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VOLUME e.
THE PLANTERS’ WEEKLY
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**l their news inner, ‘he publisher mav continue
1 h ,<•• 1 them u oil ad arrearages are paid.
ft* subscribers neglect, or ’fltiinf to take
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r 0 mrecto 1. thov are held respons ble until
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•bscnntinued.
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without informing the publisher, and.the news
papers ire sent to the former direction, they
are hel l responsible.
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t,k ‘ neT.spipors from the office, or removing
and leaving them uocallel for, is prirna facie
evidence of int-ixition’l fraud.
rt. The United States Courts have also, re
peatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neg
lect! to pot form his duty of giving reasonable
notice, as required by the Post Office Depart
ment, of the neglect of a person to take .rom
the offi -e newspapers addressed to him, rend
ers _■ he P >st uasier liable to the publisher for
the suhscrintinn o.icp.
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G A. R I) S •
‘-JOHN 0. HE ID,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
jttnel’iHMy. Grernesboro, Georgia.
~~ ROLIN W. STEVENS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GREENSBORO* Georgia.
WILL oractiee in the counties ofGreene,
B ltd win, Putmm, orgun, Oglethorpe,
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IHEBY tender my thau** tothejwUic for kind
ly bcaiowing on me
ttatr->nge than 1 anticipated, ant, P<in ’ l “.t pr "-
tVssl.m*? service* to nnymho haln V
When not profeaatooally engaged, a my be *°
!%*r e W. L BETHEA,
DENTISTRY.
UK. H*.. .HOG.fUt
Surgeon and leehanica! Dentist.
Penfir'ul, Georgia,
WOULD inform the citizen* of Greene and ad
joining countie*, that he i* prepared to pertorro
any operation pertaining to hi* p.ofeaaion, withn.at
noua and uispatoh. Hi* will in-r from one to an en
tire aet of t4th. It ishia intenthm topieaeo.
He will be in Grecne.boro on Momiay, Tortday
•ad Wedaraday of each wt-eek and in Penßeld the
remainder of hi* time.
Aav evil from the amntry that may be tendered
Win will meet with prompt attention. He refer* to
Or Jdm B Murjhy of R.m.r -Feh. . lSfr
ncCORD, HORTON * WALTON,
VnOUSAM DEALERS IN
Groceries Generally.
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AUGUSTA. GA.
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A Woe&ly Jouraal-—Devoted to Home Literature, Agriculture, Foreiga aad Hemestic Hews, Wit, Humor, Ac.
MISCKLLAHIQJB.
Oar Ships.
Each sunset hour, with folded Lands,
• The angels in their realm,
With songs of joy. oi dirges low.
Tell how we hold the nelm.
And as we steer our craft of life
Before the breezes sailing,
Soup in Heaven rise the songs
Os music, or of wailing.
And thus we anchor all our ships,
A day’s sail neater home;
A few more suns of glimmering light
Will show the line of foam
As white as maiden’s bridal vail,
Or snows of winter sifting;
That mark the rocks upon the stream,
We fain would pass in drifting.
It Blatters not where’er we strike,
Our keel be high or low,
On hidden rock, or shining sands,
Beneath the water’s flow,
If “boat of life” we have on board.
With chart and needle showing
The 6ea on high where rocks are not,
And storm? are never blowing.
Ail Immeuse Practical Joke'.
One of the tallest practical jokes we ever
heard of, was recently practiced on an ar
dent young “lover” in the delightful local
ity of Louisiana, (a town) in Pike county,
Mo., The youngster became violent en
amored with a luscious young damsel of
the town, and was Buffering all sorts of
agonies from her coquetish disposition to
trifle with him, when her “parents” dis
covered what was going on. and not be
ing disposed to let it proceed further, ex
iled the young flirt to the mansion of a
maiden aunt in the rural districts. The
sighing swain was nearly insane on learn
ing of this move, and a party of young
scamps, who had heard al! about the affair,
resolved to comfort him with bogus “billet
deux.” They wrote several, signing the
name of the adorable dnlciiiea to them ;
and so eagerly did the lover snap at the
bait, that they determined to carry out
the joke in extrnino style. They made
the young lady agree to an elopement, by
letter, but with this proviso: that the wed
ding should take place in a tobacco facto
ry, anil that the flrsl bridal eve should be
spent in the same fragrant temple. Os
course our hero consented—was at the fac
tory just as night was closing in, and a
fair-faced youngster, who personated the
happy bride, fell into his arms, and acted
the part beautifully. The rascal who at
tempted to solemnize the marriage became
frightened at the thought of the possible
consequences of this mad. act, and broke
down in the middle of the ceremony; but
another nml bolder imposter took bis
place, and not only married the “happy
pair,” but actually made an eloquent
prayer for the happiness of the newly wed
ded! The mock bride then retired to his
couch, and the blissful bridegroom was
about to follow, when a tremendous noise
was heard outside, and in stalked a party
ot disguised jokers, representing the en
raged “parents” ot the bride, and her
brothers. Both parties were armed, and
as there was considerable firing, somebody
would most certainly have been killed had
the pistols contained anything more than
powder in them.
As it was, the paternal forces prevailed,
and the unhappy lover was obliged to fly
through the night air with a scanty supply
of costume, and the hitt.ei thought that he
had lost his bride. Strange to say, he was
still in the dark as to the joke, and actu
ally consulted a lawyer on the following
morning, for the purpose of ascertaining
how he could legally reclaim bis bride !
The imposition was then explained to him,
and when the “sell” bad been manifest,
be j ond a doubt, the poor fellow departed
precipitately from the town, and has not
been heard from since. A more heartless
and inexcusable practical joke was never
attempted; yet so ludicrously are all its
aspects that no one can help laughing
at it.
Tlue London Tfmfs-The Australia Her
ald.
A London correspondent of the Phila
delphia Ledger, having visited Ihe office
and press-room of the “Greet Thunderer,”
communicates the following interesting
facts: “They used nine tons of paper a
day—enough to reach to Dover, eighty
three miles. The water to wet the pat er
is raised by an engine, and going through
a *inc cylinder, on an endless
blanket, and wets ?wenty-four sheets at a
time. They use twenty- even kegs, or
two tons of ink each week. Moulds for
electrotyping are made of pspier niache,
from which lea l impressions are taken,
and ready for ose in a halt honr; can ‘..ike
. six plates from a mould, the manner of do
ing it without burning the monld is a se
cret; save six hours by electrotyping.
Hava au eight-cylinder Applegarph press,
that takes twelve thousand five hundred
impressions, and a Hoe’s ten eylinder, that
turn amt sixteen thuoaand four hundred in
nine hours, werking six men. The Utter,
moving horisoutically, is-not near so com
plicated as tbe former, which works verti
j cslly. They prefer Applsgarth's as it
| dnes its Inuiiime mere neatly. Employ
360 men, and iasue 5 ’ 000 conies ; hare a
GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29,1860.
man who counts 300 a minute, and they
are delivered five minutes after the stop
page of the press. One dealer takes 28,-
000 copies in twenty-four carts. Two
twelve horse power engines are used.
Forty years ago, only took 1200 impres
sions per hour, and first yearly volume
(1791) is but quarter the size of qvarterlies
of late years.”
The writer of a aper entitled “Sydney
and its Buburbs,” in Chamber*’ Journal,
spe.tks thus of the Sydneye Australia,
Herald : “ VVl'en I arrived in Sydney, the
Herald, baditsloca* 1 habitation inl.ower
George street, in ail offiefi as dingy, air
dusty, and as finger-rubbed as its r'aniesake
in Shoe Lane. Now it has that noble p? le
of white stene buildings at the corner of
Hunter street, for its home—handsomer
outside than the Londou Post ofiice, and
more capacious and convenient than the
whole of Printing-house Suqare. A profita
ble property is the Herald. The nett
annual gain of the present proprietor, who
bought out his late partner for <£70,000.
is said to be <£20,000. He owns a hand
some town house, and an elegant country
villa. He pays an editor, a sub-editor, and
a numerous staff of reporters, London
Times’ sa’jr ,PS - <£l,ooo are his office ex
penses per wwk- The paper lias no less
than four paid corresponuvr lß i n London.’
A Trifling Reduction.
The door of our sanctum opened the
other day and a pedler eroijsed the thres
hold, whose features and outer costume
proclaimed him of the house of Abraham.
Opening a latge paper box he exposed a
countless heap of spectacles, and anxious
ly inquiied if we did not wisli to parchnse.
Scarcely glancing at his wares we re
plied in the negative, turning our eyes on
a heap of exchanges lying before us. inno
cently fancying that our reply and man
ner would servejas a sufficient hint to drive
the traveling merchant from our presence.
But we were verdant—the Jew. like all
the trafficing tribe, had not the slightest
idea of taking no for an answer.
“I offer you,” said he, layiiig a pair of
them before us, “ash low as three dollarsh.
I must sell a pair-I’ve sell notting to-day,
and my wife and shild ’av r.o pred—you
will take him ?”
We shook our head.
“Ah, you will not take him at three dol
larsh 1 Veil, then, you shall ’av him at
two dollarsh and saventy-five sbeuts—my
family av’ no pred. I must sacrifice him.”
We looked at him, hut were silent.
“Veil, then, if I split the difference.”
“It would make no difference, I have no
use for them.”
“Veil, then, you shall ’av him at two
dollarsh ; and my vile and child must nor
starve ; take him at two dollarsh.”
“What, when we have no use for them?”
‘•But they are so sheep—takj him for
a toller ami a quarter!” he persisted earn
estly ; “I cannot let my vise and shild die
for vnnt of pred I”
We shook our head ominously.
“Veil then, { you shal ’azbimat a toller
—but the profit wouldn’t pay me de crums
of a sheese cake ! Take him along, you
shall ’av him at a toller!”
“No.”
“Veil, vat j'ou will give—say quick—
you shall ’av him at your own price!
Seventy-five shents!”
“No. We have already told you we
did not want them.”
“Say half a toller ! 1 cannot let my vise
and sbild starve, and I ’av not got the first
copper to buy them pred. Take ’em n
long at half a toller!’
We looked at the spectacles, which were
certainly well got up, not to use but to
sell, and then we bent our eyes upon the
Jew.
“Now,” said we, taking a fifty cent piece
from our pocket, and laying it temptingly
on the table before biro ; “we'll buy those
spectacles from you if you will tell us truly
what your profit is upon each pair.”
“You gif me your word you will pay if I
, tell
“Yes.”
“Then, so help me gort, if I sells to you
foi fifty cents, me only profit is three shil
lings and ninepence.”
Cruel, Cruel, H oman.
The Marysville Democrat tells of a
handsome young widow residing there,
who, like all of her class, is pestered with
snitore. On Monday last (washing day,)
one came along. She was np to tbe el
bows in snds, and opened the door with a
determination to say something harsh;
tnooght belter of it, and said to the hand
some young man : “Good morning, Mr.
John Smith ; I am very glad to see you,
and should be glad to have you come in,
but tbe fact is, 1 am busy in the kitchen,
washing.” “Ah, no matter,” be answer
ed, “I will sit a little while in there; yon
can just go on with yonr work, the same;
1 delight to get iuto the kitchen, it is so
fdeasaut and home-like.” If he was We
ighted, so was not the widow. She gave
him s chair, and chatted away quite mer
rily; however, at the same time, seeming
ly very much engaged with the work be
fore her. Presently sbe took up a large
•fed wash-basin and filled it foil of hot
suds from the boiler cn tbe stove, and
stepping to a table, look np a bouquet that
was lying therwon, and in the most inno
cent manner conceivable, arked the gen-
tleman if he could tell the botanical name
of one of the flowers contained therein.
Os course he raised from the chair and
stepped forward tj examine it. The ma
licious woman adroitly set down the basin
in the vacated seat. Then she riveted his
gaze with one of beT sweetest smiles, and
presented to him the bouquet and begged
he would keep it for her sake—and bade
him resume his seat. He obeyed ! That
widow has not had a caller in her kitchen
since.
Flirting,
Give us any kind ofa female, black,
brown, maimed or deformed, before a flirt.
Such a one has neither purity or principle
in her soul. Things so cold are altogeth
er ioo cold and insipid for her indelicate
criminal temperament. The man who
marries her will curse his fate as long as
he lives. From fliriic.g nothing respecta
ble ever resulted. Had females never
flirted, females had never lost their char
acters ; flirtation is the first step to tliC
first glass of the tlpler. We do not say
that all flirts turn out at last to lead infa
mous lives, but they are certainly on the
7ery edge of so degrading themselves.—
Young ladies who coquette with every
young man they meet who look wonder
fully sweet and kind, and sentimental on
stranger that cotnes, who fish for the
praise ana JC m plimcnts of tho racn wher
ever they go, who grow outrageously offen
ed if politeness is paid to any ono but them
selves, and who always jumping, ready to
go about when asked, no matter by,whom, i
who think nothing of giving tangible hints
to that effect, and wlto in all this have
nothing tn view hut to fleece their victims;
to trifle with their feelings, and to satisfy
their own poor vanity, well from such may
tlie Lord deliver the male sex both day
and night, for such will make them waste
their time, squander their dollars, and do
irretrievable mischief to theirmovality.
The affections are things not to be trifled
with, and he or site who does so, deserves
to be most painfully lacerated in them.
Western Exchange.
A Noble Little Fellow. —Among the
drunken wretches arraigned yesterday, be
foie Recorder long, and ordered to pay a
fine or goto jail, was a Mrs. Doyle; she
had no money, and was locked up with
those similarity situated, to besuLsequent
ly sent to jail.
Presently, a little fellow of some nine
or ten years of age, who belongs to one of
the varieties or newsboys, being eraployed
to soil pape.s and periodicals, by Em,is,
the bookseller, at the Pentchartrnin Rail
road, requested an interview of Recorder
Long, and after telling him that lie was
the so’i of Mrs Doyle, asked him what he
wculu take io lot Ins mother out ; he
Hadn’t much money, but would give what
he liad. The R ecorder inquired how
much that w„s, and the -little fellow pul
led out sonic tow dollars, the hard savings
of his scanty earnings. The Recorder told
him it would be throwing away his money
as his mother would be getting drunk again
and would be brought back before him,
and asked whether he had never tried to
make her give up drinking. The boy
answered that lie had begged her many r a
time, but to no avail. The Recorder then
told him he would discharge his mother if
she would consent to take the pledge of
temperance, and allowed him to have an
interview with . her. The brave fellow
spoke to his wretched parent through tlie
bars of the cell, and obtained her consent.
The Recorder then told him to keep liis
money, and sent an officer, whe accom
pained Mrs. Doyle to Father Manohan’s,
where she signed the pledge. We hope,
for the sake of that noble boy. that this
pledge will never be broken.— N. O.
Picayune.
Garrets. —We can nevei enter a gar
ret—a place where Goldsmith flourished
and Chatterton died—without paying a
tribute of reverence to tl e presiding deity
of the place. How venerable does it ap
pear, at least if it is a genuine garret, with
singular projections, like the fractures in
poor Goldsmith’s face; its battered and
threrdbare walls, like old Johr son’s wig,
and its numberless loop-boles of retreat
for he north wind to peer through and
cool -he poe,t’s imagination.
J. was a lonely garret far removed from
all connection with morality, in which
Ot way conceived and planned his affecting
tragedy of “Venice Prescrvca,” aud it
was in a garret that he ate the stolen roll
which terminated in his death. And it
wao in a garret that poor Butler indicted
his illimitable llnd : bras, and convulsed the
King and the Court with laughter, while
he himself writhed in the gnawing pangs
of starva.ion. A ge.iMernan ibx'id Dry
den, in his old age, exposed to the ills of
poverty, and pining in a grrret in an ob
scure corner of London. “Yoo may weep
for my situation,” exclaimed the venerable
poet, on seeing him, “but never mind, my
young friend, the pang will be over soon.”
He died a few day's afterwards.
Poor Chatterton 1 “the sleepless boy,
who perished in his pride,” overcome by
Joverty and stung to the quick by the
eaitlcss neglect of a bigoted aristocrat,
commenced hi* immortality in a garret in
Sbnisditeh. For two days previous to his
death tie had not eaten anything. Bis
landlady pitying his desolate condition, in
vited him to sup with her. He declined
her invitation, and put an end to his exist
ence by poisou.
ThrAntiquityof Agriculture.—The
antiquity of the husbandman’s art is cer
tainly not to be contested by any other.—
The three first men in the world were a
gardr.er, a ploughman, aud a glazier; and
if any man object, that the second of these
was a murderer, I desire he would consid
er, that as soon as he was so. he quitted our
profession and turned builder. It is for
this reason, I suppose, that Ecclesiasticus
forbids us to hate husbandry- because (he
said) the Most High God has created it. —
W e were all born to this art, and taught by
nature to nourish our bodies by the same
earth out of which they were made, and
to which they must return, and pay lit last
for their sustenance.
Behold the original and primitive nobil
ity of all those great persons who are too
proud now not only to till the ground, but
almost to tread upon it. We may say
what we please of cities, and lions ram
pant, and spread eagles in fields d'or d'ar
gent; if heraldry were guided by reason,
a plough in a field arabie, would be the
most noble and ancient arms.
All those considerations make me fall in
to the wonder and complaint of OolumeHa
bovv it should come to pass that all arts
and sciences* metaphysics, physic, moral
ity, mathematics, logic, rhetoric, &c., which
are all, I grant good and useful faculties,
(except only metaphysics, which I do not
know whether it be anything or no,) but
even vaulting, fencing, dancing, flirting,
cookery, carving and such like vanities,
shall ail have public schools and masters;
and yet that we should never -see or hear
of any man who took upon himself the
profession of teaching this so pleasant, so
virtuous, so profitable, so honorable, so
necessary’ art.
Victoria's First Moment of Sovereignty.
—William the Fourtli expired about mid
night at Windsor Castle. The Archbish
op of Canterbury, with other high func
tionaries of the kingdom, was in attend
ance. As soon as the King had breathed
his last, the Archbishop quitted Windsor
and made his way Kensington Palace, the
residence at that time of the Princess Vic
toria, where lie arrived before daylight,
and announced himself, leqnesting an im
mediate interview with the Princess. She
hastily attired herself, and met the vener
able .Prelate in the ante-room. He in
formed her of the demise cf the crown,
and did homage to herns the sovereign of
the nation. She was at eighteen Queen
of the only realm, in fact or history, on
which the sun never Sets. She was deep
ly agitated. The. first words slieutlered
were these: “I ask your piayers in my
behalf.” They knelt down together, and
the-young sovereign inaugurated her reign
like the young King of Israel, by asking
from on high “an understanding heart to
judge so great a people, who could not be
numbered nor counted for the multitude.”
Tripoli. —Mr. J. D. Garrison, of Cal
houn county, Ala., has recently made a
discovery in the mineral world of great
importance, as showing the richness of our
soil in all the valuable minerals known.
He has recently opened a quarry or vein
of Tripoli, of the most superior quality.
This is said to be the only discovery of
thismineial in America. Mr. Garrison
has been in this city for somo days wi'h
specimens of his Tripoli, and it lias been
thoroughly tested by many of our citizens.
It is most useful to the housewife, as table
cntlery, silver ware, and other articles can
be cleaned with it almost without labor,
and without leaving the least scratch or
defacement. Mr. Garrison has a small
supply of the Tripoli with him, and is sell
ing it very fast. If it comes into general
favor here, as it doubtless will, the p>o
prietoi will make arrangements to keep a
constant supply in Montgomery. It is
bound to supercede the brick in all house
holds.—Montgomery Advertiser, 21st.
The Tobacco Crop in Kentucky. —We
find the following in the Louisville Com
mercial Review, regarding the growing
tobacco crop :
“Tobacco statistics continue gloomy in
the highest degree from the Southern
counti *s of the State. The plant has
been stationary’ for some weeks, and it. was
thought hardly possible for good weather
to bring it into good condition before
frost. In consequence of this, prices have
been advanced from $8 to S2O per hogs
head, and holders of all grades are very
firm. The reserve stock, however, held
at the principal depots, at home and a
broad, h very large, so that it is not likely
that the cliewers, snuffers and smokers
will suffer, or that prices will reach fam
ine rates.”
In Philadelphia, the other day, a mer
cantile firm advertised for a “young man
in a counting house.” Though the salary
offered was but one hundred dollars a year,
during the three days in which their ad
vertisement was in the paper, they re
ceived no less than four hundred and
twelve application* for tbe situation ol
whom a large majority were penned by
* actual resident* of the city languishing for
1 want of employ meut.
Terms—sl,so Always in Advance.
Speaking of Hood, here is a gem, which,
if not written by the immortal author of
the “Song of a Shirt,” is good enough to
be attributed to him ;
The little, snarling, caroling babes,
That break our nightly rest.
Should be packed off to Baby-lon,
To Lap-laud or to Brest,
h rom Spit-head cooks go o’er to Greece;
And while the miser waits
His passage to the Guinea coast,
Spendthrifts mo in the Straits.
Spinsters should to the Needles go,
Wine-bibbers to Burgnndy;
Gourmands shotild lunch at Sandwish Isles
Wags to the Bay of Fundy ;■
Bachelors flee to the United States,
Maids to the Isle of Man;
Let gardeners go to Botany Bay,
And shoe blacks to Japan.
Thus emigrate, and misplaced men
Will then no longer vex us;
And all who eiiit provided tor
Had better go Texas.
Corn, Wheat and Flout for Georgia.—
Below we give the receipts by the Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad of grain and
flour foil the week ending Thursday last,
the 16th inst., and consigned to Southern
States. It is noticeable that this large
export is for Georgia, and is consigned to
Columbus, Macon and Atlanta. It is ship
ped we understand, to be sold for Louisville
houses who are indulging in the specula
tion to a large extent. The whole trade
with this State is we hear, in the hands of
speculators, and they arc no doubt charg
ing high rates.
Among other receipts by Nashville mer
chants we notice 1750 bushels of corn for
a firm engaged in manufacturing it for
homo consumption.
Dry Goods, Hardware and other mer
chandise is being largely received at pre
sent, as well as graiu and breadstuffs.
The receipts of grain and flour for the
week ending August the 16th were of
wheat 11.505 bushels, of con 21,691 bush
els, and of flour 2,670 barrels. These
amounts at Louisville rates will aggregate
the sum of about s3B,ooo—a large weekly
export, and which if continued for any
length of time will drain the State now not
oversnpplied, of itssurplus money.—Nash
ville Banner, 18th.
Distressing Casualitv —We are pain
ed to learn that Miss Slack, daughter of
Mr. Uriah Slack, of this city, and a well
known and estimable Teacher at the
Houghton Institute, met with a painful ac
cident at Cave Spring on Wednesday
evening last. The facts, we believe, are
these:—She was at the Deaf and Dumb.
Asylum in that place, and on the night in
question, she was playing with one cf the
deaf mutes. The la cr held alighted
lamp in his hand, and Miss Slack a bottle
of camphor. By some accident, the lamp
came in contact with the bottle, which was
broken, the contents taking fire and scat
tering over her person, burning her arms,
face, and pails of her body very badly.
She ran through tw o or three of the rooms,
which of course fanned the flames, and*
added to the extent of her injuries. Mr.
J. J. Lathrop, the Steward, also had his
hands a good deal burned in attempting to
extinguish the fire.
We sincerely hope that the injuries sus
tained by Mi s Slack are not of a dangerous
character, and t’>at she may be speedily
restored to health and the society of her
relrfives ami many friends in Augusta.-
Avgusta Chronicle.
Almonds Grown in Wilmington. —Mr.
Wm. D. Pitts placed before ns this mor
ning two soft-shell almonds, which grew on
a tree in Mrs. Pitt’s garden, on Front-street.
This is the second year the tree has produ
ced fruit, and, although the quantity is
small, it goes to show that almonds can be
grown in this section ofeountry. We have
not tasted them, but learn that they are *
far preferable to the imported almond.—
Wilmington Journal -
Gold. —At the late Statistical Congress,
held in England, tbe delegates from Austra
lia submitted a detailed account of the
yield of gold in that province from l£sl to
1859. The sum is put down at <£lol,-
378.828, or over five hundred millions of
dollar. ’ The American gold regions have
yielded, since 1848, as much as, if not more
than that sum— so that, in lonnd numbers,
it may be stated that in twelve years the
addition to the world’s stock of gold ex
ceeds one thousad millions of dollar*.
The last legislature having aboKsheij the
Senatus Academicus, there will be but one
regular meeting of the Board of Trustees
each year—which will commence on the
Friday preceding Commencement.
In addition t the above, which is copied
from the Southern Watchman, it may be
stated that the Professorship of Chemistry
was separted from that of Agriculture ; so
that the Terrell Professor will be able to
spend more time in tbe office of this paper
and labour more for tbe benefit of its nume
rous readers than heretofore.— Southern
Fttli ts Firnide. ,
BP” Gen Jackson’s memory is at a <fls-
I enunl. A carriage made for kirn at MU
’ ditto wn. Conn., thirty years ego. • a
r | cost ot f ha* recently been sold for
916,50.
NUMBER 35.