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the Hedvlf times & Sentinel.
BY LOMAX & ELLIS.]
Volume XIII.
THE TIMES & SENTINEL.
TENNENT LOMAX & ROSWELL ELLIS,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TIIR TRI-WEEKLY TIMES SENTINEL
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Z~!?~ Advertisements conspicuously inserted at Onk Dollar
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sequent insertion.
Liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertisements.
LEGAL NOTICES.
Muscogee Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, at the
market house, in the city of (Joluuibus, between the usual
hours of sale, the following property to-wit:
City lot number forty two, except one hundred and ten feet !*v
one hundred and thirty feet in the southwest corner. Also, lot
number forty-four except fifty-seven feet fronting <>n broad street
and running back one hundred feet. Also the north corner of
lot number forty-five, fronting on Broad street, beginning at the
northeast corner of said lot, running thence twenty-nine feet on
Broad street, thence back toward 11. 8. Brnitln* Warehouse
eighty feet, thence due north twenty nine feet, thence due east 1
lo the beginning corner upon which lots and part of lots is situa
ted the Mansion House now occupied by Captain Jacob Barrow
as a Hotel. Also the following negroes: Harry a boy about twelve
years old, Courtney a girl about ten and Easter a woman about
forty years old; all levied on as the property of Jacob Barrow to
satisly two fi fas, one from the Superior court of „Wiif?cogee co., in
favor of John G. Winter, vs. Jacob Bai row ; tin; other from the !
inferior court of Muscogee county in favor of .Sterling T. Austin
against Jacob Barrow, principal, Thomas P. Wooldridge, se
curity.
Also, the life estate of Richard Fox in and to the following no
groes, viz: Cuffeea man about fifty-five years old,and Clari.-a n
woman about fifty years old ; also the Absolute title in and to
Caroline a woman about twenty-five years old and Lodiska a girl
about twelve years old, levied on as the property of Richard Fox
to satisfy sundry fi fas from the .Superior court of Jl/uscogee coun
ty in favor of John Banks against said Fox, and other fi fas in my
hands against said Fox.
Also, a small lot ofdry goods, consisting of calicoes, domestics,
A-c., levied on as the property of William McAndrew to satisfy
ail fa from Muscogee Interior court in favor of Joseph VVyle
against Williury McAndrew, principal, and John It. Wells, se
curity.
May 5, 1853. A. S. RUTHERFORD, Sheriff.
Randolph Sheriff Sales,
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, before
the court house door in the town of Cuthhcrt, Randolph
county, within the usual hours of sale, the following property.
Lot of land number one hundred and forty in the sixth district,
and one hundred and seventy-five acres of lot of land number two
hundred and thirty seven in the tenth district, it being the east
part of said lot, all of said county ; levied on as the property of
A rihurfA/anmng to satisfy one U fa issued from the Inferior court
of Stewart county in favor of Shelling &, Merrv, vs. Arthur Man
ning. Pointed out by John A. Tucker.
Also, the undivided half oflot of land number twenty-nine in
the seventh district of said county ; levied on as the property of
Archibald Lewis to satisfy one II la issued out of a justice court of
Early cotinlv in favor of Gabriel Jones, vs. Archibald Lewis.
Levy made and returned to me by a constable.
Also, the north half of lot of laud number two hundred and six,
and south half of lot number two hundred and live in the sixth
district of said county; levied as the property of E. Ward to sat
isfy one tax II fa issued from said county fur the vear 1851 ; levy
made and returned to me bv a constable.
May 5-tds. ‘ RICHARD DAVIS, Dep. Sheriff.
POSTPONED.
Lot of land number forty-nine and north half of lot land number
forty-eight in the eleventh district, and number thirty-five and the
north naif of lot of land number thirty-three in the tenth district,
all of Randolph county ; levied on as the property of William
Matlock to satisfy sundry fi fas from the Superior court of said
county in favor of Alexander Pace and others, vs. William J/at
lock and John T. McLendon, oiifc in favor of Delaware Morris,
vs. Wm. Matlock.
RICHARD DAVIS, D. Sheriff.
May G—tds. WASHINGTON JOYCE, Sheriff.
Early Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, between the
t V lawful hour* of sale, before the court house door In Uluke
!e), Early county, tia. the following property, to-wit :
Lot of land number two hundred and eighty-two in the fourth
district of Early county, containing two hundred and fifty acres,
more or less, levied on as the property of William Ucele to satis
fy a fi la issued from the Inferior court of Elbert county in favor
of Baker, Johnson &. Cos., vs. said Boole.
May s—wtds JOHN WEST, Sheriff.
(vRIMtfwIA, { Court ok Ordinary,
MuMcogec county, \ April Term, 1853.
rule Nr sr.
WHEREAS, Wni.N. Nelson, administrator de bonis non on
the estate of John Liggin, deceased, having applied for
letters of dismission from said administration : It is ordered that
nil persons concerned sle w cause, if auy they have, why said
administrator should not be dismissed at the Court of Ordinary to
be held in and lor said county on the first Monday in November
next.
A true transcript from the minutes of said court, April 4, 1853.
Columbus, April i-—wtiin JNO. JOHNSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, t Court ok Ordinary,
Talbot county, \ February Teiin, 1853.
RULE SI SI.
WHEREAS, William F. Robertson applies by petition lor
letters of dismission as the administrator of Barney Wilson,
late of Talbot county, deceased.
Be it ordered, That all persons concerned, be and appear at
the September term of this court next ensuing, then and there
to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be
granted.
A true extract from the minutes of said court, 24th Feb., 1853.
March l—9wfm MARION BETIIUNE, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, l Court of Ordinary,
Muscogee county, s April Term, 1853.
RULE Nr SL
WHEREAS, Win. N. Nelson, administrator on the estate of
Augustus Peabody, deceased, having applied tor letters of
dismission from said administration : It is ordered that all per
sons concerned, shew cause,it’ any they have, why said admin
istrator should not be dismissed at the Court of Ordinary to be
held in and for said county on the first Monday in November
uext.
A true transcript from the minutes of said court, April 4,1853.
April 12—wtiin JNO. JOHNSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, > Court ok ordinary of said coi n
llan(lolpli county, \ ty, April Terra, 1853.
T A M ES W. COLLINS, administrator of N. Collins, iale of said
f 1 county, deceased, petitions this court to grant him letters of
dismission from his said administration, anil it appearing that
said estate has been fully administered : Ordered that all persons
file their objections, if any they have, on or before the November
Term of this court next ensuing, otherwise said administrator
will be then and there dismissed.
April 12—wtim O. P. BEALL Ordinary.
GEORGIA, ) COURT OF ORDINARY,
Stewart county. \ April Term, 1853.
UPON the petition of William IL House, Executor of the last
Will ami Testament of Thomas House, ifeceased, for letters
of dismission from his said executorship:
It is on motion, ordered by the court that all persons concern
ed, shew cause, on or before the next term of said court, why
said should not then be granted.
A true extract from the minutes of said court, April 12,1853.
April 19—wtim _ J. L. WIMBERLY, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, ) Court ok ordinary, ok said coun
-11 aitilolph county, j[ ty, April Term, 1853.
¥ t >IIN T. McLEN DON, Guardian of Simeon P. Turner, peti
fl tions this court for letters of dismission from his said guar
dianship:’ Irdered that all persons having objections file them on
or before the July Term of this court ensuing, otnerwise said
letters will be then and there granted.
April W-wSm (>. P. BEALL. Ordinary.
4 diniiilstrators Sale.— Agreeable to an order of the
J. V Court of Ordinary of Early county, will be sold before the
court house door in the town of Blakely, on the fir t Tuesday in
line next, all the real estate of F. Griffith, deceased, situated in
e said town of Blakely.
- A Pf-L I *~ wtda FRANCIS GRIFFITH, AdmV.
Ororglft, Unmlolph couuty.—Whereas, Simon
* Wooteu applies u* me for letters of Guardianship for the
person and property of Samuel Thompson, orphan and minor of
Samuel Thompson, late of said county, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
parties interested, to be and appearat the next July teiin of the
Court of Ordinary of said county, and make known their objec
tions, if any they have, otherwise letters will then and there be
granted. Given under my hand at office, 25th day of May, 1853.
May 31 -w7t P. B i: \LI-. Ordiiiarv.
< A eorgia, Randolph count y,Whereas, Cullen W
I Alexander applies to ine for letters of ait ministration mi the
. state ol Hansel! M orris late ol said county, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred ami creditors of said deceased, lo l>e and appearat my
office w'tliiu the time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not he granted. Given under
my hand at office llie 25t h day of May, 1853.
My 31—w7t ’ O. P. BEALL Ordinary.
(t KOIIGIA, Randolph county.--Court ok Or-
I niN AKY, Whereas, by the petition of William Hayes, ad
ministrator on the estate of Enoch Rigsby, deceased, and the
estate of Kincheu Fairclulh, deceased, it appearing to this court
that he has fully administered both of said estates, and m >ves the
court to grunt him letters of dismissing All persons cone*-rued in
either of said estates, are her**by n*.tiiiei i> make known their
objections, if any they have, on or before tin* October term of
this court next ensuing, otherwise said administrator wit!then
mi-I there he dismissed. Given under mv hand at o’Hce the 291 h
Hi 1853. O. I*.'BEALL. Ordinary .
April 5 -wflni
i *. eorgls, Randolph co anty.—Wheieas, Samuel A.
• * Grier, aitmiiiistmlor de bonis non on the estate of John 11.
Weaver, late ol said county, deceased, has petitioned for letters
of dismission from said administration.
These are, therefore, to admonish and require all persons
concerned to file their objections, if any they have, on or More
the September term of the Court of irdinary of said county, to
be hoideii on the first Monday of Septum tier next, otherwise said
administrUor will he then uud there dismissed.
Given uiub-r (uy hand al office this 22d day of February, 1853
March I—4>w6u o. P. BEALL, ordinary.
/ 1 corgla, Randolph conn ty.--Whereas, Mary Ann
’ > Butler and Thomas Corain apply to me for letters M'admin
istra ioij ou the estate of Harman Butler, uite of said county, de-
arc, therefore, to cite and admonish ail and singular I lie
creditors and kindred of said dectrusiai to appear al inv office
within the time prescribed by law. and shew cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my baud at office the 18th day of April, 1853.
April 2ti w7t O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
p torgla, Randolph county.—. Whereas, Jas. Rutli-
V T erford, Guardian of Benjamin and Absalom Sutley, applies
to me for dismission from his said Guardianship. All persons
interested are, therefore, hereby required to tile their objections,
if any they have, on or before the May term of this court next
ensuing, otherwise said applicant will be then and taere dismis
sed. Given under my band at office the 17lh March, 1853.
March22—wfun <>. I*. BE \LL, ‘lrdinary.
.■ Georgia, Haudolph county.—Whereas, John Gil
” T beri, Guardian of llendley E. Hill, minor and orphan ol
William E. Hill, deceased, applies to me for dismission from
saiii Guardianship. All j ersons interested are therefore hereby
required to file their objections, ifany they have, on or before the
May Term of this Court next ensuing, otherwise said applicant
will be then and there dismissed.
Given under my hand at offii e, the 17th March, 1853.
March 22 wtiin _ O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
(A eorgia, Early county.—Whereas,Joseph Grimsley,
X administrator with the Will annexed, upon the estate of
Barah Grimsley, late of said county deceased, makes application
to me for letters of dismission from the further administration of
said estate. AH persons concur nisi are hereby notified to be and
appearat my office, within the time prescribed by law, and
shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be
granted said applicant.
Given under my band at office, this February the 24th, 1853.
March I —ffwGm S. S. STAFFORD. Ordinary.
( Uoi gln, Early county.--Whereas, it appears that
T the estate of jt/ujor Hendeoson, late of said county, is unrep
resented at law :
This is to notify all and singular the kindred and creditors ol
said deceased, to file their objections, if any they have (within tin
time prescribed by law,) or Thomas B. Andrews, the clerk of the
Hunerior Court of said county, wiil be appointed administrator
de bonis non curu trainmen to nnnexo. upon the estate ol said
decenseil. Given under iny hand at office, this April 22, 1853.
vi/ay 3—w7t 8 S STAFFORD,Ordinary.
((eorgia, Stewart county.—Whereas, Asel P. Rood
JT applies for letters of adiniuistration ou the estate of Blanchc
(J. Gibson, late of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all concorne I, to
shew cause on or before the next June term of the Court of < >r
dinnry of said county, why said letters should not then be granted.
Given under my band in office, this 27th April, 1853.
April 29 —uGt J. L. WIMBERLY, Ordinary.
S (eorgia, Talbot county.—Office of Ordinary, 29th
vT A.arcti, 1853. —Whereas. J. J. Jamison, Guardian of Nathan
iel Woinmock’sorphans, petitions for letters of Dismission from
said guardianship:
Be it ordered, That all persons concerned, be and appear at.
the June Term of the Court of Ordinal y of said county, m*xt en
suing, then and there to shew cause, il any they have, why said
letters should not he grained.
A true extract from the minutes of said court, April 15th, 1853
April 2it w6tn MAKIIIN BETHI NK, Ordinary.
Administrator’* Sale.--Will be sold in Cuthbert,
Randolph county, on the first Tuesday in July nex>, lot of
land number one hundred and seventy nine in the tilth district
of saiu county, on which are an excellent dwelling house and
other buildings, all good and new, about forty iu;r< sos fresh
opened laud, --old by order of the Court of Ordinary of said
county.
Terms or Sale —One half payable first of January, 1854, and
the balance first January, 1855. Notes with approved security.
May 17—wtds .11— K SANDI.iN. Ad mV.*
Nolice (o Debtors and Creditors—All persons in
debted to the estate of Robert'Thompson, deceased, oI Ear
ly county, will eune forward and make payment. And those
having claims against said deceased, are hereby notified to pre
sent them to John Thompson, or this notice will he plead in bar,
by JOHN THOMPSON,
.Wav 3—ti'.w Adin’r. with will annexed, i
r CWO mouth* after date application will be
JL made to llie Court of < irdinary of Early county, for leave to
sella part of the land and negroes belonging to the estate ot Rob
ert 1 bompson, deceased, for the benefit ot the creditors anil heirs
of the estate of said deceased. JOHN THOMPSON,
•Way 3—w2m Adin’r. with will annexed.
TWO months after date, I shall apply lo the
A Court of Ordinary of Randolph county for leave to sefi the
negroes belonging to Timothy Pitman, deceased, late ofsaidc.oun
y. Anri I 12 \v2.n ‘ A. A. PITM AN, Adm’r.
‘I'W O months aft er date, a ppl leat ion will be
1 made to the Court of Ordinary ofllarriscounty, for leave to
sell the real and personal estate of William C. Dozier, deceased.
A/ay 3—\v2m J. T. I I'/.l F.W. Adm’r.
Two months after date, 1 shall apply to llie
1 Court of Ordinary of Randolph coiiuly for leave to sell llie
lands belonging to Mary Knighton, deceased.
May3l—w2tn ~ JAS. LITTLE, Adm’r.
Two monllia nftnr date I will apply to the
A < >riinary of A/uscogee county, for leave to sell a negro child
(Rosa) the property of Henry M. Jcrnigan, (Idiot.)
April 19—w2in A. B. B AG AN, Guardian.
(t uardtan’s sale.—On the first Tuesday in June next, w ill
T be sold in Cuthbert, Randolph county, a negro man named
Peter, about fifty years of age. Sold as the. property of the
minors ol'Sol. Graves, dcceasisl, by order of the court of < >rdina
ryof said county. It. GRAVE#, Guardian.
’ April 12-wtds
■ ■■r— ■ i ....r,,—— ——
CHALYBEATE SI’R INGS.
T THE undersigned, thankful for the very liberal
li ** patronage extended to him since the opening ol the
11 above establishment, informs his friends and the
j* r ■ IkSSp traveling public, that his house will be re openedou
Ji&LsZm. FRIDAY, 20th OF MAY.
In addition to the many comforts and amusements affordeil his
guests heretotore, the subscriber has
IMPROVED AND ENLARGED HIS
ACCOMMOD A T I O N S ,
in such a manner as enables him lo say that he can accommodate
all who may favor him with a visit, and render their stay agreea
ble and satisfactory in every respect. Il matters not whether the
traveler is in search ol health, amusement—either or both—tl.e
Chalybeate is the place at which Ids wauls can be satisfied.
The Waters are fine, “Chalybeate and .Sulphur,” and will cure
as many diseases as any one person ought to have.
T II R BAT H S
are excellent ami arranged with a view lo comfort. Ihe quantity
of water is not qpile as great in volume as that discharged hy
Niagara, but there is plenty and to spare for the ablutions ol any
number of Bathers not engaged in ditching for Gas Works, or
operating in Coal Holes; and as this is not the class of visitors
who have heretofore round the Chalybeate, the proprietor trusts
that his friends w ill find no scarcity of that necessur) element of
navigation. While he will have oceans of water f*r his temper
ance friends, he will remember to keep a good supply of Winks
Ibr those who prefer a spirit level to a water course, lest too great
a tendency to Hydropathy might cause them lobe regarded os
“soakers.” In a word, the proprietor has been crow ded every
season since be has had charge of the Springs; and as he feels
satisfied that all who have called on him will give, good report,
send their friends, and call ago n when they pass this way. he is
determined lo leave nothing undone to keep his place “right side
up.”
TO INVALIDS
good fare and good cheer are as necessary as good water, and as
none of th)*se things are particularly disagreeable even to such, as
from their liealthfulness, are traveling certificates of the salubrity
ofthe land they live in, the subscriber feels that ho Is safe in say
ing the Chalybeate audits Proprietor are the elements “to drive
dull care away.”
From Geneva, on the Railroad twenty miles east of Columbus,
Four Horse Conches run daily to the Springs ; from Barnesville
tri weekly. At West Point, on the Montgomery Railroad, at
LnGrange, Pleasant Hill and Greenville, comfortable Hacks can
always be had to bring visitors to the Springs. Facilities for
leaving to anv point, can be had every day. The only difficulty
to the traveler is to make up his mind t o o o ! Call and sve the
undersigned, and it he does not make you comfortable, it will be
In cause you are harder to please than any one that he has encoun
tered as yet, and that is saying a good dial.
JAMES WOOTTEN.
Clmlvheatc* Fprln-s. Ga.. m:.v 17—tw .tw l ljuiv.
Metallic Burial Cases.
‘'pilKSK cases have been universally approved wherever
.1. used. They are much superior to those of wood, and
combine within themselves all those qualities so desirable in a
Southern Climate.
‘They are composed of several kinds of Metal, but principally
of Iron*.
They are thoroughly enamelled inside and out, and t hus made
impervious to airuud indestructible, and can be sold at about
literates of covered coffins.
The public are invited to call ant! examine them for them
selves, anil at m glut.ae they will seethe great advantage of this
article over any other ever offered to the public.
Columbus, Feb. 23—w&lwbm BAMMIB A ROONEY’
aß*^aahL<aagiWjapWiißiffa
I LYONS
1 KATHAIROM
P FOR TUX _i iffTr
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D its Falling off and turning Gray. Awarded the highest prem
iums by the States of New York, Maryland and Michigan, at ueir
Annual Fairs ol 1851.
The Kathairouneutrali7.es the effect ol disease, climate, and
old age, in prcstrrinfr and restoringtkr tfnman //-./•, eveil af
ter a baldness of twenty years; cleanses the sea ip from Scurf
and Dandruff'; will cure llie Nervous Headache, Scald Head,
Erysipelas, Diseases ofthe Skin, & c.and is the osl desirable
TOILET AIITK'LK
For Ladies’ or Gentlemen’s use in the world. Its perfume equals
Lubin’s Choicest Extracts, and being free limn ad offensive oil,
or coloring pro pert irs, it gives tin- Hair that golden, br.ght, soft,
lively appearance, secured by no other prepuaiion.
The use ol tl.e Kaibairon is adopted ty the best physicians in
Europe and America, and has a patronage and sale mi precedent
ed in the history of the matrria inrdica. But words are siiperilu
ous, a trial only van attest its real virtue, a* mil hurts certify. —-
To tie had throughout North and Soush America, Europe and
llie Islands of the Ocean, in large bottles, for 25 cents.
Sold iu Columbus bv
l)R. R. A. WARD,
(JESNKR & PEABODY.
ROBERT CARTER;
E. Thomas 1.y0.v, ]CI Broadway, N. Y.
LYON’S EXTRACT OF PURE
JAMAICA GINGER.
NOTHING need be said to command the attention ofthe pub
lie I o this article, when convinced that it is PURE and una
dulterated. Medical men, or thus* seeking a harmless beverage
to destroy the unwholesome e feels of brackish and turbid watei
can rdy upon its genuine characior, and it is also extensively
used fcrculinary purposes, iu flavoring cakes, jiroserves, &c.
To theartPeted with Dyspiuisia, Summer Complaints, holera.
Nervous Debility. Fever anil Ague, Dizziness, gi neral Prostration.
&c. nothing has* ever been prescribed with equal effect.
Manufactured by E. Thomas Lyon, Chemist, 161
Broadway, New York.
Inquire for Lvon’s PureGinsrer. Sold by reputable Druggists
hioughnui the world. GKSNER&, PKABODV,
ROBER'P CARTKH,
DR. Ji A. WARE,
March 16—t\v6m Columbus, Ga.
“the union of TIIE STATES ANI) the sovereignty of the states.’ 1
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7,1853.
Poclnj.
HEAVEN*
Oh ! Heaven is nearer than mortals think,
When they look with a trembling dread
At the mi.'ty future that stretches ou
From the silent home of the dead.
‘Tis no lone isle in a boundless main,
No brilliant, but distant shore,
Where the lovely ones who are called away
Must go to return no more.
No— Heaven is near us ; the mighty veil
t ‘f mortality blinds the eye,
That we see not the angel hands
On the shores of eternity.
Yet oft in the hours of l oly thought,
To the thirsting soul is given
That power to pierce through the midst of sense,
To the beauteous scenes ot Heaven.
Then very near seems its pearly gates,
And sweetly ils harpmgs fall ;
Till the soul is restless to soar away,
And longs for the angel cull.
I know, when the silver cord is loosed,
When the veil is rent away,
Not long and dark shall the passage he
To the realms of endless day.
The eye that shuts in a dying hour,
Will open the next in Idiss,
The welcome will sound in a heavenly world,
Kre llie farewell is hushed in this.
We pass from the clasp of mourning friends,
To the arms ofthe loved and lost;
Ami those smiling faces will greet us then,
Which on earth we have valued most.
it\isccltancoiis.
[From tlm Mobile Tribune.]
John C. ( nlliouii.
We were walking from Clark’s hotel in Colom
bia In the legislative h.-ili, in December, 1831,
when we were suddenly grasped by the arm,
ami as suddenly wheeled to the “right about.’’—
Kerr lioyce, of Charleston, still lidding us firm
ly, said, “Let me introduce you to Air. Calhoun ’’
We feel even now the thrill that tingled through
our young Idood Calhoun ! We were utterly con
founded, and remained, as if rooted to the spot,
in speechless amazement, when Mr. Calhoun
advanced and offered his hand in the most cor
dial manner. He had evidently been convers
ing with Mr. lioyce in his usual dashing style
and his face was clothed in smiles. We looked
at him, and then it was we saw that eye, the
blackest, llie most brilliant, and the most intel
lectual that we over saw in mortal head. We
have seen all the distinguished men of the Uni
ted States—except General Jackson —but their
eyes were nothing when at rest. But Calhoun’s
eyes never were at rest ; they glanced like
lightning, not dazzling you, but literally (lash
ing oitli the fire of genius,— in a word, lie is the
only man that we have ever encountered who
hole the indelible mark of genius. The mo
ment vou lookeil into his eyes and caught their
expression you saw t lie (tod—the spirit that
rules the wmhl—and you never dreamed of
doubting Ids soperioril v to yourself and to all
the men ofthe age. Hull the splendid eyes of all
the beautiful women of America were gathered
together in one bright, blazing, beaming focus,
they would pale before the Greek fire of this
transcendent genius. Its glance was magical—
that of Alexander the Great could not have been
more so—and black as the raven’s wing ; there
was a glory in its beams that played like light
ning on the edge of a storm.
His manners were irresistible ; cordial, kind,
warm with the spirit of enthusiasm that anima
ted his soul, you felt his power as if a spark of
electricity had touched your heart. “I am
very glad to meet with you,’’ said Calhoun, ob
serving our excessive embarrassment, and evi
dently with a feeling of pride as he noticed the
reverential respect of his youthful admirer
“1 have to thank you,” he replied, “for your
kind notice, and for your correspondence.’’—
“I.et us keep it up,” said Calhoun, his bright
eye glancing—“let us keep it up ;it is never too
late to do something in a good cause.” Ho then
dashed off in his rapid style, his hand and eye
assisting by their motion the current of his ex
traordinary conversation. We call it conversa
tion for want of a better term ; but it was a
brilliant speech, in which political axioms were
thrown off in sentences, and with such rapidity
and such irrepressible vivacity that il required
all our attention to follow him in his lightning
flight. AVhat a talker ! We shall give frequent
instances of his conversational ability in (he
course of these pictures, and therefore merely
state at present that he touched, as he flashed
along, on motives, characters, and conduct of
parties and partisans ; the nature and form of
governments; their domestic concerns and
foreign relations ; their tendency to destroy
liberty, and the method of repressing grievances.
These were the themes which interested him
most. He seemed to seize the truth by intuition;
there was apparently no mental struggle, but
idea followed idea as if the machinery of his
mind delighted in perpetual motion. We see
him now in our mind’s eye as he stoo l on that
memorable occasion--his features earnest and
intent; his voice full and sonorous; his enuncia
tion rapid ; his tongue taking the thought as it
came from his brain, and giving it shape ; and
his hands, which seemed to hold the argument
that he was combating, assisting hy their ener
getic action to impress those ideas and thoughts
on your memory forever. His personal appear
ance, too, was entirely different from any ofthe
thousand descriptions which have been given of
him by the insidious scribblers and invidious
valets who have scattered their falsehoods from
Maine to Mexico. In person, he was six feet
high ; his figure spare ; his face rather pale,
without beard ; and as he wore at that time a
white neckcloth without a collar, you were in
duced to believe him older than he really was.
But his spirited style of conversation exhibited
anything else but premature age, and his hands,
which were very white, added not a little to his
fine personal appearance—indeed his hands,
were beautiful associates for his glorious eyes.
Scotch Morals. —ln the British House of Com
mons on the 22d inst., the bill for regulating li
censes for public houses in Scotland occasion
ed :i discussion, with awful statements. That,
country was emphatically called a “drunken”
one, its statistics of potation and intoxication
being matchless. The Lord A dvacate proclaim
ed that the evil against which the bill directed
was “the National sin of Scotland, a sin which
overshadowed all other social evils of the coun
try.’’ Mr. Hume said that he would readily
vote for the introduction of the Maine Liquor
Law—which excited “great laughter.’’ Mr.
Henry Drnmmond affirmed that every Satur
day night thirty thousand men got drunk in
Glasgow, and lav in a perfect state of insensi
bility until Monday morning. YVe might add
a large or small proportion of the fair sex. It is
said that a Scotch preacher designated alcohol
as Satan’s Idood.
[From the New York Heradld
Our VVashiiiatoir Correspondence.
Washington, May 2-1, 1853.
The, Foreign Appointments of (Jen. Pierce— Very
Interesting and Curious.
The catalogue of foreign appoint incuts published
ill the Washington papers dds morning, puts an
end to llie late very general anxiety and suspense
on the subject, and such a sweep has been m.-ide at
plenipotentiaries, charges, ami consuls, tluc it is only
here end there that a comfortable berth is left to
meet future, contingencies.
Os the first class ministers appointed, (lie Herald
has heretofore spoken out very freely, and in alone
of liberality which must have proved highly satis
factory to Messrs. Buchanan, Soule, Seymour, Gads
den, Borland, and John Randolph Clay, as well as
to the President and his Cabinet. Os the rest, a
word or two here may not lie out of place.
Mr. Peter D. Vroom, ol New Jersey, lor Prussia,
is a sort or compromise appointment. There were
several other Jerseyiiiell who were applicants tor
Some public service abroad ; and to avoid disappoint,
ing any of them, as far as pos-ible, they were all
set aside, and Mr. Vrnoin, who was no applicant at
all, comparatively, was put in as “ihe sop for the
•busies.” ‘Phis sort of compromising is very fre
quently adopted in dispensing tlie spoils. The
most prominent examples on record are the nomi
nation of Col. Polk and Gen. Pierce for the Presi
dency. The whole secret of their success was that
they did not stand in the way of anybody. And so
it lias been with Mr. Peter 1). Vroom. We under.-,
stand here that Mr. Viootn can speak high Dutch
pretty well, and will, therefore, be quite at home at
llerfin.
William Trousdale, of Tennessee, for Brazil, is
also a parly comnromise selection, lie is nut a
brilliant man, but a very fast man ; not a very dis
tinguished mail, hut lias acquired some reputation
as a middling, cievevish sort of a democrat, among
“the sovereigns.” Some persons supposed, howev
er, that Major Polk, brother of James K. Polk, or
General Gideon J. Pillow, would get Ihe European
ministerial plum accruing to Tennessee. Mr.
Trousdale will he a safe ilttni, if not a last man,
though he is hardly eqll.il to Professor Maurv in
his understanding of the commercial laeilities ol the
mighty Amazon.
Mr. Theodore S. Fay, for Switzerland, is a nice
selection. He, it will tie recollected, was many
years ag i associated with General Morris and Na
thaniel P. Willis, in the editorial management ofthe
New York Mirror. Since that time, however, Mr.
Fay has extended his thoughts and knowledge of
things beyond the color of a lady’s eye, the cut of
the most stvlisli dresses of a courtly ball room, and
the fit of anew boot. He has become a very re
spectable dijl mint —understands the languages, the
politics and the politicians ol the Continent, and is
widely respected as an intelligent and favorable
specimen of the American diplomatic corps over
the water. Meantime, General Morris continues on
“The even tenor of his way,”
as the poet laureate of the New York military, lit
erary, and fashionable peace establishment, while
Nathaniel P. Willis ha# had his delicate nerves en
tirely destroyed by the rough handling, without kid
gloves, of the merciless barbarians of these latter
days. Such have been the fortunes of the original
literary firm of Morris, Willis and Fay. What a
world this is, to he sure !
Ofthe class of Charges des Affaires, Mr. Angus,
to Belmont for the Netherlands is a temarkahle ap
pointment. But it is said hero that his influence
among the moneyed men of Amsterdam and the
Continent will redound in Ihe advantage of Wall
street, and of all the Slaves and corporations in this
country (excepting Mississippi) that may desire to
borrow money of the rich Jews of Europe, to build
railroads, canals, Ac. It is also said that he will be
useful in the Netherlands in aiding republican refu
gees to get to this land of liberty and equal l ights,
thank God ! It is further said that the. infhieuc.o
of the Perry and the Slidell families was an item in
favor of Mr. Helm nt.
Old Virginia comes in for a liberal share of “the
goodies.” There is Mr. Richard K. Meade for
.Sardinia, to begin with. Ue was, we believe, a
whig Elector in 1850, on tfie ticket for
“Tippecanoe and Tyler too.”
But he is none the worse for that. He is a gen
tleman and a scholar. Then there is Mr. Henry
Bedinger, for Denmark. He was a member of
Congress from Virginia during the tremendous
warlike debates on 51-40, and made n conserva
tive speech, iu which lie gave a glowing descrip
tion of a certain big eagle which lie saw one day
at Harper’s Ferrv,
“High up above the storm.”
But whether it was that eagle, o# something else,
that caused it, Mr. Bedinger was not re-nomina
ted hy that district. So he went otf and set up
the practice of the law iu New York city. 11l
1851, however, he returned to the valley of Vit
g nia, and ran as the democratic candidate in his
old district, against Faulkner, independent whig,
and was beaten hadlv, because he was tinged tuo
deeply with secessionisrn. Faulkner having suc
ceeded iu getting the democratic nomination, there
was nothing left for Mr. Bedinger than a call by
the administration. Luekv man nt last! He
goes lo Copenhagen. Then there is Captain Scott,
who brought down, last spring, thirteen Presidenti
al candidates at a single fire-—fie goes Consul to Rio.
A good hit. But the most important post of them
is tf.at of Mr. Shelton F. Leake, as Commissioner
lo the Sandwich Island-'. Mr. L-ake has been a
clever member of Congress, and, though n strict
constructionist, we presume he wilt co-operate
with Secretary Matey most heartily in securing
the annexation of the Sandwiches, King Kante
liaineha, and all. Four good foreign places to,,
the (fid Dominion. This much for having start
ed the ball for Franklin Pierce nt Baltimore’
Who cm say now that the General does not re
member his friend* '!
Charles Woodbury, for Bolivia, is good ; Jack
son, (Union man, and relative of Gov. Cobh.) of
Georgia, is good; Bissell, ot Illinois, for Buenos
Ayres, is excellent —that is a military country, al
ways iu hot water, and Bissell was a colonel—a
gallant, fighting colonel—in the Mexican war. He
is not a large man, hut he is keen, and pluck to the
backbone. A military man for Buenos Ayres is
the very tiling that was wanted.
But we must riot forget our old editorial friend,
Sam Medary, ofthe Ohio S'atesman, for Chili. The
whole editorial corps must endorse him, and there
is a branch of the Ohio democracy that will he
glad to get. him otf to South America, because lie
would whip them into the traces.
But the most remarkable, and the most funny
of all the foreign schedule, is Robert Dale Owen,
for Naples. He is the son of Robert Owen, the
socialist, and, in his youngr r days at least, was
a disciple ol the old gentleman, and a rollabora
leur with Fanny YVright. He published, at one
time, in Ids own proper name, a very extraordina
ry ami anti-scriptural hook on “Natural Physiolo
gy;” and everybody knows that the anti-Malthu
sian dec.rines of that sciendtic work are utterly
unfit for the climate of Naples, including Major
Polk, (who was the Charge there once before.)
Mr. Owen was appointed. But Mr. Owen is a
man of unusual learning and abilities. He is an
architect —vide the Smithsonian Institution and the
big work on that subject. He is a poet —see bis
melo-drama of “Pocahontas,” and h s fugitive
poems, of which the following is a versiele:
“*Tis home where’er the heait is.
Where’er it’s living treasures dwell.
In palace or in prison walls,
lu cottage or iu hermit’s cell.”
He is a politician of great experience and abd tics,
and has lately redeemed himself from the unpopu
larity ol his matrimonial guide,engrailing upon the
new constitution of Indiana a provi-ion securing to
women certain salutary independent rights, in
the holding of property, &e. In a word, Mr. Ow
en is one of the best educated and most talented of
Gen. Pierce’s diplomatic corps, though by no means
the handsomest man among them. “Handsome is
as handsome does;” and we have great faith in Ro
bert Dale’s capacity to fulfil all the duties, direct or
contingent, which may fail upon the Charge to
Naples.
The list of consuls affords a fine field for a sep
arate letter.
The appointment of Edwin De I.eon,one ofthe edi
tors ofthe late Southern Press —the central organ of
the secession sts—as Consul to Alexandria, in
Egypt, shows that in coming in u ith the Baltimore
norninat-on he was in good tune. Klwood Fisher,
his associate, did nut e.unc in, and can’t expect
anything; and what he is doing here just now, no
body can tell. Perhaps he is just looking on and
enjoying the sport. He is not the only Quaker that
likes a little fun.
Upon Ihe whole, we doubt whether in any list
that could be drawn up of the same number of
men as the schedule of foreign appointments pub
lished in this morning's papers, could he prrl to
gether, such an extraordinary variety ot politicians,
pil'lns.iphere, poets, and romancers, as are here
strung upon the same string Yet they are mostly
able men : and the various interests necessary to he
consulted in these appointment!), would Dot admit
of tire rigid, hide bound discipline, of the hard-shells.
In pleasing all interests, all cliques, all sections, fuc.
tions, and curious chaps ot the party, how can the
administration fail J The fact is, they know what
they are doing, and they are doing it up brown.
808.
Immigration tram Ireland
The Galway papers, one and all, continue to
report the increased “(light of the population.’’
Batches of emigrants, often amounting lo over
100, leave daily hy railway tor the seaports.
Labor is rapidly becoming scarce, and the pau
city ofthe people is strikingly exemplified in the
diminished numbers who attend the Saturday’s
markets. Letters, enclosing remittances from
America, are pouring into the country, so that
it would he idle to expect any check to the great
clearance system now in progress, and which
seems likely to last until the Geltie race shall
have wholly passed away from the mother coun
try. Vast numbers, ton, arc going to England,
where, it is supposed, in consequence of the
emigration to Australia, they will readily obtain
employment as laborers and servants. Pri’ tite
accounts from Westmeath and the King’s coun
ty are of a precisely similar tendency. In the
latter especially the effects of the exodus are
severely felt in the scarcity ol hands to com
plete thespring work, and the high rate of wages
which the small farmers are compelled to give
in order to induce the laborers to forego, for a
season at least, their intention of following their
friends and relatives to their adopted homes iu
the new world. In some districts villages have been
wholly abandoned by the peasantry, and even
in the neighborhood of large towns the traces
of a diminished population are clearly visible to
the most casual observer. On each Sunday
evening, when ’heretofore the lanes and roads
were alive with people amusing themselves ac
cording to the customs ofthe country, including
the “dance at the crossroads,” a stranger might
now, hut for the occasional meeting with an
odd straggler or two, pursue his journey in per
fect solitude. In the week just closed, 1148
emigrants took shipping at the ports respective
)y of Now Ross and Waterford, and a letter
from Cahireiveen, in the count y of Kerry, dated
Wednesday evening, says that the town on that
day resembled “a second fair, so far as crowds
of human beings,” consisting of the fathers,
mothers, sisters, and other relatives of over 100
young men and women, from IB to 3f> years of
age, starting for America.
The New York Times lias a paragraph that
will attract attention. The New Yotk Mirror,
whig, endorses its truth by saying: “The follow
ing paragraph, from the Sunday Times, wo
can assure our readers, contains more truth
than poetry
“The northern free soil whigs have fairly
shaken hands with the abolitionists, and a strong
effort is now in progress to unite the anti-slave
ry members of both political parties iu the north,
iu one great sectional organization. The Stowes
are enlisting sympathy and raising funds abroad,
and the anti-slavery priesthood and press are
busy making proselytes at home. We do not
believe that the movement finds much favor in
the eyes of the free soil democracy, but that
free soil whiggery and rank abolitionism have
embraced, and are henceforth lo be one and in
divisible, no one who reads the repotts of the
speeches and proceedings at the I lale dinner,
can doubt. The object seems to be to organise
a northern party, with Hale, Seward, Sumner,
and a few others of a like calibre and kidney,
as its tail, and llncle Tom as its Text-book.’’
The Fishery Question —Admiral Seymour at
Halifax.- —Tbe British ship of war Cumberland,
from Bermuda, with Vice-Admiral Seymour on
board, arrived at Halifax on the Kith inst. The
frigate devastation has also left Bermuda for
the same Destination. Admiral Seymour has
full instructions from the home government tor
the protection ofthe fisheries from the encroach
ment of American fishermen.
Thu Canada papers state that Admiral Sey
mour will (it out half a dozen small craft, in ad
dition to the large naval force already there,
to protect the fisheries. The people of New
foundland have started a rumor that Belle Isle
is to be celled to France. A remonstrance to
the Queen has been numerously signed.
The Lunatic Asylum at Columbus, Ohio, is
now full, containing upwards of 500 patients.—
In fourteen years there have been admitted and ,
1 it) patients, of whom 1038 were discharged
recovered. Ofthe number admitted, 505 were
farmers, being more Ilian twelve times the num
ber of those of any other occupation, except la
borers, of which class there were 100. The
next highest on the list is teachers, being 40—
There were 24 clerks,22 preachers, I tailors,
9 lawyers, 6 printers, 3 sea captains, 2 musicians,
2 medical students. *fcc. Among the causes,
spirit rappings is now die most frequent,
Escape, of Another of the Irish Patriots. —
The Catholic Mirror has received information
that “Patrick O’Donohue, another ofthe Irish
exiles, has escaped from Van Dietitian's Land,
and from the clutches of Governor Denison and
the English Government. It is thought he left in
one of the American ships trading to Australia,
and will arrive at one of the American ports on
the Atlantic side in the course of a short time.”
The .Mirror, which says the news is from a
good source, adds that it is in possession of
very important information on this subject, but
refrains from publishing it at present, or giving
tile name ofthe place from whence it derived
the news.
Both houses of the Maryland Legislature
have passed the bill chartering the Liverpool
and Baltimore Steamship line.
The Legislature has also finally passed Ihe
bill of authorizing Baltimore to guarantee the
Coimellsville and Pittsburg Railroads bonds,
without the provision requiring its submission
to the people.
Judge burnt in b'jfigy- —Tbe Hon. William
Marvin, Judge of the District Court at Key
West, was burnt in effigy on the 19th inst. The
affair caused great excitement, and serious con
sequences were apprehended.
Further from Mexico.
We have received papers from the city ot
Mexico to the 18th instant, bringing us news
nine days’ later than we had yet received.
The anticipated ministerial crisis lias ended
satisfactorily, and the ministers remain in of
fice.
The Government has addressed a ministerial
circular to the Governors of the ditt'erent States,
recommending the formation of a police to dis
cover the Mexicans who dare pretend that the
nation would he benefited by annexation to the
United States. They will be tried before a Court
Martial, and suffer the penalty inflicted upon
traitors.
A decree prohibiting tbe circulation of foreign
coins, was published on the 9th instant. The
decree is followed hy a notice that for the in
terest ol* the poorer class, the American coins
will he received for their value, and exchanged
for national coins, from and after the 12th inst.,
front nine till three, in the treasury of the ayun
tamiento. This exchange applies only to small
sums not excelling one dollar.
The Government has annulled the contract
passed under Lombardini’s administration, for
the letting out of the mints; the motive is said
to lie tbatt he contract entered into by Lombar
dini would be very unfavorable to the nation.
Discord is still raging in Tamaulipas, The
new authorities, appointed by General Well,
began by repudiating the Government of Ciudad
Victoria.
Bishop Mnnguia has taken his oath as Presi
dent of the Council of State.
Grand festivities were had in Guadalajara in
honor of Santa Anna’s accession to the Presiden |
cy. Several men condemned to death were par
doned by the Governor.
Several factions of tbe Huasteca, which at
tempted unsuccessfully to join Tamaulipas, want
now to form themselves into a territory under
the name of Santa Anna, adopting for their in
ternal administration, the statutes which govern
the territory of Flaxcala ; they have consequen
tly addressed the Sepreme Government on this
subject.
The Trait d’Uniou says ;
“The press in Mexico is.a poor thing, indeed,
since the decree of the 25th of April. The
Universal hastaken, under this Administration,
the place which the Monitor had under the Presi
dency of Arista. It finds everything good.
L’Orden follows it in tow. The Siglo finds
everything bad, but says so with all necessary
oratorical precautions. The Trait d’Union, the
only other political journal extant, with the
Universal, the Orden, and the Siglo, is not bet
ter titan its confreres, only it finds nothing eith
er good or bad, and awaits, to hazard an opin
ion, the repeal of the law ofthe 25th of April,
for it would he hurting the delicacy ofthe Cabi
net by approving it in the present state of things.
An Administration which does not wish to be
censured cannot wish to he praised.”
Gen YVoll, Commander-General of Tamau
lipas, has been appointed Governor of that
State.
General Ramon Morales has been appointed
Governor of the Palace.
General Almonte, new Mexican Minister to
Washington, was to leave on the i sth for Vera
Cruz, where he would embark for the United
States.
The Orden announces, says ihe Trait d’Union,
that Carbajal has escaped from his prison in
Brownsville.
A I arge number of Frenchmen, from CaJifor- j
uia, have lately arrived at Mazatlan.
The decree ofthe 25th of April, it seems,
had put tweiitv-four newspapers hors de com
bat, and those published contain nothing but
official information.
The Government has ordered that, the bodies,
of Ihe chiefs, officers and soldiers of the advan
cing army, or National Guard, who had fallen
under the fire ofthe enemy, from 184 G to 1848
he disinterred and deposited in monuments
worthy of their courage. The mortal remains
of those who fell at Palo Alto and Resaca de
Guerrero are to he transported to Matamoras ,
the victims of Angostura, lo Saltillo ; those
who fell at Cerro Gordo, to Vera Cruz; the
heroes killed in Ihe Valley of Mexico, to the
Capital. The remains of General Vasquez,
killed at Cerro Gordo, will he deposited in a
special tomb in the centre of the cemetery in
Vera Cruz.
Eater from tlic Klo ttranile*
By the arrival of the steamship 1 adit at New
Orleans we have advices irom Brownsville to
the 19th inst.
Carvajal, Norton and Roundtree were still in
prison, being unable to give bonds to the satis
faction ofthe U. 8. Marshal. The Flag thinks
it important that some disposition should be Made
of them.
The Flag ofthe 4lh instant contains the fol
lowing :
“Just as we are going to press we learn troin
a reliable source of another piratical foray upon
Mexico by a lawless band of misnamed libera
tors. It seems that on the 20th ult,, a band of
some twenty-five thieves, beaded by a man
named Tavlor, previously organized in the vic
inity of Rio Grande City, repaired to a settle
ment or rancho, on this bank of the river, called
7,7 Guardado, some five miles below tbe Mexi
can town of Mier, where they crossed a por
tion of their band and drove over to this side a
large number of horses and mules, which had
been quietly gathered together by their accom
plices, prior to the arrival of the above named
ruffians. After crossing, the robbers sought to
make good their retreat, by flight with their booty
—but justice willed it otherwise. The inhabi
tants of Mier and vicinilv assembled, pursued,
even to this hank, overtook, soundly flogged the
desperadoes, and recovered their property. In
this foray, however, the life of one ofthe injured
party was sacrificed —a citizen of Mier was kill
ed in the encounter, though the lives of three of
the banditti paid the forfeit.”
Niagara Falls and Lake Erie. —Professor
Sillimaii, the eminent geologist, discredits the
opinion advanced by some that the gradual
wearing away ofthe rocks of Niagara Falls may
possibly result in draining Lake Erie, lu a re
cent lecture he remarked ;
“They will not halt at their present station,
but retreat slowly and surely about two miles
further, where they will stop again tor an un
known period and probably forever, since at
this place the bard limestone will form both
base and top ofthe falls, and thus stop the ra
pid destruction of the rock. Some have thought
that they would finally reach Lake Erie, and
that even the lake would be completely drained.
Such an event is impossible. At the point al
ready mentioned tbe torrent will gradually wear
away the surface of tbe limestone, forming a ra
pid, and henceforth Niagara will be one of the
lost wonders of the world.”
Public men of high reputation are like lions
in a menagerie, continually stirring tip that the
crowd may see their size and hear their roar.
[TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE.
Santa Anna in Trouble,
It seems that the new Protector of Mexico is
iu trouble already. The latest advices state :
“In consequence of an order of the Supreme
Government to incorporate the National Guards
ofthe State of Vera Cruz into the regular army
the National Guards attempted to drive the /th
regiment ofthe line out of Vera Cruz.
“After fighting for the space of three days
ivithout making any impression upon the troops,
who had received a reinforcement Irom Jalapa,
the Government.assisted hy the leading mer
chants and inhabitants, prevailed, and tranquility
was restored.
“About fifty of the National Guards are re
ported to have been killed and fifty to have been
taken prisoners.
“On the receipt of the news of the disturb
ances at Vera Cruz, the government immediate
ly ordered the march 0f2,000 veterans, with 14
pieces of artillery, who had arrived at Puebla at
the last dates, hut it is to be hoped that they
would counter march as soon as it was ascer
tained that their services were no longer need
ed.”
[Freni the Spirit of the South.!
The Euliinla Railroad.
Messrs. Editors : —We have all read the pro
ceedings ofthe late Railroad festival at Colum
bus, and what citizen of our county did notheart
il v wish that he such a celebration
here f There is not a man iu the county who
would not rejoice at such an event. Much has
already been said and printed in favor of build
ing a Railroad from Eufaula to intersect the
Girard road. Our people, we are fully persua
ded, understand the advantages of such a work,
and properly appreciate them. Then why is
not something done—some plan of operation
adopted to insure the success of the scheme ?
One thing is certain, the railroad cannot build
itself. If we get it, we shall he compelled to
pay for it and that liberally too, in money or la
bor. One man cannot build >t; a dozen cannot
doit—the work requires the united efforts of all.
In consideration of the great benefit to be con
ferred upon the county by such a road, it has
been proposed that the county should subscribe
for SIOO,OOO of t(ie stock. This she can easily
do, and so manage the payment of her Bonds
as not to embarrass her Treasury or impose a
burden upon us. lam a warm friend to that
measure, and was the first to propose it. The
State tax in our county for last year was $27,-
000. Suppose we take SIOO,OOO in the Rail
road stock : that it should require three years to
complete the road; that the investment paid only
B per cent. — even then a special tax of 50 per
rent, on the State tax would redeem the Bonds in
seven years, as the interest on the stock would
pay offtlie balance due at the end of that year!
The tax could be reduced to a lower figure if de
sired, and let the Bonds have a longer time to
mature. After the stock is paid for, the income
front it will be sufficient to defray the county
expenses, anil our people would ever afterwards
be free from all taxes for county purposes. But
the county cannot subscribe without a vote of
her citizens, and that cannot be had until the
next Legislature authorizes the election. But
why should we wait until then ? The SIOO,OOO
from the county trill not build the road. Hon’
is the balance to be raised ? By individual
subscriptions. The business season is now over,
and it is a favorable time to commence the good
work. Let arrangements be made at once to
open Books for subscription. 1 think it would
he best to have the notes fall due in one, two and.
three years from first January next. The sub
scriptions might also be on condition that a
specified amount be raised. I have strong hopes
of assistance from Columbus, as sbe is deeply
interested in the completion of our road. She
could very easily subscribe $50,000 in the stock
of the Muscogee Road. If Glennville will do
her part, I prefer to have the Road pass through
or near that village. Her citizens are intelligent,
wealthy and liberal, and 1 believe will give all
the material aid in their power. The Mobile
anil Girard road will certainly be built. A great
prize is within our reach. By a Railroad of on
lv thirty mdes, we can bring to our doors Mo
bile, Columbus, Montgomery, Savannah, Char
leston, and all the Northern cities. Our peo
ple have slumbered long enough. Tbe time for
action has arrived. If we ever intend to do
anything hut talk, now is the time to begin.—
The time is coming trhen it wilt be too late, to
act. We have held meetings anil passed reso
lutions until we have made ourselves ridiculous
at home and abroad. I propose that the Town
(loaned meet privately and appoint a committee
to open books for subscription. That com
mittee should he composed of men residing in
different parts of the county. They should be
urged to go to work at once—there is danger in
delay ; but prompt and efficient action will crown
our efforts with success.
E. S. S.
Eufaula, May 30, 1853
Alabama and Florida Rail Road. —W o learn
from the Pensacola Democrat that on I uesday,
the 17th inst.. the stockholders of this company,
in the State of Florida, met at the City Hall,and
elected the following Directors, to wit:
Wm. II Chase, Walker Anderson, Francis
Moreno, Francis Bobe, A L Avery, Il I Ingra
ham, Alex. McVoy, Wm 11 Baker, Francis S
Jackson.
At a meeting of the Directors thus elected,
Hon. Walker Anderson was elected President
of the company, and Samuel A Leonard, Sec
retary and Treasurer.
A list of some ol the rascals.
Hickumstick, before his departure for the
Penitentiary, gave a prisoner in Jail, a list of
names, their places of residence and description
of those he said composed Iris gang. He said
he would have turned State's evidence against
them, were it not for the belief that they would
have broke him out of Jail. During Court one
or (woof his reported gang were seen here ;if
their object was that of rescuing him from pri
son, they were, for once, disappointed.
The following are the places of residence of
those suspicious characters : Two reside in
Tallapoosa co., Ala., one in Montgomery, Ala.,
one in Columbus, Ga., and one in M est Point,
Ga. The one that lived in West Point, we un
derstand, has gone to other parts. Several ot
our citizens know some of the men named, and
sav they have never known any good of them..
The list is now iu the possession of the Sheriff
of this countv. The officers or some good citi
zen of the places mentioned, might do the com
munity at large some benefit by getting the
names of these gents and keep a vigilant eye
upon them. —ljagrange Re.porler.
Mills Statue o f Washington.— Th£ President
will refuse point (dank to authorize Clark Mills
to spend on Iris equestrian statue of Washington
a dollar more than the $50,000, appropriated at
the last session of Congress. An effort is being
made to induce him regard the appropriation
as a mere preliminary one. He will do no such
thing, you may rely upon it.
Number 23.