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THC MASVTLLE, GA.
Wst anil up ,!•<! By him for
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Dr. \V P. CLOWER
if AVLVG permanently located in Thomas
I ville.o! r~ llis Professional Sivrvt
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r the house formerlv oc- ‘
vupied by Hr. Brandon. mar 14 ly
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FEEss in mm m - ;
PurcJiascd with a ere: 1 deal of care font the
best manutar .~ a the • <>untry — mahraritur ,
evefy article in the Medical Department—
which he prop. stosill on as aood terms as
can lie had iuthis marLct.
He wotdd .call pa
large supply o£
. FANCY ARTICLES,
S4u. h ns. Sna] s. Cok—Tie, Perfume*. Pomades, 1
Cosmttfies. Hair and T- ■ ■ f l l llrnsl . Comhs.
Ac., all. of which he can sell at reasonable
prices, considering the quality of the articles
lie has S’ \.f. i car.-;: w h will resti < c
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gray hair t” its healthy . ;• i natural cn! r. ami
restore 1 loom
We would
stock of Phalnu’- N)_d:t 111. .unins; Ceivus. and
Laird’s Bloom of V. (. . • ('■
P. s, BOWER.
June 00 25 ts
APOTHECARY
W. P, GLOWER & CO I,
DRUGGISTS
Hare renovated and refitted the Store next .
to Young's Hotel, for the purpose of es
tablishing a
First Class Drug Store.
The new firm ask for a share of patron
age, and invite the attention of the citi
zens to their we.UstAlacted stock of
3le<lif ines. ~~—-
Fancy and Toilet Articles,
Soaps anti Perfumery.
Fine Green anti ISlaeU. Teas,
Kei osine Laaipt anti Oil.
DYE STI FFS.
Together with every other article usually
kept in a well appointed Drug Store.
get?” Physicians'’ Prescriptions carefully
prepared 4-ts
Jan 24
Adrtjgs
lIIDIIOTIIL
IVhe undersigned having purchase the
elegant Drug Store ot Dr. Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people o’’
Thomasville. and the country generally.
;hat they have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs and Medicines, Paint-.
Oils, Perfumery, Stationery, et., etc. Call
and examine for yourselves
By strict attention to business, courte
ous and honorable dealing with our cus
tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage.
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j known—DAßßY'S PROPHYLACTIC j
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E. Remington Sc Bon. Thoinasville, Ga.
Hardaway & McKinnon, “ “
McQueen Sc Mitchell. “ “
July 11 i.‘B-3m* ;
11 ■ r n \ vi. fate of tjie fm-
YEB9E. •
If two b dies were placed in space .
without any force actiog utou eithi r of
theui other than their uwu gravity,.
the\’ would immediately start toward i
1 each other, and would rush together. |
The suii arid plane's, which couistiiute
the stellar system to which our solar
system belongs, are prevented from
rushing together into one mass by
their rev jutions about each other.
The revolutions of the planets around
our sun, and of the satelites about
their primaries, have beeu asoenained,
with that wonderful precision which
is the just pride of astronomical sci
ence. and astronomers are -now engag
rd in the sublime problem ol uaravei
ling tlie revolutions of the countless
sang tbat make up our stellar system..
Already the cluster of the Pleiades is
; indicated as the proximate locality Os
the center around which our sun, with
his attendant planets. Ui sweeping his
vast ‘ rbit ; an 1 it is saggested that this
I is probably the common-center of the
orbits of all the suns- of our, stellar
svstem.
it’ the force of gravity extends across
the inconceivable spaces which sep
•. rate the several stellar systems of. the
universe, these systems must'rush to
’ gethef unless they are. ‘held apart by
, revolutions around each other.
; If light were 80 emanation, as held
,by Newton, the spaces between th.e
solid bodies'of the universe might be
absolute ly empty ) and in that case',
the revolutions of the bodies around
each other might go on forever.’ On.
the other hand, if light is a vibration
in a subtle fluid, this fluid must ob
struct the motions of bodies revolving
in it, and they must finally come to
gether in one mass. The experiment,
so ingeniously devised by Arago, and
carried out with such honorable regard
for the fame of its designer, by Messrs.
Foucault, Fizeau, and lireguet, to
; determine whether there is difference
in the velocity of light in its passage
through air and water, has demonstra
ted that light is a vibration. It fol
lows from this, that, as far as light
extends, space is filled with a material
: fluid which resi.-ts the motion of bodies
revolving in it, and bodies within this
1 space must gradually wind their way
inward, and ultimately come together
into one mass.
The moon must be . drawing very .
slowly nearer and nearer to the earth, j
and the two bodies, in the iar distant ;
future, will come together. The solid
crust of the earth will be broken up
by the shock, an immense quantity of
heat will be generated by the destruc- j
tion of the moon’s motion, and the
two bodies will fuse together into one
molten globe. As the new and enlargi
ed earth is cooled upon its surface, a
second series of geological deposits
. will be constituted, rccompanied, per- 1
haps, by strange and inconceivable j
| forms of animal and vegetable life
At the same time, the earth is wind
ing its way inward toward the sun, and ‘
must ultimately l’all, a i inconsiderable
peble, into that vast glowing mass.— j
The same fate awaits all the planets, j
i and our solar system must one day be i
, but a single globe. W hen this giobe !
j is cooled to the right temperature, it
I may be covered with a multitude of
inhabitants, and astronomers may arise ;
who will watch its revolutions among 1
the associated sun& of our vDdlai sys
tem. If their knowledge and intellect |
are. equal to the science of our astrono
mers, they will foresee the ult mate ‘
’ coming together of all these suns into
one common Mobe. And not thi.- om
ly, for they will, predict the final com
ing together of all the stellar systems
of the v isible universe into one mass of
’ matter.
When this mass is first collected, it
will be intensely hot from the destruc
tion of motion in the several suns ami
tty* tern of suns as they come together.
The heat will be radiated outward into
the universe, and the one m ss of mat
ter will be gradually cooled During
• the cooling there will b the same play
and mutual interchange of heat, light
electricity, magnetism and other im
ponderable forces that there is now
upon this earth As the tooling pr>- I
feeds the action of these forces will
uliminish; when 977 degrees is reached,
light will’ ceir.sg, and dar ness will fill,
the universe. As Waveh vibration of
heat leaves the surface of nW matrial
mass, it will expand outward at .
rate of 192,000 miles per second in.
in all directions, in the form of a
swiftly-swelling hollow globe. When
the temperature of absolute cold is
reached ( —-493-2 degrees), the last
vibration of heat will leave the mass ;
of matter and will expand outward
through infinity of space and time,.
Supposing} however, the ethereal
fluid which fills the visible -portion’ of
the universe is limited in extent, so
that the last vibration of heat will
reach its boundaries, and cease, what (
then becomcsof the fcrce of the uni-i
verse, and of the doctrine of the con
servation of force Scientific Amcri- ■
can.
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When THE ‘VaR Ends.—The At
torney-General and Second Controller
concur in the opinion that the 20tA of
August, 1866, the date of the Resi
dent's proclamation declaring tie in
! surrection to be at an end, sbovld be
| taken as the date of the termiurtion of j
the war.
Tliomasville, Georgia,.Thursday, Kovember 1, 1866.
*lort‘ ojf (he Impfachmenl.
The.Wo 1.1 proceed'*, to answer the.
position of Butler by citing the case
of J urtiee Samuel .Chase, for tire Uni
ted States Supreme Court, impeached
iinlSc 5. The Sen at’, after qrgamS’
| ing as a high'cowl ©f impeachment.
adopted the followiog us -one of the J.
rub sos proceeding: • j’
“The person impeached shifi then ■
be called ‘u appear and ansver.thej
artiebs of impeach meat exhibited j
| against him. If he appears, or any f
per-on for him, the app.earuii:e shall
j he recorded, stating particularly, if by
i himself or. if by agent or Attorney;
naming the person appearing and the
capacity in which he appears.. If he
does not appear, either personally or
: by agent or attorney, the same shall be i
j recorded.” ■'•’ •
General Butler is wholly wrong- iu 1
his law. Instead of the President i
being taken into custody and impeach j
ed, it depeodi) m bis voluntary choice :
whether he will appear before the
i court-at all. If.lie a, pen's, he is just
a> free to appear by uttirhey as in per- ;
son • • ’ • j
■ Judge Story, in lf> Oomshtntftries \
on tic Constitution., describes at length |
j tbe formalities ebservad in .trials’ lor
impeachment. And .the World cites j
the following passageas corroborating
the inlerenc.es drawn from tbe rule of.,
the court-in Judge Ciase’s case: .
•“ If Ac”—the person impeached— •
“ dues ‘ nut appear, in person or by at- j
i ’ torn'ey, h is. default is recorded and tiie i
i Senate may procejd ex paste to !
TIIK TRIAL OF THE IMPEACHMENT, If’
■ lie- does appear, in ‘oersoi; or by attor
ney, his appearance is recorded.*’ • j
!. There have been, in all, four cases ;
j of impeachment, since the beginning |
of our Governme.ir, namely, that of
William Blount, 1799 t Join Picker
ing, 1803; Samuel Chase, 1805; and
James 11 Peck, 183F The law gev
• erning such trials, as stated by Judge
Story, is founded ‘ou the precedents’
furnished by these lour cases. ’The j
argument of General Butler in support ;
of the position ot Wendell Phillips,
that the President must necessarily be
| suspended from office during the trial, |
falls to the ground in the face of this
uniform usage. But even if the cx- |
ploded assumption of Butler were cor
rect, the taking of the President into j
; temporary custody would not operate
as suspension from office. If he should
; be totally disabled for six weeks by
typhus fever, -n-c auppooa nobody is
absurd enough-, to say that, he would
cea-c to be President during his illness
and that the President of the Senate
would he inducted into the Executive
chair. The government would, in that
case, be administered by the heads of
departments, and papers requiring the
President’s name would rcuuin unsign
ed until recovery. That his office j
could not be filled by anotlicr person |
during this transient disability, may be
shown by conclusive analog}. Suppose ;
Chief Just'co Chase should be ini- f
peached, would his iffice he vacant du- j
ring the trial f If so, the President
j could send to the Senate a'nomination .
| so fill the vacancy. ‘ ‘
For .Chief-justice'Chase to preside !
at the trial of the President would he j
also a great iniquity, although in con
formity to the letter of -the Constitu- j
. tion. The President of the Senat'e i
! presides in ali.trials ot impeachments j
with the single exception that the ‘
! Chief justice takes his place when the f
President of the United States is tried. -|
The reason which, has always been !
given for this exception is solid and ’
| Conclusive. It is that tlie President'!
of the Senate being the Const.tutional
! successor of a. deposed President, is j
an interesed party, and therefore unfit I
. to conduct tbe trial. This objection
applies, in nil its force, to Chief-justice j
Chase. Contrary to all forn er exam- j
pie, to all sense of fitness, to all the
decorum which beseems bis great of
fice, the Chief-juetioe is a'candidate
for President as 51 r. Johnson’s suc
cessor. llis success in reaching the
Presidency depends on excluding the
unrepresented States from participa
t on in the election ; and the deposing
j of President Johnson is thought by
the Radicals a noooseary step to thoir
exclusion. With this great stake in.
the result, Chief-justice Chase is total
ly unfit to preside at the trial.
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Paper Mills.—ln the U. States
■there are 750 paper mills in active
operaifoii. x (rey |" ,A, ’ uu -- 1 GO(V
000 pounds of paper, wlrch, at an j
average of ten cents per pound, would 1
be worth §27,000,000.— As it requires
about a pound and one-half of rags to ,
make one pound of paper, there are
consumed by thf se mills 400,000,000
pounds of rags in a single year. If wc
estimate the rags to cost 4 cents per
j, und. there would be a profit f S'll,-
000,000 in this branch of manufactur.
ir g- ’ ‘ ‘ . ‘ ■ . ‘ j
Grn. Sherman itli the Ireilru).
Washington, Oct. 18—A .letter.!
lias been received in this city, lrom
Jjieut. Gen. Sherman, discussing the
political situation, and eniphatcally
approving of the President’s policy of
reconstruction.
n< nth of John Van Rnmi.
New York, October 16.—John Van
Buren died two days since, on board 1
of the steamship Scotia, at sea. His i
body has been brought here.
Finn for Knisinjt .floury for Jc inp,
port of thr Tlini*rrr, adopted by
the M niubridge Din t riel Confer
• eijee.
1. When the fourth Quarterly Con
ference shall cl ct the .Board of
Stewards for the ensuing year the
members elect shall proceed at once to
organize by electing-a Chairman and
a Secretary. It shall be the duty of j
Chairman to call the Stewards together
whenever necessary,, and to preside in 1
all their meetings; and the Secretary i
shall record their proceedings. I
• 2. As early as practicable after the’ !
session of the Annual Conference the j
stewards should hold a meeting in ot
der to determine the salary of their’
pastor, and to ascertain the- whole
amount of Chuich expenses for the
yeai,- including what the district
stewards may assess their charge for
the presiding elder. • . .
3, The Stewards on- circuit and
missions shall divide the whole amount
•among, the several appointments ac-.
cording to their ability to pay; and
the steward or stewards of each church
or statiou, as early in the year as pos
sible, taking the whole amount of ex
penses for that church or station, shall
make such an assessment to each
member of the Church as will accord
with his or her ability to pay; and for
any deficiency shall iaise the same by
subscription from the ‘community at
large. . •.
4. The stewards, prcachors-in-charge,
and presiding elders shall report to
each Quarterly Conference all that has
| been receivtd by them whether in
money or in supplies ;'. and the whole
: amount shall be divided, in due pro
portion to their several claims, between
the preacher-in-charge, the presiding
elder, the sexton, and the fund for
lighting the Church.
5. The district stewards should
make every effort to attend the meet
ing of their Board ; and taking into
• consideration the frequent and long
j absence of the presiding elder from
; home, and the fact that he has no
immediate pastoral charge, in estima
ting the amount of his salary should
make a liberal allowance for hia sup
port.
’ (>. The fourth Quarterly Conference
shall elect the District Steward and
his alternate. . (Tmlc this for the fu
ture reference.)
Sledge-Hammer Preaching.
The most popular of English preach
ers is the celebrated Dr. Spurgeon —
celebrated because of the homely and
forcible way lie has of approaching the’
understanding of his congregation.'—
The following passage occured in one
of his recent discourses :
A certain tyrant sent for one of his
subjects, and said to him': “ What is
your employment tic said : “I am
! a Blacksu ith.’’ “Go home and make
me a chain of such a length.” He
went home; it occupied him several
months, and he had no v.agce all the
time he Was making it. Then lie
brought it to the ‘Monarch, and he
: said : “Go make it twice as long.”,
i He brought it up again, and the mon
arch, said ; “Go make it longer still.”
Each time he brought it, there was no
thing l ut the. coniHiand’to make it lon.
i ger-Btill. And when he brought it up
iat last, the monarch said : “Take it,
| and bind him 1 a'nd. and foot with it,
and east him in a furnace of fire.”
[ These are the wages for making the
chain.. Here is a meditation -for you
s to-night, ye servants of the devil.
Your master the devil,, is telling you to
make a chain.. Some have been fifty
years welding the links of the chain;
■ and he says:- “Go make it longer.”
■! Next sabbath morning, you will open’
that shop of yours, and pull another
link ; next Sabbath, you will be drunk
and put another link ; next Monday,
you will do a dishonest action ; and so
you will keep on making fresh links to
this chain and when you have lived
twenty, years more the devil will say ;
“More links on still.” And then, at
last, it will be; “Take him bind him
hand and foot, and cast him into a fur
nace of fire.” ‘‘For the wages of sin is
death.”’ There is a subject for your
meditation. Ido not think it will be
sweet; but if God makes it profitable,
it will do you good. You must have
strong medicine sometimes, when the
disease is bad. God apply it to your
| hearts.
: ; .—-*-*
An Alliance Between Juarez
-ii.* v-t-, Anna. —The Herald's
; Washington special says it is counufem
’ tly asserted here, by gentlemen who
are iterested, that Santa Anna and
Juarez have settled their personal
difficulties, and that an expendition,
with Santa Anna as its head, will land
upon the Mexican coast in time to
seize the French and Austrian military
i supplies, thus paying the expenses of
the expedition. The bargain is that
Juaiez is’ to'wrest from Maximillian
| the confiscated church property,- and
! Santa Anna is to recover his own con
fiscated property, which is said to be
of almost fabulous value.
— •• -
Fire in Monticello.— *-We learn
that a fire’ occured .in Monticello, last 1
Tuesday night.about 12 o’clock, in t'he
brick building occupied as • stores by
Messrs. J. M. & W. P. Marvin and
J. D. Turner & Cos., which was to
! tally destroyed.—Messrs, J. M. A W.
!P. Marvin were insured to tbe
’ amount of 820,000 and Messrs. Turn
NER & Cos , 110,000.
■land :hem Kouiid
Two men, respectively named Jj J..
Crave ford and J. L. Richardson, left
this city suddenly several, days ago
without making arrangements for set’
tliilii many obligations that tiny had’
contracted during a short sojourn here,
some of them of very recent date. Mr.
G. Ki Clarke, jeweler, fol’owcd them
up as far as Naylor, on the Atlantic
and Gulf railroad, and recovered a fine
watcb which CRAWFORD had pur
chased of him. ou time, just before
leaving, who was deterred from having
them arrested by threats. Craw POSH
claimed to come from Atlanta, is a fine
looking man, with Black hair, ruddy
complexion and pleasant address. ‘ He
is a Mason, and no doubt he has
made liis connection with the Ffater
. nity the passport to Masons , for. the’
purpose of swindling them. The craft
are cautioned against this unworthy
member. . . . . ‘
BicHardson had entered into, a
partnership with-Mr. Fairfield, at’
the City Hotel, in .brick-making,. Mr.
■F. investing several hundred dollars,
which he put in B’s hands. • He was
also .indebted to - Mr.. McGuffin ,for..
board. .-••••.
. The Florida and Georgia papers are
requested to give these gentlemen a
notice-that will ‘cause them to seek a
stopping place be} T ond the .confines, of
! both States. I—Tallahassee 1 —Tallahassee Floridian,.
.* * I
Religiuos * Courtship.—A -.young 1
gentleman happened to sit at church
in a pew Adjoining one in which sat a
lady 4 for whom he conceived a sudden j
■ and violent passion, and “was desirous
of entering into a courtship on the
spot; but the place not suiting a for
mal declaration, the exigency of the I
case suggested the -following plan :
lie politely handed his fair neighbor a .
Bible, open, with a pin stuck in the
following text, (Second Epistle of John
filth . verse;.) “And now I beseoeh
thee, lady, not as though I wrote a
new command to you, hut which, we
had from the begining, that we love
one another.” She returned it, poin
ting to the second chapter of Ruth,
verse tenth : “Then she fell on her face,,
and said unto him, wliy have I found
grace in your eyes, that thou shoulds
take knowledge of me, seeing that I
am a stranger lie returned the
book, pointing to the thirteenth'verse
of the Third Epistle of John. llav>
ing much more to. write unto you, I
would not write with paper and ink,
but I would trust t-o come unto you,
and speak face to face, that our joy
may he full.” From the above inter
view a marriage took place. .
The Bogus Congress. —The Radi
cal Press, North, are greatly excited
; just now over a report that the Presi
dent has called on the Attorney Gen
eral for his legal opinion regarding the
constitutionality of the body styling
itself “The ThirtyiNinth Congress.”
Ou the other hand the Administration
press are equally solicituous to prove
that the President has done nothing
of the kind, and we believe they have
succeeded. For ourselves, wc can say
that if the President has not called for
such an investigation, he should do it,’
both of the Attorney General and-all
others authorised to decide iii the mat
ter. It is not at all surprising that,
the Radicals should grow nervous aud.
excited at tbe bare mention of’such an
inquiry. Suppose it should be made,
•if.they are in the right, what have
they to fear ? We hope it will yet be
done by somebody. The southern
people wojild like very much to’ know ■
whether, cotton tax and other burthens
imposed by a body in which they are
unrepresented, are legal of not. . If
they are legal, we’ will submit with a
good grace ; but if illegal, we would
like to get rid of them, and the sooner.
the better.^- Macon Telegraph.
The FreeJmen Invited to Liberia..-
—lt is stated that a negro minister,-
George. Erskino, who has lived iu Li
beria for thirty jeara, recently deliv
ered a lecture in Knoxville, .Tennessee
encouraging the emigration of the ne
groes from tlie'Southern States to Li” .
berh. He described the climate of •
that country as being very similar to
that of Lousiana and Georgia,’ anil, the
soil was fully as rich in--the .produc
tion of cereals, coffee and sugar, white
tiD, copper, gold, silver, platina, and
other unetala abound in the mountains.
He mentiouca- on.! ■ uulfar -rJ , .*S'''Uth
Carolina whose coffee crop last year a : -
mounted to 240,700 pounds, ahd nu
merous incidents ot the.wealth and’
resources of the Republic.. .
The Government of Liberia’ wis
anxious to have the colored people of.
•the United States emigrate to their
i country. For this purpos j. they offer
a liberal homestead to each emigrant,
with the privilege of locating, where
ver they choose. They will also’ fur
nish them transportation free, from,
their present homes to Liberia, and
furnish, each family a .house, -pro- ;
visions and medicines for six months •
j after their arrival. •
‘Erskine did not meet with much en
i couragement from his brethren, the .
chief opposition coming fromt he Meth.
odist ministers of his qwri color, He
informed his audience that they would
soon see the mistake —and. insisted
I that Africa was the true home for the ;
1 negro.—^ -Sav. News and Herald.
VOL. YI--.\,i. 11.
fitaT'The men Who.lead the Radical
crusade against the Preside ntp attempt*
ed, during- the war,-to divide- the
.North. SdA ft. division would Bari
destroyed both the’ (1 w-mincut ami
Union. That calamity wae-avertedby
the firmness and patriotism 'of Conser
vative’ Republicans. In'. 1 St> l ‘ the .
same fenders,‘>s hostile to Mr. Lincoln ‘
as they are to Predfdfetit .Min-on. at*
tempted to -defeat bis .election by a •
flank movement •: i Cleveland:—Jheir ‘
, c:iil for that Convention was .signed by
the present .editor of-the Albany Ere
ning Journal. ‘ Mr, Greedy Wrote pri
■ rate letters-to prominent Republicans ‘
I-inviting their co-operation in a scheme
{ to daleat Hr. Lincoln's"election.- . • ■
The same leaders wenido Washing,,
top last December with the deliberate
j intention ‘to’ quarrel with- the’ Presi- .
: dent, who, up to that day -and’ hour, .
followed;ii rhe -foot!*tops of life Ulus*
•trious prede.ee-s,Their ilejiunciu.
tions, persecutions and slanders'.have’
I -been systematic, persistent and fiend
: ish.. If, under a keen.-genao-of in jus
tice,-he has .siaoe erred -in’ judgment,
i or tempi', ‘none, will • deny the
-1 eicney. of the provocations. That it
would, have been wiser, though-less
manly., to forbearpl admit; Hut no’
, nature, merely.human,excepting, per- ■
! haps,.that; of'Abi-alum Lincoln, can
1 patiently endure wanton’ public indig .
I nitics arid contumely -
. ‘ Tin •lu.nw Wiafiß. •
—. r-* —■* - • —
V )ria's r< r - Daughter** Queen-Victo
: fia has five daughters; ‘ Tljepldest is the’
j wife of the-Crown Prince of Prusia. She
1 is destined to hecome the future of
Prussia. The second, Alice is ‘the wife” of.
the -Prince *>l’ Ji> • < i 1 ion A it.
principality Ms been lately absorbed by
j Prussia. The't-hird. Helena,-became .re
| cently the wife of the Prince of Teek* who
, is a prince without- a principality. Two
- remain unmarried—. Louise, who i-- in her
eighteenth yedr. And Beatrice, who.fs in
; her ninth. What is to bedone with Lou-,
ise. now that most of the protestaiit Ger
man Princes have been misted from their
i petty thrones by l'nw-i i? There r only
I one Protest rat .Prin :e now available - tor
; royal eo&jugal purposes, and he is the bro
ther of the Princess of. Wales; Kinggeorgo
iof Greece. Mr. Gladstone’ is, consequent
ly, to'procced-to Athens to enter upon’this .
-delicate negotiation* Iler pi Ims--
band is a'mere youth* Who dances well,.
; and is fond Os good Cigars, and i- tolerably
’ good looking.’ .He might make anaanura
| ble clerk in .a.millinery store, but is altol
| gefhef out of his place as'the chief of the
spirited Greek nation.
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Ifaiia-Rubber 7)//.e V manufae
r tory for making printer's type of .Vul
canized India-rubber Juts been vtarfccl
j at Ralston, England. This new kind
of type is ‘.said to be ns- quickly and
, easily ln’ade, and to be fully equal iri
: quality and duiab-ility to'.the -common
r type, the cost price • being only* ‘one
: third of the Idler.. -It oilers, the'ad-.
! vantage ,of less weight as compared
! with uielal type, and it e.tn be'ren.iuui-i
----cu when worn'.. 11.I 1 . p refloats particular
alvaiHuees for stereotyping. The in-,
vention is -American, and is said by be
| malting,rapid prdgiv.-s in; England.’
• • _ —• % j
.• A IffiV GuxpowofcE.;—A german
.lias brought to PaJu an'ineiplosible
powder, which is-certainly, going to
] make a revolution in this department
of war. material. This’ powder, invent
ed by Mr. N'euipcycr,- of Ecipsie, dees
i not explode in the open air when in*
flamed ; ‘it burns nip slowly like. So
much tinder ) but it .explodes with
more explosive force than. *any_ other
i powder, in'a ‘closed cavity/’ It i*
i cheaper thy,n ordinary powder, and
maybe iiiamifacrtured an.y where, even
on board ship. Experiments nrc now
■j being made. here with this powder,
j and if all‘that is said of i't be true,
everybody will.be obliged to have it
I C-O)'. _A cc ‘..1 Oth ‘ ■l'aurs.- . . • -
I *- * *-■ ! -n ——n
I:, M i; it i k ■ it s• Sentencetn
j Quine}', Saturday last. IStblßSt .<iabe
J Wilder, Cha-. Wilder, ‘Lewis Wilder
l and Booker Faiiiberf, convicted of the
! willful ilnd■felonious murder-of JKSE
i \V. Miursfatl; (ts the town’ of
.tpiinev. 1.l i.. and. Depnty Sheriff of
| the count\ of Os 2
’ ed by Judge Ba.ke‘u to; bo hung on
‘Friday, StOYffpibet 2d, at UU von- .
venient pi u-• ne-.u t ]i<> city. • -.
j Bishops Elliott, of Georgia, Groe >,
of Mississppi, 1 • -
aad -Wiltoer, of Alai am \ ar* lo st ve
at the consecration of Bishop W ilin©r,-
of Louisiana, ntl f Tt’ N ■
in Christ's t-M.uivh,’ N v Ofly—
’ Bishop Elliott will preach, ■- . ..•• •
• The ihe Vicksburg. Herald
ha been having an aTgurut- with it*
intelligent negro, as to .the Capacity )t
the black race -for refinemt nt,
sable dispotant; .remind 1 him “tl
the Ml an, \vb J behave 1 ‘ill. st i.k a Will
bred gentleman at the last, PhiladeK
’phia Convention was a’ 0 r ■, : and the
editor h adn't another .word t j say.
“'St.’ • i/i'M-, .< h ; 13 - A terrific
ateamboilor explosion ocoure l here fills
■ morning in the L ming shop of >l. H
Daboockpow If'rankttn A\ errtie
r demolishing the shop and tiro other
buildings. Twenty-two persons arc
known to be buried in the ruins.
Hk.Taki’s the Papers.—‘Sonny,
does your-father take a paper.’ A cs,
sir, tWO of them..One of th. ill belongs
‘to Mr. Smith, and the other to Mr.
Thompson: I hook them both ofl tho
j steps it.-- regular as can be,*