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Newspaper Page TextHI MACON, THURSDAY, 3 Q CLOCK, P. M., AUGUST 23, 1860. Volume XXXIV.- THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH. ptbubihd EVKKY 'I'lintsDAY, AT 3, P. M. ■ UU H — Two !' i.thcrn I tit i: CURSE OF DISOBEDIENCE BY LAURA LINCOLN. Within the elegant parlor of Col. Hern don sat n middle-aged lady, clothed in deep binck. The evidence of past sufferin bitter and protracted, was stamped upon every lineament of the pale, mild face, She looked as though she had been bap tized in the fiery blood of sorrow, and had conic forth the purer from its regenerating Trotor*. Ilor dress was neat, though bumble : in a word, she was music teach er to the bcabtifal Alice Herndon, and was now awaiting her coming Light footsteps were heard pattering down tho staircase, and then the door opened, and ns lovely a creature as the cyo ever rested upon entered the rpom. Tall and shapely, with dark brown hair and eyes, a complexion where the rose and lily wore harmoniously blended, Alice IL melon was-a being to lead captive all hearts. There was a mingled dignity and sw<. iiesa in her mannor, as she came for- wurd, and kindly taking the hand of her ; >.hh«r, iid: • 1 mn glad to see you out again, Mrs. Weit m. You-did not come ns usual, last Wednesday, and I heard that you were not wpll. I should hnve boon to see you, but, indeed,,! have had such a dreadful fit of tho blues that my company would have been neither agreeable nor entertaining,’’ and ns she spoke, nn expression fif sad ness, foreign to her usual sunny look, pnssed over her features. “ 1 have, indeed, been indisposed,” re sponded Mrs. Woston, “ and am scarcely nblo to be out now. But you know that one dependant upon her labor for her daily bread cannot afford to neglect it. But come, let us commence our lesson,” and, raising the lid of the piano, they sat down. Mrs. Weston loved her fair pupil very dearly, and it pained her to see that some thing was weighing upon her mind. Alice woe med very abstracted this morning— striking falso notes, and in various ways ^ evincing that her thoughts were anywhere J return, and we will all bo happy together but. upon the music before her. Her com-1 y e ;,» panion watched her closely for some time, «<£r<>d grant it,’ was the fervent ro und then passing her arm affectionately I S p onsri . ‘Remember, my child, that tho’ around the young girl’s neck, she said| you have disobeyed me, my heart and home “Alice, there is something troubling u-ill ever be open to you. Farewell; Isce you, which it would relieve yon to con-1 that your husband is waiting for you—may fidp to a sympathizing heart. You^ have I y ou bo happy in the lot you have chosen,’ no mother, my child ; let mo stand in her | an( j conducting me to tho door ho pressed Sail be held l lis turned and re-entered the house. “I tried to buoy myself up with hopes of a brighter future, and succeeded in some measure. Rut soon alas ! were these fond visions dissipated by the sad news sent us by telegraph of my futher’s death. His health had been feeble for some time, and when I reached homo I learned that he had retired to bed ns well ns Usual at night, and was found lifeless tho next morning. ‘Died of disease of the heart,’ was the verdict rendered by the Coroner’s jury. “Died of a broken heart,’ was the verdict rendered by my conscience. ‘The way of the trans gressor is hard,’ says the Holy. Writ, and most keenly did I experience the truth of these words. “My father dying intestate, of courso all of his property became mine. My Ail: ■fe ' jcct,.{hre ed. But it was too late now; and I must nerve myself to bear the eon sequences, I i ft ached 1 ome in time for dinner, and my poor deluded parent met me with a smile and a caress, happy in the promise that I had given him a few hours before. I felt like a perjured wretch, and would fain have hid den myself from his sight. Thus early was the sin of disobedience beginning to bearits bitter fruit. “After dinner I went up to my room to commence my preparations for departure, and there I remained until summoned to meet my husband in the parlor. I went down, and, while encircled by his arms, my head resting on his bosom, and listening to the thrilling tones of his loved voice I, for the time, forgot my ‘father and the impend ing blow, which I knew would fall so heav ily upoQ Tiim. My father was absent when Albert first game, but soon returning, my husband sent to request his presence. When he entered the . room amP saw -mp there his hrbw darkened with a frown,‘and he looked ot mo with* a troubled eye. • I darted for ward and throwing myself upon his neck, exclaimed: “ * Forgive me fat lie/, but I oould not c. bey you. J loved Albert better than I thought and we were married this morning.’ “ With a smothered groan _the old man sank into a chair, anti skid.* »• " * Misguided girl lOnu have brought de struction updnj:Qur3fff by this rash-step. “ ‘Excuse me,‘si rfb aughtiiy interposed Albert, stepping^rward ; * I do not under- and such language.' M artWr.gentleman, and cannot be insurkod^with impunity. Ad elaide is now my wjfS, and as such I demand that she quit withftno thcTrooffif rrty pnemy.’ “ ‘Oh, Albert!’ I cried, ‘you must over look my father’s language Thisis so gh expected to him that \\L hardly ktr he says.’ *- f “ ‘The carriage. wUl be here convey US to (ho Steamboat, and you wi oblige me by seeing thru everything is rea dy for our journey, Adelaide,’ was the cold reply, and with an almost bursting heart I left tho room to obey him. “ What passed between the two I never learned, but when I camo down stairs half an hour afterwards, with my traveling bon net on, ir,y father met me in the hall, and I noticed that his face was ashy pale, and his lips quivered with repressed emotion.— Throwing myself into his arms, I whispered: “ ‘Be of good cheer, father. I will soon faugh affliction, brought mo to a knowledge of J lis- ways, and to a perfect reliance upon His will. “ I would have spared yofi this sad sto ry,’’ my dear,” said Mrs. Weston to the weeping Alice, “only that I wished you to avoid the rock upon which I foundered. Oh ! my child, obey your father, even if you tear asunder your heart strings in so doing—for no after years of repentance can recall the first false step, and the curs a of disobedience will rest like a nightmare^ upon you, poisoning your every enjoyment and turning the sunlight of your existence into deepest gloom. Never give your kind parent occasion to feel * how sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thank less child.’ ‘ I have overstayed my time,” continued she, rising. •* You have missed your mu- trie' lesson, but I hope that you have re ceived another, whose teachings will influ ence your life-time.' ‘Gqod-bye, my swedt Alice; ponder well the tale I have told From “ Household Words.” A STOCKING FULL OF BANK NOTES. Some years ago—in the days of the thirty shilling notes—a certain Irishman saved up the sum of .eighty-seven pounds ten, in notes of the Bank of Ireland. As a sure means of securin this valuable property, he put it in the foot of an old stocking, and buried it in his garden, where bank note paper couldn’t fail to keep dry, and to come out, when wanted, in the best pro servation. V ' VdT ■j'1 After leaving his treasure in this excellent place of deposit for some months, it occurred to tlie depositor to take a look at it, and see how it was getting on. He found the stocking-foot apparently full of the fragments of mildew and mushreons. No other shadow of a shade of eighty-seven pounds ten! In the midst of his despair t}ie man had the with a most extraordinary absence of allexpres- : is in his face,l«iid— “Ah, look at that sir.! Can ye do anything tor the?” at do you call this?’’ said the clerk. “Eighty-seven pounds tin, praise the Lord, ad I’m a sinner! Ohone! There was a twenty « was paid to me by Mr. Phalin O’Dowd, sir, you, and if you would not, to your dyfn* day, feel the gnawing of that worm iMt never dieth—remorse—disobey not your father;” and stooping, Mrs. Westorr^im- printed a kiss upon the coral lips of the! ' indatin as was ehangedby Pat Reiiy, an J five fair girl, and left the house. ? s ' v “°«;enby Tim; and Ted Conner, says ho The next morning, Alice Herndon cabled to see herteapher, and- her beautiM/faccy though sjJjl/Wijaring a pensive IoqQj was 1 not so daiffly shadowed aa on the previous day. The nest Word# wqje: I “ Your timely-.warning, myvdear Mrs. Weston, lftst saved me from, ‘’perhaps, a I whole life-time of misery. After our con versation'yesterday, I summonej^x^rage. 1 1 don’t know what’sto be done J ess as this. Tell me, first of all/; in the stocking Jeu unfortuni i-i ti-j- - c ... Oh, yes^w, and tdfyot^tfuo which I nad novejfLeen able heretofore to 1.the la t v - : ! ! | I sjiikelutircTjS do. to make inquiridyoliyarious persons in Lord be go- i fed Connor si do, to make inquirid?qf|yanou8 persons in regard to Howard Trap/, and foV father’s opinion was corroborated by -many. Last (light, when Ilowajil^called, I firmly re filled him, in spitp -ef bis entreaties and Lord be good to yon and Ted Connor ould Phillips, regarden the five as was 8 Tim, and not included Of the tin whii changed by Pat Reilly-—” “ You didn’t put Pat Reilly or old- Philips .... „ . into the stocking, did you?” - . , | - dared not listen to valyof eighty.sivin pound, tin, lost anJt^goho, iy heart and act other- and includen the five as was owned b)-^ifu7'and to note which my Dull Ted Connor—— We had -a long con t! left, in which I com ill what you had told me. it dfle ‘ ‘ help you.’’ ... „ ■■■ At these tenderly spoken t words- tho maiden burst into tears, nod leaning her head upon the shoulder.of h*r kind Wfind, she answered: ° Indeed, Mrs. Weston, you have, di vined truly. I am in txohblc, and need counsel sorely. I will confide in you with tho hope that you may bo able to advise me aright. You know Howard Tracy— or, at least, you have seen him. He loves me and I return that love, but my father is bitterly ^opposed to our union, and says that if I marry Howard I shall never darken his doors again. He tells me that my lover is a gambler, and loves the wine cup better than he should. How can 1 believe this of tho gentlemanly, noble Howard Traoy ? Surely my father is deceived. I am halting between two contending principles—lovoandduty. Howard urges me than elopement, and says that when wo are once married, my father’s anger will vanish. What am I to do?—1 cannot for sake my father, and how can I give up Howard During this recital, tho teacher’s pale, sad face waa' bowed over the bright head upon her shoulder, while great tears rolled slowly down her furrowed cheeks, and dropjied upon the glossy hair. “ Oh, my child!” 6ho cried, when Alico paused, “how forcibly do your words recall the by-gone scenes of my own heedb s youth. Listen to what I am go ing to.tell you, and learn therefrom a lcs- son. I waa, like yourself, the only child of a widowed father, ivho loved me with idolatrous nfTection. I, too, was fair to look upon, old and faded ns I am now. I had two lovers, one of whom was favored by ray father, tho other by myself. When I told my parent of Albert Weston’s offer of marriage, ho besought mo most earnest; ly to reject him, saying that I could never be happy with a man of Albert’s known habits. He would not coerce me, he said, but if I would not bring his grey hairs to the grave, I must promise not to see my lover more. My heart was torn with con flicting emotions; but how could I refuse my dear old father, who had never given me an unkind word or look since tho hour my dying mother placed me in his arms, and prayed him to be both father and moth er to the babe ? “ I gave him tho required promise, feel ing that I was renouncing all my hopes of happiness when I did so. After the excite ment of this interview, I put on ray bon net, thinking that a walk in the fresh morn ing air would revive me. “ I had gone but a few squares, when I heard hasty footsteps behind, and soon a dear familiar voice called my name, and a face handsome as Apollo’s looked into mine.— And would you believe it,-Alice ?—though I thought that 1 had fortified my heartstrong- ly again . his blandishmcnts^aS began by telling him thut we must never meet again, I repent, would you bnlieveit ? I went home Albert Weston’s wedded wife. I will not detail the arguments that he used to over come my resolution, while my throbbing heart pie id < loquently in his behalf. Suf fice it lot ay, that we went to the lions-- of a magistrate and were married. “ I then went homo to pack up my ward robe. All rt was to call that afternoon and ■ acquaint my father with the s-t-’p that we lad taken, an I then wo wore to leave li -me fora short bridal trip, givingmy fatli. r time, ns he said, to get used to the new state of things. No sooner had 1 parted from my husband, than the sin and folly of wlrat I had done, rushed with overwhelming force upon my mind, and I would have given all that I* 1 '-''Jssfsl could the deed have been recall- wise. er has writte vers'ation after municated to hi| hope you are not (Jffended at my dqing so “By no means,” replied her compan ion. “ I am but too glad that I am instru mental in saving you from* perhaps, a sim ilar destiny.’’ Mrs. Weston opened. .Col. Herndon’s epistle and read as follows “ How can I thank you sufficiently, my dear madam, for your kindness ? You have saved my daughter from a fate worse than death, and her father blesses you for it. Alice tells me that you are without kindred or ties in 4he world. Come to us, then, and let us be as such to you. My daughter needs some friend,‘-whose ma turer judgment will point out to her the Hrri7 J -j/°i t lniiy i ^ thful fcct 3ilQuld 5 cful band having now nttained his object,.threw]^ refuf ^ d> , wwever> off the mask he bad hitherto worn tome, ontBj 3* ■ - . . I beheld bis true character in all its naked deformity. How my soul sickened at tho contrast between what I believed him to be, and what he really was ! Ho gambled, he attended the race course, and fhabitually mingled in the lowest add basest society.— When under the influence'of liquor, he sometimes treated me brutally, and as 1 still loved him fondly, tins treatment nearly broke my heart. When my first child was born—a beautiful boy—I felt that I now had something to live for, and upon him was lavished nil the love of nature. Other children were born to me, but nil died in Infancy save. tlijs my first born, named Louis, for tlt^fnfher I so bitterly mourned. “Gradually my large fortune was squan dered in the hands of my husband, and we were reduced almost to beggary. Albert’s excesses had told upon his constitution to such a degree that lie was unfitted for la bor, even had be been so disposed. In this strait I cast about in my mind what was to be done, and at last came to the conclusion of giving lessons in music, that being the only available talent that I possessed.— With the assistance of a few old friends I obtained n number ol scholars, and could easily have supported my family in com fort but for my husband’s selfishness. He, thanks to tho unjust law which gives the management of a woman’s income into the hands of her lord and master, spent the money faster than I could earn it.— Troubles come not in single spies but in buttalions.’ My boy—the pride and joy of my blighted existence—I discovered, with a mother’s unerring instinct, was fall, ing into dissipated habits. In vain I wept and entreated, eitingtohim his father’s ruin- ous course. Steadily and surely, with an agonized heart, I saw him treading the downward path, which has proved the in struction of so many noble aud gifted ones. Oh! this was ‘the most unkindest cut of all,’ and in my bitter anguish the cry went up to Heaven, ‘My burden is greater than I enn bear.” The course of disobedience was relentlessly pursuing me, and strive as I would, I could not escape until the full measure had been meeted out to me. “At length ray husband died, and re moved from his contaminating example I fondly hoped that my boy might yet be saved. \ oin hopo! As if the sorrow that I ha 1 brought upon my father’s grey hairs was being visited in retribution upon my own held, the darling of my heart—he whom I had thought would provo the sol ace and support of my old ago—went step by step down to an ign And* * * blc and my house is large enough for us oil Come, then, and majee it your future home Alice warmly seconds me in this wish. Most truly yours, Charles Herndon.” With tears in her eyes, drawn forth by this unexpected- kindness, Mrs. Weston banded the note to her companion, who. after perusing it, eagerly exclaimed : “ Indeed, I do.second it, my dear friend Come, at once. You don’t know how often 1 have sighed for some maternal bosom to sympathize with Jfefc in %jy joys and cares. My father is vei^Sind, but then he is man.’’ And thus urged, Mrs. Weston at last consented to’leave her lonely boardin liduse anil become a member of Col. Hern give up her music teaching and allow her friends to support her, until Col. Herndon induced her, under the title of his house- keeper, to accept a fi.jcd salary from him. And when, a twelvemonth after, the love ly Alice had at length found one upon whom she could bestow her hand and heart—sanctioned, too, by her father—and Mrs. Weston,ithinking her services no longer needed, was about to leave them, Col. Ilerndon suddenly found that her pres ence was indispensable to his happiness. I suppose it did not require much persuasion to convinoe Mrs. Weston of the fact, for shortly after Alice’s marriage another took place within the same stately mansion, and Mrs. Weston merged the title of house keeper into that of wife to the noble-heart ed man, who exerted himself to make her forget, in her hnppy after-life, the misery of her younger years. For the Dally Telegraph. To Molly Smith, 7Mfollotciny Rues an reqteef fully inreritea in rtply t "Why don't yon tUU among the girltf" bt s. <j. Linus, x. D. You ask &!r strangers, why I don’t, “Among the girls” a courting go, And just to pass the time away, Transform myselflntoa bean! I bare no love for paints and dyes, Decked off with jewels fine; Compounds of cotton and romance. Fixed np In crinoline. , I ne'er hare soon a maiden yet For whom I’d gladly die; In tact 1 ne’er have seen one yet For whom I’d heave a sigh. I envy not the brainless fop. Feeding on love until he’s sick. Unconscious that tho girl he woo*, Regards him as a "teaUcing tticl." Sow, Fm no pliant cahc, to bend To every idle woman's wish; Hence, I'll not go “among the girls,” I’d rather "fry tome other,,nth." Lot those who wiD, enjoy the sport Of toying with "hazel carle" • I would not give one clever man For forty dozen girls. Macon. Aug. 21, L-CO. Grand Gymnastic Convention and Toitrna- hext.—A circular has been issued from Chi cago, announcing that a grand American Gym nastic Tournament will he held in that city du ring the week commencing January 7th, 18G1, and inviting all gymnasts of the United States and Canada to be present on the occasion.— One thousand dollars in gold will be distribut ed in prizes, as follows: Two hundred dollars “ to tho best general gymnast;”-two hundred dollars “to'the strangest man;” two hundred Ted Connor- “ Then tell me whht yon did put in the stock ing, and let mo tako it'dovTD. And then-hold your tongue, if you can, find go your way, and conic back, to-morrow.”' The particulars of the notes were taken, witji-. out anj’ reference to otrtU Philipp who could not however, bv any means,. be kept out of* the s£&- ry, and thom&ndeparted. When he was gone,' the stocking-foot was shown't» the chief en-' graver of the notes, who sail} that if anybody could settle the business, his son could. And. ho proposed that the particulars of the note® should not be communicated io his : son, who was then employed in his department of the Bank, but should bo put away under losk and key,-and if his son’s ingenuity Ihould enable him to discover from these ashes what .notes had rcaHy been put in the stocking, and the two lists should tally*, the man should be paid the lost amount. To tin's prudent proposal the Bank of Ireland readily assented, being ex tremely anxious that tho-man should not be loser, but, of course, deeming it i to be; mission proposed to him. He detabiJ7^-...ij fragments from the- stacking with the utmost care on the point of a penknife; laid the whole gently in a basin of warm water and presently saw them, to his delight, begin to unfold and expand like flowers. JJy-and-by, he began to ‘tease them’ with a camel’s hair pencil, and the penknife got the various morsels separate before him, and began to piece them, together. The first piece kid down was faintly recognizable by a practiced cyo os a bit of the left hand bottom comer of a twenty pound note; then came a bit of a five; then of a ton; then more bits of a twenty; then more bits of a five and ten; then another left hand bottom corner of a twenty— so there were two twenties!—and so on, until to th#admiration and astonishment of the whole Bank, he noted down the exact amount deposi ted in the stocking, and ttTp y^agt notes of which it had been'composed^ I 'p he wished to see and divert himseff-Vith on his return—he provided himdelfwrl die of corresponding new, clean, rustlin] and awaited his arrival. Hojgfimc exactly as before, witfi-the same blank staring face, and the same inquiry ‘can you*do anything for me, sir?’ .« ‘Well,’-: said our friend, ‘I don’t know. May be I can do something. But l faivc taken a great deal of pains and lost l'great deal of time, and I want to know. what r you. mean to give me?’- -< ‘Is it give sir ? Thin, is thorc anything I wouldn’t give for mv cighty-slvin pound tin, sir; and it’s murdered I am by old Phillips.’ “Never mind him. There were two twenties, were there not?* “Oh! holy mother, sir, there was! -Two most illigant twenties!; and Ted Connor—-and Phalin He faltcrred and stopped, as our friend, with much ostentatious rustling of the crisp paper, produced a' newtwenty, and then the other twenty, and then a ten, and then a five, and so forth. Meanwhile, the man, occasionally mur muring an exclamation of surprise, or a protes tation of gratitude, but gradually becoming vague and remote in tho latter as the notes re appeared, looked on, staring, evidently inclined to believe that they were the real lost notos, re produced in that state by some chemical pro cess. At last they were all told out, and in his pocket as he still stood staring and muttering, ‘Oh, holy mother, only to think of it! Sir, it’s bound to you forever that I am!’—but more vaguely and remotoly now than before. ‘Well,’ said our friend, * Svhat do you propose to give me for this ?’ After staring and rubbing'hjs (fan foi - somo timo longer, he replied with'fchA lugexpectcd question: ‘Doyou like bacon?’ ‘Very much,’ said our friend. Thin it’s a side as I’ll bring your honor to morrow morning, and a’buckct of mw milk— and ould Phillips—’ ‘Come, said our friend, glancing at a notable shillelah Oic man had under his arm ‘let mo un deceive you. 1 don’t want anything of you, and am v # 6l»d you have got your money back. But lx i)*^- you’d 6tand by me, now’, if I laSaffTboy to.help.mo in any little skirmish ?’ They were standing by a window on the top story of the Bank, commanding a court-yard, where a sentry was on duty. To our friend’s amazement, the man dashed out of the room without speaking one word, suddenly appeared in the court-yard, performed a war danco round this astonished . soldier—who was a modest young recruit—made the shillelah flutter like a wooden butterfly, round his musket, round his bayonet, round his head, round his body, round his arms, inside and outside his legs, ad vanced and retired, rattled it all round him like a firework, looked up at tho window, cried out with a high leap in the air, ‘Whooroo ! Thry me y—vanished—and never was beheld at the Bank again from that time forth. I Mount Vesuvius.—The London Daily Teh- :;rave.—• dollars “to the best combination of three or | graph'* correspondent states that a Polish pro- From the London Times, August 1. Another Peace Manifesto from the Trench Emperor. We are requested to publish tho following important letter from the Emperor Napoleon to the Ambassadors of France, to which Lord John Russell last night referred in thollouseof I ports respect Commons: 11 1 Correspondence of the Telegraph Crops, Politics, Sic., in Montgomery Coun ty, Ga. Boxyille, Ga. Aug. 18, 18G0. Jfr. Editor:—I have seen in your paper re- the forming prospects of many “Know Nothings" or ■ American;.)- V.', , K. McDonald, Peter J. Clark and Charles Y. McChesney. These men although acting with the so called Constitutional Union party, have never been identified with proscriptive senti ments, and on great national questions, have been faithful to all sections of the'country. The Democracy consider it no dishonor or com promise of their principles, to unite with such men for the defeat of the Black Republicans. It is believed that there is a sufficient num ber of voters opposed to Lincoln and Hamlin in this State, to elect the ticket thus formed. For myself, I consider the election of Lin- Sr. Cloud, July 25, 1800. I SC ? tionS of countl X but have seen none from Mv Dear Persigny—Affairs appear to me to I coun ty% an d as the season is now so far be so complicated—thanks to the mistrust ex- spent that rain can do but little good, I can fur- cited everywhere since the war in Italy—that 11 nish your readers with almost a decisive ac- write to you in the hopethat a conversation, in coun t of our forming results for this year. Up perfect frankness, with Lord Palmerston will re- , T . 3 1 medy the existing eviL Lord Palmemton knows to the m,ddle of June our P^P^.^ere never me, and when I affirm a thing he will believe I be ^ cr > then commenced the prevailing drought, me. Well, you can tell him from me, in the Forward com is cut off about one third, late com most explicit manuer, that since the peace of is almost a failure; cotton will make about a coin and Ilainlin of such dangerous tendency .... ... . r ,. , o«<j MoruAt, on«<)J-h a if crop; peas, potatoes, cane, *c., arc tin- to the peace and welfare of the countrv, that I sense not to disturb the ashes of his property. JW—to inaugurate a new era of peace, and to\ ’ ’ no took tho stocking-foot in bis hand, posted off ?‘ ce 0,1 the l>e»t terms with all my neighbors, P romIsln S- I think that Montgomery, Telfair, to the Bank in Dublin, entered one morning as and especially England. I had renounced Sa- Appling and Tatnal counties will make enough soon as it was open, and staring at the clerk voyand Nice; the extraordinary additions to to support upon. Near the junction of the <--»» *»•"■»> French. But it will be objected, "You wish for sur P ,os corn > but n0 where e,sc m my knowl- poace, and you increase immoderately, the mili-1 edge. For the last three days wo have had tary forces of France.” I deny tho fact in rain in copious abundance. Such rains we have Luti ° wc ; 7 a ‘ hcr miiis - steam navy is even far from being adequate to I “ 1C P° n “ s °‘ VV1IC “ wcro perfectly dry, were our requirements, and the number of steamers | filled up with one rain, to the overflowing; it _ ... - not nearly equal that of sailing ships deem-1 was with difficulty they could be kept from t0 °x! dpS— ” • I-Jioiiif ,, 7;Jnf (SS t\‘ y l>l l!\ara\n e L™ 1 ™ Ehil- breaking. Indeed, it is said that one of the Well! Never mind old Phillips. You ha^ Itppe. I have 400,000 men underarms; but -i, • „ . A., . , ,, , , .o it, my friend 1” ™ deduct from this amount 00,000 in Algeria I 1111 ' 19 ln our neighborhood would have been 1 Oh, Lord, sir, and it’s done it I have, most^ S >°°° Rome, 8,000 in China, 20,000 gendar- compelled to give way before the rapid accumu- i plate! Oh, good luck to you, sir, can you do U® s >ck and the new conscripts, and y0u,| lating waters, had it not been for the untiring hmgfor me?” ' .« . H ^Mr"', bat j® th . e ‘ ru t b —that my regiments Efforts of a good old lady, who industriously th such arc-of wnaller effcctivretrength than dunne the J . „ . , . . ,. . • at yd»| ^ceding reign. Tf*? only addition to the cmp oycd a arg0 gourd ln dlppin ° from tbc blun-f miy'^St has been made fiv the creation of the P ond > ani ‘ thus saved the mdl - Imperial3?uard. ^Moreovey, while wishing for As for politics in this county, it is a nau.se peace, I ^ organize the forces of the 1 0 us task to record the facts. You will remcm r er ’ Mr ’ Edit ° r ’ that this County has long since last war, I rtyseli.clo.se aMjjri!, have witness- becn so,d to thc encm y- There arc about 400 ed. thc -defects, afljn I wisbTgremedy them.— I voters in this county, 350 of which will vote Having said thrill much, I since Villafran- for Bell and Everett; thc other 50 will go for ca ’ anything jj r Breckinridge. This is no democratic loss ich cquld alarm any one. When Lavelettc ,, t P .... . . . ,, ■'(ere cfTnfined to this— “Use this county fsofor as t fenowl that wfllvoleffir fciinrfiojsjWi/» quo ; the in- Douglas. Col. Gaulding has been firing some vlitre /jfiould lire as awful guns in this county, but I believe he has ' , . moved "nobody.' 1 The people in thig county tliaflarrFvery^lfe 1 ihul'anew arc ‘°° ' vel1 aca - uaintod ^th-tlieCoi.for^ him inking a little war, oRof playing a to wield much political .uifluonce,. -l horcai'.e eally, people fave i8e credit for a number of persons, though, in this county who mon sense. If I isjlantly pro- j au j the speeches of Col. Gaulding, and even -- fdhion, it wasbecausftny feelings toke sides with h!ra , but when sounded they are were ttibse of the people which put me at „ ’ its head/and the intelligence froScyria trans- I “Bril men. ported me with indignation. My'fjrst thought I commenced to write but a few lines. lam nevertheless, was toicomo to au JBidersbinding I ashamed of the encroachmen t excuse me. ' t h England. - What other invest than that I • M. S. auity could induce into that country? Could it bc^lmUhfpTs-1 . PoiNT Comfort Aug. II, I860, session^of it would increase my strength ? Gan I Elltor /—Thinking that you might pos I conceal from myself that Algeria, not with- J sibly like to have somettiing else besides poli- standing its future advantages, is a source of t ; cs to f,n up y 0ur “littie Daily,” and sojourn- '*&**{* 1 gold? I said it in 1852 at Bordeaux, and my y ou a Pew hnes. . opinion is still thc same—Ihare greateonquests \ Although this place is well known in the to unite, but only in'Franee. Her interior or-1 history of the country asoneoftlic strongholds gemination, her moral development, the increase ] w h erc thb milit;-” ^ if Jijr resources, have still immense proe/rest io I . .. ——Known amUtionand sufficient to satisfy it * “ place of resort for. invalids as well as the fash- It was difficult for me to come to an under-1 ionable. I have often passpd by, but never bc- standing with England on. thc subject of Cen-1 f orc CO uld make ur> my mind to stop. Bus!- tral Italy, because I was bound by the peace of , .. . —— - J ~ - J - - 1 - I ness men as a class arc entirely too forgetful of Villafranca. As to Southern Italy, I.am free. . ... from engagements, and I a si no better than a I ft 10 necessityof taking occasionally for their concert with England on thi.r point as on oth- bodily health, as well as mental improvement, ers; but in Heaven’s name, let the eminent a little recreation. Such has been thc case -?•**» u r 8 \r 50 mistrusts. much so as many whoso acquaintance I have; Let us understand one another in good faith, for at home I occasionally indulge in field sport » fco honest men as we are, and not like thieves I as well as handling of the rod. I left my home, ho desire to cheat each other. the village of C , near j-our city on the 8th To sum up, this is my innermost thougnt. I . . - , , „ . , , desire that Italy should obtain peace, no matter mst ” pass,n S trough Augusta. On the whole how, but without foreign intervention, and that I rou l° I carefully watched the appearance of thc my troops should be able toquitRome without I growing crop, and often was made to ask un compromising thc security of thc Pojic. I could I self thc question, what will becomc of the poor; very much wish not to be obliged to undertake how wiu they bc fcd . T his is a matter about thc byria expedition, and, in any case, not to ,. , , ,, , , , ,, , . c . undertake it alone; firstly, because it wifi be ' vhich rauch tbou S ht sh ° uId bo S lTcn - Sonic ' a great expense, and, secondly, because I fear I thing ought to bo done in every community, ‘that this intervention may involve thc Eastern | The Inferior Courts ought to act in thc matter qiicstion; but, on tho other hand, I do not see I an j msg a n (he power they have, and should publi , c , oP^on in my ^ountry, theM not bo au th<mty invc8ted.m thom to sc- which will never understand that wc can leave unpunished, not only the massacre of Chris-1 cure * ood * or ^‘ ie necd y» those Vians, but the burning of our consulates, the the Grand Jurors of the Court4Ww«b<d#; . insult to our flag, and the pillage of the monas-1 enduing fall’shonld take teries which were under our protection. • b ring U to tho notice, of m'ir>'irisla^. tliink advisable of my letter. Believe in my tho neighborhood of Columbia, S. C., thecorn sincere friendship. NAPOLEON. ' | crop, with a fewffi^Ids cxceptqd, seems A-i be nearly a failure, ;in<} it is very'rarely a field of Death op tiie Spanish Consul.—Wo arc I cotton was to h# sdlm giving promise of hillf a pained to announce that Scnor Don Vincente crop . In tho vici ' it y 0 f Raliegh, N. C., things Antonio Larranaga, of whose serious illness no-1 , SiL-n jtn. * • r * 1 n tico was given somi days ago in the Mercury, I look hotten^hpyy^s feasted on green fields, died at Jhis residence last night athalf past eight land so ewjtinjic until Portsmouth o’clock. His disease was thc effect of cxccssivo | is reach am ready to lock hands'with any party oppos ed to them, if such alliance can be made effi cient for their defeat. I much prefer Mr. Breckinridge and the plat form he has endorsed, and think that the peo ple of my native section of the South, would best preserve their dignity and safety by a united support of the talented Kentuckian, but if the. difference of opinion at the South, makes this impossible, then I trust that her strength may be made available in some way to insure a victory against thc common^Toe. If the divisions of the Democracy should re sult in the election of Bell and Everett, I shad rejoice to be in at the death,- and have my hur rah with thc rest over the carcass of the Rail Splitter. The object of thc Breckinridge men in this State, and throughout the North, as far as I have been informed, and I have had prettv good opportunity for the past month their sentiments, is to make their strength.tell for the welfare of thc whole country, and to ef fect this they-are willing to combine it both wivh thc friends of Mr. Douglas and Mr. Bel!^ cither have is wi Corn ci ops iiosl 'fabu- or Bell, the coumry will pt union and peace, and that the patriotic of all parties. “ “New York has re- ^W^tfee-ship- inents of vast aiiioT v The immensity ! of the West and Norths lous. In the Des Moines V;:'Ht-, T5Wd, it is said the average yield of Indian coXis 100>ushcls per acre, and wheat 37 bushels' If our Southern friends, shoul grain, thc prospect is, that the'; very low. I trust, however, Hi: enabled to gamer sufficient of < peas, &c., to supply their wt tiling is going the rounds of the papers, ii^ gardto the famed “Fanuy Fern” (Mrs. Par- ton) ; she stopped at a'Hotel in PH adelphi;i, when she came to leave the hous&slic found in her bill a charge for breaking) i intlet sett. She owned to breaking one piece. For that she offered to pay—no the wholo sett was'spoilt by thc loss of ono- piece. The carriage was at tlie door. She settled the bill, ran up sfairs to the chamber^ghe occupied—smashed thc remainder, der his coafda pearanco of so quickly tiiade Conduct its bust '/-.ere ’ of ra by thc upper route, as it is cai grounds exposure to the sun during tho la teheated term. Senor Larranaga was a native of Biscav, in | ~ , thc North of Spain. In his earlier years he S^d reads and was actively engaged in commercial pursuits. J could make it there is By these he was led, first'to Mexico, and after- I scenery. Thc eye is not tr wards to New Orleans. About thirty years ago 1 0 n wild savannas, as the large o King I erdinand A II., of Spain, conferred upon L re j believe, sometimes called, nor'do tho him the appointment of Spanish Consul for the States of North Carolina and South Carolina. 8 b <»sUy ffiokmg^turpentine trees appear ott elth- Sincb that time he has resided stcadilj’in Charlcj-1 cr side where forests of pine are passed. ; The ton, winning thc confidence and esteem of our I inhabitants too, are different looking people, whole community!)}’ his integrity and cour- appearing healthy and well to do. To recur tesy. Some yearn ago ho received from his . , f. . , T c , „ i „ government, is a recognition of bislong and val-1 a S am to this pIacc 1 found as ™ an > f th ™ C unblc services, the decoration of thc royal order hundred visitors here, mostly from the cities of Isabella Segunda y Carles Terccro. lie leaves and country nearby. Last week when'the a widow and four children. His loss will be great ship was in tho neighborhood^ learn as , 1 umrersiLlltr d«n1nred in nnr mmrrmnilv whftro 1° . , w — . m jsssssss!^ ~ iiy ' On Friday last, when it became apparent that Saltw atcr bathing, fishing and safjj|£ iA enjoj - his illness would terminate fatally,' lris^fricnd, I ed. In tho forenoon themilitai^’ fs m motion, Senor Moneada, Spanish Consul at Savannah, I and in the evening the sound of muSia i^ j K .rd was telegraphed for and immediately came to an( i m ,^- dancers appear much to enjov V:, ::i- our city. From the moment of his arrival up gelves Thc fare is prctty good . Cistern wa- to the hour of dissolution, Senor M. was con- ter ; s and I learn that 70,000 gallons can stantly watehin-at the beside oftfic dying man, [ be sccll red. I find it excellent, much better used. But I must close, liav- much more than I intended, ou iuaw li^ir from me again. Y^urs F.'S. J. Saturday, the 18th, says: IVc were shown yes terday a very cleverly executed 820 counterfeit on Merchant’s and Planter's Bank of Georgia. We understand that more of the same sort are afloat. - Look out for them. Nut. AijOjjflf. Aiig.' 1 !th, 18(10. Tho divisions «r gw Democratic party are certainly very mortifying to every ti'3jkfricnd ^ ^ of tho Constitution, and the "true inter@ts of tfo ihowofthe Rappahannock River A 1 tIie country, and its continued union and tural and Mechanical Society will bc held on | peace. . ** : their grounds, at Fredericksburg, Ya., 17th, 18th and 10th of October next. but, thank God. not With brighter hereafter ; f ■'Whom I l>veth I eli l ' 0 !'" ' ; the he-ri i! bar. .. th, • -j, n-k-l ri: • • ml other places- ot -recreation for me II-’ who has -'-.M. (he p-.ra!h-!. on t':,e tr:,;../e :•:.•! -’a’!: r-:i!-:il- : I lYY-h i ’ liirgiMwfijnJliWlfa^imtii snd TTitli th| )Wfcpt*tlr .- .|tqari|h».' \. We find in one of our French exchanges, published in California, the following analysis of tbe-buman system, considered in relation to the principal countries: composed of mutton an 1 of potatoes and.v,flter£ a rucl;a Frenchman, of much t, frogs an-1 water; and a German} of chces-\ sou crout and water.” lie author of this an ilysts, says our cotempo rary. “js an American, and does not, either from pride-or modesty, mention Tits own nation- ality-^-but having l eer, called to analyze him, WC.ascertained w::ii surprise, that he consisted of?W5BB I, a ,+ -s Mce and water. t-.itT-.- ' -•>* a* on the I But if tho split cannot he healed, thc true men of all parties can unite their endeavors, for the defeat of the common enemy, and the enemies of our common country, thc Black Re publican?. To tliis end the Democratic State “An Englishman is I Central Committee, determined to recommend a cr: An Irishman, t) i an 0 f united action which has been inaugera- CotVnriar, 5t avater- • , ... . . , 1 ted, ana if retried out willaje certain tq rcsujt in the defeat of the Lincoln Electors, and the consequent discomfiture of the “RailSplitcrs" in this State. The St.-.to Convention nominated a Union ticket, composed of “ Old Line Y bigs,” and Breckinridge and Douglas men. The Old Lino Whigs; (called by the Iliac!: Republicans Baltxm$P, AjigT IStli, 1860. A Republican Meeting. _ Agreeably to an advertised notice in the pa- pers for several days past,, a-meeting of the Black Repubficans was held last night in the 18th ward. Tiie meeting was attended Lv some fifteen or twenty uicu of all nations and tongues,' but principally Germans; at tbehourappointed the chair was taken by a man named j. P. Creager, a notorious vender of quackmedicine?, obscene books, and othe.’ discreditable produc tion, and whose advertisements are scattered all over the Southern States,ani in every little 8 by 10 newspaper in the country. He is also the ven- der of;the celebrated receipt for making honey. There was a large number of outsiders, who seemed disposed to make a disturbance, when the notorious Gregg Barrett, the captain of tlie rip rep Enoic Eothing Club, who had no doubt been hired by the leaders of this meet ing to be present, as a protection to the pro ceedings, stepped forward, hacked by his gang, ,- bind gave the crowd to understand that if there was aqy.fighting to be done,' they should have a hsVjji ii) 'it, andjipiitiog the action to tho word, lie-very qjgpiffarhtjftput boffl hands un- aitvheri , tifiprehending the ap- ^formidable, :l .left-1 Vth^. setinqj di.stu’rit?^ nl^ t+fcin.” ■' journed to $B&^^ii#on. nox when it is more 4§3X'o»kifcle, the bc prepared frtiffl|.«i!?k; ; ory Barrett, anttfUt* his. fighting qualH^’fo Hie tefet. Should thL notorious’rowdy abd-hfe gang of ruffians . tinue their coanectiJm with these meeting rious difficulties may-occur, and a rsot.b consequence.' : The Afof Murder Case.' This case is likely to bc agaip brought •’per manently before tho public. -On yesterday the three others who had been arrested WiM'Eras mus,Levy, viz: Joshua Mulley, Westly .Gad?; • ’ ^ and'-Wifi. Dix, were brought before "Justice^ Y / ‘ Hiss, and after an examination into the jb ^j| of their coilacction with the murder, two of them Josh. ^t^U y and Wess. Gade, were re committed thc action of tiie Grand ’.i Jury. This m the c,. un <J of these par- tie? sued out a ..wrlfsof habeas corpus, and the whole affair is fo.bc'thoroughly examined into by Judge Bartoll of the court of Ajy ds on Tuesday next; duo notice on this occasion has been given to tho States’ Attorney and Marshal Kane, to tia're all tho witnesses summoned who have any knowledge of the murder or those engaged in it, tu^d it is probable there will bc somo astouurii^gfdcvelopmcnts made in rela tion to it, which have not as yet reached‘the pubnc ear. ^ V beautiful arni- well earned, encomium ap pears dn the last number of Uic "Recurl of thc Times," published at Wil.Wbarre, Pa., from thc pen of its venerable editor John K. Miner, who is about retiring^)-An an editori'd. ci.reer of some 80 years, to a privhtfi.iife. Although for the last 00 years { y».lUIc4Lbpj onenttof Pi-esi- dent lhi m. tlii- : .-; m..n. i; >v. .' .d - t -j-^nrs.-i^J-ripc inieno.wledgc, and still continue- * .. ing a ■ illl-r wi-KK with tin Presi dent upon most of. the political qu stions of the jay, cannot permit himself to leave thc arena, wherein lie has shone -o brightly, and so sig nally distinguished himself, without In the most glowing terms doing me whom he lias hiijljhe'be.-c opporsmu^fe of knoVing. 'i Im chaste and beautiful trilnitcAo which ! al- I• i-l , di mid ! puhl shed foi and wide, as a -■"id A.-:.! . ..mpivitioii, as well as an 0X- ainple of^ntMHvnd-foir dealing in a i-ohlic \1 opponent. '' m Iw;

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Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869, August 23, 1860, Image 1