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he an.! Maroon will make them give up
the last red cent they own it would be
good enough for them.’’
“ Don’t! Mr. Alston, pray, don’t get
into such a passion whenever von talk
about those people,” said my grand moth
et, nervously. u I dare say they are no
better than they should be, but you can
go on so when vop get excited ! I don’t
think it’s right to let our feelings run a
way with us so. Bad, unreasonable peo
ple are found every where.”
*‘ But one of these jackdaws—these
apes—these fools and knaves, presumed
to address Ellen Churchill and was the
means of {jetting her turned out of doors.
He ought to be hung tor that, and the
other it seems was the cause of her first
fainting fit. at tlve Springs. If I had
the fellow here, I'd teach him who is
who. The uglv, audacious scamp!”
Mv grandmother said nothing more.
She, saw that the flame of my grand
father’s ire was burning high, and words
would be like fuel. So she picked up
her work and stitched away in silence.
The old gentleman waited aw hile, and
finding that his wife was not disposed
to rep!v. continued in a mild tone:
“ lion. Charles Churchill of Arlington,
is a wealthy, and powerful man. I’ve
heard of him always and have respected
his moral integrity and worth, but I
shall never forgive him for turning his
child —his only child,.out of the house
because she woti id n’t consent to marrv a
scamp who had nothing but his monev
bags to recommend him. It the girl
hadn’t found occupation and an asylum
here, what would have became of her ?
Tm sure I don’t know. And how she
pot here, is a mystery. Who did write
those recommendations? They were
signed by some of the first men in the
country. They must have been forg
ed.” ’ \.
Mv grand mother’ shook her bead in
credulously.
“Ellen never forged them,” she said,
“ they were given by those who purport
ed to give them. You may rest assur
ed of that, Mr. Alston, Ellen was ton
honorable and conscientious to go such
length?.”
“ Well, \ believe it!” said the old
gentleman, “ but 1 must find out where,
and how she did get them wearing as
she did an assumed name— or I shall
never die satisfied’’-’.
Here the conversation closed. I will
hasten on and Jay before the reader cous
in Fred’s second letter, for the arrival of
these epistles were the only occurences
of note at Oakland, for weeks together.
The second was dated at Locust Hill,
and is transcribed verbatim from the
flourished, and somewhat blotted manu
script : -
Cousin Claude :
. _ Truth is indeed sometimes
found to be stranger than fiction. We are now
at the Doctor’s residence: we all came came up
together—the old people in the carriage, while
I accompanied Miss Fanny on horse back. Ma
roon heard, jifst before we started, of some new
piece of evidence and set off in quest of it, so we
left him behind. lie is sleepless and vigilant—
ever on the alert, and is sifting this iniquitous
business to the bottom. We will bring every
thing out sis clear as daylight, altho’ the Carlyles i
have eagiged counsel—able counsel, and evi
dently mean to show fight. The Doctor and I
are aiding him, as best we can, and Rnshton I
hope will soon be at home I have written to him
at Havana. Newt Wei born brought me a letter
dated at that port, and I sat down instantly to
iuform him of what had happened and what is
going on. He will hasten home—get his fortune
and then I see nothing to prevent his claiming
a bride, everrat the hands of the proud old cap
italist,. Churchill. lie wilf be nearly as rich as
the girl he lores when he gets what rightfully be
longs to him, and Ellen, poor child! will be
made happy, too. I thought that I loved that
girl, but I find that you were right Claude, and
I was mistaken. I did not love her as lam ca- ,
pable of loving. Just now, I would g've more
for one of Funny B ites’ curls than for her whole
body. Sour grapes! I think I hear you cry in 1
derision, but you may mock on. Truth is truth
and it must be spoken at all times. But I began
the scrawl by declaring that this same truth, is
often found to be stranger than fiction. You I
will admit this when I tel! you that Fanny Bate* j
is Frank Rnshton’s sitter. You will re me mb it, j
Mary spoke of a little girl who was adopted by i
some rich relative after Mrs. Rush ton’s death, j
Fanny Bates is the child. Doctor and Mrs. ‘
Bates, being childless, took her as their own— j
was baptised with their name, and by many j
persons is really supposed to be their legitimate i
offspring. But she is not, and this little nega- j
tive fact has thrown a great deal of light on to i
my mind since the discovery was made. I know ;
now why she was one day so much attracted j
and affected by that little Hindu song, which El j
len and Is ang together in the public parlor at j
the Springs. Her emotion then excited my won- 1
der. She could not remember where she hid !
heard it, but she remarked, I remember, in rc- ;
ply to some of grandmother’s queries that it came j
to her from away—away she did not know where, j
She was right: it came to her from the haunts !
of her childhood—from the play-pl aces of her in -!
fancy. Thuso who sang, it there, hid both learn- ‘
ed it from hcr,brother’s lips.
I know now why Ellen Churchill ami I both !
paused so often, arrested by a tone—a—look—a !
gesture—a word dropped from this fairy's lips, j
I know why Ellen’s eye followed her, as a ncc- 1
die would follow a magnet and why she blushed
and started whenever Fanny suddenly address- :
cd her. I wonder that her striking resemblance
to her brother did not reveal the secret of her 1
relationship to m>; it did, but I c uM not rc- !
member where I hid seen a face and haard a
voice, ft.l3 toned and muricit like hers. Kllon
knew and she must have often wondered how j
Fanny Bates came to resemble Rnshton so close- i
ly. But I am rambling on, I scarcely know
where. My kindest regards to grandfather,— i
He will, I know, glory in the downfall of the Car- j
lylea ns much as does your enlightened cousin, !
FRED, j
I will pass over a period of a few j
wp-k, and give the reader cousin Fred’s
third and last fetter:
Locust /fill, March 15—.
Dea* Clacdk : . - T| -i|
Rnshton is came a
week, ago and answ.:mLij^ ’rW^, !rß ,> nt M
I supposed he as noble as ev
er, and ijfrone,
On whom every god hath set bis sea!.’’
His property is already in h:s possession ;
Maroon left nothing undone wh.th could be
done, and the evidence on Rusbtoii’s side was
clear and satisfactory. He will get his inheri
tance, and li s bride, and I too—l too have won
one, whose smile is to light my future pathway
in life—the D.KJtor’a pretty daughter—his adop
ted child and it j.hton’s sister, h is promised to
be mine. I cum here to play chess With her.
and have my visit by asking her to play
the game of life, with me. If she manages as
skillfully as she does at the chess board in this
latter game, I shall have little to fear from her
mishaps and blunders. I told you, Claude, if
you stayed at home like a good girl, you might
hear of some weddings by and by; ay 1 and at
tend some too. You see my w.ords were well
nigh prophetical. I shall be married next spring
and Frank Rnshton will I dare say, be married
on the same day. So I will close this in the
words of the old song.
“Haste, haste to the wedding/the morning is
Yours, in great spirits and glee,
FRED.
To make a long story short, gentle
readers (for l fancy that you already are
weary of these stray leaves from mv au
tobiography,) 1 attended the nuptials of
the two parties who have figured so large
ly in this scrap of family history.
I saw my governess clad in white
brocade, her beautiful hair crowned with
orange blossoms, and a silvery veil float
ing almost to her feet. She was no
longer the demure, melancholy, pale
mysterious being whom I had so often
looked at in the Oakland school room,
ller cheek had borrowed the faint bliifch
of the rose, and she moved through her
father’s stately halls like one bom tc
command. ‘
1 saw Fanny Rnshton Bates, now Mrs.
Armstrong, with her golden curls floal
iugas usual to her waist, T>ut they too
were crowned with a bridal wreath, ana
her lovely cheek dimpled more sweetly
than ever when she smiled upon mv
handsome dashing cousin at her side. *
There, too, moved Newt Welborn a
mong the wedding guests, as uncouth in
person and as strangle dressed as usu
al, but every where welcomed and enter
tained by those who felt any interest
in the happy scenes transpiring around
us.
My with his gouty toe.
and grandmother in her very best high
crowned cap, were theie also, but there
was a shade resting upon the face of
the silvery headed old man. I could
not at first surmise what had happened
*o mar his enjoyment, but, in the Course
of the evening, he hobbled to Ellen’s side
and I heard him saying in a low, earn
est confidential tone, “Ellen Church, (I
beg pardon, Mrs. Rnshton, I should have
said.) how did you get those recommen
dationsf ’ Ihe bride’s laughter rang out
sweet and clear as bird music.
“ Mr. Alston,” she said, ” I pledge you
my word that those letters were not forg
ed out were written by the gentlemen
whose names they bore. Those friends
were all Odd Fellows. J went to some
of them and told rnysimple, straight for
ward story, soon after I left mv father’s
house, and m.jst of them being personal
friends as well as brethren of Rushton,
ve-rv eheerfnilv recommended me to your
kindness, protection, and patronage.'’
Hem 1” said myjgrandfather, “ that
(explains the iiyrtery. I remember
|now ! There were three links stamped
j mto the paper upon which these were
| written. lam satisfied and 1 wish you
! much joy.”
| The bride bowed her bead. Just then
’ Mr. Maroon came up. He sat down be
side Ellen’s chair, and watched his for
mer lady-love for some minuets in sileuce.
She stood almost directly in front of
him, leaning upon Fred’s arm. Some
thing like a sijh escaped him.
‘’She is beautiful, by jove!” he said,
“ how beautiful Fanny Bates is looking
to-night ! I ehali always love to look up
on her sunny, ’ girlish face, and I am glad
to see her so happy.”
‘•You have done a great deal towards
contributing to the happiness of the
scene, ’ said Elllen—“ We all owe \on
a debt of gratitude.”
j “ 1 have done nothing but my dutv,
j madam,” lie said, resuming his b'and
! professional smile. “ But there is Mr.
| Rushton !”
| l looked up. The bridegroom stood
| before u.s, and I saw at glance that Fred
had not looked on him with partial eyes,
lie was fine looking—on: his noble bow
was stamped moral and intellectual
worth, and my heart did homage to El
lien CiiuichiH’s choice. But! could not
| help from remembering at that moment,
j how much he owed to that Friendship
; which is looked upon as a cardinal vir
| rue in Odd Fellowship.
* * * * *
Here, gentle reader, I thought to have
ended my Manuscript, but a benevolent
personage who is looking upon the lines
which I have written, declares she must
know what became of.Mr. Maroon. She
cannot bear the idea of such a worthy
Odd Follow being so grievously disap
pointed and hopes that he did not. die
|of a broken heart. lam liappv to have
jit in mv power to add that Mr. Maroon,
■ like a sensible middle aged gentleman,
j (as h<* was) hushed up his sighs—stilled
i his regrets, and followed Fred’sexatnple.
He forgot in a month, to say the least,
’ that he had ever been wounded by Cu
I H’s arrows, but led, not long afterwards, 1
Ito the niter Mrs. Nancy Billiugslea, a
a very worthy widow lady who was
slightly related to the Alston family,
and made an excellent step mother to
those seven flax-headed responsibilities
of his, every one of’ whom grew up as
respect able as their father had been be
fore them.
Newt YVelborn ntver wanted a home
I sometimes he stayed with us at Oak
land—--sometimes he became Doctor
pates guest for weeks,—sometimes he
; might be found at Arlington, hut his
Mme— his real home he declared was at
| Rushton s.
“Marv! v (navs that
jat the back of he
. came of ManLir she never left
I assure you madam, she died at Oak
land and her grave is still to be seen
there.
‘lhu-: sa'isfied, the inquisitive ladv
wished me a good night and left me at
liberty to treat my courteous readers in
the same manner.
The Central Georgian.— The Editor
of the above paper desires it to be ramie
known that the publication thereof, which
is temporarily suspended in consequence of
the late disastrous fire in Sandersville, will I
be resumed about the first of May next. i
THE STAKDAKI).
CASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING:
APRIL 12, 1855.
The Three Golden Links.
We give, this week, the conclusion of
Friendship, or the Mysterious Governess.
the first of the Three Golden Links. We
hazard nothing in saying that a more inter
esting story has never been published in a
Southern newspaper, and we predict for the
two Links yet to follow an increasing popu
larity. In a few weeks we shall commence
the second one of the series : Love, or thi
Adventur es of an American Student,
and we desire to notify new subscribers,
who wish the entire story, that it will -be
well for them to send in their names now. as
we shall print but a limited number Or
ders for new subscriptions must enclose the
money.
The Etowah Bridge.
While in Cartersville, on Saturday last,
we took a short drive to the River. The
Rail Roan Bridge is fast approaching com
pletion, and the contractors expect to have
it finished and ready for the Cars by the
15th of May or Ist of June. The unusual
dry season has proved extremely favorable
to the work.
Atlanta by Gas Light,
The city of Atlanta will shortly be lighted
with Gas—only about four thousand dollars
of the stock remaining to be taken. This,
the Intelligencer thinks, ** will of course,
be made up without difficulty. So we may
consider the enterprize of lighting Atlanta
with Gas, as among the . fixed facts.* ,r
Gone Over.
We are sorry to see that our old friend,
the Madixon Family Visitor has joined the
Know-JV'othings. With all its neutrality,
we hoped that there was enough of good, old
genuine Democracy in the concern t:> keep it
straight. But we were mistaken.
Stout Folks Wanted.
A snug little fortune of £IOO,OOO can
be obtained by the legal heirs, whenever
they may call for it, at least so they are in
formed by Daniel Stout, of Rock River.
Illinois. It .appears it was left by John
Stout ; of South’ Carolina, previous to the
war of the Revolution, -to his brother. St.
Leger Stout, and Jiis sister, Nancy Stout,
then of New jersey, but subsequently of
Virginia, somewhere in the neighborhood of
Tygart’s Valley, where they resided for
many years, and where they died. Nancy
Stout, during her lifetime, married a man
named Hart, and St. Leger a female named
Bark low. As these parties never made a
demand for the money, it is said to be now
awaiting the order of their heirs, who can
address Daniel Stout, Rock River, Illinois,
on the subject.”
We publish the above as matter of infor
mation. Several of the Stout family are
* in our mind's eye” nt this writing, but
whether they belong to this particular
branch or not is a question. By the bye,
couldn't our old friend. President Stout, of
Madison, make a showing ?”
The Editor’s Address to his Patrons.
An Editor out west thus talks to his non
paying subscribers and’ patrons. Isn't it
enough to melt the heart of an adamant r
Let every every delinquent subscriber or
advertiser of the Standard read it careful
ly, and if. lie values an easy conscience, at
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something, then to him we say—step aside,
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wish to kuow why we dun them this is our
roason ; not that we care about cash our
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Would you rather that we go to jail and
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W‘ all keep moving ? As we did agree, we
have worked I'or you as we contracted, we
have furnished our paper to you. ns we
promised, we have waited upon 30U, but 113
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greements for job work ; contracts for sub
scription; promises for long credit, and duus
for deferred payment. Who is there eo mean
that he don’t take a paper ? If any. ho
needn't speak —we don t mean him. Who is
there so crcen that 110 don't advertise ? If
any, let him t lido—ho ain't the chap neither
Who is there so bad that he don't pay tho
printer > If any, let him shout—for he's
the man we’re after. II 3 name is Legion ,
and lie’s been owing us for ono. two. three,
four, five, six, seven, eight years—loiig e
nough to make us poor, and himself richmL,
our expense.. - IffetliO ..ajay o appeal to his
doesn't awake him to a sense of
justice, we shall have to try tho law, and
see what virtue there is in writs andoonsta- !
bles.”
We learn from the Atlanta Examiner that |
Dr. H. A Ramsey has resigned the oditori- j
al Chair of that excellent paper. He designs
henceforth to devote his time and talent to
the practice of his profession. Tho future
editorial arrangements of tho Examiner are
not yet completed, though wo are assured it
will continue as it always has done to sup
port Democratic men and principles.
On Thursday 2,600 app.ications for boun
ty land were received nt the Pension office,
making 64,600 received so far.
A Glance at the Middle Ages.
There are moments in the lives of individuals
as well as iu the existence of nations, when a
total lind radical change pervades the whole
system. As differs from ybuth,
youth from manhood|Hpd manhood from old
age, so, history informs us, nations are compel
led to perform the same circuitous route before
they reach their final destiny, as prescribed by
the laws of Providence.
Such a powerful change occurred in the exis
tence of the Teutonic nations, when Peter, the
hermit, first bore the cross of the Redeemer
through the central parts of Europe, calling on
the strong, the feeble, the gallant and the gen
tle, the migbty and the weak, to take up that
cross and bear it far away over the rugged
mountain peaks of the Alps, the sunny plains
of Italy, the stormy waves of the Mediterra
nean, to the sandy shores of the Holy Land.
The history of those powerful tribes, who,
emanating from the central portions of Asia,
had wrested the Empire of the Universe from
the hands of the Romans, and established their
sWay from the mouth of the Danube to the Pyr
enees, was buried for centuries in darkness.—
Actuated by hardly any other motives than
those of aggrandizement and unceasing w.u
farc, which even the soothing spirit of Chris
■ tianity was uuablc to abate, the sword was theii
only code of laws, and the exploits of the camp
the highest aim of their fancy. But when the
fantastic monk raised the standard of religious
zeal amongst them, and. invited them to leave
home and country, wife and children, and eve-
rything most dear to them, that they might res
cue the holy sepulchre from the polluting hand
of the Saracen, .their whole nature seemed to be
changed ns if by magic. The spirit of Romance
and chivalry was mingled with that of religious
War and. adventure were no longer the
consequences of brutal desires, but they were
prompted by motives of mental enlightenment.
It may be said with truth, that the crusades
were the fostering nurses of modern poetry, and
romance. The love foreverything of au enno
bling character, was awakened among both the
higher and lower classes. The courts and camps
ofprinces were enlivened by the strains of min
strels who related the deeds of heroes, or sung
of the charms of valor, and of beauty its reward
Who, that is the least familiar with the history
of the crusades, does not remember that cele
brated troubadour Blontlel, who sut in the tent
of Richard, the Lion-hoar ted, when that mon
arch was lying on his couch of sickness, and as
he fingered the silver strings of his lute, lulled
the suffering king with songs of his noble deeds
and of his far distant home?
In the south of France, at this time, love and
: chivalry were the theme of the minstrels of
Provence, a school of poets, which even at the
present time is esteemed the best of French lyr
ics. But it was particularly in Germany that
immediately after the close of the crusades, po
etry and its kindred arts flourished in great
perfection. The Emperors of Hohenstanfer be
stowed their particular patronage upon these
noble objects. At the close of a tournament,
the minstrels would appear, and sing before the
.assemblage of knights and courtly dames, each
endeavoring to outvie the other. Os these min
strels there were three, who were most renown
ed. History informs us that Walfram Von Es
chenback, Walter Von Vogelweide, and Kling
sohr of Hungary, held a great tournament of
song on the .Wart burg, a noted castle in Thur
ingin, (afterwards celebrated as the place in
which Luther translated the Bible,) which re
suited in the defeat of Klingsohr. The poor
Hungarian was so much distressed at the tri
umph won bv the superior skill of the two Ger
man minstrels, that, in despair, he returned to
his native land, and, hanging his harp in his
father’s hall, like a sick bird, he sung no more.
But it was not only among the high-born that
poetry and mps'c flourished—they had also de
vout worshippers among the lower classes, es
pecially the mechanics and nrtizans. It was
but a natural consequence of the feudal institu
tions, and a peculiar trait of the times that the
laboring man, and the peaceful inhabitant of
the country sought refuge within the walls of
fortified cities, instead of dwelling iu the open
country, where they would be subjected to the
1 inroad and depredations of wandering knights.
There were two cities of Germany, especially,
which greatly increased in population at this
time, both from the foregoing causes, and from
the fact that they had almost the entire monop
oly of the commerce from the. north-western
portions of Europe to the Levant. At that time
the passage around the Cape had not been dis
covered. These cities were Nurcmburg and
Augsburg. A celebrated writer of this time,
Aneas Sylvius, who was afterwards elevated to
the papal chair, tells us that the wealth of the
people of Nurcmburg was so immense, that
they ate their food from dishes of gold and sil
veiyand that the-wives of even the commonest
citizens were decorated with costly jewels. They
hot only cultivated the art of gaining riches, but
they oaid attention to the higher sciences. The
mechanics formed associations among them
selves for the purpose of inventing verses and
composing music, and it was with these me
chanics that German lyric poetry found its
birth. One Hans Lax, a shoemaker, was par
ticularly renowned for his talents in the art of
rhyming, ntid the following lines,* written by
himself, of himself, commence’a poem which is
at this very day on the lips of all Germans:
“ An honest shoemaker was Hans Lax,
And a poet, too, was he.”
At this time, also, we observe the first love
for the drama, arising. The religious tendency
of the people gave them no choice save from sa
cred subjects, and therefore they gave way to
their dramatic longings in the so-called “six
days of Lent,” where sacred subjects and comic
scenes were mingled promiscuously together.
In these plays one of tire principal comic char
acters was named “ Pickled Herring,” whose
1 nature much resembled that of the facetious
I Italian Punchinello.
. We hope that this slight sketch will awaken
! in the minds of our readers anew interest in
! tho history of that wonderful period in the
world’s existence, “The Dark Ages,” and,
trusting that it will afford them some slight en-’
tertaiijment, we will hereafter present them
with another glimpse into the times of old.
Periodicals.
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periodical great success. We have long known
Mr. Clark, the editor, as one of the best teach
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II a urea's Magazine.— Mess. S. 0. Courtenay
A Cos., No. 3 Broad Street, Charleston, have
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append tho tablo of Contents:
Visits to the Catacombs of Rome; by George
W. Grcuno —illustrated by twenty-eight cn
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Darien Exploring Expedition; by J. T. Head
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Homo Account of a Consulate.
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The Dog, Described and Illustrated; illustra
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Lady Blessington and Count D’Orsay.
The Second Baby
The Newcomen; by W. M. Thackeray—-with
five illustrations bv Doyle. Chapter LI 1.,
Family Secrets. Chapter LTTL, in which Kins
men fall out. Chapter LIV., has a Tragical
ending.
The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus
of Maids.
The Highwayman’s Bridal.
Vampyres. ;
Monthly Record of Current Events.
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The Georgia University Magazine.
fur April has been received. It fin interest
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eties of the College, the Phi Kappa and De
mosthenian, and other matter.
Blackwood’s Magazine. —We have re
ceived from the American publishers. Messrs
Leonard Scott & Cos., New York, the March
number of this .valuable Magazine. The
following is its table of contents : The Beg
gar s Legacy ; Zuidee: A Romance—l’art
iy. ; Vagabond Life ip Mexico ; Civilization;
The Census ; A Peep at Paris ; The Story of
the Campaign, written in a Tent in the Cri
mea—Part IV.; The Ministerial Changes.
We are iu receipt of the February Num
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of Contents is ns follows ; 1. The Continent
in 1854. 2. Finley oh the- Byzantine Em
pire. 8. The Vandois and Religion in Italy,
4. Curiosities of the Census. 5. The Oxford
Reform Bill> 0 How to stop Drunkenness.
7. Old English Songs. 8. Diet and Dress
9. The Electric Telegraph
Terms for Blackwood, s‘3 a-year—-with
any one Review five dollars—with the four
Reviews, ten dollars Postage on Blackwood
and the four Reviews. 80 cents a year.
Garden Work for May.
“He that would have, vegetables in the gar
den gvow,
Must freely use the spade and hoc,
And if the dew and showers f ill not,
Must freely use the watering pot.”
This is nbfiiit all that we can saj T of gar
dening for May —work, work, and water,
water There are some Seeds that may be
put in: egg plants, peppers, tomatoes, snap
and pole beans, and cucumbers for pick ting
tray yet be planted. Late cabbage seed may
now be planted for f>'U heading, l’inch out
the flower buds from the Irish potaroes as
fast ns they appear. Thin out all the root
crops; earth up the celery ; watch for the
miller that makes the green worm on the
cabbage; just at sundown be will be flitting
from leaf to leaf, fa deposit his eggs. Use n
little salt among tbc cabbage plants. Just
before a shower, sow some good ashes, or
gypsum, broad cast, oil over the growing
plants of the garden Stir the surface soil
often, but be careful not to cut the roofs of
growing plants. Now is the time to use the
soap pulls on the cabbages, squashes, melons.
&c. Apply it just at sundown.— Soil of thc
South.
The Flower Yard and Garden.
This year hns but one April. Now plant
and tend the annuals ; as sooii ns the flow
ering shrubs have budded, if you would
increase the size and beauty of the bloom,
give the soil around the roots copious water
ings of liquid manures, and then shade or
mulch around them Cuttings of most, of
the hardy shrubbery may yet be planted,
taking care to shade with rock or brick. No
hamlet so poor in this sunny clime, that
should be denuded of flowers Thousands of
beautiful wildings may be bad for the dig-,
ging. and a few dimes’ expended in the gay,
bright annuals, will clothe in freshness and
beauty, grounds that else might have seemed
a waste. Plant the little annuals quite
shallow, nnd give them copious waterings
until thpy vegetate. Train up the running
roses nnd all trailing plants, to trellis work,
before the blooms open. The Chinese (Vista
ria will now bo showing its beautiful grnpe
like bunches of flowers; this grows freely
from cuttingSs but to make it a climber, it
must, be layered or taken from the suckers;
bend the lower hraneheiE to the earth, cut- !
ting them about half in two. nnd cover the !
cut with soil; roots will soon strike out
which will nourish a blooming plant next
season. Most of the rare blboming plauts ■
may be propagated in this way. Begin now ;
to shade the out door camolias from intense \
heat. A cheap and beautiful arbor may be
made with the Cyprus vine; did it never
bloom it would be worth the culture, but )
when its scarlet flowers nre seen so profusely i
scattered among its green, crape like leaves, t
reaching out its slender arms to twine a- j
round the most delicate support, it is sur- j
passingly bountiful. Soil of the. South. j
Sebastobol Cannot be Taken.
The Netv Vork correspondent rs the
Charleston. Courier .makes the following re
port of a recent conversation with Mr Marsh,
our late highly intelligent Minister nt Con
stantinople. on the subject of tlid War and
prospects in Crimea :
.Mr. Marsh, maintained, very decided'y.
j the opinion that the allies cun neither eon
; quer the Crimea, nor take Sebastopol. So
LAukafl ntl mC’ esl i s ° ot
tlio liitegCzar formed an element
ainn strength, the power of Russia for-de
fence may have been diminished by bis
death ; but an accession of now elements may
be brought to the national power, by the en
thusiasm with which his memory may he
cherished and his policy sustained. Will
not the whole nation respond to the emphat
ic prayer of Ahxandcr II , that . in his per
son might be exemplified the incessant wish
es and views ot Peter, of the Catharine, of
Alexander, and his father?
lourth District. —A Washington Cor
respondent ol the IVes/ Point Beacon sug
gests the name of Doot H A. Ramsay, lato
ot the Atlanta. Examiner, for Congress in
this district in place of Mr Dont, who de
clines a re election.
—ver
Lwtei* from Europe!
ARRIVAL 0F TIIK
STEAM Bn BALTIC;
The French government has chartered the
steamer City of Baltimore for six months,
to transport troops to the Crimea.
The Czar’s address to the diplomatic bo
dies is mild, but to the nrimjt Warlike.
The latest dispatches report that the Vien
na Conference was progressing favorably
The second point hud been settled Ob tiearly
so. There were strong hopes of peace. The
question, however, rests on the third point.
Count Nesselrode will go to Vienna when j
the negotations become critical—a strong i
evidence that the present Czar aided liis fath
er in all War like plans. I
Itiiuiors are current that anew basis is ;
suggested, including, the freedom of the
Black Sea, opening of the Danube, and the
erection of Turkish forts in Asia. ■
Turkey is determined to maintain undi
in nished sovereignty of the Dardanelles, and
protests against the Christians of the Empire
being placed under Foreign protection. She
also desired that Prussia shall participate
in the Conterence.
Gen. Oaten Sacken, telegraphs on the
night of the lOih the Russians erected hew j
redoubts three hundred yards from Kirne- !
less Bastion.
The health of the Allies was satisfactory. J
The English position was well fortified. j
The Russians had received reinforcements, j
The Allied Council of War had resolved !
to commence active operations
Anew English b.ttery hnd caused the
Russian steamers to leave their moorings.
Ouiar Piischa's force is thirty five thou
sand and increasing.
From Havana.
Norfolk, April 6.
The stearner ’ Fulton has arrived. She
brings no'tidings of the Albany.
Es tamps was executed on the 30th ult.—
Consul Robinson demanded a regular trial
under treaty stipulations, hut sentence was
passed by the Court Martial.
Estamps confessed his design was to se
cure tho independence of the Island.
He exhibited a desire to address the au
dience but his voice was drowned by drums
and trumpets. He died shouting ..Liberty
forever !--death to Kings !’’
The sloop Portsmouth arrived and landed
her mails, and left immediately, under seal
ed orders -probable destination Havana.
j Is Know Notfcingim Legal?
It has been decided by the ablest jurists
| in the country, that a Know Nothing lodge
i or council is an unlawful a rganization. and
the members of it subject to indictment for
conspiracy. Judge Porter, of Pennsy'.vania,
otice a member of the Cabinet in a late charge
to a grand jury in reference toil, used this
’ language :
- If any number of men combine to form
themselvee into on association, by agree
ments, vows, or oaths, to control the opin
ions and votes of any portion of our citizens
- in the exercise of their suffrages so that they
| shall vote, not according to their owe con
J sciences, but as a majority ol such associa
! tiou shall determine, it is a conspiracy, and
j punishable as such by indictment,
j • And you will remember that it is the a
! greement to do the act flint constitutes the
| criminality, even if the net itself be not done,
j It may be well here to observe that, if any
j person or persons shall have unthinkingly,
j unadvisedly, or without being aware of the
criminal character of such an act. joined
such association, or taken upon himself any
such vow i obligat'ons. or oaths, they are not
landing upon him in law, and ought not to
be in morals, lie will enact the part of a
good citizen by eschewing nil such fellowship
or association, and abandoning the illegal
enterprise.”
To be Hung.— Brownlow says that Gov.
Jones, of Tennessee, at mass meeting at Lou
; don. in the fall of 1852, in hearing of one
i or two thousand persons, delivered a speech
• in which lie said in substance :
. I am no prophet, nor am I the son of r.
i prophet, but if Frank Pierce is elected Pres
-1 ident of these United States, and does not
i involve us in a needless foreign war, in two
years from the date of his inauguration, I
will return again to this growing town of
London, and the democracy may bang me
on one of the tall trees which now overspread
this audience!”
Politics in Tennessee.— The Democrat
jic Convention of Tennessee lately met at
j Nashville. Andrew Johnson the present in
i cumbent was renominated for the office of
j Governor. Resolutions were passed denounc
j ing the Know Nothings
| Mr. Gentry, whig who refused to support j
J Gen. Scott,.has been in the field for some |
i time ns a canidate for the same office—by
j virtue of n self nomination. He will prob- j
ably be supported by the whig and Know- i
J JVothings.
Another Steamship Brought to by
Ja Spanish Ckiiser.— Capt Lucas, of the
, steamship Daniel Webster, arrived at New
| Orleans from San Juan reports that on the
| outward passage, when three days out and
whilo passing Cape San Antonio, was brought
to by a shotted gun from a Spanish sloop-of
war mounting 24 guns, and papers demand
ed and overhauled under protest of the Cap
tain of tho Webster The only reason as
signed by the Spaniard for the course he
pursued was that they served all steamships j
that passed the island tho same way. After j
exalting her papers the Daniel Webster was 1
allowed f*. go on her course.
—We Icj^ni
from extras ft- ~.n the Scniphisi |¥|Rl*}s on:
Sunday morning last. 25th i.-st.. was visited
by one of the largest and most disastrous
fires that has occurred in that city foi* sev- j
oral years, reducing almost the entire blocli
hetwern Monroe street nnd the alley north
of it to ashes, ar and involving a loss of proper
ty amounting probably to over SIOO OUO.—
It appears that tho Appeal newspaper office,
two livery stables, and several stores were
destroyed, also that 43 horses were consum
ed.
The Hon. E. W. Chastain, the excellent
Representative of the Fifth District, has been j
appointed by the President one of the Board j
of Visitors at West Point, to assemble the ‘
Ist of June.
Mtm 3trais. ►
t’ - ~**?” .
The excess of females over males i n .<
States is 600,000. ‘ “ t,;
Hiin. SnmuelS. Phelps, U. S. Sunatorf-
Vermont, is dead.
A young man from Massachusetts w. 1s
on n rail at Greensboro. Ga., on the ]7t>
for being an abolitionist.
Mrs. Cass, wife of Hon. Lewis Cas s j
Minister resident at Rome, died in that
on the 3d of March.
The Asheville (North Carolina) New.
nounces that Mr Clingman is a enud/
for re election to Congress,
i It is Stated thav the Hon. David J j>.;
j will be a candidate for re-election io(,.
gress from the Third District,
j The clerk or the first Auditor's ogi e j
| reported that the name of the Secielaij
War has beeh discovered to be ri.rged
notes amounting from £ 10.(10 to S2O,CtO
Land Warrants nre said to be worth f r ,.„
$l6O to $165 in New York, fractions in [
portion. It is thought the new is.-uts
tend to lower the prieci
Griffin MuNieibAL Election.—i ‘
learn from Griffin, that the municipal b ,
lion in that place on Monday. rcMi'm-Jim
] success of tin entire Tetnpei nnen ticket.
We lenrn tlmt the Hon’ John Kerr, *
■j was Hie.whig candidate for Gove:nor eft|, *
I State in 1852. is opposed to the Km>w V
! ings —.‘islndite A. C. .Yews
Twelve hundred bales of cotton were c,.
utned ly fire at Brownsville's Lmdi,, J
Summerville, Ten., on the night ol the 24
ult.
The Mississippiiin says that $ 10.CC0 l tt . ’ ■
been raised in Lexington. Missouri to
settlers from slave-holding states to pi
Kansas.
There is said to bp in Illinois at least tr t
ty per cent, more acres in wheat at t LprJjl
ent‘ time than in any previous year. ]l
winter has been exceedingly favorable. V
A man named Jordan recently deseriel
wife and five small children in Buffalo J
police are endeavoring to g :t the .-others.
of Jordan.”
Col. Kinney.— This somewhat fun.
gentleman has, it is said. Sold his fine r.,i *5
at C- p, r ’ l Christi Texas, to a French o
piuiy for j 1( S,CCO cash down $1(0 (C(
A movement has been started in Miu,] *
to procure a steam fire engine for that r
A strong Sort is mak tig to raise a m;Se
amount by private subscript on.
The Wisconsin L> g'slaiujre h? pas?C
mild and mitigated Maine Law .uh.pri
infirmities of human tiaune. it eSttr
from seizure eight gallons ot beer, meUt
of wine, and oue barrel of c der
A salute of artillery was fifed •i: .vlin
day evening in Mtiwaukie : in b.-n'-rM
Governor's veto of the Prohibitory. LW,
tli se who stand up for .. f**e t: ttle< im
quor. ”
Several lots of wh* at t f,r sh-j aft M i
! been sold at Athens. Teiii . dia t g tlat .
week, at £2.00 per bushel Sh< uhi tlr; •
ing crop prove elu ri biscuits w,l i y i ttiyin
go out ot fashion
Juctice Gilchrist, of New\fcsq>!
resigned his seat on the 1h neh < !:•• ■'r 1.
u’t.. preparatory to leaving torAtfi-.H. rjr
where he is to sit upon the bir.t-h’ it
Court ot Claims.
Remember, that under the t;<w i tsmi :
which went into operation n tl e lirinst::
no Utter will he fotvrartltd unless-p'<] >
• • Dropped letters” not handed cut uu y
prepaid.
There were sold before the Citirt ilia*-.
Savannah, on Tui-sd; y. ten slums of )
Bank of Savannah at £l(6 per trine,
forty-seven shales Central’ Ilii;!;
$lO4.
Death of kins Twiccs. — The NVw v :
leans Picayune of the27ih ultimo acncßt.’
the death of Mrs. Tclitha Twiggs, wife
Major General Twiggs, of the'Uhftrd Sta'-
army.
[ The City Council of Augusta have] if
! ted Mayor Robertson with a hands’ me s:
tea-set, ns a testimonial of bis faithfuli
charge of duty during the prevakccwct
late epidemic.
Mrs. Elizabeth MeNiel widow ot. the
Gen. John McNud. and sister of ti e F
dent of the I’niied State*, died inC'Hc
New Hampshire, on Wednesday the 2mli 1 .
in the 68th year of her age.
The Memphis Appeal, since the (bstr
tion of the iffice by fire, lias lon [nntrd
the dice of the Engle and Enquirer
editors announce that it will come out in
enlarged form as soou as the material m*
obtained.
l Deaths or Chiff Justices. —Chief F
j tice Jas. Booth, of Delaware, a man hie
’esteemed for his talents and virtues, Jiri l
; New Castle, m tho 2sth ult. Judge
i rus 11. Reed, late Chief Justice id Uiali
■ ritory, died at Bath, N Y., on the 27th.
Death or Ex-Senators.— Three rent-’
rich have very recently died, who, at <!>£'”
ent have been members of the l i!6
States Senate vix.. Mr. Phelps of Verm®**
Mr. Fitzgerald of Mitchignn, and Mr. “
liam S. Archer. Virginia.
Thos. F Meagher This eloqtten 1 ‘
rishman. whose lectures in St Andrew s ll s
thrilled so many of us awhile since, has be
unnniinouidy elected Lieut Colonel ot >’
68th New York Regiment, by the officer* f
the same.
Thos F. Meagher declines the honor j"’
tendered him in his election to ti e Lan |lt
; ant Colonelcy of the GBtli Regiment. N ‘
i i\ M , on the ground that he is not a citi** 8
• MivM. is engaged ii> tln study.of the jj
and debHlies m-rrininpli’ 1 ’
military association.
The venerable Gen Cass hns recently *
ten a letter against the Know Nothing ‘
gunizntion, ami exhorting his Demo ri,t
friends not to abandon their principles ||C
organization, * for new combinations and
a strange and startling creed.”
.1
Third Di-rnitT
correspondent of the Macon Telegraph f“r
gestn the name of L. Q C. Lamar, L’-q •
suitable representative of the Third B
in the next Congress Mr Lamar, s- 1 ) 8
writer, is a modest, unassuming, accou'l’
ed gentltmau, and a true Democrat; b* Bl
as an orator he has few if any superiors. ““
possesses talent of the first order.