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BY W.M. JEFFERSON & CO.
VOLUME 3.
SUSGBLLANRQES.
Hope And Faith.
The sun shines dimly from the sky,
The forest leaves are tinged with brown
-And Autumn winds go moaning bj,
And Autumn leaves come rustling down
The flowers have faded from the hill,
The birds have sought some sunnier clime
The golden grain supplies the mill.
And purple giapes have yielded wine.
The Summer with its gorgeous charms
Gould not dispel the bitter woe ;
It could not woo us to its arms—
Our lamp of peace was burning low
But now on wings of love we soar,
And fear not Winter in his wrath,
For Hope and Joy have strewn once more
Their rosy garlands in our path.
And we have drank the richest wine
That e’er was mingled in the cup
Os life, nnd won a ray divine
To light our world of darkness up ;
And with that brilliant light within,
Wo yet may make our ‘lives sublime;’
‘Twill save us from the snares of sin
And guide us o’er the sands of time.
My First Love*
A maiden once I chanced to know
With beauty superhuman;
“Her voice was gentle, soft and low”
That “excellent thing in woman.”
Wo traced together mountain streams,
And, when the stars were shining,
We talked of poetry and dreams—
Their mysteries divining.
I felt that fate no grief could give
Like passion unrequited,
And that I could no longer live
Unless wo were united !
I breathed m£ love-hcr hand I pressed—
While she her eyes averting,
Returned the. pressure and confessed
‘That she wat — only flirting !
Customs of the Japanese.
In viewing the anticipated presence of
the Japanese embassy in Washington, the
following from’ a correspondent of a New
York pnper will not be considered mala
propos :
In the laud of Brahma when two people
quarrel about a piece of ground he who
lias most malignity, as well as fondness tor
his family in Li in, takes a knife, walks de
liberately to his neighbor’s bouse, and
nhmting himself right before bis door, ma
liciously cuts bis own throat. What, you
* may ask! does lie gain by this ? Ift gains
his lawsuit, for the disDutcd land inevitably
becomes the properly of bis family. A
similar aberration of intellect prevailes a
mong the Japanese. Upon the least possi
ble provocation a gentleman will seize upon
his sword and rip up his own bowels. Very
frequently whole families are ordered by
the government to do this deed upon them
selves, and bey obey at once. The poor
Japanese, if any one offers him indignity,
must sacrifice himselt whetever lie may
(happen to be, or else consent to live among
H suicidal fellow-countrymen a disgraced
and lost man.
With a party proceeding one dny on nn
excursion into the country we were follow
ed by two officers of the government who
performed this duty under strict compul
sions. Our American friends were thrown
into a savage mood by the occurrence, and
one of these turned back and closely con
fronted these officials, and took hold of one
of them by the shoulders, turned his face
the bamboo edifice, and gave him
a slight push in that direction. The two
Japanese persisted in coming on ; the Yan
kee took his man again hy the shoulders,
and performed with his heavy expedition
boot a violent ceremony, which is usually
considered anything but flattering or agree
able throughout the rest of the world, but
■in Japan was an insult that, we might safe
ly aver, had never been committed before,
and which could only be avenged by death.
(Without, therefore, making the slightest
attempt at retaliation on the body of his
adversary, he unsheathed his sword, which,
‘beautifully burnished, flashed for an instant
in the sunlight. The Yankee, meanwhile,
extricated his revolver from its hiding
4‘lace. It was needless, for at two strokes
—two gentle slashes of that keen-edged
weapon, performed in an instant one across
the other like the letter X—he had disem
boweled himself, and fell a swiftly dying
roan. As he reached the ground he cast
up bis eyes at his adversary, and seeing
him stauding near, apparantly with no in
tention of following his example, he ex
pressed the most fearful agony we had ever
beheld. We were ail filled with dismay at
this strange event, while the brother offi-.
cial surveyed us with threatening looks of
the most intense horror. “He expects you
to kill yofirself in like manner ana with the
same sword,” said the Sandwich Islander.
The American muttered out something to
the effect that he was not such a fool.—
Meanwhile the distortions of the dying
man were painful to look upon; the other
officer motioned us awsy, and went dowu
oa his knees beside the wounded body, and
before he rose, a few seconds afterwards
tL man waa dead.
Some sixty-eight or seventy -five kales
of cotton, turned out of tha Gunter Ware
house at Montgomery. Ala., for shipment
■to Mobile . were destroyed bv fire the
might of the ‘.’fltji,
A Weekly Joaraal—HDeYotodl to Eomo Literature, Agriculture, Iforeiga aud Domestic Kews, Wit, Earner, Ac.
Froir. the Saa Francisco Bulletin, March Slh.
The Humboldt Bay Massacre-Statement
by the Sheriff of Humboldt County.
San Francisco, Feb. 29, 1860.—0n
the evening of Saturday, 25th of February,
a simultaneous attack appears to have been
made upon the Indians on the coast of
Humboldt county. About 80 are known
to have been killed—the greater part ot
whom were women and children. The
parties engaged in the wholesale killing
the writer knows not; neither does he
know the number, nor from what portion
of the country they came; neither does he
know cause sufficient to prompt them to so
bloody a deed.
In connection with this deed it may be
well to state briefly the condition of Indian
affairs in Humboldt county. The greater
portion of the citizens there are engaged
in stock-growing. Necessity compels them
to graze their stock remotely from their
residences. East of the red-woods, in the
eastern portion of the county, is an exten
sive and beautiful range for grazing. On
these hills are herded between 7,000 an<V
8,000 head of cattle. During the last
year about one-eighth of the stock has
been killed by the Indians. About a year
ago James Ellesdn, (than whomtione was
more highly esteemed,) while in pursuit of
the Indians who were driving off and kill
ing life stock, was mortally wounded.
From one end of the country to the other
stock lias been killed, and many* a lone
traveller has been cut off. The command
er at Fort Humboldt, partly through weak
ness and partly through indisposition, re
fuses to take cognizance of these facts.
The settlers go out to give the Indians bat
tle; the Indians disappear from the graz
ing country —the settlers see them daily
passing down to the coast, in the white
settlements. They go to the Indian ranch
es, find beef asd one wounded Indian in
flic ranches of the peaceable Indians; the
volunteers disband —their foe will not meet
them, and they do not feci abie to keep a
standing army at their own expense, and
at the same time help support an inactive
force which is cooped up at Fort Humboldt.
In a short time after the volunteers dis
band, the Indians, encouraged with their
good luck, redouble their efforts to drive
off and kill stock; they are seen passing
up the stream to the grazing lands; more
stock is missing; in the day time, and in
the face of the settlers and herdsmen, they
drive off stock. Well, a call for a volun
tee company, to be organized, and returns
to the proper authorities arc made. Im
mediate action is necessary; they equip
themselves—expecting to be called into
service at an early day ; they get but lit
tle encouragement. Now, they are heavy
tax-payers, and they are lobing all they
possess. So, they get desperate, and per
haps are prompted to deeds of desperation.
1 state these facts,'not as an apology for
the bloody deed, but to serve to modify
somewhat the censuie which should be
cast upon the perpetrators of this terrible
massacre ou Humboldt bay.
B. VAN NESS.
Tbe Murderer Hicks.
Concerning this individual, who was
on of the crew of the sloop E. A. John
son, aud is suspected of murdering the cap
tain, a Providence, R. I, dispatch says :
Hicks hails from Foster, in this State,
where he says he has six brothers, farmers.
His wife and child were with him. He
came here from Fall River in the Bradford
Durfee, on Thursday morning, and took
board with a respectable widow, lady, nam
ed Croweil, who occupies a part of Mr.
Butts’s house. Mr. Smith discovered the
f*et of liis arrival here by the steamer
Bradford Durfee, and traced the place
where he took lodgings. Much credit is
due to all the officers concerned for the
prompt manner in which the case has been
followed up.
New York, March 24. —The officers,
with Hicks in custody, arrived here this
afternoon. He is very cool in his demean
or, and lidiculeff the idea of being char
ged with murder, but refuses to give any
particulars of the abandonment of the ill
fated sloop.
A silver watch and a couple of money
bags, found in the possession of the pris
oner, have been identified as the property
ofCapt. Burr.
The news of the capture of the prisoner
spread rapidly all over the city, and was
received with feelings of much congratula
tion.
Captain Burr as far as has been ascer
tained, bad only S4OO with him. Os this
sum S3OO was furnished by Messrs. Barnes
Sc Simmons, oyster dealers, of Keyporf,
N. J., and the remainder was bis private
funds. He was exceedingly careless about
Iris money. It was iris custom to take only
silver aud gold coin with him, the oyster
Slanters of Virginia having a distrust of
lortheru bank issues. His stock of specie
he took no pains to lock up, but left it
usually lying exposed upon his desk. Silas
Howell, who, with Captain Burr, was j
joint owner of the sloop, and who is now I
in this city, says that he often expostulated !
with the Captain on account of his careless
ness in exposing his money. Mrs. Burr,
wife of the late captain, is t said to b.i se- j
riousiy ill from anxiety in regard to her !
husband’s fate.
The wife of Hicks is said to be a verv 1
respectable rotir.c woman, and. with a 1
GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1860.
child ten months of age, lived in great
poverty at No. 129 Cedar street. On
searching the room lately occupied by them
their marriage certificate was found. It
was enclosed in a neat gilt frame, and
showed that William Johnson, the prisoner
had married Mary Bunting in Albany in
1858. Attache! to it are the minister’s
name and those of two witnesses, one a
female also named Bunting, probably, the
mother or sister of the unfortunate wife
The question now is, ‘Who has jurisdic
tion over this case ?’ Was it committed on
the high seas, or wit Lin the jurisdiction of
New York, King’s or Richmond county?
Besides, can the murderer be tried for the
high crime without securing one of the
bodies ? Without this, some say, there is
no legal evidence of murder, however strong
the moral certainty of the guilt of John
son may be. ‘ The district attorney, how
ever, claims that it is not necessay that one
of the. bodies should be found.
A New York paper says : •
‘Among the number who visited Johnson
or Hicks, as 1m is also called, at the sta
tion-house yesterday, was his wife, who
had arrived in the city at an early hour in
the morning. She was not- previously
aware of the nature of the charge against
bar husband aud upon learning it became
much excited. She was much affected
during her interview with the prisoner, and
wept bitterly. Johnson appeared slightly
moved, but endeavoured to console her by
denying the truth of the accusations against
him. The prisoner was also visited bji a
watchmaker, who recognised the watch
found in his possession as having belonged
to Captain Burr. Johnson maintains the
utmost coolness and indifference, and lias
engaged a Connecticut lawyer to defend
him. lie will be brought before the United
States court this morning and examined on
a charge of piracy. The wife of Captain
Burr was so much affected at the unhappy
fate of her husband as to entirely prostrate
her system, and it is reported that she now
lies in a very condition,. Pub
lic interest iu the shocking affair ot the E.
A. Johnson continues unabated, and much
anxiety is manifested for further devel
opments. A full report of all we have
been able to glean will be found elsewhere.’
Largest Citj in the World.
If the following account is true, Londou
is no longer the metropolis of our planet.
That distinction belongs to the Japanese
city of Jeddo, which a correspondent of the
Boston Traveller thus describes:
•But what shall I say of the greatest and
most singular of all cities? A volume is
needed to describe it, without attempting
to give its history. I have read ot old
Ninevali and Babylon below the ground,
and seen aud handled the wprks of art
which have been disinterred, and created
so much admiration on both sides of the
Atlantic; but one living Jeddo above tiie
ground is worth a bundled old fogy cities
below it. I cannot give you an idea of it,
it is so unique, so unlike everything except
itself, and so impossible as. you will think.
1 have 6ecn several places of interest, nnd
maintained a cool head, but I was bewilder
ed and confounded when I saw this. It is
situated on the western shore ot this char
ming gulf, twenty miles wide by twenty-four
ong. to which tlie Lake Tiberias is nothing,
-except in the sacred feet which once trod
its shores. It stretches for twenty miles
and more along a beach of a semi-circular
form, with its horns turned outward, and
along which a street extends, crowded
witli blocksofstoresand houses,and teeming
with moving crowds, while shopkeepers,
artisans, women, and children seem equally
numerous within doois aud at tbe doors.
Indeed, a dozen or fifteen miles might be
added to ‘.be length of the city in this direc
tion, since there is nothing but an unbro
ken succession of towns and villages for
this distance which are a6 populous and
well built as the city itself.
‘ln crossing the city from the slioro to
the western outskirts, I have waiked two
miles and a half, and then proceeded on
horseback for ten miles more, making twelve
miles and a halt in the whole, while in other
places it may be wider still. According
to the lowest estimate, the city covers an
area equal to seven of the New England
farming towns, which were usually six
miles square. And all is traversed by
streets, usually wide, well constructed,
perfectly neat, and crossing each other at
right angles ; streets lined with houses and
stores as compactly as they cau be built,
and crowded with moving and stationary
masses as thick as in our Washington street
or New York, Broadway, at least for con
siderable distances. The population is
estimated generally at three millions, which
Mr. Harris, onr minister, thinks is no ex
aggeration. For my part, judging from
what 1 have seen when I have gone into
the heart of the city, and crossed the city
from side to side. 1 should be willing to add
as many millions more; for tbe living,
moving masses seen from sunrise to sunset,
and every where the same, fairly seemed
j beyond computation.’
i It is stated that Owen Stanly, a
Gipsy King, who died at Madison, Indiana,
! a snort time since, is to be interred at Day.
I ton, Ohio, with great ceremonies, alongside
of Harriet Owen, a Giprr Qpee n, wno is
j hurried tbera. The Gipsy clans are said
| to be gathering to participate in the royal
i _ _
Game in Texas.
George Wilkins Kendall, esq., writing
to the “Picayune” from liis home in New
Braunfels, under date of Feb. 18, says :
‘Since my last I have had a visit from
the author of the well-known ‘Bill Beans’
correspondence, the gentleman from Shan
ghai, and-their South Carolina companion,
and for the mattei of three weeks we had
a good time of it generally. I saw them
safely bestowed in a stage at San Antonio
on the night of the 14th inst. in as good or
der and condition as when they arrived,
and in like good order and condition I
trust they have ere this arrived in New
Orleans, although I doubt it. Could a
census of all the deer, ducks, partridges,
rabbits, doves, and larks be now taken in
Comal county, it would be found that there
lias been a great mortality since the advent
of tht party, and the survivors should hold
meeting and return thanks now that their
enemies have departed. Such wholesale
slaughter I have never witnessed, and the
finest and fattest kind of game has
plenty with ns at the rancho as boiled mid
dlings and long collards were in North
Carolina and Alabama in the olden time.
Had the party remained here a month lon
ger. there, would have been as fine an
opening in New Brauufels for a powder
mill and shot tower as in any place I wot
of; the amount of ammunition expended
in three weeks was incredible. The pop
ping and banging about here for several
days pnt mb in mind cf the siege of Vera
Cruz ’47 before the big guns got into play.
I trust my friends gave an account of all
they saw in western Texas, and. with the
hope of seeing them all back some daj or
other, I will promise to have the country
well aired on their hrrival.”
Death of a Printer.
John Pass, aged about forty years, and
a printer by trade, was found “dead in bed
at 2 o clock yesterday morning, at the rcs
idence-of his sistei's husband, Mr. Sliira
Cumricgllftm, in the Warrior District,
twelve miles from Macon. The night be
fore he was under influence of liquor, and
his sudden death is attributed to that
cause, lie was an excellent compositor,
and has been employed formerly in this
and other printing establishments in this
city.— Telegraph of Tuesday.
We read tlie above announcement with
surprise and pain. For several years at
different times Mr. Pass has been employ
ed in tliio office, and aside from the unfor
tunate habit which lias hurried him to an
untimely grave, was surpassed by few as a
faithful and accomplished printer. Up
right and generous in all his dealiugs—
with qualifications for great usefulness, it
is most sad to contemplate his unhappy
fate. It should loudly admonish others of
the ‘ art divine” so avoid the fatal cup by
which a brother fell.— Journal Mes
ssngcr.
fls , poor John! We know him well—
took h; m ’ ; n our o ffi co and taught him his
trade, when a boy of fourteen years old.
Aft or faithfully serving out his time with
us be became our foreman, and for the
fourteen years or more bo was with us, we
do not think he lost a day from his work,
until ho became a slave to drink. Often
have we heard him say that “a man who
cannot control his appetites is unfit to be
a man.” He was then simply taking liis
morning and evening glass, and we warn
ing him of its future effects. John was
blessed with more than an ordinary mind,
and in liis supposed strength of mind over
his appetite, saw not the danger ahead.
Often since did he tell us* when he felt
himself a slave to drink, that lie knew not
before the power of appetite over reason
and resolution. His fate has been the fate
of thousands like him. Let the living
with jvliom he associated .in days past,
learn a lesson from his unhappy end.—
Southern Recorder.
A Strong Minded Woman.
A thrilling and somewhat unprecedented
incident was witnessed yesterday after
noon iu the viciuity of the American
Hotel, and 1 narrate it for the benefit of
all who may honor iny letter with a perusal.
Monsieur and Madame De Brieski, natives
of Cracow or St. Prtersburgb, I forgot
which, came down town in a splendid bug
gy, drawn by a finely pioporlioncd char
ger, of graceful movements and higli met
tle. Fronting the Post Office, the Mon
sieur alighted for the purpose of receiving
his letters and papeis, leaving tbe Madame
alone in the vehicle, with the ribbons* in
her delicate and neatly gloved hands.—
Just at this moment, the steam engine,
which had made such a big squirt and so
satisfactory a throw from a fire plug,drawn
by a large unmber of the populace, passed
on to the basin, to see if she was’nt a suck
er m well as a thrower. De-Bieiski’s horse
commenced’ rearing and plunging, and
fearing the lady would be killed, some
three or four citizens seized the rains, and
endeavored to quiet the restive Bucephalus.
But wbat do you suppose the madame did?
Faint ? No sir. Jump out? Not a bit
of it. Ask the volunteers to tighten the : r
grasp ? By no manner of means. On tbe
contrary, with a frowning face, and in a
loud voice, sbe bade the gentlemen ‘leave
that horse be;’ ’sbe was not afiaid;’ ‘let him
go this instant.’ When a feminine Com
mands, man must obey, so tbe boae was
! released, and away be went down Main at.,
at a hn lit-neck
streets as clean of the people as if five loco
motives all abreast, were npproackmg.—
Terror was depicted in every countenance,
save that of the driver or drireress, if you
please. She retained her seat firmly, pla
ced her dear little feet against the spatter
board, and veering tha* reins, fiist to the
right and then to tne left, conquered the
enraged animal, and brought him up all
still and standing, about three squares from
where he started. She then turned him
around, drove rapidly back to the Custom
House, and there taking in her rougher
half, again moved off with all the dash and
self-possesion of a Lady Gay Spanker,
leaving an amazed and wonder-stricken
crowd, to gossip and talk over wliat a strong
armed and strong-minded lady could ac
complish— Richmond Cor. Petersburg
( Va-J Express.
Tbe Governor of lowa and tbe Escape
of Coppic.
Gov. Kirk, of lowa, whose duplicity in
.preventing the arrest of Barclay Coppic in
that State, after a requisition from Virginia
had been sent for him, was expressed in a
recent message of Gov. Letcher to the
Legislature, has sent a message to the lowa
House of Delegates intended as a reply to
Gov. L.’s charges. He asserts that the
aeason he did not issue a warrant was the
informality of tbe requisition. He denies
the charge that he sent information to
Coppic “directly or indirectly,” and says :
The fact that an agent of Virginia was
here with a requisition for Coppic became
publicly known in tlie place solely through
the acts of that agent himself. I donied
myself what I greatly desired the privilege
qf consultation with gentlemen in whose
opinion I had confidence touching the le
gality of the papers submitted to me lest
the matter might thereby, through inadver
tence become known. After I had com
municated to him my determination not to
grant him the warrant demanded, he sat in
my office conversing freely on the subject.
During our coversation other persons came
in on business with me, and to my sur
prise lie continued liis conversation in their
presence. I said to him that I had sup
posed lie would not wish his business to be
made public, to which he replied that ns
the warrant had been refused he did not
care who knew his business, and continued
tlie conversation. In this manner the fact
that a requisition had been made for Cop
pic became known in this place, and I am
credibly informed it was well known in
lowa city to many persons there that the
agent of Virginia was on Lis way to this
place with said requisition before ho reach
ed here.
A Terrible Mutiny of Coolies at Sea.
We published a telegraphic, dispatch
some days ago, announcing that a verv se
rious case of mutiny occurred on boar£ the
Ship Norway, of New York, Capt. Major,
on her recent passage from Macao to Ha
vana, which came very near proving dis
astrous to the officers, passengers and crew.
We have now by mail from Boston some
additional particulars. It appears that the
Norway sailed from Macao Nov. 26th,
with about one thousand coolies on board,
and when five days out, at about six o’-
clock m the evening, the captain being be
low at the time, a mutiny broke out among
the coolies, who set fire to the ship in two
places, and endeavored to force the hatch
ets. Mr. Stimpson, of Boston, one of the
mates, had charge of the deck ahd tiie
watch, with the exception of the man at the
wheel, was aloft taking in sail. Mr. Stimp
son rushed to the hatch and commenced
the struggle. The crew from aloft and
these below tried to sieze the boats and
leave the ship, when the surgeon an Eng
lish gentleman, drew his pistol aud threat
ened to shoot the first man who dared to
nake that attempt. Tbe crew then rallied
and went to the assistance of the officers,
and a fight ensued, which continued from
6ix in tlie evening until after daylight next
morning. Thirty of the coolies were kill
ed and more than ninety wounded, before
the mutiny was quelled. The captain then
gave the coolies one hour to deliver up the
arms in their possession ; if they did not,
he threatened to cut away the masts, set
fire to the ship, take the boat and provis
ions and leave them to their fate. The
mutineers soon came to terms. Mobile
Evening News.
Knights of the Golden Cross.
Our exchanges teem with acc -tints of
the actings and doings of this organization.
Their whole objects are not frilly under
stood ; but is generally believed, from the
best information that can be obtained, that
they sympathize with the Juarez govern
ment of Mexico, and that their main ob
jects are to Americanize that distracted
country though most beautiful one on
earth, and possessing the finest climate,
by all lawful means, and to extend and
perpetuate’ tbe institution of slavery as
prscticed in the Southern States. They
purpose to ‘do nothing in a fillibustering
manner. If these he their objects, they
have our cordial sympathy, and we think
they should have the same of every true
.Southern heart. It has at i*a heed some
of the most respectable citizens of tbe
.South, among whom are Gen. Geo. Bickly,
1 of Virginia; Col. N. J/ Scott, oi Alabama,
j and Maj. Henry C> Caatilapas, of Loniaae*_
Terms— sl,so Always in Advance*
are unfriendly to the institution of slavery.
—Democratic Platform.
Science In Nature*
It is a remarkable and very instructive
fact that many of the most important oper*
ations of nature are carried on in unbroken
silence. There is no rushing sound when
the broad tide of sunlight breaks on a dark
world and floods it with glory, as one bright
wave after another falls from the fountain,
millions ot miles away. There is no creak*
ing of heavy axles or groaning of cum
brous machinery as the solid earth wheels
on its way, and every planet and system
perfoins its revolutions. The great trees
bring forth their boughs and shadow the
earth beneath them—the plants cover
themselves with buds, and the buds burst
into flowers; but the whole transaction is
unheard. The change from snow and
winter winds to the blossoms and fruits
and sunshine of summer, is seen in its slow
development, but there is scarcely a sound
to tell cf the mighty transformation. The
solemn chant of the ocean, as it raises its
unchanged and unceasing voice, the roar
of the hurricane, and the soft notes of the
breeze, the rushing of the mountain river,
and the thunder of the black-browed storm;
all this is the music of nature —a great and
swelling anthem of praise, breaking in on
the universal calm. There is a lesson for
us here. The mightiest worker in the uni
verse is the most unobtrusive.
Rbvoi.vi.nu Biiacklet.—A New York
letter describes a piece of jewelry which is
destined to make a sensation among the “fe
male persuasion.” It is a strap bracelet of
fine link chain, of a quaint Venetian pat
tern. The centre, sets in a circular head,
is a cluster of diamonds, having an outside
waving edge of black enamel, divided into
twelve compartments, each nestling a
dazzling brilliant. Between tlio edge and
the central glory is a vine of fine gold, iu
what sailors term “round turns,” each turn
embracing one of this cluster of diamouds.
and from this vine buds of fine diamond
burst into light. But in the centie of all
are two wheels, set in black enamel ground
each having eight arms, and each arm
twelve diamonds. These wheels turn on a
common axle, the hub bein£ the largest
diamond of all, and by an ingenious piece
of machinery, which is wound up with a
key, these wheels are made to revolve in
opposite directions for two hours. Imagine
the effect of this pyrotechnic display in a
brilliantly-lighted saloon,- with a fair, plump
arm beneath it, if you can ! What admi
ration it would command from the men !
what envyings and heartburnings it
would excite in the women !
Nitw Virginia Gun.— Mr. Lorenso Sib*
ert, of the village of Mount Solon, in Au
gusta county, Va., has lately invented a
new gun, which he calls the “Union Paci
ficator,” the capabilities of which he de
scribes as follows:—It has six parallel
chambers, which will discharge six hun
dred per minute consecutively for twelve
hours, or one hundred ounce balls per min
ute. The plan is free horn a combination
of complex machinery, cheap of manufao--,
turn, and can be easily transported.”—
There are three plans for discharging the
gun—each specific in itself—one of which
he describes on account of its novelty
“After the magazine has been charged, the
gun when put in motion, will discharge one
hundred oi* five hundred balls consecutive
ly, giving the soldier an opportunity to
shelter himself behind any convenient wall
or tree that may be near by.”
Tub Oldest Negro on Record —Dr.
Iloratio Bowen, of Clinton, Jones connty
mentioned to us the death of Bam,a native
African negro, at the plantation of his
master, Mr. A. J. Billingsly, on the 24fh
of December, 1859. When captured in
Africa, to be brought to this country, be
says be was 45 years old. He loaded in
Charleston, and wag bought by the Lowtber
family, lived wiili them in that city nearly
twelve years, and was in their possession till
a few years since. From Charleston Bam
was carried to Savannah—stayed there
forty years, and moved to this section about
the year 1826. At this time be came un
der the notice of Dr. Bowen, as be hid
occasion to attend him to cure a bone felon,
on his finger, and his gratitudif never ceased;
but exhibited itself whenever the Doctor:
came near him, in expressions half in Afrioa
for he never learned to speak English well.
From the evidence of reliable persons, and
the negro’s .own statement, he is supposed
to hare been over one hundred and forty’
vears old at the time of his 4#tb. This
is ths same negro Sam, to whom, if we are
not mistaken, an allusion is made in White’s
Statistic * of Georgia, as being a very old,
negro, and having died a few years pre
vious to the publication of that work; but
the record of bis death was a mistake.
Maco. Telegraph.
Railroad to Lancaster C. H— We are
j gratified to learn, by privets correspond
ence, that the neopie of Lancaster District
are determined to secure a isrl/md con
| oection with Charleston, by running a road
|to Camden or to some other favorable
I 1 mint. Eighty subscribers in that Distriet
mve already pot their names down fee the
NUMBER 15.