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The Ocean and its Depths.—Pro
fessor Olrasiead, of New Haven, has
ooutributid to the last number of the
New Englander^ quarterly publica
tion) an article entitled “A Philoso
phical survey of the Ocean, fioin w hich
a. ~(■'llLtu/r
we extract the following paiagiaph.
The author commends highly the la
bor of Lieut. Maury ;
“The waters of the ocean cover near
ly three-fourths ffmorc exactly five-
sev uths) of the surface of the globe
and of the t irty-eight millions of
miles of dry land in existence twenty
eight belong to the northern hem-
sphere. The mean depth of the ocean-
lias been variously stated, buy may
for the present be taken at four miles,
numerous soundings now in progress
will soon enable us to speak with de-
iinitcncss on this point. Enough has
already been done to prove t at toe
depth ‘is exceedingly unequal; that-
like the surface of the earth, the bot
tom of the ocean here rises in moun
tain peaks and. there sinks in deep val
leys. Until recently the deepest soun
ding ever made was that by Capt.
- • • 1 1 which " ,oc
In the state library at albariy N. Y ane
a few pieces of paper- yellow with time
ar.d writen upon with ink -in a plain
and seemingly rr.cchmhr.nd onclootcl
in u glass case ,which are matters of
eieep historic interest, they are the
ordes and passes Given by general
Benedict Arnold to Major Andre, by
which he could pass and repassthe
American lines under a fictitious name
while conducting the treasonable eor-
ressjiondenee-between tire ai inic-p, and
which was found upon his person
when he was arrested as a spy.
Cjje Central
Eandersviile, lliurscay, May s, 1855.
ONCE. NO EE AFLOAT.
After a five week’s suspension, litre we are a-
gain, kind reader, are we welcome 'i If fo, here is
our Lend for another (wc dislike to sav voyage or
jemmy ferin the one we were ~sw:mped in the
other burned out) tour. Howtlie fare Will prove
we will not undertake to pi edict. Ve can only'
siv that for the piescjit we are established in a
Kitchen lor the want of better quarters.
was
late
Scoresby in the polar seas, w
short of a mile and a half. A
as 1848 the maximum sounding was
thatof Capt. Ross in the South Atlan
tic and gave 27,600 feet, ora little ov
er five miles, without finding bottom
But more recently, at a point-<4 the
Atlantic further north, Lieut. \\ clsli
of the Uuited States schooner I aney
sounded without reaching bottom to
the depth of 32.400 feet, or nearly
6 1-2 miles.- Within a short time
Cupt Denham conunumcUd to the
Roval Socicts a report of having reach
ed the bottom of the Atlantic in a
passage from Rio Janeiro to the Cape
ofGood Hope, at the astonishing depth
of 7 706 fathoms, or 8 3-4 miles a
depth so profound that the plurnme
occupied in its descent from the reel
nearby 9 1.2 hours. From the:
A Brave Answer —During the
ceremony at St.-peters^t the announce
ment of the immaculate conception a
papal major having ordered his soldier/
to kneel down perceived a french offic
er was standing, and commanded him
to kneel. He declined doing it which so
irritatied the major that he drew his
sword to assail him. When the ceremo
ny was over, the French officer,, who
was a protestant asked the Papal offi
cer by what right he ordered them
before the holy wafer . “I am com.
nianded by nvf sovereign was his re-
i ply . “ tell your sovereign , “said
Liit- stern Huguenot, ,‘that the French
have no orders to receive from him we
being his i louaeis, and that, I only
kueel to God
Worthy of Imitation-
By last Monthly's mail we received a letter enclos
ing seventy new subscribers. This shows bow
easy it is to do a clever thing when there is a will to
it. " Are there no others who will go and do like
wise l A lew such friends as this would soon place
us in position to recover our loss uud give to our
readers a weieeme weekly visitor.
Another.
Our subscribers at Wartlieii's Store and some
others in this county lnive determined that the
Georgian shall not stop either for lack of sympathy
or material aid. They have promptly stepped for
ward and paid two years in advance, and others
have promised to do so. W e have a seperate list
for all such. All who thus pay §3.00 are entitled
to the paper two years notwithstanding the change
Inatpuuitnt M*rms
"We have purchased out the Printing office of the
Eatonton Independent Press. By a reference to the
Editorial head for Eatonton it will be seen what
arrangements we have made with Mr. 4. A. Turner
the accomplished Editor and lroprietor ot that
journal and his future relation to,this. Within
the range of its former circulation a word from us
.asbis qualifications would he euperrcrogalion.-
But as he will be introduced to many new readers
we cannot re I Vain' from congratulating both our
readers and ourselves that he is hereafter.to sustain
the relation to us sev erally as indicated^ in bis ao-
drrifs. We hope that this relation rnuy be long bus-,
tamed, plcaseiit, pr< fitrble and agreeable to all, the
parties comet no d^Tlie -gracefulness of liis. pen
tlie earnestness of his style afid the candor of his
statements, will render him always an acceptable
and worthy coadjutor in the work we liavo before^
us. Ind though there may bo a difference o 1
views on some of the many points which may
arise in the world-wide sphere of Editorial duties
yet it is pleasant to reflect, that as there must be
difference of opinion much is compensated for, in
the fact, that our differences are with earnest and
candid men. Men who have the moral courage
to forsake error when truth appears to dispell its
illusions. Our brief personal intercourse with M r -
Turner has been of a most agreeablo and pleasant
character, and wecamiot doubt but that our readers
will also find it pleasant and agreeable to sustain
the new relation between himself and them.
world 7” Let a professor of religion,
in a ballroom, oral a family cotillion,
answer the serious inquiries.
I send vou on a separate sheet, an ex
tract from the works of the pious and
learn yd Dr. A. Clark, on dancing,
which I respectfully request you to
publish in connexion with my own re
marks on the subject. You will, per
haps, think some of the Doctors ani
madversions Too severe; but, as he
eensWMflBl^self, as well as others and
his obvious design was to check a
growing and, as he viewed it, a i mn-
ous evil, I hope it will consist with
vour views of propriety to pyblish the
extract entire. _,, T _. T v,
WILLIAM ARNOLD.
April 6, 1855.
aioug tun line as the work progresses;! and fifty thousand* But perhaps the
but not in sufficient foix-e to control j most remarkable statement oi ail « f
the turbulent masses of foreigrt labor-1 that Mrs. Okill, ot this city, has made
usually employed in our railroad I a quarter of a million of dollars by
undertakings. Our slave population, j keeping school.—A 7 . Y. Correspondence
suits, J it appears that the depths of the
ocean exceed the heighest of the moun
tains, since the loftiest summits of the
IIiHimalaya are little more than 26.
000 feet, or 5 1-4 miles. Notwith
standing these enormous depths, there
are large tracts of the ocean conrara-
tivelv shallow ; and in the immediate
vicinity of places where no b<*tom
could be found were spots of no un
common dep hs. These facts nidic-
tate that the bed of the sea is diversi
fied like the surface of tnc earth, the
Gulf of Mexico is thought not to ex
ceed on an average one mile ; and the
Greenland seas are of such moderate
depth that whales when harpooned
often run to the bottom, as is indicated
bv their appearance when they use
again to the surface. Whales are even
supposed to seek a part of their food
at the boottom of the sea.
“ScLDitiuNG With The Gilding
off- 11 —- - So an intelligent officer in the*
Crimea styles the life in which they
are engaged, and a ds, “Many a young
o-entleman would be forever cured ol
Tiis love of arms, if li could but see
one day’s .lighting, and have-one day’s
parade of the men who do it.” He
also says that co Id the young ladies
vv ho aie for ever thinking Of heroes and
champions of crowning conquerors’
brows with flowers, &e, have stood but
fur one instant beside him u alid gazed
-into one ot the pits where thirty clods
ol the valley all covered with scarlet
and blue cloth, with lace and broidery
and blood, were lying side by side,
•and staring up to heaven with their
•ffiditless orbs as they were about to be
consigned to the worms, they would
feel the horrors of their hero-worship
and would join in prayer for the advet
of that day when war shall be no more,
and when the shedding of blood shall
Our readers will peroeivo that our paperis great
ly enlarged. They will hardly suppose that we
cun affoid a paper of this size at aprico so much
below what is usual. The price of this paper will
therefore hereafter, be $2,00 in advance,- or $2,50
if not paid in advance. This arrangement effects
only those who begin their subscriptions now, and
hereafter; others only as their subscriptions, now
running, come to an end. Al! who have paid, are
entitled to the paper at the terms when they sub
scribed, until tlie subscriptions end. Those who
have not paid are entitled to the paper on the
terms of the original subscription. The lost time
occasioned by our burn out will be made up in eve
ry instance when required.
therefore, affords the only description
of labor which can be availed 6f with
safety and certainty, for the accomplish
ment of this great work. This descrip
tion of labor is already protected by
the institutions of Texas, through
which eight hundred and fifty miles of
the line will fun, anti also in the terri
of tlie Charleston Courier.
Tight Tides in the Provisos
Market.
We thought, says the Atlanta Intel
ligencer, we could tell a sufficiently do
lorous “ tale of suffering ” when we
not long ago quoted corn meal at a
tory acquired under the Gadsden lrea* i dollar and a quarter ]>er bushel, and
ty which is now annexed to New 0 pi, er things in proportion, but our co-
Mexico ; that territory being aut.ior- j temporary of the Savannah Morning
ized, in the law organizing its Govern- j y eics eclipses our account entirely, and
ment, to come into the Union as a state, j giving us a peep into the provision
with or without slavery, as the people j gla ]i s a tthe seaboard, makes us think
shall determine. _ _ , | we are living in *• flush times ” up
iu price. Arc not those examples worthy of ( Honor j udfre Holt has changed the time of
tion? Who shall we chronicle next? -
the adjourned Term of Washington Superior Court
from the 2nd. tot ho 3rd. Monday in June next-
This alteration was made to avoid conflict with the
Supreme Court Jurors, parties and witnesses will
take duo uotiee thereof
Corporation Notice
N Election for Commissioners of tlie Town of
j\_*SaniiersviUe, will he held at the Post Office on
dav the 5th of May between 11 and 12 o clock,
Saturday the 5th of May l
A. M.
may 3
M. NEWMAN, Cl’k.
It
We wituesed an eclipse of the moon on Tuesday
bight last. It was an interesting and novel sight. It
tinn.fei.ttd about Sc-cUtk ta d at midnight had
not emerged from the earth's shadow.
’■ [COMMUNICATED.]
Mr. Editor: After reading and duly
considering your remarks on “Danc-
iuo- ” the opinion which 1 formed was,
that you were both right and wrong.—
Perfectly right in your views of the
evils of promiscuous dancing abroad ;
and entirely wrong i:i every thing you
say in favor of dancing at home, or in
cer.se.
The Influence and Dignity of
the Press.— The London Tunes
which undoubtedly stands {it the head
of the press of the civilized world,
thus speaks of the vocation of au edi-
tor: ,
We confess we are sensitive for the
dignity of our order, and proud of our
vocation. We should no more dream
ofConfounding the limits of public
^Butvand private courtesy m our own
--v^ a j- jrr*r«?K***vtillr&Lt 11S r —tililli
we should if employed in a State office
or charged with the responsibilities oi
of judicial decision. What can it sig
nify to any man who devotes Ins time
and ability to journalism, as u is cail-
The use of Snails.—In the provinces
of France vvlieie the vine is cultivated,
snails of larged size abound. They are
Gathered by theyeasants, put in small
pens for a fewMays, salt water throw on
them, to cause them to discharge what
ever their stomach may contain—then
boihl, taken out oftheshell, eaten with
a sauce ; they are considered a luxury
bv the vine dressers.
If we knew liow properly, to show our gratitude
to these who have kindly supped ft 1 ward to help
us, that we might ntan early day resrme the publi
cation of our paper, we wou’d do so. As words are
insufficient to express our. gratitude, we must en
deavor to show ourselves not unworthy this evi
dence of kindness by laboring to deserve it. May
that prosperity upon which can rest the blessing ol
of Heaven, attend them always.
families.
Knowing the influence which the
oress exerts, and, believing, as I do,
(and as the Holy Bible teaches me to
believe) that dancing is a great moral
evil, incomparable with even the pro
fession of a pure and undefiled relig
ion. and such a diversion as is used on
ly i, y such persons, as the Scripture ap-
I iimnriatelv calls “lovers of pleasures,
Our subscriber;-, have no donotere tins recier- J [ I ^ _; V , ni - >> J was truW
- **—**-»» -“r! ™riv SSd mcdISC
Sud, . c-dm.it, BJ««««•»'-=™ “I» “ I - Uie Jsditni- of die i.A-ltcndcnl- 1’reK.
• . t ot-n 'oil l the Editor ot tlie inaepenuenu
ness.We lost our enure oiu.ee iu;s, yi - • , j stronglv advocated and
with an inconsiderable except.on.W e suppose that had UOl Oil 1V ^ ..
our readers have seen full accounts ofthe fire in the reCOmnumlt-d U.inCin o , a IU \L V { .
our readers
Savannah and other papers,and also thc’ubticeofour
intention to resume at as early a day as possible-
We have complied with our promise in issuing our
; „p, r by the f'rst of May. t w 1 b; a so tre* of g e it
ctcrnmgeniti.t to us if our etibser.bcis w ill ibrwaid
wiiat tliev owe us.Vi i iiave not wrilti u a dun
at c-nev
Cataract on the eye is cured by apply- j before since we have conducted this pancr.May we
rater taken front tlie I lot hope for a prompt response fromalh Ifyouhave
been so far jjieaaed with our paper as to recommend
ing a drop ol clear
live snail, by jiiercing what might be
termed tlie tail ol the snail shell \\ i,h a
pin. This application has the effect-ot
eating off tlie substance that grows over
tl c -vc. A relative i f mine was curt d;
the siolit was 'totally eclipsed of one
eve; by applying this water two or
tiirce times a dayvfor some time sa\
two or thee months, t-hc sight was re
fl.iulj-.emaitided go >d. This pre
scribed by a- physical) as a last resort
—Correspondent of Scientific Anierrican. years, from
ed whether the door of this or that
1 , . r ... i.t.n «r phut a-
grandee be opened to him or
gainst him ? The mistake lies m ex
aggerated notion of individual dignit}.
We know no reason why the Marquis
Carabus should give himselfany trou
ble to secure the private friendship o
a political writer nice than he would
in the case of an author who ha writ
ten a succesful comedy, or of an ad
vocate who had made a good appear-
enee at the bar. The best advice we
can give to the more irritable among
ourbrethern is to have a loftier notion
of themselves and their vocation.
Let them feelassured that mthis coun
try—the home of untiring and well-
directed energy-tlicre is no more hon
orable calling followed, no nonestcr
bread eaten than that ot the man v ho
without one tliought of pleasure or
displearsure of living man, '
red dv apprehension and uiiallured 03
greedier ambition, in all truth i
science devotes his mmd to the daily
discussion of public afimrs in ila
columns of the leading journals 1.1
these islands. We may venture tosny
that we know ns well Tis most men
the advantages and drawbacks ol such
a career.
Dr. Sweet, the “original bone-setter,”
is reported to have said that tlie Maine
Law in Connecticut would make his
receipts three hundred dollars less than
last year, on account ofthe diminution
of accident caused by rum. A iage
share of practice was derived from the
effect of liquor drinking. Accidents
were constatly occurring, such as sprai-
n( rtl and broken limbs, bruised heads,
swollen faces, and dislocated joints
it tu v 1 ur i.iipber.timyi u :.<■! ao a little farllier and
procure lir uioheortwfo subscribers each. ‘T’ros-
ja iity n.aki s many friends,adversity tries them.
gtniU we d.terinine onr friends by thisrule’Tlio sub
seripliet.s In in the last el January 1&5-4 are due lo
us,having \ urchasid tl cm will; tlicprinting office
If our subscribers will.Rvncrously respond it will
SOOil five us from the burden oi «,ur loss. A paper with
iu the cironit of cur elrcuhltion fa- become a neecs
sitiy. One has Uttti issued el^titeen or nineteen
Sandeisyille the r ac'num oeoasioucdliy
an entire suspension; cannot be filled from abroad 1
and at great cost to ourselves we have concluded to
resume, io tire lropc that our subscribers would meet
us in the spirit of pionr t liberality, and urye us on
to a pleasant weekly communication with them.
ticularly pointed out the duty of pa
rents to their children in regard to it
hut claimed, in effect, to be autliorizeu
by the great and blessed God himself,
to wrile and.publish, lor the benefit of
the people, of Eatonton, especially, his
views of dancing. I know, Mr. Edi
tor, that it was tar from you to intend
to make an improper use of the sa-
cr-d and awful name of God ; but, to
those who have viewed and contem
plated Hiseliarhcter, as it is drawn and
given to them by Himself in the Li-
ble it must be a new and strange thing
lo be told d.at, one of the purpose's
for which the Almighty created hu
man beings was, that he might have
cr- aturcs that could (Lince: tlial
he made them fo dance. For, says the
Editor of the Press, “the God offieaven
liai given them —graceful limbs
for skipping and dancing. And again
“for you to endeavor -to paral-
Extract from D. ‘ Clark'
“Dancing was to me says, Dr. Clark,
“a perverting influence, an tmmixed,
moralev.il; for although, by the mere}
of God, it led not to depravity of man
ner, it greatly weakened the moral
principle, dmwned the voice of a well
instructed consience, and was the - first
cause of impelling me to seekrny hap
piness in this life. Every tiling yield,
ed to^the disposition it had prodiiceu
and everything was absorbed by it
1 have it justly in abhorrence for the
moral injury itditl me; and I can testi
fy (as far as ray. own observations-
have extended, and they have had a
pretty wide range,) I have known it to
produce the same e-vil in others that it
produced in me. I consider it, there
fore, as a.branch of that worldly edu
cation which leads from ’heaven to
earth ; from things spiritual to things
sensual; and from God to Satan. Let
them plead for it that will; I know it
to be evil, and that only. They who
bring up their children in this wav, 01
send them to those schools where danc-
i: it taught, and consecrating tlie pas-
s ns, so as to cause them to bring forth
tu weeds of a fallen nature,with an ad
d on al rankness,- deep-rooted inveter
acy and inexhaustible fertility* Aemo-
sobrious saltut— 111 No man in liis senses
will dance,” said Cicero, a heathen.—
Shame on those Christians who advo
cate a'cause bv which many sons have
become profligate, and many daught
ers have been ruined ! After so fatal
an example of this, (the beheading or
John tlie Baptist,) can we doubt wheth
er balls are not snares fur souls; des
tructive of chastity, modesty, and
sometimes even of humanity itsef; and
a pernicious invention to excite the most
criminal passions? How man^r on such
occassious have sacrifice! liieir chasti
ty, and then, to hide their shame, have
stifled the h .man being and the parent,
and by direct or indirect means, have
put a period to the innocent offspring
of their connexions ? “ Unhappy moth
er who exposes her daughter to the
same shipwreck herself has suffered,
and makes ter own child the instru
ment oiMier lust and revenge!’ Be
hold here, ye professedly religious pa
rents, the fruit of what was doubtless
called in those times, “e egant breed
ing and accomplished dancing. Iix
3 onr eyes on that vipious mother, that
prostituted daughter, and especially
on that murdered Ambassador of God,
and then send your children to gen-
The distance from El Paso, or the
western line of ’iexas, to the river
Colorado, the eastern line of California,
is about four hundred and fifty miles.
Thus vve perceive that for the whole
distance of this line, until we strike
California, slave labor may be employ
ed with perfect security ; and-it is be
lieved that her Fugitive Sluce Laic, and
the favorable disposition of the people,
will be a sufficient protection to it
within the limits of that state. The
information obtained in the prosecu
tion of this reconnoisance and survev,
here in the interior. We truly* com
miserate tlie condition of onr friends
below, but let them stay their stom
achs on cat fish for a while longer and
vve will soon come to their rescue. The
News gives the lollowing account of a
visit to the market:
"With the exception of cat fish) goo
ber peas and turnip greens, then;
was nothing to speak of in tlie market
What little there was ahuudanth
made up in prices for the deficiency in
quantity and quality*. Here and
! there were to be seen a few pieces of
richness and extent, are superior to
those of any other portion of the world;
while its rich valleys and fertile plains
are equal, in all respects, for agricul-
Fowls were hard to obtain at
pair. We saw two game
alone.
SI a !■
chickens tied by the legs with their
necks trimmed and their heads pecked
tural purposes, to those of California, t j|| t | )CV were entirely out of shape,
climate exceedingly favorable p ff eref |'f or a dollar. The owner had
and its climate exceedingly tavorautc • pffere d
to all southern products. , ! “ fit ” ’em until they 15 couldn’t oornetj
The subscribers of the Atlantic and 1 ,j me an q now he offered them as
Pacific Railroad Company i.ave trails- ■ p rPV j s j om ” a t that price, but he
ferredLtheir stock totfie i exas \\ estern , wpu jd n ’t abate a dime.
Railroad Company, which is entitled l p or i C) ordinarily good, was selling at
to sixteen sections of land for. every j 12 1*2 cents per pound. Eggs at 25
* ‘ "' cents. Shad, of which there were ve-
milc of road constructed within the
limits of the state. I enclose to_ you a
circular, stating the prospects and con
dition of the company, which I shall
be happy if you will publish for gen
eral information
ry few in market, went oft' readily
50 to 75 cents a pkc\ Irish potatoes
at-tlie rate of $6 per bbl. or about one
cent a piece—small ’taters at that!—
But cat fish were on hand by the cart
When Col. Gray s report appears in j j ()a( j— ca ^ from the size of a tac
tile Herald will you be so obliging as j pp ] eto something less than a porpoise
to republish it ? This line being h>ca- — at p r ; ces according to size—cvn-
ted directly west of our Georgia Rail- ' --
ted directly west oi our^ ue° _ia n.uc era ]],- cheap, and were taken off bv
roads, leading from Savannah and j t j )e co ] ore d population wih avidity.—
Charleston, will ultimately become a : thought, what a blessing arc cat
continuation of those works to the Fa- ; to diose who take to them. Ci*.
cifie. The beneficial efi'ects which the j nrc p c t\ VC en us and starra-
completion of this great ent»rprise will * Uon ,
produce on the commerce of our South- 1
all our industrial
ern cities, and on
pursuits, cannot be estimated.
With great respect,
Your most Ob’t Ser’t,
T. BUTLER KING
E. CHIMING.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Uric inton Geo.
Nov. 21,
4T—tT
yze the leaping (dancing) limbs ot
couth and activity, is to run counter
May we ask your kind consideration oi uurclaims t j Heaven’s organic law. ’ I presume.
Apd may the destroyer be kiq.t iiom your hcarli
stones anu licriieKtcads.
Immigration.—During 1854 there
arrived in the United States from for
eign ports 470,474 passengers, of
whom 284,887 were males, and 175„-
f£8 ft mahs, 207,1-54 weie born in
Germany, 101. 605 in Ireland, 6o,o38
in Great Britain and British America,
13,317 in France, 13,100 in - China.
The whole number of arrivals from
September 30,1843, to December 31,
1854, was 3,174,365.
Another Victim.—A humble
tradesman has been sentenced to the
penitentiary by the government of
Tuscany for ‘having compand the
Catholic and Protestant translations of
the New Testament, and informed liis
frienus, as the result of his investiga-
tiones, that alleged mutilations of Scrip
tafe by Protestants were false.
Our town is last building up again, and though
it may take years to replace all tlie buildings de
stroyed by the lire, yet it is gratifying to see the en-
orgy and activity displayed by many of our citi
zens inputting up better audmoie suitable houses
for the purposes ol merchandise. Mr. Ilaities will
soon have completed an excelent two story build-
ingou tliecorner where Ins store was burned, Ma
jor Hodges also is last progressing with a better and
more eommodius building at the same place where
bis former house stood. Mi. A. Nortliitigtou has
so far completed his as for some weeks lo display
sundry good things it. the grocery line for sale.—
Others are in proc»ss of erecliou. Mr. T. A.
Wicker will so u have his dwelling house ready
for occupation. We regret that but little progress
is as yet made in putting up dwelling houses-—
Several small temporary buildings have been put
up for temporary accomodation.
reliable book. In it three hundred
and fourteen are put down at one hun
dred thousand. One hundred and fifty- j
nine enjoy the distinction of two hun-,
dred thousand. Seventv--nine have
risen to tlie height of a quarter ot a j
Seventy-five have teachedt
8. L PRESCOTT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Halcyoiidale, Fcrwen Co.. 6
- ; iv i 1 ♦- n. million. —~- w . ^ -
tee! boarding-schools.; to Jearn tue ^ac- j ^ g fa( j e 0 f three hundred thousand.
iomplislmicnt of dancing. ' * Eiuhteen have the rare felicity of three
WILL give his wi.oie aitcntion to the ptocua
of ioiiv in all its breneber.
Jul 12, ISf-C. -* ,a
We regret that in the hurry and confusion in get
ting out our first paper, wc arc not pnubled to give
lull list of those who contributed to tlie relief of
our sufferers. It will be attended to.
Spiritualism Entrapped. A Sun
Francisco editor F. B. Ewer recently
prepared a fictitious sketch describing
the sensations of a dying man. He,
as the best mode ot overcoming al
difficulties involved in'such relations
made his hero describe his death from
the spiritual world. The. author was
recently surprised to find that J u( ‘c e
Edmonds, of N. Y., had used Ins hc-
ticious narrative as the production ot a
veritable spirit, and the. Judge wrote
to the author to acquaint him with the
fact that he had seven 1 spiritual inter
views with this defunct “hero who
never had any existence except m Mr.
Ewer’s brain. Mr Ewers letters
rather an amusing prool ot the oxee-
ding credulity of the Judge, and, the
ludicrousabsurdidies in which the pro
fessed spiritualists involve themselves
by taking leave of common sense and
ignoring the well establishment rnor-
C ' ihysieal laws ofthe universe.
Popery and Moiiamedaxism.—A
discussion was recently held at Agra,
India, between the Cliristiau missiona
ries and Moliamedans, when great fair
ness was shown by the latter, and a
readiness to know the truth. It is a
ffiict of mo little sign-tiieH-nee, that thc -
Romish bisln psupplied the Mussle-
incn with books and arguments to
overthrow Protestanism.
Cron.
Tire Know-Nothing candidate for
Mayor of Troy gave a new rendition
ofthe Declaration of Independence, viz:
‘Life, Liberty, and lire Pursuit of Ins!,
men
Among the most startling wonders
in connexion with electricity, is the
announcement that Mr. Bonelli, of i u-
rin, has invented a new electric tele
graph, bv which trains in motion on a
railway are enabled to communicate
with each other at all ratesof ve.ocity,
and at the same time with the tele
graphic stations on the line, while the
hitter are at the same time able to
communicate with the trains. It is
added, that Mr. Boneili is in posses
sion of a system of telegraph commu
nication by which wires are entirely
dispensed with.
Fonr thousand Bushels of potatoes
arrived in Boston on Thursday Irttni
Nova scotia A large l.r-urber ms
els with potatoes are on tde way
to-the same port, in Nova Scotia ilk re
is a large surplus of potatoes and the
high price iu our cities wiHTring them
PVTJTviM.
Some apology is perhaps due for the appearance
of our paper. We have been greatly hurried to is
sue it in time. W e have also been compelled to
use som. of the matter that was in type, and had
been issued in the Independent 1’ress. Which pa
per we have purchased, and removed to this place.
Not however with the ocsigii of cheating our Put
nam county friends out ot a paper, but to supply
botli ourselves and thun. They will perceive by
this paper what arrangements we have made to sup
ply them. An Editor, resident in Eutonton, wilt
keep up weekly communication with them as here
tofore. Tlie paper will be issued on the same day
in Eatonton, Sparta and"Sandersville. This combi
nation will secure to all;.a much more interesting
paper, than if one were published in each place, only
to dole out a feeble existence. To tho subscribers
ofthe Independent Press, we say, try ns awhile;
and we think we will be enabled to prove good onr
statement above. If there are an? who do not wish
to continue the paper, all wc have to ask, is to be
informed forthwith of tlie fact, and the relation
which we are desirous of sustaining towards them,
will cease at once. We have vet to get onr consent
to display our wares before unwilling customers.—
But we hope such will not be the case. We do not
like the thought of giving up old Putnam. In Eaton
ton we first drew the breath of life: with it are. con
nected those associations that cling with such tenac
ity to memory. There were spent the wild sports
of boyhood days, in the full freedom of rude and
wayward childhood. There stands the old Church,
where first we listened to holy lessons, not entirely
lost upon the boy or man, we trust/ ’ There also the
old homestead and grounds around and fountuin
hard by, and purling brook full of associations em
balmed in memory, Like the music of Caryl, sweet
and mcurnlult* the soul.” We would like to re
new olV acquaintance with the place and people,
though tneie are but few left who remember, the
sir, that after writing such sentiments
as these, you did riot review and ex
amine them fully, or you would have
declined the publication of them. An
attempt to retute them cannot be nec
essary. It cannot be right, Mr. Edi
tor, to make fhe innocent responsible
for the crimes of the guilty ; and there
fore, you are wrong, as I oonoeive, m
laying the sin off young ladies, who go
abroad to dunce with immoral, profli
gate }*oung men, to the charge, not of
the young ladies themselves, nor of
anv others who dance, but of those
who oppose dancing. This, doubtless,
pleases mail}* } 7 oting ladies well, for it
tells them that if they are not allow
ed to dance at home, and, therefore re-
remirdlessof the wishesand instruction
of°their parents, an i of the authority
of God, himself, they go out to pro
miscuous balls, and dance with, it mat
ters but little who; they are blame
less, and their parents, or others, in
trusted with their education, guilty.
When you bring the people ot Euton
ton to believe this, you will not have
to complain any more that their rehg-
outlavvs dancing, for then* dan-
will outlaw religion, by mak-
the law of God void. 1 am iul-
1Y „ W are that, iu these days of a-
bo mling iniquity which lias exposed
us to the displeasure of the Almighty
[COMMUNICATED.]
Pacific Railroad.
New York, 11th, April 1855.
Editor of the Central Georgian:—Per
mit me to call your attention to the
editorial article iu the New Turk Iler-
abl of Monday tlie 9th inst, entitled
“Pacific Railroad survey of the South-
and to ask tho iavor that
hiindreff and-fifty thousand. ' Thirty
seven have won the commoner glories J
ern route,
of four hundred thousand Three in
dtviduals only have paused at four
hundred and fifty thousand, while sev
enty have press d forward to the gran
deurs of half a million. Twenty-four
have proceeded to six hundred thous
and ; five to seven hundred thousand;
and sixteen have attained the -giddy j
t. ssatstM*
attorney at law,
Santicrsville Georgia.
.Inn. 2i>. laS8 j52—ft
attorney at law.
Sandersvitle Georgia
fcb. 17, 1S55. , 4 ~ il
ublisli it for the informs.-I height of one million. Five have gone
-r w Mf 1 „ LaUi nv f t U*A
tion of th^Southern people. It was on To amillion and a half: six to two
ion
eing
in j
lv aware
for the purpose of causing this survey
to be made, that 1 consented to become
a director of the Atlantic and Pacific
Rail road eornpun}*. My object was to
prove to the- country what I kne\v to
be a fact—that the southern route is the
only practicable one for a railway to
i he Pa itic, and that the legislationof
Congress in attempting to provide for
the construction of a road on any of
the northern lines, would be misdirec
ted, aud in fhe end prove to be utterly
futile. The line which we have sur
veyed, and to which trie article in the
Herald refers, is south of all the lines
surveyed by the War Department, un
der the appropriation made by Con
gress. .The .Government has spent, I
believe, about three hundred thousand
dollars in their surveys, and have fail
ed to find a line sufficientl} 7 practicable
to induce the commencement of the
work, either by the Government or
crated companies; whilst the
millions; one to three millions; two
t > four millions; one to five millions,
and one stands, solitary and alone, ou
the pinnacle of six millions.
William B. Astor is our richest
man; he inherited Ins wealth. S.
Whitney, five millions, owes his for-
tunc to speculations in cotton atid tin-
rise in real estate. W. H. A spin w .11,
fpirr millions, came ot a rich farnil} , j
and gained vast increase of wealth in
the shipping business. James Lenox,
three millions, which he inherited.
The late Peter Harmon}*, two millions,
came to this city as a cabin bov am.
o-rew rich by commerce, llie Hor-
two millions, came from
MULFORD MARSH
attorney and COUNSELLOR AT LAW
office. 175, Bay Street, Savannah
fcb. 22, 1853.
t-W
memim.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
W\iyncsboro SSurkc Co.
Gt
Will attend promptly to »R business et
to biscare in any ul tin. (Xa-ti e; tue Mfot
ha-teni connties.
grew
rillards,
France poor, and made their huge foi -
P. C. ARRINGTON
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
JLoui*villc, Ga.
October, 25, 1S55.
W. J. WILCHER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Warrenlon Georgia.
WILL practice iutlie counties ofthe Northern
tune m the snuff and tobacco business.
The late Anson G. Phelps, two mil-
lions, learned the trade of a tinner, and
made a fortune in iron and copper, j
Alexander T. Stewart, two millions, |
now of the Dry Goods Palace, began
c-uit, im.i Washington oua Jefferson of ti
Circuit.
SAMUEL FIELD
attorney at law.
Sandersvitle. Ga.
mcorponuea^ ^ in ^ S l„r. Of
and brought his judgements upon us,
(laneing.liiis become a brunch of fash-
.ionable education, which, as its name
imports, isthe opposite of the training
inculcated bv St* Paul, when he says,
“ Parents bring up your children in
the nurture and admonition of the
Lord.” Now, if dancing is not a part
of the nurture referred to by the Apos
tle, (and no man will say that is) then
it is utterly incomputable with it; and
those parents who encourage or allow
their children to dunce, may expect to
be brought, a little hence, to a fear-
fill reckoning for it, 1 his whole thiug^
Mr. Editor, both m families and out of
them, 1 • waong, and nothing can make
it right. It is of the world, and not
of Go i;’ and yet, some in the church,
-i “wound
I S^iJare put dowilat a million
it runs tl.i I and a half: Guo«e La»5
whole distance through a fertile conn- j a farm labour; Cornelius A anderffi^,
‘*.V, wm. « lassf; artf to Josepli' Bonaparte^Of'the mil-
»* * T f HutCtfl
DR. WILLIAM L. JERNIGAN
H AViNNG pennancntly located
r
[1_Oavtobiiroti^n respcctiu.l* i.fiers pf
„. t ictH> to tilt citizen of ibe Town and evil
apr •
pward
Marriage Portions.—It was one oi
the laws of Lycurgus, fliafc no portion
should be given with young women in
marriage. When this great lawgiver
'(called upon tf^pstify tlv's enftef-
inent, observed: “That in the choice of [truant uoy, wont fo read in the misebfovmis sports
a \v^m c, ,-merrit oiilv should be consider- j of eUiHifipod, .* t.fivty years ago. (Vgniy,-|e
A J .1 ,1- ... na irti.ra.. .are MUeiv to make hut J ease ot seniority- tor «>lrt-
td. aim that tl .^v w as • nm otjkJlP - .^ u „ (; eed in nothing else.) Wehaybde-
VCllt Vi mj.v r :Tl T»n,i : -rt;~s««Mdfers.must decide tbczminii.
give r. their sanction, and
their Saviour in the house. of .his
friends.” A professor of religion, in a
dancing assembl}*, might be appropri
ately* addressed and reproved in the
following words of Tertulliari, one of
the fathers of the primitive’chureb
“ What dost thou do in the world, said
he, „ who art above the world?”—
What ! thou a Christian, and yetcleave
to the world? - Thou a Christian,' ami
tak«ttliOupart
Sioiisaiul' potnps
'u*i4ja%3ftw
tion, and not, as the Herald lias it, “of
desert-like character, from one extrem
ity to the otliSr.” This survey estab
lishes the fact that the southern states
possess the only practicable line for .a
railroad to the Pacific; and that tneir
institutions will proceed, pari passu,
with its construction, to that ocean. It
will open Ip southern enterprise,. the
rich mining districts of New Mexico.
■Chihuahua, Sonora, and California,
The necessities which will govern the
accomplishment of this cnter’prize, will
show that slave labor must be employ
ed in its construction. Passing as it
will, more than a thousand miles
through a rich milling country, it will
be impossible to retain free laborers
upou the work, at any price which the
most extravagant expenditure would
justify. In a country where wild ad
venture is the characteristic spirit ot
the population, as it. is in all mining
districts, and where fortunate strides
may possibly procure large sums, with
a very small amount of labor, the peo
ple become averse to regular employ
ment at stated reasonable wages, i lus
work, from tlie eastern line of I exas
t tlie Pacific, will, with the exception
niles hi the
rplIOSF. in
Last Call.
lejifotl to the ut.der*iarnefi ^
lionaires, James Chestermun,
life as a journeyman tailor; leter;
Cooper, as a glue maker.
Of the ten hundred and sixty per-;
sons mentioned in the b ok, at least;
eight hundred began their career as j
clerks or raanuel laborers. | , otIiC ti .
The pill and patent medicine dealers , f- Jau 17
show to great advantage la this vol-;
ume. Braridreth figures up at three ;
hundred and fifty thousand, bursa-j
narilla P. Townsend was an honest j
carpenter once ; he is now worth three j
hundred thousand dollars. Moffat,
he of the Phoenix Bitters, is put down |
at a half million. - Pease, who once
sold ginger beer, and afterwards took
to hoarhound candy, achieved the mod
erate fortune of a hundred and fifty
thousand.
Strange to relate, there are some
names in this work of interest to lit
erary* men. George Bancroft, Heun
James, Professor Anthon, 'I htJmas
McElrath, and Dr. Francis, are each ,
by uotifiv J "(liat all cioiuiv* viuc turn
.luuidateU at oiii-u. Hi» W*** ari ’
bewail [ Z. Brantiy. Eim,.. to "I.chu i/ffw fLl
to save coat can make po inenw S. * - -
ilec 21 -—
DAVIDG. WILDS,
Attorney at law, Spa ta Georp^ ^
r.I. nractioc in tb«voniiti"* qfHa;Hi- k • ...
yV ILL practice in
ton, Warren, sud Bald* !:-- H
’ did* w
THOMAS C. AUDAl
ATTORN ey at la w
Fpurta Georgia.
October, 4.
Ill'S, ai
,*orld?
M. & R. M. JOHNSTON.
attornies at law,
Sparta Georgia.
WILL plaice in liaue^k and the
co ^“j5iK"l R- M. JOBy-
CAIN k LEWIS
Attorney at Law-r-Sparta, I'fTtti
W ILL practice in all tlieioonnlw* tf.
ern Mrcua-and also iu W j
son and Baldwin ccauties..
office over *. T. W incisor’s Store
D.
W. L*' 5
stated to possess a hundred thousand , e.
dollars. Edwin Forrest is rated at a | March i:>
quarter of a million; so is Sidney H.
Morse, of the' New York Observer. , lvt x iixvav . pi
NVilfiain Niblo, it appeal, i ^kksoNs indebted to the
««nw. UlC E
William Niblo, it appear, lias »>« r ! » >E ksoNs indebted ^ the ^...
Mqit, two hundred lho.li.ant.1. }datei,arc.»c.iucsteu a;• rr ^*
bt " h undreci . w «v.
ie"’Hundred \ Eeb.io,