The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18??, December 14, 1854, Image 1
VOL. XV.
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For the Georgia Jeffersonian.
Written in May.
Now eentlc cenial May is here,
Withher <ray and brilliant flowers;
Urgine oh the lazy yer r,
Through her flagrant roseate bowers.
Like cheering beams of future joys,
Her “ratefnl odours ’round us rise,
Whi e youth each ardent hand employs
T ec : and stay the glittering prize.
Oh how the bliss of May day scenes,
Can thrill the heart, when memory dawns —
And reproduces youthful dreams
Os file’s UnbouiiJcu irciuani InWnS.
May comes to gild life’s transient morn
With golden tints from brilliant skies;
But hides from view each piercing thorn,
Beneath the gorgeous gay disguise.
jßut life’s bright sun may gild its sky
And Hope fly laughing throughthe light,
Yet o’er the moon dark ekiuds may fly
And hide each cheering b<am from sight.
For life’s not all, like splendid pageants,
Nor is it all, one blooming May,
AViiher’d hopes, like starving vagrants,
Are scatter’d all along its way.
May day scenes will soon be past,
And lime will sing thrir funeral dirge,
As pebbles on life’s ocean east
Are lost I cncath its fretfu! surge.
S” live, that each succeeding day.
Like wares of merev us roll,
That when life’s Infest blooms decay
Tiiejr leave a May day in the soul.
. Griffin, Oct. 1851. ’ C. X.
The Flower of Faith.
In the garden of life
There blooms a fair flower,
With fragrance ’lis rile
In sunshine and shower;
But once be it broken,
It never regains
The sweetness and Iragrauce,
Its cup once contained.
Breathe light on the fl wer,
Give, give il to all.
Nor let from its stalk
One fair flower fail;
For, if once it be soiled
With earth’s sordid dross,
Nn time can amend
Its purity’s los. G. H. B.
The editor of this paper was an ap
prentice in the office of the United States
■Gazette, in Philadelphia, during a part of
the time the hero of the following tale was
foreman. Our readers need not start at
us for speaking of our apprenticeship. In
those times boys were learned to work,
and trained regularly to it. While we
were an apprentice our father was in the
receipt of three or four thousand dollars
per annum, and lived in a large three sto-.
ry brick dwelling house, in the same street,
and only a few doors from George Clymer,
one of the siguers of the Declaration of
Independence, with whom lie was on inti
mate terms. But that made no difference.
We were pnt to a trade, upon which we
could depend in after life for a support;
and one of our fellow-apprentices was
Briuton Dick, brother to Dick the cele
brated bank note engraver, sons of a
wealthy member of Congress of the Sttc
of Delaware. And we used to look out
of the office wiudows at old Smith’s girls,
washing clothes in the back yard. Smith
was President of one of the Fire Insu
rance Companies of that time, and repu
ted to be worth “a plumb.” No odds;
his girls washed; and they played the pia
no too. body worked then. We
remember George McGlassen well. Red;
haired, sanguine, fiery and determined,
he was just the man for such an exploit as
that related below. He was the soft of a
poor widow at the time of which we speak.
When the second British war broke out,
some of his and his mother’s friends inte
rested theraselves in his behalf, and he re
ceived a lieutenant’s co'mtntsavaa in the ar
my of the /United. States. Joel Barlow,
the poet, was* among ■ hi& recommenders.
Before the close of the war he rose to the
rank of Major, and we think he died short
ly afterwards. It is rather a singular
fact, that although the United States Ga
sette was a high-toned federal print when
the war broke out, Democratic workmen
employed on it far exceeded the federalists
in number. Among the rest, one of the
pressmen, undor the foremanship of Mr
McGlassen, was Baptist Ervin, afterwards
editor of the celebrated Baltimore Whig
at the time Hanson’s office was mobbed
and Col. Liugau killed. Peter Force,
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since Mayor of Washington city, and Pe
ter K. Wagner, since Mayor of New Or
leans, worked in the office about the same
time—all practical printers.
Battle of Plattsburs.
The night preceding the battle was
stormy and The enemy taking ad
vantage of the'weather, advanced in a bo
dy, and built a battery on a prominent
point near the bank of the Saranac, and
within close musket shot of the American
works; so near, indeed, was it, that their
picks could be distinctly heard as they la
bored industriously through the night” and
storm. A young officer, named McGlas
sen, proceeded to the headquarters of
Gen. Macomb, and stated the case to
him, asking the privilege of taking the
work. The General replied that it would
be a dangerous undertaking, and that the
men could not bo spared, as they would be
wanted the next day. Mr McGlhssen ac
knowledged all to be true that the Gene
ral had stated, but represented the grea-
ter danger of the enemy occupying such
a point, and within musket shot of the
General’s own quarters Gen Macomb
theu asked how many men he wanted, and
he replied he would go with what he could
get, but that he would like one hundred
and fifty. Gen. Macomb said that one
hundred and fifty could not be spared, but
that he mierht have sixty, and Mr. Mc-
Glasson said that he would take the bat
tery with that number Gen. Macomb
then wrote him an order for the sixty men.
McGlassen went to his post, showed
the order to the commander, and called
the volunteers. Hundreds sprang for
ward eager to go, but lie would take no
more than sixty, and from the whole se
lected that number. He ordered every
man to take the flint from his musket and
fix the bayonet. 1 hey then advanced,
crossed the river noiselessly, and proceed
ed quietly through the small wood towards
the work. At a certain distance he or
dered a halt, and proceeded cautiously
along to secure the sentinel, after suc
ceeding in which, he returned, divided in
to two divisions, one of which he ordered
to take a circuitous route, so as to attack
on the opposite side; the other he led him
self, and calling out in a tbuudering voice
to charge on front and rear, they rushed,
with all the noise possible for the few in
number to make, upon the enemy.
They were altogether taken by sur-
prise, and supposing themselves surround
ed by overwhelming numbers, took to their
heels and fled like sheep. In vain their
officers tried to rally them —panic stricken,
there was no stopping them; and even the
officers themselves were borne along with
the frightened mass. Without continuing
the pursuit, McGlassen spiked the cannon,
and returned to the camp, having accom
plished the olyect thoroughly, and without
losing a man.
A gentleman from Plattsburg, some
years ago, when visiting in Canada, was
introduced to an elderly English officer,
and on the officer’s learning that he was
from Plattsburg, he inquired if he lived
there at the time ol the battle, and if he
knew the name of the officer who led the
party that stormed the battery on the
10th. The gentleman replied that he was
in Plattsburg at the time of the battle,!
and that the officer who led the storming
party he had mentioned, was named Mc-
Glassen.
“Will you be so good as to tell me,”
said the officer, “what the number of meu
was he had with him ?”
“About sixty, I believe,” replied the
gentleman.
“Well, sir, I was the officer in command
of that battery, and I would give more to
see Mr. McGlassen than any other man in
the world. It was the most complete
thing,” continued he, “I ever saw or heard
of; for we were quietly at our positions,
when the words ‘charge on the front and
rear !’ broke the death like silence, as a
voice from the air had screamed the words.
My men ran like mad men. I tried my
utmost in the confusion, to bring them to
order, without success for some time—but
at last 1 found a body charging in fine
style. I placed myself at their head, and
anxious to repulse the attack, urged
them forward with all the energy I pos
sessed, when taking a more anxious look
at them to see what ones had stood firm
in the surprise, behold ! they were a par
cel of d— and Yankees, who had charged
up another way, and I was leading them!
“Then,” said be, “was my time to run, —
But I rushed pell mell into the woods,
over Jogs, into the mud and water; then
astraddle of somo stump; then brought
up against some tree; over stones and iuto
holes; up . and down; sometimes on one
end and sometimes on the other. I arri
ved iu the carao about the worst bruised,
the worst scratched, the sorest, and the
most frightened individual you ever saw.
“If you ever,” said he, shaking the gen
tleman by the hand, “meet Mr. McGlas
sen, give him my compliments, and tell
him that it was the most gallant tSing I
ever saw achieved in my life.”
Anecdote of Franklin.— Dr. Franklin,
while a minister to France, was surround
ed one evening with a circle of the aristo
cratic party in that country,, who argued
warmly during the course of the conversa
tion, that our country would never pros
per with the democratic principle that the
majority should rule. Franklin contend
ed stoutly for 4he principle, but his court
ly opponents insisted that the wisdom of
every country resided in the minority
The question, was finally put to vote, and
the whole company rose in the. affirmative.
Solitary and atone, our shrewd Yankee,
nothing dannted, rose from bis seat,
adroitly remarking, “I rise, gentlemen,
upon your principle, as the wise minority,
to decide the question against you.”
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Old Nick , out of Brimstone. —lt is
stated that the Russian soldiers at Sebas
topol have nearly expended all their am
munition, and unless they get a supply
shortly, will be compelled to work with
the bayonet. •
Another defalcation of 70,000 doflars,
it is said, has been discovered in New
York, by ouo of the Tellers of the Na
tional Bank of that city.
GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1854.
Horrible Occurrence.
Burning of the Russian Hospital with 2,000
tick and wounded.
An occurrence of the most horrible na
ture had taken place. The great Hospital
iri Sebastopol was set on fire by the shells
of the Allies, and was burned to the
ground with all its inmates—2,ooo sick
and wounded.
This frighful circumstance is passed
over as quietly as poss : ble in the English
and French papers, but it demands the
most pointed attention.
It may be remembered that we publish
ed an English story to the effect that
Menchikoff hoisted the hospital flag over
a magazine, which the English directed
their fire upon and blew up.
We fear the building thus fired on was
really the hospital.
The following account of the affair we
find in the shape of a Utter from a British
officer:
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A Terrible Spectacle.— The Russian
batteries having it now all their own way,
hammered unremittingly upon us with the
greatest vivacity. They had sent forth
from their ramparts loud shouts of defiance
or of vic'ory when the explosion of the
French and English magazines acquainted
them of our misfortune; but it was now
our turn to crow, for about half past three
there suddenly shot upwards from the
woiks, or rather the Redan on our front,
a white livid flame, which ascended high
into the air, and, while we all paused to
gaze on the spectacle, a sound which
made the very earth tremble beneath us,
followed by a most awful report, told us
that the Redan had exist—for
in the next minute its garr son of hun
dreds, blown to atoms, dismembered, and
mutilated by the action of the explosion,
were discovered hundreds of yards above
the parent earth. So fearful and terrify
ing a spectacle I never have, nor do I hope
ever again to witness. In the midst of a
dense volume of smoke and sparks, which
resembled a watsr spout ascending to the
clouds, were visible to the naked eye,
arms, legs, trunks and beads of the Rus
sian warriois, mingled with cannons,
wheels, and every object of military war
fare, and 1 may say with every living
thing which it contained The explosion
in the French and English hatteties were
like flashes in the pan of a musket com
pared with this.
A Washington letter says: Mr. Don
Piatt, Secretary of Legation at Paris, is
in town. Piatt says that the most friend
ly disposition prevails towards Mr. Soule
at the Spanish Court. He embarked at
Bordeaux for the Spanish coast, a short
time before the sailing of the last steamer,
under a salute appropriate tc his station.
Mr. Piatt has some original opinions
about the war. He thinks that the gov
ernments of France and England were in
possOioh;-When he lef’, of news from
the Crimea to the 10tn, from the
ominous silence that prevailed, Was be
lieved to be of the most disastrous cha
racter. In fact, the events occurring
from the 17th October to tfie 5-. hof No
vember left hardly a doubt that the aiiied
army was reduced to the alternative of a
has'y embarkation without their artillery,
or a surrender as prisoners of war.
The consequences of this great reverse
will be very important, lesides ds imme
diate effect upon the progress of the war.
In the first place, it is feared, with great
reason, that it will be followed by a re
volution in Fi ance against Louis Napo
leon, and probably in favor of Henry V.
That is Mr. Piatt’s opinion. Next, it
! may be assumed that it will produce a
change of ministry in England.
Provisions for the Allied Forces.
The Albany Express says Messrs. Van
Santvoord & Cos , agents of the swifisure
line of freight barges, received and for
warded a cargo of “Extra India Mess
Beef,” weighing 110 tons, consigned to a
firm in London, and intended for the Cii
mea. It was packed at Chicago, and the
charges paid on it for t ansp< rtaiion to
Albany amounted to over one thousand
dollars.
French Prisoners in Russia.— Letters
have been received from M. de Lagoudie
and M. de Darapiere, taken prisoners by
the Russians in the Crimea, the former on
the eve of the battle of the Alma, and the
latter during the operations of the siege of
Sebastopol. Both speak highly of the at
tention shown them. After being ex
tremely well treated during their deten
t ou in Sebastopol, they were conveyed, by
order of th> Emperor, to St. Petersburg.
There, by his
were.shown all that is curious in the capi
tal, and were4aken to the theatre. They
were then supplied with fur pelisses and
with provisions of all kinds, and were - re
moved to Jaroslaw, which is to serve as a
depot for the French prisoners. ■>
An Apt Comparison.— The editor of
of Blackwood’s Magazine, in the Novem
ber number of that publication, compares
„tbe boasf of Sir Charles Napier, before
he sailed at the head of his magnificent
fleet for the Ba'tic sea to flog the Czar, to
ihe expedient of the man “who sold the
hide of the bear before he had encountered
the animal” This is severe upon poor
Sir Charles. It was not hi3 -fault that
the bear would not coine out of his den
and be skinned, for it will be remembered
the Admiral had his cutlasses already
“sharpened” for the operation. It wat
cruel in Nicholas to show his teeth when
the Admiral came to pat him so kindly
on the head. It spoiled the prettiest
chance for an easy historical immortality
any Admiral ever had. But Nicholas
has behaved badly on several occasions.
Admiral Hamelin thinks that he behaved
very uncivilly in shutting the door in his
tace*t Sebastopol by sinking ships in the
harbor.
The best parts of the human qualities,
says Goethe, are the tenderness and deli
cacy of feeling in little matters, the desire
to soothe and please Others, the minutiae of
social virtues. Some ridicule those femi
nine attributes, which are left out of ma
ny men’s uature; bat I have known the
brave, the intellectual, the eloquent, pos
sess these gentle qualities; the braggart,
the weak, never ! Benevolence and “feel
ing ennoble the most trifling actions.
Escape from tlie “Sisterhood” at
Einmitsburg, Hid.
Miss Josephine Bunkley, a novice, who
had not completed her probation, escaped
from the Sisterhood at Erumitsburg about
3 o’clock on the morning of the 10th inst.
She is the daughter of Joseph Bunkley,
Esq. of Norfolk, Va. a Protestant, who
took her under his protection through this
city, on Wednesday last, on their way
home. The circumstance of Miss Bunk
ley’s unlawful detention and escape there
from, as detailed to several of our citi
zens by her father, were ns follows: Since
becoming a novice, she has bqen doing du
ty at St. Joseph’s Seminary, as a teacher
of music, &c. for the past ten months.—
Some mouths since, however, she repented
of her connection with the Sisterhood, ex
pressed a desire to return to her home,
and wrote to her father to that effect.—
The letter was torn up before her eyes,
and she was compelled to write in a ditk
ferent strain, declaring her satisfaction
and contentmeut with her situation.
This last mentioned letter deceived her
father, while the deception was confirmed
by having all his letters to his daughter
returned unopened. Aware, at length,
that she was a prisoner, Miss Bunkley de
termined to escape, and on the morning
above named, succeeded in effecting her
liberty, by climbing through a sash over a
door, and thence into the yard. Her
movements were over heard by the watch
man, whose vigiiance she eluded by con
cealing herself behind a tree. As soon as
the watchman turned away, she fled—
alone, a stranger, in the night, and dressed
in her novice’s habit and black cap, this
poor terrified girl escaped over the rough
country ten weary miles to thy village of
C’reagerstown, where, on inquiring for the
stage house, she was dinarted to Stevens’
Hotel. She immediately made known the
circumstances of her ease to Mr C. Ste
vens, the landlord, and demanded his pro
tection, which was promptly accorded, and
in Miss Grimes, a relative of Mr Stevens,
she found a faithful and gentle confidant
and friend. Her next step was to write
to her father, who, upon receipt of the let
ter, came without delay to her rescue.
Miss B is about 18 years of age, a ve
ry accomplished and beautiful young lady,
speaking several languages, and a superior
musician.
The Snow of Age.
We have just stumbled over the follow-
ing pretty piece of mosaic, lying amid a
multitude of those less attractive:
“No snow falls lighter than the snow of
age; but none is heavier, for it never
melts. ”
The figure is by no means novel, but
the closing part of the sentence is new as
well as emphatic. The Scripture repre
sents age by the almond tree, which bears
blossoms of the purest white. “The al
mond tree shall flourish”—the head shair
be-hoary. Dickens says of one of his cha
racters, whose hair was turning grey, that
it looked as if time had U^dy-plashed his
snows upon it in passing.
“It never melts”—no, never. Age is
inexorable; its wheels must move onward;
they know not any retrograde movement.
The old man may sit and sing, “I would I
were a buy ftgaki,” but he grows older
as he sings He may read of the elixb of
youth, but he cannot find it; be may sigh
for the secret of the alchemy which is able
to make him young again, but sighing,
brings it not. He may gaze backward
with an eye of longing upon the rosy
schemes of early years, but as one who
gazes on bis home from the deck of a de
parting ship, every moment carrying him
further away. Poor old man ! he has lit
'tle more to do than die.
“It never melts.” The snow of winter
comes and sheds its white blossoms upon
the valley and mountain, but soon the
sweet spring follows aud smiles it all
away. .Not so with that upon the brow
of the tottering veteran; there is no spring
whose warmth can penetrate its eternal
frost. It came to stay; its single flakes
fell unnoticed, and now it is drilled there.
We shall see its increase until we lay the
old man in his grave; there it shall be ab
sorbed by the eternal darkness, for there
is no age in heaven.
Yet why speak of age in a mournful
strain ? It is beautiful, honorable and
eloquent. Should we sigh at the proxi
mity of death, when life and the world
are so full of emptiness. Let the old ex
ult because they are old; if any must weep,
let it be the youug, at the long succession
of cares that are before them. Welcome
the snow, for it is the emblem of peace
and of rest. It is but a temporal crown,
wkicll snail fall at the gates of Paradise,
to be replaced b.y a brighter and a better.
Singular Accident to a Boy ialu
verneshire.
On Thursday last a boy. about twelve
years of age, who, with his friends, it at
present at. bathing quarters at Culloden,
went out in the evening in quest of rab
bits. He did not return to and his
friends became anxious; and thty searched
all his usual haunts, but in vain, and. as
night came on they grew seriously alarm
ed. When his father and a friend arri
ved, about ten o’clock at night, the search
was renewed, and happily exam
ined a bank which nr famous for rabbits,
and to which the youngster occasionally
repaired. Here they were met by a
strange dox who jumped delightedly about
them, barked and frisked around, and at
length conducted them to a rabbit hole,
at which he began scratching very hard,
and looking round every minute, lest the
parly should turn and leave the place.
The truth at length flashed upon the
anxious father. He thrust his hand into
the hole, aud to his great astonishmeut got
hold of the feet of the -missing boy. The
little fellow was so fiduly wedged in that
it was impossible to extricate him by mere
pulling, and he had at length to be dug
out. When brought.to light, much to the
gratification and comfort of the folks a
ronud, the little fellow presented a very
extraordinary but ho coolly
intimated that he would get better when
lie was washed; that he had slept for some
time aud that lie was sorry for the loss of
the rabbit he had pursued. The terrier
dog, which was the of saving the
boy’s life, was quite 4 stranger to the
youngster, and had uewr beet in his com
pany before.— Nor’h British Mail.
Mob Law in Tuskcgee, Ala.
The Macon Republican 234 ult. gives
some of (he particulars of (he movements
of a party, who, on the 18th ult., proceed
ed to the j lil in Tuskegee and forcibly took
therefrom 3. M. Walker, incarcerated by
process from Chancery. Ihe prisoner
was in jail for refusing to obey the Chan
cellor’s decree, < rdering W Iktr, as Ex
ecutor of the estate or his father-in-law,
to pay over certain rnouejS And this de
cree had been confirmed by the Supreme
Court.
‘Pouching this circumstance, the'Dade
ville Banner says, that the ctowd, lead
by Col. W. L- Reynolds, commanding,
and the Rev. A. F. Blount, look Walker
trom jail by force, carried him into Chan
cery Court then anil there in session, and
demanded a hearing. The Chancellor re
fused to hear him, unless on certain con
ditions, which Walker would not accept,
when the ctowd took VValker back to j.til.
But in the evening they again took him
out, formed a “hollow square,” and pub
licly resolved to escort the piisoner home,
which they did, carrying with them a field
piece for defence.
We know nothing of the merits of the
case, but it seetns that of late we are
mightily given to following up the North
ern customs and fashions. Mobocracy is
gaining ground here, as well as in the
North. We can’t now, with much grace,
taunt the North with her tnobish and rio
tous proclivities, unless the people at
once set their faces against the mobish
spirit so plainly at w-ork in our own midst,
and exert themselves to maintain the law’s
inviolable. — Dorsey’s Dispatch.
A Retributive Tragedy.
Our readers will remember that about,
two months since we gave an account of
the murder of Mrs. Noble, in Baltimore
county, about six miles from the city, on
the Philadelphia turnpike. Her body was
found terribly mutilated, in a large tub,
upon which had been placed a large stone
on the top of a plank. The murder caused
great excitement in the neighborhood, and
as the general impression was that her hus
band, Frederick Noble, was the murderer,
great efforts were made for his arrest. —
That he was the murderer, became the
more apparent, on account of his absence
from bis farm, where everything was left
in confusion. Tho Governor of the State
was induced to offer a reward of S3OO for
his apprehension? and a particular descrip
tion was given of his person, &c.
So matters remained until yesterday
morning, when another horrible scene was
presented. Early in the morning Justice.’
Lewis Frankinberger was informed that a
man was hanging dead in a barn ou the
farm of Noble. Upon examination it was
found that it was the refugee murderer,
Noble himself It appeared that he had
.dimbed up on the outside of the barn, or
fodder house, reaching the second story,
where lie stood upon a layer of sheaf
wheat. Here, with anew razor, which
had been tightly bound round the handle
so as to keep the blade from slipping, be
had cut his throat, completely severing his
windpipe. From the spot where his
throat was cut, lie appeared to have gone
about six feet, where he hung himself with
some twine about the thickness of a rye
straw, the same with which the razor was
bound When found he was dressed in an
! entire new suit of clothes, inside and out,
and in his pocket was anew razor and a
new penknife. He was also cleanly shaved.
There were appearances that previous
to committing the deed, he had gone to
his wife’s grave, who had been buried on
the place, and walked around it a number
of times. This belief arises from the fact
of seeing a number of tracks about the
grave, which correspond with the footsteps
of the boots he had ou.
Ou his person was found a letter, writ
ten in German, in which he fully confesses
his agency in his wife’s death; and attri
butes the cause to jealousy. He says iu
the letter that a dispute arose between
him and his wife, when she said, ‘ ‘You had
better kill me and then kill yourself.” He
struck her on the back of her neck, killing
her. He let her lay for two hours, when
he got a barrel, into which he thrust the
body, and sunk it in the ground and cov
ered it with another prevent dis
covery.
The letter further states that he came
to tho city on the next morning after the
murder at five o’clock, and left the city in
the nine o’clock train for the West. His
western visit extended as far as Cleveland,
and during the time he went to work on a
railroad, where there were some three or
four hundred hands employed. Among
them was a raau who knew him, and he
made sundry inquiries, which was the
hardest time he had. He status that he
came here to go to the gallows.
The unfortunate man arrived in the city
on the western train, on Saturday evening,
and immediately proceeded to his recent
residence, where he consummated the act
of suicide. He leaves three children, a.
boy aged fourteen years, a boy aged three
years, aud a baby. Vviv; f ,
Justice Fraukinberger held an inquest
on tnc body and a verdict was rendered of
“suicide.’* A circumstance like this rarely
occurs; indeed we no not remember its
parallel’ A murderer after being absent,
and haviug escapsd for two months, volun
tarily returning to the grave of btg jWtt.-.
dered wife, and there, as it wove) appeas
ing her manes by committing suicide upon
it.— Baltimore Sun, 27 th ult.
Beautiful Extract. —The editor of the
Knickerbocker attributes tho following to
Ike Marvel:
Last evening as we were walking lei
surely along, the music of the choirs of the
churches came floating out in the dark-
dess around us, aud they were all new and
strange tunes bat oue, and that one-—it
was not sung as we have heard it, but it
wakeued a traiu of long buried memories,
that rose to us as they were before the
cemetry of the soul had a tomb in it.
It was sweet old “Corinth” they Were
singing—strains that we have seldom
heard since the rose color of life was
blanched; and we were in a moment back
again to the old village church, and it was
a summer afternoon, and the yellow sun
beams were streaming through the west
windows, aud the silver hair of the old
deacon, who sat in the pulpit { turned to
gold in its light, who we used to think
could never die, so good was he, had con
cluded the application and * exhortation,”
and the village choir were singing the last
hymn, and the tune was “Corinth.”
It is years—we dare not think how ma
ny—since then; the “prayers of David the
son of Jesse,” are ended, and the choir arc
scattered and gone. The girl with blue
eyes that sang alto, and the girl with black
j eyes that sang the air—the eyes were of a
clear June heaven at noon.
‘they both became wives, both mothers,
and broth died. Who shall say they are
not singing “Corinth” still, where Sab
baths never wane and congregrations nev
er break up? There they set Sabbath af
ter Sabbath, by the square column on the
right of the leader, and to our young ears
their tones were “the very soul of music ”
That column bears still their penciled
names, as they wrote them in those days
in life’s June, 18 before dreams or change
had overcome their spirits like a summer
cloud.
Alas! that with the old singers most of
the sweeter tones had died upon the air:
but they still linger in memory, and they
shall yet be sung in the sweet reunion of
song that shall take place in a hall whose
ceiling is pearl, whose floors are gold, and
where hairs never grow silvery, and hearts
never grow old. Then she that sang alto,
and she that sang air, will be in their pla
ces once more.
Marriage Extraordinary.— The case
of Joseph E. Briggs and Cornelia Riley,
was called before the Court of Special
Sessions this morning, by the District At
torney. It being intimated to the Court
that they wished to become man and wife,
the Court arraigned them in tront of the
r bar, and called Sheriff Gillespie and A!
derman Johnson (elect) to act as witness
es. The Court asked the parties if they
wished to become married; they assenting,
he then told them to join right hands.—
Justice Schuyler then pronounced the cer
emony as follows:
“ The obligations of the marriage cere
monies are not properly understood. It
isjastas binding when performed by a
magistrate as if performed by any minis
ter of the gospel of Christ, or the Pope
of Rome. We would say no more. You
have made trouble by living together as
man and wife, when you, in fact, were
not. We are glad that you are now to
become man and wife—shortly to be pro
nounced so by this Court. You cannot
resort to subterfuges which you have here
tofore done in order to evade the law.—
You, Mr. Briggs, are liable for the acts of
i your wife, and you, now about to be Mrs.
Briggs, wili be liable for the acts of Mr.
Briggs, now about to become your hus
band; and now, Mrs. Briggs, receive your
husband, and embrace each other. I pro
nounce you man and wife.”
The parties then, in the presence of the
Conrtv embraced each otW with a hearty
kiss.
The Court then ordered the District
Attorney to enter a nolle prosequi against
them. They were arrested for keeping a
disorderly house. —Albany Journal.
Marriage of Senator Dawson. —The
Memphis Eagle, of the 28th ult. announ
ces the marriage ot the Hon Win. C.
Dawson thns:
“It will be seen, by reference to our hy
menial head, that the bonds of Union be
tween two of the Southern States, have
had another ligament added, by the union
of the future destinies of the most distin
guished of Georgia’s sons with one of the
purest, best and noblest of Tennessee’s fair
est daughters. The rites of matrimony
between Hon. Win. C. Dawson, Senator
from Georgia, and Mrs. Eliza M. Williams,
of this city, were solemnized yesterday af
ternoon, by Rev. Dr. Page, at the resi-,
deuce of the latter, and the parties left
almost immediately for Washington on
the “Sallie West ” The marriage wa3
entirely private, being witnessed only by a
few personal friends.
“Thns has the gallant Georgian bore
away from our midst one of the best and
brightest ornaments of onr society. We
congratulate him upon bis good fortune.
Whatever may be his political destinies—
whether or not new and still higher ho
nors of station await him in public life—
he is secure in one testimonial beyond which
there can be no higher—that of beiug
deemed worthy of her.
Mrs. Dawson will pass the winter in
Washington with her hnsbaud. We would
there could be many sncli women always
there whose presence is full of good influ
ences.” %
Indian Territories.— lt will be remem
bered that a report was submitted to the
Senate-in July last, by Mr. Johnson, of
Arkansas, which contained a plan for or
ganizing three new territorial governments
! iu the Indian country south of Kansas, to
consist severally of the countries, of the
Cberokees in one territory, the Creeks in
another, and the Choctaws and Chicka
saws in a third. Mr. Johnson proposes,
with the assent of the tribes named, to
extend over them the constitution and
laws of the Union, and to organize terri
tories, of which tho Indians arc to be re
cognized as citizeus The tit’j of the first
of those will be Cher-o-kee, and will in
clude the Oherokees, Osages, Senacas,
Shawnees and Quapaws. The title of the
second Is to be Muscogee , and it will in
clude the Creek and Seminole tribes; and
the third is named Ohah-ta, and will in
clude tho Choctaws and Chickasaws. Ac
tion upon the bill was uot pressed at the
time, as it was desired to secure the con
sent of all the tribes concerned— and who
under the provisions of the bill were to he
constituted citizens of the United States.
Efforts, it is understood, have since been
made to that end, and it is thought the
bill will probably be passed by Congress
at its coming session.
The scheme is, however, opposed, by
the Cherokees, and a council of the tribes
has been summoned by that nation, to
meet on the first Monday in this month,
on the North Fork of the Canadian River,
to take measures in opposition to Mr.
Johnson’s scheme. George W. Haskins,
the head of the Chief of the Choctaws,
who is a very highly cultivated aud intel
1 gent Indian, in his annual message to his
tribe, takes strong grounds in favor of the
proposed measure.—-Sa*. News.
Beauty, how obtained and how pre
serveand
woman is exercise in the fresh air. No
cosmetic is equal to this. English ladies
of r,U) k are celebrated, all over the world,
for their splendid persons and their bril
liant complexions; and they are prover
bial for their attention to walking and ri
ding. The sallow cheeks, stooping fig
ures, susceptibility to cold, and almost
constant ill health, which prevail among
the American wives and daughters gene
rally, are to be attributed almost entirely
to their sedentary life. A woman can no
more become beautiful, or remain so, with
out healthful exercise in the open air, than
a plant can thrive without life.
Secret op Beauty. —A lady’s beauty
depends so much on expression, that if
that be spoiled, farewell to her charms:
and nothing tends more to bring this a
bout thaD a countenance soured with cares
instead of being lighted up with thankful
ness for innumerable blessings. This is
the cause of so many ladies witherin'* into
wrinkles early in life; whilst nothing ren
ders their beauty so lasting as that placid
look of pure be ie\ olenee, which emanates
from a heart full of thankfulness to Hea
ven, affection for those dearest and nearest
to them, and good will to all mankind.
Way to Get a Husband.— The follow
ing, from an English paper, is the best
receipt for single blessedness that we
1 ave seen—
A gentleman of the bar, in a neighbor
ing county, in easy circumstances and
pretty good practice, had rendered him
self somewhat remarkable by his attempts
in the way of matrimonial speculation.
tx maiden, father advanced in years, re
siding some miles distant in the neighbor*
hooJ, hearing of this lawyer’s specula
ting propensity—that his character was
unexceptionable, and bis situation in life
was tolerably good, resolved upon ma
king him her husband. She hit upon the
following expedient—She pretended sud
denly to be taken very ill, and sent for
the mao of the law to prepare her will.—-
He atteuded for that purpose. By her
will she devised .£IO,OOO in bank stocky
to be divided among her three cousins,
some thousands in bonds and notes to a
niece; and the vast landed estate to a fa
vorite nephew. The will being finished,
she gave the lawyer a very liberal fee, and
enjoined secrecy upon him for some pre
tended purpose, thus precluding him from
an inquiry into her real circumstances
Need I mention the result? In a fortnight
the lady thought proper to be again “re
stored to health. The lawyer called to
congratulate her on her restoration—beg
ged permission to visit her, which was
politely given. After a short courtship,
the desired offer was made. The bargain
was concluded, and ratified by the priest.
The lawyer’s whole estate by his wife
qf an annuity of sixty five dol
lars.
Cash and Credit. —The Williamsburg
Daily Times says: “If yon would get rich,
don’t deal in pass books. Credit is the
‘tempter in new shape.’ Buy dry goods
on trust, and you will purchase a thousand
i articles'that cash would never have drea
med of. A dollar in the baud looks lar
ger thau ten dollars seen through the per
spective of a sixty day due bill. Cash is
practical, while Credit takes horribly to
taste and romance. Let Cash buy a din
ner, and you will have a beef-steak flank
ed with onions. Send Credit to market,
and he will return with eight pairs of
woodcock aud a peck of mushrooms.—
Credit believes in double breasted pins and
‘champagne suppers. Cash is more easily
satisfied. Give him three meals a day,
and he don’t care much if two of them
are made up of roasted potatoes and a
little dirty salt. Cash is a good adviser,
while Credit is a good fellow to be on vi
siting terms with. If yon want double
chius aud contentment, do business with
‘cash. A special edict with a vermillion
tail.”
The London Inquirer says that when!
John Martin painted his celebrated pic
ture of “The Last Man,” in which was
depicted with such wonderful and awful
effect a man standing alone, with uplift
ed hands, apparently overwhelinned with
the conviction that he was the last man,
no one ever imagined who that last man
would be; but it is now probable (says
the Western Times) that it will be tha
t exton of Exmouth church; for the vicar,
iu bis sermon last Sunday, said: “At the
last day some will have been in their
graves but a year or a day, or perhaps in
this church-yard, whilst the sexton is
performing the last rites to a corpse, the
coffin will burst before hi* eyes, and the
body ascend, to the astonishment of Ihet
wondering sexton.”
Suffering in Nebraska. —A gentle
man recently returned from the far West*
informs the New York Mirror that-there
is already much suffering among the Ne
braska emigrants for the necessaries of
life; and that the coming winter threatens’
to prove fatal to a large portion of the
settlers. Without houses to live in—
without markets (if they had money) to
supply thorn food, and with no fish and
very little gatue, the poor emigrants who
have gone out there under the lead of
Anti-Slavery fanatics must hurry home or
die for want of food In most cases these
poor squatters have not got money enough
to pay their way back to their comforta
ble New England homes, for which they
are now sadly sighing. Will our Aboli
tion philanthropists who have been in
strumental in getting up this exodus pro
vide some miraculous manner to save
their delu o 1 victims from starvation?
The wife of the owner of one of tho
Indiana Free Banks, being in company
with some friends, tho all-absorbing finan
cial crisis became the theme of conversa
tion. The lady remarked that she hoppd
her husband’s bank would “hold out till
the fall raios eatne on—in that ease there
would be no danger of its breaking before
next May.” When interrogated for an
explanation, she gave as a reason for the
faith that wae in her, that the place in
which the bank was located could dot be
approached after the fall rains, on account
No. 50.