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VOLUME 10
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Life b Real.
it a. w. umnuoT.
Tell me not in mourn fal numbers,
Lite U baton empty dream;
For the tool is dead that slumber.
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! life is earnest)
And the grave is not ito goal;
Dost thon art, to dost return eat,
Was nobipoken of the soul.
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WONDERFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY
OF RHEUMATISM OF TWENTY
STANDING.
irolhad oo much pleas
es in giving this eer-
I hope tt may ho the
fellow
Never in my life
cause ef thousands of my folio w-creuttnva be
ing relieved from that dreadful disease, rheu-
sathm. My wife has been afflicted with it fur
twenty yean, matt of the time suffering excru
ciating palm is every part of her body. Hav
ing no mmitfto whatever, ahe was reduced to
almost si ykvH't 'u. So violent were the pains
that she seldom could sleep without taking
large doses of opium. Every joint was swelled
very much, and kor laws, bands, and neck,
covered with large temps. Site coold do so
kind of work, the sinews sad muscles being so
hard and contracted that hoc limbs were drawn
together, so that she was obliged to he in bed
Lb this condition she bad been fur
relief
pa*a
ARABIAN
F. the first bottle uf which produced
She bias a«w need five bottles,
i have jaeorly all gone dow« ;
r left her; she sleeps well and
_ _ is’ more fleshy than ever she was te
her life; has an excellent appetite. and spins
and sews alt day. By the use of a few bottles
more she most he as well as ever idle was. If
■ay one doubts this woudertel cure, he has only
to call at my residence wear Peoria, and learn
the circumstances from my wife’s own Kps, or
IrmKlMhir kMOR «f say of my neighbors.
SAMUEL ELSON.
Not enjoyment and not sorrow,
Is our destined ewd or way,
But to aet that each to-morrow,
Finds us farther than to-day.
Art is long, and time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and bravo,
Still, like muffled drums, are beatiug
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world’s broad field of battle
In the bivouac of life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle I
Bo a hero in the strife!
Trust no future howe’er pleasant,
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Aet!—act in the living Present,
Heart within, and God o’er head.
Lives of great men remind os,
We may make our Uvea sublime,
And departing, leave behind us,
Foot prints on the sands of time.
Footprints that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn mate,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let ua then be op and doings
With a kurt fur any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Leant to labor and to wait.
H. H. FARRELL’S ARABIAN LINIMENT
Is also so excellent remedy for palsy, sprains,
bruises, cramps, chilblains, burns, pains, tooth
ache, sore qyea, etc- and hi bones or cattle is
~ 1 in the world where an exter-
keuf for Counterfeits?
... are cautioned against anothe
which baa lately made its appearr
B. Farrell's Arabian Liniment,
ef nil the counterfeits,
his haring the name of Farrell,
Wternifeitl^afftfr aims 1
aterfrir jtrriate. and they will per
tbeir error when the spun
ous mixture has wrought its eyil effects.
The genuine article is manufactured only by
H. G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and
, No. 17 Main street, Peoria,
oa the wrap-
Melvflle
Mt. Hickory
Coosa P. O.
Summerville
i letters H. G- before
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. v, all
Said by Hendrick A Pledger,
G. B. F. Mattox,
CL Brown,
Brainier A Moyers,
Robert Battey, Wholesale Agent, Rom*
the UniHflstofcL -• ■' ~
far Price 25 and 50 cento, and $1 per bottle.
AGENTS WANTED hi every town, village
and Wmletin the United States, in wfaieh one
is set already established. Address H. G. Far-
rcB xlove, sccompixiied willi good reference
os to. clujicter. rtspuujlbHity, Ac.
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Blind and Sash Factory!!
STANDISH fit BLAKEMAN
of Jas. M. Sumter, contin-
i ue to manufacture all kinds of FUR
SASH and BLINDS on the
at the old stand on
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be-
for Agencies
ATLANTA
MACHINE WORKS
(LATE ATLANTA IKON POENDRY.)
313 new Company is now prepar r
ed to do work oo ahprtDptfcfe.pf
heavy and light Castings from
the latest improved patterns ofIron,
orCompomtion, all «f which will be warran
ted. Tonriog, Boring*and Drilling done to
wider. Abo, screw catting of 10 feet or an-
der of any size and thread required. Heavy
and light forging of wroaght Iron or Steel
done in superior style.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION to called to
their patterns for Mill Gearing, lor Merchant
and Custom Flouring, and Saw Milte. Gio
Gearing of all the nsualffiir*. and Bark
Mills ala-ay* kept r, n hand. We are also
prepar'd to build stationary Engines upon
the latest improvements. All of which will
be sold low for cash. Copper and Brass
•e for won at cash price*
JAMESL DUNNING,
JOHN McDONOUGH,
WILLIAM RU8HTON.
P. 8. All of the above company are
eprac
ties! Mechanics, and give their iudfridna
attention to the business. Jan. 9. *65
T. R. RIPLEY,
ATLANTA, GA.
in Chios, Crockery,. and Glass
i; Lamps of all kinds; Oils, Cam-
phine, r’.ui'i, and Akobol .bj theJbbL Term*
£asb in advance. Jap f. 1855 ly
i, M. TOMLINSON,
TJLAIN, House Sign, Coach, Passenger Cant
X Fresco, Ornamental and Decorative Painter;
Window
of Gilt Glass Door-Plates
Bombers for Poblie Houses
i and Street Humbert•
Opposite Jacob Haas A Co. White Hall Street
Atlanta, Ga. Jao fi. 1855 ly.
F. M. EDDLEMAN & BRO.
Keep cobs tan tly on hand and for sale on
the lowest cash prices,.alarge assortment of
fi
Jan 'g 1855,
BINDING SKINS
LS, Ac. Ac.
T. 8. WOOD & CO. ROME, GA
Dealers in watches, Clocks. Jewelry,
Silver Ware, Cutlery, Plated
aad BrittanniA Ware, China,
Walking'
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G NEATLY EXECUTED.^
RICHARD A. JONES
DBAX.ES IV •
FOREICJI ASD DOMESTIC BABBLE,
NEARTEEDEPOT,
.Madison, Go.
MONUMENTS, TOMBS AND HEADSTONES
Always on lwe4*
(Va.,) Despatch tells the following story; and
says it comes in a shape so unquestionable as to
leave no doubt of its truth:
Two gentlemen who were recently, carried
from Portsmouth to the Naval Hospital with the
fever, wore placed in positions so contiguous
that they each could see and bear the other.—
One. of them, Mr. J., bad a monomania for bet
ting. When in health be was for settling every
question, small or great by a bet, and the same
passion exerted a railing inflnenee over bin. in
sickness. Both the gentlemen were HI; and
Mr. A., the eider of the two frequently ex
claimed in his agony, “I shall die.” J., after
bearing the exclamation a few times, and pro
bably much excited by his fever, suddenly
rose up in bed, and to the astonishment of the
attending physician, proposed a bet, “I’ll bet
you,” said he, “$I0 you don’t die.” “I shall
die before morning,” was the reply. “I’ll bet
you $10 yon’re alive at daybreak,” said J.—
And so earnest was be for the bet, that be
continoed bis importunities until the attending
surgeon bad him removed to another room.—
Mr. A. died in a short time. But J. recovered
aad is now well and as ready ss ever to bet
Wsr DO SOUTHERNERS VISIT THE NORTH.
The following is an extract from a portion of a
letter, written by a Northern gentleman to a
friend in Spartanburg, aad published in the
Express:
. I wonder the gentlemen of the South seem
to have such a propensity for coming to the
North. As to the ladies^ I do' not wooder at
tbeir going anywhere, In search of novelty.
Now were I a Southern man, .notbiog bnt abso
lute necessity, would induce me to set foot in
this region of fanaticism and hypocrisy where
I could not bring my property without the cer
tainty of being stolen, or associate with mv
fellow men without having ray feelings daily
outraged by exhibitions, of bitter hostility.-
Wben I seo the Southern - people thronging to
Newport and spent ing tbeir money to keyp
alive an old decayed community, the very hot*
bed of abolition, which would starve without
them, I confess I am compelled to think they
are either joking or blustering wben they threa
ten a separation, liow can they exist without
the pare sea breeze, the luxurious sea bathing,
the lobsters, the black fish, and the exquisite
society of Newport/ Is there no sea-bathing
at the South; no pare mountain air; n« spot
blessed by nature where they might seek so
ciety and health, that they const run tbeir
beads among t e Philistines?
The Heart.—The little I have seen of the
world, and know of the history of mankind,
teaches me to look upon the errors of others in
sorrow, not in anger. Wben I take the history
of one poor heart that has sained and suffered,
and represent to myself the struggles andtetep-
tatlons it has passed through; the brief pulsa
tions of joy; tbo feverish inquietude of hope
aadf<ar; the pressure of want; the desertion
of friends; the scorn of the world that has little
charity-; the desolation of the soul’s sanctuary
and threatening vices within—health gone-
happiness gone—even hope.that remains the
longest, gone—I would fain h ave the erring
soul of my fellow man tfith Him frptn whose
hands it came.—LovgfeV
At a social partv a few nights since, no mat
ter where, a lady asked a lawyer “,1Vby coal
was like a celebrated law book p ,
•I have no doubt of i^t being Blackstone,”
replied tbe lawyer.
“But,” “id the lady, “we burii Coke also.”
/‘True,” said tbe lawyer, “but at most of the
coalyards you get a Little-ton!"
The Lflccts of Rob Violence.
We perotlvo, in the Louisville Times, a me
morial of a largo number of the merchants and
property holders ofthatolty to the Council,
urging payment for the destruction of property
on the day of eleotion. The me moralists are
Willing to bo taxed in order to save the ehartor
of the city, although they had no part nor lot
la the ruffianly.outrage against the rights and
property of oltizenaoo that bloody day. Tbo
Council, true to tho injustice of their former
aete, unanimously rejected the proposition.—
The names of tbe memorialist are all given,
together with a letter from Judge Nioholas,
pressing the matter on .the score of justice.—
The Louis villa Times says: As this subjeot
has been a good deal talked of in our city, we
present it in full to our readers. Nor will it
dose hero. Public optnioa Is slowly but suro-
ly doing tho work of justice which the Council
has refused; and we doubt not, should it be
come necessary, tbatauoh a public mooting of
all the good men in tbe city can be convened on
any evening, as will instruct our perverse Coun
cil in their duties to justice, humanity, and a
deci nt respect for public opinion.
Tbe city has already loot too largely by mob
ralo and the folly of tho eity council, for our
business men to rest quiet any longer. We
have lost a large per cent of our population.—
Thousands of foreign born eitiiena, who would
otherwise hare made Louisville their home, are
passing by us to St. Louis, Memphis and Chica
go. Hundreds of oor business houses and dwel>
ling, are vacant, and every day is presenting
new cases of substantial men amongst our
foreign citizens leaving the city. Country
merchants, in horor at the bloody city, are pas
sing us for Cincinnati and the Eastern markets.
Our business men are losing trade, our mer
chants are almost idle, building has almost
ceased, and a'general stanation pervades the
city.
These may be unpalatable truths—forced up
on the mind of every reflecting man in the
eity. The salvation of the-city is in just ice.
Though it may be tardy and only partial—for
tbe dead cannot be brought to life—yet justice
only can save the city. Our foreign citizens
must be satisfied that there is some regard for
life and prope ty yet in the hearts of the peo
ple of Louisville, ortho grass will yet grow in
our streets.
Gavasxl on Popery.
Father Gavazsi, an Italian, was in tho Uni.
ted States in 1853. He delivered a number
of lectureo to bis countrymen every Sunday
evening in the city of New York on Cntholio.
ism. These lectures, with na account of his
life, have been published. Wo take tbe follow
ing extracts from his farewell address. Let it
be remembered that this address was delivered
in 1853 —vis;
“ I come to some general conclusions, for tbo
benefit of your whole country. When I orri-
ved, tbe prevalence of power and opinion was
for the Papists; tho Papists wore free to speak
k Uegal .r Smash.
The up train on the West Point Bond, Inst
Friday night, ran over a bull, lying across the
track, between Auburn and Opelika. The rose
of tbe cow-catcher was depressed by the col-
listen an J tore uF the track for some distance,
and one of tbe two passenger cars and the bag
gage car were very considerably damaged.
Wo suppose that nothing bnt tbe solidity of
oor home made oars (whieb far excel the Nor
thern work in strength.) prevented tbeir being
knocked ioto fragments. As it was, tho pass
engers though considerably “ shocked” were
not bruised or otherwise injured. The engine
against Protostants, but the Protestants were ran along, over the eros* ties, on the top of the
not at liberty to speak against Papists; there
fore, it was nocessury to interpose a war in or
der to recover a balance. Yes, in America,
there was freedom to speak agaimd Protestants,
but let us also have freedom for Protestants to
embankment—which is there 20 feet high—
until patched into a stock gap. A passenger
found it to be 77 steps from the body of the
dofunct bull to the end of the hindmost car
The Atlanta Bask Under Pretest.
Wo are iuformed, on reliable authority, that
the Bills of the Bank of Atlanta to tbe amount
of $4,900, ate now under protest, and that
legal proceedings will be forthwith lnstltl-
tnted to forfeit and annul the charter.—
The following are the circumstances as we are
informed: A gentleman from Illinois, called
at the Bank immediately after the opening of ite
doors in the morning, and presented $35,000
for redemption; and during the whole forenoon,
the Bank only counted $10,000—whieb could
have been accomplished easily in thirty min
utes, as the package* were made op of bills of
$5 and Upwards and put up in packages of $500
apeak against the Popish system. It is also ! and the train was running sit pretty fair speed
which ran over him. It was a descending grade e aeh. In the afternoon the payment ef the re-
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Modest Pretensions or Germans in Texas.
What American can read tbe following extraet
of a speech lately made publicly io Texas, and
besite about the righteousness—tbe necessity
of the policy of the American party ?
It is found, says the New Orleans Creole, in
Mr. Wippreleht* speech, delivered in Horton-
tnwn, near New CrannfeTs (Texas,) in August,
1853. The principal object of this spe. ch was
to denounce the:overbearing disposition of Na
tive Americans in Western Texns.
endeavored to establish the fact that tbe Native
Americans had no right to tuako any preten-
eions in Western Texas! That this country
(Western Texas) has been settled first by tbe
Germans, and consequently, that the Germans
had tho first claim uron it..
In die conclusion of this speech, Mr. W. made
the following remarks: “Now let us manfully
and firmly oppose the arrogant assumptions and
overbearings of these natives; let us oppose the
further extentiou of this slareholding popula
tion in Western Texas, for we have cultivated
and settled' this country around us before the
nativee thought of doing so.”
necessary to maintuio the purity of Protestant
ism. In order to maintain the purity of tbe
air, it is sometimes necessary to have fresh
breezes; in order to maintain the purity of
water, it is necessary t > have strong gales; and
in order to maintain the purity of Protestant
ism, it is necessary to have fresh and over-
renewed discussion. Without discussion Pro
testantism becomes dull and damp, therefore
it is necessary to renew, from time to time, n
discussion about Protestant matters, and espe
cially to presrve Protestants from the errors of
Popery.
“My dear brethren, remember what Christ
said in the gospel, when the father of a family
waa asleep the enemy of man came to sow over
the good field bad tares. When yon sleep,
wben you rest peaceably over yonr American
laurels, tbe Jesuits, bishops, and archbishops,
work and sow tares in the Protestant field, my
dear brethren; and, therefore, war, war, to ex
cite the eradication of these weeds; and, final
ly. war to cut off the rising influence of Pope
dom and Popery in this country.
“Ob, America! you are no more to day as
you were in 1820 or 1830. Day after day and
year after year the Roman Catholic population
increases in your country; and what is worse,
the Jesuits increase in your country; Roman
Catholic prelates increase, and even apparent
Protestants, with Catholic views.and principles
at heart. Therefore, I repeat, thnt if twenty
years ago it was a crime to speak against Pope
ry, to-day it is a crime to be silent on Popery,
It is y»ur duty, Americans, to look about you
to discover the arts of the Papists, employed to
overthrow your religious and civil liberty;
therefore war, always war, and everywhere war,
in your America, by myself will I proclaim.
“Now, I say, yes give leave to all who
choose, to land on your hospitable shore. May
America ever be the hospitable refuge of all
Europe, ns it now is; and also let the Roman
Catholic be free in bis worship in America:
Yes, but if they are free io this country, may
America never become a Roman Catholic coun-
tty.
“ Let it be different from my dear country;
let there be free land, free government, but no
Roman Catholic government! Never, Never!”
•• Oh, my dear brethren, educate your young
people in Protestant leurniug; prevent your
boys from beiug scandals and disgraces, and
you.will have stronger native Americans in fu
lure. Moreover, educate ' our children in tbe
glorious duties of an American citizen; espe
cially, inculcate iu them the freedom of voting
The damnge to tbe company must be several
thousand dollars—betidt* poyimj for the bull!
It is said th t several uf the same species have
been kilted near this same spot. We hope
toy’ll get thinned out, after a while,—Mont
gomery Mail 17 th.
A Close Retort.—Tbos. Campbell, the
British poet, a few days ago, in the New Month
ly Mngnzioe, then under hie editorship, signa
lized himself by the perpetration of tbe follow
ing pair of quatrains on “The American Flag”:
United States! yonr banner bears
Two emblems: one of Fame.
Alas! the other that it wears
Proclaims yonr nation’s shame.
maining $25,000 was demauded by a Notary,
who was paid all bnt $4,900, when he waa order
ed by the Bank officers oat of tbe Bank, where
upon ho proceeded to protest that amount.—
Chronicle <9 Sentinel.
Cincinnati Cuivalrt.—On Tuesday morn
ing two rich young sprigs of Cincinnati fought
a duel. They fired three times Without"effect;
wben one of the seconds stepped forward and
declared that be was engaged to be married to
the yonng lady about whom tbe principals were
fighting. This anronneement put a new'fees
upon afihira. All parties professed themselvet
satisfied, and the beligejrents retired from a
blood shed field. That “second” Most be a pice
yoang man, and his lady love no doubt thinks
very props- that be should take part iu art af
fair to very creditable to him.
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Your high renown, in glorious types,
Is blazoned by yonr, stars;
But what the meaning of the stripes?
They mean.your negroes’ scars !
George Hunt, the American poet, who, in
various forms has shown himself ever ready to
vindicate tbe cbt^-acter of his country and her
institutions, soon after took occasion to reply
to those verses m this wise:
England! whence comes each glowing hue
Thnt tints yon flag of “meteor” light;
Tbe streaming red, the deeper bine,
Crossed with the moonbeam’s pearly white.
Alwats do What is Right.—The truly great
are those who always do wbat is right. To be
withheld from acting wisely and conscientious
ly, by motives of temporary policy or fear, is to
behave like a traitor to tbe principles of justice.
A mao should think less of what may be said
of his conduct at the time," than of the verdict
that may be pronounced a few years in advance.
It is by neglecting this, by sacrificing principle
to expediency, that character is lost; audchar
acter lost is with difficulty regained. Besides,
the first decline from right leads to others. It
is like tbe the start "in sliding dowr hill.
But there is a worse feature than ever sac-
combing to baseness, meanness, or wrong.—
Habit soon dolls the moral perception, so that ,
in time men come to perpetrate, without a re
morseful pang, acts at which originally they
would have been astonished. “Is thy servant
a dog that he" Should do this thing U’ is the in
dignant exclamation of many a person, who
eventatilly) commits the very deed be 'abhorred,
The blood and braise—the blao and red—
Let Asia’s groaning millions speak;
The white—it tells the color flod
From starving Erin’s pallid cheek.
Be Gentle to yoor Children.—Some one
whose heart runs over with the milk of human
kinduess thus eloquently discourses:
Be ever gentle to tbe children God has given
you. Watch them, constantly, reprove them
earnestly, but not in anger. In tbe laognage
of Scripture, “ be nut bitter againt them.”
Never sc old them. Seolding never did any
body good. It hurts the child; it hurts the
parent; it is evil and only evil, every where and
always. I once berad a kind father say, “I
never 6eat my boys. I talk to them seriously
aud tearfully, but I do not like to beat them.
. VT , , The world will beat them badly enough by-
ofNa- at your elections according to tber conscience, | aod . by « Y es, there is not one ehild in the
Mr. w. their opinion, and for the benefit of their na- , .• i aro
RvLBS op Self Government—By a prudent
Old Gentleman.—Always eit next to the carver
if yon can, at dinnnerv
Ask no women her age.
Be eivil to rich ancles and aunts.
Never joke with a policeman.
Don’t play at chess with a widow.
Never contradict a man who stutters.
Make friends with a steward on board a stea
mer—there’s no knowing how soon you may be
placed in bis power.
In every strange house it is well to inquire
where the brandy is kept —only think if you
were taken ill in tb6 middle of the night
Keep your own secrets. Tell no human be
ing you dye your whiskers.
Write not one more letter than you can help.
The man who keeps up a large correspondence
is a martyr tied, not to the State, hut to the
post
Wind np yonr conduct, like yonr watcb, once
every day. examing minutely whether you ate
“fast” or stew.—Punch.
Cotton Crop—Corn—Health—The Alba
ny Patriot of the 27th, ult says: “From all
that we have been able to learn from personal
enquiry, tbe cotton crop of this, as well as oth
er sections of the State, will be short of last
years crop, and short of an a verage crop by \ to
j. This result has been chiefly caused by hea
vy raina in the early part of September, which
produced rot, worm, and falling of fruit. Tbe
weather is now very fine for picking.
The corn crop is being gathered, turns out
well; corn is selling at 50c. per bushel.
The country is very healthy for tbe season.
live country, and not to vote for bishops, arch
bishops. or father confessors!
“Now, as un appendix, to this second corrol-
lary, I recommend you to watch the Jesuitical
movement in your couutry : and if It is impos
sible, according to your Constitution, to expel
from America the foreign Jesuits and prelates
coming in so rapidly from Rome, watch, Amer
icans, watch in order to prevent mobs, riots, ai d
discords, which they promote and discourage,
as they did last year in England.”
Father Gavazzi’s prediction has been too tru
ly verified by tbe horrible scenes subsequently
witnessed iu different parts of the United
States.
IN a Quandary.—Undoubtedly many ra*-
pectable whig* are bothe-ed to know hoar to
act in tbe present state of polities- A Louisi
ana relates that an old gentleman was in Plaque-
mine opJikmdayJnsf, aad got into a little con
versation about Know 2'othingism. He acknowl
edged his former attachment to the Whig-party
and its principles, bot in strong terms'denoon*
ced K. N’ism; but, says be, “wbat can I do ? £
have been qufcrellteg with the Locoes all .my
life. The Whig party is dead ; its leaders and
its leading journals say-so. If I do not express
my sentiments freely I am suspicion ed u *
Samite. If I remain neutral I am called nobody.
On tbe whole, I think I am nearly in as bad a
predicament as was Geo. Scott, when be got
between two fires. I do not know that I Inall
go to tbe polls ; but if I do, I'll chop off every
thing that even smells like Buntlinism, anti
make a clean thing of it; bnt whether I go of
not, Democracy Will win any bow.” .. ,
circle around your table, healthy" and happy as
they look now, oo whose bead, if long spared,
the storm will not beat. Adversity may wither
them, sickness may waste thorn, a cold world
will frown on them, but amidst all let memory .
carry them back to a home where a law of kind- ■ be the front of our own attack, as bloody and
Gloomy Prospect op the Eastern Wa»*—
Tbe London Times, August 29; has a very gloo
my record of the War. “We are in,” it says,
“for another winter campaign ?’ and it adds- of
tbe attack:
“So, the great day, that dread fnl day of which
it may almost be said, in comparison with all
the other conflicts of human passion and ontpo-
rings of human vengeance. Dies tree, diet illa t
luce splendent et favilla, is still indefinitely pro
rogued, and no body can say in what month it
will coqs> We only know that the longer it is
postponed the more dreadful it will be, and still
wholly uncertain in its results.. But there is,
in our opinion, one certainty abont it, and that
is, whether we fake Sevastopol or not, we shall
still have to Winter in onr present position.—
When Sebostepoi falls into onr hands it will be
a mere heap of ruins with all the horrors of the
charnel house. With tbe enemy Still in posses
sion of the north side, tho south side will only
An Excellent Sell.—Quite an excitement
occurred at one of the Southern steamboat
wharves, a short time since. The hands of end
of our steamers were engaged in rolling off A
cask, when to the surpriseand consternation of
persons engagod inr^performing that opera
tion, a voice was heard within the t&ak—. u
“Roll it eaay,.thcse darned nails hart; I’d
rather pay my passage (hah stood all "this.”,.
Holding np tbeir bands, their visuals expan
ded to the size of two saucers, tho two c~
exclaimed:
“That beats the d—L**
The mate comingnp at this mg
aware of tbe cause of the t'
sing them for the
within the voice:
“Wb
ant
S’ 3
any-tongeY.”
this
stan
won
Open
the cask,” said the; mate,
“Oh don’t—yen'll kill me!” said the voted.—»
“These darned nails prick me. Look odt!
d-o-u-t!” again said the casked-np individual,
as the men were turning it over. .
“Cooper,” said tbe mate, “onhead this cask
and take out that"man.
As the adz 8hndere<f the hoops, and tbe Bead
was coming out, the voice'again broke forth—
“Be easy, now, is there any one' -Sbont?" I
don’t wan’t to be caught !”
Quite a crowd had gathered rotted tim'-'afl^zte
of action,” when to tfie utter* astonishment of
tbe by standers, a loud gutters! laugh br
forth, whieb made our bSir stand oq end ^ and
the cask was found filled with bacon.
“What does it mean?” says one. ~
“I swear; it beate my time,” said the mate.
We enjoyed the joke too well to* “blow,” ai
we walked away arm in arm, with the “Fakir
of of Ava,” the ventriloquist and Magician.—*
Balt. Patriot. - - -
ness reigned; where tbe mother’s reproving
eye was moistened with a tear, and the father
frowned more in sorrow than in nngen
It tukes a father’s or a mother’s heart to feel
what is here said, and to follow out in thought
all its suggestive ness.
A String of Mishaps.—A man named
Wragg was brought into one of the city courts
of New York for disturbing the peace. No
witness appeared against him and he was re
quested to tell his own story.
Judge—Mr. Wragg wilt you state the facts
connected with your arrest?
Mr. Wragg—Certainly, Sir. Last night
about ten o’clock I was going along the street
quietly and unaustcntatiously, with ray mind i
occupied in profound meditation, suddenly my j
thoughts and visions were simult neously arres !
ted, not by a member of the police, but by an
old hut which was lying on the sidewalk. Now
I have a deep aversion to au old bat. In fact
I might say that tbe whole world has a rooted
antipathy to old hats. It may be because old
hats are emblematical of a man going dewn
the hill of adversity. Men under such circum- ;
stances and old bats receive the snme kind uf
treatment, namely, kiek. Now, nine out of ten,
Senator Butler, of Baltimore, has accepted
an invitation to give one of his lectures on
slavery in Boston next winter. The Atlas an
nounces to Mrs. Webb, the drnmatib reader;
daughter of Gen. Espartero, and a Virginian
slave, are to read a new drama written by
Harriot Beecher Stowe, in connection with
this t-ourso.
The pork packer of Bowling Green, Ky., and
Clarksrille, Tenn., says the Russellville Her
ald, are making engagements for hogs in this
county, at $4 gross; the hogs to be delivered
to them at their respective houses.
Small enemies—a fable—A gnat one day
asked a lion whether they ought to be friends
or enemies. “ Get away, silly insect,” said he,
with contempt, “lest I crush thee with my foot;
what hurt or good could you do me?” “ We
shall soon know,” said the gnat; upon whiob
he flew into one of the lion’s nostrils, and went
to stinging him as hard as he could. The roy
al beast roared like thunder, lashed his sides
with his tail, tore his nostrils with his talons,
wretched as our present advanced trenches.—
So that wbetner we take Sevastopol or not we
shall still have to occupy the heights through
out the ensuing winter.”
Tents, we are also told, will not do for winter
find the 50,006 huts promised are not under way,
and the army cannot be w 11 hatted before
Christmas. The editor nevertheless conclndes:
We are still for pressing on the seige with
tile utmest expedition, and with all the means
in our power, and preparing with even lavish
provision for all the thousand contingencies of
a winter campaign.. Above all, let there bo no
doubt as to the means of communication ftem
tbe camp to the harbor; which must be—as it
has all along been—onr only base of operations. ; '
seeing that old bat lying on the sidewalk as I . rn( ) rolled himself in the sand in agony, but
did, would have given it a kick, and that, sir, in rain ; the little gnat kept on stinging till
is just what I did. I kicked thnt old hat, and { mighty lion was obliged to own himself
Good News for Georgias.—His Corporosity,
Governor Herschcll V. Johnson, came into
town yesterday afternoon, a:.d left this morning
for Milligeville. He has come to tbe conclu-
tion, we presume, that ho ought to be there.—
He bas tramped down much of the wiregrass in
South-Western Georgia to little purpose, for,
wherever oe has addressed the people our coun
cils have made accessions from his ranks. lVe
shall tench him in October next that South
western Georgians are not the “Greenies” he
bas supposed them to be.—So Enterprise.
In a sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Bellows,
of New York, before tbe Western Unitarian
Conference, is tbe following paragraph:—“ For
my own part—I say it in nil solemnity—I have
lived to become sincerely suspicious of the
piety of those who do not loro pleasure in any
form. I cannot trust the man that never
laughs
not only that, but kicked a frightfully bard
stone that was inside of it; I felt myself falling
forward, and unfortunately, I fell against a fat
woman, with sufficient force to cause her to fall;
in falling, she knocked down a ladder; <ne
end of the ladder struck me, tbe other hit a
cart horse; the horse gave a jump, and tbo
carman was thrown off from his cart; be fell
on a bull terrier dog; the dog gave a yell and
bit the man, who rolled over on me, a negro
rushed out of an alley and kicked the cnrmnn
for fulling on bis dog; thecarmun picked up a
stone and threw it at the nigger, but unfortu
nately it went through tbo window of n Dutch
man’s grocery and fell into a butter tub; the
Dutchman came out; by this time I had got up
and was about to castigate a boy whom I saw
laughing, and from which circumstance I was
lod to believe that he bud put the stone in tbe
old bat; Iran after tbe boy.—When he saw my
bellicose attitude lie yelled out for bis father.
The Dutchman ran alter me, and just as I
caught the boy the Dutchman caught me. Sir,
my physical power was not sufficient to c«.pe
with both. I" am not a Sampson. I was van
quished; not only tbnt, sir, but wben released
lrom their grasp I was taken by three or four
other Dutchmen.
overcome by tbe little gnat, which he bad but
just now despised. It is sometimes justly said
that no person is so small or mean but that be
has it in his power to injure us or do us good;
and thnt hence there is no person whose friend-
ikip is not highly desirable.
Grasshoppers an Article op Trade.—
Grasshoppers have made their appearance in
this vicinity in innumerable quantities. They
| infest erery spot on which there is any verduro,
that is always sedate; that has no up. i ns well ns make their npponrauce everywhere
Loss op Public Money.—A serious robbery
of the Government bas just been discovered at
New York. Two boxes, purporting to contain
$25,000 in gold, which were sent from tbe Uni
ted States land office at Dubuque, in Iowa,
were found on their arrival at tbe Sub treasury
in New York to contain nothing bnt lead.—
Where or how the robbery was committed is
involved in mystery. Our New York corres
pondent says:
“ Tbe rule of tbe Expressmen Is not to lose
sight of such valuable package so long as they
remain in their charge, and it is presumed the
custom was carried out in the present instance.
The question arises who is tho loss to fall upon
in the event of the money not turning up?
AdamR & Co., it is said, contracted to convey
the boxes, but subsequently transferred tbe job
to tho American Express Company, (Wells,
Butterfield A Co..) so that there will be a three-
cornered controversy. One of tho packages
bore slight evidence of having been tampered
with, but tbe other did not appear to have been
touched by the hands of violence.”
. No. 7, 6899-—“The Wheel op Fortune.”—
We have often betud of people being in lack, rf
the wheel turning, Ac.; bnt out credulity had
not enough of lattitude to receive as trntbfol
the many reports we have heard. But onr
disbeliof has nil heen driven away by a cir
cumstance right in onr midst. The wheel
has turned and Augustas Cook our felloVt towns
man has been the fortunate man. At the late
drawing of the Fort Gaines Lottery, in Class
No. 7, ticket 8S99 which he held, drew the Cap
itol prize of $15,000. Tim is a surprise which
we should call.pleasant, tind from notices, we
see that Fort'Gaines does these same things of
ten.—Chattanooga Advertiser.
A Strong Kiss.—Tennyson; in his proem of
“Patlma, ' relates tbe strongest.case of suction
within oor knowledge at present. Speaking of
alorer's kiss, says, or rather she says:
Last night when some one spoke his name;'
From my swift blood that went and come;
A thousand little shafts of flame
Where shivered in my narrow frame ?
0 love!.0 fire! Once he drew,
With one tony kite my whole soul through,
My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
That’s the strongest kiss we ever read about
and throws the Poor Man’s Plaster completely
in the shade.
The decision of the" people of Texas is. still
in. donbt upon the question of accepting the
Act passed by Congress at its last session;
known as the “DebtBilL” The returns, so
lar as received, show an aggregate of 7,791
votes for the bill, and 7,118 votes against it.
Majority in 43 counties for ihe bill 673."' The
result is quite doubtful. jgg
The Crops.—Upper Missouri bas sustained
a heavy loss in the destruction of tho wheat
crop by the recent rains:
The Okalona (Miss.) Kewt says the boil-
worm have been committing depredations on
the cotton crop in that region. . .
IonoKaSce.—Two gentlemen of opposite pol
itics meeting, one taquiVed the address of some
political celebrity, when the other indignantly
answered:
“lam proud to say, sir, that lam wholly ig
norant of it”
“Oh, you are proud of your ignorance, eh !
Sir ?"
“Yes I am,” replied the beligeTent gentleman
“and what then sir?”
“Oh, nothing, sir, nothing; only yon have a
great dear to be proud of, that’s all.”
-!♦«>> —
springs of epor-
erennial in tbo
parent outlets for those natural s
tlveness and gayety that are perenn
human son!. I know that nature takes her
revenge on snch violence. I expect to find se
cret vices, malignant sins or horrid crimes
springing up in this bot-bed of confined air
and imprisoned space; and therefore, it gives
me a sincere moral gratification anywhere,
and in any community, to see innocent pleas-
ares and popular amusements resisting tbe re
ligious nigotry tbnt frowns so unwisely upon
them. Anything is better than that dark, dead,
anbappy social life—a prey to. ennui and mor
bid excitement, which results from unmitiga
ted puritanism, whose second crop is usually
unbridled license ami infnmons folly.”
else. Several of the juveniles of this city
havo seized upon them as an article of traffic,
and may be seen about tho streets with strings
of them, yards in lengths vending thorn for bird
feed. As a great length of time intervenes
after they die before decomposition takes place,
they are well adapted for food of birds during
the winter. Fortunately the uppeornneo of
these insects Is too lato to affect crops of grass.
—Nashville Gazette.
Gloss on Linen.—To restore the gloss Com-
i tnonly observed on newly purchased collars
and shirt bosoms, add a spoonful of gum ara
bio to a pint of starch as usually made for
this purpose. Two ounces of clear gum-arabic
may be dissolved in a pint of water, and after
standing over night m y be rackod off and kept
in a bottle for usel
Burke Put to Fi.ianr.—Mr. Burke on one
occasion had just risen in the House of Com
mons, with some papers in his baud, on the
subject of which hi intended to make » motion,
when a rough hewn member, who had no ear Perfectly satisfied,
for the chorines of eloqneflee, rudeljr started
np; and said, “Mr. Speaker! I hope tbe gen
tleman does nqjt mean to rend that lorgs ban-
die of papers, and to bore ns with a long
speech.” M. B. was swollen,or rather so near
ly suffocated with rage, as to be incapable of
utterance, and absolutely run out of the house.
On this occasion, Geo. tielwyn,remarked that
it was tbe only time lie ever saw the fabje reul-
ized—o lion put to JUght hy the braying of an
att,
‘Bob,’ said a tormenting friend to a bachelor
companion, ‘why don't you got married?’
* Well. I don’t know - I did eome very near it
once,just did miss it.' ‘You did—let’s henr
it?' Why, I asked a girl if I could see her
home from a party one evening nn<* she said,
not If she’d said yes, I think I should have
courted and married her. That’s the rarest I
ever came to getting married.* His friend was
If girls will kiss, lot them perform the cere
mony os if they loved it. Don’t let them sneak
about the thing as if they were purloiuing
cheese, nor drop their heads * liko lillies op
pressed with tbe rein.’ On tbe contrary, they
should doit with an appetite, and when they l* t
go,’ should give rise to n report thnt will make
the old folks think somebody la firing pistols
around the bouso. So our Devil says—be
| knows.
WAstttNO Silver Ware.—It seems tbat
housekeepers who wo/h their silver ware with
snap and water, as the common practice is, do
not know what they aro about. The proprie
tor of ono of the largest and oldest silver es
tablishments in tho city of Philadelphia, says
tbnt “ housekeepers ruin their silver by wasblng
it in soap ends; it makes it look like pewter.
Never put a particle of soap abont yonr silver;
then It will regain Its original lustre. When it
wants polish, take n piece of soft leather and
whiting, and rob it bard.”
Wealth op Boston.—Tho asscssot’s report
gives the total vnlnntten of property in Boston
nt two hundred nnd forty-two millions of dol-
Inrs, showing an inerense over the vnlnntten
Inst, year of fifteen millions three hundrod and
thirty-six thousand dollars; The rate of taxa
tion has been fixed at seventy seven cents on
one htindrad dollars, a reduction of fifteen
cents from last year. The official report of the
Comptroller of the city of New York shows
A Voice from Nebraska.—A copy of tbo
Nebraekiau, apparently a red hot, fireating jour
nal, published somewhere in tbe depths of tbe
territory of Nebraska, arrL ed at the Critic of
fice, yesterday, marked with the following ele
gant interrogatory: “Why in hell don’t yon ext"
Now, although tbe ‘devil’ is constantly ‘bob
bing around” our composing-room, we prefer
fo exchange the Critic with colder and more
civil contemporaries than the Nebraskian.-^-M.
Y. Critic.
A fanner in Fayette county, Ky., has raised
9,000 bushels of potatoes this year.
Tbe army worm bas made its appearance on
the cotton plantations in the vicinity of Clinton,
La.
Adversity exasperates fools, dejecta cowards;
,. r JW _ _
draws out the faculties of the Wise and ingen
ious, puts tho modest to the necessity of trying
their skill, awes the opnlent and makes the idle
industrious. Much may be'said in favor of
adversity; bat the worst of it is it has no friends.
The individual who tried to clear his con
science With an egg, is now endeavoring to
raise his spirits with yeast. If he fails in tbiff
it is his deliberate intention to blow oat his
brains with a bellows, and sink calmly jnt^ the
arms of—a young lady!
As Likely as Not.—We think it mast bo'
somewhere written that the virture of motherp
shall, occasionally, be visited oa their children,
as well as the sins of iatfaera.
The Saddest.—Ono of the saddest things
about human nature is, that man may guide
others In the path of life, withont walking in it
himself, thnt he may be a pilot, and aeasfe
away.—Blake.
Chicago Described.—A correspondent of the
Wisconsin Democrat pays Chicago the following
compliment: “Men are getting rich faster, and
living higher, and doing mote business, and
drinking tnoro, and going to the devil, general
ly, by a shorter road, in Chicago, than any place
I Lave seen out West.”
A postmaster in Massachusetts, being, asked!
if his party intendod to send a delegate fron>
his town to the Nebraska Convention, ropliodz
‘Yes, I think I will get myself together,- male*
out my credentials, and go down!”
Iron.—It is said that Pennsylvania now
produces as much Iron as was manufactured In
all Great Britian thirty years ago;, as much as
the present manufacture in France; more than
Russia and Sweden united; and more than they
of all Germany.
The Bloom op Aoe.—A good woman never
grows old. Years may pass over her head, bnt
if benevolonce and virtue dwell in her hoart,
she is cheerful as when the spring of life first
opened to her view. Wben wo look upon a good
woman wo never think of her age; she looks as
charming at when the rose of youth first bloom
ed on her cheek. That rose has not faded yet;
it will never fade: In her neighborhood she is
the friend and benefactor. Who does notres-
peet and love the woman who has passed her
days tn acts of kindness and" mercy? We re
peat such a woman cannot grow old. Sho will
always be fresh t.nd bouyant In spirits, and ac
tive tn humble deeds of meroy and benevolence.
If tbe yonng lady desires to retain tbe bloom
and beauty of youth, letft her not yield to the
sway of fashion and folly ; let her love truth
and virtue, and to tbe dose of life she will re
tain those feelings which now make life appear
that the valuation of n-nl and personal estate . tain those feelings which now make lifeap]
I }n Now York is $486,998,178. 1 a garden of sweet—eror fresh tsn ever new.
“There, John, that’s twice you’ve eome hoard
and forgotten the sard.’' “Really, mother, it
was so greasy that it slipped my mind.”
Somebody says tbat onr pasione are order
than our reason, because passions are-horn with
us, but reason don’t follow till a long time after.
This is a stender upon all babies. When a ba
by is spanked, don’t he holler? Yes. Aad.
has’nt ho got a reason! Yes, tatd a mighty '
good reason, too.
A Frenchman, wishing to take a stage for
Bnffallo, was asked by the driver if be had any
extra baggage. 'Extra baggage ? Vat you
called dat? I have no baggage but my three
trunks, five dogs and one blaek girl.*
To Improve the Flavor op a Rose.—Get a
girl with laughing eyes to wear It to her bosom.
An egg to-day is better than a hen to morrow.
This ia a new way of expressing, <A bird in the
hand ia better than two in the bush.”
Old clothes look beat for dirty work.'
A Negro Baby Show is the lattost ’Boston
notion. It is got Up in opposition to Barnan’e
white baby show. The ‘{little innooents” en
joy the attraction aa much aa the white folks.
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