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,JT£E CENTRAL GEORGIAN
LlM’jL as. CRAFTO.Y,
'''•"'COUNTY PRINTER.
BY MiMETiC TELEiiRAPfl,
TRAS$MmED FOR THE DAILY MORNING‘keWS.
oi tiie America*
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
TUESDAY- jFAST, 1§, , 1853.
St. Gary’s Money
Iu bills under J5 will be received
ment of demands due this office.
in pay
Pgd. Doc.—The Hon. R. M. Charlton
of the L. S. Senate will accept our thanks
loi \aluable ptiblic documents.
Ar
the recent session of the Supreme |- The Races ov
Court, a decisiou-was rendered against the!
City Council in this case. The facts as sta
sev
am
SHglat Advance in CoUoeb.
New Orleans, Jan. 1 i.
a he British mail steamship xL/ncrica, with
.’en days later intelligence from Europe
i\ed at Halifax on the 9th inst.
the 9th inst.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
ine sales of cotton iu Liverpool for the
n?nnn ? l llg t 2Uh ult ” am ^nted to
33000 bales. I here was a slight, improve-
tZ Ww*' We T u °te Fair. Orleans 6
1-Sd^ Middling 5 1-Sd.
. Political.
J he Derby administration had formally
resigned. A new cabin-t had been formed
y ^o.d Aberdeen, wi^h tlie concurrence of
the Marquis ot Land'idown, and Lords Pal
merston and Russeli.
•France is quiet.
SA'ILL LATER.
JJV TELEGRAPH TO THE
VkEPUBUCAIV. ”
\Ty the Western Line
Arrival oftlie Arabia.
New Orleans, Jan. 14th, 9 A. M.—The
new Gunard steamship Arabia has arrived
Die Ranuersville Lyceum, (we have
been "requested to say,) meets every Mon
day evening. They have taken hold of
the Liquor Retail question, and we may
hope to have that matter satisfactorily set
tled—for this community at least. We be
lieve that their meetings are all public.
H3P YY e regret to learn that our fellow
citizen Col. R. W. Flournoy, is suffering
severely from a kick received from a horse,
the blow fell upon one of his feet, and has
so disabled him that he can only get about
his house on crutches.
The «a^auwa§i Fish Case, r , A« glisla Races.
over tlie LaFayetto course com
menced on Tuesday. There being but one
............ entry for. the purse of Wednesday, T. W
ted by theCourier, were these Harwood K Bealle’s cli. mare, Tireta walked over the
the Plaintiff in error had been in the habit j course
oi purchasing fish, game, oysters, &c., in the j Third day.—jocky club purse $500
Savannah market, for the purpose oi selling J 3 mile heats.—Entries—T..YV. E. Bealle’s
Repairs Needed.—The Bridge across
the Ditch, on the road leading from this
place to Davisboro, and Fenn’s Bridge, is
in a bad condition, and needs repairing;
the Commissioners should see to it that it
is repaired- -a little work will make it a very
substantial affair.
them again at Macon and other towns in
the interior, the City Council of Savannah
presuming that the market belonged exelu
sively to that place, passed an ordinance
forbidding under penalties, persons from
purchasing more of any article than could
be used in their families. Uavwood pur
chased fish in violation of the ordinance, and
was fined by the authorities. The case was
thence taken to the Superior Court ou cer
tiorari. and from thence to the Supreme
Court on writ of error. The Court declared
the ordinance to be void, as being in con
flict with the act of 1809, which guaranties
to persons the right to dispose of the pro
ducts of their labor at wholesale or retail-
with Liverpool dates to the 1st January.
\v» ..1- - A 1 n t
The cotton Market was heavy. Sales of
the week, 35,000 bales, of which speculators
took 700 and exporters 14,000. Prices
were lower. Fair Uplands was quoted at
5 3-4 d- The stock on hand in Liverpool
amounted to 578.000 bales.
second despatch.
[Wo date.J
The steamship Arabia arrived at Halifax
on Thursday, 13th inst., short of coal. She
brings Liverpool dates to 1st inst. The
safes of cotton at Liverpool, for the week
previous to her sailing amounted to 34,000
bales, including 700 to speculators and
400 to exporters. Prices were in favor of
buyers, at a decline of from l-16d. to l-8d.
Fair Orleans brought Gd., and Fair Uplands
5 3-4d.
The political news is generally unimpor
tant. Kossuth’s mother died at Brussels
on the 28th of December. His application
to visit her had been refused by the Belgi
an Government.
Sabbath School.
We are glad to learn that the Sabbath
school at this place will be resumed next
Sabbath, and that Mr. Pendleton will super
intend its management. Teachers, parents*
children and all who can attend are request
ed to meet at the church at 9 o’clock on
Sabbath morning. Our excellent minister,
the Rev. M. C. Smith, addressed some very
appropriate remarks on this subject to his
congregation on Sunday, which will doubt
less be heeded by them.
Success of the Ericsson.
The caloric steamer Ericsson, on the late
trial trip by the engineers, it has been as
certained by measurement from Governor’s
Island to Fort Diamond, went at the rate of
fourteen miles an hour. The consumption
of fuel is ascertained to be only six English
tons per twenty four hours, a saving, as com
pared with steamships, of more than eighty
per cent. As the ship draws 15 feet 10
inches on an even keel, this performance, at
a first trial, has astonished all concerned in
the enterprise.
The N. Y. Express of Friday, has the fol
lowing sensible remarks ou the subject:
‘The Ericsson ship, or boat rather, for
Accident.—Mr. James Mullholland, a
train hand on the Central Railroad, in at
tempting to get on the cars while they were
in motion at station 5 -12, on Wednesday
last, fell upon the track, and nine of the care
passed over his body, killing him instantly
Recipe for Curing J3ekf Hams.—W e
are indebted to a friend for the following
receipt for curing beef. It will be found
A Chance for an Investment.—The
reader will see by an advertisement in this
paper, that Win. M. Gilmore is offering his
plantation and negroes, corn, stock etc., for
sale. The first will be put up on the first
Tuesday in February; the corn, stock, fod
der, and plantation utensils will be sold on
Monday and Tuesday the 24th., and 25th.,
inst. Ilis negroes are said to be likely and
valuable. Those wishing to purchase such
property, would do well to attend the sale.
valuable to house keepers and others :
Take the loin off from the ham—Mix two
table spoons full of powdered saltpetre in a
peck of salt—kecqi it on a table and rub the
ham thoroughly in it with a shoe sole once
a day for six or eight days—then hang
up to dry. No instance is known in which
hams treated this way have been injured.
Tfee Tennesseans.
This troupe of vocalists passed through
our village the past week, and gave one of
their concerts. It was pretty well attended
for the short notice given of it, and we be
lieve that the audience was well pleased
with the performance. We had heard a
good deal of the company through the news
papers, and after hearing them, we think
they are entirely worthy the commendations
she is a vessel without steam or sails, is the
town wonder. Many predicted that her | ™ey-have received wherever they have made
wheels would never make one revolution, I their appearance. Their selections of mu-
and when they had made many scores of sic are plain and simple, and they sing them
revolutions, the unbelievers predicted that ] with charming sweetness and melody.-
she could not move her length, and wnen i ,, . . , ,, „ .
she was seen puffing rapidly down the river, j r,ie * Wa ineer « Newell, as sung by
the faithless prophets predicted again that; theni > 18 a delightful piece, and will win them
she would never return. But she went out i many patrons and admirers. The lovers
of the harbor in one of the most inclement 1 of good music should not fail to hear them,
day . 8 y ear > anc,lor( ;d in a snow storm whereyer thoy sing>
over night, ano returned the next morning
We again copy the Engineer’s memoran
dum of the time of this vessel down the bay,
as something worth more than a single re
cord :
Leaving Williamsburgh between 9 and
Town L-ots for Sale.
M e call the attention of our readers in
Jefferson to the advertisement of the sale of
Town Lots, to take place in Louisville on
10 o’clock, A. M.,she passed the flag staff ; Satin day next. I be Lots are on the north
off Governor’s Island at 9 o'clock and 56 and east common, being now the best loca-
minutes. was abreast of Fort Diamond at 10
o’clock 30 minutes and 30 seconds—being
7 and 3-8 miles in 34 mins, and 30 secs.—
and rounded to below Spithead Buoy at 12
o’clock and 21 minutes. The weather set
ting in thick she anchored. Yesterday
morning she come up to the city and an
chored oft the Battery, where she now lies.
The fabled Pagas ms would present a spec-
tacle no more wonderful stretched before
our eyes and coursing through the air than
tions about the town for building, and im
proving.
Louisville has now two flourishing schools
a male and female, and we are glad to learn
that many of the planters of the county
have determined to remove their families to
the village for the purpose of affording their
children the advantages of the schools.—
Nothing can contribute more to its prosper
r’essel borne along upon the waves propel- ity than this, and we predict for ibe town a
led by a new and hitherto unknown power,
and that costing so little
more flourishing and prosperous state of af-
auccessful, an entire revolution not onty in 1
navigation, but in motive power. We do
not say that entire success has attended the
effoits which have been made. There may
be many screws loose and much to be done
before success is made certain; but what\
has been done is wonderful, and we are en-
to ensure, if j fairs than it has enjoyed since the ancient
days of its glory.
The SbiUiieri; Circuit.
The election for Judge of the Superior
Court of the Southern Circuit, to supply the
| vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
couraged to I,ope, from the great success of! I,is Honor Judge ILssscv, took place on
the two past days, that final success will bo ; tlie first Monday of the present month. The
I he Case of the Gen. "Armstrong.—
By the late news from Europe, information
has been received of the rendition of an
award by Louis Napoleon, in the matter of
the celebrated claim, made by our govern
ment, against that of Portugal, for indem
nification lor the loss of the American pri
vateer, General Armstrong, in 1814, and
which award has been adverse to the claim
and in favor of Portugal. The General
Armstrong belonged to Capt. Reid, of New
York, who claimed an indemnity of $100,-
000, and in 1849 the Secretary of State,
Mr. Clayton, and the Portugese Minister,
agreed, on behalf of their respective gov
ernments, to submit the whole matter to
the arbitration of Louis Napoleon, the then
President of France. That personage has
since then been made one of the reigning
monarehs of Europe, and his decision, is
stated above, is against the United States.
ch. m. Elizabeth McNairy, 5 years old.
C. Green’s b. m. Goldpin, 4 years old.
Purse won by the Elizabeth both heats, time
of first heat 5m 50s., time second heat 5m.
55s.
Fourth day.—4 mile heat—Purse $800
Entries— C. Green’s b. g. 4 years old, by
Wagner out of Mistrell’s dam—A. J. Harm
sou, ch. 9. m. Maid of Edgecombe, 4 years
old-- purse won by the maid of Edgecombe.
Time 1st heat 7 51 1-2—2nd heat.8—10
Stampede Among the South Carolina.
Students.—One hundred and ten students
left South Carolina College on the first Of
the year, in consequence of the refusal, by
the Trustees, to allow them to board else
where than in the Steward’s Hall. Twenty
five only remain in College. Public opin
ion appears to be on the side of the majori
ty of the students.
Singular Application fcr Divorce.—
A woman has made application in the Mas
sachusetts Supreme court for a bill of di
vorce. Her husband has been sentenced to
the State prison for a period of over seven
years, which by law, entitles her to a di
vorce, but it appears that she was instru
mental in gettingliim to prison.
Security of Slave Property in New
York.—We notice that a movement has
been already made in tbe New Yfork Legis
lature towards the restoration of the old law,
repealed a few years ago, which recognized
and secured slave property when brought
there by the owner, while in transitu
through the State. Mr . D. B. Taylor, of
New York city, who takes the initiative in
this matter, the Albany Argus is of opinion
will be sustained in the effort to revive a
law which, though eminently just, and in
entire harmony with the spirit, if not the
latter of the Constitution, the fierce spirit
of abolitionism expunged from the statute
book during the Seward dynasty.
A Commendable Rule.—The Demo
crats of Philadelphia City and County,
have adopted a neat set of rules to govern
their primary elections in June next, and
among them is the following:
“If any candidate for any office, by offers
of gifts of meat, drink, money or any valua
ble thing, is found guilty of attempting, di
Refusal of Billy Bowlegs to leave
Florida.—The National Intelligencer con
firms the report that Billy Bowlegs has been
compelled by his followers, particularly his
sister and Sam Jones, to refusb the compli
ance with his promise to leave Florida. He
had taken to the everglades, and as a regi
ment of “Cow boys” or “Crackers” is being
raised in Florida, to pursue him, we may
expect to hear soon of the commencement of
another troublesome Indian war.
Tbe Illness of Vfce President
King.
A letter irorn Washington, dated the 6th
nst. /
^Hon. W. Ii. King has made his will.—
He was born in 1786 ; owns 5,000 acres
of land in one body, in Dallas county, Ala
bama, and upwards of 100 slaves. His en
tire estate is worth about $150,000. He is
a humane master. He told me some years
since that he never sold but one slave in bis
life, and h.e was compelled to sell him be
cause he was a terror to the neighborhood.
Col. King cannot possibly recover. His
physician has sounded his lungs with the
slethoseope, and declared that one of his
lungs is entirely gone, and the other partly
oH Col. K’s. niece, Mrs. Ellis, is with him.
New Y t ork Usury Laws.—A bill for the
prohibition of the plea of usury in ceriain
cases has been introduced in the Legislature
of New York. The object of the bill applies
to transactions having less than_twelve
months to run, and provides that contract
ing parties may pay and receive such rates
of iuterest as they may agree upon.
flon. John Davis, U. S. Senator
from Massachusetts, whose term of office
expires on the fourth of March next, has
address a letter to the Editor of the Boston
Atlas announcing his intention to retire
from public life, his health being enfeeb
led.
Graham’s Magazine.—The February
number is before us. It is handsomely em-
belished wi-h engravings, and has its usual
amount of reading matter. The review of
“Uncle Toms Cabin” is the best we have
seen. Published by Geo. R. Graham 134
Cbesnut st. Philadelphia.
Jtarlt is confidently 3tated that the
Hon. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, will be
appointed to the War Department under
the new administration. Should Senator
Hunter decline the State Department, Gov
Floyd will be tendered the appointment.
The Senate on Tuesday after two
hours animated discussion with closed
rectly or indirectly, to influence the vole for ! doors, removed the injunction of secresy
any Democratic citizen .at the election on the'from the Clayton and Bulwer treaty by a
second Monday in June, or of any conferee,
his name is to be stricken from the list of
candidates by the conference, and any votes
cast for such candidate will not be counted.’’
vote of 25 to 21. Both parties were divided
divided on the subject.
The Phrenological and Water Cure
Journal.—We have on our table the Jan
uary numbers of these interesting Jour
nals. Published by Fowler <fe Wells at
i3T Nassau st New Yfork at $1 each per
year.
How to Keep Poor.— buy two glass©
otale every day, at five cents each, a-s
mounting in one year to $36 50; smoke
three cigars, one after each meal, counting
up in the course of the year to $54 75 ;
keep a big dog, which will consume in a
year at least $15 worth of provision, and a
cat $5 more. Altogether this amounts to Flour and its Efficacy in the Cure
the snug little sum o) $110 25—sufficient of Scalds and Burns.—The Mobile Reg
to buy six barrels ot flour, one hundred j ister of Wednesday ha* the following para,
bushels of coal, one barrel of sugar, one ‘ graph, which we commend to the attention
tW There was a heavy snow in Dalton
Ga., on the 10tb., inst.
sack of coffee, a good coat, a respectable
dress, besides a frock for the baby, and a
half a dozen pai r s of shoes—more or less.
Just think of it I
Southern Recorder contains the following
returns, which leaves no doubt of the elec
tion of Peter E. Lovb, Esq., who at pres
ent holds the office under an appointment
Platt
reached.
The inventor, delighted with the prospects
which the past has offered, promises that
the vessel will make a new trial trip next
week. .
from Governor Cobb
Fatal Affray.—The Columbus Times, Love.
of Friday last, says: “Ou the night of Pulaski 401
Wednesday last, two men, named John Telfair 131
Calvin and Wm. Stains, of Gfoard, Ala., Laurens 279
we are informed, made a-murderous assault Irwin 271
• upon E. B. W. Spivey, of this city with] Lowndes 187
pistols. In the mxlee, Mr. Spivey’s son Thomas 393
brought him a double-barrelled gun, with i —-r- J —— .
W., K U u Aot-lKXk lm i.«ail,mV T, 1 ? , .T? f
aro told Lhitt tkey are both in a d,i4 S con-iri ® Y* l,fere " ce of ““ Umreb
Morgan,
30
4 i
7
15
8
Uition. Mr. Spivey- received. a ball in the
was one that the Preachers, should
and and auouier on the hand,
injured.”.^#
He is not ;once a nionth preach to the colored people
on the plantations of their mnst<
v
Prosperity of the South.—The New
Orleans Bulletin says that the present con-
of our readers: ‘
We need not go to the far West, nor any
place but home, for the certain knowledge
of the wonderful effect of flour thrown in
stantly on a scald or burn. One of our
own inmates, a few weeks since, pulled over
a very large vessel of boiling water iinrae-
, , „ , „ , . I diatelv upon her foot. The appearance at
ditioo of the plainer* of tl,® South, >» a j fint tat'o. th< teitailt of ap-
pecuniary senseis iutinilley more favorable plying the flour the agonv ceased, -and in
Farther Particulars of the Acci-
deut to Geu. Fierce and Family.
We gather from the New York papers
some additional particulars of the rail road
accident by which Gen. Pierce and wife
were injured and their sou killed:
The train was composed of a baggage and
passenger car only. The exact cause of the
accident is not definitely ascertained; one of
the axle trees is supposed to have broken;
some say it was the journal on which the
wheel plays. The day was very cold—the
thermometer pointed at zero—and the ac-
cideut was doubtless owing to the frost in
iron works of the ill-fated car.
Mrs. Pierce aud deceased son had been
absent four weeks on a visit to relatives in
Boston and Andover. The accident hap
pened near the lalter. General Pierce went
to Boston on Tuesday morning, ami with
them attended the funeral of Mrs. Pierce’s
uncle, Hon. Arnos Lawrence, on the same
afternoon. They remained at Mr. Aikin’s
in Andover, whose lady is a sister of Mrs.
Pierce, aud were expecting to return in the
evening.
The train in which they went left Boston,
at noon on Thursday, and the accident hap
pened just after it left the Andover depot,
twenty miles from Poston, at about one.
They had not been iu the cars five min
utes.
Gen. Pierce, after the accident, appeared
composed, but Mrs. Pierce was takeu away
in a very high state of mental anguish. Her
screams were agonizing. The little boy was
their only child, an elder brother having
died some ten years ago.
At the time of the accident, Mr. Pierce
was conversing with Mr. Y'oung, the super
intendent of the new Mills at Lawreuce.
Professor Packard, a relative of Geu. Pierce,
was in company with Mrs. Pierce and her
son, and the party occupied the forward
part of the car, which was divided in the
middle. They were all thrown into a kehp,
one over another. Master Pierce Jay upon
the floor of the car, with his skull frightfully
fractured. The cap which he had worn had
fallen off', and was filled with his blood and
biains.
A little girl of Mr. Newall, of Hillsbor
ough, had her foot crushed, and it mast be
amputated. Mrs. Newall was badly injur
ed, and Mr. Newall had a leg broken. Mr.
Horace Childs, bridge builder, of Henniker,
was badly but not seriously bruised. Sev
eral women were severely bruised.
The car is said to have broken,, near the
middle. The baggage car in front was not
thrown off. A brakeraan stood on the end
of it and witnessed the accident unharmed.
A dispatch, dated Concord, Thursday
evening, says:
Considerable apprehension is felt here
lest this melancholy fatality may prove seri
ous in its consequences to Mrs. Pierce. She
has been for several years in delicate health,
caused partly by the loss of her first child.
The boy killed by this accident was almost
idolized by his mother and father.
The announcement of the accident, at 4
o’clock caused great excitemeutin the House.
A member came in and said that General
Pierce himself was dead. The floor and
galleries were crowded—the charge of bri
bery against Judge Butler being under con
sideration. The Governor, Council, and most
of the Senators werepreseut. Instantly eve
ry member was on his feet, and exclamations
of regret were heard from every one.
The veteran Ichabod Bartlett, of Ports
mouth, the oldest member—a political op
ponent, but strong p’ersonal friend of Gen
eral Pierce—was observed to weep like a
child. Others were much affected.
The house adjourned instantly, and the
members rushed to the hotel and telegraph
office, and the most intense anxiety to ob
tain particulars, the greatest confusion has
prevailed ever since.
Fatal Railroad Accident;
Narrow Escape of President Pierce—In
stant Death of His Son—Mrs. Pierce ■
with a Number of Passengers, seriously
Injured.
Boston, Dec. 6—A frightful accident oc
curred on the Boston and Maine Railroad
about noon to-day, wherebv the life of the
President elect was greatly endangered,
and bis only son instantly killed. When
near the town ot Andover, in Massachusetts,
the train was thrown off' the track by some
obstruction, and precipitated down an em
bankment twenty feet high, turning a som
erset, and falling upon a pile of rocks at the
bottom of the embankment. The cars at
the time were filled with passengers, arooDg
whom were Gen. Pierce, his lady and only
son, an interesting boy of ten years. Gen.
Pierce was the first to extricate’himself from
the fragments of the car, which was literal
ly smashed to atoms; and though sound in
limb, he complains of considerable pain in
the back. His son was instantly ernshed to
death. Mrs. Pierce received a number of
severe contusions, none of which, however
are considered dangerous. Many other pas
sengers were badly bruised, and the down
train has just brought in six or eight of the
wounded. The citizens of Andover were
assiduous in their attentions to the sufferers.
Cabinet Rumor*.
We give the following extract from the let
ters of the Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun for what it is worth. We
do not believe Washington letter writers
who have made some twenty perfect cabi
nets within the last month to be entirely in
fallible. YW see various allusions in" nnr
allusions in our
exchanges to the letter said to have been
writteu by Gov. Cobb :
The cabinet ot Gen. Pierce is so far form
ed, that it is certain that all sections And
tractions ot the democratic party will be rep
resented in it. Gen. Dix will be the mem
ber from Ohio. Gen. Dix will take the
Treasury, (as I have previously announced,)
aud Mr. Medurv will be the Postmaster
General.
The Secretaryship of .State, since Senator
Hunter has declined, will *>e filled, either by
Senator Mksdn, of Virginia, or George M,
Dallas, of Pennsylvania, or Caleb CuaiiiuH,
of Massachusetts.
Mr. Nicholson, of Tennessee, will not ac
cept any appointment.
it is believed that either Jeff*. Davis or
James Thompson, of Mississippi, will be Sec-
letary of War. Having stated that a pa
per, numerously signed, was in circulation,
urgiug the appointment of Gov. Cobb to a
place in the Cabinet, it is due that I also
state that he has w ritten to his friends as
follows :
**I am unwilling that any tiling shall be
done by my friends in \\ ashington, that
shall place me, or seem to place me, in the
attitude ot an applicant to Gen. Pierce for a
placo in his cabinet. I can never, cansen t to
occupy that position. The quotation speaks
for itself.
than at any time within the last ten or fif
teen years. As a general thing, abundant
crops of every description have rewarded
the farmer, and plenty, if not a profusion,
all the necessaries, to say nothing of the
dispensable luxuries of life, may be found
throughout the length and breadth of the
slaveholding Slates.
half an hour almost all appearance of injury
was removed
j£3p“The Spirit Rappings have mad e
their appearance in Griffin in this State. The
Rev. Mr. Harris*preached there frequently
the week before last and- produced some ex
citement.
Earthquake at Milledgeville.—The
Federal Union of the 11 tb inst., says : “A
bout 8 o’clock on the evening of Saturday,
tbe 8th inst,, a slight shock of an earthquake
was felt by the citizens of Milledgeville and
the surrounding country. It was preceded
by a low rumbling noise, like distant thun
der. As it appeared to strike the house in
which we were sitting, the windows rattled
and the whole house trembled. Some oth
ers in dur vicinity describe it as much more
severe. It lasted but a moment.”
The Muscogee Railroad.
The Columbus Times is out boldly in fa
vor of the transfer of the Muscogee railroad
to the Central road. In an article upon the
subject, the editor has the following:
“This Road extends from Columbus to
Butler, a distance of fifty miles, where it
joins the Fort Valley Branch of the South
Westeru.Road. The cost of the Road and
equipments was $651,797 11, or $13,035 94
per mile. The net profits of the Road du
ring the past year, were $7,311 38—a most
astonishing fact, as the Road was in an un
finished state and disconnected at either
end. The connection with the South Wes
tern Road will be . completed during the
coming Spring, and with the Montgomery
Road during the next eighteen months. In
the mean time the Girard Road will pene
trate the rich prairies of Alabama, and we
may from thenceforward anticipate a glori
ous future for the city of Columbus.”
Co»lug(il ISarssioMy.
A man in Germany .advertised that he
had au organ that would play any tune
out ot au enumerated set, at the command
ot any one ot the audience. This made a
great uoise atthe time, and puzzled ail the
conjurors and philosophers of the place. The
organ was placed on a table, with its back
against the wul4 company were invited
to examine it, then ask tor a tune, which
was immediately played, and if any one de
sired it to stop, it was instantly silent. This-
went on for a long time, and the ingenious
inventor was making a rapid fortune, and
the secret would have been hurried with
him, had he not behaved most uxihartno-ni”
ouMy towards his-Loving wife twfe day jwst
as the performance was about to commence.
The roonf was crowded,- as usual, and rv
tune was called for, but uofca note was heard;
the owner became uneasy, and said, in a
soothing, coaxing tone, T)d Wav,, my coot
organs.’ Stiff not a sound Wa* heard; ho
got oiit of patieuce, afld threatened to smash
the instrument to pieces, when a hoarse fe
male voice was beam ’•» growl out—Ay,,
do you tyvil, preak cfe org "Us as you proke
my head dis morning.’ This was too much
for the choleric German; he took a chair,
and gave the instrument such a whack, that
it drove it through a paper partition in ihet
wall carrying with it another organ which
had been placed close at the back of the-
sham oue, at which sat the obstinate grind
er—-his wife.
A .few County.
A very unworthy member of a church in
the Western part of this State, was in the
habit of committing such offences, as to
make it necessary for the church to ‘have
him up’ often; and as often did they ‘turn
him out,’aud tell hiiu-he must do his first
work oyer. After joining the church for
the seventh time, one day, coming home
to dinner, his wife was gone—just stepped
into a neighbor’s, for a moment. On her
return, she was met at the door by her
good husband, and on leaning forward to
extend bim th at welcome, so common with
a devoted wife, he straightened out his arm
of muscles, and thrust her from him, and
with an oath wished her in Purgatory.
The news was soon spread through the
V illage, that Mr had beat and cursed
his wife, apd wished her in Purgatory. A
meeting of the church was called; the of
fender arraigned—he plead guilty to the
Small Pox in Houston.—Tbe Milledge
ville jRecorder of the i 1th inst., says:
“We regret to learn by a letter from a
Physician at Marshallville, Macon county,
addressed to one in this city, that the gen
uine confluent Small Pox has broken out in
that vicinity, creating quite a panic among
the people. We trust every precaution
will be used by vaccination and other means
to arrest the progress of this loathsome dis-
ease.”
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charge of having treated his wife brutally,
but said he had never wished she was in
b——II; that he thought ‘Purgatory’ wa d
a new couuty recently made in some par t
of the Eastern North Carolina!’ He wa g
restored to membership, upon condition,
that he learn the meaning of the word Pur
gatory. Giraffe!
If you would have a thing kept secret,
never tell it to any one ; and if you would
not have a thing known of you never do it.
Ill will never spoke well
If the sky falls we shall catch larks.
If you-caunot bite never show your teeth