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VOLUME 10.
ROME, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1855.
NUMBER 24
Clje Home Courier
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BY COBURN <fe DWINELL.
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H. O. FARRELL’S ARABIAN LINI-
st the
TRIUMPHANT OVER DISEASES.
H.1
WE DAILY HEAR of tbe seort nhrirtlm
earn being effected by Oat greet and popular
medicine, the genuine 2L G. FARRELl
ARABIAN LINIMENT, sad we ess truly say
■ own knowledge, thst no medicine ever
ad has performed the seme wonderful
, that it has, both in men snd beset, end it
la equally good for both, which mskee it ao tru
ly valuable. Itii therefore hailed by the suffer
ing sa the greatest blessing of the age, snd no
onewesld ever allow hi meelf to be without thia
ssYOieiga helm, who had ease wltaeoaed its ma-
gba power ever diseaes, sad ita weadeifbl potan-
ey in releiving pain, however severe, in sfew
minutes tins We esrneatly desire yew to call
t the agent, who wfll furnish yon, free of
, samsfl book containing, besidee other
i information, s large fist of certificates
Hid soil rcspocttblo pcwonsi of
by this oalebrated medicine,
re enough to convince the most
sceptical of its transcendent virtues. We no
tice several certificates ofrhenmatisin cured al
the patient had suffered every thing bat death
for five to twenty years. Also esaes of paraly
sis, or loss of nee of the limbs, where the flesh
had withered, leaving apparently bat dried akin
sad banc, presenting so horrid a spectacle that
their FRIENDS LOOKED UPON THEM AP
PALLED while physicians pronooneed them
BEYOND ANY HUMAN EFFORT to relieve.
Hit the most efficacious remedy known
bens, sprains, wounds, braises, chilblains,
neuralgia, toothache, lutes of insects and rep
tiles, ears throat, sore or weak eyes, tumors, son
jafotitr. T~: ~ J1 «■——
cess in most of the ailments of hones and cattle,
swellings, galls
, core eyes, partial blindness, etc. If
toed in the beginning of Mala, poll-evil, ring-
, it will invariably stop their
ter progress. Every family should keep
valuable medicine on hand, ready for any
Look oof for Counterfeits/
cautioned against soothe
, which has lately made its appearr
[ W. B. Farrell's Arabian Liniment,
I of all the counterfeits, be-
of Farrell,
wO bey ft in good faith, without the
edge thst a counterfeit exists^ and they win per
baps only discover their error when the spuri
oss mixture has wrought its evil eSseta.
The genuine article is maaafoehued only by
H.G.FamD, sole inventor and proprietor, and
wholesale druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria,
Dfiasis, to srhoaa aU aapBral«ms Sot Agencies
mast be addressed. Be sore yon get it with
the letters H. 8. before Farrell's, thus—H. 0.
HARRELL'S -end bis rigpatnre on the wrap
per, aU ethers are eoeaterfeits.
Sold by Kendridi A Pledger, Melville
G. B. F. Mattox, Mt. Hickory
C. Brawn, Cooea P. O.
Branner A Moyers, Summerville
Robert BatUy, Wholesale Agent, Rome
throughout
[WANTEDin every town, village
tin Oe United States, in which one
Address H. G. Far
rell as above, accompanied with good reference
r, responsibility, Ac.
it i win you.
By Rev. Ral^h H oyt.
As yon and I are going
Chre, hope, or love yladen
Take counsel from a saga;
No star to dimly glowing.
Bat mariners should now;
Ah ! hoed the stare of reaeon,
And toko the holm in season,
Oh! life’s unskillful<
F. M. EDDLEMAN A BRO.
Georgia.
Keep constantly on band 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, 195$, ly
J. M. TOMLINSON,
"PLAIN, House Sign, Coach, Passenger Can
X Fresco, OmamentalsmiDooosnttre Painter
r of Gilt Glass Door Plates
fin: Public Houses
! Street Numbers.
Opposite Jacob Haas A Co. White Sail Street
Ulaats, Ga. Jan 9,1855 ly.
T.
R. RIPLEY,
ATLANTA, GA.
JSr ^
TtEALER in China, Crockery, and Glass
U wares; Lamns of all kinds; Oils, Cam-
T<
phine, Fluid, and Alcohol by tfaebbL
Cash in advance. Jan 9,1855
ATLANTA
MACHINE WORKS
ATLANTA IKON PODXDRT.)
; on short notice, of
Castings from
. attems of Iron,
or Composition, all of 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. Heavy
and light forging of wrought Iron or Steel
‘TaUt’ic^I&WnHOK Is called to
is for Mill Gearing,for Merchant
i Flouring, and Saw Mills, Gin
r of all the usual sizes, and Bark
ays kept on hand. We are also
prepared to build stationary Engines upon
the latest improvements. All of which wfll
be sold low for cash. Copper and Brass
;e for work at cash prices
JAMES L. DUNNING,
JOHN McDONOUGH,
WILLIAM RUSHTON.
J the above company are prac
tical Mechanics, and give their indmdoa
attention to the business. jan. 9, ’65
& Wooten
TTAVTNG associated themselves In the prae-
XL tie# of Medicine and Surgery, offer their
services to the public. Dr. Smith is prepa
to treat any diseases of the Eye and Ear. Offiee
on Broad St, one door below H. A. Smith's
Bookstore. jan23'65, [1 y.
EWEHE LeHARDY,
CIVIL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL
ENGINEER,
SURVEYOR AND ARCHITECT,
POST OFFICE, ROME, GEORGIA,
RICHARD A, JONES
DXALBB IX
FOREIGN AID DOJSEST1C NIBBLE,
NEAR THE DEPOT,
Madison, Ga,
MONUMENTS, TOMBS AND HEADSTONES
Always wit hand,
from a distance executed with
‘ * ^{ly} Feb 8,1865
My dear, desponding Brother,
O'erwearied with the cares
The fleeting yaan have left thee,
While they of hope bereft thee,
And led thee Into snarae;
Take eouneei from another,
Who thus was weary too,
Yet found the paths of pleasure,
Best, truth, and real treasure;
Oh, brother, these pursue—
I weald If I wore you.
Oh, Woman! ray of morning,
Man's midnight to dispel,
Katrina, Nelly, Nora,
Still be his heart’s Aurora,
In courtly hall oroelL
Still let your chief adorning
Be those sweet smiles he new.
When in love's pure devotion,
With youth’s fond emotion,
AI1 heavenly graces grew—
I would if I wore you !
Sweet Girlhood—morn of being!
Hair pearl on life’s lone shore !
Bright gem on beautie’s pillow,
To sparkle there no more—
Oh, maiden ! morn is fleeing*
High noon wfll soon ensue ;
Make new thy youth enduring;
Immortal life securing,
Decay and death subdue—
I would If I were you!
Oh, Son! whose youthful feeling
Delights in nature’s bloom;
Whoso heart secure reposes,
Where valleys decked with roses,
Send up their sweet perfume,
To heaven still appealing,
With noble rims in view,
Flee all afloring powers,
And dress your purpose through—
I would if I were you!
There eometh, eon, a trial;
There eometh, son, a night;
A storm will round thee rattle—
Ay, life is all a battle,
And fiercely thon most fight.
Begin thy self-denial;
Begin to dare and do;
Up, boy, to write thy stoTj,
In fives of Christian glory,
Bold, beantiftxl and true—
I would if I were yon !
New Tone, March 1855.
Mis aim Wowax.—I should not say, from
my experience of my own sex. that a woman's
nature is flexible and impressible, though her
feelings are. I knew very fow instances of a
very inferior man ruling the mind a superior
whereas I know twenty—fifty—of a
very inferior woman ruling a superior man. If
be love her, the ehanees are that she will in the
end weaken and demoralize him. If a superior
many a vulgar or inferior man, he makes
her miserable, bat he seldom governs her mind,
or vulgarizes her nature, and if there be love on
Us ride, ttta ehanees are that in the end she
will elevate and refine him. The moat danger-
to a woman is a man of high intellec
tual endowments morally perverted: for in a
woman's nature (here is such a necessity to ap
prove where she admires, and to believe where
she loves—a devotion eomponnded of love and
faith is so mneh apart of her being—that while
ttie instincts remain true and the feelings un-
corrnptod, the conscience snd the will may both
be led far astray. Thus fell "our general moth
er”—type other sex—overpowered rather than
deceived, by the colossal Intellect—half serpent,
half angelic.—Jfrs. Jameson.
Eloquent.—J. B. Lowell, at the elose of a
recent lecture on Milton, said;
The noise of those old warfares is hushed;
the song of Cavalier mad the fierce psalm of Fn-
ritan are silent now; the bands of his episcopal
adversaries nolonger hold pen or crazier; they
and their works are dost; but he who loved
truth more than life, who was faithful to the
other world while be did his work in this; bis
seat is in that great cathedral whose far echoing
rides at the Ages, whispering with the blessed
feet of the saints, martyrs, and confessors of 4v-
eiy dime snd every creed; whose bells sound
only centnriri hour*; about whose spire, crown
ed with the constellation of the cross, no moan
er birds than missioned angels hover; whose
organic mode is the various stops of endless
changes breathed through by endless good;
whose choristers are elect spirits of all time,
that sing serene and shining as the morning
stars, the over renewed mystery of Creative
Power.
— » «
Mr. Martin Van Bonn arrived at Paris from
sly on the day of the late famous celebration
of the birthday of Washington in (bat Capital
—too late, however to join In its festivity. The
Napoleon got wind of the fact, and im-
_ sent a messenger to the Ex President’s
hotel, requesting an interview at the palace the
next morning at 8 o'clock. Mr. Van Boren in-
ed to the Emperor, through the
messenger, his high sense of the honor done
him by the invitation, but excused him
self from complying at so early a period as
the next morning at six, inasmuch as be was
wholly unprovided with a court dress, and had
no opportunity to supply the deficiency by that
time. This excase would not answer with Na
poleon, who immediately rejoined that ho did
not desiro a visit from the clothes, but the per
son of the Ex-President, and begged that he
would come and talk with him at the time sta
ted, in whatever dress he might choose. At six
the following morning he was accordingly clos
eted with Napoleon, who did not release him
until after a protracted conference, in which no
doubt our countryman sustain ed"bis part—
The Emperor is shrewd and does his own ne
gotiations when ha can.
Disgraceful.—The anti-Americans in the
New York Stnato on the 21st voted, 18 to 12,
to proscribe native-boni citizens, on amotion
that none hot men of that class should he em
ployed to take the census. They have altered
the law giving the appointment to township su
pervisors, and given it to Secretary of State,
who lain league with the Catholic Church, and
he declares that no man suspected of being fa
vorable to American sentiments shall receive an
appointment. How do American citizens rel
ish this proscription on tbehr native soil by the
dictation of the Catholio Cbnrch J
The Albany Regency perceived that the su
pervisors of the counties would he, by a a large
majority, of the American faith, and benee the
action above referred to. It will avail them
little. The patronage thus secured to their wa-
_ ’, will notsave them from utter and
ile rain at the next annual election.
—American Organ,
A Nzw Ixvention.—We have seen speci
mens of a superior article of printing paper
said to be made entirely of cane poles, which
invention, if all we hearts realized, will work
a great revolution in the printing business.—
The paper is superior to that made of rags, and
at one-third less cost. The steamer Charleston,
whieh passed here a short time since, had on
board twenty-five tons of cane poles, destined
for Wheeling, where thoy are to he manufac
tured into paper. Mr.B. A. Lavender, of Bal
timore, who is interested in tho project, has
made contracts in the South for large quatities
ofcane jx>Ie». pjouiitilla Courier.
The Japanese.
Another interesting letter from Silas E. Bur
rows, appear* in the Alia Californian. The
following is condensed from It.
While in California, Mr. B.'s commercial bn-
•loess enabled him to obtain various specimens
of sculpturing from the natives cf Queen Char
lotte's Island, la latitude 54 N. The natives
take alateroek from their mountains and aoulp-
ture it, with a beautiful polish. He was im-
preeeei with the great resemblance of this work
to that of Japan, and took with him to Japan
various specimens. When Jeddo Bay, with
tho Vice Governor of Uragua, and many of tho
Chief men on board, he had these labors of the
sobs of Queen Charlotte’s Island placed on the
table, without a remark being made.
Tha Japanese, with evidently great surprise,
fas they had their police regulation so perfect
that nothing could come on board the ship
without their knowledge,) "said, "Where, Mr.
Borrows, did yon get these Japanese articles ?”
He replied, "Are these Japanese ?" "Certain
ly they are Japanese.” said several of the par
ty, and anxiously looked at him to ascertain in
what manner they had been brought on board.
Mr. B. replied, "it U with great pleasure, and
this alone repays me for coming to Japan that
yon recognise those articles to be the workman
ship of your foully, but the workmen were'not
bora in Japan, but in America.” The position
of Queen Charlotte’s Island was then pointed
out to them on theeharte, and when they again
examined the eculpturings, and saw how per
fectly Japanese they were* satisfied that the in
habitants of Queen Charlotte’s Islands were
their descendants.
The noble specimens of the North American
Indians, Tecutnseh, Logan, Unoas, King Phil
lip and Pocahontas, were perfect specimens of
tho Japanese, and were no doubt of the same
blood and family.
The proof presented, Mr. B. thinks conclu
sive evidence that the red men of America came
from the family of Asia.
Many of the habits and customs of the Japan
ese have survived the wrecks of ages. The Ja
panese have a tradition that many yean ago,
their vessels had a communication with land of
the rising sun, now called America; and I hope
your readers will feel the same interest in the
subject I do, as it lessens in some degree the
speculation so long existing as to man's crea
tion.
When Columbus first conveyed to Spain the
natives of America, who appeared so different
from the inhabitants of Europe as to impress
all that they were a distinct creation of man;
could they have been accompanied by the Ja
panese of Asia, they would havo ranked ae the
same family.
The Japanese made it a perfect jubilee dar
ing the time we remained in*Jeddo Bay,)and had
not the Emperor interfered to arrest tha intima
cy the Japanese would soon have been Ameri
canised.
Never were a people more desirous of the
closest intimacy ; but the Emperor and Prince
prefer the old etato of things to the new, and
time will be required for the change.
Azmi of the Naturalization Process.—
Of all the motives and incentives (says the N.
O. Picayune) that have produced that immense
political revolution which is now sweeping over
the country, prostrating old party organisations,
defeating the plans and schemes of party lead
en, exposing and overthrowing old and corrupt
modes of managing nominations and elections,
none has been more potent and effective than a
conviction that the notaralisation laws of the
land are systematically and nnscrapolonsly aba
sed for party purposes.
_ Thrown upon our shores by political convul
sions, or impelled to seek an asylum here by
poverty and the hope of bettering their condi
tion, myriads of the subjects of European Gov
ernments are constantly swelling the number
of our population. To state the yearly amount
of this increase at half a million would not be
to exaggerate; and this mass of immigration is
made up of elements of the most discordant
character. While a large portion of it is re
spectable, honest and industrious, n>t only
able hut willing to conduct itself; peacefully
and assiduously, to the discharge of all the du
ties of a good citizen, there is another very con
siderable portion, which, ignorant of our in-
stitutiors and our laws, often of our language,
and by the necessity of the case, entirely nn-
embned with that native and traditional senti
ment that underlies the national character, and
irresistibly promotes the vigor and permanency
of our institutions, cannot reasonably be sup
posed to be qualified to take an immediate part
in the political affairs of the country.
Besides these two classes of immigrants, ex
perience has taught us that there is a third,
and this a fearfully increasing one: we mean
that which is made up of the pauperism and
even the crime'of the old world.
That the great question of deciding the
character of our Municipal, State, and National
Governments should bo left subject to the un
informed, unenlightened, and in many, very
many instances, the corrupt action of such a
population as we have described, most strike
every reflecting mind as on abuse of the most
glaring and dangerous character. What won
der that, seeing what use is constantly made
of it by partisans for party purposes, there
should have sprang up a determination on the
part of those whose dearest interests are im
periled by it, to put a atop to it at the earliest
possible period?
Disunion is the West.—A late number of
the New York Herald says:
Oar Calafornia files bring up the programme
of the now political party, those ulterior designs
are supposed to aim at the formation of a great
Western republio. For the present this project
is kept in abeyance until eertain objects ore at
tained, whieh it is hoped, will prepare the pub
lic mind of the 8tate for tho consummation of
this grand political scheme. Tho new organi
zation has adopted the designation of the "Pa
cific American Party," and the measures which
itprposes immediately to carry out may be
thus briefly summed up. .A large delegation
from the Pacific States in Congress; Oregon
and California to bo organized into States at
ones; California to bo divided, and two States
made out of her territory; the Sandwich Isl
ands and Sonora to be annexed, and as much
more of the Territory of Mexico as can be con
quered or purchased, and finally, out of the
territories on the Paoific coast in our possession
and to be thus acquired, six States are to be
oreated Instead of one. The financial features
of the plan are eqnafly bold and comprehen
sive in their charnoter, and aim directly at tho
independence of tho new confederation. It is
stated that several of the most talented and
distinguished citizens of California arc in favor
of the new movement
Tm State Base Bobbers.—We sincerely
hope the following intelligence, which we find
in the Savannah Republican, may be trae:
The following extract of a letter, reeeived at
the Mechanic's Bank in this city, announces the
arrest o**' Americas, of tho robbers of the
State Bank Branch in Washington, Ga.:
Amxricus, March 29.
The two scamps who robbed the Bank at
Washington, were arrested near this place this
morning. Thev bad a largo amonnt of money
in their possession. Yonrs, Ae.
——It is believed that the arrest was made
by a pollcement of Savannah who went in pur
suit of the robbers.
Yovxo America at School.—A little inci
dent oeeurred in one of the sohools in West
Lynn, Mass., on Wednesday, says the Newt,
whieh is, perhaps, worth relating. One of the
classes was reciting, and the teacher asked a
little American girl who tho first man was.
She answered thst she did not know. The
question was put to the next seholar, an Irish
child, who answered: "Adam, sir," with appa
rent satisfaction. "La!" said the first scholar,
"yon needn't foel so grafid about it Ae toutn't
an IrUhman /"
HirrIMei
"Every democrat should bum with a vindic
tive desire to dip hia dagger in the blood of tho
assassin that eonaplres not only tho destruction
of tho party, but tho overthrow of the liberties
of the country.—Richmond Enquirer of Mon
day.
We don’t feel scared now? Ought not every
Whig and Know-Nothing in tho land to shud
der? Did you ever hear such brave, oool talk ?
"Every democrat should burn with a vindietivo
desire to dip his dausee In the blood"—of tho
Whigs and Know-Nothings, and anti-Wise men
generally I Why, our noighbor is surely the
most eruel and blood-thirsty individual on
earth i Why he should be so anxious to mur
der everybody who opposes Mr. Wise, Is some
thing entirely unaccountable. Is that the only
hone you havo of securing Wise’s election—by
killing off those who design voting against him?
A romarkably effectual method, it is trae, hut
will it work smoothly, think you? «Dipping
dagger* J" Now, that is awful! It is too bad.
It is, indeed, an unnecessary refinenment of
cruelty. Why, if our neighbor would only be
satisfied to prick, or stick, or thrust "a dagger"
into our inoffensive earcasses, we might be dis
posed to submit. But the idea of dipping, dig
ging, gougig a dagger into a body, makes us
feel decidedly curious. Wonder if onr bloody-
minded noighbor and his faithful associates are
very expert in tho "dip-dagger” exercise? It
is important that all the anti-Wise men in the
State should begin to take lessons themselves.
There is no telling how soon they may be re-
J uired to take a hand at the " dip-dagger" game.
t is an entirely new game in this part of the
oountry, and, of eourse, a little patience is ne-
oessaty before the uninitiated can prudently
play it Who «is the professor of the "dip-
dagger” science in Richmond? Will our neigh
bor condescend to let a heathen know?
There is one thing about the "dip-dagger"
business that we dont exactly understand. We
can readily perceive how a man not a Know-
Nothing can bo dipped into by a ferocious dag
ger, but howls it possible to "dip dagger" the
invisible and intangible Sam ? And yet Sam is
the very individual who is producing all the
mischief in the oountry, and who renders our
noighbor so very uneasy and bellicose. How,
wo pray to know, can anything in the shape of
a carnal weapon hurt Sam ? No mortal man
has ever seen or touched him, though he has
been smelt and felt, and heard of by a great
many peraons, and in a great many places.
Mr. Wise baa been chasing the mischievous
rascal for three whole months, and yet swears
he has neither seen nor touched him in all his
travels. He, though, has evidently smelt him
occasionally, and heard of him frequently, and
will feel him, too, most awfully about the last
of May. Sam was in Alexandria on Tuesday,
big as life and twice as natural, and yet nobody
saw him—he was felt though, for he sprawled
more than a score of spoil-seeking gentry at a
single blew.
Now, we are curious to know bow our neigh
bor of the Enquirer can " dip his dagger” into
tkat individual?—Richmond Whig.
THE RETORT.
Old Birch, who taught a village school,
Wedded a maid of homespun habit;
He was as stubborn as a mule,
And she was playful as a rabbit
Poor Kate bad scarce become a wife,
Before her husband sought to make her
The pink of country-polished life,
And prim and formal as a quaker.
One day the tutor went abroad,
And simple Kitty sadly missed him;
When he returned, behind her lord
She slyly stole, and fondly kissed him!
The husband’s anger rose!—and red
And white his face alternate grew!
"Less freedom ma’am!’’-Kate sighed and said,
" Oh dear ! / didn’t know ’twat you !”
a. v. MORRIS.
Murder.—On the night of the 22d inst,
Thomas Gunnels killed his wife, by beating her
over the head mith a lightwoud-knot He lived
in this county, four miles from Athens. The
cause—Rum, and the long use of it at that
His wife is represented as an estimable woman,
and hod borne him seven children.—Athene
Banner,
War.—"Now look aside," said Jerrold, "and
contemplate God’s image with a musket!
What a fine-looking thing is war! Yes, dress it
as you may, dress it and feather it, daub it with
gold, huzza it, and sing swaggering songs about
it—what is it, nine cases out of ten, but mur
der in uniform? Cain taking the sergeant’s
shilling! Yet, O man of war! at this very mo
ment, yon are shrinking, withering, like an
aged giant The finger of opinion bos been
busy at your plumes—you are not the feathered
thing you were: and this little tube, the goose-
quill, has sent its silent shots into your huge
anatomy; and the corroding me, oven while
you look at it, and think it shines so brightly,
is eating, with a tooth of iron, into your sword."
Moureieo for tub Emperor.—A Berlin let
ter dated March 9tb, says :—The death of Ni
cholas bss made a profound impression on the
oourt of Berlin and particularly on the King,
who is reported to have been for some time in a
state bordering on frenzy. Unusual honors are
paid to the memory of the deceased, all the the
atres are closed, and the whole Prussian army
is put in mourning: Quite a mob of princes
and princesses are passing through this city for
St. Petersburg, to express their sympathy with
the bereaved family, and to be present at the
funeral, whieh, it is expected, will soon be fol
lowed by that of the Empress, who hns been for
years in a most delioate state of health, and will
probably not long survive her hnaband.
Siam
Berhieo of A Pnisox.—Nathville, March
29.—The State Penitentiary at this place is in
rains. At 3 o’clock this morning a fire origi
nated in the cabinet department of the institu
tion and the fire spread so rapidly that in a short
time the entire portion of the building devoted
to tho different branches of trado was a mass of
flames. The east wing of the main building
then eaught and was so much damaged as to
render it useless. The cells were all thrown
open and the prisoners were conveyed to an
enclosure ioslde the walls. One convict named
Connor was smothered to death but not one ea'
caped from tho enolosuro. All the tools and
work in tho various shops were destroyed. The
joss is eitipu^ed at $100j000.
■■n M
Wooden Nutmegs Outdone.
There is a Parisian dandy, who wo think,
rather outdoes Connecticut:—
« o...... — had at[his residence a complete cos
tume of a groom. When offering an attention
to one of the feir sex, he used to say, 'Permit
me to send you a bouquet by my black servant.'
"He then repaired to his garret, took ont his
blacking bottle, polished bis face and hands,
put on bis liveiy, and knocked at the lady's
door.
"'Here,' ho said, 'are some flowers sent by
my master to madame.'
"He had spent the last five francs in the pur
chase. Madame was so delighted with the pre
sent, that she presented a lonis to the bearer."
That is p dear pocketing of three dollars, and
a lady’s fevor into the bargain. But C
belongs to a class who in Paris are called Bo-
hkmiahs; and the different varieties of Bohe
mians in Paris are thus interestingly described:
"A young painter without the capital neces
sary to pay for his canvas, is a Bohemian.
"The poet obliged to barter an epitaph for an
apothecary for ten francs, is a Bohemian.
"A (factor without pptients—a barrister with
out briefo—a solicitor without practice—an ac
tor without a role—are all Bohemians.
The American Medical Gazette, for March,
calls attention to an unfailing remedy for scalds
and barns. Itsays:
"A few pounds of wheat flour could be
promptly applied to the wounds made by fire,
and repeated until the inflammatory stage has
passed. We have never known a fatal cose of
scalding or burning In which this practice has
been pursued during more than 30 years’ expe
rience, and having treated hundreds in both
public and private practic. Flour is the reme
dy, and the only one, in severe cases of scald
ing and burning, casualties which else so often
destroy life. Let us keep it before the people,
while the explosion of steam boilers and burn
ing fluid lamps are so rife all over our country."
A Fable By Charles Lamb.—"My dear
children," said an old rat to his young ones,
" the infirmities of age are pressing so heavily
upon me, that I have determined to "devote the
short remainder of my days to mortification
and penance iu a narrow and lonely hols which
I have lately discovered; but let mo not inter
fere with your enjoyments. Youth is the sea
son for plasure; be happy, therefore, and only
obey my last injunction, never to come near me
in my retreat God bless you all." Deeply
affeotod, snivelling audibly, and wiping his pa
ternal eyes with bis tail, the old rat withdrew,
and was seen no more for several days, when
his youngest daughter, moved rather with filial
affection than by that curiosity which has been
attributed to the sex, stole to his ceil of morti
fication, which turned out to be a hole, made by
his own teeth, in an enormous Cheshire cheese!
Fire axd substitutes fob it.—Essential to
man as a cosmopolite, his earthly pre-eminence
rests on the exclusive use of fire. Withhold
ing it from brutes was essential to his rule over
them. Did they possess the power to elicit it,
enraged by his tyranny, they would set and
keep the world in flames. His superiority
would wane, and his tenure on earth be uncer
tain and insecure. To prevent this, special
provision has been made. Animals fly from
fire—a dread of it Is implanted in their natures.
Those that prey in the night are impelled by a
law of th. it organization to avoid it; for, when
dazzled by the blaze of a torch, the contraction
of their pupils amounts in some species to
blindness, and in all, the sight is |affected.
Hence, though many of lower tribes surpass
man in physical energies, speed, flight, duration
of life, minuteness and magnitude of their
works, happily none can strike fire, nor fan it
into a flame. Still, lights in the night were not
withheld whollly from the lower tribes. For
those that required them, a special illuminating
element was provided. There are some that
surpass in number the human species, of which
every individual carries a torch that rivals in
brilliance the best of onr candles, the materials
for which they have the pow er to secrete. Glow
worms and fire-flies are familiar examples. In
trojucid climes, various luminous insect ore at
tached to female head-dresses. They are used
also as lamps. I have read fine print in a dark
room by the light of two small Long-Island
fire-flies in a tumbler. But man was not the
first to rob the living gems of their liberty and
radiance. There ore birds that sieze and sus
pend them as chandoliers for their dwellings.
The bottle-nested sparrow, or haya, is one of
the kidnappers. Its nest is closely woven like
cloth in the figure of a large inverted bottle,
with the entrance at the orifice of the neck.
The interior is divided by partitions into two or
three chambers, one over the other. These
are profoundly dark until lit np with fire-flies
caught alive, and mercilessly fixed to the walls
or ceiling with pieces of wet clay or cow dung
for sconces.—Embank’a " World a Wortkhop/'
A Lady Philanthropist.—Mrs. Ames was
sitting in her front room when she saw Mrs.
Armstrong approaching—a very public-spirited
lady, who took an interest in all reforms and
benevolent enterprises, especiallv those under
taken for peoplo at a distance.
"My dear Mrs. Ames," she commenced, "I
am the agent of a sewing circle just establish
ed, the-object of which is to provide suitable
clothing for the children in Patagonia. I am
told that they are in the habit of going about
in a state of nature, which you know it is
dreadful to con template."
" Perhaps they are used to it."
"But this is no reason why we shouldn’t im
prove their condition. So we have agreed to
hold a meeting two evenings in a week, with
this object in view. Will you join ?”
"Iam afraid I can’t. I should be obliged
to neglect my own children, as I presame will
be the case with many of those who attend.
Look, for example, at tho boy in the streot
He has a hole in his elbow, and bis clothes are
all covered with mud. I presume bis mother
belongs to some of these benevolent associa
tions, and hasn’t time to attend to her own
ohlldren.”
" Mrs. Ames,” asked her visitor, rising with
indignation," do you menn to insult me ?”
" Insult you!’’ was the astonished reply, " of
course not What makes you think so?”
“ Do yon know who that boy is, of whom
you spook?"
“No, I don’t, hut should like to."
"You would? Woll, mn’m, yoor curiosity
shall be gratified. He is my son, George
Washington Jaekson Armstrong. What have
yon to say to that ?”
"Say? why nothing. Only it’s unfortunate
for the boy that he wasn’t born a Pataggnian.”
Mrs. Armstrong, without a reply, swept out
of the room with the majesty of a queen.
She is still canvassing for the sewing circle
in behalf of the youthful Patagonians, while
George Washington Jackson Armstrong is per
mitted to roam at will through the streets, on
condition that he will not venture within sight
of Mrs. Ames’s window.
Shanghai Curiosity.—We bcleivo it Is not
uncommon for the Shanghai and common stook
ofhons to lay every day, and sometimes more fre
quently; bat we have on our lota Shanghai heu
wbieb has for some time laid every other'dayau
egg double the usual site, or about the size of a
common gooao egg. Upon breaking three of
these eggs, they were each foand to contain 2
eggs, with one a perfectly formed hard shell on
it, of a much darker yellow that the outside
•hell, and the other without any but the outside
shell.—Jacksonville (Ala) Republican.
Unfortunratb Comparison.—A lady enter
ed a dry goods store In street, and expres
sed a desire, to seo some wool delaines. The
polito clerk, with elegant address, showed her a
variety oi pieces of fine textnro and ehoice col
oring. After tossing and examining to her
heart’s content, she remarked, "The goods are
part ootton, sir." "My doar madam," returned
the shopman, "these goods are as free from
ootton as your breast is," (the lady starts) "free
from guilo," he added, J
[n 8 K
most remarkable stanzas in the language. It
is one of the last of "Miss Kilmansegg and her
Precious Leg
Gold ! gold !'gold ! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold,
Molten, graven, hammered, rolled,
Heavy to get, and light to hold,
Hoarded, battered, bought and sold,
Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled,
Spurned by the young and hugged by the
old
To the voty verge of tho churchyard mould!
Gold ! gold! gold 5 gold!
Good or bad, a thousand fold,
How widely its agencies vary;
To save, to ruin, to eurse, to bless,
As even its minted coin express—
Now stamped with the image of good Queen
Bess,
And now of bloody Mary.
The C(ar Alexander's manifesto.
The following is the manifesto issued, by the
Czar Alexander to the Russian army :
" St. Petersburg, March 5th 1855.
"Valiant warriors—faithful defenders of the
Chnrcb, the Throne and ;the Country. It has
pleased almighty God to visit us with a most
painful and grevioos loss. We have all loatonr
common father and benefactor. In the midst
of his unwearied care, Russia’s prosperity and
glory, and Russia’s aims, the Emperor Nicholas
Paulovitch, my most blessed father, has depar
ted this mortal life. His last words were: I
thank the glorious loyal guard who, in 1825
saved Russia, and also thank the brave army
and fleet, and pray God to maintain tha cour
age and spirit by which the; have distinguished
themselves under me. So long as this spirit
remains upheld Russia’s tranquility is secured
both within and without—and woe to her ene
mies.’
"I loved my troops as my own children, and
strove as much as I could to improve their con
dition. Though not entirely successful in that
respect, it was from no want of will, but be
cause I was unable to doviso anything bettor
or do more.
"May these ever'memorable words remain
preserved in your hearts as proof of his sinoere
love for you, which I share to the largest ex
tent, and let them be a pledge of your devotion
to me and Russia.
Sighed Alexander.
A postscript to the manifesto presents to the
Guards the uniform worn by the deceased Em-
^feror, and directs them to retain on their ae-
countromonts the initial of "Nieholas.” The
manifesto concludes as follows :
"May tho sacred memory of Nicholas survive
in our ranks as a terror to our foes and the glo
ry of Russia.”
The above is probably manufactured for the
English market
The Russian accounts say that Nicholas pass
ed his last hours in receiving the consolation of
religion. All except the family having retired,
he asked the Empress to repeat the Lord’s pray
er. At the words "Thy will bo done on earth
as in Heaven," Nicholas respondod ''Always!
always!! always!!!” He was partially insen
sible for two hours, and at noon said somothing
about a message to a dear friend not named,
and something of Alexander at the garrison at
SevastopoL A few minutes afterwards he ex
pired.
The body was exposed in the chappel Ardeu-
to until the 16th, when it was buried with the
usual solemnities. _
Foreign Popnlaflon.
We are not among those who would discour
age the influx of foreigners toonrishores. Their
coming doubtless for a time entails upon ns cer
tain evils and burdens, bat yet, take ItaU in all,
is a substantial benefit, if not a positive neces
sity to the country. The great object is not
to check or impede immigration, but to secure,
as for as possible, our political and civil insti
tutions from the banefol incident to its foreign
character, and at the same time torn its physi
cal energies to the best account It must nev
er bo forgotten that ours is an American nation
with distinctive American principles; and that
no one has aright to a voice in settling its des
tinies who is not himself either American
or thoroughly Americanized, neither tho Irish
nor the Germans become thus Americanized
within tho period designated by our present
Naturalization Laws. Both alike form a dis
tinct class wherever they are, and both politi
cally ai.d socially are powerfully influenced, if
not absolutely controlled, by national predilec
tions and affinities. It would be bard to say
which finds it the most diffioult to assimilate
with the mass of our population. If the Irish*
man is separated by a total difference in lan
guage. If the one brings with him a submis
siveness to ecclesiastical control, which is re
pugnant to the American disposition, the oth
er too commonly, brings a disregard of religious
obligation, totally out of keeping with the char
acter which Americans inherit from their fath
ers, and which they feel it to be of the highest
necessity to transmit to their children. Both
alike ought to be subjected to a long period of
preparation before being endowed with the
rights of citizenship, and the term of twenty
one years is noie too long for the purpose—
And after all it is not to them but to their na
tive-born children that wo most look for the
chief advantage of their domestication within
our borders. It should be a leading object with
every American legislator to bring these chil
dren ns far as possible under the same educa
tional training and general influence as does
so much in childhood and youth to give Ameri
can character its peculiar shape.' ]N.Y. Courier.
Southern Manufactures.—Georgia was
the first Southern State that essayed the expe
riment of diverting capital from agricultural
pursuits to the establishment of manufactures.
Tho attempt succeeded wonderfully ; the ex
ample was followed in direct parts of the State,
and there ere now in Georgia between fifty and
sixty cotton factories in "the full tide of suc
cessful experiment." The degree of success they
bave attninod may be inferred from tho condi
tion of the Macon Manufaeturing’Company.—
During the last six months its clear profits
have been at the rate of seventeen por cent per
annum on the amount of the stock. Is has de
clared^ dividend of tan per c»nt, and has accu
mulated during the last eighteen months over
the dividend a reserve fund of thirty-seven
thousand dollars. There are doubtless many
other companies in the State which make a
showing equally as flourishing.
[New Orleans Bulletin.
n old gentleman of eighty-fonr hav
ing taken to the altar a young damsel of sixteen,
the clergyman said to him, “ The font js at the
other end of the church " " What do I want
with the font V’ arid the old gentleman. “ I beg
your pardon." said the clerical wit, "I thought
you hod brought this child to be christened."
Whig Meeting in Phjladblpata.—The
Whigs of Philadelphia, called a meeting on
Wednesday night at Spring Garden Hail in op
position to secret political societies, but the
Know-Nothings were in the majority and pass
ed aseriesjof resolution ^defeating the whole ob
ject of the meeting. The original resolutions
were rejected, and the meeting adjourned with
“ three cheers for Snm.”
A Young blood of this ilk, distinguished as
being a natural Know Nothing, recently became
enamored "with the idea of cultivating a mous
tache. After some Weeks of assiduous labor
devoted to this species of hirsuit agriculture,
his exertions were rewarded by the uppearanoe
of a downy groth, not unlike the first suit pre
sented by dame nature to the young and tender
offspring of goosedom. Complacently stroking
these cherished appendages with the finger and
thnmb, ho approached a young lady with the
remark, "Miss A. do you not think my mous
tache becoming ?"
"It may be-eoming, but bos certainly not yet
arrived,” was tho’ tart rejoinder. •
From the N. Y. Express.
Hnpfirtant Disclosure.
Another Ship Load of Foreign Paupers coming/
Three hundred and twenty already
on* the way ! —Another
Cargo to follow l
The city authorities have just been apprised
of the advent of another regimentof foreign pau-
~irs. The particulars are set forth in tbe fol-
etterfrom the Collector to the Mayor.
Custom House, New York, V
Collector’s Office, March 28th. j
t Sir:—I enclose herewith fbr your informa
tion, and such action as yon may deem proper,
a letter under date’of the 3d instant, whieh Men
addressed to me by George H. Goan die, Esq',,
U. S. Consul, at Zurich, in Switzerland. He
also states they were all provided with* legal
passports. As this matter does not come under
my jurisdiction, I have taken tbe liberty of en
closing you the letter, hoping yon will find'eome
means to prevent'tbe introduction of bo tin-
desirable a class of people to ear popula
tion.” •
I am very respectfully,;’ -
Your obedient servant;
Heman L BedFibld. '
Hon. Fernando Wood, Mayor of the City of
New York.
Proverbs.—He is a fool who cannot be an*
gry; but he isa wise whoman will not.
Sorrow is good for nothing but for sin.
Serve God in thy calling; 'tis bettor than al
ways praying.
Qaick believers need broad shoulders.
Sho w a good mad his error and he taros it in*
to a virtue ; a bad man doubles bis fault.
The least foolish is accounted wise.
Wine is a tarn-coat; first a friend, then ait
enemy.
He that tells his wife news is but newly mart
tied.
Follow no troth too near at the heels, lest it
dash ontyonr teeth.
If things were to be done twice, all would be
wlge,.
Jndge Mason the American Minister in Par
is, is said to have almost entirely recovered his?
health. During his illness, the Empire andalk
the Imperial family manifested much interest
in his welfare, and 8t the last diplomatic gath
ering at the Tuileries, the family of Mr.
son were present, and were warmly congratula
ted on the Minister's recovery. ,
Truisms,—Borrowed garments seldom fit
welL Haste very often trips np its own heels.
Men often blush to hear what they are not aahf
amed to act. Pride is a flower that grows in.
the wine eaps than in (he ocean. He wbo buys
too many superfluities may be obliged to sell his
necessaries. A man hoards riches and enjoyir
them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats
thistles*
Knowledge against pleasure.—Pleasure
is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pa
geant ; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment*-
perennial in feme, unlimited injspsce, and.infi
nite induration. In performance of its sacred
offices it fears no danger, spans no expense,
omits no exersion. It scales the mountain,
looks into the volcano, dives into the ocean,
perforates the earth, encircles the globe, explo
res sea and land, contemplates the distent, as
cends to tha sublime. No place too remote for.
its grasp, no heaven too exalted for its roach. -
NATURE, ve. ART.
Let me pnt a spider into any lady’s handi
She is aghast. She shrieks. The nasty ugly
thing. Madam, the spider is, perhaps, shocked
at your Brussels l&cee, and, although you may .
be rbe most exquisite painter living, the spider
has a right to laugh at your coarse daubs, as -
she runs over them. Jost show her your crotch- >
et work wbea yon shriek at her. "Have .you
spent half your days,” the spider if she be
spiteful, may remark, "have yon spent half
your days," upon these clumsy anti-madassars
and those ottoman covers! My dear lady, is
that your web ? If I were big enough, I might,
with reason, drop yon, and cry ont at yon. Let'
me spend a day with yon, and bring my work.
I have four little hags of thread—such little
bags! In every bag there are more than 1003
holes—such tiny holes! Ont of each hols
thread runs, and all the threads—more than
4000 threads—I spin together as they run, and
when they are all spun, they make but one
thread of the web I weave. I have a member ‘
of my family who is beraolf no bigger than a
grain of sand.—Imagine what a slender web •
she weaves, and of that, too, each thread is:
made 4000 or 5000 threads that have passed
ont cif her four bags through 4000 or 5000 little '
'holes. Would yon drop her, crying ont about
yoor delicacy ? A pretty thing* indeed, for you
to plume yourselves on—your delicacy, and
scream at ns.” Having made such a speech, we
may suppose that the indignant creature fas
tens a rope round one of tbe rough points of
the lady’s hands, and lets herself down to the
floor. Coming down stairo is noisy, clnmsy
work, oompared with such away of locomotion.
The creeping things which we scorn are irnra-
cles of beauty.—The Monthlg Jubilee.
Columbia County Gold.—The Augusta Con
stitutionalist says—We bare bad laid upon onr
table one of the most precious products of
Georgia—a lump of Georgia gold weighing
1775 pennyweights taken from the Columbia
Mine, in McCormick A Loitner Mine." They
use the so-called "Eureka Crushing Machine” .
and “ Amalgamator’s,"' one of ‘Cochran's’ pat
ent. This product is the result of eight day
working of five hands from surface refuse out.
The diggings are within 40 miles of Augusta,
and will woll repay any one who may have the
wish to visit them. The vein ore, taken direct
from tiie vein will produce four times the
amount with the same labor.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon
overtakes her.
Why is a grapovine like a recruit ? Because
it is listed and trained to shobt.
The man who had no music in his soal, wore
seasoned leather.
— - ■ -4 - .ii.
A wag observes that he looks under the mar
riage head for the news of the weak.
Many peoplo drop a tear at the sight of dis
tress who would do better to drop a sixpence
Tit for tat.—It is true that the Russians
havo killed our wounded—but then we, that is,
our surgeons, have given (heirs a good dressing.
—Punch.
In all onr calamities and afflictions it may
serve as a comfort to know that he who loses
anything and gets wisdom by it, guns by the
loss.
>r 1. ■ - ' 1
Misfortunes aro'troublesome at first, bat when
there is no remedy but patience, custom makes
them easy io us, and necessity gives ns cour
age- S
The Turks have a very simple method of
malting pantaloons. They fasten two ooffee
bags to a vost, and the things is done. The
bags answer for logs and the vest for the waist
bands.
A Tyneside doctor was lecturing a poor tip-
? ler for shortening his days with drink. "Why,
come from M- -- -, whoro two doctorr drank
themselves to death; and sure they'd never took
it if it had been bad.for them."
"Why are .you forever humming that air ?"
asked Foote of a man without a sense of tune
in him. "Because it haunts me.” "No won
der," said Foote, “you are forever murdering
»it M •*>* . ‘ •