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Newspaper Page TextPUBLISHED WEEKLY BY COBUBN & DWINELL EDITORS VOLUME 10. €lje Home Conner imr TUESDAY MORNING. BY COBURN eft DWINELLu In mixes, ns ixsrs, Paid iwinr six xomi, YiD it ns xxv or tsa. ... *1M $*50 $3 00 of AAvorttcliig; jar lead Adt erttaeasata will be inserted at the Mtu rates. Miscellaneous Advertise- xneate at $1 per square nf 13 lines or less, for the first and 50 cents for each subsequent Insertion. if*. 8. H. Cl, FARRELL'S ARABIAN UNI- tUBhOr eoapot- 4 bealin£balsaa* and peoe- l oils, ooa sever tell to cure almost every thatooold be alleviated by an extern* f, ItesaperierUx over all other Lini- proven by tbe miraculous eons it per- r is proven by tbe miracnlons eons it per il bv the great and constantly inereas- There baa been sold within tba than THREE MILLIONS OF , and there can be hot fcw persons found who do not bestow upon it the highest praise for the rare virtues it posssesee. Noth ing, perhaps, since the creation of the world, has been sosaeoeeafbl aeaa external remedy for all nervous diseases, as this mndtrfhlca- rative. When applied, It instantaneously dif fuses itself through the whole system, soothing tiM irritated nerves, allaying the most intense * oating a moot delightful sensation. lowing remarkable ear*, which can I to by hundreds who were fully ac- h tbe whole eireumstanoe. Chronic Enlargement of the Tonsils. My daughter, when six months old, was ta ken with a swelling in the tonsils, which, grew a ir and larger, till when six years eld she great difficalty in swallowing her food.— Every might watch was kept, fearing die Would suffocate. The best doctors attended ber>*t eaald give no relief I took her to the most emi nent doctors in the East; they said there Was no help for her but to outgrow it. With a sad heart I retained homo with her, when i came so maeh worse that the doctors had to be called in again; they decides that tho tonsils mot be oat ofl; as the only means of giving fe- M Hy wife would not consent to this, and who determined to try your Liniment, which gave nBef the very first application, and by a ~‘ Wd use she entirely recovered. She is i years old and fleshy and healihy as e desired. Tour Liniment is also the heat in aae for sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, head- aebe. etc., and it will remove the moat severe pun in a few minutes. It nbo cured caked ud- ticr in my cow in a few days. GBOBGE FORD. Peoria, March 20,1349 Look out for Counterfeits ! 1Kb an cautioned against an othe , which has lately made its appearr ■am. -nalUi W. B. Farrell’s Arabian Liniment, the moat dangerous of all the counterfeits, be came Ma having the name of Farrell, many wiB hay it In goad faith, without the knowl edge that a coonterfcit exists, and they will per haps oaly discover their error when the spun ooa —*»*”*» has wrought its evil effects. The genuine article is manafactared only by ILfl. FaireD, sole inventor and proprietor, and wholesale druggist, Ho. IT Main street, Peoria, TRIbsIi to whom all applications for Agencies must be addressed. Be rare yon get it with the letters H. G. before Farrell’s, thus—H. G. FARRELL’S—and Us' signature on the wrap per, all others are counterfeits. Sold by Kendrick A Pledger, G. B. F. Mattox, C. Brown, . Branner k Moyers, Robert Battoy, Wholesale Agent, Borne and by regularly authorized agents throughout the United States. fax' Price 25 and 50 cento, and $1 per bottle. AGENTS WANTED in every town, village and hamlet in the United States, in which one is not already estabBabed. Address H. G. Far rell as above, accompanied with good reference as to character, responsibility, Ae. THE SHEPHERDE8S. XT ALICE CARRY. Sat we oa the mossy rooks, In the twilight, long ago, d Ulna keepii I and Ulna keeping ioeka— Floeka with fleshes white as snow, Beauty sailed along tho sky; Beauty smiled along tho sea: “Ulna, Ulna,** whispered I, “This is all for yon and me !** Brnshlng back my heavy looks, Said bet not, alas! in glee, “Art content in keeping flocks, With a shepherd boy like me ?** Shone the moon, so softly white Down among tho mossy rooks, Covering sweetly with her light Me and Ulna, and our Now a thousand oxen stray That arm Ulna's, down the moor, And gnat ships their anchors weigh That an freighted with his on, But my tears will sometimes flow, Thinking of tho mossy rooks, When we sat long, long ago, ing flocks. “Americans Shall Bale Amerioa.” TERMS-$2 00 TER ANNUM* PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. GA., TUESDAY M0BNING, MAY 15, 1855. NUMBER 29. „Wuy Should m Max Swear?—I can con* • of no reason why ho should, but ton roas- hy ho should not: t Is mean. A man of high standing wonld soon steal a sheep ns sircar, vulgar, altogether too low for adocont Running wild about our foot Won tho blushing summer flowers, “Ulna,** said L “what is sweet In this world, that is not our*?** Thrice ho kissed my cheek, and sighed. “Then an dreary rooks and oold; Oh, the world is very wide, And I weary of my fold !** t is cowardly, implying a foar either of Rg believed or obeyed. ungentiomanly. A gentleman, accor- 'ebster, is a gen tool man—wellbred. Such a man will no moro swear, than o street like aclod-bop-per. s iudoeont, offensive to delicacy, and moly unlit for human ears. It is foolish. “Want of doconoy is want of a."—Pope isabusivo—to the mind which conceives , to the tongue which utters it, and tho n to whom it is aimed. It is venomous; showing a man’s heart to h nest of vipors, and ovory timo ho swears of them sticks oat its bead. 9. It is contemptible; forfeiting the respeot all tbe wise and good. 0. It is wioked; violating the divine law, Yoking tho displeasure of Him who will not him guiltless who takes his name in Judob Lumpkix.—Tho Atlanta Intelligencer of the 1st inst., says that Judge Lumpkin re marked to a friend in that city, a few days pre* vious, that he “had not accepted the appoint ment of Claim Commissioner, and should not.” This, wo suppose, sottles the contradictory ru mors that havo horotoforo' been going tho rounds of tho press. DON’T KNOW. I and Ulna, keeping i Colvxxus Tixxs A Sentinel.—This would, be leader of Democrrey of Georgia, the chain piona of demagogues, baa Issued an edict to the unterrified, prescribing the doses its patients are to swallow from the bands of Dr. Lomax. Or der tiw first is that bo who sympathises with the Know Nothings shall not be considered a democrat That lops off a large slice from the democrat loaf The Doctor proposes that Conventions be held in every county in the State, to select true men to lead the heels to battle, and that “every dem oerat who hesitates to give the tioket (nomina ted by King Caucus,) and the whole ticket a hearty and aealous support,” be ostracised /— Whip them in, Dr. Lomax; if (he patients won’t take the hitter pin choke it down their throats or kick them oat of your hospital. The editor of the Times A Sentinel would have the people believe that the American par ty deny the right of Americans worshipping God according to the dictates oftheir own con science. In &ct he makes a direct charge that such Is the ease, knowing as he does that such is not the case. He asserts with the greatest effrontery that the Know Nothings “will not avow their principles before God and man.”— God btowa the principles of the American party^ which have been published in every paper in the land not bought up with Pieree and Forney gold. Oar principles are published to the world, there is Nothing bidden, and we defy the whole pack of Forneyites to prove the contrary. The Sentinel is rending its under garment rath- er early in the season. Keep cool, doctor.- Albamy Courier. Melville Mt Hickory Coosa P. O. Summerville ATLANTA MACHINE WORKS. (late Atlanta iboi* foundry.) IS new Company is now prepare ed to do work on short notice,of .heavy and light Castings from tbe latest Improved patterns of Iron, >, all of which will be warran- farnfng, Borings and Drilling done to order. Also, acrew catting of 10 feet or no* der of any size and thread required. Heavy and light forging of wrought Iron or 8teel ted. LB ATTENTION Is called to * for Merchant Flooring, and Saw Mills, Gin all the natal sizes, and Bark MHb always kept on hand. We are also prepared to build stationary Engines npon the latesi improvements. All of which will he sold low for cash. Copper and Brass taken in exchange for work at cash JAHE8 L. DUNNING, john McDonough, WILLIAM RUSHTON. -P. 8. All of tbe above company are prac Heal Mechanics, and give their individoa attention to tbe business. jan. 9, '65 T IB Subscriber U desirous to buy unimproved Lands in all the lower counties of Georgia. Smtd on your Not, Disk an Comities where tbe Xandlies,and I will have them examined and Igive a fair price. AO communications most bo post paid, and addressed to W. B MOSLEY, Nor. 14, *54 ly Griffin, Ga I. .R. RIPLEY, ATLANTA, GA. “HEATER in JJ wares; . Crockery, and Glass all kinds; Oils, Cam* phine, Fluid, and Alcohol by tbe bbL Terms Cash in advance. Jan 9,1855 ly And Blind and Sash Factory !! STAND ISH ft BLAKEMAIff of Jas. M. Sumter, eontin- iue to manufacture all kinds of FUR* NIT IT. E and SASH and BLINDS on tho most reasonable terms, at the old stand on Broad fitrect March27*—ly J. M. TOMLINSON, TJLAIN, Bouse Sign, Coach, Passenger Can 1. Fresco, Ornamental and Decorative Fainter Also manufacturer of Gilt Glaes Door Plates Window Signs, Numbers for Public Houses Churches and Street Numbers. Opposite Jacob Haas A Co. White Hall Street ,Atlanta, Go. Jan 9,1855 lj. F. M. EDDLEMAN & BRO. Atlanta, Georgia. naua anti lor sate, -the lowest cash pricer, a large assortment of BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER, LASTS, PEGS, CALF LINING and BINDING SKINS SHOE-MAKER’S TOOLS, Ac. Ac. Jaa’J. 1855 t ly Tbe new medicine law in the State of New York provides that it shall notbe lawful for any druggist, apothecary or other person to sell any preparations of medicinal compound, except inch as published in standard chemical or medi cal works, unless there is affixed thereto a re cipe written in the English language, stating all the ingredients, with their proportions, and signed by the manufacturer in his own hand writing or be his fae simile, and refering to the office where a true copy of said recipe, with an affidavit attached Is legally filed. Poetry. A difference has been made between the poet and the poetic artist. Nothing is more true. To bo a poet and write verses may be two very different things. There are plenty of good ver ses which are yet net poems. There is many a brave poet who has never paired a rhyme or jingled a stanza. Poetry is not confined to me tre. No heroic couplet shall compel it to rank and file. No rytbm royal shall tyrannise over that glorious and free citizen of tho repnblie of letters. It will not be imprisoned in terra rima nor chained to the verse of Fairfax, nor wmna- eled to the stanza of Spencer. Free as free can be, it will not be’dungeoned, altbongh’tbe walls of its jail are bnilded up compactly of musical boxes, and its fetters bung with silver bells.— There is perhaps, now, more poetry published in tbe form of proee than of rhyme. Emerson, Carlyle, Quinet, Mlchlet, Lamennais, are poets in prose. We instance this not to depreciate verse, but to indicate tbe truth of poetry. Rhyme adds to verse a certain divine harmony. It marries music to metre; it unites the melody ofsound to the emphasis of order. Astanxa is, however, only a musical box, which will play so many tones. Rhymes are bells whose peals sre confined to their number. However velvety the bonds, then, poetry will notbe enslaved.— She may indeed use tbe Orphean edifice as a palace, but she will not pledge herself to remain there—sbe will not allow it to be a dungeon.—— She may indeed join in the dance of numbers to the hells of rhyme, but if so, she moves as a queen who gives her hand only own high plea- of r‘ The A Paris letter say7~:—I have lately witness- \ ed the process of embalming as practiced here It was on the person of a young American Whose friends wished the body preserved as perfeotly as possible, in order to its being sent home. The law requires that 24 hours notice of the deceased shall be given to the polico by tbe attending physician, before either autopsy or embalming shall be practiced. The design of the regulation is to give certainty that death has really taken place, and in a legitimate man ner. Embalmers are prohibited from employ ing areenie, an excellent antiseptio, because in casesofdeath from fbai posion administered wiUfolly, their nso of it wonld ’defeat the. ends of jostiee. Tbe mode of procedure in this in stance was as follows. The operator first filled two vials, with his preparation, and gave them to a police officer who was present} to be sealed and subsequently analyzed by a Competent ehemUt. If the least trace of the prohibited article should be found, tho cmbalmer would be liable to severe punishment. He tbon, through the caroted artery and by means of a large syringe, furnished with a detached stop cock, injected about a gallon of a reddish fluid which I have since learned bad probably chlor ide of zinc for its base. As tbe vessels become distended, this fluid permeated tbe capillaries, marking its passage by arborescent white lines, until gradually a considerable portion of tho skin assumed a clear pearly lustro, which I was informed wonld after a time be the case with the whole surface. The body then, after being washed in Cologne water, having tbe nostrils and ears staffed with cotton dipped in some ex tract of a mask odor, the cheeks and lips punted, tbe eyeballs fitted with glass fronts "of tbe natural shade, and the hands and feet clad in silk gloves and stockings, was surrounded with four coffins, the inner shell being lined with lead, and the outer one having tho appearance of • box containing goods. And so our poor friend was transported to his mourning relatives. The same steamer that carried this took out al so two other American corpses. Simple as Is the process of embalming, it is very costly. For that and the four coffins, I believe the demand was two thonsand francs.— In reply to Some questions as to the efficacy of his process, the embalmer declared that he had known bodies preserved by it perfectly during five years, and ho thought the time of its. action might bo extended greatly beyond that limit A gentleman residing in the neighborhood of Cork, walking out one evening, met a peasant girl whose parents lived near his house. “What are you doing, Jenny ?” he inquired. “Looking for a son-in-law for my mother,” was the smart reply. F^The Sciantifiic American cautions its readers against the nse of painted pails, and says the oxide of lead, with which pails are painted, is a dangerous poison and has been known to be productive of evil in many ca ses. Horrible Affray.—A few days since two brothers by the name of Justice, sons of Mr. James Justice of Pike county, had a personal difficalty, in which one of them was so severely stabbed as to cans9 his death. He lived long enough however, to confess himself the aggres sor, and to acqnit his brother from all blamo, as he acted on self defence. sura. However musical the poetry of rhyme poetrg appears in plain metre, and ever disre garding foe measurement of her steps, she dan ces into foe barren field of prose, while bnds and blosaoms spring up beneath her feet Poe try then is not confined to verse; nor is it cen- fined to prase, or even to speech. Poetry is above all words. However foe musio of verse may in fitting spheres embelish its delivery, its existence ana manifestation does not even depend npon foe power of speech. A dumb hoy may be a poet—a dumb girl, a poem. That mute action may be! eloquent with lore, and love is poetry for" love is unselfish. There is poetry, in foe eye. Volumes art there whose words are not vocaL A look, a smile, an atti tude, a gesture, may be poetry. Tho martyr's resigned look, foe saint's divine smile, foe he re's grand attitude, the" patriot’s sublime Jes- tare, are each great poems.—Ladies/' Reposito ry- To SroxTfwnr.—Wash your gunbrrrels in spirits of turpentine by dipping arag or sponge fastened on your gun rod into the liquid, and swabbing them ont three or four times, when they will be cleared from all impurities, and can be used almost instantly as tho turpentine will evaporate and leave tbe barrels dry; even if foey are a little moist it will not prevent their going off like water. After being washed thus there is no danger of nut as when water^s us ed. I am an old experienced gunner, and have practiced this for years, and found it useful.— Spirits of turpentine can he procured at all country stores, and a small quantity suffieeth. - Fire Island. F. D. [Scientific American. ont of her morel economy am self ontslde the door; just toll her foot The feminize ins thing but that. young woman right and things, and your, toll her she’s got big dilution can stand any- Recruitixg ix Columbus.—Some few weeks since, 1st Lieutenant Alfred Iverson, Jr., Com pany C, 1st Regiment of Cavalry, opened a re cruiting station in this city, and has already en listed some thirty able-bodied men. He has re ceived orders to join his Regiment at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and those persons who de. sire to enter tho army would do well to apply to him at once. A private in the Calvary ser vice is furnished with a horse, food and cloth- ing, and receives $12 a month.—Timea <£- Sen tinel. “My young friend,” said a minister to a hoy at a camp meeting, “do yon ever think of a fa- tare state?” “No, I never meddle with state affairs, though brother John is a politieianer.” “ Do you over think of dying ?” “No—but I guess our Sally did when she had the measles for she turned all sorts of colors.” “Whose hoy are you?” “When any body axes you that, tell 'em you don't know.” “Well, Patrick,” asked adoctor of his patient, how do you do to-day ?” “Oh, dear doctor, I enjoy very bad health en tirely. This rheumatics is very distressing in deed. When I go to sieop, I lay awake all night; and my too is swelled ns big as a goose's hen's egg, so thatwhon I stand up I full down directly.” The Nashville Union gives warning that, if we refuse to elect foroign-born citizens to office, wc must do it with onr eyes open to tho fact that we shall be nursing an enemy of ever-in creasing strength in the very vitals of onr coun try.” Well, if foreigners choose to gnaw at your country's vitals merely because a certain party chooses not to vote for them for office, it may be neeessary to adopt measures for preventing any more of them from getting into the coun try's vitals. If their motto toward our repub* lie is, givt us your offices or we will snap at your vitals, their means of getting into foe country’s insides might as woll be out off. Tho coontiy had better have its belly half-full of tape-worms. Louis villo Journal A Nxw Dish.—Under this caption an ex change announees that “Mr. Enfield Ham was recently married to Miss Jemina Egge.”— It is presumed the union took place on a /«- day. xother Outrage.—Again are we callod n to record ono of the most cold-blooded and 'diabolical outrages that ever disgraced the city of Louisville. The particulars are briefly these: We were quietly seated yesterduy about noon, engaged in our lawful and arduous pursuit—tho thermometer standing at.ninety, and the devil standing at our elbow, waiting for copy,--when a/(r)iend in human shape walkod up behind us and before we were aware of his dastardly inten tions, and movements propounded to us the fol lowing question: “Upon what class of nnr citizens will the pro hibitory law rest the hardest ?” We suggested editors. •‘No.” “Ministers ?” “Try again.” “Well, coffee bouse keepers.” “Wrong'agaln.” We gave it up. “Well, then, tho prohibitoty law will operate hardest upon tho lovers of Hebrew maidens. We could not seo the point. “Because they will be deprived of the pleasure of sipping tho nectar of Jew-lip3. We plunged tho inkstand after him, hut infor- tunately it missed. Our handsome local, armed with a brick in his hat, follwod him through the mazes of a large body of market women, but the creature escape. He has u beautiful and accomplished wife, aud highly respectable con nections in this city, and out of regard for their “phelinx,” wo withhold his name. He is still at large, and wo will treat any man, woman, or child to the peanuts who will bring him to jus tice, or place him in soino fix whore we can get at him.—Lou. Timet. From tho Greensbnrg Press. An Irishman on Enoir Ifothlngism The following extract of a letter from the Rev. Wm. Flynn, an Irish Methodist preacher, of Kentucky, to his son in this country, wo pub lish by request: Frankfort, Kr., January 6, 1355. Dear Sox : You wish to know my opinion about tho Know Nothings, and if there are any in our State. I havo from good authority that there are in Kentucky not less than 60,000 ; and by the time tho next election comes on there will be at least 100,000, composed, as I be lieve, of the most patriotic citizens. I look up on it ns purely au American movement—as the breaking forth of the groat recuperative power of tho patriotic American people in their own defence. If I am properly informed as to their intention, it is to do what should havo been dono years ago, but better late than never. And if they do not do it now whoa it can be done quietly by the ballot-b x, the time will come when, if done at all, it will bo dono through seas ofblood. I never did believe that a Roman Catholic could be an American citizen, and no doubt you have often beard me say so. I saw them natu ralized in Philadelphia by the hundred aud heard their vouchers swear that they were so ber and industrious and weil inclined towards tbe principles of tho American government aud tho constitution of tho United States, when at tho same timo the fellow who vouches, and tho gang who were swearing to bo faithful to tho constitution, were all of them drunk. I could never be made to believe that American liberty or tho constitution would weigh a feather when tho interest of their church would Como in com petition. I never was surprised at their connexion with tho Democratic party. Bishop Hughes stood as an idlo spectator in tho struggle going on be tween the Whig and Democratic parties; ho didn’t care a fig about one or tho other, only so far as bo might further his darling object. It was easy for him who whs not interested in the success of either, to see which of tho two would best suit his purposos, and tho soquol fully jus tified his judgment. I have been for a long timo fully satisfied that the Roman Cntholic church is a thousand times more guilty oftreasou against tho government of the United States than Arnold or Burr ever could have been, dud infinitely moro dangerous; and the elements of danger are daily increasing. Circumstances havo changed greatly since I came to the Unitod States in 1819. Then pas sages were high, and none but tho middle aud upper classes of socioty could iiud means to como; and in addition to that, O’Connell and his party bad strong hopes of gaining the as cendency in Ireland; and they then said, “Lot tho Protestants leave and we shall rule in Ire land. But, thank God, in that they wore disappoin ted, and Protestantism yet lives in tho land of my fathers, and is, wherever itexists, tho strong hold of freedom. Now, passages are cheap, and tho Catholic interest and prospect of ruling in Etirope is almost oxtingaished, and the Church is using all her means to throw over her min ions, hoping to impose thomselves upon the un suspecting American people, and gradually un dermine our liberties. But tboy crowded too soon; their vil machinations are become so lain that their real object can no longer be idden, and if tho groat Amorican people do not now robako them they must be recreant to the principles of liberty dearly bought by tho blood of a noblo ancestry; and may God Almighty nerve them for tho battle! You will very naturally inquire what remedy I would proposo. First, I would so altor tho naturalization laws thnt not ono of them should ever become a citizon ; and if we cannot dis criminate between thorn and tho Protestant em igrants, let them all stand on tbe same footing —they will not make the fortioth part of the Papist emigration. And when they understand tho matter thoy will not complain, for they all know the papol Church so woll that tnoy bo- lleve if sho should gain tho ascendency it would be the knell of liberty. In tho second place I would bury tho rotten carcass of old Democracy head downward, so deep that ovory strugglo to rise would placo it farther boyond tho poworof resurrection. I remain youf affectionate fathor, William Flixx. Vermont mast have a remarkably moral and law obeying population, for it seems that tho jails of that State only averago three occupants each. Throo are entirely empty, two havo but ono prisoner each, two othors have four each, one has six, and anothet Seven. Tho cholera is prevailing to some extent in St. Lonis. At Jefferson Barracks It has bren particularly fatal, as we learn from the St. Lou is Mirror of foe 2d. Cholera on the River.—The Muscatine Journal of tho 28 says: The Col. Morgan came np this morning with seven or eight cases of cholera on board, and having buried four be tween this place and new Boston. She had taken the Mattie Wayne's trip to Keokuk. The Wayne had bnried four passengers between St. Lonis and Keoknk. Their sickness seems to have boon caused by reckless imprudence in eating. -American Cities. The following named oities have come out on the American side, and placed Americans on guard. Thoy come greoting: Bath, Me., Beddford, Me., Salem, Mass., New Bedford, Mass., Fall River, Mass., Charlottesville, Va., Rochester, N. Y., Auburn, N. Y., Reading, Pa., Alexandria, Va., Concord, N. H., Masbua, N. H.. Manchester, N. H. Portsmouth, N, H., Lancaster, Pa., Chicago. Ill., Augusta, file., Bangor, Me., Fredericksburg, Va., Ithaca, N. Y., Muscatine. Iowa., N. Orleans, La., St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky., Richmond. Va., Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa., Augusta, Ga., Nashville, Tcnm, Memphis, Tenn., Mobile, Ala., Cincinnati, Ohio., Norfolk, Virginia. _ All these thirty-three Cities are Sam’s friends, and others are following on in their Wake to swell tho number. One hundred cheers for the 83 American Cities named!—Brownlow’t Whig. Who is it moves with silent pace, With brow serene and smiling face, Eaeh word and action perfect grace ? I don’t know—do y< do you ? ■Who does not show by tongue or pen What he has learned—where he has been And koeps his thoughts from other men ? I don’t lteow-—do you ? Whose heart shines forth from kindly eyes And listens to oppression’s cries, And when in danger never flies ? I don’t know—do you ? Who, when he sees his country ruled By teen of foreign climates school’d, Thinks ns a freeman he is fooled ? I don’t know—do you? Who, when he sees that foreign power Is gaining foothold every hour, Feels that a storm begins to lowor ? I don’t know—do you ? Who feols that men born on this land, And ’gainst oppression dare to stand, Are just as good ns pauper band ? I ionl know—do you ? Who strikes a sure and fatal blow At party hacks, both high and low, And turns their joyous song to woe ? I don’t know—do you ? Who, when by party tools is told There is a wolf within tbe fold. Knows all they want is, to office hold ? I don’t know—do you ? Who hopes that freemen yet may have The power to rule o’er fair and brave, And from foreign rule their country save ? I don’t know—do you? The March to the Grave.—What a mighty procession has been marching towards the grave during the lost year. At the annual estimate since the 1st of January, 1853, more than 31, 400,000 of the world’s population has gone down to the earth. Place them in a long arrajr, and they will form a moving colum of more than 1,- 000 to every mile of the globe’s circumference* Only think of it! ponder and think upon it* What a spectacle as they “move on,” tramp, —forward upon their stupendous dead march ! Consolatory.—The Washington letter of the Journal of Commerce of Saturday opens with this cheering assurance: “The war panic being over, even as is admit ted by thoso who have attempted to bring ns into a war, tho country may havo repose on that question till politicans and fillibnsters on onr side, or folly and insolence on tho part of Cuban authorities shall occasion its revival.” So mote it be, and (ss Hastings said) “stand as firm as rocky mountains.” Steamer and Cotton Burnt. Tho New Orlenns Delta learns by a tologra- phic dispatch from Vicksburg, that the steamer Afton, having on board 2200 bales of Cotton, was entirely consumed near Yasoo City on tho 30th ult. » The condition of things in Kansas is attrac ting attention all over the country. It would scorn from the accounts that we have had that Gov. Reeder has rendered himself very unpo pular, and ho is charged with being a friend to the abolitionists. A letter in the New York Commercial, however, says that Gov. Reeder is not an abolitionist, and is strictly impartia las between the pro-slarory and anti-slavery par ties, and seoks only to preserve law and order in tbe Territory. Much now depends npon tho firmness and discretion of the Federal Execu tive Government for the prevention of a fierce civil strife of whieh|Kansas will be tho first the atre.—Alexandria Gazette. “Life is short and time is fleeting. And our hearts so stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.” A Dark Case.—A dark caso was accidentally brought to light a few days since down beloifr on the Tallapoosa river. The facts as foey were told to us are as follows : A cat fish weighing some ninety pounds was taken from the river in the neighborhood of Gray’s old ferry the other day, in the belly of which was found a young whiffi child, nicely enveloped in a silk handkerchief! How.itcame there, or who its unnatural parents are, has not been ascertained. Suspicion bowevey, rests on » certain gentleman and his paramour; hut of course the names are suppressed until the case is fully investigated. We Hiake these states monts from good authority without, however vouching for their truth.—Louina Eagle. Tite Age of Discretion.—A pair of lovers of the ripe ago of 70 aud 65, were married a few days ago at Louisville, Ky. Spare the Birds.—The Fireside Journal says :—Teach your children, in mercy, to spare the nests of the harmless little birds, and if you have a heart to bo thankful, it will rise up into union with the little songster’s carol, to think your lot is cast in such a vale of flowers and singing birds. These are some of the many things provided to lighten the toil of labor, and it is only a vitiated taste acquired from a false system of education, that prevents us from de riving a groat deal of happiness from such small accompaniments of the journey of life. A Story of the Tnnss.—About the time of tho Into State election, and while foe party spir it ran high, an energetic Know Nothing can vasser had in a vory fiery speech delivered in Millville, in Worcester county, worked the far- oign population np to a point of indignation past all endurance. Tbe day following as a crowd of Irishmen wore collected in the street, brooding over their fancied injuries, a gentle man named Holden, noted for eccentricity, ad vanccd among them, and to their great delight, commenced a violent denunciation of the new party. Beneath his magic influence tho alien audionce became, in their own estimation, the pillars of our republic, and ns ho warmed his subject, Know Notbingism withered to a baro nnrae under his scorching toueh, while obeer af ter cheer burst from the excited throng now rapidly increasing. “Who,” asked ho, “build our railroads ?” “Irishmen !”was tho enthusiastic reply.” “Who dig our canals ?” “Irishmen !” “Who bnild our State prisons and our alms-' houses ?” “Irishmen !” thundered a hundred voicos. “Who fill them ?” Waiting in vain for a reply, their whilom cham pion, clinching his fists, shouted :— u Trishmen—you devils—Irishmen /** The graduating class at Old Yale, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and odd, had a meeting the day before they were to be made into Baohelors ot Arts; and at this meeting it was agreed that each man should announce his intentions as to the profession he designed to pursue. Ten years afterward they would meet again, and compare the results with the record. Jenkins had been tbe ass of foe class. By that good fortune which helps the lame and the lazy, he had made out to squeeze through the examinations—those strainers designed to catch the fiats—and he was about to go forth with as broad a diploma as foe best of his fellows. The president of the meeting called on the students in alphabetical order, and each man gave ex pression to bis hopes and views. A smile rose on every face when he said. “And Mr. Jenkins, what do you mean to be ?” Jenkins had an inveterate habit of lisping, which gave additional drollery to his reply as he answered, “I am goin’ to be a ’Pithcopal minithter.” “Ah, indeed ; and why so, Mr. Jenkins 7' “For three reathons: “In the firth platbe, 'Pithcopal minithters al- wayth marry rich wives. “In the thecond plathe, the prayers are all written ont. “And, in the third plathe, the thirmons are very short, and them you can steal.” The theory of Mr. Jenkins was altogether false and absurd ; but the story is true, and too good to be lost, as showing how very big a fool Jenkins was, and what strange notions fools will have sometimes. Jenkins sometimes amused himself with writing poetry, and when he came short of English he suplemented his short lines with Latin. If he did not write the following, we respectfully ask who did ? “Felis sedit by a holo, Intenta she, cum omni soul— Prendere, rats; Mice cucurrent over the floor, In nnmero duo, tres, or more— Obliti cats. An Amorous .Lrcnaot. A lato French journal relates tho following well-invented story, which it will be seen, Is French all over: While Mons. Godard was filling an imiffebtre balloon in the Camp de fifnrs he amnoetf tho spectators by sending up the small figure man, tbe perfect semblance of M. Theirs wirh- f ont spectacles. The little mr.n being filled with S s rose majestically into the air, and was soon it to view among foe clouds. His adventures^ which.became knowh the nexfr day, wert Cflri-, ous.. Thanks to a strong and favorable gale,. which impelled him on his course, the littlebal loon man arrived tbe same afternoon in the sight of a fine country house in the neighborhood of Bievro. It was near tho boar of dinner, and the lady of foe mansion, who naturally thought herself perfectly safe, was occupied io foe mys teries of her toilet. It was a warm day, and she had opened one of the windows which, look ed out upon the park, and was safe from any prying eyes. While tranquilly engaged*-^the assistance Of a corset-lacing, in redncing'‘hoV waist to a size and shape that would reflect credit on her husband’s taste, she was snddenly startled by a blast of wind, followed by a strange noise; and immediately foe easement was thrown open, and onr little balloon-man entered' her chamber unannounced. The lady otters a cry of terror, and forgijrs a shawl over her sbonl% ders. The little man, driven by t e Wife'll; throws himself upon foe unhappy woman, who screaming fonder than ever, pushes him off, and he .conceals himself under the bed. Just as the wife, in a supplicating voice, says to this novel Don Juan,‘Ah, Monsieur, go away or you will ruin me !”. foe husband furiously rushed in crying, “Ab, tto wretch, I have bloi now!” and goes in search of hill sword to ran him through the body. The wile, more dead than alive, reiterates, in the midst of sobs, “Fly* fly, Monsiour, and save me tbe sight of a dreadful tragedy.” The husband arrives, armed to th&teefo, fol lowed by the wholo household, who seeki td mollify his anger. White two of his friends hold the hnsband, a third stooping down, perceives onf little friend, who, for good cause, utters not aword, and, catohinghim by the leg, draWi bihl forth from his concealment, when lo, Monsieur Balloon, no longer held down by the bedstead, raises himself erect, swells out, raises majestic ally to the ceiling, to tbe immense amusement of the spectators, while the poor jealous has-' band slinks away, sword and all, heartily ash amed of his causeless wrath. •—4 ^— LticnstS. This ancient scourge, it dppeitrs form foe following statemen of the Griffin Union, thretens serious damage to the citizens of Pike connty. The Union of 28th ult says: “These destroyers of vegatatioii hare their appearance anroag ds within the kst few days, and from the vast number with which onr forest are infested, we have re* eon to feat sotne^ thing like One of the plagues that were visited upon Egypt in clden times. They seem dispo sed to devour all vegetable life that Ml« ih their ways.” “Felis saw them ocniis; I’ll have them, inquit she, I guess— Dum ludunt; Tunc ilia crept toward tbe group, Habeam, dixit: good rat Soup— Pingues sunt. Curious Phenomenon.—Tho Genova (N. Y.) Gazette states that during tho 18th and 19th inst>, the waters of Seneca inke rose and fell from five inches to two feet, perpendicularly, in spaces of timo varying from ten minutos to half an hour, continuously throughout that pe riod* “Mice con tinned all ludore, Intcnti thoy in Iddum vere, Gaudenter. Tunc rushed the folis unto them, Violenter. Bye and Bye. There is music enough in these words fof the burden of a song There is a hope wrapped up in them, add on articulate beat of a human heart. Bye and Bye. We heard it aS long agd ai we Cafe remember, when we made brief bdtper- ilous journeys from chair to table, and from table to chav again: We heard it the other, day, when two parted that had been “foting id their lives,” one tu California, the ofoef tdnfcf lonely home. Every body says it, some-time or other. The boy whispers it to himself when he dreams of exchanging the stubbed little shoes for boots like a man. The man murmars it, when in life’s middle watch he sees his plan” half finish^ ed, and his hopes,yet in bad, waviagin 3 cold, late spring. The old says it, nh;n he thinita. of putting off the mortal for the mortal, to-day for to-morrow. The weary watcher for the morning whiles away the dork hours with “bye and bye—bye and bye.” Sometimes it sounds like a song; sometimes there is a sight or a sob in it. What wouldn't the world give tc find it in the almanac:—set down somewhere, no matter if fob dead of Dec ember—to know it would sorely conie. Bui; fairy-like ns it is, Sitting—like a starbeatd hirer tba dewy shadows of the years, no body ead spare itr-and when we look boek upon the ma ny times those words have beguiled us,.the me mory of that silvery bye and bye is iike the tsunrise of Ossian, “pleasant bat mournful to ho souL” Still More Georgia Gold.—Wewere siiowd yesterday another lump of gold, from tho mine of Messrs.~McCormick A Leitner. Colombia Connty, of which we would like th bo the owner. It was’product of twenty-six hands in nine working days from surface ore, some of which had been thrown aside for fifteen yeare. Tbe Lump weighs 1760 pennyweights, and is worth about one thousand six hundred and fifty dol lars. Georgia is rich in Mineral wealth, and if foe same labor was bestowed on her gold mines, as is given in the gold region of California, Wd have no doubt she could produce more o. the precious Metal, and avoid many of foe hEld- ships that are experienced by miners in that state.—Augusta Const it utionist. “Mures, omnes mice be shy, Et nurem prebc raihi, Benigne; Si hoe fnges, verbum sat. Avoid a hug? and hungry cat; Studiose. [Harper's Magazine. !»»»». II. W. Beecher says : “I never knew an early rising, hard working man, careful of bis earnings, and strictly honest- who complained of bad luck. A good character, good industry are impregnable to the assults of Ell ill luck that fools over dreamed of.” Arsenic ^Smokers.—In North China, the peoplo smoke arsenic mixed in small quantities with tbeir tobacco. These people are said to be strong, healthy, and ruddy. Dr. Londe, of Paris, assorts that its use in this manner— smoking—is a remedy for tubercular consumf) tion. “Zeke,*'said a farmer to a country chap as he called to seo if Maria was at home; “do you think you will over go to Hcavon.” “Wall. I don’t know,” said Zeko; “Fspcfse I’ll go where Maria goes.” “But Maria says if she marries you, she will go to the d 1.” ■ “Wall drawed outZeke.” it will be the first angel I overheard going to the d 1. In tho course of a lecture recently delivered in London, Sir. Thackeray took occasion M allude to the United States—a country, he said,- “where kindness, courtesy and good nature were in nothing more conspicuous (though you meet them constantly) than in the gallant at tention everywhere shown to women. Dandy, and clown alike yield place to a woman in om nibus or railway car. Sir Roger do Coveriy would have loved, this truo evidence of the gentleman. It wonld have so pleased Steele; that ho would have taken the-gentle dandy or clown to tho nearest tavern ana treated him td bottle—possibly to six bottles'* “f don’t mean,” added Thackeray, to set down foe lost five bottles to the score of Dick Steele’s good works. They would be dccidodly works of sn- pererrogation.” A “Happy Illustration.”—A correspondent of tbe Intelligencer attended the. AfricanChurob in Atlanta (Ga.,) on Sunday of last Week, .and in giving an account of what he' Saw there, spy?: • • j I* “The preacher compared the world ton spi der’s web, and the spider he compared to the' devil. He warped the niggers to look before’ he put he foot down. Said he. a fly light ou de' web, ono foot lass—he put down de udder foot,- flat fass— he put down de udder foo , dat fass— he lay down to prise him out, he wing fass-^-detf de debil come and git him. At this point a good- old negro woman responded, “Uh. uh, Lord, datS do way de way de debil get um all.” -4 Relationships are rather far-fetched some-* times both in Ireland and Scotland. “Do god know Tom Duffy, Pat ?’ “Know him, is it ?” said Pat, “sure htfg 9 relation of mine, he once wonted to many sister Kate,” For merry summers and cheerful wiUfcrs, Don’t forget to pay the printers! Marriage Portions.—It was one.of tho laws of Lycurgus, that nd portion ahooia be given with young woman in mareiage. When this great lawgiver was called upon (6 justify this Enactment, observed:" “Thai in. the choico of u x „ . J -wife, merrit only should he oontidered, and that The next night. ronnubial Bliss took tea with law was made to prevefit young women the old farmer’s daughter, and she took good, being chosen for their riches/ 6r neglected f-W pains to get up a “beautiful blow out*” I focir poverty. - -I f TTMM..I * -3

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, May 15, 1855, Image 1