The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18??, December 14, 1854, Image 1

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VOL. XV. THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN IS PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING BY WILLIAM CLINE, At Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per an uum.orTwo Dollars paid m advance. advertisements are inserted a? o.yjs /lOT.T.IR orr square, (or the first insertion, and FIFTY CE*\TS per square, for each insertion thereafter. A reasonable deduction will he malicio those who advertise by the year. All rdverlisemcnts not otherwise ordered, will be continued till fnrlurf. .vtilES OF LJIJs'DS hy Administrators, Executors or Guardians are required lij law to be held on the first Tuesday in the monili, between lh.* hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the ■ afternoon, at thk Court-House, in I lie connty in which the land is situated. Notice of these sale, must he iven in a public “azotic FORTY DJIYS previous to 1 he da v of sale. SIL.ES OF NEGROES must be mane at p.ih lie auction on the first Tuesday of the monlh, be tween the usual hours of sale, at the place ol pu Jic sales in the county where the letters Teln nentary, of Administration or Guardianship mi have been granted; first divine FORTY DJIY notice 1 hereof in one of the public *’nziirs and Sta*e. sml at the court house w lie c such salea be be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property mus I ogiven in like manner FORTY DAYS previous a 1 tie day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of nn estate tinst he published FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will be mndeto IhcCourl Ordinary for leave to sell land must be pub iahed for TWO MONTHS, Notice for leave to sell negroes must be Miblished TWO .MONTHS before any order ab obite shall he made thereon by the Court. CITATIONS for Letters of Administration must be published thirty days; for Dismission from Administration, monthly six months; so Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. It ole-* for’lie Foreclosure of Mort>rure nmel be published monthly for four months, lor pub Imlnur lost papers, lor the full ‘space of three Months; for compelling titles from Executors, dminisTßlore, whcie a bond has been givu.fq c dree *;-< and, for the space of three mi ntiis. 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, THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN. 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.” * i-- 9 ■ ■ ~ 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: * ***** * 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.