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UnionPr a y er Me eting.
We are refill to * ta,e t ?° t * rn ‘° n
Prayer Meeting will b. b-M * th. Lecture
Room Os the Presbyterian Church, at 5 o -
clock P. M during *'»
transferred from the •' ?Bin . o »}-«,-♦ ms .
Association which wa» at the first meet- |
ing too ?mall to accommodate there in attend- .
rnce , r
Gov. Brown.
ni , Ex . c |hney pa*’* l ' through Macon yes
terday <ii r"d- f-‘ r s “ u,bern Georgia. It is
hi- object to ’bit Brunswick, and to take a
trip at the “]«■•' 1111 k'iution of Dr. Seri ven on
the line of the Main Trunk Rail Road, to
"vbich enterprise the State has subscribed a
trillion dollars.
The Governor's health, we arc glad to men- '
ion is g'-eatly improved, mid he looks fully
r, pared to serve another term iu the (rtiber
■utorial chair.
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Bibb Superior Court.
she Session of our Superior Court was re- ,
ned yesterday, Judge Cochranof the Bttins-
- j. k Circuit presiding in lieu of Judge Lamar,
oho lias been recently much afflicted with
1 icuuiatisin.
Convention in behalf of Internal
IMPROVEMENT.
Below will lie found an article from the Al
' my Patriot suggesting the propriety of hold
;■ 4 a convention to consider the necessity and
importance of State. aid to railroads; and, al
to, a response from the Atlanta American.—
M e heartily second our cotemporaries in their
proposition, and trust the press throughout
the State will “ keep the ball iu motion.”—
Georgia owes her greatness and importance to
her admirable railway system, and it is hoped
that there will be a full representation at
the contemplated convention from the Moun
tains to the Seaboard in order that the voice
of the people may be heard on this vital ques
tion from all sections of the State.
Internal Improvement Convention.—The
question of State aid in the construction of
railroads, excites a very deep interest in Geor
gia. For several legislatures it has been dis-
< ussed.anddifferent plans have received a strong
support, showing that if there could be uni
ty among all their friends, State aid would tri
umph. Now, in order to bring about this
necessary concentration, we propose that a j
convention of all the friends of State nid of I
Georgia, in any shape, be called. We suggest
Atlanta as the place, and the first Wednesday
in August as the time. What say our Atlanta
Iriends to this, and what say the people of
Georgia? It is worthy of consideration,
whether it woul l be betti r to have the con
vention composed entirely of the friends of'
Stale aid, or to give its opponents a seat and '
hearing also.— Albany Patriot.
This community is right side up on that |
question, and will cordially co-operate with
the friends of State Aid in other parts of the
State. We are pleased with the suggestion,
and believe that ail that is needed to secure
success, is for it* friends to meet and unite up
on some plan that will secure concert of action.
This obtained, we have no doubt the object
will be secured. Atlanta and Northern Geor
ria— but more particularly North-Eastern
Georgia, and South-Western Georgia, are more
intimately interested in each other’s growth
and prosperity than they seem to have consid
ered. Each needs facilities they do not pos
ss and cannot provide without aid.
We hail this suggested movement with plea
sure, and hope the Convention will meet.—
While we should have gladly advocated it had
ay other place been suggested, we are proud
that Atlanta has been named. She will do all
in her power to promote the cause, and the
comfort of those who attend. There is pecu
liar appropriateness, too, in such an assem
blage convening here. Atlanta is a living and
convincing illustration of the wonderful effects
< : Railroads. She is the child of Kailroads.—
Al ilhout them she had not been—but through
their influence she has grown to what she is—
with n future in prospect, it is almost impossible
to overestimate. Let the friends, then, of In
t rnal Improvement call their Convention, and
let them agree to come here. Atlanta will
open wide her doors—give them a hearty wel
come—and show to what size a place may
grow, only fourteen years old, when enjoying
Railroad facilities, and such energetic business
men as these facilities attract or make.
Atlanta American.
A Flood.—We had, yesterday afternoon, the
heaviest fall of rain that has visited our city,
at one time, for years past. It commenced
about four o'clock aud continued to pour for
nearly an hour, leaving our streets completely
Hooded and like so many canals. It was a se
rious interruption to the Firemen's celebra
tion and Public school pic-nic, which were in
lull blast as it came upon them —Sir. Il ep.
2 If?.
Plant Corn.—ls the war, just commenced
in Europe, continues—as it will, in all proba
bility—there will be a great demand for grain
<fall kinds, at high prices; and it is not too
late tor the farmers to put iu large crops of
corn. We think it would be to their interest
to do so. Cotton will not bring a remunera
tive price until the close of the war. and all
who have large supplies of grain will be able
to get good price.-. We throw out this hint
with the hope that our farming friends will act
upon it. — Athens Panner.
False PtiiDE.—“Uncle Jeems,” writing from
• harleston, S. C.,to a country paper, notes the
■■•rrival in that city of two school teachers from
tho North and remarks :
W e have much available talent in the South,
I fear there is too much pride in the wav.
1 can see no more discredit in a female teach
ing for a lit elihood than her husband to be
working for a living. There are, 1 fear, many
youn; 1 dies of education, who, while they
might be contributing to the dignity and inde- '
pendence of the South, by engaging in some
occupation where they are needed, though
they may feel ever so patriotic, allow me to
«oek the services of those North of us, whose
-oerests must be more or less antaganistic to
our institutions, simply because a false pride
' “■ allow them to imagine that dignity and a
t are preferable to any thing assimilating
' ’ Mrv ‘tude. This is a great error. True dig-
. arises from the ashes of the spot on which
“dd tho tires that illume and cheer, and
™ the friends who surround. "To do good
I f o rgetuot,”isaninjunc-
J l i 4,Writ: andit ’ ,,uld ««•>*»
'' e off our lethargy, and rise to a true
.»<- go and W|ue ( j. )ur j utv
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The London Times on the AunitEssor Na
poleon lll.—The London Times of May 4th
indulges in comments on the lute address of
the Emperor of the French on d> parting to
take command of the army in Italy. After a
summary of the address, the Times thus spec
ulates as to the purposes and probable results 1
of the war:
It is utterly beyond hnman forethought
what will be the relative position of Franco,
, Austria, Sardinia, and other states of Italy and I
, Europe, at the close of this war. whenever It
may be. It may be remembered that even at
the termination of the lute Russian war, one
of n singularly definite character, it was im
possible to argue from any supposed original
objects what the final settlement should be; !
and the language of tho treaty of Paris was 1
rather to take for its basis tho then existing
state of things. AV ho can pretend to say how
the billigerents will find themselves situated
i after two or tliree campaigns, or even who
I the billigerauts will be ? Besides Lombardy
and Venice, besides Piedmont, Genoa, Savoy,
and Sardinia, there are also Tuscany, the
1 inches and the Papal States directly involved |
in the quarrel. Is it possible that tho two i
! Sicilies should not be absorbed into it? Will
. the other powers of Europe stand tdoofi As
the war proceeds new matter will be import
ed into the quarrel, if quarrel that can be call
ed which is simply a trial of strength between
all who choose to join in the stife. Objects, 1
I as they are called, claims, grievances, rights, I
I justice itself, disappear in the mere clash of '
arms; and ten years of such confusion drive ;
the original objects into .is remote an antiqui
ty as the claims of a banished pretender or
the title deeds of a landower di-po~-e-sed cen
turies ago. What we see before us is war.— i
The end of that no man can see.
France and her Emperor can be no stranger 1
to these considerations. They are well aware
that the end of a war is not to be conjectured or
limited by its beginning. They know the ,
questions of reward and punishment, of an- |
nexation and combination, that grow out of a
war. Even supposing so simple a result as
the immediate expulsion of the Austrians from
Lombardy and Venice, and their submission
to that disaster, it would be urged that some
‘ thing more was necessary than to have Italy
to itself. Large portions of the classic soil, for ,
which France avows so much sympathy and
interest, and with which it boasts historical I
connexion, w ould be actually going a begging, i
; Either Sardinia would be made a first rate
I
power, or a new kingdom would have to lie j
I founded in the north, very much larger and
i richer than any now in the Peninsula. M ith ;
1 all this to be done in the event of a more re
mote settlement. Napoleon 111, must be nware
that territory w ill be thrust on the victorious
and successful ally who has mad" Itallv her
j debtor, added one more link to her ancient
I connection with that countrv. and left one
more track of glorv on her < ft-t o-’den soil
Is •
With this consequence in view, almost within
. grasp, in what sense, and with what degree of
I resolution, does the Emperor repudiate nil
thought of conquest? Net to d.,r,1 t his sin
.ferity, what is his meaning? Will be refuse
Savoy under all circumstances, and will hi
hatred of foreign interference carry him so far
as to refuse a throne or a ducal crown fi>r his
cousin or his son? Wil] lie object to a Bona
parte as well as a Bourbon on the throne of
Naples? We need only allude to the ques
tions which would arise in ease the war cross
ed the Alps and descended the Rhine. AU
that is to be said, and it ought ty be borne in
mind, is that nil these contingencies in view
—with conquests thrust upon him—Napoleon
111, now repudiates it. Come what may, he
will not accept more territory, even though
all nations should be scrambling for it. He
will not stain his honor or his friendship by
any such gross calculation. We wish we could
believe him sincere in this wise ami honorable
declaration. At any rate, it will be remem
bered that he made it.' 1
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The First Arrival of French
TROOPS IN PIEDMONT—THEIR RE
CEPTION.
The first advance corps of French troops ar
rived in Chambery, Piedmont, on the 25th
ult., and had a widely enthusiastic reception.
Some of the old inhabitants who remembered
the first republic, and the first empire, said
that at the approach of the old "Army of Ital>”
the enthusiasm was not more demonstrative.
The people in dense crowds gathered nt the
depot and impatiently awaited the arrival ot
the train. A letter of the 25th, says:
At last, at 1 o’clock, ths sound of the steam
whistle was heard; the locomotive which has
come from Cutoz with the velocity of flight
pauses; there are thirty cars in the train. —
They contain the Chasseurs de Vincennes of
the Nineteenth Battalion, and several compa
nies of the Forty-third of the Line. The wh«de
body or spectators uncovers. The soldiers
show themselves at the gates. The air re
sounds with prodigious acclamations: "Vive
la France!” “Vive TEmpereiir!” “Vive !<•
Roil” Vivent les Chasseurs de Vincennea !"
“ Vive the Forty-third of the Line!” At this
moment the air Partant la your Syrie mixes
with the noisy welcome.
At the end of ten minutes the train resumes
its way to Saint Jeansde-Marienne, where n
reception no less ardent awaits it. At 2.80
P. M., it enters that city. The Syndic, his
adjunct, and the several authorities with the
Bishop, Monsigneur Vibert, accompanied by
two priests hasten to greet the brave soldiers,
who apjteared charmed with thia welcome of a
people who, more than once since 1815, has
yearned towards France.
Every three hours new transport trains pass
through Chambery. The railroad manage
ment has suspended some days four or five
of the regular arrival and departures of
trains. The enthusiasm is no less expressive
on the part of Montmelian, through which
inarched the troops, which, for a week past,
have been stationed at Grenoble and its neigh
boroood. To-day new troops, infantry, caval
ry and artillery are imssmg through in express
trains every three hours.
A Fish Story.
We know we have a good many readers
who are fond of a fish story, while not a few
of them can tell pre ty good yarns of that kind
themselves. Those gentlemen will find the
following from an English paper hard to beat:
A MtßACrLora Obavght f Fishes.-Ou 16th
April, while a ti'.her man in one of the boats l>e
longing to Ferryden was hauling his line at a
considerable distance from the shore, acircnm
•tance occurred which 'l'nstratc* the voracity
with which the different kinds of pfscatorv an
imals piey upon one another. M bile the fish
erman wan draw log up a I nddm k Umt wa» <m
one of the liook*. he noticed a laige halibut
making an atieu pt to de> our the smaller «-h j
ache wan drawing It up lie immediately
•«-iz»d a rl'p and laid h. Id <.f if <• hal lut. but '
he had hsrdlv got a proper 10l i~! t w hei. he ■
IMtrreived ■ ling trying h> .. M ti„ halilMtl.— j
Having treed «me l-iitid. he in imil uli-ly aeizsd
(baling aitii ll<e <<(li<r, and poetwded to |mil
it ot> board, w lieu lie note <‘*l a la rge m-S (‘at
making struiuoio attenq.i. to s. (/ . tiia ling.
This an-uml aar alwi s*. i. . ■>, | j | M ./
• <"l tg eo itsar dg* hi t | ,us*/ea-
Ua dtaaa.
Arrival of the Vanderbilt.
New York, Mak 21-—Tbs “teamship Van
derbilt arrived to-day. but her news was gen
erally anticipated by the City of Baltimore.
The English frigate Curacoa, with Lord Na
pier. passenger, arrived at Plymouth, England,
' on the 7th May.
The English Militia nre nil to be enrolled.—
I The channel fleet will be augmented seven
hundred guns.
Onehnndred and twenty-six thousand ounces
of gold had ru rived from Australia; and it is |
announced that new and promising gold fields I
Lad hern discovered.
It was report' d that the French garrison at
, Rome will be maintained.
An entire embargo Jiad been placed on all
Austrian vessels found in Sardinian ports, but
neutral property will lie respected.
A revolution was expected in Coino.
Subscriptions had been opened on the 7tli
May, for the new French loan, amounting to
300,000,00(1 francs.
Charles Robert Leslie, the eminent painter,
is dead. He was born in London in 1794 and
I his parents were natives of the State of Mary
llami.
< In the 10th of May a strong Austrian column,
under two generals, occupied Strapiana, but
| withdrew on the next day.
The Austrians continue to fortify both banks
of the Sesia.
It is «tatid that the Sardinians, led by Gar
ribaldi, had completely routed the Austrians nt
, Verceilli, taking 300 prisoners.
I Reconnoitering parties had a 1 vanced to the
head of the bridge near Casale, but being at
tacked had withdrawn.
Havre Market May lit!-. — New Orleans
! Pr.s Ordinaire 104 francs. Sales during the
j week 4,100 bides. The Stock is 112,000 bales,
aud the market closed steady.
The Right of Search.
! W ashington, Mn> 20.—Just previous to the
' departure "f C<mnt S.-u tigues for France, he
: openly said, in a conversation with two well
known gentlemen in New York, that if pres
ent difficulties betn een Austin and Sardinia
should result in a European war, it would
i greatly embarrass our commercial relations;
and the right of search would be re-asserted
and re-itilorced. The Count was very em
i pbatie in the expression ot his opinion, and
■ the respectability of the gentlemen he address
' ed leaves no doubt that the statement was
i made by Count Sartignes,
Human Weakness.—ln nothing, perhaps,
i does man show his weakness more than in his
imanti’ivln or t<> learn from hi*
own exnerlo«ne. fl..w liitlcdo wo profit from
the r> , i“t. Trnn’ ’« '« tn*orwnven In onr I’ttle
thread ~ru*o or><l .VG«nnmnrn»ent i« common
to the !"♦ oC nil. ' n.l vpi Imff «]ow are wo to
rooltro H.G (*« c f T.“1.,fn4 nlrnosf to the hoiwht
of tntovio.'tio” w ho" •"••• w ishes are gratified
we flee r»*-o«noi-n.1 w»*l, success, we ere de
ioctod nn<l <lis,,n’mesf nnto dosnair
when Litter il’snpnobOment w ithers our jov«
anil hbists onr pr« snoots.
Tbintin.. too mu»h of the prosont. we give
the reins to *’■" <,>omonf.irv impulses of our
passions and fw-l'n—s. and too often allow' them
to rnn nw-nv w-ltl. nor mason and inilmnent:
and bonne *t L ot "s-n nre so generaliv dis
satisfi'-d. and "" nl n’-s looking for something
they do r 1 D’ *■ ntod w ith the pres
ent. man loo’ S L.iol npop tl ■ lines pf tho past,
and nttril ntosto t’ .■•>• n perfection which thev
never bn<l. s-’ve in ’ G own imagination. A*
those does however cannot ho reoaUod. he
looks forward to the future, nod pietnros. in
wayward fai.ee ... i o« of hapniness vet to be
realised ; and then, bo gives war to feelings of
despondence. Ho tbon -ht to pluck the rose
and lillv, hot is pricked and pierced by the
sharp thorn and briar; and vexed, worried
and despairing, he may become a misan
thrope.
But let ii« not <»'vo place to snob weakness,
and mar the post ren-h ns profitable lessons,
so that we shall not forget.—
*' 1.1 Q . -. rich- “I tmi«io iliscora. will reveal.
Ami every Messjpsr has its kindred bane,”
Ocefn Victoria an Irishwoman—ln the
notes to a recenilv pi»b*' e bod life of Cohimb
kill. im Irish Sir nt of the sixth centurv. a gen
cobigical fact, said to be welt nuthenticed. is
thus stated ; •
The descent of V’ctnrin of England, can he
filainlv traced to Ferens vennwesf eon of Eric,
an Irish Dar’adnn Prnee of Ulster, of the
race of 110-emnn. ■who. m A. D 503. emigrated
to Albanv. fncss- Scotland) la‘d there the found
ation of tho S n'l'-t Avnastv and was inaugu
rated on the identical F’n Fail, or the stone of
destinv, nn wh'cL Tie* M'destv became an nn
nointed opnen T’-’s rrccinn« relie of nntinui
p ty, trad'tiorallv ra'd to 1o n fragment of stone
which pillowed the bead of the patriarch Ja
cob on the eventful night of his vision of the
\ngcG. wa“ ano-ontlv h-onght to Ire’and bv
“he colnnv of Ttin’ba-Do-Danans, preserved as
a precious deposit bv the Kings of Tara. I'or
rowed bv Ferens for his inauguration, after
wards deposited for t 'H r c*v in »be Abbey of
Scone, borne thence, with the regalia of Scot
land. by tho victorious Edward L. on his sub
jugation of that country, and is now imbeded
in the c..ronation chair of the Sovereigns of
Great Britain.
It thus annears that Victoria, though de
scended from the liamdity daughter of a Nor
man baker, on one side, is very respectably
connected in Ireland !
“ Woman's Lapoii. A woman has no natu
ral grace more hewitclring thana sweet laugh.
It is like the sound of flutes on the water. It
'eap“ from her I.cart in a clear sparkling rill,
and the heart that hears it feels as if bathed
in the cool exhiliarating spring. Have yo
.“ver pnr-ib'd no mi<i i u fugitive through trees,
le.'l on by her lair' laugh, now there, now lost,
now found ? Me have. And we are pursu
ing tbut wondering voice to thia day. Some
times it coni' s tn us in the midst of care and
sorrow, of irksome bu-iness. and then we turn
iwuy ami listen, and hear it ringing through
the room like aciiver heli, with power to scare
away the ill spirits of the inind. How much
we owe to that sweet laugh! It turns the
prose of lite into poetry, it flings showers ot
sunshine over the darksome wood in which
we are travelling, it touches witli light even
our sleep, which is more than the image of
death, but is coti-umed with dreams that are
shadows of immortality.''—A'z.
Woman's laugh indeed! We once in our
youth heeded a- ' rec's voi .e and the result of
that indiscretion ma» lie ).)aiui,r observed in
our furrowed brow. I vid cheek and downcast
look. Instead of "flinging showers of sun
shine over our pa»h.” it lia* funy a cloud of I
gloom nro.md onr li'e and— broomsticks at our
unoffendiny head. QI'ILP.
Males and Femaie* B< »n.—There seems to
be a universal law that more males than fe
males are b irn. This is sustained by the re- i
I' cords of every oati <l> where records have been
kepi. T'ie ex are of males varies with differ- I
ent pe p'.e, l.u', * > far as known, thestesas is
I gieatesl in the l’i>it»l S s'* It var.es wide
, iy among the d<fl. re.it N ale-, the eicese in
H ,uth ( an him ai d Keu'aeky beiug m ire than
three times a* g >ui Ma iwhusetts. The
effw-l of climate aii'l oilier apprseiabfe cashes
iu f>r.4u.' ug th s d >p p >r'"« in the uu',
i> no* muil.-H Ti eew • • gtsnMsH in the
es.isra” I a. Its • » uil *4|a. Cat
m.~£s
The Climax of Meanness.—ln <>ur estima
tion, the man who will have a daily paper left
in bis house, and read it for years, and when
called upon to pay tor it. declines dding so,
pleading as his excuse, that he did not want it,
has reached the highest pinnacle of meanness
—of the very lowest species of meanness. lie
will reap the advantages of another man's
labor and money, with the deliberate intention
of swindling him out of its value.— Exchange.
Iu a conno tiou of near a quarter of a cen
; tury with the pre-s we have often thought it
1 the best position iu the world, to be made fa
! miliar with the concentrated littleness and
meanness of a large portii n of mankind—to se"
to what little tricks mid umitip,sited falsehoods
they will resort to defraud publishers and
avoid paying their just debts. There is no po
sition within our knowledge, so well calcuht
ted hi make upon a man’s mind an unfavor
able impression of the honesty and fair dealing
of his fellows. It is true, and we take great
pleasure in saying, that a great many pay
their indebtedness to publishers with prompt
ness and cheers loess, indeed, take pleasure in
doing so, but a very large class, and some men
j who occupy respectable position in their re-
I spective communities, do not hesitate to resort
I to any means, however, despicable, to de
| fraud a publisher--indeed, some of them seem
to regard it a virtue.— AnynstaChronicle.
Diamond Cut Diamond.
One of our brokers, that keen and vigilant
class, was famously taken in a few days ago
by three or four fellows of the "juil bird" va
riety. His love of "gold ' was the subtle chord
upon which the rogues played, and they play
ed so well as to mulct him to the pleasant lit
l tie tune of $3,800. I’leteii .ing to sell some
I seventeen or eighteen pounds of gold dust,
which had been won nt gambling from some
returned Californians, they ottered it to him
at considerably below market price. The bait
took, and when he reque-ted a sample for as
> saved he was immediately supplied with a
: quantity which, on being tested, was round to
ibe genuine. He accordingly bought the bulk
and paid $3,000 for it, at Sl2 per ounce. Go
ing home with Iris treasure in a carpet bag In
was stopped by a f. How disguised as a police
■ man, who informed our broker that lie knew
' all about the transaction he iitnl been engaged
| in, that the gold dust had been stolen, and out
. ! broker must consider him<e'f arrested. This
, i was a poser, but the would-be policeman sug
gested that he would let his prisoner go for
Si,ooo. a compromise ot SBOO w as agreed upon
and paid, mid our broker was once more res
1 tored to I‘thertv. He immediately repaired to
i his ofliee and there to hi* dismav found that
I he had paid $3,800 for n bag of brass filings!
. It is pleasant Io be able to <rn»e bv wav of se
quel that nenrlvll the adroit rascalshave lipon
' arrested wi'lrin tho past flay ortw-n. hot tliev
■ implicate another broker of resneotnb’litv as
at the bottom of the swindle, n fact which
lends more seriousness to the affair and makes
• the future fleve’onuients nistter of strong in
i i terest.—A r . K Air. Nat. lot.
To Prevent Smut in Wheat —Diosolvehnlf
n pound of sulphate of nonpar in three quart
o r boiling wn'er. After the mixture bns noob
1 nil sprinkle it over two bushels of wheat. s T 'r
"ing it thromdi until the whole bo wot. Put
it up in n Leap, tnrtring : t oconsmn'illy for ao
’ hour, ivlien it will be readv for sewing.
Shonlfl wet w eather nr nnv other enure pre
vent it boinr “ow n ip.n'ifliiib Iv. spread it thin
ly on n dry floor. g'v»n" it nn occasional turn
‘ 'ng. and it will not -offer ininri- for weeks.
The above wn“ received from n vorv int.lli
-1 rent as well as an extensive farmer and miller
' who snvs. in regard to it •
r
“ Where fhi« boon nn-fn||v earned nut
it hft« been found effeotnnl in preventin'* smnt
in whent. CK c»»nr«e n<» mnn Mmnld snw
’ smutty wheat, but even «innttv whent wiP
produce ernin perfeetlv free from <mut. if i’
he care ullv dre**cd n* nhove. The ren«nn
• that snlphnte of copper produces!ld's result, is.
• that smut brine n f inrn«. vh< n the balls nr<
broken attaches itself to tl e< i ndsof the v heat
and in many cases kills the v lient nnd irrows
in its place. The solution kills the fuiitfu*.
• hut it is not powerful ei»nnt*h to hurt the
. wheat. Care should be trken to prevent >m\
. animal eating grain dressed with this prepara
k tion, a* it is poisonous.”
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Mr. Stephens.
A large number of the citizen, of Augnstn
» have united in nn invitation to Mr. Stephens
1 to accept a public entertainment, in testimoni
. if the pride and gratitude they feel toward*
_ him as their representative and of the esteem
f and respect wliieh they ns well ns every one
_ else, political friend or foe, have toward* him
personally.
, Mr. Stephen* in reply accepts the invita
. tion and designates Snturdry. the 2nd day o
, July as the earliest w hieh will suit Iris convc
. niei>ce.— Aug. Dis.
Death in the I’i i.i it. A solemn nnd itn
pressive event occurred recently in the B.qi
tist church, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. After
the sermon, John Hilton arose and addressed
the congregation, "Be ye also ready, for in
! such an hour a* ye think not the Son of Man
coineth,” when he sat down and instantly fell
from Iris seut —u corpse.
—»• -»»» - H|
Firemen’s Celebration.—The firemen ot
Savannah, have a demonstration to-day, in
honor ot a Charleston company w ho visit our
city a* their guest*. The programme for the
day will be found in onr advertising columns,
and we wish them a merry time of it, both in '
the paradeand the ball.— Sicannah Republican !
21«/.
llk'i.i. Do.—A young man of our acquain
tance. while undergoing an examination for
the purpose of being admitted to the bar, was
asked what were the constitutional require
ments which render a man eligible to the of
fice of President? He answered. “He must
be thirty five 'ear* old. mid a mighty good
Democrat." He was admitted. He ought to
have been.— Atlanta Intelliyenrer.
New Bill of Rights.
A wa : has made up the follow ing summary
of what be calls the " Inalienable Rights of
Americans,” and w hich are not enumerated in
the Decliiration of Imicpemleiice.
To know any trade or business without ap
prenticeship or expel ietice.
To marry without regard tu fortune, state
of healtl:, position, or <'|iini<.ii of parents or
friends.
1 o have w ife and children depetulent on
contingencies ol business. a> d incase of sttddeU
death, leave them wholly unprovided for.
To put off upon hireling strangers the litera-
I ry, mural. Mini religion* education of children.
To teach children no g- m] trad*-, hoping
they will have, when grown up. wit enough to
live on the industry ot other people.
To riijov the gem-ial Mup.iiln when made
bankrupt by r» klv*s s |v c>d:itii>n*.
To cheat tlieGovermi elit. it ihle.
To hold oflii'i witlii'iit laii’g competent to
■ discharge it*duties.
To Littld lioures w Ith nine mid -is im-h wall*,
and go In the lui.erals «> t mini.. IheUw u. mid'
j otllsrs. killed by llii'ir al!. Weipinu over lite
mysteriou* di*pc.i*mion .f p ii.ni.r..
To Intild up <"iii s H nd (own* w tlioiil pmk».
brood streets, ore i hl,led Lb- k», and <a.i I
pe*hleuce a vhitaii. Ii .rftiol
PrtMVoa W iau' r.
-M. re t-’sif. Prt.Hw 1
(Im Q,«.» fl ' ii.si t ki. Maik-4 1
rre a. I'■ i.i e ** *- s Irel La
ispsofc siaaai-i |
FROM OUR DAILY OF WIDNESDAY, MAY 26.
The Southern Field 4 Fireside. —The first j
number of this new paper has already won I
its way to popular favor. The literary depart- |
ment is well tilled with interesting articles by
distinguished S mthern writers, while the agri- |
cultural portion dees great credit to the editor
and his contributors.
It is published by .lames Gardner, Augusta,
' Ga., nt S 2 per annum in advance.
The Agent, M.E. A. 1111. is now in town
and can be found at Brown’s Hotel.
Hats for Everybody.
The Lot wmkr r- i) i i.s. I ill ibe ‘'Court,” at
Ollden & C»’f, is prepared for the emergency with
I n largo lot of Straw Hats, of every sort aud site,
which he is determined to sell nt the lowest ca»h
' prices.
Ills advertisement appears in another column, and
those who call at Id.- i .tablisl ment, will find that ho
is sadly given to telling the— Oi'th !
However it may bo on other subjects, no man
who know . I ini. will impeach liis veracity when be
1 -ays that be has the best andeheapoat Hats and Caps
I that can bo found.
Supreme Court Appointment.
We have hereti fore inadvertently neglect- !
i ed to announce that the Governor has appoint- j
I ed Hon. Linton Stephens to the vacancy on |
i the Supreme Court bench of Georgia caused
by the resignation of Judge J/eDonald.
While we deeply regret the necessity which
compelled the resignation of the latter, we are
rejoiced that his mantle has fallen upon a gen
tleman so “learned in the law” and so true in
i 'he cause of Southern States Rights Democra-
Gov. Brown could not have made a better
I appointment.
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From the Federal Union. May 24.
Marietta, 14th May, 1859.
His Excellency Jost ph E. Brcwn.
Dear Sir: It is with much regret that I am I
constrained by a sense of du y. to myself and
'hmily to traJismit toy.-u my resignation of the
office of Judge of the Supreme Court, to take
effect mi the 19th inst. It is with great reluc
tance that 1 come to this resolution; but I am
•onvinced that nothing but a summer's relaxa-
i lion and relief from the enormous labors of.
that C< urt, can enable me to recover from the -
effects of severe siekne-s in January last.—
I cannot consent to add to the almost intolera
ble burdens of my respected associates on the
bench, or deprive parties litigant in that Court
of their right to have their causes heard and
leternvned by three Judges, by ah-enting my
self, for my individual benefit, from two of'he
i most important and laborious summer terms of
j ’lint Court.
Will you allow me to avail myself of this oc- ]
■ easion, tn express, through you. to the General
Assembly, my high appreciation of their kind
manner in which the office was conferred on
me. and the pain with wh'ch. under the cir-
, cumstances of its bestowal. I relinquish it.
With sentiments of regard and esteem, I am
: your Excellency’s nh’t. se-vant.
Charles j. McDonald.
Gen. Wm. Walker Again.
New Orleans. May 21 —lntelligence by the Co
■itzaeonleosauiioiin-i-. licit lien. Win, Walker, with
three hundred m*n, lu-ard the Orizaba, anil
’heir ileoinntion vas unknown, bat supposed to be
[ southern Mexico.
I he Southern Paci’i ■ Railroad Convention.
Lorisi ii.i.u. Kv.. M iv I' 7 .—The Louisville Pacific
Railroad Convention pas.-e 1 resolutions to-day ap
‘ -.roving of the ciimpr- mise. and the new policy re-
I omtnending the etoi-kholders to make a loan and
nay tha installments by the I'.'ili of June, or forfeit
heir Stock. The Convention then adjourned, sine
.lie.
Hoc Cholera in lirnKK Co.—We learn from a
.entieman who returned yesterday froma visit tohis
'rienils in Burke county, that the hog cholera is gen
-rally prov liling thr >n th mt that section of Georgia,
-mil that lie hud witnessed several cases, and see
'argo number- of dead hogs in the woods. Dr. Wm.
B. Jones, ho inf .rm- us. has 1 st upward of seventy
heal from the above cause. [Sav. Repub.
run THE STATE CHESS.
.Vessrs. Editors.—l sec by the notice of the
President of the (5 tt. n Planters Convention,
•hat, that body will hold its annual session in
the city of Macon, on the second Tuesday in
next month. (June). It appears frtm the for
eign correspondence, alluded to by the
President, that this movement is about to be
come a matter of more importance than its
most sanguine friends, at first supposed, in
spite of Bal lwin, Big Creek nnd other emkers.
It is not my purpose to discuss the merits of
■his movement, at pre ent : I leave that for a
more sui'able occasii n : but I do feel, in com
mon with other Planters, that this is a righ’e-
U’ cause, and that i - is proceeding in the
right direction. It is not unreasonable, there
fore. 'hat I exnec.t to treet. nt the c invention.
Planters from eve-v portion of the State. It
will Im -o. unless P'an*ers have lost all desire I
to look after their common interests.
If we as P'nnWr -de-ire to quit the humil
'at'ng position of hewers of wood, and draw
ers of wa’cr.” for all who desire our services,
now is our time to shake off the yoke. 'lf we
.’mve not the command of the sword and purse,
we have what controls both—Cotton ;• and
with that we ought to do ourselves jurtice.—
With those things, or this flong, in our hands,
let us rally to the support of the Convention.
The Lion is not den I—he only slumbers; when
he rises, shakes from his mane the dew drops
| a-nd announces, by a rear, that he is up and
1 abroad, how the Jarl-nlls nnd other vermin will
: scamper to their Jens nnd h’ding places.
COTTON PLANTER.
Freni the yiontgnmcrv Vail. 23d
The Williamson Evening.
For the want of a bi tter name, we so chris
ten the nice, i-osv. little affair, last evening, at
■ the Armory of the Montgomery True Blues.
Commerce street. The occasion was the pre-
, sentntion to the company, by Private Tom |
Williamson, of the trophies of bis skill as a j
marksman. won at Macon. Ga.
We Relieve ihe donor is considered the crack
marksman of the Corps; though, last night be
ing a specimen of «hat the whole company
can tl • at popping and cracking there were I
divers others found good at making a re- j
port.
A splendid silver Pilcher, excellently cn-
I graved—uhing with a mo-t beautiful reclier.
, die Liquor Case, similarly engraved—was
made the subject of informal but very happy
| little speeches garnished nit h songs. Ac. On:
the Pitelier wa engraved—Presented by the
Macon Volunteers to the M mtgon ery Trite
Blues, for the b.-t single slut—won by T. F. I
William n, Macon. May 6. 1859." And on i
the Cu«e was engraved— ' Presented by tiio I
Macon Volunteers to the Montgomery True j
Blurs, nt Camp < l.lethorpe. tor the best aver- .
•ge slmts—won by f. E Williamson. Macon,
May. fl. 1-5.1." B ilh " be.iuties" were sol- I
eiiiiilv coiiiniilte-l to the keeping ot the com
pany, amid the lour ol i luiu-p.igiie and gurgle ,
of plllll-ll ' (
twi ll II time u* if • Bines Imd—iiobsly Lav ,
ing the Lliii-1 A"1 -ii -li br-inmliig relin-m- i
brsi.ee* ot tin If Mai* Ui ami Milledgeville ,
frteinl* wliom* klndue** ali-l retiued liospiiaii* i
ty ottT iso* .ay can never lw |»r«*|ieil> ae. j
kuomfi dgid dire 10l part of » night and f
ll'..ilk aim. < »■- a* <1 up hi lauding lite |
unlit. ill t. ... . 4.. U in i
fnu In uhw. ■
From the Loudon Times.
The Seat of War and the Scene
OF THE GREAT STRUGGLE.
In the obscurity which clouds all intelli-
I gence from the seat of war, we can hardly do
better than to furnish our readers with some
i preliminary knowledge of the extent and fea
tures of the seen"—a proceeding which will
. be all the more acceptable, as it admits of be
ing mado both simple and precise. Whether
the war can, indeed, be confined to those ter
ritories, is a very different question, but as
long a, it is limited by the boundaries now as
signed to it there can be no reason why the
exact import of every telegraphic dispatch
should not be immediately comprehended.
The Kingdom of Sardinia, composed of Pied
mont—its principal mass —in the centre, the
ancient province of Savoy in the northwest,
and the maritime territ. ry of Genoa in the
southeast, is not above one hundred miles in
breadth from its western to its eastern fron
tier. On the former of these frontiers it is con
terminous along its entire length with France,
its idly; but on the latter it is only partly con
terminous with Austria, its enemy. In the
j north a portion of the Swiss territory, and in
the south the Duchy of Parma, supply the bor
' dcr line, leaving only a central portion—per
haps about half the entire length, to be formed
j by the territories of Austrian Lombardy.—
The line in question, as everybody is now a
ware, is constituted by the river Ticino and by
the Lago Maggiore, through which that river
flows, as the Rhone does through the Lake of
Geneva. On the French side the border is
formed by the Alps, so that the seat of war
may be regarded in a general aspect as a broad
piece of territory between a chain of moun
tains and a river. The French had to cross
j the mountains, the Austrians the stream, and
the distance between them, as we have said,
was about 100 miles.
The features of Piedmont itself, however,
deserves particular attention, as they are reg
ulating the present distribution of the contend
ing armies, Piedmont is traversed in its breadth
by the windings of the Po, and the division of
the country thus effected corresponds very
nearly with the division of the Eastern fron
tier between Lombardy and Parma; so that to
' the south of the stream Piedmont borders on
Parma, and to its north only on the hostile
territory of Lombardy. These two divisions
of the Sardinian kingdom differ totally in their
natural characters. To the north of the river
—the district immediately exposed the Aus
trians—all is a level plain up to the foot of the
.Swiss Alps, whereas on the southern side all
is mountainous, and the whole space is filled
with shoots or spurs of the Ligurian Appenines
i sloping away from Genoa. In this division
-of the kingdom lie the strong places of the
Sardinians—Alessandria, 6’asale and Tortona
: and on its western edge stands Turin itself,
- the capital of the State. Within or around
j *he«c fortresses the Sadinians have collected
i the bulk of their army, perhaps some 75,000
men, leaving the plains of the north compar
atively open to the incursions of the enemy.
Before the actual commencement of hostili
ties Austrians at Milan stood just about as far
from the river as the French at Brianeon did
from the mountains; and a line drawn from
one of these points to the other would pass
'hrough the common mark of both armies—
♦he royal city of Turin. Turin, however, is
about as far again from Buffalora, where the
Austrians crossed the river, as it is from Susa,
where the French halt on crossing the Alps,
the distance being about seventy miles in the
firmer ease against thirty-three in the latter.
But thia inequality was more than compensa
ted by the relative difficulites of the two roads,
for, whereas the Austrians have a plain coun
try to traverse, the French can only reach Su
sa by passing the Alps. In reality, the ad
vantage of ground so far waj> on the side of the
Austrians, but their operations have been in
fluenced by further considerations, arising from
the position of the Sardinian army before des
cribed. The French, as they descend upon
Susa and push forward to Turin, are directly
confronting the Austrians on their march to
wards the same point from Milan ; and if this
was all, and there were no Sardinians except
in the capital, the shock of battle could be an
ticipated with great facilty. Sooner or later—
in fact, very soon indeed—the belligerents
would meet, and an engagement on a large
scale would ensue. It will be observed, how
ever, from what wc have said, that the Aus
trians, in their advance across Piedmont from
east to west, would have on their left flank the
whole concentrated strength of the Sardinian
army resting on its finest fortresses. What
the chain of the Tyrol, indeed, is to Austria
iu the plains of Lombardy, the chain of the Li
gurian Appennines is to Sardinia in the plains
of Piedmont; and the parallel can be carried
still further—for exactly as Germany lies in
reserve behind the Tyrol, so does a second
French force gather in strength behind the
Appennines. On the seaboard of these moun
tains stands Genoa, which, as France com
mands the sea, can be reached from Toulon
with the greatest facility. The Sardinians,
therefore, while they cluster in force about
their citadels to the south of the Po, have in
their rear the support of a powerful French
army within fiity miles distant,
The Austrians are thus opposed by two bod
ies of the enemy—one directly facing them at
Turin, and drawing daily reinforcements from
the passes of the Alps ; and another at Casale
and Alessandria, flanking their march, and re
ceiving succors from a distinct base of opera
tions at Genoa. By crossing their frontier at
its Northern extremity, as have done,
they might occupy the Northern districts of
1 Sardinia; or, if they descended thence upon
the Po, they might get the Sardinian army in
front of them, but they would then have the
army of the A Ips upon their right. They must
in short, advance in any case against two lines
of foes posted at right angles to each other;
s and, for simplicity's sake we may consider
i thesd lines to be represented by the river Do
! ra Baltea. running from north to south by Iv
rca, and the Po, running from west to east by
Casale—Turin being pretty nearly at the an
gle.
All the places named, be it understood, lie
I within a comparatively small compass. From
Ar ua, the point occupied by the Austrians in
the north, to Genoa, on the seaboard of the
south, the distance is about 110 miles, or very
nearly the same as from Susa to Buffalorn.—
; From Genoa to Alessandria it is only 46 miles.
: and from Alessandria to Turin less t ian 60.
I From Susa to Turin, again, the distance is but
33 miles, so that in their two principal posi
l tion* of Turin and Alessandria the Sardinians
are, in the one case, within 40, and in the oth
er within 50 miles of their powerful allies.—
The Austrians, too, would be equally near their
resources. Aovara is alsiut 5 miles, V.rtara
about 10 miles, and Vereelli but some 20 miles i
from the Lombard frontier, and these are the
points of which the first collision may be an- |
ticipated. The great feature, however, of the
enm;i« gn, as far as it can be comprehended at
present, is the double base of operatioM from “
which the Bardin an* sod their allies are pr<>- J
cecding ; and, if the Austrian* find themselves ■
hi sireugtli sufficient (or such a plan, it i» not I
improbsbl" that they also may divide their I •
fir.es, that the tr »»pe now said to be at
M itara mat a Ivamw towards the *»>uth, and | '
'll *e a N .a s t we !• the went, it will out ,
Us * < cape 1 a -i.-oe .<at Use AusUiaus are s
eml to UepanwuMtfi; swve< atMuttatrn, whtie f
the Imperial Guard, the select corps of the
French army, is at Genoa. These dispositions
would seem to indicate that the hardest strug
gle is expected on the line to Genoa rather
than on the line to Turin, but this a point on
which we can hardly remain lon r in the dark.
In the interval we can only be too sure that
war, in so narrow a field, and between armies
so powerful and »o fiercely animated, will lose
none of those horrors from which civilization
revolts in despair.
[From the Cleveland Review.
Incident in the Life ofanEn-
GINEER.
In returning from Philadelphia about the
middle of August, 1858, the cars were very
crowded and my companion in the same sen'
with me I found out to be a locamotive engin
eer, and in the course of our conversation, he
made the remark, he hoped he had run his last
trip upon a locamotive.
Upon making bold to ask him his reasons,
he gave me the following story, which since
then I have found out to be strictly true
Five years since I was running upon the
New York Central railroad. My run was from
B 1- R . It was the lightning ex-
press train, and it was what its name denotes,
for it was fast- a very fast run, and if I do say
it, the old Tarnado could go. I have seen her
throw her six foot drivers so as to be almost in
visible to the eye. And let me here remark,
it is supposed by many that railr ad engineers
• are a hard-hearted set of men. Their lives arc
hard, 'tis true, but I do claim io have as fine a
feeling, and a heart that can sympathise with
the unfortunate, as any party that breathes.—
But to my story.
About half a mile from the village ofß
there is a nice little cottage, but a few feet from
the track. At that time a young married cou
ple lived there. They had one child, a little
boy about four years old, a bright, black-eyed,
curly-headed little chap as you ever saw. I
had taken a great deal of interest in the little
fellow, and had thrown randy and oranges t<
him from the train, and I was sure to see him
peeping through the fence when my train pass
ed.
One fine sunny afternoon, we were behind
time and running fast, nor did we stop at
B , and I wa ■ to make up one hour be
fore reaching R . We came up at a tre-
mendous speed, and when sweeping around
the curve, my eye following the track, not over
two hundred feet ahead sat the little fellow
playing with a kitten which he held in his lap.
At the sound of our approach he looked up
and laughed, clapping his little hands in high
glee at the affrighted kitten as it ran from the
track. Quicker than the lightning that blasts
the tall pine, upon the mountain top, I whis
tled “ down breaks,” and reversed my engine,
but knew it was impossible to stop. Noblv
did that old engine try to save him. The aw
ful straining and writhing of its iron driver*
told but too plainly of the terrific velocity wr
had attained. I was out of the rah winded
and down on the cow-catcher in a flash. Th'-
little fellow stood still: I motioned him off and
shouted; his little black eyes opened wide
with astonishment, and a merry laugh was up
on his lips. I held my breath as we rushed
| upon him, made a desperate attempt to catch
him, but missed, and as his little body passed.
! I heard the feeble cry of “mother 1” and the
, forward trucks crushed his body to atoms.
O God ! that moment! I may live, sir, to be
an old man, but the agony of that momon’
. can never be erased from my memory. Th<‘
cars stopped some rods from the spot, and I
. ran back as soon as possible. His mother saw
the train stop, and a fearful foreboding flashed
upon her at once. She came rushing franti
cally to the spot where we stood. Never shal'
I forget the look she gave me as she beheld hei
, first born a shapeless mass. I would have giv
. en my whole existence to have avoided tba’
moment! I have seen death in all it:
forms on railroads; I have seen all this,
but that little innocent boy! as he looked up
in my face, and was killed almost in my arms
—it unnerved me, and from that day I made
a solemn vow never to run a locamotive any
more.
That young mother is now in the Utica Lu
natic Asylum. From the hour her boy was
killed reason had left her throne.
He stopped, and wiped the tears from his
eyes, and said, “You may think it weak in me
to shed tears, but I cannot help it.” “No,” I
replied, “but think it noble; and, sir, would
to God every man had a heart as large a«
yours.
I have often thought since how few those
who give one passing thought of the man of
strong nerve and stout arm. who guids them
through darkness and storms, with the snee
of the wind, safely to their journey’s end. They
do not for a moment turn their attention to the
iron monster that is dragging them forward
with fearful velocity to meet friends or relations,
or home and all its loved ones. They do no
realise that the man who guides the fiery mon
ster, holds all their precious lives at his com
mand, and that the least negligence upon hi
part could cause sorrow and mourning in b
thousand homes that are now waiting the re
turn of absent loved ones. B. B. H.
Murrell, the Land Pirate.
The Memphis Appeal says that Shawnee
Village, where John A Murrell and his clan
had their head-quarters, has been converted
into a farm, and is cultivated by Dr. McGa
vock.
The old log huts of the gang may still be
seen, but they have fallen greatly into decay
and are covered with moss. The old sycamore
tree under which they held their councils, was
blown down in 1856, and has been removed t<>
make room for the plough. Last summer a
“milL” as the natives term it, was plowed up.
which was used by Murrell for manufacturing
the bogus one dollar. The financial machine
was sent to Washington, where it now occu
pies a place in the archives ot the Capitol’s
curiosities. Murrell it may be remembered,
served twenty years in the Tennessee Peniten
tiary, working as a blacksmith. On being re
leased, he wandered off into East Tennessee,
where he lived bnt a short time, and died of
consumption, the disease being doubtless con
tracted in prison. His grave is in the neigh
borhood of Bon Air Springs, npon the Cum
berland Mountain. His remains were disin
terred and decapitated, and then placed back.
The skull is now in possession of one of the
Medical Colleges East.
Nxw Ori.xans Thinnino Oct.—Last Sun
lay'a Picayune states, that the city is percep
tibly thinning ont, and that symntoms are un
inistakablo of the approach ot the “ amuiuer
season. ’’
Every boat, every train, every iteamer, i*
carrying away its full freight of pa»*engei«, and
though *ome also come in. from day to day, it
is n<4 in such numbers as hitherto. The weath
er i» delightful for traveling, and that aiiiiiM--
inent ba* indubitably commenced a* briskly a
a any former sea-nn.
Southern Commercial Convon-
TION.
On the last day ot tbs Convention Judge |
Jones, ol Georgia, offi-red the lullos ing re.iilu- '
lion, w*ii>*h on his motion was laid on the la (
ble, Mibject to < all; I (
“ W here#*, the people ret the free Mates al*
in Hie practme ot MMnluig emt«a«rie* among '
our *la*e* to render ilium diM*M>i<ml*- i. »'<li
Jieir iixidiiioii. to induce them to ruuaaay, i I
uid to im ile ilo-m to in*urrwtioii
T' •( rwwHHfmlid l«» Ihf *»»*«•
rpr»»r*.t <1 li*i» ■ lMi»vfitftiwi Im*
pxyd*, <M«d Ms JiHMM *srM qf Ms /taMsews." '«
Timely Warning.
A Yankee editor thus confess to have l ia j
dealings with Satan, for the good of his read, r ,
of course :
I was sitting in my study, when I heard a
knock nt the door.
"Come in,” said I; when the dnor opened
nnd who should walk in but—Satan 1
“How d’ye do?” said lie.
“Pretty well,” said I.
"U hat arii you about, preparing your lead
er?”
“Yes,” said I.
“Ah, I dare any you think you are doing a
i great deal of good ?”
“Well, not so much as I could wish ; but a
little good. I hope said I.
“You have a large lot of readers ?" said he.
■ "Well, pretty well for that,” said I.
i “And 1 dare say yon are pretty proud of
llieni,” remarked Satan.
“No, I am not, for not one half of them pay
? for their papers,” said I.
“You don’t say so!” he exclaimed.
? “Yes, that I do; not one half of them pay
i for their papers!”
"Well,’’ said lie, “tin n they are an immoral
. lot; but let me have the list, 1 think I can do
. a trifle myself with such people.
.. Hl#" —
European Aumaments.—A Belgian paper
uakea some calculations with reference to the
' expense of maintaining the armies of the dis-
K lerent European States, the result of which is,
p that the soldier costs annually each inhabitant
" if England 12s. Cd.; France 10s. 10d.; Russia
6s. 6d.; Austria Cs. s}d.; Prussia ss. 5Jd.. It
appears from this table that the cost of the En
glish soldier is the greatest, and that of the
Prussian the leeat, though the latter country
fl ias expende lon its army since 1815, the peri-
- id of the general peace, no less than 1,200 mil
p ions of thalc s The revenue of State, deriv-
■ ed from imp ists, shows annual payment by
J -ach individual into the exchequer of 20s 10d.
“ The maintainance of their armies in time of
>eace costs the countries of Europe annually
1 £73.313,750; and the fleets £17.687,500—t0-
- al £91,011,250. These figures, it must nt be
forgotten, only represents what exists in a
’ tate of peace. When war occurs, fresh ex
lenditure of course is immediately incurred for
munitions of war. equipments, the transport of
non and horses and provisions. This expen-
I liture is reckoned by millions. But how are
r we to calculate the loss sustained by agricul
r ure and commerce, by the withdrawal of so
many strong arms from useful labor ? At pre
t sent, the peaceful armies of Europes amount
, to no less than 5,705,000 m?n, and navies to
* 219,000 —making a total of 5,924,000 men.—
a This number is, in fact, 15 per cent, of the
. adult population of Europe withdrawn from
he pursuits of industry, and constantly inain
r ained under arms.
Austrian Tyranny.
The following incident is or ly one of a host
! if a similar nature related of the hard rule of
*the Austrians in Lombardy .luring the revolt!-
'ionnrv trembles of 1848-’9 :
At Massa, in the Venitian States the fiscal
igent, one Cumerini, having corc.ealed a large
I -urn of money to escape the enormous taxes
which succeed each other so incessantly, lieg
red the presence of a company of soldiers to
protect him. Six hundred men were sent,
who installed themselves in the houses of the
l illflgers, and took possession of all the wine,
p provisions and fuel they could find. Their in
’ silence and assaults upon the women were
p ontinual.
’ A young man returning home tnd finding
nis mother struggling in the grasp of two fa
mous subalterns, seized a knife and attacked
each of the pair. The outcry brought several
soldiers to the spot; the young man was over
' powered by numbers, and bound with cords.
The leading people of the country interposed
in his behalf vainly. During the night, the
young man, the comnitinial councilors, the
physician and other persons, > ere taken to
’ Padua, surrounded during the journey by Aus
trian troops. For several days he was subjec
ted to torture; and on the 20th of December,
‘ 1848, he was shot. His fellow countrymen
were obliged to attend the execution, kneeling
' on the ground.
6 - I
Miliatary Frx of the War.—The Zona
’ ves of the Guard, says the Paris correspon
-1 deuce of the Independence Beige, have been
1 received with more sympathy and enthusiasm
1 than any other regiment which has traversed
1 France. Their contagious animation has elec
trified the crowd. You may have already
s heard, perhaps, the reply made by one of them
I m a recent occasion. He was running to
' vards the railway, when some workmen cried
■ut, “Halloa, mate, you are in a deuce of a bur
ry, it appears.” “ Well, rather,” said the
' Zouave. “ But where are you off to at that
1 at ?” “Where?” replied the soldier, tap
. ping bis side arms, “llhy to the Conyress, of
■nurse."
At the departure from Marseilles the Zon
■ives of the Guard were saluted by the accla
mations of thousands of spectators grouped
■ ipou the jetties. The journals of the town
neutiun a little incident which enlivened the
scene.
A Zouave, imitating the cry of the railway
• itficials, shouted to his comrades, "Now, then,
i my more going on for Austria?”
I Another bid adieu to his brother as the ship
luitted the quay, iu these terms: “My ad-
Iress will be Post Restante, Vienna.
Emigration from Liverpool io the United
‘ States in 1859.—Emigration to the States has
1 uot for a lengthened period been so active as at
' present, and several vessels have cleared .in
1 -apid succession, with numbers ranging frwn
>OO to 700 on board, nnd it is believed that the
lext few months’ emigration to the United
States will lie the largest experiened for seve
ral years. In the month of January seven ship*
sailed for the Mersey, conveying 61 cabin anti
1,058 steerage passengers, the latter consi-t
--ng of 327 English, 84 Scotch, 554 Irish, and
)3 foreign emigrants ; in February, 10 ship’
with 79 cabin and 1717 steerage passengers—
-139 English, 42 Scotch, 1093 Irish, and 93 oth
er emigrants ; and in March. 13 ships, with
4,163 steerage passengers—Bß 6 English, 109
Scotch, 2988 Irish, and 180otticr emigrants.—
Off the returns for January, however, must be
■leducted 333 passengers who retutned toport
■ n the Isaac Webb, and reshipped in the ves
sels sailing in the succeeding month. In the
corresponding period of 1858, 25 vessels, car
rying 234 cabin and 6205 steerage passengers.
sailc-1 for the United State*. In • short ship’ ’
luring the last quarter, 1396 passengers took
heir departure for the Western Continent.—
London Times, April £B.
■eg* A writ r in the ILm*eh‘>hl Word-th""
; ilencrile* the per-oiiul appearance of N.ipo!c"H
i HI:
“He i« grizzled, cadavi ron*. ai d lame in
left hip. and labor* to iimi-etd thia la*t detect
111- walk ie awkward, lie turn* >mt Id* (<*•'
and lean* iieatily <>n the Mraxig stick he
riee ill hie well-gloted Laud. He i* carehil y
dre-** !; hul, llioupli h e at fit* him very •
e irately, lie i»a* Hoiking i>f tl.ealruf aperfeit
h di**~d man. Hi. tfnur - la nut impnuid
by the > uira** » Licli We <nm< • ill n*4 c»»t« r ‘
Every step abb II be tak-• '• Mwiied,
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