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Newspaper Page TexteMssr PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY COBURN & DWINELL EDITORS. VOLUME 10, TERMS $2 00 PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVAN CE. ROME, GA„ TUESDAY-MORNING, MAY 1, 1855. <£t)e Home Conner rraunn imr tuxsdat morxinq. BY COBURN A DWINELL. Terns of Subscription: b muicii m mux, $100 Pad xiwa six months, ........ $2 50 (us at to ns or tea*. S3 00 Terns of Advertixiar: lull Advertisement* win be inserted the usual teles. Miscellaneous Advcrtise- meats at titer sqmn ef 11 Uvaser Isas, for the Rrst auA 50 cents for each subsequent iasertiop. _ H. a. FARRELL'S ARABIAN LINI MENT. Melville Mt. Hickory Coos* P. O. Summerville This celebrated medicine, skflUbUy eempos- «d u ills of th# most heeiint’belsams and pene trating oils, can never fail to eere almost every affiietiea that conk) he alleviated by an extern- id remedy. Its superiority over* all other LIul- amts is woven by the miraculous enree It per forms, and by the great and -constantly increas ing Asnsand. These hflrbeen sold within the pest year more than THREE MILLIONS OF BOTTLES, and there eaa be hat few persons found who do not bestow upon It the highest i for the rare virtues it possesses. Noth- , sines die creation of the world, eeessfls) ns an external remedy far all neresns disposes, as .this wenderfol cu rative. When applied, it instantaneously dif fuses iteelf through the whole system , soothing .the irritated nerves, allayiait the most intense peias. and creating a most delightfal sensation. Rend the following remarkable rare, which eaa heattcetodtn by hundreds who were folly ac quainted with the whole circumstance. Cksense fthiyawt of the Tonsils. * My daughter, when rii months old. was ta lma with a swelling in the tonsils, which, grew larger and larger, till when six years old she had great difficulty in swallowing her food.— Every night watch was kept, fearing she would suffocate. The best doctors attended her hot erdi give no reBeC I took her tothe most emi nent doctors ra the East; they said there was aohalp for her bat to oetgrow it. 'With a sad heart I retained home with her, when she be* earns so much wane that the doctors had to be called tat again; they decides that tint tonsils mastbe catenas the only means of giving re lief. My wife weald not consent to this, and she determined to try your Liniment, which gave relief the very Brat application, and by a continued nse she entirely recovered. She is now ten yrtfi old and Ac by and healthy as eeeld he desired. Tour Liniment is also the best iease for sprains, bewises, efts, barns, head ache. etc- and-it win remove die most severe pain la a few minutes. It also cored caked od der in myeow inn few days. GEORGE FORD. Fboria, Maid 20,1649 Lost oaf for Counterfeit*! are cautioned against inothe .which has lately made its nppearr , called W. B. Farrell’s Arabian Liniment, the jmoI dangerous of all die counterfeits, be cause his having the name of Farrell, many will bay it hr good faith, without the knowl edge that a counterfeit exists, and they orill per . haps suly discover their error when the spari eaa mixture has wrought its evil effects. The genuine article is manafaetnred only by B.fi Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and ■hsln wlojliiiff iTl No. 17 Main street. Peoria, TlBwma. to whom all applications for Agencies mast he addressed. Be sure you get it with the letters H-.G. before Farrell’s, thus—H. G. FARRELL’S—and his' signature on the wrap per. all other* are counterfeits. Sold by Kendrick A Pledger, G. B. F. Mattox, C. Brown. Branoer A Moyers, - Rofiert Battey, Wholesale Agent, Rome and by regularly authorised agents throughout the United States. jap-Triee 25 and 50 cents, and $1 per bottle. AGENTS WASTED in every town, village aad fc—the United States, in whieb one is aet already established. Address H. G. Far rell as above, accompanied with good reference as to aharacter. responsibility. Ac. F M. EBDLEM AN &-BRO.’ Uinta, Georgia. Keep constantly on hand and for sale, at the fewest cash prices, a large assortment of BOOTS. SHOES, LEATHER. LASTS. PEGS, CALF LINING and BINDING SKINS 8EQE-MAKER’S TOOLS, Ac. Ac. Jan 9, 1855, ly_ , J. M. TOMUFNSON, P LAIN, Bouse Sign, Coach. Passenger Cars Fresco. Ornamental and Decorative Painter * Abomarmfeetorer of CM3t Glass Qpor Plates Window Signs. Numbers for Public Houses Churches aad Street Numbers. OpptS&te Jacob Haas A Co. White Ball Street Atlanta. 6a. Jan 9 1855 ly. T. R. RIPLEY, ATLANTA, GA. TYBALER in China, Crockery, and Glam U wares; Lamps of all kinds; Oils, Cam- phine. Fluid, and Alcohol- by Hie hbL Terms Cash is advance. Jan 9,1855 ly ATLANTA MACHINE WORKS. LAIS ATLANTA MOM FO0WDRT.) new Company is now prepar ed to do work on short notice,of heavy and light Castings from tbe hurst Improved patterns of Iron, or Composition,stlqMrbfch will be warran ted. Turning. Borings and Drilling done to orders Also, screw catting of 10 feet or tin der ofsnyYfee and thread required. Heavy and light forging of wrought Iron or Steel done in superior style. PARTICULAR ATTENTION is called to their patterns for Mill Gearing U.r Merchant and Custom Flooring, and Saw Mills. Gin Gearing or all tbe tuna! sizes, and Bark Mills always kept on band. We are also prepared to bfiiid stationary Engines open the latest improvements. All or which will be sold low for cash. Copper and Brass taken in exchange, for work at cash prices JAMES L DUNNING, john McDonough, WILLIAM RUSHTON. P. 8. All of the above company artf prnc ifeal Mechanics, and give their indivfdoa attention to the business. jan. 9. ’66 H Dra. Smith &.W00 ten AVING associated themselves in the prac tice of Medicine and Snrgery, offer tbeir services to tbe public. Dr. Smith is prepared to treat any diseases of the Eye and Ear. Office on. Broad St, one door below H. A*. Smith’s Book Store. J*n 23 ’55, [1 y. RICHARD A. JONES nxALsa x* FOREIGN AND DOHESTIC MARBLE, NEAR THE DEPOT, Modi ton, Get* MONUMENTS, TOMBS AND HEADSTONES Always on hand. Orders from a distance ezeented with neatness aaddespatoh.riE^. (ly) Feb 6,18&T THE STEAMBOAT BELL. fcY t. ur. PKCX. The spring is come! Tbe spring is come! Old Winter fled to hie polar home; The flrott dissolves ’heath sunny skies, And fountains open their crystal eyes; The vale to mountain top replies. Now bark! tho hell Its tidings tell; Along the rolling, dashing; swell, Tho steamboat’s joyous ring is heard, That starts in an aur the billowy bird. And sounds till river and shore are attir’d. The steamboat hell, Wa like it well: Within its tongne tho tidings dwell, Of spring and summer’s mutual reign, When waving verdure clothes the plain. And dying flowers revive again. The steamboat hell, I know it well: Practiced its elarion tone to tell: Tho graceful boat, fVom moorings Dreed, Nor storm nor flood abates her speed, Till mountain, tower, and shore recede. Then let that ring, Through gladsom spring; - Be heard when birds are carolling, - * And swell with yonthfal laughter sweat, Where happy friends and lovers greet, And old folks enrions nows repeat The steamboat boll, We like it well: No gloomy tales its ticklings tell. The iron horse may stamp and neigh, And madly trace his rail-bound way; Tho steamboat glides; a bird at play. — Tbe steamboat hell, The steamboat bell, We love its music wondrous well. When night-lamps glimmer on the stream, Like feiry signals in a dream So transient they the lovelier seem. Then ring and tell, Thou steamboat bell, To waiting friends, that all is well; That weary hearts rejoicing come, No more in distent realms they roam, Bnt love’s sweet tongne now rings them homo. Bnt hark the bell! The steamboat boll •Tolls wildly o’er yon wreck the knell, Breeze-rung, for those who softly sleep In the bine mansions of the deep, Where none may watch their graves and wee.p We love thee well, O steamboat bell! With greetings sweet, or sad farewell; Bnt when yon thrill these hearts no more, 'Mid ringing bells on heaven’s shore. Our storm-worn barks may angels moor. • When the steamer Atlantic was wrecked, a few years since, in Long Island Sound, the bell was rang from the motion caused by tbe wind and the waves. MoMigwu a Sleighing. Philander wrote a letter about aleigh riding from whieb we make a specimen extract. Agreed to put qo my tightest boots, and get ready—time came, sleigh arrived, got in, and received a promiscuous introduction to seven teen ladies, by the light of a street lamp, found a place for my feet among the miseellaneons pedal assortment at the bottom, sat down, held on with both hands, and prepared to enjoy myself. After a great deal of whipping of the spirited horses, and some curiously emphatic ob servations of the driver, we got under way.— Driver (an enthnsiaslic Hibernian with one eye) took the middle of tbe street, resolved to give theroad to nothiag; met a young gentleman in a cutter; he didn’t tarn ont; and we didn't; collission ensued; yonng man got the worst; his hat was smashed, and his delicate person left; in a snow bank hisborse started, hit against a lamp post, and then ran away, distributing tbe rains of the ratter alorjflbe road, leaving a piece at every corner and telegraph pole, un til there was not enough left in one place to make a rat trap—rfinally dashed through tho show window of a confectioner’s shop, and be ing brought to a stand still by the shafts stick ing in a soda fountain. Met a charcoal cart ran against ns, and distributed a shower of pulver ized negro spots over ttie company, to the great damage of the clean linen of tbe gentlemen, and the adornments generally of the ladies, espe cially those little white rosettes which they had tied on tbe hacks of their heads, and dignified with the fabulous title of bonnets. Met a stage- sleigh, got jamed with ns—and daring the three minutes preceding onr violent extrication I made up my mind to leave, and streaked it for home. rasa Sad Picture of Ireland. The Dublin Nation contians a horrible pics taro or tbe condition of Ireland, from the nen ofMri’Driff*. He says: "No words printed in a newspaper or else where will give any roan who has not seen it. a conception of the fallen condition of tbe west and south. The famine and the landlords have actually created a new rnce in Ireland. I have seen, on the streets of Gateway, crowds of crea tures more debased than tbe Yahoos of Swift— creatures having only a distant and bideons re semblance of human beings. Gray haired old ms®, whose idiot faces had hardened into a set tled leer of mendacity, simions and semi-human, aad women filtbierand more frightful than the harpies, who,"at tbe jingle ofacoinon the pave ment, swarmed in myriads from unseen places, straggling, screaming, shrieking for their prey, like some monstrous andean animals. In "West- port, the s : gbt of a priest on tbe street gathered an entire pauper population, thick as a village oaaket, swarming around him for relief. “Beggar children, beggar adnlts, Jmgghrs in nifo hair; girls with Dices gray, aira shriveled the grave stamped upon them in a decree which could not be recalled : women with the more teaching and tragical aspect of lingering shame and self-respect not yet affected; and. among these terrible realities, imposture shaking in pretended fits r -toadd (he lsst touch of horrible grotesqueness to tbe picture! I have seen these asenrsed sights, and they are burned into my memory forever. Away from the town, other scenes of unimaginable horror disclose them selves. Tbe traveller meets groups and even troops, of wild, idle, lunatic-looking paupers, wandering over the country, each with some tale of extermination to tell. If he penetrate into a cabin, and ean distinguish objects, among flltfeand darkness, of whieb an ordinary jGfMly affords bnt a faint image, he will probably die- ' coyer from a dozen to twenty inmates in the bnt, tbe ejected cotters, clustering together, and breeding a pestilence. What kind of creatures men and women become living in this dang* heap wbat kind of children are reared here to grow np into a generation, I have no words to paint" AD' Scarborough, of the Bronsville Flag, has been captivatedbjrone of the tender sex, and having seen her at a reeent party, tfaus gives vent to his feeling: "The feet is, we wonld have given all the quoin in the Flag office for one-'-from the owner of two sparkling II that were there. Yes, we’ll stick to that and my**! would wo not face a regiment of ft. *y« J±. to give proof that wo arecorreet, We wonld bless the whole world bpH *nd though our bank wen exhausted, deem onr happiness witboot a g. True eve- j Su?” '° rp&1,i ' (i bo the writer From tho Louisville Journal. An Uw Rnov-Nolfelngl Abolitionist!? The standing charge, the daily charge, made by the Southern auti-Know-Nothing organs againe the Know-Nothing party of tho North, is that it is an abolition or frcesbil party. Throughout tho wh le South there ia not a sin gle antt-Know-Nothing organ that does not press this charge unon all possible occasions, in season and ont of season. It is tho main ohargo, indeed the one charge, upon which the Southern antt-Know-Nothing leaders rely for snoeoss. Take it away from them, and they have little left. And it should be taken array Drotn them. It is as false and calumnious a charge as the very genius of mendacity and malioe eould invent. Whatever sins the mass of the Know-Nothing party of the North may havo to answer for hero or heronfter, aboli tionism is not one of them. Undoubtedly there.are abolitionists among thorn, and un doubtedly in some few localitios the abolition ists- predominate among them, but take the whole of the Know-Nothing party of the North to gether, and it is sounder at heart, sounder in principle, and sounder in action upon the great slavery issues than any other party in that sec tion has over been known to be. Its strong efforts to nationalize itself by sinking the slave ry agitation so as to ho ablo to harmonize with the Know-Nothingism of the South have been and still continue to bo very great, and tbe do- gree of its success is cheering to the ontire pa triotism of the nation. If tho slavery agita tion is destined ever to be allayed, that mighty work is certainly to bo accomplished by what is called the American party, which, if we aro correctly informed, now requires of all its mem. bon a solemn obligation to adhere to the Con stitution and the Union in any and every emergency that may arise. If the Northern Know-Nothings were abo litionists or free-soilers. they would not, as they are accused of doing, seek to discourage the immigration of foreign hordes into this country. They know, as everybody else docs, that nine-tenths of the immigrants who land in armies on our shores are abolitionists, and, if they themselves were abolitionists, and were looking aronnd tbem for tho most effectual means Of promoting abolitionism, they would hail with joy tbe coming of these foreign allies, and promote it to the extent of their power. If they were abolitionists, they would throw no conceivable impediment in the way of the rushing stream by which the foul lake of abo litionism in this country has received and is receiving its chief supply. They would stretch forth tbeir arms to the people of foreign lands, all of whom are abolttionists, to come over and aid in tbe destruction of slavery. To say that the American party is an abolition party, and that it is struggling at the same time to shut out the tremendous tide of foreign nbolitionists setting upon our shores, is nothing less than a monstrous absurdity. — We have repeatedly stated the fact, a fact which defies eontradictiction, that all of the regular free-soi! organs, which surely ought to know who their own friends are, and nineteen- twentieths of all the free-soil leaders of the North, who certainly know who their co-work ers arc, denounce the know-Nothing party of the North as a pro-slavery party even more ve hemently and violently if possible than its southern enemies denounce it as a free-soil party. Take up the violent,' bitter, and influ ential free-soil organs of the country, take np the Washington National Era. tbe New York Tribune, the New Yo*k Evening Post, the Al bany Evening Journal, tbe Buffalo Express, tbe Cleveland Leader, the Cleveland Plaindealer, Ae., Ac., Ac-, from alpha to omega; take np the speeches, and letters of the abolition orators, and demagogues, take np thoso of Seward and Wade, and Giddmgs, and Chase, and Sumner, and you will find that all these free-soil news paper organs and all these free-soil orators and letter-writers arc fierco in their denuafiations of the Know-Nothing party of tlioNorth. not only as an ally of slavery and a foe of free- soilism, but as tbe direst and most dnngerous foe that northern free-soilism has ever been called on to encounter. Weriwive before us ex tracts from the declarations of these northern free-soil newspapers and leaders, to prove all, and more than all. that we have here said; bnt we could not publish them without making this article much too long to be generally read. The overwhelming mass then of Northern Abolitionism is deadly in its hostility to the Know-Nothing American party. And say with the distinguished editor of the Richmond (Ya.) Whig, that we are at a loss to conceive how any honest Southern man, with this fact staring him broadly in the face, can unite with the Northern enemies of the South in denouncing for abolitionism a party which those enemies describe as tending to repress agitation, to put down fanaticism, and blast the hopes of tbe Abolition party. This ground they all take, from Seward down to the pettiest of Seward’s flunkeys; and urge it upon the Northern people with all the ztal and fury characteristic of ab olition madmen. We have in former numbers quoted from Seward, from Greely. from Adams, from Weed, and a host of others known to he determined and inveterate enemies of the South and Southern institutions, and they all, as we have said, without a solitary exception, concur in denouncing the Know-Nothing move ment as inimical to abolitionism and favorable to the South, and agreqjn the policy of oppo sing it at all hazards and to' the last extremity. Is this a policy importing nothing on the part of the abolitionists at the North ? Has it in deed no important significance? No motive? No object ? Is it reasonable to suppose that these abolition fanatics would be willing to throw cold water on a great popular movement which promised to inure to the benefit of them or tbeir canse? Have they ever been guilty of such folly before. Such downright stupidity? Such lack of common sense and common saga city ? Why, who donbts the shrewdness, the penetration, the political foresight of- William H. Seward? Who, in all the Sonth, takes Greely to be a fool? Who. considers Weed wanting in cunning? Who regards either silly* enough not to perceive when a movement or a party is calculated to promote the progress of abolitionism? And who has ever known either of them not to catch eagerly at any and every thing which could be used to—advance their schemes, and inflict injury upon the . South? This being so, why have they not caught con vulsively at Know-Nothingism, if, as alleged, the Know-Nothing movement is an abolition movemont? Is not their conduct in this re spect totally and utterly incomprehensible? Can it be accounted for upon any hypothesis whatever, consistent with the stale and far fetched Allegation of the Democratic press at the South ? There may bo errors, and important ones, in the creed of the Know-Nothing or American party, but we again say that a party of sounder nationality doeajiot '•xist Some of the Dem ocratic organs and leaders in Kentucky de nounce it as an abolition party, hut this is nl- ways tho one great weapon of their warfare against any and overy man or party that, they (hink proper to oppose. They denounced Gen. Harrison os an abolitionist in 1840, they de nounced Mr. Clay as an Abolitionist in 1844, they denounced General Taylor as an abolition 1st in 1848, they denounced General Scott ns an abolitionist in 1852, they denounced' the whole Whig party as a moss of abolitionists each and all of those years and have beon thus denoun cing it until within the last few weeks, and they would denounce Christianity itself as abo litionism if they believed that they could thereby fix tbeir clutches upon tbe political spoils of the nation. A female slave belonging to a widow lady, wbo was to start for Washington, secreted her self on board tbe steamer Jamestown, atNorfolk, a few days ago, and was not observed until tho boat arrived at N York. Before she could be nr rested by tbe Captain, sbe was piacod in a hack by a colored cook, andmado her escapo. It is stated, that should tbe Jamestown retarn to Norfolk sbe will be forfeited by the laws of Vir* ginia, and tbe officers and crew liable to be im prisoned for aiding in tbe escape of a slave. From the London Times. VtSIT OP TUB F, HP into It or TUB FRENCH TO I Tn* Qitf.en.—Tho arrangements for the visit of I the Emperor of the French and the Empress i Eugenio to this country are now said to bo ; complete, and on tho 16th ot April tho Iuipe- From the Athens Post. Locality of the Infernal Regions. Discoveries in science creato but little sensa tion in an ago "When every year ahd month brings forth a new one," visit to Her Majesty the Queen, eithsr at Wind sor Castle or in London.—Engaged as the two nations of France and England now aro, in an intimate alliance, and in the joint prosecution of an arduous campaign, no surprise can befell that the snine courtesy and confidence whioh have long been happily ostabiised between the ministers, the generals nod tie troops of those two gront powers, should also mark tho person al intercourse of their sovereigns. Such an exchnngo of civilities is consistent with propriety, with the usage of modern times, and with good policy, for the public will view with satisfaction overy incident which strength ens tbe ties on which our success in war and our socurity in peace so materially depend. But this visit to England is not the less an ex traordinary occurrence in tho life of an extra ordinary man. Just seven years will have elapsed sinco he who now wields with grent vigor and ability tho sceptre anli the sword of Franco, took his place among the special con stables of St .Tames’ and mounted guard with the population of London, to protect the prop erty and order of this metropolis. Soon after wards he quitted this country with a Belgian Passport, on uncertain destiny, aad a precarious subsistence. He returns to it under the most opposite cir cumstances—the sovereign of a powerful nation, allied on equnl terms' to the Queen of these renlms—oxercisinga power at home and abroad which has not only subdued all its rivals but annihilated all resistance, accompanied by his consort, a lady whose beauty and whoso talent shed lustra on her private rank, but whom his will alone has placed on tho throne of the Em press Josephine—and revived by the people of England as a man who has not only success fully mastered one of tlie paroxysms of the French Revolution, hut who has established the closest union between the two great em pires of the west, and hat drawn the sword, in conjunction with onrselv»s, to defend tho per- mnnent interests of Europe. In the eventful history of these times it has not fallen to our lot to record a more striking contrast, or an event suggesting more siigular reflections. John O’Connor, late o.’ King’s county, Ire land, addressed to the Loadon Times the follow ing letter: “New York, March 5,1855. “In the name of Go4 and humanity I en trant you to uso your pzwerful and influential papor to stop the emigration of my miserable countrymen from dear dd Ireland. They are suffering all kinds of privation here—thousands supported on public charity, lodging in the sta tion houses, and the thsrraomoter ten degrees below zero; no work, and no chance of any. “In the midst of this distress 1,200 people tended to-day, and thousonds are expected. Aro the people mad that they thus rash on death and destruction ? The Americans are a liberal people; they do all they can, but mill ions will not sustain the poor foreigners here. Soup-houses in all the wards are dnily crow ded with the poor, now can it b* otherwise? The emigrants land here at tho rate of 10.000 a week. 460,000 arrived last year, and there will be more this yoar if not stopped by the interference of humane men in tngland. The sceno here is heartrending. The work in the warerooras, canals, and factories, is suspended, which adds to the misery I describe.” A Pczzi.ed Pig.—One of our western farmers* being very much annoyed last summer by his best sow brenking into thecorn-field. search wgs instituted in vain for a/ hole in the rail fence.—Failing to find any. an attempt was next made to drive out the anhnnl hv the same way of her entrance; but of course without success. The owner then resolved to watch her proceedings; and postingbimself at night in a fence-corner, hesnw her rater at ono end of a hollow log, outside the fold, and emerge at the other end, within the esclosnre. ‘ Eure ka,' cried he, “ I have you now, old lady!” Ac cordingly ho proceeded, after; turning her out once more, to so arrange the jog (it being very crooked) that both ends openjd on the outside of the field. The next day tie animal was ob served to enter at her accustomed place, and shortly emerge again. “Ha- astonishment,” says our informant, “at fining herself in the same field whence she ha"d sferted, is ludicrous to he described! She looted this way and then that, gruntod her dissatsfaction, and final ly returned to tbe original starting place; and, after a deliberate survey of matters, to satisfy borself that it was all right, ihe again entered the teg. On emerging once more on the wrong side, she evinced even more surprise than be fore, and. turning about, retraced the log in an opposite direction. Finding this effort like wise in vain, after looking l#ng and attentively at the position of things, with a short, angry grunt of disappointment, and perhaps fear, she turned short round, and started off on a brisk run; nor could either coaxing or driving ever after induce her to visit that part of tho field.”— She seemed to have a “superstition” concern ing the spot.—Knickerbocker. THE MBSQUITO’S SONG. In a summer’s night. I take my flight To where the maidens reposo; And while they are slumbering sweet and sound, I bite them on tho nose ; The warm rod "blood that tints their cheeks, To me, is preeiouslfo&r ; For tin tny delight to buzz and bite, ' In the season of tbe year. On the chamber wall, about I crawl, Till the lanlord goes to bed ; Then my bugle I blow, and down I go, To light upon his head. Oh, I love to see the fellow slap, And laugh to hear him swear; For 'tin my delight to buzz and bite. In the season of the year. Gon Fightixo for tjib Russians.—The ‘Ho ly Synod of Russia,’ in its recent manifesto to the faithful, urging them to renowed zeal in be half of Russia, against the allies, uses the fol* lowing curious language : “By the will of tho Lord, the crimes of our cnemios have not proved profitable to them, and in their frequent defeats, in the torriblo tem pests of the Black Sea. which swallowed up tneir vessels, in the illness which decimated their ar mies, was apparent the action, of the powerful hand of God, fighting on our side.” made from the pulpit, which, if it can be vari. fed. will prove a source of holy consolation to all good Christians. Father Walworth, a son of the tele Chancellor of this State, a new con vert to Romanism ; who, for his zeal, has late ly been promoted from tho ranks to the priest hood, claims to'have discovered tho locality and the temperature of Hell! He has favored us with the particulars of its topography, hy drography, and geological structure, and, strangely enough, has token certain troths in natural science as the basis of his supernatural thoory. These, he has curiously dovetailed with Scripture quotations and an alleged Ro man Catholio miracle or two, and from his he terogeneous evidence, he infers tho existence of n place of physical and mental torment, con siderably more horrible than the “bottomless pit” of any Protestant sect At the risk of throwing onr renders into convulsions, we deem it our duty to inform them that the frontier of this region of ever blazing fire nnd bubbling sulphur, is.only twenty-one miles from tho soles of their feet, and that the temperature about the edges, where it is cool nnd pleasant, in comparison with the heat of the interior, is two thoiuand depreet of Fahrenheit. This interesting announcement, so very im portant, if true, was made by Father Walworth in the “Chhrch of the Annnnciation of our most Blessed Lady,” in Mnnhattanvilte. on the eve ning of Sunday, tho 24th of March. This ex emplary Embassador of a God of Love and Mercy, commenced his sermon by promising to show t at Hell was no imaginary scene of tor ture, “but fixed, actual, near at hand, beneath our very fedt, in tho centre of this earth on which we tread.” The idea entertained by some superficial persons, that Tophet might be loca ted in one of the planets or fixed stars, was he, assured his audience, unscriptural and absurd. Down—not up, nor sideways, nor slantandicu- lar—was the word uniformly used in the Scrip tures to indicate the direction in which the souls of sinners are uwopelled. Having established this point, and fixed the latitude and longitude o&Pandemonium, to his own eoJjaa*ontent, if not to the satisfaction of hearers, the holy man proceeded to describe the nature and physical condition of the infer nal antipodes. He mildly insisted that ns Hell was a place of material punishment, it was a necessary dednetion from the premises, that the bodice and limb* of sinners, and especially the more sensitive parts thereof, wonld be suhjecs ted eternally to fiery torments, more accute than the most vivid imagination could conceive, while the stings of conscience nnd the agonies of remorse would simultaneously rend and tear and crucify the soul. Having finished this en ticing picture of the reception prepared for the wicked, and heightened it with some extra touches, whieh we omit, the Reverend Father condescended to give his data for stating the distance between Tophet and New York, and the surface of the earth generally, at twenty- one miles. In boring Artesian wells, he said, it had been found that one degree of heat wns gained for every fifty feet of progress; conse quently, at the same ratio of increase, a tem perature capable of melting granite, wonld he obtained at tbe depth of twenty-one miles ; and at this point the infernal territory commenced. Of course, by a parity of reasoning, the deep er a sinner dived, tho hotter he must find it, nnd in the midst of a temperature, in which the most incombustible substances—any ashestoes “ ’s Champion Safes”—would melt instan taneously, the flesh, hones, muscles, tendons, nnd fibres of the condemned would roast ever lastingly without being consumed ! This was precisely the position taken by the good Father, although we have not used his exact words. It, seems to be slightly at variance with reason and philosophy : but wlint have these to do with the fire and brimstone theory? Tbe Artesian experiment wns not the only fact upon whieh the Father relied in gnaging, thennometricnlly, the fervency of infernal heat. He stated further, that on a certain occasion, a pious Catholic was permitted to receive a visit from one of Satan’s subjects, and that this over heated individual, by merely dipping his hand into a vase of water, made it so very hot that it immediately melted a bronze candlestick ! This incombustihlo firebrand of a fellow, does not seem to have cooled down more than a degree or two in performing the journey of twenty-one miles, from Terra del Fuego to Terra Firma.— Perhaps the crust interposed between the two regiois is somewhat thinner than tho priest supposes—who knows ? We should-he.unwil ling to descend more than five miles for fear of accidents. Dead reckonings are so often in correct. Tiie Know Nothings in Wilson.—A Le banon correspondent who is opposod to the K. N.’s sends us the following ncconnt of an inci dent of recent occurrence there, which he thinks too good to be lost: Editor of the Jlanne-—Dear Sir—Monday last being Connty Coart day, a large number of the sovereigns were in town. Several aspi rants for political honors took the occasion to offer their services to the “Dear People” to represent them in tbe next General Assembly. As an indication of the course the current is taking, I will mention the following : Mr. Barksdale, a young lawyer, by the way. of very fine talents, was speaking. An cld farmer was leaning against a post near by, paying profound attention to all that ho heard ; but unfortunately was given to expressing his opinions, in an aubible voice, of all that passed —Although evidently intended for no other ear than his own. “Fellow Citizens,” said Mr. B., ‘I am a Democrat of. the deepest dye.’— “Dead !’ oxclairacd the old man, in an emphat ic voice. Mr. B. continued, in substance : “I am opposed with my whole soul to this secret oliquo. of organization called the Know Noth in g». “Bcrif.d by—!” earnestly ejacutated onr friend. We turned away fully satisfied that in his eyes tho speaker was lost, without the possibility of eorction. Lebanon, April 9,1855. * T. [Nashville Banner. Two sons of Erin were moralizing over-the result of tho Into election. “Bnd news, Pat,” said Miko. “Faith, an’ ye’re right there,” responded Pat. “What -would ould Gineral Jackson say to this, if ho was alive now?” cjnculntod Mike. “Be gorre,” replied Pat, “he’d say he was glad he was dend!” of our Scene in a Western Bank.—Ono Western correspondents tells tho story of a man who had a draft on ono of tho banks of Illinois for throe thousand dollars, for which I10 deman ded specie. The bank officers invited the ap plicant to come behind tho counter, which invi- A Pacific Tone.—The JourmSof Commerce recapitulates the various outrages, so-called, thnt have been committed lqeSpain against the United States, and then excludes in the fol lowing moderato tone: 1 • . “ Nevertheless wo have no idea trial tho diffi^lfaHon was accepted, when the door of the bank cultios that exist are likelyto involve us in agrafe was opened, and tho officer addressed the war with Spain. Wnr is unnecessary to effect . following langunge to his visitor : “bay stran- tho result wo aim at, nnd can only be the con- | ger, look in tbatfurtber corner of this safe and sequcnco of. gross mismanagement on our part, | you will seo a smnli pile of geld. Now, that or an insane folly on the part of 8pain„which P'lo Is the feast possible sum that tho law will thcro is no reason t nntfoipate. The precise nllow us to keep on band, a wastjng, while we consequence of Captain MeCanfey’s mission cannot be foretold; but we trust that tho firm ness which the emergency requires, will be ac companied by the utmofl moderation that is are a banking institution ; nnd if you think that I am going to break one of our State tews to pay you in spoeio, you don’t know who I am.— You never wronged me, nnd I havo no ill will consistent with national honor. The people of ngninstyou. but takecaro how you run on our the United States want peace, and they will hold to severe account those who purposely exi aggernto the present embarrassments, for tbe purpose of involving us in war. The long chain of provocations which* had been offered by Amerloans against the Cuban Government should be romomberod, and mitigate our re sentment at the manner in whioh they have beon retaliated. Wiiy iera pretty young woman liko corn in timo of scarcity ? Booauso she ought to bo hus banded. ng stranger took bttts for his draft. -*Tmnecript. This reminds us of an incident thnt occurred many years ago, in one of the wall street banks, when specie was not as plentiful ns it is at pres ent. The good old president kopt a kog of cents, nearly filled, whieb the portor was direct ed to rail over the floor, whenever there wns a call for specie—the fetter at the same time, de claring in n loud voice, that “lie never before had such troublo with specie.” The rule gen erally was successful nnd the call for speolo foon subsided,—N. Y. Com, The Hudson River.—I thank God I eras j born on its banks. I think it an invaluable ad- j vantage to bo born nnd brought up it tbe neigh- i borhood of some grand and noblo object in nature —a river, a lake, or a mountain. We mako a friendship with it. we in n manner ally ourselves toil for life. It remain* an object of our pride nnd affection, a rnllying-point to call ns home ag ain after nil our wanderings. “The things which 1 wo have learned in onrohildhood,” says an old writer, “gsow np with onr soul, nnd unite them selves to it.” So it is with the scenes among which we l ave passed our early days; they in fluence the whole course of our thoughts and feolinge, nnd I fancy I can trace much of what is good and pleasant in my own heterogeneous compound to my early companionship with this glorious river. In tbe warmth of my youthful ontliusfesm I used to clothe it mitb moral attri butes, nnd almost to give it a soul. I admired its frank, bold, honest character, its noble specK ons. smiling surface covering the dangerous sand bar or perfidious rock, but a stream deep as it wns broad, and bearing with honorable faith the bark that trusted to its waves. I gloried in its simple, quiet, majestic, epic flow, ever straight forward. Once, indeed, it turns rside for a mo ment, forced from its course by opposing moun* tains, but it struggles bravely through them, and immediately resumes its straightforward march. Behold, thought T, an emblem of a good mnn’s course through life, ever simple, open, and dir ect: or if, overpowered by ndverse circumstan ces, he deviate into error, it is but momentary, be soon recovers his onward and honorable ca reer, and continues it to the end of hispilgrimage. Tho Hudson is, in a manner, my first and last love, and nfter all my wanderings, seeming infi delities I return to it with a heartfelt preference over all the other rivers in the world.—Irving. LOVE’S POTENCY. Oh, heavy pain ! oh. weary brain ! Oh heart •that wildly benteth ! Love's moaning dirge, while ocean’s surge For overmore repcateth The dismal cry, from earth to sky, “Torn spirit free thyself and fly!” What, craven be ! No, by tbe sea, And eartb, with all its treasures ! If she can scoff, then I can fengh, And seek some noble pleasures. Though she’s divine, shall I repine? No! Love and grief I'll drown in wine. / Ob, fool! Ob, shame on manhood's name ! Farewell to Lore forever; I thought to drown its angry frown In wine as in a river. I madly quaffed, at every drought The fiends exultant montbed and laughed. The frenzy fled: around my head And in my heart sung angel voices, “Be gentle, kind, and thou wilt find There’s one in all thy joy rejoices.” Love’s light did shine—I woke from wine, And fonnd my darling’s hand in mine ! England’s Humiliation.—No disaster that England's arms coaid sustain in the war against RitSsia. remarks the New York Shin, would be balf so great a humiliation as is the visit of Lou is Napoleon to Windsor Castle by invitation of England’s Queen and Ministry. It is not the parvenu character .of the present Emperor of tbe French that makes the event so hamilitating, bnt the baseness of his personal character, trum peted most loudly throughout the kingdom by tbe British press within the past three years. If Englishmen do not feel shame occasion of this visit, it will be .because the pride and man-i hood which were once their boast have ceased to be-nationni characteristics.” Haughty Albion would not recognize the Imperial title of the Grout Napoleon, nnd her ministers and officers insulted him in his eaptiveity by the mode in which they addressed liim. Now they bow low before the foresworn adventurer and destroyer of French liberty, whoso throne rests npon the- single merit that he is the “nephew of his un cle.” A Sad Stort.—The Boston Timet gives the followine particulars of a truly sad cose: It appears that Mr. George Gillis, of Salem, ayonncrmnn about twenty-five years of age. of good abilities, returned some fifteen months since from California^where he amassed a few thousand dollars which he has' lived on since his return. Last summer much of bis time was passed at Hingbam. in company with a cousin, a young fody of fortune nnd genius, who reegj- ved his addressess on the score of relationship, but gave him no encouragement to hope for an alliance. Some months since he wrote a fetter, threatening self-destruction if the lady did not consent to tertThtierself with him in Tnarriage. A mutual friend of both parties expostulated with him. and he expressed regret ior wbathe had done and announced his intention of leaving the country for Valparaiso. On Thrtrsdify even ing Inst he visited Cambridge, where the young lady resided, nnd while she was entertaining her friends within, the report of a pistol was heard, and Gillis was found dend on the piazza. It may be bnt justice to the young lady to add, that her reasons for rejecting his suit was most commendable in her. thongh not reflecting in the slightest npon the character of the decea sed. Wheat Crop.* Onr conntry friends, says the Griffin Vnion of the 21st iast.. give ns flattering accounts of th - * growing wheat crop throughout this section. If the seasons continue favorable, there will be an abundant harvest. We are als<y*pleased to learn that many of our' largest cotton planters haVe determined to cultivate more corn than usual this year. Crops in Virginia.—Wo learn thatthe wheat crop in Appomnttox is looking Very well. With favorablelreather, there is now a prospect ofn good crop. The Siarinton Spectator,, alluding to the prospects in Augusta county, says that feats of injury from drought havo been dissipa ted by recent rains. Crops in Tenness*.—The Franklin Revtow says tho wheat crop in that region of Tennessoo unusually promising, and the only danger now apprehendod to it is. that it is growing so rapid ly that the late frosts may injure it If not, the crop promises to bo a first rato ono. Interview Between Mr. Marct and the SpANisn Minister.—Tho New York Post it credibly informed that immediately or very soon after the intelligence of the assault made by a Spanish cruiser upon the ElDorado reached Wash ington, Mr. Mnrcy had an interview with the Spanish Minister, which' resulted iimn imme diate and unconditional admission by the latter, that his government has been guilty of a tres pass upon our commerce, and a promise to send instructions at once to Governor Concha, too see that hereafter no vessel sailing under the Amer- ioan flag, no matter how suspicious it may ap pear, shall bo fired at or brought to; unless with in three marine leagues of the shore, which is the extent of tho mnrino jurisdiction conceded to all nations having a seaport exposure. Such concessions srofe cheerfully made by the Span ish Minister, and his instructions in accordance with them aro already in the handu of Governor Concha. u Go it, bobtail, he’s gaining on you,” is now rendered: “Go it, Robert’sextrontity, the Gen- tlemin the rear is approximating to nn inconve nient vicYssitnde of the longitudinnl appendage, which subtends tho fewer oqtension ofyour car dinal elongating.” “Snmivcl, bevaro of-the vfmmins as rends no noospnpeia. Your fbdiffer married ft vnmnn vat reads nono. an’you're the sad konsequinz.— You're ns hignnrnnt as nn ’orso. Hignorant peoples sayq ns bow it’s threwin’ money away to tako nooapapera, an’ fooUn’ away time to read 9P tXSXe Papist Insolence.—The Now York Crusader closes an able article on tbe feelings and senti ments of Archbishop Hughes, by saying that even in onr conntry where pnblie opinion, tbe opposition of the Protestants, and the unlimited liberty of the press, ought to retain the rapa cious propensities of tbe Romish hierarchy, even here, we had lately some palpable indica tions of wbat we might expect if we were net to speak occasionally to their hanghty leaden with our hat on and tbe hand on the hilt! We havo witnessed on St. Patrick’s Day in 1845 a procession mostly composed of lawless Irish Catholics, which parade onr streets! tbeir prin cipal banner bore tbe following inscription— “Americans shall not rnje ns.” And on another: Eqcal Rights op Man is OBR Democratic Principle, one and all* Down with the Natives, and their twenty-one years’Naturalization Laws* Every Ma» hat a right to the Elective Fran chise on hit arrival Here in America. Then on one side*of the above a^ small flag was represented, bearing the following: Native Heretiee and Protestant bigots Dare not aronse The Romish Catholics’ Spirit onto wrath, or tremble at tbe consequences. Remember Rome, Spain and France. 800—to—1800 United States, 1845 0. K.—O’Connell—O. 'K. Curious Fact.—The New York Herald has made ont a table of the results of the late State elections npon the Nebraska question. From these results it appears that twenty-one good Nebraska men, mostly from the Northern States have been elected or re-elected, against thirty- five anti-Nebraska men; and that fifteen Ne braska men have been defeated to twenty-five anti-Nebraska men. These facts clearly prove that the Nebraska question bad, in fact, little or nothing to do with the late political revoln" tion. Tbe Herald doubtless attributes it to the oversight of the President in not appointing Mr. Bonnell, Minister to Franoe. j5S?"*The Van Boren (Ark.) Intelligencer ot the 3th alt. says that it JbtUL been mathemati cally proven and practically demonstrated, that the Arkansas river will no more be fit Jot navigation. Tbe difficulty lies in the feet that the banks have fallen in to such an extent as to widen tbe bed of tbe river immeasurably, requiring a larger volume of water than usual ly comes down in ordinary rises, to furnish its thirsty bars and to fill np its bed. A railroad will now have to be depended npon. High Prices. The New York Conner, afterinquiriesrespiC* ting the present supply and quantity to come forward of agricultural products, hazards the opinion that prices have reached their highest, and the next movement will be a retrograde movement, although present prices may be maintained two or three weeks. The Conner bases its opinion on the faet that there are one million five hundred thousand barrels of floor to oome forward from tbe 'Western States and from 'he Canadas, whieh are ' awaiting the opening of the canals in that State. Fifty thousand bushels of potatoes on their way to the New York market from Nova Scotia, nnder the reciprocacy law. The crop of Potatoes in Nova , Scotia last year was very large. Free trade has, within a few weeks, opened this market to con sumers, that these predictions may be realized. The high prices of food affects many kjnds of business injuriously, as it takes nearly all tne money the laboring population can earn to find themselves in food, which they cannot do with out. ■ A Rat of Peace.—A correspondent of the New York Courier, writing from Paris, express es the opinion that the Conference at Vienna will resnlt in peace. Various reasons are as signed. In the first place, the Emperor of Rus sia has, through his leading Minister, Prince Nesselrode, avowed his desire for peace. In the second place, the English Government is known to be friendly to peace, and hence the appointment of Lord John Russell, as Minister to Vienna* In the third place, Louis Napoleon is said to have consented, although reluctantly, to the establishment of peace, and chiefly be cause of the apprehended appearance of the plague among the French troops in the Crimea, at fee commencement of the hot Weather. This looks like a reasonable view of the case; and yet how is tbe third point to be adjusted? A SPEEcn bt GenT Bcncom.—The following is an extract from a speech«f Gen. Buncom in favor of 54 40:, Mr. SpeaSer—When I open my eyes, and look over the vast expanse of this conntry—when I* see how the yeast of Freedom has eansed it to rise in the scale of civilization and expanded on every side-*when I see it growing, swelling, roaring like a spring freshet—I cannot resist the idea, sir, the day will eome whrfti this great nation, like a yonng school boy, will burst its straps, and become entirely too big for its hoots. Sir, we want elbow room—the continent, the whole continent, and nothing hut the eontinent —and we will have it. Then shall Uncle Sam, placing his hat npon the Canadas, rest his right arm on the Oregon and California coast, his left on the eastern seaboard, and whittle away •the British power, while reposing his leg like a freeman, npon Cape Horn ! Sir; the day wfll— the day ntnstaome.” — »— One single vote sent Oliver Cromwell to the Long Parliament, Charles Stuart to the scaffold, revolutionized England, and made Great Brit ain free. Four votes, in the city of New. York, made Thos. Jefferson President of the United States one vote gave ns the Tariff of 1847, One vote gave us Texas, made war with Mexico, slew thousands of our people, and purchased Califor* nia. tnrned thither the tide of emigration, and will change the destiny of the world.—N. Y. Day Book. Fan of the Press. A. gentleman whose face was not far removed from the.doep Wfor'of aPensylvania diamond is supposed to present, attended church in Port land, not many days since. He coolly took a seat with^i while brother: whereupon, a deacon who sat in nn adjoining pow, whisperingly as ked his neighbor why he didn’t pit the “nigger ont?” “Why, Sir, he’s a Hay tion,” Was tne reply. “Can’t help that—he’s black.” “Why. Sir, he’s a correspondentot mine.” “Can’t help that—he’s black.” “He’s worth a million of dollars.” “Introduce me.” Tiie Old Story.—The following despatch went through by telegraph a month or two since: “ Charlie and Julia met at S ’s yes terday-quarreled and parted forovesv-anet a- gain this morning, and parted to meet no more —met again this evening, and were married 1” »—« : We are gratified to learn that the fruit is HOi all killed, but to the contrary in many neigh borhoods the prospect of a good crop ia truly flattering.—Dahlonega Signal, — ;7S5~Why is a schoolmaster liko a ohairma- ker? Because he ean 6s bottoms. , An inquiring genius has ‘diski vered’' theinsi- gnfo of tho Know Nothings. He says it con sists of the American eagle holding in his bill a ‘furriner’ by the seat of his breeches. “My eon, what would yon do if your dear fa ther should ho taken away from you?” “Curse and chaw tobaoker?” One young man in tho vicinity of Boston shot himself Inst weok^becanse he eould not get a wife, and another booause be oonld not get a divorce.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, May 01, 1855, Image 1