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A Sight of Hell.”
This is the title of a book by Rev.
J. Furniss, a Catholic priest, recently
published in London, “ by permission
ofhig superiors,” for the purpose, ns he
says, of Saving “ children and voting
persbhs, tvho ate often lost lor want
of being early smitten with terror.”
It is literally and entirely devoted to
the subject of its title. It describes
hell—its location, soil, streams, atmos
phere—the peculiar hotness of its beat
—the noises, the dresses, and every
thing relating to that interesting, but
not inviting country.
The reader may like to know how
Rot. Mr. Furniss (a capital name for
the author of such a fiery work) learn
ed all he tells, as lie could have hardly
gone down in his own person and got
back. He says the information comes
from Saint Frances, who was taken
out of the place by the angel Gabriel,
though how a saint came to be put
there we can’t guess. The London
Athenaaum gives the following com
pendium of its contents :
Children are informed that hell is
four thousand miles from the surface
of the earth ; that the fair Saint, St.
. itices, has been taken out of the in
terior of that place of torment by the
angel Gabriel; and from her account,
and that of other witnesses, children
have an opportunity of knowing whith
er they are sure to go, and what (hey
are certain to suffer for ever anil ever,
for the smallest mortal crimes commit
ted in the flesh.
Mr. Furniss informs the young that
bell is boundless, its plain is of red hot
iron, its atmosphere a fog of fire, its
rivers fathomless streams of seething
pitch and sulphur. Take the least
spark from hell, throw it into the
ocean, and in a moment it will dry up
all the waters and set the whole world
in a blaze.
The music of hell is not that of the
spheres, but made up of shrieks that
never subside, and unnatural sounds
from the condemned, who roar like
lions, hiss like serpents, howl like dogs,
and wail like dragons. There is a
rushing thunder as of cataracts of wa.
ter, but little children are reminded
that there is no water in Sana’s fiery
kingdom. What sounds like ti c fall
‘hereof are the torrents of scalding
tears, falling without any cessation
from millions of millions of eyes. The
y ang, too, are further sickened by the
assurance that if a body could be
snatched for a moment from hell and
laid upon the earth, the stench w in'd
be so overwhelming that everything
would wither and die. As for tlie
fearful subject of judgment, these lit.
tic ones are told, that their offending
souls will be dragged in chains before
Satan’s judgment seat, that lie is their
judge, and a judge without mercy.
“ How will your body be,” asks the
reverend gentlemen, “after the devil
lias been striking it a hundred mil
lions of years without stopping t"’
Again he says: “ The vain will have
to wear bonnets and dresses of the
hottest fire of hell, which burns every
thing forever.” The very small bon
nets worn now may be an advantage
in this terrible crisis, and might soon
be consumed, or impart only a moder
ate degree of heat. Almost universal
empire is ascribed to Satan ; c 11 power
over man is ascribed to him ; the
might, majesty, the love, the very will
of God arc burnt out by the all-de
vouring flames of eternal bell ; and
Christ is depipted as rather querulous
ly stating, that he had done his utmost
to save mankind, but that tlie devil,
after all, had far the best of it.
Such books are well calculated to
make infidels. If impressed by the
horrors related as to children, they are
very sure as men and women to “ put
them away,” with other “childish
things.” And “all the King’s horses,
and all the King’s men,” can’t replace
a childish belief once overturno 1 by
adult reflection or experience. When
they unlearn belief in a surveyed,
measured, carefully mapped bell, they
will be apt to unlearn belief in any
hell at all, and to lose faith, by asso
ciation, in other scriptural, or ortlio
aox teachings.— lndianapoli' Jour.
“ Murder Will Out.’’ —The negro
Bradley, who has been stirring up
strif'o'on tbo Islands below Savannah,
is thus referred to by the Boston cor
respondent of the Springfield Repub
lican, under date ot the 31st ultimo :
“ Aaron Bradley, the colored law
yer, from Boston, who lias been stir
ring up mischief among the negroes
down near Savannah, is well known
here. Lie was dismissed from the bar
Several years ago for mal-practice,
which consi'-ted in forgery or some
such peccadillo, but under the veil of
time, and the tenderness of the new
bureau for the colored man, he tried n
year or so ago to get reinstated, and
this time was put on examination be
fore two prominent lawyers as to bis
acquirements. The result was a ridic
ulous exhibition of ignorance and char
latanry, which made tin amusing chap
ter in the local law literature, but was
fatal to his professional ambition in
this latitude. And so he naturally
took his cheap wares and his gross ig
norance to another market, liis stir
ring up of strife among his more igno.
rant and more honest brethren in the.
Mouth is quite in keeping with his
previous character here. Bradley
. nows just enough to be a mischief
maker, and it would be a useful ser
vice doubtless to the negroes and to
good morals, to subject him to a trifle
of old fashioned plantation discipline.”
An Act Concerning the Advertise
r/unt of Sheriff's Sales. —Section 1
The General Assembly do enact, That
notices of Sheriffs sale under execu
tion shall be published weekly for four
weeks, instead of thirty days, and of
sale under mortgage executions, week
ly for eight weeks instead of sixty
days, as now required.
Approved 15th December, 1800-
jloutkni (Enterprise
(SEMI-WEEKLY.)
L. C- BRYAN, : : : : E and or.
I THOMASVILLE, GA.:
j TUESDAY”, FEBRUARY 19, 1807.
. METHODIST CHURCH FUND.
| Win. 31. Hayes, Esq., lias beeu ap-
I pointed Collector of the funds sub
| scribed for the building of the new
i Methodist Church in Thomasvillc, and
j furnished with a list of the names ol
the subscribers. Subscribers will
! therefore confer a favor on both Mr.
Hayes and the Church, by calling on
j him at his office, to settle their regu
j lar monthly instalments.
| CIIANGE OF SCHEDULE.
We call "the attend nos the public
j to the change of schedule < n the At
lantic k Gulf Railroad, published in
| our columns to-day. Each section
1 penetrated by the road, its branches
■ and eonneet ons, has been provided
for and accommodated in the best
manner circumstances will allow, and
to the greatest advantage of the com
munities served. The arrivals and
I departures of the trains at Thomas
v lie suit vs exactly, and we hope they
please equally everybody else.
BURGLAR CAUGHT.
Mr. A. Smith, of the firm of A. A
R. Smith, upon entering their store
house on Sunday morning last, found
a man in tlie store, who immediately
j took to his heels, and j a ing tli:-«u .-!.
the trap do* r into ’lie cedar, mad his
escape from the outer cellar do- r,
| which had been forced, and running
ever several men in the street made
good his retreat, in spite of vigorous
| efforts to capture him. lie was sub
sequently overtaken, however, and
; proved to be one Williams, a tinner by
trade, anew comer, and who had been
| employed for a few days by the firm,
l in the manufacture ot tin ware, lie
j is now in jail.
PRESIDENT ATLANTIC & G.
RAIL ROAD.
.Major John Screven, of Savannah,
; lias been re-elected by the Board ol
Directors, President, of the Atlantic A
| Gulf Rail Road Company, and hi
; unanimous re-election is a triumph, .ot
! vindication of his integrity and ability
!in the management of the Road,
i against all aspersions. We believe
there is no gentleman on the Board of
Directors, better qualified to liil that
! important post, and wo arc therefore
gratified by the choice they have made.
The affairs of the road are safe in the
, hands of Maj. Screven, anil the able
Board elected by the Stuckholdeis,
and we may confidently expect the
continued prosperity and advancement
of the grand enterprise.
TRAGEDY IN SAVANNAH.
An altercation occurred in the kiteh.
cn of the “ Our House” on the 17th
inst, between Philip Judge and Al
lred Meuillot, a Frenchman, cook and
waiter in the establishment., when the
I latter stabbed and killed the former
! with a carving knife, and then com -
| mitted suicide. Philip -Judge, waiter,
i had been discharged from the os tab
-1 lishmrnt and forbidden to visit the
premises. He returned, however, and
upon being reminded by Meuillot, the
cook, of the orders of the proprietor,
he made use ol language which led to
the immediate death of both parties.
MARINE DISASTER.
The screw steamer “Pity of Bath,”
of 5.88 tons, was burned off Gape 1 Pat
terns recently, with the loss of nil tier
passengers and all her crow except
lour. Twenty-two lives are said to
have been lost. The steamer left
Boston on the st!i instant, with heavy
and valuable freight.
GODEYS LADY’S BOOK-
This old and distinguished favorite
of the American ladies, never falls
behind, but is over improving, and
each year adds now beauty to what
wo already thought complete. The
March number has already reached
our sanctum, and, as usual, containing
almost everything oae wishes to know
about the house, farm, society, &c.,
whilo the tasto for the beautiful is
gratified in the highest degree.
The beautiful engraving “ Wuteli
! ing Baby,” is sweet in the extreme,
and the little girls learning to draw,
will find a capital lesson on the first
leaf.
FLORIDA SENTINEL.
The Tallahassee Florida Scntiiul
| comes to us this week much enlarged,
| and in anew and handsome dress,
j its former editor and proprietor, Uapt.
-1. I’. Oliver, has received into copart
nership, (’apt. J. !!. Buokalew, ne
phew of the distinguished U. S. Sena
tor from Pennsylvania, an.l with the
j united talents of two distinguished
Confederate Captains, we predict a
j splendid success for the Sentinel. It
• is now one of the largest papers among
j our exchanges from that State, and
I surpasses every thing in typographical
| execution. The Sentinel has our very
j best wishes for its prosperity and sue-
I CCS?.
“ THE LAND WE LOVE.”
This excellent periodical, edited by
Geu. J). 11. Hill, at Charlotte, N.
comes regularly to our table and is
! one of the most readable me urines
i published in the country. It is as
j large as the Eclectic and replete with
u'cful instruction, wit, humor. Ac.
GEORGIA DECLARED A TER
RITORY.
The passage in Congress of the bill
to reduce the Southern States to ter
ritories, has been accomplished, and
it now only remains to be seen, whe
ther the bill will survive the Presi
dent’s veto and the decision of the
Supremo Court. As matters now
stand, it is fair to presume the Radi
cals will carry the point, and the once
proud old “ Empire State," is again a
territory :
lItdULY 111 PO IST AXT !!
THE STATE OF KEORKIA Dl.'-
t i.AiiEi) \ pkovime:
A special dispatch to the Savannah
Republican, says :
Wellington, 1). (’., Feb. 17, IVG7.1 V G7.
Georgia, six years ago the great and
glorious “ Empire State ” of the South,
is to-day a Province, the vote declar
ing the painful fact having, in the Sen
ate Chamber to-day, received twenty
seven ayes to seven nays. You will
receive further particulais of this most
important act through the Associated
Press and by mail 11. 11. o.
S’ongressional-
SENATE.
Washington, February IG. The
procee tings this morning are scatter
ing. On Blaine's Amendment many
amendments were offered. The point
on which the Republicans split is tlie
Confederate vote. Ail favor blacks
v.-ting; but sonic seem to abhor tlie
idea of disfranchising whites and plac
ing the States at the mercy ot the'
blacks. Others are det, tmin.d to dis
franchise Confederates as a punish
ment. Others because they fear their
influence and votes as dangei .-a.-to the
country. -Several motions to adjourn
were negatived. Propositions to v..to
at twt lvo o’clock t fiii'-ht was rejected.
The Senate finally adjourned without
a vote or understanding. ,
In the course of the and bate Doolit
tle said the South would not accept
universal suffrage, and would prefer
military rule.
Wilson re-ponded to make them ac
cept it.
The Republican Senators held a
a caucus this morning.
\\ iison introduced a bill declaring
the amendment ratified and a part of
the Coustitu:! -n.
HOUSE.
The concurrent resolutions of the
New York legsdaturo, appro - , mg the
Districtof Columbia Suff rage Bill, were
presented.
The case of the alleged corruption
of the members inv- lving the honor
of the House, promi-itig n t to do cer
tain things if tli a President changed
his policy, embracing who the n cm
hers were, and who carried the messa
ges between them and tli • Prc-dJout,
was referred to a Select Committee of j
three.
Two and a quarter millions of and fi
lers were appropriated for Revenue
(’utter norvipn.
The Bill to build Light llou-cs at.
the following points passed: Brad
dock’s Point, Ga.; Uointahco Dink,
Ga.; Tybec I .-land Knob, Ga. ; Morris
Island, S. U.; -St. Simons, Ga.; Woll
Island, Ga. ; Sapelo Island, Ga.
Four millions eight hundred thous
and dollars were appropriated for Ri»--
rr and Harbor improvements. The
South only gets two hundred thousand
dollars for improvements at the mouth
of the Missis,sip| i river.
r l he Bill providing for a President
in case of vacancy, was passed ; first—
the pro tern President of the Seriate,
then the Sneaker, and then the -Snr
promo Judge succeeds.
'1 he Senate insisted on tlie Senate
amendment of the Bankrupt Bill, and
asked for a Committee of Conference
Stevens’ Bill was resumed.
Doolittle said it was a declaration cd
war against ten States. Doolittle closed
at half-past four o’clock.
Saulshury took the floor, when n
recess took place.
Hi.no tion or Dihecruns or the
Ati.amao & Gut.r E.ui, Koap. -
’1 ho following named gentlemen wore
i elected Directors of the Atlantic \
i Gull Railroad Company, at the stock.
| holders’meeting on the Kith instant,
j We were in einor in .Hating that. Mr.
i John Stoddard was not 10-oleetcd :
John Screven, John Stoddard, Oe
tavus Cohen, Hiram Roberts, L. (’
Anderson, W. 11. Willl-crm r, William
Duncan, 1!. D. Ataold, ( has. Green,
11. D. Weed, I. L. ViHulmiga, -I. W.
Spain, A T. Mclntyre, O. A. Cnrrv,
B. F. Britton. —Sa rannah Herald.
*'Grand Army if tic Hi pul ■He.''
A New Yoik paper says of this rr
ganization : “It that the
loaders of this dangerous burly are all
an!H i rant men. Butler is understood
to head the urgat izutiun in New Eng
land, and Gen. Bush C. Hawkins, w’u
has publisbo I his dislike of the Lieu
tenant General, is the Head Centro
in New ’fork. The cot spiraea is evi
dently aimed at the whole civil and
military power of the republic. Chaos
is coining."
L'.rtraordlii try Organisation. —lf
anything could bo losrardod as start,
ling uow-s-days, the World's exposure
of tiro ‘‘Grand Army of the Republic”
organization would create a sensation.
We have here a completely organized
army within our borders, with its otlii
oial and other appointments, issuing
its orders through the public press,
and at the sail e time without authority
of law and oven independent of the
Government Who will say that we
are not in the midst ol a revolution. —
Macon Telegraph.
Landing ot lin/ans rn Ireland. —
London, February 1 l —The Govern
me'nt has advices of the landing ol
two ship loads of Feuians at Valentin.
There arc wild rumors of tlioir inten
tion to cut the Atlantic cable.
MR. GEORGE FEAEODY.
His Munificent Gift to the South.
The following letter from Mr. Geo.
Peabody, and the accompanying reso
lutions will explain themselves :
To lion. Robert 0. Winthrop, of
Massachusetts; lion. Hamilton Fish,
of Now York ; Right liev. Charles P.
Mcllvuinc, of Ohio; General l . M.
Grant, of the Unit a! States Army;
Hon. Win. C. Rives, of Virginia;
lion John TT. Clifford, of Massachu
setts ; Hon. Wm Aiken, of South
Carolina; William M. Evarts, Esq.,
of New Yoik ; Hon. William A. Ora.
ham, of North Carolina; Charles Ma
ealester, Esq., of Pennsylvania; Geo ,
W. Riggs, i'.sq , of Washington ; Sam
uel Wetmore, Esq., of Now York : E<l
- A. Bradford, F-q , of Louisiana ;
George N Eaton, 1 - ot Maryland,
and George Peabody liu-soll, Esq., of
Massachusetts:
G ntl men : I leg to address you
on asijbjeit which occupied my mind
long be foil I left E -’.•and, am] in re
gard to which one. at least, of you the
Hon Mr . Winth p, the distinguish
ed an 1 valued iiiemfs t" whom I am
s- much \n 1- bted I r e. nlial sympathy,
Careful considerate u and wise counsel
in this matter) will remember that 1
C o',Miln and hire immediately lip n my
arrival in Ma' la-t.
1 rotor to the educational needs of
those i irt’nrs of our I loved and com
mon country which have suffered lrom
the destructive ravages and tho not
less disastrous conscquenscs ot civil
w. r
With my advancing years my at
tachment to my native land lias but
become more devoted. My hope and
faith in its -i .v-sful and glorious fu
ture have grmvn Ir.ghter and stronger,
ami now, jerking forward beyond my
stav on • . . may bis permitted to
-me who !; i; parsed the limit of three
score and ten years, 1 see our country
united ami prosperous, emerging from
the clouds which still surround her,
taking a dgher rank among the na
tions, and becoming rich and more
powerful than ever before.
But to make ber prosperity more
than sin oifacial, ber moral and intel
lectual do. elopement should keep pace
with her material growth, and in those
p. rtions of our nation to which 1 have
referred, the urgent and pressing phys
ical risod.- of i ur almost impoverished
people mist for some years preclude
them frail making, by unaided effort,
sueli advrnci - in education and snclr
progress in the diffuse ri of knowledge
among all classes as every 1 iver oi his
country must earnestly desire.
I feel most deeply, therefore, that
if. is the duty ari l privilege of the more
favored and wealthy portions of our
nation U assi.-t those who are less for
tunate, and, with the w sh to discharge
so far as I may be able my own re
sponsibility in this matter, as well as
to gratify my desire, to aid those to
whom l am bound by so many ties of
attachment- ami n-gnid, 1 give to you,
gentlemen, most of whom have been
my personal and especial friends, the
siini of one million of dollars, to be l-y
you and your successors held in trust,
,n.d the income thereof used and up.
plied in your discretion for ttie pro
motion and encouragement of intellec
tual, moral or industrial education
among the young of the more destitute
portions of the Southern and South
western States of our Union ; my pur
pose being that the benefits inteiidu 1
shall he distributed among the entire
population, without other distinction
than their needs and the opportunities
of usefulne a to tliimi.
Besides the ineoum thus devised, I
give to you permission to use lrom the
principal sum, within the next two
years, an amount not exceeding forty
per cent.
In addition to this gift, I place in
your 1 a lids bonds of the Stat- of Mis
sissippi, issued to the Planters’ Bank,
and commonly known as Planters’
Bank bonds, amounting, with interest,
to about eleven hundred thousand dol
lars, the amount realized by you from
which is to be added to and used for
the purpiao of this trust.
These bonds were originally issued
In pay stock in that bank held
by tin! State, and amounted in all to
only t ,J i) millions of dollars. For
many years the Mate received large
dividends from that bank over and
above tli® interest on these bonds.—
The State paid the inteiest without
interruption till ISIO, since which no
inti rest Ins been paid, except n pay.
incut of dbout one hundred thousand
dollars which was paid in the treasury,
applicable to tbo payment of the eou
pons, mid paid by a mandamus t f the
riupiviuu Uuurt. The validit vof those
bonds lias never been questioned, and
they must not be co:.founded with an,
1 oilier issue of bond t made by the State
to flic Union Bank, the recognition ol
which hrs been a subject of controver
sy with a portion of tho population ol
Mi i-s:j ; .
Various acli* of the Legislature, viz:
of February 28, 1842; February 23,
18-11 ; February D’>, 18 1(1; February
28, IS pt < M in-el) I, !<!<, and the
highest judicial tribunal of the State
has confirmed their validity, and 1
have flo doubt (bat at an early day
such legislation will bo had as to make
those lands available in increasing
the in cfnlncss of the present trust.
Mississippi, though now depressed,
is lieli ii agricultural resources, and
cannot long disregard the moral obli
gation resting upon her to make pro
vision for their payment. In confirma
tion of what 1 have said in regard to
the h rislative and judicial action con
cert ing tie State bonds issued to the
I'baiter'- Bank. 1 Imrevvith place in
your hands the documents marked A.
t he details and organization of the
trust I leave with you, only requesting
that Mr. Winthrop may be chairman
and Governor Fisk and Bishop Mcll
vatue chairman ot your body. And 1
! give to you power to make all necessa
ry by-laws and regulations, to obtain
an act of incorporation, it any shall be
found expedient, to provide for the ex.
ponses of the trustees and of any
agents appointed by them, and gen
erally to do all such acts ns may he
necessary for carrying out the provis
] ions of this trust.
All vacancies oecuring in your num
ber by death, resignation, or otherwise,
shall be filled by your election, so soon
as conveniently maybe, and having in
view an equality of representation so
far as regards the Northern and south
ern States.
I furthermore give to you the pow
er, in case two-thirds of the trustees
sir.ll at any time after the lapse of
thirty years deem it expedient, to close
this trust, and of the funds which at
| that time shall be in the hands of
yourselves and your successors to dis
tribute not less than two-thirds among
such education or library institutions,
or for such educational purposes in the
States for whose benefit the income is
now appointed to be u-ed. The re.
mairider may bo distributed by the
trustees for educational oiMibrary pur
poses whenever they may deem it ex
pedient.
In making this gift I atn aware that
the fund derived from it can but aid
the States which I wish to benefit in
their own exertions to dispense the
blessings of education and morality.—
But if this endowment shall encourage
those now anxious for tho fight of
knowledge, and stimulate to new cf
furts tho very good and noblo men
who cherish the high purpose of plac
ing our great country ti reniost not
only in power, but in the intelligence
and virtuo of her citizens, it. will have
accomplished all that I can hope.
With reverent recognition of the
need of the blessing of Almighty God
upon this gift, with the fervent prayer
that under ilis guidance your coun
sels may be directed for the highest
good of present and future generations
in our beloved country, I am, gentle
men, wit!) great respect, your humble
servant,
Gu.or.GE Peabody.
Washington, Feb. 7, 18C7.
Upon the receipt of tho above let
ter by lion. Robert <!. Winthrop, a
meeting of the gentlemen named in it
was called to consider the matter,
whereupon the following action was
taken : The following resolutions were
presented by Bishop* Mcllvainc, of
Ohio, and signed by those trustees
present in Washington :
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, our honored countryman
and friend, George Peabody, has, in a
letter just communicated to the urider
signoi, made known Iris determination,
out of a grateful sc use of the manifold
goodness with which God has prosper
ed liis life, and of an earnest desire to
promote the best interests of his fol
ioweitizens, to devote a munificent do
nation of property for certain most
iii.-e and beneficent uses indicated in
said letter, and has requested us to
take in trust tho charge and manage
ment of the same ; therefore,
Resolved, That tho undersigned,
being the trustees assembled in Wash
ington, deeply sensible of the honor
conferred on them by a trust of sueli
imminent importance and responsibili
ty, and realizing their dependence up
on the guidance and filessing of God
(■> bo enabled to discharge its duties
with such wisdom and faithfulness as
may Lost secure the benevolent tie
•si 'iis of the gilt, do hereby accept the
office of trustees of the same, and pro
mise our best exertion in its behalf.
Resolved, That we hereby express
to Mr. Peabody our grateful apprecia.
tinn of the enlarged and unprecedented
generosity which, alter hairing bestow
ed on the poor of tho city of London
a bounty that drew firth the admira
tion of Europe, and after having ex
ceeded the same in his recent return
to his native land in benefactions to in
stitutions ot learning and education in
the Middle and l'hisfem States of the
Union- has now c owned tho whole
with the last deed of patriotism and
loving kindness so eminently calcula
i ted to bind together the several parts
; of our I cloved country in the best
I bonds if mutual well-doing and regard.
| Resolved, 'i l.atvv > express to Mr, Doa
! body our respectful and affectionate
• prayer that, in the gracious providence
of oor Heavenly Father, liis valuable
hie may b : long spared to witness the
success ot liis benevolent contributions
to the happiness of fellow -citizens in
all parts of his own and beloved land,
and that many of them whom God lias
blessed with largo pos c.-sions may he
induced to billow his example of wise
and noble employment of wealth for
t‘ e good of man end th ■ glory of God.
Robert <’. Winthrop, (.’lms. P. McII
vainc 1 8. (ir.mt, Gen 1 I S. A.,
Wiliam Aiken, Wm. 31. Evarts, D.
'i aealester, George W. Biggs, Samuel
Wednoro, George N. Eaton, George
Peilmdy Bussell.
Wo learn that an organization has
already been effected, ol which lion.
Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts
is chairman, and 31 r. Russell, ol Mas
sachusetts, recording secretary f* •in -
mittees of finance and inquiry have
been appointed, and it is the intention
of the trustees to commence active op
erations as soon ns possble.
Hard Kicks from a “ /bad" king
Nrivv York, February 12.--The Tri
bune's 3lat.uuoras special of the 7th
.avs Mintnon took the city ol Zacate
cas with 20u0 prisoners. Juarez, who
was there, had to leave ill a hurry, ta
ke g the road to Chihuahua. A spe
cie train ot 880,000, which left Zaca*
toe.is before Juarez, has probably fall
en into the hands of the linpetmli-ts.
It is reported that the Liberals, 14,>
000 strong, have been defeated by
9000 Imperialists, fit t wee u ivm Luis
and V'arotero.
Meerschaum Pipes.
The mineral meerschaum is well
known to be a hydrated silicate of
magnesia, with two equivalents of wa
ter. The variety most valued is com
pact, susceptible of being wrought,
and of receiving » beautiful polish. It
sis almost exclusively employed for ma
king tobacco pipes and cigar hollers.
A strange announcement has recently
been put forth, that it may be substi
tuted for the subnitrate of bismuth in
choleric diseases. Deposits of meer
| schaurn are very rare, which accounts
for its high price. Seme veins, how
i ever, arc found in the Paris basin, at
j Chenevieres, in the environs of Mad-
I rid, but these arc of little value com
pared with the article from Asia Mi,
nor, being too suft and fragile. The
1 mining of meerschaum is carried on
largely at Klitchik, in Anatolia ; the
ki.ud found there, though soft and
greasy to the touch when Irish, becom
ing bird and white in the fire. Some
obscurity exists still, as to the mode of
preparing crude meerschaum, never
theless it is known that tho pipes
made in Anatolia are moulded. The
crude earth is kneaded and pres-cd
| into moulds, tho article being then
j dried in the sun and hardened in the
; lire. It is then boded in milk, dried
anew and polished. The pipes thus
moulded on the spot are little in de-
I marid, those wrought in Germany or
! Belgium being much more esteemed,
i The meerschaum which is to be expor
I ted is prejared at Koriie, moulded in
! to blocks, dried and slightly baked.—
I After cutting out, the manufacturers
are in the habit of submitting the
pipes to a preparation with wax, sper
maceti or paraffine. The chips are
powdered, formed into a paste with
water, dried and hardened in the fire.
The pipes made from this waste mate
rial are, however, of an inferior qual
ity ; the first baking to which the ma
teria! was originally submitted, having
produced slight frittage, which ren
ders subsequent cohesion difficult to
produce.
What of the Right ?. —3l ilitary
power, says 3lr. Henry J. Raymond,
is the last resort of a decayed and dy
ing Republic. Iu that compact and
superb sentence is all the wis
dom of political prophecy and complete
answer to Mr. Taddeus Stevens and
his military bill. Notwithstanding his
vacillation, 3lr. Raymond is frequently
sound and philosophic, few men un
derstanding better than he how to
| salt down a great truth in a snug sen.
| tetice. When military power smites
I the South, it will not he long before its
rule advances Northward. The rnon
| ster that Frankenstein created is a
| cherub to the monster that Mr. Ste
vens hopes to vitalize. Its huge de
i fortuity lies at the doors of Congress
awaiting life. It will probably be
galvanized info motion and live to
persecute its authors. When Congress
surrenders to the army, it not only
destroys the Repub ic but annihilates
itself. Cromwell is even now crouch*
j ing in the shadow of the Capitol. The
! chances are that we must have a Lord
Protector before the days of restora*
tion. — Augusta Constitutionalist.
The Homan Catholics. —Wo clip
the paragraph below from the Southern
Herald, of the 21st :
“The boldest man that signed the
Declaration of Independence was
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, a Catho
lic; the most distinguished foreigner
S that aided the colonies in their strug
| gle with Gr-.’at Britain was LaFayctte,
| a Catholic; the fiist Euprcati power
i that recognized the independence of
j the United States was Catholic France,
j the best expounder of t lie Constitu
j tinn, and, therefore, tho best friend of
! the South was chief Justice Taney, a
j Catholic ; the host friend of the Con
j federate States, among the potentates'
| of the world, was the Pope of Rome,
I a Catholic ; among the best chaplains
lin the Confederate army were the
| Catholic priests; among the best, if
| not the best, nurses, or attendants, or
habitual visitants at tho Confederate
i hospit ds were ttie “Sisters of Charity.”
I Catholics; John 3lullaly, the best
friend, among the j-mrrialis‘B North
that the South lias had during the
war, and the best yet, is a Catholic;
Father Ryan, author of the “Con
quered Banner,” and the “Sword of
i Lee,” and in fact, the best lyrical poet
! in America, and not a whit behind the
best of Southern patriots, is a Catho
lic ; and last, not least, Catholics were
tlio first that proffered to aid in sup
porting and educating the orphanized
children of the beloved chieftain that
is imprisoned and suffers for us all.
/lad Xrtcx nf /trtemu* ll'ird. —“l
fear,” writes a London correspondent,
“ that poor Artcmus Ward wili not he
able t continue his entertainment at
Egyptian Hall much longer. The
physical labor is l-eyond his stiength
liis attempt to bo witty night, after
night, in the same words and with the
same gestures, is a ‘damnable itera.
tion,’ which weighs him down with in
tolerable heaviness. Apparently this
feeling has taken possession of our
friend ‘Among the Mormons’ The
other evening Mr. Ward fainted awny
while and livering bis lecture, and bad
to be removed from the platform. He
looks - xtremely ilk You will see that
his papers in Hunch are discontinued."
An Fjn'iframafic Slay at Sutler. —
We doubt whether any name in mod.
ern history lias been so essentially
banded down as tli it gl Benjamin F.
Butler. North, South, E i-t and West
from every quarter he catches it.
Here is a lick which -me scribbler in
Connecticut sends to the New HueCti
Register:
till- It A M,
How brave a soldier Butler n<,
Let this one fact reveal,
That even silver spoons and forks
Were worthy of hi? ?tea!.
I*roccttii,ig s ol Council.
COUNCIL IIOO.M,
Thomasvillc, Feb. 18th, 1807.
Council met this njght in re-mlar
meeting. Present lion R. I[. Harris,
31 yor; Aldermen DeU itt, Read,Tay
lor, Uanseil, Hammond, Rawer."
I lie minutes of last meeting were
read and confirmed.
Alderman Bower rcDortcd that he
had seen Mr. Snyder, 31 r. Wilson, aud
lastly, 3lr. Ilaines, and had taken
steps towards a favorable arrangement
of disposing of the dirt which mav be
taken from tlio cut, in extending
Broad street across the Railroad. °
Alderman Hammond, from the Joint
Committee on Ordinances and Finan
ces, juade a report on the License Or
dinances, embracing anew Ordinance
on the subject of Licenses, to go into
operation on the first day of Mare’ll,
next ensuing. The report; was re
ceived, arid on motion made and car
ried, the hill was read twice, amended
and engrossed for a third reading at
the next meeting. 'I he report and
hill will appear in o-ir next paper.
Alderman De\\ itt suggested the
building ot an Engine House for the
use of. the Eire Company now organ
ized in this place. °
Moved ;md carried, that Gonncil as
sure the Fire Company that they wifi
f rovide them with a suitable, house
when their engine arrives.
Council then adjourned.
W3l. CLINE, Clerk.
From Washington.
Washington, February 10, p. m .—•
'1 ho Republican caucus appointed a
committee of seven to combine 8to•
vens and Kliot's I),ills 7 to apply to all
Southern States.
i wo hundred and eighty farms, un
der the lii me.-lead Law, an; reported
from Florida during January.
Another Gift Jrom Mr. Peabody.—
The Boston correspondent of tho
Springfield Republican states that
George Peabody, (he London banker,
lias made a gift of $140,000 to tlio
Essex Institute, located in Salem,
-Mas*. —$100,000 for tho endowment
of professorship and $40,000 for build
ings.
His possessions a*7e estimated at
§50,000,000,
Ne-jV York, Feb 15, i> m.— Cotton
firm arid excited. Sales 2,000 bales;
middling 3lobilo, at 33c. Flour de
clined 10a 15c ; Western §8 40a12 20 ;
Southern $lO 50alG 30. Wheat 2a3c
lower. Co-n advanced lc; mixed
Western $1 09al 10. Oats lower;
\\ estern 07 iGlc. Mess Pork §2O 75.
Provisions dull. Sugar steady.--
Whisky quiet- Rice dull. Nava!
Stores quiet. Freights firm : Cotton
per sail Jai ; steamer .? ; Grain GaGl.
Mac it,‘the correspondent, at Wash
ington, of the Cincinnati Commercial,
a Radical paper, says that a few days
ago Thad Stevens said to a friend :
“ The Constitutional Amendment was
a good tiring to electioneer on, but it
isn’t worth a d—o to reconstruct with.”
“Fort 11ii.1,” the home of the la
mented Calhoun, will bo sold at Pick
ens Court House, on sale day, in
March next, to the highest bidder,
under a decree from the Court of
Equity
Over §33,000,000 will lc needed
tLc ensuing year for pensions to inva
lids created by the war. The poopin'
arc being made to realize, in moro
ways than one, ujiat a costly game
lighting is.
“ Why will you persist in wearing
another woman’s hair on your head
asked Acid of his wile. She retorted,
“Why will you persist in wearing
another sheep's wool on your back ?”
I\ TIIOII ISVII-I-L’.
1) ‘ 11. DlATTlimra ha-- onencil a
▼ t • House of Ktili rtaimnent for Ilia own
benefit and l lmt of flib'l raveling public. At»n,
win fceep fVivafT* nonrdciV
H is t•*rin» are mode/afe.
(Jive him a tiial. ’
liis House is on Broad Street, ia front of th*
Court House, known uh the Col. Seward or
Mcl«endon property.
W M. MATTHEWS
Feb Ift
Atlantic A Gulf Rail Rond Cos.,
(H ni.Si ’ KBiNrr ndf.n r’s Office,
Savannah, Feb. 15, 18t»7.
Change ot Schedule.
To take effect Sunday I’Th. 17th
VI ni l Traiu Weal.
I.eave Navunnah 8.30 I\ M
Arrive at Thoimutvilic 7 4; A >l.
“ “ Cive Oak 030 A M
“ “ Jacksonville 1J 40 IV M.
*’ “ T.illahaf*t*«* 3 519 I*, M.
Wnil Truitt l-lnii.
f.envo Tnl!ahti*.*e<‘... 10.15 A M.
Heave Jacksonville O.Jrt p >|
!.t av« Liv- Oak. 8 00 p M.
Heave TlmmanvHTe 845 P M.
Arrive at Sarnminli dOO A M.
This Trnin will not h ave Savannah on Sat
tird.iv night, nor Live Oak and Thninarville on
Sunday niarht There will he an aecom
nimlution train hot ween Thomasr.Jle and Stn
thoi No. 9, TI ebeauvilh- Leaving Thomas
ville at St#) A. M **n Mondavi*. Wednesday*,
and Kridav.i, and arriving at Tbouun»vilte 5 f *
P. M ,on Tuesdayn, Thnr*duvn and Satordavs.
Ii s HALVES, *
F\ b if) lm Gcui Sup't.
1\ " ll.la IIESOI.O before the Court
yy Home door in l on tke
First Tuesday in April nett, all the
Town Lots in Thotna»Tille, belonging to
the estate of Thornns M. B 4ton, dec* 1.
WM. If. GOLD WIRE,
Feb 10 td
€«I'OK4«T l f hotiin* f’ontify.
( t irk s Oirtrt Inferior Cocrt, J
February IS, !Su7. \
\I.L person* concerned nr* hereby notified,
that Jtdm J Kfunm. a Justice of thr IVare
in mid tor r e 75<ih Dirtm-i, ft M . of’ said
county, transmits to me Hie foilowinir dracrip
tiou of an ertiay taken up by Partly Wynn,
aud ffoarribed by h»:u a* follow*, tinder oath
A Ked lietfcr. with some white cm the left
fore leg, gome white «>ti her belly, some whii»*
ou earn thigh, mark, swallow fork in each
ear, »>»ont three rears and eia'ht mouths old
L t.»LKLK, (. f r
Feb 19 It