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J4X£S T. NISBET AND SIMRI ROSE,
EDITORS.
Western A Atlantic Railroad.
We see it stated that James F. Cooper, Superintend
ent of the W. A A. R. R., has paid into the Treasury
$25,000, the net earnings of the road for ‘he monUi o r
August. Now it does appear to us that it n. bad pohc\
to be paring moner into the Treasury, when the road
is so nnich in debt, and a portion of j*tdebt, too,
drawing interest. We do not hold it to be good policy
to pav moner into the Treasury merel v for the purple
of making a ‘show, when it could and should be applied,
not alone in the discharging of the debts of the road
but also to keep it iu repair. This war of whipping tbe
deril around the stump, may do a httle whAe. bat it
will not hold good long. V’ e think that before the win
ter trade is over, the broken cars, and broken legs will
prove that this moner should hare been applied to
where it was most needed—to repairing the road. This
is our private opioion ** pressed; though p'tn
briefly now, wheu future developements demand it, —
aa from tbe signs of the times they surely will,—we
shall gire it more at length.
Spain Advised to Sell Cuba. — Madrid, Sept ®o.
If it be true, as asserted and generally believed, that
the Uuited States are prepared to gire a rerr large smu
for tbe island of Cuba, is it nol worth tbe consideration
of tbe Spanish Government whether the loss of the
revenue derived from that colony would not be tutich
more than compensated by tbe immense improvements
at home that the purchase money would enable her to
make! But, if Cuba were sold with this view, other
points must be made surer of. First, the duration of
an honest Government; and secondly, s reduction of
the duties on foreign manufactures. A Government
like that of which the July revolution fortunately rid
Spain, would |>lay at ducks and drakes with the Yankee
dollars; a tariff Mich as at present here exists would
certainly not induce foreign countries to offer Spain ad
vantages for the sale of her produce. This is an old
th me. but it cannot too often be reverted to. Among the
m>>st intelligent, honest, and unprejudiced men in Spain,
there is only one opinion as to the sources whence she
should derive her prosperity—namely, from her endless
stores of corn and ine, oil and fruit, from tbe riches of
her teeming soil and glorious climate, and uot from the
rubbishing tissues of Catalau manufacturers.— Cur. Lon
dun Timrt.
Slavery Depended rt the X. Y. Triblve.—The
Tribune is terribly frightened at the increase of Chinese
Paganism in California. It says:
“But however free all men may be by nature, accor
ding to theoretical republicanism, practice h-is shown
that no two people with distinctly marked and uncon
genial characteristics, can occupy the mime territory at
the a.uhe time on term* <f equal, ty. Either there must
be sympathy enough between them to produce fusion,
or the one will virtually, if not nominally, be the mas
ter of the other.”
Here is the whole argument for Southern slavery. It
could not be more fully and clearly stated. If we were
to exhaust gallons of ink and reams of foolscap, we
eould not give a more complete and powerful rejoinder
to all the Tribune s denunciations of Southern slavery,
than is contained iu this paragraph. The disparity, the
distinctive characteristics between the Caucasians and
Africans are quite as probable as those between the
Caucasian and Mongolian ; and hence the impossibil
ity of their co-existing harmoniously in aD V other but
tbe relation of master and servant. After such a con
fession as this, the Tribune will convict itself of an out
rageous hypocrisy if it ever utters another word against
slarery in the South.— X. 0. Della.
Si
The New Acquisition.—We cut from an exchange
the following description of the port of Samana, which
is said to have been lately ceded to our Government by
St. Domingo:
“The Bay of Samana lies in the northeastern corner
of the Island of St. Domingo. Its entrance, which
looks out upon the Atlantic, is some twenty-four miles
wide, and its waters extend fifty miles inland. In its
centre, at some fifteen miles from Cape Raphael, which
makes the entrance on the South, and twelve miles from
Cape Samana, on the North, are two Islands called the
Grand Clevantados Keys, each something like a mile
long, which effectually break the force of tbe external
winds and waves, and render the anchorage within as
secure as it is convenient. Indeed, it is admitted that
there are few if any better or more capacious hat hoc*
in the world. On the north of the bay stretches the pe
ninsula of Samana, which, though rather low and taar
shy at its main connection with the mainy body of the
Island, is a hillv and irregular extension of land, shap
ed something like a boot, and varying in width from 4
to 10 miles. The port of Samana, which is said to be
ceded to the United Sta'es, is formed bv a cove some
half a mile wide and a little longer, w hich puts up from
tbe Bar into the peninsula. How deep the water is, we
have uo means of knowing, since no accurate survey of
the Bay was ever made; but the there is no doubt that
the frigate Columbus, at her recent visit, examined tbe
soundings, and found them sufficient for every purpose,
or otherwise some other point would have been treated
for. We believe there are a tew bouses there, occupied
bv wood-cutters; but on this head we have do distinct
information ; at any rate, the number of inhabitants
must be verv small. The region is remote from the
settled imriions of Dominica being about 200 miles hv
sea, the onl v convenient mode ot getting there from Si.
Domingo Citj.”
Dr. Achilu, Archbishop Hughes and the Bible.
—Dr. Achilli having made a translation of the Bible
into Italian for tbe American Bible Union.’addressed a
let er to Archbishop Hughes, from which tbe following
is an extract. He accompanied his letter with a copy of
the Bible.
‘•lf you, then, shall approre my translation as faith
ful, I with great pleasure will distribute this book am
ong my brethren of your communion, whom I love as
brethren in the Lord, and to whom I ever desire to be
useful. When I ceased to believe in certain doctrines
of the Fo ian Church, and conseq’ enly to belong to its
communion, I did not cease to hive those whom 1 had
Served wiih so much affection in my ministry, as that
ministry of mine h is never ceased, but has been greatly
enlarged, because it was formerly limited to the follow
ers of one creed, and is now extended to all. My gos
pel, as it is written in tbe book which I send you, is the
faith of all good souls which live in the Lord, and which,
although they stand among different denominations,
really and spiritually belong to one church only—that
of “ the first-born, a hose names are w ritten in Heaven.”
And this is my church. I belong to no other Os this
I am always a minister for the divine word of God.,
under “the shepherd and bishop of our souls.” As
it happen* that our Italians are scattered every where,
I mav find every where opportunity to do my work iu
the love of God and love to my neighbor.
“YV h all Christian esteem and humbleness,
“ I have the honor to be, Ac.,
“G. ACHILLI.*’
£ To this the Archbishop made the following signifi
cant replv:
“ New York, Sept 22.
? IR : —The Archbishop of New York begs uie to re
turn to vi u the accompanying copy of your translation
of the New Testament and your letter. He begs me to
add that in this he doe* not mean any offence. Yours,
Ac., M.J O’DONNELL,
G. Achilli, Esq. Private Secretary.
The Due De Grammont, a young French Nobleman
of distinguished family, was among the passengers lost
in the eteamer Arctic. He was sent to the United
states as an attache to the French Embassy at Washing
ton, and is described as an intelligent person of exceed
ing! v amiably manner* He was appointed more than
aix months ago to tbe post he was on his way to fill, but
bis depaiture had been repeatedly put off bv family cir
cumstances and other obstacles. A New York paper
says, that he was but twenty-one years of age, and the
last of bis race. He was a lineal descendant of Count
Philibert de tirammont, a famous wit of tbe Court of
Louis the XIY, who when banished from France, went
to England, and became equally famous at the dissolute
court of Charles the Second.
Good Dividend. —Taking into consideration the pes
tilential season through which we are just passing, and
which caused a general susjtension of business in our
community, the dividend declared by the Board of Di
rectors of the Bauk of the State of Georgia—tire per
cent from the profits for the last six months, equal to
twelve per cent per annum— sjteaks well of the efficient
management of that institution. The dividend will be
payable to stockholders, on and after Monday next, the
23(1 inst., as will be seen by the advertisement in anoth
er column —Savannah Republican.
Captain Luce.— The New York Express states that
Captain Luce is a native of Alexandria, in tbe State of
Virginia, and was regularly bred to the profession of a
seaman. He at one time commanded a ship from the
port of Petersburg, Virginia; he was afterwards, for
some years, commander of the ship Constellation, one
of Kermit’s line of Liverpool packets, from which ship
be was transferred to the command of the steamship
Arctic —the finest and most costly of the Collins steam
ers —and he stain reodeiei himself a popular favorite
among passengers, by his true seaman-like qualities and
ooorteous manner*. Captain Luce is about 47 years ol
age, and lives in Yonkers, New York.
Vacant Professorships at Harvard College. —
There are three v icant Professorships in Harvard Uni
versity, viz.—the M’Lean Professorship of Ancient and
Modem History, recently held hv Dr. Sparks, the du
ties of which are now performed bv a Tutor; the Smith
Professorship of French and Spanish, vacated by the
resignation of Porfreor Longfellow ; and the Hollis Pro
fessorship of Diriuity, formerly filled by the Rev. Hen
ry Ware, Senior.
Laberia. —Late acounts from this African republic
•av that the culture aid manufacture of sugar on the
Stl Paul’s river was rapidly increasing. Fine large
cane fields were to be seen in every direction, and du
ring the current season it was thought that fifty sugar
farms would be laid out. Some of the new sugar al
ready lauded at Monrovia, is said to be of fine quality-
A Hard Hit.—The Cincinnati Gazette referring to
the Let that severed paupers from Europe had been
ih p'ed back bv the authorities of Boston, says:
“%Ve mav not object to having paupers sent back to
tbe place ft t m whence *hev came, only it strike* us that
• city which permits a p .lice court to send back white
men and wo en three th >us nl mile- across the ocean,
because thev are poor, ought not to make o much fuss
ab< ut a commissioner sen ‘big a negro back to Virginia
because he is a slave. 1b n’s all.” ,
The I/ver| 00l K r'hern T mm save the’ Smith
O’Brien c me home a | us*e-ige’- bv the N’otma. having
received the Q ‘een’s t si d**n. It is not able to s y whi
ther he can e and reel to Ii g'and. biu an Ans'-alia lett tr
ol the d..y l efo e sailing of tbe packet utiu unc a that
such was bis destination.
MACON, GEORGIA
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1854.
The Health of Macon.
The Savannah Georgim and the Federal Union an
nounce upon authority, which they consider reliable, that
the Yellow Fever is in Macon; though the first named
paper very properly adds, that it doubts the correctness
of the information, as the Macon papers make no men
tion of the appearance of Y’ellow Fever in their city—
We are not disposed to think harshly of the Georgian
or Union, for giving circulation to such a report, inas
much, as there are many ot our own citizens who have
been engaged for some time past iu tbe same business,
and some, we have no doubt, who yet believe that there
have been fatal cases of the fever here, which originated
here. With a due sense of our responsibility in tbe
premises, we state that there has been no Y’ellow Fever
care in the vicinity, or in tbe corporate limits of Macon,
which was not brought directly from Charleston, Sav
annah, or Augusta, and that the city of Macon, proper,
has never been healthier at this season of the year and
for this statement, we have the grave authority of Doc
tor* and of Sexton’s report*.
There was at one time recently, a great deal ot sick
ness on tbe eastern side of the river, both within and
be o id tbe limits of East Macon, and quite a large pro
portion of the number who were attacked died. To
this sickness iu East Macon, we trace all the rumors of
the existence of Yellow Fever in our midst. As to the
character of the fever in that place, we believe that every
physician of every pat by in our city, who has had au
opportunity to see the cases, has repeatedly declared to
every one who sought his opinion, that it was not Y el
low Fever—that it was not contagious or infectious,
and that it was confined to the eastern side of the river,
and easily accounted for by local causes.
We may add that we know of no recent cases of sick
ness of any kind in East Macon, that its people are at
home pursuring their pleasure, or their business as usu
al, and giving very little heed to the reports which come
to them from abroad, that they have had Y’ellow Jack
among them without recognising the ugly customer.
Health of Savannah.
The Board of Health report twenty-six deaths for the
week ending at 9 o’clock on Tuesday evening the 17th
inst, of which eighteen were from yellow fever. The
interments for each day since that time, to the 23d
inst. have been as follows:
Wednesday, 16tb B—by yellow fever
Thursday, 19th, 5 “ “2
Friday, 20th, 3 “ “3
Saturday, 21st .....4 “ “3
Sunday, 22nd, 4 “ “0
RECAPITULATION. 3
The iuterments for the past nine weeks have been
as follows:
Interment*. Yellow Fever.
Week ending Aug. 23d 67 42
“ “ “ 29th... 92 60
“ “ Sept. Mb 123 74
“ “ “ 12th 210 129
“ “ “ 19th 199 131
“ “ “ 26th 121 85
“ “ Oct. 3d 55 27
“ “ “ 10th 33 15
“ “ “ 17th 26 18
Total for nine weeks 890 563
City Treasurer’s Reports.
The City Council, at its last meeting, pasßed a reso
lution that the Journal dr J U***nger be furnished with
a copy of the Treasurer’s .Reports for the three last
Quarters, if it choose to publish them for general infor
mation ; and we have accordingly been furnished with
a copy of the documents. They will occupy about four
columns of our paper; but we shall endeavor to publish
them in a supplement for our city readers, and Council
may pay us, or not, as it thinks proper, for the actual
expense w e shall incur.
UW At a meeting of the members of the Fire De
partment off this city, held at the Council Chamber on
Monday evening, B. F. Dense was elected Chief Engi
neer, in pl,ce of O. G. Sparks, declined, who was elected
in place of Robert Findley, resigned; and George S
Obfar was chosen Assistant Engineer.
We call the attention of our readers to the card
of If. L. Byrd, M. D., Dean of the Faculty of the Savan
nah Medical College, which may be found in our adver
tising columns.
Grand Lodge of Georgia.
The Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of
F. and A. Masons of the State es Georgia, will convene
in this city on Tuesday next, the 31st instant.
The Minutes of the Rehoboth Baptist Associa
tion, are ready for delivery to the several Churches.—
Apply at this office.
Mr. Crisp’s Company has been so well received
and so liberally patronised by the people of Columbus,
that he has concluded to remain there during the pres
ent week. A letter from his agent informs us that he
will open again in this city, at Concert Hall, on Mon
day evening next. YVe take the following notice of the
performances of this Company in Columbus, from tbe
Teme* de Sentinel:
“Tbe play-going portion of our citizens have been
much entertained during the week with the nightly
I\ierfortnances ot Mr. Crisp’s excellent company at Tem
perance Hall. The attendance has been large every
night, and we are quite sure that the performers never
a;>|ared before more delighted auditors. Indeed the
success of the company has been triumphant. We
were particularly struck with Mr. Crisp’s delineation of
Shylock, in the Merchant of Venice, and of William
in the play of Black Eyed Susan. Mrs. Crisp has met
with success in all the characters in which she has a}>-
peared, but was particularly happy in her representa
tions of Marianna, in the play of the Wife, and of Con
stance. iu Lore Chase. Mrs. Palmer won a.l hearts by
her very happy noriraiture of Minnie, in the laughable
farce of Somebody Else. Mr. Fuller is a decided favor
ite with the Columbus public, and as Peter Simpon, in
the comedy of Simpson A Cos., achieved a decided tri
umph. The other members of the company have gen
erally given satisfaction Miss Jessie is improving
rapidly as a cauiatrice, and gives promise of great ex
cellence. The Orchestra, though limited in number,
are excellent musicians, and add much to tbe interest
of the performances. We exceedingly regret that Mr.
Crisp has been compelled, in consequence of a failure
to secure Temperance Hall, to announce his “ Farewell”
on Saturday night. We hope it is only a temporary
one. He must be assured that there is no city in Geor
gia in which he has warmer friends.”
The Telegraph and the Know Nothings.
The Telegraph insists that we are rank fillibusters,
and gives it* construction of our language, as evidence ot
the fact. To avoid any controversy upon this point, we
might possibly, to gratify our cotemporary, admit the
charge; but we know that the first time we ventured
to assume the character, it would force upon us. and
aironr vocabulary in florid rhetoric, about human rights
and sympathy for oppressed peoples and the enlarge
ment of the area of freedom; it would straightway ac
cuse us of stealing its thunder and appropriating its pe
culiar cant. We must therefore content ourselves by
simply denying it, and recall the Telegraph to the
point at issue between us for several weeks past, from
which it seems disposed to escape. It has employed
the authority of Washington against Know Nothings,
and at the same time ignores his counsels upon many
other subjects, equally interesting and important. This
we charge is “grabbling” the teachings of the Father
of his country, and quoting him as the devil quotes
Scripture—to suit his own purposes. The question is
one of “ grabbling,” and the Telegraph will please to
return to it. When that is disposed of, the Telegraph
mav prove us fillibusters—if it can.
•"Sf The JMi ilnvrr mm <t- U. S. Gazette, ol Phila
delphia, announces that for the four weeks ending on
the 12th of September, there were four hundred deaths
from Y’ellow Fever in Milledgeville, and expresses its
surprise that such frightful mortality in so small a
place, should have attracted so little attention! We
are happy to be able to inform the American, and the
public generally, that it is laboring under a very seri
ous mistake, or like the Egyptian wbcu he kindles his
fire with a mummy, making light of a grave subject.—
There is no Y’ellow Fever in Milledgeville—the only
local item w hich we find in our exchanges from that
place, is the appearance of Frost—the health of the vil*
lage we believe, has been very good during the entire
fall, and its enterprising inhabitants, instead of suffer
ing from the terrible epidemic, have been busily engag
ed in building a brick bouse, and infilling uptbe gullies
which guard the approaches to the Capitol, and which,
if they reach a certain depth, a* we are informed
determine the existence of their Charter with all the
rights and franchise* it confers. There is no Y’ellow
Fever in Milledgeville.
&T An elect ion took place in Griffin on Saturday
1 ist for Mayor, to fill a vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of the gentleman who held that office. The can
didates were, W. M. Cline, democrat, and editor of the
Jefersonian, and Judge Bell, whig ; and when the votes
were counted out, the poll stood, Cline 104, Bell 86,
and C. W. C. Wright 136. We do nqf kiow how this
result was brought about
The Northern Democracy.
The Nebraska Bill —the consummation of the Com
promise policy of 1850, which a large majority of the
Southern Democracy so bitterly assailed and denounced
is acceptable to the South, and it has consequently
become a part of the policy of this same Southern De
mocracy, to represent the Northern Democracy with
which they act in support of the AdmiuistratioD, as
united in favor of that bill, and approving cordially ot
the principle of non-intervention upon the subject of
slavery in the Territories. Their northern allies are
commeuded to the support and the confidence of South
ern men, as altogether sound and reliable upon all ques
tions connected with slavery, and Southern whigs are
earnestly entreated to abandon all opposition, and to
unite with them, as the true and only defenders at the
North, of tbe rights and interests of the South. Even
since the result of the recent elections in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, have been made known, our Demo
cratic contemporaries have persisted iu this policy. YV e
do not pretend to account tor the results of these elec
tions, or to know by what influences they were brought
about; but we do know that tbe overwhelming defei t
of the Administration Party in these three great States
cannot be attributed to its support of the Nebraska Bill,
and that if there is uo reason for exultation in that de
feat, there is none whatever for regret. The Adminis
tration Party of the North never has sustained the Ne
braska Bill except as a northern measure, and aeaprac
tical triumph of Squatter Sovereignty and Free Soil.
That such is the fact we have heretofore abundantly
proved by extracts from its prominent oracles and or
gans, and we are simple enough to believe that we are
not called upon to deplore the defeat ot any party occu
pying such s position. .
But, a general election will take place in Michigan
on the 7thof November—the Administration Party will
be routed, and Southern Administration organs will
straightway declare that it suffered deteat on account
of its devotion to the South, and attempt to make capi
tal out of the fact. Let us, therefore, in anticipation ol
these things, enquire what is really and in truth the
position of the Administration Party in Michigan in the
canvass which is now progressing in that State.
The following article is from the Free Press, General
Cass’ home organ and echo, and the leading journal of
the Administration party of the State. YVe do that
party no injustice by assuming that this article properly
represents their position upon the Nebraska Bill; and
that position as gathered from this article, against Mr.
Howard, a whig candidate for Congress, is that it is a
I triumph of Squatter Sovereignty and Free Soil; and
j that for these reasons they sustain it:
i “ YY’e cannot doubt that the Detroit Tribune speaks
by authority when it announces, as it did on Tuesday,
that Mr. William A. Howard ‘is in favor of repealing
the Nebraska act.’ The Tribune is Mr. Howard’s pe
culiar organ, aud it would hardly make so material a
statement without the kuowledg’e aud consent of the
person most interested.
Let it be known, then, that Mr. Howard is in favor
of repealing the Nebraska act. Let it be known that he
\ is infavor of re-establishing a line south of which slavery
was and would continue to be legalised by Congress.
Let it be known that he is in favor of despoiling thou
sands of settlers in Nebraska and Kansas of their rights
acquired under the present law.
We thank the Tribune for its announcement. W’e
; now know where Mr. Howard stands. W’e can now
1 drive the nail through him and clinch it on the other
side. He is in favor of the old odious Missouri com
promiseline—a line which the anti-slavery people of the
: Myth have condemned from tbe day of its establishment
up to the time Mr. Dixon, of Kentucky, proposed to re
peal it. He is in favor —for that would be the inevitable
effect of re-establishing the line— of consigning all the
Louisiana Territory south of Zb deg. 30 min. to slavery ;
and this territory is extensive enough for a half dozen
States!
Mr. Howard must stand up to the naked declaration
that he is in favor of repealing the Nebraska act. YVhen
the Nebiaska act is repealed, the Missouri line will be
reinstated, and slavery will be legalized south of it!
Mr. Stuart is opposed to the repeal of the Nebraska
i act. He does not believe that Congress has power to es
\ tablish slavery in the Territories, nor, of course, to pro
hibit it. The whole question belongs to the people, and
I with them the Nebraska act places it.”
Political Proscription—The Atlanta Exam
iner and the Know Nothings.
The Atlanta Examiner is exceedingly wroth because
a few men cal'ing themselves YY’higs are permitted to
hold petty offices upon the State Road, and mourns
over the evil days upon which the Democracy has fal
len, now that it has erased to recognise that great fun
damental truth taught by its Fathers, “ To the victors
belong the spoils.” We take the following extract from
an article in its issue of the 17th inst.;
W’e had hoped that ere this, some steps would have
been taken to remove from office the Whigs and Know-
Nothings left in office by the preceding administration
of tbe State Road. W’e are now fully satisfied that
there will be no removals for political'causes. This is
to be regretted for many reasons, and not the least of
them is that faith has not been kept with the Demo
cratic party by those whom it elected to offices of high
trust, or to speak more correctly, the interests if the
party are utterly disregarded by those who owe every
thing to it. YY’e do not pretend to say who is to blame
in this matter; we cannot put our finger upon the
guilt individual for the reason that these things are all
done in the dark. But wo unto them who having the
power, have not had the courage to use it for the benefit
of that party, which has made them what they are, and
has iveu them whatever of dignity they possess for
they will be remembered by the party in the hour of
its triumph.
The Federal Union of yesterday notices this paragraph
of the Examiner, as “an insidious attack upon Gov.
Johnson,” and straightway makes it the occasion for a
regular flourish obligato, about the wisdom the Execu
tive has exhibited in the administration of the affairs
of the State Road, and the devotion he has always
shown to the interests of Democracy. W'e have no dis
position to interfere in this quarrel, which is a very
pretty one as it stands, and no design to comment upon
the bold avowals of the Examiner, that proscription
for political causes is necessary and right, that the
spoils belong to the victors, and that office must be used
to promote the interests of the Party which conferred
it. But, tbe Exiiminer has been somewhat distinguish
ed for the bitterness with which it has attacked Know
Nothings, and resented their proscription for political
cause, of citizens of foreign birth. W’e beg to suggest,
that YV’bigß as a class, are quite as good as foreigners,
and that the Examiner can, with very little consistency,
resent the proscription of the one, whilst it urges the
proscription of the other, and exhibits such a keen ap
petite for their blood. If hereafter, the Democracy is
proscribed because it courts the foreign vote, by the
Native American spirit which is aroused from one end
of this Union to the other, the Examiner must not re
sent it, but remember that Know Nothings then will
be carrying out the lesson it now teaches, and recall
with what philosophy it may, the fate of the man who
invented the Guillotine.
The Richmond Enquirer continues its war upon
General Cass, and seems determined to read that excel
lent old word-monger out of the Democratic party, be
cause he has dared to assert that the passage of the Ne
braska bill was a practical recognition of his doctrine of
Squatter Sovereignty; and to congratulate his Michi
gan constituency that it was at the same time a triumph
of Free Soil. In a recent article, the Enquirer says:
“ YV’e know we speak the universal sentiment of the
South, in reprobating the conduct of Gen. Cass, iu re
pudiating his pretensions to Southern confidence and
support, and this consciousness cheers and encourages
us in our resolution to expose the treachery of the per
fidious ally. If the public services of Gen. Cass were
as conspicuous and meritorious as the extravagant pan
egyric of partial friends represent; if he could boast
the zeal anil energy of Benton and Y'an Buren in the
dav of their fidelity to the South and the party, the
principles which he maintains would impose upon us
the obligation io disown him as we prescribe them. If
we would preserve the health ol the body, we must lop
off’ the leprous limbs. If we wish the Democratic parly
to its erect attitude, and its sound, healthful
organization, we must inflict appropriate punishment
on heretical opinion and treacherous conduct. The es
sential, indispensable condition of sympathy and asso
ciation, between the Democrat of the South and the
Democrat of the North, is that the one shall maintain
no principles and pursue uo policy mimical to the l ights
and interests of the other.”
Dr. Hoyt and Ilorsc Flesh.
YY’e find the following card in the Southern Pinner
of the 19th inst., w hich we republish for the benefit of
those who know the venerable and able minister whose
name is signed to it, and—his besetting sin :
“Extraordinary Kindness to an old Pastor.—
The public will pardon the undersigned for again giving
expression to his heart-lolt gratitude to those friends
i many of them the same that were alluded to in my
former card,) who have so kindly urged and aided me
to procure not only a pair of family horses, but also a
new and most comfortable buggy.
One fact speak* volumes in favor of the kindness and
liberality of Athenian friends towards one, w ho, while
he lives, can never cease to appreciate that kindness.
Would that other congregations and communities
would follow the noble example of my Athenian friends,
and go and do likewise to their Pastor. Tbe fact is
this: 1 now have a pair of young ami valuable horse*,
and a beautiful new buggy, and exclusive of what I
received to my o<d establisement, (hot se and buggy)
/have paid but simply (sls) fifteen dollars.
Who among all the Pastors in Georgia, has more
cau-<lto love the people among whom his lot is cast
than NATHAN HOYT.
October 10,1554.”
The Rev, Dr. Ives, the Protestant Bi.-diop of
North Carolina, who was recently converted to Catho
licism, has returned from Europe, and is stopping with
his brother-in-law, Rev. Dr. Hobart, of New Y ork.
U. S. Senators from Vermont.
Tbe Legislature of Y’erroont has elected Lawrence
Brainerd and Jacob Collamer, Senators from that State
in the Congress of the United States; the former for
the remainder of the term of Win. Cpham, deceased,
which expires in March, 1855, aud the latter for a full
term of six years from that time. Both may be classed
.is Free Soilers, and both are opposed to the Adminis
tration. Mr. Collamer was Post Master General during
the Administration of General Taylor and the first and
only citizen of Vermont who has ever had a seat in the
Cabinet.
.Marcy’s Costume Circular.
YY’e take the following extract from a speech deliver
ed in November, 1858, before the Alumni of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, by the Hon. Charles J. Inger
soil, for many years a prominent Democratic Represen
tative in Congress from the city of Philadelphia:
Self-made men, without early education, sometimes,
hough bv no means often, rise to great distinction,
like the American monarch, or dulce facile princeps ,
utd model of that aristocracy of mind, our fellow
townsman, Franklin. But how he cherished aud pa
tronized education and learning!
An Executive emanation has lately called such Euro
>ean a9 well as American attenlion to his dress as may
warrant notice of that supposed reform. During seve
ral years’ residence among the high society ot London,
Franklin, conspicuous not only as a man of science, but
idmirable conformist, by good sense, to good breeding
and its advantages, easily became an accomplished
tourtier, and his manners were as pleasing as his dis
coveries were striking, his billets-.doitx as captivating
is his public correspondence was commanding; he
was a gentleman and a lady’s man. His natural son,
r be Governor of New Jersey, lived here iu rich and
fashionable state; and that son’s uatural son, who ac
companied his grandfather to France, afterwards lived
till he died in Paris in elegant pleasure.
YVhen the ci devant old printer, more than seventy
vears old, repaired thitherto plead for his forlorn coun
try at tbe most magnificent, and fastidious, and satirical
court ot Europe, the transatlantic octogenarian was no
peasant of the Danube, no boor oi contemner of the
mwever frivolous conventionalities of courts and fash
ionable society, 4jut kuew perfectly how to estimate
them at whatever they might be worth, and they were
sometimes worth a treaty or a peace. Dressed like
other old gentlemen, as his picture with one of his kin
dred in this city, transfigured on innumerable sign
posts, testifies, his garb was courtlv. like his manners,
and like those of his successor, Jefferson, and ot Jeffer
son’s successor, YVm. Short, long well known in Phila
delphia as a model of that attractive demeanor and
playful ease which characterized Talleyrand, Metter
nich, and many more of the deepest thinkers. If I arn
not mistaken, Franklin was not accredited as a minis
ter, and could not therefore appear in that highly ex
clusive sanctuary, the court circle. But of his dre-s
and address, manners, habits, and charming inter
course, there is plenty of traditionary and literary evi
dence. The only historical record except the pictorial,
I am aware of, of his clothes, however, is in a letter to
Fox from Grenville, who, with Oswald, represented the
British Government at Paris, in which letter he states
Franklin’s sturdily patriotic declaration not to sign the
treaty of peace and independence in any other dress
than that he wore when YY’edderburn abused him at
the British Privy Council.
While American foreign ministers, like all other men
of the world, will best represent good breeding and ac
complish desirable ends by simplicity of dress and ad
dress; vet the American Government should attest its
conviction that social singularity is never useful; that
its foreign ministers, even with the vis a hr go of a for
midable uation to uphold them, ought to be gentlemen
as well as statesmen; and that men like Franklin,
rather than those supposed to be dressed like him, will
best serve this ambitious republic. The same attempt
to reform dress was made at the outset of Jackson’s
administration, aud failed entirely. The philosophy of
a court dress is not its finery, but like Penn’s dress
and those of the Quakers, it does not change with the
fashions.
As this archaiology of garb conies with the authority
of state papers and personages, let us follow it for a mo
ment from Franklin’s to YVashington’s outward man,
since to the same chief magistrate who lately ordered a
reform of dress it has been objected by public journals
that he drives a fine carriage, with well dressed ser
vants, and rides and dresses with some display. Many
of those here present, and all Philadelphians sixty
vears old, must remember Washington's dress and
equipage before reform was intolerant or progress ram
pant. His coach arid six stately horses, with several
servants in gay liveries; the court dress and small
sword in whieli he delivered his consecrated farewell
address; the simple dignity with which he resided, as
some of the still extant city directories of that time re
gister, as “George Washington, President of the Uni
ted States, No. 190 High street;” that dwelling and
his Presidential dignity there were highly characteristic
of the wonderful man, of whom the more we learn the
greater is the universal admiration, not only of the vir
tue and wisdom, but of the order, method, system, de
portment, the sagacious greatness in little things ns
well as imperturbable rectitude on great occasions of
the first chief magistrate, whose republican example
was the precedent to settle destinies.
The original manuscripts may yet be published, as
sac similes of his public accounts have been. I have
had and read the originals in his plain, clear handwri
ting—of his careful directions to his secretary, Tobins
Lear, when coming to Philadelphia to be inaugurated
as first President. Wisely deeliuingthe house prepared
for him, and refusing to be the tenant of the public, he
desired Mr. Lear to take a suitable one for his resi
dence; gave the most minute instructions as to the
kind of horses he preferred ; the liveries of his servants ;
their color, cut, and facings; the kind of jockey caps
to be worn bv his postillions; the sort of tassels he de
sired for their caps; in short, particularized all these
seeming trivialities of parade as thoroughly as if they
were the plan of a great battle, or the outline of an in
augural speech.
Garb, equipage, and other externals, are insignificant
objects of either animadversion or reform. Federalists
made little out of Jefferson’s plush breeches, and dem
ocrats as little out of his French dinners. Material
changes have reduced the personal ostentation formerly
common, without preventing the private luxury and
ruinous extravagance of which in Washington or Jef
ferson’s time there was no conception. Cotton has so
cheapened ns to nearly equalize dress for all mankind :
god-send by slavery, which difiuses liberty over all
Christendom.
A partisan speech in Congress, denouncing the orna
ments of a President’s table, may have its vulgar run.
But the moral of such vulgarity comes when another
member, turning drunkard as lew gentlemen of educa
tion do, misspends in coarse sensuality at home the
outfit given to him with a foreign appointment, without
ever going abroad, wi'h the means furnished to supply
himself with the materials universal in other countries
of polite and practical conviviality, by which treaties
are suggested and hostilities prevented.
The Grinnell Exploring Expedition. —The New
Y’otk Herald publishes a letter from Mr. Adams, sur
geon ol the brig Advance, commanded by the intrepid
Kane, written in Baffin’s Bay, in July, 1853. The
health of the persons composing the expedition contin
ued good, and an enthusiastic determination to perse
vere in endeavoring to ascertain the tiite of the lost
Franklin animated each and all of the gallant party.
According to the plan agreed upon before the Advance
left New York, her arrival there mav be looked for du
ring the present month or early in November. Should
she fail to reach port within that time, it will probably
be because Capt. Kane had determined to continue his
researches in the Arctic regions for another season.
The searching expedition tinder Sir Edward Belcher,
whose return to Englaud has been announced, state that
they were unable to obtain any information of the
American expedition after it left Apet uavik.
Discovery of the Remains ofSir John Frank
lin.
New Y’ouk, October 21.
A dispatch to Fir George Samson, Governor of the
lludsou Bay Territory, narrates the discovery of the
remains ot Sir John Franklin’s Company, starved to
death in the spring of 1850, near Fox river.
UW There will be three brothers, the Messrs.
YVashburn, in the next Congress. The only previous
occurrence of such an incident was in the Congress of
1826-27. The brothers then were YY’illiain and John
Findlay, Setiatorand Representative from Pennsylvania
and James Findlay, Representative from Ohio.
Rev. Dr. Rice, of S'. Louis, Mo., has taken the
editorial chair of the St. Louis Presbyterian.
The Gov. of Maine has appointed Thursday, the
30th of November as a day oi thanksgiving.
A merchant in New Y'ork, named Bunco, has
been bound over in New York in the sum of $20,000, to
answer the charge of fitting out a slaver for the coast
of Africa.
Unprecedented Duck Shooting.— The Petersburg
(Y'a.) Express chronicle* an extraordinary feat accom
plished a dav or two since by Mr. llenrv Covington of
Chesterfield! He foiled fifty-seven wild ducks at one
shot, in said countv, at the junction ofSwift Creek with
the Appomatox. The Express says : “It is unpreceden
ted in the annals of duck shooting, and we challenge
the world to beat it.”
Statistics ok M vthimony. —According to the British
Census just published, during the year 1852, there were
two mules married at the age ot 16, and 159 females;
while there were also 23 females who entered the bonds
of wedlock at 15 years of age. There were five men,
all widowers, who married at the age ol 80. One of
these married a woman of 55, another of 60; two wo
men of 40, and another a ladv of 35. One old lady, 80
years of age. united herself to a gentleman of three
score years and ten. Between the ages ot 60 and 75,
778 men married, and 254 women. Thus it appears
that the women, if they begin eat her, also, as urule
leave off earlier than the men. Ihe unions contracted
between bachelors aud spinsters were 130,672, between
bachelors and widows 6,696, between widowers and
spinters 14,040, and between widowers and widows,
7,370.
It is remarked that the darkness of ignorance appears
to he in uo way alarmed by ‘he torch ol Hymen, lor the
humiliating fact appears that, out of the 817,564 per
sons married, 119,192, or considerably more than one
third, signed the register with marks, Oi these igno
ramuses. 48,421 were men, and i0,i22 were women. In
56,636 cases, both signed the register with marks, and
iu 45,924 ca-es one of the contracting parties signed
with a mark. Possibly the nervous timidity winch is
frequently exhibited by the “weaker vessel at the al
ter, accounts for the extraordinary want ot ability which
they display to sign their names; or possibly iheir anx
iety to assume anew name, makes them hasten to re
pudiate the old. To whatever cause attributable, tie
fact stands as stated iu the inexorable columns of tL*
Registrar-General.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP BALTIC.
New York, Oct. 16.
The American mail steamer Baltic arrived here this
afternoon with advices from Liverpool to the 4th in
slant, being three days later.
The Market.
Liverpool, Oct. 4. —Messrs. Brown A Shipley re
port cotton as having advanced %and. The sales of the
three days had been but 80,000 bales; the advance be
ing in consequence of the unfavorable report of the
growing crops and the victories in the Crimea.
Breadstuff's.—Richardson reports Breadstuff's quiet.
For retail good was firm, and inferior a trifle easier.—
Corn —McMacken quotes corn advanced Is; the quota
tions being 303. Western canal flour is quoted at 81s.
and Ohio at 84s.
Provisions. —McHenry quotes Bacon unchanged in
every respect. Cheese wanted. Lard and Tallow dull.
Bice, nothing doing.
Consols are quoted at 95% a 95%.
From the N. Y. Courier A Enquirer.
FULL PARTICULARS FROM THE SEAT
OF WAR.
Our last advices from Europe, per Europa, via Hali
fax, stated that news of a great battle was looked for
from hour to hour. Eight hours after the Europa sail
ed from Liverpool the following highly important in
telligence arrived:
One of the most sanguinary battles of modern times
has been fought and Sebastopol has fallen ! The facts,
as far as known, are that a battle took place on the 20th
at the river Alma—the French and English, with a loss
of two thousand eight hundred killed and wounded,
stormed the Russian entrenchments and drove the ene
mv back. The Russians appear to have made a stand
on the Katscha, and another battle was fought there,
the 23d September, resulting in the defeat of the Rus
sians, who were pursued by the Allies to the landward
walls of Sebastopol More fighting took place under
the walls. On the 25th, Fort Constantine was invested
by sea and land, and after an obstinate defence,
carried bv storm. The Allies then bombarded the c 'ty
and the fleet. Ten Russian ships ( ,f the line were
burned and sunk ; the remaining forts were carried,
one after another, eight hundred guns were silenced,
twenty-two thousand prisoners w’ere taken, and the
Russian loss in dead and disabled estimated at not less
than eighteen thousand in Sebastopol alone In the
midst of this tremendous havoc, Menschikoff, with the
shattered remains ol his force, retired into a position in
the inner harbor, and threatened to fire the town and
blow up the remaining ships, unless the victors would
giant him an honorable capitulation.
The Allied Generals demanded his unconditional sur
render, and in the name ot humanity, gave h : m six
hours for consideration The six hours had not expired
when the last advices left, but it was rumored that he
had surrendered, and that the French and English flags
waved over Sebastopol.
Latest. —Menshikoff has surrendered.
The Rattle of the Alma.
The following are the official despatches, as commu
nicated to the English public:
Copy of a telegraphic despatch from Viscount Stratford
de Redclitte to the Earl of Clarendon, dated Constan
tinople, September 23, 1854.
“The entrenched camp of the Russians, containing
50,000 men, with a numerous artillery and cavalrv, on
the heights of the Alma, was attacked on the 20th inst.,
at 1 P. M.. by the allied troops, and carried by the
bayonet at half-past three, with a loss on our side of
about 1,400 killed and wounded, and an equal loss on
the side of the French. Tbe Russian army was forced
to put itself in full retreat.”
“The Duke of Newcastle feels it his duty, in publish
ing this telegraphic despatch, to caution the public
against expecting anv details for several days. He fears
none can be received before the Cth of October.
“Everything which is received by the Government
will be published immediately.
“War Department, September 30, 1854.”
War Department, Oct. 1, 1854.
The Duke of Newcastle has this day received a tele
graphic despatch from General Lord Raglan, of which
the following is a translation :
“Copy of a telegraphic despatch from General Lord
Raglan to the Duke of Newcastle, transmitted through
Belgrade, not dated, but evidently from tbe 21st Sep
tember:
“The allied armies yesterday attacked the position of
the enemy on the banks of the Alma, and carried it af
ter a desperate battle about one hour and a half before
sunset. Nothing could surpass tbe bravery and excel
lent conduct of tbe troops. The posiiion was very for
midable, and defended by a numerous artillery of heavy
calibre. Our loss, I regret to add, is very considerable,
but no general officer has been wounded. The main
body of the army of the enemy was estimated at from
4.5,(100 to 50,000 infantry. A few prisoners, among
whom are two general officers and two guns, havebeen
taken by the English. (Signed,)
Ragland.”
From other sources we learn that the Russian artil
lery was arranged in three batteries, and that the Rus
sian force was quite 50,000 men, including a fair pro
portion of cavalry. The battle commenced at one o’-
clock afternoon, and at three o’clock the Russian posi
tion was carried by the bayonet. Marshal St. Arnaud
and Lord Raglan commanded personally. Three Eng
lish steamers protected the passage of the Alma, from
the sea. Gen. Thomasson (French) was shot in the ab
domen, supposed fatally; and Gen. Canrobert was woun
ded in the snoulder.
The following from the Moniteur, is the despatch
from Marshal St. Arnaud to his government:
“Bivouac on the Alma, Sept. 20.
‘ We encountered the enemv to day on the Alma.—
The muddy ravine through which the river runs, stud
ded with houses, and having very steep slopes on the
loft bank, was occupied bv the enemv in great force.—
These slopes were strongly entrenched and covered by
a powerful artillery. The allied armies attacked those
difficult positions with unparalleled vigor. Our sol
diers advanced to the assault with cries of Vive /’ Em
perenr ! and carried all before them ! The battle last
ed four hours, and our loss was 1,400 killed and woun
ded. lam yet ignorant of the loss sustained bv the
English army, which fought valiantly against an obsti
nate resistance. Signed St. Arnaud.”
Operations Threatened in the Baltic.
A dispatch from Berlin dated September 29, states
that the French Admiral Duthenes has had his return
to I’ranee countermanded. He is ordered to collect his
ships in Kiel Bay, and to take them back to the Gulf of
Finland.
The Dannbe.
The Turks are hastening through Bulgaria, by forced
marches, on the sea-coast.
The News of the Victory.
V) hen the news reached Constantinople, it was or
dered that thecity should be illuminated for ten success
ive days! Marseilles was illuminated when the news
was brought to that port. On reaching Boulogne the
despatch was conveyed at once to the Emperor, who
was engaged in reviewing the troops. He hastily pe
rused the cypher, then turned to his generals and said
quietly, “Sebastopol est prise!” The announcement
was received with cheers, and was briefly communica
ted by the Emperor to the army. He said—“ This
news was probable. I have now the happiness to an
nounce it to von myself, and at the moment I speak I
little doubt that the flags of the allied armies are float
ing on the walls of Sebastopol.”
At Liverpool, Manchester, and other cities, the news
was welcomed by the ringing of the church bells, and
bv the display of flags. At London, the Lord Mavor
and the civil authorities, shortly before 10 o’clock on
the evening of Saturday, Septeinber 30, proceeded to
the Royal Exchange, to proclaim the victory of Al
ma.
France and England Demand Explanation
from the United States.
The Faris correspondent of the usually well informed
Independence Beige, under date September 28tb, says:
“There is an on Jit here respecting a joint note sent by
1 ranee and England to the Cabinet ot Washington, re
quiring explanations of the engagements entered into
between the United States and Russia, especially with
respect to the uature and conditions of an acquisition
said to be made by the Government of the Unitea States,
ot Russian possessions situate at the most northern ex
tremity of America.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP AFRICA.
New York, Oct. 20th.
The Br. Mail Steamship Africa has arrived at this
port from Liverpool whenee she sailed on the 7th. The
accounts by her are three days later than those by the
Baltic.
Liverpool Markets.
Cotton.—The sales for the week, amount to 60,000
hales. 1 lie market closed quietly. Prices unchanged.
Breadstuff's.—Flour had advanced one to two shil
lings. Corn was easier.
Money.—Consols closed at 95%.
The Greatest Hoax yet—The Exciting News
Received by the Baltic False—Sebastopol
not taken—Meuschikofi still holding on.
The advices brought bv the Baltic are totally talse.—
All Europe is astonished* at the successful hoax perpe
trated.
The latest accounts received in London previous to
the sailing of the Africa, state that Sebastopol was
regularly beseiged, the fighting was uninterupted, hut
no news ol decisive battles had been received.
Dispatches to the latest moment, sav, that Prince
Menschikoff after hard fighting, was forced to retire
within the walls of Sebastopol, which place was invest
ed both by sea, and by land.
The town of Anapa on the Circassian coast, together
with its fortifications, had been burnt, and file troops
from them joined the forces uuder the command of
Menschikoff.
The Allies have carried the second line of defence,
and now auimaud all approaches to the city ot Sebas
topol.
The Latest from the Seat of War.
Baltimore Oct. 22d.
The latest accounts from the seat of war, brought by
the Steamer Fairy arrived at Marseilles (Franee), state
that the second line of defence, was carried on the 29th
ult., and that Menschikoff had been driven outside the
walls ol Sebastopol, where he awaited reinforcements.
Ax Exemplary Jt dos. —The most extraordinary in
stance of patience on record in modern times, is that of
an Illinois Judge, who listened silently for two days
while a couple ot worthy attorneys contended about the
consti uctiou of an act of the Legislature and then ended
the controversy by quieily remarking, “Gentlemen,the
law is repealed.”
“Progress” of Civilization. —Ellis Buffington and
William England, Cherokee Indians, receutly met each
other on Grand River, in the Cheroke Nation, and in a
fight with pistols and bowie-knives both were killed.
Espartero.
His strongly marked eyebrows, the sternly tegard of
his eye, his slightly closed lips, and the w ,uth of bis
chin,* announce that no oscillations are to be looked for
in him when once his will has been declared. Esparte
ro commands respect by other physical and moral quali
ties. Os middle height, sixty years of age at least, but
not looking more than fifty, he bears on his lofty fore
head, in his black eye, and on his lips turning readily to
a smile, a great appearance of kindness, ftankness, and
courage carried to recklessness. By the services which
he has rendered, he is the first of all the living Spanish
commanders. He is a good comrade for hts soldiers,
and when he saw the troops suffering from want of sup
plies, Espartero often engaged his private tot tune to
wards the contractors. Ft is in that way that, being a
rich man when he assumed the chief command, he was
infinitely poorer when he laid it down. _His fortune
comes from his wife, the daughter of a rich banker;
and she never hesitated to give her signature when it
was called for to serve the army. Espartero had him
self no fortune—nothing but his sword. Os an honest
but obscure family, he has hud always the good sense
not to deny his origin. One day- during hts regency
there was a grand soiree at Buena Vista, and an uucte
and two female cousins of the Regent were announced.
The uncle was a small contractor for roads in La Man
cha, and his daughters, dressmakers. The Duke at
once went to meet his relatives, received them most
kindly, and left every one stiuek with that democratic
pride which showed itself so gracefully in the paluce of
kings. There is nothing in all this, certainly, which
amounts to absolute proof that Espartero will be equal
to the mission assigned to him. And yet a man’s an
tecedent conduct is one of the elements that serve best
to enable the world to form a judgment of his future
conduct. —Paris Siecle.
The Sultan.
Abdul-Medjik-Khan was born on the 11th of the
month Chaaban, in the year 1238 of the Hegira, (23d
April, 1823,) and has, therefore, in this present year
(1853) attained the age of thirty years. Ascending the
throne, where he succeeded the Sultan Mahmoud, at the
age of sixteen years, he has already reigned fourteen
years. His impassive countenance appears to me to
wear the air of profound satiety of power; an expres
sion of fixed and intense ennui, always unchangeable,
and eternal as the mountains, seems to form a mask, as
it w ere, of mat hie upon his visage, and give sternness
and permanence to features by no means regular. His
nose has not the aquiline curve belonging to the strict
ly Turkish tvpe ; his cheeks ate pale, marked with lines
indicative of fatigue, and contrasted with a soft brown
beard; and his forehead, in so far as the fez leaves is
visible, seents large and full. His eyes I can compare
to nothing but suns of black, fixed in a sky of diamond.
No object seems to reflect itself in them. One would
suppose them the eyes of an ecstatic, absorbed bv some
vision not apparent to the vulgar gaze. For the res’,
his physiognomy is not sombre, nor terrible, nor cruel,
but simply extra human ; I can find no better word.—
One felt that this young man, seated like a deity upon
a golden throne, had nothing more to desire in the
world; that alt the most golden dreams of humanity
were to him but worn-out and insipid realities; and
that he was gradually freezing out of the reach of the
warm sympathies of our nature, in the frigid atmos
phere ot such utter solitude. In fact, that from the
height of his grandeur he looked down upon the earth
as upon a vague mist, from amid which the heads of
the most elevated alone were visible, and even those
beneath his feet. — Gautier's Constantinople of To-day
Fkm alb Physicians. —A ’ad v suffers from a headache,
the female physician is called in, and prescribes anew
bonnet. Another female doctor finds her patient dying
to go to the seaside. The husband might as well write
anti take the lodgings instantly; the doctor will be
sure to order it.
Prescriptions will be made up of new dresses, bon
nets, boxes at the opera, broughams, a party now and
then, increased allowances for housekeeping, trips out
ot town, and the thousand and one other little whims
which ladies are constantly “dying” to he indulged
in.
The doctor will declare late hours on the husband’s
E art most dangerous ; order them, as they prize their
ealth, to leave off dining at their clubs ; tell them that
latch keys are undermining his constitution ; that cold
mutton once a week on washing days is highly benefi
cial to the system; and as for smoking in the drawing
room, or bringing men home unexpectedly to dinner—
they would not answer for their lives a single day un
less they give up such unwholesome practices.
Women have got already quite sufficient means of
mastering us. Let them have doctors ot their own sex
to assist them, and the husbaud's case will be indeed a
hard one.
“Perhaps, after all, there is no great absurdity in the
notion of female physicians. All physicians except
those who practice gratuitously, may be designated by
the word female spelt with another e; and there are not
a few of whom that is all that can be said. If the head
of a woman is not calculated for the formation of a di
agnosis, she can at least shake it in a difficult case, as
effectually as a man can ; and, having a softer and mon
musical voice than the masculine, she is better qualified
than most men are for that large part of medical prac
tice which consists in whispering comfort to invalids.”
Punch.
Japan Letter Paper. —The editor of the New York
Herald has been shown a letter written by an officer ot
the Japan Squadron, upon paper of native manufacture.
Its texture is remarkably light; so much so indeed that
it is described as something between the finest bank
note paper and gossamer. And vet, though it is appa
rently of the very flimsiest material, it is remarkubh
strong and cohesive. It appears to be, and probably is,
manufactured out of a pulp made of rice. The paper is
ornamented, and perhaps solilied, bv a veining of some
pretty design, somewhat in thesame manner as the wa
tering on some bank note paper. The specimens areot
diverse patterns. One of the designs consists of sexu
gonal geometrical figures of an inch in circumference,
and comprising several lines most ingenouslv connect
ed together into a sort of Chinese puzzle, the key to
which it is impossible to find. The other two have
flowery and beautifully carved designs which, with the
gossamer texture of the paper, gives it the appearance
of Honiton lace. They were all of the ordinary note pa
per size. The paper must be admirable adapted to re
ceive and retain ink. as the writing had all the appear
ance of superior lithography.
Tanning Cotton and Linen. —English and F;e tch
fishermeu have been long in the habit of tanning their
sails, etc , in bark liquors in order to render them more
durable. Milliet states that pieces of linen, treated for
72 hours with an oak bark liquor, at 150 degrees, and
stretched on frames, remained unaltered in a damp cel
lar for ten years; while untanned linen in the same
place and for the same time, had entirely rotted. It was
further shown that linen, which had begun to moulder,
might be preserved from further change bv being tan
ned. It seems to be only necessary that the articles
should be kept two or three and iys in a warm solution of
tannin. Awnings may be treated in this manner with
either oak bark or sumac—both will answer. This will
afford a useful hiut to our sail cloth manufacturers.
Influence or Islands on Napoleon’s Destiny. —
An islattdfgave birth to Napoleon ;|nrrested in his career,
he seeks shelter in an island, and from that island re
turns again to shake the world with the thunder of his
tread ; fallen, he is sent from an island to die on an is
land, killed by an island power. He ‘ sites from the
sea to begin his course: and that course niltilled, sinks
again in the ocean. What myth may not the future
found upon these curious coincidences, when ephem
eral history shall have disappeared, and given place to
immortal poetry!
Facts. —Os every 73 inhabitants of the United States,
one dies every year.
Os the free inhabitants of the United States, 17,70Q,-
000 and a few more are natives; 2,200,000 and a few
more were born in other countries.
Os the youth of the United States, 4,000,000 were at
school on the Ist of June 1850 ; that is, there was one
youth under instruction for every five free inhabitants.
In the United State, there is one church for every
646 of the population.
These figures are according to the census of 1850.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, OCT. 13, 1854.
REGULAR meeting.
Present—E. L. Strohecker, Mayor,
Aid. Holt, Wise, Thomson, Ayres, Levy and Rogers.
Absent —Aid. North and Ross.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con
firmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported tolls for the week to
date #lOl 15.
The Finance Committee, to whom was referred tbe ac
count of 11. W. Shaw, made the following report, which
was adopted, viz : Your committee do not admit the
legality ot the above account, and beg to be discharged
from the further consideration of the same.
The Marshal's report for last week received and filed.
The Fiuance coinmit:ee reported in favor of the fol
lowing accounts, which were ordered paid, to wit:
Chas. Campbell’s, amount £26 50; M. Stubblefield’s
$288; L. B. Everett’s $49 50; C. W. Ruble's $2-5 50;
Davis Smith, jr, $34 12; Daniel Culver’s $194; James
Smith's N. York, $548 27.
Also they report having examined the Treasurer’s 3d
quarter’s account and found it correct.
The committee on Fire Department would recom
mend a deduction of fitly Dollars on Mr. Jas. Smith s
bill of New Y ork on account of defective hose.
C. P. LEVY’. 1
P. S. HOLT, > Committee.
J. B. AYRES,}
The report was adopted.
The Street committee made their report as required,
upon the safety of the Culvert or Bridge in Poplar and
Fourth Street, and recommended a wooden Bridge be
substituted. On motion the report was recommitted to
said committee, to report the probable cost of sufficient
ly enlarging said Culvert to pass the water freely, also
of the cost of a Bridge and abutments of dimensions to
accoiumodule the travel over said Street.
Dr. \V. G. Little’s petition referred to the undersign
ed committee, report that uj>on examination of the ditch,
complained of, would recommend its being logged
from the bridge opposite Dr. Harrison’s as far as neces
sary or suitable distance and filled up so as to form a
surface Sewer, in such a manner as to be conveniently
passed by carriages, Ac.
p } h P. S. HOLT,
G. T. ROGERS.
Report adopted.
The Finauee Committee having referred to them the
claim against A. Scott’s estate, report that for all li
censes the officer granting the saute is liable for the tax
due thereon, and it time he given it at his own risk.
P. S. HOLT. Ch’r.
G. T. ROGERS.
Report adopted.
Resolved, That Mr. Freeman be relieved from res
ponsibility in the matter of license against the estate of
Scott.
It being announced that 0. G. Sparks, Esq., had
been elected Chief Engineer of the Fire Deoartm„„.
Wednesday last by the Fire Companies, nt 08
On motion of Aid. Holt,
Resolved, That tbe election of 0. G. Starks K.
firmed as Chief Engineer. Carried. °*coq.
To the Honorable Mayor andCitv Council of the r *
ot Macon: “ e
Gents—At the election for Chief Eouinaer W-t i .
Council room on last Wednesday ni<rht I w
Chief Eng .Owing to the fact that the efe*
was pirttetpaied tn only partially bv the whole s ‘, 8
pnrtmen! of the city, I must beg leive to decline
cejitii: V’ of; he office.
Yours respectfully, 0. G. SPaRKc
Macon, October 13th, 1854. AKKS -
motion tbe resignation ofO. G. Sparks w*accept.
On motion of AM. Holt,
Resolved, That Monday the 28d inst. be set down r
the election of Chief Engineer of the Fire cotnnaniL
this city. Carried. * w
A petition from John Knight, for privilege at his ow
expense to continue the ditch from the corner of P;
and Third Streets to the ditch at the corner of Thi!'!
and Plumb Streets, was received and referred m
Street committee. 188
Freetnan A Roberts’ account for sundries for Hook and
Ladder company was referred to Finance committee *
Council then adjourned.
Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c . e.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, Oct. 20, 1854.
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—E. L. Strohecker, Mayor.
Aid. Ayres, North, Thomson, “Holt and Rogers.
Absent—Aid. Ross, Wise, and Levy.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con
firmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported tolls for the week to
date, S7B 55.
The Fiuance committee reported in favor of Freeman
A Robeits’ account. S4B 72, which was ordered paid
On motion of Aid. R< gers,
Resolved, That a special committee be appointed and
authorized to repair the Culvert near the Catholie
Church, in as substantial a manner as possible, if i a
their opinion deemed practicable.—Carried, and
Aid. Rogers, Thomson and Ayres, were appointed
that committee.
On motion of Aid. Thomson,
Resolved, That the Journal dt Messenger be furnished
with a copy of the Treasurer’s report, for the last three
quarters, if they choose to publish them for general in
formation.—Carried.
The Marshals report for the last week, was received
and tiled.
Council then adjourned.
Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c. c.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
HAMPTON’S VEGETABLE TINCTURE
THE
GREAT RESTORATIVE AND INYIGORATOR,
UNPARALLELED SUCCESS !
‘pHE many cures made by it, and the great demand
1 have induced the proprietors to offer it to the af
flicted in this city, with the honest conviction that the
same happy results will follow its use here, as in nu
merous ot her places.
Attention is not called alone to the quantity ot the
testimony, but also, to its HIGH CHARACTER.
Front tbe various certificates we have in possession
we give below a lew—
Delicate children, all individuals, and travelers for
health should try this great restorative —its praise is
spoken by thousands.
Asa female medicine Hampton’s Tincture cannot be
excelled. Asa beautyfving agent it is far superior to
any of the cosmetics of the day, producing a beautiful
clear skin, and giving to the cheeks the color of the
rose, imparting to every muscle that life and elasticity
which gives to all who enjoy health, such grace and
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DISEASE FALLS BEFORE IT.
More than Gold tn the Sick. —From one of the most
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Charleston, Sept. 21, 1858.
Messrs. Mortimer A Mowbray—The sale of your
Hampton's l eyrtablc Tincture is increasing every “dav,
and every bottle sold recommends this vatiiahle mwli
:iue to the afflicted. Several of our planters have tried
it in different cases with astonishing success, and are
getting it by ha!! dozens. It has ben found to be the
greatest remedy for Rheumatic affections, and a won
derful cure itas been pet or med on a negro bov suffering
by Fits. I will furnish you with a number*of certifi
cates if you wish them.
Please send me as soon as possible a supply of the
Tincture. I am, gouileuten, vottrs,
G. W. TROTT.
GREAT CURE OF RHEUMATISM.*-
A Citizen of South Carolina 74 Years of Age.
Chester District. South Carolina.
January 3d, 1856.
Messrs. Mortimer A Mowbray— Gentlemen l : For
the last five years 1 have beeu a severe sufferer Worn
Rheumatism, ti.i seeing yourconmieudution, of “Hamp
ton’s Vegetable Tiuc;u:e,”l purchased n bottle, and the
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Mine was an acute rheumatism in the back—so bad
that 1 was confined to my bed for the last six months.
The first bottle acted like a charm; the second restored
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now seventy-four years of age.
i constdet your tincture the greatest discovery of tbe
ige; and poor suffering humanity ought to erect a
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from pain. And you, gentlemen, have ac'ed the part of
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have resulted from your invaluable Tincture.
I am a plain cotton planter, and have never written
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flicted, snail I heesitute, or through modesty, withhold
any information valuable to mi fellow men? So, if
you consider this worthy of a place in any of your
newspapers, you are at liberty to make use of it.
Y onrs truly, Alvar Kemball.
Sold at MORTIMER A MOWBRAY'S,
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The world never before saw such a mass of home
testimony given to any other medicine.
We ask the afflicted to call on those having this
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George Payne and E. L. Strohecker, Macon; J.
il. Carter A Cos., Savannah, Wholesale Agents for
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Being each suited to a “Specific Disease.'’
Y J V extensive practice iu Philadelphia the past thirty
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Physic, Chapman, Cox, Gibson and Hare, I am en
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results of that practice iu the form of my FAMILY’
MEDICINES.
As I attend to the compounding of these Medicine*
myself, they are found, as thousands can testify, far su
perior to the manv nostrums called patent medicine*.
J. S. ROSE, M. D.
Dr. J. S. Rose's Expectorant, or Cough Syrup, is
a never failing remedy for Coughs, Colds, aud all Lung
Diseases. Price soc. and $1 tX>.
Dr. J. S. Rose’s Whooping Cough Syrup gives im
mediate relief, and frequently cures in one week. Price
50c.
Dr. J. S. Rose’s Cough Syrup never fails in curing
the Croup, that dangerous complaint amongst children.
Price 25c.
Dr. J. Rose’s Pain Curer will cure Stiff Neck,
Sore Throat, Pains in the Face, Side, Back or Limbs,
from a Cold. Cholic, Cholera Morbus. It cures Sprains,
Chilblains, Cramps or Pains iu the Stomach or Bowels.
Price 12%, 25c. and 50c.
Dr. J. S. Rose's Extract of Bucho is one of tbe
best remedies ever used, for diseases of the Kidneys,
Bladder, Ac. Price 50 ceuts.
Dr. J. S. Rose’s Nervous and Invigorating Cor
dial, for Heart Diseases, all Nervous Affections, Flatu
ency, Heart Burn, Restlessness, Numbness, Neuralgia,
raising the spirits, aud giving power to the whole sys
tem ; it is almost miraculous in its effect. Price 50 cts.
D -. J. S. Rose’s Dyspeptic Compound, a sure cure
for Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints and indigestion, when
taken iu conjunction with his Alterative or Family Pills.
Price of both 75 cents.
Dr. Rose's Golden Pills, for falling of tbe Womb,
female Weakness, Debility aud Relaxation. Thgyhave
a peculiar affinity for the debilitated muscles of the
female, und in no instance have they failed in
curing those distressing complaints females are so often
subject to; they brace the whole system, giving strength
and vivacity to the frame at large. Price 50 cents
Dr J. S. Rose’s Female Pills are the onlv reliable
regulating pills; thev have been found to f>e a most
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obstructions to which thev are liable, and bring nature
into its proper channel. Drice 25 cents.
Dr, J. S. ROSE'S Anti-Bilious or Rail Road Pills.
These Pills are not warranted to cure every malady
or disease incident to man, but they ate a grand reme
dy tor a Bilious state of the system, and common fe
vers. Without griping, they are an active purgative,
cleansing aud purifying the Liver, Stomach and Bowels,
and leaving the system free from costiveuess. They
are adapted to the Southern sections of the United
States particularly, being often a preventative of severe
bilious attacks, aud when used with Dr. Rose’s Tonic
Mixture, will cure the most stubborn cases of Bilious
Fever, or Fever aud Ague. Price 12% and 25 cents.
Dr. J. S. Rose's Sarsaparilla Compound, for all
Skin Diseases, Scrofulous Sores, and for purifying the
Blood, it is superior to all others. Price 50c. aud si.
Dr. J. S. Rose’s Elixir of Opium, free from all the
bad effects of Opium aud Laudanum, such as Headache,
Constipation or Sick Stomach. Price 25c.
I)r. J. S. Hose’s Tonic Mixture, for Chills, Fevers,
and General Debility. A never tailing remedy. A few
doses is always sufficient to convince the most scepti
cal. Price 50 ceuts.
All whose constitutions are impaired by disease, or
weak by uature, should read Dr. J. S. Rose’s Medical
Adviser (which contains a description of the diseases
of our climate, and the mode of treatment.) It can be
had without charge, of E. L. Strohecker aud Geokuk
Payne, Macon; Case, Fort A Cos., Milledgeville.
Adams A Bro., Eatontoo; Wheatley A McC’ay;
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