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ROME GA.,
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. that there may be three can*
in the Sold daring the nest Qubemnto-
II was n matter or surprise to
u-by accepted the nomination of
j^^^jBfeiTentkwi. A welt grounded
the chief induce-
ment for a man t| engage In the lime foYpoliti-
we have been una-
i which prompted Mr.
Overby's tn the temperance lame
alone. fecljfied from an tllitncc with cither of
the TVlitieal partita; Ifo woaHreenre a very in-
i i Me i nt a Without any design ofitn*
i motives, we are almost Inclined to
signified his design to canvass tbo State, thiuk-
Ingidbattqrao doing he would forestall the more-
menu of ihe w hig party, and obviate the prob
ability of a ? r; wale nomination;—in short, that
they would centre upon him awl Ana enfhre
his election, Ifeach wee* the design hy which
he v,-ss act urted. we tract that the whig* of
Georgia will cot gratify him to much Of to giro
him their supi- r'" 1: it true, he may aecure a
few whig votes .iattbeeaweheUhimeelfawhig,
but they will l>« ir.sv.ffirient to promote the ends
of his ambition. A ■ yet we know of but one jour-
e State that would came out
nil in
wet in an open
we ao believe it the
advocacy of his claims and that Is the Temper*
anew Banner. If he expedite create adivision
in the wh ig rant*, he would sacrifice the inter
cuts of the whole phrty te the promotion of hi*
own cods. On that ground he would merit a
strenuous o pposition. 1( on the other hand, he
anticipates that the whole whig party will unite
is. the furtherance of his aspirations, rather
than suffer a spfit In their ranks, the design is
equally injudicious and argues an intolerable
degree of presumption. Had he received the
nomination t v a convention which might justly
have been considered a fair representation from
the several sections of fiw State, an aeceptaneo
would have been far more compatible with the
popular will, and more consistent with a hope
of final success. So thinly attended were the
meetings called for the purpose of chasing dele
gate* to the Convention, that in many, if notin
most instances, thcro were not people enough
in attendance :e constitute, of themrohres, a ws-
pcc table delegation in poin* of numbers. Sadi
hnring been the case, it is not to be supposed
that the Convention was an exponent of-tho
triehes of the Temperance people a'.-ue,tO'«iy
nothing of the popular wish; and Mr. Orerby
might, as well, hare waived the formality of a
nomination, and unsolicited!}' announced him
self a candidate.
We hardly conceive that then is an immedi
ate necessitr ofnominating our candidates, hot
press
oat openly and
or defend the course
field. What
Recorder, the
Hp .i*
Yv. |
to support
him?
The reader will see from the subjoined para-
agrapb dipped from the Atlanta Republican
what recklessness characterises Mr. Campbell
the Post Master General. In this instance a
man against whom no fault has been proven
has been removed from office to gratify the
desires of a few who have been cowardly enough
to act clandestinely that they' might tie more
effsetaaDy accomplish their end. 1-..
Rbwovsl or the Pomfisrnn—The Papal
axe has again fallen, rnd the Postmaster in this
city whose only crime was that he was and has
been for upwards uf thirty ye«r* a worthy mem
ber of a PfatostmsU Church, has been sacrificed.
It is true, ho was charged with being connected
with the American party, hot this charge was
disproved, by a largo number of the most re-
spectat’.e citizens of Atlanta, Democrat and
, whose Petition against the removal of
Tnatmaririr waa received in Wasbing-
i days before the removal was consam-
That he was faithful in the discharge
of his duties, courteousand attentive, to all
call* npenUa nttentied is proven by the fact
that he ieares the office with the regret of the
citizen? w hom ba bas so faithfully served. But
he was a Protestant and bis brother belonged
to the American party—end the Pope’s agent
at the hea l of the Post-office Department, if
be could not rekindle the fires Of Smitbfield
here, c -uHveat his petty and malignant spleen
upon the American order, by removing a man
whose integrity of character and
1 heart, bad won for him the confi-
esteem of all who know him.^ It is
duo to Mr. Bvjc tb# present Postmaster to state
that he was noteoasalted as to Htappointment,
and knew nothing of tbe removal anti! informed
tbit Le was appointed to office. At the facta
connected with toll outrage upon the citizens
of Atlanta, will soon he laid before them, wo
forbear f^r the present
The Examiner of the 14th Inst after publish
ing a letter received from the Post Master at
Van Wert in ,ri : eh he request* a discontinuance
(Examiner) sent to the address of
r, contains some editorial re-
we make* the following cx-
_ m-.de him intemperate, and we
j to call the attention of the Post Mas-
ter Genera! to this onslaught upon os, and *
change of ?r ; -: Masters at Tan Wert may be the
V7e bare no Hspoaitioa to comment upon
tbit extract, for it I* in itself a commentary on
tbo imbecility of him who Is at die head of the
Port Office.Department. Iti* lobe hoped that
the next Presidtatlal eampsugn will result in
the choice of. a man who will appoint a cabinet
aciaatc-d hy better motives than the Present
one. An offi-er who will suffer himself to ho
road* a uk>\ for the redress of private individ
ual grievances is unworthy the position assigned
him. SsjSfe*§s£ YY'YYX i
SUM
’?euITaving bad an opportunity to spend an
k^ or two \i. tbs School room of Mr. P. M.
Sbeiblv on Friday last; we take pleasure in an-
nouticioij that hi* pupil* acquitted themselves
very creditably in a brief examination of their
respective studies. Having been courteously re
quested by the teacher, to exatnioe bis classes
in rastbemari'v and Hie languages, wo willing
ly complied, and were pleased to learn that the
pupils bad not-been superficially taught,'but
on the other baud, bad an intimate and thorough
ecquain'anr- with tbeirstudies.
The educational facilities of Rom# are unsur-
passed by those of any town In upper Georgia.
The Scientific nod Industrial Institute is now
a a flourishing condition. If properly snstaln-
nnd appreciated, It wiil do our city much
reuit The Female Collegiate Institute under
the charge of Mr. Fouche, is progressing finely
and has a good attendance of pupils, Yet noi«
ther of our School* bns to large a nnmber of
scholars as they should have. Every exertion
should bs made by both teacher and pat
ron to secure patronage from abroad.
jS3^*Several of the Democratic journals have
expressed a desire that a convention should be
held on the 5th of June for ihe purpose of
nominattcating a person ae a a candidate for
Governor.
regular and welcome visitor, the
Knickerbocker Magazine, is again before us.—
Wo are more than pleased with its valuable con
tents. The Editor’s Table is more sploy, If pos
sible, than that of any former nnmber of recent
date. The Editor makes one feel that ho ishol-
dieg free nnu familiar intercourse with him.—
The reader cannot help admiring this unaffected
and agreeable style of writings So much pleas
antry and good humor are to he found in tho
writings of scarcely any other aothor of tho
present ago. Ton that know Mm not, scrape
acquaintance with WtLunt G. Cuu Esq.
throng! the columns of the “Knick.” It wll
coot only $3,600.
. Tsa London QvutmT Entiv.- Tho
trot number ofTol. 43 of-this excellent Quarter
ly I* received. This sad the three other groat
British Quarterlies and BUckwood’sMoutbly are
promptly issued by L. Scott A Co. 34 Gold stm t
New York..
Those wishing to obtain tho best specimens of
current British lltoratare, to boeomo acquainted
with Britislfpolitlos, to know tho views Mid opln
Ions entertained by their leading politicians of
the different partita and to understand the poll'
ey of the English hr relation to tho eastern war,
cannot do better than to suhseribo for these peri
odieals,
Terns of snbscription.—Any one Reviow
Blackwood, $3 a year. Blackwood and one Re*
view—or any two Reviews, $3. Tho four Re
views and Blackwood, $10. Postage for each
Reviow 14 eeats a year and $4 cents for Blaok
wood.
JMTA Know Nothing Convention has boon
held at Winchester to nominate a candidate for
Governor of Virginia, The proceedings of tho
Convention have not yet boon disclosed. Who
ever may become the nominee will stand a very
foir chance of defeating Henry At Wise.
BauOnr subscribers in Alabama will please
hoar it in mind, that a meeting is called at An
ham, on the 24th Inst, to adopt such measures
as axe best calculated to secure the erection of
a Male College at that place. Auburn is, un
doubtedly as eligible a point as could bo selec
ted ; and we trust the meeting wQl be well at
tended by man who are both able and willing to
encourage the enterprise by pecuniary aid.
reader will observe that the news
by the last steamer indicates an unfavorable va*
nation in the price, of cotton.
New Post Omen.—A new Post Office has
boon established in Gilmer county, with tho
name of Town Creek, and F. M. Kitchens ap
pointed Post Master.
Tho following beautiful piece, Messrs. Edi
son; I took from thmPort Folio of a young friend
of mine, which is one of his first effusions. Be
ing ranch pleased with its intrinsic beauty, and
peculiarity of style, X prevailed upon him to
accord to me the permission of having it insert,
ed in your excellent paper; and I herewith
transmitit to yon for publication. I have
piece or two for you in preparation, which will
bo forthcoming soon. Claude.
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID.
Twas a beautiful spot,
Where the vine-covered cot
Of the mountaineer stood,
At the edge of the wood,
There the forest bird’s song
Echoed all the daylong;
- And the mountain stream played
In the close of the shade;
While the graceful young fawn
Cropped the herbage at dawn,
From file wide spreading lawn.
’Twas a beautiful spot,
Twas a beautiful cot; 1
And surely there ne’er
Was a maiden more fare,
Nor a maiden more rare,
Than the maid that dwelt there.
Shall I picture this maid,
- Of the greenwood and glade,
As she was in the day
When old “Allen " hold sway,
While his iron nerved men
Were the pride of the glen ? Z
She was neither too tall,
Too short nor too small ;
Nor so light nor so airy
But the pride of tho glade
Was this rosy cheeked maid,
With eyes quite as bine
As the summer sky’s hue,
And die tresses of brown
Floating gracefully down,
And nestling below
On a bosom of snow.
She could warble and sing;
Like the songsters of Spring
. She could spin and could weep,
Could mew and could reap—
Could ride the gay steed "
At the top of his speed,
*-And had sported a trifle
With her fotber's’own rifle.
And this bouncing young maid
Of the evergreen shade,
Was chaste and refined.
And had such a mind
As you seldom can find ;
Among the gay maids
Of haughtier grades.
A lover she bad,
Who would have been glad
To capture her heart
By his scheming and art j
O’Handy his name,
And a dandy by fame.
Who, though wrinkled mid parch’d,. .
Was whiskered and starched,
And displayed quite a rare
And citified air.
Well, be knelt at her feet.
And began to entreat,
While Ms great bosom beat
With unmerciful heat y
And be told such a tale
As he deemed would not foil
' To make her believe
That be could not deceive.
While thus he knelt pleading,
While thus interceding.
He thought by her smiling
That bis words were begniling.
Bathe found the conclusion
A hopeless delusion ; * ,
For that maid was nnlinking
His scheming—was thinking ;
And she thought in a twinkling,
She'd" fire him a sprinkling
Of the well peppered ointment
Of blaok disappointment.
Ete be drew to acloso .*
She turned up her nose,-
As yon may suppose,
Just as high as she efaose ; J
And scorning Ms prose.
Though bis pleading she broke,
And. tii os ’twas she spoke.
Ob, great is jour fome,
O’Uaady yoor name—
From the city yon came,
With year heart all a-flatno;
And yon thought, in the shade
Of monatain or glade,
To capture a maid
By pomp and parade.
"Ob 1 save all yonr tears,
Yonr nopas and yonr fears,
Yonr 'ducks,' and yonr 'dears/
For some other ears.
All men are agreed
You’re a nioe bird inded;
But pour figure's too lean,
You’re too gaunt and too green ;
And that is not oil,
You’re excessively tall;
Your nose is too big—
You're a voice like a pig,
And yon wear a huge wig,
While your upper lip seems *■
Just the shade of your dreams.
Now my answer you know—
There’s the door, you may go."
Still he lingered to plead
His love and his need—
And he boosted and told
Ofhis titles and gold—
Ofher station in life,
Whom ho chose forhiswifo.
But he found ’twas no pnrt \ V
Of a mountain maid's heart,
To hear insult end wrong
From an oye or a tongue.
That maid could not brook .
Such a word and such look,
And she caught down a broom,
That hung in the room,
And hit him a blow '
That mpde the blood flow
Not gracefully slow.
Ho lit on all four,
Just out of tbo door.
All cover’d with gore.
Thou he sprang on his feet,
And considered itswoct
And exceedingly meet
To beat a retreat, a
To cover defeat;
■ And be fled from the place
In shame and disgrace—
Disappeared o’er the green
And wm nevermore seen ;
And ever since then,
City-dandified men
Have learned to beware
Of the Green Monntain.Fair.
I. o! O F.
At a meeting of'Romc Lodge No. 40 I. 0. 0.
F. the following preamble and resolutions wore
unanimously adopted:
Whereas It hath pleased Almighty God to
remove hy death from our midst our worthy
«nd well beloved brother Wm. Adkins—and
whereas ho had attained to the yean of well
ripened maturity and had established traits of
character well defined and of high honorable
bearing—therefore,
Rmolred, lit That although much wo do.
plore this act of in inscrutiblo Divine Provi
dence yet we may best honor his memory by
Mvereinghls virtues and endeavering to emu
late his example wMoh was foithfol in Friend
ship, devoted in Love and of inflexible integ
rity.
Rttolvtd, 2d- That ia the spirit of fraternity
we tender eur condolence and sympathy to the
bereaved fomily of onr Deceased Brother and
that we will wear the nsnal badge of mourning
for the spaee of thirty days.
Reeolred, 3d. That a copy of the above res
olutions bo sent to the fomily of our deceased
Bro. and that they also be published in the
city papers.
A. P. NEELD, ) .as
WM. B. COX: 1 8
J. W. HIX,
BLD,I a
OX, II
i> j®
The Enow Nothing Expose.
The democratic papers, says the Athens Poet,
in puMishing the "Know Nothing Expose,"
have dealt insincerely with their readers. Tney
pretend to have spread out before them the
whole business—-initiatory, progressive, and
ultimate, whenin foot a great deal, and per
haps the more interesting portions are omited.
That’s wrongrrwhen our democratic friends un
dertake anything, they should do it thorongMy.
That the "Enow Nothing Expose” may be per
fect as a whole, as we can find space and leisure
to*supply the omissions which havo been made,
and we commence with the following, copied
from the book with the yellerkirer .-
"Whenever any person expresses, in the
presence of a Know Nothing, a strong desire to-
become a member of the order, he is privately
informed that be must be at a certain corner at
the hoar of twelve, whistling Yankee Doodlo
out of one corner of Ms mouth and Hail Colom
bia oat of the other; then he mast have a copy
of the Constitution of the United States in one
of his hoots, (or shoes as the case may be,) that
when a person passes Mm, in a slouch hat,
whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner,’ he (the
candidate) must follow. He will bo led np a
dark stairway into a dark room. He wil! then
be sworn by some persons whom the darkness
ooneeals, never to reveal anything that he may
hear or see'daring the meeting. After taking
this oath, a light, suddenly illnminates the
room,-and five men in masks approach the can
didate, holding in their hands the American
flag, made out of twelve hundred yards of Amer
ican silk, wMch the/ roll about the candidate,
completely encasing him, after the case of an
Egyptian mammy. The five then shoulder the
candidate and cany him into the lodge. Though
he cannot'see he oau hear,and the Great Grand
Flam—the highest officer—administers a terri
ble oath, shearing the candidate' never to re
peal any of the passwords, signs, tokens, grips,
principles, designs or private work of the Order,
on penalty of being sent to the Penitentiary or
the State Legislature ! If the case is not too
aggravated, tho violation would only be visited
upon the violator by sending him to the Peni
tentiary, but the extremest penalty for violas
tion is the Legislature.
"After taking this oath the candidate is rolled
around the room, this being the speediest way
of unwinding the flag. -Ho sees the members
standing around Mm all iti masks. The five
mnciples are tbeu read to him, and after he
ina'sworn to observe them, he is compelled to
ran a splinter—previously taken from a liber-*
ty pole—into the index finger ofhis left hand,
and with the splinter and his own blood, he
signs tbo Constitution and By-Laws of the Or
der. Physicians on being admitted into the
Order are compelled to take an additional oath,
to the effect that they will mistake strychnine
for calomel.ia administering medicine to Dutch
and Irish Catholics. Lawyers have to swear
that they will abandon the habit of lying and
deception in dealingwith native born American
clients. Many Lawyers have lej't the Obder."
Btaudsd oh Babies.—A correspondent of
tho Boston Post, describing a visit to a mosque,
at Constantinople, gives this account of a new
ouro t * •
"There was a strange kind of by-play going
on in tho mean time, which was quite inexpli
cable. Little children were being brought in,
when Mr. Brown said to me, 'Now look ; tho
shick Mgotng to stamp them.’ Bare enough,
*H8®
s llttlobltof a baby down on a mat
in, and ho deliberately set one foot and
or upon it, supporting himself on
upon tho hands of a-couple of aids.
frightful, and I could hardly
■••iig out; but the infant did notsoem
they took it np, although it cried a
, iw the prooess of stamping repeated
on several children afterwards, who did not scorn
to mind it at all, although ono could see clearly
ho bore weight upon thorn as they flattened out
under hia tread. All that is done with the view
of curing any dlsenso the Children may! have
and after many other grown persons eomo’to be
cured of ono thing or tho other. The shiok said
prayers over them, at tho same time performing
a series it manipulations on tho part affected."
TsLRonAPn to CciA.—tho Tampa Peninsu
lar of tho 8d inst., says :
"A Company of Northern gentlemen bos been
incorporated simultaneously by the Legislature
of Georgia find the Spanish Vico Roy governing
tho Island of Cuba for tho purpose of construct
ing a submarine Telegraphic line, extending
from Maoon, through tho southern part of Geor
gia, and upon an atelino through the entire ex
tent of tho Poninsula of Florida to Havana, on
the Island of Cuba We have positiyo and well
authenticated assurance that so soon as tho
chartered privilege is obtained of our Legisla
ture (which wiil re-assemblo iu November next)
to run through the 'extent of tho bounds of
Florida, this important work will be oommenc-
odrj.TaUaJiasseo, Tampa, and Key West are
points designated by the company, through
which this Scientific Intelligencer is to pass on
its way to Havana, and ultimately, to appoint
on the Isthmns, connecting ^North and South
America.!*
Important to Postmasters and to the Pub
lic.
We are requested to call special attention to
the law just passed by Congress, says the Wash
ington Union, modifying the rates of postage
Ac., particularly to those provisions, requiring
that all letters between places in tbe United
States shall be prepaid/roirt aud after the let of
April 1355, by stamps or otherwise and that
from and after the first of January next post
masters must place postage stamps upon all pre
paid letters upon which snch stamps may not
iave been placed by tbo writers, or which may
not be enclosed in stamped envelopes.
From and after the first of April, 1855. tbe
postage to be charged on each single letter for
any distance in the United States not exceed-,
ing 3,000 miles is three cents, and over 3,000
miles ten cents.
The law does not change the existing rates or
regulations in regard to totters to or from Can-
ada or other foreign countries, nor does it affect
the franking privilege.
The provisions in regard to the registration
of valuable totters willbe carried into effect, and-
special instructions issued to postmasters on the
subject, as soon as the necessary blanks can be
prepared and distributed -
We beg to snggest that editors generally
throughout tbe United States would render an
essential service to their readers by calling at
tention to. this subject.
Deceit.—If there is any being on the face of
God’s footstool, that we realy dispise add abom
inate, ia a too faced man who greets yon with
an' ontstreached hand, smooth words and a
smiling foe© and, the- moment your back is
turned, scoffs about and reviles you, insinuates
perhaps, base charges which only a hellish
malice could invent, using his vile tongue to
yonr reputation or that .of yonr fomily, and
all probably to revenge himself for some fanciod
wrong to which bis hateful imagination alone
j ;ave birth. . Such beings should bo driven out
i torn among men, and be compelled to wander
np and down tho earth, branded like Cain, the
scorn and derision or every deoent human be
ing.—Olive Branch.
The Governor and the Banks.—Governor
Johnson has issued his Proclamation calling
npon tho several Banking institutions in Geor
gia to transmit to him, under oath of tbe Presi
dents and Cashier the state and condition of
tbe Banks, with the names of tbo Presidents,
Directors )and Stockholders. This call is made
under tbe provisions or tbe act of Feb. 21,
1850. ’
The Shobtebt Wat.—Wo were gratified,
the othor day, by a visit from an old friend re
siding in tho vicinity ofNapotoon, Ind., and it
reminded ns of an old, unpublished story, Jwo
once heard of tl;at pl&oo.
Some twelve years ago Napoleon was cele
brated for two firings, one for the carousing
propensities of ifo, citizens, and the othor for the
great number or Cross roads in its vicinity. It
appears that an Etetern collector had stopped
at Dayton to spend foe night, and gain some in
formation about-his fotnre course. Daring tbe
evening he became acquainted with an old dro
ver, who appeared well posted os to tbe geogra
phy of the country, ana the collector thought
no might as well inquire as regards *the best
route to different points to which he was des
tined. «
"I wish to "go to . Greenfield," said the collec
tor, “now, which will be my shortest way
"Well, sir,’’ said the drover, "you had bettor
go to Napoleon and take the road leading noar-
ly north."
The traveller noted it down. N
"Woil, sir, if I wish to go to Edinburg ?
"Then go to Napoleon, and take the road
west.” ' _
"Well, if I wish to go to Vernon ?”
"Go to Napoleon and take the road west. 1
"Or to Indianapolis ?” asked the collector,
eyeing the drover closely and thinking he
was being imposed on.
"Go to Napoleon and follow the north-west
road.”
_ The collected looked at bii note book; every
direction had Napoleon in it; he began to feel
his mettle rise,qndhe turned once more to the
drover irith:
"Suppose, myfriend, I wanted to go to h—11V'
The drover never smiled, scrached his head,
and after a moment’s consideration, said:
"Well, my dear air, I don’t know of any shor
ter road, yon could take than to go to Napoleon/
The Woods in Fire.—Fires continue to
rage between this city and Macon. Tins for
they have done but little injury to the railroad,
but in tbe interior we learn that many fences
and outbuildings, ns well as some dwelling
houses, have been destroyed. It is also stated
that 'cattle have perished by the fire. Tbe
whole cocratry is covered with smoke, and in
some places engineers find it difficult to ran their
engines at their aanal speed.' (Morning News.
FcGinyR Slave Excitement.—Quito an
excitement occurred at the City Hotel, in Pitts
burg, on Wednesday morning. It appears a
gentleman named Slaymaker, and his aunt,
from Lancaster, Pa., arrived there, en rente for
Hlinois, • having with them a colored female.—
The colored waiters of the hotel, supposing her
to be a slave, seized Mr. S. while sitting at the
breakfolt table, and held him nntil the woman
had been taken off to the honse of a colored
barber. Fortunately she established, to the sa
tisfaction of her abductors, that she was free,
and was permitted* to rejoin her friends and
leave for Illinois.
The Skeleton of a Regiment.—The 63d
regiment, or rather, the remains of it, marohed
on the 21st to Balaklava, there to embark cith
er for Scutari or Malto. It left the Fourth Di
vision 30 strong, every efficer, regimental staff,
and all hands included, (scarcely a sufficient es
cort few the colors) after landing in-the Crimea
about 970 strong, and having since received a
draught of 30 men. There was one sergeant
only to represent the grenadier company re
maining on t of 120. The retnrn8 show 400 in
the hospital at Scutari.
Purchase of Slaves.—Senator Sumner, of
Massachusetts, sometime since purchased three
slaves in Virginia, and brought them to Wash
ington, with the view of sending them North,
where they would of course be free. Recently,
ho purchased two boys, and is said to be nego
tiating for others, ono of whom is owned in
Alexandria, and worth abont $1000! Several
citizens of Boston, it is said, have directed Mr.
S. to draw on them for tho necessary funds.—
They are all the relatives of a colored man nam
ed John Botts, who run away from his master
several years go, and went to Boston, and sub
sequently purchased his own freedom.
Important American Movement.—A hand
bill was posted around the streets of Trenton,
N. J., on the 20th, of February calling for a
meeting that evening of all Americans, who
were in favor of an open organization, to advo
cate the following platform, of an open Ameri
can organization os the only true republican at
titude for an American political party; of an
extension of the naturalization laws to a period
of 24 years, or a repeal of the same y of a capi
tation or head tax sufficient to exclude Europe’s
paupers and criminals, and protect American
capital; all who are opposed to corruption and
time serving truckling to a foreign balance of
power vote, by the two old parties ; who are
opposed to foreign sectarian dictation in oar
system of public schools, Ac.
A Model Don.—An Editor "out west” thus
talks to his non-paying subscribers and patrons!
If his appeal does not bring the “pewter, we
think he need never tty again :
"Friends, Patrons, Subscribers and Advertis-
The Mexican Presidency.
The communications of onr valuable Acapul
co correspondent, published in the Delta of
Wednesday last, are conclusive as to the jittor
infant flf Hnnia Annn^a nlana nml tlin eiiAAfisa
Fearful Rencontre with a Bear.—On the
28th nit. a citizen of Morgan county, Va., was
banting on the Cacapon mountain when his at
tention was drawn by tho barking of his dogs
to a lodge of rocks. Approaching tho spot, be
defeat of Santa Anna’s plans, and the saeec. * f ! ’ n ‘W 01 roctu. AmroaeMag tne spot, ne
Alvaros, who has devoted his enthusiasm and perce^edsomoolyect; winch appeared to be the
experience to his country’s fireodom. We will head of somo animal. lie raised bis riflo and
country
not have a Louis Napoleon of the West, after
all, and tho warrior of San Jacinto must hide his
diminished head before tbe viator of the Boule
vards. Tho difference between Napoleon and
Santa Anna ia vory marked, but it can bo sum
med up in a sentence! Ono bos, succeeded, the
other has foiled,—that U to say one ia sublime
and the other ridiculous. Success is tho only
modern test of justice; coronal opus.
It will bo perceived thatihe prominent men
who are spoken of in connection with tha next
Presidency are all liberal and enlightened states
men, whoso characters are different, in every
particular, from that of the would be Emperor,
the chences of sneoess are In favor of General
Comonfort, who is dess known in this country
than hit probable competitor, Arista, hut has
succeeded in wining the affections of the Mexi
can people, especially of tho army of Alvaros,
tho third division of which he commands. He
is a man of talent, integrity and firmness. As
a military leader, he has few superiors in Mexi
co ; and if onr correspondent is right in his opin
ion, there can bo little doubt ofhis eminent tal
Onto as a civilian. We oxpect to hear more of
him before I6ng.
Know Nothing Manifesto.—Tbe Now York
Herald Publishes a circular signed J. W. Bar
er, tbe President of theKnow Nothings in New
York State, to the State Council, containing va
rious allusions, to their past history and future
prospects. Ho says that tbo strength of tbe
Order in May, 1855, did nqt exceed 5,600 in
that State and 10,000 in the Union. Now he
speaks of the 960 councils in the State, and
confidently asserts that the party is invincible.
Recreant members have been expelled, and this
appears to be the resolvo of the Order in all ea
ses in foture ; members of the Legislature who
have "proved treacherous to their canso" are
to be deprived of the power to injure the fu
tore.
Indian Politics.—There are ramors of quite
an excitement at Indianapolis. It will be rc-
mombred tbe Democrats in the Legirlaturc^re-
fused to go into an election for Attorney Gen
oral, State Agent, and other State officers this
they did because they knew their candidates
would not beislected in joint session, and if no
election was made, they supposed the Governor
would appoint their candidates, who would thus
get the offices, though a majority of the Legis
lature were opposed to them. They succeeded
in preventing an election, and after the adjourn
ment of the Legislature the Governor appointed
the candidates of the Democrats, and their plan
seemed abont to succeed. But it seems tbe Con
stitution requires tbe oath of office to be admin
istered by the Secretary of State, and he, not
being a Democrat, rofosed to* administer to it,
and there is no way to compel him. So mat
tors stand at present—National Intelligen
cer.
The Great Men of a Great Country.—A
young American .exchange thns sums up our
human greatness as follows :
"The greatest man, take him in all, of the last
hundred yean, was Gen. George Washington,
an American. The greatest Doctor of Divinity,
Jonathan Edwards, an American. The great
est philosopher was Benjamin 'Franklin, an
American. The greatest of living historians
is William H. Prescott, an American. . The
greatest ornithologist was John James Andibon,
an American. There has been no English wri
ter of the present age, whose works have been
marked with more refinement, or more grace,
than those of Washington Irvin, an American.
The Greatest Lexicographecrsihce the time of
Johnson was Noah Webster, an American. The
inventors-whose works have been productive of
the greatest amount of benefit to mankind in the
last Century, were Godfrey, Keb, Fulton and
Whitney, all Americans. And tho greatest
humbng of this or any other country, ofthe last
or any othor hundred years, is P. T. Barnnm,
also an American.
England Counting the Cobt of the War.
—Mr. Bright, a clear-headed merchant of Eng
land, and a member of Parliament, has been fig
uring np one year’s cost of the war. He calcn-
lates that the British are paying one hundred
and fifty millions of dollars more for food on ac
count ofthe. war, while the government are
spending one hundred and fifty millions of dol
lars extra on the same account; and what is
there obtaianed in return? Wheat is selling in
England for 73s. Id. and a quarter, or Is. 6d.
higher than the highest price ever known.
since 1819. Yet the ^harvest of 1854 in Eng
land was the most productive ever known. He
gives it as solemn.belief that if tbe foreign pol
icy keeps food np so high, six million quarters
of corn being kept ont of the country by war,
before two years are orer the Government will
shoot Englishmen in the streets. Hundreds of
sailing vessels, and sixty or seventy of the lar-
gest steamers, instead of carrying passengers
and manufacturers to all parts of the World, are
now^employed mostunproductively in carrying
soldiers, horses, stores, shot and shell to the Cri
mea. In the trade of the Bal.tie there is a fall
ing off of 5000 vessels, about fifty per cent in
the English, and nearly 90 por eent in the Rus
sian. Tbe vessels of the other States have al
so suffered a proportionate dimnnition. Prus
sia has suffered slightly / Sweoden forms'the
only exception.
Marble in Cass,—It gives ns pleasure to
state that a valuable bed of Marble has been
discovered on the land of CoL J. T. Rawland,
in this county. The location, is about five miles
from this place, and within one anfi a half miles
of Cartersville. We have before us two speci
mens—ono of a beautiful white marble, almost
translucent, of very fine grain, and susceptible
we should think, of very high polish ; the other
a very fine speeimen of variegated marble, one
of the most beautiful we have eyor seen. Both
of these varieties occur in large quantities and
give promise of great value. We shall .take
occasion, before long, to speak more fully of
this valuable discovery than we are able to do
now. In tho meantime, we shall be glad to show
the specimens in onr possession to those who
call on ns.— Caesville Standard.
fired, end Immediately a huge bear rushed upon
him. Wbat i ensued is thus described by the
Bath Enterprise: Tho hunter attempted to de
fend himself with his empty gun; this the boar
threw fom him with a stroko of his paw, and
hurled him upon the ground and bit him severe
ly. Tho hunter then called his dogSto his as
sistance, which engaged the attention of-the
enraged animal, and enabled the prostrate man
to regain his feet He then had recourse to his
tomahawk, and after a tremendous straggle fi
nally succeeded in destr ying the monster,
Tbe hunter afterwards entered the den and cap
tured twocnb*.
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"Let Slip the Dogs of War.”—Ex-Gover
nor Brown, of Mississippi, who in the late Sen-
ate introduced a bill to repeal such section of
tho neutrality laws as restrained our citizens
from giving " aid and comfort" to the people of
Cuba, says that the Spaniardsin Cuba have
insulted our flag, itnprisonedour people,search
ed our ships, pillaged our mails, and yet the
government has not yet moved. Under these
circumstances, he is for "letting slip the dogs
of war" in the shape of fillibusters.
On Monday nightonr town was visited
by a tremendous storm, which startled the weak-
nerved from their cosy naps, and made owners
of tall booses quake. It unroofed a brick
honse npon the South East comer of thesqnare,
the lower portion of which was owned by John
Douglass, Esq., and tbe upper part by the Odd
FelloWt and Masons. The roofing was of sheet*
iron and was torn off like paper. We believe
no vory serious damage was done to the inside
of the building.—Lagrange Reporter.
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The Angel Gabriel at Home.—The Glas
gow Mail, of the lltb of Fab, states that John
S. Orr, nicknamed tbe "Angel Gabriel," has
arrived at home, from New York, in the steam
er Glasgow. It says:
A moat dissonant screeching sound from the
steamer reached the ears of the lonngets on the
quay, and in which warsoon recognised the old
fomilar war note of John S. Ore’s (alias the
Angel Gabriel’s) trumpet. As the vessel near-
ed the wharf " the angel” (of discord) was only
recognized hy his old acquaintances by tbe bra
zen embloms which he carried, for be appeared
not only to have become a convert to the beard
movement, but to allow bis hair to grow until
it hung over his shoulders.
He sprang upon the quay, took np his old
position at the gas lamp pillar, blew a blast or
two on his trumpet, and' shortly harangued
crowd of carious on-lookers, pointed to the
scars on his head which be had received in
Canada and the United States in doing battle
with Popery, said he would talk to the people
of Greenock for boars on Monday night for Ms
adventures and hairbreadth escapes among tbe
Yankees/ wheelod round, and rushed np the
quay, going off to Glasgow by the railway
train.
A gentleman had five daughters, all of whom
he brought np in some respectable occupation
in life. These daughters married one after an
other, with the consent of their futhor. Ihe
first married a gentlomnn by tbo name of Poor;
the second, a Mr. Littlo; tho third, a Mr. Short;
tho fourth, a Mr. Brown; and tho fiifth, a Mr.
Hogg. At tho wedding of the latter, her sisters
with their husbands, wore prosbot... After the
ceremonies of tho wedding wore over tho old
gentleman said to the guests, "I have takon
great pains to educato my five daughters, that
tboy might act well their part in lira, and from
tboir!advantages nod improromonts^Ifondlyho
ped that they would do honor to the family, and
now I find that all my pains, cares and expec
tations havo turned out nothing but a Poor,
Little, Short, Brown, Hogg." '
Hear ns for onr debts, and get ready that you
may pay ; trust us, wo are in need, and have
regard for our need, for yon havo been long
trusted; acknowledge your indebtedness, and
dive into your pockets, that you may promptly
fork over. If there bo any among yon, one
singlo patron that don’t owe us something, then
to bim we say—step aside ; consider yonrsolf a
f cntlcman. If the rest wish to know why wo
un them this is our answer; Not that we oare
abont cash ourselves, but oar creditors do.—
Would you rather that wo go to jail, and yon
go free/than you pay your debts, and ire all
keep moving f As* wo agreed, wo have work
ed for you as we contracted, we have furnished
onr paper to you; as wo promised, wo have
waited upon you, but as you don’t pay, we dan
you ! Here are agreements for job work!; con
tracts for subscription; promises for long crodi
its; and duns for doferrod paymont. - Who is
thore sa mean that he don’t take a paper ?—
If any, he needn’t speak—we don’t mean him.
Who is there so greon that ho don’t advertise ?
If any, let him slide—ho aint tho chap either.—
Who is there so bad-that he don’t pay tho' prin
ter? If any, let him shout—for he’s the man.
we’ro after. His nnmo is Legion, and he’s been
owing ns for one, two, three, four, five, six, sev
en and eight years—long enough to make ns
poor, and himself rioh at our exponse. If the
above appeal to his conscience doesn’t awako
him to a sense of justice, wo shall have to try
the law aad see what virtue there is in writs and
constables/’
Tho N. Y Herald declares that tho story about
tho Czar’s autograph letter to (ho President has
no foundation in foot, though the people will
not believejt
Bennett, tho editor of the Herald denies that
any body is going to write Ms life.
Railroad in Egypt.—The railway between
Alexandria and .Cairo,’& distance of one hundred
and thirty-miles, is now complete, with the ex
ception of the three bridges on the two branch
es of the Nile and the Delta CanaL The com
munication between the two towns may bo kept
np by the line of railroad by crossing the river
in boats, bat it will not be available' for traffic
and passongera until after the bridges are com
plete—five or Six months hence. The most im
portant bridge is the tubular one whieh crosses
the Domletfo branch of the Nile at Benha,
and which is well advanoed towards comple
tion.
Wby tho Fourth 4th of March was Selec
ted.
The Portland Advertiser, correcting the blund
ering statement which every year or two goes the
round of the papers, to the effect that the fourth
of March was selected as the beginning of the
Preidontial term because it will not fall on Sun
day for 300 years to eome, says :
“Tho election of the fourth of March as the
day for the beginning of tho Presidential term
seems to be^be result of accident.
The new City of Lbvenwortr.—The ’Kan
sas Herald gives the following account of the
growing prospects of the' new city of Leven-
worth:
" Five months ago there was not a ‘building
in the place. The town had then just been
laid off, and the brash cut down. A sale of lots
took place in October. Since that time its
progress has been onward, and so for its pros
perity is unparalleled. Just emerging from
tbe brash, the town now presents a city-like,
appearance, with a population of near three
hundred, and between seventy five and one
hundred buildings have been put np in the
space of about four months.
"Already we have a large three story hotel,
one of the most commodionS in the Territory,
' and another abont being erected. There -are in
this place two dry goods homes, three groceiy
stores, one granary, sevaral .boarding honse*,
one steam raw mill, and another jnst opposite
tbe town, with a shingle and lath machine and
gristmill. There is also a tailorissbop.a bar
ber, two blacksmith,s shops, a tin shop, seve
ral law offices and two doctors’ offices, three car
penters’ shops,-besides numerous other bnild-.
ings, all np, and actually occupied by bona fide
residents. There ore now some eighteen or
twenty buildings in progress of erection, and
many more will be bnilt in tbe next month.
It is believed there will be upwards of three
hundred buildings put up in the place this sea
son., Mechanics of all kinds will find here con
stant employment at good wages, especially
carpenters, brickmakers, and bricklayers, cab
inet workmen, blacksmiths, shoe and bootma
kers, tailors and wagon makers.”
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Important Move Against Southern Inter
ests in Cuba.—For tbe first time, a gentleman,
native and resident of Cuba, the Count of Can-
nongo, has been appointed Civil Governor of
Havana. It is a matter of speculation why this
extraordinary selection of an intelligent Cnba!n
has been made for so important a post. There
is one circumstance in connection with the his
tory of tbe Connt de Cannongo worthy of con
sideration, which may possiby afford a cine to
the mjstery. Between the years 1841 and 1844
several reports were obtained by the local gov
ernment of Cuba, from parties selected to ad
vise on the proposed British treaty forth# eman
cipation ofthe negreos imported since 1829, and
preparatory to the penal law for tbe execution
of the treaty for the suppression of the slave
trade. One of these reports was written and
presented by the Connt do Cannongo, and it
was then tbe only instance of an opinion man
ifested officially in favor of the emancipation
of tbe slaves.—N. Y. Herald.
LATER FROM EUROPE
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
P A CJJF I C.
The Steamer Pacific arrived at New York on
Wednesday, with Liverpool dates to the 27th
February.
Cotton had declined $d. Sales of the ten
days 50,000 bales. .
Tho Turk? repubed the Russian attack on
Eopatoria on tho 17th February.
Charleston Market*
Friday, March 16, 1 P. M.—Cotton,—Tha
Pacific’s accounts have chocked the inquiry and
there is no market. Sales 120 bales at yester-
dap’s prices.
Winchester, Va., March 13.—The Know
Nothing State Convention, for the nomination
of Governor, assembled here to-day. The pro
ceedings, thus far, are kept entirely secret.—
There is alargo attendance, and it is supposed
the session will continue for two days. I will-
keep you advised of whatever is made public.
Washington, March 13.—A treaty has been
Concluded between tho’.ChippeWaand Winneba
go Indians and the United States, for the sale
of Indian lands. At a conference between tho
President, the Commissioner and the Indian de
putation, the latter said the whites generally
had cheated tho Indians, but now the Indians
bad cheated tho whites; having got a hundred
times more than the lands were worth ! Tho
treaty was an immense tract for tho location of
land warrants.
Concord, N. H,, March 13—2 P.M.—An elec
tion is now progressing in this State for Gover
nor, members of Congress, Legislature, Ac. The
excitement is intense. In Dover, a manufac
turing town in tho Southeastern part of the
State, the Know Nothings have elected thoir
moderator by 245 majority. Rollinsford and
New Market, in the same vicinity, have elected
Know Nothing moderators by large majorities.
.New York, March 13,—Cotton unchanged.
Flour firm and upward—Southern buoyant at
$9.12s9.8L Wbeatupwardand firm—Southern
red $2.15; white $2 28s2.35. Corn a trifle
higher. Stocks opened buoyant, but closed
heavy. Money market easy. Virginia stocks
bettor—sales of sixes at 97; Indiana fires, 87
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
Death of the Czar.
Hhlifax, March 15. .
Tbe Africa has'arrired. She reports that it
hadbeen officially announced in both Houses
of Parliament that the Czar was dead—having
died of apoplexy.
The announeement was made on Friday 2d ;
steamer sailed Saturday 3d. v -
Tbe .announcement caused great excitement
in London.
ThrYIraoraCStialieanBea was to meet n the
5th March.
There were strong hopes entertained of peace.
Cotton market was dull but without change.
Censols'911-2. / > — ;
Browu A Shipley quote Cotton dull and un
changed. Middling slightly lower. • Active
speculative demand. Sales of the week 36,-
5Q0 bales. Speculators took 35,000. Fair Or
leans 5J; Middling 5 1—16; Fair Uplands 5|;
Middling 4J. Buyers demand further reduc
tion. Breadstufis unchanged, except Corn,
which has declined from Od to Is. Canal Flour
40.
Manchester adrices are more favorable—pro
visions withont change.
Nothing new from SavartopoL
Ohio Flour 43. Consuls advanced to 91 ; 1-2.
American securities better.
The Retina,
This is a thin coat on which everything we
look at is painted by the light with a wonderful
clearness and accuracy. It is connected with
the optic nerve which is the .messenger between
the worldontsideand the brain inside. Besides
many other parts which make np the machinery
ofthe eye, there are muscles which are so placed
and are so obedient, that as quick as thonght,
yon can poll one cord and the .e/e will torn to
the right, or pull another and the eye will tarn
to tho left; or up or down or round, while one
steadies and regulates the motion of the rest
Bat the retina Is the strangest picture gallery
in tbe world. All the great galleries, and all
tbe splendid paintings that.have ever been seen
are nothing to it. Tf yon stand on top of a high
moan tain nnd can-look around yon, thirty, or
vforty, or fifty miles, all that great picture is
painted by the light on the retina, whioh all
the colors, and Shapes and sizes, more correctly
than con(d even be done by any art of man.—
This great picture is painted with a finer pencil
than any paifater ever used. An the landscape,
with hills valleys, town, rivers and sky, is pain
ted on this delicate canvas only half an inch
in; diameter. There was in the Crystal Palace
a gold dollar, npon whieh the Lord’s Prayer was
engraved on one side, and another curiosity o£
engraving in the shape of amerehant’rbusiness
card consisting of several lines of writing, all
in the spaee which the head of a good sized pin
would cover. But this is nothing in comparison
with paintidg such a picture as may be seen
from tho spire of Trinity Church, New, York,
in a spaoo only as large os a sixpence.
This is proved by actual experiment with the
eye.of some large animal, say an ox. By takings
the two outside coats off from the bach part of
the eye, so os to leave the retina exposed, yon
. ^ The pld
Continental Congress, when the ratification of I
the.now Constitution by the necessary nnmber have an opportunity of seeing any object which
of States bad been ascertained, passed a resolu- if reflected upon it. Now close tho shutters of
tion Sept 13,1789, appointing the first Wodnes
day of tbe next January for the . choice of the
presidential electors, the first Wednesday of
February for tbe elootion of President and Viee
President, and the first Wednesday of March as
the time for the organization of the Government
The first Wednesday in March happened to be
in tbe year 1789, the fourth of March, and as the
administration which began on that day was
limited to'four years hy tbo Constitution, tho
next and succeeding administrations have be
gan on this day of the month.
Congress increased the regular army by four
Regiments of the line—two of cavalry and two
of infantry. Thoy ore intended for the protec
tion of the Western frontior and for controlling
the Indiana. . '
Di8tinouirhsd Architect Dead,—Robert
Mills, Esq., known throughout tbe country-os
an arohitoot of great merit, died on Saturday
morning at his residence on Capitol Hill, Wash,
ington. _______ '
A Good Witness.—Ex-Governor Smith of
Virginia, lately said in a publio meeting in that
State, that he was not a - Know Nothing and
had nover sought admission into the order, but
ho repeated wbat he had said before—“there is
a vast deal of good Democracy in the Know
Nothing creedr The Governor ought to' be a
judge, as he has always been a democrat and
nobbing else! Ho might, we guess, have added,
that there are a vast many good Democrats in
tho order who cannotbe blarnied out of it l
(he room, and set the eye in a hole prepared for
the purpose, looking out, and the light will paint
everything in rcaoh ofthe eye, on the retina, the
same as though the animal were alive. Houses,
trees, men walking, and everything outside, will
be painted.in the small space and npsido down.
The optie nerve sets them right again by the
time they get to tho brain.— WtUiam Oland
Bourne.
The Manchester (N.'H.) Democrat, in speak
ing of the influences brought to bear upon the
pending election in that State, says thus:
"It is known in this city that $4,000 was for
warded here by the President at the commence
ment of the campaign. To what purpose it has
been applied we haTe no knowledge. Lastweek
$7,000 was forwarded to Mr.Daloy, the Catholio
priest at Concord, who .is well known npon the
railroads above Concord as a political missionary
among the Irish Catholics located, on tho line
ofthe Northern and Montreal roads. That this
sum was forwarded to him through Thompson
A Co’s express, to the caro of John Gass, Con
cord, are foots. Of course wo have no moans of
knowing the use to which it is applied, and wo
merely state what has como to our knowledge.
In this city, the free use of monoy among the
NebrascalB is already apparent. The attempt
noticed ip tho American, of a certain-prominent
Hunker :(formcrly keeper of a groggory at tho
lower end of Elm street) to purchnso a vote for
$25, is not a solitary instance of tho corrup
tion which prevails during the present cam
paign.”
The Suffering is the Geihba.—The allied
soldiers in the Crimea Larifbeen congratula
ting themselves on the termination of winter,
when thoir sufferings, they hope, will cease.
But from all accounts there wiil only be a
change from one form of suffering to another,
for as soon as the wanu weather and the spring
rains commence, tho animal decomposition
from the multitudes of dead bod’es of men and
horses lying nnburied, will spread pestilent*-
through the camp, which will depopulate it
faster t ham sickness is now doing. A French
officer of rank says, since -tho first landing of
•the troops in Turkey,-80,090 men and 40,000 hor
ses have perished. Vast numbers of both now-
lie in masses, or scatteredorer.tbe earth as they
fell, It being impossible to inter them in the
present state of the weather there, and they
present a spectacle that is disgustingly horrid.
There they, willremain^to be consumed by csr-
ion-eaters, or to pntrefy on the return of mild
iteather. __ - ^
The Know-Sohethings in Massachusetts,
—This new secret political organization, which
was lately started in Cincinnati, for the purpose
of counteracting the influence of the Know-
Nothings, but died in Infancy ’ for want ^of
nourishment, has been galvanized in Boston,
as we see .by the following from the Boston
Times of the 3d inst:
“In accordance with the call of a circular
which has been very generally distributed, a
State Convention of “Know-Somethings” was
held in this city yesterday. Abont two hun
dred and forty delegates were present from dif
ferent sections of the State, aud included very
many of the old leaders of the free soil party.
The Convention held two sessions—forenoon
and afternoon—and their deliberations were
characterized by much earnestness, not to say
violence of feeling and expression. Without
pretending to state what the proceedings were
in detail, we will add that the determination to
break loose from the existing order of Know-
Nothings, and to push forward, religiously, this
antagonist order of " Know-Nothings,” was
nearly unanimous.
Yankee Enterprise.—We have already
chronicled, the fact that a large shipment of
New England ram has been made from Boston
within-a few months past for the Crimea. We
have heard of another Yankee speculation, of
rather a novel kind. According to the Boston
Times, a ship is abont to sail, under the com
mand of a thorough-bred Yankee, which will
afford comfort to.their friends when they, the
soldiers, shall havo bitten the mud. The ves
sel is to be freighted chiefly with metallic cof
fins, hermetically sealed, and containing all
sorts of delicacies for the wounded and the
weary. So, after administering to bodily wants
and enjoyments, those agreeable evidences of
the inevitable fate of man can be turned to
their legitimate account, and carry home for
decent interment the mouldering^bodies of the
victims! of a state of war.
Hon. W. C. Dawson.
- Tho National Intelligencer says: The pre
sentation of a service of plate, on Tuesday
evening, by a number of citizens of this city,
to Senator Dawson, of Georgia, is said to have
been a very agreeable affair. The present con
sisted of a splendid silver pitcher, two goblets,
and a solid silver salver, handsomely finished
at the establishment of the Messrs Galt. The
testimonial was made as a small token of tho
gratitude felt towards the honorable Senator for
bis otfontion to the affairs of the District of
Colombia, and as an evidence of their appreci
ation of his gentlemanly and courteous bearing
in all his intertercourse with our citizens. Tho
sentiment of regret at his leaving the councils
of the nation is- universal. Mr. Dawson re
ceived the company with great cordiality, ami
acknowledged the testimonial in neat and appro
bate terras, pleading that ho had merely done
iis duty, and that he was but tbe organ of tho
Committee of the District of Columbia.—Aug.
Chronicle <& Sentinel.
Wooing Mormon Wives.—The Mormon
editor of the Deseret News thus tells the good
people of Christendom how strangers can be
come ingratiated:
If a gentleman wishes to associate with our fe
males, let him repent and be baptized for tha re
mission of sins. But this atonement will not
insure his success, for many have submitted
themselves to tho ordinanco of baptism and have
added damnation to themselves by hypocriti
cally bowing to certain rites and ceremonies with
motives other than to glorify God and save them -
selvos from this untoward generation. Let these
go forth and preach the gospel to the nations,
iko the Mormon Elders, without "purse or
scrip. ”' Let them he mobbed, tarred and fea
thered, and whipped a few times for Christ’s
sake, and not for their own follies; and return
after a few years’ labor, elcar in conscience,
wire in heart, and unspotted from the world,
.[f thoy can do these things, and endure, they
may begin to associate with our fomales, and
seek among them a companion and partner for
tho life that now is, and for that which is to
come.”
This opens a field for enterprising young men,
not to he found in every part of the world. If
the Mormon ladies insist upon such demonstra
tions of love and purify, it is no wonder that
polygamy is a part of their religion, for their
“ true lovers” must of necessity be scarce, un
less these ladies are far more attractive than
those of other denominations.