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Office of P. At. Til Patriarch S. of T. of A. Am.,)
Ncwb rry, S. Jan. 27, 1 H 55. j
Mu. Editor, — I yesterday received a letter from
inv friend and lirottier, P. M. W. P. Philip fs. White,
of Phihulelphia, informing tne that he was about to
re-commence his
February, in your beautiful border city, Augusta.-
He pro|>oses to follow the great line of travel thence
to Rome, ami to devote six weeks to dealing out “ a
little of the St. John's thunder on Prohibition.”
1 congratulate the people of Georgia on the oppor
tunity if hearing this eminent and gifted Son of Tem
perance.
1 have heard most of the distinguished speakers on
Temperance, and I have no hesitation in saying he
is at least equal to an of them. At the gn at cele
bration at St. John’s, New Brunswick, in June last,
he, with Parry, Kiginton, and myself, addressed a
multitude of from five to ten thousand assembled at
JeolTrey’s Mill, and I am free to admit, he excelled j
us all.
I trust your people will call him to many points
off the great line of travel, and that you will extend
his six weeks to the meeting of the National Division
in < ‘harlcston next Jn ie.
I have no doubt, aided by v ur gifted and zealous
(i. W. P. , uncle Dabney, and your other good and
gn-at men, he can and will bring Georgia fully armed
up to the war against intempera .ce.
Speaking of Virginia, where he labored most suc
cessfully last year, he says, “a prohibitory law then
next winter is a fired fart, a manifest destiny!’
When did Georgia and South Carolina fail to accom
pany Virginia, in her movements against oppression
and wrong? Will t’ ey now fail? I hope not!
('harlcston intends to make tin- day of the meeting
of the National Division ne xl June, a day to he re
membered. We all look to it in South Carolina as
the beginning of anew era! Will not Georgia bo
thin , with her best and bravest, her noblest and tru
*si v Mv recollections of <irillln and Atlanta in IHI7
nnd ’l s , make me fee’ and ay that she “’lll !
Vours in D. I’, and F.
JOHN BELTON O’NF.ALL.
A Reply
To Mr. Her i dir Coffin's Poetry, rota pose !io re
yard to font ltyvon.
I think “The Boston Bard” as well its the Poet i
Pollock has expressed more mriiinst the character of.
Byron’s composition, ns well as his pel's null character,
than he u ill he able to substantiate. Mr. Collin -ii I, j
“Satan his harp to Byron gave,
\nd that his themes were ‘the feats of hell,’
lie says that Byron ‘eclipsed Religion’s sun,’
And ‘Satan tuned his godless song.’”
Pollock says in his ‘Course of Time’ that In (Bv
ron) died ‘of wretchedness.’’
I intend to prove the absurdity of the above before
i quit the subject. Byron was like all other men.
lie had his litilings, nnd lie also had many good qual
ities. He was bene vole tto the poor he u.as a lov
er of literal me and National freedom -liewnsa friend
to Washington nnd a lover til American Liberty he
was a haler of tyrants and the Cnthnlie Religion.
For proof, read his Work on “Childe Harold's Pil
grimage.” He was a close reader of the Bible, and j
composed many beautiful poemson its content (in I
read his “Hebrew Melodies,” and see if “Satan has i
inspired his song.” I hey breathe the very language
of Religion and love. Byron was a lover of virtue
and hated dancing. He was a true and sincere ad- !
mirer of the Christian Religion. Don’t shake your
head, reader, for I intend to prove these things to he
correct. I want the reader to read and meditate on
the contents of Byron’s prayer, and he will see that
the noble Poet was a tr -e believer in future rewards
and punishments. I “ill copy two of his vers sto
prove my position :
“To Thee, my God, to Thee I call!
Whatever weal or wo betide,
Bv thy commands I rise or tall,
In thy protection I coulidc.
To Thee 1 breathe my humble strain,
Grateful for all thy mercies past,
And hope, my God, to thee again
This erring life may lly at last.”
I will now copy a few lines from the celebrated
Dr. Dick, to prove that Byron died a Christian. The
wife of Mr. John Shepherd, a good, pious lady, often
prayed that Lord Byron might become a Christian
before his death. After the death of the above ladv
Mr. Shepherd sent one of her written prnivis to his
Lordship, stating that it was < lferod up in his behalf.
Byron, in his answer, stated that he would not “ex
change the prayer of the deceased in his behalf lot
the united glory of Homer, iVvir, and Napoleon,
could such he accumulated upon a living Ina l. In j
his last days, Mr. Pa try stated that ho conversed with
him on his death bed, and that he “spoke of death ‘
with great eompe-tne.” Bvron in his !ns( conversa
tion “ill’ Mr. Patty, made use of the following lan
guage, after staling that Itcknew he was in his senses,
“My wife! my Ada! mv country!” “No man on
earth respects a virtuous woman tnori than Ido.”
* ’ “Eternity and spare are before roc, bnt on
that subject, thank God, 1 am happv and at case.—-
d’iie thought of living eternally, of again revivin'-, is
Ji great pleasure. Christianity is the purest and most !
liberal religion in the world.” * * * * ..j
end with more attention than half of them (alluding
<> the clergy! the Rook of Christianity, nnd I admire
JJhe liberal and truly charitable principles which
,’hlist bn* laid down. There arc questions connect
•d with this suhjift which n ne but Almighty God
m ;m solve, ’lime and space who can conceive? None
iul Geid on him I relv.”
H D reasonable to suppos ■ that the fervent prayer
j t the goo . lady alluded to, in eon ection with his
I er” ‘ 1 solemn pi adings, caused his Lor ship to secure
j As eternal happiness. o, u , more verse from Bvron
Jid then | will leave the reader to judge whether
inspired Ids song alu i caused t 0
I z,vM‘ s ’ Beligton's min.” These lines were written bv
I Jj"’' l ‘l""'’ on the I,lank pag, sos bis own Bible: *
11’ 1 * “Within this a ful volume
Hui *he mystery of mj stories,
-..a ‘hi happiest they of human race,
J “horn out God has given gtaee,
■ i i-t hear, to t ead, inf ar, to prey,
A lU ‘; ‘dt tlu- latch, and face the wav ;
■Vt ‘s i* r h<t thev ne’er Wnb'-rn,
“W Ano >vwt to dimlrf, or II mi to scorn.”
H.btvnm . Tllos. A. RouSF.V, m. D.
lay, j,,,. o ; . 186 v
A Suggestion.
Mr. Editor —Tour subscribers in this region ex
press themselves much gratified with the improve
ment made in the “Banner” since it has changed
hands. Its beautiful appearance, and the interesting
nature of its contents, have induced one or two to
present the “Banner” to their absent children, as a
■ memorial of their affection nnd a token of the inter
est felt in their moral nnd intellectual improvement.
I do not know that any one could procure, at so
small a cost, a more appropriate {/[ft, for a beloved
friend or an absent child. Allow me, therefore, to
suggest to your readers generally, the propriety of
imitating the example of those individuals to whom
I have above referred. * S. *
Clrc (Temperance banner.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning February 3, 1855.
Presentation of a Silver Cnp.
AVe arc requested to announce, that a Silver Cup
will he pre- ented to Benjamin Beastly, Esq., on the
pari of Aqtiilcx Division, S. of T , on Saturday after
noon, 2 o’clock, Feh. .Id., in ihc I ollcge I Impel.
The address, on the part of the Division, will be
delivered by Dr. N. M. Crawford.
The citizens of the county and village are respect
fully invited to attend.
Anti-Prohibition -Albany Patriot.
We regret to see that the Editor of this interesting
jonrmi! has fallen into the errors and inconsistencies
of a large portion of the popular. In his last issue,
he notices the call made by the “Board of Directors
for the Alliance,” to the Convention in Atlanta on
the 22d instant, and then proceeds in this tone:
“ The citizens of Georgia have, heretofore, shown
their devotion to the fundamental principles of our
government, by refusing to extend its jurisdiction to
the Prohibition of the sale of spirituous liquors.”
That is certainly a strange devotion to the furnla
! mental principles ofa republican government. The
| leading features of our government, are “ justice” and
|an “equality of rights.” Its primary object is to pro
| (net the interests of its subjects, and to secure to each
j one his natural rights. The prohibiting the sale o(
I intoxicating liquors bv law is dearly demanded by
j (he nature and purposes of civil government, and
! within the limits of its Constitu ional powers. Hpi
! i itmius liquors are universally considered the great
est destroyer of social and individual rivets, that
; has ever assailed hiiiimn interests; and the govern
| incut that refuses its suppression, is either ignorant
of its obligations or faithless to its trust. Don’t, then,
call such a refusal, deration —hut rather anything
else.
He further dates, that “the avow and object of the
friends of piohibition is to prescribe by law, what
the people shall n t drink.” That is a broad error:
wo have never avowed any such tiling as our object.
Wt say you may i at and drink just as much as you
please, and just what you please—whisky, brandy,
tar, aqua-fortis, or anything else. We will not mo
lest vim, hut we do propose to prescribe by law what
you shall not sell, that is our position. Our oppo
nentsare always lucky in misstating the question, and
whs is it ? Is it because they have no argument
against the real question?
I’lie government prohibits the sale of tainted meats,
ami ftl’kinds of poisons when they are sold under
that came, and it even goes so far as to restrict the
- ale of spirituous liquors; and if it can restrict, it can
prohibit it.
The Editor then remarks: “That spirituous liquors
are sometimes an instrument of evil, no one will de
ny ; so every other thing which is used by men, is
subject to he perverted to evil purposes, Ac. Shall
we then prohibit the sale or use of these articles be
cause they may he perverted to evil purposes?—
Certainly not; -a man may shoot away li s substance
in powder and lead, devote his goods to the ll.ames,
Ac., if he does not interfere with the rights of oth
ers,” and in concluding he says, “If drunkenness, or
gluttony, or murder, is a crime against society, it is
because it interferes with the rights of others, and it
is properly punished, not by depriving others of the
use of means by which the crime was committed,
bnt by restraints and penalties upon those who per
verted good things to evil purposes.” We would in
quire if there ever has been a time, or an instance,
io which intoxicating liquors have proved to he any-
I thing but an e il? There is no instance upon ro
! cord, es a persons receiving any bone tit from strong
drink! for ovvry drop that is swallowed, circulates
through the tissues of body, penetrates their lincst
j vessels, ami produces some vital irritation, or me
chanical injury. Yes, we admit, a man may shoot
away his substance in “powder and lead,” or he may
pull all the hair from iiis head, and luitt the Stone
Mountain until he is dead, “if he does not interfere
with the rights if others;” that w s well put in, and
were it not for that, wc might add, and — sell liquor.
But when he comes (■’ sell “ardent spirits,” does-he
jintorfee with the rights of others? Acs, indeed,
lie interferes with the rights of the whole communi
ty. They have a light t live with their families in
j peace, undisturbed by public nuisances, which is
impossible, with this mairae-producing liquid at theit !
doors; and they have a right to seek ndress from
! the government, and the government is bound to
extend it. This man, drunk, pulls out his bowie
knite and plunges it into the man standing nearest
to him, at and he is killed; wha then? Vimply ad
judge it murder in the thiid degree, and sentence
himtothe Penitentiary forJjjve years. Here is anoth
er r,;a:i, drunk, goo- home and kills his wife and
children; well, they a e killed, that’s a’!, he did it
while drunk, and he and toe man that sold him the
liquor ought to he dealt with. Our friend, Patriot,
would then ask, and are w e t > h • deprive 1 of our
good Oturd ami Monongahela, b cause these two
men have done these Inhuman nets ’ 1 there to be
no more cakes and b e ? Is the merchant to forego
his luncheon ‘smile,’ and the thirsty traveler be de
detiied his refreshing ‘ in.’ because one man,
woman and children have bctii killed? Certainly
not, he savs; let these two men be dealt with, but
don t disturb the rest! But these two men and their
daik murders never end; execute them, and their
places will soon be filled, it is a great error into
THE TEMPERANCE BANNER.
vvhich our friend has falien, and we entreat him to
! examine the question again. The only remedy for
the ( fleet i.- to eradicate tire cause. The lives and
j rights of men, women, and children are neversecure,
no long as these machines of mischief are allowed to
exist, and protected by bur.
Listen not, friends of reformation, to the futile as
saults of‘‘lntemperance.” Nerve yourselves to the
las', before you, and let your watchword he “on
ward, to it- final consummation.” The heavens de
clare you to he in the l ight. The earth itself has
deelan and it. So let tie voices of your fallen country
men, the spirits of the heroes of ’7n, and the weep
ing and 'jitter lamentations of suffering humanity,
breaking in upon the contest, mouse your slumber
ing enthusiasm and make your sinews as “.strong as
steel.”
-<r ■♦“O*
Mercer University.
Tlie exercises ol this Institution were resumed on
Thin ■ i.iv morning under the administration of N. M.
Crawford, D. D. Coder the control of one so com
petent to discharge the duties devolving upon such
an office, we predict for the Institution a rapid pro
gress to eminence. Dr. Crawford is a regular gradu
ate of our “State University,” and received the high
est honors of the Institution. He had the honor of
D. I). conferred upon him at its late Commencement,
lie occupied the Chait; of Mathematics in Oglethorpe
I T niversity for a number of years, whence lie was cal!
ed to the Professorship of Biblical Literature in this
Institution, which office he held until his election as
President. His talents are of a superior cast; he is
eloquent in the pulpit—cogent in reasoning—fertile
in illustration—and skilled in dialectics. Ilis infor
lo. lion is extensive; being a good linguist he possess
es an acquaintance with the Hebrew tongue, a thor
ough knowledge of the ancient Latin and Greek, and
the modern languages of Europe.
On the evening of his election a large number of
the Students, (some of them being amateur musi
cians,) gave him a musical salute and congratulation;
he appeared in the portico to his house (with candle
in i aid) and we are told, made them a short, beautiful
and appropriate speech. One of their number repli
ed in a dignified and becoming manner, and they then
dispersed. Dr. Crawford’s universal popularity with
all who know him, and particularly amongthe young
men of the Institution, is a guarantee that under his
administration everything will go well. We healt
hy wish him success, and our “Alma Mater,” entrust
ed to his charge. But while-we congratulate him
iqion his accession to the Presidency, and the Insti
tution upmi getting such a man as executive, we can
not refrain from passing a tribute of respect to the
venerable Dr. I lag;-. His connection with the Institu
tion as its Presiding Officer, has been a long and plea
sant one. Under his control everything has been
nuuked with pleasantness and progress, and his man
line.- , gentlemanly deportment, high-mindedness and
fathcrly-like kindness have given him a (dace in the
remembrance of a large circle of friends. No high
minded Student lias ever been connected with the In
stitution during his rc'gn, who did not cherish for
him feelings of the highest regard, and lamented the
loss ol his warning admonition, after leaving. At
our dissolution with the University wc received our
parting Benediction from his mouth, which was elo
quence and pathos, and which, like the memory of
the past, wiil continue to riflg in our ears long after
he has passed from the theatre of action. May the
blessings of “High Heaven,” be showered in pleni
tude upon his lioary locks, and along the pathway
of his declining existence, bespeak for him abundant
hap; mess in old age, and secure to him a welcome
entrance among the “Holy Intelligences” of “Para
dise.”
Clubbing'.
Persons wishing any of the Northern Magazines,
Harpers’, Graham’s, Arthur’s, Ac., if they will for
ward os Three Dollars, wc will send them the Maga
zine, including the Temperance Banner, and they
will thereby get both for the price of the Magazine.
J5gT” We have upon our table the February Num
ber of Graham's Magazine. It contains some most
excellent pieces among its contents—a summary’ of
all the important news of the day, the latest fashions
and some superb steel and wood engraving.'.
2rif“ W e are indebted to R. 11. See A Cos., pub
lishers of Graham's Magazine, for a beautiful and
handsomely executed engraving, containing portraits
of the fourteen Presidents of D e U. States, from
Washington down to Franklin Pierce, taken from
authentic pictures. It also contains a beautiful view
of the Capitol at Washington, w ith the new exten
sile , and the Headquarters of Gen. W ashington, at
Ncu ury; also an engraving of the National and
Bunker Hill Monuments. The engraving we suppose
is intended for the new Subscribers to the Magazine
during the pi sent year. AVe greatly admire the
taste exhibited in the execution, and invite our
friends to call at our office and see it.
Franklin’s Toast.
Long after Washington's victories over the French
and English had made his name familiar over all Eu
rope, Dr. Franklin chanced to dine with the English
and French ambassadors, when the following toasts
were drunk: -By the British ambassador—“F.tig
laml the sun wtiosc beams enlighten and fructify
the remotest corners of the earth.” The French nm-
I bnssador, glowing with national pride, drank—“ France
- the moon whose mild, Steady, cheering rays are
the delight of all nations; consoling them in dark-
I ness and making their dreariness beautiful.” Dr.
! Franklin thu. ro> , and with his usual dignified sim
plicitv, said, “George Washington—the Joshua, who
commanded the Sun and Moon to stand still, and they
obeyed hint.”
Life and manhood —the love of Iriends—ehil
dri ni n i limn - the strong affections anchored at the
hearth-s'dc -tht^hopes of earth and of heavep—arc
a sci diced that a few men of “moral character”
mav oink; money by selling rum. Every week
brings us intelligence of a score of o r fellowmcn
sent to God's Judgment by the run traffic. Why
I don’t the “freemen,”jostling and swearing so valur
j > e.isly in the and: miseries, burn tar and fire cannon
! or. the 1 iths of their comrades? Such are the
| tie; lies and vi. lories of the Autocrat of Hum, and
! the I’oiisiitntinn and Liberty is being preserved
j troin th” baud’mgr, of unholy hands.
Friends of the rum inurdorcd! hope on; the day
! daw noth.
From Ccnsin Ezekiel Slick.
NUMBER THIIEU
I)er Cuzin: —That hop at tiie Mctrypollytun wa
pre tty slick. I expect it was about as comrny so in
the fixi ;s its you g- nerally see. \V hen I had got my
new soot on, my hare greased, my moostash skew er
ed to my nose, and my white kids stretched, I sul
ly’d into the sal—or bally’d into the bal. A'ou see
I’m geltin’ the hang of the French. I expect to he
so darnation genteel one of these days, that nobody
won’t understand a word I say. But to the Imp.
There is no mistake about the Sal. It’s a pretty
Sal. It made me fed grind and lofty, the moment I
conic into it. The gas lights heat our homemade
dips. The music was a sounding its inspiring notes,
and I felt that, and the sh irnpain, and other things,
to the cends of my fingers. Zel> had given me some
instructions, up in my room, when we wor fixin.- —
1 turned out mv toes til! I felt my knee jintscrackin;
I held my fingers apart so as to display my white
kids to the best advantage, pulled up mv collar so
that it eenamost cut my ears off, held up my head,
and after making as hansum a bow as was ever made
to our scool, i walked strate across the room to the
fireplace, turned my hack to it, took my conttai s un
der my arms, and struck a position, at once easy and
dignified, that, it was not diflikilt to see, excited gen
eral admiration.
While Cuzin Zel> was circulatin round among his
acquaintances in the homong, I took a sort of survey
of the company. The gentlemen were all dressed as
much alike as a pile of bricks, or a row of New York
houses; but the ladies made up in variety and splen
dor. Gracious! it made my heart beat, and my
mouth water, to look at the critters. But amid all
their variety, there was some pints they seemed to
make a decided set on. Every one on ’em had her
body cut as near in two in the middle, as dressing
maid power and double geered corsets could do it;
every one had squeezed her feet into boots or slip
pers a size too small for her ; and every one that had
any arms worth showing, had ’em carefully white
washed.
These observations, I deem it my duty to observe,
were not made entirely by me. The above parrygraf
has been dictated to me by Cuzin Zeb, as the result
of our mutual investigations., t don’t generally like
bein dictated to, hut on this particular occasion, 1
thought the crisis might justify it- now I’ll goon, on
my own hook again.
AYhen I’d done looking about, and Zeb had made
the toor of the room, and paid his deaf wars to the
ladies, he come and jined me. I was eaten some
peppermint lozenges, jest to pass the ti ne. The
skamp looked mighty eunnin, and I knew that there
was mischief.
“Now yon keep cool,” sez he, “I’m goin to intro
duce you.”
“But what must I do?” sez I.
“Jest keep a stiff upper lip, put your best foot for
ad, and don’t contradict nothing I’ve said.”
The horn sounded now, and Zeb went off to dance
with a mighty pretty gal; and I see them talkin and
lookin at me, and felt my cars bttrnin; but T consid
ered that I was as well dressed as any of them, and
nigh upon as good lookin. ft was a lolling sort of
dance, without a bit of break down —lazy and gen
teel: The women simpered through it as if they
were afraid of breaking in two. I thought some of
them felt their corns a little. WHien it was over, Zeb
just walked up to me, with his pretty partner, and
sez he—
“ Miss Jones, allow me to present to you my cous
in, Gen. Slick, ofMaine!”
1 looked at Zeb out of the off corner of my eye, for
I was never more than third sargent in our flood
wood company to hum. However, 1 concluded it
was none of my business to correct his blunders.—
Tiie lady looked up timidly, and then made a set back,
as if I had scared her, but she came up again with
two or three scientific motions, and I sou and that she
had made me a churchy. Well, I was determined
not to be outdone, so I squared off into the first posi
tion, struck out strong into the second, brought up
tother leg, and made a bow that would have aston
ished a French dancing master, but somehow, the
wine in my head and the length of my boot heels to
gether, took me at a disadvantage; my legs got en
tangled, and 1 went sprawling on the floor, the pep
mint lozenges rolling all over the room. There was
some sniggerin, but the gal seemed to pity me so, I
didnt mind the rest. I told her that there was no
bones broke —and she axed me to be excused, while
she went to speak to her mother.
“Now mind your eye,” sez Zeb; “I’ve done your
business; I’ve told that gal you are as rich as Crissus,
in the lumber business, worth a dozen gold mines,
and all that sort of tiling.”
“But shan’t I spile it all by some tarnation fopaw
like that tumbling down jest now?” sez I.
“No, you can’t”sez Zeb. “As the rich Gen. Slick,
you can do what you please, and the worst any of’ein
will say is, you are eccentric. That wont hurt. I>o
as you like. Dick your teeth with your fork —blow
your nose on your napkin—tip up your soup plate—
eat with your knife—wear your boots over your trou
sers —spit—do anything you like, it will only be a
little eccentricity. You can just go ahead. Pcoplq
believe what they want to be true. Miss Jones has
told her mother; her mother has told her friends, and
: everybody knows by this time, that you are the ec
| centric Gen. Slick, rich, and a bachelor. Now, ifyou
dont get on and make a ten strike, it’s your own fault.”
“Well, I say, you Zeb, don’t you calculate to cut
! in for something out of all this?” sez I, jest shuttiu
j one eye and winkin with the other.
“You leave me alone for that,” sez he; “it’s all ar
ranged. You are to go into business with me, and
j furnish fifty thousand dollars, as a special partner,
just for relation’s sake. That will do my business.”
Thunder I I was so struck of a heap by the fel
! ler, that I whistled, so that everybody looked round;
, but they smiled in the pleasantest way in the world.
: But 1 can’t crowd a whole hop into otic letter. In
my next I shall take my pen in hand to inform you
how a newly made millunare can dance a polky the
first time tryin. I’m gittin rutlier stuck up, but am
still
Your affectionate cuzin,
Ezekiel Slick,
No. 765 Metropoilytun Hotel.
ARI LE WITHOUT AN EXCEPTION. There nCVCT VCt
I lived that young lady, who did not like t > ho told
she was pretty.
OScttts of <£1)011^1)1.%
Conversation is the music of the mind.
Eloquence is the language of nature.
Applause is tiie end and aim of weak minds
Rashness is the error of youth.
| An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
Among the base, merit begets enmity; among the
noble, emulation.
•V> >ad style is better than a lewd story.
A fttcut man borrows no lustre from splendid
ancestry.
\ bad wound heals; abid name ki Is.
A knowledge of our duties is the most useful part
of philosophy.
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
A few books well chosen are of more use than a
great library.
A bitter jest is tho poison of friendship.
Avarice generally miscalculates, and as generally
deceives.
A blithe heart makes a blooming visage.
Abundance is a trouble, blit competency brines de
| light.
-V burden which one chooses is not felt.
A man had better be poisoned in his blood than
in his principles.
A careless watch invites a vigilant foe.
A virtuous mind in a fair body is like aline picture
in a good light.
Acquire honesty; seek humility ; practice econo
my ; love fidelity.
A chaste eye exiles licentious looks.
Against fortune, oppose courage; against passion,
reason.
A clean glove often hides a dirty hand.
A man that breaks his word bids others he false to
him.
A clear conscience fears no accusation.
A good cause makes a stout heart and a strong arm.
Flack in Eiroi'K a Pkobabilitv.—A special cor
respondent of the N. Y. Times writes from London
by the Canada that the pending- negotiations are like
ly to result in ending the war with Russia atid re
storing peace to Europe. The writer states that he
has come to this conclusion within the last month.
The allies, he intimates, are anxious for peace, and
their propositions are believed to be such as can be
accepted by Russia. The Czar, in his late manifesto,
declares that he is not desirous of further shedditi"-
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of blood, and will not reject any propositions and con
ditions of peace, provided they be compatible with
the dignity of his empire and the welfare of his sub
jects. The allies, it is said, have provided for this
compatibility, and hence tho opinion of the corres
pondent that peace is probable.
Very recently a gentleman was convicted of man
slaughter and sentenced to the Penitentiary in New-
Orleans, for killing an antagonist in a duel. This is
the first conviction of tho kind ever had in tire State
of Louisiana.
A woman was robbed in tho cars of the Central
Rail Road, a few miles east of Rochester, recently.—
Chloroform was administered to, her-,by another fe
male, and while under its influence the robbery was
effected.
It is said that quite a number of elegant private
residences will be erected in Cobham, Ga., the pre
sent year, for gentlemen of fortune, who contemplate
a summer residence there. Among them is one for
Hon. James Jackson, Judge of the Supreme Courts
of the Western Districts, who intends making the
town his permanent home.
Mrs. Emma R. Coe, who was a distinguished par
ticipant in the late Woman’s Rights Convention, held
in New York, was, recently, registered as a student
of law, in the office of the District Court, Philadel
phia. She contemplates pursuing her studies in the
office of Wm. S. Pierce, Esq.
The New York papers say that the difficulty of
getting “something to drink” in town on Sunday,
drove all the thirsty classes over to Hoboken, where
an unusually brisk business was done by the hotels
and bar-rooms.
The Grand Jury of New York have found bills of
indictment against tho live leading gambling houses
in that city. It has also found about thirty bills
against the most notorious and popular houses of
prostitution in the city.
The Montgomery Advertiser says that the City
Council at its last meeting established the price of li
cense of retailing liquors at five hundred dollars per
annum. It also appoint and a committee to procure
an amendment to the city charter, from the next Le
gislature, empowering the corporation with authori
ty to raise the license to three thousand dollars.
At Pekin, when an editor inserts any false intelli
gence, the possibility of its repetition is removed by
tiie emornl of his head! What a sad tiling it would
lie for some of our contemporaries if such were the
ease here !
If you want to gain a woman’s affections dont ap
peal to her head, but her feelings. One squeeze of
the hand or press of the lip is worth more than all
the speeches you can make from Gto 12. Calico is
an institution of touch, and not logic. Order a sam
ple and judge.
An order of inquiry has been introduced in the
Massachusetts Legislature to emsiderthe expediency
of requiring of all Roman Catholics, on their being
naturalized, to renounce allegiance to the Pope as a
’ temporal prince. Another order is to consider the
i expediency of so amending the naturalization laws as
j to stay further proceedings in the issuing of first pa
! pers of naturalization. Another order aims at the
j exclusion from the jury panel all who are not native
: born citizens, or who cannot read or write.
A shockin'; accident occurred at Jersey City on
Saturday morning last. Just as the train was start
j ing from the depot of tire New York and Erie Rail
road a woman put her head out of the window to
speak t” • tie of the employees. A post standing not
more than three inches from the side of tac ear,
caught her head, and crushed it frightfully. The un
fortunate woman was instantly kilhd.
Mayor Wood, of New v ork, has ordered a regi
ment of citizen soldiers to hold themselves in readi
ness to appear at a moment's notice, in case of any
disturbance by the daily gatherings of what are term
ed i.netnployed workmen. The summons for service
will be twelve Mrokes of the City Hall alarm bell.
February