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Pensacola Correspondence..
A TRAGEDY,
Pensacola, F a., Aug. IS, 1855. '
"Weducsday morning, the 15th insfe
though as bright and glorious a ivy
s.nee~the protracted storm of wind arKfe
rain, brought over our community 'a
gloom which has not yet passed offr
Alter breakfast I walked dovyii thp,
street aud \yas immediately struck
intfi J the roarnesttiess bf 'every 'one;
men were collected i.ere anl there in
little groups, talking in arrnn-Jer tone,
un<l- looking occasional!}' towards a :,
pub ie inn, before the <foor ol w.iich |
was hitched a horse attached to a bng^|
• rr. Of course, tile'question ‘ What
is it?” came inrofuritarily, uportr$ap-
proaching the first group. “ L. has
killed-J.,” was'the hrebfvic aiYrisver;
sending the blood. cluUed back to the
heart.The cause vciits told me in a
very few ’ words i and wlthv others, I
stool for some time, waiting to sec the
nnfortunate man.. In .a few raonients,
accompanied bv a frienl^y. ho had fol
lowed, him from Warnpgton ,_with the
horse and "buggy to facilitate his escape
—L. having Yeti there, the scene of the
lr jjedy, on. horse-back, lrc came out
! Labor, then, to the last. .moment of
, vour existence. Pursue,'-strictly, the-
above rufe's/fand ’the Divine -blessing
And riches of everykind will flow np-'*
on you to your heart’s -content; but
rfirstrofall, remember that the chief
aud-great study of our life shoitljfeb o
to tend,.by all means in oyr pbweiyto
tlie honor and glory o£ ouM Divine
Creator* John MeDonolfeh, -New Dr-
leads, 3kiarcli.il, 1804. ghe.' con cl a-,
sioh to 3 which'-t have arrived"'is, that,
without temperance, there is .ijojlyjidth,
without virtue, no order; without re
ligion,. no happiness.; and that the aim
of ougbeing.is to live wisely, ’Soberly'
md righteously.” •’ " ’ ' -
IlomVftLm and tfrftao; *
I Statistics of ..the Duration of
j Human Life.t—The census of 1850
! show's that the oldest person living
jin the United States, was 140yestfs.
> This person was an Indian woman, te
1 siding in North Carolina. - In tlie.saihe
.Goldsmith’s Vanity.—Of his van
ity he gave many ludicrous examples.
£ He would- never,” said Garrick, “al
low a superior, at any art, from writing
poetry..t, d:mci.ng-a hornpipe.”
J. “ ITdw well this post-boy' drives!”, w . ...
said Johnson to Boswell. “Now if i State was an Indian" agefel-' 0 > nfeegfo
Gockley were hyot he would say-he
£ould
•ihee.t Ip
who \y : as.s3tirizii>g hi^welfknqwff in
flvirrity;-and boa.-?i:aif-wonr shoe* being
certainly does not exceed 200,000 ; arm
t 0 ‘ say, besides*them, there are 100,000
sigk r - worfnded 'and cogvalesoent” ; re-
thaiu'me irt the hospitals,’or wha have
CENTRAL GEORGIAN. CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
K ST’IdLL, % «•*.
|3±*% Kot«S0M, 8ErW» «, 18JS. WEDSESDAV.’sSTmT
„ v . v . oman 1;IT,' two black females. 110
•drive bettor.” H'ypu were. to I each, onemauhitto male l'l^.and sevtr-
Sm, says a'journalist bf the day, al white taalesrond femaleaa^el from
*■- - i * -. i»»—100 to 11-ff -Inr the Parish. <M. Lafayette,.
Louisiana,' wasxa tbn'Srie'b < ack- aged 120.'
wsUmbiacked,.. '.the.Doctor- would look: .In...several rofc&fefip States.
down at his own, and reply', “I think
mine .are still Jaetter clonp:” In show
ing'^? rTpfsaiilJds hp\y; well he cQOla
, jump over a piece of Water; he'fmnbled-
into the midst of it. At an exhibition
• mf puppets; ire - warmly 1 exclaimed --ow
Popery.' Its-rule has been" jrrolifil of
ignorance and vied: The-statistics- as
to - the relative proportion of crime in
Papal and Protesterrtt countries-tel i a
sioomv tale as to thennfluence of Ro--
manrsni. Crime seemslo increase iri‘s
ratio almost' precisely’ in accordance
With the prevalence of the'malign s-.*§-
fem. 'The ft umber of convictions for
mnfdci" hr England are," for instance, top.
to surpass them, in leaping.ovor a stick.
When some^of-tire elnb i'ere-loud in
the ; r praise of a speech oflMr. Burke’s,
Goldsmith maintained that oratory was
a knack, aml-fhatohe would -Undertake
to do it as well himself. Being dared
to the trial, he mounted a chair and
wus unablr" to advance -bevonfra sen*
I tcnce or twTK_ He was compelled to
found persons, white and black, aged
from flO tq iff,' There..wepe jn Ahe
UiAiti^vGttitas, iu. iSod; |,5fd pfifsplrs.
dver'l-OOyehrs. "This sliO'ws’thdtaltodt-
one person in 9.000 will be likely to
la-veto.-that age.- --Theronre-now irbout
20,000 'pe:-srms ji> the United- States-
.who were living when the Dfeclaration-
oLIudependenco wus^signed, hi 177t>,.<
They .must necessarily be about 80
y'earsloJd uoa", in'order to have lived
at- t-iiato time. • The -French- ceasosr of
1851, shows only. 102 persons over 100
years old ; though.jheir .total popula
tion wus near 80,000,000. Old age SV
flierefore,'attained among, us '.much
xaose freajuently than in France. ^
and anproachcd the buggy. The. ex- ! ; n ' proportion of A to ‘1-000,000 Of rise
pression, “ p<5or fellow 1” spontauMus- ; population^ in IrelamL sixteen years-
Iv andsimuitaneously coming from sev- fago, they'Avere 88, and are now 19.-
felt tor
oral, attested the sympathy _
him. As lie put'ed himself into.the
buggy,.and fallback into the seat, he
prcsciited an appearance I shall never
lorget. I had never syen any cue un
der similar’ circumstance?, and _this
may have increased my sensation. He
looked round, as his friend turned the
horse’ to' start, and bowed to those
standing about the door—but on ! -how
meaningless,, haw mechanical! His
expression of countenance indicated a
soul wrung with nu angitfsh indescrib-
:da!c atnTincxprcssible. In a few nnn-
utes they had disappeared—having
tedrtrt the road leading to Nlobile. . The.
particulars were as ioflpivs: L. andJ.
have long been, boso unfriends—mu
tually assistiugeach other— tlic latter
bavin to given the former his first sue--:
cessful-start in bqsiness. Their inti
m.iey and confidence scorned constant, j
Last Sunday L._ and hjs wife with J. j
an 1 one or .two otuer friends spent the 1 ' alt '
day together, recreating oa the bay;
and’oil the day previous to the sad
event, I dined at Li’s house. . L, was
making preparations to leave for , the
Northland desiring to'make some fe
male relative a present, selected out of
his store what he deemed q,'suitable
one, and went home to consult his
wife abouf it. ■ . .
It v:a ■ afcG. t'l o’cJ e g P. M., ai:d he
was surprised" to' find the .front door
and yyindows closed. v 0*o]ng -round
however,
ife one
gone up s
lounge.
peeling and unprepared, his feelings
rany not be easily imagine ! upon find
ing his supposed friend with his wife
under circumstances which were con
vinerre of tircir crimirialitj-. —i
setilSe, made his escape, "and secreted |
In France,thovare 81 • in Austria,'SO;
in Bavaria,. G3f iu Ihe Papal States,
113 ;~ fti Naples, 174. The ille'gitwnate
birthVare in Life same ratio, Only in far
greater proportion. WTiereas, i.o soon--
er is Protestantism at all in the aspencF
am, Ilian JLlte proportion is again re-
iversed. Tfr the province of Galway, m
| freland, where t!ie .Irish. ClOirch'Mis-
I sLon.has been in opefaium. the etlmfea
esist,’ bht reiterated his. a,s§ertion, and
impute i his fiiikire to his- being “o»rf
of hick” at the momonte'- He possessed
so little of the boasted knack. ..that
when he attempted* a speech at the So-
•vlety of Arts/ lie wits obliged to sit.
, down in confusion. - .*
j Ills vanity was coupled with a bab-
, hlin’g erfyy that \ya? lpig’aable bui not
j malignaoL “Though the type,” sivr
; Coofe “ or his ‘Good-Natured Man’ in
; every other-respecty in point of authof-
! shin, and particularly in poetfy, he
The Miseries and Trials ofDit-
EUAKY Men.—throughout -his life a
pauper,'!'•the - LljjifUold tfiau jjf s
rocky isfe”* was f foroed Wbeg Tus (laily
bretid. Plautus turned, a mill- •‘l ev;
Cnee wqs;n slave., Oyrd.liyed for many
years wi exile, banished by Augustus.
The veins of the.poet Lucan were opeu-
?d'and thusdje'bfed t<^ dcatf, by order
of the •ESiperqr iNeto. .%Tttrn we to
iatter. times! Galiilep* in the cham-
bers'of the'InquishUHi, wa3 forced to
confess that tbp earth was motionless.
The poet Dante lived, an .exiled life.
Petrarch- was' banislied frpip hiseoun- [ men,
estfn^itft. —- »-•
sufhuied dreadfiVHy, ®at neither to the
except nor in-tfae 'sanie .rivfcio as the
Al 1 id|; for th^ former 4 were always
withfe walls,/well housed,'-led ’and
clothed | not- so much exposed nor Sub
ject to such privations and -bard duty
.etitiAies.. .The British, press
greatly exaggerate “the Russian loss
wheh:-they putjt.do.wn at.-80*0,00 .men;
txie'hSrlf that niin^bar.jvouhl be nearer
ihe-truth. * Otrlibili side/ 'hov.toyer,
there is but little doubt lihat 500,000
lives have already been sacrificed in
this uncalled-for and Unnecessary war,
tiie -dreadful responsibility of which
ra.ustrbe dlvifls*!-between all:the-.-par
ties engaged in it. It is really horrible
jocoriteiriplate.it, arid the-end no one
can predict -IstateAn^what I consider
most reliableauthoti^',that the present
wasteof life from.allkrimcs in ilia French
and English troops, i n the Grimeais rica: -
1 v 20,00i5 per month, besides the loss o f
the various dirlsrorrS "of the Moslem
troops, which die by thousands, like
dogs, without any one appearing to.note
or regard them.. N
During the past weqk 16,000 men
Iitevo actually, embarked, and sailed
from Marseilles and Toulon, and an
eqnal number'will follow the present
week. These two large bodies of fine
troops will only -suffice to sat rtfy the
infeiialAo; maw 'of-.afar for'about six
P. O. PENDLETON, EDITOR,
E. M.
PENDLETON, EDITOR.
We would call . ; ntwa t„
advertisement of onr friend.
Harris; Esq. We hope tha»
quest will be complied with irrnr,.
ately, hi .a way that will secure i
from loss.
Corn, Cern, Coriir
Mr. Richard E. Brcnvri/of this coun
ty, Sent ns a ’stolkof corn having./tve
good ears upon it. The first one came
from t3ie stalk abqtit two feet from the
grournf; and then from successive joints
above. The ea/stems of the lower
ears were from two and a halt to three
feet in length. There was besides, a j
suck-et-wth ai l catVfdl- the .product ol j
ong grain, not.weighed.
"We also saw 6 ears r.ml 4 nubbins, j
the jgoduct of one grain, from the,
plantation of Mr. A. O. Haines; weigh- j
ing in .the aggregate 4 pounds and 11 j
ounces.
And vet another from the plantation rows
ef Mr. Green Whidden, 6 fine ears. ! « itli 1,144 grams:
product of one grain, weighing forir ;
pounds and eight ounces.
Judge cf Norlhcm Orr%lt
\\ e understand dutf Got.
has.apfMiatcd Col. Thomas W_ T..<
as, of Elliert, Judge of this Gr
vice Hon. Garnett Andrew* re»-
* * Masnaofh Car »f ‘
Mr. John T. Berry, of
has produced an ear of cor
’•jlHng one and
an.
Easy Frtveniion of Yellow Feyer ar
' ‘ Cholera.
- RECIPE F-DIt MAKING; CHLORINE.
TriA-f.rilowinov has boon published j
i- plause,to a brother poet.iqaTle him-poor -from .the*, .world a Voluntary es.de,— I .
'indeed. “ He .could hot beat*;’’ -says [Ariosto lived in poverty, and Tasso
licit rrericF letter I mentioned that
the-British-forcedid not exceed 30,000
fnefr;’ but tTiiswas'intended to include
all’the nomcombatantes, including work-;
1 Sger"bn,Tnd ^rpuSroriet The j ble article that attracts our unTnitj^"
. with tlfe man-1 actual , fighting strength is less tlmp ed gaael We stumbled upoa.-a s.-.-ct-
treated, "retired : ^OOO'mhder'arms/A -A fe - e - -J ,rhhc tn nnr tnstp. in the present
From a calculation it was ascertain- j ,
, , ! presented os wit
ed that th.ere was about 5000 grains.
in each case, the.product of one.
Southern Medkal and Su^ical
Journal.
This valuable and highly creditable
medical monthly for September is on
our table. W<? sometimes—thoogb
not a son of Esculapius—’find a renela-
Our nei.
j«resentr<
soring 15 iiicbc* it
in circumference,
Ibr. Who can ier
] of fine graries seen
Lanre Sret
bor. Mr. O. E!
d wr
aipam
it.
Tkv tiannf r fointj
The Agent cf (he Anma
Societv, Rev. G. J. Piersr. an:
to the coBgremtio# at the Caw
Dr. Dealie, “that so much ailmiwition [died in want and despair. Cervantes
should be bestowed uj>on Shakspenre:” wrote for . bread, and-Racine died of /
and tltoug!i~1iehad a- true and hen/y j broken Ircart," The Tuiglity getons ef
regard fer Johnson* he.exclaimed in the imjnorUl Sh'atspeare Only, made
The Revolution io Meiict.
Santa Anna's Flight. „
The Orizaba’s mails ^arrived yester-
uv, bringing wteres'ting details,
ft appeal's-that Santa-Anna -t-fl the
-' • - -•* - : —* at the l
x of j
off
e*l article to our taste, in the present
number—“Nourishment in Fi vers—
. by Dr. Sto.kes.’ r We believe In the
doctrine, but shall not attempt to argua
the ease, -and* must refer the doubting
to better authority.
ing that he had collect"
Bill '.use, placing H
Greene, watch was l.i
tv heretofore. R’v. V
Agent fer Emory Cede
over'$500 for that inter
beat Hancock ? Let
5455 fcr
the rood ».
tie at a thn/ foe fear of -choking
tube.) into a wine or porter^ bolt
Take then half au ounce (by mens
ofsulphuric acid, and add to -1
ounces of water. Pour this also imui sharp,
the bottle and shake it •modcrr.t jy, [ a s sing
-(without tipping k so as to separate the
ingredients)'and chlorine wdl soon b-j-
frin to issue from the bottle in sufficient
guiar-.f® the. . AslL.aj
| black^o throw It sq- as to fell ^ hy-j Marrying Cor sins.
; feet, *aud away it goes fell forty yards j -p n v ^ook has the folloying para-
i before him. skimming , a,’o.ig t-iie sur- [m-aph in regard to a very interesting
government in tho hands ol la\oui,
'\ r C tra, and Salas, and immediately do-
pwtetk with all -speed to /era Cruz,
Where -lie arrived on fhe night of tile
13tlj. . • [
On the following day he issued an |
Courenlion offhf JuierifaB Party.
A Convention of the American Pa. -
■ ft rr tress 1 t y Q f Washington county assembled a;
Sandersville, on Tuesday the 4th in.st..
for the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the next General Assembly.
On motion of Col. Owen C. Pope,
Messrs. Wii. HALL and A. Di'GCan
were requested to act as Presidents,
and. F. T. Tebeau, Esq., as Secretary
The 914 (amp Gromrf.
r forty years this has hear
i majority of the ca
.ill ami young, red
ioR*. until it has brroi
•srriiy. Ia«i /when
d>- errotem? .. 1 T ti
, Af- V .,J. ad'b-ess, *m which, .after reviewing his [ of the mectin
h'New Vork ’ _ r,_../ rw,
V “ 1^“** 4
of Ifatreach
and irreligM
most a n
been serious/
thonties to remove or
find quite as many uen
from the wor! I as tii-i C
thought to be suSicient to con tine it to
those rooms that are constantly inhab-
Ul . ited. It is well, to shake the bottle
t i‘ r fej.iJ)roc or more times a day./, _
[This is indeed a simple met io t oi
gives with .great rapidity,- as on
with a whizzing 'no.se, It ,is
lerful that so -barbarous.a.people
shonid have invented so singular a:j
weapon, winch sets Ta\j s cu progrL.-s.Tni.
at defiance. It is verv. dangerous fur
ojher profound subjects
by Uio Association for the
nt of Science, now in ses-
idence, Rhode Island, is
.'Beth
On motion, the Chairman appointed
,J. B. Turner; A. O. Haines. R.S. Brown,
ij. B. Wright, Elisha Jordan, Wm.
he-takes | Pitman, Daniel Harris, Yf rr Pope, E.
C. Williamson and i’. C. iYudleton,
arnl states that he goes into voluntary I w ho were requested to retire and pre-
course as President of the Republic
since 4853’ and giving a brief historv
of the present distractec condition of;
the country',* and stating the causes
which impel him tot the step,
his final leave of- Iris native country,
al*
ujrh nndir tin:
uiar
r
•nted
country’s good—that lte
pivog
WOI
d with him, arid got .him to say he
would not. In the morning, however,
when he began.to realize the fact that
his family was broken up, his happi
ness forever gofi>,' he seized" h'-s gum
ahd went'-up to J.’s.. Irousc.' As hy
came out of the gate L. shot at him,
but missed; whereupon J; endeavored,
to escape'bac-lc into tho house, but as i
Ire athe’cled into the gate, part of thoi
load in the other barrel took "effefttin '
the back of his head,killing
irislant!v.- These* are' the facts as I
have learned thsfn. T have heard of
;«o attempt'-fo arie-.t t'ie urifertfluate
man. " J *‘
saucer,-then pour a little vitriol into j projector- being seen; Jike^-tlie Irish'
K.’when the fumes will at once be seen j man’s gun, shooting around.a corner
d disinfect a large space fill- ''eqiuidy as straightforward. It wa'siV-
vente.l to strike-the.Eangaroo r -which
animal is killed by it with a, certainty,
to arise, ar
pdr.with noxious-vapors
A Talk avttii old Ocean.-
•editor of'thg* Nashua Telegraph,
-The
was
among the company of _printers who
visited Lowell Island, in Salem harbor,
... recently*. After giving a graphic ac-
him-almost. | coimt oflhe sea bathing by the gentle-
men and ladies, the latter coming ont
like sea nymphs, very rinlike the beau
tiful beings you will meet ill the draw*
ing-room after dinner,—he becomes in-
* Yesterday' I was caded to bnrv the I sp?red- with the.grandeur of the seene-
etid liftirt**' I- went to.'the house of his’j ry, and in a; style of true eloquence
an l though a copse intervecn between
the hunter stud tire .animal, tho.Boom
erang ■ comes round, .’the corner and
breaks his legs. . : ■- .
d*Ndl .
excellont^ p3qus ? X)lJ.Iady.
•Three 'yotiiig sisters,' broken-hearted ;
and eomfortie'S'," were around-’ the '
mangled corpse of him who .was but
a few days since in the'primeyif life—
robust riud.'manly in appearance—
doubtless corisklarerl the pride cf -the'
family.' -Tlooked iu tipon-thc'disfiguV-
savs: .
This river, we climbed away upon
the gray’old. rocks, and "went down
anil sli'orik hands wifi the hoary old
ocean, and sat down there and had a
•quiet talk With him. Gravely and sob
emnly he talked to us.of that eternity
of which lie is so sublime an emolem.
spoke of the
of-sin. “Tie 'w rfis of sin 'is death T—
011 V how mftuy are -working for such.
V The tkbuglriloiS; of coirSe, are liber--
al in their denunciations, and ver^
oraui he ii'tfes.mess Vgtebritiiiris’ fin-
some timm Tfor mV’ partvITcel' that
thereproachris"upon p ir (Corrupted ria-_
t ire, and with no harsh words’, I prtv
God’ rh U'cv «po > trie- unfortunate sui
ferers. . “Ot^-Gol ! Thou, rem-mtertevi.
tint, we are vary dust. J. B. Cfe
flaw He Became a* NHHeaair^.
Mr, Mc.Dojiough, the millionaire of
blew'Orleans, has had engraved Upon
Lis tomb a series of tnaMinsy which ho
has prssprjbed as ’ tho jaAea. -for .his
guidance jhj-Qugli life,, and to* wWah
Iris success in business isjnainly- atu-it
billable. They aip so soand,-^ui<l oon.-
. tain so much.practical wisdom, that w.<?
* Religiea and good Manners.
The meek and bfenevoTcrit spirit of our
religion has had "a powerful influence
in sweetening and refining all the coin-
forts of kumaii society, and cariversa-
tion among the rest. That humirity,
crendene.ss, and kind affection, where
of good ’ breeding always hssumos'
the outCvapl form,. Christianity esfab
lishes in'the heart, as " a perrtianent
principle and indispensable obligation.
That,generous.love of . nuinans. kind
which jfl'onHits the Christian to watch
for the good of Jolliers, ^ ancl embraces
every opportunity ot promoting hot.
only their welfare, but. their virtue,
taking cars nevet to offend, and avoid
ing eign the appearance of evil would
not the mail of taste.acJs.nowJedge.to be
t[i6 very, perfection, and heroism or
good behaviour ? Must no.t tbc.affectr
in ■- view wfth.'.vdueli true yeligion e.v
hibitSv oj all mankind bearing, to one
another'the.reigtlori of. brethren^ im*
part']f&eruies.s arid attivityrto those ten-" Wf>r ^. an q frorn" which they nervereftn
-der sympathies g£ our ; sqc3ul.' nature-; -^ y?n Whilst’ tliev 1 ret-mri, Ah?- 'nav.aj
ivlfereof the. language of good breeding ' J - * ’ “
is sq remarkably expressive., _
es
upon
the almost sunken rock and broke in
pi cries there, arid the brave old-rock
lifted,its head again above it, unmo.vcd,
and wait d calmly fprjhe rapidly suc-
ediiig".shock upon shock, until the
ubrnrirged ;t and the big
1 smobtfily over whereat
was'buried,^t talked to us of a_ trite
manlfeod, bfayirig the'toils, th.eTils and
fie''temptations oflife, Unlutrmcd amid’ ”- riornnian^ nqt the* sup ;
thein all,’ and sinking at last (mlyJXJfte | J buto the 'extinction of
summons rif inexorable cfeath, -jnPto ttyj ; ^ y . ; jn4elicatethqii^i.t,>rrpgaHtera-
nn iet, of the cmive/to emerge again in a j _ . J _.yv t•
wliat fe’dl the oI)iector3 to the mar
riage of cousin’s do with those * cases
'where children the result of such- mar-
ri.a!TCS are more than usually beautiful
and intelligent? We. expbairr the mat
ter in this way :."Children sometimes
inherit tbeir mcRtal and physical or
ganization frori» their mothers. « and
sOriirtimes -from their fathers, .If two
cousins, who both inherit their con
stitutions firOTn the same side, uU’te in'
matrimony, the eonsertuonees will arid
must, b.e disastrous ;.bnt if cousins
mnrrv who tme entiredv.dissiroilaT. one
havirfelnherited"a y constitution from
the father-;-and! itiie. r other frqffi -the’
mother, no such result will follow. _ It
is the unitingof si'miljir .qjmaniznt’ion,
no mndtef wffethe?first or second eoijsf
ins J hat cansesTheInjiiry cf offsnring,
and .not the-rim pie facto of ’ JegaT re.
lafarinslnp.”. '' - •
Progresof the War—Asioasdlag
Disclosures! * -
¥ c . make " the following' extracts
from’thedetter of an ferrumii’an resident
of Franco, to his friend iu Wasliington,
>s publishedlin the NationnlTntelligen--
cer. It. is dated Paris, .the fftli ult.
My own oninion is, that the Allies
wiH rvobtufttly be. drTven or compelled
to rigrre tpEarrih-sch, which is being
made one of the strongest places.ip. the
copy them. .. .. . .- -
•• Rules for the Guidance of my Life,
15>}4; Remember always that labor t?
one of the conditions of our existence.
Time is gold ; throw not one minute
away, but place each - one fo acppiAnte
Do unto all men as you would be.aoqe
bv. Never put off till-to-morrow what
you can‘do to-day*. Never bid anotll-.
er do what you can do’yourself: Nev-
ercovet what is not your own.’-Kfiver
think any matter so trifling ’as not to
deserye notice. Never give oat that
which does not first coins iir. Never
spend bat to produce. Let the great?
cst order regulate the transactions’ ’ of
your life. Study T in your course_ of
fife to do’lhe greatest aniodht of good.
.“ Deprive vourself-of notldng neces
sary to yqur'core-f 01 '!:, but live in an
honorable simplicity and frugality.—
quiet of the gravefto emerge
more gToririn’s state, tvs surely as that
hidden’ rock shall appear orf the mor
row ,. with its proud head cr’ecf, wlien
th'ri ehefriji Which overwh'rlmed to-day
ahull, obey the great? lajv of hiirrov&d’ is
greater’than’it. and return again"to its.
deep’ hidden caveri -And wlieh th'e
beating waves dashed widely up'upou
tiife pebbl y shore and tossed about the
unstable tilings that gathered fhegcplie
told of the weak, the irresolute and
thd Wicked, to' whom the world has
little rest to give," and as tift 1 e-hope for
rest hereafter as they, when tfee wayes #
riiall ’itoturn to buffet arftl beat ^them
again, with their irresistible fury. And
vvhf.n it beat with its huge breaker; all
day joiig, the immovable baTr’ier which
stayecl his’ proud waves where'God
prescribed its bdiinds, and retired at
nifffit to renew *.he attack day by day,-
and every day to return discomfitted
and co’n'quered, he tellked to us of the
great power that is above, all and sus
tains'all,.’This conference with “na
ture ia her sterner moods ” over, we
were prepared for the enjoyment of so»
cial intercourse with beings more of our
nature. ,if not more tq our taste.
■ Geologically sneaking, says Hood,
the rocks'upon-which hard drinkers
spl it, *is quarts.
Qtiou, aiid 1 mafevojent purpose would
conversation stand, ip peecLot any fur;
thcr refinement, were this law as puncy
tuallv fuliflieil as itris earnestly recom
mended? \Yluit ispicfrp efficaoioas than
habitual good' liumor in rendering the
intercourse of society agreeable, and
in keeping at a distance all. intemper
ate .passion, and, all harshness of senti
ment or language? ^
.In a word, yc.UO Christiapity. alone at
once transforms abarbairian into a man;
a brutal, selfish and niefeiMiholy sav-.
age into-a kin^l, ji generous^ and
cheerful associate! '
ChieP Engineer op the Russian.
Navy.—James C.' Thompson, of Al
bany, N.' Yr, h'asTecriived the appOiut-
merit of cTi’fef engineer of tffe'Rnssrati
Navy arid is nojy in Washi^^n lea
king the.&eeessary drrtinga@^pfts with
the Russian ' nSinister, The offer ls_
made-f5r three yearsata salary 6f$8 f -
command of the Black Sea.* ■ Tire pos
session of thispbee will naturalize Ss-.
in " bastopol in'thehands ofth§.Rns.ri3ns r or
as : o’noof the ParispSperV said, “ yyiTl
hoJd'Sebasfopol by. the throat/’- Will
it'notefee a grange atvfl rineNpected re**
suit if all the. gigantic efforts of the Al
lies Th the Crimea and the frightful loss
oflife e’ryJs. in'their fortifying'and.hold-
ing a pr^viftusly .obscure anti' almost
unknown Httfe port and town ? Ecign-
tific.qfficej-s.of high- staivlihg and rank
assure me that tire Allies could pot
possibly retreat from the Crimea, ^ in.
the present state of affairs, there, with
out airi minenpe sacrifice of -men, can-
non-and majcrkiL Tl.iey. .could. mot
make the attempt without if rear guard
of forty tor fift y-thousand’ then, to pro
tect their ^embarkation, alb of whom
* Would probably-be sacrificed, _pt_..least
as prisoner. . - -
It was recently* stated In the House
•Of CoinmOns that rinee the conimence-
ment o’f the war, Greats Britfan had
transported fe and landed’da, the Cri
mea, 2ifi,TFQ0, ^nglishy and Turks.—
Not included in this ■ statement were,
the Turks’-from the- Danube, Greece,
000 per annum, with house rent free, j^te- nearly an ednal ex
tent,- and to which are to be added 22o;
It is computed,, that there &pe ^600,-
000 druukards in the United Kingdom,
arid 60,000 pfirish.every year from in
toxicating drinks. These are -about
the figures as applied~lo North Amer
ica,
000 French ; making an aggregate of
nearly or .quite’700,OOffmen, of which
at tliis moment probably net more
than 250,000, certainly not exceeding
300,000; sick and\yell, np\ysurvive.—
ThelAUied army before ’Sebastopol
Yera Cruz’; but they soon recovered
froiff their surprise^and joined In .v;0i
the plan Of the revolutionists’.
S mta Anna scemt'd to be in a hurry
to get out tot-the country, an<! intended
to enibarkjftti the o veiling of the 17th
in the warsteaitter Iturbide, but there
waS’^ severe norther blowing, and hi§
embarkation was prevented. The sol
diers of the garrison wort drawn up in
line, however, to receive his farewell
addre^- 'wfetch was read to tlvem by
their-Cflmmander, General Tamariz.—
We" translate it for the benefit of our
readers: -
‘'Companions in Arms : With the
deepest and most painful feelings of re
gret, I take my leave of you forever.
In thusbiddteg-yQUforewell, I conjure
von that you do note depart from the
strict' p'aTh of junior ajriddut^'; that
you continue to be the-defemlerstof the
nationality, a»s you were the founders
’of the independence. ** ’
“ My friends: I go well satisfied
with your conduct, for loyality, obedi
ence’’arid good-'discipline have-ever
been-ite distinguishing features*. '-Con
tinue to be the firm supporters of fee
laws and of the legal authorities. An
archy' will.devour erar beautiful coun
try, and thektationality will disappear if
you meddle with what does not con
cern you—if you support those factions
which are disputing the power. Be
but the fouHful" servants rof your-coun
try, and aspire to noth ing Triple.
In fee retirenient, where. J hope to
pagi my last d*js m the qniet 6t pri
vate life, tl.fi recollections of your firm
adhesion to me, of the valor with.which
you sustained mv* Governirtetif, and
the hopes which I conceived, that
you would some day become tho aven
gers of the ou tragers suffered by our
loved country, will'be among the most
pleasant remembrances of my life.
“Farewell; and be assured of the
cfernal love .of yo ur companion and
friend. ■ . - . . . , ’ : #
•■‘ AntoNk) Lopez De Santa Anna.”.
The soldiers filed off in silence, after
listening to tin's harangite,* 1 and passed
the Palace, o,n . the balcony of' which
Santa Anna wa's-stantH’ng. There does
not appear to have been any demons ra
tion whatever f no enthusiasm was ex
pended.
The Nortfeer having ceased to. blow
at five o’clock biy the. morning of the
17th, the Ex-President quietly em
barked on the \var steamer Iturbicfe,
Which soon after,sailed-out of the port,
and the Napoleon of the West for the
last time perhaps looked" upon the gold
en shores of his native land. The des
tination of the, distinguished chieftain
is uncertain. •'One- occount - says he
sailed for Havana', another says for his
old residence in Venezuela A New
York paper says he is expected in that
citv, where he recently purchased a
Very handsome property.
in ess for fee meeting.
they rc-
resolutions j
and imani- :
Whereas the necessity which rcqnir-
ed'fec American Party to continue. **
a time a secret order, is now ,passed.,
an authorised convention of the Party
having publicly declared its principles,
the veil of secrecy having been remov
ed, and the old forms and ceremonies
being thereby abolished.
r tmoeb oi
j nominations b
in iis devotions, ar* I reape 1 ‘
Wc pn -ume it » now the oiue:
Ground in the State, and vem
j fee • .*'cny of a re well marked o?
nv of tuc oi«L eba; dated tent
i were sgwry to sc r few t:n;-*
1 reccet meeting, and so m *-a
mcetiD<
lv the
last day ; ar
Cx^Mctl himsrlf in
vision of I—-h-
lYc were p
dance, rthc. Im
j*rcachcd w "’
esp*?<
« F
cased
v. Wr
Biit therefore resolved, by the mem- i ^ forty v
prs of the American Party of \Vash- ; . , ' "
bers of the American
ington oouoty, in open convention m
that wc adopt the resolutions of the
American Party of Chatham count \ as
our own :—to wit: "
1st. Re-soloed, That the American
Partv of Washington County do not
recognize, as a doctrine of their politi
cal ’faith, anv.,opp os ‘ tlon individuals, ; monx'. m>t
on account of their’religions creed, nor
the imposition ol any civil disability,
nor the deprivation of any civil rights
on that account or for that reason.
2nd. And he it further Resolved, That can toll the tale. Sbni t
j n<r«. Lot a
ensuing Sp
will be life endorsement of the princi- j fnendly to its conticnane*
pies of-fee Party asset forth in tlwjir I al days lie sr^r t in twnr
Platforms.
3rd, Lind b'e it j'urlJte? Resolved, That
ground for the ti»j of the C
The vetfcmMe Joseph Bryn
Zion, now 89 years of ay?, s.
Elder of fee Presbyterian Chu
also n tenter, and seemed toe
self as much as any One pres*
to say religions,
this annual convocation «p r>
habitants of the eoaoty has L
rn'istsalutafvcharartcr. E: n
2nd. And.be it junner Jtcsoutu, imu can tc.i n. '*r
henceforth, the only obligation that will.' , j a \y c ]^ v
be requited from any 6m? derirons ul tJj .
connecting-himself with this. Party, | ..
the American Party of. W ashtngton
County shall be. henceforth regarded as
•it, is—li Parti/, arid not a Secret Order.
4th. And be it further Resolved, ’1 iiat
all persons in the County of Washing
ton; coinciding with* the Afncrican
Party in opinion upon the Political is
sues'involved at tins time, and approv
ing" their doctrine^ shall be regarded j
as its members. f
j 5th. And fie it further Rlsolved, That j
the American Party of Wa-.hmgto*;
County have no retrospective object**, j
feat no attempt will l>e made to affect
the rights’aim privileges of persons
who are how citizens of the U nited
old tents and burning t.
I and clean ng up the thick
i around. It will mfiiw a
! into the people, and the
. Camp Ground,- with its g«
; tain of pure water, now i
TTUtnerarie* of two perwr
prove a bh-ssintr, socially ai
> lv, toour children’s chitdr
KansAs.as a Statz.—»»•
that in the Kansas legisi*? trre*"
lion has been offered to
a convention be ea'!e»!* rt fTSwr*
tutfon prior to Kansas kin?
into tiro l oion. It set* ti»e fen
States,-or of the State of Georgia: that; day •n.Oefober ra the nay ™J
the main and cfi.-iinct tobjectS of tbc | foils shotda be \
Party are—1st. To have a projier uml arc to vote fCouvention *>r
Domestic Geometry.—The Lon
don Diogenes thinks the most difficult
achievement in domestic geometry con
sists 'in “-Keeping tliereircle of our ac
quaintance square.
Party are—1ST. To have a projieir
impartial - administration ol the Laws ventxwi on :nat day.
of the'Land; and 2d tlie cultivation of 1 — " r *"
an intensely American sentiment, and
a -proper modiltchtion of the Naturali
zation Laws of our Country, to the cud
that “Americt ns .shall rule America.
On motion of pr.-E. C. Williatn^oD, j
a Committee of three delegates were i
appointed tronv each district to sefoet
neaninees to be presented to the meet- j
Cortftmttee presented S- A. H. Jones tncmber 'ffee medical f '
as Senator,. Wm. Hall, and Dr. Gray-
bill as- Representatives ; who were
unanimously accepted. The meeting
then' adjourned to tho stand, where
If
arc In favor of a convent**'. P*^
I this resolution passes, we t**y f .
: petition from Kansas, to h*
as a State at the next session •*
|gteSS. ; ’• ’
The Orkiin of ysuro'f ^
• The Commercial Bul!et»» *'
! leans, say*:
How vcilow fever onsrio** 5 ’*
hieh **
jd. «
profe
a greater or leSs degree.
As for as we can learn
sation wife a targe
1 faculty, and reading the
... i sanitarv committee on the
they were addressed in eloquent terms j nfet . t | ial the professloo i- -T
by Col. David W. Lewis, of Sparta, up- loans Stand in the ^ ^
on the principles of the American
Party. . i
The jneejing was large and cnlbusi-.
astic, and we believe all retired ^ | fever is
satisfied with-fee proceedings of the *‘to the
to two against the theory “
lion. If the question J***
determined by the weigh* <"
it is no honj
bom
dav. WMr HALL,
"■ A. DUGGAN,
F-. T. TEBEAtr, Sec'y.
4
„ - | itante who i* apt to c**«tK. f-J*
te * dence amt— in *r*« «
j Health au