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Volume 1.
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UPSON PILOT.
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PROF ESS IONAL CART>sI
WM. G. IIORSLLY,
Attorney a t TY axv ,
THOM ASTON, GA
TTHIL practice in Upson, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford,
’ Monroe, l’ike and Merriwether Counties.
April 7. 1859—1 y.
THOMAS BEALL,
ATTORNEY at law,
, THOMASTON, GA.
fed 3—ly
p - AV. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEY at law,
or , THOMASTON, GA.
nov2s—ly
* WiRBE >~ 7 C. T.'Goode.
WARREN & GOODE,
attorneys AT LAW,
uovia_t f RRY ’ lIOIJSTOx eo -> 0A -
A. cTmooru; ?
dentist,
THOMASTON. GA.
0 Hicks Wi 111 ’ 7° Use Vbe late residence of Mrs.
es of Donri, o am l >re Parcd to attend to nil class
.^w\S!|^ ranons - work is mylteference.
Ar G. A. MILLER
A I LOR XEY AT LAW,
THOMASTON. GA.
NES< GAR D8;
IIALIj,
OPPOSITE THE LANIER HOUSE.
MACOjST, GEORGIA.
B • F . DENSE,
declo. ts (Late of the Floyd House.)
—J I’ ROFKIKTOK.
“Ebb i-i otjs e ,
T^w? OMASTON ’ GA
1V A über u ber respectfully informs the public that
hi* alreadTi coni PlettHl extensive improvements to
to recejv e \ rosi,l ence in Thomaston. and promises
transient, acc omndate P ermae >J boarders and
Public and V -i" erS * He solicits the patronage of the
sathfiedtb “'1 e ndeavor to make all comfortable and
ftlorva. “ive him a call on moderate terms,and
0 li me and markets will afford.
June ik lm JOHN N. WEBB.
BTT SIN KS B C ARD S .
W. A. SNELL,
Dealer in pure Drugs and Medicines,
THOMASTON, GA.,
KEEPS constantly on hand and for sale a large Stock
of pure Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals and Patent
! Medicines, consisting in part of Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pec
! toral and Cathartic Pills, and Sarsaparilla. Wis tar’s
Balsam of VV ild Cherry, Mustang Liniment. Perry Da
vis’ \ egetable Pain Killer, Roberts’ Cholic Mixture,
Alcohol, Linseed Oil. Train Oil, Sjdrits of Turpentine.
Coach and Japan A arnish. Also, Dye Stuffs, fine Cog
nac Brandy. Ten Year Old Apple Brandy, fine Boprbon
Whiskey, Old Port and Madeira Wines, Fine Cigars
and Tobacco, all of the very best quality. Besides
the***, he has fine and fancy articles tor the Toilet,
Paints, Vanishes, &c., 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
STD EX 11 AM ACEE. JXO. F. IVEKSOX
ACEE &. IVERSON,
DRieeiSTs awd chemists,
SIGN OF GOLDEX EAGLE,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
DEALERS in Foreign and Domestic Drugs, Medi
| U cines. Chemicals, Aci<ls. Fine Soaps, Fine Ifairand
Tooth Brushes, Perfumery, Trusses and Shoulder
Braces, Surgical and Dental instruments, pure M ines
and Liquors for Medicinal purposes, Medicine Chests.
Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and
Toilet Articles, Fine Tobacco and Havana Sugars, &c..
&.c. janG—tf.
HARDEMAN & GRIFFIN,
BEAIJBRS l\
STAPLE DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
OF TRyeiry Descldption.
Corner of Cherry and Third Streets,
MACON, GA.
WE would call the attention of the Planters of Up
\ V son and adjoining counties to the above Card, be
lieving wc can make it to their interest to deal with
us.
Macon. Ga.. November 19.1858. nov2s—tf.
TR O FT HOUSE,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, .
By 31 rs. J, D. BOYD.
July 2
A Good Tiling.
One of the best “notes” got off at the edi
torial convention, was the following report
of the Treasurer, A. Holly, of the Kilbouru
City Mirror :
TREASURER’S REPORT.
To the President of the 11 isccnsin State Association
of Editors <wd Publishers.
RECEIPTS.
Amount of money received of Editors, (£1 00
each) at the Annual Meeting of the Associa
tion held in Madison, October Gth and 7th,
1858 ----- - . §59 00
Amount received from all other sources - - 00 00
‘Whole amount paid into the Treasury - - $59 00
DIP BCRSEMEX'TS.
Amount paid for publishing proceedings of the
Association in pamphlet form, on order of
tiie Publishing Committee - - SOO 00
Amount of all other disbursements - - 00 00
Balance remaining in the Treasury - - SSO 00
In connection with the foregoing, I beg
leave to further report: That the funds of
the Association, since last October, having
been kept through various temptations and
difficulties. As I each week expected to
be called on by the Committee of Publica
tion, for tlu* money, to pay for the pam
phlets ordered by th 3 Association, and as
I knew of no safe place where it could he
pu! iit interest, and paid :it n.
notice, there was no way hut for me to keep
it in my possession. But as the winter
and the hard times progressed, getting out
of money of my own, and out of flour, beef,
butter, eggs, and various other useful and
convenient articles for a family, the temp
tations became very strong to appropriate
the funds to my own use.
In addition to this temptation, another
followed more powerful ; because it ap
pealed to my pride, my ambition, and my
love of approbation, as well as to my stom
ach. From the tone of the press, I saw
it was taken for granted that I had stolen
the money, and from the well known pub
lic sentiment of the State, as well as the
press, I was convinced that I must steal it
or my popularity would materially suffer!
But whenever I started for the depository
of the money, the ghost ot a declaration I
had read in some old book in my younger
days would flash across ray mind, and turn
me back. I flunk the declaration is nearly
in the following words : “Thou shalt not
steal.” f
Tliis overpowered the temptation, but it
brought me into other .serious difficulties.
The press kept clamoring to know what
had become of tlie money, (with the un
doubted intention of bringing me forward
as a candidate for Governor it I had stolen
it,) but as 1 had many neighbors “ ho were
out of butter, flour and money, ns well as
myself, I dared not tell where the funds
were, for fear of being robbed. Irue, this
secresy, for the time being, gave me the
credit of having followed the example of
other great men in the State ; but the
thought kept harassing me that the truth
and the money must he brought forth at
the next meeting of the Association.
Thus through many tribulations have
these fnuds been brought to Milwaukie ;
and now I am obliged to pretend to the
| other editors that the money is deposited
in a hank, fearing that I may yet loose it
before it shall he paid to my successor,and
someone else get the glory which I might
have had by stealing it myself.
‘THE UNION OF THE STATES:-DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS;,ONE, LIKE THE SEA.”
THOMASTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 13, m
j In conclusion, allow me, through you, to
ask the members of the Association to ap
point my successor as soon as possible, that
I may be relieved of the burden that has
been weighing me down for the last eight
months. And I would suggest that they
appoint an old bachelor—one whose weekly
income is sufficient to pay for hoard, wash
ing, mending, cigars and lager ; (surely,
had I smoked and patronised saloons, the
money would have been gone long ago ;)
one who is an inveterate enemy of a family,
of office and public approbation, a hero,
from whom the last drop of the milk of
human kindness has been stripped, and
who can drive back a hungry crowd of lan
tern jawed husbands and fathers who may
be howling about the treasury for money
or bread.
All of which I respectfully report.
A. Holley, Treasurer.
Dated at Milwaukie, June, 1859.
Blondin Outdone ! —The following is
from the Cleveland Democrat. Read it.—
It will put you in a good humor. You
must he good humored, or you can’t possi
bly live through this hot weather. Keep
laughing, if you can't keep cool. However,
with the help of such things as this from
the Democrat , and a large lump of ice,
j you may, to some extent, do both :
“On the morning of the Fourth the lo
cal editor of a prominent evening daily pa
per in Buffalo accomplished a feat which
places Mons. Blondin’s tight rope act at
Niagara quite in the shade. He crossed
Main street, the principal street in Buffa
lo, on a crosswalk without stepping off !
When it is known that the aforesaid local
had been employed in seeing the old Fourth
■ of July in, some idea may be formed of the
magnitude of the undertaking. The cross
walk ehosing for his daring feet leads from
Thomas’s Saloon to the Terrapin Lunch.
The side-walks on each side of Main street
were crowded with spectators, by far the
greater number being on the side on which
l the Terrapin is located, they being sustain
led and soothed by an unfaltering trust in
his ability to perform it, and bis willing
ness to treat when he got over. Numer
ous Star Spangled. Banners were flying in
the air, and numerous hands were playing
the air of the Star Spangled Banner, while
a Calithmnpian hand were patting on airs
generally. At about eight o'clock the lo
cal emerged from Thomas's Saloon, and
was greeted with immense applause by the
crowd on the other side, who were impa
tient to have him come across and treat. —
It was really a treat to come across such
enthusiastic fellows.
Before attempting to cross he performed
numerous wonderful feats, such as telling
the time of day, walking a crack in the
side walk, seeing a hole through a ladder,
A'C. The crosswalk was about thirty feet
in length, and in order to make it steady
he had taken about thirty glasses of Buck
Bear as guys, thus affording one guy to
each foot, without mentioning the “Guys’’
on the opposite side-walk who were stan
ding by in expectation of a drink. Like
many other performers he was dressed in
Knvmuf laulmx fui tWOWCCKS 1)1 ~
fore preparation for his feat. Only once
did lie betray the slightest irresolution,
and that was when his eagle eye took in
the immense concourse on tlie other side
waiting for him to treat. Scorning a bal
ance pole, he steadied himself a moment
against a lamp post, and then amid the
breathless attention of spectators commen
ced his terrible walk. \\ hen about halt
way across he produced a hall of twine
from his pocket, and retaining one end
threw the ball to the other side, where it
was caught dexterously bv Mr. Terrapin,
(author of Terrapin Lunch,) who attached
to it a bottle of cherry bounce. This the
performer drew to him and drank amid
thunders of applause, the Calithumpians
meanwhile playing. “A Little More Ci
der.” The feat was successfully performed,
the latter portion being accomplished on
all fours, thus beating Mr. Blondin all hol
low. He was caught up at once on the
shoulders of the frantic multitude, headed
by Col. Luni Smith, and as he disappeared
in the Terrapin, he was heard to exclaim,
with a wink so intense it gave one side ot
his face the appearance ot a horrid paraly
sis, “T'zall right (hie) hoys.
A Curious Bklic.— We yesterday saw
an old-fashioned gold watch seal which
was found by Mr. Shephard imbedded in
a ledge of hard limestone rock, five miles
North of Clinton, Hinds county. The rock
was first blasted with powder, and when
the ornament was discovered, it was cut
out of the stone with a chisel. It lias a
large cornelian set in it. How long it has
taken to form the rock over it. we leave
to geologists to determine. The ledge of
rock where it was found, appears to have
been a favorite resort of the Indians, when
they were the lords of the forests of Hinds,
as the holes in the rock, where they poun
ded their hominy, are still visible.— I7cl*s
bu.rg Whig.
Wherever woman is, that c *tricksy god,”
Love is sure to follow her.
MISCELLA N E 0 U S'.
Country Boys. —Country lads often
feel that their lot is a hard one ; they see
city bred youngsters, on their travels and
their sprees, at the ageof fourteen ! verita
ble young gentlemen, with a finished exte
uior, acigarand a cane.
The young farmer, at the same age, finds
himself with a hoe in his hand, and a cheap
’-raw hat on his head, sweating among the
hills of corn. He is frequently envious of
, Ins city brother, whisking past him in the
vfo-s, with kid gloves, delicate ringlets and
j plenty of money in his pocket.
Mind your corn, boy—hoe it out clean,
keep steadily to the labor you have in hand,
do it well, and in time your good days will
come, too. If you find farming is not sui
ted to your taste, or your strength, or to
your circumstances ; if you like mechanism
better, or have a capacity for business,
whatever eventually you may engage in, it
is all the same, you have begun right. The
city blades have begun wrong ; and in due
time you will see it. Their fathers and
mothers will in the end see it, too. Do not
feel envious of the pleasures that a hot
house man enjoys ; but remember, not in a
malicious, but sober spirit, that such plants
wither early. By the time you have ac
quired fixed habits of industry, and acqui
red a corresponding perfection of mind and
body, your delicately reared cofcmporarv
of the town begins to feel the debilitating
effects of idleness and of dissipation, lie
is not alone to blame for a weak body and
a profitless mind ; it is the result of a sys
tem ; but he cannot escape from its effects
—these lie must endure for himself, in his
own person. 11 is father may he a profes
sional man, or a merchant, or may he mere
ly rich ; the chances are fifty against one
that the sou will not replace his father. —
Such is the result of well settled experi
ence ; business falls into the hands of those
who are most competent, it does not de
scend to heirs. It is the country boys, af
ter all, who do the city business. Observ-
ing men have often stated this fact ; and
any one who will take a directory, and in
quire into the origin of the business men
of Cleveland, or Boston, or New York, will
find it to be so. All external circumstan
ces ft re in favor of the son or the clerk suc
ceeding to the trade of the old firm ; but
the son seldom, almost never, dies in the
position of a partner of the house. “Why
is it ? Simply because habitual industry
is wanting, and habitual indulgence Is not
wanting. With all the external odds
against it the country furnishes the cities
their principal business men. If intelli
gent, faithful, and persevering, and above
all, cheerful and contented, lhe chances are
that the lad with the hoe will eventually
do the business of the lad in gloves, who
is now exercising in his travels. —Oh io Far
mer.
The following is fold of Horace Yernet,
the celebrated French artist : The artist
was coming from Versailles to Paris in the
cars. In the same compartment with him
were two ladies whom he had never seen
before,’ but who were evidently acquainted
with him. They examined him very min
utely and commented upon him quite free
ly—upon his martial bearing, his hale old
age, his military pantaloons, etc , etc. The
painter was annoyed, and determined to
put an end to the persecution. As the
train passed under the tunnel of St. Cloud,
the three travelers wore wrapt in complete
darkness. Yernet raised the hack of his
hand to his mouth and kissed it violently.
On emerging from the obscurity, lie found
that the ladies had withdrawn their atten
tion from him and were accusing each oth
er of having been kissed by a man in the
dark. Presently they arrived at Paris, and
Yernet, on leaving them, said : Ladies, I
shall be puzzled all my life by theinquiry:
Which of these ladies was it that kissed
me?”
You will be Wanted. —Take courage,
young man. What if you arc but an hum
ble and obscure apprentice—a poor and
neglected orphan—a scoff and by-word
for the thoughtless and gay, who despise
virtue in rags, because of its tatters. You
have an intelligent mind, all untutored
though it may be. Have you a virtuous
aim, a pure desire and an honest heart P
depend upon it, one of these days you will
be wanted. The time ‘may not long be
deferred. You may grow to manhood, and
may even reach your prime ere this call is
made : but virtuous aims, pure dc’sires, and
honest hearts are too few not to be wanted.
Your virtues shall not always wrap you
about as with a mantle ; obscurity shall
not always veil you from the multitude.
Be chivulrie in your combat with circum
stances. Be active, however small the
sphere of action. It will surely enlarge with
every moment, and your influence will have
constant increase.
I’lie grocery store of Mr. J. A. Brown,
in Savannah, was entered by a negro, on
the night ot the 21st inst.. for the purpose
of “ increasing his store ” of edibles, hut
policemen Wray prevented him from doing
so. by arresting him.
Business Endurance.
Men of genius without endurance can
not succeed. Men who start in one kind
;of business may find it impossible to con
tinue therein all their days. 11l health
may demand a change. New and wider
fields of enterprise and success may be
opened to them ; new elements of charac
ter may be developed. Men may have a
j positive distaste for some pursuits, and
, success may demand a change. None of
these cases fall within the general rule.—
Men may have rare talents, but if they
“are everything by turn, and nothing long,”
they must not expect to prosper. No form
of business is free from vexation : each
man knows the spot on which his own har
ness chafes; but be cannot know how
much liis own neighbor suffers. It is said
j that a Yankee can splice a rope in many
| different ways; an English sailor knows
but one mode, but in that method he does
his work well. Lite is not long enough to
allow any one to be really master of but
one pursuit.
The history of eminent men in all pro
fessions and callings proves this. The
i great statesman, Daniel Webster, was a
lawyer. His boyhood was marked only
by uncommon industry ; as a speaker he
did not excel in early life. With great de
liberation he selected the law as his pro
fession, nor could he be deterred from his
chosen pursuit. While a poor student,
not the tempting prize of fifteen hundred
dollars a year as clerk of the courts, then
a large sum, gained with great difficulty
for him, by the zeal and influence of his
father, nor could all the persuasion of the
father turn him from the mark he had set
before him ; and his great eulogist, the
Attorney-General of Massachusetts, is an
other marked illustration of resolute endu
rance and indomitable industry—life-long
—centering in one profession, making him
one of the chief ornaments of that profes
sion, if not its head in the United States.
The Hon. Abbott Lawrence, whose
wealth is poured out for all benevolent
purposes in donations as large as the sea,
can recall the time when he had his pro
fession to select, and the first dollar of his
splendid fortune to earn. He chose delib
erately a calling ; he pursued that occupa
tion with integrity and endurance, through
dark and trying seasons, and the result is
before the world. This case affords an apt
illustration of the proverb of the wise men,
that a man “diligent in his business shall
stand before kings, and not before mean
men.”
The late John Jacob Astor, as he left
his native Germany, paused beneath a lin
den tree, not far from the line that sepa
rated his native land from another, and
made the resolutions, which he intended
should guide him through life:—l. He
would be honest : 2. Tie would be indus j
trioiis ;3. He would never gamble, lie
was on foot; his wealth was in a small
bundle that swung from the stick that laid
on his shoulder. The world was before
him. He was able to carry them out. —
His success is the best comment on his en
durance.
i fcjfc&pboii G ImvJ nt illo np;o of forty yoavo
| was in quite moderate circumstances, be
| ing the captain of a small coasting vessel
lon the Delaware, and part owner of the
| same. Xo trait in his character was more
marked than his endurance, and this cle
: meat trace him a fortune.
I O
All men who have succeeded well in life,
have been men of liitrb resolve and endu
rance. The famed William Pitt, in early
life was fond of gambling ; the passion in
! creased with years ; he knew that he must
at once master the passion, or the passion
would master him. He made a firm re
| solve that he would never again play at a
hazard game. He could make such a res
| olution ; he could keep it. His subsequent
I eminence was the fruit of that power.—
William Wiibcrforce, in his ear iier days,
like most of young men of his rank and age,
loved the excitement of yd aces of hazard.
He was one night persuaded to keep the
faro hank, —he never saw it before : he was
appalled with what he beheld. Sitting
amid gaming, ruin and despair, he took
the resolution that he would never again
enter a gaming house. Ife changed his
company with the change of his conduct,
and subsequently became one of the most
distinguished Englishmen of his age.
Dr. Samuel Johnson was once requested
to drink wine with a friend ; the Doctor
proposed tea. “But drink a little wine,”
said his host. “I cannot,” was the reply ;
“I know abstinence—l know excess, but 1
know no medium. Long since, I resolved,
as 1 could not drink a 1 i'tle wine, I would
drink none at all.” A man who could thus
support his resolution by action was a man
of endurance, and that element is as well
displayed in this incident as in the com
pilation of his great work. When Rich
ard Brinsley Sheridan madehisfirst speech
in Parliament, it was regarded on all hands
as a most mortifying failure. Ills friends
urged him to abandon a parliamentary ca
reer, and enter soma field better suited to
his ability. “Xo,” said Sheridan, “Xo, it
is in me, and it shall coaie out!” And it
did, and he became one of the most splen
did debaters in England L \vnJn, the
j founder ot the order of Jesuits, the cour
tier, the man ot gallantry and dissipation,
obtained such mastery over himself by la
bor and endurance, that, to illustrate the
fact, he stood several hours, apparently un
moved, in a pond of ice and muddy water,
up to his chin. Perhaps, no other nation
in Europe, at that time, could have won
the battle of \\ aterloo, except the British,
—because no other could have brought to
that conflict that amount of endurance
needed to win. - For many hours that ar
my stood manfully before the murderous
lire of the French ; column after column
i fell, while not a gun was discharged on
their part. One sullen word of command
ran along the line as thousands fell—‘‘File,
up ! .file up J” “not vet'!” was the Iron
Duke’s reply to earnest requests made to
charge and tight the foe. At length the
time ot action came. The charge was giv
en. and victory }>erched upon the standard
of England.— Hunt's Merchant's Magazine.
Sickles ox the Street.— The New
York correspondent of the Baltimore Pa
-5 triot writes the followin''-:
j “Mr.Sitkl es is shunned by his old politi
cal associates. He walks Broadway and
fastens upon every leading man to walk
with him. They cannot shake him off.—
Sickles joined a leading statesman on
| Broadway, near Grace Church, one fine
morning last week, and walked by his sido
t for about two blocks, when the gentleman
: apologised to Sickles for leaving him to
| buy a book in a store. Sickles said ho
would wait. The gentleman went to the
N. Y. Hotel. Sickles waited until ho came
lout. It was of no use. The gentleman
stopped at Stewart's to buy a pair of gloves,
and staid purposely half an hour. It was
with no success. Sickles waited, and walk
ed down with the other to Hall street. His
political power is gone* and his sole aim
j now is to be recognized as of old. It won’t
: do. His old friends do not wish to be seen
with him, r>r endorse him in any way. Mr.
j Sickles will never be heard of again. He
will attempt to claim Jiis seat next Decem
ber, but even that will fail him. Facts are
against him. lie was not fairly elect, and
, Mr. Williamson, his opponent, will claim
I and get the seat.”
The Newspaper Press. —We see it
stated in an exchange that Maryland has
a newspaper circulation of 224,G0O —the
largest of any of the slave States. Massa
chusetts, with a population scarcely double
that of Maryland, has a circulation of
715,000, or about six to one. Its circula
tion is nearly equal to that of all the
southern States. New York has a circu
lation considerably more than double that
of all tin* slave States.
At the South, more than one-half of the
papers are political ; at the North, less than
one-third. The number of copies of neu
tral and independent ] aperg, printed in a
year, in the slave States, is 8.000,000, and
in the free States 79,000,000 ; of the reli
gious in the slave States 4,000,000, and in
the free States 29,000,000. The number
of copies of scientific papers printed in the
fifteen Southern Mates, is .‘172,000 ; the
number in Massachusetts alone is 2,000,-
000. Hi religions papers in the slave
States number 4,000,000 copies annually,
in New York alone 12,000.000. The neu
tral and independent papers of the South
is 8,000,000 ; in Pennsylvania alone 21,-
000,000. — Atlanta Notional American.
Gen. Washington in a Tight Place.
: —There is a fine equestrian statue of
Washington in Union Square, New York
city. It was placed there by private sub
scription on the part of wealthy persons
living in that vicinity. At ihe corner of
Broadway and tli street lives a close
fisted millionaire, whom we shall call Judge
Doc. tJen. IL , who was the active
man in soliciting the subscriptions afore
said, called upon Judge Doe to put his
! name down for five hundred dollars. “Ijfive
hundred dollars !” exclaimed the Judge;
| “why, my dear sir, its preposterous ; it
won’t pay : of what service to me will such
a stat ue ever be ?” The General, of course*
went into a highly patriotic and exceed
ingly eloquent argument in behalf of the
subscription, but all in vain. At last the
Judge rose, and, after pronouncing an
i equally eloquent eulogiuin on Washing
ton, exclaimed, “W ashington t Washing
ton t” laying his hand over his heart, “I
have no need of any statue of Washington,
for I always have, and ever will carry him,
here !” (strikinghis heart.) “W <■!!, Judge,”
j said the solicitor of the subscription, “I
| have no reason to doubt what you say;
only, it seems to me, that if you carry
Washington there , you’ve got him in a
very tight place f”
The population of Texas, as giv n by the
late census, shows a total <J 458,62©, of
whom 138.265 are slaves and 1,28 b tree
negroes. In the total population
was 212,492. Tin* whole number of abves
under cultivation is 1,948,215
A groerr is supposed to get his living by
various Uriahs
Number 39.