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VOL. XIV.
THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN
19 PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING
BY WILLIAM CLINE,
At Two Dollar* and Fifty-Cents per ar.
num, or Two Dollars paid in advance, j
advertisements ru inserted i o.vil
HOLLAR por square, for Ihe fire! insertion, and
FIFTY CENTS per square, for each insertion
tlie res tier.
A reasonable deduction will tie made to those
who advertise by the year.
All advertisements not otherwise ordered, will
he continued till forbid.
OF LANDS by Administrators,
Executors or Guardians are required b} law to be
held on tb<; first Tuesday in the month, between
the hours o! ten in the forenoon and three in thr
afternoon, at lire Court-House, in the county in
which the land is situated. Notice ol these sale,
must be given in a public gazette FORTY DA IS
pr"ious to ttie dav of sale.
SALES OF NEGROES must he made at pub
lic auction on the first Tuesday of the month, be
tween tiie usual hours of sale, at the place of pub
lic sab's in the county where the letters Tcsla
nentary, of Administration or Guardianship may
have been granted; first giving FORTY DAYS
notice Ihereniin one of the public gazettes o( this
State, and at the court house whe e such salearse
to Le held.
Notice f„r the sale of Personal Property must
he given in like manner FORTY DAYS previous
to the dav of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate
must be published FORTY DAYS.
No’iee that apolication will tie made to the Court
Ordinary for leave to sell land must he pub
lished for TIVO MONTHS,
Notice tor LEAVE TO SELL NEGROES must he
puVtaVi! Tiro MONTHS before any order ab
solute shall lie made thereon hv the Court.
CITATIONS for Letters of Administration,
must be published thirty dais; for Dismission
fnm Administration, monthly six months; for
Dismission from Guardianship, forty day .
Hides sos life Korcclosure of Mortgage must be
niildished monthly >or four months, estab
lishing lost papers,.tor the full space of three
Months; for compelling titles from Pxecutors or
Administrators* whore a !„/’• has been gbron by
—..,,Ace of three won rtra.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS,
OF FAYETTE COUNTY.
Wf. the Grand Jury, selected, chosen
and sworn for the county of Fayette, for
the first week of the September Term, beg
leave to make the following presentments:
The book-! of the Clerk of the Inferior
Court having been examined, are found
neatly and properly kept. We find in his
hands a balance of seventy four dollars
aad ninety-one cents. We also find that
several Justices of the Peace are behind
in settlements for cst.rays sold by them. —
We also find a bundle of insolvent tax
papers returned by the tax collector. We
recommend the Inferior Court to expose
them to sale. We recommend that the
superintendents of elections, be furnished
by the Inferior Clerk, with a list of all
who have not paid their tax, and that no |
man be allowed td vote until he pays his
tax.
We have examined the books of fines
nnd forfeitures; we find them neatly kept.
We find in the Clerks (W. J. Russell’s)
hands one hundred and sixty
further find he has orders to the amount
of three hundred and twenty dollars and
five cents, which leaves a balance, in his
favor of one hundred and sixty dollars and
five cents.
We further find in the hands of the So
licitor General, M M. Tidwell, eleven
hundred aud sixty dollars; and we find he
lies orders to the amount of six hundred
and forty-seven dollars and twenty-four
cents, which leaves a balance of five hun
dred and twelve dollars and seventy-six
cents. We recommend the Inferior Court
to briug him to a speedy settlehicnt, and,
if necessary, employ counsel for that
purpose.
We have examined the Books of our
Ordinary, and find them kept in complete
style.
We find the Pcor-School Book in bad
order afct> irreorrectly kept, aud find the
amount of twenty-five dollars and ninety
seven cents, due to school accounts, in his
hands.
We have examined the Tax receiver's
Books, and find the**-KttdC out in a busi
ness style.
Wc have examined the Tax Collector’s
Book for 1852, and find the Collector, ac
cording to the table made oift by the Re
ceiver, has made a full settlement.
We have also examined the County
Treasurer’s Bo< k, and fiud he has a bal
ance in his hands of one hundred and
fourteen dollars aud ninety-five cents.
15pen the examination of our Public
Buildings, wc find the Jail in good order,
but find the north window, in the upper
story, in an unsafe condition. Wc recom
mend that: a ballustrade be placed around
the platform and steps.
On examination of the Superior Clerk’s
Books, tfe find them to be neatly and
plainly kept.
On an examination 1 Os the Overseer of
the Poor’s Book, we find he has paid otit,
to those entitled, the full amotiiit of money
received by hint.
The Public Roads, in some parts of our
county, are in bad condition, reflecting
great* discredit on both Overseers and*
Commissioners, and wc recommend that
tlrt Road Law be rigidly enforced, that
Uigkftiy working of Roads be abandoned,
j.nd ijivihing hut substantial work be re
ceived.
iUe Bn lge, across Moring Crcok, on
.. Atlanta Iload, being in an impassable
ntditinii wc recommend the Inferior
j’ “ coroleted forthwith.
<Jenrt to have i. CUI * . , ... r ,
Tbe Bridge at Majhe? ■ n ' ll ; °” the jj 0 ’
,atw ltoail, aud at Cliai>t m ‘ U ’. ou . tUe
Jonesboro and Atlanta Roan, -‘Ciug m a
.bad and dangerous state, we rec On.’ !nen<l
these also to the Inferior Court for re ’
building.
We reeommend that the Legislature
pass an act authorizing the payment to
Petit Jurors, iu this eomity, of ©ae dollar
per day, for their services.
Like other G-raud Jurors, we are very
desirous that something more efficient
should be adopted, by our Legislature, to
control and restrain the sale of ardent
spirits, and would take occasion to recom
mend to our Legislature a serious conside
ration of that movement of the friends of
Temperance in Georgia, whieh was recora
meuded to the people, in the Atlanta
Convention of February last; and, if that
movement is considered premature, or un
worthy of approval, we can but hope, and
now express our desire, that our next Le
gislature, in their assembled wisdom, will
pursue some course which will allow the
P-eople of this State to express their opin
(jkorght Icfferseitteu,
ion, in some way that can be properly done,
as to the manner in which the sale of spir
itous liquors shall be controlled.
In taking leave of his .Honor Judge
Irwin, we can but express our high ap
preciation of the ability and impartiality
with which he presides.
We also extend the common court eky to
the Sol Gen. M. M. Tidwell.
We request that our presentments be
published in the Jeffersonian, and Ameri
can Union.
Jabez M. Brassell, Foreman.
Joseph Huie, John C. Smith,
Joseph Chambers, Wm. W. Mathews,
Jeptha V. May, Wm. S. Chambers,
Rowland Stubbs, Charles C. Shell,
Caleb Simmons, Azariah Doss,
Robert K. Holliday, Littleton Stokes,
Abner Coker, Francis M. Handly,
Benja’n. H. Forster, Isaac P. Gay,
Whitman P. Allen, Hopson Allums,
Robert Rivers, John H. Williams,
Edmond Jackson, Lewis T. Thompson.
We, the undersigned Grand Jurors, beg
leave to make the following minority re*
port, in relation to Legislation tftt the re
tail of spiritnious liquors, and think that
the present retail law is as good as it can
be made.
Rowland Stubbs, John H.
Lewis T. Thompson, Littleton Stokes.
Hopson Alltims, Francis M. Handly,
Isaac P. Gay Wm. W. Mathews,
Jeptha V. May, Jabez M. Brassell.
Edmond Jackson,
Wc, the undersigned Grand Jurors, beg
leave to’ make the’ following minority re
port in relation to paying the Petit Jurors
by the assessment of a tax, &c.
Rowland Stubbs# Littleton Stokes,
Lewis J, ThomDSoh.
Isaac P. Gay, Wm. W. Mathews,
Jeptha V May, Jabez M. Brassell.
Ordered by the Court, that the forego
ing presentments be published, according
to the request of the Grand Jury.
David Irwin, J. S. C.
The above and foregoing is a true ex/
tract from the minutes of said Court, this
the 26th September, 1853
W. J. Ruslsell, Clerrk.
Capacity of Life for Happiness.
It seems to me that all times of life
are alike adapted sos happiness, a-ul that
if we grow old, as one should grow old,
the last days of life oiust be the happiest
of all. Every stage of life is but the pre
paration for the next one. ft is th6* trea
sure-house in which are collected all the
pleasures that are to make the future time
;happv. The child has, indeed, but few
I troubles, but they are, as great to him as
larger ones prove to his parents. I asked
a friend once, speaking of the happy
cloudless days of his childhood, if he
would like to be always a child? He
stopped for a moment, and then said, No
I think he was right. There is progress
in everything—in our means of happiness
and in our capacity for enjoyment. Then
let us not look back Upon the time wrink
led-face of the past, only with feelings of
regret. Give me the present, glowing
and fuff of life, and the future glorious
with bright vision. I would rather look
forward than to look back; rather spend
the golden hours in working out present
happiness than in vain regrets for the
past. It is but the helm with which to
steer our onward course. The future
lies before us. It is the steep and rug
ged mountain up which lies our way. It
is not genius or fortune that pares the
way to eminence, but earnestness—self
control—wisdom. These are in our
hands—let us use them, and when, at
the sunset of life we turn to look back
upon our path and see it streatching far
down before us, peacefully', happily we
may lay ourselves down to rest.
Seventy Swanns of Bees at War.
Ezra Dibble, a well known citizeu of
this town, and for many years engaged
extensively in the management of bees,
communicates to us the following inter
esting particulars of a battle among his
bees:
lie has seventy swarms of bees, about
equally divided on the east and west side
of his house. Oh Saturday, Aug. 14, a
bout three o’clock, the weather being
warm, and the windows open, his house
was suddenly filled with bees, which for
ced the family to’ flee at once to the neigh
bors. Mr. IX, after getting well protect
ed against his assailants, proceeded to
take a survey, and, if possible, learn the
cause which’ had disturbed them. The
seventy swarms appeared to be Olit, and
those on one side of the house were ar
rayed in battle against those on the other
side; and such a battle rtever be
fore was witnessed. They filled the air,
covering a space of more than one acre
of ground, and fought desparately for
some three hours —not for “spoils,” but
for conquest; and while at war no living
things could exist in the vicinity. They
stung a large flock of Shanghai chickens,
nearly all of which died, and persons pass
ing along the road’ were obliged to make
haste to avoid their sting. A little after
six o’clock quiet was restored, and the
living bees returned to their hRPes, leaving
die slain almost literally covering the
ground, since which but few have appear
ed around the hives, and those apparent
ly stationed as sentinels to watch the en
emy. Two young swarms were entirely
destroyed, and aside from the terrible
slaughter of bees no other injury was
•’e. Neither party was victorious, and
•hey on ‘’’ on the approach of night
and from utiC* prostration. The occasion
of this strange >. arf?ng among the betfc
is not easily accout. ,et ’ or > an “ those
most conversant in the. 7 management
never before witnessed or heard pf such
a spectacle as here narialed.—
{Ohio) Reporter.
The Middle Ages. —Rude werP the
manners then: the man and wife ate off
the same trencher; a few wooden-handled
knives, with blades of rugged iron!, 1 were a.
luxury for the great; candles unkuown. A
servant girl held a torch at supper; one,
or at most two, coase brown, earthenwai’d
mugs.formed all the drinkihg apparatus'fn
a house. Rich gentlemen wore clothes of
uulined leather. Ordinary persons scarcely
ever touched fresh meet.
GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1853.
Aaron Burr and Grattan.
Judge Barrington in his personal sketch
es of “Ireland fifty years ago,” gives the
following interesting account of an inter
view between Aaron Burr and Grattan :
Colonel Burr, who had been “Vice Presi
dent of America, and probably would have
been the next President, but for his unfor
tunate duel with Gen. Hamilton, came
over to England, and was made known to
me by Mr. Randolph, of South Carolina,
with whom I was very intimate. He re
quested I would introduce him to Mr.
Grattan, whom he was excessively anxious
to see. Col. Burr was not a man of very
prepossessing appearance; rough-featured,
and neither dressy nor polished#’ btft a #ell
informed, sensible man, and though hot
particularly agreeable, yet an instructive
companion.
People in general form extravagant an
ticipations regarding eminent persons.—
The idea of a great orator and an Irish
chief carried with it, naturally enough,
corresponding notions of physical, elegance,
vigor 3 and,dhjqity. Stftn was Col Burr’s
mistake, I believe, about Mr. Grattan,
and I took care not to undeceive him.
We went to my friend’s house, who was
to leave London the next day. I announ
ced that Col. Burr, from America, Mr.
Randolp and myself wished to pay our re
spects, and the servant informed us that
his master would receive us in a short time,
but was at that moment much occupied on
business of consequence. Burr’s expecta
tions were all on the alert. Randolph
also was anxious to be presented to the
great Grattan, and both impatient for the
entrance of this Demosthenes. At length
the door ppened, and in flopped a small
and t/erit figure, meagre, yellow add ordi
nary ; uire slipper nd on shoos bu cravat
hanging down; his breeches knees loose;
his shirt and coat sfeeVes tucked dp high,
and an old hat upon his head.
This apparition saluted the stra'tfgfefS
very courteously, asked, without an intro
duction, how long they had been in Eng
land# and immediately proceeded t;o make
inquiries about the late General Washing
ton and the revolutionary war. My com
panions looked at each other; their replies
were costive, and they seemed quite impa
tient to see Mr. Grattan. I could scarcely
s coital# bat determined to let my
eccentric countryman take his course, who
appeared quite delighted to see his visitors,
and was the most inquisitive person in the
world. Randolph was far the tallest and
most dignified looking man of the two;
gray haired arid tfell dressed j Grattan,
therefore, of course, toot him for the Vice
President, and addressed him accordingly.
: Randolph at length begged to know if
they could shortly have the honor of see
ing Mr. Grattan. Upon which our host,
not doubting but they knew him, conceived
it must be his son James for whom they
inquired, said he believed that he had just
that moment wandered out somewhere to
amuse himself.
This completely disconcerted the Ameri
cans and they were about to make their
bow and their exit, when I thought it high
time to explain; and taking Col. Burr and
Mr. Randolph respectively by the hand,
introduced them to the Right Honorable
Henry Grattan.
I never saw people stare so, or so much
embarrassed! Grattan himself, now per
ceiving the cause, heartily joined in my
merriment. He pulled down his sleeves,
pulled up his stockings, and in his own ir
resistible way, apologized for the outre fig
ure he cut, assuring them that he had to
tally overlooked it in his anxiety not to
keep them waiting; that he was returning
to Ireland next morning, and had been
busily packing np his books and papers, in
a closet full of dust and cobwebs. This
incident rendered the interview more inte
resting. The Americans were charmed
with their reception, and after a protract
ed visit, retired highly gratified, while
Grattan returned again to his books and
cobwebs.
The Northern Pacific Railroad route.
—The St. Louis Republican publishes a
long narrative of the progress of Gov.
Stevens’ expedition from St. Louis as far
as Fort Union, on the Yellowstone River,
a distance of seven hundred miles It
c'onsists'chiefly of descriptions of the inci
dents of the journey, interviews with In
dians, &c. 4 .
In the narrative there is no reference
to the fitness of the country traversed for
a railroad, but the Republican has private
information to the effect that the route
will not answer for that purpose at all.-
Any railroad constructed over it must be
at an enormous expense, and over a poor
country, not likely to be populated for
ages. Among other it is stated 1
that the expedition travelled for eight days
without seeing a tree or wood in any shape.
There were evidences also, that much of
the country was subject to an annual
overflow, and a very considerable pottiotr
of it was marshy land. The'distance; too',
it is stated, will be several hundred miles
longer than other more routes.
The Republican concludes that alt’ jde'a of
a Northern route for the Pacifib Railroad
must be abandoned. —Philadelphia Balle.
The private letters received at New
York by the steamers from the leading
Bankers in London and Paris, express the
conviction that the danger of war from
the'ebtriplication of the Eastern question
has parsed away. Especially at Paris is
this vie of the question held. Some of
the letters speak more favorably of the
Money market—the demand bfelng still
active but the supply abundant; and one
of the leading bankers of London expresses
the opinion that the will not raise
the tate of interest afpresent, and proba
bly not at all. Money in Scotland is sta
ted to be very abundant. In regard to
American Securities we hear of only a re
tail business doing. The large negotia
tions of new enterprises are all suspended
1 for the present, and ; the parties are com
ing home by the next steamdr. One of
the ‘tetters remarks that the time is rapidly
approaching when Se’<?oad-cla& Bonds can
not be negotiated either in London or
New York. ,
It is estimated that $160,666 have
been contributed in various sections of
the Union for the New Orleans suffer
ers.
TIIE CHINESE REVOLUIIOiV
The visit of her Britannic Majesty’s
steamer Hermes to Nankin has opened a
new scene in the great Chinese drama.—
It has served to establish the truth of
previous Sui'niise’s, that a large number of
t|ie Chinese are enlightened christi ins, and
destroyers of idols. This class of the re
volutionists had been known for some
time before as the ‘Shang-ti Brotherhood,’
and had made a statement of their views
arid principles in two proclamations—one
issued by Yang, the Eastern king, and
the other by Sian, the Western king, in
the early part of the present year Dr.
Meadows, the interpreter of Sir George
Bcfnham, hnd an interview with some of
tl}6if chiefs, and was filled with admiration
at their appearance and language. They
gave him the strongest assurances of the
most friendly feelings and intentions to
Wards the foreigners, and told them that
they were their Christian brothers!
Mr. Meadows was astonished at the
evidence he witnessed of the sincerity of
their belief, and of their practical consis
tency. He brought away several of their
religious books; one of which, called the
Religious Precepts of Tae-Ping Dynasty,
has been translated by Dr. Medliurst It
is a compilation, by the Chinese themselves,
of their ideas of religion, as drawn from
the Bible. There appears not the least
sign of the hand of a foreigner in it; on
the contrary, the internal evidence is very
strong that no foreign missionary, Romish
or Protestant, could have dictated it in
any way.
It does not come forward to announce
to the Chinese world the “glad tidings
that a Saviour is born,” aud that a light
has come into the world to show them
the way to Heaven; but appears to take
it for granted that the Holy Scriptures
are known to exist, and that Christ is the
Redeemer, ft says, “now the Great God
flaS made a gracious communication to
m'riri, and wlio'soever repents of liis sins,
&c., shall ascend to Heaven; and whoso
ever does not, &c., shall most certainly be
sent to Hell!” “Which of these is best
rind which tile worst, we leave it for you
tojudge!”
It then goes into an argument adapted
to the Chinese mind, to show the reason
ableness of the new doctrine, and declares
“that all people throughout the world, no
matter whether they be male or female,
Chinese or foreigners, must worship the
Great God.”
Their doctrines arc chiefly drawn from
the Old Testament, and their references
to Christ appear to be merely incidental.
They have many forms of prayer, some of
which are beautiful, especially that for a
“penitent sinner;” all are in the main,
scriptural—the chief objection being the
occasional requisition of “offering reve
rently of animals, tea, wine and rice to the
Great God of our Heavenly Father.”
Then follow the Ten Commandments,
which are ordered to be strictly observed.
Each commandment is written out, well
explained and accompanied by a hymn.—
One singular feature in their explanation
is, that in defining the meaning of the Se
venth Coirimrindhrent, they say it forbids,
among other things, the smoking of opium.
Some of their other books exhibit extra
vagant notions; but we must not expect
among a 1 people like the Chinese, so full of
superstition, and so imbued with the in
herited darkness of ages, that there should
not at first be some perversion of under
standing in reference to the new religion.
[Arthur's Home Gazelle.
The Ox and Wolf race.
Major Strickland, in his “Experiences
of an Early Settler,” founded upon a re
sidence of twenty-se\en years in Canada,
gives the following account of a perilous
adventure which once befeli his brother
in-law, James. He says:
“He was a bold, brave boy, of fen years
old at the time, and was on his return
home with a pair of oxen, with which he
had been visiting a neighbor, residing
about six miles from his father’s house.
His road lay by the river shore, which
was dreary enough, in the fall of the year,
and in the evening hour, but the child
was fearless, and saw the deepening
shades sink into night, without experien
cing anythig like apprehension.
“He wak trudging oh steadily, singing
cheerfully as he walked, when a sound
came on the night wind, that sent a shiv
er through the young pedestrian’s frame
—the war-cry of the wolves. At first he
hoped he was nol the object of pursuit;
but the hideous uproar came nearer and
nearer, and then he knew that he must
iustantiy adopt some plan fer escape.
“His route lay by the river shore, and
he could swim well, but the night was
dark, and he might be hurried into the
rapids, and to be dashed to pieces on the
rocks was scarcely less dreadful than to
be mangled and devoured by wolves. In
this extremity, the child lifted his brave
heart to God, and resolved to use the
only chance left him to escape. So he
.mounted Buck, the near ox, making use
iof his goad, shouting at the same time to
the animal to excite him to the utmost
speed. Ih mpst cases, tlie horned steed
would have flung off his rider, and left
him lor wolves’ meat without hesitation;
but Buck set off with the speed of a race
horse, as if fully aware of his young ri
der’s peril. Nor was his companion less
nimble. Fast, however, as the trio fled,
still faster came upon them the yelling
pack behind, and James could ever hear
*• ‘Tiieir long, hard gallop, whi'jh would tire
The hound’s ueep hate, a hunter’s fire.’
“Happily f6r him, old Buck heard it
too, and galloped on and on; but still
the wolves came nearer and nearer.—
James shouted to keep them off; the-oxen
almost flying, their chains rattling as they
went. This clarikingf-souiVd./'to which
(he hatefdl’ pack were unaccustomed,
made them pause whenever they came
close upon the oxen, while the latter jp*
doubled their speed, until at length these
gallant racers left the wolves behind, and
finding themselves within a short distance
of home, never stopped until Vhev had
brought the brave little fellow safe ‘to his
own door.
Ireland swarms with English, Conti
nental and American tourists, attracted
by the beauty of the Emerald Isle and
Che fame of the -Dublin Exhibition.
The Dutch Widower.
“Mine vrow va no better as she ought
to he till shust pefore she diet; then she
vas ,is goot as pefore,” remarked Mr.
Vanderbone to his nfiighbor
“Your wife was ao amiable woman,
and yon do great injustice to her memo
ry , M said Swartz.
“Vel, vat you know so much ’bout
mine vrow,
“I was. not intimately acquainted wi'h
her, but I am sure that dll of her acquain
tances loved her.”
“Vot right had they to love her, may
he?”
“May be what?”
“May be yob loved mine vrow, tqo.”
“Why do you speak so strangely?”
“Vy, von day, a pig, ugly man, shust
like you, came into our house and ki>sed
mine vrow right pefore fief face.”
“Were you present at the time ? ”
“To pe sure I vos.”
“Well, what did you do?” .
“I kicked him right pehind his pack.”
“Did he resent it?”
“Yaa, he proke me and te looking
glass and all te rest of the crockery in te
house, ’cept the featherbed, into voa tarn
smash.”
“What did you do then.”*
“Den I cried murder, murder, and I
called for te shudga 2nd te shury and te
police office and te constabie, to come
and he rund away.”
“Do you charge me with taking such
unwarrantable liberties with the compan.
ion of j’our bosom?”
“Me no charge nootingfor it now, pe
cause she pe tead and perried,”
“I will not allow you to ifiake such in
sinuations. You are an old tyrant, and
every body said you were glad when your
wife died.”
“Every pody be von tarn liar.” _
“1 saw no symptoms of sorrow'.”
“Me felt more wusht tan if my pest
cow has tied.”
“Your cow? What a comparison!”
“She vos a great loss—a heavy loss—
for she vos so pig as dat (spreading out
his arms) and she weighed more tan two
hundred pounds.”
“Look out, old man, or you will see
trouble. I doubt if your wife was ever
kissed by an) T man after her marriage.—
At all events, you must apologise for
what you have said of me.”
“Vot is pologise?”
“You must beg my pardon and say
you are sorry; if you do not, 1 will enter
a complaint against you and have you
arrested.”
“1 pe sorry ten.”
“Sorry for what?”
“Sorry you kissed mine vrow ”
“You incorrigible idiot! That is not
what you must say, for I never did such
thiuj; in my life.”
“Must I say that you pe sorry that you
Fever did such a thing?”
“No, you must take Sack what you
said ”
D'hile the Dutchman was in this dilem
ma, his friend Hans Bambufgh'er came
along, and finally succeeded in reconci
ling the parties, when the trio adjourned
to a neighboring coffee-house. —Bowie
Indicer.
A rnVui restored to life after bit
fial for ten MontJis.’
The sut>jo ; ned exiraet is translated
from the Pris Journal of Magnetism,
w’hich quotes as its authority a very te
maikable book, published by Mr. Os
borne, an English officer, on his return
from the Court of Runjesling, in Inia.
We must also add, that Gen. Ventura,
who was one of the witnesses in this ex
trao binary transaction, testified to the
correctness of the statement when he
subsequently visited Paris. Mr. Osborne
says:
‘On the 6th of June, 1838, the monoto
ny of our life in camp was agreeably in
terrupted by the arrival of an individual
w'ho had acquired great celeberly in the
Punianh. The natives regarded him
with great veneration on account of the
facility he possessed in remaining under
ground as long as he pleased, and then
reviving again. Such extraordinary facts
were related in the country concerning
thrs man, and so many respectable per
sons’lcstified to theiV authenticity,* that
we were ex*remely desirous of seeing
him; for instance: Uapt. Wade, of Ludhi
ana, informed me that he had himself
been present at the resurrection of this
Fakir in the presence of GW Ventura the
R.ja h, and several men of distinction a
tnong the natives, and that after his inter
ment had lasted several month*,*
Ttfe loliowing are the details which
were given him of the interment, and
those that he added on his own authority
of the examiiia lion:
At the end of some preparaiions which
had lasted several days, and wlrch would
be too tedious to enumerate, the Fakj| de
clared himself ready for the experiment;
the witnesses met around a tomb of ma
sonwork, constructed expressly to receive
him. Before their eye the Fakir closed
with wax (with the exception of his
mouth) the apertures of bis body though
which air might be admitted; thW he
stripped off all his’ clothing. He was
then enclosed in a linen bag, and by his
direction his tongue was tul'nfd hack, so
as to enclose the enierance of his throat.
Immediately after this operation the Fa
kir fell into a lethargic slate. The bag
which contained him was then closed and
sealed by the Rajah. This sack was
then placed in a wooden box, which was
locked with a padlock and sealed The
box was lowered into the tomb, over
which was thrown a great quantity of
eartl , which was trampled down and
then sown with parley; finally, sentinels
were set to watch it day and night.—
Notwithstanding all these precautions,
the Rajah still was suspicious, he came
twice during the ten months that the Fa
kir remained buried, and caused the
lomb to tie examined, he found the Fakir
precisely as he left him, and perfectly
cold and inanimate! ,
The ten months having expired, they
proceeded to the final examination. Gen.
Ventura and Capt. Wade saw the pad
lock opened, the seals broken and the
chest raised from the tomb. The Fakir
was removed; there were no indicators
of the heart or pu'se. In the top of his
head there remained some slight sensa
tion of heat After firstplaciog the tongue
in a natural position, and then pour
ing warm water over his body, he began
to evince some signs of life. After two
hours he was quite restored, and walked
about. This wonderful man is about
thirty years of age; his figure is unplea
sant, and his countenance has a cunning
expression.
‘lie says that he had delicious dreams
during his interment, and that restora
tion was very painful to him.
Confession of a Murderer.
The following- is the confession of Ro
bert A. Robertson, hung at, Alexandria.
Ky., Saturday, sept. 2d 1553, for the
murder of Moses Gard:
He says that he was born in Ligorier
Valley, VVestmoreland county, Pa., and
on the 2.1 of Auguaf, 1817. He was not
blessed with the advantages of education,
and could neither read nor write. At
the age of 16, he came with his father to
Cincinnati, where ne remained until
1832f He left his place for Quebec, and
afterwards returned to Dayton, Ohio.—
He was arrested in 1842, upon the charge
of stealing money from a widow lady
residing in Campbell county, Ky. The
explanation of the manner in which he in
nocently became connected with the
theft, as he says, was that for owing aman
named Charles Bennett, whom he could
not af.ferwards find, across the river at
Six Mile Hippie, hb received a purse,
whidh hb afterwards presented to a
young lady, and being identified, was
traced to him, and for this he was, on the
19ih of October, 1842, confined in the
Penitentiary, on a sentence of two years
He left Frankfort! in May, 1844’, deter
mined to find Charles Bennet, if in the
United Sifiles.
He, with a partner, laid in wait in the
wob'ds five days for the purpose of mur
dering the prosecutor and the witnesses
against him on the trial; but fortunately
for them, no opportunity occured to ex
ecute their horrid designs. On the 4th
of July, 1844, he heard of the where
abouts of Bennett; on the 27ih, he met
him on the public road, one mile in the
rear of Lawrenceburg, Ind. Having
given him an opportunity to defend him
self with one of his pistols, offered him,
he fired and Bennett fell, and after lin
gering six days, died unable to reveal
who was the author of the rher/der.
He speaks of hiSfconnection with num
erous mobs, of his being sworn in as a
lieutenant of a mob, the captain of which
resides in this State. The names of the
gang, he stales, Were written in blood,
drawn from their right arm, and they
were sworn to defend each other in their
operations of die in the attempt, ‘fhe
club was composed of men living in this
city and in the county of Campbell, op
posite, in Ky. He describes some of
their first attack on a’ house in thfb ci
ty, near the canal, on the fifth of February,
1745, and of his escape to Kentucky.
A short time afterwards, he says,
S3OO was offered to mob a house near
the Licking river, and their gang attackeJ
il;'one of them residing in Campbell coun
ty, was killed by a blow on the head,
and was buried by him and his compan
ions on the hank of the river. Avery
improbable statement is here made, of
there being fifteen of the inmates of the
attacked house killed, as was supposed;
the house being fired and burnt to the
ground. He was himself shot in the
thigh and secreted himself for three
mouths in a barn near the Queen City
Race Course, a negro boy being his nurse
and ph3 T sician.
After recovery he resumed his old oc
cupation of brick moulding at a yard
near the foot of Fifth street in this city,
near which a man having attempted to
steal S2B out of his pocket, was shot by
hitn and left him bleeding on the fl'tofr,
the wife having discharged the contents
of a shot gun into Robertson, on his es
cape freiri the window. To obtain a
cure of his wounds he spent fifteen dajs
at his father’s ..house, and six weeks in
Farncisville, Boone county, Ky. He re
lates that hawing got well, he was soon
notified to take part in a bank mob in
Cincinnati, in which he participated.
Qn the 2d of .October he left the club,
and on the 2d of February, 1848, he
was married. In 1850 he removed to
Pool Creek Station, in Campbell, county,
where he resided until the’ fatal oc
currence of the murder which he ex
piated as far as the law was concerned,
with his life on the scaffold. He declares
that his bad conduct had been
studiously concealed from his wiie and
family, and maintains that the death of
Gard was not premeditated, but acciden
tal, and that the witnesses were perjured.
Cincinnati Gazette.
Debility and Weakness. Extraordi
nary case cured by Holloway's Pills. —Mrs.
Mitchell, of Bristol Road, Birmingham,
was in that weakly state as-not to be able
even to dress herself, besides which there
was a constant pain in the right side
preventing her from lyin on it. She
was never free from Head Aches. Ap
petite and Digestion bad, and h r spirits
always greally depressed. Now’ this la
dy, ere she became so extremely ill, Vis
ited various watering places, where she
had the best medical advice, but her case
baffled the skill of all, and yet to the sur
prise of her family and friends she is re
stored to permanent health by the use of
Holloway’s Pills.
Table Talk or knocking'may sometimes
lead to embarrassing results, as proved by.
the following gossip current at Berlin. A
party met the other night, and- formed a
chain, and when the “fluid” was in move
ment, a married lady present put the ques
tion, “How many children have I?” “Tap,
tap, tap, tap,” or four replied the table.
“True, wonderful 1” exclaimed the lady
and all others. Presently her husband
came in and asked the same question.—
“Tap, tap,” or two, was the answer. The
effect produced by this may ba better con
ceived than described. This might be
termed “scauduldus table talk.”— Ex.
A Thrilling Scene. —A few days since,’
a3 the express train from Baltimore #ns
passing the vicinity of Naaman’s creek, at
the rate of forty miles an hour, a horrify
ing scene was witnessed those having
charge of the train. A man, apparently
a fisherman, inhabiting one of the shanties
close by, who was laboring under mania,
porta, had thrown himself upon the rails ;
for the purpose of self-destruction; but two
females having drawn him off were engaged
. in a dreadful struggle to prevent his
throwing himself before the train. One
had a deadly grip of his leg, while the
other was kneeling upon his breast, as the
iron horse went thundering by, just grazing
her clothing : indeed, so close was she, that
her own escape from instant death was
most imminent. The whole scene occupied
but an instant, and scarcely any of the
passengers were aware of .the calamity
that had been impending. Those who wit
nessed it were horror struck, knowing the
impossibility to pr ve.t t ie destruction of
all three, if the maniac succeeded in only
struggling a few inches nearer the rail.—
Phil. Ledger.
The Tennessee Bridge of the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad, says the Chat
tanooga Gazette, is now being rapidly,
pushed, and will be ready by the first df
January without doubt. The West chan
nel which is much the wider, is nearly
completed, and, tl\e trestle work on the
island is ready for the iron. In the East
channel, the piers are ready fqf the timber 1
which is being, framed, and we see no
1 chance for a failure unless the material is
behind hand, Col. Hight, the efficient,
builder, conducted us over the. work,’ and
took much, pleasure in showing us the
daily progress'and prospects of its early
completion. The bridge will be ready as
soon as the remainder of the line, when
we shall have a rapid’ communication with
Nashville.
Tipped with the Romantic. —There
is now in the mountain region of western
Virginia, a young.lady from Kentucky,
described by the Parkersburg Gazette, as
young, pretty, eddeatfief, and sprightly,
who is there to protect her rights to a
large trect of land, which descended to
her from her ancestors, to whom it was
patented for revolutionary services, but
it is now claimed by a land pirate, who
formerly acted as her agent. To defend
her rights “solitary and alone” to the
disputed territory, she went, made a
clearing, built a log-cabin, and located a
tenant. She always carries one af Colt’s
revolvers’, and thffs armed roams fearless
ly over the mountains, following paths
seldom trod save by the panther and
bear.
The New York refiners consume eve-,
ry day nearly one thousand hogsheads oi
raw sugar, and it is stated that one firm’
alone consumed, last year, forty million
pounds! Exclusive of those houses now
in course of construction,’ a capital ap
proaching $8,000,000 is invested in ther
business of sugar refining in that city—
one establishment alone not having com
menced its operations till after an outlay
of $500,000.
Marrying. —A man who marries now
adays marries a great deal. He not only
weds himself to a woman, but a labora
tory of prepared chalk, a quintal of whale
bone, eight coffee bags, four baskets of
novels, one poodle dog, and a lot of weak
nerves that will keep four servant girls
and three doctors around the house the
whole time. Whether the fun for
the powder is a matter for debate.
Blue Creek, Ga., Sept. 19.—A most
horrid murder was committed in this vicin
ity, on the night of the 10th instant, on
the person of Jeremiah Fuller, a respecta
ble young man, who was brought to an
untimely end by a stab on his person,
which caused instant death,-by one John
W. Martin, who is safeJy lodged in Clarks
ville jail to await his trial. —Mountain
Signal, 24 th Sept.
Scotch Pastor —The Scotch citizens
of Boston, it is said, have made acrange
ments to bring to this country, from
Glasgow, the Rev. Mr. Muir, one of the
most talented and eloquent ministers of
tho'Free Church of Scotland. We’ un
derstand he will arrive here about the’
latter part of September. —Boston Jour
nal. _____
Samivel beware of the vimmen3 as read
no newspapers! , Your father married a
voman that read none, and you’re the sad
consequence! You’re as hignorantas a
’orse! ifigiiorant people says it’s throwin’
away money to take papers, and foolin’
away time to read ’em.
The Mormons are making an effort for
the conversion of India to the, creed of
Joe Smith. Thiiteen., “ministers” arri
ved there from the city of the Salt Lake,
via California, and their “high,priest”
has induced’ one of the newspapers to
publish his manifesto.
Some wag, whose wife is not as cozy
as she “she had ough to bo,” rejoices in
thunder as a remedial agent as
“There is one advantage about thunder
storms, and that is, the harder the clip*,
the more closely wives snuggle up to
their husbands.”
A buck, while being measured for ft’
pair of hoots, observed:’
“Make them cover the calf.”
“Heavens,” exclaimed the astonished
shoemaker, surveying his [/customer from',
head to foot; “I have not leather enough.”
■Mister, I say, I don’t suppose J t ou
don’t know of .nobody wlifet do v' u >
Yes, rguess not.
-• • v ‘
Which is the best government? That
which teaches sfcif-gVv e rnment,
Ale causes many ailings, while Beer
brings ma-’.y to t h bier. *
‘VYby eon’tyou strike one of your size?’
said the tonpenny nail to the hatnmrr.
A mind filled with abstract ideas, and
inflated with conceit, is ripe for mischief. 4
No. 40.