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Fnbrokcn Slumbers.
From the Shippensburg (Pa.) News.
''Ai„ n blossoms in the wind are dancing,
. rhiidrt n in Ihcir mirthful play
‘u.ail not the mournful crowd advancing,
r through the long and busy street
if v 11 bear me to niy last retreat.
ItlcAIpin’s Trip to Charleston. ;
In tho county of Robson, in tlic State of Almost too Romantic to lie Trite.
I North Carolina, there lived in times past a man For some days past considerable excitement
by the name of Brooks, who kept n grocery for has been felt in some circles in this commnni-
a <. n V , er y ear3 ’ , an d so had acquired most ty, in reference to an affair in humble life, the
ri,,'. storms and blasts of wintry weather,
[Lee she narrow, new-made grave
\Vli' re eare and I liedown together ;
irith. that I should know it not,
jfjeja that dark and narrow spot.
rvl shall sleep ! As sweet a sleep
I, i-ver graced ft child reposing,.
.«its me in tho cell so dee; ■
" Where 1 inv weary eyelids closing,
length shall lay me down to rest,
v'^iicss of clods above my breast.
• Ven ? How deep will be the rest,
' t'n e from life’s turmoil moving widly,
-k.,t a lien is past the earth's unrest,
Its bosom shall receive me mildly ;
?,,r not one dream of earth may eomo
ij break the slumber of that home.
Oh. de< p repose! Oh, slumber blest
Oh, night of pence ? No storm, no sorrow,
V,i heavy stirring in my rest
* y,, meet another weary morrow.
; (hall heed neither niglit nor dawn,
Jlut still with folded arms sleep on ?
AsJ vet, methinks, if steps of those
I'd known and loved on earth were round me.
poouM break the niglit of my repose,
fhiver the ley cords that bound me—
I fsve that 1 know this cannot be,
frrdesth disowns all sympathy.
Ii-n mourn not, friends, whon'ye shall lay
The chilli of earth above my ashes;
Think what a rest awaits my clay,
Auil smooth tho mound with tearless lashes;
(jUdibat the resting form within
llsi done with sorrow, care and sin.
Think that with mo tho strife is o’er,
kite's storms,and struggling battle ended;
It,vice that I have gained that shore
' Tii which my faltering footsteps tended,
breathe the blest hope nbovo the sod,
AuJ leave me to my rest with God.
Tlic fi v'ltl in Congress-One of “Abe”
LINCOLN’S ILLUSTRATIONS
When the news of the late great battle in
Congress reached Springfield, a coterie of con-
fccial spirits assembled in tin? Governor’s
to a nt the State-House for the purpose of I pea ted the question"
tiding the matter over. After it bad been | “Did you get it J”
tretty throughly canvassed, and just as a por
of the land around him. This was mostly pine
barrens of small value, but nevertheless Brooks
was looked up to as a great land bolder and
big man in the neighborhood. There was one
tract however, belonging to one Col. Lamar,
particulars of which we cannot permit to pass
by unnoticed. So far as we have been able to
gather the facts of the case, they appear to be
as follows:
_ About three years ago, George Fry, of this
who lived m Charleston, that “ jammed in up- vicinity became enamored of a beautiful Gip-
on him so strong," and being withal better in scy girl, who, in company with a number of
quality than the average of his own domain, her people, had encamped in a wood near this
that Brooks had long wished to add it to his I place. Mr. Fry’s love was fondly reciprocat-
other broad acres. Accordingly he looked cd by the fair Gipsey, and she consented to
around him, and employed, as he expressed it, marry him. But “ true love never did run
“the smartest man in the neighborhood,” to smooth,” and so it happened in this case.
wit, one Angus McAlpin, to go to Charleston I The consent of the father of the lady could not
and negotiate with Col. Lamar for the purchase I be obtained to her marriage with “a man not.
| of this also. Being provided pretty wdll with I accnstomed to gentility!’’
bread, meat and a bottle of “pale face,” which However “ Love laughs at locksmiths!"
were stowed away in a pair of leather saddle When Mr. Fry found that he “could not win
bags, and like all other great Plcnipotentia* I the favor oftbeold folks,” beset planning ways
ries, being provided with suitable instructions, and means to steal the object of his affections.
Mac mounted a piny woods tackey (named Ro- In this he was not unsuccessful. One night,
sum) and hied him off to Charleston. The when the hard hearted old man was wrapped
road was somewhat longer than Brooks had in the arms of Morpheus, and all around was
The Capture of Canton.
The city of Canton was virtually in the
possession of the English and French on the
18th of December. A note, dated the morn
ing of the 28th, after the bombardment had
commenced, says:
“The arrangements for the bombardment are
cow complete. To give you some idea of the
fire which has been opened, just fancy twenty-
five gun-boats, mounting in all about 60 guns,
throwing shot and shell of the largest and most
deadly description, together with six 13-inch
mortars, weighing each about six tons, besides
the broadsides of the largest men-of-war; the
destruction must be terrific. After the city
has been sufficiently fired into, the naval brig
ade, with the troops, will advance on Gough’s
Fort, which place, you are nrfsirc, commands
the town. The naval force will be in three di
visions, all under the command hf Commander
the Hon. C. Elliott.”
Admiral Seymour, in a dispatch dated De
cember 29th, says :
“The city of Canton was assaulted and tak
en by escalade this morning, by the naval and
military forces of the allied powers, with very
trifling loss as to the numbers, but most seri
ous in the loss of Captain W. T. Bate, of her
The
STCihfftSif 4 was ^ s f expedilrious, or lonely and. drear, Mr. Fry approached the lu lue Iosa OI mn w . A . ot ner
thineS£ A d n ^ftTl’ “• W8S “** Majesty’s Actieon, who was killed by single
thing was the matter that Angus did not get for whom his heart had long in agony sighed! I i.-ili
back until long after the day had transpired After fondly embracing her, he solicited her to fofour sSinSdcS ”
which was fixed on for his return. Brooks in accompany him, without delay, to a village a 1 — " -----
the meantime had got himself into a very fury | few miles distant. Without hesitation, she
of impatience. He kept his eye fixed on the complied with his request, and on the follow-
Charleston road—he was crusty towards his ing day they were married.
I customers—harsh towards his wife and chil- " “
dren, and scarcely eat or slept for several days
and nights, for he had set his whole soul on
buying theLamar land. One day, however,
Angus was descried slowly and sadly wending I he sought for her.
his way up tho long stretch of sandy road that from her,
made up to the grocery. Brooks went out to
meet him, and without farther ceremony, he
accosted liim:
“Well, Mac, have you got the land ?”
The agent, in whose face was anything but .. u
sunshine, replied somewhat gruffly that “he I gold anil* silver, which induced them to make
mtnlii I., . I...I- —. a e !_• i , . .ir . .1 .. c : r. .
The French Admiral writes:
“Canton is at the mercy of the allied forces.
The north forts seem to have been abandoned.
The flags of France and of England are hois
ted on the five-story pagoda. Our loss is small
for an attacking force. I am acting in concert
with Admiral Seymour and General Strauben-
zee to make sure the results of the victory ob
tained by the arms of England and of France.
The fire from the allied fleet was excellent,
and contributed in no small degree to the suc
cess.”
The Canton correspondent of the Times writes
_ , I that Yell’s reply to the demand of the plenipo-
,1,1 l; b „k La.Sa tentiary before the bombardment commenced,
_ _ . The rage
of the old Gipsey when he found that his
daughter had “sloped,” can better be imagined
than described. Nothing could soothe his
temper save the return of his chid. In vain
Nothing could be heard
Finally, when he found that he himself could
find no traces of her, he offered a heavy re
ward to the person who would discover her
whereabouts, and in the presence of several
coarse every man in the crowd desired to know
i opinion, for he always has an original way
dillnslrutingit
“Well,” said Gov. B., as the gentleman ad-
Jresscd Similarly doubled himself into a vacant
rhair. “what is your opinion of tho knock-down
in Congress ? Wo Lave just been talking it
orcr a little.”
‘•It reminds me,” said , “of a case I once
had up nt Bloomington.”
Let's henr it,” nil said.
was simply to the effect that Lord Elgin had
better settle the matter amicably, as Sir
George Bonham did on a former occasion, and
for which he (Sir George) was made a K. C.
B., in proof of which he (Yeb) begged to en
close a Hong Kong newspaper containing an
announcement of that interesting fact. As
for the Americans he knew very little about
[Correspondence of the’Herald.]
Congressional Invcstigatin
COMMITTEES.
The Congressional Investigating Committees
now in session, with perhaps a single exception,
are not accomplishing much. There are five at
work:
1. The Fort Snelling Purchase Commtttce.
2. The Tariff Bribery Committee—the Law
rence, Stone & Co., case.
3. The Willett’s Point Purchase.
4. The Committee on the Clerk Cullom’s
Accounts.
5. To investigate the present system of pub
lic printing. Doorkeepers.
There is another demanded, I believe, by
Mr. Florence, of Philadelphia, relative to the
charge that some one got $25,000 for aid ren
dered in the purchase of the Pennsylvania
Bank building for n Post Office.
The proceedings before the Fort Snelling
Committee are devoid of all public interest.
They may be sumed up in two lines: A, B, C
and D testify that in their opinion the Fort
Snelling property was worth twice, thrice or
four times the amount actually paid for it; and
Messrs. E, F, G and H testify that they be
lievc a fair price was given for it. It is all a
matter of opnion between speculating experts
No charge of corruption in the matter has at
tached or been attempted to be attached, speci
fically, to any one. Tbe only matter of inter
est, as I understand, that has relieved the stale
ness of the investigation, has been the refusal
of Mr. Rice, of Minessota, to appear and testi
fy, he pleading his privilege as a Senator from
the new State. It is possible be may be treat
ed as a contumacious witness.
There cannot be much important develop
ments in the tariff bribery affair. The com
mittee can merely trace the money to Wolcott’s
hands, Ashmun and the Journal of Commerce,
and there the clue is lost, for the present at any
rate.
I am told that some curious developments
will probably be made by Haskin’s committee
on the Willett’s Point purchase.
Tbe Committees on the Clerk’s and Door
keeper’s accounts are mere whitewashing af
fairs. Mr. Rives of the Globe, who could give
the most important testimony in regard to
Cullom, has never been summoned.
The Select Committee appointed to investi
gate the present system of public printing will
mony being finished, the imperial party with
drew. Their example was soon followed by
the guests, but not till the ladies had prome
naded in the large saloon long enough to
thoroughly inspect each other’s costumes
the
might let a body get down from his horse be- the effort, and a few evenings after, in a most
fore he put at him with questions of business.” inhuman manner, they accomplished their ob-
But Brooks was in a fever of anxiety and re- jeet. In the absence of Mr. Fry they wrested
-ted the question : her away and delivered her over to the hands
Did you get it ?” of a father unsusceptible of the divine feeling
. _ - - - , Shaw, now Brooks, don’t press upon a body of love. Immediately the whole of the group
tun ot the company were about to retire, a j n this uncivil way. It is a long storv and I of Gipsies fled from the countr. Rumor said
'i'll known cx-Congressman dropped in. Of | must have time.” * that they had returned to England, from
Brooks still urged, and Mac still parried the I whence they hailed.
qU .^ t SirS e /« g A^^| h RiS*!f* i, 'JZTEZ2V&&1 1 *' L- d ? 0th ;l wrilcr ’ narrating on the 29 th the capture of the I in favor of the establishment of a bureau of
“Now, sure y,’ thought Brooks, “ho will mg was heard by Mr. .Fry from his absent East (or Lin . s) % rt P public printing and a change in the corrupt
tell me.” But Mac was not quite ready. wife, although ho long cherished the hope that I ,.rw _.n - a , I i„,i
“Brooks,” says he, “have you anything to she would escape from her “tyrannical parent,
drink ?" I and return to him whom she loved. Time,
To bo sure I have,” said the other, and im- | however, gradually rusted Sir. Fry’s love for
his Gipsey wife. He felt that it was “not
good to be alone ” so long, and at the end of
two years he again united his destines with
- . ... f | j .»uuu . another of Eve’s fair daughters. Suffice it to
“I wo old farmers living in the vicinity oF j around to Brooks, looked him straight in the say, with the latter he experienced no visible
.—i—« J- I ’ ” ’ b 'difficulty. Things moved smiling along-Mr. I TrZZZrtJS’
Fry lived happily with his wife and the rest of | formed, ^huftl^
mankind. * But, alas! Uo«v short-lived are
some connubial combinations.' Last wtek
Mr. Fry’s first wife—his Gipsey wife—in
mediately bad some of his best forth-coming.
Having moistened the clay, Mac took a seat
and his employer another. Mac gave a pre
liminary hem lie then turned suddenly
Bloomington had, from time immemorial, been
at logger-heads. They could never agree ex-
rpt to disagree; wouldn’t build division fen-
tes, and, in short, were everlastingly quarrel-
aj. Ono day one of them got over on the
laud of the other, the parties met, and a regular
pitched battle between them was the consc
ience. The one who came out second-best
lied the other for assault and battery, and
Iwaa sent for to como up and defend the
“Among tho witnesses for the plaihtiff was a
nnarkably talkative old fellow, who was dis-
>el to magnify the importance of the affair,
lo my client’s disadvantage. It came my turn
to question him.
“Witness, said I, you say you saw this
light 1"
“Yes, stranger, I reckon I did.”
“Was it mucli of a fight ?” said I.
eyes and slapped him on the thigh.
“Brooks,” says he, “was you ever in Char
leston ?”
“Why, you know I never was,” replied the
other.
‘Well, then, Brooks,” says the agent, “you j
ought to go there. The greatest place upon
the face of tho earth! They’ve got houses
them, and scarcely was aware of the existence probably agree upon their report next Wednes
I even of such a nation as the French. The | day. It is understood it will be unanimously
if the
‘Our men were well under cover, and skirm- I and corrupting system which now prevails
J ishers were pushed forward, who,with the dead- The developments which have been made be
ly Enfield, made it dangerous for the gunners I fore the committee will astonish those only who
to appear in their large embrasures. They con- did not believe in the sweeping charges which
tinued their fire, however, with great pertin- have from time to time appeared in the Herald
acity until the nine-pounder field-pieces were on the subject. It is in evidence that the bind-
I got into position, and battered and shelled the ing of the last Congress was given by contract
place (from the village side and across the I t0 one man 5 that he sold it to another for a
ravine which separates the village from the fort) certain sum; that the second man again sold
at close quarters. A storming party was now it at a large profit to a third, who, after all this
formed, but the Chinamen had enough of it, attenuation, cleared some $50,000 upon the
and after firing ageneral volley at the advanc- work. The lithography went through the same
ing column, they absconded in some mysteri
ous way, and were seen swarming up the hill to-
company with “ George Fry the second,” ar- i wnP a a p nr . “ c .—.
rived in this place, in search for him ! By the ( ards G ° S -*- ort -’ and a moment after two
assistance of Officer Shade, she was successful
there on both sides of the road for fivo miles in finding him.
at a stretch and d n the horse track the Limited space forbids us from entering into
whole way through ? Brooks, I think -1 met details, at this time, of the excruciating suffer-
fivc thousand people in a minute, and not a I ing Mrs. Fry has undergone since her depart-
chap would look at me. They have got houses I ure from this place. Tae intelligence of her j
there on wheels. Brooks, I saw one with six I husband’s second marriage was a severe shock
horses hitched on to it, and a big driver with a to her; but she emphatically declares her ex
men appeared in the embrasures waving the
! English and French flags.
“About an hour after the fort had been in our
possession it blew up with a loud explosion.
process of farming out. The printing of the
Senate and Executive Departments was given
to Mr. Nicholson, of the Union, who sold tho
contract for a large sum to Wendell, who did
the work, and made a profit out of it also,
Wendell—who, it is alleged, would have
made a fortune out of the' work if he had re
long whip going it like a whirlwind. I fol
lowed down the road for a mile and a half, and
when it stopt I looked in and what do you think
I saw ? nothing in it but one little woman sit
ing up in one corner. • Well, Brooks, I turned
elusive right to him. I: appears, by the way,
that Mr. Fry’s second wife was “ a widow,”
that her husband went to California some years
ago, and. soon after liis arrival there, it was |
rumored that he was murdered. A few weeks
The occupying party, and also the troops cn- ceived the pay which the government has to
camped on the hill-side, were put in motion, g* ve f° r it—finds himself now in the lurch,
ascended the bill, and descended on the other whilst Nicholson and others have pocketed tbe.
side. J. saw Capt. Maclure’s and Capt. Os- plunder. He has a large and complete print-
bornc’s men, conspicuous by their white gai- * n g office on his hands, and is compelled to do
"I'll be darned if it wasn’t, stranger,a right I ^ack upon the road, and as I was riding along since a letter was received from him by her,
-•mart light.'
"How much ground did tho combatants cov-
fr!"
“About an acre, stranger.
"About an acre,” I repeated, musingly;
I sees a fancy looking chap, with long curly
hair banging down his back, and his boots as
shiny as the face of an up country nigger! I
called him into the middle of the road and ask
ed him a civil question—and a civil question,
wc havo been informed, in which he states that j
he will retai n in the next steamer, &c. What
tbe finale of this romaucc will be is beyond the
power of human ken.
ters over their blue trousers, gather on a little
summit and disappear in the valley beyond.
There we lost sight of them. Volleys of mus
ketry and flights of rockets continued in that
direction for several hours, and there was all
the appearance of an obstinate fight, which
lasted till sundown.
‘Then came the night—and such a night!
the work for the persons who have secured the
jobs. ' Of course the government could do its
work at least as low as Wendell does it, and
it is, therefore, manifest that the money paid
over goes to Wendell—to Steedman, Banks
and Allen—it is a direct loss to the public.
Wendell has made a proposition to the com
mittee that if Congress establishes a govern-
" Well, now .just tell me, wasn't that just about 1 y 0U know, Brooks, calls for a civil answer all
'It smallest crop of a fight off of an acre oj j over t f,e worid. I says, says I‘Stranger, can
Tlie Drunken Donkey.
rround that you ever heard of!'
"That’s so" stranger; ril be goldamed if it
wn’t,”
"The Jury,’! added , giving his leg
pd additional twid. after the crowd had fin-
idted laughing at tho application of tho anec
dote. Tiie Jury fined my client just ten cents
[Peoria Transcript
you tell me where Col. Lamar lives?’ and what
do you think was the answer "Go to h——l
you foot.”
“Well, Brooks, I knocks along up and down,
and about, until at last I finds out where Col.
Lamar lived. I gets down and bangs away
at tho door. Presently tbe door was opened
by as pretty, fine spoken, well dressed a wo
man as over yon seed in your born days,
Brooks! Says I, “Mrs. Lamar, I presume,
madam,” says I. “I am Mrs. Lamar, sir."
“Well, madam,” says I, “I have come all the
The ships almost ceased from their firing, but ment printing office he will contract to do the
the city soon became like our own Shropshire printing for 50 per cent, less than is now paid,
iron countries at night—a plain of fire. At tlle binding 331 per cent, less, and the report-
In a work lately published in England, and f* rst il appeared as though the besiegers were jng and publishing now done by the Globe, for
entitled “ Sporting m Both Hemispheres,” wc b , eat u P oa timing the place to ashes; hut lit- per cent, less; and he offers to find sccu-
find the following, which is an account of an tle b 7 httle.as I gamed.by a change of position, "*7 to the amount of two million dollars to ful-
East Indian event: some laeaofthe scene as a whole,the destruc-1 hll this agreement. Under all the circum-
Wc were seated one day at tiffin in the mess ’ tion was not without a plan. There was agreat stances of course Congress cannot continue the
. ... ^ . . . I a. _ c a. t. _ I Avioimni owotnm if ram lift nn nntmnrr pee than
room, when a travelling fakcer, or dervish, I bblze a * North west angle of the city.
entered the “compound,” leading a chetah, or I The gate there is surmonnted by a Chinese
leopard, blinded and muzzled, as a medium of I guard-house, with the usual grotesque upward-
A Negro Starved to Death
A negro named Bedman was found dead
yesterday afternoon in a subcellar of the large
tenement house in tho rear of No. 19 Mulbei -1 way from North Carolina to see Col. Lamar— 1 ,ore > aaa ; accorumgiy, lue taueer
1 to sec about buyiug a tract of land from him mnntcated with, and paid for the
ry street. Tbe body was shockingly mutiln- J to see about buyiug
ted, a portion of the head and face having been that’s up in onr parts! “Then,” she says, “Col.
eaten by huge rats, which were with difficulty Lamar has rode out in the country, but will
’ driven awnv from the corpse. Redman is be- be back shortly. Come in, sir, and wait awhile,
liered to have died literally of starvation. In I have no doubt the Col. will soon return,”
hi» wretched abode, which, since the death of I and*she had a smile upon that pretty face of
! wife a few weeks since, he occupied alone, I her’s that reminded a body of a spring morn
ing. Well, Brooks, I bitched my horse to a
brass thing on tbe door, and walked in. Well,
procuring alms. One of onr old hands, who
hud witnessed many wild beast fights and sim
ilar exhibitions in Mysore, considered this a
good opportunity for attempting a very cruel
experiment, which he had seen practised be •
fore; and, accordingly, the fakeer being com
municated with, and paid for the use of bis
chetah, the animal was fastened by a long
chain to a strong post in the centre of the
ground. A donkey was then procured, and
the greater part of a bottle of brandy poured,
or rather forced down its throat. Neddy, up
on feeling the effects of tho eau de vie, began
to make strange capers, utter the loudest and
pointed roof. Shells and rockets were poured
in volleys upon this structure, and it soon be
came a sheet of flame through which the roof,
the rafters and the walls stood out in dark out
line. By constant showers of rockets the flame
was led up and down the city walls, and in an
incredibly short time the long, thin line of fire
existing system—it would be nothing less than
robbery.
Mr. Taylor, of New York, who is on the
Committee, will advocate the establishment of
a national printing office similar to those of
England and France. He has an ample field
in which to gain an eviablo reputation if, by
his efforts, this desirable change is effected.
The House printing, so far, this session has
amounted to scarcely anything. Members arc
snot high into the heavens, and then subsided determined to oppose all schemes for the print-
into a smouldering smoke.
ing of documents till some radical change is ef-
Whilc this was still raging those vengeful fccted in the present rotten system.
there w.-is found neither fuel nor food of any
Bedman Tonuerly forked along shore, lmt j when I got in I sees the floor all covered over I jj“
ft ranine time past was unable to procure em- with thenicest looking thing! nicer than any f r „ ™ ^
,.e ... i.:..i ...i i,i.i» hn Vior-nmo linrl nnilt vmi over in I heied of his ocular incumbrances, and
rockets described a new parabola. They came
hurtling through the moonlight alone the line
of tho eastern wall. They sought out three |
spots which have been marked as the ob-
— consequence
fie was seen on S
subterranean abode.
most discordant braying that ever issued from j ec t of the terrible assault of the English and
asinine lungs. In the course of his evolutions, I French troops to-morrow. As those dreadful
24-pounds rockets flew, flames arose. They
seemed to lead the fire about as a tame element,
hingonthegroundinavery menacing:atti- I precisely as they willed; and strange to say, it
aence no suuereu 1 yourlue. fIt ude, hisheadbetweenhispaws: Nosoenerhad never seemed to spread inwards or to stray
Sunday descending to his round it, but presently I sew a big nigger (^rne his C ; nu8 J ° de obsm " ti on from the line of the city walls,
e. He appeared ,11, and re-j stepping right over it. Thinks I if that nigger with 8 br P y of defiance, And turning J Tuesday. Doc. 30.1-1 mar
. . w.r/la tl.of l.;.r.nrc»n not „o„oll„
1’loTmcnt of nny kind, and lately he became patched worked bed quilt yon ever seed in lievc , , ot
f'ck. In consequence ho suffered greatly, your life, Brooks. I was trying to edge along "omminp
Tuesday, Dec. 30.—I mark the change of
parked to one of his neighbors, “early all of can go it I can go it, too! oo ngoL over ux . that part 'of b i a pfi rson not usually ° P re'- I days bnt they are not divided by repose. ~ All
*l'oin are poor colored people, that he . elt | goes, and takes my seat right before a picture | I tho ritv WAS fTirfr. hv linA ftf flomns
Toybad. Ho was never seen alive afterward.
fio was about 40 years of age. An inquest
*ii| be held to- day. The body meantime re
gains where it was found.
waiting and waiting
last—he didn’t come, but they began to bring j
in dinner. Thinks I to myself, here’s a scrape.
But I made up my mind to tell her, if she axed I
me to eat, to tell her with a genteel bow that
I had no occasion to eat. But, Brooks, she didn’t
ax me to cat—she axed me if I’d be so good as
effect of arousing him from any dreamy aberra
tion lie might have bean indulging in, but al
so of separating the ligaments that fastened it.
A roar! a bound! and in a second the chetah
was on the donkey’s back, his claws buried in
Two of Them
Among the outside shown at the Great Fair
flnffalo, were "The-Cattaraugus Fat Gi’l,"
**'Shing five hundred pounds, and The Cle-1 ax me 10 c«—»uc ow , I unfortunate beasl. whose horrible cries it was
*-«W /*,-.!»» weight
eded that of the rival bv some eight hundred | with one of them smiles that makes the cold | nlto „ . nn(1 tArrnr (aniX ^ rnn t„ nnPM
streaks run down the small of a feller’s back.
opening of the mortar battery with redoubled
energy. As the day broke the-flames sank
down, and the sun rose upon a perfectly smoke
less city.
‘It is now twenty minutes after ten.
Returned.
R. B. Hilton, Esq., formerly connected
with the Floridian and more recently with the
Georgian of-Savannab,has returned, it gives us
pleasure to announce, to become a citizen of
Tallahassee once more. He has formed a co
partnership with Judge Gwynn of this city,
and from henceforth, eschewihg the editorial
pen and scissors, will devote himself to the dry
details and intricacies of the Law among his old
friends. We welcome him most cordially
among us, and predict that he will soon attain
a front rank among the bar of Middle Florida.
See the card of the new firm in anothe r column
Floridian Sy Journal.
The French Court.
I find in a letter, dated Paris, January 15,
an account of a “ reception ’’ at the imperial
j n I court of Napoleon and Eugenie. The gentle-
But two Parties Possible on
PARAMOUNT QUESTION.
There are, and can be, on the present issue
before the country, but two great parties in
our Union; the one national, the other sec
tional ; the one aiming at political power by
consolidating the interests and harmonizing
the sentiment of sections ; the other seeking
power by organizing the stronger section
against the weaker, inflaming their mutual
prejudices, and keeping the fires of sectional
strife forever iii a blaze.
Formerly, parties were arrayed with refer
ence to economical measures of policy; but
that day has passed away, ar>T the slavery
question, like Aaron’s rod, has swallowed up
all others. So long as this remains the para
mount issue in the politics of the country, and
to long as the Union may survive such an is
sue, parties in ;it aiming at the possession of
the powers of the federal government can be
but two in number—a national one, seeking
to bind North and South together pn the broad
principles of mutual good faith and good will,
and a sectional one seeking to organize tho
majority against the minority section upon
principles of hate and strife, and thus seizing
the government by force of sectional prepon
derance.
True, there may be, at the same time, in
the minority section, a party aiming at the
severance of the Union and separation from
the domineering majority section; neverthe
less, while the Union lasts, and while it con-
tinunes to be desirable to hold possession of
the powers of the federal government, this
party is obliged, for expediency’s sake, to co
operate with the national party, in order to
swell its numbers to the proportions of a ma
jority in the Union.
That there can be but two parties on this
question is not only logically true, but is his
torically true. All parties that have ever at
tempted two wear two faces and tolerate two
sets of opinions on this question, have gone to
pieces and been swallowed up by the two pre
dominant all-absorbing powers. The old whig
jarty, the American party, all parties that
lave attempted to occupy both sides of this
question, have shared this fate. It is impos
sible, that, with reference to the great sec
tional question now paramount in the coun
try, there can be more than two political par
ties in the Union organized for obtaining the
control of the federal government/
Whosever, therefore, is not for the national
democracy in its present struggle for the pre
servation of the Union upon the basis of good
faith and good will between sections, is against
There is no half-way house between the
democracy and its enemies. There are but
two sides to the question which separates the
two political organizations of the country—the
sectional side and the national side. It is in
vain for malcontents who stand aloof from the
democracy, who assail its measures, denounce
its policy, and 'ibel its leaders, to complain
of being “ ready out" of the part communion
by indignant party organs. The organs of a
party can arrogate to themselves no power to
“ bind and loose,” and their bulls of ex-com-
munication would effect nothing of their own
energy if they were promulgated. Member
ship and dismembership in our political dis
pensation are acts of the individual will and
choice of the novitiate himself; the secession
is his own individual act as the heresy is his
own individual sin. Apostacy is the act of the
apostate alone. For an apostate to acknowl
edge that he has been “read out ” of a politi
cal organization, is simply to ackhowledge
that he is out by his own act and choice.
When there is but one paramount issue and
hut two parties, the man who separates from
one party on that issue necessarily falls into
the other. The drop of rain flows to one side
or the other of house, according as it falls on
one side or other of the comb of the roof.—
Our American Union—our republican consti
tution—has its Rubicon no less than Rome.
On one side, the citizen is a defender of the
constitution and of the integrity of the repub
lic ; on the other, he is the assailant of both
as the agent of sectional usurpation, and the
tool of a sectional majority.—Union.
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Macon, Ga. ■
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Of
hr |
tteded that of the rival by some eight hundred
pounds. A bland visitor of those curiosi ies
**ked after the general health of the “-’’at _ P, -
Girlhow long had she been growing; low to the table—there was on one side of the tur
nodi broader than long she was; and tbe like key a great big knife as big as a borne knife,
innocent and natural questions, which were and afork with a trigger to it on the other side.
* -^ m - - - 1 .. * *» wdh I falls to work, and in the first effort I
gravy about two yards over the
the shoulder, and his fangs on the neck of the four hours, therefore, the hill defences of the I ™ en appeared in uniform, and the ladies in
iub .uuuiuu,» . o. “ . . I . . . . • - — I “ manteau de cour”—which means an evening
city have been captured, Gough’;
holds out, but this is a mere
■mmli’s "Pnrf vof Jnuniwi* uo wut i.uicu aiuun ,tu L>uiuii,
- ?• dress, having a train attached to the waist;
.* ( , ,. . and for the information of the more curious, I
trol over him ; and terror (and drunkenness | hours or minutes more or less—the Magazine
¥
Certainly, madam,” says I, and I walks up “ T cl1 ’ ov , e fP°* ercd , the
. . r ’ J .r _ a T I flnnkov that he did not attemot to escaDC bc-
would add that I am told that it should be
courteously and satisfactorily answered. At Well, I fah
ngtlx he canoed tho climax of his laconic in-1 sloshed the
tie tent, 1 "*' madam""may I riskY’—j not a man to back out for trifles, so I makes
“Setdi ruth!” as Mr. K. N. Pepper would t ay,
f Je endeavored to rise and follow the inq iis-
'lor, as , his friend, he retired toward
fi ,e door of her tent; but a weight header
I® au that which weighed dowii Giant Despair I
wjd her in check, nnd the two unchristian
"Hopefuls” managed to escape. The question Rosum, and puts for North Carolina.
*m wrong and uunecesary. Knickerbocker. Brooks, you don’t blame me do you ?"
donkey that he did not attempt to escape be
yond the range of the chain to which the leop
ard was attached, and thus drag himself away
from the terrific embrace of his enemy, but |
rolled over on t ao ground, the chetah still re
taining his hold, and stillsucking his life-blood.
The scene was not of long continuance; the
poor donkey soon fell a victim to his temerity,
or rather the cruel experiment that had been
played upon him; indeed, every one was sor
ry for the tragic denouement, but coaid in no
way assist to prevent it, an enraged leopard
possible sacrifice of life.”
another effort, and the darned thing took a
flight and lit igMrs. Lamar’s lap! Well, you
•lor, as, Vith his friend, he retired towwd see, Brooks, then I was taken with a blindness,,- . a p]ea3ant to meddle with.
J* door of her tent; but a weight hen-ier and^thcinext thmg I remonbw I After go?gin| himself with blood, he again
tau that which weighed down Giant Despair I Aa/A a kicking. \\ e , } 3 , .. slunk away into his recumbent position, and
Wld her in check, nnd the two__unchnsuan | think of navigating- Soapparently fell into a siesta after his dinner,
’ during which time his master managed, much
to our astonishment, to muzzle and blind him,
* wrong aud unnccesary,
GeorgiaLadiecat Washington City.
. The local editor of the Washington.States,
'a liis descriptions of a party lately given by I
Postmaster General Brown, saya:
“Georgians had r&son to be proud, for lhat
noble Stato furnished tiro of the most noticed
indies present. There was the quecn-Jike |
‘ , H*»l, from Madison, wearing a very bc-
“ cherry colored silk, trimmed with|
Religion and Hoops.
A revival is going on in one of the Metho
dist churches iu the north western part of Bal
timore, and the attendance upon the religious
exercises has been quite crowded. A few eve
nings since, a young lady in an unusual ampli
tude of crinoline entered the church. It was
already full, and unable to obtain entrance to
a pew she took a scat upon a chair in the aisle
—her extraordinary circumference block.ngup
the passage completely. Just after she had
become seated in her position, a “brother
wished to make his way up to the railing which
Remarkable Circumstances.
: -.- j,- | surrounds the pulpit, and around which the
K ^ exWhirin" The iitlst P eait ^ are wont to klleel penetrated
him away, tho animal exhibiting the utnmst £... pnn ^ p .:«n. • w
A profninent citizen received this, intelli- docility. The powei*of tho natives over wild
gcncc by letter from his wife,-now residing in
New York State. On the night of the terri
ble destruction of the Pacific Hotel, a little
brother of Henry Rochester, living at home
with his parents, near Avon, New ^ ork,
awoke somo time after midnight, with scream-
and tears, saying that the hotel in St. Louis
animals and reptiles is certainly very surpris
ing ; indeed, it seems to be almost fabulous;
with religious convictions; but found not even
the narrow way open for him. In brief in his
efforts to pass, he smashed her hoop. There
was a grand collapse, aud the fair one found
herself with a damaged crinoline, shorn of her
-vming clicrrv colored silk, trimmed intn I mg iUJU “'n — , selves, as I fancy they have not imp a", td it to
tr ape, a Grecian bertha, and n head dress of on Are, and his brother Europeans, even in these days of knowledge
ha* ,.1 i . mm • I . . J * P il. v a i n t AVI i3 A W O Q tl 1S . 11.1 ■ III .11111 11UI I 1 jq*
but ’in what the secret consists by which they
can tame the moat yettomous aerpoiita. and ro-. ba]looil likopropcrtfena. Tim lightning flaabod
ss^’Snaissasu?
j**!'! and coral, commanding tho homage due
10 beauty; winning Miss Louln C**r, of Mn-
j° n ‘ wore a blue dress, which, by its simplici-
L seemed almost a criticism on heavier toil-
pies, and fascinated an artist friend by her
*e*eliuc»a, ‘fresher than the morning rose,
nen the dew wets its leaves.’ ”
to death.
So intense was his alarm and hor
ror, that it was with considerable difficulty he
could be quieted. On the following day at
noon, the parents received a telegraphic dis
patch from the city, confirming the little boy’s
dream in every particular.—St. Louis Vcmo-
nrat, March 2.
A fire occurred in Newbern, N. C., on tbe
23d ult., in which two children of Thomas. J.
Marshall, perished in the flames, and a third,
and only remaining child ha3 since died from
the effects of the fire.
then upon the subject. The next day the of
fending brother was astonished at receiving a
bill for the payment of damages to the lady’s
crinoline. In his embarrassment, lie showed
it to another brother, who, with some obser
vations not very complimentary to the lady,
tore it up. But the injured damsei was per
tinacious, and immediately warranted the hoop
breaker for the amount she claimed.
French The reception room was commodi
ous, but nevertheless full, except the orbit left
for the passage of the ladies. On a throne,
raised perhaps three feet above the floor, stood
the Empress, and one step below end on her
left, the Emperor, the cabinet minsters, officers
and ladies of the household, and the diplomatic
corps, being disposed on each side of, and near,
the throne. The ladies were introduced first,
entering at the door nearest the Emperor. Two
servants spread out the train of each lady, so
as to display it in the bes^ manner, and while
she was approaching, bername was announced
quietly by a lino of attendants to the Empe
ror, who repeated it to the Empress, which
was accomplished by the time the person
reached the place of salutation. This is far
more agreeable than the mode pursued at the
drawing rooms of Queen Victoria, where, in a
quiet assembly, one is staitlcd by the loud
announcement of his name. To pass alone
over that long space in the reception room of
the Tuilleries, and make the reverences which
etiquette requires, was a severe ordeal; how
ever, the ladies did not falter, but proved
themselves quite equal to the occasion. Let
a woman be decked in a handsome French
toilet, costing, I will not venture to say how
many francs, and a “ manteau de cour ”
besides, and her courage and self-possession
are immense. After the ladies came the gen
tlemen, who, having also saluted their. Majes-
| ties, passed into the next room. This cere-
Napolcon III.
A Southern gentleman, long a resident in
Paris, and probably more familiar with the
political world of France than any other A-
mcrican, in writing to a friend in New York,
makes some very interesting remarks upon
the character of the present Emperor of the
French which the l imes is permitted to pub
lish:
Constitutionally, Napoleon is as much of
fatalist as a man can be, and events have con
firmed his natural tendency. He will leave
big rather than a great name in history,
genius, in the true, however indefinite, sense
of that word, he has yet given no proof. In
civil matters, supposing his starting point and
data to be good and sound, he has shown a rare
judgment, perfect self-confidence; (complete
iy amazing to Frenchmen in these latter years
and a strong steady will.
In military concerns, the mo3t fortunate
feature of his lucky career was that which
saved him from going to the Crimea. In mat
ters of detail, strange to say, he is miserably
deficient, as I am assured by M—, his leading
minister daring the Prince Presidency. His
forte lies in a few grandiose conceptions—great
principles, as he would call them : Concentrate
all power in Paris, keep the terminating knot
or tie of concentration between his thumb and
finger—hold the army well in hand—repay
the first outbreak at compound interest, with
out a chance of discount—castrate the press
and extinguish the natural spirit of mau in all
Frenchman, high and low, by a due infusion
of the artificial spirit of the trades.—Ex.
Row in Ringgold.
We stop the press to announce the occur
rence of an awful tragedy in our midst. Last
night, just as the up evening passenger train
was stopping at this place for supper, there
occurred here a bloody conflict, in which a
number of our citizens were engaged, on both
sides, and in which knives, sticks, rocks, brick
bats and pistols, were used profusely.- Sev
eral persons were injured, some seriously.
Among the latter, arc Thomas B. Wooten,
(shot in the hip.) W. J. Whitsitt, (hit on the
head with a rock or slung-shot,) and Wm. A
Camp, (badly beaten.) The difficulty, we
learn, originated among the “ drummers ” of
our two Hotels. We have not been able to
learn further particulars.—Ringgold (Ga.)
Express.
[The Atlantic Telegraph Company.—
The expenditure of the company up to 31st
of December last, had been about $1,500,000,
leaving a balance in hand to meet all future
engagements of nearly $250,000. The cost to
be incurred for the manufacture of the new ca
ble, and by next season’s operations, would
make it necessary to raise an additional sum
•by the issue of shares of £20 each, which
was the chief object of the meeting of share
holders called for the ISth inst. The amount
guaranteed by the Government ofEnglaud aud
the United States is $440,001) annually, equal
ly divided between the two Governments. |
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i flflfl FOUNDS Swedes Iron assorted,
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jan 46 NATHAN WEED, Macon, Ga.
Tn Plantpyts
MACON PRICES CURRENT
—AT—
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SWEDES IRON assorted | to 12 inch,
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TTyTT'17' Hoes of Scovil’s,
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Patent 6) to 7) dol
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CORN SH ELLERS 7 to 8 dol
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, mar 9
Dividend No. 12.
South-Western Rail Hoad Co., ?
Macon, Ga., Feb. 11th, 1838. ^
T HE Board cf Directors have this day declared a
Dividend of Four Dollars, (84 00) p-r share on
the capital stock of the Company from tho earnings
of the Road fcr the s’.x months en ding 3 st January.
Payable on and after the 15th inst.
Stockholders in Savannah will receive their divi
dends at the Central Rail Road Rank. By order of
the Board. JNO. T. BOIFEUILLEV,
feb 19 lm Secretary A Treasurer.
For Sale.
rnwo new dwelling Hons*is lately finished, one
X built of liriek and tho other of wood, pleasantly
situated near the South Western Depot, and conve
nt to the business part of the city. The lot lias an
cellent well of water thereon aud all in good con
dition. which will be sold cheap, or rented low, if not
sold soon. For further particulars enquire of tho
subscriber on the premises.
jan 12 tf JOHN BOWMAN.