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Prtum lit* Haiwi r H|iut>i;fi.
Nnltßß.
Amekicus. Nu. lOili, 1856.
Formant to tbe publidied call of the
Major the riticzns assembled in the
Court II nans, to I lie number of three linn
(2red, more or less, when Mayor Oliver
wna calle Ito the chair and C P. Craw
ford *pj*>inted secretary. The chairman
declared the object to tie tn| rovide ways
aid mean* to suppress gambling aud to
consult in reference io the circumstance#
attend ng the death of Dr B. II Perkius,
late of Cuthbert.
Co'. Thos 0 Sullivan af*er a brief ad*
die*#, moved the appointment of a com
mittee of twelve to rer.uumend i'mt foas
iti.e plan of effecting the purpo-es of the
steering. Ihe following gentlemen were
•I pointed opou that committee :
Messrs. T M. Furlow, T. C Bullivan,
W. A Maxwell, Wriglit Brady, H. C.
Hornndy, L. W. Hancock, Dr. A. Kces,
Oeo. Bivins, Jno. It. Worrill, W T. Da
venport, John V Price, O. C. Carmichael.
After n absence of nearly an hour, du
ring which the assembly waited with a
p tiuice that indicated their deepintereat
iu the matters before them, the commit
tee submitted the following report
Wheieaa, such scenes of disorder and
m klcMunt-ss, us were enacted within the
ui|Orate limits of o:ir city, on Friday
night last, winch resulted the self inflict
ed dcatii of Dr. B. 11. Perkins, are sign
ally disgraceful in themselves anJ tend to
moke our town a stench in tha nostrils of
civilized men ; and w iicrcaa the ordinary
means of bringing offenders to trial and
punish incut seem to have lost their power
to accomplish the end for which they were
instituted, io that the publi; security de
mands a resort to other measures, there
fore.
Resolved, That tlie friends of peace, of
good order sud of wholesome restraint,
m Amcricut, will organise themselves into
a cumuiitee of vigilance, whose duty it
shall be tu watch closely the disturbers of
the public peace, collect reliable evidences
end prosecute indiscriminately and vigor
no- ly all violators of the taws, state and
mm icipal, that uiay be in our midst
Resolved That while it is no part of
onr purpose to assume the reins of Gov
euuunit. Uis eur uu ted and inflexible
purpose to rally to the support of the con
stituted authorities of our town and conn
try, and our settled determination that no
crime shall go uupuuishcd for want of our
energetic prosecution.
Resolv'd, I hat we condemn those a
mottg us who habitually permit gambling
to be carried on in their houses, tiiereby
enticing onr people into vice, as being
highly guilty ; we look upon their houses
as sinks of iniquity and call upon all good
rrt’sens to frown them down.
Resolved, That wo invite all the young
men of our city, of legal age, to enlist on
the side of virtue and sobriety, and against
the violators of onr statutes against gam
bling. and the acts regulating the traffic
In spirituous liquors.
Resolved Timt we form ourselves into
n Anti Gambling society, whose chief
object shall he to suppress tlie practice of
Mumbling in Americas, ami we whose
names arc hereunto subscribed do pledge
our mutual aid to each other, to accomp
lish tnnt purpose.
Resolved, That w* will use nil lawful
means in our power to bring every viola
tor of the gambling I w immediately to
trial and punishment, by suing out war
rants and binding the offenders over to
the proper tribunals for trial.
R’tolred, That w pledge our honor
and ur purses to carry out. in whatever
lawful manner, to their full extent, tlie
meaning aud extent of the above resolu
tions.
After brief addresses from T. M Fur
tow, C Brown, J. R Worrill, Rev. II.C
Hornady, C. W. Hancock and C P.
Crawford, the resolutions were adopted
and submitted for signatures. The fol
lowing gentlemen signed them (The
names 44 in number are omitted.)
Tlie following resolutions were then
submitted by the secretary and unani
mously adopted
Resolved, That in the melancholy death
of Dr. B. 11. Perkins, in onr midst, our
city is deeply affected, and that we offer
our condolence to the bereaved family aud
friends of the deceased.
Resolved, That a committee of five be
appointed to investigate the circumstan
res of Dr. Perkin*’ death, and to prose
cute *ll. who, iu connection therewith,
rendered themselves amenable to tbe Pe
nal Law.
For that committee tlie chairmen ap
pointed the followiug gentlemen.
C P Crawford. Ambrose Spencer, T.
C. Sullivan, Wright Brady, Dr. 0. K.
liT John Carr Brown moved that the
proceedings of the meeting be published
iu the city pipers, which motion was ad
opted.
Oo motion by Mr John R- Worrill
the society then adjourned to Fridaji
flight, Nov. 14th, 1816
P. H. OLIVER, Chairman.
C P- CaawrokD, Secretary.
ftp It i* estimated that there sre at the
pr. tent twenty-.five thousand peisons in
Ibr United Stale, afflicted with insanity.
Tbe number in ISOO as set down in the
census repait fur that jear waa fifteen
thousand at* hundred j Ull* eatunate was
considered mcoirect,
A banner borne by a delegate of
young women, at a Republican mealing
iu Romeo Mtchigso, had tbe following
fee 10 ; ’Wc Bu ks without iiriljDects ’
THE REPORTER.
CUTHBERT, OA , NOVEMBER 19.
The Law of Newspaper*.
I. SuWril-ra who do ms ftive eapre notice
to the contrary, are i-.oii.iilered as wishing t<>
continue lllcir sitbserip'iwn.
V. If siib-riler nnlar the discnnlintisnre of
their new.|iit|ier, I lie piililUher ni.y cntinur
tn send them until all arrearage ire paid.
J If suliMcri .ers neglect nr refuse to take
ibvir new.paper. frnm h nffiee. to which they
ar* directed, they me held responsible on il they
have settled the bill, aud ordered theirs disewn
ncd.
4. If subscriber# remove to other places with
out informing the publi-hers, and the newspaper*
are sent tu the former direction, limy sre held
responsible.
ft Tlie < ; ourta h'V* decided that refu.ing tn
take uewspiipers fium the ntiiee or removing
and leaving them iine.lled for, is pnuia facia ev
ident* nf intentional fraud.
8 The United Slate. Courts have also re.
peatrdly decided, that t Postmaster who ne- !
gleet* te perform hi. duty of givitnr reasonable j
notice, ns required by the Posl Office Depart-1
meat, of the neglec t of a person to lake from
the office nswpnper* aildre-eed to him, renders
the Postmaster liuble to the publisher lor the
subscription price.
LIU II -
(JtfwThe Governor’* Troclama’ion, re
couimending Thursday, the 30th inst., as
a day of Thanksgiving, will be found iu
our advertising columns.
O* In another column will be fonnd
the proceedings of u meeting of the citi
zens of Amerinds, to “provide ways and
means to suppress gambling, and to con
sult in reference to the circumstances at
tending the death of Dr B. H. Perkins,”
late of tiiis place. The resolutions are
strong and decisive, and such as should
be adopted by our citizens. We com
mend them to the careful perual of our
readers.
Rail (load meeting.
On the 11th inst., the citizens of this
place held a meeting to take into consid
eration the proposed extension of tbe 8,
Western Hail Roud to Cutlibert, the pro.
ceedings of which will be found in anether
column. R H Cuyler, P. esident of tbe
Road, who was expected to have been
present, wus unavoidably absent, owing
to business of pressing importance requir
ing his immediate attention iu Savannah.
Judge Kiddoo addressed the meeting-
President Cuyler, we are informed, will
be here on the 9th of December, without
fail. Let all come, with their subscrip
tions.
Circus, Menagerie, and Hippo
drome.
By reference to our advertising tolnmn*,
it will be seen that G. N. Eldred’s Great
Southern Circus will perforin in this place |
on Thursday, 27th inst., In connection
with hi* Circus, he has a large collection
of Anhna's, and the renowned Franconi
Hippodrome Troupe. Mr. Eldred promi
ses a rare treat.
Peieraou for December.
This decidedly popular Magazine for
December has arrived, far in advance of
its cotemporaries. To those who wish to
subscribe for a Magazine, we would re
commend. “Peterson’’ ns the best a* well
as the cheapest published in America.
Great improvements will be made in
this capital Magazine for 1857. The read
ing matter will be increased to nine hun
dred pages a year. Each number will
contain a ateel engraving ; a colored fash
ion plate, and about forty wood engrav
ings. The fa-hions are always prettier
aud later in ‘Pe;eron’’ th-w in any other
magazine Mrs. Ann S. Stephens and
Mrs E. D. E N. Sonthworth write per
manently for it, assisted by all the best
female authors. No other magazine has
such stories a> this ; and morality and
virtue sre always inculcated. The terras
are one dollar less than those of other
magazines of similar rank, viz. $2 a year
instead of SB. To clubs the terms are
cheaper yet, three copies for $5, five co
pies for $7,50, and eight copies for $lO,
with a splendid premium to the person
getting up the club Address, post-paid
Charles J. Peterson, No. 102 Chestnut
Street, Pbilapelphia. Specimens sent on
being written for.
Land Warrant*-
The number of Land Warrants issued
nnder the act of March 1855, during the
mouth of October, was 5,609, covering
more than 742,000 acres. The total
number of applications to the present time
is 260,200—warrants issued 178,513, to
satisfy which 21,501,350 acres of land
are necessary.
spy Tbe Bank of Grcensboio’ has been
organized by the payment of $50,000 in
specie. Hon. Francis 11. Cone is Presi
dent, and Theodore L. Thompsou Cash
ier.
10* Tbe Hon J M. Clayton died at
hi* residence in Delaware, on Saturday,
Bth inst-
Hon. Joshua L. Martin, so ex-
Governor of Alabama, died at his resi
deuce iu Tutcako.s, oa the 2d inst.
Randolph Superior Court.
Court adjourned last Saturday evening,
after a tedious Term of two week*. Tlie
first week was given almost altogether to
the business in which our home Bar were
Counsel. On account of the election, and
Muscogee Court, the Bar from abroad,
who practised hire, obtained permission
of absence from his Honor, until the sec
ond week. H.td it not been for this ir
regularity, tlie business would have been
pushed ahead rapidly ; but the many ab
sent, caused by a disposition to aocommo
date the Bur, threw a damper over tlie
speed of business.
Tlie second week was given almost en
tirely to the business of the members from
a distance. We saw in attendance, Col
Hines Holt, Hon. Seaborn Jones, Hon.
i James Johnson, Col. John A. Tucker,
and Olliers. This neck was occupied in
the trial of the long standing case of E. B
Voting, Asdnee. vs. W. Harrison, well
known to all as the ** Irvington Bridge
Case.” This case was sounded on Tues
day—the whole day was occupied in ar
guing for a continuance, which was final
ly over-ruled. They went into the inves
tigation of the case on Wednesday, and
continued it Thursday, Friday, and a pur
tion of Saturday.
The argument was by Johnson and
Jones, for Ilairison, and Holt and Young
for the Company. The case was submit
ted to the Jury late Saturday evening,
who remained out until midnight, and
brought in a verdict for Harrison of $12,-
000 damages. We know not whether
this will he a terminus to this suit or not,
but we hope the parties will be satisfied.
Three Lawyers were admitted
to the Bar—Robert Flournoy, of Scriven
county, Wooten, of Randolph, aud Thos.
A Coleman, of Cu h’ ert.
The busine-s being so for behind, his
Honor has appointed an adjourned Term,
which will be on the second Monday in
December. Juror* have been drawn fo r
the week. Tims we have a prospect of
having tlie business iu Raudolph for once
brought up.
Important Information from Mi. Dallas.
New Yhk Nov 12. — Privite letters
hare been received from Mr Dallas, Min
uter to England, conveying important in
formation, and stating that he has nego
tiated a treaty with England, covering all
questions in dispute between Great Bri
tain and the United State*.
Vermont Legislature.—. Vein York,
Nov. 12 —The Vermont Legislature ha*
rejected the bill appropriating $20,000
of the State fund* to aid the Free State
party in Kansas.
Indiana.—Arw York, Nov. U —Tlie
full returns from Indiana give Buchanan
a plurality of 16 o<io.
lowa —Neui Yo k, Nov. 11 —lllinois
elected six Democrats and four Republi
c-ms to Cougress.
Tennessee Election — Nashville, 11
Nov.—The Democratic gain in E t-t fen
nesn’e, in nineteen counties, is 478 In
Middle Tennessee, in thirty four counties,
democratic gain 2,065 Iu west Tenues
see, democratic gain 660 Total gain
3,802 votes.
Hogs and Pork.
The Cincinnati Price Current of the
29th uit, reports coni rucUfor fifty thou
sand hogs have been clo-ed in that quar
ter, chiefly at six aud six and a quarter
cents net. for early delivery. Ihe pack
ing season there will soon commence.—
Tlie same paper reports sales of mess
pork at sl7 per barrel, while at the same
period last year pork was held at t-veuty
dollars.
We hear of no movement in hogs for
packing purposes among our pneken
I he prevailing price among tiolders is six
and a quarter cent* net. Pork is freely
offered at sl7 per barrel. Bacon shoul
ders are dull at six and a half cents ;
clear Fides at seven aud a half cents, and
bag bams at ten cents.
Gins Worth Having.—The train of
cars which left Memphis on the 10th ult.
with an excursion party to celebrate tlie
completion of twenty seven miles of the
Mississippi and Tennessee railroad, was
drawD by a locomotive which was the gift
of the ladies of DeSoto county, Missis
sippi,
Wra. Jones Jr., of Mobile, has ordered
a first class locomotive to be built for the
1 Mobile aud Ohio Railroad, which be iu
tends presenting to tlie company, ‘lhe
machine is to be as fine as can be made,
and if possible superior to any run upon
Southern roads. It will cost some slo,*
000 or $ 12,000.
t> Anew Post Office has betn estab
lished in Worth couuty, Ga , and Dr.
Wm. F. Bynum appoin'ed Post master.
The Post Office is called Brook*, in hon*
or of I'oL Preston S. Brook*, of South
Carolina.
Iron Bands—With the exception of
a few miles in Virgiuia, there is now a
connected line of railroad all the way
from Bangor, on the Penobscot, to Mont
gomery, n the Alabama. Ere long the
chain will be extended to New Orleans,
(thence to be catried westward until it
i icachis tie shores of tlie Pacific.
Rail Road Meeting.
Cuthbert, Nov. 11, 1856.
A meeting of the citizens of Randolph
county, for Rail Road purposes, took
place iu tbe Court House to-day. The
meeting was organized by calling T. G.
Guerry to the Chair, and appointing M.
Douglass Secretary.
Judge Kiddoo, in a very bappv and
appropriate manner, presented to the peo
ple the proposition of the South Western
Rail Road, relative to the extension of
said Ro.id to Cutlibert. ‘J he proposition
and the terms upon which the extension
can be secured, will be found by reference
to the resolutions of the Board of Direc
tors, hereto appended.
On motion of Judge KiMoo,
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint
committee* for tlie different Districts of
the couuty, to obtain subscriptions fur
said Rail Road extension, and to report
their action at the next meeting of the
citizens, to take place in Cnthbert on the
9th December, at which time R. K. Cuy
ler, the President of the Road is expect
ed to be present.
The committees appointed for the pur
pose of taking subscriptions are a* fol
low *:
For Ike Town—Hon D. Kiddoo. John
Roe, and J. M K Gunu.
S'lth District —R. Davis
Seventh District. John Stanley.
Eighth District. —William Hanison.
Ninth District —William Coleman.
Tenth District.— E. Ball.
On motion,
Resolved, That the*e proceedings be
published in the Cuthbert Reporter.
Tlie meeting then adjourned to tbe 9th
of December.
T. L. GUERRY, Chairman.
M Douglass, Secretary.
South-Western R R. Cos., )
Macon, Ga., Nov Bth, 1n56 j
At a meeting of the Board of Direc
tor#, held at this Office this day, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That tlie terms of payment
for the cou tempi a’ed subscriptions for ex
tension of Road be changed. if 33 per
be paid on Ist February 1857, 33 per
cent on the Ist February 1858 and 34
per cent on the Ist Feb. 1859. such pa;- 1
meats will be satisfactory to tne Compa
ny :_it being known and understood that
the Sob eribers are n t ou the footing of
present holders of Stock in the Company,
until they pay up in full. When the firs’
33 per cent is paid a cenificate shall is*ue
shewing tlie payment, and the time* ol
further payment, and stating that whtn
the whole i* paid up, full certificates (hull
be issued.
True Extract from ihe Minutes.
JOHN. T. BOIFEUILLET.
Secretary.
Cuthbert, GA,Oct 4, 1856.
Dear Sir : —Enclosed please find SIOO
tt.e contribution of Dr. Samuel C avton,
of this place, for the aid of the Kansas
cadie. This is intended for Clayton’s
Company. Send me a receipt for the
same and oblige.
Your friend,
WILLIAM HARRISON.
Clayton, Ala., Nov. 4, 1856.
Messrs Editors .•—Please publish the
accompanying le ter. which, with the en
closure, (One Hundred Dollars ) hns
just been handed to me by Mr. L. F-
Johnston, of Etifaula, to whom it was
sent in my absence.
In behalf of the gentlemen who accom
panied me to Kansas, I sincerely thank
Dr. Clayton for this substantial manifes
tation of his interest in us and ours; Irav
ing never heard of Dr. Clayton before, I
do not know whether we are related or
not. If, however, we are not, on account
of this “letter of introduction,” I wish
we were.
Respectfully,
HENY D CLAYTON.
Agr'Cultural F.xpedition—The U.
S. *ior‘tnp ‘ Rrlease,” one of the vessel,
nf Dr. Kane, has been .elected by the
Govvrmeut for the purpose of visiting the
American .hore. ol the South Atlantic to
procure mgar c*ne and seed* under the
appropriation of $75 000 which wa.made
for that object at the la.l *esion ol Con
gress. We understand that the nd.sion
is entiuMed to L'eut. Charles C. Simms
U. S. N.. who was second ir. command
of the HaiUene Expedi'jon, and that he
will sail Irom this port in command of the
Release in the course of a week or ten
dav*. It i* expected that she will visit
the tlie shores of Central and South Amer
ica, as well as many ol the W eat India Is
lands. and return early in the next Spring.
—Jour, of Commerce
Great Fire in New York A fire
occurred in Warren and Mu ray in
that city on Sunday last, the 9th inst., by
which over half a million dollar- worth
of property and merchandise were destroy
ed. ‘The fire, we learn from the Journal
of Commerce, originated in the store of
Haviiaud, Ilarral & Ilialey, No. 39 War
ren street. Nearly all the property and
merchandise, from statement, seems to
have bem luliv covered bv insurance; —
Cel Sun.
Tbe Camel* Ist Texas.
The Galveston News contains corres
pondence from Castrovilie, Medina coun
ty, Texas, of a recent date, from which
we take the following interesting partic
ular. in relation to the camels which have
lately been imported there by the United
State Government :
“1 bad also the pleasure of making
the acquaintance of Maj. Wayne, for sev
eral year# attached to the War Depart
ment iu Washington, who went out last
year to Asia and introduced the cnmels
into this country, which arrived at ludi
anola last spring, and are now kepi at
ttiis post. It has been selected by him
as the bet adapted to that service for
which he intends them. When we arriv
ed they were out grazing, some two miles
distant, attended by the Arabs who have
charge of them, when Mj. Wayne very
kindly sent out and had them driven in
for opr inspection. There are altogether
thirty two, including some young ones,
aud all are in excellent heulth, and seem
to be doing well. Major Wayne gave us
a very interesting aeceouut of tiieir hab
its and peculiarities, and he ordered one.
of them to be laid out aud loaded as if for
ajourney
After kneeling as if to receive a pack
saddle, a most cumbrous load of itself,
but such as are used io tbe countiy from
which they came, a load of corn was plac
ed ou the animal’* back, suffic entfor twq,
mules to draw in a wagon, with which he
started off at a good round pace. A dro
medary was next led out, which is tbe
saddle animal of the camel, and, after
kneeling to receive the saddle, he wa*
mounted by an Arab, who started off
across the prairie at a pace which seemed
to me not much short of a two lortv lick.
This pace they can keep up for hours iu
succession, travelling with perfect eVe
from sixty to eighty miles per day. They
can also subsist for several days wilbnut
water, and their adnpteduess to the fron
tier service, for which they are designed,
is now a matter beyo: and doubt. Major
Wayne informed me that he had forty
more animals coming out, and he is now
building a stable in which they will be
kept, which he expects to get finished be
fore the cold weather sets iu.”
* Cowhiding Scrap*.
Petticoats oittinu Pugnacious
Lillies sre of'en subjected to iinpetiinent
lock* sud remark- ol lst young gentle
men, and some of them are occasionally
insulted because ptesumed to be unpro
tected. Once in a while lbe*e ‘fancy
fellow*’ wake up tbe wrong pa-senger,
a< wm the case a few day* aiuce. A
young & handsome lady wa. looking out
of tlie second story window rtf her broth
*r’e house into the street, when she ob
served a tall man watching her closely
and catching her eye and though entire
ly unacquainted, gave her a very intinu
atirtn bow. Not relishing aoch ui.called
for impudence, and having uo male friend
near at hand to protect her, she armed
her.elf with a cowhide, repaired to the
Iront dooi. and then took a stand, to see
if the insuit would he repeated.
Site had only been at the door a few
minutes, when the fa.matmg gallant re
turned, and supposing hia attractive pei
son had drawn her down, spoke to her in
the most familiar manner, and commenc
ed a conversation. He had not said more
than three words, however, before ahe
spiang out <>f the door, and began to pour
the row-skin on his shoulders in such a
powerful manner, that he broke and run
like a quarter horse, determining, no
doubt, in his own mind, to be caretui how
he attempled to foree himself into the
presence of a stiange lady in future.—
Richmond Dispatch.
Dkntal Enterprise.—Dead English
men * teeth, collected on the battle-fields
in the Crimea, are now in great demand
by the Loudon and Part* dentists. The
price curient of human ivorv has greatly
fluctuated recently, owing to the qiiwnti
ties o( deceased soldiers’ masticators put
into the maike'. It is stated that tlie idea
first entered the heads ol Lmners to
send voyaging clerk* to the seat cf war
in search of teeth. The harvest was n
good one apparently, and promises to
yield a remarkable price, a* connoisseurs
vaunt the superiority of Englishmen’s
and Highlander’s teeth over ail other*—
tlie Coldstream chaps particularly had
famous garnished jaws, and it may be a
comfort to their departed spirits to see at
least one portion of their mortal aelves
take tbe journey back to London to pol
ish and soiyne in the kindest manner.
The Voting Population or the Uni
ted States.—Th* whote white msle
population ot the United States, for in
stance, over 21 years of age, and to be
presumed entitled to vote, is about 5,100
000’ and y*\ the vote* cast is 3 100 000.
leaving 2,00,000 of inhabitant# who do
not use their franchise. In the Slate ot
New Yoik in 1552, the voting popula
tion exceed 800.000, yet the votes return
ed did not much exceed 500 000. In
Massachusetts the white males over 21
are neatly 300 000, and yet the vole in
1852 was only 133,000, showing that
nearly two-thirds of the adult population
for #om# cau*e or other, had staid away
from the pbll*. And the proportion i*
nearly a# great in several other States.
Lookino Pleased. —Mr. Buchanun
was in Lancaster City on Wednesday,
| and the Indiana Daily says he ‘ looked
pleased.” We should think that his af
flictions could be pretty well borne at
the preseut time, but by the fourth of
March next, he will have sufficient time
to feel worried, from the atteuiions of
this friends, who may wis’i to serve tb°
public.
Indignation Meeting.
In coasequencs of the death of Dr B.
H. Perkins, of Cuthbert, which occurred
iu this place, and which reference is made
to in another article, a town meeting was
called by the Mayor on Monday night
last, to give utterance to the feelings of
indignation which that sad occurrence has
aroused in tiiis community, and to advise,
if possible, means to rid the town of that
worst of all curses, gamblers and gambling
houses.
Tbe meeting was large, ealm and de*
liberate, and manifested a determination
to use all legal and honorable means with
in their reach, to arrest tire evil, cost what
it might, as is fully shown by the resola-
which will be fonud in an
other column.
It is not oar purpose to write a eulogy
on Dr. Perkin*, or to say he was fanltless.
“To err is human ” But th!s much we
will say, he was the personification, the
embodiment of all the manly and social
virtues adorned by his stricken wife and
little ones, and loved as a brother by all
“who most intimately knew him la con
templating the loss of such a man, in the
meridian of life, and the manner in which
he came to hL sad end, the heart sickens,
and we would willingly throw oblivion’s
veil over the whole scene. Bnt when we
remember his virtues and worth, the heart
rending cries of his bereaved wife, when
-he was aroused at raid-night from her
slumber and happy dream, no doubt of the
return of her husband, to learn he was •
corpse at the ntterly fails
to express onr feelings of indignation not
only at the black leg who can coolly and
deliberately strip hia victim of iiis last
dollar, and drive him te desperation, but
no <ess towaids the man who as delibe
rately sets the trap to catch the ansua*
peeling, and prepare him by hie madde •
ing draughts for an ea*y prey, in the
hands of hi* final destroyer. We repeat,
language is too meagre to denounce ia
terms strong as it de.-erve*. the vice and
practice of gamhliug. But bad as it is,
we look upon il as an evil of secondary
m<gnitude a foul stream—legitimate!v
flowing from a polluted fountain. It is
tlie natural offspring of Du se sink* of iu
iipiity found in almost ever) town and
village iu the land, where men are made
drunkards, paupers, beggars and demons,
known by polite partakers, by the name
of drinking saloons. I hese are the foun
tain—the other the stream—to stop the
latter, the former must be dried np. A*
well might we attempt to arrest the migh
ty current of the Mississippi with con
cobs, or the rap and tide of Niagara wi h
bulrushes, as to expect to pnt down gam
bling and rid our cty of the corraptiff
and deiu.'rnliz ng crew who follow it,
while those abominable druukeries are
fostered, sut ined and patronized by
men occupying high positions in society,
and ezerc i-ing a controling influenceovar
the habits and morals of the commouity.
—Sumter Republican.
Death of tli* ‘‘Wandering Jew.”
We learned yrste.day, says the Charles
ton Standard, the death at the Roper
Hospital, of the ‘Wandering Jew,” a
character whose singular appearance and
habits have been the subject of much ca
riosity and comment. He has been knows
about Charleston lor the last six or seven
years, but the period of his advent is not
recorded. He seemed to be very poor,
some way or the other, he managed to
subsist. Tiie most singular fact connect
ed with him was that lie never took the
shelter of a root —his sleeping place was a
hole in the ground ou what is known as
Payne’s farm, and he was not only con
tented with it, but would accept of no
more comfortable accommodations whs*
they wt-re tendered to him. It is said
that gome gentleman, probably the pro
prietor, proposed to erect a cabin for hit*
at the place which he seemed to fancy,
but he would not accept it, and threaten
ed to burn it if it should be done. He
might have been seen at any time within
the last six or seven years about the
streets with all his earthly goods upon bis
back, and strolling about with a look of
more placid satisfaction than is usually
upon the countenances of men whos# po
sition in life would seem to be better.—-
He was a foreigner, some say a Prussian,
but we have never been able to learn cer
tainly, nor have we ever betn able to
learn bis uarae-
The Shadow on m PtLtow. —Tha
following incident wa* communicated by
Sir John M’Neil : ” A Highland soldier
had bis arm so severely wounded that it
wa* about to be amputated, when Mi***
Nightingale tequested the operation de
laved, a* aba lhaught under careful nurs
ing the trm might be pesetved By her
unremitting care this wa# accomplished,
and the poor soldier, on being a-ked what
he felt towards bis preset ver, ssid that the
only mode he had ol giving vei.t to hie
feelings was by kissing her shadow when
it fell on his pillow at she passed through,
the ward on her nightly visit. *’
Letter Stamps and Envelope*.— The
number of letter stamps aud envelopes
daily used in this coontry is enormous,
the proportion of the former being much
larger. At tbe office of Boston alone,
the sales per duy of stamps amounts tn
about SBOO, which is at the rate of $300,-
000 per annum. In addition, about 3,
000 stamped envelopes, which come
little higher than the stampe, are dispos*
ed of daily.
Hoes in Ohio. —The total number of
hogs in Ohio over six months old. on tbe
Ist of April, 1856. was 1,740,972, against
2,044,003 th# year previons. This esti
mate includes all th# coßnticbatscveo..
