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VOL. XXXII.
MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1858.
XUc Voice of Woman.
,,„;,.htinjr»le chant to the evening her song,
-.•■’irii to the san’a parting rava i
the wild-wood in melody long,
"."jjwn'i early coming to praise.
i, Brook murmur softly its gentle replies
wind, 'mid the valley's deep shade,
‘iviting pi-rchsnce some bird as it flies
depths by its clearness displayed.
q p poor- will, too, may startle the air
"oil 5> echo both plaintive and low,
jte the cause of his injuries here
innocence striving to show.
■ jrlodiea all, but ah! not to compare
» voice more delightful to know,
'r tones of woman, so sweet, yet so clear,
7. £usic from Heaven they flow.
T hst echo is sweeter, what sound half so dear,
1 , rrn ,.te» when in accents ol love,
« so gently enchanting the ear,
•iMgh whispered by angels above.
Overthrow ot the Palmerston ITIin-
ISTRY-THE REVOLUTIONARY BALL AGAIN
IN MOTION.
A telegraphic summary of the Canada's
news brings us the announcement of the fall
of the Palmerston administration. The new
Premier is the Earl of Derby, who takes with
him into ofHcc the small band of conservative
statesmen whose adherence to tory traditions
and unity of action have given them a sort of
balance weight in Parliament. Their eleva
tion to power is of course merely an accident
which could only have been caused bv a pecu
liar combination of circumstances. In itself
the party has no moral or political weight, its
only consideration being derived from the tal
ents of its leaders. The latter have been forc
ed into office on the shoulders of the radicals,
in order to give fuller effect to public opinion
on the refugee question by the combination of
extremes, and as soon as they have served the
ru Union wlilclitlic South Prizes.
\ e lait several years of onr political hi.to- S* 7 wiU be C0 “P e, ! ed
2, probably been more prolific of domes- t0 - men ° f m0re C01 »Prehensn-e
'/Sous and sectional broils, than any 1 a | d pr(>KrC831ve vtews.
", period of our federal existence. The
in disturbing element of our system seems
ute at this moment culminated in porten-
jijnificancc, and every patriotic eye
he/with the utmost anxiety and solicitude
ithering proportions. From a mere spark
vet out by the collision of antipodal mate-
j mighty conflagation has been kindled,
L gt one time, threatened to reduce to a
'ylfss mass of mouldering ruins the most
JsincPnt fabric of government ever planned
. taoau wisdom. It indeed seemed as though
time, so earnestly deprecated by the great
rsmsn of South Carolina, had come, which
.. m terminate the probation of the Federal
a and stamp as a failure our peculiar the-
Lf representative republicanism. The ve
t-puce, the vital principle of our confeder-
f j system is harmouy—that all pervading
, r ;t 'of amity and concord, which springs
afraternal ties, reciprocal interests and per-
unison of sentiment and feelings in res
et to the paramount design of our associa-
s. Where such common sympathies and
.intents prevail, the little: differences and
-totes of men and factions and parties exert
. more mischievous influence upon the stabili-
isd integrity of the Union, than do tempests
iieartltqaakes upon the regular movements
Paganized nature. But unfortunately for
.f perpetuity of the Federal Union, these es-
:'...! relations exist only in the Pindaric glo-
tatisna of frenzy-stricken orators and bards.
:>j have no "local habitation" in the hearts
pe American people. The storied assertions
history—our common treasures of revolu-
:ary renown—so far from being the links
-lection, are sources of endless jealously
-suite. And os with tho trophies of our
greatness, so with the anticipated achieve-
hsti of life’s unmeasured way. Each sec-
n is struggling to appropriate to itself the
:'s fhare in the mutual benefits and com-
. Dries of the Union. Instead of present-
the world the proud spectacle of a har-
; lions constellation of sovereign States, re-
r iig in rcvential obedience to the funda-
laws of constitutional union, we are
had? more than a conglomeration of jarring
:i discordant materials, which no political
Army can ever reduce to order. Experience
.‘cell nigh established the conviction, that
:i a union as the early Fathers of the Ke-
5c designed, is absolutely incapable of a
r-snent existence. Onr sectional differences
fatoo radical ever to admit of perfect concilia-
| The conflict between the two opposite
nests of society must continue; it can ne-
r be expelled from the halls of Federal leg-
rion, and as long as it lasts, will prove fa
it) popular tranquility and repose, and to
-j=e feelings of fraternal good will and affec-
pn without which the Union is as sounding
and a tinkling cymbal. Onr entire bis
tre is but a protracted struggle between the
v -tth iatd South for a preponderance in the
t5ewl Councils.
How long the frame-work of the Union will
|®»i« these successive unnatural shocks, we
*51 sot undertake to affirm; yet we cannot
sispd the dark foreboding which weighs upon
w heart, that, soon or late, its walls will be
I-d uunder by the explosion of this accumu
lated miss of combustibles. It cannot outlive
I’-he hour that witnesses the complete triumph
I'-tbolitionism on the federal arena. As long
|t> list destructive power is kept in subordina-
|tios by the strong arm of the law, the South
consent to the confederated relationship,
ht the moment it crosses the threshold of the
ttecative mansion and seizes tho sceptre of
FPW, the fate of the Union is sealed; we
jt-J that instant become two people in fact,
‘•sc already are in everything which makes
honorable or even desirable. The peo-
; t!l « South ardently desire to perpetuate
I' 1 / federal Union—aye, to the last syllable
Ptecoidad time. As originally devised, they
lewder it to be a matchless contrivance of po-
-al wisdom, and solely because of its ex-
*ttung excellence are they desirous transmit
totset to coming generations. They do not
i “Pon it with those emotions of aentimen-
“ reverence, to be found ad nauscum iu the
^. r i^tbolical effusions of fourth of July panc-
■ ; ; s—as something so immaculately sacred,
-it were profanation to estimate its value.
Huion sentiment is founded upon a ra-
f*®** regard for the objects of its institution,
r ! ®M(i ia the preamble of the Constitution,
j ' 1 . these objects are accomplished, the
f “ nt terly worthless, and furnishes but
'■“« illustration of the melancholy story of
!*®ty of human wishes! It argues citLer
idolatry or the most pitable infntu-
L;? snd imbecility of mind, to regard the
t* t! otmenas the holy ordinances of the
®e Architect. Governments are insti-
1 “song men for temporal purposes, and
,'|V e . Ti dui»ble only to the extent they fal
ser intended mission. However true and
>lc tho principles upon which they are
rushed, and however perfect the machinc-
IH tarrying those principles into practical
^ : *U at at last depends upon the charac-
■'C those entrusted with the powers and
r.p*®* of administration. As long then as
' ^eral Government is administered in ac-
|lY C? the Constitutional compact, the
tu cf - tbe,e States will stand a monument
viadom and virtue of its founders and
kj 11 ring example of the general intelligence
LPctriotism of* the American people. But
*u irresponsible sectional majority once
ascendency, and seeks, iu defiance
.^^tutionaljobligatious, to putitstyranical
>“ operation, the Union will ceaso to
-^. Pccted because of the unmeasured bless-
V. 5 designed to confer upon all its mem-
iijj, " ® speak with a full sense of the tnag-
. ** *“* issue. The South demands noth-
re l ®®n that the guarantees of the Con-
V ® '“*il be enforced. These she will
"■ or,
progressive views
Nothing can indicate more unmistakeably
the unstable character of the relations between
the English and French governments than this
change. The recent defeat of the administra
tion would not in itself have necessitated the
resignation of Lord Palmerston and his col
leagues if they lmd not been sensible that the
opinions of the British nation were decidedly
adverse to the spirit of subserviency which
they had lately exhibited towards tho French
autocrat. Abstractedly proper as were the al
terations proposed in the existing laws in ref
erence to foreigners, there was sufficient in the
manner in which they were extorted from the
fears of Lord Palmerston’s government to
arouse the jealousy and sensitiveness of the
English people, and to induce them to view
with distrust a ministry which was so ready
to yield to the alarms inspired by the military
bravadoes of the Alonileur. The English have
pride, as well as material interests, and their
blood naturally boils at the assumption of a
tone which implies, if it does not actually
convey, a threat. The overthrow of a minis
ter confessedly one of the most popular that
has ever held the reins of power iu England,
shows how deep rooted and universal is the
feeling of resentment excited amongst them
by such conduct, and how slight is the depend
ence to be placed upon the continuance of the
alliance between the two countries. The very
defeat of this ministry cannot, in fact, be re
garded in any other light than as a gauntlet
thrown down to France, and as the commence
ment of a series of complications which will in
volve the whole of Europe in trouble.
The best barometer of public feeling in con
nection with political questions is to be found
in the operations of the money market. It was
only a few days since that we had occasion to
note the fact that notwithstanding the depres
sion attending the late panic, American stocks
were again rising into favor abroad with a
rapidity which nothing but political influences
could explain. We expressed our belief that
these influences were due to the precarious
state of the relations between England and
France, and the conviction that seemed to pre
vail that the refugee question would prove the
rock on which the entente cordiale would split.
The resignation of the Palmerston ministry
fully realizes the anticipations suggested by
this circumstance, and we are now justified in
looking upon the alliance between the two
countries as virtually disolved.
That public feeling in England should have
precipitated a result which Louis Napoleon
may have remotely contemplated, but certainly
did not immediately desire, is, we think, cred
itable to the spunk and manliness of the Eng
lish people. In the universal expression of in
dignation elicited by the late abominable at
tempt .upon his life, the French Emperor
thought that he had found the means of extend
ing his system of political terrorism to consti
tutional countries. It is but right that he
should be taught that what he mistakes for a
tribute to the merits of that system is but the
expression of a moral sentiment, which applies
equally to the nafety of the humblest cit
izen as to his own. In the excess of his eager
ness to avail himself of this supposed feeling,
he has overleaped the barriers of prudence,
and destroyed in a moment the fruits of his
last few years political scheming. Had he been
intent on provoking a quarrel with his English
allies, he certainly could have taken no read
ier steps towards it than the course that he has
lately pursued
In the present excitable and irritated state
ot public feeling in the two countries, it is not
of course easy to foresee wliat proportions the
existing difficulties are likely to assume. Judg
ing from present apenrance3, no more serious
danger has threatened the peace of Europe
since the troubles of 1848 than the slap in the
face dealt to th6 French Emperor in the over
throw of his friend and political ally—Lord
Palmerston. This event can only be consid
ered, in fact, as the commencement of another
great reactionary movement against European
despotism, which is likely to spread its flames
over tho continent, and again deluge the
streets of its cities with blood. The fire of
political discontent has been thus far kept
down by repressive measures ; but this state
of things cannot always last. Should it suc
ceed in overwhelming the obstacles opposed
to its progress by the friendly aid of the Eng
lish people, Louis Napoleon will have his own
indiscretion to thank for the disasters that it
will 6ring in its train.—New York Herald.
that she cannot thus remain,
Ww** 0 ?,’ Krt *P tbe Pi 11 *™ of tho fane,
Ttok f’®,* 11 where erst in pride it rose
,or herself in common with her foes."
[Sontk-Hide Deinociat.
. , noticing tbe appointment of
# HtenJ) S P° stmast e r » sa ys: "If he attends
«** well as he does to the females,
, ma »c a very attentive and efficient of-
Thc Monkey ansi the Hawk.
The cook of a French nobleman, whose
chateau is in the south of France, had a monk
ey, which was allowed the free range of the
kitchen, and which was so intelligent that by
pretty severe training, his natural propensity
to mischief had been subdued, and he was even
taught to perform certain useful services, such
as plucking fowls, for instance, at which was
uncommonly expert. One fine morning, a
pair of partridges was given the monkey to
pluck. The creature took them to an open
window of tho kitchen, which looked directly
upon the park, and went to work with great
diligence. He soon finished one, which he
laid on the outer ledge of the window, and
then went quietly on with the other. A hawk,
which had been watching bis proceedings from
a neighboring tree, darted down upon the
plucked partridge, and in a minute was up the
tree again, greedily devouring his prey. The
consternation of the monkey at this untoward
adventure may be easily imagined. He.knew
be would be severely whipped for losing it.
He hopped about in great distress for some
minutes, when suddeuly a bright thought
strick him. Seizing tbe remaining partridge,
he went to work with great energy, and strip
ped off the feathers. He then laid it on the
ledge, just where he placed the other, and
closing one of the shutters, concealed himself
behind it. The hawk, which by this time had
finished his meal, very soon swooped down
upon the partridge; but hardly had his claw
touched the bird, when the monkey sprung
upon him from behind the shutter. The hawk’s
head was instantly wrung, and the monkey,
with a triumphant chuckle, proceeded to strip
off t.he feathers. This done, he esu-ried the
two plucked fowls to his master, with a con
fident and self-satisfied air, which seemed to
say, " Here are two birds, sir ; just what you
gave me.” What the cook said on finding
Ifltst it/* k° 0IC '—An Irishman on being
L V. 1 ] 1 '" “''"'ly invented stove would save
ae niel, replied, "Arrah, then, I’ll { one ot the partridges converted into a hawk is
°i *ud save it all, me jewel.” j nor j than we are able to tell.
The Island, of Cuba.
“ Cuba is the largest and most important of
the West India Islands, and commands the
entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, whence it has
been called the key of the West Indies. It is
about seven hundred miles in length and sev
enty in breadth, and contains, with its depen
dencies, 32,807 square miles, being nearly
equal in extent to Great Brifain.
The climate is very delightful and very
healthy, for which reason it is favorite resort
ot invalids. Even on the top of the Grande
Antilla, the chief range of mountains running
through the island from end to end, there has
scarcely ever been ice, and then only a few
lines thick. The seasons are not distinguished
as summer and winter, but the wet and the
dry, through the periods at which they begin
and end are not very well defined.. The rainy
seasons commonly begin in May, but some
times in April, and occasionally not till June
The soil is very fertile, but, as in many
other tropical countries, the people are too
sluggish to cultivate it to any great extent.
The chief agricultural productions are sugar,
coffee, tobacco, manioc and maize. The work
on the plantations is done almost exclusively
by negroes, whose condition is far worse than
that of the slaves in the United'States. The
whipping post is in constant use. As an in
stance of the great fertility of the soil. Trum
bull states that, in the district of Sagna la
Grande, a caballeria of laud, which is nearly
equal to thirty three acres, has been known to
produce,two hundred and eighty thousand
pounds of the fair colored Muscovado sugar of
that country, being nearly equal to four mod
erate sized hogsheads per acre.
The population is made up of Creoles and
negroes, the latter forming about one-third.
The Creoles, like their Spanish ancestors, are
intelligent, but indolent; the negroes are not
allowed to be either.
There arc in the island several excellent
copper, iron, and coal mines, which would be
very productive if well worked. Small quan
tities of gold and silver have also been found.
Since the introduction of bees, between sixty
and seventy years ago, honey and wax have
been important articles of trade. Manufac
tures have been much neglected.
The island is divided into several jurisdic
tions, civil, judicial, ecclesiastical, and milita
ry. The civil jurisdiction consists of two pro
vinces, with two distinct Governors, entirely
independent of each other; the supreme mili
tary chief of the whole island, with the title
of Captain General, being the civil Governor
of the one province only, called San Cristoval
de la Havana; while the other, Santiago de
Cuba, has a separate Governor, whb, in affairs
purely political or civil, is not in any way
subject to the Captain General. Besides, the
island is divided into three military divisions,
whose chiefs take their orders from the Cap
tain General. At Matanzas. Trinidad de Cuba,
Puerto Principe, and Cienfuegos, there are al
so officers with the title of Governor, named
by the Captain General, whose office is of a
judicial nature, extending to disputed points of
every sort—civil, criminal^ and military.—
Subordinate to these are eight lieutenancies.
The Captain General has appellate jurisdic
tion in military matters. In dries and towns
there are also munidpal bodies called aijun-
tamienlos, or perpetual unions, and, in the rural
districts, juceespedaneos, or pretty judges who
are named by the local Governors. These
exercise bothjudicial and ministerial functions.
The Captain General presides at the meet
ings of the Havana Union, consisting of
twelve members. The chief secular tribunal
of Havana is that of the Captain General, who
has in military affairs an auditor of war, and
in rivil disputes a general assessor, who like
wise exercise the duties of tho dvil magistracy.
The tribunal of the ordinary alcaldes has also
cognizance, in the first instance, of civil and
military disputes. The Union has also a cer
tain judicial jurisdiction. There is, besides, a
commercial tribunal, whose jurisdiction ex
tends only to mercantile affairs.
The judges are all paid by fees instead of
salaries. The judges’ fees depend on their
rank, and the number and length of their sit
tings ; they are therefore, remarkably se
dentary in their habits. Judicial proceedings,
as on tbe continent of Europe, are conducted
wholly in writing, vita voce pleading and trial
by jury being alike unknown. The lawyers
are paid according to the number of pages
they write; long pleas are, therefore, by no
means uncommon. The suitor in a Cuban
court cannot move a step without paying a
fee to a judge, lawyer, clerk, interpreter, or
crier.
Some attention has been paid to education
by the Government, but very little has been
accomplished. In 1840, there were 99,599 free
children in the island, between the ages of
five and ten, of whom only one tenth were sent
to school.
There is no such thing as liberty of the press
proportion of goods imported and exported un
der the flags of Spain, England, and the United
States, has been stated as follows: Spain,
forty-three and one half per cent; England,
seven and one half percent; the United States
twenty six per cent.
Within the last ten years, the interior of
the country has been much improved, and the
means of communication increased by railroads,
&c. The first railroad ever laid in the island
ruuning from Havana to the most important of
the sugar districts, was constructed by Alfred
Cruger of the United States.
Cuba. Everything is subjected to the strict
est censorship. In 1837 eight newspapers were
published in Cuba, of which four were daily.
Daring the constitutional crisis in Spain, when
the censorship was, for a time, suspended, a
number of papers with the most singular
names, which were some index to the wishes
and opinions of the people, were started at
Havana; such as, ,The Constitutional Tailor,
The Roars of an African Lion, Brilliant Strokes
of Tyranny, The Mosquito, The Fly, The
Wasp, Sec.
Authorities differ as to the population of
Cuba. According to tbe census of JS27, which
was, we believe, the last taken, the popula
tion was 730,5G2. Of these, the whites num
bered 311,051; the free negroes, 57,514; and
the free people of color, not negroes, 48,980.
The number of slaves was 286,942; of whom
183,290 were males, and 103,652 females.
Since 1827, the population has, of course
greatly increased, as is shown by the amount
of imports since then, and tho constantly in
creasing] production of the island. It now-
amounts probably, to about 1,500,000.
The trade of Cuba is excellent. Its situa
tion, the fertility of its soil, and the short
distance—not more than thirty miles—from
any point iu the interior to the sea ithore, all
tend to give it great commercial prosperity;
md, if many injurious restraints now impos
ed upon its trade were removed, it would soon
become one of the richest spots on the earth.
The islaud is very heavily taxed by the
mother country. The greater portion of the
evenue is derived from duty on imports. A
great difference is made between goods from
Spain aud those from other countries. The
duty on flour, especially on that from the
United States, is very heavy. If from Spain
and in Spanish vessels, the duty is two dol
lars per barrel; but if the same be iu foreign
essels, tho duty is six c ollars per barrel. If
the flour be foreign, but under the Spanish
flag, tbe duty is eight dollars and a. half per
barrel; but if it be foreign, and under a for
eign flag, the duty is r.ine dollars and a half
per barrel.
The United States flour; is, however, so far
uperior to the Spanish, that independently
of the difference in price caused by tbe dis
criminating duties laid, it always commands
much higher price, selling, very often, for
three dollars more per barrel. The only effect
of this high tariff on American flour has been
to increase smuggling; for it is more used
throughout the island than it was years ago,
and yet less passes through the custom houses.
The trade of the United States with Cuba
has always been very large. The rslarira
Sut Lovengood’s Daddy Acting:
DORSE.
"Hold that ere boss down to the yeartb."
“He’s spreading his tail-fly now.”
** Keep him whar he is.”
These and like expressions were addressed
to a queer-looking, long-legged, short-bodied,
white-haired, hog-eyed, funny sort of a genius,
fresh from some second-hand clothing store,
and mounted on ‘Tar-pole,’ a nick-tailed, long,
poor horse, and enveloped all over in a per
fect net-work of bridle reins, scuppers, martin
gales, straps, circingles and red-ferreting, who
had reined up in front of Pat. Nack’s grocery,
among a crown of wild'mountaineers full of
fight and bad whiskey.
“I say, you darned ash eats, jist keep your
shirts on, will you 1 You never seed a real
horse rill I rid up. Tarpole is next to the best
horse that ever shelled nubbins, and he’s dead
as a still worm; poor old Tickey Tail.”
“ What killed him, Sut ?" stud an anxious
inquirer.
“Why, nothing, you tarnation fool; he jist
died standing up at that. Warn’t that good
pluck? Froze stiff; no, not adzactly, but
starved fust and then frozed afterwards; so
stiff, that when dad and me pushed him over,
he jist stuck out so, (spreading his arms and
legs,) like a carpenter’s bench, and we waited
seventeen days for him to thraw, afore we
could skin him. Well, thar was—dad au’ me,
(counting his fingers,) dad an’ me, Sal an’Jake,
—fool Jake wo used to call him for short—an
Phineas, an’ Simeon, an’ Jonas, an’ Chariot
ean, an’ Cullina. an’ Cashus Henry Clay, an’
Noah Dan, an’ Catharine second, an’ Cleopat
y, Antony an’ Jane Lind, an’ Tom Bullion
the baby and the prospect, an’ marm herself,
all left without any horse to crop with. That
was a nice mess for a spectable family to be
slushed about in, warn’t it ? I declare if
didn’t feel like stealin’ a horse, sometimes.—
Well, we waited and rested, and waited until
well onto strawberry time, hoping some stray
horse mout come along; but dog my cats ef
sich luck as that ever comes whar dad is, he’s
so drotted mean, an’ lazy, an’ savage, an’ ug
ly, an’ tyrin.*
Well, one nite, dad he lay awake all nite
a snorin’ an’ a whisperin’ at marm, an’ next
mornin’ says he:
Sut, I’ll tell you what we’ll do; I’ll be
hoss myself, an’ pull the plow while you drive
me and we’ll break up corn ground and then
tho old quilt (that’s marm) and the brats kin
plant or let alone, jist as they please.’
‘So out he goes to the papaw, an’ peeled a
right smart chance of bark, an’ inarm an’ me
made gears for dad, and they become him
mightly; then he would have a bridle—so I
gits an old umbrella what I found—it’s a little
piece iron, sorter like onto a pitchfork, ye
enow—an’ we bent an’ twisted it sorter into a
bridle bit, snail shape, (dad wanted it curb,
as he hadn’t worked for some time, and must
sorter feel his oats and go to cavortin.) Well
when we got the briddle all fixed on dad, he
chomped bis bit jist like a raal horse, (he al
ways was a most complicated old fool, enybow,
an’ marm always said so when he warn’t about,)
then I put on the gears, an’ out dad au’ I goes
into the field, I a leadin’ dad by the bridle, and
totin’ the gopher plow on my back.
“ When we come to the fence I let down a
gap; that made dad mad; he wanted to jump
the fence on all fours, hoss way. I hitched
him into the gopher, and way he went, dad
leanin’ for’ard to his pullin’ right peart, and
we made sharp plowin’, dad goin right over
the bushes an’ sprouts same as a raal horse,
the only difference is, he went on two legs.—
Presently we come to a sassafras patch, and
dad, to act up his character as a hoss, bulged
squar inter it, an’ tore down a hornet’s nest as
big as a hoss’ head; and all the tribe kivered
him rite strate. He rared once or twice, an’
fotched a squeal wus nor ary horse in the dis
trict, an’ sot into runnin’ away jist as natural
as ever you seed.
" I let go the plow and hollered woa, dad
woa, but ye mout as well said woa to a loco
motive. JewhilikinB, how he run! When he
come to a bush he’d clear it, gopher and all;
pr’aps he thot there must be another settle
ment of bald hornets in it; and that it was
safer to go over than thro, an’ quicker done.
Every now and then he’d paw one side of his
head with fust one fore leg and then tother;
then he’d gin himself an open-handed slap,
that sounded like a wagon whip, and runnin’
all the rime and carryin’that gopher jist about
as fast and high from the yearth as ever a
gopher was carried. I swar when he cum to
riie fence he busted rite thru it, taren nigh in
ter seven panels, scatterin’ and breakin’ the
rails mightily; and here he left the gopher,
gears, swingletrees and klevis, all mixed up,
not worth a durn; most of his shirt stuck to
the broken end of a splintered rail, and nigh
onto a pint o’ hornets staid with the shirt, a
stinging it all over—the balance on ’em, about
a gallon an’ a half, kept on with dad. Ho
seemed to run jist adzactly as fast as a hornet
could fly, for, it was the tightest race I ever
did see; down thru the grass they all went,
the hornets sorter makin’ it look like smoke
all around dad’s head, and he with nothin’ on
but the bridle, and nigh onto a yard o’ plow
line sailing behind him. I seed lie was aimin’
for the swimmin’ hole in the creek, whar the
bluff is over twenty feet perpendicular to the
water, and it’s nigh onto ten feet deep. To
keep up his character as a hoss, when he got
to the bluff he jist leaped off, or rather he jist
kept cn runnin’. Now rite thar, boys, he
overdid the thing, if that was what he was
arter, for thar’s nary hoss darned fool enough
to leap over sich a place; a mule mout have
done it, but dad warn’t acting mule. I crept
up to the edge and looked over. Thar was
old dad’s bald head, for all the world like a
peeled ingun, a bobbin’ up aud down, and the
n onilin* onrl ptrftl i n ’ rnimrl ftmUmf-
tin’ in the door with nary shirt on, and a
woman was greasin’ his back and arms, and
his head was about as big as a ten gallon keg
and he hadn’t the first sign of an eye—all
smooth. v
“ ‘That man’s my dad,’ sed I.
“ ‘Been much fitin in this neighborhood late
ly ?’ said the traveler, dryly.
“ ‘Nun wuth speakin’ of personally or par
ticularly,’ sed I.
“Now, boys, Ihaintseed dad since, and would
be afeard to meet him in the next ten years.
Let’s drink.”
NO. 26.
GKEORO-I-A. | «/_,
Mastic Roofing |H f .
Company,
AovxRTiSKtSEVTsat the regular charge will be On
Dollar per square of 10 lir.t s or ie.-.,, for the first in -
sertion.and Fifty Cents for each subsequent inser
tion. All advertisements not specified as to time
will bo published until forbid and charged accord
ingly
OntTUAiiT Notices not exceeding ten lines, wil
be published gratis ; but cash at the rate of One Do 1-
lar for every ten manu<cript ines exceeding tha
number, must accompany all longer notices, or they
will be cut short.
rg^Tlie TEi-EGtiArH go<^ to press at 3 o’clock
Monday Evenings. Advertisers will oblige by hand
ingin theirfavors. as early as Saturday, if possible.
ZEILffl, HUNT k CO
PROPRIETORS OF
Too Willing By Half.
RUSSELL’S PATENT
Fire <Sz> ‘Vv r a/ter Proof
MASTIC ROOFING
BOARDING-HOUSE SKETCH. 1^^
Many of our readers will recognize the point HAVING purchased the right to use aud sdl th
of the following joke, which we heard related above ROOFING for several SOUTHERN
a long time ago, but which we never saw in STATES, we are now nrepared to do
print. It’s a good un’and will bear rc-telhng. ..roi,-™
While General Jackson was President of the .dor
United States, he was tormented day after day to US0 tbe
by importunate visitors, (as most Chief Mag- Thu roofiuR ^ adapte d to new or old BUILDINGS,
litrfltM nf tnift ‘otppti oniintTv’ rtpI wiinm lin I
steep or flat roofs and can be put over Flank or
Fitzgerald & Nottingham,
Corner of 5(1 and ClHTry “Streets, .Unroll,
KEKP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
A LARGE & COMPLETE STOCK
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
DUES, PEICEUMEEJV, A-,-.
janio tf
istrates of this ‘green country’ are) whom he
did not care to see—and in consequence he gave
strict directions to the messenger at the door
to admit only 'certain persons on a particular
day.
In spite of this peremptory order, however,
the attendant bolted into his apartment, dur
ing the forenoon, and informed the General
that a person was outside whom he could not
control, who claimed to see him, orders or no
orders.
‘By the Eternal!’ exclaimed the old man,
nervously, ‘I won’t submit to this annoyance.
Who is it ?
Don’t know, sir,’
‘Don’t know ! What’s bis name ?
‘Beg pardon, sir; it’s a woman.’
A woman ! Show her in. James; show her
said the President, wiping his face; and
the next moment there entered the General’s
apartment, a neatly clad female, of past the
middle age,’ who advanced courteously to
ward the old man, anti accepted the chair prof
fered her.
Be seated, madam,’ he said.
‘Thank you,’ responded the lady, throwing
aside her veil, and revealing a handsome face to
her entertainer.
‘My mission hither to-day, General,’ contin
ued the fair speaker, ‘is a novel one, and you
can aid me, perhaps.’
Madam,’ said the General, ‘command me.
‘You are very kind, sir. I am a poor wo
man, General ’
‘Poverty is no crime, tnadam.’
‘No, sir; but I have a little family to care
for—I am a widow, sir, and a clerk employed
in one of the departments of your administra
tion is indebted to me for board to a consider
able amount, which I cannot collect. I need
the money sadly, and come to ask if a portion
of his pay cannot be stopped, from time to time,
until the claim of mine—an honest one, Gener
al, of which he had the full value—shall be can
celled V
‘I really—madam—that is, I have no con
trol in that way—-how much is the bill ?’
Seventy dollars, sir, here it is.’
•Exactly, I see. And his salary madam
Is said to be $1,200 a year.”
And not pay his board bill ?’
As you see, sir, this has been standing five
months unpaid. Three days hence he will. - , , ... ^ , .
, . . 1 jw ., , . . . e | Bran and Shorts mixed in equal proportions
draw Ins monthly pay, aud 1 thought, sir, if (which makes h rich feed for Cows and other stock)
you would be kind enough to—’ I 15 cents per bushels or 60 cents per hundred lbs.
Yes, I have it; go to him again, and get his Bran al< > ne 10 cent* per bushels, or so cents
note to-day for thirty days.’ P Sr if ’iooo lbs. of Bran and Shorts or Bran are
His note, sir. It woman t be worth the pa- I taken at a time a discount ot 5 per ct. will be allowed,
per on which it is written—he pays no one a S 0 Wheat cleanings, which are nearly as good
' feed — rats, 15 cents per bushel.
SP Broken Wheat, excellent chicken feed 35 cts.
per bushel. JAMES A. KNIGHT, Ag't.
feb 23
old leak}- shingles,Tin or Iron Roofs j it costs
about half tbe price aud is much better
than Tin—is not affected by heat or
cold and is impervious to wa
ter ; it is fire proof, and it
lathe best roofing ev
er invented for
STEAMBOAT DECKS
Hail Hoad Cans
Bridges, &c.
Ac. It is warranted to give entire satisfaction. For
further information apply to
FREEMAN Jc ROBERTS, or
A. P. CHERRY
Macon, Ga.
NEW -
SPRING GOODS
HEAD-QUARTEES
T> OSTICK & KEIN would invite tlieir friends and
J3 customers to call aud examine their
New G-oods
Just Opened, which will bo sold at PKICE.S to suit
the hardness of the TI31ES.
We are now daily receiving our Spring .Slock
aud will soon be prepared to exhibit the largest and
most elegant assortment of
Fancy Dry-Goods In Georgia.
Call at the old Stand next door to Mrs. Dessau's
and opposite Strong A Wood’s.
BOSTICK &. KEIN.
Mess, and Press copy. feb 23
STILL CHEAPER!
Flour, Meal, Grits, Bran and
Shorts,
CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT TJIE
Macon Mills,
Also tbe best of
Family Superfine aud Fine Flour,
W HICH is offered to city and country dealers at
lower prices than ever sold in tiiis market.
All orders lrom dealers in the city or at a distance
promptly filled and satisfaction guaranteed.
-will
dollar, voluntary.’
But he will give you his note, madam
he not ?’
Ob, yes—he would be glad to have a respite
in that way for a month, no doubt ?’
That’s right, then. Go to him—obtain his
note at thirty days from to-day, give him a re
ceipt in full, aud come to me this evening.’
PREMIUM CANDIES.
C HAS. H. FREEMAN & CO., Manufacturers of
Fine Candies of every description, would res
pectfully inform the public that they are now ready
•I,, , , , . . ... ,, - | to fill ali orders for goods in their line. Their can-
J lie lady departed, called upon the young d ; e3 took the premium at the last Fair of the State
clerk, dunned him for the amount—at which Agricultural Society and are warranted to be of the
he only smiled—and finally asked him to give best quality.
her his note for it. PARTIES furnished with every thing In the way
To be sure, said be, ‘give a note—sart’n Plain aud Ornamented Cakes,
and much good may it do you, mum. . and personal attention will be given to the prepara-
You will payit whenit falls due, won’t you, tionofthe Table for such occasions, when required.
gi r thirty days hence AU orders from the country, accompanied
Oh, yes—sart’n, of course I will, I always with - tho CA8H sha11 receive P rom P t n ‘ t0ntion -
pay my notes, mum, Udo,’ and as the lady de
parted, the knowing young gent believed ho
iiad accomplished a neat trick once more.
I wonder what the deuce she’ll do with the I
feb 9
Stop the Thief.
iTOLEN from the subscriber at Jackson, Butts
county. Geo., on Monday night, 1st inst., a deep
note? Egad! I’d like to settle some of the hay HORSE, medium size, nick tail, white hind feet,
other accounts in the same way. Hope she’ll ( dished face, with a star in his forehead, very spirited
with saddle marks upon his hack.
A libera! reward
will be paid for tiie "recovery of the horse and thief
with preof to convict. J. A. McCORD.
mar 9-3t
way. Hope
have a good time getting the money on that
bit of paper. John Simkins is rather too well
known for that.” And he turned with a chuc
kle to his books again.
The poor boarding-house keeper called up
on the General, a few hours afterwards.
Did you get tbe note, madam ?’
Yes, sir, here it is.’
The President quickly turned it over, aud
with a dash of his pen wrote tbe name of An
drew Jackson upon the back of it.
Take this to the bank to-morrow morning, I
madam, and you can get the money for it,’ he Month" and Expenses Paid.
Sai r£l j a• ic a a-c A X agent is want ed in every town imd county in
Tho lady acted according, and found no dif- I the united States, to engage in a respectable and
ficulty in obtaining the cash for it at sight. easy business, by which the above profits may be
1 * ‘ certainly realized. For full particulars address H.
MOXXETT Co., corner of Broome and Mercer
streets, New York City, Inclosing one postage stamp,
mar 9 1 m
Particular attention paid t
PLANTATIONS & PHI
with article** of
U N D O U K T B J> P U It 3
Macon, Feb. 9, 1858.
•>>
IGTANS
Garden Seeds!
A LARGE FRESH AND VARIED ASSORT-
J\ tnt nt just received and for sale by
fob9) BEILIN, HUNT & CO.
A
feb 9)
Indigo, for sale by
ZEILIN, HUNT & cb.
HEW DRUG STORK.
ALEX. A. MENARD,
RALSTON’SEUII.DING, CHERRY ST., MACON, GA
H AS just received and is now openiug a fresh
stock.of
Drug., mriklnw,
Chemical,, *.<1 Instruments,
PaiutN, Oil., ViU Oyc-SiutiM,
I*erfutncry, Xik Valent ?lrdi-
ciucH, I’iiurinnccuticnl
l’rcpnrnliont*, Arc.
My Drugs have been selected with strict refer
ence to their purity and quality; they are fresh and
may be fully relied on.
Orilet-M I?n.itlifully Executed.
[J 7- Physicians’ Prescriptions aud Family Medi
cines put up with neatness and accuracy, at all hours
of the day or night.
Ep* Alarge lot of Artificial Teeth just received
feb 24-tf
THE LIVER
INVIGORATOR!
PREPARED BY DR. SANFORD,
Compounded entirely from
G-TJjVIS,
TS ONE OF THE BEST PURGATIVE AND LIV*
JL ER MEDICINES now before the public, that
acts as a Cathartic, easier, milder, and more effectu
al than any other medicine known. It is not only
n Cathartic, but a Liver remedy, acting first on the
Liver to eject its morbid matter, then on the stomach
aud bowels to carry off that matter, thus accoinplish-
ingtwo purposes effectually, without any of the pain
ful feelings experienced in the operations of mos-
Cathartics. It strengthens the system at the same
time that it purges it; and when taken daily in mode
rate doses, will strengthen and build it up witli nil-
usual rapidity-
The LIVER is ono of * the principal regulators
of the human body, and 1 when it performs its
tunctions well, the pow- iN ersofthesystem are ful
ly developed. The stom- il ache is almost entirely
dependent on the heaI-;/“\ thy action of the Liver
for the proper perform-! , ance of its functions;
when the stomach is at',
buzzard fashion, and ever once in a while,
one, and sometimes ten ’ud make a dip at
dad’s head. He kept up a peart dodgin’ un
der ; sometimes they’d hit him and sometimes
they’d hit the water, and the water was kiver
ed with drowned hornets.
“ ‘What on yearth are you doin’ thar, dad V
says I.
“ ‘Don’t (dip) you see these infernal var
mints (dip) onto me ?’
What!’ sed I. ‘Them are hoss flies thar;
ye ain’t rally afeared of them, are ye ?’
" ‘Hoss flies !’ sed dad ; ‘they’re rale (dip)
genewine bald hornets, you (dip) infernal
cuss.’
“ ‘Well, dad, you’ll have tostay thar rillnite,
and arter they go to roost, you come home and
I'll feed you.’
And knowin’ dad’s unmodified natur, I broke
from them parts and sorter cum to the copper
mines. I staid hid rill about next arternoon,
when I seed a fellow traveling, and sed I •*
What was goin’ on at the cabin’ this side of
the creek when you passed it V
*'‘Why, ootjua’ muoh, only amatu was sit*
A week before that month’s termination, Mr.
Tobu Simkins received a note to the following
Sect:
Ba.vk or Washington, , 1832.
Sir,—Your note for seventy dollars is due
on the 27th inst., at this bank and you are re
quested to call aud pay the same.
, Cashier.
Ha! ha!’ screamed John, upon reading this
brief note. ‘A capital joke, that. Can’tcome
it, mum—can’t, no how! Scarecrow—left for
collection—I un’stand—won’t do—no go!’ and
John very soon forgot it.
But ‘pay day’ came round again—aud John
took his monthly stipend once more, $100,
from the cashier of the department as usual.
As he passed down the avenue, the unpaid
board bill suddenly entered his head.
•* Who the deuce now has been fool enough to
help the old woman in this business, I wonder?’
said John to himself. ‘Egad ! I’ll go and see.
It’s all a hum, I know ; but I’d like to know if
she really fooled anybody with that bit of pa
per,’ and entering the bank, he asked for the
note ‘left there for collection against him,’
‘It was discounted!’ said the Teller.
‘Discounted! Why, who iu this world will
discount my note ?’ asked John, amazed.
•Anybody, with such a backer as you have
got on this.’
‘Backer! me—backer, who ?’
‘Here is the note, you can see,’ said the Tel
ler, handing him the document, on which John
instantly recognized the bold signature of the
then President of the United States.
‘Sold—by Moses !’ exclaimed John, drawing
forth the money with a hysteric gasp—for he
saw through the management at a glance.
The note was of course paid, aud justice was
awarded to the spendthrift at once.
On the next morning, he found upon his desk
a note, which contained the following enter
taining bit of personal intelligence :
To John himkins. Esq.—Sir : A change
having been made in your office, I am directed
by the President to inform you that your ser
vices will no longer be needed by this Depart
ment. Yours,
, Secretary.
John Simkins retired to private life at once,
laid thenceforward found it convenient to live
on a much smaller allowance than twelve hun- ;
fired a year)
Change in Business.
2CESSITY compels me to sell goods for CA
_ , oHfljY in future, and will therefore sell all
goods at reduced prices; and for the future I will not
charge any person profits for the purpose of making
up bad debts. . ,
X am compelled now to be absent from tho city and
it will confer a gre.it favor on mo if all who are in*
debted to me will come and pay their account to Mr
Goodenough what they owe me on last year s goods.
I will have a fine stock of goods here to open in my
new store in Granite Hall by the 1st of Anru.
City papers copy 1 time. XL 1. Mcb\ Oi.
mar 9
A
NEW BOOKS
“Washington Block” building
i Travel,'
T Boardman's “V
Barton's life of llurr,
Beatrice Cenci,
Bayard Taylor’s “Norther
White Lies, by Reade,
Guy Livingstone,
Bench and Bar of Georgia, by Miller,
Life of Gen. Blackshear, “
21st VoL Ga. Reports, &c., Ac.
raar 9 J. M, BOARDMAN,
For Sale or Bent
mu AT desirablo hotel, located in the town of Al-
i buny, known as the (Iruramey House. The
above House is new and built fora hotel, and c
tains twenty rooms on a floor, two stories high h1
so parlors, largo bar and billiard saloe
cn, cellars Ac.
A bargain will 1)0 offered to any one wanting
above property. G. W. CKL MMLU
mar 2 -It
, also kitch-
the
Albany, Ga.
Closing Out.
T HAVE a large lot of COOKING WTOVJ S
1 that I will sell at greatly reduced P«ces for cssh.
Waiters, Waiters
tOR salo low.
B. A. WISE,
mar 2
Brushes, Brushes.
H Alli. White Wash, Paint and Scrub Brushes, of
every description at very low prices.
J B. A. WISE,
mar 2 Cherry St., Macon, (la.
Portable Desks.
A N assortment of Rose Wood writing Desks,
For sale by J, M. BOARDMAN.
sept 8
fault, and tho whole sys
tem suffers in conse- J queuee of one organ—
the LIVE R—having L 1 ceased to do its duty.
For the disease of that j organ, ouo of the pro
prietors has made it his study, in a practice of
more than twenty years had some remedy
wherewith to counteract the many derangements
to which it is liable. p.w
To prove that this re- medy is at last found,
any person troubled ‘with LIVER COM
PLAINT, in any of its forms, has but to try a
bottle, aud conviction certain.
These Gums remove . all morbid or had mat
ter from the system, 6up- y"K plying in their place a
healthy flow of bile, aud W i invigorating the stom-
ache, causing food to di-|, Jgest well, PURIFYING
THE BLOOD, giving ("■*> tone_ and health to the
whole machinery, re- . moving thecause oftho
disease—effecting a rad- K. i ical cure.
BILLIOUS AT- TACKS are cured, and
WHAT IS BETTER.,’ PREVENTED, by the
occasional use of the.l-w-.UI \ E R INYIGOliA-
TOR.
One dose after eating t 1 is sufficient to relieve
the stomach and prevent i j the food from rising and
souring.
Only ono dose taken before retiring, p r e-
ents NIGHT MARE. v
Only one dose taken (V at night, loosens the
bowelsgentlv, and cures UOSTIVENESS.
S’* One .lose of two _ „ teaspoonfulls will al
wavs relieve SICK- -r-| HEADACHE.
One bottla taken for r“l female obstruction re
moves the cause of the i disease, and makes a
perfect cure.
Only one dose inline- diateiy relieves CHO
LIC, while
One dose often repeat- W ed is a sure cure for
CHOLERA MORBUS, and a preventive of
CHOLERA. >J
!3=“ Only one bottle P"! is needed to throw out
of the system the effects of medicine after a long
EF* One bottle taken OQ for JAUNDICE, re
moves all sallowness or r ' unnatural c o 1 or from
the skill. M
I One dose taken a short f““i time before eating
gives vigor to tbe nppe- tite, and makes food di
gest well. 0 ]
Ono dose often repeat- r*“l ed cures CHRONIC
DIAKKIKEA in i t s _ worst forms, while
SUMMER md BOWEL complaint* yield almost
to the first doso.
One or two doses cure r attacks by V ORMS iu
children: there is no LLj surer, safer, speedier
remedy in the world, as 1 it Never Fails.
EF' A few bottles cures DROl’SY, by ex
citing tbe absorbents. ' ■ f \
a J 1 recommending this me-
"EVER AND
and all FEVERS
operates witli cer
tainty. and thousands r ~; arc willing to testify to
its wonderful virtues, ijj
AH irliousc it arc giving thrir nnanimon*
leatiruony iu itw fnvor.
EF" Mix water iu tho mouth with the In*
vigor.,lor, mid mvaltoir both together.
TEE LIVER LWIGOEATOR
IS.v SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DISCOVERY, ami
is d lily working cures, almost too great to believe.
It cures as if by magic, even tba first do^l giving
benefit, and seldom more than one bottle is required
to cure any kind of LIVER Complaint, from tho
the worst Jaundice or Dysyepsia to a common Head-
ache, all of which are the result of a DISEASED
LIVER.
rates one i>oi.i.au per bottle.
SANFORD & CO., Proprietors, 345 Broadway, N. Y.
Wholesale Agent* :
BARNES PARK, New York ; T. W. DYOTT
& SONS, Philadelphia; L. S.15URR.&CO., Boston;
H.H. HAY A CO.. Portlnud: JOHN D. PARK,
Cincinnatti; GAYLORD A HAMMOND, Cleveland:
FAHNESTOCK A DAVIS, Chicago; O. J. WOOD
A CO., St. Louis ; GEORGE KEYSER, Pittsburgh;
S. S. HANCK, Baltimore, and retailed by all Drug-
gists. Sold Wholesale and Retail by ZEILIN,
IIUNT A CO., Macon, Ga. mar 1C 12m
im, UUDUIVCUIB,
Wo take pleasure in ‘
dicino as a preventive J for F E "
AGUE, CHILL FE- VER, au
of a HILLIOUS TYPE.I^ It opera
A CARO.
T HE undersigned respectfully announces to the
Musical public, that in consequence of the in
creased patronage conferred, he has secured the as
sistance of his brother, S. A. Schrieucr (his assistant
at the Masonic Female College, Cleveland, Tenn.)—
Returning his sincere thanks tor the libera] patronage
now eDjoying, asks for a continuance of tho same to
his brother and himself. H. L. SCHREINER.
feb 23 1m
Splendid Score House for Lease-
f \NE ot the Stores in Denham’s Granite Front
v / BnUding U still under no rent engagements,
and is offered on lease to ..good tenant in the Dry or
Fancy Goods Business, for which it is oneofthe best
stands in town, and ean bo fitted up to suit the oc-
upant. Apply to J..C. Denlinm, Eatomon, Ga., or
toT. P. Stubbs, Esq., Macon. Possession given on
the 1st of April. fob 16
For Sale.
HIE house and lot on the ro.ul j
_ Mill, andadjoiniug the reside
and S. B. Day and bounded by tl:
immoii. The lot contains >ix or s
witli Orchard, Garden and Shra l
ing is well finished and in jjood r
houses ample and commn'tious.
may be find. Inunsi e ot
Horne
nal services to the citi
oiniug counties. When
nally absent lie may be found at bis
Office, on Cotton Avenue, next door to Clark A
Barker s store, or at the Lanier House. He will
promptly attend to calls from the country,
ty City paper* please
Dr. W.
riYENDEllS bis Professioi
I zeus of Bibb and adjoining
not profes
•opy.
mb3 4t