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Newspaper Page Text^forgi;i(LfIc0rajj| > ^gplToLlS B Y- I itffnOtl'^SMS* the expiration of the I*tk#| j* to 1" ••‘I’i 1 '''' 1 ' 1,,r *’> I 'V! 7--' p ■' ■■•’-' •' "'-’i HEt# ftAJSrV CAMS oMJiUi &(*•*" (h(l TicL«oR»ni Jo new subscribers wi,h C ' uh - TS* 1 " ., n ,,slu>uM»HM»rUeul«r to an, in M-prxP' 1 " r™™™*** 10 I 1 "' ill M»«-on, should so write. ,he letters designo.l for the ^ n otf''"s F" JirccU >' 40 ,Ucir ,,UCC ° f <lcS ' ■fai* >i VOL. XXXI. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23. 1857. NO. 49. Anv£KTiSF.MKNT3at the regular charge will be On 9 Dollar per square of 10 lines or less, for the first In- icrtion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent inser tion. All advertisements not specified as to time will bo published until forbid and charged accord ingly Or.tTUart Noticks not exceeding ten lines, will be published grafts ; but cash at the rate of One Dol lar for every ten manuscript ines exceeding that number, must accompany all longer notices, or they will be cut short. jyThe Teleoraph goes to press at 3 o’clock, Monday Evenings. Advertisers will oblige by hand - iug in their favors, as -arly ns tviturday, if possible and its prom the Corner Stone. I .-Iran Convention, Uf- 410 rniNCH’LES. I clip thft folI °* iDg from I^SSclVcontwns the Adre s of the I **,•,mention ill Which wcfindtb«fol- f^nmerttion of the cardinal principles Pj^Urai Union must be pi mnvMfr I jS- The reserved rights of tlic States must I* 1 ^edecisiou of the Supreme Court must ^{^Tbc union of Church and State must bo rights of conscience must bo gna- ^Americsn interests must be promoted, g An American nationality must be cher- r'*A gMtional agitation must bo terminated. o,i Foreign paupers and criminals must he “it Ri* naturalization laws must be nraen- l^flik ‘•Sqnatter Sovereignty'* and alien snf- IJigMst be repudiated: S*”, ••Americans must rule America. I ffj# not expect thst anything we cm HQ I' ukirc say effect upon the mere partizan. I* 1 Ml* interested and unprincipled leader or I itbtdelmied tool and victim; but wo ask I ^refill attention of every man who really law interest in tho welfare of tho country 1 M twelve things, and let him determine | , ro is in them which he can callaprin- I'm wwbat there is in them which furnishes llainr security for his rights, his interests or Ifkippiness. or any rule to guide his happi- Iv^Jinjrulcto guide his conduct. Lot ■ uexamine tlicm. | ,| pi,,. Federal Union must bo preserved.” Iftfcruy and all circumstances ? Mnat it be Iveorred if wc are to be wronged and oppres- lUbr its power? Must it be preserved l^tcchit disregard the Constitution ? How Ip,, it be preserved ? By force and by vio l'll hr Federal bayonets? Who is to ■ jwervcit ? The North-by taunts, insults ^.• iai and aggressions ? Tho South by [vasitraacc, by bluster, by compromise, by *hd- The reserved rights of tho States Ip! be respected,” What arc the reserved Imliiof the States ? Some people My they Jkn none, If the Convention had agreed Ini tad defined the rights to be preserved as I Sa "respected,” it would have done better. Ihfirewo to kuow when the “ reserved s’are or are wot •• respected,” when wc |jiMikaow what they arc ? ■li. The decision of the Supreme Cour j# be enforced.” AVhich decision, and how site be enforced, aud when and where? and •aresisting it? I -Mu The uuion of Church and State must lamented.” What is tho union of Church derate ? Who is attempting to bring it -.1 I li The rights of conscience must be gua- ni." The Constitution docs that now; afar as we kuow, nobody is attempting Undue it unless it is the American party ! -id. American interests must be promot- I What constitutes “American interests? bliPiotective Tariff, that used to be cal die American System ? Is it. Internal Im by the General Government?— 4 is it ? lly whom, and by wbat means tit be promoted ? Jib. An American nationality must be litbed." What is “American nationality?” r.aad to what extent is it to bo cherished?” kit to be done by law; nud must a man be land punished if ho does not cherish rA. Sectional agitation must bo termina- Inleed! Whnt is sectional agitation ? bittbe advocacy of a Protective Tariff, or nition to it ?’ Who is to terminate it, or It the liberty of speech or the liberty tibtpress to be abolished? If the North ..ch upon the rights of the South, or the -a encroach upon thoso of tho North, is ajored party to submit in silence, and not bwe the poor privilege of complaining 1 Vis to terminate sectional agitation ? Sup- t Mr. Buchanan favors the admission of i u a Free State, will not the American t? at the South agitate? Suppose be fa 1 .3 admission as a Slave State, will not < American party North agitate ? *!Wu Foreign paupers and criminals must endttded." Who arc “foreignpaupers and fwab!" Is he a pauper vrho has body "f tiod, and health aud strength because lie 1 »ot happen to havo money ? Are wc * to this, in this couutry, that the young the young woman, aye. or the old one P** *ho depends upon labor for a living, is '* Winded a pauper ? And who is a crirn- r--U>t power has the Constitution given Pwnwine that any man is a criminal with- 1*3 a trial? Build around the country a Chi- 1^1 if you like—punish with death if every man of foreign birth who his foot upon the country ; this were far . ** than to adopt a regulation which puts it • J -2tpower of bigotry and prejudice to im- IJjP without evidence, and inflict di»- I pwc for not having fine clothes. The naturalization law* moat be a- t?*' So need of that if you arc going to P"*o foreigners but those who are neb. W®*’, * n ‘l holy. The sooner you give them J „,.Ij' K i|eges of citizenship the better, fin. Sqatter soveregnty and alien suf- p*** he repudiated.” That’s nil settled li h,0,M i» the only Territory where wc I * ^y chance for slavery. , J.jh. Americans mast role America.” j* d9e * Ibis mean? Is it that the American . ^ r that native born Americans shall do it mean North Americans offlostk '• Indians, negroes or white folks? American friends prefer that should be ruled by foreigners rather InjM®' 00 *'*: particularly itwtliey would .^•Poil.with them'? Do think it could any worse a rule than tlmt of- the its? w * ha ve gone through these twelve ■> anvil.- '^ Rrc pcneralities which may ta ' Ulln S or nothing; upon which every ■evt.1 P. u4 ® ls own construction and act in P*^Mrt ^hazarding bin standing I: L J' lhere is however, one cxcep- ’htL^v'^foroigners. There is notli- tc,,, m w ® ,c b limits the powers of the Gov- *titiiej °*" lng w h'rh secures the {rights of •p>Wf'“ n!s . hiD B ‘hat men should bo willing ;ij, 1the country njioii such n platform. i»jif * thrist for power approaching to ( V' con .«<®pt for the intelligence of the to *° blindueas, could prompt it! ti, T'l . an T. hope of success. It is ftthL. *hcir bitter experience has not ■-'r oiorc wisdom; it is strange that : !e». e l K M have not given them better •Jtut they should not have taught lcjr * Rfoittol!^ * n d the madness of the oppo- the Democracy into its cor- tfoma. K 1 ™'t immunity in their prac- dits jjli 114 P T i :ic iples nrc but a cloak, I ? 1 promises but deceitful , * c hoDui t i' r P 01 "? 0 ® 1 ! to di'ccive aud ' ! *ith t h et . ra y, yet it comes to the u ‘ ojmnliruent to their understand- . -••ar integrity, by acknowledging * understand, and their purpose to do wbat is right; it pays a tribute to virtue by- dctimng in vvbat it consists, nnd professing its love lor and devotion to it. The Merchant’*, Test. . ^ nm afraid the old man has taken it into Ins head to send you adrift.” “Why, whnt enn you mean Phillip ?•> “Only that ho was talking very earnestly with .'Ir. Oglcthorp" as I went into bis room just now, and ns they ceased very discreetly on my entrance, I took the liberty-of watting out side the door till the conversation was resum ed nr.d I heard enough to satisfy me that Oglcthorp lias a nephew who is about to take your place.” “What did you hear ?” “Merely a sentence from each. Oglethorp said, “So you think my nephew will have no difficulty in filling the place of your head clerk; and Benle replied. “None whatever y the other clerk, Philip Walden, has been in my estab lishment a long time, nnd can give him a lit tle insight into our business affairs if need be.” I did not wait to bear more, but it is enough, I think.” “So it would seem,” was the reply, in a tone of deep dcpondency. "It is mean in the old man to discharge you and equally strange; if it was we now, I should not think it so odd, but he has all along seem ed to think so much of you. But 'tis just like him, always doing something out of the com mon way.” Richard Wilkins was too sick at heart- to re ply. He turned to the desk and endeavored to concentrate his thoughts upon his work, but in vain. The pen dropped from his fingers, and leaning bis head on his hand gave full scope to his sorrowful and indignant feelings. When the two gentlemen emerged from Mr. Beale’s private room, he started like one guilty of a secret crime, nnd snatching tho pen pre tended to bo all absorbed in his duties. Ilis flurried manner so different from his usual quiet composure, was noticed by his employer, who drew his own conclusions therefrom. Mr. Oglethorp was returning to his homo in Balti more. His friend ncqpmpanied him to the steamboat, and on returning closely observed bis two clerks as lie sauntered back and forth through the atreet.—Philip's appearance indi cated nothing unusunl; but Richard, though he hud partially regained his customary comjio- surc, could not prevent a slight hesitancy and restraint, when replying to Mr. Beale’s casual remarks. Several days after, Mr. Beale brought Rich ard a letter to seal aud deposit in the post-of fice ns lie went to dinner. At the same time he sent Philip ton neighboring store on busi ness, which would detain him some little rime; he then returned to his own private room. Left to himself, Richard gazed on the super scription of the letter long aud earnestly. "D. Oglethorp, Esq., Baltimore”—the words seem ed burned into bis brain. What would lie not give to know the contents of that letter? Doubtless it related to the nephew who was to supplant him. Richard hesitated, turning the letter over and over. Why could he not glance into it ? It was not scaled—lie would betray no confidence by so doing—most of the business letters were given him to answer, and certainly to no one living would lie reveal the contents, whatever they might be. These reflections overcame his strong repugnance to the act. With a trembling hand he opened tho letter and read: “Dear Sir :—I wish your nephew to arrive, if possible, by Tuesday, the thirteenth, as on that day young Wilkin’s yc*r will have expired, and it is de sirable that his successor should bo on tho spot to enter immediately on his duties. Truly yours, • J. ItEAlF. The blood mounted on Richard’s brow os he read. For an instant lie forgot tho conse quences <o himself of the threatened blow in indignation at his employer’s duplicity. "Four years ago,” he murmured bitterly,— “aye, four years next Tuesday, I entered this store. Not once since that day has lie had oc casion to reprove me for the slightest neglect or oversight; stern and exacting as he is, I have given him no cause for complaint, and Ihis is the end—this my reward. 1 am to be discharged to make room for one of his friend’s connections. I am thankful I opened the let ter—now I can prepare for his treachery.” With a calmness that surprised himself, the clerk scaled the letter and dropped it in the post-oflicc, os he had been directed. On his way back to his employment he called at the counting room of a merchant, whom as one of Mr. Beale’s acquaintances he well knew. Rich ard wished to make inquiries in an indirect way for a situation, but while he was striving to form some question to this end, the gentle man came to his relief by asking if he knew of any young man in need of a situation whom he could recommend to him, ns he had a va cancy for n clerk. Richard engerly offered himself. Mr. C’nrtis was surprised that lie should wish to leave his old place, but gladly accepted him, having long admired the integ rity and strict applications of the young mau whose praise he had frequently heard from Mr. Beale. The yearly 'salary was nnmed ; it was one hundred dollars more than Richard was now receiving; and having engnged to on ter on the duties of his new place on the fol lowing Tuesday, he went will: a light heart to his old employment. He did not mention his intention to .Mr. Beale, and so the week pass cd without Mr. Curtis visiting the store.—He hoped that lro had not met his employer, for Richard had a wish that the latter should not hear how his treacherous scheme had been de feated, till the last moment. On Monday evening Richard knocked at the door of Mr. Beale’s i;oout, and in as few words ns possible requested the wages duo to him, as he was engaged to go to another house on the morrow. I havo known of your engagement since Wednesday, replied Mr. Beale. “Mr. Curtis informed inc of I*. May I ask the motives of this secret and unusual proceeding on your part ? I believe I gave you no cause l»r so sud den a determination to quit iny employment— did I?” , , “No cause!” Richard repeated, bitterly. Oh, no sir, no cause of course—tho clerk is only the dupe, the slave of the merchant, and has no right to complain of any conduct, how ever iniquitous, of which lie is tho victim.” Your sarcasm is rather out of place, young man,” rep icdMr. Beale, coolly. “I asked if I bad given you any cause of offence. I know I have not—you falsely imagine tlmt I have, and thus imagining, you have done yoursoli a great injury. Nay, no questions—! will tell you all. On the day tlmt .Mr. Oglcthorp was here. I noticed a great alteration in your looks, your words, your whole conduct. I suspected at once that l’hilip had overheard our conver sation, nnd repeated it to you, in consequence of which you were disturbed in mind. This was natural and I was far from blaming you but it afforded me an opportunity for a test which I had peculiar reasons for desiring to ap ply. I penned a brief note to Mr. Oglethorp gave if to yon to sea), and watched you from Imt window. I thought the temptation would be a severe one, and it you rose superior to it, need never have any fears concerning you. was right, the temptation was too strong— loo strong for your honor or integrity to with- tand : 1 saw you open the letter; ’twaa enough- itid not at all wonder when I heard ot your apulying for a new situation; you thought I was acting treacherously towards you, aud that you would outwit me.” Mr. Beale ceased, and looked fixedly at Richard, whoseWrliolo countenance was suffus ed with blushes, as the true nature of Ins con duct was brought calmly to his view. In his indignant feelings, lie had not till this moment thought of his dircliction of principle in open ing a letter not intended for his inspection. Now he was overwhelmed with shame and re morse, "for he was naturally nprigbt and inge nuous. Mr. Beale saw his confusion, nnd turm cd to his desk to pay what was due to Richard’s salary, but first taking some papers from a secret drawer, threw them on the table before the young man. “All this is at an end now,” lie said, “bnt you may think how unju6t your supposition was to me, how injurious to yourself, as I said a while ago.” Richard’s eyes were intently bent upon the papers. One was in the merchant's hand wri ting. a notice of Richard Wilkins having been admitted as junior partner into his old and es tablished business firm; the others were the necessary legal papers relatingthercto. Rich ard continued gazing on them as if fascinated, till the merchant’s voice broke the spell. “Well, young man, do you understand the matter now ?” “Oh, sir!” said Richard, turning his eyes imploringly on him, and then unable to repress his tortured feelings, he bent his head on the table to conceal the first gushing tears. “Regret is unvailing now,” said Mr. Beale, in his clear, cold tones. “I had every reason to place confidence in you. During these four years I have observed your conduct closely It was such as to satisfy me; and resolving to reward your strict integrity and faithfulness, I bad decided to' take you into partnership, as you see by these papers, prepared nearly two months ago, and only wanting signatures and date. My friend, Mr. Oglethorp. had frequent ly mentioned his nephew, whom he much de sired me to employ. At his last visit I agreed to do so. It was my intention to give you an agreeable surprise to-morrow, and therefore I desired to keep my arrangements secret, for tunately as I now see; for my whim enabled me to test the strength of your principle." “Oil, if you could only forgive me, Mr. Beale,” exclaimed Richard, imploringly. “It was my first error in this regard—1 am sure it will be my last.” For an answer, Air. Beale quietly pushed the money he had counted over to Richard, and picking up the papers tore them into small fragments, The young man looked sadly at them, but knowing that remonstrance or en treaty was unavailing with the stern man, lie by a strong effort conquered his emotion and taking up the money, bowed his thanks and farewell to his late employer, and turned to leave the room.—As he laid his band on the door Jinob, he paused aud asked, in a still fal tering voice, if Mr. Curtis was informed of all this. “No, I did not think it necessary to speak of it,” said Mr. Beale, "for I bad reason to think it was your first departure from tho straight road, nnd although all business con nection between us lias ceased, yet I would not wish to injure your reputation by revealing an act which I thought you would regret. You will find Mr. Curtis a more indulgent em ployer than you are leaving, your salary will be larger than it has been here; so that on the whole, perhaps you are no loser, aud I hope for your sake that your first error may prove your last.” Richard sadly left the store. On the mor row ho entered on the duties of his new situa tion. It proved agreeable, and the addition to his previous salary was of great use to him; but what could silence remorse for the act by which be had not only lost so much in a pecu niary point of view, but also sank immeasura bly in his own estimation ? He profited by the lesson, however. Years after, he found him self in a position prosperous and enviable as that which he bad forfeited in early manhood; but to his dying day he never tried to banish the humiliating but salutary recollection of the first and last deviation from the_straight for ward path of honor and integrity. Some years since, when all the world was mad upon lotteries, the Irish cook of a middle aged single gentleman drew from his hands Iter earnings and savings of some years. Her employer was anxious to know the cause, and she told him that having repeatedly dream ed that a certain number was a great prize she bad bought the whole ticket. He called her a fool for her pains, and never lost a chance to tease her on the subject. She seemed to take his taunts in good-humor, saying it would all turn out right by-and-by. One morning lie opened his paper at breakfast, nnd saw it announced that the very numbers which Brid get had dreamed nnd bought had drawn the great prize, $100,000! Bridget was summoned, and the wily gen tlcman proceeds to inform her that lie had long valued her ns a friend, nnd being desirous to settle himself for life, he would be willing to make her his wife, if she had no objection. Bridget had always thought him a dear, good man. and would be glad to do anything to please him. So he finished his breakfast, told Bridget to put on her best things; the parson was sent for, and made them one that very morning. After it was all over, the cautious husband said to bis bride, “Well, Bridget, you have made two good hits to day; you have got a good husband, and now bring me the lottery ticket you and I have laughed so much about.” “Please don’t laugh any more about that; I knew there was nothing in them dreams, and I sold it to the butcher a month ago!” Didn’t tho old fellow drawn blank, and look so when Bridget did that tale unfold ? . . . A Conn Weather Anecdote.—Alnoug the many sharp things in Porter’s .Spirit is the fol lowing, which considering the present spell of cold weather, is about as sharp as need be: A heavy fire having occurred in Cleveland, a safe manufacturing firm in New York wrote to the sufferers from the fire to ascertain how ouc of (heir safes had stood the scorchiug. The pro prietor wrote back that the ‘ safe ’ was ‘ safe ’ —that it was wonderful, and adds that the night previous to the fire the clerks placed a shanghai rooster in tho safe for safe-kceping. In the morning the safe was dug out red hot, opened, and the rooster found ‘leaning up against the ledger, frozen to death P The yarn is rather trying to a man’s faith, but wc sup pose it must be true—in a born. A wag, who occasionally writes an article for the Ledger says, that a lady officer, if she wauted to give the word ‘halt,’ would do it in this strain: ’You soldiers, all of you, now mind, I order yon, as soon as I have finished speaking, to stand still, every one of you, on the spot where you happen to be; don't you hear me ? Halt, I say, all of you. Reynolds, the dramatist,observing toMar- tin the thinness of his house atone of his plays, added he supposed it was owing to the war. No.’replicd .Martin, *1 should judge it is owing to the piece.' A Goon One.—An Irishman, on being ask ed which was the cider, he or bis- brother, re plied ‘I am the oldest, bnt if my brother lives three years, wc shall both be ot an age. I’emali: Oddities.—What carrot-beaded ]y little urchin is that madam? Do you kuow ns name ? Why yes, that is my youngest son. ifou don’t say so, inded ! What a dear little, sweet, dove-eyed cherub he is!” | From tin; Savannah Daily Morning News.) Sut Loveugootl Blown up. ‘Siiowin’ the Onsartainty of a ’oman. hearn tell ove that truck afore, an I be durned ef I dont want it tu be the last—wus nor rifle powder—wns nor perkussion—three times as smart, an hurts wus—heap wus. Durn him. Dura all Yankee pedlars, an durn fltar princi- pils an practisis, I say. I wish I bed all the sody powder they ever made in his cussed paunch an a slow match fixed tu him, an I had a ciiunk ove fire—the feller what found a pece ove him big enuf tu feed a cockroach ought to be King ove the Sultun’s harem fur a thousnn years fur his luck. They aint hu man, no how. The mint at Filadelfy is thar Heaven, they think thar God cats haf dimes fur brenkfus, hashes the Icavins fur dinner, an swollen? a cent an a dried appil fur supper, sits on a statnpin machine fur a throne, sleeps on a crib full ove half dollars, an measures men like money, by count. Thar haint wun ove cm got a soul but what cud dance a jig in a kabhage seed an leave rnmc fur the fiddler, an perhaps a Yankee gall ur two ove the usual stripe thrown in. Well, Sicily she bought a tin box ove the sody fruin him, an hid it away frum her folks, a savin it fur me. I hnppined tu pass next day nu ovc cours topped tu enjoy a look at the teintcr, an she win- inity loviu tu me; put wun arm rotin my neck, an tuther wun wliar the cirsiugil goes rouu a hoss, tuck the ‘inturn on me with her left foot,’ an gin me a kiss. Says she, ‘Sutty, love, I've got somethin fur ye, a new sensa- shun’—an I believed in it, fur I begin tu feel it a ready. My toes felt like little minners wur a niblin at cm—a cold streak run up an down my back likcalizzard with a turky hen arter him in sittiu time—my heart felt hot an onsatisfied like, an then I’d a cut old Soul’s throat in a minit cf she’d hinted a neeilsesity fur sich an operashun. Then she poured ten ur twelve blue papers ove the sody inter a big tumbler an about the same number ove white wans inter tuther tumbler, an put ni onto a pint ove water on both of cm, an stirred em both up with a case nife, lookiu as solemn as a snow storm when the fodder’s gin out. She hilt wun while she told me tu drink tother. 1 nv si. I,., OF TEXX. Sut’s hide has healed—the wounds received in his sudden separation from his new shirt have ceased to pain, nnd true to his instincts, or rather a “ family dispersition,” as lie calls it, he “pitches in” again aud gets awfully blown up by a wild mountain girl. Hear him, poor fellow, “ George did you ever see Sicily Burns ? Her dad lives at the Ratil Snaik Springs, nigh tu the Georgia line ?" Yes, very handsome girl. “Handsome! thatwurd dont kiver the case; it sounds like callin good whisky warter when ye ar at a big spring an the still hous ten miles off, nil hit arainin, an yer flask ouly half full. She shows anntng wimen like a sunflower as compared tu do; fennel an smart weed an jimsin. Ob, sich a bnzum!—but tlier aint no use of tryin to de scribe her. She needs adzactly fifteen inches ove gartar clar ovc the knot; stands sixteen hands an a half high, an weighs one hundred an twenty-six, in her peticoats. Couldent crawl thru a whisky barril with both heds stove out, if it wur hilt study fur hir, an good foot holt at that. Sho never sot in an arm cheer in her life, an you cud lock the top hoop ove a churn ur a big dog coller round her waist. Her har is as black as a crow’s wing at midnite, ur a nigger haulin charcoal when he’s had no brekfus. Tis as slick as this here bottil, an ni onto as long as a bosses tail. I’ve seed her jump over the top ove a split bottom cheer an never show her ankils ur kech her dress onto it. She cud cry an laff at the same time, an cither luved you all over nr hated you till ye felt like you’d been whipped with a pi- zen vine ur a bunch ove nettles when yer breeches anshurt wur bothiu the wash tub,— She kerried devil euuf about her tu fill a four hoss waggiu bed, wjth a skin as white as the inside ovc a frogstool, checks au lips as red as a pearch’s gills in dogwood blossom tinio; an sich a smile! When her smile struck ye fair an squar it felt like a big horn ove onrectified Munungchcly ur ole Burbun after ye’d been sober fur a niunth, tendon ove a boss prayer meetin twise a day, au occasional in the n:tc. Three ove her smiles, when she tried herself, fifteen minits apart, wud a made the gran cap tin ove the tcmpcrince sciety so drunk he would’nt know his brichcs frum a par of bel lowses, ur a teinperiuco plcge from a—a— water pot. Ob, 1 be drated cf its eny use talkin. That gall cud make me murder old Bishop Soul hisself, ur kill mam, not tu speak ovc dad, ef she jist hinted that she wanted sich a think dun. Sich an oman cud du more dev- ihnint than a loose hoss at a gineral muster ground, ef she ouly know’d it, an I’m feared she knows herself adzactly. She acts mitily like she dus eny how. Her ankils wer as round as the rist ovc a rifil gun, au not much bigger, au when she wur a danciu ur a cuttin up shines, ur a uiakiu of a bed Oh. durn sich wimen! why aint they all made on the hemp break principil like Main, nr Betts Carr, tir Harriet Beecher Stowe, so they wud’ut bother a feller at all. George, this world’s all rong eny how.—More temptation than preven- tity; ef it wur ekel I would’nt mind it. What kin tlio old prerhers an tiio agiy witnin expect ove ns, exposed as wc ar. On, its no use talk in,” (here Sut’s voice trembled, a large spark ling tear splashed on his shoe, and he was si lent for a space.) I’ve hearn in the mountains a fust rate fourth proof smash ovc thunder cum onexpec- ted an shake tho yeath, bringin with it a string ove litnin as long as a quarter track a racin down a big pine tree, turnin it intu broom splits an tutli pickers, an a raisin ovc a cloud ove dust an bark on army ove limbs, with a smell sorter like the devil'were about, aud its long daniinneedil looking leaves a fallin on me, an round me, with a tif—tif— shamed sort of sound, an then a quiverin on the yeath, as little snakes die; an I felt quar—sorter half scare an half cumfort. I’ve seed the ratil snaik squar hisself on his own dunghil tu cum at me. a sayinz-c-e-c-c! with that noisy tail ove his’n, all beauty, an glitter, and vim, an I felt quar agin. I’ve seed the Ocooe river jum- pin mad from rock tu rock, with hits clear, cool water, white foam an music.” "What, Sut?" "Music, the rushin water dus make music; so dus the wind, an the fire in the mountains, an it made me feel sorter oneasy an quar agin ; but every time I looked onto that gall, Sicily Bums, I had all the feelins mixed up ove the litnin, the river, an the snaik. Well, tu tell it all at onst, she wus a gall all over, frum the pint ove her toe nails tu the end ove the longest har on the highest knob ove her bed—gall all the time, every where— an that of the cxcitinist kind. Ovc course 1 leaued up tu her as elost as I dar tu, nu in spite ove my long legs, appetite fur whisky, my shirt scrape, an dad’s actin boss, she sorter leaned iu me, and I wns beginin tu think I wur jist the greatest an comfortablist man on yerth, not excepting Old Buck, ur Brigham Young with all his saddil-cullercd, wrinkled wimraen, cradles full ovc babies, and his Big Salt Lake throwd iu. Well, wun day a cussed, dcceiviu, palave- rin, stinkin Yankee pedlar, all jack knife aud jaw, cum tu ole man Burnses with a load ove appil parins, callicker ribbons, jews’harps and pair of ponies? It is very pretty but very pe s-o-d-y-p-o-w-d-^r. Now mind; I’d never culiar. She puts the teased things to their swallowed it at one run—tasted salty like, but I tlmt it wur a part ove the scrisasliun. But I wur mistakened—all ove the cussed infurnel sensasliim wur yet tu cum, an it wurnt long at it, hoss, you’d better believe me. * Then she gin me tuther tumbler an I sent it arter the fust wun rase horse fashion. In about wun moment an a half I thot I’d swalored a thresh, in machine in full blasr, ur a cupplc ove bull dogs an they had sot i n tu fitin. I seed that I ivurcotch agin—same family dispersition to make cussed fools ovc themselves every chaucc—so I broke ft.r my hoss. 1 stole look back an thar Sicily lay on her back in the porch, a screamin with latliu, her heels up in the air, a kickiu ove them together like she wur a tryin tu kick her slippers off. But I had no time tu look then, an thar wur a road ovc foam frum the hous tu the hoss two foot wide an four inches deep - —looked like it had been snowing—poppiu, an ahissin an a bilin like a tub ove hot soap suds. I Led getbered a cherry tree, limb as I run, an I lit astraddle ovc my hoss, a whippin an a kickeu like mad. This, with the scary noise I made, (fur I wur a whistlin au a hissin, an a sputterin outer mouth, nose an eyes, like a steam engine,) sot him a rearinan cavortin like he wuz skeered out ove bis senses. Well, he went. The foam rolled an the old black hoss flew. He jist miz zled—scared ni tu doth, an so wur I. So we agreed on the pint ove greatest distance in the smallest time. I aimed fur Doctiif Goodman’s at the Iliwassec Copper Mine, tu git sumthin tu stop the exploshuu in my inards. I met a sarcuit rider ou his travels towards a fried chicken an a hat full of ball biskits. As I cum a tariu along he hilt up his hands like he want ed tu pray fur me, but as I preferred phisic tu prayer in my pecooliar situwashua at that time, I jist rolled along. He tuck a skeer as I cum ni onto him, his faith gin out, and he dodged hoss, s.tddil-bags an overcoat, inter a thicket just like you’ve seed a turkil take wa ter oft" a log when a tariu big steamboat ettms along. As he passed old man Bum’s Sicily hailed him, an axed him if he’d met eny body iti a hurry gwine up the road. The poor man thought perhaps he did an perhaps lie didn’t, but he’d seen a site, uv a spook, uV a ghest. uv old Beelzebub himself, tu* the kornit, he didn’t adzactly know whicb, but taken all things to gether au the short time he hed fur pre-par- ation, he thought lie met a crazy, long-legged shakin Quaker, a tlceiu from the wrath to cum, on a black au white spotted hoss; a whippin ove him with a big brush, an he bed a white beard what cum from ni unto his eyes to the pumtnil ove the saddil. au then forked an wont, tu his knees, au then suintimes drapped in bunches as big as a crow’s nest tu the ground, an he hearn a sound like the rushin ovc miiy waters, an he wur mightily exersized aboit it eny how. Well, I guess lie wur an so wur his fat boss, an so wur old blackey, iu wust exer sized ove all cm wur I, mvself. I afterwards Learn that when he had enmposed hisself he writ his kouklushius about it tu Sicily that it wur anew steam mvenshun tu kerry the Kath- olie doctrine an the Pope’s measels over the yeath, made outen sheet iron, ingin rubber tanned leather, ise cream on fat pine, sorter in the shape ovc a man an hoss, and that the bosses tail wur made ovc iron wire, red hot at the pints, an a stream ovc sparks as long as the stecrin oar ovc a flat boat follercd in his trail, an takiu it all together it wusnt d safe thing tu meet in a lane ove a dark nitc; and he thot he hed a call over the mountin tu anu- tlier sircuit. I Now, George, all this beard an spots on the hoss an steam an fire an snow an wire tails is ouduccous humbug. It all cuin onten my in ward, without eny vomitin nr effurt an ef it had’nt, I’d a busted inter more pieces then thar is cigs in a big cat fish. The Lovengoods are all confounded fools, and Dad aint the wust wuu ove em. Jine me in drinkin success tu the family, fur I don’t think they’l ever git it eny other way owin tu that dispersition. The bottom of Sut’s flask flashed in the sunlight and the gurgling sound proclaimed the toast duly druuk. Women and Marriage. Wc take this remarkable passage from Whitty’s ‘Friends of Bohemia,' (or ‘Knaves aud Fools,’ as the American publishers call it,) a satirical novel of London life, which is crea ting a sensation, just at present, in English literary circles: ‘There is an endless mystery between the sexes. They have, in their most educated state, at least, very little notion of one another. A woman brings forth a man- child and to her dying day never understands the man. The man who has most knowledge of men has the least knowledge of women : to understand a woman needs a refined, delicate, inquisitive turn, that masculinity is seldom equal to. What ludicrou? women the poets create; take Milton’s Eve, for instance ? wliat absurd tnen have been sketched on paper by mind abounding women: take Mrs. Gore’s, for instance. Let philosophical people men tion the reason ; let others be content with the fact. Men believe iu the patience of woman, compliment the animal on anything else, but uot on that; it is a donkey’s quality. Were it lierquality, wc should uot dote on her. Her feelings nrc those of the higher bred animal. It is her want of patience winch is her charm and curse. ‘Did you ever notice a woman driving a fir of ponies? It is very pretty but very pe- topmost speed. She is always whipping their dodging flanks. She is always clutching the galvanized reins. She is always looking right and left, twisting aud tossing her fantastically covered head two ways at once. She secs the mighty ’busses, and avoids them hundreds of yards before they come up. She goes ten feet too much ou one side in clearing the rushing cab or whirling chariot. Again, did you ever seea woman crossing the road ! What patience —that is to say, what dashing forward and driving hack ! and when at a crisis, she scuds, how recklessly high does she disclose the excit ed hose ! So in marriage. Doubtless, when well harnessed, and the groaning char-a-banc, crunching over the mud, is full of children, she pulls steadily the scorched collar withal. But how she skirts, and scampers, and shies, and jumps at first! Theresc had character, uot thought. She did—she didn’tthink ; aud was miserable. Very likely marriage is sometimes chains of .flowers. But you pluck nud pull at the garland nervously and it’s soon an affair of stalks; and stalks hurt if you kick against them. But the regular chains are worn by the adept convict with comfort. The disaster in marriage is, that the sweet delusions ot the coming happiness, to be caught and fondled, maintain thcunsyllogisticsnulinauunpliiloso- phical state. In the condemned cell, where affairs arc realized, prisoners always sleep well. Aud yet there arc some ot our statesmen com placently chattering about a new law of di vorce. Bah! it is the destiny of humanity to marry and regret it; and the law should be ware the casualties that occur to those who step between man aud wife in the assuaging commotion that tempers domestic bliss. Life is a desert. Profound thoughtMarriage aud mirage are the same thing, differently spelt; but does it do the caravan any harm to believe it water ? When you arc thirsty, thp next best thing to having water, is to believe that you are going to have it, Live the mirage ! Live marriage! But it is a washy subject. Next to single life, marriage is the most ludicrous aud the most insipid of all lives.—Home Jour nal. From tin; New York Tribune. A Picture of New York. Sixteen murders have been perpetrated in this city since the 1st of April, about which time Mayor Wood began to develope his pro gramme of violent resistance to the laws, and the whole army of grogscllers bade defiance to any legal interference with their desolating traffic. There has been at least twice sixteen attempts at murder, besides violent assaults and rum hole fights without precedent. Ten thousand hardened and Jiopelcss female out casts swarm the streets at night: two tlious- sand children, under the guise of peddlars, from the ages of teu to sixteen, penetrate every public building, store and office in the city, to beg, steal, spy for burglars, and ou their own account practice those vices which cannot be named in respectable language; five thousand great and small gamblers prey upon the cred ulous and the infatuated, standing all day at the doors of their dens in Broadway, as well known in persons and profession as the Mayor himself; ten thousand lazy, drunken, thieving short-boys, swill-boys, killers, roughs, and rowdies of other names, lounge on the rum cursed corners of the streets, making day dis gusting, night hideous, and travel dangerous to all who can be suspected of having respec tability or money; thousands of emigrant swindlers, mock auctioneers, lottery-dealers, policy-backers, pickpockets, liall-thicves, burg lars, wharf-rats, arca-sncakes, pimps and varapyres, practice their knaveries as openly and with as little fear of punishment as though they were engaged in the moat virtuous and legitimateof human pursuits. The swell mob of London' flying from the argus eyes of a real police, anil the unendurable felons of San Francisco, expatriated by the bullet and the hemp of the Vigilance Committee, arc re ceived here with open arms, parade our streets under not only the toleration, but the protec tion aud personal friendship of the police, car ry our primary elections, and fill high places on our nominating committees. On every hand we have vice and crime and splendor; crime, vice, rum and beggary. Here, in the most fashionable faubourg, is the Crockford’s of New York; there, between the palatial res idences of a millionaire and a divine, is the maison dejoicc of a woman whose dress is the most brilliant, whose equipage is the most stunning, of any of the gay butterflies virtu ous or vicious, whose beauty and wealth add glitter to the opera or sunshine to the prome nade. Within a bow shot of these palaces is the other side of the world; for brocades, rag; for diamonds, dirt; for Johatinisbcrger. whis ky ; for millionarics, beggars; for divines, devils; tor Aspasias, drabs; with* here and there some poor, starving wretch painfully cuacting the “Song of the Shirt,” her besieged virtue glimmering in the misery of this tangi ble hell, like the fabled jewel on a dunghill. And over all, we have a set of men called ru lers, wrangling like hungry dogs for the pub lic purse; lying and cheating for advance ment ; plotting to overthrow all law, that they may rob the people; and, in their influence upon our vast criminal population, recklessly flaring their incendiary torches in our moral powder-house. What Bayard Taylor Thinks of TRAVELING IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS, ltaynrcl Taylor has return .-..I to Stockholm from his northern trip, and in a letter to tin; Tribune, dated February 10, thus sums up the relative pleasure of travel in the Arctic and in tropical zones: “It was precisely two months since our departure in December, and in that time we had performed a journey of 2,200 miles, 250 of which wero by rein deer, and nearly 500 inside the Arctic Circle. Our frozen noses had peeled off, and tho new skin show ed no siffns of the dama-o they had sustained—so that wc had come out of tho fight not only without a scar, but with a marked increase of robust vitality. “I must confess, however, that, interesting as the journey has been, and happily as we have endured its exposure, 1 should not wish to make it again. It is well to see tho North even after the South; but, as there is no one who visits the tropics without loDg- ing ever after to return again, so, I imagine, there is no one who. having seen a winter inside the Arctic Circle, would ever wish to sec another. In spite of the warm, gorgeous, and ever changing play of co lor hovering over the path of the unseen sun—in spite of tho dazzliug auroral dances and tlyj magical transfiguration of tho forests—the absenco of true daylight, and of nil signs of warmth and life, exer cises at last a depressing^ influence on tho spirits. The snow, so beautiful while the sunrise-setting il lumination lasts, wears a ghastly monotony at all other times, and the air, so exhilarating, even at the lowest temperature, becomes an enemy to be kept out when you know Iris terrible power' to benumb and destroy. "To the native of a warmer zone this presence of an unseen destructive forco in Nature weighs like a nightmare upon the mind- The inhabitants of the North also seein to uudergo a species of hibernation us well as tho animals. Nearly half their time is pa>M-d ill sleep : they are silent in ooiiipari-ou " itii the natives of tho other parts of the world ; there is little exuberant gayety and eheerfulnos-i, but pa tience, indifference, apathy almost. Aspects of na turo which appear to bo hostilotomauofteudevclopf and bring into play his best energies, but there are others which depress and paralyze iris powers. 1 am convinced that the extreme North, liko the trop ics is unfavorable to tho best mental and physical condition of the humnn race. The proper zone of man lies between 30 and 35 deg. north. ‘•To inn- who has not an unusual capacity to en joy the experience of varied travel, I should not re commend such a journey. With mo tho realization of a long cherished desire, the sense of novelty, the opportunity for contrasting extremes, nnd the inter est with which tho people inspired me, far outweigh ed all inconveniences and privation. In fact I was not fully nwareof tho gloom nnd cold in which l had lived until we returned far enough southward to en joy eight hours sunshine and a temperature abovo the freeziug point. It wns a second birth into a liv ing world. Although wo bad experienced littlo pos itive suffering from tho intense cold, except on tho return from Muoniovarn to Ilnparamla, our bodies had already accommodated themselves to a low tem perature, and the sudden transition to 30 deg. abovo zero came upon tis like the warmth of June. “My friend, Dr. Kane, once described to mu the eoiiitort lie felt \vi;• • ii the mercury ro.-e to 7 il-g. !m- low zero, making it pleasant to be on deck. Tho circumstance was then incomprehensible to me, hut is now quite plain. I can also realize the terrible sufferings of himself and bis men, exposed to a storm in a temperature of 47 deg., when the samn degree of cold with a very light wind, turned my own blood to ice. •• Mo.-t of our physical m n-atinn - arc relative, and tho mero enumeration ot so many degrees of heat or cold gives no idea of their effect npon the system. I should have frozen at home last winter at a temper- aturo which I found very comfortablo in Lapland, with my solid diet of meat and butter and my gar ments of reindoer. The following is a correct scale of tho physical effect of cold, calculated for tho lati tude of G3 deg. to 70 deg- north .- “15 deg. above zero—Unpleasantly warm. “Zero—mild and agreeable. •to deg. below zero—Pleasantly fresh and bracing. •20 deg. below zero—Sharp, but not severely cold. Keep your fingers and toes in motion, and rub your nose occasionally. 30deg. below zero—.Very cold; t ike particular care of your nose amlextrcmities; eat the fattest food and plenty of it. “40 deg. below—Intensely cold; keep awake at all hazards, muffle up to the eyes, and test your cir culation frequently, that it may not stop somewhere before you knew it. 50 deg. below.—A struggle for life.” Clear the Track! KEW SPRING- GOODS The subscribers respectfully in vite the citizens of Macon aucl sur-. rounding country, to call and in spect their assortment of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, which embrace all the novelties of the season. KICII DUES* GOODS, Embroideries of all kinds, Hosiery, Carpeting, Bug* and Matting:. .Tusi received and for sale at low prices by BOSTICK & KEIN. march 3 New Spring Goods. T> OSS, COLEMAN & ROSS have just opened tho JX second new Stock of SPRING GOODS This season, embracing BERAGE ROHES from S3 to S25. ORGANDIE ROBES from 86 to S13. MANTILLAS, LACE and QIMPUIRE from 63 to $25. $4,000 \V r orth of Embroideries, in Collars, Sleeves and Cambric Trimmings. On all the above goods we promise you a dedue- tioe of 20 per cent on previous prices «s our Stock is large and must be sola. Call early. No charge for showing goods. apl 21 PARKER’S NEW GOODS, FOR TIIK SJRZR-XISrG- TRADE. W E are now receiving a splendid assortment of most desirable FRENCH, ENGLISH, GER- MAN, SWISS and AMERICAN GOODS, oj the very latest Importation. SII.K ROBES, BAREGE BORES, GREXADIXE ROBEtt, ORGANDY XICMf,IX ROBES, JACONET JICSLIN ROBES, El’GEXIE MICK BORES, XIORXIXG DRESSES, TOBI.lt D» AMIK ROBES, [EMTQ^ELY NEW, A full assortment of BUhOrTa best BLACK SILKS, MANTILLAS. Chantilly Laco Points and Mantillas. The Ladies will, we think, derive e-reat pieasura from an examination of our entirely NEW STOCK of ;FRENCH EMBROIDERIES, which is unusually attractive. We have a great many NOVELTIES, both BRILLIANT and BEAU TIFUL, unnecessary to mention. Call and we will repay you for the time spent, by showing the largesi and trust beautiful Stock of Staple & Fancy Dry Goods which wo have ever had the pleasure of exhibiting to tho Ladies of Macon and surrounding country, apl 14 W. W. PARKER & CO. JLAKGi: SALES AT THE NEW YORK STORE. 15 PER CENT SAVED BY BUYING GOODS FOR CASK N ow IS THE TIME TO BUY. Wo have one* of tho largest and most complete 'stocks of GOO DM in Macon. Consisting in part of 1,500 yards of those beautiful Muslins, at 12$ cents worth 20 cts. 100 patterns Jaconet, at 20 and 23 cents. Large lot Organdies now selling very low, ’ 300 yards more of that Irish Linen at 25 cents, worth 40. —At.so— Organdie Robes, Barege Robes, SPLENDID SILKS & SILK EOBES, Mantillas, Collars, Sleeves, Embroider ies, Ilandk’fs, Hosiery, Gloves, Mitts, Shirtings and Sheetings, Table Linens, Towels, Nap kins, Yankee Notions, and in fact every thing usually kept in a Fancy Dry Goods Store. All of which will bo sold very low for CASH. W* invite the LADIES parti' itlarly to come and see for themselves. DENMAN &. WATERMAN. Macon, April 7.1857. NEW SPRING GOODS. T HE subscriber having returned from the North, is now prepared to exhibit to the citizens i f Macon, and the surrounding country. The largest, cheapest, and best stock of DR Y GOODS ever offered in this market. Having pu •- chased a great portion of iny stock at the large auc tion sales in New York, ami in many instances, le-s than tho Goods cost to import, I am confident that I can offer iuducemcuts to purchasers, heretofore unprecedented. My stock, in part, consi.-ts of the following goodu Organdie, Bange and Tissue Robes, Printed Organdy Muslin, Printed Jaconets and Cambrics, Plain Colored Cambric s and Brillianties, Light colored fancy Silks of tho very latest import a tions and newest styles. A large lot of French and Swiss EMBROIDE RIES. Fine setts of Collars and Sleeves, in Thread and Valencies. Laces, with a general assortment at other SPRING GOODS, received by lates' Steamei s. Call and examine my stock at tho Triangular Block, Corner Cotton Avenue Sc 2d Street, march 17 ELIAS EINSTEIN. It is an extraordinary fact, that those who get to high words generally use low language. An old lady in Pennsylvania had a great aversion to rye, and never could eat it in any form. “ Till of late,” said she, “ they have got to making it into whiskey, and I find that I con now and then, worry down a little. A Fact.—Corpulent persons desiring to lessen their circumference, should apply to some newspaper for the post of collector. A Kentucky girl, who married a fellow of mean reputation, was taken to task for it by her uncle. “I know, uncle,” she replied, “that Joe is not good for much; but he said I dare not have him, and I won’t take a stump from any body.” WHEAT FANS, GRAIN CRADLES, REAP HOOKS, SCYTIIE BLADES & SHAFTS, THRESHING MACHINES, STRAW CUTTERS, BOLTING CLOTHS, For Sale bv WIRE CLOTHS, NATHAN WEED. A RARE CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY ! ! ! T O persons wishing to enter into a pleasant and profitable business, the subscriber is prepared to offer extraordinary inducements. Owing to ill- health, and a desire to wind up his outstanding buri- ness he offers for s ile, at a great bargain, his remain ing stack of STAPLK and FANCY DRY GOODS, which is in lino order, well suited to this market, and ns desirable as any stock of DRY GOODS in tho Southern Couutry. The purchaser will have the advantage ot a store room, well adapted t*» the Dry Goods business, the best location in the city, a line run of trade, both in tho city and country. Tho Store House, of two storiei* commodious and splendidly constructed, will be leas ed or rented at a liberal rate for any length of time from one to live years. He will also sell at a reason able discount, his notes and open accounts, and lend his influence and assistance in the sale of Goods and collection ofdebU. To an industrious a nd thorough going person, this is a rare opportunity to make a profitable investment, and such a person will do well to call soon at his store in Triangular Block, Second Street, generally known as tho store of Bostick Johns. Macon, March 1 Htli, 1857. I. D. N. JOHNS. Jour. A Mess, please copy. _____ marl7 CHIEF MARSHAL'S NOTICE. V LL persons having business with me. will find me at my residence (corner ot fourth and Oak Streets) till 7 o’clock, A. M.; also at 1 & .o’clock, p M. and at the Guard House at 10 o clock P M. ot each day. «*_r: june ii Chief Marshal,

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Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1844-1858, June 23, 1857, Image 1