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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY INTELLIGENCER ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, August 9, 1865. SENS ITIONAL. There la much sensational in the news received fr< ni Mexico. We caution our readers in regard lo it. Tu-kc lor instance the following which we lind in the New York 1 feral l of the 20 h ultimo. It will be remembered, that paper says, that some lime agorti-orta from Matamoras, Mexico, were rcc. ived and published in the Northern newspapers to the*If ct that the imperial ti-u pa had entered and tak. n possession ot CuihualiUA, the lepuhiican capita), and that P evident Juartz was compelled to doe tor his life an i become a fugitive. We are now in possession <J c-*riv8pondence from that city to the 10 h ol June, which indicates that iLeae atone 9 were utterly lal3C. At that lime Mu 1* ices ol Muximiliau had not even entered ila«- State ol Chihuahua • President Juan z, aut rounded by UL Cabinet and olh ci <.Ulcers, were s ill (XCJcisiug the lane lions ol government uad,.ituibeJ, and every thing iu that region was progressing lavor ably *or the r< pub'ic. Tin: foregoing is but one among many re- p »rts from Mexico that needs correction by (lie 1 hr aid. To us, it seems, that all puttie, in Mexico are given to exaggeration, 11 not to absolute lying. A careful reading ol all the latest correspondence, from that unloi lunate country, directed to the North ern press, satisfies us that while the affairs of Lhe Republic are in no enviable condition, n.-ilhei are the affairs ot 'die Empire so flour ishing as to make Maximillian feel secure on his “iniperinl throne.’' At Washington, we led confident, the true situation is known, as we elso feel confidant that there is no danger ol the United States being hurried mlo a win willi Maximillian and France, notwithstanding the many .rumors to that effect, and which have prevailed in our streets tor a day or two past. Speculation, nvc opine, has too much lo do with reports from Mexico, to gain our confidence. The 1 balls" and "bears' ol Wail-street are still “in the. land of the living." ( AHT.Ui A M» LAItilii. tk> n late New Yoik times wo notice tLat ihi tv oik men at d lloreut trades aud handi i.nttis tu that huge metropolis have recently held meetings tor the purpose of discussing the quesdou ot hours >1 work, the question ol apprenticeship, the question of the rela tions of labor and capital, and other ques lions ot moment and interest to them and the countly—lor that which affects the true mi< rests ot the trades’ or handicraft’s man must n« cessaiily affect to a very great ex tent the country. Thtse meetings have been held by Societies or “Unions,” such as the “ Printers’ Union” iu this State, com posed mainly ot the working erattBmen members ol' the several • Unions.” At one ot tb<?3« meetings recently held, no Icbs t.-iau five distinct “Uuions" were represen ted, at which much freedom of debate was indulged in, especially in regard to capital aud labor, the notion being fully entertained that the lormer is mceasarily at war with the latter. These erroneous views, howev cr, must have boeu dissipated Irom the minds ot the most intelligent amoug these workiug men, alter hearing the address ol a Mr. Me U. rmott, the President of one of the "Unions,” to a short ex’ract from which, we invite the attention ol our reader^ : “We fall intoa grievous error,” said he, "hy abusing npital and ca) iuhst?, and call ing them hard names. All this abuse nev er amounts to anything. Capital is as lie cessary for ns to liye as tho air we breathe. What creates labor but capital V and in the same manner labor is the parent of capital. Nothing on eanb is valuable to man until ihc stamp < f labor is imprinted on it.— Now, a mania lor strikes pervades all or- gmutations. No sooner is a society formed man its members, without over hiking themselves il they owed any duties toward employt'is, at once wish to announce its i xistcncc to the world hy a strike. So- rielhs possess lights which they should “fuilliiicliingly maintain, and owe rights »o the employer which they should never lelusc. Wages are like the ocean— (bus far ar d uo further can they go. Sup pose a strike succeed, what then ? Oue strike pn’s up prices in tveiy branch ot business, and ot course, reacts ou labor.— ltalhrr let us profit by experience; keep wagc'8 at a certain Jevel and preserve our moral character. That is enough for any wni kingmeu’s society to attend to. Let ♦•nidi man be proud ol his vocation, aud commune #fth his fellow-work men about every thing relating to it. D.sorganized,how can we kuow anything about our trade, about the State of the market articling il ? ♦ irgauized, we learn the exact statistics ol our respective trades, aud regulate our ways accordirgly. A certain class of growlers and qna»n lers iu 9<x-ieties force them to adopt arbitrary rueasuns into unjustifiable strikes, and then they are tbe very first lo buck out, when brought lace to face with t he const quenccs ot their rashness. Growl ers arc the drones io the workingmen’s hive; they are ever snarling at I he measures of oth ers, ever com plaining ol cliques, cviri reak- mg up confidence iu a society." We c nun end the foregoing sensible views lo all woi kingmeu, or associations comjwised ol them. I’resenLd as they are, by a fellow handicratsmau, who must, from his position, ♦ xcicise no small is fiuencc among them and who evidently is a sound, practical man, possessed ol more than ordinary ability, we trust Ids remarks will do much good, even here iu the South, where the opinion lo s ane extent, has prevailed, that capital is ui cessarily at war with labor—a most erro ik'i us one, calculated to mislead all who in dulge in it, uu l tcuproduce mischief. WEEKLY IN ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WEEN RE.lSON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.’*—Jefftrson. VOL. 8. ATLANTA, GA., xJTGUST 0, 18(55. NO. That old fogy people, the English, whose brains have been kept in a state c 1 obfuscation by the fogs cf London, have at length waked up in the middle of this nineteenth century to the usefulness of ho tels ! A London correspondent states that a grand affair jjpafe been gotten up by a par ty ol noblemen and gentlemen at an ex pense ol $ 1,500,000. It embraces ihe im provements of cur American hotel system, as well as all the niceties aud modernisms ol Parisian fastidiousness. This West End caravanserie can furnish entertainment to two thousand guests, and located iu tin midst of the best Loudon society, together with its distinguished directory, it promises to be all the rage. It is refreshing to think of cockneys going into ecstaciea over a ho tel, a thing so common here that it is con tcmplated to discontinue them and intro dace something new ! Amoug the distia guished guests present at the opening, was the Prince ol Wales, who declares the hotel “quite a3 good as those of New York I" We hope some enterprising gentlemen will look to the wanis oi Atlanta in this particular. Our friends of the “Exchange” are doily inundated by the tide of travel that passes cur city, and find it impossible to entertain all who call upon them A hotel like the Bt. Charles, at New Orleans, or the Gayoso, of Memphis, would be the very best iuvt 9‘raeut for a couple c f hun dred thousand. How to extract stains: cut neatly round with a pair ot scissors, and when you have made a hole sufficiently large, will be found there. The simplici- noL* ty f i'**' rocess if as remaikable as its ra §3^ By one of the most respectable citi zens of Cass County we were directed re^ cently to announce, in connection with an other gentleman, Gen. W. T. Wofford and Col. J. R. Parrott, as candidates lor dele-- gates to the approaching State Convention. On yesterday we received a note from Gen. W., in which he states that the announce ment of his name was unauthorized by him, coupled with a request that we would dis continue its publication. This we do in compliance with the General's request. We learn also that Coi. Parrott has been and is absent from his county, and the opinion prevailing among his friends that he did not authorize the announcement ot his name as a candidate, we also drop it from the proposed ticket. SENSIBLE ADVICE, There is much good sense in the follow ing article from the New York News. It becomes us now as a patriotic people, hi ihg nothing in our past history of which we need be ashamed, to yield a hearty support to the government under which we are henceforth to live; and to display as much zeal and manliness in restoring our unhap py country to its former proud position as we did in our efforts to maintain a cause tlrat was near and dear to us, and which we believed to be religiously right. To repine over that we cannot help is not manly, and therefore not in keeping with our past lives; to cherish in our hearts a spirit of resent ment and bickering is criminal, and conse« quentiy contrary to that high sense of honor which has ever characterized our race. That “the Southern people contended manfully lor the palm ol victory" all nations will tes tify ; and having lost it, let us exhibit to the world that we are not insensible to that ob - ligation which requires us to submit manful ly to the consequences of discomfiture. The first impulse, perhaps a natural one, of many Southerners upon realizing the final defeat of their cause, was to expatriate themselves, and thus avoid the humiliation of a personal submission to the power tney had struggled against. We are glad to hear that, in many cases, a second thought has induced a more manly and patriotic spirit. There is no legitimate cause to be ashamed of failure in any enterprise, when the record attests -that all has been done to deserve success that courage, skill and devotion could accomplish. The Southern people contended heroically for the palm of victory, and, having lost it, their next obligation is to endure manfully the consequences of dis- comfifure. To desert their country in its hour of prostration would show the alloy of selfishness in their patriotism. The South, now more than ever, needs the presence ot its prominent and ii.tlcu-n- tial men. It would be treachery tor the few who have the means of seeking their fortunes elsewhere, to leave the many help less and without a guide or counsel amid the ruins. Those who have saved trorn the wreck enough to purchase a refuge iu foreign climes, have no moral right to turn their tracks upon their less fortunate neigh bors, aud if there are any who depend upon their talents or their industry to earn a live lihood in foreign climes, those talents and tha» industry are now more than ever valu able to their own country. The Southern ers, of ad classes, should stay at home, or, it abroad, should return to their homes to as sist in removing the traces of the war, and in rebuilding the political, social and indus trial ''systems ol their section. None have the prrvil ge <>I shirking the labor of recu peration. If there are any who are too sensitive to bear the sackcloth and ashes of misfortune, they prove themselves too faint of heart and too infirm of will to have de served success. The ship has sunk, and tbe crew are naked and Lingry upon a barren beach.- Borne among them have superior intellect and energy to direct the work of general salvation; what shall be said of them if they build a raft for themselves and leave their comrades to their Lite ? A man who practiced somewhat at the bar of a saloon asked a lady why she was so loud of peeping into a looking glass. ‘‘Sir,’ said she “the glasses that I look into help nre to improve my appearance, while those you look into injure yours,’ GT M-jor General Steedman, who now has military command ol Georgia, was a good many years ago, an employee in the office ol tbe Louitv-.lle Journal. Me rose to his high position by force oi skill and bravery. SW' Borne young lad tea insisted on nam ing a gentleman’s kitten Julia-—it was so pretty. He gallantly replied that he should be most happy to gratify them, “but it was not that kind of a cat.” THE APPROACHING STATE CON VENTION. The Savannah llerald makes some sensi ble and patriotic suggestions in regard to the approaching Convention, which are de signed to re establish self-government in a people now under military law. One is that every mau who has qualified or can qualify himscll lo take part in the election of dele gates appear at the polls on the day of the election, aud Vote as his judgment and con science dictate, giving at this primary ex pression ol the public feeling, “as tr ue and honest an indication ol his sentiments as cm be exhibited iu a choice of candidates fur so important an office;” aud that in tbe choice of nominees, “ intelligent, candid, honest men be carefully selected, and dem agogucs, large or small, be cart fully ruled out; for," that paper continues, “there should be no men in the Convention who arc self-selected, with a view to gaining no toriety for wordy speeches • no firtbrand?, full ot mischief, ii capable ot good and pat ent for evil.” Letter advice couid not be given to our people, ih m is embraced in the foregoing suggestions, We trust that it will not be disregarded in a solitary County of our State. If it be heeded, “wisdom, justice, and moderation” will prevail in the Conven tion, when it assembles in the capitol to de liberate upon, and provide for, Georgia’s iuture. If not, in the deliberation and acts of that body, we expect to see the reverse ot what is wise, just, and moderate, the con trolling power in it. Let good men, wise men, practical men, who may be found in every county in the State; men who are not influenced by ambitious motives, or by prejudice and passion, but, who appreciate to the fullest extent their obligations to the people they represent, io the State, and to the Nation; occupy seats iu the Conven tion, and we shall have no fears resting upon our nrnd, that the work assigned them will he otherwise than well done. The impor tance rf such sc!ion on the part of the peo ple of our State, cannot ba too deeply ira- pn s ♦cd upon every man who goes to the polls nn the day of the election. Indefekden c Representatives —An English paper says ot that celebrated mem her of the British Parliament, R rebuck,when asked the other day at Stu ifldd, by an elector, how he would vote upon a certain subject, replied “ You mind youf 6wWbtisiiicesand I will mind mine.” This, tLe Loudon Post says, reminds it of Sheridan’s retort In a similar case. Being kindly requested by his constituents on one occasion to give his vote to their interests, he refused, and said ; “ Gentlemen, I bought yon, and I assure you I’ll sell you, whenever it suits my interest or convenience.” It is also said of two or three great land holders in England—among them Baron Rothschild—that they are openly ordering their tenants and depends n‘s to vote for their nominees—a kind of coercion that would be resented in this country, atd at tracts remark, even in England. And this in a country that boasts of free institutions—the land of magna chrrta! What a commentary np >n the right to free suffrage, and upon what the representative owes to Lis constituents ! } .FASHION AND KIATULHOS i, ft it could be impressed upon the minds Or '. Fashion’s fair devotees throughout whole land, that in blindly following h-bvdmost imperial rule they aided largely irmecreasing matrimony, they wouli cer- pause aud re&ecfc upon this evil-con- sequence. Fashion is indeed but another nfifiv for extravagance, and in these days ol gkjyar, in the South especially, men cannot aS^-r-J 'b? Inarry extravagant women. NeU thr.' can a large major ity of meu, iu any coffrtry, afford to indulge in the same ex- luxury. Commenting upon this, a Loifijua j uirnal says : —“How shall a man offld&pent station and moderate means find a'vlip-meet for him? For such a mau that social good, a wile, is too dear—dear iu the Man vs. Woman.—An exchange puts the following ease : “One Horatio Maloney loved and lived with Florence Wilson, a pretty little wo man, about the size and appearance of Miss Harris. Florence vowed eternal love and fidelity to Horatio, but she would keep company contrary to noratio’s expressed wish, with a man other than Horatio, So Horatio im ?rb?d the blade of a small knife somewhere .a die vicinity of the fifth rib of Florence, and made quite a scratch; and Florence this afternoon told her story to the jury, who found Horatio guilty, and he was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Had Horatio killed Flor ence, it is understood the jury would have acquitted him.” - Certainly the jury would Lave acquitted the unfortunate Horatio—unfortunate be cause he only iron tided the fair Florence, and did not hill her. The precedent for his ac quittal is the case of Mollie Harris. Life to mau is as dear as it is to woman. The law hat protects the oue should protect tire other. Public opinion, too, should do the ame, Barkum ! the inimitable ! the in domitable ! prince of humbugs aud inven tor of wooly horses and mermaids, is not the least discomfitted by his recent great Josses. Iu a card published in the New York papers he proposes ter have his late mascara undergo the process pine nix, which will, enable him in the short space of six months to duplicate every specimen ot na tural history and historical relic which adorned hia late establishment. Mr Bar hum concludes: “For years I have been obliged, tor want of room, to nject many rare and valuable cariosities stored in the museums and pri vate coflec: ions of Europe, which I shall now have the pleasure of placing before the American public; and I risk nothing in say ing, lhat, before many months elapse, I shall, if life be spared, open to the public a popular place of instruction and amusement infinitely more extensive, commodious and interesting than any ever be ore known upon this continent I shall dispatch a spe cial agent to Europe on Saturday next, and shall soon follow myself, in order to carry out with business representatives abroad tbe above plan sense ot expensive. He cannot afford a wife whose dress alone will cost him a hun dred pounds (a moderate sum here in At lanta,) a year. She will ruin hiru in clothes. Sbe.'will be to her husband awhile elephant Ne jroung fellow, in tire receipt, of not more thafi a comfortable income, dares to take a wiL^. What is the consequence ? Men shrink from' committing matrimony.” An American writer, commenting on the foregoing, says; “The extravagance of the sex'iu matters of dress-and display during thclfast four years,^has been marked and extraordinary. The result has been that marriageable men have not dared to marry; they;, could not afford it; they have shrunk in terror from the idea oi paying the milli nery and other bills of a fashionable woman. The expenditures ol women have driven men' from marrying, and precisely as the matrimonial tide has receded"—we will not quote further from this writer, but will add foe ourself—consequences have followed pronibtive of social evils rapidly accumula ting jiwonghout the whole land. In-, the strife—for it is a strife—between Fashion and Matrimony, we lake the side of the latter, and would urge our fair coum trywomen to do the same. That. ‘ love of a bonnet," for instance, sitting on the top of the head, like i. ' j. , “A Lit of straw adorned with leather. ^ A yard of lace, a spray of heather, . Some bugles, and a toasting feather, These tvifles taken all together,” siiiNSsSfi^giO".many a fashionable girl to sin ie ‘blessedness for life, as like trifles have consigned many others to many more sors rows. Give it all up, lovely woman, and champion the cause henceforth of holy mat rimony. ■ MEXICAN AFFAIRS. W e referred recently to the sensational character of the news from Mexico. No ticing the same, the Chicago Tunes, of a very recent date, sens’bly says: The Northern public is just now being treated to another batch of sensations from Mexico. A short time since there was re ported a great number of victories won by the liberalists, who were apparently carry ing everything before them. This was done to aid the “emigration” scheme. The next attempt to create a feeling in reference to Mexico was by the statement that we have 100,000 men posted as "a corps of observa tion on the Texan side of the Rio Grande and to this was added a statement by Gen. Grant that the French “must be driven from Mexico.” Now we are treated to any quantity of atrocities said to be perpetrated by French soldiers on American residents. This last is no more probable than its predecessors. There is no reason why Americans shouid be treated any more badly thau othi r nationalities, unless il be in case of men who have ‘Vmigrated” there from the United Slates, aud have taken sidts in a quarrel with which they had no preseut concern. All these things are tele graphed with a view of exciting hostility against fhe new government in Mexico. The existence of such a state ot things is wrong. The people of this country, if they have legitimate ground of object ion against Maximilian, will miuilest it at the proper time aud iu ihe proper manner. They do not wish do be lie l into a state ot Testing against Mexico. If the interestwo f republl cannon demand the cxrulsion ot Maximilian, the attempt will be made; it is, however, infinitely sbamvtui to suppose that this na tion does not know its own rights in this case, and, therefore, resort is made b> an atrocious system of falsehood,’ in or Jer to create a war feeiicrg against M xico. Let the people discard the^esensational reports. L a them understand th.it if this government ever declares war egaiust Maximilian, it will be done solely in tbe interest ot the country, and not because Juartz is winuing great victories, or became the French sol diery ate “massacreing” American residents Vert much Mixed.— We heartily sjm- pathiz.- with the poor fellow who thus re counts his c ■mplex family matters : “I got acquainted with a young widow, who lived with her step-danglrier, in the same house, i married the widow; my lather fell, shortly after it, in love with the step-daughter of my wife, aud married her My wife became the mother in-law and also tbe daughter in-law of my own lather. My wife’s step-laughter is my step-mother, and 1 am the step-father of my mother-in-law. My step mother, who is the step-daughter of my wife, has a boy ; he is naturally my step-brother, but bt cause he is tbe eon ot my wile’s step-dangler, so is my wile the grandmother of tne little boy; and I am the grandfather of my step-brother My wife has also a boy; my step-mother is con sequently the step sister ot my boy, and is also his grandmother, because he ri the child of her step-son ; and my lather istbr broth er-in law of my sod, bt cause be has got bis step-.is er for a wife. I am the brother of my own son, who is the son of*ray step mother; I am ihe brother-ia-law of my mother; my wile is tbe aunt of her own son, my s^n is the graudsoa of my father, ( ard I am my own grandfather.” PUBLIC MEETING IN CHEROKEE fUJlVTT. Notice having been given, a meeting of the citizens took place at Canton on Tues day, the 1st day of Anguit, 1365 Nathan id 1 Garrison was called to the Chair, and Win. Gi ishaui elected Secretary. The Chairman wss then, by vote, called upon to appoint a committee of five to pro- poi'e business lor the action of the conven tion ; whereupon lie appointed James R. Brown, Isaac M-.C mBi.-H, Jamrs C. Coffee, Joseph Heard and James L. D. Harbin, Es quires, that Committee; who, alter retiring a tew minute?, made the following Report; Wheuhas, the controversy between the Nqrth and S -oth which caused so much excitement and eugendrarei* sib much bitter feeling bet ween-the two sections for many years past, wW by the recent revolution re ferred to tho highest tribunal known among nations for tho settlement of difficulties be tween them—that of war; and, whereas, after a long and bloody struggle the re sources of the South have been exhausted, and her gallant armies overpowered by numbers, and compelled to lay down their arm3 and submit to the authority of the Uniled States, which makes'a final decision of the question ot controversy between the two sections, and compels Georgia to re turn to the Union, and take her place among her sister States under the Constitution of the United Stater; Therefore, Resolved, by ihe people of Ghero kee county, Is#, That whatever may be our individual opinions as to who was right anS who was wrong in the stupendous struggle which has settled the questions at issue be tween us, it is now the duty of every citi zen of Georgia to submit to the decision, ana obey the laws, and endeavor to make a peaceable and good citizen, and to support the government under which we aud our children after us have g >t to live, and to which we look tor protection. Resolved 2d, That we rec.ommend oil good cih-zms to take the amnesty oath, and qual ify themselves as voters at the earib S5 op portunity; and that ignoring all past differ ences of opinion and party questions, they support their ablest, best and honest men as delegates to the Slate Convention, which meets at, Miiledgeville on the fourth Wed nesday in October next, f.»r the purpose of organizing the State ; establishing civil gov eminent, aDd framing a C.institution- for ourselves aud posterity. Resolved -3d, That while Georgia was at tempting to throw off the Government of the United States, and establish the Gov eminent of the Confederate States, she maintained her honor and observed the best of faith with her own citizens, and with those S.ates with whom she was associated, as she has ever done in her past history, and that in her failure to succeed she was not disgraced. Looking, therefore, with pride to-her past history, we feel confident that in whatever new relation she may en ter, she Will observe her good faith by re deeming all her obligations both to her own cifizar.s and to the Government of the Uni ted States, thereby vindicating her honor, and transmit! ing her fair name to the lalrst posterity. Res Izedilh, That this meeting condemns all forcible and illr-gti seizures ol property which have been made daring the war by citizens claiming lo belong to different par ties, and it is the sense ol this meeting that good Tai h r* quires that said property be returned lo the rightful owners thereof, without reference to the political opinions of the parties from whom it wa3 taken ; but we recommend parties from whom pro perly wjs thus taken to use no violent means to recover the same, but as the rem edy in the courts will be ample, it should be sought there. The Report was adopted with but two opposing votes. Resolved also, That the Chairman and Sec rotary address the President of the United States, or some other authorized officer,and rf quest that an authorized officer be sent to this county, or some citizm be authorized to administer the amnesty, oath to our citizens. Resolved. That a copy ot these proceed ings he furnished the INTttLi.raE’acer, of Atlanta, requesting that paper to publish the same, N J. GARRISON, Chairman. W.u. Gui .ham, Secretary. f%r We do not know who ia the author of the following, but it certainly deserves a better fate than to float fatherless the rounds of cewspaperdom.; mr. Lothario’s apology. Vouv ctfmiug Iu last nigt.t, my tore, Was something sudden. I was helping Nell To tie the ribbons of her rlgoiette : She put the crimson of her mouth up—well, I’m flesh and Wood, and then you singing, came Into the room, and tossed your head for shame, j I saw a lari oPmstden- northern lights Shoot up your cheeks and tremble in your eyes I tike sttch things. I like to see the wind Drive {Tightened clouds across tempe tuous skies I like the sea, and, when it’s easily had, a very pretty woman, very mad ! Hike the dangerous and regal air (You bear a queen’s name and a queen you ate,) With which you donned your thibet opera cloak, And clasped it with a diamond like a star; ’Tufa charming in my mistress. But, my life It would not be so charming in my wife. I like wild tilings, as I have s>i«l, but then I should not like to own them. Who would be Proprietor of earthquakes, or loose hurricanes, Or comets plunging in celestial sea t Or wed a maid that could, if she should please, Give him a touch of one and all of these r Not I. Don’t let a female thunder-storm Brood in your eyes, with every now and ilien A flash of ang.y lightning. You have had Your March and April, now be June agaiu . Andletyonr fine-cut eye brows’ silken span. Be bows of promise to your favorite mau 1 I’ve had my laugh, and yea yow pouf, and now lYou’U spoil that rose -bud if you twist it so,) Give me both hands that I may say, Good Bess, The good queen Bess,’ and kiss you before I go— •The good Queen Bew, whose heart and mind aud la." Teach rnejo tiseault women—as a race ? So when I kissed your pretty cousin Neli, I honored one who taught me to admire Fair Women in thoir twenties—don’t you see ? But then dear Bess, as I was standing by her, Her lips quite dose—now this is entre nous— Upon my soul, I made believe’t was you ! From the Missouri Republican ct the 2Gth. A RICH MARRIAGE CEREMONY. The following description of a marriage in Illinois by a newly appointed Justice ol the Peace, who is something of a wag, is taken verbatim from a letter .written to a Iricnd in this city. He says : Having been appointed to the desirable “posish” of Justice of the Peace, I was ac costed ou the 5ih of July, by a sleek look ing youDg man, and iu silvery tones, re quested to proceed to a neighboring hotel, as he wished to enter into the holy bonds of matrimony. Here was a “squelcher.” I had never done anything of the kind, had no books or forms; yet I was determined to do things up strong, and in a legal manner, so 1 proceeded lo tbe hotel, bearing in my arms one copy of the Revised Statutes, one ditto Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, one copy large size Bible, a small copy ot the creed and articles of Faith ot the Congrega tional Church, one copy of Pope’s Essay on Man, and a sec ioaal part of the map where the victim lived. Having placed a table in tbecenireo! the room, and seated myself behind it A I, in trumpet tones called the case. Wiih that the young man and wo rn >n, with great alacrity, stepped up before me. Having sworn them on the dictionary to answer well and truly all the questions I was about to ask, I proceeded. I told the young man that, being an entire stranger, I should have to ask him to give bail for the cost*. Having heard thi9 so frequently in Courq I thought it indispensable. He an swered if I meant the lee for performing the ceremony, be would deposit it then and there. As I did not know exactly what I did mean, l magAnimousIy waived that portion ot the ceWfhony. I then told him it would, be jaeceasary to give -bail to keep the peace. This be said he was willing to do when he arrived at home, and I then waived (hat point also. Having established to my satisfaction that they wanted to get married, and that they were old enough to enter into that blessed state, I proceeded to tie the knot. I asked him if he was wil’ing to take that woman to be his wife. He said he was. I told him that 1 did not require ha9te iu the answer, that he might reflect a few minutes if he wished. I told him she looked like a fine girl, and 1 had no doubt she was, but if the sequel proved that hs had been taken in, I did not want to be held responsible. I said he must love, honor and obey her as long as she lived. He must not be “snappy" around the house, nor spit tobacco juice on the fl >or, all of which he promised faithfully to heed. “Now,” said I, “Georgiaoa” (her name was Georgiaua,) “you hear what Humphrey aajs. Do you accept the invitation to be come his wife; will you be lenient toward his faults, and cherish his virtues; will you ntv*-r be guilty of throwing furniture at his head for slight offenses, and will you get thiee meals a day without grumbling ?”— She said she would. I asked (hem it they believed in the command ment i, and they said th y did. Having read the creed and articles of faith, as aforesaid, I exclaimed, * Humphrey, take her, she is yours; I can not withhold my consent." “Georgians, when safe in the arms of your Humphrey, vou can defy the rci ffs and jeers of the world.” I then read a little from the “Essay on Man,” including that passage, “Man wants but little here below, but wants that little long.” As a finale to the scene, I delivered the following cxjrdium : “Go in peace, sin no more.” The generous Humphrey ’having placed a fifty cent check iu my unwilling .palm 1 bade the happy pair a final adieu ! L I TEST FIOIH MEXICO. General Shelby enters Mexico—He sells his Guns and Artillery to the Libera's—Jua rez still at Chihuahua• What is an Inch of Rain? -The last weekly return of the British Registrar Gen eral gives the Inflowing interesting infor mation in respect lo raiu fall; R iin tell iu Lmdon to the amount oi 0 43 incites, ^hicu is equivalent to 43 tons of rain per acre. Tbe rain-fall during the past week varied from 30 tou9 per acre in Edin burg to 250 u»qs per acre in Glasgow. An English acre consists ol 6,372 square inches, and an inch deep of rain on an acre yields 6272.640 cubic inches of water, which at 297 274 cable inches to the gallon makes 226,235 gallons; and as a gallon of distilled water weighs ten poundq the rain hill on an acre is 226,225 pounds, avordupois, but 2 540 pounds are a too, and consequent ly an inch deep of rain weighs 100,603 pounds, or nearly 401 tons per acre For every one hundredth of au inch a ton of water falls per acre. if any agrlctxitura!ht were to try tbe ex perimeut of distribuff g artificially that which nature as b mntifully supplies, he Would soon feel ihcliacd to “rest and be thankful." D -ga in Texas are trained by putliDg them with the sheep when they are blind puppies and rearing them with the lambs The dogs are regularly fed at a certain hour in the eveniag, and so never fail to bring the fl ’ck in at the right time. We have just received the following im portant information, which comes via San An»onio: Our information from Eagle Pass and Pi- edra3 Negras is up to July 1. We learn that Gea. Shelby had reached the first named point in a quiet and peaceable man ner, but was informed by the authorities in Piedras Nigras that he would not be al lowed to take his men into Mexico with arms in their hands, but that if he would leave his arms there would be no oljection tq, the entry into the country as emigrants of him-selt and men. We are informed, that Gen. Shelby finally agreed to this, and sold his arms aud cannon to the Liberals at Pie dras Negras. There were 2,500 stands of small arms, and three pieces of ar.oilery,for which Shelby rtceived $11,000—$6,000 ia specie and $5,000 in bonds issued bj" the Liberals. The arms were immediately shipped for Chihuahua, The Governor of the State of Coahuiia acted a3 agent for the Liberals. President Jaart z is said tb be at Chihua hua, and that city is stroDgly fortified. No imperial troops nearer than 300 miles, and not in sufficient force to justify an advance against Juarez’s capital. There i3 no truth in the report that President Juirez is about to visit the United States. jjpW Mr. Benjamin, late Confederate Sec retary ot State, has reached Paris, and in tends making his future home in Australia. It is understood the ex-Seeretary made his exit from this.country by way of Nassau. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, the great novelist, has become utterly deaf, and is now in Paris under the professional care of the most eminent aurist living.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 186?-1865, August 09, 1865, Image 1