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Volume 1* jhc *tpsott f 1 18 W UM*O EVERT SATI'KDAY MORNING. A . MILLER, Editor and Proprietor. I ‘^^^^7'g^J^fis^of^Subsc^iptiOll^ W, ’ . <42 00 - ■ • > feed until the end of tl.e year -- i <*> ‘ Rates of Advertising. . t* ill rharffod flfc the rfl(6 of one Adrertisomon j’ Ijnes ol .“ies*, anc i fifty cents for UrWllf . • y. wnbse<iuent insertion. i rt ? S iirtl Cards, not exceeding ten lines, will be PiwW ,w,HU v/ contracts ma.le“witli Merchants and others J'! , (n advertise by the year. rFor Announcement of Candidates $5, invariably in Hu nC -‘es and Deaths inserted free, when aecompa •Tu:i responsible name. Obituaries of over 10 V pLroed as Advertisements. “tfe connne'id the following Rates of Advertising by tto business men generally. We have placed rWltr1 ’ ~st figures.and they will in no instance them i ne 1 ° bf departed from : ___ BTCONTBACT. djnos. 0 mos. 9 mos. 1 year. USmSSi {• *<* 10 *l2 00 ’ i Irteilv 7 <> 1” 1” 12 00 10 “” JiawSut will, ‘ 800 12 00 14 oo 18 00 L TTrhw* 1° 00 15 00 20 00 25 00 12 o<* 18 00 24 00 28 00 SSrS.’ 15 * # 25 00 30 00 15 00 •20 00 25 00 30 00 ,! t Serb- it oo •22 00 20 00 34 00 20 00 20 00 32 00 40 00 fZVSS 25 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 rtanseil quarterly 28 00 32 oo 45 00 53 00 Changed at will, 35 00 45 oo 60 00 GO 00 OSE COU M.V, / Without change. GO 00 70 oo 80 oq. 100 00 Chiniwlquarterly G> 00 75 00 ‘•*<) <k) 110 00 (hantrd at will, 70 00 85 (K ) 100 Q(j 125 00 Legal Advertising. Sales of hands and Negroes, by administrators, Ex- Kutors and Guardians, are required by law to be.held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours often in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is sit mtftl Notices of these sales must he given in a pub lic gazette fortv days previous to the day of sale. Notice for the sale of personal property must be giien at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Notice to IMimrs and Creditors of an Estate must W published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be JmWished weekly for two months. Citations for Letter, of Administration must be pub- Jislifd lliirtv davs -for Dismission from Administration, ■mo'\Vi\V A\ months—lev Dismission irom ouuicnaii #biii, forty days. Hslesforforeclostireof Mortgage must be published ■noddy for four months—for establishing lost papers (hr the full space of three months —for compelling ti tle* from Executors or Administrators, where a bond hu been given by the deceased, the full space of three ■mUw. Publications will always be continued according to Ifov. the legal requii ements. unless otherwise ordered, ■ the following RATKSt Citation on Letters of Administration. $2 50 Disiuissory from Administration, <> “ Guardianship, 350 have to sell Land or Negroes, 5 00 We* of personal property, 10 days, 1 sq. 1 ->0 bales of land or negroes by Executors, 3 nO Estrays, two weeks, 1 ‘*o Sheriifs Sales, GO davs, 5 00 “ 30 “ 250 | Money sent bv mail is at the risk of the Editor, provide, a’ the remittance miscarry, a receipt be ex hibhrA trmo the p,,st Master. I'ufcssional (Lmls. F A. k J. W. SPIVEY, | Attorneys at Law? THOMASTON, GEORGIA. • n4l ts. t;. HORSLEY, Attorney at Law, r, riTT . THOMASTON, GA. V 1 1 Wactive iii Upson, Talbott, Taylor, Crawford, t, . _ l Ai I’tke and Merriwether Counties, AprilLvi—n- ■; THOMAS BEAlit, ATTORXkv at law, feti3—ly TIIUMAST^ I GA - , K—— ; . p w. ALEXANDER, ATTORNEY AT IjAW, [ ffROMASION C. \ I bov2s_n . U UA * AfiEEV C. T. Goope. C L !.,; VKVS AT LAW, ■ wivift.f 1 Uln • Houston co., ga. u I A. MILLER, Ar FORNEY AT LAW, ■r-> A* *• M oore, I e iciexrt L>entist, ■vFFICEn T,Iw MASTO3C GA. • y| r * ’ v House (the late residence iirr -—~y> Hr v< |, <! ‘ “here l am prepared H L “ . a '!°] asses of Dental Opera- Ts iiovivl_ t 'f" rK m yßeference. m, W otioe. Mvin'V”; 1 !'*l, for several years past, I have ‘"’ huation to practice Medicine, or to iap, v ? W ai 'd. if possible, cared less. But 1 bit'll i llll<inu ,n . v uid friends and patrons that (i Ur f,, r ‘"' v ,n,u *b l>et ter. and if they desire to re- I'aliir,, ( * UI r relatkms, that they can easily do so nivy!'/ ! ' e “hen my services are needed. 1 will lI to serve them to the best of mv skill and B l Dtfice a; H’, j • °ld stand, the Drug Store, now occupied ■r mar3 R. HARWELL. II C °. N c E R T H A L l 7 B, fi DR. THOMPSON'S STORE, n h for L'etures, Concerts, Social Par B Address, 1 A C. MOORE. Gov. Brown’s Confidential Circular to Hu* Hanks. This extraordinary document, so much written about in the papers for some weeks 1 past, will be found in our columns this I morning. It is taken from the Atlanta American, whose editor assures us it is given verbatim from the original manu script. Another document, purporting to be the same, was issued contemporaneously iti the Intelligencer, of the same city. We have selected the American’s copy because we desired to give the circular just as it was written by Governor Brown. In no event can it do him injustice ; while the copy that was altered by others in the pro cess ot publication is certainly not Gover nor Brown’s production, but the work of some other individual. Strange as it may appear, the Morning Ncics, of this city, actually arraigns the editor of the American for publishing the letter just as the Governor wrote it. It takes the very extraordinary position that the American should have corrected all the Governor’s bad spelling, and punctua ted the various sentences, made them sense, before giving the article to the public ; and it charges the American editor with petty malice for his refusal to mutilate the re cord ! This is anew rule, We apprehend, set up for the government of the Press. — We shall not respect it; to the contrary, we think it due to the people to italicise certain specimens of His Excellency’s or thography, that they may see how really great a man has been chosen to rule oyer the Empire State of the South. But to the material contents and ob jects of the circular. We intend, in the brief examination w r e shall give it, to deal fairly and justly by Gov. Broivn. If we know ourselves, we had rather see him elected Governor of Georgia for twenty terms than do him a yvrong. And let us say, in the outset, that we have been as-” tonished at the coolness with which the Press of his party, so far as v T e have seen, without noticing any specilic point it con tains, or its relation to the charges alleged against the Governor, havecontented them selves with pronouncing it a triumphant vindication of himself against what they nit. j.lctirt <1 ter--fr-i-m tLc of Eia I enemies.” If it be a vindication, why do they not attempt to show it from the re cord, We contend that it is Untie /to the contrary, no setrsible, impartial man can examine the circular without coming to the conclusion that the charge alleged by tlie Opposition Press generally, has been most triumphantly sustained. We intend to show this to the satisfaction of every hon est mart into whose hands this paner shall fall. We said that we should do Gov. Brov. tr no injustice ; and in proof of our intention, we here take occasion to say that the spec ific and independent charge alleged by the Rome Courier, to the effect that Gov. Brown “had informed the Banks of the State of a plan by which they could evade the law, in making their returns- which plan was “that the officers should make out their returns one day, atrd then do no banking business until the next day after they had sworn to their statement”-is not substantiated in the published letter. If it be true —and w t c hope the editor has been misinformed—lie will have to look elsewhere for its proof. Thus much we feel in duty bound to sav, and w r e say it cheer fully. But that is not the great point in issue, and the charge upon which the Opposition Press have arraigned the present Executive. The alegation is, that while he was impos ing himself, and his friends aiding in the fraud, upon the honest voters of Georgia as an enemy to the banks, and claiming peculiar credit to himself or having heroi cally placed the Banks under his feet and compelled them to obey the laws of the land, he was, at that very moment, engag ed in a secret correspondence with the offi cers of those institutions, anil suggesting constructions of the law that removed all j their objections, and made what wasinten- j ded as a statutory restriction, perfectly ac- ; ceptable to them. In other words, by his ! public boasts and demonstrations, he made | the people believe that he was playing fury j with the Banks, while, by his confidential I circulars, he was making the Banks believe j that they were not hurt after all, and that this adverse legislation, for popular effect, was a humbug and utterly harmless in its , operation. Such is the charge, and it involves du- | plioitv of the deepest dye. We shall pro- , eeed to prove it out ot Governor -Brown’s own mouth, or at least from the testimony of his pen, In order to a full understanding of the j matter, it is necessary that we should de fine clearly the complaint of the Banks— wherein they considered the law an injus tice and a hardship, an obstacle in the way of their compliance with the call ot the j Governor. The sole objection was that the 1 law prohibited them from buying or selling I exchange at a greater premium than seven per calf. This'was the stumbling block, and the only one. Removed, no word of complaint would have been uttered by the ‘THE UNION OF THE STATES:-DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.” THOMASTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 18-59. Banks, and no disagreement could have oc curred between them and the Executive ; they would have been perfectly satislied with the law. Now, we contend that Gov. Brown, in his construction of the law as contained in this secret circular, did remove this objec tion, and make the statute not only accep table to the Banks, but an utter nullity, so far as this feature —the only objectiona ble one—was concerned. It will be recol lected that the law said they should’ not charge more than seven per cent. —what does Gov. Brown say ? We quote from the circular: “In my opinion the object of the act of 1857 was to prevent the Banks from tak ing usurius interest under the pretext of buying and selling exchange and not to cripple them in the transaction of ordinary legitimate Banking business .” v fi v C- £- i'J The object I presume was to permit the Banks to buy or sell exchange in a legiti mate course of business at sttch discount and premium as the exchange is actually worth, but not to allow them to speculate in exchange at a greater discount or pre mium than its true market value.” The seventh section of the act of 1857 prohibits any Bank from sending any por tion of its capital out of the &tate for the purpose of buying notes of any kind. This I do not suppose, was intended to prohib it our Banks from buying Drafts on pro duce in any other state at the usual rates of the transaction if a legitimate one in a fair course, of business and not intended as a note shaving speculation much depends in each case upon the good faith of the transaction and the question is, was it a fair business transaction or was it a usuri ous Speculation.” It is difficult to Say what particular idea the Governor affixes in his own mind to the term “speculation.” All financial op erations are speculations, and the fact that they occur “in the fair course of business,” does not relieve them of that character. — But this is immaterial. We submit to the reader if we have not fully established our point, viz, that Gov. lhowYi attempted to sfeow to the buuks in this private corree pofldence, wherein they could ‘•barge more than seven per cent in the purchase and sede of exchange. H says distinctly that under the law the Banks are permitted “to buy or sell exchange, in a legitimate course of business, at such discount and premi ums as the exchange is actually worth.” — This is all the Banks desired, and the on ly principle on which they have ever trans acted their business. In proof of it not a syllable of complaint has been heard from a Bank officer or director in the State since the date of this private and confidential correspondence. The law therefore, under Gov. Brown’s construction, is an absolute nullity, and if he be right the Legislature were guilty of the verriest folly when they passed it. It is very certain the people have been deceiv ed by one or the other. But why this desire of Gov. B. to keep secret the correspondence ? Why should he wish to conceal from the people, or even from the scrutiny of the Bress, an honest, straight-forward interpretation of a law of the land ? Does the mart of honest in tent seek the dark, either for his opinions or acts P Let these questions be answered to the Voters of Georgia. It appears tons that no candid mind can resist the conviction that, the whole affair was a scheme for ma king peace with the Banks, and at the same time concealing from the public eye the mode in which it was done.— Savannah Republican. ApologLe.—A poor laborer in a certain village died, after a long illness, and hav ing escaped the turmoils of existence, pre sented himself at the gates of Heaven, where he found he had been preceded by a rich man of the same locality who had just died: and having previously knocked, had been admitted by the Apostle Peter. The laborer, who stood without, was enchant ed by the ravishing sound of singing, re joicing and sweet music which appeared to hail the entrance of Dives, and having knocked in his turn, was also admitted.— But what was his astonishment at finding silence where seraphic sounds had so late ly been joyously uttered ! “How is this ?” he demanded of Peter, “when the rich man entered I heard mu sic and singing; is there, then, the same distinction between rich and poor in heav en as on earth ?” “Not at all,” replied the Apostle, “hut the poor come to Heaven every day, where as it is scarcely once in a hundred tears that a rich man gains admission.” Of all the crimes t hat ever disgrac ed society, that of swearing admits of the least palliation. No possible benefit can be derived from it ; and nothing but the perverseness and depravity of human na ture, would ever have suggested it ; yet such is its prevalence, that by many it is mistaken for a fashionable acquirement, and considered by unreflecting persons, as indicative of energy and-decision of ehar -1 actor. [From tile Atlanta American.] , , Gov* Brown's Secret Better to the Banks. Executive Department, \ Milledgeville, Dec. 24, 1859. j Dear Sir ; On my return from a visit to the office of the W & A Rail Road I find your letter in which you ask my opinion on two points growing out of the Bank Acts of 1857 and 1858. You state that you do not desire it for publication but fur your own satisfaction as a director of the Bank of , with privHedge to show it to a few friends. As n t ou are aware it is no part oi my duty to construe the laws for the Banks. It is only my duty to sec that they are executed. It is not for me to say what is a violation of the Acts of 1857-58, for the passage of which I am not respon sible. The statue has prescribed the oath to be taken by Bank officers. It is my ditty to examine the returns and see whether the officers have taken the oath prescribed by the statues. If they have not it is then my duty to enforce the penalty prescribed fur non compliance with the law. When the oath is in proper form I have no father concern with the matter. If any one al ledges that the officers have not sworn truly, then the courts are open for the determina tion of that question. Should propet pro ceedings he instituted itiider the 12th sec tion of the Act of 1857 it would then be come the duty of the court to construe the statue and say whether the proof showed it had been violated. Asa personal friend however and not as a public officef, I will give you my opinion on the two points mentioned in your letter which is not de signed for publication, hut which you are at liberty to show to such friends as are in terested provided you do it in such manner that the opinion shall not become the sub ject of news Paper comment. Your first question is, can a Bank purchase exchange on New York for instance at a greater rate than seven per cent, as for example you say a sight bill on New York is usually taken at from a 1-4 to 3-8 off which is about what it would cost to bring the aiqount of the bill from New York to this place. To this I reply that in my opinion the object of the act 1857 was to prevent the Banks from taking usurius interest under the pretext of buying and selling exchange and Trot to cripple them in the transaction of ordinary legitimate Banking business. It is said the form of a Bill of Exchange and charge of premium &c was often re sorted to in transactions intended as loans to avoid under this pretext the penalties of taking usuary and that they would not discount good paper at seven per cent while they could get more by resorting to a pretended bill of Exchange. The statue was doubtless intended to prohibit all this kind of usurious speculations. In the case you suppose the planter may hate due him in New York for cotton SI,OOO he does not wish to use it there but does wish to use rt in Savannah it will cost him a 1 4 per cent to have his money brought from New York to Savannah by Express. Your Bank may wish to use funds in New York. You therefore cash the PlanterVdraft dis counting the sum which it would cost him to get this money from New York. This in my opinion is a legitimate transaction, and is no violation of the Act of 1957 If however the Bank discounts the drafts in the case supposed at more than the usual exchange between the two points, I think it a violation of the statue, by examination j it will be seen that the 10th section of the ; Act of 1857 autherizes the sale of exchange i by the Banks rit a premium which must not exceed otie per cent, (except in case of Foreign Exchange) upon the amount. The object 1 presume was to permit the Banks to buy or sell in a legiti mate course of business at such discount or premium as the’ exchange is actually worth , but not to allow them to speculate in exchange at a greater discount or pre mium than its true market value. Nor to j allow them to take u'suary on transactions intended as a loan by the substitution of a bill of exchange for a note, no matter whether the hill he payable in or out of Georgia. And in order to make it the interest of the Bank to do a regular dis- j counting buisness and in return for its ‘ chartered priv Hedges to accommodate the ; citizens of Georgia with regular loans upon i good paper at seven per cent. The seventh section of the act of 1857 prohibits any j Bank from sending any portion of its capi tal out of the State for the purpose of buy ing notes of any kind. This Pdo not sup-1 pose was intended so prohibit our Banks I from buying drafts on produce in any other ! state at the usual rates if the transaction j is a legitimate one in a fair course of buisness and not intended as a note shav ing speculation much depends in each case ! Upon the good faith of the tranraction and the question is, was it a fair buisness transaction or was it a usurious specula tion. If the former I should think the statute was not violated, If the latter it was violated. , In reply to your second question I have . to state that it is in my opinion the duty of every Bank in Georgia to make its returns as directed in the Act of 1857 by or be fore the first dav of January 185 Sand in Case of failure or refusal so to do the two per ceht a month begins to run under the act of 11 tli December 1858. It does not matter whether my call bears date before or since the passage of tlie Acts 11th De cember 1858. The Act of 1858 provides however that no execution shdll i&*ue before Ist July 1859, and the Banks can prevent the exe cution from issuing by making tlicit re returns prior to Ist J lily 1859 relating back to Ist January 1859, whether this ni cans that they should swear that they have not vio lated the act of 1857 since the Ist January 1859 or that they have not violated it at all, and tliqt their returns, made after Ist January 1859 shall show their condition on the Ist day of January is not very clear. If the statue is so construed to mean that the Bank officers shall all swear in making their returns after Ist January 1859 to the condition of the Bonk on the Ist Janu ary 1859, and shall further swear that they have not violated the statues of 1857. (at any time) It may not he possible for'some of them ever to make their returns, as it is quite probable some of them have already violated the statue of 1857 my object is to act on a reasonable construction of the Act of 1858, and such construction as will enable every Bank pfficer in Georgia vuho is willing to obey the Acts'"bf 1857 rather than pay the penalties of the acts of 1858 to make the return I presume it was not the intention of the legislature to require impossibilities under penalties. 1 suppose therefore it was the intention to require of Bank officers who had violated the act of 1837 to pay heaver penalties if they again, violated it. 1 should therefore act on the construction of the Statute which will allow to every Hank an oppor tunity in future to obey the law, and in case of refusal to do so, I‘shall use all the* power vested in me by the constitution and laws of the state to enforce obediance. I shall hold that a return made in the fol lowing form is a compliance with the Statute. State oY* Georgia County , Personally appeared before me A. B. President and C. D. Cashier of the Bank of who being duly sworp say, that the Bank of which they are officers has not by itself its officers or agents in any particu lar violated the provisions of the Act pass ed 22d December 1857, Entitled an Act to provide against the forfeiture of’ the several Bank charters in this state on ac count of non specie payment for a given time and for other purposes therein named since the passage oi the Act, assented to 11th December 1858, rffid that the above state ment of the said Bank at the last weekly meeting of the directors prior to the late call of the Governor of this State is true all which deponents, depose and swear to he true to the best of their knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of 185 J. P. Probably I have gone more into detail than you ..desired me to do. a disposition to gratify a friend is my appology if any be necessary. I am respectfully your ob’t servent. (Signed) J oseph E. Brown. Frightening the Girls. —Away up in the northern part of Vermont, says the Knickerbocker, is a primitive sort of little village, called “The Centre.” Here,- not long since, the rustic youth of the vicinity congregated for a “dance,” “and dance they did,” said our informant, “with an unction unknown to our city belles and beaux.” Gne interesting young man having “im bibed” rather too freely became “fatigued” in the course of the .evening, and wisely concluded to “retire” for a short rest. A door ajar near the dance hall revealed, invitingly a glimpse of a comfortable bed, of which he tQok possession with a pros pect of an undisturbed “snooze.” It so happened, howbeit, that this was the laities withdrawing foom, and nbsoon er had he closed his eyes than a pair of blooming damsels came in from the ball, and began adjusting their disordered ring lets, the ditn tight of the tallow candle not disclosing the tenant of the bed. The girls had tongues, like most of their sexj which ran on this wise: - “What a nice dance we’re having t Hare you heard anybody sav anything about me, Jane ?” “La, yes, Bally ! Jim- Bro\fn pats he never see you look so handsome as you do j to-night. Have you heard anybody say anything about me ?” “About you ? why, sartin ; I heard Joe : Flint tell H-a.m Jones that you was the pret- ( tiest dressed girl in the room.” Whereupon the dear things chuckled, “fixed Up” little more, and made off to- ! wards the ball-room. They had hrfrdlv reached the door when our half-conscious friend raised himself upon his elbow, and quite intelligibly, though slowiy inquired : “Ha’ you heard anybody say anything , about me, girls ?” “Phansy their pheelinks,” at that junc ture ! They tied with an explosive scream. l 11 ifaint ill. Perhaps the* following may not amaua either yourselves or yum* readers, blit It did me. In oitf drug store I have nfel lowclcrk, somewhat celebrated aiming his 1 acquaintances as a cMuluctot of. puns and ‘ the utterer of dry jokes. Ho i< a boyish looking youth, and officiates—wlioh his services nfeAequikkl, Tnffiiiul the soda foun tain. A few mornings since, a fashion'll bly-dressed, poetical-looking young gen tleman entered, and seating himself on a stool in front ot the counter, in, a choice selection of terms requested the clerk to prepare him a seidlitz powder. The tbi-* lowing conversation, ridiculous in its ear nestness, resulted : Clerk —With Syrup? Customer—(slowly and m ethodically)— I require it not as a ‘ refreshment. It the I syrup vitiate not the effect of the cSm pounds, you mly mingle with it such an amount of the substance as will render the potation palut tide. Or, to be better un derstood— t’lerk—(lnterrupting)——T c6hlprebend you ]ierfectlv. Permit me to assure \ou that the tendency of the syrup will ho ra ther to enhajfde than diminish the purga tive virtues of the drug. Customer —(Indignant at observing flint his stykj is affected by the other) —Then’ jiroceed, miracle of medical literature and wisdom ! Clerk —With dispatch? ccyfounder of* , fools. Customer —Then, if not struck motion-’ less, use haste. . All this was so quietly, so politely said, that, although amused beyond expression at the conversation, we started in wonder at the parties? The clerk evidently felt cut at the last remark of the other, hut mixed the powder, which the stronger tri umphantly’ swallowed, paid for, and start ed to leave the store, when- Cleifc=—Should you feel any unoasinW in the region of the stomach within the period of fifteen minutes,’ illustrious pa tron, attribute the cause to the accidental introduction into the draught you h&VU just taken of some drug of vigorous effect and parnfu l consequence. Customer —(a trifle frightiWdV- If I do, * d—n you, I’ll punch your head ! Clerk —I thought I’d bring you down to plain English ; but I guess you’ll find the powder all light. [Exit‘ with coattail standing strut girt out. I* A True Manhooil* A true manhood is self-su’Staiuifrg and self-sustained. It depends upon nothing* extrinsic. Advantaged by outward pos sessions or circumstances, it disdains to’ rest upon them or claim merit on their ac count. Lacking these helps, it does not sit down, fold the hands, and murmur at the partialities of fortune. Benefits* andr; opportunities it accepts gratefully, ajul strives to improve them—not alone for it-’ self, but for society also. Indeed, a true manhood implies every noble sympathy,- every generous f*ction, every lofty virtue, in the conVmon range of life. A true man-’ hood asks no special fields to display it self. It can every day develop its nobiW* fy and heroism. Not a gracious word, smile, or act, springs to the iinpulso of its large warm heart, to lighten human w&frtF or lessen human sorrow, *b(rt flashes brigh ter than a Toledo blade. * . . True manhood is firm and bravb, as it is mild and gentle, and tlfe rtest gentleman is also the truest man. Gentlest of the gen-. tie was Bayard, the clu velier sans jx ur ct sans reprdche, but never sturdier arm bore lance or sword in defence of virtue, honor, right. Gentle* of heart, ahd courageous ot soul—gentle in feeling and heroic in ac- f tion—such are the Bayards; such are aIF gentlemcu —all true men. They may ho found in courts and camps, in universities and senates, but they also tread the fur row* send dwell in the l*nnrbl* , "t cabins. The estate ot true manhood cannot bo bought with go>d, nor bequeathed by let-.’ Bts testamentary. Jrr its (ssentia's, it is Go(rtgiven, Art other possessions being “of the earth, earthy,” may be clevis* and arid inherited, but a true manhood is a dfvlwr, a heavenly gift. And if men at i.irge* on-", ly knew the greatness and preciouMiess ot such manhood- —how nobVr ?t is in stat ure and i power than all titular* estate — they wouTd hotnjr and imitate it more. — Manhood, sfftfdifcr i rtuh< 01. is what so ciety and nations want t<> make flair found ations fi-rm atid their bulwarks beautiful aAd strong. It might l-ssca the woYld s pageants, but it Would increase its. grand eurs. When “life’s fitful fever,” is past, what can remain of man worth even* a pith’ ful epitaph, savt: the memory of a true manhood ? * A young man named John Ilenrv Kemble Was arrested recently in Han 1* ran c-isco, sent to the station house on a charge’ of vagrancy. In 1850 this same man, now lying in prison as an idle vagabond, was’ possessed ot property valued at sllo,ooo’ —lie owned of real estate, houses’, lands’ arid merchandise in Sail Francisco, and a, quartz lead in Volcanoville, which yielded? richly. Number Lv