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VOL. XIV.
THE GEM JEFFERSONIAN
15 M'BLISHED EVER 7 THtTItFPAT MORNING
- B 7 WILLIAM CLINE,
At Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per an
num, or Two Dollars paid in advance.
At>VEUTISEMKNTS tire inserted at O.YH
f'OI.T.AR ner rjunre, for llie first insertion, and
FIFTY CEBITS per square, tor racli^inserlion
tliereatler. ®
A reasonable tMucmin will lie ma ‘c to those
who advertise by the year.
At! advertisements dot otherwise ordered, will
l econtinued till tnrßifl.
r'TPSAI.F.S OF LANDS hy Administrator?,
Kx-'cutors mi Guardians are ipquircd ha law to he
bold on tin: first Tuesday in the month, between
it> hours o'ten in llie lorenoon and three in the
aliernnnn, at the Court-House, in the county in
ivitifh tlie land is situated. Notice of these sale,
mil-l be ven in a public gazette FORTY DA I S
(iwinm ‘ the <tav of sale.
S ILES OF NEG ROES must be mode at pnb
ruction o:i the first Tuesday ol the monlli, be
* ween the usual hours of sale, at the place of pub
lic .'|"s in the county where the letters Testa
nn*ary,ol Ad .linistr Uion nr Guardianship mflv
hav been jrranted; first divine FORTY DAYS
** ‘'ice I Hereof in one of the public azetles of this
Stito.anil at the court house wbe e such sales are
to l-c held.
SjNot'. eforthc sale of Personal Property must
l "“ Pv in like manner FORTY DAYS previous
to the r!uw of *ale.
Notice to Dcbtora and U’rr-difnra of an estate
must he published FORTY DAYS.
No'ie,. that application will lie made to the Court
i O Iniarv fir i.bavf. to spj.i. land must tic pub-
for TWO MONTHS,
Notice for i.f.ave to sfi i, negroes must lie
p'lVis'i -li TIVO MONTHS licfo r e anv order ab
solnt • shall be male I hereon by the Court,
CIT.iTJ()\'S for L'!t“rs of Ad ministration, j
me... bn published t’Urt Y r>AY a ; for Dismission
troui Aeini-iisiraiion. monrm.T sis moeths; for
Disni>s*ion from Guardianship, forty day ,
Rules lortlie Korcclosiirr of Mortgage must he
pumislierf MOXTIII.Y FOR FoPR MONTHS, for CStille
I'shing lost paj ts, lor the full space of three
tnvnn fur comp. lliug titles from Executors or
Ad-:ii:iislratiir3.“where a bond has been given by
I | ‘-m * 11! re,t,.,, *
Prayer cf the Betrothed.
A lady in the St. Louis Union, over
the signature of Inez portrays her thoughts
in the following most beautiful verses, on
the eve of her marriage:
Father I come before Thy throne,
NVith low and bended knee,
To thank Thee, with a grateful tone,
For all Thy love to me.
Forgive me, if my heart this hour
I give not oil to Thee,
For deep affection’s mighty power
Divides it now with Thee.
Thou knowest, Father, every thought
That wakes within my breast,
And how this heart has vainly sought
To keep its love suppress’d.
Act when the idol, worshipped one
Sits fondly by iny side,
And breathes the vows I cannot shun,
To me, his destined bride
Forgive me. if the loving kiss,
He leaves upon my loving brow,
I thought of iii an hour like this,
And thrills me even now.
He's chosen me to be his love
And comforter through life;
Enable me, oh God, to prove
A loving, faithful wife.
Tie knows not, Father, all the deep
Affections I control—
Tin thousand loving thoughts that sweep
Resistless o’er my soul.
II? knows not cadi deep smut cf love,
That gushes war n and free;
Nor can he ever, ever prove
My warm idolatry.
Then guard him, Father —round his way
Thy choicest blessings cast,
And render each successive day
Still happier than the last.
And, Father, grant us so to live,
That when this life is o’er,
Within the happy home you give,
We’ll meet to part no more.
Young Grimes.
by n. r. sn:i.i.ACi:n, the “sins. Partington”
OF THF. BOSTON POST.
Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
We ne’er shall see him more;
Cat he has left a son who bears
That name that old Grimes bore.
He wears his coat of latest cut,
Ilis hat is new and gay;
lie cannot bear to view distress,
So turns from it away.
Ills pants are gaiters, fitting snug
O ‘or patent leather shoes;
His hair is by a barber curled;
He smokes cigars and chews.
A chain of massive gold is borne
Above bis flashy vest;
His clothes are better every day
Thau were old Grimes’s best.
In Fashion’s courts lie constant walks,
Where lie delight doth shed;
His hands are white and very soft,
Cat softer is his head.
He’s six feet tall, no post more straight.
His teeth are pearly white;
In habits he is sometimes loose,
And sometimes very tight.
IJis manners are of sweetest grace,
His voice of softest tone;
Ilis diamond pin’s the very same
That old Grimes used to own.
Ji dickey tall adorns his face,
His neck a scarf of blue,
He sometimes goes to church, for change,
And sleeps in Grimes’s pew.
He sports, the fastest “crab” in town
Ts always quick to bet;
lie never know’s who’s President,
Cat thinks “old Tip’s” in yet.
He has drank wines of every kind,
Anl liquor cold and hot;
Yro/if Grimes, in shirt, is just that sort
Q. ma i old Grimes was not.
Is Smith a common or proper name?
Why is a cow’s tail like the letter F’.—
Because it’s the end of beef.
Why is an egg like a colt? Because it
<5 not fit for use until it is broke.
When is a frog monarch of the ravens?
When lie’s a croaking. (crow king.)
When will Water stop running down
hill?; Wlrtn it gets to the bottom.
Seffemwfew,
Semi-Animal Examinatiott
OF THE
WESTON MASONIC INSTITUTE.
Cor.. Augustus Aldf.n, Principal.
Lumpkin, Ga. July 8, 1853.
1 Mr. Editor: —The writer had the plea
sure of attending the Examination of the
Weston Masonic Institute, located in this
county, and under the superintends! nice of
Col. Augustus Ai.uen, who is well known
in your section of the State, ns a teacher
of eminent ability. His reputation had
preceded him, to this county; but great as
it was, the testiracyiy of the numerous
patrons and friends of the Institution,
were sure that all expectations were fully
realized in tho efforts made by himself, his
intelligent daughter who assists him, and
by the accomplished Mrs. Nesbit, who
has charge of the department of music.
The examination of the pupils disclosed
the fact, that the preceding term had been
spent in such assiduous study as to enable
them to undergo, with great credit to
themselves, a fair and thorough review in
the several branches of knowledge.
Nearly all of the young gentlemen of
fifteen years and upwards, delivered origi
nal addresses, which were marked in gen
eral with superior ability. The composi
tions of the young ladios Were of such su
perior character, as to call out the sincere
praises oftiie audience who had assembled
to hear them.
’ On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
several amusing comedies and farces were
acted by the students, and I must be per
mitted to say, that for drollery, side-burst
ings, comicalities, exceeded anything which
could have been expected from mere boys.
On Thursday evening a very large cdh
courso assembled to witness the exhibition
of the musical talent of the Institution.—
Nearly all the pupils in music, have com
menced this term, and I was somewhat
surprised at the advancement made by
them. Cut one should not be surprised
when Mrs. Nesbit has charge of this de
partment.
The writer lias no interest whatever in
this Institution, except it be an unbound
ed friendship for the patrons, pupils, and
faculty; but ono must know chat, if
appreciated, it will be frell patronized.—
At least 125 students are expected for
the next term.
It is located in a retired and healthy
spot; in the heart of one of the most mo
ral and religious communities in thejState.
away from excitements and temptations
which too ofteu beset our institutions of
learning.
Let Baker, Lee, Early Randolph, and
all other counties that want their sons
and daughters well educated, and also
sent home equally as moral, or more so
than when they came,- send up to the
Weston Masonic Institute. E.—
Hap.dhe.ui, Pikecounty, July 9, 1853.
Wm. Cline,
Dear Sin:—Will you be so kind as to
give a small space in your paper, to 1 one
who wishes if possible,- to correct some
false statements that have beetvput in cir
culation against him. In the first place,
I have been an unwavering Democrat ev
er since I was allowed to vote. In the
second place, I have never sought office at
the hands of any party, and if I was com
petent, it would be a thing the feast de
sired by your humble writer. In the third
place, I have understood by respectable
authority, that it lias been reported in
pa~ts of the county that I was a candidate,
in the ring or out of it, which report is
false, in the next place, it was also re
ported, that if the party did not please
me, I would run let the consequences be
what they would, that report was equally
as false as the first. All that I ever said
was tliis, that if the Petition was made an
issue, and there was Petition men run,-and
no one else would run as an Anti-Petitioh
man, j would, but if there was au Anti-
Petition man run, either Whig-or Demo
crat, I would support him. I still occu
py the same ground. So, said Whigs and
democrats of my neighborhood, may it
never be made a test any more, and I anv
sorry to find that such things split up and
divide and tear asunder the feelings of
friends and parties. This is, and was my
position all the time, and all I ever said
on that point, and what I atn able to
prove.
I state these things to the reading pub
lic, for the purpose of sustaining my per
sonal character. I can only say, as a
true Democrat, may its principles be waf
ted upon every breeze from the mountains
to the seaboard. And in its vibrations
may the name of H. Y. Johnson fall with
a delightsome sound upon every ear.
GEORGE G. WEST.
The Whig Convention.
As wc surmised last week, the whig
convention which met at Newnau, on the
Gth iust., adopted Col. Murphy as the can
didate to be run for Congress in opposition
to the Democratic nominee. It is under
stood he accepts the position assigned him
by the Whigs. lie has. at last stepped
squarely into the ranks of the Opposition.
He will oppose the Democratio candidate
for Governor, and support Mr. Jenkins.—
The convention which nominated Mr. Jen
kins, assumed an attitude of hostility to
President Pierce’s administration. As
Col. Murphy, in his support of the nomi
nee of the ‘Gubernatorial Convention’ com
mits himself to the sqppert of the platform
of principles laid down by that convention,
should he be elected again to Congress, in
the coming contest, he would of course be
found in the House of Representatives,
working and voting with the party in oj>
position to the national Democratic ad
ministration. We trust Union democrats
who supported Gen. Pierce last fall and
are unwilling to pass a vote of condemna
tion upon his administration uoty, will
bear this peculiar attitude of the
tion candidate in mind.— Atlanta Intel. \
Intelligence from all parts of the Dis
trict gives the most cheering indications
of a genuine, old fashioned Democratic
triumph, in the approaching canvass for
member of Congress. The Democracy of
the District will come up united, and cor
dially support th nominee of the conven
tion, while many whqhava always acted
GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1853.
wrnrfhe whig party, disgusted at the re
cent attempt of the whig wire workers, to
force upon them, as a candidate/ a man
who; a few weeks ago, was in full fellow
ship with the Democracy and would have
remained so if he had only been rewarded
by a nomination, have utterly refused to
bo dragooned into any such service, and
will support the regular Democratic can
didate. The Union democrats who arc
willing to follow the recommciulce of the
opposition, over to the whigs, thus effect
ually severing their connection with the
Democratic party of the State and of the
Nation, we % are glad to find will be very
few—scarcely enough to count.— -Ibid.
duds© O’Neal in Philadelphia.
Extract from Correa, of Temperance
Advocate.
Yesterday, conducted by rfiy Worthy
brothers, Jackson and Nicholson, I visited
Independence Halil As F’ entered the
room, it seemed as if 1 stood in some
holy place Here the Declaration of In
dependence 1 was read, by Jefferson, at
the head of his committee, (Franklin,
Adams, Livingston, and Sherman,) men
never surpassed for wisdom, patriotism,
and Republican simplicity. Shades of
the mighty dead, seemed to he presant
hr*re. Would that our countrymen, one
and all, would visit Independence Hall,
and renew their feeling of love and devo
tion to their United country. No man
standing inf Independence Hall, would
breathe a word, or haibor a thoughta
bout disunion!
As you enter, a beautiful statue of
Gen Washington is before you, and occu
pies the place where the President of
Congress once sal ? On the right of the
statue hangs a portrait of Washington in
full uniform, taken when he was a Col.
in the service of Virginia. In his youth-
ful face, you can hardly trace a line of
the grave, commanding face which cotri
maned at Trenton, Monmouth and York
town, and which afterwards graced the
new Government under the Federal Con
stitution. Immediately below tiiis pic
ture is the wooden seat occupied itfChrist
Church by Washington, La Fayette and
Dishop White. Just beyond Col. Wash
ington’s portrait hangs a life-like print of
Bishop Write. Underneath is the high
backed red morocco lined chair, occupied
by Charles Thomson, Esq., ihe never e
. nough admired, self-sacrificing, Secreta
ry of the Continenal Congress. On the
left of Washington’s is the portrait of the
gallant son of the storrfiy deep, Stephen
Decatur. The spectator as he looks at it,
drops a tear over the sacrifice of so
much worth to that modern idol, red
with the blood of many victims—Duel
ling! Uuderneath is the chair of the
President of the old Congress—it is ex
actly like that of Secretary Thomson.—
It carries with it the venerabla and glori
ous associations of Hancock and Laur
ens. And they recall, that Massachusetts
and South’ Carolina were then as twin sis
ters, in the glorious cause of liberty.—
Why are they now estrayed ? On the
right of the room as you’ enter, is a beau
tiful portrait of William Penn, it. looks
as if painted yesterday.- Ilis features are
radiant with manly beauty, and benevo
lence. In his hands is his treaty with
the Indians, they appear in the foreground.
Ooe feeling and thinking as I do, of the
immortal founder of Pennsylvania, would
never tire in looking at it. Oil the left
of the room is a fine portrait of Gen. La-
Fayette, pamted in 1524. It is exactly
like the great Apostle of liberty of the
New and old World; but looks younger
than he did when 1 saw’ him in Columbia,
in 1525, worn down by travelling, feast
ing and civic honors.
in this fittest of all places,- rested the
bodies of the great men, worthy to
be the successors of the sage of Indepen
dence John*Quit:cy Adams & Henry Clay
on their transit frotiv Washington home.
If I dared, I could fancy, on the separate
nights when they lay in the Hall, that
the spirits of Washington, Franklin, Ad
ams, J'effiarsan, Livingston, Sherman,
Hancock, Laurens, Henry, Lee, and
their associates, desended to welcome
and bless the spirits of the newly dead;
and said ‘‘Arise flee away with us, mount
in a chariot of fire lo everlasting life and
glory 1”
From this venerable place, we passed
to the Court rooms, they are poor, and
small apartments, for the administration
of justice. Toe orphans Court we first
visited. Judge Kelley and Allison were
presiding. They are both, to their hon
or, and the good of tho cause, efficient
Wot king total abstinance men. They
dispatched rapidly the business, which is
usually done hy ordinary, Master in Chan
cery, and the Court of Chancery. We
then passed into the District Court, (the
Court of sessions then being in session.)
I was introduced by brother Nicholson,
who is a lawyer, to the Judge, Thomson.
A case of assault and battery was in trial.
A negro woman was indicted by a ne
gro girl. The celebrated Paul Brown,
defended the case. The prosecutrix was
sworn, examined, and cross-examined,
neither of the counsels raising from their
seat. The Judge by whom I was sit
ting, talked to me, and I atn sure heard
nothing of the case. Indeed, he told me
that at the begining of the term the law
applicable to such cases was fully ex
plained to the jury; and afterwards, with
out note or comment from the Judge,
they were allowed to dispose of the case.
We next proceeded to the mint, and
saw the whole process of making money
from the smelling until it was ready to
be issued. Every thing is done separate
ly. The chitnical preparation of the sil
ver makes it, in the first place —as lifted
from the boiling cauldrons —look “like
sordid dual;” ft is then cast into ingots—
these are made into.bars: these are roll
ed, and pased under the machines, which
cql them- into the different circulating
coins; they are then milled and stamped.
In this later operation of the smaller
coins,women are employed. The whole
operation of milling and stamping is done
by machinery, and every second a piece
is completed and draped into the vessel
which is placed'undorneath to catch it.
All pass into the curling room* which if
also done by machinery? There* seems
*o be an immence coinage going oa.—
In cabinates, are kept specimens coins of
the Ancient and the new world. A pice
of silver like those paid to Jml, is for
his Master’s blood, is there to he seen.
. Ftom the New Y*rk Herald, 2>l : nst.
Tremendous Hail Storm -Fatal and Dip.
astrous Effscts near ihe Curiatal Palace.
Yesterday afternoon^ between 5 and 6
o’clk, our .citv was visited by one of the
most tremeSJrous hai! storms that we
ever remember to nave seen. The wind,
during the “early part of the day had been
from the northeast, suddenly veered
rou to the northwest, and then again
changed to the east‘ bringing with it a
heavy thunder storm. ’lhe most pecu
liar phenomenon! was the sudden hurri
cane and the storm, not of bail, for that
woifld be 100 unmeaning a term to des
cribe it by, hut of pieees of ice, which
came clattering down upon ihe roofs of
the houses like shower of brickbats.
Extraordinary as it may appear, this is
the neatest resemblance that can he given
to the noise that” the storm produced;
but singular enough, this phenomenom
was very local, not extending over the
whole city, for some parts the fall of hail
had become modified into rain, probably
havig melted in its pasage to the earth.
In order that our readers may not sus
pect us of exaggeiation, we have append
ed two instances of what this hail storm
was:
The shipyards of Mr. Thos Coiner, at
the Dry Dock was covered with irregular
shaped pieces of ice,• or large clusters of
hailstones. Several of them were meas
ured, one of which was 6 1-4 inches in
circumference, another 7 inches, and a
third measured 3 inchesand 2 inches
thick.
Tfcg inhabitants of a house in Waver
ly place were startled by a solid body
falling in the front yard, and oti proceed
ing there found a nnmber of pieces of ice
which appeared to have been originally
ono piece broken by the fall. When
together they would weigh about two
pounds. The garden at tho hack of the
iiouso had also a large number of pieces
of ice scattered over it and a skylight at
the top of the house was smashed by
the hailstone.
The nosie of the falling hail on the Crys
tal palace was tremendous—the dome ac
ting as an immense drum.
During the storm a most disastrous
accident occured up town, ty which three
persons lost their lives, and several others
were severly injured, some of whom it is
expected will not recover. The scene
of the accident was in Forty-third street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues at a
newly erected frame building opposite
Latting’s Ooservetoiy, which belongs to
Dr. S. P. Townsend, anu was not entire
ly finished. It is also opposite she Crys
tal palace. During the stojm this buil
ding which whs two high. ind
roofed was over turne^rosta ataneous
ly by the hurricane that blew about 5
o’clock, and levelled to tho ground.
At the time the accident occured there
were six men employed on the ground
door plastering the walls, three of them
as plasterers. One of whom was the boss
named William . McCracken, and who
was killed with two others. There were
three other laborers this floor. On
the upper flo<#<%ere Were other work
men employed id|jjptiog the pipes and
other similar work; the building being
intended we believe for saloon, and in
addition to these there was a large
number of people who had sought tem
poary shelter when the storm came on.
So suddon was the accident that no
time was given for escape, the whole
building being prostrated without even
the shadow of a warning.
About 2 o’clock in the morning a tire
broke out in a bakery in the second av
enue. Cue of the journeymen in the es
tablishment was burned to death; a
family in the building were com
pelled to'escape by leaping from a fourth’
story window, in the performance of
which hazardous feat a wiuyjrn was in
stantly killed. Just as th steamer New
World was about departing for Albany,
at 7 o’clockj-one of her boiler sues col
apsed, causing the death of six persons,
and dreadfully scalding two others. In
the afternoon a hailstorm, accompanied
by lightning and a violent wind passing
over the upper part of the city, during
which anew three-story frame dwelling,
iu prucess of completion, in Foiiy third
street near the Crystal pilaoe, was blown
down, burying eight or ten workmen a
mid the ruins', three of whom were taken
out lifeless. Seven others wera serious -
ly woundrfd.
Many buiuings were greatly damaged,
and a large number of persons injured
by the storm in \yiUiatnsbnrg.
A telegraphic despaclufrarn Northum
berland, Pa., states that the harvest and
fruit crops in that vicinity were greatly
damaged by the hailstorm yesterday after
noon. Many of the husbandme i, it is
said would lose their entire harvests.—
1 he lumps of hail there, were of extraor
ary size, and thousand of windows were
broken. 1 here has been no rain in Bal
timore for a month.
*
No Difference.
The Griffin Union hoists the name of
tho Hon. Charles J; Jenkiua to t.(i3 head
ot its editorial columns k/tbb “ Whig
candidate for Governor .” The Marietta
Union hoists the same as the “ Union
erndidake for Governor,”’ while the South
ern Recorder has it simply candidate for
Governor. The Griffin p;.per is nearest
fight, though the nominating convention
werb ashamed of their name, and put me
old line whigs to shame by denying it. —
Still, the candidate is not a Union candi
date, for the Recorder, with ail its dread
of the odium of whiggery, aftw commen
cing to print the proceedings of the con
vention’ calling it the “Utfiou” conven
tion, had to stop the press to correct the
error, and strike out the very name of
U uiou. —Marietta Advocate.
“My German friend, how long l ave you
been married?” “Veil, dis a thing that I
seldom don’t like to talk about, bat ven !
does, it seem? to be so long tbit it nev#r
Was.”
From the Constitutionalist ■_&. Republic;
■ The next Legislature.
Some important questions will be
brought before the next Legislature for its.
action, and tho approaching session will
bo one of unusual interest.
We shall at present do no more than
indicate what those qnestions are, defer
ring discussion of their merits to another
time. ir. is proper, however, to call popu
lar attention to them, in view of the se
lections to be made of candidates for the
Legislature, and the ascertainment of the
public sentiment in reference to them.
Ist. Annual sessions of the Legislature.
We aro aware that this proposition is
embarrassed by the unfortunate result of
the election of State Printer, in 1840.
For the laws passed by the Legislature of
1851 —2, and the journals of its proceed
ings have been published only a few weeks
ago, and art not even yet fully distributed
—perhaps will not be ere another Legis
lature is elected, to undo in part what the
last did—to repeal or modify existing laws
and make new ones. Still this does not
affect the real merits of the question.—
Sue:, a delay ought never to have occur
red, and cannot reasonably be expected
to oeettr again.
The necessity of annual sessions has
been almost demonstrated by the opera
tion of the biennial law. Since its enact
ment, the Legislatures have either hurried
and slurred over the proper and needful
business of legislation, neglecting much,
and doing imperfectly much that it at
tempted; or they have prolonged their
sessions to near double the time they for
merly consumed. Even in the latter case
haste, incompleteness, and crudeness have’
marked their work in many instances.
The leading mode for biennial sessions
was economy. This was laudable and
eminently called for at the time. The fi-
nances of the State, its liabilities, and the
demands on It for large sums lo complete
• he State Road, prompted and demanded
this policy. Cut the experiment lias not
worked as was expected. The expenses
of one Legislature nearly equal now what
two used to be, and we have get back
practically'to annual sessions. The Leg
islature of 1849 held over to 1850, and
the Legislature of 1851 held over to 1852.
The Legislature has therefore been iu
session in every year of the last soar, and
we do not doubt the legislature about to
be eleectd, will be found in session
uext year.
This shows that the great and growing
State of Georgia, with its increasing re
sources, its untiring energies, and irrepres
sible spirit of enterprise and improvement’
has much to counsel upon much to devise
and provide; while there are thousand lo
cal interests and wants in her wide do
main, and her diversified industry, to be
looke.l after.
2d. Repeal or modification ot the pre
sent ad valorem fax act.
This is a subject that will come up for
discussion. That there are some—perhaps
a considerable number of citizens in favor
of repeal, will not be denied. That the
law is defective and unequal in some of its
details, and would be the better for some
few amendments, we admit. Cut the ad
valorem principle is so indisputably just
and equal, that it addresses itself at once
to the judgment and the consciences of the
people. They will not repudiate it for
any other principle of taxation.
3d. Tho abolishment of the Supreme
Court.
We deem it unnecessary now to at
tempt the vindication of this tribunal from
the assaults of its opponents. The oppo
sition to it does not look formidable, tho’
it is inveterate. The people arc satisfied
with the Court, and if assailed in the leg
islature, as we expect, it will bo ably aud
successfully defended.
4th. Sale or lease of the State Road.
7.'he party in the State for tho sale of
the road or a controlling portion of it, is
not large at present. Nothing but bad
judgment and bad management on tho
part of the opponents of that policy, can
increase tho number or strength of that
party. The great mass of the people are
parting forever with the control of that
great work. Cut a large number—pro
bably a large majority are in favor of a
lease of the road to existing companies, or
a company to be chartered for the purpose,
for a term of years at a specified annual
rent. The only question is that of time.
It is a mooted point whether now is a
suitable time to make such a bargain.
sth. Disposal of the net revenue of the
State Road.
This could only be a practical question
for the present in case of a lease of the
road; for the necessary improvement of
the road, and its equipment in progress
and iu contemplation must yet awhile con
sume all its earnings.
Cut when this ques ion does assume a
practical shape, additional importance
will bo attached to the subject.
Gth Question, to which the next Legis
lature must give its attention. This is
the education of her poor children. A
liberal, thorough and well endowed sys
tem of common schools is called for by
every dictate of justice and far seeing
wisdom. What bools it, if in mere phy
sical enterprises', and in national wealth,
Georgia attain and preserve (he 1 name ot
the Empire State of the South, if the
mental and moral culture of her childten
be neglected. No wealth is so valuable
and permanent hs that which is
in the minds ami the hearts of the people.
No State can remain permanently pros
perous, advatice in the march of true pro
gress, and secure influeuce and respect
among sister States, that, with abundant
means, denies lo her poor children —the
future voters at her elections—the op
portunity of learning to read the consti
tutions of their State and country, the
Biblo and prayer book,and to write and
! read the names on the tickets they are,
hereafter, as citizens, to deposit in the
ballot boxes.
7lh. Applications for charters and eX
tension of State aid to Railroad enter
prizes. ,
Some important questions and much
interesting discussion will arise under
this head. Various charters for railroads
plank roads, and other enterprises to be
applied for; and from’ one section at
i ieast, urgent appeals will he made for
| State aidf*‘ to complete” a it is exiled
“the Railroad system of the State ” We
refer to Sou J h west Georgia, and the in
terests of Savannah connected therewith;
for it is claimed that every other section
of Georgia except the South west has
been greatly benefiited directly or medi
ately by the construction, frem the com
mon funds of the whole State, of the
State road, and tnat equality calls for an
appropriation in that direction.
We here only stale the proposition.—
I We do not aim now to affirm or argue
it.
Bth. Legislation on the Liquor ques
tion.
This involves the whole subject of the
Atlanta Temperance movement, on which
we have hitherto expressed our views.
It will certainly be one of the most inter
esting topics of debate which will bp
brought before the legislature. The ques
tion as to the innate justice and propriety
of the legislation asked, its probable op
eration if granted, and the constitutional
and legal difficulties involved, all open a
wide fiield for discussion.
1 here is a vet unfinished piece of bu
siness adjourned over from the last ses
sion, which ;s to be hoped the next legis
lature will complete—that of giving e
lections to the people. We have long
believed that official patronage could not
be placed in worse hands than those of
the legislature; and that no privileges of
that sort, with their attendant intrigues
and bargaining, should be allowed to di
vert them from their only proper and le
gitimate duty of legislation. They who
elect the legislature are quito as compe
tent as their agents to designate the in
cumbents of State offices, and have
quite as many motives to act judiciously
and conscientiously in the matter.
The election of a U. S. Senator, Judg
es,Solicitors, and State House officers,
will make the party complexion of the
next legislature a matter of great ad
ditional interest, and cause the progress
of the canvass in different counties to be
watched with keen anxiety.
Is it not improbable too, that in case
the Democratic party obtain the ascen
dancy in both branches, it will ungerry
mander the Con gressional Districts which
the last legislature arranged in a way
to give the whigs the lions share.
Jeakins,
Down hi the State of Georgia lives Jen
kins—it personage as mysterious as the
Grand Lama, the Wondering Jew, or the
Iron Mask. The birth, parentage, and
education of Mr. Jenkins, are unsolved
mysteries. It is only known that some
where among the cotton-fields of the thriv
ing State of Georgia dwells, in awful state,
the man called Jenkins, holding in the
hollow of his hand the entire Whig party
of that fiery commonwealth, from Fight
ing Town Creek to the sources of Ocilla.
and from Savannah to Columbus. The
Alatamaha hears his terrible voice and is
seized with a low stage of water—the
Flint as it rolls onward toward the Gulf
is more fixed in its bed than . ever. In
fact, Jenkins is a name to conjure with—
yet Jenkins has been’ hitherto unknown
out of Georgia. But now the fame of
Jenkins is spreading and becoming na
tional. Jenkins is destined to save the
Union, and being assigned to the special
work, the patrons of the Union, the men
who trade in saving it from the people at
large, are sounding the praises of Jeukins.
His name first comes to us by lightning
to the sound of muttering thunder. We
are startled by telegraphic assurance that
Jenkins will not allow Georgia to vote for
Scott, and that the whigs of Georgia do
exactly as Jenkins says. An awful pause
ensues, and we find Jenkins was pitched
on as the Georgia bolting candidate for
President. Finally at one of those awful
meetings, wherein that eminent teacher of
young ladies, the Ilev. Mr. Winslow, holds
forth, with length wholly out of propor
tion to strengh, it is announced that Jen
kins is as great a maw as Webster, only
not so well known. The Bolters of Bos
ton respond to the Bolters of Georgia, and
make Jenkins their candidate for Vice
President. Slim are the chances of Jen
kins for Vice President. His vote will be
small in Georgia, and hardly perceptible
in Massachusetts. The electoral ticket
gotten up tor him in this State will be
no where on election day. It is even
doubted whether half the names on it are
not fictitious. But Jenkins will be run,
and he will acquire an ephemeral reputa
tion among a few men who take bolting
newspapers.— N. B. Merccury.
Largest Tree in the World.
There is a cedar tree growing in tho
mountains of Calaveras country, Califor
nia, about twenty miles north east of Mur
phy’s, which is said to be the largest tree
in the world. A correspondent of Sono
ra Herald, who recently made an excur
sion to sec it, thus describes it:
At the ground, its circumference was
92 feet; four feet above that it was 88;
and ten feet above that it was 61 feet in
circumference; and after the tapering of
the shaft was very gradual. Its height as
measured by Capt. A. is. 300 feet, but we
made it about 285. This trcc is by no
means a deformity trees- with
large trunks are. It ifr*Thought one of
perfect symetry, while its enormous
proportions inspire the beholder with e
raotions of awe and sublimity. Elegance
and beauty are inseparable concomitants
of its grandeur.
I have said that this is the largest tree
yet discovered in the is so.—
The celebrated tree of would
have to grow many it
could pretend to be called but a
younger brother. It is said *iata tree
was once found in Senegal,_jfc§Bßnca,
whose trunk measured 90 feet in irtfcum
ference. But no one has ever been able
to find it since its first discovery. It is
called by the natives Baobab, by idjefra
nists Adensonia digitata. But it’ is ad
mitted that one can now be foOnd with a
circumference greater than it by 81 feet.
There is a tree in Mexico, called the Tax
odium, which is said to be 117 feet in cir
cumference, but some have said that it
was formed by the union of several trees.
The height of all'these foreign trees is not
J more, in any case than 70 feet; and none
of the trunks are more than ten feet.
_ The age of this mammoth cedar of Cal
ifornia, if each zone may be reckoned one
year, is about 2,520 years. A section of
the wood which I brought home with me
exclusive of the sap, which is but little
more than one inch thick, numbers about
fourieeu zones or grains to the inch. At
that rate, if it were permitted to grow, it
woald increase its diameter one seventh of
an inch every year. In 34 years its diam
eter would be increased one foot; in 840
years, ten feet—so that it would then be
40 feet in diameler, and 120 feet in cir
cumference.
This giant of the woods and of the
world, is to be flayed literally. The pa
triotic process has already commenced.—-
We understand that the bark which at
the base is about 14 inches thick, is to be
taken off in sections to the height of 60
feet, and sent to the world’s fair in the
city of New York. —Hamburg Republi
can.
Auoth r Dreadful Accident Rumored.
WiLifLvcTox, Del. July Bth A. M.
The morning freight train on the Balti
more road ran off the bridge at Brandy
wine creek this forenoon precipitating the
train into the water, and drowning the en
! gineer, nam’eed (jbas. Gerven, also the
fireman, whose name is at present un
known. The bars are lying in the creek
badly broken.
The keeper in attendance at the bridge,
says that the usual signal that the draw
was open, was dis played in good season,
but the engineer did not see, or did not
heed it.
The accident occurred to the half-past
2 o'clock through freight train; the engine
and tender went completely over, carrying
with them feur cars; the remainder of the
train escaped. The name of the fireman
killed has been ascertained to be Ileuben
Titus.
The coroner held an Inquest on the bo
dies, and the jury returned a verdict that
the cause of the accident and loss of life
was the carelessness of the bridge tender,
whose name is James Delay.
This man, it appears, when about half
asleep, came out to arrange the signal,
plaeing it so as to indicate to those in
charge of the train that all was right,
when on the contrary, the draw was o
pen.
The inhabitants of the place do not
blame the bridge tender much, as he is
required to do the work both night and
day, thus having but about thaee hours
sleep in the twenty-sou?. The company
arc considered the most guilty.— Savan
nah Georgian.
RULES OF COURTSHIP.
1. Never marry for wealth. A man’s
life consisteth not in the things he pos
sosseth.
2; Never marry a fop, or one who
struts about dandy-liko in his silk gloves
and ruffles, with silvered cane, and rings
on his fingers; beware! there is a trap!
3. Never marry a niggard, a close-'fis’t
ed, mean, sordid wretch, who saves eve
ry penny, or spends it grudgingly.—
Take care lest he stint you to death.
4. Never marry a stranger, or one
whnfce character is not known or tested.
Some frfrnales jump right into the fire,
with their eyes wide open!
5. Never marry a mope or a drone,
one who drawls and draggles through
life, on-e foot after another, and Jet things
take their own course.
6. Never marry a man who treats his
mother ail’d sister unkindly, or indiffer
ently. Such treatment is a sure indica
tion of a mean and wicked beast.
7. Never, on any account, marry a
gambler, a profane person, one who in
the least, speaks lightly of God, or reli
gion. Such a man can never make a
good husband.
8. Never marry a man who is neg
ligent of his person, or his dress, and is
filthy in his habits. The external ap
pearance is an index to the heart.
9. Shun the rake as a snake, a viper,a
very demon!
10. Finally, never marry a man who
uses tobacco in any form, or who is ad
dicted to the use of ardent spirits. De
pend upon it you are better off alone
than you would be were you tied to a
man whose breath is polluted, and whose
vitals are being gnawed cut by a’cohol
In the choice of a wife take the obedi
ent daughter ot a good mother.
Yankee va. Yankee/
In the good old times “when the Ply
mouth Colony” was truly the “land of
steady habits,” there occasionally sprung
up a volatile fern loving character, whose
habits aud disposition formed a striking
contrast with the upright and eonscieu
cious bearing of the old and formal Pu
ritans— An anecdote of two farmers of
this class living near each other, will af
ford an apt illustration ot the text: —One
was possessed of somb dozen fine sheep,
who having a decided antipathy to con
finement; would sometimes trespass on
the enclosure of their neighbor. He
having caught him in One of those overt
acts determined to inflict summary ven
geance on them and their owner. With
This intention he proceeded to catch them,
and running his knife through one of their
hind legs, between the tendon and the
bone immediately above the knee joint,
and put the other leg through the hole.
In this condition the whole flock decamp-
ed; leaving one quarter less tracks than
when they came.
The feeder of the sheep kept his eye
open; and soon after his neighbor’s hogs
haviDg broken or dug into his enclosure,’
he took advantage of his opportunity for
retaliation, by cutting their mouths frOir
ear to ear. In this way the four footed
grunters, rather cßop-fallen as may bo
supposed,-made their way to their own
quarters. The owner of the swine
VuxppMrucem great j e ' clart
that Ins hogs were ~a )hed |hat h J
would have tidtti,. His neighbor made
answer that he was not the cause—‘for,’
said he, the fact is, my friend, I did’nt
cut open them are hog’s mouths, t
seem’ my sheep running on three ■.
they split niouths a laugbip!”—
! \*rkrr.
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No. 29.