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Newspaper Page TextTERMS—S2 00 ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ROME, 6A., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1858. m NUMBER 19. PUBLISH®!* KYKRT TUESDAY HORSING. ipnfjij ffiwfiSrwHr*-- • BY COBURN * DWINELL. taaiiKit '&Sf " I I ft' Terras of Subscription: Jjl ADYANCF. TKR A>'Vi M. ... . ^ Paid within six mostds, ..... Paid a* tel i ts or year. . . . $aoo $1 so §3 00 1 H T#m» of Advertising: .155?* Legal Advertise'menu will be inserted etthe usual rates, Miscellaneous Advertise ment* at $1 yer square of 12fusesor lesS,<brlhe first ami tt wn!« for each subsequent insertion. K. &. FARRELL S ARABIAN LINT- " 4 i^fgjir -T ME NT TRIUMPHANT OVER DISEASES. This truly great mo Heine still jmki'o^ con quering discs*.*. and snatching tunny a poor powerless victim from the grave. l>y?Rs pow erfully stimulating, pone {ratine and anodyne qualities, it restores she use oflirafe* which hare been palsied for years; and bydtsriagular pow er by reproducing the ajrhqftiai fluid, or joint water, it cores all diseases of the joints with surprising rapidity. Forrhcumatisn. and af fections of the spine and spleen, it-has itself a sperfacrar.-l for affeetionsof the liver and kidneys, is la a most valuable, powerful auxiliary; als<s for all.diseascs of the glands, scrofula, goitre or: swelled seek, ate., etc. And indeed for almoctAsqridbMsa ah'ex- lsi—1 "atijTlinfiiTi As'" required/.this medicine rti-His Tri§iiiinYfliif "• ' p t ~ *~~~~— ' wounds, chilblains, burns, etc, are sjwedUy eared by it. . ■*’- V tie oldest i JVn tie Ho a. Peter Menard, on, a&sjjec-.spi'.’ '• fttthn in JUinoi*. fas* It gives meypteasare to a Id tny lestim.ony“tq the rirtus of your great swraua .One qLmy blooded horses had a swelling over the epp of the knee, about the siie of a hen’s egg. Some’ said it was a strain. amLsome, that it was the joint water from the knee, and could not be cured. I tried oil cedar on it, and ail tha lini meets and ointments, and they ill no nu-r- ; than water. I : hen, by persaasion of ine _ds. tried II. G. Farrell's Arablan-Liaiinenty [ I was happy to Sndit£akeeff*et.*fter afew . days, and it finally cared the noble animal en- terely. It is decidedly the .greatest liniment for bw<-'s. as well as human fllesh, I ever knew. .ML March ICth, 1S49, Admirable.—The following verses by that sweetest of American poetesses, Mrs. Lydia Huntley .Sigourney, suggested hy the words in the 14th Psalm of.David, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no'God,*' it one'of the finest things In the language: . ^ , r y r . v CM f AVftd P The simplest flower That on the wild is found, Shrinks, as it drinks its cup of due, And trembles at tho sound : “No God*—astonished Echo cries From out her cavern hoar, And &tttj wondering bird that flies Reproves the Atheist-loro. ifljjjfc* solemn forest lifts its head, The Almighty to proclaim, The brooklet on Its crystal urn, Doth leap fo grave his name. How swells the deep and vengeM i Along hisbiltowy track. The red Vesuvius opes his mouth To hurithe falsehood hack. The palm-tree, with its princely crest, vegfheeocea’s leafy Shade, 4 The bread fruit tending to Its lord, In yonlto foUhd-glado The winged seeds, that horns by winds, The roving sparrows feed, he melon, on the desert sands, onfute the scornor’s creed. “No God t-.’WHh indignation high The fervent San is stirr’d. turns paler still, Fan impious word> At And from their burning thrones, tho Stars Look down with angry'eyeT That thus a worn of dust should mock Sternal imrgesty. ' ' .... . — Trencmt, Taxwell PALSY OR PARALYSIS. Fromthe Southern Statesman. ? Hotr and Where to Look for useful Mine* f i4 “ / V; rals In Georgia. NUMBER 3. ' - fv, ' BYJ.M. DEBT. Pnhlio attention being at present considerably directed inwards the; search of the more valua blemetals we believe a few remarks on this sub ject may prove interesting to some of. our read ers and intend giving a few practical articles on ;the manner of hunting for mines and of identi fying thVores when then they have been foopd. The’globe wo inhabit is formed externally by a succession of solid beds of differently compo sed substances or, rocks.. These rocks overlie ono another ranch in the wav of the Scales on . the bulb of an onion or. the leaves of a book, and are named hy geologists •trata. The Strata arein somecases jimestones, or layere of .sand ' of marl, or elly, or. they, may be slate .rook, dr sandstones, or trap or other rocks of very; diver- Thadrus Smith, of MndGniek,Taiwellcoun ty. illic is, says: ”1 Kikd lo^"ffle^lsm;orwar- arm for m>n? tbiri a year, by palsy or paralysis; * " *i had entirely withered away, leaving hot skin, muscle and bone. I-tried all doctors, and all the remedies I could but they did no good- I then cora- tfce use of Farrell’s Arabian Liniment, w bottles entirely cured me, and my now as strong and fleshy as the other is also first rate for bare?, sprains and braises i—— . .. . ... I •counterfeit, which has lately mad,- it# appc.irr ance, called W. B. Farrell’s Arabian Liniment, Leyoh oat for Cou^ter/eitt! public are cautioned .against an othe m cause his having the name of Farrell, many will buy it in good faith, without the know! edge that a counterfeit exists, and they will per haps only discover ttlfa few wmiFto ; spun oa* mixture has wroughtitaevHeffects. The eeatsir-fe article is rn3na&etnred only by IL G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, wad wholeeilv druggist, No. IT Main street, Peoria^ BEtemk to whraall appKeationa fcy Ageneiea nenst be addressed. Be sure you gstit wiU» the letter? II. G. before Farrell's, thus—II. G. : on the wrap- ' Ah XL; CoosaP.'O: Summerville FARRELL’S—and his per, all others are Sold by Kendrick A Pledger, G. B. F. Mattox, C. Brown. Branner k Sfoyer;, Robert Battey, Wholesale Agent, Rome and by regularly authorized agents throughout the United States. Price 25 and 50 cents, and $1 per bottle. AGENTS WANTED in every town, village and hamlet in the United States, in which one is not already established. Address H. G. Far rell as above, accompanied with good reference as to character, responsibility, Ac. ' . X F. M. EDDLEMAN & BRO. AtUata, Georgia. Keep constantly on hand and for sale, at the lowest cash prices, a large assortment of BOOTS. SHOES. LEATHER, LASTS. PEGS. CALF LINING and BINDING SKINS SHOE-MAKER’S TOOLS, Ac. Ac.. Jan 9. 1855, ^ will be the chance of finding iq it'valuable min erala Concordantwiththisprinciplethe rocks, of Georgia«stand, beginning with the ‘richest, in metsdic ores, ih the order hero indicated. 1. Metamorphie; 2. Silurian ; 3. Carboniferions ; 4. Secondaries;. 5.-Tertiaries; 6. Modern for mations. v ^- 2. Valuable mUirala are’generally found at the line ofjupe ion of strata bf different na ture, or between two different formations, or in the neighborhood of dykes- (unstratified rdeks, »V e- melted rocks which haTe been, injected through other rocks, and have there hardened Into compact, heavy more or less- cristaUine masses) "or hear disturbed stratification. 3. MetalKe veins whenTbey attain the surfoce may either, be of a softer nature than the neigh boring rock which contain them, ^r herder than these rocks. In the first e*se, - they will have been worn away by long continued atmospheric influences, and will be indicated by correspond ing anperficml .depressions. In the latter case, Jthey will cross,on| in thefigrin.of imgnlar. led- gee, or beds, easily recognizable to a practiced eye./,. 4. The atmospheric influences, generally change the nature of most mineral ores near the surface, (sulphurels are. transformed mtvul- phate?,nsydes and carbonates,Ac.y)and these de- coniposed. or. tmpspofed,' substances are among the most valuable indications to be noted', as si tied character. All these strata are not i>Ia- ^^^'th^ do Dot^^w^ce jg^ oLIatetfU-dej^e, t,^*elg nf metal jnedley. but over .|he whple surfoice of the worlfl they keep a tegular. determinate and constant relative position, so as to form a .series of sn- per imposed layers Or beda separated by distinct Ifoes of debarkation, or as they are oBdledpointr if itrafijffatfrti.'The whole snm of all the rocks from tue lowest known np to the surface have been (fomred according to the epochs of tfceir. for mation; the older, being' the' lower or deeper beds, the more recent the upper, or more super ficial ones. Each stratnm was first created hor izontal as a sediment at the bottom of the ocean.. Great eonvalsions proceedlng from the" inte rim' of onr planet, hare eflfen changed tho orig- the most dangeroos*of all the counterfirifo,;bO- fouffyfoVylpesifion of these strata, so that _ we J. M. TOMLINSON, P LAIN, House Sign, Coach, Passenger Cara Fresco, Ornamental and Decorative Painter Also manufacturer of Gilt Glass Door Plates Window Signs, Numbers for Public Houses Church** and Street Nomherr. ' 1 S Opposite Jacob Haas A Co. White Hall Street Atlanta, Ga. Jan 9. 1955 Iv. T. R. RIPLEY, ATLANTA, GA. ;£■ China, Crockery, and Glass D EALER in wares ; Lamps of all kinds; Oil*, phine, Fluid, and Alcohol hy the bbl. Cash is advance. Jan 'J, 1855 Cam- Terms ly JOS. R. SWIFT, GENERAL AUCTION COMMISSION MERCHANT, FOOT OF WHITE HALL STREET, ATLANTA GEORGIA. Beferenees ■wbjtmrv a hcst. Atlanta, Georgia. J. 8 WALLACE 8 BrO*. “ ,i-’ C. WRIGET r.SOL., “ ,r wbcfkb hendbix t co.. Charleston, S. C. kichol k peacock. Nashville Tenn, edwabd swipt E»a Savannah, Georgia. DAVI9. KOLB * FAKSJVO AtlgllSU “ ur. a peters New 0; leans. Jan. 2,1855. 3m iNTA I i wo . T j ; RKS. IRON POCSOUY.) ATLA MACHINE (LATE ATLANTA |HIS new Comj»ny is.now pyepar e4 to do work m» ahort notice.of heavy and light Castings from tbe latest improved pattern* o; orCutJHKtritioo.allof which will be warran ted. Turning, Borings and Drilling done to order. Also, screw catting of 10 feet or un der of any size and thread required, Hea vy and light forging ofwroiight Iron or Steel done in unperior style. PARTICULAR ATTENTION Is called to their patterns for Mill Gearing, for Merchant and Cos tom Flooring, and Saw Mills, Gin Gearing of ail the usual sizes, and Bark Mfllt always kept on hand. We are also prepared to build stationary Engines upon the latest improvements. Ail of which will be sold low for cash. Copper and Brass taken in exchange for work at cash prices JAMES Jj. DUNNING, john McDonough, WILLIAM RUSHTON. P.S. AH of the above company are prac tical Mechanics, and give their individual attention to tho business. jam 9, *55. find them now in nearly erery possible position, even to tho vertical and reserved or thrown over. Yiolent currents of water have also' in' many place* swept away part of the superficial strata, the result of which phenomena is that the stR&c* rock wo see at present is seldom the one which has always existed tbere, but in tbe generality of cases U is one which'was original ly placed sti considerable depth below other depoeits'ilrhich'have posteridusly been carried away. These upheavals of strata, and'erosions or denudations are tile cause of the' diversity, of rocks observed in a country," even of limited ex- - ■ '.'4 ’When strata are placed one over the other -n parallel succession, the stratification is said to be conformable, if on the contrary, some of the strata rest horizontally on the vertical or up turned edges of others or vico versa, the strati fication is said to he unconformahle. -• -’4’^ ' ■ The strata forming the solid crust of tho earth have been directed, beginning with the more recent, into the Modern or quaternary forma tions or such as are in progress in onr days, examples ofthesc are peat-bogs, deposits at the mouth of rivers, shingle belacbes, Ac., &c.; in to tertiary formations whose origin is anterior to tbe presence of man on the globe, but imme diately proceeding it; into secondary forma tions of yet older creation, and into primnry for mations which are low in the series and rest on the Metamorphie or Azoic and granitic rocks; which last are supposed to form the basis or fonmlation of the whole superstructure. If a iine he drawn through the counties of Richmond, WarreS/R^iicocfe, Baldwin, Johesj Bibb, Crawford, Talbot and Harris, the State of Georgia will be divided into two portions, tho one situated south of this line and the oth er comprising the territory to the north of .-It This last 3ione formed of primary, metamorph- ic and granitic rocks may be considered as of interest in a mineraiogical point of view, wherer as the first including the whole of southern and part of {middle Georgia (formed of tertiaries .and of secondaries,) is.of little importance. The different formations occupying the above named northern region have been subdivided by geologists into three great groups, known hy the names of the Metamorphie or Azoic system of rocks, tbe Libernian system and tbe carbon iferous system. Each of these can be recogni zed by the nature of the rocks which enter into their composition, by the order of superposition' of these rocks, and by the presence, abseence or peculiar fossil remains of shells, vegetables Ac, they contain. Through each of them run pecu liar metalic veins or deposits not to be found in another system of rocks, and this fact' renders a a knowledge of thorn indispensable to the mining practitioner. L -£> Tbe above named system occupy in Georgia three principle belts or geological district, each of which covers several counties. A carefully made geological map of Georgia could alone furnish the exact limits of these great zones and this is as yet a desideratum which a careful and much needed surrey instituted by the State, could alone fill up. I shall however, attempt to describe rapidly these in a manner which will somewhat facilitate tboir recognition by persons unacquainted with scientific geology. The metamorphie region of Georgia Mhs for its. southern limits the lino mentioned above and for Us northern boundary a line drawn through Polk, passing near Van Wert, running up east of Casi-viile, by. Pine Log and near Ellijay up to tbe Tennesse frontier, It covers an{ area tho greatest breadth of which is from east to- west, from Columbia County to Carroll and from north to south, from Rabun County to Jones County. The metamorphie rocks are mica slate (isin glass,) tale slate (soap stone, generally green and soft to the touch,) chlorite slate (green but rough to the feel.) gneiss, (a hard granular gray ish or brownish rock,) granit,-(mixture of isin* glass, feldspar and quartz,) compact, (common ly white) quartz hard and dark colored clay slates destitute of fossils, granular, (subsasclm* roidal) limestone or marble and a few others of rarer occurrence, and hyaloraicte, leptynito, protogine, syenite Ac. The metamorphie re gion might be called the gold and copper region of Georgia, for here alone are these valuable metals founfo^ The Silurian system which is of posterior for mation to the preceding comprises largo beds of red and variegated shales ; blue, gray, or mottled limestones, (often containing chert,) black pyritons shales, dark sandstones and ve ry peculiar fossil remains. The Silurian sys tem extends over the counties of Floyd, Chat tooga, Walker, Catoosa, Murray, part of Cass Ac., including the whole North West corner^of Georgia above the metamorphie region. The carboniferous system consist? of liinc- •tonea, with numerous fossils amongst which stand most consplciously a form resembling a corkscrew, (Retepora orchcmides) and an on- crinito known as Pentrevitos, ferruginioua Mudstones and conglomerate and beds of coal iotorstratifled with sandstonei besides subordi nate beds of. shale apd limestone. It rests nn- coiufortably on the Silurian rooks. The ear- boniforious are found in Dade and Walker, and are foest developed in tho Lookout mountains- The study of these different formations and of their, forfoer subdivisions into minor groups of strata'is rendered more difficult-in Georgia titan elsewhere, from tho fact that nearly all tho recks are not only lifted np at a high angle with tho. hortson, bnthavo generally been com pletely filled overv so that the more recant for mations are found here below the older instead of the contrary which is tho normal arnutgo- . ment in other countries. r * •: v " This remarkable reversion of strata is one of the most astoDiehing points regarding the geolo gy of tho United States, it extends in a contin uous tine of many miles ^ in breadth and through Massachusetts, Now York, New Jersey Pennsylvania, Virginia, and ' Tennessee" to Gerrgia. v'• ' - Knowing the.distribation of the different for mations, wo may uow attampt to furnish some hints for the suocesaAiisearcb after minerals.— The following are the mainj&ws to be kept in ehed) native silver,.from Alafoiiua,:Jmt hairp as .MonAtRsttenlraraivitif^rffB’ MarCrt-—The yet mot with po Georgia ..speoimons, Tho ga- subjoined advertisement,.>w)tk - thi -irospouse * ‘ H ’‘apf thq ^tete is ar- frotu the ,.;'fot, foir, and not ?forty" widow, ftp- --t—.:--.moro.prooUmsjhptal. ] poare in a late Issue Of tb’o Cifveland Leafier: ipillHHooppoi; otes will most likely prove * IKontoJ—A young man wisher to. v obtain to be alsostightiy argentiferous, and.wo have | board in a respeolable’prirato fomily where his "1%/fodbt of the existenee among tho meta- ! moral deportment and example would be con- orphiotocks eomo varieties of ^silver .ores siderod etjuivnlent. Referoncos required. Ad- wnlch, from their umnetalio aspect have as yet oseapod detection. [To be edntt’niied. .. Wiikbe Tin: Stiussotb Lies.—Whore is tho strength and safoty of tho people? Is it in their multitude? Look at Europe and behold the millions tho sport of the few ; look at tho nations and races trampled by a tlthe, of, their .... BBfjpPj numbers in the dust; look at the myriad-slaves woods” of Maine. My family is " respectable, 5 whom a thousand tyrants and taxmen scourge none ofJtamerabers* having Elen sent to tbe dress B. drawer-62, P. O. \ Jfe'ar Mr. Editor—Ifind the .above modest advertisement fn this morning’s Leader, and as it meots my most urgent want, savo one, (a bosband) permit mo to respond to the young man’s “want" through your columns. > . Tama widow," fot, fair,"and not “forty,” sole guardian of two daughters, nnsopbistlca* tod heingf, born and nurtured in the “piney WArifla^ ftp TWTt? fotnilv ta H Mannnfntiln 99 in fields, and camps, and dungeons. The strength of tho people is notalo.no in multitnde. Is it in the power of revolutions and massacres, or in the bayonets., they can fling to tho glim mer of the sun? Did bayonets savo Rome? near a thousand miles in length from Canada, Did they . savo Poland, and Hungary,, and France, and.,Germany to tho people ? The strength rind safety, of a people lio in their knowledge ~of their rights and tboir anion; in defence of them! Ignorant and disunited* tho greater tho number the greater foe danger of a people. They are theiroWn curse. Thoy fall upon and destroy'themselves. In their hands bayonets bocome suicidal. Give a peo- L Tho older the formation and foe greater [pie a knowledge.of themrolyM,. nq power can ‘ ‘liable mi ■ ..■■i^PSlipPiPfllliiPPIlllMitNeapons, .to which, ago adcls edge, and might; and armed with these, we are safer and stronger than a s°ti bristling with murderous steel. Armed with tiiese millions lean together, and strike mightily but ldoodlessly aa one man, through The “gos8in"of our copper minera, is an ex ample .of this alteration. - - 5c As preoe-tingly mentioned; each 'kind-' of mineral seems to be more or less localized ' in one or. other of the formations in "preference to the others. Gold platinum, .copper, tin arid theAiamond, have been found in some quantity, in none but metamorphie ,rocks; it would be, wasting .both time and money to look for either er of ihem elsewhere. Silveris found princi pally either native (pure) or in tbe shape of a sulphuret or a chloride, in the metamorphie, or lower primary formations; rind is often assooi-. tried with fulphoret of lead (galena) arid copper ores. Mercury has never been observed, but' in metamorphie mica slate and- in one or two cases in. foe new red sand-stone, and in foe Jn- rassio secondary formations bofo of which last ore'ireVantingiuGeorgia.-Lead is found from the lower rocks up as far as the secondary se ries'and generally in foe form of a sulphnret #galena); it generally occurs in limestone, as sociated with sulphate of barytes (heavy spar) fluor spar and quarry. Zinc ores are only Found above the metamorphie rocks, raid below foe se- cqpdaries. - Manganese. exists 'in' large. quanti ties in foe metamorphie and Silurian systems of rosks. It*is only valtmble when found in con siderable quantities; and of great purity. Iron exists iri all formations, bnt that from foe older ones isthe' morft valriable in a tecbnical point of view. 'True coal is found in foe^ carboniferous system, although black slate and-masses of an-, foracite are found in Silurian and old red sand- stone. Salt has been discovered in thenortherri States, associated *to foe Onondaga silurian rocks; but it is more generally met with in the secondaries. Limestone, marble, clay, kaolin,' marl rind some others'we shall riot mention to-.' day, reserving foe subject for some future arti cle;'-’-'' - ' From what wo hare exposed above, it- will he evident that the geological: structure of a locality is of the greatest importance—it indi-' cates the possibility of the presence of some kind.of mineral within its. limits, to.foe prob- ablo exclosipri of many others- For instance, it would be useless to search" for copper in Floyd, or in foe southern counties of Georgia; bat it would : be rational and in accoidanco-wifo the precepts of science and experience,' to look for'it in Rabnn, or in Lumpkin,-, or in N. W. Carroll. Itworild bo an easy task'- for pus to.in dicate the; districts on which any particular 'mineral- wonld.^dr would -not be v likely to be farind, if a correct geological map existed-; but not having snob a help at our disposal, it wfoi jie impotable for uri te do so.irit present. We shall now rapidly review foe distinguishing characteraof'the tpore valuable minerals and qresjapdhepefoe.ohBervationsmiiy'beofsome practical utility to foe mining community. Gold is found, native (L, e. pure) and associ ated with pure or ferruginous quary and ohlo- rite, talc or mica slates of tbe metamorphie sys tem;-some times in iron pyrites (sulphuret of iron) of that region;. and also, for the desirite- gratiori ‘of the eoclosing rocks,- in foe- gravel and sand of rivers. arid streams which run through the azoic districts. Gold is euily.re- cognizcd by its great ductility and malleability; it is soluble only in .troin-muriatic acid, (a'mix forriof 6 parts of rimriatic arid. !, jiart. of nitric acid) and'if somo sulphate of iron he added to tho solution, metalic gold is thrown down (pro- cipitatod). If prqtq-chlorido of tin be added nsteridof sulphate of iron,the liquid takes a diep purple tint and a precipitato of foe fame color, is found. The distribution of gold in Ga; is very irregular, but its relations to the enclosing rocks, (gangue) aro well known to our gold dig- gers, and will not require mo to dwell longer on the subject in this rapid general sketch. Silver is found native, in the shape of-very minute "threads, or delicate tittle hrhehing forms, (not in big lumps or “ chunks”) it ap pears in puro limesteno arid quartz, traversing the rock of the metamorphie soriea, it is also found in the outercroppings of many lead and copper mines. Tho other varieties worth no-' ticing arc tho sulphuret of silver, cither pure or combined with tbesulphuret of copper ;>tlio sul- furot of stiver combined to snlpburots of arsenic and antimony; tho arseniotqf silver, tho cblo- rido, bromide and iodido of stiver and tho ar gentiferous galena and agouife'rous copper ores. Tho greater number of stiver, ores are soluble in heated nitric acid, and if a few drops of hy drochloric acid be added to tho solution, a clou dy white precipitato is instantly formed which is insoluble, and which, sifter exposure to tbo light for a short space of time, hikes a blue or violet tint. When silver is found in galena or copper, the shortest way of detecting its pres ence, is by tbe operation of cupotiation which can'only be performed by a practiced hand. The native silver!? of a white color, or oftener, tarnished so si? to he grayish bluek outside. It is easily cut with a knife. The other silver ores are exceedingly various 'in appearance; some are blackish, load gray color, steel gray, iron black, puro black or black with a rod streak; others aro cochineal rod, silver white, clove color, violet bluo, citron yellow, yellow ish green, olivo or asparagus green, Ao., Ac.— their shape, texture, bardnoss, fracturo, Ao., aro as various as their'colors, and nono but tho professional mineralogist, could, without having recourse to a chemical test, recognize silvor in oppose-them. Libecty. comes with intelligence,’ and tho' unarmed, intelligent millions. The foe, American people lies least in their jaumber ofy cannon and bayonets, ‘arid most iri their school-houses, newspapers and- books. These are indestructiblo weapons, .to lot box: A weapon aurer y«(, And mightier than the bayonet; A weapon that comes, doqn a* still As' snow-flakes fall qpon the sod, <■- And executes a freeman’s will, As tightningado tbs will-of God.” Letter from tbe Hon- A. H. Stephens. The last mail brought us foe following letter' from, foe Hon; A. H. Stephens, written at :hls }lOmAvlil (hie Stota - 1 fa Lno' Tn a home in this State. He has already stirrted for Washington, or .will do so, we understand; in -a flay or-two. CBXWPORDt'ILI.E; Gi., 1 > Fbb. 22/1855n J " . Dear Sir—I have just received, from a friend In nr distant part of the State, a “slip” taken from a late number of the Republican; which is foarAappebded— * •- r-yostj- [GorreSpond’erifo oftho Savcnnah Republican.} ;Daribs, Feb., 12,4855. f Jfoterev Edit ort : ., - . I “observe , foat Hon- Wiiliam C. Dawson has been proposed,-in the National Intelligen cer, as acandidate for Governor of his State, at the next' election. I take it for-granted, aa the movement has been made at Washington, that the suggestion of his name .was made with- the concurrence of Messrs. Toombs apd Stephens. as foey are eoqpjed wifo somo disrespectful, ep- i thets in; connection with this , matter, in foe am clearlyof foe'opinion that: Mr; Daw son will receive a handsome majority in this district, if.there is no lnkewarmness among the leading men of our party,—We wilt go for him, because he is not only a true Georgian, but a true friend to our seaboard; you may rely flpori It that Goyeraor; Johnson's vote, in this county, will notbe{parfic«?<ir(y/7a«eriny.Letuaknow in ft me, who are our candidate*, and We will give them a warm support. But if they are brought put after foe public, mind is poisoned against them, and their .opponents are nnder.fpll way,' X shall looktepon their nomination not as an honor oFa.triumph, but as a sacrifice. Yours truly, , . A Subscribes; { Arid from the tone of the letter accompany- .ing.it^ I deem it proper, in order to prevent all misconstruction of iny position oh the subject, to state foat ? while, I entertain for Mr. Dawson the highest rospest, arid foall give bim my. cor dial support for the office of Governor, if he be 'seleoted 'and. nominated, by ® convention, of those with whom it has been my pride as well as pleasure heretofore to act, yqt X had nothing whatever to do with"the - “ movement” alluded to. '-> i : ; ■ Mr. Jonkins,{ovor rind aboyci every ofoer.mari in the State, is fop-man;of .mychoice.Mid-pref- erence for G^veraOr... 1 . ■ r You will please give this ’an insertion in yow paper. . . Yours, very respectfully, - v '; ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. ? -. t (Jeoj-gia. 'V j f P.W. TILL LITTLE AND THAT LITTLE WELL. ; 'Tie folly in the extreme; to till ; Extensive, fields and tillfoem til- - The farmer, pleased, may boast-alond His bnshols sown, his acres plowed, - And, pleased, indulge foe cheerless hope Thai Hme.will bring, a plenteous crop. , Shre wd .common sense sits' laughing by, And/seelbis lrop^e abortiye die ; Fqr.’when matering seasons'smile, - Thin sheaves shall disappointhis toil. < Advised, this empty pride'expel, Till little and that littlb well. Of taking, fencing, toil, no more 'rri-xs#*- Your ground requires wheri rich than poor And more ono fertile acre yields Than tbo Hugo breadth of barren fields. *•; The Weather.—Ox the “Machine.”— Phew y-h-o-wl Jolius Cmsar! Jo-ra-sa-lom 1 ain t this a freozer l Such frosted wipdpwsi suoh bluo noses ! such aching hands ana'frosted tori; boh ! Such tied up ears and stockin’d feet, a fellow sees along’the street; such crannching' wheels, and sorry horses, , with ice rill banging to proboses,' and drivers buried in great coats wtfb (iry-good'storesaronnd their thteritSAwhile, dripping from their nasal tips, ioy rheum slow ly drips, and frosty lino dull byos o'erhang, as feebly mutter they “g’lang!”—Each Jehu weoping; tears falling, as though '(wore but a sorry calling; ho trios, to swear; but vain foe; sham ; in either sense his “ oyes to dam (u).” Your bearded traveller’s valnneod phizderiotes tho fierce degree of “friz,” for whiskers dyed with care, at cost, Dnrao, Nature, gratis, dyes with frost; until foe chilly fades glow like un cooked meat “garin" with snow; while gprls, dear. creatures! fur envoloped, with nothing ’hove the feet ilovolopod,foey,^’ .poor, septs, an- BO near fro* upr^to-day.'fo|y'l^npt.tift their clothes up, skip swiftly ’leng foeioy pavo, their precious iittlis toes tosqvci. .. You mcot a friend? ho stops and mutters: “ It’« awful cohl!” that’s all ho utters.: and so it! is—too cold to talk, too cold to sit, too cold to run: too cold to walk, too cold to stand; too cold, to bear - 6r. understand; but,-reader yon. need not befold font pow tho weather’s awful coldnor need yon, ns wo hope, reminding, that Poverty jnst now is grinding; tho chill blast howling at tho door, is loudost whoro .tho in mate's poor. Oh ! if his larder’s idlo, empty, while yours overflowing.,is with plenty. If shiveringTonnd him children oling, white yours, tho song of plonty sing; glad, shall it bo with yon, wbon, old, if you but think “poor Tom's a cold.” • Halloa! what’s this? Gas going outl Is that, too frozen ? Shout, boy, shout! mncliino breaking?—freezing?—s-s-i-z-z', All that’s ri ver.— Worcester Tran. ^ . State prison or to Congress,- and “private,' noiio of my relatives over -having held office, though a distent ono did ran for: assessor. My grand-parents sought,this country at an early age, actuated, like Mrs. Partington) with a de>» sire “to worship 'God and cheat foe Indians,; after tho dictates .of their own consciences rind tho custom of the times.” ' My daughters are artless beings, os yet un- contanii.natod by, Western recklessness and dis- 'sipatlori, and to them the companionship of a young man of " moral deportment arid example” would certainly- 1 be ; ‘feqriivatent to - what : he might houit in” in tho way of board. man ost happy shall I bo to welcome this young -to foe “comforts of d'home;” on condition' that; always preserving bis <r moral deportment, and example," he shall attend my Innocents to. loctnf-es, fairs, and prayer-meetings,. crack foe bntter-nute; and: hold, the silkfor winding,^teach Matilda Jane graceful yet “morgl deportment,” and aid Hannah Homans in mastering “Love Not” Should occasion require, he will be expected to wipe the china, (white with, gold bands,) and and to poliah the door-knobs. . In addition,to ordinary board, he mvf expect sausage for breakfast, on Sunday mornings, and fried potatoes on Wednesdays. . , Truly yours and-his, - . . ... .. . Marie Antoinette Carltoh, Widow,. 18 Herkimer street. , Aw Itbrestixg Letter)—Every reader, we doubt not, says, the National Tntjslligencer, will agree with nri foat foe^-subjoined letter' is not 'only an interesting one, bnt that’tbe concluding sentence of it makes it a remarkable one.' It is awexact copy of a le tter written by General WiNDFlELD Scott, then a captain in the army, during a sojorn at his ho'me In Petersburg, Virginia, on the lSth of June, 1811, jnst one ■year bcfore tbe deoLri-aKon of- war. The )e tter was'addressed to*an old*friend in this city; and is now' in poss'esaten of tbe spn,. J. L. Edward, ESq- "Great events teake-grerit men. It seems to have bSeri the purpose of the young, soldier to leave a service of inaction and return ; tp the law. We are left in doubt whether be would. have ; beeome as renowned at foe bar as he has in the field; but, be .that as it '-may, war soon followed, and the young captain, hyit rionrse of service’ unexampled'jn brilliancy and duration,- hns qsen step by etep'iri the career Of distinction, until at the end of forty-four years he finds Tbe followiog from “Nature’s own Poet, 1 contains^so mnoh real beauty and loving purity, that we think foe. lovers of tbe Bard will joy fully greet it as an old familiar friend. It is a model of sweet harmony and Unaffected sini- ptieity, and breaths a spirit la hippy consonance with nature. *, ; ' ; TO A MOUSE, OS'TCRSIVq HgR CP IW HER WEST WITH THEELO W. Thou noedna start away sae hasty, Wi' htekering brattle! I wad ho laifo to rin an’ chase thee,' Wi’ murdering pattle ! I’m truly sorry man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion. Which makes the startle At me, foy poor eorth-brirn companion, An ’fellow viortal i • I doubt no, whyles, bnt thou may thieve : What then ? poor beaStie, thou maun live r A daimen-ieker in a thrave '8 a sma' request: I’ll get ablessiq. wi^ tbe lave,'/ '^ And never miss’t! Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin 1 Its silly wri's the win’s are strewiri L An* naething, now, to big a new ane, 4 u ’ . O'foggage green ! An’bleak December’s winds ensuing, Baifo snell and keen ! Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ waste> An’weary winter comiri fast, . . . \ •*, An’cozte here, beneath the blast, '' V r ‘‘ Thou thought to dwell, Till crash! foe cruel coulter past Out .fore’thy cell. The Edgefield Advertiser says : “On credible informatiqn, wp are allowed to state that liquor hns hoen sold of late in the suburbs of Edgefield village in the shape of eggs. The dealer, itap- pcars, had saved a number of egg shells nearly whol.-. thoy being only slightly punctured to let out the. original contents. Through the same aperture whisky was introduced and thespire- closed,Iiow we are nnable to state. Thus re newed in spirits, the eggs want freely ata dol lar per dozen,” Which is the oldest tree?—The eldef tree. Who never turns to the left ?- Wright. -A wheel- To core the botts in a horse : Shoot him. To catch weazels: Run after them. Yv ho dares to sit before a king with his hat on ?—The coachman. What tree is it that which is of great rise id history ?—The date tree. Prosperity is no jnst scale : adversity is only true balance to weigh a friend. fo4 When you pay for your coat double its value why is it like your wife ?—Because it is verj dear. That wee bit ierip'o* leaves an’ stibhie, Has cost'thee monie a weary nibble ! ' Now thou’s turned out for a’ foy trouble,. -. From house and hrild; To thole tho winter’s sleety dribble, An’ cranrench cauld 1- But, Mousie, foon’art no thy lane, In proriag formHffht maybU tetiriL -- 'The best laid schemes 6’ mice vn’ men, Gang aft a-gley,. An’ le’e ns nought but grief an pain, For promis’d joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi’-nte/ The present only tonchefo theej But, Och 1 I backward cast my e’e, On prospects drear, An’. forward,thongh I canna see,. • . .. . g -X guess an’fear. ; •'■•vt: Satredness of Tears. ‘ Dr. Johnson Observes:—“ There is-a sacred- pess inr terns.”. 'They are riot a. rimrijE <>f-weali- “'Come out here, and I'll lick the whole of yon,” as the hoy said when he saw a jar fall of sugar-sticks in the shop window. The reason why #■ certain frog got into A milk-can, was because tho contents could dot be distinguished from his native element; Tho individual who can find no good in any one else has certainly no good in himself. How can we reason but from what we know. Frugality may he termed the daughter of produce, the slater of temperance, and foe par ent of liberality. vSSSS-O 1 ■ The phrase “almighty dollar” originated with Washington Irving, who first made use of it in his charming little sketch of “a creole ▼il*- lage ” which appeared in 1837. A ger.ious, who deserves to be ranked as a public benefactor,'has discovered a process for converting old topers into cartridge-boxes.—‘ Their superiority for this purpose consists id their being always dry. ANew-Orleans editor, recording the careef of a mad dog, says—“W e are grieved to say that foe rabid animal, before it could be killed, se verely hit Dr. Heart, and several, other dogs,” his history with his sprord,” a history free from a stain and which every American may . read with pride.' Intamin 'ulqct horioribua. THE LETTER. ' “Petersburg,/one, 1811, KXfaelteW .we have very. little village, news: to give you, nor. do I know what would please you in foot wsyl' ’ “Of myself—that person who fills so’large a space in every man’s own imagination; and go small * one in the imagina.tion of every other— I can say but little; perhaps less would please -you more. Since my returfr to : Virginia^my time has boon passed in easy transitions from pleasure to study, from study- to pleasure ; in toy gayety forgetting the student, in the student forgetting my. gayety„ I have generally- been in the office of my friend, Mr; Leigh,’ though’ not unmiridful- 6f the studies connected with my preseritpfofesrioa; but you -will easily 'con ceive my military ardor^has suffered abatement; Indeed, it is my design, as soonascircumstan- ces willpermitj te foroW the feather out-of my cap'and resume it in-my hand, J Yet) shoolfo ..war come at' last my enthusiasm^ wfllhe W- kindted; anti then who knows- hit that I may yet write ihy History With my .sword T Yonre, truly, f- ; WntefEtri -Scott.' “Lewis Edwards, Esq.y.Washihgton.” Th e “Art stoc i^tic.D rv Rot.’’—TheLondon ^Tinips, which began the attack upon foe aristo cratic element tff-foe British GoverbmenVas the causo of the present defect in the military. sys tem) is,ably secondediby the London .papers.— Donglass Jerrold callsrit the “aristocratic • dry rot,” and says foe whole;Xabrio is' a strnctnr,e of a century and more'oTjfoe most shameful injus- tice, the vilest jobbing; firid- thp inoSt selfish ig- noranch. He congratulates the country on its fait with the Ministry, and says:' p. ' \ j % “Henceforth, we must have, generals arid offi cers fromthe great mass,of the people,; and not cash, Scars may buy promotions, hut not bank checks; And the time,is fast coming—present events hurry it onward—when the people of England wifi no longer .be foe property of twh or three. hOusesA^coroneted ' Noodles, arid Dqp* Ies: imbecilities that came iri'with the Conqueri- ibg mass—but will supply their own statesmen. Brains will rule, and not baubles.” vjff ' Briglmm Young is building two largo and bonutiful housos adjoining that which he occu pies now in Salt.Lako City, to accommodate his increasing family. Ho now rejoices in he- The Effects op. Cold oH Farm AmorAts.r-^ Tho Peru (UK) Chronicle of the-Ith irisL, learns from a farmer who resides on foe south side of Htinois river, some particulars'of the storm ozi: tbo.20th ult. His cattle though they were en- closcd within a circle of straw stacks arid hay .stacks, were ; so much affected with the driving snow blast,. that they refused: to eat* The snow was driven between the hairs, andcomingio con tact with the skin, was for a 'moment melted, then..frozen,until foe whole covering of foo an- mal seemed one unbroken armor of ice,, which did not disappear, on many, for four days after. Tho snow melting on fooir foreheads and run ning down, formed huge -icictes that passed down ovor the Tape, and reached far : below the nose. givfoig them.foe appeararice of the beast with the ten Korns—in many instances the broad sheet of ioe falling oyer thoir eyes, blirifolded foom effectually. Their nostrils woro'fillod with . frozen,suow that .had been driven in to-.them by fop yiotencohf the.wind. The quails that had gatheredmbout his barnryard. as a last resort,: ..wefeTrpfeen to death.. Brqfridohickens were-el-' take, them wlih his.handa:a»<tliey ! sat; on. foe fence, sleeping with actual .'stupor, i His barn- yprd chickens were many of them frozon, and what-i8 eingalnr, in nearly every ease they wore fonnd with their billsi as. wide, apart. as they riojjld be sundered, ness, but of power.' They speak rilore eloquent ly than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep con trition, of unspeakable love.. If foeie were wanting any argument to prove that man ianot mortal, I would look for it in the strong, con- vdlsive emotions of the breast, when the soul has been deeply agitated, when tb% fountains of TeeiingRre rising,^nd when the tears are push ing forth In crystal streams. Oh, speak not harshly to the stricken one, weeping in silence ! Break not the deep solemnity by rude laughter or intensive footsteps. Despise not wdman's tears—they are what make her an angel.— Scoff not if the stern heart of manhood is some times melted to tears—they are what help to el evate him^above the hrnte. 1Toy© to see tears of affection. They are painted tokens, but still most holy. There is a-pleasnre in tears—an aw ful pledgor©. If foere were none on earth to shed a tear for me, I should be loth to live; and ifno one might weep over my grave, I could never die in peace. > . . ; , One of the greatest luxuries of life is to pay* bill: and yet there are some people we know of who nover-indulge in tbe thing at all. Let such turn square round and enjoy the luxury. Ash YFbdnesdat, or the First dat ,op Leht-— 1 This day Is one of fo©^most soleimi testa of the Christian Church, and so has .been. for. ages.' It commences the testy days penitential saason preceding foe great event of the Cruci fixion. In* foe' anoient church it was called “the head of foe fast,” for this reason,;;and ^be day of ashetfj” because on that day the penitents’ were .wont to sprinkle ashes on their heads jq. token of Tmmility. It stands a day of rigid'obs;eryanoe both in the Ifcman - arid the EngUsh Cathblic calendars, ( and as : such -is solernnly celebrated in all the churches of those denominations. Age: op Ovsters.—A London oystormari can tell tbe a es of hiff fiock to a nicitv. The age of an oyafijgris not to be -Tonnd out:by looking .into its month. It bears its years upon its back. Every body who has handled an oyster shell .must have observed that it see toed as if .composed of successive layers or plates over- lapping each other. These aretechnically term ed “shoots^’ and each of them makes a year’s growth ;”8o that, by counting them, we can de termine at a glance the year when foe creature came into the. world. TJp. to tho time of its .ma turity, foe shoots are regular and successive; but after that time they become irregular, and are piled one over the other, so that the shell becomes more ahd mprp .thickened'and bulky. Judging: from foe great thickness to -Which some oyster, shells have attained, this mollus- cus is capale of attaining a patrinrohal longevity; Horrible. Affair.—The Kosciusko (Miss;) Sun; of tho 17fo ipstj has tbe following : A report has reached Kosciusko that Dr. Woodward, who formerly preached at this place, was recently stabbed by an expelled member of the Methodist Church at Port Gib son. It is said that th doctor expired immedi ately after receiving tho wound. The particu lars of this horrible affair aro : That the person who murdered Dr. Woodward had made appli cation to be reinstated intp the Church, and all the members consented except Dr. Woodward; The excommunicated member bocame indig nant, and while the trial was in progress, he lfbshed upon Dr. Woodward and slabbed him to therheartj in front of the pulpit of tho Meth odist Church. • ' rv " ,jmd the. month\ .filled ! wifo; solid ioe:' He has driven his: Cottle and -toapisj over his fences,-tbo snow being on a-tevel with' them, and so compact as to sustain a heavy load. - Duratios of Vegetable Life.—Lord Lind- say states that, iri the course of his wanderings amid tho pyramids of Egypt, he stumbled ou a -WalgneTT of fola great London Oloo^ :,The ptm-: »ririnim: The Clock in St. Paul’s, Loxnox.—A wrl-: ter in the Foreign Quarterly, thus'describes the dulumis fourteoti feet long, rind tho weight of the ond of it, is ono, hundred weight; the dial on tbo outsido is regulated by a smaller one *ffo “ within; tho longthnf tfio minute hand, on tho exterior dial is eight feet," and tho woight of each, Boventy-flvo pounds; foo length of tho hour.flgures, two feet and two arid a half inches Tho fmo tonofi boll which strikos, te clearly dUtipgniibable from evqry otherbell itf themes tropotis, and has boon audible at the distance of twenty mites. It is about ton foot in diame- tar^and is said to weigh about four and a half tons. Tbo boll is tnlted on tho doath of any member of the royal family, of tho Mayor, Bish- tweon fifty anil sixty wives* and from forty-five ^ ^ I to fifty children. Elder Kimbnll, one of tho ; op of London, or the Dean of tho Cathedral.— these protean substances ’ v ”•*! Mortnon Apostles, has between slxy and seven- j The entire oxpense for building the Cathedral, We havo seen specimens of dendritic (bran- My consorts. , 1 was over a million and a half pounds storling. Consular Pr ivileges.—M. Figauiere,- tho Portuguese Consul General has refused to testi fy before ono of the Courts of New York in the case of Mr. Blanco, charged with fitting out a slave vessel, on tho ground that his consular privileges exempt him from being forced to ap- pbariff court as a witness. He claims this ex emption on tho ground that is extemlod to tho French consuls by treaty, and that che Portu- gnese consult aro entitled to the same privileges arid powers ns those ofth o most fhyored nations. No . provisions,-however, exist in the Portu guese treaty With tho United States similar to font in the treaty with France. Upon the de- oision of* this matter will turn tho question whether in the cose of honiicido, piracy, the slave trade, arid other crimes, consuls not ex pressly exempted ’shall refuse to attend as wit- ' disc nessos and'disclose what they know. id tho pyramids of Egypt, h immy # j>rovod by its hieroglyphics to be at least two thousand years of age. On examining the mummy after it was unwrapped, lie found .in ono of its closed hands a tuberous dr bulbous root. He was intorostod in the question, bow long vogetahlu life could last, and ho therefore took that tuberous rootfrom the mummy’s hand, planted it in a sunny soil, allowed the rains and dows of heaven to descend upon it, and in the courso.of .a few weeks, to.his astonishment and •joy, foe root burst forth and bloomed into a beau tiful dahlia ! ■ Look Out !—When cold the wind blows, take care of your nose, that it doesn't get froze, and. wrap up your toes, in Warm woolen bos*. The above, we suppose, was written .in prose, by some one who knows, the effect of cold snows. A mustard-seed fable. — Connubial,—Says Mr. Pin, iu a rage, to his wife, Mrs. Needle, “I only wish .veu/d a bead dri your shoulders.” Says Mrs. Needly, in a passion, “Don’t talk to ine: if you had only an eye about you, as I have!” - A newly T married couple, some years since,- took up their abode in a place named Poplar. At breakfast the next morning the gentleman said, this is Poplar, and by putting in u (you) it become popular.”—“And by putting us in it,” promptly replied the lady, “it will become po- pulous.” 4 ; r ^ ' It is said that When the Czar heard of the loss sustained by the allied fleet in the great gate of wind on. the Black Sea, he remarked, that if one ship was saved, she would bo sufficient to take'home all the survivors of the Crimean expe - dition. .. The great-great-grandfathers of the present Emperor Nicholas, as long ago as the 13th century psed to hold the Stirrups of the Khans of the Kiptchak Tartars, while they mounted, and used also to’feed the Khans’ horses with oats from their fur caps: To endeavor to work upon foo vulgar with fine sense, is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so' useful us common sense. There are forty men of wit to one man of sense; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day-at a loss for want of readier change. . /* : ’ - ~ Ixfortaxt Guano Contract.—Mr. Wallace, of Philadelphia, who hns just returned front Laguayra, ha3 succeeded, it is said, in making a contract with the Venezuelan government ter a lease of 41.islands on foe coast of Venezuela, which are said to be foe richest deposits of Gua no in tho world. -'-ait&ttV&i A few day3 since a lady on Jamaica Pond, who is very expert on skates, offered the privil ege ofriTrisste any one who’would catch her. The offer was made rather louder than she intended, for, when she darted off dozens started in pur : suit, and she was captured by a negro, who did net insist upon the forfeit. Rather Obfuscated.—“Look here, what are you swearing at that poor old hog for?”— “Hog? Bless ray soul, (hiccup) I thought I was addressing (hiccup) the old woman. (Hie cup) I ask tho hog’s pardon ; (hiccup) and if he’s a gentleman he’ll grant it (Hiccup.) Just ask that brick house to stand still (hiccup) tilt I get around the corner, (hiccup) that’s a good fellow, now for it.” And away he went into tha Anecdote of Col. Crochet-—Once upon a time, during a debate in the United States house of representatives, on a bill for inereassing the number of hospitals, one of tho western mem bers arose and observed : ' Mr. Spaker—My opinion is that the generali ty of mankind in getieral are disposed to take dis advantage of tho ginorality of mankind in gio- eral. “Sit down, sit down,” whispered the Colonel, who sat near him, “you are coming out of the hole you went in jJfrC'- Hard Fate.—Tinicum Banner is suspended. Reason—the. publisher twioe printed three con ic?. when he had only two subscribers, and the loss of paper in those hard times coropletelv broke him down. The cheese press on whioK' bis paper was printed, was seized by the sheriff last week. The typos are already gofte ; the of; fice-devii having seized them and. run them in to a “dipsey” for a lay out line ter night-fishing. The remaining white sheet left in the officer wSs taken by the editor’s wife and made into a cra dle coverlet for his fifteenth baby. Never be dependent. Eat your crust honest ly earned. Look the world in the face ; smile at its frowns and laugh at its malice. Use en ergy. Strive and still strive, and If all Is test strive again. Never say die. IYe find th. foliowingamusing acoouftt of tbe origin of the saying “ more truth than poetry,” going the rounds sf the paper; At a social din ner, John Sylvester challenged Ben Johnson to a match in forming rhyming couplets. The challenge was accepted, and Sylvester's first attempt ran as follows: “I John Sylvester, Hugged your sister.” To which his antagonist instanly retorted: “I Ben Johnson, Hugged your wife.” This was rather a poser, and Sylvester pro tested, that it was no rhyme. “No,” said. John son, “bnt it is true.” The result is not.recor ded ; but it is quite probable that John Sylves ter cave ! in. ,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, March 06, 1855, Image 1