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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.