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VofflPf* TIIE U P S*f) N P I LOT. I IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY j C3r- A. MI Xj Xj an n? Editor and Proprietor. JAMES n. HOOD, Publisher, ; ~~ Terms of Subscription. AO AA If advance, for 1 year, * r n If iiavment be delayed 6 months, ----- w If delayed until the end of the year - - 6UO j Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged at the rate of one j jJlar per square of ten lines or less, and flity cents for , iach subsequent insertion. . SaLfessimml Cards, not exceeding ton lines, will be 12 months for sl2. Liberal contracts made with Merchants and others j wishing to advertise by the year. j For Announcement of Candidates $5, invariably in j and Deaths inserted free, when accompa- ! nif.l by a resjionsible name. Obituaries of over 10 j lines charged as Advertisements. We commend the following Rates of Advertising by [ contract to business men generally. We have placed them at the lowest figures, and they will in no instance be departed from : | BY CONTRACT. 3 mos. 6 mos. 9 mos. [ 1 year. r*S. *lO w> e*2 o Changed quarterly 700 10 00 12 00 °a Changed at will, 800 12 00 HOO 18 00 Without change. 10 00 15 00 20 00 25 00 Chaned quarterly 12 00 18 00 24 00 28 00 Changed at will, ” 1-3 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 iStchaigef 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 Chan ,T e<l quarterly 18 00 22 00 2G 00 34 00 Changed at will, ’ 20 00 20 00 32 00 40 00 HALF COLUMN, Without change, 25 00 30 qq 40 00 50 00 Changed quarterly 28 00 32 of) 45 00 55 (Hi Changed at will, ’ 35 00 15 QOSO 00 00 00 OSK COLUMN, Without change. 00 00 70 00 80 oo 100 00 Changed quarterly 65 00 75 00 90 00 110 u ” Changed at will, 70 00 85 00 100 00 125 00 Legal Advertising. Sales of Lands and Negroes, by administrators. Ex ecutors and Guardians, are required by law to In* held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which tin- property is sit uated. Notices of these sales must be given in a pub lic gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice for tlie* sale of personal property must he given at least ten (lavs previous to the day ol sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Node* that application will be made to the Court <d Ordinary for leave to sell Land, or Negroes, must be published weekly for two mufti tbs. Citations for Letter -of Administration mud be pub lished thinv davs —for Dismission from Administrr tion, monthly six mouths—for Dismission trom Guardian ship. forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months —for establishing lost papers for the full space of three months —lor ci mpol!ing ti tles from Executors or Administrators, whe.e abend his been given by the deceased, the full space* of three i months. Publications will always he continued according to the**;, ihe legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered, at the following KATES: Citation on Letters of Administration. £2 5a “ Dismissory from Admimstrau -o), 0 *hi “ “ “ Guardiamdrip, 350 Leave to sell Land or Negroes, o 00 Pules of personal property. 10 days, 1 sq. 100 Sales of land or negroes by Executors, 3 o 0 Kstrays, two w eek-. 1 o 0 Sheriffs Sales. 00 davs, 5 00 “ 30 “ 250 t‘f/’ Money sent by mail is at the risk of the Editor, provided, if the remittance miscarry, a receipt be ex- : hibited trom the l’ost Master. PROFESSION AL (JARDS. _ wm. (4. hokslev. All orn e v a i La w , TIIOMASTON, CA. IV ILL practice in Upson. Talbot, Taylor, Crawford, i * Monroe, l’ik.* and Merriwether Counties. April 7. 1859—1 y, DR. JOHN GOODE, TANARUS) EsPEi TFI LLY offers his Professional services to j At the citizens of Tliomaston and its vicinity. He can be found during the day at Dr. Heard's of- ; “ C G an 4 a t his father’s residence at night. Thoniaston, Feb. 10. THOMAS BEALL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, fed3—ly TUOMABTOS . GA ’ P* VV. ALEXANDER,” attorney at law, or THOM ASTON, GA. nov2s—ly 2 ****“’ C. T. Goode. WARREN A- GOODE. I ATTORNEYS AT LAW, jovr (f lmi ’- iIOUSTGN CO., GA. A. C. MOORE, D E N T IST, I TIIOMASTON, GA. I 0 hpa- 2 a ’ *■ ouse (Hie late residence of Mrs. I . f s >) “here lam prepared to attend to all class- I 1 f! Ual operations. My work is mv Reference. \ Ct. a. miller, I ATTORNEY at law, TUoM\stii\ GA. P YY 1 N E 8 S C ARDS. I GEORGE W. DAVIS, ■ I nierG, r>l a beautiful Stock of Spring and Sum- Hth up-^ 0 * S ’ Con iprising every article Usually kept in ■ I Then>i.' Untr -'’• ‘ all and see him at his old stand. ■ ■ °‘ ;ri^NriT: E3 II > OPPOSITE TIIE LANIER HOUSE, y lA( o\. ftPORGIA I B. F. DENSE, B (Late of thy Floyd House.) BB Propfietoß; BUSINESS CAIIL> S . W. A. SNELL, Dealer in pure Drugs and Medicines, TIIOMASTON, GA., I r EEPS constantly on hand and for sale a large Stock L of pure Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals and Patent Medicines, consisting in pact of Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pec toral and Cathartic Pills, and Sarsaparilla, Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, Mustang Liniment, Terry Da vis’ Vegetable Pain Killer, Roberts’ Cholic Mixture, Alcohol, Linseed Oil, Train Oil, Spirits of Turpentine, Coach and Japan Varnish. Also, Dye Stuffs, fine Cog nac Brandy, Ten Year Old Apple Brandy, fine Bourbon Whiskey, Old Port and Madeira Wines, Fine Cigars and Tobacco, all of the very best quality. Besides these, he has fine and fancy articles for the Toilet, Paints, Varnishes, (fee., and in fact every thing usually kept in a first class Drug Store. Call and see him at the stand formerly occupied by Harwell & Goode. May 19 SYDENHAM ACER. JNO. F. IVERSON ACEE 81 IVERSON, DRUGGISTS A.\D CRIMIStS, SIGN OF GOLDEN EAGLE, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. DEALERS in Foreign and Domestic Drugs, Medi cines, Chemicals, Acids, Fine Soaps, Fine Hair and Tooth Brushes, Perfumery, Trusses and Shoulder Braces, Surgical and Dental instruments, pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal purposes, Medicine Chests, Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Fine Tobacco and Havana Segars, &e.. &c. jan6— ts. HARDEMAN* & GRIFFIN, DEALERSIN STAPLE DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES Os Every Description Corner of Cherry and Third Streets , MACON, GA. \\TE would call the attention of the Planters of Up- IT son and adjoining counties to the above Card, be lieving we can make it to their interest to deal with us. Macon, Ga., November 19.1858. nov25 —ts. IP vb” lTtT© A L ■ To tlie American Party of Geor gia : The undersigned, your Central Execu tive Committee, appointed by the Conven tion at Milledgeville in J uly, 1857, having been requested by various American Pres ses and individuals, to call a Convention of the A meric an Party , according to us age, preparatory to a general re-organiza t-ion for the approaching fall elections — beg leave to announce, that, after due con sultation and deliberation, they have deem ed it advisable not to call said Convent ion. Still true to our principles, and cherish ing the liveliest regard for their mainte nance. we nevertheless believe, that there are other objects to be accomplished, of much higher and more pressing impor tance than any question connected with tlie rights of foreign citizenship. There is a party in power, composed of i tiie worst, elements of all parties, which, under the sanction of the Democratic name, has committed a series ol unparal leled abuses and frauds upon the Ameri can people. It lias perpetrated the Kansas swindle — squandered the public money in the most shameless manlier —run up the national expenditures in time of peace, to near 90 millions of dollars per annum! —encour- cd sectional undo for its own aggrandize ment, —and even connived at Mormon pro tection J Worse still! It has elected an Abolition Governor over a Southern State! —a State, which owes more to the instiln : tion of slavery, than all the South besides I —having acquired riches and power, by the professional business of breeding slaves for sale. These are some of the enormities which have been recently covered by the sanc tions of the Modem Democratic Party. To hurl this corrupt party from power, is now the highest duty of every good citi zen ; and to accomplish this noble pui ■ pose, we are willing to ignore tor the time all questions of minor importance. Trusting in the good sense and patriot ism of our countrymen, we are satisfied that the evils connected with the naturali zation of foreigners, will, in due time, bo corrected. And here we rest the subject. We now call upon our friends every where, to unite with ihe Opposition, against this spurious Democracy. Let us make a common cause. Together, with conseita tive Whigs and independent Democrats, make a bold descent upon the spoils-men, | and, together, share in the honors of vic j tory. Already, the good sense of conservative : men, throughout the length and breadth ‘of the land, has revolted at the misdeeds of the Democratic Party ;—and many who once adhered to it as the only consei value National Party, have left it in disgust.— Virginia, the nursing Mother of Democra tic Statesmen and Presidents, is giving , way ; —Tennessee and Kentucky are cx pected soon to follow with still more deci sive results —and Georgia , upon v hose pa triotism and example the whole South re lies, will not fail to thunder her indigna ! tion into the ears pi her betrayers. Let then organize— Organize is the word. The newspapers have suggested the hol ding of an Opposition Convention in Milledgeville on the 3rd Wednesday in Ju ly next. We cordially endorse the sug gestion, and urge ourlriends in every coun ty to send up their delegates. Let them M nd their hest eiid mvtt experienced men ‘THE UNION OF THE STATES:-DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.” TIIOMASTON, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 18-59. without respect to political antecedents, provided they are known to be opposed to the party in power; and, our word for it, we shall be able to organize such a party as will not only correct all local abuses, j but rout the plunderers, and save the Na-> tional Government of our Fathers, from demoralization and ruin. J. H. R. Washington, J. W. A. Sanford, J. M. Calhoun, Foster Blodgett, Jb. ■ ... N* What the Whigs Oppose. The following statement, showing what the Whigs oppose, is from the Lynchburg Virginian : “The Whig party, essentially, is noth ing but an Opposition party. That is re ally the meaning of the word. It was its meaning in England when the Whigs op posed tyranny and corruptions of the oli- : garchy—and it was its meaning in the’ American Revolution when those persons were called Whigs who opposed the preten sions and exactions of the mother country. If there be any one, either in our own ranks or the ranks of the other side, who is in any doubt of the real character of the ‘Op position* to the Democratic party, we pro pose to enlighten him by giving a compre hensive resume, which we find capitally done to our hands, by an able Tennessee cotemporary. Should any one, then, en quire what is the nature of our ‘opposition/ let him be answered as follows ; “ Opposition to the enormous and un necessary increase of the public expendi tures, and to the extravagances and corrup tions practiced under the existing demo cratic rule. “Opposition to the policy of entrusting to the Executive the purse and the sword, as illustrated by the $'30,000,000 bill and recommended by the President to Congress to transfer to him the war-making power in respect to Mexico and the Central Amer ican States. “Opposition to the monstrous project of a bankrupt law, which, together with oth er measures of Federal aggrandisement re commended and sanctioned by the present administration, lays the axe to the root of State Rights. i “Opposition to Presidential intcrfiwancc with the freedom ot elections and the right of suffrage, as exemplified in the removal by Air. Buchanan of his own appointees to office in Illinois, because they would not war upon a Senator ol the L nited States of his own party, for pursuing a course, as Senator, contrary to the wishes of the Pres ident. “Opposition to the national indulgence of a morbid and unhealthy appetite for territorial acquisition, which, losing sight of every principle of honor, justice, and sound policy, and at the imminent risk ot war, would, by cunning and dishonest con trivances, or open force if necessary, extend infinitely the limits of the Republic, and absorb into our system mongrel popula tions, which, after years of trial, have con clusively shown their utter inability dura bly to establish and peaceably to live un der a free representative government “Opposition to the further agitation ot the slavery question, as leading to no prac tical good to any portion of our country, but fraught with peril to the peace and perpetuity of the Union. “Opposition to the division of the coun try into two sectional parties—which will be the inevitable result of the continued ascendancy and course of the Democratic party in the Southern States. “Opposition to the fomenting of jeal ousies, dissensions and heart-burnings be tween different sections of our common country by misrepresenting the aims and opinions of the people of the different sec tions in regard to one another. “Opposition —determined untiring oppo sition—to a dissolution of the Union, and to all parties, as such, which cherish and uphold as leaders men who are known to entertain the spirit of disunion in their hearts, or whose professions, doctrines and acts manifestly tend to that result. “Opposition to the wild policy of an ex clusively metallic currency, which, if car ried into effect, would, in the language of James Buchanan, “at once diminish the nominal value of all property more than 50 per cent” —“ would in effect, double the amount of every man’s debts” —“enrich creditors at the expense of their debtors” and “make the rich richer and poor poorer.” _ # . “Opposition to direct taxation, which is openly advocated by a portion ot the Dem ocratic party, and which would be the uec essarv and inevitable result of the canning out of the Democratic doctrine o tjree trade —direct taxation and free trade being, in effect, one and the same thing. “Opposition to a continuance of the L>e mocratic poliev ot giving millions ot acies of the public lands to the new States, and persistently refusing to grant an acre to the old States. “Opposition to the borrowing of money and the creation of public debt by the na tional government, in time of peace, to aid in carrying on its ordinary operations, with out at the same time making due.and ade- quate provision for its prompt redemption. “Opposition to the admission into this country of foreign paupers and criminals — to the voting at the polls by foreigners not naturalized—-and to all evasions and viola tion of the naturalization laws. “Opposition, in fine, to Modern Democ racy. “Opposition ! It is, at this important conjucture in our national and State af fairs, a good name, a peculiarly appropri ate name, a highly patriotic name, for a party that would save the country from the blighting effects and the fatal conse quences of a longer continuance of Demo cratic misrule.” From tiie Washingt n States (Democratic.) 44 The Black Lettered List.” There must be a divorce of the President from the Bennett clique cr a repudiation of the Administration by the Democracy. One or the other, in the interest of public chastity, Democratic morality, and gov ernmental integrity is imperatively de manded. It will be recollected that in 1856 one John C. Fremont was nominated for Pres ident, and was an especial favorite of the hyena of the New York Herald. Said hy ena, in fact, arrogantly claiming him as his own bantling, as the Wooly Horse of his own peculiar training. But as soon as the result of the Pennsylvania State elec tion was ascertained, Bennett discovered to his amazement that the Woolly Horse was in a sad condition : With one eye out, the other blind, His fore leg stiff and lame behind; and, naturally enough, turned right over with the velocity of a newly-greased loco motive wheel, and shouted at the top of his voice thenceforth, until the 15th of No vember, for the Democratic candidate, whose success was placed beyond all per adventure. He reminded us of an occurrence some years ago in North Carolina. It was one of the wicked pastimes of the “poor white folks,” as they were called by the slaves, and the negroes in old Rip Van Winkle, to fight cocks at Easter. A lean, tall, cross-eyed, ill-looking fellow —much like Bennett, as described by Blackwood, ex cept that he had a hare lip, and the ac cent consequent upon such a deformity— proposed a wager of five dollars with a slave, that a celebrated cock known as “high comb,” which was just in the act of being pitted against another called “low comb,” would be the victor. The slave quickly took him up, and covering his money, told him lie might hold the stakes. High comb at first seemed to be more than a match for his adversary, which so over joyed his backer that be could not control his self-possession, but jumping up and clapping his hands, he shouted : “ Hurra for the high-comb cock ! Hurra for the high-comb cock ! Hurra for the high comb cock ! I knew how it would be ! I knew how it would be ! I knew how it would be !” In a short time low-comb be gan to rise and to show unmistakable signs that he was to win the battle. As soon as this was manifest to hare lip, he commenc ed in a tone scarcely audible, progressively raising his voice to its highest pitch : “Hurra for the low-comb cock ! Hurra for the low-comb cock ! Hurra for the low-comb cock ! I told you so. I told you the low-comb would whip !” “ Well, but massa I bet on the low-comb cock,” exclaimed Scipio. “You bet on the low comb ! what a liar ! Well, we’ll have no fuss. Here, here, here —there, there, there —you take back your money and I’ll keep mine, and if ever I bet with another nig ger may I be d—d.” Bennett could not restrain his joy as long as high comb was rising and low comb seemed to be sinking in the last Presidential canvass, but the moment he discovered that low comb was rising, and high comb sinking, he unscru pulously claimed the former as his favor ite. And now for the black lettered list, or list of the proteges of James Gordon Bennett, who, as such have been especially employed by a Democratic Administra tion. No. 1. Mr. Wykoff, Chevelier cVlndus trie, bearer of despatches to St. Peters burg, at eight dollars per day, and travel ling expenses defrayed. Subsequently ap pointed bearer of despatches to China, whither he is about to proceed, at the same rate of compensation. This person has been the confidential pimp and scavenger of the Bennett Family ever since he came out of the penitentiary of Sardinia—per forming all manner of services for his em ployees. from mojor-clomo down to citisin ier. As the inflated courrier, or. more properly speaking, lacquais of Fanny Elss ler, he reluctantly consented to act the part of groomsman at the celebration of Ben nett’s nitptials ; but becoming indignant at the enormous black mail levy of Jack Ketch upon the celebrated danseuse, he suspended his relations with tiie Bennetts in high disgust—a long correspondence en suing on both sides, which went far to es tablish the fact, that if both had been locked up for a score of years in Blackwell, even-handed justice would not have been the sufferer. After Wykoff’s notorious tie gradation, deserted by every friend but a dastardly petite maitre —of whom we shall speak presently—be recanted, the Ben netts seemingly relented, and an entete cor diale, offensive and defensive, ensued, the legitimate workings of which are to be found in bis intimate connection with the government. No. 2. Mr. Grund.—Francis J. Grund, ‘the “ basest Hessian of them all”—not ex actly a Chevelier d’lndustrie, but some thing, if possible, tenfold worse—a beast in human form, who, provided his neck is not submitted to a halter, nor his body to a dungeon, is ever ready to act on any side, or on all sides, just as interest may suggest, for the highest attainable price. An Austrian Jew of half-way Christian conversion, he is in morals and in politics as he is in religion, neither one thing nor another, and yet all things to all men. This fellow, as we are advised from abroad, has been for more than a twelvemonth a secret agent of the Administration in Eu rope, upon a salary of ten dollars per day and travelling expenses defrayed, acting as correspondent for the Herald, and also for the Union for a time. Whatever other services he lias been performing for the country we do not pretend to state. No. 3. Mr. Fleuret—A Chevalier d’ln dustrie of the rarest professional accom plishments—a former dealer in Nasons conventionncl- —the ami veritable of Wy koff, but to what country belonging no one with whom we have conversed knoweth. This person was the the favori particulair de la famille Bennett, and was pensioned by the Administration through the sole influence of that family, upon an an nuity of two thousand dollars, in the be stowal of the Bordeaux consulate. No. 4. Mr. Thrasher —a hireling sub edifor of the Herald —sent to Mexico as bearer of despatches, and compensated at the rate of eight dollars per day, and trav elling expenses defrayed. No. 5. Mr. Rainey—a Chevalier d’ln dustrie of the shabby genteel order, not quite so quick at tricks and shifting as his more notorious Confrere, but a willing minded vender of sill kinds of charlatan ries—which be peddled in Ohio, Louisiana, and elsewhere. The. precise relation in which he stood to the Bennett concern can not be easily defined, but he was in full communion with Wykoff and those of his ilk. This person was sent to Liber aas supercargo of the captured Africans, at a compensation, we suppose, considering the rate at which Wykoff has been paid for his services—of ten dollars a day and traveling expenses. How much further the black lettered list may be extended we cannot at this time say. but we shall inquire. Enough is ex hibited, however, to cause every patriot to blush for his country, and solemnly resolve that its condition shall be bettered. Our official portals must be closed against the vicious—hermetically sealed, in fact—if we would perpetuate the republic. Vice, whatever the power it may exert, must not be dignified with official sanction. Legions of Bennetts will arise, with the rapidity of mosquitoes from impure water, if it is as certained that position, for the sake of casting off a sullied reputation, has be come a tradeable commodity. In the instance of Bennett there is a forcible exemplification of the trifle adage : “Familiarity breeds contempt.” In an undoubted “bogus telegraph” from Wash ington, the President is now as good as told by the hangman of the press that no information is to be imparted hereafter by either of the Executive Departments for publication, except exclusively in the col umns of that journal. Mr. Assistant .Sec retary Clayton, of the Treasury, and other officials, are roundly berated fur having told what Bennett calls government se crets, which first found their way into newspapers other than the Herald. The truth is, the Bennett concern has become so presuming as to regard Mr. Buchanan as a mere convenience for its advantage, having but little more authority without its assent than to sign commissions and hold mere formal Cabinet meetings. College for Editors. —The Rev. Or ville Dewey, of Massachusetts, in a recent fast day sermon, says : “There ought to he a chair in our Universities for the in struction of editors.” “If,” says the Bos ton Post, “the reverend gentleman means simply that editors oiight to have a colie- 1 giate education, we can only say the chair is already in the universities, for editors (to be) as for lawyers, doctors, and divines in expectancy. If he means (as seems more likely) that editors should learn their bu siness—the art editorial, in a college—lie ; is talking about as wisely as if he were to say that they should go to a factory for the same purpose. A college in which tc learn j human nature ; to acquire common sense ; j to cultivate at once a sound arid quick un- j derstanding ; a ready wit; a prompt and accurate composition ; the higher art of distinguishing truth from falsehood ; reali ty from pretension— that is the college for an editor ; a college which ha3 its ‘chairs’ only in editorial sanctums, situated usual ly Dear the attic (usque ad cerium) and as little like a ‘university’ as a man of fanci ful theories is like a man of successful practice. Bloody Affray between t \vo Candi datcs for Congress. —The two Demo cratic candidates in the Sixth District, Ken tuck) —Mr. Rice, the independent nominee, and Mr Garrard, the .regular— had a difficulty on Monday of last week, at Boonville, which resulted in a bloody conflict-. The Richmond Me&sehgVr gives the following account of the affray : It seems that Garrard in a speech re flected severely upon Rice, and his course in becoming a candidate, and Rice in his reply retorted bitterly, giving Mr. Garrard as good as he sent Gairard replied, stat j!ig that Rice's remarks “were as false as h—l.” Rice called him a d-—n liar, where upon Garrard drew a pistol and tired at Rice without teaching him. A Mr. Gib son, son-in-law of Mr. Garrard, immedi ately drew a pistol and fired three or four times, two balls took effect upon Rice, bad ly wounding him, and a third upon amah by the name of {Smith, who is thought to be hlbrtally wounded;, flic ball having pass ed through bis neck. Rice’s wounds are very severe but ndt considered very diahgel'- ous. The affair is unfortunate, and where it will end we cannot say. Some Good Reasons for not Fight ing a Duel.— Mr. Samuel H Hammond, in a letter to a St. Louis gentleman, dated March 3d, 1809, tells the. following inci dent of his editorial, experience : , While I edited tlie Albany Register I offended a hot-blooded member of the F. F.’s of New Tbi-k. He sent a polite invi tation, through a friend, for me to visit Baltimore. He again, through his friend; invited me to visit Canada. Having jiisfc returned from a fishing excursion to the interior of her Majesty’s colony, and hav ing no occasion to go thfit Way, 1 again de clined. He then, in direct terms, invited me to name a friend and time, weapons and place*, to indulge in the pleasant pass time of cutting each other’s throats. I thought the matter over and declined a tliird time, assigning Lie following reas ons : “1. The .hia;.’ wm- - nlrmy to law, and I had no b ;-i.- to b bung for killing him ; or - lip. h-i ■, hb be hung for killing me. “2. I had i wife who loved me, and who would n . : ri . if I fell. lie had only a mist}- v 1 rej- ; e at his death as reliev;! n he necessity of fly ing from lb ii 4 ■ that of some other man. 3. I had .hr. o chi! iron, i< r *’ done edu cation I was in honor and by nature bound to provide, lie has none. 4. Society Iras no slake in his life. Its continuance wotlld be no blessing, and its extinguishment no loss. Society had some claims upon me—upoh him it had none ; I had some claims upon society—he had none. And thebe tho matter lias rested ever since/’ A Wooden Cannon. —J.*G\, of the Sal isbury Banner, relates a revolutional inci dent, which will be read with interest, though we have heard of such things be fore. In the Revolution the house of James Casey, of Lexington, S. C., was in possession of a small British garrison, and not far off. the Americans, at the same time, defended a rude fort. .In his descent from the up-country, Gen. Greene deter mined to rout the British from the house I speak of, but having no field piece, and being full of expedients, he constructed a cannon of a piiie log. with which he at tacked the enemy, who. after a few fires, surrendered to the Americans. The hole in the house, through which the pine log cannop shot the hall which frightened the British ihto submission, still exists. Genl. Scott and the European War. —A very silly paragraph is going the I rounds of some of the papers, says the New York Express , and has found jtftWay into our own, that Genl. Scott Had jet 500 bottles of champagne that Louis on would never re enter France alive. The opinion and the bet both surprised Gene ral Scott this morning, and,he that | any friend or ehemy should have taken such liberties with his name. Both state ments ate absurd and ridiculous. Gen. Scott is neither a betting man nor a guz zler of champagne, TrCth. An exchange Says,,“show us a newspaper whose columns are crowded with, I new advertisements, and we will show you a community alive with business Mid en terprise. I’he age is a moving one. A man that stands still in these “latter days’’ will, in a short time, find himself behind his competitors. The Macon Telegraph has a short chap ter oil “distressed politicians.” No doubt the returns from the Virginia elections will cause the Democracy, generally, to be elo quent cn that subject Number 30.