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Odltfhlit atonstilntionulioi.
BY JAMES GAUDISTER.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1858. j
Charleston aa« Hew York Steamships.
TI.IS oiri and popular line is still in operation !
between Charleston and New York, and have re- j
dueed the fare to fifteen dollars. Through tickets
can be purchased at Montgomery, Ala., Atlanta,
and in Augusta, at the sereral connecting railroad :
offices in those cities.
The Netvnan Blade.
The editor of the Netvnan Blade is informed
that Mr. James GARDNtitis not the editor, nor one j
of the editors of the Constitutionalist; and knows
no more about the articles, written or selected,
which appear in this paper than does the editor of
the Built. Will the editor of the Blade make this
statement to its readers?
Editorial Accession.
The Tuskegee (Ala.) BepiMican, of a late
date, says that Mr. W». H. Howe has assumed
the control of the literary department of the rus
kegee Democrat, and remarks : “We congratulate
the proprietors of the Democrat upon their good
fortune in securing his services, for we aye satis
fied, from his well known talent and ability, that
he will adorn his new vocation.’’ From a person
al acquaintance with Mr. Howe, we are prepared
to endorse the compliment to that young gentle
man, in the Bepullican's remarks, and to tender
him car good wishes in his present position.
Rev. Wm. M. Crumley.
The Homo Southerner tffc Adctrtiser thus refers
to the Rev. Wm. M. Crumley, who is favorably re
membered by our citizens for his piety, charity
and mauv good works in our city:
"Next week Mr. Crumley leaves us to attend Con
ference. He will carry with;him the good wishes
of the entire community for his happiness, and
for Lis safe return, as we take it for granted that
the bishop will assign him, as s ® rae
pastoral charge, for the second year. The Metho
dist church at Rome has never had a minister who
has so endeared himselt to his tiock. Could their
wishes be gratified, he would be continued at this
place for a second period of two years, and we
hope, when the proper time comes, that be will
be.”
The Paraguay Expedition.
The vessels of the Paraguay expedition were,
at the latest accounts, as follows :
Sailed from Arriced at.
Sabine, New York Bermuda ! dismasted,,.
Relief, New York Not heard from.
Release, New York Not heard from.
Harriet Lane, New York. ..Barbadoes.
Supplv, New York Not heard from.
Fulton, Norfolk Barbadoes.
Water Witch, Norfolk Barbadoes.
Southern Star. Norfolk.... (Probably) Barbadoes.
Preble, Norfolk Not heard from.
Dolphin, Boston Not heard from.
Bainbridge, Porto Pra.va. ..Not heard from.
Store ship, Porto Praya Not heard from.
To Sail t n , ‘ eu -
Caledonia. New York 2Stb.
Atlanta, New Y0rk........23th.
Western port. New York. ..25tb.
Memphis, New York About 10th December.
Canaria, New York About next Mai ah.
America, New Y0rk....... About next March.
banking svstem in South Carolina, in his annual
message to the legislature. It is a relief in these
times to find a Governor who believes that there is
some judgment and good sense to be found in a
legislative assembly:
“As to the banks, trusting to the experience and
superior wisdom of members, I will not occupy
you with any suggestions of my own, further than
for the repeal of the usury laws, and to recommend
stability and as little legislation as possible. 1
would willingly diminish the number ot banks,
when existing charters expire. But, having once
chartered a bank upon a basis insuring due re
sponsibility, I would trust its board of directors to
maDagethe monopoly upon the recognised princi
ples of banking, and the governing course of busi
ness, interfering not by temporary laws, harsh
restrictions and penalties, believing, as I do, that
the great security to the community for the faith
ful management of a bank is to be found in the
character of the persons by whom it is administer
ed.”
jgff- In the North Carolina legislature, on the
23d inst., Messrs. Heath and Shepherd were elect
ed Judges of the Superior Court, for the first end
fifth circuits; and Messrs. W. J. Houston and
Robert Strange, Solicitors for the second and fifth
circuits.
J3T* Benj. F. Butler, Esq., died recently in
Paris, France. He left the United States in Sep
tember, for a tour on the continent, with the hope
of restoring his impaired constitution, but he died
in Paris on the Bth inst. Mr. Butler was Attor
ney General of the United States under Mr. Jack
son’s administration, and filled, in times past,
several responsible and important offices in New
York.
A wag says that he doesn't care a jig whether
they get anv currents through the Atlantic cable
or not, hut he would like a few fresh dates.
Fire.—The gin house, and contents, belonging
to Mark A. Hardin, of Cass county, were destroy
ed by fire on Saturday, 20th inst. Loss estimated
St fifteen hundred dollars.
A Great Tragedian Coming.—Mr. Barry Sclli
van, said to be one of the most eminent Nhaks
psarian actors and scholars in England, i 3 about
to come to this country. He lately had a farewell
benefit in Liverpool.
The stockholders of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany, we fear, have found the whole att'air to be a
"paying out machine.” And no one can doubt
that the capital is becoming more and more a “sink
ing fund.’’ So says the Boston Dost.
United States Senators Elected.—Tlie North
Caroliua Legislature, on the 22d inst., elected Gov
Bragg for the long term, and Hon. Thomas L.
Clixgman for the short term—United States Sena
tors from that State.
A young gentleman of twelve, and a young lady
of eleven, of Albany, took a notion to elope, for
the purpose of getting married, on Tuesday.
They were overtaken by their anxious friends, who
agreed that exactly seven years from that time the
marriage should take
Mr. Rahey, the horse tamer, is now at Stock- ,
holm. He hag tamed several Tiolent horses there
in the presence of the prince royal; and his royal
highness presented him with a gold medal. Mr. '
IR. is, a letter Btates, about to proceed to St. Pe- j
1 tersburg. •
The Hibernia Engine Company, of Philadelphia,
bwas received in New York by about eighty fire
Companies, with twenty-nine bands of music, fi
mouses were illuminated, rockets let off, Chinese a
lanterns, Roman candies, blue lights, etc., etc., i
burning, and the whole affair got up in a style se- s
coed only to the cable demonstration. t
OUR TERMS.
| We invite the attention of our subscribers to our
j terms. The paper, after the first of January, will
! only be sent to those who pay in advance. This
J course we have found to be absolutely necessary to
j enable us to save the expenses of extra clerk hire;
j the expenses of traveling or collecting agents; the
• losses sustained sending papers where payments
| have not been paid in advance—and, in a few
| words, much trouble, annoyance, and great loss of
money.
j Our intelligent subscribers, we feel satisfied, wilt
• approve our course.
We return our thanks to those who have already
promptly responded, and also for their favorable
remarks about our paper, as well as approval of
our terms of publication.
Daily Mail Line from Augusta to 00
Depot.
We are pleased to see that efforts are making to
have a daily mail line established between this
city and “ Ninety-six Depot,” in South Carolina.
The business interests of Augusta would be much
promoted by a daily line. A tri-weekly line is
now in operation, but the conveniences and inter
ests of the people of this city, and of the inhabi- (
tants of the section through which the line now
runs, would be greatly promoted if a change was
made to a daily service.
The people of Abbeville and Edgefield visit our
city frequently, and trade in this market liberally,
and we are advised that they are warmly in favor
of the proposed change.
Our City Council might, with manifest propriety,
ask the Post Office Department to place a daily
mail line between this city and Ninety-Six; and
our citizens should urge our Representative in
Congress to bring the matter to the prompt atten
tion of the Post Office Department in Washington.
Small Hank Notes in Mississippi and
Georgia.
“ \ bill has been introduced into the Mississippi
Senate to exclude foreign bank bills from circula
tion in the State of a less denomination than
twenty dollars.”
We clip the above paragraph from one of our
exchanges ; and presume that such a bill has been
introduced in the legislature of Mississippi. Now,
if there are no banks in that State which issue
one and two dollar bills, (and we believe there are
none) the effect of the passage of any such bill
will be to ruin or materially weaken and impover
ish every newspaper establishment in that State.
The existence of the newspaper press of the South,
(and more particularly of the South, because of
the sparsity of population, and the great struggled
of publishers in our section to sustain ihttfl
selves ) depends, in a great
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in villages and the less populous towns
ing a serious blow at the press in the larger towns^
“tfetbc *4M j lltlQriliJtplQ -odwtsrd to Oeocgu*
and we say to our cotempdraries that If it is ever
enacted into a law, and enforced, that it will do
more injury, so long as it lasts, to the publishing
interests of our State, than any measure ever
adopted. It is, perhaps, not saying too much to
announce now, that all who advise and sustain
such a policy, are directly inimical to every neics
■ paper (stj f 4jihment in Georgia , and the press from
| this time forward should so regard them.
If a law is passed in Georgia excluding from
circulation one and two dollar bills of paper mo
ney, it will not only materially interfere with the
interests of publishers, but will affect all classes
of society that depend for convenience of business
upon the reception or transmission of small sums
of money by mail. Merchants, mechanics, plan
ters—m truth, all interests will be materially in
jured, but to publishers of newspapers it will be a
death knell. There will be no alternative for
publishers but acquiescence in the law, with sus
pension and death- or resistance or violation of
the law, with a quiet submission to its penalties
The publishers of Georgia owe an obligation to
themselves, their business and their families—an
obligation due to the interest of the profession
generally, as well as to the intelligence of the
people, to “indignantly frown upon the dawning
of every attempt” to Impair the usefulness, value
and successful mission of the newspaper press of
Georgia. •
A Ticket for 1860.
Acorrespondentofthe Montgomery Mail (Ameri
can) nominates Hon. Henry M. Fuller, of Penn
sylvania, for President, and Hon. Bbkjamin H
Hill, of Georgia, for Vice President in 1860.
Florida Legislature.
This body met ot Tallahassee on the 22nd inst.,
and both Houses adjourned until the next day.
J3T* It has been proposed in the Melbourne Ar
gus to have the interior of Australia explored by
persons who shall travel in balloons.
At a Democratic meeting, held at the Afri
can church, in Richmond, Ya., on Friday night
last, one hundred delegates were appointed to the
State Democratic convention, to be held at Peters
burg on Thursday next, to nominate a candidate
for Governor, and the following resolution was
adopted after a severe struggle between theLETCH
erites and the anti-LETCHERHES—the one led by 0.
Jbxxikgb Wise, and Nat. Ttler, of the Enquirer,
and the other by R. A. Pryor, of the South:
Resolved , That John Letcheris every way worthy
of the confidence of the Democracy of Virginia,
and that if he be nominated, the Democrats of
Richmond will uphold him without reserve or dis
affection.
35gT Those who have traveled up the North
river from New York, well remember the elegant
ly equipped steamer, the Isaac Newton. The en
terprising gentleman after whom this steamer
was named, (Mr. Isaac Newton,) died recently in
New York. He was vhe projector and sugtainer
of the hugest and finest boats on the North river;
and enterprise and commerce lost a noble friend
when Isaac Newton died.
At a caucus of the Democratic members of
the North Carolina legislature, held on the evening
of the 22d inst., Gov. Bragg was nominated for the
long, and the Hon. T. S. Clingman for the short
Senatorial term.
Judge John A. Campbell commenced a i
special term of the United State! District Court <
at Mobile, on the 23rd inst. It was very evidently J
intended to frustrate the hopes of those who de- e
sired to emigrate to Nicaragua, and it is likely had t
the desired effect. s
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1858.
The Democrats of Bibb county have nomi
nated John P. Cooper for Tax Collector, and C.
H. Kitchens for Tax Receiver.
$3£F«*A meeting was recently held in Marietta,
at which resolutions were adopted, recommending
an amendment of the Ducktown and Elijay rail
road charter, so as to make Marietta the Georgia
terminus; and asking for State aid to the same.
Joel B. Wanner, Esq., has been nominated
as the candidate of the Democracy of Berks coun
ty, Pa., to fill the vacancy in Congress created by
the resignation of Hon. J. Glancet Jonps, ap
pointed Minister to Austria.
G leason’s N ew W eekly Li ne-of-Battle Shi \ — ;
F. Gleason, Esq., that prince of editors and pub-*
lishers, is again in the field. His well earned
popularity is a sufficient guarantee for the success
of his new enterprise, which can only be fully
preciated when its virtues become known. Theft!
Weekly Line-of-Battle-Ship is destined to be com
the paper of the age. It will be the receptacle of
everything which has a tendency to amuse or
, struct, and will contain that “feast of reason an<|
flow of soul ” which has characterised?. *ll hi*'
farmer publications. It will be beautilijlly
i trated by the best artists in the country?, and in,
point of talent, beauty and popularity will be
second to none in the world. Everjr
. therefore, who desires a good family paper—a
paper calculated to dispel the ennui of the coming?
, winter evenings—should subscribe for the" TrajdSfl
Li ne-of-Battle Ship.—BelteforUe {Pa.) Istmjcraijm
Strange Cause of a Fight. —An
somewhat painful incident recently took plgce tw
Cincinnati. Two young gentlemen afflicted witijg
St. Vitas’ dance met, and each supposing t)ie onj
to be mocking the other, a tight occurred of-4$
most desperate character.
Antidote fop. the Bite of a Rattlesnake. —•dt v
Mr. Arnet, in the Kansas ( Bloomington)
graph, says: “Thoroughly saturate the plfce bjs»
ten with the tincture cf iodine, and give Ifive or
six drops on sugar, and it will prevent amy bad
effects from the bite of a rattlesnake. |£rj|
Death of I)r. Comstock.— Dr. John L. CoflBKKBt,
widely known as the author of v<i!uabi«f£^^^k|g*
‘it-rui-wy.
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Supreme body T» hSPHn setslon
here—all the officers in attendance. There are
■ fewer attorneys here, wo believe, than at fcfkv for
-1 mer time.
» Crifortunate Accident. —We learn that Mrs.
t Sneed, of this place, on Sunday last, tell into a
well, in conseqHence of the platform giving way.
The fall, we learn, did not injure her much, but in
attempting to get her out, she fell back, and was
not only badly bruised, but some of her limbs
broken.
The Chicago Press dc Tribune publishes the
1 official vote of Illinois in the recent elections. The
1 majorities for members of Congress are as follows:
1 Ltist. t Uy.
1. E. B. Washburne, Rep 9,416
2. J. F. Farnsworth, Rep 8,639
3. Owen Lovejoy, Rep? 7,413
4. William Kellogg, Rep 2,711
5. Isaac N. Morris, Dem 1,961
6. Thomas L. Harris, Dem 4,447
7. J. C. Robinson, Dem 1,75*
8. Philip B. Fouke, Dem 2,98 t»
9. John A. L*gan, Dem 12,547
The vote on State Treasurer stands:
James Miller, Rep 125,828
W. B. Fondey, Doug. Dem 121,803
John Dougherty, Buch. Dem 5,091
Sol. Smith, the Stingy Man.
Somebody is responsible for the following, but
■ who our deponent sayeth not:
“The meanest of all men in our region is Sol.
Smith. You must know that here in the country,
when one of the neighbors kills a beef creatur/’
he is expected to send a piece to each one of fam
ilies near by, and they return the compliment
when they kill, and so the thiDg proves to be
about as broad as it is long. Now, Sol , was so
mortal stingy that it went hard with him to think
of giving away anything, and when he went to
kill he was bent upon keeping it all to himself.
But public sentiment was very strong upon the
i subject, and he would like to keep up a good name
ana keep his beef besides. He spoke gently to
his next door neighbor, Johnson, and told him he
thought it was a very foolish plan to be sending
meat all over town, and each man had better raise
and kill his own. In fact, he was determined to
cheat his neighbors out of their meat, if they ex
pected any from him, and save his credit too.
Johnson suggested to him that if he should
leave his meat in his barn over night before cut
ting it up and then take it to his cellar before day
light, and give out that it had been stolen, the
people would lose their expected share, and be
very sorry for him besides. Just it exactly! he
would do that very thing. lie killed his beef,
hung it up to cool, and went to bed, to rise early
the next morning and hide it. Johnson and a few
friends, beforefgoing to bed, went over to Smith’s
barn, helped themselves to the beef, and divided it
9hare ana and share alike, leaving but a wee bit
for jF owner. Smith rose early, and found his
metJr was gone. He rushed over to Johnson s and
told the story, in a state of mind bordering on
frenzy. \
“Good ! saws Johnson ; you do it well.
“But it is s£ole, I tell you!”
“That’s riant; stick, to it, Sol! Put on that dis
mal face, ana they’ll all believe it!”
Thev are exhibiting a man in New York that—
grand headquarters of the wonderful, as well as
horrible—who eats nothing but paving stones !
Here is the placard that stares the passers-by of
the show-room.
“ The wooden of the nineteenth century! Mons.
Guiset, the great stone-eater. This wonderful
man eats noihing but paving stones, pebbles,
rocks, Ac . lor his breakfast, dinner, and supper.
He will eat numbers of large stones in presence of
the audience. He lives and subsists entirely on
the atovo food, drinks nothing but water, and has
perfect health. Physicians cannot account for this
unparullelled living wonder.”
Liability ov a Telegraph Company for Ne
olect.—Mr. Kingston has obtained a verdict of
two hundred and iwenty-three dollars and twenty- >
two cents, against the Montreal Telegraph Com- >i
pany, for failing to forward a message accepting
an offer of eighty cents per bushel for two thou- I
sand and twelve bushels rye. The sale was lost '
by the neglect, and the price soon after fell to 1
sixty cents. <
by telegraph.
AHSIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
AFRICA.
Colton Steady—lnli't'iur Qiutlilie* liiaaleable.
SAJ.ES OP THE WEEK BAKES.
Xew Vo*r, Nov. SS.-t'w _V< w Orltans. —The
steamship Africa arrived this afternoon, with Liv
erpool dates to Saturday, Xovember 13th.
Commercial News.
iMtrpod, jfov. 15.—The Brokers’ Circular re
port* the sales for the week at 49,000 bales, of
- wbicfespeculators took 3,500, and exporters 7,. r >oo
■ bale*, leaving to the trade 38,000 bales. The
I sale* on Friday were 10,000 bales, of which specu
i lator 8 and exporters each took 3000 bales, leaving
| 4,000 to the trade, The market closed steady, but
t mferftr qualities were unsaleable.
I were reported very dull, and pro
f vi*i»n* declining.
.. r At I.aidfoi Consols loot advanced, and were
! HUOded at oi% a 66%.
I | SECOND DISPATCH.
- JflsW jjfbßK, Not. 26.—The quotations of Cotton
1 toool, brought by the Africa,are as follows :
1 Fair Orleans 7%d. | Mid. Orleans C%d.
, ** Mobile 7%d. “ Mobile 0 13-ied.
« Wands 7d. “ Uplands 6%d.
I The s ock of Cotton at Liverpool is 382,000, of I
'■ which 285,000 bales are American.
trade in the manufacturing districts was
jfrjfejgsbks and prices quiet, but steady.
*$ The bullion in the bank of England had de
eased £l 0,000. The money market in London
jMvas unchanged.
I p'|Jl»rpo«»i circulars renort the flour market dull
»? nd Steady. Wheat was dull, and quotations nom
i, was very dull, and prices nominal.
L ‘NBf® wa * dull at from Od. to Is. decline. Coflee
yrtfc jrrn. Rice steady. Itosin firm, with an ad
* Wine® in all qualities ; common quoted at 4s. Id.
to 4«, 2d. Spirits of Turpentine steady, at 40s. to
*. £tOud(iii circulars report the .Sugar trade dull,
awljill qualities declining. Teas had also de-
Whitliim <k, in a late letter, says that
experiments made in wo? king the cable]
He reiterates his belief that the
yet be successfully worked.
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the coolie trade.
month, twenty-three million francs.
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The Case.
Columbia, 8. T., Nor/ 30. —The case of the
Jfcnited States vs. the white persons found on board
jmie slaver Echo, and charged with being engaged
4® the slave trade, was returned by the grand jury
lll&Rifty, »o‘! endorsed “ Xobi’6’
in Florence.—The Florence cor-
TresflCtSW of“ life ' •* rit+4,
! from that city, under date of October 16th, as
| fallows:
“ Among the Americans recently arrived here
is Mr. Franklin Pierce, our late President. The
health of Mrs. Pierce is improved after the brief
tour aud sojourn in Switzerland and northern Italy.
They will spend a short time in Florence, and then
set oft' for Rome, where it is their intention to pass
the winter.”
From the Charleston Courier, Abu. 27.
Matters at the Capital.
The following extracts are from a letter written
by an observant friend in Columbia, under date of
the 24th inst.:
The election of United States Senator, for the
new term, from the 4th March next, excites much
interest. Party lines are pretty distinctly drawn,
(especially since the recent manifesto here of the
ultras or extremists,) between the friends and op
ponents of a national convention, for nominating
candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presiden
cy. On the part of the conservatives, Messrs.
Orr, Memminger and Manning are spoken of, and
on the part of the extremists, Ex-Gov. Adams, the
Hon. John McQueen, and the Hon. R. B. Rhett.
It is understood, however, that neither Col. Orr,
nor Col. Memminger, is a candidate for the high
distinction, but it may so happen that, as in the
case of Gen. Hammond, the choice may fall on one
unwilling to be episcopated. The lion. James
Chesnut, Jr., the Hon. L. M. Keitt, and Judge
Withers, are spoken of, as compromise candidates,
or for a compromise choice, in case of a legisla
tive snarl, in my opinion, the conservatives will
make the Senator, but it may so happen that the
balance of power part}’ may award the prize to
one of the compromise nominees.
For the unexpired term of the late Judge Evans,
in the United States Senate, the Hon. William J.
Grayson is the favorite nominee of many, and
William Gilmore Sims, Esq., of others; and Wil
liam Whaley, Esq., is understood to be a candidate
for the vacant post. It is quite uncertain, however,
what will be done in the premises—whether the
post will be confered, as a compliment, on Mr.
Grayson, or some other distinguished person, or
be bestowed on the successful canvasser for the
new term, is yet in the womb cf time.
Gov. Allston’s message is, in the main, a busi
ness-like and judicious State paper. It is appre
hended, bow’ever, that there is mischief in its
squinting against national conventions, and at the
case of the slaver Echo.
The Regatta.—The interest manifested in the
regatta, this year, is not equal to what has hereto
fore been bestowed upon that agreeable sport. We
regret to chronicle the waning interest, but such
is the fact. The following was the result of the
row boat race yesterday :
Com. Bailey’s boat, Annie Laurie, and E. M.
Clark’s boat, Prima Donna, started at 12 o’clock,
noon, locked for three-quarters of a mile, when
the Annie Laurie gradually took the lead, and won
the race by a couple of lenghts. Time, five minutes
and seven seconds. The tide was at flood, and the
wind ahead. —Charleston Mercury, Abu. 27.
A Singular Affair.—Captain Welch, of the
schooner Mary Alice, arrived this morning from
Ponce, P. R., informs us of the following singular
occurrene. About Oct. Ist, the Spanish brig Con
sula, for Ponce, with a cargo of flour, wine, Ac.,
foundered and went down off the ‘‘Dead Man’s
Chest,” (an island only nine miles from the port of
destination), her captain and crew only having
time to save themselves in the boats.
But the third day after her going down, and
when opposite the harbor of Ponce, a mast began i
gradually to rise above the water, and the brig ac- ;
tually worked herself*up on a reef, so that a part ■
cf her cargo and rigging were saved.
The Spanish authorities have arrested the whole \
crew, for an investigation, and sent St. i
Johns.— :Neto York Journal of Commerce, Abu. 26. j
The Louisville Journal gets off the following <
hard hit: “In the last i»ternational regatta, we c
whipped Europe on the water; in the late chess t
contest in London and Paris, we whipped her on i
Rhe land; and in the late baHoon race between an i
American seronaut and the French champion we s
beat her in the air. We wonder what element she c
will choose for the next trial ? She had bettern ot t
name fire, for we have shown in two wars that we t
can stand fire better than she can.” 1
J Translated for the S. Y. Evening Post.
Mohammed Pacha's Letters from New
York, Concerning Young Women—A
Uriel Sermon with a Briefer Conimen
tary.
To the Delicious AUlfßen J/assan, Morning Star of ;
my Life's Firmament:
l have taken occasion, at my leisure, to study j
the life and habits of the female population of the
New World, and as it will doubtless interest vou !
to learn something of these, I will furnish you ;
with some of the results of my observation.
It seems to be laid down as a fixed principle in
ethics and practice, m this country, that woman
has nothing to do, unless she mav happen bv the
strictest necessity to be driven to do something.
The public of the city of New York, at least, have
been carefully instructed in this belief. The able
editors of the Evening Enanias and the Morning
WhirUgig have taught the pupils of the daily press
that woman's rights are a humbug, and that the
chief end of female life is to be ornamental in the
parlor and prolific in the nursery. The Rev. Dr.
Heliotrope, whose influence is Very extensive in
the town, has hurled some very sharp texts at all
who venture to claim for her a loftier career than
she pursued among the half civilised Hebrews of
ancient times. The faithful and exemplarv moth
ers who inhabit the regions adjacent to Madison
square have, as your correspondent is given to
know, promulgated the following as the two great
commands whereon hang all the social Uw, and a
considerable portion of whatever profits mav be
found therein, viz:
“Thou shalt love a good establishment with all i
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thv
mind. This is the first and great commandment,
and the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love
thy neighbor just as much as is consistent with
thine entire indolence and thy profitable selfish
ness.”
The dear young creatures themselves frown
with great indignation on such of their sisters as
venture to tear aside the veils which disguise the
little or great iniquities which trouble
and which may be traced to their ongii^i|j|^H
rn iTI.IT> U\ ~ uifl
wi.y. o
of bemg well married?* Fur
is undoubtedly here, as in Tur
keAS? final object of female* life. Is it not
wriffn in the greatest of books (Chapter of Girls)
—“A husband is to a woman as wheels to a
chariot ”?
In this connection I may say that I have been
somewhat observant of the customs of a family of
who live in good style in a well built
■Bthe upper part ot the city, and I select
1 described to you as representative wo
men. They have good clothes, good looks, good
manners, and nothing to do. They have learned
sundry accomplishments, not exactly because ac
complishments are goodly as a development ot
their finer tastes, but because they are attractive to
that portion of the masculine community who may
be termed, for want of a better phrase—the Univer
sal Augustus. They have learned some French,
not exactly because the language is sparkling and
delightful, but because the Universal Augustus
thinks it pleasant to utter commonnlaces in that
tongue. They have studied music,'not because it
is the expression of all that is harmonious in the
outer and inner worlds, but because the Univer
sal Augustus is accustomed to declare himself
greatly moved by the concord of sweet sounds.
When they were at school they were taught some
thing of science, but this not being especiallv re
lished bv the Universal Augustus, has lapsed into
forgelfulness. They are all in society now—four
of them—as pretty as the gazelles of Afghanistan;
and they are preparing traps, gins, and pitfalls for
the Universal Augustus. For this laudable pur
pose they have nothing to do, except to look well.
At a somewhat uncertain hour of the morning,
they array themselves in pretty morning dresses,
presently they dedk them.-eives in more g'.r g-ous
array, and go promenading in Broadway and the
avenue. For dinner, they add more ornament to
their pretty little bodies. In the evening, their
prettiness reaches its culmination. Soon as the
evening shades prevail, the Universal Augustus
calls in and walks blindfold among the traps, gins,
and pitfalls. There is, of coarse, nothing to do
except to entertain him, and, as he is an amiable
young man, he is easily charmed. Some little
songs are sung, some little scaudal retailed, some
very little jokes cracked, and he goes home to
dream of the pretty ways of the Universal Fannv;
and as human nature is pretty much the same here
as it is in the Oriental climes, I presume that some
day all this will end in matrimony.
I remember that one evening, at the mansion of
this universal Fanny, a certain young man, whose
name was not Augustus, and who had a somewhat
solemn and seedy appearance, addressed theyoung
ladies in nearly the following language—l will
write out his remarks as I recollect them, in order
to give you a specimen of the style in which some
abstract young men are in the habit of talking in
New York society, just as if society would pay
seme attention to tedious moralising. He
said:
“ O Universal Fanny, (for I address you collec
tively,) with prophetic eye, I see that you will be
married some day to the Universal Augustus. If
he should chance to be rich, you will, doubtless,
continue to do nothing with the greatest assiduity;
if he should happen to be struggling with a stout
heart to conquer fortune, and make your home
happy so far as money can, willyou be a help meet,
(that is, a belp-both-ends-meet,) cheering him on
in the good work, busy as a bee in the little house,
or will you be ornamental for a time, and then, as
your beauty fades, a mere clog upon his valorous
exertions? Do men marry wives only as thev
would buy pictures and statuary, or do they choose
them for companions, friends, co-workers in the
field of daily endeavor, and honest ambition.
“Anything, I might sav, in regard to the mise
, ries caused by lazy spendthrift wives, would (alas!)
i be very common place—perhaps ungallant and
unworthy of what is somewhat curiously called
• ‘polite literature.’ But I see my friend, the Uni
i versal Augustus, slowly sailing around in the
whirlpool of your fascinations. He tells me, good
• fellow, of your pretty ways, your kind disposi
• tion—and I know he is building in the clouds of
i the future a neat little castle, wherein he, with
• you, will live as simply and happily as Cock
Robiu. I pray he may have a good time; but
why, in the name of Dugnld Stewart on the law
of habit, should you suddenly change your fashion
of having nothing to do, and become a dear, little
thrifty creature ? I tremble to think of the dis
cord that may rack that castellated bird’s nest,
cloud built in the future; how he will get pale and
feverish; how you will grow to be a mere thorn
in his side, ana how he will groan when he comes
to smoke a quiet cigar ia my bachelor lodgings.
“Furthermore, the Universal Augustus may be
a man of fine taste. He may have an ardent ad
miration for tine thoughts, noble utterances,
whether in art or poetry or science. He may be
pleased to converse of something more enduring
than the nice nothings that you talk about. Now,
when the heyday of his honeymoon shall hare
passed away like a luxurious dream, will he find
you a companion for his lonely hours? You may
be, for you had originally a good enough brain*;
but I fear you have had nothing to do with the
culture of such faculties as Providence has endow
ed you withal.
“And O, sweet ladies, my Universal Fanny, I re
member a proverb which was quoted in my hear
ing once, by your friend yonder, the Pacha: ‘Death
is a black camel that kneels at every man’s gate.’
So, if I were disposed to preach, I might remind
you of a time when your delicate bodies will be
dressed in simple grave clothes, a sort of garments
whose fashion does not change every month, and
your little vanities and hopes and rivalries being
suddenly nipped, as by frost, your minds, immor
tal minds, will go to live that wonderful future
life which is evidently but a sequel to your present
existence, and dependent for its character and
coloring upon the culture of those minds here in
the flesh. I could ask you a quite important,
nay, altogether solemn question. If your minds,
rusted with idleness, dwarfed with inaction,
shrunken like unused muscles, have nothing to
do in this world, what can they have to do in
the immortal life? Is it not altogether certain
that in that life there will be any morning or even
ing dresses, any milliners, polkas, operas, flirta-
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' tions, or Doctors Heliotrope; bat we may be sure
| that you will find there free scope for your affec
! nous and your perceptions, that beauty more thril
i ling than 'mortal eye ever saw, and truth more
j clear than was ever presented to mortal intellect,
1 and goodness more perfect than ever warmed mor-
I tal iieart will be there, ready to be recognised by
| the trained eye and purified spirit. But unless you
; discipline your vision here by earnest thought, un
less your hearts are touched and quickened by
! genuine sympathies here, what will you have to
do with the immortalities of science and art, of
truth and goodness ? Nothing to Do!”
* * * * * *
When the solemn and seedy young man had
given utterance to these incoherent remarks, the
young ladies looked blank, and the Universal Au
gustus looked bored, and I therefore felt it my
duty to relieve them, by stating my renewed con
viction of the truth enunciated by our Prophet,
that woman has no future state. Whereupon the
company became re-assured, and the didactic
young man subsided. I flatter myself that my
i proposition was a poser to the youth.
Mohammed.
r . ? TA "? CBT or Virginia.—The aggregate public
■ debt of V lrgima, on the Ist of October, amounted
i to twenty-eight million eight hundred and twelre
I thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars of
which fifteen million four hundred and serenteen
thousand nine hundred and ninety six dollars con
sisted of certificates of registered five and six per
cents., eleven million five hundred and thirty
thousand dollars in the form of coupon bonds and
one million eight hundred and sixty-five thousand
dollars in the form of five per cent, sterling coupon
bonds. —Hickmand Whig.
Fire—Testerdar morning, about three o’clock,
a hre was discovered on a Tot near the Methodist
Church, which was suppressed with the loss of
i two small out buildings.— Macon Prat, Non. 25.
■ Store Burst—J. M. Clyatt’s store, at Clyatts
■nlle, in this burnt to the ground on
PThursday afternoon last. With the building was
H,consumed a new, large and very valuable stock of
/.goods, the proprietor saving only a few huudred
dollars worth of saddlerv, 4c., and his iron cheat
with contents.— TrovpcV.it Watchman, -Vuo, 23.
Fire.—Another fire occurred in this city on
V ednesdsy evening last, about three o’clock A
kitchen, on the lot of Mr. Ives, near the .Methodist
church, was consumed.— G*orjig Citizen, A0n.26.
i Homicide. We learn through a private source
r that on Saturday a dithcultv occurred between Mr.
t 1, - aD * a , merchant of Cave Spring, and Mr. Horton,
marshal ot the latter place, in which Mr. Dean,
: with a club ax, indicted a blow upon the head of
I . tiorton. which caused his immediate death. We
j know nothing of the circumstances and forbear
. I comment.— MUltdffevOU Ftderal Union, Xov. 24.
r
Charles Church, a soldier of the revolution, died
at Phillips, Me., on the 12th inst., at the age of
■ about Dinety-five years.
j Lamartine—A Paris letter, of October 2Sth,
1 says:
i M. de Lamartine writes to a friend to sav that if
! the subscription in his favor, does not, in three
. months’ time, reach the necessary figure to save
f his homestead from the hammer of the auctioneer,
. he will then leave France and settle in a foreigi
- country. The subscription is too far behind lo
. hope for the saring of bis propertv, and M. Lamar
i tine will soon, no donbt, be forced bv debt to leave
r his native country. He will undoubtedly fix his
residence in England, (if the climate agrees with
ins health.), among the relatives of his wife.
i.’EAtrriFci. Answers— A pupil of the AbbeSicord
gore the following extraordinary answers:
“What is gratitudes”
“Hope is the blossom of Happiness.”
**W hat is the difference between hope and desire?”
“Desire is a tree in leaf, hope is a‘tree in flower,
and enjoyment is a tree in fruit.”
“What is eternity?”
“A day without yesterday or to morrow—a line
that has no end.”
“What is time?”
“A line that has two ends—a path which begins
in the cradle and ends in the tomb.”
“What is God?”
“The necessary being, the sum of eternity, the
machinist of nature, the eye of justice, the watch
maker of the universe, the soul of the world.”
f “Does God reason?”
“Man reasons because he donbts, he deliberates*
: he cecides. God is omniscient; he never doubts—
; he therefore never reasons.”
, New crk, 24.—The U. S. frigate Sabine
I having repaired the damages sustained in the re
, cent hurricane in the North Atlantic, sailed from
, Bermuda on the 9th inst.
An unknown bark is supposed to have been
wrecked on the 11th of October on Cat Island.
, The bodies of a man and woman, evidently pas
[• sengers, have floated ashore. There were valuable
articles of jewelry on their bodies.
! The schooner'Castello, Jeremie, for Boston,
J was wrecked at the same time; also, the Spanish
B brig Consuelo, the crews of which were saved.
, Indianapolis, Nov. 24.—The Senate have passed
j a resoluiion by a vote of twenty-six to twentv-two
t declaring the election of Messrs. Bright and'Fitch
s to the United States Senate illegal, unconstitution
* al and void. The same resolution is pending in
v- the House.
e Boston, Nov. 22.—The Unitted States steam
e 9loop-of-war Hartford, was successfully launched
to-day.
New York, Nov. 22.—The board of canvassers
) to-day rejected as fraudulent the Congressional re
* turns' from the first ward in the Third Congres
“ sional District. This takes seventy rotes from
Mr. Sickles, who has obtained a mandamus to com
- pel the board to count these rotes.
h Binghamton, N. Y., Nov. 23.—Snow has fallen
f here to the depth of fifteen inches since yesterday,
a Chester, Pa., Nor. 23. —The snow here is seven
{ inches deep, and is still falling,
t Boston, Nov. 23.— A convention of temperance
r people, last night, nominated the Hon. Josiab
i Quincy, jr., for Mayor of this city.
} Washington, Nov. 24.—Advices from the ooast
■ of Africa say the British squadron has captured
> twelve slavers within six months. The United
1 .States sloop-of-war Dale was shortly to return to
1 the United States.
1 Official intelligence from Beirut states that the
violators of the family of Rev. Mr. Dixon had been
convicted, and that the American consul would
ask of the Sultan an order for their execution.
James Fulton, of Tenn., has been appointed a
purser in the navy.
The Attorney General annuls the vote of the
legislature of Kansas to remove the seat of terri
torial government from Lecompton to Minola.
There is no doubt that England and France con
template intercepting the filibusters for Nicaragua;
but our government conceives itself abundantly
able to protect the interests of our dona fide citi
zens, and do justice to others, without the inter
ference of a foreign power.
St. Albans, Nov. 20.—The Hon. John Smith, of
this place, formerly member of Congress from Ver
mont, and more recently trustee of the first mort
gage bonds of the Vermont Central railroad com
pany, and an old, active, influential and enterpris
ing citizen, died here suddenly this* morning, at
the age of sixty-eight years.
Indianapolis, Nov. 20.— Gen. Robert Hanna, an
old citizen and the last surviving member of the
Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1816, was
killed yesterday while walking on the track of the
Peru and Indianapolis railroad.
New* York, Nov. 23. —The Paris papers an
nounce the death there of the Hon. Benj. F. But
ler, of New York, and formerly Attorney General
of the United States. Mr. Butler sailed* from this
port but a few weeks ago, with his family, with
the view of spending a couple of years in Europe.
Why is a philanthropist like an old horse?
Because he always stops at the sound of woe.