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ir l| .it-* • M UW, for ibrOitl iMer
(i , , ,’it Fil rv CtJfi Ijf raeh to*enin. A 8
„l, r , not iqiecilied a* to t:irr, will bf |>n*>l:he’>
u . a M.Miti ml cki(<4 AC* •rJtosljr. A liberal illwU<
, T 1 tl lk';< Abo adverUJC b| toe JtaT.
OUTCAST S itka* n I arc* tu uu, rul be cUr|r4 ai
ifMttCUfTH of ctaiUa’et for offi -a, to be |Ait for a:
Uie uul ralci* a boa laurual.
’ L ‘i-ral tnaifasi'iab mule w'th county officers Druy-
V j iiwM, MeeslutH*, end utbrit, oh t nuj o.>a i ,
mi,: lißl.tci CMtru *
-.iti it Uioiiit Vtit isii b E .ictit'iM,Aamini'tntMi
>Ht in-1 bf U( to lie !> cil.kJ tu *
p i <Ue g t-ti*. f itljr 4a/* Jen loti* to the >1 >• of tile.
fj. **l ja -t nt ft* ha ton Hi- rtc*t Tuesday in the wet*.,
-,j tat hour* of ten ia the f *renw >u an 1 three an ih *
i afta, at tk 0 jort-honao m the c.uaijr in ath *
aripirty ia f tualfd.
iitij it PniKai PtorKrt uaaat Ht tlTtnind to lit
total IT, !><vjr dajto.
> itioa k UaJiuil a>a CiUlHiuti of on Lit ate iuu*t V*
yiMhttl forty day*.
Nj:c* iLai tpp icUiia niU he m-*4e to the Ordinary for
lea ■* t > hU L .i l anand
UntKij) for Lawriol AJouaiitfati-ais thiity dayt; for
D *'ii *v ia front A luti.'.trat *a, m inUtiy, ait nonuu , so,
!'.< u nwu from Oa*r>U*a*tup. weekly, forty 4aya
Urctt r>a F siCL*><i.b or XnxKtw, m*.a lily, four
m'rithi; for e*t*l>U*hiMg loet paper*, for U.e fall apace r*
three laioth*; for cotupeUiae title* trunk executor* or ad
min* rr*ir where a h>n>l ha* been given by the deceaecat,
the fj*i ypeee of throe in .athi
i~ST~ f-t'.ieri addrstoed to ft ia'xch A CO.
rru(<>oiuiiai aud Buiuf*w flrii.
PDrixMOKU man Brstxh-ua CaaM a ill be inserted uiute
th * bead, at tbe fillunlng rates, vU : l
F tr Turcc lines, per annum. ... ♦ 5 <kl \
•* iteren tinea, da .... 10 bn :
i* Ten Hue*, do 1* <# f
•• lutes, do I.T <W i
X i adrertioenaaots of this class ala) be admitted, nniesi
pal 1 f>r In btran.**, nor for a lees wriu than led, e mootluj
A1 ■ erili-menu of orer t write lines will be charged rn*’ aal
A4v ei i -riueati not paid for in advance will be charged h
the regular rates.
KRUULAH MBBTINOS 4
OF MA*- N'S, KNIGHT TEMPLARS. ODD FED
LOWS AND SONS Os TEMPFKW'CF,
|;CLL* Isf TUB CITY tit UACqX.
MARONS
Grand L > Ije of irfis for 1840, ft. ‘..her Sid.
Ms>* u L idgr, No. ft, irk and third Monday night* in each
n mth.
Comtanttn* Chapter, !fa. 4, second M today night In each
ittMkth.
W'a, g: ,a Council, No. ft, fourth Monday night to each
month.
£:. o a :ri En iemoment. Knucots Tnuplar, Nj’ 9, Meetlnu*
every first Taeulay n gt,t in eah month.
ODH FELLOES
firand Litj*. first Wclnrdty In lam.
. . ! Kaoamptr.eat, Tuesday previous. • j
,Ni 4, •in) ! I a)r evening, . |
Unite.! b'ittk-r<, Ni. 5, every To-*aday eTenicy. t !
If . a1 u •; Su:*a,pu..it, N’t, Seaacd Ad iotalUa Moh
day c ■- . -1 j
SONS OF TBXPERANCE. ’
iiraud bitolsa, fourth Wednesday In ibetober, annually. i I
IMS I > KS S ( ARDS,
$
• OATES * \\ ool.lOUv.
WAREH3U3E AND COMMISSION’
gj|MERCHA\ 1 S. ...i,
VIC ri a w op *n *d prepared for the reception of CoUcli.
attbsrNiiW FISK fatin’ WtRKiIOJdE. ppo:|
U I'maa A Sparks. We willeude avor to prove our*ia
w vrthy of tbapatr >.iaye f tb >se wu a will favor us with th.: r
ti. i.of. L -.r i. alf au *s:tale a cattoa w,i-?u
Macon. Oa , Sent *'l, lu3 ~lft-tf ?
IfiT Pa;i;n eiiieh pi*lut*4 osf other advertlsemetc,
W’ll ftease substitute this in ite place. C- 4 A-j
F4HU PUOOF WAKE-IIOISE,
COTTON AVENUE,
r|l.4 !f Ad T. %%’VCiIK. havtoT rented the Ware-
J. II >it lately o *espied by J. CoUans A ft-n, respectfully
U* 11 ;r> ail *erri ?s, to the patrons of tie late firm of J. Col*
pna A i> a, and t* ala personal Insiul* and the public gener
ally, far the trausnehon of a tegitunate
WARS-ajJiE ANO CJJiILsSION BUSINESS.
bum iTctel with a. if speculative traasactbuis, directly or
dirrdly, to the interest collided to my rare.
df* i'y ,a >us I* a*aJ w.U no, u the heet pric-s
Kryt ’IS-;*, 411 give ntl sncilen to my patrut.s.
.jy orders for daignag,’ U>pe, aud other Merchand.se,
Tilt b. Site I etref jtly an I pr >aapdy, at, t the usual coal, al
m.ii nkl< aa c-itt >u instore,
iuue tft 14 ts TIiOMAS T. WVCUR.
itos (atbiaai. o. a.sstaih
TTakdemax & SPARKS ‘
WA&X HOOBE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
iafjg MACON. OA.,
WILL continue to dee prompt attention at their Fi
Faoor Waannoceu, ou Use corner of fid and Popular
streets, to all business committed to their charge.
With their thank* for past fevors, and a renewed pledge of
faith fa to ess to ell their frieo-li and cußomera, they hope to
-ecc'vi. e eir fun Share es public patronage.
Liberal advance* made on Cotton and other produce when
tofifilf > 1
,-y Planter’s fam'ly Stores, also. Bagging, Rope, ftc.
nraLshsd at the lowest market rate*.
•P -I
JO ti IST T. SM-IXH,
WITH
DEO. W. A. (sEIIIAL It CAD.
usvrvaCTraia* ais ewnpui ouins iv
HATS, CAPS, AND STHAW GOODS,
rARIS STYLE BONNETS. FLOWERS.
Umbrellas, Parasols, &c.
I ‘2O CliaiubrrN ami .10 Warren Sin.,
NEW YOUtt.
U r 4th and sth StroaU Above the Astar House. J£l
jan 2ft—fiat
FERTILIziEiis”
Ueneral Agency.
‘l,lll. andersigned respectfully annnunceto planters and t
L .<ther* tnterexed, that they are d.uetantly receiving,
direct from the Islands, and from the manufacturers, the
faUowmg h’WT apripivcb Ptiitiuithi low uown, all n(
vbleh have been thoroughly and satisfactorily tested, vki
No. 1 Peruvian G—no. ...... ,|<o per Too.
Sombrero Guano 40 *’ “
Rhodes’ tvtper Phosphate SO ** “
National Fertilizer ....40 “ “
Land Piaster 1 st per Bbl.
These articles, which will have our brand, and be guaran
tee! a* g.-anine, we shall, at sh times,!., prepared to furnish
in any amount* required, and at the lowest prices. The
!luper-lh>..4pha'.e.” and “ Fertilirer,” at manufacturers*
r*t** witt, epct—* es transportation added.
I'ATtKN cV MtloLKll.
Savannah, Aprritl, lb -sl 4 ly.
Livery Stable Notice.
OH N and after Zftth Deoewher, 145#, the tollswlnf Prices
will be charged for feeding Hoi nee at our Rthkdes :
Rinyle feed ol Horse, SO
For X'lgbt or Day, ... f 1 OH
B ard >tf Horse per mouth, ~‘. N ..... IS f4
Dove Stock per dhy, In Stable.. TS
•• •• o o oui to
HtYDKS ft GOOLSBY,
GRILit ft M ASTLK^OJI,
M STI'BCLfFI EIU.
ADDFKHoLD ft JEFFERi.
Macon, Dee. fit. 1 aft#.
SAVI'LL W. FSFPER,
■ OOCBMOK TO
HSVtT J PEPPER ft SOW.
Watches, Jewelry aud Silverware,
Ad. 175, ftrtH, {opponh U* MoU hum**,)
PnuHLrati.
may II Mj*
DESIV.VI FOR WO.UWK.ITS,
—B T
Rolot. XI. Xiaunitz, W. V.
K. J. JOHXPTON CO , If.uU,
ln 1 Maeow. .
FRESH ARRIVAL!
jpt RKCBiVUI at TUI
RAMI DRlti STORE,
<*A AAA PtPE*t rrnhflA*DlX mi).!
VF* F.WFX F\/ (UMra P*a*. B**n* nd T.rnip Seee In
F*P*n or bulk. Liberal atwornt nffeted to the trade,
dec 14 I. L. ST in II EC ILI
Traveliug hhauhaud Blaukel*.
VniqPLKTB Stock, at UMUoallf low pri-e*.re
ceived tod for .tl by J. L. JONE .
Ul BBEH NHOES.-1 Urge assortment
of Oent*’ and Boys lubbers, also, Ladies BSB'h
Slipper and Sandal Rubber Shoe, or Ooodyar*s celebr.te
paieat. iast reoetved and for sals lew by
*HI MUftXIBTLAHi..
‘"MB .•* ‘*<Wftßw A wiaWoJ*’
(Georgia 3otmiol at# itteßscngcr.
BUSINESS C'AKDb.
T*. C’. N ESBET,
mM'faCTvtU OF
STEATI and ROILFIIM.
Kuu ill .NRt liiiirr), Tlill li-ar
lugs and NaHiiiu’r) in
UEXEIt Ala.
WROCGT IRON COTTON SCREWS,
hugar .Hills. Shaft* and l*ulli***
Iron Uailiiu*, Wrought and
C'a*l* Ac.* At*.. Ac.
• .Itl es cnderignr.t !>etieree that he i* Manufarturingand
A seHiiip the above Machinery,Ten per rent, cheap
er and of a* good uuaiity a* any establishment at the South,
and Is wtll’ng to warrant all the wore .** equal, if not Supe
rior to any. (>n 6l T. O. XIBBET.
A. IV2QUEEN,
M ACOIM, GEORGIA.
\f ANCFUTIUKK of Wrouglit Iron
*VI K tlLlSGof every de~>cripuitn, atul for all pur|w>..es.
Flam and ilriuuctUi, trow tt>e itgUtest S-*rotl Iron, up tu
the heaviest It mm* ued. Having an endless variety of
Xew and Original Designs, purchaser* cannot fail to be suit
ed.
Being entirely of Wrought Iron, their strength cannot be
’l’letlWocJ, and for beauty they cannot be surpassed any
where. All kind* of Fancy Icon Work made t i order. Par
ticular attention given to making all kiods of
Geometrical Stair Railings.
IW” ?| x-imen* of the work can be seen at the Resilience*
of T G. Holt. L. F W. Andrews and W. J. McElroy, Ejr*.
.tin at Ko*r Mil! Cemetery.
July Tfi lfi-tf
WASHINGTON HALL
IB (till open to the public for the accommodation of TRAN
IK> fa* well a UKGULAR BOARDEKh. Special pro
vision made fur meaiber* of the le-gisiature.
Waalii ugloii If all is centrally located and Iscon
ven ent l>oth to the Capitol and the business part of the city.
Accommodations good Charges moderate.
N. C. BARNETT.
MlHedgeyllle, ft-t. 12, lssi -ts
TROUT Hois fC,
IJV J. D. UII.BCMT a CO.
Atlanta, Urorfila.
sep 1 24-ts
GR \ X ITE HALL,
OPPOSITE THE EANIKU UOISE*
MACON, GEORGIA.
B. F. rjEISTSB,
I Lite of th,- Floyd tlou*e, 4
feb ti PROPItIKTOR.
1 5 1*owii’b Hotel,
Oppouite the Passexarr M&cwn, Ga
ksy E. E. tfiiOUA A KON.
MKALH ready on the arrival of every Trgin. The
. pro rietors will spare no pains to make their guests
i comfortable. feb ti H-’fi-jr
2S T i : \V r FIRM.
Tlf P undgrigne-1 having taken tkp .y xwllH J>
Llfrrr Stable formerly occu- ft—
p.ed Ly M. M Liiid*ay. intctid carry- MpdaSg
lug ou the same in ait it. I.ranches
We shall always keep Ptimt tn’s, Carnages, iiuggies and
Horses, to hire on as good term* as atyb.>die. We hav
also the most ample accommodations for Drove Stock.
We would s*r to the public that we have taken the Bit in
to our mouth in earnest and can always he found with our
■ tistu os ready to serve you; we intend by keeping s
sraxiuirr Toaoek, rcujsu nx.LtuvK and by Bi'CkUkO no* s
close to business, to succeed or break a raacs. W e shall
never tub vslu.ws to hitching up for you so long as yon
come up to the ucx lmi and settle. Now if you want us to
wso-o* to R<m'k-s-w*t and not to be srutr. in fact If you
don’t want to see u* cukCk rr too, r 4Cs, put your shoulder
to the rheel. gi,e qs a share and if you find a single vaacs
of ingratitude you may halves us.
Very Respectfully,
ADERHOLO ft JEFFERS.
Opposite the Passenger Depot, and near Brown’s Hotel,
apr JI & 14 -ts.
GEORGE A. SHKITII,
wholesale hast;ractcbie or
PLAIN AND FANCY CANDIES,
Sear the Srtc Paxsenger Dej>ol.
MACON, GA.
MFRCHANTB can be supplied upon ss terms,
with os good Cat ly, ip Li-m t “v a.ietis*, a* con be had
&i.u?|i. T’u .tc wiaLii.jr to purchase are respm tfully Invited
to sail and examine specimens.
All ovJers promptly filled,with a fresh article, and warvan*
ted to stand the climate. Terms cash.
aug. S. l*-tf _____
KEKKISON & LEIDING.
IM PORT RRB
Foreign ami Domestic Dry Goods,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
lla**l Mtr**t—€• door from King.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
apr In ’59-ly.
mu jotrea schit*li>
Scliofleld & 13i*0.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
YI A4 ON, GEOKGIA.
lirf; are prepared to Manufacture Steutil Engines,
YY CIRCULAR HAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR
ING. ACGAR MILUB,
BRASS AN I) nt< >X CASTINGS,
Os every le*cri|tion IKON II tll.lX- and VEII*
INDttl V llavtoif the moat complete assortment (
Iron Pai’in iq
fabUi*y anddMifca, caoaot be urj*ae<!, and are suitable
for the front* of Dwelliuy. Cemetery L ’U, Public Squares.
Church Fence* and Baiconie*.
Person* desirou* of purchaninff Railing* will do well to
five a call, a* we are determined to offer at *ood bargains
aa any Northern Eatablihment.
yr- Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hillj
Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city,
jan I-ISW.
J IST ARRIVED!
NEGROES! NEGRofsTI NEGROES!!
}K<l* VJlir.lMA A THE CAROLINA*.
HAVIN'. Ac n.. HJ .*ll ,rr,n,,-l brt.k Ne-
KTO Mart built bv Mr. Noel, expressly for the security
and comfort of Negroes, I take this method of informing
th se that wish to purchase or sell Negroes that thebusmes*
will be continued at the new Brick Mart on Poplar S. where
they can find at all times a likely lot of Negroes at reasona
ble prices I will also pay liberal prices in cash lor all
young Negroes offered *oc sale. Mr. Noel will con-iuue in
the trade and have full control of the business; I have also
employed Mr. Bagby te assist in the business
feb *2 6*i> P, SMITH.
Just Arrived!
\ LIKELY lot of MARVLANP AND VIRGINIA NK
GKQFjS, IMowrt! it ys and Girls. Also a few good
Washer* and Ironer*. etal Oook*. Their live* are Insure,!
no. *ear.and(or salt* on reasonable terms, at NOEl.’fi
BRICK Nfbit J MART, Poplar ftt. nov 9
NOTICE.
f Bill K subscribers have opened a House in Macon, on the
i corner next below the “ Brown House,” and near the
Faseenger Depot, for the
Purchase and Sale of Xesrrofs.
A good supplv, of likely Young Negroes, kept constantly
on hand and for sale. Peri-ham-rs and Ttaders are invited
te call and examine for them selves.
mar It “9 -U BTUBBF ft HARDY.
60 Negroes for Sale !
THAIS* jM received a lot of lady young NEGROfcd
from Mart land. and offer them at reasonable pi Ice.
Purchas.-ra will please favor me with a oall. Also, wish to
purr Late good men and women for the Western market, for
whtoh Ia ill trade a omen and children, or )>ay cash. Office
on the corner of Third and Poplar Street, near Hardeman
a aparks* Warehouo*. W. K. PHILLIPS.
Macon, Dec. 81. ISSB. Jtk-y
Portrait Painting.
w X, POI9BKXTER would rc-peetfullj inform
•I , hit natrons and the public that he is again in his Stu
dio, lor lire Winter and Spring, win-re he would be liappy to
see atl who leel any interest in his branch of the arts. Por
trait, el ciUmu. l ajt on exhibition.
rV Studio ill “ Triangular Block,” entrance on Second
treet. (<>ct 18 If ,
Tilt'. Firm of OA KMART A BOFT was this day dissolved
by mutual cor -eot. Lilier partj ia authorised to use
the firm-name in settlement of the business. The books will
be found at the oflKe of ItOFF, SIMS t CO.
Macon, January iod, ISffO —*
NEW FI RM.
Htvitb purchased the St.>dt of the late firm or Car
hart A Rolf, we will continue the
GROCERY BUSINESS
AT THEIR OLD STAND,
a here we will be pleased to see the friends of the old firm
and a. many new or.es as ay favor us w.ti.acali
jll -3m KOFI, A €0
I'nbrelliN.
IA LARGE Stock from the manufactory of Wm. H
Richardaon, Philadelpli a.compratng many -■! .cj.er.o
style and finish, received and for aaie by I. I.JONM.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1800.
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
k. toil. *• *'tn
I,aw Parlu*r*li.
HILL dr. 111 HR,
LMTCCMHOhS 0 THK LAVK *tR4 Os STVB*S OllL.)
WILE practice iu the Mscon and adjoining Circuits,
■nd in the Supreme and Federal Oouit*, the same as
heretofore by the late firm of Stubbs ft HiU.
The undersiged will close up the business of tlie late firm
cf Stubbs ft Hill, as speedily as possible ; and to this end, all
persons indebted to said firm, aie requested to make pay
ment at a* early a day os practicable.
B. lIILL, Surviving partner of
August 24, 1859—28-ts rUubb* A Hill.
LANIER A AXDEUSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MACON, G%.
■"JRACTIC* in the Counties of the Macon Circuit, and in
I. the Counties of fiumter, Monroe and Jones ; also In the
‘ederal Court* at Savannah.
[apr 41 ’f'S-fy]
1.. H. WHITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAOOA’. OeomilA.
IFFICK next to CONCRUT HALL,over Payne’s Drug Store.
.•**“:
SA.m el ii. WAlViffaTOVt
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ni.ACOIV, GA.
WII, 1. practice in all the ftmnties of the MACON
CIRCUIT, and in the Counties oi Washington, Wil
klnaon and Laurens.
Office next to Concert Hall, over Payne's Drug Store
\V. c. M. DUNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
011 II E, —Over K. L. Strohecker’s Drug Store.
nov 16 84-1 y
PETER S. Hl.TlPllltlES
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PERKY, GA.
WILI. part Ice in the several Court* of the Macon Cir
cuit, and also in the Federal Courts in Savannah and
Marietta. [aug 11 20-1 jJ
TIIO.YI.I* U. CAIUYINh,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Forsytla, Ga.
Wll.l, attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
care in the Counties of Monroe, llibl, liutts, Crawford,
ties, Pike, Spalding and Upson. (may 14 ’6B]
PEEPLEN A< AHAYINN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
FORfYTH, GA.
WILL practice law in the counties of Monroe, Bibb, Cp
eon. Pike, Spalding, Henry and But's. Mr. CabanDs
will give prompt aud constant attention to the coliuction and
••curing of debts and claims.
C. PLVFLhft. GKO. A. CAUAKIBS.
formerly of Athens, Qa. Hj.
DAWSON k KIBDKE,
Altornpys und Coanscllors at Law,
Office at Haw'tdugville and Vienna, ba.
MIC. K. will have the entire collecting, and he and Mr.
D. all litigation. They will practice law aid give at.
teutiou to any business that may be entrusted (o their man
agement, in the counties of
Pulaski, Lovpdea, Dooly, Wilcox,
Houston, liw in, K. hols,
Macon, Telfair, Clinch, Worth,
Coffee, Ware, Berrien, Appling,
Laurens, Sumpter, Pierce, Twiggs,
Lee, Milter, Baker, Dougherty.
In Supreme Court at Macon, Milledgeville and Savannah,
and United States Circuit Court at Savannah, and also all
the adjoining counties, on s|>euial engagement.
ou’s. C. XI HOUR. THutilS H. DiWSOS.
apr 40 4 lbftk—y.
K. W. hlllTlN A O. A. EOCHRAME
MA VI V 4 associated themselves in the practice of the
Law at Macon aud Atlanta, and will attend tobosiucss
,n the several counties in their rcapcclSvely Office
n Macon near Mechanic'* Bank. ug 1® Mtf
T. MAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lU'TLF.K, TAYLOR CO., GA.
WILL VRACTICK IN THK FOLLOWING COUNTIES;
cocktibs : tows*
Crawford, K next ills*.
Houston, Perry,
Macon,.... Oglethorpe.
Marion, Buena Vista.
Schley, Ellaville.
Talbot, Talbotton.
Taylor, llutfer.
Upson, Tlio ipas ton.
J®*— Particular attention given *,u CollruyioMS.
oct 80-1 f
Mm 4 Itnmui. CHARLKS J. HARRIS.
Law Firm.
KI’THEKFOKD A HARRIS,
MACON, GA.
\ITILL practice law in Bibb and adjoining counties, and
V? in the United States Court at Bsvannah and Msrletta
—also in anv county in the Slate by special contract,
feh 29 49-6 m
JOEL It. GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON. OEOKOIA.
Wil l, practice in the Counties of Macon anil the ad
joining Circuits. Also in the couniies of the Weal and
South-West Georgia, accessible by Rail Road.
Particular personal attention given to collecting.
pjF” Office with 0 A Lochrane, Dam.mi’s Building, 2d
Street, opposite Methodist Book Depository,
feb 82-’60 —43-ts
C. C. DlTlfCAlt*
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PERRY, GEORGIA,
mar 21-’o—ly*
A. C. MOORE,
D E IST,
THOMASTON, GkA--,
OFFICE over Dr. Thompson’s Store. My work Is my
Reference. |apr7 8-tf]
idrWMIAIA* VAII CIKIMMHIb
DENTISTS,
Ofßce in \Vaalilue*oM Block, .Macon, Gu„
ELECTRICITY USED IN EXTRACTING TEETH.
M('MN4LD*H Tooth Paste always ’Mu
on hand and for sale. Dentists can be/fiy.ftfen
supplied with the finest style of TKF.TII,
Gold Foil, Gold and Silver Plate and Wire, I I I r
Lathe Fixtures, Ac., also with any kind of Instruments or
Materials on short notice. oct 13
IEGRO ARRESTED
A BOY by the name of PAUL, who says he belongs to
J\_ Dr. Rutledge, of Edgefield District, 8. C. He is f> feet
C inches h.gh—2* to 27 years old, dark complected, teeth out
In front, weight about 180 pounds. He was arrested Octo
ber 25th, 1n69. The owotr Is requested tocome forward and
claim him, pay charges or he will he dealt with as the law
directs. J- B. ARNOLD,
nov 80-ts City Guard House-keeper.
ISO.HE .RAH I'AC’TI KE.
WK are prepared to make to order and repair, at short
notice, MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
Also, Sewing Machines repaired, and new parts made, and
machines adjusted,by a practical and experienced workman.
Public patronage respectfully solicited
j mn IS E J. JOHNSTON A CB.
Yinnille Property for Sale.
rpHK subscriber wishing to change the investment, offers
X for sale, on good terms, the house and lot occupied bv
him for the last several years The lot contains 25 acres,
about 4 acres cleared, the balance in good timber and lies
on the Forsyth Road, in front of the “Cowles’Spring place”
and joins the lands of Mrs Rob*. Freeman and Mrs. Benj.
Rryan.
The improvements are a dwelling of seven rooms, two
kitchen*, A-e., Ac., and a great variety of fruit trees.
Possession given whenever wanted. For further ipfor
rnation,enquire ot Col. Jordan, who lives near, or
jaa 2 b M-4f *• *• CUSLKY, Trustee.
NOTICE.
T 110*11 whom we credit through the year will hear in
mind, that accounts of this kind are due on the FIRST
OF JANUARY.
Those who have not yet paid up are earnestly requested
w. W PARSES a CO.
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BY FIZZY CLZZT.
[Those who hare read Poe’s “Annabel Lee,” will
appreciate the following parody, as exquisite in
kind xs was the original of that gifted genius, whose
lamp was soon extinguished:]
‘Tis a dozen or so years ago,
Somewhere in the West countree,
That a nice girl lived, as vo lloo*ien knew,
Bv the name of Deborah Lee ;
Her sister was loved by Edgar Poe,
But Dcliorah by me.
Mow I was green, and she was green,
Asa summer’s squash might be,
Anti we loved as warmly us other folks,
I and my Deborah Lee—
With a lore that the lasses of Hoosienloni
Coveted her and me.
But somehow it happened a long ago,
In the angueish West countree,
That a chill March morning gave the shake*
To my beautiful Deborah Lee ;
Ami the grim steum doctor (curse him) came,
And bore her away from me—
The doctor and death—old partners they—
In the angueish countree.
The angels wanted her up in Ilearen,
(But (hey never asked for me.)
And that is the reason, I rather guess,
In the agueish West countree,
That the cold March wind and the doctor and death
Took off my Deborah Lee—
My beautiful Deborah Lee—
From the warm sunshine and the opening flower,
And took her away from me.
Our love was as strong as a six-horse team,
Or the love of folks older than we,
And possibly wiser titan we,
But death, with the aid of doctor and steam,
Was rather too many for me;
He dosed the peeper and silenced the breath
Os my sweetheart, Deborah Lee ;
And her form lies cold in the prairie mold,
Silent and cold —ah, me !
The foot of the hunter shall press her grave,
And the prairie’s sweet wild flowers,
In their odorous beauty around it wave,
Through all the sunny hours
‘I he still, bright summer hours
And bird shall sing in the tufted grass,
And the nectar-laden bee,
\\ ith his dreary hum on his gauze wings pass—
She wakes no more to me,
Ah! never more to me!
Iho the wild birds sing and the wild flowers spring
She wakes no more to me !
\ et oft, in the hush of the dim, still night,
A vision of beauty I see,
Gliding solt to my bedside—a phantom of light,
Dear, beautiful, Deborah— .
My bride that was to be,
And 1 wake to mourn that the doctor and death
And the cold March wind, sho’d stop the breath
Os my darling Deborah Lee—
Adorable Deborah Lee;
Thai angels should want her in Heaven
Before they wanted me !
[From tlie Home Journal ]
The Wolf Ht (he Dour.
nr MRS. A. M. P. ANNAN.
You’re tired, dear mother, your cheek is quite pale;
Won’t you lay down your sewing and tell me a tale
Os faiiies that sent, in the good times of old,
Rich banquets, and jewels, and purses of gold?
Not about little Riding Hood crossing the moor—
Was tllO wolf that she uiet lik our wolf at the
door ?
Shall we never walk out where the houses so tall
Have lace o’er each window, and lamps in each
hall ?
Where the curly haired children play over the
grass ?
We might hear their guy laughter and talk as we’d
pass.
Must you ait here and work until your fingers are
sore ?
I think we might steal by the wolf at the door!
I’ll lay down your work—ob, how warm it will
be—
My Pice little cloak !—why, I thought’twas for me!
Once, always in garments as fine 1 was dressed,
But I shan't ask for this, if you think ’twould be
best;
Yet I can’t understand what you told me before,
That it might, for a while, keep the wolf from the
door.
The clothes I have on are 80 thin and so worn!
I try to be thankful, they never stay torn ;
Rut I should like some new unes, with tassels and
braid,
And stockings not shrunken, nor faded, nor frayed;
Aud a pair of new shoes—how they’d creek ou the
(loor!
Rut then he might hear them—the wolf at the
door!
The room's growing dark, and I can’t see to play
Ry the light oF the lamp that, .Lines over the way,
And the shadows that flit o’er its gleam on the wall
They frighten me, coming so shapeless and tall;
Ob, how 1 would beg for a candle once more,
If you thought he’d not see us—the wolf at the
door!
And the hro on the hearth, it has died away quite—
Won’t you kindle anew one, dear mother to
night?
Don’t you love the soft dames as they crackel and
glow ?
They would warm your poor hands that are cold
as the snow ;
And the kettle would sing—hark!—is that the
w ind’s roar ?
Oh, mother!—l tear ’tis the wolf at the door!
Well, hear me my prayers, and I’ll lie down in bed,
And while your soft arm is passed under my head,
Won't you tell me again to be trusting and Jbrave,
Though I march over thorns on my way to the
grave ?
To keep sin from my heart lest it eat to the core—
Dear mother, is sin like the wolf at the door ?
And tell me of ma nsions still grander than those
Where the rich children play and the grass greenly
grows;
Where they’ll give me bright robes aud a crown
for my head,
And on fruits from the gardens of God I’ll be fed;
Ob, mother! to think there we’ll live evermore,
And be in no fear of the wolf at the door !
amcflaat&AgY.
We see frequent allusions, says the New York
Journal of Commerce to the supposed quantity of
spurious champagne drank in this country, accom
panied with very erroneous statistics of the amount
annually imported. Os course it does not follow
that all the wine brought here from the wine-grow
ing districts is genuine, but the fact that it is im
ported relieves this country from the responsibili
ty of is manufacture. During the last fiscal year
the total imports, as officially recorded, were
2,954,202 bottles, before paying duty, freight, and
other charges, at $1,386,7t>0, or about 4<> cents per
bottle. Os these imports, 2,923,980 bottles (near
ly 99 per cent.) came from the Atlantic ports of
France.
Itemed) for Huts.
A fiiend of ours, and an old and successful far
mer, gave us a few days since the following reme
dy for rats. lie says it is infallible :
“ Mix a small quantity of calomel with a hand
ful of flour, and sprinkle thinly over the surface of
a plate, and set the plate where the vermin ‘most
do congregate.’ In a short time, you will find
that the rats have vacated the premises.” This is
the best and safest remedy we have ever knowu.
Strychnine and Arsenic are dangerous, and then
the rats die in their holes, and thus become more
offensive than when alive. —BainLriJgt Arg ms.
At Home.
Chicago, the home of Senator Docgi.as, at the
recent municipal election, went for the abolition
ists 1200 majority, not withstanding the most super
: human effoitson the pari of the above named
’ gentleman's friends.
When a “Jury of the vicinage” gives judgment
. against & man, where trill he get a verdict?
I Echo answers, “not at Charleston aurely.”—
I A then? Bonner,
EflTerta of Railroad KalerprUe.
The astonishing progress of our country in ma
terial wealth is evident to all. The rapid increase
of population, the extension of cultivated fields,
the sudden growth of cities, the immense annual
addition to the productive resources of the coun
try, nay, the extraordinary creation even, of thriv
ing States in the very centie of Territories that
lately were an unbrokeu wilderness, are facts in
our history as marvelous as they are common.
This is not due alone to the sudden ingress of
population from abroad. It is not the result oi
the sudden impulsion of an overcrowded popula
tion from the older States upon the virgin lands of
the great West. The marks of improvement are
as visible iu tlie old as in the new States, in the
centre of commerce as in the Territories just occu
pied by the hardy pioneers of our civilization.
Much of tlie prosperity that is such a prominent
characteristic of our couutry springs from the
gigantic railroad enterprise in which the people j
have embarked. What the gold bearing strata
have done for California and are now accomplish
ing fur Jeffersou Territory, the local railroads of
the various States have accomplished and are still
doing for each State of the Enion. They have
added to the wealth of every county through which
they pass more than the unexpected discovery of
auriferous veins would have done. They have
stimulated industry, which, by its aggregate results,
has surprised the mo6t sanguine and disappointed
the cautious statician.
Let one who twenty years ago had traversed the
interior of Georgia and noted the iudolent habits
and careless mein of its iuhabitauts, devoted more
to tlie sports of the field or the stream than to the
labors of the farm, lounging sluggishly around the
crossroad tavern, or listlessly enjoying repose be
neath the ruder porch of their rustic homesteads,
or the thick-branch trees that overshadow them—
now pass through (he same districts, aud he will
find no traces of their former life. The same men
and women occupy the lands; the same grand out
lines of natural scenery remain ; but bow changed
the scene ! Life, energy, enterprise and industry
have girded up the siuews elasticity to
the movemenis of the people. The fields ure filled
with a wealth of production.that betokens intelli
gent enterprise. Comfort, even luxury, marks the
tormer rude country cottages, and the whole State
is alive with busy, thrifctul toil. . n The/iron hoi*Se,
traversing the country formerly so iar removed
from markets as to render labor beyond what was
necessary to produce the rude necessaries of life,
useless, has afforded them an incentive to effort.
Their lands have quadrupled in value, and every
article of production finds a ready purchaser.—
The great State railroad that has made coru worth
a dollar and a half per bushel has done the work.
Nineteen millions of dollars expended by Georgia
ou railroads have added 4i220,U00,<X0 to her real
estate, creating as by arts of magic a capital that
has revolutionized the industry of the coiumou-’
wealth.
Massachusetts has expended $70,000,000 in works
of internal improvement, and Boston alone ha3 re
ceived from it more thau a duplication of the value
of real estate, while the entire area of the State i
has been more than trippled in value.
When New York entered upon her career of do- !
mestic improvement, her taxable property was on
ly #312,000,000. She has now spent on her rail
roads aud canals #1'J5,000.000 and the valuation
of her property has risen to $ 1,400,000,00D.
In Virginia and East Tennessee the value of
lands in the neighborhood ot the Virginia and
East Tennessee Railroad in six years has been
raised from $28,000,000 to #58,000,000.
The lands in the vicinity of tlie Orleans, Jack
son and Great Northern Railroad, in Louisiana and
Southern Mississippi, were entirely unattractive at
the small pi ice of twenty-five cents per acre.—
They cannot now be bought for ten dollars per acre.
In tiiat region of wilderness, the sounds of indus
try, the culture of taste, the thrift, are every where
visible. Population springs up along the line of
this great artery of travel, and even sterility grows
productive.
Such facts show what is to be expected by the
present endeavors to extend our works of home
improvement, or to aid those uhich propose to
connect this city with the plans of Texas and the
great South Sea. What New York has done for
her commercial capital is now in progress for New
Orleans and the entire Southwest. The proposi
tions to aid railroad enterprises should be viewed
with this statement of facts before us. We should
survey what has been written in the history of the
progress of the whole country as the result of rail
road enterprise, alien we are called upon to con
tribute Slate or individual aid to new enterprises,
and we shall bring to aid our decision enlarged
views and a liberality of feeling. There seems, at
the present moment, to be a need of these aids to
public deliberation as veil as individual action.—
N. Y. Pie.
“Gunpowder Plot” —Attempt to Destroy a
Town. —The inhabitants of Napoleon, Ark., have
been considerably excited during the past few
days by the discovery of a plot to desiry that
town by means of turning upon it the current of
the Arkansas river. Napoleon is situated on a
narrow strip of land at the junction of the Missis
sippi and Arkansas rivers, and for several miles
back the two rivers are only separated by a strip
of ground about four hundred yards In width. A
week or two since a train of powder was laid
across this narrow point, and Monday night the
match was applied, A terrific explosion ensued,
aud the earth was torn up to an extent which al
lowed the water from the Arkansas river to find
its way across into the Mississippi. Already has a
strong current formed in the breach, which is
hourly widening and deepening, and present indi
cations at no distant period the town will be swept
away. A planter in the vicinity whose interest
would be greatly enhanced by the change in the
current of the Arkansas river, is suspected of hav
ing perpetrated the deed, but nothing positive is
known. —Memphis A rgns.
Pardoning Him Oct.— Gov. Houston is some
thing of a wag as well as a statesman. An officer
of the State Prison, who had held his place for
six years, wus'about to be removed, when he came
to Austin, during the session of the Legislature,
with a flattering list of testimonials as to his char
acter, and the excellent manner in which he had
fulfilled all his functions. These were all satisfac
tory enough, but the principle of lotation in office
overrode all other considerations ; the place was
wauted for a political friend, and his removal de
termined upon. But to break the fall as gently as
possible, the Governor adopted a facetious tone
and style in a final interview : “ You say,” said
Gen. IL, addressing the gentleman on whom the
axe was about to fall, “ you say that your conduct
has invariably been good ?” “ Yes, sir.” “ And
you have been in the penitentiary six years ?’’—
“ I have.” “ Well, you have been there quite
long enough —l pardon yon out /”
More curious stories are told of the last hours
of Burton, the deceased comedian. It is an ascer
tained fact that he revised the proof of his own
obituary shortly before his death. He had a won
derful horror of duns, but during the last week of
his illness, a youth, w ith an unpaid bill was acci
dentally admitted to hi> bed-siae. The dying act
or delivered a severe lecture abounding in uncom
plimentary epithets. The dunning youth, however,
did not lack “pluck,” but responded with vehe
mence, concluding by telling him that a man using
such language at the poit t of death, would ineffa
bly go to the bad place. “Well,” responded Bur
ton, “ when I get there, I will play ‘The Toodles’
(a celebrated farce) for you.” He afterwards re
lated this incident to one of his physicians, with
wonderful gusto, adding “ I had hint there, Doctor,
didn’t I?”
The “ Fifth Avenoodles” of New York are in
distress because a tailoring establishment is to be
open in their charmed precincts. As Willis says,
this advent of the clothing men is a direct in
fringement on their avenudity.
Can’t Keep Up.—The Chattanooga Advertiser,
of the 15th inst., says The Etowah Iron Work’s
of Mark A. Cooper at Etowah, Ga., are doing a
driving business, and making money for the enter
prising proprietor. We learn that the works have
orders for two months ahead—can’t manufacture
as fast as demand.
Edward Bates.—This prominent candidate for
the Presidency, is a native of Virginia, is now in
the 67th year of his age, and is the father of sev
enteen children. The following question is there
fore offered to the debating societies : Ought
the man who has been the father of seventeen
children for many years, be the father of his coun
try for four years.— (jermantQvm, Ttleyraph.
Sleep.
There is no fact more clearly established in the
physiology of man than this, that the brain ex
pends its energies and itself during the hours of
wakefulness, and that these are reenperated dur
ing sleep ; if the recuperation does not equal the
expenditure, the brain withers—this is insanity.
Thus it is that, in early English history, persons
w ho were condemned to death by being prevented
from sleeping, always died raving maniacs; thus it
is, also, that those who are starved to death be
come insane ; the brain is not nourished, and they
cannot sleep. The practical inferences are these :
First. Those who think tnost, who do most
brain w ork, require niost^sleep.
Second. That time saved from necessary sleep
is infallibly destructive to iniud, body, and es-
j tile.
Third.♦Givejyourself, your children, your ser
i rants —give all that are under, you the fullest
! amount of sleep they will take, by compelling
them to go to bed at some regular early hour, and
to rise in the morning the moment they awake ;
and, within a fortnight, nature, with almost the
regularity cf the rising sun, will unloose the bonds
of sleep the moment enough repose has been se
cured tor the wants of the system.
This is the only safe and sufficient rule —and as
to the question how much sleep any one requires,
eaeh must be a rule for bimself—great Nature will
never fail to w rite it out to the observer under the
regulations just even. [Dr. Spicer.
Defence of Reserved People. —We have not
been in the habit of admiring this class of our fel
low beings ; but it is as well to hear what they
have to say on the other side. A writer in Fra
ser’s Magazine thus gives them the preference :
There is in such characters, it inay be, a sensi
bility fine and true, that sinks itself deep ; too
delicate to mix with vulgar streams. If you would
taste the purity of this water, you must dig labo
riously for it. There is, it may be, a passionate
power, fervent and concentrated; too full to drib
ble out ; too strong to dissipate itself in pretty
phrases and agreeable expressions of sentiment ;
or, perhaps, an intelligence high and extended, to
which views are granted infinitely beyond the hor
izon of the general eye. * * * * xj, e re .
served man, therefore, is an objeet of dislike and
distrust ; but he is also a subject of interest. He
repels confidence, but he excites attention. * *
It is not agreeable fioru a high window to survey
the movements of a crowd below ?—dancing,
laughing, leaping, fighting, crying, kissing—to an
alyze their agitations—to smile at their disturban
ces—to be yourself secure and still—a looker on
who is not looked at —to be audience to a drama,
ami to criticise the actors who cannot criticise
you ?
This is the privilege of the reserved man.
He conceals his emotions, he buries his feelings,
he masks his passions. lie controls his features,
every muscle is under his command ; there is no
such thing with him as a spontaneous movement.
He revels in a continual victory. He baffles curi
osity, he defeats expectation, he destroys hope.
He wears his shroud belore he is in the tomb.—
The inquisitive crowd will pluck at it, but will
draw back shivering when they feel how cold it
is.
They wonder, they fear, they admire—and they
admire with good reason. The power of conceal
ment is in itself worthy of admiration ; the men
who wears so strong an armor must needs be a
strong man, and it is the consciousness of a valua
ble possession that suggests the necessity for a
defence.
A Sharp Transaction. —An exchange paper
states that a fellow in Venago county, Pa., profit
ed in the following manner by the “ oil excite
ment” now prevailing so extensively in the West
ern and Northwestern part of Pennsylvania. He
bored a bole in his land, poured a barrel of oil in
it, and then called his neighbors to see the large
yield. The result was that he sold his land for
#•2,000 in cash, pocketed the money, oiled his boots
and “slid.”
Color of Houscs,--\l’liiter Aspect.
In landscape gardening, the color of the house
is an important feature. White, the mo9t common,
presents too strong a contrast with the lawn and
trees in the summer; and in the winter, when the
ground is covered with snow, not enough. It
gives the house a cold and dreary aspect at this
season, when it should be warm and enlivening.
The majority of people adorn their grounds and
paint their houses with the single view to their
ugreeahleness in the summer, and seem to be in
sensible to the fact that a landscape can be made
us beautiful in winter as in the season of verdure.
To be this, plant evergreens instead of deciduous
trees, and give your house and buildings some
neutral tint—for instance, a light stone color,
umber, straw, or a light salmon; the latter of
which contrasts very agreeably with the snow and
evergreens.
Deciduous trees should not be neglected; but it
is rarely that we see a mansion accompanied with
too many of those of perpetual foliage. For sbel- ’
ter, the latter should be planted on the north of
the dwelling—perhaps in a belt—and set singly, j
or grouped, in other places, as taste may direct.—
In this manner, the aspect will be agreeable at all
seasons. [D. W. L. in Genesee New York Farmer.
Hotel Charges at Charleston.
A considerable complaint is made that the Hotel
keepers at Charleston have determined to raise
their charges to $5 per day, during the Convention.
That is very well, and only in accordance with the
spirit and the practice of the times. The difficulty,
however, may be very easily obviated, at least, so
far as the members of the Convention are con
cerned. Party conventions are very rapidlv get
ting to be considered the government, and the
people ought to pay their expenses. Just let Con
gress pass a law to pay them S3OOO and mileage,
and then the a day will make no difference.—
Corner Slone.
As “ Able” Kditor. —Every judicious and ob
servant man will concur in the following views,
presented by the editor of one of the best conduct
ed journals in the Old Dominion, the Alexandria
Gazette:
Many people estimate the ability of a newspa
per and the industry and talents of its editor, by
the quantity of editorial matter which it contains.
It is comparatively an easy task fora frothy writer
to pour out daily, columns of words — words, upon
any aod all subjects. His ideas may tlow in “ one
weak, washy, everlasting flood,” and his command
of language may enable him to string them togeth
er like bunches of onions, and yet his paper may
t>e a meagre and poor concern. But what is the
labor and toil of such a man who displays his
“ leaded matter ” ever so largely, to that inipoaed
on the judicious, well informed editor, who exer
cises his vocation with an hourly consciousness of
its responsibilities and duties, aud devotes himself
to the conduct of his paper with the same care and
assiduity that a sensible lawyer bestows upou a suit,
or a human physician upon a patient, without re
gard to show or display ! Indeed, the mere writing
part of editing a papei, is but a small portion of
the work. The industry is not even shown there.
The care, the time employd in selecting, is lar
more important, aud the tact of a good editor is
better shown by bis selections than any thing else;
and that we all know is half the battle. But, as
we have said, an editor is estimated, and his labor
understood and appreciated, by the general con
duct of his paper—its tone —its temper—its uni
form, consistent course—its principles—its aims—
its manliness —its dignity—its propriety. To pre
serve these as they should be preserved, is enough
to occupy fully the time and attention of any man.
If to this be added the general supervision of the
newspaper establishment, which most editors have
to encounter, the wonder is how they can find time
or room to write at all.
Etna ok Artificial Light on Vegetation.—
In answer to an enquiry on this subject, a corres
pondent of the Loudon Builder stales :
“ I planted vegetables in a place where the day
light could not penetrate, over which I suspended
a parathneoil lamp, with a reflector to throw the
light upon the plant. They have grown up a
beautiful dark green. I have also lighted a green
house with lamps every night, and liud it not only
increases vegetation but gives a beautiful deep
tiuge to the plants.”
The New York Herald is gradually working
round for Senator Douglas. In its issue of the Ist
of March it says:
“We do not yield to any one in appreciation of
of Mr. Douglas’ undeniable ability. He is a bril
liant man, au experienced statesman, and would
make a oapitai President.”
VOLUME XXXVIII.—NO. 1.
Tlie Contented Farmer.
Once upon a time, Fredrick, King of Pruasia,
aurnaiaed “ Old Fritz,” took a ride, and espied an
old Urmer ploughing bis acre bv the wayside,
cheerily singing his melody.
, “ Tou well off, old man,” said the king.
. I)oes tbia * cre belong to you, on which you so
industriouly labor ?”
No, sir, replied the farmer, who knew not
that it was the king.
w L am not r ’ as plough for wages.”
farther W J ’'° H g6t * aSked tL ° k ‘ D S
Light groschen,” (about twenty cents) said the
farmer.
•That is not much,” replied the king; “can
you get a long with this?”
“Get along and have something left.”
“ How is that ?”
The farmer smiled and said—” Well if I must
tell you ; two groschen for myself and wife ; and
With two I pay my old debts; two I lend away,
and two 1 give away for the Lord’s sake.”
“ This is a mystery which I cannot solve,” replied
the king.
“Then 1 will solve it for you,” said the farmer.
1 have two old parents at home, who kept me
when 1 was weak and needed help, and now that
they arc weak aud need help I keep them. This
is my debt, towards which I pay two groschen a
day. The third pair of groschen, which I lend
ay, l spend for my children, that they may learn
something good and receive a Christian instruction.
1 hi.-% will come handy to me and my wife when we
get old. \\ ith the last two groschen I maintain
two sick sisters, whom I would not be compelled to
keep—this I give for the Lord’s sake.”
The king, well pleased with his answer, said—
Bravely spoken, old man. Now I will also
give you something to guess. Have vouever seen
me before i”
“ Never, ’ said the farmer.
“ In less than five minutes vou shall see me fifty
times, aud carry in your pocket fifty ©f my like
nesses.”
“ This is a ridJle which I cannot unravel,” said
the farmer.
I hen I will do it for you,” replied the king.
. Thrusting his hand into his pocket, and counting
him fifty bran new gold pieces into tils hand, stamo
ed with Ids royal likeness, he said to the astonished
farmer, who knew not what was coming—
“ The coiu is genuine, for it also comes from our .
Lord (iod, and I am his paymaster. I bid you
adieu.”
Startling ID mor —. “Occasional,” of the Phil
adelphia Press, who occasionally tells the truth,
writes from Washington on the 16th instant:
A rumor which I am disposed to believe, after
thorough inquiry, is in circulation in tliis city,
to the affect that the Administration has advised
and will support the secession of the Southern dele
gates troin the Charleston Convention, should
Douglas be nominated. A Cabinet Minister is said
to have stated to a distinguished Northern Demo
crat, two or three days ago, that this scheme was
arranged, and he did not hesitate to add that it
was very far from improbable that the South would
take possession of the Union Constitutional Con
vention, which is to be assembled at Baltimore on
the 9th of May, in order to array the Southern peo
ple against Douglas, should he succeed in overcom
ing his opponents at the National Convention.—
T on need not be surprised if this project is carried
out. That is in contemplation Ido not doubt.
Excessive Smoking. —Dr. Seymour, an English
physician, in a “ Letter upon Private Lunatic Asy
lums,” thus gives his experience of the evil effects
of excessive smoking:
“ Some of the revelations on this subject are
startling. Some yoing men still in their teens
smoke forty or fifty cigars daily. Young gentle
men of rank have as:Ured me that at college they
have smoked from five in the afternoon until throe
or four in the morning, for weeks together. The
effect of excessive smoking is to depress the cir
culation, the heart becomes weak, irregular in its
action, and the pulse is scarcely to be felt. The
patient becomes frightened, and loses all resolu
tion.
Once a bold rider, be cannot mount his horse ;
a carriage passing rapidly in the streets alarrna
him ; his appetite fails ; his mind fills with hor
rors—imaginary crimes and punishment. This
state of things sometimes continues for years. At
length, the patient dies—often, very often, sud
denly. The case is explained. The muscular
structure of the heart—ofjthat organ which is to
distribute strength and power to every pait of the
system —is imperfect in its action ; the left side is
| thin, and, in some cases in which sudden death
I has occurred, there is little more than a strip of
muscular fibre left on that side.
Excessive smoking is anew vice. How many
young men at school and college used to smoke fif
ty years ago? Some half dozen. How many do
now ? The answer is—legion. Boys of twelve
years oid are seen early in the morning walking in
the streets with cigars in their mouths. Youths
have consulted me who have just come from the
new schools, now called colleges, confessing that
they have been in the habit of smoking constantly;
and these are lads just hop'mg to begin the busi
ness of life.
Virginia and Ohio. —The Governor of Ohio re
fused to surrender Francis Merriam and Owen
Brown on the demand of the authorities of Virgin
ia, on the plea, that no enactment, of that State
clothed him with the power of making such sur
render, and 2d, that the requisition did not state
w ith precision where the offence was committed.
Governor Letcher, in his Message to the Legis
lature of Virginia, on the 14th inst., cites a case
in which on the 22d of February last, Governor
Dennison makes a requisition upon him for the
surrender of a fugitive from justice. He concludes
his message with this paragraph :
If the course which ha 9 been pursued by the
authorities of the States of Ohio anyiowa is to be
come the settled policy of the noD-slaveholding
States towards us, we must adopt such measures
for protection against these gross outrages upon
our rights as will be Buited to the case. We must
adopt retaliatory measures, and thus show them
that we are determined to resist, with becoming
spirit, every encroachment upon us, and every re
fusal to comply with constitutional obligations and
laws intended for our protection. What these re
taliatory measures shall be, I leave to the wisdom
of the General Assembly.
A “Ons Horse Town.”— The Mobile Tribune
has the following :
Some few years ago a New Orleans paper said
that Mobile was nothing but a’ “one-borse town,”
and in a short period it would be nothing but a
“wood yard” for through boats. The wish was
father to the thought. At that time, say five years
ago, the population of Mobile was estimated to be
not exceeding 30,000, and now no one estimates it
at less than 40,000 or 45,000, and it is well known
that the city is increasing faster than any city in
South, Memphis excepted. Yesterday the Battle
House alone fed over 700 persons, and we have
been told that every boardiug house and hotel,
where known, are fflled to overflowing. Anew
hotel is indispensable, and it must be a large one,
for next year’s business. So much for our “one
horse town.”
The Amazon River.
The Amazon, the largest river in the world has
an area of drainage nearly three times as large as
that of all the rivers of Europe that empty them
selves into the Atlantic. This plain is entirely
covered with a dense primeval forest, through
which the only paths are those made by the river
and its innumerable tributaries. This forest is lit
erally impenetrable. Humboldt remarks that two
mission stations might be only a few miles apart
and vet the residents would require a day and ft
half to visit each other; along the windings of
small streams. Even the wild animals got involved
in such impenetrable masses o£ wood that they
(even the jaguar) live for a long time in the trees,
a terror to the monkeys whose domain they have
invaded. The trees often measure from eight to
twelve feet in diameter ; and the intervals are oc
cupied by shrub-like plants, which here in these
tropical regions become ahorescent. The origin
of the Amazon is unknown ; it is navigable for
two tliousaud miles from the ocean ; it i9 nearly
one hundred miles wide at the mouth, and in sons#
places six hundred feet deep; and its torrent pro
jects as it were into the ocean, more than three
hundred miles, perceptibly altering its waters at
this distance from American shores.
Every one who destroys a life destroys, in one
sense, an entire external world, in destroying the
power of perceiving and enjoying it.