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Y( \ V • i\r lt. • • • W Cjrt jlontjjcrn (^iitcrmise, J ‘ * * V ! -o i o j, * 9 • O • o KfPTIOS. I'EIIMS. . T-, .. C *• * • . Wished Weekly 1 • o * • O ° 0 ° *’ • o • o A i)\ ? t lili . OTmMs, • . * Advert. s : i :sr< -,v .. ; , - ;e and at One Dom.au . Persnua. • * and Fifty Cents for • ; insertion. Those • * o -4 ’ 1 • ‘ * o s * 41 0 - e COM B.U’T AISV2 V• T 5 SEI?I i: \TS. * 1 a tft ft . v* • 1 i ! v • . • • . * • ~ I ft f o © • • O • I ac •—O~ r * • O # - B i • * “ | •Si * 5 Length of A;*\ kht #<uknts.; i 3 J ••O’ ~ . o • • . s. S . ; ~ * X *5 !. H 0 , , ° . ; < ••..* oo , • 00 l I 00!• lb Off-20 00 * our Squares • „ i- .“..•.... * . Six Squarea....# . koo| 30 tv 35 00 (*-ir ji;t’v Column 25 00 30 Of)’ 35 00! 40 00 Three Fourths (lol*mn.A 3560 it on 52 0 <C < •- 30 VII .111 001 70 00 Ml 00 one year, will be chained m proportion toil . Pe.they occupy, at One IT LL.\lt j” . L::!'-. 1 ‘ T . -’ • LE*OAli ADVEKXISKMENTS. * * All pc*tK> # s having oe< l • ‘ . Notices, etc., afe coinpellti f wit* • foflowing rules . Administrators, Executors or 44uarslinns: “ * ; 1, id and Negroes by Admimstrators, . £ x * . ns, are requmfel bylaw to be _ * a ‘ jpn, an l three fn the afternoon, the Con * ® be ap#blic< * “* . i 0 the • a * - • • • e • Salr *t‘ l'ci >.! 1 f*•: Xot.it* l s <>t a’ ot # i't n;il Property must- he • given a. least Ten Days previi to tuedj 6 Estate and C reiki tors • . . .1 • * . <fant ie a . bepuhii - .1 i ’ v 9 • Court of Ortliusirt S ■envv to Ms .1 : N *’ . 0 0 *• e >hlis ed weekly for Two Months. . . Adminutral P* . t it niona mr Letter of . * • , • ¥ for Dismission fV iiii (i ii,; Vt!..i ’ •, •. 1 ei . • For t v. h'i L •*. 9 A r mon*i ‘Est iblishing !iOt E’npA: • _\, * t ‘ “,-t I >• pub lished for foil ; . : ■ • a e ordered. • . ~ LAW CAHES. Spencer & Spencer, • ATTORNEYS AT LAW, A * , ;lUMAVIT T.E. GA. •.S’- B • — A ® . • “, * * j • •a ttoeney at law, A 110MERSVII LE, CLINCH CO., GA. a:*i°. 1 • * b lid TV ft rd 31. W o v •; t, Attorney at law. . TALLAHASSEE, FLA. s ipreme Court Sf Florida and thg Cir-. *cuit < 1 - 1 . * ileVa;: <!: ? Love. X TTC&NEYS AT I, AW, £%• • • rilO.M AS\ ILLE, GA. *. • P i. • .1. u. .'.i *- •• .1. BS. E?. Slnnley, Attorney at law. QUITMAN, I.TIOOKb CO., GA. Will practice in tin- Counties of lheS and , Clince, M r are and Echolsof a •_ • W. 15. Sfennet, • * * Attorney at la tv, * • i 1 ; I’M .N. DBOOKS t 0., GA. WilT<)ra C t?ce in Thoums L< wndes.Br en Cmm * 8 lllTl lli „. t • - p. 15. Bed fet’d . * A TTOENEY AT LAW, 9 MARLmBOROIGH, GA. • Will poattice in the counties of the Brunswick ( in- lit, and in Lowndes ami Berrien Counites of the # S<n.thi*n t'iwit_ J e 19 ts John >l. I>Vs’till, Attorney at law. •• o . o TIM.MASVILLE, GA. Office nextwioor t-* Dr. Bruce’s. a ln h 1* 11 * | • ft TTORNEY AT LAW,, .* A TIIOhIaSVILLE, GA. . _ Jj. C. llrvali, a Attorney at law. ml.lo . TIIOMASVILLE, G.L E. C’. Moraran, Attorney at law, NASHVI LLE, IEN CO., GA! • Will practice in the Coitnties of the Southern Circuit; ‘•and the Counties of Doolv. M orth and Douaherty ofthe Macon; and Coffee. Clinch ;u lWare Circuit. Address atdFlat Creek Post Ofljce, Ga. inh 18 * Tt . — V 11. T. i*eel>!es, Attorney at la.w, . NAjqiVILLP., BERRIEN CO., GA. jel-3. Cherokee Baptist College 8 , c VSSVILLE.CASi COUNTY, GEO. Si:t-2.50 to •SJ6J.JO I*:o'fo, l orty At erlis i liou. Itoaril. I.odgius- W a*hina: • uH. amt School Incidental’* fora loung •■. rPHEBG ABB SIX CLASSES, two Academic and I four Collegiate.) Students are receicedict any state of preparation, ami f<>r an] Tuition payable in aJvam-e. B - r,i ; : - l ,ma ‘’ am ’ ilies. Provisions for fwo hundred stt u For further particulars, addres-; . Rev. THOS. RAM LL. D . Pres t. N. B.—Spring Sk.-siox opens rnursday, Janua-ic 1, 1861. o O 1 8 (> 1 . ° Baptist Female College, CDTHBERT, OE< > i!(; I \. ° Ttie fall term begins the second 3loiiilay in Jannarv. • The IVesid nt or Prof. DAGG willaid friends who desire board for tln ir daugiu.-rs. Many of our best citi zens have consented t■ p. tl-.L-ir lioum-> t-:> accommodate the pupils. o 0 I'W* Friends. hy the C\ Urcr. these hard times. Indulgence for Tuition Fees will be granted, if necessa ry, to patrons 0 R- MALLARY, President. Cuthbert. Ga., January 2, l s "i o o ’ O O # • ° S ®Bf Alf Sc II K If i; \ l*. / ( JP io|irifl*)r. „* medical and dental cards. [ .. . .... . O . [.tuairit. CARD. 2N . ti A lice WTAVLN ; FO IED A CO-P.VRTNERSHHP IN . 8 • 1 * p T *y iiave opened a HOSPITAL lor the convenience o O .]* ,\‘ ‘ 6 Accommodati< us comfurfable. • x B; .T. BRUCE, AL D. J. R. M. KEEP, M. Df • . Hr. N 4 a. McDonald, I N TKXDEKINi; IIW yi.’OFESSK)NAL SERVICES * to the people of Tlioma&ville and vicinity, would in form them that he has been practicing medicine in Jefler *■ < ’ ‘■ ■ . .■■ •: 1\ • 11 u . 1 ■_ •• • • : the disc uses which oegur in this latitude. • c * !i. .■: i * near the off;,-.- f..n: ; .-rly ! oecnpii and Ly C. J. Harris. • L’i.-'l i ENCE. the h us% f ..... jj by E. L. A * rs. , # • ThomasviUp, January 7, 1860. ts I>r. S. S. Aifams, Hereby informs his friends and the . public, that die will continue the practice of medi cine at the old stsu * • • J to tile public. T. ♦. ill.-, .* .; i*o 1860. ° •ts - [UKFIMIM VrAOTICK.] • Dr.*P. S. Isotv<?r, 0 JTWPFERS HIS PROFES&IONAIi SERVICES TP * / the fitizeus of Thomasville and vicinity. Calls ak all hours, promtply attended. • mh 18 ts • * . Or. U ran don % • HA REMOVED TO THE OFFICE FORMERLY icd 1 .l” •. Mi ler, Es *. as a Law Office. Sproj • • . , . Special attention will lfe given to Surgery’ and • • o . inasviHe, January lot 186 U. ts • Drs. # II- 15. & E. O. Arnold, • I,V : i Jlcni>is. Tliomafville, Ga. ! W-G IfAVE THE PRACTICAL AUVANTAGETOt 1 ’ ’ 1 . ence in every UJIJI „ , branch of profession. • * We can refeuto ■ Benefit of our opera! it ins in this County for • * • Ve have every facility for doing the best ‘ * Plate-Work, NOW KNOWN, MIIICII IS DENOMINATED . Continuous* Gum Woi-k, on Pi. t ! : a I‘ia'e.w’ is in pervious to any of gjn.- acids, even in a concentrated form. Te ;!i filldd with pu -e in a erit*r manner. Patients fu\*>ring us with their confidence may rely upon <>ur utmost exertioiw to perform every operation in* las perfect am; ngner as possible, mh 10 ts New.Dryg Store. •*. Dlf. . BftWKK has opened a Djtig Store at * : . unit d*bv PA LSI ER & BR( B and is prej furiflsh 7 Z-vO. j v lets -'*s, Pcrfamerj , lußs, FANCY SOAPS, &., and ■ir ten xvla- r. avy'iivor hifli call. To his Rci'.-. he would say, that he has on baud a fresh and reliable assor ° 0 • •pno a 1T <T T\T V u_.'*-...’ Jj •; , iL NJ L-. .J Lt L'.. UJ ojlL , Jj O o O O J i and will be glad to supply them with such articles as j tiiev may need.* ; • 41 ‘L>,. and Tobacco, Fine Medicinal Brandies and Wines, kept constantly on Amnd and*Sor imle. may 23-ts Di h and Medicines. 1 UST?{ECi'.l\ !\ T-'.RCE .‘*Ni) WELL fy-iLEf.'- • I ted stock of it:-::,-: and JMedi* ifu s, Chemicals of Till i kinds. • • ° *. • * F lit • . Qils, Glai s,JPutty,Varnish, Brushes. f>yt * •• n-. T<lilef Ai-f ic-les, 4 . 1 xerosine *HI and Lamps Campheite, Burning Fluid and Lamps. ii >WAUD >ElXDrugtrist. • Thomasville, May 21, # • ts , Apothepary’s Hall. •rjtll?-: SUBSCRIBER, HAVING TAKEN A STOKE In Thompson’* Ncjv lirit-U Siiiildiug, respectfully invites the attention of the gublic to bis com • , well selected stock of Drugs, • ° • • Medicines, . • , Chemicals, 0 . 0 „ . Paints, * Oils, Dye-Stuffs, • Perfumery, ■ : * Spicks, 00 • ° .* Tobficco, • 0 * # Segars, * 0 Fine Sfandie#, . • . Wines, • Porter, • . ° Ale, 8 • ToilQt-Soar^ e , Potash, ° &?.. &c. ALE OF WHICH WIi.LBE SOhD ON IsEASONA ABLE TERMS. Up” Attention $i v en prrs.’ttalty to tlfb preparation of Physician?* Prescriptions. I* *Y All MEDIUIXES warranted g • • N. (t. McDONAfcD, M. D. Thomasville, Ga.. June 6. I'iD. ts E. KNAFP & CO/ *. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 8081 * AID mtIBMS. IHI-IISE, _ ldO Congress Street, tVcut Side .Vloniimrnt Scjsmre, o SAVAIfNAH*- GEORGIA. HENRY R CHRISTIAN, AD.BHIU Wmm -MERCHANT, SAVANNAH, GA. * Refers, by permission, so Hiram Rofierts, President Merchants’ and4 • ° JBlnnt. rO Bank. L K. TofffCashier State Bunk of Georgia, J- Savannah. Brigham. Baldwin & Cos.. O. (’ .‘it'ii N Cos.. Wil U-i-. Wh< at on &. Co.J CASH. ADVANCES MADE on consignments to my*l friends in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Orders to* PlantenP Supplies filled on reasonable terms. May 2, 1860. Pv WM. H. BURROUGHS. TIIOS. iP MAXWELI.. WM. Ih BIT ts ROUGHS & CO., • O j ° O N.r. i‘7 Bay Street, • SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. G ° ‘’ ‘ = Commission on Upland C.>t T “;i 50 cts.fier bale. May 30,1860. . ly ; House and Lot for bale. i AM NOW OFFERING FOR SALE MY HOUSE ! X and Lt. It sit t&i Io : a beautiful and ■ pleasant*part of the town. The hi i ‘w&A*. . and large, very convenient, with good outbuild |S!5j-i If jIHB 1 have also FOUR°BI’ILDING lei >TS, e.-n- _ 1 11 Jl I mining one acre each, all corner lc’s —bich I will sell. Si i.mM any <■:.■.■ d.-ire to build, or to buy an improve v place in town, now is the time as I am determined to selL Terms Easy. As the times are hard, I will sell the above property I on the most favorable terms. f , ISAIAH DEKEE.° Sugar Boilers, &c! yj/i SUGAR BOILERS— 50 TO *;() 10 sets Gin Gear—9 and 10 feel—Fire Dogs, M ell Wheels ice ; iust received and for sale by sep 5 J E. KEMINGTON &. SON. ° ° Segars and {Tobacco. A LARGE'ANf> SELECT LOT <: 0 ° for . A Kile by (oct 31] JoHK STARK. THOMASVILEE, GEORQIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. 1861. Written for tb- >’ Ct F.<- A BSATTI.K SONG. o Rally, rally, old and young, o \l. y” ct*: To a ‘7 # e ( 1 :tleN li.dtg, 0 * Keep it ever flying. Mid tho hottest battle’s fight, O’er the lea I tit: l!ying, * In the hostile army's sight, All their hosts defying. • O Rally, rally. o st ill we cry, While our tv.es assailing; • 0 Lok each 1 ■ i® in the y .*, o r l '..key nr •i a ittifiiliug® . In the God of battles tr * “Right” is all prevailing. Soon their banner in the dust Shall be seen low trailing. O o D < Inward! onward!—b ddlv c>arge!—- bee I—they are retreating, o All your musketry discharge, * Fire a farewell greeting : ° Boldly press upon tlimlr rear, # ° ° All their hopes def ..ting— ° Slopes .l scat/dess to appear ° When WitJj home friends meeting. I*. * t tVlio C'ouj|!<*ex our Ain I ion. • • gVs a matter of as to this fact,, \vc copy the following article from the “Phila delohia daily news * i’ (tRiiiGN constantly increasing tide of ii:;migration, to*our a shores from foreign countries is a matter which excites fat* less of*th6 attention of our statesmen and legislators than it should do. While qaestityis of vastly infejfior importance are made the ecca sion of serious differences and conflicts,* the o • •subject of thb national through un restrained Mnaiigratjou is almost entirely igno* , rcd ’ *, ~ • * * ’• As are now going on we shall soon erase to bean American nation. * Neithef shall we posgess the better characteristics (jj* eny one foreign country* for the immigrants to our shores are from divers lands, while “they are generally the lowest specimens of'humanity*in their oW# nations. Already .these foreigners, of whom a large portion are ignorant or unprfli cipled, in many localities hold the bakwice of political power. They are bccoifling aware di , their strength, ayd are learning how to employ it tuyome purpose. Their numbers® ;.iv con stantly increasing, and every day’s.delay jn placing propr*- restrictions upon immigralioi#or nafuralization increases the difficulty of so do ing. Ere long sojne parts of our country will be completely ui ■ co*itrol of those peo ple, ii’ they are not so-alreafly. They already, iold the laflance ol* power befiveeu political parties to an extent which *,iakcs an*y of the liighly important changes in respect to natural ization and‘immigrations Very difficult. Still there is yet time to die?-* this increasing dan ire r, aVd to preserve our institutions*from* ulti mate J*ut no time should he lost. To show the extent of this foreigii°imuiigra- ( t:on, wexsiye some f-.cts * i fho riuteuients recently issued by the State Department. Du ring the*year ending D< r 31, ■ h the number of foreiun ° immigrants to our shores was T7G,4G9. Os this number f3,0Ul were natives of England; 4 .'"'A, of Ireland; 5G,- 740 of Germany, ike. The following table gives tlto number that have arrived for each yea - since 1 SyO : Years. Male*. .Female*. Sex not stated. Total. 1851, 8 ’ >,017 163° 1862, 235,731 160, *74° J 428 1859, 236,782 I 0 72 1854, 284,887 175 - 460,474 1855, *l'.iilßf <) :*l 12 230.478 l-*'s6, 165.50S S' s ,i <SB • tl'A 1°490 1 i7, . l(i’2,5 c; B° h;9‘ "JO 0 18 54,704 144,952 InV), 96,678* *58,743 481 „ . 155.802 1860, 108,550 70,833 80 179,102 * The total number of arrivals since 1843 v : 1,3£<M41. This is.a population greater than, that of the whole thirteen Colonies at the time oT the Devolution. These are facts which ought immediately to command* the teution of all patriots, *ml e icially of all out law makers. „ * ° * ° • O Q 4 • - * 0 ° • • The Pii'.neh Mcrcnrf. ° One £>un(V#y after old lv*rcas had chased away the huge <jf straggling clouds which 1 .* th.e wa *r rn horiz dis robed of sunlight, and while his icw breath was still howline and shrieking among fit* cracks afld crannies of our cjjy, autPiitirly piercing pur eyelids, we ffescried, out to the edge of the lingering tw ili iu Idy sparkling * of the little planet Mercury, Although this ifleml the planetary system of tcij approaches us quite position, yet its whole orbital motioij lies concealed* withii? the georgeous splendor of tlie solar imv 8 , tfiat it cscio es observations nearly altogether. >So rarely docs it* egterge J’rom its great palace of light, that the iUustrious Co pernicus djspondingly wrote from the banks of the Vistula, that would desetnd t! - tomb witlioHt having ever seen thfl p’anct.” .No sooner does it attain*its greatest elongation from the*sun, which seldom extends beyond tlie limits of tlie twilight, tlym it suddenly plunges back again* in to the fun’s rays. As there is now a concurrence of favorable circum stances for seeing it for a week to coipe. just after the sun goes down, jve in-site the lovers of astronomy to look at the stranger. Its place * rees northward of the sun, .at the* same altitude. * Os the physical condition of Mercury; but little, if anything, is yet known. “While the telescope “shows us the* outlines of continents and seas, mountains and tropical whirlwinds, and the changes producing the vicissitudes of day ntßl the surfaces of other planets, it fails to bring from ilie planet Mercury any such decided intelligence. Viewed with the leviathan telescope of Cambridge and Pulkovo, it a round disc of molten light in a state of violent ebullition. At certain angular distances from the sun, at its inferior and supe rior conjunctions, it presents phases similar to Venus. —j ßoston CoHru r. O ft --4*-ft ♦- * * The hardest thing to hold in. this world is an unruly tongue. It beats a hot smoothing iron au°d a kicking horsQ cc nsidt rably. o * • A militia officer wanted to coTnpliment a De gree by drinking with him. “Weil, captain, said Cuff, ‘Tse very dry, so I wont be uglv ab out.it.o Some niggers are toO’prond*JLo drink .with a roalishy ossifer, hut I think a malishy # ossffer, when lie is sober, is just as goodlrs nig i ga —specially when the nigga is dry. O o o I * En mth Air L E j niaiiioiid, anil Diumoud Aiiuiiii; in Hall Cos. j In the last number of the Eagle, we gave an j imperfect sketch of the vast mineral • resources hing county, and we now propose to : say a word in relatiop to our own county. Au-° | merous gold mines have been successfully I worked in Hall*eounty, and a large amount of | gold has been taken rrom them. But is not !ui these that \fe now propose to speak. Our • n toki ns of productiveness ii^j . . rare st of g ;ms, the. Diamond, j The ! lis supposeuf to have {}een of vegot..i!e origin, an 1 <to have proceeded from w decomposition of some rosin, or bitu | mmous matter, ti is ,fsrm§d of pure carbon j I* ; urns and *s wholly consumed : lata temperature of*J4° Wedge wood, produc ing carbonic acicj gas. • Some specimens® after being exposed to the sun for some time, give ; uut light when caried to a dark place. , The diamon 1 app ars generally*to occur in ! regions* that afford a liraited granular quartz rockjrfadle ! Itacoluniite, which pertain? to 1 tcloose serics*and owes i:; liiflitation to a little tale or mica. r i*liis rock is f njiul in abundance I in the Ciemuiid mines of tlie l ral jnountains and Brazil, and it is in the Itacolumite belt that ; they are foufid in Hall county. Up to a very ! recent period only four or five diamonds had] been found, and th“ese had been accidentally •fifi.i t while mii*ing j'.r :'"b.l. We propose ■ to give such facts in relation to each of them ! as we have been* able to obtain,* and in doing this, wo shall commence with* 8 TII.® GLADE MI2?EsT T*ic Glade Mines embrace an area of about • ° sixty or severity acres, ant}, have been worked for years by Dr. Banks and Mr.,Thomas They are situated oif Flat Creek, twp* mile:- fron* the Chattahoochee and about tliir teen lilies north of Gainesville. Seven yaavs before any diamond* werg found in the Glade Mines, a Gen.an g. ulo .>t vi.-iled tin? place, and said that 4n ftrin th&t diamonds ; could be found thift-e. • lie cut a paper in a cer tain form, and told a little boy that if he ever | found a.stonc resembling thyt he must keep it. *i’he first ciamond found in Hall county, we b lieve, was that in the Glade Mii)cs*by H matt named Nelson* while* working in tli^ • miwes, about 1840. lie t*i*k it to Mr. Cooper, I then Superintendent o£ the Brandi Mint at Ih.hlofu ,'i. *lt was sent hi l'liiladelphia, and, we beliove, was finally purchasea by Dt Patter son, the SuperintenTlant of the United States Mint. It v; is a flianujnd of fi:.*t water, but we have not beeiualle to ascertain its value. The second diamond found in this mine Was found on Stocking*Eator hraeh by Mr. Thomas : Dell. It was a beautiiW .guin in its naturaj state,so mush so 4hat it was contemplfited to ! set it without cutting. It w*s sent to Londorj*! twice and to 1 ’avis once, for the purpose of • certaiaing ii® value. It was prononneed a dia * * I!.’ value has been variously estim * lat tea 4 n cut Cue, the price <u diammidshaving ad van ccd the estimate would probably be much hi :lier. This has been seen by many yf cuv chizcys. It is worn by one of the fair est of Ihe daughters of Gainesville —Mis* Sue * V M-. who has i‘ been appropriately called, “The Diamond of Hall Coßnty.” S ill anotn'er diamond was found in Hits tnine* also-lbund by Mr. poison, who ran off’ with it. Its sire an?l‘value, i: ’ *: !;o disposition which he made of it, are unknown.. # A Professor Phillips, from Philadelphia; •washed for tjiamqnjjsin the Gllade Mines, for a short time,"but we believe* without success.— i ili.- machinery for washing is saithto have been ** g * THE WILSON MINE. . # This inino is now tlie . property .of *Mr. An* rlrew J. Otlell. It is situated about ;even miles ro the Southwest ot Gainesville, and is now fee ing successfully worked for diamonds by Dr.* Stevenson of Pahloncga. Tl*c Doctor •has shown us some beautiful specimens not only of the diamond, but of tlie rocks which usually accompany it, takeft from this mitre, as Ztrqpn, LVou: -o nline, ?:osnosite, DuiTy, Ac. \\'e understand t^iat # thoife.h just commencing tip erutions, he has found five small diamonds. • o ii?mnd*from the tilings was foupd :d out 18 10, by John M. Luther while search ing . Id. 1 his town* to*Mr. Andrew S. Wilson, (now residing in Arkansas)* sis a beautiful rock. * fie offered ten centsTfot; it, which the tinder readily took. It was sold to*i)r. Ifemiel for about 830. Ife was sent to Europe by Dr. Datriel, (wJho is at present a cit zen of lie Kalb county,) and it proved to be a diamond of tin? first uater, its real value being about *§Boo. * ° The second was found by Wm. DowJev? Esq., of this county, who Ifeoke it in pieces : “ii so ! what made it shine so.” *it was prob- j ably wcalli : i. m three to live hundred dollar.;.* This ends ou?-catalogue of Hall ; county dia inonds. Others may have been found, and sc* cretly djsposod of. Those enumerated are suf- j ficiept to show that solid result mgy arise from a j practical examination of thg ltacoltnnite belt ol 11 all (hmnty. Wc wait witli anxiety tfie .progress of Dr. Stephepson’s opCraTions. ‘J he following table*w?ll give the reader an idea of the approximate value of wrought dia monds in proportion to weight: 0 o ° o 4 grains *....9 $ 50 i 8 i 160 12 grams ,*. 360 o 16 grains o°. 640 20 grains °. ..*. 1000 *24 grains 1440 28 grains i960 32 grains 2560 36 grains 3060 40 grains 4000 O A diamond weighing 80 grains is worth | •S 1(5,000, beyond which the price is not hletfriy , defined. ‘J he largest efiamoud known was ; found in India, and weighed 000 grains. It ! was valued ac B^, ( <40,000. The celebrated Koh i-noor weighs about 750 gririns. 0 i * •* *--*■ - . O “An’.Cuff, will ye be afther tipping us a lit tle bit of a mg th:s mornin’ ?” exclaimed a son of the emerald isle # to°a brother of the sa ble race, a co-laborer in the division and subdi vision of wood. 1 “Golly masse, I can’t sing.” 0 “T.’an’t sing? o \n'° what’.s yer leg stuck in the middle of your l'ut for, like a bird’s, if ve can’t sing * • 1 ® 0 A PR*OCLAMATJON. * By Ihr Gom’ii.ir of Virginia. • o Whereas, seven of £hc States formerly com -1 posing a part of the United States, have, by authority of their people, solemnly resumed the powers granted by them to the United | States and have framed a Constitution and or ganized a Gbvernmenff for themselves, to which the people of those States are yielding willing obedience, ami have so notified the President ; of the United States by all the formalities inci dent to .mch action, ;yul hereby become to tlie ! nit ■ 1 S-.ates a sepatate, independent and for eign power. And, whereas, the Constitution of the United States has invested Congress with the sole powor*“to declare war,” aqd until such declaration is made, the President has m> authority To call for an extraordinary force to wage offensive war against any foreign power; and whereas on the 15th inst., the President of , tl*i l. .died States, in plain viol ition of the Cos - etitution; has issued a proclamation calling for a force of seventy-five thousand men, u> cause the laws of the United States p) be duly execu ted over a people who .are no longer a- part of the Uffion, and in said proclamation threatens, to exert this unusual force to compel obedience, to*his mandates; and whereas, the General , Assembly of Virginia, by a majority approach” ing* to entire unanimity, has declared at its !.-* t j session, that the State of Virginia would consid er such an exertion of force as a virtual declar ation of war, to be resisted by ail the power at the command of Virginia ; and subsequently, *the “Convention now in session, representing’ the sovereignty of this State, has re-affirmed iU substance the same policy, by almost unan imity ; and whereas the State of Virginia deep ly sympathises with the Southern States, iu the wrongs tJicy have suffered, and in the position theyhave assumed ; and haviflg made earnest efforts peaceably to compose the differences which have severed Jte Union, and have failed in that attempt through this unwarranted act on.the part 8f the President; and it is believed that the influences which operate to produce this .proclamation against the seceded jStates w7ll.be brought to bear upon this Common wealth, if she should exercise her undoubted right to resume the powers granted by her peo-i pie, audit is due to the honor of Virginia that an improper exercise of * rce against her peo ple :*houM .be repelled: —Therefore I, John Lctchcr, Governor of the CommonweaJth of Virginia, have’thougfit proper to order all arm cd voluteer regiments of companies Vithvn this* State forthwith to*’hold themselves in for immediate order/, and u£on the reception of this proclamation to report to4he Adjutant Gencra*l of tiie State theirorganization and num bers, and* prepare themselves for efficient ser-‘ vice. Such companies as are not armed and equipped will fCpbrt that fact, that tiny may be properly supplied. . , In witness whereof, I have hereunto set n*y band and c-aifscd tlie Common [l* s.J wealth to ?je affixed, this day of •• 8 April, 1861, and in the 85th year pf the Commomvcalth. • . .a OIIXJ,ETCHED. * Gov. LetcherVreply to Secretary Came • • P*ON. * Department, ) Kiclftnond, April 16, 1861,1 Ilotk. Stmon tome.'on, Secretary of War : Silt: *1 received ynu- ‘telegranj of The 15til*, the genuineness of whigh 1 doubted. Sine-e fliat time I liavo received your communicidioa, “mailetl.the ean*e day, m wh?ch, I am requested to fletad*from the militia of tlie* State of \ ir ginia “tße quota designated in a table,* which you append, “to sefve as an infantry oi; *iiie men for .the period of three months, unless soon c discharged. ’ * * 8 In reply*to this cojumupication*l hawe only tli.vt the iiiiitiaof Virginia will not be Dirnisticd tofflto powers at Wasliingteq, for any uch use or pu*pose as they have in view.— Hour object is to subjugate *our Southern States, anefe sfjequisitlon made upon me ioq such an object —an object, in not within tlie purview of tlie Constitution, or the 5 qomplied with. You have chosen t<* iftaugurate civil war, and hay ing u.nc so, we will meet it, in spirit as de termined as the Administration has exhibited* O c O • towards the j3oi*th. .Respectfully, . . JOIRN EETCfIEIt. *•*■► . —. • <>nt*itii!s mid Answer's. • • O ft Question. Where ate 4no “Blue Vockadcs Answer. Shejlded. Q. Have tlyose who wore them gone to the o ° • o • .vyars? . A. “Kano/time.” ’ * * •• * . Q-Why?. ... A . Because Jthey*say there is a sufficiency of pjgfor men in the country to do a!l*th*e figbtipg necessary to lie Tone at present. Others say there is a sufficient numb or of unmarried yourm men to do the fighting now ; and, if it becoifies i. ce. aary for tnen situated Ijlce they are to go,’ thentthey will go. * Q. Where are those stump (y) speakers who would o wade to their knees in blood for the rights of the South ? * A. “They have “spimtted ’ behimkthe statute of limitation®, and say they are out of d*de. Q. Where are those able-bodied sons ? A. I didn’t make any corn last year, and I are Mictu at jf we are draf ti and wc will ‘ifloe to the qjountains” till the war ft over, ayd when Nancy kills the byar, we wlrll come down and say : “Ain4 ice Lfave, Nancy? ’ , Q. Where.is William L. Yancey ? A. Gone tolaurop Griffin t'nion. Convention of the Manufacturer* and Direct 0 Trade “Association. | jThe Manufacturers°and Direct Trade Assoty ation of®the Confederate States,, wWI ‘convgie iri Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday Ist day of May next as there will o be business of very® great importance before the* Association, it is hoped, and Earnestly desired that all the.manu facttiring establis-hmcnts in the Southern States wi[l have representatives, to facilitate and en courage theftnovemt. The following Railroads have proposed to reduce the far to half priiJt to Delegates attending this Conventi*n. * Macon and # * S. A. A* Calf Railroad. All the Southern papers will confer if favor, by gi\*ing the above ntoiee a place in their col umns* • April*!!, 1861. — Journal& Messenger. M * <, TEBJIS, TWO DOM U’.x, > l l*i Advmifc. L Can tSu* Month MnjijT- in Govcrinm nl ? Eliphalct Case, in an able communication to the Boston Post, fully answers tjii.s question, as* follows: ‘ • SfOW theie i not Kin 0 cal Bepublicans.so much Ss the difficulty the {•South will have, its ;!:■ u* < • ti.naiu n, in raising a revenue to carry on their government. Did it ever occur to i tl on this one article, of export duty, would raise on : 0250,000,000 035,000,000, and that this would not exceed one cent a pound on the entire cot’ ton crpp ? Then supj ose the South should con clude to tax the products of the Free Northern States ten per cent, and the shoes, hats and other imports ffom the Free States east ol the Alleghany mountains ten per cent*.this would yield at least 025,00* U *OO more. Then an inv* I port duty on all otli&r imports from all other [ fiarts of the Globe whould make an income o*i 010,000,000 more —OC©jOOO,OOO’ in all. Thp South is ritdi in all (he re.'ourcvs that goto make the wealth and power of great mi lions; and. can easily, within its piysent territory, support two hundred millions of people. IXiii-loqiiiii'.* Mo/11 or'null. . j Os all the exhibitions of ground and lofty tumbling that the wmjd lias yet ever seen,that jof the New York lhrald between Friday last ! and yesterday is the most ancwisirig—astonish ing weunight have sa! 1. ! “t. iiotliing in that quarter would astonish j eople, except good sense* g*odd faith, consistency and decency.— ! But to see this ll< ml which, with its paper ‘ bellows, hasfrom the beginning beei* sedulous t ly blowihg the fir&of disunion, and which only ; on* Friday, the very Vay on which the lonists attacked Fort Sumter, called on alltcon serva ,ve citizens to dnite m a great peace meet • ing for tlyj granting of c> mplmmiscs,* the giv ing up the honor of the country* the abandon | meet of its trust by the government, anything, in fact, tbht would please see this Herald not only laud “the vigorous po licy of the administration,’ and not only claim to have advised a forcible resistance to rebellion but actually prove it from its own columns, is a spectacle for tho mingfcd• mirth and gods and men.* . . *WI . tially of no importance. It has made itself widely notorious by pandering to the pettiest curiosity, thti lowest t stes, nnd.the vilest pas* ,sions of t.he*inix. <1 and floating population of a great cosmopolitan ciiy. But its influence is ever in iifverse proportion its calculation. — With every new wader h'gain at once two ceDts and fresh go n tempt. But, like mqpt otn-% er vile things, it has its uses. It is a warning and a weatner-cock. Look and learn. —New ( lark h arhl. > • * - r • • e • l*©or Jlni, Those are Croesuses whom the poGr gan pity •Men who have luitt up their gulden ‘“pi by grinding the faces of the needy* and who ’ sit brooding over their ; k.tv it bout* one. pleasant recollection connected with their ac , quisition, and without*the capacity to enjoy the wealth, for the sake*of which, they havu coined ’ their consciences aai •begrimed thei? souls. — Let no mast \jh*> earigs h; -<ilyr bre t l with hdrney hanss and streaming broyr, .envy such | poor victims of'uianiinon. j hey never knew rthe’luSurf of sl'arin a InTd-earned dollar with a comrade out of work. To shave, not to share, is kheir vacation. We have known •wealthy .skinflints who positively suffered # pai when, tleyjiad to netp their ovm children twice at table; nay, we knew one now, in a neighboring ‘ •ate, who complains bitterly of the aj* tites of hig sohs ajid daughters. People say he*is mad —but in all that njate? to making money, lie is too sanp for most of those with whom tie deals.* Better poverty anti content, than rich es am| insatiable greed..* The*desire to acquire property by honest means is *natufal rfhd j faise worthy; ’nut a sordid, worship of dollars and c<*nts, without reference to theit use as a means of prodhring wJjole*seme ofdo hig good, is something which we cannot realize, though all men c use, that the vile idolutryexists. * * * • . ; WcakCbriHtiaii!<, , * A writer in the . lissuui Bapti \ groups Gvq, classes under this title : • •. 1. There are some brethren so physically weak’ tliatfthey cam. t*. 1:, .c their Finely as higli up their pockets and some not quite so weak but tl Jit they do that, vjio :wc notable to lift them again. , . 2. There are sonn? br<?tlircn so weak frotft the labors tv business, tl at they have to walk to'church on Sabbath and some nflt quite so wealk, who can g%t thcis qnly (face a*d *• 3. *riiefe are son**so weak after tl?c toils of the day, they atp in* ‘able t<? walk to grayer meeting; and then, again, ether*who can get there who are tod weak to pray. • 04. There aro„symc brethrenTso weak, a? to be unable tv rise early,;have ?, milTwomhip be’ fore business hours; th;".i,tbre are others, v.*ho do rise early, but arc too weak to reach down the Family Bible. 5. There are s me Jir< ihreg v .;k in talents, but they are not quite so weak when a political meeting is on hand. # ° Slate of feeling at ihc North. The Express,* which.*it will be recollected, lias stood by tl°e South in all her war uvitft Ab olitioiidoin, says : “The Southern journals, which have been in dulging in the odream, that any party Jn ,tha North woufd si ind bombardment oft the bv South Carolina, will now see in Nefr York city and in tlfb North, all their illusions . dispelled, The bombardment struck but of’ existence, at once, any,,and every Northern pairfy sympathising with the South upon prin ciples at stake. “The Negro” is dead. , “An-“* ti-slavery” and “Pro slavery” arc all drowned amid tbg t “ryipof thousands and tens of thou’ sands of men rushing to arms. The “Loan, ’ that dragged and dragged, in*Wall Streep last week could be disposed iff —? 1 (I U,- 000,*tOO —if needed. # - A la<iy paying a visit to lior dauglitor, was<ryoung widow, asked her why she the widow's* garb so long ? Bear rnn, dor. t you see,” replied the daughter, “aaiuh me the expense of advertising for a husbaiVU ‘everv one,ean - B®l® bypr a , contract.” NO.. 4.