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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. ] No. 29.