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Volume XVIII.
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B. V. MARTIN. J. J. MARTIN.
MARTIN & MARTIN^ -
Attorneys at Law,
€OX,tTM3BTTB, GA.
Office on Broad Street—Over Gunby & Daniel.
Columbus, Jan. 9, 1857. wArtwlv.
MARION BET!I UN E,
A TT O R i\E Y A T LA W,
TALBOTTON, Talbot County, Ga
October 24 th. 185 G. wtwtf.
W. S, JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
C U S S E T A,
Chattahoochee County, Ga.
GWeshisentire attentionto the practice in Chattahoochee
adjoining counties. ap'Jt!—wtwly*
BAUGH & SLADE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WILL practice law in Mnscogecand theadjoininicountlea
of Georgia and Alabama.
Office over Bank of Columbus, Broad Street.
ROBERT BACOII. J. J. SLADI.
Columbus. Ga. March 27 1857. wtwtf
MOBLEY & FARLEY,
ATTO RN E V .S’ A T L A W,
II AM ILTON, G EO RC. IA.
Hamilton, Geo. Feb. 4. 1838. wtwv
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
attorney at law,
Cnthhert, Randolph County, Georgia.
WILL practice in the counties of Randolph, Calhoun,
Terrell, Early, Clay, Baker, Dougherty, Miller and
Stewart.
REFERS TO
Wellborn, Johnson & Sloan, Attorneys at Law, Colum
bus, Georgia.
All businoss intrusted to his care will receive immedi
ate attention. June 6, 1858—wtw ts
HOWARD & WEEMS,
attorneysat law,
CRAWFORD, ALA.
Robert, h. Howard. Walter h- wf.ems.
Crawford, Ala., Juneß—wtwtf.
s.s. STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAV,
BLAKELY,EARLY COUNTY, GA.
ap?
EL A M & OLIVER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BUENA VISTA,
MARION COUNTY,GA.
WlLLpracticeinthecountlesof Marion, Macon, Mewart
Taylor, Chattahoochee, Kinchafoonee, and any ot the
r djoiniugcouiitiewheu their services mav berequired.
WM.D. ELAM. THADECS OLIVER.
November 10.
GRICE & WALLACE,
ATnrsiEiflSTO Air lliOT*
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
TTTILL give prompt attention all business entru*tedj£to
W WM.S* WALLACE.
December l —wtf
~I 1L A. TURNIPSEED,
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W ,
C V TUBER TANARUS,
Randolph County, Ga.
HAVING removed from Cusseta, to Culhbert Ran
dolph county, will give prompt attention to all busi
ness entrusted to his care. ap27 wtf.
T J. GU NN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMILTON, GA.
WILL atteud promptly to all busineess entrusted to him
January 26,1838 —wly.
JAMES A. GLENDENIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND SOICITOR IN CHANCERY,
ABBEVILLE, Henry County, Ain.
July 20,1858.— wly.
WILLIAM GORDON,
A T T ORNEY A T L A W
newton, ala.
WILL attend promptly to all business confided to his
care in the counties of Dale, Henry, Coffee and Pike.
February 27,1858 —wGm.
PARKER & PARKER,
attorneys at la \y t ,
COLQUITT.
Miller County, Georgia.
WILL give their entire attention to the practice in South
western Georgia; will also give prompt attentton to the
collection of all claims entrusted to theii care in the ‘ollowing
counties: Baker, Calhoun,Clay, I Decatur, Dougherty, Early,
Lee. Miller, Mitchell. Randolph, Terrell and Worth.
February 1. 1858 - wtf.
W. A. BYRD,
A T TOR NEY AT LA IK,
CUTHUERT—RandoIph County, Ga.
JTTILL practlc u the Pataulaand Southwestern Cireuits
VV All business entrusted to his care will received promp
ttention. mayl9— wly.
WM. M. CHAMBERS. WM . M . ROBBlJffl. J.A ROBBINS.
Chambers, Robbins & Robbins,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
EUFAULA, ALABAMA.
WILL practice in the counties of Barbour, Bike, Henry
Coffee, Pike, Dale and Russell. feb I—wlv
UGDU&AS 1. (BDI3B,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PRESTOS, Webster Coanty,Ga.
WILL practice in the counties of Clay,Chattahoochee,
Webster, Early, Randolph, Stewart and Sumter.
Particular attention given to collecting and remitting.
January 27,1857 —wtf.
BEDEUL 3c WEEMJ
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER Y DE AL ER S
©(DlLlSiffltbiyS* ®{l©o
vyILL veep constantly on hand a well selected Stock
** co up rising all articles in their line, which are offered
to their irietids and the public generally at the LOWES’i
MA RKET•PRICES. . Give ua a call.
LOCK WEEMS. A. G. BEDELL,
Columbus Ga. Dec. 22. wtwtf
13. BiYRKikRD & CO.,
COLUMBUS. GA.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS AND PROVISION DEALERS,
fj3E3E3r\ NAVE on hand, and will constantly keep, a large
> v : r well selected Stock, embracing every article in
IfiftiiißWtheJr iinu, which are offered to their triends and the
public, at ihe lowest market prices. Come and see us.
Columbus,Sept. 29, 1857. w&twtf.
To our Customers!
fjtROM and after the first January next, we shall adopt, as
nearly as possible, the CASH SYSTEM. Necessity
compels us to this COURSE. From tlmt day all articles will
be priced as cash. Where credits are given (which will only
be extended to those whehave promptly paid us) an addition
will be made to the price named according to the lime requir
ed by the purchaser. E. BARNARD &00,
Dec. 31, 1857—w&twGtn.
MACKEREL.
lAA FACKGES. Halves, Quarters and Kits, all num-
J UU hers, for sale at small advances for Cash, by
Jan.lD—wtwtf E. HAKimaKD St CO.
PLANTING POTATOES
-i i / \S \ Barrels Pink Eyes, lor saleat small advance
IUU for Cash by
Jan 19 —wtwtl I',. BARNARD St CO.
LONG AND SHORT SWEETXING,
-1 BBLS- and half bills. Choice Sy.- p.
30 Ilhds. N (). Sugar, all grades lor sale at small
advances for Cash, by
Jan 19—twtf E. BARNARD* CO.
FANCY ST. LOUIS FLOUR.
4/"k BARRELS Pianters’s Extra Union, and Diamond |
j T V_* Brands, lor sale at small advance lor Cash, by
Janld—twtf E. BARNARD fit CO,
PALACE MILLS ‘FLOUR.
A CONSTANT supply kept on hand, and for sale at
Mill prices, for Cash by
Jan. 18—wtwtf E. BARNARD & CO.
CIGARS DIRECT DEPORTATION.
lAA1 AA BOXES Havana Cigaa oivarioua brands for sale at
IUU small advances for Fash by
JanlO —wtwtl R. BARNARD &. CO.
THE LIVER
PREPARED BY
D It. SA N D F O It D,
COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY FROM GUMS.
IS one of the best Purgative and ‘l.iver Medicine now before
the public, that acts as a Cathartic, easier, milder, and
more effectual than any other medicine known, it is not on
ly a cathartic, but a Liver Remedy, acting first on the I.iver
to eject its morbid matter, then on the Stomach and Bowels
ta carry off the ‘matter, thus accomplishing two purposes et
fec'ually, without any of the painful feelings experienced in
the operation of most Chathartics. It stiengthensthe system
at the same time that it purges it: and when taken daily in
moderate doses, will strengthen and build up with unusual
rapidiV-
The'Llveris one of th( (rf);principal regulators ol the
human body; and when i (V.-R performs its functions well,
the powers olthe system an . S’i uily developed. The stomach
is almost eniirely dependent on the healthy action ofthe
Liver for the proper .peform-3ii lance of its fnactions.whenthe
stomach isat faulttheDowefrjyF Jare at fault, and the whole
system suffersin consequence (of one organ—the Liver—
having ceased |to dolts dutj (
gsn,one|of the Sproprietor’ has made it his study, in a
practice of more than twent:! ! years, to find some remedy
wherewith to counteracUh<j~;manyderangemc-ntsto which
it is liable. , . ) ! ,
To prove that this remedy iijfj.at last found any person!rou
blod with Liv er coro-l'"'Jplalnt.in any . fits forms,
has but to try a .bottle, am f-—;conviction is certain.
Tlu-se gums remove’al (eV-morbid or bad matter from
the ystem,supplyingimheiqujtplace a healthy flow of bile,
i ivigoraling the stomach , (I'causing food to digest well,
purifying tlie Mood.; ‘".jnvingtoneandhealth to the
whole machinery. removing Ts ;he cause 01 the disease.—
eff,-cling a radical cure. t'-'-G
Bilious attacks ard. geared, and, what is
better, prevented, bdM'tte occasional use ot the
Liver Invlgorstor. (r-,!
tine dose alter eating lssnf ("“‘Jflcieiit to relievelhe stomach
and prevent the lood froml^visingandscuring
Onlyonedosetakenbeforti’% I ;rctiring, prevents Klght.
“"only ” one dose taken auWjnittht, loosens the bowels
gently, and cures Cos-1 k -Jjtlveness.
Onedose taken after eacl f M .meal will cure Byspepsia
|3f*Onedose,of two lea-lew Ispoonsful will always relieve
Sick. Headache. ) i
One doee taken for fe-.male obstruction remove the
cause'ol the disease, anrs; .imakesa per ect cure.
Only onedose immediately 1 rV; relieves cliolic. white
One dose often repeated ist ja sure cure for Cholera
Itlorhuioaudapreveutaiivo , .ofCltolera.
Only one bottle is needed to thio-v out ofthe
system the effects of medi-i after a long sickness.
One bottle taken forjH j Jaundice removesaii sal
lowness or unnatural colonfrom the skin.
One dose taken a sliortjyjjtimebefore eatingJgives vi
gor to the appetiteandmaketi a ‘food digest well.
One .lose otte.l repeated!cures Chronic, Diar
rhoea. inits worst forms.! ~while SUM ME R and
Bowel complaints yield) ITl'.almost to the first dose.
One or two doses cures at-)-- ; tacks caused by Worm sin
Children: there is no stirer.) K, * safer, or speedier remedy in
the world, as it|never fails.j(X)
[~gT a few bottles curesj(J;Dropsy, by exciting the
absorbents.
We take pleasure in recom j , mending this medicine as a
Chill, Fever,
and all Fe vers os a Type, It operates
withcertainty,and thousands) .are willing to testify to its
wondertut virtues. ). *
Ail who use it are giving their unanimous testimony in its
favor.
Mix water in the mouth with the Invigoratoi aud swallow
both togetiier.
THE LIVER INVIGOR ATOR,
Is a scientific Medical Discovery, and is daily working cures
almost too great for belief, it cures asit by magic, even the
flrstdose giving benefit, and seldom more than one bottle is
required to cure any kind of Liver Complaint, from the worst
jaundiceor dyspepsia to a'common headache, allot which aro
thereauit ol a diseased liver.
Price Ono Dollar per Bottle.
SANFORD tCO. Proprietors,34s Broadway,New York
WHOLRSALK AQKNTS.
Barnes fc Park New York; T. \V. Doytt St Sons, Pi iladel
phia; M.B. Burr 4- Cos. Boston; 11. 11. liay & Cos. Portland;
John D. Park, Cincinnati; Caylard & llaramond, Cleveland;
Fahnstock & Davis Chicago; O. J. Wood !c Cos. St. I.ouis
Ceo.il. Kryser, Pittsburg; S.S, Dance, Baltimore. Andre
tailed by all Druggists.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by
J. S. PEMBERTON &. CO.,
BROOKS & CHAPMAN,
DANFORTII H NAGEL,
May2<l—-vtwly and all DrugggisUs.
Great Bargains!
91 AM offering for sale in Pike Coun
ty Ala.,UOOacrerof goodOakand Hickory land
interspersed with long leafed pine. There is
300 acresof cleared land. Theplaceisin good
condition,wttluwocomfortablelrame dwellings,
tiro store houses,(the storchousesform a portion of the vil
lage of Monticello) gin house, etc. I will sell all togetheror
in quantities to suit purchasers.
laraalsooffertngforsale24o acres of the same quality ol
I and,three miiesrrom Monticello, about slxtyacrescleared.—
For particulars address me at Monticello, Ala.
BeptS—Wtf B.J.WEST,
‘‘THE UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1858.
Written at my Mother’s Grave.
BY GEOROE h. PRENTICE-
The trembling dew-drops bill
Upofl the shutting flowers, like souls at rest,
The starsshining gloriously ; and all
Save me are blest.
Mother, 1 love thy grave !
The violet, with its blossomsblue and mild,
Wave o’er thy head, when will it wave
Above thy child ?
’Tis a sweet flower, yet must
Its bright leaves to the morning tempest bow ;
Dear mother,’tis thine emblem ; dust
Is on thy brow.
And I could love to die;
To leave untasted life’s, hard bitter streams,
By the*, as erst in childhood lie,
And share thy dreams.
And 1 must linger here,
To stain the plumage ot my sinless years,
And mourn the hopes to childhood dear,
With bitter tears.
Aye, I must linger herp,
A lonely branch upon a withered tree,
Whose last frail leaf, untimely sere.
Went down with thee I
Olt from life’s withered bower,
1 still commotion w-ith the past, J turn.
And muse on iliee, the only flower,
In memory’s urn.
And when the evening pale,
Bows, like a mourner, on Hie dim, blue wave,
1 stray to hear the night winds wail
Around ihy grave.
Where is thy spirit flown ?
I gaze above—thy look is imaged there I
I listen, and thy gentle tone
Is on the air
Oh, borne, while here I press
My brow upon thy grave, and in those mild
.;nd thrilling tones ol tenderness,
Biers,bless thy’child.
Yes, Lless your weeping child :
And o’er thine urn, religion’s holiest shrine.
Oh, give his spirit, undcfiled;
To biend with thine.
Marriageg Extraordinary.
On Friday afternoon last we had quite a novel
scene in our quiet city, tin the way of a double
marriage. The parties were Tennesseans, and
walked the entire way from Sevier county in that
State for the purpose of commencing the joys of
their honey moon here. The men were both crip
ples. One of them was about fifty years of age,
but was passing himself for thirty. Ilis body had
been twisted in almost every direction, and had fin
ally assumed a shape which caused his right shoul
der to run ahead of the balance of him, when
walking, like a cow-catcher to an engine—He was
as lean as “Cassius,” and had a hungry look. Up
on the whole we considered him a hard case, and
illy suited to the enjoyment of matrimony. His
fair bride, like her associate in the sacred enter
prize, was a wee-bit of a chunk of flesh and bones,
and seemed to be little if anything more than mere
matter drifting on life’s sea, to some unthought of
goal
The other was a strange institution. His height
was about six feet; complexion very dark ; slen
der to a fault; back considerably bumped ; left leg
straight and stiff; right leg crooked as a raras
liorn; subject generally, as he averred, to that very
unpleasant disease, “Rumatis.” When standing
his whole frame was in a tremor, as if, in the act
of marrying, iio had encountered some cause of
fear that shook his frame, when walking tho quiv
ering of muscles, &c., became more perceptible, j
until his motion resembled the sound of an opera
tic accordeon. He was indeed a rare specimen of
the “genus homo,” and rt llecied but little credit
on the architect who gave lnm being.
jftThe parties were all very poorly clad, even for
the common duties of life, to say nothing of their
bridal occasion. Each of the men carried a small
bundle in which, we presume, their better halves
had stored away their extra wardrobes.
Upon the whole they were a novel group, and
presented a scene ludicrous in the extreme as they
pledged fidelity to each in the presence of Squire
S., and a number of our delighted citizens. After
eacli ceremony was complete, they were required,
as an indispenstble tequisite to the perfection of
the marriage, to salute the bride. This was per
formed with true zest, and met the enthusiastic
applause ofthe lookers on.— Dalton, (Ga.) ‘Times.
Origin of Word ami PUrases.
Hie BetUe Martin. —Many of our most popu
lar vulgarisms have their origin in some whimsi
cal perversion of language or of fact. St. Martin
is one ofthe worthiest ofthe Roman calender, and
a form ot prayer commcnnes with those words,
,l O miki heate Martin,'’ which was corrupted to
“My eye and Betty Martin.”
Roland for an Oliver. —Altogether nojmore com
mon phrase is in use, yet few are acquainted with
its origin. The expression signifies the giving of
an equivalent. Roland and Oliver were two
knights famous in romance. The wonderful
achievements of the one can only be equalled by
those ofthe other. Hence tie phrase “Roland
for an Oliver.”
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul. —ln the time of
Edward VI, much of the lauds of St. Peter, at
Westminister, were seiz dby his majesty’s min
isters and courtiers ; but in order to reconcile the
people to the robbery, they allowed a portion of
the iands to be appropriated towards the repairs
of St. Paul’s Church ; hence the phrase “robbing
Peter to pay Paul.”
Windfall. —The origin of this term is said to be
the following:
Someof the nobility of England, by tho tenure
of theit estate were forbidden selling any of the
trees upon them, the timber being reserved for
the use of the royal navy. Such trees as fell
without cutting were the property ofthe occupant.
A tornado, therefore, was a perfect godsend, in
every sense of the term, to those who had the
occupancy of extensive forests; and the windfall
was sometimes of very great value.
Bankrupt. —Few words have so remarkable a
history as the familiar word, bankrupt. The mon
ey changers of Italy had, it is said, benches or
stalls in the bourse"or exchange in the formertimes
and at these they conducted their ordinary busi
ness. When any of them fell back in the world;
and became insolvent, his bench was broken, and*
the name of broken bench banco ratio, was given
to him. When the word was adopted into Eng
lish, it was nearer than the Italian than it now is
being“bankerout” instead of bankrupt.
The stupid indifference with which all the
Americans regard the passage of a funeral pro
cession is proverbial. Now t e French people
from a regard to the feelings of mourners, as weil
as respect for the memory of the dead, when they
meet a funeral procession, stand still,,and uncover
in the street, while the procession passes. A most
touching tribute to the memory of .the dead. We
most earnestly wish our people had the heart to
imitate it.
Tiif. Fith Husband Gone.—A few weeks since
we mentioned, as a singular circumstance, the mar
riage of a German widow in the Third District to
the fifth husband—no one of the previous four hav
ing outlived his wedding a year. Well a fcw days
since'this fifth husband took the yellow fever. He
died, and on Friday he was buried. This singu
lar and most remarkable fatality among the hus
bands of one lady would create doubtful talk among
that lady’s acquaintances, were she not well known
and respected, and the causes of death of her dif
ferent husbands well known to their friends. As
it is, it is one ofthe most curious instancesjof ma
rital fatality we ever heard ol— N. O. Crescent of
9th inst.
ggjT’An Irishman who was very near-sighted,
about to light a duel, insisted that he should stand
six paces nearer his antagonist than the other did
to him, and that they were both to fire at the same
time.
fllAn Irishman was about to marry a Southern girl
for her property.
“Will you take this woman to be your wedded
wife ?” said the minister- .
“Yes, yur riverence. and the nagers to,"’ said
Pat.
THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH.
The great event of the age, nay, ot all time, is accom
plished! Time is annihilated ! distance is no more ! Old
Ocean is enchained! actual space only remains, and t man,
proud man, boasts that he will yet overcome even that,
and who shall say that he will not.
By Telegraph, we learn that the Queen of England, and
the President ofthe United States, two great dignitaries
of earth, to-day have spoken to each other across the
globe! The cable that binds the world in one is finished!
We cannot trust ourselves to talk about it till a cool- r
moment. God grant that its stupendous influences mny
a ! be for good.
The Atlantic Telegraph Successful
beyond a doubt!
GLAD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY !
TIIE QUEEA’S MESSAGE TO
TIIE PRESIDENT.
To the President of the United States:
Her Vlajesly desires to congratulate the President upon
the successful completion of ibis great work, in which the
Qti-*en has taken the deepest interest.
The Qveen is convinced (hat the President will join
her in fervently hoping (fiat (he electric cable, which now
connects Great Britain with the United States, will prove
an additional link between the two nations whose friend
ship is founded upon their common interests and recipro
cal esteem.
The Queen lias much pleasure in thus communicating
with the President, of renewing to him her wishes for the
prosperity of the United States.
Also,
Trinity Bay. August 16th.
To the Directors Atlantic Telegraph Cos. U. S.
Europe aud America are united by Telegraph! Glory
to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will towards
men.
ISigued] Directors Atlantic Telegraph Compan y.
Great Britain.
(Forwarded by Pritchard, Agent Associated Press
Augusta, Georgia.])
Washington, D. C.,10;h Aug., 1858.
Cable intelligence received with joyful demonstrations.
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nashville, Louis
ville, New Orleans, Lancaster, every point heard from—
most places general celebration to morrow.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO
THE QUEEN.
The President cordially reciprocates the congratula
tions of Her Majesty, the Queen, on tho success of the
great inter-national enterprise, accomplished by the sci
ence, skill and iudominlable energy ol tho two countries.
It is a triumph, more glorious, because far more j
useful to mankind, than was ever won by conqueror on I
the field of battle. .May the Atlantic Telegraph, under 1
the blessing ol Heaven, prove to be a bond of perpetual |
peace and friendship between the kindred nations, and an j
instrument, destined by Divine Providence, to diffuse to- j
ligton, civilization, liberty and law throughout the world, j
In this view, will not all the nations, of Christendom,spon
taneously unite in the declaration, that it shall be forever j
neutral, and that its communications shall i o held sacred !
in passing to the places of their destination, even in the j
midst of hostilities.
(Forwarded by Barnaul, Agent of Associated Press,
Washington, D. C ]
From the Boston Transcript.
A SONG OF JOY.
I.
Why are ottr hearts so glad to-day?
What means this common joy?
The mother o’er the narrowing bay
Sends greeting to her boy.
u.
Beneath the Atlantic main,
Despite the tempest wild,
Completed is the electric chain
From parent unto child.
HI.
Ring out ye bells a merry strain,
Ye guns your voices raise,
Till earth takes up the glitd retrain
And swells the hymn of praise.
IV.
Long absent from the homestead hearth,
The son returns at last,
In all the pride of noble birth
And memories of the past
v.
“Henceforth,” he says, “as age creeps on,
Lean thou upon my arm;
’Twill serve thee when thy strength is gone,
And shield thee from all harm.
VI.
“In infancy you nurtured me,
And 1 can now repay
Part of the debt I owe to thee,
And thus begin to-day.
VII.
“The hand that bind? its heart to heart
To-day is closer wove;
And forth upon their errands start,
God’s messages of love.
VIII.
“And as we view tho triumph grand,
Bv science nobly won,
Will not the mother grasp the hand
Extended by herson?”
IX.
Then ring ye hells a merry strain,
Ye guns your voices raise,
Till earth takes up the glad refrain,
And swells the hymn ol praise.
Cambridge, Aug. G, 1858.
From the New York Herald.
How the Oceanic Telegraph Originated.
While the public are rejoicing at the consumma
tion of laying the telegraphic cable, it is a source
of justifiable pride aud exultation that this great
work is purely of American origin. The Atlantic
telegraph enterprise was born in the dining room
of Cyrus W. Field, 74 Gramecy park, in the city
of New York, one quiet evening in the early part
of March, 1854. There were present Cyrus VV.
Field, his brother David Dudley Field, Samuel F.
B. Moore, Peter Cooper, Moses Taylor, Marsh.a 11 O.
Roberts and Cht.ndler White. Maps were laid
upon the table, and a general con versa tionJonsUed
upon the practicability of the enterprise and the
best route. They then and there formed an asso
ciation for the purpose of establishing telegraphic
communication between America and Europe.
The most feasible mode of accomplishing it was
thought to be by way of Newfoundland, and it
was determined to apply to the legislature of that
island for an act of incorporation.
The two Fields and Mr. White immediately pro
ceeded to Newfoundland to lay the matter before
the legislature of that Island, and to ask for a char
ter and other assistance. These three gentlemen
arrived at St. Johns about the 20th day of March,
1854, and at once called upon the Governor, who
convoked the Executive Council the same day.
These gentlemen appeared before them, and Da
vid Dudley Field made an elaborate and powerful
address. The Governor promised them an answer
in the course of that day. In an hour or two the
answer was given to them in writing, that he would
immediately send a special message to the legisla
tive assembly, then in session, recommending them
to pass an act of incorporation, ith a guaranty of
the interest on the company’s bonds to the amount
of fifty thousand pounds sterling, and a grant of
fifty square miles of land on the island of New
foundland, to be selected by the company.
These terms being agreed upon, Mr. Cyrus VV.
Field returned two days after to New York, to fit
out the steamer Victoria for the use of the Com
pany, and David Dudley Field and Chandler White
remained in Newfoundland six weeks, to urge up
on the Legislature the passage of the charter aud
grants. ?dr. Field’s cogent reasoning and convin
cing arguments on the lloor of the Assembly, final
ly accomplished the desired result. During their
sojourn upon the island hospitalities and attentions
were showered upon Mr. Field and Mr. White in
the most lavish manner, by the officials and citi
zens of the place, who looked upon them as public
benefactors. The charter was drawn bv David
Dudley Field, and it was really owing to his great
legal ability and far reaching sagacity that such ad
vantages were therein secured as afterwards ena
bled his brother, Cyrus VV’. Field, to enlist the con
fidence and support of English capitalists. Thus
the happy conjunction in these two brothers—the
comprehensive gtasp of mind of the one, and un
tiring energy and perseverance of the other—have
at last brought about “the consummation so devout
ly to he wished.”
The preamble of the charter recites, that “where
as it is deemed advisable to established a line of
telegraph communication between America and
Europe, by way of Newfoundland,” &c., therefore
“ be it enacted,” &c.
E. M. Archibald, at present British Consul in
New York, was then Attorney General of New
foundland. and took a warm interest in the subject.
We have before us a copy of a Newfoundland
newspaper, published in April, 1854, giving an ac
count of a banquet held in St. Johns on the occa
sion of the passage of the above act. David Dud
ley Field presided, and Chandler White acted as
Vice—President. A great number of {speeches
were made; and to show that the anticipations of
that day have been realiz.ed, we give an extract from
the speech of the President.
David Dudley Field said : “The time will come,
gentlemen, when the first question throughout
America will be, “What is the news this morning
irom Newfoundland?”
On the return of Messrs. Field and White to New
York, the Gth day of May, 1854, the company was
organized-under the name of “The New York,
Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company.”
The following is a copy ofthe first card they issu
ed :
NF.W-YORK, NF.WFOTJXDT.AND AND LONDON TF.LF.-
GRAPH COMPANY.
Dsreclors in Ntw York. —Peter Cooper, Cyrus
VV'. Field, Moses Taylor, Marshall O. Roberts,
Chandler White.
Peter Cooper, President; S. F. B. Morse, Vice-
President.; Moses Taylor, Treasurer: Chandler
White, Secretary ; David Dudley Field, Esq., Coun
sel ; E. N. Gisborne, Engineer.
It was under this act of incoporation that the
line has been established from the eastern coast of
Newfoundland to the United States, at the sole ex
pense of the gentlemen above named.
In order to induce English capitalists to contri
bute to tlie undertaking, it was thought expedient
to incorporate anew company in England for the
purpose of establishing the submarine line between
Newfoundland and Ireland; and Mr. C. W. Field
went to England and succeeded in organising that
company under the name of “ The Atlantic Tele
graph Company,” the two companies binding them
selves together by articles of agreement to operate
in connection.
Tlie public are familiar with the discouragements
and difficulties that met -Mr. Field at every step,
but none can fully know the sore trials he experi
enced ami the incredible efforts he made. Possess
ed of an iron will and the most indomitable ener
gy, he ha- triumphed at last; and when our whole
people hud desponded, and the universal press had
sent forth a lamentation that the great enterprise of
the nineteenth century had tailed, a telegraphic
despatch thrilled through the heart of the coun
try—
“ The cable is successfully laid. Cyrus VV. Field.”
Tin; Atlantic Telegraph —Curious Cuinci
d- c. — .Mr Field’s loiter to the Associated Press
some curious coincidences in the matters ol
laying the cable. The 2ftth ofthe month seems to
piny quite an important part,both for good and for
evil itt his history. Thus, for instance, the tele
graph fleet sailed from Plymouth on the experi
mental trip on tlie 29th of May. The cable was
broken at the stern of the Agamemnon, ort the
first attempt to lay it, on the 29th of June; and the
splice in mid-ocean on tlie last and successful at
tempt was affected on tlie 29th of July.
The sth of August, too, seems to be, par excel
lence, the red letter day in the company’s calender.
On that day in 1857, the Niagara landed the end of
the cable on the Irish shore; and on that same
identical day in 1858, the same vessel landed the
other end of the cable on the shore of Newfound
land—both ends of the cable being thus laid by
llio Niagara.
On the third of August, 1857, the telegraph
squadron left the Cove of Cork for Valentia Bay,
and on that ve y same day—36s years before—the
little squadron which carried Columbus on his first
voyage of discovery to these shores, weighed an
chor from the port of Palos in Andalusia.
These are curious and most note-worthy coinci
dences in connectionjwith .the -great event of the
age.—,V. Y. Herald.
Texas Items”
The Galveston Civilian, ofthe 9th, says;
Ottr accounts last week from the interior repre
sent many portions of the country as beginning to
need rain. Not only had the sugar cane begun
to suffer from drought, but cotton was begining
to languish. The Register says that on some plan
tations in Washington county the ground is liter
ally covered with “squares,” while the plant is
undergoing a rapid change from the; healthful and
vigorous appearance to the sickly hue consequent
on the absence ol “tlie proper nourishment. The
state of things is said to he confined chiefly to the
uplands.
The Register says that the cotton on the bottom
lands still holds its own, though there are evident
signs of its soon following in tiie wake of tlie for
mer, if not immediately relieved by refreshing
showers. Similar accounts reach us from some
other sections ; but we trust that the rain which
has visited Galveston has extended to the interior,
if it was not preceded by the rains there —a cir
cumstance indicated by the northwesterly winds of
Saturday and Sunday nights.
A meeting of the citizens of Washington and
vicinity was held, on the 29th ulb, to tender Gen.
Sam Houston a public dinner.
The Houston. Telegraph, of the 9th, publishes re
turns of the election for'Associate Justice from
twentv-four counties, which show tlie following re
sult ; Buckley 5,002. Bell 5,592.
A Bold and BeautiM Figure.
During the delivery of a sermon las; Sunday in
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, in Washington City,
the eyes cf the congregation were suddenly riveted
upon the speaker,Rev, Francis X. Boyle, by what
for the moment, seemed to be a digression to the
all-absorbing topic of conversation and conjecture
throughout the civilized world—the Atlantic Tel
egraph. The eloquent divine spoke in terms of
glowing panegyric of this wonderful triumph of
human science, and dilated upon the revolutions
which the grand achievement will accomplish in
tlie commercial, political and social condition ofthe
two hemispheres thus successfully united’ by means
of the electric wire. What is it after all, exclaim
ed the speaker, when compared with the instanta
neous communication between the Throne of Di
vine Grace and the heart of man? Offer tip your
silent petition for grace. It is transmitted through
realms of unmeasured space more rapidly than the
lightning’? flash, and the answer reaches the soul
ere ttie pray.-r has died away on the sinner’s lips.
Yet tin? egraph, performing its saving functions
ever since Christ died for us oil Cavalry, fills not
the worid with exultation and shouts of gladness—
a ith illuminations and bonfires and the booming of
cannon. The reason is, one is the telegraph ot
this world, and may produce wonderful revolu
tions on earth, the other is tne sweet communion
between Christ and the Christian's soul, and will
secure a glorious immortality in Heaven.— Wash
ington Union.
Tho month of August in 1857 was a very wet
month.
Journal of a Defeated Candidate.
The following is timely. It may suit tho case of
hundreds of individuals:
Thursday —Received the nomination of an of
ficer in the City Council. Surprised and indig
nant. Remonstrated with committees. Was told
1 must place myself in the hards of my friends.
Eventually did so.
Friday —lmmense poster on a brirk pile oppo
site my house; my name in two foot letters.—
Great anguish on tlie part of my wife and lamily,
who believe that every officer ofthe city govern
ment must, according to law, be indicted and tried
at the end of his term. Friends meet me in the
street, say that there is a rumor about town that
I am up for office, which rumor ought to be pub
licly contradicted. Other friends offer ironical
congratulations, and leave me in doubt whether
the office is unfit for me, or I for tlie office. Old
gentleman says that he won't believe it; for he
knew my father, and lies was a very respectable
man.
Saturday —Man on stoop of my house, with a
big stick ami terrier. Broad-shouldered, slovenly
person, with a sangunary eye. Came to advise
me to be-ware of a class of ruffians that go round
election times extorting money irom candidates.
Offers his services to tend the polls. Customary,
he says, to pay in advance. 1 refer him to my
committee. lie whistles for Ins dog. Engage him
at five dollars, cash down. We part with expres
sions of mutual esteem. Going in, find six men
smoking in my parlor. Delegates from a target ex
cursion. Customary, they say, for candidates to
give prizes on these occasions, liefer them to my
committee. Captain very polite ; tells mo lie will
give me time to think about it, and will come on
Sunday with the whole guard, to see what a fine
looking set of men they are. Result, ten dollars
for a prize. Evening —Excited person calls for a
subscription tor a banner. Refer him to my eotn
mmittee. Threatens personal violence and swears
awfully. Subscribe for a banner. Man comes
with a wooden leg; want’s anew one. Three
more banner men. Clergymen for subscription to
a deserving charity. Seventeen men to attend
polls- More cripples. Delegation want their en
gine painted. Man without arms to post bills.—
Woman for subscription for coffin. Children all
crying up stairs. My wife in hysterics. General
terror and confusion. Midnight Torchlight pro
cession; kettle drums ; serenade ; make a speech ,
rotten egg hits me in (he eye; general light;
spanners, brickbats,’ clubs, banners, torches and
fists.
Wednesday —Wake up defeated. Tell all my
friends that I don’t care for myself, but feel sorry
for the city. My wife goes home to her mother;
the children are sent where they cannot be under
my influence. No home, no friends, lto wife, and
no money.— N. Y. Times.
A Campaign against Crinoline.—lt is said,
with what truth we are not advised, that the “three
thousand clergymen” who liguredso prominently
on the occasion of the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise, are about re-organising to open a fearful
campaign against hoops and other artificial enlarge
ments. We regarded tlie “white cravats” in the
matter of the Missouri restriction as enacting a
most objectionable and ridiculous role: hut weave
not so clear about their present enterprise. Crin
olines ol themselves constitute a powerful defense,
and we should say quite sufficient to resist the at
tacks of a mere peace party. But, then, again, la
dies are well, known to hold all clergymen in pro
found and sacred reverence, and to concede to
them the right to decide what is good and what is
evil in matters appertaining to tlie toilette. On
the other hand, the ladies, especially of large cities,
are very much devoted to fashion; aud fashion
lias not only sanctioned the crinoline, hut has en
dowed it with an expansive power which no pru
dent man would bo safe in assailing. These con
ditions, we infer, will lead to a war direct between
the church and fashion ; and we shall not regret it.
Nobody, as tilings are now, feels any certainty as
to which is the superior—fashion or the church.
Besides, a large class of people have had their sus
picions that tlie two powers had come to a com
promise, which is, doubtless, a slander. Let them
now fight for ascendency. Two to one on fashion !
Washington Union.
Ludicrous Sensibility. —Flowers have their
spells and their perils. A young French lady en
dowed with the most delicate nerves mentioned
one evening, to a few friends assembled in her
drawing room, that she had a borrow of the rose.
“The perfume of this flowor,” said she, “gives me
the vertigo.” This conversation was inierrupted
by the visit of a fair friend who was going to a
ball, and wore a rose-bud in her head-dress. Our
fair heroine turned pale directly, tossed her arm,
and fell gracefully into a syncope upon the otto
man. “What strange nervous susceptibility.—
What a delicate and impressible organization!”
cried the spectators. “For Heaven’s sake madam,
go away ! Don’t you see that you have caused this
spasm?” “I?” “Yes, of course; it is the per
fume of the tose-bud in your hair.” “Really, if it
is so, I will sacrifice the guilty flower! But judge
before you sentence.” The flower, detached from
the head-dress, was passed from hand to had among
the spectators, but their solicitude soon gave way
to a different emotion. The fatal rose-bud was an
artificial one !
Je\Vs in Parliament.—On the 27th July, at the
morning session of the House of Commons Baron
Rothschild presented himself to. lie sworn before
taking his seat. The scene fr thus d* ribed:
A few minutes after 12 o’clock, and before the
commencement of public bus.i ess, Baron Roth
child entered the House, and fouk a seat on one of
the benches below the Speaker’s Gallery, lie
was accompanied by several private friends. The
number of members present at the time was very
small, but the benches on either side gradually fill
ed, and more than one hundred honorable gentle
men voted in the division which subsequently took
place.
The Speaker—Any honorable member who de
sires to trike his seat will please come to the table
to be sworn.
Baron Rothchild immediately presented himsell
at the bar,where he was met by Lord John Russell
and Mr. Abel Smith, who amid considerable cheer-
from the opposition benches, led him to the ta
ble. He was about totake a copy of the prescribed
oath from the hands of the clerk, when Mr. War
ren rose to order, and begged to put a question to
the Speaker. The honorable and learned gentle
man, however, was not allowed to proceed, being
received with cries of “order!” and“ Chair!” l)
The Speaker—The taking of his seat by an hon
orable member is a matter of privilege, and ought
not to be interrupted by any discussion. (Cheers.)
A copy of the new oath being offered to him,
he stated to the Speaker that he had a conscientious
objection to taking the oath in the form tendered
to him, and he was thereupon requested to with
draw. Lord J. Russell then moved a resolution
in conformity with the act, to the effect that the Ba
ron, a person professing the Jewish Religion, was
prevented from sitting and voting in the House
by reason of his conscientious objection to taking
thfe oath in the form required by the act. After
some remarks by Mr. Warren it was agreed to.—
Lord J, Russell then moved a further resolution,
likewise in pursuance ofthe act, “that any person
professing the Jewish religion may henceforth, on
taking the oath prescribed in an act of the present
session of Parliament to entitle him to sit and
vote in this House,omit tlie words, ‘and 1 make this
declaration upon the true faith of a Christian.”—
Mr. Warren said he should take the sense of the
House upon this resolution. The House was di
vided, and tlie resolution was carried by sixty-nine
to thirty-seven.
Baron Rothchild then advanced to the table, —
conducted as before by Lord John Russell and Mr.
A. Smith, and as lie walked up the floor of the
House fie was greeted with loud cheering from the
opposition benches. He desired jto be sworn on
the old testament, and his request being at once
complied with by the speaker, he took the new
f rtn of oath, omitting tlie words “and I make this
declaration upon the true faith of a Christian.’’—
PEYTON H. COLQUITT, {
JAMES W. WARREN, ( Editors,
Number 33
I The honorable gentleman then signed the roll of
I j Parliament, land after siiaking hands with the
Speaker and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he
■ took a seat on the front opposition bench. He
tin re received tlie congratulations of many honor
> able members.
THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENSES OF
COLLECTION.
We see an article going the rounds of the opposi
tion press, commenting severely on the fact, often
exhibited in this and every other country, that the
expenses incurred in maintaining a detective rev
enue police are greater at certain points than the
gross amount of duties c ollected. The Richmond
Whig has recently made this discovery, and has
paraded it before the country as a startling instance
of extravagance and political fraud. There is not a
sane man in the United States that does not know
a revenue establishment like ours must extend over
every border region, and in many places cost more
than is received in the way of duties- The integrity
ot the system and its power of complete enforcement
depend ujion the extent and activity ofits detective
tqrce. We have a most extended coast and contact
line to be watched; and it would beculpable folly to
limit the police to those districts alone whose reve
nues are sufficient to pay their expenses. Snch a
course would very soon “lead to tlie diminution of
custom receipts at tlie great ports and to the free
introduction of foreign goodsnt the nelgected places.
A \ery considerable poition ol the current revenues
are derived from duties upon goods of trifling bulk
and weight which would readily undergo the charge
of an overland carriage in order to be introduced
free of duty. The sagacious economist ofthe Rich
mond Whig would cut off a large portion of the
detective revenue force in order to save expenses,
and thereby diminish the incomes at the great marts
perhaps ten limes over. We have a large class ot
such economists in ‘his country, but fortunatel\,so
far they have not been called upon to discharge
public duties, and we trust, at least liil the revival
of trade, they may he permitted to remain where
pltey are.— Wash. Union.
A French Flying Machine.— The Emperor has
just made a present 0f5,000f, to a private in the
line, who asserts he has discovered a solution for
the great problem in aeronautics—the art of flying
He has invented a kind of airship, consisting of a
platform of silk stretched over whalebone, to be
propelled by two gigantic wings ofthe same ma
terial, placed on each side. The atrial navigator is
to be suspended at a distance of about (our feet
Irom the platform, while his feet rest on pedals, by
means of which the wings are set in motion while
his arms rest on a lever which imparts to the
platform the direction he"chooses to give it. Only
a model of this machine has yet been constrncte .’
and it appears to work well. It is now about to be
constructed on a large scale.
i‘ irst Bale at Madison, Fla.— We notice the
arrival in town this morning of a bale of new cot
*on from the plantation of Mr. J. D. Watts, and
Irom the sample shown us by Mr. M. D. Griffin,
his overseer, we judge it to be a line article. Mr.
Griffin informs us that he lias about three bales
picked nut. This is early.— Messenger, Ith.
How to tell a I awyer.—A fetv years since, a
gentleman, being beyond the limits of his neigh
borhood, inquired of a pert negro if the road'he
was H avi n g led to a certain place. Coffee gave
the required information, hut seemed entious to
know who the stranger|was, as well as his occu
pation. I* or the fnn of the thing the traveler con
cluded to humor Ebony a little, and the following
dialogue ensued ;
“My name is , and as to the business I
follow, it you are at all smart, you cart gues that
from my appearance—can’t you see that I am a
timber cutter'?”
“No, boss, you no timber cutter,”
“An overseer then ?”
“No, sir, you no look like one.”
“What say you to my being a doctor?”
“Don l think ’so, boss, dey don’t ride io sul
key.”
“Well, how do you think I will do for a preach
er ?”
“I sorter spec’s you is dat, sir.”
“Pshaw, Coffee, you are a greater fool than I
took you lor—dot) t I look more, like a lawyer than,
anything else l”
“No sirree. Bob, you don’t dat.”
“Why Coffee !”
‘ Why, now yon see, boss, ise bin ridin’ wid
you tor more na mile and you baint cussed any,
nnd a lawyer always cusses.”—[ Cor’ Charleston
Courier.
Florida Rail Road.— The Mobile Mercury
quotes from the Florida .Messenger the statement
that the Florida Rail Road Company has trans
ferred its entire interest in the road to a company
in New York consisting ol'George Law, Vander
bilt and others—all millionaires; and that they are
about to establish an Atlantic and Gulf line of
steamers, constructed with all modern improve- „
tnents. and will have the whole under their own
control. It is expected that the work pn the road
will progress rapidly, and that the whole will be in
lull operation by the first of April next.
Kansas —The Richmond Dispatch says: The
Kansas, correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, states
that the only business which is at all brisk in Kan
sas at this time is horse stealing. It appears that
the Free State men in the neighborhood of Law
rence, are becoming as much enamored of free
liO'sesas free negroes. A reverend politicial per.
son, a resident of Douglas county, who commands
a company of horse thieves, preaches on Sundays
and steals horses on week days, has been arrested
for stealing a number of hor.-es from a pro-slavery
man. If his reverence can secure a freesoil jury
he need not concern himself about the result, for
it will be easy to show that a Southern man has n
more right to property in a horse than in a negro,
and that a fine horse is a peculiarly Southern in
stitution, and therefore entitled to the benefit of
tlie underground railroad.
The Right of Search Question.—Official
View.—The Union adverting to the doubts that
have been exptessed as to the completeness of
the settlement of the right of search question, ’
says: .
“The facts are briefly these: When the English
Cabinet repudiated the claim of a right to search
or visit our vessels, ami abandoned the practice,
they suggested at the same time to our govern
ment that abuses might take place front the as
sumption of our flag by vessels not entitled to it,
and proposed that some plan should be agreed
upon by which tho nationality of vessels -might be
verified, and thus these abuses -prevented. They
stated, at the same time, that the French govern
ment had proposed, with this view that a boat
should be permitted to come alongside the vessels
but should not enter unless allowed to do so—
And our government was invited to propose such
plan which would be acceptable to us, and at the
same time provide for an adequate verification.
“'I o this proposition it was answered that the
American government saw great difficulty in the
t ay of reconciling anv examination with th<\J en
tire immunity of our vessels, which was dear to
tie American people, and had no proposition to
make upon the subject. But it was added, that
if the British Government would submit any pro
ject, for* that purpose, it would be fully consider
ed by the government of the United States. This
is all that has passed upon the subject, and here
the matter rests. Should the United States agree
any plan upon this subject, that conventional ar
rangement will settle this point. If it does not
take place, the phrties will occupy their respective
positions under the law of nations, that neither of
hem has the right to enter by force the vessels of
the other, under any circumstances whatever.”
03“ The Moniteur Beige announces that the
new treaty of commerce between Russia and
Belgium will come iuto operation on the third of
August.