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TERMS.’ .
Tm 11 SoOTMII Knuruu” is pabliabed PMtlr
Dutiu per auunL if ] f . i * •
*|rfi<] n a*ivun<Tlftll ft LI uu will invarialdv Be
ehwnl •• • •
,’OiWl* for tk “JSsTKR risi *
“5.51*® Cash. Tbo#g wishing 0
Quitted will not it y M w: <> is be- #
wrw, witli ||m Hum, County and State pfeinly written.
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A I) VKRTIBI>..*
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MTiiiiticMAi trill be pafilitbdQ it ODr Doiub
VtHMnof twi -."r lead for the fiM ioeertioa, i
Mil rimtltn Tor each subeeq tion. •iboee I
•iy>t >pcified tun#, wjll MjHitiHlwd until order-,
fed out mod eiianrod accordingly. . . •.
Oi*iTr \ nrN” r m knt exceeding sfx lines will be I
‘giblMyd gratis; bat Cash, at the*nite of Osk Dollar I
tfir every Twelve printed lin.-s exce i#ng that number,ft
Rum! bocompany au longer notices. .
nr • ill*plea i in their previ
ous to 10 o'clock on Tuesdays. _ •
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. ’eortfßACf ADVETISEnEJT.
•Our nmtiarts with Advertisers will he sr*verii<*'l by
the following Ralei *
twelve solid Miuisn li ***
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One Soiieri- . •'■* 01) 00 $lO 00 .fi.tri
. Two 8s ogres L W
Three Square# ... 10 00 lfi 00 21 00 25 00
* Your r, s 1- tiO if (Ml 22 Ai 00
YiVte Squares...r II 00 20 • IT 25 00 30 00
i him ® 18 ("i*-'I 00 30 00 35 M
One Half jDolumn..*. #. |25 00 :{0 (mT b. 500 40 00
Three FourthiftCMurfhi Ho 00 M 00|®52 00 >0 00
“One Column...A e (50 00 00 00 70 (Bi 80 00
, .. jy Bvitrid Ci rds, fbr tl e term of one year, wilt bd
* charged in proportion t>> the space 4hey occupy, at Oil
J)of.i..#K j*er Line, (solid Jlir.ioia) .* • •
• LEtMI. AOVERTIIMEIIEXTS.
All pufsous havin'* o-va.-iftfl to advertise Lfttral Sal*..
SsdtH, etc., are compelled lyr turf to comply iwth
following rules:
Ai<mini>lrntSr4. RiccHfor* Sr (?£ardiaii:
• * All sales of Land and Negroes* by Administrators,
Executors or ft>un Vas* re
held Imi (be first Tuesday in tfe- month, between the
• o hours of ten o'clock in the son noon, and three in the
“ afternoon, at the. Courthouse he the hi whi< h
• • tbe property is actuate. of •these gales must
be given in a public Gazette FortyThiys previous to
the day of sale. . •
Rale of Personal Faoporty : , *• 0
Notices of the sale*'>t I’ersonai Property- neist be
given at least Ten Bsyi previous ft;the day of
- Dctlor* :lnA Creditors: _• .
• Notices to Debtogs and (Creditors jf an •estate mfiat
, Be puhfished Forty 1 Bays. “ .
‘ forl (f Oyiliuari l.riivp to *SII: •
• Notice tliat eipplication will be eu&Je to tbe Court
* * of Ordinary for rave to -11 i.aiid or Negroes# must
be piglhi.-fetei weekly lor Two Months. *
Jfidtninistralieti uud Guardianships ,
Cinttions for Letters of Aduii.ostratioti yn**t be
published Thirty “1 >ays: for Dism cm froi Adniiw
lstneion, tnofttWv* for*S.\ Mouths; lor # Dismis.-lon
* from Giuirdianship. Days. •
p(rcrlo*rc of Uorlgagc:
Kales, for Foreclosure of Mortgage feast Tie pub
• monthly for Four tlonths. ,
Eidablhhing Lom'Papm: . . °
. Notices for establishing Loss Papers must i># Pub
lished for the full term of Three Months. ,
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TIT Publications will always be •continued according
to tne above rules, unless otherjv *e ordered.
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* ( * • * CA^DS.;
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. • \lexnHil, r & |.ote. : t
Attorneys at law,
. .* • th&Aasyjjxe^ga.
“j. R. Alexanobr. [febjhj I*. E. Love .
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.S. 6?. StatiU'y, ,
A TTORNEY AT* LAW,”
BROOKS CO., GA.
Will practice in tin- Counties of Southern Circuit,
and Cofe*. Clince, Ware and Echols ot the Drifeswu k
Circnit. • • *_ * dec 17 tl
W. 15: Rt'Hnit, .
Attorney at law, .
QUIT MAN! LUOlftsS CO., GA.
• AVill practice ia Thomas, Lowndes. Brooks and Is rri
. en Counties. . * mh lO.tt
I. ll.'Bedford, . * .
Attorney ao? law, .. •* # * *
. 0 , WARESBORdVtJGfI.'GA.
• Will practice in the counties of the Brunswick Circuit,
and in Lowndes o. licrrioa ( ouiTties oi tae S".s#!t.*rfi
Cirtuit. * je 19 ls
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*• # Jo list 31. Djson, *
* A TTOtUSEY AT LAW,
’ Tll yMA SVI ft FE* GA.
* Ottce next noor t*Dr. llrtjre’s. . __ ndslStf
• * T.iisea# .Is 5! htcA
. A TTORNEY AT LAW, -
A WIOMASyiLUE-GA.
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. „ • L.. C/Bryaa,
Attorney, at law,
mh 10 * T lIO.MASYILLE, oG X.
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• E. C.*3lof?au, . * *
ATTOR'NEJ AT LAW, . . *
NASHVILLE, BERRIEN CO., GA*
Will practice in fft* C> afeics of the Southern Circuit;
and the Connti sos Dooly, W<yth and Dougherty of tlfe
Mu*iui; and r 1 and .Ware offel•Brunswick
Circuit. •Add;'!*: at Flat Creek i‘o* ©dice, Ga.
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ll. T. I’oeples, •
Attorney at law,
JASIIVINLE, BERRIEN CU., GA
je 12 2 .* Tt ‘
• * Samuel 15. Spencer,
Attorney at law, • •
Ctho.masville, ga.
’• Wifi g\e hit entijj’ attention to the rn * . , Law
the CogntiSs of the Soutl ern Cij lit
Office on tb.e second tlt*or ot D"'.utbi McLeans ib. k
builiinif. * . °_ •mhlStf .
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* CheFOkee Baptist Cokege, .
• C ASSVILLE CASS COUNTY, tiEO. °
Jtsfij* to 11C9.M Pay* for Fo*v Weeks Tiif
tion. fionrd. I.odging. Washing: 3-'ui l. and
Mehool Incidentals for a Unn.
There ARE SEX CLASSES, two Academic and
Anr Collegia!* Sudentsai .
*of preparation, and for any studies they may select. *
, • Tuitidh pavable in advance. Boarding in
ilifs Provisions forstwo hundred students. •
* For further particulars. addisA-s •
• * Rev. THI. RAIiBACT, LL. D.. gren’t.
-N B.—Spring Session opens Thursday, Jantuuy I<,
1061.® • jan 9-l_v
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Baptist Female College, •..
“ sCCfHBERT, GEORGIA.
THE FALL TERU BEGINS°I°II E SECOND
itlondny in January.
The President or Prof. DAGG will aid friends wfe*
desire boani for their daughters. Many of our best citi
xens have consented to open their houses to accommodate
the pupils. 0
f'©'* Friends, stand by the these hard times?
Indulgence for Tuition Fees will be granted, if necessa
ry, to responsible patrons.
• R. D. MALLARY, President.
„ /luthhert. Ga„ January 2. 18GL 0 °
Jo"to ‘Woris., o
\\TK ARF. NOW°PREPAKED TO DO ALL
r kinds of JOB PRINTING.'from a Visiting Card to
a large Poster, at the Enterprise office Try o
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MEDICAL AND J>ENTAL .CARDS,
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• .. [medical card.] .
i . llrs. & Itrt'il. • •
Having*
. the practice of Medicifle, otter their services to the
publi*-. . • _. . ,
{ Office, the one occupied bv Brace for many yc .o-s.
Tl, y have opened a U> iSP[JI'AL lift- the convenience
•f those owning shiTes requiring Surgical attenfion; alid
poor white persons, not able to pay ~*,!! be treated gmlis.
Accommodations comfortable.
. . R. J. BRPCE, >4. J).
June 24, 1860. • * *J. R *M. REED, M. P.
• CL .llcponald* *
JN TENDERING Ills PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
tytb.e people of and vi*ii*tv. would in
form them ibat he l*is been medicifie in Jeffer
mou County, Florida, for live *ears, duriti* time lie
has inePand tr*uted most oft the diseases whicdi occur in
this latitude. • . . • •
OFFICE, on the side sfreet, near* the office formerly
tff ctipied byC. J. Harris. . .
RESIDENCE# the house formerly b* ]■?. L.
Anderson. . . *
° Thotnasoille, Jamtarv 7# 1860. ts .
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Hr. a. J§. Vlaisis, * * 9
HERIiBY INFORMS HIS T'RIENDS AND THE
pijjdic, that he will continue the practice of*medi
cine aUtlie old stand and respectfully ftumj* rj services
to the public. 9 * *
J fcoumsvflle, A [Gil 2, 186(f . ts
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[reform practice.] • *
. ‘ • EftT. I*. /L I2otTA‘V.
JTfFFERS iris PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
V* the citizens *f Yhoniasvilhandvicinity. .- .
('alls at all hours, promt ply attended in!l*lß.t*f
*”• - * * ‘ ■
Efts*. Brandpn,
Has removed to the office formerly
occupied°by John Miller, Jssq., as a *Law Office.,
(.nils promptlv attcndd. s . * 9
‘■ tiT Special nttentiofl will be‘given so Surgery and
Sifjlcal Diseases. \ •
Tliomasville, January 15, fte-dO. * . ts
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EfttA* S3. 6L & I*. O. irnoVd*
Resident Dentists. Tlioi*tsville, Oa. 9 •
wF. have the Practical advantage of
H fifteen y*flis •cxpcftici’.c'e in every , *
Crunch of the profession. •.
• We can refer tolnatiy wli > luft'ejiad the UjjQ-jr
bew-tit of our opera*ions4n this County t*>r 1 * *
thefeast six years. * •
We have every facility ffvr doing the bf*t • .
. * . * ‘ Plate-Won,
NOW KNOWN, WHICH IS DENOMINATED
Continuous*Gum
yr 4’l;ilina Plate, wliieb u impervious to a.i.y of the aciK
even Vi a concentrated form.
Teeth filled \aith [,ure gold in a superior manner. *
fiM'oriug tuf with their* confhVnce may rely
.upon oar inmost exerWons t<> perform every operation in
as j)crfect # am. Aimer a.-'i” k - * * m1,“19 if
. New Drug Bt'oi'e.
Dlt. !*. H. WttW'EK Ims opetuVf a ft rug Store at
the . :and formerly occupied by.PALMI'.y & 15140.,
( o])[i*'Mtc E. liemhigtou's, :un[. prejiaivd to furflish
sl4Ufjj;Mcdiiites I’crlumerj , leak*,
fanCiy Soaps, ac,
np*n fair terms, to tho*e who may f;* or li.i* with a call.
9 To his Reform friend* he would say, that he has on'iiand
a fresh a:*l n liable aaeortment of .
,BOyAKI.C*MEiH(fIHBB,
ami will be glucLto supply them \v*fli siufti attic]eft as
tlnv mav need. 0
‘ ALSO. •’ •
Iverosine, Fine Qigars and Tobacco, Fine Medicyial
brandies and N\’fWcs, kej>t constantly oi* hand and fur
Ale. * . * • may 23-ts
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Iftrilars ami JWedlclaes. •
’ | CST RECEIVED A LARGE AMD-WJILL SELEt
*1 led stock of Ilnurs o aml iCedßciadk, Cbepicala of all.
kinds. ° * ° ,
Also. Paints, Oils. Glass. Putty, Varnish, Brushes. Dye t
Snots. P atent Medieines, Ganlcn Seeds. Toilet Articles,
Perfumery, Brushes, Ac. ♦ierosinft Oil and’Lamps*
OamfUiene, Burning Fluid 9 and I-amus. *
* EDWARD BEIX.V.S, Druggist.
•Tliomasville, May 21*185(7 * Ts
Apotheeary's Hall. .
IEWj BS(JlIBbR, HAA tNfl TAKEN A
1 ‘in Tbanfpxoa’a New ftricig,!’ nilding,
respectfully iaviteftthe attention of tfte public to hhcom
plete and well selected stock of • , • ° •
.Drugs, ° • o 9 *
]fcfediciiiest * * *
ChAnicals, • •
* • : Paints,
*.. Oils* # . • .
. Dye-Stuffs, t. 9
* o Perfumery,* •
° * Spices, •
• ** • Tobacco, 8 *. * * ;
°
Fine Braadies, . 9
.. ° . Wmes, • *•:
• • Porter, . .
*• ° . * Ale, . . *
9 To4let-Soaps,, ’
9 . . Potlfßii,
•• * . &e., &c
!AL!*Of WHICfI WILT.BE ON KEAVONA
-9 ABLE terms. .. • ,
• Z3T APention *i v , n //• - •. ’ : “ the [feparatieffi of
• PliysirJjtn’s Presfiiplions.
*‘* All MEDICINES warranted genuine. .
N. G * McDONALIL M. D.
Ga.. June 6. 1860 ts
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Saddle aHd.HaVfie** .Mftmif'aclory. *
ft LARGE A,\ COMPLETE ASSOKIfeIENT OF
3A Harness and Saddles, 0 -
Bnffles. * 9 _ BMK,
.&. : M§s.
* Harness Leather,
Kept constantly on haifd
and for the Mann- °
factor? of ftIcGI.ASIIAN A LITTLE
o r~r Harness and Saddlej, REPAIRING promptly at
tended tO. In
Tbuiaasville, Jan. 21, *
Sugar Boilers, &c..-
SUGbAR-BOILERS —50 TO 1M GALLONS—
-160 10 sets Gin Gear—9 and IP feet— l ire Dogs,oil eli
Wheels. Ac . just recc-ftved and for sale bv <
se J E- REMINGTON & SON.
•THO3IAS VILLE, GEORGIA,• WEDNESDAY. AlAltCtl IA, 1861.
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. Written Jr the Sou ‘4* rn Enterprise. °
° RECOLLECTIONS
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Ifactorhfc Valley, Toccoa nnd°TullulaSi 1 4M*. 0
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. Tlio beauties of Nacoochce ’N alley are too
vvtjl known for a description by an of)try girl to
prove interesting. They have lft en sw*etlysung
by 3ne of QeSrgifis owp poets, and tßintjtelydej
eribed by many toorists. It is a lovely jslace,
“with its.TOipfortable homes on undulating
slopes, and°its low riyh meadows with the clear
streams Solving musically Slong. Ihe inajefttic^
> Yopuh Mountain,* widii others the same
chain, constitutes an imposing guard, and a
brilliant ftne too, tor the sides are covered*with
rtfilif bendiug.fern, and spotted, scarht lilies that
► flash gi rgeously*iif thcirjjright emerald setting, <
golden rod, and pale, pur; leand white asters, and j
myrhnfs of jvild flowers, whose namts
ejen I did slot know. Tln^first thing that at
tractcd attention of*our party ws the moumJ
tlfat rises the entrance of the Galley, on j
wliose swuimit a rustic bower marks the spot
where the l;eloved Indian Princess,
is buried. One solitary, sad*
pine stands* a lonely ißeifttinel by h£r grave,
while the boflesot her “braves” bleach on
distant prawies. Here she sleeps peacefully,
while the summer birds and Jtho*rturmurih§M
J strmni sing her requiem] stTll peacefully, when
* winter winds .sweep above, and s ind snow
shroyds abeut her Perhaps l?er name
is irt the tales told about the v*atc\ fires of In
dian warrioft, or lives in tli£ wild souths of fius
kv pjaidens in western ltyids*.. \\*e gatliere'd a
tew flowers “by ‘the wavsidc.” and when tba
moftm looJ?ed on Nacoochec’s l®nciy resting
jlace vve wor* sjif’Hy ensfonefd in* one ?>f the
deligjulful, hotpitable homes of Clarksvi4fe. (
Jicilre-lied by .rest we left, caidy fyr Toccoa
and after puinefe)us°“haps and mishapj” <
reached*tl\e*teriuinusft of carriage roads. Est- |
•jerly w*e ldffonr vehicles, aivi, gfiided by the
Tar off dash 6f •water, stepped daintily fsomaone
“mossy rock t another, until \;ft. crossed the
tioisy t-reck, pushed cflirvvay with light words
anil merry jests ’ thitmgh* tangled wityjs* utfttil,
with suddenly stayed/ootst<i{)s aftd twilyiislied
words on ourlijis, v* belicld Toccoa, the “Jiefeu
tifuj.” It couln be <ftalle*d nothing butTuecoa*.
Jleiftutifu? in its gentlq majesty —in fts glisten
ing •-ilaer Jissae* that* seem.ft woven ot mooti*
beams —in its wondrous opal tintftd wreaths of
misft—*-iri the towering rock walls and deep ba
sin-r-wichanthigTn tbe lo , fdisess°that rcjgns ;
in the £Ool D shadywy°glen, wit!*
ftnd ferns, and tbe svreepiag Itaify
’boughs of^the 4>aks, that Aftave and ftus-kle in the
never quiet air. * ls seemed a fit rendezvous for 1
1 the ‘dittTe ;r>ple,’* who banquet with liuni
nitng’bifds iif rfie woodbines’)- hofloyed cells—
who flq,at on.butterflies’ a afld dferntn ia
*hlly cups. !si\t we*could, not tarry many hcifrs
at Toccovfor Tallu!ah o wa*;stiffunsec*i.
AftVf bcnugln a real mountain fetorm,"losing
oufeway a to] having a lew other adventures, w;e
fotipd ifftfge*ifti S littleftcabiri, where we spet
t?;e night. J\Tiile Hie earliest l;irds were.sing
ing, and .tjie tyornin* star.still be*anyng,. we
oiqour way to Tallul.ah Fiills. The r*ugh
roads hid been madh ’.rougher J>y the liea.vy
rains, and ays *g*ew‘. impatient, as sfowly we
wound along thti of Currahce. ‘But at last
we #ibp])C(j at the lft)use of M. Beall, the po
> lite guide. • Alter a modification of
’the ‘•Bkcomer” costume, which * t lftartily re
•commend t* all larty traveler* in those nuiufr
tafn vegiyns, we.fttavtepl.down tlie piohntaiip. all
tor a long, long look at‘The Terri
ble.” •There arb five distinct cascades, varying
in descent 3b) to 120 feet, and
>ing m , the fipst oe*visible *s Lodore. The’ws
ters cotfte hurrying Sloiig-—siflying, danqing
like a v*ry ftnisd cap,” leaps wifh.a merry shout
over the rocks, and splashes up the spray its
the.thousand tiny rdls of sparkling watqr thjt
dasliCh*after it. this Fall is the* clear,
plucid Hawtftforn<i’s Pool, * !iere mSny ycytrs
ago a young iuinistet lost his life. Tht; nest
ciwcatW)
much greater, and the dark water rushes mad
ly, lurioflsly dftvn the steep until,
over the huge boulders, it bests and lashhs.in
.fury the.si'fes of its deep basin, and at last,,
.with sullcfksobs and murmurs, wiwds away and
’is Jost behind the crags. . Aj-liil® if
pren’cnts a.scene iti wVicli spirit of sfprm
wouhl revel, delights.the. gazew of. .“moftal
mould,” sos tlife- misfy ch>ud# of 4?pray art?
’crowned wish rainbows that span thf idiasm—
rainbows that are circling, fading and regipjteaf
ihg all tjirouu'b the sfenny d*iys? ahd though
fainter, are slot less beautiful on moonligfit
nights. *At Tempesta one Ifegins to appreciate
tTic. applicability of the iam# of Tcvrosn’ *be
► stpwed btt theJndianff. .In turning from this
view, We found Mfe Be;tll clearing away tlie*
traAing*vines of the ftiountain ivy from a little
spring. We pledged * ab?ent in ;i.
draught of water, nd agreed*. thaE ft
deserved t!.* name of Nectar Fount. The trees,
are covered with rudely.efirfed initials,
and dtrtt*> and sometimes when the nahie.of a*
frind w*s iccogniziftl, it affordetf us .almostvis
.much pleasure *s a philips? of the frienil’s ftce
, wquhj have donty Names were fie re that ifow
! were again the eye wcyihl rent on
| one tliaft is sculptured inTalr marble, arid gleam#
in the “city of tlie sileyt.” ° The dTse(?nt fco
‘•the thisd cascade was steep afttcL wf rough that,
a strong arm was*required*to* ai*l,
■.and, without % good deal*of even then
t onT wits sbrinje. Now we bad to areep through
narrow dark passages* under flSasses* of fallen
rock, then to walk slowly Slong the narrow
• foothold on the very,verge of precipice,
clinging with ourjiands ty ®the fissurCs hr th<?°
~ old gray rockft. ’After a hurried® look* inko
“Bruin's L3ir,” (rathena gloomy retreat for his
<f bearship” was,) we staod looking down on
(Cfceana. To eyes have never looked on
Niagara, the sceije here is indescribably grand.
On the side opposite us th# stone wall lowered
for hundreds of feet —iiere and these
bohloCrag jutting out, and agaift pi|ed jn fantas
tic forms that stood out in bold relief. Among
these, the most conspicuous ar,e the “Students’
“Rostrum,” the This Fall is the
Fall—this is veritably “The Terrible.*’ The
waters rinh over tlu; fall with frightful veloci
°ty, aifel hiss and seetfie utftil the basin looks
like a huge boiling cauldron. TheYoam-crest
ed billows an 9 the roar an*3 wlnrl of the water,
with the tall beetling cliffs, give grander and
0 sublimity to the whole scene. If I had paus
o, ®
e
!ed tojfdnire tWe sprat.at Toocßl, here I was
; indeed almost breathfess with adyhiratidh, for |
the drops that dashed up here seemed to prisnt
the sunbeams'unfiil they flash id and sj arklacf
with a radiance almost dazzling? ‘I he Genii of
the mountain.jiSitr out au* avalatpehe gems
here that the mountain gnomes toss about in
reckless play. The“ Naiads” may hero deck
theuiselvhs with diamonds. “G *'*
could not rival,® and pearls that Indian seas.
| cpuld never match. Tley water giay.
circle tljeir .brows* with*(liad( j ms and coron*a!s of
* beauty*so fare that Pile yery stars won!,!.linger
to look dowy on I thought qi tlie le
gends the Rlpine, whcr*e the sirens it on.tlK?
# rocksand, with feigned grief,.wring tl!eir fair
► lianas that gleaiii in the mponli’gtit, and crying
pifieously on!I on love-lorn youths to rescue them.
The brave youths, igred by*their beauty and liU
•fttl with sorrow at theife plaintivi# mu ns, “ven
ture on the* wave and soon are !■•*!: Tcncatb’its
rt>Uing.th\e, while their dying cries ar<j dr*)wu
in* weird nfteiftdies poured from tlpe li[)s
of the treacherous nyiftphs. 1 flioftght of “Vn-i
®dine,” with.hr loving hear? and untimely fat#.
14ut an exolaaiafion.irom quo of my cornpan- *
ions ropsed me fTom my dreaming. A. large
bird*fhat. ha*d beea circling above th*e Falls,
struck against the unyielding .cliffs ;id came
down, down--flutte*ringfttnd striving*to fegain
tfie lost balance. 9 Another.nyfenejif, it was in,
t4ic p tough leathery seam, struggbng’for life*—
alas! liotwlneffectual. This slight had effectu
ally dissipated tfty German icgeifelft, and .now I
stood listening to the “voice of waletfe.” For
ages a song of ceaseless prsrit® has gone up ,
from thfcj mountain gorge,*.md,taken?ip,isre’
oclioeTby tlws<y “everlasting bills,” whence it
ascends in waves* of melodv until, blinding
with, it is lost in tbP songs of the heavenly
. hoir. ffhis seemed truly thftßty vostibiile to ;
j. the “Holy, Temple,'and ahe ’unceasing song
was “l’raist the Lord.”*. I think one*ho*ur h’qe
would rebuke the Infidel and Vo more
vince him of the blessed trulh that “rilerc is a
God,” than ponderous tomes “written by man
could d*). # lleluct-intly I turnfed *aV ay from
Oceana. • * . *
Our'course was noV up the lTiounfciin .r.rjtil
• j .
one? more we siTnt 9 of. tiiq, raitsbows i
“unfolding thgir pinions of purph) and gold”
•at TempeStfi. * “Several hundred yards*btdow
wt* reached the famed*“Devil's Pulpit, ‘ w.ith
I its paving of silver. His‘“Satanic Majesty” ,
! ncYcr icMt/ty “held li'i th* hrrg, 9 1 ima unf,
I for tljp cascades slufeit*forevej—“ths Lord is in ,
Ills holy temple,” ams he would Want no such
accompaniment to/<?£ sermon. The view from
’ this point is indeed £rand B —•Lodore, and empesta
‘*ad Oceana all being visible,,and Phe waters, !
tired ai'ttjr the magnificent, display at Oceana,
come’gently along*and* with mumn*ring3,
gli4e rippliyg and shimmering over their gleam
ing bed si H oricoiE Opp. i *tc > on ijre era vs
is the .“Indian’s Cave,” where ari Indian squaw
1 lived concealed fbr many J’ears, .(so runneth
! the* left-end,) and where her “ghost*’ still v;alks.
Site* deigned no?, howcfei* to appear to our,
bsyid of “palefaces.” Still a iittlj luwet* we
went*to*tbe “Indians’ Cotlncil J?ck.’ yhevj’
j for m:ujy. years no moccasvfed foqt has crashed
I the fsail flowers, and no “calumet” .ha* l?ut its
blue wreaths floating on the air. Stilf lower,
tfie Serpentine, (die List of tjiis graird euecessj
fon of lost in intricate?* mazy wan”
d*erings.'l jras not b!i*id t 8 the beauty qf “The.*
Terrible,” nor?lcaf t,’ it grand gnilieufe “that
swell and *e\;erbratc through thcwlong days & i
niglits*of lotfg years; but when T j?i-*ay Jo tell •
of them i mour* that I belqpg to the co*n*pany
of*“The Voiceless.”** Others mayu sing in no
ble strains the praise;* off TJlulaii, the flashing)
changing *y fit ever .beautiful diamond, and of
Tqpcfta, tire mifdly beaming, precious pearl,
but, in admiration for and h jv'h *a p [Ye cia ti or* of
them, I,.tlftjugji “voiceless,” will jield to non^.
. .. ---* *• * .
• Rcftubiitau ICcoiiemy. #
,ln a feccut debate*in t!*c Senate of jhe Uni
ted States on tke’dariff, Mr. Ciingmhn, of'North
° • o O °
Carolina referred to tin;•action of th* Republi-
I can party as /olFows: * *
I was very mueh.gratified to lfhar tne hotjer
’ ab?e Senator from Vermont .decluYe that tluu (
party.about to* come itito expected to
conduct the Government on Viyre • ecopomi
; car priifteijiles’than has heretofore been done.—
*1 had supposed, from® the votes ot Senators on
J,hat side of the Chamber, that tliey intended tV
j tgke a diffenait course.•. They have iiot only <
voted at.lfi is session to borrowed, *,000,000, but
i thereis a provision in this very bill to borrow
, s2l,ooo,ooomore, making an addition of $-jG,-
OUO.OUU to tfie public debt; and besides that
! thc*y have carried through*thTs body a*bill aj)- <
prii*t*ng $121,000,000* to *the three Pacific .
i Tdxat an addition lo*the indebt
edness of the countoy of $717,000,000 at one
’ seaHOf., Just think of it ! Our present debt i
is almost’sixty-nine niilnons’’, and there is “to be
■ gin #ddition qf to it* lam grati
* fied, bo\tever, to the purpose is not to :
cariy out that system. . .
# That both side> may l*c heard,.we subjoiji
an ex tract *fr(ftm of ?'fr. .\Vilson* a?
Senator from Massachusetts:
.Whatever* hftwwver, mjiy’be tue.
the incoming Administration, I do not think it
becomes sny of the ggntlfmen who sus- ;
taincti tlie priftt Administration* to muk<i any.
advance in regard to*what the
ifext administration may do qorwcrniijg the rev* j
enue and the finance of the Government. The !
present Administrate n canift! into pwer four
years ago, with $18,000,000 in the public
( Treasury,arwl witlfttbe ‘credit of the country*
high advanced. They*go out of power with a
public debhof sßo,OWb,i bO, and the credit of
the country impaired and almost®destroyed.—
And, sir, the® records of tlio present Congress
tfill show that by the action of the majority —
the responsible* majority of °the Mouse ot Hep
wesentativag—the expenditures of this Ydov
erument have bien cutHown J y trillions from
what the Executive DepSrtmeuts a.-ked, and
their wyre generally support- 1
ed tty their firiejids in Congress. 1 venture,
here to day, .to say thaUthe record ftWiH* show
that those wjio are now coming into power have
, checked the expenditures of the out-going ad- <
ministration millions of dollars behnv w hat tficy
denfauded. 0 . ° °
A Boston firm failed jatcly°with S3o°ooo lia
* bilities. and ?S assets.
> } °
ATLANTIC A eiJ.F RAH, ROADC
.* We extractfttlic fiftilowiifg from the last annual
• ‘ >rt of o>e President of the Atlantic &
Gult Bail* R ’hlf\jrnpair , a ivia;; r>! < tlly
to flie Tfttockholdcrfein - Gei rgiaf
: and also*howiog condition and prpgresaLof
?hc Road. It ought particulft -ly, to cngftqe the
attedition ol’ Stockholders, and we hope sojnfo
’ find thaj. sou! Ift-western Georgia li*s removed
tliis*great and*just cause (J’ lint. * .
* It is With profound ragret that tfic Board js
ccf.nvdli’ k to declare that the track cannot reach
|*3sinbrid ‘/\ the preper terminus of thc*R>ad*
wit!;in the tfesigncd*for its completion, (fc
tfther, 15th I SOL. Jbe §nancial statements,
embodied in this report will afford
evidence t-f the necessities Vliicfi *will compel
to temporary delay in the expect
ed progress of “the Road. “ o
!. “Other causes, arisiftg out of the ‘abandofi
rjicnt of the largest contract of tlie Jiifte,
betwcoti .Thoftjiasville and Bain bridge, have
mafnlycontributed to l!ys result. •
9 The political confusion of thft times,striking
a panic into securities of all
* ed to reach tfif* financial resources of this Com
pany, and toefiget sonftc of its miracle?- wkh
* a natural alarm. Tlje impossibility of
‘par value lftßonds of fthc State, issued tjr*its
propurtiunal aubseviption, deprived the Compa
( ny. ior a time of ils most reliable resource li*r
cash. # Tfi add iyost scriotfsly to this embarrafts
rnent, a large amount of instalments, ttue
’ silice April last-’ remained® and still remains,
unpaid by prjvate almoftt cxclu
| sively in [Southern Georgia. Thfy appealed
front thq solicitations of the Treasurer to the
difficulties of the period, which had arrested
the movement,ad produce and preft-eutod its
conversion intftmoney. 9 ° . , .
Finding the* State securities of the Company®
in a state of stagnation, and its stockholders
unwilling or unable to respond to* their unpaid
instalments, with *n uncertain future*, tilled
with portente of commercial Rouble and of
! tlircatc*i)e*l civil war, Mcssfe Gallahan Si Ob.,
’contractors for 24 auiles of bridgi*tgtpn<l grad *
ing Wbst of Thomas villi?, abarfdoned their con
tract, rstOier tban incur the*hazard of an}-gen
eral bankrtff-tyy by Wihich they might*be alike
led uncommon with the Company. .* •
•Whattn’e’r may be the justice of the e-ftuelu
sirtns o* thesi gentlemiin* and *’hate.ver may be
’ tlwi result.of the ] ros-fet comyc tion the
Board.fannot but feel ia common with tlft pes
pIS ol* Debitor coMnty, the tlisa];pointmonts j
* they must.tlfteply realize from even a brief &us
peflsio'p of a po*tion of tlus w.; k,. * .
Notwithstanding iheSc diffieulties, creating at
once a gap of miles in 35, ?g ic Board of Id
rccters, Mill confident of rcsaiftrees which have
sustained*their enterprise in times of tA j-p’eri
: ty, wjth it mffttaent’s pass’e to its credit, or a
moment’s susofn-ion of its integrity, and *-tili
relying iiponthe gjpod iTith of its private stool:
ladders, do not m;kt! new w etTact**
to*carry on the w*rk west of Thoniasville.
There arc contractors fietf pfepved*
tinue jhe work even to the banks.of tjie Flint.
•The* labor of these faithftfl ui#u, w ill of tseli
nearly earn Mjc *-ash tliey contract for,provided
the (Joinpuy is (yiabled to obtain par valug for
State securities. Lni'yrluuau U. thra hwi ly
perhaps, iho*makcrs of the ti barter of “the Ai
lautic A: Gulf Rail Jloai.Hompuc/ iuiposed ti! -
following copdition upon the i-me of* tin; bonds
of the State in subscription to the Coufpany s
| stodc :* * •
, “And if there shall be onUL'h4funds (ieany
sury, or not sufficient .tis pay tlie
f called for, he (the Govermft’) sb Hi tSsao an ; l
dispose t>f .bonds of the State of hay
ing twenty }q i afs to ru and bearing six per
<i.nt interest, w;it4i attached,
ablo'eitljer at .the Treasury, or at .such other
; as the’G-ftVornor may think best to* insert
■in said bond*, and the* proceed the West
ferq A. Atlantic- Hail Road, after dcd*ipt'yig the
(ftxpensei of said Road, a*n& the. paymejot .of all
other .sums, T° r which *he t ame lias beep set
! apart'and pledged, shall be applied*to rhe pay
ment of th*. principal and interest pn* these
bopds* bift unde; no (iircumstanees* shall wny of
* these bopds bri sold Hoelovr thc ii* par value.” •
In no iushftuee until recently have the*honds
he*re cntejnplufdd rcalizea o less tlmn 1 per.cen
.tui*!, w hile they hawo more tionimonly copiuian
. ded 2 pef centuih above par. Beit, founded as
they re, in .tjie extraordinary credit of. the*
* State*they iiave not escaped tl!c universal de
jTrecqition of thg present financial and .political
crisis. * The last issue of dilate fionds to this
Cornpan}- kiy useless.upßn its hands .for nearly*
two while its creditors,, witlf
, alarm, grc\V cltrnoiAus.for payments never bc
’forcftlenied. By creditors j,s intended foptrati-*
; tors only, f*r never no*v liave. obligations
; of this Company tftc.m omitted—nync. indeed,
ever even .cufiicrnplated beyond those confuted
iu sitftfe-lc for grading, suuorstructure
aijd mm. • *
In this condition*of% paffc of our tcftourees,
’ an earnest apjlbal°wa;- made early in January to
Icffnqucdt Stockholders tg p;up their instal
-1 meflts, them that it tliqy vefusedftpav
! mct the work would be arrested.*•()l*sl
thftjn due by prri*ate stockholder#, tlitwCompany
| received iu ft) , uuary abcfUt 000, an amount
’ scarcely suffiffient.to jnc t one thiud of the anft
hountof the monriily* estimates
•tors* * .* * ** •
Notwithstanding *suli decided discourage*
| mentf, some of th* contractors, still confident
.in the stability .and integrity of the.
have continued the grrfding west of 1 hoinas-.
* ville, while 51cDowcl.a!id (,'allafian have resum
! ed the Uridgigg ?o the first depot! station west
offtThomasville upon terms acceptable to the
Company. ° .
The completiotf of these contracts give a.
continuous grads to a point eleven (11) miles
Vest of Thomasville, ami 2d miles from Bain
bridge! which may be feaclied by the rail \fj the
k>t of September. * ..
Tfie iron rail necessary to complete*tlie super
structure to Bainbridge \fas° engaged early in
the autumn of 1800, upon tejuns highly favora
ble. .The first cargo of si>o tons, being partol
i 3,200 under engagement, is being now dicnar
[ getl at Savanpah, and will he immediately car
ried out upon the line. Tlift rail is’oi 52 lbs. <
| weight t the yard, and cat in lengths of *-1
i feet instead ofo2o feeff, the usual per ccn
* tajre for short lentrths. 0
c o o o o
j.TKKMW. TJVO OOIiI.AItH, J
l . In Advance*
The Company’s cm; . moot: i’ r this iron id •
one of theftiost momm-; •* na:-- mentis to .
be rtir^emplated, sblui! !°t:ie -'.-ribers \\*ho
have not liquidated th continue
to withhold paytm nt. \Ye Jure again
earnestly appeal to of jaiticc and oi
right to couie t’>yi'Tv..: to T. Longer de-
can dflly result fa i .ec u sto; page of
tire Mosul at ft point bor oi stinationv
The Coffipasy c:;niu *• 1“ • fttinuc the
Road at the ehyrm , lv< and i:s*<Ji<4
present delfoquoyicy yf a ; vtion of its Pdock
hofdcrs. It would he unjust to fi 0 sußoeribers
who have j>romptl\ A ; .1 i.j ethe call fo^iu
paid one-half or 02:0-1 vlin , t >o!*, uiTjusV
to th* 1 Sta e whu h has n< : ly | roffioted an en
terprise; willnJtlt which r vdv rnA- orgia lfiigllt
|*£or many ■years .to e i.: r m minted, and
without tlie (b’\ >’•* nt v. . h*it is entitl* and
w •J * • 0
by its restive promise. * . * *
*it is # ouestfere, V,! ;!. r ad!* uieut Fteck
holders fuJly* apprehend the consequences of.
their rton-payment. It, in brief, df privet tire <
Company df all its iftsets-except the subScrip-*.
tion of contractor.'. ‘J'hc S: Oubswribes
for every V* sul -cri!v l by it. .wiQiftls or vor
poratyms, Or 5-ll.of tlyi wh of the
I Company. If ?‘<o,m)o ) * j a;d in by private
Stockholders, p # n t l .. Strife, It
then tiiere be ?VSo,tl;o pa ; lin by private
stockholders the amount novg due’ the rotate
will pay in*§ln 11 .■ >• u(*- : “tot tiu:*a tual los* to
the Company Voin.t ho •n.-n payment ot
000 now ylue by private •S'uckhnjers, is U !o *
•*nn* of $380,000 • -u. oiiO'half the ♦nio.q.nt,
necessary tfl eompito. th • 11 re! Iroln Ihoiyaa
(vifle*to the banVs of the yiint.
The consequSnci s d*> no? stop here. They**
continue in the depiv ‘.-iutjon ot tin* value of tho
script, in 1110 cream 4 of liabilities
not otherwise noces.-arv, in the it-ue ot,bonds
never antic?}*.ted Jin th- w \:iiz;.tion oi the
Company, ner cssc utial to theycouftalction of tho
~ •• • • ,
. f l he Board of Dir ctors skill, ho * ivcritidulggf
the hope that the .fipuiiy.npty - >o?i reliev;
<jd 4‘rofu stun# ot f t !•- • • results, since produce
lias been carried i! > • . * at * #. met tin*
recenfhigh price \rh: h 1: .vo, 1 by.
the planters. *. . • •
•• junior 4i piq bv 1* <v.
11 is difficult t •• HrfuC havoc
war lias inatje of “hunnyi life. Hoiae of its in l
cidental r&Va . . igf. It lias
\it times * ..h*. ° pu “ ted it : district
Ift modern, as*w * anfi * 9 , lar^e*tmcts
have been left so oiterly : * 1! fc a travh*
ler might pass frm % h t<r village, even
from city to city,"with >ut finding’a.solitafy
habitant. Te waif l’iOUwagi din tue*hea*t
of Euvbpo, lcff in'otfe *■ no less than
twenty •contiguous* vjllag wi * it a single
man orlieqst. Ihc TJurty in the
seif< nt h . “... .m of
Grtfhnaqyfrojn !.h* : .* —three
fourths; and thy. oft'Wu'rteipburg from 500,-
, *•:.: a nin * . ! Thir
ty (hwisand fills ■- w< ~: ift xugny
others t\i# population , nliroly < b and out*; and ift
district ‘ , i*w f(jw and cities,
I there spvang.uj :: * e ;*•■> •
I* JLool hohav* *’ * : A^on-.
* * • - .. * ■! ‘ ast mauV'-r
‘•of iubabiunits; In tl at • • T’aris, in the six
teenth century, 30,000 \ rt* hem
„ of Malplaquct, 34,000 soldiess
tie*; fn that* of Ism lil, 40,000 ;of Vienna,
of O ‘ ;0/ Mexico, 150.-
. Icje? 30fl • • • b ‘.a 1 00,000;.*
of Jerusalem, I,ooo,OuOr’ *
Mark tin; sl;urkter ui*sing! b^trics —at J.<;-
panto, twenty ,ti . j .mk;* t* Ausferlite, tjiir
*ly thousand fat * sixty . ndj at War**
*terloo*and Qnarte • m—one engagement, in
i fact—seventy thousand Jbii-otlino, eighty
f thousand* at Foi i e . * • i thousand
I at Arlrnla, tnv I; at Chalonj
three hundred jh. .:;*’ of Attilla’l ar/ny
alone; four lmndre.,l jlt * - vmd Vsipates we.ro
.slain by Julia ; <’• v*in aic an<j four
| hundred and thirty •?. md • rmahs in anoth
er. Take only two. Scs more.* Ihe aruryjof
i XerxT'S, savs Mr. Jock. i. have ameunftea to
I 5,2§3,320; and if the.'atterfdants ware only
| one-third as great a: c lum.m at the present
I day in‘Eastern countries, the sum total muA
Lhave reached nearlysri millions.* Yet, in one
1 y£arthis.va ; t u.ultitu te was red.ucgd, thongh
j not entyu !y by.deatji, to three huifdred thqus.-
; amj fighting iui; and *of. tlicfse only three
thousand c cap •: - m n* Jbi*glrij-khan.
t the temble Yjvajjcr of Asia in the tlirtcenth
cewtury hot sinsty and on the plains of
■ Ncssa. and m::--acred t\v*> hundred thousand at
the skwftiing of Khara.'in. In the district of
jlefafc, he tmtcrhefi 1 ; null ion six hundred”
thousaftd,*and jp tvfo cities their depend
encies, ftqc million sev< ft h mdnyl and sixty
ftwo Daring thelastl twenty-seven
*v • of hi ■■■'■/ r * he \ sajd to uavo^nfass
■ aereil jnorc than half am llion 4jv®ry^*ear ;and
in tfie first?f* h h* is . supposed by
Chinese historians, to hale destroyed not less
tharj o!..iifcc *i mil* ; asiftif total ot over
, thirty-two* millions in fyrty-one yirs.
*ln any yityv, \viit ab! 1 (Testroyer is war .
: Napoleon’s war - sacrificed foil six trillions, and
i 511 the wars const qnent oft the French Revofu
tion,some nifleor i:n rcillioifs. XhtSpuifl^i
are said to have <? “’ • . If in forty-two ycar% 4
TOOfe than o lv. Hit ;*- ■ i'A no yicah Indian^.
Grecian°war.j*sag i ‘ 1 fifteen millions; Jewish
wars twenty five millions; tly> wars of the
tyelve (.’icsars, in all thirty millions; tho wars
; of the* Romans, he for Julius was sixty
millions; the wars of the ifoman of
the Saraweift and rfift Turks, waseixty millions
j each; those of the Tartars, eighty millions;
I those ol Africa, ofie hundred millions.
i
o Dr. IHek, says, that if .we takd into#conside
rijtion the number toot orjy of those who have
fallen in of those who have perished
through the natural consequences <jf it
will not perhaps be ovt*r-ratirig thp destruction
e of human life, it *ve affwin that one-tenth of
the humaibrace b :* - e been destroyed by the
ravages of war; aryl, according too this estiufato
more than fourteen thousand millions of human
beings have l?en slaughtered in war since the *
® beginning (>£ the world. I. Jfurke went
still farther, aud o rcckoiy 1 the sum total of its
Avages, fronft the first, at no less than thirty
i# five thousand jnillions. —Achocqtc of Peace.
NO. 48.