j rrayther that time; but sure ’twor amigh-: tv big mouthful any way. * “Boundin’ across the hills like a deer,; wid the red coats after him in full cry; j now doublin’ this-a-way, au’ now turnin’ | that, Sharnus put out tlic strength that. was in him, wid the hope of leavin’ his ; purshuers behint him. But och! they stuck to’em like poverty to a poor man, an’ makiu’ a circle round him, begun to dhraw iu upon him on all sides. Musha 1 thin, but ’twas a bad way Sharnus wor in; but he put a bold face on f’t ■ raatther, an’ breastin’ the mountain, a,.a rowiccl down to’tothcr side, catchin’ at the furze and bushes as he wint along, tc break the weight of his f ill. Springiu’ to his feet agin at the bottom, he run, will all the speed he could musthcr, till the sun wor well nigh down, and aii the breath or leavin’ his body entirely. Tl ro’- ‘ V hissclf at the tut of tue hill, by way of r.siuratin’ his wind, he could hear the cries of tlie sojers a callin’ to their comrades over the mountain at the back of him. ‘ ‘Augli! the curse o’ Cromwell to yees!’ sez Shainus; ‘sure ’ f is bothered ye are this time, any way. nut, oh, tattlierationl’ sez lie, lookin’ round sud lintly, ‘how will 1 get out of this quare place? sure ’tis a i thrap I’m in, wid the stap 1 hills on wan side, au* a great black bog on t'other.— Och, murtherl’ sez he, ‘but wat ’ull I do now?’ “All at wanst, as he wor ldhcrin’ o ver his misthiuess situation, he hears, hard by, the patthcrin’ of little I'ect, for all Ae wureld like tin iirst rain dhrops of a bow er; and, lookin’ down, what should he sen foreuont l.iin, but a quare little man not higher nor my knee, diiressed ail in black, wid a quare little cocked hat oa his head: an’ raal goold buckles in his square- oed shoes? “‘Ocliloehl’ sez Shainus to himself, ‘’tis smud’m-rin’ wid the brimstone I ami But maybe the weeny crayte r won’t haruin a poor boy that’s in throuble, afther ail. ’Tis better I spake till him civily; sure that costs nothin’, any howl’ “ ‘How are ye, Seamus?’ sez the little ould gintleman, wid a crack in his voice like a pinny thruinpet, ‘ Turty well, I thank ye,’ sez Shainus. ‘How is it wid yourself, an’ all yer little f o 3ther brothers, an’ sisthers, an’ aunts, an’ uncles, an’ gran’ fathers, au’ gran’ mothers?’ “ ‘Hearty!’ sez, he, ‘l’m pleased to sav, r • ‘Sure it does me gpftd, to * icar *t> srz Sharnus; an’ the purty wife wid her in theresting family, the childlicr that she does be puttin’ to bed in egg-shells;may I be so bould as to ax if they’ve got well cv the maisles, an’ the scarlet rash, wid out Rindin’ fnr the docther?’ “ ‘Make your mind aisy on that score, Sharnus,’ sez the little man. “ ‘Long life an T gpod luck to ye, thin, dhrnnk or sober, for ’tis a happy husband an’father ye must be, I’m thinkin’, sez Sharnus. “ ‘ ’Tis oblceged to ye I am,’ sez the’ little man. “ ‘Musha, tliin, but yecs as wilcome as the primroses,’ sez Sharnus. “ ‘Augh! tliere’s plinty sez that as don't mane it,’ sez the little man. “ ‘Faix, it’s no wondherl’ sez Sharnus; an’ thin bruk out into a laugh, and sez lie— “ ‘ ’Tis a warurn eounthry ye live in whin yees at home, I’ve hard say; a sort i of undlierground Aist Injees, wid Veshu vions for a smoke-pipe to yer kitchen!’ Oh, but wasn’t he the bould man to say that? “ ‘There's no denyin’it’s a grand place,’ sez the little man;‘it bates ould Ireland ; out an’ out.’ “ ‘Wliy would’ntit?’ sez Sharnus, lookin’ I at the daoent people that’s bred and born down there, takin’ yer honor for a speei | mint.’ * || i “ ‘Oh,’ ssz the little man, as plazed as i a eoleen wid lier first sweetheart, ‘ ’tis I you Mi at lms tlie great fackilty of discarn mint, Sharnus.’ “ ‘Many thanks to ye,’ sez Sharnus.— ’Tis proud of the eomplimint I am, since it re vales to me that, considlicrin’ yer inches, yees a gentleman of extraordinary sinse an’ sagashity.’ f “ ‘Sharnus, sez the little man, ‘what’s the use of battherin’ me that-a-way? Can’t I read ye as aisily as a book?’ “ ‘Arrah, thin, why should I be soo | Barin’ yes sez Sharnus: ‘would I be matin’ i a beha” OiF for nothin’ at all at I all?’ I “ ‘Sure enoilgu that’s Mirue, any way,’ * sez the little man. ‘,l3ut isn* ? t them sojers I hears a thrampin’ over iJ’C hi’ls beyont?’ “ ‘Och millia murthcr! ’tis n’hn, gure e nough,’ sez Sharnus, ‘an’ I stanu.'u’ (like a omadhaun waistin’ the prco.ous time.’ “ ‘Musha, tliin, ’tis sorry I am for vees,’ sez tlie little man, wid a quare twist of his mouth. ‘Deed an’ deed but it throubles me,’ sez he. “ ‘Hould your whist! Bad luck to ye for a desaiver as ye are! ’Tis little good yer sorrow ’till do an unforthinet boy whin the murdheriu’ red-coats is at his fut.— How will I be thravellin’ acrass the big bog, I’d like to know? Tell me that, an’ , I’ll listen to yees wid all my heart.’ “ ‘May-be I can, an’ may-be I can’t,’ sez the little man. ‘Wliat ’nil ye give me to whisk ye over it widout wettiu’ the sole of yer fat?’ “ ‘l’d like the dhry ground betther,’ sez Sharnus. “ ‘What ’ad ye give, thin, for a straight . path, med firm an’ sthrong acrass it, an’ as fast, as ye can thravel it?’ “ ‘Where’s the good of it?’ sez Sharnus; ‘would’nt the sojers folly it too?’ “ ‘Not if it’s desthroyed as fast as ye goes over it,’ sez the little man. I “ ‘What ’nil ye ax?’ sez Sharnus, despe rately. j “ ‘Whist!’ sez the little man; ‘spake low ’ an’ hould down yer ear/ “ ‘Och, murther!’ sez Sharnus, ‘is it my self yc want?’ ’ “ ‘lf ye can’t outrun the path afore it J touches t’other side,’ sez the little man. j “ ‘How will Ido that?’ sez Sharnus, in ; a quandary. Won’t Ibe tlhrowned in the ! deep bog?’ “ ‘Try it, sez tlie little man. “I’ll be a gone man if I do!’ sez Sha mus. “ ‘Where’s the differ?’ sez the little man, ‘won’t the sojers be here in a rainit an’ j ketch ye? ’Tis’t plisant to dance a horn : pipe in the air, I does be thinkin’/ ! “ ‘Bad scran 1o ye!’ sez Sharnus; ‘why I do yees be remimbrin’ me of that for? sure ! ’tisn’t standiu’ upon daisies an’ butthercups, ! I am the night/ “ ‘Well,’ sez the little man, ‘will I make tlie road for yecs or not?’ “ ‘Sorra aVit I know,’ sez Sharnus. — “Tis a stiff price ye’re askin; and what good ’ud a poor bcwildhercd boy yees, aftlier all? Sure a fat pig is better nor me; or a year old calf; thim’s a hape bet ther aifin’.’ “ ‘Well, ’lis Utile I care about the bar gain, anyhow,’ sez the slecven, considerin’ the t i übm I’d have; besides, ’tisdark night comm’ on, an’ may-be they won’t ketch yees afther all.’ “ ‘Oelione!’ soz Shamus, ‘what’ll I do? “Tis hanged, dhrawn, an’ quartered I’ll be.’ “ ‘There’s pity on my heart for ye, Sha mes,’ sez the little man, ‘an’ I’d be plazed to sorve ye.’ “ Alusha! small thanks to ye,’ sez Sha mus; ‘sarve ir..; first, au’ roast me afther. Don’t I know’tis a coaxin’ the pig to a | market ye are? An’ that undherground j Art Injecs yees come from, ’tis a dhread ;'ui grand place, I’ll go bail for it; but, 1 axin’ yer pardin, I’m afeard it ’ad not be agreeable with my tenilhcr consthitushin.’ “ “Tis as conthrairy as an onld maid ye are, Shamus O’Shaughnessy,’ sez the little man, ‘an’ as foolish as a sthray gandher. I’m mortally mshamed of myself for letteu ye triii wid me so long. Well, stay where ye are, thin, ye silly man, an’ let the red coats grip ye. An’ by the powers, bilt they’ll iiouid ye fast enough, whin they come down from the hills: there isn’t a man in all the barony that could sulip from thin* whin they wanst got a hoult.’ “ ‘Sure that’s no lie!’ sez Shainus. “ ‘Arrah, thin, is it a bargain? Spake quick, for the r-A-eoats is cornin’.’ “ ‘Oli, wirre ’. wirral won’t ye have the soft heart for n poor disthrossed crayther, wid a wife an’ sivin small childher depen din’ on him, an’ niver a friend in this wide wureld to give ’em bit or sup, barrin’ my self?’ Jk “ ‘Spare yer breath, Shamus,’ sez the little man; *may-be ’tis wantin’ it ye’ll be prisently.’ “‘Won’t ye help a poor bqy in his throubles lor the sake of the blissed chari ty?’ sez Shamus. “‘Would the sojers lcl yees off for — —n mmjmmtm n ■■■!>■■ ■■■ iijiih n_gi~rrn i GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1853. nothin?’ sez the little man; ‘an’ musn’t I obey my ordhers too, an’ bo ped for my work?’ “‘Oil, thin,’sez Sharnus, ‘yecs not the mnsthcr— ’ “ ‘Ax me no questions, an’ I’ll not de saive ye/ sez tlie little man; ‘will I do the job?’ “ ‘Sure I’m a dead man any way/ sez Sharnus to himself, ‘an’ may-be tliere’s a chance afthcr all: who knows but what I can bate him in the ind? Begorra, but I’m half a mind to try it.’ “ ‘’Tis a bargain, thin?’ sez the little man, spakin’ to his thought. “ ‘Hould a bit/ sez Sharnus; ‘will ye be plazed to tell me what ye undkertake to do?’ “ ‘That’s soon said. Make a road acrass the bog as fast as yer fut can thravel it, an’ break it up afther yees.’ “ ‘Afore cock-crow in the morn?’ sez Sharnus. “ ‘Sure/ sez the little man, ‘’tis well be knownst to yc we can’t work after that.’ “ ‘But ye’ll not break it up under my fut, an’ leave me to dhrown in the black tog?’ “ ‘l’d scorn to do so dirty a thrick, sez the little man. ‘A bargain’s a bargain, an’ I’ll stick to it straight an’ aboveboard.’ “ ‘’Tis agreed I am/ sez Sharnus. “Whin he said that, the little man stoops down an’ picks up a jack-o’lanthern that wor dancin’ in an’ out, forenent him, an’ sticks under the band of his hat for a sign; an’ thin, all at wanst, up rose a swarm of little men, huudthreds of thou sand upon, thousand, all dhressed as like as brothers, an’ all with jack-o’lantkerns gleamin’ in their hats, an’ pickaxes, an’ shovels in their hands, ready an’ waitin’ for the word. Sharnus fastliened his kan kerchy about his waist. “ ‘Will I begpi?’ sez thp little man. “ ‘Yis,” sez Sharnus. “ ‘Woroo! whoop! woroo!’ an’ the crop of pickaxes an 1 shovels foil to work. Oh, but thin begun the wondherful race! A way flew the road afore Sharnus, an’ fast as he thravelled over it, ’twas bruk up a gin behind. The fasther he ran, the fas ther worked the crowds of little men, an’ the fasther wint tlie road afore him. ‘“’Tis no use thryin’ to folly the indus thrious rapscallions,’ sez Sharnus; ‘l’m but lia'f way acrass the bog, an’ all tte breath ;jj gone’ clane out of me. Musha, thin, but they ’.d ba. l °- the best race-horse that ever run over t-hc pnj'rah!’ So sez Sharnus, sez he; ‘Stop:’ stop] I’m dead bate.’ “ ‘Take it fair £ir a.dv, Sharnus,’sez the little mau; ‘sure tliero’s pie’dy of time be i fore ye.’ “ ‘Ye’ll not cut the ground from undher j me?’ sez Sharnus. . “ ‘Oil, upon the honor of a gintleman, that I will not/sez the little man, lavin’ his hand upon a bright spot of fire flicker in’ through his left side, that maybe he called his heart. “ ‘Musha, thin, by yer leave, I’ll rest • myself a bit,’ sez Sharnus, settin’ down on I the bare new ground, an’ nursin’ liis knees-. ! “ ‘Make yerseli quite comfortable/ az the little man, wid a grin; ‘sure the cock won’t crow till break o’ day, an’ if we finish our job ail’ desthroy it agin, afore that time, ’tis all we have to do.’ “ ‘That’s truth, anyhow/sez Sharnus. “ ‘llow do yees feel, Sharnus?’ sez the little man, considhcrately. “ ‘Ayeh! ’tis hard tollin’ that same,’ sez Sharnus, ‘for the summer dust is not dhryer nor my mouth.’ “ ‘Would you like to thry a taste of the raal gooldeu stuff?’sez the little man; an’ he out wid a bottle full of liquor, as red as a fiery furnace. “‘Many thanks to yc,’ sez Sharnus; ‘but I’d rather not, if it’s all the same.’ “ ‘As you plaze,’ sez the little man; ’tis yours is the loss, I’m thinkin’; an’, tossin’ off the flamin’ dlirink himself, lie smacked his lips afthcr it, as if the flavor w r or ex actly to his taste. “ ‘Augh! much good may it do ye/ sez Sharnus; ‘but sure if it did’nt burn y*r in sides, it’s by rason of the cast-iron stom ach ye have.’ “ ‘Pooh!’ sez the little man; “twas but a wake table liquor. A gintleman should always be abstamious whin he travels.’ “Well die hours rowled by, an’ there was Sbamus as contintod as a girleen wid her first kiss, till the army of weeny workmen got up a dacent faction fight by way of divarshiu. ’Twasonaisy thin the little man got. “ ‘Come,’ sez he, are ye rested, Sha mus? there’s not much time to spare;’tis hard upon cock-crow now*’ “Away wid ye, thin,’ sez Shamus. “Whoop! whorool’sez the little man; an’ away wint the woudherful road, and Shamus afther it, at the top of his speed, ontilj at last, he come nigh the green bank on the far side of the bog. “ ‘Stop,’ sez he, ‘l’m goin’ to rest my self.’ “ ‘Best on the bank, Shamus,’ sez the little man,softly. “‘Faix,’sez Shamus, ‘l’m betther off here 1 does he thinkin.’ “‘Did 1 iver hear the likes o’ that!’ sez the little man, ‘an he so near over! Up wid ye, Shamus, 1 say! The cock ’ud be ciowin’ prisently.’ “ ‘Good luck to the darlin;’ I’ll be ox thremely glad to hear him,’ sez Shamus. “ ‘ Tear an’ages!’ sez the little man, ‘don’t ye mane to go any furder?’ “‘.Niver a full’ sez Shamus. “ ‘l’ll tear up the road below yez!’ sez the little man, in a passion. “ ‘That’s agin the coothract,’ sez Sha mus. “ ‘How will I desthroy it afther ye, thin?’ sez the little man. “ ‘Oh, begorra!’ sez Shamus, ‘’tis none of my business; sure ye can leave it, if ye likes.’ “ ‘Oh the villain! the chate! the de saiverl’ sez the little man; stampin’ and throwin’his arums about wid the rage that wor in Inin. “Arrah, why will ye be callin’ yerself bad names?’ sez Shamus. ‘Sure l tuk ye for a dacent au’ respectable little ould gintleman.’ “‘Tare an’ounties!’sez the little man, quite beside hisself; ‘take that, ye vaga bonel’ and he struck Shamus a lick wid his fist that knocked him since Less. By go,od luck, at that minnit the cock crow ed; and thiii--* oh, but ’twas the myslha- riousest thing of all—the swarms of wee ny workmen, and the little masther, slowly melted away an’ disappeared, colorin’ like a dark red thunder-cloud the ; morning mist. “Oh, begorra? but the afther matther j bates bannagher. Whin Sharnus comes | lo liisself, he wor lyin’ at the dure of bis i bit cabin among the hills, wid the impty poteer, jug rowled up a!or.g-.sidehim.” ‘’Tliem are Bulla c . no more. * . We wonder if some wag of a Georgian did not write the following article? We are aware that it is credite 1 to a Nova Scotia journal, but if we will only sup pose the two bulls that portion of the two wings of the Democratic party which have not yet made friends, and the boys the Whigs looking on, we have a very apt picture of what is to become of our pawing and bellowing when we meet on the bridge in October nex f ; and then, “them are bulls won’t never fight no more,” or if they do, their Tight will not amount to much. A Bull Fight and a Moral. —“ Ralpho” tells the following tale in the Halifax No via Scotian. It solves the long mooted question of “who pushed the bull off ihe bridge?” I remember when a lad school, of once seeing a, fight between two bullock-’ I never shall forget it, although I could not have been more than eight years old at the time. It happened in this wise; Close hy the school house—a very un pretending edifice it was—run ,a deep and narrow river. Across quite a high wooden I’cif^Pvahe^nand- j railings of which, time and the winds, and I the weather, had entirely destroyed, hi was one bright summer day I remember it as well as if it were yesterday—the! hour of noon had arrived, and a frolic-! some, romping, fun-loving company of I lads were let loose for an hour’s recrea-j lion. The land on the opposite sides of the river was owned by different persons and farmed by them respectively. The bellowing and roaring of the two bulls that had broke out of the enclosures on each side of the and wete approach ing each other on the highway, at a rate which would cause them meet about the centre of this high bridge, beneath which, at some 30 feet, rao a deep and sluggish stream, between high and deep banks, attracted our attention. “The more dating of us gathered near the bridge, lining the fences to see the fight, and we were not disappointed.— Nearer and nearer approached the proud, pawing combatants to each oilier, and Bashan nevi'i’ produced two fiercer look ing brutes than those I nos describe they lore the ground witaTTbeir feet— [ they kneeled down occasionally, trying i to gore the earth withit heitGiprus; they j lashed their sides fie-Vely'SmYtails, r but unobservedly of each other, for the j high bridge obstructed their view. Pre-I sently, as they simultaneously ascended ! the respective abutments, they came in | full sight of one another. The roar was! mutual and actually tremendous. Kvery ! urchin of us sprang into the field and ran; i but gathering courage in feeding that wej were not pursued, hastily ietiaced our steps; and there the}’ were, both of them front to front, their horns locked togeth er, fighting only as bulls can fight, it seemed to be an even match. Now one would piess back his opponent a few pa ces, and his adversary would be pressed back in return. The struggle was hard, long, and savage. They began to wheel —in another mo ment they were faced at right angles with the old bridge, which shook and creaked, and rocked again with their tramping, and the effects of the terrible strife. It was the work of a single moment, —one of the beasts—l never could tell which of them, however—as if conscious of his position, made a desperate, a terri ble lunge forward; he pressed his antago nist hack —-back —back—there was but another step of plank bebjhd him—be- j tween him and still further’ he was pressed, and over he went head- ‘ long. Such a sight I never saw—l never | again shall see—a bull fall off’a bridge, j falling at least thirty feet, falling over and over. He turned once or twice probably. | I thought he turned over fifty times.— There seemed so much horns and feet and tail flying through the air—but down ha went, the water was deep, and he dis appeared. The other bull didn’t laugh, merely be cause bulls, as I suppose, cannot. — liui we laughed. There he stood, look ing directly down into the deep abyss be low, and into which he had hurled his unlucky foe. He stood, however, but a moment; as if frightened at the prospect before him, he commenced to step backward-—back—back —with his head in the same pugnacious attitude as when in combat —back another step and over he too went on the opposite side of the bridge, performing just as many, ami ex actly as ludicrous somersets as his ad versary had done a few minutes before. It beat all i ever saw. In about five minutes both bulls might be seen, their tails trailing in the sand, dripping wet, and scratching up the steep, gravelly banks, each one ou his own side of the river. jy— *-a>- “Thetn are bulls v ./t tvever fight no more,” said a boy behind me. i turned around; it was red-haired Bob, as we used to call him, and every hair on Bob by’s naked head looked as if it was in spasms. But Bobby w r as right. There are two political pat ties in No va Scotia—l wisli they had seen that fight as l saw it —that is all 1 have to say tor the present. Annexation of the Sandwich Is lands.—The President has determined, it is said, to appoint a commmissioner to the Sandwich lland%#Tsufl6#ient ability and wisdom lo etiect the annexation ol that country to the United States, should such a measure be requisite to prevent it from falling into the hands of France. Spiritual Rappiiiga. We publish (says a late Savannah Re publican,) the following communication ! jto oblige personal friends, and because j we believe there is .no better way to ex- ; I pose the ridiculous nonsense winch is j now rj .Gng ihe rounds of the papers, with the sanction of names which have long been inspected. We trust that all who have a desire do b arn more on such an ‘lmportant subject* will ‘ present on llie of Julv, agreefde to mutation: I Mr. Calhoan not only Rapping but Talk ing’. •! On the night of the Ist inst., in Robert vilio, Sou-th Carolina, a citizen of high re spectabiliiv, sound judgement, and un quesiionable veracity, suddenly observed various articles of furniture in Ids roojri, moving about, to bis great surprise :>.ud consternation, and soon several raps j were made under one of the large tables, and then the following word- were utter j ed, in u loud, clear and distinct voice: j “I’m John 0. Calhoun; I’il be here again at 3 o’clock, of the afternoon of the 4th of July next; Pin going via Augusta to the Memphis Convention, and perhaps Clay, Webster, and Franklin will return with me Collect every one here that you can—charge each $lO for admission— send the money to my monumental com mittee in Charleston.” The “medium” having somewhat re coveicd from his surprise and alarm, ask ed the following questions: Q. Are. you subject to emotions of pleasure and pain as you were in the world? A. It is not permitted me to tell you -on this head forbear at y our peril. Q, Are you still opposed to internal improvements? A. NaJ no! no! I turned my s >tr.- ; erset when 1 swallowed the Mis-issippi. i i I go to the West to further the objects ol the Memphis Convention, and -to direct : lie explorers in ihe best route for the ! Pacific Railroad, the completion of which j will soon revolutionize the commercial I affairs of the whole world. Q Why do you now seem to be a wanderer? j A. lam one. The doctrine of Metemp sychosis is true. 1 here are some spirits so great that they wander over the earth thousands of years before they can find j bodies capable of containing them.— Forbear! Q,. Where is Washington at this time? A. In the body of Franklin Pierce. Q. YVheie is Socrates? A. In Marcy. He entered his body when Matey rent his breeches. Q. Where is—but here A sudden and luminous ray of light was seen through one of the cracks of the window* and no further question was re plied io. The Medium will not be answerable for the appearance of Mr. Calhoun at the appointed inn e, as he was sometimes ac cused in this world of having changed bis opinions, but he will do his best to ’ call j.kr. “o e . s o; the vasty d.nq ’ June 7th, 1853 Tiiomas Jordon. -bul the Charleston Courier, which published Mr. Taltnage’s letter, copy this. i. J. Weil, the above is-something, to be sure; but not to compare with ihe spirit ual doings on the other side of the Atlan tic. Tables, chairs, stools, hats, and so on, are now moved and removed at will, and the tiling, it is said, is steadily progres sing; that is, we suppose,the spirits are becoming more familiar, and begin to feel themselves more at home among their old and new acquaintances. Ihe debonaira Frenchman, who is a natural Leyden jar of himself, is applying his skill to all manner of uses. Recently, in the port of Dunkirk, a large man of war required to be slewed round; fourteen sudors, all good mediums, instead of going to the ropes and pulleys, clapped their hands together on the main deck, and without any other help, or a single “Yo! heave 0!” they turned the vessel on her axis, with out moving from their seals! Dont, you believe it? Why that is not half. An association is now forming iu Paris to engage in anew system of propulsion for waggons and other wheel carriages, without steam or caloric. Tne passen gers aie to be divided into paying and working classes, the latter to be carried tree, on condition that they replace the | force of the steam and engine, by uniting j their hands and accumulating tue neces sary magnetic or spiiitu il power. Nice invention* as Brother Jonathan would say. Georgia Jeffersonian. Death of William Dsaring. —-We announce with much reg.ret,the death, yesterday morning, in this city, of Wm. Bearing, Esq., in the GSlh year of his age. The deceased had been in feeble health for some lime, having been attacked with paralysis; and had removed to Savan nah the past winter, with the view of try ing a more genial climate, lie was a prominent man in upper Georgia some years ago, while engaged in business, and was well known and highly esteemed in Athens and in Augusta, and also in Charleston. Starting life dependent on his own exertions solely, he managed by industry and integrity to accumulate a large fortune, and to win the reject of all who camß in contact with him. He was among the first, if not the first man in the estate, to start a cotton Factory.— Ho was also an early friend of internal improvem. its, and engaged in many en terprises, to ail of which he brought great energy and high character. He leaves a wife and several children, among the lat ter the lion- Wm. E. Hearing, Mayor of Augusta. His remains will be taken to Athens, Gn., for interment. —Sat. Republic. Tbe night express train on the South Carolina Railroad was thrown off the track on Monday night, fifty-five miles from Charleston, by a bar of linage iron maliciously placed on the track. Isaac Winters, of Pennsylvania, the engineer, and Samuel Willis, one of the firemen, were killed. W. F. Sneed, a fireman-, was so dangerously scaided, that his life is despaire j of. Four of the freight cars were broken to pieces.’ Th 3 Chinese Rebellion. In reply to a. question, the fact was j distinctly stated by Lord John Russell, | ’ the.other day, in the JJritish Parliament, j ; that the. Emperor of China had applied to . ! Great Britain for assistui me, against the in-! surgeiit forces, which by the last accounts,. were approach.ing bis capital; but that no order:; had been given to interfere in tlie [ war in any way, except for the protection | of British’ property and subjects. The j Isw* account:- from Hong Kona: (to Marco 23:1i) stated that the British Plenipotenti ary Sir S C Bonham, left for Shanghae on the 13th, in Her Misty’s steamship Hermes, “his sudden departure being has tened, it was supposed, by receipt of an application from the Chinese Government for assistance.” The fact, this establish ed, affords. more convincmg evidence of the alarming progress of t’r- 3 in .urgent*— alarming, we mean, to Celestial Maj as fy—than any thing else which has come to our knowledge. The British steamer Salamander had also gone to Shang hae, or in its immediate vicinity. The French steamer of war Cassini, and the Ameri can steamer frigate Susquehanah, had pro ceeded in the same direction- -the latter having on board Col. Marshall the United Stales Commissioner. These vessels can effectually protect or secure the persons and property of their respective country men at Shanghae, but, without a land force, could do lit le more, even if dispo sed. But we are inclined to think there is generally no objection on the part of Americans and Europeans in China to let things take their course, believing that the chance is better for a favorable than for an unfavorable change. The present Emperor is said to have enfeebled his faculties by the excessive use of opi um, omd certainly, so far as can pe judg jed at4liis distance from the scene, be has manifested very little skill or energy in the prosecution of the war. We are in c.ined to think that his dethronement would be a blessing to bis subjects, and to mankind. — Exchange. Sad Suicide.— -Qlinda Doane, a young woman of Harwich, in this State, com mitted suicide on the 23th ult.. under the most touching and distressing circum stances. She was a very respectable woman, and bad been but a few weeks married. The circumstances of her death we find related in aa exchange as fol lows: For a year or so previous to her mar riage, she had received visits from a young man by the name of Mall, to whom she was engaged to be married. Iler parents opposed her choice, aud favo.n l the suit of a widower of considerable, property named Hall soon af ter married another, when tne parents of the deceased prevailed on her to marry Doane. The friends were invited, but before the time for the ceremonies to commence, the young lady excused her self and retired. Not returning, her sis ter went to her room, saw blood on tbe mirror and on the Sour, wc..t to toe oed, aud turning down the clothes, found her sister with her throat cut, and her bridal robes saturated with blood. Assistance was called, her wound dressed, and she recovered. Soon after she was married, since which time she has been occasion ally deranged. She fainted in church a few weeks since, on seeing Hall andhisi wife enter; and last Monday week, at 2 o’clock, P. M-, while the god of day animated ail nature with his refulgence, she stole from the authors and scenes of her ruin, to close this tale of suffering and wrong.— Springfield Mass. Repub. The commercial city of Sanghae, where our trade with Central and Northern Chi na principally centres, is in or near the mouth of the great river Yanplso-Keang. Nanking, with about one 1 ,00 ).000 in habitance, is situated some distance up the same river, and Peking, the capital of the Empire, to the Northward. By the last accounts, the insurgents, who com menced their operation in the Souihwsst.- ern part of the Empire, had traversed the country in a Northeasterly direction to the neighborhood of Nanking, which it was-supposed would soon fall into their hands. It was supposed they would then advance towards Peking—their object now being, apparervlv, the throne itself. The insurgent army is repotted to be 50,000 strong.— N. Y. Jour, of Commerce. Virginia. Congressional Election.— The result of the Congressional election in Virginia,, shows the triumph of the demo cratic candidates of every district. The following are their names:—lst dist., Thomas S. Bayly; 2d, John S. Millson; 3d, Jokt S. Caskie; 4th, W. O. Goode; sth, Thomas 8. Bocock; 6th, Paulus Po well; 7th, Wm. Smith; Bth, 0. J. Faulk ner; 9th, John Letcher; 10th, Z. Kid well; 11th, J. F. Snodgrass; 12th, 11. A. Ed monds; and 13th, F. McMullen. q- Mr. Andrew Jackson Davis winds up a epistle of invitation to the Bible Con vention in the following words:—“Now, gentlemen, I have be ‘ discharged a frag ment of my duty in • resenting this mo mentous matter truthi illy before you. It is not I, but the Nineteenth Century, with its new truths and awakening Rights of Man, that invites you to the Bible Con vention.” In this convention, it appears, the Bible is to be put upon trial, that it may be clearly ascertained by the conven tion, whether it is good for anything or uotl La Plata and Tributaries. —Ac- cording to Mr. Hopkins, U. S. Consul to Paraguay, tbe extent of river navigation from Cape St. Mary, on the Atlantic, to the head waters of the La Plata and tri butaries, is not less than ten thousand miles. This is all in a state of nature and unobstructed by any impediments to steamboats. Upon tbe banks of these ri vers is a population of 3,000,000, entirely dependent on their commerce for subsist ence and prosperity. lu Paraguay the population is 1,200,000 souls; the coun try intersected by rivers navigable from thirty to one hundred and fifty miles. Prom the Mountain Signal. Ellijay, Ga. May 23d, 1853. Messrs. Editor's: —l have never before witnessed so much excitement among the citizens of the county, as there is at this | time upon the subject of mines, &c. Ev | ery man in his own imagination that owns ‘lards at all, owns a copper, silver, or [gold mine. Visit tbe little neat cottages j and you will find tbe cracks, jams and windows chinked and daubed with speei -1 mens of ©ref of proe kind or other. * Well may they he excited, for it is r fact worthy to be recorded, that Gilmer county is the richest county in the State, If her minerals were fully developed—ii we could but see half of the rich hiddc: treasures that these rude, rough hills ar possessed of, vve might then say that lh,i is the land we read of in the Bible, (tl> land of Ophir,) where Solomon resorte* to, to procure the gold, silver and coppe for the erection of the temple. Yes, thv next, and even tbe third generation y< to come, will not be able to fully unfo 1 tbe rich minerals that these mountai...- contain. Th- day cannot be far distant wh> Gilmer county will stand at the head the list ot counties in Georgia. She h already been looked upon as the.banm county of the State. Truly it was of her, by one of the illustrious leadc. of the Union Democratic party about t: close of the last election for Governor . the State; “When I die, let me die s rounded by the good citizens of Gilo county —let my body be interred in. t>> beautiful valley of the Ellijay, wht peace, unity, and plenty abounds.” There are now successfully ia ope; tion at the Ducktown copper mine’ the edge of Tennessee, near this cour.i some three companies. There are a: several companies tasting in thi’i cwim sinking shafts for copper ore, anxious expecting to find an abundance of ri< copper ora—-may they reap the rewar of their labor. We have also in opei lion a company at the White Path go mines, doing well, making on anaverag (as 1 have oeen informed by some of ti. operators,) from 3 to 5 dwts. per day i the haud. There are also all throug the county, persons testing, some ar finding favorable places, others are not it is somewhere, and will be found some day or other. Aside from the minerals of Giliher, (and l have no doubt hut she is far superior to any other county in the State for min erals,) she is one of the best counties that Georgia affords. Her pure and de lightful atmostphere, mild and pleasant summers, agreeable and temperate win ters, the pure and best of free-stone wa ter, some very good sulphur and mineral springs. The pleasant little village Ellijay is well supplied with water from the adja cent hill. Near by is a mineral spring that is better than the best ot the Mur ray, Cohutta, Gordon, and Rock Springs. Ellijay is situated near the Ellijay ri ver, opposite the junction ct the Eliijay and Corteca, in the valley of the Ellijay, surrounded with beautiful hills and moun tains. Some little distance off the scene ry of the valley is quite beautiful; the mountains presenting a sublime appear ance, with pure and refreshing rivuiet3 gushing forth from their base, j In connection with the place, in order to make it more delightful and pleasant, we have two large and commodious ho tels, well arranged and bountifully sup plied with all the luxuries of life, kept by Messrs. Freeman and Roberts, both of whom are most excellent landlords, and who never fail to give satisfaction to the way-worn traveller, who ma\ chance to favor them with a call. In ad dition to this, that the travel!’ lg commu nity may be accommodated, we have a good Livery stable, kept in the best ol style, by Terrior , J. L. Dunn, when horses receive tho greatest attention.— We have a hack now running from thi place, on Thursday morning, 8 o’clock a. m., and arriving Friday, 6 o’clock p. m making the connection with the Wester: and Atlantic Railroad on Friday 6 o'- clock, a. m., so that persons living in the lower and middle portions of the State, can have a convenient way-of visiting their lands, and you would do well to th so, for you know not what you might be worth, at the least it will cost you but little to see your lands, and you could not heip enjoying your trip, so come on and see for yourselves. If there is a county in the United States where “wine, milk, and honey flow,” Gilmer is that one. A-Mok-Pa-Tiuac. The new war with Mexico. The Baltimore American, of the 9th inst , says: —The letter from the Wash ington Correspondent of the New York Journal of commerce, respecting the diffi culties in the Mesilla valley, which we published on Saturday, is copied into the National Inteligencer of the same day, with an accompanying expression of its “serious import,” and the declara tion “that its statements are substantial ly correct so far as they relate to Gen. Garland’s departure for the upper Rio Grande, and the strong force of all arms which will be there under his orders.” This endorsement of the Intelligencer gives the letter additional force. The question to be settled, either by arms or diplomacy r is whether the bound ary line is to be drawn by the treaty map or by astronomical observations.* The solution of the difficulty will depend very much upon the temper and policy of Santa Anna when Goo Garland, *iha'l have arrived iu the leritory. Mexico is surely not in a condition to gUttPjWftr wjtn us. Her coffors and her puopfe exhausted. Yet it may suit Ahd Dictator to declare war and to cooifuctit,,oo paper m the splendid bombast he jfiapa ble of composing while ive. milks peo ple for contributions iti*. sustain tbe.-jia tion’s honor, c A wur -feeling;is,very dif ferent from i a wat-fight, .And no. one knows better titan .Santa Anna: haw to cultivate, and use the.former. Hjs talent for actual buttle is disclosed ifi the lais toryipf our-repent .wat : .Ti * No. 24.