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THO GA.
OFFICE e ’ l™- >“ *ero,id ttory of
S’.ark't Confectionary.
L. C BRYAN. R H- HARRIS.
Mar 14 11 ts
S. B SPENCEB,
XTTOKN KV A T IAW ,
ThonaaaTille, Aieorgia.
Will attend promptly to all c c,l buriuess en
inißteil lu h!8 cam m the SHMitheni Circuit,
tlmcli and Ware ol the Brunswick Circuit.
Jau 31 * > ,J .
C. P. HANSELL, ,
ATIO RN E Y A T I- AVV , (
I’hauiaai ille, llcorgia.
Jan 31 5 ly
ROBERT G. MITCHELL,
AiTO KN K V A i LAW,
THO.vI.vSVILLti, GA.
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. to oA tueir services to tue citizens ol 1
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L.. O. iUXOLJ,
RESIDENT DENTIST
•i , a_MAsVli.X,li, GA. I
tylLI. be tound at the old
▼ V -laud occupied ay hi'ui tor
Ut Un leu years |
Aug.£M2n*
Dr. W P CLOWER
I I VYING permanently located ill lliomas
J 1 vtile, oiler* ms toh **udal Hlvii-
• to l.>e public. ~
k ijr rtir. at the Diu n ’ Store of W. I*. f
Ctoa cr .V V o.
. V iU..-li)GXCG —the house foruicrlv oc
copied uy i>r. llraudon. mar 1-i Iv
nif. it. 1% . I i 1> ill •
Having permanentty located in Thomas
viU, rvspcctipily ou-.-rs ii*-> services to me 1
Citizens oi lUe XoWU auil auiTouu twig
buuiury, in tite practice 01 Alcdictue, isurs
ge tj „it .Vliawiicry. v itl also pay spe
cial u.tcuuou to >lic trealtueut ol Diseases
ot > oaten. viJtce tt. tl. r.vatts old Atore
up stalls. jatil 1 -din
1 . C. . r I H titldOX ,
1 Gr.uiuult of (Jttcei* 4 C'tUrge.)
Rill SICA A ? SLUoEtjN, Ac., . ,
Boston. Georgia.
\iav be consulted at .Vi y. Murphy a neat -
Dalituad Station. ‘ ‘• . . 1
APOTHECARY
~£3L /A T ,T -
W. ?. CLOWER & CO.,
L)iitditilS i
Jl.vc retiovstcd an! refit,ed the Store next
xo Yoiiag’s Hotel, for the purpose Ot cs
lajlishtng a
ftrst Class Drug Store.
i 11c new firm ask tor 1 shave ot pat mu-
and invite Hie attennow ot tne citi
uus to their well selected stoed ot
,dcdk-lnes<
I'aai j iind Toilet Articles,
,voap.<i dad Pei’luuiery.
Tine Rifoa and tdt fi'eas.
ivci'Oiiue Lauipau.i on,
iilN. i**-
Together with every other aiiiele usually
kept mi .1 well itipuittlvd Dt Stol e.
jV“ luy Mill til Prescriptions’ carefully
prepared. - 4-a
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XiPLUCiS
MEDICINES.
rrVic un.ler-igned having purchase the
I elegant Drug Store o: Dr Little, take
pleasure in. announcing *0 Hie people 0
Thom tsville. and the country generally,
that tlicv have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs and Medicines. 1 hints
Oils. Perfumery. Stationery, ct.. etc fall
■ and examine for y uirselves
l*,v strict attention to bus,ness, eourte
mts'and honorable dealing with our cus
hope ro meril an I receive lit>c
‘"‘” ‘"TISS .V CASSELS.
James N. Wins.
Samif-l J. Cassbis.
jan 1< ts
FRESH DRUGS
Dr, r S BOWETR has just received a
large stock of fresh Drugs, purchased
the best manufactories in the l tided
states, and embracing every article in the
Medical Department. i/is Drugs wen
purchased wiih the view of supplying the
market with the very
Best Quality of Medicines
manufactured, and the prices were not
therefore consulted, //e will nevertheless
sell upon easy •< rm. and feels sure that
he can give satisfaction.
Thankful for the liberal patronage ex
tended to him heretofore by the people of
Thomas Count v. he hopes to merit a eon. >n
nation of their favors, //e may be found
„ t his old Stand opposite n :
Jan 4, ts .
CEOBGIA— Clinch €•■*•
Whereas Zilta King applies to said Court
{ J letters of Guardianship, tor the property
iverson and etfects of Duncan Henderson, dec and.
All persons are notified to file the.r object.mis
in said Court otherwise said letters will
granted in terms of the law y IO Rf; A N.
Feb -21 8 40d Ordinary.
naffO Vlonth- from date, npplii'n-
I tion will be m de to LvnndesConrt of Or
dinarv. for leave to sell the Rea! Estate of
Archibald Mclntyre, latent’ saul Countr.^dec’d.
Mar 5J f?ra Adm r.
JDMjUJSION merchants.
GEO. T. PATTEN,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
TUO.BASYILLE, GA.
\rILl. pitreii.n*: t.ul. t!*.ltnl. Baron
1 t siiigar, Syrup Woo*. At - ., Ac. o
Co.iimisavtu, fnrward Cotton and l i”
diice to Savannah, and Goods Irom Depot t
>t!ier p-ants
Oi ders and Consignments solicited'.
Feb 14 ‘ Jla
GEORGE PATTEN,
jtv ox*w a r and. in s
AND
C 011 11ISSBO V M rilfll AN L
MAV.4AAAH, GEORGIA.
rfVp.XDERS his services to the Merchants of
1 Thomasville. and tlie Tiiomas
Count v. for the forwarding “t D tods, the sale
„t pi-.', uce mid purchase “t Napphes. „ud i
spectfullv solicits their patronage „
*Feh 14 4 • iIII
J, R. S. BAViS a CO,,
Auction & Commission
MERCHANTS,
Veit door 10 B. A 1.. tioldfcerry’• Store.
CJOLICIT consignments of goods of all d<
script ions Particul ir attention paid t
1 llino real and personal property.
Auction sales on \1 eduesuays and Satur
days-day and night. j r g DAVI S,
G. A. JEFFERS.
Feh 14 7 - 3 m!
F. W. SIMS.) ( J. P. NY HEATON,
I. ite of the > ’ Ita eof the firm of
K puldican. ) ( Wilder, Wheaton & Cos
F. W. SIMS & Cos.,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
FACTORS AND GENERAL
DEALERS IN
llerdiandive. Produce, Tim
ber, liiiiiiher ond Cotton.
Consignments and orders respectfully solicit
ed, and whether by wagon, river, railroad or
sea. will receive the strictest attention.
The Forwarding Business carefully and
promptly done. mar < 10-fira
MILLER. THOM4S R Cos,
GEWHXAAXi
COMMISSIOXd; GROCERY
MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
A. J. MILLER. SAMt’KL B. THOMAS.
. Q . LIYIXGSTOX.
Jan 24
J, L. VILLALONH
COTTON FACTOR
?331A]0 Ifi AID CiMHISSM
Mercliant
No- 94 Bay Street,
jau 1-Sm >.l 1.1 \ A 1//, GA..-
TItSON ife GORDON,
I'OTTOX FACTORS,
MI AH mVAIHK
MERC
9o Bay Street,
•< A VANN VII OKOKG fA.
Special attention will be given to the sale
of SYUUP, LUMBER, ROSIN, TURPEN
TINE, &c.
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SAVANNAII. Ist., Sept., IBGO.
We are again in our old Office, prepared
for business. An experience in this city
o over eleven years, and our undivided
iltention to all business entrusted, induces
us to hope for a continuance of the liberal
patronage heretofore extended.
WM. H. TISON,
WM. W. GORDON.
Jan l 3m
F. Nchii-tcr. Hriuniua.
SSHUSTER & HEINSIU3.
Siiippirig,
M 1: R l IB 4 STS,
I4vß Kay M., NAVANNAII, Cia’
Consignments of Cotton for sale in this
market or for shipment to our friends in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston Balti
more. Liverpool and Germany are solicited
and liberal advances made. Orders for
Wines, Liquors, Groceries, &c., promptly
attended to. ,
AGENTS FOR
CTciiic dc Kouzy and Veuve CTiequol
CIIAM PAGNE.
DILTHEY, SABL & CO’S.,
Rhine Wines, and P. I, de Tenet & de
Georges’
BORDEAUX WISES.
Nov 8 6mo
ROBT P YORK. j ,T. B. MeIXTYRE
M. K. WILLIAMS, i P. H. WARD.
YO!KJILL!ftMH’ISTYRE & C!,
AI'CTIOX
COMMISSION
RIERCHAKTft,
BAY STREET, Savannah, Geo.
('aniigiinH-ntii of
rOTT> ASD M MIBF.R Solicited.
REFERENCES:
Brigham, Baldwin i Cos .Savannah, Gaden
Ac I'nckles. Savannah. Laae D. Laßoche. Sa
vamirdi. Hunter A: Gammell, Savannah, Erwin
> \ Ha?ilee. Savannah, Hiram Roberts. Savan
nah, W. Woodbriiltje, Savanna , L. C.. Xor
vell A Co*. Savannah. S T Knapp & Bro , ■
Xe"’ York. D H. Baldwin Ac Cos., New York.
Xov 8 .
TICE. —Will be sold on the First iues
day in April nex'. at the Court House, in
r the town of Thornasville. within the lesral
hours of sale. Lot of Land. Xo. 32, in 14th
District. The property ot the estate of Geo.
Folsom deceased. Terms on dav of sale.
.TOST \H J EVERETT.
Feb •?! 6 td Adm r.
Lloctiul
f.go AW rc HO.
Bf JOHS G. SAXE.
I asked of Echo t'other day
Whose words are few and fann\),
What to a voice she would say,
Os courtship, love, and matrimony
Quoth Echo, plainly,” Matter o money .
Whom s’ ould I marry ?—''ould it be
A da-hing damsel, gay and pert,
A pattern of inconstancy,
Or seliis 1. merivnar , 1 .rt 1
Quoth E ,10, sharply, ‘ Nary flirt.
What if weary of the strife
That long lias lured the dear deceiver,
She promised to amend her life
Ami sin no more.- —can 1 believe her .
Quoth Echo, with decision, “Leave her ! ‘
But what, if some maiden w • 1 ’•eart
On me should venture to bestow it,
Pray, should I act the wiser part,
To take the treasure or forego it 1
Quoth Echo, very prompt >o it!”
But what, if seemingly afraid
To hind her heart in Hymen s fetter
Bhe vows she means to die a maid.
111 answer to my loving letter! ’
Quoth Echo, very coolly, “Let her!”
What if in spite of her disdain,
I find inv heart, entwined about
with Cn[fid's dear delicious chain,
So closely that 1 can't get out ?
Quoth Echo, laughingly, “Get out!’’
But if some maid with beauty blest,
A- pure and fai r as Heaven can make her,
Will share my labor atid my t est
fill envious Death and th overtake her ?
Quoth Eclio, notto voce, “ Take her !”
John Brougham's “Tread Ligh .for
my heart is under your feet, lovo,’’ i
tuore than iju died by a lover win
thus .goes skating; on his lady’s heari
Thy heart is like a frozen lake, .
On whose cold brink I stand ;
Oil, buckle on my spir t’s skate,
And take me by the hand,
An i lead, thou loving saint, the wa\
To where the ice is thin.
That it ! . y b:eak beneath my feet,
And let a lovej in.
Sc’frtfb Hlisccllann.
-% VQrlbi'rU FMlitii il<- of C'uf(‘4<'rnti
l.i'uilnu.
M e extract Hie following from a
long review ofthj late war in tin
New York Citizen, a Republican pa
per, edited by Col. Hatpin, late of <he
United States army :
DAVIS.
Let those loyal gentlemen, disci les
of Mr Abbott, who worship the char
acter of Bonaparte, make some consis
tent homage to the brilliant directory
of Jefferson Davis. Both were mci
of destiny, arid the personnel of the
survivor is by far the nobler. Os the
fallen angels, Senate Halls, he made
the most courtly adieu. Os all the
traitors he was most entirely in earnest.
Os all decision his was the sagesi, the
promptest and the most eduring. He
only, of the conspirators, felt that his
qunrel with the Union was ineconeili
able, and stood by bis eapitol to the
!a-t, and has never yet advised sub
mission. II is captivity has been belit
tled by none of Bonaparte's querulous
ness. Blind, and gray, and wasted, his
dominions are narrowed to a casemate,
while the republic he would overthrow
reaches to the silent ooea s.
LKE.
In Robert Lee the same austere
I ‘rovidence to purify our republicanism
shattered our faith in traditional res
pectability. The heir of Washington
went with the rest of the new chivalry,
and with ten times the ta'ont of that
threat Fabius, crushed the armies ol
our lesser respectabilities, till he met
in Grant a man without a pedigree.
lc was the equal of Wellington in
manoeuvring great bodies of troops up
on small interior forces The Duke at
>\ aterio fought his whole armv u?> r
a mile &a< rter area ; but ],ee, at Cold
Harbor for five days presented a solid
line of battle wherever we sought him,
till his whole force seemed manoeuvred
by the wink of his eye, and every sai
-1 lent that we touched was a corps.
W hile the fortificat ons of Richmond
stand, his name shall evoke admira
tion. Trie art of war is unacquainted
with any defence as admirable. Splen
did as were the triumphs of his en
gineering. the victories es his infantry
were Ins best movements, Bu f over
the glory of his talent fell a shadow as
eternal as his memory—the frown of a
resolute Democracy, whose sacrifice
was longer than his art.
STUART.
I stood in the cemetary of Holly
wood at the grave of Stuart—a space
without a shaft. He revolutionized
the cavalry tacties ot our time, and
was in dash and dissoluteness the
Prince Rupert of the West. Forrest
and Stoneman, Morgan and Grii rson.
Mosby and Kilpatrick, were his imita
tors. He inaugurated the grand raid
which taught Sheridan the i othing.
ness of distance, and emboldened Sher
man to tear the continent like a pc cket
map.
The fervid imagination of the Soulh
ern peuj le, demonstrated in feats of ro
mance like Stuart's made them, during
the war, the great suggestive captains.
They built the first iron clad, made the
fir-t of the great raids, and under
Stonewall Jackson executed the earli
est of the great infantry marches. But
the colder adaptability of the North de
veloped every hint from the South in
to a perfect system. The experiment
of the Merrimac has grown to the
Dictator, the Dunderberg and theTron.
‘1 homasville, Georgia, W ednesday, April 11, 1866.
>ides. The engineering assiduity ot
Beauregard, imitated by the North,
has marked the camps ot our armies,
as it the protecting mountains had fol
lowed our columus. But it nay be
doubted that any division commander
has yet arisen to rival the splendid
infantry genius ot Jackson.
JACKSON.
As Lee was of manoeuvre, Jackson
was the great captain ot aggressive
warfare. He combined the cunning
and the boldness of Napoleon. To
cover his gre t movements by the flank
in 1862, he aid not hesitate to fight
Pope’s whole army with a division,
and the celerity of his march up the
Shenandoah, to appear again on the
field of Bull RSo, was only equalled
by the energy of his attack. He moved
infantry with the apeed of horse, and
hav.ng hurled three great commandi rs
back from the Old Dominion, died be
fore the lustre of its arms had dim
inished in that flush of victory when
rebellion had assumed, indeed, the
proportions of a nation, lie was the
iiio-t repridican of rebels, stern and
simple as any Round head, and this is
why we hold his memtry greener than
that of his companions w hose defection
to the Union was augmented by their
treason to popular institutions.
There were other personages identi
fied with this grand historical defence
but these are the great statures— Davis,
Lee, J ackson, Stuart, Beauregatd.
■
1 ]’ it illia g luriilcat.
A contributor to tne Atlanta Intelli**
gencer concludes bis “Reminiscences
of the War, No. 2,’’ with the following
thrilling incideut of the battle of Get
tysburg ;
When Gen. Longstreet advanced
upon the Federal left its first line was
carried, but the enemy being heavily
reinforced, ral ied, and in turn, drove
our portion of the (Anderson’s brig
ade) lrom the position, as well a- other
brigades on our right and left. Again
we charercd and again were driven
back. This was a critical moment for
ns ; nearly all of our general officers
were killed or wounded. Our heav)
line had crumbled to a mere hanalul,
and the flower of Longstreet's corps lay
welt ring in Wlood. We were alo vly
retreating, leaving many of our dead
arid wounded in the hands of the exul
ting foe. The hosts ot the enemy came
on tike the mighty tides of the ocean,
and the loud paens of victory were al
ready rising Irom their haughty lips
The blue hills in their rear were brist
ling with bayonets, and p-mring tor
rents of reinforcements down the'r
winding slope. Now when we should
have been reintorced with 30,000
troops, Gen Lee had not a mau to send
us. Officers broke their swords upon 1
the rocks, and many of the men wept.
Our dead and wounded comrades lay
around us by thousands, and it seemed ,
as if there was no hand to save the
shattered remnant froui destruction
But aid did not come —a man—a soli
tary man threw himself before the jug
irernaut of Federal power, and alone
un 1 unaided, sought to stay its onward
progress. I remember, as if it were but
yesterday, th< zouave cap and iron grey
heard of the stranger None knew
him, but all idolized hint for his br;:ve
ry He moved through the awful
storm with a steady step and his uplift
ted sword seemed to say to the advanc
ing foe, “thus far shalt thou come and
no farther.” He said nothing, but his
god like exampled made a hco of eve
ry tnan who saw him. So!die;s talk
ed in the face of their comrade, and
the question came simulta eously to
their blackend lips; “who is he ?
echoed right and left, far up and down
the line. The enemy came on like
tornado, and the proud hero stood en
veloped in the smoke of tbeir muskets,
like a lion at bay. Men forgot to re
load their pieces or Conceal themselves
behind the rocks, but, stood stupefied
with wonder. “AN ho is he ? men
groaned —“who is he ?” officers repea.
ted, until the cry became strangely
wild and fearful. “General Lee” some
one shouted, and the word ran along
the line like an e'ectiic flash. “Gen
Lee forever rang loud-above the bat
tie’s roar, and as oi e man our gallant
soldiers rushed like a thunderbolt upon
the astonished ioe. “follow Gen. Lee !”
cried our wounded comrades, as they
lay upon the trampled earth and to.-sed
up tl eir bloody caps. No body of
men on the broad green earth could
have withstood the terrible impetuosi
ty of this onset. The Federal troops,
though they fought desperately, were
compelled to give back, and at last to
retreat in confusion to the height-,
leaving their dead and wounded in
our hands.
But where was the stranger ? Ala
“The paths of glory lead but to the
grave.” The war is over now, and
the brave men whom we met that day
as deaily enemies, we now meet as
friends. We would not detract on >
ray from the crown of military glory
that adorns each of their heroes, but
would do justice to our lamented dead;
and if, bv this imperfect sketch, I can
add one flower to the chaplet of a fal
len hero’s fame I shall feel my. elf am
ply rewarded And that hero—“who
is he ?” The answer comes up from
the graves of Gettysburg —Gen. Paul
J. Semmes.
“Father/ said an ambitious young
ster, about the size of a pepper box. “I
can do without shoes, but I am suffei
ino for a bosom fin.”
Staihrrnm Stawl by the Mnlh.
There is a method in the madness
of the Radicals. It is not merely fa
naticism that proiujts them to abuse
and oppress the Southern people. It
is net simply the gratification of sec
tional antipathy, nor yet even the de.
sire to make partisan capiial by eon
ferring political power upon the freed,
men, that induces them to make war
upon the President’s policy of recon
struction. They have an object be
youd these, and we regret to see that
it is being partially accomplished
That object is to so far disgust and
discourage the more influential classes
of the South as to provoke tl em to
self-expatriation. The demagogues
who rule in Congress have cunning
enough to be aware that a systematic
course of iiijn-tice and insult towatd
a sensitive and high toned race, born
to freedom and keenly appreciative of
its loss, will leave them no acceptable
alternative but to seek shelter in other
lauds from the tyranny that weighs
upon them in their own. Thj close
of the war left the Southern people ii
great depression of spirits, afflicted
with -domestic misfortunes, and crush,
es beneath a load of poverty and sor
row. Thi- burden of suffering natu
rally occasioned a mental and moral
prostration that, intensified tbi suscep
tibility to indignity and outrage It
is upon this morbid sensibility that the
Radical- have practiced, with the pur
pose to deprive the South of its intel
lectual strength, and thus open an ea
sier field for the propagation and tri
umph. of Radical doctrine.
We would not intimate that the
Southern people exhibited a iy lack ol
na bool m facing the r alities ol
their position. On the contrary, we
lo not think that history record- a
nore sublime dispLy of moral ouragi
than our vauquished couni rymen have
shown iii their acceptance of the con
sequences ot discomfiture When the
great polit e and fabric that they reared
va- dashed from its foundattans and
crumbled over their heads, they stood
amid the ruius with the c.lm dignity
if men confront their desti
ny, in the consciousness that they had
1 >ne all in their power to command
success. They struggled they endur
01, they stood by the r cause while
ere was the sli“hte>t glimei ine -ol
hope to reaeem their efforts from the
ui l uUt on of madness. They beheld
iheir hrmes destroyed, their wives and
children destitute, and the graves of
their comrades telling the odds of the
unequal struggle; but, until their lead
er yielded bis sw rd in token of* the
final overthrow, they forced the over
whelming legions of their foe, outnum
bered, perhaps despairing, b t sti.i
defiant. Wh n all was over -ind .he
-ame sense o! duty that susta ned them
in the fight bade 1 hero ground theb
hjs aud luwer the r banner, they Look
up the implements of peace and sough
to redeem their country from the flight,
ful ravages of the strife. It was but
natural, that there should be-bitterness
and anguish at their hearts until at
least the tears were dry upon the checko
ut the widows and orphans; until at
least the gashes of the wounded began
to heab
But, before the eel o sos the last
gun had died away, the Radicals com
menced to goad, insult aud provoke the
anqaished with that relentless blood*
oound spit it of fanatic ism that give.-
oo quarter in the hour of victory, and
kt. ws no mercy even in the presence
*a i pe nng peace. Some men of the
oouu. nave survived the struggle, whw
have so ce of character aud intellect
enough to combat the Radical in ; rigues
to gam a paruzau supremacy tu that
section; and those men are to be hound’
ed out ol the country by sheer persis’
teuce in insult and uppre-siou. \* e
hope that the Boutaerners thus ostra
cised will have the moral courage to
eumoat the conspiracy, We know
mat many of them are casting wistful
glances toward the inviting fields ot
Mexico ui.d brazil, and we admit that
there is sore temptation to seek m
those more hospitable climes relief
from tha intolerable persecution of the
fanatics who weild Die reins and the
lush in our National Legis ature But
tuese have well nigh run their Phae
ton course, and the thunderbolt is
lorged that will hurl them into the
political Po Air. Johnson, will not
suffer the ctauth to be made valueless
to tbe common cause of recuperation,
oy the machinations of a faction that
have no regard for the general inter
;.-ts, hut seek only; by encouraging
dis.-e * tion, to st: B then their p irti
sau power. Jhe post of honor and of
duty for every {Southerner is now at
his own hea thstono, qr in those fields
of labor wbere he can best rebuild the
shattered fortunes of his section. In
doing that he will serve the ii terests
of all, tor the prosperity of the South
is essential to the progress and welfare
of the Republic— aV. ■ Y. Daily
A Radicals Description of the
President —His Great Power and
Ability Conceded. The Hon. D. Baldt
win, member of Congress from Massa.
chusetts, writes this description of
Andrew John-on and his late speech,
Baldwin is of the Sumner-Stevens
stripe in no'itics:
** * What the President said is be
fore the country. How he said it, my
poor words may fail to tell. For the
first time T stood n?ar and looked
closely on the man In-the course ot an
eventful life I have seen many men of
willful power and force, but never be
lore have 1 looked on one so thoroughly
embodying the evil spirit of revolution.
It will not do to underrate Mr John
son. He is terribly in eunest, and,
withal, most vindictively cool A thor
ough faced demagogue, his inconsequ
ential logic, his egotism, his repeti
t ons, his thorough belief in himself,
and his popularity, are all elements of
strength wh ;n he faces such assembla
ges as were arrayed about him yester
day. Andrew Johnson is an able
man —how able, I never realized till
yesterday All results are iiu in
h s pol cy. Had he a Cabinet as able
a.id as desperate, the dire results
which the. near future wo-uld • bring
c mid hardly be named. —NVe stand on
the verge of a fierce strife, to meet
which the country should gather its
strength aud gird up its loins. This
mail is no , weak Buchanan, and he
means to crush Congress or be crushcL
Mr. Johnson is a man of stalwart
mould.—Just above middle-stature, he
is so ‘broad shouldered, firm set, and’
deep-chested, iis almost to seem l elow
it. He has a large bead. It is a
pact’ home for his fiery will and brain
His face is marked, stFong oval outline,
powerful under, jaw ; well defined but
rather sharp’ chin; a w de, straight
mouth, full flexible lips, skin coarse in
texture but firm, coropl at ou swi-rthp,
hair coa se black, streaked With g rey,
a nose small at the root, but full and
learge at the nostrils, which expand rigt
and left ashe s-pcaks, broad roomy fore
head, beetling busby eyebrows, be
neath which are a'pair of the coldest,
hazel grey eyes I aver saw in a human
head ; these are the outlines of An
drew Johnson. .
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at. U- Kmiiiig Wvll*
ip. tkc Oil ttrgioiM.
A eorrespondt-nt 1':o1h the oil re
gions, in Venango County, Pennsyk
vania, gives the tallowing description
of- the. burning ndls as he witnessed
them : •
Over the-bridge at a hand galh p.
for wliieh five dollars should he co.lect
ed, past Petroleum Center, Benehoff.
is reached at last, up the horse rail
road the run is followed to the scene
of disaster. A shanty is reached where
several meu were watching, the flying
sparks, apparer. tly to prevent further J
damage. What time did the fire com
mence ? “Don’t know.’- Has if done
much damage F “Goto h—ll.” On
rode the repoiter. The trees were.on
fire. The sleepers of the track were
on fire. The ground was on fire, and
pools ol oil and water here and there
hissed like serpents Stout iron rads
bent and writhed in contortions under •
the influence of the fire which could
not consume them. The long branch
es ot the burning trees swayed to and ■
fro in the nl*. ht. wind, and shook out
a brilliant shower of sparks and cin
ders. Here a pile of stones, and m->n= ■
ter and machinery told the ruin of an
engine house. A JitHe way further,
the boiler and engine were stil.l stand
ing, warped and probably ruined, but
in plaee.- Bj’ dint of threat and spurs*,
the-horse was-pushed, by Burning trees
and smoking pools, till, rounding an
abrupt turn, where many of the wells
should appear, what a sc.:ne arrests.the
eye ! The fire is still raging at the
wells; they are still spouting, and the
oil burning as it comes NV’hat a
change ! Hid in the dark caverns of
t'ie earth for centuries,.the fluid rush
cs upward from its prison, to travel
through illimitable space. •
A burning oil-well by night is one
of the grandest sights which can be
witne-sed. The glare of the flame
overcasts the sky with the deepest and
blackest shadows of night From the
mouth of a two inch horizontal pipe,
the flame st reaches for fifty feet along
the ground, as the oil pours forih, ever
swiftly and anon in jets. The ruddy
flames hiss aud roar, and lap it up with
incomparable fury. Faster and faste
the fluid seems to supply the mon
ster flames. Each jet is seized with
fresh avidity, and the fearful element
srows redder and redder in its in en
sity. The fire leaps in wreaths round
and round its victim. It hurls the
fiery drops on every side, burniug as
they fly. Round and round ti e vital
mass revolves, ascending as it burns,
until it grows into a “pillar of fire by
night,” fiercely re 1 almost to purple at
its base, then ruddy, it grows to lurid
white, and then cherry colored it min
gles in dense clouds of sparks with the
upward rolling smoke, the latter light
at first but deepening in the far bright
er color until, in the far height, they
form a mighty column which grows
densely black and awful ip its gran
deur. . .
At Bcnnehoff the heat must have
been intense.. Every thing consuma
ble for hundreds (f feet shared the
fate of the tanks and the oil, and where
a few hours previous were immense
tanks filled with oil, teams, barrels,
and all the paraphernalia of oildout,
nothing was left but a few partially
melted and flattened pipes, some burn
ed tank-hoops, the skeletons of an en
gine or two, and the black scorched
ground. Desolation reigned every
where. The tde wag still pouring
from the flowing weds, and burning as
it flowed. The surrounding country
was lit up, and begrimed men were
seen slowly dragging their weary limbs
i homeward after the excitement and
I danger had passed -
VOL, YI.-Xo. 14.
Aa the grey dawn was breaking
over the eastern hills a solitary rider,
hoary with the night l'rosts, chilled on
his weary beast, dircolorcd with oil.
from the surface at the fords and the
sweat of travel, and the readers of tho
weekly on the following morning, re
freshed by ‘tired nature’s sweet ro
storer, perused an account of the pre
vious nights fire, but bestowed ‘no .
thoughts on the jaded beast or tho
weary traveler. • i
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.A Rich Lad.y—One. of the rich*
est 1 .dies in the world, perhaps is Miss
Mello i; the actress. Her fortune has
been Computed af thirteen tons of
gold. This money has been handed
down fr m heir to heir many time?,,
and is constantly increasing in amount.
1 lie lady who inherited this vast
amount previous to Miss Mellon, tho.
actress-, became no. less a personage
than the Duchess of St. Albans. The
Duke ot vst. Albans being l * a poor
Duke,’’ made an offer for the hand of
the wealthy but titlelc-s heiress, aid
was accepted. The Duke imagined
he would become posessed of the im->
mense wealth, instead of which, at the
death of the ‘ Duchess” lie found that
she had left him a few thousand
pounds, and that the vast amount she
held in her own right, was destined to
return to her family again. Tho
Duchess of St Albans was spoken of
as the “rival of the Queen,” and her.
appearance at court was a source of an
noyance to the .latter —the “Duchess’’’
being considered a “commoner.” Miss
Buidett Coutts, the present posessor
of ihe immense foriuue, is a lady veil
known for -her acts of generosity.. It
employs several active secretaries to.
read .her beguing letters, and the labor
ot properly attending to their requests
is enough to overtask thj strongest con
stitution. biic gives, all the money,
shu li a time to give, money for drink*
iug fountains, churches at Nootka
.Sound, to found bishoprics at Yau.
Diemons land,’ Jerusalem and for a
thousand bcni.ficent purposes. 15y
way of comparison, it may be mention
ed that the benefactions of the Queen,
most frequently recorded, a*e those of
three guineas to-the fortuuate mother.*
of as many babies at a birth.-
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Fb*. Douglass’ Oratory.—The
Nashville Danner is responsible for the
following
. “Me never hoard Fred Douglas
speak but.o.nce. He is a pretty sharp
and o key, well -nformed, ra*her graceful,
and entirely ready On the-occasion to
which we allude, lie spoke in Indepen>
deuce Square, in Phdadelphia!— His
harangue wa* violent, rnnde up ohi&fly ’
of the outrages practice’!’
upon, the slave by his master, and pro
duced a very decided-effect .upon the
crowd Perceiving this-, Fred took h'#.
air 1 1 go at the flood, and went liighcf
and higher, into the fe ion of
que.ncc. “Ah, thy friends,” he sTd,
‘•l do not speak from hearsay, T st .ms
before you a living—l was ao : ng to’
say a bleeding-witness to tie truth.
o. all I relate.. I£ you could behold
the stripes.and.scars upon mvback—*•
lust here aii Irishman vociferated,’
‘Hould on'Freddy, darling—is it tfuth
.yo\i is- telling us.” The darky orator
lifted his sing r tragically to-heaven In.
the affirmative.” “Oh, murder did they
lacerate you ? Fred aoiswerd that
they did. Did they buck yon like a.
shoats > Fred .answered that they
did. “BeTorra !” .roared Pat, “if that
be true,.you must nave’ befcn a d—d
bad pager! It cloy:, the.mooting
in a general rosv.”
rfcr C hnli'ra (onlng ioiin.
At a meeting of the health Comm is.
sioners of New York, recently, Dr.
Sayre, contended that choleia was
communicable by personal contact and
might bd prevented by quarantine.
He read from eminent European au
thori'ies to estab.ish the proposition
that the disease is contagious and not
epidemic He read a communication
fsom Dr. Marsden, ot Canada, claims
ingthat a space of one hundred feet
separation is sufficient to areest the
contagion of cholera- lie quoted Dr.
Marsden as laying down also the fol
lowing proposition.
1. That it is a communicable aud
controllable disease.
2. That its cause is not in the atmos
phe e nor communicable through i;
except by a near approach.
3. That it accompanies human tray,
el and human traffiic,
4. That It progresses only, at tho
jate of vessels across the ocean but
never precedes them.
2. That it is transmissable by clotlu
G-. That it appears in anew locality,
without conirrrunicatson, directly or in
directly, with infected person or piacej
and lastly,.that it may be arrested bko
the plague, by an absolute -quarantine
of short duration.
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CnotERA in Key West. —The
Chicago Journal is informed through
a private letter from an army officer,
dated New Orleans, March 13th, that
the cholera has broken out at Key
West. Assistant Surgeon Taylor and
sixteen men were down with it. A
strict quarantine is established below
New Orleans, and vessels from Ha*
vana and Key West are subjected to
. 21 days quarantine.