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HRH I \ A ^ 1 Wi PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT COBURN & DWINELL EDITORS. “Americans Shall Bale America.” TERMS-$2 00 PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 10. ROME, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE, 5 1855. NUMBER 82. Clje Home Courier NIUniD BTBftV TUESDAY MORNING. BY COBURN & DWINELL. Terms of Subscription; I* ABYAICt, M* mu>, Par vmn six hours, Pad at r> md or tbab, .. .. ttttte ‘JSTLo. s*oo $2 50 $3 00 Advertisements will be Inserted Miscellaneous Advertise- teat $1 per square of 13 tinea or less, far the first «nd 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Vo.fi. H. G. FARRELL'S ARABIAN LINIMENT tsa most extraordinary medicine, the troth of which h plioed beyond doobt by the nit snlee of the article sod the many cores being daily performed by it, which previously had resisted aU ether medicines and the skill of the best in the world. It is composed of , extracts and gnu peculiar to Arabia ’ concentrated form, all their stimulating, anodyne, penetrating, unctuous same which, of the Des ert,” with sack miraculous success, in earing t of both man and boast. and revulsive properties, and the ngeoMO, ware used by the “[Sons ert," with each mirncnloas success dt Aflsctsf rauirhdh care, which ilnitf \tmelf n/oft B. G. FARRELL’S ARABIAN' LINIMENT fiericyoad m similar remedy. Mr. H. G. Farrell—Dear Sir: Actuated by a sense of giatefhlaeas, I submit the Following as an Instance of the utility of J«w great medi cine. My child, three years old, was suddenly attacked with a terrible disease, which in lew than six hems prostrated it to total helpless ness. The limbs became so rigid that not a jointcoald be bent; the flesh tamed black and cold and entirely deprived of feeling; the eyes fixed, partially dosed and altogether blind, fol lowing this was dealbess to all sounds; the spine Became contracted and so carved that lying ew its back Ac head and heels only ed. Indeed, the child presented every of bring dead. Immediately on 'attack, the family physician was called in, and for three weeks be labored to restore it to " feeling, bat all in vain, although it was blister- ■ ed a dcoea times and various rubefacient Lini ments applied. A consultation of physicians was then held, bat to no purpose, tbe ease wm . then brought before the Medical Society, bat netting could be suggested which bad not al- • ready been done, and* the doctor then told mo he cmdd do sotting more. We then commen ced applying your Liniment freely over the entire length of the spine, and yoa may ima gine a parent’s joy, when, after a few applica tions. returning animation was apparent, and It rapidly reeomed with the exception of the sight, which did not become perfect for near • month. The child is now healthy and robust ns can be. Five other cases of the same kind previously in my neighborhood, all of sd, whoa there is no doubt if your had been used they would have re- HENRY G. CLELAND. 1st, 185L WATER KUmfl VP HILL!! OATCHBL'S PATENT PREMIUM IMPROVED Doable sad Single Self-Acting HYDRAULIC RAMS. PATENTED APRIL 101847. F OR supplying dwellings or farm houses villa* gee, rail road stations Ac., with pure run ning water any heighth or distance required, with from one pint to $0 G1LLOIS OR HORE PER RUTUTE, from a spring or stream, where a fall of two or more feet can be obtained. The quantity thrown in proportion to the fall and elevation. Tlx undersigned having purchased the right fat the counties of Floyd, Gordon and Cam, is prepared to famish and put in operation the a- bore named Rams of various sises, adapted to different sited springe, which are warranted to give entire satisfaction. Address JL GIBSON, ap 10, If. Cartorsville, Ga T. S. WOOD & CO. ROME* 6A Dealers in watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver Ware, Cutlery, Plated and Brittaenia Ware, China, Musical Instruments, Walking* Canes, Fancy Articles, Ac., Ac., Ac. REPAIRING NEATLY EXECUTED, may 1 ’5 ly £*•5 out /or Counterfeits! The public are cautioned against an o tbe eaanterfeit. which has lately made its appearr ■bee, called W. B. Farrell’s Arabian Liniment, the most dangerous of all the counterfeits, be cause bis baring the name of Farrell, many wQl bay it in good faith, without the knowl edge that a counterfeit exists, and they will per baps only discover their error when the spun aas mixture has wrought its evil effects. Tbe genuine article is mansfocinred only by SL. G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and whefamln druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria, HTforriTj to whom mil applications for Agencies toast be addressed. Be rare yon get it with tbe letters H. G. before Farrell’s, tints—H. G. FARRELL’S—and his signature on the wrap- C , all others are counterfeits, d by Kendrick A Pledger, G. B. F. Mattox, C. Brown, Branner A Moyers, Robert Battey, Wholesale Agent, Rome and by regularly authorized agents throughout the United State?. jar* Price 25 and 50 cents, and $1 per bottle. AGENTS WANTED in every town, village and hamlet in the United States, in which one is not already established. Address H. G. Far mil as shove, accompanied with good reference as to character, ttsponribQIly, Ac. Melville ML Hickory Coosa P. 0. Summerville CABUSET SHOP Sash Factory!! 5TANDISH & BLAKEMAN licensors of Jaa. M. Sumter, eontin- iae to manufacture all kinds of FUR NITURE and SASH and BLINDS on the seot reasonable terms, at the old stand on Broad Street. March27.—ly ■ ATLANTA MACHINE WORKS. (late ATLANTA ikon FOUNDRY.) 3 new Company is now prepare ed td do work oo short notice,of henry and light Castings from . improved patterns oHron, itioer, all of which will be warrao Boring* and Drilling done to screw catting of 10 feet or no* * of any mzc and thread required. Heavy and light for-ing of wrongbt Iron or Steel "TaWMSibbtiok is called to their patterns for Mill Gearing, for Merchant and Custom Flooring, aod Saw Mills, Gin Gearing of all the ostial sizes, rfbd Bark Mills always kept on bsnd. We are also prepared to build 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 JAME8 L. DUNNING, john McDonough, WILLIAM EU8HT0N. * P. 8. All of the above company are prac ticUl Mechanics, and give their individoa attention 4o the business. jaa. 9. *66 R. RIPLEY, ATLANTA,GA. in China, Crockery, sad Glass leaps of all kinds; Oil*, Cam* and Alcohol by the bbL Terms Jaa 9,1855 ly J. M. TOMLINSON, *pLAUr, House Sign, Coaeb, Passenger Cars Jl Fresco, Ornamental and Decorative Printer Also manufacturer of Gilt Glass Door Plates Window Sign?, Numbers for Public Houses ChorcbeH and Street Numbers* Opposite Jacob Haas A Co. White Hall Street Atlanta, Ga. Jan 0,1855 ly^ P. 51. EDDLEMAN <ft BEO. Atlanta, Ccorgia. liamf and for : cash prices, a large assortment I SHOES, LEATHER, LA8T6, P LINING and BINDING SKINS -MAKER'S TOOLS, Ac. Ae. Jan ‘ 6 1855, ly A BLASTER WANTED! 'HE services of a man who is experieno in rocks beneath the snrfacee of the A competent person can sc- I remunerative employment by applying ap 24 tt JAMBS* NEURALGIC LIQUID 1! T his extraordinary medicine for the cure of Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Flux Diarrhoea, Cramp Cholic, Cholera Morbus, Croup, Nervous Headache, Chills and Fevers, Bruises and Sprains, Old Sores, Pains in any part of the body, is now for sale at Wm MAW Peeples, Calhoun ; CP Wellborn, Dalton; J Noreross, Atlanta; R Baber, Marietta. We wonld say to all as a proof of the power and efficacy of this Liquid to <fo riot we say, we have retailed $700 worth in fourteen months in Chattanooga amidst all other medicines where the medical faculty stands high. We can get 95 out of 100 who have used this to certify its virtue and pow er. See Brownlow’s Whig and descriptive pam phlets for details and testimony. Each Bottle has fall directions. Price 50 cts, 1 00 and $2 00 dollars per bottle Cash only. J J JAMES, Proprietor. I hereby certify that I was afflicted with Rheu mutism for two years, and frequently would a* wake In the night and shed tears, the pain was so severe, without relief from any medicine till I used James’ Neuralgic Liquid and in two ap plications it made a perfect cure. J M YOUNG, Clinton, Ga. Physician. Certificate.—JUDGE MASSINGALE. I hare used James’ Neuralgic Liquid with en tire success in two cases of Rheumatism in my family, one chronic, tbe other inflammatory. I have used it for Neuralgia in my own case with much benefit I believe it is the most reliable and perfect “panacea” for pains I have ever had in my family. H W MASSINGALE. Certificate.—Rev J. Atkins, Bible agent for Holston Conference.—A few weeks since, when some distance from home, I was attacked with Flax. I took one dose of James’ Neuralgic Li* quid ; the symptoms begat to give way, and in a few boars I was relieved. Knoxville, 1855 J ATKINS Rev W H H Duggan of Holston Conference. —I certify that James’ Neuralgic Liquid cured the chills and fevers on a young man after all other remedies bad failed. It also cured a case of scarlet fever—its effect was immediate. Meigs Co, Tenn W H H DUGGAN. Hon J M Anderson, formerly member of Con gress from 5th District, Tenn. I was painfully afflicted with Neuralgia in the face attended with sore throat, and by using only a part of a bottle of James’ Neuralgic Li< quid made a perfect cure, indeed it acted like a charm. J 31ANDERS0M, may 1 ly Marion Co., Tenn. A y e a 11: 8 G WELLS, Rome, Ga., J W MASSENGALE, Kingtton, Ga CHARTER OAK rift Sssarantt Cnrapnij. HARTFORD, CONN. C HARTER PERPETUAL. $200,000 Capi tal, with a large surplus. Securely invest ed, wider the sanction and approval of the Comptroller of Public Accounts, of the State of ConnectieuL Officer* and Director*. ALFRED GILL, PresidenL JOHN L. BUNCE, Vice PresidenL JAMES C. WALKLEY, Secretary. Direetore. Alfred Gill, William R. Cone, John L. Bonce, Nelson Hollister, James G. Bolles, Samuel Coit, John A. Butler, Daniel Phillips, Noah Wheaton, C. N. Humphrey. Board of Finance. George Beaeb, Esq., President Phoenix Bank. D. F. Robinson, Esq., Presid’tlHartford Lank. Hon. Isaac Toney, late Attorney General U. S. SL B. BERRESFORD, M. D.. Consulting Physician. Applications received by THOMAS J. PERRY, AgenL Dec. 5,1854. ly Rome, Ga. Til, COPPER It nHEET IROI MANUFACTORY. T HE undersigned baving purchased the in terest of Mr. W. S. Wadsworth in tbe above eoDcern will continne tbe business on his own account at tbe old stand (sign of tbe Big Coffee Pot) where may be found a large lot of COOKING, PORTER, OFFICE k BOX STOVES, a large assortment of READY MADE TIN WARE which he offers at wholesale end fetal!. ROOFIflO GLTTERIIGA JOB WORK 0*E in the most approved manner and warranted. Gan and Lock Smithing done with neatness and despatch. E. W. RUSSELL. Rome, Nov. 14,1854. ly A. W. HARSHAW, SIGNANI) ORNAMENTAL PAINTER T ENDERS his services to the Public iii bis line of business. He flatters himself that he will give full satisfaction to alt who employ him. HOUSE and 8IGN PAINTING will receive prompt attention. All orders sent through tbe Post Office will be promptly attended to. Oct' 31,1864, COOSA BOTTOMLAND FOR 8 A LB, T HE undersigned will now sell his Isnds ly* ing ten miles West of Rome on tbe Coosa River. The Bottom Lands cannot be excelled in Cherokee. Tbe ap-lnnds are not No 1, but good third quality, tbe most of which contains in all 020 acres. There are 125 acres of bottom land in Cultivation, all fresh, and well fenced in. On the upland where I live, is a fine Free •time spring of water. Gin House, Serew, and a mill in the Gin House with two moles. I grind 40 or 50 bushels of corn per day. There is no healthier plaee in Georgia. The society in the neighborhood is good—an acad emy} mile from my bouse. Any person desi* rous of purchasing a body of land well adapted to the growing of cotton or grain, would do well to come early and look for himself. I have made 1000 lbs of cotton per acre and $150 per acre in corn and potatoes. o ph McClendon, ap 24 3m Coosa, Floyd Co. ONE BY ONE. One by ons the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going, Do not strive to grasp them all. One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each, Let no ftiture dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these qan teach. One by one (birth gifts from Heaven) Joys are sont thee here below; Take them readily when given, Ready too to let them go. One by one thy griefr shall meet thee, Do not fear an armed band; One will fade as others greet (bee, Shadows passing through the land. Do not look at life’s sorrow; See how small each moment’s pain; God will help thee for to morrow, Every day begin again. Every hour that fleets so slowly Has its task to do or bear; Luminous the crown, and holy, If thon set each gem with care. Do not linger with regretting, Or for passing hoars despond; Nor, the daily toil forgetting, Look too eagerly beyond. Honrs are golden links, God’s token. Reaching Heaven : bnt one by one Take tbem, lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done. [From the Family Friend.] Wonders of tbe Atmosphere The atmosphere forms a spherical shell sur- ronnding the earth to a depth which is un known to us by reason of its crowing tenuity, as it is released from tbe pressure of its own superincumbent mass. Its npper surface can not be nearer to ns than fifty, and can scarcely be more remote than five hundred miles. It surrounds ns on all sides, yet we see it not: it presses on us with a load of fifteen pounds on every square inch or surface of our bodies, or from seventy to one hnndrnd tons on us all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down—more impalpnble than the finest gossamer—it leaves the cobweb un disturbed, and scarcely stirs the slightest flow er that feeds on the dew it supplies; yet it bears tbe fleets of nations on its wings around the world, and crashes the most refractory sub stances with its weighL When in motion, its force is sufficient to level the most stately for ests and stable bnildings with the earth—to raise the waters ot tbe ocean into ridges like mountains, and dash the stongest ships to pie ces like toys. It warms and cools by turns tbe earth and tbe living creatures that inhabit it. It draws np vapors from the sea and land, retains them dissolved in itself or suspended in cisterns of clouds, and throws them down again as rain or dew when they’are required. It bends the rays of tbe sun from their path to give us the twilight of evening and of dawn— it disperses and refracts their vnriour tints to beautify tbe approach and the retreat of the orb of day. Bat for the atmosphere, sunshine would burst onus and' fail ns at once—and at once remove ns from midnight darkness to tbe blaze of noon. We should have no twilight to soften and beautify (be landscape—no clouds to shade us from the scorching heat—bnt the bald earth, as it revolved on its axis, would turn its tanned and weathered front to the full and unmitigated rays of tbe lord of day. It affords the gas which vivifies and warms onr frames, and receives into itself that which had been polluted by use, and is thrown off as noxious.— It feeds the flame of life exactly as it does that of tbe fire—it is in both cases consumed, and affords tbe food of consumption ; in both cases it becomes combined with charcoal, which re quires it for combustion, and is removed by it when this is over. “It is only the girdling, encircling air,” says a writer in tbe North British Review, “that flows above and aronnd ns, that makes the. whole world kin. The carbonic acid with which to-day onr breathing fills the air. to-mor row seeks its way round the world. The date- trees that grow ronnd the falls of the Nile will drink it in by their leaves : tbe cedars of Le banon will take of it to add to their stornre; the cocoa-nuts of Taniti will grow rapidly upon it; and the palms and bananas of Japan will change it into flowers. Tbe oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us some short time ago by the magnolias of Susquehanna. and the great trees that skirt the Orinoco and the Ama zon—the giant rhododendrons of tbe Himalay as contributed to it, and tbe roses and myrtles of Cashmere, the cinamon-tree of Ceylon, and the forests older than the flood, bnried deep in the heart of Africa far behind the monntnins of the Moon. The rain we see descending was thawed forns not of tbe icebergs which have watched the Polar star for ages ; and the lotus lilies have soaked np from the Nile, and ez- hailted as vapor, snows that rested on tbe sum mits of the Alps.” “The atmosphere,” says Mann, “which forms tbe outer surface of tbe habitable world, is a vast reservoir, into which tbe supply of food designed for living creatures is thrown—or, in one word, it is itself the food in its simple form of all living creatnres. The animal grinds down the fibre and tbe tissne of the plant, or the nutritious store that has been laid np with in its cells, and converts these into tbe substance of which its own organs are composed. The plant acquires the organs and nutritions store thus yielded upas food to the animal, from tho invulnerable air snrronnding it But animals are furnished with tbe means of locomotion and of seisnre—they can approach their food, and lay hold of and swallow it; plants mast await till their food comes to them. No solid parti ■ cles find access to their frames; the restless ambient air. which rashes past them loaded with the carbon, the hydrogen, the oxygen, tho w *ter—-everything they need in shnpe of snp. plies—is constantly at hand to minister to their wants, not only to afford them food in due sea- eon, but in the shape and fashion in which alone it can avail them.” A great many instances oectirin the progress of things, to show that a great deal of what We think peculiar to onr own times, was known to the ancients. It is only a few years ago that tho Austrians, improving the bed of the Dnn- nbe, struck upon the track of an old towing, path, and in a cavern discovered a Roman ac count-book, belonging to an overseer of the work, which book was written In the modern cursive or running-hand, showing that tho Ro mans wrote as we do, exactly. The leaves of this book were of wood, and contained the names of tbe workmen and their wages. It was as serted that the ancients did not knotr the nse of gloss windows, till such things were lately discovered in tho rains of Pompeii. It may atsohe mentioned, that the Romans, in the time of Caracnlla, knew the secret of distilling fresh water from salt water. Pierre Patrice, of Caen, born in 1582. and A follower of Gaston d’Orleans, was the auther of the following antidote to vanity: I dreamt, that buried in my fellow day. Close by a common beggar 1 ? side t lay; And as so mean an object shocked my pride, Thns, like a corpse ofconsequenee. I cried, 8conodre1, begone! and henceforth touch me not; More-manners learn, and at a distance rot. How.sconndrcl! with a haughtier tone cried he. Proud lump of earth, t scorn thy threats and thee s Here all are equal; now, thy ease is mine ; This is my rotting place, and that is thinoi In Debt and out of Debt. Of what a hideous progeny of til is debt the father! What meannesses, what invasion on •olf-respeet, what double dealing ! How in due season, it will carve the frank open face into wrinkles: how iiko n knife, 'twill etab the honest heart. How it has been known to change a goodly face into a mask of brass; how, with the “damned custom” of debt, has tho true roan become a callous trickster! A freedom from debt, and what nourishing sweetness may be found in cold water; what toothsomeness in a dry crast; what ambrosial nonrishment in a hard egg! Be sure of iL he who dines out of debt, though hi* meal be biscuit and oniun, in “The Appollo.” And then for a raiment; what warmth in a threadbare coat, if the tailor’s receipt be in yonr pocket; what Tyrian purple in the faded waistcoat, the vest not owed for; bow glossy the well-worn bat ifit cover notthe aching hend of a debtor! Next the home- sweots, the out door recreation of a free man.— The street door fails not a knell on bis heart; the foot on the stair case, though he lives on tbe third pair, sends no spasms through his an atomy ; at the rap of his door ho can crow forth “come in,” and his pulse ’still beat hoalthfuliy, his heart sink not in his bowels. See him abroad. How confidently, yet how pleasantly he takes the street; how ho returns look for look with any passenger; how he saunters; bow. mooting an acquaintance, he stands and gossips! But then, this man knows not debt; debt, thnt casts a drag into the richest wine; that makes the food of tho gods unwholesome, indigestible; that sprinkles the banquets of Lucullns with ashes, and drops soot in the soap of an emperor; debt, that like the moth, makes yalnelcss furs and velvets, enclosing the wearer in a festering prison, (the spirit of Nessus was a shirt not paid for) debt that writes upon fres coed walls the hand writing of the attorney; that pntan voice of terror in the knocker; that makes the heart qnnke at the hnnted fireside: debt, the invisible demon that walks abroad with a man, now quickening his steps, now making him look on nil sides like a hunted bensL nnd now bringing to his face the ashy hue of death, as the nnoonscions passenger looks glancingly upon him ! Poverty is a bittered draught, yet may, and sometimes with advan tage, be gulped down. Tbongh tho drinker makes wry faces, there may after all be a whole some goodness in the cnp. But debt, however covertly it be offered, is the cnp of a Syren, and the wine, spicy nnd delicious though it be, is poison. The man ont of debt, though with a flaw in his jerkin, a crack in his shoeleather, and a hole in his hat, is still the son of liberty, free as the singing lark above him; but the debtor, though clothed in the utmost bravery, what is he but a serf out upon a holiday—n slave to he reclaimed at any instant by his ow ner, the creditor? My son, if poor, see wine in the rnnningof spring; let thy month water at last week’s roll; think a threadbare coat tbe “only wear.” and acknowledge a white-washed garret the fittest bousing place fora gentleman ; do this nnd flee debt- So shall thy heart he at peace; and the sheriff he confounded.—Doug- la* Jerold in * Heads of the people A new play of Shakespeare’s, dictated by the spirits, has appeared, and the following purports to be a specimen of it:— “Through tho swift parting spheres A star ran madly, paused, and scream’d, Then overnight, with wicked whirl Pitch’d itself into space !” Shakespearian, very! In his book called “Physical Geography of tbe Son.” Lieutenant Mnnry explains the char acter of the Gulf Stream, nnd its effects upon the coasts of Europe, to which it hears its wa ters. ne nrgnos that it takes its rise in the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean Sea, both heated by the tropic sun ; and running north east with prevailing westerly winds, carries to the British Isles that peculiarly warm moisture which makes tbem so much warmer in the win ter season than the same latitudes on the eas tern sca-board of the continent, and gives them all their beautiful and proverbial verdure.— Last winter, instead of westerly winds, easter ly winds prevailed on the North Atlantic, and the result was that England nnd Ireland de prived of the warm airs of the Gulf Stream, thought they were suddenly shifted up under the magnetic pole. They had not such a cold wintor for hall a century. The islands shiver ed to their very entrails, till at last, the blessed airs came from America, with thawing on their wings. From the Herald. THE RSOW TOTHHGS. Important from Syracuse. OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Syracuse, May 12, 1855. Full and Accurate Account of the Proceeding* of the Know Nothing Convent on All Right Among the Council on the Slavery Question. Tbe Grand Council, State of New York con vened at Corinthian Hall, Syracnse, on Tues day last, at 10 A. M., and adjourned on Friday, at 14 A. M. The attendance was full and imposing, every connty and town in the State being represen ted. The annual message of the Grand President, delivered on the first day of tho session, after Ibe report of tho Credential Committee, was received with great eelnt. nnd its sentiments and doctrines, wbieh were strictly national nnd con servative adjuring all sectionalisms, endorsed by a unanimous vote. The following is the conclusion of the inter esting doenmont: It will be necssary to oppose tho introduction of external issues in your deliberations. We meet in eonncil fora higher and nobler purpose than the settlement of domestic fends. We are hut an integral pnrt of a mighty confederation, and should permit nothing to impede its prog ross. The platform of tho State Connell of New York, as I understand it, and which I recom mend for yonr adoption at this session, is as follows :— 1. Americans shall rtile America! 2. The Union of these States! 8. No North, no South, no Enst, no West! 4. The United Statos of America as they are —one nnd inscpernhle. 5. No sectarian interference in onr legislation* or the administration of American laws. 6. Hostility to the assumptions of ths Pope, through the bishops, priests and prelates of the tho Romnn Catholio church here, In a republic sanctified by Protestant blood. 7. Tohrongh reform In thu'naturnltzation laws. 8. Free and liberal edncationnl institutions for all sects and classes, tho Bible, God’s Holy Word, as a universal text book. Does an Americnn require a broader pint* form? No! brother*. Legislate then for tho accomplishment of those objects. And rest as sured in after years you will have reason to re joice in the results of your labors. Tho dawn of a politioa! milleninm is Appro aching for the American people, and upon tho present generation devolve* the responsibility of a brilliant fntnre. ftolyingupon your wisdom nnd pntiotlsm, I leave with you. under Provid ence, the prospective giory of the American par ty in the State of New York. Prate, nail v. J A MES W. BARKER. New York. May 8. 1855. miraculous Transmutations These are times, wondrous in the develop mont of startling monstrosities in ths political world. Nothing has so completely astounded us of late, as the sadden and supernatural change that has come over tbe Democratic par ty, under the prestige of Mr. Stephens’ Letter. With eyes in wild phrenzy rolling, and hands uplifted, the soothsayers and astrologers of modern Democracy are suddenly thrust aside, and “ little Alic,” as they pleasantly called him of yore, is rejoicingly hailed as their second “Daniel come to judgment.” He speaks, and listening to bis voice, The locos leap for joy. Nor does it matter what he says about De* mocracy or its lauded Pierce and its polioy; the same rapturous hosannas rend the skies, whether he pitches into them or lays his rod upon the ubiqnitous back of tho rnrasbackela It is “little Alic,” that speaks: all correct. Does not tbe following complimentarg hit from his letter merit the unctions encore of the Pierco Democracy? [Hear, Hear!] “ The old National Whig Party tried the ex periment when there was radical differences of opinion on such questions, and went to pieces. The National Democratic party are now frying a similar experiment, and are experiencing a similar fate.—This is what is the matter with it Its vital functions are deranged, hence that dis ease which now afflicts it worse than tbe dry rot.” Precisely so. Tho dry rot. That is the ap* palling malady, and great as democracy now admit their skill to be, neither Dr. Stephens nor Dr. Toombs can savo the patienL They were called in too late. He most die. “Alas poor Yorick." But the following language, in reference to the policy of this “dry-rot” party, onght to administer condolence to tbe bereaved: ?Hear, Hoar!] “U nfortunately for the country, many evils which all good men regret and deplore ex J st at this time, which have a direct tendehey won derfully to aid and move forward this ill omen ed crusade. Those relate to the appointment of so many foreigners—wholly nnfit, not only to minor offices at home, bnt to represent our country, os ministers abroad.” We congratulate modern Democracy on hav ing at last called into question tho skill of two old Wbigs, who have been fortunate enough to probe ont the inveterate infection. To cure it, will however require tho services of “Sam,” which will be forthcoming —Recorder. THE OLD MAID’S NEW YEAR. Ob, tbe spring hath less of brightness Every year, And the snow a ghastly whiteness Every year; Nor do summer blossoms qnioken, Nor does antumn’s fruitage thicken, As it did—the seasons sicken Every year. It is growing colder colder, Every year, And I feel that I am older Every year: And roy limbs aro less elastic, And my fancy not so plastic, Yes, my habits grow monastic Every year. ’Tis becoming bleak and bleaker Every year, And my hopes are waxing weaker Eevcry year; Care I now for merry dancing. Or for eyes with pussions glancing? Love is less and less entrancing Every year. Oh the days that I have squander’d Every year. And the friendships rudely sunder’d Every yoar! Of the ties that might have ’twined me, Until Time to Death resigned me, My infirmities remind me Every year. Sad and sad to look before ns Every year, With a heavier shadow o’er us Every year; To hehold each blossom faded. And to know we might have made it, An immortal garland braided Round tbe year. KNOW NOTHINGS IN GEORGIA. Many a spectral beckoning flower, Year by year, Chides me that so long I linger, Yearbyyenr; Every earls comrade sleeping In the churchyard, whither, weeping, I, alone, unwept, am creeping, Year by year. members of Congress yet to be elected. SENATE. Alabama California Indiana M issonri New Hampshire Tennessee Pennsylvania Wisconsin Total 9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Time of Election. No. of Members. Scene is a ScnooL Housu.—“Please, zut*, kin I go out? f’*e sick. *ur.” “Sick, snr! what right hate you to be sick ? A fine healthy enb as yen are!” Virginia North Qirolina Tennessee Alabama Kentucky Texas Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Maryland Total May 24 August 2 August 2 August 7 August 6 August 6 October 1. November 5 November 5 and 0 November 7 Oh ! Sntmvel, SatniVel, k Where are yon now f Little A lick baa thumped you Like Pat in n row. You’ve got such a smasher. And feel so forlorn. You’d do well to give in And “acknowledge tlio Corn * OI Snmivel, Aleck Has given yon fits. And knocked you entirely Out of yonr wits: No longer, no longer, American Sam, . Can your order survive So tremendous a slam. A shout gneth np From Democracy's ranks, And fill’d are their organa With fnlsomest thanks. If Aleck will head them, The issue is clear. They 11 soon pat him in The Executive choir. Had he been consulted, His favor obtain’d, You can’t tell, O! Sam, How muchyon’d have gain’d: Why didn’t you ask his Permission to try To put down those evils Which are “all in your eye t* Get back to your councils And straightway disband, As Aleck’s against yon And shows yon his hand; Get yon all on your knees And swear to do better, And take tbe advice Ofhis sensible letter. Ye all are like Arnolds, A native was be, And traitors like him Ye are likely to be. How greatly superior Are Durhams and Devons I And so judges foreigners Aleck H, Stephens! Destruction of Ants.—A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says:— We give you a remedy—procure a large sponge, wash it very well, press it dry; by so doing it will leave the small cells open—lay it on tbe shelf where they, are most troblesome, sprinkle some fine white sugar on the sponge, (lightly over iL) I wo or three times a day, take a bucket of hot water to where the sponge is, carefully drop the sponge in the scalding water, and you will slay them by the thonsands, and soon rid the house of those troublesome insects* When yon squeeze the sponge, yon will be aston ished at the number that had gone in the cells. A shrub has been discovered near San Anto nio, Texas, called gnisachi, which bids fair to equal or supersede the Osage organ of Cherokee rose for hedges in the South. The spines or thorns are more numerous and formidable than those of the Osng- orange, which is a great de sideratum in the formation of live fenees. This subject is worthy of experiment by all those who are situated near regions where this plat can be obtainnd, and if snccessful it should be made known to the pn-° lie. ^SF^Under the bead of “religions intelli gence,” an exchange pepe* gtVes the following item: Father Shehane, an able Unhrersaliat preach- ltt Ito Alabama, is called by tho people Vthe Walking bibie.” In a country court it Was dis covered on a certain occasion that there Was ho bibie in tbe bonae to sWear the Jhrors upon. The jbdge casting his eyes on tbe Venerable preacher, said, “there's Shehane, be bas tbe bibie in bis head, theycafi lay their hands upon him, and tbat Will answer every purpose -” *— A “Happy Illustbaton.”—A correspondent of the Intelligencer attended the African Church in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday of last Week, and Ilk giving an aetottn t of What he taw there says: The preacher compared the world to a spider's web, and the spider he compared to the devil. He warned tbe niggers to look before ho put he foot down. Said be, a fly light oh de Web one foot fass—be put down de adder foot, dot fltss—- be put down de adder- -dat fass—be lay doWtt to prize himself out, be wing faas-^den de debit come and get him.—Ex. Six Inches op Snow—The OnbEsV tant Eclipsed.—We were visited last night with a heavy fall of snow, when this morning, despite of the continued, thawing, covered tho ground to the depth of sii inches. The storm commenced with an east wind which changed towards morning to tbe south and west. Snow bas continued falling daring the fbtoboob, bnt tbe weather is so much milder tbat it ihawa fas ter than it comes. Old settlers tell about tbe storths that they have seen in their younger days: but.we believe that in size, tjnabtity, tiinfe and occasion, this cannot he beat by any-forme? experience.— Loelcport Courier May 8. The Census of 1850. shows that the oldest person living In ibe United States Was 140, This person was an Indian woman, residing la North Carolina In the same State was ad Indian a^ed 125, a negro woman ill, two black females lip each, one mulatto male i20, and several white males and females aged from 100 to 114. In the parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, was a female black aged 120. In several of the States there were found persons, white and black, aged from 110 to ll5. .There were in the United dtateft in i860, 2,055 persons oVef lOO years. This shows that about one pertoil in 9,000 will be likely to live to that agCi There are now about 20,090 persons in the United States who were living when the Decla ration of Independence Was signed, in. 1770. They must necessarily he about SO years old ow, in ordef to have lived at thei time. The ‘rench census of 1851 shows Oitiy 102 persons over 100 years old, though their total popula tion was near 38,000,000. Old age is, therefore, attained an&ong us more fireqttebtly than id France. _ _ Panama Railroad.—The Asphiwalt Courier represents the travel upon, the Panama SB We clip the following from the Vermont ♦Watchman, a leading Freesoil paper. It shows bow freesoilers and abolitionists regard tbe A- merican movement, and hence tbe absurdity of opposition to it at the South. K. N.isv Designed to Crush the Northern Sentiment por Freedom. Nothing bas ever alarmed tho Slavocrats aS the union of tbe freemen of the North of all par ties, for freedom, as indicated in the elections of 1854, which resulted in revolutionizing Con gress—the House. They saw at a glance that if the programme, thns indicated, should be car ried out, the final results wonld be a President, a Cabinet, a Senate and a House all for Freed om. Glorions consummation! Bnt how could the Slavocrats prevent it? Only by dividing the North, of coarse. This coaid not be effected by any of the old issues, so they resorted to K. N.ism. For proof, we present the following ex tract of a letter addressed by Gen. Dnff Green ta Senator Hunter of Virginia, endorsed by the “American Organ.” It is directly to the point: “ Do yon not know that tho best way to pat down one excitement is to get np a stronger? If we analyze the element which give strength and character to the American party, we find that they are more potent, and of necessity oppo sed to the Abolition movement. Let ns, there fore. do what we can to giro it a proper direc tion."—Duff Green to R. M. T. Hunter. Bold Ground.—Orestes A. Brownson, a somewhat noted Roman Catholic writer, recent ly lectured in New Orleans. The Creole re* ports him as follows on the destiny of the Ro mish church: “It must become the arbiter between the Statu and th? subject. It mqst guard the man by interposing its flaming sword as a defence. It must construe constitntions and expound laws, deciding where is the limit of cetralized power, and what is its absolute duty to per form.” Sam Bogus.—A new stranger bas jast made bis debut on tlio political platform.—His name is Sam Boglis^-a/t’as Bogus Satn. The re 1 genuine, original, American Sam is in the main, a personage of so irreproachable a repu tation, and by consequence is coming so much into public affection, that it is no wonder thero should be, already, a good many bad, suspicions characters stealing his livery. It behooves all good friends of .the American genuine, Samuel to look out fol*, add beware, ot this SttM Bogus. Ho is a- political One-Eyed Thompsoti. The fellow in general is known by the company he keeps. Ho is to be found sometimes poking about, in nnnerics, examining th- Lady Supe riors, and performing other antics that the Amerioan Sam would never think it worth while ta engage in. Often he is found sneak ing into a K. N. Lodge, to get votes there, in order to put in power tho worst enemios of the American Sam. Tbe policy of the seamp is to do things in the name of “the Amerioan Forty,” in order to damage it, and to prejudice people against it—things Which tho real Sam wonld be boartllv ashamed of. Sam Bogns, if not a “ furrlnor,” is playing into foreign hands, just te betray nnd kill Sam. Look out for him. —N. Y. Express. EscAtten.—An affray took plaee on Wednes day of this week in Yellow Creek Distriet in this connty, between John M. Wilson and An gustns Williams; tho latter was shot in the right breast, which wound is considered fatal; —nnd on Thnrsdny at or near Aurnrin on their way to this place, Wilson esoapod from theoffi. cers. A rownrd of fifty dollars is offered by A Fact to be Remembered.—Horace Gree ly, the Princo of the Abolitionists, alluding to the probabilities of Seward’s re-election a few days before it came off, nsed the following lan guage,’which the Wise party should remember whon they speak of the Abolitionism df tho Know Nothings and the nationality of the Dein ocraey. Mr. Greeley said : “Should it be necessary there are a sufficient number of Democrats ready to come to tbe rescue. Union saving. Sieve-catching Know Nothings, witn tho rest of the tribe, who are trying to hnnt him down, may make themselves as easy as possible under the circumstances for be will te elected.” That’s it! “Domocrats ready to oome to the rescue” of Seward, while Uhion-saving, Slave catching Know Nothings were trying, to hurl him down ! Richmond Whig. The Wheat Chop.—The Planters in this and the neighboring counties are now in tho ifiidst of their Wheat harvest. We are happy to state that this cfop has generally turned out far beyond their expectation^. The beads are generally flno and well filled, and the fields clear of rust and smut. There will he a fall average crop made in this and the adjoining eountlos.—Empire State. Gold CdtJSWBAFBiT.—A well-made $20 gold piece is now in oif'cttlatloh. It is precisely the oircuraference of the coin, hut it is not as thiok. It is valued at $13, 50. The coin may be de tected by observing the world “sold” in small raised letters on the bottom of the head; Better than Baptism.—A clerical cefre- spondent of the snn, who went to Europe in the st6nmer,ihat hare Horace Greeley, writes that tie thinks from “a remark he (Greeley) made,” that Greeley cares more for breakfast than for prayers, and that he hnsn’t much regard for Evangelical ohristianity, from the faot that, on asking him if he had over been baptized; Gree ley replied, “no ! bnt I’ve been inoculated, which is of moro importance.” Woman's Rigb*!.—tt is said a resolution has been passed by the lower house of the Legisla ture of Illinois, imposing a fine of $500 on any woman who shall hereafter deliver public lec tures in that State except in man’s apparel. While the gallant Suckers had their hands in, it Would have added to their reputation as dffereet iaw-inakors, if they had framed a law prohibiting private icctures by the fiihrseft!— As a general thing, there is mote suffering from rail road as very great. In its issue < 15, it says: The passengefs for the states were about A thousand—those for UaHforois as many more, by this run. Ahont ten per eCht of these were wonien and children. This large number make the transit from steamer to steamer with com fort, economy and convenience, within nine hoars, with an enormous mail, and over $i,500- 000 on freight About a hundred and sixty troops aTe also supported without difficulty, lit excellent command entirely separated from the other passengers. ^ A boy at a crossing having begged something of a gentleman, the latter told him he. wonld give him something as bd came hack. The hoy replied, “Yoar honor would be surprised if jrptt know how mach money I lose by giving credit in tbatway/ r He who aiwiys holds his tqngne. will otto have nothing else to bold. Yet It is tidt " to be over-gaiTnloiis. . O how good was Nature, that pioded grail rivers near great towns! ^ A traveller, journeying wisely, may ieafd much. Yet much may also he leafUed by hint who stays at home. An insane person may tie to thee.and Vet he innocent, and thon mayest lie to him. and he praiseworthy. Now all persons are sonlewhat insane, bnt do thon beware of lying, as it gener* al rale: f * Heat expands things, and therefore in hot weather the days are lengthened. Moral beats sometimes expand thy mind, but they tend not to the lengthening of tby days. Dodd Letter. Miss Mary Moderation : ... . After ioUg goiisidef 4 ation hhd much meditation upon the great rep utation yon possess in the nation, I have strong inclination to beeome'yonr relation, and uport your approbation of this declaration, I shall make preparation to reniove my situation to a more convenient station, to profess admiratioii without desolation. Yours with congratula tion. SANS DISSIMULATION. Nobody.—Nobody everybody is ] And everybot _ L , „ body thinks himself to be somebody, he getter* ally thinks everybody else to he Uooody. Fading forwantopFlattert;.—Lady Bies- sington once wrete: “I feel that I am growing old for want of some one to tell me that I am looking young as ever! Charming falsehood! There is a vast dent of vita! ait- in ioVinrf words.” ^ * —r-r: *—»—:—>■— — Judge.—Guilty or not guilty ? Pat.—How the devil do I know ? tt isn’t for the likes of me to say. Harn’t ye got twelve sthrappin men in boxes (hero to find out ? . Whistling at Falsehood.—A clergyman in Scotland desired his heaters bettefr. to call obU another liars, hut when any one said what was not true they onght to whittle. On Sunday he preached a sermon on the panibie of the ioatres and fishes. Being at a loss to explain, he said that the loaves wer.e not tike thdso of nowa days, they irere as big nS the hills of Scotland. He had scateely pronotincod the Words when ho heard a loud whistle. ♦''•‘What’s that?” said he, “Who calls tae a liar?' . . “It’s I, Waliy McDonald the baker." “Well, Wally, what objection have ye to what I told ye?” “None, mastef Johb. only t waiited. til know what kind of ovens thejr used to bake these loaves in ?*’ 4 Western correspondents r Ba**.- teils the story of man who had a draft on one of the banks of H- linois; for $3000, for which be demanded spe cie. The hank omders inVitod the applicant to cottte behind the counter, which invitation was accepted, when the door of the bank safe was opened, and the offioer addressed tbe following language to his visitor: “ Say, stranger, look in that further corner of this tinfe, and yon will on os small pile of gold. Now, that pile is tbe least possible sum that the jqw will allow ns to keep on hand, a wasting White we are a hank ing institution; and it yon think tbat I am go. ittg to break one of oilr State laws, to pay yon in specie, you dont know who lam. Yon nev er wronged me, and I have no ill-will against jron, hut take care bow you ran on onr bank, or Iwill bring otit onr revolvers.”—Tho stran ger took bills for his draft.—Transcript. • Fourthly, of the people. They are something like the American Indians in color, with all their vices nnd not a virtue of their own or anybody’s else. Firstly, they will lie; secondly, they will steal; thirdly, they will not work ; and fourth “I don’t know eur, but Bill Jones there, says j Mr- Ledbetter, brother-in-law of Mr. Williams, i this kind than from the pulpit—Columbus In- ly, they aro the tha most licentious race that I've got a constitutional right, zur." 1 for tbe capture of Wilson.—Jfeimtefa Signal qu ; r ,r? 1 polluted tho earth. —- I - •• m — rfilii-frif ■