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Newspaper Page Text{ PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY COBUEH & DWINELL EDITORS. VOLUME 10. BOMB, GA„ TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1855. TERM8-S2 00 PER ANNUM. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 26 €l)c Home Courier BY COBURN & DWINELL. Terms of Snbaoriptioa: Kx ADVANCE, m A KNOW, ........ $2 00 Pa® wmnx six months, * * - 92 50 Pa® at m no or teas, ...... $3 00 Terms of Advertising: ■ >. Upl -Adh^fllijemniTi will bo inserted *t the usual rates. Miscellaneous Advertbe- wwats st $1 f«r sqww of 11 Uoss or !«•*,*» the first sod 50 cents for each «Wn»nt insertion, VO. 8. H. O. FARRELL'S AB AKAN LINI MENT. This celebrated saedieine, skillfully compoe- «d as Ufa of the most ho»HngV l **®» sad pene tration oils, can Dover fail to core almost every affliction tbatconld be alleviated by an extern- a! remedy. Rssnperlority over all other Lioi- mntoln proven by toe ■naaenUn* —reaUpw- fortne, and by toe great and coastantiy increas- t»r deaaad. The® baa been sold within tbe na*t Year more than THREE MILLIONS OP BOTTLES, and there can be bat few persons found who do not bestow npon it tbe highest mdse for tbe rare virtues it possesses. Noth ing, perhaps, since tbe vreation of tbe world, has been so successful as an external remedy for all aerveas diseases, as this wonderfbl cu rative. Wben applied, it instantaneously dif- i itself through the whole system , soothing F through tho whole system . At irritated nerves, allaying the most intense pains, and creating a most delightful sensation. Read the following remarkable cure, which can ha attested to by hundreds who were fUBy a*- -qoainted with tbe whole circumstance. Orurie Enlargement of the Tonsil*. My daughter, when six months old, was ta boo with a swelling in tho tonsils, which, grew larger aad larger, till when six years old she had great dUReulty In swallowing her food.— Every night watch was kept, fearing she wonld suffocate- The best doctors attended her hat ■could give no reiiet. I took her to the most emi- wentdoctors in the Sort; they said there was wo help for her bnt to outgrow it. With a sad heart I returned homo with her. when she be came so much worse Hint tbe doctor* had to he called in again: they decideu that tho tonsils must he cat off, as tbe only means of giving re- Meg My wife wonld not consent to this, and she determined to try toot Liniment, which gave relief the very first application, and by‘a continued use she entirely recovered. She is Me tew yean eld aad fletoy and healthy as cuald bo desired- ~ low Liniment is also the heat in use for sprains, braises, cuts, boras, head ache. etc™ and it will remove tbe most severe pain in a few minutrs. It also cured caked ud- •der in mycow in a few day*. GEORGE FORD. Peoria, Mareh 2e.lM9 The Look ant for Counterfeits! nblic an eaattioned against an othe it, which has lately made its appearr waee. called W. B. Farrell’* Arabian Liniment, tho most dangerous of alLtiw counterfeits, be cause his having the name of Farrell, many will buy It in good faith, without the knowl edge that a counterfeit exists, and they will per hap* erfy discover their error when the spun uua mixture wrought Us evil effects. The genuine article is manafaetnred only by TT Q. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and -wholesale druggist, No. 1? Main street, Peoria, Ulinei*. to whom all applications for Agencies -mat ho addressed. Be sure yon get it with The letters H. G. before Farrell’*, thus—H. G. FARRELL’S—and his signature on the wrap per, aR others are counterfeits. SM. by Kendrick k Pledger, Melville G. B. P. Mattox, ML Hickory C. Brawn, Coosa P. O. Braaner A Moyers, Summerville Robert Battey, Wholesale Agent, Rome M d by regularly authorised agent* throughout the United States. jptr-Priee 25 and 50 cents, aad $1 per bottle. AGENTS WANTED in every town, village •end hamlet in tbe United State*, in which one is net already established. Address H. G. Far rell as shone, accompanied with good reference -ms to character, responsibility, Ac. ~F. M. EDDLEMAN <fc BRO. Atlanta} Georgia. Keep constantly on hand and for sale, at 1he lowest cash prices, a large assortment of BOOTS. SHOES. LEATHER. LASTS. PEGS. CALP LINING and BINDING SKINS SHOE-MAKER’S TOOLS, Ac. Ac. Jan 9, 1855, J. M. TOMLINSON, P LAIN, House Sign, Coach, Passenger Care Fresco, Ornamental and Decorative Painter Also manufacturer of Gilt Glass Door Plate* Window Signs, Number* for Public Houses Chnrebcs *nd Street Numbers. Opposite Jacob Haa* A Co. White Hall Street Atlanta, Ga. Jan 9,1855 ly. T. R. RIPLEY, ATLANTA, GA. in China, Crockery, and Glass wares; Lamps of all kinds; Oils, Cam* pfaine, Fluid, and Alcohol by the bhL Terms Gash in advance. Jas 9,1855 ly ATLANTA MACHINE W0RE8. (late atLAMS’* IRON FOUNDRY.) IS new Gumpany is now prepar nt to do work on short notice,of .heavy and light Castings from tbe latest improved patterns of Iron, Brass or Composition, all of which wfl! bo warran ted. Turning, Boring* and Drilling done to Order. Also, screw catting of 10 feet or no de? of anjrstoe and thread required. Heavy and light forging of wrooglit Iron or 8tee! done in superior style. PARTICULAR ATTENTION is railed to their patterns for Mill Gearing, for Merchant and Custom Flouring, and Saw Mills, Qfa Gearing of all the usnal sizes, and Bark Mills always kept on hand. We are also prepared to boild stationary Engines npon the latest improvements. AH of which will be sold low for cash. Copper nod Brass taken in exchange far work at cash prices JAMES L. DUNNING, john McDonough, WILLrAM BUSHTON. P. S. AH ofihe above company are prac tical Mechanic*, and give their individna attention to the business, . Jan. 9, *85 Drs. Smith & W.ooten TTAVTNG associated themselves to the prac- Xl tico of 3Iedirine and Surgery, offer their services to tbe publie. Dr. Smith is prepared to trea t any diseases of the Eye and Bar. Office on Broad St, one door below H. A. Smith’s Bookstore. jan23»55, £1 y. RICHARD A, JONES S ? j! ■ DEALER IX FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BABBLE} NEAB THE DEPOT, Madison, Ga. era from a distance exconted with ch.-taUly) Feb 8,1855 ft* ifiisfc 1 . ; , j SEASONS OF LOVE. -«w»« »r gko. v. nouns. The spring time ef love Is both happy nod gay. For joy sprinkles blossoms Aad balm in onr way; Tho sky, earth, and ocean la beauty repose, Aad all the bright future Is eoulemr de rose. The summer of love Is the blossom of tbe heart, When hiU, grave and valley Their music impart; And the pare glow of Heaven Is seen in fond eyes. As lakes show tho rainbow That’s hung in the skies. The autumn of love Is the season of oheer— Life's mild Indian summer. The smile of the year, Which come when the golden Ripe harvest is stored, And yield its own blessings— Repost and reward. The winter ofloTe Is the beam that we win, While tile storm crawls without. From the sunshine within. Love’s reign is eternal, The heart is his throne, And he has all seasons Of life for his own. From the Conner des Stats Unis. A Modern Lacallas. We find the following story in a Parisian jour nal: Tbe ether day, a Senator whose name is not afyesterdoy, wishing to give a very exquisite dinner to connoisseur geests, sent for his head servant, (maitre quern) and ordered some rare and incredible dish, whieh could be sorved to pot a murk upon this feast. The ehief reflected and objected that everything was now in season with tbe principal caterers, and he saw nothing really impossible, bnt a fish which is not seen in Paris more than twice a year—a dirado. The Senator exclaimed that this was precisely what be wanted. He remembered having eaten of this fish once at M. Villele’s, that the effect was on emotion, that he would have a Dorado at any price. The chief went to find Chevet, that great caterer for delicate Europe, Chevet re plied that the Dorado was a rare sea fish whieh does not approach, that it is found only on what the sailors call the Sound, that is to say the port of the Ocean where the longest sounding lines lose bottom. It is all the same notwith standing the seasons he did not despair of being able to comply with the wishesof his Excellen t- Ten days passed and Chevet who has agents everywhere on sen and land, gave information at the Senatorial hotel, that he hod received notone, bat two Dorados! The Senator was ravished, he flung out his invitations to tbe most exquisite forks of aris tocracy of the Palace—the Luxemburg. At the given day, the guests came, and were struck with amassment to tee on the porcelain card of fore, printed in Florentine bronze powder, the Dorado which announces itself after the turtle soap and toe Norman Saladi, a violent opera tive which I advise yon to go immediately and order at the great artists in toe Chatres gallery. "A Dorado,” exclaimed every one, "bnt it is fabulous.” The foot is that in Paris, the Dora do, so painfully sought for by sailors for from land, with their harpoons, is almost as much a myth, as a siren, a mermaid, or the sea serpent. Tbe maitre d’hote! pnt on a very modest air in reply to all the questions launched at him. The Dorado was served. It was stretched on a four-folded napkin of Holland damask, form ing n snowy bed for toe stripof board that waa laid across a silver dish. The beautiful rain bow color*, which varied as metalie cuirass, its great eyca, still bine, notwithstanding they were cooked, caused a shout of admiration and long ing from the excited guests. Tho exhibition made, toe maitre d’botel raised toe dish at tbe length of bis arms to pass it between two black coats which were inversely inclined to make non for it. Butthe fish is enormous, the dish heavy, the board slips from beneath it^Qid dash —toe magnificent Dorado foils to toe floor, and is broken into n hundred pieces, as may be im agined from too extreme delicacy of its fibre cooked to the exact point It was a climax of distress and horror oaoogh to soften and change tbe expression of the bronze faces of toe candelabra satyrs. The Senator alone did not flinch.—Ho awaited for a moment with a coolness which seemed scan dalous, till the general consternation had yiel ded to tho first shock of toe disaster, toon ta king time, as at the theatre for an effective speech, he said with a calm and collective voice: “It is of no consequence, bring in saotoer immediately." Imagine too effect—another Dorado. He is mod—-they thought. Bnt not at all.—The oth er Dorado appeared to toe great stupefaction of toe guests, and their great joy. Yon will easi ly divine that the foil and sacrifice of toe first fish was a theatrical stroke concerted before hand. At any rate no table incident ever pro duced such on effect In order that the Dorado may not seem as fobnlous to onr readers as it does to the Paris* Ians, wo quote from Bnfibon bis description of it, which agrees with that in the story, “There is a fish in some degree resembling tbe preceding which is called by naturalists, by way of eminence tbe Dorado, but which sailors erroneously call the Dolphin; it is chiefly found in the tropiea! climates; and is at once toe moet active and beautiful of the finny race. It is about six feet long;, toe back all over enam eled with spots of a bluish green and silver; the toll and fine of a gold color; and all bare a brilliancy of tint that nothing bat nature's pen cil can attain to; toe eyes are placed on each side of the head, huge and beautiful, surroun ded with circles of shining gold. In toe seas where they ore found, these fish are always in motion, and playround ships in full sail, with ease and security, forever either panning or panned, they are seen constantly in a state of warfare, either defending themselves against the shark, or darting.aftor toe small fishes." * This fish most not be eonfonnded with one of a somewhat similar name, tbe Done, whieh is according, to tho sailors’ legend, the fish from which St. Peter took the tribute money, leav ing on its sides toe mark of his finger and thumb- _ Nick Mkmbkhs or Congress—The Senior editor of toe LonisviUe Journal wes in Wash ington for some weeks provions to tho recent adjournment of Congress. He gives the follow ing: A couplo of merry fellows, one of them a dis- tinguished member of Congress from a South ern State, and tbe other a distinguished ox-ed itor from Kentucky, concocted a letter purport ed to be addressed by ayoang lady to a very fine- looking gentleman. It was got up in first-rate style. The pretended lady set f* rth therein that sbe had several times seen the gentleman she was addressing—that sbe was captivated by bis fine feee and manly form—that her heart was deeply touched by all she saw and beard of him, and that she mast make his acquaintance before his departure from the city—that she hoped and prayed he wonld forgive her seeming boldness, as it was the first imprudent act of her life—that she bad always moved and waa still moving in the highest circles of toe capital—that she wonld be npon a certain square of a certain street at precisely 12 o'clock on the following day, in a dress which she described with great particular ity—and that she hoped and trasted he would meet her and thus afford her an opportunity of abrlef personal intercourse with the idol of her heart The two wags had between thirty and forty copies of this letter written by a female friend of theirs, which they sent to between thirty and forty member? of Congress, selecting those who were known to entertain a very exal ted opinion cf their own personal (hscinations. Everything being thus arranged, the twe jo kers called npon ns and another young gentle man, explained what they had done, and invited ns to get into their carriage and ride with them to the point of assignation, to seo the sights. We unhesitatingly consented, and we saw sights sure enough. Riding npon the designated square we beheld the whole of the thirty or forty mem bers, Northern men and Southern men, Whigs, Democrats, and Know Nothings, walking to and fro, all gating in every direction and at ev ery female figure to discover the object of their anxious search. We concluded that if a few more copies of the letter had been sent, the House of Representa tives wonld have had to adjourn for the want of a quorum. A Yeserable Preacher.—The Rev Andrew Marshal, the colored pastor of a Baptist ehnrch at Savannah, was 99 years of age on Cbristmast last, and on Sunday the 8th inst., preached a sermon, having among his hearers ex-Postmas- ter General Granger, of New York, and the Rev. Dr. Choules, of Newport, R. L Hr. Fillmore at mobile. The Mobile Advertiser says: “During the Temperance Loctnre on Friday night, the spea ker referred in glowing terms to “that great and good man,” ex-President Fillmore. The men tion of his name was received by tbnt immense concourse of people with snch a tumult of ap plause, as we bare seldom witnessed even in time of high political excitement. Repeated cheers, enthusiastic clapping of hands and stam ping ef feet, drowned the voice of the speaker, and it was some moments before qniet was resto red snfficiently to allow him to a proceed. What a pleasing evidence was this of too abiding hold Millard Fillmore has upon tbe Southern heart. Faithful to the Constitution and its guarantees to tbe Sonth, her sons will not soon forget his gallant and self-sacrificing efforts to preserve them. And then bis visit to this section last season did very much to ripen this confidence and respect into admiration, esteem and affec tion. Few, very few of our people but wish long life and prosperity to Millard Fillmore-” We have rarely met with two sweeter verses than these: The sun stole down the western sky With silent foot and burning glances, And woo’d the waters playfnlly That, loving, leaped to his advances. They met; and as the first sweet gush Of gladness moved the springs of feeling They gently kissed. O! mark the blush That, o’er the water’s cheek is stealing. Nor Bad.—A correspondent of the Cincin nati Times, from Burlington, Yt., relates the fol lowing: “I am reminded—speaking of cheese-^-of a little anecdote the stage driver told me yes terday. We were passing an old farm house with an untidy yard, and dilapidated oat buil dings. wben he said— “A Boston man got off a pretty cute speech to the owner of that place yestrday.” “What was it?” I asked. “Why, he called at the bonse to buy cheese, bnt when he came to look at the lot, he conclu ded he didn’t trnn’t ’em they were so full of skippers.” So he made an excuse, and was going away when the farmer said to him— “Look here, mister, how can I got my cheese down to Boston tho cheapest ?” The gentleman looked at the stuff a moment and saw toe sqirming and said, “Well, I don't know; let ’em be a day or two, and yon can drive 'em right down /” It seems to mo the answer was somewhat “pertinent to the occasion.” Novel Religious Movement.—Gcrrit Smith Beriah Green, and a few other spirits of that or der, have lately been holding a meeting of sev eral days at Oswego, to. adopt meosnres to break np all old religions denominations and organi zations, and boild up anew system of their own, to take the place of every other. They hold that all sectarianism is Wrong, that there should be bnt ono universal chnrcb, and that honesty should be tbe only test required to entitle a per* son to tbe rights of membership, and so on.— Poughkeepsie Eagle. A letter from New Mexico to the New Orleans Picayune states shat it is proposed that the Ter ritorial Legislature shall roemoralize Congress to erect a new territory oat of the southern por tion of Now Mexico. The writer says { “The name suggested and recommended in the memorial is Fimeria, which was originally toe name of the region now proposed to ho erec ted into a now territory. Tbe name is, I think, euphonious, and would sound woll as the name of a territory or 8tate. The present territory is about eight hundred miles long, by six hun dred and fifty miles broad, with a superficial area of 520,000 miles, inhabited about 100,000 people." Youno America at School.—A little inci dent occurred in one of the sobools in West Lynn, Mass., on Wednesday, says the the News, which is, perhaps, worth relating. One of the classes was reciting, and the teach or asked & little American girl who toe first man was. She answered that she did not know. Tbe question was pnt to tbe next soholar, an Irish child, who answered: “Adam, sir," with appa rent satisfaction. “La," said toe first scholar, “yon needn’t feel so grand about it, he wasn't an Irishman /” Pa TWO TOO ItUCH MOB THE WHISTLC.”—At a recent sale in Philadelphia a copy of “Poor Richard’s Almanac," original editor, Jfrom 1742 to 1703, was sold for 952 50. Caban iflblrs. Considerable-feeling was excited in this city by the news brought by the last arrival from Uavanna, announcing the oxecution of Francis co Estrempes on the 31st ultimo, under a con viction of treason. There was a strong sympa thy with the young man, partly beenuso he waa a citizen of the United Strtea; then be. eaose he was tried in that summary mysterious way, nnknown to our laws; and, finally, be cause from first to lost he behaved la a gallant defiant manner, giving cheers for Caban inde- G ndonco even on the way to execution. Every dy is moved with such exhibitions of pluck, whether in highwaymen or patriot. Bnt coming down to the justice of the ease, it is undeniable that Estrampea had committed treason against Spain in attempting to advance toe cause of revolution in Cuba by violent means. To the last he gloried in tbe attempt, defied and repelled all efforts to tempt him to engagements to abstain from future enterprises of a like kind, and, os we have said, raised ahonta for Cuban independence on his way to execution. He seems to have been one of those desperate indomitable characters who. in de fault of being able to be the heroes of a revolu tion, are willing to bo toe martyrs of too at tempt The American Consul at Havanna made a strong protest against the execution of Ea- trampes, on the ground that ho had not been tried according to the provisions'of too treaty between tbe United States and Spain. We be lieve, however, that persons levying war against a foreign State with which we are at peace are regarded as outlaws by the United States, and can claim protection neither under her laws nor any special treaties. This matter is well enough understood by too fillibnsters. If they sncceed they gain a place in history ; if they fail they must be garrotod. We may lament to see brave men brought to snch unprofitable uses, but if they will persist in putting their heads into the lion’s jaws it is sorely not wonderful that now and then one of them gets crashed. [Charleston Mercniy. OH! WATCH YOU WELL BY DAYLIGHT. Oh, watch yon well by daylight— By daylight yon may fear, Bnt keep no watch in darknoss— For angels then are near; For heaven the sense bestoweth, Oar waking life to keep. Bat tender mercy showeth; To gnnrd ns in onr sleep. Then watch yon well by daylight— By daylight you may fear, Bnt keep no watch in darkness— For angels then are near. Ob. watch yon well in pleasure— For pleasure oft betrays, Bnt keep no watch in sorrow, When joy withdraws its rays; For in the hour of sorrow, As in the darkness drear, To heaver entrust the morrow, For the angels then are. near Ob, watch yon well by daylight— By daylightyon may fear, But keep no watch in darkness The angels then are near. A Ghost in Love.—A farmer who had late ly bccomo a widower waa aroused. at midnight by the load barking of his dog. On going to it the animal displayed extreme terror, where upon toe farmer took bis gun and proceeded to an inspection. All at once he saw a phantom clothed in a white sheet, rise behind toe hedge. The farmer turned deadly pale, and his limbs shook with dismay. He, however, contrived to ejaculate : “If yon come from God, speak, if from the devil vanish.” “Wretch!" exclaimed the pnantom, “I am yonr deceased wife come from the grave to warn yon not to marry Maria A , to whom you are making love. The only woman to sncceed me is Henrietta B. Marry her, or persecution and eternal torment shall be yonr doom!” This strange address from the goblin, instead of dismaying the far mer, restored his conrago. He accordingly rash ed on the ghostly visitor, and stripping off its sheet, discovered the fair Henrietta B herself, looking extremely foolish. It is said that the farmer, admiring the girl’s trick, has had the bans published for his marriage with her. [Gatesend (Eng.) Observer; Evil Company. The following beantiful allegory is translated from tbe German. Sophronius, a wise teacher, would not suffer evep his grown np sons and daughters to associate with those whose con duct was not pure and upright. "Dear father,” said the gentle Enlnlia to him one day, when be forbade her, in company with her brother, to visit the Volatile Lucinda—“dear father, yon mnst think me very childish, if you imagire that we should bo exposed to danger by it."— The father took in silence a dead coal from the hearth, and reached it to his daughter. “It will not horn yon, my child; take it.” Eula lia did so, and behold, her beautiful white hands were soiled and blackened, and, ns it chanced, her white dress also. “VPe cannot be too care ful in hnndling c- a1s,*snid Eulalia, in vexation. "Yes, trnly,” said tbe fathor, “yon see, my child, that coals, even if they do not barn, blacken; so it is with the company of tbe vicious.” A Novel Pledge.—In Sullivan county, Indiana, one of the candidates for county clerk was pledged to give one-balf the proceeds of the office to the widow of the late clerk, and the other promised, in the event of his elec tion, to marry the widow. The Editor of the Rutland Herald says his mnst delinquent subscribers are always men who hate had office, and his lawyer is now col* lecting bills against two ex-M. C.s, and foar Hons, DIPLOMATIC Soule’ ’twas thought, to Cuba have Would wade through smoke and fire; It seems, howe’er, his ga&e was but Ostend-sibly to buy her. But that fair islo still clings to Spalfi> And of her we mnst ease her; So Caesar Dodge is sent, who’s up To any dodge to seizo her. All About Bisses.—The Editress of the Ladies’ Repository, n new journal just stnrtcd in Richmond, thus discourses npon this delecta ble pastime: Kisses are an acknowledged institution. It is natural for “folks” to liko them as it Was for water to run down hill, except when it is so cold that it freezes, and can’t run at all. Kisses, like tho faces of philosophers, vary* Some are hot as coal fire, some sweet as honey, some mild ns milk, some tasteless iW long-drawn soda. Stolen kisses are said to have more nutmeg and cream than other sorts. As to proposed kisses, they are’not liked at all. Wo hnve made it our business lo enquire among our friends, ana they agreo with us, that a stolen kiss is the most agreeable—that is if tbe theft is made by the right person ! Talk of shynoss and strug gling ; no wonder ! when some bipeds ap proach, it is tttihicnlous that ladies tin not go into convulsions. ‘ Wo do not speak altogeth er from experience, bnt from what we have heard others say. We have been kissed it few titties, and as we are not very old, we hope to rCCoive many mnrat An old maid on fhfeadncedle street bohg at a loss for a pin cushion, made use of an onion. On the following morning, sbe found th&tall her needles bad tears in their eyes* The proprietor of one of tho first hotels owed tho sum of 9000, which eould not be collected. He was finally tued, and the lawyer went np to tbe hotel to aorve the rammons. When he ser ved it, the landlord omUed, and told bim be was taking a great deal of useless trouble—the property was all mortgaged, and judgement would be of no use. Tbe lawyer told him be might do as he pleased about paying tbe a- mount, bat ho should come up‘about dinner time, and attach the whole dinner, and repeat the same every day, until the jadgement was satisfied. It is, perhsps, needless to add that the $600 were soon paid. [N. Y. Leader. Astboxomt.—It seems to na that in this science we are fast approaching a point where we need tho guidance rather of n new Plato than of a new Bacon or Newton. Tho tellescope of Lord Rosso has sounded our present astron omy to its real depths. Few more great prizes are reserved, we suspect, in that etarry sea. We have attained the knowledge that the stars are old, that they are of one stuff, and that there is no visible end to their numbers. What more of any moment, in this direction, by our present methods, is ever likely to he reached by ns? It is like walking through a pine for est of vast extent and uniform aspect; a few miles tire and satisfy us. So now, toe new* of “ stars, stars, store,” pouring on ns in everlas ting succession—all tike each other, all distant, all inscrutable, and ever silent, the moral bis* tory of all unknown—produces very little ef fect, and the midnight heavens of modern as tronomy become again, as to tbe eye of child hood, a mighty and terrible pageant or pro cession, the meaning and the purpose, the whither and toe whence, of which we do not understood. And we are tempted to say to as tronomers, as they prate of their new firma ments, and planets, and comets, “We knew something like this long ago; can ye not give us some light on the meaning of these distant orbs? or read ns off some worthy lessons of moral interest from that ever-widening bnt never-clearing page?” And to cry out to the stars, “Speak as well as shine, ye glorious mutes in the halls of heaven! Shed down on some selected and favored ear the tone meaning of your mystic harmonies? Hyerogiyphics, traced by the finger of God on the walls of night, when shall the Daniel arriv i to inter pret yon, and to tell us whether ye contain ti dings of hope or of despair? Star-gazcre have looked at you long enough, and mathematicians weighed and measnred yon; when shall the eye—the Rossian eye of a true seer—lift itself np to your contemplation, and extract the boart of yonr mystery ? If not, men may soon tnrn away from yon in disappointment, and look with os much hope on the bright foam- bells of an antnmn ocean as on yon, the froth of immensity."—Gilfilian. Tho following extract from an editorial arti cle in Le Bus Bleu, will be interesting to onr readers, many of whom probably do not know toe origin of the phrase : “In the year 17—’ during the life of old Sam Johnson, tbe Leviathan of Eoglish'litern- turc, a few ladies and gentlemen of cultivated intellects and refined tastes assembled once a woek for literny conversation. A Mr. Stilling- fleet, one of tbe leading member, always wore blue stockings>• and bis witty conversation was so much missed when be was away, that tbe othore would exclaim, “Oh, we can do nothing without tho blue stockings!" and from thence the name was gradnally applied to the whole Society, much to the merriment of its members. Their meetings were usually held at toe house of some friend, where tbe hoars were spent in pleasant conversation on literary topics, ana occasionally in that sprightly small-talk, which drives “dull care away," and ia which great minds are not ashamed to indulge. Miss Ilannnh More frcqncnted these runions, nnjsays: “That she will bear testimony of the mnny pleasant and instructive hours sbe has had the honor to pass in such assemblies, in w! ich looming was so little disfigured by pedantry, good taste so little tinctured Ly af fectation, and-general conversation so little dis graced l>y calumny, levity and other censura ble errors, with which it is too commonly tain ted. Her poem, bearing the name of “Bas Bleu, or conversation,” is quite a witty criti cism on the members of this*ociety, whose or igin she traces back to tho palmy days of Greece.” The Axgel Gabriel Oxce Mon®.—John 8. Orr the “Angel Gabriel," gives notice in ton English papers that be is going to the Crimea “to strengthen the spirits of the heroes," toon to Africa and Asia, and finally to Rome, to suf fer martyrdom, and thus finish bis testimony. A Venerable Couple.-Id Adair county, Ky., on the 27tb of March, the venerable John Pen dleton, aged 82 years, was married to tbe amia ble Mrs, Mary Adams, aged 72 years, who Is entirely blind. A memorial is in circulation In North Caroli na fora change in the laws regulating toe slave system. The following reforms are proposed! The introduction of marriage among slaves, with legal guaranty for its perpetuity; toe recogni tion of the tie of parent and child, and the in struction of the slave hi reading nod writing.— Athens Post. As Aged Egg.—The Cincinnati Gazette ins forms ns that a few days ago, quite a 'curiosity was brought np from the bottom of toe artesian well in Livingston, Ala. At a distance of 335 feetbelow the serfaee and over 300 feet in toe rock, an egg was found, completely petrified, and perfeet shape, save where the anger bad defaced a little. The Slave and the Abolitionist.—A lady writing from Angnsta, Georgia, presents some facts and suggests contrasts not altogether dis pleasing. She says: The most interesting sight here on Sunday is to watch the black population going to church. Many of them are the most extrava gantly dressed people you see in the street.— The plainly dressod ones wear black silk dress es, white mnstin shawls, and straw bonnets, or have tbeir beads tnrbaned in 'kerchiefs, taste fully arranged. The men are habited in broadcloth, with bright buttons, (they seem to have a penchant for bright buttons,) fine hats and gloves, canc, and usually a watch and bieastpin. Smiling faces which betray a good display of ivory, and they look on the whole very little as if “humanity was crushed ont of them,” as abolitionists are Wont to say. They have here two large African churches, Sunday schools every Sabbath, tonght orally, althongh many of them can read, taught by their young masters and mistresses, when growing up. It is not nnnsual to see slaves reading newspapers and familiar with the current news of the day. Slaveholders feel they have a duty to perform towards too slaves, and in most cases discharge the duty like Christian people training them for civilized life, and teaching them Christiani ty* SENSE-0 PATHY. Take toe open air, The more you take tho better— Follow Nature’s Inws To the very letter. Let tbe doctors go To the Bay of Biscay. Let alone the gin. The brandy and tbe whisky. Freely exercise— Keep yonr spirit cheerful; Let no dread of sickness Ever make yon fearful. Eat the simple food, Drink the pare cold water, Then yon will be well— . Or at least you oughter. Old Soldiers.—There arc two things espe cially loved by all old soldiers—flowers and children. Thy have been so long obliged to look npon the earth as a field of battle, and so long cut off from the peaceful pleasures of a quiet lot, that they begin life at an age when others end it. The tastos of their early years, which were arrested by the stern duties of war, suddenly break ont again with their white hairs; and are like the savings of y<?uth which they spend again In old Age. Besides, they have been condemned to be destroyers for sd long, that perhaps they feel a secret pleasure in creating, and seeing life spring up again: the beauty of weakness has a grace and an at traction tbe more for those who. have been the agents of nnbending force: and the watching over the frail germs of life has all the charm of novelty for these old workmen of death. (CAtrSfe ok tA* Abandonment of tiie James CBesToX.—the Baltimore Patriot says: The whole story, judging from what we can learn resolves Itself into tho fact thnt “Rum” j —in other words, the too froo use of intoxica ting liquors, has been instrumental in produ cing tho difficulties and eventual abandonment of tho vessel. This is our judgment, is iho best and only exenso thnt can be offered by Captnin White. Had tho mntes tnken charge of the ship and token her safely to her point of destination, finding the captnin not ablo or disposed to do so, they would have given for themselves, more and we may say high credit. A model return npon a writ was recently made by a deputy sheriff in Morgan county, Indiana. It was:—“tiarved tho within, but wtto fit with brlchbntfi by the women, so that I couldn't sarvo it.” SAPPHO’S ODE, Translated by Ambrose Phillips. Blest as the Immortal gods is he, The yonth who fondly sits by thee. And hears and sees tbee all the while Softly speak and sweetlysmile. 'Twas that deprived my soul of rest, And raised snch tumults in my breast; For while I gazed, in transport toss’d, My breath was gone, my voice was lost. My bosom glow’d; the snbtlo flame Ran qnick through all my vital frame; O’er my dim eyes a darkness hang; My ears with hollow murmurs rung; With dewy damp my limbs were chill’d My blood with gentle horrors thrill’d; My feeble pulse forgot to play; I fainted, sank, and died away. “ Ornithology.”—Althongh birds in gene ral do not suffer from colds in their heads, yet, the smaller variety are liable to hawk, and the domestic fowls to spit. Birds hnve no expresses, nor are there any engaged in the transportation of business, ex cept buzzards and crows, who are all in toe carrion line. . Every crow that is a raven, should he imme diately shut up in the lunatic asylum. The throat of birds is very small; hawks, ‘nevertheless, often take quite large swallows. Hens and chickens should never be allowed to amnse themselves, as it always results in' fowl play. The bnsiness hours of birds differ from our own, their notes being mostly given ont before 10 A. M. -s* : • Appearances are Deceitful.—An old man entered the office of toe Erie railroad, in New York city, looking so poor that the clerks took him for a beggar, and ordered him ont— But he finally found his way to the cashier, and received ten thousand dollars on ineome bonds, which the clerks had supposed to'bo begging cirtificates. “Sam" is panning his victorious career. He lias carried) bis Mayor at Jersey City, by 18 votes. He also carried Princeton, New Jersey’* seat of learning. He reports himself victorious in all the towns in Albany comity, New York; also at Piermont, Lockport and other plaees too numerous lo mention. He is going It strong “ont West” v Bottle Picked Up.—M r. Williams, some few days since, handed ns a bottle, which be p : ckcd np on toe beach near St. John’s Bar where it had been thrown by tbe waves, containing toe fol lowing; Sept. 6,1854*—Ship Marion is lost; all dead hat me and I on a float. JOHN DOOLY, Richmond, Vo. The above was written, in pencil upon a piece of the iable tom from the bottle. Jacksonville Fla News. The seige at Sevastopol i* said to resemble a fashionable story, because none can tell bow loBg It is “to be continued.” A man's wedding-day is called bis “bridal day.' The orthography of that word Is wrong—it should be written bridle. Tbe young lady in Paris, who lately made her fortieth ascent in a balloon, has certainly a taste for moving in toe upper circles. A Cornelia Digging for Her JeYbls.— Tho Maine papers give an account of a wontnn and her font daughters, in Franklih county, Maine, who shovelled snow tliireo feet deep from a path ttittetecn rods lottg, to enable the daughters to reooh a school-houso, tho first ev* or erected in the district in whioh the husband and father of this family has resided twenty-one yearsi tie didn't think the labor worth tho re word ; bnt bis wife duL | The Mission op the Newspapeb.—The world is too apt to slight and forget its obliga tion to tho newspaper. 'Tis the. newspaper that keeps men posted np on all matters and all subjects that do not pass under their own im mediate observation. Tho eye of the newspaper is universal—it falls on all parts of the worid, and searches out its incidents, as well ns the motives and pas sions that control its movements. Nothing is too great, nothing too trivial to escape its keen, penetrating glance; it is everywhere—on eve rybody; above, below, aronud it—the foor quarters of the earth are its parade ground; and it passes over them every moment of each day. It is ceaseless in its industry—tireless in its watchfulness; and, although gossipy in its character, it is vigilant at times, penetrative as light, and sleepless as the stars. Each succeeding dawn comes not with more regularity than the morning journal with the fresh batch of news despatches from all parts of the world. The thoughts, positions, incidents, and movements of individuals and of nations, are presented in its columns, ns in a mirror— the reflex of the thoughts and progress of man and tho world. He who reads carefully a well conducted newspaper, is never in any danger of falling behind the ago. His journal keeps him posted np in everything farming on with the great march of time; it gradually prepares his mind to receive all the now discoveries of the human brain in its rapid strides to clear nnd uncloud an intelligence^ it weans him from old fnsbions, old customs, and old fogy thoughts: it separates him from early prejudice, and gradually imbues him with’ sound practical no tions, and enables him to fathom the heaviest and most abstruse subjects with the plummet of common sense; it keeps him alive to all the new progressive steps in Trade, Commerce. Literature and Art; it makes him fnmilir with the details of all tho events transpiring in no matter what part of tho world, or tho day; it enables him to keep pace with tho intelligence nnd progress of the times;. it carries hint on,im perceptibly to himself, with each progres*ivo step of the erA in which he lives; nnd itenablcs him, if ho be a man of business, to open new channels of correspondence, nnd thus secure for himself new openings for trade, and now sour ces of profit—New York Dutchman. !£he Erst and the Last.—A young tippler at the threshhold, and a sot at iho gr&ve. The saloon and tho scaffold—tho bright hopes of young manhood and tho gnawings of remorse; the brigbtor lnughtcrof the yonng traveler, and the maniac’s wail among tho lost: the luring promise of fame, and lower state of infamy: th£ innocenco of childhood, and the wickedness of the damned. Stand, sir, upon the threshhold of the drunkard, and tho whole pAAorama of jntcmpcranco lies bo ore you. There is tho first step nnd tho last. There is the man ho hind the bar with n toddy stick, and tho rtttn behind tho church in PGtter’s Field with his spado, iho pathway is broad and deeply beat en, for crowds of eager pilgriitts are thronging to the land of gibbet, dungeon and grave. Do you go in ? Think of hOmo, kindred, child hood; and hehVcn, and turn away.—Athens Poet. KISS ME AND GO). “Cl), kiss mo and go 1" said the maid of ray heart, And proffered her lips ns my pay to depart. “The morn is nppronching, my mo her will know ; My kindest and dearest, oh, kiss mo and go." She gave me tho blessing in such a sweet wny, That the thrill of its pleasure enticod mo tnstay; So we kissed till the morning came in with its glow, For she said ovory motnebt, “Oh, kiss me and g0 ’” - ^ French papers mention that the city of Ca tania, in Italy, bat been almost destroyed by an earthquake* Mrs. Partington says that there mart bo some sort of kin between poets and plulets, for they ase always chanting their lays. A young stockbroker having married a fittold widow with $100,000, says it wasn't bis Wife’s face that attracted him so much as toe figure. Girls with red hair are said to fall in love with twice tbe intensity of those having black. They also talk twice as fast/ond fottr times as hard.” ' A beautiful woman, is a brilliant poem, fall of rhyme, sentiment, and all manner of iliustra* tions. When houndin one's arms, she increases to se veral volumes. Three at Once.—Mrs. McAllister, of Barks county,-Georgia,- recently gave birth to three fine children at one time. If a child is really a “well spring of pleasure in a ho4se>” If r. Mc- Aliister, toe husband and father, may xwim for A while now! It strikes ns, however, snch A number of 'wells’ these dry times is more than one man ought to claim! Epitaphs.—Bensorade, the Court poet wrote the following epitaph on toe great cardinal i Here lies.his life and labors through, The far famed Cardinal RicheilefT; But what brings forth toy tears It Is that my pension with him dies. Here is one on a wind miller: The miller Jackson lies buried here! He lived on wind with wife and children small And many others live on it, that's Clear, Who have no mill at alL 3fy horse sir !. Why, I’ll wager it to Stand still foster than yours can gallop !” It is said that toe title of the presidin&officer of a Know-Nothing Lodge fey “Great Ignora mus.” An Irisnman, in speaking of a relative who was hung, said he died daring A tight-rope per formance. The man that can’t laugh or won’t laugh— the man that cant take a joke, or won’t takoa joko—is one of nature’s jokes himself, jokes himself. A young lady being asked whether she would wear a wig when her hair tnrnod gray, replied, with the greatest earnestAeSSy “GM ho> I’ll dyefirstl” Tub Brtosh'coat op arms.—“Well, Jack! _ here’s good news from homo. We’re to have a medal.” “That’s very kind. Maybe, one of these dajs, we’U have a coAt to stick it on?”— Punch. MEMORY op the PAST. How West is he whoso tranquil mind, When life declines, recalls again The years thnt time has cast behind. And reaps delight from toil and pain. . So, when the transient storm is pest. The sudden gloom and driving showery The sweetest sunshine is the last) The loveliest is the evening hoiiri A person out west is offering far sale grass scod gnthered from tho “path of rectitude.”—, A religions contemporary fears that the path lAnstbe sadly overgrown with grass—it is so little travelled now-a-dnvs. 'G;ve ns something racy,' said an editor to his assistant the other day. The latter sat down and wroto out the account of a horse* race. “Tho tree is known by its fruit.” The only cxcoption is the dogwood tree, which is known by its bark. [Toots. An alderman was heard, tho other day, get* ting off the following specimen of what may be called “corporation” logic t-***“AU human things are hollow. I’m a human thing; therefore, I'm hollow. It is contemptible to be hollow; there fore, I’ll stuff myself os full as I'm able.” At Boston a few days ago, an Irishman who applied for a license to sell ardent spirits, being questioned by tho Board of Excise as to his moral fitness for tho trust replied, «Ah, sure, it is not much character a man neods to sell ram.’* ■•■I -,-T' 1 ■' i ■ • tinAifi'i-i-r

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, April 24, 1855, Image 1