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-| Jf( i>forgiiitfIf3rap| ^ mSEPH OIjISBY. . iin nrlct of Ml li#3 ) DOl' IiABS 1>#r * nnnm ’ if plid in adta * et ‘ h?* 0 tha 0 fi M before the expiration of the 1^* * if left to be applied for by the fcij Agent, Two Dollars and a Half ^ ' ireJ in evo»7 case, without exception, to ^ htrv* *«i commissions. ^'"urTfort* 1 * TzisoturH to new subscribers * r( ^!.lHll»tfr‘ with CtmA to secure attcn- ^^epoadeaee reepectfuily aolieited. VOL. XXXI. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1857. NO. 37. OTIOT310< Advertisement? at th«« regular charge will bo One Dollar per square of 10 tine* or ! ■•?, for the first in sertion, ar.d Fifty Cents f*»r each subsequent inser tion. All advertisements notspeobied as to time will he published until forbid and charged accord ingly Or*iTUart Notices net exceeding ten lines, will be published gratis ; but rush at tlie rate of One Dol lar for every ten manus- ript ines exceeding that number, must accompany all longer notices, or they will be cut short. r^PTI e Telegraph goes to pre * rt 3 o’clock* Monday Evenings. Adv( rtis'-rs will oblige by liand- mg in their favors, as early a^ Saturday, if possible vr,.m lb* Burner of Liberty. p:,pcrs “ d Post:tKC * ' v«b Administration—the rott Master I*. Li-the thirty-fifth Congress—the Edi- U ‘.’‘Fraternity and (he People of the United Immense concentration of political in- ^ e l ® j power in the hands of the fete who {*•**^01 of the cheap mammoth weeklies l? rf hr-e cities, is beriming to arouse the i*3E. apprehensions in the minds of •jJljL men. wr the stability of the primi- • wwblican institutions of our country. the printing press is a mighty engine f7Jd : yomm!t ,ion of intelligence, and for a ' caientiou of sound and salutary senti- w ® j t ‘ v j s ; n the hands of ambitious, aspir- .^iTiricioiu men—equally potent for evil, *?'f ^reading delusious to captivate and •Jr, t j, e public mind. In fact, anything ^Tjrtds to concentrate power in the hands A r , must be regarded ns most inimical "itaiwtem of republican government plnn- U | iji founded by our fathers. And what ^ power than that of controlling the C*~tcr °fthc intelligence diffused through* ifjtfUiul. and coloring it according to ca- V or design, can bo conceived ?—or wbat £,lvrerful means of producing such con- B y p .;^3 than the overwhelming advantages *e«<l hi the recent monster growth of Gjssof paper* t0 which wc have referred ? l a the very nature of the printing business, b y a ,ar 6 c ? utI »y of enpi- j or other means, once uequire n large cir- ^n, bare a most insuperable advantage C vfr local pipers of less circulation, ns the cx- of setting typo for an edition of one or j,j hundred thousand is no greater than for K; rr i few hundred, which is the extent of (•tclitioo seldom exceeded by the local press. i ;l "lji'.ion to this, the wonderful inventions „] iaprorements of printing machinery with- Mibf post few years, enabling capitalists, by utotlsyofa few thousand dollars, to print a l3<nd fold more rapidly ahd cheaply than 3, be done with tho apparatus employed by •-liters generally, immensely increases the J-rrfWming advantages of tlie mammoth rhi pipers over those in our small towns and rjun. Thus wc have, of lato years, seen a fcrcitjpapcrt. originally established by large K^iri of capital, swell their weekly circula- tai: an almost incredible extent, and in one itiacc. to 175,000,—while the greater por- uidthr lurul press is made to languish un- ic the ruinous competion. If this thing is to pm, the country press must eventually be r.W out, or its sphere of usefulness be too -t restricted, in the insulting language of one iisf overgrown weeklies, (the N. Y. Tri- i.,] to "chronicling the increaso and sales ij;i ud poultry," while the whole political pried influence of the press will be wield* it bribe dozen or two demagogues whose ac- tsuai fortune or wealth enable them to con* «'tie mammoth weeklies of our large cities. S»» it is plainly porceivablo that under _ a state of affairs tho nominal representn* Selected by the people to legislative, judi- ''aexecutive positions, will become but the np'.id the autocrats of the press, tbe wires lz<>rbiaj them being firmly held by the lnt- r. iboM influcnco over public opinion will prtbem the power of retaining them in, or •pacing them from their positions, at plcn- n. Such is the oligarchy or despotism, that fottcai to obtain sway over our cherished ubiican institutions! When in triumph shall be fully achieved it public treasury will be at its mercy, and it people may be plundered and oppressed »th u much impunity as under any despot* ■rflhe old world. Aspirants and demago gs ire fully aware of these facts, and hence ibtbat, by immense outlay of capital, they IntKcured the control of nearly all those tomih hebdomadal that already begin to Mt their sway, and to assault the citadels • apablicau freedom and individual rights, hwty have they seized the scepter of poli- •■1 power, in more than one instance, and *sa<4 to the people's representatives in Con- **• neatutres for their own aggrandizement. L shall at present refer to one of theso cases *?< si it is to that our object in this article ■fepnpose a remedy, viz : WSCTmi.XO THE RATE OF NEWSPAPER POSTAGE. fib act was dictated to the 32d Congress, •. wpubliihers of the mammoth Weeklies of "* lork, Boston and Philadelphia, and pns- 1 that body in September. 1852. The rates prior to that period were partial we should have supposed, in their ‘‘-■'•aaiatioua, in favor of that class of publica- **• Rut avarice and ambition are as impu- f “ •bey are heartless and insatiable. Like PPdy daughters of the horseleech, they W enough till they have sucked the blood from their victims. By this tT~s postage law now in force, but of *f bust our brothers of the press will £ T 1 ’? M in demanding a radical modifica- provided that great mammoth pa- ^JbbethcX.Y. Tribune,) shall be con- [•^.“^gb the mails to all parts of the Lvii ? (beyond the State in which •* n 'e rate of postage as any ^. “endpaper, even of not a fourth '^ or ,f eight. These great cumbrous * i IV , u *. convc ycd through the mails, fcji °t jnile*! for a less amount of post- U?»Wd pay freight and cartage on iZ® 'ew York to Philadelphia! As a ine revenue of the Post Office b*Y rilt 11 ench year becoming more large- jjj?*®*** t° expenses—it being neces- f *f rcr *i times as much for tho con- tteso mammoth papers as is rc- Ikj. D (P^tegc. And how is the deficiency appropriations from the public (W. T^ f *^ v#ru ‘ millions of dollars every *n»»n :Z” the people are taxed, upon al- iii 4) f P°^*nt articles they nse, to raise ^ Ui r d0l r > ,carl y *° pat into the pock- ' ,rcc *®y ^ Co., and other inam- jhfca. b* 1,5 - And for what J To cna- a CrUstl out bhe country press, which pc ? dencc Por the preservation of ln *b*tutions. prmjjico surprise that the peo- *>Jt iaKm',.!i^ generally have hitlierto so Olt. *° the outrage, and that the lew *P*rtment itself has not exposed ^iLuAr. e _nrrong, in the nnnual re- bP'RttinaK! tbe l lart °f the former, ^•Jririui? *,• the paltry consideration t**wV v mvculating their papers free i^ctar. L .** lcre published, has led to nc- NruLl.iV 11 the part of the lute Ad- a, ‘f* “•I'ost-Maste.r-Generu! “Sorij the'in * 10 ^ c °uld not properly hav tree from postage, at (lie expense of the gov- Ci nment, to ern h out and destroy their circu lation, by subjecting it to a ruinous conipeti- tioii ; 1 lie effect of the postage law of 1852 has been to gradually but surely crush out the local press, while it has been also, at tho same tune, to give an extent of circulation to the city press before unknown and unnpproachcd in our country or the world. This effect is becoming every day more palpable and op pressive. Let ns then have a remedy, which is simple and would be effectual. The sug gestion of such a remedy, as already intimat ed, is the object of this'article. We do not propose to do any act of injustice to the city press, but rather apply the most rigid rule of justice. 1 his is all that is necessary to ac complish the proposed object. Now for the remedy : Let the rales of Xetrspapcr Postage beequi- tahlp graduated according to their size amt the distance they arc conveyed. What could be more fair or just than this ? By’ this plan sup pose the postage upon a newspaper of ordina ry size should be ten cents a year in the coun ty in which it is published, the postage upon newspaper of twice its size, conveyed a bund red miles, or twice as far. would then be forty cents per year. When conveyed five hundred miles it should certainly not be less than a dol bar—or si.50 for a thousand miles ; 82.50 for 2,500 miles ; and $2 for 2,000 or more miles, Papers of half their size, one-half theso prices of one-fourth size, one-fourth postage, &c. Wo merely give a scale of rates for illustra tion. They might be reduced, (but not much if at all, without costing the government more to convey than tho postage would amount to.) Let the publishers of local papers think scri ously of this matter, and call loudly for this measure of reform, injustice to themselves, as well as for the salvation of our country from the sway’ of a rising oligarchy that threatens the very overthrow of our republican system Let the country press agitate and urge the re form until the meeting of the next Congress and wc doubt not its success. It may excite surprise that wc should urge such a reform, when, in regard to its distance feature, it would operate as severely upon our paper as upon any other; but wc ask nothin more than justice, and when our paper cannot be sustained without the drippings of unclean legislation, wc shall be ready to abandon it. Indeed wo should cheerfully offer up our pub lication as a sacrificcupon the altarof our coun, 1 try’, rather than see the local press enfeebled and destroyed, while an oligarchy should be established upon its ruins. Wc regard the local press as the last and best dependence for the maintenance of our free republican institu tions; and should our paper cvcu rise in point of circulation to the ranks of tho proudest of our country’s oppressors and plunderers, it could never supply the salutary influence of well sustained local press throughout the land Even it would ultimately pass from our bands in the transitory course of human affairs, and it might then bo perverted from its present purposes. It was almost entirely the result of the im mense circulation given the N. Y. Tribune, by plundering the national treasury to pay for its transportation, that our Federal Constitu tion and Union, together with the free repub lican institutions existing under them, were so imminently imperilled in the canv»s of 1856. The nnnual appropriations from the national treasury to meet the deficiency of the Post Of fice Department, is virtually and in fact, the bestowal of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year for the almost free conveyance and consequent extention of circulation of the N Y. Tribune. We have witnessed the power of a paper thus fostered until its weekly cir culation is 175,000, and its readers comprise a third of the voters of the Northern States Wc saw that in the canvas of 1856 it had the power of humbugging a million voters by its fab ricatcd stories and home-made yarns of South ern outrages in Kansas upon Northerners, un til a majority of voters in the New England and some other States were infuriated by the supposed sectional aggressions, to such a de gree that they were ready to do the work of treason and disunion by voting for the moun tebank candidate of stock-jobbers, sectional traitors and demagogue anarchists. Shall wc still foster such a monster and permit it to grow to more huge proportions, by continuing to lavish upon it a half-million of dollars yearly, until perhaps, by another campaign its dragons’ teeth, sown broad-cast through tho laud, may spring up armed men, to overwhelm tho de fenders ofour glorious form of government? Or shall wc compel its patrons to pay a just and adequate amount of freight or postage for its conveyance by the Post Office Department ? Let the latter course be taken, and the circu lation of the weekly Tribune would soon dwin dle to tens instead of hundreds of thousands, and our country be freed from one of the most dangerous monsters that have ever threatened the perpetuity of its institutions. 'What say you, brother Editors ? ■^♦hitd or they must have been C |' ,r tbc Culminations of ti e ' t0D Sued monsters so vitally *Re this as it may, w e now have a fearicsi . 0, t-Master-Gcncral, who will **tt*f ♦- *'* , 'f attention drawn to tneir earliest recommen- SiSKV* “! e neit Coign*. . A* •k®country P*P«»4wa " :iS !U1 •Ttful trick III '■* Ltm,. _ r e bdomu(Jsig to take the cyc> f adroit ro- P* 1 * of the Pt*t* to catch whale •» be to local j* co;i »ty, while <Ua U H U t animoth •*u thousands eted. like ty pres: Of what ad- papers to circulate . at the dame time, •■beets arc convey ed miles, almost as Tlic Flight at Stillmsm’s Run. A WESTERN JUDGE’S STORY. As we wore smoking our pipes after supper, the Csptaiu -siil“ X reckon you have been under fire betore, Judge?” « oh, yes! I was in the Black Ilswk war.” Were you at Stillman's Itun, Judgo V’ asked the Doctor. “ Even so, my friend. I participated In that bnl liant affair.” “ Well, then,” cried the Captain, “you are the first man I over found willing to own up that lie wa* there. I wish you would spin us the yarn, Judgo. I would like to hear that tale.” Well, bovs, (commenced the Judge,) I was living in Fulton County, (Illinois,(when tho fuss with the Sacs commenced, in tho Spring of 1832; and when Gov. Reynolds railed for volunteers, I raised a com pany of about fifty mountfcd men. and joined tbe bat talion commanded by Major Stillman,jwho was or dered to protect the frontier, which wa« then about where Oglo ami Carroll Counties arc now. After ■topping some days at Dixon’s Ferry, which was tho only settlement in those quarters, wo marched out one fine morning—the lnth of May, I think—toscout on the head of Old Man's Creek, since called fctill- man's Itiver, which put- into tho Rock River, oppo site to wbat il no>v call ltjron, in Ogle County. Ilio party consist, d of about 275 men. well mountodliM equipped. There was littlo or no discipline, ntm nl- tbougli tho men were stout and hardy meu, pnejpal- ly farmers, and well skilled lathe use of tho rittc, they were not trained to act together at all. G 0 "”, ever, they wore all fierce for a Held, and ealenl iteil that tln-y were »<ill able to whip Black Hawks whole hand if they could find him. Major fcStUlmsn, though supposed to bo asklUful Commander, took no precautions against a surprise, thong i it was generally thought tho Indians wore not larolT. However, wo saw uouo of them the first d..v, mid W' < amp, d lor tin- i.igid a mile north ol Grand do Tour. Well, tin.- next day We pushed on a-a in, and my company being among tho best mount- nl m the command, wo wore put forward in tin-ad- , .il,, 1 never bad been in that section before which was a perfect wilderness.infaot; without* white man's cabin from Dixon to tho State line. (1. mowaa very plenty, and tin* men were continual- lv cracking awio at tin- nr. r and prime hells,just as if there l,..d hero no enemy about— but they despised inns too much to take any precautions. I keep oat n f.-w scouts in tbe trout and Hanks, as in, ii.-r I could not keep them there, they o. u bo off on the track ut a deer, or be asleep i tree, and 1 had no means of enforcing my tv—they w, re all just as good as 1 was. and mid only obey my orders when it -uited them to also, till some forty-or fifty of the troops were scat tered along for a mile or so, in chase. I confess I was fool enough to join in, and away wo went, bel ter skelter, over the prairie; being better mounted titan die Indians, our men came up with them after running two or three miles, and shot three of them just by a small grove of timber. Well, gentlemen, behind this grove old Black Hawk himself; with perhaps a hundred of his war riors, was encamped; and seeing tbo confused way in which we wero strung out over the prarie, lie charged right out upon us. A perfect panic ensued and every man run on Iiis own account; yes. gentlemen, straight coat-tails were tho order of the day. It was a regular battle of tho spurs. Ourhorses wore so much quicker than those the In dians had, that we got to the camp without much loss, but the troops there hearing tho galloping of our horscs_ and tho yells of the riders, took fright also, and thinking that tho whole of Black Hawk’s band of lim hundred warriors was upon them, they be gan to tramp also. Tbe whole camp was broken u p in haste, and leaving arms, ammunition, provisions and everything else, tbe battalion commenced a dis orderly flight toward Dixon. Suchasceneas it was! They say that one Kentucky colonel jumped on his horse without stopping to uufasten him froth the stump to which ho was tied, and taking the said stump for an Indian holding his horse by tho bridle, thus addressed hi- captor: “ Don't shoot, good Mr. Indian! I atn Colonel Brown of the Illinois Volunteers. I surrender at discretion!” In attempling to cross the creek in the darkness many got mired down, and the men wero so much delayed there, the Indians overtook them, and here a fight occurcd. Tho officers made an attempt to rally tho m ;n, but the panic was so general that few would stop. All I know of the matter is, that when I reached tho camp I found it broken up and desert ed ; so I prsbed on after tho crowd until I got to the creek, which I managed to cross, and found Captain Adams, Major Hackelton, and Major Perkins, trying to rally tbe men. I joined them, and with what few wo could muster, wo made a stand, and fired upon the Indians as they came up ; but were a^on over powered. Adams aud Perkins were killed; my horse was shot under me; and if I had not had the good luck to get hold of a stray beast, I should, as likely as not, have left my linir at Slitlmnn's Run. As it was, wc never drew bndle till wo got to Dixon's Ferry, where we alarmed tbo old Ranger, Gov. Reynolds, with the news that our detachment was cut to pieces by Black Hawk, who was after us with his whole army.—Our whole loss was cloven killed, while tho Indians lost eight. Black Hawk's band made a good booty, howover, for they captnred everything wo had at tho camp; nnd the Kentucky Colonel, when lie got to Dixon tho next day, swore that old Black Hawk was seen with his (tho Colonel's) two ruffled shirts over his deer skin leggings, with a volume of" Chitty's Plead ings,” stolen out of his saddle-bags, buug around his neck; for the Colonel.it seemed, had been riding the circuit when he was summoned by tlio call of patriotism to take up arms. Much ridicule was put upon all of us who bud participated in the affair, but unjustly, I think, for bow could you expect undiscip lined militia to do any better. I always joined in tbo laugh, and allowed I was badly scared ; but Col. llrown and some others who stood upon tbeir digni ty, got so laughed at they could not bear to hoar tho name of Stillman's Run mentioned. Tho Colonel iu particular, always wanted to fight if anybody spoke of the affair, so the wags used to send strangers to him who were seeking for information about the Black Hawk war, and many queer scenes were said to have taken place- Some time after, at Chicago, during the land spe culation, a demure looking deacon from Connecti cut, who was very anxiously inquiring where to lo cate some laud claims, was advised to apply to Cob B„ as a gentleman well versed in sneb matters. “You had better ask tbe Colonel particularly about Still man's Run, near which there are some fine lands, whichhe is well acquainted with.” Tito gentleman in the white cravat accordingly sought an introduction to the Colonel, who received him in a grandiloquent strain peculiar to himself: “ You could not have applied to a man better quali fied to give you that sort of information. Sir. I do know this northwest very thoroughly. Sir. I knew it long ago, when it was in possession of the wild aborigines, Sir. Is there any particular part, Sir, which you wish to know abont. Sir I” “ Why. yes. Colonel; there is a region I am told yon are well acquainted with, and to which I wish yon to direct me. Can you inform me, Colonel, where Stillman's Run is!” The Colouei was a tall man. and lie drew himself up to his full height, folded bis arms, and casting a withering glance on the astonished deacon, thus re- tiledi ** xes. Sir, I cuu; itiaUtt the H—11 fork of River!” minutes' patt«e, duriug which lie bad been scanning closely the stranger. • I'm not a Georgian!’ replied the guest, in a rather curt and uncommunicative tone. •Humph!' grunted the baffled querist, as turning on bis heel he left tha room in search of Mrs. Honey cut, his better half, whom itodesired to notify of new arrival, with a view to additional culinary pro parntions. nnd partly, perhaps, to hold kitchcu con sulration with her its to tho singularly taciturn meaner of the traveller. Returning, after a short time, to the reception-room of the tavern, where he had left the guest absorbed in deep study, our landlord found him busily count ing over money on a table. This circumstance doubled the curiosity he had felt to kuow something about tho stranger. Essayiugauother effort to draw him out, Boniface begun : ‘ Hem! Major Crafts, Mrs. Honeycut says—that Isay—dinner will be ready in half an hour, llent ‘Umn!’ echoed the Major, without taking his oy from, or ceasing to couut. the money. • Almighty sight of money you got tbar!' said tho tavern-keeper, returning to tho charge on another tack. • Hum!’ was the unintelligible response. • Money scarce in Tennessee ?' asked tiie prying landlord. • Never was there. Ninety-two, ninety-three, nine ty-four,' was mumbled out in reply, the Major counting away. Again headed off nnd brought to a stand-still, onr indefatigable inquisitor resolved to make one more effort, and io aquarter ho had never kuown to fail Accordingly, after pausing a moment and noisi.' clearing his throat, he opened with— •Ahum! Sirs. Honeycut says there’s some mighty nice ven’son iu the kitchen, and told me to ask you " you would like it fried or briled /’ ‘ One hundred and thirty-five and ten's a hundrtd and forty-five! I'll count tho rest after dinner. Did you say dinner was ready ?’ • No, sir; 1 only said wo had somo nice dear meat, and asked you which way you liked it best, fried briled f • Next to bar meat, deer is tho best feedin' in tho world, and it don't mako any difference how it’a cooked/ answered the Major, putting up his money and again seating himself After keeping his eyes fixed inquiringly for a time on the landlord, ho con tinued: • How many call have you got ?’ • Sir r exclaimed the landlord, doubtful about tho question. • Hoiv many full-grown cats have you got V ro pcated the Major, earnestly. 4 Cats f Do yon want any for dinner ?’ asked the tavern-keeper, looking astonished and indignant •What I want with cats is my business,' impatient ly responded tho Major. ■ l want to know how many cats you’ve got, and if yon aro willing to sell them at a fair price ?’ •Sell house-cats!’ in still greater surprise exclaim ed the host. _ ‘You surely ain't in earnest. I novel Man, you're jokiu,’ heard talk of baying cats, know.’ •I'mnot idling,Mr. Honeycut.’ pn-itivcly s«si,v<-r ated the Major; *1 nearer was more in earnest in my life. Are you willing to sell your cats for a good price ?' ‘Sell ’em ?’ exclaimed tbe publican, his excitement increasing at the cool and business-like air of the guest. 'Sell 'em ? Sell oats l Sell h—U! I’d give every darned oue on the premises, kittens and all, if it wasn’t for the olo woman.' ■ *No, sir;' responded tho speculator in cats, 'that not my way of doing business. I wouldn't have your cats as a gift; 1 want to purchase them, and am ready to pay a reasonable price for them. How many cats have yon about the house ?’ •Ha! ha! haw! Wake snakes! This beats old Roper!’laughed aud roared tho inn keeper. ‘And what in tho durnation do you want with twenty cats! for I've got at least twenty. •I see very plainly,’ gravely replied the Major, ‘that you will persist in treating this imtter as a jest until I explain it to you. Now hear: I live over in Brown’s Valley, and have lived there for many years. Witeu I first settled in the Valley, crops were good; but every year they have been getting worse and worse, until lost year we hardly made bread enough to live on.- It warn't tho fault of the soil; for the land is as rich as ever the sun shined on ; it warn’t the fault of the people, for our folks are the hardest-working and most industrious to be fouud any-where; it warn’t tho fault of the seasons, for the dry and wet spells come exactly right and regular; it waru't the tault of the woavel, for blast the varmint of that sort has ever made his appearance in the Valley; it warn’ the lad tried t" hut it It would .- miller : entne to Old Man's Creek and ,vas a deep, tnuddy stream, with oublesome to cross, so we con- li re. The whole battalion had miuieneed to get ready to camp ■i s, some pitching ti nts, some ,-s—but no sentinels or spies out j 1Is t at ibis time, a small party of In n'. seen on n little rise of ground about three >1 a mile from tho encf.in itnent. Directly eurm.-n b-gan to mount, without orders, and start ,-tf to attack tin- Indians, shoutulgand yelling the Ottieers at lir.-t tried to stop them, but as they paid no attention to their orders, they joined iu the pursuit nvr.ird night we ,| it, blit l! 1 banks, and tr led to camp I' le up, ami had c line making lit citing tin win diana i fourths A Lively Village, OK. BRISK SPECULATION IN A NEW COMMODITY WRITTEN FOR “PORTER'S SPIRIT.*’—BT OMEGA. The history of Brown's Valley—a lovely scope of country, embracing that portion of the old county of Blount, in the Stato of Alabama, the waters of which empty themselves into the Tennessee river- presents some features of rather curious and attract live interest. On the admission of Alabama as s State intotheUnion, this valley constituted an Indian reservation, and was inhabited by Cherokee and Creek Indians. At this juncture, despite the efforts of the government to prevent it, white people of a rc-lb-'S aud roving cla-s, from the to i.-lib.-ring States, thrust them selves into tbo reservation, nnd took up their abode along with tbe rightful occupants of the soil. With such a motley mixture of charac ter and race, it may well be supposed, that Brown’s Valley, over which extended neither the laws of the United States, nor ot the Ststoof Alabama, was not slow in achieving *namo end fame' in tbe chroni cles of tbe day. From an interesting sketch of the county of Blount furnished last year to tho Alabama Historical So ciety, by George Powell, Esq. tho foUowing extract, setting forth tho tone of morality, the progress in tho arts.advancements in civilization, anugenera) char acter of society in the valley, is made: •This portion of territory. Brown’s Valley, gave great trouble to tho citizens of old Blount, as it pre vented the ordinary execution of the laws iu many instances. All kinds of lawless characters were found in this valley. Murders were frequent, with but littlo chance to bring tho guilty to punishment. Thomas Davis, tbe counterfeiter, who was executed at Tuscalooin.in 1922, resided there froml818to 1820, He was known in the valley by tho name of Scott; and it was thought that somo of his pupils were left thero after his execution, who long troubled the country with their frauds. ‘Father Biggs,' oue of Hooper's heroes, was also a citizen of this valley; liut he was more inclined to drinking and fun, than to mischief. It is hard to imagine anything more troublesome to an orderly community, titan the neighborhood of such a lawless colony aa this. It was to old Blount, what Walter Scott says Alsatia was at onetime to Loudon. It was a school for fraud, violence, ami theft, aud offered a safe sanctuary to violators of tiio law, from neighboring settloments. t continued to annoy the peoplo of Blount County util the year 1932, when tho Legislature extended tho laws of tho State over it.' A leading spirit, at the time we chronicle, in the valley was Major Dempsey Crafts, against whom the tongueof malice could maintain nootliercliargesthan that he was iuo.-t sinfully and persev eringly tucline J to fiddling, drinking, and practical joking—accom- plishments which rendered him extremely popular throughout tho reserve, and madohis presence abso lutely indispensable at the frolic, the Hunt, thehorsc- race, ami tho house-raising. The Major was iu the primo of life and full fruition of all his faculties, men tal and bodily. Though tall and slim as a bean-pole, and at first blush rather awkward aud ungainly, yot thero was an iudescribablosomethingiu his manners aud conversation which, overcoming these defects, left one impressed with the idea that he^ was in all respects a -seemly and proper’ man. With n steady and unreadable eye, and a countenaco of tho regular east iron* description, he possessed a command ot jis nhysiognomy that made him an adept in every species of fun and deviltry, iu the which, it must be ntessed, lie aeemed to 'Live, move, and have his being.’ Once a year, anil generally about the Christinas time” it was theMnjor's habit to mako an excursion, for recreation and amusement, into somo oftho vil lage outside the vallev, where lie never failed to do a bri«k business inwkatover current his mischciv- oiu proclivities and rolicking inclinations induced ' "m to embark. Keeping up this habit, he set out from homo do ng tin- holidays of 1830, on his annual jaunt of fro mi *tearin’ up creation generally,’ and directed oitr.so towards the thriving villago of Blounts ,,,, • which, though only some ten or twelve miles -tant, Olfing to the facts heretofore stated, mat ined little or no intercourse with, and thcrefoi 1 iu blissful !"norauco of, their neighbors ol tl V Arriving, and pulling up in front of the only tavern the village afforJctj. opr traveller's attention was at- traded to the unusual nuiqber of cats, of the domes til- -n-tcies, whose purring repos* in Ihe sunshine ql the yard being suddenly disturbed by h.sco.mng, dashed, tails in air, helter-skelter and m uUngh , in to the house aud other handy hiding places- ing till) landlord at the entrance, the turning the customary salutation, betook liimsol! to . seat? where, apparently forgetlul of the presence of another, he seemed intently to be occupied with his own thoughts. ,, , , • What might your name be, stranger. sskect Boniface, whoso curiosity was somewhat aroused by the uncommunicative bearing of the guest. - Dempsey Crafts ; commonly called .If-yor Demp sey Crafts,' briefly was replied. illo Georgy’ name. Crafts—niut it ?' pursued the pry ing interrogator. , ,, • Possibly,’curtly answered the guest. , wiLi part of Georgy might you come from ’ said the landlord, again breaking silence after a few Wbat in the durnation, then, was the cause of your being settee of bread 1 ’ vehemently broke in the tavern keeper, in bis auiety to learn tho reason of the failure of the crons. _ ‘Well,’said the Major, himself waxing warm aud ex cited, *it warn't none of these; but it were the ever lasting and infernal rats f Rats !! •Rats!’ ejaculated tbe landlord, aghast at the an nouncement. •Yes, sir, rats!' chimedintheMajor, in the same ex cited key. ‘You have heard how the boll-worm chaws up whole fields of cotton in Louisiana. You have heard, may be, bow tbe locusts swarmed iu Egypt, and cat the folks there out oflioaso and borne; 'but theso ain’t a patcliin’ compared to the way the rats are serving ns! Man alive, you never saw—you never dreamed the like of it!’ •Ge-ru-»a-lem!’ burst forth the astounded Boni face, giving vent, in the single exclamation, prolong ed as tie uttered it, to his pent-up feelings of indigna tion and amazement, ‘why don't you kill 'em ?' ‘Kill'em! Kill the devil and Tom Walker!’ snap pishly interrupted the Major. ‘Catching ’» before haafring, ain't it T How is it to be done 1 It’s no use hunting them with dogs; and cats are getting more scarce every day, for the rats kill the kittens, aud the only chance left us is to get a fresh supply of full- grown cats. And, now, that's my business iu Blount- ville. And business is business; so Ml in - hsU many cats do you think I can pick up in this neigh borhood? My calculations wero that I might get a thousand or more hereabouts. What's the chance V This was a poser. Honeycut, tor the first time in his life, was puzzled for a reply. A thousand cats! Such a number of cats in one collection, was an idea that ovorpowered him. Slowly recovering from his state of stupefaction, he said: •A thousand cats ? May be yon can. and may be you can't, get that many. Plenty as cats are here abouts, it will take nigh unto tho last one to fill your list. ~ ist. But what are you going to pay for them? •I’ve determined ou a price,' answered the Major, in an off-hand, bujiitoss-iike way, ‘and I think it a fair one: at all events. I will not pay higher,] fc-r I can’t aflord it. I will give a dollar for full-grown cats, half a dollar for half grown cats, nnd a quarter of a dollar for kittens. Don't you tliiuk my terms are liberal enough ?’ Just at this moment Mrs. Sairy Ann noneycut, tho publican’s better half, who, iu an adjoining apartment, had over heard the whole conversation, came bounc ing into the room, nnd unceremoniously pitching in to the subject, let the ‘cat out of the bag’ that she had been eavesdropping, by saying: ‘Major Wliat’s youriiaine. I’ve got twenty nud odd cats, aud I'll let you have all ofthem, except ouo, if you want to pay money for 'em. How much did you say you would give ?’ •My terms,’ said tho Major, bowing with great po litencss to the lady, ‘I have just stated to Mr. Honey- cut, m&dame, who is now revolving in his mind whether or not he will accede to them.’ ‘Git out stranger!* said tho ladv testily; ‘Don’t talfcto mo about Hiram Honeycut. Hiram lloneycut’s n fool. Tell mo what you'll give?’ ‘Well, Madame,' replied the Major, in the same business-like tone, ‘1 have fixed upouaprico for dif ferent descriptions ol cats, which I am willing to pay down, and which I nmumviUiugtoinereaae.umiornny circumstances. I will pay a dollar for full-grown cats, half a dollar for half grown cats, and a quarter of a dollar for kittens.’ 'Talk a-plenty!' quickly replied the delighted Sairy Ann. ‘You shall havo all I've got,'eept oue. Do you want them right now ?’ ‘Not immediately, ma'am,’ answered the trader in the same formal aud precise tone, ‘uor will I want them at all, unless I can get about a thousand in this neighborhood. A lady ot your quick perception .and sense will readily see the difficulty of transporting such a number of cats over tbo mountains to my hume in the valley. Your noil shows mo that you understand me. It takes women to look plumb through a mObtoae! You know, ma’am, it would be impossible to drive ’em. like_ a drove of hogs; and there is no other wav of takin' 'em but in wagons. Now, if I c tn get a full load for both uiy wagons—I think the two wagons will hold about a thousand—I will have them here on the first day of January, just a week from now.’ •Sakes alive!’ responded tho female head of tho house of Iloneveut, ‘I should think that you might get a couple of wagou loads in the neighborhood. Don’t you think so, Hiram? And I'll let you ltavo twenty, anyhow, and throw in oue for your wife, in the bargain.’ Alas ! Madame f sorrowfully replied tho Major, who looked as il he was about conlessittg a mureier, I i n so unfortunate as never to hare been married, il id chance or rather Divine Providence, thrown us together, before you m et ’ n,u ? rewarded for his love, the happy Honeycut, 1-houM, at least, have rhat I never did do—ask a woman to marry it around, that I will pay the money to each person ou the-delivery of the cats; but I uo not want them delivered until my wagons come, which will be ou the first day of January next. Aud please state fur ther, that each person from whom I purchase must assist me, as the cats are put into the wagon, to put ’em in my mark, which is a cross in the right ear, and umler-bit and swallow-fork in the left. You under stand me ? I will state tny wholo terms briefly: A dollar for full-grown cats, half a dollar for half-grown cats, and a quarter of a dollar for kittens, without re gard to color, quality, or gender, to be paid when de livered ; to be delivered on the first day of January- next ; aud oaclt person to help mo, at tiro wagon, to put tho cats in my mark, which is, cro.-s in the right car, and under-bit and swallow-fork in tho loft.’ ‘I believe I understand your terms,' said tho land lord, ‘aud will give them such circulation as I can; and ns I now see Jeptha Oukogey and Jemima passing the road, I’ll step out and tell’em, so they may spread it in their end of the settlement.’ Aud suiting tho action to the word, the landlord rushed precipitately from tlio tavern, hailing, as ho went, the parties who were passing, and leaving the gallant Major alone with the amiable lady of the house, who, not being exempt from tbe common weakness of her sex, felt the flattering compliments which had been offered her still tingling in her cars. ‘In case I do remain here a few days, Mrs. Honeycut,* said the Major, in bis tno.-t tascinatin<- style. ‘I am sure, if, when household cares permit, I could be favored with your company and conversa tion, my time will not hang heavily on my hands.’ Alas ! poor human nature. Sairy Ann Honeycut bin,lied—blushed to the eyebrows, an 1 faintly mur muring, ‘Sake*alive! how beautiful he talks!’ she seized a broom in the comer of tho room, and with averted head, busily went to sweeping the already clean-sweptfloor. Pending which unnecessary cleans ing, Hiram madohis appearance, with tho informa tion that the Cokogey settlement might be set down as good for two hundred bead of cats. Whereupon, Mrs. SairyJAnn, to show the interest she felt iu the matter.an’nounced that as) soon as dinner was over she would take her bonnet audgo around among her female friends and acquaintances in the village, and sound the :nark"t. And here, it may be well enough to state, that indefatigable lady kept her word to tho letter, as before sundown thero was not a man or wo man, ten-year child or negro in tbo town, but were fullypostedou tliesubject of the price of cats, asset forth by Major Dempsey Crafts. Another morn, and the village of Blountsville la bored undera cat-mania, or rather a cuf-alepsey, if it is not cnt-achetical to say so. Little knots of excit ed people, discussing the cat-purchaser and the val ue and usefulness of cats in general, were seen col lected at every street corner—whilst the women, old and youug, and somo who rarely ventured out of doors, were dashiug about from house to house with the nimuleness aud friskiness of fairies. The village grocery was thronged with more than its accustomed number of patrons, and men drank blindly on the strength of the good luck that had befallen them— aud others, the number of whose chalk-tallies indicat ed that credit for liquor had ceased with them, with bold face called for drinks, and what was singular, actually got them, awing, no doubt to the promises of payment held out in the peculiar wording of the call tor liquor, which was after this fashion (five men approachtug the counter:) Mr. Chany, let us have five drinks here—just the worth of a kitten. And cursea kitten, I say V And another call in this wise : • Hello! Chany, tote outthe sporcts for a raal treat. On counting up last night, 1 found I had one more full-grown-cat than I thought I had, and she is an infernal old, good-for-nothing-sow cat, any how; so, I’m going to drink her up,and treat her out together. Como inhere, boys,just twenty of you ; at five cents a drink’ that jest fills tlie bill of a full-grown cat treat.' During that brisk and blessed week, there was not a man who took a drink by himself at that grocery. A kitten being the smallest coin of their new cur rency, five men was the least number that imbibed at ouo timo ; whilst, generally, tho happy owners of the novel articlo of trade, • regardless of expen ses,’ indulged iu full-grown-cat treats. Tho work went braveiy on ut tho grocery I Meanwhile, the Major was kept busy at tho tavern, explaining his terras, and taking down names anil number ot rats to be delivered on the first of Janua ry. Wlionever be went abroad for a saunter about tho village, or for a drink to the grocery, he was the cynosure of all eyes, • the eheerrea of all obenruri,’ as of Coriolauus, it might have been said, truly, of our bero : •' All tongues speak ofliim, nnd bleared sight Aro spectacled to sco hitn!” Far and near, from bill nnd dale, tbe good folks came to see tbo strange merchant, aud to ascertain, from the ' cat tirin' liun-rlf, as tln-v called him, the treciso nature of his terms. Passing along the street, to was accosted at almost every step by anxious in quirers of all classes, ages and sexes ; on which oc casions he behaved with remarkable urbanity to- w.tnl.-* the hotic-t m —Iters f-r iiilAnna'.ion. repeating iu detail to each person, in tho sing-song, auctioneer 8tylebe had adopted, his prices and conditions; aud closing the exercises each day by a dozen full-grown- cat treats at the grocery, enlivened by strains from the violin, upon which the Major • discoursed most excellent music.’ It was a joyous village, the village of Bountsville, aud a lively; but tho liveliest timo was yet to come! Another and still another morn, and tbe ever-mo- tnorablu first of January, 1831, a day preguant with the fate of lilouiit-vilie, broke brilliantly on the world! And long “ Before the wheels of Phoebus, round about | Dappled the drowsy cast with spots of grey.” the country people, from all directions, wore mak ing their anxious way, on fool, horseback, and in ox-carts; with baskets, meal-bags, and chicken- coops, filled with cats, to the great ccntro of trade, each one struggling to be among tho first, nppre- beniliim that the supply might possibly be too great for the demand, and, therefore, that prices might de cline. 1'he happy Honeycut, becoming rather worried with the turn tho conversation was taking, hero put t an oar, by saving: •Well, ifyou will spend a few days with us, Major Crafts, by nnrntin it in and about luo town and neighborhood, we can soon find out many cats you i« get/ ‘Precisely my object, Mr. Honeycut,* answered the Major. 'I will remain a few days, if you will bo so ind as to givo circulation to my proposition, which, >n't forget it, is, a dollar for full grown cats, a half dollar for half grown cats, and a quarter of a dollar for kittens, irrespective of color, qualities or gender. Aud here 1 \yiU state, in order that you may mention At sunriso, our hero was at the grocery, receiving and liquoring tho company. Inspecting and in vnri.-o biy praising the handsome appearanco of the cats already arrived, discussing thoir qualities, noting down their names, bestowing classical appellations on the nameless, and looking anxiously up and down thu road for fresh supplies ; along which sights like the following might occasionally uo seen : Along, lank, bare-headed chap, seated on a meal- bag. each end filled with cats, laying across tho back of a diminutive, but wiry Indian pony, running at a mad gallop, swaying himself to and fru. and yelling outrageously with pain and fright. Nearing tho crowd, the pouy shies ; six-footer hr sprawled six feet from him, accompanied by cats in bag, ‘fighting furious fray." ‘ IIoUo! my man!'exclaimed tho Major, running to his assistance, • what’s the matter ? You seemed to ltavo been somewhat in a hurry; are you hurt ?’ ‘Hurt? OLordy! OLordy! 1 shall never set down again on yeath ; my setter’s minuted! Bile ahead, the bag tliore,aud we'll see which whips, duru ye! • • • Are you tho cat man ?' • 1 am the man who wants to porebnso cats,’ grave- I. responded our hero. ‘ Your cats seem to be spirit ed follows ; how litany have you ? and what’s their size ?’ 8ix in each eend of the bag ; busters in size ; as spirit, perfect hell-cats for scratching ami biting! ook at that thar pony’s back all a-bleeilin,’ and look here at the blood that’s come outen mo! But bow much nre you paying ? I want to bo gettin’ back homo, for 1'vogot to walk, seem' it’s no uso to think of my settin' ou anything to ride.’ ‘ Ifyours aro tlio first quality,’ replied tho Major, ns 1 have no doubt they aro, you shall have a dol lar per head ; ’out 1 will not receive them or pay tho money until 12 o'clock to-day ; so you had better do like the rest have dono, borrow a goods box from ouo of tlio stores, set it out ou >he ground where volt see others placed, put your cats, for safe-keeping, under it, until tho time tor delivery.’ Another cpectaclo: An old woman—in a small one horse wagon, whipping nnd clucking—heaves in sight. The entire body oftho vehicle, saving her seat, is taken up with a huge basket, carefully se cured at tlio top by a checked counterpane drawn over it, and tied down by strings which encircle horizontollv the basket, thus leaving the top, in ap pearance, like a drum-head. Pulling and blowing ho lays her whip outlie miserable animal, industrt iusly and noisily, but more industrious and squalling more noisy fnr.'nre the jumping, lighting, occupants oftho basket. The jerking of the basket, the thumps ou its sides, tlie upward bulging of tho tympanum, the shrieks of bloody conflict, all indicated that more •fur is flying' within tho basket than tho old lady makes to tty from tho hide of thu failing horse, iu striving to press hitn into a trot. “Where ouyetli,” asked she, stopping and adilross- ga crowd, “is the man that wants tlm cats ?" “I am the person, ma’am.” said the Major, step ping forward and bowing. “Have you cats iu your Let in tlio wagon ? * You must be a powerful fool, stranger, not to know that nothing less than twenty-seven cats could make all that racket in the basket. But from all I liear, I reckon you ain’t seen a cat in so long, they're sort of uateral curiosity like with you. Jf you are gwine to buy ’em, jest tutu out the basket, for I’ve lmd a powerful sight b’ trouble giftin’ to you. And it's a dollar apieeu you’re gw;ne to pay, ain't you ?” (•Yes, ma’am,” returued the trader, "provided they are all full grown and tirst quality. My terms are, a dollar for full grown cats, half a dollar for half grown cats, and a quarter of a dollar for kittens.— But I won't take them, nor pay for them, owing to the risk of their getting away, until 12 o'clock, when they may be delivered to me at my wagons, which will be here by that hour.” “What am I to do with tlie rantankeroiu varmints until then ?" asked the old lady. "Do as those who got here first have done,” said our bero, explainingly. "Do you seo all those goods boxes, ranged along yonder ! Well, they cover about seveu hundred cats. For safe-keeping, you had bet tor follow thoir example, as I assure you that I will tako no responsibility in the matter until the cats are marked and delivere'd. IwiU inspect and price your lot after breakfast.” “Oue word. Mister,” persisted tbe old lady, “be fore you go. I -eo a good many dogs about here; are you buying dogs, too ?” “No, ma'am, I'm entirely in the eat trade; tlie dogs have simply followed tiieir owners here;” and moving away once more, he w as soon lost to sight in the tavern. Time rolled slowly ou: the crowd swelled apace, receiving acquisitions every moment; whiskey cir culated t'reciy and operated charmingly: limn g >t credit and treated liberally’ at the grocery, who nev er got credit before, and in fact, who never even dared to ask for such a tiling : good humour, merri ment, and jollity, seemed to he the order of the day, though a chunk of a fight did come off, springing outof a discussion of the relative merits of oats. Some fifty goods boxes, averaging about twenty head ot' cats to the box, were iu requisition, whilst many whose stock in trade WAS limited to one or two, kept their cats in their arms, fearing accidents; things were strin g up to tbe very highest pitch of excitement; the logs—and there were hundreds of them present—caught the contagion, aud in concert "bayed deep mouthed welcome' to every freall arri val. More liquor waa said to havo been drank that day in Blountsville tluui hud been consumed thero iu the entire'previous year; all awaited, in painful anxiety, the approach of the hour and the wag,on ! A few minutes after eleven o'clock, it was circu lated through the crowd, th&t the Major hail .some thing to say, which he desired everybody to bear, and that immediately afterwards lie would set to work marking a few cats, as a specimen of tho man ner iu which ito wanted that operation performed. No sooner was this understood than the entire as semblage, numbering several ltundred persons, col lected iu front of tho'grocery, on the steps of which our hero was standing, leaving the goods boxes, which contained their feline property, fifty yards away, to take care of themselves. ■ My friends,’ begun the Major, addressing the con gregation from his elevated position, ‘I uvail myself of tlie present brief breatLing spell, before the arriv al of tho wagons, to'return to you and ench one of you, and to your wives and your children, my thanks, my heartfelt thanks, and also tho thanks of tho itt- haoitants of Brown’s Valley, for the very kind aud prompt manner in which you have responded to our cry of distress, nay, even surpassed our highest ex pectations, in coming forward, as you have nobly done, laden with the finest specimens of cats I ever saw / I intend, this morning, to pay you for them, but that’s nothing! and impairs uot in the least de gree the obligation uuder which we shall ever rest. They were your cats, and though I offered yon money for them, you were not bound to take it; you could have refused it and kept your cats. Last year a man was sent from our settlement to tho city of Iluutsville, authorizedto purchase a few wagon-loads of cats at the same reasonable price I offer you, but, to the everlasting discredit of that selfish city, be it said, Ac never got nary one! This warn’t right, and it warn't neighborly, was it? How different am I treat ed here f No sooner have you heard our needs, than the voices of a thousand cats, to say nothing of some two hundred and fifty dogs, collected together, rend tlie air with their joyful acclamation, and sound a dread requiem to the rats of Brown’s Valley! Once more I titank you,—from my gizzard, I thank you ! * * And now to business; 1 want to do what's right, nothing more-nothing less; the proposition with winch I first set out, regulating tho price of cats, I shall rigidly adhere to. I am well aware that the rule will work hard ou some; since I have been here, I havo seen cats that were richly worth more tliau a dollar; I have seen half-grown cats that were worth all of seveuty-five cents, and kitteus that ought to command half a dollar in auy market! 1 am free to admit that I am uot paying their full value for some cats; but what is a man to do ? I mu an agent act ing under instructions, nnd I must stick by my iu- structious; as an honest man, as a faithful agent, I have no other conrse left me. Now, then, to save hard feelings, nnd that everything may be done on the square aud above-board, I will again announce my terms, from which I shall not vary a jot or tittle under any circumstances. Unc dollar for full-grown cats; half ot a dollar for half-grown cats; and a quar ter of a dollar for kittens, irrespectiv e of color, quality, or gender /’ Our hero had scarcely finished tho last sentence, witeu a shout, followed by a simultaneous and deaf ening bark from an hundred canine throats, mingled with tho shrill howl of a thousand cats, drew all eyes iu tho direction of the goods boxes. And now a spectacle wa3 presented, which, for a moment, para lyzed the beholders, and realty baffles all description. Every goods-box bad boen capsized bv some mis chievotu persons! The cats, blinded by the sudden exposure to tbo daylight, nnd rendered furious bv the fierce din of tho dogs in their midst, plunged madly nnd wildly at their canine assailant*, and over one another, and bewildered by their own numbers, circled around aud around in a dense body; some times ahnlf-dozcn cats on the back of an unlucky cur, and sometimes packed two or three deep on one another. Such ear-piercing howls! Such unearthly yelpings! Such a battle-royal generally, between tbe fierce natural enemies, the dog trad the cat, was never seen or heard before ! AtnoDg tho first to recover his presence of mind, or, ut least, to moke any outward manifestation of it, was our redoubtable hero, who, dashing into the very thickest of the melee, shouted at the top of his voice, ‘Catch vour cats! Everybody catch their own cats?’ Instantly, hundreds of men, women, and children, were mixed up in the furious strifo and mad confu sion, striving to identify aud secure their property; and striving hopelessly and in VAin; for an easier task would it have beeu, to have picked a ueedle from a hav-stack, than to have selected any particular eat from the billowy mass that plunged and soared and whirled and dashed iu eat-sndtn at their feet. ‘ Beat oft tlie dogs and form a hollow square around the cats, or they'll all escape,’ yelled our hero, tlie master-spirit ol the storm now raging; but as every body else wasyelling at tliesame time,his commands and warning were unheard and unheeded. Every body was busy, yot nobody seemed to be doing any thing—savo those who got in tho way of the current of cats, and they forthwith were busied in defending themselves; and many a bleeding finger and scratch ed face was borne from the field that dav. In a half-hour from tho occurrence of tho cat-as- trophe, not a cat was on tlio spot; and with the ex ception of a few scores iu the tops of tall oaks hard by, or on tlio roofs of houses, nothing feline was any where in sight; they had all escaped: leaving no other vestiges behind them, on * that fatal field so gory,’ than such ns marked the scene of the Kilkenny cat scrimmago, viz., a deal of far, and a few tails ’laying loosely around.’ Ami now the air was filled with lamentations, com plaints, and direful threats. Expressions liko the following, might havo been heard from all quarters of tlie iuceused nssctnblago:—‘I’ll plank up five dollars and clear him of the law, to auy man who will own ho turned over my box.’ ‘The man who unset my box is a scoundrel, and I will tan his hide for him if ho’s got tbo gizzard to confess it.’ • I dare any darned skunk to own ho had a hand in it.’ And, in shrill fumale screech, expressions wailing and breath ing deduce, such as:—’O, my poor Tom, and Hannibal, and Tabitha, all gone to Jetuiny-crimony knows whore, and mo with nary cat iu the world ! O, ef I only knowed tho villain who did the misohief, I’d tear his eyes out, I would !’ • O, ef I was only a man, I’d get to the bottom of this rascality, ef I died for it!’ • O, ef my ole man was alive, the rascal's hide wouldn’t hold shucks !’ Amid this Babel-iiko confusion and commotion, another voice ot indignation offering wager of hat- tie, broko upon tlie general ear : it was the Major's : in steutoriau tones, no thus spoke : • Gentlemen I’m a peaceable man ; I don’t .lu v what I’ll do ; but if any • apology-for-a-man’ will conolly to this scurvy transaction, Dempsey Crafts will fork over to him one hundred dollars, ‘AND CLEAR HIM OF THE LAW ! ! !’ Pantiig for a reply, and finding that no one was willing to accept the hundred dollars on tho terms stipulated, our hero, boiling over with rage, pro ceeded : _• As nobody takes me up, I’ll jest give you a plain piece of my mind. I look upon tho turning loose of them cats, as tho scurviest, lowest-down, and mast abominable fraud on an honest trailing tnau, aud an unsuspecting community, that was ever perpetr.it century tuts i-iaj- above related, r- aged, ar.d fr-sthi tors and parti- i though t!i" villa quadrupled in li ra g tilings hovei inhabitants, all.; i ho lir r cabin v was the place re in it- verv l'uttnd.-i bio first day of.I; man,’ with his coi - COZENED to, Ala. ROBERT FIN: FIND i steajU :i ;xc; i xe MAN'BJFACTOIIV, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRY, AND GENU BA Sj MICH? N 71 SISO$», MACON, GEORGIA. T nE Proprietors of till- Establishment would re spectfully call the attention of those content- • plating the erection - : Si i M 1*. I r •' g and Grindtng, or for any other purpose whatever. The superiority of the Work has been, and will be, a suf ficient guarantee for an extensiyo and increasing patronage. Our Workshops and superior outfit of Tools, Patterns and Machinery, afford facilities for the expedition of work possessed by no other estab lishment in the .Slat--. Our prices and terms will compare favorably with that of any first class North ern Establishment. Tho following comprises list of Machinery, Ac : for any portion ol'which wo will be pleased to receivo orders, viz : Steam Engines, I5oilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Circular Saws, Mill Gearing. Mill Stones, of best quality for Corn and Wheat, Water Wheels, a great variety. Gin Gear, all sizes, Iron Ladings, for Cemeteries, Public and Private Buildings, &c., or Wrought and Cast Ikon, very superior, embracing strength with beauty of Design. Sugar Mills nnd Syrup Boilers, all .-i/.c-s. Columns for Stores, Churehes, .Vc-, ftc.. Gold Mining Machine ry, with Double and Single acting Force "and Lift Pumps of any required size, Shafting with Turned Puliics, from the smallest size to nine feet Di ameter, Cotton Press Irons, Cotton Screws, Mill Screws and Bales, England’s Celebrated self-acting Car Couplings, and other Rail Road Castings. All work* warranted to be equal to the best made elrewhere. 11. FINDLAY & SONS. Macon, March 4th, 1857. mar 10 Coi>nrl;iershi|» Notice. T HE Subscriber has this dav associ«ted with him in business. Ids sons JAMES X. Jc C. D FIND LAY. The nu:ni- and stt io of the FI !!M v, ill h-re altor bo R. FINDLAY & SONS, ami tha Business as heretofore that of a First Class Engineeri Es tablishment | ROBERT FINDLAY. Macon March 4th 1857. marlO— farmhvcTIiIakwiyakeT Scovil’s Hoes, all sizes, Corn Shelters, S. XV. Collins’ Hoes, all Corn Mills, for hand and sizes, power, Brade’s patent Hoes, Straw Cutters, Brade's Carolina Hoes, Grain Cradles, Hrade'snewground Hoes, Fan Mills, Bradley’s Cast Steel Grass Scythes & Handles, Grubbiug Hoes, Grass Hooks, Iron and Steel Rakes, Leather aud Rubber Gin Shovels and Spades, Bauds, Manure Forks, Anvils and Vises, Spadiug Forks, Bellows, Screw Plate, Plow Haines and Traces, Sheep Shears, Plows, 1 and 2 horse, AV ool and Cotton Cards, Plow Steel 4 to IS inches, Gillittg Thread, Swedes Iron, Cow Bells, Horse Shoe Iron. Ctirrv Comb-, For sale by NATHAN WEED, inar 24 Macon. Ga. Ornamental Iron Goods. rpUE subscribers invito attention to their largo JL assortment of useful and Ornamental Iron Goods, comprising many articles of IRON FURNITURE fortbe House and Garden, such as Bedsteads, Hat Stands.Tables, Rustic Chair- :,:;d Settees. Fountains, Urns, Wire Trellisses, Flower Baskets, Ac., and the most complete variety of IRON RAILINGS to be found in the United States, for enclosing Cemetery Lots, Dwelling Houses, Ac. Particular attention being devoted to this branch of our business, parties who may favor us with their orders may depend on receiving Railings of tasteful designs and made in a thnrongh manner. CHASE, BROTH EES ft CO ., 383 Washington St.,.Boston J. L.Jonfs. Resident Agent. may New 'A’in and Jobbing In Macon, in Mr. T. J. Lane’s Building ou 3rd Street. TOKENING grateful for tbe very liberal patronage id already received, 1 will now announce through tho medium of tlie press, that I atn prepared to fill all orders in the Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron, Plumbing and Pump lino Personal attention paid to ’fin, Cop per and Sheet Iron Roofing (satisfactory reference given as to an experience of fifteen years); also tbo putting up of Lightning Rods iu the most approved and reliable manner. InStore. lor sale, Tin, ^Japancd and Brittannia Wares. All orders from tbo adjoiuing counties promptly answered. WANTED;—Rags, Cotton Waste, Bagging, Rope, Paper Shavings and all other kinds of Paper Stock, in largo or small quantities. The highest cash price paid, or a higher in trade. mar 10-6t II. X. RATCHELLER, Agent. NEGROES FOR SALE- likely voting Negroes. The undersigned al so will attend to tho sale of Negroes, on com 50 1 mission. j.iuQO—ly DEAN ^ BAG BY, nld stand, Macon, Gn., among lvhito folks, nud m a Christiau country ! Them’s my sentiments ! and I dont care a curse ■ 'ho knows* cm !* Without another vrord, and looking the imperson ation of an injured and justly angered man, tho Ma jor left the grocery, walked briskly to tho tavern, sternly called his bill, handed over a ten dollar note, and, without waiting for tho change coming to him, filing himself on his horse, aud rode jaway in tho direction from whence he expected his wagons, pos- sibly, the gaping crowd thought, to curtail som his expenses by meeting his wagons on the way, and turning them back. But whether it was to save ex penses, or save hia bacon, this veracious history pre tends not to state; but certain it is, that whatever his motives might have been, after he got outof sight of the village, grass didn’t grow under black Moll’s hoots for the space of ten miles. And here, pulling rein, by the side of the noble spring which gushes up midway the road—a spring that indicated the head of his valley-homo, our hero dismounted, and, turning black Moll loose to pick about, seated him self near the bubbling fountain, ami gazed in deep meditation at its limpid waters. Presently, pulling from his pocket a tlask, he swallowed several times of its contents ; then, straightening himself tohis full height, he uttered the first sound that had escaped him since leaving tlie village, and woke the echoes of the neighboring mountains, as bo bursted into a loud and prolonged roar of laughter, prolonged, in deed, until tho very tears trickled a-down bis face; but, as the master of the lievels, iu the ‘ Midsummer Night’s Bream’ sayu; 4 more merry tears, The passiou of loud laughter never shod.’ To return to tho village. Though a quarter of a B. A. IS NOW RECEIVING R E F R I G il « A T O R S , ICE PITCHERS, ICE CEEAM -CHURNS, FEA THE RED $ FEAFOWI. FLY BRUSHES, Dusters, Brooms & Brushes. SILVER PL.ITED TEA AND TABLE KNIVES, CASTORS Sc WAITERS, FORKS, TEA AND TABLE SPOONS. Traveling a 11 <1 market Gaskets, ISA Til ISO TUBS ARD BATHING APPARATUS. COOKING, IRONING STOVES and EE RXACES. TINNED, ENAMELED & 3KAE3 PRESERVING KETTLES. Cooking utensils ofov- ry description, PLAIN and JAi^AXKD TIN WARE, all of which will be sold on the most reasonable Terms. mar 31 B. A. WISE. SAVAAXAIllTi’PrCLICAA: a uri£ \vs 9 Commercial and Politat FOnMHED, tlAtr.r, TRt-WEF.KLT A SAVANNAH, (1 \ B y S N E E £> & 1 EBMS: Dnilv •;ii Journal, Ml WV, RLY AT ^ I YJ S . TriAVi - Uly Weekly.... T Payments to be made IXVA IIABLYIN AD~ VANCE re? Although tho Savannah Ropuhli in lias boon in existence fi r m.-re i ■ ■ ' rroprie- tors tru-t tl it it i- v. r in ti: \ i r > manhood st ,1 in thu future. Tl -y »eg h--avo t" pr< - say that no labor or expense shall h spared to mako it ondrely tv ortky of their support n ?J cmitidence. 'I its N :tvs and Outran -rci d <1 •nariments they shall devote their special atn-mion resolved that in these ro •qua’ at least, u si.a!, be si cond to paper in tlio south ■rii Status. To the obi iter and man of business tin y hope to make it in.liq en-uble. To thu patr: t tn a trust to commend it b\ fairness, justico and truth iu the treatment ol public The positi >n of ttavaunali, a- '. if r* at commercial emporium ot Cxuorgia, I enn«‘.s-e<*, ai South Carolina, Alabama and Klor points to lv r Press hs the source of into needed by tho inhabitants of t’ lu offering them the Kepublicai to establish a relation which tli tuallv pleasant and profitable. f y" Orders by mail, enclosi punctually attended to, and re2 Savannah, Ga., March, 1^07, portions ot i, naturally nation most , the Proprietors seek ;y hope to make mu- )g the cash, will ho • pts forwarded. mar 31—2m