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Mmorles of Sydney Smith.
BT HIS DA! GHTEB.
«s
S'KNEY Smith, was born at "Wdftd-
tord, in Essex, England, in 1771.—
His grand fatlter was an eccentric man,
married a French lady, and died not
very rich. Lady Holland, the hi*
qgraper says:
“Mv father used to attribute a little
of his constitutional gaiety to his in-
tnssion of Freneh blood, li is mater
nal grandfather, Mr. Olier, could not
speak a wprd in English. He mar
ried a Miss Barton, who was a collate
ral descendant of Sir Isaac Newton’s,
ciirough his mother’s second -matriage
—a very distinguished ancestor to
possess, and one not to be lightly
passed over. My grandmother, ^ M r.
Oliets youngest daughter, had (I
have been told, for I never saw her) a
noble countenance, w hick two of her
sons inherited, and as noble a mind.—
To her early care of them, and to the
respect with which her virtues, and
h'.gh tone of feeling inspired their
young hearts, may be asci ibed much
tiiat was good and great in their char
acters. The charm of lier mind and
manner extended even to her corres
pondence.
, "The. peculiarities and talents of
the young. Smiths were very early
^evinced :"their mother describes them
as neglecting>^inies, seizing every
hour of leasure tfjar study, and often
lj^ n g on the floor,-sketched over their
hooks, disscussLng wfrh joud voice and
most vehement gesticulation every
point that arose—often ^u^ggets above
their years, and arguing-ivigson them
with a warmth and ilercehefcs as if life
and death hung upon flip, issue—a
most interesting spectacle tou£= mother
Justly proud of her boys.and Jtejdicing
;n these signs <5f their'futuredi'Sj^ction..
They were alike young athlete^* - Con
stantly tryingtheir intellectual strength
against each other; ‘and the result,’ U
4*ave heard-my father say, '“w-hs to'
matte us the most intolerable and
overbearing set of boj r s, that can well
be imagined, till later in life we found
our level in the world.
“As bis sons were so nearly of an
age, Mr. Smith deemed it advisable - fb
separate them at school as much as
possible, that there might not be too
strong rivalry between them. Robert,'
the eldest, with Cecil, the third son,
were sent to Eton, where Robert dfss
languished himself greatly, and was
"rice of the four boys (lie was then on
ly eighteen) who wrote the ‘Microcosm;
Mr. Canning, Mr. Frere and Mr. John
Smith being ‘ the other three. From
Eton he went to King’s College, Cam
bridge, where (says a sketch of him,'
written I believe, by Lord Carlisle,
after his death,) he added materially to
the reputation for scholarship and
classical composition which he had es
tablished at school.’ ”
In due time Sydney was sent to
Winchester school.
a Doy^t a ic$c^, sa f macfe LP aSouE' 1 'fei
thousand Latin verses, and no man in
his senses would dream in after life
of ever making another. So much for
Hfe and time wasted.’ At school he
was not only leader in learning, but
in mischief and he was discovered in
venting r.catapult by lamplight, and
copnmended for-Lis ingenuity by the
master, who Jittle dreamt il was inten
ded to capture a neighboring turkey,
whose well-filled crop had already at
tracted the attention and awakened
the desires of the hungry urchin. He
left Winchester, as captain, for New
College, Oxford, where as such, he
was entitled to a scholarship.
“New College .was-then chiefly re
nowned for the quantity of port wine
consmed by the fellows, but the very
sleider income allowed by his father,
perhaps luckily for his health, did not
permit him to indulge in such habits.
As my father was too proud to accept
What he could not return, he lived
modi out of society, and thus lost one
of the advantages of college to a poor
*nan.—that of making private friends.
I know but little of his career at col
lege, save that he obtained his fellow
ship as soon as it was possible, and
from that moment he was cast upo i
his own resources by his father, who
never afterwards gave him a farthing
dll Lis death. Yet with this small
income, about £100 per annum, he
only preserved that honesty, so often
disregarded by young men, of keeping
.out of debt, but undertook' to pay a
sura of £30 for a debt incurred when
Winchester school by his youngeT
brother Courtenay, w ha'had not cour
se® to confess it to Ins father before his
> Irparture lor India,
“Con rtenay became supreme judge
erf 1 the Adawlut Court, subsequently
made a very large fortune, acquired
great reputation as a judge and Orie
tad scholar, returned to this- couu'tr
in i»s o'drage, and died suddenly a
few years afterwards On leaving
college, if became necessary that my
father should select a profession.—
lii' own inclination would of led him
to the bar, in which profession he felt
that his .talents promised him success
end distinction,, and -where a career
was open to him that might gratify
his ambition. But his father, who
had been- at considerable expense in
bringing up Iris 'elder brother Rbbert
to that profession, and fitting out the
other two for India, after giving up a
project he once had of sending Sydney
*s supercargo ‘to China, urged so
a. preferment in 1807, wrote “Fete
Plymley’s Letters,” got married and
removed his family-to Yorkshire,
“He uow began -to arrange Iris mode
of life ar.d establishment. He bought
a little second-hand carriage, and -a
horse called' Peter ; and the. groom,
once exclaiming he had a cruel face,’ be
went ever afte'r by the name of Peter
the Cruel; in. this little carriage he
used to driye himself and fny mother
every Sunday, summer and winter,
(for she-always accompanied bfm,) to
their close calculations, or discharge
them for-their recklessness, we do not
know. The matter is - before the
Board of Directory for investigation.—
Albany Knickerbocker.
A Bobber Rilled.
On Sunday night, about 8 ’o’clock,
a bold attempt was made by t ree
Hermans to rob a Swiss watch pedler
hameeUTos. Taylor, whom they had de
coyed from-New ' .York ter Hunter’s
serve ids church at Poston, and " re- Point, Queen’s county, near the I lush-
turned late in*the evening.' *' * " drtg railroad depot. It resulted wone
evening,
“He used to dig vigorously an hour
or two in.-each day in. his garden ‘as
he said, to ayoid a sudden death,’ fori
he was then inclined to embonpoint,
and perhaps, *,as a young- man, may
have been considered somewhat clum
sy in figure (though I never thought
.so, for I have often heard from my
father that a college friends used to
say to him—‘Sydney, your sense, wdt
and clumsiness always gives me the
idea ot an Athenian carter.—He spent
much time in reading and composition;
his activity was unceasing ; I hardly
remember seeing him unoccupied, but
when-engaged in conversation. He
never considered' his education as fin
ished ; lie had always some object in
hand to - investigate. He read .with
great rapidity. I think it was said of
Johnson—Look at Johnson, tearing
out the bowels of liis book.
“It might be said of my father that
he was running off with their contents,
for he galloped, through the pages so
rapidly that we often 3 ughed at him
when lie shut up a thick quarter as his
morning’s work, and said he meant he
had looked at it, not read.it. - ‘Cross-
examine my, then,’said fie ; and we.
o-enerallv found, lie knew all that was
worth knowing in it ; though I do
not think he had a v.ery.retentive
hrieiRory. . The same peculiarity chaf-
'anferiztkl his compositions ; when lie
^"Sr’d.hy in- hand, he was indefatigable
-m );5iJpijg, searching, inquiring, seek
ing e^gryjsource of information, and
.discussing it with every man of sense
dt.cultivation who crossed his path.'
But' having once mastered it, he
would set down, and you might see
him committing his ideas' to paper
with the same rapidity; ‘that they
flowed out in his conversation—no
hesitation, no erasions, no stopping
consider .-.and round his periods, no
"writing for effect, but a pouring out
of the fullness of'his mind and feelings,
for he was heart and soul in whatever
he undertook.
hOng could see by his countenance
how much he was interested or amused
as fresh images came clustering round
his'.pen ; he hardly ever altered or
corrected what he had written (as I
find by manuscripts I haye of his;)
indeed, he was so impatient of .his,
that he could hardly bear the trouble
of even looking over what he had
written, but would pot unfrequentiy
throw the manuscript down on the
table as soon as finished, and say,
and the
The fol
of the robbers being killed
other two being wounded,
lowing are th.e-circumstances : _
On Sunday afternoon the pedler
called into a drinking saloon some
where in the Eleventh Ward of New
York, and offered four gold watches
for sale, he having arrived in thiscoun-
about two weeks since. ‘»'-Three-
tr .y
Germans told the pedler. that he knew
where he could d\spos& of his watches'
to good advantage, and "accordingly
they took him to Hunter's Point, where
they arrived about 8 o’clock. In
crossing sohie vacant- lots in a seclud
ed place the Germans' attacked the
pedler -and succeeded in getting him
down, and while they were upon him
he drew a knife and succeeded m stab
bing them all. One or the party re
ceived three, wounds, one under the
colar bone, causing his dgalh in about
ten minutes. The other two men ran
awav. The pedler then wen,t to the
toll-bridge and related’the facts as well
as he could, and while doing so one
of the men came up and was arrested
bv the bridge-tender and handed over
to officer Mink, of the seventh police
district, who conveyed him and the
pedler to the station-house at Green
Point.. The prisoner \gave his name
as William. Green, that of the man
killed as Yfiayber Dyer, 'and that of
the other w-ho escaped as Charles My
ers. The seventh district police were
in seach of Mvcrs nearly all night,
and took measures to prevent him
crossing Over to New York. This
morning assistant- Captain Bruce, of
the seventh district police, discovered
a quantity of blood under some -dirt
cars near where the occurrence took
place, where it is supposed Myers^Se-
creted himself during part of the night,
The prisoners were yesterday removed
to Queen’s county,, where an investi
gation will take place.—N. Y Sun.
respect and love the woman who ha
and put in dots to theTf’s ‘andjancTmercy f“Vv tfarti
over it,
strokes to the fs—and he would sally
forth to his morning’s walk.”
From Yorkshire tie went to Bristol,
where Lord Lyn&hurst had appointed
him a stall; and it is due to the ex-
Chaneellor to say that he, and oppo
nent, served Sydney Smith, while his
friends, the Whigs, were only talking
of serving him. Subsequently he was
made a prebend of St. Paul’s. Wealth
poured in on him ; for his brother in
fndia, dying, left him his property.—
This is a condensed history of an
eventful life; and his daughter affec
tionately tells us all we could wish to
know. He died in 1845'.
strongly his going into the church;
th&t my father, after considering the
sobjeet deeply, felt it his duty to yield
to m> grandfather’s wishes, and sacri
fice hts own by entering the church,
and became a curate in a small village
in the midst of Salisbury Plain.”
After sometime, he ceased to be a
curate ; undertook the education of a
vroang gentleman, but, being preven
ted by the war from travelling on .the
continent, Resettled in Edinburg, with
pupils who ,yielded him £1,000 a
year. The*© hornet ysyth Br^pham
and Jeffrey, and with them projected
jnd. established't0e Hffinbu rg Review.
he accepted
Tbc Bloom of Age.
A good woman never grows old.—
Years may pass over her head, but if
benevolence and virtue, dwell in her
heart, she is cheerful ns when the
spring of life first opened to her view.
When we look upon a good woman
we never think of her age ; she looks
as charming as when the r.ose of you’Ji
first bloomed on her cheek. -.That
rose has not faded yet; it will never
fade. In her neighborhood she is the
friend and benefactor. Who does not
.man cflnnot grow old. She will al
ways be fresh and buoyant in spirits,
and active -in humble deeds of mercy
and benevolence. If the young lady
desires to retain the bloom and beauty
of youth, let her not-yield to the sway
of fashion and folly ; let her love truth
and virtue, and to the close of life she
will retain those feelings which' now
make life appear a garden of sweet-ever
fresh and ever new.
Mexico.
Reckless Railroad Race.
Smash Up—Narrow Escape of the Pas
sengers.—One of the most inexcusable
acts of recklessness that w-e ever heard
of, too place on the Albany and Boston
Railroad, on Tuesday afternoon. As
the 4.30 train got within a few miles of
Chatham, a train on the Hudson and
Berkshire Railroad was discovered go
ing towarids Chatham also. A chal
lenging signal was immediately given
from the Albany engine to the Hudson
to- catch them if they could. The
train.froth Albany* consisted of engine,
one or two baggage cars, and three
coaches heavily loaded- with passen
gers. The one from-Hudson had two
coaches with a few passengers, Conse
quently was light, and gained upon
the other about five seconds t.o the
mile. Both engines were "“wide open,”
and "doing their best, . After running
about three miles side by - side—the
Hudson and Berkshire track takes
a curve round a rock and a Stream,
and crosses the ..Western Railroad,
track nearly at right angles—the engi
neer of the Albany train - calculated
that the. Hudson train • would'lose
three seconds in going round the rock,
while the ehgjneer of the Hudson
train imagined he could gain still more,
as his train was now under full head
way. Having gained fifteen seconds,
and got even with the Albany train,
the Hudson Engineer thought he could
<ret over the crossing ahead. The
calculations were -very close, and
would have .done -for horse-boat cap
tains, bift was criminal in railroad en
gineers. Instead of gaining, the Al
bany engine lost two seconds, and
.struck the other train in the centre of
a passenger car, cutting R in two, and
carrying the entire Albany train
through the car. As the Albany,
struck the other, the engine was
misplaced, and struck the sleepers in
stead of.the rails, and just after passing
through the car, jumped^around.cross-
wise of the track, considerably wreck
ed. Had the engine of the Albany
train gained a few seconds instead of
losing, tb’e Hudson train would have
struck the Albaxfy cars in the centre,'
and the loss of life and limb thaf would
then have ensued, can be easily, imag
ined. The car from Hudson had but
three passengers* vho escaped mirac
ulously—the conductor being the only
one hurt, and he not very seriously.—
“Whether the Western Railroad Com
pany will iHvard tj^e ’• engineers
England and the W^r
The New York Express, in an ar
ticle on this subject, remarks that the
Eastern war “Has been, the means of
bringing about a better understanding
betweeii the people of Great Britain
and the people of the U. States, 'than
ever obtained before. The British
nation havb learned to prize the'value
of our friendship; and instead of
abusing aiid viilifying us-—as they
were only too prone .to .do formerly,
the language we both speak woiiM*
seem-hardiy to afford terms sufficient-
v gentle and complimentary, toexpres
now the full measure of affection and
respect that members of Parliament
and the Newspapereditorsare anxious
to mete out to us. It were-an ungra
cious-task to pause and enquire, to
what.extent this amiable disposition
has a selfish origin, or how much of it
is, born -of the., .persuasion . that .-it is
good policy to cultivate as friendly a
relationship as possible with the Uni
ted States, in view of that growing
hostile disposition toward England
and Englishmen, which some of the
most powerfiil of the despotic powers
upon'the Continent, of-late" years,
have been at no pains much to concea-lv
Whether the motive of the thing be
selfish or otherwise, it -is enough for
nu.tu know, 11 iat the. thing in and of'
itself, is good. As Americans, we can
not be supposed to be ever much ena
mored with the British government,
nor over solicitous as to the changes,
modifications or revolutions, even, to
to which the progressive liberalism of
the day may be destined to-subject it*;
but we do confess to- a desire to see
John Bull and Brother Jonathan ani
mated by a mutual desire to live on
terms of peace and good will all the
’days of their lives.”
The same desire isjio doubt gener
ally prevalent among the inte.ligent
classes of the United States, who, with
the Express, would /egret, when the
Russians war does come to an end, if
it leave Great Britain in a less com
manding position, relatively, to the
Other European powers. But of this
there is not much danger. The re
sources of Great‘Britain are enormous,
and the spirit of tho British nation*
though not so volatile and enthusiastic
as that of France, is of the sterner stuff,
that rises with disaster, and. when
thoroughly roused, -derives actual
pleasure from opposition, and exults
in fhe deep consciousness of its own
illimitable courage and -endurance.
If the American people feel no sym
pathy with great Britain in the. present
wan tliefact is-certainly not owing to
any Sympathy with Russian despotism
or any'want of appreciation of* the
comparative freedom of British insti-
tutibfteu' -Russia has beeu our unva
riable' Jriend. and ally, and in our in
tercourse,.with her,, both as govern
ment and people, ttiere have been no
such jarring discords as those which
have interrupted our harmony with
our kindred race in great Britain:—
There is a thorough conviction, too,
CMTIUL GEORGIAN.
SJUWJEilSVIJblsE, G»l.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21,1855.
JP. C. PENDLETON, EDITOR,
Weekly Readings, Grave and Gay.
What’s ia a name ? A rose Jbyr any
other name would smell-as sweet. So
says Will Shakspeare,' ergo,* it must
be true.. Whether this reasoning will
satisfy Hedge or no j' we shall not .stop
to enquire, but proceed to quote an old
distich.
the Werftrer or (he casual poor, ted ho ««• b» u—
or custom bound to lore s supper out
There w«a no nation to which, on acaain. .*
honesty, t’HVelliug merchant.-* resorted with «r~
pleasure that, to tlie Sclaves. It they e*«r
dishonest, it was from exoess of boppttalnT
poor man, who had not the wherewithal to —it#.*
lain a friend on the road, was allowed to
what he wauted for that exceptional ;
Below we give the candidates on
both sides for Goverhor, Congress and
ihe tickets for Washington
TEMPERANCE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR,
B. H. OVERBY, pf Atlanta^
’ . ' ANTI-KNOW NOTHING C^NDIDAta,
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, of MilledgevUle.
AMERICAN CANDIDATE,
GARNETT ANDREWS, df Wasshfegton.
ANTI-KNOW NOTHING CANDIDATES TOR- CdSGlttSS,
We beg to except Smith and Taylor,
Turner and. dqnes fcom this sweeping
eoi>plet. Why it'is tliat the tones’ birth,
marriage'and deathrialcft out in- the
following compufatiofe-we are id some
loss to opine. We suspect; htJwever,
tli at Jones- eomes from John. -* The
frequent use of that nartfe whembut one
1st Dist., JA&. L. SEWARD of Tlionjps.
2nd
3d
4th
5lh
6th
7th
8th
M. ’J; CRAWFORD, of Muscogi 6.
JAMES .M. SMITH, of Upson.
H. WARNER, of Meruvethcr.
JOHN H. LUMPKIN, .of FJoyd.
HOWELL COBB, of Clarke.
LINTON STEPHENS, of Hancock,'
A. IU STEPHENS, of Taliaferfo.. ■
AMERICAN' Candidates for congress.
1st Dist.,
2nd “
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7 th
8 th
eOL. S. M. TARNADOE.
COL. WILLTS A. -HAWKTNS.
COL. POSEKT E. tOIVPL:.
BENJ. H. HILL, ESQ.
COL. LEWIS TUMLIN.
COL. LEONIDAS FRANKLIN.
COL. N. G*FOSTER. • V
’COL. LAFAYETTE LAMAR.
Candidates in Washington.
AMERICAN TICKET.
* ’ • FOR SENATE,
S. A. H- JONES. ■
FOR REPRESENTATIVES, ' ' A
WM, HALL, .
DR. TULLY GRAY'DILL. .*
•-r t
-WHENCE CAME-SMITH.
‘Touching such as have their surnames - of occn-
poimnn, ak Smith, Taylor. Turner, and such oth
ers. it is not to be doubted but their ancestors have
first gotten them by usinj>,spck#rjifles,.. add The:
■children of suE^pDTfJits Being contented to take
■them upon. thgR^dittRfbejL-vonnngjjostcrity^eiild
-haidly-av.'oi(ttggE^ audio hi tike cbiH^r itfrigat-
',ly t*<'be ssud-^'-T- 1 *
Anti-Know Nothing Ticket."
FOR ‘SENATE. ; 'V*
JOHN W. RriBISILL. /,
FOR REPRESENTATIN'ES, i
R. L. WARTHEN,
T. M. HARRIS.
lY -. ...
e'Fro-m whencei'edHie' Smith, all be Tie knight or
siinirei-v^i^; rr
Bnt from thd Smith; that'forgeth at the fire V'
And so may be said of the rest. Neither
can it be; disgraceful to any that now live ia very
worshrpfiriestate and reputation, but their ances
tors in.-fonper ages- have been, by their honest
trades'of fife, good and' neeessary members in. the
commbnweakU,r.seeing all gently hath first taken,
issues from the commonalty.’.
* The following is the number-of births, deaths, and
marriages in a single year in. England and Wales,
of some (?f the more numerous of these English
families whose surnames are derived from occupa
tions, from Me Lowe’s-.Tables of the births, deaths,
;ahd marriages of persons bearing sixty of the 9jpst
NNMiimofl surnames.
This Office for Sate.
Qur reason for offering.for sale
Central .Georgian office, is the snrue- as
the planters’ when he offers kis dottbn
and Rice^ the farmer his Pigs and Poul
try, of the Joekey his pony, T T erbyfrrt
Sat Sapienli. . . _ ..- U.: ..
-ri *** — i
Arthur’s Home Magazine.
This excellent iponthly fqrfQetobei,v
has been received. -It is regular ip
its fippearauce, beautiful in typography,
Jias a'supeviour style of: engravings,
and a very interesting literkry Apart
ment.
The Ejection next Monday.
On Monday next, the freemen of
Geor-gia will be called, upon to exercise
one-ofthe inestimable privileges of a
The present extremely unsettled
condition of the Mexican Republic is a
matter of very general interest and
speculation. There is no doubt of the.
full and complete abdication of Santa
Anna, one of the most' remarkable
men of bis day, and whose Jife has
been as eventlul as that of any ene
who lives. Who will succeed him Is
uncertain. There were several chiefs
enlisted in the revolt against h.is gov
ernment of considerable prominence
in the politico military world of Mex
ico, and it is not improbable that
there may be some rivalry amongst
them, though th,e more general opinion
seems to*be that Alvarez will be call
ed to the Presidency. His capacity is
very limited and his elevation would
more titan likely only prolong the-
commotion and strife of the country! '
T-he" most interesting subject broach^
ed bv the revolutionary condition of
Mexioo, however, is the possibility of
its - A m erica il i zatio n—by the annexa
tion and assimilation of that country
with the government of the' United
States.- It. is a well known fact' that
prominent public alien of MexieO in
dicated In a very positive and direct:,
manner, in 1847, their desire that
their government should be put into
the hands of the United States. It is
thought that the unsettled and revolu
tionary career of the country since
that time, has by no means diminished
that desire. In the recent^, struggle,
too there were a number of Ameri
cans enlisted. ' These circumstances
have been noticed by Some Northern
papemand letter writers,, who have
added to the support’of their conclu
sions, the inference that the South
will desire, to increase* the acquisitions
on the Southern border, to strengthen
them in the government against the
crusades of the abolitionists and free
soilers. The South; in the ’ mean
time, has said nothing. Mexico is a
country of vast resources, and only-
wants- liberal government and Ame
rican sagacity and‘energy to develope
them. Without saying anything' as
to the probability* ot her "obtaining
those advantages by our kindly tak
ing her under our wings, we consider
it not at all surprising that the North
ern Editors and letter writers should
indulge their speculations as to the
dispositions, of the South; for the course
of the Northern States towards her
has been such as might well prompt
a desire for the extension’ *of our ter
ritory southward.—Dispatch. -
the sick man’s effects, and not a con
flict between Liberty and Despotism.
We have a sick man also in our own
neighborhood, and being desirous *of
securing his plunder ourselves, don’t
care to see the allies in a condition to
prevent us from administering on the
estate of our urrfortifn te and beloved
neighbor.—These considerations in
cline Americans to the Russian scale,,
that being the genie of self interest,
which supplies with all nation^ the
place of principle, and makes them
regardless, of old friendships.—Dis
patch.
for
The New York Mirror thinks Geor
gia and Virginia are earnestly prepar
ing-foFa dissolution of the -Union;
while the Abolition press of the Nqrth,
with ifs daily imitations, wet are told,
is goading even the cooler classes qf
the South into a state of indignation,'
which will inevitably lead to rash and
reckless action. The editor adds.
‘A distinguished gentleman and states
man, who has just returned from a
tour through the Southern States, in
forms- us that ihe prevading feeling of
the South is- fearfully determined a
gainst the iTorth ; and that they are
preparing, not only for an independent
confederation, but are looking towards
a free trade allianee with England.—
And notwithstanding all the ravings of
the British Abolrtionist&against Amer
ican slavery, . should the day ever
come, End and would be the first to
Taker the South by the.hand^ and court
her for her cotton more ihan slie has ev
er cursed her for her slaves.” jf*
■ In the year 1784 the* Legis
lature of Pennsylvania, to abolish a
practice then prevailing, passed the
following resolution, after consider
able opposition ; “That hereafter no
member shall come into the chamber
barefooted, nor eat his b^ead and cheese
qn the steps of ihe capitol.”
Boyd Respited.—The Columbus
Enquirer, of Thursday, says that Gov.
Johnson has respited the execution or
Jac.K Boyd, now und f 1 L, s0r l^ , ^ e ,
deal h for the murder- of Sheriff Robib-
son, of Columbus, till;after the: meeting
of the next Legislature. The prison,
er is indebted to the undying love of
his - mother for this act of clemency.
CHOLERA.-According to the report
of the Cincinnati B- ard of Health there
were 134deaths in that city during
the week ending the 21st -instant of
which 34 were by cholera.- 1 he total
is fifty-one deaths less than the prece
ding week,, and' shows that the health
of the city is steadily improving, as it
has continued to do since the 4th day
of the present month.' T.he number of
cases of cholera decreases daily.
It has be^n* wittily said, , that .in - a
railroad adiajjiftt, absence o| -bpdy is
ibfetfer than^^eneexjf ipind.
Light Burden.—“My burden is
lights’’* A light .burden, in Iged, which
carries him that bears it % I have look
ed through all nature for aresfemblanee.
to this,.and.I.seein to find a shadow of
it in the wings ofa hjicoU which-are in
deed borne by- the'creature, andLj^
support-her flight toward- 'heoveiu—
Berngpd. ^
In ford, in ham,- in fey, and tun
The most of English surnames nm.
was used, in process of time caifle to be
- *v~:i.. Mr?’ John
family ‘imfti'e.ASo that
Jones 4s -nothing more .or fess than Mr.
John- John. Our learned Nc.meologist
of the Edinburgh Review -gives us no
satisfactory account oT this common
rival;of the Smiths. But to opr read-
Nisi imperasset, omnium consensu ca-
pax imperii
Some men are plausible, the
try. them as rulers, and find them,
though full of big words ami m-.-..
oig words and
promises, much pretension, and asrio»
of capacity, absolutely unqualified to
rule with diastfjBtion, and to govern whh
impartiality. As Tacitus wrote of a
Romati Emperor, so are we often eom-
'pclled to indite of our rulers. In r*.
publican, representative Government^,
the iucompelence of rulers, whctiK-ru
arises from absolute incapacity, from a
deficiency of intellectual power, aij.
ased judgment, distorted by uncurbvd
passions, or unruly ambition, is sure «
due time to meet with the condemna-
tion of the people. Parties suffer bo
one of whatever fame, to pass approved
without the most searching scru* nv
into private as well as public acts. J- .
j ustlce perhaps, nay, doubtless is.
dBnfiV' But it' is the penalty for dis-
trnctfcn tiiat he is compelled to par.
ThS-jmost successful political lender al
ter, h campaign, (as it is termed. , nuv
well say, his honors are dearly bou^hj.
and his emoluments insufficient to re-
pijy him for the sacrifices he has beea
compelled to make, and the unple*-
ant, awkard positions be luia been com
pelled to submit to. But all this abet
ter than a lame submission to heredita
ry rulers. The people are the benefi
ciaries, though, individuals often suffer
unmerited calumny.
*/<
Births..
Deatns. |
Aarriagt
Smith "-
5588
4044
3005
Tavlor ;
2647
2275
15-18
Wright -
1398
1142.
729
I 1324
1070-.
•754
Turner -
i 1217
1811
680
Cooper' - ■ j
> 1103
950
, 640
Clark - }
1.096
952 i
635
Baker - V
1633
839
M3
..Cook - >
aio
7.42
l ..- iS3
Parker -, : f
• 824
694
471
Acts ’-e£ legislators it seems some-
'times.chaqged or created names. The
dreading below is suggestive' of several
thoughts which have connections with
events of the present period. First, we
fire crowded -with emigrants or imi-
grairts, (which is the word,) Stumpers
use them "indiscriminately. Webster
and Johnson depose not concerning
imigrants; .but are learned on emigrants.
A learned newspaper must be allowed
the honor of making the distinction
where there is no difference. Ilcar
him : An Irisher. when leaving the
BOOTS, FIT OR NO FIT, IS THE QUESTUV.
Of iH the plagues in this world ot care.
To make a man “wrathr," or make !iis> »»tar.
There is nothing so bad I most ik-ciare.
As a pinched up understaedmg.
A fellow with boots a tritie too «na»!.
U more to be pitied, by one and ail.
Than an innocent pig :a.»t under a wail,
v Or drunken covier disban-iiDg.
His instep and toes are trrribl;
His heeL ir, ntiuib as tho" tbev were thoe.
And oil are as cold as a dead man’s n- or,
Hr the fob of a defunct gobbler.
The nerves that run to the base of tbe baa.
Are telegraphic wires for stroke* of ps:n
That make him cry out again an ir .a.
“A curse to the blundering cebu^r™
Perhaps the first time he pat* on the pair.
He takes a fancy to visit Lis Cur.
quite piond ot the boots he is »b!e to or.
And wonders if she'll smell leather,
lie thump- at tae knocker, or pails t-w eil
And enfrs the park r with seen a -wefi
You’d think the fellow eooid bar and
The world like a peacock featber-
> a!!
But eosilv seated—the ^reetina*
liis mini! is forcibly called to tea Soar—
He fin Is that his toes are v«n sore.
And groans o'er ins -iraate-n.
-Hn- dandies his lcrt!c_- ^ er Lis right.
Then turning half round be steak* of t'm
But saities arc ail «H-w— tootsarr t » :
And he murmurs "Teoudcratu-u 1~
choosing
ciqg it the will etf the majority, if that
majority be against him. One of the
most encouraging signs - that men are
capable of self-government, is found in
the fact that they can quietly submit
to the will of the majority, when con
stitulionally expressed. Men educated
in true republican principles,'. learn to
submit with patieneg; as well as learn
to triumph with moderation. This is
the true glory of S Republic. If it fail
in this, it will prove fir the end, worse
than absolute despotism.* Law must
be in the ascendant,- or there is no safe
ty, wbhfever that law- rday be, until
constitutionally, annulled, - Sdbjnissron
to law, and acquiescence in ft constitu
tionally expressed majority, at thp-bal-
■iot.bpx;herctofore, has been the crown-
ing glory of our 'Republic. That it
may be so in the coming- election, is
the earnest desire of every good man
of whatever party.
Every, citizen should highly esti
mate the privilege granted.to him by
the laws of the. laud, add whilst he
greatly estimate- this privilege, he
should zealously guard- it from cor
ruption, But ili-doing so r should al
ways keep within the bounds- of the
law. To one and all we would say do.
justly, but forbear .to use harsh means.
when begets to Amerikv he
. .Hl- trial
icrant.
Then rJiani!*-* nc-iiiu an-i
Aud *peaJu t»t* his* .
The Ia«^r pefvf ivt'*
And woiKicr>* a iml rea,.’
back m hi* ehixr,
<K* «r.
i «otr>«tnxz^reL<
is an im-
We add, in iniin'ent peril of
meeting (if lie cUrries across the learned j To make tin- gcnUcmau Lirea
_ , _ ... , I With sucii a sUpt-crv ja-.-Uoo.
Editor of the aforesaid newspaper) an ,
. . . _ -»-r i - - I She fear* l:c is ,-ick. sn-l a*k* if «
eminent Know Nothing. ! h c . trie* to ia»gh,ami --ob.
But another thought—said
be-hovy, had to swear allegiance, to j uto r -4C^
whom, does not appear—whether to Twas queer u> notice tbmksAi^s
*\ illegal Voting. Riots, &e.
We hope we shall be'spared the
unpleasant teisk of recording any oases
of illegal voting, prosecutions for per
jury, riots or other disgraceful acts at-'
tendant upon the election next. week.
Lest there may be seme misunderstand
ing relative to the powers and duties of
superintendents at the polls, we append
below an extract of a letter, received
by us in answeu.fo a note, containing
some queries, respecting' those duties.
Simply remarking that the opinion
her? given, is from a distinguished
source, andentitled to the highest;-res-
pcct:. - •:
the right to demapd' them. The voter,
is required to swear among other
things that he is a citizen of the United
States. He cannot takp that.iptb un
less he has been naturalized, T think it
-is tlie duty of superintendents to in
struct the applicant that the oatji ean-
n&t be taken, unless he is regularly q,nd
fully, naturalized and then he swears at
liis peril. The oath is all that.the law
exacts, when : fie takes ’thathe is le:t to
the-penalties of.perjury. For the oaths,
see- Cobb’s N. Digest, pages 237, 239,
240. Allow me tp calf your attention
to the oath of superintendents, in Acts
of 1851, lS5| : page 82,, » -
the good Queen Bess or the Irish Par
liament, the Pope or President Pierce.
But one thing ' does appear, that if
“dwelling betwixt or amongst English
man,” he had to shave his upper bp be
fore -taking the oath. (We believe no
such requirition is required of these
swearing Know Nothings, or ac least
we have not heard such charges either
by the F Uor S G.) One more thought,
and then to the reading. Four hun.
dred years ago men, or at least Irish
men, wore their beards,'or else they
could not. shave them off. . A legiti
mate conclusion from established prem
ises. (We refer to Hedge.) There
fore since the days of-G Hosaphat and
the elders, prophets and apostles, men,
(tlpat is to say /m/r-men,) have worn
beards. And as the green Isle was
not in consequence sank, (but blessed
with the absence of lizards, frogs, and
satprints,)—that therefore, (this is only
our second one,) there was no great sin
in not shaving it off.
But we have-almost lo3t sight of
flames in things. Here is the read-
A* Ifcbk; Landed ius Waver.
*Anu lionv.- he goes with a wrowl *n his isre.
At buiiwr<:mpeUedB|jHH*« VWptr.
Bot'orc heM hi* wifc-wiuc.afT*s.
Or called htsladv's attection.
It's a horrid thinif wLm folks are not rifit.
But a hmidrcii times worse when Wots fit figk
As the out whose case we aicaAoe-
Artd we earnt-tlv warn all w ii'e-harAn* cksf*
U’ln- wear*tnl‘t*’vsand siuai. tn-a »f-» *-;-a rr-.
T» keep a sliuq. evenu the *l*e »(*\c«:r t*f*>
And thereby avoid the tearful mishajs
Ol'au'over-£«ncj bootiug-.
When vou a-k a Miss for her hand
If your boots are small, try Georye
You’ll make a “dip’’ at "Pa's” “tin
On a great deal easier looting.
j We ask the poet's pardon
liberty with his verse, for the
George is such “a good fit
commiseration so great for
wight with “apinched upHnd
ing” that we are constrained
him in,” for—
A fellow with boots a tripe t *0 raaS
Is more to lie pitiioL l»y one and aB.
Than an innocent pig last uc-k-r a erri
Nearly four hundred .years ago, an act the
Irish Parliament. ordained, that every Tljj^mau
‘dwelling betwixt or amongst Englishmeir'a^lhe
counties of Dublin r Myeth, Vriel, and Kildare,’
should go ‘like to one I nglisman in apparel, and
shaving off his -beard almve the moutb,. should
swear allegiance, and should take to him an English
surname, of a town, as Sutton, Cheater, Trym,
Skyroe, Corke, Kinsole ; or colour, as irAi/a bjneke;
or arte or science, as smith, er earpenlei-; or oftii-e.
as.cooke or butler-and tiiat he.and tiis Issue s!n. - I
use the same, under a specified penalty. Thus
O’Gowan's became Smiths, and Mac-Intyres Car
penters ; but, probably, lew of the O'Briens then
ehaDged their name.
The laws of Georgia do not require
the production of Naturalization pa-
pers at the pol^.and therefore, Y do U^litmfaces, beaming countenances, in
not think Jbgt supenittendents have- emnu ». -v, , • , , . ’
- • HOSPITALITY.
-That is a charming word,-it is redo,
lgotor consonant (which is better), of
hearty, welcomes, full hearted greet
ings, around the winter fireside of old
friends, it smacks of bounteous cheer,
Latest from Norfolk. j
Rev. Mr. Godfrey -received a ) |
from iiis son on Saturday, stvi
he was improving, that tin* fovr: ** |
on the decline, so much so dial; ;
thought the Savannah phjsc** |
would return home in a week - * |
Letters from Norfolk oftiie 1-’ ' !
firm this'intelligence. ^,1
Subsequently, however, there-** !
to have been a change f>r *" • j
The steamer Louisiana which air |
at Baltimore on "Thursday fro* j |
f<>!k, brought inteljigence of "
mortality", and letters of the 9
i published iu the Richmond *“ a ,1
tersburg papers, say there h»>
heavy north-easterly storm in K
and that the -number of ne* cz-'f ...
deatlis had inereaseil, both tn Tj
aud Portsmouth. Aiming the “V'/h
at Norfolk was Josiah VV ili - f*
President of the Farmers |
Virgiuia.—Sac. Neir*.
connection'wilh which, both welcome s
and farewells are words big- with mean,
iag, spoken from full hearts. Love nev
er enters until hospitality bids welcome,
aqd never departs but with a deep, full-
qgd, solemn, farewell. , Most nations
,ve been rather deficient ijq this “vir
tue. Not so with the Sclavonians If ■
the Russian historian 13 to be credited-
Contemporary historians say of the ancient
Sclaves, says Karamsin, that, strangers to lalsefiooa,
they preserved in their manners the Innocent* of
the first age of man. a thing nnlroown to the
Greeks. Their hospitality .was.such that every
traveller was-* sacred being JO tbemi KrerySdave k
when be left Lome, left bia door ojfen tKinvite in
Beauty how Obtained ak"
Preserved.—The tiue fo»ndac°
beauty in woman is txer - 13
fresh air. No cosmetic ,s
to this. English ladies of & '
celebrated, all over tlie *' . >
tlieir splendid persons aud tn" ’
liant complexions ; and they 5
verbial for their attention t-’
and riding. The sallow cherts'
mg figures, suseepubilitj
and almost constant *“
which previpl among the ^ 3ie _ t i
.wives and daogliters generauj- ^.-i
he attributed almost entirely
sedentary life. A woman 6**.
more become" beautiful, or ^
without healtlifiil cxerci^«\^»i«'
air, than a plant aan
light,
!
Ak