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Newspaper Page TextSllit 'Hume PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY COBU&N & DWINELL EDITORS. "Americans Shall Rule America.” TERMS—$2 00 PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 10. ROME, 6A., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1855. NUMBER 28. €!)c Home Conner * nnnii> itut mmr aounm. BT COBURN <ft DWINELL. * ft| 1 ■ ■ i ti litf ■■ . 01 dttNQnpUOa 2 ADVANCE, not urn, aid within six xosnt, Paid aw m m o> mi, ... ♦too ♦too ♦too at the usum? rates. UlmlhniMn Advertise ments At SI per square of 12 lines or less, for the first and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. r* Legal Advertisements wffl be Inserted i anal n Vs.8. 8. G. FARRELL'S ARABIAN LXWI- This celebrated medicine, skillfWlj compos ed u UU ef the most heatingfoalsams sad pene trating oils, eaa never fail to care almost every iW ; « tiMI tbaseentd be alleviated by sa extern al remedy. Itasuperierity over all other Lini ments is proven by the mirmeeloos eons it per- fbnse, and by die great aad constantly increas ing demand. There has been sold within the past ysar more than THREE MILLIONS OF BOTTLES* aad there eaa be bat lew person farad who do not bestow upon it die highest > far the rare virtaes it pose stats. Noth- , since the creation of the world* sb saoeeeaftd as an external remedy fa* all nerroas diseases, as this wonderful cu rative. When applied* It instantaneously dif fuses itself through the whole system , soothing fa irritated nerves* allayiag the most intense pains. rtfl Trnrftig n ' **-- Read the fbOowing remarkable earn, which can haidaalBdtabylMadtedswho were fully ac quainted with tbe whole dreamstaaoa. CLane JhhijcasS the Tonetle. isix months old, was ta- : in the tonsils, which, grow ‘six years old i ‘ f gnat difficulty in swallowing her food.— ‘ ‘it watch was kopt* fearing she would The best doctors attended her bat ceald give-no reRat. I took her to the most emi neat doctors in tbe East; they said there was aalafa fahsrbat to ootgrow it. With'a sad heart I setanad home with her, when she be came so much worse that the doctors had to be called in again; they dedden that tho tonsils nmMtbe cut as too only moans of giving re lief! My wife would not oooseat to this, and try your Liniment, which if tho very first application, and by a i use she entirely recovered. She is warn did and fle*by and healthy ti I be dashed. Tour Itofasanf is also the best in use for sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, hu aehe, ete„ and it win remove the most severe p^aian few minates. It also eured caked ad der in myeow ins few days. GEORGE FORD. Peoria, March 20. 1849 Look out for Counterfeit* f 'die are cautioned against anothe , winch has lately made its appearr , called W. B. Farrell's Arabian Liniment, tha nsmt dangerons ef all the counterfeits, be cause Us haring the name ef Fbrrril, many mV buy it ia good faith, without tbe know! edge that a counterfeit exists, and they will per haps euly diacorer tiieir error when tha spot uus mixture has wrought its evil effects. The genuine article is maaafeetured only by H. G. Farrell, mb investor aad proprietor, and wholesale druggist, No. IT Main street, Peoria, TlBneis. to whom all applications for Agencies toast be addressed. Be sure you get it with the letters H. G. before Farrell’s, thus—H. O. FARRELL’S—and his signature on the wrap per, all others are counterfeits. Sold by Kendrick A Pledger* Melville G. B. F. Mattox, Mt. Hickory C. Brown, Coosa P. 0. Branner A Moyers, Summerville Robert Battey,Wholesale Agent, Rome throughout THE COURTIN'. ST JAHRE MSKU LOWELL. ’Zeekleorep’up, quits unbeknown An* peek'd in through tho winder; An* there set Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hinder. The walnut logs shot sparkles ent Toward the pootier—bless her 1— An* leetle Area danced all about The china on tho dresser. Ag'In the wall the erookneoaks hnng, An* in among 'em rusted, Tho old Queen’s arm that Gran’ther Young, Breast book from Concord, busted. The very room, cox she was inlt, Looked warm from floor to ceilin’. Aa* she looked fell as rosy t As the apples she was; She bear'd a foot, an’ know’d it, to* A raspin on tho scraper— All ways tu once her feelin’a flew, Idke sparks in burnt-up paper. He kin* o* titered on tho mat; Soma doabtfel o* the seekle; His heart kept goin* pittypat, But hern went pity *Zeekle. B^Priee 25 and 59 cents, and $1 per bottle. AGENTS WANTED in every town, village aad hamlet is tbe United States, in which one Is not already established. Address H. G. Far rell as above, accompanied with good reference as to character, responsibility, Ac. F. Mi EDDLEMAN & BRO. it last a* Georgia. Keep constantly on band and for sale, at fbo lowest cash prices, a large assortment of BOOTS, SH0E8.LBATHEB,LASTS, PEGS. CALF LINING and BINDING SKINS SHOE-MAKER'S TOOLS, Ac. Ac. -fan 9, 1855, ly 3. M. TOMLINSON, T>LAIK, Honse Sign, Coacb. Passenger Cars X Fitoiis TTipamnetelsad PrrrratiTr P-f~trr AIso msnUfsetnrer of Gilt Glass Door Plates Window Signs, Numbers for Public Houses Churches and Street Numbers. Opposite Jacob Haas A Co. White Hall Street Atlanta, 6a. Jan 9.1855 ly. T. R. RIP-LEY, ATLANTA. OA. ThEALSR in China, Crockery, and Glass JJ wares ; Lamps of a» kinds; Oils, Cam- pbine. Plaid, and Alcohol by the hbL Terms Cash in advance. dan 9, 1855 ly ATLANTA MACHINE WORKS. {LATE ATLANTA IEOH FOUNDRY.) | HIS new Company is now prepare ed to do work on short notice, of heavy and light Castings from the latest improved patterns of Iron, or Composition, all of which will be warran ted. Turning. Borings and Drilling done to order. Also, screw catting of 10 feet or un der of any rise and thread reqnlred. Heavy and light forging of wrought Iron or Steel done in superior style. PARTICULAR ATTENTION iscalledto their patterns for Mill Gearing, for Merchant and Custom Flooring, and Saw Mills. Gia Gearing of all the n trial sizes, and Bark Mills always kept on band. We are also prepared to baiid stationary Engines upon the latest improvements. All of which will be sold low for cash. Copper and Brass taken In exchange for work at cash prices JAMES L DUNNING, john McDonough, WILLIAM RU8HT0N. P. 8. All of the above company are prac tical Mechanic*, and give tbeir Indfvidna attention to the bnsipeaa. fan. 9. *66 RICHARD A. JONES 9BALSB IS F0REK9 AID DOMESTIC MARBLE* NEAR THE DEPOT, Madison, OoLo M0NUMENT3, TOMBS AND HEADSTONES Always os hand. Orders from a distance executed with aeataess anddespatch (ly) Feb 6,1855 Drs. Smith & WyO©ten I AVING associated themselves In the prac tice of Medicine and Surgery, offer their rviee* to tbe public. Dr. Smith is prepared treat any diseases of the Eye and Ear. Office i Broad St, one door below H. A. Smith’s K>k Store, 29*55, \l y. The American Know Nothings and the English Press-John Ball Waking Up. The article# which we publish elsewhere from the leading editorial columns of tho London Times and Chronicle, in reference to tbe great Know Notiling movement which has so myste riously but effectively cleared the course of all the old party obstructions, to a new and com prehensive political revolution in the United States, are worthy of especial attention. The article from the Times is based upon the Amer ican platform of Council No. 12, of the Fifteenth ward of this city, and cor accompanying edi torial article published in tbe Harold ofthel2th ult.; and for the commentary ot tho Chronicle upon the inbeeQe administration of Lord Pal mors ton, we are confessedly indebted to the same Know Nothing manifesto. There is evidently, then, something in the policy and principles of this new American par ty proclamation from onr Fifteenth ward, which strikes at the roots of the corruptions and fail ures, not only of the old parties, aad the incom petent administration of this country, hut of the old feudal and aristocratic institutions and parties and eabineta of the British Empire, and ofalltheold despotic and “half feudal, half- constitutional” poGtieal systems of the entire continent of Europe. Nor should wa be greatly surprised were the British people to seise tbe hints thus thrown out by our London cotemporaries, and organise a great spontaneous Know Nothing movement in the British islands, looking to nothing less than the most thorough going popular revolu tion. Nay, more, at this progressive and revo lutionary epoch, when the spirit of change and reconstruction in republics, empires and king doms, seems to he epidemical and universal, it would scarcely be a matter of astonishment if such a movement in England, without blood shed, were shortly to result in the final extinc tion of the feudal relics of the English govern ment and English society, and in the prostra tion ef its overshadowing and monopolising aristocracy to the eommon level of the body of the people. Aad if such tilings be possible among tbe patient, plodding, aad submissive people of England, sorely we may count upon similar achievements, through these mysterious and potential Know Nothings, among tbe more inflamable revolutionary masses of the continent. The demoralisations of onr old political par ties, aad the corruptions aad moral marasmus of this wretched Pierce administration, are des tined to bring ns from this Know Nothing reac tion, in some shape or other, a wholesome and most comprehensive change. It is. easy to per ceive it. The leading jonraals of London give to this new movement its true meaning and its proper application in taking it home, and in measuring their own incompetent and old aristo cratic political machinery by the same standard. Their reasoning Is perfectly consistent and log ical. Let them watch the progress of this new revolution in the United States and profit ac cordingly, and Young America may yet, with in a brief spaee, effect more for the redemp tion of Old England from the shackles of feu dalism and a Moated, snperanuated aristocracy, than she has accomplished for herself through all her trials, struggles and revolution of a thou sand years. This Know Nothing movement with ns has not yet half developed its purposes and its pow er. In the Northern States, tbe native senti ment of hostility to these intrusive and accu mulating foreign balances of power, so habitu ally and corruptly used by the old parties in our popular elections, will still continue to strength en the Know Nothing ranks. In the Sonth, on the other hand, they have discovered that the balk of these European accefsions to onr Nor thern population is actively hostile to onr South ern institution of slavery. Our Southern peo ple are, therefore in fevor of a stringent natu ralisation law, which will arrest these constant foreign accessions to the anti-slavery parties aad factions of the North, and correspondingly cheek the threatened ascendancy of the anti slavery sentiment in tbe popular branch of Con gress, and in the popular vote of the Union.— Thus, while the junction of the Know Nothings, North sad South, in the approaching Presiden tial election, is very donbtfol, we have no doubt that in both sections they will establish their as cendancy over both the old parties in tbe elec tions of tbe current year. They may unite or divide in the general election of '50, out in any event, we anticipate a radical and wholesome revolution from the reconstruction of political parties, and a new administration, out and out. Our London cotemporaries appreciate the world-wide importance of this American Know Nothing movement. Its policy of revolutioni sing Amerlou polities, political parties, and their corrupting affiliations, and the adminis tration of the governments of the several States and of the Union, admit of a general applica tion. Wo are taking the lead in commerce, in •team navigation, in all tbe elements of ma terial progress, and why not hold our own in tbe progressive science of good government, as the living and leading example to England aad the rest of mankind. Between the Rus sians at Sebastopol, and the Know Nothings of the United States, there is yet a hop* for John Bun. [N. Y. Herald. Romanceof InniAir Lire-A private soldier, writing from Fort Laramie, March 12, mentions tbe following incidents of the massacre of Lieut Grattan : “I will give yon two facts connected with the massacre which I have never seen In the pa pers. A musician—one of tbe party—owned or married a squaw, and on that unfortunate day when she saw danger threatening tbe troops she rallied her father and brother to preserve her lower. When be foil wounded she rushed to him to protect him from the arrows or perish with him. Her father shot several arrows at the other Indians, and was wounded himself in the zealous defence of soldier*. The hostile Indians then rushed on the wounded soldier, tore him from tbe embrace of bis faithfel squaw aad scalped him before her eyes. After this she could not bo prevailed upon to eat or drink, aad starved to death, dying in nine days, and glad to go to regain the preeenoe of the spirit of one she loved so dearly.'* Western sbservss:— week's now The editor of a western paper “The poem which we publish in this w< Herald was written by an esteemed friend many years in bis grave for bis own amuse ment." _ Some of tbe French soldiers recently made a paper kite, to which they attached a French flag, aad let it fly above SsbastopoL The London Times on the American Party. The following U the substantial portion 'of the article in the London Timtt upon the Ame rican party, to which reference is made in the telegraph summary of tho foreign news. It wilTbo seen that tha Times looks very favorably upon the new party, believing tbit it will conn terbalanee the efforts of European agitators entangle the American government with the liberal element in Europe: “We have read with great interest a state pa per, which appears to ua to be drawn np with ability and moderation, on behalf of the Know Nothings, or, as they profess to esll themselves, the American party, 1° the United States. This paper has already obtained a decisive ascend ancy in the Northern States of the Union, and it is extremely probable that it will name the successor of President Pierce at the next pres idential election. Bat tbe prinoiplo on whieh the party is formed is of for greater importance than any personal consequences It may produce for this prineiple may lead to permanent results in the policy of the Union. The Americra par ty, indeed, places itself in opposition to the ri val elaims of tho old political leaders, and 'it boasts that its organisation has been completed entirely without their assistance. The objeet of its fonndersliasbeen to preservo their design from the assaults of otbor parties nntfl they could rely on their own strength ; and for this propose, they state curiously enough, that ‘their organisation is more or less secret in action, and almost altogether secret in the source from whieh it deriveslte counsel and design.* Yet, in spite of this mystery, which would seem so little adapted to the political habits of the United States, the party has un questionably gained ground with singular ra pidity. It mast therefore represent an opinion shared by large masses of the American people. Its main objeet is declared to be to re-assert the original purpose of the Union, to revive the national spirit of the country, to rerush those factions which have converted party warfare into a more struggle for the power of dispens ing patronage, and above all, to resist the in crease of foreign influences in the United States. The last motivo is more'especially the pecnliar and immediate object of the Know-Nothing party. They state that not much less than half a million strangers are driven annually by pov erty or misrule to swell the population of the United States ; and that, although this acqui sition of labor is in some respect useful to the community, yet that these immigrants are ig norant of the institutions, the laws, and even the language of the country, and animated by a spirit very different from that of American citizens. These persons are, however, very speedily invested with the franchise and the ex ercise of political power. This immigration 'furnishes what may, with out much exaggeration of phrase, be called the distinct estate in our republic. Its ever-swel ling tide is visible in every community. It is banded into combinations more or lets apart from our long known and familiar masses of na tive eitizens, by ties of foreign - kindred, by un forgotten and ever-cherished nationalties, and by sympathies alien to the spirit whieh alone sustains our peculiar, temperate and complica ted system of freedom. Worse than this, it has caught the notice and stimulated 'the craft of selfish polities! aspirants and demagogues, who have too easily fonnd it a pliant resource for party use, and who have cajoled, flattered rad seduced it into the ranks of partisan strife, and thus imparted to it a consequence and an influ ence most powerful to aid a perverse ambition, but utterly powerless to accomplish any honest end for which the highest prerogatives of citi zenship were originally designed.' To this we may add, that it exercises an undue and almost exclusive influence over the American press, that it is always endeavoring to embroil the United States, for its own sinister purposes, with the European powers, and that it is led by the renegades, the sympathisers and the an nexationiste of every clime who have sought a refuge beyond the Atlantic. But the views of the American Party do not stop here. They observe that a very large portion of this annual imigration belongs to the Church of Rome—a body regarded with distrust by the greater number of tbe American people, professing at least a moral allegiance to a for eign and absolute power, and organised in a peculiar manner for the promotion of Roman Catholic objects at the expense of those very liberties which these persons exercsie and en joy. Tbe American party, therefore, proclaims that it takes its stand against the political ac tion of tho Roman Catholic Church in the Uni ted States, not from intolerance of the doctrines of that faith, but from a conviction that the ten dency of that church is to embody its adherents in a party the objects of which are at variance with the institutions and national spirit of the American people. These declarations are to a great extent new in the history of the United States. Hitherto, unlimited facilities and encouragement have been held oat to immigration, and the political parties in the community have professed abso lute indifference to the religions faith of tbeir members. Experience seems to have convinc ed at least one considerable section of the Ame rican community that these privileges cannot always be as liberally conceded as they have hitherto been; and it is obvious that the prin ciples of this new party are mainly directed against the extraordinary increase of the Irish element among the American populatisn, both as aliens and as Papists. On many other topics the manifesto preserves a discreet and signifi cant silence, probably because, although the Know Nothings are cordially united on some points, that union does not extend to all. Thus, the vital question of slavery is left unnoticed, because in Massachnseetts, for instance, the Know Nothings have declared for emancipation, while in other States they support the Fugitive Slave Law. Again, the annexation of Cuba and other territories it not alluded to, probably be cause every extension of territory inhabited by men of the Spanish race and the Roman Catholic faith must tend to weaken the national Ameri can character of the Union. If these are the established principles of the Know Nothing party, we cannot bntregard them with consid rablo sympathy. We have ever watched with sincere admiration the progress of the United States, as long as it it directed to those legitimate objects which are to be found within the magnificent territories of the Union. A less fevorable opinion of their policy and con dition hat only been formed and expressed in Europe when public opiqion in the United 8tates was misled by factions agitators, or mis- direeted to objects incompatible with the rights of others. The strength of the Union and the peace of the world would be protected and se cured by a policy whioh professes to concentrate the strength of the American people oh Ame rican objeets. The language of the new party appears to us to be patriotic and wise, and far more nearly akin to tbe true principles of the founders of the commonwealth than the scanda lous attempts of the modern democrats to court popularity at the expense of honesty and honor. The Know Nothings owe their existence to a reaction against the follies and excesses of Koi- rath meetings, of Irish journalism, of the Romish priests, and Mr. Pieree's ministers; and it is not improbable that they will raeceed in constituting tbo next government of tbe United Steles, as they have already returned a majority to the next Congress.’* celebrated comedian arranged with bisgreengrocer, one Berry, to pay him quarter ly £but tbe greengrocer sent in his account long before the quarter was due. The grocer come, and, laboring under the impression that his cre dit was doubted, said: “Isay, here’s a pretty mul, Berry; you've sent in jour bill, Berry, before it was due, Berry.; your father, the elder Berry, would not have been snob a goose, Ber ry. But you need not look blaek, Berry—for I don’t care a straw, Berry—and shan’t pay yon ttyl Christmas, Berry. Nolllflcatlon and Its Remedy* Reckless as baa been the Sawardite majority in the New York Legislature, at the late session, odious for its violations of ail decency in carry ing out, as far as it eould, its sohemes of dema- goguism, it has not been strong enough in dar ing to enact the bill of Mr. Phelps, tf Onondaga oounty, entitled “An net for the forfher preser vation of the constitutional rights and liberties of the people of this State." But wo observe that the Seward organ indulges the hope that it might be got through somehow or other before the close of tbe session. Tho bill gives the right of habeae eorput to any person in that State arrested on the ground that he owes servies or labor under the laws of another State, punishes by a erime of not less than $2,000 and by imprisonment in the State’s prison not less than five years ; any one remov ing or offering to remove a person so claimed makes the use of any New York jail for tbe con finement of any such a heavily penal offence provides that any sffleer of the State, in any ca pacity, who shall be in any manner eonoerned in arresting or keeping any such person, shall forfeit his offico and from that time forth he for ever ineligible to Office ; prohibits the militia of tho State from toting in any manner in the seizure, keeping Jr rendition of such person, under aheavy penalty of fine and imprisonment; and so on. It seems that they eould not quite sueeeed in this at one attempt; hut at lastaceounts there was a motion pending for the reconsideration of tbe vote by whioh it was rejected. Now, if this act be not indirect contravention ofthe fourth article of the constitution ofthe United States, we have no idea of the meaning of language. It denies the full frith and credit whieh that instrument provides shall he given in eaeh State to the publio acts, records and judicial proceedings of other States. It denies to the eitizens of other States the privileges and immunities the constitution gives them in the several States. It expressly and in terms abrogates the provision of that instrument that a person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall by no law or regulations therein be dis charged from sueh service of labor, but shall he delivered up, on claim of the party to whom such service or labor is due; and thus it virtu, ally nullifies the constitution, and sets up a law of New York in opposition to the law of tho land. This is Seward ism in the concrete. It may yet be passed into a law, and if it be. and a case under it should arise in New York, we shall have attained the results to which Sewardism inevi tably tends; a virtual dissolution of the Union, by tiie nullification of the constitution which makes that Union. The new American party, which, in its prog ress, is potting down or absorbing all other par ties, wiU regulate all this, let it reach what point soever of enormity it may. That party is pledg ed to the preservation ofthe sacred compromi ses of the constitution and to the inviolability of tbe Union, and we arel nelined to believe that it will carry ont its pledges, in good faith and the utmost efficiency. It desires and designs to “see the federal constitution faithfully adminis tered in atriot accordance with the views of its founders, all usurpations eheeked, all encroach ments on the rights of the States rebpked, and all forced constructions disavowed ? it feels the responsibility it has aaramed, knowing foil well the opposition it has lb encounter “from the con glomerate of all fragments and fractions of par ty,” and from none more than that which isjnst now paramount in tho legislation of New York. It insists, in terms that cannot be misinterpre ted or misunderstood, “upon the faithful per formance by General Government, by every State, and by every public functionary or each, of all duties enjoined upon either by tbe con stitution of the United States," and to qnoto an authentic declaration of its principles, it pledges itself to suppress, as for as it has the power, all tendencies to political division foun ded on geographical position, to rebnfee all ag Station upon topics of dangerons import to the peace and harmony of the Union, and to check the efforts of selfish and designing politicians to create dissensions by appeals to local interests or prejudices.” With such principles aa'these, fairly and faith- folly carried into practical operation, legisla tion like that we have been contemplating as disgracing the State of New York, can do no lasting harm.—If. 0. Picayune. Conundrums. What tnne is that whieh ladies never call for ? Why the spit-toon. Why is a kiss like a rumor? Because it goes from month to month. When is a lady’s neck not a neck ? When its a little bare, (bear*) When is a bedstead not a beadstead ? When it becomes a little bug-gy. When is music like vegetables ? When there is two beat* to the measure. When is a horse not a horse ? When he is turned into a field. Why is a ‘darkie V head like the moon ? Be cause it is supposed to be inhabited. Why are soldiers like clocks ? Because their first dnty is to “mark time.” What maid are yon always sure to see in a clothing store ? Ready-made. Why Is alean dog like a man in meditation ? Because he is a thin cur, (thinker) Why Isa fashionable dressed lady on the street like a vagrant? Because she has no visi ble means of support. Why is a four-quart jag like a lady’s side sad dle ? Because it holds a gal-on, (gallon) Why is a poor horso greater than Napoleon ? Because In him are many bony-parts. Why was the elephant the last animal going into Noah’s ark ? Because he waited for his trank. Suppose a scolding wife should he in the act of drowning, what single letter in the alphabet wonld express the husband's feeling ? Letter B, (let her be !) What is it that goes when a wagon goes, stops when a wagon stops ? it ain't no use to the wag on, and yet the wagon can’t go withontit ? Why, the noise, to be rare. Read this ye Blind Merchants. We wonld respectfully direct the attention of some of onr merchants to the following excel lent article '(■ “Newspapers are to a town what its advertise ments are to its merchants. They do for a town gratuitously what advertising does for a man of business at a high cost They concentrate pnblio attention npon its buildings, its sights, “lions,” and wonders, its attractions of every name and class, uppermost to the pnblio mind. They go Into every nook and corner of the sur rounding country, into every man’s door, and to every man’s fireside ; they go abroad to very great distances, into other communities, among strangers, exeiting an interest among its con cerns, and spreading information of its trade and attractions wherever they go. The more tho publio at large hear and read of a town and country, the more they are tempted to see, vis it and explore it. What would a merchant be if hie name were unknown to the pnblio, and hie hnainess were as obscure as his name ? what wonld a merchant’s signboard over the street door of bis store do in attracting trade, ifhe did not send it with a catalogue of bie wares in a newspaper, to every man’s door ? Who would be tempted to visit a town that had no newspa pers, and whioh they wonld hear of only acci dentally, or onoe in a year perhaps a lifetime.” A good newspaper gives more importance to a town than all other agenoies combined.— Wbat passion is more universal than the pas sion for reading newspapers and learning the news ? What disposition is more general and uncontrollable, than the disposition to visit pla ces that we hear of and read of in every news* paper that comes to’our door? “Do yon think yon are fit to die ?” said a step mother to her neglected child. “I don’t know,” said the little girl, taking i hold of her dirty dress, and inspecting it—11 guess to—if I ain’t too dirt^w” | Extraordinary Will.—In an interesting Utter to the New York Courier and Enquirer, Mr. E. Meriam, the New York meteorologist, states that there is in Lookport, N. Y. an arte sian well four hundred feet in depth, from the bottom of which rises a vein of salt water, hold ing in combination a large per oentage of dili- qnesoing chlorides, whieh mingling with water of other veins, produce instantaneous crystali- sntions of beautiful tlenite, in flattened eight sided prisms of about an inch in length, and a sixteenth of an inoh in thickness. The lami nae of those are so perfect that a single crystal may he divided by means of heat, into two dozen distinct sheets. This well is peonliar in more respects than one. It U accustomed to ■pout salt water for bnt a few moments at a time, and then subsiding remains quiet for the space of an hour, at the conclusion of which it again begins to pnff and roar and shoot forth its saline jets. When the workmen were sink ing this well, the anger, npon attaining a depth of two hundred and twenty-five feet, fell sud denly about fourteen feet, and reached the bot tom of a subterranean river, flowing with so strong a current as to produce a perceptible mo tion in the upper part of the stem of the anger. Vicissitudes or Life.—Seldom has the press reeorded the story of a rain so sadden and so complete as the following: “On the first of January, 1854, a gentleman doing business in this city was worth, with wbathe had invested in business $110,000.— At the same time he was blessed with a lovely and intelligent wife, heantifnl and promising children. He was snrronpded by friends who esteemed and respected him. His business was lucrative, and promised to oontinne so. Indeed his position as well as his prospects were, seemingly, all that he coaid desire his happiness perfect How complete the wreck which tbe year eloped npon! The first misfor tune was the transfer of merchandise to the amount of $18,000 to a California dealer, for which not one cent was ever received. Tbe next were two snceesaive robberies, by means of which $25,000 were lost Soon after this the unfortunate man made an investment in real estate to a large amonnt The next and crowning misfortune was a trip with his fomily to Europe.—They embarked on theirretnra with $38,000' in goods, or board the steamship Arctic, and all shared her luckless fate f In settling np his affairs, his real estate was sold under the hammer at a sacrifice of $40,000 making the aggregate loss to his property daring the year, $118,000 $8,000 more than this assets. His friends were obliged to make good the defi- ciency! Was ever destruction more complete? Father, mother, children and fortune, all gone—swept from the faee of the earth— nothing left to show that they ever existed!— FowlePe Life Illuttrated. Mr. Wise takes aback. We have very good authority, says the Wil mington (N. C.) Herald, for the correctness of tbe following anecdote: Mr. Wise, the Accomoe Pilgrim, was addres- ing a large assemblage somewhere in Virginia, the other day, and in his characteristic style, abasing the Know Nothings. “ Is there one of that secret, traitorous clan here present:” he exclaimed, "if so let Mm show his face.” No one rose. Vociferous cheering and shooting. Mr. Wise, gathering fresh courage and vebe. mence," If there’s a know-Nothing in the room, I challenge him to stand np like a man!” Congregation remain seated. Tremendous ap plause and vociferation. Mr. Wise, brim fail of gall and bitterness, charging round. “Stand np, ye lonsy, godless, christless set, stand np, I defy ye, if there be one here present!” An old gentleman in the rear of the room, slowly rises, and blandly remarks, “ Sam! get np!‘‘ whereupon two-thirds of the assembly spring to their feet. . It is said that Mr. Wise was so confounded by this unexpected result, that he did not resume his speech. A Fearful thought.—There are on earth 1,000,000,000 of inhabitants. Of these 33,333, 333 die every year.—91,824 die every day; 3, 789 every hour and sixty every minute; or one for every second. The above estimate presents a fearful thought, in the light of. the doctrines com monly denominated orthodox. According to a strict application St those doctrines, not more than one tenth of the human race can ever en ter npon the joys of heaven, while all the r«^ mainder mast go down to eternal wretchedness. Therefore about 30,000,000 human souls sink into hell every year; 82,642 every day; 3,402 every hour; and fifty-four every minute. Think O Christian reader, think that at nearly every tick of the clock, a human sonl, created in the image of tbe Eternal and offspring of God, capable ’of attaining to the highest pinacle of trnth and goodness, drops into endless woe! Tick—tick—tick—drop—drop drop! Each moment that flies, another sonl sinks to hell, a new shriek goes np to mingle forever with the hallelujahs of angels around the Throne of heaven! And such the teachings of what is claimed to be Gospel! Almighty God! these are the torrifio representations made of tbee! These alleged as the fruits of thy grace! thy infinite mercy! thy impartial love!—How darkened the minds; how low and gross the conceptions of a God of love where errors so fearful find a resting place. “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do!” Queer Chrxstixa aid the New Czar.- “Canard.”—The great talk of the week certain circles has-been the rebaff experienced by Queen Christina, in her first negotiations with the new Czar of Russia. The answer given to her appeal concerning the declaration of Independence of Poland, and the proclama tion of her son-in-law as Sovereign, has been the immediate nomination of a Viceroy: measure which the present Czar had always suggested, but to which his father deolared his perfect antipathy, in consequence of the refu sal of the Grand Duke Constantine to fill that post. “Give me five minutes tete-a-tete, a quiet room, and my back to the light, and I will undertake to wheedle any man out of all I want,” said the Queen, some years ago, whon it seemed almost impossible she could be allow ed to return to Spain. This five minntes tete- a-tete is said to be decided on in this extreme emergency, and the gossips declare that her Majesty is bent upon a journey incognita to St Petersburg. Mach laughter has been created by the idea, aslhe yonng Czar is known to have a pecnliar dread of female influence, and is likely to agree^to any terms to avoid the five minutes’ tete-a-tete, upon which Christina relies.—Parts Letter, March 15. Sad Accident.—Mr. Matthias Adams, a very respectable citizen of Montgomery county, was killed on Thursday, 29th ult., by the falling of a limb of a tree, which broke his skull. He had out down a tree, it lodged, and perhaps lodged on a limb ; he went to pick np his hat (it is sup posed) when the limb fell and killed him in stantly.—Southern Recorder. A rough diamond was recently picked np near Manchester Va., a small town opposite Rich mond. The N. Y. Herald says: The stone is about the size of a bnzel nnt, and weighs forty-three earets. It has n flaw in the centre, bnt it is otherwise quite promising. The Richmond jewelers estimated its value at four thousand dollars, and claim that it is the largest diamond ever found in North America. We pre same that it will be submitted to tbe inspection of some of onr lapidaries, and that a scientific report will be made. It was fonnd in a clay bank, about two feet from the surfooe. There are eoal and iron mines in the vicinity. The amonnt 'of gold annually gathered in California, aoeordiog to the Governor’s Message, may be put down at $90,900,000. Of this there is shipped to the Atlantic States and Eu rope, $60,000,000 and the remainder is shipped to ports in the Pncific, or minted in Snn Fran cisco, or used in trading. The export of qniek- eilY$r amount to $750,000 per annm. P&rThe following lines were predicated np on the death of a yonng and heantifnl Ver mont girl, who, having been spurned by her betrothed, committed raieide at Lowell, Maas. In her ehamber was found a note, reqnesting that her remains might be conveyed to her pa rents, and closing with the words—“ Tell them I am no more." Aside irom their poetio merit, there is a heart-stirring pathos in the verses whieh appeals directly to the reader’s sympa thies.—Exchange. TELL THEM I AM NO MORE. Tell them I am no moro: Tell them this poor heart of mine was breaking, That in my dreamig hours and my waking, I saw no love in Store— That clouds were ever o'er my spirit weeping, And sorrow, with its chilling dews, was steeping, My braised heart to its core. ‘Tell them I am no more! My dying words speak softly in their ear, Bid them not to weep that one they love so dear. Heart-broken goes before— That to the golden realms its bright way winning, My spirit shall find rest where seraohs, singing Their sweet toned harps bend o’er. Tell them I am no more! That I obey n voice, soft-ton'ed, celestial, And bids me not deplore. My mother oft hath told me of a land By sweet and bliss-enamored breezes fanned, Where all hearts One adore! Tell them I am no more! That to that land my ransomed spirit soaring, Joins the bright Sisterhood, with hymns adoring The infinite and Pare. That the weary spirit, crashed and broken, Shall live anew, in bliss unseen, unspoken, Live on forever more! Tell them I am no more! Oh tell them not to speak nnkindly— Bnt to forgive me, if I rash too blindly To the far, unseen shore. Tell them they would not chide me, if they knew What burning tears Fve wept the long nights through, The grief this bosom bore. Tell them I am no more! That one I loved, aye, loved him traly, only, And yet was all unloved, that sad and lonely, I wept my troubles o’er. Life has no charms, with all its rammer hnes, And like a stricken flower, untouched by dews, I drooped to rise no more. Tell them I am no more! That to the last I thought of them and prayed That tnrasd to dost, this poorframe might be laid Near the old farm house door. Tell them I dreamed my mother’s lips of love, When the tired spirit gains its rest above, Might bless me as of yore. Tell them I am no more! That I am going to the land Elysian, Whose angels float before my dying vision, As thongh God’s love they bore. Ihear their promise, “One who thus hath striven, Shall be received, and all, all, all forgiven—” Tell them I ah no hore! Commodore M’Caultst*s Orders—Will There be War?—They who imagine that Com modore M’Cauley has been sent to Cuba npon another Greytown expedition are very much mistaken. One of onr Wall street cotempora ries, with the air of an outsider speaking by authority, says:— The orders that have been given to Captain M’Canley ore of tbo most explicit and prndent character. He is not authorized to make any demands npon the Caban government, nor to ask for any explanations with reference to tbe past; and even if he shall hear (not having himself witnessed the fact) that a vessel of the United States has been fired into, his instruc tions do not allow him to resent the affront, nor to take any notice of it whatsoever. It is his doty, however, to nse indefatigable vigilance in protecting American commerce, and, if possible, to prevent any outrage from occurring under his own immediate observation. A higher bounty than has ever been paid in onr Navy is now offered to seamen,, in order that Captain M’Canley’s squadron may be reinforced as rap idly as possible; bnt only in 'the case that a vessel nader his command shall witness an at tack npon one of onr merchantmen, is he at liberty to resent it If so wanton and gratuit ous an insnltto this country should be offered, a firing upon an unarmed vessel of the United States, in presence of one of onr meo-of-war, Captain M’Canley is instructed to chastise, and, if possible, to sink the aggressor, no matter what disparity of force may exist against him, what armed witnesses favorable to Spain may be present or what the risk to himself may he. This confirms onr views of these notable in structions. Is it likely that any Spanish vessel of war will fire into an American merchantman with an American war steamer in sight? Very “prndent” instructions indeed. Under them, Mr. Pierce himself might have gone out in tbe San Jacinto withoat fear of any cause for fainting. Old Hickory wonld have ordered the Commodore to bring home the first Spanish craiser that might fall in his way, so as to trans fer all explanations from Cuba to Washington, and bring the whole imbroglio to a foens. Bnt Mr. Pierce’s instructions are of tbe “most pru dent character.” What a public blessing are these old grannies in time of war!' What a virtue is bravery at Greytown and prudence at Havana! Don’t be alarmed.—If. Herald, Origin of Jealocst.—Onr lady readers will be interested in the following account of the birth of the “green-eyed monster,” which we extract from Manefield Parkins'most entertain ing work, Life in Abyttinia. Mr. Parkins beard the story from the Ups of a piods Moslem acquaintance: ‘When Adam and Eve were in Paradise, they were for some time a most happy conple, (it may bo supposed for a month or two, like most married couples.) Adam was in the habit of going every evening to heaven to pray. The Devi), who had studied tbe female mind, and knew its weak points, thought that the intro duction of jealousy might he a good foundation whereon to build much mischief. So ho vent to Eve, and after propitiating her by well-timed flattery, he inquired after Adam. Eve replied by informing him where her husband had gone. At this the Devil smiled, incredulously, bnt said nothing: and oven when onr first mother pres sed him to toll him 'the meaning of his smtie, refused to answer for a time, feigning that he would not hart her feelings or injure the repo? tation ol his friend. This eondnet was only additional evideaeo of his profound acquain tance with the weakness of the female heart, for so acting he wrought strongly on her enrios ity as well as her suspicion, till at last, having worked her np to a state of mind capable of re ceiving any lies he might to tell her, he infor med her, with every appearance of sorrow, that Adam was deceiving her and paying his addres ses to another lady. At this Eve laaghed scornfully, saying, “how can this bo, for I know there is no woman created except myself?” Tbe Devil again smUed with an expression of pity. Alas! poor things said be, if I show yon ano ther woman will that undeceive yon? She as sented, and he showed her a mirror! Ere wasSof course, completely deceived, thongh she thought herself undeceived. Whitewash.—Poor whitewash is a serious injury to a wall or ceiling and when once on it is difficult to get it off or properly cover it and produce a clear white appearanoe. This is the season for cleaning np, and wo will give the re ceipt for a first rate wash. Quiek lime, slacked by boiling water, stirring it until so slacked.— Then dissolve in water white vitrol (sulphur of zinc) which yon get atthe druggists, at the rate of two pounds of zinc to a half barrel of white wash, making it of the consistency of rich milk. This sulphate of sine will cause the wash to harden, and to prevent the lime from robbing off, a pound of salt should he thrown into it, “Pitch nr to Nicodemus!”—A celebrated character of the State of New York, holding a high post in the law, was lately taken ill and confined to bis bed several days. His wife who is an angel of a woman, (as wives generally are) proposed to read for him, to whioh ho readily assented. ‘My dear, what shall I read ?’ ‘Oh, I don’t care mnch what, anything yon plense.' ‘Bnt have yon no ohoiee dear V ‘None in the world, love; please yourself.* ‘Shall I read a chapter or two outof the Scrip tures ? ‘Oh yes, thntl do very well.* ‘But what part of the Scriptures shall I read ?’ ‘Any part you !iko, love.’ ‘But dear, you must have some oheice some, little preference, we all have that.’ ‘No, I have none in the world dear, read any part yon like best’ ‘But I would rather please you, dear John, and you surely have preference.’ ‘Well, well, dear, if yon will please me, then pitch into Ifieodemut /’ Cost of Governing New York Citt.—The annual cost ofthe oity government of New York is estimated at $3,963,065. There is also an expenditure on trust accounts amounting to $6,- 248,242, Among the items of the former are the following : Gleaning streets, $240,005,26; roads and Eighth Avenne, $6,282,71; roads and avennes, $58,456,53; street expenses, Ao., $249,995,75. In tbe matter of printing, the ex- lenditure was $100,424,88; police $824,459,50; amps and gns, $307,901,70 ; almshouse, $552,- 000; common schools, $758,813,50; fire des artment, $85,267,19; and so on through the onglist of items. The Clat Monument.—The Lexington, Kj* Observer, of the 14th inat, says: The committee of gentiemea from this and other States, designated for the purpose, as sembled in this city on Thursday last, the anni versary of Mr. Clay’s birthday, to select the plan for a monument to he erected over tho re mains of that venerated Statesman. Tbe com mittee was composed of some twelve or fifteen gentlemen, among whom wo observed Messrs. Z. Collins Lee, of Baltimore, and Lars. Ander son, of Cincinnati, who are distinguished in their respective localities as gentlemen of great taste and cultivation in the fine arts. Gov. Powell, of Kentucky, was present aad presided, over the deliberations ofthe meeting. Upwards of one hundred models were presen ted. For the purpose of enabling the commit tee to have a better view of them, the President of the Association procured the urge and ele gant ball room ofthe Broadway Hotel,rad had them all appropriately arranged therein. Most. ofthe plans were fine specimens of art, rad ad mirably designed, bnt several ef them were ve ry superior in arrangement and design. In fact, we understand the committee had no little. difficulty in coming to a conclusion as to the one which should be selected, and to whieh, of coarse, the premium of $500 should be awar ded. They however,.finally determined to re commend the modol^pressnted by Mr. Hamilton, of Cincinnati, whioh is a gorgeous Gothic struc tures, and, if finally adopted, will 'certainly make a monument worthy of the most illustri ous man ofthe age, and whose name and fame it is designed to aid in transmitting to future generations. The docission of the oommittoe is not, however, final, as according to the char ter ofthe company, the matter has to bo sub mitted to the stockholders for their confirms- > tion.- _ A writerjn the North British Review favor* the adoption of high healed boots by ladies.— The writer, after admitting that American ladies hare neater feet than their English cousins, goes on to describe the improvement in the lat ter by wearing high heeled boots. These high , or “military heels” necessarily force down the toes and compel the proper movement in walk ing—the proper exercise of tho right muscles. The tendency of this elevation of the heel in to throw the calf of tbo leg ont of the ankle, where, nnder bad treatment, it is too apt to set tle. It is said that, in this respect, the confer-^ mation of French women is bettor than that of onr own, because the absence of the sido pave ment from so many of their thoroughfares and a very eommon nso in the largo towns of thin shoes, compels them to piek their way on their toes. We think that it is Dr. Aroott, who, ia his Elements of Physics, illustrates the effeot both of wearing thin shoes and standing on one’s toes, by comparing the legs of two ^men, taken from the same station of life, the one to . become a farm laborer and the other a London footman. The thin shoes of the latter, rad tha habit of standing on his toes behind her lady ship’s carriage, develope the ealves rad refine the ankles of Thomas, whilst. the heavy hob- ■ nailed boots of Hodge have an opposite effect, and reduce his legs to a perfect cylinder. To Preserve a Bouquet of Flower*.— “First get tbe bonqnet, which is not veiy easy to do, bnt when yon get it sprinkle it lightly with freshwater. Then pat it into a vessel containing soapsuds, which will nutrify the roots and keep the floworsas bright as new. Take the bonqnet ont of the rads every morn ing and lay it sideways, the stalks entering first in the water. Keep it there a. minute or two, then take it out, and sprinkle the flowers lightly with water. Replace in tbe soap rads and it will bloom os fresh as when first gather ed. The soap snds need changing every three or four days.—By observing these rales, a bo- quet can be kept bright and beantifel for at least a month, rad will last longer, in a very passable state; bnt tbe attention for the fair bnt frail creatures, as directed above, mast be strictly observed, or the last rose of rammer will not ba left faded alone, bnt all will perish. — . » A Centenarian Methodist.—The London Illustrated News contains a portrait of the late Rev. G. Fletcher, who died in the 108th year of his ase. He spent eighty three years of his life in aotive pursuits, twenty six of which he served in the army. He was at Banker’s Hill, rad followed Aberorombie into Egypt. He en tered the West India Dock Company's aervioe, where he oontinned thirty six years, when he retired on their bounty, still preserving to with* in six months of his decease, a very astonishing aotiveity of mind and body, after travelling great distance by rail, and preaching two or three times a day, regardless of personal inoon-. venience, for the objeets of oharity and benevo lence. A Southern paper, in notieing a proposal to light the streets of a village with red-headed girls, says:—If we lived there we’d play tipsy every night and hug the lamp posts.” It is seldom that we oomo across .a more touehing reminiscence of yonth, than is con veyed in the following simple tines: Oh, dearest mother, I remember, How you used to wollop me, O’er a part so wondrous tender, Faith! yonnsod to scollop me, And yet, I’m f wood to own the oorn, I well doserved a preeions drubbing, As I return with unmentionable torn, And dirty, aftercarefulserabbing. Enlistment of Free Black Troops in Cut ba.—The Captain General of Cuba has issued proclamation, dated the 9th of April, com- rading the enlistment of 2,000 free blacks and mnlattoes for the military dofence of the island. They are to be organized in companies of 125 each, three of whioh will bo stationed in Havana, two in Matanzas, three in Cinco Villas Puerto Principe. The remainder will b8 dis> tributed in the eastern department of the Island. The uniform prescribed for each soldier is a blouso, sabre and musket. It is required that the soldiers shall be strong, at least five feet high, and between twenty and thirty years of age. They will be drilled by experienced offi- | cers of the Spanish force*.

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Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, May 08, 1855, Image 1