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FRJM OUR DAILY OF FRIDAY, JOLY 15.
“A Condemned Platform.”
Under the above caption the Augusta Con
stitiitionali.it gives a home thrust at our know
X ,'hings friends of this District and their can
didate. It says:
The Kn -w Nothing or opposition Conven
t, a of the third Congressional district of thi
■ S ate met in Forsyth on the 6th inst. They
ad >pted a party platform, in a series of reso
luti ns, and nominated Thomas Hardeman, Jr..
a- their candidate for Congress. Mr. Harde
man, in his letter accepting the nomination
■.. u I have long Mnce 1 ■ nfidence j.-
Jiti< al resolves and party platforms. They art
made to l>e-broken and to deceive.” Mr. Har
deman of course refllrs to his own party, and
more tlty platform recently
adopted at Griffin; and if si. his politica
friends should have the Forsyth platform la
belled, “ made to be broken and to deceive.”
Democratic Nomination.
In the First Congressional District Judge
Love has been nominated as the Democratic
candidate for Congress. In the Second Dis
trict, Hon. Martin J. Crawford was unani
mously nominated by the Cuthbert Conven
vention. The Convention approved Mr. Craw
fords course in Congress; also endorsed Sen
ator Iverson’s course and expressed a hop*
for his re-election.
Don’t fail to read the new advertise
meats in to-day’s paper.
•-eU We call particular attention to the
admirable Report (tor which we are greatly
indebted to Messrs. Stubbs & Hill.) ot an iin- '
portant decision delivered this morning by (
Judge Stephens of the Supreme Court. It |
contains matter of much interest to the legal '
profession, as cell as to Administrators, Gnar- 1
ilians, Executors, and the public generally. ]
Don’t do it. i
We w -uldsiy a word of caution to the Dem- ,
ocrats ol Bibb against the move which wehear ]
has been made for a Compromise Ticket to rep
resent this County in the Legislature. This
move, it is thought by many Democrats, is a
trick to lull us into a false security in the cam. t
paign. Such a proposition should not be ac 1
cepted by the party. To elect our Congress
man, it is essential for the Democracy to firing ;
out a good ticket for the Legislature, and let '•
all of us given “ strong pull together.” By pur
suing this course, the county can be redeemed ,
and Col. Speer elected We hope, then, our ,
Democratic friends will reject the compromise. I
There never was a compromise yet, but what ■
one side cheated the other. (
Fearful Freed >m —A newly married lady,
on her way to Lexington, Ky„ from St. L mis, I
stopped at the Burnet it mse. a few days since, f
with her husband and servant, a slave, who j |
ha 1 lived with her for many years. The ne- | i
gross had heard a great many stories about , !
“abolitionists” carrying off slaves from their | .
owners, and was so dreadfully alarmed lest j (
some one would steal her, that she would not j 1
venture out of her mistress’s apartments, ‘
Nothing would induce her to go into the halls, *
but she remained pale and trembling in her ' ,
own room, fearful even of looking out of I
the window. Her mistress, having to fulfil an
engagement in the city with a friend, went out
early in th? morning, leaving orders with one
of the clerks that the girl’s meals should be .
sent to the rooms. I
The lady did not return until the following
morning, when she learned that no one : n the
hotel had been able to get into the apartments, *
the girl locking the doors and piling the furni
ture against them, to keep every body out. It
was not until she recognized her mistress’s I
voice that she would turn the key, so convinced . (
was she that some one would steal her from ■
“missus.” She was pale and haggard with j
anxiety and dread, and had she remained in ,
this city a week or two, would have fallen ill,
and perhaps have died, so great and irrational j
was her alarm lest she should be forced to be
free.— Cincinnati Enquirer. I j
—— (
Cure for Blind Staggers in Horses. Mr.
William Holley, who is well known to a num- ‘
ber of our readers as a successful horse tamer
for :i number of years past, expresses himself '
as confident of htiving discovered a sure and
speedy remedy for the blind staggers in horses, ■
an I it he is correct, be confers a favor upon
the public by giving, gratis, the result of his (
experience. He has succeed in saving sever
al ol his own and his neighbors horses by this
remedy.
As soon as yon discover your horse has the '
blind staggers, bleed copiously in the third ;
bar of the roof of his mouth, and give him, or
rather make him draw Scotch or Maeaboy
snuff up his nose. If you cannot make him
take the snuff any other way, spread it out on
a cloth or papi r and apply it to his nose.—
This will compel] him to breath it. Mr. Hol
ley says he has known the above treatment to I
relieve a horse with the blind staggers in fit- !
teen minutes. It is worth a trial. — Ft. I alley
Century.
_ _ _
Soldiers <.i tue Revolutionary Mak.— '
Tue Pension Office had upon its rolls on the:
30th of June, 18-58, the names of two hundred ,
and fifty three Revolutionary I-I'n rs. Os this I
small remnant of heroes, information has been ;
ri- -eived that during the succeeding, half year |
L.tv-six went to their long account, leaving up- I
■ n the first day of the present year two hun-|
<ir<-1 and seven survivors The ages of some
.-h ,-e soldiers are stated to have been from
I'l to 1n.3 years. Thus i dwindled away the
■■• ill rnunbe of that gnl In nt'l in nd which has '
• me <| wn to us from a firmer generation to i
I - forever from the earth before this genera
all I i>e i nisbed its work. At the pc-1
r 0 al, v. re’orred to there were 4.2<*'l widows
- 1 .mirv soldiersup i the pension roHa, '
:i , 1 a- x m •nths death dimini-hed that num-
<i h i-u living at the begiimiiig ,
ye 1,, v five wen- the wives <4 Revo- I
m i • oldi. i» be) ,re the terminatiou of the !
In i'- uv Ei k-.---tit'./i, e llavm nd has nr-1
‘5. «m|, (Il i, all the way from Kalt
it, ry t nek tuo.es no I Kansas, i
.« ■ do am 'driving
r< awig m Mr. Ra.nif'wd wys I
: . u t u» ne hmvfr'sJ ma |
i ac iV - gp 1-1
i 1--
I 1TBLIS1IEI) EVERY SATURDAY )IO XIM-.
V OLTTME £l.
No Fury Like a Woman Fcorned.—A ter
ible illustration of wliuta scorned woman’
ary will lead her to do, occurred Inst Wed
icsdtiy in Milwaukie. A lady of that city re
urning unexpectedly from a drive imaginei
the heard voices in the room usually oc unie
>y herself and husband. The door being clos
'd, she was reduced to the key h de, and to th:
ipertnre she applied her eye. She saw tin
igure of a woman, and standing by her wa
he husband of the jealous wife, actually en
gaged in abstracting a shawl upon the ebon!
lers of tho female intruder. The wife went t<
mother room took a loaded shot gun. returned,
ipened the door, and deliberately shot tl <
grange woman in the back. "When th? lattci
eturued to consciousness she found the wretd
■t a husluind bending over her. with n we!
feigned solicitude in his glance. Mutual ex
planations ensued, and the body of the woma.
vho had heen shot was brought in. It was t
lummy ! The husband, who pursued the re
peetable calling of a retail dry goods dealer
was wont to use this figure to exhibit the man
tillas and shawls with which ho desired t
.-harm the eyes of the Milwaukie ladies. Tin
lummy, from long exposure and hard usagi
md become shabby, and the merchant hm
hat morning brought it ‘roiu tho shop for th<
purpose of renovating its exterior. Not limi
ng his wife, he was trying in his awkwar
■ray to do the work, and was probably sweai
■ ag at his clumsy attempts, when his wife, mi
aking the accents of passions, let Hy the fu>»
shot. This tragedy in real life will teach he
a lesson—perhaps.
Army Orders. —The Secretary of M'ar ha
issued the following general orders :
The Board to be convened for the exainimi
tion of non-commissioned officers recommendei
for promotion will be conip i“.'i! of the Instruc
tor of Tactics, the Professor ol Mathematics
and the Prnfosor of Ethics, at the Military A
cademy ; and will meet at M’est Point on tin
first Monday in September, annually. Militar
stores or other army supplies reported to com
tnanding officers as unsuitable to tho sorti i
will be inspected by such commanders withou
previous reference to the War Department.—
Enlisted men, serving with troops, will not 1 e
allowed commutation of rations.
One of the parties engaged in raising
tho Russian ships sunk at Sevastopol, writest
a friend in Boston, in reference to tin- progres
of the work:
I have raised the whole 13 or 14 steamers
and vesselsof various sizes, and broken to piece:
and removed 14 or 15 more, and the work goe
bravely on, and will eou i ue t • a successful
completion. 1 have one fine corvette sound a
a dollar, and in good condition to repair, but 1
shall not repair her: I had better wait until I
take up a first class frigate, one of 60 guns, the:
I shall put her in complete repair and sail hi-'
down the Mediterranean and sell her to somi
needy Power, who desire a ready-made navy.
As Marshal Me.Wahon entered Milan, a link
girl of five years of age, dressed in white, pre i
Rented him with a bouquet nearly as big us i
herself. He raised her up, and plneed h>-
standing before h’m on the saddle. “The child”
says a letter, “threw her little arms around fh>
sun-burnt head of the conqueror of Magentn.
and kissed him repeatedly, amidst the hmdest
cheers I ever head. The Marshall seemed de
lighted with the child, and I- lulled her most
tenderly, lo iking frequently at her pretty fea
tures. And so they both entered Milan, amids'
a shower of bouquets and applause. I saw
many persons affected even to tears.”
Political.
MISSISSIPPI.
At the Convention of the Democratic party
in the Third District, held at I. uisvillc, on
the 20t!i ult., lion. M'm. Barksdale was re
nominated by acclamation. N > member of
Congress (says the Sunny South.) has given
more satisfaction to his constituency than
Capt. M’m. Barksdale. During his term of
service he has ably defended the interests of
his people. IVe may say without exaggera
tion, that Capt. Barksdale is as firmly fixed in
the affections of his people, as any man wh
has had the honor to represent them. If ability
and wor h constitute u model of Congressman,
the representative from the third district should
be retained in Congress.
The Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar was re-nominated
for Congress by the Democracy of the 2d dis
trict, at the Convention recently held at Holly
Springs. Comparatively a young man, Mr
Lamar has risen high in the estimation of the
people, not only of Mississippi, but of the
whole country. Though numbered among the
youngest of the Federal Congress, he rapidly
won his way to distinction, gaining a higl
position among his able compatriots. The
Oxford Mercury, a staunch and influentia'
Democratic journal says Mr. Lamar will hare
no opposition. M'hether any one daro contest
the election with Mr. Lamar, he will be return
ed with an increased majority.
Washington States.
The Ti rs.—While the metropolis of Eng
land has l>een celebrating the Epsom, during
the past month, its groat annual racing carni
val, Long Island has witnessed, during the
i month of June, just past, a greater anu unt o
, racing and trotting than in any previous year, j
The I nion Association have held their annual
race meeting, and though, we believe, not pe
cuniarily a successful one, owing to the unpro :
pitious weather, yet the racing itself was of a ’
very high order. But the trotting turf has (
' been on the ascendant, and we have recently
witnessed some of the must interesting and \
important trotting contests that ever took place
in the States. Tho matches between K/haii
Allen and hiutern ; Ethan Allen and h'loru
Temple; and Flora Tem/ite aivi Princess, hitv
never been surpassed, or even equaled, in the
intense interest they created. The imn en e
concourse of people who assembled on thos
occasions to witness the contests, attests tin
- deep love which exists in the hearts of the
American people forth? sports of the turf,
and particularly for trotting, widen enjoys a
I far higher degree of popularity than rang.
In this respect wo differ widely from the Eng
lish people, w ho. nithough deeply imbued with
tho love of turf «-iorts. regard trotting ns cf
I secondary inqiortniice to in :ing. Racing with
them is widely diffenmt to what it la with ns.
! The track* there ure not en-lo R-d. but open to
i all: and as every town and city of im|s>rbinoo
ha* it* annual race meeting, the iM-eaefon of
it* celubratioo i* regurdud us n general holiday
.hr the mass"* of th" |ie >pje. A greater num
ber of horse* also oouu-ud t -r lies saruais
| atake* than will* u*, fur it is by b" mentis uo
|u-u*l to thirty or forty bor»e* ►’ rt fir th"
greet iuUulMUp*.—tyuid qj the l ao f.
•
.J. A’-A
State C Convention.
A b."-i ■. ||> -Ih’i l , ptibli'-hcd we learn if
\flHe I ' ' ■ ulated within th'
■ist d.-iv • • ■ i thr'it?;h tho country stating
bntthei '('invention of the Oppo- -
W birs-lay a*
’Elleil-roi lie : 1 nt ve are roqneatcd by niem
Sera --: ■■ that Macon is ,
ho pin -.-■■ I nr .i Os course it is m
msiiio- v l"i-ot be Opposition meet •
M . all ■ -t>'. is the ntos-
nven : n t Io! --j'-I- city in Georgia fol
rencral e o ■ -"ion It is the most centra!
n ul ni r’ • ; . - ar. I in point of hote’
a contino ■ u i: - . nr- be sivpaseed by any
dace it; <5 ■■-. . I i -'■'.■ll supplied wit!
■pacious :,io! , r-m: 11 dis for publii
neetin: -. I t!iren f uithsiat least) of th*
Delegate- if q- n- :i"1 take more tin*
i >o Macon.—
I'hc- ■ tiil-i -■ ■ ■ -s in v-r of our city are R
■ ilpeb'.- a is i'.- ; -- our Milledgeville
ih-nd- : ■ det them. Thvir zefll for the in-
■ crest-i: t ■ i town i~ ei tninendable; »i
lope. 1;,.-.v. t this disorganizing movi
Uy tin- Aini-: : -:tn an-! < ippositionists there
they are not'iut-. d by no i -ahmsy or hostility
'■wards M i -on. Their movement has onh
erved to < m’n .- their -tv: fur it is gem
illy agre.-d np ■-i .-'-.<l lias met with the con
■nrrenee of :*li>.<>--t ti.< wh. Opposition pre
•lint
I’HE STAVE t'lTf'i-siTION CONVENTION
M'ni r.'t nri ti in hie i’iiv of Macon
On Wed:: titty the 29th .Inly.
” M\-pnbl sh tl above notice tor th*
flformatioti oar Opposition subscriber*.
The Rie-T.is of Naturalized Citi
ZEN'S.
In ye-' •:•■’.:•■' t --- r v.i pnblisited a larg'
hortion < i the i letter of Gov. Wire oi
itir tiaim..l : --.i■ ti k'.v-. in w ich be tool
itr.nig gr ..t ' Everett, and
Webster, in ti. ■ < ■ -lint' n of said law
mil we ar ■ lad tn st 6 that lie is sustained b'
Tov. ll \i:uts. of Tennessee, who, in respond
o a call i: up -ti him by a number of for
■ign '■ '. ns, mb the identical position o'
G 'V. M'i-e, natnelv :
NATIVE t'jr: ins .Wil FOREIGN Natv
RAI.IZED Citi.-. \S ': :-i ROTH BE PLACED O'
hi BOTH are EQUAL
LY entitled mi: PROTECTION, as wen
vs to mt PR!' IT.EGES of the Unitei
States Governmest.
This we ie .: :-1 as th" true Constitutionn’
loctrine. The < institution make** Imt *
liscrintin.: I n 1 , n native and naturalize*
citizens, am! - i in making a. foreigner in
eligible to the Pres’denev.
G o. M i-. 1 t; ,v. Ihtrtis expound no'
inly the i T v \a!. Lnt the Dcjioceatm
-a: rafoaes t
j -ei-.igqiz' it ls sni-li. do f -re'enor can Ixc bin
ned for i.-fusing to do the <laiies of citixen
•hip, w t nt ' : joy ing the full measure of it
protection.
Per y Rigby.
Our readers v. ■ >' :: that a report lia*
been circulated io t’ ■ u j ipcrs that p.vn
fiigby, toi iuci i;. <»i th’ * it; ::n<l an cngineei
»n the Cv’itral Rail R <l, was parroted in C’n- ’
'•a tor rii’inin/< it a tr.iin <l‘ cars. On tlii►
•‘ubjeef a c<»rrespo;t Lnt < . the New Yurk '
Hera Zrf wiites :- s I •.;' ■>w s : i
“ Mr. h: >. . 1,,.-, u parroted, but some time
since a train u. •<! L- Arcdkn. <r rather two or ‘
rliree «»f the l:t' -.: < 'trui. n, in conse<|iience o i
the bad cod iiti. :. . . i al. • Tthe track, an*’
he thigh <>f a 1.• v. -ni.!>hc*l. Two or
three week aft . th: ! . urnd, Mr. Itigbj
was arrestf**! and tbr ’>v.i into [pi- n, where he wa>
1. He wa*
i doUtratolr o *
he railway for the . i ht, and that amount de- »'
' ’ "udretl d«>l
ars is the u mal m > . q. ; un‘. .meat of an engineer
idopted lit: wit ;i a ; . < place without an>
ossofli' ’ irri >. , 1 hav.- been assurred by
. ■ t.tbs of th.
nr on tb H iwin i Railway are cans- r
; pair in whiel.
he road is kept. n
• i
Tho Lite Thos. W. Collins. s
M’e find tiii-.h r th editorial head of the last
A’-:my the follow big very appropriate ,
ibituiuy of Mr. Tiiom a.- M'. Cot i nis, formerly G
of this ci;y, and .11-1 out- esteemed friend |,
md town-man 1 ..:!■( ;ii is. Ourac- „
quaintanco with tlu d thongh bnt
light, was 1. a; to convince us that lie
was a man • ..1 t; :.d ...id generous liunrt; s
.nd t: th is the tact t
i that his death is dei if > ■! ; .r,d by aj] yvho
were intimate', . 1 witli him. M'e
quote as fi Hows fi-'-m the Patriot:
In rjemonam.
Ib 1; \. '.y YorkfOn
them Tiim ... T 1 -m-*sM .Collins. s
■ccentlya .:- " V Orleans, and sou of t
Chas.t'ill: V G.i.. vhere he was f
•aised, and where his remain -'<<•«■ brought and ,
buried in ' R •11 illl i-.ueii-i v,”mi Suudnveve
n ng, 11 b inst. ' i
llcv.-.i-i, •V' 'lliumand Mary ]'
I C -11-a:''-, a- : flit Mu lied the profeßshin I ,
■■f la v. H wus ex "-.iingly good. 1 *
and 1- : . ' : lie scholar and
, a pl'-- i\;i- esteemed for 11
J his -:-.!■:. / i . <md and generous 1
! if lire w itli a heart I
I gl ' 1 1 : ' ole him the kind
( rien I1 , ■ , It . the poor a gen- .
j erotts beneia; ■ 1
In h:-!.- ' .-’ta.l n<emnineo of ’
his iin ' -i ,"c. Thus ends ■
man: I • ill ■ being, we pass to .1
iifu a . ' -e. stepping oft* ■
a- H .V :: M‘ who follow t
us. V.- <u e- '.’iir.s of nge, he
. - . the late ’
' R V 1 iinty, in this j
>m ■-. 1 . five small
vliil' 11 : ’ > . 1 t*n ... id while they,
and • . ‘ 1 it ing, his friend* :
can I I I -. !,• 'fi ..Uy existence, al
I long, a la-i ii ' ■ v.. . I <
,- -■ V
' » . 1 ■■ ■ I ■ io 11. acfn." 1
4 111 1- HI. N I- 1! 'lll. I
Tl.- . th • following 1
reel] f 1: half 11 drum •
: .1 imphor water, j
'ml* tut. ' d i-e. and the •
, dio -r ■ •: 1 . t • minute*, if :
ilw 1 im I-' ■■ ■ •■, Tlii* i. |w>. I
j, 1 I In medy ever 1
dl- v I ’I "I malady.
krw i - i .l--i New tollou -
" 1 .i'm'u, w*- «een |
■1 k»r. l!-q mar
t ’ It in-1.-. Al
Poi.y'J • I
9
OFFICE IX RALSTON'S BUILDING; THIRD STREET.
M7VCOK, CrKORGIxY, JTJImY
From Rev. C. H. Spurgeon.
His latest di.-course was preaehe-l from the.-e
voids :
u Am? it shall c.-> ne to pass in tar last days,
s hat the hii'Untain of (he 1. .'‘f .: h -nst. . ludl be |
in the tt>p oj the and ,
\all be e j- acted ul ' ” the hdis ; and alt na
tions shall jtoic unto viaii is., 2, uud
Uicah iv., 1.
The church is to be awful in her grandeur, i
Ah! n<)W she k ilp'pi'cd ; tn*' infidel barketh
it her, it is all he an do: the foil wor of old ,
uperstitions us yet pay her hut little venera
'ion. The religion of Christ, albeit that it iia s '
ouh alt the veneration of eternity about it- — |
Fur his goings t ith were ol eld, even from i
everlasting;”—yet to men who know him not. •
Christianity seems to be but a young upstart,
audaciously contending with D ary-headed |
systems of religion. Ay, hut the day shall |
• »me when ni«*n shall how heiore the name <4
Jhrist, when the c.<»S ' hall immand itnivur
mmagc; when the name of Jesus shall stay
he wandering Arab, and make him prostrate
lis knee at the h ur of prayer ; when the voice
f the minis.er of Christ shall I as m ghty as :
hat of a king: when tue bishops of t'hrist s
-hurch shall he ns princes in <*ur midst: and
yhen the sons ami daughters of ZLui shall be. i
very man of them a prince, and every daugh- :
era queen. The hour c uneth; yea. and now
Iraweth nigh, when the mountain < t the 1* >rd s I
i -use, in her awful grnadcur. shall he ostab
iahed on the top of the m mntain
There is yet. however, a deeper ami larger
oeani.tg. It is just this —that the day is coin
ng when the church of (hid shall ha'. e abs >- 1
ate so pre ma ey. The church of Christ mw I
ms to fight for her existence. She has many
ties, and mighty ones, too, who would snau-h
he chaplet from her lu'ow, Idunt her sword,
ind ‘•tain her banners in thedti.4: but the day I
hall come when all her enemies shall die: there
hall not- be a dog to move hi - tongue against i
er; she shall be so mighty that there shall
►e naught loft to compete with her. As for
l >me, you shall cek but find it not. It shall
»e hurled as a millstone in the t: >4. As for
also gods, talk to the bittern jd the ov 1. to
he mole and to the bat. ami they -hall tell
vo«i where they shall be di>eovered. The
;hurch of Christ at that time -hall not ha e
sings of the earth to biml her and to control I
ier. as if she were Imr a pun;, dun; ■ n r shall
-he have them to persecute her, and Irft up
heir iron arm to crush her: but she ibon shall
»p the queen and empress of all nations: she
hall r<*ign o\• :• all king
lown and lick the dust of her feet: her go! lon
sandals shall tread upon their necks: she, with
ior sceptre, with a rod of iron, shall break om
tires in pieces like earthen I>. She dial!
verturn! overtip'ii! overturn! over’.urn! until .
Ie shall coiiiv whose right :• to rule. “I
vili give it Him.” The d?st : . vof tho church
s universal monarchy. V» aat Alexander
‘ aight for, wlmt Cajsar d*t <1 to ob'.iui. whftt
\’apoleon wasted all 1 lil«‘ • a-h ■ . t'ru
Jhrist shall have—the universal m diarchy of
be broad acres of the earth. ‘Di tis his,
tnd he nui'le it. an -
and.” The whole earth shall come and wor
ship, and bow down, and knevl lad >re the Lord
.ur Maker; f>r every knee shall how. am!
cverv tongue shall confess that *Je<us Christ is
Lord to the glory of God the Fa’her.
Again, I b g you carefully to observe the
‘igure. It d >es not say they shall c*me to id
but they •"’hall "jlnc unto it.” I’nderstaml
his metapHor. It implies first their number.
M>tr, when ch jr.-hes are increased, con
verts drop into i churches; dr p after drop
he pool is filled. >“ those l]a J s tl,p . v shall <
low into it; noic it > but the pouring nut of
>vitter from the bucket: ’hen it -mil! be as the
•oiling of the cataract fro.' 4 IO ' 1! ' R Ue ;’t
-hall fl,.w into it. Now our ' averts, however !
lumerons. are comparatively Aw. ’ l^cn a
nation shall be born in a day. The pe q shall
renounce their gods at once. Whole r.u' 1 ’ 11 '
-hull of a sudden, bv an irresistible impiu <e ’
flow into the church, not only by one, but in *
»ne vast mass. The power of God shall be
seen in bringing whole nations into the chinch
»f God. You have seen the river IL.wing on- I
vard to the sen, with its banks : .1 sw >llen.
bearing its cn irmous contribution u o the bound
lets ocean. So shall it be in the last days:
each nation shall be like a niver, rolling toward
he foot ot this great mountain, tho church of
he living God. Happy, happy, happy day,
when India and China, with their teeming
myriads, and all the nations of the earth, with
heir multitude of tongues, shall flow into tho
msuntain of God!
The Third District.
Thomas Hardeman, -Jr., tho American oppo- t
sition nominee for Congres' in the third Dis- ,
trict, is a young man is popular in his own
county, and has very go id “speaking talent.
We think, however, that his nominate n ha< '
increased the c.lianvs f>r the e! .m< f a Dem
ocrat in the Third District. H ‘ i* not as strong :
as Trippe or Worrell. His record is a bad one 1
for the District ho ha< to ranv. < It is a
strong Southern ll!;j.'i ,> Di -trict, and will re
member his hasty ret:- at f* ;n th • S nthern
Rights Convention oi j''- I *. 1 which In* was an
ofticor, until the post became t •> h 4 < >r him.
It is, bo.ides, a strong anti-bank and anti-
State aid to railroad.* district, an iv. imt for
get his votes ami his speeches up m these sub
jects i n the la.*t tw<> ; i-ci:' fbe D- im■■
crati’** par v has only I." mal ea . d nomina
tion, and a good tight, t < !<• "u
A mptsta , ('uiistitutiuiialisf.
De mocratic Barbecue and Mass
Aheting ot Growl Jourfion, T,, i.. on Sit-
•ttrduy the ’.Vdlh July.
Mi* arc reqiiDßtcii by th" < i iz- il> f Grand
Jxinctiun mid »'u inity. t • iiiiiu m.- e that ihere
I .vili I"- ■ 1 1 .'in r.- I
lipi-ne nt that pin <-n S:i''i: r
July, nt which time it i. ex , i ' ■ ial
<if tin- filliwinz p’"ii’l<‘i4<‘n will 1" pnneut
mill flddnthi! J C qilo "I. til" iii.nin-iilniii
iflßueß of tin' i-aim » :
H-in. Aii'lr"" .i •III.'-’-n. '; I • -i.”-'- '•*■:
Hm. .1 >hii<'. Bi-.-i-k-nri'l:". oi 8 itu ky:
linn. J.irnc. I'., i'l.-iy. *»f K- tin .v
ll'in. L. <N Lirmnr. <i Mi i«»ippi :
<1 :. .• . V.
ILiii. 'l-'liu X . M right. Lt I ir i* '<*.
The "itizi'nß ol ll:« R.irr iDn lmg ■ -inn in
’rcutK*''*"** lifl'l M * i**mf und “! th" Sitßih
jri'n'orally, nr" r" p"itiuU\ «in ted t« annul.
An ninpli dinii- i "dl I** r * i-ii J i rin
1 ta.iiin. mid m-m* nra**>iii*«i *i>*-le i » I'■
1 e ,iuf >rt and «' 'nrflim-ara "4 ull who May b<‘
: pr«'wnt.— Al-mphis Jr .*, .-4',
Evils of Aboli don.
The Rev. Dr. Rivers in a series of articles
in tin- Memphis Avalanche nrgos tlie following
unanswerable arguments against the abolition
of Slavery, 110 snys:
Finally, wi; argue that slavery is not a sin,
from the fact, that to abolish it would be at
tended with the worst consequences.
. 1. The abolition of slavery would turn .
i out of employment thousands of operatives !
•at the North. The great ?otton-inills would
cease to move, for there would bo no raw
i inaU'l'i.il to supply them. The country would
.be almost stunned by the wails of ungu.sb .
, that arise from famishing women und
-tailing children. Age would sink exhausted I
, under its infirmities, and youth would grow ;
, sick and die.
2. England would be ruined. She would
I totter from her high position, and ceiwe to be I
tho "qiievn of the sens.” Her vast ami popu- |
. lons manfacturing districts would become n 1
. barren Sahara. Every loom and spindle would ,
:be stopped. Insubordination woul I be rite
ainm.g her subjects, among whom compara
: live eui'teiitineiit reigns. Men, and women. ■
| and children would be found in the market- '
places idle, because no man could hire them.—
Miners, ami collier-, and machinists, and ine
chanics, would all be seeking labor, and find
i g none; and worse than Egyptian famine
would starve the land. Iler grand missionary
and Bible enterprises would languish, and her
i glory would depart.
3. Commerce would languish. For years
I commerce has been the handmaid of religion. |
i It has been the lender of enterprise, ami the
j '‘forerunner” ot the gospel. It has advanced I
, science, discovered new lands, and pencilled
their boundaries upon the map of the world,
j It has broken barriers which had grown strong :
I by the iiecretions of centuries ; it has opened
the gates of Chiun and -Japan to the civilized
j world. It has united together a beautiful sis
terhoo 1 of nations and lessened the chances ot
war. Commerce owes its g.ory to cotton.
Cotton -wills the commerce ot the world. Il
I w hitetis the ocean with sails, and tills the har
bors w ith vessels. It is th<! grand motive-pow
er that moves the commerce of the world.—
But cotton is the prixliiction of slavo-labor.—
Destroy .-Livery and tl.e supply of cotton would
i cense.
4. The nb ilitioii of slavery would make the
Smith a field of blood. It would lead to war.
and prove the utter extinction of the negro
' race. The South is ridi, and is increasing in
■ wealth. In arts and sciences her progress is:
onward. Her enterprising citizens are build
ing railroa I*, erecting m.- n ifactorics, Cstnb
lislimg schools, printing books, and advancing
in all the elements of the highest, civilization. '
And if 10. alone, she - ill work out a sublime .
destiny. But let. slavery be abolished, let j
three or four millions of an inferior race, tin- I
used to liberty and equality, be at once e'evat
ed to the character and position of freemen,
and th-.- cm -eqnenccs 'would tn- the ruin of t ie :
interests of one race, and ’.he annihilation ot
tho other.
M'e l::.v now closed this argument. Tn the
light of natnre. and in the still more effulgent |
light of rev. I ttion. we have cn.lCavored calm
ly tn survey the whole ground, and to come to '
iu-t conclusions. M’e believe the argument to I
be un.-insw-r-ible. M’e think our conclusion is '
infallible. Here we take our stand, and in the
fear of God, ami su-tained by his unerring
word, we iluie maintain it.
Gsn. Cass’ Instructions to our
FOREIGN MINISTERS—OFR RIGHTS
i AS NEI TRALS.
It is said that the last steamer to Europe
conveyed to our Ministers abroad a letter of
instructions submitted by Gen. Cass, defining
rhe position of our Government, on tho sub
ject of our rights as neutrals. M hat those in
structions are, we do not know, as they have i
not been male public; but a M a-diington let
ter-writer, who assumes to know, says:—
"Ti e p esont manifesto lays down broad
1 principles which will govern us in the main
tenance of our rights as neutrals, and there is
I every reason to believe that the positions now
;1 esumod will bo adopted by nil tho groat na
th u« of Europe. The principal p- of
com wilh reference to limitation of articles
which ehall be deemed contraband of war.—
The l'n't e 'l States holds that nothing should
be embratv '• in ‘his lit** but the direct and im
, mediate mi ritionsof warfare, such as powder.
' muskets, <an t a ’’ lt etc. Coal,
which is the v.'L’ foundation of manufacturing
and commercial transactions, is declared by
the 1 nited States tm7 to be contraband of war.
and anv attempt to construe it otherwise will
I be viewed as an encroac’iment upon our com-
I merce. S.. also, arc brei dstuffs not contra
band of war. The broad do*, trine is also reit- 1
, crated that a free ting corers tt." cargo, and it I
| is declared that we will nn eryiegd on the pri
vateeriDg question.
Census of Dougherty County.
Vi e publish below the particulars of t&B 1
census of Doughm-ry county, for which we are
indebted to Thomas F .Hampton. I’-q. In
the jiopidaiion of Baiter county —which then
included th,- torritory of what is now Baker,
Dougherty, Calhoun, Mitchell, and a part of
Miller counties—was Bt2o. Dougherty county
includes a little more tlwin tiro nt the nine land ,
■ li-trirts of old Baker, and its present (H.puhi
lion i 57852. This sin ws a large increase. H
the whole territory had increased : n th" same
ratio, its present population would now 1«‘
over 30.00*).
Mr. Ma. aryiiv Dear Sic: I have closed
/hv rz-Hhu • n turnb for die county <4 D mghrrty.
Pi .so (HibliMh the i;d»ie as I have it.
ninl Yom t». respectfully.
Thomy* F. Hamptok.
t July 9th. I<>9.
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Female* ua'lar ft **
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FROM OUR DIILY OF MONDAY. JULY 18.
To out’ S .bscribers.
M’e take pleasure in informing our patrons
that we have temporarily associated with us in
the Editorial department of this paper. Maj.
John H. Steele, lormerly connected with the '
Atlanta Intelligencer and more recently with 1
the Griffin Empire State. The Major needs no 1
voucher from us, as Im is generally recognized
as one of the best informed and most ospi-i i
enced political writers in Georgia; and we
heartily congrntuhite both mirselvei find our
readers upon his valuable assistance. Thepol
itk'Hof the paper will of course rema n un
changed ; lor we will continue to edit it, in
conjunclion with Mr. Steele, whose views on 1
jKibtieal subjects correspond in the main with 1
our own. |
Onr reason f r associating him with us al ,
this juncture is two fold, in the first place ‘ 1
we think with his help this journnl *mi be '
nui'le more interesting and e ! cient during the ' 1
campaign ; and st-c ndly, we want to be re
lieved for a while'rom the burthen of edito- '
rial duties in order to devote ourselves more ;
t a tho business department of the paper—our '
interests imperatively demanding leisure this 1
summer to canvass the snrrotniding counties ■
to collect dues ami extend onr circulation.
There is n good deni of money owing u
wluch we greatly need to pay our debts and ] *
keep up onr enterprise : and having waited, ’
written and sent for it without avail, we have
at last determined to go after it, trusting to
find our friends ready to pay up.
M’e also wish to add largeley to our sub- ' ■
seription list, and .hall spare no effort or ex
pense until we make the State Press what i
was fir.-t promised, a great Central Democrat
ic organ of Georgia.
Maj. Steele's connection with the paper will
t ike place tm-week, when he will speak for
himsqlf. ’ ,
Senator Iverson’s Speech.
M e are inde ited to our cutemp-i' iiries of the ;
Griffin Empire State for a copy of Senator
IvEitsoN s late Speech, in advance of the regu
lar issue of their paper. Such favors will al- I
ways be duly appreciated at this office.
The speech is an able and patriotic d ocu
ment; and we regret we are unable to publish '
it in full as it covers thirteen columns wliieh - '
is more space than wc can spare at pre.-ent.
A compiete review of it. however, will up- | '
pear to-morrow. Mv. also, understand that it |
will be publi'heil in pamphlet form mid gener
ally circulated so that every body in Georgia ;
will have a chance to read it.
Sweet Harmouy.
How pleasant a thing it is in
i harmony to d" dl: and how bemUlfully is
' this truism illustrated in th" C*ppositi.ui
' party ' 'Tlie last Sumter llepuhlican comes I
to iis with n stale Hing at what it is plenspil to
call the “Harmonious” Democracy; but let
us see how the ca-e stands.
Ist. The Oppositionists arc divided a- to the
. policy and propriety of running an opposition
| candidate to G >v. Brown.
2d. They are divide.! about the place of
t holding their Convention—Some say Macon,
and others Milledgeville.
3d. They will be divided, we warrant, upon
1 whom they will run f r Governor, procideil
' they can find anybody rash enough to take
I the race.
This is harmony with a vengeance!
Verily, tho “mote” in the eyes of their
' neighbors, seems to concern our opponents
I more than the “beam” in their own eyes.
Let us hear nothing m ire about want of
harmony in the Democratic ranks.
At the recent commencement of the
M'esleyan Female College, the second degree
in literature (the highest honorary degree con
ferred by the college,) was conferred upon
Mrs. Susan S. Hancock, the widow of the lute
' Professor Hancock, of this city.
• ■— -- -
Iropn the Col mbits Times,, 14/7/ inst.
The Third District.
Alexander M. Speer, accepts the gage of
' battle from Thomas Hardeman, Jr., in the 3rd i
i Congressional District. Both combattants are
young men, both energetic and ardent, and
each very popular with liis party. This is
the first race for Congression 1 honors ever ■
undertaken by either, and hence, the contest
will, donbtless. enlist a large amount of en
thusiasm in their several behalf.
in respect to native endowment we may as
-1 slime that they are about equal, but in the
matter of education and severe mental train- ,
ing, Mr. Speer has largely the advantage of
his competitor. The former is a lawyer and
one of the most industrious members of that
laborious profession, lie has twice been cho
sen clerk of the House of Representatives in our
I State Legislature, and could have held the office
as long as the Dem s-raev held the eountrv.- In
the practice of law. he has become will km>wn
i throughout the District, and by his fine intel
; leet, social qualities and moral bearing, has
endeared himself to the jvcople.
t He is moreover i; democrat of the pure
; Southern Rights stamp and will go as far as
the boldest, in defending Southern institutions
and Southern honor. In this respect, he has
an advantage over his opponent, whose record j
is not altogether unspotted. Besides. Mr Har-
I deman was one of the most prominent cham
pions of State-aid to railroads, in the last Leg
islature. and the people will remember his
votes and speeches upon that subject. Let tho
, Demoeracv keep wide awake and summon all
their energies to the confiict. and victory is
i theirs.
Ri morfd Di rt. — A Washington despatch in
the New York IL raid, says:
The Mayor of Ma.lting’on having received
a d*-]iat<'b from the Mayor of Richmond that
<>. M i*e -ml I’. II- Aylett had left to
tight a dm !, and would probably proceed to
the tieighborhood of M'nshingt"n, he caused
warrants to bo issad for their arrest in case
they should come this way. The officers are
now on their lookout for them.
llrt'oitTFO Df.vth o* iI"N. Urn* • iw»*tz,
i;.«tor. July It. -A private <ie*|>m<-h iroui
Halihix, state* that Hon Rufus < houte di.al
linrvuii Tuesday aTernootv. N« partienbn*
• trace vet been receive'’. Mr. C’bocte wa* IsTU
ut Ipswich. iu Uctober. 1<99.
TERMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
■ 1 '■ - -I ' < 11 11 ■ ■ , I
NUMBER 39.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM EI’ROPE.
ARRIVAL (feftriftiy 0F THE
Further Point. July 17.—The steamship
Indian Ims arrived with Liverpool dates to the
ilth inst. The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool
market for the three days were Ib.iino bales,
the market closing dull but steady. Bread
stuffs and provisions were declining.
Consuls were quoted at 93j to 93 1 2 for ac
count.
Additional by the (torus.in.
The Borussia left Southampton on the even
ing of July 4tli. She brings nothing later from
the continent.
There hud been a Te Drum, at the church ot
Notre Dame, in Paris, and thanksgiving- were
observed in all the churches in France for
the victory obtained by the French at tSolfe
rino.
Naval preparations on the greatest scale were
being continued in France.
Prussia Ims given positive assurance that the
recent measures in regard to military prepara
tioiis. Ac.,were not taken with a view to en- j
gage in hostilities; and says that France may I
re't perfectly tranquil on that score. ■ i
Confidence has been somewhat restored in ,
coininerical circles, in consequence of these as- j
snranees.
Consols were quoted at 93 a 93 1-8.
Important from Mexico.
New Orleans. July 15.—The steamship
Tennessee has arrived with accounts from
Vera Crnz to the 13th instan'. The British
steamer sailed on the sth, with two millions
and a quarter in specie.
The revolutionists of Yucatan had qnietly
disperse 1, after capitulating to Ex-Governor
Barrera. Miramon was proposing to' issue j
eighteen millions of forced paper currency.
He was also about raising a forced loan from :
all the natives of the country, requiring from 1
nine to five hundred dollars from each.
The Tennessee was delayed one day, to ena- 1
ble Minister McLane to forward important |
dispatches to M ashington.
-Juan x had published a political manifesto, i
confiscating church and secular property. I
Juarez’s Minister of Finance is among the 1
passengers of the Tennessee. He comes to 1
negotiate a loan on the church property of:
Mexico.
Yepic had been captured by the liberals.
Several vessels had been lost in a violent ,
gale on the c n*t of Tuspar and Tecobitta.
The French bark Aunahuac had been lost ■
off Tampico.
Juarez s manifesto prohibits the clergy from ‘
holding office, and throws them upon the vol- 1
untary support of the laity. It also abolishes
internal customhouses and internal taxation.
Later from Mexico.
New Orleans, (via New York.) July 16.
I '- - .leamship Tennessee has arrived front
Vera Cruz, bringing dates to the 13th instant,
awl seven hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars in specie.
The news by this arrival includes the project
of a treaty between Mexico and the United
States.
Juarez had issued a decree declaring the
church property to be national property’.
Tlie Corn Crops.
Dr. D. Bradwell, tho very intelligent and '
experienced agricultural writer of the Ba'U- j
' bridge .Iritis, says in a recent article, “that
in passing through a part of Decatur, Leon, '
and Gadsden counties, during the first few days '
of June, be was surprised to see the corn crop
vo jioor. It is far from the intention of the
1 writer to produce an alarm, or discourage any
one engaged in any of the industrial pursuits
of life : but he cannot help saying what he be
lieves will come to pas* ut harvest viz: a very
light corn crop—much lighter than any year
since the disastrous year of 1845.”
Riveb News.—Steamer Comet, Capt. Tay
lor, left for Savannah on last Tuesday morn
ing. The river continues in fine boating or
der. but there is not enough freight now of
eringto keeponeb mt running. Pulaski Times .
Congressional Nominations.
The following nominations forCongress have
already been made:
First District—Hon. Peter E. Love, of Thom
i asville. Democrat. Xo opposition.
Second District —Hon. Mo tin J. Crawford, ,
of Cohmibns, Democrat. No opposition.
Third District—Col. A. M- Speer, of Macon. .
i Democrat; Capt. Thomas Hardeman. Jr., of
Macon, opposition. J
Fourth District —Hon. L. J Gartrell, of At- |
lanta. Democrat; Col. M’. F. M'right, of New
uan, opposition.
Fifth District —Col. J. M". 11. Underwood,
of Rome. Democrat. No opposition.
Sixth District—Nominati.-ii not yet made
known. DeniocraticConventionmetatGaiucs
ville on the 13th inst.
Seventh District —No nomination. Demo-:
erntie U.-n vent ion meets at Augusta on the2*Jth
inst. Opposition Convention meets nt the I
same pbiee on the 27th inst.
Eighth District—Col. \. H. Kenan, of Mil
ledgeville, independent opposition.
A Singular Story.—Mr. K. D. Mansfield, i
the Hote l political economist anti author, cf
Cincinnati, who recently visited M est Point,
where lie graduated years ago. with the No 1
opposite his i nmo —a very rareacjiievement
i has written a letter to the Gazette in which
he thus alludes to Col. M’ashington, (not the
denier in canes ami bones) and his " seals :
In tho coui-'e of conversation, C<-!. M ash
ington was reterred to for sonio incidents, so
curious and interesting, that they ought to go
into general history. He had tw*» seals and ii
chain, which were formerly nmcJi used by
Gen. M':isbingto:i. Both seals (oim silver and
one gold) had the simple initial*, G. M'., which
were put u|H>n bis letters. The ailver seal,
now black by ex]s-iire, vvn* lost and found
alter ' ..fl.tg-s< ri u mars .' It was ifst on Brad_
d<sk’s*FwiJ, in 17'i5, and found eighty yards
from the spot where Braddock l«41 in IW2!
The secon I seal was a gold one, nearly sim
ilar to tho Other, which M'asliingfrwi w-'l af
ter the loss of th" other. 1 Id* aval wn* «I*o
i lost mid recovered, after.« y- *, beu g
I pkiughe.l ii]' In « held. These, with the g.di
> watch "bain, are imw worn by <‘«i. Wnwbnig
i ton. A UWTU »erie- 0!’ er*'iit» I »*•*■«*
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The Dome of St. Peters.
C. C. Fnlton, Esq., of the Baltimore Ameri
can. writing from Borne, furnishes a very inter
esting paragraph under the caption above,
which we annex:
I have spent an hour 011 the roof and in as
cending the dome of Bt. Peter’s Cathedral. —
The ascent to the summit is the only means by
which a proper idea can be formed of the im
mensity of the structure, and it then presents
one ot the most extraordinary spectacles in the
world. A broad, paved spiral ascent, without
steps, leads to the roof by so gentle an assent
that a horse might mount it. On the walls of
this spiral ascent are tables recording the
mimes of mem I era of the reigning houses of
Europe who have accomplished the ascent,
that ot the Prince of Wales, who passed up u
few weeks since, being already up. The roof
is so immense that it requires halt an hour to
walk around it, and the workmen are constant
ly employed in repairing and keeping it in or
derand have houses here in which they live with
their families. Almost all the root is ot brick,
set in Roman cement as hard and solid as a
rock. A long series of passages and staircases
| carried us from the roof to the different stages
of the dome, winding between its double walls
and opening on the internal galleries. From
the upper of these galleries, looking down on
1 the altar and floor of the Cathedral below, at
the height of about four hundred feet, the pco
| pie scarcely look like human beings, and the
Mosaics of the dome, w hich look from below
like finely executed paintings, arc found to bo
coarsely executed in the only style which could
produce such an effect at such a distance. The
staircase from this point led directly to the top
of the interior dome, and you stand on its brick
1 floor. Another llight of about thirty steps car
) ries you up into the ball on which the cross
I sets, which from the front of the building looks
not larger than a bomb shell, but y»u find to
I be capable • f easily holding eighteen persons.
’ Six were in it at the lime we entered, but tho
) hint was so oppressive we were soon compell
) ed to retreat.
) The view from the balcony below the ball
)is one of the finest scenes in Europe. The
) whole of Rome is spread out like a map in the
, foreground, bounded or one side by the Med
iterranean uud on the other by the chain of
the Appennines.
Sad Occurrence.— Death from the bite of a
Itattb’nnake. — James Wright, an old citizen of
j Cincinnati, while in the woods near Vanceburg,
I fnd., on the 4th instant, getting out timlier,
1 was bit on the baud by a rattlesnake. TheGa
! zette says:
Alarmed at the probable consequence, ho im
mediately started for the town, and ran the en
tiredistance. Theheat, fatigue and excitement
of course allowed the poison tocireulate through
his system and make sure of its deadly work.
By the time he reached Vanceburg, he was
entirely blind, and his body and head wcrecn
tirely covered with spots of the same color of
those of the rattlesnake. The usual remedies
were immediately resorted to and every effort
made by the attendant physicians to neutralize
the poison, but without effect. He continued
to sink rapidly and expired between 3 and 4 o’-
clock next morning.
In preparing the body to be laid out, a sin
gular phenomenon presented itself. In addi
■ tioti to the spots referred to,there was a picture
i of the s ake itself—perfect iu shape and color
and as distinct as if daguerreotyped there—ex-
I tending from the point on his hand where the
I fangs had struck, up the arm to the shou der,
and then down the side to the groin. To the
tiuth of this, our informant assures us not only
himself, but some four or five other citizens who
saw it, can positively testify.
Immediately upon learning the occurrence,
a number of persons started to the place where
it had happened, and upon examination, found
the snake in the identical spot designated, where
they came near havinganother tragedy, a young
ladv of the party having stepped over his lurk
ing place, from which a moment after he made
a savage leap at the party, hut was immediately
| dis witched. He proved to have six rattles and
a •‘button.” indicating his age to be six years
and a half.
A Verbal Fight.
We were once Solicitor General, and at one
I of the courts, during the trial of the civil dock
et, having nothing that required our presence
in the court, and as it was rather cool in the
* house, we took our position on the sunny side
! ot the C.urthouse, to enjoy for a while tho
j genial rays of an April sun. We had been in
our position but a short time, when, some fifty
) paces from us. we discovered a group of four
or five persons >n earnest and animated conver
sation : and from various n> ds, gestures, etc.,
it was evident to our mind that, in some wav
or other we were connected with their eonver
-1 sation. But a few moments confirmed our
conjectures. as a long, lanky, bandy-shanked
I six foot specimen of humanity, dressed in cop
pci as giants ami peak-tailed blue, approached
( us with that caution and hesitation which
plainly indicated that he was uncertain whe
ther he dared to or not; apprraching, how
ever, he inquired if we were the States Ibtur
„<•/: upon l>eing informed that we were that
functionary, “Wall. (■inenil. continued our
new acquaintance. ‘‘ I war down ter the clnb
i house fust Saturday in -liniary. standing off’all
| alone, not saying nary word to nobody nt nil,
(.'moral, when Sam Johnson walked right up
ter 1110. and just verbally knocked me down,
without any circumstances whatsoever: and
now. Gineral. I want to ax yon if the law im
1 plies ?”
1 We inli.rmqd our hero that we though the
law would “imply;” and. with “Thank ye,
I Gineral,” he turned abruptly from us, and re-
* joined hi* comoanions, anil we could only hear,
* “ Pay me ten dollar* and treat,” and “ Yea,
Sam. that’s fair.” .Uid the rFliole group nd-
- joiiruod to an adj Suing grog-shop, wlieta, no
d >ula. the verbal fight was acttled end loct
* aigl.t of over a quart of the column whisky of
g the eotatry. At nay rule, our ad rite was not
1 , sought in the matter; end it i* also certain
’• tlait Sam Jobm ai «u not indicted lor ju*t
•- •• lertmlly kisckiuc down Jiui Reed," for m h
waa th* iwuir <<our i Uvat.—